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Diet Introduction
On your quest to research the best diet you can possibly feed your mice, you have undoubtedly come across an abundant amount of conflicting information. While there surely is a lot of misinformation out there, some of the varying viewpoints are actually not necessarily "wrong." They simply leave out some important information, therefore you don't get the whole picture. On this page, we attempt to clear up some of that confusion by giving you the bigger picture.
When researching, gather information from many sources, educate yourself, and look at everything with an objective eye. There is a fair amount of decent information out there, it is simply up to you to find which is right for you and your mice. Consider that even diets that are considered good still may not necessarily be the proper diet for your mice. Herein we will explain this concept deeper.
First you must understand that each individual mouse may not require the same diet. There is no single "catch-all" diet that is good for every mouse. Just as mice differ in appearance, their dietary needs can also be unique. Each line differs, and each individual in those lines differ as well. When researching diet, consider that the varying recommendations you've found may not necessarily be wrong. They might simply be what works best for a specific line. Just the same, that diet may not be best for other lines, including yours, even if it is a good diet.
When researching diet always keep in mind that you must know your line. If you have mice from a pet shop, therefore you don't know the line, you will need to approach diet extremely cautiously. Pet shop mice are not bred for health. They are mass produced, no matter what kind of pet shop you get them from (including your favorite mom & pop shop that you
you know so well). Pet shop mice and mice from sources that are not from top quality breeders are far more prone to allergies and deficiencies.
Generally, though not always, individuals that are closely related will thrive from the same diet. However, sometimes there are individuals in the line that will require something different. When feeding your mice, keep this in mind. Just because some appear to be thriving, it doesn't mean they all will. You might have to tweak it or supplement for individuals in the colony (i.e. feed them some things separately, such as during play time- separated from the colony). Dietary needs are also something to keep in mind when you put colonies together. It is best to pick specific colonies by behavior
diet. This is the only way to insure they all thrive.
Most of this page is written for those of you with untracked lines. We have done this because you should be discussing diet with your breeder if you have mice from tracked lines. A
breeder will know exactly what their mice need and they will know of any allergies in their lines.
Nutrients & Treats
In this section we will brush over some important points about nutrition. However, there is a lot more to learn about ingredients and how a mouse processes different sources of nutrients than what we can possibly cover here. Diet is a vast topic that can take years of education just to get a grasp on. It is extremely in depth and therefore difficult to hit on all aspects of it in this section.
. If you have mice that are NOT from extremely well tracked lines from a quality breeder, make sure that there is not too much protein in the mix. Most of these mice should not have more than 13% protein in their daily diet. High protein can cause what's known as "hot spots". These spots are very itchy to a mouse and are usually on the back of their neck and sometimes going down their back/spine. Hot Spots can cause extreme discomfort, obsessive scratching, open wounds from the scratching, infection from the wounds, and even death. You can read more about this in the "
Hair loss, itching, and skin problems
" section of this site.
Meat Protein
. TFM recommends that all mice are offered occasional meat in their diet for their best health. Meat, unlike other sources of protein, is often more beneficial. Not all protein is equal. There are different kinds and the body absorbs them differently. Protein from plant sources are often not complete and can be a source of allergies whereas meat proteins are more complete, easily digested, and less likely to cause allergies. Your mice would be thrilled with cooked turkey, skinless cooked chicken, some kinds of baked fish, as well as insects such as meal worms and crickets. You can get meal worms and crickets from your local pet store (do not catch wild ones to give to your mice as you do not know what dangers they have touched and/or eaten that can be transferred to your mice!). Bugs are best fed live as they contain the best nutrients but frozen or dried are also beneficial. Be careful, however. If you have several mice together they may fight over live foods as their hunting instinct kicks in. It may be best to feed them individually.
Whenever feeding fresh foods (cooked or live) be sure to clean up after them. Cooked foods and recently deceased foods (such as crickets that have died but not been eaten) should be removed from the enclosure no more than 2 hours after they are given. If they are left in there any longer they can grow harmful bacteria.
Common allergens
. Along with high protein, some mice have allergies to things such as peanuts, sun flower seeds, and wheat, to name a few. Most mice will be fine with these ingredients in moderation, but if your mouse starts to form hot spots you might want to try eliminating these things from the diet. You can read more about this in the "
Hair loss, itching, and skin problems
" section of this site.
. "Treats" don't have to be mousie junk food. A mouse doesn't think that junk food is better than healthy food. Treats are special things they don't get a lot of. These treats can, and should, be healthy! Your mouse has nothing to benefit from junk food.
All treats should be given to mice in close moderation. Whenever introducing something new to your mouse, you need to watch their stool. Some treats will cause runny stool. Diarrhea can dehydrate a mouse very quickly and possibly lead to death. However, loose stool or changes in the color of the stool after giving a new thing can be okay as long as it goes away fairly quickly and it isn't intense (explosive). Whenever giving something new, only give the mouse a little sample of it and watch the stool. As days/weeks go by, you can slowly increase the amount of treats or added nutrients your mice get.
Here are some examples of treats and added nutrients your mice can have:
Vegetables such as carrots, lettuce (the darker the lettuce the better), peas, etc. Veggies often do cause loose stool at first because the water content in the veggies is high so don't be alarmed. You can also give mice different cooked meats (fish, chicken, turkey, pork, etc), pasta (cooked and uncooked), rice (cooked and uncooked-- it is a myth that they will choke or explode), and scrambled eggs. You must be very careful with things high in protein, as stated earlier. Oats, many healthy cereals (most mice
plain cheerios!), some dog treats, and a few mouse/rat/hamster treats can also be given to mice in moderation. Be careful with marketed treats, however. Some are very harmful!
Harmful Foods
There are numerous foods that are dangerous, as well as several that TFM recommends against. When feeding your mice it is important to know what is okay for mice to have and what is risky. NEVER feed your mice anything without FIRST finding out if it is safe or not.
You can begin your search for food safety by utilizing the
ASPCA's website
. That site is geared more to dogs and cats than mice, but it is a good place to
(though not always) if something is okay for dogs and cats it is okay for mice too.
Below are a few things that TFM discourages against for various reasons.
is NOT a sufficient source of nutrients for mice. There have been many reported cases in the US of mice failing to thrive and even dying if fed exclusively Oxbow. Oxbow can be given in addition to a well balanced diet (though we do not recommend it), but it should NEVER be the majority of their diet.
is a horrible brand all the way around. None of their products are worth the shelf space they use. None of their products have even the slightest health benefit. We will go even further as to state that it is actually more harmful than helpful. To make a comparison, feeding Hartz is like feeding children McDonalds 3 meals a day. They simply can not thrive on it. Their health will reflect negatively.
is a horrible company, known for offering the cheapest ingredients in their diets- at the expense of the animals health. This means that the ingredients are nearly worthless and some flat-out harmful. A good example of this is the preservative they have chosen to use. Instead of using something natural and beneficial like Vitamin E, they use a chemical called
. This chemical is
to cause cancer. The FDA regulates how much of this chemical can be put in human and animal foods. However, they allow abundantly more in animal foods than human foods. Add that to the fact that mice are FAR more susceptible to cancer, and that mice eat far more food in proportion to body size, adding that chemical is ASKING for problems. If a company doesn't care enough to use good ingredients, and even worse, uses clearly harmful ones just to save expenses (though still charge you top dollar), then they certainly don't have the health of your pet in mind. This company will cut corners everywhere at the expense of your mice. Make no mistake that they are fully aware of what they are doing. Several people have contacted Kaytee about the use of said chemical. Kaytee maintained that the chemical was safe.... which makes the following very interesting...
