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Bob Dylan: "Anybody Can Make A Video" (Radio.com Minimation)
"On Minimation, we comb through the archives of legendary New York radio station WNEW-FM and animate interviews with legendary rock artists. This installment is taken from a 1985 interview with Bob Dylan, where he discusses his feelings about the then-budding art form of music videos. This minimation was created for Radio.com by Elliot Lobell.
Bob Dylan's 1966 short film for "Subterranean Homesick Blues" is often cited as being one of the first music videos. Shot and released decades before there was any real outlet for the medium, it was something of a curiosity at the time. But in 1985, when this interview was recorded, it was a much different era. MTV was becoming a dominant cultural force, and it was pretty much mandatory that artists made at least one video (if not more) to promote their new albums. Ever the contrarian, Dylan's mood on music videos had cooled by then.
"I don't mind making videos," he said. "It's fake, it's like making a movie, it's all fake." This, by the way, was two years before he'd co-star in the otherwise-forgettable 1987 flick Hearts of Fire , which he co-starred in with Rupert Everett and pop singer Fiona.
"Anybody can make a video. Anybody. All you need is a camera."
Oddly enough, his son Jesse Dylan, went on to be a director of films as well as videos: his resume includes clips by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ("A Face in the Crowd"), Tom Waits ("God's Away on Business") and the Black Keys's immortal "Lonely Boy" (which, to be fair, anybody could have made). Oh, and also a little 2008 video called "Yes We Can" that possibly helped get a president elected."
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Roush BlackJack Supercharged Stage 3 - Dearborn Day Tripping
We Take A Long Trip Through Ford Country In A Roush Blackjack
No one has to tell us that Dearborn, along with all of Detroit, is in the midst of big changes. The auto industry and the city that made it king are facing tough times. Just like our personal lives, adversity can make you bitter or better. History also holds that sometimes great cars are produced in the middle of difficult circumstances.
So with all that in mind, we set out for Motor City to visit spots of particular interest to Mustang enthusiasts. Our ride for the trip was a very extraordinary Roush BlackJack, a high-spirited thoroughbred engineered for ferocious power, handling, and style by Roush Performance (www.roushperformance.com). The BlackJack, also a Detroit native, boasts a supercharged 4.6L V8 rated at 430hp, full Stage 3 suspension and brakes, and the Roush body and interior treatment. It's a premium package based on Jack Roush's personal driver.
Our route called for a visit to Henry Ford's home, the historic River Rouge industrial complex where hundreds of thousands of Mustangs were built, and a pass down Detroit's famed Woodward Avenue. Finally, we set out in search of the long-lost Kar Kraft facility where the '69-'70 Boss 429s were assembled. We had some intel from Charlie Henry, who used to make deliveries there many years ago. Would his recall hold up and, if so, was the building still standing 40 years later?
We kicked off our road trip with a visit to Ford World Headquarters. This 11-story building in Dearborn, built on land originally owned by the Henry Ford estate, has been Ford's corporate face since 1956. Across the Southfield Freeway is Fairlane Town Center mall. Ford's influence in the area is huge, and many businesses have Ford-themed names.
Henry Ford Estate
Henry Ford was born on a farm near Dearborn during the Civil War. He grew up on a Dearborn-area farm, and at age 16 walked eight miles to Detroit in search of work in the machine shops. In 1903, Ford Motor Company was formed. Five years later, the Model T was on its way to transforming the world. In 1915, Henry Ford and wife Clara moved into this grand 56-room mansion made of marblehead limestone and concrete. Ford lived here until his death in 1947. Fair Lane, as it was known, was donated to the University of Michigan in 1957 and became a National Historic Landmark in 1966. Today, the home serves as a conference center.
Tooling slowly around the blacktops of Fair Lane, the BlackJack makes no protest of driving slow, as high-performance cars sometimes do. The temperature stays in the cool zone, clutch and brakes stay smooth, and the transmission doesn't get sticky. The mufflers also do a nice job of keeping things quiet, but not too quiet.
Greenfield Village
Adjacent to the Henry Ford Museum is the spacious outdoor exhibit, Greenfield Village. Founded in 1929, it portrays America from past eras, including the actual courthouse where Abe Lincoln practiced law, the Wright Brothers' workshop, and the Menlo Park laboratory of his good friend, Thomas Edison. A genuine steam-engine train makes excursions around the grounds. It's probably the closest thing to real time travel we'll ever see.
In the parking lot, an admirer stops to check out the BlackJack. Bhargav Mehta, from India, notices the car and is overwhelmed. He asks if he can sit in it. As he gushes about what a huge Mustang fan he is, his sister snaps pictures of the moment. He seems like a nice guy and a genuine Mustang lover, so I decide to make his day by asking if he wants to go for a spin. We buckle in and I pull onto the road. "Are you ready?" I ask. He nods. I uncork all 430 hp. First gear pulls like a tractor beam. The sound is magical, the power amazing. Power shift to second and the BlackJack explodes forward with supercharged fury. Redline shift to third. Wow. Slowing to normal speed, Bhargav stuffs his eyeballs back into his head and grins like a college kid who just pranked the professor. Let's see your Tata Indica do that.
