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Lemon Sesame Protein Balls are perfect for a healthy mid-day snack or pre/post workout fuel! They’re are soft, chewy and very satisfying given that they’re loaded with good fats and protein. These no-bake balls are super easy to make with ONLY 4 ingredients needed!
DID YOU KNOW? Sesame seeds are beneficial for female hormones.
Sesame seeds contain phytoestrogens, plant compounds that are similar to the hormone estrogen.
Therefore, sesame seeds might be beneficial for women during menopause when estrogen levels drop. Phytoestrogens may help counteract hot flashes and other symptoms of low estrogen.
What’s more, sesame seeds are a rich source of lignan precursors. These specific compounds are produced by the microflora in the colon and have been shown to have powerful cancer-fighting effects on several specific types of cancer.
A 2012 study published in the Journal of Nutrition found that dietary lignans may act as a natural cancer treatment to reduce breast cancer risk by modifying tumor characteristics. In the study, lignan intakes were associated with a lower risk of estrogen receptor negative breast cancer. The study found that women with the highest intake of lignans compared to the lowest intake had a 40 percent to 50 percent lower chance of developing breast cancer.
All that said, if you’re looking for an easy way to add more sesame seeds into your diet, try my Lemon Sesame Protein Balls.
These protein balls are great for a healthy mid-day snack or quick pre/post workout fuel. Make a batch and store them in the fridge or freezer, so you’ll always have a healthy snack ready to pop or take with you when you’re running out the door.
What you need for Lemon Sesame Protein Balls:
- Sesame seed butter/tahini
- PurePaleo Protein Powder vanilla (or PurePea Protein for plant-based version)
- Food-grade lemon essential oil or lemon extract
- Sesame seeds
Want more healthy & delicious snack recipes? You’re going to love these …
Lemon Sesame Protein Balls
- 1 cup sesame seed butter/tahini
- 3/4 cup PurePaleo Protein Powder vanilla, or PurePea Protein for plant-based version
- 6-8 drops food-grade lemon essential oil , or 1.5 tsp lemon extract
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds, black or white
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- Add sesame seed butter, protein powder, lemon oil or extract and sea salt into the food processor and combine ingredients. Use a spatula to scrape sides if needed. Mixture should be dense and smooth so it can be pressed together. If it's too wet, add more protein powder. If it's too dry, add more sesame seed butter (1 tsp at a time).
- Using a teaspoon, scoop mixture and form into small balls. If balls are too sticky to form, place mixture into the freezer for 10-minutes then remove and form balls.
- Roll balls into sesame seeds then place them in large shallow glass container so they're not touching one another.
- Store protein balls in the fridge or freezer for a frozen treat. Once the balls have firmed up, feel free to stack them in a smaller container.

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Netcracker Technology and T–Mobile have extended their BSS and managed services partnership for its wholesale business, which includes the MVNO and IoT markets. Netcracker Digital BSS, including Netcracker Partner Management, and Netcracker Managed Services will help T-Mobile continue leveraging best-in-class capabilities for revenue management while optimizing a range of operations, such as reduced bill run times and improved billing accuracy.
Wholesale and Capacity
Telia Carrier unveiled its new brand, Arelion, reinforcing its goal to provide premium global connectivity services to the world's largest operators, content providers and enterprises. Arelion is the world's best-connected network spanning Europe, North America, and Asia, with more than 70,000 km of optical fiber and 1,700 MPLS endpoints, connecting customers in 125 countries. Enterprises from gaming to finance depend on the operator's business-critical services.
HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC) and Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) have collaborated to boost critical connectivity across emerging markets in the Philippines, providing high standards of connectivity service delivery and quality.
Console Connect and Colt Technology Services have completed the first stage of major API-led interoperability between their global on-demand SDN platforms. The collaboration demonstrates a mutual commitment to end-to-end automation and recognizes the need for increased interoperability and collaboration to orchestrate connectivity among networks.
American Tower adds Shamrock Consulting Group to its growing Channel Partner program where it could gain access to the innovative edge and metro colocation services in key markets across the US.
Against the backdrop of rising infection rates globally, DE-CIX believes that its infrastructure is well prepared for the new COVID-19 wave.
Telstra has named Vish Vishwanathan as Vice President of its Wholesale group for the Americas. He joins Telstra as the company is entering its latest phase of international growth and network expansion.
Google has acquired hundreds of acres of land in Kansas City's Northland for a potential data center.
Kohler Power Systems has increased its participation on the BIM Object portal, listing more than 100 EMEA products including large diesel generators for hyperscale data center applications.
America’s Team Telecom, comprising of the Departments of Justice (DOJ), Defense (DOD), and Homeland Security (DHS), entered into National Security Agreements (NSA) with Google, Meta (formerly known as Facebook), and their subsidiaries to protect data on the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) system.

