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Photo Blog: Second Day on Tuscan Coast in Poveromo
Today was our second day here in Poveromo -- down the way from Viareggio and Forte dei Marmi on the coast of Tuscany. We spent a good portion of the day in the sun and water hanging out at the Bagno Sovenir beach club.
Here are a few photos from the day:
The big yacht (some speculate it is one of Roman Abramovich's 4 super yachts) hanging out right off the coast. It is storing no less than 5 boats (sailboat, powerboat, and several smaller boats) and a helicopter.
The waves are out today so I can take some time to play in the Mediterranean Sea.
Catching a quick wave while body surfing.
Ashley is gettting good at taking photos with my camera.
Ashley takes some time to play in the sea.
Matteo hanging out on the beach at Bagno Souvenir.
Giulio relaxing and listening to tunes on a beach lounge.
The waves were just big enough for some surfers to come out. The surfboards here are generally very short, with few reaching 6 feet in length.
Saying goodbye to the beach house here in Poveromo.
The car is packed and ready to go. Giulio, Ashley, and Matteo in the back seat.
Giulio, Ashley, and Matteo catch some sleep on the ride home.
A fitting end to our stay here in Tuscany as the sun sets beautifully in Florence.


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TORONTO At first glance, UFC fighters appear to be average, ordinary folks.
Most also seem to be genuinely good guys, who are accessible to their fans, which is a big part of why mixed martial arts has become so wildly popular.
It's not until you see them at work in the octagon that you realize each and every one of them is capable of beating you senseless and making you say "uncle" in a heartbeat. "It's definitely my life right now," says Claude Patrick of Mississauga, Ont., wiping his forehead.
"It's my focus and my career, so I'm putting a lot into it and starting to see the results pay off."
With beads of sweat pouring down his face after a gruelling two-hour workout with one of his trainers, K1 kick-boxing champ Michael McDonald, Patrick recently took time out to talk to QMI Agency at Elite Training Centre in the Toronto's west end.
He's one of three local fighters slated to fight in UFC 129 at the Rogers Centre Apr. 30.
All told, nine Canadians are expected to be in the 11 fights that night more than any other card in UFC history.
That includes the two main events, which will see fan favourite Georges St. Pierre, of Montreal, put his welterweight title on the line against American Jake Shields and Mark Hominick, from Thamesford, Ont., try to snatch the featherweight title from Brazilian Jose Aldo.
"I feel very fortunate," Patrick said, adding with a smile that many "long lost friends" are suddenly calling looking for tickets.
Patrick, 30, has been part of Canada's mixed martial arts scene for many years, which wasn't easy considering until last summer he lived in a province where the sport was illegal.
The submission specialist was signed by the UFC in 2010 and he has already fought twice, winning both in UFC 115 and 120.
Patrick caught the karate bug at 13. Since then he has added kick-boxing, wrestling and jiujitsu, among others, to his repertoire.
Around the time he started studying martial arts in 1993, Patrick remembers watching a small Brazilian named Royce Gracie use jiujitsu to make much bigger men beg for mercy inside the cage.
He's been hooked ever since.
"I wanted to learn that style," Patrick said. "It seemed to make a lot of sense at the time."
Gracie helped grow MMA into the exciting sport it is today while highlighting flaws in some of the martial arts that were popularized in movies.
Jiujitsu is now a staple for all successful MMA fighters.
Patrick refused to make any predictions for his upcoming bout, but he vowed he'll do his best at UFC 129.
He's scheduled to take on American Daniel Roberts, 30, who has four UFC bouts under his belt, the last three of which he's won.
"He's a highly skilled opponent, like everybody is in the UFC, so I'm looking forward to locking up with him and putting my skills on display against what he brings to the table," Patrick said.
Sean Pierson, who lives just northeast of Toronto in Stouffville, Ont., with his wife and child, didn't hesitate when asked about his second UFC fight.
"I plan on winning," he said confidently, answering questions after a couple hours of honing his boxing skills with one of his coaches, Ryan Grant.
"I hope it doesn't go 15 minutes, that's all I've got to say," Pierson said with a laugh, referring to his first UFC fight last December against Matthew Riddle.
He and the 25-year-old American went the distance three five-minute rounds and Pierson ultimately won by unanimous decision.
"Most of my fights have been first-round TKOs and I'd like to keep it that way," he said recalling his earlier MMA fights.
At 34, Pierson is starting his UFC career a little later than most because he chose to take time off to start his family and buy a home.
He quit his job at Dell Computers to focus on fighting full-time after signing with the UFC.
"I didn't want everybody sacrificing for my dream, so I got myself established first," Pierson said.
"After four years, I still had that desire to go back and finish what I started."
Pierson will take on fellow wrestler Brian Foster, 26, an American who is 3-2 in the UFC.
He's "honoured" to be part of UFC 129 and he's well aware of what a privilege it is to have been chosen.
The UFC's director of Canadian operations, Tom Wright, said every fighter on the roster wanted to be on the card at the "historic event."
Pierson said the hometown crowd will help him because he performs best under pressure.
He has trained with some big names over the years, including St. Pierre, and said he always knew his sport would "blow up" one day.
He just hoped it would happen while he was still young enough to participate.
"Everything in the past eight years or so has just snowballed," Pierson said of the UFC and MMA. "It's the fastest-growing sport in the world."

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Erewhon Calling: Experimental Sound in New Zealand edited by Bruce Russell
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Erewhon Calling surveys the full range of 'non-standard' audio practices in contemporary NZ culture - from the borders of composed art music, through improvised noise, to deconstructed 'rock' n pop filth', and every genre, every scene, every permutation of unconventional audio practice in-between, by a range of artists and informed commentators mainly telling their own stories.
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The top U.S. automaker General Motors (NYSE:GM) reported its first quarter 2014 earnings recently. The automaker saw a severe plunge of 86% in its profit, but to one's surprise company shares went up in pre-market trade. This shows that investors have high hopes tied to the automaker. Global recalls and huge restructuring costs had a terrible bearing on General Motor's results, but these were partially offset by growth in the American and Chinese markets.
Numbers at a Glance
General Motors' top line saw a growth of 1% over last period to $37.4 billion, but was unable to beat Wall Street estimates. The carmaker delivered 2.42 million vehicles, up 2% from a year ago quarter when it recorded sales of 2.36 million units. But the company's profits nosedived by a whopping 86% to $125 billion during the period compared with $865 million in the year ago quarter. Earnings per share of 6 cents were better than consensus estimate of 4 cents. This precisely made the company's share price go in the green up 3.3% to $35.52.
Let's reason out the lower profit figures.
