The following is cross-posted at Jeff Pulver’s blog, Pulver.Com.
Will VOIP be killed off as a stand alone service? The trends are all
there to make it happen. From the fake astroturf consumer groups trying
to add Universal Service and taxes and surcharges, or the Bell
companies being able to bundle their services through massive
‘cross-subsidization’, i.e., customer funding of the Bell companies’
own DSL and long distance businesses, how will VOIP survive?
But it’s a lot worse than that. — "We own the pipes" Ed Whitacre of
SBC exclaims. BellSouth now claims that they can give themselves better
treatment or charge companies for the privilege, while Verizon is
calling for an end to Google’s ‘free lunch’.
Even Senator Ensign quoted herein, "We don’t have the financial incentives for networks being built."
This is all hogwash. America is 16th in broadband and falling. Our
current services are inferior to Korea and Japan who are delivering
bi-directional 100 Mbps services for $40 bucks. (FIOS is 30 mbps top
speed at $199.)
But worse — You were lied to. That’s right. You see, customers
funded fiber optic networks they never received, to the tune of $2000
per household — about $200 billion. By 2006, 86 million households
should have had a fiber optic based service capable of 45 Mbps in
bi-directions, that could handle over 500 channels of programming.
Let’s put some facts out there for all to see:
SBC, Verizon, BellSouth and Qwest, starting in the early 1990’s,
went state to state, promising to rewire the state if only regulations
were changed to give them massive financial incentives. (it varies by
state.) For example, by 2010, the entire state of New Jersey was to be
rewired. Don’t believe me? Here’s a link to a page from the original
This is not DSL, an inferior service over the old copper wiring that
was considered inferior by the Bells in 1991. This is not FIOS or
Lightspeed, which are crippled networks. These are not bi-directional,
they can’t handle 45 Mbps and the IPTV video still doesn’t work — and
they are closed to competitors.
New Jersey wasn’t the only state scammed. Virtually every state in
America was to be fiberized. California was to have 5.5 million homes
by 2000. Here’s the information directly from Pac Bell about its wiring
Bell Atlantic promised to have Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania by 1997 with fiber to the curb, 12 million homes by the
end of the decade. Here’s a 1996 Bell Atlantic press release.
No wonder Philadelphia has been fighting to do Wifi— Verizon didn’t deliver.
In fact, the phone companies filed with the FCC to do video
dialtone, — cable competition using the phone lines. —- in 43
different cities/states by 1997. 9.7 million homes were to be wired.
And most importantly — these networks, directly subsidized by
customers, were OPEN to competition. In fact, state laws all required
that the wiring be ubiquitous in rural, urban and suburban areas, rich
and poor equally. Customers gave money to a contractor to build a
highway, and they didn’t do it. More to the point, now the contractor
wants to decide who gets the highway and put up their own toll roads.
Here’s what happened to California — SBC pulled the plug, even though laws were changed based on the state commitments.
Ironically, the phone companies were also supposed to compete with
each other in the other regions. It was the basis for the SBC-Ameritech
and Bell Atlantic GTE mergers. Here’s the 30 cities SBC said it would
compete in by 2001. http://newnetworks.com/SBCfailedcities.html
What happened was collective Amnesia. Virtually no one seems to
remember that they have been paying SBC, Verizon BellSouth an Qwest for
over a decade for fiber optic networks they never received.
But the documentation is clear. We decided to put the data in a new
ebook: (shameless plug.) Check out the story in detail or read the
chapters on New Jersey of how SBC and Verizon killed off the fiber
optic networks in 26 states. We estimate that $200 billion in excessive
phone rates and tax perks were paid, with nothing to show for it. http://www.newnetworks.com/broadbandscandals.htm
There’s also a blogging community to talk about the issues: http://200billionscandal.typepad.com/
The dark secret? They couldn’t build the networks in 1992, much less
2006, not at the costs they had quoted. We in fact filed with the FTC
over this issue of fraud. http://www.newnetworks.com/FTCcomplaintSBCVerizon.htm
But let me address a few more issues.
Fake Consumer Groups controlling VOIP’s destiny.
First, fake consumer groups, biased research firms, paid off
politicians and lots of lobbying dollars are going into killing off
VOIP. We’ve filed complaints with the FCC
"Keep Universal Service Fair Coalition" is another Bell (SBC,
Verizon and BellSouth?) skunkworks campaign. The group is mainly
comprised of astroturf and co-opted groups funded by the Bell companies
and are being coordinated by Issue Dynamics
and Sam Simon, to
push the Bell monopoly agenda. In this case, this group is pushing an
anti-customer position on the Universal Service Fund — Raise this tax
and put it on new services, including VOIP. This group includes TRAC,
Alliance For Public Technology, American Association of People with
Disabilities, World Institute on Disability, League of United Latin
American Citizens, and the Gray Panther, among others.
Using co-opted and astro-turf groups, over the last decade they have
taken away your voice at the FCC, in Congress, and in the media,
harming everything from broadband and the Internet, the wiring of
municipalities, the offering of innovative services, such as VOIP, to
increasing the charges on your phone bill and harming competition.
Instead of adding Universal Service to VOIP, the real question should
be why are we subsidizing very wealthy phone companies at the expense
of low income, seniors etc, and these consumer’s are backing policies
harmful to their own constituents.
Do you think it was a coincidence that there is also a group called
the "VOIP coalition", with almost same members, who supported putting
E911 on VOIP?, and funded directly by the Bell companies? http://www.apt.org/voip/
(And don’t get me started about how direct revenue to the phone
companies is hidden in the taxes and surcharges section of the phone
bills. Teletruth’s auditing services have help to create two class
action suits for overcharging in New Jersey, and we’ve only scratched
the surface of phone bill taxation.) http://www.teletruth.org/phonebillindependencereport.html
This astroturf issue is way more insidious than K Street lobbying
and needs to be exposed. Wifi-Networking News has also done some
investigations and found that these groups are working in concert to
help close down municipalities from offering services.
Massive cross-subsidization and bundling is another serious problem.
— (i.e, illegally subsidizing the Bells’ DSL, wireless and Long
distance business through rates.) When Verizon gives its DSL price of
$14.95, it comes with a catch — the customer also has to buy their
long distance and local service package. This, and a lack of audits and
bad FCC decisions,have help to kill off AT&T and MCI. Now the
target is VOIP.
Our findings shows that instead of rewiring America, the companies
pulled a bait and switch. The companies not only could use the local
services advertising budget, such as phone bill inserts or major media
buys, and not have to pay what other competitors are forced to pay, but
also have the fiber deployed to help their own products, and not the
fiber to the home deployments. And through bundling, they can move
around the money, giving them unfair advantages from the word ‘go’.
This cross-subsidization is also the reason that their DSL retail price
is cheaper than the wholesale price.
What should happen next?
Net neutrality is a made up fiction and only has validity on the
planet Uranus. Instead Congress, the FCC, FTC, and the states should be
investigating how customers were defacto investors who funded "open"
networks they never received. Once everyone starts calling for an
investigation, this nonsense will be put to rest. Instead of charging
us more money, they should be investigated for the harms to America.
We estimate that $5 trillion dollars was lost in the economy because
the Bells failed to deliver. America would not be number 16 in the
world in broadband had we had 45 mbps services a decade ago as promised.
More to the point — Who’s kidding who? The phone companies should
not be trusted with our digital future. They screwed up more than once
(Remember ISDN — It Still Does Nothing?) Get the money and give it to
the municipalities would be one alternative. Regulate the pipe and
allow VOIP and ALL other services that the customer, not the phone
companies, want is another.
This is more than net neutrality. This is — Infrastructure that is
being held hostage needs to be freed on all levels. The Bells claim
they need incentives. They already got incentives. The Bells claim that
they will only build in only areas they want — Fuggedaboudit. It’s
time to take back the PSTN — that’s Public Switched Telephone
Networks. Customers have rights that have been taken, a "customer
takings", and the pendulum has swung too far to the right. It’s now our
Bruce Kushnick is the chairman and a founder of Teletruth, a
national customer alliance. Teletruth was a member of FCC Consumer
Advisory Committee 2003-2004.