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Review by Arschrammen
Awe-inspiring, but not quite as gripping as its predecessors
Like most reviewers here I was looking forward to this game since Silent Hill 2 showed me exactly what the Playstation 2 and, indeed, Team Silent could achieve. Unlike most things I look forward to, I was not disappointed with Silent Hill 3. Everything brilliant about the technological advances in Silent Hill 2 was here, and this game also included everything riveting about the original Silent Hill as well. If anything, though, Silent Hill 3 is not as gripping as its predecessors due to little improvement in the gameplay and the loss of some of the creepiness due to the sense that we've already been down the same path before. It's still brilliant though, even for its cinematic qualities and ability to extract the beauty in the darkness that is Silent Hill.
One of the strengths of the Silent Hill series, as compared to say the Resident Evil series is the story. No outrageous zombifying virus here; its nothing but intrigue and terror as per usual. This time around we are placed in the delightful Heather's shoes and are taken on a mysterious nerve-shattering hellride which leads her into the town of Silent Hill. If you get into these games as intensely as I do, you will feel her pain as she explores her identity and seeks bloody vengeance.
Silent Hill 3 is more a sequel to the original than Silent Hill 2 was in that it is more about events and people connected to the mysterious circumstances that transformed Silent Hill into the foggy reality shifting nightmare that it is today. That's not to say that newcomers to the series will not understand or enjoy the plot, although it is probably fair to say that anyone who sat through the original title will take certain events a lot more personally and hence enjoy a much more intense experience. I'm not going to ruin any of the story like a lot of early reviewers did, so you'll just have to play through it yourself and let the surprises kick you in the face.
The basic story is this: on a seemingly normal Sunday trip to the mall, 17 year old Heather suddenly finds herself trapped in a twisted parallel reality populated by horrifying monsters. Her attempts to get back home are just the beginning of nightmare that takes her into the town of Silent Hill to discover why and how she ha become part of this world, and how she gets out of it.
There is very little difference from Silent Hill 2 here, but there are some slight improvements. Fans of adventure games will love exploring the disturbing and hauntingly realistic environments, but fans of action games may not be as impressed with the combat that is awkward at the best of times, but still strangely enjoyable.
Players can tailor the level of difficulty for both enemies and puzzles to their style of playing, so those looking for a challenge won't be disappointed, whereas those who want to cruise through and just enjoy the story and atmosphere can just set the difficulty to easy. The enemies are much more demented than the usual zombie type and often possess human characteristics in the abstract but recognisable sense that one might see in a Francis Bacon painting. The monsters aren't as creepy this time around, however, they are still very impressive and were more varied than previous titles and the boss fights were challenging and just generally excellent.
In the previous games, I felt the combat and general gameplay could get monotonous and at times frustratingly awkward. However, there is something about the gameplay this time around that makes it much more fun and consistently exciting. For a start, it is possible for you to fall off of things which makes you pay more attention to where you're running. This is a good thing, because in Silent Hill and Silent Hill 2 you could just run about wherever you wanted. Essentially you could close your eyes and, provided there were no monsters, you could just run in one direction and be certain you would be fine, whereas in Silent Hill 3, you would likely fall off of something, so you have to watch where you're going. There is also a better combat system which allows more varied attacks with most of the weapons and also a blocking function. This made me more keen to actually fight the monsters rather than just run away due to either a) being scared or b) because I just couldn't be bothered stammering about like a fool. However there is still the problem, which I so consistently complain about, that if you want to use health recovery or change weapons you have to stop the game and open a menu. This disrupts the flow and intensity of the game a great deal, especially in combat. At least this time around, the R3 button has been utilised so you can use a selected item without opening the menu. It's definitely a step in the right direction.
Something that impressed me was that as the riddle difficulty levels increase, so does the actual amount of puzzles, not just their relative difficulty. The easy mode pretty much just involves finding combination numbers for locks, but as the difficulty levels increase, you will find you have to find ways around certain obstacles which are not there in the easy mode. Also impressive is the fact that the combination numbers change every time you play. This way you cant just memorise the numbers and run straight through the game.
In general, these are the best graphics I have ever seen, especially the environments. The textures of the walls (when they're not bleeding) appear real. It's incredible! There have also been significant improvements in the detail of the characters, but we can once again see how the graphics are not perfect when the characters begin to speak. Much like in Silent Hill 2, their mouths flap about and they look like they're going to fall off.
An improvement has been made in terms of the use of motion capture. Also, the actions used are all very life-like, including Heather's running! I was very impressed by this, as so few games manage to successfully capture the motion of running well.
Something everyone has been talking about is the oozing walls. While I thought the bleeding walls are reasonable, I was not at all impressed by the glowing orangy pussing walls. To me it looked more like PSone graphics pasted over incredible PS2 graphics and it just looked out of place.
Excellent addition of block. Also, as mentioned, the addition of R3 for using the selected item helps keeps the gameplay rolling nicely. Still not there by a long shot, but it's a start.
Once again, sound director Akira Yamaoka puts his previous work, and every body else, to shame. If I start raving on about the sound and music here, I will not stop. So I will just be brief and say the music is perfect, and the sounds are awe-inspiring and nightmarish in quality. The voice acting is also very impressive, especially from the beautiful Heather Morris and slick Richard Grosse (who, sadly, passed away shortly after the Silent Hill 3 recording sessions).
One of the things I noticed about this game, compared to the previous titles, is that its short. If you know where you're going it will only take about 4 hours, even if you stop to kill all the monsters.
Unfortunately, there are no special making of DVDs included with this game. Unfortunately, this time around the European sector (including Australia, where we got the wrong region DVDs!) missed out on the bonus disc, where the US received the soundtrack on CD as a freebie. There are some in-game unlockable extras like costumes for Heather, weapons, and, of course, alternate endings.
OVERALL, while not quite as engaging as the Silent Hills before it, the incredibly engaging story, the improvements to gameplay, and the morbid and disturbing (yet beautiful and alluring) visuals are enough to warrant dishing out your hard-earned cash. 9/10.
Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
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In the realm of home defense, seconds can be the difference between life and death. Brain fog in the middle of the night can be deadly if the need to defend arises unexpectedly, and having your pistol caliber carbine (PCC) ready with extra ammunition provides a critical advantage. This is where magazine couplers shine, offering a streamlined and efficient solution for accessing additional rounds without fumbling around for belts or chest rigs. In this article, we'll explore how mag couplers can elevate your home defense preparedness and highlight the diverse range of coupler models available for various PCC platforms.
Quick-Access Ammo When It Matters Most
In high-stress situations, fine motor skills deteriorate, making complex actions like reloading from belts or chest rigs challenging. Magazine couplers simplify this process by allowing you to have two loaded magazines ready to go on your PCC. Forget the wasted time it takes to dawn your gear, and confidently get in the fight immediately with a mag coupler.
Wide Selection for PCC Platforms
One of the key advantages of magazine couplers is their compatibility with a variety of PCC platforms. Whether you own a Glock mag PCC, CZ Scorpion, MPX, MP5, KP-9, AK-V, B&T, or any other PCC model, we've got a magazine coupler designed to fit your firearm and defend your home.
Reduced Cognitive Load and Brain Fog
In a home defense scenario, cognitive load is high, and decision-making must be swift and effective. Magazine couplers reduce cognitive load by eliminating the need to fumble around for spare magazines or throwing on time-consuming gear. With two magazines securely coupled directly on your PCC, you can focus on the immediate threat rather than searching for extra mags.
Faster Reloads, Higher Confidence
Magazine couplers enable faster reloads, allowing you to get back in action swiftly. In a home defense situation, every moment counts, and having extra rounds readily accessible can provide the confidence needed to confront the threat effectively.
In home defense scenarios, having extra ammunition ready on your PCC can be a game-changer. Mag couplers offer a practical and efficient solution for quick-access ammo, reducing cognitive load, and ensuring faster reloads. With a diverse range of coupler models available for various PCC platforms, there's no reason not to optimize your home defense tool for maximum readiness. When seconds matter most, trust our magazine couplers to give you the edge you need to protect yourself and your loved ones.


