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verse of the day: Proverbs 14:34
"Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people."
I was almost the responsible party in a auto accident yesterday. While driving tired(read: sleepy) and distracted(read: singing), I approached a stop light that turned yellow with anxiety because my tires AND brakes are not in top notch condition. I would've preferred to have stopped at the line with my right arm out stretched over the passenger seat sighing from exhausted frustration, but instead I swerved into a right turn to avoid stopping in the middle of the intersection, because I would've been blocking oncoming traffic traveling perpendicular to the direction I was originally heading.
As I crossed the bold solid white line – indicating where I would've stopped if I were driving under perfect conditions – and swerved into a right turn, the pearl Land Rover came into focus.
I thought to myself, "No, no, no. Hell no," and cut the steering wheel further the right to increase the angle of the turn. I'm sure the driver of that Land Rover was inspired to scream at the sight of my vehicle hurling through the air towards the side of theirs. I couldn't hear anything over the scream of my own tires, as I was firmly pressing the brake pedal until I came to a complete stop beside the pearl Land Rover. Although our vehicles never came into direct contact with each other, the driver of the Land Rover and I could've reached out of our windows and shook hands. Easily.
A rush of thanks fell into my pharynx, and gratitude poured out of me as I redirected myself to my starting route. I made a turn around in a church parking lot, and thought it funny how symptomatic it felt to be using that particular parking lot to get back on track. It's just typical of somebody to almost experience catastrophe, then go to God to redirect their lives. Not staying long enough to walk the halls of the covering, just making a u-turn in the parking lot of salvation until the coast is clear.
I drove carefully the rest of the way home. Still tired(read: sleepy) and distracted(read: singing), however considerate to check my speed each time I turn unto that road. That's what positive changes NEED to be cultivated into consistent action; consideration. Mindful thought toward the importance of doing what it is to be righteous in well doing.
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Compliance into the Weeds-Episode 67, the KPMG Indictments
In this episode Matt Kelly and I take a deep dive into the absolutely stunning indictments of five former partners or employees of KPMG and one former employee at the Public Company Oversight Accounting Board (PCAOB). Last spring, KPMG dismissed the following: David Middendorf, KPMG's then-national managing partner for audit quality and professional practice, Thomas Whittle, KPMG's then-national partner-in-charge for inspections and David Britt, KPMG's banking and capital markets group for lured the following former professionals from the PCAOB: Brian Sweet, Cynthia Holder and Jeffrey Wada, all certified public accountants with promises of jobs at the accounting firm in exchange for stolen information. Sweet did not make the cut was not hired.
Apparently these three were offered jobs if they provided KPMG with information on the PCAOB's planned reviews of certain KMPG audits of specific public companies. The six were charged with conspiracy and wire fraud, alleging they repeatedly used stolen confidential regulator information to subvert KPMG's regulatory inspection process. Even more troubling is the report that Middendorf, Whittle and Britt pressured Holder and Wada to continue providing the information or their jobs were in jeopardy.
All of these six are now facing criminal indictments. We explore what all of this might mean for KPMG, the PCAOB and the SEC. Can KPMG audits be trusted going forward? What type of culture existed that allowed this type of behavior to occur and continue for over two years before it was internally reported. Who else at KPMG knew or should have known about this conduct? What audits are now suspect? What happens if KPMG is found guilty at trial or accepts a guilty plea? Can it continue to perform audits?
Turning to the PCAOB, does it have a revolving door problem? Should it prevent its professionals from going to auditors? How does it assure such confidential information does not walk about the door? For SEC, what is the appropriate sanction against KPMG given the senior partner involvement? Is the SEC investigating other audit firms?
For more reading see Matt Kelly's blog post Six Charged in PCAOB Inspections Leak
For additional reading see Francine McKenna's article in MarketWatch KPMG indictment suggests many who weren't charged knew regulator data was stolen

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|Monday, 22 December 2008 23:07
By Carl Verheyen - GJD Contributor
Last month I talked about the modes and how they applied to the contexts of various chord progressions. You can begin to see how the modes work over certain chords, because chords are nothing more than stacks of notes from those scales. Now you need to know where the chords come from. Follow these simple directions and this will all be revealed!
Here is how you start:
1) Write the C major scale out using whole notes on the top line of a 12 stave piece of manuscript paper.
2) Over the first note C, go up a third to E and write it above that first C note. Go up another 3rd to G and write it above the E.
3) Now you have a C triad. Do the same on the next note D. It becomes D F A, a Dm triad. The next chord becomes E G B, an Em triad, and so on up the scale.
4) Stack 3rds on each note in the scale until all 8 notes are harmonized in 3rds.
5) Go back and stack one more 3rd on each chord. This puts the 7th on the chords, making Cmaj7, Dm7, Em7, Fmaj7, G7, Am7, Bm7b5, Cmaj7
6) Carry the 4th note of the C major scale, which is F down to the next stave and write out the notes from F to F on that line.
7) Go up to the 4th degree and flat that note, which is Bb.
8) Continue as before building the triads first and then adding the 7ths all the way through the key of F. The chords in the new key become Fmaj7, Gm7, Am7, Bbmaj7, C7, Dm7, Em7b5, Fmaj7.
9) Continue through the flat keys: C F Bb Eb Ab Db and Gb by bringing down the 4th note, writing out the scale degrees, adding the existing flats from the above line and flatting the 4th degree. This teaches you key signatures as well as the diatonic chords in each key.
Now you can see where all the chords come from. Next we'll take the sharp keys:
1) Write out all the notes from B to B on the stave.
2) Place a sharp before each note in the scale except B.
3) As with the flat keys, go up a 4th and instead of adding a flat, erase a sharp, which does exactly the same thing: it lowers the pitch.
4) Carry the 4th note of the B major scale, which is E down to the next stave and write out the notes from E to E on that line, including the sharps from the key of B.
5) Erase the # on the 4th degree of the scale, which is A.
6) Continue down through the sharp keys building each scale.
7) Harmonize each scale building the chords.
8) Make sure you label each chord. In the key of E we have:
Emaj7 F#m7 G#m7 Amaj7 B7 C#m7 D#m7b5 Emaj7
You can assign numbers to each chord as well. There is an entire system used in music (sometimes called the Nashville Number System) that uses the chord numbers instead of the actual chord symbols. In these instances a progression like:
I: C I Am7 I F I Fm6 I Dm7 I G7 I C :I
Is referred to as:
I: I I VIm7 I IV I IVm6 I IIm7 I V7 I I :I
The reason the number system is useful is because transposing to any other key is very simple. That same progression is Eb would be:
I: Eb I Cm7 I Ab I Abm6 I Fm7 I Bb7 I Eb :I
This is all the theory you'll need to know for 90% of your work as a guitarist. I can instantly tell you the VIm7 chord in Ab or E major or any other key because I spent the time harmonizing the scales. A good musician has this information instantly accessible and therefore can transpose a song to any key if he or she knows it in one key. Have you ever been on a gig or in a session when a singer suddenly needs the song in another key than the one you learned it in? I use the split second recall of the number system to "lift the grid" and set it down in a new key. Try playing Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee" in F major. It's a mental workout!
