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UPDATE: July 14, 2009 - Letter to UBCIC Chiefs Council
Re: Proposed Recognition and Reconciliation Legislation Process-to-Date and Next Steps
The UBCIC Executive takes this opportunity to provide an update regarding the proposed Recognition and Reconciliation Legislation.
The legislative initiative was a step which the UBCIC, First Nations Summit and BCAFN mandated the FNLC to advance with the Province, designed to compel the Province to implement commitments contained in the New Relationship (2005), including to recognize Aboriginal title and rights, to respect First Nations' laws and responsibilities, to reconcile Aboriginal and Crown titles and jurisdictions, and to close the socio-economic gap through agreements about revenue and benefit sharing.
In February 2009, a "Discussion Paper on Instructions for Implementing the New Relationship" (the "Discussion Paper") was released to generate dialogue on the proposed legislative initiative. A series of regional sessions and community visits to explore the content of the Discussion Paper have been held with First Nations across the Province, and these are continuing.
In many ways, the first several community/Tribal group visits represented a 'test drive' of the original discussion paper. Based on the feedback, it is clear that many concepts expressed in the Discussion Paper are unacceptable. Concerns have been raised, including that 'reconstitution' will interfere with self-determination; that the Indigenous Nation Commission could become another bureaucracy; that there is risk of including Aboriginal title recognition in legislation which also recognizes Crown title in any form; that the nature, scope and substance of the title being recognized will weaken the title recognition within s. 35. We have heard questions raised whether the Province has jurisdiction to pass such legislation, and doubts expressed whether they will implement it. Questions have also been raised about the absence of Canada.
We have also heard expressed the opportunities which title recognition could bring. Consistently we heard the message, "we generally accept and support the concept of the need to achieve recognition, but not in its current form". In other words, not as currently articulated in the original Discussion Paper. The Discussion Paper has done its job, but it has now become an impediment to carrying forward a constructive and productive dialogue.
Consequently, on June 25th, the FNLC made a decision to 'set aside' the discussion paper to provide the space and opportunity to carry on an inclusive and cohesive dialogue. The Recognition Working Group ("RWG"), who had been instructed to develop with the Province language that might serve as detailed instructions to legislative drafters, has been directed to stop that work and not engage in any legislative drafting.
We believe our decision has significantly improved the tone of our dialogue; both politically and legally. When we finalize our Regional and community sessions, we will be in a position to deliver a summary report to the delegates of a Provincial-wide meeting at the end of August.
We welcome the formation of a lawyers' caucus comprised of First Nations' lawyers who wish to participate, who are working together to prepare other options for consideration at the All Chiefs' Assembly this summer.
We are at an important time in answering the land question. We have an opportunity unlike any other in our history. The Province has been compelled through law and politics to agree to recognition of title. We must use this opportunity well. Through recognition legislation or other initiatives, we must now compel the provincial government and every civil servant to act based on recognition and not denial of Aboriginal title. Now it is time to listen to our communities. We believe we will be given clear direction in terms of a 'forward looking' mandate when we next meet.
United we stand; divided we perish. We will work together to identify consensus for the steps we will collectively take together.
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip
Chief Robert Shintah
Chief Robert Chamberlin
UPDATE: Regional Sessions on the proposed Recognition and Reconciliation Legislation
TO: BC First Nations
From: BC Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN), First Nations Summit (FNS) and Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)
Date: June 12, 2009
Re: Updated list of dates for Regional Sessions on the proposed Recognition and Reconciliation Legislation
Date: June 15, 2009
Location: Esketemc First Nation Hall, Alkali Lake (11 AM Start)
Date: June 17, 2009
Location: St. Eugene Mission Resort, Cranbrook (9 AM – 4 PM)
Date: June 24 & 25, 2009
Location: Kitsumkalum Hall, Terrace, BC (9 AM Start both days)
Date: June 29, 2009
Location: Gold River (hosted by Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council), location TBC
Date: June 29, 2009
Location: Kamloops Indian Band (5 PM start)
Date: July 8 & 9, 2009
Location: Vancouver Island Location TBC
Date: July 15 & 16, 2009
Location: Tzeachten Hall, Chilliwack (9 AM Start both days)
Date: July 29 & 30, 2009
Location: Fort St. John, Location TBC
If you wish to participate in this process but you are unable to attend the regional session being held in your area, please feel free to attend a session held in another region.
We hope you can join us at these important sessions. Please do not hesitate to contact any of our offices if you have any questions.
To: BC First Nations
From: BC Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN), First Nations Summit (FNS) and Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)
Date: May 11, 2009
Re: Regional Sessions on the proposed Recognition and Reconciliation Legislation (May – July 2009)
Purpose of Regional Sessions
In February 2009, the First Nations Leadership Council and the Government of British Columbia released an outline of the proposed Recognition and Reconciliation Legislation. This outline was discussed at the All Chiefs meeting on February 25, 2009, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs meeting on March 2, 2009 and the First Nations Summit meeting held March 4-6, 2009. The First Nations Leadership Council received a considerable amount of valuable feedback at those sessions and through subsequent meetings and correspondence with First Nations.
Following the discussions and resolutions at the assemblies, the First Nations Leadership Council requests and invites further First Nations input and direction on this important initiative at each stage of the process. We are therefore holding regional sessions over the next three months to seek advice and direction from First Nations on the key issues of "indigenous nations" and "comprehensive agreements". These issues are important, as one of our main objectives is to establish a framework for the negotiation of comprehensive agreements that fully implement BC's commitment to recognition of Aboriginal title and rights in the legislation.
In particular, the First Nations Leadership Council would like your advice on:
• Who should the BC government negotiate comprehensive agreements with?
• What should be the elements of comprehensive agreements? In particular, what provisions should be included with respect to shared-decision making and revenue and benefit sharing?
• What should be the role of an indigenous nations commission?
The First Nations Leadership Council will be presenting a number of options and considerations for review in relation to each of these questions. The advice provided by First Nations during these regional sessions will be used to inform the further development of the legislative proposal. Following the regional sessions, the First Nations Leadership Council intends to bring the legislative proposal to an All Chiefs meeting for review by the Chiefs.
Joint Statement of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, BC AFN and the First Nations Summit
Discussion Paper: Instructions for Implementing the New Relationship
March 12, 2009
In 2005, the provincial government and First Nations entered into a positive era of co-operation, called the New Relationship. At the core of this relationship was a commitment to recognize Aboriginal title and rights, to respect each other's laws and responsibilities, and to reconcile both Aboriginal and Crown titles and jurisdictions.
Since the New Relationship began we have worked honourably, thoughtfully and collaboratively through many issues, mindful and hopeful that we would reach a moment where our rights would be recognized in law.
In the 2009 Speech from the Throne, read by Lieutenant Governor Steven L. Point (Xwě lī qwěl těl), the government promised to introduce recognition and reconciliation legislation that will "further the implementation of the New Relationship" and acknowledge that "Indigenous People have long lived throughout British Columbia and that this fact does not require proof."
The moment is upon us. In the weeks ahead we expect the government will fulfill its commitment by introducing legislation that recognizes Aboriginal title within our traditional territories and affirms our right to share the benefits and revenues that the resources in these territories can provide.
This is an historic step forward for our people. It represents the culmination of generations of struggle since the day that James Douglas unilaterally declared, 150 years ago, that "all the lands in British Columbia, and all the Mines and Minerals therein, belong to the Crown in fee".
By moving away from the systemic, institutionalized denial of Aboriginal rights to full recognition of those rights in law, our elders will not have to be dragged into courtrooms to prove our existence or strength of claim. By no longer questioning the strength of our claims, precious time and resources can now be dedicated to the real tasks at hand: creating true independence in our territories; investing in our youth, our communities, and in our future; developing true partnerships between First Nations communities and all British Columbians.
