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Hon. Yakubu Dogara represents Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Constituency in the House of Representatives. He told Dele Anofi that the new Impreachment Bill will check the excesses of the President, if enacted into law.
THE impeachment your Bill removes the judiciary from the process of impeaching the President. What is the intent of the bill?
The reason why four of us sat and made the proposal is because we looked at the culture of impunity in this country, and I must say that examples abound. For example, the annual budget laws are made to be implemented. In a democracy, if laws won't be implemented, there are processes to get them repealed or amended. But in most cases, laws are not implemented in this country and nobody tells you why.
The budget is a case in point. If you set an examination and score 35 percent, based on the marking scheme and other parameters, it is a failure. We have never had a situation where the National Assemly passes the budget and the Executive refuses to sign and we override the President. The budget proposal has always been based on envelope system. At the end, it is only 25 to 30 percent that is achieved. That is not democracy.
Look at the case of Public Procurement Act, Section 1, talks about the National Council on Procurement, which is the first thing the law establishes, but the executive abandoned that section. The executive, however, found it convenient to respect the part B of the law, to set up the Bureau for Public Procurement, whereas it is the Council that is supposed to constitute that agency and employ the staff but they refused . The reason being that if it is set up, it deprives the Federal Executive Council from sitting as a contact awarding body, since they want to determine who gets what.
If part A of that law is bad, then part B is also bad as well. But why do you think the executive will sit down and determine what part of the law to obey? Because there is no consequence attached to it and nothing will happen. Look at the issue of fuel subsidy, to every democrat, the question will be that, is there any law that authorises the President to remove subsidy?
Was there a law?
There was no law that authorises him to remove subsidy. There is none. So, as a democrat, on what would you hinge your action? As a matter of fact, there is a law that prohibits the President from removing subsidy, but the argument we heard from government was that there is no going back. I don't think there is any civilised democracy in the world where you hear the executive shouting that there is no going back on any policy. Everything is meant to be driven by consensus. What could be responsible for anybody to think that there won't be any consequence for breaking the law? This is because, if it were a true democracy we are running, the question would have been that there is this law and the Attorney General is there to get the legislature to repeal it to pave the way for subsidy removal.
Do you consider this as a breach?
There are catalogues of other breaches that I will not enumerate here, but our thinking in crafting this bill was, why should there be the culture of impunity? And let me refer to what Lord Acton said that "power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely". The corruption we are witnessing in Nigeria today is as a result of concentration of powers in the hands of few individuals and without appropriate checks.
The entire goal of our retributive system of justice is to ensure deterrence. If armed robbers are executed, it is because they want to deter people from committing robbery. So, what is there in the constitution that will deter the executive – the President and the Vice President from committing obvious breaches of the constitution? The only thing you find in the constitution is the provision for removal from office or impeachment.
Is the provision self-defeating?
That is why every successive Nigerian President violates the constitution at will. As a matter of fact, if I were the President, there is nothing in the whole constitution that stops me from being a dictator. I can become a dictator knowing that the National Assembly, based on the provisions of the constitution, cannot remove me. Why? The powers of impeachment under Section 143 is given to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, through the panel of seven that he will constitute. We all know what will happen. When the National Assembly, a body of 469 members by 2/3 majority has passed a resolution to say that an office holder has committed an impeachable offense, the CJN is called upon to constitute the panel , at the end of the day, whatever they say, the courts cannot query it, the National Assembly cannot debate it. So, if I were the President, I will just give the CJN the seven names, because he is my appointee. After that houses or mansions will be bought for them, they will be bribed and the story goes on. In fact, they won't even put people of 'unquestionable integrity' that the constitution specifies. If I were the President, I can almost bet 100 percent, that utilizing the provisions of the constitution, nobody can remove me.
With this amendment, are you not giving the legislature absolute power to impeach the President at will?
There is no civilized democracy out there, where impeachment is not a political process. It is completely a political process handle by politicians. If the President commits an offense, and you require the intervention of the judiciary, there is the proposal that after his impeachment, if he has committed a crime, he should nonetheless be prosecuted. However, it is against the principles of our law for the person to be tried twice by the same institution, that is, the judiciary on same allegations.
That is why, if you look at the history of impeachment from Alexander Hamilton, one of the American founding fathers, he encapsulated these points in his arguments. He postulated that, let the politicians determine what constitute an impeachable offense and then give the Senate the powers to remove the person, and then, the courts can now try, if the person has committed a crime. That separates the body that accuses, which is the House of Representatives from the one that will impeach and prosecute. Impeachment in our proposal does not amount to removal from office. The House will first indict by impeachment only, then the matter will be entirely referred to the Senate and then the CJN will come to the Senate and preside over a hearing. This is because the major defect of that section is that it failed to provide for fair hearing. That is the practice everywhere, we are not being ingenues about it.
Is the bill targetingPresident Jonathan?
Those who think that we are targeting President Goodluck Jonathan may not have listened to the debate, because the goal of a legislation cannot be an individual and so, it is even very wicked to claim that we are targeting the President. We supported and campaigned for him seriously. After all, Jonathan will not be President forever. Moreover, we are dealing with the constitution and if it is altered in that regard it is going to be there for couple of years and whoever is the president will meet that.
The bill was proposed by four of us who are all members of the PDP and we are guided by the fact that we have not done anything against the PDP but the question is whether it is right within this circumstance to introduce it. Remember, we did not take any oath of allegiance to the PDP, the oath we took was to serve the country. So, it doesn't matter if it is contentious but as long as it can better our democracy and better the lives of those who elected us, so be it.
But we hear that the party is considering suspending you…
I have also heard that, but, I think it will amount to a joke carried too far because we are protected by an Act of Parliament, which says that: "on account of what you have said on the floor of the House; no disciplinary measures or court actions can be initiated against you". It is a big joke and I don't think anybody in his right senses, whether it is the chairman of the party or a national leader, will ever contemplate suspending members of his party because of the position they have taken on matters that will strengthen our democracy. And in any case, disciplinary procedures are there. Before disciplinary action can be taken against me, I have to be given fair hearing and no one has summoned any of us.
As a loyal party member, won't you consider withdrawing the bill for peace to reign?
Our allegiance is to the people of Nigeria not the PDP; we are moved by our conciseness and whatever is right and will advance this democracy that is what we will do. We are not here to engage in figure worship or to interpret our world just around the narrow prism of some god-fathers but to do what is just based on our conscience and what the majority of people of this country want. So, as as far as we are concerned, there is no issue here whatsoever and I guess it is because the presidency or the people in PDP have realized that there is nothing in this bill to cause the kind of apprehension or trepidation that we are seeing, that is why they are quiete, otherwise, by now, they would have summoned us.


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From a satellite's-eye view, our planet looks very inviting. Along a trail I was hiking not too long ago, the view was more than inviting; it was inspiring. It made me wonder whether it's possible to rescue nature from the things that would despoil it, and restore Earth's loveliness, not just in the Gulf of Mexico, but around the globe. I know in my heart the answer to that question: Yes, it is. Through the practice of discerning the spiritual reality of God's creation, we all can see the effective remedy that prayer provides.
Isn't nature's beauty inspiring because it hints at God's presence and majesty? The early prophets discerned this. As the Bible's book of Jeremiah asks: "Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord" (23:24). God is divine Spirit. The creation of God, if it is to be discerned accurately, must be viewed spiritually, in the way God actually made it. Christ Jesus said, as John's Gospel records, "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth" (4:24).
Through a spiritual sense of things, we perceive, even if only faintly sometimes, divine Spirit's breathtaking creation. Instead of searching for God in the material appearance of things, we find both God and His spiritual creation when we start our reasoning from the basis of divine Spirit as the only reality. Then we value more deeply God's spiritual qualities, hinted at in nature's magnificence, solidity, and beauty.
Knowing that God's creation is substantial – or more accurately, spiritually substantial – gives us an effective basis from which to pray when we hear of poisonous mine tailings and oil spills, of deforestation in South America, Africa, and Asia. Why does prayer actually work to contribute to healing the environment? Because human experience is the outcome of how people think. In other words, our quality of life is determined by our quality of thought. And prayer, discerning spiritual reality, enlightens and purifies human thought.
In heartfelt prayer, we can humbly acknowledge the fact that God is the only power, and is therefore able to render harmless both mistakes and destructive impulses. No disaster can abuse or deplete the activity of God's law governing His utterly spiritual creation. Knowing this doesn't trivialize disaster – it brings divinely based power to bear on human needs.
