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The vibrating condom is banned (possibly and probably) because it gave women (or at least promised) women pleasure. And a minister who thinks women 'flaunt' themselves and therefore deserves to be molested, watches them flaunting themselves for his own satisfaction
Just the other night I was told of the launch of the vibrating condom.
I have been out of touch with this market for awhile, because I was informed that this was launched in 2008 or so. The product was indigenously developed by Hindustan Latex, a public sector company in based Kerala.
The condom itself is I think made from latex, as is the general garden variety. But it has a an additional ring which contains a small battery .The ring is slipped on after the event of the donning of the robe so to speak, and then at the appropriate moment switched on and I am told, it buzzes, 'bzzes' and generally shimmies on the organ in question. If one is hypersensitive or ticklish, the consequences could be 'oops' or 'hee-hee' or both. Otherwise I presume it is meant to evoke 'ooh' and 'aaah' from the partner, making the wearer smile with self evident satisfaction.
I was impressed with this ingenuity. Then I was told that the team of research scientists which developed this Wand of Wont featured three sari-clad south Indian women with flowers in their hair and the obligatory vermillion marking to signify wedded status. In short, traditional as they come. But clearly educated and progressive when it came to what science could do: Sort of like Indra Nooyi meets Madame Curie or something like that. They told my friend who is in the rubber business, as in the making of rubber products business that the battery lasted for five minutes after which it would cease to provide one with the tingle. Now five minutes seems a little short, especially for those men who think they have endurance as one of their better attributes.
So my friend was a little taken aback when he was told by the south Indian ladies that it was one ring for three condoms and that the battery life was five minutes in total. He, I am sure like all men would, cocked an eyebrow at this, with an are-you-kidding-lady-five-minutes-for-three-interactions type of look. The south Indian ladies (you would have noticed that I use the collective, since I don't know who spoke, but I am sure that they did not speak in unison like a Greek chorus), responded that their research clearly indicated that for the average Indian man this was more than adequate. Having punctured the illusions of manhood, they wafted away leaving my friend holding Crescendo, for that is what it is called, in his hand. Diminuendo may have better suited the moment.
He claims to still have the sample in his possession, un-vibrated as it were.
The story continued: Apparently this technological marvel was introduced in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Soon after, the government of this state was seized of the need to ban its sale. The stocks were withdrawn and I am told this now sells in the state of Kerala where it originated.
I am curious. Why the ban? I provide four possible hypotheses:
1. The condom was unsafe and acted like a penile taser shocking the wearer.
2. It electrocuted the sexual partner.
3. It promised too much and delivered too little, as do most men in general.
4. It was far too good and had women writhing in ecstasy.
I surmise that it was the last one that prompted the keepers of virtue in the venerable state of Andhra Pradesh to cast the offending object from their eyes, so to speak.
Maybe the condom is but a prophylactic in its truest sense, preventing not just pregnancy and disease, but pleasure as well. And heaven be bashful if the pleasure extended to women, too.
I also believe that this product is now available in Kerala.
Now all this is hearsay and not admissible in court, as they say. I have no intent to asperse the people or administration of any state within the Union of India. I have nothing but goodwill to all men. And women.
And that is what my issue actually is. It seems that even in this twenty first century we still separate the sexes as if they were two species. One set of standards for the one and another for the other.
And so it comes to pass that the minister in another southern state is caught watching porn while the assembly is in session. In itself this is not notable as there is sufficient evidence that men surf for porn while at work. (Companies pay good money to firewall this, as a rule). And one could say that the said minister was at work after all.
The problem is that the same guy also ranted about how women who dressed provocatively deserved to be raped. I also understand that he was the minister for women's welfare and child development. Which was real insult to injury like the parrot said when he was taken from his native land and made to speak English too, to quote the venerable Sam Weller from The Pickwick Papers. Putting aside the simple question as to how insensitive and moronic a government can get to appoint a man in charge of women's welfare and child development in the first place, this is symptomatic of the problem: Men are the noble and pure and moral things, and women are the cause of all sin and immorality in general. Shades of the Old Testament, and the truly obnoxious idea of the Original Sin. It is the same malaise that you see when you hear the first sentence of a traditional Jewish Prayer, obviously said by men, which says "Thank you God for not making me a woman." It is the same syndrome when Paul revives the concept of Original Sin from the Old Testament. It is the same disease that the Taliban infected a whole country with.
The vibrating condom is banned (possibly and probably) because it gave women (or at least promised) women pleasure. And a minister, who thinks women 'flaunt' themselves and therefore deserves to be molested, watches them flaunting themselves for his own satisfaction. It is exactly the same attitude you see in Ram when he asks Sita, a kidnap victim, to prove her purity.
It is a sad commentary on our times.
But I take heart from this quote of Dorothy Parker, from the first half of the twentieth century. She said, "The weaker sex is the stronger sex because of the weakness of the stronger sex for the weaker sex."
One day it will come to pass that women will not just be equal to men, but that we will never need to even state it.
And condoms will vibrate happily and hopefully for longer than now.
(V Shantakumar is the former chairman & CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi in India. He is now the managing partner at Doing Think, a consulting company. Mr Shantakumar has over four decades of wide ranging experience as a marketing strategist and communication specialist and has played a key role in the creation and growth of some significant brands in India.)
Citizens in various cities have used the RTI Act effectively to stall felling of trees or halt their abuse. You can do it too
Whether it is a Delhi High Court order or the Delhi or Maharashtra Tree Act, preservation of trees is mandatory and any felling requires legal permission from the local governing body. However, most of us tend to simply express sympathy and anger and feel helpless if we see someone axing trees.
Instead of feeling helpless, you need to know that law is by your side and the use of RTI Act can put you in the role of a watchdog. These two examples would inspire you:
1. Trees saved from suffocation in Delhi
Three years back, Padmavati Dwivedi, a resident of an upwardly mobile neighbourhood in Delhi was aghast to watch her neighbours put tiles and concretise the area around the trunk of some trees. This was detrimental to the trees as they were unable to absorb water or breathe. It also led to a few trees being brutally uprooted when a thunderstorm hit the city.
When she argued with her neighbours, they put her down saying, concretisation helps in making the area look clean and also allows for more parking space. Ms Dwivedi, realizing the agony caused to the trees, approached the officers of the Municipal Corporation Delhi (MCD) but her plea fell on deaf ears. She then faxed letters week after week to the chief minister, who finally heard her complaint. The MCD authorities sent their men to de-congest trees from their concrete boundaries. Around a 100 trees were freed from strangulation.
A group of youngsters under the umbrella of "Delhi Green Blogs" (they have an impressive website too—www.delhigreens.com) were inspired by Ms Dwivedi's campaign. Students of a bio-technology of a Delhi college, who had also earlier written to the MCD and PWD (Public Works Department) to remove concretization around trees but did not get a reply decided to pursue it through the RTI Act.
One of the members, Ankit Srivastava, stated in the blog that, "after reading about Ms Dwivedi's successful campaign in the blog, we felt really motivated and started filing RTI applications about the status of work of de-concretisation of trees and reason for non-compliance of court orders." The students asked for inspection of trees which the MCD claimed it had de-concretised and action taken against officials who did not follow the direction of the high court. Along with the RTI applications, they attached relevant rules and court orders like the Delhi High Court order of 2007; Delhi High Court order of 29 October 2009; ministry of urban development guidelines 2000; Delhi Tree Preservation Act, 1994 and Supreme Court order—all which clearly declare and deliberate damaging of trees, as an offence.
The PIO (public information officer) of the MCD gave evasive replies forcing the students to go in for a second appeal to the Central Information Commissioner (CIC). CIC Shailesh Gandhi gave the order in favour of the students. Subsequently, over 1,000 trees were freed from life-threatening concretization in various sectors of Delhi. The blog now proudly draws your attention with this statement: "Thousands of trees can be saved in just Rs10 (RTI fees)".