Good luck with your music,
Carl Verheyen


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Social Media for Marketers: A 15-Step Process to Engage with Your Customers Online
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Things aren't quite so simple for marketers any more. One-mass communication-based approaches don't work quite the same way. (Take a look at this 2-minute "break up" movie to see what we mean.)
If you use old marketing tactics in this new media world, in fact, the results can backfire on well-meaning companies, who are then left with dead-blogs, unviewed videos and languishing social network accounts. Instead, the smartest companies are pairing a change of strategy, and —just as important—attitude and tone with a community-based content creation approach. The results? They are successfully re-engineering their marketing for new media success.
This seminar will cover the steps to generate an outstanding social media marketing effort that will compel your online communities to engage.
Geoff Livingston has worked as a marketing strategist in the Washington, DC region for 14 years. He creates marketing strategy, media relations, branding and Internet marketing campaigns for public and private organizations. Some of his experiences include work for AT&T, the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Bartleby Books, BEA Systems, Hughes Network Systems, ManTech, the Washington Nationals, Intelsat, Verizon Wireless and many others.
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Whimsical Occasions ~ Wedding Event Shows is very excited to announce our show season for 2017-2018; our fourteenth year producing successful, high-end Wedding Event Shows throughout Metro Detroit.
Our shows typically generate 100-250 brides on average depending on the location. We are a smaller Wedding Event Show producer that wants to keep the experience for the bride more boutiquey, intimate and quaint. We encourage vendors to use their space for mini-consultations (taking 3 to 8 minutes to be with each bride) as well as encourage booking services right at the show. We do not strive to be a bigger bridal show producer for the avoidance of the "cattle call" experience. We want the occurrence of leisurely chats and personal connection.
Here is a complete list of our upcoming Wedding Event Shows for the new season (all shows are on Sundays from 1-4pm):
- September 24, 2017 ~ Weber's Inn – 3050 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
- October 15, 2017 ~ Total Sports Complex – Wedding Wars! – 22777 Farmington Rd. Farmington, MI 48336
- November 12, 2017 ~ The Inn at St. John's – 44045 Five Mile Road, Plymouth, MI 48170
- January 14, 2018 ~ The San Marino Club – 1685 E. Big Beaver Road, Troy, MI 48083
- January 21, 2018 ~ Renaissance Baronette Hotel (near 12 Oaks Mall) – 27790 Novi Road, Novi , MI 48377
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- March 4, 2018 ~ Zuccaro Banquet & Catering – 46601 Gratiot Ave. Chesterfield Twp., MI 48051
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Whimsical Occasions invites you to experience the ultimate Bride and Groom Wedding Event Show showcased in Metro Detroit. Where you can find everything you need to plan the wedding of your dreams. Enjoy live music, strolling fashions, incredible table top design displays, and speak with a variety of vendors for all of your wedding needs. Fabulous door prizes, given away every 15 minutes throughout the day, to help you plan your complete wedding.
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Do you have a dog that just loves to show off his counter surfing prowess? Maybe he's more patient and will wait until you leave the room before taking a tasty tidbit from your plate. I have one that is a sneaky thief. He will lay next to me on the floor and act like he is sleeping. When I'm not paying attention, he will shift and scoot closer to me until he is between my legs. He then times his attacks so I never really see him getting food but he always manages to share my meal. My brother had one that would lay in the doorway waiting for him to leave the room. I watched him put a steak in the middle of the table and go back into the kitchen because he forgot a drink. His dog darted into the room climbed onto the table, grabbed the steak and darted out of the room. When my brother came back and saw me laughing and his steak missing he went looking for the dog. He found the dog but not before he ate the steak.
This class will give you the tools to help you keep your food even with your food thief around. This is a 4-week class. Your dog must know basic commands or have passed the Canine Good Citizen test.


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Residents can learn next week about Rochester Management's latest proposal for its Norris Drive property, which is surrounded by Cobbs Hill Park. The plan will be discussed at a public meeting at New Life Presbyterian Church, 243 Rosedale Street, at 7 p.m. Monday, April 3.
The company wants to demolish the six, one-story brick buildings, which contain 60 units of affordable housing for seniors. The revised plan calls for five new apartment buildings with 98 units: three that are two-story and two that are three-story, with a mix of one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and townhouse-style units.
The current complex contains studios and one-bedroom units.
The new plan comes almost a year after Rochester Management first proposed changes to the site. Mayor Lovely Warren stepped in following growing protests against the project, and asked Rochester Management to submit new plans.
Since then, some residents and community members have met with Rochester Management and city officials about the proposal, says Andrew Seager, president of the Friends of Washington Grove. The company has submitted a more thorough proposal, he says. The original plan showed just two four-story buildings, leaving future development unclear. And critics said the buildings weren't compatible with the park.


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Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from pediatric population of Chennai, India
K Lily Therese1, R Gayathri1, S Balasubramanian2, S Natrajan2, HN Madhavan1
1 L & T Microbiology Research Centre, Vision Research Foundation, New No: 41, Old No: 18, College Road, Chennai, India2 Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital and CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation (CTMRF), No 12 A, Nageshwara Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai, India
Correspondence Address:K Lily ThereseL & T Microbiology Research Centre, Vision Research Foundation, New No: 41, Old No: 18, College Road, Chennai IndiaSource of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: NoneCheck5DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.103761
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
Purpose: Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) has been reported in almost all parts of the world. Childhood TB is accorded low priority by national TB control programs. Probable reasons include diagnostic difficulties, limited resources, misplaced faith in BCG and lack of data on treatment. Good data on the burden of all forms of TB among children in India are not available. Objective: To study the drug sensitivity pattern of tuberculosis in children aged from 3 months to 18 years and the outcome of drug-resistant tuberculosis by BACTEC culture system and PCR-based DNA sequencing technique. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective study. One hundred and fifty-nine clinical specimens were processed for Ziehl-Neelsen stain, Mycobacterial culture by BACTEC method, phenotypic DST for first-line drugs for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) isolates and PCR-based DNA sequencing was performed for the M. tuberculosis isolates targeting rpoB, katG, inhA, oxyR-ahpC, rpsL, rrs and pncA. Results and Conclusion: Out of the 159 Mycobacterial cultures performed during the study period, 17 clinical specimens (10.7%) were culture positive for M. tuberculosis. Among the 17 M. tuberculosis isolates, 2 were multidrug-resistant TB. PCR-based DNA sequencing revealed the presence of many novel mutations targeting katG, inhA, oxyR-ahpC and pncA and the most commonly reported mutation Ser531Leu in the rpoB gene. This study underlines the urgent need to take efforts to develop methods for rapid detection and drug susceptibility of tubercle bacilli in the pediatric population.
