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The Right to Know: Environmental protection in Bangladesh
|Article 19
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|27 September 2013
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|Article 19, The Right to Know: Environmental protection in Bangladesh, 27 September 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/524d66ad4.html [accessed 24 November 2017]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
ARTICLE 19 has been working with people in Bangladesh to help them fight for better environmental protection. By training local communities to use the right to information law, we are encouraging communities, civil society and campaigners to ask questions about what the authorities are doing to create a safe and sustainable environment.
We have worked closely with people from across the country, including in the vulnerable coastal districts of Bhola and Cox's Bazar; in the forested areas of Gazipur and Bagerhat; and in the northern coastal areas of Khulna and Sathkhira.
Case study:
Masum Billah is a community leader from the Khulna municipality. He has received training from for ARTICLE 19 on how to use the right to information law in Bangladesh and has taken part in workshops that we have run about how to organise community campaigning.
Masum took part in discussions with the Khulna Development Authority (KDA) and the Department of Environment, which included a session talking about the state's obligations under Bangladesh's Right to Information Act 2009.
Masum was informed by the communities in Ward 32 that rice mills and wood husk mills were being established under the KDA without proper authority; they not have the necessary clearance, violating provisions of the environment laws of the country. Masum filed an application to the Department of Environment asking for disclosure of a full list of mills and factories with and without clearance. The authority provided him with a full list of mills and their certification status. It became clear that half of them did not have the proper clearance.
Masum Billah and his organisation, Social and Environment Movement (SEIAM) is now taking legal action against the Department of Environment and KDA and campaigning for the removal of the illegally established mills.
Acknowledging the role that ARTICLE 19 has played in his quest for protecting the environment, Masum Billah acknowledged:
"ARTICLE 19 has introduced me to a new tool for holding local government and authorities accountable to their responsibilities for protecting the environment and for greater disclosure, I can see the benefits of the use of the law."
Masum Billah is fast emerging as a strong right to information activist and beginning to play a leadership role in the newly formed Environmental Protection Defenders Forum, a fora of community based organisations working on environmental protection issues.
- See more at: http://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/37267/en/the-right-to-know:-environmental-protection-in-bangladesh#sthash.NFgTj3rV.dpuf


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4 ears corn with husks
1 T olive oil
1 small red onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
1 medium red or green bell pepper, diced (about 1/2 cup)
1 small sweet potato, peeled and diced (about 1 cup)
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp table salt
1/2 tsp hot pepper sauce
2 T chopped cilantro or parsley
Remove tough outer leaves of husks, reserving 2 leaves for later use. Pull remaining husks back over the stem end, remove silk and cut corn cob off, leaving husks and stem end attached.
Cut corn off cobs.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, red pepper and sweet potato; cook until just tender, about 8 minutes. Stir in corn, chili powder, salt and hot pepper sauce. Cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in cilantro; remove from heat. Let cool slightly.
Let kids spoon about 1 cup vegetable mixture into each of the four husks. Using a strip of the reserved husk or kitchen twine, tie the husks to enclose the filling. Trim excess husk 1/2 to 3/4 inch from ties. Place boats on a cookie sheet and bake until heated through and husks are beginning to brown, about 12-15 minutes. Enjoy!
Nutrition: Calories 120 | Total Fat 4.2g | Saturated Fat 0.6g | Cholesterol 0mg | Sodium 303mg | Potassium 347mg | Total Carbohydrates 21.0g | Dietary Fiber 3.4g | Sugars 5.3g | Protein 2.8g

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Recoil and Stability should be increased.
Damage and Range be increased.
Mag size and Reload speed be increased.
All three of these things should be buffed.
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Edit: As a note, the first choice for "stability and recoil" is meant to say that "Recoil and Stability should be [b]improved[/b]." Second Edit: Looks like Bungie found the need for the buff on their own and are buffing the rifle themselves...I didn't see how exactly, though. NOTE! This was a thread prior to release. On release of the game i found pulse rifles to be greatly improved and in fact quite viable in both pve and pvp now. All of this talk on the feedback forum about the Hand Cannon, when arguably the weakest (or at least the least popular) primary in the Beta was the Pulse Rifle. I'd like to say that the biggest issue of the weapon is that even when you manage to get all three shots on target, you could not pull out more damage than either the auto rifle or the scout rifle. The magazine sizes were too small for the engagements due to the high recoil. The damage was not rewarding and the range was only acceptable. In my experience, I had white scout rifles that could outperform green pulse rifles. These guys need SOMETHING. The unfortunate part of that something is that I have no idea exactly WHAT needs to be done. Increase the stability of all Pulse Rifles? I mean that makes sense, burst fire was used to provide volume of fire of the automatics and the ammo conservation and stability of semi-automatic. Unfortunately, increasing the stability just makes the game easier...and easy games aren't fun. What about boosting the damage and range? Well...sure, but then you start competing DIRECTLY with the scout rifle, a competition in which the scout rifle will most likely win out on if the Pulse Rifle doesnt become a complete beast. Larger Magazine size or faster reload speed? Maybe, but a faster reload speed on a weapon that, more often than not, appears to be bullpup in design? Seems a bit weird. Most of my complaints here are arbitrary and pointless in the long run, but I'm legitimately at an impasse on what the proper "buff" to give the Pulse Rifle. I figure, I should leave it to the community to help me here. If you have a suggestion that does NOT fit the three suggestions, please feel free to state it below. If you think the weapon is fine in its current orientation, lemme know what i'm doing wrong. :<
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Michael Frolik Finally Manages to Score for the Chicago BlackhawksMarch 3, 2011
This year, it seemed that the NHL trade frenzy began on February 9 with Francois Beauchemin being shipped from Toronto to Anaheim.