Due to an uproar in the animal community flaming Kaytee and getting the word out there about how bad their products are, Kaytee started to lose money as more and more people stopped using their products. Only when their bottom line (money) started to suffer, did they take any steps to rectify this situation. They took ethoxyquin out of several of their products, though not all of them. However, they did not do this out of the animals' better interest, it was their interest alone because of all their losses and bad press. A company that has clearly shown how little they care about your animals is not to be trusted in any aspect of your mouse's health. TFM will NOT back such a company. We actively warn against them due to their own actions.
. We would like to take a moment to elaborate a little on this chemical. This is a chemical that is added to some foods as a preservative. Ethoxyquin is added to both human foods and animal foods. The FDA has regulated it by allowing 100ppm in human foods and up to 150ppm in animal foods. If the mix has higher than 150ppm it has been clearly shown to cause cancer, tumors, and disease in mice and rats. There is an alternative to using Ethoxyquin. Vitamin E is also a preservative and is NOT linked to cancer, tumors, or disease and is actually beneficial. Companies choose to use Ethoxyquin because it is cheaper. However, you get what you pay for.
(if you skipped down to this section, be sure to read the section above on Kaytee)
. Unfortunately corn is an overwhelming ingredient in most foods. Companies love to use it because it is a cheap filler. However, you need to regulate corn intake. Corn in large quantities has been known to cause cancer in mice (as well as all other animals). Most corn is genetically modified, which is the root of all problems. If your mix has a lot of corn, consider picking a lot of it out. Reasonable amounts of corn is okay, but it should not be an overwhelming part of it.
Yogurt Drops
are a pretty awful thing to feed to your mouse. Yogurt drops are slyly marketed to make you think that you are feeding your mice something nutritious like yogurt, when in fact what you are feeding them is pure sugar with a tiny bit of horribly made "yogurt powder." Some yogurt drops don't even make the effort to add yogurt powder yet they still market them as "yogurt drops." However, even the companies that claim the use of yogurt powder are still worthless. Either they are not using enough to make any impact on the nutrition of the product as evidence by their own nutrition label, they are using a horrible quality powder, or they are not manufacturing it correctly. If it was made properly, the protein content would be at least 30% or higher. However, when you look on the package, rarely is there any more than 2% protein. These "treats" are no better than feeding your mice sugar cubes, which is HORRIBLE. Never should a mouse be given something with so much sugar in it! The companies that market these should be ashamed!
Not only are these treats clearly terrible, but they have also caused abrupt problems in mice that have eaten them. There are a few reports of mice becoming ill and even bleeding out of several orifices after consuming them. TFM warns AGAINST any type of "yogurt" drop or "yogurt" covered product. There are many safe alternatives! Sugar free human cereal is a fabulous place to start for giving treats and your mice will love them! If you want to give yogurt, give them sugar-free *real* human yogurt. Just be sure to remove uneaten portions no more than 2 hours after offering it so that it doesn't grow harmful bacteria.
Product Safety
Before you think that anything "must be safe if a company sells them" think again. Companies must be concerned with money first and foremost otherwise they would not be in business to begin with. This is simple fact. Additionally, most companies do not care about the well being of a pet. They care about making profit off products in any way they can. Pet products are a HUGE industry with a LOT of cash flow. Don't be fooled, people do not join a company like that to make a positive difference in an animals life (people that want to make a difference choose a career in places like the veterinary world).
Human products are not above this either. There are MANY harmful products out there for people as well as mice. Even though human products are tighter regulated, people are still harmed all the time by careless companies. Human products get media attention though, whereas you don't hear much about product injuries from animal products because it isn't "news worthy." Pet products are not as tightly regulated as human products either. Most people simply don't care enough to spend the time insuring their safety. The few that do care can not afford to take action against companies in a manner to get them to stop marketing them. It takes an entire society to boycott a product or very serious legal issues (costing a lot of money) to get a company to stop marketing anything harmful.
Do not be fooled that any company has the best interest of your pet in mind. It is up to the consumer (you) to choose only safe things for your animals.
Pre-mixed foods
Some people prefer mixes because mice are scavengers by nature and they don't want to take this away from them. Other foods, such as block, can be very boring. However, if you feed mixes you need to make sure that your mice are not only picking out the stuff they like best and leaving the rest. Mice need a balanced diet. In addition, it can be hard to tell when a mouse is out of food because there is always empty shells which can look like they have food. Make sure you check the food daily to insure they have actual food, not just empty shells.
Studies clearly show that mice must have mixed food as at least part of their diet to stay healthy. Being scavengers by nature, mice have a physical
to forage food. Scavenging for food keeps a mouse mentally spry. This directly reflects in their behavior as well as their health. A mouse that is given a healthy diet that they can scavenge for will be healthier and live longer than mice that are not given this opportunity. Studies are undoubtedly clear in this area.
Lab Block
Lab block is most commonly given to lab mice as it contains the essential nutrients a mouse needs in block form, making it so the mice can't pick only what they want out of a diet, thereby not getting a balanced diet.
The right lab block is a very good staple. If you have mice that pick out only their favorite foods and refuse the rest then your mice might benefit from lab block to ensure they get all the nutrients they need.
If you choose lab block, be sure to look into the protein. Many lab blocks on the market contain way too much protein for some mice, especially pet shop mice. Most of them are around 18-24% which is terribly high for some mice and can result in horrible allergies.
It is vital to a mouse's physical and mental well being to have a variety of food, however.
Studies overwhelmingly prove that mice must have variety to fulfill their scavenging nature. Feeding block alone can not fulfill this
. This environmental enrichment is proven to increase their health, life span, and quality of life.
If you feed block as a staple, it is important to also give healthy treats for them to scavenge. Giving a small amount of treats on a daily basis will fulfill all their needs while not being overbearing to their block diet. These treats should be healthy (cheerios are one great option). It is best to "hide" these treats throughout the environment so they have to hunt for them. Hiding can simply mean putting treats in areas that are not where their block is, or burying them in their bedding (clean spots only). You can have fun hiding these treats too! You can make mouse pinatas out of kleenex (unscented, no aloe, etc) and hemp rope. Stuff the kleenex with treats and string it up from the top of their environment, just low enough for them to get at it. Mice have a blast breaking into the pinatas! You can also put these treats in origami cubes with safe bedding enrichment (nesting material that is different from that they already have) as filler. This way they have to chew their way into the cube to get the treats... and the nesting material is a nice bonus! Many of my mice then used the cubes themselves as nests or play gyms. There are many ways you can add enrichment to their environment to keep them mentally stimulated. It's fun for your mice and you!