Keywords: MDR-TB, children, rpoB, katG, DST
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Written by Dana Ariss, a Grade Four Teacher in Fort Assiniboine School. Daariss.wordpress.com
Have you ever just paused in the middle of your hectic and over-scheduled life for just one single moment to assess if you are pursuing what truly makes you happy? Lets suppose you did just that, would you even know the answer?
Ask a child that very same question and most can tell you what makes them happy without hesitation and not only that, but they actively pursue those things. The questions then become: Are they being provided with adequate time and opportunity to do so, and what about those who may not know?
Over the summer, as I thought about this upcoming school year, I wanted to introduce a free-form of inquiry-based learning. My students have always been the driving force behind the learning in our classroom, but it focused directly on a specific curricular outcome and I wanted to go beyond that this year. I wanted for my students to ask the deep questions and to explore them as they wished. What is it that makes them happy? What are the things that they want to learn about and understand? After-all, school is about learning, experimenting and creation right?
With assistance and inspiration from my Twitter PLN, the work of JoyKirr with Genius Hour, Josh Stumpenhorst with Innovation Day, Jesse McLean with Innovation Week and AJ Juliani with 20% Time in the classroom, I set out to find what would work best for my group. If you've not heard of these or are still in process of finding out more information, I highly encourage you to read about the incredible possibilities that these educators are providing for their students. There are amazing things happening in Education and it starts with providing students with the opportunity to have control over and own their learning.
On the very first day of school, we gathered together on our carpet and had a discussion about what we love to do and why. I'm lucky enough to have looped grades with my current group of students and since we've been together for two going on three years, we have built a deep trust with one another. At first, their answers were focused on school subjects, then they branched out to after-school activities and then realizing that I was still asking, their answers became more in-depth. I asked them if they were provided with time in school to build, create or learn about anything, what would they like to do? You could have heard a pin-drop at that moment. I watched with amazement as they pondered the possibilities and then the excitement took over and the real conversations started happening.
We are now into week three and they have begun their research. Some students are still learning to question what really motivates and drives them, what they are really passionate about. While others have delved right in, moving full-force towards their projects. Students who weren't eager readers were asking to go to the library at recess to get more books or go online to find out more. They are reading, organizing, collecting, planning, discussing and collaborating. One student was so engaged with her cake decorating book that she baked and decorated the cake in that photo above after-school and brought in for me the next day!
What are they wanting to learn about or create? The answers really blew me away and I've known my group for a while. What I had anticipated they would want to do, was nowhere near what they have chosen so far. They have come up with the following completely on their own:
1. Build a running buggy – They have already located a lawnmower engine!
2. Discover the difference between butter and margarine by baking and creating a website to document their findings
3. Learning to sew
4. Exploring how SpongeBob was created and animation
5. How truck engine motors operate
6. All about horses
7. What does a Marine Biologist do and discover
My goal is to aid and assist in any way that I can. I am hoping to enlist the help of the local high school and possibly collaborate with the Mechanics and Foods educators and bring our students together to get some of their projects off the ground. I have connections in the automotive industry with my previous career and a Skype session or two with mechanical engineers is on the list as well. I'm going to continue to facilitate as many connections as possible this year to assist them.
We also had the failure conversation, especially for the few who have never thought they could create something. We learned that it's the process and the journey that matters most and that what they start out with may not be what they end with and that's ok. We talked about how this is something that extends outside of school; that they can create and learn everyday.
They are beginning to make the important connections and starting to ask the deeper questions. I am amazed already at the direction they are going and tell them everyday: "You are a genius and the world needs your contribution!" – the wonderful Angela Maiers .
This blog and resources website has been developed through the work of various AISI coaches in PHRD. The lead collaborative teachers for the 2015/2016 school year, Cheryl Frose, Christine Quong and Tammy Tkachuk will continue to update this site. If you have resources you would like to share or would like to contribute to the blog, please contact us.
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The Elmore City-Pernell School District is committed to providing all students with quality educational experiences. We recognize the challenges that homeless children and youth have faced in enrolling, attending, and succeeding in school. These provisions promote greater stability for homeless children and youth and ensure that each has equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as other children and youths. In addition, homeless students will not be separated from the mainstream school environment. Elmore City-Pernell Public School is committed to removing barriers of homeless students' access to academic and extracurricular activities as well as removing the stigma of homelessness.
The Rights of Homeless Students:
Students who meet the definition of "Homeless" and are identified or identify themselves as such have the right to:
- Receive a free, appropriate public education;
- Enroll in school immediately, even if they lack documents normally required for enrollment (i.e. birth certificates, transcripts, vaccinations, etc.);
- Enroll in school and attend classes while the school works with the family/student to gather the needed documents;
- Enroll in the local school; or continue attending the school they last attended, if that is their preference and is possible. If the district believes that the school chosen is not in the student's best interest, a written explanation will be provided and the student has the right to appeal this decision;
- Receive transportation to and from the school of origin, if requested; and,
- Receive educational services comparable to those provided to other students, according to the student's needs.
At ECP, students are primarily identified at enrollment or through the school Counselor. Families or students who believe that they are homeless, should identify themselves as such to the school Counselor.
If a dispute arises over school selection or enrollment, the established district dispute process shall be followed. Children have the right of enrollment until such time as there is a final resolution to the dispute.
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Should the final result of the district dispute process be unsatisfactory to the parent/guardian/student, they may appeal the district's final decision by contacting the state homeless liaison at the Oklahoma State Department of Education.
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Oklahoma State Department of Education Homeless Liaison is Tammy Smith and may be reached at (405) 522-3260.
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act guarantees a child who qualifies as homeless the right to attend one of two schools: the school of origin or the local attendance area school. For further information on the McKinney-Vento Act, visit the National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) website at http://nche.ed.gov or contact the toll-free HelpLine at 800-308-2145. The Oklahoma State Department of Education provides additional information and answers to frequently asked questions about McKinney-Vento Homeless Education on their website at http://www.sde.ok.gov. Please contact the District's Homeless Liaison for additional assistance.
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JR Hokkaido train reservations will now be available online via the JR-East Train Reservation website as of 1 February 2017.
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Cashew Miso Sauce
- 4 heaped tbsp (70gr) Hunters' Kitchenette Cashew butter
- 4 heaped tbsp (70gr) high quality non-GMO miso paste
- 2 tbsp (22gr) sesame oil
- 2 tbsp (22gr) raw honey, real maple syrup or any sweetener of your choice
- 1/2 cup water
- Mix everything, adjust the taste and consistency to your liking.
- For soba and noodle, garnish with shredded nori, spring onion and chili powder.
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Lastnight I was feeling stressed. So..I opened up my bible to one of my favorite verses: John 14:27. I find great comfort in this verse and enjoyed working in my Bible.
