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Mr. Keable, Group Managing Partner & Founder, KW Group,Your Excellency, Mr. Juma Al Kait,Assistant Undersecretary for Foreign Trade Affairs,Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure for me to attend this 3rd Global Free Trade & Special Economic Zones Summit, and to share with you some of UNCTAD's thinking on how to maximize the trade, investment and development opportunities of special economic zones (SEZs).
Even since the first SEZs were established roughly fifty years ago, they have become an increasingly prominent feature of the world economy. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), since the mid-1980s, the number of new zones has increased rapidly, particularly in developing countries. If in 1986 there were only 176 such zones recorded in 46 countries, today more than 3,000 SEZs are known to exist in some 135 countries. It is estimated that, collectively, they account for over $500 billion in global trade, and employ more than 70 million people.
Their popularity is not surprising. Among this audience, there is no need for me to restate the significant potential benefits that SEZs can bring in terms of: increasing foreign direct investment (FDI), generating employment opportunities, enhancing foreign exchange earnings, developing export-oriented industries, and boosting export growth, as well as expanding government revenue and economic growth. As we all know, SEZs can also support the emergence of industrial clusters, which are particularly beneficial in fostering technology transfer and innovation.
And the potential role of SEZs has been further enhanced by the spread of global value chains. In today's highly segmented value chains, success in world markets often depends as much on the capacity to import high-quality inputs, as on the capacity to export. Thus, efficient SEZs can facilitate the participation of developing countries in such global value chains, giving access to new markets.
It is to promote these significant benefits that now more than 130 countries have chosen to establish SEZs, providing special economic and regulatory concessions for companies operating inside them. The incentives offered by SEZs include tax exemptions, removal of import and export duties, absence of foreign exchange controls, facilitated licensing and other regulatory processes, enhanced infrastructure, and sometimes less stringent labour legislation.
However, while SEZs clearly hold great potential, in practice, the record has been more mixed. Of course, there have been successes. In particular, SEZs have been credited with underpinning the dramatic export-oriented growth of China and other East Asian countries. In the 1970s, China set up its first zones to promote and attract FDI and technology transfer. SEZs helped China develop industries to upgrade exports, and this later had a trickle-down effect on other domestic industries. Indeed, the "miracle of Shenzhen", in which a fishing village was transformed into a city of over 14 million inhabitants within 30 years of the establishment of a free zone, with GDP growing a hundredfold, is on everyone's mind.
However, the successes of some East Asian and Latin American countries in attracting and benefitting from FDI into their zones have been difficult to replicate everywhere, particularly in Africa. Indeed, many zones have failed, or have simply contributed to a relocation of existing business activities to facilities inside the zone, at the cost of public indebtedness (because building the zones and offering incentives is not cheap). The overall record of the impact of export processing zones on attraction of FDI is quite mixed: whereas in China, export processing zones or similar preferential zones account for some 80 per cent of total FDI inflows, in many other countries zones have played only a marginal role in FDI attraction and most investment is of domestic origin. In Bangladesh, for example, only 15 per cent of registered FDI was located in SEZs in 2011. And in Cambodia, its more than 20 SEZs only accounted for 3 per cent of approved FDI.
The record on employment creation is similarly mixed. Some countries have achieved significant gains. For example, in the Philippines, employment in economic zones increased from about 92,000 in 1994 to more than 600,000 in 2008. Many others, however, have been less successful. Indeed, less than a dozen countries account for the majority of zone employment and exports generated.
Why then have SEZs not lived up to expectations in the majority of countries? There are many reasons. However, some of the key reasons are as follows: First is the fact that the decision to establish an SEZ in a certain location is often driven more by political objectives (such as regional development) rather than actual locational advantages. In those cases, transnational corporations may not find these SEZs attractive for their investment. Second is the closely related point that the firms participating in SEZs are often chosen by governments in order to benefit from the zone's special advantages, yet they are not always the most competitive. A third problem relates to the lack of linkages with the rest of the economy. For example, participation in SEZs is often limited to foreign-owned firms only. Thus, the scope for spillovers of FDI would be limited. And these are only some of the reasons.
So, it is clear that policies matter. The effective design, implementation and management of SEZs, and the fostering of an enabling environment, are critical for their success. This is particularly so in the current post-crisis era, where trade growth is subdued by sluggish demand in the advanced economies.
Allow me therefore to address some of the key issues involved in ensuring that SEZs become a tool for trade, investment and development.
Firstly, we have seen that SEZs are more likely to be successful if they focus on industries where the country already has a competitive advantage. In the case of Bangladesh, its SEZ was initially designed to attract high-technology industries, but it only took off properly when the focus changed to industries leveraging its advantage in low-cost labour. The task is then to build on this initial success to create linkages and encourage upgrading to higher-value-added activities.
Secondly, policies to attract investments to zones should not be limited to providing investment and trade concessions, and exemptions to existing legislation, but should also include strategies to support skills, innovation and competitiveness. As the World Bank has rightly pointed out: "Zone programmes that fail to offer opportunities for quality employment and upward mobility for trained staff, that derive their competitive advantage from exploiting low-wage workers, and that neglect to ensure environmental sustainability, are unlikely to be successful in achieving the possible dynamic benefits, and are likely to be forced into a 'race to the bottom'."
In this context, we also have to address the concerns that have been raised over lax labour legislation in SEZs, leading to poor labour relations and working conditions and circumvention of workers' rights. ILO warns that too many of the SEZs continue to be hampered by a reputation for low wages, for poor working conditions and for underdeveloped labour relations systems. Rather than being a source of competitive advantage, such practices are increasingly becoming self-defeating. Most transnational corporations today have corporate social responsibility standards, and are keen to avoid reputational risk from association with weak labour standards along their supply chains. They are therefore viewing such practices with suspicion.
Thirdly, and most importantly, there is the issue of linkages. Ultimately, an SEZ will only bring wider developmental benefits if the technology, skills and employment opportunities attracted in the SEZ also spill over into the domestic economy, through skills and technology transfer, or through the creation of supplier industries. Here, we have learned that spillovers have been above average when the SEZ is not considered as an enclave or a special project but rather as an integral part of the nation's development policy. In such cases, domestic economic policy has encouraged linkages, including domestic investment, in the zone, and has promoted skills development, training and knowledge-sharing. Thus, SEZs can be a successful tool for spillovers and structural change if they are led and promoted by a developmental State, in cooperation with the private sector.
Finally, in order to integrate effectively into global value chains, SEZs require state-of-the-art trade logistics systems. As more and more intermediate inputs pass through multiple countries in the production process, efficient trade facilitation has grown in importance, both for imports and for exports. The issue of trade facilitation has been on UNCTAD's agenda for over four decades. Indeed, our largest technical assistance programme, the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA), is dedicated to the reform and modernization of border crossing formalities. ASYCUDA is now successfully running in more than 90 countries. For example, UNCTAD has been a central partner, and the ASYCUDA programme a crucial factor, in the development of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone created in Jordan in 2001. In this context, we stand ready to assist other countries in the implementation of their trade facilitation needs.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
These are just some of the key factors for making SEZs a success. I am sure that your deliberations will allow us to gain further insights into the policy frameworks necessary to make SEZs a tool to increase trade and investment, and to achieve inclusive development.
Thank you very much.
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With Christmas and other gift-giving holidays right around the corner, you have probably started to think about what one earth you will get for the various family members in your life. And through these somewhat hard economic periods, you could be a bit concerned about the way you are really going to be able to pay for what you want to buy: the solution might be closer than you think: a web based government auction could be the very best location to discover anything your heart desires this year, and every year, for that matter.
Nothing makes us happier than seeing the happiness on someone's face after they unwrap the most amazing, most perfect gift, and we all want to try to look for the right item. Whether or not you are interested in something great or small, lavish or simple, elegant or funky, or maybe even a thing that will get you out and about in style, an online government auction could be just the solution.
In case you are not actually looking much for a present as for a thing for yourself, you can still discover it at auction, you can establish your own personal spending limit, and you could bid from home. Squandering gas going to all the malls and auto dealerships is not necessary.
Some folks have no idea about online government auctions, if you have not had a glance at some of the things that are offered, you would likely be surprised. Various government agencies and divisions have an auction once a year or even more, and they have numerous types of products to be offered for sale at bargain basement prices. You could find products for the house and garden, like china and crystal or garden benches; you can find jewelry of any size, color, and profile; you can choose artwork or collectible items; you may be enthralled by coins, stamps, and baseball card collections. Of course, you can even come across the most perfect vehicle, truck, or vessel. There isn't much you are unable to discover at a traditional or online government auction.
Exactly where do all these goods come from? To be honest, they come from all kinds of places. Police departments frequently seize vehicles, houses, jewelry, home furniture, and even golf carts and motorbikes. The goods they really don't have a use for goes up on the auction block. That's where you, the savvy customer come in. Everything that they will not need, they have to dispose of; space for storage is limited, and they have got to create room for the next load of items that will turn up.
Online government auctions also see computers and office equipment which is working properly but no longer fits the requirements of their workplaces. You can also discover goods from bankruptcies and litigation. There is just no end to all the motives that agencies end up having to sell items at auction, and then there really is no end to the cost savings you will get if you are paying auction prices rather than retail. The savings can be so wonderful, it's almost like you cash in on a profit from a web based government auction.