Homemade Mixes
Home made mixes can be okay. However, if you choose to mix your own food, make sure you do a lot of research first. For instance, mice can NOT live on bird seed alone. Nor can they live on dog food or table scraps. Mice need a well balanced diet just like humans do. You need to know how to calculate % in the diet, such as % fat, % protein, etc. You also must have a good understanding of what types of foods are digested in what ways by the mouse. For instance, while soy has a good amount of protein, a mouse is unable to utilize the protein from soy effectively, therefore it is not a good source of protein despite its "nutritional value." This is the spot where most people fail at making good diets for their mice. They take the nutritional value and assume that is what their mice are getting, when that is far from what is happening. This misconception is where their mice suffer.
The best "homemade mixes" we've seen people use are made up mostly of *high quality* lab block or a pre-made mix and then they add other things to it such as cereal, oatmeal,
high quality
dog food, etc. Just be careful what you add. Things like sugar should not be a staple and your additions should not be overbearing to the base diet as it can render it useless. Additions should be an enhancement and generally not overwhelming the pre made base diet.
We can not stress enough how important it is that you do a lot of research into what a mouse needs as a staple diet before even considering making your own.
Many very intelligent people 'think' they know best, just to find out later that their mice are suffering because of their diet. Unfortunately, by the time they find out that their mice are suffering because of their diet, their mice have been exposed to it for at least a year. At that point they begin to realize that while their mice 'appear' to be doing great, they are not living as long as they should be, or could be. By that time many mice have been exposed to this diet for a very long time and the damage can't be undone. With extremely few exceptions, TFM does NOT recommend casually making your own mix. It generally causes more harm than good.
We find that a lot of people think that spending the time making homemade mixes somehow shows that they care about their mice. Much like someone will cook a dinner for their significant-other, some think that reflects in making "dinner" for their mice. This is basic human psychology but please understand that the mouse will not know the difference... but their health might negatively reflect your personal desire to "cook" for them. Please understand that truly good care giving is knowing when to take outside resources, such as buying a pre made mix or block. There are other ways you can show your love for your mouse without preparing the food from scratch. For instance, you can make some really fantastic activity centers from popsicle sticks and fleece! Your mice will love this even more!
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Has Anyone Ever Done This?
I wasn't sure if I was supposed to post this on these forums or the Uc2 forums. I decided to post it here because the Uc2 forums are basically dead.
A couple of days ago, after losing a match in Uc3 (20-11) to 3 players using Rof, (15-9, (13-7) & (9-6), I turned off my ps3 because I couldn't take the uneven matchmaking & the cheap tactics.
I'm not here to complain about Uc3, that's not the point of this thread.
10 minutes later or so, a thought came to mind. What if I put in Uc2 & played it for a while, wondering if it was a good idea to come back to a game that hasn't been touched in months.
Anyways, after playing the game for a couple of hours in different game modes, (The Lab, TDM, Co-op Arena) I've never realized how much I enjoy this game. Besides the occasional glitcher, the game hasn't lost its touch one bit. Even though there's only 6,000 daily players, I had a blast playing it
After being in Level 50 for 9+ months, I leveled up in 1 day when I had 300,000 XP left to rank, it was the most I played & had fun of any game in ages.
In the end, I still love Uc3 & i'll always come back to it. I'm a better player there, with more experience & sprinting>bunnyhopping everytime, but there's just something about Uc2 that makes me always come back.
I just wanted to ask if anyone else has done this or if its just me.
Have you ever taken out Uc3 after months of playing, because you felt like playing Uc2 or any old multiplayer game again?
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Many times most of my friends will only come back to U3 if the suprise planned on November 1 in 2 weeks is still on...
Really hope Eric and the team continue with the promise in the Interview with RobinGaming from YouTube, the dude who created Uncharted TV
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NFS-P-s-n- wrote:
Many times most of my friends will only come back to U3 if the suprise planned on November 1 in 2 weeks is still on...
Really hope Eric and the team continue with the promise in the Interview with RobinGaming from YouTube, the dude who created Uncharted TV
robin created uncharted TV? news to me o.O ...
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Usually mostly for local co op + online.
Most current games don't have Uc3's (Or Uc2) multiplayer choices though.
Not many can offer offline local + online and still keep it's beat after months either.
Uncharted 3 Co-op Certification Center: Uncharted.VarHyid.com
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Yes I actually went back to UC2 this prior summer alot.
The game in general has aged very well when I was playing Co-op on Sunday on the map flooded Ruins I was actually RE-impressed with how amazing the map looked compared to it's UC3 counterpart same with Facility.
But I absolutely suck at UC2 now lol.
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Although not PS3 related but the only other MP game that came to mind was the greatest MP of this generation Halo 3 (IMO), I still play it even though it came out 6 years ago, even its ancient netcode isn't enough to ruin the experience. I feel Both UC2 & 3 will follow in the footsteps of Halo 3 and will continue to be active for years to come.
Now Sony needs to put UC2 on PS Plus as well, the MP player pool would benefit so much unlike the messy UC3 PS Plus offering.
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But I absolutely suck at UC2 now lol.
You're not bad at the game.
When I ran into a party of 5 on village, you should of seen the players on my team. Grenading themselves, suiciding, meleeing, shooting and even BBQ'ing each other. The only thing they didn't do was kill someone on the other team.
Another similiar player I found when I played Survival on Plaza, was shooting the helicopter whenever it came. xD
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It's REALLY hard to rob stores if my getaway car is surrounded by selfish psychopaths.

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Leland Kirton's Trip to B.C.
Sep 24, 2012 at 15:41
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Earlier this year, LamaCycles/NS Bikes buddy Leland Kirton was in a bit of a dry spell (biking wise) due to his car rollover and lack of transportation afterwise. However, he got through it knowing that he had hid trip to Britsih Columbia planned for late August. As the days past, he grew more and more excited knowing that his NS Soda was going to be rolling over loamy, hard packed, rocky, rooty and jumpy trails! Story and photos below.
''Finally it was go time. We loaded all our gear up and set out for a 17 hour drive to Kamloops. We got there super late, cracked a few cold ones and called it a night. We got up nice and early to catch the first chair at Sun Peaks. The first time I was able to roll down a trail with the Soda slope I knew I was in for an absolute treat. She's light at 27 lbs, but tracks true and flies like a big bike on the jumpy trails, only with a lot more pop. Once we finished up our session at the Peaks, we headed down to the Bike Ranch. This is the first time I have ever been there, and all I can say is "Damn I wish I lived in Kamloops". All the jumps were soo dialed and my rig felt right at home. We snapped a few quick pics and headed on our way to Whistler.
Sun Peaks was great, but in all honesty, Whistler is the cream of the crop when it comes to the MTB world. The trails were in great shape and the soda was destroying the berms and jumps at every chance it got. Dirt Merchant, A-line, Crank it up, Freight-train were among my faves, the bike felt right at home. Even though I was riding a small slope rig, doesn't mean I didn't hit up some of the gnarlier trails such as Joyride and Schleyer. In all honesty, I didn't expect the bike to perform too great in those rougher conditions but it held its own and ended up really surprising me. The soda was an eye catcher among the whistler crowd for sure. I almost couldn't make a lap without somebody inquiring about it, which I was more than happy to chat about.
