Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine expresses its special thanks to the event managers and organisers (and personally to Upma Kite) for the invite, her trust and opportunity to cover the show as well as to Brett for his amazing artistic view.
added 204 new photos to the album: Ravishing Fashionista Fashion Show QLD set 1.
#BohemianRhapsodyWeeklyMagazine expresses its special thanks to the event managers and organisers (and personally to Upma Kite) for the invite, her trust and opportunity to cover the show as well as to Brett for his professionalism.
added 206 new photos to the album: Ravishing Fashionista Fashion SHOW QLD set 2.
you can purchase the April issue #7 of 140 pages via this link : http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1593219 or order direct from the editor (ourselves) to save on overseas postage with bulk orders.
although we run our own projects and have lots of art works to show to the world we also accept magazine submissions by the creative art groups.
please email your submissions to natasha.marchev@gmail.com for May issue #8 by April 15. The next issue will be focusing on sweet youth exclusively. Your submission will include full list of credits, photoset via dropbox direct link and your inspiration story please - thanks!
Josh and Brennan are about to get married in Palm Springs on a lovely Saturday afternoon. However, the night before becomes a drunken, drug-fueled riot, because their friend Gerry has arrived, furious that their invitation says "Please refrain from wearing bright colors or bold patterns." In the struggle for equality, what do we really want? What do we lose? And is there any cocaine left?
#BohemianRhapsodyWeeklyMagazine expresses its special thanks to the show organisers and managers (and personally to Michael J Wilkie at #MADPR ) for the invite and opportunity to speak about this incredible production as well as to Alexander for his constant support of the work of our magazine, his talent of capturing the essence of art and his brilliant writing skills!
The Ultimate Vegas Show mixes world-class illusion and Circus acts with the best Vegas variety artists. The show pays tribute to Dean Martin, Elvis Presley and other legendary greats through Australia's best impersonators, all framed by a bevy of gorgeous Vegas Showgirls and boys. Show producer and co-star Michael Boyd, the magical mind behind recent show blockbusters Cabaret De Paris and Mystique, as well as one of the star finalists on Australia's Got Talent, said The Ultimate Vegas Show would be a fantastic, sequin-studded journey direct to the Strip in Las Vegas.
"In The Ultimate Vegas Show we pay homage to the showgirl and all of her feathers and sequins and high kicks and heels; mixed up with breathtaking magic and illusion, Circus artistry and the critically acclaimed stage talents of impersonators as Dean Martin and Elvis will pay tribute to the greatest Vegas performers. The 90-minute show has a repertoire covering Salsa to Showgirl, Ballroom to Ballet, Rock and Roll to Rio, The Ultimate Vegas Show is Spectacular Showgirls, Amazing magic, Showbiz legends and so much more.
Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine expresses its special thanks to the event management and organisers, to the #CavanaghPR (and personally to #LarisaAnderson) for the invite and the opportunity to review the show and to Nupur for her work.
Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine expresses its special thanks to the event managers and organisers (and personally to Terry Recto Tarroza Kane) for the invite and opportunity to cover the event as well as to Alexander and Robert for their fabulous art impressions.
added 172 new photos to the album: Rio Carnival Charity Ball 2019 set 2 — with Alexander O. Montgomery and Anthony Wayne at Melrose Melbourne Conference + Reception Centre.
added 57 new photos to the album: Rio Carnival Charity Ball 2019 set 1 — with Alexander O. Montgomery and 2 others at Melrose Melbourne Conference + Reception Centre.
What happens when you cross the hottest, rudest party game of the last decade with the sharpest minds that the Melbourne Improv scene have to offer? You get Improv Attacks Humanity – improv for the awful. Improvisers take suggestions from rounds of Cards Against Humanity to create comedy gold.
Rebel Without Applause is a high-energy absurdist sketch comedy show themed around rebellion throughout the ages. The Late Night Party Boyz explore pop culture, modern-day politics and the insanity of the times we live in and nail it in 55 minutes. That's our money back (to us) guarantee!
· Camberwell · At Barolo camberwell restaurant run by two very friendly French guys . It's part of Entertainment Book Deal .
it was a last minute solution to a not cooked dinner... we had to go somewhere close but nice.
I also believe that Alex's choice of spaghetti marinara was a better choice but i enjoyed my fettuccini duck too.
but the top of the table was rosemary baked potatoes - WINNER for me and Alex!
The owners, two French men are also extremely friendly and attentive to all your moves. The dishes arrived a bit late but we explained it with a busy hour: the place was full of customers at 0700pm!
we did not order any coffees this time but I noticed that their short blacks are made with perfection by one of the owners himself.
added 107 new photos to the album: Curves & Curls Plus size Pageant 2019 — at Bondi Beach - Pacific Ocean.
added 274 new photos to the album: Meet & Greet with Bollywood actress, model and writer Divya Dutta — at Windsor Function Centre.
added 31 new photos to the album: Meet & Greet with Bollywood actress, model and writer Divya Dutt — at Windsor Function Centre.
added 58 new photos to the album: Divya Dutta in Sydney — at Windsor Function Centre.
$6000 to fund a 1-week long medical mission in the Caraga region for over 56 cleft lip and palate operations in Butuan and screened over 100 patients.
Join us again for our annual charity ball and enjoy a night out of drinks, dinner, dancing, music and live performances!
Music, Dancing, and seating in front of Live Entertainment!
The boom and zoom of vintage warbirds and the roar of attack helicopters… A high voltage array of combat aircraft takes centre-stage at AIRSHOW 2019.
See the most potent assets in our air defence arsenal strut their awesome stuff at Australia's world famous aviation spectacular. Marvel as jet fighters, strike bombers and heavy lift leviathans are joined by swarms of attack helicopters, from home and abroad, for a series of breathtaking routines and simulated combat manoeuvres.
The event also features the best collection of aerobatic daredevils ever to be gathered together for an Australian air show. Their high flying antics and precision manoeuvres promise to leave you spellbound.
There will also be historic aircraft from the classic years of aviation and the most impressive collection of World War II aircraft ever to soar skyward at Avalon. The aerospace showcase will feature the technology of tomorrow with special insights into space exploration and man's foray into the final frontier.
Hundreds of the world's leading innovators will display their latest and most exciting aerospace, aviation and defence products and inventions. AIRSHOW 2019 will be the most dynamic pageant of its kind ever staged in Australia.
By any reckoning this is going to be a very special day out… the ultimate family adventure.
All thanks to our friends at the Aerospace Maritime & Defence Foundation #AMAD Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine is proudly covering the show this year (media: Erkin Kalayci and Tugba Talia Caglayan) Fingers crossed for the best weather and please stay tuned for more details.
The SUBSTATION opens its doors and dance floors this March with four scorching works as part of Dance Massive, Australia's largest celebration of contemporary dance. Three-time APRA Art Music Award winning percussionist Claire Edwardes and Helpmann Award winning dancer Richard Cilli unite their distinct virtuosic talents in an unusual presentation of how movement sounds and how sound moves in RECITAL.
Edwardes and Cilli collaborate with acclaimed director and choreographer Gideon Obarzanek and Australia's leading electro-pop composer Paul Mac to create an intriguing display. Set in the orthodox world of a music and dance recital, the ambiguous relationship between the two performers intensifies. The outcomes are impressive, disturbing and wildly ecstatic. The season features a spectacular double bill - Lilian Steiner's Memoir for Rivers and The Dictator and Rachel Arianne Ogle's i have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
In Memoir for Rivers and The Dictator award-winning choreographer and performer Lilian Steiner with Reuben Lewis on trumpet, explore the impact of human experience and the personal histories that store themselves within the body. Through masterful movement and evocative sonic landscapes, the audience is lead through memories of war and destruction, personal power, passion and human empathy. Originally commissioned as part of the Keir Choreographic Award 2018 and presented at Les Plateaux and Constellations Festival (both in France), this is the world premiere of the full-length iteration of the work.