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Michael Frolik (along with Alexander Salak) was traded from the Florida Panthers to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Jack Skille, Hugh Jessiman and David Pacan.
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Researchers from Iowa State University have identified a novel factor that promotes the development of antibiotic resistance in a bacterial pathogen. The study, published June 6th in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, explains that Mfd, a protein involved in DNA transcription and repair, plays an important role in the development of fluoroquinolone resistance in Campylobacter, a bacterial pathogen commonly associated with food poisoning in humans.
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There is concern that despite fact that humans have reduced the critically endangered black rhino numbers by well over 90 percent in the last century, rhino's may actually be suffering the effects of more recent population increases in some reserves.
Indeed, the vital south-central black rhino (Diceros bicornis minor) population in the entirely fenced Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa, could be suffering the effects of over-population (i.e., reduced population performance). Anecdotal evidence collected from field rangers suggests that rhino home ranges may be getting bigger and calving periods longer, which can indicate a population is struggling. Unfortunately, the quality of data remains inadequate to be confident of this assumption. For example, previous studies have used home range inflating fortuitously gathered sighting locations to conclude dramatic increases in black rhino range size i.e. supporting the overpopulation argument. However, results from my stratified sampling of radio-tagged rhino shows that average home range sizes have not in fact increased over the last forty years. Thus, the debate about the status of Hluhluwe's strategic donor population continues. In the context of significant increases in rhino poaching (i.e. a dozen a year in 2007 to over 400 now) in South Africa, understanding how these prehistoric mega-herbivores behave and what effects their population dynamics demands attention.
Africa's oldest reserve, rife with rhinos
Essentially I think we don't know enough about the ecology of the rhinos, and so I am intensively tracking the rhinos to try to find out more. They appear to have strong social bonds to their individual rhino neighbours, so its very hard to understand how taking out other rhinos affects the ones left behind. The Park which is the oldest in Africa (c. proclaimed 1875), has acted as the key base for both black and white rhino populations since the 1960s when D. b. minor numbered as little as 100 individuals – all found in Hluhluwe.
When numbers bottomed in the 1960's, the Natal Park's Board- now Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife (EKZNW), began 'Operation Rhino' as a large-scale initiative to bolster their populations. They pioneered large animal capture techniques, improved security and meta-population management (fencing off animals and transplanting small percentages to different areas), repopulating large swaths of southern Africa with rhinos.
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There are now more than 1600 D.b. minor and southern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum) number also having bounced back, from a small population in the park (c. 50) to now more than 17000 across the southern part of the continent.
There is no doubt that the repopulation and range expansion program has been enormously successful and brought black rhino back from the brink of extinction.
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There have been more problems recently with poaching, largely because disposable incomes have increased in Asia and the demand and ability to obtain horns has gotten so high and the price so dear, that poachers can now afford to fly helicopters into parks to find rhinos. Operation Rhino, initiated from HiP, has essentially been one of the world's most successful large-animal conservation efforts in the world, and there is an argument to be made that if they hadn't developed the techniques they did in the park, none of the other rhino populations in Africa would have survived either. The time has come, however, to consider what happens to those left behind, especially if too many rhinos are taken out when the population is not performing well?
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AKIPRESS.COM - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said July 10 it affirmed its long- and short-term local and foreign currency issuer credit ratings on Kazakh government-related entity (GRE) Samruk-Kazyna (SK) at 'BBB+/A-2'. The outlook is negative.
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Everything is going high tech these days, even April Fools' Day jokes. But not every joke has to be over the top. If you need some ideas for fun and unique pranks today is your lucky day – read on.
Wouldn't it be great to prank someone from a distance so you can laugh without being caught? Or come up with a joke that is harmless, funny and hasn't been done before, at least not in your circle of friends or family.
Here's a list to help you prank your friends and family:
Remote Controlled Pests — Among many other creepy creatures, you can get remote controlled black widows and cockroaches. A video of their reaction is a must!
Mildew Lunch Bag — Get this lunch bag for your spouse or kid and gross them out. I just hate that I didn't think of this in time to send my stepson's lunch this morning.
Auto Caps Lock — This gadget automatically presses the "caps lock" button at random times and causes great annoyance to people who KNOW they did not press it.
Shock Mouse — This computer mouse offers a jolt whenever someone lays a hand on it. A great way to keep people OFF of your computer when you aren't around.
Quick, Last Minute Ideas — Write notes on the bookkeeper's adding machine tape and roll it back up so it doesn't show until later. Put tape over the ear piece on the phone and watch as the person instinctively starts yelling because they can't hear anything.


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For two of college football's most dominant teams this season, Thursday presents an opportunity to show that they can keep up their incredible level of performance against their toughest opponents to date. With Baylor hosting Oklahoma and Oregon looking to avenge last season's loss to Stanford (9 p.m. ET, ESPN), both the Bears and Ducks are hoping to strengthen their résumés in the final year of the BCS.
Entering Thursday's action, Oregon ranks seventh in ESPN's new Championship Drive Ratings (measures which teams are most deserving of competing for the national title based on what they've done to date, relative to their schedule), while Baylor is 14th. Both teams are a few spots lower than they are in the BCS standings because, quite simply, they haven't played difficult schedules. They each get credit for dominating most games (in terms of average win probability), but it's still deemed that it's harder to achieve what other teams have versus their schedules than what these two have versus their slate of opponents to date.
On the other hand, Oregon and Baylor rank first and third, respectively, in ESPN's new Football Power Index (a predictive measure of team strength that estimates how powerful a team is likely to be going forward) -- a few spots higher than each team is in the BCS. Both have been seemingly unstoppable on offense and also have top-10 defenses. They should be really strong going forward, likely to beat pretty much anyone else on a neutral field.
