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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE--PERSONAL ACCOUNT -- (House of Representatives - July 16, 2007)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone) is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to discuss the irrefutable fact of the Armenian genocide. Looking at the history of this catastrophic event from 1915 to 1918 and the impact it had on the Armenian people, it is impossible to deny that this was indeed genocide by all accounts. But one way, Mr. Speaker, to bear witness to the truth is to make reference to personal accounts when the genocide occurred at the hands of the Ottoman Turks.
Thousands of Armenians have their own account of the horrific events their families had to endure, but tonight I would like to tell the story of one person, Mrs. Haigoohi Hanessian, from Syracuse, New York.
Mrs. Hanessian was born in 1906 in Taurus, Turkey. In 1909, her family fled from their home after receiving word that the Turks were leading a massacre on all Armenians in the area. They took refuge in an institution, and I should say they took refuge, Mr. Speaker, in an American institution, and finally returned to their home only to find it burned to the ground. After traveling and staying with family in different areas, they eventually moved back to Taurus, Turkey.
Yet, again, in 1915, the Armenians were being exiled. Her family was forced to board a train with an unknown destination. With thousands of others, they were herded into these trains, confined in small boxcars for days with no food and no water. Mrs. Hanessian recalls that if someone died on the train, they were simply thrown off the train and were left on the side of the tracks.
When they finally arrived at their destination, they were placed in barracks. She speaks of the sentiments towards the Armenians at the time, stating, ``They wanted all the Armenians to vanish from the Earth. Instead of killing them, they suffered and died.''
The Armenians were then marched through desert towards Syria in extreme heat, again with no food and no water. On the way, many died and were left to rot. After they reached a small village in Syria, they stayed until they were told to move again. She remembers, ``An order came from all the General Headquarters that all Armenians either be killed or deny their religion and become Muslims.'' Many people converted to save their lives, while others died to preserve their faith.
The Armenians were forced to relocate from village to village. They were left with no money and no supplies, and had to find ways to survive. She said, ``You couldn't get in touch with anybody. You didn't know what to do. We were hungry. It was terrible. We were all dying. We were just skeletons, no food, no nothing.''
Unlike much of Mrs. Hanessian's family who died or disappeared in the genocide, she survived and was able to relocate to the United States and rebuild her life in Syracuse, New York. She has since passed away, but not before she left her story behind, and I am proud to be able to retell her memories, which must never be forgotten.
Mr. Speaker, I wish to express my support this evening for swift passage of H. Resolution 106, reaffirming the Armenian Genocide. The resolution now has a majority of the Members of the House as cosponsors on a bipartisan basis.
As the first genocide of the 20th century, it is morally imperative that we remember this atrocity and collectively demand reaffirmation of this crime against humanity. By properly affirming the Armenian genocide, we can also help ensure its legacy and rightfully honor its victims and survivors like Mrs. Hanessian.
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I just finished my undergrad in the United States, where I played four years of NCAA hockey. Been all over Canada and the US for various extended lengths of time. Hockey is a big part of my life, so you might what to steer clear if you don't like the sport. But who doesn't love hockey players?
Fitness is important to me, probably from a life dedicated to athletics. I am not a meathead or a gym monkey by any means, but staying in shape is a priority to me.
Andddd I am a diehard Leafs fan. So much so that, two weeks after hip surgery I went to the Leafs/Bruins playoff game... in Boston... on crutches. Risked my life for the boys and got a W out of it.
If you want to know more, message me.
Writing... I mean I did graduate with a B.A. in English Communication.
And I can make a damn good omelette
Movies - Cliched hockey movie... Miracle.
TV shows - Right now... The Vampire Diaries. Yup, and I am damn proud of it.
Music - Pretty much anything. Into a lot of alternative stuff nowadays but listen to all types of music when I can.

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This article was published 21/7/2014 (1125 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Use our pesticide use database to see the top users of pesticides in Manitoba. You can also check if your school district or golf course uses pesticides.
The database was created from annual reports filed with Manitoba Conservation by every pesticide permit holder in the province. Those permit holders are typically rural weed control districts, school divisions, rail and utility companies, municipalities and golf courses. Permit holders spray on Crown land, along rural roads and ditches,oin school and sports fields and in many other publically-accessible locations. The reports cover the 2013 weed control year. Excluded from the database are pesticides used to kill rodents. The database also doesn't include the pesticides used by farmers and private homeowners, meaning it offers an incomplete picture of the province's chemical use.


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How Small Is Your Sketchbook?
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What's your preferred sketchbook size? I do often draw in 3.5 x 5.5″ sketchbooks, but I often worry that it's constraining. It's harder to be "loose" sometimes when you're working in a small bound book– but maybe that's just my issue! Gabi Campanario of Urban Sketchers is working in an even smaller sketchbook and it's very loose and spontaneous, with a sense of space on the page.
See more small sketches at Urban Sketchers: Small sketchbook, great action.
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I tried using Field Notes which are pocket sized. I moved up to Rhodia webbie in A5. Though I like the idea of thumbnail sketches. When I was in Poland in 1987 (yes, I am OLD), they were still communist and used anything they could get. They could make the most detailed drawings in the smallest of spaces.
3×5 Ellis Elastic Eccolo Pocket Notebook
They only have lined sheets but I sketch and collage on them.
There's just something special about a smaller notebook. It's portable and feels more secretive.
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Concord Medical Services Holdings to Present at Two Upcoming Conferences
BEIJING, May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Concord Medical Services Holdings Limited ("Concord Medical" or the "Company") (NYSE: CCM), the operator of the largest network of radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging centers in China, today announced that it is scheduled to present at the following investor conferences:
The Company will present at the 16th CLSA China Forum, to be held from May 16 through 18, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Beijing. Management will be available for meetings throughout the conference.
The Company will also present at the J.P. Morgan's 7th Annual China Conference, to be held from June 1 through 3, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Beijing. Management will be available for meetings throughout the conference.
For more information regarding these two conferences, please contact your respective institutional sales representative.
About Concord MedicalConcord Medical operates the largest network of radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging centers in China in terms of revenues and the total number of centers in operation per available statistics. As of December 31, 2010, the Company operated a network of 119 centers with 66 hospital partners, spanning 44 cities and 24 provinces and administrative regions in China. Under long-term arrangements with top-tier hospitals in China, the Company provides radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging equipments and manages the daily operations of these centers located on its hospital partners' premises. The Company also provides ongoing training to doctors and other medical personnel in its network of centers to ensure a high level of clinical care for patients.
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Last Night
Had a great big bonfire last night with smores and vodka. It was great. I had it with some friends I hadn't seen in a long while (long story short = my other friends that I've had for years have decided to abandon me because I won't have sex with them). Anywho, it was great just to catch up and get a little buzzed and have so much innocent friendship and love around. It was nice especially to keep the bugs away and to make the light twitch and sharpen. We told ghost stories too. The thing is, if you're surrounded by woods, in the front yard of someone who lives in a trailer with crazy-*** ex-convict neighbors, you're bound to be scared of anything. And, the vodka doesn't help. It was great.
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DJ khaled, The Redefining force in Hip Hop music production is finally out with His Album After serving us with some hot singles off this album. "I changed a Lot" is definitely what your stereos and Headphones need to be banging on right about now. Singles like "Hold You Down", " They Don't Love You Know More", "How Many Times" should tell you by now what DJ Khaled is about. Download "DJ Khaled – I Changed a Lot" and don't forge to leave a comment below
01. I Don't Play About My Paper (feat. Future & Rick Ross)
02. I Ride (feat. Boosie Badazz, Future, Rick Ross & Jeezy)
03. Gold Slugs (feat. Chris Brown, August Alsina & Fetty Wap)
04. I Swear I Never Tell Another Soul (feat. Future, Yo Gotti & Trick Daddy)
05. I Lied (feat. French Montana, Meek Mill, Beanie Sigel & Jadakiss)
06. How Many Times (feat. Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Big Sean)
07. You Mine (feat. Trey Songz, Jeremih & Future)
08. Every Time We Come Around (feat. French Montana, Jadakiss, Ace Hood & Vado)
09. I Ain't Worried (feat. Ace Hood & Rick Ross)
10. They Don't Love You No More (feat. JAY Z, Meek Mill, Rick Ross & French Montana)
11. My League
12. Hold You Down (feat. Chris Brown, August Alsina, Future & Jeremih)
13. Most High (feat. John Legend)
14. Hold You Down (Remix) [feat. Usher, Rick Ross, Fabolous & Ace Hood] 15. Gold Slugs (Instrumental) [feat. Chris Brown, August Alsina & Fetty Wap] 16. I Lied (Instrumental) [feat. French Montana, Meek Mill, Beanie Sigel & Jadakiss]


