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VICTORIA -- Canada's 7.9 million house cats are the focus of intensifying public disquiet. There are those who loudly protest catastrophic predation by cats on wildlife and demand cat control. Others vociferously oppose any sort of cat constraint owing to their unique and iconic status that should exempt them from municipal oversight.
The controversy is pitting neighbour against neighbour.
At issue are the results of many studies confirming that more than two-thirds of house cats are permitted to prowl outdoors. Their hunting activities have been documented, confirming they destroy about 110 million songbirds each year in Canada and the United States, roughly 10 per cent of the total figure in Canada. But accumulating information suggests the actual mortality could be substantially higher still.
A 1987 study in the U.K. by Peter Churcher and John Lawton indicated on average, each house cat at large kills roughly four songbirds a year. That figure, which has since been substantiated, indicates the cat-caused songbird loss in Canada could be as high as 20 million a year.
Several regional and local studies indicate songbird mortality due to cat predation can be very high. Stanley Temple at the University of Wisconsin documented that house cats on the loose destroy 19 million songbirds annually in Wisconsin. Some newer estimates of the total North American songbird toll due to cat predation could top three billion annually.
According to the Humane Society of the United States, outdoor time is not a prerequisite of cat happiness.
Several studies have shown well-fed house cats are just as destructive of wildlife as are hungry cats. Research indicates this is because cats hunt largely for amusement. Neurological studies have confirmed hunting for food and hunting for sport are activities controlled in cats by different and independent parts of the feline brain.
Despite irrefutable evidence confirming the scope of wildlife mortality caused by cats on the prowl, there is widespread denial by cat-fanciers, according to evidence accumulated by the National Wildlife Federation.
Some cat owners claim they allow their cats outdoors to help rid the neighbourhood of mice. But studies suggest even if cats do reduce local mouse numbers, their hunting cuts the opportunity for local hawks and owls to catch and eat mice. Raptor nest density in areas regularly prowled by house cats is significantly lower than in areas where the birds do not have to compete with cats.
It is a common fallacy that belling house cats can prevent songbird predation. But domestic cats are not native to North America, and consequently, wild birds lack a natural fear of the animals. As well, decades of research has shown birds do not link the sound of a tinkling bell to pending danger.
In addition to their destruction of wildlife, cats are also under fire on account of their extraordinary reproductive rate. Some urban areas are overwhelmed with cats.
According to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, "cats can't add but they sure can multiply."
House cats, when allowed outdoors, regularly interbreed with local feral cats, and the resulting hybrid cat population preys on wild birds to the degree that up to two-thirds of their regular diet comprises songbirds.
Owing to the major impact cat predation can have on local songbird numbers, the matter of cat control has surfaced on the agendas of municipal authorities across Canada. Politicians are sensitive to the possibility of public furore over the notion of any kind of cat control. That is because cats have a special place in the hearts of cat owners to whom the concept of cat control is abhorrent. Since about 40 per cent of Canadian households have at least one cat, the scope of outrage could be very substantial.
Even so, several Canadian municipalities have taken bold steps in that direction.
In early April, Victoria, B.C., became the most recent municipality in which there have been suggestions by members of the public that cat licensing would be wise, owing to "the impact that cats can have on our environment."
In 2007, Calgary put in place mandatory cat licensing, and required that house cats be kept indoors or leashed when outside. Since then, 50,000 cats have been licensed and the number of euthanized strays has been cut in half.
Toronto's municipal code requires all house cats to be licensed -- there are 323,000 house cats in Toronto.
In Kingston, Ont., all cats more than 20 months of age must be registered. Recently, Hamilton pondered taking similar steps but backed off owing to anticipated public opposition.
Although Canada's wild birds are protected by federal and provincial legislation, there are no laws prohibiting cats from killing wild birds. Cat owners are off the hook if their felines kill wild birds because they can claim their pets were let outdoors to kill mice not birds.
There are close to 220 million house cats in the world. But very few politicians have ventured into the minefield of cat licensing, cat neutering or any other kind of cat constraint, even though dog control has a long history.
That is because, as the old adage points out, "you can own a dog... but your cat owns you."
Robert Alison is a zoologist and freelance writer based in Victoria, B.C.