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|Reviews for Love Choices|
| Guest chapter 2 . 10/12/2016
| alfreda chapter 1 . 10/10/2016
what about a kiss chapter with you and johnny orlando
| Time keeper chapter 6 . 8/11/2016
Your author notes are funny! 'Next chapter will be up in a couple of weeks..'
| Vanessa Masters chapter 2 . 11/17/2015
Awwww. :( Poor Erica, poor Toby.
| Vanessa Masters chapter 1 . 11/17/2015
Awww~ Orlando giving Toby a little prep chat :D
| Guest chapter 6 . 10/28/2015
Wow this is getting good I hope to see more soon the suspense is killing me
| StevieUniverse chapter 6 . 7/24/2015
Omg, I know you haven't updated in like a year, and you might not anyway but: PLEASE MORE! I have to know what happens! Toby and Erica are just so cute together, aww gosh I love this fanfic 3
| The Crystal Pen chapter 6 . 12/22/2014
I've waited all year for it! Liar!
And oh no...
| AhstTraotee chapter 1 . 8/27/2014
Poor Toby. That's gotta be a shock for anyone. Gave plenty of laughs for us players though, Toby's reaction in the True Ending was priceless!
I like the interaction between Toby and Orlando, really gives me the feeling that Orlando and the rest of the bar group look at Toby like a little brother. :)
| Truenovel91 chapter 6 . 8/20/2014
...Uh oh. RUN TOBY! SAVE ERICA!
| Kira Tsumi chapter 6 . 4/23/2014
just saying but, it better be up in a few weeks, cant wait!
| The Crystal Pen chapter 5 . 3/28/2014
This is very cute. I look forward to the next chapter and climax.
| SpringBorn chapter 5 . 3/9/2014
This is interesting. I hope you updat soon!
| StrongRed chapter 1 . 12/17/2013
I only read chapter one so far, but I love it. I love Erica. And Toby. And everyone pretty much.
| HeavenLandDemon chapter 5 . 5/3/2013
OWWW! You are back! Please, continue!

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A massive clean up and tidy was organised yesterday behind our town’s community hall. Trees were trimmed, rubbished removed and weeds cleared. Everyone was getting ready for phase one of our community garden project.
I am totally amazed and impressed with the ‘can do’ attitude and vision of those who are behind the building of this community garden.
Keeping it fun and enjoyable is what you want if you desire to attract others to the vision.


Queensland has recorded 23,630 new cases and three more deaths in the latest coronavirus (COVID-19) update from Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
In a press conference on Friday, January 14, it was also reported 589 people were in hospital requiring treatment, 41 were in intensive care. Fifteen of those being treated for COVID-19 are on ventilators.
Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said that of the three people who had died, two were aged in their 70s while one was in their 60s. None were vaccinated.
He said there had been a “steady increase” in the number of COVID-19 patients in Queensland hospitals.
“The increases are across Queensland, in all regions,” Dr Gerrard said. “There seems to be particular growth in Brisbane, south of the river.”
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said almost 6 per cent of children aged five to 11 have had their first dose of the vaccine since it became available on January 10.
She said a further 45,267 children aged five to 11 were booked to have their vaccination at state-run clinics.
Where are we at with COVID-19 vaccinations?
Police Deputy Commissioner Shane Chelepy, as Queensland’s COVID-19 vaccination operations coordinator, said 52 per cent of those eligible for their booster have had it.
“We are seeing good numbers of people getting vaccinated,” Chelepy said.
He said COVID-19 vaccination appointments were being released daily and encouraged parents to vaccinate their children who are eligible before the school year begins on February 7.
52% of eligible Queenslanders have had their COVID-19 booster and 6% of 5 to 11-year-olds have already had their first shot. Keep it up, Queensland ???
— Annastacia Palaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) January 14, 2022
When talking about the latest figures, premier Palaszczuk said every Queenslander has had the opportunity to get a vaccine.
“Let me make it very clear, the vaccination will help prevent serious disease and the booster is an added layer,” she said.
Palaszcsuk said the government had been working hard to get the public to receive COVID-19 vaccinations.
“People have gone door-to-door, I mean, I don’t know what else we can do?” she said.
What about the Queensland border?
Premier Palaszczuk announced changes to the state’s border restrictions on January 13, the same day the state recorded six deaths, its largest number of COVID-19 deaths.
“When you think about during the whole two years of the pandemic, we lost seven people, to lose six in one day is a big shock,” Palaszczuk said.
She announced Queensland would lift the requirement for domestic travellers to have a negative COVID-19 test and fill out a border pass before entering the state from 1am Saturday, January 15.
As the state heads towards 90 per cent double-dose vaccination, Palaszczuk said “the time is now right”.


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Kim and Kanye are refusing to cash in on the birth of their first child seriously they turned down an offer of a whooping $3 million just for the Magazine to take photos of their Daughter.
See how Hollywoodlife puts it - -
Kim and Kanye have been offered big bucks to share photos of their New born baby North West. While $3 million — the magazine’s standing offer — seems like a lot of money to turn down, there’s a very specific reason why Kim and Kanye aren’t interested.
Kanye West Kim Kardashian Turn Down $3 Million For Pic Of North West?Kim and Kanye were reportedly offered $3 million to feature their daughter in the pages of an Australian magazine. But for Kanye, money’s not the issue.
“Kanye’s been adamant about not having the baby on [Keeping Up With the Kardashians],” an source tells Us Weekly. “He was serious when he said North isn’t America’s baby, so he may not do anything.”
Furthermore, Kanye, refuses to make any money off of North — “Kanye isn’t like that and he sure isn’t about to try to make money off of his own daughter,” a source close to the rapper told us.
North West Has Changed Kanye West & Kim Kardashian?
Kanye’s new protective attitude is even starting to affect Kim, 32. She’s been notably absent from any form of social media since North’s birth, only breaking her silence to wish sister Khloe a happy 29th birthday on June 27.
“Motherhood has changed her,” a source tells Us Weekly.
We certainly hope Kim and Kanye reveal their baby’s photos. Donating the money, earned from the pics, to charity may be the best way to make everyone happy!
My opinion i think they are waiting for the highest Bidder Lol!


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You know when you're really looking forward to a great curry.. that was me when we went to Lahore Karahi one week night. The restaurant was packed, so we thought we couldn't go wrong!
Unfortunately, it left me so very disappointed. My chicken jalfrezi was tasteless and the chicken was dry. My boyfriend had the lamb dhansak - slightly more flavour but the lamb was chewy and fatty. I've had...more
Lahore Karahi was once the best on Tooting High Street but now I'm not so sure. It has recently had a refit but it still retains the cafe style and is certainly not a place for those looking for fine dining but that is reflected in the prices.
It is always packed out so you need to catch it at the right time to avoid a lengthy wait for a table. The service has always been a little slow but...more
Great food excellent choice. Delicious naan bread. I found the level of chilli a bit much for my tastes next time I go back I will choose mild dishes. This is real Asian cooking as the local Indians & Pakistanis eat here. Bring your own drinks as they do not serve alcohol. Your can by drinks from the Lidle store on tooting high street across the road.more
This was the first curry style cafe in tooting and has had lots of reviews in articles.
Its always busy with lots of staff. Its not for those looking for fine dining it really is a cafe style place serving curry etc,
You can bring your own alcoholic drink but i prefer the mango lassi but they will give you a pitcher of water if you ask for it.
It can be cheap and cheerful £2 for a kebab roll...more
We took some out of towners here for a classic British curry experience and it totally met expectations. The star of the show were the lamb chops. I have a great photo of my friend gnawing on the bone but I won't embarrass her by posting it.
We also had the Karahi chicken, chicken jalfrezi, tarka dal, and saag paneer. All delicious.
Service was spotty but would you expect any different?more

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Scale plastic modelling magazine. Originally a quarterly magazine, by 2003 it was appearing 5 times per year (although issues 4 & 5 of 2003 were a combined issue). An A4 size publication, early issues had about 8 pages each and were entirely in b+w, but it later expanded to 24 pages and during the 1990s colour photos were added. Includes scale drawings, tone profile drawings and markings details of aircraft – usually with a Swedish connection. IPMS Sweden was founded in 1967.
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In Outlast 2, religion is merely a prop for shocking the player’s sense of propriety.
Guest writer Mark Filipowich argues that Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions presents a complex, robust, and refreshing on faith–one that is genuinely rare in the world of videogames.
“… leveraging Christianity in the service of political conflict comes more easily when we’re disconnected from the individuals whose lives are impacted by that conflict.”
When games take on religion, it is usually from a cultural standpoint. Games like Fallout, Dragon Age, or Red Dead Redemption tackle religion’s influence on culture but they don’t actually tell us much about any particular god or goddess. Game […]

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Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said he could not understand why jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili refused to eat and was on a hunger strike. “Prisoner Saakashvili will never be privileged,” he told journalists in Tsageri.
“Prisoner Saakashvili does not differ from other convicts, except that he committed much larger crimes against our country, our people and before our future, than other prisoners such as occupation, lost territories, and devastating lives of thousands of people. Saakashvili will remain in prison for at least six years,” Garibashvili claimed.
Law enforcers arrested Mikheil Saakashvili in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on October 1 and sent him to N12 Rustavi prison. Ex-president has been on a hunger strike since the very first day of his arrest.