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I've invited Jennifer Peavey to become an author to our Tapestry Share blog. I met Jennifer last July when I was demonstrating tapestry at the Southern Highland Craft Guild summer fair in Asheville. She was intrigued with the pipe loom I was using and later in the fall took my tapestry class at Arrowmont. Here's a link from my blog last October in which Jennifer and the other class members are shown: http://tapestry13.blogspot.com/2008/10/lots-of-accomplishments-today.html
She's since then built a couple of Archie pipe looms and taken a wedge weave class with Connie Lippert. She also has a blog up and running... here's a link to that-- http://jenniferpeavey.blogspot.com/
Welcome, Jennifer! And I hope you and all the other blog authors will begin to post whenever you have time. I'd love to see what's going on in your tapestry lives!
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Fishcake with cheese dip
Sunday, October 31, 2010 | Posted by RiA GeSiLvA | | Edit Post
The fishcake consists of wheat crackers we have in our fridge, tuna flakes, pepper and salt to taste, baking powder and paprika. I was the one who deep fried it. The cheese dip is made out of butter, garlic, mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste and lots of cheese!
At first I nearly burnt the garlic haha. So the color is like that but it tastes so good that we bought chips to dip it on! Here is our taste tester, my Niece! haha
Labels: Cheese Dip, Fishcake, Food, Recipe | 1 comments
Medical Fashion
Friday, October 29, 2010 | Posted by RiA GeSiLvA | | Edit Post
Yesterday, we went to the hospital for a check up for my niece. She had an injury on her left foot. There I noticed that most of the medical staff are not wearing complete medical scrubs. They have the nursing uniform scrubs but they don't have hats to cover their hair. I have seen a doctor who is not wearing any uniform at all. I thought he was a patient at first but he was a surgeon at the E.R. I think one must wear proper and fashionable uniform being in a profession like that.
Although they have stressful times at the hospital with all the patients coming in and out, they also have to look attractive to others. They should consider buying scrubs online for their medical practice. Even if they have a busy schedule it is just with the touch of their hands. Till my next post! See yah!
Although they have stressful times at the hospital with all the patients coming in and out, they also have to look attractive to others. They should consider buying scrubs online for their medical practice. Even if they have a busy schedule it is just with the touch of their hands. Till my next post! See yah!
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Yummy experimental snack
Sunday, October 24, 2010 | Posted by RiA GeSiLvA | | Edit Post
My sister loves inventing food. If you are reading my blog, I posted some of her inventions in the past. She makes what is in our fridge and invents some delicious treat once in a while.
Today, she invented another yummy food for our snack today. It is a homemade crepe (made from pancake) with tuna, cheese, basil leaves and tarragon leaves inside. We just garnished cheese and basil leaves on top. I helped a bit with picking up leaves on the plant of herbs that we have in our garden and I grated the cheese. haha.
It tasted so great! I even took a picture of my Niece while she is eating it.
Pancakes are good and if you are inventive or looking for some treats around your house, you can make different food with it. Till my next post! See yah!
Pancakes are good and if you are inventive or looking for some treats around your house, you can make different food with it. Till my next post! See yah!
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My experience at Entrecard
Friday, October 22, 2010 | Posted by RiA GeSiLvA | | Edit Post
I've been a member of Entrecard for a long time now. In fact I have 3 more other blogs with them. When I joined with them, I enjoyed more my blogging experience because I got to know great bloggers and even made friends with some of them. I gained lots of visitors each day although I am not consistent in dropping. But when I have a chance I make sure that I drop by them and read blogs.
I even installed the entrecard toolbar to help me make dropping more easily. I have bit problem though, when I clicked on the favorite button it remains on my favorite even if they are not a member of entrecard anymore. That's the only not so good experience that I had with them. All in all this site is very good.
If you are looking for a site that would greatly increased your readers and visitors. I will definitely recommend ENTRECARD to you. In fact they have a contest going on right now. Where you can win 5,000 entrecard credits. If you want to know more about the mechanics of the contest, Go to their blog now to enter! Contest ends on November 1, 2010. So JOIN NOW!
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How to make an easy tomato sauce
Sunday, October 17, 2010 | Posted by RiA GeSiLvA | | Edit Post
Try this quick and easy to make tomato sauce using Taste the Difference Jubilee vine tomatoes. Can be stored in the fridge for 2-3 days and is perfect with pasta. Watch the video to find out how to make it.
Very easy to do and looks so yummy! You can try it at home. So till my next post! See yah!
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Versatile Blogger Award
Thursday, October 14, 2010 | Posted by RiA GeSiLvA | | Edit Post
I am here again for another award. This time it is from Butchie and Chikay of Things we share, Jheriz of Jh3riz24 Tips and Reviews and Yette of yettezkiedoodle. I want to thank them for sharing me this "Versatile Blogger Award". It is such an honor for me because I think there are many bloggers out there who are more versatile than me. That is why I am sharing this award to those bloggers who I envy most about their writing abilities. Here are my top 10:
Don't forget to:
- Thank and link back to the person who gave you the award.
- Share 7 THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF
- PASS Along to 10 Bloggers who you recently discovered and think are fabulous.
- Contact the bloggers you chose and let them know about the award.
7 Things about Me:
- I am allergic to alcoholic drinks
- I can't sleep without my body pillow
- I love to learn web designing
- I love dogs
- I like to put liquid eyeliner whenever I go out because without it, my eyes look sleepy
- I easily laugh
- I love to eat chips
Well that's it for now. Till my next post! See yah!
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Stay in Line
Monday, October 11, 2010 | Posted by RiA GeSiLvA | | Edit Post
Have you attended concerts or events that are not fully organized? One way of organizing a big event is having a crowd control. Most of us wants to be first on the line so if there are ways to get to the top we will do it but it will only bring chaos to the place.
One way of doing this is adding stanchions, velvet ropes or barricades to the place. Once it has all of these and with proper security, we will all have the time of our life and would all be accommodated and the event will turn great.
If you are planning on organizing an event consider this because you will never know what will happen to the place is there are no security.So till my next post! See yah!
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Happy Birthday Dad!
Monday, October 11, 2010 | Posted by RiA GeSiLvA | | Edit Post
Today is my Dad's 60th birthday! Gosh he is now a senior lol. I really hope that God would continue to bless and protect him from harm. I wish that he is here with us now to celebrate his special day. I emailed him already to greet him because he is working abroad. He called last week to check up on us, he said he would probably have a work during his birthday. We bought "pansit palabok","puto" and a cake for his birthday.
He is a very kind Father to us. Eventhough he is not here most of the time he makes sure that during his vacation here he spends a lot of quality time with us. He loves to cook different dishes for us. He loves to buy electronic gadgets and different things around the house. He is a movie fanatic (but sometimes he sleeps during a movie haha) he already watched tons of movies in different genre. He loves to read and research about something in the net. He loves watching national geographic and discovery channel. He walks so fast, so if you are walking with him, you will be left behind (LOL).
Happy Birthday Daddy! I wish you good health and happiness in your life. Please remember that we are here when you need us. Even if you are far away with us, we truly love you. I'm just a phone call / email away :) I love you! Thank you for being a great DAD!
Till my next post! See yah!
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Take the Pink Ribbon Challenge
Thursday, October 07, 2010 | Posted by RiA GeSiLvA | | Edit Post
October is breast cancer awareness month. This month I would like to join the pink ribbon challenge. Just click the pink ribbon to help one woman save life by getting free mammogram. If you may join with me and pass the pink ribbon challenge. These links are ONLY for "Pink Ribbon Challenge" participants, any links not related to the Pink Ribbon Challenge will be deleted. Grab the code at Things We Share and post it in your blog entry. Please post only the Pink Ribbon Challenge actual post link here and help The Breast Cancer Site and National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc. by spreading the Pink Ribbon Challenge.
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Happy World Teacher's Day
Tuesday, October 05, 2010 | Posted by RiA GeSiLvA | | Edit Post
Today we celebrate the world teacher's day. Our Teachers are very important to us because through the years they acted as our second parents. Our school is our second home and we spent many hours studying lessons. Most of the teachers dedicate most of their time to their students so we should understand them if they are in bad mood. They are often misunderstood especially if they are strict or not so strict. It depends on their style of teaching. All they want is to inculcate their students the lessons that they will need because knowledge is the gift our parents can give to us.
To all my past teachers thank you for all those times you shared with us. Although not all of them now are still teaching I'm very grateful that I've met someone like them. I have learned many things from them and if not because of them, I will not graduate and be able to face the world with so many questions in my mind.
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It's the final week before SMITE's big launch and $200,000 tournament and one more god will be joining the battlefield before the release. Tomorrows patch will bring Ullr, The Glorious One, to the game and will be a hunter with the ability to switch his stances. Like Hel, Ullr doesn't have a true ultimate. Instead, his ultimate is used to switch between a ranged bow and arrow and melee axes. Ullr seems like he is going to be a pretty advanced character and it's gonna take some practice with him to use all of his abilities to their full advantage. Here is the rundown on his abilities.
Also included with this patch is quite possibly the greatest skin ever created by Hi Rez. Sun Wukong gets a "Dark Lord" skin complete with new FX, sounds, taunts and a new voicepack. To put it simply, Darth Maul Sun Wukong. I'm not sure how much it will cost but Hi Rez will be taking all my money when it is released tomorrow.
Hades "Nightmare" skin will now be his default skin. Players who previously bought the skin will be refunded 400 gems and the original skin will be available to everyone who bought Hades until now, for free. Aphrodite also gets a make over in this patch as she has received an update to her 3D model.
Finally, the new free god rotation will be Fenrir, Artemis, Hades, Poseiden and Sun Wukong. There won't be any more big patches until the launch and the tournament is over so this will most likely be the free god rotation for the next few weeks.
Be sure to check out the full list of patch notes and join in on the official conversation on SMITE's official Reddit page.
Also be sure to look for my review of SMITE when the game launches next week.