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James Winston Watts (January 19, 1904 – November 15, 1994) was a neurosurgeon, born in Lynchburg, Virginia and a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Watts is noteworthy for his professional partnership with the neurologist and psychiatrist Walter Freeman. The two became advocates and prolific practitioners of psychosurgery, specifically the lobotomy.
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After completing medical school in 1928, Watts worked as a research fellow at Yale University before joining the faculty of the Department of Neurosurgery and Neurological Surgery at The George Washington University Hospital in 1935. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1969.
Watts was recruited into a medical partnership by his colleague Walter Freeman, who needed the collaboration of a trained surgeon in order to practice the leucotomy, a technique pioneered by the Portuguese neurologist António Egas Moniz. In the procedure developed by Moniz, the "white matter" in the frontal lobes was severed using a leucotome, an instrument Moniz designed specifically for the procedure. Freeman and Watts acquired several of the instruments and performed their first operation in 1936. They eventually modified the procedure to sever more of the white matter, and renamed it lobotomy in order to distinguish it from the earlier procedure developed by Moniz. Their technique soon became the standard form of the operation, and was known as the "Freeman-Watts Procedure".
Watts' colleague, however, was less conservative and sought other ways to access the frontal lobes of the brain without the complications associated with conventional brain surgery. Inspired by the work of the Italian psychiatrist Amarro Fiamberti, Freeman developed, without the knowledge or participation of Watts, a procedure for reaching the frontal lobes by inserting a probe under the eyelid and above the tear duct, then hammering it through the thin bone of the eye socket. The instrument was swished around, severing the white matter, and was then repeated on the other side. The whole operation took only minutes under local anesthesia. This new procedure became known as the transorbital lobotomy, also dubbed the "ice pick lobotomy" because the instrument used, an orbitoclast, was very similar to a common ice pick. The new procedure also signaled the end of the professional relationship between Freeman and Watts. After performing the new procedure by himself on ten patients, Freeman finally revealed to Watts what he had been doing. Watts, unlike Freeman, was a trained neurosurgeon and adamantly believed lobotomy should only be performed by a proper surgeon. He insisted that Freeman cease performing operations alone, but it was to no avail and Watts soon left the practice that he had jointly established with Freeman.
The 1950s saw the introduction of the first truly effective antipsychotic medications, notably Thorazine. This, combined with a growing discomfort among the medical profession and general public regarding lobotomy, led to a sharp decline in the use of the procedure. In the intervening years, the theoretical basis of lobotomy has been largely discredited.
Watts retired in 1969, but continued his association with The George Washington University Hospital until the late 1980s.
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Watts was born in 1904 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He had two children with wife Julia Harrison Watts. He died in 1994.
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- The GW and Foggy Bottom Historical Encyclopedia. Watts, James W.. The George Washington University. URL accessed on 2009-12-07.
- Kopell, Brian H., Machado, Andre G., Rezai, Ali R. Not Your Father's Lobotomy: Psychiatric Surgery Revisited. Congress of Neurological Surgeons. URL accessed on 2009-12-07.
- Jansson, Bengt. Controversial Psychosurgery Resulted in a Nobel Prize. Nobelprize.org. URL accessed on 2009-12-07.
- The Obituary Page. Science, 1994. URL accessed on 2009-12-07.
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Pregnancy is probably the most complex issue for women with epilepsy (WWE). One-half of 1% of all pregnancies occur in women with epilepsy. The pregnant WWE must balance the risks posed by seizures with the risks associated with antiepileptic drug (AED) exposure. Seizure frequency is increased in roughly one-third of women during pregnancy, but it remains the same in another third, and may actually decrease in another third.
A major concern is pregnancy complications. WWE whose seizures are poorly controlled have higher rates of toxemia, vaginal bleeding, premature labor, failure to progress in delivery, and cesarean section. The infants have higher death rates, decreased fetal growth and health, and a higher risk of intrauterine growth retardation. Well-treated patients, however, mostly have typical pregnancies and deliveries. Therefore, planning ahead for pregnancy with your health-care provider and keeping your seizures as well-controlled as possible with the proper medication are both extremely important.
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Captain John's Journey (Part 1)Logic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
Captain John is the captain of a pirate ship called the "Wasp". He just heard about a lost treasure on a far away island. He needs to get his two crew mates, and lead them to a ship, but there are guards around and he needs to do this without passing them, or they will throw him in the brig. Can you help him get his two crew mates to the ship without getting sent to the brig?
The positions of everything are in a 3-by-3 grid (1 John, 1 ship, 2 crew mates, 2 guards, and 3 grass areas). John may only move 1 space at a time, either vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. He can only go to each space once.
But before he can figure out the right way to go, he must figure out where everything is. This is what he knew:
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4. Both guards are vertically next to grass.
5. The ship is in the same row as one guard, and the same column as the other guard.
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During the alumni dinner and awards banquet November 4 at the Houstonian, Will Robertson '05 will accept the alumni service award for his significant, sustained and voluntary contributions to the Jones Graduate School of Business. He currently co-chairs the Jones Fund capital campaign as well as acts as an advisory council member on the Council of Overseers' Energy Committee.
Will's nomination was driven by the following standards, service and qualities:
"Will has been an exceptional contributor to the Jones School since his graduation, both as an individual and on behalf of his corporation, Quintana Minerals. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to recognize his hard work, dedication and enthusiasm," said Joy Brown Kirst, director of alumni and corporate relations.
Will is the Managing Member of Quintana Infrastructure & Development LLC, Great Northern Midstream LLC and Keen Endeavors, LLC; President of Quintana Minerals Corporation; and serves as a director on the boards of Quintana Capital Group GP, Ltd., Genesis Energy, L.P., Richland-Stryker Investment LLC, Chase Power Development LLC, Consolidated Oil Well Services, LLC, MWD Services, LLC, and International Petroleum Equipment LLC.
Previously, he was an associate with The CapStreet Group LLC and an analyst in the energy & power investment banking division of Merrill Lynch & Co. Philanthropically, he serves The Henderson-Wessendorff Foundation as a board member, the Greater Houston Community Foundation as an Advisory Council member as well as his service to the Jones School.
He earned a B.A. in Plan II and a B.B.A. in Business Honors and Finance at The University of Texas at Austin along with his MBA from Rice University.
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I was 30 years old before it occurred to me that butterscotch pudding is something that can be made from scratch. It saddens me to think back on all the years I wasted on pudding from a box. I could have been enjoying cool, creamy butterscotch goodness in its purest form; flavored with caramelized brown sugar and butter. I won't let anybody else make the same mistake.
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Coulter called white NY Times media critic an "Uncle Tom"; attacked liberals and Democrats as "racist" for criticizing black conservatives
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In her December 9 nationally syndicated column, titled "The new and improved racism," and as a guest on the December 8 edition of FOX News' The O'Reilly Factor, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter continued to accuse liberal and Democratic journalists and politicians of racism for criticizing black conservatives. Coulter also attacked "black liberals," specifically New York Times op-ed columnist Bob Herbert and Times media critic Caryn James, for "launching racist attacks on black conservatives." James, however, is white.
Citing criticisms of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas by the late Washington Post columnist Mary McGrory and former National Prison Project executive director Alvin J. Bronstein, Coulter wrote the following in her December 9 column:
The late Mary McGrory, a white liberal, called [Justice Antonin] Scalia "a brilliant and compelling extremist" -- as opposed to McGrory herself, a garden-variety extremist of average intelligence. But Thomas she dismissed as "Scalia's puppet," quoting another white liberal, Alvin J. Bronstein of the American Civil Liberties Union, to make the point. This is the kind of rhetoric liberals are reduced to when they just can't bring themselves to use the N-word.
She also joined other conservative pundits who have accused Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) of racism for criticizing Justice Thomas on NBC's Meet the Press:
Most recently -- at least as we go to press -- last Sunday Harry Reid, the Democratic leader in the Senate, had this to say about Justice Clarence Thomas: "I think that he has been an embarrassment to the Supreme Court. I think that his opinions are poorly written." You'd think Thomas' opinions were written in ebonics.
Coulter also specifically attacked New York Times "black liberals" Herbert and James for "launching racist attacks on black conservatives." Even though James is not black, Coulter still noted that of the "liberals launching racist attacks on black conservatives" that she quoted in her column, "only two are themselves black: the two who write for the New York Times"; Herbert and James are the only Times writers Coulter cited.
From Coulter's December 9 column:
Columnist Bob Herbert sneered of [national security adviser Condoleezza] Rice's nomination [as secretary of state] in the New York Times: "Competence has never been highly regarded by the fantasists of the George W. Bush administration."
In "America (The Book)," by Jon Stewart and the writers of Comedy Central's "Daily Show," the section on the judiciary describes how to make a sock puppet of Clarence Thomas and then says, "Ta-da! You're Antonin Scalia!" On grounds of originality alone, Mr. Stewart, I want my money back.
But reviewing the book in the New York Times, Caryn James called the sock puppet joke one of the book's "gems of pointed political humor."
Curiously, of all the liberals launching racist attacks on black conservatives I've quoted above, only two are themselves black: the two who write for the New York Times [Herbert and James]. So I guess there are still a couple of blacks taking orders from the Democrats. Isn't there an expression for that? I think it begins with "Uncle" and ends with "Tom."
Coulter made similar comments about Democrats and liberals and racism on FOX News' The O'Reilly Factor on December 8:
COULTER: They [liberals] feel like they have blacks on the plantation, they can say whatever they like. And, interestingly, you don't even hear Hispanic conservatives attacked in the same way that people like Condoleezza Rice and Clarence Thomas are, and -- and, I mean, just look at it. Look at what the Democrats' minority leader in the Senate said this weekend. He praises Scalia as "Oh, he's one smart guy, and his opinions, can't dispute the logic, though I disagree with them," and then he says of Clarence Thomas "He's an embarrassment. His opinions -- they're just poorly written."
O'REILLY: Isn't it loathsome, though, to use bias attacks to try to demean people with whom you disagree with politically? That's just loathsome, isn't it?
COULTER: Yes, although I will note -- I mean, I haven't particularly gone after the political cartoons. I think political cartoons are different. What I'm saying is that the serious thinkers, the political consultants, the people -- the pundits on TV, their attacks -- and the Democratic senators and representatives -- their attacks on black conservatives are instantly to revert to the most old-fashioned racist attacks. "Oh, yes, dummy." "Black chick. She's a dummy."
O'REILLY: But silence on the left is very, very telling because if they -- if you called a liberal black person dumb, you know all hell would break loose.
COULTER: I think we could use a little more silence from the left. To the contrary. I think they're in rage over the election, and they're lashing out at the blacks.
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California Supreme Court Fails to Overturn Proposition 8
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As the groundwork for a new ballot initiative to restore the freedom to marry in California and overturn Proposition 8 begins, rallies and opportunities for people to voice their disapproval of this decision and get involved with efforts to overturn this discrimination will take place across the state of California and the entire country over the next week. Learn more here
Maine Becomes Fifth State to End Gay Couples' Exclusion from Marriage
Postedon May 11, 2009 at 09:31 am
- New Hampshire will send a House and Senate-approved bill to end the exclusion of gay couples from marriage to the Governor's desk soon.
- New York's Assembly passed a marriage equality bill and now it awaits Senate action.
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Postedon May 04, 2009 at 09:34 am
Which state will have the freedom to marry next—New Hampshire, Maine or New York?
- New Hampshire will send a House and Senate-approved bill to end the exclusion of gay couples from marriage to the Governor's desk this week for signature.
- Maine's House is expected to vote on a Senate-approved marriage equality bill early this week.
- New York's Assembly passed a marriage equality bill out of committee and a full Assembly vote is expected soon.
Marriages Begin and Ad Released in Iowa, Advances in Other States
Postedon Apr 27, 2009 at 09:31 am
One Iowa, the leading LGBT advocacy organization in Iowa, released an ad last week as part of a broad public education plan to protect the freedom to marry from those who would strip these freedoms from the Constitution. The ad, "This Place" features Iowa scenes and Iowa families, and speaks to the traditional Iowa values of freedom and fairness. View the ad online here and help to keep it on the air!
Over the last few weeks, we've also seen advances in New Hampshire, Maine, andNew York.
Freedom to Marry Launches Voices for Equality Program
Postedon Apr 20, 2009 at 11:18 am
Our first 50 Voices for Equality, including Steve Schmidt, are already profiled here, but everyone can help spotlight the next 50. Beginning April 20, 2009, nominations will be accepted to build the roster of Voices for Equality. Make sure your hero is among that group by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com today.
YouTube Video Contest Winners Announced
Postedon Apr 20, 2009 at 11:14 am
- Liz Turner took first place with a video entitled, "Left Alone" which addresses the pain and discrimination experienced by gay couples who are denied the freedom to marry, and
- Orange County Equality Coalition took second place with a video entitled, "Marriage Matters" which brings together a diverse group of voices pressing the urgency of marriage equality.
Thank you to all those who participated and spoke out about why ending the exclusion of gay couples from marriage matters.
Watch all the excellent, moving submitted videos on YouTube.
Equality Supporters Push Back Against Attack Ads
Postedon Apr 13, 2009 at 09:50 am
People who believe in equality are pushing back against these attacks across the country. The Human Rights Campaign responded, uncovering the lies and scare tactics NOM uses in their ads, and Evan Wolfson addressed these fear-mongering ads on CNN and Huffington Post.
Vermont Ends Gay Couples' Exclusion from Marriage
Postedon Apr 07, 2009 at 09:20 am
Following Iowa which had their Supreme Court rule to uphold the freedom to marry last Friday, Vermont becomes the fourth state to end the exclusion of gay couples from marriage.
Iowa Ends Gay Couples' Exclusion From Marriage
Postedon Apr 03, 2009 at 08:36 am
The Iowa Supreme Court today handed down a unanimous decision in Varnum v. Brien in favor of the freedom to marry, bringing marriage equality to America's heartland.
Iowa now joins Massachusetts and Connecticut in ending the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage.
Following the decision, Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal and Iowa House Speaker Pat Murphy released a joint statement which celebrated the ruling:
"Thanks to today's decision, Iowa continues to be a leader in guaranteeing all of our citizens' equal rights…When all is said and done, we believe the only lasting question about today's events will be why it took us so long. It is a tough question to answer because treating everyone fairly is really a matter of Iowa common sense and Iowa common decency."
Young Advocate in Vermont Gives Powerful Testimony in Support of Marriage Equality
Postedon Mar 27, 2009 at 02:30 pm
Vermont Outright youth & Board Representative James Neiley gave testimony in front of the state Senate Judiciary Committee in support of marriage equality in Vermont. James delivered one hundred letters of support from classmates and spoke about the importance of the dignity and respect that come with marriage, and how denying marriage for gay couples fuels the hate speech and homophobia he faces in school: "When I know the best thing I can do in most states is get a civil union, how am I supposed to feel accepted? How am I supposed to overcome the ripping, nagging feeling that I am inferior?"
The Vermont Senate voted in support of marriage equality, and now the House is holding hearings on the bill, but Vermont's Governor Douglas says he plans to veto civil rights.


