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The southern coast of Australia supports over 12,000 species of plants and animals, with 80% unique to the region. The Victorian coast contains around 120 bays, inlets and estuaries, ranging in area from 1 to 2,000 kilometres, is home to a growing proportion of the Victorian population and attracts more visitors than any other area of the state.
The health of coasts and estuaries is strongly influenced by the condition and management of Victoria's land and inland waters, and provides important social and economic benefits for Victorians. These include recreation and tourism, commercial fisheries, oil and gas extraction, and ports and trade activity.
A number of pressures can impact on biodiversity and ecosystem health, including coastal modification, pollutants from catchments, litter, changes to natural river flows, introduced species, commercial shipping, recreational boating and port activity.
The most recent coastal monitoring results were included in the 2013 State of the Environment report, and key findings are set out below.
Coastal biodiversity
- According to the Advisory List of Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria (2013):
- six species of marine and coastal fauna are critically endangered,
- nine are endangered,
- 19 are vulnerable,
- 13 are near-threatened, and
- data was deficient for four species.
- Between 2007 and 2013, six marine and coastal bird species declined in status and two bird species were added to the Advisory List because of decreasing populations.
- Only one species improved its threatened status over the period.
- Marine and coastal ecosystems are under increased threat from invasive species.
Coastal water quality
- Monitoring by EPA Victoria indicates that Victoria generally has good marine and coastal water quality.
- Estuarine and bay systems such as Port Phillip Bay, Western Port and the Gippsland Lakes are subject to reduced water quality, which usually occurs after extreme weather events when high pollutant levels are discharged from rivers and drains. In the past, this has resulted in algal blooms, high turbidity, fish kills and elevated bacteria levels.
Mapped chlorophyll-a across Gippsland Lakes in February 2012
Source: EPA
- During the 1996–2009 drought, salinity concentrations in Port Phillip Bay exceeded neighbouring ocean levels in Bass Strait.
Conservation of coastal areas
- Victoria's 13 marine national parks and 11 marine sanctuaries protect around 5.3% of its marine and coastal waters.
- There are 75,000 hectares of coastal parks and reserves in Victoria. 96% of coastal land is on public land.
- Coastal land remains threatened by urbanisation. Victoria has consistently had the second-highest percentage of urbanised coastline after New South Wales.
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Wandering on untamed turfs always exhilarates the mind and soul of an ardent traveller. A similar mystique is present in the land of Jim Corbett National Park, which is included in the itinerary of majority of globetrotters. As a place for wildlife preservation, this region is world famous, but what are unfathomed about this destination are its small attractions that hold great importance in maintaining a balanced ecosystem inside. Major highlight of the region is a multitude of floral and fauna but as it is said, looks can often be deceptive. Jim Corbett National Park tour allows tourists to explore such astonishing sites and contemplate their beauty.
Different Side of Wildlife
An excursion through the rugged pathways leads travellers to the essence of this area. At the peripherals of this place lies Tumeria Dam, the region that offers calm and soothing environ. People often come here to spend their leisure time in quietude and experience boating rides. Avid birdwatchers are advised to visit this place, for it is a refuge to several migratory birds from beyond. This dam is surrounded by dense forests and is partially inhabited by nomads on one side. It is considered a supreme source of irrigation in the surrounding places and helps in cultivation of crops of the area.
En-route is the revered site of Garjiya Devi Temple, which is dedicated to Goddess Parvati in her Garjiya Devi avatar. The deity is considered to be the daughter of Himalayan Mountains and believed to be an emblem of longevity. This temple is perched on a big rock protruding from the Kosi River and houses idols of Lord Ganesha, Lord Shiva and Goddess Saraswati. This holy house is hugely venerated by locals and on auspicious occasions, they carry out processions and embellish the inner sanctum with fragrant flowers and incense sticks.
Corbett Falls in the region is considered an ideal place for recreational activities, where travellers can take nature walks or admire the local and migratory birds. This silver stream is set amidst greenery and wilderness of the forest, where it creates a harmony by rapidly dropping from the mountain slopes into the pond. Frequent travellers term this place as a tranquilising experience, which lingers in their mind for long. The squeaking of birds along with melodious sound of water flow intensifies the aura of this region, which in turn tempts visitors to behold this cascade.
A sojourn to Jim Corbett National Park is best enjoyed as a family vacation, where individuals of the household are busy frolicking in their own way. The mesmerising vistas enchant each member of the family, which can be captured in a photograph to create endless delightful memories. Each person gets appeased by the natural vistas of the region, which offer a sense of serenity unlike the city lifestyle. Camping along with the loved ones under open sky and secured environment is highly appreciated. People can light a bonfire, sing songs and cheerfully entertain each other in the arms of nature.

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I bought this book when I was over in Japan in 2014/15 and I still open it often. It covers all the basics of the fashion and offers some great tutorials on how to do make-up and hair. Although the pictures are sufficient to glean information from, those who do not understand Japanese do not get to read things like the history of the fashion; the letter from Novara Takemoto, writer of Shimotsuma monogatari; or feel the atmosphere of the Lolita fashion-inspired writings which were written by, as I understand it, Misako Aoki herself.
This week I will share with you one of those writings: the prologue. I translated it myself and I hope it will help you to enjoy the book even more.
Published in 2014 and edited by Misako Aoki.
Page 3
I open my eyes, light that twinkles faint rainbow colours from the curtain.
I have long dreamed here
of a strange world so filled with the things I love.
This world is the magical spell that Lolita fashion has put on me.
When a pink skirt ruffles lightly, the curtain rises on my story.
Here, I can be a princess.
Let us go.
To a kawaii-filled, frill and ribbon Wonderland.
Page 5
I've got to hurry. The tea party is going to start.
My closet where my favourites are all in a row.
I can't decide the one I like best
However, time spent wondering what to wear is a wonderful gift given only to women.
When I have decided what to wear, I iron my blouse
I don't hold back on the number of fills and ribbons I wear.
I apply girly pink to my cheeks and lips.
I'm ready. It's time to go out.
A Lolita clothed in the fashion she loves is invincible,
So I already can only think of enjoyable things, I won't think of anything but.
My spirit is lifted with each pannier I put on,
I feel so free that I could fly.
Today, the heroine is me.
Page 7
Now, the beginning of the tea party.
Macarons on cakes, doughnuts on cookies...
Many sweet, pastel-coloured jewels laid out on the table,
I feel like my idol, Marie Antoinete.
I eat as many as I like of my favourite sweets
And put on some sweet smelling tea.
When I have one bite of a sweet cake, suddenly a story blooms.
Shall we go? To the beginning of the story of a dream that lolitas speak of
Tell me more, as well, of your cute secrets.
What do you think? Did you enjoy Misako Aoki's interpretation of the Lolita world? Would you like to see more Lolita-influenced writing in general?
I hope to translate a few more passages in this book in the future in particular, the letter and history that I spoke of earlier.
Until next time...


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Arizona Baseball Notes - vs. California
May 1, 2003
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Notes From the Stanford Series: Arizona took two of three from the Cardinal to move one game out of the conference lead ... UA's series win was the first for the Wildcats over the Cardinal since 1993 and was Stanford's first Pac-10 series loss at home since 1999 ... Arizona batted .312 as a team to Stanford's .279 ... The Wildcats hit six doubles, three triples and five home runs in the series ... As a team, Arizona was 5 for 8 in stolen bases ... The pitching staff recorded a 5.88 ERA to SU's 7.33 ... Junior Brian Anderson led the way individually at the plate with a 7 for 14 weekend. The third-year starter hit two home runs, scored three times and tallied a team-high seven RBIs ... On the mound Richie Gardner won his team-high-tying seventh win of the season with 8 1/3 innings ... Freshman John Meloan picked up his second career save, Arizona's seventh of the season ... Stanford now leads the series 91-52 all-time ... Friday: Brian Anderson's solo home run in the top of the eighth snapped a 3-3 tie as Arizona went on to win the series opener 4-3 ... Starter Richie Gardner struck out seven over 8 1/3 innings for his team-high-tying seventh win of the season ... Freshman John Meloan worked the final two outs in the ninth for his second save ... The two Arizona pitchers combine to snap Carlos Quentin's 26-game hitting streak ... Moises Duran hit a two-run homer, his 10th of the season, in Arizona's 3-run fifth to tie the game ... Saturday: A four-run eighth cost Arizona its chance of a series sweep, as Stanford rallied late to take the win, 10-9 ... The Cardinal scored four runs off relievers Wes Zlotoff and Brian Pemble ... Duran's 11th home run of the year, a two-run shot in the eighth, helped Arizona to its ill-fated 9-6 lead ... Anderson finished the game 4 for 5 with five RBIs ... He hit an inside-the-park grand slam in the third inning ... The GS was the third of Anderson's career and the inside-the-park home run was the second of the season for the Wildcats ... Pemble was charged with the loss after giving up the go-ahead run in the eighth ... Starter Sean Rierson did not earn a decision after going seven innings on the mound ... Sunday: The Wildcats bounced back in the three-game finale to take the series ... Arizona scored two runs each in the sixth, seventh and eighth to win going away 11-6 ... Sophomore John Hardy tallied a season-high four hits, including his second home run of the season ... Freshmen Brad Boyer and Derek Decater went 3 for 5 and 3 for 4, respectively ... Decater finished the game with three RBIs and Boyer had a pair of steals and two runs scored ... The Arizona bullpen put aside its troubles to shut the Cardinal offense down to one run on four hits over the final 6 1/3 innings ... Kevin Guyette evened his record at 3-3 with 2 1/3 innings of work ... Sophomores Derek Rodriguez and Mark Worrell each tossed two scoreless innings for Arizona in the win.
