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IdealisticHarshvardhan mallik( B) and his son Jay(Sudeep), find their channel loosing out on popularity ratings for a rival channel smartly run by his X-employee Mohnish Behl. Jay is provoked and hence in an attempt to rebuild and regain the foothold,he plans a sting operationwith aspiring PM Manoj Pandey(Paresh Rawal) and his Co-Bro industrialistRajat Kapoor. Everybody gets their share,but end up gobbling the truth. How is that revealed and what are theirrepurcussions forms the rest.
Frankly this aint a media centric movie, it is just a common thing among all the characters. It doesn\'t give an insight or per se the background processing of how print media sell news and grab people\'s attention. Okay we even despise this fact, since movies are not meant to educate, but to entertain. Then in that case Rann aint such a bad movie. Infact its a movie wherein conflicting characters are caught in different situations and the way they react to it. Though predictable for most part, it keeps youinterested because of RGV\'s styleof framing.
For example, a scene where Paresh Rawal bursts into different gigglesby looking at her grandmotherwhile negotiating with Mohnish Behl, is endearing to watch.
In another scene, involving him he delivers following line to display his ferociousness "Kuch to vajay hogi ki hum Manoj pandey hain"..
Sudeep as Jay has mighty role, but he hams it up at one point and alleviates at another. Watch him in that scene where he tries to convince Bof the sting operation.
Paresh rawal (last seen in Daud), as usual is a irresistable to watch indhoti clad goonda..
Rajpal yadav as wannabe CD perfectlydescribes the nuts runningbehind breaking news.
Riteish deshmukh(Parag shastry, find out what his role is) an ardent fan of Harshvardhan mallik, plays a straight faced journalist with little effect.
Mohnish behl looks unreal andovercooks himself.
Big B is mechanical throughout,other than the the final act. Watch him closely in that terrifically rendered confession cum monologue at the end, u see trembling hands.
Dont expect a complete parda-fash or revelation of how media mis-use,glorify and magnify the news. The film explains the effect that media has on the ppl involved in a capsulic way,including us – the couch potatoes, but never explains the effect on media itself.And that is an irony.
As mentioned above its not "Not-watchable" kinda of movie in its entirety, but give it a shot if u have an appetite for RGV\'s trademark narration and and his team\'s technical brilliance.
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Study finds a quarter of UK adults obese
More girls under 20 are overweight or obese in the UK than anywhere else in western Europe, alarming new research has shown.
In this age group, 29.2% of the British population are excessively heavy. Just over 8% of the girls meet the clinical definition of obesity, having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or above.
Of the 22 western European countries studied, only Greece is on a par with the UK as far as girls aged 20 and younger are concerned, with a 0.1% lower prevalence.
The study confirms previous research that has shown roughly a quarter of Britain's adult population to be obese.
Among adults aged 20 and above, 66.6% of men and 57.2% of women were either obese or overweight, while obesity affected 24.5% and 25.4% respectively.
Commenting on the findings, published in The Lancet medical journal, Professor John Newton, of Public Health England, said: " The levels of obesity in the UK – and indeed, across the world – are of great concern. That is why Public Health England is putting in so much effort to attempt to reverse the trend.
"The challenge of obesity is at the heart of current debate about the health of the nation and we are working closely with local authorities, the NHS and the voluntary and community sector to tackle this complex issue."
The study documented a "startling" surge in obesity and overweight rates in 188 countries around the world. Between 1980 and 2013 the number of overweight and obese people rose from 857 million to 2.1 billion.
This represents an increase of 28% for adults and 47% for children.
But the research also found enormous variation around the world, with more than half the planet's 671 million obese individuals living in just 10 countries – the US, home to more than 13%, China, India, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, Pakistan and Indonesia.
In the US, about a third of the adult population is now obese, while in Australia 28% of men and 30% of women fall into this category.
Of Britain's neighbours in western Europe, tiny Andorra with a population of just over 78,000, had the best rates with 10.6% of adult men and 7.2% of women classified as obese.
Study leader Professor Emmanuela Gakidou, from the University of Washington, US, said: "Unlike other major global health risks, such as tobacco and childhood nutrition, obesity is not decreasing worldwide.
"Our findings show that increases in the prevalence of obesity have been substantial, widespread, and have arisen over a short time. However, there is some evidence of a plateau in adult obesity rates that provides some hope that the epidemic might have peaked in some developed countries and that populations in other countries might not reach the very high rates of more than 40% reported in some developing countries."
She added: " Our analysis suggests that the UN's target to stop the rise in obesity by 2025 is very ambitious and is unlikely to be achieved without concerted action and further research to assess the effect of population-wide interventions, and how to effectively translate that knowledge into national obesity control programmes.
"In particular, urgent global leadership is needed to help low-and middle-income countries intervene to reduce excessive calorie intake, physical inactivity, and active promotion of food consumption by industry."
Other key findings include:
:: In the developed world, men have higher rates of obesity than women, while in developing countries the opposite is true.
:: The greatest increase in rates of excess weight and obesity occurred between 1992 and 2002, mainly among people aged 20 to 40.
:: On the Pacific island of Tonga, more than half the population of men and women is obese.
:: In the western European region, which includes Israel, obesity levels among boys range from 13.9% in Israel and 12.9% in Malta to just over 4% in the Netherlands and Sweden.
Definitions of overweight and obese are based on BMI, which is obtained by dividing a person's weight in kilograms by their height in metres squared.
A BMI of 25 to 29 is considered "overweight" while 30 and above is classified as "obese".
Commenting on the findings, Professor Klim McPherson, from Oxford University, wrote in The Lancet: "An appropriate rebalancing of the primal needs of humans with food availability is essential, which would entail curtailing many aspects of production and marketing for food industries. To prevent unsustainable health consequences, BMI needs to return to what it was 30 years ago."