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Speed dating sunnyvale
This event looks like so much fun, I wish we had casual events like this here in Chicago, especially since Stanford encourages lifetime social interaction with the community and properly sees it’s role as larger than simply current students.
They state “Events are open to all students, alumni, members of the greater Stanford community, and the general public.” Chicago university leaders, take note!
Speed Dating sessions are offered only for 18 attendees. Please email us at [email protected] any questions/concerns or see us during our operating hours!
See more on the event page Mix and Mingle Social Singles Meetup. Meet new people in a comfy environment, a perfect spot for socializing.
"But women interrupt each other all the time when they're just talking to friends.
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days; Photo: Everett Contrary to every dating guide published and my mother's oft-delivered advice, if women want to be good first dates, a new study argues, they should talk about themselves. Stanford sociologist Daniel Mc Farland, the author of a recent report in the , says he decided to research "best practices" for dating because of the reams of conflicting information on the subject.
"We knew there are tons of self-help books on how to date and how people match," he says.
Both women and men feel a spark when the woman is the focal point of the conversation.
Especially surprising, women weren't turned off when men interrupted them.

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A White's Creek woman recently discovered her Facebook photo was taken and used to advertise for prostitution without her knowledge.
Dallas Miller told Nashville's News 2 she learned of the crime after a friend sent her a link to the ad on Backpage.com.
The 21-year-old said nearly a dozen of her personal pictures she had posted on Facebook as part of a benefit for abused children were used in the ads.
“It's been tough,” Miller said. “I definitely feel victimized. I was pulled out of a random pool of pictures. This could happen to anyone.”
Metro police are investigating the incident, but said since the crime, referred to as criminal impersonation, is done furtively through the Internet and is often associated with fake accounts and IP addresses in foreign countries, it is a difficult one to solve.
According to cyber experts with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, social media users are encouraged to check their privacy settings on a regular basis to help prevent criminal impersonation.
Miller said she has gotten Backpage.com to pull the ads off their Web site, but they can still be found online.


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Manila, Sep 23 (EFE).- Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., held a symbolic moment of rapprochement with his “partner, ally and friend,” the United States, in a meeting he held Thursday with US President Joe Biden in New York.
“Historically we have always considered the US as our partner, ally and friend,” “Bongbong” Marcos, son of the late former dictator Ferdinand Marcos (1965-1986) and who came to the Presidency, said at his meeting with Biden in May.
Marcos Jr. consolidated the return to fluid diplomatic relations between the Philippines and the US after the mandate of controversial former President Rodrigo Duterte, who sought the support of China and distanced himself from Washington.
Duterte, who in an official visit to China after coming to power announced the separation of the Philippines from the US, pivoting toward Beijing in matters of foreign policy, ended his term by backing down and softening his anti-American tone.
Both Biden and Marcos mentioned the South China Sea, where China maintains a dispute with the Philippines over the sovereignty of several islands and atolls in waters that are estimated to hide 11,000 million barrels of oil.
An area in which the harassment of Chinese paramilitary militias to Filipino fishermen has generated diplomatic friction in recent months.
“We continue to look to the US for a lasting alliance and peacekeeping in the region,” the Philippine president added.
In this way, Marcos Jr. seeks to build bridges with the US without eroding his relationship with China – a country he invited to live a “golden age” under his mandate during the visit of Chinese Vice President Wang Yi to the Philippines in June – in a delicate game of diplomatic balance.
The Philippine president is rushing his six-day visit to the US, where he arrived Sunday and which has included a meeting with American businessmen at the New York Stock Exchange.

