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MANILA -- The House committee on Appropriations has approved the proposal to postpone the December 2022 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections by one year to the 1st Monday of December 2023, but left no clarity on how to fund the additional fund needed that can reach P10 billion.
The approval paves the way for the submission of the proposal to the whole House of Representatives for full action.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is constrained to continue with preparations for the 2022 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan unless Congress approves a postponement bill.
"The December 5, 2022 is less than 100 days away and that the Commission on Elections needs a clear directive from our body in regard to the scheduled synchronized barangay and SK elections," House Committee on Suffrage chair Mountain Province Rep. Maximo Dalog said in his sponsorship speech.
According to Comelec chairman George Erwin Garcia, the agency is prepared to push through with the elections in December.
"As far as the Commission on Elections is concerned, we are performing our duty to at least prepare for the conduct of the election this year in the event that we still push through," he said.
The approved bill mandates that the amount necessary for the implementation of the postponement shall be taken from the appropriations of the Comelec under the General Appropriations Act and/or supplementary appropriations.
There is, however, no provision for the conduct of elections next year in the 2023 National Expenditure Program being deliberated by the same panel at the House.
"As far as our budget for 2023 that we are proposing to Congress we only have P5.2 billion. That is just our agency budget. There is no budget whatsoever for any electoral exercise or electoral exercises as we are proposing to Congress for the 2023 budget," Garcia said.
The Department of Budget and Management's (DBM) representative told lawmakers that the 2022 budget for the elections can be carried over to the next year.
But the DBM noted the postponement will also mean a more expensive election.
"The proposed postponement of the Barangay/SK Elections will entail an increase in funding requirements attributable to the opening of registration, to new voters and establishment of additional poll precincts which in turn will necessitate additional poll workers and logistics," said Perpetual Judea Quiason of the DBM.
"In the absence of additional revenue measures to fund the significant budgetary implications of the postponement of the 2022 Barangay and SK Elections, it will be very difficult for the national government to fund the requirements for the implementation of the bill," Quiason added.
Garcia said the cost may increase by as much as P10 billion depending on the new date of the election.
He is also seeking an increase in the honoraria of poll workers to cover the 20 percent taxes imposed on them.
"If our intention is to help our teachers or our electoral board members or election workers then that may not be enough because the computation of P8.4 billion is only to give the regular honoraria being received by our electoral board members," Garcia said.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had vetoed the tax exemption for poll workers' honoraria.

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Werewolf Jones and Sons
By Simon Hanselmann and HTML Flowers
Werewolf Jones is the most depraved, disgusting and vile member of Simon Hanselmann’s stoner comedy Megg, Mogg and Owl. He is also the funniest. And while the best moments of Hanselmann’s comics are the exploration of the psychological roots that lead to each character's eccentricities, primarily those based in loss, depression, addiction and anxiety, Werewolf Jones exists outside of these moments of characterization. Even in flashbacks to high school the teenage Werewolf seems almost identical to the one currently slated to die of an overdose sometime next year. So that as fucked up as the rest of the cast is, they can always be judged against Werewolf.
Werewolf Jones and Sons is the first prolonged narrative centering on Werewolf Jones, clocking in at 52 pages, it is an anthology of sorts, a series of five short stories drawn by either Hanselmann or HTMLFlowers. These long form stories tend to be platforms for Hanselmann to delve deeper into a character's persona, but in Werewolf Jones and Sons there doesn’t seem to be anything to delve into. In story after story you see Werewolf do the worst things imaginable, try to smuggle his children through airport security in garbage bags after giving them sleeping pills, trash a principal's office who questions his parenting skills, and again and again Werewolf learns no lesson. After his arrest in the first story he simply asks about his ETSY hat store.
While Werewolf Jones and Sons does not directly reference it, the lingering knowledge of Werewolf's death begins to take on more and more emotional weight as this book goes on. That this is by far one of the funniest books Hanselmann and HTML Flowers have produced so far seems almost secondary after the initial read, because the lack of any change in Werewolf Jones starts to burrow into your brain. You are seeing a character kill himself, slowly and over an ever diminishing number of pages.Every laugh is leading up to the call Megg and Mogg get while sitting on there couch next year...

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Healthcare is a vital industry worldwide, but it is also a complex and constantly evolving one. One of the most significant changes is the shift from paper-based medical records to electronic medical records (EMR). Electronic medical records have become essential to healthcare, transforming how healthcare providers store and access patient information.
However, with the increasing amount of data being collected, it can be overwhelming for doctors and nurses to keep track of everything. That’s where Smart EMR comes in. Smart EMRs have the potential to elevate and enhance the quality of medical care, efficiency, effectiveness, and safety by digitizing health information and streamlining the process of transmitting it between diverse parties.
The value of the smart healthcare market worldwide is projected to go from $153.6 billion in 2021 to reach $840.83 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 13.4%. The expansion of the industry is due in large part to the rising popularity of mobile health apps and the Internet of Things. In the long run, smart technology will allow hospitals and clinics to run more smoothly, save money, and improve the health of their patients.
In this article, we will explore what Smart EMRs are, their architecture, how they work, and their benefits.
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Smart EMR is a cloud-based electronic medical record system that allows medical professionals within an organization to view patient records from anywhere in the world. All they need to do is log into the cloud-based Smart EMR system via a computer, tablet, or smartphone, and they will have instantaneous access to their patient’s medical records.
Its goal is to obtain health assessments that are as accurate as possible and help in patient care by spreading important information and bringing attention to possible risks.
Smart EMR keeps track of a huge number of patient health records in an organized way by using some functional parts. Below are some of the functional parts of a Smart EMR
- Personal Records: This is part of a smart EMR that contains the entirety of a patient’s medical history.
- Virtual Health Record: refers to Smart EMR’s central component, which generates and maintains people’s personal records within a healthcare organization. VHR relies on specific information about the patient’s condition that is readily available. VHR collects this information in order to learn about a person’s general health, medical background, and the services provided to them as a whole.
- Intelligent Agent or Broker: Created by the Smart EMR, this represents the health of an individual by using data from that person’s Virtual Health Record (VHR). The intelligent or smart agent then communicates with medical staff to tell them about a patient’s overall health, suggest potential treatments, and aid in the process of diagnosing and treating the patient1.
Three main components make up the Smart EMR software system. The layers are easy to tell apart based on what they do and what kind of technology they use. Several parts make up each successive layer.
The first layer of the Smart EMR is made up of local applications that connect the VHR to other care and health systems. It is made up of RFID tags, sensors, or other smart objects and devices that watch their immediate surroundings for changes that could affect a patient’s health and care and then report those changes to a virtual health record (VHR).
In order to alert people or alter their surroundings, the VHR sends commands to actuators, which then carry them out. A different driver controls each of these context devices, which use a variety of different protocols to send or receive data to or from the second layer.