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Our season-long garden party Summer Fest 2012 welcomes food and garden bloggers to feature garden-to-table recipes and tips. We'll feature favorite garden-to-table recipes and tips to help you enjoy the bounty, whether you're harvesting your own goodies or buying them fresh from the market. Fresh this week: peppers.
Sweet bell peppers come in a variety of colors, making for an easy-on-the-eyes summer dinner. They'll stand up to grilling and baking, making them a great vehicle for meats, rice, cheese or all of these combined. Hollow out a pepper before stuffing it to the brim with these delicious recipes.
1. Greek-Style Stuffed Peppers (pictured above)
Go Greek with Ellie Krieger and make her 5-star Greek-Style Stuffed Peppers that combine beef, spinach, zucchini, onion, bulghur, egg and oregano before being baked and topped with a healthy sprinkle of feta cheese.
2. Bell Peppers Stuffed with Rice in Tomato Sauce
This recipe for stuffed peppers makes a great option for vegetarians but can also be modified for carnivores. Use short-grain or "round" rice, which is soft and sticks together when cooked.
3. Spanish Stuffed Bell Peppers
Fill these colorful Spanish Stuffed Bell Peppers with ground veal, rice and peas before topping with breadcrumbs. Serve with a refreshing sprinkle of lemon juice or lemon wedges.
Laura Calder skips rice entirely for her Stuffed Peppers choosing instead to cover each pepper with tapenade and basil and then top with a ripe tomato.
If you can find small sweet peppers at the market, also known as Greek florinis, use them to make a cheese-filled appetizer. These Stuffed Peppers only require four ingredients: peppers, feta, olive oil and oregano. Cook them until they are slightly browned and the feta begins to ooze out of the pepper.
More Pepper Recipes From Family & Friends
Jeanette's Healthy Living: Stuffed Peppers With Quinoa Grilled Vegetables and Pesto Sauce
Cooking With Elise: Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
What's Gaby Cooking: Oven-Roasted Peppers With Herbed Breadcrumbs
And Love It Too: Roasted Red Pepper Paleo Hummus
Feed Me Phoebe: Grilled Flank Steak With Gazpacho Sauce
Big Girls Small Kitchen: Seared Pepper Tacos With Pintos and Avocado Crema
Delicious Lean: Peppery Kung Pao
Daily*Dishin: Shrimp and Chorizo With Red Pepper Chermoula Sauce
Napa Farmhouse 1885: Spicy Roasted Red Pepper Dip With Baked Corn Tortillas
Thursday Night Dinner: Black Bean and Sweet Pepper Salad
HGTV Gardens: Garden to Table: Peppers
Sweet Life Bake: Rajas de Poblano con Elote y Crema
Dishin & Dishes: Bacon, Onion and Green Chile "Jam"
Healthy Eats: Peppers for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
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Mardin Kanal 47-July 28, 2008
Adnan Oktar: Nothing will happen to Turkey. TURKEY WILL BE THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE BALKANS, THE ISLAMIC WORLD AND THE TURKIC WORLD. IT WILL BE THE LEADING COUNTRY. The Turkish-Islamic Union will be founded. Turkey will be the leader of the Turkish-Islamic Union.
Azerbaijan Gazete 525-August 27, 2008
Adnan Oktar: Turkey is truly a model country for the Islamic world. It has an excellent understanding and excellent application of Turkish nationalism, has an excellent understanding and application of Islam and also has assimilated laicism in a very good way. All Islamic countries accept that our country best applies and lives by Islam. In other words, Turkey is scrupulous when it comes to cleanliness, true understanding, true application and true taqwa [fear and respect of Allah]. This may be the influence of Ottoman scholars as it is a legacy from Ottoman times. Allah gives rise to this excellence, for which reason I THINK THAT TURKEY IS THE COUNTRY BEST SUITED TO LEADERSHIP OF THE TURKISH-ISLAMIC WORLD.
Azerbaijan Halk Gazetesi- October 6, 2008
Adnan Oktar: If one were to ask the peoples of the Caucasus, under which country's flag and leadership do you wish to unite? They will say they like Turkey very much. THEY WILL SAY THEY WANT the Turkish state to be their elder brother, their guide, to unite, as separate nation states, with each state free and independent in domestic terms, but WITH TURKEY AS ELDER BROTHER AND SPIRITUAL LEADER.


