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Paranoid schizophrenia is a very unfortunate mental disease that affects less than 1% of the population. The characteristics of the condition include hallucinations, and inappropriate paranoid delusions. People that suffer from paranoid schizophrenia tend to not function well in society. They may have trouble holding on to a job, and may have trouble supporting themselves. This is why they unfortunately often become homeless or become institutionalized. Modern treatments for schizophrenia include many medications that can help reduce the hallucinations and paranoia. Examples include clozapine, Seroquel, and olanzepine. These medications work for many people (at least partially), but must be taken regularly to have effect. The medications do not ever make the schizophrenia go away. Thus while they control symptoms, if someone where to stop the medications, the symptoms would return. If untreated, people with schizophrenia often go into social isolation and have trouble functioning in society. If you think that someone you know is suffering from schizophrenia, you should schedule an appointment with a psychiatrist. This is the type of doctor that is most adept at both the diagnosis and treatment of someone with this disease. Regular appointments as well as contact with a support group are important for the overall care of the patient. I hope that helps.
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Saturday, April 16, 2011
Some Soldered Pieces~
16 comments:
- Lynn Stevens said...
Oh my Gosh Sonya, you have been a busy gal, your soldered pieces are stunning!
I went to an Easter bonnet luncheon today and it was wonderful! no crafting done today, maybe tomorrow!
hugs Lynn
- April 16, 2011 at 11:03 PM
- FarfallaDK said...
Hi there.
What beautiful soldered necklace you have created!
I really like the first one. And you are right; she really looks like a hopeless romantic!
Saturday, I went to a flea market and today I am going to another flea market, which I am looking very much forward to.
Greetings from FarfallaDK
- April 17, 2011 at 12:06 AM
- Zoechaos said...
Gorgeous gorgeous pendants great soldering. XOXO Zoe
- April 17, 2011 at 1:51 AM
- Vintage Gal said...
Wow sonya ~ you have been busy. Love these ;-)
- April 17, 2011 at 4:15 AM
- Karen B. said...
Hi Dear Sonya,
your pieces are so beautiful! How do you get so much done?? Hope all is well.
Karen B. ~ Todolwen
- April 17, 2011 at 4:16 AM
- Lori Katies Rose Cottage said...
Sonya ~
Your soldered pieces are just
Thank you for sharing with us :)
- April 17, 2011 at 5:27 AM
- Cindy Adkins said...
OH MY GOSH--these are totally gorgeous pieces--absolutely stunning, Sonya!!! Standing ovation from me!
Wishing you a happy Sunday!
- April 17, 2011 at 7:42 AM
- sweet violets said...
Those pieces are beautiful, just stunning....good job girl!!! You have been busy!!! I spent yesterday sewing and crafting, am experimenting with printing on fabric in my copier....its coming out pretty nice!!! More of the same today plus cooking a big dinner that should last me the week....Happy Palm Sunday.....hugs...cleo
- April 17, 2011 at 8:31 AM
- The Cranky Queen said...
Oh How I Love Your Soldered pieces! The one with Believe is amazing. I want to learn to use my solder gun so bad, but I am a little scared...heard it was very difficult to do & you may end up burning your fingers or having big blobs of metal...any suggestions, let me know....what about a detailed tutorial...good idea?!? Have a Blessed Week. Jesus is the Reason for the Season! Tiff
- April 17, 2011 at 12:02 PM
- Kasia said...
Hello Sonya! My my, what stunning pieces you made!!! I absolutely adore these! Couldnt even pick a favorite! They all are! To me, doing small things for everyone is the best way to say thank you to God for everything in our lives... Thank you for sharing such a wonderful post!
- April 17, 2011 at 12:35 PM
- Johanna said...
This whole page is beautiful, you did a great Job Sony it's simply lovely... God Bless you <3
- April 17, 2011 at 12:42 PM
- Marie Lost Bird Studio said...
These are all stunning,Sonya!! Love them.
How was the show?
Have a wonderful evening.
- April 17, 2011 at 12:56 PM
- Wanda @ Just Vintage said...
I'm so in awe of your soldering talents! All those are just beautiful!
- April 17, 2011 at 1:44 PM
- Robin said...
Your soldering pieces are as beautiful as your fabric collages Sonya! Have a wonderful evening and great week.
- April 17, 2011 at 5:46 PM
- Marianne said...
lovely pieces . Now that things are slowing down here Iwill have more time to play. I need to make a few of these.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I wish I had more time to visit everyone. I miss my blog friends.
- April 17, 2011 at 6:17 PM
- Lululiz said...
Gorgeous pieces, Sonya!
- April 17, 2011 at 11:37 PM

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It's finally here.
We've spent the last couple of weeks somewhere in limbo waiting for this day...prom, senior parties, pictures, Awards Day, fnished with high school but not yet finished with high school...technically.
Today the technicality resolves itself.
And, I honestly think we're ready.
We're just tired...and actually ready to move on to the next stage.
Maybe they did this to us on purpose.
A host of family will be here by noon and we're looking forward to spending some time with them celebrating this major milestone in my firstborn's life.
Daddy and I love you, Kendal...and we are sooooo proud of all that you've accomplished and the young woman you are becoming.
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Former MS-13 Assassin on 'Tucker': 'It's Easy' for Gang Members to Enter US
Hunting MS-13: Tucker Visits El Salvador, Talks to Assassin, Visits Prison
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Tucker Carlson interviewed a former MS-13 "trigger-man" in El Salvador, who detailed his history of murders and other gang activities.
Carlson called the man the "most compelling person" he met on his trip. The man, who defected from the gang, said he committed his first murder at 15.
He said he killed a shopkeeper who was a police informant by stabbing him several times.
"I even killed members of my own gang... and I killed relatives too," he said.
The man said his gang engaged in beheadings, extortion and drug dealing. He said he didn't make much money while part of the gang.
"You killed because you were loyal?" Carlson asked.
The man later said he spoke to Carlson because he wanted to help his community and his country. He called being part of MS-13 the "saddest thing you can find."
Carlson also asked about how MS-13 members enter the United States. The man said he never traveled to the U.S., but knows many others who did easily.
"Its easy [to get in]. ... They have their passes, they have their people," he told Carlson.
Watch the clip above and don't miss the rest of "Hunting MS-13" on Tucker Carlson Tonight at 8:00pm ET. On Wednesday, you'll see Tucker's visit to a prison housing suspected MS-13 gang members.
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**UPDATE - Thanks to reader duck for the heads up we've posted the first image of the Blue Wrecker Car at the bottom of this post.**
Movie news can come from all sorts of places – blogs, press releases, a slip of the tongue during an interview...or in this case, a website for a local paper in Idaho.
The Times-News in Twin Lakes, Idaho website MagicValley.com is reporting that longtime actor Bill Fagerbakke (Coach) will be "voicing an animated [sic] Chevy Impala stock car equipped with machine guns" in Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon.
Fagerbakke is no stranger to voice-over work, as he has voiced Patrick the Starfish on the children's show SpongeBob SquarePants for over ten years.
Earlier this summer the stock cars in question were seen darting around downtown Chicago and after some speculation among fanboy sites, the deadly firepower-imbued NASCAR replicas were confirmed by Michael Bay's website Shoot for the Edit to be the group of Autobots known as the Wreckers. The pictures showed three separate Impalas: Juan Pablo Montoya's #42 Target car, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s #88 Amp Energy car and Jimmie Johnson's #48 Lowe's car.