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Any contentious issues involving commercial broadcaster Klubradio should be resolved through legal channels, the Media Council of media authority NMHH said in a statement on Tuesday.
While there are no effective rulings to settle Klubradio's situation, Hungary's media law is ensuring that the station can continue to operate, the authority said.
Thousands demonstrated in central Budapest at the weekend to express their support for Klubradio. Organisers noted that the radio station had been operating under temporary licences for the past two years, and demanded the allocation of a permanent frequency for the broadcaster's local station in Budapest. They also called for Klubradio's network outside Budapest to be rebuilt and demanded that it should have the right to free broadcast as a community radio station.
Andras Arato, chief of the left-leaning station, said at the event that the station had become a symbol of the freedom of the press and accused the authority of representing a discriminative, protectionist attitude.
The NMHH said in its statement today that Arato had made "statements of a political nature," qualifying this as "unusual". The NMHH, an independent authority, will not act on political demands, it added.
Under Hungary's media law the authority has ensured an opportunity for Klubradio to broadcast in Budapest for half of the regular fee. "[But] not paying even a reduced price contravenes European practice," it added.
The Media Council will continue to ensure Klubradio's right to use the 95.3 Mhz frequency in Budapest and will do its best to resolve contentious issues as soon as possible, the statement said.
Klubradio objects to the NMHH's declaring the outcome of a bid for the 95.3 MHz frequency invalid. A final court ruling is expected on March 5.
The broadcaster has two ongoing disputes with the authority over frequencies, concerning the national 95.3 MHz and the local 92.9 MHz one which covers Budapest. In the case of the latter, Klubradio's owners launched a lawsuit because the NMHH had failed to conclude a contract with it even though the authority's predecessor, the ORTT, had declared its bid the winner.


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Monday, November 28, 2011
2 Weekends
Weekend I
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
week's end
I'm officially calling an end to this week.
We're skipping kinder, playgroup and drama.
The Mr misses out. He gets to go to work.
And he gets to deal with the house in the state we leave it in upon departure.
But he also gets 2 nights at home sans children.
(or more importantly 2 mornings!)
We're heading to a smaller Island.
We're heading for a
We're heading to celebrate a birthday.
There is much excitement (think :: chaos) in the house...suitcases are being wheeled around with reckless abandon, I'm wearing shoes to protect my toes. I'm overhearing whispered conversations about sneaking more 'essential' items into said suitcases. I'm ignoring it.
It has been a perfectly ordinary week which I've been feeling thankful for in the light of others in the midst of less ordinary circumstances.
celery experiments (I can grow it, I just can't stand to eat it raw)
copious amounts of breastfeeding
park visits where 2 boys ignored all the play equipment the entire time
Inexplicable excitement over visiting the dentist, equally inexplicable gloom over not having a new tooth growing like her brothers.
The house and yard are littered with paper planes, paper planes in production, discarded paper planes. I find myself watching you tube
on making paper planes (over, and over, and over again), I have discussions about what paper planes are the best, what makes a plane fly...or more often why it will not fly as predicted. I know there are planes packed to see if they fly better when launched from a lighthouse (they would have to, I'm certain!)
I've raided the garden, we're off
Happy weekending to you
I've a boat to catch.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
more baby pants
It seems a long time since I took part in 'Creative Spaces', mostly as I have not had the time to make much or I have not had the time to browse around all the other creative spaces.
Them's the breaks I guess.
But with the outbreak of warm sunny weather since my last post, there has been a need for summer baby pants, the kind where toes may wiggle freely.
Everyone has been enjoying the bare feet, or bare bodies that warm weather herald.
The pattern is
this one
with a few modifications for a bit more room in the seat for cloth nappies and the waistband from a cotton/elastine t-shirt rather than elastic for a more comfy feel...it's more of the shirt from my last round of
baby sewing
. The rest of the pants are made from vintage cotton sheets, nice and soft against baby skin.
Now to see if I can get some of the various sized shorts sewn up while this weather holds out!
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Friday, November 4, 2011
High pants :: long pants
Sewing for babies can seem a pointless task at times given the deluge of barely-worn baby hand-me-downs that you receive when people hear you are pregnant. And the fact the good old
Bonds wondersuit
is all they need most of the time as a newborn. Plus it can be super fiddly working on things that small.
But it is such an easy way to use up small amounts of fabrics, to experiment with upcycling and because if you want your smalls to wear handmade, you need to start ASAP because before you know it they will not be so interested in wearing those pants you made from one of dads old shirts!
Having said all that I've managed very little baby sewing so far (which is fine). But having recently carved out a little sewing space after some major spring cleaning and rearranging I did manage to make a start.
These wool pants were actually made the week before Rueben was born. Or they were sewn up the week before he was born, they were cut out a few weeks earlier. I used an not-so-old fine merino wool jumper of mine that had a few holes in it (Ahhh!). I used
this pattern
with a few modifications. They turned out to be rather high-waisted which actually works well as warm overpants when going out as they add another layer to his tum.
harry-high-pants pants!
I'm not that into baby socks as they always seem to be too small, fall off after a few squirms or get lost in the wash. Consequently I am into pants with feet to keep those little toes warm. As Reuben has started to stretch out as well as grow he is growing out of his pants/suits with feet in length only (squashed toes can't be comfy). So rather than face any outing with 4 smalls in tow I decided to just add length to some of the baby pants and suits.
It was quick easy sewing with great results...
It's not really a tutorial but here are some pics that might show you how to do it.
Much easier than a shopping trip!
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Smithfield: Not Living So High on the HogNanette Byrnes
It's flu season again—bad news for Smithfield Foods (SFD), the world's largest producer of pork. Six months ago, fears that the H1N1 strain might have originated at one of Smithfield's joint-venture facilities in northern Mexico put the company into crisis mode. Eventually the Mexican government determined there was no connection to the Smithfield (Va.) company's farms, but critical global markets for its products remained closed. And the Oct. 19 announcement that a Minnesota pig was the first in the country to have contracted the H1N1 virus, first called swine flu after early genetic tests suggested a link to pigs, could set off false fears of a link to human illness.
Those concerns come at a particularly vulnerable time for Smithfield. The company had record sales last year of $12.5 billion. But a substantial overabundance of pigs across the U.S. and rising corn prices have put Smithfield and its rivals in a position where they lose an average of nearly $23 on every hog sold to be butchered. The result: a $190 million loss in the year ended May 2009—Smithfield's first in 37 years. It lost a further $108 million last quarter.
CEO C. Larry Pope has taken steps to minimize the damage. He cut his own sow herd 13% over the past year, a big move for a company that controls almost a third of the U.S. market. He did an expensive restructuring of $1 billion in debt and sold $850 million worth of high-interest notes earlier this year after the company was in violation of its loan covenants. Not everyone has cheered all his moves: Two board members, themselves sizable stockholders, quit in protest when he issued $300 million in new equity.
Now Pope is trying to ramp up overseas sales, which account for 9% of revenue. That strategy is complicated by China's having cut off imports of U.S. pork products. While the ban is officially in response to flu concerns, Pope argues that the true motivation is political, a desire to protect China's domestic farmers.
Smithfield already operates throughout much of Europe, which consumes more pork than the U.S. But the big prize is China, which devours about half the world's supply. Smithfield's mainland sales picked up in the first half of 2008 when disease and natural disasters hurt domestic Chinese hog production. To help build market share, Pope sold a 5% stake in Smithfield to Chinese agribusiness giant COFCO in July 2008 and put its chairman, Gaoning Ning, on his board. Since 2002 he has also run a joint venture in China called Maverick Food. "Five or 10 years from today, you'll look back and think. 'That was a smart move,'" says Pope. Having traveled to China, he has found the process of relationship building to be slower than he'd like.
FATTENING MARGINSBack home, Pope is trying to rely increasingly on more profitable processed-pork products, which make up 45% of sales. He is reducing Smithfield's portfolio from more than 100 brands to a core group of key names, focusing on such brands as Armour and John Morrell. He has also closed five plants and pushed salespeople to get more of Smithfield's smoked bacon, ham, and baby back ribs into retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) and restaurants like McDonald's (MCD) and Applebee's (DIN). Instead of selling processed pork almost at cost to move product, Pope has also insisted on the simple goal of getting 10 cents of profit per pound. His slogan, "It's time for the dime," now adorns managers' desks and many line workers' hard hats. "Our industry doesn't have a lot of Harvard people," he explains. "You've got to keep the message simple and deliverable."
On that level, at least, the simplicity is working. Last quarter, Smithfield exceeded its goal, making 16 cents per pound on processed pork. But the broader issues of oversupply and flu fears remain.
At the processing plant near Smithfield headquarters, everyone is working flat out. Employees stand bundled up in sweatshirts under their white coats to combat the 45F temperature as they sort hams, bacon, pigs' knuckles, and scraps for hot dogs. Floor-to-ceiling ovens smoke the hams, while bacon is crisped in another room for McDonald's Angus Bacon & Cheese burgers. Technicians monitor the ovens on laptop computers, occasionally leaving their stations to go eyeball the meat. As assistant plant manager Marvin Peterson explains: Any digression "costs us money."