Henry Ford Museum
Leaving Fair Lane, we have a short jaunt down Michigan Avenue to the Southfield Freeway, then hang a right and hop off on West Village Road-not enough time to stretch the BlackJack's legs. We're heading for The Henry Ford, a complex comprised of the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. The world-renowned Henry Ford Museum is a vast compilation of transportation, aviation, and industrial history. The labels don't do it justice. If you're in Detroit, plan on spending at least a day in the museum. Keep a sharp eye out and you'll see Mustang number 001, a white '64 1/2 convertible that Ford recognizes as the first production Mustang.
Ford Test Track
Directly across Village Road from the museum and Greenfield Village is Ford's low-speed and high-speed proving grounds. It's protected from public view by a tall, red brick fence. Look carefully at those vintage PR photos of your favorite old Mustangs and you'll see this same fence. Ford used this area for publicity shots for many new models prior to their introduction. The proving grounds also has steep grades, water tests, and the Pitch and Jounce area. Many great Fords have logged many test miles here.
Rouge Plant
Ford's famous Rouge Assembly Plant, which began operations in 1917, was Henry Ford's grand vision of self-sufficient manufacturing, where ships with raw materials would sail up the Rouge River to unload materials that would be crafted into engines, frames, glass, sheet steel, radiators, even tires and paper. At its peak, the Rouge plant had 93 buildings with 15.7 million square feet of floor space, 100 miles of railroad track, 120 miles of assembly conveyors, and over 100,000 employees. It had its own electrical plant, hospital, police force, and fire station. Mustangs were built there from 1964 to 2004, along with two-seat T-Birds, FE engines, Cougars, and regular passenger cars (look for the "F" plant code in the VIN). Many of the old plants have been demolished. The big white building, visible behind the electrical tower, houses the Rouge's last remaining vehicle assembly-the F150. Tours are available, leaving from the Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village.
Vinsetta Garage
From Dearborn, we saddle up for a trip east on I-94. The BlackJack is always ready to blast up on-ramps and merge with power to spare. Cruising speeds are child's play, and we have to salute the exhaust designers for avoiding the 65-mph throb that so many high-performance mufflers seem to have. The BlackJack, though capable of cornering loads over 1G, does not pound you into powder on expansion joints. Compliance is not Town Car soft, but it's not go-kart stiff either. It finds the sweet spot of both cornering and comfort.
We exit downtown at M1, Woodward Avenue. Named for a judge who laid out the city streets back when most were dirt roads, Woodward is downtown's East/West dividing point. We roll through city blocks that have seen better days. The world's first electric traffic light was installed at Woodward and Michigan Avenues in 1920, and between 6 and 7 Mile roads was the world's first mile of paved concrete.
We cross I-696 and enter Woodward's famous cruising zone. First stop is Vinsetta Garage in Berkley. Dating back to 1919, Vinsetta's began working on horse-drawn carriages when Woodward was still a dirt path. While the landscape changed around it, Vinsetta's kept its early 1950's look with neon signage, round-top gas pumps, and the old driveway canopy. They have earned a solid reputation and continue to accept new clients-by referral only. Says owner Jack Marwell, "I'm old, the building is old, the business is old. Old is good."
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Hunter House
Once lined with a couple dozen pre-franchise drive-ins, Woodward left the cruising culture behind in the 1970s. The last remaining burger joint is Hunter House in Birmingham, at Woodward and Maple. It's been serving up sliders, fries, and sodas in the same white porcelain building since 1952. With tile floors, a stainless steel wrap-around counter with swivel stools, and a menu unchanged since the Truman administration, Hunter House oozes street cred, possibly more. Maybe not gourmet cuisine, but a fun trip back to one of the few surviving burger joints. Cash only. If you want to complete the Woodward cruising circuit, continue north to Square Lake Road, site of the famous Ted's Drive-In, and make a U-ee.
Kar Kraft
From Woodward, it's about a 45-minute ride out to the small, outlying town of Brighton, home of Kar Kraft, the assembly plant that built the Boss 429 Mustangs. The BlackJack makes a fine road car. Highway miles are tight and comfy, and the high-powered stereo makes the miles pass without having to shout down an overly loud exhaust.
We're going to see if we can find the old plant based on the decades-old memory of Charlie Henry, who used to make deliveries there. I take Exit 147, then turn right onto Spencer Road. The third right is East Main which becomes West Main past Grand River Avenue. Turn right on N. 4th St. and follow the bend to the right which becomes Walnut. Take a left on N. 2nd, and another left right away on Whitney. At the end of Whitney you'll see a long white building with two garage doors on the south end. These are the doors where the completed Boss 429s rolled out. It doesn't look like much today, but it matches period photos showing Boss 429 production.
I've found it. The Boss 429 plant still stands. I'm in a special place. It seems like there should be a plaque or something, but there's nothing here but neighbors wondering what I'm doing.


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Bulgaria has the European Union's most government corruption, and is its most violent member state. But convictions there for high-level corruption are rare.
That's why two court cases in the past fortnight are such a landmark, and a sign that steady European Union pressure on the small Balkan country is producing results.
On March 18, Asen Drumev, former head of the State Agricultural Fund, was sentenced to four years in prison for embezzling $34 million worth of EU assistance. Then on Monday, businessman Mario Nikolov received 10 years for defrauding Brussels of $8.3 million of agriculture and rural-development funds.