While looking at where these teams stand now is fun and useful, what really matters is where they will stand relative to everyone else at the end of the season. When you break down the numbers, both will be among the most deserving teams of playing for a national title if they win out. Oregon will be able to challenge Alabama, and Baylor could push Florida State. (And don't rule out Stanford if it can beat the Ducks on Thursday night; more on that later.)


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Although Rachael Leigh Cook and her husband, Vampire Diaries actor Daniel Gillies, married in 2004, the couple was not ready to have a baby — until now!
After announcing the pregnancy in early May, the actress, 33, revealed this week to People that many friends and family reacted to the news with "Finally!"
While others were anxious for this big announcement, she and Gillies were in no rush because, as the Perception actress explained, they got engaged, and married quickly after meeting and desired to spend time as a couple. "There was just so much more both of us wanted to do. We wanted to travel and accomplish a lot more in our professional lives."
The She's All That actress emphasized that they definitely wanted children, but they did not feel an impulse to try right away. Recently, however, they realized it was time. "Now that we know what our lives are going to look like — sort of — for the next couple of months," she said, "we just felt like it was the right time finally. We're not getting any younger."
As a mom who had a baby at an older age, I identify with the "not getting any younger" realization! My husband and I waited four years after our wedding before trying to conceive, and then it was another four years until I had my daughter. Waiting can be good, but from my experience, you also have to factor in extra time in case things take a little longer than planned!
For Rachael Leigh Cook and Daniel Gillies, things are proceeding right on schedule. She is due this fall and told reporters that early in the pregnancy, she experienced fatigue but no morning sickness. She noted that her baby bump started showing very early, but luckily the show's wardrobe department has been "exceptionally accommodating" with her growing frame!
How long after meeting did you and your partner wait to have a child together?
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Despite numerous rumors to the contrary, Ellen DeGeneres confirmed on Jay Leno's show that she and her wife, Portia de Rossi, do not want to have kids...like ever, as Taylor Swift would say. And as a mom who just spent the past week cleaning up puke, I can't say that I blame her!
I am not suggesting that having children isn't wonderful. But it isn't for everyone, and DeGeneres seems to know wholeheartedly that being a parent is not for her. According to Us magazine, the talented talk show host clarified her stance on kids to Leno, saying "I don't want to have one. I don't want to have six. I don't want to have any. They're precious to look at and I love them; we have nieces and I love them very much. [But I] don't want 'em."
Just as much as DeGeneres knows she does not want to be a parent, I always knew I wanted to be one. (But that still didn't make cleaning kid's vomit off the floor of a public restroom this morning any more enjoyable.) Being a parent is extremely taxing on the mind, body, and soul. If you do not know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you want to have a child, you probably shouldn't.
Ellen DeGeneres, who starts a new season of her show soon, should be commended for knowing what she wants and being honest about it. It seems once you get married, you are pretty much expected to start a family. But that isn't in everyone's plan for their future. Having a child is an astronomically huge responsibility and the decision to have one (or six) should never be taken lightly.
Did you always know whether you wanted to be a parent? If not was there a specific event or situation that changed your mind about having kids? Tell us below in the comments section!
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Scientists to make 'God particle' announcement
Scientists are expected to reveal significant progress today in the search for the "God particle", but still cannot say whether or not the Higgs boson actually exists.
The particle is theoretically responsible for mass, without which there would be no gravity and no universe. Hence its nickname.
In May scientists predicted that within two years they would either find the Higgs boson or show conclusively that it does not exist.
The search is taking place at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which fills a 27km circular tunnel 100m below the French-Swiss border near Geneva.
Dubbed the "Big Bang machine", the LHC was built at a cost of around £2.6 billion to recreate conditions a fraction of a second after the birth of the universe.


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LIMA, June 15 (Reuters) - Peru's economy expanded by 4.25 percent in April from the same month a year earlier on a surge in mining activity, the fastest growth rate in 13 months, state statistics agency Inei said on Monday.
The figure was slightly under the 4.5 percent reading forecast in a Reuters poll.
The central bank had forecast growth of between 4.2 percent and 4.7 percent in April as an economic recovery the bank says is underway after a year-long slowdown gained traction.
The uptick in April was led by a 18.15 percent year-on-year rise in mining activity, the strongest monthly increase in this key sector of Peru's economy since 2008, Inei said.
Fishing activity jumped 154 percent, manufacturing rose 6.10 percent and retail 3.53 percent. But construction shrank 8.57 percent and agriculture slipped 2.22 percent.
In the 12 months through April, the economy expanded by 1.74 percent from the same period a year earlier, Inei said.
Expansion this year through April has been 2.39 percent. The government and central bank have said gross domestic product will likely rise by about 4 percent in 2015.
The economy grew by a seasonally adjusted 1.2 percent in April from March, Inei said.
Reporting By Teresa Cespedes; Editing by Peter Galloway


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NorthWestern Energy launches photo contest for Earth Day
To celebrate Earth Day, which was Monday, NorthWestern Energy has launched the NorthWestern Energy My Corner of the World Photo Contest.
Customers are invited to showcase their communities and how they live efficiently by submitting photos for their chance to win energy efficient prizes.
Natural gas and electric customers in Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska who enter at http://www.mycornercontest.com have the chance to win energy-efficient electronics by sharing photos that represent all the things they do to preserve their communities, conserve energy and live more efficiently. Prizes include an ENERGY STAR qualified laptop, a Nikon P7700 digital camera and an Energy Forward ENERGY STAR qualified Smart HDTV. Submitted photos could also be selected to represent NorthWestern Energy in future communications materials throughout the community.
Entries will be accepted from until June 7, and the public will have a chance to vote for their favorites June 10 through 21. The top three winners will be announced on June 27. For additional information and to read the official rules, visit www.mycornercontest.com.


