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Laughter may not be the most scientific counter to ailments, but a UKZN academic recently proved that "Laughter is the best medicine" through her research and a series of Community Outreach Projects. Dr. Gita Suraj-Narayan, senior lecturer at the School of Social Work and Community Development, and also a Certified Laughter Yoga teacher was inspired to carry out research exploring the bio psycho-social impact of laughter therapy on stroke patients and to empower rural communities using Laughter Yoga with cognitive restructuring as an alternate form of therapy.
The study, which commenced in September 2008 comprised 120 laughter therapy sessions using various laughter techniques, Pranayama and cognitive restructuring, conducted on stroke patients between the ages of 40 to 90 years, in the Verulam Frail Care Community. Initially, some of the patients viewed laughter therapy with skepticism. However, by their fourth session, they were more receptive to this form of therapy, said Dr. Suraj-Narayan.
Significant findings of the study included:
A reduction in post-stroke depression, resulting from direct damage to emotional centers in the brain, compounded by frustration and difficulty adapting to new limitations. These included anxiety, panic attacks, flat effect (failure to express emotions) and apathy, often characterized by lethargy, irritability, sleep disturbances, lowered self esteem and withdrawal, and a reduction in stroke-related pain.
Enhanced mobility and the ability to walk without walking aids.
Endorphins released as a result of laughter helped in reducing the intensity of pain.
In some cases laughter therapy helped patients recover from cognitive deficits, resulting from stroke, including perceptual disorders, speech problems, and problems with attention and memory.
Improved communication and relations between the patient and significant others.
"Stroke patients viewed laughter therapy as a safe medium to overcome their problems. They developed a zeal and enthusiasm to do things for themselves. For older patients, it had given them inner joy, and offered them a renewed sense of purpose to live.
In another study, Dr. Suraj-Narayan also conducted Laughter Yoga, combined with cognitive restructuring, with patients in Phoenix, suffering from stress, diabetes, asthma, depression and high blood pressure.
"After exposure to laughter therapy over a four-month period, I found a reduction in stress levels, depression, diabetes and blood pressure, among some of the participants. Because Laughter improves the lung capacity and oxygen levels in the blood, some of the participants reported a reduced frequency of asthmatic attacks and in the use of nebulizers," said Dr. Suraj-Narayan.
The Laughter Exercises conducted stimulated heart and blood circulation, equivalent to any other standard aerobic exercise. According to Dr. Suraj-Narayan a Belly Laugh is equivalent to "Internal Jogging." Laughter also provides good cardiac conditioning, especially for those who are unable to perform physical exercises.
"Laughter therapy may be used as a supplementary treatment to patients who are already on medication for their ailments. It should not be used as a substitute for medication," said Dr. Suraj-Narayan. She plans to develop an integrated model of this therapy, incorporating individual, group and community development which can be used within the School of Social Work and Community Development, and other related disciplines.
She also discovered that laughter is an excellent medium to minimize the negative impacts of contemporary issues facing rural and urban communities. She has conducted several Community Outreach Projects using laughter therapy, aimed at breaking down the barriers of social isolation, discrimination, oppression and concomitant depression, as well as to expose people to a light-hearted but effective way of enhancing their sense of well-being and reducing stress and burnout.


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A high school wrestler in Iowa (where wrestling is a bigger deal than it is in most other states) forfeited a match based, he and his father said, on Christian principles. The principle on which he stands is that boys ought not be groping and grasping and throwing girls about the mat. Since his slated opponent was a girl, he elected to bow out.
The response from his critics inside and outside the Christian community is to demand specific verses that support his decision. This is what passes for modern doctrine, and it's telling that it works for both believer and atheist alike. In this worldview, the Bible becomes a collection of rules, and the job of exegesis, then, is no different from that of a law clerk, namely, to comb the text for quotes that support one's point of view and undermine that of one's opponent.
I recently had a friend, who ought to know better, announce that most of what Jesus talked about was economics. I told him that notion is at odds with the understanding of every Church father, and of every serious theologian for that matter. He responded that if my claim were true, he would have heard about it in divinity school.
My friend-like the critics of the boy who won't wrestle girls-labors under the notion that everything stupid or wrong will be labeled as such by the Bible or theologians. This vastly underestimates the idiocy of which man is capable. Of course my friend never heard in divinity school that Jesus didn't mostly talk about economics-because it never occurred to his teachers (except perhaps for the one with the novel theory) that anyone could conclude such a thing. And of course there's no verse in the Bible forbidding boys from wrestling girls, because it seems fairly sensible, given all the business about respect and avoiding temptation.
It's a hole we've dug for ourselves with our proof-texting approach, our sense that any one of us can glean everything we need to know unaided from the Bible, and that anything not specifically mentioned is a matter of conscience or liberty or culturally determined propriety. We undermine the authority of the Church when we think this way, which is perhaps the objective of many of my friends who do think this way, and who concomitantly view pronouncements from bishops and preachers and church councils with suspicion.
But in so doing, we invite any unbeliever with a Bible to imagine that the task of discerning truth and right behavior is as simple as finding verses to match one's demands, or assuring oneself that there are no verses explicitly denying oneself the right to do what one wants.
What gets lost in the shuffle are conscience and Church, and all the remains are volley and returned volley of quotations, all of them stripped of context, all of them approached with the eyes of lawyers rather than penitents and petitioners.

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Without dillydallying, the Wave delivered in its 4-1 win over Greenwich on Monday.
Darien led 3-0 at the half.
"They did a great job yesterday," Wave coach Mo Minicus said of the Class L quarterfinals victory at home. "We just had a great first half. It was just a well played game, much better than the day before."
The Wave led 4-0 until Greenwich scored with 17 minutes to play in the second half.
Number one seed Darien (17-1) plays No. 4 New Milford (14-2-2) in the semis at Weston High 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
"We ended up changing the starting lineup a little bit and giving Kyla Johns a chance to start, and Georgia Cassidy," Minicus said. "Just to do something different."
Life's like that. Why not field hockey.
Scoring for 1-0 for Darien with 23:00 on the clock in the first half, Johns, keeping her streak going, that goes back to the FCIAC semis-final.