Rachel Arianne Ogle's i have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night is an immersive installation of improvised light and sound. A single human body becomes an abstracted focal point — a disembodied drishti — within an unfolding science fiction odyssey. The work explores states of transition and the synergy between light, sound and the body, offering audiences a meditation on time, perspective and the moment of death. Developed through in depth collaboration and a residency at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Centre (EMPAC) in New York, Rachel Arianne Ogle, Luke Smiles and Benjamin Cisterne have created a transcendental experiment in design.
The SUBSTATION takes dance to the masses, presenting the playful interactive multi-media installation, Cinematic Experiments at Altona Gate Shopping Centre from 14 to 17 March. Cinema interacts with contemporary dance as media artists Margie Medlin, Rhian Hinkley, Olaf Meyer and James Wilkinson devise a series of experiments that combine motion graphics with digital dance choreography by Vicki Van Hout and Patrick Lucky Lartey. This work invites the audience to bring a sense of curiosity and explore their own movement in relation to this dynamic and frequently changing installation.
"The SUBSTATION is thrilled to be part of Dance Massive 2019 for the first time. In line with our broader program, our first Dance Massive program sees independent artists from around Australia working across traditional artforms and particularly between choreography, visual arts and music," said Brad Spolding, Artistic Director.
In Memoir for Rivers and the Dictator, award-winning choreographer and performer Lilian Steiner explores the impact of human experience and the personal histories that store themselves deep within the body and its memory. Powerful and intense, Steiner's avant-garde storytelling is a collage of masterful movement, dramatic imagery and evocative sonic landscapes that reveal the complex impressions left by moments of war and destruction, personal power, passion and empathy.
Originally commissioned as part of the Keir Choreographic Award 2018, this is the world premiere of the full-length iteration of the work. * Memoir for Rivers and The Dictator is part of a double bill with i have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Tickets for this show enable entrance to both.


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7 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend
Our guide to plays and musicals coming to New York stages and a few last-chance picks of shows that are about to close. Our reviews of open shows are at nytimes.com/reviews/theater.
Previews & Openings
'MOULIN ROUGE' at the Al Hirschfeld Theater (previews start on June 28; opens on July 25). Raise a glass of absinthe to the Broadway adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's 2001 jukebox musical film. Directed by Alex Timbers, the show stars Karen Olivo, Aaron Tveit and Danny Burstein, with choreography by Sonya Tayeh. Reviewing the show's Boston incarnation last summer, Ben Brantley called it a "smart, shameless and extravagantly entertaining production."
moulinrougemusical.com
[Read about the events that our other critics have chosen for the week ahead.]
'ALL MY SONS' at the American Airlines Theater (closes on June 30). Nominated for three Tony Awards, this wrenching revival of Arthur Miller's tragedy of a corrupted American family ends its run. Jesse Green praised Annette Bening's Kate, "the show's emotional center and endless mystery," though he felt that Jack O'Brien's production "does not make a resonant case for the drama today."
212-719-1300, roundabouttheatre.org
'THE FERRYMAN' at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater (closes on July 7). The bunny, the goose and the four babies who perform in rotation are likely clearing out their dressing rooms as Jez Butterworth's epic drama, which won the Tony Award for best play, ends its Broadway run. Ben Brantley wrote that Sam Mendes's production, set in rural Ireland in 1981, possesses "a generosity of substance and spirit rarely seen on the stage anymore."
212-239-6200, theferrymanbroadway.com
'INK' at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater (closes on July 7). James Graham's play, which explores Rupert Murdoch's early forays into tabloid journalism, makes its final headlines. According to Ben Brantley, this canny drama, brashly directed by Rupert Goold and starring a Tony Award-winning Bertie Carvel, "foretells the age of populist media in which we now live and squirm."
212-239-6200, manhattantheatreclub.com
'KISS ME, KATE' at Studio 54 (closes on June 30). Cole Porter's too-darn-hot musical, revived by Scott Ellis for the Roundabout Theater Company, cools down. While some had worried that the musical, Cole Porter's riff on "The Taming of the Shrew," and its sexual politics might be outdated, Jesse Green found the show, which stars Kelli O'Hara, "still speaking to us — or better yet, singing — from the not so buried past."
'MY FAIR LADY' at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (closes on July 7). Have you grown accustomed to Bartlett Sher's revival of this Lerner and Loewe musical? Only a handful of performances remain. As Jesse Green wrote, this production, which now stars Laura Benanti, makes use of our current cultural moment to "restore the show's feminist argument" and "warm it up considerably."
212-239-6200, lct.org
'OCTET' at the Pershing Square Signature Center (closes on June 30). Dave Malloy's a cappella opera about people in the throes of internet addiction, which is pretty much all of us, logs off. Ben Brantley called this musical, directed by Annie Tippe, "the most original and topical" of the year, writing that "you'll feel reassured, alarmed, enlightened and truly thrilled by what you hear."
212-244-7529, signaturetheatre.org
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Paul W. Carroccio of Manchester and Wendy Knight of Addison County Join the Vermont Futures Project Board of Directors
by Vermont Futures Project | Sep 25, 2019 | all posts, news-updates
Contact: Bill Shouldice, 802-282-2683
Berlin, VT – The Vermont Futures Project is pleased to announce that Paul W. Carroccio and Wendy Knight have joined its Board of Directors.
Paul is the CEO of TPW Real Estate based in Manchester. TPW was founded in 1987 and is family-owned boutique real estate sales, rentals and property management firm with offices in Manchester, Stratton and Ludlow/Okemo. Wendy is currently the Chief Marketing Officer for Knight Automotive, a family-owned business celebrating its 36th year. She was most recently the Commissioner of Tourism and Marketing for the State of Vermont serving in the Governor Phil Scott Administration since 2017.
Paul is passionate about being an entrepreneur and building a strong, lasting organization in TPW. Paul is also an active member of the Manchester community. He serves as Board Chair of the Manchester Business Association, Board Treasurer of the Dorset Theater Festival and Board Member of the Bennington Industrial Corporation. Paul is also actively involved in the Putnam Block redevelopment project in Bennington as well as the various economic development groups throughout southern Vermont. Paul shares his love of Vermont with his wife Chrissy and their young two boys, Sean and Bennett.
Paul states, "I'm really proud to join the Vermont Futures Board and be a contributor. Vermont is a special place to live, earn a living and raise a family, but it all comes with a balance of economies, environments and social assets. The Vermont Futures Project is keenly focused on these areas and I am excited to be a part of the organization and contribute going forward."
As Commissioner of Tourism and Marketing for the State of Vermont, Wendy directed a 10-person marketing team to promote Vermont as a place to live, work and visit. She designed and implemented a first-in-nation economic development tourism program (Stay to Stay Weekends) aimed at encouraging visitors to become full-time residents, which is part of the Scott Administration's innovative talent attraction efforts that has resulted in extensive national media coverage and the successful relocation of new residents. During her tenure as Commissioner, Wendy also served as the Vice Chair of the Vermont Outdoor Recreation Economic Collaborative. Wendy graduated from Cornell and lives in Addison County.
"Attracting new workers is essential to growing our economy," said Wendy. "I'm thrilled to join the VFP board and hope that my public sector experience and communications expertise can support their mission of making economic growth a priority for Vermont."
