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Rolla, MO | FBI agents cracked down on unsuspecting party goers at a Missouri pig farm yesterday where more than 40 arrests were made over allegations of bestiality and animal cruelty.
Suspected for some time by local authorities of running a pig farm functioning as an underground pig brothel, where clients paid for sexual services with the farm animals, the 67-year old farm owner was arrested with two of his sons and some 30 guests who were present to celebrate his birthday.
Caught in full action during the night of the birthday bash, the FBI raid engaged more than 16 agents in what local officials believe to be the biggest crackdown on an animal brothel in American history.
An increase in sexually deviant behavior
Local authorities fear a recrudescence in sexually deviant behavior with animals in the region since this is the third animal brothel to be closed down in recent months in the area.
" We can't explain why underground animal brothels seem to be so high in demand in the region "
– Dane Banff, psychologist
"That human beings are allowed to unleash their wildest fantasies in such a context, even though illegal, might prevent such abuses as rape from being committed" she admits.
"But at the same time, having sexual relations with pigs and other animals is not considered to be a healthy behavior and should not be encouraged" she acknowledges.
The farmer and his sons could spend up to five years in prison expect legal experts.


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In Part One, we talked about circles.
In Part Two, we tackled profiles and privacy.
In Part Three, we discussed finding friends and people to follow.
Today I want to share an assortment of Google+ tips I hope you'll find useful. Like everyone else at this brand-spanking-new social network, I'm learning as I go. The more I settle in at G+, the more I love it.
__1. Fill in the "Occupation" field on your profile. __
I talked about this in the profiles post, but it's such an important tip I'm going to mention it again. The text you enter in that box will pop up whenever a Google+ user hovers the cursor over your name. Think "bio note," not "occupation." A descriptive entry will help the people you follow decide whether to follow you back, and what circle to put you in.
__2. Use email notifications as a searchable archive. __
When you first sign up for Google+, you may find that your email inbox is quickly flooded with notifications of comments and followers. If you're like me, your first impulse may be to turn off email notifications (which you can do easily in your G+ account settings). But I've found a better tack is to filter these notifications into their own folder in my email account. This way, I can search my Gmail any time I want to find a specific post.
__3. Don't put people in more than one "reading" circle. __
In Part One of this series, I talked about the difference between "reading" circles and "sharing" circles. Reading circles are the people you want to read (I know, it sounds obvious). Sharing circles are groups of people you want to send certain kinds of posts to. These grouping may certainly overlap—some of your friends might fit into many of your sharing circles. For example, my friend Phoebe is in my Homeschoolers circle, my Special Needs Parenting circle, my Meta circle (where I yak at length about G+ itself), and my Pix Recipients circle, where I might share photos of my kids that I don't necessarily want on my public profile web. All of those are sharing circles.
But Phoebe—like everyone else I follow—is in only one of my reading circles. This is my time management strategy. I've created four main reading circles with no overlap between them. When I want to read posts at Google+, I don't click on my Stream—it's too overwhelming. I check my reading circles one at a time, responding to posts as I go.
My reading circles are grouped by relationship: what context I know someone in, and how well we know each other.
Read the rest of Melissa Wiley's post over atGeekMom.

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Suspect arrested, held on $5M bail in deaths of mother and 3 children in southeastern Kansas
PARSONS, Kan. – A man suspected in the deaths of a young mother and her three children is being held on $5 million bail after police captured him walking outside in frigid temperatures and wearing sodden clothes in a southeastern Kansas city.
David Cornell Bennett Jr., 22, was arrested in Independence late Tuesday, city Police Chief Harry Smith said.
Bennett, 22, has not been formally charged in the killings of 29-year-old Cami Umbarger and her children, 9-year-old Hollie Betts, 6-year-old Jaxon Betts and 4-year-old Averie Betts. The bodies of Umbarger and her children were discovered Monday night at their home in Parsons, about 35 miles from Independence.
Authorities have not released details of how the victims were killed, who discovered them, or the family's relationship to Bennett.
However Tara Umbarger, the victim's cousin, said Cami Umbarger met Bennett in September and that they had dated a few times. But she said when Cami Umbarger tried to break off the relationship, Bennett refused to let go.
"He was basically stalking her and wouldn't leave her alone," Tara Umbarger said. "She was trying to get away. He wasn't leaving her alone."
She said Cami Umbarger never filed a complaint to police.
More than 100 law enforcement officers from various agencies, plus dogs and an aircraft were involved in the search for the suspect after the bodies of Umbarger and her children were found. Smith, the police chief, said the search soon focused on Independence, some 110 miles southeast of Wichita, where Bennett works at a roofing firm.
Officers were alerted to Bennett's whereabouts by a friend who was speaking with him on his cellphone. When they arrested Bennett at gunpoint around 9 p.m. Tuesday, his clothes were soaking wet and frozen with the temperature at 18 degrees.
Labette District Judge Robert Fleming signed an order Wednesday that gives prosecutors until Dec. 10 to file charges against Bennett, of Cherryvale. It was unclear whether he has an attorney. The Labette County Jail declined to make him available for comment.
Cami Umbarger was a licensed practical nurse who worked at the Good Samaritan Society, a nursing home in Parsons. A candlelight vigil was held Wednesday night in Parsons.
Tara Umbarger described her slain cousin as a "very good mom" who loved her kids and worked hard for them.
"I don't want (people) to remember this bad thing," she said of the killings. "It wasn't that she was a bad person — she just somehow ... got mixed up with him somehow."


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A 28 day Ramadan
Posted by Abd Al Mustafa on Saturday 28th December, 2013
I ought to have posted this months ago but it seems to have been lost in transition somewhat.
Alhamdulillah! 2013 saw muslims in the UK start Ramadan on oneday. Some of us optimistic ones immediately imagined an image in our minds of muslims ending ramadan and celebrating eid on one day in unity. It was later heard of that in the saudi region where mr annonymous usually makes a claim of sighting the new hilal even when the new moon hadn't yet been born had experience such bad weather that if anyone were to make any such claim on that day, the masses would have hamstrung him. so there was no real unity, it was just a co-incidence that it rained in saudi that day.
Unfortunately, as the month progressed rumours emerged from saudi claiming that they should have started ramadan according to the pre-calculated saudi calendar and that they made a mistake by delaying the start of ramadan. And accordingly after 28 fasts the officials announced to the people in saudi to go out after completion of 28 fasts to look for the new hilal. did they expect to actually see the moon when it hadn't yet been born..?? what utter stupidity??
Obviously no moon was visible. It was clear that the government had decided to call the 28th their 29th, making way for eid to fall on a date that matches their pre-calculated calendar. because after that, the actual 29th would be their 30th at which point no need to look for the moon as the month cannot be more than 30 days. And so in the west eid was once again split.
So, if they decided to accept the day before they actually started ramadan as part of ramadan should they then not make up that fast.?? but did they??
To think that people, scholars, imams, muslim activists etc etc in the UK see and hear about this but do not realise that something somewhere is going south. I canot comprehend this. what's going on..????? And those who actually don't know need to pull their finger out. At times of fitna, silence is the work of shaytan.


