Novatel Wireless Delivers Samples of World’s First EV-DO and HSDPA ExpressCards
Novatel Wireless today announced development of the first EV-DO and HSDPA 3G external PC ExpressCards, using the /34 slot. Pre-commercial samples have already been delivered, which are being developed in accordance to agreements and purchase orders from Novatel’s primary customers — notebook manufacturers and major carriers. CEO of Novatel, Peter Leparulo, says their products consist of PC Cards, embedded solutions and fixed mobile convergence solutions, using both EV-DO and UMTS/HSDPA technologies. To quote. No competitor can offer these benefits to carrier and OEM customer channels, giving us a distinct competitive advantage. Our ExpressCard development further enhances our leadership and demonstrates our close working relationship with both key operators and notebook manufacturers. With another form factor in our product portfolio spanning both major technologies, we become more important as a partner of choice in our key markets.
Dell exec says they take their own lead
Although it seem that Dell is a follower that’s on Microsoft’s and Intel’s leash, Kevin Kettler of Dell says they often blaze their own trails and do things their own way. Dell is active in establishing technologies, but also it’s the kingmaker to emerging technologies. Kettler gave examples of how Dell has gone its own way in an interview at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. Dell went its own way even over objections from Intel and Microsoft. Kettler said Dell was responsible for many technologies in desktop computers and servers, and Dell deserves credit for standards such as 802.11 wireless networking, PCI Express communications technology, and 64-bit extensions to Intel’s x86 line of microprocessors. Their claims have caused conflicts between it and other allies, though. According to analyst Roger Kay at Endpoint Technology Associates, Intel and Microsoft had more power in the past. Not many computer manufacturers were dominant enough to set terms, and there were very few alternatives when it came to buying chips or operating systems. Today, that has changed, and there are more power struggles because of major consolidation in the numbers of PC sellers. Kay says, And overall, Dell does indeed hole more power than in the past.
Both Intel and Microsoft has fallen somewhat out of step with Dell — read more about it here:Link to Cnet
Toshiba announces world’s first notebook with HD DVD-ROM drive
10th– Toshiba announces the world’s first notebook to have an HD DVD-ROM drive. The Qosmio G30/697HS will be avaliable in Japan mid-. In addition to being able to read HD DVD discs, the G30 can also read and write traditional CDs and DVDs (including DVD+/-RW DL and DVD-RAM). It will feature a 17″ WUXGA display, two integrated TV tuners (one analog, one digital), an Intel Core Duo T2500 (2.0GHz) processor, and Nvidia GeForce Go7600 graphics.
AMD Versus Intel antitrust case progress
A few weeks ago, Judge Joseph Farnan set a date for Intel and AMD to set an agenda — 20th. The Delaware district court has published the proposed agenda, and although it is still subject to the Judge’s approval, there are proposed stipulations which suggest some documents are likely to be sealed. Intel and AMD have served and given written responses to document requests, and begun collecting responsive materials. The total production could be — get this – hundreds of millions of pages.
Read the rest here: Link to The Inquirer
Intel to reveal laptop that doubles as an LCD TV
On , Intel showed off a concept design of a PC where it folds up, with the screen facing away from the keypad, then slips into a docking station to be used as an LCD TV.
The docking station itself is unique — it looks like an LCD TV stand, and has speakers on either side of the screen. Once the laptop is placed in the stand, it turns from a laptop into a TV. Of course it’s only a concept aimed at generating new ideas, according to officials at the Intel Developer Forum. It is meant to save space and the cost of purchasing a laptop and an LCD TV.
Another one of Intel’s concepts showed how an extra part on the back of the screen, similar to a monitor stand, held the screen higher than the laptop. The stand could be moved, allowing the user to fold the screen over the keyboard and watch movies comfortably on an airplane or any other confined space.
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Taiwanese Notebook makers reporting strong growth in
After clearing inventories, Taiwan’s leading notebook manufacturers saw significant growth in . Compal Electronics reported the highest sequential revenue growth in the top four players. Quanta Computer remained on top in both shipments and revenues in . Industry sources indicated that Quanta shipped 1.5 million notebooks last month, up more than 15% from 1.3 million units shipped in . It shipped a total of 4.1 million notebooks in the first quarter this year, up about 25% on year, the sources added.
Compal saw revenues for grow 33.1% sequentially to NT$23.1 billion, up 36.1% on-year. Revenues for the first quarter reached NT$59.7 billion, up 19.2% on year.
Compal set a monthly record for themselves, with notebook shipments for totaling 980,000 units said sources.
Wistron, which overtook Inventec as Taiwan’s third-largest notebook maker in the fourth quarter of last year in terms of revenues, remained ahead of Inventec in the first quarter this year. Wistron also had the strongest revenue growth in the first quarter among the top four notebook makers.
What is very interesting is that for Inventec, orders for new notebooks from HP and Toshiba came out to NT$19.7 billion in , a 28.5% sequential boost. Inventec is reported to be making notebooks for Fujitsu and Acer in the second half of this year as well.
Skyhook Wireless announces Beta avaliability of Loki location-based Internet search
Skyhook Wireless announced at CTIA WIRELESS 2006 the Beta avaliability of Loki, which is a location-based Internet Search, content navigation, and location-sharing browsing toolbar. Skyhook’s WiFi positioning system (WPS) automatically defines a user’s physical location, and the toolbar can turn a WiFi-enabled notebook into a virtual GPS device. It also integrates the location into the user’s Internet search, browsing, and communications. To quote, For the first time, Internet user’s can easily integrate their view of the digital world with their physical location. Loki comes preconfigured with several channels’, samples of which include:
- Plot a location on Yahoo! maps
- Email that location to a friend
- Find the nearest Thai restaurant or anything near you
- Search for the cheapest nearby gas (gasbuddy.com)
- Find your local movie of choice (Fandango)
- Get local weather and news
- Easy driving instructions
With a single click of the mouse, users can find the nearest resturant, hospital, coffee shop, gas station – you name it, Loki will find it.
Link to Loki
Web Hosting on a Condo of Mac Minis
In news of the weird, and slightly un-laptop related, if you’ve been looking for a colocation for your Mac Mini or have the desire to say run a web server on a Mac Mini in a hosted environment, then check this site out where they advertise not a rack of servers but rather a Condo of Mac Minis.
Link to MacMiniColo
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Crestview is the jacket version of a cardigan that I had previously designed. It is worked in pieces with seams to allow it to keep its shape and add a bit more stability. Crestview is worked from the bottom up and features waist shaping, garter stitch trims, and a fun wrap stitch lace panel up the back.
Sample knit by Lily Newton in Classic Elite Ariosa (discontinued), shade Sangria.
Photos by Carrie Bostick Hoge

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Greencore Munster Rugby Academy Confirmed
5th June 2020 By The Editor
Three players have been added to the Greencore Munster Rugby Academy ahead of the 2020/21 season.
The Year One recruits are hooker and former CBC man Scott Buckley (UCC), Bandon RFC/Bandon Grammar out-half Jack Crowley (Cork Constitution) and PBC back-row forward Alex Kendellen.
It was announced today that hooker Diarmuid Barron has become the fifth Academy player promoted to the senior squad for next season, joining winger Liam Coombes (Garryowen), prop Keynan Knox (Young Munster), centre Alex McHenry (Cork Constitution) and back-row forward Jack O’Sullivan (UCC).
Scrum-half Jack Stafford and full-back/out-half Alan Tynan have completed their three years in the Academy and we wish to take this opportunity to thank them for their time with the province.
Former Ireland U20s player Stafford made his senior debut for Munster against Zebre in November 2017. The former Glenstal Abbey man has featured for Shannon and Garryowen in the AIL during his time in the Academy along with Munster A.
Tynan, another former Ireland U20 international, featured for Young Munster in the AIL and Munster A throughout his time in the Academy. Tynan made his senior Munster debut in the pre-season clash against Connacht in 2019 and has previously played both hurling and football for Tipperary at minor level.
See player bios of the new Academy recruits, and the full listing of the group below.
Scott Buckley – Hooker
Scott Buckley captained CBC to the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup in 2019 and has represented Ireland at U18 and U19 level.
The 19-year-old enjoyed a strong campaign with Munster A in the Celtic Cup this season and captained the side away to Dragons in August.
Buckley was unfortunate to miss out on the majority of the campaign after sustaining a hamstring injury.
Jack Crowley – Out-half
Inishannon’s Jack Crowley won the U18 Munster and All Ireland titles with Bandon RFC in 2018 and has also lined out for Bandon Grammar in the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup.
The 20-year-old starred for the Ireland U20s in this year’s 6 Nations and scored 36 points in three games as Ireland cliched the Triple Crown before the campaign was cut short.
He has also played a leading role for Cork Constitution in the AIL this year along with lining out for Munster A in the Celtic Cup.
Alex Kendellen – Back-row
Alex Kendellen joins the Academy straight out of school having led PBC to the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup final this year.
The 19-year-old has already earned a number of representative honours at provincial and international level.
Kendellen has lined out for the Munster U18s and U19s and captained the Ireland U18 Schools side last year along with lining out for the Ireland U18 7s team.
Greencore Munster Rugby Academy 2020/21
15 players have now been confirmed for the Academy next season and there may be further additions over the coming months.
Year Three: Thomas Ahern (Lock/Shannon), Jack Daly (Back-row forward/Garryowen), Ben Healy (Out-half/Garryowen), James French (Prop/UCC), Seán French (Centre/Cork Constitution), Eoghan Clarke (Hooker/Shannon), Jonathan Wren (Back three/Cork Constitution), Josh Wycherley (Prop/Young Munster).
Year Two: Jake Flannery (Out-half/Shannon), John Hodnett (Back-row forward/UCC), Paddy Kelly (Lock/Young Munster), Eoin O’Connor (Lock/Waterpark RFC).
Year One: Scott Buckley (Hooker/UCC), Jack Crowley (Out-half/Cork Constitution), Alex Kendellen (Back-row forward/PBC).