They were the first officials to be punished in an effort to placate an increasingly irate Brussels, which has for years criticized Bulgaria's widespread vote-buying, shady financing of political parties, money laundering, and failure to seize financial assets of alleged gangsters. As many as 150 mafia-related murders have netted no convictions.
'EU was fed up with Bulgaria'
Bulgaria routinely vows to crack down, but has never done so.
"The EU was already fed up with Bulgaria for failing to deliver on its promises, so it couldn't be delayed any longer," says Ruslan Stefanov, of the Center for the Study of Democracy in Sofia, the capital.
Brussels is now more vigilant about the funds it will provide Bulgaria to modernize – funds only available if Sofia can earn back the EU's trust. Up to $15 billion over the next few years is at stake for Bulgaria, which is also the union's poorest member. But EU officials, while offering praise for Sofia, say much more needs to be done.
"In the past, we've seen steps forward, then stalling, steps forward, then stalling," European Commission spokesman Mark Gray told the Monitor. "This is a step in the right direction, but let's see this political will turned into more and substantial convictions."
The rest of the Balkan states – all of them aspiring to join the club – have watched closely to see how Brussels deals with a misbehaving member, especially one of its newest. (Bulgaria entered the union in January 2007.)
With pressure comes progress
In July 2008, Brussels took an unprecedented step and froze up to $500 million in aid to Bulgaria, a blow when so much of the population continues to endure economic hardship. "As they say, the man's gotta do what the man's gotta do," EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said then.
The July 2009 election brought to power Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, an ex-bodyguard, karate coach, and mayor of Sofia who talked tough about cleaning up the mess. Brussels saw enough follow-through that last September it "unblocked" €140 million ($190 million) in funding.
Washington has also welcomed progress. In February, the US embassy in Sofia congratulated Borisov's team for "Operation Octopus," a police sting that captured 12 Bulgarian underworld figures.
"Ending the culture of impunity by ridding the streets of criminals is essential to strengthening rule of law," the embassy said.
Bulgarians want more reforms
Just last week, a top judge accused of protecting the mafia stepped down. And today, former Defense Minister Nikolay Tsonev was arrested for attempted bribery of a judge.
As for the Bulgarian public, long disillusioned by pervasive corruption, impatience remains.
"Of course, it takes time to investigate and prosecute anybody," Ivan Dikov, editor of the online news site Novinite, wrote on Monday. "But one does not see them going about investigating and prosecuting them with sufficient vigor and zeal."
Indeed, more than EU pressure, Borisov's administration must answer to voters.
"They won because of their anti-corruption campaign," says Stefanov. "So they can't forget where all those votes came from."


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Borrowing heavily from his predecessor as chief North American economist at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, economist David Rosenberg laid out his market outlook by framing it within Bob Farrell's famous "10 Market Rules to Remember."
"Whenever I hear that someone hasn't heard these rules I always wonder, If you don't know about these, how have you possibly been managing money?" he said at the beginning of his presentation, titled "The Marco and Market in 3D—Deflation, Deleveraging and Demographics," at the 2012 Strategic Investment Conference jointly hosted by the alternative investment firm Altegris and Millennium Wave Investments in Carlsbad, Cailf., on Thursday.
But before getting to the rules, Rosenberg, who has since left Merrill Lynch and is now chief economist and strategist with the Toronto-based investment management firm Gluskin Sheff, first defended himself against charges that he is a "perma-bear" in his view of markets and the economy.
"When you talk about risk, which I always do, people get confused and label you a perma-bear," he explained. "But it is absolutely [critical] to worry in this environment, as the outlook is fraught with significant risk."
As an example, he noted that in 2011, the second full year of economic recovery, the economy grew by 1.5%. The second year is typically the strongest year of a recovery, and GDP usually hits somewhere near 5% growth. The fact that we only experienced 1.5% growth means "there is very little cushion in the economy."
He then ran threw a slew of covers from Barron's, and compared what was suggested on the covers to what happened soon afterwards. In one slide the cover read, "Can anything stop this economy?" from April 2000.
"Yes, the tech wreck soon did," he said.
In another, a picture of a rollercoaster was depicted with the caption, "Is this the housing bottom?" The issue was from July 2008.
"Do the opposite of what a Barron's cover reads and you'll be okay," Rosenberg joked.
He then listed the rules, which he said "sound basic" but are important to review:
1. Markets tend to return to the mean over time.
2. Excesses in one direction will lead to an opposite excess in the other direction.
3. There are no new eras—excesses are never permanent.
4. Rapidly rising or falling markets usually go further than you think, but they do not correct by going sideways.
5. The public buys the most at the top and the least at the bottom.
6. Fear and greed are stronger than long-term resolve.
7. Markets are strongest when they are broad and weakest when they narrow to a handful of blue-chip names.
8. Bear markets have three stages: sharp down, reflexive rebound and a drawn-out fundamental downtrend.
9. When all the experts and forecasts agree, something else is going to happen.
10. Bull markets are more fun than bear markets.
"I'm not only not a perma-bear, but I'm actually a bull on bonds," he said. "Bernanke has said there is nothing the Fed can really do to prevent the fiscal cliff we're headed for, and this will be the theme moving forward. Don't dismiss the odds of a recession. We went through a fiscal 'retrenchment' of this size only twice in the last century, in 1960 and 1969, and both were accompanied by recessions."