The Recall Woes
This quarter General Motors had to take in massive recalls which had a deep impact on the company results. The core operating result of the company was quite strong but it was more than compensated by the cost of recall of 3.7 million cars with technical snags in the ignition switch and steering.
The past four months have seen several critical developments which includes the Chevy Cobalt and Pontiac G5s recalls. The recall charge was as huge as $1.3 billion, which translates to 48 cents a share. Now that's reasonably a good figure. Quite obvious, this pulled the earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) down to $500 million from $1.8 billion last year same period. Other than this, the auto major also had to account onetime charge of $419 million related to currency fluctuation in Venezuela.
But while recalls plagued the results, core operations partially helped redress the overall quarter outcome.
Counting on Core Operations
The Detroit carmaker's core operations stood very strong. The company's focusing on providing highest level of safety, best specifications, and quality. This is actually paying off the auto giant. CEO Marry Barra said that the company received encouraging response from its customers for the new launches it made during the quarter. This was reflected in the revenue.
North American operations somewhat helped in mellowing down the effect of recall charges. GM's CFO Chuck Stevens said that the overall quarter results would have been quite good, but recall charges played the main culprit in bringing down the numbers. When asked if the company has more of such costs to write off, Stevens cleverly answered "It's too early to predict."
But Europe continued eroding profit in this quarter by recording a pretax loss of $284 million, considerably higher than last year's loss of $152 million. However, GM is confident about its prospects in the continent and expects to break even by 2015. Another oversea operation added up to the losses. South American operations dealt a blow of $156 million in losses for the period, compared with last year's loss of $38 million. The international division, including China, registered a pretax profit of $252 million, lower than last year's $472 million.
Looking Forward
This is the second quarter post Marry Barra appointment as the CEO of the company. She is the first lady CEO taking charge as the leader, and there are huge expectations from her that she would help go GM to the next level particularly after the 2007 financial crises that it suffered.
This quarter was the worst for GM in the last four years as the recalls that damaged results. But if we consider the fact that these are special or non-recurring issues, the upcoming quarter should brighten investors mood. I believe long term investors can stay put.


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TORONTO — The 100TH Grey Cup Playoffs are finally here.
The action gets underway on Sunday, with the crossover Edmonton Eskimos travelling to Toronto to take on the Toronto Argonauts in the Eastern Semi-Final at Rogers Centre at 1pm ET.
Later on in the same day, two West Division rivals will clash at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, as the hometown Stampeders host the Saskatchewan Roughriders at 4:30 pm ET.
Equipped with the most up-to-date storylines, roster moves, stats, milestones and trends, enjoy this week's CFL.ca Game Notes.
By the Numbers:
Grey Cup Chase: The last two Grey Cup winners – BC and Montreal – finished first this season and will host their respective Division Finals. The Lions will be trying to repeat as Grey Cup champions for the first time in their history, and be the first professional team to win the Cup in consecutive years with a different head coach (only the U of T did that across 1910-11).
Riders back to the Cup?: This post-season, Saskatchewan will be trying to do what no team has ever done before … make the Grey Cup, miss the playoffs and then win the Grey Cup the very next year. The Riders lost in 2010 and were out of the playoffs last year altogether, so a win in 2012 will set yet another precedent. The only other club to ever come close to that was Hamilton who reached the Grey Cup in 1959, finished last in 1960, and got back to the Cup in 1961, losing to Winnipeg.
Into the Post-Season: The longest losing streak to close out a season by a club that went on to win the Grey Cup is three games by Winnipeg in 1988. Only one Grey Cup winning team in the last 32 years has ended with a losing streak longer than one game. Only four teams in the last 67 years (1945) have ended the year with a two-game (or longer) losing streak and won.
Playoff History 1: The last four Grey Cup winners (and seven of the last 10) have also been divisional winners that season. No Semi-Finalist has won The Cup since Saskatchewan in 2007 and the only third place club to win since 2001 was Edmonton in 2005.
Playoff History 2: Since 1945 following WWII, a first place club has gone on to win the Grey Cup 46 times in 67 seasons. Second place teams have won 16 times and third place finishers on just five occasions (Montreal 1970, Saskatchewan 1989, BC 1994, BC 2000 and Edmonton in 2005).
Home vs. Away in Playoffs: Since 1945 there have been 355 playoff games, with the home team winning 232, while the visitors have claimed 119. There were also four ties. Since 2006 in the league's current eight-team configuration, there have been 24 games, 15 of which have been won by home teams. In each of the last nine seasons, at least one road club has won a game.
Current Playoff Game Streaks:
WEST: BC one win (last win 2011 Western Final), Calgary three losses (last win 2009 Western Semi-Final), Saskatchewan three wins (last win 2010 Western Final)
EAST: Montreal one loss (last win 2010 Eastern Final), Toronto one loss (last win 2010 Eastern Semi-Final), Edmonton one loss (last win 2011 Western Semi-Final).
Playoff Experience: Due to the shift to the single-game playoff format in the 1970s, players simply cannot compete for the all-time games played record any more. Only one player active after 1976 (Bob Cameron) ranks in the top 18. Among active players, Anthony Calvillo and Paul McCallum top the list with 17 games played. Here are those playing in 2012 with the most games played:
17 – Paul McCallum BC, Anthony Calvillo MTL
15 – Geroy Simon BC
13 – Scott Flory MTL, Jeff Johnson TOR, Mike McCullough SSK
12 – Arland Bruce III BC, Noel Prefontaine TOR
11 – Anwar Stewart CGY, Kevin Glenn CGY, Luc Mullinder MTL, Paris Jackson BC
10 – Randy Chevrier CGY, Neal Hughes SSK, Angus Reid BC, Jordan Younger TOR
9 – Ryan Phillips BC, Ricky Ray TOR
8 – Walter Spencer TOR, Dante Marsh BC, Nik Lewis CGY, Jarious Jackson TOR, Ricky Foley TOR, Dahrran Diedrick MTL, Korey Banks BC
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Post-Season QB Starts (including Grey Cups):
WEST: Travis Lulay 3 (2-1), Drew Tate 1 (0-1), Kevin Glenn 8 (3-5), Darian Durant 5 (4-1)
EAST: Anthony Calvillo 21 (11-10), Ricky Ray 12 (8-4), Matt Nichols 0, Kerry Joseph 5 (4-1), S.Jyles 0
4th quarter Playoff Comebacks: Last season all four playoff games were won by the team entering the fourth quarter with the lead. Since 2006 across 24 playoff games only three clubs have trailed after three quarters and won the game, all in Semi-Finals. The last clubs to do this were: Saskatchewan in 2010 over BC in the Western Semi-Final (down 13-19, won 41-38 in OT), Winnipeg in 2007 over Montreal in the Eastern Semi-Final (down 17-19, won 24-22) and Saskatchewan in 2006 over Calgary in the Western Semi-Final (down 20-21, won 30-21).
