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Official language: Polish
Time zone: UTC+2 (summer), UTC+1 (winter)
Currency: Złoty (PLN)
In August, one of the most exciting music event in Europe takes place in Dolina Trzech Stawów (Valley of Three Ponds) – the OFF Festival. You can listen to more than 70 bands playing alternative music on four stages!
If you want to see the best city panorama, don't forget going up the observation tower built in the old mine shaft in the Silesian Museum. It's really worth seeing!
A typical dish of this region consists of "kluski, rolada and modro kapusta" ("dumplings, roulade and red cabbage"), namely the Silesian dinner. It's an obligatory meal in most Silesian restaurants. Taste it and you'll surely ask for more.
Until recently, Katowice has been known as the mine industrial center in southern Poland. You can still see mine shafts and so-called "familoks" (workers' houses), yet the city's atmosphere has been changing. Today, it's the capital of culture, good food, and modern architecture.
For years Silesia and Katowice have been identified with mine industry. Lately, the city attracts tourists not only with fantastic and world-renowned architectural projects and successful revitalization of post-industrial buildings, but also with cultural events, museums of the region's history, and delicious local cuisine.
Everywhere in Katowice, you can see that the city undergoes a deliberate transformation. Just go to the futuristic arena complex called "Spodek" or, situated next to it, Culture Zone with black as coal International Congress Center, monumental NOSPR (Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra) building, and the Silesian Museum built in the former mine area. Take your time in the last spot, as it has one of the best European interactive exhibitions, where you surely won't get bored.
If you're looking for historic buildings, go to a modernistic part of the city located near railway tracks. There, following the Route of Modernism, you'll have a chance to admire the buildings of Silesian Parliament and Silesian Voievodship Office, as well as the tenements and villas typical for the 1930s. Don't forget about visiting Nikiszowiec, atmospheric and trendy city district. It's a former workers' quarters with clinker brick buildings with many excellent restaurants, coffeehouses, and art galleries. Outdoor events attracting crowds also take place there – check out "Fair at Grandma Anna's" in summer, "Art Market" being a part of the naïve art festival, and "Christmas market" in winter.
If you like fun, you just can't miss Mariacka Street, close to the city center near the main train station. This is where best clubs, pubs, and restaurants serving the world cuisine are located. See yourself and feel the atmosphere of a never-ending party!
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Tour de Hokkaïdo
The first stage of the 2000 Tour de Hokkaïdo is now behind us. Conditions were not to motivating for the riders. We got up this morning and the only thing we could see was rain, rain and yes, rain. Hopefully, things will get better by tomorow.
This year's Canadian squad is composed of Olympians Czeslaw Lukaszewicz and Eric Wohlberg; Andrew Pinfold, Jesse Keefer and Jacob Erker. The staff is composed as myself - Luc Arseneau - (manager), Chris Hines (mechanic), and Craig Deever (soigneur).
Things were not easy as the first major difficulty of the Tour will came within the first 20 km with a King of the Mountain climb. At km 33, we started to climb the second most difficult spot in this year's event, Jomon Pass. Tough way to start a stage race, especially for the smaller University teams who lost a few riders in the first difficulties of this Tour.
This first stage saw former junior World champion, Mark Scanlon of Ireland, win the sprint finish from a 51 riders front group. Three Canadians were part of this group: Lukaszewicz (13), Erker (29) and Wohlberg (35). Pinfold and and Keefer did not survive the majors climbs of the day and both finished 17:47 behind the winner.
We came close to victory with Lukaszewicz and Wohlberg attacking one after the other in the final 10 km. Wohlberg finally got out but was pulled back in the final kilometre by the work of the Irish team.
Things should get better with the days coming on. Most of our riders are still feeling the effect of the time change. Things should also get less mountainious for the next two day which will include the individual time trial and criterium on Sunday. Tomorow, we have a relatively rolling course of 176km waiting for us.
Luc Arseneau
Special Olympic Edition SID
Rock Shox has released a special edition SID for the Olympics - the SIDney. All Olympians who use RS forks will be on this fork. The Canadians on the fork are:
Chrissy Redden
Lesley Tomlinson
Roland Green
The specs on the fork: the SIDney fork is a mix between the 2001 SID SL and SID Race. A max travel of 80 mm with the new Pure Damping and Climb-it-Control will provide the best performance and control for the riders success. To save precious
weight, the fork will come with titanium hardware.
RS will produce a limited run of 500 units at a suggested retail of $699US. However, we have been informed that there are already 900 orders in...
HP Extends Sponsorship
Hewlett-Packard has announced that it will continue its title sponsorship of the Idaho HP Laserjet Women's Challenge through 2002. The HP is considered one of the toughest women's stage race in the world, taking place during the second and thrid weeks of June.
BTAC - Canadian Cyclist Survey
We have teamed up with the Bicycle Trade Association of Canada to conduct a survey of Canadian cycling enthusiasts. The survey will help members of the cycling industry to understand trends and patterns within the cycling community, so that they can better provide the products and services you, our readers, want. Canadian Cyclist will also use the survey results to better understand the demographics and cycling interests of our readers.
No personal identifying information is collected during this survey, and the data will become part of a report that is available to all members of BTAC - retailers, distributors and manufacturers in Canada.
We hope that you will take a few minutes to complete the survey, so that we can better serve your needs. Just click on the Take Our Survey button at the top of the page. If you have already participated, thank you.
Happy Birthday To...
Mountain biker Georges Visser (yesterday).
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch)—Two U.S. stock indexes notched record closing levels on Wednesday as markets interpreted the Federal Reserve's decision to begin the tapering of bond purchases in January as confidence in the underlying strength of the economy and welcomed its commitment to low rates for a considerable time.
The Fed policy makers voted to reduce monthly asset purchases to $75 billion from $85 billion, citing improvement in the outlook for the economy.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 soared to close at all-time highs. The Dow
Financials and health-care sectors led the gains on the S&P 500. The Nasdaq's rally was hampered by Apple Inc.,
The Federal Open Market Committee stressed its commitment to low short-term interest rates well after bond purchases end altogether and added new language that it plans to maintain the target Fed funds rates "well past the time that the unemployment rate declines below 6.5%."
Earlier, housing starts data showed construction of new homes soared to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.09 million in November in the fastest pace since February 2008, signaling that the housing market's recovery is shaking off rising mortgage rates. The government reported surges in construction of both single-family homes and apartments.
Better-than-expected housing data sent the S&P 500 home builders index up 4.8%, as Lennar Corp.
In other markets:
- 10-year Treasury yields rose modestly, up 4 basis points to 2.89%
- Gold futures were volatile and settled $1,235 an ounce
- Crude oil futures rose to highest in more than a week.