Research had shown that reducing BMI to 1980 levels in the UK would require an 8% reduction in consumption across the country, costing the food industry roughly £8.7 billion per year.
Prof McPherson added: "The solution has to be mainly political and the questions remain, as with climate change, where is the international will to act decisively in a way that might restrict economic growth in a competitive world, for the public's health? Nowhere yet, but voluntary salt reduction might be setting a more achievable trend. Politicians can no longer hide behind ignorance or confusion."
Sir Stephen O'Rahilly, Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine and Director of the Metabolic Research Laboratories at Cambridge University, said: " It seems unarguable that excessive caloric consumption is playing a major role in driving the increasing prevalence of obesity.
"It is helpful to get a well-informed semi-quantitative estimate of the sorts of overall reduction in calorie ingestion we would need to return obesity levels to those found in the 1980s. However, linking this caloric decline to an inevitable decrease in the profitability of the food industry seems less compelling, and might even backfire.
"It would be optimal if the food industry became helpful partners, not adversaries, in countering the 'obesity epidemic'. It is less likely to do so if hectored about substantially slashing its profits."

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A non Adivasi person's respectful celebration of the struggles of the Bhil indigenous people of India against the depredations of modern development - mostly exhilarating but sometimes depressing stories of a people who believe in drinking life to the leas.
Anarcho-environmentalism allegorised
The name Anaarkali in the present context has many meanings - Anaar symbolises the anarchism of the Bhils and kali which means flower bud in Hindi stands for their traditional environmentalism. Anaar in Hindi can also mean the fruit pomegranate which is said to be a panacea for many ills as in the Hindi idiom - "Ek anar sou bimar - One pomegranate for a hundred ill people"! - which describes a situation in which there is only one remedy available for giving to a hundred ill people and so the problem is who to give it to. Thus this name indicates that anarcho-environmentalism is the only cure for the many diseases of modern development! Similarly kali can also imply a budding anarcho-environmentalist movement. Finally according to a legend that is considered to be apocryphal by historians Anarkali was the lover of Prince Salim who was later to become the Mughal emperor Jehangir. Emperor Akbar did not approve of this romance of his son and ordered Anarkali to be bricked in alive into a wall in Lahore in Pakistan but she escaped. Allegorically this means that anarcho-environmentalists can succeed in bringing about the escape of humankind from the self-destructive love of modern development that it is enamoured of at the moment and they will do this by simultaneously supporting women's struggles for their rights.
Friday, March 17, 2017
Women's Empowerment through Backyard Poultry Farming
1 comment:
- Nogi said...
Way to go! Grassroots will need to take care of itself.....
- March 19, 2017 at 12:04 AM


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The Philadelphia Phillies are headed to the 2009 National League Championship Series after beating the Colorado Rockies 5-4 in Game 4 of the NLDS.
For the second year in a row, the Phillies will take on the Los Angeles Dodgers as they vie for a spot in the World Series.
Cliff Lee held the Rockies at bay for seven innings as he pitched a near flawless game in the crisp October air at Coors Field in Denver.
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But things fell apart in the eighth inning as a botched throw from Chase Utley to Jimmy Rollins set off a chain reaction allowing the Rockies to load the bases and eventually take a 4-2 lead.
"These couple of games have been kind of character builders," Howard said. "This is just step two of where we're trying to get to."
The Rockies looked as though they were going to send the series back to Philadelphia when Yorvit Torrealba's two-run double broke a 2-all tie in the bottom of the eighth. That came after Fowler scored the tying run on pinch-hitter Jason Giambi's two-out single off Ryan Madson.
Fowler hurdled Utley, who stepped into the basepath to field Todd Helton's slow grounder, and his quick flip to second base was wide right and mishandled for an error by shortstop Jimmy Rollins.
That put two on for Tulowitzki, and Madson relieved starter Cliff Lee in a double-switch that also brought in left fielder Ben Francisco to replace Raul Ibanez.
It paid an immediate dividend when Francisco raced in and made a diving catch of Tulowitzki's bloop to left for the second out. But Francisco couldn't get to Giambi's single fast enough to keep Fowler from scoring the tying run from second base.
The Fightin' Phils wouldn't let that stand though, as they pulled off a three run rally in the top of the ninth.
Shane Victorino and Chase Utley both scored as Ryan Howard hit a two-run double with two outs to even the game 4-4. Then Jayson Werth slammed a ball into the left field fence allowing the Phillies to take a 5-4 lead.
Closer Brad Lidge earned his second straight save, once again retiring cleanup man Troy Tulowitzki with two on to end it. The Phillies celebrated on the infield at chilly Coors Field before retreating to the clubhouse to spray champagne.
"No one got rattled and no one was worried," Werth said. "Going back to '07, we got swept by the Rockies and I think everybody learned a lesson. Everybody knew what we had to do."
The Phils will face off against the Dodgers in L.A. Thursday night.


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I'm after a NAS box to use at home but I'm confused by all the options out there and can't figure out if there is one that actually meets all my needs... Here's what I'm looking for: 500GB, expandable via USB port(s). Print server. Secure access via the interweb so I can share contents with friends & family in far away …
I have had two of them, one a single-drive version and now I have a dual-drive version.
They have the ability to do all that you require, including a media server and a BitTorrent client. It has a Gigabit Ethernet connection, and USB ports at the front and back.
If you get the single-drive version then when you want to add another one, you can just buy a second NAS box and RAID them across the LAN. This is not something that I have tried myself but QNAP claims that this is feasible. There are updates available on its website from time to time which add new functions or fix some bugs. It runs on Linux so is open and extensible.
