Fund manager BKI Investment Ltd., which owns stock in several of Australia’s largest-listed companies, is seeking to raise 55 million Australian dollars (US$49 million) through the issue of new shares, according to a term sheet seen by MoneyBeat.
BKI Investment plans to issue new shares at A$1.48 each, raising A$10 million through a placement and A$45 million through an entitlement offer, the term sheet said.
The fund manager invests in companies that pay dividends, giving it exposure to most sectors of the Australian share market. At the end of April, its biggest holdings were in Australian banks along with mining companies New Hope and BHP Billiton
BKI Investment, which counts Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. as a major shareholder, late Monday requested a halt to trading in its shares ahead of the planned capital raising.


When the Impreza WRX debuted in the fall of 1992, Subaru chose to continue their long-standing use of the boxer engine – it’s infamous flat 4-cylinder that would see great success on the World Rally Cross stage. In fact, Subaru adopted the name WRX to stand for World Rally eXperimental. While markets such as Japan and Europe got to experience the thrill of Subaru’s new turbocharged WRX platform, North American markets never received the WRX version of the first-generation Impreza.
It wasn’t until 2002 that Subaru decided it would share the WRX with the rest of us in conjunction with its launch of the second-generation Impreza. All WRXs (1992 to present) feature rally inspired technology, including all-wheel drive, stiffened suspensions and turbocharged 4-cylinder engines.
In 1994, Subaru introduced Subaru Tecnica International (STI badged) versions of the WRX in Japan. These models were upgraded from the standard WRX in many categories, including blueprinted performance-tuned engines, transmissions and suspensions. The STI versions of the WRX were immensely successful in rallies and popular among street racers, but again, were only sold in the Japanese market until 2003, when it came to the U.S. following Subaru’s big splash with the WRX the year prior.
Obviously, the WRX has been around for quite some time as Subaru’s flagship, four-door performance car. Since the engines under the hoods of these vehicles pull from decades of racing heritage and are often atop the list of import performance-enhanced vehicles, we decided to take an in-depth look at the WRX engine architecture, the pros and cons of some of the engine variants for North America, and what it takes to build these engines up to handle serious horsepower.
The Engines in the WRX
When the Impreza WRX debuted, Subaru’s EJ four-stroke engine family was selected as the powerplant. All engines of this series are 16-valve horizontal flat-fours with configurations available for SOHC or DOHC. Both naturally aspirated and turbocharged versions were available, however, the EJs for the WRX are all turbocharged and DOHC.
The first WRX models to hit domestic soil had an EJ engine known as the EJ205, which was a 2.0L DOHC turbocharged engine that produced somewhere in the vicinity of 227 horsepower factory rated. This engine was very reminiscent of any other EJ platform that had come before it as far as how the block looked physically and how it went together. The EJ205 features a 75mm stroke and a 92mm bore.
In 2006, the U.S.-marketed WRX model changed engines to the EJ255 – a 2.5L variant that was also present in the Forester and Legacy models.
“They dubbed it the EJ255 and it was almost identical to an STI block or an EJ257,” says Justin Anning, owner of Nemesis Performance, a Subaru-focused shop in Manitoba, Canada. “The difference with this engine variant was that it was now upped from a 75mm stroke to a 79mm stroke, which is shared with the STI (EJ257). The same with the bore, which is 99.5mm and is the same as the STI as well. The EJ255 came with D25 cylinder heads and a less aggressive profile camshaft. It also came with a smaller version of the STI turbo.
“This engine was also when Subaru introduced the AVCS (Active Valve Control) system to the WRX. It has a hydraulically controlled cam advance on the intake camshafts using oil pressure and oil control solenoids.”
As mentioned above, another well-known WRX variant of the EJ family is the EJ257, which is also a 2.5L, but is only found in the STI models. The EJ257, like the 255, features a 79mm stroke and a 99.5mm bore. It also has a factory forged crank, forged rods and a single-scroll VF48 turbocharger.
Between 2008 and 2011, Subaru would make some minor adjustments to the WRX engine, specifically moving to a plastic intake manifold and a plastic intercooler tank. It still had the same injectors and it still had a small turbo until 2011, when they switched over to what’s known as the VF52 turbo, which better resembled what STI owners got.
Fast forwarding to 2015, Subaru made big changes to the WRX engine by introducing a new engine family known as the FA20. This was an entirely new animal from the EJ family. A direct-injection, twin-scroll turbocharged engine, the FA20 for the WRX featured revised camshafts, rocker arms, boost pressure, intercooler, and exhaust to increase peak output from previous variants to nearly 270 horsepower. It was also no longer over-square, but rather perfectly square, featuring an 86mm bore and 86mm stroke.
“These FA motors are just wildly different than an EJ, even though on the surface they may appear the same,” Anning says. “They have a cam cradle rather than cams just sitting in the head. There’s an actual bolted cradle system that drops the cams in as well as a lower girdle on the block. All of the things that seem to be an issue with the EJ seem to be addressed with the FA.”
The FA20 engine is still being used on WRX models today, and people are beginning to figure them out much like they did with the EJ WRX and STI engines.
The Pros and Cons
According to engine builders like Anning, who work on WRX engines regularly, the EJ205 is a very stout and strong engine, even in stock form. In fact, Anning says this variant has increased durability over the EJ257.
“The EJ205 is down on displacement, which is a bit of a con because you lose a little bit of that torque, but the power delivery is quite linear when it comes to upgrading them,” he says. “They bode well for the track and road racing. For whatever reason, they don’t seem to suffer from some of the known problems that the EJ257 and EJ255 have.
“They’re a plentiful, cheap, easy-to-build engine that seems to be more durable than a 257, but the cons again would be a smaller turbocharger and the power output capacity is a little less than a 257 or 255.”
When the EJ255 was introduced, immediately, you stepped up from a 2.0L to 2.5L, so WRX fans gained torque and were offered an easier to drive vehicle.
“People like torque, so that’s why they went to a 2.5L, especially for North American consumers,” Anning says. “You got that extra half liter of displacement, and with how over-square it was, it produced torque really well. It had a better turbocharger, but some of the cons were the classic Subaru ring land failure and oiling issues that started with the EJ257 STIs.”
These newly designed EJ255 engines started using a new head casting designated D25, which were 51cc compared to the EJ257’s 56cc B25 heads. They still had AVCS on the intake cams only, and they also saw the introduction of secondary air induction that required new ports in the heads.
The new engine had a compression ratio 8.4:1, which was just a slight increase from the 8.2:1 in the STI. With the smaller head volume, the new EJ255 kept the bump in compression (8.4:1) to a minimum by using pistons with a deeper dish. Aside from those differences, the case, crank, rods, and camshafts are the same between the EJ257 and EJ255.
Due to the difference in piston dish and combustion chamber volume, it is not recommended to pair a D25 head with an STI block, or one that was designed to work with B25 heads. In 2007, the STI (EJ257) saw the introduction of secondary air injection, which required Subaru to make a new head casting designated V25. The only difference between the previous heads was the addition of the secondary air ports.
In 2008, the STI received a more significant update to its engine, that mostly involved another redesign of the heads to include AVCS on the exhaust cams in addition to the intake cams. These new dual AVCS heads are designated W25 heads, and they also support secondary air injection. The combustion chamber volume is still the same, so the EJ257 still runs an 8.2:1 compression ratio.
Looking at the short block of the 2.5Ls, in 2009, Subaru introduced a nitride-treated crankshaft, which can be retrofit into older blocks as well. When Subaru introduced this new crankshaft, they also put in new rods in the STI, which were designed to be slightly stronger than the previous rods, but still don’t match up to most aftermarket rods.
When it comes to the first generation of the FA20 direct injection twin-scroll turbocharged engine, this was quite a change for the WRX as far as engine design.
“With the FA20, immediately you had an engine that has today’s technology in it,” Anning says. “Subaru jumped from a 20-year-old design to something that’s a little bit more modern. You have a hydraulic roller rocker valvetrain system, you have AVCS on both intake and exhaust. You have a Garrett Honeywell turbocharger, which is a very durable turbocharger compared to the turbos on some of the older models.
“The twin-scroll turbocharger helps retain a good, low end torque and it’s proven to work quite well. It’s what we call a low-mount turbo. It sits underneath the oil pan and in front of the engine. In the older variants and in the STI, the turbo sits between the engine and the firewall on the passenger side.”
Some of the cons of the FA20 include asymmetrical connecting rods. They are known for being weak, so you have to watch how much torque you’re putting out with them. From a tuning standpoint, however, the WRX has always had a good ECU with a lot of capability.
“In my opinion, the WRX ECU had good feature saturation,” he says. “They always came equipped with things like EGT sensors in the up pipe, which from a tuning standpoint, is a very useful tool. These FA20s kept that, but they also have an oil pressure monitor and they have a true wide band oxygen sensor made by Bosch. When you’re looking at it from a tuning standpoint, they came with a lot of great factory equipped options that are accessible and monitorable and make tuning them really nice.”
A final pro for the FA20 is the equal length header, which is a straight shot that comes from each bank towards the center and where the turbocharger mounts.