For example, when Jesus and some of his disciples were crossing the Sea of Galilee, a sudden, dangerous storm threatened to founder the craft. "Peace, be still" was Jesus' authoritative rebuke to the storm. The power behind divine law understood, manifesting the truth of God's harmonious creation, enabled Jesus to speak with this authority. The Bible account in Mark's Gospel then says, "And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm" (4:39).
We can follow Jesus' example and pray about human (and so-called natural) disasters – both the ones that happen suddenly and the ones that seem to be happening gradually. Knowing that we don't depend only on human actions for solutions but on the one true cause and Creator, our Father-Mother God, gives us a sure, spiritual basis for restoring or maintaining Earth's beauty and purity. God's infinite goodness can't ever be depleted or misused.
Mary Baker Eddy wrote this in her primary work, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures": "Eternal things (verities) are God's thoughts as they exist in the spiritual realm of the real. Temporal things are the thoughts of mortals and are the unreal, being the opposite of the real or the spiritual and eternal" (p. 337). God's perfect, spiritual creation is that upon which we all depend, and this is what the magnificence of nature points to when viewed from the proper perspective. From the simplest to the most majestic, seas, mountains, animals, all hint at the permanent place of every spiritual, good idea in God's creation, constantly reflecting and expressing Him.


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Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:43 am
One of my two favorite exploitation directors (along with Jack Hill).
Larry Cohen:
Cohen started his career in television; writing on many shows and creating the cult classics Branded and The Invaders. He wrote, produced, and directed his first feature film, Bone in 1972. He came to prominence with It's Alive (1974), a horror film about an epidemic of fanged predatory babies. Though cheap, it is notable for its satirical black humor (the hero's son slaughters the medical staff at birth) and for its exploration of the parents dilemma: the hero, who has fathered one of the creatures, at first disowns it but later tries to protect it despite its obvious anti-social tendencies. It's Alive is also noted for being scored by Bernard Herrmann. Cohen made two sequels, It Lives Again (1978) and It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987).
Cohen's films are full of quotable dialogue. In Full-Moon High (1981), a teenage werewolf puts off his girlfriend's advances with the excuse that it's his time of the month. The Stuff (1985) concerns a parasitic goo from beneath the Earth's crust that manages to get itself marketed as a dessert. The film's hero announces proudly at the beginning, "Nobody could be as dumb as I appear," and later delivers the maxim, "Everybody has to eat shaving cream once in a while."
In Q (aka The Winged Serpent, 1982), the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl is resurrected and flies about New York City snatching human sacrifices off the skyscrapers. Cohen was able to employ the talents of Michael Moriarty, David Carradine, and Candy Clark, and the film is one of his most sophisticated, but it still manages to include such lines as Maybe his head got loose and fell off. and "I want a Nixon-type pardon!"
Perhaps Cohens most complex film, as well as his darkest, is God Told Me To (aka Demon, 1976), in which a troubled Catholic detective is faced with an epidemic of murders carried out by apparently normal people who claim, with quiet satisfaction, that God told them to do it. The film mixes science fiction and horror with religious satire.
In 1987, Cohen made an unofficial sequel to Stephen King's Salem's Lot. With typical chutzpah, Cohen threw out all of Kings characters and kept only the basic premise of a small American town inhabited by vampires. A Return to Salem's Lot starred Michael Moriarty (a Cohen regular) and Samuel Fuller, and satirises small-town snobbery and hypocrisy: a little old woman vampire refers coyly to her drinking problem while the evil king-vampire is shown to be, at bottom, little more than a rather nasty conservative politician.
Besides monster movies, Cohen has also made thrillers such as The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977), which portrays the FBI chief as a sexually repressed, paranoid megalomaniac; Special Effects (1984), the twisted tale of a policeman, a murderous film director, and the woman who gets turned into the double of his leading lady; and The Ambulance (1990), a Hitchcock-style entertainment in which Eric Roberts investigates the sudden disappearance of a young woman.
Because of their frequently hurried production and their bargain-basement budgets, Cohen's films are sometimes murkily shot or messily edited, but Cohens freewheeling approach (and independence from studio interference) enables him to attack a number of satirical targets that often get off lightly in the mainstream, for example ruthless food companies in The Stuff. In the third film of the Alive trilogy, Cohen even manages to work in some telling swipes against American demonisation of Cuba.
Cohen was influenced by director Sam Fuller and now lives in a house formerly owned by Mr. Fuller. In recent years, Cohen has curtailed his directing and producing activities, and has focused mainly on writing. His work was primarily for low budget films and television until 1998, when Cohen's spec script Phone Booth triggered active interest and aggressive bidding from major Hollywood players. Joel Schumacher directed the resulting 2002 film, starring Colin Farrell. Cohen was also credited with the story for the 2004 release Cellular, another thriller with a telecommunications theme.(from Wiki)
A brilliant master of blaxsploitation! These are essential viewing!
And a clip from the indisputable masterpiece Q: THE WINGED SERPENT!
Tremble (2008) (pre-production) (writer)
Message Deleted (2008) (pre-production) (writer)
It's Alive (2008) (post-production) (written by)
Captivity (2007) (screenplay) (story)
Cellular (2004) (story)
... aka Final Call - Wenn er auflegt, muss sie sterben (Germany: DVD title)
Phone Booth (2002) (written by)
Misbegotten (1998) (screenplay)
The Defenders: Choice of Evils (1998) (TV) (story) (teleplay)
... aka The Defenders
The Ex (1997) (screenplay)
Uncle Sam (1997) (written by)
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave (1997) (TV) (teleplay)
... aka Heatwave
Invasion of Privacy (1996) (written by)
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice (1996) (TV) (teleplay)
The Invaders (1995) (TV) (television series)
The Expert (1995) (uncredited)
As Good as Dead (1995) (TV) (written by)
"NYPD Blue" (1 episode, 1995)
- Dirty Socks (1995) TV episode (writer)
Body Snatchers (1993) (screen story)
Guilty as Sin (1993) (written by)
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993) (characters) (written by)
... aka MC3: Maniac Cop 3 (USA: video title)
... aka Maniac Cop 3
... aka Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence (USA: DVD box title)
Maniac Cop 2 (1990) (characters) (written by)
The Ambulance (1990) (written by)
Wicked Stepmother (1989) (written by)
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988) (TV) (writer)
Maniac Cop (1988) (written by)
Deadly Illusion (1987) (writer)
... aka I Love You to Death
... aka Love You to Death (USA)
Best Seller (1987) (written by)
A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) (screenplay) (story)
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987) (characters) (written by)
... aka Island of the Alive (USA)
The Stuff (1985) (writer)
Perfect Strangers (1984) (writer)
... aka Blind Alley
Special Effects (1984) (writer)
Scandalous (1984) (story)
Women of San Quentin (1983) (TV) (story)
Q (1982) (writer)
... aka Q: The Winged Serpent
... aka Serpent
... aka The Winged Serpent
I, the Jury (1982) (writer)
Full Moon High (1981) (written by)
... aka Moon High (Australia: TV title)
The American Success Company (1980) (screenplay) (story)
... aka American Success
... aka Good as Gold (USA: video title)
... aka Success (USA: recut version)
... aka The Ringer
It Lives Again (1978) (written by)
... aka It's Alive II
Sparrow (1978) (TV) (creator) (writer)
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977) (writer)
God Told Me To (1976) (writer)
... aka Demon
Man on the Outside (1975) (TV) (writer)
"Griff" (1 episode, 1975)
- Man on the Outside (1975) TV episode (writer)
It's Alive (1974/I) (written by)
Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality (1974) (TV) (story)
Shootout in a One-Dog Town (1974) (TV) (story)
Hell Up in Harlem (1973) (writer)
Columbo: Candidate for Crime (1973) (TV) (story)
Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm (1973) (TV) (story)
Black Caesar (1973) (writer)
