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When you are pregnant you tend to go overboard with superstitions when it comes to diet or fitness. Expecting mothers will keep their pregnancy hush hush till the bump begins to show and people start to notice. They also believe that you need to eat more as you are eating for two. And the best myth about pregnancy is the size of the bump reveals the gender of the baby. Silly, yes but still a widely followed belief. Traditions and grandmothers tells you to do this and don't do that but science reveals that these myths or 'facts' are baseless. Dr. Sadhana Singhal, Senior Consultant for Obstetrics & Gynecology with Delhi based Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute demystifies these myths and explains the truth. These are top myths that pregnant mothers should avoid. *Images courtesy: © Thinkstock photos/ Getty Images Keep it a secret. Don't disclose it for the first few months - Dr. Sadhana says "It is a common myth is that you should keep the news of pregnancy a secret during the first couple of months. There have been no scientific reasons behind it. It is just because of some elders in the family who advise to keep the news of pregnancy a secret for the first few months, because they fear some evil eye or so may lead to miscarriage. This is completely baseless as miscarriages have their own reasons." Eating some things will lead to miscarriage - Miscarriages happen due to various reasons like hereditary factors or lack of rest but a mother should get nutrition from different sources. Gynecologist explains, "There is a common belief that eating raw papaya and pineapples can cause an miscarriage. But as far as ripe fruits and vegetables are concerned, eating them in moderation will be of no harm to the unborn baby. However, the medical experts agree that unripe papaya can cause uterine contraction and can be unsafe for a pregnant woman." Shape of the stomach reveals the gender of the baby - Gynecologist Dr. Sadhana makes a vital point, "If this would have been the case, then ultrasound machines and professionals in the medical fraternity would have had to look out for another profession. This weird notion has no scientific basis. The shape and elevation of the belly of a pregnant mother is determined largely by the original shape of her abdomen, her uterine and muscle tone, the strength of the abdominal muscles and to some extent by the position of the baby." No sexual indulgence during pregnancy - "Sex doesn't hurt the baby physically who is otherwise fully protected by the amniotic sac and strong uterine muscles. But you still need to watch out for sexually transmitted infections that pregnancy doesn't protect against. If you have a normal, low-risk pregnancy, don't concern yourself. Keep the frequency of sex low and keep it gentle." Ensures the doctor, there is no reason to shy away from sex while your pregnant. Eat for two people - This is a common misconception that every mother should eat for two and Dr. Sadhana nullifies this claim, "It is an absolute myth and completely baseless. Just because you are bearing another life inside you, it doesn't mean that you will have to eat double the course you normally have. However, you have to take care of your health and pay extra attention on your nutrition intake. You do require extra calories but a normal diet which shall be high on protein." Limit your physical activities - Rest is required for expecting mothers but they can still carry on with their daily work. Dr. Sadhana explains the guidelines of physical activities, "There is no such thing like a pregnant woman needs to restrict her activities to a minimum. No doubt some form of activities should be avoided, but one can continue with a normal routine of physical movement. There is no need to exert as strenuous exercises may cause fatigue. Your body can handle many things apart from walking. Consult your doctor and stay normal doing usual activities." Avoid flying in your first and last trimester - There is no reason why you cannot fly when you're pregnant. But there are airlines that will not let you take their flight in your last trimester out of fear that you may go into labour and mess up the plane. Do not pet a cat when pregnant - Apparently there is a thin line with this myth on pregnancy. You can pet the cat but you should not clear the cat pooh as it contains toxoplasmosis which can increase the risk of birth defects in your baby. Colouring your hair is harmful for the baby - You can still look pretty when you are pregnant. You don't have to look boring so ahead apply make-up, nail paint and colour your hair. None of the products will affect the baby. There is no scientific link between the two. Bigger the baby, the better - Everyone wants a healthy baby but at what cost? Eating for two can make your babies chubby and cute but a 'chubby' baby can be over weight. This unhealthy weight is not healthy for the baby. The baby will have a high chance of experiencing health problems later in life. Walking can induce labour faster - Walking can make you feel better but it cannot make you go into labour faster. If you have heartburn during pregnancy the baby will have a mop of hair - This is completely baseless; heartburn is not a sign that your baby will have thick hair growth. Heartburn is a digestive problem and has no links to the growth of hair on your baby. Craving salty food, then it's a boy! - It is often believed that if a mother craves for salty food then it's a boy and if the mother desires sweet food then it's a girl. To determine the sex of the child we have the latest in technology, called ultrasound. But in India, we go by the taste buds which is not the right parameter for sex determination. Planning a nursery, go for a neutral colour. Stay off fish - Fish has important nutrients that should not be avoided by a mother. Omega 3 fatty acids is important for a pregnant mother. But mothers are advised to cook the fish in order to avoid bacteria and parasites. Sleep on your left and avoid sleeping on your back - There are only few reasons why you will be advised to sleep on the left: - If you have kidney problems - If there are problems with fetus development - Or if you have high blood pressure Spicy food can trigger labour - Food and spices cannot induce labour as labour is triggered by biological process. Doctors will advise you to follow a healthy diet and to eat in moderation. Spices will most like give you a heartburn but trigger labour is nonsense. 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Photographer's Note
Between the end of May and the first days of July, the plateau of Castelluccio is witness of an event of particular importance, the Closing. For various weeks the monochromatic view of the pasture, it comes broken from a mosaic of colors, with variations of tones that go from the ocher yellow to the red one. Even if "the Bloomed" festivity of falls back in second Sunday of June, does not exist a precise day in order to admire this charming show. Every year all is entrusted the climatic course of the season. In this period there are a lot of species of flowers in the Large Plane and the Lost Plane, walking along the paths can meet: genzianelle, narcissuses, violette, poppies, ranuncoli, asphodels, viola Eugeniae, alfalfas, acetoselle and other.
Place to 1452 meters on the sea level Castelluccio is the highest inhabited place of the Umbria. Place on the top of a hill that separates the Great Plan from tight the Lost Plan is a delicious small village with narrow lanes and the houses leaned the one to the others, nearly to repair itself from the great cold of winter. The Plan is famous beyond that for its splendid closing, also for the cultivation of the lenticchia, plant annual that blooms between May and August, pertaining to the family of the leguminose.
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dkmurphys (69855) 2014-09-05 5:48
Ciao Silvio,
Spectacular colors of the field. Nature is a great painter sometimes. Well seen, have a fine weekend.
No_One (4) 2014-09-05 6:15
Hi Silvio
This is such a magical scene, I cannot imagine the worlds greatest artist being able to create a vision more stunning that this. So many shades of color, and all from the natural world which makes it even more special. A very special place, thanks for sharing it.
Best wishes
eldancer1 (36343) 2014-09-05 7:31
Looks like the area is one huge artist's canvas! It's beautiful and colorful. Nicely captured with good lighting and good details. Well done, tfs.
williewhistler (16606) 2014-09-05 7:32
Hello Silvio,
You`ve made good use of your long lens.
The patchwork of irregular shaped fields are most attractive with the subdued colours adding their charm to a well cropped scene.
Best regards Les.
besnard (57919) 2014-09-05 7:47
Bonjour Silvio
Un de tes sujets favoris particulièrement bien réalisé tant par le graphisme que par la couleur.
Amitiés et bonne journée.
adores (46467) 2014-09-05 8:08
Hi Silvio!
Another good shot of these fields! I like the shadows of the clouds and the colourful pattern is excellent. The people seem so small there!
GyurMaster (9947) 2014-09-05 8:10
Excellent composition and colours!
Best Regards,
tyro (26452) 2014-09-05 8:24
Ciao caro Silvio,
Another of your beautiful photographs of the plateau of Castelluccio during the "Closing"!
A glorious patchwork of vibrant colours, taken in beautiful light and perfectly composed with the roadway curving away at top right, the lovely lines between the fields and the shadows cast by clouds upon the landscape.
Fabulous technical quality too.
Kind Regards,
Energysavingelk (3430) 2014-09-05 8:47
Hello Silvio,
you have published captures of these plains several times before, every picture being better than those before. I wish I would be given the occasion to see that spectacular view.
Regards from Rhineland
lousat (103153) 2014-09-05 8:59
Ciao Silvio,sempre uno spettacolo...pero' troppo facile avere a disposizione un Missoni naturale vicino a casa...eehe...bellissima come sempre! Luciano
claudeD (43418) 2014-09-05 9:42
Hello Silvio,
wow! what a wonderful picture you are sharing here with us. Excellent choice of high pov, very good colors and clarity. A real piece of art. Very well done.TFS.
With regards from Luxembourg
mesutilgim (98566) 2014-09-05 9:54
Hello dear Silvio,
More than a photographic capture; almost a modern painting.
I like those different trials, using traditional techniques of photography but creating different graphical effect.
TFS and have a nice weekend
corjan3 (2109) 2014-09-05 9:56
A fantasy of colours, curves, shapes and shadows. What a pleasure to view. Well done my friend Silvio.
ikeharel (85042) 2014-09-05 10:49
Buona sera Silvio,
Colorful carpet over the wide valley, not for the first time - but each picture from there is beautiful and yet a bit different.
Light management, DOF and clarity, scaled by the figures in the fields - all culminate beautifully on photo.
ourania (51103) 2014-09-05 10:56
Ciao Silvio,
magnifica la vista e lo spettacolo naturale, il gioco di colori, forme, angoli, luce ed ombre. Prospettiva e profondita' ci fanno sentire come in volo, una sensazione incantevole. Mi piace molto l' atmosfera e la dolcezza dei colori. I dettagli introscono un aspetto realistico sorpredente ed intrigante. Complimenti e grazie!
Tanti saluti e buon fine settimana,
sabermonajati (11477) 2014-09-05 11:17
hi silvio
amazing texture from fields you captured.
looks carpet.
holmertz (64630) 2014-09-05 11:33
Hello Silvio,
Another fabulous shot from this famous landscape. The colours are just fantastic and the small figures seen at the centre of the photo give us an idea of the dimensions.
Best regards,
ktanska (30935) 2014-09-05 11:46
Hi Silvio,
It is interesting to compare the pictures you have taken of these colourful fields. They are all great, but what makes differences is the varying light. On this one darker shadows and sunny fields show exceptionally well.
kasianowak (11217) 2014-09-05 12:08
Ciao Silvio
Beautiful carpet of flowers! Abstract and realistic at the same time. Wonderful colours.
Have a nice weekend
imageme (1790) 2014-09-05 12:15
Hi Silvio, Amazing view of these colorful fields with all the blossoms. Have a nice weekend
unclehotshot (4002) 2014-09-05 12:20
Ma che roba ... sei proprio ottimo
:) Frank
carlo62 (61438) 2014-09-05 14:34
Ciao Silvio
ti è costato molto dipingere tutta la vallata?
Uno spettacolo a ogni scatto, non c'è che dire.
Buon we
Nicou (160075) 2014-09-05 21:06
Hello Silvio
quelle vue sur ce champs superbe quel graphisme et compo quelle couleur ces parcelles colorées et l'immensité c'est le top.
Bravo et amitié
aliabazari (16306) 2014-09-05 21:49
Hi Silvio
Very nice shot of this beautiful landscape. Composition, very well done. Thanks for sharing this beautiful picture.
berek (50508) 2014-09-05 22:32
One of your favorite subjects particularly well done by both the graphics only in color. its like a oil painting. like it very much my friend.
Have a nice weekend.
siudzi (34141) 2014-09-06 11:27
Hi Silvio,
Another amazing landscape post in your gallery! Again the intensive and well managed palette of colors made the view so eye catching. Well done!
Best wishes,
photoray (13981) 2014-09-06 18:02
Howdy Silvio,
Your elevated view of Castelluccio's flower fields is very attractive, multiple flower sections and varying color patterns and covering a large area. Would enjoy visiting during the Closing.
thanks for sharing,
npecanhuk (79319) 2014-09-07 4:29
Ciao Silvio!
Those colorful fields are wonderful and it's always a pleasure to see them in pictures shared by you here on TE!
Buona domenica,
macjake (77819) 2014-09-08 12:13
Hi Silvio
you could post 20 of these photos in a row and i'd enjoy each and every one of them.
the colors looks somewhat faded, but that just makes it that much more realistic and natural.
love the patches, looking like an old quilt :)
nice shot
PiotrF (28582) 2014-09-14 14:54
Ciao Silvio,
a wondeful view of the superb patchwork of flowery field in Casteelluccio. Light and shadow is amazing.Technical a very well picture. Your picture is very well taken. Excellent perspective and depth. Good composition and quality, fine presentation.
Superb - congratulates the wonderful photos
Kielia (24077) 2014-09-22 8:26
Ciao Silvio,
a beautiful landscape taken under such attractive light. The harmony of the colours and the contrasts of tone appeal to me very much. My compliments!
Warm regards