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MTV to Air TEEN MOM 2 Marathon; Premiere Season 3, 11/12
Leading up to season three premiere of MTV's ground breaking series TEEN MOM 2 with Chelsea, Jenelle, Kailyn and Leah on Monday, November 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, the network will air back-to-back episodes from the second season beginning at 12 a.m. ET/PT, along with sneak peeks from the new season. Additionally, MTV will air three special "Teen Mom 2" after shows hosted by Suchin Pak where cast members dish on the episode's biggest moments on Tuesday, November 27 and Tuesday, December 3 at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT before new episodes of MTV's new scripted series, "Underemployed," and on December 24 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT. Online at MTV.com, Maci Bookout will keep the conversation with Chelsea, Jenelle, Kailyn and Leah going as the host of a series of after shows debuting on Mondays after each new episode.
The third season of "Teen Mom 2" goes beyond tabloid headlines and inside the emotional journeys of four young mothers as they face some of their biggest challenges yet, as their children enter into their "terrible twos." In the premiere episode, Leah struggles with her pending divorce from Corey and they head to mediation to discuss custody of their girls. Chelsea begins to take her relationship with Adam to the next level and works on getting her GED. Jenelle tries to stay clean on probation, and finally ends things with Kieffer. Meanwhile, Kailyn realizes she wants to get back together with Jo.
"Teen Mom 2" returns to air as teen pregnancy and teen birth rates in the U.S. are at historic lows, following impressive declines in recent years. Between 2007 and 2011, the teen birth rate in the U.S. declined 25 percent. Despite this decline, more than 700,000 teenage girls in the U.S. still become pregnant each year and one out of every ten children in the U.S. is born to a teenage mother. The vast majority of these pregnancies are unintended, and one quarter of all teen moms have a second child within two years. In a recent poll by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, 77 percent of teens age 12-19 that have seen "16 and Pregnant" and "Teen Mom" say the shows "help teens better understand the challenges of pregnancy and parenting."
More information about sexual health issues affecting young people, including unintended pregnancy, is available at www.itsyoursexlife.com, a public information resource developed by MTV and the Kaiser Family Foundation. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy is working with the show to provide additional information.
Viewers can also go to MTV.com or to the "Teen Mom 2" Facebook page for sneak peeks of the show including bonus/extended scenes and exclusive interviews with the moms.
Since its launch in 2009, "Teen Mom" has captivated millions of viewers with its honest depiction of the lives of teen moms. Season two of "Teen Mom 2," ranked as Tuesday's #1 original cable series. The "Teen Mom" franchise consistently ranks as one of the most-watched cable series among P12-34, with last season of "Teen Mom 2" ranking as the #3 cable series of the year. On average, the season garnered a 3.2 P12-34 rating and 3.5 million total viewers per episode. When looking at Live+3, the average rating increased to a 4.0 P12-34 rating, and drew in 4.4 million total viewers.
"Teen Mom 2" is Executive Produced by Morgan J Freeman and Dia Sokol Savage. Lauren Dolgen is Executive Producer. Kendra MacLeod is Co-Executive Producer. Andy Portnoy and Janay Dutton are MTV Executives in Charge of Production. Lauren Dolgen, Jessica Zalkind and Sara Cohen are Executives for MTV. Concept by Lauren Dolgen.
Executive Producer Morgan J. Freeman is the founding partner of 11th Street Productions. Aside from showrunning MTV's "16 and Pregnant" and "Teen Mom" franchise, Freeman made a name for himself as the Sundance award-winning writer/director of "Hurricane Streets," a film centered on the trials and tribulations of teenage lifE. Freeman's other film work include Kate Hudson and Casey Affleck's "Desert Blue," the thrillers "American Psycho 2" and "Homecoming," and "Just Like The Son" which stars Mark Webber and Rosie Perez.
* Source: Nielsen. Live+SD, unless noted. Ranked on 000s. Dates: 9/26/11-9/30/11.
About The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy:
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization that seeks to improve the lives and future prospects of children and families. Our specific strategy is to prevent teen pregnancy and unplanned pregnancy so that a higher proportion of babies are born into wanted and welcoming circumstances. The National Campaign supports a combination of responsible behavior by men and women and responsible policies in the public and private sectors. Find out more at www.thenationalcampaign.org or www.stayteen.org.
About MTV:
MTV is the world's premier youth entertainment brand. With a global reach of more than a half-billion households, MTV is the cultural home of the millennial generation, music fans and artists, and a pioneer in creating innovative programming for young people. MTV reflects and creates pop culture with its Emmy®, Grammy® and Peabody® award-winning content built around compelling storytelling, music discovery and activism across TV, online and mobile. MTV's sibling networks MTV2 and mtvU each deliver unparalleled customized content for young males, music fans and college students, and its online hub MTV.com is a leading destination for music, news and pop culture. MTV, a unit of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.


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Ethics and museum professionals' exemplary practices are essential for ICOM.
ICOM Code of Ethics for museums was adopted in 1986 and revised in 2004. It establishes the values and principles shared by ICOM and the international museum community. It is a reference tool translated to 38 languages and it sets minimum standards of professional practice and performance for museums and their staff.
By joining ICOM, each member commits to respect this code.
The ICOM Standing Committees are approached by the Executive Board to make studies and reports about the essential aspects of ICOM. They are part of ICOM and they propose areas of thoughts about the life and the organisation of the structure.
The ICOM Working Groups work on ICOM-specific themes and to a larger extent on subjects that are important for the global museum community.
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Man fatally shot after threatening officer with ax
Published: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 1:46 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 1:46 p.m.
ST. PETERSBURG — A man is dead after threatening a police officer with an ax.
The officers were responding to a call about a man carrying an ax and making threats near downtown St. Petersburg on Monday evening.
As the first officer approached, he saw a group of four to six people running in fear. Then the officer saw the suspect rounding the corner, holding a large ax. The officer says the man was making unintelligible statements. The man ran at a fast pace toward the officer, who drew his firearm and yelled for the man to stop and drop the ax.
When the man was about seven feet away, the officer fired multiple times. The 27-year-old man was pronounced dead by paramedics. Investigators identified him on Tuesday as Kenneth Robert Sprankle.
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First Annual Larimer County
Community Report
The 2013 Larimer County Community Report summarizes how you benefit, directly and indirectly, from the services Larimer County provides as well as how Larimer County gets the most out of available revenues through innovation and efficiencies.
The report showcases the diversity of services we provide to the 300,000+ residents of our community. After viewing the report, check out the accompanying video segments. They provide additional insight into services, the Larimer County budget, and how that budget is utilized.
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Larimer County provides services that support the entire justice system – patrol, arrest, investigation, prosecution, sentencing, and incarceration – for all 2,640 square miles of the County. Larimer County also provides timely disaster response and recovery, most recently for the 2012 High Park Fire and 2013 Colorado Flood.
Jail Population
2006 Jail population: 513
2006 County population: 281,215
2012 Jail population: 453
2012 County population: 310,487
Community Resources, Infrastructure,
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In 2012, Larimer County saw 30,000 boaters visit Horsetooth Reservoir, recycled over 961 tons of material, and maintained over 900 miles of County roads. Other services include The Ranch, building inspection, community planning and development, engineering, and management of Larimer County's parks and open spaces.
Landfill Capacity and Recycling
Recycling keeps waste out of the landfill thereby increasing its useful life and delaying the expense of building a new facility.
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In addition to recording public records, registering motor vehicles, and providing marriage licenses, Larimer County was the first county in the state to implement the vote center model for convenient elections.
In Larimer County, there is no wrong place to vote!
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Marriage licenses in 2012 – 2,856
Vehicle registrations in 2012 – 324,029
Properties assessed in 2012 – 150,629
Human and Economic Services
In 2012, Larimer County assisted 18,039 job seekers, completed 1,844 restaurant inspections, and ranked first or second in most state-wide child welfare performance goals. Larimer County also helps protect residents from contagious diseases and monitors air and water quality.
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text: Reports are that Disney is really hard up for programming. So much so that they are resurrecting Boy meets world and want to make a sequel called Girl Meets World. The good news is that Disney wants the show to star Danielle Fishel and Ben Savage, who are reportedly being asked if they would be interested. Umm, considering they probably have been camped out looking for work and hoping to get such a break I don't think much convincing will be necessary. You could probably offer them a couple of bucks and a ride to work and they would be all over it. The show would focus on the couple's pre-teen daughter and essentially use the same scripts that were used ten years ago and just change the gender and maybe update the laugh track. Easy peasy lemon squeezy and you have yourself a show. Next on the list is a sequel to Lost called Found.


