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There are 49 comments on the The Daily Beast story from Feb 9, 2013, titled Jail for Reporting Rape. In it, The Daily Beast reports that:
Somalia has sentenced a woman, allegedly raped by government soldiers, to jail, along with a journalist who spoke to her about the attack.
Join the discussion below, or Read more at The Daily Beast.
"turn back the hands of time"
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#1 Feb 11, 2013
"Abdiaziz was also convicted of entering the house of another man and interviewing his wife when the husband was not presenta new charge under Somalias Sharia"
Wow, it sure didn´t take long for them to use the "Sharia" for the purpose of inventing new crimes. WTF...how can it be illegal to interview a woman without the presence of her husband? They must´ve made up this crime as they went along, crazy men.
" midwife testified that the woman was not raped based on a finger testa degrading practice with no scientific basis in proving or disproving rape, said Human Rights Watch."
finger test...really? wow, just wow,
#2 Feb 11, 2013
She-male we are muslims and NOT idiots like you.It's a big shame for a man to enter another man's house in his absence,he deserved the sentence. And shouldn't you be taking bath instead of being here? When do you take a shower? you are here 24/7 Nacala tullahi calayk
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#3 Feb 11, 2013
US shouldn't lift any arms embargo with these guys in charge. They'll just toss into another civil war.
"Gaal wannabe"
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#4 Feb 11, 2013
*toss us
"turn back the hands of time"
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#5 Feb 11, 2013
if entering another man´s house is so shameful, then how come married women in IDP camps can get raped in their tents by men in uniform? Arabized Uncle Toms have turned Somalia into a Mecca for rapists.
"turn back the hands of time"
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#6 Feb 11, 2013
Lifting the arms embargo would indeed be a grave mistake, these guys can´t be trusted for shyt.
London, UK
#7 Feb 11, 2013
@INSEARCH_OF aka Lord Ayaanle aka Shiekh Voodoo aka The Professor:
You're becoming obsessed with rape, tribalism and extremist Islamism - how many people have you raped and killed? Own up.
You live in the Netherlands where mental health is becoming a serious issue, you might need to check yourself out before you become a statistic.
#9 Feb 11, 2013
Is that what you did when you were young? Servicing other men in the absence of your man? OOPS!!! I forgot you were a she-male? Which way do you go? Too old now just ago and get yourself a hot shower nacasyahay,somali waad kuwaalatay eey eey dhalay
"Gaal wannabe"
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#10 Feb 11, 2013
I have got this conspiracy theory idea though.
Maybe the Americans want the Somali government to arrest journalists and raped women on bogus charges and at the same time that the UN will cast a vote regarding if the embargo should be lifted. UN takes one look at the Somali president and his failures and the answer becomes no, which people like you and me won't argue against, leaving the country weak for another decade.
Afterall, why would a Somali government who is reliant on aid want to make themselves look bad to their western masters, and not stop this madness. Or am I giving Somalia too much credit.
Scarborough, UK
#11 Feb 11, 2013
arabs damaged somalis beyond repair!Amison,UN,etc... shouldnt waste their valuable ressources in trying to salvage what is beyond salvation.They must get out quick from this cesspool of madness!
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#12 Feb 11, 2013
I don´t know, I think Ban Ki Moon´s and the US´s idea of considering to lift the arms embargo is either sinister or wishful thinking. Wishful thinking in the sense that they give this obviously incompetent government too much credit. Or maybe the US is so damaged by the recession that they are desperate for a new market to export arms to legally...I don´t know.
Speaking of saving face infront of their Western masters the Somali president was on Al Jazeera saying that they were forming a human rights task force to combat sexual violence against women. The timing of the formation of this human rights task force is odd to say the least, because they only started talking about it after massive criticism from human rights organizations and the international community of how this particular rape case was handled.
What took them so long? It´s not like rape with impunity is something new in IDP camps across the country.
Here is the interview with the president on Al Jazeera, look at him acting all defensive
Newport, Australia
#13 Feb 11, 2013
When you are caught red handed stealing welfare and the authorities come to arrest you, tell them it is haram to enter your house without your mu7aram. Typical saudi salafi culture.
are there "criminal kenyans, ethiopians and AMISOM soldiers" in your enclave Puntland? This is a somali men problem for raping their own women.
SOMALIA: Rape "a major problem for Bosasso IDPs
The number of reported rapes in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Bosasso, in Somalia's self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, is increasing and rape has become "a major problem", says a civil society source.
"We are seeing more and more women who have been raped in the displaced camps," said Hawa Ali Jama, of We Are Women Activists (WAWA), an NGO.
"We have recorded 30 women raped in October 2009 and 45 in November, she said. These numbers did not reflect the actual number of raped women, because many did not report it, she said, for two reasons. First, the family may not want the case to be reported "because they are afraid that it will reflect badly on them". Second, the woman may be afraid the perpetrator may come back and harm her or her family.
Jama said there were at least 24 IDP camps in Bosasso and rape cases had been reported in most.
She said rapes were committed either by men from the host community or other IDPs. Among the IDPs there were men who took a fancy to a girl and wanted to marry her but if they were rejected,he may return at night to rape her; he will then be forced to marry her, according to tradition. That was his aim all along."
The arms shouldn't be lifted, these somalis are still savages to be entrusted with arms.
London, UK
#15 Feb 11, 2013
@Shiekh Voodoo aka Lord Ayaale aka INSEARCH_OF aka The Proffesor:
Every human has arms, what are you typing with now? And since when do we need the UN's permission to lift our body part?
Amsterdam, Netherlands
#16 Feb 11, 2013
Are you saying a man can not go inside a womans house? Oh! you are living in wrong country, you should live in the evil kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Stupid cow!!!
London, UK
#17 Feb 11, 2013
@Christian aka Born Again aka Jesus Lover:
Go and pray to the Eurocentric book which you call the bible in front of your coloured windows.
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#20 Feb 11, 2013
SaxarCoon you just got owned in this thread and now you´re jumping around like headless chicken and the Black Palestenian thread.
Newport, Australia
#21 Feb 11, 2013
Hey gorgeous
Saxarla is a salafi and she disses people just like those black ex-crims salafi jail converts that she abhores and calls them adons. She lacks the faculty to comprehend and feel soldiarity with her fellow somali women if their rapists happen to hail from her enclave, Puntland. salafis such as her are a bunch of brainless hypocrites.