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SAS wants to supercharge your business analysis, through new software that automatically builds multiple models of data and picks those that best predict future events.
"If you take too long coming up with a model, you lose a lot of value," said Sascha Schubert, SAS technology marketing director, speaking of today's competitive environment. "You want to be efficient in your analytics."
With a customer base of over 75,000 organizations, SAS has long been known for its advanced statistical analysis software. With this new offering, called SAS Factory Miner, the company is trying to go one step further to help its customers, by generating models for their data.
Traditionally, business analysts construct data models by hand, choosing from a data table, or multiple tables, the variables to examine closely, and trying to understand how they work together to produce a desired outcome.
With so much data today, however, it can be difficult to pinpoint the specific factors that are key indicators. Were sales last weekend good because of some discount pricing, or because people had more time to shop during the weekend, or some other, hidden factor?
As its name indicates, SAS Factory Miner automates this process of building and testing models, which could lead to better models that are generated more quickly than what could have been done by hand. It could also help alleviate the need for an organization to hire more data scientists, who are much in demand.
SAS Factory Miner can use any source of data, as long as the data itself can be formatted into a table. The software, run from a server and accessed with a browser, offers a graphical point-and-click interface. It comes with a set of customizable templates for creating baseline models. Analysts can fine tune or revise any of the computer-generated models.
To help pick the best models, the software uses a number of machine learning algorithms that, through repeated testing of the models, can recognize patterns to anticipate future performance. One unnamed customer used an early version of the software to build 35,000 different models in order to find the best approach for a marketing campaign.
This approach also helps enable what Schubert called stratified modeling, in which large sets of data, such as sales, can be divided into smaller segments. Stratified modeling can offer more accurate results, though its use has been limited by the time it takes to build the models, Schubert said.
A financial institution could build different models for different sets of potential users, based on spending ability, buying behavior, or other factors. These models could then be used to generate more appealing credit card offers.
The technology can be used in multiple ways by business, especially in the field of marketing, Schubert said. It could be key to reducing customer churn, predicting future demand, personalizing offers, and managing risk.
For instance, a manufacturer could use the software to build more accurate predictions for when equipment will fail. A firm in a fiercely competitive field could build models for each of its competitors, and then run them in unison to get a full view of the industry.
SAS Factory Miner will be generally available around the middle of July. The company did not provide pricing, noting the price varies by the size of the installation, and the work it will do.


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1. Have the first ('introduction') QR code on display on your whiteboard.
2. Each team scans it into their device and gets told to start hunting around the school for the remaining QR codes.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available.
1. Award teams ONE point for each question they successfully decode, and a further TWO points for each correct answer that they provide.
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After once dominating the basketball court with an unstoppable skyhook, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has kept his itinerary open for something that could prove just as far-reaching.
Forty-three years after leading the Milwaukee Bucks to a 1971 NBA championship, Abdul-Jabbar expressed interest in becoming part of the franchise's ownership group.
"The team very likely will change hands and there are a number of people that are interested," Abdul-Jabbar said. "I've had some people approach me. But there's nothing yet."
Milwaukee Bucks owner Herb Kohl has said he is seeking additional investers to create an ownership group to oversee a franchise that enters Thursday night's game against the Lakers (24-46) at BMO Harris Bradley Center with the NBA's worst record (13-58).
Both the Bucks and Kohl's advisor Allen & Co., a New York City based investment bank, declined to discuss the impending sale and if Abdul-Jabbar would join any ownership group that eventually purchases the franchise that Forbes estimated is valued at $405 million.
"I talked with Mr. Kohl, but he's talked to a lot of people," Abdul-Jabbar said. "The team isn't doing well and not making money. They will have to figure out a better business plan."
Abdul-Jabbar lacks any ownership experience, but he has dabbled in various business projects.
In a throwback to his critically acclaimed role as Roger Murdock in the comedy "Airplane" nearly 34 years ago, Abdul-Jabbar also filmed a commercial spot for the Wisconsin Tourism Board where he is once again sitting in the cockpit. He has co-authored eight books and plans to release another one this year. He recently partnered with Starguard Collectibles, which has sold some of his sports memorabilia, including an acrylic painting of the former UCLA star and his inked fingerprint on a signed basketball for $5,600.
"Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan would have to have 50 arms a piece to sign as much bogus stuff as I see out there. People would come to me with fake jerseys to sign," Abdul-Jabbar recalled. "We wanted to do something where everything is verifiable and authentic."
But what vision would Abdul-Jabbar have for the Bucks?
"They need their own TV network where they can sell cable subscriptions throughout Wisconsin," Abdul-Jabbar said. "That brings your bottom line up and you can do the things you need to do to get good players."
The Lakers signed a 25-year deal last season with Time Warner Cable SportsNet worth $5 billion. But that deal stemmed from the Lakers' championship equity that includes 16 NBA titles and a franchise that Forbes estimates is worth $1.35 billion.
After Milwaukee accommodated Abdul-Jabbar's trade request either to the Lakers or the New York Knicks following Oscar Robertson's retirement in 1974, the Bucks have made 22 playoff appearances that include zero trips to the NBA Finals and 10 first-round exits.
"The Lakers had a lot of good luck, made their good luck and kept themselves in the right position to win," Abdul-Jabbar said. "All of a sudden, everything went south with the injuries. That happens, but it's cyclical. It seems like since I've left Milwaukee, they've stayed down. It's been over 35 years and they have never really been in contention."
Abdul-Jabbar sounded more concerned about Kobe Bryant, who played only six games this season amid rehabbing his left Achilles tendon and later fracturing his left knee.
"Kobe is very dedicated and has worked on his body," Abdul-Jabbar said. "But he's having major failures and not just minor stuff. Spontaneously breaking a bone is not a good sign."
That's why Abdul-Jabbar sounded confident Bryant will not near his NBA all-time scoring record of 38,387 points. Bryant ranks fourth overall with 31,700 points, trailing Abdul-Jabbar's mark by 6,687 points. Should he play all 82 games through the 2015-16 season and retire in what would mark a 20-year career with the Lakers, Bryant would need to average at least 40.7 points per contest to eclipse that mark.
"It's going to be tough. The problem for him is if he's going to break the record, he would have be the focus of the offense," Abdul-Jabbar said. "But what does he have to worry about? He can walk away and be satisfied. He has the jewelry and the stats."
Bryant hardly seems satisfied with five NBA titles considering other legends have more, including Bill Russell (11), Michael Jordan (six) and Abdul-Jabbar (six). Abdul-Jabbar struggled naming his lists of the so-called "Mount Rushmore" of NBA greats. Still, Abdul-Jabbar took offense to LeBron James' list that included himself, Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird at the expense of Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and Robertson.
"LeBron James was talking about how he's the best ever, but he never saw Wilt play," Abdul-Jabbar said. "If he had, he wouldn't say that. Whenever he averages 55 points a game, then I might want to listen to what he has to say. I'm not trying to put LeBron down. He's awesome. He's the best player in this era at this point. But he didn't see Bill Russell play. When his team wins eight consecutive NBA championships, maybe I'll compare him to Bill Russell."
Where does Abdul-Jabbar rank himself?
"As long as I'm in the discussion, that's fine with me," said Abdul-Jabbar, who also won three national championships at UCLA. "That's not something I get excited about it, but I do feel I belong in the conversation."
Abdul-Jabbar then returned to work, cognizant there's more books to write, more sports memorabilia to sell and perhaps an ownership group overseeing the Bucks franchise to join.