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POLAND'S leader and his supporters had to threaten to resign in order to persuade the Communist Party Central Committee to talk to Solidarity. The tactic amounted, a Solidarity strategist said later, to a ''declaration of martial law on the Central Committee.'' But the hard part for Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski may be only beginning.
In the new atmosphere of encouragement for economic change that is emanating from Moscow, it is clear that the Polish leader had little choice but to seek out Solidarity's cooperation for a program of tough economic measures that the Polish leadership has in mind to straighten out the economy. But with the first negotiating session scheduled for tomorrow between the outlawed union and the Government, General Jaruzelski has yet to prove that he can, in fact, reach a working arrangement with the union.
In exchange for restoring legal status to Solidarity, the general is hoping the labor union will support economic initiatives whose aim is to continue scaling back unprofitable businesses and injecting more competitiveness into the atrophied economy. Many Poles have said the short-term hardships could set off strikes and perhaps violence this spring.
Last weekend, Solidarity said it would discuss terms for its return to legal status, and did not rule out some measure of support for the economic program. ''I don't trust them any more than you do,'' Lech Walesa, the Solidarity leader, told skeptical shipyard workers in Gdansk. ''But if someone gives me a chance for pluralism, I seize that chance.'' A Measure of Change
General Jaruzelski's insistence on an overture to Solidarity was a measure of how much has changed in the East bloc since 1981.Continue reading the main story
Eight years ago, under pressure from Moscow, it was General Jaruzelski and other Polish generals who reneged on agreements that had allowed the emergence of Solidarity as a free trade union. Then they imposed martial law in order to suppress waves of wildcat strikes.
But the option of such repressive measures is not so readily available now, nor may it be necessary. In 1981, Poles found it easy to believe that the alternative to martial law was something even worse - intervention by the Soviet Army. Today, the Moscow of Mikhail S. Gorbachev is taking a line far more sympathetic to social experimentation in the East bloc, and the possibility that it would use force to prevent change seems more distant. So the pragmatists among Poland's leaders realize that making some concessions to Solidarity may be their best bet for keeping a lid on protests about economic hardships.
At a news conference last week, General Jaruzelski sought somewhat disingenuously to justify his about-face by indicating that the eventual readmission of Solidarity to a recognized and legal role had been intended throughout the martial law. But he and other party leaders also made it clear that they were in no way giving up on their aim of saving what they describe as socialism in Poland.
The latest effort at consensus is somewhat reminiscent of events last winter, when the Government sought support for distasteful initiatives by organizing the first public referendum in Poland since 1946. That method was less than successful. The Government's austerity program was rejected, and the leaders scaled it back. Even so, anger over consumer goods shortages and higher prices set off two waves of labor confrontation.
Today, even if the Government and Solidarity can agree, there is no guarantee that they can fill empty shelves quickly enough to prevent new labor strife. For while the Government and Solidarity discuss the big political picture, what most frustrates the average Pole is the mundane struggle that must be faced every day in a land of lines and shortages. In addition, many Poles believe, General Jaruzelski retains an Achilles' heel: He is essentially out of step with the nation in its distaste for the Communist Party's stifling dominance.
''Jaruzelski is no doubt a very intelligent man,'' said Jerzy Turowicz, the editor of the influential Catholic weekly, Tygodnik Powszechny. ''But I am not sure that he is a wise man, if he really understands the situation.''
Asked what was wrong with the country, a housewife in Szczecin, in northwest Poland, replied, ''The poverty, plus the difficulties of daily life.'' Then she added, ''The lack of normalcy, of any kind.''Continue reading the main story

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As if that weren’t ambition enough, Yousafzai announced today that she is writing a children’s picture book about fixing the world.
The Nobel laureate, 19, signed a book deal with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers to write “Malala’s Magic Pencil,” scheduled for release in 2017 with illustrations from the husband-and-wife artist team Kerascoët, according to AdWeek.
Yousafzai has become a beacon for advocates of education for girls around the world since the 2012 Taliban attack in which she was shot in the head by a gunman on her schoolbus. She was targeted because Yousafzai had been advocating for education in Pakistan as a teenager for years and had criticized extremist militants.
But the attack only spurred on Yousafzai’s efforts to make education accessible to all children around the world. After recovering from her injury, Yousafzai wrote a memoir, “I Am Malala,” launched The Malala Fund, became a global advocate for girls and women, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The publisher announced the book deal by saying that “Malala’s Magic Pencil” was inspired by Malala’s childhood wish “to help make the world a better place.”
“At first Malala wanted to use her magic pencil to fix problems like the smell of the trash dump near her home and to make everyone in her family happy. But as she grew older, she saw a world that needed fixing, with many important things to wish for — and she realized that even if she never found a magic pencil, she could still work every day to make her wishes come true,” the press release said.
The book is expected in the fall of next year.


When the Heating & A/C tech came in & did the inspection on our gas furnace, he also serviced the air duct.
He told us he had noticed a couple of cracks along the seams of the air duct.
He wanted to call a team of professional air duct cleaners & have them inspect the entire air duct system & see if it needed repaired or replaced? If it was able to be repaired, they would service the air duct, then clean & sanitize it. I anxious about what it was going to cost if I needed to replace the air duct. I knew it had to be pretty old. The air duct was already in the home when the people I was with and I bought it, nearly fifteen years earlier. I agreed to have the air duct professionals come to the home & inspect the air duct. When they arrived, I asked them why the air duct was so important. They explained that the air duct was love a major highway. It is how the heating & a/c is directed through the entire house. When there was a crack or hole somewhere in the air duct, there was a loss of heat or AC coming through that hole. Every one of us would be wasting energy since the people I was with and I didn’t have proper airflow, & there was a loss of energy/Heating & A/C. I didn’t want to be losing heat or a/c, but I knew it would be pricey to replace the air duct. I held our breath as the inspection was done. Luckily, all they had to do was seal the air duct, & then they cleaned & sanitized it. Our air duct was wonderful for at least another many years.


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Darwin Day Lecture: George Beccaloni - Alfred Russel Wallace and Natural Selection: the Real Story
This is a free online talk hosted by Leicester Secular Society.
Leicester Secular Society presents our annual Darwin Day Lecture. Request joining details via leicestersecularsociety.org.uk/calendar/view_entry.php?id=2699
George Beccaloni, Director of the A. R. Wallace Correspondence Project,
Alfred Russel Wallace and Natural Selection: the Real Story
"Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 - 1913), one of the greatest scientists of all time. His seminal contributions to biology rival those of his friend and colleague Charles Darwin, though he is far less well known. Together Wallace and Darwin proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection in 1858, and their prolific subsequent work laid the foundations of modern evolutionary biology - and much more besides.
"Wallace's extraordinary quest to understand how evolution works is not very well known. Many seem to think that he discovered natural selection by chance, but this is very far from the truth.
"This talk charts the development of Wallace's ideas about evolution, from his early life in Neath in Wales where he first became interested in the subject, through his four year expedition to the Amazon (which ended with the destruction of his irreplaceable specimens and notes), to his epic eight year journey around the Malay Archipelago where he finally discovered the process which drives the evolution of life on planet Earth."