... aka The Godfather of Harlem (UK)
"Cool Million" (1972) TV series (unknown episodes)
Cool Million (1972) (TV) (writer)
... aka Mask of Marcella (USA: reissue title)
Bone (1972) (writer)
... aka Beverly Hills Nightmare (USA)
... aka Dial Rat (UK)
... aka Dial Rat for Terror
... aka Housewife
Call Holme (1972) (TV) (developer)
In Broad Daylight (1971) (TV) (writer)
Condor, El (1970) (screenplay)
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969) (screenplay) (story)
Scream, Baby, Scream (1969) (screenplay) (story)
... aka Nightmare House
"The Invaders" (43 episodes, 1967-1968)
- Inquisition (1968) TV episode (creator)
- The Life Seekers (1968) TV episode (creator)
- The Pursued (1968) TV episode (creator)
- The Miracle (1968) TV episode (creator)
- The Vise (1968) TV episode (creator)
(38 more)
The Legend of Custer (1968) (suggested by)
"Coronet Blue" (1 episode, 1967)
- A Dozen Demons (1967) TV episode (writer)
I Deal in Danger (1966) (writer)
"The Rat Patrol" (1 episode, 1966)
- The Blind Man's Bluff Raid (1966) TV episode (writer)
Return of the Seven (1966) (written by)
... aka Regreso de los siete magníficos, El (Spain)
... aka Return of the Magnificent Seven (International: English title)
"Blue Light" (8 episodes, 1966)
- How to Kill a Soldier (1966) TV episode (story)
- The Return of Elm (1966) TV episode (writer)
- The Secret War (1966) TV episode (writer)
- Traitor's Blood (1966) TV episode (writer)
- The Weapon Within (1966) TV episode (writer)
(3 more)
Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations (1966) (writer)
"Branded" (16 episodes, 1965)
- Price of a Name (1965) TV episode (creator) (story)
- A Taste of Poison (1965) TV episode (creator) (story)
- That the Brave Endure (1965) TV episode (creator)
- One Way Out (1965) TV episode (creator)
- Very Few Heroes (1965) TV episode (creator)
(11 more)
"Kraft Suspense Theatre" (1 episode, 1965)
- Kill No More (1965) TV episode (adaptation) (story)
"The Defenders" (9 episodes, 1963-1965)
- The Unwritten Law (1965) TV episode (writer)
- Go Between (1964) TV episode (writer)
- May Day! May Day! (1964) TV episode (writer)
- The Secret (1964) TV episode (writer)
- The Captive (1963) TV episode (writer)
(4 more)
"The Fugitive" (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
- Scapegoat (1965) TV episode (story)
- Escape into Black (1964) TV episode (writer)
"Espionage" (1 episode, 1964)
- Medal for a Turned Coat (1964) TV episode (writer)
"The Nurses" (3 episodes, 1963)
... aka The Doctors and the Nurses (USA: new title)
- The Gift (1963) TV episode (writer)
- Party Girl (1963) TV episode (writer)
- Night Sounds (1963) TV episode (writer)
"Arrest and Trial" (1 episode, 1963)
- My Name Is Martin Burnham (1963) TV episode (writer)
"Sam Benedict" (1 episode, 1963)
- Accomplice (1963) TV episode (writer)
"Checkmate" (1 episode, 1961)
- Nice Guys Finish Last (1961) TV episode (writer)
"The United States Steel Hour" (1 episode, 1961)
... aka The U.S. Steel Hour (USA: alternative title)
- The Golden Thirty (1961) TV episode (writer)
"'Way Out" (1 episode, 1961)
- False Face (1961) TV episode (writer)
"Zane Grey Theater" (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (USA: complete title)
... aka The Westerners (USA: rerun title)
- Killer Instinct (1960) TV episode (writer)
"Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1958)
... aka Kraft Mystery Theatre (USA: new title)
... aka Kraft Theatre (USA: new title)
- The Eighty Seventh Precinct (1958) TV episode (adaptation)
"Masters of Horror" (1 episode, 2006)
- Pick Me Up (2006) TV episode
Air Force One: The Final Mission (2004)
Original Gangstas (1996)
... aka Hot City
As Good as Dead (1995) (TV)
The Ambulance (1990)
Wicked Stepmother (1989)
Deadly Illusion (1987)
... aka I Love You to Death
... aka Love You to Death (USA)
A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
... aka Island of the Alive (USA)
The Stuff (1985)
Perfect Strangers (1984)
... aka Blind Alley
Special Effects (1984)
... aka Q: The Winged Serpent
... aka Serpent
... aka The Winged Serpent
See China and Die (1981) (TV)
... aka Momma the Detective (USA)
Full Moon High (1981)
... aka Moon High (Australia: TV title)
It Lives Again (1978)
... aka It's Alive II
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
God Told Me To (1976)
... aka Demon
It's Alive (1974/I)
Hell Up in Harlem (1973)
Black Caesar (1973)
... aka The Godfather of Harlem (UK)
Bone (1972)
... aka Beverly Hills Nightmare (USA)
... aka Dial Rat (UK)
... aka Dial Rat for Terror
... aka Housewife
Colonel Mortimer
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Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:27 pm
I just bought bone yesterday for 2.50! the Anchor Bay release. Bargain. It sounds like it's blaxploitation but I couldn't really be sure? What exactly is this film about?
Colonel Mortimer
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Wed May 07, 2008 5:00 pm
Been watching the extras on the Pick Me Up disc. Definitely a smart guy.
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Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:32 am
Cohen is a director I could never much get into. Jack Hill, on the other hand, is awesome. Cohen was always too meh for my tastes.
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By Hisao Adachi
On December 31st at the Yokohama Bunka Gym, located southwest of Tokyo, the capital of Japan - Undefeated Takashi Uchiyama (17-0, 14KOs) will defend the WBA's super featherweight title against Jorge "Coloradito" Soli s(40-3-2, 29KOs).
Solis is very confident and dedicated the fight to his deceased father, who passed away on May 16th. Solis arrived to Japan on the 24th of December and he was surrounded by his beautiful family, his wife and two children. His brother Eder Solis and the two coaches, Willy Brook and Victor Manuel Martinez, also made the trip to Jorge Solis.
"I am very motivated and excited about this fight. I'm going to give agreat performance. When the morning time hits, I'm going to the event and I plan to show everyone the true Jorge Solis in the ring. I came to Japan from a country that is very far away, Guadalajala, and I arrived being full confident of getting the victory," Solis said.
Jorge Solis and Takashi Uchiyama agreed to use 8 ounce "Winning" brand gloves, which are manufactured in Japan. The fight will be broadcast on Japanese television and radio. The referee will b ePuerto Rican Roberto Ramirez Jr. - and thre three judges will be Rafael Ramos of America, Levi Martinez of America and the South Korea's Yuh Wna-soo.
Uchiyama will make the fourth defense of the title that he conquered in November 2010 with a TKO win in the twelfth round over Mexico's Juan Carlos Salgado, which took place in Tokyo.


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|Ross Martin and Robert Conrad in The Wild, Wild West
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Cowboy meets Victorian on Thursday, May 14, at the Wild, Wild West Steampunk Party:
Start decorating your cowboy hats with gizmo's and gadgets, shine up your goggles, and start shopping for your corsets and western-style skirts. And anything goes for the gentlemen who no doubt will be donning a cool steampunk weapon and ready to capture hearts.
The possibilities are endless for this Steampunk-themed costume party that is sure to wow and entertain all who attend!
The possibilities are endless for this Steampunk-themed costume party that is sure to wow and entertain all who attend!
|Queen Kapiolani (third from left) Princess Liliuokalani (third from right)
in an English garden. The Hawaiian Royal Party attended
Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.
I am cooking up a unique costume .... Hawaiian Royalty enjoyed a close friendship with Queen Victoria ... so expect a touch of Paradise!
What would you wear to the Wild Wild West Steampunk party? One randomly selected commenter from this week's posts wins a book choice from my convention stash. Comments are open through Saturday, April 18, 10 pm in Baltimore. I'll post the winner on Sunday, April 19 on my book blog at SOS Aloha.
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'Eli 'eli kau mai - let awe possess me
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There's a new dress in town (or better: in my closet)! This time it's green and from the Belgian brand Mer du Nord. When I was younger, I used to wear their clothes all the time, but the last few years this was strongly decreased. I just couldn't find myself in their clothes anymore. But it seems that this season they have some stuff that I like, and this dress is one of them!
This summer, all that counts are colors: flashy, pastel, or just the normal ones (yeah, they still exist :p)... You name it! So why not color up my wardrobe with some grass-green? Mission accomplished!
What are your favorite colors for the summer? And are you guys already preparin' yourselves for the hot days to come? I sure am!