I'm very happy with mine, although I use it mainly as a back-up device to my PCs connected to the LAN.
You'll be wanting the QNAP TS-109. It does everything you want and more. In addition to gigabit ethernet and 3xUSB2 it also has eSata for expansion and can RAID1 onto it. If you also want NFS and AD then go for the Pro version. SlimServer is pre-installed for free. Check qnap.co.uk for more details, it's the dogs.
There seems to be very little at the home, hobby end of the market. Which is surprising. I believe Lacie has something new. A 3.5" disk enclosure and NAS bits shouldn't really be more than 100 quid but most of the offerings are more like 500 quid.
There's a lot of gotchas in this area. Avoid anything that requires drivers on the client PCs. It should support Samba, windows, macs, linux out of the box and ideally use FAT32 or NTFS on the drive.
Have fun with a Linksys NSLU-2, Unslung software and a USB hard drive. Cheap and hackable. Linksys should really combine an NSLU-2 with a WRT54G Wifi router and a 3.5" disk enclosure.
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There's two problems I see with this - one with an inadequate understanding of evolution, and one with an inadequate understanding of how being 'smart' works.
First of all, about the evolution thing:
We haven't eliminated natural selection. Natural selection is when life that can't survive in the current environment is snuffed out, halting the 'bad' genes. The ones that remain are the ones strong enough to survive.
We haven't 'reversed' or 'halted' natural selection at all. We've only changed one thing: the environment. Our environment is now much easier to survive in. Natural selection still occurs in humans - just at a much lesser level. People with horrible diseases still die, and people who have a ridiculously low IQ usually don't reproduce.
Maybe eventually our environment will 'strike back', so to speak, in the form of global warming or whatnot - but my point is this: those that live long enough to reproduce are fit to survive this world. There's simply a greater tolerance for stupidity thanks to an easier living environment. That doesn't mean people at the far low end of the spectrum won't be eradicated from the gene pool, though.
My next point is about the subject of IQ.
Regardless of the ethics of genocide, it won't work. By raising our IQ, our society will have a higher IQ on average. However, they won't be 'smarter' in the way we perceive it. There would simply be a new spectrum. Now, instead of IQ varying from 75 to 150 (I'm pulling these figures out of my ass, it's just an example), it would vary from, say, 100 to 175. People with an IQ of 100 would be perceived as stupid by the new society - after all, they're at the far low end of the IQ spectrum.
In addition, having a higher IQ wouldn't drastically help society. In fact, I would say it would be detrimental. More problems would be solved, yes - but far greater problems would be created. Smarter people tend to be more opinionated and more volatile. In addition, they tend to be slightly more crazy.
The stupid people are the ones willing to simply follow orders - the smart ones are [usually] the ones leading the revolution (or ensuring a new country's success). Our society, in my eyes, would become much more volatile. We'd solve a lot of problems, but we'd also realize we have a lot more to solve. As the saying goes, the more you know, the more you know you don't know.
Regardless of the ethics involved: It simply wouldn't work.


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In today's post, I will be doing a review on the 'Body wave clip in Hair Extensions' from BestHairStore. This company kindly approached me and asked me to review their hair. They gave me an option to select any hair from their site. There were so many styles to choose from. However, as I had never worn wavy clip in hair extensions before, I decided this hair would be fun to work with.
I ordered the 'body wave' in 20 inches which is now currently priced at $58.90. The hair is 100% human, virgin hair and the colour is black and it is 100 grams. The hair also has a lot of great reviews on their site which encouraged me to select it. You can view the hair here.
This company does a variety of hair extensions such as, clip in hair extensions, tape in hair extensions and micro ring hair extensions. They cater for many hair colours such as blonde, black and brown. They also do different hair textures such as kinky hair textures, silky straight and body waves. You will be spoilt for choice. I also love the fact that they do clip in extensions that cater for fine hair and for those that want to wear the ombre effect hair extensions without dying your hair, you can check it out here. Their clip in hair extensions are currently on sale at the moment so definitely check them out! You can visit BestHairStore website here.
My parcel arrived fairly quick, I was impressed. It arrived within 4 days.
The hair extensions arrived in this beautiful box. I love the pink and purple combination- it is very pretty. The box was a little ripped due to shipping but all the products inside were still in perfect condition!
Inside my box was the body wave clip in hair extensions. BestHairStore surprised me with false eyelashes and 2 combs. It was lovely to receive those extra products. it was so kind of them!
This hair is super soft and silky. I could not stop stroking it!
This is the hair after I washed it and left it to air dry, The hair looked brown in the sun but I would say that this hair is 1b natural black and not jet black which is perfect because my hair is not jet black.
This is my hair before adding the body wave clip in hair extensions.
Scroll down below to see me wearing the hair extensions:
I am so impressed with this hair, it blends effortlessly with my hair. You cannot see any tracks at the back!
This hair match my hair texture really well and it blended with my leave out.
As you can see from the pictures- I totally loved wearing this hair!
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In "Lincoln," director Steven Spielberg lasers in on 1865: The end of the Civil War. The end of slavery via the 13th Amendment. And, devastatingly, the end of President Abraham Lincoln. A powerful, momentous year in American history.
And so long ago. Or was it? Juanita Tudor Lowrey has something to say about that: "My father fought in the Civil War."
It's a line that makes people's faces squinch. Your father? A contemporary of Lincoln?
Millions of moviegoers are flocking to see Daniel Day-Lewis disappear into his role as the 16th president, the film's setting a world away from the re-election a few weeks ago of our 44th president, an African-American.