Users (including patients, healthcare providers, etc.) can also gain immediate access to the Smart EHR via this layer. They are able to do this through the smart EMR’s dashboards, which provide insights into analytics and health event processing, as well as its mobile apps, web-based front-ends, and portals for user interaction.
To fully incorporate the components of the first layer into the system, a second layer of adapters and wrappers is required. The main job of the second layer is to manage the devices in the first layer, which is needed for the system integration of the first layer to work.
With this layer, devices can be found, and their access can be controlled. They can also be added or removed from a network, locked or unlocked, their functions can be turned on or off, and their availability can be tracked, among other things.
In the third tier, referred to as “data communication and integration,” messages are compiled and sent out. All three access methods to the VHR utilize its unified service interface. As an added bonus, it sends out VHR alerts to everyone who has subscribed to the service.
The Intelligent Broker is the backbone of the Smart EMR software system architecture and a key part of this layer. Here, messages from different sources that use different communication protocols (like HTTP/HTTPS, application-specific, or message queuing protocols) can be processed, enriched, and combined before being sent to their respective destinations.
Using a three-stage process, Smart EMR records events as they unfold in the real world in the virtual one, thus bringing the real world into the virtual one. These steps are highlighted below:
Smart EMR digitally compiles any key observations made over time by healthcare providers regarding the individual’s health, including observations of her/his living environment and lifestyle;
Smart EMR puts all the readings and observations gotten in step one in context by determining how they relate to one another using a digitized version of a traditional model of health and wellness;
It then uses the analytical processing of all of this data to recreate in the virtual environment parts of reality that are important to the health of the person. Doing this can help paint a more complete picture and analysis of the patient’s health, which may be used to inform and improve subsequent diagnostic and therapeutic efforts. The smart analysis of an individual’s health is known as the “Health Digital State (HDS).”
The services supplied by a smart EMR go above and beyond what is possible with conventional EMRs. A few of such benefits include:
Because the Smart EMR’s business domain is richer in concepts and semantic links, the Smart EMRs are far more helpful, powerful, and adaptable than present EMRs.
- Rapid Decision Making
Smart EMRs are more concerned with treatment procedures than with the mere administration of patient records. By this method, doctors can get a more complete picture of their patient’s health and use that to make more informed recommendations on the best course of therapy.
- Extended Patient Analytics
Using data analytics, Smart EMR can give detailed answers to questions about a patient’s current health and medical history. It can also support any multi-criteria decision-support logic to ensure care is given according to evidence-based best practices. It also considers the results of any credible claim about how the population’s health has changed over time.
- Improved Care Delivery
The Smart EMR’s proactive nature means it is more than just a reliable data repository; it is an integral element of a team effort that benefits everyone involved in providing high-quality, person-centered care.
- Streamlined Workflows
Healthcare professionals’ workflows that rely on evidence-based decisions and the wide range of quality management and outcome reporting services can all be effectively supported by Smart EMR.
- Digital Health State
Smart EMR can create a digital surrogate of an individual’s true health from its collection of information and knowledge, hence promoting novel situations in health and care systems. Experts refer to this as the “digital health state.”
Putting these systems into place and making sure they work together can be a complicated process that needs careful planning and thought. We’ll discuss some of the steps in the implementation below.
Implementing smart EMRs begins with an evaluation of your organization’s readiness. The current IT infrastructure and readiness to adopt new technologies must be checked. During the process, potential implementation barriers are identified and mitigated. Key stakeholders must come in this process, including clinicians, administrators, and software development experts.
The vendor should have a proven track record in developing and implementing smart EMRs and the ability to customize the system to meet the organization’s specific needs. Involve healthcare professionals in the provider selection to ensure the system meets their needs and workflows.
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Work with your Smart EMR provider to configure and customize the system to meet your needs. At this stage, you’ll need to map out workflows and integrate them with other IT systems within the organization, such as electronic prescribing and laboratory information systems.
Educate your healthcare staff on how to use the system effectively, including entering data, retrieving information, and interpreting the system’s output. Make sure the training and actively provide support so that ensure that employees become comfortable with using the system.
Establish policies and procedures for using smart EMRs. Some policies include defining roles and responsibilities, access controls and security measures, and ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations, such as HIPAA.
As the healthcare industry continues to change, there is no doubt that smart EMRs will play an increasingly important role in giving high-quality, patient-centered care. It is exciting to think about how smart EMRs could keep changing the healthcare industry and making people’s health better all over the world.
While there are challenges (like cost, data security and privacy concerns, staff training, limited access, etc) to implementing smart EMR, the potential benefits are too significant to ignore. As time goes on, we can expect more healthcare providers to adopt smart EMRs to improve their quality of care.
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Taylor Hicks performed “Taking it to The Streets” tonight at the Republican Convention in Tampa, FL. Look at those repubs shaking their bootays!
You might remember Taylor performing this song on the 5th season of Idol during the semi-finals. He brought the house down with the Doobie Brothers tune, pretty much ensuring his advancement to the finals.
Watch the performance below.
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Parable of the Talents - repenting of fear
27.01.19 Duncan Hanton
Duncan discusses repenting of fear through looking at the Parable of the Talents. He explores breaking the hold of fear over our lives.
PART OF THE SERIES:
How do we live out a Kingdom life? The parables are all about how to live out a kingdom life. Through the series we explore many facets of teaching that Jesus gave to us - helping to teach us how to live in the Kingdom.

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Wadley, R. L., C. J. P. Colfer, R. Dennis, and J. Aglionby. 2010. The ‘social life’ of conservation: lessons from Danau Sentarum. Ecology and Society 15(4): 39. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss4/art39/
Insight The ‘Social Life’ of Conservation: Lessons from Danau Sentarum
1Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2Center for International Forestry Research, 3H&H Bowe Ltd
This article focuses on a team’s collaborative conservation experience, beginning in 1991 in Danau Sentarum National Park in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The experience of three teams is recounted as they worked collaboratively with local Malay and Iban communities to manage the flooded and lowland tropical forest area. Relations between conservation workers and communities are discussed, and social capital among conservation workers is highlighted as another centrally important feature in conservation success. Subsequent involvement of the network of concerned researchers is also described. Central points of the article are 1) that conservation practices are socially embedded, and 2) that a “best practices” approach is inadequate when personal characteristics, experiences, and networks have such long lasting impacts on conservation itself.
Key words: community; conflict; Danau Sentarum; ICDP; Indonesia; networks; trust
Biodiversity conservation is a human endeavor: initiated by humans, designed by humans, and intended to modify human behavior to achieve a socially desired objective. (Mascia et al. 2003)
The contribution of social science to conservation has tended toward one of two general trajectories. The first involves the study of local resource management/ecological knowledge, and enhancing such practices and knowledge to ensure their compatibility with conservation concerns (e.g., collaborative or comanagement as in Brown 2003 or Brosius et al. 2005).