Did you know that, as per the guidelines framed by the urban development ministry way back in 2000, an area of 6x6 feet around trees must be un-cemented, in order to let them grow. A high court order too directs the same. Therefore, you took can take up this campaign in your city.
Last week, a huge peepal tree came crashing down in a public place in Bangalore, due to it being seated in concrete, at its roots. Environmentalists stated that the health and strength of a tree depends on its roots and if there is no space for the roots to grow, trees can pose a danger to the people if they suddenly get uprooted. In 2010, a stalwart tree in Kolkata in front of the Academy of Fine Arts was suffocated to death because the PWD ensconced the tree's roots in concrete to impress guests coming to the film festival. The tree died, as it was denied food from the soil around it.
2. How Badlapur residents stalled tree felling by forest department
Sometime in 2010, the Kulgan-Badlapur Municipal Council near Mumbai decided to chop 72 trees to make way for an administrative office of the forest department. Residents protested stating that the 1.75 acre of lush natural park was the only lung of the town. They reiterated that stalwart trees of tamarind, peepal, gulmohur, saag, jambul and jackfruit adorned the area and it was ideal for conversion into a botanical garden. It also acted as a barrier to industrial pollution in Badlapur.
Environmentalist and activist Jayashree Jambhale decided to invoke the RTI Act along with her colleagues of Paryavaran Savrakshan Sanghatana (PSS). In the RTI application, they asked for the total number of trees in the park and details of correspondence between the municipality, urban development department and the forest department (to which the park belonged). The RTI reply stated that there were around 100 trees in the park which were around 100 years old. Correspondence revealed that, 72 trees were requested for felling without giving the reason that they were to make way for a concrete structure. Environmentalists argued with the municipality and forest authorities that there were more than 30 barren government lands existing for construction of the official complex. They managed to stall tree felling.
You can do it, too, by filing a RTI application on similar lines. Pune Tree Watch has posted the following on its website to make you understand the power of the Maharashtra Tree Act:
Section on Restriction on Felling of Trees and Liability for Planting and Preservations of Trees. (Chapter V of the MTA)
Section 1:
(1) The basis of this act is that no person can fell any tree or cause any tree to be felled, whether of ownership or otherwise, in an urban area without seeking the permission of the Tree Authority (TA).
(2)Who would this include? And how does one then go about if the need for felling a tree arises?
This would include all Pune citizens, officers of the urban local authority, state or central government officials. If a tree needs to be felled then permission to do so must be gained from the TA through an application. This application must include the description of the tree, location, a site plan and reasons for wanting the tree to be felled. There is a form available at the Garden Department's office for the same.
(3)What is the procedure that follows thereof?
a) Within 30 days of receiving the application, a Tree Officer must personally inspect the tree, hold an enquiry and report back to the TA. Adequate public notice is to be given by the Tree Officer by advertising in the local newspapers. In Pune these are done on a rotation basis by the PRO, as well as a notice must be fixed on the tree itself. The TA must give or refuse permission within 60 days from receipt of application with/without conditions. Such permission shall not be refused if, in the opinion of the TA, the tree is dead, diseased, wind-fallen, poses a danger to life or property, and/or obstructs traffic. However, no tree shall be felled until 15 days after such permission is given. If any objection is received against such permission, the matter shall be placed before the TA for reconsideration. A decision shall be taken within two weeks after giving a hearing to the person who has raised the objection. In Pune, one can raise an objection through a written letter submitted to the Tree Officer or to the Tree Authority.
b) The TA must submit a report of permissions granted once every six months to the urban local authority.
(4) What happens if the TA does not respond to the application?
The applicant must wait for a period of 60 days from the date of submission of the application. If the TA does not inform the applicant of their decision within this period, the application shall be deemed as granted. In Pune there is not a single case where tree felling has happened when the TA has failed to inform the applicant.
(5) What are the conditions involved when such permission is granted?
When the permission is granted, it is subject to condition that the applicant shall plant another three trees of the same or suitable species on the same site or another suitable place within 30 days from date on which tree is felled, or the time given by the Tree Officer. The individual is also asked to deposit Rs2,000 per tree that is felled. A periodical inspection is taken on by the staff. This amount is refunded after two years, if the trees are growing satisfactorily.
Section 2:
(1)What if any land does not have a sufficient number of trees?
If the TA believes that the number of trees in any plot of land is insufficient according to the prescribed standards that the TA has developed, the owner or occupier may be required, after a hearing, to plants many trees as specified.
(2) Any order received by the owner/occupier should be complied with, within 90 days of the receipt of the order.
Section 3:
(1) What if a tree has fallen due to natural forces?
If a tree falls on a property due to natural causes (rain, fire, lightening or wind), the Tree Officer, on the basis of an enquiry and after giving reasonable opportunity to the owner/occupier of that property, may then by an order require the owner/occupier to replace the fallen tree of the same or similar species on the same or another suitable site.
Section 4:
(1) What are the duties of the owner/occupier/applicant in the above cases?
In all the above cases, it is considered the duty of the owner/occupier of the land, who is directed to plant a tree, to ensure that the tree grows properly, is well preserved and report twice yearly for three years. It is also the duty of the owner/occupier of the land to preserve all other trees on the existing land, from the date on which this Act has come into force.
A written report is submitted. If the growth is satisfactory the deposit is refunded.
(2) Does the applicant have to make any payments for the same?
No, there is no payment involved but the owner/occupier may be required to deposit or specified sum of money with the Tree Officer to ensure compliance with the order.
Section 5:
(1) Is there any provision, which allows for the adoption of trees?
Yes, individuals/corporate bodies/institutions can get permission from the TA to adopt any tree for a specific period and be responsible for the tree's maintenance and preservation.
(2) Can the applicant also seek to adopt a tree, instead of planting new trees?
Persons felling trees may adopt trees in lieu of planting more trees—the trees to be adopted must be less than a year old, and must not be less than the number of trees required to be planted. The person shall be responsible for the maintenance and preservation for a period specified by the TA.
Section 6:
What are the steps taken by the TA, when the orders are not complied with?
Failure to comply with TA orders ends in forfeit of deposit, in full or part. In addition the TA can recover the expenditure incurred by it for processing the case, from the owner/occupier. For the purpose of recovery of this amount, the TA shall have same powers as the urban local authority for the purpose of recovery of arrears of a property tax/betterment charges or other duties levied by the urban local authority under the relevant Act.
Section 7:
Can there be appeals against the orders made under Sections 2 and 3?
Those ordered to act in specified ways under Sections 2 and 3 by the Tree Officer may appeal to the TA within 15 days of receipt of order—appeals must be decided by the TA within 60 days of receipt. The TA's decisions shall be final and not questionable in any court of law.
(Vinita Deshmukh is a consulting editor of Moneylife. She is also an RTI activist and convener of the Pune Metro Jagruti Abhiyaan. She is the recipient of prestigious awards like the Statesman Award for Rural Reporting which she won twice in 1998 and 2005 and the Chameli Devi Jain award for outstanding media person for her investigation on Dow Chemicals. She co-authored the book "To The Last Bullet - The Inspiring Story of A Braveheart - Ashok Kamte" with Vinita Kamte. She can be reached at [email protected])
"Choose a point, any point, and launch right in, as long as your approach is positive, your cynicism of any is balanced with pragmatism, and your overall goal is to try and leave more than just your immediate family in a better state than what they were in"
There were various high points at Moneylife Foundation's second anniversary function organised in Mumbai's Veer Savarkar auditorium on Sunday, 5 February 2012, and like the saying about beauty lying in the eyes of the beholder, it would be fair if I provided a disclaimer here first—I am an unabashed fan of Subramaniam Swamy's tactics and strategies. Just like I am a fan of Mahatma Gandhi's tactics and strategies.