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Author Dinesh D'Souza, who wrote and co-directed "2016: Obama's America," told TheWrap Monday that a recent Associated Press report "fact-checking" his hit documentary is "a crude and inaccurate attack masquerading as a news story."
The AP article, posted Friday and written by Beth Fouhy, was headlined "Fact Check: Anti-Colonial Obama Not Plausible."
The AP article says that the documentary's assertion that Obama's presidency is an expression of his father's anti-colonial political beliefs, which D'Souza first made in 2010 in his book "The Roots of Obama's Rage," is "almost entirely subjective and a logical stretch at best."
Also read: Dinesh D'Souza: Fact-Checking AP's Fact Check on '2016: Obama's America'
In an op-ed piece for TheWrap, D'Souza writes that "this fact-checking article required its own fact-checker," and suggests that AP publish an apology.
Also read: '2016: Obama's America': What the Surprise Right-Wing Hit Says About the Election
"Certainly it's possible to debate the issues raised in the film." D'Souza writes. "If AP wanted to commission a review or op-ed article, that would be fine. But instead the news agency has published a crude and inaccurate attack masquerading as a news story."
Reached for comment by TheWrap, the Associated Press has not yet responded.
"2016 Obama's America" has grossed more than $20 million since opening eight weeks ago. It has already supplanted "Bully" as the year's leading documentary moneymaker.
It is on pace to top "Bowling for Columbine" ($21.6 million), "An Inconvenient Truth" ($24.1 million) and "Sicko" ($24.5 million) as the second-highest-grossing political documentary ever.
Michael Moore's 2004 film "Farenheit 9/11," which was highly critical of President George W. Bush, is No. 1. It took in $119 million domestically and $222 million at the worldwide box office.


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"Face Yourself - Free Yourself"
~From NAMI Advocate Magazine~
(Fall 2012 / Page 6-7)
The Hope for Mental Illness: Research
By Brendan McLean, NAMI Communications Coordinator
(Update 11/1/15)
It has been 10 years since Dr. Tom Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), first started attending events held by NAMI. In that time, research on mental illness has continued to grow and new and more effective treatments for mental illness have been developed. But, as Dr. Insel stated in his presentation at NAMI's 2012 National Convention in Seattle this past July, there is still no perfect method of treatment; we still do not have a cure.
While other illnesses have seen vast improvements in their recovery rates, for individuals living with mental illness, the recovery rate has not improved dramatically. Twenty years ago AIDS was essentially a death sentence. If you contracted AIDS you measured your life expectancy in months. However, the most recent figures find that if someone contracts HIV and develop AIDS by age 19 or 20 he or she will probably die of heart disease in their 60s or 70s.
Unfortunately for mental illness, the current reality is not as optimistic. We are still diagnosing these illnesses by observations rather than using biomarkers, the method the rest of medicine world uses to identify illnesses. Consequently, treatment often doesn't arrive until late in the course of the illness. This lack of timely treatment has led neuropsychiatric disorders to become the leading cause of disability in the world, more than heart disease, cancer or injuries.
"But it's not just morbidity, it's mortality," says Dr. Insel. The latest data from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) shows that nearly 36,000 Americans die by suicide each year, virtually all are thought to be a result of mental illness, more than twice the number of homicides and more than number of traffic fatalities.
In the military, suicide has become a true crisis. Since 2009, more soldiers have been lost to suicide than combat. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), depression and suicide are quickly becoming the signature wounds of the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The mortality of mental illness does not only refer to suicide, however. It's also the high rate of other medical conditions, such as pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease that develop because of smoking, drug use and other problems related to lifestyle that resulted because of mental illness.
So why haven't we done better? Why with all the treatments, such as psychotherapy and medication, have recovery rates not improved?
Many reasons have been put forward but the most loudly stated and often cited is the lack of access to services; people simply don't have the ability to get the best treatments. New data from Great Britain seems to suggest otherwise. Although everyone has access to healthcare in the U.K, the outcomes for individuals living with mental illness, however, are almost exactly the same.
The other reason for a lack of positive results that has been put forward is the stigma associated with mental illness. While Dr. Insel agrees with the conceptual reason behind addressing stigma, it is a word that he tries to avoid. "It's sort of a victim word," says Dr. Insel. "I think what we're trying to do is to get people more empowered and trying to talk about this more as discrimination or injustice." By reimagining the battle more as discrimination as opposed to stigmatization, he believes more positive results will be seen.
According to Dr. Insel the reason we have not seen better results is that we simply do not know enough. Mental illnesses are complicated problems and we are still at a very early stage in trying to understand them. "In many ways we are about where cancer was 35 or 40 years ago or where heart disease was 45 or 50 years ago," claims Dr. Insel. "We are still learning to navigate around a new area of research."
However, Dr. Insel asserts that are path we have been taking should be changed. He believes we should rethink the way we conceptualize behavioral, or mental, health. Those terms, behavioral health and mental health, may in fact be getting in the way. The language we have only refers to the behavioral cognitive problems associated with the illness. "It would be like calling ischemic heart disease a chest pain problem," states Insel.
"[Mental illnesses] are brain disorders and by that I don't mean you have a tumor or a lesion but that they are disorders of circuits. These are brain circuit problems," says Dr. Insel. It's is not a question of behavior but of the genetics of the organ, the brain in this case.
"The brain is incredibly resilient… behavior is the last thing to go," says Dr. Insel. Trying to treat a mental disorder by addressing behavior is difficult and not the most effective method. By that time, the illness is already in Stage IV of its development and symptoms have begun to show. The brain has already been deeply impacted. The warning signs of an impending illness (stage II) have already passed and the first episodes have already occurred (stage III). As with heart disease, if you wait until the last thing happens—a heart attack in the case of heart disease—outcomes aren't good.
But there is hope. Strides are being made and research is being conducted that allows for more accurate images of the brain that in turn have allowed us to examine the different levels of an illness. Instead of addressing merely the behavioral manifestations of the brain disorder, we can hopefully begin to address the illness in the prodromal, or beginning, stages. Looking at the behavioral symptoms is still important but we need to find out what's going on at the level of physiology, at the level of cells and genes and molecules, to get a much more comprehensive picture.
Long-range studies by NIMH such as the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study (NAPLS) and Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE), which address Stage II and III respectively, have begun to look at mental disorders at the initial onset of symptoms in hopes to provide more effective treatments.
New techniques such as diffusion spectrum imaging have allowed scientists to begin to map the neural fiber pathways of the brain. While these methods are still in their infancy they show promise. They allow us to decode the "bowl of spaghetti" as Dr. Insel puts it. With the new technologies we can now begin to see into that mass in the middle. Dr. Insel hopes that by the end of this year we will be able to tell what the actual connectivity is between two parts of the brain. Ultimately being able to discover what is exactly different between individuals with depression and individuals with schizophrenia, what part of the brain changes with treatment.
"For the first time we can begin to say, 'So this is what depression looks like… these are the parts of the brain that are involved in PTSD or the parts that are involved in OCD [obsessive-compulsive disorder] or schizophrenia,'" says Dr. Insel.
New forms of treatment, such as the use of video games, are now being used to target specific processes and ultimately change the neural circuitry of the brain. With the new technology we can finally begin to move past merely describing mental illness by its physical descriptions and instead begin to identify particular circuits in the brain that aren't working the way they should be. Ultimately, as Dr. Insel notes, we will probably discover that depression is not just depression. Rather, we might discover that it is a collection of many disorders that affects distinct parts of the brain.
For Insel, the understanding of mental illness as a neurodevelopmental disorder is key. Continued research on the early stages of the development of mental illness will result in treatments that can truly begin to address the core of the problem rather than focusing on mitigating the visible expressions of the illness.
Research into the circuits of the brain is not the only thing to be done, Dr. Insel notes. It's not just a matter of getting clearer pictures of the brain, identifying the neurons, cells and structures in the brain. Evidence has continued to show one thing, over and over: "If you look at those things that help to build resilience… one of the best is simply by getting families involved." It's not just all the brain talk that's important, it's the human talk too.
You can access the audio and slides from Dr. Insel's session for free by going to www.nami.org/convention and then clicking on the tab "Speaker Slides & Audio."