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Review of A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming. . . .
This monster, though, is something different. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor.
It wants the truth.
Patrick Ness spins a tale from the final story idea of Siobhan Dowd, whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself. Darkly mischievous and painfully funny, A Monster Calls is an extraordinarily moving novel about coming to terms with loss from two of our finest writers for young adults.
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Patrick Ness brings us Siobhan Dowd's last idea, a simple story about a boy called Conor, and takes us through the stages of grief as he slowly comes to terms with his mother's illness. I can strongly relate to Conor - I was 16 when my mother died of Multiple Sclerosis. It was a pretty horrible time and Conor's truth is something I can relate to - but I didn't feel guilty about it. I think Conor's age (14 I believe) may have something to do with why he feels so guilty, although 14 and 16 is a relatively small age gap, it's pretty huge in terms of mental development.
The curse of the hype - it gets to us all. There was so much hype surrounding this book, that I eagerly bought a copy, and read it with a lot of anticipation, waiting to be moved to tears when I got to the end. Only... that didn't happen. And now I'm left with a sort of 'is that it?' feeling. Don't get me wrong, the ending was beautifully sad, the drawings were as wild and destructive as Conor's monster, everything was perfect. But I was just waiting for more. The story itself is exactly what I expected. Simple, yet full of mystery until we get to that final chapter, the ending we've all been waiting for. I found the ending painfully obvious and spent a lot of the book waiting and hoping for a twist in the tale.
Altogether, the book really pulled me in and kept me reaidng from the beginning right to the very end which is pretty impressive, even for a short book. I do wish there would have been stronger character development, particularly Conor's father who was the most stereotypical character in the book. The illustrations are much stronger than the actual story which I'm not sure is a good thing but they were pretty amazing! If you buy this for any reason, buy it for the illustrator.