Since all three vehicles on the set of Transformers: Dark of the Moon are "stock cars with machine guns" it's virtually impossible to determine which new Autobot Fagerbakke will be voicing, but we can take a few educated guesses. Fagerbakke has voiced several Transformers characters in the animated series over the past few years – Bulkhead, Hotrod and Master Disaster. We know director Michael Bay isn't overly concerned with keeping to the original Transformers canon (examples: the Twins, Jazz dying, Autobot heaven) so based on that it wouldn't be a stretch to think Fagerbakke could possibly resume one of his old roles.
Taking a look we can see that in the cartoon series, Bulkhead was a green S.W.A.T. van and Master Disaster didn't look anything like a car - so that just leaves Hotrod. As you can see from the comparison picture below, Hotrod the toy looks very similar to the blue machine gun-endowed Chevy Impala from the movie.
The one flaw in this logic is that Hotshot was never a member of the Wreckers, but since several of the robots in the Transformers movie franchise have changed for the sake of filmmaking (example: Megatron as a semi-truck, Ultra Magnus as a fire truck) then it's conceivable that the blue Impala could indeed be Hotshot.
Regardless, the important thing to remember is Shia LaBeouf and Michael Bay have both promised Transformers: Dark of the Moon will be better than the previous two films and the teaser trailer released a few weeks ago certainty makes it appear they are trying to hold true to their word.
Which Autobot do you think is being represented by the blue Chevy Impala? I'm going to call him Dauber.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon arrives in theaters July 1st, 2011.
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Radar Sherpa performed for 30 minutes at a classic Jeffray party in Meiners Oaks Saturday night. Clay and I arrived at the scene an hour before our 10 PM performance. In typical Californian fashion, everything was layed back and up in the air. We figured out the logistics and I spoke with the amazing DJ Toby about him providing some background atmospherics to help fill in some of the sonic dead space since I'd be the only musician. Toby agreed to listen and see what he could do. I spotted a friend, Sean Goddard and asked if he'd shoot some footage. He readily agreed and I handed him the Sony video camera. The clock struck ten and Toby turned down the music. I spoke softly and clearly into the mike: "Good evening ladies and gentlemen, may I call your attention to the white screen where Clay will be silouette dancing. I am DiDj and I will be providing the music thru the didjeridoo and Toby will be spinning some delicious tapestries. Please sit back and enjoy or not it is up to you." With that I began the vibrational discourse with Clay. I could barely see his shadow out of the corner of my eye. Starting off with some ancient Tibetan Buddhist chants, the audience seemed to be entranced by Clay's beautiful movements and a hush fell over the hundred or so party goers that had arrived. It relaxed me to have the spotlight on him while I launched the breath thru my vibrating lips. Toby managed my mike volume trying to get me as loud as possible. The mike had some feedback. It was supplied by Johnathon and is amazingly sensitive. Toby found the sweetspot and I began to find my groove. The first 5 minutes or so it was just me and then Toby began to ease some drums and space music into the backdrop for me to paint my sound on. After 15 minutes I paused and checked in with him. "Keep going," he said "I'm having fun." Thus, reassured that I was not bombing and I began anew, refreshed and now warmed up, the tones became easier and I found the rhythm that is always there waiting. The DJ found some amazing tracks and I lost myself in the dreamtime, hearing the music in my heart, mind and soul and releasing it thru my body. Soon, the voices are polyphonic and I am playing my tailbone, spine, heart, vocal chords, tongue, diaphagm, sinus cavities and various organs. The clock strikes half past 10 and I let my outbreath fade away seamlessly into the night. I hear some scattered applause and then more clapping some yelling, I bow and smile. Friends and folks come up to me and bow and thank me. Such a nice feeling comes over me. I can feel the relaxed aura of the crowd charged with an excitement. I slip out the back way and put my Slide Didge into the black beam.
After getting back into the party, Clay finds me. He is super charged, stoked, he looks like he has just been surfing some big waves. He says: "I was just telling Johnathon that you are the only musician that has the ability to invoke a profound sense of madness into my entire being." I smile and feel honored by his statement. Clay gets what I am doing more than anyone I have met.
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Rituals of Connection
Based on the research of John M. Gottman, Ph.D.
William Doherty's book The Intentional Family
Creating the relationship and family that you desire takes awareness, intention and effort. Without care, your connection will slip away. Rituals are acts that you repeat on a regular basis. Rituals are habits that are chosen, created and practiced. The rituals below are designed to build connection. Some are daily rituals, some are for special occasions.
As you and your spouse decide what rituals to create in your relationship, begin by discussing what these practices were like in the family you grew up in. If they produced positive experiences and connection, you may want to recreate what you experienced in your family. If they created negative experiences, decide how you want to do them differently.
Morning Rituals: Think together about how mornings can be times of connection when everyone is sent off with positive wishes and a good spirit.
Leave Taking: When you leave, be sure you know at least one thing that is going to happen in your partner's life that day.
Reunions: When coming back home give an affectionate greeting—a loving kiss that lasts several seconds (not a peck on the cheek).
The reunion stress-reducing conversation: Each person gets to talk abut what was stressful that day (not about the relationship), and to receive support.
Mealtimes: Come together at meals and share the events of the day. Each person gets a chance to talk. Make meals an environment of peace, affection, support, and attention. Avoid conflicts during dinner.
Gratitude: Each evening have family members say what they are grateful for. Keep a shared gratitude journal
After meal (or after kid bedtime) coffee or tea: Create a tradition of peace and connection at the end of the day.
Use the Daily Temperature Reading
Bedtimes: Going to bed is a time when there can be cuddling, physical affection, letting go of tension and irritability. Share a real kiss before going to sleep.
Pray together
Meditate together
Create altars
Read together
Dates and getaways: Couples need time with each other, without the children. We recommend a weekly date and a weekend getaway 3 times a year.
When one person is sick: Talk to each other ahead of time about what feels good when you are sick.
Celebrations of a triumph: Build a culture of celebration and praise Have a seat of honor, a special plate or special meals to celebrate.
Celebrating your relationship: Celebrate anniversaries. Retell to each other, to children or to friends, the story of your meeting.
Rituals surrounding entertaining: The idea of bringing friends home can lead to important rituals of connection for a couple and for children.
Rituals surrounding initiating and refusing lovemaking and talking about lovemaking: These are very important events that often get left for the very end of the day when everyone is exhausted and has little left for tenderness, or for facing potential rejection. Couples tend to hold an ideal that these events should be "spontaneous," but remember when you were dating, romantic times were planned and anticipated with excitement. Plan and/or set the stage for lovemaking. Learn to say "no" in ways that deepen your connection rather than damage it.
Vacations: Plan vacations together as a family. Create excitement and connection before, during and after the vacation.


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Latest City Map of San Francisco.
1930 (undated) 18.5 x 17 in (46.99 x 43.18 cm) 1 : 34000
1930 (undated) 18.5 x 17 in (46.99 x 43.18 cm) 1 : 34000
This is a fine c.1930s pocket map of the city of San Francisco by the Bekins Van and Storage Co. The map covers from Fort Point and the Presidio Military Reservation (Presidio Park) south as far as Colma and the Masonic Cemetery, beyond the San Francisco City limits. It All major streets, piers, parks, cemeteries, railroads are noted. A street index is included in the top right quadrant of the map. The bottom right quadrant features a photograph and graphic of the Bekins Company. All Bekins storage locations are noted on the map. The verso contains a continuation of the Street Index along with advertisements for the Bekins Company. The population of San Francisco at the time this map was issued, as mentioned on the cover of the folded map was 650,000, indicating that this map dates back to the 1930s,before the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937. This map was published and distributed by the Bekins Van and Storage Co.