From 1995 to 2011, only two Division Final games have been won by a club trailing after 45 minutes (Toronto over Montreal in 1997 and again over Montreal in 2004). The last Western club to come back to win after the third quarter was BC in 1994 beating Calgary 37-36.
Since 1996: The Alouettes re-entered the CFL in 1996 after the league returned to an All-Canadian format, and since then the West has dominated inter-division play. They have a 320-263 edge in wins (.548) and a 9-7 margin in Grey Cup titles. Since 2005, the West has won more games every year and holds a 161-102 advantage with one tie (.612) and five of seven Grey Cup wins.
Semi-Final winners: Over the last nine years, home and away teams have each won nine times; meaning home-field has held little advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Only two of the last 12 Semi-Final games have been decided by more than 10 points.
Playoff Overtime: There have been nine playoff overtime games in CFL history but only five since 1974. However, there has been an OT playoff game in each of the last three years (2009: BC over Hamilton, 2010: Saskatchewan over BC, 2011: Hamilton over Montreal).
Eastern Semi-Final: Toronto vs. Edmonton
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The 2012 Eastern Semi-Final matchup is just days away, as the Toronto Argonauts host the Edmonton Eskimos. Here is everything you need to know ahead of Sunday's game.
Season series and Matchup: The 2012 Eastern Semi-Final will feature the two clubs that have captured more Grey Cups than anyone else. Toronto leads with 15 while Edmonton is two back with 13. The Esks have beaten Toronto five-straight times (four of which were won by nine points or less) and in seven of the last eight.
This year they won by margins of four and nine points and did not allow Toronto to lead at any point. The Eskimos held a distinct edge on the ground, outrushing Toronto 224 to 147 but Toronto led by Ricky Ray held an edge in passing yardage.
Edmonton Eskimos:
The Eskimos have not won the Grey Cup since 2005 and will be looking to avoid a seven-year drought, their longest interval between appearances since 1961-1972. This will be only the third time in club history that the Eskimos have entered the post-season with a losing record and just the second time since 1967. Edmonton has finished at .500 or better in 36 of the last 41 years back to 1972.
Fred Stamps: After 13 weeks of the season, Stamps ranked just ninth among CFL receivers. Over the final five games, however, Stamps caught 24 passes (6 for 30+ yards) for 585 yards and five TDs to finish up at number-two only 18 yards behind Sunday's rival Chad Owens. Over the last two games, he combined with Matt Nichols on eight completions for 260 yards and two TDs.
Starting QB: The last time that anyone other than Ricky Ray started a playoff game for the Eskimos was back in 2004 when he spent a year in the NFL (Jason Maas). Ray has started nine of the last 10 Edmonton playoff games back to 2002.
Roster Changes: A total of 522 players dressed for at least one game this season in the CFL, an average of 65 per team. Edmonton had 76 players active for at least one game in 2012.
Close losses: The Eskimos lost three times this season by a single point and three others by margins between two or three points. Over the first half of the season across 2010-11 the Esks are 11-7; they went 7-11 in the second half of that two-year span.
Toronto Argonauts:
Ricky Ray: In the 13 games that Ray started and finished the Argos averaged 310 yards passing and a net offence of 392 yards per game. In the other five games, they averaged 221 passing and 295 net yards – well over 30 per cent more production.
Owens 3K+: Owens led the CFL with 2,510 kick return yards and became the first player with 3,000+ in three consecutive seasons. He also became the first player to ever lead the CFL in receiving and total kick return yards in the same year. Owens was named the East's Most Outstanding Player, the first Argo since Damon Allen in 2005, and the first non-QB since Michael Clemons in 1990. Only one non-QB (Charles Roberts) has won the East honour since 2000.
Creating Turnovers: Toronto ranked second in the CFL with 43 takeaways, trailing only Edmonton, who racked up 49. Patrick Watkins ranked second individually with five interceptions (tied for second) and two fumble recoveries to force seven turnovers. The Argos ranked third in the CFL with 18 forced fumbles and their 12 over the second half of the season was the best in the CFL.
100-yard games (12): The Argos were second the CFL in 100-yard receiving games with 12, getting fivefrom Chad Owens, three from Dontrelle Inman, two by Andre Durie and one each from Maurice Mann and Spencer Watt (Montreal had 13). Last season the Argos had just three 100-yard receiving efforts.
Western Semi-Final: Calgary vs. Saskatchewan
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Get up to date one everything you need to know for the Western Semi-Final, courtesy of Playoff Centre.
Season Series and Matchup: The 2012 Western Semi-Final features two clubs that have met at this stage of the playoffs nine times before dating back to 1945. The Riders have won the last three Semi-Final meetings however, the most recent of which came in 2007.
More relevant are the two Saskatchewan wins in the 2009 & 2010 Western Finals which makes it five successive Rider victories over Calgary in the playoffs (1997, 2006-07, 2009-10). Calgary's last win came in the 1994 Semi-Final by a 36-3 decision. In the 2012 regular season, however, the tale has been a different one as the Stamps won the season series and have captured six of the last seven games over 2011-2012.
Saskatchewan Roughriders:
Highs & Lows: No club in 2012 went through more highs and lows than the Riders. They started 3-0, lost five consecutive games, went 5-1 after that and then finished with a four-game losing streak.
Four-game losing streak: The current four-game streak is the longest season-ending run of losses for the Riders since 1999 when they finished 3-15 losing their last nine. In a playoff year, the previous longest year-end losing streaks of two games were in 1951 when they went on to reach the Grey Cup vs. Ottawa, and in 2002.
Corey Chamblin: The Riders' first-year head coach will be competing with Mike Benevides and Scott Milanovich to become Grey Cup winners in their first season, and the first to do that since John Hufnagel in 2008 and Kent Austin in 2007.
Darian Durant vs. Calgary: Durant has a 4-8-1 regular season record as a starter against Calgary and in 2012 threw for an average of 221 yards withfour TD passes. Durant is undefeated against Calgary in the playoffs in two starts with a 100.7 passer rating, five TD passes and 384 total yards in just 61 attempts.
Calgary Stampeders:
Recent Playoff Run: The Stamps have lost their last three playoff games and have won just one post-season game since their 2008 Grey Cup triumph (2009 Western Semi-Final vs. Edmonton. They are 2-6 in their last eight playoff games back to 2002.
Jon Cornish: The Stamps' record-setting running back can become the first Canadian to win the Most Outstanding Player Award since Tony Gabriel in 1978 and the first RB since Mike Pringle in 1998. Gabriel and Russ Jackson are the only other Canadians to win the CFL's top individual award. Calgary players have dominated the West nominations, winning 14 times in the last 21 years. In last year's loss at Edmonton in the Western Semi-Final, Cornish ran for 127 yards on 14 carries with a TD. He had four 10+ yard runs and two of 20+.