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Originally a hunting lodge in the 1800s, Balmer Lawn Hotel is now a gorgeous family-run country house hotel set in the heart of the fabulous New Forest National Park – a doggie dream!
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You'd think someone who bangs on so much about 9-bloody-11 would be able to get the date right
While I have a long list of outrageous lies on which to comment from Bonni the Holocaust denier at BareNakedIslam (especially ones about the UK), the posts at her hate site which I enjoy the most are the ones that simply show her up as a drooling moron. I mean, take this one. It starts out as just same-old-same-old Muslim hatred, but halfway down brought me screeching to a halt with this:
Muslims tried organizing a Million Muslim March (see flyer below) in Washington DC for July 4, 2011 on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, but the huge protest against this outrageous attempt to hijack this somber day, forced the DC police to deny the march a permit.
I know Bonni's "degree in Japanese" is as fake as the stories she posts, but I think most primary schoolchildren would be able to work out that the tenth anniversary of September 11th was on, er, September 11th, not July 4th. But of course Bonni would think July 4th was a "somber day": after all, there can be few people who loathe the United States of America and all that it stands for as much as the Hitler-loving, black-despising Bonni who doesn't think women should be allowed to be police officers.
Honourable mention in the moron awards to Bonni's commenter "cat" who under a post about an acid attack writes:
Acid in the face was unheard of before we got to know more about the evil cult of islam
Er, sure it was, "cat". Never read Brighton Rock, by Graham Greene? Or the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of the Illustrious Client? (To mention only the two most famous literary references to what was a far from uncommon type of revenge attack from Victorian times up to the 1950s.)


