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One central tenet of special relativity theory is that light speed is the greatest speed at which energy, information, signals etc. can be transmitted. In many physics-related internet newsgroups, claims have appeared that recent tunneling experiments show this assumption to be wrong, and that information can indeed be transmitted by speeds faster than that of light - the most prominent example of "information" being a Mozart symphony, having been transmitted with 4.7 times the speed of light. In this document, I've tried to collect the major references on these faster-than-light (FTL)-experiments. If I find the time, I will develop this into a written introduction on the topic of FTL speeds and tunneling, so far it is merely a (possibly incomplete) collection of references. If anyone has relevant additions/comments, I'd appreciate a mail.
Most of the references are to the technical literature, presuming that the reader has at least a basic grasp of physics. However, as usual, those articles have abstracts and conclusions, which give an overview of what the article is about. Some references that are in German are omitted here, but can be found in the german version of this page.
In recent years, some physicists have conducted experiments in which faster-than-light (FTL) speeds were measured. On the other hand, Einstein's theory of special relativity gives light speed as the absolute speed limit for matter and information! If information is transmitted faster, then a host of strange effects can be produced, e.g. for some observers it looks like the information was received even before it was sent (how this comes about should be described in elementary literature on special relativity). This violation of causality is very worrysome, and thus special relativity's demand that neither matter nor information should move faster than light is a pretty fundamental one, not at all comparable to the objections some physicists had about faster-than-sound travel in the first half of this century.
So, has special relativity been disproved, now that FTL speeds have been measured? The first problem with this naive conclusion is that, while in special relativity neither information nor energy are allowed to be transmitted faster than light, but that certain velocities in connection with the phenomena of wave transmission may well excede light speed. For instance, the phase velocity of a wave or the group velocity of a wave packet are not in principle restricted below light speed. The speed connected with wave phenomena that, according to special relativity, must never exceed light speed, is the front velocity of the wave or wave packet, which roughly can be seen as the speed of the first little stirring that tells an observer "Hey, there's a wave coming". Detailled examinations of the differences between the velocities useful to describe waves can be found in the classic book
Characteristic of the discussion of the FTL/tunneling experiments is that the experimental results are relatively uncontroversial - it is their interpretation that the debate is about. As far as I can see, right now there is a consensus that in neither of the experiments, FTL-front velocities have been measured, and that thus there is no contradiction to Einstein causality or to special relativity's claim that no front speed can exceed light speed. The discussion how much time a particle needs to tunnel through a barrier has been going on since the thirties and still goes on today, as far as I can tell. This discussion is about "real" tunneling experiments, like the ones a Berkeley group around Raymond Chiao has done, as well as experiments with microwaves in waveguides (that do not involve quantum mechanics) like those of Günter Nimtz et al. An overview of the discussion (including lots of further references) can be found in
An experiment of theirs, where a single photon tunnelled through a barrier and its tunneling speed (not a signal speed!) was 1.7 times light speed, is described in
As far as the more recent experiments of Nimtz are concerned, especially the popular tunneling of parts of Mozart's 40th symphony with 4.7fold light speed, I have not been able to find references to a technical article yet. Heitman/Nimtz 1994 (see above) refer to it as "H. Aichmann and G. Nimtz, to be published", I haven't found it in Physics Abstracts (up to July 1996, I think I should look again soon), though.
the problem of tunneling times is also the topic of some articles I've found in the quantum physics (quant-ph) archive, namely
The following references are from the proceedings of the workshop "Superluminal(?) Velocities: Tunneling time, barrier penetration, non-trivial vacua, philosophy of physics", organized by F. W. Hehl, P. Mittelstaedt and G. Nimtz, which took place in Cologne, June 6-10, 1998.


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Earlier on Monday morning, the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil was down more than 4%. This put it back below $49 after crude had another wild week in which prices finished lower after trading as high as $54 a barrel.
But in afternoon trade, oil was paring most of these losses, moving quickly back above $50 a barrel after Nigeria's oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke told the FT that OPEC will have to hold an emergency meeting if oil prices continue to slide.
"Almost all Opec countries, except perhaps the Arab bloc, are very uncomfortable," Alison-Madueke told the FT.
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Last summer, we decided going forward to charge everyone that we had a good case against and have proceeded with lengthy and costly legal proceedings.
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I,ve always wanted one of these and they really are so simple to make I don,t know why I didn,t make one before. It only took a couple of hours start to finish and cost about 50 peso,s (around a buck US). Plans for these saws are all over the internet, some fancier than others useing brass fittings and exotic woods, but this is a working tool not a showpiece so I kept it simple. The arms are shaped on the bandsaw and the stretcher is joined to these with a tenon that should be a push fit across its width but loose across the length so the arms can move to allow for tensioning. Trick here is make sure the tenons are straight otherwise the blade and the arms will not be aligned under tension. The handles were formed useing a block plane and a chisel. To hold the blade is also simple. It,s two lengths of threaded rod, or bolts with the head cut off will do, inserted into a hole drilled into the handles and secured with cross pins made from a cut down nail. Just cut a slot in the other end of the rod and cross drill a hole for a small nut and bolt with a matching hole in the blade and the frame is done. The blade itself is just a section of busted bandsaw blade and the tensioning string comes from a old pair of converse all stars.
I have done a few test cuts and found it a bit different than a standard tenon saw. Obviously the hand positioning is not he same and the extra bulk above the blade is a bit strange but you soon get used to it and being able to saw two handed is a nice bonus. The blade is a little agressive but I haven,t snapped any other blades yet so this one will do for now. It also means I can replace my plastic handled atrocity, maybe to be recycled into some srapers.
Interesting note. In a book on ancient crafts of the middle east it,s noted that in Syria they use these saws on the pull stroke japanese style rather than pushing it like the Europeans. I,ve tried both ways and think i will stick to pushing my saws, it just feels more normal for me.
-- if the hand is not working it is not a pure hand
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#1 posted 10-22-2009 01:12 AM
I've got a broken blade! Sounds like a project for tomorrow to me. Good looking saw!
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#2 posted 10-22-2009 01:42 AM
Very nicely made bow saw, and most importantly low cost & functional.
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#3 posted 10-22-2009 03:18 AM
Looks great. I've never used a bow saw, they always seemed a bit awkward to me, but I guess I should make on and try it out. Thanks for the post.
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#4 posted 10-22-2009 07:28 PM
I was eager to use this saw when I first saw it in a shop making wooden toys. You have given a very good description of how to make it. Thanks for posting.
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Okay...I surfed back and forth between the CNBC-conducted third republican debate in Boulder, Colorado, and the second game of the World series in Kansas City on 28 October. The debate developed more heat than light and was interesting from the standpoint of entertainment as much as anything else. The game took the lion's share of attention though I got to watch each debate-participant "perform."
The debate-subjects are fairly well established by now and differ little from those of other debates and debates of other years. The candidates' approaches are fairly predictable and the slogan "take the country back" can be expected in overuse-mode, though taking it back from what is not well articulated...just sounds good.
Education, national debt, economy, jobs, national defense/policy, among others, are always in the mix. I was probably watching baseball when debaters discussed the Middle East...if they did, but that subject should have been thoroughly discussed. I checked with accounts of the Associated Press and the Washington Post and discovered that neither mentioned anything about the subject.
The debate was chaotic and again seemed to pit the moderators against the candidates—long-winded dissertations masquerading as questions and then arguments between the questioners and the respondents. The bias of CNBC is well-known as anti-republican so the hostility was evident. Some of the debaters actually agreed with each other and seemed reluctant to get too personal. They occasionally just told the moderators to bug-out while they finished speaking. This was refreshing.