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Men's tennis will be back on North Carolina A&T's campus soon. After foregoing the program in 2006 for budget concerns, the Aggies plan to play a full slate of matches in 2015 with hopes of playing for a MEAC title in April.
But if Aggie fans want to get an early glance at men's tennis, they can this fall. The men's team will play in tournaments in Atlanta, Winston-Salem, Durham and Elon during the fall.
The process for the return of men's tennis started in the summer of 2013 when Earl M. Hilton III, A&T's director of athletics, announced the addition of three varsity sports and reinstatement of men's tennis. Men's and women's golf will begin play in 2016, while women's soccer will not have its inaugural season until 2020. All three aforementioned sports will be new to the varsity lineup for A&T.
Men's tennis is different.
The Aggies had a rich history of recruiting African-American males to successfully play a country club sport at a historically black university. The program produced leaders of tomorrow and ambassadors for the sport.
"Aggie tennis allowed me to continue playing the game I love on the collegiate level after playing Juniors," said Calvin Davis, a 2003 graduate of A&T who trains tennis players in Charlotte. "I very much look forward to supporting the new men's team and attending matches."
Abdul Jordan is another former men's tennis player who continued to prosper in the sport after graduation. Jordan, a 1999 graduate, was a three-time team MVP and team captain for men's tennis. Today, he is a United States Professional Tennis Association certified elite professional tennis instructor in Maryland.
"As a former player, assistant and now supporter of Aggie tennis, it was terrible news eight years ago," Jordan said about the program being disbanded. "I am, however, equally excited that the program is back and here to stay. I am looking forward to seeing its growth with ambitions of ultimately creating a legacy in this new chapter for Aggie tennis."
Bruce Myers is the man in charge of putting A&T men's tennis back into the collegiate ranks. In May, Myers announced the signing of four players to compete during the 2015 season. Myers' historic class will bring back men's tennis in style with a home match at the Aggie Tennis Complex against the Big 10's Michigan State Spartans on January 18.
It is important to see a men's tennis program reinstated because there are so many others across the country being discontinued, according to Myers.
"Obviously, I am so excited to get the men's season underway," said Myers. "The benefits of having top-level competition so close by and being able to compete in high-level fall tournaments will really give me a good idea of where we stand and what things we need to work on. The outpouring of support from former Aggie men's tennis players has been outstanding."


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I am a chemical/biological scientist by trade and wish to understand how quantum EM phenomena translates to our more recognizable classical world.
In particular, I want to get a mechanistic picture of what is going on when a tuned antenna is interacting with a photon of the desired frequency? I believe an individual electron on the antenna (many electrons) accepts a photon; but how does the eventual process of a measurable AC current build up on the dipole (or 1/4 wavelength, for example) to be fed with no reactance onto the transmission line?
"When photon meets antenna" is a great meeting ground for a quantum/classical bridge.
Unfortunately, I do not have a serious maths background, but will try anything suggested. I have read and listened to many of the Feynman's popular quantum discussions which only increases my thirst for a better understanding of how quantum EM translates to our more visible world.


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A few days ago, I had a great conversation with a couple that live about a block away from us. They have regular yard sales throughout the summer and we've stopped at the sale a few times.
Their process is simple. They have an area of their garage that they devote to "yard sale" stuff. Whenever they have an item they've identified as yard sale material – meaning they don't have a real use for it – they stick a piece of masking tape on it, write a price on that masking tape, and put it in the "yard sale" area.
Three or four times a summer, they put up a few signs around the town and have a yard sale for the weekend, selling off everything in their "yard sale" area.
I asked them how it has worked out for them and they offered me several interesting tactics for yard sales (beyond the idea of having a yard sale area in one's garage).
First, if you don't ever add anything to the sale, you should expect diminishing returns on your yard sales. For the first summer or two, they would make some amount during the first sale – let's say $300 – and then make about half as much during the second sale ($150), then half as much again during the third one ($75).
The problem was that they really didn't have anything else to sell. The majority of the money they'd make all summer usually came from that first sale and it was often hard to motivate themselves to even do a third or fourth one once they noticed the pattern.
Their solution was kind of novel, actually.
They started intentionally picking stuff up for free or for pennies that they knew would sell at their yard sales. If someone was throwing something out on the curb, like a table or something, they'd just stop and ask if they could have it. They'd take it home and put it in their yard sale area, price it for a few bucks, and then stick it out during the next sale. If they made even a buck on the item, then it was worth it.
They also did "consignment" yard sales for people. They'd let friends bring items to their sales. The friends would just drop off the items during the week before the sale and pick them up afterwards. All the friend had to do was put a price on the item. When they stopped by to pick up unsold items and their money, they'd usually just split the cash (it was usually in the range of $20 for each of them) and the friends would usually tell them to just "keep" the unsold stuff.
Of course, that unsold stuff joined the regular items they would put out for their yard sale.
They had "dropping" prices. They'd stick up a sign that said, "ON SUNDAY ALL PRICES GO DOWN BY 50%!" They'd also mention it to anyone and everyone that came by. They told me that once they started doing this, they would have people return to them all the time. People would come back and see if some item they wanted was still there (and, at least some of the time, it still was).
