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Celebs Out & About: Ciara and Chris Brown
Pop singer Ciara performed a classic Michael Jackson move during a birthday celebration for someone named DJ ProStyle at Hammerstein Ballroom on Tuesday (April 16) in New York City. Troubled singer Chris Brown, 24, also performed. Brown, who was booked to host Akon's birthday bash at REIGN Nightclub this coming Monday, canceled his appearance because, and I quote, "he didn't want to be in the same city with Rihanna." Meanwhile, Rihanna has cancelled her 4th show — tonight's show in Dallas, TX. Her last 3 cancellations were reportedly due to health reasons.
In Case You Missed It: Law & Order: SVU (Rihanna and Chris Brown Storyline)
Last night NBC aired the much-hyped episode, Law & Order: SVU titled "My Funny Valentine", about an abusive celebrity who beats his girlfriend.
The episode garner negative reviews from viewers who were unhappy with the lighthearted theme applied to such a serious subject. Watch the full episode after the break, courtesy of DDotOmen.com.
Katy Perry is avoiding Rihanna like the plague
Have you noticed there are no more photos of singers Katy Perry and Rihanna feeling each other up in public? At one time the besties couldn't stop fawning over each other's crotches. Perry always had glowing things to say about Rihanna, and Rihanna couldn't get enough of the raven-haired beauty.
Well that's all over now.
Rihanna and Chris Brown Spotted at Knicks vs Lakers Game
It was hard to ignore singer Rihanna shamelessly draping herself all over her former lover Chris Brown during the NY Knicks vs LA Lakers game at the Staples Center Tuesday. Rihanna, who was holidaying in her native Barbados with friends and family, jetted to Brown's side on Christmas day — despite rumors that Brown hooked back up with his long-suffering girlfriend, Karrueche Tran.
It doesn't matter how many photos Rihanna takes with Brown, everyone can see how desperate, needy and clingy she is. She knows that Brown is using her to revive his failing career but she doesn't care, because Brown provides the vital source of Narcissistic Supply that she craves.
Rihanna Exerts Her Control and Domination Over Chris Brown
Everyone knows that troubled singer Chris Brown is using his old flame Rihanna to get him back in good with music consumers. So why doesn't Rihanna get it or get on with her life?
Yesterday, Brown, 23, posted the above pic on his Instagram page along with the caption:
"…Always started with Breezy like the Letter B."
Brown quickly deleted the image, but not before it was saved to the desktops of hundreds of his followers.
T.I. does not want his daughter dating someone like Chris Brown (Video)
In an interview with Joy Behar yesterday, rapper Tip "T.I." Harris, 32, made it clear he did not want his daughter, Deyjah, 11, dating someone like Chris Brown — but does Deyjah know that?
Just this week Deyjah posted a photo of Brown, 23, on her Instagram page with the caption "Celebrity crush."
fanMAIL: Rihanna and Katy Perry at odds over their choice of men
Loyal reader Ernest O. writes:
John Mayer may be an epic douchebag but his shortcomings will NEVER be on the same level as your woman-beating man Chris Brown (aka Fist Brown). The two aren't even comparable. A woman beater is a social pariah. Especially one who to this day has never shown the humility one would need to even begin to repair his image. Not to mention his communications skills are on par with a 12 year old but I digress.
When will Rihanna realize no matter how hard she tries to make America and the world love her pencil-dicked man-boy it's never going to happen? She may get her way most of the time, but in this case it is NOT going to happen. Po thang – what a desperate, obsessive, insecure and immature woman. And I had such high hopes for her. Now she is just HIGH!


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Rejected police dog injures Midvale officer's son
The toddler son of a Midvale police officer was flown to the hospital after the family's dog -- which failed out of training to become a police dog -- attacked the child.
The boy was alone with the dog in the backyard of his home on Wildberry Circle in Kearns when the dog attacked. His mother found him lying in the grass with the dog standing over him, Sgt. Marcelo Rapela of the Midvale Police Department.
The boy was unconscious when his mother called for help, and he was flown to Primary Children's Medical Center in "extremely critical" condition, said Lt. Don Hutson of the Unified Police Department. Later, after medical staff examined the boy, they found the injuries were not as severe as originally thought. The boy's condition has been upgraded to serious, Rapela said.
The Belgian malinois breed of dog is known for its incredibly strong jaws, Hutson said.
The dog, named Kuna, was purchased to replace the police dog Koda, who died in the line of duty after a suspect shot him on New Year's Day.
Kuna's handlers had attempted to train him to sniff for drugs or find people, but he never passed the necessary requirements due to a degenerative eye disease that was discovered after he was purchased, Rapela said.
When the handlers called the company that sold them the dog, company officials sent out another dog but told the handlers they could keep the untrained dog as a pet. Otherwise, because of the eye condition, the dog would be euthanized upon return to California.
Midvale police Officer Gerry Wayne, who was a former K9 handler, agreed to take the dog home as a pet. Kuna had been at the family's home for only a week, Rapela said.
Police have called in professional handlers to quarantine the dog. No decisions have yet been made about Kuna's fate.
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Archive for January 25th, 2012
Last night, President Obama delivered the State of the Union during which he spent considerable time discussing the nation's economy. Growing economic disparities, the divide between "Wall Street" and "Main Street," and the struggles of ordinary Americans were center stage during the speech as the president called upon Congress to come together to solve the financial problems facing the nation.
And while the President suggested changes in the tax code, higher education credits, and investments in small businesses as some solutions, he failed to address the needs of people who live in the furthest economic fringes of society – specifically, very poor and homeless people.
Late last month, the Associated Press reported that half of all Americans are poor or low-income. And in the Alliance's latest report, the State of Homelessness in America 2012, we examine some of the economic indicators associated with risk of homelessness. Between 2009 and 2010, we found that indicators associated with homelessness, including unemployment, severe housing cost burden, average real income for poor workers, and uninsurance, went up.
Most striking is the increase in severely housing cost burdened individuals and families. From 2009 to 2010, the number of poor people paying more than 50 percent of their monthly income on rent increased by 6 percent. The data show that 38 of the 51 states had increases in severe housing cost burden and the median state change was an increase of 6 percent. Severe housing cost burden has risen steadily for since 2007 and now, more than 75 percent of poor households in America are severely housing cost burdened.
This finding clearly illustrates why some people experience homelessness: as housing costs eat up a larger and larger percentage of a household's monthly income, there comes a point where housing itself becomes prohibitively expensive. Moreover, when housing consumes such an overwhelming portion of household income, there is very little left for other necessities: food, transportation, education, etc. Because of this, any unplanned financial obligation – a medical emergency, an unexpected bill, etc. – could jeopardize a household's housing situation.
This situation is alarmingly real for a significant and growing number of American households. As more and more families struggle with their economic needs and obligations, their risk of homelessness grows. And as such, as the nation moves forward to address the debt and deficit crises, it will be essential to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable people are prioritized in order to avoid increases in homelessness, suffering, and cost to the national community.


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Human Genome Project: Chromosome 9
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute played a substantial role in the sequencing and interpretation of the human genome, contributing almost one third of the gold-standard sequence, published in 2004. The Institute engaged in collaborative projects to sequence 9 of the 23 human chromosomes. This document is historical, presented here to provide a complete record. It might not have been updated and is a contemporary account.
Chromosome 9 &10 publication front cover. [Reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: [Nature] (429 (6990): 327 - 481), ©2004]
Chromosome 9 is highly structurally polymorphic. It contains the largest autosomal block of heterochromatin, which is heteromorphic in 6-8% of humans, whereas pericentric inversions occur in more than 1% of the population. The finished euchromatic sequence of chromosome 9 comprises 109,044,351 base pairs and represents >99.6% of the region. Analysis of the sequence reveals many intra- and interchromosomal duplications, including segmental duplications adjacent to both the centromere and the large heterochromatic block. We have annotated 1,149 genes, including genes implicated in male-to-female sex reversal, cancer and neurodegenerative disease, and 426 pseudogenes. The chromosome contains the largest interferon gene cluster in the human genome. There is also a region of exceptionally high gene and G + C content including genes paralogous to those in the major histocompatibility complex. We have also detected recently duplicated genes that exhibit different rates of sequence divergence, presumably reflecting natural selection.