The legislation will also create a greater degree of certainty for business activity in the province. It will provide for more collaborative, structured and, better decision making with regard to planning, management and tenuring decisions over lands and resources. We are confident it will help create lasting, respectful, mutually beneficial relationships throughout our province.
Importantly, the legislation represents an achievement for all British Columbians. While First Nations peoples know that our rights, inherited from our ancestors, are indisputable, we also know that we are all here to stay. We have to create a new path to move forward together. We must act on the opportunities this legislation will provide. As one chapter closes another one opens, and it is up to all of us to make the future brighter than the past.
PDF Copy of Joint Statement available at:
Discussion Paper: Instructions for Implementing the New Relationship available at:
Background Documents
On November 25-27, 2008, an All-Chiefs Assembly on Proposed Recognition Legislation was held at the Chief Joe Mathias Centre in North Vancouver, BC. The purpose of this Assembly was for First Nations leaders to review and provide direction on key elements of potential recognition legislation. A number of background documents were prepared to assist in the Assembly's deliberations and are appended to this memorandum as follows:
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Well this week I decided to come up with something not so different and I'd like to get some opinions on it.
I'll submit it in the next couple of hours but if you think I could change something let me know..
There's also a version with a wooden BG which I was a way too lazy to upload
Hey Dany,
the theme is looking horrible in newest firefox (under windows vista and windows 7). The whole design is not centered and many of the elements are looking out of an sorted position.
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Sorry mate, I reuploaded…
I used a crappy HTML compressor :/
No problem Dany. The themes looks really good an well structured, but the header reminds me a little bit of an older theme of you (Mighty), sure without your DD Slider but the structure is the same (smooth erases of the picture).
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Prayers of the Mystics, Part Seven
I beseeh You, O God, send me help from your highest heavens so that I may keep afar from my heart every evil intention and every carnal wish.
Do not cast me, Lord, from your protection lest my adversary find me.
0 name of Jesus, key to all gifts, open up for me the great door to your treasurehouse so that I may enter and praise you with the praise that comes from the heart in return for your mercies which I have experienced in latter days; for you came and renewed me with an
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0 Mystery exalted beyond every word and beyond silence, who became human in order to renew us by means of voluntary union with the flesh, reveal to me the path by which I may be raised up to your mysteries, traveling along a course that is clear and tranquil, free from the concerns of this world. Gather my mind into the silence of prayer, so that all my wandering thoughts may be silenced within me during that luminous converse of supplication and mystery-filled wonder.
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Ted Simons: On tonight's edition of Arizona Giving and Leading, we look at a program that helps thousands of Arizona students in need head back to school with clothes and books. Here to tell us about the back-to-school clothing drive is the organization's executive director, Karl Gentles. Thanks for joining us.
Karl Gentles: Thank you, Ted.
Ted Simons: Back-to-school clothing drive, new clothes, new beginnings.
Karl Gentles: The organization has been around for 45 years. We provide new uniforms and backpacks and school supplies for kids from Title I schools, which are basically high poverty schools. If you remember your first day of school, and your viewers remember, having a cool backpack and new clothes and all that -- that's really not what it's like for the kids that we serve. We come in and provide new clothes and school outfits for kids that truly need one.
Ted Simons: What is a Title I school?
Karl Gentles: It's basically a school in a low-income, high-poverty community. And so basically those kids are all on free or reduced lunch programs. Frankly a lot of those kids can't afford school supplies or uniforms.
Ted Simons: How are these kids eligible for the program? How are they selected? How are the schools selected?
Karl Gentles: Schools are K-6, all designated as title I public elementary schools. We don't select the kids. We actually allocate a number of slots to the schools and we let the schools choose the children. Schools choose the children, bring them down to the big event, and they benefit.
Ted Simons: Looks like a lot of kids down there, a lot of books and clothes and socks, backpacks, the whole nine yards?
Karl Gentles: Everything a kid needs to prepare for the first day of school. That's what we do. We try to make sure we eliminate those barriers to learning, help increase their self-esteem and self-confidence. They all want to look great, I had a Batman backpack when I was growing up. That first day of school and beyond is really, really important. That's what we do.
Ted Simons: How many items of clothing would the average kid get?
Karl Gentles: The average kid gets about $300 in retail value clothes. If you have a family of four or five, that adds up pretty quickly. We offset that by giving about $300 in clothes. We provide about $1.8 million in retail value to the schools around the state.
Ted Simons: Are these clothes purchased from somewhere, donated? New clothes only or used clothes as well?
Karl Gentles: These are all brand-new clothes. We raise money all year around for this event during the summer and we have major donors. Legacy foundation, Bank of America, a number of other organizations and individuals, and they donate. We raise the money for the event. At the end of -- usually the event takes place in June and the kids come down to get the clothes they need, they get about $300 worth of school clothing.
Ted Simons: I'm sure they love those sneakers. What if you do have some slightly used clothes and you want to donate? There is a way to do that?
Karl Gentles: We encourage folks to donate those clothes perhaps to the Salvation Army or another organization. We are an organization that gives our kids brand-new school clothes, brand-new everything. Everything that your kids or my kids wear to school, that's what we give.
Ted Simons: I know you have what's called a safe program. What does this do? Sounds like it's kind of a contingency, if a kid really doesn't have something and they are at school, you make sure they are properly attired and taken care of?
Karl Gentles: Right. We had a program in our organization for about seven, eight, nine years that was giving matching grants to schools. We created an online retail store. When schools came and got their matching grant, they turned around and buy the clothes from us. It's a social enterprise for a social good. It supports the schools and the kids, and all those net proceeds are reinvested back into the back-to-school clothing drive. It ultimately benefits those schools. We're generating revenue and earned income, and it's being reinvested back to help more kids. We're really proud of that program.
Ted Simons: Sounds like a closed system. You get the money, almost like living on a military base.
Karl Gentles: Well, yeah. What happens is, if you have $2500, you can come to us. We'll double that for you. That's our secret sauce. We match that, and you can get double the clothes you can get anyplace else. Right now there are about 199 schools involved. We've grown it from 30 schools just two years ago.
Ted Simons: Sounds like the Safe program that we're talking about, this is something that really isn't done anywhere else in the country, is it?
Karl Gentles: We are the only that we know of doing the matching grant and the online retail store. We are very proud of what we've done, we've created this from a group of 30 schools and it's grown to 199.
Ted Simons: My goodness. I'm guessing it's growing in a variety of ways that are not necessarily positive, in the sense that you've got a lot more kids to deal with than in the past.
Karl Gentles: The need continues to grow, it's heartbreaking. There are other organizations in the Valley that do somewhat similar things. The need is just outpacing the ability to -- to meet all of it. We do our part. Like I said, we distribute $1.8 million in retail clothing and merchandise. We serve -- I'll let you know we serve about 140 schools just in that summer program, and another 199 through our Safe program. We're doing what we can.
Ted Simons: Sounds like you have a lot of volunteers helping. Tell us what these volunteers are doing.
Karl Gentles: We have about 2500 volunteers, very blessed to have that many helping our kids. They help out during the event during the summer. We have some ladies that sew all year-round for the program. Others for instance, organizations like the national cheerleaders league, boys charities,you're your major corporate volunteer programs come down and volunteer, as well. It's a fantastic operation.
Ted Simons: Last question: Give us some time tables as far as dates and things we need to know, events that are occurring.
Karl Gentles: I'll tell you we have a school supply drive going on hosted by Cox Communications. At all the Cox Communication outlets around the Valley you can donate school supplies. Bank of America, I think their supply drive wraps up for us this year, as well. We are now in preparation for next year's event, which is going to be on us pretty quickly again.
Ted Simons: Very good. Thanks for joining us, we appreciate it.
Karl Gentles: Appreciate it.