Greensborough, Australia
#22 Feb 11, 2013
I also saw quote that said journalist was charge with interviewing her without husbands permission. How they know he didn't give permission or wasn't present during interview? How they even prove that crime when the husband was also a defendant?? I doubt he gave incriminating evidence.
Saint Paul, MN
#23 Feb 11, 2013
In the past If a somali man touched a girl entire clans would go to war with each other. Today if the somali woman in somalia was a stock on wall street, it would be plummeting. In the past religion was a private honorable thing. You didn't have to yell at the top of your lungs that you were a muslim. People knew it. If your brother believed in a different sect you didn't kill him over it. You didn't patronized him, you didn't insult him. You just politely disagreed.
And so WHAT if her husband was not home? I'm sorry but am i the ONLY somali that find this just plain stupid? We are to believe that a man walked into another man's house and interview his wife alone and we are suppose to believe that they were the only two people in that house? LOL. This is SOMALIA. We are SOMALIS. We have a mother and a mother in law. We have 1000 cousins and 100 siblings. What SOMALI woman in the world is alone in her house? We are a family oriented society. Its not uncommon for a mother in law and her daughter in law and her son to live under the same roof. And may I say again that this is somalia where if you are lucky enough to build or buy a house, relatives from every corner of the country will SOMEHOW find their way inside your house. "Visiting indefinitely" of course. So we are suppose to believe that a somali man and woman spend a few minutes under the same roof with NO ONE ELSE? LOL.
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#24 Feb 12, 2013
The charges against the journalist and the rape victim are bogus and they are fabricated to silent dissent and to reinforce the culture of impunity. Just in this morning is a story of how a second journalist Daoud Abdi has been detained without charge:
"Credible sources said that following the February 5 sentencing of another journalist, Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim, and a woman who had alleged rape by the security forces, Daud Abdi spoke out in court, saying that journalists have the right to interview people. After he reportedly added that he would even seek to interview the presidents wife, the police arrested him. On February 6, the attorney general ordered Daud Abdis continued detention at the Polices Central Investigation Department."
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V rated tires ok replacement?
I know the stock pirellis are W rated. Most comparable sizes in all seasons that are non-runflat are V rated.
Will a V rated tire be OK for the SRT?
Re: V rated tires ok replacement?
Depends on what kind of driving you plan on doing and how fast.
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Understood. As my daily driver I don't see myself making runs over 149mph, got those out me system for now...
Dealer is not trying to put a v rated tire on the truck. They are suggesting a W rated tire, which is fine BUT it is 295/40/20...
I'm not feeling the size change, granted they may be able to change the tire size in the vehicles computer, i'm facing the following
-over 1" change in overall diameter (-1.16")
-over 3% speed change of tire size cannot be updated (-3.81%)
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Thoughts gentleman? From what I've seen people replacing the stock perrelis with, it seems everyone is going with v rated tires. I also need all seasons at this time...
Re: V rated tires ok replacement?
I would personally go with the right size is a slightly lower speed rating. As a dd I can't see the need for a w rated tire.
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a v rated tire is fine. 149mph should be good enough. will this very large square even get to 149?
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Re: V rated tires ok replacement?
Don't do it man! Try to get ahold of the hard to find Non-Runflat Pirelli's in stock size. They're hard to get but they're out there.
Google "295/45r20 asimmetrico" and read into it. Also, if you like the wide tire look, understand the non-Pirellis are going to be more narrow.
I'm even thinking about buying a set just to have when I need them.
EDIT: Pirelli has updated their website so I'm pretty sure they have discontinued these for the USA. You can still find them however.
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Re: V rated tires ok replacement?
I just emailed Pirelli to see what the deal is. I told them there are a lot of owners who are fed up with run flats, and want to keep Pirellis but don't have options. Let's see what they say.
Re: V rated tires ok replacement?
Thank you for your inquiry. I show that tire size in the Scorpion Zero listed as active until stock depleted with an available number of tires in our warehouses as 0. So it looks as if the Scorpion zero in that size has been discontinued, and is no longer available. The other options we offer in that size are run-flat models. So if you're looking for a non run-flat it would appear we would not have anything we'd be able to offer you at this time.
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^^^^ sad day...
Quick reply though!
Re: V rated tires ok replacement?
It looks like I may be ordering a set of custom forged 21s after all. I don't want 22s. I don't want FR. I don't want cast wheels. I don't want run flats. I don't want bootleg tires. FML. LOL.
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I was stumped on this one because I can't think of a horror movie that tackled an issue. I'm sure I'm missing one. I also didn't realize until I was into this thirty day meme that there was actually a thirty days of horror movies thing going around but I was already busy adapting this one by that point. So, although I'm sure the first person to do this challenge meant for everyone to name a politically-charged movie, I'm giving the #11 spot to The Beyond on a technicality.
Technically, The Beyond managed to change my opinion of not only it but of "choose-your-own-interpretation" horror in general. I had heard that it was Fulci's masterpiece, yet my initial viewing left me very disappointed, as I complained to the ether here. Then my amazing husband came home from work one day during summer '09 and surprised me with delicious Chinese food and several used DVDs, one of which was The Beyond, under the alternate title Seven Doors of Death. He thought I would really like it and was so pleased with his find that I decided to give it another shot.
Soon, as if I was influenced by the Book of Eibon itself, I was putting the movie on late at night after I'd already watched whatever I was writing about. Then I was showing it to my nephew, the fledgling horror fan. Before I knew it, it was October '10 and I contemplated spending money I didn't have to drive to another city to watch a midnight showing on the big screen at a theater full of hipsters and beer. I didn't do it, because I'd committed to driving to the same place to see The Evil Dead the next night with a horror tourist who wanted an intro to good horror, but I was very disappointed that I couldn't go.
In short, I completely changed my opinion of The Beyond, quite in spite of myself, and I'm not sure why. It has become one of those "comfort movies" to me. I do think I finally learned to accept that great visuals in a horror movie are the most important thing. Also, the soundtrack kicks major ass. Now I suppose I have to suck it up and give Kairo another shot too.
I can, however, explain how it changed my opinion of movies with ambiguous endings, at least as it relates to movies with unambiguous endings. Sometimes when you're dealing with things that can't happen anyway, like walking through the door in a hospital and ending up in your basement on the other side of town, a neat little wrapped package of an ending is ironically very unsatisfying. For some reason, if you want your audience to keep thinking about your movie after it's over, an artful, stylish WTF conclusion is the way to go.