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The organization known today as Presbyterian World Service and Development has a rich history. Its past is full of interesting characters, difficult situations, disasters—both natural and human-made—and a lot of love and devotion. Here are only a few of the highlights from 65 years of international aid:
In the wake of World War II, the 73rd General Assembly asks "that our people be called upon to hear and respond to the cry of British and other European peoples in their desperate need for food, clothing and practical help; and that in the spirit of David who would not offer to the Lord that which cost him nothing (2 Samuel 24:24), we who are so richly blessed in this Dominion endeavour to make some real sacrifice for our brethren's sakes; and that in each congregation some organization be set up, or some existing organization utilized, for the collection and transmission through the proper government agencies, of such gifts as our people may make for European relief."
The Board of Evangelism and Social Action—a committee concerned with spreading the gospel and upholding Christian morality—creates a subcommittee to help direct donations through the World Council of Churches. During its first five months, the committee ships 57 tons of clothes to Great Britain, the British Zone of Germany, France, Greece and Japan; $4,200 is provided to buy food in Bavaria, Holland and Great Britain.
Relief efforts expand include Asia.
General Assembly agrees one appeal for "World Church Relief" should be made each year. This usually happens before Easter.
The World Council of Churches and Canadian Council of Churches urge their member denominations to emphasize "Refugee Year" and "recognize by our contributions how much more fortunate we are than the harassed parents of families flooding into India from Thibet [Tibet] or than the pathetic children living on the sidewalks of Hong Kong."
The Relief Abroad committee changes its name to the Committee on Inter-Church Aid, Refugee and World Service.
Its convener, Rev. Eoin Mackay, suggests $100,000—or 60 cents a year from each member—should be the goal for 1962. "I'm not talking about generosity," he writes in his report to assembly. "Five cents a month isn't a matter of generosity. I can't imagine a Presbyterian … having the gall to give less or to say it would diminish his support of the General Assembly's budget."
By the end of the year, churches and individuals have contributed $25,000—$3,000 less than the year before.
The church rallies to support India as food shortages threaten to become a famine. An appeal for $85,000 results in $131,000 for India and $171,000 in total donations.
"was the most outstanding year in the history of our Church's participation" in international aid, the committee reports. Over $213,000 is raised and $176,000 goes to relief efforts in Nigeria-Biafra, a region embroiled in civil war.
Those relief efforts include the formation of "Canairelief, the first public-sponsored aircraft operation in Canada's history."
"Our Canadian Super-Constellation plane was added to the Jointchurchaid fleet and because of its large capacity and the skill and daring of its crew has achieved the highest record of tonnage transported," the committee bragged in its report.
"Although emergency feeding and housing are important, more and more we see the need and the benefit of development aid, helping people in underdeveloped areas to help themselves," the committee writes.
"Certainly at the time I was on the Inter-Church Aid committee, there was very little in the way of development work," remembers Marjorie Ross, a committee member from 1971 to 1977 and the second director of Presbyterian World Service and Development. "It was channeling responses from Canadian Presbyterian congregations and some individuals to appeals from the World Council of Churches, usually for victims of natural disasters. The focus was always on what would now be considered relief as opposed to development. Now of course values of money have changed a lot since the '70s, but I remember that $70,000 was not a bad sum for the committee to collect in a year, so it was a pretty small operation."
The Presbyterian, Anglican, Lutheran, Roman Catholic and United Churches create a working body called the Inter-Church Consultative Committee on Development and Relief. A subcommittee is set up to help co-ordinate disaster responses. They also work together on educational programs.
The Presbyterian committee helps develop two projects that receive matching grants from the Canadian International Development Agency. The first is a series of "special development projects in Malawi, Indonesia, the Philippines and North Africa." For the second, the PCC kicks in $26,000—and the United Church adds $9,000—to build a permanent hospital in West Bengal, India, where refugees from Pakistan and the local population are overwhelming a field hospital.
"The political tensions in East Pakistan, leading to the displacement of millions and finally to open hostilities with India, stirred the compassion of many," the committee writes.
The five Canadian denominations chip in to create the Inter-Church Fund for International Development, which is expected to receive "substantial funding by CIDA, with a minimum of detail required in application procedures." The PCC also receives matching funds from the governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
The committee hires its first paid staff person: a part-time secretary.
CIDA increases its matching grant ratio to 3:1 for most development projects.
The PCC, through its donations to the WCC's Programme to Combat Racism, becomes involved in controversy when the WCC program gives an $85,000 grant to the Patriotic Front of Zimbabwe. The Inter-Church Aid committee supports a critical review.
The committee's name is changed to Presbyterian World Service and Development.
"I had worked for several years trying to get the name changed because it had nothing to indicate the Presbyterian Church," says Ron McGraw, who convened the Inter-Church Aid committee from 1975-1980. "The other groups all had something that identified them denominationally in all their names. They had Lutheran World Service, Canadian Catholic Organization for Peace and Development… We were the only ones with nothing to say to people 'This is our church doing this.'"
The PWS&D committee stresses that it "continues to place major emphasis on development aid which enables people to … permanently improve their living conditions." It has supported projects in 17 countries and, though the Inter-Church Fund, has participated in almost 60 projects valued at just under $2 million.
"That seemed to me to be a time when there was a growing sense of organization, a growing professionalism within the agency," says Tom Rodger, PWS&D committee member from 1980-1986. "At that point we were moving from being a purely voluntary agency where volunteers did all the work. We were really trying to discover or to develop policies regarding personnel, policies having to do with our relationship with CIDA, policies having to do the kind of development and relief and refugee and what-have-you projects that we were funding."
"Where things really changed was in 1984," says Jean Davidson, a PWS&D staffer who became its first director. "There was a famine in Ethiopia. It was on the nightly news and right in people's living rooms. The money was just rolling in and we had to get some staff in to help address that. And that picked up the momentum of people saying, 'How can we make sure that this doesn't happen again? What kind of programs could be put in place so that you don't have to keep addressing famines?'"
In order to house its five staff people in the church's national office in Toronto, the committee pays for renovations to "an area not previously used for office space to make an efficient and attractive environment." A sixth staff person works in Edmonton.
Jean Davidson is hired as PWS&D's first full-time director (a position equivalent to an associate secretary). Also for the first time, more than a million dollars is expended on projects overseas.
"Sometimes it was just getting the word out that was the real challenge, and I was functioning in the days pretty much before fax and certainly before email," Davidson says. "Sometimes we got emergency requests and you'd have to laboriously send out 1,200 letters requesting help. If it was an emergency, well, the letters took till the next week to get there and then the cheques had to come back. It was a slower process."
Jean Davidson resigns. Dr. Richard Allen is appointed acting director until a replacement is found.
Marjorie Ross is appointed interim executive director as the national offices prepare for restructuring.
At the urging of CIDA, PWS&D restricts 80 per cent of its funding to three geographic areas: eastern and southern Africa, Central America and India/Pakistan. "The intent is to move away from being an agency which makes funds available to projects [and] towards being a program agency which is working with its overseas partners to achieve specific goals," the committee reports.
PWS&D becomes a part of the newly formed Life and Mission Agency within the PCC. Rev. Rick Fee is appointed director.
"At the General Assembly of '92, several commissioners brought forward a challenge that PWS&D should join the Canadian Foodgrains Bank," says Fee. "Hitherto, it was felt that we should strictly concentrate on doing community development and not emphasize international relief. But joining the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, that opened the door to greater involvement with other agencies that were active in emergency relief. … I got very involved with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and within about four months found myself in the middle of Somalia, in the middle of a war. Since that time I've felt that 1992-1993 was the beginning of the new wave of international disasters and the human community's response."
CIDA approves long-term program funding for PWS&D. Previously, the church agency received funding on a project-by-project basis.
PWS&D no longer seeks funds from the Alberta government because the source has been transferred to a foundation which, in turn, is funded by lotteries.
PWS&D is a founding member of Action by Churches Together, an agency to co-ordinate relief efforts worldwide.
PWS&D becomes CFGB's lead agency for a project that ships 3,350 metric tons of food a year to North Korea.
The Inter-Church Fund for International Development amalgamates with a CCC committee to become the Inter-Church Action coalition.
Hurricane Mitch strikes Central America. Presbyterians send $630,000 to the appeal by the end of the year.
PWS&D becomes the administrating body for refugee sponsorships undertaken by PCC congregations.
Undesignated donations to PWS&D exceed a million dollars.
A new group combining 12 social justice coalitions holds its inaugural meeting in Toronto. In 2001, it is named Kairos: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives.
"I was on the committee when [the Gujarat] earthquake hit," says Rev. Dr. Andrew Johnston, convener of the PWS&D committee from 2002-2006. "It was January 26th—the Republic Day of India. Everybody was celebrating the independence of India, and there was this massive earthquake in a remote area. Twenty thousand people were killed in the matter of two minutes. Four hundred thousand homes were destroyed. It was just colossal.
"The amazing thing was that within hours the Church of North India had … supplies there—long before any global organizations had even raised money, much less got it to India, much less purchased supplies."
"The [Life and Mission] Agency is aware that Presbyterian World Service and Development is where the mission of the Presbyterian Church in Canada has been expanding most rapidly," the LMA says in its report.
PWS&D joins the Geneva-based Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, which tackles issues of global trade and HIV/AIDS.
Rev. Dr. Rick Fee is elected moderator of the 130th General Assembly. The assembly launches the Toward a World Without AIDS campaign, which aims to raise $500,000 over and above givings to PWS&D and Presbyterians Sharing.
"It really was a major departure, a major new initiative for PWS&D," says Johnston. "It put this as a challenge to the national church: HIV/AIDS is a pandemic. Initially in North America it was seen very much as a gay thing and even a judgment thing. It began with a very negative connotation and we felt we had to get on top of this; we had to do something public that would hold this up as a pandemic—not of a particular people or place, but as a challenge for us to respond to with compassion and strength."
An appeal following a tsunami in the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26, 2004, raises more relief funds than any previous emergency appeal. By March, over $1.2 million has been contributed to PWS&D. The Presbyterian, United, Methodist and Anglican groups create a coalition to prepare a $6-million proposal for government funds.
"It was like the phone was ringing off the hook, I remember," says Guy Smagghe, senior program co-ordinator at PWS&D. "We were working late nights to make all this programming happen. It was Dec. 26 [2004, that the tsunami hit] and I remember contacting all the partners to see if they had been affected and offering whatever assistance we could at the time. That became very important after because our partners knew we were there for them."
Ken Kim becomes director.
PWS&D's annual grant from CIDA increases from $398,000 to $458,000 per year and a five-year agreement replaces previous three-year agreements.
In a partnership that began with joint responses to the tsunami, 10 churches—all of them members of CFGB—create Canadian Churches in Action to work together on non-food related relief.
The Toward a World Without AIDS campaign wraps up in November; it raised $1.58 million.
A devastating earthquake strikes Haiti. Presbyterians rally to contribute $1.6 million for Haiti and $4.1 million in total donations. Support is also sent to Pakistan in the wake of disastrous flooding, to Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot and to other nations struck with earthquakes and tropical storms.
PWS&D celebrates its 65th anniversary. "I believe that the compassionate and bold ministry of PWS&D will remain strong," says Director Ken Kim. "You can see in our history how we've developed, learning, improving and meeting the challenges to the best of our ability. We will continue to do so as long as our church exists and wants PWS&D to carry out its mandate."