The human chromosome 9 is approximately 145 Megabases in length. Our aim is to map and sequence this entire chromosome in collaboration with the chromosome 9 community.
The sequencing procedure being used for chromosome 9 is as follows. Bacterial clones of genomic origin are shotgun subcloned into M13 and pUC vectors and sequenced using fluorescent dye primer and dye terminator chemistries. All clones including clones provided by collaborators must pass a series of quality checks prior to sequencing. Once the sequence assembly has started, each contig >1 kb will be made available via our ftp site as unfinished sequence. The sequences will be updated every night and, once finished, they will be moved to the finished sequences page. There are also summary tables of all projects in progress. Finished sequences undergo comprehensive, semi-automatic, analysis prior to submission to EMBL and entry into the Chromosome 9 database (9ace).
The Chromosome 9 ACEDB database (9ace) is used as a tool for managing the in-house data and acts as the primary means by which chromosome 9 data generated at The Sanger Institute will be released into the public domain in an annotated and usable form. Additionally, with the co-operation of external groups, we are collating information from the global community with the hope that 9ace will provide a cohesive and dynamic representation of the state of the global project.
- Sequencing Centres: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung mbH
DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 9.
Nature 2004;429;6990;369-74
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The Vampire Diaries Season 6 Episode 1
I'll Remember
The Vampire Diaries Season 6 Episode 1 picks up several months after Mystic Falls became a no magic zone and Damon and Bonnie faded into oblivion. So how is everyone doing?
Perhaps most predictably, Caroline is holding everything together. She, along with a little help from Ric and Sheriff Forbes, is trying to break the travelers curse and get her town back. She thinks Elena isn't grieving, but she has no idea what is really going on.
Elena has been getting psychotropic witch drugs from Luke that allow her to communicate with Damon. These drugs make her a little thirsty and she may have been accidentally killing a few people in the process. According to Caroline, she's the "border lurker." Although Elena tries to say a very heartfelt goodbye to Damon, she knows it won't work and asks Alaric to compel her to forget Damon.
Alaric is back in the land of the living and teaching Occult Studies at Whitmore. Tyler is a new student with his past werewolf rage issues. He is also definitely crushing on Liv. Luke and Liv are sick of everyone blaming them for everything.
Stefan has gone off the radar, claiming to look for leads. Really he has just checked out and can't deal. He shatters his phone when he can't face the calls he is getting from his friends anymore. He has finally, truly lost his brother and he doesn't want to face anyone or anything.
Jeremy is drinking, playing video games all day, and hooking up with random girls. So Jeremy.
Everyone is just trying to figure out how to move forward. Lastly, Bonnie and Damon are hidden away in a cabin.
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oh please tell me how i watch remaining season after 5 of TVD???
Bringing back one person from death is a nice surprise or twist, but when you keep on doing it, not only does it make future character's deaths cheaper, but it also makes the first instances of bringing someone back from the dead less impactful, too. Anyway I was hoping more from a season opener and maybe think this show is going to limp to the finish. This episode felt like they didn't really now where to take things after last season's finale and they're trying to be too heavy handed with the almost schizophrenic nature of everything. I decided to hold off a few weeks and wait until I could binge watch the show, but after this episode I was kinda bummed Last note, there was some great music in this one. I loved how they used "From The Wreckage Build A Home" by the Wind and The Wave when Elena walks to the crypt and narrates that she has chosen to be a doctor, and also it was cool to hear Alt-J's "Hunger of the Pine" when Caroline calls Stefan and tells him she's not giving up and wants everyone together again...but it's kinda lame how just the music and the last scene are the only two things that really stood out to me, I used to love how action-packed this show was.
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Seriously, I am going crazy.Could anyone help me ,where can i watch the full episode !
Oh my! Looks like Damon and Bonnie are back but have lost their memory? Could that be? Eek! Can't wait 'till next week. From next weeks sneak peak it looks like Alaric does make Elena forget Damon and then tries to make her remember again.....Is that what everyone else understood?
Where i live doesnt offer the CW...and i dont have a credit card to go on that site, what else can i do? :'(
CW doesnt have it
The show airs tonight. Please tune into The CW.
Can you guys thel me were can i watch the tvd
I dont know where to see episode 1 `` I`ll remember ´´ .. Can someone help me?
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Burke Ornithology collections constantly inspire new research ideas, such as these recent publications. For more about the stories behind this research, see Collections: Inspiring discoveries.
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Freeman, S. 1988. Egg variability and conspecific nest parasitism in the Ploceus Weaverbirds. Ostrich 59: 49-53.
Jackson, W. M. 1992a. Relative importance of parasitism by Chrysococcyx cuckoos versus conspecific nest parasitism in the Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus. Ornis Scandinavica 32:203-206.
Jackson, W. M. 1992b. Estimating conspecific nest parasitism in the northern masked weaver based on within-female variability in egg appearance. Auk 109(3): 435-443.
Jackson, W. M. 1993. Causes of conspecific nest parasitism in the northern masked weaver. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 32:119-126.
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Spaw, C. D., and S. Rohwer. 1987. A comparative study of eggshell thickness in cowbirds and other passerines. Condor 89: 307-318.
Wimberger, P. H. 1984. The use of green plant material in bird nests to avoid parasites. Auk 101: 615-618.
Young, B. E. 1991. Annual molts and interruption of the fall migration for molting in Lazuli Buntings. Condor 93: 236-250.


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While cats and dogs are known to behave like, well, cats and dogs, the truth is that some animals are a lot like people. They have distinct personalities, quirks and needs, and occasionally, they find someone with whom they really "click." That seems to have been the case for Spencer, a sensitive cat who was lucky to find equally sensitive adopters. It was a perfect match, and shy Spencer soon blossomed into a perfect furry friend. Here is his Happy Tail.
One-year-old Spencer came to the ASPCA after being abandoned near a cat colony in Astoria, Queens, last November. The handsome black-and-white cat enjoyed quiet, gentle attention, but was nervous around new people and had a tendency to act defensively when approached too fast. At the ASPCA Adoption Center, our expert Behavior team spent some time helping Spencer come out of his shell, and he was soon ready for adoption. In January, he met Linda and Stuart Miller.
The Millers' 16-year-old cat, Max, had been with them since he was four months old. When he passed away in October, they were devastated. "He really was the king of our house and our baby," she says. In the months that followed, Linda and her son, Jake, visited adoption events every weekend in the city, but she wasn't entirely sure how she wanted to proceed. "I knew that getting over Max would never get easier, and I missed the love in our house that a pet created. But the bottom line was that my husband didn't feel he was ready for a new pet yet," she says.
As the months went on, Linda's desire for a new pet grew but Stuart remained steadfast. "I continued to look online for pictures of cats for adoption, but not until many, many times of enticing my husband—where he did no more than glance at the photos—did he pay attention, until I showed him Spencer," she recalls. As it turns out, Spencer reminded them of Max—so much so that Stuart immediately agreed to meet him.
At the Adoption Center, the couple learned about Spencer's history and his nervous tendencies. Fortunately, they were perfectly-equipped to handle Spencer's unique set of needs: "My husband and I both work with developmentally challenged babies, children and teens, so we are good with being patient, calm and extremely nurturing. We were okay with letting Spencer take his time," she says. Their patience paid off, and the cat slowly allowed the couple to approach him, offer treats and even play a bit. "I knew my husband was hooked," Linda laughs.
On January 28, the Millers adopted Spencer and changed his named to Marty, which was soon expanded to "Marty Pants," due to his love for sitting on a pair of Linda's sweatpants. And although Marty Pants had big kitty shoes to fill, he proved to be the ideal match. Linda recalls, "From the very first night in our home, we have never looked back."
