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They then created a prototype of the BEACHKEEPER, a modified beach towel that prevents the hassle of the towel falling off a beach/lounge chair. It also keeps lotion, keys, a cell phone and other items organized, which avoids misplacement and sandy messes. Producible in different sizes and colors, it's ideal for use at a beach, pool or resort.
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From Kottke's remaindered links, I was inexplicably drawn to Google's "The Prejudice Map." It's really pretty fascinating. Information for the map was found by doing searches of the Interwebs such as "Germans are known for*" (the * being an open-ended variable character, something all good searchers know, and I was reminded of during my 3-hour LexisNexis training session yesterday) and summing up the results. Some of the stereotypes are really interesting. Apparently, US Americans are known for their "dislike of walking." Once again, Canadians pass us up on a coolness factor by "liking their beer."
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India won widespread praise in 2009 when the country reversed the colonial-era law that banned gay sex.
The step forward was fleeting.
Two years later, in 2011, India's health minister told a packed conference in New Delhi that gay sex was "unnatural."
"Unfortunately, there is this disease in the world and in this country where men are having sex with other men, which is completely unnatural and shouldn't happen, but it does," Ghulam Nabi Azad, the minister for health and family welfare, said .
Last year, the Indian Supreme Court reversed the 2009 lower court decision, opting to uphold India's 1861 sodomy statute, which prohibits "carnal intercourse against the order of nature."
In India, as in many countries, the story of LGBT rights can be described as moving two step forward, one step back.
Now, one of India's famous movie actresses is trying to further fuel the gay-rights debate.
Celina Jaitly, a Bollywood star and former Miss Universe runner-up, has released a video called "The Welcome" that promotes gay rights. The video was produced by the United Nations Campaign for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality.
Jaitly has been an outspoken critic of the Indian law that criminalizes homosexuality, appearing on TV channels to debate opponents and taking part in gay pride demonstrations.
In the video, a family awaits the arrival of a young man, who is bringing his partner to meet his relatives for the first time. When that partner turns out to be a man, he's met with wide-eyed stares.
As the men hold hands, Jaitly dances and sings to an elderly woman:
"It is a new look. It's a new attitude.
You might wonder where the old way of living has gone.
But who is worried about who likes what,
As long as in the world of love two people want to be with each other."
The woman's stare turns to a soft smile.
Jaitly's video has been viewed more that 1 million times.


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by Christopher Freeburn | November 11, 2013 10:34 am
[1]It's probably the last news Boeing (BA[2]) wanted to hear … one of its 787 Dreamliners reported a battery problem while in flight[3].
On Friday, cockpit instruments indicated an issue with a battery in the auxiliary power system of 787 operated by Japan Airlines. The plane was traveling between Tokyo and Helsinki, Finland, when the indicator came on, Reuters noted.
Despite the warning light, no smoke or fire was reported. Nor was the battery reported to have overheated. The flight continued as normal.
The airline noted that the battery had been replaced that was undergoing examination.
Earlier this year, aviation authorities grounded the entire worldwide fleet of 787 Dreamliners after a series of incidents, including a fire at Boston's Logan Airport, were linked to the lithium-ion batteries used in the new jet[4].
Shares of Boeing sank slightly in Monday morning trading.
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For three decades the last week in August has been in the diary of every top chef and restaurateur in Victoria as they nervously celebrate the annual Age Good Food Guide awards. Tonight they'll gather from 6.30pm to hear who has been awarded the 78 hats bestowed among over 500 restaurants reviewed for the new guide, the 34th edition.
The coveted "chef's hats" have been bestowed since the first edition, edited by Claude Forell, still one of the guide's most trusted reviewers. The hat symbol was re-designed by the late Melbourne artist David Band in 2004, to coincide with the guide's 25th edition. The Age Good Food Guide 2014 co-editor Roslyn Grundy says there will be some surprises among tonight's awards, and notes the new guide reveals our enduring interest in Italian cucina, the rise of the bar with great food, and Fitzroy's continuing dominance as a hospitality hotspot.
Follow @goodfoodguide on Twitter for the results as they happen. Or keep an eye on the hashtag #goodfoodguide See the results from around 8.30pm on goodfood.com.au.
The Age Good Food Guide 2014 will be available for $10 with The Saturday Age this weekend, from participating newsagents, Coles, Woolworths and 7-Eleven stores, while stocks last. It will also be on sale in bookshops and online at theageshop.com.au for $24.99 from tomorrow.


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Terra Incognita: National confusion (JERUSALEM POST OP-ED) By SETH J. FRANTZMAN 03/29/12)
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In releasing five teenagers to house arrest on March 25, a Haifa district court judge noted that the use of the word Jew [in the assault] was part of the mistaken identification and not connected to nationalist motivations. The five young men, and a sixth who has been kept in prison for several more weeks, were part of a group who brutally beat two off-duty IDF soldiers outside Haifas Rambam Medical Center on February 26.
That evening Shnir Dahan and Roie Sharaff were going to the hospital when they were attacked. The two men spent four days in doctors care as a result of the attack, having suffered a fractured nose, mild concussion, head, wrist and hand wounds and cuts and bruising.
As is typical in these types of inter-ethnic cases, generally where the victim is Jewish, the judge was asked to rule on whether this was a nationally motivated attack. The term nationalist is used to define attacks motivated by political-terror motives, where the attacker might be in cooperation with a terror network.
In releasing the young men to house arrest the judge followed apparently normal guidelines for teenagers charged with assault. But the public should worry that the judge caused damage to the justice system in his comments about the racial aspect of the crime.