The second trajectory tests whether the people in question are truly conservative of their resources, sometimes thereby encouraging a preservationism in which local people are seen as a problem to be removed (e.g., Brockington’s  “fortress conservation”). This latter trajectory emphasizes conflict over natural resources, i.e., political ecology, (e.g., Nygren 2004). Such work has likewise tended toward bifurcation: from advocacy for local people, designed to provide them with more voice in competition among stakeholders (Li 2007), to the largely academic, which tends to be written in language that makes it somewhat inaccessible to most conservationists (e.g., Tsing 1993, 2005).
Here, instead, we emphasize how conservation management requires management of the social relations surrounding natural resources (Natcher and Hickey 2002, Brechin et al. 2003, Wollenberg et al. 2005). We use ‘management’ in two ways: as a process to rationalize and/or improve the care, use, and sustainability/conservation of natural resources; and as a process to organize people and their interactions more effectively.
The notion of social capital is useful in developing strategies to manage such social relations (Pretty and Smith 2004). However, conservation researchers have often tried to build social capital among local stakeholders without fully acknowledging our own roles in such processes. We have underestimated our own parts, as conservationists, in the social world from which social capital is built, and thereby left unexamined a key pillar of successful, or unsuccessful, conservation practice.
The human dimensions in conservation practice are often relegated to those elements outlined above, that is, local ecological knowledge/practices, negative human impacts, issues of resource conflict, or building local capacity. However, there is another vitally important dimension: human interaction within conservation practice, the intimate social relationships among people engaged in conservation projects. These have a fundamental role to play in the success or failure of conservation programs and thus deserve our attention. Many conservationists and researchers strive for an objectivity that discourages examination of human relations, perhaps in recognition of the impossibility of true objectivity when humans study humans. However, the difficulty of conservation management requires us to make the effort.
Social capital refers to “features of social life – networks, norms and trust – that enable participants to act together more effectively to pursue shared objectives” (Putnam 1995:664-665, Pretty and Smith 2004). A focus on the institutional aspects of human sociality may result in an assumption that the actual people involved can be substituted without any change to on-the-ground social relations (e.g., Salafsky et al. 2002). Fukuyama (2005:112) sums this up nicely, referring to,
...the frequently dysfunctional character of ”best practice” mentality, where a practice that works in one part of the world is immediately publicized and set up as a model for other parts of the world. Successful programs [often involve] what James Scott (1998) labels metis – the ability to use local knowledge to create local solutions.
We may lose sight of the socially embedded nature of our own human activity when material resources are at issue (Uphoff 1996, Fukuyama 2005, Lowe 2006).
Seixas and Davy (2008:99), in a recent study of successful conservation projects in 2002 and 2004, observed that,
...CBC [community based conservation] and ICDP [integrated conservation and development program] initiatives opportunistically evolve in a multi-level world, in which local communities establish linkages with people and organizations at different political levels, across different geographical scales and for different purposes.
Their study found numerous examples of involvements, such as those described herein for the Danau Sentarum National Park (DSNP) networks, contributing to the success of their cases. In general, we share Seixas and Davy’s (2008) conclusion that there is no right “recipe” for good conservation practice, that one needs a varying mix of “ingredients”. The six ingredients these authors identify are 1) involvement and commitment of key players, including communities, 2) funding, 3) strong leadership, 4) capacity building, 5) partnership with supportive organizations and government, and 6) economic incentives, including alternative livelihood options. Our discussion will be focused on numbers, 1, 4, and 5.
Here, we examine the “social life” of conservation, drawing on our collective and long-term experience in DSNP, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. We focus on DSNP teams’ relations with local communities and interactions with other conservationists, but we are particularly interested in how the nature of such social relationships affects efforts to enhance conservation outcomes. We see the role of the trust, interpersonal networks, and reciprocity between and among conservation personnel and local stakeholders as under-recognized within the field, yet crucial to conservation success.
DSNP, located in West Kalimantan, Indonesia (Figs. 1 and 2), is an area of interconnected seasonally flooded lakes and forests, with lowland tropical forest in the nearby uplands, constituting a patchwork of forest stages. The altitude is approximately 30-35 m above sea level, with surrounding hills up to 760 m. Daytime temperatures are consistently 26-30°C, with annual rainfall 3000-4000 mm. The driest months are July-September.
Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve was established in 1985 (Giesen 1987), became Indonesia’s second Ramsar site in 1994, and was upgraded to a National Park in 1999 (Giesen and Aglionby 2000). Still, most management has been carried out by local communities (Colfer et al. 1999, Dennis et al. 2001, Indriatmoko 2008). The park comprises around 1320 km² (Whiteman and Aglionby 1997, Wadley et al. 2000), with unclear boundaries and buffer zone. Indriatmoko’s 2007 census of DSNP showed a population of 10,300 (Indriatmoko 2010), 93% of which were Malays, primarily dependent on seasonally variable fisheries; the remainder being mostly Iban swidden agriculturalists.
In 1992, the first project team began formal collaborative management of the reserve, under the Indonesian Agency for the Conservation of Natural Resources (KSDA) and Asian Wetlands Bureau (AWB), under subcontract to a consulting firm. During the project’s five years, three consecutive international teams (Teams 1, 2, and 3) led larger shorter term teams.
The conservation project began with a strong emphasis on collaboration. Team 1, including Wadley, Colfer, and her husband and team leader, Richard Dudley, moved to Danau Sentarum in June 1992, initially encountering real fears from the communities, e.g., that we sought shrimp with diamond eyes, a local virgin to kill and bury under the field center house posts, and to build a bridge over Danau Sentarum, an improbable engineering feat. Working closely with communities, repeatedly explaining our goals and demonstrating our reliability over time, we established a field center, studied the two main local systems, and began comanagement.
Team 2 focused primarily on protection of the area from local communities, spending little time in the field, and emphasizing ecological matters, with little interest in local communities. One member of Team 3 emphasized marketing of alternative income generating opportunities for the community; the other focused on local ecology and a management plan. Aglionby joined as an environmental economist, as Team 2 was leaving. Dennis, the long term Remote Sensing and geographic information system (GIS) advisor, remained with the project throughout. Based in Bogor, she spent considerable mapping time in the field. There were clearly significant differences in perspectives among the three teams, with Team 1 focused on collaborative management and establishing a social baseline and the needed infrastructure, Team 2 on protecting the park from local people, and Team 3 primarily on income generation and establishing an ecological baseline. All authors of this paper shared a strong interest in both conservation and local people’s well-being.
Indonesia has undergone many changes with implications for conservation, most notably decentralization. The district in which Danau Sentarum is located, Kapuas Hulu, declared itself in 2003 a “Conservation District,” spurred initially by NGOs, later in search of carbon credits. In 2007, the central government funded a management unit and developed a participatory management plan. Now, in 2010, there are more than 20 projects underway in the park (Colfer and Yuliani 2010). Continuing threats include logging, possible dam construction and oil palm development, gold mining, and transmigration schemes (Valentinus et al. 2010).