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Limbo's Diner
Brandon Terrell (author)
Publisher: Bookstaves ISBN: 9781621432555
For as long as he can remember, Hal Crabtree's family has owned Limbo's Diner. The patrons of Limbo's are unique—they are dead, waiting for their final judgment. When Hal's classmate Gwen shows up at the diner, Hal is determined to solve the mystery of her death. If he fails, the diner's about to get full real quick.
Meltdown Town
Sean Tulien (author)
Years in the future, the world is in the midst of an energy crisis. Best friends Liam and Grace spend their evenings sneaking around abandoned buildings. One night, they spot a man wandering in the deadly radiation zone. How can he survive? Is he an alien? A zombie? Liam and Grace have to find out.
Second Chance Delivery
Ever since the car accident that killed his father, Ben Kirby's life has been a mess. Then, one day Ben stumbles across Second Chance Delivery, a service that will send an object and a letter to his past self. Now, Ben has one chance to stop the accident and change his future before fate takes its course.
Elizabeth Noll (author)
Publisher: Black Rabbit Books ISBN: 9781680721027
Readers of this book will investigate the facts and compare the data provided in the easy-access text and compelling diagrams and infographics, and then decide for themselves if Bigfoot is real.
Readers of this book will investigate the facts and compare the data provided in the easy-access text and compelling diagrams and infographics and then decide for themselves if ESP is real.
Readers of this book will investigate the facts and compare the data provided in the easy-access text and compelling diagrams and infographics, and then decide for themselves if ghosts are real.
Readers of this book will investigate the facts and compare the data provided in the easy-access text and compelling diagrams and infographics and then decide for themselves if places really are haunted.
Readers of this book will investigate the facts and compare the data provided in the easy-access text and compelling diagrams and infographics, and then decide for themselves what UFOs really are.
Jungle Land
Eric Walters (author)
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers ISBN: 9781459811508
DJ is always thrilled to spend time with his grandfather, a person he idolizes. When his grandfather announces that he's going to take all of his grandsons on individual adventures, it seems only fair that DJ, as the oldest grandchild, will get his adventure first - an adventure that sees his grandfather at the controls of a small plane as the two fly to Central America for a week. But when someone tries to kidnap him, DJ must flee through the jungle and down a crocodile-infested river, pursued by armed gunmen. When he isn't busy trying to stay alive, DJ discovers things about himself he never suspected and uncovers information that leads him to believe his beloved grandfather is living a secret life. In this exciting prequel to Between Heaven and Earth and Sleeper, the responsible and athletically gifted DJ flies to Central America.
Tank & Fizz: The Case of the Missing Mage
Liam O'Donnell (author), Mike Deas (illustrator)
As the eve of the great Wizards' Summit approaches, wizards from all over Rockfall Mountain descend on the school at Shadow Tower to refine their craft. When professors start disappearing, it's up to magic-fearing monster sleuths Tank and Fizz to solve this spell-packed mystery and find the missing mages. Aleetha, their detective partner and a wizard-in-training, has dragged Tank and Fizz into the heart of the Shadow Tower, where libraries fly, spells fill the air, and an ancient army of darkness stirs, when she receives a mysterious message from her missing teacher. Using their detective skills, a pinch of magic and a trickle of technology, the friends stumble into a battle that's been brewing for decades. And what starts as a simple missing-persons case turns into a clash of light versus dark magic. Can Tank and Fizz overcome their fears and track down the missing mages before the black magic makes them disappear for good? The Case of the Missing Mage is the third book in the Tank & Fizz series about two crime-solving monsters living under a mountain, following The Case of the Slime Stampede and The Case of the Battling Bots.
Jocelyn Shipley (author)
Thirteen-year-old Nate needs a break from looking after his newly disabled mom. One day when his mom thinks he's at a cross-country meet, he goes to the mall with a friend he's forbidden to have contact with. At the skate shop he sees a new board he can't afford but has to have, and Nate gets talked into running a scam. It turns out Nate looks a lot like a teen TV star filming in the area. So he and his buddy get girls to pay cash to be extras on set. It's all fine until Nate meets a girl he really likes. Nate knows he has to tell her the truth, but he's not sure he has what it takes to come clean.
Shane Peacock (author)
When Adam's grandfather first suggests taking him on a quick trip to Sweden to celebrate his upcoming thirteenth birthday, visions of being in one of the coolest places on earth—and he's not thinking of the temperature—dance in Adam's mind. But on his way there he reads that Swedes have a darker past, and present, than he ever imagined. Then he finds himself alone and separated from his grandfather in busy Stockholm. He is followed by unsmiling strangers, chased by ghosts down alleyways and constantly watched by the strangest girl he's ever seen. And then another terror, perhaps bigger than the terror of being lost, begins to overwhelm him. In this fast-paced prequel to Last Message and Double You, the outwardly confident but often secretly anxious Adam wanders the streets of Stockholm.
The Missing Skull
John Wilson (author)
A trip to a remote lake in northern Ontario with his grandfather doesn't thrill Steve, especially since his twin brother, DJ, was taken to Central America. Matters start to look up when his grandfather tells Steve about the mysterious death of the artist Tom Thomson and sets him the task of finding Thomson's missing skull. Steve loves mysteries, but when odd things begin happening and strange people start threatening him, Steve wonders whether this is part of his grandfather's plan. Is this still a simple puzzle, or is something far more sinister going on? In this thrilling prequel to Lost Cause and Broken Arrow, the history- and mystery-loving Steve ends up in remote northern Ontario.
Sigmund Brouwer (author)
Fishing for barracuda from a kayak in the Florida Keys. That's what Jim Webb thinks this resort vacation with his grandfather should be about. Except the dying resort owner holds the key to legend about a generations-old crime, a crime that is worth way too much to those who want the legend to be true. Webb soon discovers that what lurks in the sun, sand and shallow waters of the Keys is much more dangerous than a slashing game fish. And along the way, he learns an important truth about himself and his own past. In this exciting prequel to Devil's Pass and Tin Soldier, the musically gifted and tenacious Webb finds himself caught in a dangerous mystery.
Seven Prequels Bundle
Orca Book Publishers (author)
The seven grandsons from the bestselling Seven (the Series) and the Seven Sequels return in the Seven Prequels, along with their daredevil grandfather, David McLean. In these thrilling origin stories Eric Walters, John Wilson, Ted Staunton, Richard Scrimger, Norah McClintock, Sigmund Brouwer and Shane Peacock and their signature writing styles take readers from the heat of the jungles of Central America to the mysterious streets of Stockholm to one very dangerous kayaking trip in Florida. These linked YA novels can be read in any order. Discover all 7 books in this set: Barracuda Jungle Land Missing Skull Separated Slide Speed Weerdest Day Ever!
Jungle Jitters
Lisa Dalrymple (author)
Even though he's secretly terrified of deep water, and all the scary things that swim below, Tate wants to shake his boring reputation, and he agrees to travel with his class up the Amazon River to help build a village school. He has his fingers and toes crossed that he won't see any giant snakes or hungry piranhas. But there are even scarier things than anacondas lurking in the jungles of South America, and Tate soon learns of the legend of El Tunchi, a vengeful spirit that terrorizes those who harm the rainforest. When creepy things start happening and Tate keeps hearing El Tunchi's haunting whistle, he's sure the group must have angered someone. Or something. He and his friends need to figure out a way to make amends and get out of the jungle alive.