- Stocks in Asia rose and the European stocks rebounded
"Everyone was focusing on the wrong animal, they were betting on whether the Fed is hawkish or dovish, but they missed the fact that the Fed is bullish on the economy," said Burt White, chief investment officer at LPL Financial.
"Essentially the Fed made a trade: it traded liquidity—or shaving off $10 billion a month—for a boost in confidence. Changing the unemployment expectations to 6.5% it committed to keeping low raters for longer," he added.
- Comment: Joe Bell, senior equity analyst with Schaeffer's Investment Research thinks markets are rewarding the clarity: "It is a good sign that markets are reacting positively to news that the economy is in a good shape and improving. The Fed's decision is data driven, so if it decided to taper it is because it is confident about the recovery in the economy."
Wednesday's movers & shakers: Lennar Corp.
-1.15%shares rose 6.3% after fiscal fourth-quarter profits and revenues beat estimates. Shares of Jabil Circuit, Inc JBL, +2.71%fell 20.5% after earnings and outlook fell short of Wall Street's expectations. Ford Motor Co F, -1.06%shares slid 6.3% as the car maker lowered its 2014 outlook. Target Corp. TGT, +2.43%shares rose 3.1% after the retailer's chief executive, Gregg Steinhafel, said he was pleased with Target's holiday performance and introduced a round of "last minute" sales. Shares in Apple Inc AAPL, +1.55%dropped 0.8% hampering gains on the Nasdaq Composite. General Mills, Inc GIS, +1.08%recovered after dropping more than 2% as second-quarter earnings disappointed. AMC AMC, +2.15%gained 9.2% on the day after debuting on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday morning. The initial public offering priced shares of the movie theater company at $18 a piece. Read more in the Movers & Shakers column.
More stories on MarketWatch:
Live blog: Fed decision and Bernanke news conference
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Fr Niall O'Brien Returns from Captivity.1984..14.07.1984..07.14.1984..On 6 May 1983,Fr Niall O'Brien was arrested along with two other priests, Fr. Brian Gore, an Australian, Fr. Vicente Dangan, a Filipino and six lay workers - the so-called "Negros Nine", for the murders of Mayor Pablo Sola of Kabankalan and four companions. The priests where held under house arrest for eight months but "escaped" to prison in Bacolod City, the provincial capital, where they felt they would be safer.The case received widespread publicity in Ireland and Australia, the home of one of the co-accused priests, Fr. Brian Gore. When Ronald Reagan visited Ireland in 1984, he was asked on Irish TV how he could help the missionary priest's situation. A phone call the next day from the Reagan administration to Ferdinand Marcos resulted in Marcos offering a pardon to Fr. O'Brien and his co-accused..(Ref Wikipedia)...Image shows Fr Niall O'Brien leading the ceremony in the Pro-Cathedral.Add to Cart
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Finding herself currently single, Taylor Swift says she doesn't know if love is in her future — and she's okay with that. In Wonderland magazine's Outspoken issue, the 23-year-old singer gets personal about her past relationships and broken hearts.
"I've kind of realized that I have no idea where I'm going to be next year, or in six months, or in two months. I mean, I know where I'll be on tour in two months, but no idea where I'm going to be mentally, emotionally, dreams, goals, wishes, hopes," she admits to the magazine (via Just Jared). "I have no idea if I'm going to get married or be single forever or have a family or just be on my own. You know, paint in a cottage by the ocean by myself."
Swift's famous exes include John Mayer, Jake Gyllenhaal and Taylor Lautner. She was last romantically linked to One Direction singer Harry Styles, but they called it quits in January.
The "We Are Never Getting Back Together" singer, however, has realized that not having a plan is actually a good thing.
"I just have no idea and I'm kind of into that," she says. "You can make a board for all the goals you want in your life with the pictures on it, and that's great, daydreaming is wonderful, but you can never plan your future."
But Swift has learned from her past. The blonde beauty is living by a new motto. "Relationships are like traffic lights," she shares. "And I just have this theory that I can only exist in a relationship if it's a green light."
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Giles, William Branch
Giles, William Branch jīlz [key], 1762–1830, American statesman, b. Amelia co., Va. After practicing as a lawyer in Petersburg, Va., he entered the U.S. House of Representatives as an Anti-Federalist in 1790. There he opposed the establishment of the Bank of the United States and in 1793 brought charges of corruption against Alexander Hamilton; they were rejected. Resigning in 1798, he was a member of the Virginia legislature (1798–1800), but in 1801 was again elected to Congress. From 1804 to 1815 he was a U.S. Senator. He took a leading part in the impeachment of Justice Samuel Chase, was active in factional contests within the Jeffersonian party, and vigorously directed his hostility against Albert Gallatin and James Monroe. Giles was again a Virginia legislator for several terms, was governor of Virginia (1827–30), and took part in the state constitutional convention (1829–30). His career was marred by the intense personal animosities he held. Political Miscellanies (1829) contains a number of his speeches and letters.
See biography by D. R. Anderson (1914, repr. 1965).
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GirlsCv Group, welcomes you to www.girlscv.com (the "Website"), an adult entertainment website. It is important to the Company that you and other visitors have the best possible experience while using the Website, and that, when you use the Website, you understand your legal rights and obligations. Please read this terms-of-use agreement, which govern your use of the Website, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through the Website. Your access to the Website is on the condition that you agree to this agreement. Please pay special attention to the following: (1) disclaimer of warranties (section 16); (2) limit on liability and exclusion of damages (sections 17 and 18); (3) place for resolving disputes (section 21.2); (4) mandatory mediation and arbitration (sections 22.3 and 22.4); (5) class action waiver (section 22.8); and (6) limitation on time to file disputes (section 22.9). By accessing the Website, including registering for a free account, you agree to this agreement. If you do not want to agree to this agreement, you must not access the Website.
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Minors prohibited. The Website contains adult oriented content and is not intended for minors. Only adults (1) who are at least 18-years old and (2) who have reached the age of majority where they live may access the Website. The Company forbids all persons who do not meet these age requirements from accessing the Website. If minors have access to your computer, please restrain their access to sexually explicit material by using any of the following products, which the Company provides for informational purposes only and does not endorse: CYBERsitter™ | Net Nanny® | CyberPatrol | ASACP.
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The Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement of it) are owned by the Company, its licensors, or other providers of the material and are protected by international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
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The Company may change, limit, or cancel your access if you fail to comply with this section 5. Unauthorized use of the Website or the content may also violate various laws, including copyright and trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes. The Company will take appropriate action against you for any unauthorized use of the Website or the content, including civil, criminal, injunctive relief, and termination of your access or registration.
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- 6.3
Content License
By submitting content to the Website, you hereby grant the Company, its affiliates, and service providers, and each of their and the Company's respective licensees, a worldwide, nonexclusive, sublicensable, transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the content in connection with the Website and the Company's (and its successors' and affiliates') business, including for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Website (and derivative works of it) in any media formats and through any media channels. The Company may freely use and otherwise exploit this content for any purpose without any obligation to pay you.