Notes From the Sac State Game: Arizona closed out its non-conference schedule with a 21-13 thrashing of Sac State in a rematch of the April 14 Hornets' win ... Arizona tied a school record with seven home runs in the contest, including two each by Moises Duran and Derek Decater ... The win helped avenge Arizona's 12-11 loss to Sac State earlier this season ... Reliever Brian Pemble evened his record with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief ... Freshman Chris Frey made his first career start on the mound and struck out five with just one walk. He did not earn a decision ... The top four hitters in the batting order combined for 11 hits, including six home runs, 15 runs scored and 16 RBIs.
Back In the Polls: Arizona's series win at Sunken Diamond last weekend pushed the Wildcats back into the national polls. Collegiate Baseball has the Cats at No. 20 in this week's poll, three spots from their season-high of No. 17. Baseball America recognized Arizona's recent success with a No. 24 ranking in its weekly poll.
Open Up The Record Books: With 99 years of baseball in the history books, it hasn't been easy to match single game records set in Arizona's illustrious past. However, the 2003 team is doing just that. After last Monday's record-setting game against Sac State, this year's team has set or equaled a number of records:
2003 Single Game Mark School RecordAt Bats (9 inn. game) 61 - vs. BYU 2/1 61 - vs. New Mexico 5/7/65Hits 32 - vs. BYU 2/1 32 - vs. New Mexico 5/7/65Triples 5 - vs. Wagner 3/14 5 - Seven timesHome Runs 7 - vs. Sac State 4/28 7 - at Wash St. 4/8/01Fewest Left On Base 0 - vs. Sac State 4/28 1 - Three TimesHits (Player) 6 - Richard Mercado v. BYU 2/1 6 - Five TimesRuns (Player) 6 - Brad Boyer at Sac St. 4/28 6 - Cliff Myrick vs. Colo. 3/19/51Doubles (Player) 3 - Brad Boyer at Sac St. 4/28 3 - 24 Times
Most Grand: In addition to the numerous single game records this season, junior Moises Duran also etched his name in the record books for a career mark. The third-year starter hit his fourth career grand slam at Sac State on Monday to tie him with 1986 College World Series hero Dave Shermet for the most bases loaded home runs in school history. Duran hit two last season and has one at UC Irvine and Monday's blast this year. Duran's two slams this season ties him with himself and eight others for the second-most grand slams in a single season. Only former Wildcat Jason Thompson, who had three GS in 1993, has hit more in a single year in an Arizona uniform.
Snapping The Losing Streak: After the April 26 win at Stanford snapped UA's two-game losing streak, Arizona's season-high for consecutive losses remained at just that - two straight.
31 And Counting: With nine games remaining, the Wildcats have already equaled their win total of 31 from a year ago. In what took the 2002 team 55 games to accomplish, the 2003 Wildcats have won 31 games in just 47 games. Arizona's average margin of victory is 7.13 runs this season, almost two runs better from a season ago. The pitching staff has tossed five shutouts and the offense has posted double digit runs in 17 wins. Arizona hasn't won more than 33 games in season since the 1993 team went 35-26.
31 Wins 2003 vs. 2002 2003 2002# of Games 47 55Avg. .366 .328Runs 354 329Runs per game 11.4 10.6Margin of victory 7.1 runs 5.7 runsSB 102 48RBI 314 295ERA 3.20 4.08
Nine and Counting: In addition to matching the overall win total, Arizona has also already equaled the number of Pac-10 wins it had all of last season with three conference series still remaining in 2003. The Wildcats have won four of their first five Pac-10 series, blowing away the lone conference series win achieved all of last year. With nine conference games remaining on the schedule, Arizona is on pace to win the most games for any UA team since the Pac-10 South and North combined five years ago. The 1999 Arizona team won 13 Pac-10 games and made UA's last NCAA regional appearance.
No More Non-Conference: Arizona closed out its non-conference schedule last Monday at Sac State. The Wildcats finished their non-Pac-10 schedule with a 22-10 (.688) record. As a team, Arizona hit .348 in 32 games with 324 runs scored (10.1 runs per game), 289 RBIs, 93 stolen bases, 43 home runs, 83 doubles and 29 triples. Individually, sophomore Jeff Van Houten finished the non-conference slate with a .431 batting average and 47 RBIs, both team-highs. Junior Brian Anderson hit nine of his 13 home runs against non-conference opponents, while freshman Brad Boyer led all Arizona players with 45 runs scored and 16 stolen bases. The Arizona pitching staff tallied a 4.08 ERA away from the Pac-10 with an impressive 256 strikeouts against just 98 walks. Non-conference foes hit just .279 against UA pitchers. Juniors Richie Gardner and Sean Rierson combined to go a perfect 10-0 with a 3.23 ERA. The pair walked just 21 batters in 97 2/3 innings, while striking out 81.
Through Five Pac-10 Series: The Wildcats have won four of their first five Pac-10 series for the just the third time since Arizona joined the conference in 1978-79. The Wildcats also won at least four of their first five series in 1992 (4-1) and 1989 (4-1). Heading into play against Cal this weekend, Arizona will attempt to win five of its first six series in conference play for the second time in school history. Arizona's 1989 team won seven of its first eight series and eight of its 10 total season series in the defunct Pac-10 South. Since the Pac-10 South and North combine in 1999, Arizona has never won more than four series in a season.
Power Surge: Backed by a seven home run game against Sac State on Monday, Arizona has hit 12 home runs in its last four games. Juniors Moises Duran and Brian Anderson, who share the team-lead with 13 HRs this season, have supplied the majority of the fence crashing during this stretch with four and three home runs, respectively. Arizona currently leads the Pac-10 with 64 home runs this season.
Three Times The Fun: Arizona's 43 triples this season has tied the 2003 team with the 1986 College World Series champion Wildcat team for the most triples in Pac-10 single-season history. The 2003 Wildcats are averaging just under one triple per game this year. Although the 43 triples this season equals the Pac-10 record, the 2003 team has a ways to go before breaking the school record of 64 three-baggers set in the 1960 season.
National Leaders: Arizona continues to rank, both individually and as a team, among the top teams in the nation in a number of statistical categories. Heading into play this week, here's where UA and its players rank (Does not include Monday's game with Sac State):
Batting Average Scoring 1. Southern .360 1. Southern 10.511. Arizona .330 5. Arizona 9.2Batting Average RBIs Per Game1. Rickie Weeks, Southern .491 1. Billy Becher, NMSU 2.0932. Jeff Van Houten, Arizona .416 13. Jeff Van Houten, Arizona 1.31 19. Moises Duran, Arizona 1.28Triples Per Game1. Lee Curtis, College of Charleston 0.26t4. Brad Boyer, Arizona 0.18t4. Jeff Van Houten, Arizona 0.17t4. Brian Anderson, Arizona 0.1730 Pat Reilly, Arizona 0.12
Getting Offensive: The Arizona offense currently has a team .331 batting average, down one point from last week's .332 and four points lower than the previous season low of .335 (3/9) ... Arizona has hit two inside-the-park home runs this season (Jeff Van Houten vs. Wagner (3/14 and Brian Anderson's grand slam 4/26 at Stanford) ... After Arizona's seven home run-game at Sac State on Monday, the Wildcats have 64 home runs, four more than all of last season and the most since the 2000 team had 78... The Wildcats have also surpassed 2002's final numbers in runs (443-433), hits (577-555), doubles (107-89), triples (43-25) and RBIs (398-380) ... As a team, Arizona ranks either first or second in nearly every offensive category in the Pac-10 this season ... Heading into play this weekend, the Wildcats are slugging at a Pac-10-best .552 clip and have a .396 on-base percentage, second in the conference ... The Wildcats' 43 triples and 122 stolen bases not only lead the Pac-10, but double up on the nearest school in the rankings ... Heading into the weekend, sophomore Jeff Van Houten continues to lead Arizona in average (.411), slugging percentage (.744) and RBIs (59) ... Van Houten's slugging percentage is the second-best in the Pac-10 so far this season and his average is the third among all Pac players ... Junior Brian Anderson has hit career-highs in both home runs (13) and triples (8)... Freshman Brad Boyer has 64 runs scored, second in the Pac-10, and 20 stolen bases, best in the conference ... See pages 4-5 of the notes for the Pac-10 leaders and where Arizona ranks heading into this week.