Within a couple of weeks with his new family, Marty grew into a much happier, more confident cat. "He has continued to blossom every week," Linda says proudly. "He gets the best food, both canned and home cooked, and comes running when called, has lots of toys, settled into our home routine and is now giving and receiving lots of love. Marty is a perfect fit in our home."
Although Marty Pants is still working on his nose-to-nose kissing skills, he has come a long way from the nervous nelly he once was. Linda says, "We play, he talks, knows his routine and is really happy. We all are." Congratulations to Marty and the Millers for finding the perfect fit!
Do you know a young animal lover who has made a big difference for our furry friends this year? We want to know!
The ASPCA is currently accepting nominations for animal heroes under the age of 14 who have helped make the world a kinder place for animals to receive our 2015 ASPCA "Tommy P. Monahan" Kid of the Year award. The award is presented as part of the ASPCA's annual Humane Awards, an annual event which honors individuals who have been a voice for animals in crisis, as well as cats and dogs whose experiences represent the urgency behind our mission.
To nominate a pint-sized advocate, simply fill out and submit the "Tommy P. Monahan" Kid of the Year nomination form online. But please don't delay! The deadline for entry is Sunday, August 23.
Winners will be invited to attend the ASPCA Humane Awards Luncheon in New York City—held at Cipriani 42nd Street, one of New York City's most distinguished and renowned venues—to accept the award.
Don't miss this chance to recognize the inspiring young animal advocates in your life!
To learn more about the ASPCA Humane Awards or to read about past award winners, please visit our ASPCA Annual Humane Awards page.
Toby, an eight-year-old male tabby, had never had any medical issues until he suddenly became blocked, or unable to urinate, one day last month.
"He was going to his litter box constantly," said Carlos B. of the Bronx, who adopted Toby as a kitten. "Back and forth, back and forth—and his personality seemed to change."
So Carlos and his girlfriend, Julie, brought Toby to the ASPCA Animal Hospital (AAH), where he was diagnosed with Feline Urological Syndrome (FUS), or urinary blockage, by Dr. Maren Krafchik.
Most cats affected by FUS are in the one- to eight-year range, like Toby. Common symptoms include:
- Straining to urinate
- Frequent small urinations
- Blood in the urine
- Painful urination
- Inappropriate urination (somewhere other than the litter box)
- Straining without urination (urinary obstruction)
- Crying, restlessness, or hiding because of discomfort
- Loss of appetite
- Vomiting
- Lethargy
"Urinary blockage is a life-threatening emergency," says Dr. Krafchik. "Potassium levels (as well as kidney toxins) rise in the bloodstream and can cause death in a cat."
A urinary catheter was placed to unblock Toby's urethra and allow urine to drain from Toby's bladder, and he received intravenous fluids and pain medication. The urinary catheter was removed a few days later, and Toby was sent home. Unfortunately, this condition can reoccur, and Toby returned to the Hospital three weeks later with another urinary obstruction. "He went back to his old symptoms," Carlos said.
Given Toby's history of chronic straining and urinary problems, ASPCA veterinarians recommended a Perineal Urethrostomy (PU). This is a surgical procedure in which the external penis/urethral tissue is incised and sutured open in order to permanently widen the urethral opening. This surgery, commonly performed at AAH, helps decrease the chance of future bladder obstruction.
"Male cats are susceptible to developing obstructions of the urethra because their urethral diameter is so small," says Dr. Krafchik.
As of earlier this month, AAH has performed catheterization procedures for urinary blockage on 163 cats, and 37 PU surgeries—an average of almost one procedure per day in 2015.
"Many people think their pets are misbehaving by urinating outside of the litter box," says Dr. Krafchik. "The reality is that there can be an underlying reason for the behavior such as bladder inflammation, crystals, stones, or less likely, infection."
Carlos reports that since Toby's PU procedure, he is back to his old self. "He is really happy, very friendly, and playful, which we missed so much," Carlos says. "He's eating and his bodily functions are back to normal."
Update: We are pleased to share that an arrest has been made in the case of a severely emaciated puppy abandoned in Nicholasville, Kentucky. An anonymous tip led law enforcement officials to the dog's owner, who then confessed to starving and abandoning the dog.
This blog was originally posted on August 10, 2015.
Attention animal advocates: The ASPCA is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case of a six-month-old, severely emaciated puppy abandoned near the dumpsters of an apartment building in Nicholasville, Kentucky.
A Good Samaritan brought the extremely thin puppy to the Jessamine County Animal Care and Control shelter on July 29. She was immediately evaluated by a veterinarian who estimated the puppy should weigh between 21 and 24 pounds but weighed around half that when rescued. Fortunately, the puppy does not have any other health issues, and has slowly gained weight over the past week and a half.
"This is a truly heartbreaking case of animal cruelty," says Stacy Wolf, Senior Vice President of the ASPCA Anti-Cruelty Group. "No animal should have to suffer in this way. We thank Jessamine County Animal Care and Control staff for their commitment to finding justice for this puppy while sending a message that this type of cruelty will not be tolerated in their community."
Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact Jessamine County Animal Care and Control by calling 859-881-0821. The Jessamine County Animal Care and Control accepts anonymous complaints.
Please visit our Fight Cruelty section to find out how to report animal cruelty in your area.
Nearly 50 cats were removed from overcrowded conditions in mid-August at a private residence in Guymon, Oklahoma. The ASPCA stepped in to help at the request of a terminally ill pet parent who could no longer adequately care for her animals.
ASPCA responders, along with responders from the Humane Society of Tulsa, removed the cats from the trailer home and transported them to the Humane Society of Tulsa where they were medically assessed and cared for.
"When we visited the residence, we saw that urgent intervention was needed," says Adam Leath, Southeast regional director of ASPCA Field Investigations and Response. "It was truly a dire situation where the individual recognized that she had too many cats in her household and needed help removing and rehoming them so she can focus on getting help for herself."
We are grateful to the Humane Society of Tulsa for their assistance in this rescue.
This dire situation might never have been addressed if it weren't for people like you. Your support not only helps us fight cruelty, but also, in cases like this one, prevent it before it occurs. Please consider making a donation to the ASPCA today.


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Pollution and worsening quality focus of World Water Week
Stockholm (AFP) Sept 5, 2010
Increasing water pollution and dwindling water quality around the globe will be the main focus as around 2,500 experts begin gathering in Stockholm Sunday for the 20th edition of the World Water Week.
"Driven by demographic change and economic growth, water is increasingly withdrawn, used, reused, treated, and disposed of," organisers cautioned in their introduction to this year's conference.
"Urbanisation, agriculture, industry and climate change exert mounting pressure on both the quantity and quality of our water resources," they added in a statement on the conference website.
The meeting, which kicks off Sunday and is scheduled to last until September 11, will draw experts from around 130 countries to discuss the theme: "The Water Quality Challenge -- Prevention, Wise Use and Abatement."
The picture is bleak, according to the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), which organises the conference each year.
"Water pollution is on the rise globally," the institute said, pointing out that each and every day, approximately two million tonnes of human waste is poured into rivers, lakes and the sea.
And in developing countries, a full 70 percent of industrial waste is dumped straight into waters without being treated, severely polluting the usable water supply.
Global warming is exacerbating the problem, according to World Water Week director Jens Bergren.
"Climate change is really mainly about water and it has huge implications for water pollution," he told AFP, pointing out that global warming is changing weather patterns and essentially causing massive flooding in some areas and severe droughts in others.
This is a big problem due to the way water interacts with pollutants.
"If there is too much water, it flushes out much more in the way of pollutants, spreading them around ... but if there is a drought, there is less water in rivers and lakes to dilute the pollutants there and they do more harm," Berggren said.
"In both cases there is more pollution," he lamented.
The growing pollution in turn leads to a number of very serious challenges and contributes to declining access to clean water around the world, affecting human health and ecosystems both on land and at sea.
The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimates that within the next 15 years, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with acute water scarcity, and that a full two-thirds of the world's inhabitants could be facing shortages.
But as daunting as the task may seem, Berggren insists the problem of pollution and water scarcity can be solved.
"There is really no physical water shortage in the world," he said, stressing that "there is actually lots of water."