Below, we consider three significant events pertaining to local resources and territorial claims, i.e., land claims, territorial mapping, and conflicts, that affected relations between conservation teams and local people. We then discuss the day-to-day interactions that more fundamentally produce both problems and enduring links with local communities.
In June 1992, Team 1 and AWB colleagues visited DSNP to choose a field center site. Anxious to avoid territorial conflicts and cognizant of potential negative repercussions for communities of conservation projects, we visited Malay and Iban communities in the reserve core, buffer zone, and beyond, discussing land tenure everywhere. We found no expressed conflicts or claims on lands; the only expressed interest was in fishing.
A month later, we were invited to a multistakeholder meeting, primarily of Malays, at Selimbau’s floating minihotel on the Kapuas River, near the county-level military, police, and government officials’ offices. We were amazed to be immediately subjected to a prolonged and vituperative verbal attack, very unusual in Indonesia, by a locally respected Malay man who accused us of trying to steal land that belonged to his family.
Our desire to respect local people’s rights, combined with the mandate to build a field center in an unclaimed area, constituted a difficult ethical dilemma. Legally, the central government had the right to build a field center there, despite the fact that communities in Indonesian protected areas typically have overlapping claims we considered legitimate. We explained our point of view, and the group sent us to consult with district officials. On our return, the aggrieved man dropped his claim, apparently willingly, and the stakeholders involved subsequently worked cooperatively and happily with us. Building on this low-key, rational negotiation process, local stakeholders appeared to realize that we were not intent on enforcing national policy at all costs and were seriously interested in both human welfare and effective conservation, a promising beginning for establishing good relations.
Between 1994 and 1997, the project’s mapping team, led by Dennis, followed up on the discovery of a sophisticated system of customary land tenure. We conducted discussions about boundaries with local fishing communities and created village sketch maps to understand better local people’s use of natural resources. We and the local staff accurately captured the complexity of these boundaries. Mapping identified conflicts between communities, and sometimes led to conflict resolution; some communities physically marked their boundaries; and suspicions sometimes surfaced about project motives, especially in those communities with valuable forests.
In total, we mapped over 85 village work areas (wilayah kerja), and created a GIS. Digitalizing these boundaries, linked with other spatial datasets provided a powerful platform for understanding local land use dynamics. Realizing its sensitivity, we protected the communities’ intellectual property rights, refusing to share the data with third parties, i.e., government, industry, NGOs, most researchers. This became even more important during the peak of illegal logging when external entrepreneurs tried to exploit local forests, via communities’ de facto ownership.
In 1994, the use of artificial chemical poisons by Dayak communities resulted in a major loss of fish, both wild and caged. I (Aglionby) participated, along with the vice-governor, police, fisheries, and conservation services, in brokering a settlement between Iban and Malays. This high level political intervention helped reach a settlement, with the vice-governor traveling to the reserve for the signing. The agreement was based on customary (adat) law on the premise that it could then be enforced by local communities rather than relying on police intervention, though significant poisonings recurred twice (Yasmi et al. 2007). The project’s role as a valued mediator was widely recognized.
Community-project relations evolve over time, in the course of day-to-day interactions. The process of working with communities may alternate between moments of elation and inspiration, dismay and regret. Examples of both are presented below, with emphasis on the more instructive problematic cases.
On the beneficial side, at the beginning, community concerns began to evaporate as we worked with groups to plan monitoring of timber companies, coordinate customary regulations in various microcatchments for better fisheries management, discuss how to limit in-migration during the dry season, and conduct a study of floating gardens as a means to improve poor Malay diets and related poor health (Dudley and Colfer 1993). Such evidence of concern appeared to strengthen our acceptance in the communities.
In 1995, several community members were appointed as honorary rangers, giving conservation workers additional recognized status within their community. In a subsequent socioeconomic rapid appraisal, we (led by Aglionby) uncovered a strong community interest in health centers, schools, and credit. Various activities in the Field Center exposed outsiders to communities and the reserve. All the efforts to engage individuals and build social capital, i.e., meetings, conferences, a library, sports days, dances, TV viewing, proved worthwhile.
However, these positive interactions were interspersed with more disruptive ones. We found that small personal mistakes can have long-term and serious consequences. The simplest and probably most common kinds of disruptions between conservation workers and communities are based on everyday human foibles, i.e., fatigue, irritation, impatience. In August 1992, for instance, I (Colfer) wanted to accompany a local Malay woman on her agricultural rounds, to get a better sense of women’s views. My assistant wanted to accompany me. Fearing that the woman would be inhibited if a local man were present, I convinced him to stay behind. Things were progressing well, when suddenly the assistant and several other men appeared, anxious to help. I was hot and tired and very disappointed by their untimely arrival. When it became clear that the men were really going to take over the conversation as predicted, I stormed off in an angry huff. Although I knew this was totally inappropriate, I was just too hot, tired, and irritated. The woman with whom I’d been building a viable relationship avoided me for the remainder of my stay there, considering me just too unpredictable and rude. The woman’s distrust, as a respected community member, surely did nothing to improve the project’s standing in the community.
In 1993 following our (Team 1’s) departure, new consultants were appointed. Although we had made considerable strides in overcoming local people’s fears and developing the project, we had only been able to work directly in five villages, including Wadley’s ethnographic work. Team 2 largely ignored communities, not considering the people suitable as conservation managers. By April 1994, when I (Aglionby) arrived, significant levels of distrust regarding the project had built up. I visited all villages within the reserve and the proposed extension, undertook an appraisal of community use of resources, and mapped the territories they managed.
I found a resurgence of rumors, e.g., that the project was digging out the hill behind the Field Center to find gold and to fill the gap with skulls. Communities wanted nothing to do with the project. This distrust came to a head at a workshop in Pontianak attended by DSNP village heads, when a document was distributed that accidentally described the Iban as “savage.” Iban leaders met with me privately and demanded a trial, otherwise there would be killings. The Indonesian civil servants took the threat seriously, convening a customary (adat) court that afternoon. We apologized profusely, a sentence was handed down, and the fine was paid. Once settled, no further mention of this incident was made, in accordance with Iban tradition.
Although relations between communities and conservation workers are important, the interactions among conservation workers have received even less attention in conservation efforts. Here, we show how social capital among conservation workers, an inherently variable and unpredictable element in social life, can affect conservation success. We begin with a story about fatigue and miscommunication, then address trust, administrative constraints, disciplinary differences, and capacity building.
Although the project plan was to involve eight Indonesian civil servants in DSNP management, less than a person per month had materialized. KSDA could not persuade its personnel to relocate to this remote location where education, health care, professional advancement, and creature comforts were in short supply. We (Team 1) supplemented our own labor with that of speedboat drivers and community members. This strategy, although undertaken by necessity, proved useful in capacity building, for each project team, in terms of strengthened knowledge of local realities and ties with local people, and for our local partners’.