Very good. Minor toning and wear over original fold lines. Professionally flattened and backed with archival tissue.


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An assistant manager at a McDonald's in Minnesota was reportedly fired for letting Vikings running back Adrian Peterson use the bathroom after hours.
According to Chris Morran of The Consumerist, the female employee was working the late shift and "noticed a man standing at the drive-thru window" around 3 a.m. It happened to be Peterson and he asked to use the bathroom.
The woman noticed he was an NFL star and let him use the facilities. The mother of three was fired later that week.
"He's a public figure... I know him better than some of the maintenance people that come in and out," she explained. "I never thought in a million years that that decision was going to cost me my career."
However, after the media reported the story, McDonald's offered the woman her job back.


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Starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson, Anthony Hopkins, Ray Winstone, Logan Lerman and Douglas Booth. Directed by Darren Aronofsky.
My first impressions were what they were, but I was inspired to do a little more research into the story of Noah. I've always known the Bible's version, but I also read the Torah and Midrash, which has subtle differences and theories.
Noah is a hybrid tale. It has some adventure and some thrills and some psychosexual drama that you'd expect from the director of Black Swan.
Did he take artistic liberties? Sure. Which ones are the most egregious?
I don't have a problem with the rock monsters. The Bible refers to "giants" walking the land in those days, and the Torah and Midrash refer to the Nephilim - fallen angels - and combine these two, so sure, now the Nephilim are giants, encased in rock bodies unable to return to heaven. I'll give it that.
I don't have a problem with Noah's environmentalism, which he takes a weird extreme. But I can also see why there would be confusion. In this story, mankind's only been on the Earth a handful of generations, and after the fall of Adam and Eve, and the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, man's figuring out how to make it on his own in this dreary world. Noah still sees tending the Earth, respecting the plants and animals, as part of his righteous duty.
God (almost always referred to as The Creator here) doesn't speak to Noah so much as send him visions. Noah then interprets these visions as to what he must do. And the visions aren't vague. Noah sees the evil of mankind in the way they... eat animals and mine for minerals. (Not so much the robbery, rape and murder.) In this respect, the Creator/Noah motives reminded me too much of Keanu Reeves in that lame Day the Earth Stood Still remake.
I didn't even mind the villainous Tubal-cain secretly stowing away on the ark.
My biggest problem was Noah's insistance that Ham and Japeth don't get wives. The Bible's pretty clear that all three sons had wives. When the rains started coming, and only Shem has a wife, and Noah's not collecting any women for his other two sons... um, wait a minute. It's a pretty big part of the story that Earth was populated through the generations of Noah's three sons.
Noah believes part of The Creator's plan is for mankind to go extinct. He thinks the Creator called him to save the plants and animals, and then he, his wife, Shem and his wife, and Ham and Japeth will be the last humans on Earth.
Now in the Midrash it says that Noah and his sons entered separately from Noah's wife and his sons' wives, and there's a theory that the animals were separated by gender, and there was therefore no sex by anyone/anything on the ark until after the flood.
In the end, the very very end, Noah does the right thing, and it's implied the Earth will get repopulated when Shem's daughters are old enough for Ham and Japeth to marry, but that whole second half of the movie, I just couldn't get past that change. Rock monsters? Fine. Stowaway? Fine. Noah wants to make mankind go extinct? No.
Side-notes of praise: The entire flood sequence was great. Aronofsky has proven he can handle a budget. And the acting is great. Crowe, Connelly, Watson, Hopkins, Winstone, even Lerman as Ham. Poor lonely horny Ham.


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How This System Works:
Most review sites operate on the premise of attempting to find some deeper meaning and secret to music and then slapping a seemingly random number of stars or an unexplained score to it. In my effort to come up with a more objective method for reviewing music, I came up with this:
Each album will be rated on a scale of 0-100. That score is equal to the percentage of the album (time wise) that I think works or that I like. For example, an album may be 44 minutes and 39 seconds long, or 2,679 seconds. If I like or think that 1,715 seconds of the album works, then its overall score would be 64 (64.01 % to be exact). In addition to this, an album will receive two additional percentage points for each full score song that it has (songs that I rate as 100 percent). So in the case of our example if there were 2 full score songs, that would bring its total score to 68.01 out of a possible total of 100.
Here's an example to help you figure out the system:
Joe Nobody – Random Nonexistent EP
Track # Song Length (seconds) Amount that works or I like (seconds)
1 244 210
2 176 132
3 183 183 **
4 279 231
5 200 176
Totals 1082 812
Raw Score: 812 / 1082 = 75.04 % / 100
Full Score Songs: 1 — (track 3)
Final Score: 75.04 + 2 = 77.04 / 100
Got it? Well just try to follow along if you don't.


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The UKA British Fell and Hill Relay Championship 2017 is to be hosted
by Eryri Harriers.
Eryri Harriers extend a warm welcome to competitors, families and supporters visiting Llanberis for this event.
Mae Rhedwyr Eryri yn estyn croeso cynnes i gystadleuwyr, teuluoedd a chefnogwyr sy'n ymweld a Llanberis ar gyfer yr achlysur.
Updated 22/10/17 - 19:00
Overall results, leg results and split times are available from the RaceTek website.
Select the "Relay Results", "Relay Leg Results" and "Relay Splits" tabs as appropriate. On the "Relay Splits" page you need to press the "Show Splits" button to view the split times for the selected leg.
Dear All,
I can't believe a week has passed since the Relays 2017!
We are now ready to publish the splits for the event, so please follow the link above.
We are aware of some of the issues raised particularly around Leg 3 and in particular CP2 to CP3. As the organising team we felt that we had taken reasonable
measures to avoid this situation by stating at registration and the race briefing that walls/fences should not be climbed and crossing points should be used.
Unfortunately, that message wasn't clear enough and in hindsight we should have taken greater measures to try and avert this situation. A number of solutions
have been put forward and these have all been noted and should we organise the relays in future we will endeavour to ensure there is no repeat. We acknowledge
that there were a couple of other areas where we could have sharpened up with our instructions and have a better understanding of how maps are going to be read
in the heat of racing.
Following a number of discussions with the race referee on the day it was concluded that the race results would stand as published.
In places there are some missed checkpoint times. We have looked through all the times and leg splits and concluded that the most likely explanation
is that in the heat of racing the tag wasn't correctly registered. These results will stand also.
We sincerely hope that these issues didn't overly affect your enjoyment of the day which on the whole has been received very well. Moving forward hopefully
we can ensure in future years we learn and deploy additional measures, particularly to Leg 3, which would avoid these situations occurring.
Many thanks for your understanding.
Eryri Harriers
FINAL DETAILS - Please ensure that all runners read the Final Details (v1.3 updated 26/09/17).
Online Team Declaration - Please declare your 6 runners per team ASAP using the Fabian4 Amend Entry function.
You will need the DoB of all 6 runners. You will be able to make amendments to your declaration online up until midnight on Thursday 12th October.
We will assume that any team failing to fully declare online by the cut-off time will not be turning up and all such teams will be removed from the start list.
Disclaimer / Emergency Contact Details Form - TEAM CAPTAINS - please print and complete the disclaimer form and bring with you to registration.
Registration - This will take place at the Event Centre during 2 sessions:
14:00 - 17:00 on Saturday 14th October
07:30 - 09:00 on the morning of the event
Only 1 member of each team needs to attend registration, but must bring the completed disclaimer form (above).
The event rules are available here. (Version 1 - 1st issue)
Note : Full windproof cover is seen as a minimum requirement along with the rest of the mandatory kit list.