On the Bump: Arizona's staff ERA sits at 4.57 heading into the weekend series with the Huskies, up from 4.31 after the Pac-10 series at Stanford, but fourth among the Pac-10 schools ... The Wildcat hurlers have recorded a better than 2-to-1 strike out to walk ratio this season (345 to 160) ... Opponents are batting 15 points lower against Arizona pitchers this season than last year ... Junior Richie Gardner ranks among the league leaders in the conference in ERA (3.59), strike outs (73) and innings pitched (82.2) ... Classmate Sean Rierson is tied with Gardner for second in the conference in wins (7) and also ranks among the top 10 in innings pitched (79.0) and strike outs (50) ... Arizona's much-maligned bullpen picked up a save and two of Arizona's three wins last weekend.
Up Coming: After a two-week, eight-game road trip, the Wildcats return home to face Cal for three conference games at Sancet Field ... The Golden Bears come to town with a 25-22 overall record after a 11-2 loss to UC Davis on Tuesday and an even 9-9 mark in the Pac-10 ... Cal returns 17 letterwinners, six starters and 10 pitchers from last season's 29-27 team ... 2002 Pac-10 All-Pac-10 player Conner Jackson returns to lead the Bear offense. The junior is batting a team-high .377 heading into play this week with six home runs and 30 RBIs ... Junior catcher Chris Grossman has a team-high seven home runs and 40 RBIs this year ... On the mound, Cal will start sophomores Jesse Ingram and Mike Padgett on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Sunday's starter is listed as TBA ... Ingram, Cal's closer for most of the season, will make his third start of the year on Friday. The right-hander is 2-1 with a 5.10 ERA ... Padgett will also make his third start of the year on Saturday. Another right-hander, Padgett is 5-2 on the season with a 2.06 ERA in 39 1/3 innings ... Head coach David Esquer is in his fourth season as the skipper of the Bears and has a career 113-102 record heading into the weekend.
Arizona Probable Pitching Rotation vs. CalFriday - Richie Gardner RHP (7-1, 3.59 ERA)Saturday - Sean Rierson (7-1, 4.78 ERA)Sunday - TBA
Arizona vs. Cal All-Time: In a series that dates back to 1951, Arizona owns an 82-58 advantage in 140 all-time meetings. The Wildcats are 74-57 against the Bears since joining the Pac-10 in the 1978-79 season ... Arizona won the last meeting, two-games-to-one, last season in Berkeley .
Van Hitting: Perhaps Jeff Van Houten should request a name change. From the first game played this season, the sophomore outfielder has done nothing but hit. In 46 games (he missed one game at UCLA with sore ribs) he is batting a team-high .411 while leading the team in RBIs (59). This season he has posted 18 multi-hit games and 16 multiple RBI games. His season-low for batting average came on March 8 at Texas when it 'dropped' to .373. He has collected at least one hit in 38 games this year, and when he has gone hitless he has still managed to put the ball in play. In his eight hitless games he has struck out just nine times, while recording three RBIs. No Arizona player in the last five seasons been hitting over .400 47 games into the season.
Ninth Inning Woes: The Wildcats have picked a particularly bad inning to be out-scored in this season. Arizona is out-scoring its opponents in the first eight innings by a combined 201 runs this year. The ninth inning however has proven to be a different matter. With big innings being the main culprit, the Wildcats are getting out-scored by over a 2-to-1 margin (42 to 18) in the final frame. The good news is that Arizona has won 11 of the 16 games that it has surrendered runs in the ninth, including an 11th-inning win over Washington State on April 18. The bad news is that the Wildcats have blown five ninth-inning leads that have eventually led to losses.
Anderson Adding Up: Junior Brian Anderson has bounced back nicely from a down year in 2002. The third-year starter has already surpassed his career home run total of nine in just this season alone with a team-high 13 and has also topped his single-season-bests in runs scored (47 in 2003, 40 in 2001) and RBIs (52 in 2003, 38 in 2001). His eight triples this season not only lead the team this year, but are also one more than his freshman and sophomore seasons combined.
Freshmen Phenoms: Offensively Arizona knew it was going to have to rely on its youth to produce this season, and so far it has. As a class, the seven freshmen that have played this season have 219 hits, 163 runs, 48 doubles, 14 triples, 15 home runs, 138 RBIs and 46 stolen bases. Brad Boyer is currently fourth on the team with a .374 average and leads all players with 20 stolen bases and 64 runs scored. Classmates Derek Decater and Nick Hundley are fifth and sixth in average (.344, .340) and Trevor Crowe is tied with Boyer for the team lead with 14 doubles each.
2003 Arizona Freshmen Numbers (Boyer, Brown, Crowe, Decater, Franklin, Frey, Hundley)Category Combined Total Percent of Team TotalAB 659 38%Runs 163 37%Hits 219 38% (The freshmen have class .332 BA)2B 48 45%3B 14 33%HR 15 23%RBIs 138 35%SB 46 38%
Freshman Record Book: As far as freshmen Wildcats are concerned, first-year starter Brad Boyer is posting numbers that rival some of the best in school history. Boyer already ranks among the Arizona freshmen leaders in a number of offensive categories:
Stat Freshman Record Boyer's Numbers/RankRuns Keoni DeRenne (1999) - 68 64/t2ndHits Keoni DeRenne (199) - 81 73/4thDoubles Damon Mashore (1989) - 15 14/t2nd Keoni DeRenne (1998)Triples Brad Boyer (2003) - 8 8/1stStolen Bases Damon Mashore (1989) - 22 20/2ndExtra Base Hits Shelley Duncan (1999) - 33 27/3rdTotal Bases Shelley Duncan (1999) - 135 118/4thBatting Average Dave Page (1981) - .374 .374/t1stOn-Base % Dave Page (1981) - .457 .436/4th
More Freshman Records: Boyer and classmate Trevor Crowe each need one more double to tie Damon Mashore and Keoni DeRenne's freshman record of 15 ... Boyer, Crowe, Derek Decater and Nick Hundley are all on pace to finish in the top 10 for freshmen in batting average ... Decater's current .625 slugging percentage is second for any Arizona freshman all-time.
Stealing Them Silly: Head coach Andy Lopez and his staff put an emphasis on improving Arizona's team speed. It appears they did just that. The Wildcats have already stolen 122 bases this season, 48 more than Arizona stole the entire season last year, and are just the 10th team in school history to swipe over 100. The Wildcats currently average nearly three steal a game. Arizona stole a season-high 11 bases in their 15-12 win over Portland on March 12. The school record for stolen bases in a season is 150 set by the 1985 team.
Team Stolen Bases (Last 10 Seasons) Top Arizona TeamsYear Stolen Bases Rk. Year SB2003 122 - Through 47 games. 1. 1985 1502002 74 2. 1986 1472001 52 3. 1980 1352000 67 4. 1956 1301999 62 5. 2003 1221998 69 6. 1957 1201997 112 7. 1960 1121996 78 1997 1121995 881994 47
Speed Kills: Along the same lines of improved team speed is the ability to take extra bases. Arizona has already surpassed 2002's totals in both doubles (107 this season, 89 in 2002) and triples (43 this season, 25 in 2002). Including Jeff Van Houten and Brian Anderson's inside-the park home runs, the Wildcats have 152 hits that have gone for extra bases and are not traditional over the fence homers (107 doubles, 43 triples, two inside-the-park home runs) which accounts for nearly 26-percent of all of Arizona's hits for the season. Toss in the 62 traditional home runs and 37-percent of UA's hits are for extra bases.
Double Digits: The Wildcats have found success this season when scoring double digit runs. Arizona is 16-3 (.842) when scoring 10 or more runs in a game this season.