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Time for a day out. Too much work and not enough walking, makes for a dull life, so Deb and I skived off yesterday and bit off a biggie – The Two Bays Walk: 28km from Dromana, on the Port Phillip Bay side of the Mornington Peninsula, up and over Arthurs Seat (for non-locals, that's a big hill, not a chair, in case you were wondering!) then down through glorious bushland to Cape Schanck lighthouse overlooking the Bass Strait. It's only an hour's drive from Melbourne, but feels like a million miles away. We started from the carpark at the Bunurong Track, at the corner of Latrobe Terrace and Bayview Road. Purists might want to start from the Dromana Visitor Information Centre, which adds another 2km of suburban road walking to the start of the track, but that didn't appeal to us, as we were here for the bush, and we thought 28km was enough for anyone in a day! The walk is very well signposted with the 'Two Bays' fairywren emblem and arrows along the way, the only potential point of confusion being the high numbers of kangaroo superhighways (no seriously, there are a LOT of kangaroos) which criss cross the second half of the track as you descend towards the coast.
The first part of the walk is a steady but not too harsh climb up a well made path with spectacular views across Port Phillip Bay, which winds up, around and along the ridge-line of Arthur's Seat. You can make detours to pretty Seawinds Gardens (you could start the walk from here if you didn't want to walk up Arthur's Seat) and the summit along the way, but are soon descending down from the bushland, past a lovely dam for a quick 30 minute walk through some quiet suburban streets, before heading past vineyards and bucolic farmlands to enter into the first of a series of joined reserves and national parks for the remainder of the walk.
Beyond Arthur's Seat, the walking is fairly easy – mostly flat or gently undulating and following through lush ironbark, blackwood and banksia forests. The Greens Bush section contains some of the biggest healthiest stands of grass trees I have ever seen, and their towering flowering spikes (up to 4m+) are just glorious, though occasional ones are perplexingly wonky!
Apart from the magnificent bushland, in full flower at this time of year, we came across an echidna and fairy wrens, plenty of parrots and a good collection of fierce bull ants on the sandy parts of the track. Some of the string of reserves have been reclaimed from old grazing property, so we even came across drifts of blue forget-me-nots and canna lilies along one of the fern tree-lined gullies, though hopefully the fantastic local 'Friends of' groups are seeking to clear the introduced species over time – for now it feels like walking through English woodlands in places.
There were a number of delicate native orchids popping up but also some flowers neither of us could recognise. Do any readers know what this spectacular plant is? it looked a little bit like a 'chicken and hen' plant, but was a 1.5m high and 3m high shrub just drenched in 1cm wide flowers. Gorgeous!
Oh… and there's also kudos for anyone who can tell me what type of caterpillars make up this seething mass: they were each about 15cm long and crossing the track en masse beneath our clomping feet!
The final leg of the walk brings you out above magnificent, isolated Bushrangers Bay, which is apparently where two convicts from Tassie landed in the 1800's after commandeering a schooner, using it as a base for their maraundering. From there, you hug the coastal scrub above the seacliffs, the waves of Bass Strait pounding below you, before coming out at Cape Schanck light station. We'd pre-ordered a taxi (Peninsula Taxis in Frankston) to collect us – as it's a darn long walk back if you haven't arranged a car shuttle. A warning that Optus phones don't have any coverage for the last half of the walk, though Telstra 3G seemed fine throughout.
If you have a few more days and you're just getting warmed up, you could prebook to stay overnight in the lighthousekeeper's cottages at Cape Schanck, then set off west along The Coast Walk in the morning, through Point Nepean National Park for a further 30km to Portsea. From there, it's a walk out to Point Nepean and a further 30km back along Port Phillip Bay via the more pedestrian Bay Trail to Dromana by which time you've completed the 100km triangle which makes up the Mornington Peninsula walk! If you don't have the time (or energy!) to do the full Two Bays walk at once, it can be broken into lots of short and easy walks. The walk into Bushrangers Bay (6km return), accessed from the car park on Boneo Road (Rosebud-Flinders Road), or the walk into Greens Bush (accessed via Greens Road) would be a perfect short day out – the tracks are easy and interesting for kids too. None of the Two Bays walking is suitable for dogs though (even on-lead), as it passes through a number of national parks and protected areas, where dogs are not allowed, and for good reason when you see the beautiful and delicate flora and fauna along the way. There are also no water stops, shops or toilets along the way, so you'll need to be self-sufficient. In terms of time you need to allow, you'll know your own pace – if you're a fit marcher, you'll get through in 6 hours. An average walker used to reasonable distance might take 8 hours. The delightful Deb and I are dawdlers (or rather, I am, and Deb is just incredibly long-suffering and patient!), so with lots of stops to gawk at the scenery, flowers and fauna along the way, a good half hour for lunch (and for me to huff and puff up the stairs!), we took 10! Whichever way you do it, just do it. It's a perfect walk.


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Most bands run out of gas after a few years. A few make it a decade with their artistry and integrity intact. But Converge is something else. Though it's virtually unknown outside hardcore and art-metal circles, the Massachusetts-based quartet has been remarkably consistent over a career that spans more than 20 years.
Like the seven studio albums that preceded it, "All We Love We Leave Behind" (Epitaph) occupies the unruly intersection of metal, punk and progressive music, weeding out the weaknesses the band perceives in each genre and saving the good stuff for its rigorously constructed songs.
With guitarist Kurt Ballou's engineering, the quartet is captured with seething clarity. For all the musicians' virtuosity – the almost superhuman drumming of Ben Koller, lead bass of Nate Newton, electro-shock of Ballou's guitar – this is not a band that indulges jamming or stretching out. Solos arrive in short, furious bursts that ornament the forward momentum. The compressed, concise intensity turns "Vicious Muse," "Veins and Veils" and "Sadness Comes Home" into harrowing thrill rides, with vocalist Jacob Bannon singing as though he's fleeing a lynch mob.
Just as critical, however, is the band's ability to pull back and let things breathe. "Coral Blue" comes off as a dreamy surf-music offshoot, Bannon's voice ebbing and surging atop the guitars. Desperation takes hold on the title song, which, among other things, distills the price paid for life decisions. It implies that for this band, the music supersedes all distractions.