“You’re going to have quite a velocity increase of the hot exhaust gas to help spool that turbo up in such a short run,” Anning says. “The hotter the air and the shorter the run, the less it can cool down and keeps expanding into the turbocharger.”
Building WRX HP
In stock, factory form, WRX and STI engines are no slouches. They are good, reliable powerplants that pack a punch. Because that’s the case, they’re also prime options for high-end performance applications, which means more horsepower. The different engine variants clearly have their pros and cons, but they all can be built up to handle a great deal of power using quality aftermarket parts and some good machine work.
According to Anning, when it comes the EJ205 engine, an upgraded piston and rod combination is where he starts.
“I would do a torque plate hone job for a .5mm oversize piston to ensure that the bores are straight,” he says. “We don’t use drop-in pistons. We want to control our destiny, so we’ll bore and hone to our specs and upgrade the piston and rod combination.
“If you’re feeling up for it, you can also build a stroker motor by stroking them up to about a 2.1L using an STI crank in that 2.0L build. The power capacity is 227 horsepower from the factory, but with some careful tuning and the right modifications, you can make over 500 hp no problem.”
Building up the EJ257, which is in the U.S.-marketed STI, you already start with a factory forged crank and factory forged rods, but the pistons are not forged, which leads people to upgrade the engine due to failures. The rod bearings are also a weak point to watch.
“Typically, what happens is they’re consuming a lot of oil because they’ve cracked a ring land on the piston,” Anning says. “The vehicle still runs fairly well, especially when the turbocharger comes online, it creates enough compression that you don’t really notice it, but at idle you can tell that it’s hurt. We always tend to look at the pistons right away as well as the rod bearings. They tend to be a failure point. They end up spinning rod bearings quite often.”
When EJ257s come into Nemesis Performance, the shop completely strips them down and blueprints them for proper oil clearances in performance-minded applications.
“They’re outfitted with a fresh set of new connecting rods if the build has a horsepower output higher than what the factory rod is capable of,” he says. “One hundred percent of the time we’re doing pistons no matter what, because that is the next weak point. If you didn’t spin a rod bearing, you’re going to crack a ring land.”
Most of the time, customers are building up the EJ257 for street car, drag racing or road racing applications, and if customers want to find a lot of power, Nemesis Performance addresses an inherent weakness in the structure of the cylinder blocks.
“We put it on our Haas CNC and we actually machine what is called a closed-deck block,” he says. “Basically, the cylinders and what supports them in the block is only held together by four little tabs. As boost increases and horsepower increases along with the harmonics that come with horsepower, they will actually crack the cylinder liner. That block now needs to be repaired and needs sleeves.
“We’ve adopted the philosophy of scanning the block into a CAD. We’ve designed these inserts that get machined. The block gets machined and the inserts get pressed in and effectively close the upper deck of the block and supports the cylinder structure right where it’s required, which is usually right where all the combustion force is happening in the first half-inch of the block.
“Not only does it create a more robust engine, but you have a significantly increased clamping surface for the head gasket, which is another inherent problem of Subarus too. You’re getting the best of both worlds. You’ve got more surface area to clamp the head gasket and keep its integrity intact, as well as keeping the rigidity and supporting the cylinders from moving and cracking.”
Anning suggests that if a customer desires to go north of 500 horsepower or in excess of 30-lbs. of boost, a closed-deck block is a requirement for added protection.
“That’s not to say you can’t do it without this modification, but you’re really pushing the limits of everything at that level,” he admits. “The upgrades we look at performing are in oiling, hypereutectic pistons instead of forged and the deck architecture of the block itself.”
The 2.5L EJ257 can make 300-400 horsepower in stock trim with some simple bolt-ons. But, when you start getting into substantially larger turbocharger systems, Anning has personally built 257s in the 800-horsepower range and above.
“Commonly though, that’s just not for everybody,” he says. “Most of those builds are around the 500-650 horsepower mark for the 2.5L. However, some guys are cracking 1,000 hp.”
If you’re building up the EJ255, the 2006-2014 WRX 2.5L, which comes with 260 horsepower, this build would also require an upgraded piston and rod combination, a torque plate hone and the proper bearing clearances to be set, because oiling issues and ring land failure was very predominant in these engines as well. It’s also a good idea to move to an upgraded, high-flow oil pump.
“With these cars, what you want to make sure of is that the main line is straight and concentric,” he says. “They tend to shuffle around and kind of pinch up or tighten up in certain areas. Those clearances depend on what you’re planning to do with the car. If it’s a drag car, it only has to live a certain amount of passes. You’re going to go really loose on everything to try to help with the heat and whatnot. If you’re doing a mild build, you’re going to go on the looser side of the maximum spec from the factory service manual. Again, what’s important to these cars is that the main lines are true and straight.”
The power capacity of the EJ255 depends on whether you do closed-deck conversions or not. According to Anning, you can make an easy 700-800 horsepower with these engines, or more if your budget allows.
“The 255 engine is very similar to the 257 and it’s not limited in any capacity compared to the 257,” he says. “It could be built up to the same standards that you could with the 257, which is nice because parts are readily available and interchangeable.”
When it comes to the FA20 engine, Subaru did fix a number of issues from the EJs, but the biggest weakness are the connecting rods if you’re looking to pump more horsepower.
“With the FA20, we know the rods are weak, so you have to upgrade the rods, and if you’re upgrading the rods, you might as well upgrade the pistons too,” he says. “You can swap to a big turbocharger and that’s what most people are doing. The FA20s also respond well to ethanol. If you use that fuel, you can see a nice bump in horsepower without having to tax the fuel system. I’ve seen the FA20 engine built up to be capable of 600 horsepower. The factory crank is very stout on these cars too. You can choose to upgrade it or you can choose to stick with the stock one and you’d be fine at 600 horsepower.”
One nice thing about the FA20 is the oiling system shouldn’t need any work as Subaru made sure to fix the issues commonly seen in the EJs by implementing an upper and a lower oil pan.
“The upper is very reminiscent of a girdle,” Anning says. “What they’ve also done on the short blocks of the FA20s is they dowel pinned the mains. The EJ does not use main caps. The other half of the block houses the main caps for the main bearings. They found that the EJ engines move around, so what they’ve done on the newest generation FAs is doweled those mains together, so it’s not just relying on bolt pressure alone to hold everything true. That mated with the upper and lower oil pan and a different oil pump has really addressed those issues with the newer generations.”
If you’re upgrading any of the WRX or STI engines, the valvetrain is also an area you’ll want to pay some attention to. Anytime you’re increasing boost to an engine above and beyond what it was factory intended for, it’s recommended you upgrade valve springs, retainers and possibly your camshafts as well.
“If the factory equipped turbocharger is no longer cutting it anymore and you need to step up to a larger turbocharger, that’s around the time you should start considering not only a built-up engine, but a built-up valvetrain as well,” Anning says. “The stock camshaft can hold up for certain power levels, but if you’re going to upgrade certain aspects of the valvetrain, you might as well upgrade the camshafts too. For my customers, it always comes down to budget. If it’s in the budget, then we always recommend it.
“The camshafts help shift the power and make the engine more efficient at higher rpm, which is kind of where these import engines like to live. A bigger cam profile with more duration is typically where it goes. Manufacturers like BC, GSC, Kelford – they’re all making camshafts that are specifically designed for these cars. You will get to a certain point where the stock camshaft won’t handle what the turbocharger is trying to push out.”
The valvetrain between the FA and the EJs are substantially different. The EJ205, EJ255 and EJ257 are all very similar, however.
“The STI (EJ257) had solid buckets. The early version 205s had a shim over bucket. Now, the FA20 is a roller rocker design with an HLA bucket, so it can hydraulically adjust its own lash,” he says.
Of course, before any high-horsepower performance engine is truly ready to rip, the engine needs to be properly tuned, which is something Anning says some folks in the Subaru world don’t do correctly and it costs them.
“You have to ensure you have really good tuning,” he says. “When you buy these cars, most people put an intake system on and an exhaust system, and then they’ll run an ‘off-the-shelf’ tune, which is a very generalized tune that’s not made specifically for your dynamic elevation and your quality of fuel in your region. Therefore, you’re not getting the engine completely optimized.
“In the case of the 255s and 257s, when you run these ‘off-the-shelf’ maps for quite a long time, they tend to blow up since it’s so broad and not vehicle specific. Making sure you’re running good oil and good fuel means you should definitely have longevity on your side.”
Clearly, WRX and STI Subaru engines continue to be top Japanese tuning platforms, and it doesn’t appear that will end any time soon. The WRX and STI are both summer performance cars that are equally happy on the street as they are on the track or in rally racing.
Since the WRX has been around for 20 years here in North America, people have really figured out how to manipulate the EJ engines, and the FA engines are quickly following suit. The only thing holding your WRX back is your budget! EB