Outfit: dress Mer du Nord - jacket Zara - shoes Janet & Janet - clutch VII Bruxelles - earrings Bulgari - bracelet Delvaux - watch Rodania


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An anonymous multimedia producer posted a Craigslist ad on January 1 soliciting "talented, creative, rational, intelligent, non-fear-mongering and educated media industry professionals or qualified entbusiasts (sic)" to help create a "stunt" aimed at presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
The producer wants to perpetuate an unspecified "Onion-class stunt" that "can easily be repeated (at least 5 times by my estimate) with increasing veracity and afford (sic) mentioned joy."
The ad states the aforementioned joy will rival a first-class "flight to Autralia (sic) [with a] champagne-toasting Jennifer Anniston sitting next to me," according to the typo-ridden advert.
Compensation is listed as "Millions of dollars worth of glee and, eventually, the admiration of a thankful nation."
The Onion is a current events satire newspaper and website. Fictional articles featured mimic the tenor of actual news articles and include mention of real people and events. The Onion launched a satirical Youtube channel in 2012.
The Craigslist ad insists "the anonymous part matters" because "I am a producer with a professional reputation and, at least in the short run, will not benefit from any association with this brainstorm."


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Summary: The August Riots in England - understanding the involvement of young people.
Title: The August Riots in England - understanding the involvement of young people.Government Department, Body or Committee: Home Office, National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) on behalf of the Cabinet Office.
Date published: Tue Apr 17 09:53:40 BST 2012.
URL: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/effective-practice/community-effective-practice/August-Riots-in-England-CO
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- "Across the ten forces principally affected, a total of 5,112 individual disorder-related crimes were recorded..."
- "...common crimes involved some form of acquisitive crime (burglary, attempted burglary, robbery, and theft and handling offences); these accounted for 50 per cent of all recorded crimes. Offences involving criminal damage (to buildings, vehicles or arson offences) accounted for 36 per cent of the total. Violent offences were less common, accounting for seven per cent of the total."
- "There is no complete account of the people who participated in the disorder...vast majority of arrestees were male (89%)... Forty-six per cent of all arrestees were aged 18 to 24 and around one-quarter (26%) were juveniles (aged 10 to 17)...40 per cent described themselves as White, 39 per cent as Black, 11 per cent as from a Mixed ethnic background, eight per cent as Asian..."


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Catholic Church of St. Mary in Landau (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). The transition from Romanesque to Gothic inspired. Second-largest church in the diocese of Speyer to the Speyer-cathedral.
Groundbreaking 05/06/1907, consecration 06/12/1911.
Germany? Before the beginning there was Ginnungagap, an empty space of nothingness, filled with pure creative power. (Sort of like the inside of my head.)And it ends with Ragnarok, the twilight of the Gods. In between is much fighting, betrayal and romance. Just as a good Godly story should be.Heroes have their own graveyard called Valhalla. Unfortunately we cannot show you a panorama of it at this time, nor of the lovely Valkyries who are its escort service.Hail Odin, wandering God wielding wisdom and wand! Hail Freya, hail Tyr, hail Thor!Odin made the many lakes and the fish in them. In his traverses across the lands he caused there to be the Mulheim Bridge in Cologne, as did he make the Mercury fountain, Mercury being of his nature.But it is to the mighty Thor that the Hammering Man gives service.Between the time of the Nordic old ones and that of modern Frankfort there may have been a T.Rex or two on the scene. At least some mastodons for sure came through for lunch, then fell into tar pits to become fossils for us to find.And there we must leave you, O my most pure and holy children.Text by Steve Smith.


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I think I have leprosy. Woke up yesterday covered in hideous and horribly itchy rash. Even more annoying is that DK would not let me scratch myself until I bled - kept saying that it 'would make it worse'. Not quite sure, of course, how it could be worse: my plans for today were to go to a park and scare children since that is how ugly I look.
Still, at least I didn't have to spend 7 hours in hospital yeserday waiting to be diagnosed and given approproate drugs to deal with it. Oh no, I did. And I had to say the same thing over and over again to a variety of different medical staff who clearly didn't know what the fuck was wrong with me, whilst the whole time DK sat there and read his book.
And I still don't know what is wrong with me, although I do look like I have leprosy. Of course, if it was leprosy I wouldn't be able to feel how much my skin was on fire, which would be nice. I would still be able to see how hideous I looked, though.
At least I'm not as sick as the NHS, though. They really are in dire fucking straits. One pharmacist for the whole hospital for the weekend? An hour to see an 'urgent' case...the mad old bat in the cubicle next to me got seen to pretty quickly after she moaned and shouted a lot, but the one who sits there quietly? 40 minutes to pick up a fucking sample!
Am going to go scratch myself now until my skin falls off.
UPDATE: according to my father, I don't have leprosy but very bad German Measles. He - would know, he's in counter terrorism - they have to know a lot about rashes...?


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If you are a Mac G4 or G5 user then make sure you stop over to the download site below and pick up the optimized version of Firefox 126.96.36.199! This is a nice piece of work that will help Firefox run smoother on your Mac. With the popularity of Firefox (it has gained more than 10% of the market share) these builds should definitely appeal to those running a G4 or G5.
There are two versions that you can download, Firefox 188.8.131.52 and Firefox 2.0 Alpha. If you want to browse on the edge of your seat then Firefox 2.0 Alpha is the one that you want, however, it may not be very stable (especially since these are nightly builds). If you are not sure which one to get I recommend sticking with the Firefox 126.96.36.199.


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TUC warns against 'employee owner' proposals going before House of Commons today
Government plans to strip workers of basic employment rights in return for potentially worthless company shares will turn working parents into second-class staff, the TUC warns today.
The government is planning to introduce a new 'employee owner' employment status in the Growth and Infrastructure Bill, which is having its Second Reading in the House of Commons today.
'Employee owners' will have to give up the right to protection from unfair dismissal, forgo redundancy pay and flexible working and training requests, while mothers returning from maternity leave will have to give 16 week's notice of their return to work.
In return for losing these benefits 'employee owners' will receive a tax-free allowance on company shares – though capital gains of up to £10,600 are tax-free anyway – that have no voting or dividend rights, or any guarantee that they will increase or even hold their value.
The TUC is concerned that by having to give up these basic rights, 'employee owners' will become second-class workers. Working mothers in particular will find it incredibly tough to work in these conditions and are likely to be put off applying for these jobs.
'Employee owners' will also be far easier and cheaper to sack than any other worker. Given that the scheme is targeted at new businesses, most of whom last less than five years, workers are more likely to lose their jobs when the company is struggling and the value of their shares are down.
Long-standing staff could find themselves sacked for no reason and penniless – without any right to challenge their dismissal, no redundancy pay and only worthless shares to show for all their work.
The lack of protection given to 'employee owners' is worse than anything proposed in the notorious Beecroft report, which at least offered compensation if bosses pursued 'no fault' dismissals, says the TUC.
Staff are likely to become 'employee-owners' through force rather than choice, says the TUC. Companies can force new staff to have second-class employment status while existing employees have little protection against being dismissed and re-employed on this contract.
Given the recruitment problems, reputational damage and complicated legal and equity raising issues that would arise from taking on 'employee owners' the TUC doubts that any sensible employer would ever take up the scheme. Chief Executive of J Sainsbury Justin King recently criticised the proposals and raised concerns about their impact on the reputation of businesses.
Businesses that want to offer shares to staff can and already do so without having to strip them off basic employment rights. The Employer Ownership Association – the leading voice for co-owned business in the UK – says that "there is absolutely no need to dilute the rights of workers in order to grow employee ownership."
However, the TUC is concerned that the proposals are an open goal for unscrupulous employers who feel that mistreating staff and impromptu sackings are a necessary way to expand their business.
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said: "Shares for rights already looks like a party conference announcement about which little more should be heard. The best that can be said for it is that it will be an irrelevant scheme ignored by 99 per cent of new businesses.
"However, we are concerned that it creates an open goal for bad employers to mistreat and sack staff. Second class workers may also find that their second class shares are virtually worthless if they try to leave or are kicked out of the door.
"If the scheme does somehow take off it will be disaster for working parents and cause huge reputational damage to companies that already offer employees shares without stripping them of their rights.
"With responsible business leaders attacking it, and Lord Heseltine dismissing deregulation as a spur to growth, it's a policy that needs putting out of its misery."