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Acrobat 9! It's here! I'm about to lose control and I think I like it!
So, there I was, reading my favorite txt-speak guide, when I almost dropped my mobile phone on the announcement of Acrobat 9! DGA! Acrobat 9 is WKEWL! It WFM!*
Well, maybe not, as I've known about the release of Acrobat 9 for a while now. And I haven't got a clue about this txt speak thing. But believe me when I say to you my friends, I have been chomping at the bit to tell you all about this truly exciting release, especially when it comes to the collaboration side of things. I mean, really exciting!!
There are lots of goodies online right now that you can take a look at, but over the coming days I'll be sharing with you more details about what Acrobat 9 offers for reviews and document-based collaboration. Have I mentioned how excited I am?
So, what's new when it comes to getting feedback from others? Let's start with a biggie…
- Synchronized document views aka page view sharing. Wow! This one has to be seen to understand the power it has. Just imagine being able to almost instantaneously control the view of someone else's PDF document in Reader 9 or Acrobat 9 at the same time, as if you were standing next to them, when in fact you're on the other side of the country. Or the world. Just think about how much quicker you'll be able to complete a project accurately.
- Shared Reviews using Acrobat.com. Oh, and you thought Acrobat 9 was big news? Well, on top of that, Adobe has announced Acrobat.com, a suite of online hosted services for sharing and collaborating on documents. Shared Reviews are not new, but it required you to set up and use your own servers. Not necessarily so anymore. Now you can use Adobe's Acrobat.com servers to very easily collect and track comments as part of a Shared Review. It's really easy in an exciting kind of way.
- Real Deadlines in Shared Reviews. Shared Reviews had deadlines in Acrobat 8. They were about as strictly enforced as Hartford, Connecticut's law prohibiting the crossing of streets while walking on your hands. Well, now they are enforced. You can set a local date and time for a review to end, and if that time passes, reviewers will no longer be able to submit their comments.
- Comment on video. Yes, that's comment directly on to embedded video, using exactly the same Acrobat annotation tools you use to comment on text and images in a document. You can also use a new 3D Comment tool to add comments to 3D objects that stay in view even when you change the 3D view.
That's only for starters (or appetizers for those of you in the USA). I'm going to let you know a lot more about what you can do in Acrobat 9 over the coming days and weeks, and where you can find out more so you'll be ready to go once the software (or trial version) is available.
In the meantime, take a look over at Lori DeFurio's Acrobat blog, Joel Geraci's Developer and IT blogs, as well as all the information on acrobatusers.com and adobe.com.
* In case you're txt speak challenged: "Don't go anywhere! Acrobat 9 is way cool. It works for me!"
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The day God burnt Elijah the prophet's sacrifice.
Elijah the prophet's public ministry as a prophet spanned 8 years = 860BC-852BC.
Elijah here was challenging King Ahab who was leading Israel away from God.
God and Elijah the prophet and the prophets of Baal had a show down on Mount Carmel.
Read the scripture below to find out who won the contest.
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Elijah Rebukes Ahab – Elijah on Mount Carmel
18:1 Quite some time later—three years later!—this message from the LORD came to Elijah: "Go visit Ahab, and I'll send some rain to the surface of the ground." 2 So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab, right when the famine in Samaria was most severe.
3 Ahab called for Obadiah, his household supervisor. This man, who feared the LORD very much, 4 had taken 100 prophets and had hidden them by fifties in a cave, providing them with food and water when Jezebel was trying to destroy the LORD's prophets.
5 Ahab had instructed Obadiah, "Go throughout the land to all of the water springs and to all of the valleys. Maybe we'll find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive. Also, maybe we won't have to kill some of our cattle." 6 So they divided the land between them so they could conduct their survey. Ahab went off by himself in one direction and Obadiah went off by himself in the other.
7 While Obadiah was on the road, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognized him and bowed down with his face to the ground. "It's you, isn't it, my master Elijah?"
8 "I am," he replied. "Go tell your master, 'Look! Elijah!'"
9 But Obadiah replied, "What did I do wrong, that you would put me in a position where Ahab would execute me? 10 As surely as the LORD your God lives, there isn't a nation or kingdom where my master hasn't tried to find you. Whenever they would say 'He isn't here,' he forced that kingdom or nation to swear that they hadn't seen you. 11 But now you're saying 'Go tell your master, "Elijah is here!"' 12 As soon as I've left you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you off to I don't know where! Then when I go tell Ahab and he can't find you, he'll kill me, even though I have been your servant and have feared the LORD since I was young! 13 Hasn't anyone told you, my master, what I did when Jezebel was killing the LORD's prophets? I hid 100 of the LORD's prophets by fifties in a cave and provided food and water for them. 14 Now you're saying, 'Go tell your master, "Elijah's here!"' He's sure to kill me!"
15 But Elijah promised him, "As the LORD of the Heavenly Armies lives, in whose presence I stand, I will appear to Ahab today."
16 So Obadiah went out to meet Ahab and reported to him. Then Ahab went to meet Elijah. 17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab asked him, "Is it really you, you destroyer of Israel?"
18 But Elijah replied, "I'm no destroyer of Israel. But you and your ancestor's household have been doing that, because you have abandoned the LORD's commandments and have followed the Baals. 19 So go gather all of Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. Bring along 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of the Asherah who are funded at Jezebel's expense."
Elijah Defeats the Prophets of Baal
20 Ahab sent for the Israelis and brought the prophets together at Mount Carmel, 21 where Elijah approached all the people and asked them, "How long will you keep hesitating between both sides? If the LORD is God, go after him. If Baal, go after him."
But the people didn't say a word.
22 So Elijah told the people, "I'm the only one left over as a prophet of the LORD, am I? But Baal's prophets number 450 men? 23 So let them provide two oxen. They can choose one ox for themselves. Cut it up, lay it on top of some wood, but don't set fire to it. I will prepare the other ox and lay it on top of some wood, and I won't set fire to it. 24 Then you can call on the name of your god, and I'll call on the name of the LORD. Let the God who answers by fire be our God!"
"That's a good idea!" all the people shouted.
25 So Elijah told the prophets of Baal, "Choose an ox for yourselves and you prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but don't set fire to the offering."
26 So they took the ox that was given to them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from early morning until noon. "Baal! Answer us!" they cried. But there was no response. Nobody answered. So they kept on dancing around the altar that they had made.
27 Starting about noon, Elijah began to tease them:
"Shout louder!
"He's a god, so maybe he's busy.
"Maybe he's relieving himself.
"Maybe he's busy someplace.
"Maybe he's taking a nap and somebody needs to wake him up."
28 So the prophets of Baal cried even louder and slashed themselves with swords and lances until their blood gushed out all over them, as was their custom. 29 They kept on raving right through midday and until it was time to offer the evening sacrifice, but there was still no response. Nobody answered, and nobody paid attention.
30 Eventually, Elijah told everybody, "Come here!" So everybody approached him, and he repaired the LORD's altar that had been torn down. 31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes of Jacob's descendants, to whom the message from the LORD had come that "Israel is to be your name." 32 So Elijah used the stones to build an altar to the name of the LORD. But then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two measures of seed. 33 Then he laid the wood in order, cut the bull into pieces, and laid them on top of the wood.
"Fill four pitchers with water," he ordered. "Then pour them out on the burnt offering and the wood."
34 "Do it a second time," he ordered. So they did it a second time.
"Do it a third time," he said. So they did it a third time. 35 The water ran down around the altar and completely filled the trench.
Elijah's Prayer and God's Answer by Fire
36 As the time for the evening offering arrived, Elijah the prophet approached and said, "LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I, your servant, have done all of this in obedience to your word. 37 Answer me, LORD! Answer me so that this people may know that you, LORD, are God, and that you are turning back their hearts again."
38 Right then the LORD's fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, the dust, and even the water that was in the trench! 39 When all the people saw what had happened, they fell flat on their faces and cried out "The LORD is God! The LORD is God!"
40 But Elijah said, "Arrest the prophets of Baal. Don't let even one of them get away." So the people seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon and executed them there.
The Rain Storm Ends the Drought
41 After this, Elijah told Ahab, "Get up and have something to eat and drink, because there's the sound of a coming rainstorm." 42 So Ahab got up to get something to eat and drink while Elijah went back up to the top of Mount Carmel, where he bowed low to the ground and placed his face between his knees.
43 Then he told his young servant, "Go and look toward the sea."
So he went and looked out to sea. "Nothing there," he said.
But Elijah told him to go back seven times. 44 On the seventh look, he said, "Look! There's a cloud, a small one, about the size of a man's hand. It's coming up out of the sea!"
"Get up and find Ahab!" Elijah said. "Tell him, 'Mount your chariot and ride down the mountain so the storm doesn't stop you.'"
45 A little while later, the sky turned black with storm clouds and winds, and there was a heavy shower. So Ahab rode off to Jezreel. 46 After Ahab had left, the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his mantle into his belt and outran Ahab in a race to the city gate of Jezreel.
1 Kings 18:16-46
More Information:
Elijah the prophet – Summary of his life:
Three times fed with Divine supplies:
1. by ravens
2. by a widow
3. by an angel
A fearless reformer
Rebuked kings
Mighty in prayer
In one instance yielded to discouragement
Not infallible in Judgment
Divinely honored
Miracles of Elijah the prophet:
Drought 1Kings 17:1-: James 5:17
Meal and oil multiplied 1 Kings 17:14
Child restored to life 1 Kings 17:22
Sacrifice consumed by fire 1 Kings 18:38
Captains and men slain by fire 2 Kings 1:10
Rain brought 1 Kings 18:41
Water of Jordan divided 2 Kings 2:8
Other modules in this unit:
- King Rehoboam first king of Judah, 1 Kings 11:41-12:24
- King Jeroboam first king for Israel, 1 kings 11:26-30
- King Asa – 3rd and Good king of Judah, 1 Kings 15:9-24
- King Nadab 2nd king of Israel, 1 Kings 15:25-28
- King Ahab becomes 7th King of Israel, 1 Kings 16:29-22:40
- Queen Jezebel an evil queen, 1 Kings 21:1-29
- The Widow of Zarephath received back her dead son back, 1 Kings 17:8-24
- Elijah the prophet on Mount Carmel, 1 Kings 18:1-46
- Naboth's family family vineyard and King Ahab, 1 Kings 21:1-29
- Naboth's family Vineyard, 1 Kings 21:1-29
- Micaiah a man of God, prophesies against King Ahab, 1 Kings 22:1-28
- Elisha the prophet who took over from Elijah, 2 Kings 2:1-14
- Elisha's second of 32 Miracles-Healing of the water, 2 Kings 2:19-22
- The miracle of the Widow's oil, 2 Kings 4:1-7
- The Shunammite woman had her Son restored back to life, 2 Kings 4:8-37
- Naaman the man healed of Leprosy by Elisha the man of God, 2nd Kings 5:1-27
- Obadiah the prophet of God, Obadiah 1:1-9
- King Amaziah 9th and Good king of Judah, 2 Kings 14:1-20 & 2 Chronicles 25:1-28
- Jonah a Prophet of God and the Whale, Jonah 1:1-17 – 4:11
- King Hoshea last king of Israel was taken to Assyria, 2 Kings 17:1-6
- Israel Exiled As Slaves because of sin, 2 Kings 17:7-23
- Isaiah the prophet (739BC-680BC) wrote the book Isaiah, 2 Kings 18:1-20-21
- Micah the Prophet
- King Hezekiah was the the 13th King of Judah, 2 Kings 18:1-20:21 & 2 Chronicles 29:1-32:33
- King Hezekiah – sun went back, 2 Kings 20:1-11
- Jeremiah the prophet of God, Jeremiah 1:1-19
- Jeremiah visited the potters house, Jeremiah 18:1-17 & 19:15
- Uriah the prophet, Jeremiah 26:20-23
- Jeremiah used a scribe called Baruch, Jeremiah 36:1-32
- The book of Daniel, 1:1-21
- King Nebuchadnezzar's Dream, Daniel 2:1-49
- The Scroll – one of Ezekiel's messages, Ezekiel 2:1-10 & 3:1-21
- The valley of Dry Bones, Ezekiel 37:1-14
- Jeremiah the prophet of God is put down a well, Jeremiah 38:1-40:6
- Zedekiah 20th king of Judah, 2 Chronicles 36:11-21, 2 Kings 24:17-25:30 and Jeremiah 52:1-34
- Jerusalem goes into captivity, 2 Kings 25:1-25
- Judah goes into Slavery to Babylon, 2 Chronicles 36:11-21
- Golden Image made by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Daniel 3:1-12
- Fiery test in the fiery furnace, Daniel 3:13-30
- Daniel in the Lions Den, Daniel 6:1-28
- Zechariah the prophet 520BC-488?BC, Zechariah 1:1-13
- Temple rebuilt by Zerubbabel, Haggai 1:1-15 & 2:1-23
- Esther becomes the Queen of Persia, Esther 1:1-9
- Nehemiah rebuilds the walls, Nehemiah 2:1-10
- Ezra, Nehemiah 8:2-18 or Ezra 1:1-13:30
- Malachi a prophet of God, Malachi 1:1-4:6
- 400 Years, The gap between Malachi and Jesus
- Hasmonean Dynasty, This family stayed faithful to God
- A Roman Solider representing the Roman Empire
- Herod the Great built a temple for the Jews
- Angel Gabriel God's Messenger, Luke 1:26-38
- The cross a Roman method of killing people, Luke 22:1-24:12
- Jesus – The author and giver of all faith
- The 20 Kings of Judah who ruled between – 931BC-586BC
- The 19 Kings of Israel who ruled between – 931BC-722BC
- Time Line for Divided Kingdom
- Background Information – Prophets and Kings
- Resources – Prophets and Kings
- Next Module – 400 years


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Open Thread: Hugh Hewitt Takes on Politico Editor Over Liberal Bias
By NB Staff | January 18, 2011 9:06 AM EST
On Monday, conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt hosted Politico.com editor John Harris to discuss Politico's coverage of the aftermath of the Gabrielle Giffords shooting. Hewitt charged that Politico's reporting - both on the Tucson massacre and in general - has been driven hard to the left in recent years. Here's full audio of the exchange, via Breitbart.tv:
Who got the better of this exchange? Did Hewitt make the case adequately? Was Harris convincing in his defense of the paper?