The victims reported that their attackers called them Jew, stinking Jew and Jewish Jew. The judge determined that this was part of a case of mistaken identity. It turns out the six attackers, who are Arab, reported having rocks thrown at their house earlier in the evening, and that they believed two Jewish men had done it. So they were searching for Jews and in that sense the judge claimed their use of the word Jew wasnt part of a national attack, but was merely used to identify the victims.
According to this logic, if a group of men thought an Ethiopian had shouted abuse at them, they would not be considered a greater threat to society for attacking some other Ethiopian while shouting cushi (an anti-African racial epithet sometimes compared to the English word nigger in its offensiveness), because mistaken identity is, apparently, a mitigating circumstance.
The reason for the laws, and by extension the medias, confusion on this issue is the question of whether the attack was nationalistically motivated.
The word nationalist in this context is unique to the Israeli public discourse. When a crime occurs in Israel that involves Jews and Arabs, the police and the media examine the attackers political motives.
Thus Baruch Goldsteins murder of 29 Arabs in Hebron in the 1990s was a nationalist crime. The same goes for Arab attacks on Jewish soldiers, such as two recent attacks in Jerusalem. The idea of a nationalist crime is that the attacker was motivated by hate and political ideology. In some cases this triggers the involvement of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) or security services in the case and the suspension of some rights for the accused.
But the problem with the nationalist motive is that it ignores the racist motive. The West has become used to the concept of the hate crime, but this concept does not exist in Israeli law. Yet there are attacks in Israel that are described as racist.
The recent attack on Arab workers in the Malha mall by Beitar soccer hooligans was described as a racist attack in the Hebrew media and in this newspaper (Beitar Jerusalem has a history of racist incidents).
On Wednesday a march by the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel took place in Jerusalem, where the well-meaning activists gave the Arab victims flowers and candy. There is no march for the Jewish victims in Haifa, despite the fact that their injuries were worse, because the discourse decided that they were not victims of racism.
This is where the law, media and society become confused, to the detriment of all the victims. When Jewish soccer fans beat Arab workers while shouting Death to Arabs, Arabs are sluts and I hate Arabs it was reported that this was a racist incident. No mistaken identity here. No humming and hawing over how national the motives of the hooligans were.
But had the situation been reversed, had Arab soccer fans attacked and harassed Jewish workers, would the media be saying that it doesnt seem to have been a national attack and thus it isnt serious? The problem is that the evidence for the national assault must be more compelling than the racist attack. In order to prove nationalism, courts and media want to see evidence of planning and membership in a terrorist organization. This is because the public has been led to believe that Arab violence must be motivated by political issues, rather than simple ethnic hatred.
When Benjamin, a Jewish rent collector, was murdered in Morocco this week the Jerusalem Post reported the police are investigating whether the murder...
was nationalistic or criminally motivated. This was also the case with George Saado, a Jewish resident of Ramle who was shot by an Arab teenager while walking his dog after he had been harassed and accosted by the teenagers friends.
Yisrael HaYom noted: Ramle man murdered in possible nationalist attack. That description, inadvertently, takes the publics concentration off of the evil of the act and makes people wonder about the national motives. This ignores a third possibility, that the crime might be motivated by racial or religious hate.
Consider that the headline Ramle man murdered focuses our attention on the murder, whereas in possible nationalist attack makes us wonder about opaque motives. Then when we are told it isnt national, the original part of the sentence, the murder, seems less relevant. The country must change its discussion about national attacks because this diversion is harming the ability of the public to understand the brutality of crimes that are being committed on an almost weekly basis.
When beating a man while shouting stinking Jew is considered a crime, the perpetrator of which can be released to house arrest, the legal system must be examined and the media that is not raising an objection must also be held to account. We must reject the notion that a person can be beaten for their race, religion or ethnicity simply on the excuse of mistaken identity. While western style hate crimes legislation may not be the right path, those who beat others based on identity deserve harsher prison terms, not relaxation in house arrest. (© 1995-2011, The Jerusalem Post 03/29/12)
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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Ireland's Sisters of Mercy have pledged to contribute an additional 128 million euros ($191 million) to compensate victims of abuse in government schools and orphanages run by the order.
That equals the amount that 18 religious orders -- including the Sisters of Mercy -- agreed to pay under terms of a 2002 deal with the Irish government.
The Christian Brothers announced in late November they would contribute an additional 161 million euros ($239 million). Four other religious congregations have also announced additional contributions.
In May, an independent commission on child abuse issued a report that said a climate of fear created by pervasive, excessive and arbitrary punishment permeated most of Ireland's residential care institutions for children and all those run for boys from 1940 through the 1970s. The report also said that in several institutions managed by the Christian Brothers, sexual abuse of boys was a chronic problem.
Following a June 4 meeting with the Irish prime minister and other government ministers, the 18 orders agreed to an independent audit of their assets, so their ability to pay further compensation could be determined.
More than 10,000 former residents of religious-run institutions in Ireland allege they were abused while in care.
Irish Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe said he would not comment on the offer from the religious orders until all offers from congregations had been received.
Details of the additional compensation packages have been posted on Web sites belonging to the various orders, which also reiterated apologies for having failed the children in their care.
The remaining orders were expected to publish their compensation packages by mid-December. Once all the packages are announced, a government panel will study the asset reports of each of the orders to assess if the compensation is acceptable.
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Ranchi, June 17: In a throwback to mindless politics of yore, former Union minister Jairam Ramesh was today greeted with black flags, an effigy and derogatory slogans when he came for the Congress Chintan Shivir at a capital hotel to assess the partys Lok Sabha poll rout and discuss the roadmap for Assembly elections.