I was watching when Senator Cruz—without rancor—simply reminded them of their bared fangs, using their own pronouncements (elements of personal ridicule) in the debate, which simply pointed out this bias/hostility. As usual, the whole enterprise was about the so-called moderators, who use the debates to satisfy their narcissism, barely keeping from actually informing the debaters of their intellectual superiority.
Of the ten major candidates, I tend to believe the four governors, sitting or former, bring the most skills to the job of governing. The three senators, all now in office in first terms, are bright and have more personal knowledge of foreign affairs with clearly opposing views. The three "outsiders" seemed to not do as well this time but likely will maintain their positions in the polls at least for a while.
By far the most interesting result of the debate occurred when I tuned in whilst having my toast and coffee the next morning to the CBS morning news program conducted by Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell, who had as their guest (victim?) Senator Rubio. Rubio had dared to bring up the subject during the debate of Hillary Clinton's enormous and oft repeated lie about the Benghazi Massacre, i.e., that it was not a massacre but merely a "protest" occasioned by an unflattering 13-minute film about Mohammad, the implication being that the poor Muslims just had to protest American style these days, with violence...perfectly understandable.
Notwithstanding that Clinton was flayed by her own admissions in the select committee concerning Benghazi/emails just a few days before, these CBS worthies—either electioneering for Clinton or simply dumb as gourds—declared war on Rubio (verbally, of course) but were thoroughly put in their places by the senator. Rose seemed astonished that Rubio would call Clinton a liar and even brought up the CIA and its director, David Petraeus, in trying unsuccessfully to defend her but had to give it up as Rubio insisted, especially on the basis of the damning emails, that she lied.
Then, surprisingly—perhaps because the CBS triumvirate were in shock—Rubio was allowed to lay out the whole 2012 situation, especially the fact that the Clinton/Obama insistence in September 2012 was that al Qaeda influence was dying in the Middle East, a circumstance absolutely necessary, they thought, for the 2012 election to be successful. Al Qaeda's influence was actually on the rise then and but for Romney's unbelievably weak campaign Obama would never have been reelected. The CBSers simply left Hillary to twist in the wind...they had no answers. They did THEIR candidate no favors.
Unquestionably, Clinton, a compulsive liar, is unfit for office—any office.
And so it goes.
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(Another rescue from the Dangerous Minds archive, originally published Nov. 19, 2009.) Los Angeles is the strangest city in the world. I swear it as a true and faithful relation. Every cult in the world has an outpost in Los Angeles. I suppose it's always been that way. Paramhansa Yogananda once called Los Angeles the … Continue reading


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I have Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (which is what about 80% if all breast cancers are).
The tumor size was 3.4 cm and the largest lymph node was 4 cm.
I have stage IIb breast cancer (assuming that my scans do not indicate that the cancer has spread to other organs) Staging is based on the size of the tumor, whether lymph nodes are involved, and whether the cancer has spread beyond the breast. Breast cancer is staged from 0-IV, with IV being the worst.
My cancer is Grade 3. The grade tells how aggressive (fast growing) the cancer is. Cancer grades are from 1-3, 3 being very aggressive and fast growing.
I had 3 out 13 lymph nodes that were positive for cancer. My doctor and I were very happy with this news, we thought it would be much worse. If 4 nodes had been positive than I would have been considered stage III. I need all the help I can get, lol. I live for the good news.My cancer is estrogen receptor negative and progesterone receptor negative. Breast cancers whose hormone receptors are positive tend to respond better, especially to hormonal therapy but there are still treatments available. Would have been better if mine were positive.
My HER-2 status is negative. This is good news.
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On a lighter note... Mom and I went to the American Cancer Society this afternoon. They were the nicest, sweetest, most helpful girls. They gave me 2 wigs, 2 prosthetic bras, a hat, an arm pillow and tons of information. I was really impressed. Mom took a couple of crazy pictures of me, we laughed and had a fun time.


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BEIRUT—Anti-regime activists say Syrian forces have killed at least 25 people, arrested scores more and torched dozens of homes while seizing a northern city from rebels.
Osama Kayal from the city, Khan Sheikhoun, said Friday that local fighters repelled an army advance early this week, destroying at least six army vehicles and killing the soldiers inside.
Rebels withdrew on Wednesday when a larger force arrived, backed by attack helicopters, said Kayal and other activists.
Kayal said he knew of 25 people who had been killed since Wednesday, but there could be many more.
This raid and other violence reported around Syria on Friday led many activists to dismiss the importance of a meeting by the U.S. and its international partners in Paris to discuss further sanctions against President Bashar Assad.


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As 2012 draws to a close, rediff.com takes a look at the international personalities who hit headlines around the world.
We start off with the young Pakistani rights activist, Malala Yousafzai.
Malala Yousafzai is the young girl who dared to oppose Taliban's anti-education policies at the age of 11 when the militants took over control of Swat valley in 2009.
Malala, who spoke her heart via a blog and criticised the Taliban's activities, was targeted by the Taliban in October for campaigning for girls' education.
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She is now recovering in hospital in Britain, where she was flown to receive treatment unavailable in her own country.
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent a total of 15 years in detention since 1989, contested an election for the first time in 2012 following her party's decision to end its boycott of a political system dominated by serving or retired military personnel.
As expected the pro-democracy campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize-winner, who endured years of house arrest, won.
As stifling political restrictions are eased, Suu Kyi has come to embody her countrymen's collective dreams.
Today, her face greets people from graffiti, posters, tea cups and T-shirts. Suu Kyi merchandise is fast-moving from store shelves. Stepping out of isolation, "The Lady", as she is reverentially called by many, finds herself a subject of mass adoration.
Suu Kyi traveled to London, Washington and Norway, where she was finally able to give her Nobel acceptance speech 21 years after winning it. The India-educated leader was accorded a big welcome when she touched down in New Delhi for a week-long trip.
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Image: Aung San Suu Kyi
Photographs: Reuters
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping replaced Hu Jintao has leader of China's ruling Community Party in November when the party met for its once-in-a-decade transition of power.
Xi has worked his way up skillfully making use of his 'princeling' background. Rising from a village head to a state leader, Xi carried the tag of a 'hereditary' communist for being the son of a former deputy prime minister, who was later persecuted by CPC founder Mao Zedong.
Like many Chinese leaders, Xi is also an enigma as very little is known about his views and achievements.
Challenges for Xi and his team include rebalancing the economy from export dependent to the one more relying on domestic consumption.
As China is expected to overtake the United States as the world's largest economy in the next four years, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Xi could become the world's most powerful man within his 10-year leadership.
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Image: Xi Jinping
Photographs: Reuters
Bo Xilai
Bo Xilai was expected get into China's all-powerful Politburo's nine-member standing committee that was to replace the team headed by then President Hu Jintao and then Premier Wen Jiabao
But days before that could happen, the former leader of Chongqing, in southwest China, fell from grace in one of China's biggest political scandals.
According to the Time magazine, Bo had boosted his popularity by reviving Mao-era culture, expanding social safety nets and pushing an aggressive and sometimes brutal crackdown on organized crime. But his flashy initiatives angered rivals in China's buttoned-down Communist Party.
His wife Gu Kailai was convicted of the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood, who was found dead in a hotel room in Chongqing in November 2011.