Nik Lewis: The Stamps' All-Star receiver caught a career-high 100 passes to lead the CFL in 2012 along with 34 for clutch first downs (#1 also). Last year vs. Edmonton in the playoffs, he was held to two catches for 31 yards (none on second down).
Winning tough games: The Stamps won several games on the last play or final series of plays in 2012. They captured 4 wins in games where they made more turnovers compared to 7 by the other 7 CFL clubs combined.
Drew Tate vs. Saskatchewan: The Stamps' starting QB this week has won his only career regular season start vs. the Riders (Oct 21/11, 23-of-32 for 251 yards, 2 interceptions and 1 TD). He has had two other brief appearances against Saskatchewan.


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A big thanks to everyone who showed up at Manchester and for your patience with the challenges the venue presented. Hopefully you still found it to be useful way to spend a Tuesday afternoon.
All the links are up on our new event blog that we are currently experimenting with. Enjoy.
P.S. I have a rather large backlog of questions I have received over email. I am at the FOWA conference Thursday and Friday but I will start clearing through them next week (around MSDN trips to Birmingham and Edinburgh). I will reply to them all – eventually!


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PITCAIRN, Pitcairn, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Tom Christian, the descendant of Fletcher Christian, the leader of the Bounty mutineers, passed away on the British-owned Pitcairn Island. He was 77.
Christian, who was the radio chief at Voice of Pitcairn, died at his home there on July 7 due to complications of a recent stroke, The New York Times reported.
"It takes awhile for news to get out," Jacqueline Christian, Tom Christian's daughter, said by telephone from Pitcairn on Thursday.
Tom Christian was known for his shortwave radio program, through which he reached more than 100,000 people in the time he operated it.
He also occasionally traveled overseas to give lectures on Pitcairn's history and daily life, including the discovery of the island by Fletcher Christian, who led a mutiny aboard the British vessel His Majesty's Armed Vessel Bounty in 1789.
After casting away the ship's captain, William Bligh, and his sympathizers, Fletcher Christian and his men sailed the Bounty to Tubuai, in the Austral Islands, and then to Tahiti, the original destination of the journey, where some mutineers chose to remain.
Bligh and most of his men made it back to England.
Knowing British authorities would be on the lookout for him, Christian set sail again with eight of his men, plus a small group of Tahitian men and women and landed at Pitcairn, then uninhabited, in January 1790.
Along with his daughter Jacqueline, Tom Christian is survived by his wife Betty, three other daughters, Raelene Christian, Sherileen Christian and Darlene McIntyre, and six grandchildren.
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An interview with Born This Way's Paul V.
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I had the chance to ask the man behind my new favorite blog, Born This Way, some questions.
Who the heck are you?
My name is Paul V. (aka DJ Paul V.), from Los Angeles. I'm a longtime club and radio DJ, music reviews writer, and general music biz "Promosexual." You could also say I'm a bit of a Facebook activist and outspoken mouthpiece for gay rights and equality. Also, "Born This Way" is my first ever official blog.
What made you create the blog?
The idea had been brewing in my head for about 3 or 4 years, after seeing the original pic of the little boy in the plaid jumpsuit. Who I finally located – it's my friend Dennis Skeen, from Long Beach, CA. After originally seeing his pic on his MySpace profile, my immediate thought was: If there's any doubt that gay people are born that way, this pic absolutely proves them wrong! And that's when the idea of a coffee table book featuring pix and stories just like his, was hatched. However, what prompted me to get the blog going has been more recent current events, like Prop 8 passing here in CA, the gay marriage debate in general, and most importantly – the terrible news of all the suicides of those gay kids last year. Dan Savage's It Gets Better project was a major inspiration too, for my blog to be another place to try and help gay kids struggling now, who might see themselves in these pix and stories.
Who were your first submissions? How have they grown?
The blog started on 1/9/11 with me basically begging my gay Facebook friends for submissions (and about 6,000 page views on 1/12/11), to now 286,000+ page views! In just 7 short days, the response has been astounding – like, of TSUNAMI proportions. It also means I have to open and close the submissions every few days, just to be able to catch up and get people's pix and stories posted up. It's a bit overwhelming, but I'm doing my best to get on some kind of set schedule that I can devote to the blog.
Has there been any theme to the photos you've received? Anything repeating in the images?
Some things repeat in the pix, such as Halloween pix (usually of young boys doing some kind of drag), as well as just simple family or "class pictures" – where there's just something in the subject's eyes, smile, pose or energy that's revealing. But it's the stories that seem to share the most themes, such as "I was a 'different' kind of kid whose parents always encouraged me to just be myself" kind of thing. But there's also sadness too, about bullying and pain. I think both those positive and negative things (and all each person wants to share about their experience) is really important to see. One great commonality is how even the kids who were bullied or very unhappy as gay kids, are now very happy, healthy, and vibrant gay adults. And that's what I hope gay kids of 2011 can take to heart in the blog.
Something charming about your site is its simplicity: the layout, the images, all of it. Was that intentional?
Yes, pretty much. I knew the blog needed to be easy to read and navigate, and that each submission needed to solely be that person's picture and their story, which seems to be the biggest resonance with people who've discovered the site. I added the "Famous First Crush" element just for fun, and to see if there's any themes or patterns on that level too. Apparently, actor Robert Conrad stirred many a gay boy's "imagination" back in the day!
What do you hope to accomplish with Born This Way?
On a small scale, I'd love to see the original idea of a book version to come true. Or perhaps, maybe even some kind of a gallery presentation. On a much bigger scale, I'd like the blog to save some lives of gay kids, to finally help end the notion that gay people "choose" their sexual orientation (ahem – they don't!), and to just be another sledgehammer that helps to knock down the wall of homophobia and inequality against gay people.
Lastly, do you still have a love for plaid?
Haha! You need to ask Dennis that question, not me!


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The cast of the Improvised Star Trek podcast return for another run of live performances! Beginning as a live show back in 2009, Improvised Star Trek returns to the stage at its original home, iO Theater. Give us a suggestion for a title of a Star Trek episode that has never existed. Then sit back and enjoy hilarious sci-fi comedy and delicious "Romulan" Ale. Wear your Star Trek costume and participate in our costume contest judged and hosted by members of the crew of Improvised Star Trek. With comedy, prizes, guests, and other surprises, it would be illogical to miss Improvised Star Trek LIVE!