According to Berggren, "it is how the water is managed that is the big problem," and that is something it is possible to change.
Exactly how to bring about change will be a major focus of this week's conference.
Especially important, experts say, is to raise awareness of how inter-connected global water systems are to shine the spotlight on the true effects of pollution.
"There is often a disconnect for people that pollute and the effects of that pollution on people and ecosystems downstream or in other parts of shared lakes and aquifers," SIWI said.
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I cannot believe it's been twenty-seven days since I the start of the August challenge to join nicole & myself in tackling three projects in August that have been hanging in there undone. Here's the progress on the three I chose:
1. Creating a current file system and relegating old files to storage. - am working on it and am halfway there.
2. Clean out the closet and make it workable - and I'd add...pretty as well. - it's a work in progress!
3. Transfer the bins of torn out magazine pages to pretty inspiration binders - I've filled one binder so far and have a few more to go. . Am tossing pages that are no longer inspiring to me. *might try an inspiration wire as shown above!
I'll be out of town Thursday - Monday so I'll report back on Tuesday!
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No One Can Draw Runners, and Other News
October 13, 2014 | by Dan Piepenbring
- "Picture a person running. You're probably picturing [it] wrong. It's okay, you wouldn't be alone. It turns out that artists have been drawing people running incorrectly for thousands of years. From Greek vases to drawing handbooks to modern sculptures, even our very best artists can't seem to get the pose right."
- A new anthology's narrow definition of art: "There is certainly great value in drawing attention to the historical context of a poem. We ignore an essential feature of literature when we lose sight of its power as an artifact of a particular moment, place or era. Still, it is difficult to read Poetry of Witness without quickly sensing that the editors are gaming the system to support their narrow preconception of poetry's utility."
- Censorship in China: great for sales. "Having a book banned in China is often a marketing coup for publishers selling copies abroad. In the age of social media, this dynamic appears to be playing out on the mainland as well … 'Smothering someone is as good as crowning that person … A 'smothering' order is a reading list.'"
- The art of brand names: What makes for assonant, beautiful, memorable, popular branding? (Pro tip: do not name your company Shpoonkle. It will fail.)
- Against brunch: "There's something more malevolent at work than simply the proliferation of Hollandaise sauce that I suspect comes from a packet. Brunch has become the most visible symptom of a demographic shift that has taken place in our neighborhood and others like it … Our once diverse neighborhood now brims with the homogeneity of an elite university."
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Joe, I tried to ask for some thing similar to this but I guess it has already been done? your input Synthetic insulation
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I am no expert on this kind of stuff, both polarguard delta and exceloft have their advantages, but me personally would go with the mont bell for the weight and money savings and just be careful no...
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The Hauntingly Poetic Punk Rock of the Suuns
Suuns' moody, messy art rock emerges from Montreal's Mile End
Words and Interview Shirine Saad.
Hailing from the hometown of Godspeed! You Black Emperor and Arcade Fire, Suuns's dark experimentations are hauntingly poetic. They have been compared to Sonic Youth, booked on Secretly Canadian, and toured with the Crystal Castles and Black Angels. At Pop Montreal just a few weeks ago, the band premiered the film Sweet Nothing, inspired by their first tour in Europe. We had a contemplative chat with singer-songwriter Ben Shemie, who trained classically and had his first musical revelation at a Metallica concert. But we'll have to wait with baited breath until the next album to see what he's truly thinking of right now…
You actually attended McGill University to study jazz. How did your training affect the music?
When I was about 17 I had musical ambitions and I really didn't know what I wanted to do, but I wanted to play the guitar. My teacher made me work really hard to get into McGill. At the time I loved Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Cream, The Rolling Stones, stuff from my parents' record collection. So going to school was perhaps an extension of that fantasy. But it was really difficult; it was a really introspective and hard thing to do. It's not a really healthy way of studying music; when you're young you're very impressionable. It was a real struggle because it was really hard to scrutinize yourself and examine your progress, and living up to these fantastic ideals that don't even exist, really.
How did you end up in a rock band?
I had been out of school and wanted to start playing rock'n'roll because that was the first thing I identified with. All the band members come from similar music backgrounds; we liked ACDC, Bryan Adams, U2, all the stuff that was popular in the early '90s. That's what started everything. I don't think my training has affected the music at all, I don't think it's at all intellectual in that way. Our training mostly comes in in the way we rehearse, because we can articulate things clearly.
I read you had your first rock awakening at a Metallica concert?
I went at 12 and it changed the way I thought about everything. It was the first rock show I'd ever been to. I was terrified when I went in. Metallica was at the height of their popularity and when you're 12 you associate it to bad things — drugs, sex, things you don't understand. But it was just a big party, it was amazing. It was really loud. The guitar player was amazing and it was a big crazy rock show. We don't really see shows like that that often. They certainly encapsulated everything; a fantasy of heavy metal, rock'n'roll, all the adoration and ego that goes into these kinds of things which is attractive, especially when you're really young.
What do you write and sing about?
Some of the songs, like "Arena," is kind of like a dance song. Or a song like "Sweet Nothing" is a little narrative about being in a band in Quebec, the difference in culture, creating a little snapshot story about what it means to be in a band here. "Armed for Peace" is pretty representative of what we do. It says, "It's all because we've gone and taken it all/And I know that it's up to you." It's kind of about music, not taking anything too seriously. It has an anthemic vibe to it. It's actually really hard to play.
Some people find it hard to label your band.
I think it's a compliment. I feel like our band is really polarizing. People either really really like it or really really don't. It's hard to label it and talk about it but we do have a common style that you can identify as us. It's difficult to talk about what we do and put a name on it but it's not really my problem. It makes it a bit less accessible but that's ok. The album is structured like a playlist, it has an arc to it which is important. You have slow songs first, jam songs in the middle. Some people will dance cause they like it, but it's not like our intention. We just want to put on a good show, play really well — it's entertainment. We try to have a good time ourselves and play the shit out of the songs. We do justice to the songs. We work really hard as a band, so a lot of time there's a lot of sweat that goes into it. So that's kind of a privilege; we want it to be good.
So is it more post-punk? Art rock?
I understand why people say that because it's not pop, it is cerebral in a way. It works for people that are into rock music, aggressive music, minimal music, dance music, also a bit more interested in something a bit more cerebral. It's more important to be interesting than to be good. There are a lot of good bands but if it's not interesting and if there's nothing…. It's one thing to write pleasant songs that people will like. We get compared a lot to Krautrock bands, which is totally cool because it's minimal and repetitive, but until we got compared to them I hadn't really listened to them.
From basement stages to Secretly Canadian. Tell me the story.
We started playing here, our first show was at a loft party. Our first legitimate show was during Pop Montreal in 2007, when we hadn't even played that much. I was really nervous and stuff. We played first of six bands so there weren't that many people and stuff. Even at that stage we had never really recorded anything, we weren't even really a band. And then we just started playing a lot. Small shows. Did that for like three years. There was no reaction. We didn't really get any press or play for anyone else than our friends. In Toronto, people started enjoying it. We never got any press in Montreal because there are so many bands living and working here, and you're one of many, many bands that have to prove themselves. Very, very few of those bands get past the local scene that we live in.
Then we recorded with Jace Lasek of the Besnard Lakes at Breakglass Studios. We recorded this album that he liked and he saw something there. Literally, it was almost like a dream. We printed 200 CDs with a crappy little cover, and the same day it arrived in the mail I got an email from Secretly Canadian. We didn't really try — it just fell in our laps, which never happens. We just got really lucky. They endorsed us and immediately within two weeks we had a lawyer, a booking manager— it became professional very quickly. Summer 2010. Literally overnight it became legit. Media would listen to us; people would take our band seriously. It just makes the process of playing shows easier; you're not an indie band struggling in Montreal. But it's fucking hard…. One thing you learn is that the music industry is exactly that, an industry. You see that it's a business. It kind of commodifies your music and you become more ambitious which makes it so much more of a product. It changed the way we operate as a band and what a successful show becomes. Our expectations are higher now.
