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Technology reducing cost of solar panels by half
May 21, 2014 10:00 AM - Click Green Staff, ClickGreen
A world expert on solar panels will today outline how his pioneering work is set to significantly improve the performance of solar panels whilst simultaneously contributing to their cost being reduced by half. The technology will be commercialized within the next five years.
Fighting air pollution with innovation and technology
May 19, 2014 10:46 AM - ENN Editor
Air pollution has become one of the world's biggest threats to the future of our planet. Chronic air pollution shortens our lives and the lives of the ecologies around us. In parts of Asia, where air pollution is most pervasive, food crops and other plants are exhibiting signs of stress due to low air quality.
Coral Reefs: Who's protecting whom?
May 13, 2014 02:23 PM - Editor, ENN
According to a recent study, delicate coral reefs are protecting hundreds of millions of people around the world from stronger storms, rising seas, and flooding. The internationally supported study finds that coral reefs reduce the wave energy that would otherwise impact coastlines by 97 percent.
A greener barbecue
May 12, 2014 02:17 PM - Robin Blackstone, ENN
Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer and outdoor cooking season is right around the corner. Unfortunately, outdoor cooking is too often connected with a tremendous amount of waste. Make this year's summer the "summer of green" with these eco-friendly alternatives for a low-impact summer barbecue:
Industrial-sized rain barrel research in Washington State
May 12, 2014 10:15 AM - ENN Editor
In an effort to reduce the amount of polluted runoff reaching Puget Sound, the Port of Seattle is hosting a two-year study site for two unique metal boxes, which will bloom into rain gardens and help reduce pollutants.
Scotland provides guidance to wind farms for the protection of bird life
May 12, 2014 09:49 AM - Click Green Staff, ClickGreen
An innovative guide for wind farms is to be produced by the Scottish Government, industry and charities to help protect bird life. The Scottish Windfarm Bird Steering Group, made up of the Scottish Government, Scottish Natural Heritage, RSPB Scotland and Scottish Renewables, has already spent more than £50,000 on a series of studies.
President Obama details an Action Plan on Climate
May 10, 2014 07:12 AM - Alexis Petru, Triple Pundit
On the heels of the administration's release of the Third National Climate Assessment report, President Barack Obama today announced an array of executive actions and public and private sector commitments to increase solar installations and energy efficiency improvements, strengthen energy efficiency standards, and bolster the solar industry workforce. The actions and pledges that Obama laid out will deploy enough solar energy to power nearly 130,000 homes, cut carbon emissions by the equivalent of taking 80 million cars off the road and save businesses $26 billion on their energy bills, the White House said in a statement. "We don't look backwards. We look forward. We don't fear the future," Obama said on why it's time to conserve energy, promote renewables and take action on climate change.
National Priorities List of Superfund sites adds seven
May 9, 2014 07:18 AM - Editor, ENN
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is added seven hazardous waste sites to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. They include two facilities in York, NE and single facilities in Norphlet, AK; Windham, ME; Fairfield, NJ; Ridgewood, NY and Collierville, TN. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country to protect people's health and the environment.
New hopes for getting the lead out of solar
May 5, 2014 10:16 AM - Robin Blackstone, ENN
Solar energy is arguably our most viable low cost energy source. It is forever sustainable and easily captured and converted. But now the technology may have taken yet another leap forward. To date the foundational technology behind photovoltaics was a structure called perovskite, which has been made with lead. Using tin instead of lead perovskite as the harvester of light, a team of Northwestern University researchers has created a new solar cell with "good efficiency". This good efficiency solar cell is low-cost, environmentally friendly and can be easily made using "bench" chemistry -- no fancy equipment or hazardous materials.
Thoughtfully green Mother's Day gifts for your mother and Mother Nature
May 1, 2014 03:11 PM - Editor, ENN
No one is more special that your own mother - especially on Mother's Day. Celebrate your own mother and "Mother Nature" with one of these five great green gift ideas. These options offer a sustainable alternative to the chemical-laden flowers and mass-produced chocolates that dominate the market on Mother's Day. 1. Buy eco-friendly flowers- Although they are a beautiful part of nature, flowers aren't always eco-friendly. Most flowers are grown with a slew of chemicals and pesticides. They also typically come from warmer climates, such as South America, and have to make a long temperature-controlled journey before they reach your door. Opt for a greener option instead. There are several companies that sell eco-friendly flowers that are organically and locally grown. You could also purchase a potted plant from your local nursery. Not only are potted plants greener, they typically last a lot longer than a fresh-cut bouquet.


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Northwestern Oklahoma State University's weekend baseball series with Graceland (Iowa), originally scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, has been pushed back a day. The series will begin with a 12 p.m. doubleheader on Sunday, Feb. 13 and conclude with a noon doubleheader again on Monday, Feb. 14.
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Most extension springs are wound with initial tension. This is an internal force that holds the extension spring's coils together. The measure of the initial tension is the load necessary to overcome the internal force and begin coil separation. Unlike a compression spring that has zero load at zero deflection, an extension spring can have a preload at zero deflection (see graph). This built-in load, called initial tension, can be varied within limits, decreasing as the spring index increases.
Note that there is a range of stress (and, therefore, force) for any extension spring index that can be held without problems. If the designer needs an extension spring with no initial tension, the spring should be designed with space between the coils. Read more on initial tension.
Initial Tension (P1) is determined by extending the extension spring to a given length (L1) ensuring coil separation. The spring then is extended an equal distance to (L2). The amount of initial tension is equal to two (2) times the load achieved at (L1) minus the load at (L2).
The formula for Initial Tension Simplified
is (Pi) = 2P1 - P2.
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Fix Your Love Life: Stop Talking So Much!
An expert says we need to stop blabbing and start connecting.
-Libby Keatinge
Dr. Adam Sheck thinks talking is NOT the key to good communication in a relationship. Dr. Sheck claims that men can only "tolerate" so much of that. Talking about feelings makes them feel "young and insecure."
Read When It Comes To Holiday Wish Lists, Men Just Want To Play
A better way to get your man to open up is to "share" experiences and adventures together, so they feel comfortable discussing things. "Don't talk so much!" Dr. Sheck says. "Instead, SHARE your life with your boyfriends and your partners and your husbands. Sharing comes from a different place and has a different intention than talking does, at least for men."
When men are comfortable with you, they feel more comfortable talking! Who knows, soon they may be going on and on and on and on and you won't be able to get them to shut up! (YourTango)
Libby Keatinge is a senior editor at BettyConfidential.


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Algeria AGRICULTURE
Sources: The Library of Congress Country Studies; CIA World Factbook
Algerian independence and the subsequent departure of French colons and other settlers signaled the collapse of the agricultural sector. Agriculture used to be Algeria's dominant sector. Since the beginning of French colonization until the early 1960s, it satisfied almost all of the country's food requirements. It was critically handicapped, however, by the sudden loss of foreign managers and skilled labor. Perhaps more important was the disruption of a profit-motivated system that was not content with self-sufficiency but that also managed to export some products. Whereas Algeria produced more than 90 percent of its grain needs in 1962, the 1989 rate stood at 25 percent. Before the advent of the oil and gas era, the agricultural sector accounted for 63 percent of export revenues. But the importance of agriculture dwindled steadily as hydrocarbons became the driving force of the economy and the government's development policy favored heavy industries over agriculture-related projects. Similarly, agricultural employment dropped from 40 percent of the total labor force in the 1960s to 24 percent in 1990. The percentage of GDP provided by agriculture in 1990 was estimated to be between 7 and 11 percent; it was clear that agriculture's impact on the economy had declined appreciably since colonial times.
Nevertheless, agriculture remains highly significant. In the early 1990s, at least 22 percent of the population lived in rural areas and depended on agriculture as a means of livelihood. But a number of natural factors beyond the government's control have had a negative impact on Algerian agriculture, among them unreliable rainfall patterns, floods, and drought. The country's arable land is limited to less than 3 percent of its total area-- about 7.5 million hectares. Another 12 percent of Algeria's total area is suitable only for forestry and grazing. Because 40 to 50 percent of the cultivable land is usually left fallow in any one season, only about 1.7 percent of the total area (about 4.2 million hectares) is actually cultivated; more than half of the cultivable area, 2.7 million hectares, is used for grains alone. In addition, only one-tenth of the cultivable land receives adequate rainfall. In 1989 the government, finally recognizing that irrigation projects were essential to allow more intensive cultivation and substitution of higher-yielding vegetables for grains, provided more than 1.8 billion cubic meters of water by irrigation to increase agricultural production.