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Another day's heartless sun is sinking to the horizon, not a cloud in the sky, and Mick Clark's nuggety body is throwing a long shadow over his parched land north of Deniliquin.
The feedlot that not so long ago held 1000 fat lambs is empty. There is no crop planted on the property that has been in his family's hands for three generations.
"I've parked all the farm equipment up in the sheds and I've gone and got myself a job driving a tractor for a bloke," he says.
Mick Clark has made a vow.
"So far as I'm concerned, the supermarket shelves in the city can go empty," he says. "I'm not going to spend $600 a megalitre of water to keep farming just to go broke."
Clark is among an army of farmers across what has long been called Australia's food bowl who say they can no longer afford to grow food.
It is not as simple as a lack of rain, though this country is in its second dry year.
Farmers in the Riverina know about dry periods. They will almost forgive the sky when it withholds its mercy.
But when regulators tell them they can't gain access to water that is flowing past their land, and when the authorities charge them for the right to that water they can't use, and then charge them more for "delivery" of the water that isn't delivered, they get very angry indeed.
So far as I'm concerned, the supermarket shelves in the city can go empty. I'm not going to spend $600 a megalitre of water to keep farming just to go broke.- Mick Clark
And then, when their last desperate option is to buy water on the open market and the equation is 11 megalitres to grow a singe hectare of corn, or 13 to 15 megs per hectare for rice, and water is $600 a meg ... why, they get mad.
Dairy farmers in the region who haven't folded are spending huge money they don't have to maintain their herds, I'm told, knowing that if there is no spring rain this year, they'll be lucky to drive away in an old ute.
Up and down the dry irrigation country people are declaring themselves angry enough to turn their backs on the National and Liberal parties that have always held political sway in this slice of the country.
Read more: Coalition plans $57m drought help package
"I've been a Liberal and Nationals voter for 18 years," says Clark. "I won't vote for either of them again. The only way I'd go back is if they said they'd stop sending fresh water out to sea."
His conviction is proving infectious.
The electorate of Farrer, which runs the length of the Murray to the South Australian border, has been held easily by the Liberal's Sussan Ley since 2001. Before that it was Tim Fischer's kingdom.
The online bookies just six weeks ago had Ley at short odds of $1.25 to hold the seat against the outsider, Albury mayor and independent candidate Kevin Mack, at $8.
This week, Mack became the favourite: $1.55 to Ley on $2.10.
One of Clark's neighbouring farmers, Andrew Crossley, whose family normally farms 2000 irrigated acres, says the entire Murray-Darling Basin Plan should be "paused, reviewed and re-set".
"We're just sick of what's been happening," he says. "It can't go on."
Water politics and regulations in Australia's irrigation districts, which are supposed to balance the competing needs of farmers, towns and the environment, have become so dizzying they might have been a creation of Franz Kafka, the master of socio-bureaucratic absurdity.
Clark, Crossley and all their fellow farmers on the northern, NSW side, of the Murray River are on what is called "zero allocation" of irrigation water.
Yet they can look 100 metres across the strong-flowing river to Victoria, where farmers are on 60 per cent of their entitled allocation. And they know, with furious envy, that if they were downstream in South Australia, they would be enjoying 100 per cent of their allocations.
My motorcycle has taken me more than 1000 kilometres through the flatlands of Victoria's north-west and the featureless plains of southern NSW over the last few days, grain silos cutting horizons like church spires.
At every stop, the sound that replaces the thump of the motor is that of country people expressing disbelief at what they see is a political system that has delivered many of them a weariness that is approaching despair.
The closer I ride towards the Murray, the lifeblood of Australia's most important food-growing region, the despair - and in some cases, utter disconnection - becomes more apparent.
Bill McDonald, the publican of the Grand Hotel at the tiny town of Nyah West, in the far north of Victoria's Mallee, is perfectly blunt.
"Don't ask me about politics," he says when I tell him I'm seeking views about the coming federal election. "If politics comes on the TV on the wall there, everyone calls for it to be turned off straight away.
"They've just had a gut full."
And yet the electorate of Mallee shapes as one of the more interesting of the contests in rural Australia.
Held by the Nationals (formerly the Country Party) since its creation in 1949, its future was thrown into confusion when the sitting member, Andrew Broad, sensationally blew away his political career last year by an indiscretion with a so-called "sugar babe" in Hong Kong.
No less than 13 candidates - more than ever before - have nominated for election.
Every one of those candidates lists water as high on their lists of concerns.
The vast dimensions of Mallee - a third of Victoria - means the troubled Murray isn't necessarily a shared concern, however. A couple of hours south west of McDonald's hotel, in the town of Jeparit, I came across the town's oracles, Ron Smith, 90, and George Allitt, 83.
Lifetime grain and sheep farmers, they meet every morning for a natter in a cafe in the little town's supermarket. The "big town" in their world is Horsham, 75 kilometres to the south. Mildura, Mallee's main population centre, and the Murray river and its mysteries, are 270 kilometres north. Jeparit's water, the Wimmera Rivera, flows from the south.
They're discussing the attributes of the town's doctor, a fellow named Mohammed, when I pull up.
Ron says he doesn't care about politics at all, though he doesn't want to see "that bloke Shorten" running the country.
George says he'd be happy if Scott Morrison continued as prime minister. He says he doesn't see any difference between Liberal or National, and though neither Ron nor George can name a Mallee candidate, George says he wouldn't mind an independent "so long has he was on the right [conservative] side".
In fact, the Nationals' Dr Anne Webster - the founder of Zoe Support, a community organisation that helps young mothers reconnect with studying and training - is favourite, but four independents are offering a red-hot challenge.
Up in Nyah West, publican McDonald agrees that water is the big topic around the bar.
"They've cut the water off to the farms, they've sold it to overseas interests and no-one seems to care," he says.
One of his customers, Kevin Lee-Jones, says he no longer farms his own land.
"I've got land with water rights, but it's too expensive to farm it," he says. He never turns on the water, but he still has to pay Goulburn-Murray Water $2000 a year just in case he decides he needs it one day.
Instead, he leases out his water rights to anyone willing to pay between $300 and $500 a megalitre, and has swapped sheep farming for spray painting for a living.
I cross the Murray and the state border at the wonderfully named Tooleybuc, the river flowing beneath the span. You'd never imagine this wide stretch of brown water would cause so much heartache.
Two hours of straight empty road bordered by struggling saltbush and bare earth later, I motor in to Deniliquin.
Next morning, there are 2000 people at the Anzac commemorative ceremony on the corner of the town's park - a chain of billabongs running through it, the lawns startlingly green.
I find myself almost mobbed by locals wanting to vent about what zero water allocations mean to Deniliquin.
Mayor Norm Brennan says he's worried for his town. The local rice mill had put off 100 workers at Christmas, because "you can only grow rice when you've got water".
Brianna Holden, who manages the accounts at a local fertiliser company, says the flow-on effect of plunging agriculture income is obvious to everyone. Transport companies weren't bringing in so much grain; farm machinery companies were laying off staff; small shops were closing; rental properties were vacant because shift workers from the rice mill were leaving town.
So far as politics went: "People are saying you can't expect change if you keep things the same, so they may as well give someone else a go".
North of town, Andrew Crossley, with his two sons who will become the fourth generation on his family's farm if it survives, peers at the Mulwala Canal, a Murray diversion stream full of water destined for South Australia and denied to the Riverina's farmers.
"We've been sold down the river," he says. There is no hint of irony.
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Excitation emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy combined with PARAFAC analysis provides a fast and effective method of characterizing the fluorescent fraction of dissolved organic matter (DOM). Fluorescence measurements can be used as a tracer for quantitative and qualitative changes occurring in the DOM pool as a whole. An earlier study found that the fluorescence signal could be modeled by five fractions. This study presents an analysis on a considerably larger data set (> 1,200 samples) resulting from a 1-yr sampling program in Horsens Estuary, Denmark. Eight fluorescent fractions were identified. Four biogenic terrestrial, two anthropogenic, and two protein-like fractions were identified. Analysis of covariation between the components identified source-specific fractions and the presence of common factors controlling the composition of terrestrial DOM exported from different catchments.
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This is a pretty easy pie to do with the kids and it also looks pretty...BONUS!
- 1 pecan graham cracker crust, cooled
- 1 lb cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 pint fresh strawberries, sliced in half
Mix the cream cheese and sugar until smooth and creamy.
Add the sour cream and vanilla and mix until combined.
Spread the filling evenly over the crust.
Arrange the berries on top.
Chill for at least 8 hours until filling sets.