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So your a new mom or maybe this is your second or third child and you keep on seeing ads for a subscription service called lovevery everywhere. You see it on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. You may have heard about it from a friend, family member or neighbor. As mom to mom or parent to parent I wouldn't be writing this if I didn't think that this was and is a great product. You probably have heard of the Montessori Philosophy by now and that lovevery is started by Montessori parents and lead guides. Well, I am a certified Montessori infant and toddler guide and a parent to a 1 year old and this subscription service is awesome!
I know you probably are thinking that this thing is really expensive or that Montessori lessons are really expensive. While yes this will set you back $40 a month, however, it is well worth it. For one thing it is not as expensive as buying Montessori materials on your own. Which is way more expensive then buying this subscription service. For another thing is that these materials that loverevery uses are really durable. They have literally survived a dog accidentally chewing on them. The Montessori guide in me also loves that it has a book that teaches parents how to use the materials with their child and what activities they can do to help shape their child's mind and body.
Another reason that I love this subscription service is that it breaks up your child's monthly milestone ages. This is partly so that parents don't get overwhelmed with each of the products and that they can learn where their child is at developmentally. This really benefits first time parents. They will send you a new box with the next level of materials every 2 months for your child's first year of life. You may think that the first box isn't worth it but it really is. My son loved looking at the back and white cards and the back and white ring and ball set. The black and white cards in the first box helps the child with their focus the first few weeks of life as their eyes are adjusting to their environment. It may not seem like a big deal to first time parents but it is a lot of work to learn to focus to a small infant.
The one thing that I really love is that it feels like I can bring a part of my classroom materials home. I have used many of these items in my own classroom. So if you can't afford to have your child in a Montessori class then this is the next best thing. Seriously as a Montessori guide this is a awesome product. Their are specific lessons that give your child the sensory experience of feeling different textures and doing different tasks that use their hand/ eye and hand to hand coordination. One lesson that I love that they have and that I've always loved having in my own classroom is the object permanence box. It not only teaches them cause and effect but that an object will continue to exist even when it can no longer be seen. Another lesson that my son really loved when we got our first suscription box was the crinkle paper book. He absolutely loved looking at all the colored fabrics and feeling and hearing the crinkle paper.
The last reason that I love this subscription service is that many parents including myself don't always really like loud plastic toys. My son is more so engaged with the lessons that lovevery provides than with the electronic toys that he received at his first birthday party. In fact he has a bunny that sings songs when you press its hands or feet that he absolutely hates. Montessori and the lovevery lessons provide opportunities where the child can play and learn independently.
I really do think that this is a great company! This is my honest review of this company. I and many other of my fellow Montessori teacher friends love this product. Montessori should be available to everyone. In fact the children that Maria Montessori first taught were children that came from the poorest parts of Italy. Also, if you still find that this subscription service is expensive for you then you can always put this on your baby registry.


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Interview with Marsha 'Yasmine' Marie
Marsha 'Yasmine' Marie is an author, human rights activist, and English instructor. She has a CELTA teaching certificate from University of Cambridge, and has worked as an American accent trainer, communication lab designer, voice-over talent, and blogger. This mother of three was born in Ohio, but raised in Phoenix, Arizona. She lived and taught in Asia for over twenty years and is now back in Arizona sharing her spine-tingling tale of escape, adventure and forgiveness. Bangles is her self-publishing debut.
What is the behind story that became the inspiration or reason for writing 'Bangles'?
There are several reasons for writing my memoir, Bangles. First of all, I wanted to share my experience of escaping a marriage filled with intimidation and violence. I fled to escape my abuser; my children and I went to Pakistan to start a new life---ultimately becoming the subject of an international hunt. While there, I was able to learn a new language and a new culture. But twenty years later, my daughter was diagnosed with a disability; it was then that I made the choice to return with her to the States and surrender myself to authorities.
The book explores the decisions I made throughout my life, and how they affected the ones that I love. The most important and damaging of those decisions was when I chose to protect my abuser. For five years, I kept my dark secret hidden from friends and family (a secret that I now deeply regret). I want to help other women who might be doing the same and to teach our daughters to never keep violence a secret.
Overall, I survived my 22 years outside the country, and had an amazing experience discovering this world and all it has to offer, but most of all, discovering myself and my inner strengths. This is what I want women to get from Bangles. We can survive and we can overcome. And it's never too late to go home.
You were born in United States of America, spent many years in Pakistan and in UAE and at present back in the states. What learning did you receive as a human being from all these different cultures as a whole?
There were so many lessons that I have learned from the being outside the States for 22 years. Some of it is shocking and almost too embarrassing to divulge. I learned where food really comes from and how difficult it is to farm and raise cattle. I learnt how to stand harsh weather climates and how to live without electricity and even how to haul my own water for bathing and drinking. I even learnt how to cut and sew my own clothing. Many things that I took for granted in my life in Phoenix only became a distant memory.
The most astonishing thing was realizing that all cultures are so extremely different and I learned to accept and love this difference, and to never judge anyone just because they weren't like me. It was then that I experienced the true meaning of peace and compassion, and that family is the most important of things in this world.
You say "My life has been quite a marvelous roller-coaster of a journey". How so? Please elaborate for our readers.
Just as a roller-coaster has highs and lows, so has my experiences abroad been for me. I have eaten dinner in royal palaces and sat on the floor and ate dinner with a widow living alone in a remote village. Not only have I experienced elated times, but I have also felt the pangs of loneliness and heartbreak. And just as the roller-coaster keeps moving so have I. chucking along on the rails, but flowing with the movements and enjoying it all the way.
Have your tough experiences made you stronger? If so, what advice would you prefer to give to those who may be going through tough times in their life?
Life is full of adversity; there is no way around it, but without it, how would we learn? My first piece of advice would be to have a reliable team of friends and family who you can turn to and ask for help and advice. This was a lesson I wish I had learnt much earlier on, particularly in my first marriage.
Then I would say, seek out incredible and successful people and use them as a template for your own life. Learn from their mistakes and their triumphs. Then set your own goals and go for them! Make your life your own, and never let anyone tell you that anything is impossible.
And lastly, the most important thing that I have learned it that it is never too late for change, so have faith in yourself. Whatever you may be facing, you will make it thru. Don't ever give up!
You've also taught English to Sheikhs and Princesses of Royal Palaces in UAE. How was that experience for you?
Frankly, it was such a great honor to be trusted and invited into some of the most beautiful palaces in the United Arab Emirates. The interior decorating was stunning and seemed to be right out of a magazine. I vividly remember one room with pictures of the royal family hanging throughout it. It was like taking a stroll through history.
Folks in this area are traditionally hospitable people, so each visit for class, I was given the royal treatment with a table chock full of all kinds of goodies to eat. As for my students, they were simply delightful to work with. They were as eager to learn about my customs as I was to learn theirs. It was truly an exchange of ideas and cultures. At times, I nearly forgot the difference between teacher and student.
What now? How are you planning to shape your life as well as writing career?
I still have a lot more writing inside of me for sure. My current project is called Bangles for Mom. It contains the collection of letters that I had sent home to my mother during my first two years in Pakistan. They are raw and amazingly detailed about my new life and experiences. They are a perfect accompaniment to the first book Bangles.
I have also been working on a coloring book series that is intended for victims living in domestic violence shelters across America. The first book in the Sandi's Sweets, Coloring Book Series has already been given to a shelter and is being tested by the art teacher to see how it is accepted with the children there. This is a direct result of a promise that I had made to my mother before she passed away; thus naming the project after her, Sandi Sweet.
I also have a few children's books in the making, and I am helping my daughter organize and publish her own work. We are currently preparing for an upcoming book festival here in Arizona. She has autism, this is a perfect opportunity to use this project to help her develop her social and working skills.
In the future, I see myself working closely with the domestic violence awareness movement. I want Sandi's Sweets to be in use throughout all the shelters across the nation; free of charge, to bring children and adults some peace and tranquillity.