Bo was accused of taking advantage of his position to seek profits for others and received huge bribes personally or through his family.
He now awaits trial on multiple criminal charges, and a long prison term is expected.
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Image: Bo Xilai
Photographs: Reuters
Mohamed Morsi
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, who became Egypt's first-democratically elected leader in June, has had a controversial term.
He made headlines worldwide when a declaration granting himself sweeping powers and ordering retrials of officials involved in the killing of protesters during the 2011 mass uprising against Hosni Mubarak.
His decision to give himself near-absolute powers saw opponents and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood party clash in one of the worst violent outbursts since he took office.
The edicts by Morsi, which were issued on November 23, have turned months of growing polarisation into an open battle between his Muslim Brotherhood and liberals who fear a new dictatorship over Egypt.
He has since rescinded some of the powers. However, that has done little to quell opposition.
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Image: Mohamed Morsi
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Joseph Kony
Fugitive warlord Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army have been abducting, killing, and displacing civilians in East and central Africa since 1987.
Kony and a small group of fighters have been moving freely in a region controlled by Sudan on the border of Central African Republic where troops haven't been allowed to pursue him.
His top commanders and the rest of the LRA fighters roam hundreds of miles away and continue killing and abducting civilians.
Kony made the headlines around the world this year when an an online documentary titled KONY 2012 made by the American activist group Invisible Children went viral on YouTube.
The video was watched 74 million times within a week of its release on YouTube in March.
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Image: Joseph Kony
Photographs: Reuters
Bashar al-Assad
Bashar al-Assad, the 47-year-old Syrian President is perhaps the most reviled person in 2012.
Initially seen by the domestic and international community as a potential reformer and gaining the nickname "The Hope", this expectation gave way to the events of the Syrian civil war that has killed more than 40,000 people since March 2011.
Protesters who have demanded his resignation as well as the end to nearly five decades of Ba'ath Party rule, have been hammered with Assad's iron hand.
Opposition forces, mainly composed of defected soldiers and civilian volunteers, became increasingly armed and organized as they unified into larger groups, with some groups receiving military aid from several foreign countries
Around 2 million people are displaced within Syria's borders
Opposition supporters speculate that Assad's reserves are rapidly dwindling, and that if it becomes unable to finance its security forces, a collapse could come quickly.
However, Assad stands firm and continues to bomb civilians notwithstanding global condemnation.
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Image: Bashar al-Assad
Photographs: Reuters
CERN scientists and 'God Particle'
The five-decade-long hunt for the elusive Higgs boson or the 'God particle' has reached a milestone, with scientists at the CERN claiming on Wednesday that they have discovered a new subatomic particle that looks like the one believed to be crucial for formation of the universe.
The announcements were made to huge applause by scientists including Peter Higgs who first suggested the existence of the particle in 1964.
For 50 years, finding the missing Higgs was one of the most puzzling riddles of Quantum Physics, and led scientists to set up the 3 billion euros Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest and most powerful particle accelerator.
The 27-km looped pipe set up in a tunnel 100 metres underground on the Switzerland-France border created artificially simulated conditions similar to the Big Bang, triggering collisions between accelerated particles.
In the LHC experiment, two beams of protons are fired in opposite directions to smash millions of particles into each other every second, a set up that recreats conditions that existed a fraction of a second after the Big Bang.
This is the time when the Higgs field is believed to have come into play. The Higgs particles are believed to have transferred mass to the millions of other particles in the process of creation of the universe.
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Kim Jong-Un
Many observers of North Korea, even in China, apprehended that Kim Jong-Un might not have had sufficient time to overcome opposition to his rise in power from family circles -- particularly his two elder brothers who were overlooked by his father Kim Jong-il on the reported ground that they were unfit to rule the country -- as well as from the party and the Korean People's Army, the main pillars of power in the world's remaining state concealed from the rest of the international community by a communist-style iron curtain.
Although Kim Jong-Un stressed that his "first, second and third" priorities were to strengthen the military, he has also voiced his determination that the North Korean people "will never have to tighten their belts again".
Kim Jong-Un has focused on consolidating his power base with a series of high-profile personnel changes, notably within the military elite, while at the same time pursuing Kim Jong-Il's missile programme.
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Barack Obama
Barack Obama scripted history in 2012 when he was elected the President of the United States for the second conscutive term.
He overcame a stiff challenge from Republican Mitt Romney and defying concerns over his handling of economy and anxiety over the future.
51-year-old Obama, the first black American to occupy the White House, scored what turned out to be a comfortable victory over Romney after a bitter and costly campaign running over months, during which his rivals attacked him on issues of unemployment and recession.
Disproving predictions of a narrow victory in a very tight race, the incumbent won the election in crucial battleground states after a neck-and-neck race in the initial stages, getting 303 electoral votes against 206 of Romney in a college of 535 votes.
Now, Obama will have to keep his promise about historic reforms in health care and the way Wall Street operates. He is also likely to address the issue of thwarting Iran's nuclear ambitions.
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Image: Barack Obama with wife Michelle
Photographs: Reuters
John McAfee
In September, John McAfee sprung onto the global stage when authorities in Belize sought to question him in the murder of his neighbour.
Rather than submitting to government questioning, he fled.
He made it to Guatemala, where he reportedly had a heart attack after being taken into custody for entering the country illegally. He was deported and is in Miami.
Unlike other fugitives, John McAfee hasn't shrunk from public attention.
He started a blog to vent allegations about the Belize government having a vendetta against him and proclaimed his innocence. Now, he's expressing a desire to move to the United Kingdom to restart his life with his two young girlfriends.
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Image: John McAfee
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Felix Baumgartner
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier in a record-breaking jump from a balloon floating nearly 37 kilometres above the earth.
Baumgartner who broke the record for the highest freefall has spent time in the Austrian military where he practiced parachute jumping, including training to land on small target zones.
He jumped from a capsule taken to 128,100ft (39km) above New Mexico in the US by a giant helium balloon.
It took nine minutes for him to reach the ground.
The adventurer plummeted at an estimated 1,343km/h, hitting Mach 1.24.
The capsule from which the skydiver fell was equipped with cameras to provide a live internet feed to millions of people around the world.
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Image: Felix Baumgartner
Photographs: Reuters
Julian Assange
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange hit headlines when he lined up outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London seeking asylum.
Assange, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by two women in Sweden, had sought refuge in the embassy after a British court had ordered his extradition to Sweden.
The WikiLeaks founder said he was seeking asylum because he feared that Sweden would send him to the United States, where he could face the death penalty on espionage charges.
Ecuador's decision to grant him asylum doesn't completely end problems for Assange.
Since he is not a diplomat, he doesn't enjoy immunity and can be stopped and arrested if he leaves the embassy for the airport. That means he will have to stay in the embassy until the British government allows him a safe passage, which could take months and even years.
Meanwhile, from the balcony of the Ecuadorean embassy, Assange has promised to release over a million more documents in the coming year that will affect 'every country in the world'. So watch out!
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Image: Julian Assange
Photographs: Reuters
Yousuf Raza Gilani
Engaged in a continued tug-of-war for supremacy with the military on one side, and an assertive judiciary on the other, Yousuf Raza Gilani's four years at Pakistan's helm was indeed a tumultuous period for him and the country which also saw frosty ties with India.
When Gilani became Pakistan's 17th prime minister after a return of democracy in 2008, not many critics gave him a chance for a long innings.
However, the Bhutto family loyalist showed remarkable resilience and determination to steer his democratically-elected government to a record term.