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The State Department is pushing through a government sale to Israel of 13,000 rounds of tank ammunition, bypassing a congressional review process that is generally required for arms sales to foreign nations, according to a State Department official and an online post by the Defense Department on Saturday.
The State Department notified congressional committees at 11 p.m. on Friday that it was moving ahead with the sale, valued at more than $106 million, even though Congress had not finished an informal review of a larger order from Israel for tank rounds.
The department invoked an emergency provision in the Arms Export Control Act, the State Department official and a congressional official told The New York Times. Both spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivities over the sales. The arms shipment has been put on an expedited track, and Congress has no power to stop it.
The Defense Department posted a notification of the sale before noon on Saturday. It said Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken had informed Congress on Friday that “an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale.”
It is the first time that the State Department had invoked the emergency provision for an arms shipment to the Middle East since May 2019, when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo approved weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a move that was criticized by lawmakers and some career officials inside the State Department.
The State Department has used the emergency provision at least two times since 2022 to rush arms to Ukraine for its defense against Russia’s invasion.
But in the case of the Israel-Gaza war, there has been growing condemnation in the United States and abroad of the way Israel is carrying out its offensive. The State Department’s decision to bypass Congress appeared to reflect an awareness of some Democratic lawmakers’ criticism of the Biden administration for supplying arms to Israel with no conditions or scrutiny.
Israeli airstrikes and ground operations have killed more than 15,000 Palestinians in Gaza, and about 40 percent of those fatalities have been children, according to the health ministry in Gaza. The war started on Oct. 7 when Hamas launched cross-border attacks in Israel, killing at least 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and abducting about 240 others, according to Israeli authorities.
Thirteen Democratic senators announced Thursday that they were working on legislation to require greater evidence from nations receiving U.S. weapons that their militaries are not committing war crimes.
The sale is certain to infuriate Arab leaders, who have sharply criticized the Biden administration’s efforts to block international attempts, including in the United Nations, to pressure Israel for an immediate long-term cease-fire.
“The combination of the United States’ veto of a cease-fire resolution in the U.N., and this expedited provision of lethal arms to Israel, should cause some serious consideration of whether the secretary’s repeated assertions that the U.S. seeks to minimize civilian casualties in Israel’s operation in Gaza are sincere,” said Josh Paul, a former State Department official who worked on arms sales, referring to Mr. Blinken. (Mr. Paul resigned from the agency in October over U.S. weapons aid to Israel for its use in the Gaza war.)
The 13,000 rounds are one tranche of a larger order from Israel of 45,000 rounds of ammunition for Merkava tanks that the State Department aims to approve, but that is under informal review by two congressional committees that have oversight of arms sales, congressional officials said. The total order is valued at more than $500 million. The New York Times and Reuters reported Friday on the order from Israel.
During the informal review process, committee members can ask the State Department questions about the weapons sale, in particular how the arms will be used and whether the purchaser will work to lessen civilian casualties. Once the relevant committees sign off, the State Department issues a formal notification to Congress of the sales.
“Congressional review is a critical step for examining any large arms sale,” Senator Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, said in a statement to The Times on Saturday, after being asked about the State Department’s expedited approval. “The administration’s decision to short-circuit what is already a quick time frame for congressional review undermines transparency and weakens accountability. The public deserves better.”
Although most of the civilian casualties in Gaza are caused by heavy Israeli airstrikes, some Palestinian journalists have taken video footage or photographs of what they say are Israeli armored vehicles firing on civilians.
And on Thursday, the Reuters news agency published an investigation that concluded a strike by an Israeli tank crew had killed one of its video journalists, Issam Abdallah, in South Lebanon on Oct. 13. The strike severely injured an Agence France-Presse photographer, Christina Assi, and wounded five other journalists.
“Issam was not in an active combat zone when he was struck,” Reuters said in a statement. “He and his colleagues were alongside journalists from other news outlets, in an area far from active conflict.”
Human Rights Watch, which did its own investigation, and Amnesty International both called the attack a war crime.
The Israeli military says it does not target civilians. In the case of the tank strike that killed Mr. Abdallah and injured the others, it has argued they were in a conflict area, despite there being no evidence of combatants or fighting around the journalists at the time.
On Thursday, Mr. Blinken said at a news conference that “it is imperative — it remains imperative — that Israel put a premium on civilian protection, and there does remain a gap between exactly what I said when I was there, the intent to protect civilians, and the actual results that we’re seeing on the ground.”

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I recorded and released a song called “Flickering Flames” in January. It’s an instrumental track with bass and three guitars. Here it is as a YouTube video:
The cover art is a painting I created the first time I tried abstract painting. The cover art for “Rolling Clouds” was created the same day.
If you’d rather listen on Spotify, it’s here.

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Edition 5 is Available Again
We’ve found 30 copies of our sold out edition 5!
This is just a quick note for those of you who missed out on purchasing issue #5 of Mind Cafe magazine.
We’ve located 30 copies in one of our warehouses, so for those of you who didn’t get a chance to pick one up the first time round, now you can!
You can find it here.
Love as always.


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Ole Henrik Skjelstad is a talented 53-year-old self-taught photographer and math teacher currently based in Hønefoss, Norway. Ole started photography in January 2013 after he received his first camera as a birthday present. Skjelstad shoots brilliant nature and landscape photography. He uses Pentax K-1 camera with Pentax 70-200 2.8, Pentax 24-70 2.8 and Pentax 15-30 2.8 lens.
Beautiful travel landscapes by Oddvar Arnesen, a talented self-taught photographer, and adventurer based in Oslo,
Outstanding nightscape snaps by Adrien Louis Mauduit, a talented photographer, cinematographer, and science communicator who

