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Carrot on a String - Tipsy Veggies - Shape Magazine
Ingredients:
2 ounces Hennessy VS
1/2 oz Velvet Falernum
Splash Domaine de Canton
1 ounce carrot juice
1/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
Dash angostura bitters
Dash walnut bitters
Ginger root slice, for garnish
Ground cinnamon, for garnish
Directions: Add all ingredients except ginger root and cinnamon to a shaker with ice and shake until well chilled. Strain into a cocktail coupe or martini glass and garnish with ginger root and cinnamon.
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The Internet Revolution is a Liberty Revolution ? Tenth Amendment ...
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by Ron Paul
Until the late 1990s, individuals interested in Austrian economics, U.S. constitutional history, and libertarian philosophy had few sources of information. They had to spend hours scouring used book stores or the back pages of obscure libertarian periodicals to find the great works of Mises, Rothbard, Hayek, and other giants of liberty. Local library and university collections ignored libertarian politics and economics.
Today, however, the greatest classics of libertarian thought, libertarian philosophy, and libertarian economics are available instantly to anyone with internet access. Thanks to the internet, it is easier than ever before for liberty activists to spread news and other information regarding the evils of government power and the benefits of freedom. For the first time in human history, supporters of liberty around the world can share information across borders quickly and cheaply. Without the filter of government censors, this information emboldens millions to question governments and promote liberty.
This is why liberty-minded Americans must do everything possible to oppose? and stop? government attempts to censor or limit the free flow of information online.
One such attempt is known as ?CISPA?, or the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. This bill will create a monstrous coalition of big business and big government to rob Americans of their protections under the 4th Amendment of the Constitution.
CISPA permits both the federal government and private companies to view your private online communications with no judicial oversight, provided they merely do so in the name of ?cybersecurity.? But America is a constitutional republic, not a surveillance state? and the wildly overhyped need for security does not trump the Constitution.
?Cybersecurity? is the responsibility of companies that operate and make money in cyberspace, not taxpayers. Those companies should develop market-based private solutions to secure their networks, servers, cloud data centers, and user/customer information. The role of the US intelligence community is to protect the United States from military threats, not to provide corporate welfare to the private sector. Much like the TSA at the airport, CISPA would socialize security costs and remove market incentives for private firms to protect their own investments.
Imagine security-cleared agents embedded at private companies to serve as conduits for intelligence information about their customers back to the US intelligence community? while enjoying immunity from any existing civil or criminal laws. Imagine Google or Facebook reporting directly to the National Security Agency about the online activity of US citizens. Imagine US government resources being wasted on a grand scale to ?assist? private companies in the global market. All of this would become reality under CISPA.
As of this writing, it appears that the House and Senate will not agree on a final version of CISPA this year. However, the Obama administration seems ready to impose provisions of this bill by executive order if Congress does not act soon.
The past five years have seen an explosion in the liberty movement, fueled in large part by the internet. Preserving that freedom is crucial if the liberty movement is to continue its progress. Therefore, all activists in the liberty movement have a stake in the battle for internet freedom. We must be ready to come together to fight any attempt to increase government?s power over the internet, regardless of the supposed justifications. We must resist voices from both the political right and left which alternatively seek to legislate morality or enforce political correctness with force. Copyright protection, pornography, cyberterrorism, gambling, and ?hate speech? are merely excuses for doing what all governments have done throughout human history: increase their size, scope, and power.
Once we understand this, we understand the critical link between internet freedom and human freedom.
Source: http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2012/10/the-internet-revolution-is-a-liberty-revolution/
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Solano County Agricultural Land and Vineyards For Sale 10/25/2012
Solano County agricultural land and vineyards produce some of the finest California wines and produce while also providing some of the most beautiful scenery in Northern California.
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| Fairfield | $748,800 | Green Valley Rd #4 | 160 | REO |
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| Fairfield | $949,000 | Twin Sisters Road | 75 | ? |
| Fairfield | $1,718,000 | Lot 4 & 9 Twin Sisters Rd | 318 | REO |
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Workouts in extreme weight-loss TV fuel negative attitudes about exercise, study finds
ScienceDaily (Oct. 25, 2012) ? The Biggest Loser might be a TV ratings winner, but its extreme depiction of exercise is more likely to turn people off than get them off the couch, according to new research from the University of Alberta.
Researchers in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation found that watching a short video clip of the Biggest Loser fueled negative attitudes toward exercise, raising further questions about how physical activity is shown in the popular media.
"The depictions of exercise on shows like The Biggest Loser are really negative," said lead author Tanya Berry, Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity Promotion. "People are screaming and crying and throwing up, and if you're not a regular exerciser you might think this is what exercise is -- that it's this horrible experience where you have to push yourself to the extremes and the limits, which is completely wrong."
In the study, 138 undergraduate students from the U of A were split into two groups. One group watched a seven-minute clip -- chosen for its extreme depiction of exercise -- from early in The Biggest Loser's ninth season, when competitors were struggling with obesity. A control group watched a segment from the reality show American Idol.
Immediately after viewing the clips, participants from both groups were asked to write down their first five thoughts. Students also completed a computer test that measured their automatic attitudes about exercise before they had time to think about the question, plus a hand-written questionnaire.
"We did find that the people who watched The Biggest Loser had worse attitudes about physical activity than those who watched the American Idol clip," said Berry, adding that the results were consistent no matter participants' physical activity levels or weight.
Berry said the results debunk the belief held by some researchers and many in the popular media that shows like The Biggest Loser can be motivational and get people off the couch. In fact, the negative portrayals of exercise are counterproductive to public health campaigns.
"There's a lot of effort and good work out there just to get people more active, but it's such a small voice in this big wash of different depictions of exercise. It's a big mess."
Berry's research team is now working on a further study that focuses on followup episodes of the Biggest Loser that feature participants who have lost weight, are physically fit and enjoy exercise. Those results should be published next year.
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Mourdock's comments on rape, pregnancy criticized
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) ? Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock said Tuesday when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape, "that's something God intended."
Mourdock, who's been locked in one of the country's most watched Senate races, was asked during the final minutes of a debate with Democratic challenger Rep. Joe Donnelly whether abortion should be allowed in cases of rape or incest.
"I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize that life is that gift from God. And, I think, even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen," Mourdock said.
Mourdock became the second GOP Senate candidate to find himself on the defensive over comments about rape and pregnancy. Missouri Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin said during a television interview in August that women's bodies have ways of preventing pregnancy in cases of what he called "legitimate rape." Since his comment, Akin has repeatedly apologized but has refused to leave his race despite calls to do so by leaders of his own party, from GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on down.
It was not immediately clear what effect Mourdock's comments might have during the final two weeks before the Nov. 6 election. But they could prove problematic. Romney distanced himself from Mourdock on Tuesday night ? a day after a television ad featuring the former Massachusetts governor supporting the GOP Senate candidate began airing in Indiana.