Since April of 2011, Improvised Star Trek has taken suggestions submitted on Twitter and Facebook to create fully improvised Star Trek audio podcasts detailing the further adventures of the crew of the U.S.S. Sisyphus, with original characters created by the cast and set in the Next Generation era. New episodes are posted every other week and are available for download on iTunes and at www.theimprovisedstartrek.com right now!
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Vietnam war era U.S. M1917 bayonet in "as found" - uncleaned condition, with it's original sheath / scabbard. These bayonets were used during the Vietnam war - and were attached to the riot shotguns - the ones with the ventilated handguards - Winchester model 1897's, Winchester model 1912's, Stevens and others. These shotguns were used extensively during the war - for combat, guard duty and riot/crowd control. Lots of them were made new during the war by GENERAL CUTLERY and CANADIAN ARSENAL. 16 3/4 inch blade - a fuller on each side - just about all the original finish left - worn just on the high spots (from sliding it in / out of the scabbard). Blade is unmarked - stamped on the cross guard: US M1917. Also stamped on the guard: a small capital A inside a large capital C - and one other marking, which I cannot decipher. Black ceckered composition handle scaes are nice and unbroken (one of the screws holding the scales is missing). Bayonet overall in great condition - most of the parkerizing is present - also a little rust and t (which I am sure will clean off very nicely). Original green composition scabbard with metal throat and wire belt hook - the throat is stamped: U.S. - M1917 / B.A.INC.. The scabbard is in very good condition with a couple short and thin stress cracks - which are not going anyw Scabbard measures about 17 3 ... read more


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The CM12 capacitive sensor by Sick has teach button settings for normal and sensitive operations, allowing it to be used for a variety of critical applications.
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UANI Applauds U.S. Congressional Leaders for Introducing New Iran Sanctions Bill, Calls for Quick Passage
On Wednesday, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) President, Ambassador Kristen Silverberg, issued the following statement regarding new Iran sanctions being introduced in the U.S. House by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce and Ranking Member Rep. Eliot Engel:
We strongly support this legislation, and we applaud Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel for introducing it. If passed, this bill would put substantially more pressure on nations that continue to buy Iranian crude, entities that are still doing business in Iran, and individuals who are enabling the Iranian regime's human rights violations.
We urge U.S. lawmakers to quickly pass this legislation without weakening it in any way, and for President Obama to sign it into law. As Iran's nuclear weapons program continues to advance, it is imperative that the U.S. aggressively employs all available leverage to economically pressure the Iranian regime.
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With almost 60 farmers markets across the state, demand for local food is growing. But local farmers still struggle to make a profit growing local food. In fact, about three quarters of all farms in New Hampshire gross less than $10,000 from sales each year. The first installment in a summer business series investigating how a changing market place is affecting New Hampshire farmers, from NHPR:
At the Concord Farmers' Market on a Wednesday evening in July, an older woman peers over a table at some whimsical looking vegetables shaped like a curlicues. She asks a young farmer standing behind the table what to do with them. "You just put it wherever you'd use garlic, or chives," the farmer explains. "They're good."
This is the first summer Concord has had not one, but two farmers' markets. And over in Durham, the farmers market has gone from five to 25 vendors in just a few years. So while there's little hard data, there's also little doubt: consumer demand for local meat and produce is growing.
You might think that all that demand would lead to at least family-sustaining profits for local farmers, but Agriculture commissioner Lorraine Merrill says profitability is "the biggest challenge" to farm sustainability.
Young farming couple Mike Hvizda (pronounced "Vizda") and Ryan Ferdinand are greeted by a chorus of pigs and ducks on their farm in Boscawen. But they've not only kept their day jobs. They're scaling their farm back. The money, Vizda says, just isn't there:
You're working at profit margins that a grocer or a lawyer or a car mechanic would just absolutely laugh at, they just wouldn't try to sell something at that kind of margin.
Commissioner Merrill explains land here is expensive, and labor too, but most of all, New Hampshire farms are just too small to take advantage of the economies of scale farms enjoy further west.
Which means meat and produce grown here often aren't consistent in quality, or consistently available, or convenient for consumers.
It smells like sawdust and strawberries at the Heron Pond Farm stand, a large wooden cabin at the junction of 150 and 107 in Kensington, near the New Hampshire seacoast.
Here, Andre Cantelmo is trying to change the face of farming in New Hampshire with two $16,000 Cryovac freezers, and an industrial kitchen, which grants from the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund and the Fair Food Network helped him afford. He says he is developing a "model for farms to say 'this is the maximum way to transfer your surplus into dollars.'"
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Spielberg to Direct 'The BFG' But After Tom Hanks' Cold War Drama
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April 26, 2014
Source: Variety
It's been a busy week for news regarding the next directorial effort of iconic filmmaker Steven Spielberg. The return of Robopocalypse, an adaptation of The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, the historical epic Montezuma and a Cold War drama with Tom Hanks have all been mentioned as potential new projects. Now Variety adds one more to the mix as Spielberg has now attached himself to DreamWorks' adaptation of Roald Dahl's book The BFG, a family friendly story about a little girl who leads a big, friendly giant and the Queen of England on a journey to stop the fiercer man-eating giants from gobbling children. More below!
Looks like Spielberg wants to venture into children's stories, just like Martin Scorsese did with Hugo. The project has been sitting dormant at DreamWorks since the studio picked up the property in 2010 and now it will come to life with a script from Spielberg E.T. The Extra Terrestrial writer Melissa Mathison. Considering the storyline, this seems like a wholly appropriate project for the two to reunite on. The plan is for production to begin early in 2015 for a release sometime in 2016.
Along with that news is more indication that Spielberg will likely reteam with Tom Hanks for the aforementioned untitled Cold War drama as his next project. For those just hearing about that project, the script tells the true story of James Donovan, an attorney who negotiated the release of downed U-2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers, who was held and interrogated by the KGB and imprisoned for espionage. Production on that project would begin in September, and DreamWorks would likely release during awards season late in 2015. If anything else comes up for Spielberg, we'll be sure to let you know.
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[JURIST] A UK High Court judge ruled Wednesday that control orders [JURIST report; BBC backgrounder] authorizing the electronic monitoring or house arrest of terror suspects where there is not enough evidence to prosecute or convict them violate Article 5 [text] of the European Convention on Human Rights [PDF text], which protects against indefinite detentions. Mr. Justice Sullivan quashed the control orders of six suspects in his Wednesday ruling [text]. In April, he ruled against [JURIST report] the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 [text] which authorizes the control orders, saying that the Act violates the Human Rights Act 1998 [text] because the suspects held under control orders were not allowed a fair hearing. At the instance of the UK Home Office, the Court of Appeal will consider both rulings next Monday.
The control orders statute has been under fire since it received royal assent in March last year. A UK parliamentary panel issued a report [PDF text] in February stating the use of control orders against suspects not facing prosecution [JURIST report] could violate the human rights convention. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists [press releases] have previously questioned the legality of control orders under international law.