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Author: Beth Vanhorn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date: 2017-04-28
Veterinary Guide to Animal Breeds offers a comprehensive reference for accurately recognizing small animal, exotic, and large animal breeds, with color photographs to aid in identification and important information for delivering veterinary care. Provides a reliable, veterinary-based guide to accurately recognizing breeds Covers small, large, and exotic animal breeds Emphasizes information targeted at daily veterinary practice Presents full-color photographs for comparison and identification Includes access to a companion website offering teaching materials, including worksheets and teaching PowerPoints
Author: Jerold Bell
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date: 2012-02-01
This book provides the veterinary practitioner, student, breeder and pet owner with a complete but quick reference to the diagnosis and management of breed-related medical conditions of dogs and cats. 171 recognized dog breeds and 42 cat breeds are included, organized alphabetically, with all information fully referenced and based on the most recent research. Appendices contain quick reference to condition by breed, available genetic tests and registries. Veterinary Medical Guide to Dog and Cat Breeds is a must have for the general practitioner and an ideal client education tool. Anyone concerned with educating the general public about the medical problems associated with purebred dogs and cats should have this title in their library.
A landmark breeding resource for new and seasoned horse owners alike With millions of recreational riders on the bridle paths today, breeding is becoming increasingly popular among horse owners at all experience levels. Whether you are already enjoying the rich rewards of equine breeding or need down-to-earth advice on whether breeding is right for you and your animal, the Veterinary Guide to Horse Breeding offers a thorough, up-to-date overview of the process.
Author: Michael S. Garvey, D.V.M.
Release Date: 2008-12-10
The experts reveal how to interpret and understand your dog's symptoms and what steps to take to ensure its health. This comprehensive and practical book is designed to assist dog owners in understanding their pets' bodies and health based on signs and symptoms of disease, and in determining the most common medical problems that might cause particular symptoms. Adopting the "decision chart" format from popular symptom guides for human ailments, such as the American Medical Association's Guide to Your Family's Symptoms and Take Care of Yourself, five leading veterinarians have designed a user-friendly chart system that will guide a pet owner from noting the symptom and observing the dog's behavior to understanding the associated signs of an illness, the possible conditions, and the best steps to take. Filled with more than two hundred charts in an easy-to-follow two-color format and medical drawings, The Veterinarians' Guide to Your Dog's Symptoms is the indispensable reference for dog owners. It not only considers the problems of sick and injured pets, but also addresses the needs of healthy animals. It has all the information a dog owner needs: ¸ What a healthy dog should look like ¸ Flow charts to the 150 most common symptoms ¸ Training and behavior issues, such as housebreaking and aggression ¸ Emergency first aid, including how to apply bandages and create a makeshift muzzle ¸ A glossary of veterinary diagnostic tests and medical terms With this unique combination of medical information and advice, plus an innovative chart system, The Veterinarians' Guide to Your Dog's Symptoms will enable pet owners to help their dogs live long, healthy, and happy lives. From the Trade Paperback edition.
This easy-to-use reference guide provides everything you need to know about caring for and treating pets and barnyard animals. With complete chapters on cats, cows, dogs, goats, horses, pigs, poultry, rabbits, and sheep, it includes hundreds of strategies for preventing and curing common problems. * How to sex a rabbit * The best way to dehorn a buck * Preventing cannibalism in chickens * Treating saddle sores * Controlling shock * Nail care for dogs and cats * Giving medications . . . And much more! Veterinary Guide for Animal Owners provides a wealth of practical, no-nonsense information that no animal owner should be without.
Author: Stephen R. Purdy
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Pub
Release Date: 2010
Addressing a common misconception, this handbook explains that donkeys are not horses and that the two kinds of animals are genetically and anatomically quite different. Carefully laying out the special physiological and environmental needs of donkeys, the book educates owners, would-be owners, and breeders about how best to care for their charges while also providing clear technical information on donkey anatomy and behavior, diseases, breeding, and general husbandry. Written with affection for donkeys and their antics, the book goes a long way toward preventing common and sometimes dire mistakes in caring for these interesting animals.
An Illustrated Guide to Companion Animal Breeds provides information on dog and cat breeds, birds, and pocket pets. Readers learn about different breeds and species of companion animals and their characteristics, becoming familiar with diseases and conditions that can threaten their health. The first to cover all types of companion animals, the book discusses breed origins, characteristics, size and weight, color, coat type, body features, and life span. The unit on dogs features herding, hound, sporting, non-sporting, terrier, toy, and working breeds. The material on cats discusses color, coat, and body types. It covers numerous specific breeds including Abyssinian, American Curl and Shorthair, Egyptian Mau, Balinese, Persian, Korat, Norwegian Forest Cat, and more.In addition, the text addresses the nutritional needs and caging information of pocket pets and birds, as well as their origins, size, and weight. The book includes full-color photographs of all the animals. An Illustrated Guide to Companion Animal Breeds is intended for veterinary technology and animal science courses at the university level. The book is also an excellent resource for high school and college competitions in companion animal breed identification, husbandry, training, and events.
Author: M. Meredith
Release Date: 1995-10-16
This new addition to the Veterinary Health Series provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of breeding and fertility in animals from both temperate and tropical environments. Taking a practical, problem-oriented approach to the theory and practice of animal breeding and infertility, it deals systematically with the typical approaches and problems encountered in the treatment of cattle, goats, horses, pigs and sheep in individual chapters, written by professionals in the field
Author: Rebecca L. Frankeny
Publisher: Trafalgar Square
Release Date: 2008-05-01
Offering a complete list of prescriptive solutions to a variety of ailments, this resource provides Miniature horse owners and veterinarians with the information they need to safely and appropriately treat health issues that affect the breed. Miniature horses differ significantly from large horses and are often victims of the undesirable consequences of miscalculated treatments. With a special chapter by Kentucky Equine Research nutritional specialist, Dr. Steve Duren, horse owners will also gain valuable advice on the particular nutritional needs of the Miniature horse.
Author: C. E. Spaulding
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Release Date: 2015-02-10
Whether you own cats, dogs, rabbits, chickens, horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, or a combination of animals, you need expert information to make sure your animal friends stay happy and healthy. From nail care for dogs to treating saddle sores on horses to incubating turkey eggs, Veterinary Guide for Animal Owners, 2nd Edition offers advice in easy-to-understand language. With this comprehensive book, learn how to: Provide first aid for cattle Vaccinate sheep Treat a colicky horse Breed chickens Care for bunnies Treat a diabetic dog Help a cat with diarrhea And much more! Whether you are a 4H student, a home breeder raising chickens, the manager of a small farm, or the owner of a new puppy, this book—chock-full of strategies for preventing and curing common problems—is for you. Authors C. E. Spaulding and Jackie Clay also include a guide to choosing the right veterinarian, a glossary of commonly used terms, and a recommended reading list, making this a perfect no-nonsense companion for any animal owner.
Author: N. Bruce Haynes
Publisher: Storey Kids
Release Date: 2001
KEEPING LIVESTOCK HEALTHY is one of the recognized classics in its field. Small Farmer's Journal called it "a major contribution to available farm veterinary literature." Modern Veterinary Practice wrote: ". . . highly recommended to all livestock owners." And Farmstead Magazine said, "So admirably organized and indexed that its information is instantly available." Now completely revised and updated, this fourth edition draws on the very latest research from experts on each of the five animals covered - horses, cattle, pigs, goats, and sheep. It presents new information on vaccines, artificial insemination, ultrasonography, disease testing, drug treatments, and diseases such as Lyme disease, Potomac fever, bluetongue, foot-and-mouth disease, and mad cow disease. This complete reference on livestock health is an invaluable guide to preventing disease through good nutrition, proper housing, and appropriate care.
Author: Graham R. Duncanson
Release Date: 2012
Sheep and goats are farmed worldwide for meat, milk, skins and wool. This diverse range of uses means that many people rely on these animals as a source of income, food and warm clothing, though they can also be kept as pets. With an accessible structure designed for use in the field, this book provides a general veterinary guide to treating common conditions in these animals. It addresses veterinary medicines and their uses, on-site surgery, equipment, normal values and vital signs, vaccination, nutrition, dental treatment, poisoning and dermatology. Worldwide disease conditions are also covered in detail, with a particular focus on the welfare of the animal and economic reality. A valuable field guide for the veterinary practitioner, this book is also essential reading for veterinary students.
More than 1,000 cattle breeds from around the globe are cataloged in this monumental bovine reference. Each breed, including species found only in prehistory, is provided with a detailed physical description and a watercolor drawn to scale. Cattle are also classified into groups and subgroups according to geographical distribution, historical background, and physical features. Charts indicating breed lineage and records of crossbreeding, maps clearly depicting the location and distribution of authentic and derived breeds, and additional color photographs all round out this unprecedented resource.

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PB & Butterscotch Haystacks
Tasty treats good for any occasion, these haystacks are mounded with a mixture of peanut butter, butterscotch chips, marshmallows and chow mein noodles. To enjoy in a snap, make them the microwave way.
- Ready In:
- 1 (11 ounce) package NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Butterscotch Flavored Morsels
- 3⁄4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 (8 1/2 ounce) can chow mein noodles
- 3 1⁄2 cups miniature marshmallows
- Microwave morsels in large, microwave-safe bowl on medium-high (70 percent) power for 1 minute; stir.
- Microwave at additional 10- to 20-second intervals, stirring until smooth.
- Stir in peanut butter until well-blended.
- Add chow mein noodles and marshmallows; toss until coated.
- Drop by rounded tablespoon onto prepared baking sheets.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Double Boiler Method: Melt morsels over hot (not boiling) water; stir until smooth.
- Remove from heat; stir in peanut butter.
- Transfer to large bowl.
- Add chow mein noodles and marshmallows; proceed as above.
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Perfect! My grandfather used to make these and this recipe fit the bill for repeating what he did. I was able to "stretch" the recipe by using 1 and 1/4 cups chow mein noodles with the 3/4 c peanut butter and 11 oz bag of chips. I also skipped the marshmellows. Thank you for posting this easy treat!


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Welcome to another blog hop. This time I am taking part in the FIRST Ink & Share Scrapbook Blog Hop.
I live in a lovely village in near Ely in the UK. You may have just joined me on this blog hop or just hopped over from Sue and seen her scrapbook page.
For this first blog hop the theme is Anything Current. Whilst I was looking through some old photos trying to find some that I could scrapbook as one off pages. I found some photos of my lovely daughter which were taken by a professional photographer for one of my birthdays.
The photo has a black and red border around it and I wanted to use a bright colour for my page so I chose Real Red 12×12 card stock. I have been trying to find another excuse to use the Petal Palette stamp set as it is a lovely set. Also I wanted to use more embellishments as most of my scrapbook pages are full of photos rather than just the one photo.
I decided to use the White Polka Dot Tulle ribbon and the Black Satin ribbon. By trying different layouts I decided to layer the ribbons, with the polka dot tulle on top of the black. Don’t you just love how this turned out?
I die cut out the leaves using the Petals & More Thinlits and Whisper White card stock and Blueberry Bushel card stock. These were glued onto the left hand corners using fine tip glue.
Then I stamped the flower stamps in Black Memento. These flowers were then coloured in using the Real Red watercolour pencil and a blender pen. The leaves were coloured in using the Basic Black watercolour pencil. Finally I used Wink of Stella brushed over the roses to make them sparkle.
To finish the page off I used the Amazing and You dies from the Celebrate You thinlits which were die cut again using Whisper White and Blueberry Bushel card stock and stuck one over the other.
I hope you have enjoyed looking at my scrapbook page and that it has given you some ideas. Please do leave comments as you hop around this blog hop.
Please click on the next button to hop over to Cindy to see her scrapbook page.
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August Roll Call

domain: design


Dr. Pooja Viswanathan (Co-Founder, CEO)
Dr. Viswanathan has a passion for improving accessibility and independence for people with physical disabilities. She has completed doctoral and post-doctoral research in robotics and assistive technologies, and has been working with smart wheelchair technology for over a decade. See Pooja's academic publications here.
Pooja is an expert in knowledge translation and commercialization and acts as a consultant to many Canadian networks and organizations. She has received awards and scholarships from the following organizations:
Pooja currently leads business and customer development at Braze, as well as supervising product design. Learn more about the products that were designed based on Pooja’s years of research and experience!
Dr. Alex Mihailidis (Co-founder, Scientific Advisor)
Dr. Mihailidis is an internationally recognised researcher in the field of technology and ageing, having published over 150 journal and conference papers and co-edited two books.
He is very active in the rehabilitation engineering profession and has been the President for the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society for North America (RESNA), as well as a joint Scientific Director of the AGE-WELL NCE.
Alex is a scientific advisor for Braze Mobility, using his expertise on ageing to help develop innovative and client centered technologies. Learn more here.
Dr. Namit Sharma (Business Development Manager)
Dr. Sharma's vision is improving quality of life through transformative technologies. He has decade-long doctoral and post-doctoral research experience in life sciences, and is a recipient of the prestigious Canadian Commonwealth scholarship, authoring several publications in the field. Dr. Sharma has also contributed to developing strategies for improving organizational efficiencies in providing patient care. He is passionate about disrupting the complex rehab industry through innovative technology at Braze Mobility, where he manages lead generation, digital sales, and digital marketing in North America and foreign markets.
Graham Browning (Product Manager)
Graham has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, and has expertise in product design, prototyping, assembly, and product testing. Graham currently leads product development and overseas manufacturing and is passionate about creating designs that maximize ability and independence.
Extended Team & Development Partners
Vitruvian Engineering (Electronics Supply Chain)
Tharindu Silva (Electronics Design)
Wistron Corporation (Plastics manufacturing)
Wade Watts (Customer Development Partner)
Eric Wan (Software Architecture)
Michael Tamblyn (CEO, Rakuten Kobo)
Sunil Sharma (Managing Director, Techstars Toronto)
Emanuel Istrate (Chair, IEEE)
Venkat Venkataramanan (Director of Scientific Operations, Impact Centre)
Jonathan Rose (Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Toronto)
Klaus Fiebig (CAAP Senior Director and Strategic Programs, Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization)