- 6.4
Moral Rights
You hereby waive all moral rights in your submissions that may be available to you in any part of the world and you state that no moral rights have been asserted.
- 6.5
Statements of Fact
For each submission you make to the Website, you state that the following facts are accurate:
- (a)
You own or control all rights in the content and have the right to grant the license granted above to the Company and its affiliates and service providers, and each of their and the Company's respective licensees, successors, and assigns;
- (b)
You are not posting any content depicting any person under 18-years old;
- (c)
You have inspected and are keeping written documentation sufficient to confirm that all subjects of your submission are in fact 18-years old or older as required by 18 U.S.C. §§ 2257–2257A and the implementing regulations codified at 28 C.F.R. Part 75;
- (d)
You have a signed written consent or release for each identifiable person in the submission to use their name or likeness to allow inclusion and use of the submission in the way contemplated by the Website and this agreement; and
- (e)
All of your submissions do and will comply with this agreement.
- (a)
- 6.6
Content Standards
These content standards apply to all user contributions. User contributions must in their entirety comply with federal, state, local, and international laws and regulations. User contributions must not:
- (a)
Contain any material that is defamatory, obscene (including child pornography), indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable;
- (b)
Promote violence or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age;
- (c)
Depict or portray minors or anyone under 18-years old or the age of majority, incest, rape or nonconsensual sex, extreme violence, torture, nonconsensual pain, blood, cutting, erotic asphyxiation, torture, necrophilia, sado-masochistic abuse or bondage, genital mutilation, bestiality, urination, defecation, enema play, vomiting, or menstrual bleeding;
- (d)
Depict revenge porn, that is content uploaded by intimate partners with the intent of humiliating the partner depicted or that is otherwise uploaded without the consent of all individuals involved;
- (e)
Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person;
- (f)
Contain material taken from adult magazines, professional porn movies, or pay sites (not even their free samples) unless you are the owner of the material or have a written license that authorizes you to post the material to the Website;
- (g)
Violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under governing laws or regulations or other otherwise may be in conflict with this agreement and the privacy policy;
- (h)
Contain private or personal information about any person;
- (i)
Contain software viruses or any computer code, file, or program designed to interrupt, destroy, limit, or monitor the functionality of any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment;
- (j)
Be likely to deceive any person;
- (k)
Promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote, or assist any unlawful act;
- (l)
Cause annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety or be likely to upset, embarrass, alarm, or annoy any other person;
- (m)
Impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization;
- (n)
Involve commercial activities or sales, including contests, sweepstakes, and other sales promotions, barter, or advertising; or
- (o)
Give the impression that they emanate from or are endorsed by the Company or any other person or entity, if this is not the case.
- (a)
- 6.1
Monitoring and Enforcement
- 7.1
The Company may do any of the following:
- (a)
Remove or refuse to post any user submission for any reason, including obscene or defamatory material or excessive length;
- (b)
Take any action against any user submission that the Company considers necessary or appropriate, including if the Company believes that the user submission breaches this agreement, infringes any intellectual property right of any person, threatens the personal safety of users of the Website or the public, or could create liability for the Company;
- (c)
Disclose your identity or other information about you to any person who claims that content posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual-property rights or their right to privacy;
- (d)
Take appropriate legal action, including referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website; or
- (e)
Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any reason, including breach of this agreement.
- (a)
- 7.2
The Company will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing the Company to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any content on or through the Website. You hereby waive any claims you might have against the Company—including its affiliates, licensees, and service providers—resulting from any action taken by the Company during or because of the Company's investigations and from any actions taken as a consequence of investigations by either the Company or law enforcement authorities.
- 7.3
The Company cannot and does not review all material before it is posted on the Website, and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. The Company will not be liable for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third party. The Company will not be liable to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section 7. But if you know of any content posted that violates this agreement, please email the Company at email@example.com. Please provide as much detail as possible, including a copy of the objectionable content or the location where the Company may find it, the reason the Company should remove it, and a statement certifying the accuracy of the information you provided to the Company.
- 7.1
The Website contains links to third-party websites or resources. You acknowledge that the Company is not responsible or liable for: (1) the availability or accuracy of those websites or resources; or (2) the content, products, or services on or available from those websites or resources. Links to third-party websites or resources do not imply any endorsement by the Company of those websites or resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any third-party websites or resources.
Third-Party Content
Through the Website, you will have the ability to access or use content provided by third parties. The Company cannot guarantee that third-party content will be free of material you may find objectionable or otherwise. The Company will not be liable to you for your access or use of any third-party content.
- 10.1
For information about how the Company collects, uses, and shares your information, please review the privacy policy. You acknowledge that by using the Website you consent to the collection, use, and sharing (as set out in the privacy policy) of this information, including the transfer of this information to the Netherlands or other countries for storage, processing, and use by the Company.
- 10.2
By accessing the Website, you acknowledge that Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure. You also acknowledge that others may read or intercept any message or information you send to the Website even if there is a special notice that a particular transmission is encrypted.
- 10.3
The Company may use software that automatically tracks performance and usage information to evaluate the Website. This software will not personally identify you.
- 10.1
Copyright Policy
- 11.1
The Company respects the intellectual property rights of others and expect users of the Website to do the same. The Company will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with law and are properly provided to the Company. If you believe that your content has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide the Company's copyright agent with the following information in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA):
- (a)
a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf;
- (b)
identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
- (c)
identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the Company to locate the material;
- (c)
your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and an email address;
- (d)
a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
- (e)
a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
- (a)
- 11.2
It is the Company's policy to terminate the user accounts of repeat infringers.
- 11.1
- 12.1
Termination on Notice
Either party may terminate this agreement at any time by notifying the other party.
- 12.2
Termination by the Company
The Company may suspend, disable, or cancel your access to the Website (or any part of it) if it determines that you have breached this agreement or that your conduct would tend to damage the Company's reputation and goodwill. If the Company terminates your access for any of these reasons, you must not access the Website. The Company may block your email address and IP address to prevent further access.
- 12.3
Effect of Termination
On termination, your right to access the Website and all licenses granted by the Company terminates. Termination of your access to the Website will not relieve you of any obligations arising or accruing before termination or limit any liability that you otherwise may have to the Company or any third party.
- 12.4
This agreement's provisions that by their nature should survive termination will survive termination, including ownership provisions, disclaimers, and limitations of liability.
- 12.1
Reliance on Information Posted
- 13.1
The Company makes the information presented on or through the Website available for general information purposes only. The Company is not making any warranty about the accuracy or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on this information is strictly at your own risk. The Company will not be liable for any reliance placed on these materials by you or any other visitor to the Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.