"On a gorgeous cross from Kat Huber," said Minicus of Johns' goal. "And Kyla swept it in the cage."
Four minutes later Johns and Cassidy set up a breakaway by Lexi Perticone and she made it 2-0.
"It got to the right of the goalkeeper, and the ball was sitting there, on the five-yard line all alone, and Lexi comes in," said Minicus.
With five minutes left in the half Hollis Perticone tipped the ball in to Claire Culliton and she finished it for 3-0.
Twenty-two minutes stood on the clock in the second half when freshman Cassidy set up Hollis Perticone for 4-0.
"She just wheeled and dealed her way around people," said Minicus. "In and out of the circle, and just sent it into the middle of the circle where Hollis (Perticone) was wide open. And Hollis looked up with such poise and shot and scored (lifting it)."
Danica Hornick made five saves in the cage for Darien.
"And we had some stellar defense from Jackie Brokaw," Minicus made sure to add. "And absolute amazing midfield play by Kat. Kat was just the unsung hero of the day — everywhere. Beautiful game."
Senior Huber is committed for highly ranked Syracuse next season.
"It's a big step," said Minicus.
Next step though is vs. a New Milford program the Wave has not played against in over half a decade.
But Minicus knows what to expect.
"I think they are going to be hard," said Minicus. "Fast and physical."


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On March 24-25, Embassy Oslo co-hosted a highly successful social entrepreneurship conference that brought a Nordic focus to President Obama's April 2010 Entrepreneurship Summit. The Partnership For Change Conference was the first of its kind in Norway, attracting over 700 attendees, including our ambassadors to Denmark and Sweden and the founders of several notable institutions. The mix of seminars, speeches, workshops and networking opportunities attracted a great mix of participants, including American and Nordic pioneers in the field, financiers, philanthropists, and, of course, potential social entrepreneurs. It was particularly rewarding to see such a diverse audience taking part in the conference. Special attention was paid to equipping potential social entrepreneurs with practical skills, such as pro bono legal assistance and coaching on presentation skills. Post will build upon this imitative in the coming months, to ensure that the social entrepreneurship spirit remains vibrant in Norway.
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Your Mandate To Love is focused on getting you proactive and motivated in trying different approaches to meeting and attracting women into your life. Many of you already would be aware of, and are participating in online dating – at least I hope so! There are dozens of online dating websites, and they are all different. Some are much better than others.
This article on online dating websites will focus on the where, the how and the why of online dating and offer some advice along the way.
Lets look at some key points on why you should join online dating websites:
- The market is expanding and its now a given that online dating is an acceptable way to meet other people.
- Its cost effective. In fact its often much cheaper per date than a few drinks at the local or a dinner for two.
- Its convenient. You can log in anywhere and check your potential contacts 24/7.
- Many women feel safer online.
- Its a great way to edit your specifications and seek the ideal partner or person you are looking for.
- Your profile is always visible and working around the clock.
Lets look at some key points on where you can join online dating websites:
- Google is always a good place to start. A rule of thumb is to search for the top internet or online dating sites.
- Once you have found a few, take a look around the sites, then reduce the number to say your top 2 or 3.
- Once you do that go back to Google and search for the reviews on those dating sites. Often they can be good indicators to sentiment and performance of the site.
- I'd recommend settling for 1 site initially (Click Here For My Number 1 Recommendation For Meeting Quality Women Through Online Dating Websites) and getting comfortable with the process if it is new to you.
Lets look at some key points on how you should approach online dating websites:
- Take some time to read the profiles and get a feel for what people are looking for.
- Also go to the home page – usually the better sites have a guide about how to create a good online dating profile.
- Once you have got a good idea about how to create your profile make sure you get a good recent photo of yourself and make sure its a happy one.
- You will generally need to purchase credits, stamps or a paid membership to contact the women on the online dating website.
- Make sure you READ the womens profiles to ensure you are within their demographic and what they are asking for before emailing them.
- Again, make sure you read the profile. One of the biggest complaints i've heard from women is the fact that many men do not read their profiles or have respected what they have asked for in their profiles.
- Make sure your grammar and spelling are 100% correct. Its another critical factor in gaining a womens interest and shows you are not only smart enough to string a sentence together, but you have taken the time to make sure its right.
- Keep your email communications relatively short.
- Do not disclose personal information about yourself.
- State clearly that you are online with the intention of securing a date in the real world – some women will try to get to know you online first. Do not do this if possible. They will often be screening you and testing you before the chance of a real date. Be direct. Be polite. And state that if she would like to meet you for a coffee or drink you would love to meet her. Resist all temptation and persuasion to continue online communication.
- A line I have used (I am thankfully not single anymore) online dating is that I see the online dating process as a means to an end – not an end in itself. It is merely an opportunity to quickly make contact online then meet in the real world.
A closing piece of advice when using online dating websites is to remember that when you communicate online with someone you do not get to know that person – you merely only get to believe that person and who they say they are.
Approach online dating websites with optimism and with an opportunistic mindset as they are fantastic places to meet people. Just be sure to remind yourself that a person does not in fact exist until you physically meet them.
Keep that in mind and your experiences with online dating websites should be meaningful and worthwhile.