But the chasm seems not so wide to Lowrey. On a recent afternoon she spread out paperwork, photographs and two small diaries with black covers on her kitchen table. Lowrey pointed out a diary entry dated March 23, 1865:
"This morning Genl. Sherman and his the 14th Corps came in. ... We fell in and saluted him respectfully. It is very windy. We drawed rations. The(y) fired 15 guns to salute Sherman."
The words are those of Lowrey's father, Hugh Tudor, an infantry private in the Union army from early 1864 through the summer of 1865.
Tudor moved with his unit through Kentucky, Tennessee, to the East Coast. He probably would have participated in Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's march to the sea except that an apparent case of the measles kept him back.
Born in Iowa in 1847, the son of Welsh immigrants lived in Missouri most of his life. That he has a daughter proudly talking about him in the year 2012 is a remarkable mathematical stretch, but not a stretch of the truth.
After the war, Lowrey's father settled in Dawn, Mo., a farming community south of Chillicothe, with his wife Elizabeth Watkins. They had been married 50 years when she died in 1917. They had no children.
Three years later, at age 73, Tudor married 36-year-old Mary Morgan, who hadn't been married before but who had known "Mr. Tudor" her whole life.
Besides romance, Lowrey says, probably there were practical concerns. He likely needed a housekeeper and she security. And it seemed he still fancied having children.
Indeed, to the new union came two daughters, HuDean Grace in 1924 and Juanita Mary in 1926.
There the four are in a photo on their farm property -- "That's the chicken house in the background, not our house," Lowrey says -- Tudor looking grandfatherly with a white beard and head of white hair.
Two years later in 1928, the family traveled to Denver for the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization of Civil War veterans.
Tudor and his young family caught the attention of the Denver Morning Post. The paper displayed their picture on the front page, the elderly father, seated with his two little girls perched on the arms of the chair, their mother standing next to them.
The article paraphrased Tudor that "rearing a family gets more interesting as one grows older." It noted Mary's comment that she had been a friend of the first Mrs. Tudor. And it quoted her on the topic of her husband's age:
"No, he isn't able to do much work now," she explains. "But he has enough laid by that he doesn't have to work, and we get along fine. He spends lots of time playing with the children and is quite fond of them."
Hugh Tudor died later that year. Lowrey, just 2 years old at the time, has no memory of him. But she is the keeper of his diaries from his early years, as well as tintype photographs and newspaper clippings. Lowrey's sister HuDean died in April.
One of Lowrey's three children, Margie Yansura, who lives in Florida, says it was easy to become a Civil War buff with such a legacy.
"It's a fantastic glimpse into history," she says of the journals, " as expressed by a very young, 16- and 17-year-old caught up in this huge national conflict."
Like many young men at the time, Tudor was eager to join the war effort and enlisted early at 16. He wrote "18" on a piece of paper and put it in his shoe, so he could truthfully say he was "over 18."
His diary entries describe the weather, the lay of the land -- he probably hadn't traveled much beyond his home in Iowa -- and crops, which is what he knew coming from a farm.
He could read and write but wasn't the best speller. The Army provided a quick introduction to the ways of the world. One entry mentions a "horehouse."
Geography? At one point he talks about the Pacific Ocean when he probably was looking at some eastern bay.
Two days before the entry about Sherman, he writes: "We started of(f) again on march at 6 o'clock a.m. and crossed 2 creeks and through some good countery ... We got into Goldsburow (Goldsboro, N.C.) at 4 o'clock."
Tudor didn't experience major fighting. He wrote letters for other soldiers, probably to make extra money, and did a lot of trading of knives, trinkets and food. He sent gifts and cards home to his sisters.
"I'm sure he was taught as a farm boy to be thrifty and to make the most of a situation," Yansura says.
In Dawn following the war, Tudor was a farmer and businessman -- insurance, home loans, lightning rod sales. He founded the cemetery there for the predominantly Welsh community.
Lowrey was interviewed in the early 2000s for the BBC documentary series, "Star Spangled Dragon," about the Welsh in America. She told of her father's experience in the Civil War, how he was among the troops reviewed by Sherman at the end of the war.
"That was the only time I teared up," Lowrey says. "I felt very proud that he was there."
As for Lowrey, who folks have called Skeet since she was in the first grade, she graduated from Chillicothe Business College and at 21 used money her mother had put aside from Tudor's Army pension for a down payment on a house. It was on West 46th Street, next to Kansas City's Country Club Plaza. She worked in Kansas City at a World War II battery factory and other businesses, including Skelly Oil and Emery, Bird, Thayer.
A few years after Lowrey married Tom DeFord, the couple moved to Michigan and raised their children. They retired to Arkansas, and DeFord died in 1992.
Like father, like daughter. In 1996, at age 70, she married Russell Lowrey, someone she had gone through school with in Dawn. They recently moved from Gladstone to a retirement community in Kearney.
So how many others are there like Lowrey, now 86, actual sons and daughters of Civil War veterans? Not many.
Several organizations try to keep track of the surviving "real" sons and daughters of Civil War veterans -- children, not just descendants -- including the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Sons of Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The situations in these families were similar, says David Demmy of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, vets in their 70s and 80s having late-in-life children. People who hear about children of Civil War vets are invariably skeptical until you put pencil to paper for them, he says.
"You can see the gears running in their heads," he says. "They're trying to calculate, can that be possible?"
Tallying these groups' current lists, the total is about 60. And even figuring that all the real sons and daughters haven't been identified, the number of Civil War children is likely less than 100, says Ben Sewell of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Sarah Anderson of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War knows of 10 surviving Union vet daughters. "There's no one closer to the Civil War. The way I look at it, they're a national treasure."
Lowrey doesn't know about "national treasure" but she appreciates her unusual heritage: "It's special."


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More Boston Bomber Lies
Once again, officialdom has changed its story about what happened last week when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was allegedly captured in a boat in a neighborhood back yard in Watertown, Massachusetts.