Mr. Justice Jeremy Sullivan has lately been a judicial thorn in the side of the Blair government on a range of rights-related issues. In addition to his two control orders rulings, he recently granted asylum [JURIST document] to nine Afghans convicted of hijacking a plane to the UK in 2002, allowing them to remain in the United Kingdom rather than be deported to Afghanistan. Prime Minister Tony Blair immediately assailed that ruling in public [JURIST report] as "an assault on common sense" and has since directed a review [JURIST report] of the judicial application in the UK of the European Convention on Human Rights through the Human Rights Act 1998. BBC News has more.


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IOWA 4, LAS VEGAS 0: Wilmer Flores and Brandon Hicks had two hits apiece, but the 51s (21-24) were blanked by Chris Rusin and two relievers. Starter Matt Fox (1-1) surrendered a solo homer to Logan Watkins to lead off the bottom of the first. Fox was charged with three runs on seven hits and two walks in five innings. Box
NEW BRITAIN 1, BINGHAMTON 0: Mark Cohoon (3-2) allowed one run on six hits and struck out seven over eight innings in a hard-luck loss. He tossed his first complete game
Cohoon this season. Cohoon allowed only two singles through the first four innings, requiring 37 pitches. The lone run came in the fifth, when Danny Ortiz ripped a leadoff homer. The B-Mets were limited to six hits. After waiting through a 70-minute rain delay to start the contest, the B-Mets (26-21) threatened but failed to break through over the first five innings against New Britain starter Logan Darnell. Darnell then worked around an error in a scoreless sixth and put up a perfect seventh. His biggest challenge came in the eighth, his final inning. Cesar Puello singled with one out and stole second, but was stranded when Cory Vaughn popped out. Michael Tonkin took over for Darnell in the ninth and hit Joe Bonfe with a 1-2 pitch, putting the tying run on base. The righty escaped by inducing Xorge Carrillo to bounce into a fielder's choice and Wilfredo Tovar to ground out to end the game. Box
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SAVANNAH 3, AUGUSTA 1: Starter Robert Gsellman limited Augusta to one run on three hits and a walk in seven innings. Savannah (26-19) took a 2-1 lead in the fourth on Jayce Boyd's double, which scored Yucarybert De La Cruz and Eudy Pina. Paul Sewald tossed a scoreless eighth. Bret Mitchell then notched his ninth save. Boyd, who went 2-for-4, is hitting .342. Box
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HOUSTON (AP) – Rookie Brett Oberholtzer pitched a four-hitter and Jason Castro hit an RBI double in the eighth inning to lift the Houston Astros to a 2-0 win over the Seattle Mariners yesterday. The 24-year-old Oberholtzer struck out five and walked one. He did not allow an extra-base hit in his sixth career start and ninth appearance to lower his ERA to 2.79. Oberholtzer and Seattle starter Hisashi Iwakuma matched zeros into the eighth inning.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Now that the initial shock has worn off, the Oregon State Beavers are left with assessing the damage. On the surface, there's no question where the blame for the loss to lower-division Eastern Washington lies: Eagles quarterback Vernon Adams put up video-game type numbers on the hapless Oregon State defense, throwing for 411 yards and rolling up 107 on the ground in the 49-46 upset victory Saturday.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota says it was a little strange seeing Mark Helfrich roaming the sideline during a game. Helfrich spent the past four seasons watching the Ducks from up in the booth at Autzen Stadium as offensive coordinator. But now that Chip Kelly has moved on to the NFL, Helfrich is getting a close-up view of the No. 3 Ducks. Oregon defeated Nicholls 66-3 on Saturday in the season opener. It was never really a contest, more of a shake-off-the-rust game for the Ducks.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Suzann Pettersen won the Safeway Classic for the second time in three years yesterday, taking advantage of playing partner Yani Tseng's final-round collapse at Columbia Edgewater. Three strokes behind leader Tseng entering the round, Pettersen closed with a 5-under 67 for a two-stroke victory over second-ranked Stacy Lewis.
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First Look at Sarah Paulson's Character on the Next Season of American Horror Story
Sarah Paulson tweeted a picture of her new charcter(s) on American Horror Story Freakshow. Paulson will be playing Bette and Dot in the new season of AHS.
So excited to be playing Bette AND Dot this season. Two heads are better than one! #AHSFREAKSHOW pic.twitter.com/jdZJSPercn
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HARDEEVILLE, S.C. (Sept. 10, 2012) — Pete Iodice, owner of Travel Center Partners Inc. DBA Bryan's Country Store, located at 3522 S. Okatie Hwy, recently added U-Haul truck and trailer rentals to the convenience store business he has been operating since 2012.
Families needing the finest in moving services now will have increased convenience and a shorter distance to travel when moving, which not only will make their move easier but also will have the positive effect of reducing the amount of carbon emissions released into the atmosphere. U-Haul partnering with business owners across North America to increase convenience for customers while helping our environment is just one of the programs that support U-Haul Company's Corporate Sustainability initiatives.
Travel Center Partners Inc. can now offer its customers a variety of moving equipment and supplies designed specifically for moving household furnishings, including moving vans, open trailers, closed trailers, furniture pads, appliance dollies, furniture dollies, tow dollies and auto transports. Travel Center Partners Inc. also will offer sales items to protect their customers' belongings and make moving easier, such as heavy-duty boxes, which are made of up to 90 percent recycled content and are available in a variety of sizes.
"We felt that being able to partner with a quality national brand truck and trailer rental operation would help us increase our convenience store business," Iodice said. "Also, being able to offer the service of truck and trailer rentals not only to the local area, but being able to service the people moving into the area by having a convenient location to drop off either their truck or trailer. Since we started with U-Haul, we have seen an increase in our convenience store traffic and have had steady U-Haul business growth."
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U.S. Supreme Court Takes POM Wonderful v. Coca-Cola Case
At press time, we're able to confirm that apple and grape are in fact not pomegranate and blueberry.
POM Wonderful holds this same argument in a case against The Coca-Cola Co., Inc., that's being picked up by The Supreme Court, according to an article by Reuters.
POM, which markets a popular line of pomegranate juice products, initially filed a lawsuit against Coke in July 2010 for what it deems as misleading labeling and advertising with Minute Maid's pomegranate and blueberry flavored juice blend. Coke, which owns Minute Maid, says that the product is "100% juice." POM says that the product in question is made with 99 percent apple and grape juice, 0.3 percent pomegranate juice and 0.2 percent blueberry juice, and that consumers might believe otherwise.
A lower court decision ruled in favor of Coke. In May 2012, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, upheld the lower court's decision, ruling that because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allows manufacturers to use the names of all juices in a product, no matter the amount used, the label is legal.
