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GRAMMY NOMINATED AND SIX-TIME DOVE AWARD-WINNING ROCK BAND RED CELEBRATES THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS DEBUT RELEASE
RELEASING DIGITALLY RE-MASTERED ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF RIAA CERTIFIED GOLD ALBUM, END OF SILENCE, JUNE 3
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—GRAMMY® nominated and six-time Dove Award-winning rock band, Red, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its debut, chart-topping, and RIAA certified GOLD album, End Of Silence, in June. The group will release a digitally re-mastered Anniversary Edition of the album on June 3 containing popular tracks from the album, including the RIAA GOLD certified digital single, No. 1 and Dove Award-winning song, “Breathe Into Me,” along with four additional No. 1 singles from the album. The special edition will also contain two never-before-released new songs (“If I Break” and “Circles”) and four acoustic tracks.
“These past 10 years have been nothing short of incredible! Cheers to the REDNATION and all of our loyal listeners around the world,” said Red bass player Randy Armstrong. “We thank you for this opportunity and the privilege it has been to inspire.”
Supporting the celebration, Red will head out on a 10th anniversary tour in the fall where they will be performing almost the entire End Of Silence album from top to bottom. More details on the tour will be announced soon.
Red has had an illustrious career over the last 10 years selling more than a million albums—with a RIAA Certified GOLD album (End Of Silence) and RIAA Certified GOLD digital single (“Breathe Into Me”). The group has two GRAMMY award nominations and have won six Dove Awards from nineteen nominations. Radio success for Red includes two Top 10 Active Rock singles, three Top 10 Mainstream Rock singles and 20 consecutive No. 1 hits at Christian radio. Red has appeared on Conan and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and has been featured in USA Today, Rolling Stone, Billboard and Guitar World. Touring over the last decade includes TobyMac, Matthew West, TFK, Newsboys, Kutless, Brian “Head” Welch, P.O.D., CREED, Switchfoot, Third Day, and many others.


"From the present to the future, the boat show looks ahead"
Genova - Tuesday, October 5, 2010, at the Mezzanine Hall in the new Pavilion B, an important panel discussion was held on the future of green marine industry. A subject dear to Ucina, which not only outlined its efforts in the field, thanks to the ELB project (End of Life Boats), but also has collected, sorted, through a Scientific Committee, and describes few of the most important experiences of research, development and industrial application, reported by companies exhibitors in the Boat Show 2010.
Among the 12 most innovative projects was also chosen HIDRO SYSTEM studied by Acta Energy and Marine Supply. The two companies in fact, are active in the development of new propulsion systems and hydrogen generation, as well as a line of vessels, HIDRO, also focused on low environmental impact and exploitation of renewable energy. A unique project that considers hydrogen as the main resource of the future. Speakers of the 12 selected projects, were some of the most important representatives of national associations and institutions related to environmental issues, including: Senator Antonio D'Ali, President of the 13th Land and Environment Commission of the Senate, Renato Grimaldi, General Director of Nature Protection in Environment Ministry, Enrico Puja, General Director of Maritime Transport inside the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transportation and Sebastiano Venneri, Vice President of Legambiente.


Currently available technologies that generate a low noise 10 GHz pulse train with RF phase noise utilize optical frequency division, but as a result, suffer from stabilization and calibration difficulties. The conventional optical frequency divider is comprised of four main components: a mode-locked laser, a separate continuous wave (CW) laser, a nonlinear f-2f interferometer, and an optical pulse train interleaver.
An ultralow noise portable frequency comb created by UCF researchers improves on a prior invention (US 7,697,579) by utilizing a high finesse etalon as an integral part of the mode-locked laser that simultaneously stabilizes the carrier offset, produces sub-Hertz level axial mode components, and provides important error signals that enable octave spanning optical frequency division—all within a single laser. This streamlined system fits in a standard rack-mountable chassis with a demonstrated lowest phase noise at 10 GHz, and 1550 nm from this type of source. Within this system, there is no need for an f-2f interferometer, no second harmonic generation stages for stabilization, or a separate CW laser locked to an etalon. Because of the higher efficiency of this invention, it is more easily deployable in the field and with a less strenuous system calibration.
This invention includes an ultralow noise, portable frequency comb device based on a fiber cavity mode-locked laser using semiconductor optical amplifiers as the gain elements, combined with an environmentally stable macroscopic Fabry-Pérot etalon as a secondary optical reference. This device uses regenerative mode-locking, thus the laser is not slaved to an electronic reference. The ultrahigh finesse etalon, located inside the laser, serves as the stable optical reference to which all error signals and stabilization are referenced. In comparison to current technologies that create optical linewidths at the sub Hz level, this device creates ultra-narrow, optical comb lines with Hz level linewidths. This design decouples and independently stabilizes the carrier envelope offset frequency and repetition rate fluctuations by using a linear optical frequency division that reduces RF noise by a factor of 10log(N2), where N is the optical bandwidth of the mode-locked laser divided by the pulse repetition rate.
- Greatly reduces the overall system size and power consumption
- Reduces phase noise
- Increases the overall cavity Q
- Enables measurement of extremely low phase noise
- High-precision radar
- Next generation optical clocks
- Fiber optic communications
- Communication broadcasting and receiving
- Signal intelligence
- Signal processing
- Clock recovery


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Year 2 Day 240
Read - 1 Samuel 7:5-6
Message - Alan Burke
For the first time in a long time the people had seen that living how they wanted wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be. It took them twenty years before the penny finally dropped, a whole generation had come and gone before they finally turned back to the Lord. They had finally realised the error of their way and now by their actions they were showing that they were repentant as they put their ornaments away (that’s their false God’s if you missed Monday’s devotion). Samuel then tells them in response to their repentance, to assemble at Mizpah. This was all Israel, this was all of them, everyone, young and old, men and women, nursing infants, children, the alien among them, no one was to be left behind. This was a big undertaking, this was the people as a whole turning from their sin, coming before the Lord as Samuel interceded for them, he represented them before God, he brought the people together.
When they reached Mizpah, there they poured water out, they were showing again their repentant hearts. The pouring of water may not seem that significant to us but we generally have it in plenty and this time of the year it seems like far too much. But to them water was scarce, it was extremely valuable, you defended your water supply with your life for you couldn’t live without it. To pour water out in this way especially while traveling across the vast desert, was to pour out one’s life, added to that they fasted from the food that sustained them, they were showing their repentance. Then having done this they confessed their sin. Look what were are told, how communally, the said “we have sinned against the Lord” (6).
In every way, at every stage they were showing that they were genuinely repentant, they weren’t just saying sorry, they were showing they were sorry, their actions were speaking as well as their words professing. These people weren’t going though the motions, they clearly understood that they had sinned. Notice the confession, “we have sinned against the Lord”, does this mean that for how ever many years they were following the moral law from ‘Honour your father and mother’ to ‘coveting’ but they just didn’t follow those that related to the Lord God himself (Ex 20:1-17)? Of course it doesn’t, they had sinned against their neighbour in thought, in word and in deed but in this confession we are reminded that our sin is primarily God orientated, it is rebellion against God!
Before the Lord God they are sinners, before God we are all sinners, that is why this confession isn’t “I’ve sinned against my neighbour” for sin is God orientated, it’s against the Lord. So often do is think how our sin impacts others, how we hurt others, how our sin impacts our relationships with our friends, children, spouse, collogues, because when we think primarily of sin in this way, we lose the significance of what sin is. Yes there are times, that it is right that we go and confess our sin against those whom we have sinned against, to our spouse, children, neighbour and ask for forgiveness, it doesn’t feel good going with your tail between your legs, saying forgive me, but we need to remember it is the Lord that we have offended by our sin and damaged our relationship with him. What we must do is repent, daily, turning from sin, putting the Lord God at the very centre of everything, knowing that everyone who believes in Jesus Christ receives forgiveness of sins through his name (Mk 1:15, Acts 10:43).
Q8 How doth God execute his decrees?
God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence.