- 13.2
The Website includes content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, third-party licensors, syndicators, or aggregators. All statements or opinions expressed in these materials, and all responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by the Company, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person providing these materials. These materials do not reflect the opinion of the Company. The Company will not be liable to you or any other person for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.
- 13.1
Changes to the Website; Availability
- 14.1
Although the Company may update the content on the Website on one or more occasions, the content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and the Company is not required to update that material. If you believe you have found errors or omissions on the Website, you can bring them to the Company's attention by contacting it at email@example.com.
- 14.2
While the Company will try to make sure that the Website is always available, it does not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted, or secure access to the Website. Many factors or circumstances outside of the Company's control may interfere with or adversely affect its operation of the Website.
- 14.1
Compliance with Law
The Company is not making any statement that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Website might not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for complying with all local laws.
- 16.1
You acknowledge that the Company cannot and does not state that files available for downloading from the Internet or the Website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for antivirus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for keeping a means external to the Website for any reconstruction of any lost data. The Company will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses, or other technologically harmful material that might infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data, or other proprietary material due to your use of the Website or any services or items obtained through the Website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.
- 16.2
Your use of the Website, its content, and any services or items obtained through the Website is at your own risk. The Company provides the Website, its content, and any services or items obtained through the Website "as is," "with all faults," and "as available," without making any warranty, either express or implied. The Company is not making any warranty (1) that the Website, its content, or any services or items obtained through the Website will be accurate, reliable, error-free, or uninterrupted; (2) that defects will be corrected; (3) that the Website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components; or (4) that the Website or any services or items obtained through the Website will otherwise meet your needs or expectations.
- 16.3
The Company is not making any warranty, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including warranty of merchantability, title, noninfringement, privacy, security, and fitness for particular purpose.
- 16.1
- 17.1
The Company will not be liable to you for any of the following:
- (a)
Errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of content;
- (b)
Personal injury or property damage resulting from your access to and use of the Website;
- (c)
Content (including user generated content) or conduct that is infringing, inaccurate, obscene, indecent, offensive, threatening, harassing, defamatory, libelous, abusive, invasive of privacy, or illegal;
- (d)
Unauthorized access to or use of the Company's servers and any personal or financial information stored in them, including unauthorized access or changes to your account, contributions, transmissions, or data;
- (e)
Interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the Website;
- (f)
Bugs, viruses, Trojan horses, malware, ransomware, or other disabling code that may be transmitted to or through the Website by any person or that might infect your computer or affect your access to or use of the Website, your other services, hardware, or software;
- (g)
Incompatibility between the Website and your other services, hardware, or software;
- (h)
Delays or failures you might experience in starting, conducting, or completing any transmissions to or transactions with the Website; or
- (i)
Loss or damage incurred because of the use of any content posted, emailed, sent, or otherwise made available through the Website.
- (a)
- 17.2
You hereby release the Company from all liability arising out of user submissions or the conduct of other users or nonparties, including disputes between you and one or more other users or third parties.
- 17.1
Exclusion of Damages; Exclusive Remedy
- 18.1
Unless caused by the Company's gross negligence or its intentional misconduct, the Company will not be liable to you for any direct, indirect, special (including so-called consequential damages), statutory, punitive, or exemplary damages arising out of your access or your inability to access the Website or the content. This exclusion applies regardless of theory of liability and even if you told the Company about the possibility of these damages or the Company knew or should have known about the possibility of these damages.
- 18.2
The Company also will not be liable to you for any damages for (1) personal injury, (2) pain and suffering, (3) emotional distress, (4) loss of revenue, (5) loss of profits, (6) loss of business or anticipated savings, (7) loss of use, (8) loss of goodwill, (9) loss of data, (10) loss of privacy, or (11) computer failure related to your access of or your inability to access the Website or the content. This exclusion applies regardless of theory of liability and even if you told the Company about the possibility of these damages or the Company knew or should have known about the possibility of these damages.
- 18.3
If you are dissatisfied with the Website or have any other complaint, your exclusive remedy is to stop using the Website. The Company's maximum liability to you for any claim will not exceed $1.
- 18.1
Scope of Disclaimers, Exclusions, and Limits
The disclaimers, exclusions, and limits stated in sections 16, 17, and 18 apply to the greatest extent allowed by law, but no more. The Company does not intend to deprive you of any mandatory protections provided to you by law. Because some jurisdictions may prohibit the disclaimer of some warranties, the exclusion of some damages, or other matters, one or more of the disclaimers, exclusions, or limits may not apply to you.
Loss Payment (aka Indemnification)
- 20.1
In General
- You will pay the Company for any loss of ours that is caused by any of the following:
- (a)
your access of the Website;
- (b)
your conduct on the Website;
- (c)
your breach of this agreement;
- (d)
your violation of rights of another person, including intellectual property and privacy rights;
- (e)
your violation of law;
- (f)
your negligent, fraudulent, or intentional conduct; or
- (g)
your criminal conduct.
- But you are not required to pay if the loss was caused by the Company's intentional misconduct.
- 20.2
- (a)
"Loss" means an amount that the Company is legally responsible for or pay in any form. Amounts include, for example, a judgment, a settlement, a fine, damages, injunctive relief, staff compensation, a decrease in property value, and expenses for defending against a claim for a loss (including fees for legal counsel, expert witnesses, and other advisers). A loss can be tangible or intangible; can arise from bodily injury, property damage, or other causes; can be based on tort, breach of contract, or any other theory of recovery; and includes incidental, direct, and consequential damages.
- (b)
A loss is "caused by" an event if the loss would not have happened without the event, even if the event is not a proximate cause of the loss.
- (a)
- 20.3
The Company's Duty to Notify You
If the Company has your contact information, the Company will notify you before the 30th day after the Company knows or should reasonably have known of a claim for a loss that you might be compelled to pay. But the Company's failure to give you timely notice does not end your obligation, except if that failure prejudices your ability to mitigate losses.
- 20.4
Legal Defense of a Claim
The Company has control over defending a claim for a loss (including settling it), unless the Company directs you to control the defense. If the Company directs you to control the defense, you will not settle any litigation without the Company's written consent if the settlement (1) imposes a penalty or limitation on the Company, (2) admits the Company's fault, or (3) does not fully release the Company from liability. You and the Company will cooperate with each other in good faith on a claim.
- 20.5
No Exclusivity
The Company's rights under this section do not affect other rights it might have.
- 20.1
Governing Law; Place for Resolving Disputes
- 21.1
The laws of the British Virgin Islands—without giving effect to any conflicts of law principles—govern all matters arising out of or relating to the Website or this agreement. The predominant purpose of this agreement is providing services and licensing access to intellectual property and not a "sale of goods."
- 21.2
Except for disputes subject to arbitration, all disputes arising out of or relating to the Website or this agreement will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts in the British Virgin Islands. Each party hereby submits to the personal jurisdiction of the courts in the British Virgin Islands to resolve all disputes not subject to arbitration. Each party hereby waives any right to seek another forum or venue because of improper or inconvenient forum.