The organisers reserve the right to require additional mandatory kit,
such as waterproof cover, should conditions determine this to be appropriate. Please keep an eye on the website and weather forecast as the event approaches.
Final details will be available at registration.
Leg 1 - 8.9km, 707m - solo
Leg 2 - 14.9km, 900m - pairs
Leg 3 - Navigation leg - map issued at start of leg - pairs
Leg 4 - 8.35km, 512m - solo
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For all the latest news
Results and Race Report from the last time Eryri Harriers hosted the event.


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A little over three weeks ago, Jon Dots wandered in from the musical wilderness equipped with four new songs he made available online for free.
It had been more than two years since he last performed live or released any material and it was impossible to know what to expect.
Back then, Jon Dots (AKA Darragh McCabe), was a burning talent on the fringe of the Dublin scene.
His early demos garnered him a support slot with Villagers at the height of the fervour surrounding them prior to the release of their debut album, and words like 'genius' were being thrown around in the music press.
But it seemed then that Jon Dots couldn't decide what kind of artist he wanted to be. At gigs he'd perform wildly different incarnations of the same songs, often taking them in stranger and stranger directions.
He told the Beat: "That last release, though I love it, it was just truly a case of me completely losing it. I had quit the band thing and I had this very elaborate electro live set up.
"I was really getting into the machines and I wasn't listening really to what I was doing. I was really enjoying myself but I was completely losing touch with humanity.
"It almost turned into more of a performance art thing than a songwriting thing which was not what I wanted to do.
"I had to leave my own butt and start listening to my own stuff again, and try to make something that I would enjoy."
And so Jon Dots retreated to the rehearsal room, determined to focus purely on songwriting.
The first taster of those sessions, uploaded to his Bandcamp page, are the sound of an artist not just finding his own skin, but excelling in it.
The first step was to embrace his pop sensibilities, something he does with aplomb on the the rousingly upbeat but surprisingly twisted 'Jessica'.
With the electro-stomp of 'Wandering' and the floating balladry on 'The Love We Need', Jon Dots sets out to discover, and ultimately prove, that pop music and experimentalism are not mutually exclusive concepts
He says: "Part of the reason I went so crazy with that last release, and there was even crazier stuff that I luckily did not put out, was I kind of stopped hearing songs in general.
"It's part of the culture that people are doing a lot of jamming, in a broader sense. There's a lot of loop based music and a lot of atmospheric stuff, I was half reacting against that, half wanting to join in.
"I really retreated from everything. I stopped going to gigs, I quit my job, quit my college course, everything.
"Then I just suddenly wanted to really connect with people. Part of the reason for putting these up for free is I almost don't care at the moment about earning anything from them or crafting a career or anything.
"I just want to be able to feel the joy of having that intimate connection with a listener."
Though the songs have been online for less than a month, they've already been picked up for airplay by 2FM, TXFM and several local stations.
With a new band assembled, it's likely that Jon Dots, right, will return to live performance some time this summer, but he's wary of rushing back.
He says: "Gigs are a great thing, but you can kind of lose touch with the point, which is making the music.
"I just felt like they were a distraction and I wanted to focus on songwriting and developing that part of myself because it feels like the most important thing."
Listen to Jon Dots excellent new songs at jondots.bandcamp.com


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EPW Editorial on NRI voting.
Monday, January 25, 2010
The Right to Vote
Indian citizens everywhere should have the right to vote, but the principle of local representation cannot be violated.
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
An unfortunate exclusion
Pakistan's interior minister made a statement that "India was not serious about the peace process" by the manner in which the cricketers were excluded. Such a conclusion is unwarranted as it does not understand the way the league functions
The decision by franchise owning businessmen to not to pick any of the Pakistani players available in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction for its third season was unfortunate. The IPL franchisee owners clearly did not think much of the feelings of the cricketers who entered the auction process through a circuitous route, after having invited them to the auction and then refusing to choose any of them through the bidding process. It must be heartbreaking for the Pakistani cricketers who are reigning World Twenty20 cricket champions because their humiliating non-inclusion was clearly not because of cricketing reasons. So too, for Pakistani cricket lovers who wanted to partake in the passionate entertainment that the business franchise-based Twenty20 cricket was and which made the IPL so popular across the world and especially in South Asia.
Having said that, one cannot be surprised by the pusillanimous decision by the franchise owners who were worried about visa prospects for the Pakistani cricketers and disruption in the event of a similar incident such as the terror attacks in Mumbai in November 2008. The businesspeople running the IPL franchises are bound by the rationality of profit making, asset maximisation and cost reduction and the prospect of not having players whom they pay for, in the event of any disruptive incident, was daunting for them. If the formal rationality of profit making did not guide their decision, the inclusion of Pakistani cricketers would have made sense. It would have sent a signal to disruptive forces that their actions would not affect cricketing or sporting ties and that the IPL was a celebration of cricketing talent rather than anything else.
This writer had written before that the IPL suffered from the same limitations as would any project within a market driven system. To expect anything more from a commercial enterprise is folly — and therefore to expect the IPL franchise owners to think about the potentiality of a thaw in relations between India and Pakistan by the inclusion of Pakistani cricketers within the IPL fray is unwarranted. At the same time, the reaction by Indian owners of the IPL franchises should not be read as a case of "hyper-patriotism" worked up on the standard India-Pakistan rivalry. If the owners were indeed even a little patriotic and acted according to the needs of the day in India, they would not have responded so grudgingly when the Indian home minister requested them not to hold the IPL season during parliamentary election time in the country last year, after which the IPL commissioner had to take the competition to South Africa.
And that takes us to the larger issue — when Pakistani players were first incorporated into IPL franchises, there was much hailing going on about the IPL and its "revolutionary" potential to transcend national boundaries and of course, its reliance on player talent (both off and on the field) as the sole adjudicator for his value. But as the recent incidents show, the IPL is very much bound by consideration of politics just as much as the stock market rises and falls based on political trends.
There is the insinuation that there is a conspiracy — to prevent Pakistani cricketers from showing their mettle in the IPL — enacted at the levels of government. That is absolutely not true. Since liberalisation, government has only facilitated market based structures in India and has very rarely hindered them with extraneous considerations (even if much needed). Ultimately the IPL franchise owners had a will of their own and which they exercised.
But what of public opinion in either side of the border. While it is legitimate for Pakistani cricket fans — and that would mean a substantial chunk of the population to feel disappointed, nay even angry, at what has come about their cricketers, it is clear that the reaction from the representatives of Pakistan's government was over-the-top. Pakistan's interior minister made a statement that "India was not serious about the peace process" by the manner in which the cricketers were excluded. Such a conclusion is unwarranted as it does not understand the way the league functions.
Such is the heightened consciousness for cricket (both playing and spectatorship) in both countries, that the non-inclusion can be seen as a sign of bias and therefore enmity. This is precisely what both the governments, who would will for a normalisation of relations, would want to avoid. The unprecedented support given by fans from both Pakistan and India in 2004 during the bilateral Test series was there for all to see. What the governments can do is to facilitate cricketing competition between these countries in some manner. The government and the sports ministry can definitely weigh in with friendly advice to the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) to hold a bilateral series with a set of One Day, Test and Twenty20 games in the near future in India to assuage the feelings of the cricket lovers and to foster better ties between societies in the countries.
After all, the BCCI is not necessarily a corporate entity concerned only about its bottom-line.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
A glorious legacy
Short piece written on Jyoti Basu for "The Sunday Indian" magazine .