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Barging in: This vessel might look plain, but it’s green, cheap, and essential to our future. Photo: Walter Hodges
very four days, a 4,200-horsepower tugboat, having crossed the Gulf of Mexico from Brownsville, Texas, slips into the ship channel off Egmont Key at the mouth of Tampa Bay. The vessel pulls a single barge. On board are stacks of metal containers ranging in length from twenty to fifty-three feet. Few of the bathers along the beaches of nearby Fort De Soto Park are likely to take much notice of such a routine sight, much less associate it with a green-energy future. But there is a connection, and it will help protect places like the Gulf floor from the sort of drilling that now threatens the region with environmental catastrophe.
The tug and barge are operated by a privately held company called SeaBridge Freight. If you hire SeaBridge to move a container between northern Mexico and the southeastern United States, a truck will pick the container up, and a truck will deliver it to its final destination. But rather than use a truck to make the entire journey, the company will load your container onto a barge and ship it across the Gulf of Mexico. This water route saves 690 miles of driving, takes no longer than trucking door to door, and consumes much less oil.
According to SeaBridge’s president and CEO, Henry P. “Hank” Hoffman, a SeaBridge barge on a recent sailing carried containers loaded with 420,000 metric tons of cargo of all descriptions, from chilled orange juice to automobiles and mechanical assemblies. Making the run from Brownsville to Tampa Bay consumed 9,000 gallons of diesel fuel. If trucks had made the move, Hoffman notes, they would have consumed more than 53,000 gallons of diesel fuel. Needless to say, such conservation does wonders for a reduction in oil use.
Waterways used to be the most important avenues of transport in the United States. Today, however, only 4.7 percent of our current freight (as measured in ton-miles) moves by water, most of it low-value, bulky materials such as grain and coal. Compare this to the European Union, in which 40 percent of all domestic freight (also measured in ton-miles) moves by coastal shipping and inland waterways.
Boosting that abysmal market share, as a handful of companies like SeaBridge are trying to do, would require no sacrifice from the average American, and it would provide dramatic economic and environmental benefits. Barges use just over a quarter as much diesel fuel as a semitruck in moving a ton of freight. If only 30 percent of the freight that currently goes by truck went by barge instead, it would result in a reduction in diesel fuel consumption of roughly 4.7 billion gallons. This is equivalent to conserving more than 6 percent of the total end-use energy consumed by U.S. households, including heating, cooling, and lighting. To put it another way, the energy savings would be equivalent to turning off every household appliance in the state of Texas. Yet no one would have to do so much as turn down the air conditioner, ride a bike, or even install a fluorescent bulb.
It gets better. A rebirth of domestic water transportation would roll back the nation’s reliance on trucks, the fastest growing source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. That’s in addition to many incidental benefits, from boosting the Navy’s sealift capacity to improving rescue efforts for disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the earthquake in Haiti. Moreover, by getting containers off trucks and onto a marine highway, it promises to make driving safer and faster for the rest of us, while also significantly reducing the need for highway repairs and new road construction.
he case for using our waterways begins with plain geography. Writing in 1783, George Washington observed that he was increasingly taking “a more contemplative and extensive view of the vast inland navigation of these United States,” and that he “could not but be struck with the immense diffusion and importance of it.” The United States is unique among nations in being blessed not only with three extensive coastlines and abundant natural harbors but also with 25,000 miles of navigable lakes and inland waterways, thanks both to what Washington and his generation called “Providence” and to the investments made by subsequent generations of Americans in locks, levies, and other improvements.
Today, it is impossible to account for why most U.S. cities sprang up where they did without considering the role played by access to navigable waters. By 1825, completion of the Erie Canal connected New York harbor to the Great Lakes, and soon a great trade of cordwood, flour, and wheat flowing east, and manufactured goods and imported foods flowing west, enabled New York City to surpass Philadelphia as the nation’s largest and richest city. By 1840, more than 500 steamboats plied the Ohio-Mississippi-Missouri river system, opening up the bustling new frontier of river towns described by Mark Twain. The most strategically located of these grew into great cities like St. Louis and Minneapolis-St. Paul. Of the country’s top twenty-five metropolitan areas today, twenty-one are either on coastal harbors (such as New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and Seattle) or on broad inland waterways (such as Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Little Rock).
Well into the twentieth century, the U.S. still made extensive use of coastal and inland water shipping. As late as 1958, the Coastwise Steamship Company picked up rolls of newsprint from mills at Port Angeles and Camus, Washington, delivering them up and down the Pacific coast. Into the 1960s, trucks, trains, and automobiles moving between Michigan and Wisconsin still used an extensive fleet of ferries to cross Lake Michigan rather than take the long way through congested Chicago.
For the past fifty years or so, however, the U.S. has barely made use of its natural competitive advantage in domestic water transportation. This might seem like the inevitable by-product of progress. In reality, though, the decline of domestic water transportation was neither inevitable nor progressive. By the late nineteenth century, railroad barons captured control of many canals and coastal shipping companies and did their best to put them out of business. While this contributed to the decline of the maritime industry, the most important factor was the long post–World War II era of cheap energy and a rapidly expanding, deeply subsidized interstate highway system. As the price of trucking became artificially low, new factories and warehouses came to be built without regard to water access, thereby accelerating the move away from fuel-efficient ships and barges. But now that extended period of secure, abundant oil and open, well-maintained interstates has ended. So, too, has our innocence of the environmental damage and threats to human health. This makes it high time to tackle the waste and inefficiency that pervades the 10 percent of U.S. gross domestic product involved in freight logistics.
oday, most high-value freight moves by truck. For trips of under 500 miles, this makes sense. Trucks are fast and convenient. But most of our trucks are traveling distances of thousands of miles. To take just one example, 58 percent of the large trucks moving through the junction of I-90 and I-290 near Buffalo, New York, are on trips of more than 500 miles. Together, these long-haul trucks are responsible, according to the Federal Highway Administration, for creating 367,000 hours of delay each year at this single choke point alone.
As soon as trucks are deployed for long hauls, the disadvantages pile up. For one thing, trucks are wasteful. If you’re hauling a ton of freight by truck, a gallon of fuel will only move it 155 miles. Haul it by railroad, and a gallon will take it 413 miles. Haul it by towed barge, and a gallon will carry it a full 576 miles.
Trucks are also by far the dirtiest form of ground transportation. A tugboat plying inland waters can typically move a ton of freight more than 51,000 miles before emitting one ton of greenhouse gas. A truck, by contrast, releases nearly three times as much greenhouse gas over the same distance. (In fact, trucks are the economy’s fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. While greenhouse gas emissions from cars rose only 3.3 percent between 1990 and 2006, the amount spewing from medium and heavy trucks, which have increased in number and sit longer in traffic, increased 77 percent.) That’s not even factoring in other emissions, such as cancer-causing nitrous oxides found in diesel exhaust, most of which comes from trucks. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, this pollution contributes to the premature death of 21,000 Americans a year.
When truck-related deaths don’t come from pollution, they come from crashes. For every ton of freight they haul one mile, trucks have a fatality rate that is six times that of railroads and 155 times that of inland barges. Some 5,000 Americans die each year in collisions involving trucks.
Finally, trucks cause serious damage to the nation’s highways, for which the rest of us pay. According to the latest available estimate from the Federal Highway Administration, the pavement damage caused by a forty-ton semitruck barreling down an urban interstate came to forty-one cents per mile in 2000, while the tolls and taxes its owner paid came to only nine cents per mile.
It’s not just our interstates that suffer. State roads like New Jersey’s Route 31 and Interstate 81 through the once tranquil Shenandoah Valley are inundated with truckers desperate to avoid I-95. Despite what may be many years of moribund economic growth in the wake of the Great Recession, freight tonnage on I-95 is projected to double over the next thirty years. Even the biggest fan of trucking knows this isn’t sustainable.
o what do we do about our freight logjams? Adding more and more new lanes is, of course, one way to alleviate the problem. But routes such as I-95 are built on top of some of the country’s most densely developed real estate. Just to widen I-95 to six lanes between New Haven and the Rhode Island border would cost $1 billion, while also causing additional construction-related delays for years.
Railroads are also an important option. [See “Back on Tracks,” Washington Monthly, January/February 2009.] But, after years of downsizing, the nation’s rail system today lacks the capacity to handle much more traffic than it already does, particularly if that traffic is going to move fast enough to be time competitive with trucks. Moreover, along many corridors, moving freight by rail competes with another important objective: restoring and improving America’s high-speed passenger network. (The main reason why Amtrak is so frequently late is delay caused by freight trains.)