Norah McClintock (author)
When Rennie's dad, the Major, goes overseas on assignment, he enlists his mother-in-law to babysit Rennie. Babysit! A guy who's about to turn fifteen! But Grandma is no surrogate drill sergeant. She has fun on her mind. That means ditching school and heading to avalanche country for a surprise ski trip. Nothing can ruin Rennie's vacation, not the lodge owner, who turns out to be Grandma's geriatric long-ago boyfriend, not the annoying backcountry guide or the crooked park ranger or the pushy businessman from Mumbai, not even the explosions. And definitely not the most beautiful girl in the world, whom he meets while stumbling onto a murder plot. In this hair-raising prequel to Close to the Heel and From the Dead, the loyal, smart and observant Rennie heads to avalanche country.
Death Drop
Melanie Jackson (author)
On his way to baseball practice, Zeke lines up for Vancouver's newest thrill ride: Death Drop, an elevator that falls faster than gravity. The theme of the ride is based on the story of Persephone, who tumbled into the underworld. Zeke tumbles into a frightening situation himself after he discovers a little girl who is lost. He takes her to the Death Drop manager's office. But later, when he tries to find out what happened with her, the ride's staff say they never saw her! To find the missing girl, Zeke must navigate a devilish plot that includes Dante Gabriel Rossetti's famous painting Proserpine, a fiery drop into flames, and an angry coach.
Pam Withers (author)
Thirteen-year-old Chris and his family are setting up a bungee jump in his backyard. It's a real large-scale bungee jump off a bridge that connects his backyard to a small island owned by his family. Not only is it going to be the coolest attraction around, but it also provides Chris with an opportunity to watch a real engineer in action. Chris would be excited about it if things didn't keep going wrong. The rumors of hauntings on the island, once the site of a hospital for children with leprosy, are getting out of control. And there are mysterious mishaps on the bridge. Chris worries that all of these problems will keep customers away. And if the bungee jump isn't a success, his family will lose everything.
Ben Cody's Treasure
Janet Lorimer (author)
Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602919112
Leo sets out to teach his sister, Toby, that there are lessons to be learned by exploring the past. Little did they know that would stumble upon the answer to an old mystery.
Barkerville Gold
Dayle Campbell Gaetz (author)
Rusty, Katie and Sheila are sent out of town with Rusty's grandparents to keep them out of trouble. This time the trio is in historic Barkerville, a gold rush town with a secret. After witnessing what they take to be a ghost in the night, the three friends find themselves involved in a mystery from the past that seems to have a few other people interested as well. New information has come to light about a fortune in missing gold, a centuries-old curse and a missing miner. While the three budding detectives try and figure out which of the aging prospectors they keep running into is actually a ghost, they find they are in a race against time to recover the gold and return it to its rightful owners to avert a tragedy. Will they find the gold in time? Or will they suffer the fate of Three Finger Evans, the missing miner?
Alberta Alibi
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The summer is off to a lousy start when Levi's bike is stolen from outside the corner store. He feels even worse because he didn't lock it. But when his best friend Riley's locked bike is stolen the very next day, the boys are determined to get both of them back. When they discover there has been a string of bicycle thefts in the area, the friends hatch several plans to find the culprit. There are so many potential suspects--Steve Morrow and his gang, the tattooed guy who sits at the bus stop, the owners of the secondhand-bike store. There's also Emily Grimshaw, Levi's childhood nemesis, who keeps popping up and showing a peculiar interest in the thefts. Does she really want to help or is she involved somehow? And will Levi and Riley ever see their beloved bikes again?
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A great book overall. However, it doesn't seem to have enough Bayesian flavour (am I missing anything?) should there be more?
You're right book is a great overall. But I think having some Bayesian flavor is ok.
I'm a big fan of this book, I suggested this book to my colleagues at our IT Solutions Company.


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There are so many wonderful books about our Orthodox Faith that can encourage us to pray more, inspire us to love God and to bring us closer to Him, allowing Him to heal us from our infirmities. So let's start reading!


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September Equinox 2019
From Our Member Magazine
The State of Planetary Defense
How Well Does Earth Understand the Impact Hazard?
July 1994 was a sobering time for planetary scientists. That's when fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into Jupiter, creating Earth-scale "powder burns" in the planet's atmosphere that could be seen even with backyard telescopes. The score of impacts over a week's time served to remind us that impacts from asteroids and comets are a real threat to life on Earth.
Shoemaker-Levy Impact Fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into Jupiter over a period of several days in July 1994. Fragments D and G struck Jupiter on 17 July at 11:45 and 18 July at 07:28 UTC, respectively. The relatively fresh fragment G impact has produced a concentric set of scars: an inner dark circle, an outer thin ring, and an outermost diffuse ring. Fragment D is responsible for the small dark circle above these. The 3 photos used to make this color composite were taken at 09:19, 09:22, and 09:25, nearly 2 hours after the impact.Image: Data: H. Hammel, MIT, and NASA. Processing: Judy Schmidt.
That same year, the U.S. Congress tasked NASA with discovering 90 percent of all nearEarth objects (NEOs) larger than 1,000 meters within a decade. Such an object, were it to hit our planet, would cause continent-scale devastation. Fortunately, telescopic searches accomplished this goal in a little more than a decade. Then, in 2005, Congress issued a new challenge to NASA: discover 90 percent of NEOs with diameters larger than 140 meters by 2020. Colliding with an asteroid of this size would likely cause significant damage over a large region of a single continent or create a tsunami of unprecedented devastation were it to strike an ocean.
As the deadline for this congressional mandate approaches, observers have cataloged only about a third of the estimated 25,000 NEOs larger than 140 meters and will almost certainly fall short of the 90 percent goal by next year. However, it's not for lack of trying. In fact, between 2009 and 2014, Congress increased NASA's budget for NEO searches tenfold–from $4 million to $40 million. However, objects this small are usually spotted only when they pass close to Earth, and it takes many years for all of them to be spotted with existing technology.
The Hazard by the Numbers Image: Illustrations: Don Davis; Emily Lakdawalla and Loren A. Roberts for The Planetary Society
Leading these discovery efforts are 3 ground-based searches. The Catalina Sky Survey, based at the University of Arizona, has discovered roughly 50 percent of the 20,000 known NEOs. The University of Hawai'i runs a program called Pan-STARRS (short for Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System) that has found about 5,000 objects.
Complementing these two large surveys is ATLAS, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, whose 2 telescopes on the island of Maui cover 25 percent of the entire sky every clear night. Those scans serve as an early warning system because they're able to spot asteroids as small as 30 meters across that are within 1.5 million kilometers (a million miles) of Earth.
Once a NEO is discovered, it's critical to determine its orbit with enough precision to be able to predict where it'll be for decades into the future. Many NEO discoveries are followed up by other instruments ranging from huge professional telescopes to modest backyard setups operated by amateur astronomers.
Sometimes, objects in Earth's vicinity can be observed using radar, particularly the 70-meter-wide dish at NASA's tracking station at Goldstone, California and the 305-meterwide dish at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. By bouncing microwaves off the surface of nearby asteroids, astronomers can measure precisely how far away they are and how fast they're passing by, key factors in refining their orbits.
More Than Just a Dot
While surveys discover what's out there, follow-up observations can characterize NEOs to determine of what they are made, how fast they spin, and something about their size, shape, and reflectivity. For example, merely recording how an object's apparent brightness changes with time can yield its spin rate. Astronomers have found that the fastestrotating NEO spins once every 16 seconds, and the slowest takes more than 78 days to finish one round on its axis.