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Owner Al Casassa in front of the store on January 7, 2006
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If you think an AR pistol has limited range, think again. I was a bit in awe of this Saint’s accuracy.
At 28.25 inches overall, with the brace fully collapsed, the new Springfield Armory .308 SAINT Victor pistol is a small package perfectly suited for truck-gun duty. A truck gun—in my opinion—needs to perform two roles: defend and harvest. I want a firearm that is capable of doing what’s necessary in a worst-case self-defense situation, and I also want to be able to use that same gun to fill a tag when I decide to try an old hunting spot on a hunch.
Small and powerful is great, but what about muzzle velocity and accuracy? The only way to find out was to shoot it. But first, some details.
Inside, the pistol uses a DI gas system with a carbine-length tube and a low-profile gas block under the aluminum M-LOK handguard. That handguard comes with a forward handstop installed—a useful safety feature, considering the free-floating barrel is only 10.3 inches.
The upper and lower receivers are forged 7075 T6 aluminum and have an anodized Type III hardcoat. The upper includes an integrated top rail for optics.The five-position adjustable SBA3 brace from SB Tactical makes this pistol really versatile, as the LOP can be adjusted from 6.75 to 9.5 inches.
The pistol includes a BCMGUNFIGHTER Mod 3 pistol grip and a nickel-boron-coated flat trigger with a pull weight of 6.5 pounds by the specs, but it felt a bit lighter. This is a duty-style trigger, which is appropriate for a defensive gun.
The abbreviated barrel has a 1:10 twist. A more traditional twist rate for the .308 Win. is 1:12, but that rate has a hard time stabilizing bullets heavier than 175 grains. A 1:10 twist gives you latitude for a wider range of bullet weights. The 1:10 twist will also, most likely, better shoot subsonic rounds, which are usually heavier.
On the muzzle is Springfield’s two-piece Blast Diverter. The gun is loud, but not so much so for the shooter. This pistol rattles the gates of Hell, but that’s what saints are suppose to do. From the user’s perspective, noise and blast are focused forward toward the target, not to the sides or back at the shooter.
I topped the pistol with a Crimson Trace CTS-1000 compact tactical sight with a 2 MOA red-dot and ran the Saint with a Magpul PMAG M3 magazine loaded with 20 rounds of SIG Sauer 168-grain OTM Elite Match Grade ammo.
At 25 yards, fired from a rest, the first group the gun printed could be covered with my thumb. It then produced a 0.99-inch group at 100 yards. Pretty darn impressive.
I shot a variety of ammo through this compact pistol, and even though, as expected, muzzle velocities were lower than those produced by rifle-length barrels, the accuracy was great across a spectrum of bullet weights. The felt recoil was very tolerable, and the pistol’s weight helps soak up some of it, for sure.
I asked a lot from this compact gun, and it performed. This will certainly do well as my new truck gun, and the .308 Saint Victor is definitely a powerful protector. SRP: $1,363.
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100 Yards (inches)
|Hornady TAP 110 TAP FPD||2437||1.5|
|SIG Elite Match Grade 168 OTM||2199||1.1|
|Aguila 150 FMJ-BT||2273||1.2|
|Remington Core-Lokt 150 SP||2402||4.2|
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Someone very dear to me confessed to me once ‘but I just don’t love God like that! if heaven is all white robes, playing harps and praising God all day, I’m not even sure I want to go there”
This may be a trite and imperfect description of heaven uttered in a huff of irritation, but the point stands, if we don’t love God and desire to see and be with God more than we enjoy a good burger or a good night’s sleep then why in the world would we want to go to heaven?
I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that so many people see death as a horrible evil and why the chief goal in life seems to be to live forever?
I suppose at this point we could argue about what the details of heaven are going to be like, but that’s not really what this article is about.
This article is about loving God… or, more specifically, for when we don’t feel like we love Him that much… or not enough, or not “as much as everybody else”.
Let me give you a quick reality check:
Nobody is born with a effusive, perfect, over the top love for God.
Such love has to be chosen, fostered, pursued.
We are born with the capacity to love, to love deeply, intensely, and even painfully, but we are born a blank slate. (Hello, free will).
We are born with yearning hearts that desperately long for bonding. Usually, if we are the “lucky ones”, it bonds to our parents, and to the things that they love, but as we grow, our capacity and desire for love also grows. It seeks more to bond to – and this, as we know (typically from personal experience), can go horribly wrong – ie. our younger selves used to not see drinking or unhealthy relationships as “bad choices”, we only saw them as loving “fun” over “boring”, and loving “excitement” over “sage advice”.
But, this capacity for love could be channeled for incredible good.
An Infinite Capacity to Love
To be created in the image of God, a God who is love means that we were created with an infinite capacity for love, a love that is capable of eternal growth and expansion sufficient to continually further grasp the infinity of God.
This is why we can attempt to fill it with everything and still be dissatisfied because our capacity for love is so much greater than all the finitude of the created universe.
This explains why the heart is always grasping. always wanting more, always desiring to improve its situation, never satisfied with what it has, always feeling the lack of something, because it has the desire to realize its capacity for love.
This is why God is the only reality that can satisfy our desire for love, because our desire to love is infinite.
But, it is always in a process of growth.
It stretches with us as we age and mature, and suffer.
The question is, can we control what we love?
Popular opinion would be “no”, or at least that’s what we tell ourselves when we play the victim card. But the real truth is, that most often we do not desire to control what we love.
BUT, if what we already love is never going to fill us, and loving God would, then, I ask you, Why not?
Channeling our Capacity for Love
When we are young we learn to love by example. We naturally come to love what our parents love (for the most part). We love what we are exposed to, what the people we love get excited about, what is familiar, comforting and easy… but, as we get older we begin to have to make choices. This world simply tries to pull our hearts in too many different directions and in our finitude we can only really go one, we begin to have to choose what we will love.
This ability to choose what we let into our hearts and what must remain by the wayside is a sign of maturity, of growth, of focus. and it provides for the ability to make progress towards what we love. This is why the happiness experts say, “Do what you love! Identify your core values and let them direct the focus of your actions.”
This concept is important because what we love gives us the desire to prioritize our lives according to what we value, and the strength to sacrifice lesser goods for those we view as higher (Jordan Peterson calls this the “The hallmark of maturity”).
In order for marriage to work, I can’t just tell myself, “I love my husband, therefore I will remain strong when I feel nothing but annoyance and frustration”. I can’t just cast off my child when they are embarrassing me in public. No, at least for me, sometimes, I have to replace this phrase with “I choose my husband/child – Even though I’m frustrated”. Mentally, I repeat to myself, “I choose you again, even when you are the least ‘loveable'”.
This choosing of the other person even when its hard or when they are not deserving of our love is what eventually allows the loving feelings to return.
This is what it means to call love a choice.
The Result of Choosing Love
The beauty of real love, once it begins to take genuine hold of our hearts, is that it makes focus just a little bit more simple. When we begin to love new things, the ones we used to love begin to disappear, forgotten naturally in their incompatibility with our new love. Such forgetfulness isn’t as painful because the joy of the greater love is so much more, that the lesser things slip away almost unnoticed.
How to Choose God
You may say, Well, I’ve tried the whole religion thing, I’ve gone to church and didn’t get much out of it. “It’s not for me” etc.
But, God doesn’t really take fair-weather friends lightly… and the thing is, He knows. He knows how serious you are about your pursuit of Him.
Or do you want Him? (Luke 10:42)
What are you willing to do to show how serious you are about this desire for relationship? What other loves are you willing to give up that He may take their place in your heart?
Our God is a jealous God – Exodus 20:5
And what are you willing to do to actively pursue Him? To study His Word? To spend time in His presence.
Could you not stay and watch even one hour with me? – Matthew 26:40
At first it is a simple Math problem:
- What do I need to eliminate from my life to have more room for God? AND
- What do I need to add to my life prepare my heart to receive Him and recognize Him.
The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. – Matthew 13:44
But the very last key is critical.
You can’t force yourself to love God.
Instead, you ask God to increase your love for Him.
Back up your “love” with actions. Put your money where your mouth is. If this little thing would increase my love for God would I do it? What you put into this relationship will be what you get out (times a hundred – Mark 10:29-30)
All we can do is make our meager attempts to prepare the space for Him. We do not control how or when He will come into the place we are trying to prepare. We can only invite Him, ask Him, beg Him to come, even if all we have to offer is a stable. (Read also: Invite God into your Mess)
In the end, He will do the coming, He will do the cleaning, the transforming, the enlightening. He will do EVERYTHING, we just have to be ready, willing, and ALL in. (Read also: Is your Heart Fertile Ground?)
If you seek it like silver / and search it out like hidden treasure,
Then you will discern the fear of the LORD / and discover the knowledge of God. – Proverbs 2:4-5
So, When you feel like you just don’t love God enough
Here are the most important points.
- You are pretty much right, but that’s not a good reason to have a pity party and play the victim card. Nobody loves God enough. But, it is fairly straightforward to begin doing something about it.
- You are made for love of God so it will fulfill you unlike any other love – but its a process – not automatic, not instantaneous,
- You have to choose this. (Hello, free will) It’s not something you are born with – not something some people have and other people just don’t (rather, something some people cultivate and are open to and something some people haven’t/don’t)
- The feelings will follow. You don’t necessarily FEEL effusive love for God first – but that doesn’t make you broken – Remember, God is looking for love like His, Unconditional. Even to the cross – ie. even when, and especially when, it hurts. PLUS, if your love for God isn’t all touchy feely all the time, you are actually at an ADVANTAGE!!!! (Read more: Is my Love for God too Emotional? and How Genuine is my Relationship with God – A 10 Question Quiz)
- In the end, you are really not in control. Yes, you leaned in, but He is equally free and may test your genuineness and your commitment before flooding into your life. But, be reassured, He will never be outdone in generosity. (Mark 10:29-30)