However, the 9th Circuit also stated that POM may have some standing to pursue state law claims against Coke.
According to the article, the pending case will focus on whether the 9th Circuit was wrong to rule that POM, a private party, couldn't make its complaint under a federal trademark law when the Minute Maid product was regulated under the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
The Obama administration urged the Supreme Court to not hear the case, however, government lawyers said there were problems with the 9th Circuit's ruling.
The article says that a decision is due by the end of June.


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The African Development Bank Bill 2013 enables Australia to become a
member of the African Development Bank Group by authorising the payments
required to subscribe to membership shares in the African Development Bank and
meet membership and ongoing subscriptions to the African Development Fund (the
AfDB Group). The third entity in the African Development Bank Group, the
Nigeria Trust Fund, has not been considered in this inquiry.
This inquiry has examined the purpose and provisions of the African
Development Bank Bill 2013 with particular attention to the substantial
financial and human resources that must be provided by the Commonwealth
Treasury and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) to
support Australia's engagement with the AfDB Group.
The committee has also considered the effectiveness of the African
Development Bank and African Development Fund group's governance structures.
The additional comments to this report provided below give consideration
to the work of the African Development Bank and Australia's potential
membership of this organisation in the context of the United Nation's eight
Millennium Development Goals.
As the MDGs unite international development efforts around the single
focus of tackling poverty they provide a useful frame for this assessment.
The Australian Greens believe Australia has a responsibility to
contribute to long term development that is aimed at eliminating global poverty
and enhancing self-reliance and community empowerment, while facilitating
positive and equitable change in the social, economic and environmental
conditions for the citizens of aid-recipient countries.
Australia should work to ensure that multilateral development banks
adopt programs consistent with a human rights-based approach to development; be
economically and environmentally sustainable; should promote local
participation and gender equality; and should enhance the political, economic
and social rights of the communities affected by funded projects.
Funding for long-term aid and development through multilateral
development banks like the AfDB should be directed towards enhancing
self-reliance in developing nations. Affected communities should be empowered
with decision-making abilities informed by free, prior and informed consent,
and with transparent mechanisms ensuring a right to accountability. The
facilitation of environmental, economic, and social justice should be embedded into
Australia's multilateral and bilateral aid work.
Our aid and development dollar should never subsidise or favour
Australian businesses in recipient countries. Nor should our aid funds be used
to facilitate Australian businesses' claims to a developing country's natural
resources or access to contracts that lead to profits being exported from the
recipient country, displacement or disempowerment of local communities and
workers, or environmental degradation.
While many communities benefit from aid and development projects, some
large infrastructure and resource development projects can cause widespread
social injustice and disempowerment. Many communities have suffered the
dispossession of their land, destruction of their environments, and ruin of
their livelihoods, cultures and identities as a result of aid-development
The Greens note that regional development banks, such as the African
Development Bank, often focus on mega infrastructure project. In 2005 the AfDB
dedicated almost 40 per cent of its funds[1]
to large infrastructure projects, particularly in the energy and transport
While such projects may assist a country's overall economic development
people living in poverty rarely receive any direct benefits. They often face
eviction, loss of access to their land and local environmental damage. Regional
banks also often fail to involve local people in the projects they fund.
Australia's involvement with the AfDB also needs to be assessed in the
context of our priorities for Africa which include food security, natural
resource management, water and sanitation, maternal and child health and human
resource development.[2]
The intentions behind Australia's joining the AfDB Group have been
identified as "growth in Australian commercial interests in Africa", "increased
trade opportunities continent wide," and the ability for Australian firms
"to bid for AfDB work in all 54 African member nations".
In short, the majority report's claim that substantial benefits are
likely to flow from Australia's investment in the AfDB Group if Australia takes
every advantage from its membership[3],
suggests the overriding reason for joining the AfDB Group is one of commercial
advantage for Australian companies "via procurement opportunities and
infrastructure development".[4]
The Greens do not subscribe to the idea that the giving of aid and
development funding should have a commercial benefit to the donor country. Aid
money should be used to alleviate poverty around the world. Australia's official
mission statement on overseas aid requires that it "serves Australia's national
interests". This approach is inconsistent with the MDGs.
The Committee report notes the "substantial benefits" of joining
the AfDB Group but the report fails to quantify or describe these benefits.
The costs of joining and continuing membership costs of being a member
of the AfDB are substantial.
$3.9 million has been allocated to Treasury and AusAID in the 2012-13
budget, for the preparation work to join the Group, and ongoing program
engagement, which is expected to take up a substantial portion of time for a
senior officer from AusAID. Ongoing membership obligations and engagement
strategies is also expected to take up much time of AusAID staff from all
Initial membership payments for the purchase of the maximum allowable
shareholding of 1.43% in the Group total $88.2 million over 3 years from
2014-15 to 2016-17, and the one-off capital subscription is budgeted at $160.9
million for
2014-15 and 2016-17.
Subscription to the African Development Fund also requires regular
three-yearly replenishments by donor countries that will be determined during
each pledging round, and an emergency contingent liability of around $1.4
billion in the event of default of the bank would also be expected.
Recommendation: That the government
publicly disclose details regarding the benefits of joining the AfDB and who
will gain from those benefits.
The AfDB Group has the potential to contribute to the economic
development and the social progress of African countries as a majority
African-owned and run institution. Fifty-three regional African countries hold
nearly 60% of the voting power and no one country has veto. There is a
requirement that its President must always be African, and its operations and
offices permanently reside in Africa.
The USA has the second highest voting power at 6.366%, after Nigeria
with 8.739%. Non-regional countries have 40% of the voting powers.
The delegation of authority is with the Board of 20 Directors elected
from member countries; of which 13 represent regional African countries. The
Board oversees the daily general operations of the bank and approves all
projects, policies and strategies.
The Group's stated objective is "the sustainable economic
development and social progress of the African member countries of the Bank
The concessional arm of the AfDB Group, the African Development Fund
(ADF) provides concessional funding loans and grants to at least 40 Regional
Member Countries for projects and programs. ADF loans are interest-free with a
50 year repayment period, including a 10 year grace period. Lines of credit
have a 20 year repayment period with a 5 year grace period. [6]
Despite global financial turbulence, the AfDB continues to be recognised
as a strong financial institution with a recently reaffirmed AAA rating and a
stable outlook.[7]
The Greens acknowledge a number of international reviews have found the AfDB to
exercise good governance policies and practices.