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Opera Book Club: "Falstaff, a Novel"
Opera Book Club: "Falstaff, a Novel" by Robert Nye
Monday, March 3, 6:00 PM, Granada Books, 1224 State Street
Join us as we continue our book club series with celebrated novelist and poet, Robert Nye as the voice of the now 81-year-old Sir John Falstaff. In this "tell all" award-winning novel, Falstaff remains the ever boastful lothario of his youth, whose comical prattling recounts moments of grandeur, explicit conquests of women, and intimate details of some of Shakespeare's famous characters. This novel is not for the faint of heart, as its bawdy details will surely strike a visceral reaction from the reader.
The Book Club will feature a wine and cheese reception followed by a discussion on the book, the author and how the book relates to Shakespeare's plays and Verdi's opera.
Books are available for purchase for $17.95 at Granada Books, 1224 State Street or (805) 845-1818.


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The 49ers signed guard Tony Wragge to a one-year contract extension through the 2010 season. It is the second time in seven months Wragge has signed a one-year extension. He received a $175,000 signing bonus in July to extend his contract through 2009. Now, the club has added another year.
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When I meet George Herms on a dull December afternoon, he talks first about a sculpture he has been working on called Event Horizon Rose. It is a large shelving unit on wheels that he rolls about so I can see all sides. The shelves are crammed with too many objects to list—including a tarnished fork, an old tin, a horn, a cracked mirror, and a yellowed book with its cover removed and spine exposed. It looks half-calculated, half like the aftermath of a tornado. I ask about his choice of objects. "It's a listening process," he says. "I listen with my eyes. The experience of playing music comes to mind. The objects talk to me—it's the damnedest thing. Some objects just won't let me get any closer. . . . This is, in a way, totally abstract art."
Herms is a major figure of the assemblage movement, which emerged here in the late 1950s among such artists as Herms, Ed Kienholz, Robert Rauschenberg and Bruce Conner. His apartment in the Brewery arts complex of Los Angeles is about what you'd expect:a sprawling badlands of discarded relics—iron scraps and ornaments, broken-down wooden furniture, and other object carcasses.
He points to another thicket of his studio, in the direction of a cluttered old piano. "Other pieces I make are an homage, made after certain artists die—jazz artists in particular," he says, directing me to an homage-in-progress to Thelonious Monk. "I almost need to invent a new word: homagery."
Herms' voice is languid, like an old philosophy professor's (he's 68), but I sense he is holding something back. He begins to talk about the past—about a time when everyone in the arts knew everyone else; when a select coterie consumed poetry readings, dance events, gallery shows and any such happening; when his circle of friends included Kenneth Patchen, Allen Ginsberg, David Meltzer, Philip Lamantia, Lew Welch, Bruce Conner, Dennis Hopper and Wallace Berman. During this litany, Herms does not look at me but at a middle space about 10 yards in front of him. I notice his skin is sallow, his movements are deliberate, and his longish yellow-gray hair is pulled starkly back over his ears—giving him a squinty look, as if he's gazing through smoke.
"I am dead center in the middle of the pyramid," Herms says. "Friends with those at the top, and peers with a large group of artists. A triangle of art, poetry and music."
Herms doesn't need to mention that his era's pyramid is shrinking. Patchen died in 1972, Ginsberg in 1997, Welch in 1971, and Berman in 1976. The past is actually a big part of what Herms does these days, as he is often asked to be spokesperson for the Beat Generation by institutions such as the Whitney and the Getty. "I keep getting picked because I went to all those things—poetry readings and jazz shows. The reason I went is because I care about films, poetry, jazz and art. To me, this is just what I was called to do."
The fact that Herms found his calling does not mean he found his means of living. In fact, he is, for all his experience and status, quite broke—by his own account, eight months' late on the rent for his studio and storage spaces, with little chance to raise the money any time soon. It turns out Herms has long had money problems. With his past three landlords, he explains, he figured what rent was owed at year's end, and payment was made in art—a solution that he says spoiled him. "I'm going through the cold, hard facts of having moved in here. I thought I was partnering up, going to make some outdoor sculpture, but I fell behind on the rent . . . [and] he [his current landlord] turned out more interested in my money than in my art."
A bitter bout this fall with eviction lawyers put Herms further in debt. The resulting stress was so great that at the end of a public speaking appearance this past November at the Getty, Herms uncharacteristically lost control. "At the end of the night, a woman asked me, 'How does it feel to be so successful?' And I exploded. I totally lost it. I told her everything, about the lawyers and my debt. I told her about the landlord who wanted to clear [Herms' art from] a storage space, saying, 'If it sells, then it's art. If it doesn't sell, it's junk.'"
Herms pauses while the music of Clifford Brown plays on the radio and one of three gallery cats scratches at the leg of a table. "I'm just an idiot," he says after a time. "I get up and work every day. I'm more into what I've started making and taking what's fresh than in turning it into the coin of the realm. I'm in therapy now—for three or four years—to find out why I have the feeling I don't need to pay bills like everyone else."
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Still, there is hope. Word is the gallery slowdown of the current recession may be easing. Herms has a show opening Saturday at Square Blue Gallery in Costa Mesa, and gallery owner Jamie Wilson hopes to sell some work. "I curated it," she says, "so there's some really strong pieces that I'm excited about—and that usually helps with sales."
Event Horizon Rose will be one of the works in the show.
"It's almost as if there's a lip service to arts," says Herms as the daylight fades outside his studio. "It's financially peripheral. First comes groceries, rent, the car. People are just not buying art. I put it this way: financial security is the last medium. I've learned all the other media, and I have to master this last one."
"George Herms" at Square Blue Gallery, 3400 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, (714) 751-7447. Opening reception, Sat., 6-9 p.m. Gallery open Thurs.-Sun., noon-6 p.m. Through April 4.