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i recently ate in Korean Restaurant in Indonesia "Tobak".
I found one of the dishes really delicious and wish able to make it by my self.
I don't know what the dishes name, but it served along with other side dishes and the main ingredients is gombak ( blood clamp ).
If anyone know what the dishes name , and also know how to make it , I would really appreciate it if you share it here.
Thanks .
Soondae? You need to be more descriptive for us to get a better idea of what you're looking for.
I have the picture.. maybe you can tell from the picture ?
It's a kind of clams called kkomak:꼬막 or 고막 in Korean. English name is cockle. It's one of my favorite clams. When I traveled to Malaysia during my Gapshida trip, I found some cockles in a local market. I cooked them in Korean method. Delicious!
Problem is that it's not easy to find the ingredients in NY where I'm living. I will keep your request in mind though.
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CALGARY -- Henry Burris and Joffrey Reynolds have now joined the infamous list of players to pound a nail in the Edmonton Eskimos' coffin.
Desperately needing a win to start the second half of the season, the Edmonton Eskimos pulled their usual two-act stunt yesterday: they repeatedly shot themselves in the foot while letting opposing star players run over them.
Following in the footsteps of Milt Stegall, Geroy Simon and Chris Brazzell in the first half of the season, the Stamps' dynamic duo of Burris and Reynolds played a major hand in giving the defending Grey Cup champions yet another crushing loss.
When the final gun mercifully sounded for the Esks, Calgary had thumped them 44-23 to jump eight points ahead of the West Division cellar dwellers.
"It feels real good," said Reynolds. "We were able to be dominant."
That's almost an understatement.
Reynolds steamrolled over the Esks for 96 yards and two touchdowns, while Burris passed for 310 yards and scampered for a highlight-reel 16-yard TD at the end of the first half.
"The rushing (against us) is atrocious," blurted linebacker A.J. Gass. "We're so much better of a team than that. And we have a lot of work before Friday."
And that is now the story. If the Esks can't find a way to drastically improve and eliminate huge plays by Friday's rematch, the coffin might be going in the ground.
Six points behind Saskatchewan for the final playoff spot in the West Division and five points behind in the East Division crossover race, the 3-7 Esks are staring at a difficult challenge to keep their 34-year playoff streak alive.
"We have to make more tackles, play with more intensity and be where we are supposed to be," said defensive end Adam Braidwood.
"And we have to be more disciplined."
All of that was on display in the killer final drive of the opening half, which essentially guaranteed the Esks' 2006 road winless streak would stretch to five games.
Already trailing 20-13 after watching Troy Davis fumble and Brian Clark return it 31 yards for a major, Edmonton appeared to be getting the ball back with 53 seconds remaining in the second quarter.
Burris was scrambling to the sidelines with nobody to throw the ball to when Charles Alston aggressively pushed him out of bounds, drawing a roughing the passer call.
Giving Calgary new life, Burris capped the drive with one second remaining when he scampered 16 yards and dove into the end zone to make it 27-13.
And while one play doesn't kill a game, the Esks couldn't help themselves in the second half by capitalizing on golden opportunities to get back in the tilt in front of 35,744 sun-drenched fans.
Defensive end Antico Dalton stripped Burris of the ball early in the third quarter and quarterback Ricky Ray found Trevor Gaylor on a broken play for a 32-yard major to pull within seven. But when the defence handed Ray yet another turnover early in the fourth quarter, the offence couldn't produce a single point.
"If you can't capitalize on good field position and turnovers, you are not going to win football games against a talented team," said guard Joe McGrath. "We got our asses kicked."
In the most critical Labour Day game in 35 years, truer words weren't spoken yesterday.