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The Little Girl in the Radiator: Mum, Alzheimer's and Me
A hilarious, heart-breaking and ultimately uplifting story of love, loss and family.
Martin Slevin’s mum is an active and fiercely independent woman who runs her own business and brooks no nonsense from Martin and his father.
But when her husband dies everything crumbles, and she becomes listless and forgetful. Eventually, she is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and Martin puts his own life on hold to care for her.
Together, they embark on a long journey through dementia. The destination is never in doubt – but it’s a comical and unpredictable ride, as she watches TV with a frozen goose, holds sing-songs with an imaginary Irish band and insists on pinning all of Martin’s socks to the wall.
And all the time, a question nags away at him: just who is the little girl in the radiator, with whom his mum has urgent, whispered conversations each day?
02 March 2016
A truthful real life account into the life of a son caring for his mother with Alzheimer’s. Heartbreakingly sad yet humourous at the same time, this book effectively sheads light into this hidden world of illness and loneliness. Reccomeneded for all those touched by this disese.
27 January 2015
I absolutely loved this book – it made me laugh and cry in equal measure and opened my eyes to what it’s like to care for someone with Alzheimer’s Disease.
A true story, the author, Martin Slevin, writes from the heart and with verve and enthusiasm.
When Martin moves back into his old family home to care for his mother, Rose, he doesn’t know what he is letting himself in for. Every day is an adventure as Rose shave’s the dog’s bottom, pins all of Marin’s socks to the wall, watches TV with a giant frozen turkey, makes dozens of cups of tea and sandwiches for an imaginary Irish band she’s invited to stay, and chats to a little girl who is trapped in the radiator. When he takes her Christmas shopping she insists on wearing flashing elf ears and their Christmas tree is still decorated in March because she likes the lights and doesn’t want to take it down.
It becomes more poignant as Martin realises he is struggling to give his mother the special care she needs and also suddenly realises who the little girl in the radiator is.
Have a box of tissues ready, but as much to wipe away tears of laughter as to mop up tears of sadness.
Have a read – it’ll make you realise you are not alone.


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Pierre and Charlotte’s love for Japan takes them there regularly.
They found a man in Kyoto who is one of the last people using the natural fermentation process to dye cotton in the incredible “eggplant” blue indigo colour. They loved it so much and want to keep the tradition alive, they decided to make something with it.
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Baidu Rolls Out Their Online Search Service in Brazil.
Baidu recently announced that it has officially launched it search engine in its largest market outside of China, Brazil.
Baidu Busca, the Portuguese-language version of Baidu, currently covers web, images and video searches. It also incorporated a localized version of its Postbaar ( Tieba in Chinese) trending forum feature.
Founder and CEO of Baidu Robin li was in Brazil during Thursday to announce the launching, which happened to coincide with Chinese President Xi jinping’s meeting with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
Spokesperson for Baidu, Kaiser Kuo stated that the Brazilian version of Baidu would arrive tricked up with several features not available in the Chinese version, these include a smart searchbox that predicts queries and shows preview shots of the top results while typing, an open content platform with several local partners, and some interactive elements such as the capability for user to “like” their favorite althletes and celebrities.
Kuo further added that Baidu has yet to announce any sort of specific target yet for Baidu Busca.
“This is just the beginning of what we anticipate will be a long road that’s going to require patience and determination,” Kuo said. “One thing we’re doing is focusing on more local development.
“Right now most of what you see was developed in Beijing. But we’re now talking to local universities and we’re planning on building an R&D center in Brazil focused on Big Data and improving UX (user experience) in a highly localised way.”
Kou also included that users can “definitely expact Thai…and Arabic versions of Baidu in the not-too-distant future.” He noted that both languages are currently in bate for a small portion of user.
Three brand new localized version of Baidu for Brazil, Egypt, and Thailand were temporarily spotted during January when the sites went live as part of an internal test for less than 24 hours. They were take down immediately afterwards.
Baidu has been concentrating on Thailand, Brazil, Vienam, Indonesia, and Egypt for the pass couple of years, opening offices in each Country and gradually rolling out software product such as PC antivirus application, mobile browsers for Android phones, and AOl-style Hao123 internet listing portal and Postbar forums.
The only other country outside China where Baidu launched its search engine is Japan, where it has struggled to gained any sort of significant market share.

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Things Heard & Seen29 April 2021
Things Heard & Seen is a Hollywood horror and thriller movie directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. The main roles of this movie are done by Amanda Seyfried, James Norton, Natalia Dyer, and Alex Neustaedter. The movie is initially released on 29 April 2021. Things Heard & Seen is released in English language from United States to the world.