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Jenn added this goal on Sunday December 8, 2013 @ 5:55pm.
To be more specific, this goal is to fly 100,000 miles this calendar year. That works out to about 8334mi/mo which I find a bit overwhelming, but with a few long-distance international flights in there I don't think it'll be impossible!
Right now I have two trips lined up: a spontaneous trip I just booked to Seattle next weekend because of an insane airfare deal ($96 round trip? yes please.) and then a mini tour of CA in March for @gmeli456's birthday extravaganza.
I won't be counting any bonus mileage or credit card mileage. This is "butt-in-seat" mileage as the travel gurus call it.
Should be an interesting adventure!
While admittedly I am at ~60k so far this year since January, I will warn you this goal is a lot harder than it seems!
JFK -> SEA and back = 4842 miles. This is going to be more difficult than I thought!
Tacking on another, unexpected, 7394 miles! Totally wasn't expecting to go anywhere until my CA trip later this month but I took advantage of an amazing flight deal to Oslo, Norway for the weekend and managed to up my mileage! Woot!
I should also note that at this point in the year I should be amost a quarter of the way done with this goal. By Mar 31 I should have at least 25K miles to be on track, which seems a bit of a stretch. Hoping I can throw in a few longer-haul trips during the summer/fall to pad things out. I'm starting to worry that this goal may have been a bit too aggressive? :\
Finished up my California adventure and added another 5466 miles. Way behind where I should be for this point in the year but hoping to take some more trips this summer. Fingers crossed.
Up to 27,818 miles! Even with the rest of the trips I have planned for this year, hitting 100K feels a bit out of reach. Anyone have a plane and want to fly me in circles a few times around the globe?! :D
39,865 at the moment. Should around 58,365 by mid-November, plus or minus depending on whether I fly within S. Africa. This one is definitely going to have to roll into next year, but I'm glad I at least made it more than 50% of the way! :\
I think 59,945 will be my total for the year unless I have some unplanned travel between now and 2015. Not the 100,000 I wanted, but I think still a solid effort. I did as much flying as I possibly could. I could have done a bit more between April and July I suppose. Hey, putting it into perspective, I flew enough miles to circumnavigate the globe 2.4 times. I'm ok with that :)


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The world is entering an era of a cyber arms race where ever-more sophisticated versions of malware are the weapons of choice of actors often impossible to trace, a top IT expert told NATO Friday.
"We are entering the era of a cyber arms race, but the problem in this arms race is we don't know what kind of new arms the others have, so we don't have a quick, effective means to counter them," Mikko Hypponen said at a meeting on global cyber conflict organised by the Tallinn-based NATO Cyber Centre.
"And we often don't know also who is in charge, who has these weapons," said the Finn, who works for a top global IT security firm.
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The casting gets weirder and weirder by the day.
Maeby Funke will be in two films, which kind of makes the other two look like slackers.
Lee Pace and Dean O'Gorman are being fitted for chainmail as I type.
They're dogs…and they're dancing! If you like talking dogs and the above picture doesn't terrify you then the new trailer for Marmaduke might just be your cup of tea. The film features a ton of talent including Owen Wilson as Marmaduke, Lee Pace, Judy Greer, William H. Macy, Fergie, George Lopez, and Kiefer Sutherland. How is this the first time that Keifer Sutherland has played a Rottweiler? The man was practically born to voice that creature. …And drink. …And fight. He was born to voice a dog, drink, and fight. **cue Donald Sutherland facepalm** Hey kids, check out the Marmaduke trailer after the jump!


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After meeting on a flight several years ago, Daniel and Deborah decided to hop on a plane from their home in Ontario and head to Whistler to get married. During their stay they stopped in at the Club and attended a Membership Presentation and decided to become Members. Building their lives together with a guarantee of vacations every year was a great fit for this fun-loving couple who admittedly have 'wandering feet'.
The original plan that weekend was to get married at Rainbow Park, but after falling in love with the Club, they decided to get married right there! With "some lovely Australians from the Club" as witnesses and their Enrollment Representative as their photographer, Daniel and Deborah said their 'I dos' right then and there!
These spontaneous newlyweds wasted no time. A phone call was made to Member Services to book their honeymoon. First to Club Intrawest — Panorama, then off to The Manteo Resort in the beautiful Okanagan Valley. Their wandering feet landed them at Club Intrawest — Vancouver, where panoramic views from the 29th floor made for one last romantic night on the west coast with their new Membership.


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Guest blogger Shelby Kay-Fantozzi, a junior at American University, shares her reflections on the 2010 World Science Festival. The 2011 World Science Festival begins today in New York City. Some events will also be live streamed online.
Rethink Science, demanded the slogan of the World Science Festival.
And I obeyed.
In the course of 3 days at the WSF, my image of science busted out of lab rooms and lecture halls, threw textbook diagrams out the window, and raced to the edge of the universe and back. Listening to some of the greatest thinkers and adventurers of our time speak about the wide range of their respective fields, I came to realize not only how important science is, but how it permeates almost every aspect of our lives.
Any textbook will be quick to inform us that science breeds progress. But we're not reminded often enough that from science comes beauty, honesty, passion, safety — and yes, progress, but not just advancement of technology. It also yields more and better food for the hungry, solutions for our abuses of planet earth, and innovations that help us explore worlds yet unknown to us.
I also found that science can stir up just as much emotion as politics or poetry. On one hand, it can be the subject of heated debate or controversy. On the other hand, it provides role models for our children. Heck, I'm 18, and the two NASA astronauts I met at the festival are my heroes too. I hope Brian Greene and Tracy Day, the co-founders of the World Science Festival, have done for others what they've done for me -- opened a floodgate of new feelings for and impressions of science. My curiosity has been piqued!
My first night in New York, we went to Battery Park to see the tennis-court-sized 1:1 model of the James Webb Space Telescope. Neil Degrasse Tyson was supposed to give a short talk at the event, and when we arrived late, we were delighted to find he was still there answering questions. Like a preacher, he was surrounded by a flock of followers, fellow believers in the power and beauty of our universe. Tweets about the night say he stayed until 12:30.
All kinds of people had questions for him –- grown adults, college students, a seven-year-old boy who could recite something like 60 digits of pi. The questions ranged from the academic to the political to the ordinary (Where'd you get your hat?). As people asked him a variety of questions, he kept using the term "science literacy." Unsure at the time of what it meant (there's a great — if bureaucratic — explanation here), I asked him "Why should everyone be science literate?"
His response (paraphrased here) was applause-worthy:
Why is it that you could go to a party full of artists and mention science, and most of the people there would say "Oh, I never got science" and laugh it off? "Oh, I never liked math," and the conversation moves on. But if you went to a party full of scientists and mentioned Shakespeare, would anyone turn to you and say "Oh, I never learned how to read?" And IF they did, would anyone laugh along? No, they'd all look at that scientist like he was crazy. So why are liberal arts and science treated so differently? You need to be literate in both to understand the world around you, to protect yourself from untruths and the people spreading them.
When did we start believing that one could get by with a creative mind, and without a discerning one? With a closed mind, and without an inquiring one? Thinking like a scientist — being curious yet critical, seeking not just to know, but to understand, being able to ask questions as well as you answer them — makes you a better thinker in realms far beyond science.
Our interest in this type of thought has recently faded. We watch news channels that lean towards our political interests, trust pundits on spoken word alone, never bothering to question the information they provide us. Perhaps that's why when someone "laughs off" math or science, we laugh with them (if a little uneasily). Maybe the presence and significance of science in our lives is less obvious to us due to this shift towards lazy thinking, or worse, not thinking much at all.
The solution to this alarming issue lies in education. Childhood is the time that our enthusiasm for science is either cultivated or destroyed. Ask anyone and they can probably recall some lynch pin — a terrible class or a wonderful teacher — that either sent them running or inspired them. The responsibility of ensuring that math and science are no laughing matter lies with those who have an influence on us, meaning not just our teachers, but also celebrities, and those charged with representing science in the media. If science were afforded the same amount of attention that liberal arts receive, maybe it would have a better chance of being properly appreciated and advancing farther — and faster — than it already has.