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The Stages of Relationship Infatuation
The five stages of a marriage are in doubt, confusion, disorientation, rejection and lastly full acceptance. Every romantic relationship goes through these types of phases, despite the fact not just when. Think of the stages less milestones into a final result nevertheless more as a series of stages that go through over great eternal cycle. The relationship you are in right now with the middle of the earliest stage of your journey. It truly is up to you to both accelerate that journey by moving out on the doubt and confusion and into the loving stages or reduce that by moving out of denial and moving forward to the next level.
If you find yourself in the second level of your romance, you and your partner are having what a large number of refer to for the reason that the “power struggles”. You may have noticed this when your partner does something you don’t like or something they seem oblivious to. In these situations the power problems can drive a person mad. As a way to prevent these power struggles you will need to learn how to converse clearly regarding what’s anticipated of you.
After the fifthly stage of a marriage comes the acceptance level. In this stage both lovers must have arrive to the realization that the relationship is not just worth keeping alive although also very important. You are actually past the earliest two stages of a romance where there was no true psychological connection. Now you must work on establishing a deep connection with each other. This is certainly done by paying attention to00 one another and merely sharing activities together.
The next stage of a romantic relationship is considered the “desire stage. ” Once you have made it through the 6th stage of a romance your couples desire for closeness is the most prevalent request. Closeness here is not really the desire just for sex but a desire for nearness, which is a kind of affection. Now both lovers must have reached the understanding that their marriage is not just a physical one, although a very personal one. These couples need to spend just about every moment likely together and are also willing to make the effort to hold the relationship alive.
The last two stages of the relationship represent the completion stages. Inside the completion stage both parties are happy with the new relationship. There is no longer any kind of need to constantly be wondering in the event one another is definitely happy. They are simply at peacefulness with themselves and each different. It is at this time that the couples begin to associated with moves required to become permanently together. This represents the beginning of a long term romance.
When it comes to romances infatuation is a its maximum level. Even though all human relationships undergo some standard of infatuation eventually it is usually in its highest levels when it comes to romantic relationships. One of the biggest dreads that many lovers face is merely that go to these guys they will become too fascinated to be able to separate themselves from another. If this happens then the marriage may not be successful. If a couple enter into a critical relationship, they have to remain independent if they demand the relationship to hit your objectives.

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8-liner arcade robbery ends with two arrests
Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:01:36 GMT —
Two men are behind bars after being accused of storming a Brownsville 8-liner arcade armed with guns and robbing it.
Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio said it happened just at a game room off McKenzie and La Palma Drives on Sunday.
Suspects Jose Luis Orta and Elias Casanova allegedly entered the game room at about 11 a.m. Sunday.
The two men allegedly had a small handgun and demanded money.
Sheriff Lucio said the men made off with about $800 dollars.
Border Patrol agents helped find the red getaway vehicle on Highway 48 just 30 minutes after the hold up.
Authorities are looking into the possibility of these men involved in other robberies.


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The Midland 9001Z Citizen Band Radio is designed with driver-safety in mind and featuring Midland's Guardian Alert Technology. The unique Guardian Alert function helps drivers remain alert while on the road by emitting a warning siren at set intervals. It i packed with other valuable features such as Delta Tune which clarifies the reception of incoming calls and XR Technology, a noise filter that boosts range. With XR Technology and the maximum output power allowed, the 9001z is built for maximum communication range.
It also features Weather Scan Technology that automatically finds the nearest available NOAA weather channel to provide access to the system that could alert the driver to any hazardous weather conditions he or she may be heading towards.