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Hey, haven't been here a while, but guess who's back? The notoriously funny Stuart West with yet another novel—Zombie Rapture. (I've never seen anyone so prolific.) It's what's known as New Adult. That means, it's probably a bit too much for teens, but for people around 18 or older, it's really good. And I mean REALLY, REALLY good. I give these 5-stars hands down. I couldn't stop reading it. So without further ado, He-e-e-e-r-r-r-e-e-e-'s Stuart!
Hey, Suzy-Q, good to be back. How are them unicorns doing?
Ahem. So Stuart, I never get tired of reading your books. Your writing is not only eloquent, but the juxtapositions you use made me laugh throughout the book. Zombie Rapture is your finest hour, and hopefully not your final hour. Seems everyone wants a sequel. Tell us what your story's about.
SRW: Well, dang, if you haven't gone and made me blush again, Suzanne. Thankee kindly. Nope, not my final hour. Already have two more books lined up and am working on a new one.
Oh, good. What's Zombie Rapture about?
Hmm? Tough to describe without giving away too many spoilers. But I'll try. Hunter, a ready to graduate high school senior, has just found true love—at least as true as teens believe, everything hand-wringing angst with them—with fellow student Jordan. And he's more than ready to flee his boring and redneck small Kansas town. For the first time, everything's perfect until… he wakes from a nap to find everything's changed. His parents are acting very strange, even violent. The neighbors are up to something, but worst of all, Jordan's missing. Along with Scout (Jordan's younger sister), his grandpa (ornerier than a three-inch splinter and twice as sharp), and a few new acquaintances, the newly formed dysfunctional family sets out on a quest to save Jordan.
Apparently she's been kidnapped—taken by the dead who are now predominantly walking the earth. But these aren't ordinary zombies. They're sentient, would rather eat fried chicken than human flesh, and, um, believe they're now living the Rapture come to earth.
Whew. Why zombies?
SRW: Why is the sky blue, Suzanne? I dunno. I wanted to try my hand at the genre, I suppose. Do something maybe a little different with it. Experiment a bit.
At first, I came up with some monumentally stupid ideas. Baby zombies? I got excited about that one for all of five seconds. I mean, how suspenseful can a book be if all you have to do is step over the zombie baby? As I said, painfully, bone-headedly dumb. Ouch!
Hahaha! I have to agree with you there. But you know, the thing that amazed me about this whole story, is that it starts on a light and almost ridiculous note, but grows more and more serious as the book unfolds, like you had a serious message here. Is there a secret message? Or do we have to wait until the sequel to find out? (And there better be a sequel.)
SRW: Well, you know I like to put humor into my books (whether it works or not is the reader's call). Sometimes I think if you lead with humor, it makes the reader more invested in the characters. And I couldn't keep the good time laughs of the first part of the book going for fear it'd turn into a parody, a silly comedy. The stakes are high indeed, very bittersweet, dare I say a little romantic?
No secret message. The book stands on its own. You take from it what you want.
As for a sequel? Gah! Everyone wants one! I thought I'd said everything I had to say with this book. But now I'm seriously reconsidering. We'll see.
I sure hope you do one. Stuart, as I said earlier, I've never seen anyone so prolific. Tell my readers about all the other books you've released in the past three years. The list almost seems endless.
SRW: Not endless, Suzanne. But, man, do I have blisters on my fingertips! Let's see, there's my Tex, the Witch Boy trilogy (and Elspeth, the Living Dead Girl spin-off). I'd categorize these as socially relevant, paranormal, whodunit, suspense thrillers, romantic comedies. Did I leave anything out?
Then there's a series of adult thrillers: Neighborhood Watch (your typical suburban paranoid ghost story), Godland (the worst vacation site EVER), and The Secret Society of Like-Minded Individuals (a proposed trilogy of thrillers about a corporation that sponsors serial killers; very cat and mouse, very darkly humored).
Wow! Could you please give us the link to buy Zombie Rapture? And as far as other books go, I guess all one has to do is write Stuart R. West into Amazon and kaboom.
Yep. Here's my Amazon page where everything awaits just a simple click away: Kaboom!
And readers, I don't know if you're aware, but Stuart has one of the funniest blogs I've ever read. Here's the link: According to Suzanne, the funniest blog she's ever read!
Hahaha! Well, thanks, Stuart, for yet another visit to my blog. I always look forward to having you because I know you'll make me and everyone else laugh. Readers, leave a comment for a chance to win one Stuart West's newest novel, Zombie Rapture.
SRW: Thank you, Suzanne! Always fun to visit. Watch out for zombies of any types!
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Two witnesses testified at a hearing Monday that the man accused of attacking and robbing 80-year-old Bob Terry Oct. 1 of last year threatened to kill them if they told who had committed the crime.
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By Congressman Robert Hurt
Despite widespread support for approval of the pipeline and despite the State Department denying allegations of potential significant environmental impacts, the President has formally rejected approval for the Keystone XL Pipeline. In doing so, he is blocking the creation of thousands of much-needed American jobs and preventing the private sector from investing billions of dollars in our struggling economy.
By Rev. Geoff Hubbard
Chair of the Board of Directors
Bedford Parish Nurse Ministry
Newt Gingrich's win in the South Carolina primary was a victory for the so-called social conservatives, and all the other right-wingers who practice conservatism like it's a religion.
In other words, it was a win for all the worst and most extreme elements in American politics.
here seems to be a revival of incompetence as it applies to the proposed Keystone pipeline.
And just like their fictional counterparts of the silent film comedies in the early 20th century, those who seek to police this issue operate in a state of confusion, uncertain of what to do but determined to do it anyway.
The problem with these Kops, however, is that the stakes are real. And the consequences of their actions, if followed, will have long-lasting destructive effects for our country.
The Bedford County Board of Supervisors began the process of developing a new budget with a capital improvement workshop, Monday night.
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Attention dogs: You soon may be forbidden to bark too loudly after 11 p.m.
The penalty is a warning and a possible violation notice for your owner.
Council members on Wednesday directed Town Attorney Trela White to write the town's first noise ordinance. Possible outlaws: excessively loud radios, offensively noisy neighbors and dogs that can be heard a few houses away.
"We don't have anything now . . . concerning barking," White told the inquiring Town Council at a workshop meeting on Wednesday. "We certainly could put a time limit on those," she said of all loud noises.
The council would have to approve the ordinance twice before it could take effect.
The forbidden hours would be 11 p.m. through 7 a.m.
It is a subjective ordinance, White said, that will be hard to enforce.
Police Chief Charles Leonard said that convictions are hard to get, even with evidence from a decibel meter, which the town does not own.
In other action:
Beach decals may not be as hard to buy beginning Oct. 1. The $5 parking decals, which require residents to follow stringent guidelines, have caused a steady stream of complaints at Town Hall, Town Manager Don Harvey said. The council directed him to write up a new policy in time for the new fiscal year.
A traffic light is expected to be installed within eight to 10 weeks at the corner of Ocean Avenue and Atlantic, Harvey said. County officials have included the intersection in their No. 1 priority list, he said.
Harvey will go to Tallahassee on May 7 through 10 to lobby for Lantana, signaling perhaps the first time a Lantana official visited a legislative session, he said. He said he will try to represent the town's views on homestead exemption, insurance liability and planning issues.


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I was determined that this week was going to be better, but to be honest that all went to pot as soon as I got home from weigh in. I always have a treat on weigh day, but sadly it didn't end there for me, the treats carried on for the whole week. All my meals were 100% on plan, but my evening chocolate cravings were out of control. I was powerless to fight it this week and gave in.
I headed to weigh in tonight telling myself as long as I haven't gained more than 3lbs I would be happy, it would out me so far back of I gained so much.
By some small miracle I have only gained half a pound!! I think this is because although my snacking was of plan, my meals were all 100% on plan, jammed packed with speed foods and I also went swimming 3 times last week. I also met my step goal for each day thanks to school run.
I feel I have now got the binge eating back out of my system again, I am only 3.5lbs away from my 2 stone award. This is exactly what I have set my goal at this week, I am determined to hit that next week and get my weight loss back on track before Christmas.
This Weeks Result - plus 0.5lbs
Total Weight Loss - 1 stone 10.5lbs
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- A former town of north-central Hungary on the left bank of the Danube River. Since 1873 it has been part of Budapest.
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Ron Harrison, an entomologist who works for Atlanta-based Orkin Pest Control Inc., said the annoying bugs were a type of midge, an insect related to mosquitoes.
"You need to call a Pest Control person," said Ms. Animal Controller.
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A Gauteng pest control company called Pest Master said there had been a marked increase of callers wanting rodents to be killed.
It is a sort of anticipation of Pest, which is sweet to me.
I'm goin 'to introduce a new style, for your special benefit, called the Pest-a-lazy (Pestalozzi) system, now all the fashion.
Another blooper: "Pest," as in the former sister city of Buda.
It is the old, dignified part of Budapest, as compared to Pest which is supposed to be lively and more modern.
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"Pest," under the title of the "Mort d'Ypres" (_de Dood van Yperen_,
IPM Integrated Pest Management is a science based, decision making process for managing animal and plant pests using a combination of non-chemical and least toxic chemical controls.
I think the early Ramona books, like Ramona the Pest, are another example in the Junie B. Jones vein.
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Hey everyone. Here is a quick recap of the week in the Attic Fan.
My post on a day at MSG and seeing Will Ferrell and seeing the Knicks/Celtics and seeing Kevin Garnett and seeing a human eat a 5-pound burrito: http://theatticfan.blogspot.com/2011/03/day-at-msg-with-will-ferrell-and-ml.html
In case you did not know, I wrote an article for Gawker TV today on how modern technology has affected viewings of Seinfeld. It's done pretty well over there: http://tv.gawker.com/#!5784974/10-classic-seinfeld-episodes-that-couldnt-have-happened-with-todays-modern-technology
It was also on Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/#!5785780/10-classic-seinfeld-episodes-that-couldnt-have-happened-with-todays-modern-technology
An email from Attic Fan David revealed an article similar to mine was featured in the New York Times Sunday Magazine from March 26, 1911. Here is the original article: http://sundaymagazine.org/2011/03/stories-that-modern-science-has-made-impossible/
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If you use your mobile phone to take calls, listen to music, watch video, and play the occasional game, you're probably tired of swapping out a Bluetooth headset when you get a phone call for a wired set of ear buds when you want to listen to music. Plantronics feels your pain, and has unveiled some new headphone models that come with in-line microphones so you don't have to switch.
The BackBeat 903+ is an update to the original BackBeat 903 that came out under the Altec Lansing name back in early 2009. PC Mag gave it 3.5/5 stars, and the new version retains some of the high points of the original model. The form factor remains the same, and the combination headset and microphone still provides stereo audio in both ears using an in-ear design that's connected around the back of your head with a flexible audio cable. The 903+ aims to improve voice quality by adding a dual mics and one-button call management, but is still Bluetooth audio, which means audiophiles should be ready for audio compression. It will be available next month for $99.99 list.
The BackBeat 216 and the BackBeat 116 are both wired models that connect to a 3.5mm stereo jack for audio, and feature an in-line controller for accepting or ending phone calls, adjusting volume, and muting the microphone. The 216 features noise-isolating ear buds, and the in-line controller also allows you to control music playback when used with an iPhone, iPod, or iPad. The 116 is simpler model that will come in multiple colors and works with more devices. The 216 and 116 will also be available in October, retailing for $49.99 and $29.99 respectively.


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Alice Casteel, 87, formerly of Petoskey, died Aug. 14, 2001, at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City.
Visitation will be held from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, at Stone Funeral Home in Petoskey.
Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 17, at St. Francis Solanus Church in Bay Shore.