Finally the final day at Whistler past and it was time to head back home to the flat, sad Prairies. As depressed as I was, I was excited to get back home, get the jumps cleaned up and get right back at it. Now that Im home, expect some photos and an edit to pop up in the near future.''
-Leland Kirton
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(Oct 11, 2012 at 17:11)
Sick trip!! Did almost all the same this summer except I went to silverstar instead of whistler.
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At 14" in length, this Classic Ecto-1 ghost-chaser is a large full function radio controlled icon, with working headlights/taillights, working roof lights and even music from the hit motion picture!
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Bergeron suffered his fourth concussion of his career in the second period of the Bruins' 3-2 win over Ottawa Tuesday night, when he slammed into the Senators Colin Greening. Bergeron was able to skate off the ice under his own power but he did not return to the game.
"I won't have any further update until I have some significant information for you," Chiarelli said when asked about a timetable for Bergeron's return. "But long story short is he got hit in the back below the ear, and he said his neck is very sore. That's as much as I know."
Wednesday was the NHL trade deadline. The Bruins, who traded for winger Jaromir Jagr Tuesday, acquired defenseman Wayne Redden and forward Rob Flick.
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An Yue Jiang
|An Yue Jiang
|Port of registry:
|Guangzhou, People's Republic of China[1]
|Guangzhou International Shipyard, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China[2]
|IMO number: 8414946 Call sign: BOAS MMSI number: 412027000[1]
|In service
|General characteristics [2]
|General cargo ship
|150 m (490 ft)
|20 m (66 ft)
|9.4 m (31 ft)
An Yue Jiang (Chinese: 安岳江, Hanyu Pinyin: Ān Yuè Jiāng) is a People's Republic of China container vessel operated by the state-run shipping firm COSCO. In 2008, it became notable because of controversy surrounding a cargo of arms and ammunition destined for Zimbabwe. The cargo reportedly includes some 3 million rounds of small arms ammunition, 1,500 rocket propelled grenades, and 2,500 mortar rounds.[3] The vessel originally planned to dock at the South African port of Durban and unload its cargo for shipment to landlocked Zimbabwe. However, there were widespread protests by persons concerned that the arms would be used by Robert Mugabe's regime in suppressing political opposition in the wake of disputed elections. Dock workers stated that they would not unload the cargo, and others threatened to stop the shipment on South African roads. Finally, a South African judge ruled that the ship could not dock as planned.
Subsequently, the An Yue Jiang remained in the area of the Cape of Good Hope, pending a rumored decision by the Chinese to recall the ship. It was then announced that the ship would proceed to Angola, where it would be allowed to dock but only to unload cargo destined for Angola itself.
Arrival in Africa[edit]
On April 14, 2008 the scrutiny committee of South Africa's National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) approved the shipment's conveyance permit, although it said shipment still had to be inspected and approved by the NCACC.[4] According to South African government spokesperson Themba Maseko, the government was not going to prevent the shipment from being transported to Zimbabwe.[5]
Critics suggested that the South African government would have been acting irresponsibly or even aiding the Zimbabwean government by letting the shipment through.[4][5] The issue compounded the dissatisfaction felt by many critics of the Zimbabwean government regarding South Africa's nonconfrontational approach to dealing with Mugabe, exemplified by Mbeki's claim that the post-election situation was not a crisis.[4] However, on April 17, the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) said that members of the union would not unload the ship or handle its cargo.[5][6]
The Durban High Court issued an order on April 18 effectively barring the shipment; another order allowed a German development bank to seize the cargo in compensation for an unpaid debt owed by the Zimbabwean government.[7] The An Yue Jiang abandoned its attempt to make port in South Africa on the same day,[8] and it reportedly headed instead for Luanda, Angola.[9] The Mozambican government said on April 19 that the An Yue Jiang would not be allowed into its waters, and on April 21, the Director of the Institute of Angolan Ports, Filomeno Mendonça, said that the ship was "not authorised to enter Angolan ports".[8]
On April 21, Zambian President Mwanawasa appealed to SADC governments to forbid entry to the ship, expressing concern that the arms would increase tension in Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, Justice Minister Chinamasa dismissed the controversy as a "hullabaloo about a lone ship", asserting that Zimbabwe had the sovereign right to legitimately purchase arms to defend itself.[10] Jiang Yu, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said on April 22 that the ship might be forced to turn back due to its failure to find a place to unload the shipment. She asserted that the shipment involved only "perfectly normal trade in military goods between China and Zimbabwe", with no connection to the events surrounding the election, and that the contract for it had been signed in 2007.[6] In a statement on the same day, the MDC said that the arms were "clearly meant to butcher innocent civilians whose only crime is rejecting dictatorship and voting change".[11]
According to the Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit, the ship was moving northwest up the coast on April 22, but subsequently the ship's location could not be precisely determined, either because it had switched off its Automatic Identification System or because it was more than 40-50 nautical miles from the coast (outside the range of the Automatic Identification System).[12] The United States requested that countries in the region not accept the ship, and it asked China "to refrain from making additional shipments and, if possible, to bring this one back". On April 22, it was reported that the China Ocean Shipping Company had decided to recall the ship due to its inability to deliver its cargo, and on April 23, the ship was reported to have turned around and was near the Cape of Good Hope.[7]
On May 17, The Weekender reported that the arms had arrived in Harare. The cargo was reportedly offloaded at Pointe-Noire in the Republic of the Congo and then flown to Zimbabwe.[13] Matonga declined to comment on this, while the Chinese Foreign Ministry described the reports as "baseless and purely fictitious" on May 21, saying that the An Yue Jiang was returning to China with the arms still on board.[14]
Alleged arrival of weapons[edit]
However, on May 19, a Mozambican newspaper, the Canal de Moçambique, stated that the arms had not only been offloaded (although the newspaper had stated the location of offloading as at Pointe-Noire in the Republic of the Congo, while the Zimbabwean government had stated that the weapons were offloaded in Luanda), but were flown to Harare by Avient Ltd, a UK-registered airplane business, using an Ilyushin Il-76. This transaction was negotiated during the first week of May by two Zimbabwean government ministers and some of the top officers of the Zimbabwean military who flew to Angola to negotiate the delivery of the weapons.[15][16][17] The arrival of the weapons in Harare was confirmed by the Zimbabwean government.
The report also stated that the An Yue Jiang had been refueled by the South African fleet replenishment ship SAS Drakensberg, allegedly after a direct order given by South African president Thabo Mbeki to Deputy Defence Minister Mluleki George. This was categorically denied by the South African government, denouncing it as the result of a "season of propaganda".[18]
On June 24, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry was asked if the An Yue Jiang's cargo had reached Zimbabwe, as Zimbabwean officials were then claiming. The spokesperson did not address the cargo, but said simply that the ship "had already returned to China".[19]
- ^ a b c "An Yue Jiang (8414946)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 2013-07-13. (Registration required (help)).