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NYT: Everyone Loves Michelle Obama; Her "Proud" Gaffe Needs Context
Patrick Healy profiled Michelle Obama in Akron, Ohio, speaking and making calls to undecided voters, in Tuesday's "New to Campaigning, but No Longer a Novice." The photo caption over a picture of three adoring fans in Akron listening toher speakreads like a "dinner theatre" reviewfrom a local free paper:
In a raucous rally at a school gym in Akron, the would-be first lady had the audience laughing and cheering throughout.
Healy, whose reporting seems to be getting more slanted as the campaign wears on, showed Michelle Obama far more respect than his colleague Jodi Kantor showed John McCain's wife Cindy.
Here's Healy:
On a visit to her husband's campaign office here the other day, Michelle Obama was handed a phone and a script of talking points and made calls to a few undecided voters. Mrs. Obama mixed policy on taxes and health care with chitchat about Ohio, laughter about her life in politics and tidbits about her family.
After a couple of calls, she realized that she had not been following the typewritten notes. "I didn't look at the script," she said, speaking more to herself than to the volunteers on the phones next to her.
But no matter. While some of Senator Barack Obama's advisers once viewed Mrs. Obama as an unpredictable force who sometimes spoke her mind a little too much, she is now regarded within the campaign as a disciplined and effective advocate for her husband. She has also, advisers believe, gone a long way toward addressing her greatest unstated challenge: making more voters comfortable with the idea of a black first lady.
More fawning:
Addressing a raucous rally in a gym here on Friday, Mrs. Obama had the crowd - a mix of a few thousand black and white voters - laughing and cheering throughout.
"So many precious little babies like that one!" she said after noticing one infant near the stage. "Just completely delicious!"
The audience roared with delight. And many clapped, too, when she said: "I also come here as a mother; that is my primary title, mom in chief. My girls are the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning and the last thing I think about when I go to bed. When people ask me how I'm doing, I say, 'I'm only as good as my most sad child.'"
Healy implied (as the Times has before) that Michelle Obama's gaffe - not being proud of her country until her husband started doing well in presidential polls - has been overstated, and was quick to provide context for her remark. He even lumped it in between two discredited accusations, as if it should be discredited as well:
Indeed, for months Mrs. Obama was a political target. A Fox News anchor referred to an affectionate fist bump between the Obamas as a "terrorist fist jab." Republicans, including Cindy McCain, criticized her for saying in February that "for the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country." (They omitted the words that followed: "And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change.") A blogger supporting Senator Clinton spread an unfounded rumor that Mrs. Obama had once used the word "whitey."
Incidentally, Michelle Obama used a form of that sentence twice in one day during Democratic primary campaigning in Wisconsin, once in Milwaukee and later in Madison. When it brings up the remark at all, the Times tends to cite the second, less stark version, from Madison. Here's whatMichelle Obamasaid in Milwaukee, in which she leaves out the "really."
'"...for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback."


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Poor Santa, his nose now serves as a snow-measurement tool.
Mother Goose must be a snow goose, today anyway that suits the bill.
Even little Jack O'Lantern on top of HallowSwings is topped off with more than just frost.
Those little cyclops ash urns from the smoking areas were a little full of themselves when I came across them on my wintery walk. Don't they look pleased with themselves that they knew to get under roof?
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater is wishing he'd picked a larger pumpkin shell, so he could snuggle with the Mrs. and keep warm. She's not looking too cooperative. "Maybe you should have thought of that back when you ordered this snug little home for me…"
Here's another well-known pair who aren't getting cozy.
We're going to have to go shopping for some serious hand lotion this afternoon.


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There's just no way we can really express in words just what a beast the Panasonic TH-103PF9 plasma screen is.
We can report its weight: 350kg.
We can tell you it took a five-man team - with a small crane - three hours to get the screen into our test facility.
We can let you know that you could fit four 50-inch screens into its 103-inch area and still have inches to spare.
We can tell you that people who've already had one have had to go to such extreme lengths as hiring their own construction cranes to lift the screen to their flat, or making holes in external walls for the screen to fit through.
But none of this can truly prepare you for the simple reality of what it means to have a 103-inch TV in your home. For that, you just have to visit one of the handful of stores around the UK that carry one, and experience it for yourself.
What we can do, however, is let you know how this true AV behemoth performs.
The TH-103PF9 is a screen, not a TV, since it doesn't have a built-in TV tuner. But then, anyone likely to get such a screen will have a Sky HD or Virgin Media hi-def receiver to accompany it.
The TH-103PF9's connectivity is complicated as it uses connection modules rather than shipping with a standard set of jacks. The idea is that you just pick and choose connections to suit your needs. Modules available inevitably include HDMI, component video, Scart and PC options.
Very full HD
The TH-103PF9 is one of a handful of plasma screens with a full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, and Panasonic has made the most of this HD-friendly pixel count by ensuring that the screen can handle 1080p sources, and by providing a setting whereby the screen will show 1080-line sources pixel-for-pixel, with no overscan processing.
We're pleased to discover, too, that the TH-103PF9 enjoys practically all of the picture innovations that have worked such wonders on Panny's more sensibly-sized plasma TVs this year, including V-Real image processing; Panny's Real Black Drive contrast booster (Panasonic quotes an impressive 5000:1 contrast ratio); and 16-bit colour processing to deliver a claimed 4,096 steps of gradation.
The TH-103PF9 produces pictures far better than we'd have thought possible on such a monumentally large screen.
Especially eye-catching are its deep and convincing its black levels. Dark scenes in Alien (watched in hi-def on D-VHS) look believable, 3D and detailed. If the creature is lurking in a dark corner, you don't have to worry about not spotting it.
Also very impressive is how sharp the picture looks. The TH-103PF9's size really emphasises the benefits of hi-def pictures' extra resolution, doing full justice to the intricacies of the Nostromo's set design.
More good news comes with the TH-103PF9's colours, which possess a fair degree of vibrancy, endless subtlety of blend and some overtly natural toning, even when it comes to the frequently tricky skin (and chitinous exoskeleton) tones Alien throws up.
Other ticks in the plus column include a general freedom from such traditional plasma nasties as fizzing over motion, green noise in dark areas, and dithering over skin-tone peaks. And motion that, while a touch juddery at times, is at least noticeably clearer than that exhibited by most LCD-technology flat panels.
The only real problem we have with the TH-103PF9's pictures is the fact that they're not particularly bright. This is to be expected to some extent, but it does mean that you'll probably need to watch it in dim light to get the best experience.
Another, smaller niggle is the fact that standard-def pictures can look a touch rough. But actually, it's hard to see how standard-def pictures blown to such a size could look anything other than a bit grubby, so it's hardly fair to blame the TH-103PF9 for the fact that our sub-standard-def pictures just aren't made with such prodigiously large screens in mind.
Paying the cost
We can't wrap up this review without talking about price.
At £58,750 (inc VAT), plus installation fees and the charges for the crane to move it, and the demolition and rebuilding work required to get the thing inside your home, the TH-103PF9 is clearly a product that only lottery winners, stockbrokers and professional footballers will be able to buy.
Plus, of course, it looks mighty costly compared with a projector that could get you the same sort of image size.
Yet if you've got the dough and you want truly massive AV images without the various lifestyle hassles caused by accommodating a projector, then the TH-103PF9 is a solution as satisfying as it is monumental.


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This goes against everything I believe in as a Yankees fan. But after researching around my other choices for hot, young, Jewish general managers of baseball teams, he pretty much takes the cake. Night 4 I bring you Theo Epstein.
See, the thing about Theo is, he pretty much will not smile. His facial expression, while sort of sexy in its own mysteriously brooding sort of way, pretty much will never, ever change. Above we have borderline.
And here, pretty much straight faced as ever.
Can't smile, on the phone
Thinkin about it…
Oh wait! Interject with a surprised face!
Back to…whatever the hell that face is. Something in his teeth?
Closer, though squinty…
There we go! Now cover him in some champagne!