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While we may be in the midst of Canada’s winter during a pandemic, the warmth of Cuba is not so far away with the Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade!
What is the Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade?
The Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade has travelled to Cuba 26 times annually, bringing brigadistas from Canada to Cuba. This unique trip is a project of the Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC) in Canada and the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) in Cuba. The two-week program is an opportunity to experience the Cuban Revolution and its accomplishments. There is no better way to get to know the Cuban people than working alongside them, sharing meals, and leisure time - including going to the beach! The Che Brigade’s vibrant program also includes visiting cultural sites, health and educational institutions, historical sites, workshops, concerts, dance classes, and more! This year we are all living in the unprecedented situation of the Covid-19 pandemic. As international travel has come to a halt around the world, this has included travel to Cuba, where the focus has been on keeping people safe and effectively containing the outbreak in Cuba. However, the 2021 Che Guevara Brigade to Cuba is on the not too distant horizon, and we are looking forward to a much anticipated return to Cuba, April 28 – May 11, 2021!
Bringing Cuba’s Warmth to Your Homes!
While it was not possible to travel to Cuba in 2020, that has not stopped the Che Guevara Brigade from hosting online events! On September 27, the Che Brigade hosted a Cuban Cultural Night and brought Cuba’s warmth and culture to distant homes. The event, facilitated by Janine Solanki, national coordinator of the Che Guevara Brigade, included speakers such as Tania López Larroque, Consul General of the Republic of Cuba in Toronto; Yamil Martínez Marrero from the Canada Desk of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP); and Marcia Krawll, an educator, Clinical Social Worker and human rights activist who developed adult literacy programs in New Zealand and Canada in collaboration with Cuban institutions. The cultural elements of the program included poetry readings of Nicolás Guillén, Cuba’s national poet and José Martí, Cuban poet and hero of Cuba’s War of Independence. Music from Trio Bembe, an incredible Latin music trio, and Obsesión, pioneers of Cuban Hip-Hop, kept everyone’s toes tapping in front of their computer screens. Some may have gotten out of their seats to dance in their living rooms, with a Cuban salsa dance lesson and demonstration from Harold Rancano, an internationally recognized Cuban dance instructor and performer!
How Can I Join the Next Che Guevara Brigade to Cuba?
The next Che Guevara Volunteer Work Brigade is scheduled for April 28 – May11, 2021. The Che Brigade is open to people of all ages and abilities, and although we are based in Canada, we welcome those wanting to join from other countries too! For more information, check out www.canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/brigade, and for any questions to receive updates on the price and program, you can call or email the National Coordinator Janine Solanki at 778-881-6156 or firstname.lastname@example.org. Stay tuned to your social media accounts for news and updates on the Che Brigade too! You can follow on Facebook at
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Ever wonder if you’re easily distracted? Taking a personality test can offer insights into your behaviors and thought patterns.
By taking the test, you’ll gain a better understanding of yourself and how to manage your focus and attention levels.
People who saw a butterfly first are typically easily distracted. They enjoy exploring new ideas and are always on the hunt for something unusual.
These individuals can be creative, but their minds wander quickly, which can make it hard to focus on one project at a time.
However, this also makes them open-minded and adaptable to change. They can be quite impulsive, but it’s part of their charm and they tend to get bored quickly when things become routine.
Overall, they are curious, fun-loving people who appreciate the beauty in the world.
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Cave of the Ancients has ratings and 14 reviews. It is here that T. Lobsang Rampa journeyed on the road to self-awareness, to these age-old repositories. First a short introduction for the reader who dont know the Rampa story. He Lobsang Rampa – had long time ago – in many earlier incarnations – been prepared. Lobsang Rampa is the pen name of an author who wrote books with paranormal and occult . Doctor from Lhasa (); The Rampa Story (); Cave of the Ancients (); Living with the Lama (); You Forever (); Wisdom of the .
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There is nothing new from the first book. To us they had no meaning, they were just collections of metal and fabric struktur in strange, exotic form. The Manu of China permits the Chinese to raid our borders and kill our people.
He smiled at me and continued. With a monk-attendant I journeyed from this place lkbsang ascended in to the mountains. We rose to our feet and walked out into the cool of the evening where a slight breeze played with the leaves of the willows.
As for prayer, Lobsang, do you often listen to the prayers of the creatures existing on your molecules?
Cave of the Ancients by Tuesday Lobsang Rampa
On Earth, in our blindness, we think that the body alone matters. It was hard rock, the air was thin. In this volume of the Rampa tale more modern themes present themselves. Upon the roof, in my favourite spot, all was quiet.
Most certainly I was; all this appeared self-evident. The Cave appeared to be about twice as large as the interior of the Great Cathedral of Lhasa. We chelas had heard so much about them, what were they like inside? It was written by a man named Tuesday Lobsang Rampa, and it purported to relate his experiences while growing up in Chakpori Lamasery,  ChokporiTibet, after being sent there at the age of seven.
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Cavf to Read Currently Reading Read. And the preparations continued in the young life of Lobsang in Tibet, which many of his books deal with. Lopez adds that when he gave The Third Eye to a class of his at the University of Michigan without telling them about its history, the “students were unanimous in their praise of the book, and despite six prior weeks of lectures and readings on Tibetan history and religion, [ The whole surface of the world was in a state of change, of continuous motion.
The more two people are in sympathy, in harmony, with each other, the easier it is for them to read these brain radiations which are thoughts.
Brooks wrote me again and once more suggested that I should write a book. When I again opened them the figure was still there, clearer now and growing more dense.
We are God to the microscopic creatures who inhabit our bodies, and the even smaller creatures that in-habit his molecules! In course of time a stronger and wiser man arose.
My Guide looked at me thoughtfully. Even the Emperor of China himself had shown him favours.
Rampa was tracked by the British press to HowthIreland, and confronted with these allegations. Many times, when astral travelling, I had ‘watched the Cord shimmering and pulsing with light and life. He resumed, “This is what we saw and heard, and you ancient see and hear in the not too distant future.
I do not mind admitting that in the early stages I was very worried, but now it seems quite natural. Then as the child grows older, the cares of living coarsen the perceptions. I had noticed that the Chinese in Lhasa seemed to be unnecessarily brutal and quite fatalistic. Below us a gong boomed and boomed again. Gasping and puffing in the rarefied air, we climbed to the top and looked over. Most people in the West,” he went on, “think that when one ‘dies’ one sits on a cloud and plays a harp.
Let us compose ourselves and see what happened, for I am as curious as you. Even as I thought of it, I could hear the first booming of the gongs. I am not going to say anything about individual beliefs, you will read of them, but I am going to say how religions started.
In the course of centuries the Earth changed again; the seas were now land, and anciehts lands that had becn were now seas. Here, in front of me, my Guide the Lama Mingyar Dondup continued his talk. This starts up where The Third Eye leaves off.
Uselessly fighting against every step, we were -somehow – made to enter through the panel doorway. I stood as one dazed, gazing down the corridor after them.