- ^ a b An Yue Jiang. Shipspotting.com. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
- ^ "China may recall Zimbabwe weapons". BBC News. April 22, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
- ^ a b c "NCACC approved Zim arms shipment", Sapa (IOL), April 17, 2008.
- ^ a b c Kamini Padayachee and Sapa, "Sending arms to Zim 'a recipe for conflict'", The Mercury (IOL), April 18, 2008, page 4.
- ^ a b "China may recall Zim arms ship", Reuters (IOL), April 22, 2008.
- ^ a b Louise Flanagan and Sapa-AFP, "US asks China to call ship back", The Star (IOL), April 23, 2008, page 1.
- ^ a b "Angola speaks first about Zim arms", Reuters (IOL), April 22, 2008.
- ^ "Zimbabwe weapons ship heads for Angola". CNN International Edition. April 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
- ^ "Chinese ship must go - Zambia", Reuters (IOL), April 22, 2008.
- ^ "Weapons not meant for mosquitoes - MDC", Sapa (IOL), April 22, 2008.
- ^ "First results in Zimbabwe recount", BBC News, April 23, 2008.
- ^ "Chinese arms arrive in Zim: report", Sapa (IOL), May 17, 2008.
- ^ "Ship of shame: 'Reports are baseless'", Reuters (IOL), May 21, 2008.
- ^ Pretória nega ter reabastecido o "Navio da Vergonha"
- ^ More on Avient Air
- ^ Weapons delivered via the An Yue Jiang have allegedly arrived in Harare Archived June 12, 2008, on Wayback Machine.
- ^ Weapons arrive in Zim - report Archived May 20, 2008, on Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Jianchao's Regular Press Conference on June 24, 2008", Accessed July 24, 2008.


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Pretty Little Liars Season 4 Finale Recap: Alison Tells All and SPOILER Is Shot!
"Pretty Little Liars" promised its season 4 finale would feature Alison telling all.. and she did, mostly. On Tuesday's highly-teased episode, the Liars, Aria (Lucy Hale), Spencer (Troian Bellisario), Hanna (Ashley Benson) and Emily (Shay Mitchell), finally found out what really happened the night Ali (Sasha Pierterse) disappeared, but let's start at the beginning.
It all kicked off with the girls reunited with enemy Noel, who promised to deliver Ali to them. He actually came through, with Ali revealing their foe is trustworthy because "he has secrets, too," and the group of friends all got to hug for the first time in years. Ali said she couldn't come home until they discover who A is, saying she hopes telling them about that fateful night will help them figure out … otherwise she will disappear again… for good.
Detective Holbrook interviewed frenemy CeCe about Officer Wilden's murder, and she claimed to know who killed the girl that's really in Ali's grave. "The same person that's still trying to hurt my friend," she told him, confirming to him Ali is alive. Ali revealed to the Liars that she initially suspected nemesis Jenna of being A, but was quickly proven wrong, while the girls' parents worried about their whereabouts, with Holbrook executing a search warrant at Spencer's home. Ali said she suspected everyone, including her best pals, and said she had videos she could use to blackmail all of them in trying to figure it out, but also knew A's death threats were very real.
On the night of their infamous sleepover, her mom Mrs. DiLaurentis told her not to go, believing Spencer was the bully and her family was dangerous. Ali snuck out anyway, joining the girls in the barn, where she slipped her mom's sleeping pills into their drinks, believing that if they were passed out and she got a message from A, she could cross them off the list. She confirmed to Spencer that boyfriend Toby wasn't A, either, and revealed that their sleepover was interrupted by none other than Erza.
Ali confessed that she first met Erza at a pub years ago, but when he found out that night that she was still in high school, full of lies, and fearful that she would get hurt, he confronted her before anything could happen between them and vowed not to see her again. She further told an upset and confused Aria that Ezra is now looking for her, because "he thinks if he saves me, he'll win you back."
After the Ezra run-in, Ali said she found Melissa's boyfriend Ian at the Kissing Rock, where the two argued about ending their dalliances, and she demanded to know about the videos of everyone she found on his computer and the mysterious N.A.T. Club, threatening to reveal all the footage if the taunts continued, believing he and his friends might be A. Ian warned her that everyone would suffer if she did expose the clips, and Ali returned to the barn to find Spencer awake and waiting for her.
Meanwhile, Holbrook separately interviewed Spencer's parents and her returned sister Melissa, with it revealed her dad had suspected a drugged-out Spencer of being involved in the murder, while the police uncovered the girls were in Philadelphia using a GPS cell-phone tracker. Mrs. DiLaurentis was at the police station, too, where she found out for sure that her daughter was still alive, and refused to discuss it with former cheating partner, Spencer's dad.
Spencer told Ali that because of her addiction, she didn't remember why they argued that key night, and it was revealed they were fighting about Ian and Melissa when Spencer picked up the shovel and lunged. Instead of making contact, as Spencer feared she did, she actually fell, and Ali uncovered her pill bottle and speed addiction, and, promising to keep it a secret, told her to go back to the barn and sleep it off.
After, Ali confronted Aria's dad about his affair to see if that would help narrow her list, and then returned to the barn where she waited for another message. When nothing came, she went home feeling victorious and spotted her mom in the window — only to be hit in the back of her head with a rock as her mother watched in horror. But instead of getting help for her daughter, the distraught matriarch presumed she was dead… and buried her in the backyard alive, repeating over and over to an unseen person, "What have you done?" leading Ali to believe she was covering for someone they knew, and still is.
As previously revealed, Mrs. Grundwald later pulled Ali out of the makeshift grave and took her to the hospital, where she ran away — and was found walking the streets by a nerdy and sketchy Mona, who took her to the Lost Woods Resort under the name "Vivian Darkbloom." As the pair wondered who would try to kill her, Mona suggested letting A think she did indeed die by disappearing, and Ali accepted her help — unaware the real reason she wanted her gone was to make her own life better and torture the rest of the girls.
As Spencer's dad worried at the police station that he didn't protect his daughter enough, working all these years under the assumption that she committed murder, Melissa told him she didn't do it… and then whispered something alarming in his ear. Ali revealed to the Liars that after she disappeared, she didn't want to come home until she knew who her mom was protecting, but once Mona began hurting the girls, she returned to Rosewood and tried to secretly help them from the continued torture — protecting Spencer from Ian in the bell tower, pulling Hanna out of the fire and more.
Just as the police arrived interrupting Ali's story, a masked gunman began shooting at the girls and chasing them throughout the building and onto the roof. Ezra suddenly appeared to protect the girls, just as the gunman got close, and as Ezra said he knew who the person was and the police were on their way, a fight between the two ensued and shots were fired. Hanna was able to steal the gun during the tussle, and with it pointed at him, the gunman teased the girls by starting to lift off his mask… and then jumped to a nearby building and disappeared, just before Ezra collapsed, revealing a gunshot wound to his abdomen and losing consciousness.
As Aria and Ali cried and the girls panicked, the show cut to its signature closing tease… showing Mrs. DiLaurentis unconscious, possibly dead, and getting buried, just like her daughter was. Woah. Season 5 begins on June 10. TELL US: What did you think of the season finale?


