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Video: Dennis Luker Gives Update on Trip to Caribbean
March 29, 2012
President Dennis Luker and his wife, LeeAnn, made a visit to see the United Church of God brethren in Trinidad and Tobago during the weekend of March 24 through 25.
View this five-minute video update by Mr. Luker about this very encouraging trip. See photos of some of the brethren and learn about an ordination that took place while there.
From time-to-time we plan to provide these short video updates about visits with our brethren in various areas.
Peter Eddington—Media and Communications Services.
Pre-Passover Letter From Dennis Luker
March 21, 2012
Dear Brethren,
An early spring has engulfed the home office area in the northern hemisphere, bringing with it the anticipation of the biblical spring Holy Day season and the beginning of the annual observance of God's plan for humanity.
It is very interesting that during this time three high-profile ancient Middle Eastern artifacts have made big news in the archeological world. A long, multi-year trial in Jerusalem ended earlier this month, clearing professionals of forgery charges related to three important finds: an ancient piece of sculpture that some experts believe comes directly from Solomon's Temple, a tablet fragment from the 9th century B.C. that also could have been associated with Solomon's Temple, and finally an ossuary (bone burial box) that many believe is directly associated with James, the half-brother of Jesus Christ and the author of the book of James.
The first two are significant and exciting because if they are indeed authentic, they may serve as additional extra-biblical proof of the events described in the Old Testament during Solomon's time. The third, the James ossuary (dated from the time of Christ), had attracted the most attention, in part, because it includes an inscription in Hebrew stating, "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus." Over the past few years this news of a possible direct physical connection to Jesus has served to raise considerable fresh interest in both the book of James and in James' role in the early New Testament Church.
As we in the Church know, the book of James emphasizes the "royal law" (James 2:8) and the "law of liberty" (verse 12). In the book, as James clearly teaches, and just as his older Brother Jesus taught, Christians are expected to obey God and produce good fruits, which James refers to as "works" (James 2:14-18, 26). The apostle Paul singled out James, confirming him as "the Lord's brother" (Galatians 1:19). Paul also notes that Jesus appeared to James privately after His resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:7).
While we do not seek to venerate ancient artifacts (Exodus 20:3-6), they can be useful to reinforce the biblical message and raise awareness of the accuracy of its teachings. With that in mind, consider this: In referencing the "royal law," James cites Leviticus 19:18: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Jesus, the Son of God and the living Head of the Church today, stated that this was the second of the two greatest commandments, the first of course being: "You shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind" (Matthew 22:37; Deuteronomy 6:5).
Now, as we approach the spring Holy Days and the Christian Passover, you have probably already begun the process of preparing for these days. As Paul taught, to properly fulfill the potential for spiritual growth during this time, "Let a man examine himself and so [prepared] let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup" (1 Corinthians 11:28). The biblical message is clear. Lest we wrongly come before God in "an unworthy manner" (verse 27), we are to diligently and humbly prepare in advance, renewing our commitment to God and rededicating ourselves to His Son, Jesus Christ, and His way of life (2 Corinthians 13:5).
So how do we prepare and "examine ourselves"? Clearly we know that we "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23), and that were it not for receiving God's grace through the sacrifice of Jesus—the very event we are to remember during the Passover service—we could not be heirs with Christ in the family of God.
As we prepare for the Passover and continue to grow in our Christian life, are we more concerned about the welfare of others over ourselves? Do we have self-centered thoughts that need to be replaced by the thoughts of God? Has our speech improved? Has unwarranted criticism, foul-speaking, gossip and harsh talk vanished from our lives? If not, James warned, "If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is useless" (James 1:26, emphasis added).
Are we learning how to love one another, as Jesus directly instructed just prior to His crucifixion? Can people see this growing love in us for our fellow brethren (John 13:34-35)? Are we more forgiving and less judgmental? As James emphasized: "Mercy triumphs over judgment" (James 2:13).
Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers" (Matthew 5:9). Reflecting on what He said, James wrote, "The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace" (James 3:18). Those words are rich with meaning, as that peace comes from receiving wisdom from God (verse 17), which is pure, gentle, willing to yield and full of mercy and good fruits.
Today, many good things are happening in the church, and I sincerely thank you for your prayers. As you can read in United News and elsewhere, many new opportunities are opening to us as we continue to grow spiritually and please God. Please pray that God will open the minds and hearts of many others as His Word goes forth in an ever more powerful way, and that they will help in supporting God's work.
In conclusion, as James wrote, those of us who yield to God and become doers of the work will be blessed in what we do. May we all yield to the authority and guidance of the true Leader of this Church, Jesus Christ, our Passover Lamb, and seek to know and do the will of our living God!
You brethren are in my prayers as we approach the Passover. I pray that your preparation for and observance of the spring Holy Day season will be rich and spiritually rewarding.
In Christ's service,
Dennis Luker—President
UPDATE: Good News Brochure Distribution
March 20, 2012
Brethren enthusiastically respond to newly expanded program
Just 30 days ago we announced that several new Good News tri-fold brochures were available for distribution by United Church of God brethren and congregations in the United States. We are pleased to report that since that announcement, brethren have enthusiastically responded by requesting nearly 5,000 brochures for distribution!
If you have not yet taken the opportunity to participate in the program we encourage you to do so. Many distribution opportunities are available today to reach potential Good News readers. You can place brochures at various locations in a display or leave a few on a table or countertop for pick-up. Potential distribution places include hospital and clinic lobbies, car and truck repair shops, restaurants, supermarkets, motels, colleges and universities, libraries, convenience stores, hairdressers, senior centers and many other locations.
Additionally, you can use brochures to introduce the Church's literature to interested relatives, friends, neighbors and co-workers. When new subscribers mail in their reply card (or respond via our GNmagazine.org website) they receive a free, year-long, six-issue subscription to The Good News and one of our foundational booklets as advertised on the following brochure covers:
- Heaven and Hell – What Does the Bible Really Teach?
- Holidays or Holy Days – Does it Matter Which Days We Observe?
- Managing Your Finances
- The United States and Britain in Bible Prophecy
- What Happens After Death?
As our fourteenth brochure distribution year begins, we invite you to get involved in this newly expanded effort. It is a program in which everyone—young and old—can participate! Please contact John LaBissoniere at email@example.com or call (423) 562-9400 or toll-free (888) 369-9940 for your supply of brochures and displays.
For additional information, please visit our new Brochure Distribution Program webpage.
John LaBissoniere—Print Advertising Manager, Media and Communications Services
Book of John: Live Bible Study Webcast
March 20, 2012
The Cincinnati East, Ohio, congregation of the United Church of God is continuing its bi-weekly Bible study Wednesday night, March 21. The study begins at 7:30 p.m. EDT and is available live via webcast.
The series on the Gospel of John will cover chapters 5 and 6. These chapters deal with several miracles done by Jesus, and give us some very good pre-Passover lessons about the Bread of Life. Presenters will be Peter Eddington and Darris McNeely.