T-Squared: Having gained his eligibility prior to the Texas road trip, junior Terrence Taylor has played in 22 games, including 17 starts. During that short span, the speedy JC transfer is batting .394 with 23 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples and 14 stolen bases.
Stringing Them Together: Junior Brian Anderson snapped former Wildcat Ernie Durazo's longest single-season hitting streak in school history on March 21 against USC. The third-year starter hit safely in the first 26 games he played this season to break Durazo's 2-year-old 2001 mark. His streak ended a day later with an 0 for 3 performance, but he then went on to hit safely in Arizona's next 13 games for at least one hit in 39 of the first 40 games he played this year.
Single-Season Hitting Streaks All-Time Hitting Streaks26 Brian Anderson (2003) 28 Jack Daugherty (1981-82)25 Ernie Durazo (2001) 28 Ernie Durazo (2000-01)23 Todd Trafton (1985) 26 Brian Anderson (2003)
Putting Up Zeros: The Wildcat pitching staff already has five shutouts to its credit in 29 games played this season. The 2003 tally has already surpassed the season totals for the past five years and is tied for the most for an Arizona staff since the 1997 club also shutout five opponents during the season. The school record for shutouts in a season is 14 by the 1974 team. In Arizona's shutout wins this season, the Wildcat pitching staff has limited their opponents to under four hits per game, including a pair of two-hitters, and a combined .121 batting average.
Tread Lightly: Arizona's battery of pitchers and catchers have made running on the Wildcats dangerous proposition for their opponents this year. Wildcat pitchers and catchers have caught 33 of 74 would-be base stealers this season for a 45-percent throw out rate. Arizona has also picked off five base runners.
Touchin' 'Em All In A Hurry: Sophomore Jeff Van Houten hit his fifth home run of the season against Wagner on March 14, but didn't have much of an opportunity to savor it. The outfielder became the first Arizona player in over 10 years to circle the bases on an inside-the-park home run. Van Houten smacked a ball down the right field line, circled the bases in a dead sprint and crossed home plate standing up for a home run. Jason Thompson was the last Arizona player to circle the bases with the ball still in play on Feb. 1, 1992 against New Mexico.
Touchin' 'Em All In Hurry II: Brian Anderson one-upped his outfield teammate Van Houten in Arizona's April 26 game at Stanford. The junior hit a line drive off the wall in left field with the bases loaded at Sunken Diamond for an inside-the-park grand slam, the only one of its kind in school history
What A Difference A Year Makes: Through 47 games this season, Arizona's offense continues to blow away the 2002 team's numbers by a considerable margin. At this point a year ago Arizona was batting .292 with 479 hits, 385 runs scored, 80 doubles, 21 triples, 50 home runs and 337 RBIs. This year the Wildcats are batting .331 with 577 hits, 443 runs scored, 107 doubles, 43 triples, 64 home runs and 398 RBIs. Individually, Arizona had five players batting .300 or better through the first 47 games last season, while the Wildcats have a player hitting better than .400 this season and nine at .300 or better.
2002 2003Average .292 .331Hits 479 577 *Runs 385 443 *Doubles 80 107 *Triples 21 43 *Home Runs 50 64 *RBIs 337 398 *Slugging Pct. .458 .552Players Batting .300+ 6 9Players Batting .400+ 0 1Stolen Bases 63 of 94 122 of 158 ** Denotes 2003 numbers have already surpassed Arizona's final 2002 marks
Sean Rierson - National, Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week: Junior Sean Rierson's complete game 2-hitter against UC Irvine on Feb. 15 earned the right-hander Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger National and Pac-10 Conference Pitcher of the Week honors. His national recognition was the seventh all-time at UA and the first for an Arizona pitcher since former Wildcat Ben Diggins was honored the week of Feb. 28, 2000. The conference honor was the 25th all-time for a Wildcat pitcher and the first in Rierson's career. Rierson became the first Arizona pitcher to toss a complete game 2-hitter in nearly 20 years. Former Major Leaguer Joe Magrane was the last Arizona pitcher to go the distance on the strength of a 2-hitter in a 10-1 win over UNLV on Feb. 4, 1984. Rierson's 2-hitter also had the added bonus of being a shutout which was last done by David Carley, James McDonald and Jeff Hird in a combined 1-0 shutout of Pepperdine on two hits on Feb. 6, 1986. Interestingly, the Wildcats got only one hit in that game, which was Todd Trafton's game-winning solo home run in the seventh inning.
Sean Rierson - Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week Part II: Rierson was named the conference pitcher of the week for the second time in 2003 after a dominating performance at Texas in which he limited the defending national champion Longhorns to just one run on seven hits in a complete game performance. He struck out nine and walked two in his fourth win of the year.
Jeff Van Houten - Pac-10 Player of the Week: Sophomore Jeff Van Houten was named the March 18 Pac-10 Player of the Week for his dominating performance at the plate against Portland and Wagner. The outfielder finished Arizona's 5-0 week 10 for 14 (.714) with three home runs (including two in one game and an inside-the-park HR), two triples, a double, seven runs scored, a 1.714 slugging percentage and a .700 on-base percentage. The player of the week honor is the first in his career and the 38th all-time at Arizona. Former Wildcat All-American Shelley Duncan was Arizona's last conference player of the week in 2001.
Richie Gardner - Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week: Junior Richie Gardner was named the March 25 Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week. The right-hander went 2-0 in a pair of starts against New Mexico and USC with 17 strike outs and a 1.80 ERA. The week improved Gardner to a team-best 6-0 for the season.
Jeff Van Houten - Pac-10 Player of the Week Part II: Arizona sophomore Jeff Van Houten was named the April 8 Pac-10 Player of the week. The honor was the second of the season for Van Houten and the fifth weekly award for an Arizona player/pitcher this season. Van Houten garnered his second recognition of the year for his 9 for 13-weekend against Miami (Ohio). The second-year starter batted .692 with two triples, his seventh home run of the season, five runs scored and a team-high eight RBIs. He posted a .714 on-base percentage and tallied a 1.231 slugging percentage in helping Arizona win its final non-conference series of the season. In Sunday's 9-4 win he finished 3 for 4 with a career-high-tying six RBIs and needed just a double to hit for the cycle. He was recognized by the Pac-10 previously this season for the week of March 10-17. The Player of the Week honor is 39th all-time for an Arizona player and the second in Van Houten's career. UA's five weekly award winners this season (three pitchers, two players) are the most for a Wildcat team since the 1992 club also had five members (four pitchers, one player) recognized. The 1991 Arizona team tallied a school record eight Player/Pitcher of the Week honorees.
Head Coach Andy Lopez: Andy Lopez, now in his second season at Arizona, has posted a career 749-458-6 (.620) record (Current). In his three previous coaching stops, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Pepperdine and Florida, he has averaged eight more wins in his second year than in the first. At Florida his second-year team won a school record 50 games, 18 more than the year before, and advanced to the College World Series.
Andy Lopez's First vs. Second SeasonsCal State Dominguez Hills Pepperdine Florida1983 15-27 (.357) 1989 41-19-1 (.680) 1995 32-24 (.571)1984 25-35-1 (.418) 1990 37-23 (.617) 1996 50-18 (.735)
100 Years Of Arizona Baseball: This year will mark the 100th year of Arizona baseball. Since beginning with a 6-1 record in 1904 under head coach B.L. Cosgrove, the Wildcat program has found enormous success in its first 99 seasons. Arizona has recorded 2,248 victories (seventh all-time among Division I teams), won three national championships, finished second three other times, appeared in 14 College World Series, made 29 NCAA regional appearances, had 128 players get drafted and sign professional contracts (of which 52 reached the Major Leagues) and placed 73 players on 54 different All-America teams.
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Don't blame Melbourne Coach Tom McIntyre if he has been a little edgy this week. Melbourne's playoff plans have been on-again and off-again almost as often as George Steinbrenner's and Billy Martin's awkward romance.
Melbourne already had penciled in Stuart Martin County for the Class AAAA, Region 6 dance when Palm Bay tried to cut in. The two stepped outside, Melbourne bloodied the Pirates' lips a little, 21-0, in a playoff Tuesday and sent them home, sabers dragging.


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Today's motivation post is going to be a little bit different from usual. I really want to talk about having a good support system. I've always been active and fit from being active in cheerleading, dance and gymnastics my whole life. I like to believe that I began my true fitness journey when I began taking group exercise classes at the A&M Rec Center the very beginning of my junior year of college. I instantly fell in love with group exercise. I think it was a combination of the positive atmosphere, challenging workouts and connections with the instructor that really caught my attention. I always left class with a sense of accomplishment and on an endorphin high. After a few months, I decided to sign up for fitness instructor training and it truly changed my life.