The single most effective option that remains, then, is our vast network of waterways—if we just care to use them. Not only would they save money and fuel; they would even, in some cases, save time. For example, a single truck driver moving a container from Boston to Orlando can make the trip legally in no less than fifty-four hours, given speed limits and mandatory thirteen-hour rest periods each day. By contrast, in just thirty-three hours, a container can be taken by truck from Boston to the port of New London, then placed onto a high-speed coastal freighter and shipped to the port of Charleston, and finally trucked from Charleston to Orlando, according to Stephen P. Flott, founder of SeaBridge, who has testified before Congress in support of the idea and may yet bring it to fruition.
To make this sort of thing happen is easier than it might sound. At its peak, truck traffic on I-95 was 32,000 trailers a day. With only thirty-three ships put into service, each capable of carrying 300 fifty-three-foot containers, the number of trailers on I-95 could be reduced by a third. The price tag wouldn’t be prohibitive, either. At $50 million a ship, it would cost just $3.3 billion.
Better yet, because crafts plying coastal and inland waters are shallow draft, they could operate out of minor, neglected harbors like New London or New Bedford, Massachusetts. With today’s so-called “Roll-on/Roll-off” ships (RoRos), cranes aren’t even necessary. Drivers just roll their trucks on board, and, if they want to, travel along with their rig, thereby satisfying their mandatory rest requirements as they float past such major choke points as the Boston-to-Washington megalopolis before taking to the road again to reach their final destination.
evertheless, despite all the inherent advantages of a marine highway system, market forces still aren’t causing it to spring into existence. There are a few reasons for this.
One is that, in the midst of global recession, the current cost of energy is slightly too low to create the necessary critical mass for an upsurge in shipping. According to a study prepared for the U.S. Maritime Administration, even a minimal rise in energy prices would dramatically increase the cost of trucking while only marginally affecting the cost of water transport. For example, when crude oil costs $55 per barrel, the cost of moving a forty-foot container one mile by truck is about $1.75. But if crude oil goes up to $91 a barrel, the trucking cost jumps to $2.28 per mile. And if oil reaches $157 a barrel, the trucking cost jumps up to $3.24. By comparison, even if oil is at $157 a barrel, the cost of moving that same container one mile by barge is only twenty-eight cents, less than a tenth of the trucking cost.
One entrepreneur who is very aware of such calculations is Stephen J. Pepper, founder of Humboldt Maritime Logistics. Pepper is trying to start a service that would allow shippers to move containers by barge from the port of Oakland up and down the Pacific coast. At current fuel prices, he says, such a service is cost competitive with trucks, but only barely so. With even a modest uptick in fuel prices, though, the numbers would shift dramatically in favor of barge over truck.
Another reason that the maritime highway isn’t farther along is that ill-considered public policies are working against it. Some of the wrongheaded ideas are obvious, such as tax rates on trucks that are too low to cover the cost of the damage they do to roads. Others are more obscure, but equally significant.
One important case in point is the so-called “harbor maintenance tax.” Originally pushed by the Reagan administration, it requires that shippers pay a tax on their cargo value each time their freight passes through a U.S. harbor. The thought was that the money raised by this tax would go toward the cost of dredging and otherwise maintaining deep channel harbors. Instead, most of it has gone to finance the government’s overall budget deficits. Worse still is the mechanism for how the tax is collected. Suppose that Federal Express wanted to save on fuel costs by using a truck ferry to move its container traffic between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan. Because of the harbor tax, the company would have to determine the value of each parcel in each container and collect from its owner a harbor tax of $1.25 per $1,000 of cargo value. This would not only be an administrative nightmare; it would also add up to serious money. If the total value of the cargo in a container came to $500,000, the total harbor tax due would be $625. By contrast, if the container traveled by truck over the more than eighty-one-year-old, highly congested Ambassador Bridge between Windsor and Detroit, no tax would be due, and the toll would be only $3.25 per axle.
Marine highway advocates also complain bitterly about a piece of legislation called the Jones Act. Originally passed in the 1920s, the Jones Act requires all ships used in domestic service to be built by domestic shipyards. The rationale for retaining this policy has been that the U.S. needs a shipbuilding industry to support the needs of the U.S. Navy—a consideration that has merit. But building a commercial ship in the U.S. today typically costs twice as much as building it in South Korea. This isn’t because of the difference in labor costs; it’s because South Korea builds so many ships for world markets that it can use highly standardized, assembly- line processes that achieve vast economies of scale, much as the U.S. did in building the famous “Liberty Ships” of World War II.
But here a win-win solution exists—one that doesn’t disturb the Jones Act but still allows water transportation a fair shot at the competition. The Navy, it turns out, is very interested in seeing a surge in shipbuilding, and it may even be willing to help pay for it. During the 1980s and ’90s, when America’s merchant marine was fading, the Navy spent $6 billion acquiring ships it could use for transporting troops and supplies around the world. Today, many of these ships are nearing the end of their service life, and the Navy would like to have new RoRo ships suitable for off-loading tanks, trucks, and other vehicles in shallow, often undeveloped harbors.
The Navy could, of course, just put out bids to have its fleet of aging RoRos and other freighters replaced. But that would compete with the cost of modernizing its submarine fleet and other aging warships. How much better it would be, says Jonathan D. Kaskin, who directs the Navy’s Strategic Mobility and Combat Logistics Division, if the United States once again had a robust merchant marine fleet plying domestic waters—a fleet whose ships could quickly be leased by the Navy if they were needed for emergency service?
“A commercial ship is fully capable of meeting our military [sealift] requirements except for minor enhancements,” says Kaskin. Better yet, he notes, if the U.S. developed a marine highway system, the cost of shipbuilding overall would go down. “I see the marine highway as an option,” Kaskin says, “and there may be resources that the Department of Defense could devote to it.” Just as Eisenhower could not sell the country on the value of interstate highways without pointing to their military purpose, national security needs may be just what is needed to get the marine highway system moving.
In April 2010, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced his support for a “Marine Highway Initiative,” stating that, “For too long, we’ve overlooked the economic and environmental benefits that our waterways and domestic seaports offer as a means of moving freight in this country.” The funding available for this initiative, however, is a mere gesture—just $7 million in grants, plus $58 million in one-time stimulus money. Meanwhile, the president’s budget for 2011 calls for $41 billion in highway spending. The Obama administration does not seem to get the full range of opportunity that domestic water transport offers for advancing the national interest across the board. So let’s try to envision the virtuous cycles that would be set in motion by reviving our waterways.
One virtuous cycle would begin in 2015. That is when a project to widen the Panama Canal is scheduled to be completed. It will allow today’s super-large oceangoing vessels to fit though the canal and travel directly between Asia and both the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of the United States. Today, containers traveling from Asia typically move through West Coast ports and are then trucked or carried by rail to inland destinations. But containers moving on mega-ships through the Panama Canal could be off-loaded in ports such as Houston or New Orleans, where, thanks to the Mississippi River system, they could be hauled to cities like St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Pittsburgh by low-cost, energy-efficient barge. Or they could travel to deepwater ports such as Newark and be trans-loaded onto smaller coastal ships serving destinations up and down the eastern seaboard.
In another virtuous cycle, barges would beget barges. That is to say, as the volume of coastal and inland water transport increased, so too would its time competitiveness with trucks. Today, once a week, a new service known as 64 Express moves containers up and down the James River between the port of Hampton Roads and Richmond, Virginia. Only those who can afford to wait currently use it. But many more companies would use the service if it ran more frequently. With containers from Asia flowing directly into Hampton Roads, that’s exactly what would happen.
Meanwhile, today’s diesel-powered tugboats and coastal ships could become even cleaner by converting to natural gas, as has already been done on a limited scale. Unlike trucks, ships don’t require a vast fueling network, since they have the space to carry large tanks of natural gas on board. If trucks at the same time became relegated to mostly short-haul service, this would make it more practical for them to convert to natural gas as well.
And we can imagine a final virtuous cycle coming into play. As the economic and environmental case for domestic water transport increased, land-use patterns would change. More factories and warehouses would spring up in places that offer easy access to navigable waters, whether it was in East St. Louis’s once thriving but long troubled real estate along the Mississippi River, or Cleveland’s squandered waterfront property along Lake Erie, where today just about the only remaining economic activity occurs in a deeply subsidized sports stadium on the weekends. As banal as talk of barges and freighters might at first seem, the rebirth of domestic water transport promises a much stronger and sustainable America—one that uses, and lives in harmony with, the bounty of waterways that first made it great.
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Phillip Longman is a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation and the author (with Ray Boshara) of The Next Progressive Era: A Blueprint for Broad Prosperity.