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Born in her grandmother's house in a village in the eastern tip of Czechoslovakia, Helene was the oldest child of religious Jewish parents. Her father had been an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army and had met and married her mother in Yasinya during World War I. When Helene was a young child, her parents emigrated to Paris, where they made their home.
1933-39: I'm glad that my parents moved to Paris. Life here is more comfortable and more exciting than in Yasinya. My mother speaks broken French, but my younger sister and brother and I speak French fluently because we've grown up here. In my high school we also learn German. The French history lessons make me think that the French won't let themselves to be pushed around by Hitler, and so we'll be safe from the Nazis.
1940-44: I've been deported to the Ravensbrueck concentration camp for women. After Germany defeated France in 1940, I managed to avoid the deportations of 1942 by hiding my Jewish identity with false papers. With my new identity and my high-school German I got an office job with the German military stationed in the town of Alencon. I also began collaborating with the French resistance, but was denounced for this by an informant in 1944. Now I'm a political prisoner--the Germans still don't know I'm Jewish.
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>General Running>Treadmill "hills"
I've got a fever...
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
12 Monkeys
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
According to the original Bruce protocol, the patient walks on an uphill treadmill in a graded exercise test with electrodes on the chest to monitor the EKG. Every 3 minutes, the speed and incline of the treadmill are increased. There are 7 such stages and only very fit athletes can complete all 7 stages.
Jeff, you were asking about VO2 max in a different thread. You can calculate your VO2 max from a Bruce protocol as well using the link I posted above. How does that estimate correlate with the ones from this site?
Do you remember how many minutes you went before they stopped?
what's Swedish for "hill play", I wonder?
hill play = kulleleka (?)
hillside run = backslutning lopp (?)
You'll ruin your knees!
""...the truth that someday, you will go for your last run. But not today—today you got to run." - Matt Crownover (after Western States)
Wasatch Speedgoat
Did this last night ... made an otherwise fairly easy run really TOUGH!!
Anyone else do "hills" on the treadmill, and have workouts you'd like to share??</snip>
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- Spent part of the afternoon working on my latest video. I did some planning for it yesterday too... stocking stuffers!!! I'm so excited.
- I covered a story at a community Thanksgiving dinner today. 120 volunteers help put it on! So many sweet people.
- I plan to start getting out the Christmas decorations tomorrow after work!
- Turns out, it's not the tryptophan in turkey making you tired (you'd have to eat the whole turkey yourself to feel the effects!), it's all the Thanksgiving dinner carbs!
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Nails of the Day: Peachy!
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Like it! So cute!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh I love that color.ReplyDelete
I know you have so many people who leave you comments, emails, Tweets, and messages so I am not even sure if you will see this. But I posted on the Beauty Broadcast FB page a great nail polish I would love to see a review/demonstration on. It is called Nails Inc. London Magnetic Nail Polish. Its such an interesting concept. I believe it is sold at Sephora. The colors it comes in is a purple, teal, and a silver chrome shade. I put it on my Christmas list. :)ReplyDelete
I was going to buy that color the other day but decided against it because I knew I wouldn't start wearing it until Spring. Then I thought about my collection at home and I know that I'm slowly but surely gravitating towards more traditional "Fall/Autumn" colors over my bright and bold Summer colors. Maybe I'll pick up this shade early next year ;)ReplyDelete
I wear whatever polish colour I am feeling at the moment. I don't worry too much about time of year. I do like to wear a lot of red, green, gold and glitter over the Christmas holiday. :DReplyDelete
I like the shade, for me it will be nice for Easter. As for seasonal shades, I do try to go with seasonal shades but also nudes year around.ReplyDelete
I do use some of the more fall type colors but I am definitely a slave to my whims when it comes to my nails. So I basically gravitate towards shades I'm feeling like.ReplyDelete
I love Essie and this colour is so pretty! I hope I can find it somewhere! I spent the evening at my sister's house with my nephews showing me their Ipad's and Androids and sure enough, they were playing Angry Birds! lolReplyDelete
love this colour, its so pretty xxReplyDelete
I'm drawn to pale colours from Essie too...I def prefer more subtle colours for daily wear, be it fall or not...ReplyDelete
Can't wait for your next video!ReplyDelete
Your nails look pretty in peach.ReplyDelete
I have never played Angry Birds. Perhaps I should, huh? Seems like the entire world is onto that game.
I usually always stick with darker colors in the winter, because I find with the lighter colors, my hands always look SO PALE. LOL :) They get a little washed out.ReplyDelete
Hi Emily I dont know if you read these but today is black friday and on QVC the Clarisonic Mia is the TSV. It is always 100.00 to 125.00 dollars and no one I know or myself can afford that so I looked it up cause I am obsessed with this product and want one and I found the Neutrogena Wave Sonic and the Clean and Clear Surge. Could you do a versus review of these two products. I think it would be a good " product for less " review. Thanks so much for what you do. When i was depressed from being unemployed I turned to youtube as an insomniac and my first smile in months came from watching you.ReplyDelete
- ChelsieNovember 25, 2011 at 9:47 PM
Such a pretty color, but I'm afraid to try it. Any Essie polish I've ever had were very streaky even after a few coatsReplyDelete
you've inspired my friends anf i to make a blog. Check it out :)))ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 27, 2011 at 10:29 AM
Nice color :) You've actually inspired me to start doing my nails. I am changing colors every two days. It's not as hard as I thought it was. :D I am currently using metallic colors (ex. Reds, Dark Gray, Gold).ReplyDelete
Ooohh i love that color! You should try Seche Vite. It's a fast dry top coat and you actually apply it while your polish is still wet. it's AMAZING i can't live without it! polish is dry in no time!!!! ;)ReplyDelete
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Malawi, Africa 2011
Healthcare and Culture: An International Field Experience
Last May, seven HSHP students traveled to the "Warm Heart of Africa" to volunteer in community based orphan feeding centers, mobile medical clinics and a rural hospital as part of a two- credit study abroad course. Malawi, Africa is located in the sub-Saharan Africa, east of Zambia. Malawi ranks among the world's least developed countries. "Seeing poverty face to face helped the students to realize their potential to alleviate suffering," said trip leader Mary Taylor RN.
American donors gave generously and the students took these supplies as their second piece of luggage. They brought Malaria and HIV lab tests, medical supplies, toothbrushes and a laptop computer. They also helped to purchase much needed medicines to treat the malaria-ridden clinics.
Kelsey Johnston '13, reflected on her experience: "In just two weeks, the people and country of Malawi have managed to change a part of me … I am inspired to strive towards their caring, trusting, welcoming, and loving way of life."
For the past three years, a group of IC students have been able to further their education with a view towards playing a vital role for future generations in the global community. Another trip is planned for May 22 – June 5, 2012.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 20/5/2011 (2285 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It's easy to point fingers when it comes to finding blame for the 2011 floods. But for the most part, it's not a very productive exercise.
What are we going to do? Pass a law banning the kind of precipitation that has filled lakes, aquifers and soils to overflowing? Or shake our fists at our ancestors, who made the fateful decision to settle on what was once a lake bottom? We can debate till the cows come home whether this is just a wet cycle or the climate is really changing.
We can always blame the government. But quite frankly, when you have walls of water coming at you from several directions like Manitoba faced this spring, there are no right or wrong answers, just a whole bunch of difficult choices.
The only factor in Manitoba's predicament this year that's up for negotiation is whether we need to have all that water coming at us at the same time.
There is ample research to suggest land and water management practices, while not the sole cause, are a contributing factor to the scale of flooding that is occurring with increasing frequency in Manitoba.
Up to 70 per cent of the wetlands across Western Canada have been lost or degraded as generation after generation of farmers has responded to economic pressure to squeeze every last acre into annual crop production.
Aside from providing wildlife habitat, those sloughs and potholes stored water. The more water left the wetlands, the more effort went into "improving" drainage. When we're all trying to flush at the same time, there are obvious repercussions for the system.
A case study by Ducks Unlimited on the Broughton Creek watershed in western Manitoba concluded drainage over nearly four decades increased the peak flows from the watershed by 37 per cent and the steam's total flow by 62 per cent. The phosphorus in the runoff water increased by 32 per cent and nitrogen by 57 per cent.
Research sponsored by the Red River Basin Commission suggests a million acre-feet of temporary storage at a cost of about $1 billion would reduce peak flows on the Red River by 20 per cent -- enough to spare Fargo the cost of a Winnipeg-style floodway. What would a 20 per cent reduction in peak flows have accomplished in Manitoba this spring?
Small dams on the South Tobacco Creek watershed near Miami are credited with reducing peak flows off the Manitoba Escarpment after a major rainfall by as much as 90 per cent.
In North Dakota, researchers back in 2002 studied the "waffle" concept that's currently been implemented as an emergency measure in Manitoba and concluded it's a feasible flood-mitigation strategy.
Research also tells us the biggest flush of the nutrients polluting this province's lakes occurs during flood events.
This isn't about blaming farmers for draining wetlands. Nor is it about commandeering farmland as an emergency reservoir in a last-ditch gamble to avoid more catastrophic losses elsewhere.
This is about seizing an opportunity to befriend our water enemy, while gaining ground on three priority issues -- flood mitigation, cleaning up Lake Winnipeg and economic development.
"We are definitely world-class with flood-fighting activity. Now I think the opportunity is there for us to show the same kind of leadership where we combine the role of flood planning and mitigation with harvesting co-benefits," says Hank Venema, who heads up the Water Innovation Centre at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
If farmers were paid to store spring runoff as part of a long-term strategy, the acres devoted to that use might not produce annual crops, but they could still produce something -- like perennial biomass.
Perennial crops, ranging from grasses to cattails, make use of nutrients that are otherwise dumped into our lakes. Scientists studying Netley Marsh at the south end of Lake Winnipeg found by harvesting cattails in the fall they could reduce phosphorus released into the lake by up to 60 per cent.
What do you do with cattails? For a start, you pellet them and use them as heating source, which displaces coal with a renewable, more environmentally friendly resource. Plus, 88 per cent of the phosphorus can be recovered from the ash and returned to the land where it is needed as fertilizer.
Flood mitigation has cost Manitoba a billion dollars over the past 10 years. The economic spinoffs from this approach could put money back into the economy instead of draining it on more sandbags, soldiers, diversions and dikes.
"It's a different way of thinking about land usage," Venema says.
But it's a concept flood-weary Manitobans might be ready to entertain.
Laura Rance is editor of the Manitoba Co-operator. She can be reached at 792-4382 or by email: email@example.com.