Data as of December 1993
NOTE: The information regarding Algeria on this page is re-published from The Library of Congress Country Studies and the CIA World Factbook. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Algeria AGRICULTURE information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Algeria AGRICULTURE should be addressed to the Library of Congress and the CIA.


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The Glimmerglass Festival Announces 2014 Season - MADAME BUTTERFLY, CAROUSEL and More!
The Glimmerglass Festival, Central New York's opera and musical theater company, has announced its 2014 season.
The 2014 Festival focuses on 100 years of music and includes new productions of Puccini's Madame Butterfly, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, Strauss' Ariadne in Naxos and Tobias Picker's An American Tragedy. The productions run in repertory July 11 through August 24 in the Alice Busch Opera Theater in Cooperstown, New York.
"I wanted to remind people that the music of the last century is extremely audience friendly and that contemporary music does not have to be intimidating," Glimmerglass Festival Artistic & General Director Francesca Zambello said. "The 2014 productions will show you how quickly we go from Puccini to Picker, all with a sense of character and story, and with inspiring melodies."
Soprano Christine Goerke serves as the company's 2014 Artist in Residence. Goerke is known for her many Strauss and Wagner roles, including Elektra, Ariadne, Brünnhilde and Senta. As Artist in Residence, Goerke will work closely with members of the Glimmerglass Festival Young Artists Program, the company's apprentice program for emerging artists.
"I was a Young Artist 20 years ago at Glimmerglass, and it was my first apprentice program," Goerke reminisced. "What this company does for young singers, you can't begin to know.... This program is so special; this place is so special."
MADAME BUTTERFLY (Giacomo Puccini/Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, 1904)
Madame Butterfly will open the season in a new production. Puccini's unforgettable heroine, delicate and vulnerable yet possessed of a steely resolve, risks ostracization to be with Pinkerton, a handsome American naval officer. When he proves untrue, she unflinchingly chooses the only honorable path available to her.
"Puccini is the ultimate 20th-century melodist, and the chance to see his heartbreaking work with young singers in our intimate theater is a remarkable experience," said Francesca Zambello, who will direct the production. "The story of a young mother who hopes to find a better life for herself and her son in America is still relevant today, as we continue to wrestle with issues around immigration."
Joseph Colaneri will conduct. Colaneri is conducting the Glimmerglass production of Verdi's King for a Day this summer. Colaneri has been on the conducting roster of the Metropolitan Opera for 15 seasons and has conducted across the United States and internationally with such companies as Portland, Orlando, Chautauqua and Den Norske operas, Tokyo Philharmonic and West Australian Opera, for which he currently serves as Artistic Director.
"Madame Butterfly is one of my favorite Puccini scores," Colaneri said. "The relationship of the drama, text and music is just about perfect. The opera has a magically atmospheric orchestration and Puccini's sense of dramatic pace allows the story to sweep from its exotic opening to a shattering conclusion."
Scenery will be designed by Tony Award-winner Michael Yeargan, whose designs have been seen on Broadway as well as at theMetropolitan, Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco operas. His last Glimmerglass production was the world premiere of Central Parkin 1999. Robert Wierzel, who has designed more than 35 Glimmerglass productions, including the 1997 production of Madame Butterfly, will design lighting. Cio-Cio San will be sung by Yunah Lee. Lee has been praised for her portrayal of Cio-Cio San, seen in the role recently at Dallas, Central City and New York City operas. Former Glimmerglass Young Artist Aleksey Bogdanov returns for the role of Sharpless.
CAROUSEL (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II, 1945)
In line with Artistic & General Director Francesca Zambello's desire to include a great American musical each season, Glimmerglass presents a new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, with full orchestra and no amplification.
Pegged as the "best musical of the 20th century" by Time magazine, Carousel tells the story of a carousel barker's struggles to rise above challenging circumstances. The musical includes such favorites as "If I Loved You," "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" and "You'll Never Walk Alone."
Doug Peck will conduct, and Charles Newell will direct. The pair is known for their work at Chicago's Court Theatre, which includes productions of Porgy and Bess; Caroline, or Change and Carousel, all of which won Joseph Jefferson Awards. The production will be choreographed by Daniel Pelzig, whose career highlights include a Boston Ballet production of The Nutcracker, a Metropolitan Opera production of Armida and the Hollywood Bowl's Carousel. Glimmerglass welcomes back costume designer Jessica Jahn, who worked on the company's 2009 production of La Cenerentola. Mark McCullough will design lighting; he made his company debut in 1995 and has designed more than 10 Glimmerglass productions, as well as many productions for opera and theater companies around the world.
ARIADNE IN NAXOS (Richard Strauss/Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 1916)
Ariadne in Naxos was last performed at Glimmerglass in 1994. This opera within an opera features both lighthearted comedy and heroic grand opera, as two different performing troupes compete for the attention of a wealthy patron.


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General Introduction
From India to Europe
Arrival in Europe
Ottoman Empire
Wallachia and Moldavia
Central Europe
Western Europe
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Russian Empire
The Great "Gypsy" Round-up in Spain
Second Migration
Austria and Hungary 1850 - 1938
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Soviet Union Before World War II
Concentration Camps
The Nazi Period in Italy
Internment in France 1940 - 1946
The Nazi Period in the Baltic states
Deportations from Romania
Situation of Concentration Camps Survivors
State Policies under Communism
Institutionalisation and Emancipation
Third Migration
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The "Gypsy policy" of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was determined by restrictions. Bans on travelling, settling by force, bans and deportation continued a tradition of expulsion and repression which had lasted for centuries – the starting point being the Roma's first arrival in Central Europe. The influx of groups of Roma coming from the east and southeast mainly into Hungary, was perceived as an "invasion" and led to serious problems between Roma and non-Roma. When the Austrian government closed the Hungarian border to the Roma, many Roma settled in the very poor parts of Western Hungary, known today as Burgenland. Thus, conflicts were pre-programmed in the first decades of the 20th century, which was marked by poverty and war. The "Gypsies" were seen as a "plague" by the majority population, and finally as a "question" to which only one "solution" was possible in the 1930s, strongly marked by National Socialism.
From the second half of the 19th century onwards, Roma groups such as the Lovara, who had originally come from the Danubian Principalities and were now mainly working as horse dealers, came into Hungary from the east. The more nomadic groups appeared, the more complaints were registered in the "comitatuses" (the Hungarian counties). "Repeated law-breaking" and the lack of laws helping to deal with this "public nuisance" led to complaints. From the point of view of the Hungarian population, the Roma's immigration was an "invasion". Another reason for complaints were those regulations of the Hungarian district laws which obliged the municipalities to find accommodation and supplies for the Roma. In view of the many immigrations, these regulations were a growing burden for the towns. In 1907, 28 districts demanded a standardised way of dealing with the Roma; the parliament, however, was not able to find a political solution. Instead, the problem was transferred to an administrative level. The decisions that were taken, such as the ban on begging and forced repatriation to the original country of residence, were in line with the existing "Gypsy policy", based on repression and threats. This Hungarian policy, valid until 1918, aimed at forcing the Roma to settle. The economic structures and means, however, were not sufficient, and so failure was pre-ordained. The towns could not offer the Roma the necessary means for their daily survival, so that they had to keep up their "Gypsy" way of life in order to enssure their existence. At the same time, the prejudices of the majority population and a tendency towards criminalising the Roma increased, not least because of publications about Hungarian law. State and society were not able or not willing to take purposeful measures with respect to the Roma. This led to dramatic changes in the Western Hungarian districts (today's Burgenland): the Austrian government had tightened the immigration laws in the second half of the 19th century in order to stop the Roma's immigration. At the same time, it decreed the deportation of all Hungarian Roma found in Austria. In combination with the Hungarian prohibition to leave the country, decreed in Hungary in 1870, this led to a massive rise in the number of Roma living in the border districts. These districts did not have or did not want to give accommodation to the Roma, so the latter were given worthless plots of land to settle. This is how the infamous "Gypsy colonies" came into being on the towns' outskirts. [Ills. 2-4]
The big number of Roma and the economic backwardness of the Western Hungarian region made integration impossible. In view of the difficult economic situation, the conflict between the Roma and non-Roma became more and more pronounced. During World War I, many Roma served in the army. Women and unfit men were enlisted to do various works as decreed by the "Kriegsleistungsgesetz" (army service law). In 1916, all draught animals and wagons were taken away from the travelling Roma, and given to the army. Horses, mules and donkeys could only be bought with a police permit. With the annexation of the Burgenland area in 1921, several thousand Roma came into the newly-founded Republic of Austria. Thus, the Roma could not be deported anymore, and drastic measures were taken. Already in 1922, Burgenland's provincial government decreed that all Roma had to stay in the district they were living in, and had to be prevented from travelling. In order to stop new immigration, censuses were carried out and "Gypsy dwellings" were registered. In 1926, the finger prints of all Roma over 14, living in Burgenland, were taken and later supplemented by a photo. From 1928 onwards, the police of Eisenstadt had a so-called "Zigeunerkartothek" ("Gypsy" card file), which included entries about 8,000 Roma (names and finger prints). [Ill. 1] Due to the emerging economic crisis many Roma, who had worked as unskilled labourers and travelling craftsmen, got into a situation which made their daily survival almost impossible. They had no sources of income anymore, had to beg and – much to the dislike of the non-Roma – had to rely on district welfare. This economic crisis also led to theft and petty crimes, which in turn aggravated the situation between the Roma and the rural population. A climate of escalating hostility was the result. One of the main reasons for the rising number of crimes committed by "Gypsies" were – with similarities to Germany – the new, restrictive regulations. Many records resulted from offences against the strict registration laws and other administrative offences. This connection, however, was not taken into account, as crime rose among the Roma. [Ill. 6] On the contrary: police statistics were used to prove the "Gypsy" 's "anti-social" behaviour. Their settlements were perceived as a "cultural shame", particularly by the media in Burgenland, who, using a more and more radical language, fostered hostile behaviour towards the Roma and demanded that the Burgenland should quickly be freed from this "plague", warning about their "terrifying reproduction". Several assemblies were held on how to achieve this. During one of them, which took place in Oberwart on January 15, 1933, it was suggested that they "take them to an island in the Silent Ocean" or "castrate" them. Also in Austria the foundation for the later extermination of the Roma had been laid in the years and decades before. The NSDAP's demand, "having a Gypsy-free Burgenland", was nothing new. Contrary to other politicians of his time, however, Burgenland's illegal National Socialist "Gauleiter" (district leader) Thobias Portschy was determined to put his plan, "eradicating the Gypsy" through forced labour, deportation and sterilisation, into practise, thus finding a "national socialist solution" for the "problem".