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Yale University to review coaches' athletic recruits in response to scandal
[NEW YORK] Yale University will review proposed rosters of athletic recruits before they're sent to the admissions office, bolstering its policies in the wake of government allegations that coaches at top US schools were among those who took bribes to admit students whose applications were falsified.
"Situations in which a recruited athlete fails to make a team will receive close scrutiny," Yale's president, Peter Salovey, said Friday in a statement. Dozens of people have been charged this week in the alleged criminal conspiracy, including parents accused of paying as much as US$6.5 million in fees and bribes to get their kids into school.
The FBI investigation revealed that one Yale coach gave bogus athletic endorsements to two students, one of whom was admitted and is now attending the New Haven, Connecticut school.
"Although I do not comment on specific disciplinary actions taken with respect to an individual student, our longstanding policy is to rescind the admission of students who falsified their Yale College applications," Mr Salovey said.
The government alleges that in 2017, Rudy Meredith, then-head coach of the Yale women's soccer team, took a US$400,000 bribe and accepted a recruit who hadn't played the sport competitively. Ms Meredith, who resigned last November, didn't respond to a request for comment earlier this week after the scandal broke. Yale's Office of the General Counsel received a federal grand jury subpoena from the Boston US Attorney's Office on Nov 16 requesting information about Ms Meredith, according to Friday's statement.
The school's director of athletics is working with its dean of undergraduate admissions to implement a code of conduct for athletic recruitment, Mr Salovey said in Friday's statement.

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League Member -
All players will train once a week on Monday evening and be placed in a team that participates in the Abu Dhabi Netball League on a Tuesday evening.
6th September 2020 - 25th March 2021
- excludes public holidays
- excludes most school holidays where a majority of students and coaches are impacted
- cancellation due to unsafe conditions will be notified via Whatsapp by 3pm where possible
Monday 6.30-8.30pm @ Zayed Cricket Stadium
1 x 120 min Fitness & Training session per week – Fitness, S&C (Strength & Conditioning), ball skills, movements and game strategy.
Tuesday between 6.45-9.45pm @ Zayed Cricket Stadium
1 x 50 min competitive League game per week.
What do we need at training?
- Your uniform
- Your ball
- Your water bottle
- Your bag
New Members - will receive shorts, t-shirt, bag, dress, a ball and water bottle.
Returning Members - will receive a dress, bag, ball and water bottle. Can order new/additional training kit if they need it - no training kit will be included unless ordered.
Please see membership options above, and uploaded calendar.
Two fun social events per year included in registration. A Winter Wonderland party to celebrate the festive season in December, and as always our wonderful End of Season Awards event.

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Does that apply to the African star that committed suicide after being in those films???I've never heard of this Ghetto Gaggers website until now and I have no desire to look at it either. That being said, there's so much porn on the Internet that it's completely pointless to pick out just one site and try to shut it down. Those photos and videos have likely been copied hundreds of times and shown all over the web by now. If there's no laws being broke then just let it go because it's basically just a bunch of prostitutes getting back to their thang on film. Not a big deal really.
Did you even know that some of those women are from Africa, and NON American. Meaning they are not aware of sick gravity of the behaviors that will be displayed(US enslavement reinactments from racist white men)??
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- 2½ pounds pork ribs (side ribs preferred but back ribs would work great too)
- 4 tablespoons oil, divided
- 1 large onion, finely minced
- 4 cloves of garlic, finely minced
- 2 – 28-ounce cans of crushed tomatoes
- 3 cups cider, white wine or sparkling wine
- a small handful of parsley (about 1 ounce)
- 5 thyme branches
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary (or a few sprigs of fresh rosemary)
- 1 teaspoon sage (or a few fresh sage leaves)
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 cans of beans (any kind will work)
- salt and pepper
- 2 packages of pre-washed baby spinach
- Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large heavy bottomed pot over medium high heat. Season the ribs with a sprinkle of salt. Working in batches so you don’t crowd the pan, brown the ribs on all sides. Remove all the ribs from the pot.
- Add the remaining oil and onion and cook, stirring often, until the onion is brown. Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute.
- Add the crushed tomatoes and scrape the bottom of the pot with your wooden spoon to remove any of the tasty browned spots. Add the cider, wine or bubbles, parsley, thyme, rosemary, sage and bay leaves. Add the pork back to the pot, ensuring that it is in a single layer, standing the ribs on their ends if need be.
- Cook, covered, over very low heat for 3-4 hours, or until the ribs are very tender. You’ll want to keep the ribs at a very low simmer.
- Once the ribs are tender remove the pot from the heat. Remove the parsley, thyme sprigs and bay leaves and discard.
- Return to heat, add the beans and heat through. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- To serve: place a few handfuls of spinach in each bowl and top with the stew.
- Enjoy with a big glass of red wine!
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A big thank you to all the attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, performers, lecturers, support contractors, and the staff who made the 2024 Artisan Guitar Show a success.
We were able to give back to the guitar community in so many ways including our support of the Student Outreach Breakfast, Guitars for Vets, Four Diamonds – Four the Kids, and of course the annual Bucky Pizzarelli Award. None of this is possible without the support of so many.
Our guest lecturers and concert performers are truly wonderful and immensely talented. They have made the Artisan Guitar Show a premier live performance venue.
The people involved in producing this show, from working with our clients and guests to providing an outstanding listening experience in our concert venue, are clearly driven by personal integrity and a commitment to quality.


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Table of Contents
- 1 Are food delivery services bad for the environment?
- 2 Is DoorDash better for environment?
- 3 Is HelloFresh really environmentally friendly?
- 4 Why is food packaging bad for the environment?
- 5 Is Uber eats environmental impact?
- 6 How does DoorDash protect my food?
- 7 What are the most environmentally friendly foods?
- 8 Is HelloFresh carbon neutral?
Are food delivery services bad for the environment?
The long answer. Yes, meal kits come with a lot of packaging. But as it turns out, that’s a small piece of the environmental impact of a meal.
Is DoorDash better for environment?
As we continue our work on sustainability, reducing delivery emissions is another important opportunity. DoorDash has also incorporated routing efficiencies that, on average, result in lower estimated emissions compared to a customer driving a car to and from the restaurant to pick up an order.
Is food delivery eco friendly?
As some of the latest studies have shown, ordering meal kits leaves less carbon footprint than grocery shopping, as they have lower average greenhouse gas emissions and lower transportation emissions. Delivery is also more sustainable when it comes to food waste because the meals are pre-portioned.
Is HelloFresh really environmentally friendly?
Our carbon footprint is 25\% lower than that of meals made from store-bought groceries, thanks to a streamlined supply chain and more efficient distribution, which reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a University of Michigan Study*.
Why is food packaging bad for the environment?
Food packaging is directly responsible for a broad range of environmental issues, including overcrowded landfills, greenhouse gas emissions, and litter-pollution (both on land and in the ocean).
Is Hellofresh really carbon neutral?
BUT HELLOFRESH DOESN’T STOP THERE… That’s why we make ongoing efforts to make a more positive impact, like our partnership with TerraPass that enables us to offset 100\% of our carbon emissions. (This includes all of our operations and offices, corporate travel, and the shipping of every box to your door!).
Is Uber eats environmental impact?
Research suggests that single-use plastics harm the environment by disrupting the productivity of natural systems like our oceans and clogging urban infrastructure. Compared to eating at a restaurant or cooking at home, dining by Uber Eats creates excess plastic waste.
How does DoorDash protect my food?
In order to protect the safety of all users of the DoorDash platform, as of August 31, 2020, all Dashers, Merchants, and Consumers who use the DoorDash platform must wear a face cover or mask while they are interacting with other platform users. Surgical masks or N95 respirators are not required.
What environmentally friendly containers do some food delivery services now pack their food in?
Your restaurant should consider replacing plastic, Styrofoam and polystyrene packaging with eco-friendly alternatives already available on the market. Current options include plant-based plastics, based on corn, bamboo, wheat, bagasse (a by-product of sugarcane processing) and wood pulp, among others.
What are the most environmentally friendly foods?
List of the most sustainable foods
- #1 Beans. Beans are one of the most widely produced and widely available sustainable foods on the market.
- #2 Mussels.
- #3 Organic vegetables.
- #4 Leafy greens.
- #5 Rice.
- #6 Lentils.
- #7 Organic fruits.
- #8 Bison.
Is HelloFresh carbon neutral?
In line with its corporate sustainability strategy, meal-kit provider HelloFresh has committed to becoming 100\% carbon neutral – a global first for the meal-kit space, according to the Berlin-based company.