Though it is not clear who orchestrated the shenanigans at Hotel Chanakya BNR, mischief-mongers tried to make Ramesh, the UPA-II cabinet member who shot to fame in Jharkhand for his efforts in Saranda, the scapegoat for the partys failure to send a single MP from the state to Parliament.
Though complaints against him included elitism, lack of charisma and failure to revive the party, how Ramesh could be held responsible for Lok Sabha elections that he did not even contest from Jharkhand, remained a mystery.
Around 10.30am, nearly 80 leaders, including MLAs, MP and office-bearers, assembled to analyse the causes for the defeat and mull if the party should go alone in the Vidhan Sabha elections and if so, what the criteria for MLA aspirants should be.
Barely 30 minutes into the meeting, a dozen Ranchi Congress workers and some unknown persons, all brandishing black flags, barged into the hotel, called Ramesh a burden on the state and banged the door of the hall.
As Congress Seva Dal members overpowered protesters, Pradesh Congress chief Sukhdeo Bhagat and state cabinet minister Rajendra Prasad Singh rushed out to prevent a brawl.
Outside the hotel, protesters splashed black paint on Rameshs picture. Around 12.35pm, Ranchi Congress leaders and workers, including Kishoreganj block vice-president Ashutoshnath Pathak and Ranchi Congress vice-president Bindeshwari Singh Yadav, burnt an effigy of Ramesh as policemen watched the show.
Though no leader took responsibility of the protest, many pointed a finger at former Ranchi MP Subodh Kant Sahay and others called it a move to remove Bhagat.
Sahay, attending the meeting, refused to comment. Former state Congress president and Rajya Sabha MP Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu condemned the protest but criticised the luxury venue of Chintan Shivir.
A baffled Ramesh, who is understood to have said he was extremely sorry if someone got hurt because of me, asked around for the reasons behind the protest.Party leaders told him workers were unhappy as he kept his distance.
Party workers want senior leaders (like Ramesh) to spare time for them and incorporate their views in policy and political decisions, a source said.
Others said he was a good man but lacked charisma.
Ramesh declined to react in front of the media. Later, he told The Telegraph: I am not hurt. This is natural. He added he would continue to play a major role in the state.
The BJP won Lok Sabha polls on the basis of communal polarisation. In Assembly elections, we will give a befitting reply. We wont allow Chotanagpur to become Nagpur, he said.
Hariprasad promised disciplinary action against protesters.
Bhagat said they would remove inactive office bearers and start a statewide padyatra seeking a handful of grain, one rupee and one vote from everyone.


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US cosmetics firm shuts UK factory
US cosmetics firm Avon is to close its UK factory and move production to Poland, with the loss of 465 jobs.
Production at the plant in Northampton is to be phased out over the next 12 months as part of a cost-cutting scheme announced last year.
Products produced at the plant will now be manufactured at the firm's expanded Garwolin factory in Poland.
Avon said it would continue to employ 1,920 people in the UK, including at its British headquarters in Northampton and its distribution centre in Corby, as well as its regional sales staff.
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Avon spokesman John Kitchener said overall production costs had to be reduced to meet growth in demand in Europe at a competitive cost.
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In March, Avon said it would cut 3,800 jobs over the next two years as part of a plan announced last May to streamline business operations and revamp its supply chain.
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In December, Avon announced it was speeding up its cost-cutting programme.
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Na'ima B. Robert's second book, "Boy vs. Girl" is set in a South Asian community in Britain. The two main characters, Farhana and Faraz, are sixteen-year-old twins trying to negotiate their identities as the children of Pakistani immigrants and as Muslims. Robert attempts to tell the story of struggling with trying to find a sense of identity as a Muslim teenager.Farhana is perfect and ideal in every sense of the world. Not only is she described as looking like "Aishwarya Rai," she is strong, … [Read more...]
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Last week, we profiled Abdulaziz Al-Qahtani's "An Intimate Geography" exhibit at the Lahd Gallery. This week, we sat down for an interview with the artist himself.Sara for MMW: I noticed that you never explicitly mention Islam in your work. Was this intentional?Abdulaziz Al-Qahtani: I wanted to move away from Islam, because I do not like to classify based on religion. I do this because I feel as though everyone is spiritual, and that is the best way to be in touch with your inner self. I … [Read more...]
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Abdulaziz Al Qahtani is a Saudi Arabian artist based in London. His first exhibition, "An Intimate Geography," is at the Lahd Gallery. It examines the contradictory relationship between Middle Eastern women and Western society. The exhibition is comprised of a series of twelve images that aim to show the complexities of life in the Middle East.There were three main themes in the photographs; critiquing gender inequality, consumption, and individuality. Through examining the contradictions wit … [Read more...]
Afshan Azad's Courtroom Drama
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I needed a very big space for a family of 7 gerbils that I rescued few days ago. So
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When I was young, I used to read the dictionary. My grandmother, who helped raise me, was a high school librarian and kept multiple dictionaries in the house at any given time. Whenever I didn't know the meaning of a word, she would send me to one of those books and eventually I began to dive into them on my own accord.Read more »
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In 1307, six knights break into a Templar stronghold in search of the Holy Grail only to be turned into vampires when they inadvertently drink from the Blood Grail. 700 years later, the Blood Grail is in danger of being unearthed once again and the warrior known as Chapel must travel to Tintagel England to thwart the attempt. Once there, he encounters Prudence Ryland, a feisty young woman desperate to obtain the grail for her own reasons, and is torn between saving the woman he has come to love or allowing her to be cursed as he once was.