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The cost of a proposed uranium processing facility for nuclear weapons in Oakridge, Tenn., has soared as high as $11.6 billion — 19 times the original estimate — even as critics accuse the Energy Department of overstating the need for spare bomb parts.
Under a proposal unveiled in 2005, the manufacturing plant at the Y-12 National Security Complex would produce new uranium cores for the nation's stockpile of aging hydrogen bombs.
But not long after the plan was disclosed, with an estimated cost of $600 million, the price tag began to climb. Now, the processing facility would be among the largest investments in the U.S. nuclear weapons infrastructure since the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb during World War II.
The facility has drawn sharp criticism by the Project on Government Oversight, a Washington watchdog group, which advocates that the plan be scrapped. In a report issued Wednesday, the group cites a little-noticed report by the Army Corps of Engineers that made the $11.6-billion cost estimate and argued that the work could be done more cheaply at existing facilities.


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The 6 Types of Non-Dates to Consider Not Going On in 2012
I made a New Year's resolution for 2012: Go on more dates. Seems easy enough, especially if you're judging "more" against the number of dates I went on in 2011, which I believe at last count was FOUR. As in 1, 2, 3… FOUR.
Was I meeting enough new people? I think so. Was I being open minded? Absolutely. Even so, total dating desert. Non-dates, on the other hand, I went on those all the time. Non-dates are like dates, only no one does the "asking out," and the whole thing must always appear casual to the point of seeming like a coincidence. Imagine a date, then remove any modicum of intention and the risk of rejection — there you go, it's a non-date!
So anyway, I started to wonder if these non-dates were distracting me from all the real dates out there. To keep my resolution, this year I'll be prepared, and so will you once you learn to recognize the telltale signs of a non-date. Here are just a few examples of non-dates I've encountered. Remember, if it looks like a date and it feels like a date… it's probably just another non-date. Here's to more dates in 2012!
1. "Looks like it's going to be just us…"
A lot of non-dates begin this way. Maybe you made plans with a group and show up to said plans only to find that everyone has bailed except you and one guy. Or you might propose a plan to a group and only one person shows interest. Are you going to say you don't want to do the thing you just said you wanted to do? Are you? No, you're going to go on a weird non-date.
2. The Accidental Coworker Date
Near the end of the day Coworker might say, "Hey, want to grab a drink after work?" and you answer "Sure!" because everyone enjoys an adult beverage after work. Maybe it was intended to be several coworkers and everyone decided last minute they were too tired (See above: "Looks like it's going to be just us…"). You go anyway, and you're not complaining because Coworker is fun and you get to complain about your job to someone who genuinely cares. Soon one after-work drink becomes three drinks and Coworker gives you a LOOK, reaches for the check and says he's got this one. Suddenly you wonder, have you been on a non-date this whole time? Then he'll ask if you're hungry and maybe want to get something to eat, and you'll say "Sure!" because you're both a little drunk at this point and pizza=delicious. Eat your food, go to your home, return to work and never speak of this non-date again.
3. The Bait & Hitch
This is a sneaky non-date set up by your friends. You're invited out to some activity, usually a casual dinner, and you show up to discover some mystery guy has been asked to come along because everyone thinks "you two will really hit it off!" Later you might feel lucky to have friends who are looking out for you, but in that moment you'll probably just feel annoyed that no one gave you a heads up. You came for dinner, not another non-date.
4. The After-Party Date
Ever go to a friend's party and meet a super fun guy? And you are having such a great time you decide to go somewhere to get a drink so that you can keep talking? And it kind of feels like a date, but it also kind of doesn't and maybe he's just trying to get laid? Yeah, that's the "after-party date" non-date.
5. The After Non-Date Non-Date
If after any of these non-dates you're enjoying yourself enough to move on to a new locale, you may be on an after-non-date non-date. Say you start off with a "looks like it's going to be just us" movie but then the stakes are raised to include a dinner and the vibe is getting considerably more "date-y." It's date-Y, but it's still not quite a date. Better luck next time.
6. The Girl Crush Date
You change outfits four times before leaving the house. You spend the whole time out obsessing over whether your date thinks you are smart/funny/pretty enough. You have an awkward goodbye where you both stand around for too long and finally just share a dorky side hug and a wave. When you get home you are grinning because you had such a great time and your date has already texted to say the feeling was mutual, let's hang again soon. The only catch: you're both straight girls. Non-date.
--Written by Beth Griffenhagen for HowAboutWe.com
Eep! Have you ever gone on a non-date like this?
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The 5 Signs You're A Filler Girlfriend
The 30 Biggest Dating and Relationship Disasters of 2011
10 Things Everyone Is Looking For In A Partner (And How To Get Better At Them)