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Toyota has announced today that they will be recalling several of their vehicles, including those from their luxury division, Lexus. In all, over 369,000 vehicles worldwide are affected by the recall, and of those, nearly 235,000 are in the United States.
The larger Toyota recall of the two involves the 2006-2010 Highlander hybrid SUVs, as well as the 2006-2008 Lexus RX400h hybrid SUV. In both vehicles, it has been determined that the transistors in the hybrid system could overheat. In some cases, after the driver has received a warning, the vehicle could unexpectedly stop while the vehicle is in motion.
The second Toyota recall is for the 2006-2011 Lexus IS 350, IS 350C and GS 350 coupes and sedans. In this recall, the bolts in the variable timing control device could come loose, and like the aforementioned recall, could bring the vehicle to a halt, also while in motion.
Although both defects could increase the likelihood of an accident and/or injury, Toyota has stated that it has not received any reports of either instance occurring.
The latest Toyota recalls will have owners from both brands returning their vehicles back to their respective dealerships to resolve the issues, at no charge. For more information, or to schedule a service appointment, one can contact their local Toyota or Lexus dealership. Notification is expected to be begin right away.


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Mt. Daisen (大山）
Mt. Daisen, the highest peak in the Chugoku region, is a Fuji-esque volcanic edifice located southeast of Yonago city in Tottori Prefecture. The peak gets a ton of snow in the winter, and the wildflowers bring the crowds in the summer.
The hike: Directly beside the bus stop is the tourist information center. Drop in and pick up a free map and ask about trail conditions. After leaving the bus parking lot, walk out to the main street and turn left up the stone-paved street running directly through the center of town. Turn right on the first street past the Post Office. You’ll see two souvenir shops here, both of which sell basic snacks for the hike. Just past the shops you’ll find a huge Montbell store on your left. You can grab some freeze-dried rice packs and other gear here, but the selection isn’t great. Directly past the Montbell store, the street meets a larger road. Cross the bridge, ignoring the parking lot on your left. Go around the bend in the road and you’ll find the trailhead on the left side of the road, leading up a set of stone steps. This path will intersect the main route in about 100 meters. When you see the signpost, turn left and start the massive climb up a wide set of stone steps. At the top of the steps, you’ll see a shrine building on your right, which is a good place to pray for a safe voyage. After saying a prayer, return back to the trail and keep climbing up. The stone steps will give way to wooden ones, and after about 10 minutes you’ll reach the first stagepoint (大山一合目). The path is divided into 10 stages, and these will be marked all the way to the summit. Also, there’s a wooden marker at each 100 meters of vertical elevation gained, so it’s easy to track your progress. There’s only one trail to the top, so expect huge crowds if you’ve come during the peak holiday season. It should take about an hour or so to reach the first emergency hut at the 6th stage (六合目). Just before reaching this hut, a trail will branch off to the left towards Mototani (元谷), but just ignore it for the time being and keep going up. The hut is concrete and very basic, with room for 1 or 2 hikers to sleep. From the hut, you’ve got another 45 minutes of steep climbing until reaching the ridgeline just above the 8th stagepoint (大山八合目). Here you’ll find a junction, but turn left to start the long section of walking on wooden planks. You’ve only got about 15 more minutes to the summit of Mt. Misen (弥山), the official high point of Mt. Daisen. If the weather is clear then you’ll have a nice view of the knife-edge ridge leading to the true high point called Ken-ga-mine (剣ケ峰). There’s also a large emergency hut with toilets here, but the lack of water makes it an uncomfortable place to stay unless you happen to carry an extra 2 or 3 liters of water. Anyway, after admiring the views, take the trail that wraps around the summit behind the emergency hut for a nice loop back to the main trail. You can see a lot of wildflowers in the summer, and the stroll is quite peaceful when not shared with hundreds of other people. When you reach the junction at the end of the loop, turn left and start heading back down the mountain, past the 8th stagepoint. Just past the 6th stagepoint emergency hut, turn right on the Mototani (元谷) junction you passed earlier on the way up, which descends to a nice valley. After a half an hour of descending, you’ll reach the bottom of the valley and can see an emergency hut directly in front of you. While there is plenty of water in the valley, the lack of toilets at this hut make it quite uncomfortable to stay in, and should be a strong hint that you should boil any water from the neighboring stream. If you’re not staying for the night, the head down towards the left and cross the huge riverbed with all the concrete dams. Pretty unsightly I know, but what else can you do. After crossing the river, you’ll hit a forest road and see a small signpost reading Daisenji (大山寺). Turn left here and follow the trail for about 20 minutes until it spits you out at Okamiyama shrine (大神山神社). Take the stone steps leading down from the shine which connect to a stone lantern-lined path. This path will take you all the way back into town. If you have time, you really should check out Daisenji. There’s a small trail coming off the stone path right where you see the wooden “日本の一番長い石道” signpost. Walk to the main building and pay your 400 yen to the monk there. All in all it should take anywhere from 5 to 7 hours to complete the hike, so make sure you start early (or stay in the wonderful temple lodging named Sanraku-so).
When to go: This hike can be done year round if you’ve got the right equipment. In fact, winter is the only time of year where you can actually climb to the high point. The ridge line is very rugged and should only be attempted by those with the right equipment and experience. Click here to get an idea of what you’ll be up against. Otherwise, the snow will melt sometime in mid-May, and anyone can climb to the ‘legal’ high point of Misen.
Access: From Yonago station (米子駅), take a Nihon Kotsu (日本交通) bus bound for Daisenji (大山寺) and get off at the last stop. The first bus departs at 7:10am, arriving at the trailhead at 7:53am. Click here for the web site that has the bus schedule. When you open this page, click on 観光道路経由大山線 to download the .pdf file. The bus leaves from bus stop #4.
Live web cam: Click here
Level of difficulty: 3 out of 5 (elevation change 939m)

