Legendary underwater explorer Robert Ballard has added two more shipwrecks to his already incredible list of discoveries (RMS Titanic, Bismarck, USS Yorktown and John F. Kennedy's PT 109). Ballard and his team spent two weeks off the Cypriot coast exploring the Erastosthenes Seamount, a 120km by 80km undersea mountain that was previously above water. The expedition's chief goal was to survey the seamount's geology through the use of submersibles and high definition cameras. Ballard plans to return in several weeks after the Nautilus is equipped with a new sonar system that will allow him and his team to map the seamount. Previously the seamount was believed to contain only limestone, but the expedition located a formation of volcanic rock that doesn't fit the area's geologic profile. Additionally, the team found a curious methane source on the formation which requires further investigation.
It was in the process of completing their geologic mapping that the team discovered the two wrecks. One ship is believed to have sunk 2,300 to 2,500 years ago and carried cargoes between Greece and Cyprus. Among the artifacts photographed at the scene are a variety of ceramics, two anchors, a possible bun ingot and several other unidentified objects. The second ship appears to be an Ottoman war galley and an 18th century flintlock pistol and black rum bottles were located amongst the wreckage. One question left unanswered by the expedition is the speculation that Ballard's team was searching for a WWII-era wreck containing a gold cargo. There exists little grounds for such speculation, though, as Ballard is known for not seeking to directly profit from his underseas exploration.
Prior to this month's expedition, Ballard helped Turkey locate the two Turkish pilots lost when their F-4 crashed under mysterious circumstances near the Syrian border.


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It was another boring Sunday yesterday, so when I heard that the new Darkmoon Faire had hit the public test realms, I scampered over and updated. Let me tell you – when Blizzard announced that they were revamping what was a fairly pitiful, forgotten "world event" that people only went to turn in decks and occasionally get their fortune read, perhaps engage in some world PVP, I was over the moon. I love fairs in real life, and the chance to port that feeling into World of Warcraft excites me.
This time around, the fair isn't plopped next to Elwynn Forest, Shattrath or Thunder Bluff, but on an island shrouded in dark smoke far away. However, Darkmoon Faire NPCs make it very easy to get there. They will teleport you from capital cities to that month's fair portal (not 100% sure about this), located in one of the spots where the actual fair had been before. The portal then takes you to the Darkmoon Isle.
When I got there, I was not prepared for all the sights and sounds! There were NPCs scurrying all over, players trying games and lots of debris and supplies piled everywhere. It definitely felt like I was at a real fairgrounds.
One of the interesting mechanics that Blizzard decided to drop into the games portion of the fair was this "GET OUT" zone around the large space each game had. It meant that if you felt like running across the game area for any of the games (save for the Shoot-Out game), you would get teleported out and stunned momentarily, much like when you entered the various Shattrath faction areas when you weren't supposed to be there. It kept most of the game fields clear so you could see what you were tossing rings at, whacking, etc. The only place that didn't have it's own dedicated area and anti-grief field was the Shoot-Out game. It was three small targets in a typical vendor tent and had no way of keeping all the idiots on the PTR back from standing on the tent or inside the tent on their giant mounts. The point of the game is to shoot whatever target is being highlighted and to win, you had to basically shoot blind. I made a suggestion to the PTR forums that they give this game its own space and bubble; there's no reason that people should not have fun playing it because people just want to make stuff hard to see.
The games themselves include: a whack-a-gnoll game, human cannonball, shooting gallery, tonk challenge, and ring toss on a turtle.
As you can see, it awards you five skill points, a token (for using at the games), and a prize ticket – the prize tickets are obtained from the quests and games and can be put towards many of the vanity items that are sold at the fair.
The other quest is called Test Your Strength and charges you, Darkmoon Faire Guide in hand, to kill 250 mobs or players that give you experience, reputation or honor.
The field guide will help you unlock several artifact-based achievements by discovering all nine artifacts, so make sure to carry with you at all times.
The prize tickets I mentioned before are the main currency for the rewards you get at the faire – and there are quite a lot. I found 3-4 vendors just selling cute things that would be of interest to anyone. One contained mostly pets that you can purchase at the fair (along with another balloon vendor), and one contained mounts, including the datamined Dancing Bear.
Don't I look cute? It is funny but I had most of that set and trashed it once I got Tier 1 and 2. Mostly because I thought it looked very ugly and garish. Funny how nostalgia changes things! It looks right now that an upper bound of the tickets you can get in a full week of Darkmoon Faire dailies and quests is 175, meaning that you can purchase 2 pets, or one mount, or an assortment of your chosen dungeon set or heirlooms once a month.
Peppered in-between the quests and various vendors are a few things that make the faire feel more than just a hub for dailies. It feels very alive and swims with things for you to see or do to your heart's content.
Level 90 Elite Tauren Chieftain concert that plays on a special stage at the top of the hour.
Deathmatch Arena – while the island is a sanctuary by design, there is a giant Gadgetzan-style arena cage where participants can jump in and bloody eachother.
Sayge's Fortunes – gives you a buff!
Pavilions – under construction currently but should contain something later on.
Sandbox – pick one of your favorite tiger designs and get to riding!
Fire-eaters, Torch Tossers and Fireworks – lots of pyrotechnics on display here.
All of these things make you feel like you can wander for hours and relax while taking in the amusements and frivolities of the faire. My only wish is that one of the pavilion tents gets turned into a nickel-odeon where we can watch various cinematics! I tried out most of these attractions and even got pounded a pulp by 40 Alliance players that were sitting in a raid inside of the deathmatch cage. Ouch.
While out exploring the entirety of the island's landmass (there's a named cave on the map but it holds nothing as of yet), I heard a croaky voice hissing somehow in my ear.
I gulped and turned. Stinking of who-knows-what, I was face-to-face with a haggard gash of a smile containing moss-green teeth.
Jokes aside, I feel that Blizzard's world event team has really been knocking it out of the park lately. Between the revamped Hallow's End event and now what promises to be a bigger and better Darkmoon Faire, we are in for a real treat when 4.3 actually drops in a couple weeks. Prepare to put on your best dresses and plate and stomp down to the fairgrounds for an immersive, expansion and entertaining monthly event that has all sorts of achievements, prizes and acclaim for those who wish to seek it!
For full guides and videos on this event, check out WoWhead News, as well as Mat McCurley's video guide over at WoW Insider.
For an intriguing look at Darkmoon's creepy past, check out Mia's Azeroth.
Usually I have better things to do in-game on live servers than check out PTR – I tend to be of the sort where I hate to be spoiled on things before they happen and I don't like to wear myself out on new content before it is even 100 percent done! 4.3, however, has been most attractive in terms of things I like about the game. New raid content, new gear, and new vanity stuff – pets, mounts, and especially transmogging. So when the PTR came up last week, I just had to try it out.
Gnome mages don't need transmogging, eh?