Nine months into the project, the Field Center had finally been built and we had recruited several young, enthusiastic Indonesian researchers who were hard at work. One night, the team leader lay in his bunk (Team 1 lived on a 10m ‘motor,’ a boat) tired from a long day, waiting for the cessation of the generator, which would allow him to drift off to sleep. Nine o’clock passed, the agreed witching hour, and the noise continued. After another half hour of exhaustion and frustration, unable to escape this loud, insistent clamor a few meters from his head, he got out of bed, yanked on his clothes, and stormed up to the Field Center. The researchers were all there, talking, working, laughing. In a fit of pique, he maligned them for interfering with his sleep, stormed back down to the generator and abruptly turned it off.
The next morning brought disaster. Two of the new arrivals had been working and found themselves suddenly immersed in darkness when the generator went off. Feeling a serious affront to their dignity, they were ready to pack their bags and leave immediately. I (Colfer) wrote:
At this point, the poignancy of the situation overwhelmed me. We finally had the co-workers we had wanted, and these two were unusually fine people. But difficulties caused by fatigue and cross-cultural miscommunication were threatening it all...The last thing we wanted to do was drive them away, by accident. My tears seemed to convince them that we actually were genuinely contrite, and they began slowly to forgive us (2006:109).
This kind of experience, so common in international conservation efforts, genuinely endangered the conservation effort through the near-loss of colleagues with crucial skills and knowledge. Demonstrating our regret was essential in this case. Fortunately, both volunteers overcame their anger and have continued to work on conservation issues, one with KSDA.
Trust is an integral part of the social capital we consider crucial for effective conservation actions (cf. Berkes 2007b). It is central to effective collaboration and has serious effects on team members’ motivations. It can also be destroyed much more easily than it can be established.
We (Team 1) entered Danau Sentarum with great enthusiasm about community involvement in conservation and the opportunity to work with an NGO, which we trusted would be sincerely motivated to enhance conservation. This trust quickly began to erode. The project site was 16 hours of tough travel by car and speedboat from Pontianak, the nearest source of money and communication with the home office. We would develop a request, indicate the money needed, and ask that it be sent in a month. The Bogor office would agree, but a month later, none, or half of the money would be there. We made commitments and hired people on the basis of the planned budget. When the money did not come, we repeatedly used personal funds to make up the difference, in recognition of local poverty.
Despite repeated assurances that our own salaries were being paid, in December we discovered that the only payment sent had gone out five months previously, in July. We had been working, and in fact funding parts of the project, pro bono since then.
Month followed month and our trust in our employers eroded further. We threatened to quit. Promises of improvement were made. In April, I (Colfer) became ill and returned to the U.S. Still there were no administrative improvements. Finally, we reluctantly submitted our resignations, deeply worried about ultimate conservation outcomes and community enthusiasm should a “fines and fences” approach follow, a concern that proved justified.
In the previous example the loss of trust resulted in the loss of the two central conservation workers. However, administrative constraints alone can also be a stumbling block. The NGO, AWB was subcontracted by a for-profit consulting firm. Relations between these two entities were not cordial, resulting in 1) our being denied essential support while the two Java-based institutions bickered, and 2) our inaccurately being suspected of the NGO’s lax accounting procedures, resulting in impossible requests like “mileage” for speedboat travel, receipts from illiterates, all of which detracted from progress on conservation.
Relations between project teams and the national park authorities also held potential landmines. The first KSDA director helped us work through the bureaucracy, avoiding costly mistakes, such as the near labeling of the Field Center as a “building”, which would have involved the Public Works Department, a notably corrupt institution in those days. By calling it a “field post,” we avoided paying expensive additional charges.
The second KSDA director was a bright young scientist who had had a series of run-ins with other international experts. He initially took a very aggressive stance, demanding to know what we had accomplished in Team 1’s first four months. We complied, mentioning also the problems obtaining funds, reminding him gently about the promise of eight KSDA team members.
As he realized that we were sincerely trying to accomplish project goals under difficult conditions, he became a serious advocate, including coming to the field and sending some of his junior staff to work there. Although we worked with him for less than a year, the developed trust remained, yielding further collaboration.
Another international member of the team had a less successful relationship with him. A foreign wildlife volunteer wore shorts and sandals habitually, which is fine in the field, but inappropriate in Indonesian offices at that time. KSDA displeasure was compounded by the volunteer’s inadvertently using the project car once when a senior KSDA official wanted it. The young man was denied permission to stay in the field. Lack of awareness of cultural norms lost us a valuable and much needed human resource.
Disciplinary differences represent common problems among conservation workers. Team 1, for instance, included two anthropologists (Colfer and Wadley) and a fisheries biologist as team leader; the Bogor-based, AWB project coordinator was an ecologist, all sharing responsibility for project direction. We all recognized the need for both human and environmental welfare, but there were predictable differences in priorities: anthropologists prioritized people’s needs, biological scientists had environmental concerns. Although resulting only in creative tensions in DSNP, disciplinary disagreements can be extremely disruptive.
The genuine concern for local people evidenced by numerous researchers and NGO activists, beyond the examples provided here, strengthened some local individuals’ long-term commitments to conservation and resulted in effective capacity building. One group of local project employees formed their own NGO (Riak Bumi, http://www.riakbumi.or.id/content/view/105/133/). Another consults for Flora and Fauna International. A community leader from Pulau Majang maintained his concerns for nearly two decades, beginning on a recent series of “shared learning” meetings on collaborative conservation throughout Indonesia, stopped only by a stroke in 2010. Many such examples exist.
The formal Department for International Development (DFID)-KSDA project to manage Danau Sentarum only lasted five years (1992-1997), but low level inputs continued in subsequent years. Local actors, Indonesian researchers and bureaucrats, and international researchers have retained their commitment and enthusiasm for DSNP conservation and for people’s well-being.
Riak Bumi’s continued involvement is one indicator that conservation concerns remain alive, that Danau Sentarum is more than a paper park. Others include routine contributions to keep a community newsletter going; five year pledges to contribute funds to Riak Bumi; a popularized book (C. J. P. Colfer 2006, self-published through lulu.com) about the area, with minimal royalties for Riak Bumi; creation and showing of Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) films, “Cerita Pak Burung” and “Danau Sentarum National Park: The Abandoned Paradise,” to national and international audiences (http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/livesinforests/_ref/materials/films/index.htm).