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The king shark
Anheuser-Busch continues to market to "future beer drinkers"
I teach creative writing at Jackson Elementary School, about 10 blocks north of downtown St. Louis, in a neighborhood of trash-strewn lots, empty buildings, and boarded-up cathedrals. The students are wonderful: eager, talented, and full of laughter. The school lacks resources to train them well, however, and is part of a city system that lost its state accreditation during the past year. The kids need all the help and attention they can get, and they drink it up thirstily. Imagine my surprise when I saw, tacked to the wall in a hallway at Jackson School, a large laminated poster with an Anheuser-Busch logo in the corner. It looked like part of a series. At the top, in embossed-looking gold cursive, it read "Great Kings of Africa," and in shining golden letters below, "Behanzin Hossu Bowelle, The King Shark (1841-1906)." Around a central map of Africa, full of tribal imagery, nearly illegible text talks for two paragraphs about Behanzin, and then launches into pro-Anheuser-Busch rhetoric: "For more than twenty years, Budweiser's Great Kings and Queens of Africa Program has made a unique and powerful contribution to African-American culture.... In 1999, Budweiser continues this proud tradition.... We at Anheuser-Busch are pleased to provide," etc., etc. If this sounds like copy from an insurance company desk calendar, it's no coincidence. These posters are written and produced by Busch Creative (www.buschcreative.com), an agency that also provides a range of sales promotions and advertising services for Anheuser-Busch. In the consumer marketing industry, this kind of poster would usually be called a sales promotion vehicle. Since no one in his right mind would admit to distributing beer promotions to an elementary school, however, Anheuser-Busch categorizes this particular effort as "cultural outreach." There's been a lot of buzz in the past five years about Budweiser's advertising: Groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving say it targets underage children. The objections are understandable, since the three animated frogs croaking "Bud... Weis... Er" seem pulled right out of Sesame Street. Since their introduction in 1995, they have become cultural icons. Apparently, though, the mega-beer company doesn't take the accusations too seriously. Anheuser-Busch responded in 1997 by inventing talking lizards named Frank and Louie. They may as well have named them Bert and Ernie. A poll of 800 children ages 6 to 17 showed the Bud lizard commercials to be the most popular in a field of 240 advertisements (as reported by Advertising Age, March 26, 1998). The lizards have exited stage left, but Budweiser ads continue to appeal strongly to children. During an April 23 television broadcast of a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game, one of the broadcasters roamed Busch Stadium with microphone in hand and ended up in a birthday party suite full of teenage boys. After listing the benefits of the facility, he said, "Hey Bob. These kids have something to say!" He held out the mike to them, and they shouted in unison, "Whaaasssuup!!"-the humorous catch-phrase of Budweiser's latest ad campaign. The hallways of Jackson School display four "Great Kings and Queens of Africa" posters, some of them taped to classroom doors. Joan Parham, Jackson's Instructional Coordinator, said, "I think [the posters] are fantastic. They allow kids to drift back into some history they don't hear too often. I like the artwork-the depictions are great-they're colorful. I would almost say they are a bit glamorous." When asked whether she had considered that A-B might be using them as a marketing tool, she added, "There are so many things that are flawed-we just like them for what they do for the kids. We certainly do not advocate drinking. We're not looking at ulterior motives." She said that covering the logos might be a good solution. Anheuser-Busch would never admit to an agenda of brand-reinforcement among schoolchildren. After all, the posters are distributed free of charge and by request only. But the reality is that the "Great Kings and Queens of Africa" program enables A-B to display its logo at eye-level in the hallways of Jackson Elementary School. According to Thelma Cook, a senior member of the Corporate Affairs department which produces the posters, over five million Anheuser-Busch branded posters have been delivered to schools, individuals, and community centers since 1975. This school year is now done, but in the fall, if Anheuser-Busch wants to be charitable, why doesn't it begin producing posters with a name and logo other than its own? That would prove good intentions and avoid any hint of exploitation.


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While I'm away, readers give the advice.
On begging, pleading, nagging a mate to adopt healthier habits:
DEAR ON BEGGING, PLEADING, NAGGING A MATE TO ADOPT HEALTHIER HABITS: Over the years, I have also come to the conclusion you have: My wife has chosen a path that I cannot force her from. In my situation I believe that any suggestions, hints or offers only strengthen her will to resist.
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The main point I want to make is this: It is clear that a lack of activity and poor diet will shorten and/or reduce one's quality of life. As I approach retirement age, I'm nagged by my thoughts that we'll be living something less than we could have because my better half is home sick or an invalid when we might have had some quality years. Take care of her when and if she gets to that point? I will. And consider that commitment: doctor/hospital visits, rehab, special-care needs, not to mention the financial costs and stress.
I will have to try not to let bitterness enter. But it will be harder to get over these feelings when I think of what might have been, when all she had to do was get off the couch.
Married people have obligations to each other. It's the fundamental premise of marriage. If you want absolute personal autonomy, don't get married. There are limits, of course: Marital obligations don't eradicate autonomy; they only limit its extent. Tyranny isn't allowed, and self-abnegation isn't required.
Among the most basic and important of marital obligations is a duty always to be mutually supportive. Contrary to common misunderstanding of the concept, however, being your supportive spouse doesn't mean being an uncritical cheerleader no matter what you do. On the contrary, a supportive spouse is one who does whatever is required to help you live the best, most fulfilling life you can, whether that means learning from you or teaching you, thanking you or forgiving you, celebrating how wonderful you are or telling you when you're screwing up and demanding that you do better. Nobody likes to be confronted about their failures, but who's the more valuable friend, the one who buys you another drink when you're already staggering, or the one who takes your car keys and won't give them back no matter how angry you get? Being supportive does not include standing silently by, watching you make a lifestyle of self-destructive behavior, in order to avoid hurting your feelings. A habit of total physical inactivity is unquestionably self-destructive, and it's a spouse's duty and right to address it because the consequences, actual or potential, affect him or her profoundly.
People often assert that the "real" complaint isn't worry about health, but rather of being less sexually attracted to a spouse who has gained weight, with the implication that, if so, it's a discreditable concern. It doesn't have to be all one or the other. If sexual appeal is an issue, why shouldn't it be?
Exercise and weight loss aren't synonymous terms, except in the popular mind, and there are much more important goals and results of physical activity than changes in body composition and shape. But when one spouse tells the other repeatedly that physical activity and good nutrition are important — offering to initiate walks and participate in them, for example, not just ordering the other to go — and the other consistently refuses, it is a blowoff to respond with casual, insincere throwaway responses like "next week." The disrespectful message is, "I don't care about you, your concerns, or the marriage — leave me alone." A spouse just might do it, too.