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Estimates Show That Few Counties Had Population Growth
New U.S. Census Bureau estimates indicate that less than a quarter of Ohio's 88 counties have had population increases since the 2010 census.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports demographic and economic analysts say those estimates indicate a longtime trend of domestic migration shifting population from the Midwest and Northeast to the South and West doesn't appear to be changing.
The newspaper says the estimates show some counties with increases have been helped by factors including an influx of immigrants and having more births than deaths.
The estimates show 56 percent of the immigrants to Ohio between 2010 and 2012 live in Cuyahoga, Franklin and Hamilton counties.
The newspaper reports projections show immigrants and their American-born children account for most of the current U.S. population growth.


text: tom_mai78101 693 Report post Posted April 10, 2013 My game revolves around the premises of the number, 78101. You, a protagonist, start off wearing tattered clothes, sitting in a dark room. Next to you lies a book with the title, "78101". When you open the book, you see the author's name, Tom Mai. The book itself is some sort of a diary. It tells of a man who, due to an incident, accidentally killed his family. Being driven to insanity, he desperately tries to find his way out of misery by trying to forget his past, but his past starts haunting him. The last page in the written diary is a form of instructions telling you to find a way out of this building. The game itself is more akin to Escape the Room flash games. Except the room itself is the entire building. Clues hidden throughout the building can all be solved with just the hint, "78101". It can mean almost anything, such as dates, birthdays, security number, safe combinations, etc. But most of them require the use of lexical problem solving in order to continue onwards. I won't spoil the details to you, but the end credits will say this: "Directed by Michael Bay." 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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SOLD Bronze Dancing Saraswati Playing Veena 24"
Item #: 57b97
Statue Details
Total Height Including Base: 24 inches or 61 cm
Widest Point: 12 inches at arms
Base Width & Depth: 7 x 7 inches
Weight: 27 pounds or 12 kgs
- Saraswati is dancing while playing the veena
- Saraswati is the Hindu Goddess of wisdom
- The bronze has a beautiful verde-gris, antique patina
- Saraswati ships the same day from our California gallery
Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and the arts, embodies the wisdom of Devi. She is the river of consciousness that enlivens creation; she is the dawn-goddess whose rays dispel the darkness of ignorance. Without her there is only chaos and confusion. To realize her one must go beyond the pleasures of the senses and rejoice in the serenity of the spirit.
Lost Wax Method: This sculpture is a one of a kind, lost wax method bronze statue hand made by the artists of South India. The sculpture pictured is the only sculpture Lotus Sculpture has like this in our store. When you order this piece you will receive this exact sculpture. It is truly one of a kind as there is only one made exactly like this! Each bronze is hand made by a group of bronze artists whose families have been crafting bronze sculptures for centuries with the art being passed on by each generation. The hand crafted bronzes statues have an incredible amount of detail which many other mass produced, brass Hindu statues lack. Lost Wax South Indian bronze statues are the only sculptures used by Hindu temples throughout India and the world. Click here to learn more about the Lost Wax Method.
Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge and the arts, embodies the wisdom of Devi. She is the river of consciousness that enlivens creation; she is the dawn-goddess whose rays dispel the darkness of ignorance. Without her there is only chaos and confusion. To realize her one must go beyond the pleasures of the senses and rejoice in the serenity of the spirit.
Saraswati wears neither jewels or paints herself with bright colors. The white sari she adorns reflects her essential purity, her rejection of all that is base and materialistic. She transcends the craving s of the flesh and rejoiced in the powers of the mind as the patron of pure wisdom. She embodies all that is pure and sublime in Nature.
The four Vedas, books of universal knowledge, were her offspring. Her mount, the swan, personifies pure knowledge and her herald, the peacock, is a symbol of the arts. Schools and libraries are her temples; books, pens, all tools of the artist and musical instruments are the items used in puja to the enlightening goddess of wisdom.
The Story of Saraswati Saving the World from Shiva's Third Eye and the Beast of Doom: Shiva was woken from his meditations and looked around to discover a world on the brink of corruption and being unsalvageable. Shiva decided it was time to wipe the slate clean. Shiva, the destroyer, opened his world destroying third eye attempting to destroy the three worlds. Out came a terrible fire that threatened all existence.
There was panic everywhere. Only Saraswati remained calm. "Shiva's fire burns only that which is impure and corrupt."
She took the form of a river and with her pure waters picked up the dreaded fire from Shiva's third eye. Within the folds of her water she carried the fire far away from the earth to the bottom of the sea where it transformed into a fire breathing mare called Badavagni - the beast of doom.
"So long as the world is pure and man wise, this terrible creature will remain on the bottom of the sea. When wisdom is abandoned and man corrupts the world, Badavagni will emerge and destroy the universe," foretold the wise goddess.
Bronze is an extremely durable metal made from a combination of 5 metals; copper, iron, tin, with minute additions of silver and gold. This combination is called Panchaloha bronze and is the basis for making the sacred Hindu temple statues of India and the world. Copper is the most prevalent metal in the alloy. Copper also gives the metal a softer composition that allows the bronze artisans to carve the details that are prevalent in each piece. All the South Indian bronze sculpture Lotus Sculpture carries are Panchaloham and thus suited for any home altar or community temple.
Because of the durability of the metal not much is needed to maintain a bronze sculpture. Many of our customers purchase a bronze statue and perform daily puja and abhisheka consisting of bathing the Hindu deity in ghee, milk, coconut milk or other liquids. In this case nothing is needed to keep the statue clean as it will be bathed daily. If the sculpture is used for "darshan" or simply viewing the sculpture it is best to dust the statue as needed so no dirt collects in the details of the sculpture. For both polished golden bronzes and antique patina bronze statues if you would like the sculpture to shine use a cotton cloth with some coconut oil or other natural oil to wipe down the piece as needed.
Many of our bronze Hindu statues have been placed in outdoor temples. Bronze's durability makes it perfect for cold winters and hot summers of any climate. We suggest you bathe the sculpture every couple of months so that dirt does not collect on the sculpture and then use a cotton cloth with some natural oil to give the statue a shine. Both indoors and outdoors a bronze statue can be left alone which, overtime, will give the bronze an antique patina.
On some bronze statues you can see small hints of lime green, verde-gris patina. Some people prize this color for its age others want to remove it. If you would like to remove the verde-gris use a tooth brush with some coconut oil or other natural oil and lightly go over the verde-gris. This should remove the unwanted patina from the sculpture.
If you have any questions concerning your bronze statue please email us at [email protected] or call us at 1(760) 994-4455.
This sculpture is in our Oceanside, California store and ready for immediate shipping. The shipping charge is automatically calculated by UPS for shipping within the United States. Each sculpture is usually shipped within 24 hours of the order with the exception of the weekend. To obtain a shipping quote simply add the statue you are interested in to your shopping cart and then select click on the "Calculate Domestic Shipping" button. Lotus Sculpture uses Instapak foam injection packing system or bubble wrap and recycled peanuts to ensure that all our pieces arrive undamaged. Click here to learn more about Lotus Sculptures packing.International Shipping
This sculpture is in our Oceanside, California store and ready for immediate shipping to anywhere in the world. If you are in Canada please select "UPS Standard to Canada" for the shipping option. If you are an international customer please select "International Shipping" during checkout. The shipping charge will be calculated as $0. Lotus Sculpture will email you the correct shipping cost subject to your approval or you may call us at 760-994-4455 or email us at [email protected] for a shipping quote. Lotus Sculpture uses Instapak foam injection packing system or bubble wrap and recycled peanuts to ensure that all our pieces arrive undamaged. Click here to learn more about Lotus Sculptures packing.