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Why We Replicate Artwork?
So allows access it the Soap-Box and get down to the nitty-gritty within the reproduction of artwork, and simply..... what it means for you.
Original Artwork
Allows go back to the time where there had been no replications of paintings; except for the performer having to re-do another duplicate of their own artwork. So within a reality, you can hardly contact this the replica, would you............. every artwork re-done, will always be a bit different, through the performer hands.
Artists might painstakingly perform their function and market them piece through piece. Now, there have been the days whenever someone might notice this same artwork piece and 1 for their own. That's in which the performer would need to go back to the start, and refurbish or even sculpt their paintings, once again.
If you had been an performer of indicates, and already experienced the reputation - you could get among your (underlings), your apprentice musicians in order to re-do your paintings for you. And also the main performer may indeed add the finished touches towards the paintings, to include their design.
The no dissimilar to the writers of books within the Olden days. There have been no printing squeezes in those days.
So it had been the monks within the monasteries that dedicated much of their time for you to hands composing all the webpages of a guide. That's right! - composing all those webpages. Tedious function, when you think that you have just finished the final web page of a guide, as well as your instructions had been to write the entire guide once again. Might make you feel as though you will want to with the guide out the windowpane. But being a monk, I'm sure they were devoted to their function, or even they had a strong constitution.
So... while you might imagine, works of art would have already been quite expensive to have an initial. Obviously there have been the exceptions, in case you had been an performer with no title. Marketing your artwork work for the pittance could well have gone upon in those days and never so long ago either. Allows face this! the greater well known an performer grew to become, the larger the price they are able to ask for their paintings.
Replicating Artwork
Using the introduction of the Industrial trend, the printing push and so on. Mechanization came to exist. Now, in the earlier days, they weren't clever enough in order to replicate types such as artwork. And artwork reproduction did not truly come into full pressure, as it has done these days.
Compared to the written word. Books have been offered towards the public for many years right now. Using the printing push, arrived the ability to print out away many the guide in a cheep and fast amount. (beats composing an entire guide over and over again).
Oh' We have ignored to express that this form of figurine, experienced been successful to be replicated in to editions sometime ago in the form of "hot toss bronze". But I could say that even now, the procedure of casting within bronze is still an complex and costly business. I understand... obtaining a toss finished bronze figurine out of the foundry, nevertheless price quite a cent today!
So... books grew to become less expensive, because of the introduction of the printing push, therefore, books could be provided by a much less expensive price, which lead to the average person having a measely sum of money having the ability to afford purchasing books. So much more schooling towards the public. Yippee!
The Advantages
Therefore as the introduction of copying came to exist with works of art, in the form of printers, and just how they have superior these days. It can great for the performer! right now we are able to have published artwork prints, within limited editions our own paintings, drawings too. Duplicates of our own function to be provided by a much less expensive price, which sells much more of our own paintings. Making it so much more practical for musicians to create in more money.
It also has its down side to this... each and every performer may market their artwork in such a way, getting their function produced fat really competitive costs. There are many companies appearing on the internet these days. Providing musicians the ability to re- produce their paintings within beautiful will not be.
So right here arrives the public. Your competitors, more and more artwork can be purchased through the general public, and there is certainly allot to select from. Artists compete with one another, particularly on the internet, to market your artwork prints beside some other fellow musicians. Now don't get me personally incorrect. There has been competition with regards to anybody performing it same, Whether it be blacksmithing or even industry. And is comes down to the flavor of the general public, your look of function. and depicting exactly what may market at the time.
What exactly is really does give the performer, may be the chance to market their functions in a lower price and multitude. Now being a purchaser of artwork as well, yes.. us musicians perform love purchasing some other musicians functions as well.
Basically noticed a piece of paintings and wanted one for myself, I will have the chance to get one. When the initial experienced offered, no problem.... purchasing one of the limited editions is not just less expensive; its also just of the same quality. Bearing in mind..... once the limited edition comes out, you have to go back to searching about for someone who is the owner of among the prints and wants to re-sell this. So don't be complacent within purchasing your limited edition duplicate of artwork when you see this.
What Artwork Replication means for the Future
The actual reproduction of artwork is here to stay, also it gives anyone the chance of having their very own beloved artwork piece, which is great. Not only does it obtain a brand new subsequent and appreciation of artwork with individuals who else may have perfectly ignored the field of artwork, because they could not afford this. Or even stand, using their encounters staring upward at the wall at galleries and museums, admiring works of art they would or else not have the ability to personal themselves..
And maybe we may cringe a little at not having an original painting. But who does go out and mortgage their house for just one of these famous works of art, do not think therefore.
Limited edition prints are getting their very own really worth as well. So be proud to get one. So when the limited edition sells out, then you definitely come with an investment which will obtain on price as it ages. And when the performer becomes much more well known.
I pleasant the introduction of reproduction artwork, and the chance they have given everyone in order to personal their very own art works. This not just create artwork much more available towards the people. It will help people obtain appreciation of artwork.
Artwork and the reproduction from it has arrive of age, and there is absolutely no better chance for your individual within the street to be a form of art collector within their personal right. I for just one applaud this!
Sure, its given the performer competition available, certain you will find will not be available that grace many wall space and mantle pieces. Also it leads the opportunities for your general public to own different art works for themselves.
No longer really does the performer need to difficult market their function, because they have put so much function into their artwork; along with a hefty price tag as well! we are able to relax and market our own paintings within the knowledge it wont break your budget for people to purchase a piece of our own paintings. And also the distributing of so much more paintings all over the world can simply create life not just much more vibrant and fascinating. This brings your sensory faculties much more to life with this kind of paintings about their very own homes.
With more of the appreciation of artwork going to the people, not just delights the sensory faculties, it also rss feeds our own interests. State in case you had been thinking about landscapes, or perhaps a particular pet. Getting all those replications of you interests in the form of artwork, generally there that you can take pleasure in in your area and show away in order to others, gives allot of self satisfaction.
So go out generally there, or even surf on the internet and get the next artwork piece, there has never already been a much better time for you to start gathering, in a less expensive price, range and option. Pleased Buying! or even must i say Artwork Collecting.
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Publishing data in open mode is a currently popular topic that, together with the drive from the world of economy, institutions and politics, makes the urgency to publish data impossible to defer for administrators. How to grasp the opportunity given by their use.
The first topic related to Open Data regards the publication of open data coming from the Public Administration archives, and sometimes also from company archives. This is a process that is not only technological but also one of selecting the data to be made available. The aim of providing the community with useful and usable data, at the right rate of updating, can only be gathered by using a disciplined process.
This is a complex problem that involves several variables and that must be addressed in a continuous, structured manner in time, with preparation of an Open Data Agenda that provides for a strategic sequence of publication and updating of their data based on measurable criteria of potential and appropriateness of the publication.
In this perspective, Engineering supports the Italian Central and Local Public Administration and enterprise with both the technological aspect and in the process of evaluating the information to be published. For this latter aspect, Engineering has set out a specific framework that allows structured search and selection programs to be used for the data to be submitted for publication and definition of suitable processes.
The second topic regarding Open Data concerns the use of said data as a rich source of information to be integrated with corporate data, held by administrations and companies, in order to expand the traditional information view of what "belongs to the organization" to "what refers to the organization".
To achieve this aim, Engineering has set up a specific team that operates as an observatory, updating its own catalog of constantly updated open data on the main data published, the update level and detail that, thanks to the skills on smart/big data technologies, can plan and realize appropriate solutions for its own clients' needs.


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Seven years ago I got a letter from a man named Herman Wallace, from a Louisiana State prison in Angola. Angola, an ex-slave plantation, once called "the bloodiest prison in the South," with a history of chain gangs and forced labor, a breeding ground for corruption and abuse. When I got the letter, Herman had been in a 6×9 cell, 23 hours a day for well over 30 years. He and two other men, Albert Woodfox and Robert King (the Angola 3) had been put in jail as young black men for minor crimes, and when they began organizing for better conditions in the prison, they were accused of murdering a prison guard and thrown into solitary confinement. The ensuing years in multiple courts have shown an overwhelming amount of evidence that these men are innocent. While Robert King was released in 2001, Albert and Herman have remained in the prison system, in solitary confinement to this day.
At the time of their incarceration, inhumane prison conditions were being revealed to the public and there was a movement to organize and change these conditions, The Angola 3 were punished for practicing what some Louisiana prison officials called "black pantherism." As Herman wrote to me in his letter, "Normally I would had long ago been released based on discovery of wrong doing by the government. This was not the just prosecutory misconduct, my case fell under a systemic conspiracy to lynch both Albert and I for what J.E. Hoover coined 'The prevention of the rise of a Black Messiah.'"
All Herman asked of me was to tell the story of the Angola 3, the simplicity, inhumanity and starkness of which is haunts me. Any person, let alone an innocent one suffering in solitary confinement for 40 years, is just paralyzing. There are no gray areas in the case of the Angola 3, this is clearly an abuse of human rights, but the historical context of it is so mind-blowing that it's hard to write about.
So, 7 years later, I'm reading a book by Michelle Alexander, called The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness and I start thinking about Herman and his letter and the threads of history that have woven the tapestry of racism in America. Michelle's book is brilliant, it's compassionate, and it's disturbing in its revelations. We're so conditioned to see black men as potential criminals, that we don't even understand our own racism anymore. The plight of the black man is something that people just don't want to touch, but suddenly the idea of "context" has been brought to the fore with the trial of the murder of Trayvon Martin. The nation is talking, but are we really connecting the dots? Do we have the humility to confront the legacy, the history, the present day reality of our racism? It's the New Jim Crow all over again… really look at this, this was a kid, a 16 year-old black boy, shot and killed by an adult, a white adult who is now protected by a law, a thoroughly American frontier concept called "stand your ground."
How is this all tied together…well let's see… the "War on Drugs" was declared in America about 40 years ago, around the same time that 3 young black men were thrown into solitary for fear of strong folks of color organizing in their communities. And we see over time, that this "War on Drugs" has created more crime, the dismantling of community and debilitating poverty, a boom in prisons-for-profit, and led to more black men in the criminal justice system than were enslaved in 1850. Of course, a white man is not going to be convicted for killing a black kid in a hoodie, even if he is just eating skittles and drinking tea – we see this kid and all we see is a future criminal-we aren't color blind, the New Jim Crow is alive and kicking.
So, here's a song for Herman, Albert, Robert, and Trayvon, and all the others.