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Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 - Congo, Republic of
|Child Soldiers International
|Publication Date
|20 May 2008
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|Child Soldiers International, Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 - Congo, Republic of, 20 May 2008, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/486cb0f61.html [accessed 30 May 2016]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Population: 4.0 million (2.2 million under 18)
Government Armed Forces: 10,000
Compulsary Recruitment Age: no conscription
Voluntary Recruitment Age: 18
Voting Age: 18
Optional Protocol: not signed
Other Treaties: GC AP I, GC AP II, CRC, ILO 138, ILO 182, ACRWC, ICC
There were no reports of under-18s in the armed forces. An unknown number of child soldiers and former child soldiers were thought to remain with an armed group.
Implementation of the March 2003 peace agreement between the government and the National Resistance Council (Conseil national de résistance, CNR) (known as the Ninjas) was repeatedly delayed. The situation in the Pool region in south-eastern Congo, the stronghold of the Ninjas, remained particularly difficult. By March 2007 security appeared to have improved, but the fragility of the improvement was underlined by the failure fully to implement disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programs or to control the spread of small arms.1 In January 2007 CNR leader Frédéric Bitsangou, alias Pasteur Ntoumi, announced that the CNR had applied to be registered as a political party and committed itself to disarmament.2 In May Frédéric Bitsangou was appointed by presidential decree as general delegate in charge of promotion of peace and post-conflict reconstruction, but failed to take up his post as expected in September after a dispute with the government.3
Former CNR child soldiers, not always under the control of their former leaders, were reported to be a major factor in the insecurity in the Pool region through their involvement in armed robbery. UNICEF expressed concern that the presence of armed elements increased the threat of sexual violence.4
National recruitment legislation and practice
There had been no conscription since 1969. Enlistment in the armed forces was voluntary with a minimum recruitment age of 18.5
Armed Groups:
No recent information was available on the recruitment of child soldiers by the CNR. The vast majority of former child soldiers who had fought with the CNR during the conflict were by 2007 believed to be over 18. However, child soldiers were reported as guarding the railway in the Pool region, suggesting that recruitment in some form may have been continuing.6 Estimates dating from 2003 were that some 1,500-1,800 former child soldiers required demobilization, but the reliability of these figures had not been established.7
Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR):
The governmental commission for the reintegration of former combatants, Haut Commissariat à la Réinsertion des Ex-combattants, estimated that over 4,600 child soldiers took part in Congo's conflicts between 1993 and 2002.8
Between February 2002 and December 2004, 965 former child soldiers, most of whom were by then over 18, were among 9,000 former combatants taking part in an Emergency Demobilization and Reintegration Program (Projet d'Urgence de Démobilisation et de Réinsertion, PDR).9
After significant delays due in part to the difficulty in establishing the number of beneficiaries and a financial management system, a National Disarmament, Demobilization and Reinsertion Program (Programme national de désarmement, démobilisation et réinsertion, PNDDR), partially funded by the Multi-country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP),10 received its first disbursement in October 2006. It was expected that by July 2007 reintegration support would have been delivered to some 1,000 former combatants who had self-demobilized.11 Up to 30,000 former combatants, including 19,000 from the 1998-9 conflict, were expected to benefit from the PNDDR.12
Of former child soldiers to have been provisionally identified, 517 were girls and 1,261 boys.13
Building on the lessons of other MDRP-supported DDR programs in the region, the PNDDR explicitly recognized the necessity of addressing the particular needs of former child soldiers, recruited as children but demobilized as young adults. It proposed that particular attention be paid to psychosocial counselling and support, life skills, independent living skills, employment orientation and guidance for former child soldiers up to the age of 21 in the case of males and 25 in the case of females.14 The PNDDR also recognized the special attention required to address the needs of former girl child soldiers, including encouraging participation in the program, adapting psychosocial support to female trauma profiles and conflict experiences, providing appropriate apprenticeships and training, and sensitizing spouses and families.15
A project on Prevention and Reintegration of Children involved in Armed Conflict was implemented between 2004 and 2007 by the International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) of the International Labour Organization (ILO). It focused on socio-economic reintegration support and preventing recruitment of children by armed groups. Approximately 200 former child soldiers, more than 70 of them girls, received professional training or work placements, while over 650 vulnerable children, including more than 200 girls, participated in the anti-recruitment program.16
In 2006 an estimated 34,000 weapons were illegally held in Congo by members of former armed groups as well as by the civilian population. In September 2005, 507 firearms and over 3,600 pieces of ammunition were destroyed, and weapons collected between December 2005 and March 2006 from 800 civilians and former soldiers were destroyed in March 2006 through an internationally funded weapons collection program.17
The CNR received an unknown sum of money from the Congolese government to disarm its combatants in the Pool region. Progress was not clear, and in May 2007 a first symbolic burning of collected weapons was postponed.18
In 2006 the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed concern that despite international support for a DDR process, the physical and psychological recovery needs of many former child soldiers had not been met. It recommended that particular attention be paid to the specific needs of girls and to the reintegration of former child soldiers into the education system.19
At a February 2007 ministerial meeting in Paris, the Republic of Congo and 58 other states endorsed the Paris Commitments to protect children from unlawful recruitment or use by armed forces or armed groups and the Paris Principles and guidelines on children associated with armed forces or armed groups. The documents reaffirmed international standards and operational principles for protecting and assisting child soldiers and followed a wide-ranging global consultation jointly sponsored by the French government and UNICEF.
International standards
The Republic of Congo ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in May 2004 and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in September 2006.
1 UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 2007: Republic of Congo, www.unicef.org/har07.
2 "Congo: Govt, agencies welcome decision to make rebel group political party", IRIN, 1 February 2007, www.irinnews.org.
3 "Congo: Ntoumi 'problem' is solved, says president", IRIN, 5 October 2007.
4 UNICEF, above note 1.
5 Rachel Brett and Margaret McCallin, Children: The Invisible Soldiers, Rädda Barnen (Save the Children – Sweden), Stockholm, 1998; Guy S. Goodwin-Gill and Ilene Cohn, Child Soldiers, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1994.