For the record, I think they were dead before they left the basement the first time, after Liza tries to show the doctor Arthur's zombified corpse, and that the sequence in the hospital was a death hallucination like those in Jacob's Ladder. It seems to fit with what I understand about the Tibetan Book of the Dead which obviously influenced both movies. Liza and the doctor crossed over when the seventh door opened, but they had yet to let go of life. Maybe the hospital carnage made them give up the ghost by saying, "fuck it; I don't want to live in a world with natural laws like these," or maybe they peacefully accepted their deaths. Either way, and even if the hospital zombies are tacked on to placate the producers who liked Zombi a whole lot, it fits the rest of the movie beautifully.
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Main Menu-The Manzanar Project
2002 Rolex Award for Enterprise
".......an article claiming that a scientist was destroying coral reefs and degrading the environment would make a story that would pique the interest of your subscribers. This is reminiscent of the tabloid press which manufactures sensational stories without any basis in fact, but which titillate the ignorant."---Sato
Mangrove plantations pose threat to coral reefs
New Scientist vol. 178 issue 2393 - 03 May 2003, page 11
AN AUDACIOUS scheme to plant the world's desert coastlines with mangrove trees is being condemned by marine biologists as a potential disaster for coral reefs.
The scheme is the brainchild of a retired American cell biologist, Gordon Sato. He wants to plant mangroves along hundreds of kilometres of coastline in Mexico, Arabia and elsewhere. His first quarter million trees are already growing close to coral reefs on the shores of the Red Sea in Eritrea.
"The object is to create whole new forests of mangrove trees in vast areas of the world," says Sato. He believes that mangroves will fight poverty by providing fodder for goats, and help combat global warming by absorbing carbon from the air.
Sato estimates he could plant 50 million trees round the Red Sea alone, and 200 million on the shores of the Gulf of California in Mexico. If canals were used to take seawater inland, much of the Sahara, the Arabian Peninsula and the Atacama Desert of Chile could be planted, too. "Such forests would banish the problem of global warming," he says.
The mangroves will be planted on beaches between the high and low water mark. To help them grow, Sato is adding up to a tonne of fertiliser per hectare of beach, placed in the sand in small bags that slowly release the nutrients.
Reef scientists say this flush of nutrients into the sea could harm nearby reefs and destroy the fisheries on which coastal communities now depend. "Coral reefs are extremely sensitive to nutrient pollution," says Mark Spalding, co-author of the UN-backed World Atlas of Coral Reefs. Sato "is working without external scientific advice and with no environmental impact assessment", he claims. But Sato insists that, according to his own measurements, nitrogen and phosphorus levels round the mangroves are indistinguishable from those in the open sea.
The scheme has sparked off a passionate debate. Some other marine ecologists contacted by New Scientist were vehemently opposed to the project, though they were not prepared to be quoted.
Sato, who retired as a cell biologist 11 years ago, has so far largely funded the project himself. Last autumn his work in Eritrea earned him the prestigious Rolex award for enterprise, worth $100,000. He now hopes corporate sponsors will come in, to allow the programme to expand rapidly.
Mangroves along tropical shores nurture fisheries and help protect coasts from storms, and environmentalists are keen to conserve existing mangrove swamps. But, says Spalding, "in general, the success stories have been in areas where mangroves had previously flourished". Planting mangroves close to reefs could damage them, and "may threaten rather than support coastal livelihoods".
Fred Pearce
Dear Sir,
I read with great concern Fred Pearces Mangrove plantations pose threat to coral reefs (New Scientist, vol 178, issue 2393, page 11).
As mentioned in this article, I am a retired cell biologist. My career as a researcher and teacher included collaborative work with a number of biotechnology firms, and a directorship at the W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center. I have over 200 scientific publications to my name, and my work has earned me a number of awards, including election to the US National Academy of Sciences.
My principal objection to the above-mentioned article is its speculative nature and lack of supporting scientific fact or attribution. Furthermore, the article is unbalanced. As far as I know, there is no scientific research that supports the claim that mangrove plantations negatively impact coral reefs. There is, in fact, little experience world-wide with planting mangroves where they have not grown before. In this pilot project, I have gone to great pains to ensure that the nutrients delivered to the mangroves are done so with a methodology a brand new methodology that ensures that there is no excess run-off that causes environmental damage. Seawater samples from taken near the Manzanar project analysed by the Eritrean Ministry of Fisheries show that there is no sign of pollution by an excess of nutrients.
As a responsible scientist with 50 years experience, I am of course eager not to damage the environment. At the same time, the Manzanar project is designed to help people on the brink of starvation to develop an agricultural economy that they desperately need in order to survive.
I understand that there is an important argument that needs to be addressed about the introduction of mangrove trees in this region. I would, therefore, welcome a visit by any reputable scientist to the project to evaluate the situation.
I would also be happy to answer at greater length the criticisms leveled against the project if you can provide space in your publication.
I divide my time between Eritrea and the United States. For the time being I can be reached by telephone on +1 978 468 6005, by fax on +1 978 468 0541, by email at firstname.lastname@example.com, or via traditional mail services, 27 Cedar Street, Wenham, MA, 01984.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely, Gordon Sato
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Subject: fred pearce
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 04:17:33 -0400
Dear Dr Sato,
In response to your two messages:
1. I do not have an absolute duty to confirm the accuracy of any charges made by an anonymous source. News reporting of contentious issues would grind to a halt under such circumstances, to the detriment of all. I have a duty to present such charges accurately and in a context that is fair to those whom they attack. I believe I did that. If you look, you will see the majority of the article is explaining your plans, and that the criticisms -- some sourced and some not -- are subsidiary to that. Readers can make what they will of the reluctance of some critics to go on the record.
2. It is clear to me that the scheme is controversial on a number of grounds and some space should be devoted to the criticisms in any balanced coverage. I did that. I am not taking sides. You may feel that your work is being unfairly attacked. I am simply reporting that fact that it is being attacked and summarising very briefly the arguments on both sides. Lack of space dictates that this will be incomplete, but I believe it was fair. Our letters page are one place where you can respond.