How did this help? Whenever someone came back to the yard sale, they virtually always bought something. Apparently, no one likes to go to the same yard sale twice without buying something. They would often make as much money on Sunday as on Saturday when they started doing this, whereas before they might only make 25% as much on Sunday as compared to Saturday.
They cultivated "regulars." They would make it clear to all people who stopped at their yard sale that they would have another one in a month or so with some new stuff that their friends were bringing. If someone came multiple times, they'd learn that person's name and have conversations with them.
They have about twenty or thirty people who come to every one and about twenty more who make the majority of their sales. Almost every time, they buy something.
So, how much did they make during the summer of 2012? They didn't directly tell me, but they made it clear it was well into the four figures.
They solved the problem of yard sale diminishing returns, in other words. They keep items fresh and encourage as much repeat business as possible.
If you've done a yard sale or two and been frustrated about the items left over and the diminishing returns on your next yard sale, try some of these tactics. You might find that yard sales can become a very easy way to continually bring in some cash while also getting rid of unwanted stuff, making new friends, and helping old friends.


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On this site, you will find the wood turnings of Ken Ledbetter, of KCL Woods. In the past, he has made and sold bowls, hollow vessels, wine bottle stoppers, and pepper mills. However, for the last 4-5 years, he has strictly made tools for the Fiber Artist.
These tools include Drop Spindles, Shuttles, Yarn Bowls, Russian Spindles, Nostepinnes, Felting Tools and other things.
He uses a variety of woods – especially mesquite from Arizona, Maple from Washington state, and Walnut.
He is also a rock hound and often puts stones inlaid in the top of his Drop Spindles. Other inlays include Russian lacquered broaches, vintage buttons, shells and anything else round that he finds!
This site is a good representation of Ken's work. However, not all of our inventory can be shown, as he is making new things all the time. And not all woods are available here in our area.
If you don't see what you want, please email and tell us. Maybe we have something like it in our show stock, as we also have inventory we take to Wool Festivals around the western part of the United States.
See our Events section for a list of our shows. Ken makes many one of a kind things, so if you see something you really like, better buy it before it is gone. He probably can't make another one just like it.
Of course, satisfaction is always guaranteed. Enjoy looking around the site.


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More must be done to tackle the rising numbers of so-called "sumo babies", experts have said.
The National Obesity Forum said the number of larger-than-average newborns has been increasing since the 1960s because of the rising number of overweight and obese pregnant women.
The comments were made after figures obtained by The Sun found that almost a third of maternity wards have delivered babies weighing more than 12lb.
The average weight of a newborn is 7lb 4oz for a girl and 7lb 8oz for a boy. Yet freedom of information requests from the newspaper found that 38 out of 139 English maternity units had delivered children weighing in excess of 12lb in the last year.
Another five delivered babies weighing more than 13lb.
Tam Fry of the National Obesity Forum said: "The first sumo babies were being reported in 1966 and the numbers have been growing very steadily, but really started to escalate in the last decade.
"It is a direct consequence of women going into pregnancy overweight and obese and thereby producing large babies.
"Unfortunately there is this old habit of 'eating for two'."
NHS guidance says that women do not need to "eat for two". They are advised to consume only an additional 200 calories per day in the third trimester of pregnancy.
But Mr Fry said that pregnant women classed as overweight , with a body mass index score of 25 to 30, are deemed "OK" by health workers but they could easily become obese, with a BMI of 30 and over, while pregnant.
Being obese during pregnancy is " dangerous for the mother, dangerous for the baby, it is expensive for the NHS and it is something that will continue until somebody in Government wakes up and really addresses the root causes of obesity", Mr Fry said.
"We expect this to continue rising until something is properly done.
"Society is responsible for its own negligence in properly instituting pre-conception advice and failing to get across to women that they really need to think months before they conceive about getting in shape."


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From whichever angle you look at it, the rotunda at Ickworth is an extraordinary building. It is like a neoclassical spacecraft that has landed in the Suffolk countryside.
Ickworth was the brainchild of Frederick, 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry (1730-1803), who was obsessed with building and collecting. It is said that the many hotels called 'Bristol' on the Continent were named after the Earl-Bishop, as he was constantly on the road in search of art to acquire and architecture to emulate.
The 4th Earl seems to have had a penchant for round or oval buildings, as can also be seen in the Mussenden Temple he built, romantically overlooking the sea on the Downhill demesne in County Londonderry.
The much larger rotunda at Ickworth, designed by Mario Asprucci the Younger and Francis Sandys, was inspired by a picturesque circular house called Belle Isle on Lake Windermere, with colonnades based on those by Bernini at St Peter's in Rome tacked onto the sides for added sublimity and magnificence.
The house was designed to hold the collection the Earl-Bishop was assembling on the Continent, but in 1798 Napoleonic troops put a spanner in the works by confiscating it. By the time the Earl-Bishop died in 1803 Ickworth was still unfinished and empty.
The fate of Ickworth hung in the balance. But Frederick William, 5th Earl and 1st Marquess of Bristol (1769-1859), in spite of having had a difficult relationship with his father, chose to finish and to some extent domesticate this sublime vision.