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Ten more House Democrat lawmakers joined a lawsuit inculpating former President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and several groups of allegedly inciting the Jan. 6 breach of the “Capitol.” The suit was filed by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), alleging that Trump and Giuliani’s respective verbalizations incited the breach. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for Washington D.C., while the Proud Boys, Warboys, and Oath Keepers were additionally designated as defendants.
The Democrat House members who joined the lawsuit (pdf) include Reps. Karen Bass (Calif.), Maxine Waters (Calif.), Barbara Lee (Calif.), Steve Cohen (Tenn.), Bonnie Watson Coleman (N.J.), Veronica Escobar (Texas), Hank Johnson (Ga.), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), and Pramila Jayapal (Wash.).
The suit claims Trump and Giuliani “conspired” with the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys to incite an assembled crowd to march upon and enter the Capital of the United States for the prevalent purport of disrupting, by the utilization of force, dauntingness, and threat.
The insurrection at the Capitol was a direct, intended, and prognosticable result of the Defendants’ unlawful conspiracy, the lawsuit stated. The meticulously orchestrated series of events that unfolded at the Save America rally and the storming of the Capitol was no contingency or coincidence. It was the intended and prognosticable culmination of a conscientiously coordinated campaign to interfere with the licit process required to attest the tally of votes cast in the Electoral College.
Cohen recalled having difficulties falling and staying asleep … difficulties with his digestion after the Jan. 6 breach. He also claimed he became jumpy whenever he aurally perceived a loud or unfamiliar noise in his abode.Escobar verbally expressed she had “violent nightmares” and sought professional treatment. Thompson, meanwhile, verbalized that he is filing the suit to hold Trump “accountable … that he so pellucidly and conspicuously orchestrated.”
Trump in January was impeached in the House of Representatives over the Jan. 6 incident afore the Senate voted to acquit him. His impeachment lawyers verbally expressed Democrats presented a flawed case afore the “Senate.”
Burden of proof was on them, and they didn’t meet their encumbrance of proof, verbalized attorney Bruce Castor. Trump, meanwhile, verbally expressed the second impeachment was a component of the “greatest witch hunt in the history of our country.”
“No president has ever gone through anything like it,” the former commander-in-chief remarked. It perpetuates because our opponents cannot forget the virtually 75 million people, the highest number ever for a sitting president, who voted for us just a few short months ago,
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As I mentioned briefly in my last post I attended the 11th world congress on endometriosis in Montpellier a few weeks ago. It’s a tough life having to travel to beautifully picturesque Mediterranean cities, but hey, somehow I managed to cope. The main body of the conference was run over three days where experts from all over the world presented their latest research and shared up to date knowledge about endometriosis. If you would like to see the whole program for the conference you can download it here. All in all it was a very enlightening few days, but don’t worry if you couldn’t make it yourself because over the next few weeks I’ll be posting highlights from the conference. Unfortunately, I can’t post about everything that was discussed because it would probably take more years to write than I will live, so I’ve gone through the different talks and posters and picked out the ones that I hope you’ll find the more interesting. I’ll start off with the oral presentations that were given then move onto the posters that were presented. I’ll also give a bit of my own interpretation of the science, but I won’t be doing much critical appraisal. So without further ado, let’s jump straight in.
R.S. Bevan from the Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK (S#1-3) presented their work entitled ‘Alcohol consumption and endometriosis: A multi-centre, case-control study’
This study took 1,418 women from 10 countries that were undergoing laparoscopic surgery for either suspected endometriosis or tubal ligation. After surgery the main group were divided into three groups: Those who were found to have endometriosis (745 women), those who had symptoms but no disease was found (565) and those women undergoing sterilisation who had neither symptoms nor endometriosis (86). These women were asked to complete a questionnaire which gave included questions about alcohol consumption.
The results of this study showed that alcohol consumption between the three groups of women did not significantly vary. Although there is still more analysis of this data to be done it is still interest to see these preliminary findings. I think there may have been some expectation that alcohol consumption may be increased in women with endometriosis, perhaps due to the fact alcohol can give pain relief, so the results are interesting from that pint of view. There was also some discussion as to whether alcohol consumption increases the risk of endometriosis. I’m not sure whether or not this is folly. Mainly because the symptoms of endometriosis tend to begin around adolescence, but alcohol consumption doesn’t even seriously start for most people until their late teens, so I’m sure whether there could really be any connection between the two.
S.A. Missmer from Havard Medical School in Boston, US (S#1-4) presented their work entitled ‘Vitamin A and endometriosis risk: A prospective cohort study’
This study analysed consumption of different micronutrients in 1382 women with laparoscopically diagnosed endometriosis. What this study found was that increased consumption of vitamin A seems to reduce the risk of endometriosis. Or rather, I should say, reduced the risk of being diagnosed with endometriosis. These investigators reported a 21% reduction in risk of diagnosis of endometriosis when comparing the highest consumers of vitamin A with the lowest, with the association most prominent in women with no history of infertility, who had a BMI below 25 and who had smoked during their lifetime. The investigations are still undergoing to find out why this reduction in diagnosis risk was observed.
M.Kvaskoff from The Gustave Roussy Institute, France (S#1-5) presented their work entitled
‘Early life events and the risk of endometriosis: The French E3N cohort’
This study analysed questionnaire data from a large group of women with health insurance in France. The purpose of this study was to see if women with endometriosis had exposure to different factors during childhood that made them more susceptible to endometriosis in later life. This study found that both exposure to cats or dogs at home and living on a farm for more than 3 months during childhood increased the risk of endometriosis in later life.
Girls who started their periods before the age of 12 or who had short menstrual cycles before the age of 17 (a short cycle being anything less than 24 days, were also found to be at a higher risk of endometriosis.
Whilst the level of out if school exercise was unrelated to endometriosis risk, more time spent walking (i.e. greater than 5 hours per week) between the ages of 8 and 15 appeared to increase the risk of endometriosis. Higher exposure to UV radiation at place of birth was found to decrease endometriosis. There were a number of early life factors that were found to have no influence over the risk of endometriosis including: birth height/weight, being born premature, breast feeding and maternal smoking.
So what do we make of this study? Well firstly it is important to distinguish causal factors from incidental factors. What do I mean by causal and incidental? Firstly I’ll stop asking rhetoric questions, then I’ll tell you that a causal factor is a factor that is likely to actually increase the risk of endometriosis, whereas a incidental factor is one that is associated with a causal factor so appears to be associated with endometriosis even though it could have no baring directly on the development of the disease.
Let me give you an example; this study found that young girls who undertook more walking exercise were at higher risk of endometriosis. Does this mean that we should stop all young girls from walking so much? No, because if we look at the rest of the results we can see that girls who lived on a farm were at higher risk; girls who lived on a farm are likely to do more walking, so we can see that walking isn’t directly linked to endometriosis risk, rather it is incidentally linked to endo via other factors (such as childhood environment).
More highlights coming soon!
Matt- thank you for this blog, I have recently stumbled upon recovering from endo excision. It is great to know there is research going on out there, I recently saw this story on using fluorescent imaging in ovarian oncology for surgery, which made me wonder if there are any ramifications for florescent imaging of endometriosis using biomarkers. Add it to the "to-do" list!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the comment Deb. I remember seeing the ovarian cancer story a few weeks ago and I thought exactly the same thing as you!ReplyDelete
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- An Exploration of How Rape Myth Acceptance Affects Sexual Assault Trials in Canada
- Sheridan Barr (author); D. Scharie Tavcer (thesis advisor); Mount Royal University Faculty of Arts Economics, Justice and Policy Studies (Degree granting institution)
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- Rape myth acceptance continues to make its way into our criminal justice system. It is expressed in sexual assault trials during cross-examinations of complainants and in a judge or jury’s decision-making processes. Prejudices and biases about sexual assault and its victims infiltrates societal views about the offence and people involved; thus, affecting reporting and conviction rates. This project illustrates how rape myths are used and accepted by justice professionals during trials and how it affects sexual assault case outcomes. This is showed with landmark cases where myths were the backbone of the decision-making process in deciding the offender’s guilt for the offence. Using an...
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Chatri Sityodtong survived on a diet of budget Korean buffets while an undergraduate at Harvard.
Now, the protean martial arts expert, former internet entrepreneur and one-time hedge fund manager wants to create the biggest and most lucrative sporting spectacle in Asia, the world’s most populous region.
The glitzy One Championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) competition, which 46-year-old Mr. Chatri founded and heads, hit Singapore at the end of May and is due in Myanmar, Macau and Malaysia over the next few months. Mr. Chatri, who was raised in Thailand, believes the championships have the potential to attract 2bn television viewers and sellout events in a different Asian city every weekend.
“If you look at the history of sports in Asia, we’ve always only imported,” he says, pointing to the popularity of English football, US basketball and Formula One motor racing. “So I had a very simple thesis: I said, ‘Man, it’s time for Asia to have its own sports league – and Asia’s been the home of the martial arts for 5,000 years.’”
Mr. Chatri says five-year-old One Championship achieved record viewer figures for its show in Manila in April. But its finances remain closely guarded: he says only that the event is now “very, very close to profitably”, with revenues that are in “eight figures and growing very rapidly”. Investment in One exceeds $50 million, and includes a stake bought last year for an undisclosed sum by Temasek, the Singapore state investment fund.
James Goyder, a journalist who has covered combat sports in Asia for a decade, says One has had to overcome a “lot of cynicism” from people who “expected it to fold after a couple of shows” like previous similar big ventures.
“I think those people underestimated Chatri,” Mr. Goyder says.
One Championship is the synthesis of Mr. Chatri’s two long-time obsessions: martial arts and financial investment. He is a practitioner of Muay Thai – Thai boxing – and he took the name Sityotong in honour of the master at whose training camp he studied.
His life changed when his “quite well – to – do” family in Bangkok lost everything in the financial crisis that affected Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries in the late 1990s.
He had a place at Harvard, but little money to live on. He recalls visiting an all-you-can-eat Korean buffet that cost “three dollars and change” and became “the big highlight of the day”. His mother even lived with him in his university dormitory because the family had lost their home.
Mr. Chatri acknowledges that – for all the financial stress of that period – he still had the advantages of education and connections. He went on to study at Harvard Business School and to co-found an internet software start-up, which he later sold.
He then spent 10 years in the hedge fund industry but recalls finding the world of pure finance “empty”. He was ready to act on his insight about the gap in the market for big-money sports in Asia. “Every region of the world has several multi-billion-dollar sports properties entrenched in society and culture and tradition – and I see no difference here,” he says.
Mr. Chatri presents One Championship as a “responsible” outfit, compared with western combat sports, whose “entire marketing platform is focused on glorifying the fights, the violence, the blood, the antagonism”.
He casts the event in a social role by featuring the “inspiring” life stories of fighters who have sometimes come from crippling poverty.
Purses per fight range from $5,000 for an entry-level fighter to $300,000 or more for a top name – riches in a martial arts world full of stories of fighters being exploited by unscrupulous promoters. He says most even have been sell-outs or close to full in stadiums with capacities typically between 5,000 and 20,000.
Mr. Chatri says One Championship is made for changing sports viewing habits as a fans have moved away from television and on to smartphones. “No one is going to watch a 90-minute soccer game on their mobile device,” he says. “But our contact is three [five-minute] rounds per fight and 80 per cent of our fights end before that, through either a knockout or submission, a finish.”
Nevertheless, television is till part of One’s strategy. It broadcasts via a mix of free-to-air television, cable and $9.99 event livestreams. The company says it now has a broadcast footprint in 118 countries with a potential 1bn viewers, while its social media video views have grown from 312,000 in 2014 to a projected 314 million in 2017, based on company forecasts from data gathered by Nielsen, Facebook, and Repucom.
The company already bills itself as the largest sports media property in Asia and aims to build revenues further through brand licensing, among other means, for products such as protein shakes and video games, Mr. Chatri says.
It is too early to judge if Mr. Chatri will hit his target of listing the company in New York or Hong Kong. But he reckons he has already proved his central idea that Asian audiences will flock to see performers of Asian heritage do battle in Asia.