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County Board OKs tax breaks for some flood victims
Three Pine Island homeowners affected by the September floods will receive property tax breaks under a plan the Goodhue County Board approved Nov. 30.
Nicklus and Tasha Goranson of 110 Main St., Terry Waletzko and R Green of 106 First Ave. NE., and Wells Fargo Bank, the owner of the home at 109 First Ave. N.E., will receive tax abatements for payable 2010 taxes up to the amount of reported damages. The homeowners all reported damage of over 50 percent of property value from the September storms, making them eligible for the abatements.


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(Henderson, NV) – The city of Henderson has been named one of the 213 most playful in America. The non-profit group "KaBOOM"'s slogan is "it starts with a playground" and Kim Becker from the city of Henderson says that's their goal, too. Becker says having parks within a half mile of every home in Henderson makes it easier to get kids away from tv, video games and social media like texting and facebook to get them some real physical activity.
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SAN JOSE — They'll get three days of practice before their first games at the Sochi Olympics.
In that time, the Sharks' Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Patrick Marleau, Joe Pavelski and Antti Niemi will have to develop chemistry with their teammates, reacquaint themselves with their coaches and become reaccustomed to the nuances of playing an international style of hockey before they compete against the world's other top players.
Pavelski of Team USA, Vlasic and Marleau of Team Canada and Niemi of Team Finland are aware of the numerous challenges that await them in Russia. But they are not burdened by them.
The only thing that matters is coming back with the gold medal.
"At the end of the day, you're competing, You're playing a game and you want to win, and we're going to try and find a way to do that," Pavelski said. "The wider ice. If you're looking at the ice sheet and making excuses, you're probably already down."
This will be the first Olympics for Vlasic and Niemi, and the second for Marleau and Pavelski. Shortly after the Sharks play Columbus at home Feb. 7 — the day of the Opening Ceremony in Sochi — all four will scatter to meet with their respective teams.
From there, each team will only have a certain amount of time to practice together on the ice, as the Americans, Canadians and Team Finland each play their first game Feb. 13.
But both Marleau and Pavelski, and other Sharks who have played in the Olympic Games such as Dan Boyle, said the process of getting a team together and playing at a high level right from the get-go is not as difficult as it might sound.
Like in 2010 for the Vancouver Olympics, Canadians tried to address the chemistry issue this year by picking some players who are already on the same team. For Team Canada, that means going with Anaheim's Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf, Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby and Chris Kunitz and Chicago's Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp. The Americans also have familiarity with one another, as 13 players who competed in 2010 are on this year's team.
"There's some built-in chemistry," Marleau said of Team Canada. "Obviously, that had a lot to do with the decision-making."
Boyle added if you're chosen to play on an Olympic team, "you have to be, not just highly skilled, but pretty intelligent, and it really doesn't take much," to come together. "If anything, you just have to learn how to handle the pressure."
That pressure almost boiled over in Vancouver, where Team Canada needed overtime to beat Switzerland in the preliminary round and lost to the Americans, causing more than a little mental anguish in the Great White North.
Canada found its stride in the playoff round, winning four games by a combined score of 21-10, which included a 3-2 overtime win over Pavelski and Team USA in the gold medal game.
The Americans had no chemistry issues to begin with, as they were undefeated up until that game.
"It's just about going out there and playing and getting a little confidence early," Pavelski said. "It's a question. It can change from year to year. We did a good job in Vancouver finding that kind of chemistry.
"I think there will be a few different challenges going on a bigger sheet of ice for everyone out there."
The ice is 200 feet long and 100 feet wide in international hockey, compared with 200 feet by 85 feet in the NHL.
Niemi grew up on it in Finland and doesn't anticipate a difficult transition, even though he hasn't played many competitive games on the wider ice since he came to the NHL in 2008. Pavelski most recently played 28 games in the KHL in Russia during last season's NHL lockout, and Vlasic has some experience playing on the wider ice from playing on Canada's World Championship teams in 2009 and 2012.
Vlasic said defensemen have more time to make plays on the wider rink but added the biggest challenge is positioning, not getting caught up ice and knowing where your net is on a penalty kill.
"Getting into the lanes to block shots will be a challenge, too," Vlasic said. "Your angles are different. But all eight (Canadian) defenseman are really mobile and good defensively."
Positioning is also important for forwards. While Marleau's speed should be a tremendous asset for Team Canada, Sharks coach Todd McLellan said Marleau's and Pavelski's ability to anticipate plays and use angles to their advantage will also help them adjust.
"You can take the world's best skater and have him chase the puck around that big ice surface, and he might look lost if he's not anticipating where its going or if he's not playing the proper angles," McLellan said.
"Pav will do those things and he's not the world's best skater. If you can fly around like Patty Marleau does and have Patty's anticipation skills, that's a great thing. But if you don't have Patty's anticipation skills, but all that speed, then it's just like a dog chasing a car on a grid road back in Saskatchewan. You're never going to catch up."
All 12 teams in the men's tournament advance to the playoffs, but from there, it's win or go home.
"It's a short tournament and most of the guys haven't played with each other for a while, so hopefully it doesn't take us two games to get into the tournament," he said, "or else we might be out."
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Country Gold Silver Bronze
Canada 8 4 2
Russia* 8 2 2
Sweden 2 2 4
Czech Rep.** 1 4 5
Great Britain 1 0 1
Finland 0 2 3
Switzerland 0 0 2
Germany*** 0 0 2
SOURCE: hockey-history.com
* — Includes former Soviet Union and Commonwealth of Independent States
**– Includes former Czechoslovakia
***– Includes former West Germany
Pictured: Left Age: 26
Team: Canada Position: Defenseman
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec
Notable: On Vlasic, Canada general manager Steve Yzerman said, "He really moves the puck well. He skates well. Positionally, very, very sound."