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Believe it or not but this place is in India. When I first saw this place I was speechless and thought why we run behind foreign locations when India itself has some unique ones. Little Andaman is surprisingly little known and not much people know about it. Main tourist crowd goes to havelock and neil but there are some hidden treasures in little andaman like this lagoon. Little Andaman is one of the largest Island in Andamans, yet it's remote location makes it the least visited. Those that do make the journey will stumble across pristine beaches, waterfalls, astonishingly cheap food, alcohol and accommodation, locals so friendly they feel like family.
At Kalapathar, three large rocks guarding the mighty Indian Ocean forming a natural pool where water can only enter through the large holes of the cave. Maximum depth of water across the pool 6 ft. Plus a lonely beach with no one around.


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Legalizing drugs the only answer
Posted on August 11, 2010 in Health Policy Context
Source: Toronto Star — Authors: Jonathan Power
Published On Wed Aug 11 2010. Jonathan Power
During the difficult years that preceded the British handover of Hong Kong to China, the Chinese government's intense antipathy to opium and the still fresh memories of the evil that 18th century buccaneering Britain had inflicted on China and Hong Kong added an extra emotional charge to what, anyway, was a most complicated transition. Without opium there would have been no Hong Kong. The British only acquired it because of the Opium Wars, and the city's early economic success was built on the opium trade.
It was the British who fed the Chinese propensity for opium. Historians point out that the Chinese would have found it elsewhere, even grown some of it themselves. But the truth is the Indian-grown opium was the brand the Chinese smokers savoured and the British East India Company marketed it with commercial élan.
Today the Chinese authorities regard opium as a singularly bad thing. But in Hong Kong there is a public debate, shades of grey, layers of complexity, both historically and currently. The study of opium becomes as complicated as an addict's dreams and the solutions to abuse as tortuous as cold turkey.
It was the Communist revolution that expunged opium in mainland China. Mao Zedong with his political apparatus that reached into every hamlet and home was able, as he repressed so many attributes of human nature both good and bad, to lay the beast low.
It was a mixture of carrot and stick. Addicts were not condemned but offered medical help and rehabilitation. But those who were uncooperative were sent to labour camps or imprisoned. Dealers were summarily executed, often without trial.
China was clean for 40 years, until the demise of Mao. Gradually opium has returned. Now China is one of the world's most important opium growers. Although China still regularly executes drug traffickers, demand in its freewheeling economic society finds willing suppliers prepared to take the risk.
Government attitudes in China have not changed. But the black market is a match for government, as it is almost everywhere. The black market grows by the decade and repression, unless it is totally totalitarian, leaves enough loopholes for the determined to wriggle through.
The zeal to repress in most countries of the world has become quite counterproductive, building up the wealth and criminal reach of the drug barons who have become so powerful that they often have a political influence that distorts, even threatens, good governance. By all accounts their influence is growing and the various types of control — from Europe's tolerance of soft drugs but toughness on hard, to China's rigorous policy on executing dealers — are clearly not working. At least in Hong Kong there is a reasonably informed and intelligent debate. In China, as in many parts of America and Europe, debate is barely tolerated.
Hard drugs may be forbidden today in Britain and Hong Kong, but at least, unlike most states in the U.S., there is no longer any debate about their medicinal uses. This is why it is probably best to die from some painful cancer in a British hospice, as my mother did. Britain is one of the few countries to allow the use of heroin as a pain suppressive, the strongest painkiller of them all.
The truth is that neither China with its millennia of centralized government nor the U.S. with its technological prowess is a match for the drug traders. The tough policies of China, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand who execute minor traffickers have rarely touched the big barons.
We either do what Mao did — allow our governments to be simply totalitarian on this issue and implement a scorched earth policy — or we legalize opium and other drugs to break the back of the underworld trade. We then deal with addiction by educational and medical means. It is the present and almost universal in-between that is so unsatisfactory and so dangerous.
On Tuesday, Vicente Fox, former president of drug-ridden Mexico, surprised the country by saying it was necessary to legalize drugs in Mexico. He argued this would pull the rug from under the murderous drug barons who can only make their huge profits when drugs are prohibited. This is how it should be — in China, the U.S., Latin America, Nigeria and Europe. No other policy will defeat the drug mafias.
Jonathan Power is an international affairs writer.
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"In 1988, Joseph Tainter wrote a chilling book called The Collapse of Complex Societies. Tainter looked at several societies that gradually arrived at a level of remarkable sophistication then suddenly collapsed: the Romans, the Lowlands Maya, the inhabitants of Chaco canyon. Every one of those groups had rich traditions, complex social structures, advanced technology, but despite their sophistication, they collapsed, impoverishing and scattering their citizens and leaving little but future archeological sites as evidence of previous greatness. Tainter asked himself whether there was some explanation common to these sudden dissolutions.
The answer he arrived at was that they hadn't collapsed despite their cultural sophistication, they'd collapsed because of it. Subject to violent compression, Tainter's story goes like this: a group of people, through a combination of social organization and environmental luck, finds itself with a surplus of resources. Managing this surplus makes society more complex—agriculture rewards mathematical skill, granaries require new forms of construction, and so on.
Early on, the marginal value of this complexity is positive—each additional bit of complexity more than pays for itself in improved output—but over time, the law of diminishing returns reduces the marginal value, until it disappears completely. At this point, any additional complexity is pure cost.
Tainter's thesis is that when society's elite members add one layer of bureaucracy or demand one tribute too many, they end up extracting all the value from their environment it is possible to extract and then some.
The 'and them some' is what causes the trouble. Complex societies collapse because, when some stress comes, those societies have become too inflexible to respond. In retrospect, this can seem mystifying. Why didn't these societies just re-tool in less complex ways? The answer Tainter gives is the simplest one: When societies fail to respond to reduced circumstances through orderly downsizing, it isn't because they don't want to, it's because they can't.
In such systems, there is no way to make things a little bit simpler – the whole edifice becomes a huge, interlocking system not readily amenable to change. Tainter doesn't regard the sudden decoherence of these societies as either a tragedy or a mistake—"[U]nder a situation of declining marginal returns collapse may be the most appropriate response", to use his pitiless phrase. Furthermore, even when moderate adjustments could be made, they tend to be resisted, because any simplification discomfits elites.
When the value of complexity turns negative, a society plagued by an inability to react remains as complex as ever, right up to the moment where it becomes suddenly and dramatically simpler, which is to say right up to the moment of collapse. Collapse is simply the last remaining method of simplification."


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Andhra chicken fry with a video proceure here is a spicy chicken stir fry recipe with all the dry spices available at home and is done in a typical south indian style which looks mouth watering and appealing and is the best chicken side dish…
Other fry recipes on the blog in non veg are prawn fry, fish fry, liver fry etc…
Related indian chicken recipes to try out:
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- Chicken 65 hyderabadi style
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After trying out andhra chicken curry I really wanted to go for andhra chicken fry recipe as the look of it is quite appealing and I have been longing to try it out for a long time.