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Flannery O'Connor said short stories need to have a beginning, a middle and an end, though not necessarily in that order. But what about novels? Kate Atkinson seems to believe there can be a beginning, a middle and an end, and then another beginning, plus several more middles ... and why not have a beginning again?
In 1964, Robert Ostertag attended his first of 50 straight New York Mets home openers. That same day, Luke Gasparre began his job as an usher. The New York Times captured quite a moment Monday: Gasparre showed Ostertag to his seat in section 310.
North Korea's KCNA news agency released this photo Monday, saying it shows leader Kim Jong Un (at left) speaking during a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the DPRK in Pyongyang. Hanging above is the image of his father, former leader Kim Jong Il, who died in 2011.
A vow Tuesday from North Korea that it will restart a nuclear reactor that eventually could make about one bomb's worth of plutonium a year further escalates tensions that were already high due to that nation's almost daily threats, NPR's Louisa Lim tells our Newscast Desk.
According to Louisa, who filed her report from Beijing:
David Greene talks to Yvette Aehle, director of the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport, about her plans to shut down the airport's air traffic control tower. Because of sequestration, the FAA will no longer pay for air traffic controllers at 144 smaller airports.
Well, let's take a break from all the March Madness in college basketball for a few minutes and talk about the beginning of the long and winding Major League Baseball season. Yesterday was opening day for several teams. We thought we'd tick off a couple of notable games and see if the very early results match up to preseason predictions. Or maybe they won't. Here to give us some guidance NPR's sports correspondent Tom Goldman. Morning, Tom.
Much has changed since last November, when Afghans were praising Pakistan for saying it would no longer support the Taliban and would instead work for peace.
"We believe that relations between the two countries are deteriorating," says Aimal Faizi, spokesman for President Hamid Karzai.
Faizi says the downward slide started last month. The two countries had agreed to convene a conference of religious scholars, or ulema, to denounce suicide bombing. But the conference fell apart at the last minute, with each country blaming the other for undermining the effort.
The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., is sometimes called the second most important court in the country, regularly delivering the final word on major environmental, labor and national security cases.
But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has a whopping four vacancies, the most in the nation, including one opening that dates all the way back to 2005, when John Roberts moved to the U.S. Supreme Court.


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Mourinho scouting 20-year-old defender as future Manchester United star
Saturday, 23 September 2017 Manchester United are reportedly keeping close tabs on the development of Scotland international star Kieran Tierney, according to the Daily Record. The Premier League side, who visited Southampton earlier this afternoon in the English top-flight, have been continuously linked with a move for the highly rated Celtic defender during previous transfer windows. The 20-year-old, who […]
Heath Pearce is back & there is so much to catch up on. Will Neymar refollow Cavani on Instagram after the PK mixup? Manchester United spoil Rooney’s return to Old Trafford & push Everton into the relegation zone. Atlanta set a new MLS attendance record with 70,425 - can they carry this momentum...
Jose Mourinho has refused to commit his long-term future to Manchester United and reaffirmed his belief that he will not end his career at Old Trafford.
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Apple today confirmed it plans new retail outlets across the UK and Europe.
Launching the first European retail outlet in London, Apple's senior vice president of retail Ron Johnson confirmed the company's plans.
Johnson showed a short video of the opening of the company's first international retail outlet in Tokyo's trendy Ginza shopping district. "The Ginza line was three-quarters of a mile long in a rainstorm," he said.
Apple hopes to repeat this success in London this Saturday, November 20, when it throws open the doors of its newest outlet to this city's Mac-hungry public.
Company plans don't end there: "We will be opening two new stores in the UK next year," Johnson said.
The new outlets will be situated at Birmingham's Bullring and Kent's huge Bluewater shopping centre. "We want to open as soon as possible," Johnson said, confirming the company to be "working closely in Europe" to open additional outlets there.
Apple chose to launch in the UK's busiest street, Regent Street, the Bullring and Bluewater, because, "we wanted to be where the people go to be part of their lives."
He could only confirm the Birmingham and Kent stores will open "sometime in 2005", though his manner implied that Apple hopes to open in the new locations early in 2005.Macworld has a gallery of images from the store.

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31 Creative Led Bathroom Light Bulbs for Your Bathroom Design
31 Creative Led Bathroom Light Bulbs for Your Bathroom Design – This is various collection of led bathroom light bulbs for your inspirations to home design and decorating. There are many styles and options for your home, classic to modern, minimal to complex, etc. Several things need to consider for redesign your home, like led bathroom light bulbs to make well-balanced between looks and functionals because lot of rooms and spaces might exist on your home which take a part of its function.
Home is a place where you life together with your family. Asking opinions of your family member can help you determining the best ways to do your home remodel, especially for led bathroom light bulbs. Because every member of your family has their own taste and preferences, including colors, palettes, patterns and styles. If you need further suggestion, you can find more information on the internet related to led bathroom light bulbs or you can going to your local home development and improvement and consult your need with the expert.
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By: Amanda Narcisi
Emily Ford Marko is a visual storyteller that helps businesses solve problems with visuals. She draws out the issues effecting the business and helps them come to a conclusion. Emily was struggling with a problem of her own: a unique sleep type.
Discovering her sleep type led to her writing Wide Awake: A 7-Day Guide to Calm the Mind and Get the Sleep You Deserve with the idea that she wanted to help clients who had the same issue. Sleeplessness.
In Wide Awake there are activities for the reader to discover what their sleep type is and then activities to help clear the path for that sleep type to get some rest.
To kick off Emily debut book attend a book release party on September 29, 2017 between 6-8PM at Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue in Carnegie, PA. There will be activities highlighted in the book. The event is family friendly and child care is provided by Flexable Child Care. The theme of the book release is “date night” however not your typical dinner and movie. Light refreshments will be served.
For more information about Emily Marko and Wide Awake check out emilymarko.com.


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Deadly Evidence is an action-packed beginning to the new Mount Shasta Secrets series. This story started off with a big dose of danger and just didn’t let up. There was plenty of romantic tension between the two main characters, which added even more interesting moments as Tori and Ryan raced to uncover the truth behind Tori’s sister’s murder.
I liked that these two characters had a past relationship and that they now had to work with each other so much in this story. Tori frustrated me at times, as she didn’t seem to value the importance of passing along information to Ryan, only to find herself in trouble time and again! However, I still liked her, and hoped for the best for the two of them. The author kept me guessing all the way through the book as to why Tori’s sister and others had been killed.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
A dangerous reunion they may not survive
In this Mount Shasta Secrets novel
FBI agent Tori Peterson intends to find her sister’s murderer, even if someone’s willing to kill her to keep the truth hidden. But that means returning home and working with the lead detective—her ex-boyfriend, Ryan Bradley. Though sparks still fly between them, Tori and Ryan must stay focused on catching a killer…before they are silenced for good.
Purchase your own copy here.
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Elizabeth Goddard is the bestselling, award-winning author of forty novels and counting, including the romantic mystery, THE CAMERA NEVER LIES–a 2011 Carol Award winner. Four of her six Mountain Cove books have been contest finalists. Buried, Backfire and Deception are finalists in the Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery and Suspense, and Submerged is a Carol Award finalist. A 7th generation Texan, Elizabeth graduated from North Texas State University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and worked in high-level software sales for several years before retiring to fulfill her dreams of writing full-time.


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STERLING - The Diversity Committee of the Sauk Valley is having a Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday.
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, commemorates when all enslaved black people learned they were free 156 years ago.
While the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the South in 1863, it wasn’t enforced in many places until after the end of the Civil War two years later. Confederate soldiers surrendered in April 1865, but word didn’t reach all enslaved black people until June 19, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to Galveston, Texas.
The celebration will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the YWCA of the Sauk Valley, 412 First Ave. in downtown Sterling
The event is scheduled to include information regarding Juneteenth, a variety of vendors and free food. In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved inside.