Plan to attend in person, or you can listen online with hundreds of brethren from around the world. Also, please note that we have a mobile option. You can view the Bible study using your smartphone!
Steve Myers—Pastor, United Church of God Cincinnati East
UCG's "Good Works" Program
March 15, 2012
The United Church of God's "Good Works" arm has a couple of projects taking place in the coming months that you may be interested in knowing about, and praying for.
Hydroponic Organic Gardening
From May 13 to May 22, 2012, Jonathan Magee, Milan Bizic and Sarah Bizic will travel to Guatemala to assist local brethren in a joint Good Works and Youth Corps project. The main goal of the project will be to establish hydroponic and organic farming infrastructure to produce food for personal use and to sell. We will be providing an update to introduce the volunteers shortly.
More information on this project will be given at Good Works and at LifeNets.
The United Church of God is providing the three Youth Corps workers. The Good Works program is providing the air travel to Guatemala. LifeNets is providing the supplies.
You may be interested in more of the details of the project as outlined on the Good Works website.
Good Works, Youth Corp and the Legacy Institute
The Legacy Institute is a non-profit organization that "seeks to improve the quality of life of people everywhere, both spiritually and physically."
One aspect of the Legacy Institute is the Legacy Foundation. The Foundation sponsors a number of projects in Thailand—including the Legacy Leadership Training Center. Located in Chiang Mai, the purpose of the center is to improve the quality of life of the underprivileged. The students are generally from the hill areas of Thailand and Burma.
In the past, the United Church of God, through United Youth Corp has partnered with the Legacy Institute to provide volunteer opportunities for young adults. These volunteers have served as teachers at the Legacy Leadership Training Center. We are happy to once again be rekindling this partnership. Good Works has agreed to sponsor a volunteer to travel to Thailand this summer. We will update shortly with more specifics.
Further details about upcoming projects are available on our Good Works website.
United Church of God—Good Works
VIDEO: How to Make Simple Unleavened Bread
March 14, 2012
A new United Church of God short film on how to make simple unleavened bread was shot and made available this week—very timely as we approach the Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread.
For more leaven-free recipes that you can enjoy during the Days of Unleavened Bread, visit www.ucg.org/recipes/category/unleavened-recipes.
Peter Eddington—Media and Communications Services
"Beyond Today" Television: Top 15 Programs as of March 7, 2012
March 9, 2012
Beyond Today program, "The Church Jesus Built" hosted by Steve Myers, currently holds the top position in terms of response for programs that have aired during this fiscal year. This episode, which aired the week of January 22-28, 2012, logged an excellent 1,227 responses. Please see the chart below, which shows the current top 15 programs and responses from each.
The chart also shows that of the highest-responding programs, eight are "repeat" episodes. This strongly suggests that brand new viewers are regularly tuning in to Beyond Today. In terms of program themes, you will further notice that prophecy and Christianity-themed episodes generally draw the highest viewership. Other program themes we track include: After Death, Family, Holidays, Your Destiny and Spirit World.
Finally, we want to let you know that as of this coming Sunday, March 11, our contract on the ION Network television station in Chicago will conclude. A study of the seven-month airing period on this station has shown that our cost per response is greater than we can afford at this time. In the meantime however, our efforts on the WORD Network, which is bearing good results in Chicago and throughout the entire country, will continue.
As always, we are very appreciative of your continual prayers, support and encouragement for this and all United Church of God efforts to preach the good news of God's Kingdom.
Peter Eddington—Operation Manager, Media and Communications Services
Kingdom of God Bible Seminar Held in Kingston, Jamaica
March 8, 2012
The first Kingdom of God Bible Seminar in Jamaica was held on March 3 in Kingston. Invitations were sent to approximately 200 Good News subscribers in the Kingston and Spanish Town areas.
A total of 36 people attended—which happened to be the maximum capacity of the meeting room. Of the 36, 10 were regular attendees of the Kingston congregation, 4 came over from the Ocho Rios congregation and 22 were guests. Three of these guests were not Good News subscribers themselves, but found out about the seminar from someone else. All three requested Good News subscriptions. At least 14 of the guests had no prior Church of God affiliation.
Several United Church of God booklets, Good News magazines, and other UCG literature was made available and eagerly snapped up.
The seminar, presented by Chuck Smith, was titled "Are We There Yet?" It was a look at the end-time prophecies in the Bible as they relate to current world events and the coming Kingdom of God. After the presentation there was a lively question and answer session, followed by refreshments and fellowship. Several guests requested information about the weekly Sabbath service location and time.
The next KOG Bible Seminars will be held during the spring Holy Days in Ocho Rios and Montego Bay. Invitations are being sent to around 300 Good News subscribers in those areas.
The seeds are being planted, and we are praying God will grant the increase as He sees fit.
Chuck Smith—Chuck and his wife, Mary, serve in the Ft. Lauderdale and Vero Beach, Florida, congregations as well as in the Caribbean.
Live Bible Study Webcast: Book of John
March 6, 2012
The Cincinnati East, Ohio, congregation of the United Church of God is continuing its bi-weekly Bible study Wednesday night, March 7. The study begins at 7:30 p.m. EST and is available live via webcast.
The series on the Gospel of John will cover chapters 3 and 4. Presenters will be Gary Antion and Randy Stiver.
Plan to attend in person, or you can listen online with hundreds of brethren from around the world. Also, please note that we have a mobile option. You can view the Bible study using your smartphone!
Steve Myers—Pastor, United Church of God Cincinnati East
The Silent Scientific Revolution
March 6, 2012
A revolution is taking place in several scientific fields right now. But it's a silent revolution, and you won't hear or read much about it unless you search diligently for it. It's silent because a lot of people don't want you to know about it!
What's this revolution all about?
It's really pretty simple. When astrophysicists look into the farthest reaches of the vast universe around us, and into the mysteries of our Milky Way galaxy and the intricacies of our solar system, everywhere they look they see laws that have fine-tuned our planet for life.
So many things had to be just right, or none of us would be here! And the odds of this arising by random chance are so infinitesimally small as to be mathematically impossible!
On the other end of the size scale, going from solar systems to cells, microbiologists are finding things that just shouldn't be (at least if one accepts the evolutionary viewpoint). They're finding that cells, rather than being simple structures as long assumed, are actually incredibly sophisticated microscopic machines with multiple intricate parts carrying out complex and complicated tasks.
And DNA discoveries are even more amazing. Scientists are now coming to understand that DNA is an extraordinarily complex code of instructions for how to assemble every protein and molecule in every living thing. How did such sophisticated information evolve from nonliving matter—or before that, from nothing? Science offers no answers.
These astounding discoveries about DNA not long ago led one of the world's most noted atheists, Oxford University professor Antony Flew, to state: "What I think the DNA material has done is that it has shown, by the almost unbelievable complexity of the arrangements which are needed to produce (life), that intelligence must have been involved in getting these extraordinarily diverse elements to work together."