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Mix & Mingle at Knucks Asian Pub on 03.31.2022 (Rowland Heights, CA)
March 31 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Join us for our first in-person event of 2022!
Enjoy happy hour specials and meet your fellow ACEL members. You’ll also have a chance to hear from our guest speaker Katie Chin and our leadership team to learn about our mentorship program and upcoming events.
ACEL’s mission is to advance the Asian American community by providing a network of resources in professional development, cultural awareness, community service and mentoring. For more info, visit aceleaders.org
Date: Thursday, March 31st, 2022
Location: Knucks Asian Pub 19718 Colima Rd, Rowland Heights
Guest Speaker: Katie Chin, caterer, award-winning cookbook author, television chef, food blogger and Culinary Ambassador to the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation, has a passion for Asian food and is committed to teaching the American public that the very best Asian cooking can be achieved in a real home kitchen by real people on real schedules. After growing up working in the kitchens of her late mother Leeann Chin’s award-winning Minneapolis-area restaurants, Katie pursued a career in film and television marketing, but eventually left her executive position to return to her culinary roots.
Katie co-hosted the national PBS cooking series, Double Happiness, in conjunction with her mother and together they wrote Everyday Chinese Cooking. On her own, Katie wrote 300 Best Rice Cooker Recipes and most recently, the award-winning bestsellers Everyday Thai Cooking and her latest cookbook, Everyday Chinese Cookbook: 101 Delicious Recipes from My Mother’s Kitchen. Katie’s fifth cookbook, “Katie Chin’s Global Family Cookbook” is slated for a May 2021 release. She is recognized as a pan-Asian cooking expert and has been featured in many food and lifestyle magazines such as Forbes Magazine, Huffpost, O Magazine, Cooking Light, Bon Appetit, Elle, Real Simple, and Family Circle as well as The Wall Street Journal. Her numerous appearances on national television include The Today Show, The Real, Hallmark Channel, The Daily Buzz, Cooking Channel and as a guest judge on Food Network’s Iron Chef America. She recently appeared as a chef contestant on Cutthroat Kitchen and Beat Bobby Flay.
Since the start of Covid-19, Katie and daughter Becca have been co-hosting a livestream series on Facebook and Instagram entitled “Cooped Up Cooking with Katie & Becca” showing viewers how to make easy and delicious recipes often utilizing leftovers or items found in most pantries. The popular series has received coverage from several media outlets including New York Live, NBC LA’s Today in LA, KFI AM 640 Radio and ABC’s Localish. Katie is also offering “Cooking Along with Chef Katie” virtual cooking classes via Zoom including ingredient box delivery during these challenging times.
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Ivana Jovanovska (1998) was born and lives in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia. She is currently studying at the Department of General and Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Philology “Blazhe Koneski”. She has participated in numerous poetry readings such as “Nights without punctuation” at the 60th Struga Poetry Evenings, “33rd Velestovo Poetry Night”, “Astalni Proekcii”, the feminist festival “Prvo pa Zhensko 6”, poetry readings at the “Dunja” social center. Her poems have been published in: the Greek literary magazine “Teflon”, the literary magazine “Sovremenost”, the magazine for contemporary world literature “Literary Elements”, the international review “Poetry Night in Velestovo”, the portal for literature and culture “Okno”, the electronic magazine “Reper”, the poetry and literature platform “Fusnota”, the internet platform “100 000 Poets for Change” the feminist culture portal “Medusa” and the e-magazine “In Medias Res” of the students from the Faculty of Philology. Part of her poems have been translated into Greek. “On the Sleeve of the City” is her first book of poetry.
A lyrical play in three acts
(In regards to the book of poetry “On the Sleeve of the City” by Ivana Jovanovska)
With poems published in several magazines, portals and almanacs (“Sovremenost”, “Medusa”, “In medias res”, “Okno”, “100 000 Poets for Change”), the young poetess Ivana Jovanovska unobtrusively, yet quite deservedly so, has distinguished herself as one of the most remarkable new poetic forces at the Macedonian literary stage. Consequently, it is hardly a surprise that for a debut book of poetry, her poetry collection “On the Sleeve of the City” is an extraordinarily thought-out, carefully structured and conceptually completely mature poetic project. Comprised of around thirty poems with high aesthetic range, arranged into three coherent cycles (“Restlessness”, “A New Beginning” and “Transformation”), this book impresses us with the flawless tripartite structure and thematic completeness. We immediately gain the impression that the sequence of the cycles and the arrangement of the poems (in the cycles themselves, but also as a whole in this first poetic work of hers) create a compelling “story”, a sort of lyrical play in three acts:
1) The poems from the “Restlessness” cycle, which serve as a sort of poetic prologue, create an impressive string of subtly articulated poetic images dedicated to internal strife, caused by an avalanche of anomalies that beset the contemporary (young) person. Ivana Jovanovska is a daring poetess, who manages to suggestively, allusively but also quite directly point a finger at the threats that trouble the younger generations.
In fact, the poems by Ivana Jovanovska raise an alarm about the great number of forms of (visible and invisible) violence which torment the contemporary person, as if living in the great calm before the storm. In her poem “Valley of Pain”, the topic of infectious hopelessness has been shrewdly mentioned: “We occasionally hear about / the lifegiving hope / on TV screens”.
In her poem “Last Night I Dreamt of War”, she captures the condemnation of the lyrical subject to live in justified fear, in a world where threats of new wars constantly loom large: “When I dream of war / I rearrange my basement into a shelter/ … I dream of war almost always / and on a calendar, I cross off / one day after the other. / In the meantime, / I drink more, / I eat zestfully, / I breathe more than what is recommended. / I also keep quiet, / as much as I am permitted.”. In the phantasmagorical poem “Maggots”, the thematical allegory of the loss of humanity and the loss of values has been presented: “We flee this place because of the maggots / who are braver than we are, / who are as insolent as dragons,”. Some poetic images from these poems touch upon social topics, and in some remarkable poems, the bitter topic of leaving the home has been lyrically developed.
In fact, the topos of homelessness is present in several poems: “We compose anthems from the resounding steps / as we abandon our places.” (“Anthems”) or “We carry four bags filled with sorrow” (“Unnamed”). In the poem “Never Again”, the relationship between space, leaving and memory is untangled: “I am leaving this place. / I go now to hug all the neighborhoods / where I could walk freely. (…) One day I will leave too, / and there won’t be a corner whispering to me / about my winged people”.
2) Reading Ivana Jovanovska’s poetry, we intuit the feeling of unity between the man and the world. In her verses, the normal oppositions “I – others, outside - inside, subject – object”, seem to be overcome. Let us point to some examples: “The storms subside so you may calm yourself. / The spring flowers open so you may rouse yourself. / The lindens down the street bloom so you may free yourself.” (“On the Sleeve of the City”), or “Again, the day was born and died / to mark this home / where you are never alone, (…) Here, herbs bloom / that stir the scents in your head” (“The Name of the Day”). In the poem “Stars”, the sky and the stars articulate the feeling of connection to the world: “At every corner of the city / we draw breath under a shared sky. / The stars watching over us are alike everywhere.”
It is by no mere chance that this middle cycle is finished with exceptionally warm, honest and impressive lyrical poems, where the vital power of love is being quite charmingly and warmly celebrated. In the poem “The First Home”, it is precisely in that intimate space of the shared home that the images of the microcosms and macrocosms are intertwined. The home-world of Jovanovska’s verses is inhabited by the whole World: “This home is full of shadows unwilling to leave. (…) all the colors of the world selfishly belong to this home, / the first home”. The unpredictable, eruptive and transformative power of love comes to full shine in the verses of the poem “On the other Side of Town”: “In honor of our first apartment (…) So that I may transform from a sparrow / into a mighty bird of love.” The topos of metamorphosis, begot in this poem, announces the concluding block of poems which finalizes the book of poetry.
3) The poems of the concluding cycle are marked with a freethinking, rebellious youth drive. In the poem “Human”, the lyrical “I” self-assuredly says: “I am not a servant, / I won’t fall under this blue sky”.
The poetry of Ivana Jovanovska – with its freshness, simplicity and directness – through each new verse, through each new poetic image, and through each new singing, reminds us of the need to preserve, renew and reestablish the tremulous dignity of contemporary Man.
As such, the book “On the Sleeve of the City” begins with a justified and honest concern about the world, gradually submerging us into an avalanche of dramatic trials and tribulations, but also effectively concluding itself with love and hope: “Deliberately, I lay on thorns / from whose sting I chose to grow up.” Among the lines of poetry by Ivana Jovanovska, it seems as if one of the secrets of good poetry is discreetly revealed to us – not only to spur the healthy hope within us, but also to remind us “to love / variously / vastly”.
LAST NIGHT I DREAMT OF WAR / СНОШТИ СОНИВ ВОЈНА
Last night I dreamt of war
giving birth to an apocalypse in pieces.
When I dream of war
I rearrange my basement into a shelter.
Today I left three embroidered peppers down there
and to the wooden chest,
in a new letter which I slipped inside it,
told it that it is safe and sound.
I checked whether the old mattress
had been eaten by rats,
and to the existing supplies
I added a new supply of fear.
I dream of war almost always
and on a calendar, I cross off
one day after the other.
In the meantime,
I drink more,
I eat zestfully,
I breathe more than what is recommended.
I also keep quiet,
as much as I am permitted.
 Embroidered pepper is a unique type of Macedonian pepper with very specific fruit appearance, taste and use. The name is derived from their intricately scarred skin that appears to be threaded. (TN)
WELTSCHMERZ / СВЕТСКАТА БОЛКА
We sit upon pillars in godless solitude.
We watch as false crises and promises
rob the deserts of their peace
Far from our sight
lie threequarters of the new moment.
We will not experience them because of Weltschmerz.
ON THE SLEEVE OF THE CITY / НА РАКАВОТ НА ГРАДОТ
Peer into yourself.
The gaps in your body await your return.
The storms subside so you may calm yourself.
The spring flowers open so you may rouse yourself.
The lindens down the street bloom so you may free yourself.
In a symphony, the new raindrops await your fatigue.
Peer into yourself.
The pangs of the body dream of you being born
as the first free person of the city.
As the first one who became aware of personal places.
THE NAME OF THE DAY / ИМЕТО НА ДЕНОТ
Again, the day has been christened with the same name.
Again, the day was born and died
to mark this home
where you are never alone.
Among ancient ruins,
a safe haven from troubles.
Here, herbs bloom
that stir the scents in your head.
Here you become human and reconcile yourself to wrinkles.
Your steps are shorter and you breathe calmly.
Here the stars come to you for a summer fling.
We will always call the day by the same name,
so that what home means to us may never die.
THE FIRST HOME / ПРВИОТ ДОМ
This home is full of shadows unwilling to leave.
It has red windows
broken by the last cheap hearts,
white walls with remnants of vulnerable dreams,
gray thresholds bearing weight upon invisible shoulders,
yellowed newspapers with adverts for flats at exorbitant prices.
It has brown rakija glasses with chipped ends,
green vases for hope filled with fatigued flowers,
blue broken faucets where the truth flows,
and black seeds in flowerpots
that have given up before even taking root.
It has rose-tinted mirrors ashamed of themselves
and orange carpets to welcome you,
shy since birth.
Today, all the colors of the world selfishly belong to this home,
the first home.
 The collective term for fruit spirits (or fruit brandy) popular in the Balkans. (TN)
HUMAN / ЧОВЕК
I’ll leave all the doors wide open.
I’ll remain calm, curious, small and silly.
I won’t kneel before the king in my head.
I am not a servant,
I won’t fall under this blue sky.
I’ll read, I’ll learn, I’ll sail,
but I won’t crumble under this heavy armor.
Deliberately, I lay on thorns
from whose sting I chose to grow up.
SPRING / ПРОЛЕТ
Spring shall come
when we forgive the aches
of the Mother we tread upon,
when we bow down
to the children of concrete.
When we draw breath
the angered directions of the world.
Spring shall only come when we borrow
the Sun from the Middle East.
SOUTH / ЈУГ
There is something wrong in waiting for the migratory birds
draped in last year’s restlessness.
Beyond the unknown world,
memories surface with a handful of deceits pasted to their bodies.
The more self-sufficient we are,
the less we understand the South.
WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER MOURNS MY GRANDFATHER / КОГА БАБА МИ ГО ОПЛАКУВА ДЕДО МИ
When my grandmother mourns my grandfather,
a severe storm comes from the north
and a heavy hail hits the tiny roof tiles.
It pounds and pummels with fury until its back begins to ache.
It retreats, defeated.
Life in the streets remains mute.
Only then do we understand how much the end hurts.
Voicelessly, we continue to love,
STARS / ЅВЕЗДИ
Up until the final step, we are together.
Our bills due, drowsy and delirious
we pick pajamas for our next nap.
At every corner of the city
we draw breath under а shared sky.
The stars watching over us are alike everywhere.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN / НА ДРУГАТА СТРАНА НА ГРАДОТ
On the other side of town
I talk to you quietly so as not to wake you.
On this side of town, I fall asleep restlessly,
for I am clumsy and wild when things change.
In honor of our first apartment,
I bought you a poetry booklet,
so you may read aloud to me about gardens
filled with giddy feelings.
So that I may transform from a sparrow
into a mighty bird of love.
On the new side of town,
I speak softly to you at night,
so you may never learn how far my longing may be heard
while you sleep.
PERSONAL ABYSS / СОПСТВЕНА БЕЗДНА
I melted, and was born anew.
Frightened of missing something
I put on two different shoes,
and all around me seemed in order.
for a few days now,
I wish for open galleries
between your world and mine;
I wish to tell you stories
although I don’t know any;
I wish to know how to quickly escape
from my personal abyss.
For a few days now,
I hear ever louder that personal renewal is in crisis.
It has become an expendable reserve.
PAIR OF COMPASSES / ШЕСТАРИ
A pair of compasses above our heads
draws circular destinies,
while the final pleas
echo in the streets, again and again.
The city of garbage and gloom adopts its last children.
Homeless we are, trapped in dead spaces.
Homeless, more than dead witnesses.
At an auction, the final supplies of peace are spent.
Before the arrival of the ultimate storm
of masses fed on hurt and hatred,
we read about the great calm before the storm.
VALLEY OF PAIN / КОТЛИНА НА БОЛКИТЕ
In this valley of ours
only withered pain thrives.
There is no lifegiving water.
We occasionally hear about
the lifegiving hope
on TV screens.
The sleeves of this city lie hidden under fatigued hills.
There, only the dreams of children
dare disturb the clouds.
ANTHEMS / ХИМНИ
Packing our suitcases,
we are writing our last letters to you.
Grasping stones in our hands,
with faded smiles we stay silent to the bitter riddles
of the coming day and quietly
we collect all your last embraces.
We are emptying our rooms to the sound of “Delfina”.
We compose anthems from the resounding steps
as we abandon our places.
 A famous song by Slave Dimitrov, a Macedonian singer, composer and record producer. The song was used as part of the soundtrack for the movie “Stand up straight, Delfina”. (TN)
FEELING / ЧУВСТВО
Here is where my words depart.
Here is where I am a temple, a woman.
Labyrinth in which I lose and find myself.
Here is where I depart alone.
I walk fearlessly and curiously,
I sway in the wind like a cradle,
so the burden may caress me gently
and make the apples inside me ripen.
Thoughts bow to me
and my trusty breath does its thing.
Here is where I expend and bestow myself
and press my lips together for new kisses.
Here, where a peaceful dream comes.
Here, where the day sets
and the lights within me adorn the usurped night.
Here is where everything begins.
Everything that I’ll ever write, so that I may carry it with me.