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Upon her return I am offered some 'refresco,' made from the juicy fruit of the guanabana.
A refresco was brought to us; calientes, the twisted doughnuts which are made in every Andalusian house, were fried for us.
At intervals there are little ventas, or refreshment booths, where the people buy a refresco.
Around the stalls of the refresco sellers, families are seated talking gaily together.


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As a point of reference, Club Mate is 2.50 Euro here at HAR right now ($3.54 w/ current exchange rate). ĀSeeing how it's being bought from an importer rather than bought directly; if you are complaining about the $.46 difference between what I am able to get it at one of the largest European hacker conferences for something that is intended to be a fundraiser for noisebridge; hopefully this perspective will reduce complaints on our requested donation.

However! ĀIf you want to change this, we can get it for less; but would need to do it in shipping container increments. ĀRalf did the research to figure out how much this would cost us (per bottle cost would be much lower, but up front costs were $15-$20k iirc).

There are other alternatives mentioned in the past too. Sol Mate from Canada I have been able to obtain for about $1.19/bottle in magnitudes of 2 or more cases at a time.

Sorry if I seem a bit curt; but this has been discussed for almost a year on list in various forms & I am just summarized alternative options; I don't think with the current pallet shipment it is reasonable to ask for lessĀthanĀweĀareĀcurrentlyĀrequesting.

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Plan B For the Fiscal Cliff: Recession Avoidance
In two short weeks, taxes are scheduled to snap back to pre-2001 levels, with a typical median-income household seeing a $2,000 federal income tax hike. Democrats and Republicans agree that such a dramatic tax increase could push the U.S. economy back into recession. With the edge of the cliff in sight, it is time to get realistic and consider Plan B: recession avoidance.
Fiscal cliff negotiations in Washington are about much more than the short-term impact of a change in tax policy. They are also about more fundamental matters, including the appropriate level of federal taxes, the progressivity of the tax system, and the long-run sustainability of our entitlement programs. While Democrats are correct that the federal government cannot be adequately sustained with only the historical levels of tax receipts, Republicans are right to note that no tax policy can be designed to fund the federal government when entitlement spending is projected to consistently grow faster than the overall economy.
These issues are complex and politically charged. The situation calls for shared political sacrifice, with both sides accepting policies they have previously rejected. Republicans must accept additional tax revenues, and Democrats must accept cost-savings reforms to Medicare and other entitlement programs. But little progress has been reported to date, and time is running out.
Both sides have suggested fallback plans. Democrats (and a few Republicans) have urged a temporary extension of tax cuts for everyone earning less than $250,000. Most Republicans have called for a temporary extension of all of the tax cuts, claiming that raising taxes on high-income earners and many businesses is not acceptable unless coupled with broader tax and entitlement reforms. But both approaches have the same flaw: simply delaying tax hikes again will not make the negotiations any easier next year.
Instead, lawmakers should consider a more nuanced Plan B: slowly but deliberately phasing out the key elements of the Bush tax cuts across the board, just as they were phased in. For example, the 39.6 percent top statutory rate was reduced only one percentage point in 2001 and was not scheduled to reach 35 percent until 2006 (although Congress later moved that date forward to 2003). The child tax credit was increased from $500 to $1,000 over ten years, not overnight.
A plan like this could involve:
* Raising the 35, 33, and 28 percent tax brackets back to 39.6, 36, and 31 percent incrementally over five years;
* Reducing the child tax credit $50 per year for ten years;
* Phasing out the 10 percent tax bracket along with marriage penalty relief through 2023;
* Making permanent or extending for four years any remaining provisions, in order to address the uncertainty and complexity induced by the temporary nature of scores of narrow changes enacted in 2001.
Neither side would like this plan, and rightfully so. It contradicts campaign promises made by both parties and fails to either improve the efficiency of the tax system or reform the unsustainable entitlement programs. But such a compromise would avoid a self-induced recession in 2013 and set us on a gradual path to near-term deficit reduction. In other words, it would establish a worst-case scenario for taxpayers that is far less worse than current law. And because it would do so in a way that both sides agree is undesirable, it would create a strong impetus for structural reforms in 2013.
To be clear, a compromise that reined in entitlement spending and brought much-needed simplifications to the tax code would be the best outcome of the fiscal cliff negotiations. But with the new year rapidly approaching, it's time to devise a Plan B.


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Wilderness Survival and Caloric Intake
As I've previously discussed, one of the main targets for us while surviving in the woods will be getting enough calories to manage well. To refresh your memory, the average 70 KG man (154lbs) needs around 2100 calories a day for maintenance. That figure is too optimistic for someone surviving in the woods. Without infrastructure, many traps created, supplies to draw from, abundant game, vegetable and fruit and nut sources, and something I call unmentionables, the maximum amount of calories for an expert hunter/gatherer will most likely be around 1500 calories. Of course, you will hit days of abundance. You'll find something and store it, using some of that to supplement on following days. Or you'll eat very well, and not eat anything the next day for a variety of reasons.
Maintaining 1500 calories in a perfect setting of safety and low energy output is tolerable. As anyone knows who has dieted, it is uncomfortable. When the body sees a change in diet, it adapts. This is not a rapid process. There are enormous amounts of money spent to calculate the perfect way to diet and minimize hunger and still feel somewhat satisfied. People say, "I'm dieting and I'm dieing."
Bear with me. I know it's boring. I've avoiding talking about the details. It'll be over soon, and back to survival. You need to understand it, since it affects your goals in wilderness survival.
Yeehaw biochemistry yeah! The adaptation cycle goes something like this. Stored calories exist in our body in two main forms, glycogen and fat. Gycogen is stored in the liver or it is stored in the muscle. Fat is stored in the abdomen, but also in other places as more calories are taken in than can be used. If intake is less than 1500 calories, then the body goes "What a minute, what gives?" Sugar levels in the blood drop. We get tired. Our stomach circulates a variety of acids and enzymes in the stomach. The gurgling sound is the injection of enzymes from the duodenum to digest food. The whole body cycles chemicals to the digestive system based on routine eating times. Some blood is shunted there for some digestion. We feel tired some more. Most of the digestion happens at night while the rest of body shuts down. A good thing, because if it didn't, we would drag around with far less blood volume pumping around to muscles.
Some people say not to eat unless you can get 1500 calories. Well to be honest, that's considering a lost in the wilderness scenario, not a SHTF scenario. Really low caloric jump starts the drop in metabolic rate, and extends survivability some. This could give the edge, if you think help is on the way, but in our case, there is no help.
The brain needs sugar. It's the only food that the brain can use for energy. If the blood sugar drops, we get sleepy. It's that simple. The body says, "I'm tired, eat something dang it!" We get a response based on an empty stomach (it's not stretched and expanded) and the brain triggers a hunger mechanism. A classic diet trick is fill the stomach with water. It's stretched by the volume of liquid, and you feel less hungry. Sure.
If the body cannot get sugar, it will convert something to sugar, to maintain blood glucose. Glucose spiking too high works with the pancreas to release insulin. When starving, we've got the opposite problem that diabetics have.
The body locates the glycogen in the liver and muscle and through a boring complex process making sugar. The reason it stores it in muscle is availability. This minimizes the transfer of sugar in the most economical way possible. Long starvation creates very low blood sugar and ketoacidosis. It creates acetone breath that smell fruity, a warning sign that you'll already be all to aware of if there food. It is a very dangerous condition common in diabetics with very out of control blood sugar.
We're surviving in the woods. We're exercising more than normal. When the exertion is extended, the body sees this, and when the blood sugar drops, starts stealing from muscle glycogen. The hunger trigger goes off, enzymes and acids flow, and you think, "Wow I feel weak and hungry."
Breaking down fat doesn't occur quickly. What happens is, as hunger extends over a progressively longer cycle, the body goes, "Wait a minute, the fires are burning too high." It begins to lower basal metabolic rate. Your heart beat goes down, as does breathing. More and more energy intensive systems go into using lower amounts of energy. If water is an issue, and the body needs water for a ton of biochemical processes, that's an additional restriction. Therefore the body lowers metabolic rate even further. Keep it up, and you'll pass out or be listless.
Fat is a petty efficient storage unit for energy. It's twice as calorie rich, so more energy can be liberated. Thankfully for survival, by the time you start digesting fat, the metabolic rate is lower, and you're burning less normal calories. What this means is that the difficulty getting rid of fat, that you experience while dieting, will also help you maintain weight while getting less calories in the wilderness. It's a survival mechanism.
After a week of this, you feel pretty tired. Maybe you have headaches. Some people get a sense of well-being from exercise: the second wind that runners experience. Some of that is chemical, some of that is renewed confidence. It doesn't last. You are burning more calories than normal from activity. If you'd been burning fat, but still somewhat sedentary, then you'd be maintaining that weight. But you're not. You're burning more, eating less, and there are limits to the food sources.
In the woods, you're looking for calorie dense foods that you can gather as quickly as possible, using minimal energy for gathering and digestion. There's a very real reason that tribal people are not vegetarian. While some wild foods are rich in calories like nuts and some starches, most are not. Many of the items that you'll harvesting only can be harvested at certain times of the year. This isn't the grocery store. While there is an abundance of things to eat most of the time, it may not be in sources you're used to eating.
In winter, most people are sedentary based upon weather. You may not be. You're trying to keep your core temperature high. If you're outside in it, and looking for calories, you may very well be using much more than you could conceivably gain. Fishing from a pole or walking along with a throwing stick for a rabbit could expend a serious amount of calories, and put you into a deep caloric deficit.
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In 2010 a bunch of us guys got together and decided that we should ride around America on Harley Davidson motorcycles to help celebrate a 40th & 50th Birthdays for 2 of the guys.
After a 18 months of planning, 9 of us started our first Harley Road Trip and what a blast we had, 2 weeks of sheer fun and excitement, the true feeling of camaraderie and friendships held together with amazing sites and memories. The whole experience enlightened us all so much so that we made plans for further trips, so far we have done 2 and the third is planned for March 23rd until /April 6th 2013.
This website will feature the trips that have happened and the ones in progress with live updates and full details of each days events which include images, videos and useful info on the places we stayed at. The list of trips are listed below and will take you to individual websites dedicated to each trip..
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From the Marx Brothers to Oliver Stone, here are seven classic films about football.
While Marx dreamed of revolution to empower the masses, his own wife and daughters slaved and suffered to keep the family afloat.
Alas, I must invoke Marx, because it is a question of limited resources.
When I was kid, I thrived on the Marx Brothers and Woody Allen, Tom Lehrer and Nichols and May.
He gets his Marx wrong, by the way, whatever difference that makes.
Marx sought, in short, to introduce the large system of production into the art of conspiracy.
From Adam Smith to Marx, all have proceeded along these lines.
It all resolved itself into a question of domination between Bakounin and Marx.
Didn't your boy Marx, or was it Engels, write a small book on the subject?
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The Federal Reserve Board has announced revisions to Regulation Y that are intended to improve the competitiveness of bank holding companies by eliminating unnecessary regulatory burden and operating restrictions, and by streamlining the application and notice process.
The revisions are effective April 21, 1997..
The revisions include:
- a streamlined and expedited review process for bank and nonbanking proposals by well-run bank holding companies;
- reorganizing and expanding the regulatory list of nonbanking activities and removing a number of restrictions on those activities that are outmoded, have been superseded by Board order or are unnecessary restrictions that would not apply to insured banks that conduct the same activity;
- amendments to the tying restrictions, including removal of the regulatory extensions of those restrictions to bank holding companies and their nonbank subsidiaries; and
- other changes to eliminate unnecessary regulatory burden and to streamline and modernize Regulation Y, including changes to the provisions implementing the Change in Bank Control Act and section 914 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.
This final rule reflects a number of revisions in response to concerns, suggestions and information provided by commenters. In particular, the Board has changed in several respects the streamlined procedure governing bank acquisitions and has adopted a number of measures designed to broaden and improve public notice of acquisition proposals. These changes focus on assuring that interested persons will have a meaningful opportunity to provide the Board with information regarding acquisition proposals.
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Join Volunteers of America Chesapeake and Residential Program Center for its first ever Community Yard Sale! Come explore the knickknacks, housewares, and other intriguing gems our community has to offer. In addition, learn more about the Residential Program Center providing shelter, addiction recovery, and support to Arlington County residents.