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Facebook marketing is an art. And Facebook page management is a science!
If you're not putting yourself in front of your fans or prospects very well, it doesn't matter how clever your posts are or how well-designed your page is. You simply won't get spectacular results, or a return.
It's hard to sell if you're not seen.
So, what do you do?
How do you make sure that you're getting your message across, that your page and your posts and your ads enjoy as much exposure as they possibly can?
You have to understand Facebook reach – and understand it well.
Thankfully, we can help. We've blogged on reach before – from basic principles to industry developments – and today we're going to share a few of those posts with you.
Let's start by defining what reach actually is.
As a social marketer, you live and die by reach. And it's not hard to understand why.
Your reach is how many unique people see your content.
Whereas impressions tell you how often your content is displayed, that could be ten times to one fan or one time to ten fans. You wouldn't know which until you consulted your reach data.
And that data, we should point out, can be separated into page-level reach and post-level reach.
Your posts might resonate far and wide, even while your page itself does not. This can happen when you have good, strong content but don't publish very often. If it's the other way around – your page has a lot of reach but your individual posts don't – it's probably the result of having low-quality content or content that's not promoted very well.
And if that wasn't enough, we can break down reach even further into categories like organic, paid, fan, viral, and so on.
The first two are generally the most important to know.
And when it comes to actually publishing?
Tweet: Just curate great content, write great content, and recycle great content for reach you can be proud of. @AgoraPulse
Now that we know what Facebook reach is, does it actually work? And by that I mean, is it just as efficient as other channels in terms of cost, reach, user quality, and so on?
It's not. It's more efficient.
A Neustar study discovered that social media delivered the highest-quality users, outcompeting the industry average by 65% and performing 33% better than the next best channel.
In part, it's because social media:
Tweet: Social media has one of the greatest reach efficiencies because it's more about engagement than advertising. @AgoraPulse
So, how do you grow reach?
The traditional wisdom is that you have to post well, post often, and promote everything. And it's true. That strategy will absolutely improve your reach.
However, it's a very general strategy. It can be hard to translate it into actionable terms – the things you do, the posts you write. Having a post template – a specific angle or subject – makes life a lot easier.
And there is definitely one kind of post that performs well across industry lines. And that's the breaking news one. These posts increase reach reliably, every time.
You don't have to be a news outlet to write a news post, however, and that's an important thing to understand. It just has to revolve around your industry or what your customers are interested in.
For instance, if you work in Facebook marketing, you can post about Facebook's ban on likegating.
But whatever your industry happens to be, just follow these steps:
Tweet: It's a win-win strategy that benefits your audience, your Facebook reach, and your website traffic. @AgoraPulse
4. Does Publishing Frequency Impact Reach?
We know how often you post matters. Unsurprisingly, the more posts you publish the more opportunities you have to reach people.
But there are still a few unanswered questions.
Like, what if you have a bad few months? You posted regularly before – top-grade content, too – and you promoted it heavily and intelligently. Your reach was impressive. The pride of the industry, even. But then life intervened and you couldn't keep the pace up.
What if you didn't publish for over half a year? Could you come back? Would you be penalized when you returned?
Thankfully, Facebook is forgiving, as we found out.
Not only can you return to your old reach levels, but you can also improve them. You don't even have to resort to paid reach to do it.
How do we know? We tested it.
Tweet: Facebook doesn't penalize irregular posting. You can come back after a long layoff and still hit the same numbers. @AgoraPulse
Digital marketing isn't exactly known for respecting tradition, and Facebook is no exception. Updates come often and they can be significant – game-changing, even.
Recently, there has been a lot of speculation on Facebook organic reach. Namely, that it's declining. AgoraPulse set out to investigate.
By leveraging the Facebook Page Barometer, which offers data on more than 7,000 pages, the team drew some conclusions.
It's a matter of industry.
Tweet: Facebook organic reach isn't down overall. Many industries are, but some have stayed the same and a few have even improved. @AgoraPulse
Now, you should have a good understanding of – and a few strategies for maximizing! – Facebook reach.
Just note that Facebook is a very dynamic network and things change rapidly. The concepts – like organic reach vs. paid reach – will remain the same, but how they perform in the real world is subject to updates and revisions.
So, keep checking back. We'll be here, covering it all.


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Reaction to Mario Lemieux's outrage at the NHL diverged along player and management lines Monday.
The Pittsburgh Penguins co-owner's stature among the players remains strong enough that most said they understood when questioned about Lemieux's anger that the NHL did not issue stiffer suspensions and fines to the New York Islanders and their players as a result of a violent game against his Penguins.
"When Mario says something it's got to be heard and respected," Montreal Canadiens forward Mike Cammalleri said.
The reaction was universal on the management side, too, but far from approving. Several governors repeated a prevailing argument from the past couple of days, that anyone who employs a controversial player like Matt Cooke and whose team leads the NHL in penalty minutes and major penalties for fighting can hardly slam the league for not making the game safer for players by coming down hard on offenders.
There were also governors who noted Lemieux rarely involves himself in league affairs, does not attend governors' meetings and then expects his peers to listen. One governor pointed out NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and the NHL went to bat for Lemieux twice over the years, seeing that he emerged as a part-owner of the team in the Penguins' bankruptcy in 1999 to preserve most of the $32.5-million (all currency U.S.) the team owed him in deferred contract money and again a few years ago to push for a new arena in Pittsburgh that greatly increased the value of the franchise.
As for Lemieux's statement he might reconsider whether he wants to remain part of the NHL, none of the governors took it seriously.
Bettman was silent on the matter Monday but decided not to fine Lemieux for his criticism of the league.
The only two management figures contacted who spoke on the record Monday were Brian Burke, president and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and Jim Devellano, senior vice-president of the Detroit Red Wings. Both supported the league, which suspended Islanders players Trevor Gillies and Matt Martin for nine and four games, respectively, and fined the Islanders $100,000. Eric Godard was the only Penguins player suspended, receiving an automatic 10-game suspension for leaving the bench to join a fight.
"I thought the league acted responsibly, professionally and very quickly," Devellano said. "We can't have that stuff in the game."
Burke said much the same: "It was something from the '70s. I was pleased with the league's harsh but appropriate action here."
No governors could be found who were pleased with Lemieux, although some said they understand his frustration because the Penguins lost superstar Sidney Crosby to a concussion from a head hit last month and neither player who hit him was suspended.
But, several governors said, the league is taking steps to deal with head shots and concussions and Lemieux cannot dip in and out of league affairs only when it suits him. All the governors questioned said Lemieux's refusal to attend their meetings gives him no influence with his fellow owners.
One governor said Bettman made sure Lemieux received a 25-per-cent stake in the Penguins when the current ownership group led by Ron Burkle was put together. That represented $20-million of the money Lemieux was owed and he also received $5-million in cash. Then, thanks in part to a push from Bettman, although Lemieux worked on it as well, the new Consol Energy Center ensured the value of the Penguins is now about $250-million.
"Mario could have been an active owner if he desired," one governor said. "He's got 25 per cent of a franchise that's valued at 250 million [dollars]
"If Mario doesn't want to be an owner, get out and sell your 25 per cent. You were made whole. You were great for the league and league's been very good to you as well."
The governor also predicted Wayne Gretzky, who lost out on $22-million he was owed by the Phoenix Coyotes when the team was bought out of bankruptcy by the NHL, will be looked after by the league. The governor said he didn't know how it would be done but thinks it could happen when the pending sale of the Coyotes to Matthew Hulsizer for $170-million is finished.
Among the players, even though the general feeling was that fighting should remain part of hockey, Lemieux's criticism carried more weight.
"I'm still a traditionalist," Canadiens centre Scott Gomez said. "I can't imagine the game without fighting, and I'm probably the biggest wuss out there."
As for Lemieux, Gomez added, "That's the last guy we want saying he doesn't want to be part of the game. He's right up there with Gretzky, he still has a presence even when he's not on the ice. You see him in the building, you're a little kid again, it's Mario Lemieux."
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Garnier introduces hair care range with blends we trust.
Wholesome hair can be tough to achieve. But with a combination of avocado oil and shea butter, you're bound to see your hair transform, which is what Garnier has included in its haircare range We've all known the power of avocado with its high levels of Vitamin E and Vitamin A and how from the African Shea tree you can create butter which is rich and effective. In this range avo and shea butter are blended in an oil hair moisturiser and hair food.
Garnier Ultimate Blends also has restorative products with honey, coconut and a revitalising line of conditioner and shampoo that blends fives boosting essentials: Eucalyptus, Nettle, Green Tea, Lemon and Verbena. The ingredients are example of how certain foods are also good for our hair. Not leaving anyone out, there's also a range for coloured hair with argan oil and cranberry. As a whole, this new line attends to dry and damaged hair, hair that is prone to breakage, colour treated hair, dry frizzy hair, right through to normal hair. A winning all-rounder basically. Garnier Ultimate Blends arrived in South Africa earlier this year and is sure to grow for its easy maintenance and treatment products.