A group of early researchers produced a special issue of Borneo Research Bulletin devoted to DSNP (Volume 31, 2000), with another special issue coming in 2010. Research has been conducted on hunting (Wadley et al. 1997); illegal logging (Wadley 2000, Wadley and Eilenberg 2005); fires (Harwell 2000, Dennis et al. 2005); criteria and indicators (Colfer and Byron 2001); land cover change (Dennis et al. 2001); and more. New and returning researchers work with communities, conduct ecological studies, train villagers, and coordinate multistakeholder management planning (e.g., Indriatmoko et al. 2007, Yasmi et al. 2007, Indriatmoko 2008, Mulyana et al. 2008, Yuliani et al. 2008, L. B. Prasetyo, personal communication, E. L. Yuliani, H. Adnan, and Y. Indriatmoko, personal communication).
The vibrancy of this continued involvement builds on relationships of trust, reciprocity, and sociability, with local communities, but perhaps more significantly, among those working on conservation. We became friends, linked together by common concerns. We grew to love the area and its people and thus retain a commitment to work toward protecting it, for the people who live there now, for the generations to come, and for the human race as a whole. We continue to draw others into this network of concerned researchers, students, activists, and officials.
Converting this kind of informal but powerful network into a set of “best practices” seems unrealistic. There is growing evidence of the significance of both individual action and multilevel linkages in successful collective action and conservation. Krishna (2002) quantitatively examined social capital’s role in development in 69 Indian villages, concluding that although social capital played a significant role, agents to link communities with outside sources and actors were more important (see also Uphoff 1996). Kubo (2009) examined three cases of community forestry in Asia, similarly concluding that personal agency was the most critical. Seixas and Davy’s (2008) findings discussed earlier implicitly acknowledge such agency as well.
Simply recognizing the long lasting power and significant impacts of personal connections among conservation workers could go a long way toward better conservation practice. We, conservation project personnel, should be strengthening our social capital with other stakeholders who can sustain long-term initiatives.
Although there continue to be threats to DSNP, i.e., talk of dams, oil palm, transmigration, and actual logging and population growth, the park has not been destroyed. Despite the persistence of these threats, the level of uncontrolled logging has declined, the dam has not been built, transmigration fears have not been realized, though some oil palm development has occurred since this article was first drafted (see Yuliani et al. 2010, in press). The capabilities and commitments of local communities and bureaucrats continue to be strengthened through collaborative efforts in and around the park and through their participation in fora like the Forest Governance and Learning Groups (http://www.iied.org/natural-resources/key-issues/forestry/forest-governance-learning-group) and the “shared learning” workshops, similar to Berkes’ “learning networks” (2007a, 2009). Without continued involvement by outsiders and committed locals, it seems clear that DSNP would have suffered more dramatic damage than it has.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTSReed Wadley, who initially envisioned this paper and wrote the first draft, died prematurely of cancer in June 2008. Special thanks go to Emily Harwell, Terry Sunderland, and Cam Webb for their reviews of earlier versions of this paper. We also thank our employers and the people of Danau Sentarum National Park and its surroundings for their patience with our efforts to institute collaborative management of local forests, waters, and animals. Our forthrightness in this article is intended to improve conservation practice, rather than to offend; we apologize for any possible dismay our analysis may engender.
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Meanwhile, the blockade also prevents Cuban researchers from accessing over 200 websites, and makes it difficult for international experts and professionals to travel to the island, given the extraterritorial nature of the policy, which also limits Cuba from exporting its services and obtaining vitals sources of revenue. (more…)
The International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity congratulates the government and the Cuban people for their emphatic victory yesterday at the General Assembly of the United Nations in which 191 countries voted overwhelmingly for the 26 time, in favor of the Resolution “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba”. Only two countries voted against it: the United States and its satellite Israel.
We reject the disrespectful and interventionist statement of Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, that was cloaked in dishonesty and does not reflect the sentiments of the people of the U.S., the majority of whom support an end to the blockade. Her words were not only offensive to Cuba but all member countries of the General Assembly. In her talk she insulted and mocked the great majority of the nations of the planet dismissing their overwhelming support for Cuba and calling the vote meaningless “political theater.”
Her intervention not only revealed a new height of imperial arrogance and ignorance, but the absolute disdain for the entire international community. Large countries such as Russia, China, India to the small Jamaica, not only voted against the blockade but had memorable interventions, that brought together the global political spectrum from the right, center and left, to express the need to end a failed policy that causes enormous suffering to the Cuban people and affects people of the United States as well.
We denounce the arrogance and interference of the United States that pretends to have the right to decide about the life, the economy and the form of government of the small neighboring Cuba that forged its definitive independence on January 1, 1959. A historic act that the empire has never forgiven them for. (more…)
“We will persevere, with the consensus of our people and especially the patriotic commitment of the youngest Cubans”
By Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla on November 2, 2017
Full text of speech by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, on the “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba,” in United Nations headquarters, New York, November 1, 2017
(Council of State transcript / GI translation)
Your Excellencies permanent representatives;
U.S. citizens and Cubans resident in the United States who are present in this hall:
I would like to express to the people and government of the United States; Mayor Bill De Blasio; Governor Andrew Cuomo; and other authorities in New York; as well as its citizens and especially families of the victims, our most heartfelt condolences, in the name of the Cuban people and government, for the terrorist attack which occurred yesterday afternoon.
I also express our sincere condolences to the peoples and government of Argentina and Belgium.
I express the most energetic condemnation of the disrespectful, offensive, and interventionist statements made by the United States Ambassador to the United Nations against Cuba and against the Cuban government, a few minutes ago. (more…)

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[Healeys] FW: fuse box
simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk
Sun Dec 20 03:35:17 MST 2015
Couldn't agree more. At one stage, I had an inline fuse for the overdrive
which, being by the fusebox, was easy to find. The red(?) wire for rear
lights was under the dash and would have been a tricky search.
When I bought the car, the wiring was sound but had been fairly messed
around by an over enthusiastic and under talented PO. Took me a while to
find all the "improvenents".
Now, I've got one of those 7 (I think) way fuseboxes that screw in where our
2 way ones went. Excellent device.
Also, an MGB 4-way box on other side for the lights. It looks "period" and
fairly inoffensive. All wiring backed up by pdf files inserted into my BMC
workshop manual* with a hard copy in the "owner's handbook", carried in the
*Get a pdf of the manual and break the security code. Then you can add your
own notes and additions as you go along. It, over the years, becomes an
increasingly useful tool.
From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Oudesluys
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 8:47
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] fuse box
In-line fuses. If that means literally what it says it is a fuse just in the
existing wire. Not a good idea as only you may know where it is. Subsequent
owners may have to search or guess. There are also quite a few classic cars
that have these in-line fuses strewn around the car behind the upholstery
and other parts from new, where nobody can normally find them. That is why I
prefer the fuse/relays box. It means rerouteing some wiring (and strictly
sticking to the colour codes) but you have all the fuses and/or relays in
one spot convenient for inspection, just like the original fuse box with two
or three fuses.
However do not position that box under the dash like in many modern cars but
somewhere easily accessible under the bonnet in a watertight box.