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Some rules from the memorandum "Die Zigeunerfrage. Denkschrift des Landeshauptmanns für das Burgenland" (The Gypsy Question. Memorandum by the Head of Government of the Province Burgenland) by Thobias Portschy (Eisenstadt, 1938):
1. "Sexual intercourse between Gypsies and Germans constitutes an offence of racial disgrace.
2. Gypsies are not allowed to attend the general primary school.
3. Sterilising Gypsies should stop their reproduction.
4. Searchings of houses and individuals have to be conducted regularly.
5. Gypsy huts (a cultural disgrace)
are to be pulled down, and the Gypsies lodged in labour camp shacks.
6. In the labour camps, the Gypsies work as closed group.
7. Exercising private professions outside the labour camp is prohibited.
8. Gypsies are not allowed to bear weapons.
9. Voluntary emigration is promoted." (translated from Mayerhofer 1988, p. 43f.)
In Hungary we cannot really talk about a "Gypsy policy" after the break-down of the empire. The revolutionary transitional government, following Horthy's regime, did not really pay attention to the Roma. The sparse regulations which were passed during this time mainly aimed at the Roma's surveillance and were justified by the rising crime rates. Registering travelling Roma, as decreed in 1928, and simultaneous raids in several districts were a novelty. The second "Strafrechtsnovelle" (criminal law amendments), in 1928, included specific measures against so-called "incorrigible criminals", for instance transferring such people to labour camps. These amendments were undoubtedly aimed at the Roma, whose life, however, was not different from that of other underprivileged people. In 1931, the Minister of the Interior decreed that the travelling professions were almost exclusively forbidden, and that a work permit was only valid in the district of residence – and tied to the consent of the district council. These regulations took away many of the Roma's sources of livelihood. A decree passed in 1938, according to which every Rom had to be regarded as possibly "suspect", laid the foundation for persecution and deportation.
Baumgartner, Gerhard (1987) Sinti und Roma in Österreich. In: Pogrom 130 (6/87), pp. 47-50 | Baumgartner, Gerhard (ed.) (1995) 6x Österreich. Zur Geschichte und aktuellen Situation der Volksgruppen. Klagenfurt-Celovec: Drava Verlag | Fraser, Angus (1992) The Gypsies. Oxford / Cambridge: Blackwell | Mayerhofer, Claudia (1988) Dorfzigeuner. Kultur und Geschichte der Burgenland-Roma von der Ersten Republik bis zur Gegenwart. Wien: Picus Verlag | Szabó, Györgi (1991) Die Roma in Ungarn. Ein Beitrag zur Sozialgeschichte einer Minderheit in Ost- und Mitteleuropa. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang (Studien zur Tsiganologie und Folkloristik, 5) | Vossen, Rüdiger (1983) Zigeuner. Roma, Sinti, Gitanos, Gypsies zwischen Verfolgung und Romantisierung. Frankfurt am Main: Ullstein


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President Obama's declaration in favor of gay marriage is right in principle. Americans who promise to live together as a monogamous couple should enjoy the same legal benefits, whether they are heterosexual or homosexual. The Constitution's provision of equal protection under the law enshrines this idea, and it should be extended to gay and lesbian people. However, we would achieve that result through civil unions for all couples, gay or straight, rather than through marriage.
Marriage traditionally has been a rite of the church, and it should remain so. The government should not have a hand in it. Rather, the state should sanction a contract between two people as a civil union. If, in addition to a civil union, a couple wishes to be married by a religious institution, that should be a matter between them and their community of faith.
Other nations have adopted this model and it functions quite well.
The drawback of this proposal is that many of the legal rights that flow from marriage are couched that way in the law. But that is a bump in the road that can be fixed. It's not an insurmountable obstacle.
The advantage is that many Americans object to same-sex marriage because they view marriage itself as a religious sacrament, and many churches deny it to homosexual couples because they hold that homosexuality is a sin. People of faith who take this view worry that if the government extends marriage to include homosexual couples, that definition could be forced on their churches.
If there were a separation of church and state where marriage is concerned, however, that fear would no longer be an issue. Everyone would be treated the same under the law. Gay couples and straight couples could obtain civil unions, and they also could obtain marriages, depending, of course, upon the doctrines of various churches. But one contract would be a civil institution and the other would be religious.
The rights of American couples would be the same regarding privileged testimony, the raising of children, inheritance, hospital visitation, insurance benefits, all the things that currently matter to all couples, whether they are a man and a woman, a man and man or a woman and a woman. Basic fairness and equal treatment under the law demand no less. This could be achieved through constitutional amendments in the states.
Unfortunately, the trend in recent years has been in the opposite direction. Many states, including Utah, have passed amendments limiting marriage to heterosexual unions. Civil unions would be fairer a more civil answer, if you will.


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Influenza is a respiratory infection caused by the influenza virus, which is transmitted mainly through airborne aerosols of respiratory secretions and direct or indirect contact with infected people or their belongings. Patients may have coughing, fever, and a running nose. In some severe cases, influenza may cause death. Influenza has caused several epidemics or pandemics, including the 1918 Spanish (H1N1), the 1957 Asian (H2N2), the 1968 Hong Kong (H3N2), and the 2009 Mexican pandemics (H1N1pdm) [
Influenza A virus belongs to the Orthomyxoviridae family, and contains eight negatively stranded RNA segments, which encode at least 12 proteins, including the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase complex (RdRp): PA, PB1, PB2, and NP, the outer-membrane proteins: M2, HA, and NA. HA and NA are the most abundant proteins on the viral surface [
After virus entry, virus particles fuse with the endosome, the M2 ion channel allows protons to enter the virus, changing its pH environment, the virus structure is disrupted, and ultimately the viral genome is released into cytosol, where transcription and translation take place [
Our group has characterized the anti-influenza virus activities of two decoctions, Ko-Ken Tang (KKT) [
Ethanol-extracted BS was partitioned to EA-soluble (EAex) and aqueous fractions for antiviral tests. The neutralization and cytotoxic assays suggested that EAex contained unknown substances that inhibited influenza virus WSN (H1N1) replication (IC50: 0.016 ± 0.005 mg/mL by anti-CPE neutralization assay, and 0.015 ± 0.001 mg/mL by plaque reduction assay) and had little cytotoxicity (CC50: 0.210 ± 0.022 mg/mL) (
To understand the mechanism of EAex against flu A, we performed a time-of-addition assay to examine at which stage EAex inhibits flu A replication within a single life cycle. As shown in
Inhibition spectra of EAex against clinical isolated influenza virus and oseltamivir-resistant viruses.