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Manahawkin’s team of Yasmin, Janine, Randi and Elizabeth
Serving Ocean County, Manahawkin is Bacharach’s northernmost campus and is considered by Yasmin Sares, PT, Manahawkin’s director of clinical operations, to be a hidden treasure with a wide range of services for the community.
“When most people think of Bacharach, they think about the main campus in Pomona, so Manahawkin falls under the radar – but we want to spread the word about our services,” says Sares. “Our professional and knowledgeable staff consists of three physical therapists, Randi Dellova, PT, MPT, CLT, Heather Smith, PT, DPT and myself; a physical therapy assistant, Elizabeth Cheney, PTA; and Janine D’Alessandro at the front desk. We offer out-patient physical therapy, joint day rehab program, lymphedema treatments, vestibular and balance rehabilitation and home therapy.”
For patients with lymphedema, which causes swelling of the legs and arms, Manahawkin offers full-service treatment options, including massages, wrapping of the extremities to decrease swelling and compression garments.
Beginning the day after hip or knee replacement patients are discharged home, joint day rehab provides intensive therapy. Patients are brought to the Manahawkin facility for two therapy sessions before being transported back home. Once joint day rehab is completed, patients then transition into traditional outpatient therapy.
While many patients are orthopedic, Manahawkin also sees a large number of patients with vertigo and balance issues.
“Many older adults experience dizziness, vertigo and imbalance that may cause falls, but they don’t seek treatment,” says Sares. “Positional vertigo is the most common vestibular problem, which causes a spinning sensation triggered by position change. With proper assessment and treatment, it can easily be managed.”
Manahawkin also offers a home therapy program that allows a physical therapist to administer a treatment plan at the patient’s house before transitioning to one of Bacharach’s facilities, if needed.
“Manahawkin’s facility is so diverse in both patients and services, and that’s what makes my job so interesting and gratifying,” says Sares. “As a close-knit community, our goal is to provide individualized care. We all get to know each other, and patients tell us they love coming to therapy because we encourage them to achieve their physical therapy goals while enjoying a few laughs along the way.”


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More than a century ago, two residential-school students died near the institution in Sault Ste. Marie. Now researchers and survivors are trying to discover their identities.
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School reopening presents a real threat for First Nations communities, where education has historically been underfunded. Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, still waiting for federal dollars, is turning to land-based learning.
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A forest fire displaced a small Ontario community — so nearby towns gave fleeing residents a place to go.
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Researchers think the puzzling rock formation might have been a sacred site — but a local Indigenous community is not so sure.
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Communication. Harm reduction. Humour. The Shelter House’s Street Outreach Services team provides services and support for vulnerable people year-round — now it’s pivoted to preventing COVID-19.
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When it comes to food banks, some experts say there’s a lack of accountability — and they’re calling for new ways to support Ontarians in need.
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TVO.org is speaking to activists across Ontario to find out what's happening in their communities — and how they're fighting injustice. Today, we interview Tania Cameron and Katrina Osborne of Kenora.
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After a number of food banks in Thunder Bay ceased operating, the city moved to a new centralized model. Critics say it raises public-health risks — and limits access to food for the people who need it.
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City council has once again voted down backyard chickens. Some residents think that’s a big clucking deal.
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People in the north are snapping up seeds so that they can grow their own food — and find a slice of serenity.
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OPINION: By offering Jody Wilson-Raybould the position of Minister of Indigenous Services, the prime minister signalled that he still has a lot to learn about reconciliation, writes Charnel Anderson.
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To mark Human Trafficking Awareness Day, TVO.org speaks with Collin Graham, of the Ontario Native Women’s Association, about recognizing the signs of exploitation — and learning from survivors.
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For his advocacy on behalf of residential-school survivors, Edmund Metatawabin was awarded the Order of Canada. He spoke with TVO about what the honour represents to him — and what the future holds for Indigenous communities.
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Melanie Goodchild’s research is informed by “Anishinaabe Gikendaasowin,” part of her First Nation’s knowledge system — she talks to TVO.org about complexity theory, two-eyed seeing, and fighting for change in academia.
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Indigenous communities across the province are dealing with inadequate housing. Farmers’ fields may hold the answer.
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The Tories are closing the Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth. We talk to a child advocate, a crisis counsellor, and a youth peer mentor about how the move will affect children across Ontario.
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The Hollard Insurance Company Pty Ltd has announced that they have entered into definitive agreements to acquire Progressive Direct Insurance Company’s portfolio of insurance policies in Australia.
The parties expect this transfer, subject to final negotiation of documents between the parties and regulatory and court approvals, will be effective in the fourth quarter of 2017.
The agreements also provide for PD Insurance Agency Pty Ltd (PDIA) — a new company created and partly owned by Hollard; the current manager of the Progressive Australia business, Simon Lindsay; and others — to be the authorized agent servicing Progressive’s Australian policies until the transfer to Hollard.
Hollard CEO and Executive Director, Richard Enthoven said: “Progressive and Hollard have a history of embracing innovation and entrepreneurship and I am excited that Progressive’s Australian insurance portfolio will be joining the Hollard family. Hollard’s business philosophy is founded on investing in and partnering with brands, brand partners and underwriting agencies for the long-term. In just seven years, Progressive has grown a successful online car insurance business and we look forward to working with Simon and PDIA to grow the business further.”
Progressive is the fourth largest auto insurer in the United States; a leading seller of motorcycle and commercial auto insurance and through ASI, one of the top 20 homeowners carriers.
Progressive Chief Financial Officer, John Sauerland said: “This transaction allows Progressive to focus on our Destination Era strategy of growing our U.S. business to become the number one choice and destination for auto and other insurance. We were pleased to find a suitable insurance company to continue providing quality service to our existing policy holders and to continue to invest in growing the business.”
“Hollard is the perfect fit for our business,” said Lindsay. “We’ll benefit from a shared vision and local scale advantages to reinforce our core value proposition for our customers with quality, online and materially lower-cost car insurance.”
During its time in Australia, Progressive introduced a number of firsts to the local car insurance market such as a multi-car policy offering and an online, self-service proposition.
The terms of the agreement allow Hollard and PDIA certain rights to use the Progressive brand in connection with car insurance in Australia for a period of two and a half years.