Rising air pollution shows urgent need for localized climate action in the Northeast
Air pollution in northeastern cities of India, including Guwahati, has reached alarming levels. Increased monitoring and scientific research is needed
Considering the dense forest cover of India's northeast and that it harbours the last remnants of our country’s rainforests - the popular perception of the northeast being a pollution-free serene region of our country has turned out to be a fallacious myth today. In March this year, Guwahati, the largest metropolis in India’s northeast region, found itself in the global list of 100 most polluted cities, as well as in the list of 10 most polluted cities in Asia, according to data from the World Air Quality Index. While air quality in the northeast has been steadily deteriorating, contrary to the perception of its pristine blue skies, the issue has unfortunately failed to draw the attention it requires.
Although conversations on ‘air pollution’ and ‘air quality’ have been gaining momentum in recent years, these have predominantly focused on Delhi and neighbouring areas that are too episodic and fizzle after winter months. Researchers, however, have been cautioning us that air pollution is not just an urban problem, it is neither a Delhi-NCR-centric issue nor a winter phenomenon, but a national problem persisting throughout the year.
Contrary to public perception, research from the Centre for Science and Environment corroborates the expanding grasp of toxic air with northeastern cities like Guwahati, Byrnihat, Dimapur, Kohima, and Agartala recording concerning levels of air pollution, to the extent that Guwahati has recorded air quality levels equal to those in Delhi-NCR, and even more severe at times. Arguably, the limited air quality data available underestimates the scale of the problem confronting the northeastern states and inhibits proper assessment of risk. However, even the limited data available to us points to mounting vulnerability and risk.
On examining data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for the first quarter of this year itself, it is apparent that for a significant number of days, recorded air quality in Guwahati has been worse than in Delhi and Mumbai, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) being recorded above 300 (i.e very poor). This data is primarily based on monitoring of PM 2.5, the prominent pollutant which is a fine particulate matter that poses serious health risks when present in the atmosphere, and its sources can be diverse, including emissions from vehicles, industrial processes, and biomass burning. The city experienced a substantial number of days categorized as 'poor' and 'very poor' in terms of AQI.
Guwahati’s AQI in the first quarter of 2022
(Prominent pollutant PM 2.5)
Number of days in ‘poor’ category (AQI 200+)
Number of days in ‘very poor’ category (AQI 300+)
Number of days Guwahati AQI was worse than Delhi
14 out of 31 days
11 out of 31 days
10 out of 31 days
12 out of 28 days
10 out of 28 days
4 out of 28 days
11 out of 31 days
10 out of 31 days
10 out of 31 days
10 out of 30 days
9 out of 30 days
Source: CPCB Data
These figures underscore the frequency of unhealthy air conditions prevailing in the city during this period. A particular concern highlighted by the analysis is that Guwahati's AQI was worse than Delhi's AQI on multiple days each month. Delhi is notoriously known for its polluted air, and the fact that Guwahati on several occasions had worse air quality than the capital city reveals the severity of the air pollution challenge. Over the same period, experts have noted an increase in severe lung diseases, acute and chronic bronchitis, asthma, and other respiratory problems among the residents of the city.
Moreover, as per IQAir’s ‘World Air Quality Report 2022’ which globally ranks most polluted cities based on PM 2.5 concentration as per WHO guidelines, Guwahati ranked 95th. It is important to caveat the variations in national (CPCB) and international (WHO) AQI standards, India’s annual concentration standards for pollutants continue to be 40 micrograms per cubic metres (ug/m3) for PM 2.5, a figure eight times higher than WHO’s standards of 5ug/m3 for particulate matters. While this points to the need to revise our norms and narrow the gap between the two standards, it is telling that Guwahati (among other northeastern cities) fails to meet neither.
Source: World Air Quality Report 2022
Presently, seven cities from three northeastern states, namely, Dimapur (Nagaland), Byrnihat (Meghalaya), Guwahati, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sibsagar, Silchar (Assam), find a place in the list of 131 non-attainment cities under the National Clean Air Program (NCAP). A Union government program launched in 2019, NCAP aims to improve air quality in the 131 cities identified as most polluted across the country. However, these northeastern cities need further thrust under NCAP to ensure robust assessment frameworks and implement specific and contextual action plans suited to local needs. Given India’s geographical diversity, city micro action plans mandated under NCAP must be tailored to unique and localized concerns, bringing on board regional inputs rather than a cookie-cutter model which is the trend.
One such localized concern, for example, is the high level of black carbon emissions in Guwahati, which researchers estimate may be one the highest recorded levels in the world. A study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IITG), showed that exposure to black carbon (BC) pollution in Guwahati, especially in winter months, might cause health risks equivalent to passively smoking 25 cigarettes every day. Studies show that when inhaled, black carbon is deposited in the lungs and can cause acute health problems including premature deaths. Preliminary research has also drawn links between black carbon emissions and erratic rainfall patterns, demonstrating the connection between air pollution and climate change, which can have alarming effects on an already climate and flood-vulnerable state like Assam.
All this points towards the need to reset our approach to policy-making and implementation, and advocate for effective and decentralized governance that will subsequently take everyone along. There is a need to bolster monitoring resources, invest and facilitate a greater deal of scientific research, build the capacity of administrators to effectively mitigate local sources, encourage entrepreneurs to innovate local solutions, and empower civil society with the right information to enable them to be active stakeholders in driving change. Delhi-NCR and some northern states have long dominated the discourse on air pollution - but it is time to look beyond, lest we risk further sidelining an air pollution and public health crisis brewing in other regions. It’s time policymakers look East, towards localizing action plans for the right to breathe cleaner air for all.
Pradyut Bordoloi is a Lok Sabha member of Parliament from Nowgong, Assam and member of the parliamentary group for clean air. The views expressed are personal.


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Fraunhofer Center for Manufacturing Innovation (CMI)
CMI, working jointly with Fraunhofer CMB, has developed a fully automated, scalable "factory" that uses natural (non-genetically-modified) green plants to efficiently produce large quantities of vaccines and therapeutics within weeks. Such a rapid vaccine production facility will play a crucial role in addressing and containing future pandemics and emerging biological threats.
This first-of-a-kind, plant-based vaccine factory takes advantage of plant viral vector technology (developed at CMB) that enables production of specific proteins within the leaves of rapidly growing plant biomass. The factory’s robotically tended, custom engineered machines plant seeds, nurture the growing plants, introduce a viral vector that directs the plant to produce a target protein and harvest the biomass once the target has accumulated in the plant tissue. Traditional methods of vaccine production can take many months. This plant-based technology enables rapid, large scale production of vaccine material in a cost-effective manner. It has the potential to revolutionize how biological materials are manufactured.
The factory was designed to be time, cost and space efficient. It has the capacity to grow tens of thousands of plants in one batch. The plants are grown in multi-plant trays that are used to handle and transport the plants to the different processing stations. To automate the process, robots glide up and down a track, tending the plants – delivering trays from the lighted, irrigated growth modules to each processing station at the appropriate time. In order to quickly produce large quantities of vaccine material or other protein-based medicines, such as antibodies, in compliance with cGMP, (Current Good Manufacturing Practices), it was necessary to develop a consistent, repeatable process. Even though the process of making vaccines from plants includes many aspects of traditional horticulture such as growing, watering and harvesting, the entire process was automated using techniques found in industrial type processes. This enabled quick, safe, and cost-effective scale-up from a few milligrams in a laboratory setting to the many kilograms that would be required in case of a pandemic. The resulting process is faster, less expensive, safer, and does not require the sophisticated culturing or fermentation necessary in the current vaccine production processes. This will be the first cGMP facility for plant-based protein production.
This unique, plant-based vaccine factory resulted from a three-year collaboration between Fraunhofer and Boston University. "This is a perfect example of coupling engineering expertise and scientific advancement to cost-effectively meet a societal need," remarked Robert Brown, president of Boston University and a chemical engineer. "It is a model for collaboration that we strongly believe in on our campus, as they do at Fraunhofer as well."
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Cool, thanks for taking the time to explain it
I think the body pretty much makes sense.. I'm probably going to get started on a "tribute" version fairly soon. The top cover, on the other hand..... Well, I'll start worrying about that once I have the body done. I need to spend some more time thinking about it/looking at how it's put together.
What kind of material did you use? I was thinking of taking one of those Tableclothfactory 90x130 crinkle poly taffeta ones and trimming the length down / cutting them in half for the double layer. That would put the width at 45 inches, though.. any thoughts on whether that would work? or would it be too narrow?