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PAOLA COLOMBARI GALLERY : “2021 ART DESIGN & CONTEMPORARY ART”
Published by Sugar & Cream, Friday 03 September 2021
Text & images courtesy of Paola Colombari Gallery
A Contemporary Exhibition, Milan
The Paola Colombari Gallery inaugurates on the occasion of the Milan Design Week during the Milan Furniture Fair 2021 the group exhibition entitled “2021 Art Design & Contemporary Art” curated by Paola Colombari in collaboration with Neia Paz.
Marilù S.Manzini – Marylin
The trend-setter in Art Design, presents some pieces of the new contemporary trend by Brazilian designers Ronald Sasson, Leo Capote, Alê Jordão, Adriana Fortunato and Caterina Fumagalli with the Fibra Research brand and Italians Antonio Cagianelli and Alessandra Roveda. The exhibition also includes works by Brazilian artists such as Andrea de Carvalho and Monica Silva, German photographer Uli Weber, American photographer Tom Vack and artist, writer and filmmaker Marilù S. Manzini.
Andrea de Carvalho
Paola Colombari Gallery
via Maroncelli 13 (internal courtyard) 20154 Milan
Opening : 7 September from 18.00- 21.30
Open: 7 – 30 September 2021 from 12.00-19.00
Reservations required at : firstname.lastname@example.org
Monica Silva – Lullaby
Paola Colombari has been part of the birth of Design collecting since the 1990s, participating in the first edition of the Design Week founded by Interni, and since then every year she punctually organises a research exhibition dedicated to the avant-garde of Art Design, the new frontier of designer experimentation in the last ten years.
Tom vack – Double Visions Chicago
The Brazilian designer Ronald Sasson presents the new sculptural chair “Chair Fluid Wood 1” in laminated plywood (a technique from the 1950s/60s). The Guajuvira laminate wood is originally from Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil while the base is a block of honeycomb concrete.
Uli Weber – triptych Stasi-Zentrale
Brazilian sculptor and designer Leo Capote presents the “Machado Au Au” seat-stool, a work of art design carved from the trunk of a tree and the base with an axesin copper finish.
Brazilian designer Alê Jordão presents “Neon Balls + t” lamps made of glass bubbles, neon with a tripod base in stainless steel. He is also the idealist of urban cultural and artistic projects and transformations of the urban fabric.
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The creative duo Adriana Fortunato and Caterina Fumagalli, who have turned upcycling into a field of experimentation for textile art with the Noloom Collection signed by FIBRA research, present the “6.3 ARMCHAIR“ armchair, a Fiber Art Design project made by 6 hands that unites 3 different cultures and places in the world. It is the result of the fusion of two fascinating projects: the design of the iconic Orixá Armchair, inspired by the imagery of African divinities in the Afro-Brazilian culture by the well-known designer Ronald Sasson and the upcycling of Fiber Art Design by Fibra Research. The “Fiber Art Design Exhibition” at the Paola Colombari Gallery will also include two tapestries from the NOLOOM collection that represent the result of an innovative interpretation of the artefact.
Antonio Cagianelli, well-known designer and forerunner of the avant-garde New Dada and Pop trends, presents the “Pyramid“ coffee table in wood with ceramic applications made by Cristiani Pavimenti D’Autore. The “Sphinx” mirror and the new “Sphinx” ceramic seats are also dedicated to Egypt. Also on show is the new “Sphinxes” vase made by Ceramiche Gialletti of Deruta.
This year the Italian Art Designer and Artist Alessandra Roveda presents crocheted works of some ancient Sovereigns and Queens including the beautiful sculpture of the Egyptian Queen “Nefertiti Miope”. The artist assigns knitting the role of absolute protagonist of her surrealist art.
The Brazilian artist Andrea de Carvalho presents the great Tapestry “Nothing is as it seems” a unique work in third-firing ceramic, fabrics, mirrored steel, mirror, photographs, crystal. Also on show are the new sculptures dedicated to Scylla and Charybdis in third- firing ceramic “Untitled 1” and with black earth “Untitled 2”.
A.Roveda NEFERTITI MIOPE
Brazilian photographer Monica Silva presents Lullaby, a portrait inspired by Caravaggio’s “Rest during the Flight into Egypt”, the original of which is in the Doria Pamphilj Gallery in Rome.
The well-known German photographer Uli Weber presents the triptych “Stasi- Zentrale in Berlin-Lichtenberg 1,2,3” from an unpublished photographic work made in Berlin in 2014 photographing the furnishings of the Stasi (Ministry of State Security, the main security and espionage organisation of the former GDR). The triptych participated in the BLOCKS exhibition at the Museo Riso in Palermo curated by Daniela Brignone (Art Historian) and Daniela Brignone (Historian).
Tom Vack, renowned American Design and Fine Art photographer, presents the 2018 photographic works “Double Visions | CHICAGO DV.100 “ and “Double Visions DV.60 MILAN “. Marilù S. Manzini artist, writer and director presents the work Marilyn Monroe made with a wool on canvas technique.
Chair Fluid – Ronald Sasson
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Garden Photos of a Seasons Past
I thought a break in the drizzle and my labor camp duties would be a fine time to revisit some garden curiosities with my camera, especially before the tiller tines erased all clues. Nature is beautiful even in decay, and the remnants of seasons past make for artful subjects.
A Closer Look at My Garden in Early Spring
Lichen weaves a feathery tapestry atop an apple tree twig.
Nature’s pinata: the dried hollow shell of a crookneck squash, seed treats long gone.
Golden petals a distant memory, a weathered sunflower crown still holds court in the garden.
Tomatoes may rot on the ground, but their skins survive.
Lacy skeleton: The tomatillo husk revealed.
Lacinato kale florets, as pretty as they are delicious.
Like shredded ribbons, sun-bleached vines retrace the path to last autumn’s pumpkins.
Exposed honeycomb: a sad reminder of an empty hive and the fragility of the honeybee .
Hope you enjoyed the images of my garden at rest. Under a full moon, and in earshot of a chorus of frogs, a new season approaches, the soil reveals life and seeds are planted. What is old feeds that which is new. Growing joy.
Great post! Shows the beauty in garden rubbish.
Tom, you bring out the BEAUTY in all things and for that I am forever grateful! <3
I’m intrigued by the kale florets. May have to grow some of these in my garden this summer.
I did not even pass this test. Loved those kale florets. All great pictures.
love these photos! got to say I share your passion for all things that the garden produces and now I am inspired to go on a tour of mine here in the Chouf mountains of Lebanon.
I loved these pictures of your garden! Very beautiful photos too! 🙂
Hi there ! I’ve been reading your blog for quite some time, and it is truly a pleasure. The photos are gorgeous ! I don’t garden, but have always been fascinated by people who do. I’m thinking that if I ever have the courage to begin a garden, I’m pretty certain you would be an inspiration. thank-you for a beautiful blog ! best, melanie
Thank you so much Melanie for the kind words. Such kind remarks make weeding and digging and mowing much more pleasant. I hope to continue to share fun adventures and prized posies from my garden and farm.

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Analysts blasted the speculators' greed with one working for JP Morgan Chase & Co saying: "This is a very, very minor leak." Gene McGillian, an analyst and broker at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Connecticut, US, admitted: "The Alaska pipeline
closure is giving the market a bit of a boost.
108-324 clarified that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) could accept, review, and act upon applications for a new Alaska pipeline
project; provided for a pipeline development loan guarantee of as much as $18 billion; and established guidance for FERC to regulate the pipeline's capacity bidding process so that it would be available to parties beyond the three major North Slope producers.
Continuing, Palmer pointed out that he had been asked many times recently as to whether or not the Alaska Pipeline
Project was now dead because of natural gas prices.
ENERGY RESOURCE-10 February 2009-Fluor Venture Awarded Engineering Contract for Alaska Pipeline
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The processed crude petroleum converges on Pump Station 1, the beginning of the Trans Alaska Pipeline
, seen here emerging from underground on the edge of the pump station and heading south.
The subject is Shannen Rossmiller, a real-life rural Montana mother of three who has melded her computer skills and knowledge of Arabic to infiltrate terrorist cells on the Internet, most recently helping the FBI get the goods on a terrorist hellbent on blowing up sections of the Alaska Pipeline
The 2001 state order obliged BP to make an accurate determination of the amount of potentially corrosion-aiding sediment that had settled in the oil transit pipelines that carry export quality crude oil from the Prudhoe Bay oilfield to the Trans Alaska Pipeline
, the congressmen said.
During his years as EPA administrator, catalytic converters became mandatory in automobiles, toxic pesticides were banned, the Everglades were saved from development, and the fragile Alaskan tundra was rescued from the damage that construction of the Alaska pipeline
would have done to it had the pipeline not been required to run above ground for some of its length.
To launch their discussions on energy issues, members of the committee toured the Alaska pipeline
and the Beluga Power Plant, a natural gas-fueled plant owned by the municipality.
First developed as a result of the Gold Rush, the city is now a major distribution centre and has grown rapidly as a result of the discovery of rich natural resources, the construction of the Alaska Pipeline
Some of the most well-known projects are the Boston Harbor Clean-Up, Cape Canaveral, Alaska pipeline
, and the Seattle Seahawks Stadium.
Today, TAPS is owned and operated by a consortium of companies that includes BP Pipelines (Alaska) Inc, ARCO Transportation Alaska Inc, Exxon Pipeline Company, Mobil Alaska Pipeline
Company, Amerada Hess Corporation, Phillips Alaska Pipeline
Corporation, and Unocal Pipeline Company.
Campbell said the Alaska Pipeline
shows that wildlife can coexist with oil development.
The six were arrested over the weekend in a Midwest state while traveling in two cars, and were found to have photographs and information about a Florida nuclear reactor and the Alaska pipeline
"The United States could save considerably more oil than comes down the Alaska pipeline
each day simply by instituting well-known, reliable energy-saving technologies," Steiner said.