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My goal is to provide quality feeder roaches at affordable prices, present a dazzling array of pet species, to dismiss the common myths about the honorable cockroach, and to spread the knowledge and passion of my hobby. If you have any questions or would like to place an order on any roaches for sale, please contact me via the Contact Us page.


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taroudant excursion
Full-Day Tour to Taroudant and Tiout
55 euro / person
Head to the small village of Tiout, hop on a donkey and ride to the oasis for lunch, then continue to the "pearl of Souss Valley," Taroudant.
|Take a family-friendly journey to the small village of Tiout, which lies nestled at the foot of the Atlas Mountains in the Souss Valley. Hop on a donkey and laugh your way into the palm-tree oasis, then up to the old Kasbah.Dine on a delectable Moroccan lunch before heading to Taroudant, known as the "pearl of the Souss Valley." Spend the afternoon discovering the ancient capital of the Saadian Dynasty; wander the local markets and admire the work of the local craftsmen who produce goods with leather, copper, and silver.Experience Moroccan culture first-hand with this tour through the old, red-walled city of Taroudant.Attractions:
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"They're coming out of the walls! They're coming out of the goddamn walls!"
A quick shot of tooth and claw cuts the face of the hapless victim. The inner jaws go flying. The skull cracks open. The brains come out. A blur in the distance triggers a thermal view of the unsuspecting target. Red lines extend to form a triangle. A flash, the man falls to the ground, his chest a smoking, cauterized hole. Hmmm… a tense, slow moving, Colonial Marine. A bleep on the motion sensor, another, and another, closer and closer. A screech, a trigger pulled. Bullets fly. Grenades fly. Alien and Predator chunks bounce wildly. The Marine steps forward to examine the smoking holes in the ground, kicking aside steaming pieces of black carapace and extraterrestrial dreadlocks.
Such is the essence of Aliens vs. Predator, a game which pits three of the coolest creations in Science Fiction – the Alien Xenomorph, the Predator, and the United States Colonial Marine – against one another in a fight to the death. This is one of the most startlingly good movie-to-PC game adaptations ever fabricated by silicon means.
I won't bother explaining who the Alien, Predator, Marines are. I won't bother telling you who H.R. Geiger is and I certainly won't explain to you how to use a Pulse Rifle or what regulations are violated by strapping one to a flame-thrower to get that extra 'exterminator joy-buzzer warm fuzzy' feeling.
If you've seen the Alien and Predator movies then you are quite
normal and not in need of a purgative. If not, get the bloody hell out from
under whatever repugnant, dank rock you've been living and get thee to the video
store, and quickly thereafter to a respectable pharmacy.
I'll just say this right off the bat: Aliens vs. Predator is the most atmospheric game I have ever played. Both the Aliens and Predator licenses are used to great effect to create an almost palpable feeling of terror and tension that raises the bar considerably for the level of immersion in gaming.
Aliens vs. Predator is played from a first person perspective as either an Alien, Predator, or a United States Colonial Marine. The three combatants are thrown into settings taken from the Alien movies and made to kill each other.
Gameplay is distinctly different for each race, making Aliens vs. Predator essentially three highly compelling games in one.
As the Alien, you scale walls, tear off limbs, impale hapless humans on your tail, and bite off their heads to gain a health boost. You are the ultimate horror, and all creatures are your prey. However, because of the lack of ranged attacks you are incredibly vulnerable and must use stealth, high speed, and fantastic maneuverability to get the drop on your opponents and tear them to pieces.
As the Predator you deal with you prey much in the same way as an assassin. You can cloak, track your targets with your special viewing modes, blast things to pieces with the auto-tracking shoulder cannon, nail body parts to walls with your spear gun, slice torsos in half with your auto-tracking throwing disk, electrocute with your plasma pistol, slice with your wrist-blades, and heal yourself with your medicomp. Playing with the Predator gives a great ego boost. You are a high-tech, incredibly tough, stealthy game hunter. The Aliens and humans are there for your amusement, although one wrong step and you could find yourself as an inner-jaws-entree.
As the Marine you are equipped with a Motion Tracker, Image Intensifier, Pulse Rifle, Smart-gun, Grenade Launcher, SADAR rocket launcher, Flame-thrower, and an all-powerful Mini-gun. You are the hunted, and are easily killed. Your only saving grace is your superior weaponry and the precautionary advantage of the motion tracker.
Because of the incredible lethality of these three well-balanced combatants, Aliens vs. Predator is a hard edged, tense, life and death action horror blast. The use of lighting and appropriate textures in the levels adds greatly to the thick atmosphere of the game. Combine this with high difficulty and incredible speed, and you'll see why Aliens vs. Predator is the only gaming experience I have ever had where I was actually afraid, sweating, tense, nervous, and completely engrossed. You actually fear for your life.
Much of the reason you'll fear is that there is no in-level save function.
This helps to raise the stakes, albeit mildly irritating at times.
The sound and music are also used to draw you in. Aliens vs. Predator features most of the effects from the Alien and Predator movies. The Predator has his particular chirps and clicks, the Alien sounds like a screeching cockroach, and the Humans cry out in panic and pain. The sounds of the weapons are also taken from the films, adding to the authenticity of the gameplay. The music is appropriately chilling, based on, but not lifted from, the scores of the films.