The death of Jyoti Basu marked the end of a legendary set of political leaders who were visibly part of the freedom movement. Much of the commentary following his death has primarily focused on his record making 23 years as chief minister of the eastern state of West Bengal, but what has been rarely discussed is that his political life spanned nearly seven decades - starting as a student activist who joined the Communist movement and aided in the freedom struggle while in England, later immersing himself into working class organising, working in legislature from the young age of 32 after getting elected from the Railway constituency in as early as 1946, building his rudimentary party -which was banned and came out of the same in the early 1950s - into viable opposition to the ruling Congress, and serving as the leader of the opposition for years, working in a coalition government and finally becoming the chief minister of the state. In all his roles that he played in his career - his political positions were remarkably consistent - from opposing what he called the "ultra-left" resolution for an insurrection by the Communist Party just post the independence, to utilise the parliamentary route for mass struggles and combining it with extra-parliamentary work to building a robust and highly penetrative form of three tiered democratic institutions - the Panchayati Raj when in government. In the manner he worked even with his adversaries and in the high praise that he earned for his work both in opposition and in government, Jyoti Basu distinguished himself as a democrat to the core.
Critics - particularly from the urban middle class sections and there are many - have pointed out to the lack of adequate industrialisation of West Bengal during the years Jyoti Basu ruled. The man himself acknowledged some of the shortcomings of his government - he was self-critical of his government's achievements in education and health for example, but seen in the overwhelming light of the achievements made by the CPI(M) led government in tackling rural poverty, food insecurity and rural to urban migration, it can be said with authority that the Jyoti Basu led regime was the most pro-poor among all state governments in the country. The implementation of land reforms - even today 22% of the total land distributed in India has been done in West Bengal and 54.6% of the total beneficiaries in the country were from West Bengal - was the sterling achievement in his legacy as chief minister. As regards industrialisation, the chief minister fought lengthy battles with the Central government over discrimination in clearing industrial projects and managed to build the Haldia Petrochemicals project. Following the liberalisation policies adopted in the Centre, Jyoti Basu seized the opportunity to escape the licence-permit-raj dominated economic system to construct the New Industrial Policy in 1994, but always emphasised that the policy should complement the needs of the urban and rural poor.
In the way he constructed the concept of united and left fronts, in the manner he impressed upon the Congress to build the United Progressive Alliance (the first time that the Congress was running a coalition government) supported by the Left Front from outside and in the way he was consulted by his ideological counterparts such as Rajiv Gandhi (on Panchayati Raj, relations with China), Atal Behari Vajpayee (in the Indo-Bangladesh water sharing treaty), he showed his mettle as a sagacious and wise statesman who was appreciated not just by his fellow compatriots but also by his detractors.
At a time when there is a growing rupture and disconnect between upper/middle class India and lower class, rural India, Jyoti Basu's legacy of an alternate form of government that prioritised the needs of the poor and provided dignity, livelihoods and a much viable existence can be inculcated by our present political class. His uncompromising secular vision, emphasis on building consensus, party discipline, and dedication to work for the other - empowering the marginalised are attributes and characteristics that the young should strive for and adopt even in the much changing world of the 21st century.
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Interview with professor P.Sahadevan on the Sri Lankan elections
Did a video interview for Newsclick.in with Prof. P.Sahadevan to discuss the Sri Lankan elections and other things some time back.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Discouraging Developments in Sri Lanka
Rather than considering a progressive alternative to the two presidential candidates, incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa and ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka, the major minority parties and their representatives have thrown their lot with either of the two candidates for short sighted reasons in upcoming presidential elections.
My post on the same in the Newsclick website.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Deja Vu in Jharkhand
What can Jharkhand expect after an indecisive mandate and an opportunistic post-poll alliance?
Editorial written for the Economic and Political Weekly
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Vogue Magazine African Style
Now here is something for all the ladies who love ethnic fashion; Vogue magazine is coming out with another edition of its African Fashion magazine in the coming months. I just happen to stumble up on a recent article and thought that it would be something that the women would be interested in—especially the fashion conscious ones.
Makes for nice reading material over the weekend!?!
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Jesus talks about what makes a Good Leader
Recently the citizens of our country chose our next leader and the next president of the U.S.A. Many Christians voted for this man partially because he promised to try to stop late term abortions, and also because many are not happy with our present government. But many other Christians refused to vote for this candidate partially because of his excessive pride and his bullying of others. There were no easy answers this time around. And many now fear that our great country may suffer terribly under this leadership.
Jesus spoke about what a good leader should be like and His words are recorded in Scripture. This is part of what He said: "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over their people and those who are in leadership exercise strict authority over their country. Yet it shall not be so among you. Whoever desires to become a great leader among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave – just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life a ransom for many." (Matthew 20: 25-28) Jesus is advocating servant leadership for His followers!
Just before Jesus spoke these words, the mother of two of his disciples had come to Him and ask Jesus if her sons, James and John, could sit on His right and left hand when He set up his kingdom. (Matthew 20:20-21) This mother was thinking that Jesus would soon be king of an earthly kingdom and she was ambitious that both her boys would get in on all the pomp and power.
Jesus answered James and John and their mother with these words: "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" (Matthew 20: 22) These disciples, James and John, and their mother did not understand that the kingdom Jesus would be ruling would not be an earthly kingdom!
To be great in the kingdom of heaven James and John would have to be willing to drink the cup that Jesus would drink (his death) and be baptized with His baptism (take up their cross and follow Him). Instead of being harsh pompous rulers, the followers of Jesus were to be caring servant-leaders. The rules in this heavenly kingdom would be backwards from the rules of worldly kingdoms.
Even though Jesus had tried to tell his disciples that his kingdom would be a heavenly kingdom, - a kingdom of another world, his disciples didn't hear him and they didn't get it. They kept on believing that Jesus would be the ruler of an earthly kingdom. Since they were his disciples they would sit on thrones ruling with Him, wearing royal robes and being everyone would admire them. Jesus would ride out on a white horse with a mighty army and free Israel from the Roman rule and Israel would be great again. And the disciples would share in all of the glory and glitz!
Once I had a discussion with a Jewish woman about Jesus being the Messiah the Jews had been waiting for. This professor taught Old Testament theology and she argued that if Jesus had really been the Jewish Messiah that He would have had a successful earthly kingdom. He would have restored Israel to her former glory. She insisted that she could not believe in Jesus as Savior/Messiah because He would have made Israel the greatest nation on earth. He would have brought something with him to show and prove that he was the Jewish messiah, she insisted. This professor, I believe, made the same mistake Jesus' disciples made in thinking that Jesus' kingdom was to be only an earthly kingdom. And the proof of His being Savior/Messiah to be only a worldly proof.
I told the Jewish professor that Jesus did bring something with Him to prove He is Savior/Messiah. He brought salvation and He saves us from sin and gives us eternal life in His kingdom of heaven. She responded that the Jewish people didn't need a Savior because they would make it on their own. Work their own way? I don't understand? The Old Testament scriptures and the Jewish prophets, carefully taught the Jewish people that they must have a Sacrifice for their sins. They couldn't work it out on their own. I don't know how this professor overlooked that.
Scripture tells another story about the disciples asking Jesus to tell them who would be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven! The disciples were still sparring among themselves about who would be the best and most favored. Who would be first and who would be most important. Jesus tries again to explain to his disciples that things will be different in the kingdom of heaven. That they are asking the wrong questions!