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The Ministry of Trade and Economic Development, in collaboration with the Tonga Chamber of Commerce and Industry, hosted the first annual National Business Conference on the 15-16 February 2023 at Faónelua Convention Center. The Prime Minister Hon. Hu’akavameiliku marked the beginning of this initiative by emphasising the importance of the conference to ensure that the Government and the private sector work together in “Building Tonga Better Together ” in his keynote address.
The conference focused on four major topics, Agriculture, Fisheries, Tourism, and Business Environment. It was attended by private sectors, development partners, senior government officials and virtually by members of the private sector from Vava’u and ‘Eua. Speakers included representative from the the government whom where CEOs from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forest, Ministry of Fisheries, Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development. From the non-government sector, speakers included the Governor from the National Reserve Bank of Tonga, Minoru Nishi Jr. (Nishi Trading Ltd.), Etimoni Palu (Pacific Sunrise), Peseti Ma’afu (Tonga Tourism Association) and Sam Vea (President – Tonga Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The conference concluded with a set of recommendations for each of the sectors, Agriculture, Fisheries, Tourism and Business environment, for the consideration by the relevant government organisations.
A networking reception was held at the end of the conference, and the members of the conference were fortunate to have an audience with the Secretary General of the Pacific Forum Island Secretariat, Hon. Henry Puna, where he was the guest speaker at the reception. The Secretary General was in the Kingdom on a High-level consultation visit which included the private sector.


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TOKYO (Sputnik) — The annual US-South Korean Ulchi Freedom Guardian military exercises that kicked off earlier on Monday are defensive, and the drills are not aimed at generating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said.
"The Ulchi exercise is a defensive drill conducted annually. We have no intention at all to raise tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The Ulchi exercise is aimed at checking on defense readiness aimed at protecting the lives and property of our people," Moon said during the South Korean Cabinet meeting, as quoted by the Yonhap news agency.
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have recently flared up following the adoption of the UN Security Council sanctions in early August in response to Pyongyang’s July missile launches. The move led to North Korea trading threats and warnings with the United States, with Pyongyang saying it might consider an attack on the area near the US territory of Guam in the Western Pacific.
In June, China initiated a road map for the settlement of North Korean crisis, the so-called double freeze plan, which provides for the simultaneous cessation of North Korea's nuclear activity and the US-South Korean military exercises. The initiative has been supported by Russia but rejected by the United States. North Korea has yet to issue a response to the proposal.


Pedestrian killed in crash on Delsea Drive in Vineland
VINELAND – Authorities are investigating the death of a pedestrian who was struck by two vehicles Friday night on South Delsea Drive.
Police did not release any identifying information about the victim, who died at the scene.
The accident occurred around 6:45 p.m. near the Chimes Terrace intersection, police said.
Terrel Williams, 28, of Falcon Way was traveling south on Delsea Drive when his vehicle struck the pedestrian, who was in his lane, police said.
The victim was then struck by another southbound car, which was driven by Tiffany Harris, 33, of Bridgeton.
The crash was the first fatal traffic accident in Cumberland County this year. Two pedestrians were killed in crashes in the county in 2018, according to statistics compiled by New Jersey State Police.
The Vineland Police Department’s Traffic Safety Unit is investigating the Delsea Drive crash and asks anyone with information to call 856-691-4111, ext. 4350.
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NicholasV5 Stars Out Of 5Jesus is everywhere in the Bible if you look for HimDecember 2, 2019NicholasVQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 4Dee Brestin writes a great book that is not directly geared to women only. She effectively shows through several incidents in the Old Testament how Jesus is foreshadowed and modeled throughout the Bible. This makes Jesus even more real and accessible
The book also is designed to be used in group studies or individual study to go on "God hunts" through the week so that the readers become more aware of God's presence and the little and big ways in which He becomes active in the lives of His xhildreb. Highly recommended!!!
rkfall5 Stars Out Of 5Pick this one!!October 9, 2019rkfallQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5The Jesus Who Surprises book by Dee Brestin was a God-send. This author is so transparent, refreshing, and full of Truth. I was really drawn to her words. She breaks the end of each chapter into a 5-day Bible Study and optional on-line sermon suggestions. I loved her "Today I spied God when..." journal prompts. So important to pay attention to His movements within and without. And stopping to reflect on them. I loved this from the book, "prayer is not getting God to give you what you want but dialoguing with Him, listening to Him, submitting to Him, and asking Him to give you what He wants, even if it is costly." I highly recommend this one.
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LBrackbillHershey, PAAge: 25-34Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5encouraging, inspiring, challengingAugust 18, 2019LBrackbillHershey, PAAge: 25-34Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5The Jesus Who Surprises: Opening Our Eyes to His Presence in All of Life and Scripture is an excellent study one I enjoyed from beginning to end.
The author looks at the entire Bible to show us glimpses of Jesus where we may not expect to see Him. She masterfully shows that the Bible is indeed one connected story, one of hope, redemption, and love. She also approaches important topics like suffering, and she shows how those things produce a joy like none other (something I know from experience). I thoroughly enjoyed this study and repeatedly found myself excited and encouraged by her words. That isn't something I can often say.
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When we realize that the Lord is in control, a peace comes to us, despite the suffering. We realize that this shaking is temporary and that we have an inheritance that can never be taken from us. (Page 123)
I especially loved and learned from the third part, looking at Isaiah and what is in store for us. She summed up the whole study so well in the last sentence:
My hope is that seeing this same story from Genesis to Revelation will give you great confidence in the reliability of the Scriptures and the truths they hold. For the Jesus that surprised the two on the road to Emmaus, and surprises us in our everyday lives, is not at all finished surprising us."
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I highly recommend this book and I look forward to reading more of her studies.
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As the title implies, many people are surprised at where Jesus shows up. From Genesis 1:1 through the remainder of the Bible, and in every aspect of a person's life, Jesus' presence is made known. This study will help indifiduals identify the where's and why's, enabling a closer, sweeter relationship with HIm. A few of the study titles are: "The God of the Dance," "Religion Versus the Gospel," and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." Maybe it's time for a new Bible study for you.
I love Bible study and especially like new approaches. This one intrigued me and still does as I am working through it. I grew up in church, but continue to learn and grow all the time. This is a study I recommend for people at all stages of their faith journey. God will bless you! I received my review copy from WaterBrookMultnomah in exchange for an honest review.
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I really enjoy this book in its entirety and also, the provided resources in the back of the book. Yes, I would recommend this book, it makes a great resource and supplement study.
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Simply put, the Internal Revenue Service needs to update its information technology systems. Aside from being a recommendation by National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson, the IRS last week announced that it would resume implementation of the IRS Integrated Modernization Business Plan to address the agency’s aging information technology (IT) infrastructure.
First things first, what is “information technology?” If you’ve ever worked at an office that had an IT department, you probably remember IT specialists showing up to fix computer problems, like removing viruses or installing new hardware and software. And that’s the long and short of IT: any computer hardware and software that stores, transmits, and receives data.
Want to know just how old the IRS computer systems are? Olson noted in her annual report to Congress that some of those systems “are the oldest in the federal government and for the last 25 years the IRS has tried—and been unable—to replace them.” You might have guessed that she recommended the IRS receive funding to update its systems. Unfortunately, that money simply hasn’t materialized until now.
The IRS estimates this “IRS Integrated Modernization Business Plan” plan will cost “between $2.3 billion to $2.7 billion over six years through Fiscal Year 2024,” and if you’re figuring for the larger of those two numbers, the White House’s current budget proposal accounts for roughly 11% of that total budget. But just what’s in this proposal?
The IRS says the overhaul will focus on “four pillars:”
To be sure, having older computer systems can cause efficiency and security problems. One of IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig’s statement from the press release emphasized the latter: “This is an area where we cannot fail for the safety of our nation, and modernizing our technology is critical to stay ahead of constant cyber-attacks on our systems.”
The IRS says they expect to actually see a savings in maintenance cost by updating their computer and network systems, even going so far as to project that “modernizing IRS Systems creates opportunities to potentially reinvest savings in order to keep technology current and on pace with evolving taxpayer expectations.” In layman’s terms, the agency expects the update will pay for itself.
Probably to assuage the worries of legislators who understandably want to have oversight of government spending, the IRS says that their modernization plan will require “regular reporting to Congress and oversight organizations, as well as work with partners in the tax community as we implement the plan.” That said, the purse strings remain a stumbling block.
If Congress doesn’t continue to fund the program, the IRS may not be able to bring their information technology systems to a level required by an agency that protects the nation’s PII.