The graphics are terrific. The lighting effects, character modeling, polygon
count, and texturing are all at the very top of the pack. The character models
are all fully destructible, allowing you to tear off heads, fragment aliens,
or remove the Predator's arm that contains his self-destruct device ;). Once
you kill something, there is an advanced particle system in place that handles
blood and explosions beautifully. The 3D water ripple effect is great, and there
is also an adept physics model in place. Explosions realistically travel down
confined spaces, debris floats in the water, and alien bits go bouncing off
the walls. It's all very remarkable.
The best thing, though, is how the graphics are used to create a believable locale. The textures are all taken from the films and the lighting is appropriately dark and creepy (even using strobe effects to evoke feelings of panic). This game really complements the films, right down to the inner set of jaws the Aliens use to bite open your trachea.
Multi-player is fantastic. The use of the three balanced species makes multi-player a varied, enthralling gaming experience. The use of several new multi-player modes like Predator Tag (in which everyone is a human except for one Predator; if you kill him, you get to be him) makes the multi-player experience absolutely revolutionary. It's a pity that Gamespy support is not available yet, because using Mplayer is a major drag.
I simply cannot spit out enough kind words for Aliens vs. Predator.
Not since Jedi
Knight have I seen the look, feel, and endearing qualities of a movie (or
series of films) so adeptly transmuted into a computer game. Aliens vs. Predator
is amazing in its single player use of tension and atmosphere to draw you in,
its incredible balance of three very memorable opponents, and the sheer terrifying
effect that the game has on you.
Despite all the good, there is always some bad. For one thing, the single player
game is somewhat short. While this unfortunate occurrence is happening more
and more to games in this genre, hopefully by mentioning it we can stop the
trend. Also, the interface takes getting used to. When playing as the Alien,
it gets hard to remember which direction is down, and being disoriented can
prove to be fatal. Some gamers might even have to take a break from playing
every now and then in order to combat the motion sickness.
Aliens vs. Predator is an excellent First Person Shooter, but that's
all that it is. With great graphics and an excellent mood, this game rises to
the top of the pile, but it still doesn't offer anything truly revolutionary.
What we have here is a fantastic game that fans of the genre should buy immediately
. . . so what are you waiting for?


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Latest post: Steampunk Homeschool
Curriculum Deals with the Devil
On the compromises I make when selecting curriculum and a review of the lab class my son took with a religious curriculum provider.
Our homeschool is off to the races with an eclectic take on high school biology.
Here's a post on the resources we're using:
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These are preliminary notes
Powerpoint needs to be done in epiphaneo video format: youtube, vimeo, facebook – others (as many as feasible)
possible TED talk
Daily Work, Daily Pay Same Day Fair Day's Pay – daily labor daily wages
Honr – Pauline NT principle, OT based – Honor (pay for the value of) Parents, Teachers, Teaching Elders
Add illustrative verses (below)
NO METRICS = SOCIAL IGNORANCE ; BIASED METRICS (necessary data excluded to reinforce status quo structural inequities)
economic injustice is obscured because many metrics which describe tasks performed which are necessary to society are unmeasured and uncompensated due to controlled taxation system [ie allowable deductions, disallowable deduction] of the dominant class
example – why can I declare my currency gift to a nonprofit organization but not my labor (voluteering)? If we actually measured the total societal impact, it would have to be reflected in state and federal budgets (UN, foreign aid, etc. too)
example – prison industrial complex – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Jim_Crow poor "criminal caste"
1% backed governments, banking debt system, war banksters, UK rehypothecation ponzi scheme
Workers compensation is falsely framed as salary and employer-based benefits
(BENEFITs are just reduced salaries)
Should be paid immediately in real-time entirely in digitally liquid currencies (don't illegally/immorally sacrifice float to banks and employers).
The point is not alternative currencies (necessarily)
Flattr button on not just blog posts and blogs but on online activity logs for every kind of activity
Quora, Wikipedia, Amazon Reviews (ANYTHING which provides value add — whether recognized by society or not)
pay (tip) an employee at a restaurant but not at an employee at Wal-Mart (folks complain they are undercompensated, denied benefits
Relational Tithing
only way a good teacher gets direct payment in THE PUBLIC SYSTEM requires that a book publisher gets a cut or a college, university or for profit school administration gets a cut
"We" say we are for MARKET BASED SOLUTIONS and then deny the customers in the market an avenue to pay for anything the dominant class (Government, current "ruling class" [ in US: corporatism, war banksters ] disallow
Social Movement –
Doctr [ used to pay in chicken, pig or cheese ]
Stay at Home Mothr / Fathr
Family Care Givr
Seers, Vizrs
EVERYONE gets an online task log populated with tasks which can be paid for immediately upon view
[taxation could be included as well where applicable by law]
Distribution Allies
Noam Chomsky. Max Keiser, Robert Reich, (Carbon Credit Al Gore), Al Franken, Pete De Fasio, Elizabeh Warren, Pat Schroeder?
Which Foundations would fund, if any?
# # # #
Bimetalism taught us that "the people's best interest" is served by having multiple competing and complementary currencies
Bimetalism – needed for liquidity – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimetallism
so Flattr and Paypal and Bitcoin and proprietary wallets must be an Honr button/platform which can be an INTERFACE to other underlying platforms
Need to have more than one currency or liquidity is sacrificed
Wlliam Jennings Bryan
will not be crucified by cross of gold
desilverization was a tactic of market rigging
Max Keiser and Antal Fekete segment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn-rTs2zSo4
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There's a brave new world filled with entertainment, news and tools made by everyone, and not just the big guys. This new world deserves your support.