6 Information from Haut Commissariat à la Réinsertion des Ex-combattants, May 2007.
7 Information from Lead Specialist, World Bank, April 2007.
8 Haut Commissariat, above note 6.
9 Ibid.
10 The Multi-country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) supports demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants in the greater Great Lakes region of central Africa (Angola, Burundi Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda). It is financed by the World Bank, 12 donor governments and the European Commission, and involves governments in the region, the UN and its agencies, and regional organizations. See www.mdrp.org.
11 World Bank, above note 7.
12 MDRP, Republic of Congo Activities at a Glance, www.mdrp.org, updated March 2007.
13 Haut commissariat, above note 6.
14 World Bank Document, Technical Annex for a Program of US$17 million from the MDRP multi-donor trust fund to the Republic of Congo for an emergency reintegration program, Report No. 33787, 14 December 2005, www.mdrp.org.
15 World Bank, above note 7.
16 Le projet BIT/IPEC fait le bilan de ses activités, www.congo-site.com).
17 "Congo: small arms continue to threaten political transition and stability", IRIN, 9 May 2006.
18 Haut commissariat, above note 6.
19 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Consideration of report submitted by the Republic of Congo, Concluding observations, UN Doc. CRC/C/COG/CO/1, 20 October 2006.


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If Billy Corgan continues writing his autobiography at his current pace, he may be writing the next "War and Peace."
Corgan writes on his Web site he has written 200,000 words so far, but he's completed only five of 12 intended sections. He says he will probably end up writing half a million words.
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Five years ago, a landmark report called Rising above the Gathering Storm warned about the United States' ability to prosper in an increasingly competitive global economy. Produced by a joint committee of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine, it sounded an alarm that reverberated widely. Now the same organizations have issued a reassessment that reveals an even worse picture today, prompting the National Academies to title their latest document Rising above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5.
This latest report illuminates our nation's accelerating decay in the areas of basic scientific research and science education, two key engines of the very innovation that the report maintains is a primary driver of our economic future.
While scientists and engineers make up only four percent of the U.S. workforce, "this group disproportionately creates jobs for the other 96 percent," the National Science Board has observed. The Gathering Storm committee cited studies by Nobel laureate Robert Solow indicating that "well over half of the growth in U.S. output per hour during the first half of the 20th century could be attributed to advancements in knowledge, particularly technology."
Approaching Category 5's authors conclude that "the nation's competitive outlook has worsened since 2005, when Gathering Storm issued its call to strengthen K-12 education and double the federal budget for basic research. While progress has been made in certain areas, the latitude to fix the problems being confronted has been severely diminished by the economic recession and growth of the national debt over this period from $8 trillion to $13 trillion." Moreover, the authors observe, "other nations have been markedly progressing, thereby affecting America's relative ability to compete for new factories, research laboratories and jobs."
There has been some positive news on this front in the last few days. President Obama announced on September 27th a new goal of recruiting 10,000 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers over the next two years. "This announcement will move the country forward on the Obama Administration's ambitious goal of preparing 100,000 STEM teachers over the next decade," the Associated Press reported.
However, if, as the AP says, President Obama has made improving STEM education in America's 14,000 school districts one of his "top priorities," the United States has a long way to go. As Approaching Category 5 points out:
• Sixty-nine percent of U.S. public school students in fifth through eighth grade are taught mathematics by a teacher without a degree or certificate in mathematics.
• Ninety-three percent of U.S. public school students in fifth through eighth grade are taught the physical sciences by a teacher without a degree or certificate in the physical sciences.
• The World Economic Forum ranks the United States 48th in quality of mathematics and science education.
• The United States ranks 27th among developed nations in the proportion of college students receiving undergraduate degrees in science or engineering.
• In 2000, the number of foreign students studying the physical sciences and engineering in U.S. graduate schools for the first time surpassed the number of U.S. students.
• China's Tsinghua and Peking universities are the two largest suppliers of students who receive Ph.D.s - in the United States.
Meanwhile, U.S. competitive capacity is slipping:
• In 2001, 51 percent of U.S. patents were awarded to non-U.S. companies.
• Between 1996 and 1999, 157 new drugs were approved in the United States. In a corresponding period a decade later, the number dropped to 74.
• China has replaced the United States as the world's No. 1 high-tech exporter and is now second in the world in publication of biomedical research articles.
• Almost one-third of U.S.-based manufacturers responding to a recent survey say they are suffering from skills shortages.
• U.S. firms spend twice as much on litigation as on research.
Thomas Friedman, The New York Times columnist, recently pointed out that China has at least four big, "multibillion-dollar, 25-year-horizon, game-changing" initiatives in the works: "building a network of ultramodern airports; building a web of high-speed trains connecting major cities; a third is in bioscience, where the Beijing Genomics Institute this year ordered 128 DNA sequencers -- from America...; and, finally, Beijing just announced that it was providing $15 billion in seed money for the country's leading auto and battery companies to create an electric car industry."
Friedman calls these technologically advanced projects "moonshots" and points out that America's only big "moonshot" these days seems to be "fixing Afghanistan."
The authors of Approaching Category 5 maintain that one small step in the process of turning this situation around would be for Congress to reauthorize and refund the America COMPETES Act, which is set to expire this year. Passed in 2007 and unfunded until the Obama stimulus package was created in 2009, America COMPETES increased federal funding for K-12 education, provided scholarships for math and science teachers, and funded the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
Far more than that is needed in response to these Storm warnings. The future of our economic competitiveness and, therefore, our way of life is at stake.
James M. Gentile is President & CEO of Research Corporation for Science Advancement, America's second-oldest private foundation, and the first dedicated wholly to science.


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"He went outside and spoke to people, the first 50 of them were not ready to speak against us. All of them said that they were happy with the government. Many reporters are honest, media owners and some political parties are not letting them work. He said it was a compulsion as the boss has asked so he got three-four people to speak against you," claimed Arvind Kejriwal.
He argued that "this is not journalism. This is your country as well. This is wrong".
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Arnold Schwarzenegger nurtured his inner Bill Cosby as he left a store in California this week wearing ... well, you'll have to see this sweater for yourselves.
The Governator was all smiles as he strolled with his daughter Christina in Brentwood, wearing a fuzzy and colorful knit cardigan over a white button-down and a hefty belt buckle.