In the end, he went down to the supreme court, refusing to reopen graft cases against his party supremo Asif Ali Zardari.
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Image: Yousuf Raza Gilani
Photographs: Reuters
Queen Elizabeth II
On February 6, 2012, Queen Elizabeth II marked the 60th year of her reign.
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary ascended to the British throne on February 6, 1952, upon her father, George VI's sudden death. She received the news of her succession at the remote Sagana Lodge in Kiganjo, Kenya, where she and Prince Philip were holidaying.
Much has changed in Elizabeth's world since she became the queen. Television and now the Internet have become part of every day life -- the queen has her own web site. Man conquered the moon. The Berlin Wall collapsed. And subsequently the Soviet Union.
Today Elizabeth's popularity ratings are over 80 percent and are more often than not higher than the approval ratings of Britain's PMs. She has been perceived to be a hard-working queen in touch with the people of her kingdom.
She is also considered a fairly tech savvy royal -- she has her own e-mail account, uses a cell phone, often plays on the Nintendo Wii Kate gifted 'Wills' (till she was presented a gold-plated one) and presumably makes use of the iPod (loaded with 40 classic melodies) presented to her by US president, Barack Obama on his first presidential visit to Britain in 2009.
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Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made headlines in 2012 when in a theatrical gesture at the United Nations in September, he held up a cartoon-like drawing of a spherical bomb and drew a red line below the fuse, "before Iran completes the second stage of nuclear enrichment to make a bomb".
Netanyahu's remarks were the closest he or any top Israeli official has come to publicly laying out precisely which Iranian actions could trigger an Israeli military strike on Tehran's nuclear infrastructure.
He has now put Iran at the top of on his re-election campaign, pledging that halting Tehran's nuclear programme would be his first priority as premier.
Polls predict that Netanyahu's Likud party, which is running on a joint list with the ultranationalist Yisrael Beitenu faction of former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman, will be by far the largest party in the next parliament
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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin's re-election as Russian President triggered widespread protests with allegations of rigging echoing in the streets of Moscow.
Opposition leaders alleged that fraud was widespread in the presidential election, in which official results gave Putin 64 per cent of the vote.
Putin's latest tenure as President has been tumultuous.
The corruption cases against the former minister of defence, Anatoly Serdyukov, and his band of young and pretty female aides revealed rampant corruption in the defence procurement and property management -- and they are believed to be just the tip of the iceberg.
In 2012, relations with the United States further deteriorated. Moscow kicked out the US Agency for International Development, rejected an investigation into the death of Sergei Magnitsky (an anti-corruption whistleblower), and ignored calls to review the case of the former YUKOS owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his partners.
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Pussy Riot
Pussy Riot, a Russian feminist punk-rock band which dared to take on Russian President Vladimir Putin, dominated world headlines this year.
On February 21, 2012, five members of the group staged a performance on the soleas of Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Their actions were stopped by church security officials. By evening, they had turned it into a music video entitled "Punk Prayer -- Mother of God, Chase Putin Away!"
The women said their protest was directed at the Orthodox Church leader's support for Putin during his election campaign.
On August 17, 2012, the three members were convicted of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, and each was sentenced to two years imprisonment. Two other members of the group, who escaped arrest after February's protest, reportedly left Russia fearing prosecution.
Public opinion in Russia was generally less sympathetic towards the women.
Putin stated that the band had "undermined the moral foundations" of the nation and "got what they deserved"
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Image: Pussy Riot
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Hugo Chavez
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's tryst with cancer continued in 2012.
The ebullient leader is 58 years old and has been visibly weakened by two surgeries for cancer. He has kept secret the kind of cancer he has and his prognosis.
In May, speculation intensified over who would succeed Chavez when he named 10 people to the highest circle of advisers to the president. But in July, he said he was cancer free.
Chavez, president since 1999, secured another six-year term at the helm of the oil-rich South American country.
But even as he vowed to press forward with his socialist reforms, cancer returned to haunt Chavez.
Chavez first underwent surgery for an unspecified type of pelvic cancer in Cuba in June 2011 and went back in December after tests had found a return of malignant cells in the same area where tumors were previously removed.
Venezuelan officials said that, following the six-hour surgery two weeks ago, Chavez suffered internal bleeding that was stanched and a respiratory infection that was being treated. He is reportedly 'up and walking' now.
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Mohamed Nasheed
Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed made headlines when he resigned in February after losing the support of the military and the police during widespread protests triggered by the secret arrest of a senior judge.
He insisted that he was ousted in a coup and was forced to sign his resignation at gunpoint, but an inquiry commission concluded that he left office legally.
He was charged in July with illegally ordering the judge's arrest. The charge against Nasheed carries a maximum penalty of three years' imprisonment or banishment to a remote island.
Nasheed's party has said the case against him is aimed at preventing Nasheed from campaigning ahead of next year's elections.
But Abbas Riza, spokesman for the current president, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, rejected that allegation, saying the court order was "the usual practice, according to the country's law".
The new Maldives government triggered another controversy when it forced Indian infrastructure company GMR to hand over Male airport.
GMR, which was operating the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport at Male at an investment of $511 million, says it "feels cheated" for having the contract cancelled over an illegal component - airport development charge - present in it, which they were not aware of.
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The 70-20-10 learning model has gained much attention over the years and now many huge businesses look to encourage it every day. Essentially, the model says that the majority of learning and development occurs on the job whilst a small percentage comes from mentoring and collaboration with colleagues. Finally, the smallest amount is from formal training and this makes sense as it is where they spend the least amount of time. However, where is the supporting evidence?
Nowadays, the 70-20-10 learning model is huge business and you will even find online communities dedicated to the model but where did the research come from? Back in the 1980's, the Center for Creative Leadership was playing host to Lombardo, Morrison, and McCall. In 1988, they summarized their findings in Lessons of Experience. Though the phrase wasn't included in the research, the three looked to better understand how executives gained success.
In their study, they asked nearly 200 executives to identify key events during their career – as well as what happened, they were asked what was learned from the experience. In 1996, Eichinger and Lombardo created the Career Architect Planner and found the following;
- Tough Jobs – 70%
- People – 20%
- Courses – 10%
In some reports, you might see Alan Tough as a cited source because he once said that 'about 70%' of learning occurs away from the institutional frameworks. Many critics, Will Thalhaimer in particular, dislike the model because it uses exact percentages. In 2006, Thalhaimer questioned how often research results offer even percentages like the one seen in the 70:20:10 learning model.
As recently as 2012, Masden and Kajewski researched the origins of the model and found that there is a shortage of empirical data. In other words, they felt as though there was very little observation with the research. Also, they said that there cannot be absolute certainty of the origin. After this, and many other pieces of research, learning professionals are always urged to remember that the 70-20-10 learning model is purely theoretical. With no scientific backing, it is purely advice given from 200 executives at the time of asking. As you have seen, the model suggests 20% for collaboration and learning from others (including the boss) but are there some industries that require more? Additionally, do some industries need much more than 10% on formal training?
Moving forward, what do we make of the model considering it is almost impossible to test? Above all else, it does serve as a reminder that employees tend to learn constantly whether it is through their own decisions, help from others, or official training. Within Lessons of Experience, it should be noted that the authors included a section discussing the importance of formal training. Furthermore, it goes on to say that the most effective training has two key factors – it comes at a great time for the employee and it deals with relevant issues.