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|0.015 ± 0.001 d
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|0.050 ± 0.001
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|0.017 ± 0.008 d
|0.026 ± 0.006 d
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MDCK or RD cells were infected with influenza virus or enterovirus, respectively, and treated with a serial dilution of EAex. The values are mean ± SD of the results of two to three independent experiments. a CC50 was determined with an MTT assay. b IC50 was determined with an anti-CPE (neutralization) assay. c SI (selectivity index) is the ratio of CC50 to IC50; d IC50 was determined by plaque reduction assay. * Clinical Tamiflu-resistant strains [
Determining the mode of action of EAex by (
From a previous study, it is known that the influenza A virus induces PI3K/AKT pathways during virus replication, and then the S473 of AKT is phosphorylated [
EAex inhibited the influenza virus-induced pAKT pathway. Influenza A/WSN/33 (MOI: 0.1) was incubated with 0.025 mg/mL on ice for 1 h. The mixture was then used to infect A549 cells, which had been incubated overnight in serum-free medium. Cell lysates were harvested at 10, 20, 30, and 60 min after virus addition, and GAPDH, AKT, and pAKT (S473) were detected by immunoblotting. P: positive control; A549 cells were incubated in serum-free MEM for 24 h before treatment with 2% FBS in MEM for 1 h. These figures are representative of three independent, reproducible experiments. Relative pAKT expression was normalized with AKT, and then normalized to the mock infection at each time point.
According to the results of a time-of-addition assay and pAKT results, EAex inhibited virus replication at an early stage (
Inhibition of viral entry in attachment and penetration assays. (
To clarify whether EAex inhibits virus entry by inhibiting viral proteins, HA and NA, we performed HAI and NA activity assays. We utilized the signature effect of HA, a phenomenon called "hemagglutination," which prevents red blood cell (RBC) from clotting in the presence of HA (
Effect of EAex on the HA and NA activities of influenza virus A/WSN/33. (
The results described above show that EAex could inhibit virus replication effectively. Thus, we further validated the antiviral efficacy of EAex using a mouse model. Initially, mice were administered EAex one day before viral challenge, and the body weight and survival rate were recorded every day. We found that there were some protective effects of EAex, but we also noticed that EAex alone caused mice to show slight fur ruffling on the first few days of observation (data not shown). Despite that, mice treated with EAex recovered faster than mice in the group treated with DMSO, although there was no significant difference in their survival rate. Thus, we prolonged drug administration for a further week before virus challenge, and then monitored the effects of EAex against influenza virus (
The use of traditional Chinese herbal medicine has been accepted in many countries. In this study, we demonstrated that BS possesses the anti-influenza virus activities both in cell culture and in our mouse model of influenza. The spectrum of inhibition showed that EAex inhibits a broad spectrum of influenza viruses, including H1N1, H3N2, and oseltamivir-resistant strains.
Our time-of-addition assay suggested that EAex inhibits viral RNA replication and protein translation (
Efficacy of EAex on mouse models. EAex or Tamiflu were prepared in 5% DMSO, and mice were administered with 100 µL of solution twice a day by
Our results have proven that EAex can effectively inhibit virus propagation over the entire virus life cycle, especially in virus entry and release. As EAex is a mixture, we would like to examine whether any known major components of BS possess the antiviral properties. According to a previous report, six compounds are present in the crude organic extract of BS, namely gallic acid (anti-HIV and anti-HSV effects [
Our results provide clear evidence regarding how BS EAex inhibits influenza virus A replication. EAex primarily exerts antiviral activity by (1) inhibiting the PI3K/AKT pathway (
In addition to the direct effect against influenza virus replication, He and Dai reviewed the pharmacological anti-inflammatory effects of BS [
Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells were cultured in E10 containing Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM; Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA), 10% heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum (FBS; JRH Biosciences, Lenexa, KS), 2 mM
MDCK cells (1.5 × 104 cells/well) were seeded in a 96-well tissue culture plate infected with virus (9TCID50, MOI: 1 × 10−2 for influenza virus A/WSN/33) in the presence of various concentrations of EAex in E0 (DMEM containing 100 U/mL penicillin, 100 mg/mL streptomycin, 2 mM L-glutamine, 0.1 mM NEAA mixture, and 2.5 mg/mL trypsin). After incubation at 37 °C under 5% CO2 for 72 h, the medium was removed and the cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde for 1 h at room temperature, followed by staining with 0.1% crystal violet for 20 min at room temperature. The density of the cells was measured with a microplate reader (VICTOR3 Multilabel Reader, Perkin Elmer, Shelton, CT, USA). IC50 was defined as the concentration of EAex that could inhibit the virus-induced cytopathic effect (CPE) by 50%.
MDCK cells (5 × 105 cells/well) were seeded into six-well tissue culture plates and incubated overnight. The monolayers of cells were incubated with influenza virus at approximately 30–50 PFU/well with or without different concentrations of the compound. After adsorption of the virus for 1 h at 37 °C, the viral suspension was removed, and the cells were washed with PBS. The cells were then overlain with E0 containing 0.3% agarose with indicated compound concentration. After incubation for 48–72 h at 37 °C under 5% CO2, the cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde and then stained with 1% crystal violet. The numbers of plaques were counted and the antiviral activity of the compound was calculated with respect to virus only control.
A 96-well tissue culture plate was seeded with 1.5 × 104 cells/well, which were cultured overnight at 37 °C under 5% CO2. The cells were washed once with DPBS before the addition of various concentrations of BS EAex. After incubation at 37 °C for 72 h, the cells were washed once with DPBS and 50 µL/well 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT; 0.5 mg/mL) was added, and then the cells were incubated at 37 °C for 3 h. Dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO; 200 µL/well) was added to dissolve the formazan crystals and the optical density of the cells was measured at 570 nm (OD570) with a microplate reader. The concentration of EAex that caused the death of 50% of the cells was defined as the 50% cytotoxic concentration (CC50).
A six-well tissue culture plate was seeded with MDCK cells (5 × 105 cells/well), which were then incubated at 37 °C for 16–20 h under 5% CO2. The cells were infected with influenza virus A/WSN/33 (at the indicated MOIs) at −1 hpi and kept on ice for 1 h. After viral adsorption, the cells were washed with Hank's balanced salt solution (HBSS) to remove any unbound virus. EAex (0.025 mg/mL) in E0 was added at −3 to −1 h (preadsorption), −1 to 0 h (adsorption), 0 to 12 h, 6 to 12 h, 9 to 12 h, and −3 to 12 h. The supernatants were harvested at 12 hpi and the viral titers were determined by plaque assay.
MDCK cells (5 × 105 cells/well) were infected with influenza virus A/WSN/33 (MOI: 0.01) for 1 h and treated with or without EAex. The cells were harvested at 0, 6, 9, and 12 h post-infection (pi) and their total RNA extracted with TRIzol reagent (Invitrogen), according to the manufacturer's instructions. The total RNA (5 µg) was reverse-transcribed using an M-MLV Reverse Transcriptase Kit (Invitrogen). The resulting cDNA products of reverse transcription were quantified using a Smart Quant Green MasterMix with dUTP and ROX Kit (Protech, Taipei, Taiwan) and detected with a Step One Plus Sequence Detection System (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA). The sequences of the primers used for the PCR were: glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) forward 5'-AAG AAG GTG GTG AAG CAG GC-3' and GAPDH reverse 5'-TCC ACC ACC CTG TTG CTG TA-3'; matrix protein1 (M1) forward 5'-GAC CAA TCC TGT CAC CTC-3' and M1 reverse 5'-GAT CTC CGT TCC CAT TAA GAG-3'.
A six-well tissue culture plate was seeded with cells (5 × 105 cells/well), which were then incubated at 37 °C for 16–20 h under 5% CO2. The cells were infected with the indicated MOIs of influenza virus A/WSN/33 at 37 °C for 1 h, and then washed twice with HBSS. EAex (0.025 mg/mL) was added and the cells were harvested at the indicated time periods, then washed twice with PBS and lysed with lysis buffer (1% Triton X-100, 0.5% sodium deoxycholate, 150 mM NaCl, 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 2 mM EDTA, and protease inhibitors). The lysates were incubated for 20 min on ice and then centrifuged at 14,000×
A 96-well tissue culture plate was seeded with MDCK cells (2 × 104 cells/well), which were then incubated overnight at 37 °C under 5% CO2. The cells were chilled on ice for 20 min and the medium was removed. The cells were infected with 3TCID50 of influenza virus A/WSN/33 in the presence of increasing concentrations of EAex on ice for 1 h. The medium containing the unabsorbed virus was removed and the cells were then washed twice with HBSS and maintained in E0. After incubation for 72 h, cell viability was determined with an MTT assay. This attachment method has been described previously [
A 96-well tissue culture plate was seeded with MDCK cells (2.4 × 104 cells/well), which were then incubated overnight at 37 °C under 5% CO2. The cells were chilled on ice for 20 min and the medium was removed. The cells were infected with 3TCID50 of influenza virus A/WSN/33 on ice for 30 min. The medium was then removed and the cells were washed twice with HBSS. Serial dilutions of EAex were added and the cells incubated at 37 °C for 1 h to allow the virus to penetrate the cells. The infected cells were then treated with HBSS (pH 2) for 1 min to inactivate any viruses that had not penetrated into the cells, and then HBSS (pH 11) was immediately added to neutralize the buffer. The HBSS was removed, 200 µL of E0 was added, and the cells were incubated at 37 °C for 72 h. An MTT assay was used to measure cell viability.