- 21.3
For purposes of this section, the Website will be deemed solely based in the British Virgin Islands and will be deemed a passive website that does not give rise to personal jurisdiction over the Company, either specific or general, in any other jurisdiction.
- 21.1
Dispute Resolution
- 22.1
Litigation Election
- Either party may elect to litigate the following type of case or controversy:
- (a)
an action seeking injunctive relief, or
- (b)
a suit to compel compliance with this dispute resolution process.
- 22.2
Each party will allow the other a reasonable opportunity to comply before it claims that the other has not met the duties under this agreement. The parties will first meet and negotiate with each other in good faith to try to resolve all disputes between the parties arising out of or relating to the Website or this agreement.
- 22.3
- (a)
If the parties cannot settle a dispute arising out of or relating to the Website or this agreement through negotiation after 30 days, either party may, by notice to the other party and the BVI International Arbitration Centre, demand mediation under the British Virgin Islands Arbitration Act of 2013.
- (b)
Mediation will take place in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The language of the mediation will be English. Each party will bear its own costs in mediation, and the parties will share equally between them all third-party mediation costs unless the parties agree differently in writing.
- (c)
Each party will participate actively and constructively in mediation proceedings once started and will attend at least one joint meeting between the mediator and the parties. Any party may terminate mediation at any time after an initial meeting between the mediator and the parties.
- (a)
- 22.4
- (a)
If the parties cannot settle a dispute through mediation, the parties will settle any unresolved dispute arising out of or relating to the Website or this agreement by arbitration administered under the British Virgin Islands Arbitration Act of 2013. A single arbitrator will preside over the arbitration. The arbitrator, and not any court or agency, will have exclusive authority to resolve all disputes arising out of or relating to the interpretation, enforceability, or formation of this agreement, including any claim that all or any part of this agreement is void or voidable.
- (b)
Unless the parties agree otherwise, the arbitration will take place in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
- (c)
Each party will be responsible for paying any filing, administrative, and arbitrator fees associated with the arbitration.
- (d)
The arbitrator may grant whatever relief that would be available in a court at law or in equity in the British Virgin Islands, except that the arbitrator must not award punitive or exemplary damages, or damages otherwise limited or excluded in this agreement. The award rendered by the arbitrator will include costs of arbitration, reasonable legal fees, and reasonable costs for expert and other witnesses. The arbitrator's award will be binding on the parties and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.
- (e)
Unless required by law, neither a party nor an arbitrator will disclose the existence, content, or results of any arbitration under this agreement without the advance written consent of both parties.
- (a)
- 22.5
Injunctive Relief
Nothing in this section 22 will prevent either party from seeking injunctive or other equitable relief from the courts for matters related to data security, intellectual property, or unauthorized access to the Website.
- 22.6
Recovery of Expenses
- (a)
In any proceedings between the parties arising out of this agreement or relating to the subject matter of this agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover from the other party, besides any other relief awarded, all expenses that the prevailing party incurs in those proceedings, including legal fees and expenses.
- (b)
For purposes of section 22.6(a), "prevailing party" means, for any proceeding, the party in whose favor an award is rendered, except that if in those proceedings the award finds in favor of one party on one or more claims or counterclaims and in favor of the other party on one or more other claims or counterclaims, neither party will be the prevailing party. If any proceedings are voluntarily dismissed or are dismissed as part of settlement of that dispute, neither party will be the prevailing party in those proceedings.
- (a)
- 22.7
Jury Trial Waiver
Both parties hereby waive the right to a trial by jury or to participate in a class action for any claim arising out of or relating to the Website or this agreement. Either party may enforce this waiver up to and including the first day of trial.
- 22.8
Class Action Waiver
All claims must be brought in the parties' individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding, and, unless the Company agrees otherwise, the arbitrator must not consolidate more than one person's claims.
- 22.9
Limitation on Time to Bring Claims
A party will not file a claim arising out of or relating to the Website or this agreement more than one year after the cause of action arose. Any claim brought after one year is barred.
- 22.1
- 23.1
Entire Agreement
This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and the Company about your access to the Website. It supersedes all earlier or contemporaneous agreements between you and the Company about access to the Website. A printed version of this agreement will be admissible in any proceedings arising out of (or relating to) this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and kept in printed form.
- 23.2
Copy of this Agreement
You may—and the Company recommends that you—print this agreement on your printer or save them to your computer. If you have trouble printing a copy, please contact the Company at firstname.lastname@example.com and the Company will email you a copy.
- 23.3
The Company may change this agreement on one or more occasions. The Company will try to post changes on the Website at least 15 days before they become effective. Changes will become effective on the "last updated" date stated at the top of this page. Changes will not apply to continuing disputes or to disputes arising out of (or relating to) events happening before the posted changes. While the Company will try to notify you when the Company changes this agreement, the Company does not assume an obligation to do so, and it is your responsibility to frequently check this page to review the most current agreement. By continuing to use the Website after the Company posts changes to this agreement, you agree to the revised agreement. If you do not agree to the revised agreement, your exclusive remedy is to stop accessing the Website. If you need more information about the changes or have any other questions or comments about the changes, please contact the Company at email@example.com.
- 23.4
Assignment and Delegation
The Company may assign its rights or delegate any performance under this agreement without your consent. You will not assign your rights or delegate your performance under this agreement without the Company's advanced written consent. Any attempted assignment of rights or delegation of performance in breach of this provision is void.
- 23.5
No Waivers
The parties may waive any provision in this agreement only by a writing signed by the party or parties against whom the waiver is sought to be enforced. No failure or delay in exercising any right or remedy, or in requiring the satisfaction of any condition, under this agreement, and no act, omission, or course of dealing between the parties, operates as a waiver or estoppel of any right, remedy, or condition. A waiver made in writing on one occasion is effective only in that instance and only for the purpose stated. A waiver once given is not to be construed as a waiver on any future occasion or against any other person.
- 23.6
- The parties intend as follows:
- (a)
that if any provision of this agreement is held to be unenforceable, then that provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, unless that modification is not permitted by law, in which case that provision will be disregarded;
- (b)
that if modifying or disregarding the unenforceable provision would result in failure of an essential purpose of this agreement, the entire agreement will be held unenforceable;
- (c)
that if an unenforceable provision is modified or disregarded in accordance with this section, then the rest of the agreement will remain in effect as written; and
- (d)
that any unenforceable provision will remain as written in any circumstances other than those in which the provision is held to be unenforceable.
- 23.7
- (a)
Sending Notice to the Company
You may send notice to the Company by email at firstname.lastname@example.com unless a specific email address is set out for giving notice. The Company will consider an email notice received by the Company only when its server sends a return message to you acknowledging receipt. The Company may change its contact information on one or more occasions by posting the change on the Website. Please check the Website for the most current information for sending notice to the Company.