He went on to conclude: "The laws of nature . . . and the existence of the universe—can only be explained in the light of an Intelligence that explains both its own existence and that of the world. Such a discovery of the divine does not come through experiments and equations" (There Is a God, 2008, p. 75, 155).
What did he see that made him change his mind and conclude that the only logical, rational answer behind these discoveries is a divine intelligence far greater than ours?
We give you a taste in the March-April issue of The Good News, which should be arriving in your mailbox any day now (if you haven't already received it). You need to see some of the evidence yourself. You need to see what some outstanding scientific minds are admitting, that the only answer is that a Creator God is behind the astounding perfection they see!
And there's lots more to this issue as well—more food for thought to help you better understand your Bible and what's going on in the world around you. We're privileged to share this wonderful Good News with you!
Scott Ashley—Managing editor, The Good News


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UC San Diego's men's basketball team successfully opened the defense of its California Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament championship last night with a 79-67 victory over Humboldt State at the RIMAC.
But the top-seeded Tritons women's team was eliminated by Cal State San Bernardino.
Leading 50-42 with just less than 10 minutes to play, the Tritons women were outscored 20-7 down the stretch as San Bernardino scored its second win on UCSD's floor in three weeks – eliminating the regular-season CCAA champions 62-57.
The Tritons men advance to Friday's semifinal round of the CCAA Tourney in San Bernardino while the women wait to see if they receive an at-large berth in the NCAA Division II Tournament off their 26-4 record.
Guards Alan Husted and Jordan Lawley both scored 11 points over the final 14 minutes to lead the Tritons to their 17th win in 27 games.
The Lumberjacks had pulled to within eight when Husted downed a pair of three-point shots around a driving layin by Shane Poppen to expand the Tritons' lead to 61-46 with eight minutes to play. Lawley then scored seven straight Tritons points to make it 68-54 with 4:25 to go.
The four starting guards in UCSD's four-guard offense combined for 65 points, with Husted leading with 18. Lawley and Poppen both had 16 while Kelvin Kim scored 15.
Poppen also had 12 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the season.
"As a senior, I really didn't want this to be my last game," Husted said. "I missed a couple of threes in the first half, but got a couple wide-open looks thanks to Kelvin."
Ranked ninth in the region going into this week, the Tritons men probably need one more win in the tourney to clinch one of the eight spots in the NCAA Division II Western Regionals.
"I'd rather get two more wins (and a second straight CCAA Tournament title) and not worry about it," said Tritons head coach Chris Carlson. "We played well tonight. When we play like this, we're capable of beating anyone on our level."
Despite last night's defeat, the UCSD women's team will likely be in the NCAA Division II playoffs off their regular-season record and 19-1 mark in CCAA play. UCSD entered the CCAA Tourney ranked second in the region to Seattle-Pacific.
But the Tritons lost their hopes of hosting the NCAA regionals in their loss to the 11-16 Coyotes. San Bernardino is the only CCAA team to have defeated the Tritons this season.
"We thought we learned our lesson and we didn't," said UCSD head coach Charity Elliott. "We didn't contest hard enough and they hit some big shots."
Really big shots. The Coyotes were 8-for-17 from three-point range compared to the Tritons' 1-for-5 mark. And it was the sixth three of the game by junior guard Krystal Urzua with 2:47 to play that put the Coyotes ahead for good. Urzua led all scorers with 26 points.
Forward Michelle Osier led the Tritons with her 11th double-double of the season – and also had five steals to go with her 22 points and 12 rebounds.
Aside from Osier, the Tritons, who lost in the CCAA championship game last season, shot just 37.5 percent from the floor and committed 11 turnovers.
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Jose Antonio Vargas continues to make the media's rounds after coming out as an undocumented immigrant in a tell-all essay in the New York Times Magazine. Last week, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist appeared on the Rachel Maddow show to talk about his story and fight for the DREAM Act.
Now, he talks it up with New America Media's Odette Keeley and gives a more nuanced perspective on his decision to reveal his status. "I run against a lot of those stereotypes," Vargas says about what propelled him to tell his story. I am Filipino…I majored in Political Science and minored in Black Studies at San Francisco State."
He also addresses some of the limitations of the DREAM Act which, even if it's eventually passed, will still leave an estimated 67 percent of undocumented youth without a path to citizenship. But he also hones in on an important point: "No person is 'illegal.'"


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Cadet Emily Olson of The University of Montana
ROTC Grizzly Battalion receiving The Scott Vallely Soldier's
Memorial Fund and Leadership Award.
Subject: Grizzly Battalion ROTC Award
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 17:51:45 +0000
Dear Mrs. Vallely,
Thank you again for your generous contribution to the Grizzly Battalion. It is always an honor to present the Scott Vallely Soldier's Memorial Fund and Leadership Award as part of our awards ceremony. Please find the attached photo from the presentation of this year's award to Cadet Emily Olson.
Tyler R. Bryant
Assistant Professor of Military Science
University of Montana Army ROTC
Missoula, MT 59812
Battalion History
A Proud History-A Bright Future
The University of Montana ROTC Battalion has been proud to help develop the leaders of tomorrow.
The tradition of Army ROTC at the University of Montana.
The University of Montana was established in 1893 and Army ROTC became a part of University of Montana in 1918 and has been housed in Schreiber Gym since 1926. Since its first officers were commissioned in 1922, the University of Montana ROTC program has produced over 1,800 Officers for the United States Army, The United States Army Reserve and the Army National Guard who have served proudly around the world in times of peace and war in both the Army and Army Air Corps.
The UM ROTC Battalion, the Grizzly Battalion, is one of more than 270 host ROTC units throughout the country and has a partnership program at Carroll College in Helena. For over 80 years the UM Military Science curriculum has maintained the stringent academic standards of the host institution and provided its officer graduates with the best preparation possible for service with the United States Army. Demonstrated performance is the key to success in the battalion. The Grizzly Battalion is recognized nationally as a leader in producing quality officers.


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UN moves to take plastics out of marine environments
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This week's Global Focus takes a look into how our oceans are affected by plastic pollution, but also how this could change thanks to a new UN initiative.
Efforts to address global plastic pollution took a significant step forward this month as world governments agreed to establish a group of experts to look into the problem of plastic in our seas
One recent report says that if nothing is done, by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish, in the seas.
At the third meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly, member states agreed on a series of steps to eliminate the dumping of plastic and microplastics into the oceans.
Among the solutions is reducing the amount of plastic we produce, increasing reuse and recycling and avoiding the unnecessary use of plastic.


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The top three disease that occur most commonly in the Oscar fish are easily recognizable. The top three diseases are hole in the head, ich, and fin/tail rot. These diseases are mostly found in tanks with overcrowding and low quality of tank water. Luckily there are fish medicines that can aid these sicknesses. You can find a guide for these medications on the Oscar fish website.