"Gov. Romney disagrees with Richard Mourdock's comments, and they do not reflect his views," Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said in an email to The Associated Press. Romney aides would not say whether the ad would be pulled and if the Republican presidential nominee would continue to support Mourdock's Senate bid.
Other Republicans did not immediately weigh in. Indiana Republican Party spokesman Pete Seat referred comment to the Mourdock campaign. A spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee and a spokeswoman for Romney did not immediately return a request for comment Tuesday night.
National Democrats quickly picked up on Mourdock's statement and used it as an opportunity to paint him as an extreme candidate, calling him a tea party "zealot." DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz described Mourdock's comments as "outrageous and demeaning to woman" and called on Romney to take his pro-Mourdock ad off the air.
Later Tuesday after the debate, Mourdock further explained he did not believe God intended the rape, but that God is the only one who can create life.
"Are you trying to suggest somehow that God preordained rape, no I don't think that," said Mourdock. "Anyone who would suggest that is just sick and twisted. No, that's not even close to what I said."
In response, Donnelly said after the debate in southern Indiana that he doesn't believe "my God, or any God, would intend that to happen.".
Along with Romney's ad, top Republicans have been flocking to Indiana as part of an effort to break open the high-stakes race for the Senate seat, currently held by veteran GOP Sen. Richard Lugar who was defeated by Mourdock in the May primary. Republicans need to gain three seats, or four if President Barack Obama wins re-election, and seats that were predicted to remain or turn Republican have grown uncertain.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell came to Indianapolis for a fundraiser Monday, and Arizona Sen. John McCain and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham campaigned for Mourdock last week. New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte is due in the state Wednesday.
Romney's coattails carry special significance in deeply conservative Indiana, where Mourdock has underperformed Romney by 12 points in most public polls. Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS also has bought another $1 million of airtime in Indiana, making his group the biggest player in Indiana's Senate race. A message left for Crossroads GPS spokesman Nate Hodson was not immediately returned.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mourdock-god-rape-leads-pregnancy-005625738--election.html
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'Toy Box' to bring Pixar and Disney characters together in game ...
Disney is working hard and spending a lot of money on an unannounced gaming initiative tentatively called Toy Box, according to an interview with the company's chief executive, Robert Iger, in the New York Times.
Toy Box is an upcoming console game that will make use of both Pixar and Disney characters in the same environments for the first time. It will extend into mobile and online gaming realms, perhaps offering tie-in games on a number of different platforms, made for different audiences.
Disney Interactive has been struggling lately to find a real hit, especially after the lukewarm reception to the company's Epic Mickey. But the House of Mouse has had some good news from the online and mobile divisions lately, where big titles like Club Penguin have worked with breakout mobile hits like Where's My Water? to prop up the ailing Interactive group.
It sounds like the plan is to better incorporate future console titles like Toy Box with the online and mobile strengths. We'll have to wait and see just what this project turns out to be; it sounds like the official announcement isn't set until next year.
Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/23/toy-box-to-bring-pixar-and-disney-characters-together-in-game/
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Dragons Kicker, With Autism, Redefines 'Special Needs' - Berkeley ...
When Anthony Starego was 12 years old, he watched as Jeremy Ito lined up to kick a 28-yard field goal for Rutgers, then watched as the ball sailed through the uprights. It gave the Scarlet Knights a 28-25 upset victory over the Louisville Cardinals, then ranked No. 3 in the nation.
"He watched it and watched it and watched it," says Ray Starego, Anthony's father, who's been a Rutgers season ticket-holder since 1988.
A few days later, Anthony went to his dad and told him he wanted to be a kicker, too. So his parents, Ray and Reylene, sought out the Brick Pop Warner program and enrolled him.
The first practice didn't go smoothly. When a coach placed his hands on Anthony to move him to the right position, Anthony balked, Ray said. "He told the coach, 'Don't touch me.' "
"We didn't know how it was going to work," Ray said of his son, who has autism and is a special needs student at Brick.
Little did they imagine that six years later, Anthony would be playing an important role for the Brick High School football team and, like Ito, making a game-winning kick that would inspire everyone around him and spread like wildfire in days.
Video of Anthony making that kick ? a 22-yard field goal with 21 seconds left to beat Toms River North last Friday night, and then running down the sideline in pure joy after it sailed through the uprights ? has more than 6,000 views on YouTube. And it has only just begun to get national attention.
(You can see the video by clicking on the link beneath the photo box to the right of this article.)
"It's just amazing," Ray Starego said as he watched his son practicing his place-kicking on the field behind the school on an Indian summer afternoon.
Tough beginnings
By the time he was 3 years old, Anthony Starego had been in 11 different foster homes. He had been removed from his mother's care as an infant, and had multiple issues, says Reylene Starego.
Developmental delays meant he was essentially nonverbal, with just six words in his vocabulary, she said, "if you could call them that."
"When he wanted a drink, he would say, 'Dunk, dunk.' "?
The little boy with blond hair didn't like to be touched or held, because he had tactile issues that made him hypersensitive to touch. He was asthmatic, and more, she said.
"He was considered unadoptable," Ray Starego says.
The Staregos, who were unable to have children of their own, had decided to adopt and wanted a special needs child, they said. While many people look to adopt infants, Reylene said, they were open to taking an older child.
Their biggest concern?
"We wanted a child whose medical history we could get," she said.
When Anthony was placed in their home in September 1997, they welcomed him with open arms, and from the get-go worked to ensure he wasn't shuffled off into a program that ignored his potential, whatever it might be.
"I refused to allow them to test him for autism," Reylene Starego said.
The family lived in Easton, Pa., then.
"Too often they wanted to dump a kid like him into a life skills class and forget about them," she said.
The Staregos wanted more for Anthony. They pushed for therapy for his developmental delays, but resisted attempts to classify him as autistic until 2005, when the family moved to Brick because she had gotten a full-time job at St. Thomas Academy as its music director.
"We understood they (the school system in Brick) were very capable of handling children with autism," Reylene said.
Anthony was evaluated at Children's Specialized Hospital and placed in the program for autistic children soon after, she said.
"I remember sitting there going down the checklist of symptoms (of autism), and I had marked all but about four," she said.
Getting the diagnosis enabled Anthony to get access to the programs he needed, and he began to flourish, she said.
"Donna Previte was a Godsend," the Staregos said.
"He can't translate symbols," Reylene said, meaning 3+3 or these words on a computer screen were just gibberish to him.? The instructional programs ? "they don't make any sense to us but it does to them," she said ? enabled Anthony to start making sense of things.? His math skills have improved enough that he is now in a mainstream math classroom.
"It's the lowest level math class," Reylene Starego says, "but it's still a normal classroom."
That class also has allowed Anthony to participate fully with the football team. His special needs classroom meets until 3 p.m. each day, while the football team's practices begin more than an hour earlier. The mainstreamed math class allows him to join his teammates on time.