Very briefly, these could be described as "positive agitationism", if they could be classified. It helps if one adds the Creator, Preserver and Destroyer concept to this approach, realising that the beauty in the larger picture that unfolds is that there is no 'ownership' to a result process, as is commonly held to be so important.
So, choose a point, any point, and launch right in, as long as your approach is positive, your cynicism of any is balanced with pragmatism, and your overall goal is to try and leave more than just your immediate family in a better state than what they were in.
In other words, if your horizons extend to trying to improve matters for more than just yourself or your immediate near and dear, then you have certainly come to the right place. That was the biggest message which was being pushed out into the people thronging the hall, overflowing beyond capacity, and into the wide open world through an assortment of media.
# Elections in India, are they rigged as much as the IPL auctions, or is it more, or less? These are qualitative aspects, and considering that the IPL budget is in multiples of what the general elections cost in India, then there is a quantitative aspect here too. In short, if the stakes are high enough, then anything can be rigged. The fact remains, even the spy drones used by the Americans could be brought down by the Iranians. So would we think the stakes are higher with India's elections which use an electronic voting machine (EVM)?
And at the heart of it are these EVMs, which are considered infallible, untamperable and technologically superior to all other electronic machines in the world. By our babus. Despite being almost a decade old. How absolutely incredible it is for the government and the Election Commission to believe that their EVMs are perfect; is best answered with another question—how many of us believe that ATMs, working on almost the same technologies, are fool-proof?
# A lot has already been reported about the outcome of the court cases initiated by Subramaniam Swamy variously. There also exists some reportage on the three-pronged method advocated by him—the Anna Hazare route of a series of new laws, the mass mobilisation route by Baba Ramdev and others and then the route which encourages using the existing system, laws and rules to achieve a common goal—reduced corruption.
However, according to Mr Swamy, the most important component would be to inculcate a positive attitude and remove cynicism in all approaches. This includes the drawing room and coffee-tea chatter that many of us subscribe to. Each small candle in the corner of a dark room and a mosquito at night would be two very good symbols—you have to be positive and do your little bit.
# The efficacy of the 3+1-month automatic sanction route for investigation and prosecution against government servants of all ranks has yet to be put to the test. This will not happen unless and until more people actually take this forward. Again, analysis is great, but reality is truth so the message that went across is that here is a Supreme Court judgement on the subject and here are you, the people, the Sovereign.
What this means at its simplest, to me, is that (a) in case of an issue, I file a complaint against a public servant or even a public authority with the local police station. If, after three months, I do not see progress, then (b) I file a simple RTI application with the same police station asking for information on progress of complaint. And if I still do not get a satisfactory response for any reason, then (c) I take the correspondence and approach the highest court in the land, the Honourable Supreme Court of India, by way of a simple letter to the Registrar there.
# At the heart of Subramaniam Swamy's dream for a better India would be what he called the 10% rule. In other words, if even 10% of the people in power did their jobs honestly, then by the law of increasing returns, as well as by better use of perception management techniques, the laws of increasing returns would kick in and provide results in multiples. This is eminently possible, though some pragmatic aspects remain which; however, with modern technology and media dissemination methods can be overcome.
The reality here, however, is that in the considered view and opinion of some very senior people in governance who do come in the extremely honest category, 10% is very ambitious on date. And there also, the danger of being run over by "the system" for trying to be extremely honest is ever present. So, maybe Mr Swamy needs to add the concept of possible self-sacrifice to the 10% honest rule, too. The corridors of power are awash with vigilance cases, and more, against those who tried to buck the corrupt system.
He did say a lot more, but brevity has to find space too, so this much for now. These examples provided above are simply some of the ones that appealed to me. But everybody has a different takeaway from any form of social interaction, and more so if it is inspirational. This is meant to be nothing more than mine, that too a very brief report, and for a complete view, please read the other articles on the subject or better still, watch the whole proceedings, available online now, at the Moneylife website or also at MoneylifeTV on YouTube.
(Veeresh Malik started and sold a couple of companies, is now back to his first love—writing. He is also involved actively in helping small and midsize family-run businesses re-invent themselves. Mr Malik had a career in the Merchant Navy which he left in 1983, qualifications in ship-broking and chartering, a love for travel, and an active participation in print and electronic media as an alternate core competency, all these and more.)


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Ive continued on building out the wolves, using the battle damage technique explained in the brush brothers tutorial per my last post. See below:
I picked up about 25 wolves, 10 wolf termies and the SW codex for $60 bucks off ebay, what a deal! A few of the models need stripping, as they were painted with some uber heavy primer (krylon im guessing) and have too little detail for me to use. Otherwise though, the mark of the wolfen is in full effect! This is what happens when all the wolf players go to grey knights, great deals on ebay!
Additionally, Ive managed to complete my first commission! It turned out to be a fruitful experience, and I managed to turn my first customer into a repeat customer. Ive put the proceeds aside into getting an iwata airbrush compressor and some more wolves of course... I'm excited to have completed that first step and am now looking for more commission work from anyone who is interested... At the moment I specialize in power armor, orks, vehicles (guard too), and am looking to start small (a squad and transport perhaps). Shoot me an email or leave a comment if your interested...
Lastly, I have an Ork battlewagon I'm selling on ebay which I painted a few years ago. Its not up to my current standard, but I still consider it a high table top quality model (only 2 days left, only up to $51 at the moment):

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Three of Australia's most successful captains will investigate the present national team's recent decline in test form.
Allan Border, Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh were announced on Thursday as members of a team performance review panel commissioned by Cricket Australia and chaired by Don Argus, the former chairman of mining giant BHP Billiton.
The review was sparked by Australia's 3-1 Ashes series loss to England and its slump from No.1 to fifth in the world test rankings.
The panel will talk with current Australian team members, coaching staff and selectors, as well as the state cricket boards. It may also look into the setups of Australia's cricketing rivals, or other sports in Australia.


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Earlier this week, AJA announced the newest member of the Ki Pro family, the Ki Pro Quad. AJA worked closely with Canon, designing the Ki Pro Quad to accept a 4K raw signal from the C500 over SDI and providing a method to record and monitor the signal. You can record the 4K raw information via Thunderbolt to an external drive, but most impressively, the Quad can actually de-bayer the raw information and provide 4K, 2K or HD ProRes files to the removable SSD drives. The de-bayered information can also be sent out via SDI to your monitors. Even if you're not interested in 4K raw recording yet, the Quad is also a 4:4:4 10-bit recorder, making it incredibly useful for many applications.
Other interesting items I saw at the AJA booth included the Ki Pro Rack and T-TAP. Like the name suggests, the Ki Pro Rack is a 1RU rack mountable Ki Pro that uses the same drives as the original Ki Pro. The T-TAP is a self-powered Thunderbolt adapter that allows you to output your computer display via HDMI or SDI. Additionally, the Ki Pro Mini has been updated with full Avid DNxHD support available as a free software update now.
Watch my videos to learn more about these updates from AJA.


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A beautiful, lucrative game for the fixers
September 17, 2013
John Silvester
Crime reporter, The Age
In December 2011, police organised a summit for leaders from 12 elite
sports, including AFL, rugby league and union, soccer, netball, tennis and
racing codes to discuss the problem.
Some sports, such as the AFL, had already established integrity models.
Others were painfully exposed.
After attending an international forum in Paris, Ashton publicly declared:
"Match-fixing is imminent in Australia. It is a growing area of concern
for us. This thing is coming down the highway and we have to be prepared."
Now it has arrived.
Ashton says sports identities dabbling in illicit drugs are prime
blackmail targets for match fixers. "It begins as a friendship and then
turns nasty."