Shelby Kay-Fantozzi is a junior at American University. She is in Air Force ROTC and works at the National Space and Aeronautics Museum in Washington, D.C. Ultimately, she would like to work for NASA.


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Marketing Fall Prevention Classes to Older Adults in Faith-Based Congregations
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This cluster randomized trial will test whether a social marketing program implemented in churches can motivate older adults to join exercise classes, in order to improve their strength and balance and thus prevent falls.
Accidental Falls
Behavioral: Marketing program to motivate exercise class participation
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Marketing Fall Prevention Classes to Older Adults in Faith-Based Congregations: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
- The primary endpoint is defined as attending at least one balance-retraining exercise class designed to reduce older adult falls [ Time Frame: During the two-year intervention period ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Baseline fall-risk status of participants who attend at least one balance-retraining exercise class for fall prevention [ Time Frame: During the two-year intervention period ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Social marketing program
Behavioral: Social marketing program to motivate exercise class participation
Behavioral: Marketing program to motivate exercise class participation
Using qualitative research methods, a targeted social marketing program, including a 'marketing toolkit,' was developed to motivate participation in exercise classes by older adult members of churches. The Health Belief and Transtheoretical Models formed the theoretical basis for the social marketing planning process and guided program design. The marketing program aimed to increase exercise class attractiveness, usability, and uptake by reducing barriers and costs, and using messaging about benefits and enhanced convenience to motivate participation. The intervention was implemented through churches.
No Intervention: Control
Control: No intervention
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Injuries from falls are a leading cause of emergency visits, hospitalizations, and deaths in older US adults, resulting in total lifetime costs of more than $19 billion in 2000. Fall injuries reduce independence and mobility, and increase disability and institutionalization. There is good evidence that community-based group exercise classes focusing on strength and balance prevent older adult falls, but uptake is limited. This study will test a new approach to promote participation in group balance-retraining exercise classes, targeting older adults in faith-based congregations. The proposal addresses national research priorities to evaluate strategies for dissemination and implementation of effective interventions to prevent falls among community-dwelling older adults. Focus groups and key informant interviews will provide research-based understanding of church members aged 60+ and those who influence them, and explore facilitators and barriers to class participation. With this formative research, a targeted social marketing program will be developed to motivate participation. Behavioral change and social marketing theories form the intervention's theoretical basis and will guide program design. The marketing program aims to increase class attractiveness, usability, and uptake by reducing barriers or costs and using incentives or other benefits to reinforce participation. Churches, representing varied denominations and communities, will be randomly allocated to intervention (marketing program implementation) or control (no program) groups. Outreach to diverse churches will ensure that materials and strategies target potentially hard-to-reach (e.g., Hispanic, rural) populations. The trial will test whether older adult members of intervention churches are more likely to join balance retraining classes. Factors that may mediate intervention effects will be examined. Secondary outcomes include baseline fall risk among class participants, assessed by physical function tests; and intensity, diffusion, message penetration and acceptability of the marketing program, and persistent facilitators and barriers to class participation, evaluated with process measures, focus groups, and structured interviews.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|60 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Churches located in Mesa County, Colorado, that have adult members who are aged 60 and older
- Exercise class participants will include community-dwelling members of enrolled churches who are aged 60 and older, English- or Spanish-speaking, ambulatory with or without assistive devices, and cognitively able to consent and be tested.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Older adults with any medical condition that precludes participation in an exercise program, as determined by the participant or their physician, or who are not physically able to pass the Modified-Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction in Balance (M-CTSIB) at baseline
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00542360
|United States, Colorado
|University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
|Denver, Colorado, United States, 80262
|Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
|Grand Junction, Colorado, United States, 81501
|Principal Investigator:
|Carolyn G DiGuiseppi, MD, MPH, PhD
|University of Colorado, Denver
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|University of Colorado, Denver
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|NCT00542360 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|October 9, 2007
|Last Updated:
|March 5, 2015
|Health Authority:
|United States: Federal Government
Keywords provided by University of Colorado, Denver:
Accidental Falls
Social Marketing
Accident Prevention
Randomized Controlled Trial
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text: i took these polaroids last summer with impossible project film. they are close-ups of cargo containers (i had to trespass for a few of the shots). i still don't know what to do with them. i've considered framing them, but i can't decide on the layout, or if they should be separate or one big thing. i've also considered tying them in with a set of collages i started last year, but i don't know if i'll ever get around to finishing them… so i decided to share here. ideas are welcome.


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Cynthia Leive
Cynthia (Cindi) Leive (born January 21, 1967) is the Editor in Chief of Glamour magazine.[1]
Leive was born in McLean, Virginia. Under Leive, Glamour has received a record number of editorial awards. Furthermore, Glamour's circulation has risen to its highest levels ever, with a rate base of 2.25 million.[2]
Crain's put Leive on its "Top 40 Under 40" list, and Leive was also named one of Gotham magazine's most powerful women under 40 in New York.[citation needed] In 2006, Glamour was named for the first time on both Advertising Age's "A-List" and Adweek's "Hot List," each of which recognize strength in circulation, advertising pages, editorial excellence and industry acclaim.[citation needed]
Leive began her publishing career at Glamour, where she started as an editorial assistant, and worked alongside publishing legend, Ruth Whitney.[3] Leive left Glamour eleven years later with the title Deputy Editor and joined Self magazine as Editor in Chief. During Leive's tenure, Self's circulation increased by eleven percent.[citation needed]
A 1988 graduate of Swarthmore College, Leive now lives in New York City with her husband, film producer Howard Bernstein; her daughter, Lucy, and her son, Isaac.[4]
Leive is a Board Member at the IWMF (International Women's Media Foundation).[5] She is a Resident Fellow for Yale Publishing Course.


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White Asparagus, Bassano Style
Asparagi di Bassano del Grappa
2 pounds white asparagus, ends trimmed
8 eggs, boiled for soft boiled stage (3 minutes)
1 cup Filippo Berio extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons white vinegar
Salt to taste
Crack the eggs and scoop out the white and yolks which should be runny. Transfer the eggs to a mini food processor. Add enough of the olive oil through the feed tube to make a smooth sauce. Add the vinegar and salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
Cook the asparagus upright tied together with kitchen string in a deep pot filled with boiling salted water to just 1 inch below the tips. Or cook them without bundling them in a large sauté pan until tender. Drain carefully and place them on a platter.
Pour the sauce over the asparagus and serve.
This recipe is featured on episode 2102 - White Asparagus.
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Foreign relations of Cyprus
|This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Cyprus is a member of the United Nations[1] along with most of its agencies as well as the Commonwealth of Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Council of Europe. In addition, the country has signed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Agreement (MIGA). Cyprus has been a member of the European Union since 2004 and in the second half of the 2012 it held the presidency of the Council of the European Union.[2]
Cyprus has historically followed a non-aligned foreign policy, although it increasingly identifies with the West in its cultural affinities and trade patterns, and maintains close relations with European Union, Greece and Israel.
The prime originator of Cypriot non-alignment was Makarios III, the first President (1960–1977) of the independent republic of Cyprus. Prior to independence, Makarios - by virtue of his post as Archbishop of Cyprus and head of the Cypriot Orthodox Church - was the Greek Cypriot Ethnarch, or de facto leader of the community. A highly influential figure well before independence, he participated in the 1955 Bandung Conference. After independence, Makarios took part in the 1961 founding meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in Belgrade.
Reasons for this neutrality may lie in the extreme pressures exerted on the infant Republic by its larger neighbours, Turkey and Greece. Intercommunal rivalries and movements for union with Greece or partial union with Turkey may have persuaded Makarios to steer clear of close affiliation with either side. In any case Cyprus became a high-profile member of the Non-Aligned Movement and retained its membership until its entry into the European Union in 2004. At the non-governmental level, Cyprus has also been a member of the popular extension of the Non-Aligned Movement, the Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organisation hosting several high-level meetings.