The exact cause of this disease is still unknown. There is a flagellate parasite that is commonly found in every case known as Hexamita. Other elements that contribute to this disease are vitamin and mineral deficiencies, overcrowd, malnutrition, and low quality of tank water. The symptoms of this disease include round white colored sores on the head and around the eyes of the fish, pitting in the head and on the spine, sores, mucous discharge from the sores, and loss of appetite. This disease can kill your fish if it remains untreated. A drug with the name of Flagyl is know to treat this sickness. It is mainly composed of metronidazole. All you need to do is add this to the tank water and let your fish bath in it for around twenty four hours. In conjunction with this medicine you can add formalin and malachite. It is added to the pre existing bath. Another option is to give the metronidazole in the form of fish food. This option can only be used if your fish still has an appetite. This form of medicine needs to be administered for five to ten days.
This disease is common among many different types of aquarium fish. It is caused by a protozoan parasite. This parasite can reproduce at an alarming rate which contributes to its sudden onset. The parasite spreads quicker in warmer water. This parasite can be introduced to an environment by adding a new fish or live food/plants. Be careful! The symptoms which show Ich are staying close to the tank's bottom, white colored spots on the skin near the gills, fins turning a more red color, failure to eat, rubbing their bodies against the tank, and rapid movements of the gills. Ich can kill your fish is left untreated. There are many different medications available to rest Ich. They include baths of sea salt, formalin, malachite/vistoria green, copper sulfate and acriflayin. Increasing the water temperature has also show to help treat the fish - this speeds up the Iches life span and kills them quicker. Keep in mind some of these medications are toxic and can kill your live plants and invertebrates. If your fishes ich case becomes severe enough then antibiotics must be used. Seek out your local veterinarian for assistance.
This disease is a bacterial infection. The strain is non specific and has shown to be associated with many different bacterias. For example; Flexibacter, Cytophaga, and Flayobacterium has all been culprits of the disease. This disease most commonly comes about in stressed fish that are in low quality environments. Overcrowding, low water quality, and poor oxygen levels are all associated with the rot. The rot can also occur in tissue around wounds on the fish.
The symptoms of this disease are blackened, bloody or ripped fins, some pieces of the fin will just fall of, lethargic behavior,staying near the surface, slimy appearance of the fish, and failure to eat. The rot can be treated and most of the time antibiotics must be used. Surgical removal of the tissue is even used in extreme cases. In minor cases the fins do grow back. There are few over the counter treatments for minor cases. These are used in a tank bath setting along with salt added to the newly treated water. You can add oxytetracycline, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline to your fishes water to attempt to clear up the water. Lastly, remember to un crowd and de stress your fish. It is important to allow them plenty of room in the tank along with many available hiding spaces.


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Our latest experience of this was when a client decided to sell their property and during the process it was found that among other things, two rooms were illegal and the sale has fallen through and there could be a claim for compensation by the buyers.
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Spring wildlife sightings from Arthur Brown of Discover Mull...
Although the weather on Mull has been mixed at the beginning of March, there has been no shortage of wildlife sightings to be seen on the island, with white-tail sea eagles and golden eagles being especially visible nest building and pair bonding. Buzzards, kestrels and sparrowhawks have also been very obliging and we have had a couple of great sightings of peregrine falcons and a particularly good sigthing of a merlin.
On the mammal front, otters as always being the stand-out attraction but we are also seeing a number of Arctic hares at the moment. Red deer seem to have survived the winter well and appear to be in quite good condition. None of the deer on Mull are farmed and earlier today I saw 38 mothers and calves in a field.
As the month progresses we will be looking out for the early arrivals of the spring migration with wheatears always being one of the first. Fulmars are already back at their nest sites and the first meadow pipits have been seen displaying.


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Comedy Central aired their Justin Bieber Roast on Monday night and the jokes were exceptionally hilarious.
Between the effeminate haircuts, various infractions with the law and of course his ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez, a roast on Justin Bieber was not a difficult task. Comedy Central gathered a group of comical entertainers including Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Martha Stewart, Shaq and the current King of Comedy Kevin Hart, to serve up their best punchlines on the Bad-Boy of Pop.
For a celebrity who is constantly under fire by the media, it seems abnormal that he would request an event like this. However, Bieber remained a good sport when the panel of comics took their shots at him.
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Today you'd be hard pressed to find a seed dealer that isn't downstream treating some quantity of seed — but there's a growing segment of distributors that are taking seed care to a higher level of customization.
West Central Inc., via its STI Customized program (now in its 5th season), as well as Innvictis Crop Care, LLC., with its Revize Seed Treatment System (est. 2014), are just a couple retail organizations capturing added value for growers in the prescription custom blending arena.
"It's all about innovation," says Innvictis' Jason Mize, seed treatment strategy lead. "You can take a Bayer technology and a Syngenta technology that would normally never be formulated together, and you make a custom blend that nobody else can offer."
West Central's Blake Murnan, seed treatment specialist – product development, concurs. "It's really a 180-degree difference from pre-packaged products," he says. "In some areas pre-packaged product may be overkill, and in other situations the rate may be under effective. With STI Customized we take a look at the needs of the grower from a customer basis, not just selling product."
According to Murnan, West Central (Willmar, MN) mainly treats soybeans, wheat and dry beans with a combination of brand name as well as generic products. Murnan says the company is currently working on finalizing an agreement with Bayer CropScience to integrate some of the North Carolina-based manufacturer's chemistries into unique custom blends alongside different rates of generics from companies such as NuFarm. Trilex FS (trifloxystrobin) as well as a foliar recently labeled for seed treating, Pro Line (propiconiazole), are two of the actives that stick out in his mind when asked for specific products the company has assimilated into its repertoire.
"There are many benefits for the retailer with STI Customized: The product comes ready-to-use at its final slurry rate, so employees that normally would be blending treatments in the spring can focus their efforts elsewhere, and the retailer doesn't have to worry about disposal of packaging — we take care of all that," says Murnan. "It's also more accurate than volumetric dispensing, it saves the retailer money and the potential for over applying product. We like to say that it takes the human error out of treating."
Mize, who says Innvictis blends Syngenta, Bayer, Valent (including the new ethaboxam-based INTEGO SUITE for 2015) and NuFarm chemistries, as well as others, finds that growers respond well to the variations custom blending brings to their crop protection playbook.
"You're creating a product that a customer both needs and wants, instead of getting a pre-packaged product from the manufacturer and saying 'Well, here it is', and you can tailor the blend to whatever problem you are looking to alleviate — whether in a certain county where one disease is more prevalent than another — and you can really start targeting specific pathogens."
Murnan points out that plant growth regulators (PGR) and seed-applied nutritionals are in West Central's immediate plans for expansion in the coming years, and both sources agreed that polymers, colorants and other secondary treatments are an important add-in when creating custom blended treatments.
"Those polymers are extremely crucial with some of the chemistries we are using, and as we get more sensitive to pollinators it's crazy to not be using polymers," says Mize. "It's really no different from spraying glyphosate — you still want to hit the target."