Watching Anthony jog out to practice his placekicking ? his happy-go-lucky nature evident as he half-skips across the field ? it's clear how much he loves to be on a football field and with his team.
It's a feeling that goes both ways.
'Our Little Brother'
Those first days when his Pop Warner coaches weren't quite sure what to do with Anthony gave way to his role as a kicker, and it is a role that is perfectly suited to his personality and to his disability, Ray Starego says.
In placekicking, having a routine helps break every kick down into basic elements, and can help a kicker refocus on the occasions where the kicks aren't perfect.
And it's having a routine ? and sticking to it ? that helps Anthony navigate his life, his parents say.
"Change is very difficult for him," they said, which is part of why Anthony attends Brick instead of Brick Memorial, even though he technically lives on the Memorial side of town.
When the Staregos first moved to Brick, they lived in the township's Lake Riviera section, which is how they became involved with the Dragons Pop Warner (now American Youth Football) program. When he reached high school, Ray and Reylene wanted to keep Anthony with the boys he'd been playing football with for a few years, and requested he be placed at Brick.
The result, now, is the fact that he's teammates with players who've known him since they all were in sixth grade.
"He was really shy," said Bryan Ruffus, a wide receiver and defensive back, who helped Anthony practice his kicking for a while on Monday afternoon. "Now he's this outgoing awesome character who's great to be around."
"Anthony's always got a smile on his face," said Mark Salerno. "He's always there to make a joke and pick us up."
"He just lightens up the mood around here," said Len Zdanowicz, a Dragons assistant coach. "He marches to his own drummer."
At the same time, however, he sets an example for the rest of the team, several people said.
"He's a good leader," Ruffus said. "He's always willing to learn and always ready to listen."
"I think everyone understands and comprehends that he has a disability," said Brick head coach Rob Dahl, "but they look at him as a normal player."
Dahl said Anthony takes part in all the workouts, from offseason weightlifting to summer practices to preseason workouts. While he is primarily a kicker, he's also a defensive back and wide receiver, and he goes through drills in practice with those coaches.
"He's not just off by himself kicking," Dahl said.
He saves that for the workouts with his dad and with Lee McDonald, his kicking coach, who runs a camp every summer designed specifically for special teams players.
"His enthusiasm is contagious," McDonald said, and Anthony's work ethic is even stronger.
"It could be 100 degrees outside and he wants to keep going," McDonald said. "We have to rein him back a little sometimes, tell him, 'Let's look at what we can do better and work on that the next time.' "
McDonald said the biggest challenge in coaching Anthony has been adjusting his usual coaching methods to Anthony until he found the right words that clicked. "I had to keep it simple," he said.
Between camps, sessions with McDonald and times he has worked out with his son, Ray Starego said Anthony has kicked the ball thousands of times in practice sessions over the past six years, and while he was comfortable with placekicking, it wasn't until this year that doing it in game conditions ? with onrushing defenders ? really fell into place.
"All of a sudden you could just see the difference," Ray said.
"It was just about getting opportunities," McDonald said. "As he gets more experience, he's just going to get better."
Brick's coaches saw that, too, and put Anthony to the test against Toms River East.
"Every one of those kicks against East was a pressure kick," Dahl said. "When the team saw him make those, he earned their respect."
Against Toms River East on Oct. 12, Anthony, who's 6-foot-4 and weighs 185 pounds, kicked four extra points as Brick won 28-27. On the third point, Toms River East was penalized for roughing the kicker. On the fourth PAT, he took three steps back, two steps to his right, leaned back, and put the ball through the uprights for the win.
"Anthony always says he's going to hit the guy back when someone hits him," Salerno said, "but because he's a kicker he doesn't really get the chance do to that. When someone hits him, we take it personally and we try to make sure they know we're watching out for him.
"We treat him like he's our little brother," Salerno said.
Lifting Spirits
As important as every point was, the way Anthony lifted the spirits of his teammates didn't go unnoticed either, Dahl said. Anthony received the game ball after that game.
Then came last Friday's game against Toms River North.
The Mariners were ranked No. 4 in the Shore Conference, and most of the folks who pay close attention to Shore area high school football expected it to be an easy victory for Toms River North.
But the Dragons went toe-to-toe with the Mariners all game, and drove to the North 5, looking for the win.
"We were coming off a fumbled snap," Dahl said, "so in reality there was no chance at a touchdown. It was going to have to be a field goal."
"I looked at our kicking coach and said, 'Is he ready?' and coach (Kurt) Weiboldt said, 'He's ready,' " Dahl said. "There was no question it was going to be (Anthony) kicking. He's good from that distance. He's money."
"It was a no-brainer," Dahl said.
He watched as Anthony set up. Three steps back, two to his right. Lean back, step up and let 'er rip. Through the uprights. Brick wins, 24-21.
What he didn't know, Dahl said, was how much Anthony really understood about the enormity of the kick facing him.
"No, I wasn't nervous," Anthony said on Monday afternoon, as he paused in his kicking practice. "I was really happy. I ran off the field like Forrest (Gump)."
In the YouTube video, Anthony can be seen running down the sidelines, jumping for joy as his teammates on the field and on the bench erupt.
"I couldn't breathe," Ruffus said, as he watched Anthony line up and take the kick. "It was truly special. Nobody expected it but I knew he had it in him."
"I knew he's a routine-type of kid, and that he really didn't feel the pressure," Dahl said. "But what I didn't know was whether he really knew how much it meant. After I saw how he reacted after the kick, how he ran down the sideline, I knew he understood, and that made it that much more special."
"It was a storybook ending to a great game," Dahl said.
It has put a little bounce in the steps of the entire team, Dahl said, which had been suffering through an 0-5 season until the win over East, and had been through some dark years the last few seasons as the district and the program fought over the successor to long-time, legendary head coach Warren Wolf.
"It was hard to breathe there for a while," Dahl said.'
But Anthony's kicks have given the team, and the community, a lift.
"It has lifted the spirits and the morale of our team," Dahl said. "It has changed the culture in the lockerroom."
'The Kid'
In Rutgers circles, Anthony Starego has another nickname: The Kid.
That's because, when he and his dad go to the Scarlet Knights' basketball games, Anthony is known for being the loudest Rutgers' supporter in section 112, firing up the other spectators as they cheer the home team.
He's so well-known for his cheerleading, Ray said, that they were at the Texas Bowl in Houston to watch Rutgers play Kansas State and two kids recognized Anthony.
"'Hey, you're The Kid,' they said to him," Ray said.
And Anthony has been the biggest cheerleader on the Dragons' bench, urging his teammates to keep working hard, to keep trying, to never give up.
The biggest cheerleader, until now, that is.
"I've had people tell me they have never been happier for someone else's kid than they are for Anthony," Reylene Starego said.