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Set against the backdrop of the world's largest annual human migration, <i>Last Train Home</i> follows one migrant family as they try to go home for Chinese New Year to reunite with their teenage daughter. Sixteen years ago, the Zhangs left their children behind in their rural village to find work in the city. Now it may have cost them their hopes for their children's future.


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Hello I am a licensed attorney here to help you with your question, please review my response and do not hesitate to ask for clarification
If your employment contract states that it does not automatically renew,
the contract is void, and you are an at will employees, which means you can quit your job and be terminated at anytime, and for any reason, without notice.
An employment contract has to be signed by all parties to be invalid, so he cannot just renew it without your permission
are you a partner of a corporation?
If the language of the operating agreement or partnership agreement states that if you are not on an employment agreement or do not renew, it is possible they can claim you defaulted and you could lose your shares in the corporation
yes they can do it anytime,
What are the penalties for a default?
a renewal can be given anytime unless it is written that it cannot be given after a certain date,
no, since this is contract law, the language of the contract will be followed,
in terms of an argument you can argue the intent of the contract was that if a renewal was never issued to you, the employer is in default and you can resign,
You can also argue that since the contract is silent on this issue, it is not a default,
Yes, it may be worth it to use this as an argument to sue them,
typically the employer has to provide you a renewal prior to the expiration of the contract,
once the contract time is over, you are an at will employee, and can resign anytime,
it is up to a Judge to review the language of the contract, it is a strong argument,
In a case such as this, I would represent the client, but ask for a fee upfront,
I would have to review the entire operating agreement, and other documents,
You can do that,
what is the penalty for default,
I would consider hiring a local employment or contract attorney to send them a letter threatening a law suit, if they do not resolve the matter,
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Rally Cry will be joined in the Met Mile starting gate by his multiple graded stakes winning stablemate Tommy Macho, making his first start since a third-place finish in the Carter (G1) at Aqueduct Racetrack in April.
Rally Cry will be joined in the Met Mile starting gate by his multiple graded stakes winning stablemate Tommy Macho, making his first start since a third-place finish in the Carter (G1) at Aqueduct Racetrack in April.
Benner Island has a win at the Acorn's one-mile distance in an allowance-optional claimer at Churchill Downs last November, and trainer Brad Cox is confident coming into the Acorn.
Ten-year-old Gustavian, an Eclipse Award finalist for champion steeplechase horse in 2013, was euthanized Sept. 16 because of complications from a paddock accident, said trainer Leslie Young.
Kirk Wycoff of Three Diamonds Farm Aug. 29 filed an appeal to the New York State Gaming Commission regarding the decision of the stewards to take no action against longshot Inordinate in the Aug. 27 Sword Dancer Stakes (gr. IT).
The morning after her seven-length victory in the Alabama Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 20, undefeated Songbird was relaxed and happy, said Christina Jelm, who has overseen trainer Jerry Hollendorfer's horses at Saratoga this summer.
Champion went an easy four furlongs in :47.49, galloping out in 1:01.19.
The New York Racing Association's return to re-privatization may be in a holding pattern, but NYRA is hardly standing still as it waits to learn what the next iteration of organization will look like.
A panel of attorneys discussed protection of racehorses during a panel Aug. 9 at the Saratoga Institute on Equine, Racing, and Gaming Law in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Graded stakes winner Recepta, co-owned and co-bred by John Phillips, was injured during training at Saratoga Race Course on the morning of Aug. 5.
Following a career-ending injury sustained during a workout July 22 at Saratoga Race Course, Stradivari is resting at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
New York Racing Association president and chief executive officer Chris Kay July 21 lauded his organization's accomplishments over the last year and provided a preview of improvements customers can expect to see this summer at Saratoga Race Course.
A large crowd at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame July 20 peppered panelists with questions on a wide variety of Thoroughbred racing issues.
Sheep Pond Partners' Lady Eli, who continues her comeback from laminitis, worked a half-mile on the inner turf course at Belmont Park July 3, about a year since her last race at the New York track.
American Cleopatra began her early conditioning at McKathan Brothers Training Center, and graduated to Santa Anita Park last week. She is expected to breeze there Belmont Stakes (gr. I) weekend, one year after her full brother swept the Triple Crown.
The next time a horse is awarded the Triple Crown trophy will be the first time for a new design, as New York Racing Association president Chris Kay has commissioned a new trophy to replace the one awarded to many previous Triple Crown winners.
For an hour June 9, trainer Bob Baffert and members of the Zayat family told stories and shared memories at Belmont Park on how American Pharoah's Triple Crown victory last year affected them.
As it waits for a decision on the future of the New York Racing Association, the organization's board of directors May 25 spent less than five minutes discussing rumors of a proposal that would keep the association under state control.
More than 24 hours after Paulassilverlining won her second graded stakes, the Distaff (gr. III) at Aqueduct Racetrack April 17, owner and breeder Vincent Scuderi was still beaming.
More than 1,000 attend Manhattan funeral service April 12.
Three-and-a-half years after being put under state control by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the New York Racing Association board of the directors approved a plan April 12 for a return to privatization at a meeting in New York City.
New York-based trainer Rick Schosberg said he feels an obligation to the people and horses that made his success possible, so he invests time in racehorse aftercare via the New York THA's Take the Lead program.
The New York Racing Association is preparing to return to private control, board chairman Michael Del Giudice said at a meeting of the association's board of directors March 10 in New York City.
Libby Loftus of New York balances her commodities business with a keen interest in Thoroughbred racing and involvement with charities such as the Belmont Child Care Association.
The trainer is off to a good start this year with three wins in January, including two Jan. 17. One of those came with Majestic Jessica, owned by J and M Racing Stables, for whom Barbara has been training for eight years.
The new year is so far indeed a happy one for 5-year-old Saythreehailmary's and her connections. On Jan. 10 at Aqueduct Racetrack, the dark bay mare picked up where she left off in 2015, winning her second consecutive stakes.
At the end of a year that saw record-breaking wagering and attendance, the board of directors of the New York Racing Association Dec. 9 celebrated success while at the same planning conservatively for the future.
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Sheila Rosenblum withdrew Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) runner-up La Verdad from the Nov. 1 Fasig-Tipton November sale and will breed her in 2016.
NYRA president Christopher Kay, whose contract extension was announced Oct. 21, said the organization most likely will experience an increase in profit this year exclusive of revenue from video lottery terminals.
The New York State Gaming Commission Sept. 24 passed several rule amendments related to equine medication, including further restrictions on the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and a total ban on stanozolol.
At a Sept. 1 summit presented by the New York State Gaming Commission on racehorse aftercare, the New York Racing Association pledged that it would donate $5 per start at its tracks to the TAA.
The New York Racing Fan Advisory Council held an open forum Aug. 30 at Saratoga Race Course, inviting customers and racing fans in the state to share comments and questions about their experiences at New York's tracks.