Influenza virus A/WSN/33 was serially diluted twofold in PBS and mixed with two volumes of guinea pig red blood cells (RBCs) for 1 h in round-bottomed 96-well plates. The RBC aggregation caused by the lowest viral titer was defined as 1 × HAv. An influenza virus titer of 4 × HAv was used for the HAI assay. In the HAI assay, various concentrations of EAex were mixed with influenza virus A/WSN/33 at room temperature for 30 min. This mixture was then incubated with two volumes of guinea pig RBCs for 1 h.
Influenza virus A/WSN/33 was added to a 96-well tissue culture plate and then mixed with EAex or Relenza (diluted in 32.5 mM MES, 4 mM CaCl2, pH 6.5) at 37 °C for 30 min. 20-(4-Methylumbelliferyl)-α-
Four-week-old SPF BALB/C mice were purchased from Lasco, Taiwan. All animal protocols were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the ChangGung University (CGU10-001). EAex was administered orally as indicated, and then the mice were anesthetized prior to nasal challenge with A/WSN/33 (2 × LD50, 2 × 104 pfu in 20 µL). EAex was prepared at the indicated concentration in a final volume of 100 µL in 5% DMSO aqueous solution. Body weight was measured every day for 12 days post-challenge. Relenza (100 µg in 100 µL of 5% DMSO aqueous solution) was administered orally twice a day (10 mg/kg/d) as a positive control, and an equal volume of DMSO was used as the negative control.
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EAex exerts its anti-influenza effects by inhibiting viral entry without producing cytotoxic side effects and, thus, provides a potential agent for antiviral chemotherapeutics.
Supplementary Methods (PDF, 708 KB)
This work was supported by grants from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CMRPD1A0163 and CMRPD1B0422) and by a grant from the National Science Council (NSC102-2325-B-182-016).
Chwan-Fwu Lin and Jim-Tong Horng conceived this project; Jin-Yuan Ho, Hui-Wen Chang, Chung-Fan Hsieh and Chien-Jou Liu performed the experiments; Chwan-Fwu Lin prepared the BS and BS-EAex; Jin-Yuan Ho and Jim-Tong Horng prepared the manuscript.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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England's World Cup dreams are over after losing 4-1 to Germany - their worst ever defeat in the tournament.
England's defenders were caught out 20 minutes into the match as Miroslav Klose gave Germany the lead, and Lukas Podolski got a second 12 minutes later.
Matthew Upson got one back for England off a corner, but a Frank Lampard goal seconds later wasn't given, despite the ball clearly going over the line.
After the break, two German goals in three minutes sealed England's fate.
The England players are now facing an early flight home, just weeks after coach Fabio Capello claimed his team was good enough to reach the World Cup final.
England captain Steven Gerrard said a lot of things went wrong and it was "bitterly disappointing".
"We made too many mistakes today as a team and we got punished for it," he said.
"To win a World Cup you need everyone in the squad peaking at the right time and unfortunately we never got that."
Turning point
One of the biggest turning points in the match came when Frank Lampard's first-half shot hit the bar and bounced inside the goal, only for it to be missed by the referee.
Thousands of England fans who travelled to South Africa's Free State Stadium to watch the game howled their disapproval from the stands, but it made no difference.
The row over Lampard's disallowed goal has once again sparked calls for goal-line technology to be used in the sport.
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Liberal proposals to battle global warming, based on science that is far from "settled," would be disastrous to world economies, says Townhall magazine.
By almost all estimates, the costs will be staggering:
- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the U.N. group behind the global warming scare, says 1.7 percent of the world's gross domestic product (GDP) a year will be needed to pay for global warming -- an amount exceeding $1 trillion a year, and a sum greater in size than the total GDP of all but about 15 countries.
- The 26-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says global warming costs over the next 50 years will exceed $45 trillion, or roughly $900 billion a year; the United States, as the world's largest economy, will be expected to pay at least $200 billion of that annual tab -- possibly more.
- The Environmental Protection Agency, analyzing the recently failed Climate Security Act of 2008, estimates it would have cost Americans $1.2 trillion a year in inflation-adjusted dollars by 2030.
Suffice it to say the estimates all basically come down to the same thing: Cutting the world's output of CO2 by 80 percent by 2050 would be the largest project ever undertaken by mankind, dwarfing such things in the United States as the construction of the interstate highway system, sending a man to the moon or even fighting World War II.
And no matter how it's spun, says Townhall, Americans will pay a huge chunk of their national output over the next half-century or so to mitigate an arguably nonexistent problem. This is policymaking at its absolute worst, the kind of thing that gets governments thrown out of office. Moreover, the money could be far better spent elsewhere.
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M. J. said:
Also a key on the toolbar to print what is on the screen as is -
especially the Person View & the Family View screens.
Dear M. J.:
Have you tried the Capture function? It is found under Tools and is
available, I believe in all views. When selected, it will ask for a
destination file, then presents you with a box which you can manuever
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You can then print it or alter it as you like. I have used this
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I'm using Unity for the first time on my current project (a WCF service), and the project is now fairly large with a significant amount of container configuration. I'm taking advantage of lifetime managers to optimise object reuse, with PerThreadLifetimeManager being particularly attractive in a service – less garbage through object reuse but no locking to worry about.
I decided that it might be nice to see counts of the number of objects that Unity is creating for each type, to confirm that my lifetime configuration is optimal. It turned out to be straightforward to do this with a Unity extension.
Here's how the extension is used. First, the extension is added to the container:
var objectCounterExtension = new ObjectCounterExtension();
At application shutdown a list of types and their associated instance counts can be output like this:
IDictionary<Type,int> objectCounts = objectCounterExtension.ObjectCounts; foreach (var objectCount in objectCounts.OrderBy(oc => oc.Value)) { Type type = objectCount.Key; int count = objectCount.Value; Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", type, count); }
The extension is quite simple, once you know how:
class ObjectCounterExtension : UnityContainerExtension { ObjectCounterStrategy objectCounterStrategy; protected override void Initialize() { objectCounterStrategy = new ObjectCounterStrategy(); Context.Strategies.Add(objectCounterStrategy, UnityBuildStage.Creation); } public IDictionary<Type, int> ObjectCounts { get { return objectCounterStrategy.ObjectCounts; } } } class ObjectCounterStrategy : IBuilderStrategy { Dictionary<Type, int> objectCounts = new Dictionary<Type,int>(); public void PostBuildUp(IBuilderContext context) { IBuildKey buildKey = context.BuildKey as IBuildKey; if (buildKey == null) return; Type type = buildKey.Type; lock (objectCounts) { int count; if (objectCounts.TryGetValue(type, out count)) { objectCounts[type] = count + 1; } else { objectCounts[type] = 1; } } } public Dictionary<Type, int> ObjectCounts { get { lock (objectCounts) { return new Dictionary<Type, int>(objectCounts); } } } public void PostTearDown(IBuilderContext context) {} public void PreBuildUp(IBuilderContext context) {} public void PreTearDown(IBuilderContext context) {} }


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The games are in their fourth year now and feature some of the world's top skaters and bikers, as well as graffiti artists and breakdancers.
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As an adult in reunion, I have a fuller understanding. I know about the shame and secrecy surrounding my birth to unwed teenage parents. I understand how difficult it would have been for my original parents to envisage a way to parent me in a context marked by a complete lack of support for the parenting option from family and society. I understand that my mother was required to sign papers saying that she hadn't been coerced to relinquish me, but that signing those papers seemed false to her; it was true that no one was holding a gun to her head, but it still felt like coercion. I understand that my adoptive parents weren't the only ones who wanted me.
My adoptive parents were (and are) well-meaning, conscientious people. They constructed my adoption narrative as directed by the materials they had received from the adoption agency. They believed, because they were told it was so, that if they simply said the right things, repeating the words from the books and pamphlets of the day, that my adoptedness would be a nonissue for me, that I would grow up feeling "as if born to" my adoptive family.