An original mix of Arthurian and biblical motifs but there are also some predictable moments.
The writing flows but lacks that immersing quality that would make it excellent. The story gets off to an exciting start but slows down and takes a while to get back on track toward the end.
The romance is the focus of the book and it is sweet and tender with some spicy moments that contribute to the natural progression of Chapel and Pru's relationship. Pru is witty, sarcastic and direct and is a good contrast with the dark, brooding and sexy Chapel, who is an endearing character although he does have a tendency to wallow in self pity too often.
The thing that irritated me the most was the portrayal of Pru's illness. She is supposedly dying of cancer, but except for one or two incidents, carries on regardless. While this may be explained by her desire to live life to the fullest, it is unrealistic. Moreover, even though the descriptions of Pru's sense of loss and sadness at missing out on life, love and family are touching, there is no sense of urgency regarding her impending death and dire need to be saved.
The conspiracy plot is weak and underdeveloped as there is no real quest or sense of adventure, excitement or danger. The origins and agenda of the mysterious Order of the Silver Palm are never described or explained.
The secondary characters are superficial - Pru's sisters are interchangeable and while Marcus and Molyneux are interesting, it is obvious that their role will remain small. The other Knights (love their names - Bishop, Saint, Reign and Temple) are compelling even though they don't actually make an appearance in the book and I am interested enough to read their stories.
Despite its shortcomings, this is a good introduction to a series that has definite potential and I will be continuing on to the next installment, which is Bishop's book.
Chapel the vampire hero is sexily earnest and tormented by the mistakes of his past. Prudence is searching for a cure for herself and her illness makes her reckless and uninhibited in a way that makes the reader feel for her deeply. This fast paced read was emotional and fun. A definite keeper!
One of the very few books I couldn't finish/get pass first few chapters
I actually hate giving this book 3 stars because I whole heartedly believe in the potential of the series. The world-building, the setting, the mythology use-it's all very intriguing. But this book fell short.
Chapel became a vampire when he drank from a mystical cup known as the Blood Grail, having mistaken it for the Holy Grail. Six hundred years later, in the year 1899, Pru Ryeland is searching for the Holy Grail in hopes of curing her terminal illness. Chapel fears that what she will actually find is the Blood Grail and that she will become cursed as he believes he is cursed. But as he begins to fall in love with Pru, his belief in his own soul-less nature is challenged.
The use of history and mythology is fun, interesting, and well put together. The time period and setting is rich and unique, and in fact is one of the few things that sets this book apart from other paranormal writings.
Chapel is a surprisingly sexy, if somewhat frustrating character. He is loyal, determined, and fun. His love for Pru is heartbreaking.
First of all, Pru's terminal illness is-it's never given an exact name, so I assume uterine cancer-the biggest plot point/conflict in the book. I am not at all making light of cancer but it's presence in the story is,dare I say, drawn out to the point of dull? We expect her to be saved, obviously, whether she finds the Holy Grail or becomes a vampire. But it takes THE ENTIRE BOOK. We are forced to watch Chapel hem, haw, and struggle with his own self-pity while the love of his life suffers unnecessary pain.
And Pru's cancer is a seriously painful one. I don't know how well Smith researched the disease but I happen to know from what I've witnessed that 1)Even early stage cancer patients are often exhausted, suffer from easy bruising, and tend to have compromised immune systems, and 2) The physical reality of advanced uterine cancer does not usually allow for any kind of comfortable sexual relationship. So the fact that Pru is so active right up until the very end is seriously problematic.
Despite all of this, I still have high hopes for the series. While I did not care for the terminal illness plot-line, I enjoyed Smith's style and imagination.
For centuries Chapel has served as a holy warrior, hiding himself away from human contact. Now he's forced to travel to England where an ancient evil may be awakened. Prudence Ryland almost out of hope. She desperately needs a miracle and thinks she might have found it. But she's about to discover that the greatest miracle awaits her in Chapel's arms. All she has to do is make her reluctant vampire believe in the power of true love.
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I am called Chapel . . .
For nearly six centuries I have roamed the night, a mortal man no longer. Would that I could undo the past -- when I entered the sanctuary of the Knights Templar to wrest from them the Holy Grail, only to discover the chalice I raised to my lips was not the sacred relic but a hellish cup of damnation. Now I shun the day and all things human, driven by an ungodly thirst. And yet...
Never have I known a maiden the like of Prudence Ryland, whose beauty and spirit awaken a heart I feared long cold and dead. But her young life is slipping away, and she also seeks the deliverance of the Grail -- unaware that the cost of her search could be her soul. I must help Prudence, for in six hundred years, no other woman has stirred my passions so. But dare I tender to my beloved that which she most desires -- the sensuous "gift" of forever that is both rapture and a curse: my immortal kiss?
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Season: 28
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Production Number: XM-302
Airdate: August 5, 1994
Writer: Len Wein
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Voices: Cal Dodd (Wolverine), (Lady Deathstrike), Chris Potter (Gambit), Alyson Court (Jubilee), Cedric Smith (Professor X), George Buza (Beast), Norm Spencer (Cyclops), Catherine Disher (Jean Grey), Tasha Simms (Lady Deathstrike).
Plot: The Spirit Drinker, a giant alien made of energy, is sucking the life force out of innocent people, including Jubilee! It's up to an unlikely alliance between Wolverine and Lady Deathstrike to stop this creature and save their friends.