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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a deadly insect known as the "kissing bug" has made its way into every southern state, impacting more than half of the United States.
The bug, also known as the triatomine bug, has been reported in several states. The bugs typically feed on the blood of mammals, including humans and pets, biting them in the lip area.
If the bug is infected with parasites and defecates in the wound, it can lead to Chagas disease, which can be fatal if not treated.
Symptoms include fever, fatigue, rash, diarrhea, and vomiting. It can also cause heart failure and intestinal damage.
Once inside your home, the bugs tend to hide in cracks or under beds and mattresses, including pet bedding, then come out at night, just like bed bugs.
The kissing bugs have caused a public health problem in areas of Latin America, where the bugs nest in cracks of substandard housing. Officials estimate that 8 million people in Mexico, Central America, and South America have contracted the illness, and here in the U.S. up to 10 percent of dogs in shelters in southern Texas have tested positive for Chagas.
To keep your home safe, the CDC recommends:
- sealing all cracks and gaps around windows, walls, roofs, and doors and screens
- checking in and around your pet's bedding
- removing wood, brush, and rock piles near your home
- turning off outdoor lights at night, which attract bugs.
Kissing bugs are hard to kill - typical bug sprays do not work. Instead, trap the bug in a jar and drown it in rubbing alcohol or freeze it in water to kiss the kissing bug goodbye.


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There's no getting around it – 2020 has been rough on everyone, especially the arts. News of furloughs, cancellations, and the absolute shellacking of arts groups has sadly become weekly news. The phrase "starving artist" has never been more literal. However, hope springs eternal, as the saying goes, and the arts are the best place to find it. Amid the destruction, we've seen a rejuvenation in creative ways arts groups engage with their audiences and the community. With its most recent announcement, Society for the Performing Arts is hoping to provide some much needed support for the arts during these rocky times.
The organization recently announced the launch of its SPA Houston Artist Commissioning Project. SPA's goal is to promote and sustain Houston’s working artists and artist communities by supporting the creation of new works across all performing arts disciplines. By supporting local artists directly by awarding financial resources for newly created works, SPA HACP will give the city's performing artists an opportunity, and funding, to move their creativity forward.
"SPA HACP, in one form or another, has been percolating in our organizational conversations for a while. We have been planning for a project like this since pre-COVID-19, but after the coronavirus hit, we started witnessing the decimation of the arts economy, especially for live performances. [SPA CEO] Meg Booth and I decided we needed to engage local artists to figure out how we could support them right now," said Claire Williamson, SPA's director of education.
In this pilot year, the project will progress through two phases: an initial period of virtual commissions followed by larger-scale live performance commissions presented in Jones Hall for the Performing Arts.
"Our mission is to bring live performances from around the world to Houston and to enrich the lives of Houstonians through performing arts. Even though we can’t engage with our audiences through the live setting right now, we can provide exciting, original content that supports the local artistic community and provides unique programming for our audience," she said. "The hope is that by next summer, we’ll absolutely feel comfortable rolling out a festival format and live performance for the awardees."
Six awards will be given to working performing artists or groups within the Greater Houston Metro Area to create a new three to five minute virtual work. These new works will premiere on SPA’s social and digital platforms in fall 2020.
Virtual Commissions will include the following:
- $800 Artist Award
- One virtual SPA Creative Chat about their project, moderated by SPA's Director of Education, to be shared on SPA social media channels prior to premiere of the new work
Applications for virtual awards are due August 21, with winners announced September 14.
Three awards will be given to working performing artists or groups within the Greater Houston Metro Area, to create a new 15-25 minute work to premiere in festival format on the Jones Hall stage in summer 2021. Additionally, participants in virtual commissions will not be excluded from consideration for live performance awards.
Live Commissions will include the following:
- $5,000 Artist Award
- Technical support prior to the performance to assist in development of lighting, sound, and/or set concepts for the new work
- On-stage performance presentation at Jones Hall for the Performing Arts with other live performance awardees
- On-stage rehearsal time prior to the performance
Additionally, live performance commissions will include SPA-hosted opportunities to engage with the public:
- One virtual SPA Creative Chat moderated by SPA's Director of Education about the artists involved in the project and the concept of the work to be created, to be shared on SPA social media channels during spring 2021
- One SPA Behind the Curtain conversation moderated by SPA's CEO about the creation process, in-person and/or shared on SPA social media channels during spring 2021
- One preview/talk-back with students from a Houston-area school, in-person or online, during spring 2021
Applications for the Live Performance awards due December 18, with winners announced January 29, 2021. Awardees will have through Summer 2021 for creative development. Live performance dates are to be announced.
In celebrating artists’ voices here in Houston, the most culturally diverse city in the nation, SPA is hopeful minority groups will heed the call. SPA believes black artists, Indigenous artists, artists of color, artists in the LGBTQ+ community, artists with disabilities, and woman artists must be centered through this project. To that end, SPA strongly encourages applications from artists with these identities or members of other marginalized communities.
"This is an opportunity for all artists, but we know not everyone has the same opportunities for access to funding or to promote their work. We want all artists to know they have a place at SPA. We want to make a point to welcome artists of all backgrounds," Williamson added.
Through it all, Williamson sees programs like SPA HCAP as a seedling of hope in these dystopian times.
"I’ve been impressed with the resilience and creativity in these organizations. Everyone is doing their best to connect with their audience and advance their mission. It shows how creativity and the arts will thrive. We need support, but there is remarkable work that is going on. I think the innovation that has come out of a lot of organizations and will continue to come out shows that we have art to share, and SPA will do its best to put it out there," she said.
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text: Seitan? Fake meat? Not so much. It takes a little bit of work, and I haven’t mastered making it from scratch yet, but seitan is a legitimate food product in it’s own right. It’s no more processed than bread and one cold even argue that it takes less equipment to make. It has hundreds of years of tradition behind it and making the good stuff is truly an art form. And just because it cooks a lot like meat doesn’t mean it’s trying to be meat. Now that we’ve gotten that out of our way, this is a super-exciting dish to me. I love manischewitz wine. Deal with it. It’s fermented concord grapes. But to cook with, I highly suggest Mogen David brand concord grape wine - it’s still sweet but the flavor is much clearer. I also include fresh concord grapes in the recipe even though they’re season is already done for the year. they add a nice touch but the dish stands without them. This dish is a lot like the common Port Seitan that’s served at a lot of vegan restaurants, also similar to Veal Marsala. It’s just better than them.