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'Walking Dead' star turns cover model
Also: Heather Mitts gets a hosting gig, DMC raps with teens and more.
YOU USUALLY see Philadelphia Style magazine's newest cover model dirty and sweaty, but now she gets a chance to go glam.
Lauren Cohan, of "The Walking Dead," will grace the cover of this month's mag.
Cohan spent the first 13 years of her life in Cherry Hill, but moved to England as a kid (which explains the British accent she uses in interviews). Cohan joined the crazy-popular zombie show - Sunday's midseason premiere raked in 15.6 million viewers - in the show's second season and has survived many cast kill-offs since. In fact, she gets to be in love, playing in one of the show's endearing romances with Glenn (Steven Yeun).
The article hits newsstands Feb. 23.
Mitts lands hosting gig
Gold-medal soccer star and Philly resident Heather Mitts will host a new Nickelodeon reality show about a subject she's quite familiar with. Mitts will host "Soccer Superstar," a reality series that will air during the Women's World Cup in June, featuring young female soccer players showing off their skills. The series, which comes courtesy of the team behind megapopular dance reality show "So You Think You Can Dance," is not a new format. It aired in the United Kingdom from 2004 to 2007 and then in Australia from 2008 to 2011, under the title "Football Star."
Dress, a success
Jovan O'Connor, one of the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator designers-in-residence, will get a special treat tomorrow. O'Connor, a Philadelphia University graduate, designed a dress for "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Cynthia Bailey to wear down the runway at the Go Red show during the all-important New York Fashion Week.
On the catwalk alongside Bailey and her dress will be pop star Ciara, "I Dream of Jeannie" star Barbara Eden, "Today" show host Hoda Kotb and Laverne Cox, of "Orange is the New Black."
DMC does Philly
Rap legend Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, of Run-DMC fame, will speak at the Universal Audenreid Charter School with Sound of Philadelphia mastermind Kenny Gamble on Feb. 19. The famed duo will discuss how they got started in the music business and how education played a critical role in their success. The discussion will be open to juniors and seniors at the charter school.
OUT AND ABOUT
* Jimmy Rollins, who will wear a Dodgers uniform next season, had never visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art (2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway), but he got in yesterday, tweeting, "After 14 years I finally visited the Philadelphia Art Museum . . . nice view," along with a picture from the top of the steps. Hey, better late than never for one of Philly's more iconic views.
* Former "American Idol" contestant Casey James (he was the hot blond who came in behind Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox) dined with 92.5 WXTU's Doc Medek and Mark Razz at Hymie's (342 Montgomery Ave., Merion) yesterday.
* Eight hundred local notables showed up at the American Heart Association 58th annual Heart Ball on Saturday night, emceed by NBC10's Jacqueline London (whose boss, Anzio Williams, NBC vice president of news, showed up to support her). Former Lt. Gov. Jim Crawley, renowned Penn cardiologist Mariel Jessup, Hahnemann CEO Mike Halter, Telemundo 62 reporter Iris Delgado and mayoral candidate Doug Oliver were all in attendance at the event, which raised $1.6 million.
Have you voted in the People Paper's Sexiest Philadelphians poll? There's still time to get your vote in for the likes of state Rep. Brian Sims, 6ABC anchor Jim Gardner or NBC10's Sheena Parveen. Go vote at philly.com/sexyphilly.


There aren’t a lot of major studio comedies based on real-life events, but this one is. Writer and director Sean Anders parlayed his own experiences for Instant Family starring Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne.
When Pete (Wahlberg) and Ellie (Byrne) decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl (Isabela Moner), they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight. Now, Pete and Ellie must hilariously try to learn the ropes of instant parenthood in the hopes of becoming a family.
Octavia Spencer, Tig Notaro and Margo Martindale also star. Instant Family arrives November 16. Check out the trailer below.
Instant Family Movie Trailer


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It is like a maze without and exit, for most of us, anyway.
We are going around, lost
within its patterns, on the tiny paths.
It keeps us amazed and hopeful at every turn,
that there might be an exit after this very last round,
But there is never one.
Luckily, we are unaware of its crafty nature
Every round seems different a bit
because of the way the sun hits the hedges
because of the smell of a different season
because of our numbness and forgetfulness.
Still, the self-made structure of the maze
stays the same around us.
It is a glorious trap for some,
for others it is a miserable one.
It makes no difference, though.
At the end of the day, it is just a simple trap,
wrapped around your primal fears that you try and run away from
and your greatest desires that you endlessly chase.
As we are trotting around
in our personalized maze, forever.
Until, the day,
when you get the key to a well-hidden door,
just like in a Secret Garden,
leading to the heart of the maze.
This glorious sanctuary of the silent monks
eventually shows its wonders to the seeker,
and then you are finally released

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All Industrial Exhibits at Bowling Green Academy
- Online; Still Image
- Black-and-White Photographs
- Date Created
- 1915 - 1947
- Full view, Close-up view of mostly wooden objects. A patchwork quilt hangs in the background.
- The Jackson Davis Collection of African American Photographs
- Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
- Retrieval ID
- Call Number
- MSS 3072, 3072-a

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Springfield man sentenced to year in jail for crash that killed 10-year-old leaving school
A Springfield man was sentenced Wednesday to a year in jail for a crash that killed a 10-year-old boy leaving Campbell Elementary School.
The jail time is the maximum punishment that 37-year-old Lonnie Yeager could have faced after he pleaded guilty to driving without a license.
A witness reportedly told police Yeager was having a seizure when he crashed his SUV into a group of pedestrians on Sept. 25, 2017, killing 10-year-old Riddick Tudor and injuring four others.
The crash occurred just after school had let out that afternoon at the intersection of Grant Avenue and Mount Vernon Street.
Yeager did not have a driver's license at the time of the crash.
Yeager's attorney Bert Twibell said the crash was an accident. Twibell said his client hadn't had a seizure in 10 years before getting one while driving that afternoon.
"There was no reason to anticipate that he would have a seizure," Twibell said.
Twibell said his priority was making sure Yeager avoided a manslaughter charge, and he was not surprised to see Judge Mark Powell give Yeager the maximum sentence Wednesday on the misdemeanor charge.
Yeager has a prior arrest for DWI.
In 2007, Yeager petitioned for — and was later granted — a court-appointed guardian because he was deemed an incapacitated person.
Court documents say Yeager suffered a brain injury in 2007 when his cellmate attacked him in his sleep.
The petition said Yeager has a "severe cognitive impairment" that included a seizure disorder.
More:Man charged with misdemeanors for crash that killed Springfield 10-year-old
More:Man who drove into children outside school didn't have license, records show


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The game viewing differs quite a bit depending on which region of the Kruger National Park you visit. The southern part of the park is known for its high animal density and excellent game viewing because of the abundance of food. The landscape and vegetation is characterised by thorny thickets and some rocky granite outcrops. Game viewing along the river banks and dry river beds is usually very good.
The central area has more open grasslands and larger herds of grazers. This in turns means a high concentration of lions (reputedly the highest lion concentration in the world) and other predators.
We usually focus on the southern and central areas, which offer the best game viewing. The northern regions are characterised by mopane shrubs and game viewing is a bit more difficult here. However, the remoteness, beautiful landscape and lower visitor density are some of the reasons why many people prefer the northern regions. Birdwatching in the north is also excellent, and elephants are in abundance here.
Animals you can expect to see on an average three-day safari include elephant, buffalo, rhino, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, kudu, impala, waterbuck, warthog, hippo, crocodile, hyena, lion, leopard (if you are lucky), wild dog (if you are lucky), cheetah (if you are lucky) and various smaller antelopes and predators, as well as birds and reptiles.
Sightings can never be guaranteed, because the animals move around freely. This is part of the excitement of game viewing – you never know what you might find. Our records show that we have found the Big Five animals (lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino) on 76% of all our safaris. So while there is a good chance you will see all of the Big Five, we can say with certainty that you will see at least some of them.

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Idris Elba has revealed that he shortened his first name as a teen after relentless taunting from bullies.
The Wire actor, whose real name is Idrissa Elba, grew up in Hackney, East London with his immigrant West African parents.
He told New York Magazine that he ran into the most abuse for his name from those in the right-wing party the National Front while going to school in the more upmarket area Canning Town.
"Their beliefs are 'Keep Britain White'. Walking down the street, someone would call you a black c**t. I was like, 'F**k that'."
Elba, 39, confessed that the teasing because of his feminine-sounding name - which means "firstborn son" - got so bad that he was eventually convinced to drop the last syllable.
He next stars in Ridley Scott's Prometheus with Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, and Charlize Theron.
Watch Idris Elba in a clip from Prometheus below:

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FIS handles analytical questions beyond the needs of analytical standard procedures (e.g. MEBAK, EBC or ASBC). We offer custom made or fitted analytical assays, that meet the demands of complex questions related to modern beer and beverage production. Our expertise covers the isolation, separation, characterization, and quantification of aroma compounds and their precursors from complex matrices.
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This hauntingly beautiful song is very different to anything she has sung before. It features the twice-Grammy nominated duo, The Civil Wars, who wrote the song with Swift for the upcoming movie, The Hunger Games. I don’t know anything about The Hunger Games but I like this song!
Go have a listen!
Safe & Sound by Taylor Swift ft. The Civil Wars (video linked from YouTube – no copyright infringement intended)
I want to start by saying that this blog isn’t going to be a ‘personal blog’ about my life, family etc because I have no doubt that reading about some stranger’s probably quite boring life will not interest you at all (I’m cheating a little and saying that this post comes under the Music category).
I had the inspiration for this post when I had my mp3 player on shuffle and Taylor Swift’s song, “Never Grow Up”, started to play. For some reason, every time I hear this song it reminds me of my niece, M**.
M is 9 months old and very beautiful, and the lyrics of “Never Grow Up” always make me think of her: her pretty smile, her intelligent eyes, her determined nature. The way she laughs and her cute little frown when she isn’t quite sure about something…
“To you, everything’s funny
You’ve got nothing to regret
I’d give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that” (lyrics copyright Taylor Swift)
So, M, although you won’t be able to read this for a few years, I just wanted to say how glad and proud I am to be your aunt.
** for privacy reasons, I do not disclose names of family members so I have chosen to use initials only.
Public domain image sourced from: Mother And Baby by Anna Cervova