Becoming an instructor was an eye opening experience for me. It made me want to change my eating and exercising behaviors. The more I learned, the more my interest was piqued and the more passionate I became. During training, I was able to become friends with other incoming fitness instructors which helped each of us grow. After I "graduated" from training, I was assigned "mentors" so to speak to help further my training in different class formats. For step, I was lucky enough to have DeAun, the head of the A&M fitness program, as my mentor. She seriously taught me everything I know about step and I like to think I'm pretty darn good at teaching it!
As I mentioned before, the became friends with the girls that I was training with and once we were official members of the A&M Group RecXercise team we bonded with the other wonderful women that had been teaching for a few years! I believe our bond is so strong because of the passions that we share. No matter how much time passes, once we're together again, it's as though time had simply stopped. Now let's just to this weekend. My girls weekend was spent with my wonderful Group RecXercise loves! It had been wayyy too long since we had all been together, so a reunion weekend was a MUST. It began Friday night with a delicious dinner made by our host Sara followed by a
|All the girls who went out Friday night!
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|Exhausted after about 5 hours in the sun, snuggling Sara's sweet puppy Rezi! I'm in love with her and want her to be Maggie's friend!
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Sunday morning we went to breakfast at Mosquito and then everyone started to trickle away since so many girls had quite a distance to travel. We came from all over the state - Dallas/Fort Worth, San Marcos, College Station and Houston!
It was an amazing weekend with wonderful friends. Now y'all are all probably wondering what this has to do with having a support system? These are the girls that encouraged me to become an instructor. They are the ones that helped me when I was struggling, taught me when I needed to learn, and boosted me when my spirits were down. When you have people supporting your fitness journey, whatever it may be, it helps you to achieve your goals. The more support you have, the more encouragement you have. The more encouragement you have, the more inclined you are to succeed. The more success, the more you mature and grow it your fitness journey. So find your support system! It can be family - mom and dad/husband/siblings/whoever! It can be friends - find a way to work out together. Hold each other accountable. Take group classes and make friends at the gym! Everyone deserves a support system because everyone deserves encouragement and achievement throughout their entire fitness journey which is life!
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Break ins at business premises in Bundoran and Pettigo
Gardaí are investigating two break-ins overnight at business premises in Bundoran and Pettigo.
The Bundoran incident at BMG, occurred circa 4.15am, when thieves tried to gain access to the premises. It's understood a vehicle was taken from the premises.
Gardaí are also investigating a break-in at Leonard's filling station in Pettigo, the incident occurred before 6am with forced entry used to gain access to the building.
It's understood a quantity of cigarettes were stolen.
A Garda forensic unit is in Leonard's this morning to carry out a technical examination at the premises.
An appeal for information has been made by the gardaí. Information should be offered by calling 07198-51102.


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Dora Margaret (née Corfe), Lady Kroyer-Kielberg
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Art and scienceThe First Morris Minor car designed by Alec Issigonis and his team (also responsible for the Mini) takes to the road, becoming a popular and classic English design.
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InternationalThe policy of Apartheid is adopted in South Africa. Apartheid was a set of laws allowing racial segregation and discrimination against the black majority by the white ruling class.
As part of the dispute between Western and Soviet controlled Berlin, the Soviet Union blockades West Berlin, cutting off supplies. Anxious to avoid a conflict, America, Britain and France responded by flying in food and other provisions.
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The Development of Professional Leadership in the Jewish Community
Publication Date: January 2004
Publisher(s): Institute for Jewish and Community Research
Author(s): Stephen Mark Dobbs; Gary A. Tobin; Zev Hymnowitz
Funder(s): Jewish Life Network; Charles E. and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation; Davidson, William M.
Funder(s): Jewish Life Network; Charles E. and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation; Davidson, William M.
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Business (Entrepreneurs, executives, and business personnel and occupations)
Labor (Workplaces)
Social conditions (Associations and meetings)
Keywords: Jewish Organizations; Professionalism; Employment
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
This study presents findings and recommendations on the development of professional leadership in the Jewish community. The authors state that the issue of professional development has not received as much research attention as one might expect, even though it has clear consequences for the well-being of the Jewish community. The genesis of this study is based in part on the desire to secure a current snapshot of professional development in the Jewish community.
The report is organized around sixteen related topics or rubrics: professional development, motivation, recruitment, marketing, preservice, retention, lay leadership, supervision, continuing education, accountability, community investment, programs, informal education, balance, gender, and leadership.
The authors offer recommendations on how to make professional development a top Jewish community priority


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Check on registered particulars: "in business" test
Business tests are applicable to all registrations. A person cannot be registered unless engaged in a business activity. You should examine critically the nature and appearance of the alleged trading activity and be satisfied that it is in fact being carried on in the course of furtherance of a business.
Activities which are of a purely private or personal nature, or are in the capacity of the supplies company directors make to their company, are non business. In this connection any hobby or recreational activity is to be looked on with particular interest. Guidance on the meaning of "Business" may be found in VAT Business/Non Business.


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The short answer to the question posed in the title of this post is "yes."
The question was asked to me during a presentation I was giving to a group of entrepreneurs. I was talking about how sole proprietors pay self-employment tax and how it's a similar concept to FICA taxes.
One of the audience members asked if she had to pay that tax if she thought Social Security would be bankrupt by the time she retires.
The answer is yes, you have to pay self-employment or FICA taxes.
There is one exception, where a person can opt out of paying these taxes (but this means not receiving benefits later on). This exception only applies to members of the clergy and members of certain religious sects.
For more information about this, consult IRS Publication 517 (Social Security and Other Information for Members of the Clergy and Religious Workers), Form 4029 (Application for Exemption From Social Security and Medicare Taxes and Waiver of Benefits) and Form 4361 (Application for Exemption From Self-Employment Tax for Use by Ministers, Members of Religious Orders and Christian Science Practitioners).
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Monday, April 16, 2012
TUESDAY TIPS AND TIDBITS – Tell me something I don't already know
3 comments:
- Charles O'Keefe said...
Thanks Pat :) As usual a helpful and informative post. Where do you get all the great pictures for your posts? :) I agree guest blogging and having guest bloggers is important, inspiration can be hard to find sometimes.
- April 17, 2012 at 9:42 AM
- Penumbra Publishing said...
Google images are a great start. We don't profit from the images or try to pass them off as our own so unless they have obscuring watermarks, we use them to enhance what we say and call it fair use - until SOPA and POOPA and all the other internet-stifling acronyms take hold.
A blog dream team helps take up the slack when the primary blogger needs to take a break. Always good to have backup!
- April 17, 2012 at 10:29 AM
- Natasha Larry said...
Great blog post. I personally think all indie authors should blog on a regular basis. Not only that, after their blog is up and running, authors should learn how to write compelling blog posts.
And yes, its always great to have a back-up. Blogging alone can turn into a very tedious chore.
- April 17, 2012 at 2:04 PM


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The countdown to Rio 2016 may be well and truly on but it's not just Team GB athletes who are can enjoy their moment in the spotlight this summer, with the School Champion Award set to unearth stars a little closer to home.
Run in association with The Telegraph and Aldi, the School Champion Award aims to recognise the significant impact staff, pupils and parents alike can make to encourage the country's little champions, whether it's achieving academically, pursuing music, dance or arts, or building the skills and determination to succeed at a sport, activity or interest.
The competition was launched on March 18 with nominations open until May 15 before the winners are announced at a special ceremony hosted by Olympic champion Sally Gunnell at The Telegraph offices on Friday June 10.
Whether it's a star pupil, encouraging teacher, helpful lunch staff or supportive parent, now is the time to get in contact with why your nominee is a champion!
Champions will be decided in five categories – male student, female student, teacher, parent and lunch staff – with each winner receiving £500, an award trophy and will also be featured in The Telegraph.
Double Olympic medallist Gunnell will form part of the judging panel who will make their decisions on May 26 alongside a nutritionist, Aldi representative and a journalist from The Telegraph.
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Aiki, the first of the studio sprites to make itself known; is a DoubtEater, whose unconditional loving gaze embodies the joyful Creative Spirit, and dispels all doubt in the face of the Void of the blank canvas.
It's said that you can whisper into its ears an offering of your deepest held creative fears, doubts, self-criticisms, etc... and that you'll always be met with a wonderous, unwavering and loving gaze radiating compassion for your fears, and sparkling with a glimmer that flows from the Creative Spirit. With the gentle giggling-like sounds of the rustling and fluttering of its shimmering irridescent plumes, Aiki takes the sounds of your doubts in one ear and joyfully shakes them out the other, as if nothing, no more weighty than the last few drops of a warm summer rain. Aiki playfully flits, nudges, and nestles the spaces around your head, heart and hands, reassuring you with an offering of the gift of an ever new moment within which you too can embody the Creative Spirit.....