From the AP this evening:
Authorities originally said they had exchanged gunfire with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for more than one hour Friday evening before they were able to subdue him.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation, say investigators recovered a 9 mm handgun believed to have been used by Tsarnaev's brother, Tamerlan, from the site of a gun battle Thursday night, which injured a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officer. Dzhokhar was believed to have been shot before he escaped.
The officials tell The Associated Press that no gun was found in the boat. Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said earlier that shots were fired from inside the boat.
Obviously, we can no longer believe the police and authorities in charge of releasing information on the attack and the subsequent and alleged pursuit, shooting death of Tamerlan Tasernaev, and the capture of his younger brother, who was originally portrayed as an armed and dangerous terrorist.
The authorities can no longer be trusted. An independent investigation must be allowed to examine all the evidence surrounding the case before Tsarnaev is prosecuted and put to death, as members of Congress, including liberal Democrat senators Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein, have called for.


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Donald Love telling Toni Cipriani that he wants him to steal some of the uncounted ballot papers so they can replace them with their own.
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Counterfeit Count is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories given to protagonist Toni Cipriani by Donald Love from his apartment in the Torrington district of Staunton Island, Liberty City.
Toni drops by Donald's apartment. Donald informs Toni that the polls are down to the wire. Donald then tasks Toni to steal the uncounted ballot papers and replace them with their own.
Toni follows a ballot van which plans to stop at various locations to allow ballot papers to be moved by other vehicles, limiting the chance of the vote being rigged. The ballot van stops under the bridge by Belleville Park, a block southeast of the court house and outside the Staunton Island police station in Torrington. However, Toni kills each of the workers that exit the ballot van, gaining the ballot papers. After gaining three bundles of ballot papers, the mission is complete.
Donald Love: Bad news Toni!
Toni Cipriani: What?
Donald Love: The exit polls are neck and neck. Time for plan B. We steal some of the uncounted votes, and replace them with some of our own.
Toni Cipriani: What was that you said about vote rigging?
Donald Love: Oh, shut up!
The reward for completing the mission is $2,500 and the Love on the Rocks mission, if the player has completed Munitions Dump and False Idols.
Toni Cipriani about to follow the van containing the ballot papers.
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Something that really, really annoys me is reading a paper discussing a rich and complex data set in which the authors squink their eyes tightly and use statistics to zoom in and stare fixedly at one parameter. It happens all the time. It's as if some scientists think it's a triumph to reduce a phenomenon to one single simple cause, rather than appreciating the diversity of inputs.
The latest example is a study pegging yet another medical procedure as the cause for autism, in this case, early induction of labor and augmented delivery. Autism is probably a perfect target for these kinds of silly approaches; it almost certainly has a wide range of contributory causes, and it's always a mystery to the parents of affected children, who look for answers. It's the vaccines, they say. No, it's the drugs we took during pregnancy. No, it's the doctors who did funny business in the delivery room.
Fortunately, we've got Emily Willingham to actually look at the forest.
When she looks at the data, she finds that the authors are right, that there's a correlation: if a mother gets both induction and augmentation, there's a 27% increase in the chance that the child will later be identified as autistic.
What they don't tell you is that the same data set shows that having a college-educated mother increases the odds of autism by 30-33%. And that smoking during pregnancy decreases the chance of an autism diagnosis by 14%.
Wait, stop! If you're pregnant, don't take these numbers as an indication that you need to start watching more Glenn Beck to make yourself stupider, and that you need to take up a tobacco habit. You're looking at the tree again and ignoring the forest. What these correlations suggest is that we should be looking into some property of the population that unites them — that each one in itself is not necessarily causal, but that they are common symptoms of the true link. We need to see the big picture to puzzle out the answer.
And sometimes interpreting the phenomenology of a single parameter analysis would lead to a bad result: I can pretty much guarantee you that being a heavy smoker during pregnancy is much worse for the fetus than non-smoking.
Willingham does see the bigger picture.
This study didn't show that induction or augmentation during childbirth substantially increases the risk for autism, although it hints at a greater influence of socioeconomic status and by implication, healthcare access. If anything, based on earlier literature, it adds a slight if only mathematical confirmation of the perception that births involving autistic children can be associated with more complications, such as the presence of meconium, gestational diabetes, and fetal distress, than births involving non-autistic children. And that points to induction and augmentation as useful in these situations, not as problematic, and certainly does not affirm them as a risk.
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McLaurin, a middle blocker from Midwest City, Okla., was previously honored as the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week. She became the first student-athlete to be honored with the award for three consecutive weeks.
In a 3-0 weekend for the Sooners, McLaurin led the attack with a .630 hitting percentage and 4.22 kills per set. She notched double-digit kills in all three matches, including a weekend-high 15 against Missouri State. McLaurin set a season-high in hitting percentage at .722 in the weekend opener against Alabama A&M. Defensively, she added 19 total blocks, averaging 2.11 per set.
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Mecum Auctions announces a special one-time event has been added to its 2010 auction lineup as they prepare to offer The Bob McDorman Collection, Nov. 5-6, 2010, in Canal Winchester, Ohio.
McDorman, a longtime Chevrolet dealer and passionate collector, will sell his personal collection of 150 superior cars at no reserve. Included in the McDorman offering is the most complete assemblage of Corvettes in the world, featuring one Corvette from every model year 1953 to present and 12 serial #1 Corvettes.
"I've known Bob on both a personal and a professional level for more than 30 years, having consigned his items at our auctions, found unique vehicles for him to purchase and even bought my own family's new cars from his dealership," said President Dana Mecum. "He is one of the finest Corvette collectors in our industry with a fantastic influence over the hobby, and this auction is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for enthusiasts to acquire these high-quality vehicles."