3. I will not be drawn into a name-game about sources. I cannot avoid you drawing your own conclusions on that, but again I would warn you against making possibly libelous allegations against individuals. Remember, honestly held opinions may still be libelous. I do not accuse you of lying.
4. I would love to come to Eritrea to see for myself and write at greater length. At that point, I might be prepared to form my own views, rather than reporting those of others. I can think of several good "stories" in Eritrea. Finding time and an editor willing to pay the fare is another matter, but I will certainly put it to New Scientists's editors.
Sincerely, Fred Pearce
Dear Dr. Pearce,
I have refined my critique of your article. This is the final version. As I explained previous versions were draft versions which you should expunge from your records. First of all the article should have been entitled Mangrove Plantations do NOT Pose a Threat to Coral Reefs. As I explained to you, the novel methods we have developed to provide fertilizer, provides fertilizer at precisely the rate that trees need to take up to grow and produce their product. As a result, there is no fertilizer runoff to pollute the sea and damage coral reefs. In addition we have measured the fertilizer in the water off shore from our plantings and found none. I challenge any of your so called experts to explain how mangrove plantations could pose a threat to coral reefs if there is no runoff. Your anonymous source in Eritrea lacks the intellectual acuity to comprehend the rationale of our method, and lacks the wit to notice its importance to the arguments raised. I deplore his lack of the courage of his convictions.
I believe the reason you wrote an article, Mangrove Plantations Pose a Threat to Coral Reefs is that you were following your journalistic instincts, and thought an article claiming that a scientist was destroying coral reefs and degrading the environment would make a story that would pique the interest of your subscribers. This is reminiscent of the tabloid press which manufactures sensational stories without any basis in fact, but which titillate the ignorant.
Matt Walker, your colleague at New Scientist, claims the thrust of the story was justified because experts were consulted. I submit to you that I and my staff in Eritrea are by far the worlds leading experts on planting mangroves in the plant- free inter tidal areas of desert countries. We have found that mangroves naturally grow in areas of Eritrea where the seasonal rains are channeled to enter the sea bringing nitrogen, phosphorus, and iron, ( elements deficient in sea water). We found we could successfully grow trees in areas without trees ( over 85% of the inter tidal areas ) by providing these elements. We invented a method which delivers at a steady rate the amount of fertilizer needed and used by the trees which eliminates the danger of runoff. We have successfully established about 600,000 trees in seven separate areas where no plants at all were growing. We have shown that a diet of exclusively mangrove fodder sprinkled with urea is adequate to keep animals alive for many months although the growth is suboptimal. We are developing a grain like product---sun dried mangrove seedswhich can be stored at ambient temperatures for many months and can be used to feed animals during the dry season when pasture is not available and many animals die of starvation. Preliminary tests indicate we can anticipate a harvest of 4 tons dry weight per hectare per year. We also expect the seeds to be highly nutritious because animals prefer them to other offered food such as grass and the thorn bush acacia. We will carry out a study this winter with the University of Asmara to evaluate the nutritional value of mangrove seeds and fodder. The mangrove project will almost certainly go a long way to relieving chronic hunger, poverty, and to removing the specter of famine. We are the first to make these advances. This has never been done before. This should certainly establish our unique expertise in the area, yet we were not consulted on the assertions made in the article. To my mind this is poor journalism, and substandard scientific inquiry.
It seems that the main criticisms come from an anonymous critic in Eritrea. He says that our plantings could damage coral reefs because they put excessive fertilizer in the offshore area of our plantings. He also says our plantings are particularly dangerous because they are in the near vicinity of coral reefs. Both statements are false. It is curious that he has never gone to the site to see if fertilizer is polluting the sea nor has he gone to see if coral reefs are in the are in the area ( they are not), and if they are damaged. I submit this calls into questions his motives, which I believe are not selfless. Because he rarely leaves his air conditioned office to go observe the coastal environment, I would characterize him as an arm chair field biologist. In the future, I suggest you solicit the opinions of people with hands-on experience. I have personally planted hundreds of trees, transported tons of debris from the trash littered coast, and have been the overall supervisor of the planting of 600,000 trees. Your anonymous source has never done any of these things.
It has been my observation over the years that when developed countries send bureaucratic, scientific experts to poor countries they often send their least talented people.
In their home countries they would never become lead scientists in industry or professors at leading universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Sydney or Adelaide. In poor countries they command an authority and influence far beyond their meager talents. In addition they manage to get tax free salaries that far exceed the cost of living in poor countries. Consequently they can bank over 90% of their salary, and after ten years can have the equivalent of a million dollars in the bank. This often produces a conflict of interests that is bad for development programs.
I have a good reputation as a scientist as evidenced by the fact that my students include the chairman of cell biology at Hadassah medical school, the former chairman of cell biology at Harvard medical school, the director of the Banting and Best Institute in Toronto, The founder of the UN vaccine institute of Asia, the co inventor of the polymerase chain reaction, the founder and CEO of Raven Biotechnology, the founders of A and G Pharmaceutical, the vice president of Kanazawa University, the former head of Stem cell research at the American Type Culture collection, the founder of Celera corp. which sequenced the human genome, and many professors and chairmen all over the world. If I include the students I taught at special summer courses at Cold Spring Harbor, this number would be swelled by 200 eminent scientists, a Nobel Prize Winner, and the President of the National Academy of Sciences. This hard earned reputation was damaged by the false charge that I am a threat to coral reefs and the marine environment.
Your second consultant states that I do not have external advisors. After a fifty year career in science I have an extensive network of friends who are eminent scientists. I talk often to the co- discoverer of the first step in photosynthesis. He has a keen interest in mangroves. I brought Howard Teas, who for fifty years has been pre-eminent in mangrove research, to Eritrea for advice. His comments on our work is added. I am in constant contact with Robert Riley who devised an encasement device to protect seedlings from wave action and encircling wrasses. We utilize a modification of his device to greatly increase our efficiency of planting. Finally, Eritrea is on the verge of famine due to the recent drought. Some people will die of starvation, and many more will die of diseases aggravated by chronic malnutrition. Our efforts with mangrove trees is directed at removing this scourge. No mention was made of this in your article, and your anonymous source is apparently unconcerned about the impending human calamity.
Sincerely, Gordon Sato
PS. There are two errors in the article. We put 3 tons of fertilizer per hectarenot one ton. I never proposed digging channels to bring sea water inland.