Aiki spirit: unconditional unlimited, copyright free!
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MANILA-- The Department of National Defense (DND) is always open to goodwill visits by foreign navies.
This was stated by DND public affairs office chief Arsenio Andolong Friday when sought for a comment on the three-day goodwill visit of three ships from China People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy Task Group 150 in Sasa Wharf, Davao City on April 30 to May 2.
"The DND is always open to goodwill visits to our country by foreign navies. Just like the US, Vietnam, Russia, and New Zealand, we welcome China's initiative to visit our country. Aside from it being a confidence building activity, we'd like to assume that it is a gesture on their part to underscore the warming relations between our countries," he said.
When asked to comment on the fact the visit will happen on President Rodrigo Duterte's home town, Andolong stressed that it is always the option of the visiting naval force to visit any port they choose.
"They have the option to visit any port which is convenient for them. I don't want to assume anything beyond that. Perhaps the crew wants to see what Davao is like," he added.
The three visiting Chinese ships are the Chang Chun (DDG-150), a guided missile destroyer; Jin Zhou (FF-G532), a guided missile frigate; and, Chao Hu (890), a replenishment ship.
The customary welcome ceremony and port briefing will be conducted upon arrival of the Chinese ships at Sasa Wharf.
The meeting point procedure will be held at a vicinity north of Davao Gulf.
The flotilla is headed by Rear Admiral ShenHao, the Deputy Commander of the East Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy and concurrent Commander in Chief of the PLA Navy Task Group 150.
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On Boxing Day morning I made a lovely turkey soup, something which I learned from my mum. Then late Boxing Day afternoon I became ill with a sickness bug. Lucky for John, he lived on this for a day or two, as I couldn't stomach any or had the strength to cook, some soup got thrown away, I was so disappointed. Oh well, there is always next year's turkey! Yours looks great too. xReplyDelete
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:: weeping:: and stuck in a snowbank in frozen Canada.
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Julia - Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by again! We've just got fog, frost, rain here at the moment, so my herbs are just about growing in the sheltered patch I've given them. My niece and nephew were most disappointed not to have a White Christmas - perhaps you can send some of your stash of the white stuff over here? ;-)


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Hello cherub, I am Megan Bayliss of The Junk Wave. Although a Social Work Child Therapist by profession I am also a mad keen environmentalist – an eco-social worker who believes we need to look after our ocean environments or we don't have quality of life.
I love to talk garbage (even though this is a pun, seriously, doing away with single use plastic is one of the things I professionally speak on) and help everyday people manage their own kitchen plastic waste to keep it out of landfill and ocean. Although I am super proud that I can volunteer with families living on Baruni Dump in PNG, one of my proudest moments was when I was awarded the Queen of Green title from the Cairns Festival 2011. That's me pictured, above right, in my totally recycled Queen garb. I always told my family I was SURE I has royal blood in my veins 🙂 They told me I talked garbaged. We were both right 🙂
On a personal note, before I get to the serious garbage: I am a mother of four of my own, two long term foster children and one sponsor child (from PNG – that's Helen pictured with me, right). I have five grandchildren. I am published across a few genres. I eat Paleo because I carry high inflamation in my body (no wheat, sugar, dairy). I LOVE animals, HATE housework, live in beautiful Cairns, Australia, and travel to Port Moresby, PNG, four times a year. I am born and bred in PNG so it's no big deal for me. Helping those with nothing and particularly those living on Baruni Dump is a big deal. I go to help them start a business from nothing (waste plastics), I buy the woven product back from them, sell it in Australia and the money returns to PNG to sustain micro business for women with nothing.
The Junk Wave is my training, speaking and consultancy business. If you want an entertaining yet serious speaker to reach people not yet converted to eradicating single use plastics from our lives, then I would love to talk garbage with you. I can either key note speak or run educational workshops to show your people how to make purses from single use plastic. Similarly, many people want me to talk on micro business development with the women in PNG. I work across a number of poor villages/settlements, with women in Bomana prison and with girls and young women in a safe-sleep sanctuary. Their stories are both empowering and heart wrenching. In a nutshell, through The Junk Wave, all around Australia and Papua New Guinea, I teach and talk on sustainability (recycling), business (social enterprise and triple bottom lines) community hygiene (clean communities includes keeping waste out of landfill and water ways) and recycled craft (particularly weaving single-use plastic food packaging into saleable product).
The Junk Weavers Inc is the social enterprise arm that we (a group of dedicated women) Incorporated as a not-for-profit in January 2016. You can join for an annual fee and you then get to attend any of our weaving workshops around the country for free. We sell woven purses and bags and support Australian women to start their own cottage industry in weaving single-use kitchen plastic.
How did The Junk Wave begin?
A small cackle of women initially started The Junk Wave:
- Char Paul: a psychologist and online tutor when not facilitating her own not for profit, Reuse and Recycle Cairns
- Megan Bayliss: a Social Worker, children's author and trainer
The beautiful Shimmering Red Runner, by David Edgar, was used (with permission).
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Ludacris is hosting the Billboard Music Awards tonight in Las Vegas, and though he'll spend the majority of the evening introducing the biggest artists and best songs of the year, he's got news of his own to share.
Before getting ready for the big show, Luda dished backstage at the BBMAs to Billboard that Ludaversal, the long-awaited follow-up to 2010's Battle of the Sexes, is going to (finally!) see its release this fall.
"It is almost done, we're about 90% done," Luda told Billboard at the BBMAs. He also mentioned that we'll hear the first single(s) in June or July, which means that "Party Girls" wasn't the first track to be dropped from the new album, apparently. There are "a lot of other things in the works" for the future as well--including the seventh Fast and the Furious movie, which comes out in April 2015--so maybe a few more star-crossed collaborations will spring up with Luda at the helm int he months ahead.


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Green Gram/ Mung Bean/ Moong Daal
Green gram which is also known as the mung bean is a part of the pulse family of crops. They are characterized as a small round bean which is typically dark green in color and similar in shape as that of the field pea. The green gram, like all other pulses is a great source of protein. Also, due to the high fiber content and nutritional value, they health benefits of green grams are numerous.
Often the green gram is consumed in the form of sprouts, however, in a lot of eastern countries, the green gram is used in curry based dishes as well.
One of the most significant health benefits of green grams is its ability to help in losing weight as well as controlling blood pressure. There are many more health benefits of green grams, read the health benefits tab below to know more.
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The green gram is a small, round dark olive green bean. They have a very peculiar and sweet flavor and unlike any other beans have a soft texture. mung beans or green gram is commonly used in various cuisines across South East Asia. They are generally eaten either whole (with or without skins) or as bean sprouts, either in raw, soaked or boiled form. mung beans can be used to make salads, soups, and various other delicious dishes.
The most distinctive aspect of the green gram is the protein content in them, which is significantly higher (almost 3 times) that of any other cereal. The green gram is almost 25% proteins by weight. Further, even after being so high in protein content, the fiber in the green gram makes it very easily digestible. As a result of these properties, the green gram is an ideal food for elderly people who need the protein but are not able to digest heavy or non-vegeterian food.
Among other great health benefits of green gram, there is one that is completely unexpected; they are great for your skin!
Mung bean dry grinded powder serves as an effective facial scrub or face mask. It makes skin smooth and youthful while minimising skin problems like acne, spots, tan or wrinkles. It is mild enough to be used as a daily face cleansing agent. For dry skin add milk or cream or honey to it. For oily skin add rose water or tap water to make a paste. Apply a thin layer and wash off when it dries. You can add a pinch of turmeric powder for a natural glow. Original Source: TheVibrantWriter.Com
As a result of this health benefit of green gram, you can find such products all across the globe. Some of them are listed at Amazon as well (click here).
Apart from the above mentioned health benefits of green gram, there are many more about which you can read in detail in the Health Benefits Tab.
Green grams or mung beans, although have an origin in South Asian countries, particularly India; they are not available and used across the globe. One of the most important ways in which it is consumed in the developed countries is in the form of sprouts.
On sprouting, there is a tremendous increase in nutrients as compared to the dried embryo. The vitamins, minerals and protein content substantially increase with a simultaneous decrease in caloric and carbohydrate content. Pulses and seeds show a very low water content. This, however, tends to increase tenfold when converted into sprouts. Sprouted green gram (mung beans) have an 8.3 percent increase of water content over dried beans. Hence the nutritional value of sprouted and dried mung beans can be compared by multiplying the analyzed nutrients of sprouted mung beans by the factor of 8.3.