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Whether it is a dark cold winter day or a blisteringly hot summer afternoon, The Hexagon Board Game Cafe has you covered! It's the first board game cafe in the Old Strathcona area of Edmonton. Here, you will find the highest quality espresso-based beverages, beers, soda, and (of course) board games. Over five hundred board games, in fact. Their games cater to everyone–the young and old, party gamers and strategic gamers, the experienced and inexperienced gamers.
Hexagon's atmosphere is one where a group of friends can spend an evening challenging each other over a rough and tumble game of Cash and Guns, or a new couple can get to know each other over the plains of Catan. Walking through Hexagon, you can easily find a table anxiously hiding their treasures from pirates over a game of Riff Raff, or another table working together to escape the flooding Forbidden Island. Hexagon has what you are looking for, whether it's a quiet night with scrabble and tea, or a night filled with friends and beers.
Besides offering a huge library of games to play, they also teach! If a game catches your eye, but you do not know how to play it, they will show you. Once a week they host a night where a "Hexpert" teaches you about a game that is notably difficult. It's a great way to learn a new game and meet new people in the gaming community.
Two locations:
5716-75 Street | 587-524-5323
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Experience the 'Golden Age' of board games! Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Cards Against Humanity and Betrayal at House on the Hill are just a few of the hundreds of games to play at Table Top Cafe. As diverse as Edmonton's festivals, everyone will find something to enjoy from gut-busting party games to well-planned strategic and tactical experiences. Board games have drastically improved since the days of Monopoly, Risk, and Life. Modern games are much more interactive, shorter, inclusive and fun! If you don't know where to begin, their expert staff can direct you to something you will love and even show you how to play.
For only $5 per person, you can play as many games as you like for as long as you want. The cafe also sells board games creating a unique "try it before you buy it" experience. A variety of snack food, paninis, coffee and beer available. All ages welcome. Call ahead and reserve your seats now.


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Thenkabail, Prasad Srinivasa, 1958-
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Thenkabail, Prasad Srinivasa, 1958-
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- found: Mapping and characterizing inland valley agroecosystems ... c1995: t.p. (Prasad S. Thenkabail) pref. (Postdoctoral fellow, remote sensing specialist, IITA)
- found: OCLC database, 3/4/1996 (heading: Thenkabail, Prasad Srinivasa, 1958-; usage: Prasad Srinivasa Thenkabail)
- found: An irrigated area map of the World, 1999, c2006: t.p. verso (Prasad S. Thenkabail, Prin. Res. and Hd., Global Res. Div.)
- found: The use of remote sensing data for drought assessment and monitoring in Southwest Asia, 2004: t.p. (P. S. Thenkabail) t.p. verso (Prasad Thenkabail; senior res. in remote sensing)
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I am new to your site and have just ready your blog(?) about how diverse a correct tree can be nowadays. I am researching my lineage and have moral and ethical dilemmas as well.
My biological father and I don't speak, he and my mom divorced when I was young and upon his 2nd marriage he had a daughter, my half sister, but I love his side of my family very much, my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
My "stepfather" is who raised me and I consider him my father, although we are not "blood" related. He was married (before my mom) and had 2 girls of his own (step sisters) whom I am very close with.
I married, had 4 children, divorced, relocated, married again and had another child. My first 4 kids and my 5th kid are half siblings. My 2nd husband (father of my 5th child) had 2 girls of his prior to our marriage so child #5 also has 2 additional half sisters. We like to joke that, like the movie, we have yours, mine and ours. LOL.
Now it gets tricky. My ex, with whom I had my 1st 4 kids, remarried, had 2 more kids, divorced, remarried, had another kid (but that one is in dispute) and divorced. So my first 4 kids have one half sibling from me (child #5) and 3 half siblings from their father's side.
This has been a very tangled web both to trace and to weave for my children but I'm determined to do this and pass it on for them so they will know family by blood and family by love!
I'm actually trying to research my line through Newsome in Kentucky and Mingo Co. West Virginia and I'm seriously considering the female DNA test. I would love to know if anyone else has participated and what the results were.


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HONG KONG: Asian markets fell today and the euro was at a near two-year low against the dollar amid Europe's deepening debt woes, while disappointing US data and Chinese manufacturing numbers also weighed.
With investors scrambling for safer haven assets such as the yen, Japan's finance minister pledged "decisive action" if it keeps rising, indicating a fresh intervention by Tokyo.
Tokyo fell 1.20%, or 102.48 points, to 8,440.25, Sydney dropped 0.30%, or 12.4 points, to 4,063.9 and Seoul eased 0.49%, giving up 8.96 points to close at 1,834.51.
Hong Kong slipped 0.38%, or 71.18 points, to 18,558.34 and Shanghai was flat, edging 1.20 points up to 2,373.44.
The weak start to June came after a miserable May in which most markets gave up almost all the gains they had made since the turn of the year as the eurozone's debt crisis came back into sharp focus.
While Greece's political and economic future remains uncertain, Spain's banking sector is looking increasingly fragile, stoking fears that Madrid – already battling fiscal woes – could need an international bailout.
China today said manufacturing activity grew at a much slower rate than expected in May, further confirming the world's number two economy is slowing rapidly after recent poor figures on trade, investment and industrial output.
The official purchasing managers index (PMI) fell to 50.4 from 53.3 in April, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said in a statement.
A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while a reading below 50 suggests contraction.
Later, HSBC said its PMI for May stood at 48.4 compared with 49.3 in April.
"At this rate, the government may intervene with monetary stimulus towards the end of June once inflation slows to about three percent," Zhou Xu, an analyst with Nanjing Securities, told Dow Jones Newswires.
In the United States, the government yesterday lowered its estimate for first-quarter economic growth, to 1.9% from 2.2%, raising questions over how much of a rebound could be expected in the current quarter.
Two jobs reports – weekly unemployment claims and private-sector job creation in May – both were disappointing, indicating slow improvement in the economy.
On Wall Street the Dow fell 0.21%, the S&P 500 lost 0.23% and the Nasdaq slipped 0.35%. Eyes are now on key non-payroll jobs data out of Washington later in the day for a guide to the US economy's recovery.
The gloomy data sent dealers out of risk assets, pushing the euro lower.
The single currency was changing hands at US$1.2343 in Tokyo morning trade from US$1.2361 in New York late yesterady. Earlier today the unit briefly fell to US$1.2323, a 23-month low.
It also remained weak against the safe-haven Japanese currency at 96.86 yen, compared with 96.82 yen in New York late Thursday, where at one point it fell to 96.51 yen, its lowest level since December 2000.
The dollar bought 78.43 yen, from 78.33 yen in New York.
Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi said today he would take "decisive action" if the yen kept rising, with his remark interpreted as a threat of market intervention to curb the yen's strength.
Japanese financial authorities have previously intervened in currency markets, including after the yen reached historic highs against the dollar last year. A stronger yen hurts exporters as it makes their goods more expensive overseas.
On oil markets New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for delivery in July, was down 60 US cents to US$85.93 per barrel while Brent North Sea crude for July shed 69 US cents to US$101.18 in the late afternoon.
Gold was at US$1,557.98 an ounce at 0810 GMT, compared with US$1,566.06 late yesterday.
In other markets:
- Taipei tumbled 2.68%, or 195.41 points, to 7,106.09. Smartphone giant HTC shed 3.72% to Tw$414.0 while computer maker Acer was 1.64% lower at Tw$30.05.
- Manila closed 0.56% lower, shedding 28.79 points to 5,062.44. DMCI Holdings fell 4.49% to 55.35 pesos and BDO Unibank ended 6.38% down at 66 pesos. Philippine Long Distance Telephone added 3.42% to 2,420 pesos.
- Wellington fell 1.04%, or 36.29 points, to 3,452.00. Fletcher Building slumped 4.29% to NZ$6.02 and Telecom was down 1.55% at NZ$2.54.