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As Donald trump cancelled a key summit in North Korea, Asian shares went down. On May 24, South Korea's Kospi fell 0.65% while Japan's Nikkei declined 0.3%. Later investors fears were calmed down by North Koreas measured response to the cancellation. MSCI Asia-pacific index fell flat outside Japan and on Wall Street the S&P 500 closed at 0.2% lower.
US-North Korea: Understanding the Conflict
U.S.-North Korea bitterness dates back to early 2017, with Kin Jong Un's nuclear ambitions overshadowing those of the United States. In fact, in early 2017, Kin Jong Un announced that North Korea was in the last stage of preparing an ICBM missile and said in his speech that any country can conduct nuclear tests and build security infrastructure for its own safety. It sparked off tensions globally and both Japan and South Korea complained to international agencies and US seeking help.
After prolonged confrontation and verbal exchanges in 2018 presidents of both US and North Korea decided in a meeting that North Korea will not threaten the neighboring countries with any more missile testing program.
The failure of the meeting was because Trump was expecting North Korea to give up its entire fleet of nuclear arsenal. North Korea believes it needs the warheads for its own security. Also, with South Korea letting the United States set up its army bases, North Korean leaders believe that they always have to be prepared for any invasion by Trump's army.(read: An End to North Korea Fears? ETFs to Watch).
Country ETFs in Focus
As Asian shares fell amid tension and uncertainty let us try to observe how the Asia ETFs have reacted on May 24.
Deutsche X-trackers MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DBAP)
The fund seeks investment results of the MSCI Asia Pacific ex Japan US Dollar Hedged Index. It has 636 holdings in its basket and charges an annual fee of 60 basis points. DBAP has AUM of $2.9 million and an average daily volume of 1090. As for sector outlook Information Technology, Financials and Consumer Discretionary are the top three with weightage of 24.7%, 23.8% and 6.9% respectively.
In terms of individual holdings SGX Nifty 50 Index Futures (7.9%), Tencent Holdings Ltd (4.9%) and Samsung Electronics (4.04%) comprise the top three stocks. Geographically China, Australia, South Korea and Taiwan have the largest exposures in this fund with 28.6%, 17.3%, 14.8% and 10.7% respectively. It gave negative returns of 0.97% since May 24.The fund has daily volume of 1140. Also it has a Zacks ETF Rank #3 (Hold) with a Medium risk outlook(read: Will the Rally Last in Japan ETFs?).
PowerShares China Real Estate Portfolio (TAO)
The fund is designed to measure and monitor the performance of the investable universe of publicly-traded companies and real estate investment trusts ("REITs") and is based on the AlphaShares China Real Estate Index. It has a fee of 70 basis points annually. The fund comprises of 67 holdings and has amassed assets worth $84 million. Average daily volume is 28200. The top three individual holdings in this fund consist of Country Garden Holdings Co Ltd (5.7%), China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd (5%) and Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd (4.6%). The fund has lost 0.65% on May 24.
WisdomTree Asia-Pacific ex-Japan Fund (AXJL)
The fund seeks investment results of the WisdomTree Asia Pacific ex-Japan Index. It has an expense ratio of 0.48%. The fund has 216 fund holdings and controls $45.4 million of assets under its portfolio. In terms of country exposure Australia, Hong Kong and Taiwan are the three top countries with 21.1%, 20% and 15.8% exposure respectively. Also among individual holdings China Mobile, Taiwan Semiconductor and Samsung Electronics are the top allocations with none holding more than 7.3%. Financials, IT and Telecom are the dominant sector holdings with 21.3%, 16.3% and 14.4% exposure respectively. Average daily volume of trade is 5265. The fund lost 0.19% in the same time frame. The fund has Zacks ETF Rank #3 with a Medium risk outlook (read: Focus on Small Cap ETFs for Japan Exposure).
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This happened in October, when the colours of nature are captivating and crazily rich. The air was warm with a hint of approaching chill, and the sunshine didn`t let down.
We went to London`s Kew Gardens, which I personally consider one of the most beautiful places that exist in urban environment. I was photographing my family, as I always do, leisurely, without pressure, soaking up the magnificence around us. The girls were happy and relaxed, and so were I. A walk among the trees-my idea of perfection, in every weather, in any temperatures.
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I imagine the kind of family I grew up from. Sometimes I asked myself if I was educated. And if yes, who educated me? What kind of brain do I have? What kind of thinking faculty do I have? If at all, I saw the four walls of higher institution, what did I learn from there? I wonder the kind of transformation that has taken place in my life. I wonder what has come over me. When I traveled to visit my neighbours, I admire the kind of infrastructures they are having. I praise them. I cherished them. I wish my people could be like them. Before leaving I would give them part of my resources to continue developing their lands while my own people perish in pain, hunger, joblessness, lack of infrastructure, and the like. They thanked me and called me, "The Wise Man." Shame on me. It was only an ironical statement they made. I am a fool, a fool at 40.
Once I entered my own country, I put on that machine mind, the naive mentality, the wicked and devilish spirit. I start to see things in the same way just like before. The memories of my neighbour's places would vanish like flash of light. I am happy that my people are suffering, dying in pain, killing themselves in unseless wars and fighting for no just cause. I am happy with my neighbour's humanitarian service and charity, all disguised in the name of helping my people. How foolish and devilish I am. I have food but my people are dying of hunger. I have water but my people are dying of thirst. I have all it takes to make my people far greater than my neighbours but I categorically refused to reason it right. My neighbours make weapons and give them to me to give to my own people as if they were birthday presents. As long as we kill ourselves, their businesses progress. As long as we continue to fight, the humanitarian service and charity would continue to flourish. I am not against charity or humanitarian service of any kind. What I am against is creating an avenue to execute them or exhibit them to the detriment of the other persons.
When will I rise from my fallen ground? When will I wake up from my slumber? When will I have a mind of flesh instead of a mind of a machine? When will I start making use of my common senses? I have failed to look left and right, back and front, to see if there is hope to reverse the situation. In all these, my neighbours are still happy with me and even promised to do more for me if I continue in the same plan and method of ruling. 😥😥😥😥
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Leith, North Dakota (CNN) -- A tranquil town in North Dakota could lose its serenity if one man has his way.
Paul Craig Cobb wants to transform Leith, population 24, into a community that mirrors his white supremacist views.
This weekend, white supremacists and others are expected to descend on the town in a show of support for him.
Cobb said he envisions Leith as a place where white nationalist banners will be flown, where white culture would be celebrated, and where minorities would not be welcome.
His white power takeover would begin with getting political control over Leith. But his ambitions go way beyond this one small town.
Cobb said he wants this movement to spread to other communities, other nations, even around the world, though he does not explain how he would do this.
"I don't understand why all the different other people don't say 'whitey' is pretty darn nice and clever," Cobb said. "There are many organizations (in) which whites have to support other cultures... Where is the organization of people from around the world that says let's keep these white people?... They're pretty darn good, all in all."