No unique-equipped items. This means anything with that label, including certain rep items, quest rewards or special pieces of gear. It makes me upset as MOST of the things I had hoped to shove in my storage fall into this category. I have a very large, nearly complete collection of boss quest reward items and none of them qualify. This is something I hope they fix.
No stackable items. That one Eternal Ember I have left over from the legendary quest step I was on will not be going in there.
No non-soulbound items. So all those strange grey or white items you have have to stay in the bank. I think the Ethereals just have a problem with Pet Rocks.
But I am anticipating sticking all the tier gear I collected (but would never 'mog) into my Void Storage, so that's all well and good. Looks like all those giant bags I got for my bank will finally be used for useful things, like new transformation items. I have issues, don't I?
Nozdormu guards the End of Time timeway.
End of Time is the only non-raid dungeon up at the time of this writing, and I must say, it knocks it out of the park. We return to the Bronze Dragonflight and their efforts to maintain the timestream, but this time, in the future, at the end of all things after Deathwing has "won" the battle against Azeroth. It has a very desolate, surreal feel to it, much like some episodes of Doctor Who. Players are given a random choice of four Dragonshrines, each with their own Echo (a faded version of a world leader), which serves as the end boss. You clear various trash mobs in the dragonshrine and then fight the Echo at the center. Most of the trash and their abilities (or various environmental) effects aren't too hard for people who are 360+ geared and above, but some of the end bosses have neat abilities you still have to be careful of.
The choices for end bosses are Sylvanas, Tyrande, Jaina and Baine Bloodhoof and you go through two of those before getting to the final Dragonshrine – the Bronze Shrine. You fight Murozond, considered to be the Infinite Dragonflight version of Nozdormu (the letters of his name are rearranged, "that's how you know he's evil.") You use one of most interesting fight mechanics so far to fight him – a giant bronze hourglass. Murozond scatters giant patches of flamey-wamey timey-wimey stuff on the ground and you use the hourglass to reset the fight. It doesn't reset Muro's health, but it reverses you backwards in time to your former positions and gives you a speed (haste and movement) buff as well as resetting your HP, MP and baseline class cooldowns. However, it also makes the boss cast his floor puddles faster, so it is literally a race against the clock whether you kill him or run out of the 5 hourglasses you are allowed to use for the fight. I really had a fun time doing this dungeon. The atmosphere is amazing and the structure of the dungeon is fast-paced and unique. I've always loved the Bronze Dragonflight and the sorts of fight mechanics Blizzard could use under the guise of "time travel" but this one really takes the cake.
This seems like 4.3 is going to have the highest ratio of female to male bosses ever. I'll let you know how the shivaan Mistress of Hate holds up, as Blizzard did not see it fit to allow both Horde and Alliance test the BH boss by holding the raid open, but rather you still have to win TB to have access to it, on the PTR. She reportedly had 10man health on 25man setting, according to my friend who did get to try it last night, but don't expect that to last.
I play neither a boomkin nor an elemental shaman, but I do take some glee in the fact that the Variable Pulse Lightning Capacitor's lightning bolt effect uses the new spell effects on the PTR. It's fun to be a mage and to shoot a giant arcing lightning bolt at something randomly.
What are you guys most looking forward to in 4.3? Have you picked out transmogging outfits yet? What do you think mine should be? Does anything ACTUALLY match Branch of Nordrassil? Post your comments or pictures in the reply box and let me know.


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After a weekend of back-and-forth over who actually found the black boxes from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, they've finally surfaced for real. In the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday (Ukrainian time), the rogue pro-Russian rebels of the Donetsk People's Republic passed the recordings to Malaysian officials. Ukraine, Russia, and Dutch investigators were all apparently left out in the cold.
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Growth Coach Founder and CEO Daniel Murphy wrote "Becoming a Strategic Business Owner" to help business owners and leaders find a better balance between growth, success and life. This book is now available for free.
CINCINNATI, OH (PRWEB) March 28, 2013 - The Growth Coach Franchise CEO and Founder, Daniel Murphy, knows what it's like to own and run a business – the hours, the finances, the worries, the challenges and the commitment it takes to turn an idea into a success story. When he started coaching in 1992, it was with the mission of helping business owners and leaders in his local community understand how to strengthen a business while balancing work and life.
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In the decade before that, when the project's material was still in hard copy and most of the demand for the poems was coming from NHS Trusts within the UK, I found myself often driving considerable distances, delivering large numbers of boxes of the poems to distant NHS centres. I would then leave them there for NHS Trust staff to distribute them around their various waiting rooms. I have given some examples of those deliveries in the "story so far" section.
Where the poems have gone has depended quite largely on how, where and when they have been advertised and promoted.
This has varied over the years. Initially, the project was sometimes featured in the press. Whenever that happened, there was an upsurge of interest and requests for packs in hard copy or downloading of the poems from the website. Nowadays, of course, the project attracts people's attention through the web. Often the project has been given publicity through communication systems within organisations, such as newsletters and bulletins.
Often I approach an organisation I know and ask for their help in promoting the project internally ; or I am approached by someone who has chanced on the publicity. Others were browsing the internet "with intent."
Enquiries come from all walks and levels, and I have grown used to encountering and enjoying the enthusiasm of those who do, their pleaure in the idea and in the product. In fact, perhaps the least successful way of promoting this project has been the purely hierarchical. The flyer hits the desk of the Chief Executive, part of his or her daily storm of incoming mail, and is instantly "cascaded" down the hierarchy. Several weeks later one hears from a couple of ground level administrators of the organisation—whose instructions have often been garbled during the long journey down through the system, and they have little idea of what this is all about and, quite understandably, have little personal interest in it. Why should they ?
On the other hand one keeps hearing from individuals (including ground level administrators) who are acting on their own initiative and have seized on the poems with their own autonomous and genuine enthusiasm—and it is these people who have brought the poems to effective life in their places of work.
In the last two or three years, demand for the poems has slowed right down. Nowadays it seems that people who register on the project's web-site have just been browsing as if casually and might even have come on the site by chance, rather than as a result of actively seeking it out in response to publicity. In no sense has the project's material dated ; in fact, in some ways it has never more more urgently relevant. So has the mood changed ? As the walls go up, both literally and in the mind, as Trump flails about, and Brexit staggers on, does "diversity" lose its appeal ? (It certainly hasn't lost its reality). Or are teachers and NHS workers just too busy, these days ? Or have the targets they must pursue and devote themselves to, shifted ?
In this year 2018, as I go over, check and update the writing on this site, I believe the project has more to say and do now than it ever has done. But the tide has turned, in some way.
Here below are some facts, figures and names.
In a sense there have been two main stages in the project's development since it began in 1998. The first stage lasted almost exactly ten years, concluding with the launch of the website by Andrew Motion in 2008. During that first stage, the poems were in hard-copy and were delivered mostly to health and social care settings in the UK. At that stage, there were only a few non-English languages represented among the poems.