Anthony's pretty happy for himself, too, Ray said.
"After the Toms River East game, I heard him talking to himself, cradling the game ball," Ray said.
"All my life I?ve been a knucklehead," Ray said he heard his son say. "I?m not a knucklehead anymore."
That's an understatement.
Source: http://berkeley-nj.patch.com/articles/dragons-kicker-with-autism-redefines-special-needs
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Apple iPad sales topped 100 million two weeks ago
Just two and a half years after creating the product line, Apple announced today it has already notched its 100 millionth iPad sold. While we're still expecting to see a new, smaller model (get all the 4th gen info, including the new mini right here) unveiled today Apple is leading off its tablet talk with some chest thumping. According to its stats, it sold more iPads in the June quarter than any one PC manufacturers sold of their entire lineup, a hefty feat even if you take into account customers waiting for Windows 8. It's also referencing data that says the iPad accounts for 91 percent of web traffic among tablets. If that's not enough, there's also love for the education sector with a new version of iBooks author, which should get plenty of use with 2,500 schools in the US using them, and 80 percent of the curriculum available in iBooks.
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Nuclear-free energy security unlikely | Eco-Business.com
Nobuo Tanaka, former head of the International Energy Agency, explains why nuclear might not be going anywhere. Image: Asia Future Energy Forum 2012, Eco-Business.
The former head of the International Energy Agency, Nobuo Tanaka, is not ready to count nuclear energy out of a future Asian energy mix, particularly in light of waning American interest in the Middle East.
In his opening keynote address at the Asia Future Energy Forum in Singapore on Tuesday, Mr Tanaka said it was doubtful that the world ? and Japan in particular ? would be able to meet energy security goals without nuclear power.
With its growing demand for oil, Asia would be especially vulnerable to potential petroleum supply disruptions in the Middle East, where Iran is currently threatening to block access for oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz (see sidebar).
North America will achieve energy independence in the near future, which may prompt the US to decrease its defensive presence in the Middle East, said Mr Tanaka.
He added that a major disruption in the Strait of Hormuz could lead to oil prices of up to US$160 per barrel, triggering a severe crisis in Japan. Without nuclear power to diversify the energy mix, Japan?s federal deficit may reach 12 trillion yen, he said.
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/>/> /> Japan was one of several countries that committed to phasing out nuclear power following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, and currently only two of its 50 nuclear plants are operating. Nuclear plants generated 30 per cent of Japan?s electricity prior to the disaster.
To make up for the loss, Japan has increased imports of fossil fuels such as natural gas, and introduced policies to boost renewable energy development.
?I am sceptical about the feasibility of this plan. It is good to develop renewable energy for energy security, but it?s costly,? said Mr Tanaka, who is currently an associate for energy security and sustainability at Japan?s Institute of Energy Economics.
The new feed-in tariff (FiT) that the government introduced in July, which mandates that utilities purchase solar energy at a cost premium for the next 20 years, is the world?s highest at 42 yen per kilowatt-hour.
While expensive, the FiT is having an impact: Solar could expand by 2,000 megawatts by the end of March, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Natural gas also comes at a cost premium, noted Mr Tanaka, explaining that Japan?s gas prices are about 5 times higher than in the United States and twice as much as in Europe. He further noted that, while global natural gas supplies are expanding because of recent technologies such as shale gas extraction, global demand is ramping up as well.
For Japan ? and the rest of Asia ? to reduce gas prices and improve energy security, Asia will need better physical connections between its various energy and electricity supplies, he said, pointing out that connectivity allows Germany to phase out nuclear energy ?because it can always import electricity from neighbours in shortfall?.
Mr Tanaka said that Europe as a region has achieved relative energy security because of the diverse energy sources it can access using connected electricity grids as well as oil and natural gas pipelines.
To further diversify, Europe has been working on extending its grid connection to North Africa and the Middle East in a project known as Desertec.
Asia could also create such a ?super-grid? incorporating new and existing pipelines within Asia as well as pipelines from Russia, he told the 200 policymakers, industry players and thought leaders attending the forum.
In the absence of a growing nuclear industry, Mr Tanaka said, new technologies such as hydrogen fuel and storage systems, and super-conductivity transmission lines ? which do not lose power over long distances ? were key. However, he added that the region would also need natural gas to fill the gap and would need to invest in carbon capture and storage (CCS) to sustainably use its ample supplies of coal.
Even with such innovations, Mr Tanaka thinks that nuclear ? in newer and safer models ? will persist, in part because of its role in reducing Europe?s dependence on Russian gas.
?I believe nuclear will continue to play a major role in the world?It will be necessary to convince the public that there are (safer) alternatives in nuclear power,? he said.
Source: http://www.eco-business.com/features/nuclear-free-energy-security-unlikely/
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Got Bad Breath? Here's How to Make It Better | ArticlePDQ.com
Got Bad Breath? Here?s How to Make It Better No one brand to apprehend it, but it?s worse not to apperceive it: You accept bad breath. Bad animation (also accepted as halitosis or malodor) can be awkward and boxy on those about you. Some humans don?t apprehend their animation could bark acrylic, because humans are abashed to acquaint them. ?Certainly bad animation can ruin relationships,? John Woodall, DDS, a dentist with Woodall and McNeill in Raleigh, N.C., tells WebMD. Fortunately, this botheration is generally simple to fix. What helps: dental instruments Good articulate hygiene, approved visits to your dentist, and cardinal out any basal altitude or added factors (such as some medications, diets, and foods) that could accomplish your animation beneath than pleasant. Do You Accept Bad Breath? Bad animation is generally acquired by a accretion of bacilli in your aperture that causes deepening and gives off baneful odors or gases that that appears to that, appears to that appears to smell like sulfur or worse. Everybody has awful animation at some point, like if you get out of bed in the morning. Not abiding if your animation is bad? The best way to acquisition out is to ask a trusted acquaintance dental buying group uk or your cogent other, ??Does my animation smell?? Because it?s absolutely harder to acquaint on your own,? Tina Frangella, DDS, a dentist with Frangella Dental in New York, tells WebMD. There?s addition way to know. It may assume a bit gross, but attending at and that appears to that appears to that appears to smell your dental accessory afterwards you use it. ?If your accessory smells or there is claret on it, again there are abhorrent odors in your mouth,? Woodall says. What Causes Bad Breath? There are no statistics on what allotment of the citizenry has bad breath. That?s because studies usually await on anyone advertisement whether or not they anticipate, they accept bad animation and may not be accurate. But studies appearance that about 80% of bad animation comes from an articulate source. For instance, cavities or gum ache can advance to bad breath, as can Autoclave Sterilizer tonsils that accept trapped aliment particles; absurd fillings, and less-than-clean dentures. Several centralized medical altitude aswell can could cause your animation to go decline fast. They cover diabetes, alarmist disease, respiratory amplitude infections, and abiding bronchitis. You?ll wish to see your doctor to aphorism out things like acerbic reflux, postnasal drip, and added causes of abiding dry aperture. Woodall recalls a 30-year-old accommodating who had abiding bad breath, admitting her teeth were ?immaculate? and her argot was actual clean. Her doctor activated her for acerbic abatement and added abdomen conditions, ?gave her some medicine, and her bad animation went away,? Woodall says. See Your Dentist, Brush Your Teeth Nixed medical causes for your bad breath? Keep your appointed dental appointments. ?You absolutely wish to see your dentist every six months or at atomic Ultrasonic Scaler yearly,? Frangella says.