Pick how much you'd like to spend per month. Then, whenever you see a Flattr button on a website that you like, click it. We count up all of your clicks at the end of each month and distribute your monthly spend between everything you've clicked on. Simple, right?
Flattr was founded to help people share money, not only content. Before Flattr, the only reasonable way to donate has been to use Paypal or other systems to send money to people. The threshold for this is quite high. People would just ignore sending donations if it wasn't for a really important cause. Sending just a small sum has always been a pain in the ass. Who would ever even login to a payment system just to donate €0.01? And €10 was just too high for just one blog entry we liked…
Flattr solves this issue. When you're registered to flattr, you pay a small monthly fee. You set the amount yourself. In the end of the month, that fee is divided between all the things you flattered. You're always logged in to the account. That means that giving someone some flattr-love is just a button away. And you should! Clicking one more button doesn't add to your fee. It just divides the fee between more people! Flattr tries to encourage people to share. Not only pieces of content, but also some money to support the people who created them. With love!
Flattr requires an account at flattr.com!
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Standardized, formalized taxonomy (taxation enabled maybe) need for crowd sourced metrics and stats vs. the Department of Labor (biased by not including "traditionally uncompensated labor")
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New inflation real time inflation index, internet of things
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Theological basis and illustrations
Jesus and Korban Mark 7:11-12
Romans 4:4 If you're a hard worker and do a good job, you deserve your pay; we don't call your wages a gift
Galatians 6:6. Anyone who receives instruction in the word must share {Κοινωνείτω} all good things with his instructor.
3My defense to those who examine me is this:4Do we not have a right to eat and drink?5Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?6Or do only Barnabas and I not have a right to refrain from working?7Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who tends a flock and does not use the milk of the flock?
8I am not speaking these things according to human judgment, am I? Or does not the Law also say these things?9For it is written in the Law of Moses, "YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHILE HE IS THRESHING." God is not concerned about oxen, is He?10Or is He speaking altogether for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the crops.11If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?12If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.13Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar?14So also the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel.
1st Timothy 5:17
17The elders who rule well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.18For the Scripture says, "YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHILE HE IS THRESHING," and "The laborer is worthy of his wages."


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Successful public financial management is one of Sierra Leone's main achievements since the end of the civil war.
Governance & Fragility
Governance & Fragility
Governance has become a major concern for both donors and aid recipient countries since the late 1980s. Very poor quality governance is also one of the defining characteristics of state fragility, and social unrest and violence may both exacerbate and be caused by weak institutions. Our work draws on some 80 studies prepared by UNU-WIDER's global network.
UNU-WIDER / September 2014
Benefits and drawbacks of a community-driven development programme that funded small-scale development projects in Afghanistan.
UNU-WIDER / June 2014
The five Paris principles of effective aid were only nominally successfully implemented in the state-building process of South Sudan.
UNU-WIDER / June 2014
Aid to Haiti has not been effective due to failure of the country's political and economic elites to participate and assist in the development proc...
UNU-WIDER / May 2014
Now out the ReCom summary on 15 key findings relevant to the post-2015 agenda.
UNU-WIDER / May 2014
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It is with great pride that I introduce my very first book and, naturally, it is all about the food swapping! A combination guide to joining the national (and international) food swap movement and cookbook with over 80 recipes for delicious, swappable foods, Food Swap is an invaluable resource for new and veteran food swappers alike.
Whether you want to start your own food swap, grow an existing swap or merely attend a swap, Food Swap will introduce you to this new barter economy and address common questions that range from first- timers' concerns to more nuanced practical and legal issues of organizing an ongoing monthly swap. Food Swap details the many different kinds of contributions – from produce to pickles to pastries – that first-time swappers can bring or expect to find. Would-be swappers will find a crash course in swap etiquette, including the basics of swapping, such as how to barter and how to reject or handle rejection, and answers to common questions like how to portion and package your swap items to make them as appealing as possible
And the recipes! All of the book's 80+ recipes are designed to be packaged, transported and swapped: baked goods are transformed into individual portions; jams and pickles are stowed in appropriately sized jars; even alcoholic drinks are rationed into barter-friendly shares, all designed to make the reader the belle (or beau!) of the swap. Recipes range from no-cook products that are a snap to prep and package to day-long projects intended to challenge and excite even seasoned home cooks like:
Quickly Consumed: Items to Make Fresh & Enjoy Soon, such as Chorizo, Kale and
White Bean Soup and Lavender Shortbread and Cultured Butter
Sip and Savor: Foods with Longer Shelf Life, such as Pistachio-Honey Granola Bars and
Indian Yogurt-Mint Dressing and Damson Plum Gin
Future Pleasures: Seasonings, Preserves & Other Pantry Items, such as Rum-Vanilla Extract and Garam Masala spice blend and Apricot Butter.
We will be celebrating the publication of Food Swap at the May 15 Chicago Food Swap event. There will be food and fun, books to buy and have signed by me. Please join us there! If you plan to swap, please register. But if you just want to join in in the fun, no registration necessary.
See you there!