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2017 Wyoming Mission Trip
We are grateful for everyone who made this trip possible from the smallest donation to the countless prayers. We are most thankful to God for providing everything and preparing the way. Our trip this year was a joint effort between Green Valley Baptist Church and Troy First Baptist Church - both from Pontotoc, MS.
Our desire with this trip was to be the hands and feet of Jesus by showing His love and compassion to the people of Shell, Wyoming and working with Bro. James Scott - pastor of Shell Cowboy Church. We spent the week serving spiritually, emotionally and physically to help the community. While the trip was for the purpose of serving the people of Shell, WY, (and anyone along the way) we came away with changed lives and hearts. Please continue to pray for this community and the others we met. Pray for Bro. James Scott and his ministry.
Matthew 28: 18-20
Jesus came and told His disciples, "I have been given all authority in Heaven and on Earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
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The Network of Black Business & Professional Women presents:
Our Hidden Figures (A video tribute to Ms. Daisy Sweeney and a slide presentation on Miss Portia White).
Both Afro-Canadian women were musically gifted. Daisy taught piano to her brother, the great jazz pianist, Oscar Peterson as well as other talented musicians such as Oliver Jones. She died last year.
Portia White was an internationally acclaimed opera contralto and this year marks the 50th anniversary of her passing in 1968.
Black history comes to life as we uncover the family ties and greatness of these two phenomenal women from Sylvia Sweeney (former Olympic athlete), former Senator Don Oliver, Oscar Peterson and our most recent Parliamentary Poet Laureate, George Elliott Clarke. Not to be missed.


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Charles Bronson stars as professional killer Arthur Bishop, a man regarded as the best in his bloody trade. He prides himself on the fact that he can make all his hits look like accidents. After one particular job, the son of his victim, Steve (Jan-Michael Vincent) pleads with Arthur to teach him the tricks of the trade, and Arthur obliges as his solitary lifestyle is beginning to have a profound effect on him. Soon, however, Arthur becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse that can only lead to the death of one of the parties involved.


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At this last Monday night's meeting, the Sunnyside City Council moved forward with a grant application process to help fund the construction of a skate park at SunnyView Park.
Sunnyside Parks and Recreation Director Tom Byers is preparing a $66,500 grant application to the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation. If the city is successful in obtaining the grant it will use the money to help construct a skate park at SunnyView Park.
But, the Council is not entirely sold on building the skate park at SunnyView, which the city took possession of from Yakima County recently.
At its May meeting, the Council suggested the possibility of moving the skate park to South Hill Park to complement the newly built community center and to make the facility easier for local youths to access. During the May meeting, it was determined staff would look into the possibility of moving the skate park to South Hill on the site of the battered tennis court facilities.
At this past Monday night's meeting, Byers informed Council that changing the site of the skate park could ruin the city's chances of obtaining the grant it is applying for. Byers also told Council the city would still have to place the tennis courts at some other location in town to ensure such a facility was in its system.
Byers is scheduled to make his presentation to the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation on June 17. Byers said too much work has gone into the grant application to change things now. Byers did say there is the possibility the city could change the location of the skate park after it obtained the grant, but added he was saying that with no certainty. The parks director added that Sunnyside along with the City of Grandview and Yakima County have been working on developing the skate park for six years and he doesn't want to see the opportunity slip away.
Councilwoman Bengie Aguilar expressed a change of heart this past Monday, saying she talked with several youngsters the previous week and asked them where they want to see the skate park. She said the youngsters told her South Hill Park because it would be easier for them to get there.
Byers informed Council that it would more than likely have to return some of the money that was donated by Grandview if the site was switched to South Hill Park. Byers said money was donated by different entities in Grandview to help fund the skate park at Sunny View Park. Byers has already spoken with several people in Grandview who have said they want their money back if the skate park goes to South Hill Park.
Councilman Bruce Ricks suggested the city use money from other avenues to fund any shortfall with the skate park if people from Grandview want their money back.
Ellen Bird, who sits on the Sunnyside Parks and Recreation Commission, felt something needs to be done now to build the skate park.
"It is high time we put up or shut up," said Bird. "We have got the chance to get this money. Let's not ding around."
Councilman Don Vlieger said he could see both sides of the issue. Vleiger said he was working around a skate park a while ago and found them to be really noisy. He said the noise from a skate park would more than likely disrupt the residents living at South Hill Park. Vlieger said he felt the city was inviting problems by having the skate park at SunnyView Park, where there would be no supervision.
Councilman Jim Restucci wanted the input of Police Chief Ed Radder and Fire Chief Jim Stanton on their response times to both sites.
Radder said the police department wouldn't be able to oversee the skate park to ensure there are no problems. Radder said skate parks usually have few problems requiring the police. Stanton said his department's response time would double if the skate park was at SunnyView Park, compared to South Hill.
Responding to some concerns from council members about liability, Assistant City Manager/City Attorney Mark Kunkler said the city can only be held liable if officials knew there was a problem and did nothing to fix it.
City Manager Bob Stockwell said the key to liability is ensuring something is built properly and well maintained. Stockwell, who has dealt with skate park issues in other communities he has worked in, said he has found such facilities to be a valuable asset to the area.
Mayor Pro-tem Mike Farmer was a bit distressed about hearing the news that people from Grandview would want back the money they donated to the skate park if it was moved to South Hill Park. Farmer said he felt the skate park would receive much more use if it was in town, compared to being out in the middle of the two area communities.
The possibility exists that if Sunnyside is successful in landing the $66,500 grant, it may try to switch sites to South Hill Park.
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Artist Debra Jane ("D.J.") Hall has a major 35 year retrospective show at the Palm Springs Art Museum. It runs through September 14, 2008 and is well worth a visit.
There are 50 large paintings and numerous pencil drawings and photographs, plus studies and notes used to advise the art director in the film "Spanglish," which used her look and style.
I'd never heard of this artist and I was in Palm Springs for other reasons, but I'm glad I stopped into the museum. The work grows on you. At first glance I was disappointed, since photorealism doesn't interest me much. I always think, "Yeah, it's technically amazing; looks just like a photograph. But so what? Why not take a photo?"
Hall's paintings mostly show rich, leisured women lounging at well-appointed pools and patios. The sunlight is ultra bright, the colors are primary and crisp, and the subjects (nearly all Caucasian women), haven't a care in the world except to have a drink and soak up the rays. It's a pleasant, dreamy atmosphere that just says "California."
The large size of the canvases let you see how Hall makes the figures so realistic-looking. Almost every contour is outlined with a very thin line of bright or dark color. For example, if you get up real close and the museum guard does not blow the whistle on you, you can see a fine hair of brilliant cadmium yellow just touching the edge of the skin tones all around the women in the sun. From 18 inches you can't see it, but it makes the figures pop out in the sunlight. Almost every object, no matter how small, is outlined in a similar way.
Still: "So what?" Hall often stages and photographs her scenes then paints from the photograph. There's nothing wrong with that, but it begs the question, why not be a photographer then? Hall's answer is given in an artist's statement of 2001:
"Ironically, my images cannot exist in physical reality, as they are highly contrived composites of various real and imagined sources. I approach each new painting as though I am producing a film: selecting models, wardrobe changes, locations, props, time sequences, etc. For the photo sessions I devise scenarios for my models so they will project what I envision. With the resulting photos I add, delete, and re-configure information to achieve a strong visual structure which conveys my current interests."
So what is her message, her vision? She emphasizes the importance of women's physical appearance, and most of her models are attractive, while some are older, but "well-maintained," implying former beauty. That juxtaposition suggests fear, even denial of aging and death, just under the surface of these happy scenes.
Once you realize these pictures are not really about carefree youth and beauty, but their opposites, the paintings begin to look sinister. The shiny, reflecting sunglasses are more than eye protection: they are hiding the reality, from the viewer, and from the models themselves. The omnipresent alcohol, is it a desperate attempt to escape from time? What kind of person has time to sit and drink in the garden with a friend at mid-day? Someone with no plans, no appointments, no prospects, no life beyond appearances. Everyone smiles, but time hangs so thickly in the air it's a wonder these people can breathe.