Dear Gordon,
Thank you for the Manzanar report and Rolex Award announcement that you recently sent me. The award for "Enterprise" reads like it was designed for you!
You provided excellent photo illustrations and write-up. I heartedly wish that I might have been able to work with you. The photographs showing thousands of mangrove plants in nurseries extending to the horizon are fantastic.
I regard your project as the most important work that has been carried out on mangroves since the initial studies that demonstrated the role of mangrove litter in the estuarine environment.
Best Regards, Howard (Teas)
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Wednesday night was the time for teams to position themselves for the PCAC Championship, which will be played Oct. 17. Pool play was held at various sites throughout the county. After Wednesday's results, teams are reseeded and placed into four groups of four. The top four teams will be in Group A, the next four in Group B, and so on.
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Palm Harbor University 3, Seminole 0: The Hurricanes looked impressive in a sweep of the Warhawks. Senior outside hitter Lee Nielsen led PHU with 15 kills. Logan Miller added 11 kills and Naomi Mack had 10. At 3-0 in PCAC matches, the Hurricanes will be in the final four and have a chance at the championship.
Countryside 3, Tarpon Springs 1: The Cougars handed Tarpon Springs its second loss of the season and sent a message. After dropping the first game 25-20, Countryside won three straight, 25-21, 25-17, 25-19. The Cougars have earned a spot in the final four for the PCAC championship. Jess McKelvey had 20 kills and 15 digs to lead Countryside. Jenna Dykstra had 12 kills and 16 digs and Ashley Albers had 40 assists. "We gave up the first eight or nine points of the first game and got too far behind," Countryside coach Kaylyn Bayly said. "We settled down and started making better passes."
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The junior middleweight division was given a jolt on Saturday night as the undefeated yet relatively unheralded Austin Trout picked apart modern Puerto Rican great Miguel Cotto on route to a surprise unanimous decision victory. In front of Cotto's loyal army of Boricua men and women, Trout put himself at the forefront of the 154 lb division despite the odds being stacked heftily against him, and immediately called for a match with the weight-class' newest money-maker -- Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. Alvarez sat ringside, angling for a fight with Cotto, though the young Mexican looked decidedly unimpressed at times when the cameras turned to him. This could have been because of the hearty booing when his face came up on the big screen, though it could also have been because he was watching a super fight fall away from his grasp and there was nothing he could do but watch a new star emerge. Credit: Tom Casino / Showtime Cotto's time as a truly elite fighter may well be over and the slightl...
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The apartment is beautiful, cozy and comfortable. The guest will have a private bathroom with bathtub. The neighbourhood is very tranquil and safe.
You will share the apartment with Vicky, my wife and I. She is a dentist and I am economist and professional guitar player, we both are the most of the time doing our activities out of home, So in practical terms, you would be renting an entire apatamento for the price of a room!!!
However, there is also one more room for one or two people available for renting then could exist the possibility of coincide with one or two more guest or may be if you are more than two people, you could rent both rooms.
In the night time...we love to share with our guests a glass of wine and some "chatting and music time".
We expect to host nice and friendly people, but over all... Clean, respectful and easy going people as we are. You will feel here like in your own home, so we expect that you will treat the apartment like your own.
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We enjoyed our time very much! I can only confirm, Carlos+Vicky really are the great hosts as they are described in other reviews. They have a lot of good and practical advice and take care a lot. Same goes for the place, modern and clean. It is not directly located in the center but it is very well connected by relatively fast bus lines which are comfortable to use. And Plaza Espana and Montjuic are not too far to walk.
Now the surprising fun point: My friend is a passionate Pokemon Go player. She had a lot of fun. The place itself and surrounding are really great for that.
Carlos is an excellent host!! He picked us up from the airport and gave us some invaluable information about Barcelona. During our stay he always asked how the day had been and made recommendations on where best to go based on what we were thinking of doing. Superb to have that local knowledge!
The apartment is clean and tidy!! Maybe not suitable for a family to stay, but great for couples and friends.
Carlos even dropped us off at the airport on the day of our departure.
We definitely intend in staying with Carlos again!!
Vicky and Carlos are most friendly hosts! The gave us a warm welcome with a real fine guitar recital, because we both love music. They made us feel at home and at ease. We surely can recommend their place for a stay in Barcelona. You are about half an hour away from the busy centre, but there is a good busline nearby. It is far more quiet than being in the centre of Barcelona.There is an good bar opposite their house, where you can have breakfast. (At least we did).
Thank you Vicky and Carlos for your hospitality! Boudewijn and Mieke from Holland.
Hi Carlos and Vicki,
our trip in Barcelona was very nice especially accommodation by Carlos and Vicki.
The apartment from Carlos and Vicki is very nice and clean. During we stayed there he gave us very useful information for sightseeing, public transportation and also delicious restaurant nearby their apartment. It is convenient for public transportation and supermarket. We can recommend this apartment for my friend and anyone who has a travel plan to Barcelona.
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Warm welcome from Carlos. He is a very friendly and generous host. Clean, quiet and comfortable appartment.
We had a good time at Carlos' house. Everything was in good order. Him and his wife are very friendly people and they gave us good tips for the city.
Carlos and his partner are welcoming and kind, and provided a great space for our stay in Barcelona. The flat is very clean and has everything you would need. Guests have their own bathroom (across the corridor - which could be just you, or sharing with other guests if there are others staying at the time). The restaurant literally next door does the best Paella in Barcelona! Heartily recommended.
Getting into town - by bus - is easy and clear, there's regular bus service both day and night. Carlos has all the instructions you need in the bedroom drawer - but he is also available on Whatsapp for any queries. You can easily walk to Montjuïc and Palau Sant Jordi (where we saw Bruno Mars), so if you're going to a musical event or anywhere else in Parc de Monjuïc, the situation is perfect.
Carlos is a very attentive host - even playing his classical guitar for us (he's a professional guitarist).
We would return!
Vicki und Carlos haben uns sehr herzlich wie Freunde aufgenommen. Das Zimmer hatte gute Betten und genügend Stauraum im Schrank. Wir durften Küche und Wohnzimmer mitnutzen. Wenn beide Gästezimmer belegt sind, teilt man sich das Gästebad mit den anderen aber wir sind uns nie in die Quere gekommen. Gegenüber ist ein sehr preiswertes und gutes Frühstückslokal. Die Unterkunft ist zwar etwas außerhalb aber gut an Bus und Metro angebunden, sodass man in 30 - 40 Minuten an allen Hotspots sein kann. Nachts kommt man auch problemlos mit den Öffentlichen zurück. Auch uns hat Carlos selbst vom und zum Airport gefahren und Kostproben von seinem excellenten Gitarrenspiel gegeben. Herzlichen Dank für die Gastfreundschaft! Sehr empfehlenswert!