Cobb is one of the best known white supremacists in North America, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
"He believes whites should be separate from other races," said Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center. "He's also an anti-semite, a raging anti-semite... And he's a member of the creativity religion, which is a religion that literally worships the Aryan man instead of God."
Cobb's quest to change Leith began about two years ago with the purchase of property.
Leith, a quiet town where you can hear the crickets chirp and the grain elevator run, is 70 miles southwest of Bismarck.
It is part of Grant County, North Dakota's third largest county by land mass at more than 1 million acres, according to its website.
The communities there once buzzed with activity from nearby railroads, but all that is gone.
Cobb, 61, said he picked Leith because it was beautiful and cheap.
He has bought 12 plots of land for as little as $500 each.
He wants like-minded people affiliated with white nationalist organizations to take up residence on his properties.
"We hate that which threatens what we love," he said. "And we're being genocided in our own country. Wouldn't you? Wouldn't you be bitter about it?"
Reaction of other residents
Other residents of Leith are trying to make sense of the developments.
"It is very shocking, because I didn't ever know groups like this existed," said Mayor Ryan Schock, who has lived in the town his whole life.
Miller Ferrie, a Leith resident for seven years, said the town's peace has been shattered.
"It saddens us, because of what they stand for," she said. "If they were coming to hold a rally for Christ we would be thrilled, but what they stand for is the opposite of what we believe."
Leith's lone black resident, Bobby Harper, feels under threat.
Harper's wife said she has received messages from hate groups calling for her to leave her husband and join Cobb's movement.
"It made me afraid," Sherill Harper said. "If his goal is to just have only white people here, where do my husband and I go?"
Bobby Harper said he had no plans to leave, even if Cobb's supporters came in and started controlling the town.
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For the third time in less than two years, forward Lance Stephenson has a new team.
According to multiple reports, the Memphis Grizzlies obtained Stephenson and a first-round pick from the Los Angeles Clippers for forward Jeff Green on Thursday.
ESPN initially reported the trade and it was confirmed by the Orange County Register.
Two years ago with the Indiana Pacers, Stephenson was among the most improved players in the league when he finished second for the award and led the league with five triple-doubles as the Pacers reached the Eastern Conference finals.
During the series with the Miami Heat, Stephenson was criticized by team president Larry Bird and media for unprofessional trash-talking behavior towards LeBron James but despite the antics, he cashed in as an unrestricted free agent.
Stephenson reportedly rejected a five-year, $44 million contract from the Pacers and wound up getting a three-year, $27 million deal from the Charlotte Hornets before the 2014-15 season. Stephenson hit a buzzer beating 3-pointer in his first few weeks with the team but was traded to the Clippers on June 15.
After averaging 8.2 points with the Hornets, Stephenson averaged 4.7 points in 43 games for the Clippers in 2015-16.
Stephenson becomes the second frontcourt reserve to join the Grizzlies via trade this week after they lost center Marc Gasol to a right foot injury last week. On Monday, Memphis obtained Chris Andersen in a three-team trade from the Miami Heat.
Green will be reunited with coach Doc Rivers, whom he spent a little over a year with when he played for the Boston Celtics. The Celtics dealt him to Memphis in Jan. 2014 and Green averaged 12.6 points in 98 games for the Grizzlies.
Green was Boston' s first-round pick in 2007 but was traded to the Seattle Supersonics in the deal for Ray Allen. In 609 games, with the SuperSonics, Oklahoma City Thunder, Celtics and Grizzlies he has averaged 14.1 points per game.
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Prevention of hearing loss is a major area of research. Novel approaches for primary and secondary prevention are in various stages of development including pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches. Therapeutic hypothermia has been long used to protect neural and vascular integrity dating to the pioneering work of Fay nearly 75 years ago (Fay, 1940). However, systematic hypothermia can have unwanted side effects, which restricts application in clinical settings. Recently, investigators have begun to explore roles of localized therapeutic hypothermia in the prevention of hearing loss (Spankovich et al., 2016) and improved preservation of hearing and outcomes with cochlear implants (Tamames et al., 2016).
Spankovich and colleagues applied therapeutic pseudo-localized hypothermia to the prevention of cisplatin-induced hearing loss. Localized hypothermia was achieved by cooling the external ear of Guinea pigs via water irrigation (30°C). Animals were subsequently injected with a known ototoxic dose of cisplatin. The cool treatment resulted in significant decrease in hearing loss and preservation of hair cells compared to control animals that underwent ear canal irrigation with body-temperature water and a second experimental group that underwent warm treatment (44°C). Interestingly, the warm treatment groups showed increased cisplatin-induced hearing loss and hair cell loss.
Tamames et al. (2016) examined the application of direct localized therapeutic hypothermia on the trauma caused by cochlear implant insertion in rats. Localized hypothermia of 4 to 6°C was applied to the middle turn of the cochlea for 20 minutes before and after cochlear implantation via custom designed probe. They demonstrated significant protection of residual hearing and diminished the loss of hair cells compared to a normothermic control group.
Collectively, these studies suggest localized therapeutic hypothermia as potential alternative methods to prevent drug and surgical trauma to the inner ear. Further research in mechanism for protection, temperature delivery platforms, and human application are needed.
Spankovich C, Lobarinas E, Ding D, Salvi R, Le Prell CG. (2016) Assessment of thermal treatment via irrigation of external ear to reduce cisplatin-induced hearing loss. Hear Res 332:55-60.
Tamames I, King C, Bas E, Dietrich WD, Telischi F, Rajguru S. (2016) A cool approach to reducing electrode-induced trauma: Localized therapeutic hypothermia conserves residual hearing in cochlear implantation. Hear Res 339:32-39.


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Location: On Gerrard Street East, between Coxwell Avenue and Greenwood Avenue. Transit: Take the Coxwell bus south from Coxwell subway station.
Little India is home to the Gerrard India Bazaar, North America's largest South Asian ethnic market. Browse textile shops full of colourful silks to make the perfect sari, or buy vibrant ready-to-wear clothing at import clothing shops. Find bargains on exotic home furnishings, jewellery and art from South Asia. There's plenty to keep you busy and that's before you even get to the Bazaar's main attraction – the food.
The food alone makes this Toronto experience a must for any visitor. You'll find a mix of eateries featuring delicacies from North and South India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Savour fresh tandoori chicken or rich masala dosai at an authentic "chat house." And as many traditional meals contain no meat, vegetarians will feel more than satisfied with the range of delicious options.
In July, the area is enlivened by the Festival of South Asia, a two-day extravaganza of music, dance, tasty treats and more. Then in November, hundreds of twinkling tea lights bathe the neighbourhood in a warm, magical glow as Diwali, the Festival of Lights takes over.
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Mom needs a vacation. Or maybe just fifteen minutes locked alone in the quiet bathroom. I will take what I can get.
It seems lately I am one step away from losing my shit. I keep waiting for that one thing each day that will send me over the edge. If you see me sitting in the middle of the floor crying somewhere, just move along.