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Islamabad: Committee of the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCOP) on issuing equity-linked instruments recommended the Road map and Road Shows for Capital Market Transactions for the Financial Year 2011, presented by the Privatisation Commission (PC) for Exchangeable Bonds of Public Sector Entities (PSEs) in the domestic and international Capital Markets.
The sub committee was chaired by Syed Naveed Qamar Federal Minister for Privatisation here on Friday. The CCOP formed the sub Committee on February 3, 2011 under the chairmanship of the Federal Minister for Privatisation for formulating its recommendations for the issuance of Equity linked Instrument of State Owned Entities (SoEs) in the Capital Market.
The Committee considered the methodology for implementation of the roadmap and agreed in principle to administer jointly the exchangeable transactions in the Oil & Gas sector and listing of other entities by Privatisation Commission and the Finance Division.
\It was also recommended for constituting a steering committee comprising of all the stakeholders i.e. the Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Secretaries Finance Division, Privatisation Commission, Petroleum & Natural Resources, representatives of State Bank of Pakistan and Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan for selection process of Financial Advisor while the sub Committee of the CCOP will supervise the whole process. The Committee also formulated its recommendations for Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and Secondary Public Offerings (SPOs) of various PSEs for initiating during the current fiscal year. The sub Committee recommendations will be presented in the upcoming meeting of the CCOP for its decision.
Mr. Nadeem Ul Haque, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Dr. Waqar Masood Khan, Secretary Ministry of Finance, representative of Governor, State Bank of Pakistan, and Mr. Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhary, Secretary Ministry of Privatisation/ Privatisation Commission attended the meeting.-ONLINE

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Founded in 1999, Networks Theatre has always been a place of both education and entertainment. The theatre programme at Networks English Studies academy began by educator Lee Alexander and theatre professional Nick Moore has been home to well over 110 shows in its unique history.
Over the years we’ve presented pantomimes and musicals, plays, concerts and poetry to drama. Our younger actors start at 8 years old in our December and June theatre courses and then progress to the main theatre group for shows in November, March and May. Our students are the heart of Networks Theatre. Through a unique combination of their high level of English achieved at the academy plus their own natural youthful talent we’re able to present some wonderful shows each and every year.
Networks Theatre! It’s not just a youth theatre; it’s not just a language school. Thanks to our talented team, dedicated to the artistic designs, costumes, choreography, light and sound settings that enhance the stage experience, Networks Theatre has become a home for superb theatre with a reputation for excellence across the region.
Search the website to find out more about our shows that will both move you and entertain you. Check out our WHAT’S ON page and book a show! Have a look at our ARCHIVE section and see some of the shows we’ve done or read the NEWS section to find out more about us.
Welcome to the home of theatre in English in Orihuea, Networks Theatre.
Nick Moore – Director
OUR BLACK BOX STUDIO THEATRE
Located in the heart of Orihuela is our black box studio theatre. Created exclusively for use by Networks Theatre, the venue has been host to over 100 shows in our 25 year history.
Opening in 2012 we’ve produced dramas and pantomimes, concerts to musicals, this space is the perfect location for our work. From the lights to the sound, from the stage to our wonderful designs and costumes, Networks Theatre has made its mark on the local community giving countless opportunities to hundreds of young performers, to act, dance and sing in English.
We’ve created memories that will last a lifetime.
Dennis Carpenter studied at The University of the West of England, getting a Bachelor of Art Honours Degree in Fashion and Textile Design. He also worked in the Cotswolds and in London as a picture framer and furniture maker, specialising in gilding and painted finishes.
He has been at Networks since 2001, where he has been teaching and working creatively in the theatre. Dennis designs and makes the costumes for each actor in every show, he also designs and painstakingly creates the sets and props that are required. So far he has been involved in every show, if not performing in the annual pantomime, then working backstage to make sure everything is ready and running smoothly for each show.
Up to now his favourite character has to be playing one of the ugly sisters in Cinderella or the baddie such as king rat, the villain is always the most fun part in a show. As for his favourite show, well there have been lots, but Titanic, the pantomimes, The Two Princesses in Waiting and Robin Hood, to name a few.
Lee Alexander has been working in Spain as an English teacher for more than forty years. He has always been fascinated by the process of foreign-language acquisition, especially in children.
In 1977 he set up a small English centre with his wife Cristina Guirao in Orihuela, Alicante using the most up-to-date methodology available at that time, and established a reputation for offering practical, interactive, communicative classes in English only. Convinced of the possibilities of language learning through drama activities, he built a small studio theatre on the premises with his colleague Ken O’Carroll and began experimenting with video-taped productions of sketches and one-act plays. In 1999 he met Nick Moore, a professional actor on tour, and together they founded Networks Theatre based on one firm belief: that it was possible, using only students and teachers from the academy, to produce high-quality musical plays in English.
That belief required massive teamwork and talent from students and staff, but it soon became a reality.
Over the past 15 years Networks Theatre has produced more than 75 spectacular shows, with hundreds of students participating. In 2012 Networks Theatre inaugurated its new venue, a custom-made, black-box theatre to showcase new productions. Lee enjoys the annual Christmas pantomime, and always looks forward to rehearsals for the children’s shows which he will watch over and over again.
Choreographer & Production Manager
Networks English Studies
Networks English Studies is a prestigious language academy in Orihuela with an absolutely unique theatre programme, Networks Theatre.
What are the reasons for including theatre in our methodology?
- Drama activities integrate all language skills in a natural way. By putting language in context, we enable natural language acquisition mechanism in our students and root it in their long-term memory.
- It gives students a chance to use the language in real situations so they become satisfied that they are able to communicate in different roles and situations. This builds self-esteem.
- With multi-sensory learning: children learn faster and are able to recall this when they are engaged in activities which involve language, body movement and music.
- Using drama instantly engages the students and is a favorite activity from an early age. It is the way of acquiring the world.
- Success when working as part of a theatre cast requires teamwork and cooperation. Theatre brings this all together.
- Drama is learner-centered. We are facilitators. The student actor is the star on our stage.


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Boss Champs presents the TropHop sound
Arriving in Hollywood just over 15 years ago, Nico East had high hopes to make it as an actor. After appearing in several independent movies and commercials, he moved into music as Boss Champs.
Recently, he released International Commodity, an EP of six songs driven by a new sound he calls TropHop. It is a blend of genres he grew up on in his native Jamaica and the United States, where he migrated to over 20 years ago.
BOSS CHAMPS PRESENTS A NEW SOUND CALLED TROPHOP
“It’s a collection of international sounds. People have referenced it as dancehall, reggaeton, Afrobeats, R&B, and Hip Hop. My team, most notably Q Bwoy of LAreggae.com, has referred to it as TropHop, a fusion of popular tropical sounds and hip hop,” Boss Champs explained.
He has considerable firepower in his camp to get this innovative genre across to a demographic always hungry for fresh, hip beats. Mike Lynn, who made his reputation as head of hip hop mogul Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Records, is executive producer for International Commodity.
It contains songs like So Dangerous, Won’t Go Home, and Need Your Love which were previously released and earned Boss Champs a following in countries such as Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. Latin America, which has produced hybrid genres like Reggaeton, is an area he and his team are eyeing to get the ball rolling.
“I am absolutely looking at those markets and really any market that vibes with it. I’m not restricting myself and music to any genres in particular. So, whatever the people like and whatever the people hear, I’ll be there,” said Boss Champs, who launched his recording career 10 years ago.
He was raised in Independence City, a middle-class area in Portmore, a municipality on the outskirts of Kingston Jamaica’s capital. Migrating to the United States, Boss Champs lived in Washington DC before moving to Southern California.
He took acting classes in both locations which eventually landed him roles in the movies Portrait Of A Woman, Sealing Your Fate, and Aleta: Vampire Mistress. He has also done commercials for Doritos, Pepsi Max, and Excedrin.