With an eye toward a possible proposal to change New York's rules on the race-day medication furosemide, the state's Gaming Commission met in Saratoga Springs Aug. 25 to solicit opinions about the medication.
At a forum designed to educate state regulators about furosemide, the very people the presentations were designed to enlighten may well have left with more questions than answers.
The head of the New York Racing Association said Aug. 23 the organization will attempt to create as many opportunities as possible for patrons to view American Pharoah, who has been confirmed for the Aug. 29 Travers.
Marette Farrell of Exhale Enterprises talks about the market for NY-bred yearlings at Saratoga. Watch Video
In advance of the Fasig-Tipton sale of NY-bred yearlings, Select Sales' Carrie Brogden talks about bringing a smaller consignment of high-quality horses. Watch Video
Panelists at the Saratoga Institute for Equine, Racing, and Gaming Law conference offered potential options regarding immigration policy in the hope they make it easier for horse racing to attract and maintain workers.
Business so far at the Saratoga Race Course meet has been very strong, NYRA officials reported Aug. 12, but they also noted that operating revenue for the year is down compared with 2014.
A panel at the Saratoga Institute for Equine, Racing, and Gaming Law on Aug. 11 discussed New York's need for a law to protect sponsors or organizers of public equine activities, such as racetracks and breeding farms.
Off a scintillating Metropolitan Handicap (gr. I) win on the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) undercard, Honor Code was installed as the 3-1 favorite for the Whitney Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course.
Two days before the opening of a Saratoga meet that will see a number of changes, a near-capacity crowd at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame had plenty of questions for NYRA president Chris Kay.
The board of directors of the New York Racing Association met under the leadership of new board chair Michael Del Giudice for the first time June 24 in New York City.
Customers at Saratoga Race Course this summer will find the signature of its current leadership boldly on the historic track's 147th race meet, which begins July 24.
The New York State Gaming Commission announced a major new transparency initiative at its May 26 meeting. It has begun posting weekly reports from the New York Racing Association tracks, and will expand it to others.
Anthony Bonomo Jr. pledged "to work to make New York racing the best it can be," saying that he would bring together owners, trainers, and racing executives "for the good of the sport."
Long after his physical presence is gone, we will still find the spirit of Allen Jerkens in the people he touched, and in the way they treat their horses because of his influence.
Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens, 85, died March 18 in Aventura, Fla. He had been hospitalized for several weeks with an infection.
Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens remained in the intensive care unit March 3 at Aventura Hospital in South Florida, fighting a severe infection that set in last week.
In the first of a series of quarterly meetings, executives from the New York Racing Association took questions from customers in an hour-long question-and-answer session Nov. 15 at Aqueduct Racetrack.


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Australian property funds have surged back into the capital markets as they look for longer-term debt to better match their long-dated real estate assets.
The listed trusts, and some of their wholesale funds, issued $1.05 billion in bonds and medium-term notes in the last quarter of 2012 – a level not seen since before the credit crisis.
"It wasn't at that quantum: $1 billion in one quarter, you have to go back a fair way to find that kind of volume," said Stephen O'Keeffe, fund manager at Quadrant Real Estate Advisors.
"It was quite a dramatic uplift."
The shift into longer-dated debt in the local market comes after the lessons of the financial crisis, when landlords' reliance on short-term finance proved costly.
"They didn't have their capital management strategy right when the GFC hit. They didn't have the right leverage for the assets that they own," Mr O'Keeffe said.
"Since then, the REITs have realised they need to increase their duration."
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Until recently, much of the appetite for longer-term debt has been answered by tapping the private placement market in the US. But the increasing issuance into the local market, shows there is growing opportunity for non-bank lenders, such as local super funds, to invest into the demand for that longer-term debt, Mr O'Keeffe said.
Super funds get exposure to property debt through their broader bond portfolio, which covers a gamut of asset classes, or through direct loans against an asset. A number of super funds have made clear their interest in direct property debt, including AustralianSuper, Telstra Super and HESTA.
"We think there is pretty good value in real estate debt in terms of the margins, whether that is real estate bonds . . . whether that is privately placed real estate loans. It is just a matter of matching up the investors and the borrowers," Mr O'Keeffe said.
Quadrant manages $6.3 billion of property investment in the US and Australia – in equity and debt – and holds mandates for some prominent investors, including the Future Fund.
Some major players, such as super fund property investor ISPT, will stick to the equity side of the real estate investment and not go into real estate debt
"The funds themselves are. We're not. Our business is property," Daryl Browning, chief executive at ISPT said this week.
More than 90 per cent of commercial property lending in the Australian market is inter-mediated by banks.
Some major landlords, including shopping centre owner Federation Centres, have expressed their interest to get into the broader capital market. Federation Centres chief executive Steven Sewell wants to achieve a credit-rating to allow it to source cheaper, longer-termed debt through bond issuance.
"We're hopeful by the end of March, first quarter, that we'll get a credit rating. That was fairly clear advice: that a change of name would be positive to that process," Mr Sewell said last month after the company's EGM.
In the last quarter of 2012, borrowers issued bonds and medium-term notes worth $1.05 billion. Of that, 65 per cent was on a five-year term. Only 6 per cent was on a 10-year term.
By contrast, there is $1.1 billion outstanding in the shrinking commercial mortgage backed securities market.
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OBA leader Craig Cannonier is up against the PLP's Anthony Richardson and Independent candidate David Sullivan, a former deputy chairman of the former UBP.
Sen Cannonier said: "I wouldn't be in it if I wasn't in it to win. The objective is change and I'm about change — but it's up to the constituents.
"But I believe I bring experience which will stand me in good stead. I've been in the Senate and the leader of the Bermuda Democratic Alliance and the OBA.
"That experience puts me ahead of the other candidates — neither of them has served in political office before."
Mr Richardson, a former Accountant General and ex-CEO of the Health Council, said he could win the numbers game even though the seat, held by interim OBA leader John Barritt until he quit to give Sen Cannonier a run at the House of Assembly, was regarded as a safe UBP seat.
Mr Richardson said: "I can win if the voters themselves are bold and courageous and send a shock message to Bermuda by voting, for the first time, for a PLP candidate.
"I worked as Accountant General, which gave me exposure to health care, finance and I've worked in a bank and been a policeman. All the things that affect this constituency, I can bring appropriate solutions to."
Mr Richardson added: "Craig Cannonier in no way compares to my business background and my public service experience as Accountant General."
Mr Sullivan, a former deputy chairman of the former UBP, said he had opted to stand because party politics in Bermuda were "broken."
He added: "I believe I can win. There's a sentiment in Devonshire South Central and Bermuda that party politics has fallen apart." Mr Sullivan said party politics began in Bermuda in the 1960s – but that times had changed. He added: "We had the PLP, which purported to be the party of labour, and the UBP, which purported to represent business."
Mr Sullivan said that the PLP victory in 1998 had been greeted with "great hope and aspiration", but that the PLP had "had great difficulty in moving from Opposition to Government" and had failed to live up to expectations.
He added: "The voting public has the opportunity with this by-election to look at the party system and deliver a verdict."