Chicken can be stir fried in various ways but this andhra chicken fry is definitely close to me because of its spicy taste and the flavor which brings out due to the different spices that go into making it.
The spices that go into making this chicken fry are quite common and are the usual indian spices and I have made use of green chillies and curry leaves which are used basically down south to fry veggies and these tempering brings out the aroma in the dish.
Also used in the dish are chopped onions and this is an essential ingredient to bring out the perfect taste to the whole dish.
The south indian method of chicken fry takes in common ingredients which are very easily available in every household and in every Indian kitchen.
The chicken is stir fried in spices until it gets soft and all the spices are coated well to the chicken pieces to get the perfect taste. This chicken fry can be eaten as a side dish or a snack item or as a starter.
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Below would be the instructions how to make this delicious side dish from south indian region in south indian style…
Chicken stir fry andhra style video procedure below or andhra chicken fry:
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Andhra Chicken Fry Recipe South Indian Style
- 500 gms medium size chicken pieces cleaned and washed well
- oil 2 tbsp
- 4-5 vertically slit green chillies
- 8-10 curry leaves
- 4 medium size onions finely chopped
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- salt - to taste
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp roasted coriander seeds powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper corn powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
- 2 tbsp freshly chopped coriander leaves
- Firstly, take a wok, into it add oil and heat it.
- Into it, add green chillies and stir well.
- Add curry leaves and allow them to crackle.
- Add the finely chopped onions and saute until they turn soft and not brown.
- Add ginger garlic paste and saute to get rid of raw smell.
- Add the chicken pieces into it and roast them well until color of the chicken changes.
- Add salt as per the taste.
- Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, roasted coriander seeds powder, black pepper corn powder, garam masala powder and mix everything well.
- Roast the chicken on medium flame for 2-3 minutes.
- Keep stirring in between to avoid burning of the masala at the bottom.
- Cover the lid and cook the chicken on sim flame until it gets soft and keep stirring and checking in between.
- Lastly, garnish it with fresh coriander leaves.
- Switch off the flame.
- Serve hot as a side dish along with rice or roti.
- Watch the video procedure above.


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Two days after an emotional appearance on "Piers Morgan Live," during which she detailed her terrifying, near-death scare in Santa Monica, Calif., on Wednesday evening Debra Fine returned to the program, seated beside the very woman who helped rescue her Friday afternoon.
After being shot four times by the man who led police on a violent, shooting rampage, it was Jerri Cunningham who came to her aid. Tonight, the two women met again:
"What was really surprising when we just had our reunion a few minutes ago, is that you thanked me for saving your life, and I was thanking you for saving my life," said Fine to Cunningham. "I didn't realize that my car, by not listening to him, and getting angry at him for waving the rifle around, I sped up, and then his full attention came to me, and off of you. So I wanted to thank you and ask Piers to put us together so I could say thank you for getting me out of the car. Nobody would get me out of the car but you. And then you said 'thank you for saving my life. His eyes were trained on me until you crashed your car in front of me.'"
Rushing out of her home as she heard sounds of violence outside, Cunningham bravely played the role of good samaritan, coming to the aid of then-stranger Fine:
"Debra's car had kind of crashed into my driveway from him shooting her, and as soon as he drove – I'm on the phone with 911, and I went over and opened her car door as soon as he drove off," she detailed. "I really thought she was dead. I thought – that was when I felt the fear was when I opened – I thought I'm going to open this and she's going to have a head wound and what will I do?"
Watch the clip for more of Morgan's interview with the two women, as Cunninngham describes applying pressure to Fine's gunshot wounds last Friday, while Debra further explains Wednesday's "festive" reunion.
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021 (briefing: evening on April 13) – Hilton Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia
Join us for EMS On The Hill Day to educate all members of Congress and their staff on the emergent, urgent and preventive patient care EMS provides to all in need every day. All members of Congress – Democrats, Republicans, and Independents – must understand EMS and the issues we face in providing quality patient care.
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The Rebel ATCers have had an awesome 1st round of Buddy Jams; be it 2 person, 3 person or 4. We have gotten some wonderful results and would love for more members to participate. Please take a look at what has already been posted on the Rebel ATC page.
Everyone has decided that we would like to keep better track of the Jams progress, and to do this we started this discussion group. Also we can have all participants in one general location, so there will be no need for scrolling through lots of posts.
I am going to send a "group" message to all our members. If, in turn, the members could forward that message through their friends' list. That way, we can invite non-members as well. The only drawback to non-members participating is that they personally will not be able to share their posts unless they become a member. :-/
A wonderful multiple jam endeavor started by Fleur Helsingor
William M. was kind enough to put this list together...here are the current participants:PLEASE GO TO THE DISCUSSION SET UP BY WILLIAM IN THIS GROUP TO VIEW THE CURRENT JAMMERS LIST. YOU CAN STILL POST YOUR WORK IN THIS DISCUSSION...THANK EVERYONE...KEEP HAVING FUN!
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it was a fun one to work on!
That turned out great, William!
i think so to fleur! i just dropped yours and tom's in the mail. it's pouring down rain now so i hope the mailbox is waterproof!
... and it's here, safe and dry!
Awesome, all three of you!
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Attackers will become increasingly more efficient at discovering & exploiting vulnerabilities, even as application developers continue to try to reduce the attack surface. This has several implications:
- Attackers will depend less on random manual testing to find vulnerabilities. Instead, attackers will find new and lazy yet creative ways of discovering vulnerabilities such as mining public crash reports, bug repos and other public sources of information for clues to potential issues, spearphishing of developers, corporations and other individuals with sensitive security information (to steal security bug information or gain/elevate access privileges to source code) and utilizing off the shelf security software to analyze potential targets. Call it laziness; I call it efficiency.
- Attackers will be come increasingly more efficient at deploying exploits, putting serious pressure on software vendors to compress release and update cycles. You are already seeing the acceptable window of updates shrinking from 30 days or more down to 24 hours, but that will come under severe pressure. By 2020 I expect acceptable update windows will be measured in an hour or two, and likely even minutes for high profile target applications.
- Focus away from bug counting as a useful metric, towards actual exposure risk. Something like number of open security bugs multiplied by average window of time from bug discovery to when the fix has been deployed to 80% of the user base (just a hypothetical example, the real metrics will likely be more complicated). This would require vendors to agree on common metrics and severity ratings, and become far more transparent and willing to share more information than they have been thus far, so perhaps its not a particularly realistic prediction. 🙂
- Software companies will hopefully become more effective at putting security into context with other business objectives. While this seems like an obvious thing to do, too many companies treat security as practically an aspect of PR, rather than serious engineering work that requires tradeoffs in other areas of product development.