The second stage, following the launch, is still continuing. In this stage, the poems are almost invariably transmitted online and now go mostly to schools and libraries, both in the UK and round the world. Many of them are bilingual.
The first sections below trace the distribution of the poems during the first stage. The last covers the period since the project went online.
Stage One 1998-2008
Numbers of Poems Distributed
Well over 2,000 packs of poems were distributed to healthcare and similar centres between 1998 and 2008. This constitutes approximately 200,000 individual poem posters.
The healthcare centres ranged widely and included hospitals, health centres and hospices all over the UK (and occasionally beyond) ; also centres for social care such as mental health drop-in's and mutual support groups and hostels for people with learning disabilities.
In 2007, the project was advertised in a Foreign Office newsletter and in consequence a significant number of UK embassies across various continents requested packs of "Poems for…one world." They included the embassies in Tunis, Gabarone, Hanoi, Havana and Rangoon.
Later in 2007, the scheme was promoted on education and libary websites and the response was immense. Much of the reason was the issue of diversity. The "poems for… one world" selection points the diversity lesson as vividly, simply and beautifully as anyone could want. Soon, schools and libraries all over the country and beyond were in receipt of these poems.
But this was before reaction set in, and people everywhere began talking walls and hate and fear. This project is no longer saying what large numbers of people want to hear. Yet what it is saying is truer and more urgent now, than ever.
Numbers of Sites in receipt of the poems
Overall, well over a hundred hospitals made direct requests for the poems, from across the UK. Some hospitals such as the Central Middlesex asked for several packs – one pack for each interested department.
Over 300 health centres requested the poems, from across the UK. But the poems belong outside healthcare boundaries too. There have been a large number of requests from different kinds of site in which there is waiting or similar open space. For details, see below.
Following a mail-out in 2003 to NHS "Modernisation Leads", (a role now sadly defunct) over 600 packs of poems were delivered to NHS Strategic Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts across the UK, for distribution among their local hospitals and health centres.
Following publicity on education and library websites in 2007, there were many further requests from this new source. Most have come from people whose job it was to progress awareness of, and teaching in, diversity issues across an area, covering a number of schools or libraries ; or else from people working in a main library, which relates to various library branches round about. So it is impossible to say precisely how many schools, or how many libraries began displaying the poems, following their delivery. But again, here was another potentially huge readership for this project. I can say this with certainty : that up and down the country between Autumn 2007 and the end of 2008, nearly 200 schools and 50 libraries requested and received a pack each of the poems. What then happened in those places, how the poems were used, how long displayed for, I do not know.
Possible Audience Numbers
Hospitals : we have estimated that 730 people sit in the average urban hospital's assortment of waiting rooms each week. Over the year this works out at 37, 960 people per hospital. Is that possible ?
Health Centres : we have estimated that 1,096 people sit each week in the average urban health centre. Over the year this works out at 56,992 people per health centre.
Schools : many secondary schools cater for over 1,000 pupils.
The EU Enlargement poem collection : on a single day April 29th 2004 (the Foreign Office Open Day) nearly 10,000 people scanned or studied the EU poems.
Health Centre outside London :
The poem packs were requested by large numbers of Health Centres in London. Health centres outside London include sites based in Exeter, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, Litchfield, Swindon, Oxford, Malvern, Edgbaston, Hull, Bristol, Manchester, Edinburgh, Harrogate, Hastings, Dollar Clackmannanshire, Cambridge, Horsham, Yoeville, Ayr, Esher, Ross-on-Wye, Sheffield, the Outer Hebrides.
Hospitals in London in receipt of the poems
Large numbers of London hospitals requested these poems. They include : Guys ; The Royal Free ; Royal London Hospital ; Chelsea and Westminster ; St Charles, North Kensington (psychiatric) ; Mount Royal Outpatients (psychiatric Out-patients) ; Gordon Hospital, Pimlico (psychiatric, Psychology and OT Depts) ; Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton ; The Royal Marsden, Chelsea ; Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer St (Radiotherapy) ; Great Ormond Street, VCB Recovery Unit ; West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth ; Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich ; Hammersmith, (Dept of Paedriatrics) ; Tavistock Hospital ; the Maudesley (psychiatric) Southwark SE1 ; The Royal Homeopathic ; the Central Middlesex Hospital ; St George's Hospital, Tooting.
Hospitals outside London in receipt of the poems
Alexandra Hospital, Reddich, Worcs ; Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust ; Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Derbyshire (Day Services) ; Cherry Knowle Hospital Sunderland (mental health) ; Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham ; University Hospital, Birmingham ; Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham ; George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton ; Frenchay Hospital, Bristol ; Dumfries General Hospital ; Medway Maritime Hospital (5 packs sent on request) ; The Royal Hospitals, Belfast ; Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup, Kent ; the Royal Bolton Hospital ; Mayday University Hospital, Croydon ; St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight ; St Mary's Hospital, Hathersage Road, Manchester ; Ipswich Hospital (8 packs sent on request) ; Royal Sussex County Hospital ; West Suffolk Hospital ; Seaton Hospital, Devon ; Cromer Hospital, Norfolk ; Royal United Hospital, Bath ; Warminster Community Hospital ; Hull Royal Infirmary, Oncology Dept ; the Royal Shrewsbury, Accident and Emergency, Taunton and Somerset ; Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff (Day Hospital) ; St George's Hospital, Morpeth, Northumberland.
Other Sites in receipt of the poems
Bexley College (student Counselling service) ; Welfare Rights office, Social Services, Sunderland ; Clinic of Natural Medicine, Bristol ; Mental Health Crisis Night Shelter, Islington, London ; Clinical Psychology Dept, Crumlin Road, Belfast ; Bolton Hospice, Trinity Hospice Clapham ; Age Concern, Hereford and Worcester branch ; Relate, Kidderminster branch (Marriage Guidance) ; Surgery, Cardinal Hume Centre, SW1 ; LB of Merton, Town Hall ; Newcastle City Health Sensory / Community Garden ; Sevenoaks Citizens Advice Bureau ; Drama Centre, Prince of Wales Road, London NW5 ; Yarrow Housing Ltd (for people with Learning Difficulties) ; MIND Centres in : Camden, Brent, Orpington, Brentwood, Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea ; Harrow Association of Disabled People ; Galway Arts Centre ; Health Centre, Maitland, Australia ; various prisons : the British Embassy in Macedonia ; the British High Commission, Windhoek ; a school in the West Indies for children who have learning difficulties and/or who are deaf ; a police diversity unit in Cumbria ; the Mayor of London's Equalities Report, 2007.
Stage Two 2008 onwards
What happened when Poems for…the wall went online ?
Quite soon after we launched the Poems for…the wall site in 2008, requests for packs of poems in hard copy began to dry up. Within a few months there were barely any. Instead people began downloading the poems direct from the site.