From this, we can say that the right training at the correct time can work wonders for employees but can we attach a certain percentage to this? For many, the model should be adapted for each employee depending on how well they deal with certain environments. According to the Behavioral Engineering Model from Gilbert, performance optimization requires both environment and capability.


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Whilst Dad was down in Exeter we went to Otter Nurseries and I bought a book of soup recipes. Yesterday I made pepper soup. At least it was called pepper soup and it had 4 peppers in, but really it tasted of orange, despite the juice of a single orange making up such a small proportion of the liquid. The soup had the right consistency and definitely didn't taste bad, but I just wasn't sure about the orange flavour. Ian (having more of a sweet tooth), thankfully was more impressed so he will finish it off tonight!
Cranberry and pear sauce (2 colours)
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How well do you know your Nebraska history? If you don't live in this state, you probably have a hit and miss knowledge about our history. Even if you live here, do you know about Nebraska history eras, great events and more?
NebraskaStudies.org provides teachers, students, history buffs and yes ... genealogists, access to archival photos, documents, letters, videos, maps and more. The history of Nebraska is captured and available at your finger tips.
Select a time period of interest and begin reading. The History Timeline across the top of the opening web page is a place to begin, or you can go directly to the Table of Contents by clicking on that tab on the left had side of the opening page.
One of the latest additions to the web page is The Story of Beef. Of course, Nebraska is famous for good beef. The saga began with the Texas Longhorns and cattle drives.
Throughout the timeline you can click on a specific event or year. For example, if you have heard about Nebraska's famous photographer, Solomon Butcher, you will find a special tab dated 1886 for him. By clicking on that you will have an interesting narrative to read and photographs to view.
Using this web site is an exercise in clicking! Be sure to check out tools for each timeline era and check those links which can be anything from photographs to videos and documents.


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I have a new HP Pavilion with Windows 7 on it.
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HP says it is caused by Windows 7.
Is anyone else having this problem?
Solutions to the Problem BIOS defaults changing
This is not a Windows 7 issue but a BIOS configuration problem.
BIOSes have settings that can tell the PC to "Boot from USB..." And if the boot sequence is set to "Automatic" then the external USB drives will probably be used to attempt to Boot.
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Located in the lovely village of Mellieha, the Solana Hotel perfectly blends the local Maltase lifestyle with the worldly needs of the guests who visit this beautiful Mediterranean island. The resort offers stylish amenities, including fine restaurants, rooftop and indoor swimming pools, and a fitness center. Just steps away from the resort, visitors can indulge in the local live entertainment, quaint cafe's, and boutique shopping. For more information about this resort, please visit www.solanahotel.com.mt.


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Maybe it's just me, but all realities, virtual or otherwise, should include Sarah Shahi. Shahi stars in NBC's upcoming drama Reverie, a science fiction series due out next midseason, and from the sounds of it, it's going to mess with your mind. Shah… Read more


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Of the seven teams who made seven or more changes for the FA Cup fourth round, only one of them is in the hat for Monday night's draw.
Tottenham showed immense resilience to come from two goals down and then 3-2 down to claim a last-gasp 4-3 win against Wycome Wanderers.
It would have been an embarrassing way for Spurs to crash out of what could have been their last ever cup game at White Hart Lane, but the substitutions of Dele Alli and Mousa Dembele turned the game around.
Even so, the likes of Moussa Sissoko and Eric Dier should still have been able to put the game to bed against a League Two side.
With one eye on Tuesday's game against Sunderland, Mauricio Pochettino made nine changes from the draw with Manchester City, but he has hinted he may have to think carefully about doing that in future after such a close shave.
"We will see (if we continue to rotate)," he said, quoted via the Evening Standard.
"It's not clear. The first half was very difficult. We need to assess why and to analyse.
"If you play against Wycombe, a League Two club, it is true that is difficult because of their motivation and their excitement is massive.
"But I think we need to stop a little bit and say, 'why not play one or another'? When you play Tottenham, you play Tottenham, and when you sign a player for your squad you need to be available to play and of enough quality to play in this type of game."
Spurs haven't won the FA Cup for 26 years and haven't won a trophy of any description since the 2008 Carling Cup.
Yet, Pochettino insists that with a title challenge also on their hands, they can't afford to always risk their best players in the cups.
"You need, and we need the fans need to understand, that we cannot always play the same team, the same 11 players, because they are not machines," he added.
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Oaktoberfest 2012
It's that time of the year in the Dimond District for OAKTOBERFEST!!!!! Yahoooo! Farmer Joe's is one of the proud sponsors for this family friendly event. There's something for everyone with food (and beer) galore, and a smorgasbord of kid's activities and entertainment.
Date: Saturday October 6, 2012
Time: 11am – 6pm
More info here.
Oakland Indie Award 2012 Nominee
None other than our fabulous Farmer Joe's. Woot! Woot! Woot!
Dimond Night Out, Tuesday June 5, 2012
Neighbors and visitors are invited to take a leisurely stroll around the Dimond Business District on Tuesday, June 5, from 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. to taste their way through a selection of treats offered by participating restaurants and merchants. This is the first Dimond Night Out and promises to be a pleasant evening that will include tasty food samples, music, a jumpy-house for children, and even goody bags for pets.
A Dimond Night Out Passport can be purchased for $20 from Kelly's Corner at 2029 MacArthur Boulevard, "bells & whistles" at 2011 MacArthur Boulevard, Paws & Claws at 3436 Dimond Avenue, and The Bay Leaf Restaurant, 2000 MacArthur Boulevard. Local organizations are also selling Passports including the Dimond Improvement Association board members, Fruitvale Presbyterian Senior Center, 22X NCPC Steering Committee, Dimond Park Rec Center, and Sequoia Dads' Club. Your Dimond Night Out Passport is your evening's guide, with a map of all participating merchants, and the ticket to the special treats each merchant is providing.
This event is co-sponsored by the Lions Club and the Dimond Business & Professional Association. Proceeds benefit local non-profit organizations and charities in Dimond including the Fruitvale Presbyterian Senior Center, Fred Finch Youth Center, and the Lincoln Child Care Center.
For more information, visit Shop Dimond.
5th Anniversary Celebration
Save the date for Farmer Joe's Marketplace 5th Anniversary celebration Saturday, June 18, 2011, 1 – 4pm. Fun, Food, and just a rollicking good time.
Best Grocery Store in Oakland
Hell, YES! The tribe has spoken, loud and clear. Farmer Joe's Marketplace is Oakland Magazine readers' choice for Best Grocery Store. And I quote…
"When the Berkeley Bowl and Whole Foods get too crowded or expensive but you're just not ready for mainstream mega chains like Safeway or Lucky, head to the Dimond District for a pleasurable shopping experience at indie grocer Farmer Joe's. A welcoming selection of garden starts — organic veggies, herbs and flowers — greet shoppers on entering the upscale New Joe's, which boasts an excellent inventory of locally manufactured products as well as tried-and-true national brands. The produce, fresh and lovely, is cheaper than most, and discerning customers can choose from organic and non-organic versions of many items. The fish-meat-poultry counter is pleasingly stocked and run by superb sales folks. Bulk dry goods occupy a good chunk of space, and the deli counter and bakery are chock full of irresistible, ready-to-eat treats. You'll be making up items you left off your list so you'll return here."
Dimond Picnic 2010
The Dimond picnic is TOMORROW!!!! Join your neighbors for fun and free food, Sunday, July 18, 2010, 11am – 3pm. Performances by Circus Bella.