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THE cockatoos look like flecks of white cotton in the eucalyptus trees. Their shrieks rend the air as they fly over the small crowd of people gathered on a patch of raw earth below. The group of parents and well-wishers stands around two shade tents, strung with colourful, hand-painted flags.
Inside are the students of Marysville Primary School, in their yellow and green uniforms, and the tiny pupils from Marysville Preschool, sheltering from the hot November sun.
All are here to witness the turning of the first sod of the new Marysville Primary School and community hub, nine months after the original school was razed in the February 7 bushfire.
Some parents burst into tears as they trundle prams and toddlers up the road to the site and bump into old friends: ''It's been a long time coming, but now that we're here it's really, really great,'' says one.
Next to the tent stands a small woman with piercing blue eyes, wearing a white sun hat. Peri Dix, the principal of Marysville Primary School, has kept careful watch over her young charges since Black Saturday and the months of upheaval that followed.
She tells the crowd of the day a box of donated Lego arrived at the school's temporary home at Taggerty Primary School: ''On the floor of the classroom the students built a replica of the town - the police station, the patisserie shop - and re-created the school. Now we are looking forward, as one child said to me, to coming home.''
For the past year The Age has visited Dix and her students to track the renaissance of a school that once stood, literally and metaphorically, at the heart of its community.
This week, 30 students, including eight new preps, began the school year at Taggerty, about 20 kilometres north of Marysville. Next term they will be back in their own town, in a brand new school.
Decent rainfall means there is still a green blush in the paddocks that surround Taggerty, and sounds from the playground are commonplace - the slap of a ball on concrete, kids laughing and the occasional wail as someone trips over.
Only the bumper stickers on staff cars offer any indication of what they have endured: ''Where there is hope, there is love. Where there is love there is life. Where there is life there is Marysville''.
The last time Dix saw Marysville Primary School was early on the afternoon of February 7, hours before the flames hit, when she dropped in with husband Martin to set up classrooms for the coming week.
She was at home in Healesville on Saturday night when phone calls and texts came flooding in and, by Sunday morning, Dix knew the school was gone. With her own home still under threat, she and teacher Sue Hill organised a community meeting the next day at a pizza restaurant in Croydon.
In front of the shell-shocked parents, Dix stood up and vowed that Marysville Primary would be rebuilt.
School council member and parent Mark Peart and his family had lost their rental home in Marysville and were ''trying to get their heads back together'' when they heard about the meeting.
''It was very emotional - I have a bit of trouble talking about it. We saw people who we thought might not be with us any more, and we had lost people we knew, so that was pretty gut wrenching,'' he says.
''Peri not only helped the school community, but, what I could see from that meeting, was holding the total community together. She played a vital role, I take my hat off to her for that.''
The period after the fires was a blur. The only way to keep track was with ''a big notepad and an even bigger handbag'', Dix says.
All her students and teachers survived, but many lost their homes and everyone knew someone who had died. She fielded phone calls from dozens of distraught people who felt a connection to the tiny school: some had been students, others had honeymooned in Marysville, a few didn't know where else to direct their grief.
Marysville Primary reopened on February 23, just 2½ weeks after the fire, sharing space at Taggerty Primary School. Donations, letters and gifts flooded in for months - a box of 1000 tiny paper cranes from Japan, woollen beanies, musical instruments, books and cheques. At first the students talked about the fires to counsellors and welfare officers. They painted flames, their old homes, and blackened ground.
Discreet signs on the wall of the school advised staff how to look for signs of trauma and grief.
But the students also wanted normality: maths homework, sports afternoons, skipping and tussles in the playground. The knot eased and they became distracted, kids again.
In November, when The Age visited Taggerty, the majority of the students' families were still living in Marysville, many at the temporary village. ''Our kids are doing extremely well, they really are,'' Dix said at the time. ''They have a moment if they see a bit of smoke in the air, so we run through our little routine and they're quite aware that we have a plan if there is to be a fire.''
On the wall behind her desk is a delicate black-and-white sketch of the old Marysville Primary School, a gift from South Australian artist Aaron Burfield.
The original building was a wooden schoolhouse, fronted by huge oak trees and surrounded by rhododendrons and azaleas. It was flanked by a 1950s-era classroom used for science, a carefully tended vegie garden and a mudbrick library.
The new building will be an education ''hub'' - housing not only Marysville Primary School, but a preschool, childcare and a maternal and child health centre.
Tomorrow all the school's staff will attend the memorial in Marysville as a group. They haven't spoken to students about the anniversary formally, preferring to let families discuss their own ways of commemorating the day.
''A lot of people I've spoken to feel that it's looming a bit,'' Dix says.
''Whether because they are scared of their own emotional reaction or because of the way the media will react, I'm not sure.
''I think Sunday will be an important day, particularly because the memorial will be held adjacent to the new school site.''
Asked what toll the fires took on her personally, Dix is characteristically upbeat: ''It was exhausting, but I've been able to work with some amazing people and children who are so resilient.''
To maintain her own equilibrium Dix, a mother of five boys, keeps a large collection of frogs, lizards and snakes at home, with six pythons ranging in length from 40 centimetres to three metres.
''It's my way of switching off from work,'' she says. ''You can't handle a python, especially a 2.5-metre one, when you're stressed. They pick up on it.''
Mark Peart describes Dix as the ''front-line foot soldier''.
''I'm quite amazed at how she's held up, her resilience. There must have been times when she questioned things, but if she did she never showed it, she always kept bouncing back. I think she's a very strong person.''


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If you are planning a winter wedding, a silver theme is the perfect choice. It brings to mind a blanket of snow glistening in the moonlight, lacy snowflakes and you, gliding down the aisle in a fairy-tale gown with silver embroidery that shimmers as you move. Your silver wedding invitations should be no less spectacular. For sheer elegance, you might choose the Faith in Love style, or the Dazzling Lace design featuring your wedding information surrounded by a delicate, lacy border.
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Is Belly Dancing a Workout?
Belly dancing is an ancient art form that has become a popular form of exercise; it is low impact and can burn up to 400 calories per hour while working numerous muscle groups. Additionally, belly dancing routines can be tailored to fit the needs of individuals who have physical limitations or disabilities.
Stomach Muscles
Belly dancing targets the deepest layer of muscles in the stomach known as the transverse abdominis; the complex movements associated with this type of dance work to strengthen and tone these muscles. The oblique muscles, which are located in the sides of the abdomen, are stretched and toned during the hip circle movements done during belly dancing. Another part of the abdomen that is toned is the rectus abdominis, commonly called the six pack muscles and located in the lower front of the abdomen. The toning effect occurs during the vertical and horizontal undulating movements as well as during two specific dance moves known as the camel and the belly roll.
Back and Hip Muscles
Belly dancing is also beneficial in strengthening the back muscles; the repetitive, gentle hip circles and rotations seen throughout this type of dance are effective in loosening lower back muscles as well as increasing the flow of natural lubricant to these areas. The commonly underused small muscle groups located in the back are also toned and strengthened during belly dancing thus leading to lessened back pain and improved posture. The hips are another muscle group frequently used during this type of dance; the constant movement of the hips can lead to increased flexibility and improved balance.
Upper Body and Lower Body Muscles
Shoulders and arms are frequently used in belly dancing, circles or rippling motions may be done with the arms as well as doing lifts; the toning effect resulting from arm use can generally be seen quickly as the arms are constantly being used during belly dancing. In the lower body muscles, belly dancing movements use the hamstrings, gluteus maximus, and quadriceps to stabilize the body as it moves in circles and while moving the hips. This allows for a great lower body workout without risking stress to the joints or impact to the knees and ankles. Belly dancing is also considered a weight bearing exercise, which adds the additional benefits of increased bone strength and osteoporosis prevention.
Getting the Best Workout
To ensure the best workout from belly dancing, an individual should utilize a full range of rotation and undulation maneuvers; this level of belly dance can be achieved by taking higher level classes and with consistent practice. Additionally, during belly dancing it is important to isolate certain areas of the body for movement while keeping other areas still. Focusing on one area of the body at a time in this way can increase the benefit for targeted muscle groups. It is also important in belly dancing to ensure that form and movements are done correctly; when posture, form, and movements are done effectively the workout can offer greater benefit.
Belly Dancing and Disabilities
Belly dancing is favorable for those with physical limitations as it offers a multitude of different dance moves to choose from. Many movements are available that are less complex and challenging than the more difficult moves; this makes it easy for an individual to create a routine to fit their personal needs. Belly dancing is also a very adaptable form of dance due to the fact that it involves little stretching and balancing. For individuals who do not have use of their legs, chair belly dancing is an available option.
Belly dancing offers a great workout by targeting the major muscle groups and providing the benefits of a traditional workout with fewer risks. This type of dance is a highly adaptable form of exercise that can fit the needs of individuals with disabilities by offering a multitude of different options.
Don't be scared of weight! Lifting them, that is. Learn why weights are a belly dancer's BEST friend.
Another "Must-Do" for belly dancers: How stretching can enhance your dance