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CLEVELAND - A man arrested in connection with the shooting of a 12-year-old girl was released from Cuyahoga County Jail a few weeks before the shooting on Sunday.
Russell James, 20, was released May 3. He was indicted on a drug trafficking charge in May 2012.
James was arrested for felonious assault Tuesday in connection with the shooting.
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Not content to sit on its laurels while it waits for various agencies to scrutinize and either approve or deny its $45.2 billion merger with Time Warner Cable, Comcast has unleashed an army of lobbyists and influencers on Washington D.C.
According to newly filed federal disclosures, Comcast has employed more than 80 in-house and outside lobbyists to spin the positives of the merger and to address broader competition concerns and issues related to net neutrality. Since announcing the merger in February, Comcast has deployed an army of lobbyists in D.C. and has taken advantage of Time Warner Cable's own deep roster of consultants.
But where lobbyists can't get the job done, campaign contributions are doing a little bit of the heavy lifting.
Comcast spent $290,000 in campaign contributions to members of Congress in March, more than twice what it spent in the previous month. That might explain why there are very few lawmakers opposing the deal, save Democratic Minnesota Senator Al Franken.
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When asked about all this new activity, Comcast spokeswoman Joelle Terry told Politico that the company has been "reaching out to share how the transaction will allow us to continue driving innovation and responding to an intensely competitive environment." She pledged Comcast would "continue to share the public interest benefits" of the deal going forward.
Comcast spent a total of $3 million in lobbying during the first quarter of this year, down from the $4.4 million it spent over the same period in 2013. Despite that spending dip, Comcast's reach is more extensive when combined with the $1.9 million that Time Warner Cable shelled out for lobbying in the quarter. Together, the two companies' efforts dwarfed what opponents of the deal have been able to spend.
Netflix, which formally opposed the deal earlier this week, spent $300,000 on lobbying between Jan. 1 and April 1. Its federal disclosure indicated that the company was focusing on competition and net neutrality.
Groups such as Consumers Union and Writers Guild of America West also spent small amounts of money to oppose the Comcast deal. Glenn Beck's TheBlaze TV devoted part of its $10,000 first-quarter lobbying bill to fight the transaction, oddly enough. And BBC Worldwide America disclosed for the first time it's lobbying on "issues" related to the transaction, though it didn't give specifics.
Both Comcast and Time Warner Cable also continued to donate heavily to lawmakers' re-election campaigns. The Comcast PAC donated to lawmakers in both parties, bringing its total in the 2014 election cycle to about $2.4 million. Most notably, Comcast wrote a $2,500 check to the leadership PAC affiliated with Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House's telecom subcommittee. Her leadership PAC also took a small donation from Time Warner Cable's PAC, to the tune of $60,000 to lawmakers in March, according to federal records. That brings its 2014 cycle total to more than $620,000.
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Sabha Priyantha Pathberiya all 20 teams were presented with volleyballs.
Jayantha Ketagoda, the Chairman of Pitipana Lion's Club Sampath
Pathmawardane, the Youth Services Officer Neelsiri Katriarachchi and the
Principal of the Central College Nevil Kularatne were also present.
University of Sri Jayewardenepura carried away the Prof. Priyantha
Wijethunga Challenge Trophy when they defeated University of Moratuwa
and University of Ruhuna in their annual Triangular Cricket Tournament
which concluded recently.
It was Kasun Perera who shined for Sri Jayewardenepura when he had
the best figures of three wickets for no runs against University of
Moratuwa and later followed by it claiming 4/20 against Ruhuna
D. M. Perera scored a ton vs Ruhuna Campus.
Beat Uni of Moratuwa
University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 88 all out in 27.5 overs. N.C.M.
Senanayake 33, Supun Bulathsinghala 3/13
University of Moratuwa, 57 all out in 25.2 overs
Kasun Perera 3/0, S. Thiruchendoorrajah 3/5, D. I. Senadeera 3/7.
Beat Uni of Ruhuna
University of Sri Jayewardenepura 211/7 after 35 overs.
D. M. Perera 102, Udesh Perera 30/4, I.U. Wijesinghe 36.
University of Ruhuna 157 all out
Udayanga Jayarathne 29, Kasun Perera 4/20, S. Dasanayake 4/32.
Old Boys of Carey College defeated their present boys by three
wickets in their annual cricket encounter which was played at Malay
Cricket grounds last Sunday. K.D. Chinthaka with a fine half century
paved the way for the Old Boys to register their victory.
Present Boys: 141 in 29 overs (K. Chamara 13, A. Hajireen 24, D.
Dissanayake 11, I. Amila 31, B. Senaratne 14, J. Wouterz 5 for 13, D.
Abeygunawardena 2 for 24.
Old Boys: 145 (K. D. Chinthaka 55, J. Wouterz 24, A Hafiz 14 I.
Sampath 2 for 30, A. Nazeer 3 for 6.)
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- â For the Dough â
- 3/4 cup part skim ricotta cheese (or cottage cheese)
- 1/3 cup low fat buttermilk
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 oz. unsalted butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 9 oz. all purpose flour (about 2 cups)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- â For the Filling â
- 3/4 oz. unsalted butter
- 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. ground allspice
- 1/4 tsp. ground cardamom
- â For the Glaze â
- 2 ounces mascarpone cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar, or to taste
- 1 tablespoons skim milk, or as needed
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- Heat the oven to 400°F. Grease the sides and bottom of a 8 or 9Ⳡbaking pan with cooking spray.
- Combine the ricotta cheese, buttermilk, sugar, melted butter, and vanilla in food processor and process until smooth, about 10 seconds. Add the flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda and pulse in short bursts just until the dough clumps together (donât overprocess). The dough will be soft and moist.
- Dump the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead it with floured hands 4 or 5 times until smooth (it really only takes 4-5 times). With a rolling pin, roll the dough into a 12Ã15-inch rectangle. I discovered that 12Ã15 is exactly the size of my flexible plastic cutting board, so thatâs a quick and easy way to size it.