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The Abbey at Chesters Markets
A restaurant with a Belgian twist.
Casual, family-friendly dining, with the finest imported Belgian beer, wood-fired pizzas, burgers, pomme frites, fish, steak, antipasto platters, cheese boards, Belgian waffles and coffee available.
On Sun 11th March there will be lots of Market Stalls, Live Music, Great Food, Beer and Wine.
There's also a kids' menu for the little ones, as well as loads of grassed area for them to run around and enjoy the play equipment on site.
Heafod Glen Winery is also onsite, with a cellar door that showcases a fantastic range of award-winning wines.
Stallholders, you can register for The Abbey online, it's quick and easy http://kangamarkets.com/application-form/


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There was nothing broken or seriously injured (minus those toenails), so how did I know I needed to take a break? Well the obvious part is that I've been running like a crazy person for months and months. Although compared to some people, like all of my buddies running Western States, what I run in a month is like a wimpy weekly mileage total for them. But with me and my newness to the 50K and running three of them since February, my body was telling me that it was time to take a deep breath and just recover.
In case you're trying to decide for yourself if it's time to take your own little running vacation, here are some of the key factors for me in deciding when to take a running break:
- Natural downtime in your racing schedule. Because I don't have another race until the end of July (and it's just for fun, or so I tell myself), this was a great time for me to take a break and let my muscles and bones focus more on recovery for a couple of weeks.
- Your legs are fatigued. This was actually the determining factor for taking a break after this last 50K. From the first step, my legs felt sooooo heavy. I knew then that they just needed a break from the intensity. After a couple weeks of breaking, they already feel much fresher than they did at the adrenaline-pumped start line of that race.
- Before starting a new training plan. Starting a new training plan with fresh legs can help you build confidence from the start. In July, I'll start marathon training for Savannah. Even though I'm not racing that one (I'm pacing my buddy in her first marathon!), I'd still like to go into the training plan with fresh legs.
- When you're just not excited about running. I definitely had the feeling during this last race that running just wasn't fun that day. Did I feel that way for an extended period? Not really, but I wanted to take a break before I got to that point. It's sometimes easier for us to listen to the signals our bodies give us -- like, oh, my Achilles hurts so darn bad that I can't walk straight, so I should probably take a rest. Whereas, it's harder to listen to the mental voice that says that running is losing the magic for you. If you spot it happening, take a mental, meaning an actual, break from training. Hide your training plans and find other positive activities, like hanging with the family and friends, to fill your time.
- If you're sick. Your body has a lot of clever ways to let you know that you are worn down. One of those ways is being more susceptible to illness. Here's a short and informative article on illness related to running activity. Either way, if you are sick, don't be afraid to take a break until you recover.
- Decline in performance. If you've been out there grindin' and haven't seen any improvement in your results lately, you could be suffering from a performance decline linked to overuse. Check out this article for symptoms of overtraining.
- You're on vacation. Vacations are the perfect time to take it easy on yourself and your training. Because vacation time is usually focused on family and friends, it's easy to put running into perspective. Running is definitely worthwhile and therapeutic, but it is not as important as your family, which is easy to understand when you're busy swapping stories with them about who wins the award for most tortuous older sibling. My older brothers used to pin me to the ground and spit in my mouth along with telling me that if I tattled on them I would get sent to be made into glue at the Elmer's factory, named after Elmer who told on his big brother -- of course. So they win.
- You have an injury. I actually forgot this one in my original post, and I had to come back and add it in. Unfortunately, this is the cause of so many of my running breaks. In my opinion, I could have avoided these forced running breaks due to running-related injury if I had taken more of the optional running breaks listed above. That's not a guarantee, but man, I just feel it in my stress-fractured bones.
This article recommends taking at least one three- to four-week break per year. Sounds easy until you get into the thick of running things and realize that taking a break now would interfere with the almighty race schedule. So plan your breaks in advance and with as much care as you put into planning your races. Don't just rationalize that you will eventually get to that.
And even if you haven't preplanned a rest, listen if your body is signaling for a one. That training plan will still be there in a few weeks, and you will probably be a lot happier to see it.
By the way, I am the worst at this! There are so many for-fun races on my schedule that I forget that even when I'm just doing a race for fun, it still saps lots of energy from my legs.
For this particular rest period, I took two weeks off. Did I run at all? A few times, but I made sure to keep it very fun and easy. Very, very easy. I ended up with about four easy runs total during the two weeks. This article gives some recommendations for how to stay in shape during a break period. Or if you're feeling like it, just pause everything and don't worry about losing or maintaining fitness. I didn't run distance for over 30 years, and my body caught on fairly quickly. Three weeks of resting will not kill you, but it just might make you stronger.
When was the last time you took a running break?
Do you schedule breaks on your race calendar?
How often do you take breaks of two weeks or longer?
What's your favorite activity during your running breaks? Reading and yoga. I made a little more progress on my nightstand's stack of book over the last two weeks.


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Autodesk to Acquire Games Tech Firm Scaleform
Autodesk has announced plans to acquire user interface tools and middleware company Scaleform for $36 million in cash.
Scaleform's technology has been prominently used in the development of hundreds of video games on all major platforms, and the acquisition will expand Autodesk's games technology and interactive media business.
The company's flagship product, Scaleform GFx, allows development teams to more quickly and easily author game UIs and interactive 3D experiences using popular design tools: Adobe Flash and Adobe Creative Suite software. Scaleform GFx helps developers take advantage of the 3D hardware acceleration capabilities of modern systems to create cinematic quality menus, in-game heads up displays, animated textures, mini-games, and even mobile games and applications.
"The Scaleform acquisition will further Autodesk's ability to provide customers with more complete workflows to more rapidly develop immersive 3D and casual game experiences," said Marc Stevens, VP of games for Autodesk Media & Entertainment. "The Scaleform team will bring a wealth of expertise in creating highly optimized runtime solutions for PCs, consoles and mobile devices. We expect the integration of Scaleform to allow us to innovate faster and help further improve the game creation process for online, console, and mobile development."
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As part of the acquisition, Brendan Iribe, along with Scaleform's chief technology officer, Michael Antonov, and chief operating officer, Marc Bennett, will join the leadership team in Autodesk Media & Entertainment. Scaleform offices will remain in Greenbelt, Md.


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You have been taking notes on the decisions made by the main characters in the book The Good Earth. Time now to take a deeper look at the decisions made by O-Lan and Wang Lung. We are going to make an infographic and then a written description and analysis. How fun!
- Brainstorm a list of infographic ideas. Do it here.
- Pick from the list
- Create your infographic
- Write a 250 word or more analysis of your infographic
- What is going on in the info graphic?
- What message are you trying to send?
- How would you change it if you had to do it all over again?
- What parts of the info graphic are your favorite?
- How to make an infographic
- Sample infographics
- A bunch more infographics
- Sparknotes
- Lots of summaries of the book. Useful for finding patterns in the story.
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In a new blog post about balancing changes for StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void, Blizzard revealed a new addition to the Starport. The Liberator is an anti-aircraft unit with significant splash damage that can target a specific ground location to deal high single-target damage to enemy units in that location.
The Starport is now split into Mech air and ground upgrades, bringing more specific choices in unit composition and strategies in Terran matchups. All three races have undergone a cleanup of respective subgroup priorities for their respective structures, the Geyser amount has been increased to 2000, and the missile turret build requirement has been changed back to engineering bay.
The Tunneling Claws upgrade has been brought back for Burrows, and Blizzard has ultimately decided on sticking with the speed buff for Roaches. "We feel that the strategic choice this upgrade provides as an investment option on Roaches is cool, thus factoring in to the decision to revert this nerf from the two changes we did in this area," explained the developer.
As for the Swarm host, Blizzard is keeping an eye on things and will decide in future patches whether their numbers need changing.
Finally, Blizzard reminded players that none of the changes are final. Everyone is requested to drop in their opinions and feedback about the proposed balances, and help make the beta better.
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text: On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 11:29:42PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > Stephen R Marenka wrote: > > It takes about five hours to do the dailies on my Quadra 950. > > akire's up and not busy, that's probably the place to do it. > > The problem is that for an official build for Sarge, you also need to > build the installation guide and all its translations, and that takes way > more processing power than the images themselves... > > The is not an issue anymore for Etch as the installation guide was split > out into a separate package, but for Sarge it was (for technical reasons) > still integrated. > > Cheers, > FJP > > (Not subscribed, but noticed this thread from zobel's blog.) Yes, nice blog. The first two fails were timeouts while building the documentation, my machine is stuck here since 90 minutes already: Writing build.out/html/index.html for book Info: creating temporary .tex file... But don't worry, it should not time out, since I build it manually. And good that the documentation has been split out for etch. The third fail was because of a lack of diskspace. I guess most m68k maintainers would not mind a larger SCSI disk, but with only 4 or 9GB disks in most machines, we are doing the best we can. Wouters mail was the first official request for help with this package. I had tried building it already a couple of days ago, but I started out with the wrong source package, the build went fine though. I was told this was being taken care of and there was no further request until Wouters mail. I don't know who the stable release manager is right now, but when Joey was still doing it, he first asked for help before putting another nail in our coffin. But don't worry, I am not playing the d-kernel games, you will get your package tomorrow, unless a lightning strikes here... uh, whats that noise? Christian