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Whether at the beach, the lake, your home, your favorite park, or one of Little Nest's preferred outdoor photography locations, an outdoor session is like no other.
Capture the early morning glow or the beautiful light of the evening sun in a place near and dear to your family's heart. The wall collection or album you create from your outdoor session will easily become a reminder of all the fun you have at your family's very own special place.
Let's meet up in the scenic outdoors!


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Research of the Week
In elite gymnasts, a three month stint on a very low carb ketogenic diet had no (negative or positive) effect on their performance and explosive strength levels [1]. Gymnasts on the ketogenic diet, however, did lose a considerable amount of fat mass.
A new meta-analysis concludes that protein supplementation increases both strength and muscle mass [2] in younger and older trainees engaged in prolonged resistance exercise.
Interesting Blog Posts
The Sock Doc breaks down how our hormones can affect the health and stability of our ligaments [3].
"It's not me, it's you," said the venison to the finicky modern eater [4].
Media, Schmedia
Vote for Robb Wolf and Greg Everett's whole Paleo Solution podcast dealio gig in the People's Choice Podcast Awards [5]. Scroll down to Health/Fitness to cast your vote.
If any grain is Primal, it's Paleo oatmeal [6], about as old fashioned as you can get (Onion warning).
Everything Else
Crossfit Endurance founder Brian Mackenzie details his training philosophy in the newly-released book with the self-explanatory title: Power, Speed, Endurance [7]. If you're a fan of endurance sports (or just general human performance) and you want to do them safely, effectively and healthfully, check out the book. Here's a trailer [8], and here's a sample chapter [9] (PDF), free of charge.
And for the kids out there wondering what they should put on their feet to go run, here's a possible answer [10].
Recipe Corner
- Yeah, it's a nut-meal based paleo treat that apes SAD food but so what? It's the holidays: Paleo Sweet Potato Biscuits [11].
- Just wrap it in bacon [12] and they'll never be the wiser.
Time Capsule
One year ago (November 18 – November 24)
- The Problems with Antibiotics: More Fallout from Killing Your Flora [13] – All the other downsides to antibiotics abuse that most people – even those who get it otherwise – don't really mention.
- The Problems with Antibiotics: Possible Alternatives and Damage Control [14] – Assuming you do have a condition that calls for antimicrobials, are there any options besides antibiotics? And how can you reduce the collateral damage?
Email of the Week
I don't know how ANY of the test subjects managed to fall asleep while researchers were taking their rectal temperatures.
– Different strokes, mattoomba [15]. Don't knock it til you've tried it.


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BASINGSTOKE and Mid Hants sprinter Owen Richardson's fine start to the indoor season continued as he claimed the under-17 400m title at the Southern Regional Athletics Championships.
Richardson was on top form throughout the event at Lee Valley, winning his heat in 50.80sec and his semi-final in 51.76sec to qualify for the final.
There, he produced a personal-best performance, clocking 50.57sec to win the event, finishing more than a second clear of his nearest rival and cementing his place at the top of the UK rankings.
Several other members of the Down Grange club also travelled to east London for the championships – and there were more medals in the under-17 pentathlon.
JJ Crookes claimed gold in the boys' event thanks to a lifetime best in the 60m hurdles and a tally of 3,094 points, while Devon Brimecome produced a personal best tally of 3,012 to pick up bronze in the girls' competition.
Victoria Butler-Clack was 16th in the under-15 pentathlon, while Peter Watkeys finished fourth in his heat of the senior 800m. Mark Berridge won his heat of the senior 400m in 50.51sec but did not run in the semi-final.
Two other Basingstoke athletes travelled to Sheffield for the national indoor combined championships. Sam Sleap had to withdraw from the heptathlon due to injury, while Gemma Finch finished 14th in the under-20 pentathlon with a personal best tally of 3,014 points, claiming a bronze medal in the south east championships in the process.


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Actress Anushka Sharma will join the cast of upcoming movie "Bombay Velvet" in Sri Lanka and is looking forward to the experience.
Directed by filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, "Bombay Velvet" brings actor Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka together on the silver screen for the first time.
Last seen in director Vishal Bhardwaj's "Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola", Anushka said: "I am really excited and looking forward to joining the crew of 'Bombay Velvet' in Sri Lanka."
"I have always wanted to work with Anurag and I am glad that I am going to be a part of his biggest celluloid dream yet. I am sure it is going to be an unforgettable experience. Fingers crossed," she said in a statement.
Anushka will be shooting for 40 days in Sri Lanka to complete her first schedule.
Co-produced by Fox Star Studios and Phantom Films, "Bombay Velvet" is set in Mumbai and the story covers 1950s to 1970s. It is the first film of a trilogy on how the city became a metropolis.


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World-first clinical trials have started in Victoria after Australian researchers discovered that melatonin, a naturally occurring hormone, may prevent brain injuries in unborn babies.
The injuries, which can be caused during pregnancy or labour, can lead to such conditions as intellectual disabilities, epilepsy, and learning and behavioural problems. It can also lead to cerebral palsy, which is the most common physical disability in childhood, with an Australian baby born with the condition every 15 hours.
The trials, being conducted at Southern Health's Monash Medical Centre and The Ritchie Centre at the Monash Institute of Medical Research, are being offered to women carrying growth restricted babies, which occurs in approximately 1 in 20 pregnancies.
"Women are identified when they are seen clinically and thought to have a small baby on board," says leading obstetrician and Director of the Ritchie Centre, Professor Euan Wallace. "They are then referred to us for an ultrasound scan. If this confirms a small baby then we offer the treatment."
The cause of these brain injuries during pregnancy is an excess in free radicals, which leads to oxidative stress. For growth-restricted babies, Wallace says that the most common cause is a placenta that hasn't developed properly, and therefore doesn't provide the baby with enough oxygen.
If successful, the melatonin supplements are something that may become a routine part of pregnancy care
"This happens from the very beginning of pregnancy and is not usually related to anything the women has or has not done," he explains.
Although melatonin is mostly known for regulating our body clock to assist with sleep, it is also a powerful natural antioxidant which is able to change the dangerous free radicals into a form that isn't harmful to our bodies.
"We believe, based on our research to date, that melatonin prevents oxidative stress in the developing baby's brain at a critical stage of brain development or at the time of birth," Wallace says.
Based on this research, the current trials involve expectant mothers taking melatonin tablets in order to provide the antioxidant to their unborn babies. Each pregnancy is then monitored carefully and cord blood and placenta is taken for testing after the birth of the baby. As the level of free radicals has shown to be higher in the umbilical cord blood in growth restricted babies, this will provide researchers with indicative results of the trials. Experiments have already been conducted with sheep, with the melatonin supplements successfully correcting the oxidative stress in foetal lambs.
In a linked study by the Ritchie Centre, research has indicated that melatonin can also prevent these brain injuries in babies who are asphyxiated during labour, most commonly caused by obstruction of the umbilical cord. This affects more than 1 million babies worldwide each year, even those whose mothers have the healthiest pregnancies.
In this case, the melatonin would be given directly to the baby shortly after birth. This study is still in the experimental phase, in which researchers have been administering the melatonin to newborn lambs for approximately the last 18 months, but Wallace says the team hopes to move to clinical trials with humans in 2013.
An added benefit to these trials is that they have also shown an improvement in the lambs' ability to feed. This is due to the protection the melatonin gives the brain, which Wallace hopes will also be true in human babies.
Another advantage is that there are no adverse side effects, as melatonin is produced naturally by our bodies.
This ground-breaking research is a collaborative effort involving the work of scientists, obstetricians, paediatricians, radiologists, and midwives, work which Professor Wallace says is very exciting.
"It is hard work - trying to unravel the mysteries of human brain development, how this can go wrong and how we can prevent that. The thought of preventing even one child developing cerebral palsy is thrilling," he says.
If successful, the melatonin supplements are something that may become a routine part of pregnancy care, the way that many women now take folic acid to help prevent spina bifida. If this is the case, however, Wallace says it is still further down the track as there is still so much to be learned.