3rd Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, June 20, 2009, 1 – 4pm
3424 Fruitvale Avenue Oakland California 94602
Raffle starts at 4pm. You must be present to win, and no purchase is necessary.
Diana and Joe would like to thank the wonderful community and their employees for another great year at Farmer Joe's
'Tis the Season
Fresh Local Dungeness Crab $5.99/lb at Farmer Joe's. Yes. Yum. The cure for the overstuffed too much turkey blues. Some nice crab out of our bay. Get it while it lasts.
The 2008 GREAT Pumpkin Contest Winners
First Prize of $50 goes to Daniel who guessed 361 pounds. That was the exact weight of Farmer Joe's great pumpkin this year. Second prize goes to Sarah who guessed 365 pounds, third prize goes to Heid who guessed 355 pounds. Please drop by the store to collect your prize winnings and congratulations!
Shaan for All and All for Shaan
I popped in the open door of Shaan Indian Cuisine Restaurant on Fruitvale Avenue near Farmer Joe's this week. The owner was there and said barring any imminent disasters or paperwork mishaps, he plans to open this week. The interior is gorgeous. I know I speak for the neighborhood when I say, "We can't wait for naan."
Turkey Time
Farmer Joe's is currently taking holiday turkey orders for delicious natural free-range and organic turkeys. These birds are large breasted, local birds that have never been frozen. They are fed natural grains and are hormone free. You can pre-order three kinds of free-range turkeys: Diestel, Willie Birds, or Mary's, and two kinds of organic turkeys: Heidi's Hens and Heirloom.
Please check with the meat department at either Farmer Joe's stores for specifics on ordering and pricing per pound. Shop at Joe's for the best turkey deals for your best holiday meal.
Wild Silver Brite Salmon SPECIAL
Farmer Joe's is having a Customer Appreciation Special starting TODAY on their Alaskan Wild Silver Brite Salmon. Customers can get the fish whole or halved for $3.88/lb. or fillets at $5.99/lb. at both stores. Customers can buy any quantity of the fillets. Prices are secured through a special deal with the fishermen, and the Customer Appreciation Special will run until supplies are exhausted. Diana and Joe would like to tell the community, "This is our special way of saying thanks to our customers for their friendship and loyalty."
Oktoberfest in Oakland's Dimond District
October 4, 2008, 11am until 6pm
Come and join us on MacArthur Boulevard at Fruitvale Avenue for our first annual Oktoberfest. We're going to celebrate with beer gardens, German food and dance, history tours, food booths, local artisans, a kid's carnival area, a Green Living and Wellness Expo area and so much more! Don't miss this extraordinary event. For those interested in making it all happen, we are still looking for volunteers. Please contact Helen Wyman via email or Oakland Event's web site. For more info on the Dimond District's Oktoberfest, follow the link.
More Green Bags
Joe's is restocked on their green bags, the green alternative to shopping bags. Joe's bags are sturdy and bargain basement priced at $1.49 each. They're great! We got three the first go round and are going to get a couple more. They're durable and can withstand loads more than their plastic and paper alternatives.
Dimond Picnic
Summer, summer, summertime in the Dimond with the Dimond Picnic, where else but in Dimond Park THIS SUNDAY, July 27, 10am – 3pm. The festivities start at 10am sharp with Dennis Evanosky leading his historic tour of the district. This tour is truly amazing. Last year, Dennis presented old black and white photos, discussed such topics as our former beer gardens and turn-around cable cars. Don't be late and don't miss it this year. When the tour ends, the food begins. Our food sponsors are our wonderful Farmer Joe's, Two Star Market, and Peet's Coffee. It is a picnic with delicious delights for everyone. Dimond Merchants' Association is sponsoring a raffle, and entertainment abounds. Crafts and games. BELLY DANCING. Need I say more? Woman's Will is staging a new twist on a classic. Lion's Pool is sponsoring a free swim. Come one. Come all. For Food. For Fun.
Estancia Grass-Fed Beef Tasting
Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 12, 1 – 5 pm. Estancia is grilling their grass-fed beef at Farmer Joe's Marketplace for a free public tasting. Estancia Beef has an exceptional taste, and for good reasons. Their cattle are 100% grass fed, and free range, wandering the pampas, eating lush grasses, never enclosed in fences or feedlots. Estancia beef is naturally exercised and naturally fed. No hormones or growth promoting antibiotics are ever added. For more information visit the Estancia Beef web site, and feel free to speak to their representatives on Saturday at Joe's. Hope to see you there!
Anniversary Celebration
Let the good times roll. Farmer Joe's Marketplace is having a repeat performance of their anniversary celebration. It's their second year, and Farmer Joe's is inviting the whole neighborhood, their friends, loyal customers, and employees to a free barbeque with live music and a free raffle. Please come join Farmer Joe's in their celebration as they thank the community and their employees. I got a sneak peak at some of the raffle prizes today. In all honesty I can't say what is the grand prize. On Saturday, Joe's will be raffling off a bicycle, an MP3 player, a set of golf clubs, Joe's gift certificates, and an All-in-One – a printer, copier, scanner. WOW! I also heard some whispering about a 5 star wine tour. Remember, all raffle tickets are FREE. The raffles start at 5pm, and you must be present to win. Don't miss out on the food and fun this Saturday at Joe's Marketplace.
Where: Farmer Joe's Marketplace at 3426 Fruitvale Avenue
When: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 2 – 5pm
Baby Bananas
I'm in love with the baby bananas. They're small, and they're sweeter than their full sized counterparts. Every morning I mix up one packet of Kashi Apple Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal with one cut baby banana and two sliced Medjool Dates. This healthy and good tasting breakfast keeps my motor running hunger free until lunchtime.
Thai Basil Chicken Mango Sausage
Sadly, I have no picture. I bought the Farmer Joe's Thai Basil Chicken Mango Sausage ($5.99/pound) last night at the big store, right before closing, along with a quarter pound of edamame salad. The sausage fried up quick and delicious, filling my kitchen with a savory aroma. I ate it before I could get the camera out of its bag. It was a beautiful picture too – the sausage, scattered edamame with slices of carrot, a cut orange tomato, olives from Joe's bar and a few slices of sweet Gorgonzola cheese (COW/ITALIA) from the cheese bunker.
I think of myself as a bit of a cake connoisseur, mainly because there's nothing I like better than cake. I spend a good deal of my waking hours thinking about cake, what is the best cake, and where I can get it. Needless to say, I am possessed by the beautiful cakes in Farmer Joe's bakery section. Every time I shop, I spend time staring at them, reviewing the taste sensations of ones I have eaten and determining my next purchase.
Today, I treated myself to Douce France's Opera Cake. I am going to give you the best advice you will probably receive all year. Drop what you are doing. Go straight to Farmer Joe's. Give the clerk the $2.99 plus tax for this cake. Do it now. This is an unbelievable dessert.
The Opera Cake is pictured second from the left, but the picture hardly does it justice. The taste is incredible, very French pastry, not too rich. This dessert, with its exquisite, light and airy mix of delicious chocolate and not-too-sweet cake, knocked me out. It is an elegant dish with coffee, after a pasta dinner, or perhaps you will do what I did. Get a Joe's roasted chicken, some Asiago from the deli, and top a wonderful meal with a perfect ending.
The recipe is Farmer Joe's Chocolate Marble Ice Cream topped by Scharffen Berger Cacao Nibs. I love this combination. The Scharffen Berger Cacao nibs are the perfect compliment to the Chocolate Marble. Gotta satisfy my sweet tooth. Speaking of which, I found a new array of beautiful cakes in the bakery section of Farmer Joe's. I haven't tried them yet, but I hear them calling my name. Right now, my sweet tooth has a quart of ice cream and cacao nibs keeping it happy.