- (b)
Sending Notice to You—Electronic Notice
You consent to receiving any notice from the Company in electronic form either (1) by email to the last known email address the Company has for you or (2) by posting the notice on a place on the Website chosen for this purpose. The Company will consider notices sent to you by email received when its email service shows transmission to your email address. You state that any email address you gave the Company for contacting you is a current and valid email address for receiving notice, and that your computer has hardware and software configured to send and receive email through the Internet and to print any email you receive. You may change this consent and request paper notice by normal postal delivery, but if you do, the Company may collect the reasonable cost and postage for sending postal notice.
- (a)
- 23.8
Force Majeure
- The Company is not responsible for any failure to perform if unforeseen circumstances or causes beyond its reasonable control delays or continues to delay its performance, including:
- (a)
Acts of God, including fire, flood, earthquakes, hurricanes, tropical storms, or other natural disasters;
- (b)
War, riot, arson, embargoes, acts of civil or military authority, or terrorism;
- (c)
Fiber cuts;
- (d)
Strikes, or shortages in transportation, facilities, fuel, energy, labor, or materials;
- (e)
Failure of the telecommunications or information services infrastructure; and
- (r)
Hacking, SPAM, or any failure of a computer, server, network, or software.
- 23.9
No Third-Party Beneficiaries
This agreement does not, and the parties do not intend it to, confer any rights or remedies on any person other than the parties to this agreement.
- 23.10
Relationship of the Parties
This agreement does not, and the parties do not intend it to, create a partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise, or employment relationship between the parties and the parties expressly disclaim the existence of any of these relationships between them. Neither of the parties is the agent for the other, and neither party has the right to bind the other on any agreement with a nonparty.
- 23.11
Successors and Assigns
This agreement inures to the benefit of, and are binding on, the parties and their respective successors and assigns. This section does not address, directly or indirectly, whether a party may assign rights or delegate obligations under this agreement.
- 23.12
Permission to Send Emails to You
You grant the Company permission to email you notices, advertisements, and other communications to you, including emails, advertisements, notices, and other communications containing adult oriented material unsuitable for minors. Your permission will continue until you ask the Company to remove you from its email list. For more information, please see the privacy policy.
- 23.13
Electronic Communications Not Private
The Company does not provide facilities for sending or receiving confidential electronic communications. You should consider all messages sent to the Company or from the Company as open communications readily accessible to the public. You should not use the Website to send or receive messages you only intend the sender and named recipients to read. Users or operators of the Website may read all messages you send to the Website regardless of whether they are intended recipients.
- 23.14
Electronic Signatures
Any affirmation, assent, or agreement you send through the Website will bind you. You acknowledge that when you click on an "I agree," "I consent," or other similarly worded "button" or entry field with your finger, mouse, keystroke, or other device, your agreement or consent will be legally binding and enforceable and the legal equivalent of your handwritten signature.
- 23.15
Consumer Rights Information—California Residents Only
This provision applies only to California residents. In compliance with section 1789 of the California Civil Code, please note the following:
GirlsCv Group firstname.lastname@example.com
The Company does not charge consumers to register or to access the Website, but the Company may charge for access in the future. You may contact the Company at firstname.lastname@example.com to resolve any disputes or to receive further information about the Website.
- 23.16
You may contact firstname.lastname@example.com
- 23.17
The Company encourage you to provide feedback about the Website. But the Company will not treat as confidential any suggestion or idea provided by you, and nothing in this agreement will restrict its right to use, profit from, disclose, publish, or otherwise exploit any feedback, without payment to you.
- 23.18
English language
The Company drafted this agreement in the English language. No translation into any other language will be used to interpret or construe this agreement. All services, support, notices, designations, specifications, and communications will be provided in English.
- 23.19
Your Comments and Concerns
You should direct all feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Website to email@example.com.
- 23.20
- In this agreement, the following usages apply:
- (a)
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Valve and its founder Gabe Newell doesn't really like Windows 8 and its "metro" environment. As such, we didn't expect Valve to integrate its flagship product, Steam, with Windows 8. Well, good news because an elegant solution arrived sooner than we would have thought. The community stepped up and created a Windows Store app that integrates your steam games with metro! Now, you can have a more seamless experience with Steam and Windows 8 despite Valve's opinions.
The app that's behind it all is called Pin Steam. It has two main functions; the first is that it is a metro version of your Steam games library. Now, rather than having to go to the desktop and launch Steam, you can open this app and view all your Steam games in a clean, metro style, app. The second function of the app is its highlight. It lets you pin your Steam games to the Start Screen as a tile!
Because Steam games are desktop apps, pinning it manually through the OS only shows you a small icon on the Start Screen. However, if you pin it with Pin Steam, you get a big tile that displays the Game's cover art. It makes your game collection prettier on your Start Screen. Now, you can launch Steam games directly from Start in an elegant way!
The app is $1.49; however, you can download a trial version that lets you use the app as a metro style Steam games library. To be able to pin apps to the Start Screen, you will need to buy the full version. Also note that you need to have the official Steam desktop app installed for this to work.
A note to Valve: if you think Windows 8 will be a catastrophe, think again. Windows is too big to be a failure. Thinking that users and developers will ignore Windows 8, like they did with Windows Phone 7, is wishful thinking. If you don't step up your game and play nicely with Windows 8, someone else will. Let's just hope that someone isn't a competitor.
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Fit 2 Print Fashion Show
I am going to preface this blog post by saying it is the most biased one I'll ever do. But, you should run out and buy tickets to The Art Institute's 13th annual fashion show, entitled Fit 2 Print, for which I am co-chair of. Now that I have revealed my inner connections, I am still correct when I say you need to be at this show Saturday night.
Every year The Art Institute puts on a grand fashion show with approximately 1,000 of their closest friends in attendance. The show is a fundraiser for the Creative Art Scholarship fund that benefits all the majors at the college. Translation: you coming to check out hot outfits on the runway is helping pay for someone's dream education. The show consists of 17 graduating (or graduated this year) student designers presenting their senior collections, which is the result of nearly a year of work.
The opening act changes each year depending on the theme and this year's is a homerun. "Fit 2 Print", is an inspired collaboration between contemporary fashion and graphic design. This creative collection includes dresses made entirely from the show's sponsor's upcycled print collateral: A wedding dress assembled from the deconstructed covers of Portland Bride & Groom magazine; cocktail attire fashioned out of actual 35mm filmstrips; even a Las Vegas showgirl's costume made entirely of hand-torn Portland Monthly magazines.