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Soccer News of Wednesday, 14 November 2012
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Juventus midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah says he is willing to play in any position for the club.
The 23-year-old Asamoah, who joined from Udinese in the summer, marked his debut with a superb strike in Juve's 4-2 Super Cup triumph over Napoli back in August.
Asamoah was initially brought in to provide cover for the central midfield trio of Arturo Vidal, Andrea Pirlo and Claudio Marchisio, but the Ghana international has made his mark on the left side of midfield.
It's a position he feels more than comfortable in, although Asamoah is keen to stress that he will play wherever manager Antonio Conte and his assistant Angelo Alessio want him.
"The manager liked what he saw in that game and from there we've gone on in the same way. I'm prepared to play in any position," Asamoah said on the club's website.
Asamoah is quickly winning over fans of the current Serie A champions. His recent displays include a spectacular overhead kick in the 6-1 win over Pescara last Saturday.
"It was a good result, but it hasn't changed anything as far as the dressing room atmosphere is concerned," he said.
"We've begun well and taken many points from our start to the season, but there are still plenty of games to play and we need to hang in there, fighting all the way to the end."
Juve currently lead Serie A after 12 rounds with 31 points which is four better than rivals Inter Milan in second.


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Pressure! Addictive Touch: Walkthrough for iOS and Android
Pressure! Addictive Touch
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Welcome to the Pressure! Addictive Touch walkthrough! This will be a complete step-by-step walkthrough guide with gameplay tips, hints, tricks, answers and solutions for the iOS and Android family game, Pressure! Addictive Touch by Ziya Bal.
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Killin' It 071: Patti Smith & Electric Literature
Killin' It 063: Time Out NY, Speakeasy Dollhouse, Two Shows, & More
I'm in Time Out NY's apartment tours. Click the image to be taken to the article. Photo by Zenith Richards. Dress by Stop Staring
October 29th I will have selected tarot pieces at Gemini & Scorpio's Masquerade Macabre. You can purchase your tickets here. Hurry as they sell out fast.
I've also been acting in Cynthia von Buhler's immersive play "Speakeasy Dollhouse" The next show is October 31. You can purchase tickets here. Murder, mafia, bootleg booze! Photo by Kate Black
November 4th brings the "Spirit Animal" show at the White Rabbit. This show will be up for two months and a portion of the proceeds from art sales will be donated to the World Wildlife Fund. Click the image to RSVP.
In other news Literary Death Match came to town last week. Electric Literature did a lovely write up on the event inclusing an akward prom pose with me and Todd Zuniga. Sfterward he recited William Carlos Williams at the dinner table. Not a bad night. Click the prom photo to get to the article.
Dan Holloway just came out with a new book. It features a photo of me by the lovely Veronika von Volkova. The pic will take you to the books amazon page where you can purchase it.


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It was one small button push for man and one giant catapult launch for the Navy's unmanned air combat program Sunday as the X-47B flew its first takeoffs and landings with F/A-18s on the aircraft carrier Roosevelt.
Off the Virginia coast, two Hornets and one X-47B practiced launches and traps in the same pattern, testing the unmanned jet's ability to take off and land safely, then move out of the way to allow a manned aircraft to come in right behind it.
It was a first for the Navy's Unmanned Combat Air System Aircraft Carrier Demonstration program, said Rear Adm. Mat Winter, program executive officer for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons at Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland.
The testing was an important step in the Navy's push to advance its aerial strike and surveillance technology, figuring out where unmanned capabilities can enhance the effectiveness of the carrier air wing.
"It's not an unmanned over all others," Winter said. "It's a blending of manned and unmanned capabilities."
The X-47B isn't like other unmanned aerial systems. For starters, it's bigger than a fighter jet, with a 62-foot wingspan, 17 feet wider than the F/A-18E Super Hornet.
It also operates autonomously, rather than having a pilot on the ground moving a joystick and throttle. It flies preprogrammed routines, so the deck operator only controls the jet while it's moving in and out of position on the flight deck. From there, it's a series of button pushes to make it fly.
The X-47B flew about half a dozen programs during the demonstration, said UCAS-D program manager Capt. Beau Duarte. Those included takeoff, flying downwind, turning around to the back of the carrier, landing, folding its wings and others, he said.
The goal for the day was to launch and land the Hornets within 90 seconds of the X-47B. After a couple tries, the team was able to land the X-47B, fold its wings and move it out of the way to make way for the manned jet within 90 seconds.
A regular Hornet wing lands jets at closer to 60-second intervals, Winter said. As tests continue into the week, Duarte said they would try to tighten up the times if possible.
"We'll see what level of interaction between the two aircraft we can achieve, and we will let that feed our future concept of operations," he said.
The next program goal is to try an aerial refueling of the unmanned aircraft, which requires new software programming, Duarte said.
The X-47B is funded through fiscal year 2015, but beyond that its future is unknown. However, its technology will feed into the follow-on Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike program, Winter said.
Once the UCLASS hits the fleet in 2020 to 2021, the Navy will figure out who will operate the aircraft and how it fits into the current carrier air wing structure.
"Whether that person is a pilot, a naval flight officer or enlisted, we will figure it out in those early operational deployments," Duarte said.
From there, feedback will determine whether X-47B's surveillance and strike capabilities are more suited to a stand-alone squadron, Winter said, or perhaps as part of an E-2 Hawkeye surveillance or F/A-18 attack squadron.