Here is what Jesus told them: "The disciples came to Jesus asking, 'Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?' And Jesus called a little child to Himself and set him in the middle of his disciples and replied: 'Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as a little child, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.'" (Matthew 18:1-4)
Jesus took time to teach his disciples and us that His followers were to do leadership differently from the world. The world's definition of leadership often includes pride and raw ego. But the Christian definition should include humility and servanthood. The worldly leader is often feared and he lords it over his subjects, Jesus says. But the Christian leader cares and serves her people. The world's "great" famous people were often proud and mean. But the "great" person by heavenly standards will be humble like a little child.
The rules in the heavenly kingdom are upside-down from the rules in our worldly kingdoms. Everything is backwards from what we have learned here on earth! We better start now getting ready to live in our upside-down heavenly kingdom! We've got a lot to learn!


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You'll Never Look At San Francisco The Same After Watching This
Having recently returned home from San Francisco, a city I hadn't seen in about 10 years, I'm still trying to get over just how damn scenic that city is. It's hard to compare any major city in the world in terms of pure spectacle one sees in almost every direction they look there (such as looking toward the Golden Gate Bridge during sunset, the Golden Gate Bridge as you pass under it by boat or the famed "Painted Ladies" with downtown in the background).
The above video was recently forwarded to me from someone who knew I was heading to the city soon. Shot by photographer Simon Christen, this time-lapse video focuses on the famous fog that rolls in from the Pacific Ocean and over and through the bay due to various unique meteorological conditions present in and around the city far too complicated far me to explain here.
Though hard to understand, try to be content with simply watching the amazing show Mother Nature puts on for San Franciscans all year long.
[Adrift by Simon Christen via/Vimeo; News tip by my mother]
By Matt Stabile
Matt Stabile is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheExpeditioner.com. You can read his writings, watch his travel videos, purchase the book he co-edited or contact him via email at any time at TheExpeditioner.com. (@TheExpeditioner)


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PHILADELPHIA, PA - The National Constitution Center will open a permanent exhibit dedicated to the people and debates played a role in the formation and ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution in the Spring of 2019. A new theater performance and podcast series will also tell the story of the Reconstruction amendment that guaranteed equal protection to all persons,
"The 14th Amendment inscribed in the Constitution President Lincoln's promise at Gettysburg of a new birth of freedom," said National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen. "On the 150th anniversary of the amendment, these initiatives will allow learners of all ages to explore how the equality promised in the Declaration of Independence was not made explicit in the Constitution until the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, ratified after the Civil War."
The exhibit will use personal stories, documents, and artifacts to engage visitors with themes of freedom, equality, and citizenship. Visitors will leans about the roles Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, John Bingham and Harriet Tubman played in the period leading up to ratification.
The exhibit will include artifacts from collections around the region and across the country, including featured objects from the collection of the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia on loan from the Gettysburg Foundation and the Union League of Philadelphia. While learning about these Reconstruction Amendments, visitors will discover the promises that were enshrined in the Constitution and their impact on all Americans.
In 2019, a new theater performance will shed new light on the Reconstruction era and the ratification of the 14th Amendment. It will be possible through a $300,000 grant from the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage. The performance will explore significant historical documents and bring to life the leaders, influential figures, and everyday Americans directly affected by the Reconstruction Amendments.
In August of this year, the National Constitution Center's podcast We the People will host a special series exploring the key figures of the Reconstruction era and why their stories resonate today. Hosted by President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen and inspired by a recent podcast conversation with award-winning documentarian Ken Burns on the power of telling constitutional stories, the series will feature historians including Mary Frances Berry, David Blight, and Gerard Magliocca discussing the complex histories of key figures like John Bingham, Frederick Douglass, and Callie House. We the People is available at constitutioncenter.org/podcasts, via iTunes, or anywhere podcasts are available.
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Juror: Recording Of Little Falls Killings Was Key
LITTLE FALLS (AP) — Jurors say an audio recording of a Little Falls homeowner shooting two teens who broke into his home was a key piece of evidence in his conviction.
Sixty-five-year-old Byron Smith was found guilty Tuesday of premeditated murder in the deaths of 17-year-old Nick Brady and 18-year-old Haile Kifer.
One juror tells The Associated Press that the audio recording was "damning evidence." Wes Hatlestad also says the jury decided Smith's actions weren't in self-defense.
But defense attorney Steve Meshbesher says Smith made that recording because he was afraid he'd be killed in his own home and wanted to have evidence for police.
Smith was immediately sentenced to life in prison without parole. Meshbesher says he plans to appeal.


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Before listing your home, the first area to examine is the exterior of your home. Most buyers will decide within the first few minutes how they feel about a property based upon its exterior appearance, so below are some budget-friendly tips to spruce up your curb appeal:
Paint the Front Door and Shutters
Put a fresh coat of paint on the front door and shutters. This will draw a buyer's eyes to the newness of the paint and distract attention from other areas that may need touching up.
Freshen up Landscaped Areas and Add a Pop of Color
Weed flower beds, trim bushes and hedges, and plant colorful flowers to make landscaped areas look fresh and vibrant.
Remove Lawn Ornaments
Lawn ornaments can sometimes be distracting to a buyer. Remember, you want a potential buyer to imagine this is their home from the minute they arrive on the property.
Clean Windows Inside and Out
Cleaning all windows will allow a buyer to see straight through to the inside of a property and give the home a clean and inviting presence.
Mow and Edge the Lawn
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Fire crews from Lancaster, Morecambe and Silverdale were called to a fire at an empty terraced house on Garnet Street in Lancaster.
The crews were called out at 11.33pm on December 29 but found no-one was in the property at the time.
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It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
"I have no idea what I'm doing."
The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.
All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.
Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.
I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.
Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.
We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.
If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.
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The lasting impact the international community's involvement in Haiti's elections has proved to be harmful. Still, the lessons have not been learned as we approach the new run-off date of January 17.
The Past is Prologue with Haiti's Elections
Jake Johnson, TeleSur
December 31, 2015
Part of the article is below. Click HERE for the full text.
As Haitians prepared to go to the polls in 2010, 45 members of the U.S. Congress wrote to then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, warning that supporting such a flawed process "will come back to haunt the international community." Five years later, as Haiti finds itself embroiled in another electoral crisis, the lasting impact of the 2010 election is clear for all to see. Unfortunately, these powerful actors, who have interfered in Haiti's politics throughout its brief democratic history, do not seem to have learned their lesson.
Haiti was not ready for an election in 2010. The elections took place less than a year after a devastating earthquake had killed hundreds of thousands and displaced more than a million – and just a month after a virulent cholera outbreak, introduced by U.N. soldiers, began its spread throughout the country. Furthermore, 14 legitimate political parties, including the popular Fanmi Lavalas party, were barred from participating in the elections without any real justification. But with billions in aid dollars on the table, the international community wanted new leadership in Haiti. Their investment could not be jeopardized.
The election was, as predicted, fatally flawed from the beginning, but rather than heeding to the warning from the U.S. Congress and from a myriad of actors in Haiti, the international community blindly marched forward. A U.S.-financed experts mission from the Organization of American States was sent to Haiti to evaluate the results. Without conducting a recount or using statistical analysis, it recommended changing the results of the election. Jude Célestin, then President René Préval's handpicked successor was out, and a musician, more famous for parading on stage in a diaper than for his political positions, would advance to the runoff.
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Then you could be a valuable addition to The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's (HFEA) new National Donation Strategy Group.
The HFEA has launched a new national strategy to raise awareness of egg and sperm donation and to improve the care of donors.
A key element of the strategy is the formation of a national group of experts from within and beyond the fertility sector.
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The Cambodian embassy in Malaysia has reported that nine migrant domestic workers have died there this year, including one on Sunday, a rights activist and an opposition parliamentarian visiting Kuala Lumpur said yesterday.