Further, when we began to concentrate on bilingual poems and to build up the One World collection, demand had already shifted radically from healthcare settings to schools and libraries. The launch of the website made that shift irrecoverable and even more pronounced ; it also made the project an international one. Thus, where once "Poems for…for the wall" was a national project aimed at ameliorating the experience of waiting in health or social care settings, it now became an international one being used largely as an educational tool, in addition to its original purpose.
And as the digital revolution has taken its course, the sources of publicity and promotion of the project have accordingly moved on. These days, word is spread mostly by other websites recommending and linking to ours, as well as individuals finding our site through browsing and then sharing their discovery with others in their network. Most of the websites are educational ones.
I shall link below to the site's record of the people who have downloaded the poems since they went online in 2008. The record tells us what they wanted to do with the poems and where where they were located.
Before doing so, I should say that people have to register before they can view or download any poems. Once registered, they can download as often as they like and we have no record of how often that may be. We only know about that first time. But we can be confident that the first registration signifies an intention to view or download at least some of the selected poems, since there can be no reason for registering otherwise. Registering offers nothing else besides access to the poems. Thus we can conclude that each registration means at least one download. Further, insofar as many of the registrations are by schoolteachers and librarians planning to use the poems as part of their work, we can also safely conclude that each download will result in a reading of the poems by more than the person who registered, in some cases many more. In other words, one teacher almost certainly leads to at least one class room of students, at least once.
Here is a list of user names of people who downloaded poems after the Poems for…the wall website went live. It extends over several years (The website addresses also supplied have of course been withheld). There are nearly 2,000 names on the list and they go over 47 pages of the pdf. I have highlighted in yellow the very significant number of people located outside the UK.
To emphasise the international theme, here is a link to my record of nine days in the Summer of 2010 when suddenly poems were being downloaded by schoolteachers all over Nepal, among other locations world-wide. The teachers in Nepal must have been in touch with each other and passed round news of this resource. Maybe they were all engaged in the same project. That week was not a typical one, of course, and the rate of registrations varies, tailing off when publicity tails off (and perhaps when working conditions and morale in schools and libraries worsen, and when short-staffing becomes a norm, etc). But it illustrates the enthusiasm this project can generate and the distances it can reach.
Finally in this section, I shall state what in a sense is the obvious, but it is a pleasing obvious. So often projects of this kind have to keep applying for funding in order to survive. And when the funding stops, they stop and a lot of what they gave stops with them. This project, in contrast, has used its funding to make its material freely and permanently available, self-sustaining and indelible. The poems here will not now go away just because funding sometimes goes away ; neither will they go away during times when less people visit than usual. Whatever happens to funding or – from time to time – to audience numbers, here the poems stand and here they speak. No one can silence them and they will not date. They will not go out of print. They will remain free and speaking so long as cyberspace allows and we keep them live there. Yes, we need to continue to seek funding from time to time, but not in order to survive – only to increase our range and extend our work.
And in the meantime, in summary and conclusion, where do the poems go ? Answer : they go all over the world. No walls can block them. They go to all worlds. They go wherever there is time and space for them. Demand for them much relies on people getting to hear of them. When they do hear of them, large numbers of people call for them.
Antjie Krog, South African poet and translator, contributed work to the 'Poems for...one world' collection: "They arrived!!!! the posters. and what a treasure, my head is bristling with ideas...thank you so so so much."
William Radice, writer and academic, translator of Rabindranath Tagore, whose work is reproduced in 'Poems for ...one world' : "Wonderful to see this and I do congratulate you on a really excellent project. It has huge potential."
Lakshmi Holström, translator of two Tamil poems in the 'Poems for...one world' collection: "The thrill is in seeing Tamil as part of a spectrum of languages, each making its own wonderful contribution ...[Poems for…the wall] is an impressive and beautiful project, which should continue to grow."
Juris Kronbergs, Latvian poet, editor and translator, contributed work to the 'Poems for...one world' collection: "I am happy and proud to take part in your project ! It's a wonderful way of making poetry useful in society, outside the groups of afficionados, libraries and universities !"
Lyubo Nikolov, Bulgarian poet, contributed poem to the 'Poems for...one world ' collection: "Best of luck in your noble task."
Susan Hillyard, Buenos Aires, Argentina, teacher trainer : Thank you for your poems and for putting them up so generously on the site. I am training 20 teachers to teach English through Drama in Special Education all over the city of Buenos Aires. We are working in very poor conditions without resources and making all our own materials. I am passing your site on to my teachers and am sure they will find some interesting materials…
Dr. Charles Cantaloupo, Penn State University, USA, translator of Reesom Haile, Tigrinya poet, whose work appears in the 'Poems for...one world' collection : "As the translator, I authorize you, please, to go ahead. I hope this is enough since your project is great and should not be held up a second more than necessary."
Chikwendụ Anyanwụ, Igbo poet and Catholic priest, contributed work to the "Poems for...one world" collection: "Your idea is a very noble one."
BB, NHS cancer patient, London, 2013 : "I just want to tell you that in 1997 I read and copied one of your poems, "The Stream of Life" [by Tagore] in the waiting room in Hammersmith Gaeni dept. I had just finished chemo for ovarian cancer. I still find this poem inspiring and think displaying poems is a great idea, especially in health settings. I plan to take them with me on retreat. Thanks."
JP, Hospice Visitor : "Dear Mr Wolf, I have recently seen a "Poems for…the wall" presentation folder within a palliative care setting which provided a great source of comfort for many visitors. May I take this opportunity to thank you and all the contributors. Are these poems available for other health and social care settings?"
Dr S. E-L, Clinical Psychologist, NHS Traumatic Stress Counselling Service, London : "…About half our patients come from other countries, generally as refugees fleeing torture and persecution…Coming into contact with poetry in their own language whilst waiting, is a really positive way of helping non-English speakers feel a sense of welcome and inclusion. Many thanks."
Hana Amichai, widow of Yehuda Amichai, Hebrew poet whose work appears in 'Poems for...one world' : "It is a beautiful and very important project, I am glad that Amichai's poem is included."
Michael Rosen, UK Children's Poet Laureate 2007-2009 - his poem celebrating the NHS is included in the "Poems for...one world" collection: "I think that this is a stimulating, exciting and important project... Many, many thanks … I am excited and delighted that my poem is appearing in several languages [here]. It shows that we can talk to each other just as we try to care for each other... I think the project needs all the help it can find."
The Royal College of Nursing, from their Bulletin, June 15th , 2011 : "The RCN is backing this project which supplies poems free of charge for use in hospitals and health centres up and down the country."
Sir Michael Jay, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, the UK Foreign Office, 2002-2006 : "Diversity is an excellent theme, and especially relevant to the challenges we all currently face to build a cohesive society. We would like a set of the poems to use at appropriate FCO events..."
Sir David Nicholson, Chief Executive of the UK National Health Service, 2010-2014 : "Your initiative has made a valuable contribution to making NHS waiting rooms a more welcoming and sensitive environment for patients and the series of poems celebrating diversity has been particularly well received."