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Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden is a 500-acre (2.0 km2) botanical garden and tourist attraction at kilometer 163 on Sukhumvit Road in Chonburi Province, Thailand. It is also a major scientific center dedicated to cycads, with its own Cycad Gene Bank.
In addition to examining the wildlife, tourists experience religious ceremonies, martial arts demonstrations, massages, and elephant shows. There are also two restaurants, and a small zoo.
1. French Garden
2. European Garden
3. Stonehenge Garden
4. Cactus & Succulent Garden
5. Variegated Plants
6. Ant Tower
7. Butterfly Hill
8. Orchid & Bromeliad Display Garden
9. Flower valley
Transfer round trip
Pick up area: North Pattaya / Central Pattaya

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The best companion dogs for over 50s
Owning a dog can add structure, purpose and companionship to our lives as we age – not to mention giving us some additional love and affection.
If you are thinking of getting a dog for yourself or an elderly parent, here are some of the best breeds to consider.
A popular breed of dog which is known for being friendly and fun, the Poodle makes a wonderful companion.
They are low-shedding dogs so their hair won’t need constant vacuuming, and appointments at a vet or grooming salon will help keep their curly mane under control.
Poodles are intelligent dogs, who love company, are easy to train, and are seldom badly behaved. There are a few varieties of poodle, like the toy, miniature or regular sized poodle, so a dog can be found for both a small flat or large house.
They need regular walks so are well suited to active people, but their good nature means that they don’t normally pull the lead or play rough.
Small but perfectly formed, the Yorkshire Terrier is well suited to people in their golden years.
Their long, silky coats require brushing – or regular clipping if you want to keep them short haired – but they don’t shed much hair, and some people find them hypoallergenic so they are great for people with allergies.
Yorkshire Terriers are full of energy and curiosity. They love to bark and run around, and with a bit of firm training their temperament makes them extremely loyal pets.
As it’s a small dog the Yorkshire Terrier quickly tires after exercise, and it will be happy in a small house or retirement building.
If you think a lap dog would be a better companion, look no further than the pretty Shih Tzu.
Gentle, kind and happy to sit in peace and quiet on the sofa all day long, the Shih Tzu is perfect for people who want a furry friend to cuddle up with as they watch television or read.
Their coat needs regular brushing and grooming, and although they are small they need a couple of gentle walks outside every day.
Shih-Tzu are also very playful, friendly and alert dogs, which makes them great company.
Robust, intelligent, entertaining and happy, the Pug makes a lovely companion dog.
They’ve become an increasingly popular breed of companion dog for people of all ages lately, but their small size and affectionate nature make them particularly well suited to older people. They do need to be well trained, with an authoritative owner.
Pugs need to be walked regularly, but their short stature means they are happy to stroll on the lead by your side, and it doesn’t take much to tire them out.
Although at first you might think that a Greyhound needs constant exercise, they are actually quite docile dogs and can be a very good match for people wanting a canine companion.
Greyhounds are gentle, mild-mannered and sweet dogs which don’t need much exercise. In fact, they can be happy to stay indoors most of the day and snooze on the floor near their owners. making them good pets for people who spend a lot of time indoors. A walk every day and the occasional chance to run around will keep them happy.
Adopting a retired racing greyhound can be a lovely way of giving a dog a second chance at a quiet, companionable life.
Things to consider when choosing a companion dog
- Think about whether or not you want to get a young dog or puppy, or adopt an older dog. Older dogs are more likely to have been trained and are generally quieter and less work than puppies, who can be very demanding.
- Always take the size of the dog into account, as well as the size of your home. It’s no good having a large dog in a small flat, or getting a breed that would be hard to control.
- If you stay with family or in a residential building, try not to get a breed prone to excessive barking or whining.
- Avoid getting a breed with high energy levels which will need constant exercise, like a Border Collie or Dalmatian, if you have a small property or don’t already lead a very active lifestyle. Being cooped up indoors may leave both dog and owner feeling depressed if they don’t get the exercise they need.
What would be your perfect companion dog?

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Barred Owl -- Barred Hoot Owl- Originally only seen in the east, in the century spread to the Pacific NW and southern California. These large stocky owls nest in tree cavities in large mature forests, often near water. Average life span in the wild yrs.
A majestic snowy owl - the animal spirit of wisdom, patience, and perseverance.S Although this is actually a picture of a barn owl :) needed to be said! Although this is actually a picture of a barn owl

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It's Dyngus Day
Happy Dyngus Day!
According to Polish tradition, it's the day boys sprinkle girls they like, with water and then give them a tap with a pussy willow branch, then on the Tuesday after Easter the girls follow suit.
To celebrate all you have to do is cross the border into Buffalo which proudly calls itself the Dyngus Day Capital of the World.
A parade runs through the historic Polonia neighbourhood later this afternoon, followed by a long list of parties that include pierogies and polka bands.
So grab your squirt gun and a pussy willow and celebrate the day.

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Hold off selling new crop cotton "I would not sell the first bale of new crop cotton with December futures at 62 cents - it's just too early to hedge your new crop," Memphis, Tenn., cotton merchant William Dunavant says.
"I believe there are too many variables facing us to sell now," he advised producers attending the Beltwide Cotton Conferences at Anaheim, Calif.
Dunavant, the world's leading marketer of cotton, says if the December contract should hit 68 cents, "I would hedge 20 percent and every two cents above that I would hedge an additional 20 percent until I was fully hedged."
Growers should monitor the market month to month, he says, to see if new crop conditions change.
"All of us in the merchandising industry, both cooperatives and merchants, will become very excited if China enters the market aggressively for new crop - but I think it will be in December 2001, or January/February 2002, before they enter the market."
Dunavant analysts are projecting U.S. planted cotton acreage of 15.9 million for the 2001-02 crop year, with a crop of 19.2 million bales from an average yield of 638 pounds.
But he cautioned that last year's crop projections fell short, and "I'm beginning to believe that we don't know how to produce a crop of 19 million bales-plus.
"If we were to produce that much, our carryover would jump 1 million bales to 5.125 million, which is not a bullish number for the U.S."
On the other hand, Dunavant said, "If we produce a 17.2 million-bale crop this year, rather than 19.2 million, the carryover would drop to 3.125 million, and that is an extremely bullish number."
His company's projection for world production is 91.2 million bales, "but in my honest opinion, I believe that will be difficult to attain. We will produce this season only 85.1 million bales, it is very difficult to believe world production will increase by 5.1 million bales next season.
"The current USDA number is 92.2 million bales. In my opinion, that is definitely too high and USDA will reduce its production and consumption numbers in the months ahead."
Dunavant said the world numbers for next season are, at this point, constructive "because we don't have the first seed in the ground, and there will be lots of room for big swings because of demand and weather."