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Spanish midfielder Andrea Orlandi hopes that Spain’s European Championship 2008 glory can rub of on next seasons championship campaign.
Watching the game together the clubs Iberian contingent were given them a new found sense of national pride after seeing their country secure national honours for the first time in 44 years. Orlandi who missed the last three months of the season due to a knee injury is raring to go next season and belives that the success of the Spanish national team gives the likes of Angel Rangel , Guillem Bauza and Jordi Gomez great confidence to bring success to the Liberty Stadium next season.
The 23 year old has also confessed that he has learned a lot from playing alongside the likes of Xavier Hernández Creus (Xavi) and wants to emulate the success that he witnessed at former club Barcelona.
Orlandi Told The WM:
|“All the Spanish lads watched it together – there was no way we were going to miss that. And we were delighted, it`s a great boost for Spanish football because it`s been 44 years since we won anything and it`s a great boost for us because we can start the season happy. We have grown up playing that kind of football and we want to do the same in the Championship this season, so to see it bringing success on an international level gives us a great confidence.”|
‘It certainly gives Swansea`s Spanish connection an extra dose of credence. You learn so much from them, just being around players of their quality because you watch them on the ball and their technique. It’s the same with Jordi, who played at Barca with me and was at the club from the age of 11 and had experience in the Copa del Rey – we have all had a good pedigree if you want. We have been around the best and we want to be our best for Swansea. You see top players like Xavi and, of course, it is hard to copy that, but seeing players like that close up gives you energy to at least trt. And now seeing them play their style with Spain gives me confidence to do it for Swansea.”
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When you get the same message three times in one day it’s probably time to sit up and take notice…
Boyd Varty and I recently went on a short weekend trip to Lake Tahoe. We were there to connect with local female tracker and conservationist, Meghan Walla-Murphy, and explore the area with a view to hosting future animal tracking retreats in California.
As the three of us walked through the green forest, Meghan was careful to point out evidence of the symbiotic relationship between the plants and animals. We talked about the important role of natural biodiversity in the evolution of nature itself.
One way we saw this in the forest was in the co-operation and interdependence of plants and fungi. The plant obtains phosphate and other minerals it needs from the fungi to support its own growth, while the fungus finds the sugars it needs from the plant’s roots.
It was a thought-provoking discussion and it stayed with me even after we had left the forest.
Later that afternoon, I found myself watching a YouTube video Meghan had recommended on the hike, after our conversation had turned excitedly to the topic of bees and their remarkable intelligence.
I watched a man named Paul Staments share his passion and research around declining bee populations. In the video he speaks of bees’ need for biodiversity and the benefits they derive from consuming mushrooms.
It seems that in creating our highly manicured landscape and gardens, as well as in our farming practices, we have tinkered with mother nature’s intelligence around the symbiotic relationships of diversity. Staments explains that bees are in great need of a healthy increase in fungi in the environment.
Interesting, I thought to myself. The same message again.
An hour later I picked up my smartphone, deciding to take advantage of a good hearing day by listening to an audiobook. I didn’t pay much attention to the title of the book had been brought up in my player, but after listening for a while I checked; the book was David Perlmutter’s Brain Maker.
Going by the book’s title, I would have expected to be hearing about developments in psychology, or maybe neural anatomy. Yet in fact, Brain Maker uses groundbreaking research and profound stories to show the vital importance for our health of cultivating a diverse microbiome in our gut bacteria.
Hmm, I thought. Biodiversity and health again.
At that moment, Boyd leaned over and tapped me on the shoulder to get my attention. I paused the audiobook.
“I have to tell you something,” he said. “You know what really makes our tribe and community remarkable is that we are kind of a collection of oddballs. We have such a big range of diversity between us all and yet we have a common purpose of the heart.”
I stared at him.
Can someone say FRACTALS?!
Okay! Okay! Universe, I’m getting the message on multiple levels!!
- We all could use a bit more friendly bacteria in our lives.
- Our entire ecosystem thrives on a large scale of diversity and symbiotic relationships.
- And… Instead of trying to create a “one size fits all” model in the areas of personality, talent, presence, intellect and physical appearance, it would serve us much more effectively to truly celebrate our own uniqueness.
Try taking a brief moment to reflect on what makes you you.
Just like the forest and the human body, our community is an ecosystem which thrives on diversity. When we foster that diversity, the tribe as a whole is strengthened. Think about it: the more you are willing to surrender to your own unique essence, the more we all flourish.
We’d love to support you in witnessing that remarkable uniqueness. Join me, Michael Trotta, Jennifer Voss, Boyd Varty and Ashley Jansen as we come together to share with you The Field Trip to Personal Wholeness.


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- Former Congressman Bob Turner endorses Steve Sirgiovanni
- Steve Sirgiovanni resumes campaign after Queens County GOP failed attempt to remove him from the primary ballot.
- Steve Sirgiovanni is no politician, but that’s not stopping him from trying to make the community better.
Business owner says he wants to help the city rebuild.
- Republicans in District 32 will have a choice on who should represent them on the ballot.
Queens Chronicle breaks down the race.
- First stop on the Believe in Steve for NYC District 32 campaign is The Wave in the Rockaways!
Listen to Candidate Steve’s interview and learn his plans for the district.

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The 32nd EDSA commemoration was concluded with vows to defeat any other would-be dictator and tyrant.
By MARYA SALAMAT
MANILA – “We were able to get rid of a dictator. We’re not just remembering, we want to refresh and resurrect that EDSA spirit.” Sister Mary John Mananzan, veteran of the first people power, said these by way of opening the 32nd commemoration of People Power at the People’s Monument in EDSA on Friday, February 24. Before her was a crowd broader than recent EDSA protests.
After she spoke, she was followed by other nuns and bishops, a peasant leader from Eastern Visayas and an indigenous leader from Mindanao, a summa cum laude UP graduate and a teenage Lumad student, a journalist, a human rights advocate, a mass leader, a representative of the political opposition, of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and of the Vice-President, among others.
Each delivered a facet of the Filipino situation reminiscent of the times under the dictatorship. They all raised the alarm at the ongoing martial law in Mindanao, the spate of illegal arrests and detention, the continuing rights violations.
“The response of the government to those who do not agree to their policies remains the same,” said Karapatan deputy secretary general Jigs Clamor. He said the government’s response to people’s questions and protests is still imprisonment, killings. Denial of their human rights.
The protesters responded to the Duterte administration’s burgeoning attack on democratic rights with vows to gather for bigger cooperation and collective action.
President Duterte lashed out at the students who were attending rallies; the students responded with a national walkout protest. At the 32nd EDSA commemoration, the walkout against cha-cha, TRAIN tax reform, jeepney phaseout, etc was especially cited.
UP summa cum laude grad Raoul Manuel, now with Resist Against Tyranny, asked, in response to Duterte’s threat against students joining protests, Of “What use are high grades in school if one fails to serve our country?”
Reading the message of Supreme Court Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno, her spokesperson and also a lawyer, Josa Deinla, described the Duterte allies’ “investigation” as just a fishing expedition.
“The impeachment moves [against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno] is not just about the Chief Justice. This is an attack against the independence of the judiciary,” Deinla said, reading the message of Chief Justice Sereno at EDSA.
Brave women that include former Social Welfare Sec. Judy Taguiwalo and Kabataan Partylist Rep. Sarah Elago read a poem about the female genitals by Joy Barrios-LeBlanc, elevating the women and their struggle in contrast to President Duterte’s latest diatribe. (To watch “The Response of the Vagina,” click here.)
Unlike past presidents, Duterte continued to hold no EDSA commemoration program at the EDSA Shrine. Instead, policemen gathered and surrounded the EDSA Shrine, which that Friday was decked out in pastel banners with no messages.
At the People Power Monument, Renato Reyes Jr of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan said Duterte is probably not attending any EDSA rites “because he fears the ghost of what will likely befall him.”
A gathering of Martial Law fighters and survivors
At the 32nd EDSA commemoration, they agreed that another aspiring dictator needs to be put in his place.
“He is a small man with a small mind and a big, dirty mouth,” Bishop Teodoro Bacani said about President Duterte. To this the emcees added, “He’s also that small man with small mind and bloody iron hands.”
As with Bayan Muna leader Neri Colmenares who described the proposed charter change — Duterte’s vehicle for tyrannical rule — as the worst cha-cha ever, Bishop Bacani said he is also not in favor of changing the Constitution and, worse, at this rushed manner as the administration is seeking.
He admitted that the Constitution is not perfect, but, “You won’t change the framework of your house in a hurry, why will you do that with your Constitution?” he said.
Kerlan Fanagel of Kalumaran Mindanao and Gina Rosco of National Federation of Sugar Workers shared a few live examples of the ills of martial law happening now in their day-to-day lives. Fanagel detailed the martial-law-fueled militarization of their communities, the tens of thousands of Lumad bakwit (evacuees). With the Duterte administration’s drive to change the constitution to legalize up to 100-percent foreign ownership of Philippine resources, the lands being defended to the death by Lumad, for example, are already being seized for foreign corporations’ plantations, mining and energy projects.
Eleonor de Guzman, daughter of detained peace consultant Rafael Baylosis and wife of recently arrested/abducted Maoj Maga, took the stage with fellow relatives of political prisoners.
“You ask us, ‘Are you not afraid?’ And we say, we don’t have a choice but to continue, to hold on and struggle.”
Among the crowd in EDSA were residents from the provinces of Aurora and Nueva Ecija who are struggling to this day to reclaim hundreds of hectares of their lands that the ousted dictator “borrowed” for SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) activities in the 80s, but did not return to the farmers up to now.
Among the crowd also were parents of martyred New People’s Army fighter Wendell Gumban. The father,65, was teary eyed when the Tag-ani choir sang the song Bayan Ko. Thirty-two years ago, he and his wife were some of the first to arrive at EDSA, before there was a huge crowd. They had been attending rallies with their neighborhood association the years before that. As employees working in Makati at the time, they showered rallyists with confetti and then joined them later. Now, 32 years later, they, too, are commemorating People Power and vowing with others that they’d frustrate another would-be dictator.
Similar to 32 years ago, Edna Gumban, then 32, hopes today the people would be as united and clear in the similar goal of ending Martial Law and ousting a dictator.
Onstage, Renato Reyes Jr of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan requested the crowd to observe a moment of silence for the fallen heroes of the struggle for democracy.
In a statement and onstage, Bayan said of the EDSA People Power, “The uprising was the culmination of years of fierce resistance to the US-backed dictatorship, which included huge mass protest actions in the cities and armed struggle in the countryside by the CPP-NPA, MNLF and MILF.”
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David Hibiya fell ill from cancer of the small intestine, and estimates of the doctors was that he had only 18 months to live. However, he now rejoices in the common life with his new wife, and fully cured cancer.
-friends Told me of oil of cannabis and at first i refused to try. I never wanted drugs. However, I felt that chemotherapy is slowly killing me and i have nothing to lose. I did not want to reconcile with the fact that I would die – said David.
After hard chemotherapy and radiotherapy, after surgery of the small intestine in March 2013 – the medical treatment was unsuccessful. He was forced to try alternative medicine. He found help in cannabis.
After treatment with cannabis David discovered he had cured cancer – than he decided to marries his girlfriend Heather (26)
British Institute for the Prevention of Cancer stated that they are aware that patients use cannabis as a remedy, but that still there is no evidence for its efficacy and safety, and they can not state that it cures cancer.
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ICM Crescendo Music Royalty Fund, a Canada-based music rights-buying fund, has acquired a catalog of songs owned by High Society Management (HSM), including rights to songs by Puerto Rican singer, rapper and songwriter Anuel AA.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
According to the announcement, HSM’s catalog consists of Anuel AA’s hit songs including Sola (Remix), Soldado Y Profeta (Remix) and Nacimos Pa Morir (feat. Jory Boy).
The artist, born Emmanuel Gazmey Santiago, released his chart-topping album Real Hasta La Muerte, in July 2018. During that year, Anuel held the title of most-viewed musician on YouTube worldwide for more than 26 weeks.
Thursday’s (April 6) news marks the latest deal for the fund, following its purchase in August 2022 of Albert Grossman’s “commission rights” to classic recordings performed by Janis Joplin and Gordon Lightfoot.
Elsewhere, in February this year, ICM announced that it had acquired a catalog of songs by Grammy-winning producer Dave Tozer, who has worked with John Legend, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, John Mayer, Kimbra, Natasha Bedingfield, Musiq Soulchild, Emile Sande, and Mayer Hawthorne.
“Latin music is the fastest growing genre in the industry, and we’re excited about the addition of Anuel AA music for our investors.”
David Vankka, ICM Crescendo Music Royalty Fund
Commenting on the new deal, David Vankka, Portfolio Manager of ICM Crescendo Music Royalty Fund, noted that “Latin music is the fastest growing genre in the industry, and we’re excited about the addition of Anuel AA music for our investors”.
He added: “Anuel is considered one of the major players in Latin urban music, has a massive social media following, and is kicking off a significant arena tour in April 2023 to provide his highly-anticipated new album.”
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It’s a season of joyous news in Bollywood! Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh are preparing to welcome their first child. The beloved couple took to their social media platforms to share this delightful news with their fans, presenting one of the most adorable pregnancy announcements.
On their Instagram accounts, affectionately known as DeepVeer, they jointly posted a picture displaying “September 2024” adorned with cute stickers of baby bibs, milk bottles, and tiny clothes. The caption exudes gratitude and includes emojis warding off the evil eye.
Check out Deepika and Ranveer’s Pregnancy Announcement
Speculation about Deepika Padukone’s pregnancy arose when she appeared to conceal her stomach on the 77th BAFTA red carpet in London. She was adorned in a dazzling Sabyasachi Mukherjee saree and custom jewelry.
In a heartfelt statement given to Vogue Singapore in January, Deepika had already hinted at her excitement about becoming a parent. She expressed, “Ranveer and I adore children. We eagerly await the moment when we can start our own family.” The Bollywood power couple has openly shared their love for children, sparking fervent speculation among fans about the arrival of a little kid in their lives.
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh exchanged vows in dual wedding ceremonies on November 14th and 15th, 2018, at Lake Como, Italy.