Among the Corvettes crossing the block are Bunkie Knudsen's 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray and the Pink Pearl - a specially built 1964 Corvette Sting Ray ordered by Knudsen for his wife, Florence. Mecum will also auction a 1938 Chevrolet Cabriolet designed by General Motors of France during an overseas styling exercise. Of the two prototype Chevrolet vehicles designed, this car - featuring unique European influences - is the only survivor, making it a truly unique piece.
In addition to the cars, which range from a 1915 Chevrolet to the last SSR produced, there will be hundreds of collectibles, neon signs and automotive parts crossing the auction block. The complete lineup will be available soon at www.Mecum.com. For more information about Bob McDorman, visit www.bobmcdormanchevrolet.com.


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The Internet
is a global network, connecting many smaller individual networks.
For example, a computer in your room is connected to another computer
on campus. All the departments on campus are then connected to a
larger network in your state. The statewide network is connected
to regional, national and international networks.
The Internet
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POLLOCKSVILLE � Almost thwarted by rain Friday evening, Pollocksville Main Street Christmas welcomed hundreds to ring in the season as planned with lights, laughter and lighthearted fun.
POLLOCKSVILLE � Almost thwarted by rain Friday evening, Pollocksville Main Street Christmas welcomed hundreds to ring in the season as planned with lights, laughter and lighthearted fun.
The Town Hall Depot by the Trent River was filled with teens from Jones Senior High School as groups including the National Art Honor Society with counselor Deborah Lightfield and organization president, Christina Perez, helping about 200 youngsters make snowmen, gingerbread men and Christmas stockings. They were also selling wreath ornaments they made to help pay for the project.
Others went to an area where 4-H Club members helped them make reindeer antlers to wear and wandered on to a bonfire where one event organizer, Rick Daniels, was making s�mores for everybody.
Other lights came from boats decorated for Christmas and tied to the nearby N.C. Wildlife dock or the lighted poles with wreaths, candles and angels lining the streets.
Those entering the holiday decorated Depot got a glimpse of Christmas past with a display set up by T & H Treasures at which six-year-old Adrien Alexander Sanchez got another context for �Bing,� as he looked with fascination at a circa 1930s BING No. 2 small manual typewriter made by a German company.
The music of little voices from Jones County elementary schools drifted through air with sounds of �Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer� and �It Must Be Santa.�
Mother Brandy Watson, accompanying Jana Rickman and Lillie Bradford, said, �They�ve been practicing almost all year� and the crowd and smiles they drew must have made it worth the work.
Shops and Trent Restaurant stayed open and Trackside snack wagon sold fast food, beverages and treats.
Jones County Historical Society�s headquarters at the Bryan-Lavender House (ca. 1825) was lit and staffed By Donna Morton and society president Susan Camaret, who handed out free apple cider and talked to any and all about the impressive collection of historic homes in Jones County.
They also sold packages of cards with sketches of the homes �by Jones County High School art students many years ago,� Camaret said, and make good gifts this time of year.
The card packs included some with sketches of Oakview Plantation on N.C. 58, Foscue Plantation just up U.S. 17 toward New Bern, the Trent River Plantation House, Cypress Creek Methodist Church on N.C. 41, Sanderson-Waller house that was used by the Underground Railroad, the John Simmons House on U.S. 17 toward Maysville, and the Shine House on N.C. 41 near Comfort.
But there was no fundraising focus at the event that was all about fun and Santa and helpers were at the Depot and at other locations on Main Street to hear Christmas wishes from the kids.
Though strangers traveling through the Jones County village on U.S. 17 had to slow down or stop for people crossing the major highway lit with luminaries for several blocks, no horns blew in frustration and no one appeared to speed away with road rage from the small town celebration of families, friends and neighbors which many there said is in the best and truest spirit of Yuletide celebration.
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Americans have been granted a pleasant six-week respite from the anxiety that our elected representatives will once again screw up the economy that supports most of us.In late December and early January, you will recall, the two political parties played a big game of chicken to see who could score the most points in the debt-ceiling and tax-cut-expiration fight. And as part of a deal designed to make each team look like heroes for "cutting taxes" that they could easily have just voted not to raise, a problematic little budget agreement called the "sequester" was kicked down the road a couple of months.
Well, now those two months are over.
And at the end of next week, on March 1st, the "sequester" will kick in.
Unless Congress intervenes, the sequester will trigger about $85 billion in annual spending cuts across most government agencies, including the military, the Department of Education, and the Department of Justice. These cuts will result in furloughs, loss of overtime, and probably some layoffs, especially if they are permanent.
The cuts are designed to cut the deficit by about $1.2 trillion over 10 years, and although long-term deficit reduction is a noble goal, the cuts will also hurt the economy this year, when it is weak. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the sequester cuts, combined with the tax increases earlier this year, will reduce 2013 GDP growth by 1.5 percentage points.
Both parties agree that the "sequester" is lousy policy–the cuts are sharp and indiscriminate across most agencies, including those that are favourites of each particular political team. But both parties voted for the sequester. And neither party is lifting a finger to try to stop the cuts from taking place. So take whatever they say with a grain of salt.
Nor is the sequester the only economic hurdle on the horizon.
At the end of March, the "continuing resolution" that is funding federal government spending will run out. After that date, the federal government will have to shut down unless or until another continuing resolution (or budget) is passed. This creates the possibility that the government will endure a 1995 scenario in which big agencies just close their doors until Congress finally does what it was elected to do.
And then, in May, unless Congress has passed an agreement to delay it, the debt ceiling will return. The debt ceiling, you will recall, is what almost caused the country to default on its obligations back in the summer of 2011 and then again early this year. Our government is using our debt ceiling as a poker chip, and although the Republicans caved a couple of months ago, there's always a risk that they'll decide to hijack the country again.