It's a total of 52 designers and one of the largest shows in the entire Pacific Northwest. Come before the show and peruse our silent auction with one-of-a-kind pieces from Project Runway winner Gretchen Jones, hotel and fitness packages, jewelry, spa packages and many other items donated from the Portland community. After the show stick around and get your groove on under the guide of DJ Gregarious kicking out the best tunes in town while you mingle with designers, models and fashion folks. But you had better act fast. I heard rumor we only have 50 tickets left for the whole show!
Fit 2 Print Fashion Show
Saturday, June 4th
Silent Auction begins at 6pm
Show at 8pm, after-party to follow
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Today is the day that the United Nations Population Fund estimates that the world's population will reach 7 billion people.
So, I've been thinking quite a bit about this particular moment in our history. As ever, it's important to dig just a little below the surface to figure out what's going on with the media's coverage of this day. I've seen many slide shows in the past few months. I've seen many photos of crowded buses and streets in India and China. And photos of what look like very old people. All of these photos are, by turns, mesmerizing and heartbreaking.
Some facts: 200 years ago, there were only 1 billion people on the planet, and over the next 150 years, that number grew to 3 billion. Notably, in 50 years, the global population has more than doubled, and the UN projects that it could possibly grow to 15 billion by the year 2100.
The narrative that emerges from these kinds of stats pits humans (only some, however) against the environment. There is an alarmism that's been on a long slow creep. An alarmism that tells us to worry about enough food, enough clean water, non-polluted air, and space enough for all of us. Not to mention the undercurrents of fear of the "browning" of the planet. A planet in which the growing population of people of color threatens our safety. A planet in which there aren't enough resources for the West because of all the people in the East.
I'd like to take this moment to bust some of those myths and alarmist tropes.
First, let's not get it twisted. It's over-consumption, largely by the West generally, and the United States specifically, that is the greatest culprit in environmental degredation. The US is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Here, we consume the most water and energy.
Second, population growth has actually slowed in the past few decades. Seriously.
Third, this kind of uncritical alarmism is very destructive. Negative media images are rampant; hungry African children, masses of poor people in the third world, photos of pregnant women of color. These kinds of messages reiterate the idea that the danger of overpopulation is "over there" and that 'those people' outnumber 'us. This fear often translates into xenophobic immigration policies and fear of increasing immigration to the West.
Fourth, poor women often bear the the burden of this kind of reckless rhetoric. They face unwanted sterilization and population control tactics. They often face the kinds of population control that programs distort family planning and diminish their control.
As we see, this is no small issue. There are many more reasons to be critical of the overpopulation narrative, and I presume we'll see a lot of articles about this in the next few days. But I thought I'd just welcome the 7 billionth little sweet pea into the world with a little more truth and a little less alarmism.


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This is just going to be a quick update because I am too physically and emotionally drained to do a real blog post.
Please read my original post, Garibaldi is Sick, to get the background for this post.
Gari went to see Dr. Hoppes at Texas A&M University Veterinary School yesterday. A whole team of vets and students worked on him. They did xrays of his teeth. The molars on his lower right side are all messed up. One had a very sharp point that has clearly been cutting the poor little 'bura's tongue for some time. There is also some infection in the roots of those molars. Basically, he has the same thing Maple WoMER did. Luckily, because it is his lower jaw, he won't end up losing an eye.
The vets were able to file down the worst offenders of the points on his teeth but he will need to see a veterinary dentist to get any real work done. As it turns out, the reason capys have such tiny tongues is because that's all there is room for in their tiny mouths. There's no room for human fingers or instruments. So, if he needs any major work, it will have to be done from the outside, through the side of his face.
Gari is in a lot of pain right now but we just managed to get some pain medication down him about two hours ago. He finally ate a few bites of endive, one of his favorite foods. We've also given him some critical care. Tomorrow, he really needs to start eating.
Gari is also going to be on antibiotics until we get in to see the dentist in about two weeks. Maybe that will clear up the infection. If not, he'll need to have the offending teeth removed.
So that's where we are. I'll post more in a couple of days when I'm not so depressed.


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The value of Australian agricultural production was $37 billion in 2005-06, according to preliminary figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today.
The value of crop production rose to $19.6 billion, benefiting from good seasonal conditions during 2005-06 and increased prices:
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Why is Libya exploding? Why are Iraq and Egypt always, even after many millennia, undemocratic? Why was there scarcely any looting or rioting in Japan even after the triple calamity of tsunami, earthquake and nuclear accident?
Blame the rain. Or rather, the lack of it. Egypt and Libya boil over because precipitation levels there are among the lowest in the world. Japan has received enough rain over the centuries to learn how to govern itself.
The idea that rainfall amounts might start wars or foster democracy is consistent with new research by Stephen Haber, a professor at Stanford University, and Victor Menaldo, a professor at the University of Washington. In their paper, Haber and Menaldo sort nations into three categories: those that are persistently authoritarian (Egypt) or democratic (the U.K.) and ones that cycle between the two. Next, the authors ranked nations by annual precipitation. The authors are talking about rainfall, not water from, say, a river.
Haber and Menaldo found that countries where rainfall averages between 50 and 100 centimeters (39.4 inches) a year are more likely to be democratic. In places with less than 50 centimeters annually, dictatorship predominates.
What does rain do that rivers don't? For one thing, politicians can't control the rain. Their efforts to turn the skies on and off like a faucet -- using cloud seeding or other measures -- were humiliating failures.
Middle-Class Values
In short, rain meant independence. Countries in the rainy midrange are ones whose inhabitants could grow and store grains, legumes and other crops. This meant farmers in temperate regions experienced less starvation than those in other places. They could accumulate enough to invest in more property or education.
Farmers working in Japan after World War II, in New England during the 18th century or in the Netherlands several centuries ago all fostered what we today consider middle-class values. Long after they abandoned agriculture and moved to the city, the farm-borne respect for the rule of law and property rights sustains a society stable.
Of course, crops thrive in high rainfall areas. The sugar of the moist Caribbean is one example. However, what's grown in tropical climates often can't be stored long. This was especially true in the days before refrigeration.
Ruling a Swamp
Big institutional farmers -- whether colonial governments or wealthy foreign companies -- were the only ones with the resources to make cultivation in such places profitable. Individuals in these regions tended to be laborers, not owners. No middle class arose, and citizens, with less to lose, were more willing to back regime change. That's why swampy, high-precipitation territories (like the Philippines) tend to change direction -- heading now toward democracy, then toward dictatorship -- like lightning in a rainstorm.
Can irrigation create democracy where rainfall is infrequent? No, because the ruler's hand is always ready to divert the river or close the dam. All the wealth a farmer has built up is in jeopardy if his water supply can be cut off.
There is one example of a heavily irrigated democracy: Israel. However, the authors argue, the immigrants who settled Israel -- whether Germans, Poles or Russians -- came from agricultural countries, and therefore had amassed the human capital necessary for democracy. In other words, Israel's democracy was created before Israel itself.