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A few nights ago, I was looking out of a window and saw a street light that was next to a tree casting an eerie artificial light on the tree's leaves.
For a few minutes, I was transported back to a night when my 16-year-old self was staring at a light shining on a tree outside of the window of my great Aunt Jewel's house which was located in a small town in Texas
I had just received my driver's license a few weeks before. Ever since the movie, American Graffiti, many fad's had been revived from the 50's, one of them being "cruising." Early in the evening, I had been cruising down main street in my yellow Maverick with my younger brother who was a reluctant passenger. We had been going to visit my grandparents at least one weekend a month ever since I could remember. My cousins were much older than we were and there wasn't much "treasure" left up in the old closet upstairs at our grandparent's house for us to discover. I was thrilled to be able for the first time to drive up and down Main street, windows down, radio playing "We Are the Champions" and local boys honking their horns and shouting, "Baby come take a ride with me."
When I was looking at that light many years ago, I remembered at that moment feeling excited that a new world of possibilities was opening up for me and also secure in an environment of extended family that wrapped their loving arms around me.
Then I came back to myself as I am now looking at the light next to the tree. I thought about my grandparents, my great-aunt who passed out of this world years ago. I began sinking into constant pain and and dwelling in disappointment that my grandchildren will never be coming to "Grandma's house for the weekend. I lived in a world where I had lost much. Before I feel down any further in the well of despair, I stretched my back and lifted up my head and whispered a short prayer.
My mind flooded with many life lessons that have resulted in strength,understanding and compassion. I realized I do have in front of me a world of possibilities and ahead lies the preparation for shedding this broken shell. I will continue my journey with my true identity, that part of us that always will be Imagine those possibilities and as Captain James T. Kirk, Starship Enterprise, once said, "To infinity and beyond.


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Media statement issued by HUNTING LEGENDS INTERNATIONAL
Date: 2012-03-19
Management and staff representing HUNTING LEGENDS INTERNATIONAL, an Africa and USA based international safari hunting company and service provider, has noted the extreme response and perhaps, one-sided reaction from private individuals and "concerned" animal rights activists to a hunting safari organized for the Trumps in Zimbabwe, August 2010.
The company, as part of its commitment to conservation through ethical & sustainable hunting, would like to express its view and state several facts in a bid to address these concerns and eliminate confusion caused by reckless and unsubstantiated allegations.
With reference to the hunt which took place in August of 2010: –
The hunt took place in Zimbabwe in the Matetsi East General Hunting Area – Victoria Falls.
The entire hunt was done strictly according to the laws of the Department of Nature Conservation in Zimbabwe and, as is custom in these Government controlled areas, a staff member of the department escorted the hunt at all times.
The hunt was conducted by a registered Zimbabwean Hunting company as is required by Zimbabwean Law, however Hunting Legends facilitated and booked the Trump hunt.
The hunt was legal and ethically conducted as prescribed by the industry norms and regulations.
None of the animals hunted were on the endangered specie list and all the required hunting permits were issued to the Trump's by the relevant Department of Conservation authorities in Zimbabwe.
All the required permits were issued well in advance by the relevant Nature Conservation body itself and per quota allocated annually. All the applicable license fees were paid for, as well as the trophy fees & day fees charged by the Zimbabwean Company.
The edible meat went to the Zimbabwe concession holder, their staff and to local adjoining villagers, as is the custom in the area. (NOTE: This hunt took place in the Matetsi `East area, bordering private land of the concession holder and a well known camfire area.)
The statement or notion that this hunt was sanctioned by the Zimbabwe Government is incorrect and a complete fabrication. The implication of a link between the Government and the Trumps is false and misleading.
This event was a private hunting safari booked and conducted by Hunting Legends International and a registered Zimbabwean Outfitting Company & Concession owner. All processes followed was done legally and through the relevant conservation authorities.
No media group had any permission from the Trumps or us to use any of the photographs that were published on our website.
In conclusion,
HUNTING LEGENDS INTERNATIONAL management and staff state categorically that its business is conducted in a professional manner, strictly in accordance with the laws and principles that regulate the Professional Hunting industry.
In addition to the many conservation projects that the company is involved, funds are regularly set aside for initiatives to support the protection of wildlife, HUNTING LEGENDS INTERNATIONAL is firmly committed to the education of the public about Professional Hunting and its acknowledged role in conservation.
Man's infringement on the movement of animals continues to impact on wildlife management and the sanctuary of animals. Institutions like National Parks cannot accommodate an ever increasing population of animals and thus overpopulation often burdens the system so they cannot alone, sustain these operations to ensure protection of Africa's wildlife species.
Many of the game reserves we hunt on today is land which had many years ago been used by settlers as land for farming cattle and crops.
An investment in the future – for man and animals
These farms, many of which have all seen better days, as technology has changed and many of these generations of pioneering farmers have disappeared from the scene, are bought by Game Ranchers like us.
Game Ranchers often rebuild these farms from scratch and change them back into private game sanctuaries. The take down the cattle fences, demolish all the shacks, old sheds and cattle pens and replace cattle, pigs, sheep and goats with all the wildlife, which used to roam there before.
Through proper management they rid these old agricultural farms of alien plants and re-establish the land to its natural condition. For illustration, on one property of 25 000 acres we now once again have more than 4 000 wild animals roaming about freely in unspoilt nature.
These Game Ranchers (like us) sustain themselves financially by allowing trophy hunters to come to our private wildlife sanctuaries (which were bought, paid for, developed and saved from disaster by ranchers like us) and, as stated before, hunt old & mature male animals, which are beyond their prime productive time. They manage animal population extremely scientifically as it is the backbone to all of our businesses.
We all only shoot a specific number of animals every year. We create jobs for local hungry and otherwise unemployed people, we supply meat and accessories to the local communities and we look after our own wildlife sanctuaries as if our lives depend on it – because it does!