Unfortunately, this assumption was false. There wasn't really anything that my parents could have said or done to prevent feelings of grief and loss from eventually rising up in me. No magic words exist that could have forestalled my struggle to integrate the fragmented parts of my identity. It would have been nice if they could have given me some words of wisdom to prepare me for the journey of my adult adoptee self, but they couldn't give me what they didn't themselves possess. My true adoption narrative was one I needed to write myself. I am still working on it.


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SO, I will have to ask the question again, because now it has become more serious – who is responsible should I be hurt by a bicycle being ridden on the pavement?
Now we have darker evenings the same people on the same bicycles, but now with no lights, are riding them on the pavements.
They are not even courteous enough to slow down or even dismount once they become close and I for one will not step into the road or stop and breathe in to let them pass, because they don't even say thank you!
After my last letter, A4 posters were tied to lampposts on the route I use from the Drove along the Weyhill Road to town but now only one of them remains!
These posters said: CYCLISTS please be aware. It is an OFFENCE to CYCLE on a FOOTPATH/ PAVEMENT beside a road and there is NO GENERAL RIGHT to cycle along public footpaths.
Any areas not signposted are intended for the SOLE use of PEDESTRIANS and anyone CYCLING along them may be COMMITTING an OFFENCE. Any offence may be punishable by the issue of a FIXED PENALTY NOTICE and a FINE. Enforcement patrols will be carried out over the next few months both by the police and the council.
I go to and from work between 8.30am to 9.30am and 5.30pm to 6.30pm and have seen no enforcement taking place but, as mentioned, the same cyclists, and obviously whoever originally tied the posters cannot be bothered to check should they be missing, another temporary measure hoping the problem would go away, I ask?
I assume that we, Joe Public, if we are injured by a bicycle on a footpath/ pavement, should report to Hampshire Police and or Test Valley Borough Council for compensation!
Am I correct?
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Debjani Chatterjee,
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Poems translated from Bengali by Debjani ChatterjeeWe Are Two Flowers On The Same Stalk We are two flowers on the same stalk - Hindu and Muslim.The Muslim is the jewel of its eye, the Hindu is its life.In the lap of Mother Skywe swing like sun and moon;we are the same blood in the same throbbing vein beneath the same chest.We breathe the same land's air, we drink the same land's water;we are the fruits and flowers that bloom on the same mother's breast.On the same country's soil we find our final rest:some in burial grounds and some on funeral pyres.We call our mother in the same tongue, we sing the same tune.Not recognising each other in the night's darkness, we come to blows;but in the morning we shall know each other as brothers.We will weep and embrace each other, we will ask each other's pardon.On that day our Hindustan will smile with pride!Hey, Ferryman Across The River! Hey, Ferryman across the river! Pray take me to Medina. Brother, be my guide and show the way, for I am a stranger here.My beloved Lord is there. Brother, they say he sleeps there. I can't bear existence so far from his presence, so far from my Lord's presence. They say that land has no river, but if you don't take me there, I shall weep such floods of tears that I will cause rivers to flow there.With Medina's dust I'll cover myself and cry 'O Mohammed' over and over, I'll cry like the lady Sakina when she wept at Karbala. Note:The 'beloved Lord' refers to Mohammed and 'the lady Sakina' is Mohammed's daughter. Karbala was the battlefield where her sons were martyred. I've Ink On My HandsOh Mother, I've ink on my hands and on my face!Looking at my inky face, the neighbours just laugh.Since I haven't any learning, Mother, I seeonly my dark Mother when I view the letter 'M'.When I see the letter 'K' I call out 'Kali'and I dance to the clapping of my hands.When I see the black multiplication signs, Mother,it is only my tears that multiply in streams.I could never learn the alphabet of colourssince your dark shade was not among them, Mother.But all that you write on forest leaves, sea-water,the sky's book – that writing I can certainly read.So what if people label me 'illiterate'!Note:In the Bengali original, there is a pun on the word Kali, which is not only the name of a goddess, but also means 'ink' and 'black'.The RebelO rebel-hero, speak.Say: I tower over the highest peak!In my presence the snow-topped mountain bows its head!O rebel-hero, speak.Say: I tear the fabric of the universe,I outrun the moon, the sun, the planets and the stars.Beyond the throne of God HimselfI rise, a perpetual wonder!I am the lustre of victory on the sun-god's brow!O rebel-hero, speak.Say: I tower over the highest peak!I am untamable, savage, indomitable,the bringer of apocalypse, the cyclone's fury, I am annihilation!The ultimate terror, I am the curse of the Earth,I am inevitable, irresistible,I crush all, I destroy everything!I recognise no constraints,break all ties, know no bondage of rules!I obey no laws,I drown the loaded boats, I am a torpedo, a volcanic mine!I am Shiva at the end of time, the sudden shock of summer storms, I am a rebel, born of a rebel - I am invincible!O rebel-hero, speak.Say: I tower over the highest peak!I am a hurricane and a tornado,I demolish all that I find in my way!I am in the delirium of the dancer's drum;dancing to my own rhythm, I am life's exhilarating freedom.I am melody, euphony and symphony;life's restless vivacity and sparkle,the sudden marvel that one meets along the way,I trigger the leaping spring in one's step! I am the enticing invigorating pulse of music!Brother, I do whatever whenever my spirit urges:I embrace my foe, I arm-wrestle with death,I am insane, I am turmoil!I am the great pestilence, this earth's dreaded terror.Nemesis of tyranny, I am justice; I burn with an ever restless flame.O rebel-hero, speak.Say: I tower over the highest peak!Forever impassioned, I am irrepressible;my life's cup is ever full to the brim and overflowing!I am the flame of sacrifice and its divine guardian,I am the sacrifice and the priest, I am fire itself! I am creation and destruction, the dwelling and the cremation ground.I am the end and also the end of the night!I am Indrani's son, the moon sits in my hand and the sun on my brow.My one hand holds a melodious bamboo flute, the other a bugle of battle.I am the 'blue-throated', poisoned when drinking from the ocean of pain!I am Bomkesh and hold the free-flowing Ganges in my matted locks. O rebel-hero, speak.Say: I tower over the highest peak!I am an ascetic sage and musician.I am a prince; my royal attire is of dullest saffron. I am a Bedouin, I am Chengis.I salute none but myself.I am thunder; I am the sound of OM in Ishan's conch.I am the mighty call of Israfil's trumpet;I am Pinakapani's hand-drum and trident,the sceptre of Dharma, God of Justice.I am the chakra and the mighty conch,I am the tremendous primeval sound.I am Durbasha, Vishwamitra's furious pupil.I am a raging fire that will burn down the earth!I am the unbridled laughter that petrifies creation,I am the eclipse of a dozen suns on Doomsday.Sometimes serene and sometimes frantic, I am most wilful.I am the new blood of youth; I humble the pride of Destiny!I am the tempest's raging wind, the ocean's thunderous roar.I am luminous and resplendent.I am the lap-lapping and slapping of water,the rhythmic music of waves!I am the maiden's free-flowing hair, the sparkle in her eyes.I am sweet sixteen's first blossoming love, I am bliss itself!I am the distressed mind of the despondent,I am the widow's mournful sigh, the torment of those without hope.I am the misery of all who are homeless,the pounding pain of the mortified,poison's sting and the lovelorn heart's distress. Ever-proud and disappointed, my mind wells in an agony of despair.I am the virgin's first hesitant kiss!I am a moment's fleeting look,the sidelong glance of the clandestine lover;I am the love of a restless maid, the tinkling of her bangles!I am the eternal child, the eternal youth,I am the modesty and restraint of the country maid.I am the North Wind, blowing about; and the careless eastern breeze.I am the street minstrel's ballad, his flute, his lute and song!I am the unquenched thirst of summer, the sun's blazing blistering heat,I am a gently flowing desert brook, and the green and shaded oasis!I run in wild abandon; what madness is this? I am insane!Of a sudden I have recognised myself, all my blinkers are shed!I am the rise and also the fall, awareness in the unconscious mind,I am Victory's banner, humanity's triumphant call.Tempestuous, I rush through Heaven and Earth;the great Borrak and Uchchaishraba are my mounts,neighing like thunder!In the earth's bosom I am an erupting volcano,a fiery ocean below the earth.Sitting astride lightning, I click my fingers and leap,spreading panic and upheaval with fiery earthquakes.I grab the Serpent Vasuki's hood,I clutch the blazing wing of Heaven's Messenger Gibrail!I am the divine child, mischievous and unruly:with my teeth I tear Mother Earth's sari-cloth!I am the flute of Orpheus,I lull the heaving ocean;the kiss