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The Detroit Lions have released punter Nick Harris.
The move Saturday puts undrafted rookie Ryan Donahue on the roster, replacing the team's punter since the 2003 season.
Detroit also released defensive back Nathan Vasher and receiver Derrick Williams.
The Lions also activated cornerback Alphonso Smith off the non-football injury list and put tackle Johnny Culbreath on the injured list.
Detroit's other cuts included: linebacker Caleb Campbell, fullback Matt Clapp, running back Ian Johnson, quarterback Zac Robinson, defensive back Ricardo Silva and receiver Tim Toone.


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Some of the District's metered parking spots got a new look on Friday, as residents, activists, artists and others transform the spaces into temporary public parks in celebration of PARK(ing) Day.
This is D.C.'s first PARK(ing) Day, and more than 20 locations are participating in the annual worldwide event, sponsored by the Trust for Public Land to raise awareness of the need for more parks and public spaces in cities.
The event began in San Francisco in 2005 and has since spread to more than 160 cities in 35 countries, according to event organizers.
The District's Department of Transportation announced the list of mini-parks — or "parklets" — that will be open members of the public who want to hang out, socialize and learn more about the city's sustainability efforts.
Share your "parklet" photos by tweeting @postlocal. The following locations will be "open" from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to DDOT:
- Capital Bikeshare: 700 F St. NW
- Gensler: 2020 K St. NW
- Landscape Architecture Foundation: 1900 M St. NW
- National Wildlife Federation: 901 E St. NW
- Casey Trees: 1700 K St. NW
- Smart Growth America: 1726 M St. NW
- DC Greenworks: 927 15th St. NW
- OCULUS: 1440 P St. NW
- Turkish Policy Center: 1509 Connecticut Ave. NW
- baked & wired: 1052 Thomas Jefferson St. NW
- History Matters: 1726 14th St. NW
- Malmaison: 3401 K St. NW
- Fleurir: 3235 P St. NW
- Georgetown BID: 3401 K St. NW
- Robert Bell Architects: 3214 O St. NW
- Cycle Life USA: 3255 K St. NW
- NoMa BID: 131 M St. NW
- Zipcar: 2021 14th St. NW
- BicycleSPACE: 1019 7th St. NW
- WABA: 1792 Columbia Rd. NW
- DC Dept. of Parks & Recreation: 1250 U St. NW
- DC Office of Planning: 1100 4th St. SW
Once a parking space, now a public park (for now). Visit 9th & E NW DC before 2pm to see #DCwild #PARKingDay @NWF pic.twitter.com/9O131Wuu1i
— aviva glaser (@aviva_g) September 20, 2013
We've transformed 1700 K St. & 17th St. NW – look what a little green can do to spruce up the place! #PARKingDay pic.twitter.com/YfXZxnFcGc
— Casey Trees (@CaseyTrees) September 20, 2013
Promoting civic engagement and friendly, neighborly streets at OP waterfront SW offices in DC #parkingday #SW pic.twitter.com/Omf7bbFGG1
— Tim Maher (@tmaher103) September 20, 2013
We turned a parking space into a wildlife habitat! Check it out! 9th & E St NW DC @nwf #DCwild #PARKingDay pic.twitter.com/YcgIicyIfJ
— CampusEcology (@CampusEcology) September 20, 2013
It's #parkingday. In Washington DC the @NWF is building an on-street wildlife refuge: pic.twitter.com/MEVDr6tNw1
— C Neal MilNeil (@vigorousnorth) September 20, 2013
Let the #PARKingday party begin! Stop by and celebrate #bikedc with us. @ Euclid and Columbia St NW http://t.co/bfYoV7QvFt
— WABA (@WABADC) September 20, 2013


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The cold hard facts are these:
* It does not matter who is morally right / wrong.
* Hamas is in a very weak position.
* Hamas is stupid to attack Israel, yet in order to keep political power it must do so.
* The Palestinians, rightly or wrongly, have supported a movement that wants confrontation with their neighbor.
* These attacks from Hamas continue despite repeated warnings and beat-downs by the Israeli's
* The Palestinians hide behind U.N. and regional protection to avoid decimation, they expect to be able to restrain their neighbor's response via political power. So far, this has worked.
* Obama's overt support of the M.B. and the distancing America from Israel means the Palestinian's political support has lost it's teeth. Israel already feels isolated.
* A moderate response to Hamas's attacks will bring about exactly the same amount of isolation as a finishing attack. Thus a finishing attack should be executed.
Israel's only logical course of action is to utterly destroy the West Bank and kill / evict everyone in it. Only then will they have peace on that border.
There is no other real long-term solution because the Palestinians don't recognize Israel's right to exist.
I know this above solution will anger many of you. But the time is rapidly approaching when such measures will be taken not only in Palestine but all over the world.
Pax America is about to fall and woe to those on the losing side...even America.
^^This^^ Well put!!
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Fingulas is correct in some points above, but he is also dead WRONG on the most important one: it IS important who's "right or wrong morally".
In this cinredible clusterfuck, Israel is the good guys . Israel are the morally RIGHT party. Make no mistakes about it.
Because whatever one's position on the disputed territories or peace process.... NOONE who has any sense of
justice, truth or history
of the region, sides with HAMAS, Islamic Jihad, PRC, PFLP, Fateh's armed wing al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade -- nevermind the actual Salafist Al-Qaeda cells sprouting in Gaza in recent years.
Noone. Even the normally anti-Israeli Amnesty International has been recently forced to admit that EACH instance of Gaza terror groups firing rockets at Israeli population centers constitutes 2 instances of
: because it targets Jewish civilians and also because by firing from civilian infrastructure in Gaza, jihadis invite their OWN people to be killed as collateral damage in retaliatory strikes.
Each instance. And there has been literally 10,000 of them in the last 10 years. That's not counting attempts at suicide bombing, sniping at highways, kidnapping, stabbings, and the HAMAS genocidal brainwashing & recqruitment of kids as young as 2 years old for "Holy War" which takes the whole idea of child abuse to a new standard of pathetic evil.
Because if one were to approach this Gaza issue from a phony "neutral", relatistiv perspective.... then it makes mockery of every good thing human beings are supposed to think and do. Everything.
Not to mention, it legitimizes real terror. So don't be surprised if in the ensuing years and decades, you will see such terror come to Europe and America. Because if HAMAS can do this, then so can disgruntled Native Americans who are even more "occupied" or so can Narco cartels in Mexico, whose businesses are also "opporessed" by gringos... so can growing Islamic population in Europe who are "denied Sharia" by kaffirs... And so on and so forth.
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Not to mention that the IDF has been caught masquerading as Hamas and sending rockets into Israel.
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WA's unemployment rate has again recorded a volatile shift - this time plummeting 0.5 percentage points.
The November rate is 4.1 per cent, compared to 4.6 per cent in October, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The national unemployment rate also recorded a surprise decline, down 0.1 per cent to 5.2 per cent.
About 13,900 jobs were added to the economy nationally, with WA accounting for 5400 of those positions.
There are now 1.341 million people working in WA, which has consistently set new monthly records for employment.
The unemployment rate was down from 5.4 per cent from October, and well below economists' expectations of 5.5 per cent. It was the lowest jobless rate since August, according to the ABS.
The participation rate - the percentage of people either in work or looking for work - remained steady at 65.0 per cent.
Full-time employment decreased by 4200 jobs to 8,132,200, while part-time employment increased by 18,100 to 3,414,200. Total employment rose to 11.546 million, as unemployment decreased by 16,300 to 637,400.
The dollar jumped on the news, gaining about a quarter of a US cent to $US1.0478.