Immediately after the 1974 Greek-sponsored coup d'état and the Turkish invasion, Makarios secured international recognition of his administration as the legitimate government of the whole island. This was disputed only by Turkey, which currently recognises only the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, established in 1983.
Since the 1974 crisis, the chief aim of the foreign policy of the Republic of Cyprus has been to secure the withdrawal of Turkish forces and the reunification of the island under the most favourable constitutional and territorial settlement possible. This campaign has been pursued primarily through international forums such as the United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement, and in recent years through the European Union.
Turkey flatly refuses to recognize the government of the Republic of Cyprus, stating that the Republic - as established by the Constitution of 1960 - ceased to exist when the intercommunal violence that commenced in December 1963 ended Turkish Cypriot participation in the Cypriot government. The attempted coup in July 1974 - engineered by Greek Military Junta - was responded to by Turkey by a full military invasion, which resulted in the northern third of the island being occupied by Turkish military forces. This portion of Cyprus unilaterally declared independence in November 1983 as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), which Turkey recognizes. Turkey refers to the Republic of Cyprus government as "The Greek Cypriot Administration of South Cyprus."
Cyprus takes the view that the TRNC government is a puppet administration, and thus prefers to negotiate with Turkey over the resolution of the Cyprus Problem. Turkey insists that the TRNC government is the institution that the RoC government must refer to in negotiations.
Cyprus' accession to the European Union has had a negative impact on Turkey in regards to its own accession negotiations. The refusal of Turkey to allow Cypriot-flagged ships to access Turkish ports has resulted in a partial suspension of its accession negotiations. However Cyprus is in favor of Turkey's Accession to the EU with the hope it will facilitate a viable and just solution of the Cyprus Problem.[3]
Cyprus' 1990 application for full EU membership caused a storm in the Turkish Cypriot community, which argued that the move required their consent. Following the December 1997 EU Summit decisions on EU enlargement, accession negotiations began 31 March 1998. Cyprus joined the European Union on 1 May 2004. To fulfil its commitment as a member of the European Union, Cyprus withdrew from the Non-Aligned Movement on accession, retaining observer status.
|Formal relations began
|See Armenia–Cyprus relations
|See Bulgaria–Cyprus relations
|Czech Republic
|See Cyprus–Denmark relations
|22 January 1992
Both countries are full members of the European Union.
|2 September 1961
|9 July 1993
|See Cyprus-Georgia relations
|See Cyprus–Germany relations
|See Cyprus–Ireland relations
|See Cyprus–Malta relations
|12 February 1992
|24 February 2011
|13 March 2007
|See Cyprus–Norway relations
Cyprus–Norway relations are foreign relations between Cyprus and Norway.[citation needed] Diplomatic relations were established on 22 March 1963.[18] The government in Cyprus considers that "bilateral relations between Cyprus and Norway are excellent in all fields".[19]
Neither country has resident ambassadors. Cyprus is represented in Norway through its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, and 2 honorary consulates, one in Oslo and the second in Kristiansand. Norway is represented in Cyprus through its embassy in Athens, Greece, and an honorary consulate in Nicosia.[20] Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe. Diplomatic relations were established on 22 March 1963.[19]
On 21 August 1951, there was a Consular Convention and an Exchange of Letters relating to establishing diplomatic relations. On 2 May 1951, there was a Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income. On 17 May 1962, there was an Exchange of Letters constituting an Agreement on the Abolition of Visa Requirement in Nicosia. On 5 March 1963, there was an Agreement on Commercial Scheduled Air Transport signed in London.[21]
The taxation levels in Cyprus are considerably lower than in Norway, and Cyprus has actively courted Norwegians to move to Cyprus.[22] Among the Norwegians who moved to Cyprus is the shipping billionaire John Fredriksen, who was the richest man in Norway.[23][24][25]
In 1996 tax rules in Norway were changed to keep shipping companies competitive and under the Norwegian flag. By 2008 changes to the tonnage tax regime to harmonize them with the European Union forced some companies to register in Cyprus.[26] Norwegian Service rig company Prosafe moved their headquarters to Cyprus.[27]
Several Norwegian retirees also moved to Cyprus; this too is largely to benefit from the lower tax rate on Cyprus and the minimal crime.[28][29]
|See Cyprus–Poland relations
|16 August 1960
|See Cyprus–Russia relations
|See Cyprus–Serbia relations
|25 December 1967
|See Cyprus–Sweden relations
|United Kingdom
|See Cyprus–United Kingdom relations
The continuing British sovereignty of the Dhekelia and Akrotiri areas, has continued to divide Cypriots. The base areas are not under the jurisdiction of the Cypriot government. Several Cypriot villages remain enclaved in the areas, and there have been numerous arrests of anti-British demonstrators over the past few years. These activists assert that the UK should not continue to hold territory in another EU state.
|Formal relations began
|See Algeria–Cyprus relations
|See Cyprus–Egypt relations
Egypt is a close ally, sharing as it does an oilfield with Cyprus.Egypt Conquered Cyprus many times in both ancient, Medieval and Modern era and it was ruled by Egyptians during many period which added bases of Egyptian culture to the local culture and supported increasing the relationship between both countries for many ages, The relationship between the two countries was also strained in February 1978 when Cypriot National Guardsmen shot dead Egyptian Commandos at Larnaca International Airport when the commandos attempted to intervene in a hostage situation.
|May 21, 2008
|February 1, 2001[45]
|South Africa
|December 10, 1993
|Formal relations began
|July 21, 1964
|See Canada–Cyprus relations
Canadian bilateral political relations with Cyprus stemmed initially from Cypriot Commonwealth membership at independence in 1960 (that had followed a guerrilla struggle with Britain). These relations quickly expanded in 1964 when Canada became a major troop contributor to UNFICYP. The participation lasted for the next 29 years, during which 50,000 Canadian soldiers served and 28 were killed. In large measure Canadian relations with Cyprus continue to revolve around support for the ongoing efforts of the United Nations, G8 and others to resolve the Island's divided status. Contacts with Cyprus on other issues also take place in international organizations such as the UN, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations.
|January 25, 1966
In 2010, both Ministers of Foreign Affairs signed a cooperation agreement regarding tourism and the war on drugs.[63]
|United States
|See Cyprus–United States relations
|Formal relations began
|See Cyprus–China relations
Cyprus-Indonesia relations
|See Cyprus–Israel relations
In the case of Israel, Cyprus has occasionally outwardly backed the Palestinians in the Arab-Israeli conflict, to the annoyance of some in the Israeli government. Cyprus, like over 100 other countries, officially recognizes Palestine as a de facto state. The island is also host to a number of Palestinian and Lebanese refugees.
Relations between the two countries continued to suffer when Cypriot first lady Antroulla Vasiliou, the wife of President George Vasiliou, was declared persona non grata in Israel when a delegation she was leading attempted to meet with Yasser Arafat, who was under house arrest.
Controversy and public outcry arose in the early 2000s, when members of the Cypriot branch of the Greek Orthodox Church were accused of selling church-owned land in the West Bank to Israeli developers, putting Cypriot commitment to the Palestinian cause at question. The expulsion of two alleged Israeli spies from the island in 1998 also caused tension between the two governments.
The two countries now appear to be on improving terms, there has been coopertation on numerous areas but mostly on agriculture, military and tourism. The Cypriot government has also been reported to be making deals with both Israel and Egypt in exploring for oil off the southern Cyprus coast.
Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman visited Cyprus at the invitation of his Cypriot counterpart when Netanyahu was in Washington for the direct talks with the Palestinian leader. Lieberman and Cyprus foreign minister Kyprianou have met several times this year in an effort to strengthen relations between their countries.
|December 19, 1973
|North Korea
|See Foreign relations of North Korea
|See Cyprus–Qatar relations
|Saudi Arabia
|See Cyprus–Saudi Arabia relations
|South Korea
|28 December 1995[84]
|See Cyprus – South Korea relations
Cyprus-Thailand relations
|United Arab Emirates
Cyprus is represented in Vietnam through its embassy in New Delhi, India. Vietnam is represented in Cyprus through its embassy in Tripoli, Libya.
|Formal relations began
|New Zealand
|June 22, 2009
The Republic of Cyprus maintains diplomatic relations with 178 states (including the Holy See and Palestinian National Authority ) and is United Nations, Union for the Mediterranean and European Union full member. It does not maintain diplomatic relations with:[88][89]
- Azerbaijan, Macedonia
- Benin, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Togo, South Sudan
- Bhutan
- Kiribati, Palau, Tuvalu
- Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Cook Islands, Niue
- Kosovo, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Somaliland, Sahrawi Republic, Nagorno-Karabakh, Republic of China (Taiwan), Transnistria
The Republic of Cyprus is not recognised by Turkey.