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1) Green Gram or mung Beans – The superfood for weight loss
2) Nutrition and Health Benefits of Green Gram or mung Beans
3) NutritionData – Green Grams
It is mostly consumed as a main dish sometimes but it is also used to make sweet dishes. It is either cooked like a dish by boiling and adding spices to it, or can be used as a sprouts. Green gram sprouts are consumed directly with lemon and salt as a healthy snack or added to salad.
Storage: Store moong beans in an airtight container away from moisture and direct sunlight.
Cleaning & Cutting: Before washing Green Gram first spread them out on a light colored plate or cooking surface to check for, and remove, small stones or debris. After this place the Grams in a strainer, and rinse them thoroughly under cool running water.
How to Buy: Before buying pre-packaged, check the seal of the package, and the date of expiry if mentioned. Inspect the beans as well as possible to ensure they are dust-free and without stones, debris and insects.
Special Steps: Green Gram sprouts are germinated by leaving them in water for four hours of daytime light and spending the rest of the day in the dark.
TIP: Clean and wash the moong beans and soak overnight or for 7-8 hours for sprouts. The day after, rinse the beans well and drain the water.
This food is low in Saturated Fat and Sodium, and very low in Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Protein, Thiamin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Pantothenic Acid, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Potassium, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Riboflavin, Folate, Copper and Manganese.
Mineral Content: It contains essential mineral like Iron, Magnesium, folic acid, Phosphorus, Protein, Calcium and Potassium.
Vitamin & Compounds: It is rich in Vitamin A, B, C, E, K and B complex vitamins.
Water Content: Green Gram is 94 percent water by weight.
Carbohydrate Content: Green Gram provide 105 calories per 100 g if boiled whereas sprouts have 30 calories per 100 g.
Its water soluble fiber helps lower LDL cholesterol and protects from cardiovascular diseases. It digests slowly and gradually releasing sugar into the blood and helps maintain the blood sugar level.
Help in Weight Loss: It is considered a healthy weight loss food as it is a low fat food rich in proteins and fibre. It curbs cravings and keep us full for a long time. It detoxifies the body and benefits the metabolism as well as immune system.
Reduces the cholesterol level: It helps to lower the high cholesterol level in the blood system. Regular intake of Green Moong reduces bad cholesterol and improves the flexibility of arteries and veins. It also regulates the blood pressure.
Keeps a check on the Blood Sugar Level: Green Moong is full of complex carbohydrates in form of high fibre, which aids digestion. Complex carbs also stabilizes blood sugar and controls its sudden rise after meal, while keeping body's energy at a balanced level. Green Moong can be highly beneficial for people having a high blood sugar level.
It's Anti-fungal, Anti-bacterial and Anti-Cancer: Green Moong contains Vitamin B-1, Vitamin C and Vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine). Regular consumption of diets rich in Vitamin-B6 help you develop resistance against contagious agents that cause diseases. As per Ancient Chinese medicine it also contains anti-cancer properties.
It's Amazing for Skin: Moong bean dry grinded powder serves as an effective facial scrub or face mask. It makes skin smooth and youthful while minimising skin problems like acne, spots, tan or wrinkles. It is mild enough to be used as a daily face cleansing agent.
Clears toxins from body: Mung beans when cooked and consumed in the right way provides the path for clearing toxins and unwanted chemicals from the body and modern sciences has vindicated this statement.
Prevent breast cancer: Mung beans are rich in protien inhibitors which was helpful in reducing the manipulation of tumour cells including those of breast cancer . So it is highly recommended for women to consume mung beans on a daily basis.
Reduces heart problems: Mung beans are a member of a legume family of plants. The consumption of 5 or more servings of beans week decreases the heart disease y 22% according to a study reported by US.
Maintain healthy vision: A cup of mung bean sprouts provides 14mg Vitamin c which acts as an anti oxidant activity and they supports healthy vision.
Carbohydrates and Protiens: Each serving of mung bean contains 60g of carbohydrates which is 20% of the daily recommended value and they are rich in soluble fibre which improves digestion and prevents digestion and stroke.There are 30 g of protiens in each serving of mung beans which is 60% of the daily recommended value and they are used to replace damaged body parts.
Constipation: Due to their high content in fibre,mung bean sprouts can help improve intestinal motility and relieve the signs of motility.
Hair and nail fragility. Due to the lack of vitamins like protien and zinc the strength of nails and hairs gets fragile and for those people who are suffering from these deficiencies mung beans comes as a rescue as it contains a lot of these minerals which helps in preventing the loss of nails and hair.
Improves liver health: Mung beans are rich in lecithin which reduces the liver fat which in turn reduces liver fat and regulates the normal functioning of the liver.
Good source of iron: If you suffer from iron deficiency, try and add green gram to your meals. Usually vegetarians are the first ones who lack iron in their diet. By making this simple change, they will be able to reduce the risk of anemia.
Spleen-Yang deficiency people should avoid: Mung bean should be avoided by anyone with spleen-yang deficiency or by those who suffer from lingering diarrhea due to asthenia (lack or loss of strength and energy, weakness) of the large intestine.
Here are some delicious recipes involving the green gram or mung beans, which you can try.
1) Green Gram Pancake – Read the complete recipe>>>
2) Sprouted Moong (Green Gram) Falafels – Read the complete recipe>>>
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COCOA: Detective Snowy, Detective Snowy, where are you? (sniff, sniff) I smell trouble. (sniff, sniff) Something is wrong.
(HAPPY and FABLE enter)
COCOA: Has anyone seen Detective Snowy? We need to make tracks and find the last clue. I can't find my detective.
HAPPY: No, Cocoa. I haven't seen her anywhere. It's not like Snowball to be late for VBS. Something must have happened.
FABLE: She was going to the mouse alley earlier this morning to visit her friends. But she should be back by now.
COCOA: Detective Snowy is not here. I've sniffed everywhere. I've got to get busy and find her.
HAPPY: I'll help you find Snowball. She might need some help.
FABLE: Yes. Let's go to the mouse alley and find her.
(SNOWBALL enters "mewing", without her spy glass and hat.)
COCOA: Detective Snowy. There you are! But, what happened to you? You look like you've been in a cat fight!
SNOWBALL: Cocoa, don't call me Detective Snowy. I'm just plain old Snowball.
COCOA: Snowball, what happened?
SNOWBALL: I went to the mouse alley this morning. I was with my friends Stuart and Fival, telling them about VBS, when the mean cats showed up. The cats started chasing all the mice in the alley.
FABLE: It's not nice to bother the little guys.
SNOWBALL: Those mean cats hurt Stuart and Fival. I got really mad. I tried to hold on to my temper like Jesus would, but I got so mad. I started yelling at those other cats. They had no reason to be mean to my friends. And I got madder because they wouldn't stop it when I told them to. They started calling me names and THAT did it! I started throwing things around. I scared all the ugly old cats away, and I don't think they'll be coming back; but I broke my spyglass and lost my cap.
COCOA: Wow, you've had a rough time!
HAPPY: We should have been there to help you defend the mice.
FABLE: Are you okay, Snowball?
SNOWBALL: I'm okay, Fable. You all are such great friends. You are loving and caring, and so faithful. You've got the characterprints of Jesus. I wish I had found the last characterprint before I got so angry. I don't feel like I'm very much like Jesus. I didn't find anybody who was brave and courageous.
COCOA: Snowball, Jesus did act like that in the temple. You missed our Bible story today. The Bible says that Jesus got angry with the ones who were being mean to others. God doesn't like it when someone hurts others. Jesus showed us how mad God gets. He threw the table down and ran the mean people out of the temple.
HAPPY: That's right. God gets very angry at evil.
SNOWBALL: Yeah. But I still didn't find the last character print. I'm not good enough to be a detective. I needed to find someone who is brave and courageous.
FABLE: Snowball, I think we know who is brave and courageous.
SNOWBALL: Really? Who? Please tell me. Who is it?
HAPPY: It's you, Snowball. You defended those poor little mice from the mean old cats, even when they insulted you.
FABLE: Jesus did the same thing.
COCOA: You are very brave, Snowball. Just like Jesus.
SNOWBALL: You guys can't be serious! I can't believe this. I have a characterprint like Jesus? Are you guys playing a joke on me?
HAPPY: No, Snowball. We really mean it.
SNOWBALL: Wow! I never thought I'd find any characterprints in me. I was surprised to find Cocoa was humble and loving, but me!? This is more than I ever expected! Are you guys positive I'm like Jesus?