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Alison Downard is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Canterbury, Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, and a Principal Investigator with the MacDiarmid Institute. She gained her PhD at the University of Otago and undertook postdoctoral research at the University of Southampton with Professor Derek Pletcher and at UNC-Chapel Hill with Professor TJ Meyer. She has an Honorary Doctorate from the Université de Rennes 1, France.
In 2014 Alison was awarded the RH Stokes medal from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. The medal is awarded in recognition of distinguished research in the field of electrochemistry carried out mainly in Australasia.
Alison has published more than 100 refereed papers on various aspects of electrochemistry. Her current major focus is on electrochemistry for surface engineering.
She has undertaken various leadership roles including Associate Dean of Science, University of Canterbury (1999-2004) and Head of Department of Chemistry (2009-2010) and is currently Vice President of the International Society of Electrochemistry.
Alison’s research focuses on surface engineering, giving new properties to a surface while maintaining the usual properties of the bulk material.
For example, a coating can be applied to improve the biocompatibility, corrosion resistance or self-cleaning properties of a material. A surface can also be modified with small numbers of molecules that act as tethers to anchor functional species such as biomolecules, inorganic molecules or nano-objects for the smart materials of the future.
Alison’s group is expert in radical-based grafting procedures that give nanoscale coatings that are extremely strongly attached to the surface.
Current research projects include attaching nanoscale organic layers to metal oxide semiconductors to tune their electronic properties, surface coating of magnesium to control of its biocorrosion rate, and surface modification of carbon materials for improved electrocatalytic performance.
A surface can be modified with small numbers of molecules that act as tethers to anchor functional species for the smart materials of the future.Professor Alison Downard
April 8, 2019
In today’s tech-hungry world, lithium batteries are ubiquitous, with everything from your mobile phone to the neighbour’s electric car relying on the metal, and it’s easy to see why. Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries pack a punch, storing more energy than any other battery of equivalent size, and delivering power to where it’s needed, quickly and efficiently.
April 8, 2019
Could bio-inspired self-assembled magnetic structures make computers more efficient?
April 8, 2019
How do you go from a physics lab to Rocket Lab? Or from a chemistry lab to a new start-up company?
May 18, 2018
Imagine a point-of-care electronic blood test that can provide an immediate result in a doctor’s surgery, instead of the current tests that have to be sent away to a lab. The blood test device would plug into a mobile phone to provide a reading, and would be cheap and biofriendly.