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LONDON, UK–Seven years after overweight containers contributed to the dramatic breakup of a vessel in the English Channel, the United Nations said Monday it will require all containers to be weighed starting in July 2016. The Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization approved changes that would require container weights to be verified before the containers are loaded onto the vessels – as the U.S. has required for years. Container lines, port labor and terminal operators have pointed to recent accidents as proof that mandatory container weighing is need.
Overweight containers played a role in the breakup and subsequent beaching of the MSC Napoli on the southern U.K. coast in January 2007, along with the partial capsizing of the Deneb, a 500-TEU feeder ship, in the Spanish port of Algeciras in June 2011. The crackdown on overweight containers, the number of which some estimates peg at 130 million annually is part of a broader global effort to combat mis-declaration of exports. Under the new rules, shippers can either weigh the loaded container or weigh all packages and cargo items and then add the weight of the empty box. The new rule won't formally take effect until the IMO approves the changes to the Safety of Life at Seas convention in November, paving the way for final implementation in July 2016, said the organization.


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Keyshia Cole Gets Ratchet in 'Rick James' Video Featuring Juicy J
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R&B singer Keyshia Cole is mad as hell and she's not going to take it anymore in her new video for 'Rick James.'
K.Cole brings along her girlfriends to give a philanderer his comeuppance. Directed by John Colombo, the stylized clip features Cole in a few glamorous outfits detailing her lover's infidelity. Rapper Juicy J also appears in the video holding down the songstress.
The visual also showcases Cole and her tough gang of girls riding on glow-in-the-dark bikes to confront the unfaithful boyfriend.
"I wanted this to be as fun as possible because I've never really did a song like that," said Cole of the video.
The 32-year-old singer is currently working on her new album 'Point of No Return,' which is due out this summer.


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- 3/4 pound rigatoni
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 large garlic cloves, lightly smashed
- 3 large red bell peppers—cored, seeded and cut into 2-inch pieces
- 2/3 cup warm water
- Salt
- 3/4 cup coarsely chopped basil
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the rigatoni and cook, stirring often, until barely al dente, about 10 minutes. Drain the pasta, reserving 1 1/4 cups of the cooking water.
Meanwhile, in a large enameled cast-iron casserole, melt the butter in the oil. Add the garlic and peppers, cover and cook over moderately high heat until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the warm water and a pinch of salt, cover and simmer over low heat until the peppers are tender, about 10 minutes.
Add the rigatoni and the reserved pasta cooking water to the peppers. Cover and cook over moderately low heat, stirring a few times, until the rigatoni is al dente and the sauce has thickened slightly, about 5 minutes longer. Discard the garlic. Stir in the basil and season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a large bowl and serve at once, passing the Parmesan cheese at the table.


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In mid-April, Ayn Rand's hymn to free enterprise was sitting at No. 4 on Amazon's bestseller list. At the same time, the long-delayed independent film version of Atlas Shrugged appeared on fewer than 300 screens nationwide, but was pegged as "the top-grossing limited release" of its opening weekend on boxofficemojo.com.
I mention all this not just because I like the book (although I do), but because its surprising popularity 53 years after first publication says something fascinating about the business climate in America today.
Atlas Shrugged is a fable about what would happen if a quasi-socialistic, over-regulation-happy U.S. government adopted policies that were so punitive, strangling and confiscatory that the most productive citizens decided, in effect, to go on strike.
What if every Gates, Jobs, Ford, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Goodyear, Duryea, Deere, etc., all said "the hell with it" and disappeared at the same time? When Rand wrote her novel, it was a theoretical question. Not anymore.
About a year ago, the chief executive of Emerson Electronics announced he was shutting down the firm's Midwest plant and moving lock, stock and barrel to Asia. The loss of American jobs was regrettable, said David Farr, but he felt Emerson Electronics had no choice.
"Atlas is shrugging," Farr declared at the press conference where he announced the move. "Washington is doing everything [possible to] destroy U.S. manufacturers. Cap and trade, medical reform, labor rules, whatever they want to do, raise taxes.
They're doing everything possible to destroy jobs … We employ 125,000 people worldwide [but] I'm not going to hire anyone in the U.S. I'm moving."
Over the past decade, the same logic has been driving tens of thousands of large and small U.S. firms to outsource millions of jobs. Since the year 2000, some 2.9 million domestic jobs were lost while U.S. firms increased their overseas employment by 2.4 million, according to recent data from the U.S. Commerce Department.
Few if any of the CEOs responsible emulated Farr and announced, "Atlas is shrugging." But then, they didn't have to. Their actions spoke eloquently for them.
What has all this got to do with the amusement industry? More than you might think.
American operators are certainly feeling the pinch of taxation and regulation. Per-machine fees and taxes keep rising nationwide while sweepstakes, drinking, smoking and certain kinds of redemption are increasingly regulated out of business. Videogames depicting violence may be next; keep an eye on the U.S. Supreme Court this summer.
As a result of all this, partly, U.S. game manufacturers are increasingly finding they don't have as robust a domestic market as they used to have, or need. So factories focus more and more of their sales efforts overseas. By some estimates, the typical American game maker now sells 40% or more of its production outside the U.S.
This means more and bigger booths at the IAAPA Attractions Expo (which draws a heavy global attendee base), as well as an expanded presence at foreign shows, from London to Dubai. It means fewer and smaller U.S. trade shows.
A small but growing volume of amusement machine manufacturing is done overseas, too, as U.S. game makers look for cheaper parts and labor. Outsourcing doesn't always succeed (as Brunswick found when it briefly transferred Valley-Dynamo production to Mexico). But many U.S. factories that don't build in China are always looking over their shoulder at potential or real Chinese competition.
Some U.S. operators have been guilty of less-than-noble Atlas Shrugged behavior, as well. One satirical chapter of Rand's book portrays a trade association meeting where members persuade the government to license only the existing businesses while shutting out any potential newcomers, thus ensuring a quasi-monopoly for the entrenched establishment -- and letting the protected few set whatever prices they want, regardless of quality.
I have sat in U.S. coin-op machine trade association meetings where members suggested the exact same thing, for the exact same reasons. In one case, the association's legal counsel stood up and patiently explained this would violate the U.S. Constitution. In another instance, the association members donated enough money to their state legislators that they more or less got what they wanted … for a while, anyway.
The industry's best operators, distributors and manufacturers probably identify with the heroine of Atlas Shrugged. She is a hardworking executive who believes in quality, competition, innovation and free markets as the best guarantor of fair business conditions, sound profits, and the best possible products and services.
Is free enterprise perfect? Absolutely not. Like Winston Churchill's description of democracy, capitalism is "the worst system that has been tried ... except for all the others."