Controlling the Flow
Here's a current example of the Haber-Menaldo theory: Ethiopia wants to dam the Nile, diverting water from Egypt and Sudan to the benefit of Ethiopia, Kenya or Uganda, which may provoke yet another round of conflict in Africa.
You can see this idea at work even in movies: the parched town of Dirt in the animated film "Rango" is held hostage by a corrupt mayor who diverts the precious gallons to Las Vegas, driving Dirt's townsfolk to pick up their pitchforks.
In the Biblical story, Joseph stored grain and created wealth for the pharaoh, but that helped neither Jews nor non-royal Egyptians in the long run because "there came a new king, which knew not Joseph," and didn't build on Joseph's contribution.
Haber says studying the relationship between rainfall and regimes is useful because it reminds us of our (military) limits: "Societies are an outcome of nature's constraints," Haber wrote in an e-mail to me. "Iraq is highly unlikely to ever look like Ohio, no matter how much money we pour into it."
Another valuable takeaway: It is more important for a farmer to own a farm than to get subsidies for it.
This paper should spur doubt among those who emphasize radical Islam at the expense of other forces at work in the Mideast. "Egypt was a dictatorship long before Islam even existed," Haber said. "Overall, rain is a better predictor of stable democracy than the percentage of Muslims in a country."
(Amity Shlaes, a senior fellow in economic history at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of "The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression," is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are her own.)
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Driver on drugs crashes with infant in car, Hingham police say
South Yarmouth man faces several charges after early-morning wreck
A South Yarmouth man was high on drugs when he crashed in Hingham with a 2-month-old child who was not properly restrained in the car, police said.
Hingham police were called to the intersection of Route 53 and Cushing Street at 4 a.m. Wednesday. A car traveling on Route 53 drove off the road and struck a traffic light control box.
When officers arrived, the driver, Justin Grant Kennaway, 34, a passenger and their infant were outside the car.
The baby was in an infant carrier, but officers said there was no base that would allow the baby to be secured properly in the car, and there were so many items on the back seat of the car that there was no room for the carrier, police said.
When questioned about the crash, Kennaway admitted injecting Suboxone earlier in the morning, and used syringes were found in his pockets, according to a police report.
Police said they also found an Adderall pill in the car and an uncapped used hypodermic syringe under the seat.
Kennaway was charged with operating under the influence of drugs and child endangerment, among several other charges.
He was arraigned Wednesday and held on $1,000 bail.
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Emerging Canadian artist Meryl McMaster focuses on resolving her bicultural Aboriginal-European heritage. She is both Cree and Scottish. Much of her work looks at how identities collide, merge and transform.
Meryl McMaster is an Ontario-based artist and BFA graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design University (2010). She is the recipient of various awards and scholarships including the Charles Pachter Prize for Emerging Artists, the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship, the Canon Canada Prize, the OCAD Medal, and the Doris McCarthy Scholarship.
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Riyadh | In an unprecedented ruling, a panel of Saudi scientists has concluded that women are actually mammals, granting them the same rights as other mammal species such as camels, dromedaries and even goats.
The verdict, which fell just hours before the International Women's Day, is considered "historic" by some experts and advocacy groups for women's rights.
"It may seem too little, too late, but it is truly a milestone event for all women in the region," explains Jane Austin, visibly excited.
"This is a great leap forward for women's rights in Saudi Arabia"
– Jane Austin, Women's Liberation Action Network
"From now on, women will be considered as members of the mammal class, whereas before women shared the legal status of an object, similar to that of a home appliance," she admits.
Jillian Birch, spokeswoman at Amnesty International, said she is optimistic about the future as women will no longer be considered as "soulless objects" but as fully fledged mammals
"Soulless objects"
The recent verdict could completely upset all laws currently enforced in Saudi Arabia believes Jillian Birch, a spokeswoman at Amnesty International.
"This verdict shows the incredible progress the women's rights movement has made in the past 50 years," she admitted in a press conference this morning.
"Finally, women will no longer be simply considered as objects without souls, but as full-fledged mammals, with the same rights as other animals of their species such as camels and goats," she said, visibly emotional.
"Women are still far from being considered 100% human, but their condition will improve drastically with this decision," she firmly believes.
An unprecedented verdict
The verdict, which fell like a ton of bricks on the Saudi state, has clearly not found unanimous support amongst religious authorities and the political elite, concede experts.
"It could create significant turmoil in the current legal state of affairs and the judiciary system of Saudi Arabia," says political analyst specialized in the Middle East, Anthony Bochstein.
"If women previously had the same rights as a chair or a table and were seen more as individual property, they now have an equivalent status to certain animal species, and thus must receive, at the very least, feeding, watering and be conferred a minimum of attention and respect, which was not the case previously," he explains.
According to the expert panel that ruled on the matter, women are still devoid of a soul but have been shown to possess qualities common to the mammal species, which would explain their ability to procreate and breastfeed, as well as why they are equipped with seven cervical vertebrae, a characteristic unique to the mammal species.


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Nanoparticles show promise as inexpensive, durable and effective scintillators
A team of industrial and university researchers has shown that nanoparticles with sizes smaller than 10 nanometers – approximately the width of a cell membrane – can be successfully incorporated into scintillation devices capable of detecting and measuring a wide energy range of X-rays and gamma rays emitted by nuclear materials.
The proof-of-concept study, described in the Journal of Applied Physics, suggests that "nanocrystals" – nanoparticles clustered together to mimic the densely-packed crystals traditionally used in scintillation devices – may one day yield radiation detectors that are easy and inexpensive to manufacture, can be produced quickly in large quantities, are less fragile, and capture most of the X-ray and gamma ray energies needed to identify radioactive isotopes. Earlier studies have shown that when X-rays or gamma rays strike these miniature, non-crystalline scintillators, some atoms within them are raised to a higher energy level. These atoms de-excite and give off their energy as optical photons in the visible and near-visible regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The photons can be converted to electrical pulses, which, in turn, can be measured to quantify the X-ray and gamma radiation detected and help locate its source.
In the latest experiment, the researchers suspended nanoparticles of lanthanum halide and cerium tribromide (loaded in both 5 percent and 25 percent concentrations) in oleic acid to create nanocomposite scintillators with sizes between 2-5 nanometers. When compared to computer models and data from prior studies, the nanocomposite detectors matched up well in their ability to discern X-rays and gamma radiation. When compared to an existing radiation detection system of similar size that uses plastic, the 25 percent loaded nanocomposite fared better than the 5 percent loaded, but still was only about half as efficient. Therefore, the researchers conclude that more work is needed to refine and optimize their "nanocrystal" system.
More information: "Lanthanum Halide Nanoparticle Scintillators for Nuclear Radiation Detection," is published in the Journal of Applied Physics. jap.aip.org/resource/1/japiau/v113/i6/p064303_s1
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