Una muy buena estancia!
Los dueños te tratan como si estuviera en tu propia casa, son muy hospitalarios y agradables.
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Disparate evidence indicates that the provision of extra road capacity results in a greater volume of traffic. The amount of extra traffic must be heavily dependent on the context, size and location of road schemes, but an appropriate average value is given by an elasticity of traffic volume with respect to travel time of about −0.5 in the short term, and up to −1.0 in the long term. As a result, an average road improvement has induced an additional 10% of base traffic in the short term and 20% in the long term: individual schemes with induced traffic at double this level may not be very unusual, especially for peak periods. Induced traffic is particularly seen on the alternative routes that road improvements are intended to relieve.


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Though a date is not officially set, we're hoping for our kind of marriage to be legal, and in between my election cycles, when we do tie the knot. Among questions we are commonly asked is who will propose? Answer: Diane. Though we'll exchange rings, mine will be shinier, and call me traditional, but I've always dreamt of a Prince(ss) Charming, down on one knee. Other answers we often recite are that I'll wear a dress and she won't, we'll both get walked down the aisle, and no, we won't be using a religious institution as a location for the ceremony. However, I'm happy to report that many churches, including the American Baptist one I attend, welcome all couples to their altars.
We'd love to take in some of the scenery of our beautiful coast for the ceremony, as we imagine couples from states where same-sex marriage is not a reality will travel to do someday in the not-so-distant future. Most likely, we'll write our own vows, invite family and friends to participate, and incorporate some female artist folk music, like any good Lesbian couple would do. But those are the details we'll have to sort out as we get through discussions about air guitars and wait for the results of the people's veto on November 3.
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In the wake of climate change, a North Dakota lake swells without regard for people or property and with no easy fix in sight
Douglas Larson
As Devils Lake approaches the size of Lake Minnewaukan, swamping human livelihoods and communities in the process, North Dakota's Congressional delegation, its governor, and other public officials down to the level of city leaders and below find themselves on the horns of a dilemma. While thousands of people in the Devils Lake region have been gripped by an appropriate sense of desperation bordering on near-panic, their fellow North Dakotans living downstream of the lake in the Sheyenne and Red River valleys are also troubled. In a region already deluged by a wetter climate, the thought of augmenting record-breaking river flows with water discharged from Devils Lake is disturbing. Many undoubtedly remember the spring of 1997, when flood flows in the Red River essentially wiped out the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota's third-largest city of about 53,000 residents. With peak flows measured at 137,000 cfs, and the river's stage exceeding 54 feet—26 feet above flood stage and 4 feet higher than the all-time record posted in 1897—the river burst through protective dikes and completely inundated the city, forcing nearly 50,000 people to evacuate. Seventy-five percent of the city's homes and more than 300 businesses were flooded, many damaged beyond repair. Fires burned uncontrollably downtown, gutting three square blocks. Damages reached $3 billion.
People living downstream of Devils Lake seemingly have the advantage in terms of political clout. Their numbers total nearly 200,000, representing almost a third of the state's population. Most reside in the major eastern communities of Valley City, West Fargo, Fargo and Grand Forks, the latter two the homes of North Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota, respectively. Yet, as someone who grew up in North Dakota, I have no doubt that "downstreamers" sympathize wholeheartedly with those being forced from their homes, farms and historic towns in the Devils Lake region.
In defending their position, outlet critics contend that roughly half of the wetlands in the Devils Lake Basin have been drained for agriculture over the past several decades. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the basin's original wetlands totaled at least 162,000 hectares (16.6 percent of the basin area), although the time frame for "original" is uncertain. Approximately half of these remain. Vast wetlands once captured and absorbed much of the runoff water from spring snowmelt and heavy summer rainstorms. In a study of the basin's wetland depressions, both drained and undrained, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported that the depressions had a maximum water-storage capacity of 657,000 acre-feet. Water-retention rates for 2-year and 100-year-frequency runoff events were 72 percent (116,000 acre-feet) and 41 percent (435,000 acre-feet), respectively. Outlet opponents believe that efforts should first be made to restore wetlands and plug their drainages instead of building outlets. Studies indicate that restoring 60,000 acres of drained wetlands could provide storage volumes of between 156,000 and 294,000 acre-feet. But restoring wetlands could take years, probably decades to achieve. In any case, one outlet is already operating and construction of others is underway.
But what would happen if no outlets were built and the lake began overflowing through Tolna Coulee, its natural outlet? By then, the expanded lake would have consumed an additional 300 square kilometers of lakeside property, further submerging homes, farms, towns and infrastructure. For those downstream, the U.S. Geological Survey has painted an even more ominous picture: Great torrents of escaping lake water would erode the coulee floor down to elevation 441 meters—2 meters lower than the lake's current surface elevation—releasing up to 2 million acre-feet of water uncontrollably—or about 40 percent of the lake's entire volume. Like a tsunami, outflows of between 12,000 and 16,000 cfs would thunder down the Sheyenne River Valley for days, possibly washing out Baldhill Dam, and drowning towns and farms en route to the Red River Valley and Canada.
With the crisis unfolding, nature appears to have the upper hand, at least for now. Humans, seeking a technical fix at this late hour, may have lost control of their environment, a lesson about the importance of preemptive action to forestall or reverse an impending environmental disaster. This may be particularly true now that unpredictable climate change appears likely across the globe. Having lost the proactive advantage, those working to solve the problem at Devils Lake have been reduced to a rearguard strategy. That is a position that may become familiar to people around the world in years to come.
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Seventy-three percent of organizations believe that because their employees have used cloud applications and mobile devices in their personal lives, they're clamoring for cloud and mobile technology at work.
According to CDW (News - Alert) LLC's 2013 State of the Cloud report, 68 percent of organizations say employee requests for cloud services have increased within the past two years.
Additionally, two thirds of IT professionals who answered the survey stated that using cloud applications and services in their personal lives directly influenced their decisions to recommend cloud services at work.