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Last May, after much consultation, the government said it wanted to move to a system whereby students applied after they have received their exam grades, rather than on the basis of predicted grades as now.
Ministers set a timetable of interim changes by 2008 and the introduction of a full Post Qualifications Applications system (PQA) by 2012.
But already the expectations of substantial change are being massaged down by some of the key players in the reform process.
Back in May, the government decided the best way forward was to make the higher education sector itself responsible for implementing change. In this, they were acknowledging the reality that universities are independent and enforcing change is not really an option.
So the baton was passed to a "delivery partnership" representing universities and other bodies involved in university entrance.
It has now formed a steering group, which is chaired by Sir Graeme Davies, vice-chancellor of the University of London.
At a London conference this week, Sir Graeme surprised supporters of PQA by saying - in what he stressed was a "personal view" - that "the prospect of a full-blooded, 100% PQA system is unlikely".
This was honest of him and there is no doubt that PQA is proving problematic. Despite strong support for the principle of post-results applications, the practice has proved divisive.
Not for the first time, universities, colleges and schools cannot agree on the best way forward.
At the same conference, the comments of the head of the universities admissions service, Ucas, proved instructive.
Anthony McLaran said: "We have been bedevilled by excessive concentration on those three initials, PQA, in a way that does not do justice to the complexities of what we are trying to do.
"If we focus only on PQA we will get polarisation and over-simplification."
It seems we - and the government - are being prepared for a distinct lowering of expectations over PQA.
Meanwhile there are signs of resentment from state schools, colleges and widening participation groups - which tend to favour PQA - that their voices are not sufficiently represented on the delivery partnership.
The latter has just held its first meeting and produced its first progress report. The composition of its steering group has angered many because of the dominance of universities.
Its 23 named members include just one representative of further education colleges and just three from schools. Some are shocked that two of these three schools are private, selective schools.
Groups committed to broadening university participation, such as Action on Access, are not represented.
So where is the delivery partnership heading? Its just-published first report is very cautious.
It says the system will continue to be based on the grade predictions supplied by schools and colleges until 2010 when it promises to do no more than review the situation.
It is also pretty cautious on the half-way house option that would allow students who get higher grades than expected to make new applications without jeopardising the conditional offers they already hold.
It promises to present a paper in June 2007 for how this might work but makes no commitment as to when it might begin.
Indeed it warns that the changes to the Ucas processes may require a "long-lead time for implementation".
The one firm change, for implementation by 2008, is for A-level results to come out at least one week earlier than now. This in itself would make little difference, although it is a necessary pre-condition to other changes leading towards PQA.
So, despite all the pressure for change, and the clear direction indicated by the government, there is relatively little hope of an early end to a system of university admissions based on predicted grades, 55% of which prove to be at least slightly inaccurate.
The Higher Education Minister, Bill Rammell, has asked to attend the delivery partnerships' meeting early next year.
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Cops in the Chicago area call it a "track," a stretch of street known for its steady sex trade.
Women in tight, scant clothing stand in high heels on street corners along an industrial strip in suburban Cicero. Customers, usually men, slow their cars and roll down a window.
"How much?" they ask.
Some might see these interludes as exchanges between consenting adults, or at the very least, consenting criminals, if the prostitute is, indeed, an adult and seemingly free to come and go as she pleases. They may call it a victimless crime, seeing domestic prostitution as something very different from human sex trafficking – with its cross-border abductions and brutal coercion – a scourge that's come to the forefront of news in recent years.
But are they so different, after all? Increasingly, experts in the field are saying no, and applying the label human trafficking to homegrown prostitution. And now more lawmakers, police and prosecutors across the country are starting to shift their view on this, too. Increasingly, they are focusing on arresting traffickers and customers (pimps and johns, as it were) and on getting help for prostitutes.
It's being looked at as more of a domestic violence issue, as it's not so easy to get out of the trade.
Near Chicago, Cook County Sheriff's police run regular sting operations to ticket customers who proposition undercover female police officers or who use popular escort websites. The johns must pay a fine. Police also impound their cars.
"Dear John," read billboards the department has posted near various tracks: "If You're Here To Solicit Sex, It Could Cost You $2,150. We're Teaming Up To Bust You."
The money funds a rehabilitation program for prostitutes.
Elsewhere, a law passed in New York state in 2010 allows women who can prove they were coerced to have prostitution convictions wiped from their records – a move that advocates say allows them more options for housing and employment.
And in California, voters recently passed Proposition 35, which increases prison terms for human traffickers, as well as fines, which also are to be used to pay for services for victims.
It's progress, experts say. Yet a question often persists: Who is really a victim?
Can people be "victims" if they sell their bodies for sex – and keep some of that money or trade it for drugs? Are they victims if a pimp provides cellphones, buys them clothes, or even cars, or places to stay? In some instances, a prostitute might even have children with her pimp.
Often the public – and the people who are supposed to enforce these new laws – have a difficult time seeing prostitutes as victims, even when they're young.
When determining who's a victim of trafficking, officers are trained to look for signs of coercion. They might ask a hotel clerk if the prostitute was not allowed to speak, or seemed frightened, when checking into a room. They look for bruises and other signs of abuse and bring in former prostitutes to do the interviews.
More departments are being encouraged to focus on screening prostitutes, female and male, and training officers to recognize the signs of trafficking.
But even when officers determine that help is needed, there's often not much they can do.
"Victims assistance is the weakest link in the chain," says Mark Ensalaco, a trafficking expert who's director of the human rights studies program at the University of Dayton.
He recalls one case, in recent years, when a young woman was rescued after an Ohio state trooper stopped a car on the interstate and recognized that she was a victim of sex trafficking. Beyond abuse, those signs can include malnourishment, having few possessions, avoiding eye contact and not having control of personal identification, such as a driver's license or a passport.
This woman, too, was addicted to drugs, Ensalaco says, but never got the help she needed. Eventually, she committed suicide.
The Salvation Army, as it does in other cities, also helps for victims of human trafficking through its STOP-IT initiative. Those services might include giving victims cellphones, clothing and food, items traffickers may have provided to keep them dependent.
The victims also have access to counseling, but aren't required to attend.
Brenda Myers-Powell – a former prostitute who now works as a peer specialist and counselor at the Cook County jail – agrees that independence should be the goal.
Early in the process, it's good for the public to understand that victims are victims, she says.
"But you can't stay a victim forever," she says. "At some point, you become a survivor."
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Italian Chef Salad Bread Bowl
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This can be a great main dish. I love bocconcini (mini mozzarella balls) and that is one of my favorite things about this salad. It is just delicious!
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Salad and the Longmeadow goes together like cheese and mustard. This is the top of the heap of lovely, Italian salads, that is so tasty, you will want seconds. This is extremely easy, but has such a punch of "WOW" that you will want to make extra. I didn't change anything, no need to. Perfect in creativity, Lainey! Thanks for posting! Made for ZWT 7
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 (16 ounce) round loaf crusty bread
- 6 ounces bocconcini (1 cup, halved)
- 5 ounces provolone cheese, cut into 3/4-inch by 1/4-inch pieces
- 4 ounces prosciutto or 4 ounces deli ham, thinly sliced
- 2 large tomatoes, cut into wedges
- 1 cup assorted pitted deli olive
- 3 ounces pepperoni slices, 3/4 cup
- 1⁄2 cup red onion, sliced
- 1⁄2 cup Italian salad dressing
- 5 cups salad greens
- 1 cup fresh basil leaf
Directions See How It's Made