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Valbuena homers for Tribe's walk-off win
CLEVELAND -- The Indians didn't acquire Luis Valbuena from the Mariners over the winter to hit home runs. But they'll take what happened Saturday night. Valbuena's solo shot off Randy Messenger with two outs in the bottom of the 11th gave the Tribe a 4-3 victory over his former team in front of 28,942 at Progressive Field, ending a scintillating pitchers' duel on an abrupt note.
"I wanted to give [the Mariners] a good impression," Valbuena said through an interpreter. "I was very happy I did it against them." Truth is, the Indians really didn't do much offensively in this one, though they did see their stretch of 10 home games without a home run come to a glorious close not just with Valbuena's blast but also through Travis Hafner's fourth-inning solo shot. The Tribe didn't notch a hit from the fifth inning until Valbuena went deep in the 11th. They won this game because starter Aaron Laffey righted himself after a troublesome first inning and the bullpen -- in this case, Chris Perez, Kerry Wood, Tony Sipp, Joe Smith and Rafael Perez -- was on top of its game with four scoreless innings of work. Laffey found himself in an early bind. He walked Franklin Gutierrez with one out in the first, and Mike Sweeney ripped a single to right. Shin-Soo Choo tried to nab Gutierrez as he streaked into third, and Choo's throw was errant, allowing Gutierrez to score. Russell Branyan then went deep on a two-run blast to make it 3-0. "That first inning, everything was up," Laffey said. "I wasn't finishing my pitches or holding onto the ball long enough." But Laffey talked himself through the issue and turned in another strong outing. Those three runs were all he allowed in seven innings of work. The Mariners would never seriously threaten him again, and Laffey's offense prevented him from being saddled with the loss. The Indians got on the board in the third, but they missed out on a bigger opportunity in the process. The Tribe had the bases loaded with none out, but Asdrubal Cabrera grounded into a double play. Matt LaPorta, who had singled, scored from third, but the chance for a larger rally was all but erased. In the fourth, Hafner pulled the Tribe within a run, 3-2, when he launched his solo shot into the Tribe bullpen in center field. It was the first homer by a Tribe player at home since back on Aug. 2, when Grady Sizemore went deep against the Tigers. The 10 home games without a homer was the longest stretch by a Tribe club since June 1991. The Indians tied the game in the seventh by taking advantage of an error. Valbuena led the inning off and reached on a fielding foible by left fielder Michael Saunders. After Kelly Shoppach was struck by a pitch on a bunt attempt, LaPorta twice was unable to get a sacrifice bunt down. But LaPorta check-swung at a two-strike pitch, and the ball dribbled toward the mound for a 1-3 groundout that moved the runners over anyway. And when Andy Marte lifted a sacrifice fly to center off reliever Mark Lowe, the score was knotted at 3. Laffey was thankful for the support and happy he found a way to recover from the first. "If I get out of that first inning without those hassles," Laffey said, "it would be a great outing instead of just a good one." Laffey has turned in plenty of good outings lately. He's allowed just six earned runs over his past four starts. This was as impressive as any of them for the way he rebounded quickly. "That was as impressive as anything we've seen from him this year," manager Eric Wedge said. Equally impressive was the 'pen under duress. Chris Perez gave up a leadoff double to Sweeney in the eighth, and pinch-runner Ryan Langerhans moved to third on a wild pitch. But Perez powered his way past Branyan and Bill Hall for strikeouts and got Kenji Johjima to ground out to end the threat. In the ninth, the closer Wood gave up a leadoff walk, then worked his way out of the jam. And in the 10th, Sipp surrendered a leadoff double to Jose Lopez and a sac bunt to Langerhans, then got Branyan to strike out. Smith relieved Sipp to strike out Hall and end the inning. "They weren't easy innings," Wedge said of the 'pen's performance, "especially in that type of ballgame. We really had to work the bullpen, and they stepped up." Still, no one was stepping up on offense. LaPorta's infield single in the fifth was the last hit for a long while. And the 11th inning hardly looked promising. The Mariners sent in the right-handed Messenger, and he promptly retired Jhonny Peralta and Pronk. But Valbuena, who has made extra-base hits his bread and butter, didn't let the fact that he was 0-for-4 get in the way of his becoming the hero. Messenger sent him a 2-0 fastball up in the zone, and Valbuena turned on it and sent it hurtling into the right-field corner. The ball stayed fair, and the Indians walked away winners. "That ball didn't hook," Wedge said. "He squared it up and kept it fair." Valbuena said he'd never hit a walk-off homer in his pro career. He quickly learned what a joy it is as he rounded the bases and saw his teammates ready to pounce on him at the plate. "I was running on air," he said with a smile.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Volunteers are needed to help with the American Red Cross Bloodmobiles, when they come to Jim Thorpe. If you are interested please call Judy Smith, (570) 325-3843.
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A six-week bereavement workshop will be held from June 20 through July 25, from 6-7:30 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church, 189 Church Road, Penn Forest Township.
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Hallingdal Trekking tour with extention Mountain to the Fjord through Aurlandsdalen - Guided tour with comfort! Luggage transport. Join us for a great trek through the beautiful soft landscape in Hallingdal to the more dramatic valley of Aurland and end up along the majestic Sognefjord. You can do the whole trip in one, or you can just choose a part of the tour to start with. Local guide, luggage transportation and good hotels. Let us convince You by reading more…
HALLINGDAL - AURLANDSDALEN Trekking 2015
from Golsfjellet via Hemsedal, Bergsjø and Geilo to Aurland
This year the Hallingdal tour can be combined with the Mountain to Fjord - Geilo to Aurland ( See below)
Guided tours from Hotel to Hotel including luggage transportation
Meeting point: Kamben Høyfjellshotel, N 3550 GOL
Program day by day
Friday: Arrival and dinner at 7 p.m. The guide will meet you and give important information at 8.30 p.m.