FABLE: Yes, Snowball. We're positive.
COCOA: So, Snowball. How do you feel now that you've found all the characterprints of Jesus? Are you proud of yourself?
SNOWBALL: Well, yeah. But not as much as I thought I would be. You all get the credit, too. A little. I did do most of it myself.
COCOA: What!?
SNOWBALL: Let's review the character prints we found. Cocoa, you were humble when you took a flea bath, and you were loving when you let me change your name. Okay, it was ridiculous to change our names.
FABLE: Happy was faithful. He didn't stop liking you when you changed your names. He didn't make fun of you either.
HAPPY: Fable was forgiving. He forgave Cocoa for what Cocoa said to him.
COCOA: You don't have to bring that up, do you?
FABLE: Don't worry, Cocoa. I forgive you.
SNOWBALL: And I was brave and courageous. I saved the poor little mice from the mean cats.
COCOA: Yeah! You're not Detective Snowy – you're Catgirl, champion of mice!
SNOWBALL: Catgirl?
COCOA: Yes, you can be a super hero….and….I'll be your dog!
SNOWBALL: No, Cocoa. Let's just be friends. Let's help each other be like Jesus. He's the real super hero. Jesus Christ is the champion of the whole world.
COCOA: That's right! Jesus loves everyone!
FABLE: And Jesus is forgiving.
HAPPY: Jesus is faithful.
SNOWBALL: Jesus is brave and courageous! He helps everyone who needs his help. He saves us all!
HAPPY: I hope everyone enjoyed VBS.
FABLE: I sure did.
SNOWBALL: So did I. I learned a lot and I hope I can come back next summer!
HAPPY: Well, bye everyone!
SNOWBALL: Yeah, bye everyone!
FABLE: I hope you continue to have the character prints of Jesus all your life.
SNOWBALL: Cocoa, why aren't you saying goodbye to everyone?
COCOA: I'm thinking about changing my name to Champion.
SNOWBALL: Cocoa, say good-bye to the audience.
COCOA: Good-bye to the audience. Oh! Bye everyone. I hope you will go into all the world and make tracks for Jesus!
SNOWBALL: Hey, Cocoa, Fable, Happy, let's go eat! I'm starving!
COCOA: Yeah! Let's make tracks to my house! I've got some mice in the freezer!
SNOWBALL: Cocoa! Don't make me mad!
COCOA: I'm just kidding, Snowball.
(All puppets leave stage.)
(Behind curtain) COCOA: Ow! I'm just kidding Snowball.


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BBC Review
The thinking man's Norman Cook embarks on a trip through Sub Rosa's archives and...
Colin Buttimer 2002
Do you fancy listening to e.e. cummings declaim against a backdrop of beats mixed down alongside Gertrude Stein set to DJ Wally? Are you waiting to hear Gilles Deleuze ruminating over Brion Gysin's violin laid over Nicholas James Bullen's doomy bass-scapes or Kurt Schwitters mingled with Bill Laswell and Scanner? Then grab your hat and wait no longer because DJ Spooky's been given the keys to the Sub Rosa vaults and here he is with Rhythm Science, Excerpts and Allegories From The Sub Rosa Audio Archive.
Do you experience a shiver of pleasure at the prospect of negotiating such peaks and troughs of high and low culture? Are you recoiling in horror at the sacrilege of such a conceit? Is the result respectful or insulting, ridiculous or sublime? Well, maybe it's a mix of all those, and a manifesto worth assimilating. This musical and sonic mix raises a lot of questions, and for once that's no oxymoron.
Rhythm Science weaves cultural and temporal streams together to create a vivid, shifting tapestry of flow. In so doing he stakes a powerful claim to the democratising powers of the mix. For Spooky the mix form is "...a temporary autonomous zone where any sound can be you. The mix is all encompassing..."
Over the course of thirty three tracks and seventy eight minutes he undertakes an exposition of ebb and flow that surrounds the listener with an ever-circling, ever-mutating procession of character, shapes and rhythms. The range of voices alone make for fascinating listening: Gertrude Stein's "If I Told Him, A Completed Portrait Of Picasso" is a live looping, self-sampling wonder, Apollinaire is almost lost in static and William Burroughs is his irrascible, sage, ever-recognisable self. Some of the cultivated accents heard through the crackle of time convey notes of pathos, others weariness, vitality and so on. Such wonderful voices speak through the medium (sic) of electricity and the DJ.
An oft-levelled criticism aimed at Spooky's output is that his rhetoric has too often outweighed the substance of his musical output.It's an argument that is disappointingly difficult to refute. However with Optometry and now Rhythm Science his work has grown to become challenging and engaging. Coincidence or not, the copious liner notes on this release are remarkably readable, witness: "Stories have always fascinated us, and I guess that's why we use music to communicate so many of the things that we can't seem to get out in other ways..."
Rhythm Science begins and ends with Sussan Deyhim, underlining the circularity of the project. Consider placing this mix alongside Coldcut's seminal Journeys By DJ on your shelf.


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Fiscal Year 2018 Community Service Grant Process
(July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018)
This year, through the Community Service Grants (CSG), Mecklenburg County will fund nonprofit services that contribute to certain target areas. Details about eligibility and the target areas will be shared at a Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) CSG information session.
Mecklenburg County will hold an information session for nonprofits to learn how the County's "Request for Proposal" (RFP) process works and how they can apply for Community Service Grants for FY18. The meeting will convene on Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 at 2 p.m. in Room 267 of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center, 600 East Fourth Street, Charlotte.
All applicants must have current 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, submit audited financial statements, and serve the residents of Mecklenburg County. The grant award funding period is for FY18 (July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018). The CSG application will be available after the orientation.
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This is my favorite book in these days.
Main dish, Rice, Soup and a few side dishes with a lots of veggy.
It's Japanese style!
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yeah, I will share the photos,of course!
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Morning report is a daily conference for medical residents. It is done differently at different institutions, but normally a case is presented, often by the post-call team, and discussed by the senior residents and an attending physician. Today's case will be the first in an occasional series. --PalMD
Mrs. M is an 89 year old woman who resides in a nursing home who was admitted with confusion and lethargy. She has a past medical history significant for stroke, coronary artery disease, depression in the distant past, and no history of dementia. She has lost significant weight over the last 12 months. She participates in social activities with her fellow nursing home residents, but prefers to spend time alone. She is a retired registered nurse and a widow.
On the day of admission, her nurse found her to be much sleepier than usual, and when she spoke, she wasn't making a great deal of sense. An ambulance was called and she was brought to the emergency department.
On evaluation, she was noted to be a frail, elderly woman who was conscious, but disoriented. Her blood pressure was slightly low, her heart rate was normal, and she had a low-grade fever. Her mucus membranes where dry, with minimal skin tenting. She was able to follow basic commands. Her heart was regular, her lungs were clear, and she had some vague, generalized abdominal tenderness.
Laboratory examination revealed a somewhat low white blood cell count, mild anemia, and white cells in her urine. She was admitted to the hospital for urinary tract infection with sepsis, and was started on intravenous fluids and antibiotics.
Throughout the night, she became more confused, and her systolic blood pressure dropped into the 80s (which is quite low). Repeat blood work showed an elevated creatinine (indicating poor kidney function), and mildly elevated cardiac enzymes. Her urine and blood cultures subsequently grew out two distinct types of gram-negative bacteria.
While the intern worked on transferring the patient to the medical intensive care unit (MICU), the senior resident went through her health records in more detail. The patient had filled out an advanced directive, which contained the following statement:
If I have a terminal condition I do not want my life to be prolonged and I do not want life-sustaining treatment, beyond comfort care, that would serve only to artificially delay the moment of my death.
She had also designated her niece to be her surrogate decision maker if she were to become unable to make her own medical decisions. Her niece had signed the advanced directive indicating that she had read and understood it.
The senior resident called the niece to inform her that the patient was not doing well. She also went over the contents of the advanced directive and let the niece know that her aunt's wishes would be respected. The niece became upset, and demanded that "everything" be done, and specifically demanded that no "DNR" order be given. The resident gently explained that she would have to respect the written request of the patient. The niece stated that she was the only legal decision maker, and that she was calling her lawyer. She then hung up the phone. The resident walked into the bathroom, cried briefly, then returned to the floor.
There is a clear conflict in this case which needs immediate resolution. The patient is in extremis, so this can't wait for morning rounds.
1) What can the resident do to get help making a decision?
2) What are the salient medical facts that inform her decision?
3) What ethical principles inform the actions of the doctors and the surrogate?
4) What would you do?


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