As soon as the player is persuaded to perform a small favour, the demands
become greater. "It may start with inside information on injury status or
player position and then move to exotic betting such as first or last
"It will not start with throwing a game but a spot-fix, which would be
seen as more socially acceptable. Spot-fixing will be a huge risk for
players here. Drop a mark, bowl a no-ball, miss a shot - that is a real
Which is why the AFL has spent some time talking to clubs and players
about improper associations and why senior officials were staggered to see
Bandidos heavyweight Toby Mitchell in the Richmond rooms after a game
(although there is no suggestion of any impropriety).
Mitchell has been the target of two murder attempts and is a central
figure in the alleged war between the Hells Angels and the Bandidos.
Football players caught in the middle may find they end up pulling more
than a hamstring.
The AFL is better placed than most as it is a local sport where the pool
on exotic bets is quite small on global standards.
Any irregularities on betting or strange trends are reported by the
agencies directly to the AFL.
Police say there has been some recent interest shown by international
syndicates on AFL games that needs monitoring.
The risks are ever present â and not necessarily from international
A coach could not work out why his star ruckman was ignoring a set play
and palming the ball with his non- preferred hand to another midfielder.
Until he worked out the big bloke had backed the midfielder to get the
most possessions in the game.
Sometimes greed speaks all languages. And you don't need a crooked ref to
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LONDON - Britain's Duchess of Cambridge took to the stage to speak at Place2Be's Headteacher Conference in London on Wednesday as a patron of the charity, which supports the mental health of young people.
The event was a gathering for headteachers to discuss how schools can help tackle mental health problems in early life.
Kate said she had noticed a pattern where poor mental health in adulthood was often caused by "unresolved childhood challenges" and called on headteachers to use the access they have to "tens of thousands of children" to "make an impact" on those children who need to be listened to.


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What's happening with packaging innovation
When it comes to innovative packaging, cans don't immediately leap to mind, but for companies that offer canned products, such developments are top of mind in such areas as functionality, conveying information and aesthetics.
"The majority of our product portfolio is available in cans, so we focus on how to resonate with consumers looking for portability, convenience and affordability, while delivering high-quality, great-tasting products," says David Melbourne, SVP consumer marketing and corporate social responsibility at San Diego-based Bumble Bee Foods. "A variety of advances has been used, including litho printing of cans, as well as a host of ways to message benefits for products; easy-open, pull-tab lids; and even easy-peel foil lids."
A fellow seafood brand has been working on a similar packaging solution – and plans to tell shoppers all about it. "This fall, Chicken of the Sea becomes the first major seafood brand to introduce easy-open cans across multiple seafood lines at the same time," observes Maureen McDonnell, director of marketing for the company, also based in San Diego.
"The new cans with EZ Open lids will be initially available for our most popular products – 5-ounce and 7-ounce Albacore, 7-ounce Chunk Light, and 5-ounce Salmon – and were developed from research showing that our audience wants an easier way to enjoy the lean protein they love, both inside and outside the home. Given the importance of this issue to consumers and the very positive early response, Chicken of the Sea in EZ Open Cans is being positioned as a renovation and is being supported by an integrated Pull It Off marketing campaign featuring an on-can, instant-win game. Beyond the obvious convenience benefits of the new lids, the campaign focuses on the larger lifestyle and portability implications. Now seafood and lean protein fans can enjoy Chicken of the Sea virtually anywhere!"
Beyond the seafood segment, other canned goods purveyors have been sprucing up their packaging. Omaha, Neb.-based ConAgra Foods currently offers all of its Chef Boyardee and Vienna Sausage in cans with easy-open lids, according to Associate Brand Manager Chelsea Herman, who adds, "Depending on the channel, some of our other canned foods are sold with easy-open lids as well," while Joe Perez, SVP of Jersey City, N.J.-based Goya Foods, notes, "We've focused [on] the presentation and design/packaging on new products."
Along with making its cans easier to open, Bumble Bee has excelled at creating eye-catching portable items. "Response to our new line of flavored ready-to-eat kits has … been very positive," notes Melbourne. "The high-impact visual design pops from the shelf, and the product line is positioned well to target consumers looking for grab-and-go solutions that can be eaten anywhere at any time."
What's to come in can design? "We believe in the future, clear canned items will be available for customers in the industry, as they are becoming more eco-conscious," predicts Benny Smith, manager, media and community relations at Salisbury, N.C.-based Food Lion. Manufacturers such as Cincinnati-based Milacron are already offering such an option.
Bumble Bee's Melbourne also thinks that cans will continue to be a relevant packaging choice, evolving along with shopper needs. "I believe packaging innovation will … be important as consumers look for more convenient, on-the-go solutions," he says, "and cans definitely are positioned well to tap these growing trends."


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The village of Bikami (U5) in the Senseki province [1] was one of two twin farming communities that gave the Unicorn their massive food production. Akami and Bikami produced enough foor each year to feed the Unicorn armies, horses and nobles. The main reason for this was not that the fields were rich, but just very wide and contained a great number of heimin. The population density was very dense here, and if the Unicorn Clan Champion would ever want to press ashigaru into service this would be where he would come. [2]
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Bikami rested just around the base of the Northern Wall Mountains northern mountains, around the Ice Plain, and it was the last glimpse of civilization before Far North Village. [3] The city was a highly fortified place, with thick stone battlements and several watchtowers overlooking the surrounding area. The Seventeenth and Thirry-Third Junghar Legions were posted there. [4]
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Revolutionaries Edit
In 665 an army of revolutionaries, the People's Legion, seized the formed lands of the Ki-Rin Clan. The Lion Clan Army was defeated twice at Bikami, dying the Lion Clan Champion Akodo Masahisa and his only heir Akodo Masaumi. The city became the 'capital' of the revolters. In 668 the Acting Champion Matsu Ikuko launched an offensive but had to withdraw after she was grievously wounded. [5]
Return of the Ki-Rin Edit
The Otaku were led to these plains by a vision from Otaku Shiko, a tiered landscape with endless stretches in the middle of an utter wasteland. They began to use irrigation techniques they had learned during the Ki-Rin's Exodus to flood the rice fields. [6]
The War of Dark Fire Edit
Along with Akami, Bikami was one of the first major holdings destroyed by the Army of Fire during their assault on the Unicorn Clan lands. The governor at the time, Shinjo Osema, was able to evacuate a significant amount of food and resources from the city before dying at the hands of Yobanjin invaders. [7] It was later rebuilt with additional defenses. [8]
- ↑ Secrets of the Unicorn, p. 96
- ↑ Legend of the Five Rings; Third Edition, p. 298
- ↑ Secrets of the Unicorn, p. 52
- ↑ Masters of War, p. 143
- ↑ Imperial Histories, pp. 104-105
- ↑ Secrets of the Unicorn, p. 53
- ↑ The War of Dark Fire, Part 3 by Shawn Carman
- ↑ The Atlas of Rokugan, p. 190
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mpls mtu & mtu
I've gat a mtu issue between my PE routers. i'm trying to add another PE to my network and this bring the following problem :
Here is one of my routers working conf (Cisco 3825 c3825-adventerprisek9-mz.124-13.bin)
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
no ip address
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
duplex full
speed 100
media-type rj45
no cdp enable
interface GigabitEthernet0/1.1500
encapsulation dot1Q 1500
ip address 192.168.100.10 255.255.255.248
mpls ip
mpls mtu 1508
no cdp enable
I don't change the mtu size on the interface, just the mpls mtu on the sub and it's working fine !
Now on my new 3845 (ios newer but not that much : c3845-advipservicesk9-mz.124-22.T.bin)
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
no ip address
duplex auto
speed auto
media-type sfp
negotiation auto
mpls ip
interface GigabitEthernet0/0.1501
encapsulation dot1Q 1501
ip address 192.168.200.10 255.255.255.248
mpls ip
no cdp enable
The command mpls mtu 1508 is not accepted on my sub. I must set the mtu on the interface larger than the mpls mtu size. The problem is that if i change this mtu size on this interface, my ospf neighboring does not go up as the other PE are configured with a mtu interface of 1500.