BQuick On August 29: Top 10 News Stories In Under 10 Minutes
This is a roundup of the day’s top stories in brief.
1. One Stock, Two Very Different Prices
Insolvency resolution of Electrosteel Steels Ltd. has thrown up an unexpected concern for exchanges: a wide gap between the prices of the stock on two bourses.
- Shares of the steelmaker, taken over by Vedanta Ltd., were trading at Rs 10 apiece on the National Stock Exchange at 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday compared with Rs 51 on the BSE Ltd.
- To curb such large variations, the bourses have jointly written to the regulator to “harmonise” prices across platforms.
Such a difference can lead to disputes and leave undue room for manipulation which neither exchange wants. They need to come to a common ground on the price else the investors will have no option but to approach the regulator.Arun Kejriwal, Director, Kris Capital
There are more such cases.
2. Government Asks RBI To Identify Banks For Mergers
India has asked the Reserve Bank of India to prepare a list of candidates for merger among 21 government-controlled lenders, people familiar with the matter said.
- Earlier this month, the finance ministry had also asked the RBI to suggest a time frame for consolidation.
- The move is aimed at creating fewer, better-capitalized lenders and improving regulatory oversight, they said.
Here’s why it’s imperative for public sector banks to consolidate.
3. Sensex, Nifty Drop; U.S. Stocks Flat
Indian equity benchmarks halted their record closing spree dragged by Reliance Industries Ltd. after it snapped its seven-day rally.
- The S&P BSE Sensex Index fell 0.45 percent or 174 points to 38,723.
- The NSE Nifty 50 Index declined 0.4 percent or 47 points to 11,692.
- Thirteen out of 19 sector gauges compiled by BSE ended lower led by the S&P BSE Energy Index’s 1.13 percent drop.
Follow the day’s trading action, here.
U.S. stocks held at fresh records, with technology shares pacing gains, as investors awaited the next developments on trade.
- The S&P 500 Index churned near 2,900, a level it first breached on Tuesday.
- The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index increased 0.1 percent.
- West Texas Intermediate crude increased 0.7 percent to $69.02 a barrel, the highest in seven weeks.
Get your fix of global markets, here.
4. Where's The Black Money?
Almost all of the demonetised currency notes have been counted and accounted for by the Reserve Bank of India, the central bank said in its annual report for the year 2017-18.
- Rs 15.31 lakh crore worth currency notes have now been returned, since Nov. 8, 2016.
- This represents about 99.3 percent of the total currency notes which went out of circulation on a single day.
- At the time of demonetisation, it was felt that a significant amount of the demonetised currency would not return to the system, implying that the stock of black money would be extinguished.
For more details about the currency in circulation, read this.
5. Varde, Aditya Birla Creating $1 Billion Joint Venture
Varde Partners Inc. and Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. are creating a joint venture to invest as much as $1 billion in distressed assets in India, according to people familiar with the transaction.
- The U.S. investment firm and Indian financial services provider are expected to deploy this sum over three years.
- The venture, which will scout for deals of up to $100 million, might get announced as early as this week.
- Varde’s Co-Chief Investment Officer Ilfryn Carstairs had called the opportunity in India’s distressed assets’ “enormous” in an interview last year.
I see systemic opportunities in India.Ilfryn Carstairs, Co-CIO, Varde
Read about Aditya Birla Capital’s interest in stressed assets.
6. Adani Deal To Help Make Reliance Infrastructure ‘Zero Debt’ By Next Year
Reliance Infrastructure Ltd., which recently defaulted on debenture payments, approved sale of its power business in Mumbai to Adani Transmission Ltd. as the Anil Ambani-led firm looks to repay debt.
- The deal—worth Rs 18,800 crore—was approved by the company’s board at a meeting today.
- “It is the largest ever debt-reduction in the infrastructure sector,” Anil Ambani, chairman of the company, said.
- Reliance Infrastructure’s debt will come down to Rs 7,500 crore from Rs 22,000 earlier.
- It aims to be a “zero-debt” company by next year, Ambani said.
Here’s more on Anil Ambani’s debt reduction plans.
7. Losses Widen For Paytm’s Parent
Losses widened for Paytm’s Alibaba-backed parent, which recently raised funds from billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
- One97 Communications Ltd. reported a loss of Rs 1,604 crore for the financial year 2017-18 compared with Rs 899.6 crore a year ago.
- While revenues for the last financial year weren’t available, the company reported sales of Rs 640 crore for the year ended March 2017.
Here’s a deep-dive into the Vijay Shekhar Sharma-led firm’s financials.
8. Government Unlikely To Issue Directions To RBI On Stressed Power Accounts
Ruling out invoking of exceptional powers to issue directions to the Reserve Bank of India, a top finance ministry official said today that the central bank should take a pragmatic view on resolving stressed assets in the power sector.
- The official told PTI that Section 7 of the RBI Act can be invoked only in exceptional circumstances and the power sector stress is too small an issue.
- As per the estimates of the finance ministry, only 10 companies will get impacted.
- Five of those companies can be revived, while the other five can be restructured through the Insolvency and Banking Code, the official added.
- Earlier this week, the Allahabad High Court turned down a petition by independent power producers challenging the Feb. 12 circular of the RBI.
Read more on the options to deal with the power sector stress.
9. Cabinet Approves Extra 2% Hike In Dearness Allowance
The Cabinet today approved additional 2 percent hike in dearness allowance and dearness relief, a move that will benefit about 1.1 crore central government employees and pensioners, an official release said.
- The hike will be effective from July 1.
- The impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and DR would be Rs 6,112.2 crore per annum.
- The hike will benefit about 48.41 lakh central government employees and 62.03 lakh pensioners.
Read more on the boost for government employees.
10. Supreme Court Orders House Arrest Of Activists Till Sept. 6
The Supreme Court of India in an interim order said that five human rights activists arrested by the police in connection with the probe into Bhima Koregaon violence should be kept under house arrest till Sept. 6.
- The top court agreed to hear a batch of petitions challenging the arrests filed by civil society members Romila Thapar, Satish Deshpande, Parbhat Patnaik, Devaki Jain and Maju Daruwala.
- Till the next hearing on Sept. 6, all related cases in other courts will be on hold.
- Activists Vernon Gonsalves, Gautam Navlakha, Sudha Bhardwaj, Arun Ferreira and Varavara Rao were arrested from various locations across the country yesterday in sudden raids by the Pune Police.
- The arrests stem from the probe into last year’s violence that took place at Bhima Koregaon, Maharashtra.
- A number of high-profile lawyers including Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Indira Jaising, Dushyant Dave, Raju Ramachandran, Rajeev Dhawan, Prashant Bhushan, Vrinda Grover and others appeared for the petitioners.
Catch the arguments in the apex court, here.


By Ed Howard
Did you see the recent story about Gov. Heineman and the budget? The gist of it was that the next state budget will be more, rather than less, problematic.
If you pay any attention to what goes on in America, as it applies to Nebraska and every other state, you know that the governor’s assertion is not what news people would regard as bulletin material.
Here is the interesting thing. When government is up against it for money, it would seem that what might be a majority of the people get what they want — philosophically. That is, less government spending.
What could be better?
The collective majority, however, will not make its voice heard in any particular way when the 2008 Legislature goes to work in January. What will be heard? The voices of those who represent others who need, or purport to need, or truly need, government services. You know the old thing about the citizenry having the “Not in my backyard!” attitude toward government.
That is to say, no prisons, halfway houses, facilities for the mentally disabled, or challenged, or whatever your preferred politically correct term might be.
There is a counterpart to that mantra. When it comes to cutting government spending, the mantra from many, many quarters is “Not my program!”
Such insistence will come from specific interests. Interesting, as previously promised, is that many of those who have specific interests in spending are usually, in other circumstances, part of the majority outcry for reduced spending in general.
Spending on what you regard as worthwhile is what you regard as good government. Spending that you don’t regard as worthwhile is, predictably, that which you see as government excess.
The view from here: The very best example of this phenomenon was demonstrated when the late Rep. Virginia Smith was in Congress, representing the 3rd District in particular, but agriculture in general.
A particular county, not in her district but nonetheless agricultural in nature, saw its county board approve a resolution dropping its participation in what amounts to a federal program that provides surplus free cheese and other agricultural commodities to poor folks.
Mrs. Smith was on the phone like a good farm dog on a would-be chicken rustler. She strenuously emphasized to the locals that the program in question was an agricultural program, not an urban-oriented thing for those, among others, who then-President Reagan labeled “welfare queens.”
If government programs didn’t make use of immeasurable amounts of food, Mrs. Smith noted, there would be surpluses, and lower prices for commodities, and ... she need not have said more.
If policymakers — the governor and a legislative majority — really reduce government spending, not just hold it even but actually reduce it — they can count on catching hell and hardnosed lobbying on behalf of potentially bereaved interests.
Here is a bit of government process that is little noted but particularly pertinent in what passes for hard times: Some interest groups will join forces, and their lobbyists will combine forces to deliver votes for one another.
One senator is big on supporting Program A, another’s constituents want Program B. That’s when what might be the oldest rule of politics (a word derived from policy) comes into play. That is: “Gimmee some of yours and I’ll give you some of mine.”
What’s given, or traded? Votes for programs, which is to say votes for spending.
A reminder is in order here. Don’t fall into the ridiculous silliness of complaining about the power of lobbyists. Lobbyists are just people who represent interest groups. Lobbyists don’t have power — interest groups have power.
Their representatives, lobbyists, just carry their wishes to the Legislature.
Ed Howard is the statehouse correspondent for the Nebraska Press Association.