Gareth Evans, teaching in a school in Shanghai: "...it seems to be an important thing, at least to me, in an international setting, to know that the poem-posters on my classroom wall are also on walls around the world."
School Librarian, King Fahad Academy: "Thank you so much – we love them!...I am planning to laminate all the poems, and have a Poem of the Week in a prominent place in both the boy's and girl's schools."
Assistant Head of School, Kent: "Somehow this lovely set of poems came into my hands; I am delighted with them and am displaying them outside my classroom for maximum impact. I also intend to use them in lessons and get younger students to illustrate as appropriate."
Andrea Lee, Physiotherapy Receptionist, Warminster Community Hospital, Wiltshire: "I have received the 'Poems for...one world' collection and I am totally delighted with them...Some of the scripts are beautiful in their own right, even without the translations. One of the most striking aspects is that no matter what language and ethnic background, our hopes, feelings and dreams are the same. Thank you once again."
Annette Duncan, Programme Area Leader, ESOL 16-18 Courses, Lewisham College: "You kindly sent me a set of the bilingual poems last year...The poems proved very useful classroom materials and we went on to study other poems. The result is a book of poems, written by the students themselves, in 2 languages – their mother tongue and English. They wrote some truly amazing poems and really enjoyed the process as well as the finished product..."
Catherine Maloney, Lewisham College: "Thank you, the poems are wonderful ! We will put them up for staff and students to enjoy and think about...I think your collection will inspire staff and students alike."
TN, Governor, HM Prison, Grendon and Springhill : "Are you still supplying Poems for...the wall ? We would be interested in a pack, as previous poems have been much appreciated by prisoners, staff and visitors to the prison."
MIND worker in Camden, London: "I love reading the poems which are displayed in the reception area at work. I like the variety and I like taking a moment to be still and reflective whilst reading the poems. My current favourite has been photocopied so I can read it from my desk ! It's a really worthwhile venture."
Deputy Chief Exec, Yarrow Housing: "Since our clients have learning disabilities, for some the written word is not accessible. However, some clients have been very taken with the poems, selecting their favourites and saying how good they are."
Psychology Dept, Scunthorpe: "One thing that has been extremely interesting is…our clients have begun to post their own poems on the wall. Some are poems that mean something to them and some are written by the clients themselves."
MV Prescott, Consultant in A & E Medicine, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital NHS Trust: "I am absolutely delighted with the pack and will be commencing a project in the A & E Department at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital to display these on a rotating basis."
Maureen Woolf, Counsellor, North Warwickshire NHS Trust: "I have used some of the sample of poems you have already sent me for some group work with older people who have depression, anxiety, memory loss or other difficulties. The overall response has been very favourable."
Eliot Weinberger, US, translator of Octavio Paz, whose work appears in the 'Poems for...one world' collection: "I'm sure that Octavio would have been very moved to know that his poem was appearing in these kinds of public spaces...good luck with this excellent project."
Mourid Barghouti, Palestinian poet, Cairo, contributed work to 'Poems for...one world' collection: "I am delighted to be part of your creative and beautiful project."
Tomaž Šalamun, poet, Slovenia, contributed work to the 'Poems for...one world' collection: "I'm very honoured and delighted you have chosen my poem. Very grateful for your marvellous idea."
Jayne Greathead, poet, contributed work to 'Poems for...waiting' collection: "It's a lovely feeling to know my poem has been used in this way."
Caroline Carver, poet, contributed work to the 'Poems for...waiting" collection: "It is good news that the NHS are using the poems so well, and to know they are reaching the right audiences."
UA Fanthorpe, poet, contributed work to the 'Poems for...waiting' collection: "I hope that the project continues to go from strength to strength...and to encourage people to read poetry and to feel better at the same time is indeed a worthwhile task – specially perhaps in times like these."
Selima Hill, poet, contributed work to two of the project's collections.: "...Congratulations to you too ! ( I Like the idea of making waiting rooms "less lonely") PS. Another place where people wait is stations..."
Tanya Plutzik, widow of Hyam Plutzik, who contributed work to the 'Poems for...all ages' collection: This is a wonderful idea. It will surely be widely read and will bring comfort and support to many. Thank you for including my husband's poem ; he would have been delighted to be part of the collection."
Menna Elfyn, poet, contributed work to 'Poems for...waiting' collection: "It is good to know that the poems are appreciated widely...and that in these difficult times poetry still connects people together."
Fiona Sampson, poet and editor, helped select ten bilingual poems celebrating the EU Enlargement of 2004: "Your idea's a wonderful one, crystallizing many of the most interesting initiatives in contemporary literature/ promotion practice. But, more than this, it's also a deeply human, very profound return to the meaning of poetry. I'm honoured to have been part of it."
The Right Hon Tessa Jowell, Minister for Culture, Media and Sport, 2001-2007: "I think this is a wonderful project, giving people something meaningful and personal to consider, in what can be an anxious place."
David Hart, Poet, commissioned and edited 50 poems for the 'Poems for...Waiting' collection, contributed one of his own: "The pack of poems has come, Rogan, and it's an excellent piece of work again ; there really has been nothing like these packs before. We have the chance here to open people's lives to each other."


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DOC Facility News
Westside DOC Report - March 2014
The topics below are intended to reflect only a limited sample of the representational work that is occurring at your facility. If you have questions about specific issues, please talk to your Business Representative.
MONROE CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX
On 3/6, the first bargaining session over the DOC's intention to consolidate Pharmacy operations was held in Olympia. Members from six facilities that are expected to be impacted were involved in the bargaining session along with the Business Representatives that cover those institutions. The meeting was a three-hour information sharing and answering of questions around how the department envisions the transition to a centralized distribution point. Not a lot of progress could be made towards proposals regarding specific impacts due to the fact that the State Legislature is still in session and the budgetary process has not been completed. The parties agreed to meet again in May when there will be a clearer picture as to funding, construction work on a remodel of the Maple Lane site that has been chosen for the consolidation location. More to come after that meeting.
The Specialized Units Staffing Policy bargaining that we have reported on previously has not yet reconvened for another bargaining session. The parties are tentatively scheduled to return to the table on Friday, March 28.
MCC Nursing staff have been awaiting more news regarding the department's "facility review" that was done over several months last year and into this year. The Union Demanded to Bargain over the potential changes that the department may wish to make as result of their review. An LMCC was held on February 11th where Health Services (HS) presented proposals regarding changes to a number of current bid positions that would effectively eliminate facility specific posts as we have known them. The LMCC was used in this case as forum for the HS to present their proposals only, but was not intended to be a formal bargaining session. The Nursing Stewards were extremely disappointed in what the department presented as their proposals and the meeting was ended early when the Union demanded to return to the bargaining table for formal bargaining. No dates were set at the time and will be scheduled in the near future. The Union intends on holding a meeting in Monroe for the Nursing staff sometime in early April to discuss the situation and hear from the members.