After a press conference held by the Malaysian rights group Tenaganita, Moeun Tola, head of the labour program at the Community Legal Education Centre, said he would seek to find where the deceased woman's body was being stored.
"We just got the information this morning from one of the staff at the embassy that there was another death on Sunday . . . it was a shock to me," Moeun Tola said.
Embassy staff had also confirmed that a total of 11 Cambodians, nine of them maids, had died in Malaysia this year, he said.
Tenaganita director Irene Fernandez said the high number of deaths reflected the serious regulatory inadequac-ies of the sector in Malaysia.
"It is a big number, but I am not surprised, looking at the conditions and the protection mechanisms and the isolat-ion," she said.
The Cambodian government last month announced a temporary ban on sending migrant domestic workers to Malaysia amid a litany of abuse scandals that have surfaced both during the recruits' placements abroad and inside training centres within the Kingdom.
On the sidelines of the same press conference, opposition Sam Rainsy Party legislator Mu Sochua said the circumstances of the latest death remained unclear.
"The hospital says she caught tuberculosis. We need to investigate," she said, adding that the Cambodian embassy had committed itself to ensuring that migrant domestic workers were provided with a formal registration mechan-ism in Malaysia.
The Cambodian ambass-ador to Malaysia, Princess Norodom Arunrasmy, said she was too busy to talk and Ung Vantha, second secretary at the embassy, did not pick up the phone.
A press statement released by Tenaganita made recommendations in response to reported abuses, including the development of standardised contracts for all domestic workers, regardless of their nation of origin, and an ASEAN-wide framework to provide minimum standards for the industry.
Mu Sochua said she wanted the temporary ban lifted within three months, but not before comprehensive reforms like these and others that provided legal avenues of redress for migrant domestic workers and maximum working hours were introduced.


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The Crunchy Christmas
With Christmas around the corner, my Christmas tradition will turn 8-years old. It is the tradition of gifting myself with home-made Fried Ice-cream. The soft but crisp ice-cream. Exciting, right?
This ice-cream gives the perfect warmth for the winter season and fulfills my desire of the cold and soft scoop of ice-cream. The second-best part about this dessert is its easy-to-get ingredients (the first is obviously the flavour!)
All you need is:
- Your favourite ice-cream
- Corn flakes
- Flour
- 2-4 Egg Whites
- Cinnamon and Sugar according to personal taste for flavour
- To begin with, scoop out as many scoops as you wish to serve from the ice-cream brick (The more, the merrier!).
- Put the scoops on a baking sheet and freeze the scoops for about 1 hour or until they are firm.
- Set 3 bowls for dipping—one with flour, another with beaten egg whites and the last with crushed corn flakes, sugar, and cinnamon.
- Once the ice-cream balls are firm and hardened, each ball must be rolled in little flour for strength, then dipped in beaten egg whites and again rolled up in crushed corn flakes. Source
- The ice-cream scoops should be covered completely and to be placed in freezer for 3 hours.
- After 3 hours, heat oil in a saucepan at high flame (375 F or 190 C)
- Fry ice-cream balls until they are golden-brown.
- We're almost there.
Ice-cream balls can be topped with caramel or chocolate sauce and whipped cream. Serve immediately for a heavenly treat!


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Nashville-based entertainment firm, The Lowry Agency, has officially announced the addition of renowned guitarist/musician/composer and one of the most sought after instructors in New York and Favored Nations artist, Rob Balducci to their client roster.
"In this business it is important for you to surround yourself with people who understand what you do, believe in what you do and represent you as an Artist in a professional and honest manor. The Lowry Agency meets this criteria and I am excited to be working with them." says Balducci of his relationship with The Lowry Agency.
A native of New York, Rob Balducci has defined himself as a guitarist, musician, composer and one of the most sought after instructors in New York. His music is drenched in layers of sonic colors, each representing a tangible emotion, desire, depth, feeling, thought and mood. His music is really like vocal songs with the guitar as the vocals. Guitar World said after hearing Balducci's debut CD, "Hum-able Shred! What a concept."
Balducci has the pleasure of working with and endorsing such giants as Ibanez Guitars, Cornford Amps, D'Addario Strings, Dimarzio Pick-ups, Dunlop, Xotic pedals and many others. The musical community has taken notice of him with scores of global publications loudly singing his praises (most notably Guitarist UK, Guitar World, Young Guitar, and Burn).
David Lowry, president of The Lowry Agency remarked, "We are honored and very excited to be working with Rob Balducci! It is a thrill to be able to showcase musicianship of his caliber. He brings a melodic virtuosity to the guitar which is rarely seen this days and we are chomping at the bit to be able to share this with the world
More information about Rob Balducci can be found at http://www.robbalducci.com .
More information about Rob Balducci's Instructional Guitar DVD's can be found at www.rockhousemethod.com.
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The Cave sees acclaimed adventure-game developer Ron Gilbert revisit the multi-character concept last seen in acclaimed classic Maniac Mansion for a downloadable title due in January.
This platformer-cum-adventure that sees seven characters from across time and space - including an adventurer, a knight, time-traveller and a scientist - join forces to explore a Cave that magically brings their desires, hopes and dreams to life.
Players must choose three of these seven characters to explore the Cave in a single playthrough. On the journey you'll encounter worlds suited to each respective hero -the knight's dream is to rescue a princess from a castle, for example - and each has a unique ability that helps them solve puzzles and reach all-new areas.
Re-imagining the adventure game
This multi-character concept is something that acclaimed adventure game maker Ron Gilbert has wanted to return to since making Maniac Mansion 25 years ago, and has joined forces with Double Fine Productions - a studio run by fellow Monkey Island creator Tim Schaefer - to help him realise it.
"I always felt that was a really interesting part of [Manic Mansion], but it was the first game Gary [Winnick] and I ever designed, let alone an adventure game, and I don't know if I did it to its fullest potential," said Gilbert. "So with The Cave, I really wanted to look at that again."
But instead of a traditional adventure game, The Cave features light platforming elements and a number of design decisions to take away the sour taste that many old-school point-and-click games leave in the mouth.
Gilbert said that inventory systems in adventure games had "gotten out of hand", where puzzles were merely shifting through your collected items to find the right one before simply slotting it into place.
"I really wanted to look into that," he said. "In The Cave there's no inventory, there's what's known as a three-slot mode. Each person can just carry one thing at a time."
The platforming elements that bridge each thematic realm and puzzle was decided upon to keep progression interesting, as opposed to the monotonous act of clicking environments with a mouse to move back and forth.
"The other thing I wanted to look at was just traversal, moving from place in the game, from one puzzle to another, making it interesting and a lot of fun to do," he said.
"That's why there's this very light platforming element to the game. There's no opportunity for missed jumps, or means to get better doing it, it's just there to make traversal get that [interesting] moment-to-moment gameplay, something that's really fun and engaging when you're solving puzzles."
Taking to the carnival
The end result are a series of puzzles that often requires players to split up their trio of characters, sometimes for their respective abilities, but mostly to use items cleverly strewn around the environment.
The Hillbilly's dream, for example, is for him to fall in love with the carnival's main attraction, the two-legged lady, who desires a pink bear which is redeemed by winning tickets from various fairground attractions, which act as puzzles.
Some of the tasks here are very straightforward. For example, finding a sledgehammer means you can waltz up to the strong-man machine, smash the record and simply take the ticket.
Others are a little more obtuse and have you split up your team. A colour-guessing game is impossible to predict without the help of a fortune teller across the other side of the carnival, so you must switch between characters to find out what colour is next.