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Richard Linklater wins Berlinale Camera
The festival presented the award to the Before Midnight director at the film's international premiere on Monday [11].
Richard Linklater's first Competition entry Before Sunrise earned the Silver Bear for best director in 1995.
He returned to Berlin in 2004 with Before Sunset and brought Fast Food Nation to the 2007 Culinary Cinema Section.
The festival inaugurated the Berlinale Camera in 1986 with the goal of honouring film personalities or institutions "to which it feels particularly indebted and wishes to express its thanks."
Since 2004 the Berlinale Camera has been sponsored by the Düsseldorf-based goldsmith Georg Hornemann.
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Canada Team for ICC America's T20
Cricket Canada is pleased to announce the following squad for the ICC America's T20 Tournament taking place July 17-25 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Jimmy Hansra - BC (Captain)
Waleed Ahmed (Manitoba)
Trevin Bastiampillai (Ontario)
Grant Broadhurst (Alberta)
Satsimranjit Singh Dhindsa (Ontario)
Zahid Hussain(Ontario)
Usman Limbada (Ontario)
Deepak Pabla (Quebec)
Cecil Pervez (Ontario)
Parveen Saroye (Alberta)
Jason Sandher (BC)
Jonathan Snow (BC)
Hamza Tariq (Alberta)
Khusroo Wadia (Ontario)
Coach/Manager : Ingleton Liburd
Canada has elected to send a mainly developmental squad to the tournament while several players are being rested ahead of the upcoming Intercontinental Cup, ODI and T20 Matches against Afghanistan.
Vice President Vimal Hardat is confident the team will put up a showing in the America's tournament.
"Having already qualified for the T20 Cricket World Cup Qualifier (in 2012) we saw this as a good chance to have some of our prospects test themselves as well as to give our more senior players a chance to get ready for Afghanistan."
Rizwan Cheema,Hiral Patel, Ruvindu Gunasekera, and Parth Desai headline the list of players staying in Canada to prepare for Afghanistan while Harvir Baidwan and Khurram Chohan are due to arrive shortly back from successful stints in England.
The team leaves on July 16th for Fort Lauderdale from Toronto.


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I read this article and learned a lot from it - however, maybe there are some updates to it now? (I see it was posted on December 10, 2012 so maybe there are some new updates on it?)http://lifehacker.com/5967154/what-should-i-do-now-that-google-apps-accounts-are-no-longer-free
Personally, I am still using my Google Apps account for business email since I signed up to it when the service was still free. With that being said, I am noticing the "firstname.lastname@example.com on behalf of email@example.com," since I am still using the old free version of Google Apps. This is kind of annoying for business emails to clients as it's not as professional as the simple "email@example.com"
At work our employer has set up our company emails with a computer and networking business here in town and they transferred us over from Google Apps to use Outlook and POP settings. The networking business informed us that POP is better than IMAP (for reasons I'm still not clear on), but I don't quite understand why that is? Anyways, the emails are working flawlessly which is great, however, the syncing is still a bit old fashioned: when I receive an email on my Mac, it won't sync to my iPhone and vice versa. It seems to be a limitation of POP email, I have to download them twice and mark them as "read" twice on both my workstation and mobile device. With IMAP email it syncs them across all devices and shows the reply to on them as well. It is just a bit less clunky from my experience using Google Apps.
From the Lifehacker article it sounds like Outlook is planning to support IMAP in the future. Does anybody know when this has already happened? And is Outlook indeed the best free alternative to setting up free business emails these days? I am rather surprised that setting up business email still a bit of a tricky endevour to do these days - I mean, where do the costs come into play? They are giving away free @live / @gmail domains, but then again I suppose it is free because it is a form of advertising they get with those emails too.
Thoughts and opinions?Thanks!
Personally, I would consider the paid Apps option. It works really well. I wold think any business could afford the small fee.
It baffles me why any IT pro would say POP mail is better for any reason than IMAP. POP is one way communication from the server to your email client while IMAP is two way and changes on one device should populate to any other connected to that account. At any rate, to answer your question, Outlook.com or domains.live does not use IMAP and whether they will offer it in the future is up in the air. The reason is simple. IMAP and POP are both very old and outdated protocols. Microsoft is pushing their own development of ActiveSync which their service fully supports. ActiveSync and other similar protocols from competitors are the way of the future in regards to email, contacts, calendar, etc. you can use Outlook.com or or domains.live account with ActiveSync settings and all mail, contacts, and calendars will sync across all supported devices including Outlook 2013. Your user name, password and server address of m.hotmail.com should be all you need.


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Cupcake Bandages
Cupcakes are the cure-all that can conquer your cuts and contusions! Each tin also comes with a free prize!
Perfect for getting your teen to degunk their braces after lunch at school.
These mints are so freakin' good you'll wish you had even more! Each 3" tin contains one hundred and thirty Frosting Flavored mints that will satisfy your sweet tooth without expanding your waistline!
Turn the boring morning and nightly routine into a party. That's right! A party in your mouth with Cupcake Floss! Be careful though, the delicious frosting flavor might turn you into a flossaholic!


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The MTV Video Music Awards brought out the grills, the frills and a whole lotta skin. From Lady Gaga's outlandish outfits to Taylor Swift's flapper fashion, click the pics to see music's biggest stars show up to Brooklyn's Barclays Center for the VMAs.
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Happy New Year!
OK, I am going to admit I enjoyed the alumni game to a degree, even if it was a celebration of the city of Philadelphia, of Ed Snider (apparently everybody in Philly calls him Mr. Snider, because pretty much everybody works for him), and of all things Comcast.
Yech. Blech.
How about Bobby Clarke, that old humble gentleman, saying he didn't think an event like this could happen in any other city. Huh?
Versus completely fouled up the intros by showing way, way, way too many crowd shots and didn't have a camera on the, you know, rink, where the introductees were gathering and no doubt slapping hands, joking around, goofing off … we don't know, because we didn't get to see it.
And even though we complain about the Versus telecasts, how bad is it when Versus goes to its Philly affiliated scrubs instead of Doc, Edzo and Pierre?
A positive, in addition to seeing some favorite old Rangers (and yes, favorite old Flyers, too, especially Bernie Parent), is that it will be the last time we have to say Versus. It's changing names tomorrow. Hopefully it changes a lot more than its name.
A source told Rangers Report that the Steinbrenner family was so touched by this whole Winter Classic being a tribute to Mr. Snider and the city of Philly, that after games this season, it will play a re-worked version of Frank Sinatra's song, sung by Al Coates: "It's up to you, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."
As a matter of fact, we're hearing that Alicia Keys, Jay-Z and Billy Joel are all recording "A Philadelphia State of Mind."
And the city of New York, which loves Philly so much and just wants to pay tribute to the city to the South so much for graciously hosting the Winter Classic and allowing the Rangers to play a minor role, will do the same when the Yankees play the Red Sox in coming seasons. On those occasions, half the Empire State Building will be lit up in red lights.
I'm not 100 percent sure about this, but I thought I saw that MSG is going to broadcast the Rangers practice from the Phillies ballpark today. Also not 100 percent sure you can see anything on MSG as of today if you have Time Warner Cable.
And finally, to get the 2012 blog traffic off to a good start, two words: Sean. Avery.


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