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Crock Pot Beef and Butternut Squash Stew
Okay guys, so I figured out something major last week.
Cats like to eat sourdough starter.
Just kidding?.but not really. It?s weird. The real thing, though, that I figured out what something way more obvious?- beef stew does NOT photograph easily! But it?s so delicious. I mean, I can?t really think of a more comforting meal for a cold, rainy night then beef stew with a crusty roll dunked in. But yeah?it proved to be quite challenging to make a bowl of brown globs look as delicious as it tastes! I just had to face the facts: some of the most delicious food is just plain ugly. I hope you?ll believe me and try it anyway!
This crock pot beef and butternut squash stew is perfect for this time of year! The addition of the butternut squash was something a little different and seasonal ? it gives the stew a little bit of sweetness. I made it one night last week when Adam came over for dinner and we both practically licked our bowls clean. That?s saying a lot since I?m not a huge beef person to start!
For this, you?ll want to grab some lean beef stew meat from the store. I got mine from Trader Joe?s and it worked perfectly. By the end of the nine hours, the beef had stewed so much {literally} that it had practically turned into brisket. It was, perhaps, the most tender beef I have ever tasted! Some recipes for beef stew involve stirring in a slurry of cornstarch and water at the end to thicken, but that was definitely not necessary here. Let the Crock Pot do all the work, people! And if you don?t have a Crock Pot, let me just tell you it was the best $20 I?ve ever spent. I have a super cheap one from Tar-jay {Target} and have absolutely gotten my money?s worth.
In addition to butternut squash, there are also carrots, potatoes, onion and celery in this yummy stew. When it was done, I tasted it and it was GOOD but needed a little somethin? somethin?. I placed my spoon down and turned on my heels to face my pantry. I stood there for a few moments, hands on my hips, trying to decide what ingredient would make the flavors pop the most.
Finally I had it.
Soy sauce.
Soy sauce! Just a tablespoon was all this guy needed to go from being good to bowl-lickin?-delicious. It might sound unlikely, but I speak the truth. Yo.
Crock Pot Beef and Butternut Squash Stew
serves 6
Print this Recipe!
Ingredients:
1.5 lbs beef stew meat, chopped into 1? pieces
1 tbsp canola oil
5 small red or purple potatoes, chopped
3 large carrots, chopped
1 yellow onion, chopped
1 tsp minced garlic
10 oz sliced cremini mushrooms
1 2.5 lb butternut squash, peeled and chopped
1 quart beef broth (4 cups)
1 bay leaf
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp black pepper
pinch of cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 cup flour
Directions:
Place the flour in a shallow dish with the chopped beef. Toss well to coat. Heat the canola oil over medium high heat. Add the onion and saute for about five minutes until soft. Add the beef and garlic to the pan and continue sauteing until the beef has browned.
Place the beef, onions and garlic at the bottom of your Crock Pot. Next, add the bay leaf, butternut squash, mushrooms, chopped carrots and potatoes. Pour the beef broth over and add the Worcestershire, soy sauce, sugar and paprika? if you are using a 5 qt Crock Pot like me, it will almost overflow but don?t worry, it won?t! Also, it won?t look like there is enough liquid in the pot ? there is.
Place the lid on the Crock Pot and turn the heat to low. Cook for 8-10 hours. Right before serving, add the salt and pepper to taste. Remove the bay leaf!
This stew freezes wonderfully and is a very comforting meal on cold rainy nights.
Time:
active time ?- 10 minutes
total time ? 10 hours
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Business to Business Networking: The new model
The giant industry that is business networking, trade shows and conferences has let the many new technologies and media pass it by.
The business models of the providers, at least in Australia, have virtually no integration with the new technologies. Here are just 3 examples and my apologies for being so blunt about them:
Referral groups: meet every week, lots of small businesses. High turnover of members in nearly every group. Pay up front for 12 months, expensive and no guarantee of results. Pressure to give referrals to people you barely know. Compulsory attendance every week, so a big time investment, and you hear the same presentation over and over again from the other members. No integration to Social Media so you can?t stay in touch between meetings, and can?t connect to the many other groups around the country.
Trade Shows: Rent a stand, huge effort and cost to set it up and to send staff. You don?t know who is coming to the show so you can?t plan to meet them, and the organisers provide no way to stay in touch after the event.
Professional Conferences: Huge entry fees. Speakers who have paid to speak (= sponsors) and therefore spruik their services. You have no knowledge of who is going to be there so you can?t arrange meetings, and again no way to stay in touch.
There is a better way. It?s simple and recognises the value of the scarcest resource in business: Time.
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The Myth of Affordable Energy ? Interview with Ed Dolan | Climate Etc.
by James Stafford of?Oilprice.com
We were fortunate enough to speak with the well known economist Ed Dolan on various energy and economic issues.
In the interview Ed talks about the following:
- Why cheap energy is not vital to economic growth
- Why high oil prices aren?t necessarily a bad thing
- Why the U.S. Oil and gas boom is hurting Russia?s global influence
- Why Obama?s desire to cut oil industry tax breaks could be a great idea
- Why energy policy needs to be completely reformed
- Why Russia?s Arctic Exploration could cause the worst environmental disaster to date
- Why renewable energy investors should be very worried about the Natural gas boom
- Why the EU was flawed from the start
- Why subsidies for renewables are just plain wrong.
- Why we should give QE3 a chance
- Why abundant natural resources can bring a curse of riches
Ed writes the popular economics blog?Ed Dolan?s Econ Blog?and has just recently released a book:?TANSTAAFL (There Ain?t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) ? A Libertarian Perspective on Environmental Policy, which you can find out more about?here
Interview by James Stafford of?Oilprice.com
Oilprice.com:?Access to cheap energy is vital to economic growth. What do you see happening with the economy over the coming years as the time of cheap oil comes to an end?
Ed Dolan:?In my view it is a myth that cheap energy ? ?affordable energy? as many people like to say is vital to growth. The idea that there is a lockstep relationship between growth of GDP and use of energy is widespread, but the data simply does not bear it out. Instead, what they show is that the world?s best-performing economies have become dramatically more energy efficient over time.