- Brush the dough with the melted butter, leaving a 1/2-inch border unbuttered around the edges. In a medium bowl, combine brown sugar and spices. Sprinkle the mixture over the buttered area of the dough and press gently into the surface.
- Starting at a long edge, roll up the dough jelly-roll style. Pinch the seam to seal, and leave the ends open.
- With a sharp knife, cut the roll into equal pieces (I got 8). Set the pieces, cut side up, in the prepared pan; they should fill the pan and touch slightly, but donât worry if there are small gaps.
- Bake until golden brown and firm to the touch, 20 to 28 minutes. Set the pan on a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes. Run a spatula around the inside edge of the pan to loosen the rolls, and transfer them to a serving plate.
- In a small bowl, mix the softened mascarpone cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla to make a smooth glaze. Add milk as needed to achieve desired consistency. Spread or drizzle onto warm rolls. Let stand 10 minutes (or as long as you can stand) and serve.
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|Amount Per Serving
|Serving Size 112g
|Recipe makes 8 servings
|Calories 354
|Calories from Fat 95
|Total Fat 10.74g
|Saturated Fat 6.65g
|Trans Fat 0.0g
|Cholesterol 31mg
|Sodium 699mg
|Potassium 112mg
|Total Carbs 58.23g
|Dietary Fiber 1.2g
|Sugars 32.26g
|Protein 6.45g


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This time, according to critics, they are attempting to interfere with the free exercise of Second Amendment liberties by simply taxing gun ownership and use beyond the means of many residents.
Taxation has often been used as a means of social coercion; so-called "sin taxes" on alcohol and cigarettes, for example, have been used as a means of supposedly discouraging the use of such products, while providing the government with a lucrative means of taxing the public in addition to many other forms of property, income, and sales taxes that regularly assault the public's pocketbooks. Now, Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago), a member of the Illinois legislature, is proposing a similar "sin tax" on ammunition. At the same time, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing for a new statewide "handgun registry" that would not only impose an onerous burden on gun owners ($65 per firearm), but would also create a massive state database tracking the location and ownership of every firearm in the state.
Cassidy's bill to increase the taxes on ammunition is supposedly intended to fund a "high-crime trauma center grant fund" by means of a two-percent surtax on ammunition. The grant fund would then be used to give financial assistance to trauma centers in "high-crime areas." An article by Judson Berger for FoxNews explains the logic behind the new tax:
The idea is to begin to offset the high cost of gun violence. Mark Walsh, campaign director for the Illinois Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, told FoxNews.com that cost often ends up being shouldered by these urban trauma centers.
"[The money would go] into communities here in Illinois that have been damaged with gun violence," he said. "I think it's a legitimate way to pursue funding."
Cassidy filed the bill (HB 5167) on February 8; nine days later it was assigned to the executive committee. According to the text of the legislation, the new tax would come into effect at the beginning of next year:
Beginning January 1, 2013, in addition to all other rates of tax imposed under this Act, a surcharge of 2% is imposed on the selling price of firearm ammunition, except firearm ammunition purchased by the Department of Natural Resources. "Firearm" and "firearm ammunition" have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
The legislation also specifies that all the funds raised through the new surcharge would be distributed monthly to designated "trauma centers":
Beginning January 1, 2013, the Department shall pay into the High Crime Trauma Center Grant Fund 100% of the net revenue realized for the preceding month from the 2% surcharge on the selling price of firearm ammunition.
Critics of the legislation, including Richard Pearson of the Illinois State Rifle Association, view the new ammunition surcharge as one that taxes gun owners — especially those in rural areas — to pay the costs for Chicago's high crime rate. As Pearson told FoxNews:
"We aren't causing the problem. They are," Pearson said. "It's an attack on firearm owners and their rights.... They think that because we like to target shoot and hunt, we're bad people, and we should pay for all the ills of the city of Chicago."
The Fox story continued,
Since gun owners in Illinois have to have a special ID card which requires a background check to obtain, Pearson said those committing crimes of gun violence aren't likely to be paying much into the proposed tax fund.
"They're not buying their ammunition [legally]. They're not paying any part of the tax. They're getting their stuff illegally," he said.
Facing the prospect of ammunition costing approximately 50 cents more per box, even a monthly trip to the gun range could become significantly more expensive.
An article for Chicago radio station WBEZ details the proposed legislation:
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants lawmakers to require that all handguns in Illinois be registered with the state, or gun owners could face felony charges....
Under Emanuel's proposal, handgun owners would have to pay $65 for a registration certificate from the state, which would function much like the title to a car....
The handgun registration certificate would include information about the owner, the make and model of the gun, as well as where and when the firearm was bought. Registration applicants would also need a valid firearm owners identification card.
Owners and dealers would be required to notify Illinois State Police whenever a handgun changes hands. The registration certificate would last for five years, and cost $25 to renew.
Handgun owners would also have to tell the state if their gun gets lost or stolen, or they could face misdemeanor charges, according to the mayor's proposal. People caught in possession of an unregistered gun would be slapped with a felony.
The hefty registration fee imposes an onerous burden on gun owners — one which, for relatively inexpensive firearms, adds an additional tax at a rate of 20 percent, or more. Even worse, the legislation criminalizes ownership of an item that is closely linked to the free exercise of a fundamental liberty protected by the U.S. Constitution. Would Emanuel expect printing presses, photocopiers, and laser printers to be registered with the government, lest someone exercise their First Amendment liberties in an unregistered way?
As John Haughey recently opined in an article for OutdoorLife.com:
Hypocrisy is so entrenched in what passes for political discourse in Illinois that a Chicago mayor can [thumb] his nose at the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court, and demand that law-abiding citizens pay a fee to exercise a civil liberty ... and it elicits little commentary other than shrugs and smirks.
On Feb. 9, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel began lobbying state Legislators to establish a statewide "handgun registry" that would require all Illinois handgun owners to pay a $65 registration fee to the state and provide the Illinois State Police with personal information, the gun's make and model, and where and when the firearm was purchased.
This isn't audacity, it is a crass ploy based on the reality that gun owners are an exploitable constituency with little political efficacy. In Illinois, especially when Chicago politicians dominate Springfield (and, by the way, Washington D.C.), an exploitable constituency is another way to say, "Easy target."