Representative Manning will be out the week of March 17 to prepare for contract negotiations and for our annual Shop Steward Seminar from 3/21-3/22.
WASHINGTON CORRECTIONS CENTER
On 2/21, we had our contract demands meetings at WCC. At the meeting we discussed compensation, specialty teams, pay disparity, increased workloads, and safety issues.
On 3/1, Representative Davis visited the facility to talk to members about safety and security issues.
Representative Davis will be out the week of March 17 to prepare for contract negotiations and for our annual Shop Steward Seminar from 3/21-3/22.
MISSION CREEK CORRECTIONS CENTER FOR WOMEN
On 2/7, we had our contract demands meetings at MCCCW. At the meetings, we discussed compensation and a number of other issues.
LARCH CORRECTIONS CENTER
On 2/18, we held our contract demands meetings at LCC. At the meeting we discussed our newly-won interest arbitration rights and compensation.
On 2/27, we conducted a vote for new shop stewards at the facility. Two new stewards were elected: Correctional Officer Mark Bean and Classification Counselor Monique Camacho.
Representative Woodrow will be out the week of March 17 to prepare for contract negotiations and for our annual Shop Steward Seminar from 3/21-3/22.
STAFFORD CREEK CORRECTIONS CENTER
On 2/19, we held our contract demands meetings at SCCC. At the meetings, we discussed compensation, specialty teams, pay disparity, increased workloads, gang-related concerns, and other safety and security issues.
On 3/4, Representative Davis met with management for an LMCC to discuss a variety of issues at the facility.
CLALLAM BAY CORRECTIONS CENTER
On 2/13, we had our contract demands meetings at CBCC. At the meeting we discussed a number of safety and security issues. Compensation was also a major topic at the meetings.
On 2/27, Representative Davis filed a grievance over a disciplinary issue.
On 3/24, we have negotiations scheduled to discuss correctional officers working outside of class.
On 3/14, we have an LMCC scheduled to discuss a variety of issues at the facility.
On 2/3, an offender assaulted a corrections officer with a fabricated weapon. The member was treated for injuries sustained in the attack at an area hospital and released. There is on-going investigation into the incident.
WASHINGTON CORRECTIONS CENTER FOR WOMEN
On 3/5, we held our contract demands meetings at WCCW. At the meeting we discussed compensation, pay disparity, increased workloads, and safety issues.
On 3/4, we held a general LMCC to discuss a variety of issues at the facility.
On 3/7, we held an LMCC for the health services department to discuss changes management wants to make to the schedule. The parties agreed that management would evaluate current work load to see if the issues they want to address can be accomplished without impacting member's schedules. The parties agreed to follow up in one month to revisit the issue.
On 3/14, we have an arbitration scheduled to address female officers in non-BFOQ positions who are being pulled from their bid posts to cover BFOQ positions.
OLYMPIC CORRECTIONS CENTER
On 2/11, we had our contract demands meetings at OCC. At the meeting we discussed compensation, vacation selection, pay disparity, increased workloads, and safety issues.
On 2/11, Representative Davis met with management in an LMCC to discuss vacation selection, food service, and a variety of other issues.
CEDAR CREEK CORRECTIONS CENTER
Representative Groff was successful in resolving a disciplinary grievance by reducing a suspension from 14 to 4 days.
Representative Groff is in the process of resolving a grievance involving improper instructor pay.
We achieved a 50% return on our contract surveys, which is the highest return to date. Thank you to the incredible work of our Shop Stewards for collecting the surveys.
On 1/31, we held our contract demands meetings at CCCC. At the meeting we discussed a number of issues including interest arbitration, compensation, and safety and security issues at the facility.
The Union is investigating a safety issue involving the improper infraction of offenders.
Representative Groff will be out the week of March 17 to prepare for contract negotiations and for our annual Shop Steward Seminar from 3/21-3/22.


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Mongabay Series: Environomy, Just Transitions
India's mining reforms juggernaut continues despite concerns
by Mayank Aggarwal on 23 February 2021
In its latest attempt to give a push to the mining sector to revive the Indian economy, the government of India has proposed several amendments to the country's mining regulations.
The changes propose to allow captive miners to commercially sell 50 percent of their coal, allows the central government to auction mines controlled by states and eases rules for industry in terms of green clearances.
But those working with mining-affected communities argue that these 'mining reforms' are being imposed on people to help the industry even as concerns of people and impact on the environment is being ignored.
Notwithstanding concerns regarding pollution from a mine, its impact on the environment including water bodies or concerns of mining-affected communities, the government of India in the latest push for mining reforms is proposing amendments stating that all valid approvals, clearances, and licences, once granted to a mine, shall continue to be valid till exhaustion of mineable reserves in the mine to save the industry from the "time consuming" process of obtaining fresh clearances.
Continuing with its 'mining reforms', the union ministry of mines, earlier this month, unveiled a new set of amendments to give a push to mining activities in the country, ensure a continuous supply of minerals, ease of business for industry and push the process of the auction for the mining sector.
The ministry said the amendments in the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act 1957 are being proposed after consultation with the "central (government) ministries, state government and general public." It has invited comments and suggestions from the public, state governments, the mining industry, industry associations, and others by February 24, 2021.
Mining reforms have been on the top of the central government's agenda over the past few years. The process gained momentum when the government announced a series of measures to revive the economy after the impact of Covid-19. The government had proposed a set of changes in the mining rules and regulations which were severely criticised by environmentalists and those working with mining-affected communities. But an undeterred government has repeatedly emphasised that the mining sector is going to be critical in India's growth over the next few years.
Now the latest amendment proposal states that the MMDR Act was amended through the Mineral Laws Amendment Act 2020 to provide for vesting of valid rights, approvals and clearances, in relation to leases expiring, for the period of two years. But, the proposal said, the new owners who secured the mines in the auctions are facing difficulties in "obtaining fresh clearances within two years period as they have to undergo the lengthy process afresh which is time-consuming although all the step have already been complied with by the previous" leaseholders while obtaining the green clearances initially.
The amendment note emphasised that it is required to change the mining law so that "all the valid rights, approvals, clearances, licences and the like granted shall continue to be valid till exhaustion of mineable reserves in the mine." This signifies that the clearances, once given, shall be "transferred and vested to" any new company successfully getting the mine in the auction. It would also be applicable for all minerals.
The idea behind the changes is to ensure ease of business for the industry and simplify processes. But according to experts, these mining reforms may end up against the interests of the mining-affected communities.
Alok Shukla of the Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan, an organisation working on mining-related issues including its impact on the environment and communities, said it is dangerous to give a blanket clearance to the mining industry while ignoring the ill impact of mining on communities and the environment. "This is injustice with the communities living close to mining areas. What if the conditions of a mining area change after mining operations for a few years? All such concerns need to be taken into account," Shukla told Mongabay-India.