Older women have lumpy thighs and wrinkly faces, but big smiles, perfect teeth and expensive clothes to pretend they are still beautiful. They are with younger women -- not girls, but women of experience who have the economic resources to paint themselves with the timeless, confident, carefree palette of youth but who must know it has already passed. Their smiles start to look not light-hearted, but like clench-jawed determination to stop the clock. They are lying to themselves and to you. They know, even if only subconsciously, that turkey neck and accordion lips lie not far ahead. Gradually, these pictures of beauty and light become utterly depressing and you realize you've been "had."
Then you understand the photo-realist technique. It presents ultra-real reality; the California reality of eternal, sun-drenched, leisured, youth and beauty that does not exist except in the minds of these delusional models, and perhaps in the initial fantasies of the viewer. After viewing a dozen or so of Hall's pictures, you get the joke. It's very subtle.
If she had shown a more typically diverse selection of multi-colored, not-so-beautiful, overweight women in JC Penny clothing, on plastic furniture, eating hot dogs off paper plates around a pool full of screaming children, all in photorealist style, then we could say, "So what?" The way Hall started on the other side with a delusional fantasy of eternal wealth and youth and made it ultra-real with her meticulous technique, the contrast between reality and imagination could not be more stark. Brilliant.
You can see more of her pictures, and buy them, I think, at http://www.koplindelrio.com/hall/hall.html
Friday, June 27, 2008
D. J. Hall
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Current leader on the Formula One drivers rankings, Fernando Alfonso is the man to beat at Hungaroring circuit this weekend.
Multiple winner of the Hungarian Grand Prix, Micheal Schumaker had this to say: "I'm looking forward to this weekend's race because I really enjoy the Hungarian Grand Prix.
It's a circuit where the drivers are always busy around the lap, it's really demanding and there are barely any opportunities to catch your breath".
Hungarian Grand Prix race information:
Track: 4.381 km – 14-turn road course
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What another great year of surfing for 2013.
With Mick Fanning (Australian Surfer) winning his 4th ASP world
title (Association of surfing) at the pipemasters with Kelly slater just
missing out. Kelly didn't go home empty handed though he was crowned
pipemasters champion of 2013. 2014 started with bang with waves reaching up to
10 meters!! These monster waves were hitting the west coast of the UK in
Cornwall and west coast of France in the region of Bretagne. Even some surfers
try to catch these monster waves. What a great way to start 2014 the year of
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Dear Members,
Next year's Annual Outdoor Gathering will take place over the weekend beginning Friday 4 August at Lancaster University, not at Dalesbridge Activity Centre as previously announced. Dalesbridge informed us two weeks ago that for commercial and logistical reasons they were unable to accept our booking.
We have therefore spent the past two weeks looking for a suitable alternative. After considering various options, such as hiring a youth hostel on a sole use basis, we have decided to move the venue 25 miles up the road to Lancaster University. This has some major advantages:
In addition, I am delighted to confirm that Kevin Nuttall, who organised the 2007 AOG held at the same venue, is staying on the organising team, and with the Lancashire coast and the Forest of Bowland close at hand, he will be putting together an attractive programme of walks and cycle rides.
While some of the walks that were done in 2007 may be offered again, there will be a selection of new routes for people to try. Nor will the Dales connection be wholly lost. Kevin had planned to start some walks at Ingleton, which is just 21 miles from the university, around a 45-minute drive. So there will be opportunities for those who want to walk in the Dales to do so.
This change of plan also means that it will no longer be necessary for us to open bookings at the beginning of November. Bookings for next year's AOG will open on 1 February 2017, in line with recent practice.
So I apologise that we are not able to stage the AOG at Dalesbridge, but Lancaster is a fantastic venue. As always we are committed to putting on the best event we possibly can, and hope that you will give AOG 2017 the same enthusiastic support that was so much in evidence at Bath and Penryn.
Best wishes,
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Health Risks of Salt in Your Diet
Significant health risks are associated with high intake of salt in your diet. The mineral compound sodium chloride occurs in table salt, processed foods, and naturally occurs in certain foods as well. While regular high consumption of salt is detrimental to your health, African-Americans generally suffer more from the effects than do Caucasians.
Intake of Salt within Your Diet
Salt is in many processed foods. The substance increases the shelf life of these products. Given the ease of consuming ready-made foods such as cans of soup, many diets are high in salt. It also occurs in foods you eat in restaurants, in the saltshaker, and is naturally occurring in foods such as chicken as well.
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Have you ever experienced high blood pressure?
Health Risks of Excess Salt
A diet with excess salt intake correlates with some chronic illnesses. The serious health conditions include high blood pressure and pre-hypertension. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, increases your risks of heart disease and stroke.
The reason for the larger risks is that salt increases fluids in your body, which move into the bloodstream. The high fluid levels overwork your heart, enlarging the organ and weakening it too. You are especially vulnerable if your family has a strong history of heart disease.
Regularly high consumption of salt is also harmful for people with kidney disease. The disease makes it difficult for your kidneys to eliminate excess sodium and fluid in your body. As levels of sodium and fluid increase, your blood pressure rises as well.
Health risks increase further when high sodium intake combines with high consumption of solid fats, sugars, and refined grains. A diet with high salt levels also reduces bone density. Short term effects may include dizziness and muscle cramps.
Race and Salt Levels
Different races process salt differently within the body. A study by Purdue University of African-American and Caucasian adolescent girls found that black females retained more sodium in a high-salt diet than white females. Study subjects in both groups had the same strictly controlled and monitored diets.
Given the results of studies such as the one conducted by Purdue University, black people seem to be more susceptible to hypertension than do their white counterparts.
Salt as an Essential Nutrient
Although diets high in salt have health risks, small levels of consumption are necessary. Salt is an essential nutrient that regulates fluids in your body and helps send electrical signals to your brain, nervous system, and muscles. As a food ingredient, salt enhances flavors of foods, cures meats, and retains moisture in foods.
In the Dietary Guidelines for American 2010 document, the US Departments of Agriculture and of Health and Human Services recommends daily sodium intake of less than 2,300 milligrams (mg). For adults 51 years and older, reduce that amount to 1,500 mg. Also, reduce to the 1,500 mg level if you are African-American or have hypertension, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease.
While salt is an essential part of your diet, consumption needs to be in small amounts. Higher salt intake correlates with higher blood pressure. With lower intake, blood pressure lowers in response. To maintain low salt levels, children and adults can eat fewer foods that are high in sodium. Read Nutrition Facts labels on foods to find sodium amounts and choose items low in sodium. Choose to eat fewer processed foods and more fresh foods. Also, ask that no salt be part of dishes you order out in restaurants. Regardless of race, sodium does affect your health.
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Your high blood pressure toll was a good idea. 46% said that they have had it. I need to put some tolls on my articles. I also just noticed that 2 of my hubs are listed below this one.
I have always heard a lot of salt was bad, but no one explained how like this. I didn't know salt occurred naturally in chicken. Thanks for the warnings!
Dr. Oz has instructions on how to eat a healthy diet. He does not say to not eat processed foods since someone may not be sure of what that is. He says to eat foods that have no ingredient list. An apple has no ingredient list. Spinach does not have an ingredient list. Frozen spinich that says Ingredients: spinach, salt has an ingredient list. I just saw an article that says that apples are just as good as statin drugs.
Sodium is an essential mineral. Also the Trader Joes spaghetti sauce does not have oil like you put in a car but organic olive oil. It says on the front NO SALT ADDED but not a sodium free food. A half ounce cup of it contains 35 mg of sodium. A large pizza usually has over 3,000 mg of sodium.
Salt (sodium chloride) is not a necessary chemical in your diet. Sodium is and it is in almost all fruits and vegetables but in much smaller amounts. There is no salt inside of any food unless placed there by man. Seaweed is high in sodium and lots of trace minerals.
Salt causes people to eat more. It also causes water retention that is bad for arteries and causes people to be heavier. If someone is overweight and eats no salt for a week, they will lose about 15 pounds.
If someone puts 4 ounces of salt in water and drinks it, they will be dead in an hour due to hypernatremia (excess sodium in blood). Trader Joe's has done what no one else has done. They have spaghetti sauce with no salt added. I use it. But it does have organic tomato paste, organic tomato, organic garlic, organic dried onion, organic oil, organic basil and more. Voted up and awesome for making people aware of it.
This is informative and very helpful hub. High consumption of salt regularly is very risky. Good hub, well written. Great work!
I do not use salt in my diet, so I am very happy to read your article and I couldn't agree more about over consumption.