Most observations cannot resolve NEOs, so they appear as star-like dots in images. However, radar-equipped radio telescopes can create "maps" of the radar echoes' roundtrip time vs. Doppler shift, pseudo pictures that reveal an asteroid's size, shape, spin rate, surface properties, and even surface features such as craters. The giant Arecibo dish has the most powerful radar system in the world, but it can only see a fraction of the sky. NASA's Goldstone radar system, though smaller and less powerful, can observe a larger swath of sky. Together, these facilities typically observe roughly 100 NEOs per year.
Two other key characterization assets observe passing objects at wavelengths beyond the range of human vision. NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) atop Mauna Kea in Hawai`i uses a workhorse instrument called SpeX to record the near-infrared wavelengths reflected from an asteroid's surface. These spectra reveal the composition of passing NEOs.
The second asset is NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft. Originally an astrophysics mission dubbed the Wide field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), it once observed the entire sky in 4 infrared bands. Once WISE's coolant was depleted 10 months after launch, it could no longer observe at the longest-wavelength bands, but the spacecraft itself remained healthy and could still observe at 2 shorterwavelength bands in which solar-system objects radiate energy. Astronomers could combine NEOWISE's measurements with visible-light images from ground-based telescopes to determine the diameters for nearly 200,000 different asteroids and comets, including several hundred NEOs.
Rogue's Gallery of Radar-Imaged Near-Earth Asteroids TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Near-Earth asteroids come in all shapes, from round (2005 YU55) to faceted (2017 BQ6) to lumpy (2017 CS) to very lumpy (2014 JO25). Their shapes are revealed by radar images made by bouncing radio signals off the objects when they fly past Earth. BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: A surprising number of near-Earth asteroids are multiples. There are binaries (2004 BL86) and even triple asteroids (3122 Florence). Most have small moonlets orbiting bigger main bodies, but some have near-equal-size components (2017 YE5). Occasionally, the two bodies approach each other, forming a contact binary (1999 JD6).Image: NASA/JPL/GSSR
What's the (Defensive) Plan?
Suppose an asteroid was discovered hurtling directly at Earth. What could we do to protect our planet? Space officials at NASA and elsewhere continue to debate the best ways to deflect a rogue asteroid headed our way. Some schemes involve gently nudging the object onto a path that no longer collides with Earth, while others envision breaking it up into harmless pieces.
However, no defensive strategy is "battle ready" unless it has been tested in a reallife scenario. NASA has partnered with other federal agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to conduct "what-if" exercises involving hypothetical impactors.
In 2017, the United Nations-endorsed International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) conducted a global planetary-defense exercise involving a real asteroid known as 2012 TC4 that zipped past Earth on 12 October 2017 at a distance of just under 44,000 kilometers (27,200 miles). The goal was to recover, track, and characterize TC4 as a potential impactor using a global network of observations, modeling, prediction, and communication. In all, more than 70 people representing 14 countries participated in the exercise.
Unfortunately, at that time, the Arecibo radar system was offline due to damage it sustained just weeks earlier during Hurricane Maria, and the IRTF in Hawai`i had a power failure on the night of the flyby that prevented it from collecting observations when the object was at its brightest. The big dishes at Goldstone and at Green Bank, West Virginia collected excellent radar data. Most of the campaign was successful, with seamless coordination and sharing of results in real time. Using all the observational information collected during the exercise, scientists ran risk assessments to determine the likelihood and consequences of an actual collision. The takeaway of this real-world exercise is that the extent of damage will depend on the object's mass and therefore its composition and size.
Building on the lessons learned from the TC4 campaign, NASA and IAWN conducted another planetary-defense exercise on 27 May 2019 with a binary near-Earth asteroid known as 1999 KW4. Unlike TC4, which was less than 20 meters in diameter, the primary KW4 body is 1,300 meters across, and its moon is 400 meters. Since its close flyby, scores of astronomers worldwide have been working to characterize this binary system and understand how to mitigate an impact from two bodies. (Earth's cratering record shows that about 1 in 7 impacts are from binary asteroids.)
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Know Thy Enemy
Astronomers now realize that simply knowing the whereabouts of a threatening asteroid (or comet) is not enough. For any planetary-defense strategy to succeed, we'll need to know as much as possible about any potential impactor.
To that end, NASA and European Space Agency have teamed up for a 2-spacecraft mission called Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA). The target is 65803 Didymos, a binary NEO that consists of a main body roughly 800 meters across and a much smaller moon that circles every 11.9 hours.
The current plan calls for NASA to dispatch a spacecraft named Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), which will launch in 2021 and strike the asteroid's moon in October 2022. The collision should change the companion's orbit in a measurable way and thus help determine whether such "kinetic impactors" offer a practical means of defense. Then, if it gets funded later this year, ESA's spacecraft, called Hera, should begin orbiting the Didymos system in 2026 and assess not only the change in the moon's orbit after DART's hit but also the characteristics of both bodies.
Another project awaiting funding is NASA's NEOCam mission. With heritage from NEOWISE, this new spacecraft would be positioned at a gravitationally stable Lagrange point between Earth and the Sun. From that vantage point, NEOCam's infrared detectors would scan ahead and behind Earth's orbit, where ground-based observatories struggle to discover objects, and potentially find twothirds of the missing 140-meter-wide NEOs as well as large numbers of smaller objects during its 5-year primary mission. The National Academy of Sciences released a report on NEO surveying and recommended that NASA fund a space-based infrared survey telescope to accomplish the congressional mandate.
While not a spacecraft, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) should make major contributions to the discovery of NEOs once it begins science operations in late 2022. Funded by the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation, LSST's 8-meterwide optics will scan the entire observable sky several times per month using detectors that can record very faint objects. Astronomers expect it to discover large numbers of NEOs and main-belt asteroids.
Clearly, planetary scientists are working hard to achieve the congressional mandate of discovering 90 percent of all Earth-threatening NEOs, even if it takes beyond 2020 to do so. Meanwhile, they're trying to learn as much as possible about not only those objects that might someday strike our planet but also asteroids and comets in general. Identifying those celestial threats and creating dependable ways to defend against them will be an evolving effort that extends decades into the future. However, it's reassuring to know that the first steps are well underway.
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China signs a 300 million dollar deal to import lab meat from Israel
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NSPCC launches new film in PANTS campaign
Leading children's charity, the NSPCC, has enlisted the help of dinosaurs to get parents talking to their children about sexual abuse.
A catchy animation, made by Aardman, creators of Morph, Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, is launched in cinemas across the country. A 30-second ad featuring the "voice of the X Factor" Peter Dickson will be shown to promote the full version of the animation which features dinosaurs explaining how to stay safe from abuse.
The NSPCC PANTS campaign has already helped over 400,000 parents talk to their children about sexual abuse since it launched three years ago. It has also led to one conviction and a number of other disclosures of abuse from children.
The film is aimed at four to eight-year-olds as talking to children about staying safe is most effective when taught at an early age. Last year a total of 10,757 offences against under-tens – 29 a day - were reported to police in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Peter Wanless, CEO of the NSPCC said: "We know many parents will struggle with the idea of talking to their children about sexual abuse but it's vital if we want our children to understand how to stay safe. Parents know it's an important conversation to have but don't always know how to go about it. We hope our new child-friendly and catchy animation will act as a conversation starter helping parents to address the topic of sexual abuse without using scary words or even mentioning sex."
The NSPCC worked with Aardman Animations and music production company Adelphoi Music to create the animation and song which features pant-wearing dino character Pantosaurus. Talk PANTS is designed to teach children that their body belongs to them, they have the right to say no and to tell someone they trust if they're ever worried about anything.
Heather Wright, Executive Producer at Aardman said; "Humour, animation and music are a great way of making it less awkward for parents and young children to talk about this very difficult subject. The song has definite 'earworm' potential and I'm sure children will find it funny and memorable which will in turn give them the language they need to use to protect themselves."