Is there a way to avoid this limitation ? Is this due to my recent IOS or something else ?
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Food trucks. I'm sure you've heard of these incredible delight-filled vehicles by now, especially if you live in the larger cities such as Austin, Atlanta, Seattle, Chicago, etc. If you haven't heard of food trucks, the name is exactly like it sounds: They're van-like trucks that have mini kitchens in the back where you can walk up and order something amazing. The food truck chef creates drool-worthy food that they then put directly in your hands for you to deliver straight to your taste buds (BAM! - that's the sound of your taste buds exploding from eating something soooo good). Many chefs use this kitchen on wheels to create quirky yet amazing tasting creations.
What kind of yummy quirky creations are out there you may ask? Oh let's see.... chicken and waffles… check! Pizza tacos...check! Ice cream cones filled with thai food...check! I mean really, you name it...there very well could be a food truck out there serving it and if there isn't...well, get yourself a food truck and you just may have yourself a million dollar idea!
So, you may be wondering why we're talking about food trucks on a wedding site? One word says it all....catering! Food trucks offer a variety of fun, creative food options for you and your guests to enjoy. For example, have you ever thought of a grilled cheese affair? I mean, who DOESN'T like a mean grilled cheese?! If that seems like something that tickles your fancy, check out The Grilled Cheese Experience food truck (www.grilledcheeseseattle.com). They offer all grilled cheese everything! You could even follow-up the grilled cheese meal with donuts for dessert. I mean, why NOT?! To keep up with the food truck theme, you could have Galaxy Donuts (http://www.eatgalaxydonuts.com) join the party. Seriously, a peanut butter & strawberry donut along with a maple & bacon donut? YES, PLEASE! I would leave this wedding a well-fed and happy gal!
You can offer a full three course meal via food trucks or if you have your heart set on a sit and serve style dinner, you can have a dessert food truck (like DONUTS or ice cream) after the sit down meal or have a food truck to offer drinks and small munchies while guests are hanging out before the ceremony. There's really no wrong way to utilize a food truck at your wedding and it's a great ice breaker to get your guests talking and mingling. What is better to talk about at a wedding other than how amazing the brides or grooms look and how sweet the vows were?! Creatively delicious food truck catering! That's what! If you're looking for a catering company and want something a little out of the box for your wedding, check out the food trucks that are popular in your city. A kitchen on wheels is sure to be a crowd pleaser at your party!
Galaxy Donuts is a small local business based in the Seattle WA area.
"Our goal is to have fun celebrating your event! We offer fresh made to order mini donuts that will delight your senses and satisfy your sweet tooth, along with hot steaming coffee to complete the experience. We have also recently added a hot dog steamer, so we can also do steamed all beef hot dogs along with our yummy Galaxy Donuts or Galaxy Dogs all by themselves. We want to join in on your fun, and give you tasty treats to enjoy."
"One huge benefit is that with Galaxy Donuts, you and your guests get to choose from over a dozen different flavors instead of just one particular flavored cake. -Everyone gets to choose their favorite!"
Sample Menu Items:/
* Bavarian & Chocolate
* Butterfinger
* Tutti Fruiti
* S'mores
* Orange & Chocolate
* Powdered & Lemon
* Plain, Powdered, Cinnamon Sugared
The Grilled Cheese Experience, based in the Seattle WA area, takes pride in rotating our menu selections with respect to seasonality and freshness. We invite you to contact us and chat with one of our catering professionals to customize your wedding or special event. We offer a variety of grilled sandwiches and sweet desserts to create a catered menu specifically for you and your guests!
www.GrilledCheeseSeattle.com- Check out our full menu on the website or give us a call! 206-661-5225
Sample Menu Items:
* Classic-a blend of 3 local cheddars melted perfectly into artisan bread
* BBQ Bomb- Slow Smoked Ribs, Chipotle Cheddar, Signature Mac & Cheese,
Bourbon Molasses BBQ Sauce
* Purple Haze- Blackened Hanger Steak, Borgonzola Cheese (Blue Brie),
Potato Chips, Blackberry Balsamic Sauce
* Mariner Melt- Wild Smoked Salmon, Samish Bay Herb Gouda, Fontina,
Caramelized onion, Tobiko Caviar
* Fig Preserve and Double Creme Brie
* Mt Townsend Seastack, Grilled Peach, Basil Grilled
* S'more (Nutella and Marshmallow on Cinnamon Brioche)


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CVS Health announced on Thursday that it has entered into new clinical affiliations with three regional health systems.
CVS Health has entered into new clinical affiliations with three academic medical centers — the University of Maryland Medical System, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System — to enhance access to care for patients.
SilverScript Insurance Co., a CVS Caremark company, has entered into collaborations with seven accountable care organizations across the country.
A new study conducted by researchers at CVS Caremark and Brigham and Women's Hospital explored the impact of genetic testing on prescribing patterns for cardiovascular therapy.
The U.S. healthcare system could avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in medical costs if medication adherence rates improved, according to the CVS Caremark "2013 State of the States: Adherence Report" released today.
CVS/pharmacy is encouraging customers to consider making simple lifestyle changes to experience long-term health benefits in light of new findings on the positive effect of daily vitamin regimens released this week by Brigham and Women's Hospital and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
CVS Caremark has announced that its EVP and chief medical officer Troyen Brennan has been named to the National Commission on Physician Payment Reform, an independent commission that will assess how physicians are paid, and how pay incentives are linked to patient care.
A CVS Caremark study found that the company's integrated pharmacy-based program — Pharmacy Advisor — increased medication adherence rates and physician initiation of prescriptions for concomitant medications, improving care for diabetes patients and resulting in savings for health plans, the company announced on Monday.
CVS Caremark has appointed Kevin Murphy president for Accordant Health Services, a CVS Caremark company that provides disease management and case management services for people with rare chronic conditions.
The CVS Caremark-sponsored study that illustrates pharmacists and nurses are the most effective healthcare "voice" in promoting medication adherence among patients is important because it marks the first step toward unlocking the potential of the collaborative care model (i.e., pharmacists and nurses), and getting those people who matter to pay attention.


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Calderon Fights Mexico's Gangs with Little Success
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon has put an unprecedented number of soldiers and federal police on the streets to battle drug gangs. But the war isn't going well. Violence is soaring, the army is being accused of human rights abuses, and drugs shipments across the border continue unabated.
ANDREA SEABROOK, host:
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Andrea Seabrook.
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And I'm Michele Norris.
In Mexico, there have recently been new battles, literally, in the drug war. One of Felipe Calderon's first move since becoming president in December was to send 30,000 federal police and soldiers out to fight Mexico's powerful drug cartels. But the narco-traffickers are striking back. Soldiers are being ambushed in daylight attacks and this week, gunmen fatally shot a top federal intelligence official in Mexico City. Violence nationwide is up, particularly in the state of Michoacan.
NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro first visited the state last year before troops were deployed. She returned again this month and she has this report.
(Soundbite of gunfire)
LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO: Last Monday, the town of Apatzingan in Michoacan rang with the sound of gunfire. Local reporter, Antonio Ramos was there. This is sound from his TV footage.
Mr. ANTONIO RAMOS (Reporter, Mexico): (Through translator) It began when the Mexican army tried to stop a vehicle which they considered suspicious. The car kept going until they reached the safe house where there was a shootout between the suspected hitmen and the army. It ended with four-suspected hitmen dead. It was a tremendous gun battle that lasted for at least 45 minutes.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Apatzingan is in the very heart of what is called tierra caliente or the hot country. For years, the drug lords have held its way there. Bloody turf wars had meant that bodies regularly showed up dumped in ditches and gangs sent gruesome messages to their rivals using severed heads with notes attached.