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GREEN BAY, Wis. — B.J. Raji fears the Giants offensive line about as much as he does a fluffy pillow.
The Packers Pro Bowl nose tackle openly questioned the line's toughness yesterday, even grading Brandon Jacobs higher on the physicality scale than the blockers Raji will face Sunday in an NFC Divisional game at Lambeau Field.
"Not saying they're soft, but it's not the toughest group I have been against," said Raji, a former first-round pick and New York City native who starred in high school at Westwood in Bergen County (N.J.).
"I played [the Giants' offensive line] once this year and once last year," Raji added, referring to a pair of Green Bay victories. "I can only judge from my vantage point up front — not necessarily the most physical. Their backs are pretty physical, but it's not the toughest [offensive line]."
Though the Giants ranked last in the NFL in rushing, 6-foot-2, 337-pound Raji is much more impressed by their backfield than their injury-battered line.
"Ahmad [Bradshaw] is always tough," Raji said. "He's a good player, and he plays hard all the time. When Brandon's running like Brandon, he's very tough to tackle."
But even while praising Jacobs, Raji couldn't keep from getting in a subtle dig at Jacobs' lack of speed and career struggles when asked to run horizontally.
"A guy like that coming downhill is going to be tough to stop for any safety, corner or even a linebacker at times," Raji said. "For them to get balance, pad him up and get him to the ground [is going to be difficult]. He's not the quickest guy, so you want to get him going east to west instead of downhill against your guys."
Though Raji is impressed with Jacobs overall, he isn't expecting a repeat of Jacobs flattening Packers cornerback Charles Woodson like he did in the 2007-08 NFC title game, a play that set the tone for the Giants' upset.
"It's a new team, and I don't anticipate that happening," said Raji, who came to the Packers two years after that game as the ninth overall pick out of Boston College.
Raji's unexpectedly blunt bulletin-board material was ironic, considering he is at the forefront of a defense that ranked 32nd (and last) in the NFL in yards allowed despite the Packers' 15-1 record during the regular season.
And though he was voted to the Pro Bowl, Raji has his own critics. The analysts at respected NFL blog profootballfocus.com ranked him as the worst defensive tackle in the NFC this season, noting that Raji made 10 tackles all year by their count (tackles aren't an official league statistic).
Raji praised the Giants receivers but mocked tight end Travis Beckum for saying this week he sees "guys flat-out getting beat" on pass routes against Green Bay's defense.
"Their receivers are great … but I don't think any of their tight ends are in any position to say too much," Raji said. "They're not the best players at that position we've seen. And they didn't beat us. We still won the game [at MetLife Stadium last month]. Obviously, we did enough there."


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The North Texas Food Bank fears it will not be able to provide hundreds of thousands of meals for families in its service area after the week-old government shutdown has canceled 10 truckloads of USDA food and another 36 are at risk, according to a press release from the nonprofit.
The North Texas Food Bank was scheduled to receive 134 truckloads of USDA food between October and February. With a total of 46 truckloads of food -- or 1.8 million pounds of food -- at risk, the food bank fears its service area of 13 counties will be missing as many as 305,000 meals over the next few months.
The USDA cancellations add more need to the already-strapped food bank that experienced a food shortage after an unusually high summer demand left its shelves nearly empty. The food bank is trying to keep up with demand, which is expected to spike again this holiday season.
President and chief executive of the food bank, Jan Pruitt said families could be hurting for months after SNAP (food stamp) benefits will be reduced starting Nov. 1 and mothers and children who rely on WIC could see those benefits slashed if the shutdown continues.
"The government shut-down, the SNAP cuts on November 1, low food inventory and a lack of volunteers have placed North Texan children, families, seniors and our food bank, in a perfect storm scenario," Pruitt said. "Families who depend on these benefits to feed their children will be most hurt. This is totally unacceptable in modern day America.
The North Texas Food Bank helpsd supply about 1,000 feeding programs with food and partners with more than 250 agencies to reach families in North Texas and supply them with food. Last year the food bank supplied 62 million meals. About 20 percent of the food bank's monthly distribution of food comes from the USDA.
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text: If you have multiple agents interacting with some structure and you want it to look like each of them is accessing it serialized, then STM is exactly what you want. The performance is always "in comparison to what"; you will likely get worse performance than the "best possible" implementation of your algorithm using locks, but that algorithm may be very difficult to write. My intuition is that if you spend put two programmers on a task, one using STM and one using locks, that the STM solution will perform better given the same amount of implementation time for any non-trivial problem. In addition, you can choose the level of "fine-grained-ness" in STM just as you can with locks, by choosing what things to make into TVars and what things to make pure. For example, this structure: > type STMMap a = TVar (Map k a) will have much different performance than > type STMMap k a = TVar (STMNode a) > data STMNode a = Tip | Branch !k a (STMMap k a) (STMMap k a) and either one could be better depending on what you are doing. The former is like a "global lock" on the map, whereas the latter is analgous to "fine-grained" locks. But writing an algorithm using the "fine grained locks" version is a lot simpler to get right in STM than doing so with locks directly. In addition, STM's "optimistic concurrency" gives you the equivalent of multiple-reader single-writer locks for free; writing code with those directly is even more difficult to get right! -- ryan On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:35 PM, Ketil Malde <ketil at malde.org> wrote: > "Tim Docker" <timd at macquarie.com.au> writes: > >>> My apologies for side-tracking, but does anybody have performance >>> numbers for STM? I have an application waiting to be written using >>> STM, boldly parallelizing where no man has parallelized before, but >>> if it doesn't make it faster, > >> Faster than what? > > Faster than an equivalent non-concurrent program. It'd also be nice > if performance was comparable lock-based implementation. > >> Are you considering using STM just to make otherwise pure code run in >> parallel on multiple cores? > > No, I have a complex structure that must be updated in non-predictable > ways. That's what STM is for, no? > > -k > -- > If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe at haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >


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Unlocking the real potential of oil discovery
By: David Wanyoike
With the discovery of oil in Turkana, there is dire need to kick off the review of the existing legislation and formulation of new legislations to lay the foundation for the next chapter of the country's national petroleum program. The legislation on oil would be expected to define and regulate the relationship between the government and the various oil companies currently operating in Kenya, and at the same time address the relationships amongst various interest groups, from landowners and cultural representatives in the oil producing areas to members of the private sector.
While there are obvious weaknesses in the current oil legislation, there has been no priority in reforming it largely explained by the fruitless oil discovery efforts witnessed in the past. The current legislation is inadequate or at worst outdated casting doubts on its ability to successfully thrust the expected development agenda for the country. An ideal oil legislation would be expected to comprehensively cover a wide array of regulatory functions for the institutions, companies and individuals participating in the sector. The government has already initiated efforts to have the existing legislation on oil addressed. It is expected that some of the existing laws may be rendered obsolete when the new oil legislation comes into effect, while other laws will remain in effect and work in tandem with the forthcoming legislation.
With the new constitution dispensation and the adoption of devolution governance, the local community has a big say in the management of resources within their localities. The concept of local interests has developed further in the last two years or so to include public input in the decision-making process. Local community will be expected to participate and have a great influence in the allocation of petroleum proceeds. The regulation of land rights and disposal is also expected to be extremely important to Kenya's oil story. Oil discovery has been made in an area where land ownership is largely community based. In a field of massive asymmetries in information especially on the titling of land and the maintenance of accurate records, abuses are likely to emerge in earnest. If land is not comprehensively and transparently managed, Kenya may not only suffer an oil curse but also a land curse.
Oil is a key component impacting on the global economies world over. The global importance of oil supplies on the world markets has indeed triggered huge interest by the major foreign oil producers on Kenya's oil discovery and issues relating to the management and control of petroleum resources in local communities where the oil is extracted are potentially source of heated debate and unrest. There has been persistent unrest in the African oil producing countries essentially floundering their economies into the sea of backwardness. Lack of proper legal framework has been poised as the main source of the challenges that have plagued the petroleum industry in these countries.
Appropriate oil legislation is expected to cut across the three areas of the oil industry: policy, regulatory and commercial. The responsibility for these functions needs to be split between different agencies to avoid overriding roles that may lead to serious compromises. There is need to introduce and enforce integrated health, safety and environmental quality management systems with specific quality, effluent and emission targets for oil operations in order to ensure compliance with internationally accepted standards. Under such legislation, the government should be mandated to honour international environmental obligations and promote energy efficiency, provide reliable energy and a taxation policy that encourages fuel efficiency by producers and consumers.
To fend off environmental degradation, licensing should be tied to the commitment to properly address the environmental needs. Interested companies should be required to submit an environmental quality management plan alongside their application for a licence or lease, and the plan should spell out precisely how they intend to demonstrate their commitment to comply with the relevant laws, guidelines, regulations and standards. Fiscal concerns need to be well thought out to ensure that the investment in the oil sector does not discriminate against the local investors. It would be essential for the government to come up with well balanced tax regime with possible reduction in the fiscal burdens of companies with substantial Kenyan interest.
It would be crucial to have a legislation tilted towards ensuring participation by Kenyans in all spheres of the oil industry. In addition to the guaranteed participation of Kenyans in both the exploration and the production side of the petroleum industry, training encompassing all areas of petroleum industries should be made available to Kenyans, thus guaranteeing that the country as a whole and local communities benefit from such operations by having access to gainful employment and education opportunities. The legislation should also address the employment policy in the companies that hold petroleum mining leases to ensure adequate Kenyan representation.
All said and done, the formulation of viable oil legislation is expected to face several hurdles before full realization.
The writer is a tax expert with EY. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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As animals get more expensive to feed, Smith said they will get sent to market younger and smaller. That can boost the near term supply of meat, but it hurts supply later, when the animals would normally have come to market.
"Maybe you send (a cow to slaughter) at 800 lbs instead of 1200 lbs. That takes 400 lbs out of the market, but brings 800 lbs to the market sooner. So you see more slaughter ... then when we get to where those animals should be in the normal cycle, they're not there," he said.


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These cufflinks would make a great addition to any stylish gent's wardrobe.


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text: On Friday, February 22, Barbara Walters will introduce 20/20 viewers to Jon Langbert and James Garcia of New York City, a gay couple who decided in 1999 to start a family and wound up having triplets via a surrogate mother. Walters will talk to the couple about the unique challenge of raising three infant children as well as about the prejudice they face as gay dads. "We accept that people have different opinions out there," Langbert tells Walters. "But I think at the end of the day they're just wrong." 20/20 airs on ABC at 10 p.m. Eastern/Pacific; check local listings.


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March 31st, Rip Curl team rider and SURFER cover boy Chad Compton was seriously injured in a skateboarding accident in Ventura. Upon suffering severe head trauma Chad was rushed to the ER where doctors have placed him in an induced coma to, as father Dave Compton articulates, "keep him out of harms way until they know a bit more about his condition." He is currently in critical, but stable condition at Ventura County General Hospital.
According Mike Makos, Rip Curl's marketing director, "Chad was just skatin' down the street and hit a bump in the road." As the doctors and nurses of Ventura County General continue to tend to Chad the Compton's family faith is keeping them strong. "We are believing in faith that God keeps his hand on him," Dave Compton comments. "If you know of any others who can say a pray for him, we would appreciate it." We're all wishing him a successful and speedy recovery.


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A wonderful selection of Yeats' finest work, read by the author himself along with Siobhan McKenna and others.
©2009 Saland Publishing (P)2009 Saland Publishing
"Very disappointing"
This is awful. The poems are repeated twice which is annoying. The reading is not consistent. Siobhan McKenna and Cyril Cusack are fair but W.B.Yeats's rendition of the poems is dreadful. I have not rated it as it does not deserve even one star. It is a very old recording obviously . There must be a more recent reading of these poems. It seems that I must fill in the star rating section before this can be submitted. I do this reluctantly
Sadly failed to listen to the sample, trusting inadvisedly that it would be a decent version being on sale on Audible for 6.95. This is a very poor collection, bad sound quality and rambling. Not worth the money. Sadly I can't return as I am no longer a member. It's also a more realistic 2.95 on iTunes. Frustrating!
Yes but unlikely to purchase from Audible.
Tomas Mac Eoin or any number of poet/singers.
Yeats' poetry is astonishingly beautiful (enough to capture the imagination of my young daughter) so yes, but the recording itself doesn't encourage anyone to listen to it unfortunately.
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"MPs face being barred from using public money to furnish their homes as part of sweeping reforms designed to draw a line under the expenses scandal ahead of the next election.
"The infamous "John Lewis" list, spelling out the amount that MPs can spend on household furniture for their second homes, is in line to be scrapped completely as part of a review being carried out by an independent sleaze watchdog. The final report by the Committee on Standards in Public Life, chaired by Sir Christopher Kelly, will be published on 4 November.
"MPs are bracing themselves for the arrival of the most austere expenses system in the modern world. The plans being drawn up by Sir Christopher are thought to include an axing of the food allowance and the gradual outlawing of mortgage payments. MPs needing a second home in London would be forced to rent."


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Dr Harris, asshole.
Okay, okay, so he stuck a couple of people in an MRI scanner and wrote about it. Next I'll be demanding to be called Dr for spending four years in a basement.
I'm guessing this was done after Craig's "Genocide's awesome!" comment?


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I have always been very impressed with the Jadis tube sound but this system is out of my price range. I have heard that Jadis has some newer, smaller and more affordable integrated amps that sound amazing. In the near future, I would like to see Stereophile write a review on one of these new products.
$200k Systems!
The two most expensive systems at the show, each costing about US$200,000, were the all-McIntosh system, and the system using Pierre Gabriel Grand Master speakers and Jadis electronics/digital source. (Actually, the Pierre Gabriel system was "only" US$180,000, so you can afford a trip to France with what you would save over the McIntosh.) Did they sound impressive? Yes, but, personally, I have trouble relating to any system whose price is so far beyond the reach of ordinary audiophiles. Having said that, it's good to have systems like this at shows, so that people can judge for themselves what they offer in the way of sound quality. M. Gabriel himself was on hand to demonstrate the system featuring his speakers.
The idea of presenting the Montreal Show in only one hotel was a wise decision but I remarked that a lot of rooms were a little bit small. However, there were a couple of spacious rooms where we could sit to listen to music and walk around to look at displayed products without beeing pushed or feeling disturbed. One of those rooms was the one of Jadis and Pierre Gabriel. Their set up was impressive!! sonically and visually. It was the flagship of the marks and we could feel it...from the delicate reproduction of a violon to a drum solo precise and powerfull.They also displayed affordable and well built integrated amps from Jadis and smaller speakers and cables from Pierre Gabriel, a kind of beautiful components we can not only dream of but also acquire for a reasonnable price.It has been a long time since I read a review about Jadis products in Stereophile. Why not give a try to a combo Jadis-Pierre Gabriel? I'm sure that a lot of your readers will appreciate it.A.B.
Big sound at the show. Very expensive gear but more affordable do exist and need to be discovered. Pierre Gabriel Acoustic Inc, a small business with limited resources but always among the best sound at the Montreal Show. They must be doing something right !