Hi Christy, I do try to keep my salt to a minimum, but I can't go without it, which is a shame as so many foodstuffs have too much already, never realised that there was a difference between races and how much salt etc, fascinating reading, thanks! voted and shared! nell
The intake of salt should be carefully considered and you have mentioned all the good points here. Great suggestions too.
Hi Christy,
Just as much as I agree with everything you have said here, it came as a shock to us when my mother was diagnosed with "hyponatremia", a condition that occurs when sodium level in the body goes below the standard levels. A hub on this condition is actually overdue and can be expected soon.
It is quite normal to be aware of our high salt intake and try to reduce it consciously and so it was with our family too. But poor mom, she went down with this illness and had to be kept in the Intensive Care Unit for almost a month and had to be on a 'very high dosage' of salt-30g/per day can you believe it- for more than six months to get cured of this condition. My mother miraculously survived a coma. Very strange but it happened.
My sister-in-law who is American, told me that she hadn't even heard about such a condition. In my mother' case they say it was caused by her hypertension medicines.
Thanks for this great write-up Christy-it has given rise to many thoughts and opinions. Sharing it in many places. Cheers, Rema.
Valuable info. I don't add salt to foods (rarely), but I probably eat too many things that have high amounts, such as canned or frozen foods. Dang, why do we have so many things to look out for! Great hub!
Salt really is so much in so much! I do watch my salt and maybe a lot of people don't know it but giving up salt can help you lose weight. The two times I was pregnant, I was on a low to no salt diet and after my babies were born I weighed less than before I became pregnant. Skinny ankles and all.
Hi Christy, this is a useful and well-written hub. Canned soups such as Campbell and Progresso have tons of salt. Ragu tomato sauce does too. I notice many people put too much salt in their fries and food at restaurants.
With high blood pressure and a family history of heart problems, I should be watching my salt more than I should. Not to mention for the other reasons you mention...
I had a coworker that was having a horrible time losing weight, She started dropping the pounds when she cut back on salt!!! Must have been all of the fluid retention.
Great info here!
My father-in-law loves his salt.
We are trying to get him to cut back. I will certainly pass this to him! Thanks for sharing!
Christy, I was aware about health risk of too much salt, but did not know many of the things you have mentioned here.
Happy New Year! I wish you all the success in your life.
very interesting and well researched article and quite important knowledge even if I've never suffered from high blood pressure .. thank you
Hi Christy, I must forward this to my father-in-law who takes in way too much salt! Thanks for sharing, and I'm passing it along.
Hi Christy... wonderful article and something I have been paying attention to a great deal lately. All one needs to do is read the labels and taste anything processed and it is apparent someone has gotten carried away.
I have become far more aware of salt content. I still use it very sparingly and have gone to Kosher salt a few years back. Once you get away from salt your food takes on a whole new flavour...
Hugs from Alberta
I think I'm a salt snob. I don't like the average table salt, but usually go for the gourmet salts but in moderation. And I admit, I'm addicted to it and strangely enough, I don't suffer from high blood pressure. Actually, it's usually low.
Great information and very interesting. Voted up and shared. :)
This is so very useful. The information is invaluable and could help prevent someone from developing high blood pressure.
Once you stop using much salt, most foods, especially fresh vegetables, taste better without it. Besides there are so many other herbs and spices to experiment with that add different flavors to our foods. Voted up.
Fortunately, here in California, restaurants of certain size are required to list nutrient count in menus. Not all have sodium info, but that can be found on the restaurant website. Voting this Up and Interesting.
Informative hub there. I like salt especially during my fast food lunch. But it is time for me to cut it.
Great article, well researched and such necessary information. It's amazing how much salt sneaks into so much of our diets without even knowing it. Thanks for this great hub-- VU & Useful.
My friends used to say that the processed foods are so good in taste than those cooked in home. The common denominator in these favorites and many other processed foods is salt. Salt is atherwise known as "WHITE DEATH". So this hub is a nice message for those salt lovers that it is time to limit the intake of salt. Vote and shared.
Very useful info here Christy, one we all must be aware about. Salt consumption has to more rigidly monitored as we are getting increasingly dependent on processed or fast foods.
voted up and useful. Sharing this on G+1.
Useful hub. I have to watch my salt and it is amazing how much salt is in everything we find at the stores. It is so hard to find good things and restaurants are terrible about salt.
Great information here. I your analysis is awesome and yes, I definitely try to avoid having too much salt in my diet. :)
Huh. I never would have guessed that sodium retention would be linked to race. I wonder if other studies were done comparing other people groups like male/female or even age differences.
Well researched and well written hub Christy. Question. Does high sodium intake cause HBP or just exacerbate it in those who already have it?
very interesting article. I've never suffered from high blood pressure but I can see how that can change later in life, so I do like to get it checked and make sure that I watch my sodium intake. Its amazing how much salt gets added to pre-packaged foods....
Great article! I have to watch how much salt I eat because of chronic kidney disease. It's tougher than you imagine and really means eating mostly fresh foods, nothing in tins or packets. Since I had to reduce my salt intake, I have found that salt is in so much of what we consume...scarily so!
Many years ago when I was pregnant with my first child I was told to watch my salt intake. I stopped using salt and never started again....that's not to say I didn't eat salty food however! As with anything else, too much of a good thing can kill you. Great hub Christy! Voted up, useful, and interesting.
Most of the salt one gets is really in prepared foods. Just read labels ...I try to make all of our meals can free. If you use fresh products and add a little seasoned salt you will be doing okay. People always say "I don't use much salt"..but eat potato chips, prepared meals, etc. Great warning though and this is certainly valuable. GOing to pin it on my healthy foods. Voted UP.
Hi Christy, I hardly ever cook with salt. My family already knows they need to salt their own food. Plus, my mom and in-laws do add quite a bit of salt to their food. Aside from taste, I can almost 'feel' when I've had too much salt. My fingers begin to ache and swell, it does a number on my high blood pressure too. I've come a LONG way from the kid I once was, I used to literally eat salt by itself, ha! Thanks for the reminder.
Interesting article! I am not heavy (weigh 117 @ 5' tall). However, I feel horrible when I eat salt and bloat. Thanks for the info!
Do you have any idea how much I love salt? Are you trying to make me miserable? LOL I know, I know.....I have never had high blood pressure, but daddy didn't raise no fool. I have greatly lowered my salt intake because quite frankly, I can't keep being lucky for much longer.
Great information Christy!
Great article Christy. I watch my sodium intake on a regular basis and have switched to using herbs to flavor food. I am do feel much better. This is an important big of information for others to know and to take heed in following. Voted up and sharing.
Thanks for sharing this and I knew about too much salt and kidney disorders from my grandfather who had kidney issues the last year of his life. I am not sure if many people do know this fact so a great share definitely. Have of course voted up and shared all over!!
I never did like a lot of salt!
Hi, Christy!
Now I have a standard (1500 mg) by which to keep my salt intake in check. Another thing I learned from your hub is that I can actually ask a waiter to ask the cook not to put salt in the dishes I order. I never knew! Thanks for sharing!


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The barbecue market in Germany is indeed showing further growth, however the industry is in the meantime miles away from the two-digit increase it was able to achieve in past years. This is shown by the "Industry focus on barbecuing" recently published by the Institute für Handelsforschung GmbH (IFH Köln/Institute for trade research) that was compiled in collaboration with the Industry Garden Association (IVG) e.V.
The market for barbecues, barbecue accessories and barbecue fuels brought the past year to a close with a moderate growth of 1.7 percent. This corresponds to a market volume of for the first time over Euro 1.2 billion. The actual barbecue devices accounted for almost two thirds of the turnover. The remaining third was divided up almost equally among fuels and barbecue accessories.
"The barbecue market has grown up and we are observing a market saturation," commented Christian Lerch, consultant at IFH Cologne. "Even if the trend is moving towards a second device, many households with barbecues are well-equipped in the meantime. The accessory and replacements business is thus becoming correspondingly more important. Here there are many new trends and the consumers are offered numerous product innovations."
Indeed over the past years barbecue accessories have developed above the market average. On the one hand, this is due to the market saturation for barbecues and on the other hand the Germans are preparing more and more sophisticated and diversified dishes on their barbecues. Thus, the demand for accessories is correspondingly high: Supplementary to the barbecue the consumers can for example currently buy pizza stones, wok attachments, meat thermometers or vegetable baskets.