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EVERETT — A police raid on a downtown mini-mart Tuesday morning was the culmination of a 17-month investigation into food-stamp fraud.
Fraz A. "Tony" Mushtaq, 34, the owner of the A One Smoke &Grocery store at Everett and Colby avenues, is suspected of paying people cents on the dollar for access to their state food-benefits cards.
He also is under investigation for allegedly buying and selling merchandise shoplifted from area stores, money laundering and selling an illegal form of synthetic marijuana known as "spice," police say.
Everett police believe a significant amount of the store's inventory has been ill-gotten, said Lt. Jim Duffy, who leads the special investigations unit.
The police department has received complaints about the store for several years, he said.
On Tuesday, while Everett Police Chief Kathy Atwood was outside the store turning away customers, passersby asked whether the cops were investigating rumors of food-stamp fraud and drug trafficking.
Mushtaq and his brother, Ayaz Ahmed, 37, both of Everett, were arrested Tuesday morning and booked into the Snohomish County Jail.
The investigation started gaining momentum in fall 2012 when police established a relationship with an informant who reportedly was delivering stolen goods to the store.
"That opened the door for us," Duffy said.
Police believe the amount of stolen merchandise moved through the store, including pop, energy drinks and cigarettes, could total in the millions of dollars. Careful financial investigation has documented hundreds of thousands of dollars in questionable transactions, Duffy said.
"For us, the case is really significant because of the impact it has on our community and the taxpayers and the amount of money that's involved," he said.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Inspector General assisted with the investigation. So did the U.S. Marshals Service and the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Local grocery stores, including Safeway and QFC, donated merchandise for undercover detectives to sell to Mushtaq as part of the sting. The USDA also supplied "undercover" food-stamp cards.
The informant and undercover detectives sold Mushtaq balances on their food cards, as well as reportedly stolen goods, for as low as 14 cents on the dollar and never more than 50 cents on the dollar, Duffy said.
Mushtaq also reportedly would provide hand-written shopping lists of items he needed for people to purchase with their cards or steal and then sell to him to stock his store, police said. People who got caught shoplifting told local grocery stores about the lists.
"He would put out lists to these drug addicts and alcoholics whom he would prey on for their addictions," Duffy said.
During the investigation, Mushtaq was seen on multiple occasions carrying stacks of the food cards, each wrapped with a piece of paper with the PIN numbers and details about the balance, according to police. One stack of cards was described as a half-inch thick.
Records showed his store computer equipment was used to check balances on cards more than 500 times. That involved more than 300 cards over about 18 months, police say. It's unusual for a cardholder to check the balance at a location and then not make a purchase, according to investigators. After checking the balance at his store, Mushtaq then allegedly would make a large purchase at a bigger store.
Mushtaq also allegedly would sell cardholders items not approved for the card purchases, such as cellphone minutes and cigarettes.
He allegedly was recorded on surveillance cameras at local grocery stores using other people's cards to shop.
He'd also take people shopping for him and meet back up in the parking lot afterward, police say.
One shopping trip alone netted 39 half-cases of Pepsi, according to police.
"He'd go out to a local business and just load up," Duffy said.
In 2012, the Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Board warned people in the military not to enter the store because it was selling illegal "spice" and "bath salts" drug compounds.
Police allege that Mushtaq stored drugs and merchandise at his house in Everett. There was little storage room in the 800-square-foot strip-mall store. A photo from an undercover operation showed cases of soda and other drinks stacked in his garage seven feet high. There was too much merchandise in the garage to fit a vehicle inside.
"There's only an aisle to walk in within the three-car garage," Duffy said.
Mushtaq is from Pakistan and became a U.S. citizen a couple of years ago, Duffy said. Investigators believe he was sending money from his store back home to Pakistan.
They found no evidence the money was being used there for any improper activities, Duffy said.
While serving a warrant at Mushtaq's house on Tuesday, police found several additional food-stamp cards, Duffy said.
"There's no reason for him to have EBT cards at his house," Duffy said.
Mushtaq was booked for investigation of food-stamp trafficking, trafficking in stolen property and delivering a controlled substance, Everett police spokesman Aaron Snell said. Detectives also expect to recommend charges of money laundering and criminal profiteering.
His brother was booked for investigation of trafficking in stolen property.
During their investigation, Everett police obtained a judge's permission to record undercover operations.
Mushtaq is seen on video buying stolen goods at least three times, Duffy said. To convict someone of trafficking in stolen property, police must prove the person knew the merchandise was stolen.
Undercover officers left no doubt.
"He knew it was stolen because we told him," Duffy said. "He'd say, 'Really? Oh yeah? I need more.'"
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(CNN) - Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who served his state as a Republican then sought office as an independent, tweeted Friday night that he switched his party affiliation to Democrat.
Crist posted to Twitter a photo of himself holding voter registration paperwork and the message, "Proud and honored to join the Democratic Party in the home of President @BarackObama!"
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The news may come as little surprise to Sunshine State Republicans who watched him campaign for Obama's re-election and speak at the Democratic National Convention. In 2009 they noted his literal embrace of Obama at an event in 2009, when he was a Republican and serving as governor.
"I've had friends for years tell me, 'You know Charlie, you're a Democrat and you know it,'" Crist told the Tampa Bay Times newspaper.
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His move could be seen as an early step toward a run for governor. Gov. Rick Scott is currently in his first term and is up for re-election in 2014.
Crist won his 2006 bid for governor as a Republican and previously served as the state's attorney general.
In 2010 he made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat, facing former state House Speaker Marco Rubio. With tea party support, Rubio took a lead on Crist, who then left the GOP ahead of an anticipated primary loss and continued his run as an independent.
His endorsement of Obama's re-election effort referenced health care reform and the president's handling of the economy, as well as his own differences with the Republican Party. It drew criticism from Republicans who branded him "the silly putty of Florida politics."
Crist also backed Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson's re-election bid this year.


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A federal appeals court in California decided today that Proposition 8, which would ban gay marriage in the state, is unconstitutional.
In a strongly worded decision, the court found that the law violated the Fourteenth Amendment. Judge Stephen Roy Reinhardt wrote in his opinion, "Although the Constitution permits communities to enact most laws they believe to be desirable, it requires that there be at least a legitimate reason for the passage of a law that treats different classes of people differently. There was no such reason that Proposition 8 could have been enacted." The court also said, "Proposition 8 served no purpose, and had no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California." Undeterred, anti-gay-marriage bigots plan to appeal the decision, and it could go before the Supreme Court as early as next year.
In the meantime, as Chloe Angyal points out, we are all legally required to marry someone of the same sex. That's how this works. Also, all straight married people have to get divorced, and custody of their kids will be given to their dogs. Plus if there's bad weather anywhere this week, this ruling is probably why.
Prop. 8: Gay-marriage ban unconstitutional, court rules [LA Times]
Proposition 8: Gay-marriage ban unconstitutional [LA Times]


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Coronary Calcium Scan
Heart Disease and Heart Attacks
- Heart disease is the leading cause of death of both men and women in the US
- Most people who suffer heart attacks have only average or slightly elevated cholesterol
- Even in people with cholesterol levels as low as 180, heart attack is still the leading cause of death
- Calcification in the heart's arteries is the earliest indicator of a buildup of plaque in the walls of these arteries and a sign of potential coronary artery disease
- Many people with plaque or calcium deposits clogging their heart's blood vessels do not have any symptoms or warning signs that they may be in danger of having a heart attack
Diagnosing Heart Disease at its Earliest Stages
Cedars-Sinai created the SHAPE Program to help prevent heart attacks by detecting heart disease at its earliest stages. A Coronary Calcium Scan performed using our 64-slice dual-source CT scanner can diagnose coronary artery disease at an early stage by taking precise pictures of the heart. Blocked or clogged blood arteries can be detected without the need of surgery or the injection of tracking fluids.
A Coronary Calcium Scan produces a calcium score that indicates the patient's level of calcium deposits. After taking into account such factors as age, gender and cardiac risk factors, our cardiac imaging specialists use the calcium score as a strong measure of the risk for coronary artery disease.
A physician's referral is not required for this scan.
Should You Have a Coronary Calcium Scan?
It is recommended that women older than 55 and men older than 45 have this test, as well as patients with these risk factors:
- Family history of heart disease
- High cholesterol levels
- High blood pressure
- Smoking
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- High-stress lifestyle
- No regular exercise program
A Coronary Calcium Scan takes only 10 minutes and is painless. While the patient lies on an exam table, three electrocardiograph leads are placed on the chest to synchronize the scan with the motion of the heart. A series of pictures is taken, involving only a small amount of radiation.
A final written report is later sent to the patient and their physician. Referral arrangements can be made for patients who do not have a physician.
Preparation Information
Learn about the preparation for a CT coronary calcium scan procedure.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 310-423-8000.
Have Questions or Need Help?
For more information or physician consultations, call us or send a message to the Women's Heart Center team. You can also have us call you back at your convenience.