Cocktail Grapefruit
Do you like grapefruit, but don't like the bite? Try Cocktail Grapefruit. This fruit is extra sweet, juicy, and unique. It's not actually a grapefruit at all, but a cross between a Frua Mandarin orange and a Pummelo. The flavor is similar to a grapefruit's but much sweeter and less acidic. For a special drink, try the Cocktail Grapefruit Cocktail, fresh squeezed Cocktail Grapefruit juice, over ice with a shot of vodka. Of course, I think I just negated all the healthy aspects of the fruit, but what the heck. It sure is tasty. Cocktail grapefruits are on sale at Joe's, while they last, 69¢ each.
Pom Juice
Pomegranate juice is definitely the "it" drink in health circles. It's no wonder. Not only is the pom, higher in antioxidants than its cousin the blueberry, but recent scientific studies suggest the pomegranate may be helpful in fighting certain types of cancer. Preliminary tests also show the beautiful fruit may boost that old heart muscle and help it with the day to day business of providing cardiac blood flow.
I'm all over the pom juice at Farmer Joe's. I buy the 32-ounce freshly squeezed mini jug for $7.99. You can find it in the iced bar to the right as you walk in the front door, past the flowers and veges. You know the place. It's the same area you see me standing with the sample Joe's tortilla chips and big load of freshly made guacamole stuffed in my mouth. I love that fresh bar. Everything in the ice is made daily.
Dimond Winter Festival
Saturday, December 8, 2007, 10:00am – 3:00pm
Fruitvale Presbyterian Church
Ice Cream
I scream. You scream. We all scream for Farmer Joe's ice cream. $4.19/quart. Right now, I'm stuck on the seasonal flavor, pumpkin. Yum! The strawberry and peppermint are flying off the shelves too. There are 13 delicious flavors in all at a great price.
7th Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Join us this Sunday, November 18, 2007, for the 7th annual community Thanksgiving dinner. A scrumptious turkey dinner, with all the trimmings, will be served from 4:00 – 5:30pm at Fruitvale Presbyterian Church, located at 2735 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland 94602. For more information, please call (510) 530-0915 or visit Fruitvale Presbyterian Church online. We'll see ya there!
Green Bags
The ecology friendly Green Bags have arrived at Farmer Joe's. They are for sale, $1.79 each plus tax with a 5 cent bag redemption each time you use your Green Bag at the check out after purchasing groceries. Get one, or two, or like me – three – while supplies last. I gave my Green Bag a strength test on its maiden purchase. I loaded one up with a half gallon of Horizon Organic Milk, a half gallon of Joe's fresh squeezed orange juice and a one liter bottle of Agrumi Tangerine, all natural Italian soda. The Green Bag passed my test with flying colors. It is much easier to carry too. Go Green.
Seoul Kimchi
I was at the store today fulfilling my urge for some fresh broccolini when I ran into these ladies with free snacks. I'm all over the free snacks at Joe's, so needless to say I ponied right up to their table. The ladies were stir frying Seoul Kimchi ($3.09/16 oz) and tofu. At first, I was taken aback. Tofu and I have not the best of friends. When I first left the South and crossed the Mason Dixon Line, I had never seen tofu. I bought a chunk, thinking it was white cake. I've never quite forgiven it for that deception, or perhaps showing me my ignorance. Anyway, I had to think twice about the kimchi and the tofu today, but it smelled so good I took the plunge. I was glad I did. The Seoul Kimchi is spicy delicious balanced out by the creamy smooth taste of the tofu. Fabulous! The recipe is too simple. Buy the Seoul Kimchi and let it ferment for an additional week to ten days in the refrig. Stir fry with a little olive oil in a frying pan and add in chunks of tofu. Viola. Scrumptious out-of-the-ordinary dinner for two for under $5.
The Beautiful Cakes
I took home a cheesecake number, second shelf down with the dark chocolate on top, leftmost in the case. It didn't last the week. Two words – simply divine. The top shelf of the beautiful cakes' case is filled with Tortabella cakes. I forget what the name of my cheesecake was. It was here and gone so quickly, I hardly knew it.
Crazy for Corn?
Brentwood Sweet Corn
Yellow and White
4 Ears/$1
For a tasty treat, try the roasted corn from the outside grill. Roasted ears are readily available after 4pm. Before 4pm, allow a roasting time of 30 minutes. You can stop and put in your order as you go in to shop. Pay the inside store cashier 75 cents/roasted ear when you pay for your groceries. Then snag your order of cooked corn as you leave. It's that simply.
The (Non)Report
The health inspector came to Farmer Joe's the day after the union scam, or should I call it, the sideshow. You remember the one – where UFCW local 5 claimed there was some tainted rotted spoiled whatevah in Farmer Joe's grocery. As Ronald Browder, chief of the Alameda County Health Agency environmental protection division, said "We investigate all complaints, whether they are valid or not." I forgot to post the inspection report because the union's accusations were so obviously a lie and such a non-issue. Anyway, I'm finally remembering to post the report, if anyone's still interested. The inspector found nothing at the little store and some stuff stored in boxes on the floor at the big store. The inspector said "Keep stack at least 6 inches off the floor. Correct by 5JUL07." Done. No expired, moldy, out-of-date, zippity-do-da, dingle berries except in the UFCW's minds. That union's got quite an imagination. The next thing ya know, they'll claim they invented Post-It notes.
Love the word and love the candy. La Florentine Torrone. Product of Italy. The box states, "Almond Bon Bon Nougat Candy 18 Assorted Pieces." Three flavors " Lemon – Orange – Vanilla or to be more cosmopolitan, "Limone – Arancio – Vaniglia." I wish I could say I speak Italian but the translations are on the tiny boxes that contain each nougat. I wanted to take a picture of all the boxes but I have eaten 4 since yesterday. Pretty much blows that photo op. Vaniglia is my favorite. The candy is not too sweet and has toasted almonds in them. The really good news is one serving is 3 bars, 134 calories and only 3.1 g Fat. They currently sell for $7.99 in the deli bakery section at Farmer Joe's. The small nougat boxes come bundled together in one large flat box, pictured in the lower left hand corner of this photo (reduced). The main box is pretty enough to rip the lid at the perforation and send it off as a post card when you are done with the candies. At my rate, I estimate I will be mailing my postcard in 3 days or so.
Wooo Hooo Watermelons
I was at Joe's today getting some roasted chicken for dinner and found WOOO HOOO watermelons for 9 cents/pound. Don't know how long these beauties will last. I got one the size of an overblown basketball for $1.29 – seedless and sweet. It was so large I had to split it with my neighbors.
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· The Son of God humbled Himself and took man's nature after the race had wandered four thousand years from Eden… 1SM, p. 267.
· Four thousand years before a voice of strange and mysterious import was heard in heaven from the throne of God… PCO, p. 12.
· Four thousand years before a voice of strange and mysterious import was heard in heaven… SWk, p. 85.
· "I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." Genesis 3:15. "For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money." Isaiah 52:3. When this promise was made and accepted by Adam, it was (if you will allow the expression), a promissory note, given to man by Christ, due in four thousand years, secured by the aside from the eternal Father." General Conference Daily Bulletin, v. 5, February 5, 1893, p. 139.
· Mas Jesus aceitou a humanidade quando a raça estava debilitada por quatro mil anos de pecado. UCD, p. 12.