"Organizations' adoption of cloud computing has steadily increased, which comes as no surprise given the growth of mobility and the consumerization of IT," said Stephen Braat, CDW's general manager of cloud solutions.
"By aligning cloud services with critical applications and preferences of employees that use mobile devices, organizations can better capture business value that includes cost savings, increased efficiency, improved employee mobility and an increased ability to create innovative new products and services."
Thirty-nine percent of organizations are implementing cloud solutions, which is up from 28 percent just two years ago. Cloud-associated cost savings have grown from 10 percent of IT budgets to 13 percent of IT budgets within these organizations.
Cloud adoption still brings concerns. Worries about security, performance and integration with legacy systems keep some organizations from embracing the advantages of cloud computing.
InfoWorld's David Linthicum credits consumer solutions like Google Docs, iCloud, Box.net and Dropbox (News - Alert) with employees' love for the cloud. Often they find that using these services is easier than going through internal IT solutions, particularly when they need to share files with contractors or other external partners.
In addition, employees want to access information from multiple devices.
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Exercise science associate professor Dr. Alex Ng joins with an enthusiastic group of cancer survivors to study the impact of exercise on cancer outcomes.
Not even 100-degree heat could keep these women from pedaling through the sticky air enveloping Marquette's Valley Fields.
They put months of training on the line at the Danskin Triathlon. Throughout it all, Dr. Alex Ng, associate professor in the College of Health Sciences, monitored their conditioning in a pilot research study.
The women are Team Phoenix, a group of 25 breast cancer survivors who already endured what Aurora Health Care physical therapist and Cancer Rehabilitation Coordinator Leslie J. Waltke calls the "cancer triathlon": surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.
"If you can do that, you can swim, bike and run," she told them.
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"I feel very weak after breast cancer, so I'm hoping this will help me get my strength and stamina back," she says.
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Research shows regular exercise is especially beneficial for cancer survivors, Ng says. It can improve inflammation, immune function and cancer-related fatigue and lead to longer life expectancy. Ng's study will assess the physical and psychological impact of triathlon training and look at whether it motivates participants to stick with an exercise routine after the event.
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Otago Rail Trail - 4 days on a bike
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We had no reason to be nervous as Angus not only delivered us to our destination in one piece but had acted as a tour guide on our journey showing us many sights and giving us lots of information.....thoroughly nice guy, we swap emails and arrange to meet again in Auckland (as this is where he is from) and off he went.
We had instructions from the bike hire company that when we arrived in Clyde our bikes would be waiting for us in a shed behind one of the cafes. And sure enough our bikes were there complete with panniers, helmets, repair kits and pumps. After a little tinkering, yes you've guessed it, we hit the bar and yet another open fire to warm our cockles beside. After filling our bellies and watching some rather amusing dancing (locals in 50's jive dance gear, slicked back hair and Nike's!?) We retire for the evening.
The rail trail is a fairly new concept to the area although it's history is over a hundred years old. This area, in Central Otago, was once a huge gold mining area and several thriving communities existed. Unfortunately, once the gold ran out the people left and the area went into a steady decline. A railway line that was built to service the areas was shut down in the 1960s and quickly ran into disrepair. A couple of years ago someone in the tourist
board had the bright idea to open up the trail as a tourist destination and a well marked path, where the railway line used to be, was opened covering 150km (or thereabouts) from Clyde to a place called Middlemarch. There are many towns and villages along the way so plenty of stops. It has really taken off and the area is slowly benefiting from the boom.
Our first day on the trail and a cold fog welcomed us. No gobsmacking views today! (The word GOBSMACKING was used several times in the tourist brochures and every second word seemed to be GOBSMACKING this and GOBSMACKING that. This word would become the benchmark by which Pat and Warren would assess each day and the scenery we had seen) So with socks on hands and coats well and truly zipped up, we head off on our adventure. Finding the trail was a little hard but eventually we were well on our way, after stopping for the obligatory coffee and cake, shopping for food and booking accommodation...
The first part of the trail takes us down by the river and along some interesting winding hills and sharp turning dips. The fog lifted and with it offered some GOBSMAC (not quite GOBSMACKING but well on the way) views of the countryside. It would be a couple more days before we reached GOBSMACKING sections - however some days did go into negative - SBOG.
We discover that along the way are stamping stations to signify your accomplishment thus far. Pat and Warren chose to stamp their maps as it was $20 for a rail trail passport. All in all we traveled 37km from Clyde and came to rest in a place called Ophir. As the day was long we had reached our accommodation in the dark. However this did not disguise the fact that it was a complete rip off! Breeze block out-buildings with bunks that had no ladders and a continental breakfast that consisted of an apple and a bowl of cornflakes!! We wouldn't have minded had this been the budget option but it was the most expensive place we had stayed at (barring the Marriott in Thailand) during the whole trip!!!!!
Not impressed! So having filled our bags with as many apples and variety pack sized boxes of cereal as we could carry, we headed out for our second day in the saddle...all be it a little sore!
Today would take us to a place called Weddeburn and would be covering a whopping 45km... this would be our longest ride. With the weather still fine we begin to climb the trail. The trail was described as easy and as we started to climb the endless steady incline, we thought this may be a ploy to get us to do the trip? A couple of people whizzed passed and we thought it strange that one was pedaling and the other wasn't but were both travelling at the same speed! Hmmmmm. We continue and the views are beautiful and almost reaching GOBSMACKING at points but tend to hover around the GOBSMACKI point. Nic felt that the boys were being a little harsh in their judgement. To keep morale up and try and take minds of sore botties Pat turned into Quiz master with a 40 question children's quiz that he found at one of the stamping stations. Much fun was had. (oh and for the record Warren, should you be reading this, the four Teletubbies are not Baa Baa, Ping Pong, Dippyity Doo Daa, and Loopy Doopy)
It is on this part of the trail that we encounter our first tunnel. It is dark, cold and wet - as you'd expect from a tunnel really. However, most of the times you encounter a train tunnel you are on a train going pretty quick so you don't really notice how cold and dank and dark and scary and haunted they are. Donning head torches, we pedal cautiously through. No sooner had we entered, the tunnel engulfed us in pitch black and hands could not be seen in front of faces....even more so for Warren as he had forgotten to take off his sunglasses! But then in the distance we see the light at the end of the tunnel and head towards it. We emerge unscathed and develop a new confidence. The second tunnel, however, proved to be a little more hazardous. Nic approached the tunnel at full pelt. Luckily the light could be seen at the end as soon as the tunnel was entered....but this was to be Nic's downfall. The tunnel had a slight bend in it and as she focused her vision on the light she did not coordinate her arms to point the handlebars in the same direction.......Suddenly the wall jumped out at her and she was taken crashing to the ground, saddle bags and all. Patrick quickly came to her rescue with the video camera making sure he had caught it all.....very helpful! (we have hilarious video footage of this incident, the best bit being Pat administering first aid in the middle of the tunnel with only a flashing red light as his guide which made the scene look like something from 999 with Michael Buerke).