Saturday: Golgebirge - Hemsedal, 6 hrs – 920m – 1.149 – 850m
At breakfast every day of hiking, you make your own lunchpackage. The trekking starts above the treelevel (975m), heading to the top of Storefjell Mountain. Crossing on good pathes and small roads in open terrain with summerfarms and lakes to Hemsedal. Overnighting in Skogstad Hotel with dinner.
Sunday: Hemsedal – Bergsjø area, 6 hours. 1120-1280-1.050m
before we come to Flævassdamm.Transport to the alpine center to the start at lake Flævann. First using an old road, then on medium good pathes in quiet nature we pass "Midday-hill" and Døldesberget. passing summer cottages at Fagerdalen and Reinestølene with goats and cows, we end our tour through the easy landscape on small road until we meet good marked trails to Bergsjø. 2 nights in Rødungstøl Hotel.
Monday: Optional day
This day you choose the activities yourself: rent a bike or go horse riding or go hiking by yourself a shorter tour of the beautiful surroundings of the Hotel. You may also make a big tour to the top of Reineskarvet (1.722m/6 Std.) to get the fantastic view of the surroundings
Tuesday: Bergsjø area – Myrland, 7 hrs 1050 -1210 - 870m.
The hiking starts in a light terrainon the other side of lake Rødungen, passing summer farm areas and along lakes . From the small hills, we have the perfect view around us, facing the Skarveheimen mountains. Varied terrain and in the afternoon will be in a forest area before we end at the Myrland Tourist Center at the Rd50.
Wednesday: Myrland–Geilo, 7,5 hrs 870m – 740 - 1220m - 800 m.
Following the river down to lake Sudndal, and use the "Skislope" to get to the foot of Hallingskarvet. We walk in beautiful terrain along the Hallingskarvet and follow the north side of the mountain chain, partly on very good trails till we meet the summer farms by Vestreim. Transport to Geilo and the pleasant Hotel Bardøla. 7,5
Thursday: Exploring the plateau of Hardangervidda 5–7 hrs
You will start with a hard uphill, but still a nice walk on good pathes and with a nice view of the big plateau between east and west Norway. Return via Hakkesetstølen where we have 5 o'clock tea and local pastry, to Geilo. Some wants to end the tour in Geilo, and they will get their diploma as a proof of your great efforts, others will continue the tour towards the Fjord.
Friday: Return or continue the tour
After breakfast you find your way back or continue the holiday in Norway. Other members want to continue to the Fjord, and follow the next program, "Mountain to the Fjord".
Friday: Train to Finse – hike across Hallingskarvet, 5,5 – 6,5 hrs
The program starts with the train from Geilo to Finse. Hiking from Finse up and across St.Paul (1.690m), and then to the DNT-lodge Geiterygghytta, and follow the old road to the west end of tunnel. Good paths, but it can be snow some parts. Pick-up by hotel bus to Østerbø Fjellstove for 2 nights. Dinner
Saturday: Aurlandsdalen – upper part, 3-4 hours
From Østerbø we take the local bus back to the west entrance of tunnel, and hike above the road tunnel and get down to the lodge Steinbergdalen. The last part will also have some uphill before we descend to Østerbø Fjellstove. Possible to go back by bus from Steinbergdalen. Dinner.
Sunday: Aurlandsdalen – lower part, 6-7 hrs
The most spectacular hiking part will be the narrow valley from Østerbø to Vassbygdi. You are practically alone in the nature. Local bus brings us to Aurland Fjord Hotel. Dinner.
Monday: Basic tour ends after breakfast. (Alternative to include the train return to Geilo)
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Start from Ålsfjellet mondays
29th June, 27th juli & 17th august
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Golsfjellet – Geilo 7 nights (fri – fri) € 1.145,- £ 905,-
Ålsfjellet – Aurland 7 nights (mon–mon) € 1.265,- £ 999,-
Geilo – Aurland 4 nights (thu – mon) € 735,- £ 579,-
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FRISCO — Researchers in Finland say they've documented bird populations trends that are at least partly linked with global warming. Comparing data from extensive bird counts conducted between 1981 to 1999, and 2000 to 2009, the biologists said that, in general, northern species have decreased and southern species increased.
Mean temperatures in Finland rose between the two periods, with April to June mean temperatures climbing by 0.7 degrees Celsius.
According to the study, population densities of common forest habitat generalists remained the same between the two periods, while densities of species of conservation concern showed contrasting trends. Species preferring old-growth or mature forests increased, but those living on mires and wetlands, and species of Arctic mountains decreased.
The trends suggest that climate change impacts on species in natural boreal and Arctic habitats most probably are habitat-specific with large differences in response times and susceptibility. Open mires and mountain heaths change more rapidly in consequence of climate warming than old-growth forests, for which reason populations on mires and mountain heaths may also be more affected by climate change.
"These trends are most probably connected with climate change, but sucessional changes in protected areas and regional habitat alteration should also be taken into account," said Dr. Virkkala, the leading author of the study. Of species preferring old-growth or mature forests, a larger proportion are southern than among species of mires and wetlands, or of Arctic mountains, most or all of which, respectively, had a northerly distribution.
The research should help inform management of protected areas, the researchers said, explaining that changes in species ranges driven by global warming pose a challenge to resource managers.
The study "Preserving species populations in the boreal zone in a changing climate: contrasting trends of bird species groups in a protected area network" by Raimo Virkkala from the Finnish Environment Institute and Ari Rajasärkkä from Metsähallitus was published in the open access journal Nature Conservation. Bird censuses were compiled and organized by Metsähallitus, which governs the stated-owned protected areas in Finland. Tens of competent ornithologists carried out the censuses, which included altogether over 11,600 km of line transects.