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David Brooks: The Holy Capitalists.
David Brooks is today musing on just what was it that started off the economic boom times of the last 500 years.
I have to admit that I'm not sure I see what the argument is. I have no problem in believing that all of these reasons are correct, that Europe did have the right plants, that climate and geography are determinants, that culture matters, that the Renaissance was important and that the Catholic Church had a basic almost proto-capitalism in the economy of the monasteries (and the manorial economy outside the Church as well).
But maybe that's just me. I'm always uncomfortable with anyone stating, when we're dealing with organisms as complex in their desires as human beings, of anyone who says "That's it!"
Rather why I like the old standards of markets, liberty and the freedom to go to perdition in your own way...because you're only ever saying "That's it!" for yourself.
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What explains success? What forces drive some nations and individuals to move forward and grow rich while others stagnate? These happen to be the most important questions in the social sciences today.
In the scholarly arena, you see an array of academic gladiators wielding big books and offering theories.
Over here are the material determinists. Jared Diamond, with his million-selling ''Guns, Germs, and Steel,'' says the West grew rich not because of any innate superiority, but because Europeans happened to have the right kinds of plants. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, with his tome, ''Civilizations,'' argues that success is determined by climate and geography.
Over there are the cultural determinists. Thomas Sowell argues that ethnic groups develop their own skills and values and thrive or suffer as they compete, conquer and migrate. In his great opus, ''The Wealth and Poverty of Nations,'' David Landes shows how cultural mores shaped European empires and the Industrial Revolution.
Now another academic heavyweight has entered the arena. In his new book, ''The Victory of Reason,'' the Baylor sociologist Rodney Stark argues that the West grew rich because it invented capitalism. That's not new. What's unusual is his description of how capitalism developed.
The conventional view, embraced by most of his fellow cultural determinists, is that during the Renaissance and Reformation, Europeans shook off the authority of the Catholic Church. When a secular world was created alongside the sacred one, when intellectual freedom replaced obedience to authority, capitalism and scientific advances were the result.
That theory, Stark says, doesn't fit the facts. In reality, capitalism developed in the Middle Ages, and the important innovations were made by people in the belly of the faith. Religion didn't stifle economic and scientific ideas -- it nurtured them.
Stark is building upon the recent research that has reversed earlier prejudices about the so-called Dark Ages. As late as 1983, the esteemed historian Daniel Boorstin could write a chapter on the Middle Ages entitled ''The Prison of Christian Dogma.''
But the more we learn, the more we realize that most of the progress we link to the Renaissance or later years actually happened during the Middle Ages. Roughly a hundred years before Copernicus, Jean Buridan (circa 1300-1358) wrote that the Earth is an orb rotating on an axis. Buridan, a rector of the University of Paris, was succeeded by Nicole d'Oresme (1323-1382), who explained why the rotation of the Earth doesn't produce wind.
Other medieval Scholastics made the same sort of discoveries in economics and technology. Five hundred years before Adam Smith, St. Albertus Magnus explained the price mechanism as what ''goods are worth according to the estimate of the market at the time of sale.''
Catholic monasteries emerged as capitalist enterprises, serving not only as manufacturing and trading centers, but also as investment houses. And engineers invented or commercialized a vast array of technologies: the compass, the clock, the round-bottom boat, wagons with brakes and front axles, water wheels, eyeglasses, and so on.
These innovations and discoveries, Stark argues, were not made by the newly secular, but by people who had a distinctly Christian sense of the sacred. Catholic theology had taught them that God had created the universe according to universal laws that reason could discover. It taught that knowledge and history move forward progressively, so people should look to the future, not the past.
The church recognized the dignity of free labor at a time when most other cultures did not. It valued private property and emphasized the essential equality of human beings despite their unequal incomes and stations.
This history is important today. (And not only because Albertus Magnus knew more about reconciling faith and reason 700 years ago than the bogus culture warriors do now.) It's important because whether we are dealing with poverty around the world or at home, it is not enough to simply liberate people and assume they will automatically pursue economic prosperity. People need to be instilled with certain beliefs, like the belief that the future can be better than the present and that individuals have the power to shape their own destiny.
Ideas and culture drive civilizations. The Catholic Church nurtured one of the most impressive economic takeoffs in human history. Today, as Catholicism spreads in Africa and China, it's important to understand the beliefs that encourage people to work hard and grow rich.
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This may be the original capitalists but take a look at the new capitalists. Most have not been paying attention to the World Trade talks, here is the most amazing revelation to come from the talks, "Developing nations in Africa and Asia want preferential deals put in place so they can sell more of their products in America, Europe, and Japan." Are they serious?
Who do they think they are demanding preferential treatment deals so they can sell more of their product in Japan, Europe, and America? They are owed as much as we are, nothing. Get in gear and get to work, that's how you sell your product. America, Japan, and Europe earned their standard of living by hard work and sacrifice, not just by asking.
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David Brooks needs to take a look at the Silk Road.
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Next year will see the debut of a factory Porsche sport scar team on the American continent after the announcement that current ALMS team, CORE autosport will field a pair of works Porsche 911 RSRs in the 2014 United SportsCar Championship.
Although Porsche assisted Penske with the running of the LMP2 RS Spyders back in 2006-08, the announcement at the Texas FIA WEC round marks Stuttgart's first factory foray into a North American sports car championship.
CORE autosport's boss, Jon Bennett (second from right) and Hartmut Kristen (far right) announced the deal in Texas.
CORE autosport, who has been running a Porsche 997 GT3 RSR for the first time in this year's American Le Mans Series, will run the duo of 2014-spec 911 RSRs, while the driving duties will be performed by two pairs of as-yet-unnamed Porsche factory drivers.
CORE autosport have been running a Porsche 997 GT3 RSR in the 2013 ALMS.
The team will be entered under the name of 'Porsche North America', and based out of Porsche Motorsport North America's premises in Santa Ana, California. The first race for the new team (which will be run like the WEC Porsche AG Team Manthey effort) will be the Daytona 24 Hours on 25 January 2014.
Competing in the top GTLM ('GT Le Mans') class, the Porsche North America team is likely to face stiff competition from American stalwarts, Corvette Racing, as well as BMW Motorsport.
The assault on the 2014 USCR Championship will be Porsche's first North American factory team.
Meanwhile, IMSA has announced the dates for the 2014 United SportsCar Championship. The new series will combine the best events from the current Grand-Am and ALMS schedules.
The highlights of the 2014 championship include the Daytona 24 Hours, 12 Hours of Sebring, and the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.


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Home Latest Will Cash Transfers be the New Game-changer?
Congress President Sonia Gandhi (Photo: Wikipedia)
Will Cash Transfers be the New Game-changer?
By Amulya Ganguli
The belief in the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) that it was the rural employment scheme, and not the nuclear deal, which led to the Congress's 2009 victory, might be an exaggerated assessment. But a similar policy of empowering the underprivileged through a policy of cash transfers is likely to help the party cross the electoral Rubicon in two years' time.
Although the issue of the government directly depositing cash in the bank accounts of the needy has long been in the public domain, the government has been reluctant to take any initiative till now because of stout resistance from the opposition parties. Even today, critics of the measure remain active. Among them are not only the habitual nay-sayers – the communists – who have a problem for every solution but also the former civil society activists under Arvind Kejriwal, who have now formed the Aam Admi Party (AAP).