Review (Warning! Spoilers!): After a great season opener, this episode doesn't seem to keep up the excitement and story of the its predecessor. This may be due to the fact that it switched from dealing with a great story about Wolverine's past and his complicated relationship with Lady Deathstrike to a whole episode about stopping a giant ghost-like alien that is sucking the life out of everyone.
I know that the X-Men fight a lot of monsters and aliens but I was hoping that they would stay out of the picture for this episode because I was more interested in seeing where they would go with Wolverine's back story. Instead, we get Wolvie and Lady Deathstrike teaming up and leaving things unfinished until they meet again. Kind of a cop-out if you ask me.
In fact, the way they defeat the Spirit Drinker was also a cop-out. They electrocute the alien? How is it that an alien so powerful that it had to be locked in a space ship prison and sent away can be defeated by a mere jolt of electricity? Don't the Shi'ar have electricity on their homeworld?
And speaking of Shi'ar, this episode introduces an alien race that will play a big part of this season. The Shi'ar and the X-Men have a long history in the comic books so it wouldn't be the X-Men if they didn't show up at some point.
The animation in this episode is just as good as the last. The special effects they use on the Spirit Drinker are great and the dark colouring they use on Cyclops' costume make him look a whole lot tougher. It's a shame that the story didn't match in quality.
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New Zealand company Biomatters joins the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health
Auckland, New Zealand - April 29, 2014 - Biomatters is the first New Zealand company to join over 170 organizations forming the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health to progress the use of sequencing data in genomic medicine and applications to human health.
Biomatters will be working alongside healthcare providers, research funders and research institutions to ensure clinical data is shared responsibly, voluntarily and securely.
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Dr. Duran believes being headquartered in New Zealand and having strong customer and industry alliances in the United States gives Biomatters a unique advantage. "New Zealand boasts a nationally integrated electronic health records system and, with a relatively small population, can achieve deep national integration for solutions in a relatively rapid timeframe. The market is diverse and being situated in the US gives us access to leading research."
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It's the Oil, Stupid!
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The Corrupt Legacy of the U.S. Occupation
Despite his obvious Shia sectarianism, Sunnis gave Maliki time to fulfill his campaign promises. For some, hopes were increased when service contracts were auctioned off to international oil firms with the aim of hiking energy production to that six million barrel mark by 2020. (Some, however, just saw this as the selling off of that national patrimony.) Many Iraqis were initially reassured when oil production began to rise: in 2011, the Hussein-era mark of 2.5 million barrels per day was finally reached, and in 2013 production finally exceeded 3.0 million barrels per day.
These increases raised hopes that reconstruction from the invasion and occupation era would finally begin. With oil prices holding steady at just under $100 per barrel, government oil revenues more than doubled, from about $50 billion in 2010 to more than $100 billion in 2013. This increase alone, if distributed to the population, would have constituted a windfall $10,000 subsidy for each of the five million Iraqi families. It also would have constituted a very promising down payment on restoring the Iraqi economy and its social services. (The electrical system in itself required tens of billions of dollars in new investment simply to restore it to inadequate pre-war levels.)
But none of this oil wealth trickled down to the grassroots, especially in Sunni areas of the country where signs of reconstruction, economic development, restored services, or jobs were hard to discern. Instead, the vast new revenues disappeared into the recesses of a government ranked by Transparency International as the seventh most corrupt on the planet.
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So here's where Iraqi oil, or the lack of its revenues at least, comes into play. Communities across Iraq, especially in embittered Sunni areas, began demanding funding for reconstruction, often backed by local and provincial governments. In response, the Maliki government relentlessly refused to allocate any oil revenues for such projects, choosing instead to denounce such demands as efforts to divert funds from more urgent budgetary imperatives. That included tens of billions of dollars needed to purchase military supplies including, in 2011, 18 F-16 jets from the United States for $4 billion. In a rare moment of ironic insight, Time magazine concluded its coverage of the F-16 purchase with this comment: "The good news is the deal will likely keep Lockheed's F-16 plant in Fort Worth running perhaps a year longer. The bad news is that only 70% of Iraqis have access to clean water, and only 25% have clean sanitation."
In all fairness to Maliki, his government did use some of the new oil revenues to begin restaffing wrecked government agencies and social service institutions, but virtually all of the new employment went to Shia citizens in Shia areas, while Sunnis continued to be fired from government jobs. This lack of employment—which meant, of course, the lack of oil money—has been key to the Sunni uprising. As Patrick Cockburn of the British newspaper, the Independent, wrote,
"Sunni men were alienated by not having a job because government funds were spent elsewhere and, on occasion, suddenly sacked without a pension for obligatory membership of the Ba'ath party decades earlier. One Sunni teacher with 30 years' experience one day got a crumpled note under his door telling him not to come to work at his school any more because he had been fired for this reason. 'What am I to do? How am I going to feed my family?' he asked."
With conditions worsening, Sunni communities only became more insistent, supplementing their petitions and demonstrations with sit-ins at government offices, road blockades, and Tahrir Square-type occupations of public spaces. Maliki's responses also escalated to arresting the political messengers, dispersing demonstrations, and, in a key moment in 2013, "killing dozens" of protestors when his "security forces opened fire on a Sunni protest camp." This repression and the continued frustration of local demands helped regenerate the insurgencies that had been the backbone of the Sunni resistance during the American occupation. Once lethal violence began to be applied by government forces, guerrilla attacks became common in the areas north and west of Baghdad that the U.S. occupiers had labeled "the Sunni triangle."