(Soundbite of vehicles passing)
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Now, soldiers with masks patrol the streets in dark green Humvees. There is a permanent garrison in Apatzingan. About 2,000 army and federal police are spread out across the whole state.
While the drug fight is countrywide, Michoacan is key. It's one of the most lawless areas in the country. Heroin and marijuana are grown here. Meth and cocaine are trafficked through as well. This is also Mexican President Felipe Calderon's home state, so symbolically important too. This is where he chose to kick off his war on drugs, sending in the first federal troops in mid-December. But all is not going well here.
(Soundbite of machinery)
GARCIA-NAVARRO: I last visited Apatzingan in September when I met with the city coroner. At that time, he was horrified by the violence in this town. This year, though, he says the figure show things are worse. Ramon Avila takes out his book, which lists the dead.
Mr. RAMON AVILA (Coroner, Apatzingan, Michoacan, Mexico): Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, cinco, seis, siete…
GARCIA-NAVARRO: From January 1st until the beginning of May, 40 people in Apatzingan have died violent deaths. In the same period last year, which is the one of the worst on record, there were 25.
But he says, he's as worried by the drug gangs as he is by the presence of the military. He says the recent operations are causing fear in the populace.
Mr. AVILA: (Through translator) There is much exhaustion on the part of the people from Apatzingan. It has even affected me. This week I was working, the solders were doing all their patrols. I told my children not to leave the house. All you heard was gunfire. The soldiers were going house to house - obviously, the children were terrified to hear all the shooting. What we are seeing is a psychosis of panic in town.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: In Apatzingan, resident after resident told NPR that the initial relief of the presence of more security forces has turned into mistrust.
On the normally quiet street - where Monday's shootout took place - eight people were arrested including an asthmatic taxi dispatcher from a nearby stand, a partially blind diabetic retiree, a mother of 12. The son-in-law of a 38 year old lunch-counter worker, Dalia Sanches(ph), was also taken in.
Ms. DALIA SANCHES (Resident, Apatzingan, Michoacan, Mexico): (Through translator) A few minutes after the shooting, the army came in and told us to get out of the house. So we did, and that's when they grabbed my son-in-law.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: She says she'd lived in this neighborhood for years and had no idea who the gunmen who took on the army were. She says her son-in-law was also in the house when the battle began. Even so, she had to go speak to the state human rights representative to find out what happened to him after he was taken. She also filed a complaint about what the army did in her house when they searched through it that day.
Ms. SANCHES: (Through translator) How can I trust the military? When they searched the house, they took $20 from my dresser. That was the only money I had to buy food.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: All the people who were arrested were released without charge later. The military said they had nothing to do with the incident.
Mr. ERIC GONZALES (Press Officer, Human Rights Commission, Apatzingan, Michoacan, Mexico): (Spanish spoken)
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Eric Gonzales is the government human rights commission representative in Apatzingan. He says there had been a number of complaints regarding human rights violations here since the operations began in December.
Mr. GONZALES: (Through translator) There must be a just balance between counter-narcotics operations and human rights. One of the institutions with the most credibility in Mexico is the Mexican army. They've been able to question any federal state or local authority, but the Mexican army has always had a status of prestige and honor. But unfortunately, we have received a cascade of complaints against them and people are upset.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: In fact, the national human rights authority just released a report this week, which said that since the operations began, there had been accusations against the military nationwide of four sexual assaults made against four female minors, two cases of torture, as well as arbitrary detentions, complaints of break-ins and property damage, as well as illegal searches and robbery.
Controversy has also swirled around in alleged rape and murder by the military of an indigenous elderly woman in the state of Veracruz. And meanwhile, drug experts, like Maureen Meyer from the Washington Office on Latin America, say that there has been no indication that less drugs are being trafficked across the border. In fact, she says, prices have gone down recently in the U.S. - an indication that supply is rising.
So the army is being questioned, violence is up, drug trafficking is not down -what exactly is Calderon's war achieving?
At an upscale hotel in the capital of the state, Morelia, the head for narco-related intelligence for the attorney general's office sits down to talk. He only wants his first name used for security reasons. Right now, Gabriel(ph) says they're watching closely a new drug gang called La Familia, which was responsible for dumping severed heads in the dance floor of a discotech last year. They're believed to be wealthy money launderers - allied to the Gulf Cartel, which is fighting against the Sinaloa Cartel for control of the state.
GABRIEL (Officer, Narco-related Intelligence for the Attorney General's Office): (Through translator) They emerged about a year ago. They say they do social work. There are places in far away communities where there isn't a strong state presence. They give away toys and medicine and blankets.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: As well as executing rivals. It's a sign of the complexity of the organizations that the armed forces are battling. Still, the government says there have been successes - more than a thousand gunmen had been detained nationwide. Traffickers are being extradited to the U.S. in greater numbers.
Gabriel says he feels like the state of Michoacan is in the eye of the hurricane. He knows it is a difficult fight, but one he says that must be undertaken.
GABRIEL: (Through translator) We have to try and minimize this. Eradicating the drug trade is impossible and very costly, but someone has to start to fight this - someone has to act. One of our advantages is that the president is from Michoacan. We think he loves his state, which is why he's placed a lot of resources here - but it is costing us dearly.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Five soldiers were killed in an ambush in the town of Cuaracuaro, Michoacan this month. Two hundred forty seven people have died violent deaths statewide.
One newspaper that keeps a tally says that at least a thousand people have died violently so far this year all over the country as Calderon's drug war continues.
Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, NPR News.
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Black is the dominant color of this mens choker created from obsidian, carved bone beads, and hematite. Polished obsidian barrel beads form the foundation of the necklace. I captured the barrel beads between pairs of hematite rondelles and alternated this pattern with bone beads. The black bone beads are etched with a cross-hatch design carved to reveal the white color beneath, providing contrast to the obsidian and hematite. A gunmetal hook clasp with a banded accent completes the design.
The necklace measures 19 ½ inches in length which is a good choker length for a man, but I can change the length if you wish. Obsidian has a long history of both utilitarian and decorative purposes. Ancient peoples used obsidian to create knives and arrowheads, and in the middle ages, obsidian was worn as a protective talisman. It has also been considered a stone of truth. These qualities add impact to the dynamic design of this necklace.
An eclectic selection of original jewelry, classic accessories, and vintage jewelry.
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For communities east of the river many of our issues can be tracked back to leadership and/or participation issues. Let's not throw in the towel before the game has even started. Your vote does count (and in the case of ANC races it really can come down to a single vote).
When you are standing at the ballot box ask yourself, "does this candidate have my community in mind? Are they equipped to do the right thing even when it is not the popular thing? Are they prepared to handle the challenges that are unique to east of the river?"
When I did that, it was pretty easy to choose my candidates. Regardless of which candidate ends up with the most votes I know I did my part. Sitting on the sidelines when I am so financially and emotionally invested in this community is not an option.
Down with apathy. Get involved!


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so here is the explanation of what I did - all in English.. Hope it helpsResponderExcluir
Note please that I adjusted the pattern to fit my size and also the yarn I wanted to use.Also on the original pattern dress is done starting from mid-hip up and then turning and doing the bottom. I started at the bottom and worked my way up.
dress is worked in two pieces, front and back, that are the same.
I used Caron One Pound, in white, 2 skeins (3 if you want bigger or longer or if you want to make the cuffs) - it is a little stiff. I am planning on making myself another one using something softer.