Will it be kicking the bedpost? (Seriously, how do I have toes left at this point?) Watching Finding Dory for the one hundred and fiftieth time? Crying over not getting a second cookie as a snack? Getting cut off in traffic? Are we out of butter again? Being growled at by Ursula, the evil sea with at work? Spilling my hot coffee on my belly? Hearing "Eww, yuck!" twenty times at supper? Going to the bathroom with a kid on my lap because she won't let me have a minute to pee?
Work has been very stressful. I feel like I don't have enough time to spend with my husband and child. I feel like I don't have enough time to take care of household duties. I don't have any time to spend on myself, let alone time to dedicate to blog or paint or read. I feel so exhausted at the end of the evening that I just want to sleep.
I love being a wife. I love being a mom. I love my job. I love being pregnant. I love getting ready for the new baby. It has been extremely difficult to balance it all and stay sane. I can't even imagine what it will be like when there is a newborn in the mix.
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|Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019, 7:30am to 9pm at Community Center - Library
We are a free library, no card needed, open for every Seven Oaks resident during regular clubhouse hours, with an amazing wealth of opportunities for reading and recreational pleasure. Our outstanding collection includes hardcover fiction and non-fiction, mysteries, large print editions, along with a wide array of trade and mass market paperbacks. We regularly buy new best sellers with the proceeds of our annual book sale, and welcome donations in all categories to enhance our resources. Audiobooks on CD and movies on DVD are available on loan, and a computer station with printer and Internet access is on the premises.
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|Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019, 8:30am to 10am at Community Center - Billiards Room
We have 2 great pool tables and a ping pong table.
Our group often meets on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays from 8:30am to 10:00am in the Billiards Room.
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|Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019, 9am to 12pm at Ceramics Room
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|Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019, 9am to 7pm at Community Center - Woodcraft Room
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|Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019, 11am to 4pm at Community Center Auditorium
The Garden Club meet on the 1st Wednesday of the month at 12:00 PM in the auditorium for a luncheon (except July and August). Our annual dues for residents are $15.00. Non-residents pay $20.00 a year.
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|Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019, 12pm to 3:30pm at Community Center - Room 3&4
We hold duplicate bridge games every Wednesday and Friday afternoons. The games begin at noon and run until play ends, usually between 3:00 and 4:00. Players need to have partnerships already formed, but we have rosters and sign-up sheets to facilitate.
We try to keep the game friendly, while emphasizing fair competition. We welcome rubber bridge players who want to try what may be an unfamiliar style of play.
We meet in Rooms 3 & 4
For more information please use the Contact Us link above and select Club - Bridge, Duplicate
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|Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019, 1pm to 4pm at Room 2
Dominoes is a family of games played with rectangular "domino" tiles. Each domino is a rectangular tile with a line dividing its face into two square ends. ... The domino gaming pieces (colloquially nicknamed bones, cards, tiles, tickets, stones, chips, or spinners) make up a domino set, sometimes called a deck or pack.
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Before you participate with Masakan Ibu, please read below general terms and conditions carefully.
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– General Conditions: these general conditions
– Privacy Policy: the policy regarding privacy as determined by Virtue Project and mentioned on the Website
– Virtue Project: Masakan Ibu, a sole proprietary business
– User: a person who uses the service of Website
– Chef: a person who use the Website for offering their food
– Foodie: a person who place order from Chef in the website
– Website: www.masakanibu.nl
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3.1 These General Conditions govern the use of the Website by User.
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Masakan Ibu is a community based platform to connect people who have passion in cooking and people who crave a homemade (mostly) Indonesian meal. This website is the place where two parties can meet. It is intended to be a community where people can post review and increase credibility of others. Our service is to provide a credible marketplace that everyone who likes to cook and eat can join. Via the website masakanibu.nl they can share meals with people. Under 'How it all works' you can read in detail how Masakan Ibu works. Always use your common sense and do not go with someone you do not trust.
User must register to be a Chef or an Foodie by filing in truthful personal data. Masakan Ibu protects User's personal information properly; see Masakan Ibu Privacy Policy on the website. Advice is to use a strong password for User account and not to give password to anyone. User is responsible for any abuse of the account.
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The most important factor for the success of Masakan Ibu is that users treat each other in a friendly and respectful way. We expect users to use decent manners. Communicate your expectations quickly and clearly. Treat each other with respect, even if things do not go as you expected. Try to understand the position and expectations of the other person and solve problems calmly and friendly.
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Both parties are allowed to cancel the order(s) in the timely manner. Should anything happens, it is the responsibility of both Chef and Foodie. After receiving confirmation of orders from Foodie, Chef can choose to confirm or cancel the orders. After this step, Users follow up upon the contact details that are provided.
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10.2 To the extent permitted by law, we exclude liability for (the accuracy of) information and other materials or expressions that Users or third parties place on the website or via the services of Masakan Ibu (such as photographs and recipes). We reserve the right to remove (unannounced) content from the masakanibu.nl website.
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|November 7, 2011 01:00 AM EST
With Cloud Expo Silicon Valley (9th Cloud Expo) starting today Monday November 7 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, let's introduce you in greater detail to the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical program at the conference...
We have technical and strategy sessions for you every day from Nov 7 through Nov 10 dealing with every nook and cranny of Cloud Computing, but what of those who are presenting? Who are they, where do they work, what else have they written and/or said about the Cloud that is transforming the world of Enterprise IT?
CLOUD EXPO SPEAKER NAME: Anna Claiborne
TWITTER: @opendatacenter
COMPANY: Open Data Center Alliance
9TH CLOUD EXPO SESSION TITLE: Cloud Usage Models: Advancing Cloud Computing to the Next Level
SESSION DESCRIPTION: http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2013651
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: Anna Claiborne currently serves as the Chair of the Security Working Group in the Open Data Center Alliance. In this role, she leads contributors from around the globe to develop security requirements for cloud and next generation data centers from the perspective of an enterprise end-user or IT.
She has an extensive background in several areas of security and software development. She recently was a Product Manager for Security Services at Terremark, overseeing product development and product line management for Managed Security Services, with a strong emphasis on cloud computing security development. She previously served as software developer for high volume credit card processing application, medical billing program developer, and penetration tester. She founded Prolexic Technologies in 2004, the first company to offer Distributed Denials of Service Attack (DDoS) mitigation services independent of carrier network.
Anna is very active is the security and networking communities, and has spoken on many topics surrounding DDoS. She currently serves on the Peering Forum Board of Directors, and is often involved in activities around North American Network Operators Group (NANOG). She is very active is the security and networking communities, and has spoken on many topics surrounding DDoS. She currently serves as Co-chair for the Security Working Group within the ODCA, is on the Peering Forum Board of Directors, and is often involved in activities around North American Network Operators Group (NANOG).
BLOG: http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/newsroom/
"The Open Data Center Alliance is an independent IT consortium comprised of global IT leaders who have come together to provide a unified customer vision for long-term data center requirements. The ODCA is led by a Board of Directors with representatives from such IT leaders as BMW, Capgemini, China Life, China Unicom, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Lockheed Martin, Marriott International, Inc., National Australia Bank, Terremark, Disney Technology Solutions and Services and UBS. Intel serves as an administrative advisor to ODCA.