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Legitimate use of Shock Collars? My experience..
Hello Friends, this comes from Oz (Australia). This is a bit of help, either for you or correction for me, but based on personal experience. I don't even know if they are legal in America, there is a lot of backlash on their use, but I have found them legitimate in a few areas. NOTE, before you fire up at me I am against them but have found them a life saver for a few areas. I want to trend toward a confident well socialized but somewhat personal protection dog. I am afraid it might harm the confidence using it on a 1-2 year old puppy, so I am not likely to use it.
Please tell me the alternatives to what I describe..
Starting with horses, I had to paddock four together a long time ago not on my own property, and one was fat and a bully. He would go through electric fence tape. I could not isolate him. He would go to his own hay, stretch waaay out and pee all over it, then go beat up on someone else to steal their hay. Afterward, he would go (disgusting) and eat is pi$$ed on hay. Solution was my first experiment with shock collars. After he wore it for a few days and forgot about it: When he would go to bully others, he got a blast, (remote viewing shock collar), and it soon ended his aggression. It only took a few reminders once or twice a year and he was cured, a great trail horse, just cured of being a bully for food. It was as if he learned that other horses packed a punch and when he wheeled around to kick them something BIT THE HECK OUT OF HIM.. I also have had limited success with cribbing and wind sucking, but it takes too much patience watching. They soon learn that activity comes with an uncomfortable JOLT and they will change their behavior.
Again, limited, very limited use and application.
Now with Dogs, I am too far away for you to throw rocks at me.. heh he.. It is not a training tool, not to be used very often, except to save the dogs life. One legitimate use I have found IMO is at work, truck and transport and forklifts, when they are laying down in the way and a vehicle comes within about a Metre, if they get a JOLT they soon learn cars BITE. I even baited them up stepping off a curb and when a car came within about a meter, something BIT THE HECK OUT OF THEM.. Now I have not had much success in getting them to look for cars any other way. Maybe I lacked skill or patience, OK... This worked right away, they simply learned vehicles could BITE THE HECK OUT OF THEM.. Maybe only six sessions over a week and a reminder once a month for a couple of months, and their behavior was changed as it was a hazard to them
Laying around, they soon learned to get up and out of the way if ANY vehicle was moving in their direction.
And the same for stepping off a curb, right away when they learned cars BITE, they would look both directions before crossing the road, and not step out in front of traffic.
Please tell me a better way to train them to stay out of the way of vehicle??? I lost a dog as a kid, only an instant off a lead, he was distracted and ran out in front of a truck without looking before I could react.
The other application was against poison bait. I would put a variety of burger, sausage, bacon at different times. Dog out, go for it, get a mild jolt, and would actually drop it out of his mouth. It only took a few times and his reaction to bait was to alert bark at it, at about a metre, until I came out to collect it and praise him, take him in the house and give him another type of treat. Again this could take a reminder once or twice a year...
Tell me a better way? I do not want to use the shock collar any more, as I am convinced it could have harmful side effects. These are two areas I feel the shock collar could SAVE the dogs life.
I wait for your answers with an open mind.... Car training, and bait training, I have not had much success without the shock collar. Maybe I am just not patient or expecting too much too soon.. I have a new GSD pup coming in mid January and want to get it right...
lone Ranger, out on the "Last Frontier" with GSDs (2) and horses (many)... Living "Dances With Wolves" as much as I can...
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As reported a couple days ago, the Calgary Flames wanted to address the Jarome Iginla free agent situation at the beginning of camp, and then not talk about it for the remainder of the season.
Flames GM Jay Feaster,
"The directive here in Calgary, the objective here in Calgary, has not changed. From ownership right on through, our goal and our intent is to have Jarome Iginla spend his entire playing career with the Calgary Flames.
"The one thing we don't want is to talk to Jarome's contract every day."
They may not want to talk about, but the media will be wanting to ask about it.
Iginla is in the last year of his contract, and will be making $7 million. The Flames will have to decide if they want to re-sign him, and find out if he wants to re-sign with them. They plan on finding out immediately so it doesn't become a distraction. By some of Iginla's comments, he may be willing to stay with the team.
"I don't want it to be a distraction to the team, to myself. We have a goal and a mission. We've been out of the playoffs three years, with a shortened, intense season, we don't need a distraction," said Iginla, who didn't skate Sunday due to a groin strain. "I believe in this organization and this team. I believe we can be a very good team.
"My preference would be to play here on a great team and win. I think we can do that. My focus is going to be on helping this team to the playoffs and ultimately win."
Iginla controls his own destiny as he has a no-trade clause. If he's not re-signed by the April 3rd trade deadline, and the Flames are not in the playoff mix, it's likely that he could be asked to waive the no-trade.
"That's definitely not where my thoughts are," Iginla said. "I honestly think we'll be a good team and plan on being in a good position. I don't want to do 'what-ifs' or anything like that.
"My focus will definitely not be day-to-day wondering where my contract is. We win games and play as hard as I can to help that be the cause, that will take care of itself."
Feaster added,
"We all know what the options and the alternatives are. It's a balancing act you weigh in the process. If we're sitting without a deal and we're a playoff team and things have gone well for us during the season, and we think we have a real opportunity in the post-season, you've seen that from us, too. It doesn't mean the player's going to be traded. If we don't get something done by the trade deadline, that doesn't mean you trade Jarome."
It will be interesting to see how talks between the two sides play out over the next couple weeks. Both sides will likely be tight lipped on discussions.


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Anyway, bowing to peer pressure, I bought a newER assault rifle.
I got this from CDNN last week. I had ordered it because I wanted something more modern than my other rifles, but I didn't want to spend a bunch of money. Initially I wanted their bottom of the line, fair condition beater at $69.99 but they were all gone and they suckered me all the way up to their good condition matching numbers model at $89.99. They tried to get me to pop for the Excellent just made yesterday model @ $119.99 but I wasn't biting.
So it came in. Looks to be Unissued. Some storage marks (supposedly they hauled them out every five years, cleaned all the cosmoline off, test fired them to make sure they were ready then gunked them up again and back in the case for another five years) but no cuts, gouges, splits, carvings, dings or dents.
Closeup showing Crest stamp, receiver and furniture.
All the serial number match including the firing pin. There are signs that it was actually sighted in for windage and elevation, the front sight shows signs of discrete tapping, and the rear sight is marked for everything from 100 meters out to 2000 meters.
Now I'm looking for a set of surplus eyes that can see something at 2000 meters.
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That's a fine looking rifle. You know, since I got my Ruger M77 International, I've become more and more enamored of bolt action. I've always liked Mausers, though I'm pretty partial to Mosin Nagants. Just might better get me a Mauser K98. I'd really like to get me an Israeli Mauser in good shape because those are .308 converted! Of course so is the Spanish FR8. Hmmmm.....
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BEAUMONT, Calif. - Two passengers traveling in a Camry were killed after the driver was cut off by another vehicle on SR-60 Wednesday night. Police are looking for information to track down the driver who caused the accident.