of my music soothesthe restless world to sleep! I am the flute in Shyam's hands.When I traverse the skies in fury,the fires of seven hells and of Habia, the most hellish hell,flicker in fear and are extinguished.I am the rebel-messenger on earth and in the sky.I am a mighty monsoon flood:sometimes I am a blessing to the earth,sometimes a devastating curse.I will tear away the twin maids from Vishnu's chest!I am oppression, I am a meteor and I am Saturn;a fiery comet, a venomous cobra!I am beheaded Chandi, the destroyer Ranada.Seated in the fires of hell, I laugh the laughter of a flower.I am composed of both earth and spirit,resolute and immortal, I am imperishable, immutable.The scourge of humans, gods and demons,I am disaster for all eternity.I am the truth at the core of divinity.I roam where I will on Heaven, Earth and Hell,all fury let loose, I am insane, insane!Today I know myself; I have broken every chain!I am the terrible axe of Parashuramaand will rid the world of warriors to wrest a perfect peace!I am the mighty plough of Balaramaand will smite the tyrant to furrow a new world cycle.Battle-weary, I am the arch rebel of life.I will not rest, I must engage in constant strife.I will not have the screams of the oppressed rend the air,I will not have the Earth cry out from the tyrant's sword. Battle-weary, I am the arch rebel of life.I will not rest, I must engage in constant strife.Rebel on a precipice: I plant my footprints on God's chest,I challenge the despot; I will rip out the fickle heart of Fate!Rebel on a precipice: I will plant my footprints on God's chest,I will rip out the fickle heart of Fate!Alone I stand, in the wide world I tower.I am unvanquished, an arch rebel forever.NOTESShiva is the third god of the Hindu trinity of Creator, Preserver and Destroyer. Bomkesh is one of Shiva's many names; it means 'the one whose hair is the sky'. Shiva is said to have broken the fall of the Ganges when she descended from Heaven by catching her in his matted locks. Indrani is Indra's wife and queen of the gods and goddesses.Pinakapani is another name of Shiva. Shiva is said to carry a small hand-drum (dumaru) and a trident.Israfil is one of Allah's angels; his trumpet will announce the end of the world.Chakra is the wheel or discus used as a weapon by Vishnu to punish evildoers.the mighty conch is a reference to the conch shell that Vishnu holds aloft in one hand. The sound of a conch is used by Hindus in worship, and was used in ancient India to signal the start of battle and to signal victory at the end. Chenghis was the Mongol emperor Chenghis Khan or Genghis Khan (1162-1227).Durbasha was an ascetic known in Indian legends for his quick temper.Vishwamitra was a famous sage in the Ramayana, and the Guru of Rama and Lakshmana.Ishan is another name of Shiva; it also means the north-east direction.OM is the mystic sound which represents Deity; the origin of all sound.Borrak is the heavenly horse that carried the Prophet Mohammad to Heaven.Uchchaishraba is the heavenly horse on which Indra, king of the gods, rides.Blue-throated is a reference to Shiva. When the serpent Vasuki's venom poisoned the ocean, Shiva rescued the world by swallowing the poison, thus earning the name Neelkantha or 'blue- throated'.Vasuki was a giant serpent in Indian myths.Gibrail is one of Allah's angels; he is called Gabriel in the Bible.Orpheus was a musician of extraordinary power in Greek mythology; he could charm all, even trees and mountains with the magic of his music. Shyama or 'the dark one' is another name for Krishna.Vishnu is the second god of the Hindu trinity of Creator, Preserver and Destroyer. Vishnu has incarnated himself many times, Rama and Krishna being among the most popular avatars.Saturn is the Hindu god Shoni who is also a planet of malevolent influence. Habia is the worst of seven hells in Islamic mythology. Hindu mythology too speaks of seven tiers of hell. Nazrul may also have known of Dante's various hells in Inferno.Chandi is another name for the Goddess Kali. In one of her manifestations, that of Chinnamasta, she is beheaded and carries her head in her hands.Ranada is another name for the Goddess Kali.Parashurama was the sixth avatar of Vishnu, his name means 'Rama with the axe'. He had taken a vow to rid the world of Kshatriyas, the warrior ruling caste.Balarama was Krishna's older brother. An agricultural hero, his weapon was the plough.
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Yeah, that title sounds creepy. However, these were the UK's BAFTA Awards for children and one of my favorite finds of 2013, Georgia May Foote, was looking pretty hot for them, despite the obvious underage undertones inherent in the theme of this award show. I assume this is like the British version of Nickelodeon's Kid's Choice Awards, so clearly The BAFTA people are following Nick's KCA playbook by bringing in the hotties in sexy garb in the same seemingly contradictory way. Nevermind, as I'll gladly accept any scenario wherein Georgia allows herself some time to show off her natural hotness.
With all our recent Kelly Brook coverage in the run-up to her birthday, it occurs to me that British folks might see my fascination with their celebs as somewhat distorted. For instance, a lot of Brits find Kelly to be a bit of an attention whore, quite short on anything approaching talent. I don't know about that. I've seen her in maybe 5 movies and next to nothing of her TV work. To me, ladies like Kelly and Georgia seem like nothing but sweethearts and a damn sexy creatures, but maybe the folks back in the UK think differently. I don't see how they could, but whatever. If I'm ignorant on the subject, then I'm content to stay that way. Facts are overrated anyway.


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MLB notebook: Former Dodgers, A's hurler Welch dies at 57
OAKLAND, Calif. — Bob Welch, the 1990 AL Cy Young Award winner of the Athletics and the last major leaguer to win at least 25 games in a season, has died. He was 57.
Welch died Monday night at his home in Seal Beach, Calif., the team said Tuesday.
Police said officers responded to a call for medical aid and found Welch dead in the bathroom area.
No cause of death was released. The coroner was awaiting toxicology test results, which can take eight to 12 weeks, said Lt. Jeffrey Hallock, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
Welch was an admitted alcoholic early in his career and spent time in rehabilitation. He co-authored a book in 1981 with George Vecsey about his addiction titled "Five O'Clock Comes Early: A Ballplayer's Battle With Alcoholism."
The right-hander played on five teams that reached the World Series (1978, 1981, 1988, 1989 and 1990) and won two titles, one in 1981 with the Dodgers and another in 1989 with the Athletics.
Welch's most memorable moment for Los Angeles was in the 1978 World Series, when the 21-year-old rookie struck out Yankees slugger Reggie Jackson with two runners on base to end Game 2.
Machado suspended 5 games
Orioles third baseman Manny Machado received a five-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for tossing his bat in Sunday's game against Oakland.
He appealed the suspension, which was scheduled to start immediately. Machado was in the starting lineup Tuesday against Boston.
Harvey likely won't pitch this year
The next phase in New York Mets ace Matt Harvey's rehabilitation from elbow reconstruction surgery is being pushed back, and the All-Star right-hander is becoming more realistic about his chances of pitching in the major leagues this year.
Harvey was supposed to throw off a slope for the first time Tuesday, but he was told last week the plan was being scrapped.
Manager Terry Collins, who was given a vote of confidence from GM Sandy Alderson with the Mets on a six-game skid, said he wouldn't expect Harvey to pitch in the final week of the season unless the Mets were in contention.
Around the league
Lonnie Chisenhall's bat is headed to the Hall of Fame. The Indians third baseman went 5 for 5 and hit three homers while driving in nine runs on Monday night. ... Joe Garagiola will receive the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award in absentia. The 88-year-old Garagiola said he's been advised by doctors not to travel because of health concerns and won't attend Hall of Fame weekend.


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Served in lieu of morning pancakes or bread at supper, ployes are nothing if not versatile.
Dark and Spicy Mexican Hot Chocolate Chile ancho powder is a versatile spice derived from dry Mexican Ancho chiles.
As versatile and powerful in print as he is online, Andrew will also become a contributor to Newsweek magazine.
With any ingredient, no matter how versatile, it is the chef's job to temper it.
Recipe This versatile cabbage is enjoyed by Italians and Koreans alike.
Perez was not the only favoured votary of the versatile siren.
He was practically the only artist we had, but he was versatile in the extreme.
He is interesting in spite of his faults; he is accomplished, versatile, and brilliant.
And a very tolerable forgery did this versatile hero produce.
Thus, we say the French people are versatile, the French nation is at war with Russia.
c.1600, from Latin versatilis "turning, revolving, moving, capable of turning to varied subjects or tasks," from past participle stem of versare "keep turning, be engaged in something, turn over in the mind," frequentative of vertere "to turn" (see versus).