- Valuable information will continue migrating up the stack; so will valuable exploits. Much has been made of process isolation / sandboxing technologies, and they do help. However, increasingly as more critical information is stored on the web than local systems, exploits that are executed with just "content" privileges (i.e. the context they run within has access to network and credentials/cookies but not filesystems or other critical OS resources) will be considered "good enough." Expect to see more investment in exploit frameworks that focus on weaponizing information-stealing exploits that run within limited privilege processes.
- Fuzzing will becoming an increasingly commoditized technology & skill-set, so software vendors should not become complacent and assume technical superiority.
- Software companies that rely on "checklist security" processes and talking heads rather than deep technical security competence will suffer terribly as the sophistication of attackers ramps up, and their internal processes and teams cannot keep pace.
- Deployment of exploits will become sophisticated to the point attackers that will have a quiver of exploits that they will selectively deploy against specific application versions, only serving them against high-value targets. This means software vendors need to fix issues quickly, as they cannot afford to sit on bugs they know about as the first indication that they have been externally discovered will likely be when they are used in a high-profile, targeted attack.
- This will increase the value of zero day exploits, as they provide first-mover advantage against sophisticated and well-defended targets. These exploits will rarely be wasted on the more common, "shotgun" exploit economy out there that shoots at anything that moves (for purposes of building botnets for fun and profit, stealing email and WoW accounts, individual bank accounts, etc). That latter "exploit mass market" will focus increasingly on high volume exploitation of known issues in applications and platforms with slow update uptake rates, while niche players will focus on zero days for international and corporate espionage.
The above pontifications are purely my own opinions and are likely neither representative of nor shared by others.


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Boa constrictors typically reach an adult length of 8-9 feet and up to 60 pounds, according to The Urban Python. Despite their size, boa constrictors are docile and nocturnal, making them a good choice for both novice and experienced snake owners. One of the most common issues with which new owners struggle is feeding.
Types of Food
In the wild, boa constrictors eat a variety of small animals. Their preferred food is bats, but they also consume large lizards, birds, rats and squirrels, according to the National Zoo website. In captivity, boa constrictors are typically fed rodents, although the National Zoo supplements its boas' diets with chicks.
Boas in the wild kill their food by constricting around it, but feeding live animals to snakes in captivity is controversial. If your boa doesn't kill a prey animal right away, the animal might fight back and injure the snake. In addition, some snake owners feel that a quick, clean kill is more humane. The Herp Center Network recommends feeding only frozen rodents that have been thawed to room temperature. These rodents are readily available through mail order and at reptile supply shops.
Feeding Frequency
The Urban Python recommends feeding juvenile boa constrictors once per week and adults once every 10-14 days. Boas won't eat if they aren't hungry, especially during shedding or illness. Missing an occasional feeding is fine, but the Red-Tail Boa FAQ suggests taking a boa that has not eaten for three weeks to the vet.
How to Feed
The size of the food should be proportional to the size of the snake. Choose a rodent that is approximately the same girth as the snake. Baby boas typically begin with pinkie mice, which are babies who do not yet have fur, while full-grown adults generally eat large rats. Feed only one prey item at each feeding.
Thaw frozen rodents in a zip-top bag submerged in warm, but not hot, water for 15-30 minutes depending on the rodent's size. Use a pair of tongs to present the prey to the snake. Never hand-feed your boa constrictor, as your snake could learn to associate your hands with food, leading to injury.
Handling After Feeding
Do not handle a snake that has recently eaten. According to The Urban Python, boa constrictors need at least 48 hours to properly digest a meal. Provide a dark, sheltered spot in the cage for the snake to curl up out of view, and leave it alone. You can perform minimal cage maintenance if necessary, but save major tasks for another time.
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A CFA or an RSDA for Community Benefit from the Fisheries
In the Magnuson – Stevens Act that was enacted to provide a framework to manage the fisheries in the 200 miles of fish rich waters around U.S. shores, there is an intent to protect the fishing communities themselves. Not just the fishermen, but the downtown businesses, the tax coffers that fund roads, schools, etc, and the airlines and everything else that makes a community viable. Later, 'community fishing entities' wording was inserted as an idea to help in this process. This is a look at a current proposal for a 'community fishing entity' which is untried and untested and then a look at an existing State of Alaska program that would do the same thing. Read more here alaskacafe 20:36
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Tucked away in a quiet part of Hampshire, nestling in the narrow lanes beneath the northern slopes of the South Downs, lies a place of pilgrimage for lovers of the natural world. Continue reading "Gilbert White's Selborne"
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This Green and Pleasant Land
The English Landscape
We live in a beautiful country, envied by many people who live in some of the more remote places of the world. Our's must be one of the least 'wild' countries, a homely, man-made, manicured, and cultivated countryside as countless generations, have lived and worked on the land moulding and shaping it for their use and livelihoods. Roman, Anglo Saxon, Norman, Medieval, Middle ages, and more recent times, each leaving its characteristic footprints on the countryside as we see it today.


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Contemporary Antislavery Visual Culture
Along with slave narratives, another potential area where we might learn the lessons of history is in antislavery visual culture.
Download and read the article "Am I Still Not a Man and a Brother? Protest Memory in Contemporary Antislavery Visual Culture" by Professor Zoe Trodd.
The article examines the visual culture of the 21st-century antislavery movement, arguing that it adapts four main icons of historical abolitionism for its contemporary campaigns against global slavery and human trafficking: the 'Am I Not a Man and a Brother' icon, the diagram of the 'Brookes' slave ship, the 'Scourged Back' photograph and the auction-block detail from the Liberator masthead.
Finding some of the same limitations of paternalism, dehumanisation and sensationalism as dominated much of the first antislavery movement's visual culture, the article nonetheless identifies a different aesthetic in the imagery of several contemporary artists and suggests that we should be seeking artwork by enslaved people themselves.
After reading the article, please explore the imagery created by the NO Project, an antislavery education campaign that uses art to raise awareness. Then please search online for your own examples of contemporary antislavery imagery. This might be part of an antislavery or government aware-raising campaign, artwork posted on Flickr, logos for organisations, pieces from exhibitions of photographs, or any kind of visual culture. Post links in the comments to any that you find particularly effective as protest images or any that seem to go beyond the usual imagery of pleading hands and whipped backs, along with a note about why you find them noteworthy. You can also choose to post and discuss particular NO Project images.


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This year Vogelsang will participate in Figan cattle fair to show our solutions for an efficient and ecological distribution of slurry. We will present the Dribble Bar system that allows liquid deposition at ground level using cutting-edge technology. We will also expose the precision distributors DosiMat DMX and ExaCut ECL that distribute homogeneously in each of the hoses. We also will show a rotary lobe pump of the VX series.
from March 19 to 22, 2019
Pavilion 5 – Stand E/12-14
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Thanks to its rotor technology, the compact ExaCut ECL cuts and distributes excellently. The steady rotor movements make for very smooth running. The liquid manure is distributed evenly to the 20 to 48 outlets. With hose diameters up to DN 60, even large amounts of liquid manure can be dealt with. With the self-adjusting and self-sharpening cutting system, the product boasts an extremely long lifetime together with maximum ease of maintenance. The integrated heavy material separator protects the entire spreading system against foreign matter. Find more information.