Started from bottom, chain 59 (this number should be a multiple of 3 + 2 chains - first and last) measure to fit your hip tight so it holds it up in place, it weighs down a lot)
chain 3 (counts as first double crochet) ) the total chains will be 62 (57+2+3)
double crochet for first row of 59 stturn, chain 3, repeat. (I turn first and then chain 3, I know most chain 3 and then turn - it's fine)
repeat 6 more times, for a total of 8 rows of 59DC
turnchain 3
work on Ponto Fantasia (as chart on link) for 8 rows
repeat 8 rows of double crochet
and 8 more rows of ponto fantasia
(this should give you a total of 32 rows, on me from bottom of skirt to waist - adjust accordingly)
on row 33 you increase.I increased from 59 to 80 stitches (78 +2)I calculated the increase using these guidelines:
so row 33 will be 80 double crochetrepeat for 7 more rows (my guess is that you could increase a little per row here, as long as you have your final number by the 8th row of DC. the original pattern says nothing about the increase, so I did what I thought was the easiest)
and the next 8 rows of Ponto Fantasia
next set of double crochets I increased again, from 80 to 116 stitchesand kept using the same pattern. I did 8 rows of DC, 8 rows of Ponto Fantasia and finally 8 rows of DC.
join, right sides together at shoulder, I joined 39 stitches on each shoulderjoin the sides of the dress until the last increase.Dress will be 'batwing'
I have not done the cuffs yet but I found a video explaining (ponto barra 2x2):it is basically 2 front post double crochet and 2 back post double crochethttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPpXqw_GEKQ


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For the new generation
Yes they were around before drones
They look almost motionless
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The sun gives them light
In darkness they lay hidden
If people see dark clouds
A storm is coming
To say they are large would be like calling a boulder a pebble
They are massive
Day after day they have unusual patterns
I swear I see animals
How about you ?
When they are a light and fluffy white
Relaxing to the eyes
Especially when they are propped up against a field of blue
The clouds know when you leave your house
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I am almost sure every time you peek at them
They peek right back at you
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There may be many but they never collide
When no one is around
Look up in the sky
The clouds are there
They stretch for miles
Sometimes they form an endless chain
There are times when the clouds separate
They seem to split up and go in (lol) different directions
I am sure if they could talk
They could tell us plenty
Some things we already knew and some things we wish we didn't
So the next time you see a cloud
Don't be shy
Wave or yell as loud as you can
One great big hi
I love clouds the big, fluffy kind when skies are blue in the summertime. I think clouds know more than they let on. Now it only I could learn cloud language.
Clouds also provide great entertainment in the shapes they form. We could probable hear, if we pay attention and listen. Good thoughts here.


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Armenian Owned and Operated Art Gallery in Providence Threatened With Closure and Demolition
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — After two years at its current location, Studio Z is being forced by its current landlord to vacate its gallery space at the Butcher Block Mill. Gallery/Studio Z owner and director Berge Zobian painstakingly renovated the space over a 17-month period before opening the gallery to the public for its first exhibit in October 2013.
According to the Providence Creative Industrial Space (PCIS) website, the Butcher Block Mill was to be part of a "historic rehabilitation development of the old Eastern Butcher Block Mill into affordable commercial incubator space for creative small businesses." With this understanding, Studio Z became one of the early tenants on March 2012.
Now, three-and-a-half years later, the owner of the mill has forced all tenants to move out in order to sell the property to a developer whose plans include turning the renovated building into parking spaces. All other businesses in the complex have obliged and left fearing legal wrangling. Studio Z has instead decided to protest the owner's terms and seeks to recoup its renovation investment and raise funds to pay off its remaining service providers, cost to dissolve pre-existing contracts, loan, and mounting legal fees.
Before moving into the Butcher Block building, Studio Z created architectural plans resulting in extensive renovations to the space. This entailed converting an empty garage into a contemporary art gallery, at a cost of more than $120,000 to design and build out an entire new space. The space consists of exhibition rooms, office, track lighting and constructing a second floor loft for art storage. All of these improvements created an excellent fine art destination.
For more than 33 years, Zobian has introduced local, national and internationally renowned artists to Providence. An active member of the Rhode Island business community, he has also operated the popular Gallery Z on Atwells Avenue since 2001. For years, Berge has lent space to nonprofits for their fundraising and has participated in numerous events raising cultural and historical awareness. Looking for larger quarters, Berge made the decision to expand his gallery to the ample space available in the Butcher Block Mill.
At its new space in the last two years, Studio Z has presented more than 20 exhibits, artist talks, film screenings and art installations and welcomed more than 10,000 art patrons.
The gallery participated in Gallery Night Providence, introducing many newcomers to art, art history in our west side neighborhood. The gallery also received a citation from the Mayor of Providence, Jorge Elorza. It hosted other local distinguished figures that are supportive of the arts, including a fundraiser for Congressman David Cicilline. In addition, it presented the "Centennial Armenian Genocide" exhibit, a large-scale non-profit project throughout the month of April 2015 commemorating the Armenian Genocide. It included multi-media art works, music, poetry readings, film screenings, musicians, playwrights, poets and performers.
Gallery/Studio Z is currently in its 163rd exhibit since its inception and, ninth show of the 2015; "Armenian Artists: A Rich Collection Of Armenian Art". This is a large-scale exhibit featuring more than 120 original pieces of art by established Armenian artists showing in hundreds of permanent museum collections. If unable to attend this exhibit, view it through the organization's website. This exhibit may be the last exhibit at Studio Z.
Zobian and associates ask everyone to contribute funds to help recoup renovation investment and raise funds to pay off a loan, legal fees, moving and storage costs.
As Artist Marsha Nouritza Odabashian of Dedham, Mass. put it, "Studio Z in Providence, is an art and culture zone for Armenian artists and the larger community. If you haven't been to Studio Z, you are missing a unique experience. We have raised over a third of the needed funds. Please click on the link below to see the remarkable job Berge Zobian has done to renovate a tiny garage into a powerful space to promote Armenian artists. Please help save Studio Z from demolition by contributing and/or sharing the information with anyone who might be interested."
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YONKERS — Businesses receiving tax breaks from the city would have to pay workers $15 an hour with health benefits under new legislation before the City Council.
The new "living-wage" bill has the support of the four Democrats on the seven-member council. A similar bill won council approval twice in 2007 but was vetoed by former Republican Mayor Phil Amicone both times.
Democratic Mayor Mike Spano's office signaled preliminary support for the new proposal Friday, saying the administration wants to hear public feedback. Council members are ironing out details of the bill in committee.
Supporters of the legislation held a press conference Friday outside a Costco in northern Yonkers, where advocates touted the wholesale store's $16 average hourly wage.
The minimum wage in New York state is $7.25 per hour, the same as the federal minimum wage.
"It is unacceptable to pay wages that are not enough to reach even the most basic level of self-sustainability," Yonkers Councilman Christopher Johnson said Friday.
The council proposal is modeled on a living-wage law in Philadelphia, Penn., that requires that city's contractors to pay their employees $10.88 an hour, or 150 percent of the federal minimum wage.
In Yonkers, the wage requirements would apply to city contractors and subcontractors with contracts worth more than $25,000 — as well as to employers receiving more than $150,000 in tax breaks or financial incentives from the city.
If approved, the Yonkers council bill would take effect Dec. 31. It would start off mandating an hourly wage of $12, plus $1.50 for health benefits if they aren't provided by the employer; the rate would rise to $15-an-hour by 2015.


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1. Jenji Kohan — creator of Weeds and Orange Is the New Black, the latter of which just released its fifth season on Netflix — has revealed that she had to get "terrorist insurance" for her building because she's developing a "teen Jesus" series. In a recent Hollywood Reporter roundtable interview, she said that the project in question is "like The Wonder Years, but with Jesus," and it "got some people nervous."