The U.S. cotton industry, he contends, "needs to make some adjustments to the qualities of cotton that can be delivered on the New York futures contract. I believe the minimum strength should be raised from a minimum 22 grams per tex to 25.5, and that West Texas quotations should be inserted in the calculation for tender differences. I also believe that 47 to 49 micronaire should be deliverable at a discounted price, and the cotton that is two crop years old should have additional penalties because it has a different value to the marketplace."
The contract should be made stronger, Dunavant said, because the largest volume of the current certificated stocks (some 285,000 bales) is older, lower strength, higher premium micronaire average.
"If differences between (futures) months correct themselves, you could have a rally, but if all these discounted cottons weren't on the contract, it would certainly be easier for prices to move higher."
Commodity funds have, over the last four weeks, changed their position from 35 percent long to 12.9 percent short, he noted. "I like their being short because, if demand follows, they will liquid their short position and we could have a substantial rally. Currently, I don't believe March has much upside potential - but at 60 cents, it's too cheap. I think it will trade from 59 cents to 65 cents prior to first notice period.
"It seems the real potential for a higher market will come with the May contract. I think we will see a fair volume of the certificated stocks move off the contract by May, but not March. There is potential for May to trade over 58 cents at some point, if the export demand for U.S. cotton escalates, as we expect it to do in the spring."
Dunavant doesn't look for much of the 2000 crop to go to the futures contract, because of the poor quality of West Texas cotton. "I do think we will see a small volume of low strength cotton from the Southeast move to the contract, and that's another reason we need to raise the strength requirements on the contract."
More than 4,000 cotton producers, ginners, scientists, Extension personnel, consultants, and agribusiness representatives attend the Beltwide Conferences.

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Crown Chakra Herbal Tea
Flavor Profile: Align with your higher self with this pure white tea, chosen to help you open your crown chakra.
Ingredients: White tea.
Brewing instructions: Bring water to 80º. Use 1tsp of loose tea per cup. Rinse the tea briefly with hot water, discard water, then Steep 2-3 minutes in fresh hot water.
50 gram bag of loose tea. Makes 15 - 22 cups of tea. Handmade in Canada with fresh, high quality herbs.

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GaneeWhizzy – No Dey Dull (Prod by BeatisBlaak) MP3 Download Audio
In the Process of Trying to give back to the society, Blaakstar’s Beat A.K.A BeatisBlaak studios has Lunch a “Free Street Live Recording”
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Here is a new sound from Multi Talented singer “GaneeWhizzy” titled “No Dey Dull” this song was recorded, mixed and mastered by BeatisBlaak (Blaakstar) in the street of Lagos.
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by Laurence Sauvé
A pioneering discovery of flowing salt water on Mars was announced September 28th. These enigmatic narrow streaks were first seen in 2011, eight years after NASA’s launching of the Mars Renaissance Orbiter mission (MRO). From those startling images and patterns, researchers and scientists from the MRO made this discovery.
The Mars Renaissance Orbiter spacecraft had an onboard spectrometer, which measured light and split it into different wavelengths. This revealed clues about Mars’ chemical elements that formed the dark feature signatures over different seasons. The goal was to get detailed, continual, yearlong observations of the extraterrestrial surface. The spectrometer observations showed patterns of hydrated salt at numerous RSL areas of the red planet, however only when the streaks were broad. No hydrated salt was revealed in those same locations on a different period of the year.
Where the water came from is still a mystery. Amaury Triaud, a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Planetary Sciences at the University of Toronto, says that further observations of these lines will be required to figure out the salt water’s origin. For instance, one hypothesis is that perhaps the water leached from permafrost (permanently frozen ground) in the soil, or maybe it condensed somehow from the atmosphere. “What they want to do now is systematically observe those locations from orbit and try to see their patterns,” Triaud said. “They will look at the south-facing or north-facing craters, depending on the height and the latitude on the planet, and try to see if there is a relation” (Live Science).
While the discovery’s nature is not yet identified, the confirmation of liquid flowing water cannot be undervalued because it makes the theory that Mars could harbor life more attainable. However, studying these features will not be an easy task. NASA takes planetary protection seriously, making their main concern the possibility of contaminating the red planet. Lee Billings of Scientific American says, “the biggest threat to exploring any special region on another planet is the possibility of contamination. Earth’s microbes are tenacious creatures capable of thriving in the most extreme conditions. We don’t want to inadvertently bring them along and contaminate what would be an otherwise pristine Martian sample”. NASA states that a mission to send a planetary rover that is entirely microbe-free could be possible to do, notwithstanding that astronauts would not be allowed on the mission because the risk of bacteria getting to the rover would be too high.


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Jeweled Trees Tutorial - The trees are covered with a combination of buttons, beads, filigree, paper clay embellishments, jewels, metallic Dresden, metallic stickers and other metal bits and bobs. Two of the trees have ways of hanging earrings and necklaces.
I've been doing these for years - 'jewelry Christmas trees' Two or three years ago I started lining the inside of the shadowbox frames with tiny lights - really makes everything sparkle! Cord hangs down from the back of the frame to plug in. Great fun to make! Need to grab the jewels at the thrift store for this one.
Stunning Vintage Rhinestones Colorful Jewelry Crystals Christmas Tree with Star - Wanderlust - Treasury Item

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Erfurt 1918 Luger, #3940
See photos for most numbers. 3-day no-fire inspection. I'm no expert at take-down so didn't go very far. No significant pitting (possibly a little on the trigger), bore is well-kept, original finish.
Unique grips, likely wood but with a resin feel.
Matching magazine, one extra modern mag as well.
$35 shipping to FFL.
3-Day NO-FIRE inspection period.


All the music from our 45th Anniversary Reunion Concert are included on this 3-CD set! We excluded all the dialogue so you'll only hear continuous music from that incredible evening! There are 37 songs here, including 6 medleys which encompass songs that have been memorable since we started in 1971. Get your copy today! Available only on CD. For Song List, Click Here.


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$500,000 Gone From Tsunami-Cracked Bank Vault
from wftv.com ........... Tsunami Crippled Bank's Security Mechanisms
TOKYO -- The earthquake and tsunami that pulverized coastal Japan crippled a bank's security mechanisms and left a vault wide open. That allowed someone to walk off with 40 million yen ($500,000).
The March 11 tsunami washed over the Shinkin Bank, like much else in Kesennuma, and police said between the wave's power and the ensuing power outages, the vault came open.
"The bank was flooded, and things were thrown all over. It was a total mess. Somebody stole the money in the midst of the chaos," said a police official in Miyagi prefecture, where Kesennuma is located.
The bank notified police on Tuesday, 11 days after the disaster, said the official, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
"There is also a river called Helikon [in Pieria]. (...) But, they go on to say, the women who killed Orpheus wished to wash off in it the blood-stains, and thereat the River sank underground, so as not to lend its waters to cleanse manslaughter."
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