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Florida takes on FAU Tuesday night after an outstanding performance against FAMU on Monday where they defeated the Rattlers 22-1.
The Owls are currently 28-19 on the season and 13-11 in the Sun Belt conference. FAU's pitching staff ranks second in the conference with a 3.93 earned run average.
Gators head Coach Kevin O'Sullivan says he doesn't believe that Tuesday's game is going to be as easy as Monday's game.
Senior Cody Dent recorded the first home run of his career at Florida Monday night. Dent is from Boynton Beach near the Florida Atlantic campus and says he is familiar with some of their players.
As for the starting pitcher for Tuesday's game O'Sullivan has an idea.
First pitch is set to start at 7pm with coverage starting at 6:55 on ESPN850-WRUF.


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League One leaders Leicester were forced to come from behind twice before the exquisite completion of Matty Fryatt's hat trick finally edged them into the Third Round.
Only Fryatt's expert finishing – he has now netted 19 goals in all competitions this term – stood between Dagenham & Redbridge, in only their second season in the League, and a much-merited replay.
Indeed, they could easily have snatched a shock win, and manager John Still was justified in saying: "Our performance warranted more. I'm very proud of these players, who have come so far, and there's more to come.
"We may be described as a typical amateur club, but we showed there's more to us than that. Even the most biased Leicester supporter couldn't deny that we'd done well."
Man of the Match Matt Ritchie's neat back-heel, after good work by Ben Strevens and Sam Saunders, gave Dagenham a surprise early lead, only for a fatal loss of concentration to hand Leicester an immediate equaliser, Fryatt rifling in a cross from Nicky Adams.
It did not dampen the visitors' spirits, however, and they continued to mount some impressive attacks that belied their mid-table status in the basement division.
They deservedly regained the lead midway through the opening period when Strevens finished off a flowing move down the right. Having initially dummied to shoot after Paul Benson whipped the ball across, Strevens tapped in when David Martin could only parry Ritchie's far-post effort.
Once again the underdogs were in the ascendancy, and once again it was short-lived, this time centre-back Magnus Okuonghae being panicked into handling the ball. Fryatt, in contrast, showed the utmost composure as he took the spot kick, although former Wales goalkeeper Tony Roberts managed to get a hand to it.
It was thrilling fare to set before a disappointing crowd which totalled less than half Leicester's gate for their midweek home game against Crewe. So much for the enduring appeal of the Cup.
As it was, the absentee fans missed a special treat as Fryatt completed his treble with a deft lob over Roberts following Marc Edworthy's lofted through ball.
The Daggers had not been entirely blunted, though. Saunders's curling free kick was tipped over, Mark Davies was forced to clear off the line, and Ritchie had Martin at full stretch to keep out his left-foot drive. But class, in the person of Fryatt, told in the end.


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The Warsaw Provincial Court handed down a two-year suspended sentence to former interior minister Gen. Czeslaw Kiszczak Thursday. The court found Kiszczak guilty in absentia in relation to the implementation of martial law [Polish government backgrounder] in 1981. Martial law was declared on December 13, 1981, by Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski [personal website, in Polish], who was declared too sick to stand trial, in an attempt to squelch the Solidarity movement [official website], an opposition group. This caused thousands of people to be illegally detained as well about 100 people to be killed. Kiszczak's sentence will be suspended for five years.
This trial has been going on for more than three years [JURIST report] and involves many of the Polish leaders in 1981, including Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski and seven other Communist-era officials. Poland's Constitutional Tribunal [official website] ruled [JURIST report] in March that the 1981 declaration of martial law violated the country's then-governing constitution [text]. The trial hit several snags between 2008 and 2011, with both the death of the presiding judge and Jaruzelski's own failing health having delayed the proceedings for several years.


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Blair LaRose, 32, and Ashley Fay, 26, both of Salem, were charged this week with selling heroin and endangering the safety of a child.
The Racine County sheriff's office says LaRose and Fay sold heroin to undercover officers three times. The suspects allegedly had the children, ages 1 and 3, with them on two of those occasions.
Deputies say the suspects even offered to leave one child behind to ensure they came back with more drugs.
A call to their public defender's office after hours Saturday disconnected without taking a message.
Drug agents from Racine and Kenosha served a search warrant at the suspects' home, which was in "deplorable condition," the Racine County sheriff's department said in a statement. The agents seized unspecified drug paraphernalia.
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Seventy years after Allied forces created the largest armada ever assembled to accomplish the greatest seaborn invasion in history, 96-year-old Cazenovia veteran, Fred Taylor, can recall flying his B-17 bomber during the D-Day invasion of Normandy as if it were only yesterday.
"There were so many planes in the air it looked like Broadway," Taylor said. "We bombed ahead of the troops. We flew at 12,000 feet — low altitude for heavy bombers. We could see the men down there. The English Channel looked like Broadway and Times Square with all the ships and transports, loaded with an enormous number of men and supplies. We put ashore 400,000 men. The Germans didn't stand a chance."
According to the National D-Day Memorial Foundation, the landing included more than 5,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes and more than 150,000 service men.
"After years of meticulous planning and seemingly endless training, for the Allied Forces, it all came down to this: The boat ramp goes down, then jump, swim, run and crawl to the cliffs. Many of the first young men (most not yet 20 years old) entered the surf carrying 80 pounds of equipment. They faced more than 200 yards of beach before reaching the first natural feature offering any protection. Blanketed by small-arms fire and bracketed by artillery, they found themselves in hell. When it was over, the Allied Forces had suffered nearly 10,000 casualties; more than 4,000 were dead," according to the foundation's website.