She was quick to point out, however, that religious viewers aren't the only ones that can get out of hand:
There's always crazies out there. I mean, I remember Shonda [Rhimes] telling me a story of people camping out outside her house when she killed McDreamy [on Grey's Anatomy]. Like, people get crazy because they live with– they bathe in these characters, and they take it personally. And, you know, you're always going to do something that someone doesn't like, and you don't know how crazy that someone is going to be. . . . There's all sorts of things where we cross lines and people get weird about it.
Kohan did not give any more details about her "teen Jesus" series — she did not clarify, for example, whether it's a modernized version of the Jesus story or set in the first century — but it bears mentioning that this is just one of a few young-Jesus shows that have been floated in recent years. Fox had Nazareth in development, and Lifetime had The One, while the History Channel briefly considered a series called The Lost Years. And of course, last year there was a theatrical film called The Young Messiah. Time will tell whether Kohan's series ends up getting made, like the film, or whether it languishes in development hell, like the other TV shows.
2. NBC has announced that it will be airing a live version of Jesus Christ Superstar next year on April 1. (That's Easter Sunday in the western churches, Palm Sunday in the eastern churches, and April Fool's Day no matter which church you belong to.) This would not be the first biblical entry in the recent wave of live-musical productions — Fox aired The Passion to so-so ratings last year — but it would be the first one based on an existing classic. Incidentally, what ever became of that Nativity musical that Mark Burnett and Roma Downey were developing for NBC?
3. CBS is going ahead with a full series order for The Year of Living Biblically, but they have changed the name of the show to By the Book. The series is based on the 2007 book by A.J. Jacobs, who tried to follow the Bible "as literally as possible" for one year. Presumably the series is aiming to last a little longer than that.
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Christmas Tree Tax 15 Cents, One of Christmas' most recognizable symbols apparently needs a PR campaign — and a new tax to pay for it. The Obama administration has imposed a 15-cent tax on Christmas trees in order to pay for a new board tasked with promoting the Christmas tree industry.
The new fee and board were announced in the Federal Register on Tuesday, to be effective Wednesday. According to the Agriculture Department announcement, the government will impose a 15-cent-per-tree charge on "producers and importers" of fresh Christmas trees, provided they sell or import more than 500 trees a year.
The change quickly drew opposition from Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who vowed to fight what he described as a "Grinch" move by the administration. "It is shocking that President Obama tried to sneak through this new tax on Christmas trees," Scalise said in a statement Wednesday.
The program and fee, though, were supported by some in the Christmas tree industry. The money is not meant to pay down the debt or fund any other program. The Agriculture Department-imposed tax is designed to go back into the new Christmas Tree Promotion Board.
The board, proposed earlier this year, is the culmination of a years-long effort by the fresh Christmas tree industry to promote itself, according to the background provided in the Federal Register. The industry has faced increasing competition from producers of artificial trees, but efforts to collect voluntary contributions for a fresh-tree marketing campaign have repeatedly run out of funding. So the government stepped in to mandate a fee to support the promotion board.
Heritage Foundation Vice President David Addington, who first reported on the rule on his blog Tuesday evening, said there are two problems with the new fee. First, he said it's likely the 15 percent fee will be passed on to consumers. Second, he said it's inappropriate for the government to be putting its "thumb on the scale," helping out the fresh-tree sellers and not the artificial-tree sellers.
"If it's one thing I think the free market could handle, it's letting people decide what kind of tree they want to buy for Christmas," Addington told FoxNews.com.
But Agriculture Department spokesman Michael T. Jarvis defended the program, saying it's along the lines of over 20 other promotional programs supported by the department, such as the "got milk" campaign.
"It's worked great for beef, pork, chicken, eggs," he added.
Jarvis also insisted the fee does not count as a tax, since the industry is effectively "assessing themselves."
"This one's not a tax," he said.
The industry itself further rejected the claim that the fee would be passed onto consumers. The National Christmas Tree Association said in a statement that the program "is not expected to have any impact on the final price consumers pay for their Christmas tree."
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Tuggeranong United coach Steve Forshaw has put his squad on notice after its comprehensive 4-1 loss to Canberra Olympic on Sunday.
It was United's fourth straight defeat, leaving a Canberra National Premier League campaign which promised the prospect of playing finals in danger of slipping away.
Olympic consolidated fourth spot on the table courtesy of a Mark Shields hat-trick and a goal from Daniel Barac in his second game back after a stint in the NSW Premier League and with the Western Sydney Wanderers National Youth League team.
The game was killed off in the opening 45 minutes before United salvaged a late consolation goal with 20 minutes to go.
United has conceded 15 goals in its past four defeats and Forshaw knows it must improve in all areas if it is to take anything out of the season.
"We have to have a serious look at ourselves and wonder if we want to be a Premier League team, because the performance today just wasn't acceptable,'' Forshaw said.
"In the second half there were some positives to take out of, which was encouraging.
''But if we're not going to be playing when the game's on the line and only playing when the game's all over, then we've got some serious problems.''
United will have to find some answers quickly, with its Football Federation Australia Cup round-32 match with South Hobart in Tasmania on August 5 fast approaching.
After an up-and-down start to the season, Olympic is finally starting to hit its stride.
Barac's addition to a three-pronged strike force alongside Shields and Callum Smith has given coach Frank Cachia plenty of enjoyable headaches.
"Our first half was outstanding and it was a continuation of how we've been training,'' Cachia said.
"We're starting to get a few boys back from injuries and other commitments. There's competition for spots and everyone is taking the next step up.''
The Cooma Tigers reinforced themselves as the form team of the competition, moving to the top of the table after beating the Monaro Panthers 5-2 at Nijong Oval.
The Tigers are on 27 points, with Canberra FC and Belconnen United equal second on 25, and Olympic on 19.
Canberra City is one point behind Woden Valley in trying to avoid the wooden spoon after a 1-0 victory against the FFA Centre of Excellence at Gungahlin Enclosed.
Sunday: Canberra Olympic 4 bt Tuggeranong United 1 at O'Connor Enclosed; Cooma Tigers 5 bt Monaro Panthers 2 at Nijong Oval; Canberra City 1 bt FFA COE 0 at Gungahlin Enclosed.


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this is amazing
So relaxing...
nice ... thehe, this Mountain looks somehow like the Matterhorn in the backside
This is very lovely! Beautiful work, you could do a wonderful story piece with this...well done
wow!great effect!
Amazing work!
I live in Switzerland and would actually like it if that was real XD
I live in Switzerland and would actually like it if that was real XD
Creepy in a certain way. I like it.
It's like a mix of Red riding Hood with .... snow! xD
It's like a mix of Red riding Hood with .... snow! xD
this is such an inspiring piece, I just adore the colors, and there's a mystery to this picture which is wonderful to see.
this is insanely awesome!!
your most welcome. it would great of you could put up some tutorials on how to create such awesomeness!!
Amazing! It looks traditional due to the brush strokes but you actually pulled it off in digital. You definatly know how to enhance a picture with textures, not to mention create a story from it.
Stuning Brush strokes...
superb work
That's an amaaaazing pic, I HAD to accept it in the Featured folder of our group! ^v^
Well done.
Stunning! It looks like a photo from the thumbnail.
thank you! i love working while keeping an eye on the thumbnail size. if it looks great small it probably looks good full size too
I really love the textures! And it looks so billowy and cold. Brrrrr.
Wow! well done!
I really like this. The little touches like the light on the red cloak, the footprints in the snow and the wonderfully loose brush work that makes the baron landscape make this a magical picture
thank you very much! the footsteps were a hint from a friend, and indeed they do enhance the story side. thanks!
That is beautiful stuff. The sharp contrasts and brushstrokes work to bring in so much movement, even when the poses are static! You can practically feel the light work.
Iorek & Serafina Pekalla?
Very wonderful Paintings !!!
My gawds this is so stunning. I absolutely love this. And of course the brush strokes as always <3 SICKBRUSH!
I can almost grasp the mountains.
I can almost grasp the mountains.


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