Many of these guerrilla actions were aimed at assassinating government officials, police, and—as their presence increased—soldiers sent by Maliki to suppress the protests. It is notable, however, that the most determined, well planned, and dangerous of these armed responses targeted oil facilities. Though the Sunni areas of Iraq are not major centers of oil production—more than 90% of the country's energy is extracted in the Shia areas in the south and the Kirkuk region controlled by the Kurds—there are ample oil targets there. In addition to a number of small oil fields, the "Sunni triangle" has almost the entire length of the only substantial pipeline that exits the country (to Turkey), a significant refinery in Haditha, and the Baiji petroleum complex, which contains an electrical power plant serving the northern provinces and a 310,000 barrel per day oil refinery producing a third of the country's refined petroleum.
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As long as the experience is consistent with Arizona's requirements, it does not matter in what jurisdiction (including Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Washington, D.C.) you worked. Your experience may also come from work done in a foreign country, and may be used to meet the requirement.
How is experience verified?
A form entitled Certificate of Experience (COE) is completed by each of your supervisors during the years you are using to qualify for experience. The COE(s) you submit need to show a minimum of 2,000 hours of accounting experience, and should be submitted in sealed envelopes. If you want a copy of a COE, please ask your supervisor to make you a copy prior to sealing the envelope.
If your supervisor was/is a CPA in a jurisdiction other than Arizona, a Supervisor Verification form needs to be sent to that jurisdiction's board for license verification and then returned to the Arizona State Board of Accountancy in a sealed envelope.
Helpful Hints – Pursuant to A.A.C. R4-1-343(A)(1)(d), any person signing a COE who isn't a CPA must have the education and experience similar to that of a CPA. If the signer isn't a CPA, they must attach a resume and a job description to verify they have the education and experience to oversee a potential CPA candidate. The job description should verify the experience on the COE. This scenario is common for individuals who have worked in business or government.
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How do I obtain the Professional Ethics course?
A.A.C. R4-1-341(A)(2)(d) requires that candidates for certification provide proof of a passing score (90% or better) on an examination in professional ethics within two years immediately preceding submission of the application for certification. The AICPA offers the ethics exam.
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Can I get a license by reciprocity since I am licensed in another jurisdiction?
A.R.S. § 721(A)(C) allows the Arizona Board of Accountancy to issue a certificate of reciprocity to the holder of a certificate or license issued by another jurisdiction unless the applicant has had a certificate issued by the Arizona board that expired, was relinquished or revoked and must apply for certification through the reinstatement process. Please note that you are still required to fill out an application and pay an application fee of $100.
A.R.S. § 721(C) has various subsections that delineate the various avenues by which to become certified by reciprocity in Arizona. Variations exist primarily in the education and experience requirements where experience can offset educational requirements.
In addition to the requirements delineated in the table below, A.R.S. § 32-721(A) requires that an applicant meet citizenship requirements, is at least 18 years of age, is of good moral character, and has not engaged in conduct that would constitute grounds for revocation or suspension of a certificate or other disciplinary action pursuant to A.R.S. § 32-741. Further, all education must come from an accredited institution or a college or university maintaining standards comparable to those of an accredited institution.
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Must have passed the Uniform CPA Exam or the International Qualifications Exam (IQEX)
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2,000 hours of paid or unpaid experience that has exposed the applicant to and provided the applicant with experience in the practice of accounting.
Three-years employed in the practice of accounting.
Five of the last ten preceding years employed in the practice of accounting.
Ten of the last fifteen preceding years employed in the practice of accounting.
What states are considered substantially equivalent?
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 32-721(C)(1), the Arizona State Board of Accountancy has determined that certain jurisdictions are substantially equivalent to Arizona. If you are applying by reciprocity based on substantial equivalency, you must hold an active certification or license in another jurisdiction that has been determined substantially equivalent by the Board. The following is a link of states considered by the Board to be substantially equivalent to Arizona.
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What are the steps in the application process?
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The process is initiated by the Board's receipt of an application and the fee of $100. The application materials vary depending upon whether the applicant is applying for certification by exam, grade transfer, reciprocity by substantial equivalency, or by reciprocity. Please review the specific pages on our website for the qualifications and the related application materials for the various types of certification.
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Within 30 days of receiving an application packet, the Board shall notify the applicant in writing that the application is either complete or incomplete. Pursuant to A.A.C. R4-1-341(B), if the application is incomplete, the letter will specify what information is missing. If the application is complete, it will be forwarded to the next available Certification Committee meeting for their review and recommendation to the Board.
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A chuckling, fidgety, wisecracking (and sometimes a little bizarre) Charlie Sheen was live in studio with Matt Lauer this morning on Today.
Lauer started by saying last year at this time people were "probably" taking bets Sheen would be dead by now. "I would have taken that action," said Sheen, laughing and shaking his head.
"I was going to do a documentary with all the footage I shot during the tour and the whole buildup, during the meltdown. It could be a nice case study one day. In looking at a lot of the stuff, I'm like ew, whoa. ... I didn't recognize parts of who that guy was. The verbage and him looking like a real, insane wordsmith was fine. But it was a trip."
Was it like looking back at an out of body experience? "Yeah, I wish it was somebody else's body."
He added, "You said it's been a year. It's either been a day or a 100 years."
He said that "it was a team effort, ultimately led by myself" that got him out of the spiral. And now things are going well.
Is this where he thought you be in a year? "No, I thought it would take at lest 13 months," cracked Charlie. "Joke. Sorry." He added, "It's not that much time to have put this much back together."