Thankfully, she was relatively unscathed but Nic being Nic she milked it for all it's worth. She did have a nasty bruise on her hand and a few cuts and bruises in various places. We decided this would be a good lunch stop and assessed whether Nic would continue on. It was here that collectively we realised why we had seen people whizzing past with one pedaling and the other not - they were being towed. GENIUS!! They had fashioned together a little tow rope using two inner tubes and wrapping them around the bike frame. As Nic was too damaged (physically and morally) to carry on Pat took the option to be the tow-er and Nic the tow-ee. It worked a treat. Within minutes we were flying along like a bike train carving up some serious mileage. With the trail we crossed over several viaducts and encountered some truly GOBSMACKING scenery - this was by far the best days riding in terms of scenery and distance.The whopping meal and several beers were very well received at the end of the day and to top it off we had excellent accommodation and a superb nights sleep.
Day three of the ride and this would take us to a place called Kokonga - a mere 35km away but best of all, all downhill. YIPPEE!! No need for any tow-ing action today thankfully. We stopped along the way at a place called Ranfurly that was dubbed as the 'Art Deco Capital of Central Otago'. Ermmm run that one by me again. THE ART DECO CAPITAL OF CENTRAL OTAGO. Now, I don't know much about Art Deco but surely having one building with Art Deco font printed above it doesn't make you the ART DECO CAPITAL of anywhere. Never mind, Ranfurly was nice and also had the oldest continual trading shop in New Zealand. Oh, and it also had a very nice pub - like all these towns along the way. All the towns were just like stepping back into the 60s - not that I have stepped into the 60s but I have seen enough episodes of Heartbeat to know what I am talking about.
Couple of hours and a couple of pub stops later and we arrived at our accommodation. Or let me put it another way - we arrive at a sign advertising our accommodation. Kokonga is, shall we say, small. Does one church and two houses constitute a village or a hamlet? We follow a path to a house that is empty but is signed as TWO WHEELS BACKPACKER ACCOMMODATION!! This was our place but no one was home, the place was locked up, and it looked like someone last came here during the Gold Rush. Unfortunately we were in the middle of nowhere and didn't have a mobile phone so couldn't call the number on the sign. We ventured a little out of the village / hamlet / blackhole of Kokonga and came across another guesthouse. They were helpful and got in contact with the owner, who was at work!! He gave us the code to get in the house (he had one of those keypad lock things) and make ourselves at home. Which we did. This place was brill. It was straight from a museum - cooker installed 1943, last decorated 1964, last time fridge was emptied 1976. It was amazing. It was someone's house and he had decided to earn a few extra quid to let people come and live in his house. Judging by the guestbook he wasn't making much money - the last guests were a Mr and Mrs W Shakespeare!!
Joking aside, the rooms were comfy and dry and that is all we were bothered about. And it is a good job because over night the rain came and it came hard. It started around midnight and was still coming down heavy when we set off on the road at 9am. We knew we were going to get wet but maybe underestimated how wet it was and how cold it was. Funnily enough there was no one else on the trail today. The original plan was to cycle to Middlemarch and the end of the trail - some 41km away. But after an hours riding it became very clear that this was absolutely zero fun and that we would stop at the next 'town' and catch a lift into Middlemarch. The next 'town' (i.e it had a pub) was a place called Hyde. The women in the cafe there thought it was hilarious when the English man, drenched through to the bone, squelched his way in and asked where he might get a taxi. They thought it was hilarious - a taxi in these parts, you'll be lucky. It is a good job I had a good upbringing because they all very nearly wore the mocca chocca frappe lattes they were drinking. After they had all finished laughing and giggling, one of them offered to take us and our bikes over to Middlemarch. We felt a little disappointed that we hadn't finished all of the trail but we were soon over it - like within 5 seconds. We had after all cycled 135km of the 150km so it was a good effort.
We took a lift over to Middlemarch, dropped off all our bikes and gear and caught a bus to Dunedin. The ride had been great fun and we had great company with Warren - he was very easy to get along with and provided us with much entertainment. Nic made Pat promise that there would be no more bike riding - rain and non-linear tunnels were enough to put her off bikes for life.


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Middle East: It is no coincidence that after the re-election of a U.S. president who put "daylight" between America and Israel, Palestinians launch dozens of rockets into Gaza. The Star of David is now a bull's-eye.
Rebel Pundit's Anne Sorock might have been on to something on election night when she videotaped an Obama voter celebrating that the president's re-election means "no more Israel."
Why did Hamas choose last week to begin firing more than 100 rockets into southern Israeli towns near Gaza? And why did Syria choose this week to shell the Golan Heights? If they don't actually believe that another four years of Obama means the Jewish state's days are numbered, they at least believe Israel holds a weakened hand long-term.
And, perhaps equally important, that the Israeli Jews they so hate are now more alone than ever.
Lital Ben-Oved, a 33-year-old mother whose house was hit by a rocket, pointed out in a USA Today interview that the Gaza government was targeting Israeli civilians, families and children, and heatedly asked, "Are Jewish lives less important than Palestinian lives? Where are the U.N. resolutions?"
To the left — not only in the Middle East, but in Europe, and, disgracefully, in America too — the answer is obviously, yes, Jewish lives are less important.
Like so many other terrorist outfits that have learned well the lessons of Leninism, Hamas and Israel's many other enemies are using the weapon of the ballot box as much as the ArmaLite. A case in point:
Israelis vote in January and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be seeking new employment if he is viewed as not defending Israel effectively.
Then there is yet another election, the one in Egypt that replaced a staunch enemy of Hamas, Hosni Mubarak, with an Islamist, the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi.


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