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Gnaphalium polycephalum. Sweet-scented Everlasting Flower. N. O. Compositae. Tincture of fresh plant.
Clinical.-Anterior crural neuralgia. Cholera. Diarrhoea. Dysmenorrhoea. Gout. Lumbago. Prostate gland, irritation of. Rheumatism. Sciatica.
Characteristics.-Gnaphal. has been used mainly in affections of the sciatic nerve. But it has also an action on the abdominal organs, causing vomiting, colic, and diarrhoea, thus comparing with Colocynth. in both spheres. The special indication for its use in sciatica and lumbago is: Numbness alternating with the pain. The diarrhoea is watery and offensive; occurs in the morning and is repeated during the day. There is rumbling in the bowels, colicky pains, and the patient is cross and irritable, urine is scanty, appetite and taste are lost. There is also sexual excitement in mate provers, pain and irritation in the prostate gland. Dr. W. McGeorge (Hahn. Month., Oct., 1885, p. 606) tells us that among the negroes Gnaph. has a reputation for colds, fevers, and night-sweats. The last was caused in one of the provers. It cured one case of “chills”; and the periodicity appears in the intermittent neuralgia of the upper jaws. A very important observation made by McGeorge is on the value of Gnaph. in dysmenorrhoea. “Weight and fulness in the pelvis” are the only symptoms noted in the proving bearing directly on the malady. “Dysmenorrhoea when the menses are scanty and very painful the first day” is the clinical indication. McGeorge cured a very aggravated case of sciatica (left) in a man, resulting from a strain. The leg was cramped and drawn up; < in cold and damp weather. I have cured a number of cases in which there was alternation of numbness with the pain. Dr. George Shelton has recorded (N. A. J. H., Feb., 1888, p. 100) two cases. (1) A clergyman, 27, had sharp cutting pains, starting from inner side right thigh, just below Poupart’s ligament, extending down course of anterior crural nerve to a point about its lower third. The pains were paroxysmal, came on when walking, occasionally when lying down; had had one or two attacks in the pulpit. In several instances the pain had extended down the right cord into the testicle and caused him to draw up the leg, flexing the thigh on the abdomen. (This condition was also present in Dr. McGeorge’s case, and may possibly be a keynote.) A few doses of Gnaph. 1 cured him completely. (2) The second case occurred in a widow, 68, who had had severe pains in outer side of right thigh for six years, during part of which time she had been confined to bed. The pains were paroxysmal, cutting, tearing, extending down the course of the sciatic nerve. Attacks < at night, and more frequent, causing her to roll about the bed and cry out with the pain. All the resources of allopathy had been in vain. Rhus t., Coloc., Sulph., gave no help. Bell. relieved slightly. Gnaph. 1 wrought gradual improvement, and in eight weeks the cure was complete. My cases were cured with Gnaph. 30. One was in a very gouty man, the alternation of numbness with pain being present. Sciatic pain is < on lying down; by motion; by stepping; > when sitting in a chair; > drawing up the limb. Headache > by washing in cold water. Fur on tongue removed by thorough washing with cold water.
Relations.-Compare: Coloc., Ipec., Merc., Puls., Lyc., Caulo., Xanthox.
1. Mind.-Very irritable for two or three days, after the diarrhoea (in three cases).
2. Head.-Giddy, esp. after rising from recumbent position.-Fulness about temples.-Dull, continuous pain in back of head, with shooting pain in eyeballs.-Full headache 3 to 4 p.m., or on waking, > by washing in cold water or bathing head with bay-rum.
6. Face.-Dull, heavy, bloated appearance.-Neuralgic pain of an intermittent form in both upper maxillary bones.
8. Mouth.-Flat, sweetish, sickening taste.-Tongue covered with long white fur, > by thorough washing with cold water.-Mouth feels parched and tastes badly.
11, 12. Stomach and Abdomen.-Flatus, windy eructations, nausea and hiccough.-Colicky pains in various parts, caecum sensitive.-Borborygmus with emission of much flatus.
13. Stool and Anus.-Rumbling in bowels with stool before breakfast.-Looseness of bowels with passage of pale-coloured faeces.-Diarrhoeic discharge in morning and during day; with irritable temper; pains in bowels in children.-Dark-coloured, liquid, offensive stool in morning, afterwards pain in bowels all day.-Vomiting and purging, like cholera morbus, in the night and all next day.
14. Urinary Organs.-Pains in kidneys with frequent slight pain in prostate gland.-Sensation of pain and fulness in bladder, even when just emptied.
15. Male Sexual Organs.-Increased sexual passion.-Irritation of prostate gland.
16. Female Sexual Organs.-Dysmenorrhoea, menses scanty and very painful first day.-Sensation of weight in pelvis.-Sensation of fulness in pelvis.
20. Neck and Back.-Numbness of lower part of back with lumbago.-Sensation of weight in pelvis.
22. Upper Limbs.-Feeling of weakness, as if incapable of raising the slightest weight.-Rheumatic pains in elbows and shoulders.
23. Lower Limbs.-Pains dull or darting or cutting from r. hip-joint posteriorly downward to foot; < lying down, from motion, by stepping, > sitting in a chair.-Intense pain along sciatic nerve.-Numbness occasionally taking the place of sciatic pains, making exercise very fatiguing.-Cramps in calves; in feet, at night in bed.-Gouty pains in big toes.
“Materia Medica” is a term commonly used in the field of homeopathy to refer to a comprehensive collection of information on the characteristics and therapeutic uses of various natural substances, including plants, minerals, and animal products.
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In “Materia Medica,” Mure provides detailed information on over 100 homeopathic remedies, including their sources, preparation methods, physical and mental symptoms, and indications for use. He also discusses the philosophy and principles of homeopathy, as well as its history and development.
The book is known for its clear and concise writing style, and it has been praised for its accuracy and depth of knowledge. It remains a popular reference for homeopaths and students of homeopathy.
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Homoeopathy is a system of alternative medicine that is based on the concept of “like cures like.” It uses highly diluted substances that are believed to cause similar symptoms as the illness being treated.
There are many online homoeopathic Materia medica, which are resources that list and describe the properties and uses of different homoeopathic remedies. Some popular online homoeopathic Materia medica include:
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Clarke’s Dictionary of Homeopathic Materia Medica: A well-respected and widely used reference that includes information on the symptoms that each remedy is used to treat.
Homeopathic Materia Medica by William Boer Icke: A popular homoeopathic reference book that provides in-depth information on a wide range of remedies, including their indications, symptoms, and uses.
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There are many writers who have contributed to the development of homoeopathic materia medica. Some of the most well-known include:
Samuel Hahnemann: The founder of homoeopathy, Hahnemann wrote extensively about the use of highly diluted substances in treating illness. He is best known for his work “Organon of the Medical Art,” which outlines the principles of homoeopathy.
James Tyler Kent: Kent was an American homoeopathic physician who is known for his contributions to homoeopathic materia medica. He wrote “Repertory of the Homeopathic Materia Medica,” which is still widely used today.
William Boericke: Boericke was an Austrian-American homoeopathic physician who wrote the “Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica.” This book is considered one of the most comprehensive and widely used homoeopathic reference books.
George Vithoulkas: Vithoulkas is a Greek homoeopathic physician and teacher who has written several books on homoeopathic materia medica, including “The Science of Homeopathy” and “Essence of Materia Medica.”
Robin Murphy: Murphy is an American homoeopathic physician who has written several books on homoeopathic materia medica, including “Homeopathic Clinical Repertory” and “Homeopathic Medical Repertory.”