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Michael Di Biase hailed "the start of a new life" Monday as a judge cleared the Vaughan councillor of seven key election-finance charges linked to the 2006 vote and its bitter aftermath.
Mr. Di Biase faced about two dozen charges in total, but the seven dealt with Monday were considered a representative sample. Because of the judge's ruling, the remainder may be tossed out, pending discussions between the defence and city lawyers.
"It's the start of a new life," said Mr. Di Biase, who, after losing the 2006 mayoral race to Linda Jackson, rebounded by winning a regional councillor's seat last year. "There's always been, for the last four years, that cloud hanging, so I'm happy it's over."
The charges against Mr. Di Biase related to allegations of over-contributions to his campaign and improper recording of expenses tied to recount litigation, which was spurred by Mr. Di Biase's narrow, 90-vote loss to Ms. Jackson.
Justice Peter Wright dismissed three charges after ruling they were laid too long after information spurring the allegations came to light.
Another four, tied to recount litigation expenses, were rejected after the judge ruled Mr. Di Biase incurred the expenses "as a voter and not as a candidate." The City of Vaughan, which is prosecuting the case, had argued the reverse; the distinction is important because the relevant section of the Municipal Elections Act pertains to candidates.
Judge Wright pointed to a lack of detail in the Act that may have sparked the disconnect.
"It creates genuine ambiguity, with multiple interpretations being possible," the judge stated.
A city spokesperson declined to comment on the developments, citing a need to review the judge's written ruling, which will be available in a few days.
Defence lawyer Eric Gillespie noted the seven charges dismissed by Judge Wright were a representative sample of the full slate of charges his client was facing. As city prosecutors and the defence gear up to discuss the matter in the coming days — with another court date scheduled in two weeks — it remains unclear whether the rest of the charges will be proceeded with.
"Today's ruling may well determine all of those," Mr. Gillespie said.
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A WORLD leader in feminine hygiene products based in Basingstoke has teamed up with comedienne Jenny Eclair to support a gynaecological cancer charity.
Vectair Systems, based at the Trident Centre, in Armstrong Road, Basingstoke, aims to raise awareness and funds for The Eve Appeal gynaecological cancer research charity, through the launch of its Femcare MVP range of feminine hygiene units.
The company is also set to donate thousands of pounds to the charity by promising it 50p for every Femcare MVP sanitary bin sold in the UK.
Vectair Systems managing director Paul Wonnacott, said: "As a feminine hygiene provider, we feel very strongly about supporting The Eve Appeal in its quest to raise funds for gynaecological cancer research.
"We view our Femcare MVP range as the sanitary bin of the future – a future where we hope to see gynaecological cancer survival rates improved.
"In today's world, people want to know their purchasing decisions are having a positive effect on others.
"For the women who will be using our sanitary bins, each time they see The Eve Appeal logo they will be reminded of the importance of knowing the symptoms of gynaecological cancers.
"In this way, we can hopefully improve early detection rates and spread the word."
Jenny Eclair, who is one of The Eve Appeal's celebrity supporters, said: "This is such a brilliant idea for a partnership.
"I know that awareness of gynaecological cancers is really low because people are too embarrassed to discuss possible symptoms.
"A little nudge by spotting one of these The Eve Appeal stickers while in a private washroom really should make a difference – raising awareness and funds for research at the same time – great synergy."
In the UK, 50 women are diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer every day, and 20 die.
Since its public launch in 2005, The Eve Appeal has donated £5million to pioneering world-class research carried out at the Department of Women's Cancer, Institute for Women's Health at University College London (UCL).


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Friday, February 25, 2011
Mogreet Finds $2.8M More
Los Angeles-based Mogreet, the provider of mobile video marketing services, has raised $2.8M more in a new funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. No details on the funding have been announced by the company, which is led by James Citron. Mogreet has previously raised funding from Ascend Venture Group, Black Diamond Ventures, DFJ Frontier, and Spyglass Ventures. The new round would brings the firm's total raised to around $11.5M. More information »


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November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 38 days remaining.
- 2007: A marathon of SpongeBob SquarePants, with premiere episodes including "The Two Faces of Squidward," "SpongeHenge," "Banned in Bikini Bottom," "Stanley S. SquarePants, "20,000 Patties Under the Sea," "The Battle of Bikini Bottom," "The Inmates of Summer," and "To Save a Squirrel."
- 2012: "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" premiered in the United States on CBS and in Canada on YTV.
- 2014: "Patrick Star Checks His Instaclam" was released.
- 2016: "Mutiny on the Krusty" and "The Whole Tooth" premiered in Israel.
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For weeks now, my husband has been urging me to watch a certain reality show on TV called "Naked and Afraid."
This hourlong program takes two willing strangers (one male, one female), whisks them to an exotic yet extremely challenging location (think Bolivian jungle or African Sahara), has them remove all their clothing and embark on a 21-day survival test in which they must forage for all their food and water, make their own shelter, and on and on.
I scoffed initially, perhaps because the "naked" part seemed so gratuitous. But after giving it a chance, I found myself unable to stop watching.
What struck me the most was how ordinary viewers like me at home (along with my two equally riveted boys), can't possibly understand the kind of hunger the two contestants must be feeling by day seven, or even day two.
My 8-year-old was confused at first, wondering why they didn't just get something to eat already. I patiently explained that there are no grocery stores or fast-food restaurants in these wilderness areas and that the man and the woman had to hunt for their food and then, hopefully, make a fire to cook it.
As the show progresses, the two people inevitably end up in the fetal position, crying from hunger pains. It hit me how many people in the Killeen area — some of them children my own kids' ages — likely go to bed with this sort of belly-grinding hunger many of us have never experienced.
And then Operation Phantom Support came to mind. The nonprofit in downtown Killeen is doing amazing things to assist people who need help feeding their families.
Operation Phantom Support is a family affair. The CEO is John Valentine III, a former Army noncommissioned officer. His mother and father are deeply involved in the day-to-day operation of the charity as is his aunt, who oversees the thrift store.
The many volunteers I saw one day impressed me with their dedication and positive energy. As I told my husband, you could feel the good vibes the minute you stepped into this place.
When I visited Operation Phantom Support, it was a Saturday morning — perhaps the busiest day of the week. There was a long line of folks waiting for the doors to open so they could fill their bags with a variety of nutritious and often fresh food.
Meanwhile, a bevy of volunteers of all ages worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure the pantry was fully stocked and ready for the customers.
It's a good deal no matter how you slice it. Soldiers and honorable veterans can use the food pantry free of charge every third Thursday of the month. Those who donate a minimum of $10 a month are welcome to come up to eight times a month (Thursday and Saturday mornings). It is estimated that this can save a family up to $400 in grocery fees a month.
One of the employees there — Andrea Fleming — told me how she and her husband moved to Killeen from Germany (after he got out of the Army) based on a dream she had that urged them to come. She said she felt like she'd "come home" as soon as she walked through the doors of Operation Phantom Support and has put her heart and soul into the place ever since.
Watching her check in customers with hugs and smiles, it was clear that this was a labor of love for her.
Valentine said he wants to eventually become a "one stop shop" for active-duty military, retirees, veterans and their families. It seems he is well on his way to achieving this goal.
Besides the food pantry, there is a thrift shop with clean, virtually new-looking items for babies, children and adults. Operation Phantom Support offers free cakes for children's birthdays, military events and most recently, weddings.
There is also "Operation Monkey Wrench," which assists soldiers and honorable veterans with their automotive repairs, an outdoor program that takes soldiers and veterans on hunting and fishing excursions, and "Operation Resupply," which is their back-to-school program, providing brand-new backpacks filled with pencils, crayons and the like.
Single soldiers are encouraged to use Operation Phantom Support as well, and anyone can choose to sponsor a family or soldier for a nominal fee.
They even have a financial assistance program, run on a case by case basis, and another known as "Operation Welcome Home" that ensures single soldiers don't come back to empty barracks rooms.
It's hard not to be impressed with this organization and the people who run it. For more information, go to www.operationphantomsupport.com.