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When you are measuring for your hat size, you will need a soft tape measure. Place the start of the tape at the middle of your forehead above the eyebrows. Wrap the tape around your head just above the ears. This will give you the head measurement in inches.
The measurement in inches can be converted into a hat size for you. The below chart that illustrates the conversion between inches and hat sizes. Take note that all manufacturers have different size points in hats. This is a generalized chart.
|Measure around the widest part of your head or where you intend to wear the hat.
|Head in cm
|Head in Inches
|19 1/8
|19 1/2
|19 7/8
|20 1/4
|20 3/4
|21 1/8
|21 1/2
|21 7/8
|22 1/4
|22 5/8
|23 1/2
|23 7/8
|24 1/4
|Hat Size
|6 1/8
|6 1/4
|6 3/8
|6 1/2
|6 5/8
|6 3/4
|6 7/8
|7 1/8
|7 1/4
|7 3/8
|7 1/2
|7 5/8
|7 3/4
Next you can choose which crown measurement best fits you. The hat crown is measured from the bottom of the hat band, located directly in the middle of the crease, to the middle dip of the crown. Changing the size to be either shorter or taller will depend of the stature of the person. Women tend to go shorter in crown height so the hat in not overwhelming in size. In general a crown measurement is 4 ½" and can be altered anywhere between 4" and 4 ¾".
Choosing the right size brim is determined by facial features. The brim size highlights and emphasizes facial features. Generally brims measure 4" and depending on the persons facial structure can vary between 3 ¾" and 4 ¼". The brim is measured from the bottom of the hat band to the edge of the brim. The measurement should be taken in the back of the hat at the flattest part.


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Pearl's Barrier overshoe is a technical bit of kit.
Fleece-lined, 3mm Neoprene, toughened sole reinforcement and windproof panels all do a great job of keeping feet warm.
Only the full height, 30mm-wide Velcro fastening causes concern: Anyone with sensitive Achilles tendons will struggle with the lack of flexibility in the fastening, which loses the Pearl a mark.


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I grew up near Pensacola, Florida, but I moved to Birmingham, Alabama, for college and ended up sticking around there for a while. I earned a bachelor's in biology from Birmingham-Southern College and then a master's in library and information studies from the University of Alabama.
What's your title? How would you describe your position at the Miami Libraries? (roles/responsibilities as you know them so far)
I'm the science librarian, and my subject areas are biology, microbiology and environmental science. I'll be working closely with faculty in those areas (primarily) to instruct their students on library resources & research and to help make sure they have all the tools they need to succeed in their classes. I also have some other general library responsibilities, like reference work and collection development.
What drew you to work in a library environment? Why did you choose the Miami Libraries?
I was a library student assistant during my undergraduate years, and, after I got my bachelor's, I realized that I wouldn't get the same sense of job satisfaction in any other environment. I went back to school for my MLIS, and it was the best decision I've ever made. I continued to work at BSC's library as a student supervisor while I earned my master's. While I was there, I realized what it was that I found so wonderful, and it's what I learned Miami does just as well (if not better)—it cares about its students.
What's the best part of working in a library?
The people. Librarians and library staff are some of the best and coolest people you'll ever meet.
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Don't be afraid to ask us for help! We know that first step into an academic library can be daunting, but we have so many great things behind our doors (both physical and virtual), and we are here to help you utilize them. We live for questions. Ask us!
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Spoiler for Chap99:
|2010-04-14, 10:00
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Working the bags...
Join Date: Mar 2009
We'll just agree to disagree on the subject...
As far as duck-san, you call gathering information and I call it keeping tabs on everyone. Matsu for instance, not spilling any valuable secrets that she shouldn't be spilling. Like Mayu stated in ch 71 that if she did, she would be kicked out of the Inn...
|2010-04-14, 15:26
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ehhh I hope that the author would drop or put all other series he is doing besides sekirei on hiastus... and kinda compleate this 1manga first than he can return to other ones.... It would be ok if it was monthy chapter that has above 30pages.... but sekirei has 15-16 pages and appears lets say "bi-weekly"... but in reality lately its 1ch per month (so 15-16pages for 1freaking month)
now we have golden week (no chapter) + no chapter on 3rd friday = no sekirei chapters durring whole May >__<
and current chapter was kinda crappy... nothing moved further (we waited 2weeks to get like 5minutes later from c98 point only for 1minute and end chapter with minato wanting to make a call mostly to mother to ask for custody of uzume and her sick ashikabi)
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and as far as I know she only has a few on going series, altho she does alot of one shots.
Sure enough for a bi-weekly I think there should be more to it but at least we're getting something.
saying that tho it's a crime that theres no Tsukiumi-chwan this chapter!!
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well the one shots take a hell time "dont even know if the returners manga" are ongoing or did they ended as oneshots...
I would be hapoy if the author would drop wateing time for oneshots and focused on sekirei story.....
hep... no sign of Tsukiumi or Kazehana (where is she... she suddenly disappeared as they returned to the inn...).... I guess tsukiumi is sleeping already since she is tired of carrying musubi all the way home XD and musubi might be not able to sleep duo her scratches (tehy hurt/bug her).... we see musubi and kusano in their pijamas/sleeping cloths.... so mostly tsukiiumi went to sleep already (sleep or eat ^^)
hmm I wonder maybe minato will go with kazehana and kagari to uzumes place.... since they are used to stay late at nights..... while musubi,kusano and tsukiumi are going to sleep and rest ^^ still we wont learn about it till June T_____________________________T
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Btw, Miya also doesn't seem to know anything about the transfer from Sekirei tama because otherwise she would've noticed it and informed the others what exactly during their time on the bridge.
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but is it reffering to 4th May or 4th June...
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Im glad I read the scan since when I read the raw I was assuming Chiho kissing Ugume was her winging though I wish the panel would have been better, Mina-tan's wingings are always pretty to look at.
A bit of shoujo-ai
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Location: Poland
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I enjoyed that manga and it's seems funny ;p But i'm sad beacuse ONEMANGA musted remove this manga for their website ;( like others ecchi And that why i'm sad ;( but there is on foxmanga or something like that continues serie than u can read there ;p
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Style Map - Cathedral Provincial Part and Prodected Area - BC Park, Vancouver, BC XIX
Hello everybody, this is another good day with good weather well spent with my family at Cathedral Provincial Part and Prodected Area! It was such a true wilderness experience, Cathedral Park comprises an expanse of jagged mountain peaks, azure lakes and flower-dappled alpine meadows that is definitely for the adventurous. Located between the dense, wet forests of the Cascade Mountains and the desert-like Okanagan Valley, this mountainous park offers a rich variety of terrain, flora and fauna. Cathedral Protected Area was established on April 18, 2001, to enhance the ecological viability of Cathedral Park and to protect low elevation forests. This small protected area is an addition to the existing park. The new area provides no additional facilities.
Cultural Heritage: There are over 800 lithic artifacts including flakes of basalt, white siltstone and various types of chert that are of provincial significance as well as multiple sites of bone fragments. European history is also evident in the four historic cabins dating from the early 1900's.
Conservation: Cathedral Provincial Park encompasses the variety of terrain and flora and fauna that is typical of the transition zone between the rain forest of the Cascade Mountains and the more arid Okanagan Valley. It contains habitat for 14 red/blue-listed plant species, 3 red/blue-listed mammals and 2 red-listed bird species (Sandhill crane and Prairie falcon). Forest cover is also varied. Douglas-fir predominates in the lower levels, interspersed with stands of cottonwood and aspen along the waterways. Lodgepole pine and Engelmann spruce prefer higher ground, giving way to sub-alpine fir, balsam fir and Lyall's larch. Flowers abound here, with heather and lupine and other varieties being fairly common at higher levels.
Wildlife: The list of wildlife in the park is lengthy. Hikers may see larger mammals such as mule deer, mountain goat and California bighorn sheep and the park encompasses grizzly and black bear habitat, though sightings are rare. The red-listed badger is also found in the park. Even casual visitors are apt to hear the whistle of a marmot as it suns itself on rocky outcroppings, or be accompanied by the chatter of squirrels and the raucous call of the whiskey jacks that frolic and flit along the forested trails. Most of the lakes and waterways support populations of rainbow and cutthroat trout.
Hope you enjoyed the pictures from this adventure trip at Cathedral Provincial Part! See you all on the next blog post!
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