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You may be an ace with a Rubik’s cube, or even a yo-yo champion, but have you mastered that other geek hobby? You know, pen spinning? While most of us probably do it unconsciously while deep in thought, the art of twirling a pen like a baton between your fingers is an emerging sport amongst young people in Japan, reports the Japan Times.
In response to the pen-twirling boom, a new pen made specifically for spinning is scheduled to hit stores in late February. The Pen’z Gear pen (note: NOT pictured above) is longer and heavier than a normal pen (15 grams and 19cm long), and also has an adjustable weight feature to make it easier to manipulate. It costs 500 yen, which is five times as much as a regular pen.
According to the article, pen spinning has been popular since the late 1970s, with similar movements in South Korea and the United States.
One captivated spectator (and fellow spinner) was Masaki Tsukuda, who gathered other online pen-spinning celebs to form the Pen Spinner Association Japan (PSAJ) last July. The group already has 800 members and plans to hold an inaugural national competition in March.
Curious about what all the fuss is about? Check out the stunt video (complete with J-Rock soundtrack), after the jump.
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WASHINGTON, January 24, 2014 — A year after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the “Dima Yakovlev” law, Russian officials are firmly enforcing the ban on American adoptions of Russian children. They have rejected requests by American officials to reconsider the ban, and Americans who were in the process of adopting children have either moved on to adopt elsewhere or have taken their case to the European Court of Human Rights.
Thirty-three families who have appealed to the European Court claim that the ban violates the rights of Russian orphans. While their appeal has generated sympathy in the west, western governments are now more concerned with working with the Russian government to deal with security issues around the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Their desire for Russian cooperation precludes taking a hard stance on this issue.
Even if the Court finds for the families, there is nothing it can do to enforce its decision if the Russian government rejects it. By the time the case is resolved, any victory will be symbolic.
The adoption ban is called the “Dima Yakovlev” law for a Russian toddler whose adoptive American father, Miles Harrison, left him in a car, where he died of heatstroke. That death was only an excuse; the Russian law was passed in response to America’s Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act.
The Magnitsky Act sanctions Russian officials whom American officials believe are guilty of corruption and human rights violations. Magnitsky was a Russian hedge-fund lawyer who died in prison after exposing corruption and tax fraud among top Russian officials.
Putin signed a law that immediately blocked the pending adoptions of 259 Russian orphans who were about to join 230 American families, and he did it in defense of Russian officials who, even by Russian standards, are criminally corrupt. Even by Russian government standards, this was cynical, arbitrary and cruel.
American adoptions of Russian children have always been controversial. American families adopted more than 60,000 Russian children between 1992 and 2012. The number of adoptions climbed each year, peaking at over 5,000 in 2004, gradually falling to just under 1,000 in 2011.
The stream of adoptions inflamed nationalist sentiment in Russia; nationalists complained that Americans were stealing Russian children. There have been 19 deaths of Russian children adopted by Americans. A highly publicized 2010 incident, in which an adoptive American mother put her seven-year-old Russian son on a plane back to Moscow with a note pinned to his jacket, inflamed the Russian public against American adoptions.
Any number of children killed by negligent or abusive parents is too many, but these deaths occur whether children are adopted or conceived by their parents, whether they are adopted at home or abroad. Some children will die no matter how carefully we screen prospective parents.
Children die in orphanages, too. Many caregivers in Russian orphanages are loving and dedicated to their charges, but the conditions in those orphanages are grim. In some orphanages, rather than affection, children get beatings.
In doing the best that we can for children in orphanages, our goal should be to find the best solutions, not perfect ones. Perfect solutions don’t exist.
UNICEF estimates that there are 750,000 children in Russian orphanages. The estimated number of Russian orphans ranges from 500,000 to 4 million, most estimates clustering around 800,000. An estimated 140,000 children in orphanages are available for adoption. Ninety-five percent of them have a living parent, but they’ve been put in orphanages because the parents are too poor, too sick, too drug-addled, or too indifferent to keep them.
Many of the children in Russian orphanages suffer from disabilities including fetal alcohol syndrome. Those children are often warehoused: tied to beds and urine-soaked cribs, left in “lying down rooms,” dismissed and ignored as “ineducable.”
All Russian orphans and children abandoned by their parents live in a “children’s house” until the age of four. At that point they receive a medical and educational assessment. If they fail, they are labeled “idiots” and turned over to the Ministry of Labor and Social Development, which sends them to closed institutions. Those who survive to the age of 18 are sent to nursing homes and asylums for the rest of their lives.
Caregivers at Russian orphanages are overwhelmed by the numbers. In the best orphanages, children are moved assembly-line fashion from station to station, from play to meal to classroom. Infants and toddlers are left for hours in their cribs with limited interaction with adults. Warehousing with good will and affection is still warehousing.
Even the best orphanage is worse than a minimally adequate home.
Unfortunately, Russians don’t have as strong a record of adopting children as they have of putting them in orphanages. In response to publicity about the adoption ban, about half of 259 children whose adoptions were blocked were placed with Russian families.
There’s a stigma attached to adoption, and Russian families haven’t lined up to provide homes for Russian orphans, whose prospects in life are bleak. At 15 or 16, healthy Russian orphans find themselves unceremoniously dumped on the streets to take care of themselves. UNICEF estimates that one-in-three of them end up living on the streets; 20 percent become criminals; 10 percent commit suicide.
Of 60,000 Russian orphans adopted by American parents, 19 have died of abuse or neglect. That’s one-thirtieth of a percent.
The reasons that Americans adopt abroad are diverse. It was much easier for older couples (45 and above) to adopt in Russia. The only age requirement was that single parents be at least 16 years older than the adoptive child.
American law often makes adoption here a legal mess. By contrast, Russian adoptions have been relatively simple and completely final. Home studies by qualified social workers were required, along with documentation about the prospective parents’ health and financial history. Two separate visits to Russia were mandatory, and the total cost was $40-60,000 per adoption. This is comparable to the cost of adoption in the United States, but the finality of the adoption and the relative legal simplicity make foreign adoption more attractive.
A Bilateral Adoption Agreement between Russia and the U.S. was designed to reduce the likelihood of a bad adoption. Signed by Putin on July 28, 2012, it set stricter standards for the agencies facilitating adoptions, and it required training – up to 80 hours – for adoptive parents. It increased the standards for post adoption monitoring by Russian officials.
In the final analysis, adoption laws should be aimed at making life as good as possible for children in orphanages. Coming just months after the BAA, Russia’s adoption ban was clearly part of a tit-for-tat game of human-rights politics. It had nothing to do with improving life for Russian orphans; it turned them into pawns in a contest over national prestige.
Putin has always treated the law as a weapon, and he’s used it in capricious and arbitrary ways. The Russian law on “homosexual propaganda,” the imprisonment of Pussy Riot and Putin’s political enemies, and the attempts to suppress critics of the Sochi Olympics – by beating or by criminal charges – have drawn attention away from the adoption ban. But all of these are the policies driven by a petty and vainglorious autocrat.
Concern for Russian orphans does not necessarily mean letting Americans adopt them, but that was one venue for helping a small percentage of them, and it hasn’t been replaced with anything better. Putin has promised to improve the care of orphans in Russia, and one might think that with $51 billion to spend on Sochi, he might have the means to help them out. But they were never a political priority, and now that his political point has been made, the odds are that they never will be.

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