They see the cash transfers as a bribe to voters at the tax-payers' expense. But so was the employment scheme, which guaranteed a payment of Rs 120 per day for nearly three-and-a-half months of manual labour. The advantage, however, with cash transfers is that it eliminates the middlemen who are responsible for the "leakages" in the employment scheme. As a result, the longstanding calculation that only a fourth of the doles meant for the poor reaches the target, as Rajiv Gandhi suspected, will no longer vitiate the subsidy regime. What is more, an effective control of the subsidies will bring down the inordinately high fiscal deficit.
There may be problems, of course, as there are with any project. One of them is the possibility of the cash being misused via expenditure on items for which the grant is not meant. But such criticism underlines a paternalistic outlook, which presupposes that the government knows better what is good for the recipients than the latter themselves. Another problem is the misdirection of the cash transfer to accounts which are in the names of non-Indians, e.g., illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, as has been suggested, since the biometric identity proofs under the Aadhar scheme do not certify the person to be an Indian citizen. But this is too far-fetched a possibility to be taken seriously.
However, what the floating of these ideas suggests is that the opponents of the move will go to any length to discredit it. Their objective is clearly political since they seem to have realized that the new scheme may be of considerable benefit to the Congress. True the Congress itself is motivated by the same objective. But that should not lead to the trashing of an idea merely because it has been advanced by the ruling party at the centre. Instead, the focus should be on a clear-sighted examination of its pros and cons and to give it two cheers if the plus points outscore the minuses.
Politics in India, however, rarely follows such a logical course. Hence we see the curious spectacle of the opposition parties frustrating the government's efforts in a direction which they had supported when in power. Foreign investment in the retail sector, for instance, was on the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) agenda when it ran the government at the centre, but it is now vehemently opposing the measure.
While politicians are calculating the gains and losses of their parties vis-a-vis the new scheme, which is being tried out in India for the first time unlike in Latin America, especially Brazil, where it has been in vogue for several years, the ideologues are looking at cash transfers through their customary tinted glasses. One of their objections relates to a spurt in inflation, which may be caused by the infusion of a large amount of ready money into the economy. The other is the dependency which the beneficiaries may develop with the unearned income flowing into their bank accounts. However, the second trait has also been regarded as unwarranted since, except for a few wayward individuals, the indigent are unlikely to act as spendthrifts. Instead, they will learn to save and invest.
Left-wingers like the economist, Jean Dreze, have welcomed the cash transfers, but with the proviso that these should supplement the "public provision of health, education and other basic services", as in Brazil. But, in their blind preference for the public sector, they have overlooked the dismal state of primary health centres and government-run schools, especially in the villages and small towns. Arguably, the extra money for the poor will enable them to opt for better hospitals and schools in the private sector.
Although it will obviously take time to prove whether the new scheme will be a game-changer, as union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh believe it to be, it should be allowed to run its course and not castigated by the opposition parties from the start.
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After averaging almost a point-per-game in the 2011 WHL playoffs, Joe is a best kept secret no longer. Morrow is in the all-around puck-moving mould of blueliner who is so highly coveted by NHL teams in the post-lockout era.
Cannon shot – check. Very good passer – check. Puck poise – check.
However, what really sets morrow apart is his absolute superb skating ability. Although I think the comparison is a stretch, when you hear Paul Coffey's name in the same sentence as Joe Morrow, you have to stand up and take notice.
Although definitely improved especially with respect to positioning, Morrow must continue to develop his defensive acumen and work on having a quicker shot release."


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The Pirate Bay: Screw It, We're Going to North Korea (Except, Probably Definitely Not)
PublishedMarch 4, 2013
The Pirate Bay may have found a new way to keep its servers up and running amidst increasing adversity from European governments and copyright groups. North Korea to the rescue! Except, you know, it's probably a hoax. Updated below
TorrentFreak reports that just last week, The Pirate Bay was shut down and forced to move its servers from Sweden to Norway and Spain. But the party only lasted a few days in Norway before a local copyright group started waving virtual pitchforks, and those servers went dark, too.
According to a post on The Pirate Bay's blog, it has been offered "virtual asylum" by the North Korean government.
Today we can reveal that we have been invited by the leader of the republic of Korea, to fight our battles from their network.
So we're meant to believe that the North Korean government seized the opportunity to troll the trade groups of the capitalist western world. Is it true? This could just as easily be a little performance used to advance The Pirate Bay's politics. From the blog post:
This is truly an ironic situation. We have been fighting for a free world, and our opponents are mostly huge corporations from the United States of America, a place where freedom and freedom of speech is said to be held high. At the same time, companies from that country is chasing a competitor from other countries, bribing police and lawmakers, threatening political parties and physically hunting people from our crew. And to our help comes a government famous in our part of the world for locking people up for their thoughts and forbidding access to information.
That's an extreme way to look at this, yes, but they've got a point—especially if the pirates really set sail on the interwaves for North Korea. According to Torrent Freak, The Pirate Bay's traffic is actually going through North Korea.
There's a far more compelling case being made here that this is all a hoax. If you follow the traceroutes of The Pirate Bay's IP you realize the site is being hosted in Asia, but not in North Korea. We can't personally vet the traceroutes argument, but some healthy skepticism is in order here. If you know more than us, please put it down below. rdns.im and The Pirate Bay via TorrentFreak]
Update: March 5th, 2013
Yup, it was all a hoax. Despite not really fooling too many people, The Pirate Bay gloats about its masterful trickery and deception on Facebook.
We hope that yesterdays little hack proved that we know the internet better than our enemies. Since about 40% of the entire internets traffic consists of torrents enabled by us, you can almost say that we ARE the internets. Fuck with the internets and we'll ridicule you (points at MAFIAA with a retractable baton) until you beg for mercy.
Whatever you guys say.


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The future looks bright for community energy
The profits from the energy projects are reinvested into local schemes and initiatives which are important to those communities.
There are currently more than 5,000 community groups undertaking energy initiatives in the UK, with community energy projects in the South West alone generating more than 7.4 GWh of renewable energy to date.
At the heart of community energy is a drive to tackle climate change, to make a positive difference to communities and, ultimately, to change the nature of energy ownership, generation and supply to a decentralised system. The aim is for renewable energy to be generated by local communities for local communities.
Community energy co-operative group Mongoose Energy is due to launch its new supply business later this year, selling renewable energy sourced directly from community-owned renewables projects. It will be the first supply business in the UK to be majority owned by community groups, with profits largely being reinvested into local community projects.
There are a number of contributory factors to the continued success of community energy. With community groups being motivated by more than just monetary profit, they are arguably more likely to stay committed to projects in light of subsidy cuts where perhaps some commercial developers might walk away. Share offers issued by community groups to raise funding for projects are often oversubscribed and close early – highlighting the high demand for investing in community energy projects.
Communities are also more important than ever to the success of commercial projects. Commercial developers are increasingly sharing site ownership of their projects with community groups. They are also introducing other initiatives such as local tariffs which offer cheaper renewable energy to nearby communities in the hope that they will encourage support and increase community engagement.
I am a board member of Low Carbon Gordano, a community benefit society helping to create a low carbon future through renewable energy generation, energy storage and carbon reduction measures. The group has raised more than £3 million via two community share issues, owns two solar farms and three solar roof schemes on community buildings, promotes energy reduction and funds a community benefit grant scheme to help its local community to go green.
Low Carbon Gordano, along with other community groups, sees a bright future powered by renewables and is committed to the long-term aims of carbon reduction, renewable generation and energy efficiency.
For further information about community energy, please contact Helen Rumford.