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It has been reaaaaalllly long time. I wonder where my expression went - It was one of the most happy and happening times in my life, but somehow I could not make time and space to capture all those to words.
Well pals (I am wondering if there is really any of you who still browse thru to find out if I have posted something!), I am back. I cannot say "back with a bang". "Bang" and Reshmi don't come together now coz Reshmi is now the proud mother of Keshav (3 months) and mothers and "bang" are ols enemies. So thatz the latest from my end. Nowadays I find my expression in the lullabies I create on a daily basis and the new chweet, slimy language in which I talk to Keshu.
Lots to write about - from Keshu to Salomi (our most recent domestic help) to the nameless young boy gardeners who spread blossoms on Sarjapur Road. Probably the best character to narrate about will be myself considering the drastic transition motherhood has brought to my feelings..
This is just a preface, will be back on this page with more...!
It has been reaaaaalllly long time. I wonder where my expression went - It was one of the most happy and happening times in my life, but somehow I could not make time and space to capture all those to words.
Labels: Random musings
6 comments:
- Srijith Unni 8:38 am
Hi Reshmi,
Great..! Happy News! Best Wishes, to you and Keshav, and his proud father. Good that you started blogging again.
Have FUn, Take Care and God Bless!
With Best Regards,
- kavi 10:43 am
Hey at least Google reader is watching, if you are posting something. That is how I found you..:-) Anyway welcome Keshu- we hope we can hear some of your heroics for your mom.
Congrats Reshmi of your new stature.
- naan 9:35 pm
aha.. look who's back now :).. Me too not blogging for a long time.. but nevertheless keep checking the blogs regularly..
Btw there are updates due from my end too :)..
- Anonymous 7:29 pm
Hello Reshmi,
Did you find the song "Ente Keralam? I have been looking everywhere for it. If you did could you please write me a note to email@example.com? thanks,
- Maddy 1:46 am
welcome back reshmi - it has been ages since we heard from you - congratulations and hello to Keshav...i have to have you back on the to read list, so buck up!!!
- Anonymous 4:33 pm
Hi Reshmi,
Thought a couple of time if need to write to you ;-) Anyways let me tell about myself.....
This is another Reshmi here. Am also into software..Whenever I get some free time to google, I check out ur blog...I have read all your writings, the way you coin words is awesome..and most of the blogs seems to be interesting...
Am so happy for you being a proud mother of Keshav....Wish you good luck....


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Twiddle Dee Farm
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Belle Grace Guest House Information.
The Guest House consists of three bedrooms, three baths, a den, and a kitchen. The cottage is fully furnished and has linens and other items usually offered for an overnight stay.
The Guest House is available for women only, who are over the age of twelve (i.e., no children). Guests must abide by the rules of the House and Farm, which include no pets, no smoking, no alcohol, no unauthorized guests of your own, and no drugs.
The guest house offers no cable television. Television is via antenna and we offer a great selection of movies. If you use the internet via your cell phone, you will most likely still have access here. We do not offer free wi-fi for your laptop. However, we do have a dedicated line for internet for your laptop at the Welcome Center. There is no charge for using it.
We provide a light breakfast of cereal, milk, muffin, or other. And you are welcome to join us for other meals at no additional cost.
opyright 2006. Twiddle Dee Farm. All rights reserved. Use of the photographs at this website is strictly prohibited.
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When I wrote my first post about Crimson Cup almost one year ago I said "I couldn't wait to have my first cup of Crimson Cup Coffee." Well, today I got to have my first cup of Crimson Cup Coffee, actually a cappuccino - the world's best cappuccino, and it was one of the best I've ever tasted! Not only did I enjoy a cup, I was treated to a tour of the corporate facility by Anna, one of the "cuppers", and boy did I learn a lot!
Being a fan of both red wine and coffee I was pleasantly surprised to find the process of creating the perfect cup of coffee is quite similar to that of making the perfect bottle of wine.
Crimson Cup Coffee starts in 25 countries throughout Central America, South America and Indonesia. The beans come from the coffee cherry bean, crimson in color (hence the company's name).
The Speciality Grade Class 1 beans are then shipped to Crimson Cup's roasting facility. They arrive green and smell like grass. If the beans smell like fresh grass, you know they are good beans. I got to smell the beans and they definitely are fresh.
Next comes the art of roasting. Crimson Cup has a handful of roasters. Godzilla roasts 300 lbs. of coffee and Little Red makes smaller roasts. During the tour I got to see a decaf roasting in
Little Red.
A couple interesting points
about roasting:
- Roasting really is science.
- It takes about 15 minutes to roast beans (for light slightly sooner, for dark slightly longer - but just within minutes)
- When you roast beans you will hear a cracking noise, when you hear two you know the bean is ready to cool.
- About 80% of beans come out. 20% turns to water.
- Here is an important fact - one of the facts that sets Crimson Cup apart from the rest - they DO NOT put the water back into the roaster. Most roasters do, but when water is added back in, it weakens the coffee.
Other interesting coffee facts:
1. Flavored oils are used to make flavored coffee. It takes about 15 minutes to mix the oils with the coffee bean.
2. The small hole in the back of the coffee bag is to release gasses. If there wasn't a hole the bag would grow and grow and could eventually explode.
3. You DO NOT refrigerate coffee after it is opened. It does not keep it fresher. If you buy coffee in bulk you can freeze it but only once. And once you open it you can't refreeze.
As for the company, Crimson Cup started in 1991 when Greg, the founder, decided to leave his job at a software company to follow his passion for coffee. Now they supply coffee to over 300 coffee shops across the country, as well as train coffee houses how to do the "dance" with the
perfect layout.
As you can tell, I learned quite a bit. Something else that impressed me about Crimsons Cup was the strong brand. Take for example the various menu options they have created for the Coffee Shops. They thoroughly thought out various designs to match different styles of coffee shops. This makes the Coffee Shops happy and just as important, it keeps Crimson Cup's brand consistent. Very smart! Crimson Cup also projects a good culture. They recognize that the "cuppers" are also its brand. They convey passion, comfort, learning and quality.
Look for newly designed Crimson Cup bag at Whole Foods throughout Ohio, Hills Market in Worthington, Kroger Stoneridge Gahanna, OSU and these locations here.
This is definitely coffee you'll want to try and then have again and again. Thanks to Anna for the tour and the complimentary bag of Armando's blend. This is Crimson Cup's signature coffee with a blend of five different beans created by Greg, Chis Lamb and Armando - Chief Espresso Officer (love that title)!
Can't wait to have my next cup!


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Islands Stay Hotels
Archbishop Reyes Ave., Cebu City, Cebu
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Excellent location, nice rooms, very affordable rates! Detailed review here: http://runningpinoy.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/cebu-lechon-chronicles-islands-stay-hotels-review/
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I'm caught up in between of choosing Mövenpick as our place to stay. When I saw the rooms, pool, beach, interiors, it's really posh and elegant. Or, staying in a nice place for a cheaper price. *confused*
What in my mind is that, "andun na din ako, so dun na sa maganda" then my friend told me "eh diba hindi naman kayo magsstay sa hotel? Kasi magiikot ikot kayo sa Cebu?" So that made me realize that I should not go for an expensive hotel since we'll stroll around Cebu whole day!.
Luckily, I discovered Island Stay Hotel. (Mactan and Uptown). Make sure to stay in Uptown like we did, since it's only walking distance from the main like Ayala Center. While the Mactan is near the airport. Around 45 minutes from the heart of Cebu.
I'm sure you're familiar with the clothing line Island Souvenir. Yes, they have the same owner. Their room type is Small (1 pax), Medium (2 pax) Large (small group), XL (large group). Cool how they name their room to tshirt sizes!
➡The room has an energetic color vibe! White, Orange and Green combination! (i know, I haven't got the real angle of the place. better check their site if curious )
➡ Service is really friendly and polite.
➡ Comfort room is neat and clean. toiletrees were included as well.
➡ Cable TV, fast wifi *check!*
➡ Price? 1235 only! (we booked 1 month in advance that's why we had a discout!) A 5k difference to my other choice! Maybe I'll consider Mövenpick if we'll stay longer.
➡ I recommend this especially if you're like us having a Cebu-Bohol adventure and you'll basically not staying in your hotel. Value for money!
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