The crash happened just before 7:30 p.m. as 34 year old Tiffany Ayala of Cathedral City was approaching Jackrabbit Trail in Beaumont. According to witnesses, Ayala lost control of her Camry and drove off the north side of the highway after an unknown vehicle unsafely changed lanes in front of her.
Her car ended up crashing into a large oak tree. CHP said a 19 year old woman from Artesia was riding in the front seat and a 36 year old man from Las Vegas was riding in the back of the car; both were killed instantly.
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Kate Middleton & Prince William Wedding Rehearsal And Message Of Thanks To The World!
Kate keeps breaking tradition — she and William have written their own personal message in the official wedding program! Read on for rehearsal details and more pics…
Prince William and Kate Middleton went to their final royal wedding rehearsal on April 28 at Westminster Abbey. While thousands of fans cheered from outside, best man Prince Harry, the bridesmaids and other family members joined in as the royal couple went through the run-down one last time.
William and Kate have also written their own personal message in the official program: "We are both so delighted that you are able to join us in celebrating what we hope will be one of the happiest days of our lives. The affection shown to us by so many people during our engagement has been incredibly moving, and has touched us both deeply. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone most sincerely for their kindness."
On April 29, William, 28, and Kate, 29, will say, "I do," but Kate has chosen not "obey" her husband. Like Princess Diana did in 1981, Kate has instead opted to "love, comfort, honour and keep" the Prince.
The couple have selected the Series One Book of Common Prayer ceremony, from 1966, which does not include the "obey and serve" clauses.
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams will conduct the ceremony, and Kate's younger brother James will also do a reading.
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China's Communist Party got almost 2 million citizen complaints last year -- yet doesn't seem to mind.
- By Liz CarterLiz Carter is assistant editor at Foreign Policy's Tea Leaf Nation. She lived for several years in Beijing, China, where she wrote and translated three Chinese-English textbooks and studied contemporary Chinese literature at Peking University. Since returning to the United States, she has co-authored a book on subversive linguistic trends on the Chinese Internet and been interviewed about developments in China by the Christian Science Monitor, Forbes, the Washington Post's WorldViews, and PRI's The World.
In 2013, China's Communist Party disciplinary organs received an eye-popping 1.95 million citizen complaints about officials. This is a 49.2 percent jump from 2012, according to a Jan. 13 report from state-run website China News Online — but surprisingly, the article did not evince displeasure with the total, calling 2013's anti-corruption efforts "the strongest in 30 years."
Why did China News Online trumpet such a high number of complaints? In September 2013, finding itself on the defensive end of what it called a "public opinion struggle," the Chinese government began to crack down on social media chatter aimed at Chinese leaders. Around the same time, it rolled out a new website allowing users to report crooked bureaucrats directly to the party. Aggrieved netizens may now feel safer using official avenues of complaint rather than kvetching on Sina Weibo, China's Twitter.
If the spike in corruption allegations is real — Chinese state media has padded the stats before — it may actually be a good sign for authorities. In the 2013 book Why Communism Did Not Collapse, Martin K. Dimitrov, a professor of political science at Tulane University, argued that China's petitioning system is a form of proxy accountability that allows Beijing to ensure citizen loyalty in the absence of democracy. While Chinese authorities continue to suppress public demonstrations, they may welcome complaints lodged through official channels. "Petitioning represents institutional buy-in and is thus desirable" for China's leaders, Dimitrov wrote in an email. If that's true, the Communist Party has almost two million new reasons to pat itself on the back.


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Recently I had a chance to check out the new Yankee Stadium as I went to see the Yankees play the Orioles. Unfortunately, I did not arrive before the game due to the limited amount of time I had to check out the stadium. However, I was able to get a decent impression of the stadium, and saw enough of the amenities to report back on it.
In terms of my seats, I was quite happy to find out that the seats were wider, the arm rests more acceptable on the arm, and the leg room much improved. I'm 5′ 10″ and skinny, but the old stadium often left me feeling cramped, especially around larger people. I did not feel like that would be the case at the new stadium.
Also, there were cupholders available in front of the seats, which after seeing and using them at the Cubs game I attended at Wrigley, is a big help to getting your full value out of your drink, while still allowing people to walk by. The one negative I did note was that my seats, which were in a similar area to where I sat for a Yankees-Tigers game a few years prior, did not offer quite as good a view of the outside corner as the old stadium. This is partially due to a decreased slope in the upper deck.
As for the audio-video section, the team did a GREAT job of making sure at almost every time you can follow what's going on. There are TVs in the concourses, by some of the entrances, so that if you arrive late you can catch up on the score, and the speaker system is very loud and clear.
The video boards in centerfield are large, but I feel poorly used. Do we need to see Robert Andino's MLB picture that large? Instead, on the square footage they should be able to fit both lineups, ALL out of town scores, the pitchers strikes and total pitches thrown and the information about the batter. Regardless, it is a beautiful screen.
The screens that line the facing of the upper deck are digital and nice, but mostly used for advertising, which in my opinion is a poor way to use them. They should be used for enhancing the watching of the game, given the large area they provide. I think this will change over time, however, and will be enhanced.
The food options are quite plentiful. There were Nathan's Hot Dogs, Fries and Chicken Tenders, Johnny Rockets Burgers, Brother Jimmy's BBQ which had pulled pork sandwiches, garlic fries, healthy sandwiches in addition to others….and that's just what I saw on the upper deck. I didn't get a chance to check out what was available down below thanks to my late arrival; that will be saved for next time.
The drink options are basically a standard stadium fare in non-alcoholic drinks plus fresh squeezed lemonade, milkshakes at the Johnny Rocket's stands, and a small variety of beers. A lot has been made of the stadium prices for the beers and the especially poor beers available at $6. I found a pretty good deal in the $10 Miller Lite in a souvenir cup, which turned out to be at least 24oz of beer. For a ballpark, that's not bad. There were a lot more fixed food stands in the upper deck and a lot of mobile ones, as well. This helped to cut down on the length of lines.
That leads me to my next point: the open concourses. In the upper deck, this is very well implemented. You can walk anywhere and if you hear a ball come off the bat, all you have to do is run to a railing behind the 300 level seats to see what is going on. Plus, the concourses are so much wider that even if the food lines remained the length of the lines at the old stadium, you'd still have room to walk. It really is a pleasure to be able to walk through the stadium and not miss a beat, nor feel slowed down by a food line.
The lighting inside the stadium, outside of the stadium, and on the field is really solid. As I'll mention when I talk about CitiField, lighting can make a huge difference in enjoyability of the game. Here, the lights are not overbearing and the large amount allows for them to not be as blinding as some other parks, so it's harder to lose a ball in the lights. Plus, the arrangement of them indicate the possibility of the stadium being used for other purposes. The inside of the stadium also contains the Great Hall, which is the main entrance point that has many photos and posters of important pieces of Yankees history. Even the second level, where you can peer down to the Great Hall from, has some nice Yankees items on it as well.