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By Sara Tompson, SLA Board 2011-13 and Head of Library Instruction & Orientation Services, University of Southern California (USC)
How to stay future ready? Read science fiction! Science fiction (SF) is a “sandbox” in which writers can play with possible outcomes of current technologies, cultures and trends.
SF writers often deal with information or library trends in their novels. I read Gary Shteyngart’s near-future Super Sad True Love Story this spring, and was struck by how he projected texting, Tweeting and consumerism just a few steps further. The novel’s transcriptions of online chats “sounded” so much like my two nieces in their young 20s, and how my USC students talk online!
I’ve been an avid science fiction and fantasy reader much of my life, with some detours over the past few decades. My husband and I met at one SF convention and honeymooned at another, so naturally I retain a fondness for the genre! Recently I’ve gotten back into it, with Super Sad, as well as another near future novel, Riding the Trail of Tears by Blake Hausman, in which a Cherokee Long March virtual reality “ride” takes on its own separate reality and what information is “real” and what is not becomes debatable. I’ve also revisited old favorites, like Alexei Panshin’s award-winning Rite of Passage, where the young protagonist Mia’s ark-like interstellar ship includes a comprehensive digital and realia (e.g. old musical instruments) library.
Information professionals like to know things and organize things. The downside of these traits can be aversion to change. Exploring science fiction can free us to think outside of our everyday boxes!
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- Agronomic: corn
- Vegetables: eggplant
- Crop Production: cover crops, double cropping, multiple cropping, organic fertilizers, strip tillage
- Education and Training: demonstration, extension, on-farm/ranch research
- Farm Business Management: whole farm planning
- Pest Management: cultural control, mulches - living
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The overall goal of the proposed project is to 1) enhance the sustainability of using sunn hemp cover crop, and 2) further advance the benefits of sunn hemp for suppressing nematode pests and enhancing beneficial soil microorganisms (free-living nematodes and soil microarthropods) demonstrated previously. To achieve these objectives, sunn hemp (SH) was planted for three months and compared to a fallow (F) with weeds treatments. Subsequently, alternate rows of sunn hemp were stripped-tilled. Then, cash crops will be planted over the strip-tilled rows. The remaining sunn hemp rows will be cut and residues left on the soil surface as organic mulch. The novelty of this project is the follow up of sunn hemp cover cropping system after the first cycle of cash crop. After the initial crop has been harvested, cash crop rows and organic mulch rows will be switched. Nematode community analysis was used to analyze soil health conditions. Currently, two field trials were initiated in July 2008 at commercial farms (Khamphout Farm and Bennie’s Farm). At Khamphout Farm, initial soil samples taken right after sunn hemp planting indicated no differences between sunn hemp (SH) and fallow (F) plots. However, at 2 months after sunn hemp cover cropping (prior to incorporation into soil), SH had lower (P < 0.10) numbers of plant-parasitic nematodes (mainly root-knot nematodes), but no difference was detected for the abundance of different group of free-living nematodes (bacteria-feeders, fungal feeders, omnivores, and predators). However, SH had higher (P < 0.01) structure index than the F control. Structure index is a nematode community index that put emphasis on abundance and weight of omnivorous and predatory nematodes, indicating the soil is less disturbed. Further nematode community analysis, plant growth, nematode population densities and weed coverage are continued to be monitored. At Bennie’s Farm, 2 months after sunn hemp planting, nematode community analysis showed that SH had lower (P < 0.05) percentage of plant-parasitic nematodes, higher (P < 0.05) numbers and percentage of bacteria feeding nematodes, and lower channel index (indicating the soil is undergoing bacteria decomposition rather than fungal decomposition). All of these indices indicated that SH sustained a soil environment enriched with nutrient that favor bacteria decomposition and suppressed plant-parasitic nematodes that would be damaging to the subsequent cash crop. However, nematode diversity was lower in SH plot as compared to F treatment, this could be due to a nematode community temporary dominated by bacteria feeding nematodes. We are continuing to monitor nematode population densities. In addition, we also monitored soil microarthropods using Burlesee funnels. Data collected at 2 months after sunn hemp planting had higher number of free-living mites (include Actinedida, Acaridida, Gamasida). Most of these free-living mites are either saprophagous, or predacious to spider mites. Farmer participants are convinced that sunn hemp cover cropping prior to their crop planting improves the soil conditions to next planting. Experiments are in progress to demonstrate the benefits of rows switching technique. Thus, no-cost extension period is requested.
Project objectives from proposal:
- The overall goal of the proposed project is to 1) enhance the sustainability of using sunn hemp cover crop, and 2) further advance the benefits of sunn hemp well beyond those producers reached during our 2006-2007 W-SARE project “A superhero without a cape: using the cover crop sunn hemp to feed the soil, suppress nematodes, and smother weeds.” Our specific research objectives are to:1.Demonstrate and disseminate how sunn hemp can be utilized to reduce nematode, weed, and insect pests and improve soil and plant nutrient status during multiple crop plantings. 2.Show and disseminate how sunn hemp can be used to increase crop productivity and marketable yields during multiple crop plantings. 3.Deliver an integrated, sustainable, and economically viable sunn hemp cropping system to educators and growers with diverse agricultural needs.

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Posted 12 February 2006 - 04:35 PM
The body is 1" 200 psi pvc and the the barrel is 2'' of 1/2" cpvc. The plunger is cpvc and has a 1/2" pvc encap with an O-ring as the seal. It is powered by two 4" 28lbs compression springs that I found at Home Depot and the plunger stroke is about 4.5". I haven't tested the range yet since it's literally a blizzard outside but it sends micro Stefans at least 20ft with almost no drop from a straight shot.
Questions? Comments? Annoying responses that don't help anyone?
Posted 12 February 2006 - 04:40 PM
I would have done the handle differently, though. Like Bolt did his, with the extra halves.
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Posted 13 February 2006 - 01:53 PM
The pictures are pretty self explanatory, the nail taped to the second piece of angle iron(flattened in a vise, the holes make it bend away from the middle on either side, giving it that gull wing shape) goes through the coupler inside the pvc that seats the spring and catches a brass tubing lined hole in the cpvc plunger.
Carbon is right, the whole mechanism is very solid with no play whatsoever, but the trigger pull is very stiff and I have bruises on both my index fingers, one from the plunger key ring(The plunger is very hard to pull back) and one from the trigger, which is wrapped in elecrical tape but none the less hurts like hell when you fire more then once in a while.
Posted 13 February 2006 - 09:13 PM
Considering how much raw power you've got there, you should be able to shoot a lot farther than 20 feet. Is your o-ring giving you a good seal?
Posted 14 February 2006 - 10:36 AM
I think on my next version I'll make it like your SNAP-2 Carbon, but with a spring loaded clip on the side and a slightly different action.
As for the spring, you're right, the two springs have a ton of power, but I think I'm using a much thicker nail than you, mine is almost 1/4" thick and I'm pretty sure that it would be immpossible to pull the trigger much sooner than the force would shear the nail. In fact, if I had a spring much stronger the angle iron I'm using as a lever between the nail and the trigger it would bend out of shape(I already bent it in a vice to get it flat with a V popping ou of the middle) , therefore effectively stopping me from firing the gun, and leaving me with a ticking time bomb.
You used a clothes pin with a piece of angle iron glued to one of the long arms in you're guns, right Carbon? My system is very different, I use two sperate pieces of metal. One acts as a lever(the flattened piece behind the trigger, it has a V bend in the middle that is the fulcrum), and the other has one side as the trigger and the other side goes back fromthe trigger and pushes up on the end of the other one that does not have the nail attached to it, the nail is far behind the trigger, not in front of it like in your guns.
Posted 14 February 2006 - 11:59 AM
I get your trigger system, nice approach to a linkage, and a good way to reach behind the handle. If your trigger pull is too tough, you could adjust the fulcrum on your “seagull” to give yourself a better mechanical advantage. Make the side which is under the pin a fourth (or so) of the length of the other arm, so you can get the lever action working for you. You could also make your trigger arm longer than the other side of the lever…you shouldn’t have to pull a linkage that hard. If you’ve already done that…then man, that’s one powerful gun!
You’re right, the nail I’m using is tiny compared to yours…I’m just using a wide-headed finishing nail. Your brassed catchpin hole is very nice, and would solve the problem I’ve been having, with the catchpin eventually eating the edge of my pvc catchface. I’ve been meaning to grind down a washer to cover the catchface surface, but haven’t been looking forward to that…your way is much easier.
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At the first edition of indometal 2013 & international metal & steel trade fair for southeast asia scheduled in Jakarta from 20 to 23 February 2013, the exhibition will introduce a special showcase on machine tool products, solutions and applications called “indotools”. This new innovation and dedicated platform on machine tools will feature one main category metal cutting machine tools, alongside ten sub categories from drilling machines to surface technology.
Indotools is slated to be the bedrock of the region’s machine tool industry and will offer all the necessities and innovative solutions to tooling challenges. Visitors can expect to maximise the investment in their machinery and equipment by finding uptodate technology that will allow for minimum setup and machining time and the latest innovations in metal cutting equipment including machining centres, turning centres and a comprehensive range of metal cutting technology.
Dedicated to bringing more business opportunities directly to both trade exhibitors and visitors, more effectively by bringing technology closer to companies and facilitating their innovation, “The indotools showcase will extend the spectrum of offerings at indometal 2013, and will be a onestop business and sourcing platform for the metal, steel and machine tool industries in Indonesia and the region in one unique location,” says Beattrice Ho, senior project manager.
Located in the indometal 2013 exhibition area, the indotools showcase will complement the seven key categories under indometal 2013 which include metallurgy technology, foundry machinery, equipment and supplies, semifinished and finished products, thermo process technology, accessories and components, metal cutting machine tools, and tube manufacturing technology.
The indotools showcase will include the following:
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Jointly organized by Messe Düsseldorf Asia and PT. Wahana Kemalaniaga Makmur (WAKENI), indometal 2013 together with the indotools showcase will provide the ideal destination for investors and industry leaders to come together and lead Indonesia’s domestic metal, steel and machine tool industry to greater heights. As Rini Sumardi, Director at WAKENI, emphasises, “The metal and steel industry is developing positively within the Indonesian economy and trade exhibitions like indometal with its indotools showcase will be the showpiece for this industry as it goes in search of technical solutions that enable it to compete on a national and international scale.” She also praised the latest data on the Indonesian metal and steel industry, which has seen the demand for metal and steel steadily rising, leading to increased investments in the industry.
According to the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Indonesia is well on its way to reach an investment target of Rp 283.5 trillion by end of 2012, reflecting a 13% increase compared to 2011. “By the same token the machine tool industry, being closely linked to the metal and steel sectors, will benefit from this development too,” she added. Indometal 2013, a 4 day exhibition will be open to trade visitors from 20 – 23 February 2013 at Jakarta International Expo Kemayoran, Indonesia. More information on the exhibition and indotools.