There is a special prayer of Prophet Yunus (PBUH) that he recited in the belly of the fish. It is described in 87th verse of Surah al-Anbya. This verse is known as "Prayer of Distress" or "Ayah Kareema", meaning The Glorious Verse.
The supplication of Prophet Yunus when he supplicated while in the belly of the whale was: "There is none worthy of worship except You, Glory to You, Indeed, I have been of the transgressors." So indeed, no Muslim man supplicates with it for anything, ever, except Allah responds to him.
To understand the importance and depth of this verse, we have to briefly go through the biography of Prophet Yunus (PBUH). Life of Prophet Yunus (PBUH) is mentioned in the Quran in Surah Yunus, Surah al-Anbya and Surah as-Saffat.
And mention the man of the fish, when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree anything upon him.
And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers." So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.
Had he not been of them who glorify Allah, He would have remained in its belly till the day when they are raised.
If only there had been a community (of all those that were destroyed of old) that believed and profited by its belief as did the folk of Jonah! When they believed We drew off from them the torment of disgrace in the life of the world and gave them comfort for a while.
While reciting Ayah Kareema, in the first part, one declares his belief in Allah and His Attributes by saying "لا اله الا" or "There is no deity except You". Therefore, the verse starts with acknowledging the Lordship of Allah.
And in the second part, one glorifies Allah and praises Him as "انت سبحانك" or "Exalted are You." So here Ayah Kareema declares that all the Glory rests with Him and only He is the Glorified One.
Surely Allah loves those who turn unto Him in repentance and loves those who purify themselves.
Hence, Life of Prophet Yunus (PBUH) guides us to be patient in all matters of our life. We must acknowledge us our mistakes, repent and never lose hope in His Mercy or Forgiveness.
In a nutshell, reciting Ayah Kareema is a good way to overcome our problems and seek the Mercy of Allah.


When I learned how to make a raspberry pie recipe it quickly became one of my favorite fruit pie recipes. I really like raspberries in many different kinds of dessert recipes. They really make an excellent choice when you are hungry for a fresh fruit pie.
In the spring of the year you can find these berries growing wild in many areas along a fence line, along the road and almost anywhere. The cultivated raspberries were traditionally considered to be a summer berry but with technology today they are available most of the year in supermarkets.
If you are learning how to make a raspberry pie recipe, one thing to consider when baking most fruit pie recipes is the amount of juice which comes from the berries when they cook. Use a good pie recipe which includes a thickening made from either flour or cornstarch. This will prevent the juice from overflowing the crust into the oven. I also always line the bottom self in the oven with foil or slide a tray under the pie to catch spillovers.
Some raspberry pie recipes will include a crust recipe with the pie recipe. Other recipes will list in the ingredients a baked or unbaked pie shell often specifying a commercially made crust. Many times you can switch the crust for something which you have available. For instance, you could make a homemade crust, either made with flour, cookies or graham crackers instead of buying one.
Learn how to make a basic raspberry pie recipe.
Preheat oven to 375F degrees; line bottom of pie plate.
FOR FILLING combine sugar, cornstarch and salt in a large bowl; add raspberries and toss gently to mix.
Spoon into unbaked pie shell; dot top with bits of butter.
Moisten edge of pastry with water; cover top with pie crust.
Cut top crust with knife slits or use small cutters to cut holes for steam to escape.
Cover edge of crust with foil to prevent it from over browning; bake for 35 minutes.
REMOVE FOIL and bake 15 minutes longer until bubbly and crust is golden brown.
Cool to room temperature before cutting; serves 8.
This is a favorite raspberry pie recipe.
Mix together the crumbs and 5 tablespoons melted butter.Press into a 10 inch pie plate.
Cream together the ½ pound butter, sugar and eggs until light and fluffy.
Thaw and drain the berries, reserving the liquid.
Thicken the liquid with the cornstarch over low heat until it comes to a boil. Cool and add the drained berries back into the thickened juice.
Pour the creamed butter/sugar filling into the pie shell.
Arrange the sliced bananas on the top of the filling.
Pour the raspberry mixture over the bananas.
Top with whipped cream or Cool Whip. Serve cold.
Brush crust with the egg white. Bake at 400F degrees for 5 minutes. Let set until cold.
Combine the sugar, salt, cornstarch and flour in a medium saucepan.
Gradually add the water while stirring.
Cook over medium heat for 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
Remove from the heat and gradually stir about ¼ of the hot mixture into the yolks; add back into the hot mixture in the pan, stirring constantly.
Cook 2 additional minutes over medium heat. Remove from heat and add butter, lemon juice and grated lemon rind,. Stir well.
Pour into prepared crust. Chill for a couple hours. Top with the raspberries before serving.
This is an easy raspberry pie recipe.
Drain raspberries reserving syrup; add water to syrup from berries to make 2/3 cup.
Dissolve gelatin in boiling water; add lemon juice and raspberry syrup mixture and blend well.
Chill until partially set; beat gelatin mixture until soft peaks form.
Fold in raspberries and whipped cream reserving some for topping.
Add salt to egg whites; beat until stiff peaks form.
Add sugar gradually and beat into stiff peaks; fold into raspberry mixture.
Pile into cooled pie shell; chill.
Top with whipped cream and fresh raspberries.
Combine and mix 2 cups flour and salt; add shortening and cut in until crumbly.
Add water and stir into a soft dough; shape with hands into ball; do not overwork.
Cover dough and let rest for 5 minutes.
Prepare filling by combining berries, 1 ¾ cup sugar, lemon peel and 6 tablespoons flour.
Roll out half of pie dough and line 10 inch pie pan; roll out remaining dough and cut into long strips.
Place filling in pie pan on top of dough; using strips of dough quickly make a lattice top over the filling.
Trim dough and crimp around edges of pie; sprinkle top with 2 tablespoons sugar.
Cut butter into tiny pieces and place in holes in lattice of pie.
Place in preheated oven at 350F degrees.
Bake about 50 minutes until center is bubbling and crust is browned.
Learn how to make this delicious raspberry pie recipe with ice cream.
Line pie plate with rolled pie dough; trim excess dough and crimp edges.
Sprinkle over crust 1 teaspoon sugar and almonds; bake 10 to 12 minutes until slightly browned.
Fold raspberries into sherbet in a large bowl; fold in vanilla ice cream making a swirl effect.
Spoon ice cream mixture into cold crust; freeze until firm or overnight.
FOR SAUCE combine sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan.
Stir in reserved raspberry juice about 1/3 cup; cook and stir over medium heat until mixture is thickened.
Stir orange juice into hot mixture; cool completely.
Before serving remove pie from freezer (About 20 minutes) and stand at room temperature.
Cut into wedges and serve with sauce; serves 8.
I am including here a basic one and two crust recipe for your convenience when making a raspberry pie recipe. You can find other crust recipes throughout this Painless Cooking web site.
Reserve 1/3 cup of the flour; sift remaining flour and salt together in a bowl.
Cut shortening into the flour and salt mixture until crumbly.
Blend the 1/3 cup of flour with the water to make a paste.
Mix paste thoroughly with the crumbly mixture until dough ball forms; divide dough into 2 balls.
Roll 1 ball between 2 pieces of wax paper to 12 inches round and 1/8 inch thickness.
Remove 1 sheet of wax paper; turn rolled dough over lightly into pie plate fitting it into the plate.
After filling the pie shell roll part 2 of dough the same way.
Cover pie and trim excess dough ½ inch beyond edge of plate; crimp edges.
FOLLOW ABOVE DIRECTIONS RESERVING ¼ CUP OF FLOUR. If baked shell is needed, prick holes in bottom with fork and bake 8-10 minutes at 375F degrees.