Taylor, at the time 26 years old, had been in the military for four years by the time he flew his bomber over Normandy in 1944. He was born in 1918. By 1939, in the middle of the Great Depression, he had dropped out of college at the University of Pennsylvania and started hitchhiking his way west. For two years, he "rode the rails" as a hobo, traveling from city to city looking for work.
"I had a bunch of penny postcards that were pre-stamped. I'd send them to my mother every once in a while to let her know I was still alive," he said. "'Crazy Fred' they called me."
In the fall of 1940, he traveled to New York City and joined the Seventh Regiment of the National Guard. In February 1941, right after war was declared, his regiment was called into active federal service. In February 1942, he volunteered to join the Air Corps.
Taylor flew 31 total missions over Germany, northern Italy, France and Poland during his three years in the Air Corps — including two on D-Day.
"They got us up around 12:30 in the morning [on D-Day] for the briefing, then we had breakfast, then sacked out at our plane until takeoff," he recalled. He said his crew had 10 men in the plane, and they were loaded with six 1,000-pound bombs in the weapons bay.
"We knew exactly what we were going to do," he said.
Taylor's plane — which was named "Patches" because it had more than 400 patched bullet holes in it from enemy fire — made one pass over Normandy that morning, aiming its payload at enemy installations and troops, he said. He said there was not much enemy opposition in the air. "You don't get scared about anything because we just had such overwhelming power," he said.
In the late afternoon of D-Day, after the Allied forces had secured the Cherbourg Peninsula (part of the Northwest coast of France), Taylor and his crew made a second bombing run at German positions in Cherbourg.
"That invasion was so well-organized and well-planned, Germany didn't stand a chance," Taylor said. "But they put up one hell of a fight."
During his 31 bombing missions in the war, Taylor never lost a man or had his plane shot down, he said. But he did have one close call during the 1944 bombing of Berlin.
After dropping his payload, his two inboard engines were shot out, so he had only his two outboard engines left to carry him the three-to-four-hour flight back to England, during which he was escorted by fighter planes. His oxygen masks also failed.
"I still have a piece of flak that came through the dashboard and hit me in the chest," he said. Flak were exploding shells shot at enemy aircraft from guns on the ground. "My co-pilot got hit in the helmet. He always wore two helmets and it went through one helmet."
Taylor ended the war in 1945 as a first lieutenant. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters, ribbons for serving in the European Theater of Operations, Presidential Group citations and other bars of honor.
Taylor was honorably discharged in 1945, after which he became a military recruitment officer in Syracuse. In 1952, he moved to Cazenovia where he became a turkey farmer.
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Why do I sometimes get annoyed by extroverts yet somedays I can totally see where they are coming from?
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Please allow me to simplify. There is someone on FaceBook who for the most part is an extrovert. I get it he has to push his music and is kind of a louder personality. Most days I can totally take it in, and I understand the context of it all. But every once in a blue a moon I'm just over whatever it is he is speaking about, music wise, life wise etc.
But then the next day I'll totally be like, "Oh I understand why he's the way he is, and I can appreciate that."
Maybe what I'm really asking is, how do I get rid of the negativity when I perceive him as annoying.
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Lamar Odom Returning to Clippers?
Lamar Odom and the Los Angeles Clippers might be on the verge of reuniting, according to multiple reports.
Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports reported that Odom met with Clippers head coach Doc Rivers and other members of the organization after practice. The meeting lasted nearly two hours, according to Spears. Rivers confirmed the meeting.
"I've always had interest in him. I've always liked him. The teams he has played on, the coaches who have coached him have always liked him… I hadn't seen him. I just wanted to see him," Rivers said, per Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times. "It really was I just wanted to see him physically and see how he was doing. He looked good. He looked great. He looked like his weight was way down and in good shape. But that doesn't mean a lot."
An unnamed source told Marc Stein of ESPN.com that "I wouldn't say a deal [with the Clippers] is imminent, but I'd be surprised if it doesn't happen."
Citing anonymous sources, ESPN's Ramona Shelburne and Stein reported that both the Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers would consider signing Odom if he proved "that his personal and legal issues are behind him." Odom made headlines over the summer due to allegations of drug use and a DUI arrest.


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Two New Folding Bike Web Sites Available Now
I am very pleased to announced the completion of both of my interrelated Web sites entitled "World Of Folding Bicycles." Flickr is hosting my photos and Geocities is hosting my more traditional text based site.
To visit both of my Web sites:
At Geocities: www.geocities.com/folder_fanatic
At Flickr: www.flickr.com/people/world-of-folding-bicycles for my home page to photos.
www.flickr.com/photos/world-of-folding-bicycles to go directly to my photos.
>>>>And the two folders offer the best protection against theft than any bike I had before. And I still ride the same hilly area that I covered with the road bikes with ease with the three speeds. I just carefully plan the chain-ring/cog ratio far more carefully at purchase for the terrain I use the bike on.<<<<
What combination of chain-ring/cog ratio do you use? If you drop to a 49 Direct drive (2nd gear), 1st gear will only take you to 36 or inches (or somewhere around there) which I consider high for hills. Just curious.
I know of only one other person who replaced their derailuer system on the Boardwalk. My first Piccolo was falling apart but the Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub was working like a charm.
I still like derailuers for hills and light touring but I'm happy to have a Presto 3 speed again.
Thanks for putting up this information, folder fanatic. It must have taken you some time to put it altogether. Much appreciated.
Congrats on getting your website up-and-running.
Nice of you (and a good idea) to provide a link to this area of bikeforums too.
Great that you've put in the effort. I look forward to spending a bit of time reading it all. Kind of puts the bomb behind me I need to get the FAQs pages on my twenty site sorted out too. Good work! ;)
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