Lauer brought up video that showed Sheen looking "slightly looped" after a recent Guns N' Roses concert. "Well, yeah. ... If there's Guns N' Roses, suddenly it's on. ..."
Lauer said he didn't know any addiction specialists who would say it's OK to drink. Replied Sheen, "If you do, I should probably go to that guy. Sorry." He added, "I have different theories about that. One is park near the VIP exit." (So you doesn't get caught on camera after a concert.)
So Sheen is comfortable having a drink from time to time? "I don't believe that whole piece of fiction that you have an allegiance to," said Sheen, who has voiced his opinion against AA methods in the past. "That's just me!"
As for his new FX sitcom, Anger Management, Lauer asked if he had to undergo drug testing because of his past. Said Sheen,"There's no testing unless something obvious happens: I come in covered in blood - somebody else's!" He smiled.
He went on to say, "I couldn't have the Two and a Half thing be my television legacy. I couldn't have that end on that note. If this is going to be a swan song, then it's got to be a beautiful experience, and, so far, eight days there was more fun than eight years."
When asked about bitter feelings toward the show and Ashton Kutcher, Sheen admitted that, "A little bit. I gotta work through that. I could probably do it in group on my show," he said, where he plays a therapist. "Just not out loud."
Of Two and a Half Men, he said, "I just wish they'd taken better care of the child left behind." But he said he was "honored" Kathy Bates was reviving his character.
Lauer then said, if we sit down a year from today, what will be the story, Charlie? "It'll be on my yacht!" said Sheen with a grin. "Sorry. It'll be the same only better. And we'll actually look younger - you and I." He laughed.
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What The Hell Really Went Down At The "Top Model" Finale?
Heads up! This post is going to contain major spoilers about the season finale of "America's Next Top Model." Last night the winner was crowned, someone was disqualified, and there were a whole lot of unanswered questions that I had to get to the bottom of. Spoilers, after the jump!
I'm not going to bother recapping the ridiculousness that was that underwater runway show and am just gonna skip to the end. At the final judging, there should have been three models standing before the judges — Lisa, Allison, and Angelea. Instead, Tyra announced that producers heard something from Angelea that disqualified her from the competition and that the judges would be evaluating only Lisa and Allison. It was clear immediately that the judging was a reshoot; both Allison and Lisa looked different than they had in the final runway show. This, of course, implies that judging had already taken place in Greece and Angelea had done something after the finale was shot that disqualified her. But why reshoot unless Angelea had originally won?
According to, uh, sources on the internet, that is exactly what happened. Despite being in the bottom two for half the competition, Angelea was crowned the winner. (Tyra loves a from-behind win.) So what did she do to get disqualified and have Tyra eating her words? Apparently she leaked who the final three were on her Facebook page and may have even leaked that she had won the show, which was in clear violation of her contract. She was disqualified and the finale was reshot in Los Angeles. (Some say that Angelea was asked to come to the reshoot, but because she knew that she wouldn't win, she didn't show up, and that's why Tyra revealed she had been disqualified to explain her absence.) I also think the producers were hoping the real story behind her disqualification wouldn't get out and that fans would think she was pregnant. From what I've read, that is not the case, and her disqualification was solely based on breaking her contract by leaking final three information.
In the new ending, Lisa was crowned the winner. I never thought Angelea deserved to be in the final three let alone the winner, but I feel kind of bad for the girl. She wanted to win so bad and she did — and then her own stupid mouth got in the way. I also feel bad for Allison — she had to sit through two judging panels only to lose twice! No wonder she looked so irritated. Meanwhile, Lisa must feel a little cheated knowing she was actually the show's runner-up and won on a technicality. It's not that I ever took this show seriously as a modeling competition, but dang, did it ever end on a lame note.
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Spider Mansion is located in Heritage Square, not far from the town of Golden. For years there have been stories of actual hauntings on the Square, and those spirits have now made a permanent home inside Spider Mansion. Perhaps these spirits feel at home in the midst of fog, screaming and darkness. One will never know why—just that the spirits do inhabit Spider Mansion, and they do not enjoy "company."
Not many have lived to tell the tales of Spider Mansion…I am one of the lucky ones.
In the one hundred years of this mansion's existence eighteen people from seven different families have mysteriously passed away. All, we assume, from spider bites. Rumors have it that the home was built upon huge black-widow nesting ground. Many autopsy reports noted cause of death as: spider venom. One hundred years later, this house is said to have been completely taken over by spiders, as well as the spirits of the families who once called this mansion "home." So be extremely alert as you navigate your way through the huge labyrinth of hallways and rooms. You have been warned
DATES: Oct 6 - 31 - Closed 9th and 16th
WEBSITE: www.spidermansion.com
REVIEW BY: The Tom Martino Troubleshooter Crew (Kelly "Tank" Parr)
We saved the best for last, and Spider Mansion definitely does not disappoint!!! Set in the foothills, Spider Mansion looks like any old haunted house but once inside is so much more. Loretta Wood and her staff went all out to create the best haunted house I've been to in years! It's a very dark, very tight, and VERY scary! Though it's called the "Spider Mansion," there really is no theme to this house. …..Actually I take that back, the theme to this house is pure terror. What makes this house so intense is its tight hallways, superb acting, and amazing set design. Even in a limited space, Spider Mansion does a great job of keeping you on your toes with miss-direction, blackouts, moving walls, and trap doors. There were several costumes there that I've never seen before and actually gave me nightmares later that night. My favorite parts had to be the bloody bathroom scene, and the asylum trailer. All rooms were executed perfectly with just the right touch of lighting, sound, and acting to keep you guessing where the next scare was coming from. Just when you thought it was safe to walk a few feet, a little girl (actor) would walk up behind you and scream at the top of her lungs! Earlier in this review you hear me say that some of the houses were "family friendly," NOT THIS ONE!! I wouldn't recommend this attraction for anyone under the age of 10. This one is only for the bravest of the brave, and is a DEFINITE MUST SEE this Halloween Season!