· Tinham estado separados de Deus por quatro mil anos. DT, p. 56;
· Por quatro mil anos, desde a declaração feita a Adão... DT, p. 94.
· Por quatro mil anos, esteve Cristo trabalhando pelo reerguimento do homem... DTN, p. 538.
· ...o sistema de símbolos e cerimônias que por quatro mil anos apontara a Sua morte. DTN, p. 462.
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· …If for four thousand years the righteous had gone… 4SP, p. 366.
· He put an end to the sacrifices which for four thousand years had been offered. 5BC, p. 1139.


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If you thought that "manscaping" was a strange male grooming habit that had taken the nation's bros and dudes by storm in recent years, hold on to your marble pouches and banana hammocks. Thanks to George Clooney's so-called jokes, a new fad called "ball-ironing" is now becoming a hot trend among Hollywood's aspiring leading men, and if you can't guess what that phrase means based on the name alone, then you're sure in for a treat.
According to the Daily Mail, men are now visiting cosmetic experts for a process that uses lasers to remove hairs from a man's testicles while smoothing out the natural wrinkles.
Men are paying anywhere between $575 and $900 to have their testicles smoothed out with a laser beam. I mean, people have always joked about it, but I guess that James Bond really was ahead of his time.
Call me old-fashioned, but I'm just worried about the kind side effects that such a process could have. Sure, it was funny when South Park joked about it, but this tattoo isn't nearly as funny if it's Clooney.
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Baptists and many other Protestant groups often "recoil" from sacred art and iconography, because they fear its idolatrous potential and because they tend to focus pragmatically on function over form, says John D. Laing, a chaplain with the U.S. Army's 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, currently stationed in Iraq, and assistant professor of systematic theology and philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's Houston campus.
"Many Protestants from the conservative, fundamentalist and evangelical traditions have historically had a robust skepticism regarding the use of art in worship, because they see it as facilitating sacramental theology and tending towards idolatry," says Laing, who is author of the recent book In Jesus' Name: Evangelicals and Military Chaplaincy.
Courtesy of 1LT Darryl G. Frost, 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team
According to Laing, many evangelicals identify with 16th and 17th century iconoclastic positions that came out of the Radical Reformation.
There has also been a trend, which Laing says is waning, of many evangelicals allowing cost and pragmatism to dictate financial decisions in church life. "There is a spate of churches that more closely resemble warehouses than cathedrals, especially in the Houston area," he says. "It is unfortunate that, under the guise of being good stewards (or managers) of God's money, many church planners and leaders have opted to sacrifice beauty and a sense of the holy for pragmatic concerns."
But even if church leaders want to find a better way to balance their communities' financial and aesthetic needs, Laing notes a paradox in biblical precedent on sacred art, which he uses to challenge his students in his Spiritual Formation class. In John 12:5, Judas criticizes Mary for wasting expensive perfume on Jesus' feet, rather than giving the money to the poor.
"While we know he was stealing from the group's coffers, the attitude still sounds eerily like that of many a church administrator," says Laing.
But even though the Bible makes clear that Solomon and Moses acted appropriately in commissioning the best artisans around to build the Tabernacle and the Temple, there are New and Old Testament verses that criticize extravagance in worship.
Although the paradox seems to stand, Laing is optimistic that church leaders will work it out.
"It seems to me that the younger generation of ministers and worshippers in both Baptist and evangelical churches is regaining an appreciation for the aesthetic and how it can aid in setting apart some places or times unto God; to set them apart as holy," he says. "On a philosophical level, I think this is vital, for I believe that part of what it means for man to be made in the image of God; for man to be imago dei, is for man to be creative and to have an aesthetic sense. When God created, He did so with an eye to beauty and form."
This sort of analysis of what it means to be created in the divine image seems to be what planted Laing on a path to ministry to begin with. "I suppose one could argue that I was drawn to theology, because I like to analyze everything," he says. "So it should be no surprise that, once I came to the Christian faith, I would seek to analyze it. The study of theology is then just a natural outflow of that personality trait."
Laing's sister once said that he always goes "all out" with whatever projects or interests he adopts. "I'm never a casual participant or observer in anything I do," he says. "In this case, I went all out with this Christianity thing, not only spending a lot of my free time at church, but actually ordering my career around it."
Yet, by his own admission, Laing's high school and early college days brought out the "educational laziness" in him, so he believes that God called him to theological study. "I would never have entered a doctoral program, much less finished, if I did not believe that God wanted me to do so," he says.
Laing joined the Army as a cavalry scout at age 17 as a senior in high school. Scouting is a dangerous occupation, since scouts are tasked with locating enemy forces and reporting on their locations, size and capabilities, he says. "I chose it because, like most young men at the time, I wanted to be like Rambo."
Growing up, Laing was also taught that the honorable thing for young men to do is to serve their country. The Laing that joined the Army was a self-proclaimed atheist, though his basic training drill sergeant made him put "no religious preference" on his dog tag rather than "atheist."
After he became a Christian, Laing led his fellow scouts, who often had to miss chapel service for reconnaissance missions, in prayer and Bible study. "As God used me to minister to my buddies, I began to sense Him telling me to stay in when my contract was fulfilled, and look into chaplaincy," he says. "Here I am, 24 years later!"
As a chaplain, Laing acts as a pastor, a religious educator and a counselor. "Chaplains are expected to represent not all denominations and faiths as some persons think, a common misconception, but rather our own denominations," he says. As a Southern Baptist chaplain, Laing is expected to be a "good representation of what a Southern Baptist clergyman looks like." He has many Catholic members of his unit, so he coordinates with a Catholic priest to help them meet their spiritual needs.
Chaplains also advise military leaders on religious issues, and some serve as liaisons with local clergy. In the Green Zone, Laing does not currently serve in that way, but on his last deployment, he met with imams and Orthodox priests on a weekly basis.
Laing believes religious people can use art as a liaison with their non-religious peers. "For me, as an evangelical, I view art as a tool for sharing my faith," he says. "Evangelical artists can use their art to present Christ to those who may not ever consider attending church or a religious event. It can also help spur conversations between believers and unbelievers."
Art can also convince Christians of biblical narratives, and the "basic purpose" of stained glass windows is to educate the illiterate public about biblical narratives, he says, and it can connect the artist with the divine through the act of creation. "As I produce art with a view to glorifying God, I am drawn to Him as His spirit works in me in that production," he says. "That is, art can be a vehicle for the artist to reach out to God and for God to touch the artist."
But art also comes with its liabilities, Laing says. Like anything else that is submitted for public consumption, art is subjective, and it can be misinterpreted. "With religious art, at least in my opinion, the stakes are higher, for souls and eternity are at stake," he says.
Laing also separates between Christian art – where the artist intends to glorify God – and art that happens to be about Christian themes or narratives. Thus, a painting of Jesus or the Madonna and child, is not a piece of Christian art. Laing's own personal favorite religious works are the ancient mosaics Ravenna and the glass mosaics in St. Mark's in Venice. He also enjoys the works of Raphael, Rembrandt, da Vinci, Dali and Michelangelo.
But one tradition you won't see Laing draw upon is the story of St. Luke being instructed by an angel to draw the Virgin.
"I know of no Baptist theologians or pastors who give that tradition much, if any, weight," he says. "In fact, I doubt very many are even familiar with it. Thus, it does not even figure into the equation of how Baptists (or other evangelical Protestants for that matter!) view religious or sacred art."