The World Bank uses constant-dollar GDP per kg of oil equivalent as an energy efficiency metric. From 1980 to 2010, the high-income countries in the OECD have increased their average energy efficiency by 55 percent. The United States has done a little better than that, increasing its energy efficiency by 81 percent over that period. That?s pretty remarkable, considering that we haven?t really had a policy environment that is supportive of efficiency.
Think what we could do if we did.
Even after the efficiency gains in efficiency we have made, we still have a long way to go. The US economy is still 15 percent less energy efficient than the average for high-income OECD countries, giving it plenty of room to improve. Switzerland is almost twice as energy-efficient as the US, and the UK is 68 percent more efficient.
Some people say that the only reason the United States has been able to grow while using less energy is the deindustrialization of its economy, outsourcing heavy industry to China. However, compare the US with Germany. Germany is an export powerhouse and Europe?s best-performing economy, yet its energy efficiency has increased at almost the same rate over the last 30 years as the United States, an 80 percent gain in efficiency compared to 81 percent. Furthermore, despite being proportionately more industrialized than the US and a major exporter, Germany squeezes out 41 percent more GDP from each kg of oil equivalent.
In short, we don?t have to hypothesize about the possibility of someday breaking the lockstep relationship of growth and energy use?we and most of the rest of the advanced world are already doing it.
Oilprice.com:?What effect can you see America?s Oil & Gas boom having on foreign policy?
Ed Dolan:?On the whole, I see it as beneficial. Energy dependence has led us to buy a lot of oil from countries that are unstable and/or unfriendly to us. Anything we can do to reduce that dependence gives our foreign policy more room to maneuver. The beneficial effects reach beyond our actual imports and exports. The US gas revolution is having repercussions all the way to Russia, where Gazprom is seeing its market power undermined, and Russia, as a result, is losing some of the geopolitical leverage its pipeline network has given it.
Oilprice.com:?From Siberia and Poland to China and Qatar ? the shale revolution has politicians salivating at the thought of a cheap and abundant source of energy. But can the results seen in the U.S. be easily replicated in other parts of the world?
Ed Dolan:?I think you?re going to have to ask someone with more engineering background for the technical details, but from what I read, the answer is that it won?t always be easy. It is my understanding that some countries where shale seemed just recently to have great promise have already encountered disappointments in practical exploratory work. Poland I think is an example. Furthermore, the environmentalist opposition to fracking seems even stronger in many European countries than in the United States.
Related Article:?Forget Renewables, We Need Cheap Oil ? An Interview with Gail Tverberg
Still, I am hoping that the shale revolution will pan out in at least some countries. Think how much difference it would make, say, to Ukraine?s foreign policy if they were able to break their dependence on Russian gas.
Oilprice.com:?Gail Tverberg has written a recent article suggesting the world is suffering from?high-priced fuel syndrome,?which has the following symptoms:
????????? Slow economic growth, or contraction
????????? People in discretionary industries laid off from work
????????? High unemployment rates
????????? Debt defaults (or huge government intervention to prevent debt defaults)
????????? Governments in increasingly poor financial condition
????????? Declining home and business property values
????????? Rising food prices
????????? Lower tolerance for immigrants
????????? Huge difficulty in funding retirement programs, programs for disabled, and regular pension plans
????????? Rising international tensions related to energy supply
Do you think this is too convenient and an oversimplification of the problems facing world economies at the moment? What would you blame for the plethora of economic woes being experienced at the moment?
Ed Dolan:?I don?t buy the argument at all. Yes, when countries are hit by unexpected upward shocks in fuel prices, we do see short-run results like slower growth and layoffs, but those are short-term problems. When the proper structural adjustments are made, countries with high fuel prices manage to achieve strong growth and full employment.
Where are fuel prices lowest? If you look up the data and rank countries by retail fuel prices, you find the low-price end of the rankings crowded with countries like Egypt, Cambodia, Iran, Pakistan?not exactly economies we would like to emulate.
We?ve got big economic problems, but a lot of them don?t have much to do with energy.
What about a healthcare system that delivers mediocre results at the world?s highest cost?
Health care isn?t all that much energy driven. What about our steady move down the international rankings in education?are you going to blame that on the high cost of heating classrooms? Hardly.
Oilprice.com:?Oil prices have been near to the $100 a barrel mark for some time now, and don?t look likely to drop back to previous low levels. What effect could this increased price have on oil importing economies compared to oil exporting economies?
Ed Dolan:?Clearly, any oil price increase has the short-term effect of transferring wealth from using countries to producing countries. However, the long-run effects are what matter.
In the long run, high prices just accelerate the trend for using countries to become more efficient and less dependent. Meanwhile, the producing countries often don?t manage their oil riches well. They fall victim to the ?curse of riches.? The curse takes the form partly of a loss of competitiveness in their non-energy sectors (the so-called ?Dutch disease?). Partly it takes the form of corruption of their political systems. Russia is a poster child for both aspects of the curse of riches.
Related Article:?Which Biofuels Hold the Most Promise for the Future ? Interview with Jim Lane
Oilprice.com:?Renewable energy is more expensive than fossil fuels, so how can people be persuaded to choose the less economical option of renewables over the likes of coal and natural gas?
Ed Dolan:?There is only one right way to promote renewables, and that is to introduce full-cost pricing of all forms of energy. Full-cost pricing is a two-part program.
First, it means pricing that covers the full production costs for every form of fuel. No subsidies for anyone?not for oil, not for ethanol, not for wind or solar.
The second half of full-cost pricing is to include all of the nonmarket costs, what economists call the ?external costs? or ?externalities.? The most publicized of these are pollution costs, whether those take the form of local smog, oil spills, climate change, or bird kills. Some people, I am one of them, would like to count in something for the national security costs of dependence on unfriendly and unstable foreign sources of energy supply.
Full-cost pricing accomplishes two things. First, it levels the playing field so that each form of energy competes on its economic merits, not whether corn-growing states have early primaries or oil companies have big SuperPacs. Second, by raising prices to consumers to a realistic level, it accelerates the trend toward energy efficiency that is already underway.
Subsidies for renewables are just plain wrong, even if you look at them from a hard-core environmentalist point of view. With a subsidy, on the one hand, you say, ?produce more green energy? and other the other hand, you turn around and tell the consumer, ?waste more green energy.? We don?t want to waste energy from wind or solar any more than we want to waste oil and gas. We shouldn?t forget that even the greenest renewables can have significant environmental impacts.
The whole ?affordable energy? idea is based on the myth that if we don?t include those external costs in the price?the pollution costs, the national security costs?they just go away. They don?t. Keeping prices artificially low just transfers those costs to someone else, someone unlucky enough to live downwind, someone who owns beachfront property that gets eroded away as the sea level rises, someone who has to go off to fight a war to keep the shipping routes open. There are two things wrong that. First, it?s immoral. If we believe in the market economy, the rule of law, and all that, we have to respect people?s property rights and their human rights. Second, it?s inefficient. It doesn?t strengthen our economy, it weakens it. If there?s one thing we can?t afford, it?s ?affordable energy.?