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This month the Harrogate dealership has added the Lotus franchise to its 40-car multi-franchise showroom housing TVR, MG and Dutch supercar brand Spyker.
Jonathan Claxton, its Lotus brand manager, said: “Harrogate is a very affluent area and sports cars are a very popular choice of transport here, particularly the British brands. We will be covering Lotus sales for north Yorkshire, Teeside and Cumbria and hope to sell 150 new Lotus in the first year.”
Steve Williams, managing director, took over Drivestyle almost three years ago and said he was happy with the line-up of cars he had and wouldn't be pursuing a Morgan franchise. He said the company was entering into a very busy period with the launch of its Lotus franchise this winter and then the launch of its MG franchise in February.
Williams said everything was ready to go with the MG franchise, with just the branding and the cars left to arrive.
Drivestyle operates a service called Connections, which specialises in finding cars for clients. Williams said: “Connections is a magnet for sports car enthusiasts. It’s like a dating agency in that we can source the exact car a customer is looking for and sell on their old car because of the huge data base of clients we have.”
Any buyer is provided with Drivestyle’s Service Plus loyalty package with up to £1,000 off servicing costs over a three-year ownership cycle. It intends to allow owners’ clubs to use the dealership for meetings and driveouts.
Williams said: “After securing the two deals we will now be expanding to accommodate the arrival of the new Lotus and MG cars while maintaining our longstanding relationship with TVR.” The operation includes a 40-car showroom, eight-bay workshop and bodyshop.
Lotus Cars said it is still looking for more UK dealers, but it couldn’t define open points. “Unlike other brands Lotus can’t open sites geographically, it has to be where the market is,” said a spokesman.
The Drivestyle showroom will host the Lotus Elise.


October 9, 2021
Audio information that is featured on French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: I. Allemande by Johann Sebastian Bach, Christiane Jaccottet.
Find songs that harmonically matches to French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: I. Allemande by Johann Sebastian Bach, Christiane Jaccottet. Listed below are tracks with similar keys and BPM to the track where the track can be harmonically mixed.
|Castor et Pollux, RCT 32, Acte I, Scène III: Prélude - Air accompagné "Tristes apprêts"||Jean-Philippe Rameau, Teodor Currentzis||D Major||0||10B||86|
|Sonata in D major, Kk.119||Domenico Scarlatti, Gianluca Cascioli||D Major||1||10B||116|
|Oboe Concerto in D Major, Op. 7 No. 6: I. Allegro||London Harpsichord Ensemble, Sarah Francis||D Major||3||10B||99|
|Toccata For Cello, Strings And Harpsichord||Girolamo Frescobaldi, Jian Wang, Camerata Salzburg||D Major||1||10B||124|
|Lose Blaetter, Op. 13: XII. Choral||Max Reger, Markus Becker||D Major||0||10B||67|
|Te Deum H146 (1989 Digital Remaster): Te aeternum Patrem||Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Felicity Lott, Eiddwen Harrhy, Charles Brett, Ian Partridge, Stephen Roberts, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Philip Ledger, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields||D Major||1||10B||79|
|Les tourbillons||Jean-Philippe Rameau, Víkingur Ólafsson||D Major||2||10B||101|
|Sonata for Flauto Traverso and Basso Continuo in E Major, BWV 1035: II. Allegro||Richard Egarr, Johann Sebastian Bach, Viola de Hoog, Martin Root||D Major||2||10B||103|
|Overture (Suite) In D Major, TWV 55:D15: V. Rejouissance||Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Georg Philipp Telemann||D Major||3||10B||140|
|Water Music, HWV 349, Suite No. 2 in D Major: Allegro, Alla Hornpipe||Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, John Constable||D Major||2||10B||115|
|Scarlatti, D.: Keyboard Sonata in D Major, Kk. 443||Domenico Scarlatti, Mikhail Pletnev||D Major||1||10B||100|
|Trumpet Voluntary 'Prince of Denmark's March'||Jeremiah Clarke, Wayne Marshall, Ole Edvard Antonsen||D Major||1||10B||64|
|Suite for Orchestra No.2 in B minor for Flute and Strings, BWV 1067: IV. Bourée I||Philharmonia Slavonica, Henry Adolph||B Minor||2||10A||97|
|Ricercar a 6 from the Musical Offering BWV 1079||Florilegium||B Minor||1||10A||134|
|Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Eurydice) - Arranged for cello and piano / Act 2: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Reigen seliger Geister)||Christoph Willibald Gluck, Mischa Maisky, Pavel Gililov||B Minor||1||10A||66|
|Concerto grosso in D, Op.6, No.1: 2. Largo||Arcangelo Corelli, Alan Loveday, Carmel Kaine, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner||B Minor||2||10A||71|
|Mein Fleisch ist die rechte Speise: Aria: Mein Fleisch ist die rechte Speise||Johann Pachelbel, Hana Blaziková, CordArte Ensemble||B Minor||1||10A||127|
|Nachtlied, Op. 138, No. 3||Max Reger, Windsbacher Knabenchor, Martin Lehmann||B Minor||0||10A||69|
|Miserere in C Minor Psalm 50, ZWV. 57||Jan Dismas Zelenka, Il Fondamento, Il Fondamento Choir, Paul Dombrecht||B Minor||2||10A||64|
|Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18: I. Andantino. II. Lento (Arr. pour piano)||César Franck, Nikolai Lugansky||B Minor||0||10A||70|
|Instrumental Music from Dioclesian, Z. 627: 2. Preludio||Henry Purcell, Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra||B Minor||0||10A||114|
|Sonata in G major, Wq. 62/19: 2. Andante||Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Mikhail Pletnev||B Minor||0||10A||98|
This song is track #41 in Baroque Hits by Johann Sebastian Bach, Christiane Jaccottet, which has a total of 45 tracks. The duration of this track is 2:49 and was released on October 9, 2021. As of now, this track is currently not as popular as other songs out there. French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: I. Allemande doesn't provide as much energy as other songs but, this track can still be danceable to some people.
French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: I. Allemande has a BPM of 122. Since this track has a tempo of 122, the tempo markings of this song would be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright). Based on the tempo, this track could possibly be a great song to play while you are walking. Overall, we believe that this song has a fast tempo.
The key of French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: I. Allemande is D Major. In other words, for DJs who are harmonically matchings songs, the Camelot key for this track is 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.
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An extremely picturesque route with some superb views of Guestling, the Brede Valley, Doleham and Westfield - undoubtedly one of my favourite routes! The panoramic view from the track leading down to Lower Snaylham is worth doing this route for alone! Much of the route includes part of the 1066 Country Walk and 1066 Hastings Walk.

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This Netherlands based sanctuary receives on average 150 to 200 daily desperate messages from shelters and individuals all over Spain who are unable to cope with the abandoned animals dumped on their doorstep. The statistics tell us that 200.000 cats and dogs are abandoned in that country every year, though Bright Eyes estimates it as much higher.
BES started ALAS last year, a dog adoption project to help with the most desperate cases finding homes for them in the Netherlands, but considers this to be a mere drop in an ocean of hopeless dogs and cats, and concentrates its efforts in helping the shelters with information, channelling any available funding to help with food and medicines and promoting spey and neuter campaigns at an official level. Normally the municipal authorities have their own dog pounds or, increasingly, hire the services of exterminator companies that are not controlled or supervised by anyone. The horror stories attached to their activities are truly appalling.
It is a fact well documented in some countries of South America, such as Argentina or Uruguay, that mass castration campaigns of cats and dogs is the most cost effective, ethical and real solution to the problem of abandoned pets.
The Spanish shelters are overflowing with unwanted animals and although many would dearly like to be no-kill shelters, reality bites hard. Some have up to 700 animals living in concentration camp conditions, getting little or no support from the local government and dealing with all sorts of problems such as parvo epidemies, the dreaded Leishmaniasis disease in some parts of Spain is present in up to 70% of their dogs, a hostile environment.
To add to the problems facing the shelters there are the hunters; many of their discarded dogs end up there, invariably needing urgent veterinarian care. The Spanish hunters are perhaps the most irresponsible and ruthless in Europe, as it is cheaper for them to get new dogs every year than keep them from season to season. These dogs are in most cases kept starved and thirsty in filthy dark sheds and by the time the lucky ones get to the shelters they are in truly dreadful condition, many too far gone to recover.
It is very important to help the Spanish shelters and support them in their efforts to educate both the government and the general population. If they get enough food for the animals and funding for veterinarian care, vaccinations and spay and neuter operations, they will have more time and energy to tackle the root causes of the present situation.
Iris Gallegos, Director
The BrightEyes Society

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