Emanuel and his allies are "targeting" the constitutional liberties of the people of Illinois. Criminalizing gun ownership is no joke; it is a frontal assault on the civil liberties of the people of these United States.


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Insults fly as McLaren debate hot up
Sergio Perez's McLaren is wheeled towards scrutineering ... but what will the ubiquitous Vodafone branding be replaced with in 2014?
In Formula One, everyoneŌĆÖs an expert. Lots of people actually are experts in all sorts of complicated technical concepts way beyond the understanding of the average human being, but even those of us stumbling around with normal-grade brains like to think we know it all.
Which is why there are few things more amusing than getting a group of F1 journos together and listening to them argue about what colour the sky is, whether the moon actually is made of cheese, and the likelihood of x driver winning y race.
Thursday in Melbourne is the Mercedes welcome lunch, wherein the F1 press corps is invited along to a beachfront restaurant for a casual press conference with food. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg took to the stage for a few questions about the 2013 season, the challenge of being team-mates, and all the usual, before talk turned to tattoos, practical jokes, and Roscoe.
The drivers were followed by Ross Brawn and Toto Wolff, who again answered a lot of the expected questions before relaxing and cracking a few jokes.
Once the formal Q&A finished, we were treated to a delicious meal, and Toto went from table to table, chatting to the assembled media in a chilled out fashion before moving on to the next group. ItŌĆÖs a great way to kick off the season, getting the difficult questions out of the way in a relaxed atmosphere before the focus switches to the action on track.
Seating at these events is a bit of a free for all, and I was lucky to wind up on a table with some of the most esteemed and experienced journalists in the paddock. In such an environment I feel itŌĆÖs far better to keep my mouth shut and ears open ŌĆō these guys have forgotten more about motorsport than IŌĆÖm ever likely to know. Which is why it was so much fun to watch the egos battle it out over the question of McLarenŌĆÖs 2014 title sponsor.
Half the table was convinced that Vodafone would be replaced with Telmex, pointing to Sergio PerezŌĆÖs presence in the Woking team as proof that one telecommunications giant would be swapped for another. The other half thought that the 2014 title sponsor has already been on the car for the best part of a season ŌĆō GlaxoSmithKline.
This was no gentlemanŌĆÖs disagreement, oh no. Press rooms are a hotbed of juvenility, with the average sense of humour not dissimilar to that of a 14-year-old. Why just disagree with someone when you can insult them at the same time? ThatŌĆÖs not how itŌĆÖs done around these parts ŌĆō you dish it out and take it in equal measure, and you do both with a cheeky grin.
And thatŌĆÖs just the way I like it.
IŌĆÖm of the opinion that GSK will end up sponsoring McLaren next year, although I wouldnŌĆÖt be so rash as to stake money on a hunch. But McLaren and GSK have been doing some frankly astonishing work together since we first saw Lucozade branding on the car, and I think that title sponsorship would take an already mutually beneficial relationship and strengthen it even further.
Without going into embargoed detail about the B2B projects McLaren and GSK have been working on for the past year, all I can do is hope youŌĆÖll believe me when I tell you theyŌĆÖve got a lot of impressive stuff happening. And the work theyŌĆÖre doing involves the sort of time investment from both sides that just wouldnŌĆÖt make sense without a long-term relationship in the offing.
Which isnŌĆÖt to say that thereŌĆÖs not a good argument for Telmex as title sponsors. But when I interviewed Carlos Slim Domint in Barcelona last year (admittedly months before anyone thought Checo would be racing for McLaren this season) he was pretty adamant that Telmex werenŌĆÖt looking to become title sponsors. Team owners, maybe. But that was in the Sauber days, and McLaren arenŌĆÖt up for sale.
Posted by Kate Walker on 15/03/2013
@JCA: Either Mercedes or one of their sponsors footed the bill for the meal - I'm not sure. But what makes you think it was expensive? Delicious doesn't have to mean costly.
And the wait staff were friendly, courteous, and professional. Any judging/hating happened in private.
@Adelaide F1 Fan: Thanks for the tips! The food around here is fantastic. Part of the problem for me is being spoiled for choice - where do you even start?
Posted by flavio parigi on 15/03/2013
Someone still questioning why Perez go to McLaren?
Driver skill or big wallet?
Posted by d sky on 14/03/2013
Maybe Honda will be sponsors with engine supply
Posted by MycLaren on 14/03/2013
I know it since Sergio signs, he-he! Never liked vodafone... Welcome TelMex!
Posted by Adelaide F1 Fan on 14/03/2013
Hey Kate, good article. In reference to JCA don't worry I am from Australia and understand your stance taken from the previous article about the price of everything being exorbitant. With supply and demand these things happen, and really the prices aren't too bad when you consider it not custom for waiters to recieve a tip personally. You should check out the strip of foodie places along Sydney Road Brunswick just 5km one road north of the CBD, about as cheap, trendy and multicultral you can get. Nice $10 pizzas, $10 curries and the best kebab the Greek Melbournites have to offer, anytime. Plus there are still the $3.95 6 inch subs from subway, or a couple of the $2 double bacon cheesburgers from maccas if you are going broke. It's a worldwide event and these are the gripes one has to deal with different cultures, customs and Australians liking to hound anyone outspoken. Keep up the good work and who knows, one day you may be the next Maurice Hamilton.
Posted by David Cameron on 14/03/2013
Poor old Vodafone must be feeling the pinch now the government have been embarrassed into asking it to actually bother to pretend to pay some tax in the UK. It is one of the worst offenders and McLaren are better off distancing themselves from an organisation like that.
It's getting harder to find sponsors so McLaren need a good season. Let's hope the GSK punt turns out to be true.
Posted by JCA on 14/03/2013
2 questions, who paid for the enormously expensive food, and where any of the waiters snooty about the cost of F1 to the Victorian tax payers?
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To establish, maintain and operate therapeutic group homes, a foster family agency and other programs for needy, neglected, underprivileged, dependent or delinguent children.
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