Oilprice.com:?Obama has made clear his desires to cut the $4 billion a year tax breaks given to oil companies. What affect do you believe this would this have on the US economy and the US oil industry?
Ed Dolan:?If it is done as part of a comprehensive move toward full-cost pricing, it could only strengthen the US economy. The oil industry would whine, but if we cut subsidies and tax breaks for competing energy sources at the same time, oil will remain a competitive part of the energy mix for many years to come.
Oilprice.com:?The oil industry has enjoyed decades of subsidies and grants, so do you think it is unreasonable to already start cutting the subsidies to renewable energies and expect them to survive on their own?
Ed Dolan:?As I explained above, the answer is yes, provided it is done as part of a package that reforms our energy policy as a whole in the direction of full-cost pricing.
Oilprice.com:?Economic growth is generally dependent on the access to energy. As the supply of energy grows, so too does the economy (more or less). Global oil supplies are pretty much stagnant, so do you predict that only nations that successfully convert to a renewable energy mix with an abundant supply of cheap energy will be able to experience continued economic growth at a similar level experienced by the developed countries of recent years?
Ed Dolan:?Again, I just don?t buy the doctrine that growth is dependent on ever-increasing energy use. For sure, those countries that pursue sound policies, like full-cost pricing to rationalize their energy mix and promote efficiency, are the ones that are going to keep growing.
Related Article:?Can Syria?s Rebels Overthrow Assad? An Interview with Jellyfish Operations
Oilprice.com:?As the arctic ice melts at a rapid pace the world?s superpowers are jockeying for position to exploit the region?s vast oil & gas & mineral deposits. Environmental groups are rightly concerned, but is this a resource that we cannot afford to ignore?
Ed Dolan:?Arctic oil, like any other source of energy, should pay full freight for any environmental impacts it has. If it can bear those costs and still be competitive, I think it should be in the mix. I am worried about Russia, though. It has a dangerous combination of an environment-be-damned attitude and low technical competence that could lead to headline-grabbing disaster worse than the Gulf blowout or Exxon Valdez.
Oilprice.com:?What effect do you see the shale revolution having on investments in renewable energy?
Ed Dolan:?If I were trying to make money by generating electricity with wind or solar, I?d be worried about gas. I don?t have all the relevant numbers at my disposal, but my gut feeling is that even if you price in full environmental costs for wind, solar, and gas?including environmental costs associated with fracking?gas is still going to be pretty competitive.
Oilprice.com:?What are your views on Ben Bernanke?s QE3?
Ed Dolan:?I?ve written repeatedly about QE over at Economonitor, so I am on record as saying we should try it. The trouble is, QE is not a magic bullet. Properly executed and properly communicated, it can help support the recovery, but it can?t do it alone.
That is one point where I agree 110 percent with Ben Bernanke Here is what he said in a speech at the Fed?s Jackson Hole conference at the end of the summer:
?It is critical that fiscal policymakers put in place a credible plan that sets the federal budget on a sustainable trajectory in the medium and longer runs. . . Monetary policy cannot achieve by itself what a broader and more balanced set of economic policies might achieve.?http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20120831a.htm
Oilprice.com:?How do you see the EU solving its debt crisis?
Ed Dolan:?I?m afraid I?m a euro pessimist. The US debt situation is hard enough to resolve, but Europe?s is worse. At the same time, whatever you say about gridlock in Washington, our political decision making is a model of streamlined efficiency compared with the EU.
Oilprice.com:?Do you think the EU was doomed to fail from the start with the format that it has? Could more success be seen in a split EU, with the northern/richer nations using one currency, and the southern/poorer nations using a different currency?
Ed Dolan:?Doomed, I don?t know, but flawed, certainly. Just recently, I was looking back at what economists were writing about the prospects for the euro back in the early 1990s, when it was still just a project. They were telling us, for one thing, that Europe is too diverse to be ideal for a currency union?and that was when there were only 15 EU countries. Second, they said that you can?t run a monetary union without a central government, a fiscal union, and a banking union. You still don?t have any of those.
I am not sold on the idea of a northern euro and a southern euro. If the currency union doesn?t work, it doesn?t work. Break it up. Sure, some countries will find it works for their special circumstances to tie their currencies to a large, stable neighbour. I could see the Danes or the Latvians keeping a link to the German currency, for example, and I?m sure the Vatican will continue to use whatever currency Italy uses. But a formal, north-south divide doesn?t make much sense to me.
Oilprice.com:?In terms of tackling the current economic situation in the US, of the two main presidential candidates, who do you suggest is the best man, and why?
Ed Dolan:?I do not think we can tackle the current economic situation without a thorough-going fiscal policy reform that includes three key elements: Spending cuts, revenue increases, and a rewrite of the whole tax system to eliminate loopholes and cut marginal rates. Furthermore, the package can?t be heavily front-loaded like George Osborne?s austerity program in the UK, which has sent their economy back into recession. Ours should be back-loaded, with an element of stimulus now and an ironclad commitment to move the budget toward surplus as the economy improves. It?s a lot to ask for.
We are not going to get good budget policy out of the GOP unless members of that party make a clean break with mantra that they will not accept a dime of new revenue, not even if it comes from eliminating the most loathsome tax loopholes. Personally, I am never going to vote for a candidate for President, the Senate, the House, or any office who has signed that nonsensical Grover Norquist tax pledge.
At the same time, I have been very disappointed at the lukewarm support Obama has given to the kind of program I would like to see. During the first debate, Romney said that when Obama didn?t ?grab? Simpson-Bowles?that was his word, and a good one?it was a failure of leadership. That was one point where I agreed with Mitt.
Then, you also have to take into account the vote for Congress. I?m afraid there is going to be continued gridlock as long as the GOP controls the House. In the Senate, there are at least a few people in both parties who are willing to meet behind the scenes and talk compromise, but not in the House, not right now, anyway. Maybe what we need in the White House is someone who is a real politician, a negotiator and dealmaker in the mould of a Clinton or an LBJ. Instead, we have the choice between a manager and a law professor. I?m not optimistic that either of them will be able to do what needs to be done.
Source:?http://oilprice.com/Interviews/The-Myth-of-Affordable-Energy-Interview-with-Ed-Dolan.html
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Syria says sanctions hurting its children
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Sanctions imposed on Syria by the European Union, the United States and others over its 19-month conflict are "immoral and illegal" and harming Syrian children, the government wrote in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released on Monday.
The letter from the Syrian government was in response to a recent report by Leila Zerrougui, Ban's special representative for children and armed conflict, who accused both sides in Syria of targeting children with bomb attacks, sexual violence and torture.
The Syrian government said the claims against it were "unsubstantiated and fraudulent" and relied on allegations by the media and opposition groups rather than facts. The government said sanctions were hurting the children.