Another is finding a barbell, which you easily figure out should be used to trick a weight-guessing game, but you're not sure how. A magician's tent nearby can vanish items, however, and so from there it's up to the player to link the two activities together.
Aside from the Hillbilly's ability to breathe underwater (he can blow a snot bubble that engulfs his head) other character-specific abilities aren't required to solve most puzzles, meaning you won't ever trap yourself by not choosing the right team.
There are, however, some advantages to specific characters. For example. the scientist can avoid getting electrocuted, saving you time when unplugging the carnival's giant Ferris wheel to power the aforementioned fortune telling box.
Better with friends?
The three-character setup also naturally lends itself to co-operative play, where friends or family can hook up extra controllers and wonder around alongside you.
It's a seemingly natural idea that we found was heavily hindered by a confused camera which couldn't decide which character to follow at any one time. This problem was obviously not present in single-player, and with a month or so before release, this co-op specific issue could be fixed in good time.
Finally, having the likes of Ron Gilbert and Double Fine Productions behind The Cave means it has some excellent writing. From the titular Cave that narrates our heroes misfortunes to the Carnies that attempt to trick the trio out of tickets, the writing is snappy and very funny.
The Cave is an adventure that perhaps plays more like retro classic Dizzy than a traditional point-and-click game like Manic Mansion, but its lashings of humour, smart puzzle design and interesting multi-character conceit means it has the same strong, intoxicating whiff of Gilbert's games of old.
The Cave is available on Xbox Live Arcade, PSN, PC and Wii U eShop in mid-January.


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Did you know that June 30th is the busiest moving day of the year?
Approximately 4.4 million Canadians will move each year with 14 percent of these moves taking place in June.
According to the Canadian head office of TWO MEN AND A TRUCK there is a reason for this spike in moves. Families with children don't want to disrupt the school year. It also allows the parents to get everyone settled with plenty of time to enjoy the summer in the new family home. Furthermore, The Canada Day long weekend gives people an extra day off to allow for packing, moving and unpacking before heading back to work.
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Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) ranks as one of the giants of the pharmaceutical market, with a blockbuster vaccine franchise. Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) is only a fraction of Pfizer's size and is still at least a few years away from marketing its first vaccine -- if all goes well.
But size, and even revenue, doesn't necessarily make one stock better than another in the biopharmaceutical world. Instead, the potential for growth can make a small stock more attractive to investors than an established stock. So which of these two stocks is the better pick now? Here's how Novavax and Pfizer compare.
The case for Novavax
Novavax remains unprofitable. Its only revenue stems from research and development collaborations and a few government contracts here and there. But the company's pipeline candidates hold the potential to change Novavax's fortunes dramatically.
Its lead pipeline candidate is an experimental respiratory syncytial virus fusion (RSV F) vaccine. Even though RSV is an enormous problem worldwide, there aren't any approved vaccines for the virus. AstraZeneca's Synagis is the primary therapy used to help prevent RSV, but it's not a vaccine and is only available for treating high-risk babies.
Novavax expects to announce results from a late-stage study of its RSV F vaccine in infants through maternal immunization in 2018. The company also has a phase 2 study under way for the vaccine in immunizing older adults, as well as an early-stage study for pediatric use in children between 6 months and 5 years old.
While the company also has early-stage development in progress for an Ebola vaccine, more excitement has been generated recently by its nanoparticle influenza vaccine NanoFlu. In August, Novavax announced preclinical results for NanoFlu that were so promising that the company shifted into high gear to accelerate clinical testing of the vaccine. A phase 1/2 study is now under way, with hopes that a pivotal late-stage study could start late next year.
Even with AstraZeneca's product on the market, around 1.9 million infants are infected in the U.S. with RSV each year. The estimated global cost related to RSV is estimated to be more than $88 billion. The market opportunity for an effective vaccine is huge. The same is true for influenza. Sanofi made $1.6 billion for its leading flu vaccines last year. Novavax thinks NanoFlu could be more effective than Sanofi's top vaccines, Fluzone and Fluzone HD. With a current market cap of around $330 million, Novavax has a pipeline whose success could make the company much bigger down the road.
The case for Pfizer
Pfizer has been a favorite among investors for a long time. Probably the strongest argument for buying Pfizer stock is that the company generates tremendous cash flow -- $13.3 billion over the past 12 months -- and it uses that cash flow to reward shareholders.
Exhibit A in how Pfizer uses its cash flow in ways that investors like is the company's dividend. Pfizer's dividend currently yields 3.63%. To appreciate just how important this dividend can be, look at Pfizer stock's performance over the past five years. The stock has gained around 45% during the period, but reinvesting dividends boosts the total return up to nearly 73%.
The company has also invested heavily in research and development, ranking third in the biopharmaceutical industry in R&D investing last year. Thanks to its commitment to R&D, Pfizer's pipeline includes 32 late-stage programs and another 45 programs in early- and mid-stage testing.
Some of those pipeline candidates, as well as current products, came from another key way Pfizer uses its strong cash flow: making acquisitions. Prostate cancer drug Xtandi was picked up through Pfizer's acquisition of Medivation. Pfizer gained atopic dermatitis drug Eucrisa from its buyout of Anacor Pharmaceuticals. The company has repeatedly hinted that more acquisitions could be on the way.
Another way Pfizer can create significant value for shareholders is through divestitures and spin-offs. Pfizer's spin-off of animal-health business Zoetis in 2013 has been a big win for investors. The company is now evaluating the possibility of either selling or spinning off its consumer healthcare business, which could also be beneficial to shareholders.
Better buy
In my view, the choice between Novavax and Pfizer boils down to the old adage that "a bird in the hand beats two in the bush." Novavax could be a huge winner if its pipeline candidates are successful. However, there is no guarantee that will happen. The company has encountered some clinical setbacks already with its RSV F vaccine. And it's still really early for NanoFlu.
With Pfizer, on the other hand, you pretty much know what you're getting. The company could experience its own clinical setbacks, but its pipeline is so large that it should be able to weather problems relatively well. Pfizer faces some challenges from declining sales of legacy drugs, but those issues should diminish over the next few years.
The rewards could be bigger with Novavax than with Pfizer, but the risks are also much greater. I agree with the old saying that "a bird in the hand" is the better choice. The better buy, in my opinion, is Pfizer.
Keith Speights owns shares of Pfizer. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ1 has a sensor resolution of 5.0 Megapixels, a CCD optical sensor with a size of 1/2.5 inches, 4x digital zoom and a built-in flash with five modes. It uses Joint Photographic Experts Group as the image recording format and QuickTime as the digital video format.
The digital camera has an effective flash range of 0.3 to 3.7 meters with supported red-eyes reduction. It also comes with an optical image stabilizer. Its 2.5-inch LCD screen has 207,000 pixels. The images produced have a maximum resolution of 2,560 by 1,920 pixels. The camera also features automatic aperture control and its aperture has a range of f/2.8 to f/7.1, depending on zoom position. It has the aspect ratios of 4:3, 3:2 and 16:9. Six white balance settings are offered, including a manual option. Its self-timer settings varies from 2 to 10 seconds. It comes with Secure Digital SD memory card storage and 13.4 Megabytes of built-in memory. The camera is PictBridge-compatible with a USB 2.0 interface. The International Organization for Standardization is adjustable from 80 to 800 with an 800 to1,600 high sensitivity option. The camera's shutter speed is 1/2,000 to eight seconds with 60-, 30- and 15-second options in Starry Sky mode. A Panasonic Lumix software CD is included in the package.