Over the past few years, the transition that intensive mining activities bring in the lives of the communities living in and around the mining areas has become a topic of discussion. There are numerous instances of mining activities leading to a severe increase in air and water pollution. "When we have such cases, how can a blanket exemption be given to the mining industry on the pretext of ease of business," Shukla questioned.
Read more: India proposes overhaul of mining sector amid concerns over legality and social impact
Are proposed mining amendments against states?
The amendments also talk about the central government auctioning mines in case the states are facing difficulties.
The proposed changes emphasise that under the MMDR Act, the "states conduct auction of mineral concessions" and "since 2015, the central government exploration agencies have handed over geological reports for 143 mineral blocks to various state governments which are ready for auction" but of those, "only seven blocks have been auctioned by the states." The note for amendment highlighted that, in addition, the mining lease in relation to 334 blocks expired on March 31, 2020, of which 46 were working mines. "Ministry of mines is pursuing with the state government since early 2019 for an early auction of these block ensuring continuity in the production of minerals. However, only 28 blocks have been auctioned till date," said the note.
The central government aim is to end India's coal imports. Photo by Adityamadhav83/Wikimedia Commons.
The government notes in the draft proposal that "to ensure continuous supply of minerals in the country more number of mineral blocks are required to be brought under auction on regular basis" as "any delay in conduct of auction has substantial impact on the availability as well as prices of minerals."
The central government, justifying the move of taking over the auction of minerals from the state governments, proposed to provide itself with the power to conduct the auction in cases where the state government faces challenges or fails to conduct the auction. "In cases where the central government auctions the blocks, the revenue in respect of such blocks will accrue to the state government only," said the note detailing the proposed amendments.
Environmental lawyer Rahul Choudhary said auctioning of mines without taking into confidence and consent of states is taking over the ownership of the state government over the mines. "State governments have a larger role in auctioning of the mines. The central government can't impose its will on the states," Choudhary told Mongabay-India.
Read more: India's mining reforms ignore mining-affected communities
Bonanza for captive miners in the proposed mining reforms
In the proposed changes, the ministry of mines is also proposing to allow captive mines holders to sell up to 50 percent of the minerals excavated during the current year, after meeting the requirement of the attached plant.
"An additional amount as prescribed by the central government will be charged on such sale," the note emphasised.
Allowing the sale of half of the coal produced by captive coal mines, will "help in increase in production of coal from captive mines, increase coal availability in the market-leading to reduction in import of coal. This will also ensure additional revenue to the states," noted the proposal. "Coal being an important input for various core sector industries, increasing availability of coal would lead to Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India). Reducing the import bill will also help to curb the trade deficit of India," said the proposed amendments.
The proposal said that the government would charge an "additional amount on extension of mining leases of both coal and non-coal government companies."
In 2020, as part of its overall mining reforms push, the central government made a major case for the commercialisation of coal mining to end the import of coal in India. But the move has under the scanner of experts and environmentalists who state that we already have overcapacity, it is against India's clean energy transition plan and, in fact, would have an adverse impact on the environment and communities impacted by coal mining.
Both Rahul Choudhary and Alok Shukla criticised the government's proposal to allow the captive miners to commercially sell coal."This defeats the whole purpose of the auction and instead, this would mean that the entire coal sector one way or another is going to be open to commercial coal mining. This should not be allowed," Shukla said.
Read more: India's mining sector: Present is tense and future could be imperfect
Banner image: Mining-affected communities have been complaining that the government's mining reforms are ignoring their concerns. Photo by Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons.
Article published by Mayank Aggarwal
Environment, Environmental Economics, Indigenous Peoples, Industry, Mining


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Official figures released show that Hyundai has smashed another sales record. The company sold 15,241 cars in March 2010, beating the previous monthly record of 11,031 set in September 2009.
"This sales total is remarkable considering that we sold 28,036 cars in the whole of 2008" said Tony Whitehorn, Hyundai UK's managing director. "We have now sold more than half that figure in just one month!"
While the previous sales successes have been largely due to the scrappage scheme, only one in three on the March registrations were to scrappage customers.
Tony Whitehorn said: "Many industry observers have viewed the enormous success Hyundai has had with scrappage and assume that our sales will collapse once the scheme ends. These figures prove that Hyundai has built up a strong following and its success will continue long into the future."
Best seller in the month was the Hyundai i10 city car, clocking up a total of 6,195, followed by the Hyundai i30 with 4,584 and the Hyundai i20 with 3,570.
The all-new Hyundai ix35 crossover arrived at dealers on 25th March 2010 and has already had the most successful launch of any new car ever launched by Hyundai, with over 500 customer orders taken in the first two weeks.
Whitehorn said: "Scrappage supercharged Hyundai up the sales charts and into the mainstream. Exciting new product, great quality and sensible pricing policies will ensure that Hyundai stays there."
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Lemon Chobani Poppy Seed Muffins.
I needed a pick-me-up today and I knew these would do the trick! Light and lemony and my favorite thing of all time — Chobani! These are delectable!
In a bowl, blend all of your dry ingredients with a spoon (flour through zest). Then in your stand mixer, paddle attachment on, blend all of your wet ingredients. Once incorporated, slowly add the dry ingredients 1/3rd at a time. Avoid over mixing.
I did these in a mini muffin pan for 15 minutes. A regular sized muffin pan would take about 18 minutes or so. Remove when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Chobani Muffins.
Hands down… our favorite muffins ever! Pumpkin, is so tasty and so good for you! These moist, thanks to the vanilla Chobani, are decadent, filling and oh so good! A must try recipe.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Spray your muffin or loaf pans with baking non stick spray.
In your stand mixer, with the paddle attachment, cream sugar and butter. Then add the eggs and vanilla. Then add to that same mixing bowl, flour, baking soda and salt. Blend until combined. Stop and scrape down the bowl and mix again. Add the pumpkin, Chobani, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix well but avoid over-mixing. By hand, add the chocolate chips. Mix well.
Spoon into prepared pans. I made this batch for regular sized muffins. Baked for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted came out clean.
Healthy Wheat Bran Chobani Muffins.
Don't think these are your typical dried out, boring whole wheat/wheat germ muffins. These are moist, courtesy of Chobani, and so flavorful! A healthy powerhouse with wheat bran, flaxseed meal, walnuts, whole wheat flour and of course, protein-packed non-fat Chobani! My kids love these, yes, another benefit. Great for after-school snacking, breakfast or just a late night treat. No guilt associated with eating these, I promise!
Preheat oven to 350. Spray your mini muffin or regular muffin pan with non stick baking spray and set aside.
In your stand mixer with the paddle attachment, combine the flours, wheat bran, flaxseed, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and brown sugar. Mix to combine. Then add eggs, milk, vanilla and Chobani. Mix to combine. Add the carrots and chopped walnuts (or whatever nut you decided to use) and mix again. Scoop the mixture into your muffin pans, 3/4 of the way filled.