"It is the children who are primarily adversely affected by those sanctions and the challenges they post to the various sectors and, in particular, the health sector," Syrian U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari wrote in the October 4 letter.
"The difficulty of exchanging money that has ensued from the embargo placed on national banks has impacted the import of children's vaccines and the availability of medications, raised the cost of medical equipment and made supplies thereof unreliable," Ja'afari said.
He said his government called "for the immoral and illegal nature of the unilateral sanctions that have been imposed on Syria to be exposed."
The World Health Organization has said Syria produced 90 percent of its medicines and drugs before the conflict began. But production has been hit by the fighting, lack of raw materials, impact of sanctions and higher fuel costs, it said.
The United States, European Union and Arab League have imposed various sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government in a bid to bring peace to the country where 30,000 people have been killed in the fighting.
"It is the armed terrorist groups that are violating the rights of the child in Syria and obstructing the evacuation of the injured and sick, children and disabled persons from certain quarters where they are held hostage," Ja'afari wrote.
The issue of children and armed conflict sparked a split in the Security Council last month with China, Russia, Pakistan and Azerbaijan abstained from a U.N. Security Council vote to renew Zerrougui's mandate over concerns the U.N. envoy can investigate any conflict, not just those before the council.
Russia and China have vetoed three U.N. Security Council resolutions condemning Assad's government and calling for an end to the conflict. They have also rejected the idea of imposing sanctions on Syria.
A report by Ban to the Security Council on children and armed conflict, based on the work of his envoy, covers conflicts in 23 countries. Of these, 16 are on the council agenda and seven are not - Colombia, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and the southern border provinces of Thailand and Yemen.
(Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Eric Beech)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syria-says-sanctions-hurting-children-213147924.html
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Early Metaphysical Ideas
Are our actions the result of circumstances or are we directed by external influences such as Cosmic vibrations? There are individuals who are masters and creators of their destinies for part of their lives, and innocent victims of fate at other times.
Some individuals believe it is the environment that has gradually molded our civilization and made mankind what it is. Others believe you may want to lay aside that belief and think again. There is an ancient system of self-mastery that contains fundamental principles that suggest you have complete control over your fate and that mankind has always had it.
These fundamental principles were recorded centuries ago and were evolved through observation over time. The principles were founded and perfected by test and application and reveal that all life and all existence within the universe are expressed in cycles.
It was determined that the cyclic periods are equivalent to certain measured rhythmic stresses and cosmic impulses . So, at a certain time of the day there is a cosmic impulse that is specific for reaping the benefits of a specific human activity. Go work out at the gym during the G period on Friday, for example.
Enthusiasts who believe in these principles might set a wedding ceremony to begin at 5:30 pm on a Thursday in order to reap all the positive influences for their union. They have become masters of their fate because they have timed their union to begin when the cosmos is most in favor of marriage.
According to the true believers the newlyweds will have the advantage over couples who marry without this knowledge. The newlyweds believe there are cosmic vibrations that have negative effects on couples who marry during a time of negative influences related to marriage.
Modern scientists have found that there is a definite rhythm to the human breathing process and heart action that closely resembles the more pronounced rhythms of cosmic energy. These findings suggest that these vibrations influence all living things on the planet ? including plants. The findings also suggest that the influences can be timed and measured.
The ancients who studied these influences were convinced that we can become master of our fate by designing our activities around the daily cycles and time periods suggested in these studies. These studies began with ?The order of The Rosicrucians.? Further information regarding The Rosicrucians is available online.
Source: http://www.streetarticles.com/reference-and-education/early-metaphysical-ideas
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Chemistry Week Program at Symmes Library (Loveland Magazine)
Do you think chemistry is something that only happens in a science lab? Join a program about ?Nanotechnology: The Smallest BIG Idea in Science? a children's program at the Symmes Library.
Symmes Township Branch
Monday, October 22 at 6:00 p.m.
also at Symmes...
National Gaming Day - Wii games!
Event Type: Games & Gaming
Date: Saturday, November 10, 2012
Start Time: 2:00 PM
Library: Symmes Township
Description:
Join us for National Gaming Day - we'll be playing the wii and have will have other board games out to play as well.
Age(s): Children, FamiliesLooking Up! A program on the basics of astronomy.
Event Type: Family Programs
Date: Thursday, November 08, 2012
Start Time: 7:30 PM
Library: Symmes Township
Description:
Blast off with Symmes Township Library and resident astronomy enthusiast Estee Lee-Mountel as she describes methods for successful backyard stargazing. Learn how to set up a local coordinate system, c...
Age(s): Families, Adults, ChildrenSource: http://www.lovelandmagazine.com/2012/10/chemistry-week-program-at-symmes-library.html
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Considering an iPad ? These are the Things You Sho | Information
After a year on the market, the future for the iPad is only looking up. Many people are eagerly looking forward to the next model to see what new delights it has in store for users. You?ll want to invest a little time into learning about the features and what they can mean for you before you make your decision whether or not to buy an iPad. If you want to learn more about the iPad?s features, we?ll be reviewing some of them below.
If you live anywhere near an Apple Store, the best way to find out whether an iPad is for you or not is to visit and try it out for yourself. There are Apple stores in many locations, and if there?s not one near you, there may very well be one in a city you?ll be visiting on vacation or on a business trip or family visit. These stores give you the opportunity to have a ?hands on? experience with the iPad before you buy it to see how it feels to you. In addition to the hands on experience you also get the benefit of a well-trained staff that is ready to answer any questions you may have while also showing you tips, tricks, and shortcuts so you can get the most bang for your buck with your iPad. Even if you plan to buy online for a lower price you can enjoy the benefit of the sales staff and ?try it out? experience. Computer game fans will adore the gaming capacity of the iPad. The screen is a high quality screen and 3D games look amazing on it. However, serious gamers have found that gaming on these devices isn?t as intuitive or simple as playing with a keyboard, mouse, or wheel on an actual computer. There is a new accessory on the horizon though that will eliminate these problems and make the iPad a better choice for gaming. Until then, the gaming capabilities on the iPad are good, but may not satisfy hardcore gamers.
The real beauty of an iPad is that you get many of the features you know and love about a laptop but in a package that is smaller and much more portable. While laptops are very portable, the iPad is much easier to carry around on long days out and about. With a screen size that is 9.5 by 7.5 and a weight that is less than two pounds the iPad is much easier to maneuver. It?s not something you can easily attach to your belt but it will be convenient for most people to carry with them. While you can access the Internet and enjoy a little social networking with most mobile phones these days, few make it as convenient to do so as the iPad.
Regardless of what your needs might be, is likely the iPad can do it. It may be smaller than a laptop, but it is certainly just as versatile. Hopefully this article has given you the tools to decide to buy one or not. sign language for babies
Source: http://gosselinfiat.com/electronics/considering-an-ipad-these-are-the-things-you-sho-6/
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