Overall, I had a pretty good time at the Stadium. Did it have the feeling of the old Stadium in terms of crowd warmth? No, but I think that will change over time. Were the upper deck seats not as prime a view as at the old stadium? Sure, but they're still a pretty good view and still a pretty good value. Is there a wind tunnel? I'm almost positive there is. When exiting the stadium you could feel the wind coming in from the Great Hall area and especially towards the first base side of it. Perhaps, blocking air from the entrance points over there will be the only necessary solution.
Hopefully next time I get there early enough to see more of the stadium and can potentially provide more insight. Of course, the stadium would be 1000x better if they didn't play God Bless America every game and didn't play John Sterling's cliche' call every time the Yankees win. But, that's another topic for another day.
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A foreign-trained doctor working in Victoria has been banned from practice for a year for serious unprofessional conduct including improperly touching patients.
A tribunal today heard Soviet trained Dr Vinod Kumar failed to obtain the consent of an 18-year-old female patient prior to an internal vaginal examination, and adjusted another woman's bra and placed a stethoscope on her breasts without consent after she complained of sinus pain.
The 47-year-old also touched the anus and vaginal area of a woman suffering back pain, and the anus area of another woman suffering vaginal discharge.
The complaints against Dr Kumar came from patients and staff at clinics in Mildura and Melbourne's South Eastern suburbs between May 2002 and November 2003.
During the tribunal hearing, Dr Kumar denied any sexual motive and blamed cultural differences and a lack of training and understanding in local clinical practices for the misconduct.
The Victorian medical practitioners' board found Dr Kumar engaged in unprofessional conduct on five occasions, three of which were of a serious nature.
It also found he unprofessionally touched the stomach of a female staff member after she complained of stomach pains, but dismissed allegations made by another staff member.
The panel today suspended Dr Kumar from practice for 12 months, effective immediately, and restricted his registration for a further 12 months to practising only in a hospital under close supervision.
In this period, Dr Kumar must submit conduct reports signed by the director of medical services monthly for the first three months, then every three months at the discretion of the board.
Panel chairman Dr Bryce Phillips said the board did not believe Dr Kumar gained any sexual gratification from his actions or acted in a predatory way.
Counsel assisting the board, John Goetz, called for Dr Kumar's registration to practice in Victoria be cancelled, saying his behaviour was a breach of trust, deeply offensive and humiliating for his patients.
Dr Kumar's barrister David Brookes asked for his client to receive a caution, saying he had suffered public humiliation over publicity surrounding the allegations, which he described as carelessness rather than sexual assault.
After the determination, Mr Brookes said Dr Kumar would review the decision and consider an appeal.
Dr Kumar, who was recruited to work in Australia in 2001, worked in Queensland for eight weeks before transferring to Victoria.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - Friday's Photos
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- Trish Myers said...
Fabulous photos kerrie ... must be the photo editing course :o)
- September 11, 2009 at 9:28 PM
- Tamara said...
Oh you must have been there the same time I was! I have photos and a video almost the same!! Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDNVuo7Vv6k
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Bali's worst terrorist attack
On October 12, 2002, three terrorist bombs were denoted in Bali. Two were detonated in Kuta — one in a backpack carried by a suicide bomber and a second, larger car bomb. Between them, these two bombs killed 202 people and injured another 209. A third bomb was set off outside the US consulate in Denpasar which caused only minor damage.
Those killed included 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians and nationals from over 20 over nations. The perpetrators were Indonesian, members of a violent Islamic Group called Jemaah Islamiyah led by radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, and the supposed reasoning for the attacks was in response to the United States' "War on Terror" and Australia's role in Timor Leste's independence.
Conducted in tourist high season in the heart of Bali's tourist centre, the attacks commenced with the backpack bomb which was worn by a suicide bomber who walked into Paddy's Pub at 11pm and detonated the bomb. Almost immediately afterwards the far larger car bomb exploded outside the Sari Club — a popular bar which was more or less opposite Paddy's Bar.
The result of the bombings was catastrophic and Bali's medical facilities were quickly overwhelmed. Many people suffered horrifying burns and some of the worst treated were air-evaced to Darwin and Perth in Australia for further care.
On the second anniversary of the bombings, the Monument of Human Tragedy was dedicated on the site of the original Paddy's Bar. It bears the names and nationalities of each of the people killed in the attack. Commemoration services are held annually at the site.
Just over six years later on 9 November 2008, three Indonesians who were convicted of directly carrying out the bombings were executed by a firing squad. Others, including Abu Bakar Bashir, remain free or served minor jail terms.
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – David Suchet
This short film, narrated by acclaimed British actor David Suchet CBE, communicates some of the key principles of children's palliative care.
Regrettably, not all children are blessed with the gift of good health.
In fact, there are over twenty million children around the world who have been diagnosed with potentially life-limiting conditions.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star – David Suchet
You are about to witness something unexpected – the extraordinary stories of children and young people around the world living, and thriving, with serious illnesses. This is thanks not only to their tremendous individual characters, courage and spirit, but also to the support of their loved ones, who are working in close collaboration with children's palliative care teams. Children's palliative care is a response to the suffering of a child and their family facing life-threatening conditions. These illnesses may be relatively common, like cancer and cystic fibrosis, or very rare indeed. Children's palliative care is holistic, looking at the body, mind and spirit within the social and cultural context. It cares for the child, and their family, from the time of diagnosis and can continue for years or even decades.
Care is provided by multiple professionals specializing in physical, phycological and social support, wherever that care is required. Many life-limiting conditions are familial – they run in the family.
Children's palliative care acknowledges that despite their diagnoses, children continue to develop physically, emotionally and cognitively.
This affects both their medical and social needs and their understanding of disease and death. Importantly, children's palliative care demands the provision of education to sick children as essential, and a legal entitlement. It also acknowledges that this adds to the complexity of care.
Children's palliative care acknowledges that families are the prime careers and that home is the centre of caring. Services should be coordinated to provide flexible, comprehensive support for the whole family, including siblings. The care of children with life-limiting conditions should be holistic and multi-disciplinary. This requires a range of services and the skills of those trained and experienced in the care of children. In all settings children should be cared for in a child-centred environment.
Different aspects of the children's palliative care package are delivered by a wide range of services and agencies across the health, social and voluntary sectors. This requires close liaison and effective networking to deliver care in a coordinated way.
Children's palliative care stands for social inclusion and rails against discrimination. It seeks out opportunities for growth and development. And it advocates for the voice of children living with life-limiting illness to be heard.
Children's palliative care cares for the child from the time of diagnosis until death, and after death it does bereavement support for the family. In some countries health professionals never acknowledge death in children. The cultural denial of the fact that children actually die prohibits the development of children's palliative care services. The taboo around child death, without an open and honest approach, means that families are often forced to make ill-informed decisions to pursue aggressive curative treatments.
Little Stars tells the surprisingly life-affirming stories of young people around the world living with life-limiting illnesses. Against the odds, these children and young adults are making the most of every moment thanks to the support of their loved ones, working in harmony with passionate 'pain and palliative care' teams.
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Not so. In Greece, I found a story – more specifically, a love story – so remarkable that it touched my heart and affected me profoundly. Read more…


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