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Discussion by: rckiser
I am curious how one decides, based on an individual skeleton, where a given bird skeleton should be classified in a lineage as regards flight. For instance, if a given skeleton looks like an ostrich, how does one decide that this bird had ancestors that could fly, versus "this is a bird whose ancestors that could not fly but this species is developing characteristics that could lead to flight." I ask because ostrich skeletons seem so therapod like that I wonder why it is believed that they had ancestors that could fly, rather than postulating that they are a transitional species between non-flying therapods and flight capable birds–or to put it a different way, whether they are "proto-flight" birds rather than "post-flight" birds. If there are specific osseos markers looked for by paleontologists I would be most interesting in knowing of them. Thanks to anyone willing to help.


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India's Financial System Faces Crisis
The financial crisis in India has developed in recent years with the Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya cases as examples. Whereby, large companies have defaulted on even larger debt, creating a ripple effect on the Indian economy as a whole. The health of commercial banks have a great impact on any economy and the failure of banks to adequately monitor and manage large commercial loans that have subsequently defaulted has led the government to take steps to prevent evasions such as these in the future.
So what is the problem? According to an article from the Economist, for decades, personal connections have provided a path for many Indian businesses. Many business owners are in industries that require a lot of interaction with the government. These business owners then call ministers to put in a word with any reluctant banker. The financing that is being provided by state-owned banks are often secured by cost estimates that are padded to obtain larger loans. Meaning that business owners could then secure assets without putting their own money in. If things went awry, the burden of these defaulted loans landed on the taxpayer through government bailouts. According to another article from the Economist, state-owned banks have failed to get a grip on $100 bn of dud loans.
So what is the solution? Unfortunately, the banking system and the government do not agree on the approaches to take in order to repair and rebuild the financial system in India, as scene in article from the Economist here. In fact, the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) brought to light the feud the institution is having with the government on October 26, 2018. Specifically, the government has invoked a law dating back to 1934, which has never been used before, that allows it to issue directions to the governor. In addition, the government would like the RBI to cut interest rates and raise dividend rates that the bank pays to the government.
It's not just the government and banking officials involved in the corruption that has led to this financial crisis. Simple audit procedures could have uncovered the impairment of so many assets. Which is what the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA), that was established on March 1, 2018, is tasked with. This agency will have authority to act against auditing firms who fail to identify large amounts of undervalued assets on a company's balance sheet. Only time will tell if the RBI, the Indian government, and the NFRA will be able to join forces in order to save the financial system in India that will allow for the continued growth of the Indian economy.
Amy Hurd
Tulane University
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The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe.
RAYS (boxscore)
THE GOOD: Jose Molina. How bad was this game? The most valuable play in the game for the Rays, in terms of Win Probability Added (WPA) was Jose Molina reaching on an error in the third inning with the score still 0-0, making it first and third with no outs. The least valuable play in the game came from the very next batter when the Rays scored their only run. Sean Rodriguez grounded into a double-play. Sure it score a run, but it killed the rally. Instead of putting a crooked number on the board, the Rays only put up 1 and then scoring was over.
THE BAD: What the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks?. When the history book report on this game, they should use this photo instead of Jake Odorizzi's stat line. Four home runs. Twice the Orioles went back-to-back off Odorizzi.
No seriously. As if Jake Odorizzi giving up back-to-back home runs twice and the Orioles hitting 5 HRs wasn't enough, they also took a home run away from Evan Longoria and turned it into a double-play.
- Congrats to the Durham Bulls who clinched their 7th division title in 8 years with a win last night. [MiLB]
- Joe Maddon assured Yunel Escobar that he won't be traded today. [TampaBay.com]
- This was a pretty cool end to the Little League World Series. [BI Sports]
- DOWN ON THE FARM [boxscores] Matt Andriese gave up 2 runs (1 earned) in the Bulls' 4-2 win which clinched their 7th division title in 8 years. DH Mike Fontenot and 3B Cole Figueroa both went 3-4 and drove in a run…Montgomery won 4-3 behind Richie Shaffer's third home run in 6 games, a 2-run shot…CF Johnny Field hit a grand slam with 1 out in the top of the 9th to erase a 1-run deficit to help the Stone Crabs to an 8-5 win…German Marquez struck out 8 nd walked none over 6 innings for Bowling Green, giving up 1 run.


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Visiting the world-famous Tsukiji Fish Market is on everyone's top to do list for Tokyo, in fact in Japan. It's a fascinating glimpse into the workings of a real fish auction as the night's catch are delivered early in the morning to the market, auctioned off to middlemen, then sold in the outer market to either fish shops or restaurants for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The fresh fish sometimes only makes its way across the square to become the best breakfast in Tsukiji Fish Market. If it's on your list, you will want to know all the ins and outs of how to visit Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, including seeing the tuna auction. But you better hurry, this Tokyo landmark will be closing in October 2018 and moving to a new location.
Pin to start planning your visit to the Tokyo Tsukiji Fish Market
Why is Tsukiji the Most Famous Fish Market in the World?
It's simple. Tsukiji Fish Market is not only the biggest and freshest market, it brings in the most revenue on a daily basis. Tunas ranging upwards of 400 pounds have sold for over $600,000. It's mind boggling! Far from the only fish market where you can watch a live tuna auction, it's definitely the one with the most serious, expensive fish.
How to Visit the Tsukiji Fish Market
Tsukiji Fish Market has been a must-see tourist attraction for many, many years, but you'll have to go soon, or you might miss out. By 2018, this market that sells over 2,000 tons of fish per day will be moving to a new spot in Toyusu. Concerns about aging infrastructure started the call to move the fish market, but the upcoming Tokyo Olympics in 2020 are really driving the decision now. The area is slated to become one of the venues and the work needs to get started soon.
Not too long ago, you could get up early and walk around the entire area, free to roam where you wanted, but times have changed. Due to safety concerns at the marketplace, the Tokyo fire department has imposed new regulations on the fish market, which has led to some major changes on the visiting procedures.
Go To the Osakana Fukyu Center
First, you make your way to the Osakana Fukyu Center (Fish Information Center), where they welcome you, and you begin to wait in line. The address is: 5-2-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo. The main issue is that having to arrive so early at the market, there is no public transportation, so we highly recommend that you stay in the vicinity the night before. Below we've listed some great hotel options close to Osakana so you can walk over early, and go take a nap after your Tsukiji Market breakfast.
What you are waiting for is to enter the auction area, and there are only two viewings, one from 5:25-5:50 AM and the second from 5:40-6:15 AM. Only sixty visitors are allowed in each viewing (120 total per day), and since the opportunity to visit the auction may soon go away, this means getting in line very, very early and waiting.