The bottom line is there are three ways our government can screw up our economy in the next three months.
So don't relax just yet.
Yahoo's Jeff Macke and I discuss the sequester below:
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Bomber banned for biting by AFL Tribunal
Essendon defender Conor McKenna has been suspended for three matches by the AFL Tribunal for biting Western Bulldogs forward Tory Dickson.
McKenna pleaded guilty to the charge of serious misconduct at Tuesday night's hearing at the AFL's Etihad Stadium headquarters.
Jury members Wayne Henwood, Stewart Loewe and Michael Jamison deliberated for six minutes before arriving at the penalty that will see the 22-year-old miss matches against Port Adelaide, Collingwood and Melbourne.
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Apple's announcement of a home automation ecosystem has been welcomed by some Australian startups specialising in the Internet of Things (IoT).
Apple announced HomeKit earlier this week as a major new feature of iOS 8. The software adds the ability to control smart light bulbs and a variety other connected gadgets in the home.
At an IoT event that was part of Vivid Sydney, startups Homeboy and Ninja Blocks voiced excitement about HomeKit. However, another startup, MooresCloud, cautioned that Apple's move into IoT seems aimed at taking over the home.
HomeKit creates the opportunity to easily integrate different IoT products in one ecosystem, said Mark Richards, CEO of Homeboy, which specialises in home security. Doing that currently requires a business partnership, he said.
"The idea that there's this open framework and everyone can plug in ... gives the opportunity for a small company to do very well."
However, Richards said that the arrival of HomeKit might not be welcomed by vendors that make hubs for controlling different IoT gadgets, he said.
That's exactly the business that Ninja Blocks is in. But the startup's president, Daniel Friedman, said he sees a path to success even with a dominant Apple ecosystem.
While HomeKit might eliminate the need for hub hardware, Friedman predicted the technology could easily transition into a software model.
"I disagree that the hub is going to disappear."
Friedman noted that Ninja Blocks had been preparing for Apple's entrance. "We saw the writing on the wall about a year ago," he said.
He applauded Apple's goal of unifying a diverse range of IoT products under one consistent user interface. "I think it's great."
MooresCloud CEO Mark Pesce appeared more wary about Apple's ambitions in releasing HomeKit.
"Apple never saw an ecosystem it didn't want to own," said Pesce, whose startup makes smart lighting. "There is a 900 pound gorilla here. We just haven't seen it yet."
Pesce predicted that HomeKit is part of a larger initiative to control the home using other Apple technologies including iBeacons and the rumoured iWatch smartwatch.
"It's putting the framework in place for that so that once that smartwatch or thing is out there, all of the other devices are now already [connected] and it is now game over."
Adam Bender covers startup and business tech issues for Techworld and is the author of dystopian sci-fi novels We, The Watched and Divided We Fall. Follow him on Twitter: @WatchAdam
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A very happy Monday, MNN readers, and welcome to the seventh installment of "The garden party," a new product-centric weekly series geared toward all of you al fresco entertainers, patio partiers and backyard BBQ'ers out there. The emphasis, as you may have gathered, is on outdoor entertaining paraphernalia that boast one or more of the following eco-friendly attributes: a. handmade b. made from sustainable or recycled materials c. domestically manufactured or d. durable/made-to-last so in that they'll be used not just this summer but for many more summers to come.
Normally, I'm loath to feature products that fall under the umbrella of the dreaded "D word": disposable. But when it comes to outdoor entertaining, however, I totally understand that breaking out the fine china — or any sort of reusable dishware for that matter — is often a no-go. Because really, who wants to spend the entire day after a grub-heavy backyard get-together washing piles of BBQ sauce-smeared plates while nursing a tequila headache? Not me, certainly.
Thankfully, there are numerous table and serveware options out there for waste-conscious party throwers opting to go the disposable route. Below, you'll find just a few said single-use options that are made from a variety of biodegradable and/or compostable materials (read: not plastic or other petroleum-based substances) for your consideration. Many of these pieces can be tossed right into a backyard compost pile after being used and should break down within a matter of months instead of decades. And if you do opt for party paraphernalia of the reuseable and plastic variety, I highly recommend investing in party-perfect place settings from Preserve.
Have you switched over to compostable/biodegradable disposal tableware when entertaining? I'd love to hear about your favorite brands or materials in the comments section.
Compostable Party Kit @ Branch ($49.99 - $152)
7" Colorful Susty Party Compostable Starch Plate @ Susty Party (starting at $12.99)
Compostable Drinking Straws @ Green Depot ($2.95/pack of 50)
All Occasion Veneerware Sporks @ Bambu ($10/pack of 24)
Wasara Biodegradable Tableware @ A+R Store ($9 - $14)
7" Spudware Set @ GreenPartySupply ($4/pack of 10)
EcoPalm Heart Plate @ EcoPalm ($7.11/pack of 20)
Repurpose 12-Ounce Insulated Disposable Cups @ Bed Bath & Beyond ($4.99/pack of 12)
FSC Wood Compostable Forks @ Susty Party (starting at $12.99)
Compostable Cold Cups @ Green Depot ($4.95/pack of 20)
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Your Favorite TV Couples!
Sometimes a couple just has chemistry. You can't always define exactly why two people fit together so perfectly, but you can almost see the sparks fly when halves so seamlessly make a whole. Luckily for all of us, television has provided many of these terrific twosomes over the years -- couples that we can't wait to see argue and make up, scheme and fall flat, or visit with nosy neighbors. TV's power couples make us want to tune in week after week, or daily, if applicable, to watch magic happen over and over again.