Bake for 15 minutes (mini muffins), 20-22 minutes for regular sized muffins. Insert toothpick and if it comes out clean, they're done. If not, bake for an additional 2-3 minutes and repeat the toothpick test. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes and then serve. If storing, let cool completely and then place in a container with a lid.
Today is National Banana Bread day. Who would've known?! I had some overly ripe bananas and thought why not! These adorable little muffins make the perfect after-school snack or breakfast on the go. It is a hands down favorite in our house.
I LOVE cornbread! It is a must in my house when we have chili. Tonight was no different. I went with the spicy theme of the evening and added a chopped jalapeño to it. It was a perfect compliment to the honey butter.
In a dry mixing bowl combine, corn meal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Then add oil, egg and milk together. Then blend with the dry ingredients. Then add the chopped jalapeño. Spray your pan with nonstick spray and pour the batter (it will be thick) into the prepared pan. Bake for 20-22 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool for 5-10 minutes then slice and serve.
I love creating new muffin recipes! I love it even more when I can pack veggies in them and my kids gobble them up 🙂 That's the case with these muffins. They are not overly sweet, just the right amount, and very tender -thanks to the Chobani yogurt addition. Okay that's my intro to this recipe. I hope you enjoy these as much as we do!
In your mixing bowl with the paddle attachment, blend eggs, sugar and yogurt. Add bananas and mix well. In a separate bowl, combine flours, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon & salt. Add to the wet mixture and blend. Stir in the zucchini and nuts until combined.
Pour this into either non stick sprayed muffins pans or into cupcake liners. Baked at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool on wire racks and then store.
Chocolate Chip Nutella Banana Muffins.
Dare I say it? Yes! These are heavenly! I kept thinking that I wanted to make a muffin with Nutella for my kids. One child just had a yucky orthodontic contraption put in her mouth & she's barely eating. The other child, eats to live unless it blows her away… & this will! Okay so Nutella reigns king in my house. I grew up eating this, it is after all an Italian staple. My kids enjoy it just as much as I did growing up. So it starts there… okay but what to pair it with? Banana, of course! And mix in a few Ghirardelli dark chocolate chips & how bad could it be?
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Spray your muffin pan with non stick baking Pam.
In your mixer with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar together. Beat in eggs. In a separate bowl, whisk together both flours, salt & baking powder. Add to the sugar mixture. Blend together until incorporated. Add bananas, vanilla, Chobani & Nutella. By hand, mix in the chocolate chips.
Fill each chamber 3/4 of the way full. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Insert a toothpick and when it comes out clean… they are ready. Remove and let sit on the counter for 4 minutes. Then remove and place on a platter & enjoy!


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```typescript
import {NG_TABLE_DIRECTIVES} from 'ng2-table/ng2-table';
```
or if you want to import specified plugins (Table component is required, the others are optional):
```typescript
import {, NgTableFiltering, NgTablePaging, NgTableSorting} from 'ng2-table/ng2-table';
```
in this case, don't forget to include all of the imported entities to the option `directives` in your component

### Utilisation

There are only simple table with 3 plugins/directives: `filtering`, `paging`, `sorting`. You don't need special `config` variable for storing settings for all plugins as is used in demo example. It's just showing usage sample.

### Inputs (Properties)

- `page` (`number`) - the default page after the table component loading
- `itemsPerPage` (`number`) - number of the displaying items (rows) on a page
- `maxSize` (`number`) - number of the displaying pages before `...`
- `numPages` (`number`) - total number of the pages
- `length` (`number`) - total number of the items after filtering (of it's chosen)

- `config` (`?any`) - config for setup all plugins (filtering, sorting, paging):
  - `paging` (`?boolean`) - - switch on the paging plugin
  - `sorting` (`?any`) - switch on the sorting plugin
    - `columns` (`Array<any>`) - only list of the columns for sorting
  - `filtering` (`?any`) - switch on the filtering plugin
    - `filterString` (`string`) - the default value for filter
    - `columnName` (`string`) - the property name in raw data

- `rows` (`?Array<any>`) - only list of the rows which should be displayed
- `columns` (`?Array<any>`) - config for columns (+ sorting settings if it's needed)
    - `title` (`string`) - the title of column header
    - `name` (`string`) - the property name in data
    - `sort` (`?string|boolean`) - config for columns (+ sorting settings if it's needed), sorting is switched on by default for each column

### Outputs (Events)

- `tableChanged`: onclick event handler

### Filter

The responsibility of the filtering issue falls on user. You should choose on which columns the filter would be applied. You could add any number of different filters.
Filter string - it's a string for matching values in raw data. Column name refers to the property name in raw data. The rest logic you could organize by yourself (the order of filters, data formats, etc). Even you could use filter for list of data columns.

### Sorting

Data sorting could be in 3 modes: asc, desc and without sorting data (as it comes from backend or somewhere else). If you want to switch off the sorting for some of the columns then you should set it forcibly in columns config (set property sort to false value for each column you want)

### Paging

Pagination could be used from [ng2-bootstrap](https://github.com/valor-software/ng2-bootstrap) - [pagination component](http://valor-software.github.io/ng2-bootstrap/#pagination). When the page is changed, the pagination component will emit event `tableChanged` with an object {page, itemsPerPage}. Then you can easily subscribe on it and request corresponding raw data.


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The Inspector General, National Highways & Motorway Police Mr. Muhammad Saleem Bhatti inaugurated the first HTV/PSV Practical Drivers' Testing Track near Sangjani, Islamabad today. This track is of international standard where all practical tests would be conducted before issuance of HTVs and PSV driving licneses. The practical tests of public transport drivers would also be conducted at this facility. In this regard a simple and graceful inaugural ceremony was held in which representatives from all Pakistan Transport Associations, Dumper Associations and other heavy transport organizations attended the ceremony. The representatives of transport associations admitted that most of the heavy transport drivers possess bogus licenses and appreciated that such facility where licenses of international standards would be issued is a great service to the nation. This would not only enhance traffic sense but also help in controlling accidents. At this occasion, the participants were informed that anybody can visit National Highways & Motorway Police website at dla.nhmp.gov.pk and prepare himself for theoretical test. Self assessment can also be done through this which would help in getting driving license. The Inspector General further informed the participants that such tracks would also be constructed in other major cities. He emphasized that youngsters are our asset, therefore, in order to create road safety awareness amongst the youngsters, road safety Theme Parks will also be established. Accepting the responsibility, he added that Motorway Police will train the whole nation in safe driving. Later on, the Inspector General inaugurated the online branch of Driving License Authority at Kamra where licenses would be issued under one window operation system. Besides issuance of learners' licenses, a facility for conducting online tests through cameras has also been made available at this branch. The licenses printed in Islamabad would be sent directly at the addresses through mail. The representatives of all Pakistan transport associations, Karachi Mr. Khalid Khan, Mr. Hanif Khan Marwat representatives of and other organizations attended the ceremony and appreciated the initiative of Motorway Police and assured their full cooperation.