In support of its mission, the ODCA has delivered the first customer requirements for cloud computing documented in eight Open Data Center Usage Models which identify member prioritized requirements to resolve the most pressing challenges facing cloud adoption."
[From the Open Data Center Alliance website]
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Under one roof, visitors will be able to watch films and documentaries, engage with eminent animal charities, expert animal documentary filmmakers, and specialist vegan traders.
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The Awards came into existence in 2007 with a view to not only highlighting the disastrous effect that Livestock farming is having on the environment, but also to praise the efforts of some of the leading individuals and organisations that are flying the vegan flag as high as they can. The awards are the only vegan awards that are voted for by the people online, and as such have become the most coveted awards in vegan circles today as they genuinely reflect the will of the people.
Thousands of people voted in 2007 for 49 different vegan businesses, products, people and organisations, with 7 categories and 7 nominees in each, and in 2008 the turnout was even higher - this time a total of 64 nominees, 8 in each of 8 different categories. The winners received hand drawn certificates from vegan cartoon superhero Wonderpig, and the winners were all ecstatically happy!
The winners of the 2007, 2008 and 2009 awards were announced at the Bristol Vegan Fayre Each Year
The Awards were inspired by Pea PR, sponsored by VeggieVision and hosted by Yaoh
Below are the reults of the 2011 VegfestUK Awards. Thousands of votes were cast and our thanks to everyone who voted, and congratulations to the winners!
The 2010 Winners Were
Best Media Campaign
1. Keep Cruelty History - League Against Cruel Sports
2. Meat Free Mondays - Paul McCartney
3. Reduce - Reuse - Recycle
Best Artiste
1. Benjamin Zephaniah - Poet/Performer
2. Leona Lewis - Singer
3. Chrissy Hynde - Musician (The Pretenders)
Best Media/Publication
1. Animal Free Shopper
2. Ethical Consumer
3. Cook Vegetarian
Best Veggie Food Product
1. Provamel Soya Milk
2. Fry's Burgers
3. Nakd Cashew Cookie raw snack bar
Best Fashion Range
1. Vegetarian Shoes
2. Stella McCartney
3. Bourgeois Boheme
Best Beauty Product
1. Lush - Fizzy Bath Bombs
2. Beauty Without Cruelty - Lipstick
3. Yaoh - Sunblock
Best Fair Trade Product
1. Café Direct - Machu Picchu Coffee
2. Infinity Foods - Basmati Rice
3. Yozuna - Baobab fruit jam
Best Eco Friendly Film
1. Avatar
2. An Inconvenient Truth
3. The Cove
Best Place To Eat
1. Veggies Catering Campaign
2. V Bites
3. Lancrigg
Best Campaigners
2. Animal Aid
3. Greenpeace
The 2009 Winners Were
Best Vegan Chocolate
1. Booja Booja
2. Plamil
3. Conscious Chocolate
Best Vegan Meat
1. Redwood
2. Fry's
3. Linda McCartneys
Best Vegan Restaurant/Café
1. The George, Brighton
2. Terre a Terre, Brighton
3. 222, London
Best Vegan Bodycare
1. Lush
2. Jason
3. Honesty Cosmetics
Best Vegan Media
1. Secret Society Of Vegans
2. Vegan Village
3. Off The Hoof
Best Vegan Shop
1. Infinity, Brighton
2. Veggiestuff.com
3. Unicorn, Manchester
Best Vegan Manufacturer
1. Bute Island
2. Vegetarian Shoes
3. Provamel
Best Vegan Small Campaigns Group
2. Sea Shepherd
3. Greyhound Action
Best Vegan Celebrity
1. Keith Mann
2. Moby
3. Chrissy Hynde
The 2008 Winners were
Best Vegan Entertainers
1. Benjamin Zephaniah
2. Rubber Ritchie
3. Wonderpig
Best Vegan Publications
1. The Vegan (Vegan Society)
2. Outrage (Animal Aid)
3. Viva!Life
Best Vegan Distributors
1. Suma - Yorkshire
2. Essential - Bristol
3. Infinity - Brighton
Best Vegan Campaigners
1. Andrew Tyler - Animal Aid
2. Heather Mills
3. Ingrid Newkirk - PETA
Best Dairy Alternatives
1. Booja Booja Stuff In a Tub
2. Bute Island Sheese
3. Swedish Glace Ice Cream
Best Vegan Shows and Events
1. Bristol Vegan Fayre
2. Xmas Without Cruelty
3. Incredible Veggie Roadshows
Best Vegan Local Campaigning/Social Group
1. Bristol Vegans
2. Campaign for Eco Veganism
3. Scouseveg
Best Vegan Raw/Superfood Suppliers
1. Yaoh
2. Total Raw Food
3. Raw Chocolate Company
2007 Winners
Best Vegan Product
1st Booja Booja Truffles
2nd Veggies Veggieburger
3rd Raw Living Hi Crunch Raw Choccy Bar
Best Vegan Company
1st Redwood Wholefoods,
2nd Yaoh,
3rd Beanies Health Foods
Best Vegan Individual Achievement
1st Benjamin Zephaniah
2nd Angie Greenaway (from Viva)
3rd Stella McCartney
Best Independent Health Store
1st Infinity-Brighton,
2nd Harvest- Bristol
3rd Wild Oats-Bristol,
Best Vegan Organisation
1st Viva!,
2nd The Vegan Society,
3rd PeTA
Best On Line Shop
1st Veganstore.co.uk,
2nd DetoxYourWorld.co.uk,
3rd Bourgeois Boheme
Best Vegan Media/publication
1st VeganVillage,
2nd Lifescape Magazine,
3rd Veganforum.com
'Everyone at Infinity is very pleased with the award especially as it was a vote by the public' - Eliz, Infinity Foods, winners of the 2007 'Best Independent Health Stores' award
'We were very flattered to be presented with the award for 'Best Vegan Company' in the 007 Vegan Environmental Awards. A big big thankyou to everyone who voted for us'- Caroline, Redwood Foods, winners of the 2007 'Best vegan Company' award
"Thank you very much to all those who voted for Booja Booja as their favourite vegan product of 2007. Our chocolates have won a shelf full of awards over the years for all kinds of reasons but this is one of the ones that means the most for me because it was voted for by vegans - the people I have in mind when we develop our products - people who have had enough of the appalling abuse of non - humans which is mostly taken for granted in our culture and of the abuse on their own bodies of the 'normal' diet . So thank you, thank you. When I can feel that what we are doing is being fully received I am inspired to persevere and do more, do more to support people's vegan choices by creating extraordinarily delicious and benign vegan delicacies that happily recognise the human reality for the desire for occasional treats" - Colin Mace, The Booja Booja Company, winners of the 2007 'Best Vegan Product'


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