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Lady Gaga Gave Her Boyfriend Taylor Kinney An X-Rated Lap Dance
Lady Gaga, who will perform her seventh and final show at Manhattan's Roseland Ballroom tonight, reportedly treated her boyfriend Taylor Kinney to an x-rated lap dance at BPM nightclub the other night after one of her sold-out shows.
The "Bad Romance" singer's titillating tactics were so racy that security guards drew a curtain around the couple.
Gossip column Page Six reports Gaga 28, and Kinney, 32, who have been dating for two years, met up in a VIP area of the club. "She then assumed a stripper persona and put on a show for him. She was doing a serious lap dance and they started making out," an eyewitness told Page Six.
But it didn't stop there.
"She jumped on a banquette, pulled Taylor's face into her crotch, was stroking his hair," a source told Page Six. She supposedly even serenaded the Chicago Fire actor with her sexy song "Do What U Want."
Kinney was supposedly overheard telling a fellow clubgoer, "I am the fire that stokes her imagination, and I'm happy to be that. We are all the fire that stoke her." So deep!


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Departments located in this building:
1. Location Tip
Building 260, Pigott Hall (the "Language Corner") is located at the southeast corner (Lasuen Mall side) of the outer Main Quad. From the Oval, use the ramped path to the right of the steps to reach the arcade level. Continue along the pathway heading towards Memorial Church. Once at the front of Memorial Church, turn left and continue until the end of the arcade. Turn right at the outer arcade and Building 260 is on the right.
2. Use/Purpose
Building 260 is occupied by the Divisions of Literatures, Cultures and Languages, Comparative Literature, French and Italian, German Studies, and Iberian and Latin American Cultures. An elevator provides wheelchair access to all floors of the building. Office spaces, conference rooms, and seminar rooms are located throughout the building. A large classroom is located just inside the entrance located at the corner of Lasuen Mall/Escondido Mall. Wheelchair seating is located in the front.
3. Accessible Entrance
There are two accessible entrances along Escondido Mall, with one entrance equipped with a power-operated door. Additional accessible entrances are located via the courtyard between the back of Building 40 and Building 300.
4. Restrooms
Wheelchair accessible men's and women's restrooms are located on all levels (B, 1, 2, 3).
5. Parking and Transportation
The Marguerite shuttle stop is directly in front of the Main Quad on Serra Mall. Disabled parking is located at the top of the Oval on either side for closer access to the front of the Main Quad. For closer access to buildings along the back end of the Main Quad, the closest parking is available at the end of Santa Teresa Street, near Duena Street or in a small parking lot near Duena Street and Panama Mall. There is a limited amount of disabled parking located behind MemChu via Duena Street (gate access code required). Contact the Diversity and Access Office at (650) 725-0326 for details.
6. Points of Interest
While at the Main Quad, visit Memorial Church or the Rodin Collection in Memorial Court. There are also several cafes in the Main Quad area.
For disability access information about any building not listed in the Campus Access Guide,
please contact the Diversity and Access Office, (650) 725-0326 voice, (650) 723-1216 TTY,
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Target: New York State Courts
Goal: Release four chimpanzees, who are being housed in cruel and confining conditions, into a sanctuary where they can enjoy a better quality of life
Steven Wise, an advocate for animal rights, is suing for several chimpanzees in New York to be released and sent to a primate sanctuary. Wise believes that these chimpanzees are unlawful prisoners, even if they are used for research or kept in private facilities. Three of the seven individuals whom Wise originally filed on behalf of have died at age 26, when the primates are supposed to live to be 60. Wise has grown deeply concerned about their quality of life and living conditions.
Wise is with the Nonhuman Rights Project, which is dedicated to providing obtaining legal personhood for animals. Of the four chimpanzees, two are used for locomotive testing at Stony Brook University, one is a former performing animal now housed near Niagra Falls, and the last, Tommy, is a former film actor. Wise alleges that Tommy is living in "solitary confinement in a small, dank, cement cage in a cavernous dark shed."
In the lawsuit, Wise believes that chimpanzees should have the right to legal personhood because they are "autonomous, self-determined, self-aware, intelligent, and emotionally complex" beings who cognitively "resemble human beings." If he can persuade the courts to rule in his favor, the chimpanzees will be taken away from their current facilities and sent to a primate sanctuary.
Chimpanzees should have the right to live their life to the fullest, and if their psychological and emotional needs aren't being met, they should be moved to habitats that fulfill these requirements. If you believe that these primates deserve better, sign this petition to lend your support.
Dear New York Courts,
I am writing about the four chimpanzees held in captivity in your state. I understand that a lawsuit on behalf of these primates is being filed by Steven Wise, who is hoping to prove that chimpanzees should be classified as legal persons and thus sent to a primate sanctuary. It is apparent that their living conditions do not mirror their natural habitat, and of the original seven chimpanzees Wise wanted to save, three have already died. Chimpanzees are supposed to live until the age of 60, yet these three died before they reached 30.
I implore you to release these chimpanzees and take them to a sanctuary where some of their natural habitat will be replicated. Chimpanzees should not be with humans and confined in small spaces, they should be with their own species where they can play and interact. If classifying them as a legal person enables the chimps to find a new and happier home, then so be it.
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Armie Hammer knows that with the accolades of award season -- he's nominated for a SAG award for J. Edgar -- also comes some criticism.
"How funny is this?" he said over breakfast at the Four Seasons hotel on Friday. "For the Critics' Choice Awards, the movie was not nominated but the makeup was. And the makeup has gotten ubiquitously panned!"
Hammer, who ages from a man in his 20s to a man in his 70s playing Hoover's right-hand man (and rumored lover) Clyde Tolson, says with CGI-driven movies like Avatar, expectations for movies have changed. "Here's the thing," he says. "The makeup, for what it was, was incredible. It was prosthetic makeup, done in the way you would have done that makeup 50 years ago. It's a throwback. It's nostalgic. No one does makeup like that anymore because it doesn't look the best, because it's not the cheapest and it's not the fastest. Clint (Eastwood, who directed the film) could have done it in CGI, and any other director immediately would have done it in CGI because it would have been easier, cheaper, the whole thing."
But, he continues, "Clint did a nostalgic movie that would have been shot exactly the same if you shot it in 1940." Hammer likens the old-age makeup (he sat for its application for up to 7 hours a day) to the effects used in movies like Frankenstein. "It was the best. Trust me, Clint's people and the people who did it are the very best at what they do. But it's an old way of doing makeup. I don't think many actors will get the chance to do that ever again. The fact that I even got a chance to participate in something like that was awesome."
J. Edgar's Leonardo DiCaprio is up for a best-actor Golden Globe.
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When I first learned how to crochet, I fell in love with the granny square. I tend to gravitate more toward quick turn projects, and granny squares can be completed quickly and then pieced together as a project later. Voila… instant gratification.
There are many different versions of granny square patterns available on the web, so I put together some of my favorite ones that were free. Some of them aren't exactly squares, but they would still make a cool afghan so I included them.
I hope you enjoy! Please come back and let me know which ones you decided to try out!
Have a granny square pattern on your blog? Send me an email with it and I may just add it to my collection!


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COAL-FIRED power plants that demand too high a price to shut down under a planned government buyout should be stripped of their share in $5.5 billion in carbon tax compensation, green groups say.
The call comes amid a growing belief that negotiations to shut down 2000 megawatts of dirty coal-fired electricity - a key part of the government's Clean Energy Future scheme - are foundering.
The contract-for-closure program, under which five major power stations would be paid billions of dollars to close down between 2016 and 2020, is already more than two months past the original deadline.
It is believed that the owners of the power plants - Playford B in South Australia, Collinsville in Queensland, and Energy Brix, Hazelwood and Yallourn in Victoria - argue their assets are worth more than the federal government is prepared to pay to buy them out.
This week, Victorian Energy Minister Michael O'Brien said it was ''pretty common knowledge that where the Commonwealth saw the appropriate level of compensation being seemed to be in a very different space to where those companies putting their hands up saw the level of compensation as being''.
Factors such as the rising gas price and the scrapping of the government's carbon floor price may have altered the perceived price tag on the coal plants.
The carbon price is supposed to make dirty coal plants economically unviable. Green groups are now saying that if the owners of the plants believe they are still valuable, they should not be given hundreds of millions of dollars in carbon tax cash compensation and millions more in free carbon permits - payments that come under a stream of funding called the Energy Security Fund.
Mark Wakeham, of Environment Victoria, said: ''If these facilities now claim they have a profitable future and their asset values remain high, then there is no public policy justification for the compensation payments that are coming at great cost to Australian taxpayers.''
Under the Energy Security Fund, the five plants have together been paid about $590 million. None of the plant owners would comment.


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