Throughout the years we've been privileged to interview some of television's favorite couples. And although their on-screen romances didn't carry over into real life, these couples still displayed an awful lot of love and respect for each other when out of character. Have a look for yourself:
Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford, The Jeffersons' George and Weezy:
Anthony Geary and Genie Francis, soap opera super-couple Luke and Laura of General Hospital:
Tom Bosley and Marion Ross, Mr. and Mrs. C (Cunningham) on Happy Days:
And last but not least, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore, Rob and Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show:
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! May you all find the George to your Weezy!
- Adrienne Faillace


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Abstract: The dissertation 'Interactive Approaches to Rural Development' gives new theoretical and empirical knowledge in the collaboration on development of rural areas and landscapes. From a perspective about the development and the challenges faced, the study analyses which functions that are demanded by the rural areas. Furthermore, the study makes an analysis of the collaboration in an EU financed rural development association; the Local Action Group (LAG). The overall objective is to: Analyse and discuss approaches to rural development under Danish conditions. The dissertation is cantered around three papers introduced with a frame that contributes to the overall objective. With point of departure in the changes that have structured the Danish landscape, the first paper analyses and discusses how the Danish planning system can be optimized to plan for a multifunctional landscape. Paper two and three builds on the EU rural development policy LEADER that through local project based development supports new income opportunities for the local inhabitants. Collaboration on the rural development is a subject that requires an interdisciplinary analytical approach. The dissertation therefore builds on different theories and both qualitative and quantitative analytical methods. The theoretical foundation draws on generic network theory and various applications of this. This is conducted by inclusion of ideas from interorganisational interaction in an analysis of the collaboration between municipality and a locally anchored development association. In addition the theory of social capital is applied to analyse whether the partnership formation and collaboration has supported the development of the local area. Furthermore, the concept of multifunctionality is assessed as a principle to be applied in countryside planning and rural development. The empirical foundation of the dissertation draws on mixed method research approach with interviews and surveys that are studied through qualitative and quantitative data analyses. Two of the three papers take point of departure in a case study of LAG-Djursland. Based on the dissertation it is concluded, that a crucial factor in the development of rural areas and landscapes is the collaboration among relevant stakeholders– often arranged around a partnership. To secure a concrete and locally attuned development it is important to engage local anchored stakeholders. These stakeholders have the greatest knowledge about the local development opportunities and barriers. Though the dissertation builds on experiences from the Danish rural landscape, the analyses, discussions and conclusions will be relevant in an international perspective. The interactive approach and the analysis hereof will be applicable in other domains than that of rural development. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8592
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Craigslist Posts Solicited Minors for Sex, FBI Says:
Last month the FBI arrested 31-year-old Eric Fantau for allegedly trying to meet a minor for sex at a mall in Wayne, New Jersey. If it's not fast food joints it's malls with these creeps. I bet they think it gives them some kind of plausible deniability. "I was just here to buy some pants" or something like that.
Anyway the FBI says that Fantau posted more than 100 ads on craigslist looking for sex with minors. They even say that Fantau admits to meeting at least one minor for sex. Right. Just one? I doubt that. With over 100 ads posted I seriously doubt he only got one bite. The FBI must think that too because they believe there may have been other victims.
Anyone with information regarding Fantau or if anyone thinks they may be the victims of a crime, call the FBI New York's tip line at 212-384-1000. All tips and information will remain confidential. Victim specialists will be available to assist victims.
How many of Fantau's 100 alleged ads were flagged or pulled by craigslist? It wouldn't surprise me if none of them were flagged. Yet craigslist still allows the casual encounters section to remain unmonitored. I wonder how many kids are molested in a week through craigslist in the New York metropolitan area alone. One is too many and craigslist refuses to do anything about and the media lets it slide. It's not the story du jour anymore.


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Tanzania President's Top Award
[Africa News Update]
Distinguished U.S. and African leaders and top diplomats will gather on September 19 in New York City for The Africa-America Institute's (AAI) 23rd Annual Awards Gala.
The Guest of Honor, Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, will accept the AAI African National Achievement Award, on behalf of the People of Tanzania. The Award will recognize Tanzania's significant progress in promoting access to education at every level, longstanding commitment to conservation, and success in creating an increasingly business-friendly environment.
Paul Tudor Jones II, businessman, conservationist, and founder of the Robin Hood Foundation, is Gala Chair and will introduce President Kikwete. The gala will also honor African and U.S. leaders for leadership in their respective fields. The Grumeti Community and Wildlife Conservation Fund is the Grand Sponsor of the Gala. The AAI Awards Gala is the largest Africa-focused black-tie event in New York City.
AAI is a New York-based international education and policy organization with offices in South Africa and Mozambique and an alumni presence throughout the African continent.
Since 1953, AAI has worked to educate and train African leaders and professionals and foster greater understanding between Africa and the United States. Today, AAI counts more than 23,000 alumni, including Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai, Namibian Prime Minister Nahas Angula, and New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) CEO Firmino Mucavele.
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High energy, fun with Team Torque - Microsoft
26 March 2015
Teams from Microsoft participated in a series of challenges putting team dynamics to the test in order to gain parts for their team's model car. Utilising project planning skills, they constructed the car as a team and then drawing on their collective creative skills they designed and decorated banners and promotional materials to support and cheer on their team! The Microsoft team morale was extremely high as they enjoyed every minute of the tasks and challenges.
The teams lined up at the start and when the flags flew, the designated mechanics pumped air into the rocket forcing the car off the starting grid and down the track. Microsoft participants cheered their team on with cheer leaders, waving banners and flags!
A photo finish!! But in the end, there could be only one winner and the car that traveled the furtherest and straightest down the track was declared the winner.