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She's about to go where no woman has gone before. . .
Reporter Sadie Thomas is posing as a cybernetic prostitute on a Saturn mining colony to get the lowdown on the intergalactic sex industry--and she has no idea that her cover is about to be blown by a duo of vice detectives from old Earth: handsome Holt and his partner, streetwise stud Blakely.
Soon she's uncovering an even hotter story with them--and having her inhibitions slowly, seductively stripped away by a sizzling mind-link with both men that makes her hungry for all they've got to give. As their investigation takes them to the wildest corners of the galaxy, Sadie can't resist pushing their passions into overdrive and past the danger point--to a realm of mind-blowing, limitless pleasure . . .
"Kept me up all night. . .sexy and funny and, hidden beneath the wisecracks, a tender love story. Take Two hooked me from page one. I literally could not put it down until I got to the end and it was well worth the ride. Sadie is charming and funny, the heroes (yes, there are two!) are handsome and gruff and sweet. You'll be rooting for all three of them!"--MaryJanice Davidson

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Time : 10:00-10:30
Vijay Singh received his MS and PhD in Food and Bioprocess Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is Professor in Food and Bioprocess Engineering and Associate Director of Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research is on development of bioprocessing technologies for corn/biomass to ethanol, advanced biofuels, food and industrial products. He has directed more than $9.5 million research; authored more than 200 publications and holds ten patents related to corn processing and biofuels production. He has received numerous Excellence In Research Awards from professional societies, academic institutions and trade organizations.
A new bioenergy crop has been recently developed for the US: Lipid cane, a sugarcane engineered to produce non-food oil, as drop-in fuels, in place of sugar. Lipidcane present excellent potential to serve as a renewable fuel crops. Lipid cane is a crop suitable for land in the South Eastern US that is marginal, or unsuited for food crop production. At the current yields of sugarcane in the SE US, this would produce about 33 barrels of oil per acre, compared to about 1 from soybean. By increasing
the photosynthesis, even higher barrels of oil per acre can be produced. Sugarcane is far less demanding on soils and fertilizers than food crops in general, and can be grown on land unsuited to food/feed crops. Th e US south-east has large areas of land that have dropped out of food and fi ber crops agriculture, a decline that continues to this day. Yet this area receives high rainfall, suffi cient to avoid the need for irrigation, and the long growing season maximizes the amount of sunlight these crops can capture over the year. By modifying the plant’s own triaclyglyceride (oil, TAG) pathway to up-regulate synthesis in the mature stem and down regulate consumption, so causing accumulation. TAGs, in lipid cane are similar to those of soybean and can be easily converted to biodiesel. Preliminary estimates indicate that using the 23 billion acres of marginal land in the SE US that is not in food production, more than 25 billion gallons of oil could be produced with these crops. Techno-economic evaluation of lipid cane as biofuel crops will be presented.
Time : 10:30-11:00
Jordan Godwin is a Biofuels Analyst for Platts in Houston, Texas. He has covered biofuels pricing, trends and policies since 2012, originally serving as a Price Reporter on the US ethanol, biodiesel and RINs markets for two years before moving over to the Platts Analytics team. His main areas of focus include supply/ demand forecasts, tracking global trade fl ows and other trends in the biofuels industries, with a key focus on North American, Asian and African markets. Prior to joining Platts, he served as a Journalist for two years after receiving his Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Texas, Austin in 2010.
With so much uncertainty plaguing global biofuels markets in 2015, producers, investors, traders and market participants of all backgrounds need answers on: What direction does the industry takes in 2016? How has the historic oil decline aff ected the biofuels outlook in the past six months, and what does it mean for the industry moving forward? Will policy setbacks in the US and UK continue to stunt biofuel industry growth in 2016? How can the markets thrive with explosively volatile feedstock agriculture prices dragging margins on for a rollercoaster ride? Will Asian and Middle Eastern markets continue to emerge as major consumers in 2016 and if so, how can Western holders capitalize? Platts off ers answers to all of these questions with our vast and in-depth global biofuels market coverage. For nearly three years, I worked as a Price Reporter with an ear on the ground as US ethanol markets shift ed all over the place, driven by wild corn prices and federal government policy swings. Now, my mission as a Biofuels Analyst is to provide insight into both the status quo in the global biofuels picture as well as the future of the markets, utilizing specifi c historical trends and dozens of producer margin models.
Group Photo and Networking & Refreshment Break 11:00-11:20 @ Foyer Versailles
Shandong University, China
Keynote: On-site cellulase production with feeding spent sulfite liquor by Penicellium oxalicum for integrated biorefinery
Time : 11:20-11:50
Prof. Qu graduated from Shandong University in 1974, got his Ph.D. there in 1986, became a research assistant in 1981, and became full professor in 1993 in Shandong University. He had been a visiting scholar in The University of Tokyo, Lund University and Kyoto University. His main research interest is biodegradation and bioconversion of lignocellulosics by microorganisms. With cooperation of his colleagues, more than 300 papers and 10 books were published in his research fields. He was elected as Vice President of Chinese Society for Microbiology in 2006 and Advisory Board Member of Asia Federation of Biotechnology in 2010.
For improving economic feasibility of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues, cellulase should be produced on-site to reduce the cost of cellulose saccharification. Shandong Tranlin Group has developed a set of technologies to produce pulp and paper from million tons of straws by ammonium sulfite process, and produce fulvic acid as fertilizer from the spent sulfite black liquor. A very large amount of waste straw (straw clippings or chaff, about one third of feedstock) was leaved there without valuable usage. A new process was proposed to produce ethanol from those waste straws. The waste straw and wheat bran was used as main component of medium for cellulase production on-site. Since the black liquor contains large amount of oligosaccharides and nitrogen, it was fed into bioreactors as inducer and nutrients for cellulase production by fed-batch process. The cellulase activities increased at very low cost. The xylose in the hydrolysate also was fermented to ethanol by an engineered yeast strain constructed in our laboratory to increase ethanol concentration and yield. A pilot plant with a capacity of 2,500 tons cellulosic ethanol per year was designed and is constructing now, with expectation to built commercial facilities with capacity of 100,000 tons ethanol per year accompany with paper and fertilizer products hereafter.

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