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Car accidents happen in seconds but result in injuries that can last a lifetime.
If you’re lucky enough to walk away—or be wheeled away—with your life, the trauma, medical debt, and other consequences can still haunt you.
Insurance companies make getting paid feel like pulling teeth, and when you’ve been injured, you don’t have time to play games.
The good news is you’re not alone, and you have options—here are six tips to help you settle your car accident claim fast and get one up on the insurance companies in 2023.
#1 Understand the Basics
When you’ve been hurt in a car wreck, it’s easy to underestimate the complexity of the situation. Personal injury law is confusing, and many factors affect how your claim will play out.
As such, it’s important that you understand your rights to ensure you’re being treated fairly by the insurance company during car accident settlement negotiations. You may be entitled to repayment for various damages, including medical treatment costs, lost wages, pain, and suffering, among other damages.
But you could lose that right without a basic understanding of the system.
#2 Take an Active Role in Your Case
Be proactive in your case. The insurance adjuster will do whatever they can to minimize the payout, and you’ll have a much better shot at getting what you deserve if you’re involved in the process. The best way to do this is by actively participating in all communication with the adjuster, whether by phone or email.
If they’re asking for information, don’t wait until they contact you again—get it to them immediately. The other driver’s insurance company will assume that you don’t know what you’re doing and try to play you. Don’t fall into their trap.
#3 Organize Your Records
Once you’ve decided to settle your case, staying organized is a must. This is especially true if you’re dealing with many medical expenses, records, and other documents. Most car accident claims involve evidence from the accident scene, police reports, eyewitness statements, and correspondence—keep track of everything.
You may not think so at first, but the more organized you are as a plaintiff or claimant, the better off you’ll be in the long run when it comes time to settle your claim.
#4 Keep Your Doctor in the Loop
It’s important to keep your doctor updated. If there are any changes to your condition, let them know. If you had surgery, keep them posted on your progress and keep a journal of your recovery, including your struggles with performing daily activities.
Doctors typically have thorough experience with the personal injury claims process. They can be great assets in your case, testifying to the extent of your injuries and producing evidence on your behalf.
#5 Don’t Sign Anything Until You’re Sure About It
If you receive a settlement offer, don’t sign anything until you understand it. If this is your first time dealing with a car accident injury claim, then chances are that nothing about the car accident settlement process will be familiar to you.
The best way to approach viewing these documents is by taking your time so that everything makes sense before putting pen to paper. There’s no reason to rush this process. Ensure all your questions are answered and understand each document’s meaning before signing off on it.
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Never pass up the opportunity to seek the advice of an experienced personal injury lawyer. This is especially true in the case of car accident injuries and, more specifically, when it comes time for you to settle your claim.
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Ely Cathedral: Everything you need to know
Every day throughout Advent, we’ll be introducing a different cathedral from around the UK and occasionally beyond
Building Began: 1081
About the cathedral:
Work began on Ely Cathedral in the 11th century under the leadership of Abbot Simeon, the brother of King William I. St Etheldreda had founded the monastic community at Ely in the 7th century and a shrine to her remained in the cathedral until the monastery’s dissolution by Henry VIII in 1539. Fortunately, the building suffered less damage than many monasteries and remains a prominent landmark, known locally as the ‘ship of the fens’, due to its prominence in the Cambridgeshire landscape. Its magnificent octagonal lantern tower (52m high) was constructed after the original central Norman tower collapsed in 1322 and consists of eight internal archways, supporting 200 tonnes of timber, lead and glass. On the ceiling, at the lantern’s centre, is a beautiful depiction of Christ carved from a single oak. The cathedral also has a striking west tower (66m high) which was expanded in 1392 to include an octagonal belfry and four turrets.
Did you know?
One of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England, Edward the Confessor (1003-1066) spent his early years at Ely Abbey, attending the monastic school, and it’s likely he sang in the choir. He had to flee into exile to escape the invading Danes and settled for a time in Normandy. When he succeeded the throne, in 1042, it heralded a time of peace. Today’s boy choristers continue a tradition of singing in Ely’s Lady Chapel that began in the 15th century. In November 2006, the cathedral’s Girls’ Choir made its debut at Evensong.


A communications radio/TV major from Owasso, McCormick is one of 268 students nationwide named as a Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education.
Through the fellowship, Campus Compact provides a variety of learning and networking opportunities, including a national conference of Newman Civic Fellows in partnership with the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. The fellowship also provides fellows with pathways to apply for exclusive scholarship and post-graduate opportunities.
“In just two short years, Quinn has really made an impact at RSU, as well as within the communities we serve,” said RSU President Larry Rice, who nominated her for the recognition. Last year, McCormick was named PLC’s Freshman of the Year in recognition of her commitment to community service efforts and continual campus involvement.
McCormick said she is passionate about social issues such as civic engagement and addressing the issue of homelessness.
“Involvement in the political processes is imperative to a well-functioning society and I find college is a crucial time to build those values,” she said. She has been active in multiple voter registration drives that have helped hundreds of college students register to vote and engage in political discussions.
She also has worked with the Night Light Tulsa organization for two years to help provide resources to the homeless community. Recently, she helped organize efforts that raised more than $1,000 dollars to fund a meal and provide essential resources through Night Light Tulsa. Her work with the organization has broadened her perspective and increased her passion for helping the homeless.
“It is important to offer not only resources, but also personal relationship and community to the homeless and low-income families who attend every week,” she said. “Material resources are necessary of course, but to sit down and ask them questions about their life, family, dreams, etc. is a whole other experience. My goal is to offer them human connection and conversation, recognizing them as the valuable individuals they are.”
Campus Compact president Andrew Seligsohn said the organization is thrilled to celebrate and engage with community-focused students like McCormick.
“The stories of this year’s Newman Civic Fellows make clear that they are bringing people together in their communities to solve pressing problems. That is what Campus Compact is about, and it’s what our country and our world desperately need,” he said.
The Newman Civic Fellowship is supported by the KPMG Foundation and Newman’s Own Foundation. For more information about the fellowship, visit www.compact.org.


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Sounds of Finland – a Centennial Celebration
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On Sunday, February 5th, 2017 at the George Weston Recital Hall , Suomi Finland 100 will present a wonderful concert titled “Sounds of Finland” showcasing the enormous array of talent we have in our midst. The performers are all drawn from the local Finnish community!

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AP Photo/Susan Walsh In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, NATO has had some interest from other nations looking to join. Key among them were Sweden and Finland.
In a 95-1 vote this afternoon, the U.S. Senate approved the admission of both Scandinavian countries to NATO’s roster – the largest expansion of the organization in nearly 20 years. After the U.S.’s approval, there are around half a dozen countries left to approve their admission. NATO officials formally approved the two nations’ efforts to join the alliance last month. They are currently in the final stage of the process of joining NATO, which requires legislatures in all of its member nations to approve of the new additions. According to NATO’s website, more than 20 member countries have already approved Sweden and Finland joining NATO. After the U.S.’ approval, just over a half dozen countries remain. Adding Sweden and Finald […]
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