The Greens also acknowledge that the AfDB Group is recognised as an
effective and efficient organisation, that its objectives concur with
Australia's objectives of helping people overcome poverty and achieve
sustainable development, and that it is a trusted partner of African
The AfDB Group has approved loans and grants to a substantial number of
projects that will bring benefits to African households and communities by
providing improved access to electricity, and water and sanitation services and
more health centres and schools.[8]
However, concerns raised by Professor Michael M Cernea, a former
World Bank adviser, should be considered by Australia as it determines its
involvement with the AfDB. Professor Cernea has identified internal
displacement caused by conflicts or development projects as one of Africa's
major social and economic problems, raising challenges to national governments
and to international donors. [9]
A report by the University of Iowa Center for International Finance and
Development notes that "the AfDB does not have an extensive history of engaging
civil-society stakeholders". [10]
This report notes that while this Bank has proposed a comprehensive policy for
integrating individuals, groups, and NGOs into the various aspects of its
operations, progress in this area is not occurring. Other regional banks are
seen as stronger in this area than the AfDB.
The Iowa Center has also identified that the AfDB is weak in disclosing
information and transparency. It states "even if all of the information the
AfDB has agreed to disclose was readily available to the public, it would not
promote the effective inclusion of non-state stakeholders—such as
non-governmental organizations and individuals—in its decision-making
processes". [11]
There are limited opportunities for communities, individuals and
organisations to challenge the Bank on damaging projects. AfDB's Independent
Review Mechanism (IRM) appears to have only been used once. Harmful projects
cannot be stopped even after the concerned people or their representatives have
filed a request. The IRM does not have to respond to lawsuits because the
AfDB's charter provides it with immunity from actions taken in municipal
courts. The IRM in its current form cannot directly address problems with its
own projects.[12]
Recommendation: The Greens support the
recommendation of the Swiss Alliance of Development Organisations (Swissaid,
Catholic Lenten Fund, Bread for all, Helvetas, Caritas and Interchurch Aid)
calling on the AfDB to "implement its own good guidelines on transparency, the
inclusion of the population and possibilities for the filing of complaints". [13]
The AfDB is currently the only multilateral development bank without a
standalone safeguard policy on indigenous peoples. The Greens do acknowledge
the AfDB is nearing completion of its new set of environmental and social
safeguard policies which recognise the rights of indigenous peoples in some
However, the Forest People's Programme has noted that the question of
indigenous peoples has proven controversial at the African Development Bank as
"many members of the Board and staff are resistant to the notion that
indigenous communities merit specific treatment and are imbued with certain
Recommendation: The Greens support the
Civil Society Coalition on the African Development Bank and the Indigenous
Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee's call for a standalone
safeguard policy on indigenous peoples, and for the Bank to establish a senior
staff position to provide a liaison point for indigenous peoples, to convene an
advisory board of indigenous peoples and to devote sufficient attention and
resources to training its own staff. [15]
Considering Australian money allocated to the AfDB will be from our
overseas aid budget, Australia needs to work with other members of the AfDB to
ensure its projects and programs are accountable and work to empower and
educate communities in order to achieve economic development that delivers
equality, human rights and independence for the peoples of Africa.
If Australia uses its membership of AfDB to foster a traditional
economic development model, driven by corporate interests such as mining,
resource and major infrastructure development, it will be a setback for
achieving economic justice, human rights and environmental protection across
On the ground experience of major development and infrastructure
projects shows that too often they are the drivers of dispossession and
As a member of this regional bank Australia should put the interests of
the African people before its own "national interests".
Senator Lee Rhiannon
spokesperson for International Aid & Development
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Alexander Anderson
The Worship Of Sorrow - Poem by Alexander Anderson
He who, in his young sweet lifetime,
When his heart with its visions was rife,
Hath felt not the worship of sorrow
Lapping round the shores of that life:
Goes out to the toil of his fellows
With no share in their hopes or their fears;
And can only stand at a distance,
And see them weep their tears.
Nor hath he found out in the night-time,
When his heart and himself were alone,
That each wondrous chord in their bosom
Was an unseen link to his own,
And that every yearning within them,
The manifold aim and desire,
Came along that link, as the message
Is spoken in shocks through the wire.
It was thus in that past existence,
With its purposeless unrest,
When the infinite nature of Sorrow
Was clasping me breast to breast.
And I stood in the dim, hush'd twilight,
While the rising tears made me blind,
As within, like a rain-quicken'd streamlet,
Rose the hopes and fears of my kind.
I am now in my bearded manhood,
And the finer perceptions then
Have roughen'd and dull'd in their feelings,
Since I stood with my shoulder to men.
But still at stray times, when the labour
And fret of the day is o'er,
That early worship comes backward,
As a wave returns to the shore.
It comes when I stand in the silence
On the bridge at the head of the town,
With the streamlet running beneath me,
And the stars above looking down.
But most when I go to the city,
And see upon either side
The restless hurry of faces
That come and go like the tide.
For I know that each one in his bosom,
Amid the toil and the din,
Has a goal set out in the future
Which he braces himself to win.
And I also know, ere the struggle
And the life-long conflict be o'er,
He must enter this temple of Sorrow,
And worship, weary and sore.
For this mystical life around us,
Like the earth, with its day and night,
Is a hope and a fear and a sorrow,
Till we enter the purer light.
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Pelosi: President Bush's Latest Immigration Plan Falls Short
Washington, D.C. - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on President Bush's speech this afternoon in Arizona on immigration:
"What we need is not another photo-op, but real leadership. Democrats have worked hard, over the opposition of Republicans, to provide additional resources to the vital task of keeping America safe. Real border security, however, cannot be accomplished in isolation; it must be accompanied by bipartisan and comprehensive immigration reform.
"As we have learned from the President's previous forays to Jackson Square and the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, photo-ops cannot substitute for action or the President's inability to keep promises due to his weakened political standing. The latest plan by the President falls short by providing an unrealistic approach to temporary workers. It will not provide the reform that he promised.
"Democrats support comprehensive, bipartisan, and realistic immigration reform that will keep us safe, protect American workers, and reunite families."


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This month, the EPA wants you to think about the air you breathe and take action against a health threat you probably didn't know existed: Radon.
Along with the many useful and sometimes useless "events" that are named by government agencies, interests groups and greeting card companies, the EPA has designated January to be Radon Action Month.
From experience however, I can tell you this one is pretty important. In the 20 years I spent as a professional home inspector, we frequently saw otherwise perfectly healthy homes test very high for radon gas.
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"The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed."
"People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected. Being feminine meant being a cheerleader, not being an athlete. The image of women is changing now. You don't have to be pretty for people to come and see you play. At the same time, if you're a good athlete, it doesn't mean you're not a woman."
"I'm not involved in sport, I'm commited."
"Do you know the difference?"
"Think of eggs and ham!"
"The chicken is involved but the pig is commited!"
"The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst."
"Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone."


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