International disputes[edit]
The 1974 invasion of the Turkish army divided the island nation into two. The internationally recognised Republic of Cyprus currently has effective control in the south of the island (59% of the island's land area) while its area not under its effective control makes up 37% of the island. Turkey utilising the territory occupied during the invasion recognizes a declared separatist[90] UDI of Turkish Cypriots in 1983, contrary to multiple United Nations Security Council Resolutions. The two territories of the Republic are separated by a United Nations Buffer Zone (4% of the island); there are two UK sovereign base areas mostly within the Greek Cypriot portion of the island.
Illicit drugs[edit]
Cyprus is a minor transit point for heroin and hashish via air routes and container traffic to Europe, especially from Lebanon; some cocaine transits as well. The island has also been criticised for supposedly lax arms control legislation.
Cyprus and the Commonwealth of Nations[edit]
Although Cyprus became an independent republic in 1960, Cyprus has been a member state of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1961.
See also[edit]
- List of diplomatic missions in Cyprus
- List of diplomatic missions of Cyprus
- List of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus
- Foreign relations of Northern Cyprus
- ^ "UN Security Council Resolution 155 (1960)" (PDF). United Nations. August 23, 1960. Retrieved January 29, 2007.
- ^ "Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2012 - Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU (European Union)". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ Stephanos Constantinides and Jean Catsiapis Cyprus, Greece, Turkey. From The Summit of Helsinki to The Summit of Nice, Etudes helléniques / Hellenic Studies, 9 (2), Spring 2001. ISSN 0824-8621.
- ^ Cyprus embassy in Prague
- ^ "Czech embassy in Nicosia". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ Cyprus embassy in Copenhagen
- ^ Danish embassy in Nicosia
- ^ "Embassy Of The Republic Of Cyprus - General Information". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Embassy of Finland, Nicosia". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ Cyprus embassy in Berlin
- ^ "Deutsche Botschaft Nikosia - Home". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ Hungarian embassy in Nicosia
- ^ "Irish Army on Facebook". Irish Army. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ^ Italian embassy in Nicosia
- ^ Dizaino Kryptis. "Lietuvos Respublikos užsienio reikalų ministerija - Lietuvos Respublikos užsienio reikalų ministerija". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ Cyprus embassy in The Hague
- ^ "Netherlands Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Kingdom of Norway" (PDF). Cyprus. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ^ a b "Cyprus – Norway Bilateral Relations". Embassy of Cyprus in Sweden. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- ^ "Consulates in Greece and Cyprus". Norway. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
There are several Norwegian Honorary Consulates in Greece, and one in Nicosia, Cyprus.
- ^ "Kingdom of Norway" (PDF). Cyprus. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
- ^ "Kypros jakter på rike nordmenn". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). 11 May 2006. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
Det ble i går kjent at skipsreder John Fredriksen tidligere Norges rikeste mann har gitt opp sitt norske pass og blitt kypriot. Fredriksen kom dermed kypriotene i forkjøpet.
- ^ "Norway's richest man no longer". Aftenposten. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ^ "Skatteflyktet til Kypros". Ukeavisenledelse (in Norwegian). 23 August 2006. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
Norges rikeste mann, god for minst 33 milliarder kroner, John Fredriksen (61), har gitt opp sitt norske statsborgerskap og allerede fått innvilget kypriotisk – av skattemessige årsaker.
- ^ "Fredriksen blir kypriot". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 10 May 2006. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
- ^ "Norway's Whilhelmsen moving shipping unit to Malta". Reuters. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
The changes were aimed at making Norwegian shipping rules more like those in the European Union, but industry groups have said the move might force some to register in tax havens such as Bermuda or Cyprus.
- ^ "Rømmer norsk utbytteskatt". E24 Næringsliv (in Norwegian). 9 February 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
- ^ Rowlinson, Liz (9 April 2009). "Cyprus is surging forward with state-of-the-art homes". Daily Mail (London). Retrieved 2010-05-21.
What's more, since Norway's richest man, John Fredriksen, took Cypriot citizenship in 2006, the flow of his fellow countrymen has increased, too, with investors taking advantage of the lowest income tax in Europe and minimal crime rates.
- ^ "Norske pensjonister: Flytter til 8% skatt på Kypros". VG Nett. 4 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
Low taxation, low living costs and summery winter temperature limits more and more Norwegians to settle on the Mediterranean island. Now we have established a Norwegian "colony" in Paphos in Cyprus similar seen in Spain.
- ^ "Placówki Dyplomatyczne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ Cyprus embassy in Lisbon
- ^ "AMBASADA ROMÂNIEI în Republica Cipru". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Cyprus
- The Cypriot Minister voiced his full support to Serbia's territorial integrity and EU integration, which should lead to full EU membership.
- Serbian embassy in Nicosia
- ^ Slovakian embassy in Nicosia
- ^ Cyprus embassy in Madrid
- ^ Spanish embassy in Nicosia (in Spanish only)
- ^ "Swedish, Finn Troops Due on Cyprus Today". Chicago Tribune. 26 March 1964. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
The full contingents from Sweden, Ireland, and Finland are due within the next month to bring the ...
- ^ Cyprus embassy in Stockholm
- ^ "Nicosia - SwedenAbroad". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Все о Кипре". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ Ukrainian embassy in Nicosia
- ^ "Cyprus' Ambassador to Algeria presents credentials - 13 October 2006". Cyprus' Ministry of Foreign. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ Ministry of foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ Ministry of foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ Ministry of foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ Cyprus embassy in Lisbon (also accredited to Morocco)
- ^ Cyprus Ministry of Foreign Affairs: directions of the 2 honorary consulates of Morocco in Cyprus
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ Ministry of foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ Ministry of foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ Ministry of foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ a b Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish)
- ^ Cypriot Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Argentina
- ^ Ministry Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ Ministry Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ Ministry Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ Embassy of Canada in Athens, Greece (in English and French)
- ^ Consulate-General of Cyprus in Toronto (in English and Greek)
- ^ "- Cancillería". Cancillería. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ Embassy of Cyprus in Mexico City (in English, Greek and Spanish)
- ^ Embassy of Mexico in Athens, Greece (in English and Spanish)
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ Embassy of Cyprus in Washington, DC
- ^ Embassy of the United States in Nicosia
- ^ Embassy of China in Nicosia (in Chinese and English)
- ^ Embassy of Cyprus in Beijing (in Chinese, English and Greek)
- ^ Indian high commission in Nicosia
- ^ Cyprus embassy in Tehran
- ^ Ministry Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia
- ^ Ministry Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ a b Ministry Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ Embassy of Cyprus in Tel-Aviv (in English, Greek and Hebrew)
- ^ Embassy of Israel in Nicosia (in English and Hebrew)
- ^ "Embassy of Cyprus in Kazakhstan". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ [1]
- ^ Cyprus embassy in Beirut
- ^ a b http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/europe/countries/20070818/1_24625.jsp?menu=m_30_40
- ^ Ministry Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
- ^ High Commission of Australia in Nicosia
- ^ High Commission of Cyprus in Canberra
- ^ Cyprus diplomatic relations
- ^ Cypriot diplomatic missions abroad
- ^ Christopher Hitchens, Uncorking the Genie: The Cyprus Question and Turkey's Military Rule MERIP Reports, No. 122, Turkey under Military Rule (Mar. - Apr., 1984), pp. 25-27, doi:10.2307/3011799