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non + x, Issue Nine
Posted by Glenn Wallis on January 26, 2014
Issue Nine of non + x is up. The contents are:
- Gone with the Wind of Tarot: John Starr Cooke and the Esoteric Tradition in the West, by Camelia Elias
- The Truth of Anatman, by Tom Pepper
- How to Xplode X-buddhism, by Matthias Steingass
- Thinking as Spiritual Practice, by Patrick Jennings
- Žižek v. Buddhism: Who's the Subject?, by Adrian J. Ivakhiv
non + x will serve two purposes. Our main goal for the e-journal remains to foster original and creative non-buddhist-oriented critical writing. We will also use it to consolidate some of the writing that is happening in various venues, both web-based and otherwise.
We know a lot of you out there are thinking creatively about the contours of a decimated Buddhism. We've heard many innovative ideas. Some of you have submitted essays. Many exciting and vital lines of exploration have been discussed in comments on ours blogs. We'd like to encourage you to throw the dice. Take a chance. Stand atop the Katahdin of your thought and, like Thoreau, make "Contact!, Contact! Contact!"–and tell us about it. Or take Deleuze's advice and create something currently incomprehensible. Remember, anything from a well-argued essay to a dada poem or a wordless photograph counts. The crucial point is that it contributes to our goal of "wresting vital potentialities of humans from the artificial forms and static norms that subjugate them," as Marjorie Gracieuse puts it. That "wresting" is the hard part. That's the part you'll have to think hard about. If you're unsure what that goal entails, exactly, please ask. Remember, too, while we were originally animated by the project of wresting potentialities exclusively from x-buddhist materials, we're now interested in any and all contemporary cultural forms.
I came across this call for submissions from a spanking new journal, called Hostis: A Journal of Incivility. I will say more about this journal, and its theme of cruelty, shortly. By way of injecting some wordblood into your deliberations on submitting to non + x, consider this:
We are looking for submissions that defend cruelty. In addition to scholarly essays, we are looking for any original work suited to the printed page: directions to dérivés or other lived projects, maps, printed code, how-to instructions, photo-essays, détournements, experimental writing, directions to word-games, illustrations, or mixed-media art. To remain consistent with the journal's point of view, we seek material whose tone is abrasive, mood is cataclysmic, style should is gritty, and voice is impersonal. (Hostis)
A kindred spirit, indeed!
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10 Responses to "non + x, Issue Nine"
January 26, 2014 at 19:35
All you thinking posers are ruining the Highest Most Truest True Dharma Truth with your cruel critical thinking. Standing at a fork in the road thinking like fools. Serious students of the Way have higher conformist aspirations and practice noncritical nonthinking. They perceive the Universe's heart essence with no center and no edges, where each thing stands within it's own immediacy-Thus. Each thing Mahakashyapa's flower, nonexistent yet vividly standing right before your eyes. All day long, I've been flapping my lips and arms without moving an inch. Only when one has this kind of ability can one of you deluded beings understand my Conceptual Enso is a Conceptual Enso:
When it comes to serious matters such as the Great Matter, students of the Way need to seriously practice what matters. What's the matter with the Way is that nobody's greatly practicing the Great Matter. Seriously, if the Matter doesn't greatly matter, then the Great Way doesn't matter. If great students of the Way don't practice the way of the Great Matter, they won't greatly matter. Practice won't matter greatly. Then, student's great practice matters won't matter way seriously. Seriously, this Great Matter will greatly cease to be a way serious matter. Therefore, when it comes to serious matters such as the Great Matter, students of the Way need to seriously practice what matters.
January 30, 2014 at 10:25
swimoutfree (#4), your post offers nothing. That is an example of the cruelty most people think of, but that's not it.
IMHO, I see cruelty as an artistic or intellectual endeavor of flipping the oppression back on the oppressor. Artistically or intellectually entering the oppression,revealing it, warping it, dismantling it, mocking it, throwing it back on the oppressor. Perhaps, kind of what rap music has done for black culture. Or perhaps what punk rock or Dada meant years ago. If anybody is thinking of cruelty as harming anybody physically, then obviously they have a screw loose, and need professional help. Glū ten-Shin is mildly amusing, warped, lame, mocking, etc. etc.
January 31, 2014 at 10:04
swimoutfree(#6) Your shpeel is revealing. The shpeel, not you personally, is what is being "cruelly" addressed. It provides a good example in that the mind-body separation "disembodied" rhetoric is a cliche line often used in yoga, martial arts, and x-buddhist worlds as a means to subjugate students. Again, don't take any of this too seriously bro, it's not personal. As a yoga teacher, you are simply following what has been explicated to many yoga followers. It is truly as seductive as an opiate because, by laying claim to some higher truth, it pretentiously elevates the person to some perceived greater importance. I know firsthand, I used to smoke me some serious x-buddhist crack, yoga crack too. No one is following anybody here we are just riffing off each other, exploring. Glenn has rented the studio, and happens to have some good riffs. I think there is an aspect to this that is wonderfully irrelevant and playful, maybe someone else can comment more on this. Anyway, fk it, play something rotten and lame for fk sake.
With disembodied palms and feet pressed together,
Glū ten-Shin