- Cut off top third of bread; cut into 3/4-inch pieces.
- Place on baking sheet, let stand at room temperature about 1 hour to dry.
- Meanwhile, prepare salad; in large bowl, toss bocconcini, provolone, prosciutto, tomatoes, olives, pepperoni and onion with bread cubes and dressing.
- Gently stir in salad greens and basil.
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Jackie Park-Burris is the granddaughter of Leo and Ella Park, who in1913 homesteaded a farm in what eventually became Palo Cedro, California. Leo and Ella's son Homer — Jackie's uncle — started playing with swarms of honeybees on that farm when he was 7 years old. Homer grew up to become one of the most successful and prolific queen breeders in the country, establishing himself in the 1940s. In 1961, Homer convinced his youngest brother, Jack — Jackie's father — to start his own bee business, and Jack became very successful, too.
Jackie grew up keeping bees under the tutelage of these two giants in beekeeping, who determined that Northern California's central valley held the purest mating grounds for commercially raising Park Italian Queens. From the 1940s until today, the valley's purity and space allows equal attention to be paid to rearing drones able to supply virgin queens with a lifetime's worth of semen and rearing top quality, gentle queens able to put honey in the comb, almonds on the tree, and ample, healthy brood in the chamber.
Homer and Jack taught Jackie the importance of placing "Drone Mother" colonies near mating yards in remote areas. The health of drones is absolutely essential to the production of quality queens, and today Jackie typically produces 20-40 more drones for every Park Italian Queen she rears.
Jackie was managing the queen rearing part of Jack's package bee business at his death in 1988. A few years later, Jackie and her husband Jim bought the homestead and the bee business from her mother, Joyce, and Jackie launched Jackie Park-Burris Queens in 1994. She also joined together with Jack and Homer's descendants — Steve & Sharon Park, Shannon & Glenda Wooten, Pat & Bonnie Stayer, and now Daren & Alissa Wooters — to produce a line of queen bees known as "Homer Park Italians" or "Park Italians," sold under the label "Wooten's Golden Queens."
In 2012, Jackie decided that she wanted to spend more time in the field managing queen rearing and doing what she loves best: catching queens! So, she began selling queens under her own label, "Jackie Park-Burris Queens," but she continues to work with Wooten's Golden Queens to ensure that the needs of the family's collective Park Italian Queens customers are met.
Today, Jackie Park-Burris Queens produces over 20,000 Park Italian Queens per year, along with nuc sides for sale. In addition, her bees produce honey and pollinate almonds. Jackie has continued to increase her queen production with a hands-on focus of raising a superior queen that can handle the stress of today's migratory beekeeping operations. Jackie is enthusiastically involved in breeder queen and drone selection, grafting, and moving of bees. She believes it is more important than ever to select for disease resistant stock and to keep the quality traits in Park Italian Queens that have made them such prolific layers and great honey producers for over 60 years.
Jackie is devoted to the quality of the Park Italian line and as a result has become the family Researcher, armed with her microscope. As part of her ongoing efforts to stay abreast of the latest in honeybee research, Jackie is a proud supporter of the University of California-Davis Bee Biology facility and the Harry Laidlaw Honey Bee Research Endowed Fund. Jackie loves her hands-on involvement in many areas of honeybee research, using her microscope as she dissects bees to inspect for tracheal mites and also as she monitors her hives for varroa levels. In this way, she can graft queens not infested with mites to create a line of bees resistant to these tracheal mites. Jackie also monitors her non-treated hives and selects her breeding stock from varroa mite tolerant queen stock. Jackie is committed to constant improvement of her queens in order meet the many challenges currently facing the beekeeping industry.
Jackie, along with many members of her family, is involved in state and national beekeeping organizations in order to keep abreast of the latest in honeybee research and development and to ensure healthy bees for pollination, honey production, and queen rearing for all the years to come. Jackie was the first woman president of the California Bee Breeders Association and is a past president of the California State Beekeepers Association.
Jackie is married to Jim Burris, and they are the very proud parents of two sons, Ryan and Randal, both graduates of the University of California-Davis.
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Artist Dan Bolick gets personal at Penn State New Ken
When he paints a portrait of someone, Murrysville artist Dan Bolick says he is, in a sense, switching places with them.
The true subject of each portrait is the interchange that takes place with the person depicted, he says. "I am painting them, but I am also trying to paint what I know about them. Hopefully, this is reflected in the outcome of the painting."
After debuting in 2010 at Penn State New Kensington with "Resurrected" — his touring portraits of 10 wrongly convicted men who were freed after years of sitting on death row or facing life sentences — Bolick returns to the gallery with "In Your Face."
"This year, people will see 35 faces looking back at them. Each portrait has a story behind it," he says. "All of the people behind the faces have made an impact on me in one way or another."
The exhibit, now showing and continuing through Feb. 28, offers 21 expressionistic-style works, made with acrylic, spray and latex house paint; nine portraits that are three-dimensional collage/assemblages created with plywood, acrylic paint and old maps and billboard paper; and five portraits rendered with ball-point pen, magic marker and colored pencil.
A meet-the-artist gathering is scheduled for noon Feb. 6 in the gallery.
"Dan has strong, socially relevant work. I admire and respect what he does, how it connects to his life and to the larger community," says Bud Gibbons, Penn State professor of art and gallery director.
"The power that these paintings have on the gallery walls is matched visually by the powerful message explicit in the work," Gibbons says. "People are struck by the paintings and pulled into their stories by the writing that is part of some of these images."
When singer-songwriter Sting saw the artist's touring "Resurrected" exhibit in New York City, he told Bolick, "I love your drips, man," referring to the flow of paint and how it creates emotion.
"The reactions I have received from people who have seen the 'Resurrected' exhibit has always been very, very positive," Bolick says. "People everywhere are very concerned and vocal about the issue of wrongful incarceration."
When he saw the paintings at Point Park University in 2010, at a fundraiser for the university's now-defunct Innocence Institute, famed author John Grisham promised to help him find a larger audience for the exhibit, even writing a recommendation for his application for a Guggenheim Fellowship. (Bolick was not awarded the fellowship, monies from which he had hoped to use to continue to meet new exonerees and expand the project, offer free shipment of the exhibit and to write a book based on it. "As of now, the project has no legs. I have zero funding," he says.)
Five paintings and five drawings from "Resurrected" are in the "In Your Face" show, including two new exonerees. They fit the theme of "In Your Face," the artist suggests, because they "in and of themselves" also are faces.
"The artwork in the gallery is in the form of very energetic paintings representing in every case, 'Faces,' the title," says Gibbons. "The title is perfect as a description of excellent, powerful, well-painted images that capture your attention and tell a story."
The portraits in the gallery are designed "to look at you while you are looking at them," Bolick says.
He says none of the people in the exhibit are well known, except for the collages of Gandhi and Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. With the exception of the "Arson" and "Burglary" portraits, he knows all of the subjects.
The back wall is made up of seven portraits of his immediate family, who he says are his "muses." The right wall features memorable students from his 34-year teaching career in Pittsburgh Public Schools, from which he is retired. "There is a story for each one," he says.
The left wall holds his portraits from "Resurrected. "In the corner of the front wall are four small collage-paint portraits of people I know, just regular folks," he says.
Bolick says he hopes that those who view his work in this exhibit slow down and contemplate on the visual image.
"I want them to look into the person I have depicted," he says. "What emotions do they feel emanating from the person behind the paint? I also want the viewer to look at the surface of the painting and ask themselves, 'How is it made, why do the colors run, does how the paint is applied to the surface conjure any feelings, does the paint cry?'"
He continues to say he is not interested in painting "pretty pictures." "I'm more interested in creating a more socially responsible art," he says. "I try to think of myself and my exoneree portraits as a form of art activism," he explains. "I'm trying to act as the conscience of the people, trying to give a visual voice to this problem and, at the same time, help some people."
Rex Rutkoski is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-226-4664 or email@example.com.