We arrived at about 4:10 and our numbers were in the thirties. They were already half filled. We were given some papers with a map and rules on it as well as a fluorescent yellow vest. The second viewing visitors wore blue vests. Then we waited, and waited, and waited until it was time for the doors to open. Once they did open, we were hurriedly pushed through and marched to the auction area. This is a no fooling around, serious event. There are rules, and if you don't follow the rules, you are out.
Rules for Visiting The World Famous Japan Tuna Auction at Tsukiji
- Get in line at Osakana Fukyu Center very early, at least by 3:00 AM. Vests are on a first-come, first-served basis.
- You cannot leave or hold a space for someone. (Going to the bathroom is permitted.)
- No food or drinks are allowed in the waiting area or the auction area of the market.
- No children.
- No flash photography.
- No touching the tuna or anything else.
- Stay with the group at all times.
- Be extremely careful as it is dark and there is a lot of moving machinery
The Tsukiji Tuna Auction
The tuna warehouse is cordoned off by rope. The sixty of us were sardined into a corridor about 4 feet wide by 30 feet deep. Here we pivoted, trying to watch the goings-on which were all around us. As you enter, the tuna are all lined up in a row on the warehouse floor–noses pointed all in one direction, and a small piece of flesh cut in the tail, where the buyers inspect the meat. They are, of course, interested in the color, the fat content, and who knows what else. It didn't take them long to wield their ice pick, flicking up the flesh and taking a quick look at it to determine whether they wanted to bid on it or not.
After some time for the inspections to take place, the auctioneer pulls up his stool, takes his bell in hand, and begins ringing it fast and loud, commanding all to look his way and get the bidding rolling. A fast-paced auction, they had sold off at least five of the large tuna before I realized what was happening. The auctioneer starts the ball rolling and the buyers each bid using their own set of hand signals. My favorite was the man with his two fingers, waist-high, just making a continuing more, more motion. Apparently, he would pay almost any price for the fish he found worthy.
Once a price was settled upon, the tickets were collected, the name of the company was painted in red on the fish's side, and before we knew it the whole room had been sold. Each lot took about five minutes. It was quick, furious, serious, and completely awe-inspiring. Watching the auction was one of those times in life that you are witnessing something you just don't have the background to completely understand. This was a look into the fishmonger's life, where everything is spoken in their own language, the language of fish and fat and yen. We watched two lots being sold, then were ushered quickly and determinably out the door. No stragglers. Hurry. They've got more work to do, let alone another full group of visitors to deal with.
As we were ushered out the door and through the alley, we had to watch out for the little trucks, called "turret" trucks, that were used by everyone. A cylindrical motor and driving console, it was basically a moving pallet; efficient and a bit scary when they are heading straight for you. We hurried by stall after stall of people packing the fish in Styrofoam boxes, by the pile of boxes, by the stalls that sell the fish meat as well as all things to do with eating fish, like pickles and spices, and who knows what else. We peeled off our vests, handing them unceremoniously to the collector and we were finished.
The Best Part – Breakfast at Tsukiji Fish Market
Standing there back outside the market, we wondered, "Now what?"
A temple just outside of the fish market area beckoned to us. Poorly lit, but obviously well-cared for and containing some important tributes to the deities, people were there clapping and praying, most assuredly thanking the gods for their bounty, and hoping the next day offered the same. After we left the temple, we walked down the street and found an open sushi restaurant, called Yamazaki Sushi. This was the prize at the end–fresh sushi, the freshest.
We entered the brightly lit establishment with promises of a "breakfast special" for only 2790 yen that held many of the market's treats. We ordered it, but we also had to add a few extras. I'd heard that the Uni (sea urchin roe) was best fresh when off the boat. I'd never had an urge to eat sea urchin eggs before, but this was definitely the time to do it. It was a sweet taste of salt water and the ocean and, along with the other sushi we had that morning, the perfect end to our trip to the famous fish market of Tokyo.
Some of the Best Sushi Restaurants in Tsukiji
There is no shortage of places to try the freshest sushi you'll ever have. As I mentioned we were drawn in by the special advertised so early in the morning at Yamazaki, and it was an experience both watching the men prepare our morning feast, but also the different types of sushi that we hadn't tried before. It was delicious!
〒104-0045 Tokyo, Chūō, Tsukiji, 5 Chome−2−1
The other sushi restaurants near Tsukiji fish market will not be much different. Fresh fish. Yum! But these are some other favorites:
Shuutoku 2
〒104-0045 Tokyo, Chūō, 築地6丁目26− 6
Sushi Dai
5 Chome-2-1 Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
Power Tip: When it comes to eating out in Japan, be adventurous! Check out our incredible food of Japan article for more tips and suggestions!
Is Tsukiji Fish Market Moving?
The short answer to the fish market changing addresses is yes, it is. Originally it was supposed to move November of 2016, but the new move date might be October of 2018. Not only will the entire market move, the tuna auction will change considerably as well. Where as now it is done the old way, by auctioneer and hand movements, the new market should have some pretty high-tech capabilities. It will not be the same experience at all. The new home of the market will be the Toyosu Waterfront. We'll share more details as they become available.
Practical Information for Visiting the Tsukiji Fish Market and Tuna Auction
Check out the Tsukiji Fish Market website for more details: http://www.tsukiji-market.or.jp/tukiji_e.htm.
Days to Visit Tsukiji
Open Mondays through Saturdays with the exception of Wednesdays and national holidays. Check the calendar before you make the commitment to getting up early.
Opening Hours for the Tsukiji Fish Market
If you want to be on the morning fish auction tour, it opens at 5:00 for handing out vests. However, the line starts long before then. The outer market is open from 5:00 AM- 2:00 PM each day, but since there are many individual vendors, not all will be open at the same time.
Cost: Free
Address: 5-2-1 Tsukiji, Chuo, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
What to Wear to the Tsukiji Fish Market
No matter what time of year you are going it can be very cold. First of all, the fish must remain iced, so the warehouse is always cold. So, take a jacket and layer up. If it is winter, and you will be standing and waiting for the Osakana Fukyu to pass out your vest, you will need hats, scarves, and gloves. It can get frigid.
Another consideration is your shoes. It's a fish market and there is water, machinery, and plenty of standing around. Wear comfortable, closed-toed shoes. High heels are forbidden, and who would want to wear them anyway?
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Tokyo Hotels Near Tsukiji Fish Market
The trick to getting a good hotel in Tokyo is simple. Look for decent review ratings that mention comfort and then check location. You don't to be too far from a metro station. Here are some Tokyo hotels in the Ginza district that fit the bill and are good value.
Hotel Ginza7 TOKYO
7 Chome-14-15 Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo 104-0061
Viainn Higashi Ginza
2 Chome-15-13 Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo 104-0045
Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Premier
8 Chome-13-1 Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo 104-0061
More Reading: Take a look at our Top Tokyo Attractions article for more tips and advice on visiting this energizing city!
How would you like to eat sushi for breakfast at the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo?