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JUBA, South Sudan
Few moments conjure as much fear in South Sudan as the massacre of Bor.
Long before South Sudan became a nation, while it was still in the throes of one of Africa's longest civil wars, fighters tied to a leader named Riek Machar stormed through the city of Bor in 1991, killing 2,000 fellow southerners in an attack that would lay bare the deep divisions in this impoverished land.
Since then, the people of South Sudan have had periods of peace, compromise and even shared jubilation at the birth of their nation in 2011. Machar himself became vice-president, apologising for the massacre.
But there was never a real and lasting reconciliation between the factions threatening to pull this new nation apart, and on Tuesday fighters allied with Machar charged into Bor once again.
"This was a fire waiting to be ignited," said John Prendergast of the Enough Project, a nonprofit anti-genocide organisation. "It was just when and not if."
When leaders from around the world pressed South Sudan into existence — seeing its creation as the best way to end decades of war with its neighbour to the north, Sudan —- they were well aware that the bitter internal rivalries in the south had never been fully resolved.
To help this fledgling nation's chances, international donors like the United Nations and the United States have pumped in billions of dollars of aid, hoping to create a viable country from one of the poorest places on Earth. But what has long been missing, analysts say, is any reliable structure for settling conflicts in a way that would keep the new nation from spinning into a civil war of its own.
"If those issues weren't resolved beforehand, when there was still leverage to keep people at the table, then you were really sowing the seeds for the deterioration of any agreement that was going to be reached," said Charles Stith, a US ambassador to Tanzania during the Clinton administration.
The fighting now tearing at the seams of this nation broke out in a military barracks here in Juba, the capital, on Dec. 15. President Salva Kiir accused Machar of staging a coup attempt. Machar denied it but fled to the bush, demanding that Kiir resign. Fighting between forces loyal to each side quickly spread to at least 20 cities, displacing 190,000 people and killing at least 1,000, probably more, many of them civilians.
But the makings of a crisis existed well before then, in the tenuous marriage of convenience that placed the hopes of this country in the hands of political rivals who often shared long and tortured pasts.
"We didn't suggest who should be No. 1, 2 or 3 in the government; that was their own" choice, said a senior US official, speaking on the condition of anonymity about the negotiations years before independence. "They accepted Riek Machar back into the government."
Instead of governing through strong institutions, many power brokers and generals in this nation still essentially command their own forces, their loyalties to the government often determined by their cut of national oil revenues.
"It is an extortion racket with bargaining ongoing on a regular basis, with either violence or the threat of violence" as a form of negotiation, said Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
When things break down, the situation quickly plunges into violence. Rebel forces attacked Bor on Tuesday, engaging in fierce fighting with government troops over the city, a strategic location seen as a gateway to Juba. Col. Philip Aguer, a South Sudanese military spokesman, said the fighting was "very intense," while a spokesman for the UN said the rebels had captured an airstrip and a major crossroads leading to the capital.
Jacob Achiek Jok, 29, fled Bor on Tuesday morning when the fighters were about to enter town. Many other terrified residents tried to flee as well, he said, either by road or across the White Nile. Some did not make it.
"Many people drowned," Jok said. "They are normal citizens, not soldiers."
International mediators are rushing to bring the parties to the negotiating table before the cycle of violence escalates any further. Both sides agreed Tuesday to send negotiators to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, but the fighting continued and some news agencies reported that Machar said he would march on the capital next.
"The current information we have is that both sides are coming" to the negotiations, said Dina Mufti, a spokesman for the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry. "We are expecting the arrival of both delegations, perhaps today."
Although most South Sudanese were not yet born at the time of the massacre in Bor — the median age here is less than 17 years — its legacy helps explain the deep-seated distrust and dissension that continue to plague this young nation.
During the long war for independence from Sudan, Machar, a British-educated leader of the Nuer ethnic group, split from the main southern liberation movement. It was during that period that his supporters slaughtered members of Kiir's ethnic group, the Dinka, in Bor in 1991.
In the current dispute, a power struggle between rivals in the same political party - Kiir and Machar — has once again deteriorated into a wave of ethnic killings, bringing this country to the brink of civil war. And as it was during the struggle for independence, each side in the current conflict, Dinka and Nuer, has been accused of killing civilians in recent weeks.
Gadet Koang Deng, one of the roughly 75,000 people taking shelter at UN bases across the country, said South Sudan was not fully prepared for the independence it achieved in 2011.
"We should be under UN supervision for at least 10 years to teach our police to be proportionate, our army to behave," said Deng, 31.
Rebellions in the countryside and violence by undisciplined security services — many of them former militia members absorbed into the armed forces for the sake of expedience - offered early signs that South Sudan would continue to wrestle with its divisions. Members of the Sudan People's Liberation Army were not happy to see rebels they regarded as traitors given higher ranks and salaries than others who had fought loyally for the cause.
"You had all these armed militias that had to be bribed back in by the government, and the placing of their leaders in high ranks above SPLA forces," said Jok Madut Jok, a founder of the Sudd Institute, a research group in Juba.
Machar's position as vice president was "part of the price that the country has to pay in order to get some kind of stability," Jok said, adding that many people were "ringing the alarm bells" about political volatility well before the fighting started Dec. 15.
The tensions made the difficult task of governing an impoverished country with few roads, poor health care and not enough schools even more challenging.
"There doesn't seem to be a game plan," said Eric Reeves, a professor at Smith College in Massachusetts who has researched both Sudans extensively.
After Machar said he would challenge the president in the 2015 elections, Kiir fired him and dismissed the rest of his Cabinet in July, effectively ending the uneasy power-sharing agreement holding the government together.
Then on Dec. 6, Machar and more than a dozen supporters held a news conference in which they accused Kiir of "driving our beloved Republic of South Sudan into chaos and disorder" through efforts to consolidate power that were "likely to plunge the party and the country into the abyss."
Soon afterward, Machar's allies were arrested and witnesses described his fellow Nuer residents being rounded up and killed in the capital, leading to reprisal attacks against Kiir's ethnic group in other parts of the country.
"The two men will eventually sit down, resolve their issues, laugh for the cameras, and the thousands of civilians who have died will not be accounted for," said Jok of the Sudd Institute. "No one will be responsible for their deaths."


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Surridge's m.o. this season, as he described it, involved "celebrating the codes but with a more sensitive vibe." That basically means a more modern touch—necessary at a moment when the glamazon isn't really trending. The signature Cavalli bravado was evident in familiar animalier motifs and a lush tropical design by Chilean artist José Pedro Godoy that Surridge transformed into both a jacquard and a print. But it was tempered by pinstripes and other suiting with subtle military references like khaki cargos and peacoats with peplumed hips. Surridge hails from menswear, and he's comfortable working in the tailoring lexicon.
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
My Girls...and my books
And since I'm practicing and I always love looking at others bookshelves, these are my living room bookshelves. I enjoy seeing what books I have in common with others so these are mine
23 comments:
- Anna said...
Wow you got a nice collection there Kristie! I love the shelves.
- 12:08 am
- ~ames~ said...
You guys didn't show me the living room shelves! All those books in the living and the book room on top of that?! Kristie, I gotta come live with you. LOL
- 12:24 am
Kristie! You have undoubtedly the most awesome book collection I've ever seen!!!
Your kitties are adorable, btw ;)
- 12:42 am
Great photos- I love cats! That is a great book shelf and collection of books. Are those keepers that you've read or your TBR pile or both? :o)
- 7:14 am
- sula said...
ooooh, they are soooo cute! i lurve kitties. books too. hehe.
- 7:47 am
- nath said...
I'm soooo glad it worked!! :) They look so comfy on that bed :D Zina almost looks like a warrior in that second pic, it looks like she's ready to pounce or something :D
LOL, did you do a quick clean up of your shelves? It looks more organized :D
- 7:48 am
- Mandi said...
I don't know why, but I love seeing other people's bookshelves.
You got some books..wow!
- 8:00 am
- lynneconnolly said...
Love the shelves! We're having new shelves fitted - hubby said not to double stack. Idiot!
But my shelves are beyootiful. Plain cream and well, shelfy.
- 9:15 am
- Unknown said...
Hi Kristie!
I love your girls, so beautiful and sweet!
Your shelves are great, I've got all mine hidden away, the hubs gets upset when he sees all those books, and wonders how much money I've spent collecting them. LOL!
Silly, isn't he?
Have you read Broken Wing? How did you like it? I love the hero and his struggles.
Dottie :)
- 10:01 am
- Lisa Marie Wilkinson said...
Wow, what a wonderful collection! Now I understand why you haven't read mine yet...too many to choose from, LOL!
I've been checking back regularly...as anxious to hear what you thought of Fire at Midnight as you have been to hear what other bloggers have thought of Broken Wing...sigh...guess I will just have to be patient!
- 10:23 am
- Leslie said...
Your cats are beautiful! They look like they would be lots of fun to play with. :)
The books are such a treat to look at! I love looking at other readers bookcases. Thanks for sharing. :)
- 11:39 am
- Wendy said...
So how do you decide what gets shelved where? Do you have a system of what goes in the living room and what goes in the book room? Cuz I was trying to find a pattern, and couldn't. And you know, I'm anal retentive and nosy.
I'm not so sick that I have my books alphabetized, but I do have them shelved by "type." I have historical shelves, hard cover/trade paperback shelves, contemporary shelves....and of course the infamous Harlequin Rubber Maid Tote Of Doom!
- 11:46 am
- Carolyn Crane said...
So cute! As my vet would say, your cats have just enough orange to be dangerous.
- 11:56 am
- Heidenkind said...
Those are very nice bookshelves, and very cute cats. :)
- 6:17 pm
HI Kristie
Your kitties are so cute. The book collection is awesome. I'm with Mandi. It makes me sigh with happiness.
- 7:07 pm
- Kristie (J) said...
Anna: An those are only the upstairs books *g* I have about 10 times that many in 'the library'
Ames: LOL - no - I guess we didn't did we? You're welcome anytime *g*. It will probably take quite some time to read them all though.
Barbara: It is a might fine collection I have. It's much, much better then the local library's *g*. And aren't my girls adorable. I'm thinking I might need one more though. I'll have to see what they say.
Ms. Moonlight: They are a combination of both. The hardcover books I've all read and the JD Robb shelf I've read. But most of the pb's are TBR. And then I have A LOT more downstairs too that I haven't read yet. And I'm a cat lover from way back too *g*.
Sula: Cat's and books - I'm getting eccentric in my old age.
Nath: Zina may look like a Warrior - but she isn't! She could be where the expression "scaredy cat" comes from *g*. And I did do a bit of organizing - mainly putting books in one of the boxes on the shelves wherever I could find a spot - just to take the picture.
Mandi: I love looking at other peoples shelves too. I love seeing what they have on them. It' scary, but the pics here are only a small number of the total books I have!!
Lynne: Sometimes you just have to double stack don't you? The thing I could never do though I've seen others do it is have a row in front and a row behind. I'd forget all the books I have in the back row. I love seeing them all.
Dottie: ROTFL!! My cats - lovely yes, but there is no way I'd call Destructo Cat sweet. Yesterday morning I was making myself a sandwich to take for lunch and had to leave the room for a minute. When I got back, she had knocked my sandwich off the counter and somehow managed to take it out of the plastic baggie and chomped on it. This morning she knocked the whole bag of bread on the floor. And I must take pictures of what she has done to my leather chairs. She's ruined them!!
*g* And I LOVED Broken Wing. Loved it, loved it, loved it. That's why I started a Quest to get other romance readers to read it. Gabriel is probably the most heartbreaking hero I've ever read.
Lisa: If you notice - Fire at Midnight is on one of the shelves. I wasn't in the mood for a historical for a while but the urge to read them is coming back so I should be reading it very soon!
Leslie: When they get playing with each other, they are a riot watching them. Though if you click on the one picture of the two of them on the bed where Zina is kind of looking into the camera, you can kind of see a nasty looking scratch on her nose that Destructo Cat aka Callie gave her when they got playing a bit too rough. And there's no question that Destructo Cat is the Alpha cat of the two of them.
Wendy: ROTFL - that is such a good question - and I have absolutely no system at all. I don't know why some of them are upstairs and most downstairs. That's something I should organize someday, but the huge number of books to organize scares me.
CJ: That describes them pretty good - specially Callie. She is indeed dangerous - to chairs, to sandwiches, to walls, to Zina.......
Heidenkind: They are gorgeous cats aren't they? I've never had Calico's before, but I think they are beautifully coloured.
Mary: I just wish more people could come and visit and browse my bookshelves. I've been collecting romance books for close to 15 years now and I do have quite the collection.
- 11:41 pm
- Mary G said...
If I come to visit it'll be to see you then your books. I want to laugh again like we did at Cindy's. I'm still laughing at the toilet brush story & the multitasking breastfeeder.Remember, what happens in Ancaster stays in Ancaster. Talk to you soon.
- 1:26 am
- CindyS said...
OMG - I'm with Ames, I didn't see these pictures and I love them! All those hard covers *sigh*
And you got Callie on film being destructive (I thought it was a phone wire)! I long for another kitty, we just about had one but Bob actually took the kitten from my arms and put it back in it's cage. I was stunned! Course, with a diabetic cat and a blind cat I guess bringing in newbies would be a problem.
I can tell from the pics that Zina is not getting any 'me' time - she has a shadow ;)
- 3:41 am
- nath said...
LOL, I know she's not a warrior. Remember, she would run away when I step towards her :P
- 7:44 am
- Kristie (J) said...
Cindy: Poor Zina surely does have a shadow - and being the beta cat of the two, I have to try and give her extra attention - until Destructo Cat comes and boots her out.
Nath: *laughing* Poor dear runs away from everyone!!
- 9:21 am
- Jill D. said...
Wow Kristie! You have these books in addition to your bookroom in the basement? Holy cow, you could open up your own bookstore with all those books!
Looking at your shelves I see so many books that I own, have read or want to read. Awesome!
- 11:05 am
ahhh your bookshelves are making me salivate! what a gorgeous collection, and so many hard covers, what big purchasing dedication you have! i posted my bookshelf p0rn a little bit ago too
- 3:26 pm
- Taja said...
Love the pictures of your cats and bookshelves!
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Meanwhile, alt-rock journeyman Greg Dulli's Twilight Singers appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", bringing with them a typically charging rendition of "On the Corner", from the just-released Dynamite Steps.
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Bangers and mash encompasses everything the British like about their food. Wholesome, filling and hearty, the dish has been served to hungry families for years and is as popular now as it was 50 years ago. Here's a classic bangers and mash recipe, perfect to cheer you up on a rainy day
- 900 grams floury potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- ½ pint chicken stock
- 1 tablespoon gravy browning
- 8 pork sausages
- 50 grams unsalted butter
- 50 milliliters double cream or milk
- 1 tablespoon each, fresh parsley and chives
- 3 spring onions, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water for 10-12 minutes until soft.
- Heat the sunflower oil in a heavy-based saucepan. Add the onion and cook until soft , but not coloured. Stir in the mustard followed by the stock.
- Bring the mixture to the boil, then add the gravy browning. Reduce for 10 minutes until the liquid is reduced by about half.
- Heat up a frying pan, add a little sunflower oil and fry the sausages for 6-8 minutes or until cooked through.
- Drain the potatoes and mash with the butter and the cream. Blend the blanched herbs with the olive oil to form a paste and then stir into the mashed potato. Pile the mash onto four warmed serving plates.
- Place two sausages in the centre of each mound of mash and finally drizzle over the gravy.
- Serve immediately.
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I have two copies of a folder in separate locations. They contain the exact same .htaccess file. Both .htaccess files have the same permissions and owners.
I had a VirtualHost whose DocumentRoot used to point to
/home/sites but I changed it to
/var/www and restarted Apache.
Now my htaccess rules no longer work. For example,
/story/id should rewrite to
/index.php?id=$id. If I go to
/index.php?id=$id in my browser, the page loads as it should, but if I go to
/story/id I get a 404 error.
If I change DocumentRoot back to the old root, the links start working again.
Any ideas on what may be causing this?


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To Wear or Not to Wear: That is the Conversation!
As a culture we are inclined to turn certain demarcations into rituals. Centennials for countries. Millennials are those coming of age at the change of the millennia from the teens to the aughts. With birthdays it's the "ages of man," in the biographical rather than the historical sense: 40, 65, and 70. The 40th because it's […]Continue reading →


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Still, for all that the Green Shoots Posse is still fluffing their risk assets of choice, Macro Man cannot help but observe that many forecasters are still calling for current quarter GDP to be the worst (before the last two, of course) since the horrible '82 recession. So here's what's going on:
In late Q3 2008, the US and global economic trajectory morphed from a painful recession to a depression, courtesy of the Agencies/ Lehman, AIG, etc. Thanks to the plethora of programs and public support to the financial system, we are now morphing back into a recession- albeit a long and painful one.
While the trajectory of the weekly leading indicator has slowed from the freefall of late '08/early '09, it has yet to put in the sort of bounce that has preceded prior recvoeries- in both the economy and the stock market.
This transition back to recession from depression is what has made the current environment so tricky; there is no obvious point at which the pricing out of the depression is fully accomplished. From Macro Man's perch, it is already done and we're now overshooting, but it's entirely reasonable to think otherwise.
Still, the endgame does appear likely to end in overshoot (either here or higher up). At that point (and at the risk of sounding like a broken record playing a very grumpy old man), equities should represent a great selling opportunity.


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Twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1993 and 1994, and in 1995 a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award (dubbed the Alternative Nobel Prize), Sulak, who turns 86 on 27 March, has worked at the forefront of the global engaged Buddhism movement, which offers the means to radically transform human society into the basis for a more equitable, compassionate world, driven by a spiritual commitment to manifest a social development model rooted in democracy, justice, and cultural integrity.
Roar, which was officially released this month, has received praise from a number of prominent figures in the global Buddhist community, including the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Roshi Joan Halifax, and Stephen Batchelor:
Although material advances have contributed enormously to human welfare, they cannot create lasting happiness by themselves. I believe [Sulak] and I share a conviction that if we are to solve human problems, economic and technological development must be accompanied by an inner spiritual growth. And if we succeed in fulfilling both these goals, we will surely create a happier and more peaceful world. — His Holiness the Dalai Lama.


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Hey there!
As I work to upload more content, quick map of the content.
Do you enjoy fiction? I suggest you check-out "Irakabiri" , a quick-read 9 chapters novel-like story.
Are you more of a poetry reader? I have uploaded a few here but most of the short ones are on my Instagram page. Go check out and follow @Wamkazi_wa_afrika on IG.
Articles are more your type of readings? I will be blogging more on Sundays and so Follow the site to be notified. My previous articles can be found here.
Enjoy and come back for more.
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The Premier League's top 10 January signings
Updated: 03/10/2022[ad_1]
Every point counts at this stage. And bringing in the right players in the January transfer window could make all the difference.
Whether it's a hot-shot striker or a defensive rock, Premier League managers will be looking out for players that can improve their team.
With this month's transfer window in full swing, we've looked at 10 of the best January signings from year's gone by, starting with the most recent…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (January 2018)
It's been a mixed season for Arsenal under Unai Emery so far. But Arsene Wenger's last Arsenal signing continues to bang in the goals. He's hit 24 goals in 35 league appearances since arriving for a club-record £56m fee.
The striker is joint-top scorer with 14 goals this term. He's 5/2 to win the Golden Boot at the end of the campaign.
Virgil van Dijk (January 2018)
It seems like a long time ago that Liverpool's defence was a clear weak link. Virgil van Dijk almost single-handedly sorted out the Reds' backline since joining from Southampton.
He's been so good that his £75m price tag doesn't seem so expensive anymore. The Reds are 8/11 favourites to win the title. Van Dijk will have played a massive part if they do get over the line.
Jan Kirchhoff (January 2016)
Kirchhoff had spent most of his career as a centre-back until Sam Allardyce brought him to Wearside. The German was recast as a holding midfielder for the Black Cats.
His reliable displays helped Sunderland to finish two points clear of the drop zone. But injury limited him to just seven league appearances the following year. The German was badly missed as Sunderland finished rock bottom.
Gary Cahill (January 2012)
Brought in from Bolton Wanderers to provide depth at centre-back, Gary Cahill would have a huge role to play for Chelsea in his first half-season.
Injuries to John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic meant a half-fit Cahill was pressed into action in the Champions League Final against Bayern Munich. He played all 120 minutes as the Blues won on penalties. The 33-year-old went on to become club captain, but his time at Stamford Bridge looks to be up. He's 1/6 to join Fulham this month.
Luis Suarez (January 2011)
It's bizarre to think about now, but Suarez's arrival at Liverpool was overshadowed by Andy Carroll joining a few hours later.
Of course, Suarez would go on to have a much bigger impact on Merseyside. He mainly played wide on the right during those first few months. But there were still glimpses of the world-class striker who'd eventually score 82 goals in 133 games for the Reds.
Andrey Arshavin (February 2009)
Arsenal sealed a deal for Andrey Arshavin on the final day of 2009's mid-season transfer window. He was sensational in those first few months in North London.
The Russian wizard famously scored four goals at Anfield in a 4-4 draw. He was also named the Premier League's Player of the Month for April and came second in Arsenal's Player of the Season award, despite only being there for half of the campaign.
Clint Dempsey (January 2007)
Fulham paid £2m – the highest-fee for a player from MLS – to sign Clint Dempsey in 2007. Looking back, he turned out to be a bargain.
His first goal for the club secured a win against Liverpool and the club's Premier League status. The American went on to score 60 goals for the Cottagers. He also helped them to reach the 2010 Europa League Final, notching the winner against Juventus in the last 16.
Nemanja Vidic (January 2006)
Nemanja Vidic wasn't a glamorous Manchester United signing. A largely unknown, rugged centre-back, Paul Scholes has admitted he was "concerned" when the Serb arrived.
But Vidic proved to be a rock at the heart of one of Sir Alex Ferguson's best United sides. His partnership with Rio Ferdinand was as good as any in the world. His trophy haul at Old Trafford included five league titles and the Champions League.
Patrice Evra (January 2006)
Like Vidic, Evra wasn't an overnight success at Man Utd. He was hauled off at half-time on his debut in a 3-1 deefeat to Manchester City.
But the French defender went on to make United's left-back spot his own for the best part of a decade. His attacking runs were vital on the pitch, with his leadership just as important off it.
Christophe Dugarry (January 2003)
With Birmingham City caught in a relegation scrap, they brought in World Cup winner Christophe Dugarry on loan.
It proved to be a masterstroke. The veteran's goals and influence helped the Blues to finish 13th, six points clear of the drop.
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Lecture: Current State: You're Doing It Wrong
Most of today's software uses the current state to store its application state. This is often regrettable since you lose a lot of valuable information and therefore a competitive advantage on the business side. However, the event sourcing pattern uses a different approach and stores all events that have led to the current state. At first sight it might seem more complicated than the classical current state based CRUD architecture, but you will see that almost everything gets easier with event sourcing. Furthermore, you will learn about the CQRS architectural pattern, which can be combined with event sourcing and helps you to build scalable systems.
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If you enjoy cycling on smooth, paved roads, with the sun keeping your back warm, the PCC Spring Classic is not for you. This wonderfully gritty ride is open to riders who appreciate a challenge and possess intermediate off-road and group riding skills, and will offer up possibly the most memorable day on a bike this year (sorry Zac).
Grab your 'cross bike and come join us for a blast through some of the most picturesque and underused roads and road-allowances Peterborough County has to offer. This year's route has been modified to exclude one particularly gnarly / rocky / steep downhill near the end of the ride. Riders of all speeds welcome, though this will be a "Thursday Night" format ride.


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Look at what we find in Romans 8:37-39 . . .
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.Nothing, not one single thing "in all creation" can ever separate me from God! Since I am an imperfect person, I'm so thankful for this. When I talk with my grandsons about this, I'll share these verses and encourage them to write it out/draw pictures to illustrate it and then put it by their beds. I want them to remember this truth - throughout their lives there may be times when they might wonder if something they said or did would stop God's love. I want them to be firmly grounded in the truth of how absolutely nothing can ever stop God's love for them!
And this is absolutely something for which we can be extremely thankful! What are you thankful for today?


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The lifesavers for my campaign, and for me and my family during the campaign, were the county chairs of the local county Democratic parties.
One such hero was Hollis Hackman, the County Chair of the Sheridan County Democratic Party.
Hollis reached out to me early in the campaign. He arranged for me to participate in the Sheridan WYO Rodeo Parade. When I told him that I was struggling to raise money, he arranged to host a meet and greet fundraiser at his house the night before the parade. I slept at his house that night.
We awoke early and he took me to the pre-parade pancake breakfast on Main Street. I shook hands with voters at the breakfast and along to parade route with Hollis introducing me along the way.
The thing that I will always remember about Hollis is how encouraging he was. I was never a great candidate or campaigner. Yet, Hollis was always there with words of praise and a smile. I often thought to myself: "This is the person who should be running…not me."
Later in October, when the local Chamber of Commerce hosted a debate at Sheridan College, Hollis rallied the local Dems to come out and support me. It was not much of a debate…Cynthia Lummis didn't show up. Neither did any of the third party candidates (there was three). Of course, she had a never ending stream of TV commercials. I had no money and did not have the luxury to skip such events. Sadly, time and money made it that I could not make every event either.
That August, Hollis and the Sheridan County Dems invited me out to the speak at their annual summer Kendrick Day Picnic. John B. Kendrick was a Democratic U.S. Senator for Wyoming from 1917 to 1933. He was also from Sheridan.
Todd and I drove up to Sheridan that day after driving down first for an interview that morning in Douglas. We got lost finding Kendrick Park. Sometimes it felt like we were always a little late and little lost. 🙂
The following clip was taken recorded and edited by the Sheridan Press. It includes some of the key points that I made on the campaign trail.
Hollis was not the only such hero. I will be talking a lot about county chairs in this series (stay tuned!). It is something that I emphasized over and over to the media: Despite my tensions with the state party, the county parties and many grassroots Democrats fought for us and along side us. They also showed us a lot of love.
Go here to see other installments in the Campaign Chronicles Series.
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Jan 17, 2019
Category: Tech
Tesla is making it easier for their car owners to juice up their electric rides with the company's first home charging station that can be plugged into a standard outlet. The Tesla Wall Connector charging solution will erase the hassle of hardwiring a Tesla charger into your home's electrical system.
This new home charging station can plug directly into any NEMA 14-50 plug, which is the most common high-voltage outlet in America, so chances are high that you have a few available. There's no need to hire an electrician either, as all you have to do is plug it in. The Wall Connector provides you with a faster recharge time than the Gen 2 Mobile Connector, offering 40 amps to your vehicle compared to the Gen 2's 32 amps. The home charging station also comes with a 24-foot cable. You can scoop one up now for $500.
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Art's employee: Trevor Roland
Position: Marketing / Community Outreach
Bike: Santa Cruz Hightower 29"(XL) AKA Proud Mary
About the rider:
Height: 6'2"
Inseam: 36.5"
Weight: 175 lbs (on a good day)
Years Riding MTB: 5 years
Riding Style: Point-and-shoot. "The straight line is the fast line even if you have to bunny hop over some rocks and ruin a few rims."
Trevor spends much of his time stacking miles in preparation for the California Enduro Series. When the goal is fun, he tends to run flats. When training is on his mind, you'll see him clipping in.
About the bike:
Reluctant to make the switch from playful 650b bikes of his past, (Santa Cruz 5010 and Bronson), Trevor found his Santa Cruz Hightower cc to be exceptionally nimble, even though it's an XL 29'er. The larger wheels make this an ideal race bike and well suited for Trevor's local, rock-infested San Luis Obispo trails.
Tech specs:
Frame: Santa Cruz Hightower cc (Matte Black / XL)
Shock: Rock Shox Monarch RC3 (225 psi)
Fork: Ohlins RXF 36 150mm fork (115psi main chamber, 180psi ramp up chamber)
Headset: Cane Creek 40
Wheels: Industry Nine Torch Classic (front and rear) laced to Race Face ARC 30mm rims
Rotors: Shimano Ice Tech 180mm
Brakes: Shimano Saint M820 (front and rear)
Crankset: e*thirteen TRS R Crankset 170mm w/34t Quick Connect GuideRing M
Cassette: SRAM XX1 XG-1199 11 speed
Chain: SRAM XX1 11-speed
Bottom Bracket: Chris King Thread Fit 30
Shift Levers: SRAM X01 Trigger Shifter
Front Derailleur: n/a
Rear Derailleur: SRAM X1 11-speed
Seatpost: 9point8 Fall line 31.6x200mm
Saddle: Deity Speedtrap AM 140mm
Stem: Deity Copperhead 31.8 stem 35mm reach
Handlebars: Deity Blacklabel 800 38mm rise
Tires: ONZA Ibex 29 FRC60 55a (29×2.4 front 25-27psi, 29×2.25 rear 27-32psi)
Pedals: Deity TMAC Flat Pedals or Xpedo GFX Clipless Pedals
Grips: Deity Knuckleduster
Weight: 31 lbs, 5 oz
Trevor's entire frame has been wrapped in All Mountain Style Frame protection to both protect vulnerable areas of the frame and also give his build a stealthy finish. He also sourced Shimano XTR brake hardware to save a few grams.


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The UN summit and the US amendments
In a cogent piece on his blog, Owen Barder has highlighted the mainly negative implications for international development aid policies and practices of the many amendments proposed, at the last moment, by the controversial new US ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, to the draft text that is to be presented for approval to the heads of state and government assembling at the UN in New York later this month (September 2005).
I agree, unsurprisingly, with Owen's comments. Moreover, in my view the Bolton amendments to the draft text (especially innumerable deletions) affecting policy on international peace and security and the use of force in international affairs are as important and as much a matter of concern as those affecting development, on which Owen naturally concentrates. Many of John Bolton's proposed amendments are extremely worrying as indicators of current US government policy; some are a weaselly way of declaring disengagement from important international law principles to which the US, like all other member states of the United Nations, is legally committed, but without formally coming clean by announcing the disengagements implied. The sole superpower on the face of the globe should have the courage of its convictions and tell the rest of us how far it now intends to depart from the rules of international behaviour to which it is bound.
Here are some of the more revealing Bolton amendments affecting international peace and security and the use of force in international affairs:
55. [Draft text:] We also reaffirm that the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations regarding the use of force are sufficient [Bolton deletion: to address the full range of security threats and agree that the use of force should be considered an instrument of last resort. 56. We recognise the need to continue discussing principles for the use of force, including those identified by the Secretary-General].
Non-proliferation Treaty: Bolton deletion: three pillars: disarmament, non-proliferation, and the peaceful use of nuclear energy. … also appeal to the nuclear weapon states to take concrete steps towards nuclear disarmament with the objective of eliminating all such weapons… [etc]
International Criminal Court: Bolton deletion: …by cooperating with the International Criminal Court, the existing ad hoc and mixed criminal tribunals… [etc].
Bolton deletion: 119. We invite the permanent members of the Security Council to refrain from using the veto in cases of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
120. We support the implementation of the United Nations Action Plan to Prevent Genocide and the work of the Secretariat to this end.
Bolton deletion: 49. We resolve to take concerted action, through such a system of collective security, based on the United Nations Charter and respect for international law, so as to prevent, mitigate and remove threats to international peace and security… [etc]
Bolton deletion of 'and security' after 'peace' and 'collective security and' before 'well-being' in para. 9
3. [Draft text:] We … reaffirm our faith in the [United Nations] Organization and our commitment to the Principles and Purposes of the United Nations Charter, and the [sic] respect for international law [Bolton deletion: so as to maintain international peace and security].
Of course we know, from the actions of the United States in Kosovo — under Clinton, sadly — and (especially) in Iraq under George W Bush, that its government with its British ally no longer regards itself as bound by the rules governing the use of force by states against other states, and no longer in practice respects the role of the UN Security Council in granting or withholding authority for the use of force internationally, as laid down with exemplary clarity in the Charter. Aided and abetted by Mr Blair, the Americans have made a half-hearted effort to foist on us a new 'doctrine of humanitarian intervention' which would open the flood-gates (to use a perhaps inappropriate metaphor at this time) to a deluge of self-interested attacks on the weak by the strong or stronger under the all-purpose excuse of forestalling or stopping a 'humanitarian disaster' such as genocide: a convenient way to avoid the requirements and essential safeguards of the Charter.
Ambassador John Bolton
The draft text prepared for the approval of the heads of state and government meeting at the UN later this month includes a well thought out defence of the existing Charter provisions on the use of force. It represents a brave attempt to rescue them from falling into abeyance or desuetude through being systematically ignored and undermined by an American regime which effectively claims the right to behave in whatever way it believes will serve narrow US interests, without regard to its international obligations or the effects of its actions on the carefully constructed framework of rules devised (by American jurists and statesmen among others) in San Francisco in 1945. Mr Bolton's amendments, including those cited above, need to be seen in this light. Mr Bolton and his master (President Bush) and nominal mistress (Condoleezza Rice) will no doubt get their way over this text. The world will be a more dangerous place as a result.


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January 12, 2003, The Times
Bayer CropScience, of Monheim, Germany. one of the world's biggest chemicals companies, faces an inquiry after it was found to have used students to test a "highly hazardous" pesticide linked to serious disorders.
The story says that the company paid students, mostly from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, $1,100 each to consume fruit juice laced with the pesticide. The project, the fine detail of which is secret, has been condemned in the U.S. as unscientific and unethical. Lawyers point out that the Nuremberg Code, formulated after the Nazis' wartime experiments, bans the use of humans for testing poisonous substances that have no medical application.
Bayer is the daughter company of IG Farben, the manufacturer of Zyklon B, the gas used in Nazi extermination camps.
Bayer is using the results of the study, conducted between 1998 and 2000, to support an argument that restrictions on pesticide use should be eased, because no immediate adverse effects were suffered.
The story says that groups of up to 16 volunteers were housed at a privately run research centre in Edinburgh and fed azinphos-methyl (AM), an organophosphate chemical. The dosages have not been disclosed. The World Health Organization has classified AM as "highly hazardous." Exposure to it is linked to blood and nervous system problems.
The dangers are well documented. Accidental ingestion by 42 Peruvian children last year led to 24 deaths, and recent spillages of the chemical into rivers in Prince Edward Island have killed 15,000 fish.
The story adds that although Bayer has not checked on the subsequent health of its human guinea pigs, it is using the research to try to persuade the American Environmental Protection Agency to raise the levels of AM it allows farmers to use on crops. The agency is concerned about the conduct of the studies and has referred them to an expert panel of the respected National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The panel is demanding to know exactly how the unpublished trial was conducted. The agency said last week that 10 of 17 studies it is examining are in Britain and involve Inveresk, a contract research company "The NAS has until December to give an opinion on whether these human studies are ethically and scientifically valid," an agency spokesman said. Nobody from Inveresk was available for comment yesterday.
Bayer said its studies were performed "in full accordance with national and international regulations and standards."
January 12, 2003, Lois Rogers, The Times, London
Ethics of Human Pesticide Studies Questioned
WASHINGTON (Health News) - Scientists and environmental groups urged a federal advisory panel Wednesday to recommend a ban on chemical industry experiments that test the safety of pesticides and other potentially toxic chemicals in humans.
Labeling the experiments unethical and scientifically suspect, the groups asked experts on a National Academy of Sciences panel to condemn the studies and recommend that government regulators refuse to consider them when evaluating the safety of companies' chemical agents or pollutants.
But representatives of the pesticide industry defended the experiments, saying that they are ethically sound and essential to accurately determining safe exposure levels for members of the public.
Manufacturers of pesticides or other chemicals sometimes give adult volunteers a dose of the product in order to determine what levels humans can tolerate without getting sick. Determining a safe level for humans is necessary before companies can gain Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval to market most pesticides and other chemicals.
Scientists attacked the studies Wednesday, calling them unethical because people can only be hurt, and not helped, by receiving doses of toxic chemicals.
Most ethical standards for human medical research, including the Nuremburg Code created after the trials of Nazi doctors conducting research on World War II Holocaust prisoners, require that study participants stand a chance of gaining from research conducted on them.
"There is no benefit to the health of a subject nor to the health of anyone else," said Dr. Lynn Goldman, a professor of environmental health sciences at Johns Hopkins University and chair of the Children's Environmental Health Network.
Goldman conducted a study of a 1985 case in which up to 1,373 people were sickened after eating watermelon contaminated with the pesticide Aldicarb. Researchers uncovered probable illnesses in persons exposed to Aldicarb levels 10 times lower than those deemed safe in a 1971 study in which manufacturer Union Carbide gave it to 12 men.
The NAS panel is scheduled to meet over the next year to eventually advise the EPA on the propriety and scientific validity of human chemical tests. Citing ethical concerns, EPA in 2001 imposed a moratorium on accepting data from human chemical tests, a move that sparked a lawsuit by the pesticide industry.
Companies frequently test the effects of their chemicals in animals before applying for government marketing approval. When a chemical has not been tested in humans, the laws often require EPA to assume that a safe level for humans is many times--sometimes 100 times--lower than the level that causes sickness in animals.
Industry scientists told the panel that human chemical testing is always done with the informed consent of subjects and that the trials are key to determining exactly how humans react when exposed to dangerous compounds.
"The knowledge we gain from human volunteer studies is absolutely critical," said Dr. Monty Eberhart, director of product safety management for Bayer CropScience. The company is a major pesticide producer and one of the companies suing the EPA to lift the moratorium on human-derived data.
Eberhart told the panel that animal studies have often failed to accurately predict safe pesticide levels for humans.
"Only human data directly reflects human response," said Judith A. MacGregor, a researcher with Toxicology Consulting Services, a private research company.
But Goldman, of Johns Hopkins University, cited her study as proof that small trials testing chemicals in adult men tell little about how the compounds will effect people of different ages or sexes. One of the people hospitalized after eating the contaminated watermelon was a 66-year-old woman.
Others accused the industry of trying to use the self-financed experiments to weaken environmental standards governing its chemicals. Though many of the trials are conducted in only a few people, they could still be used to permit easier marketing if they showed that humans could tolerate a higher chemical dose than animals can.
"These tests are performed for the purposes of weakening regulatory standards," said Jennifer Sass, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Peg Cherny, vice president for government relations at Bayer CropScience, denied that the company's position or its lawsuit to force EPA to accept human studies is an attempt to weaken safety standards.
"We're trying to get appropriate standards," she said in an interview.
Lawyers for the EPA and pesticide industry are set to argue the case before the Federal Appeals Court in Washington in March.
The NAS panel is due to release its recommendations on human-based chemical testing in about one year, officials said.
By Todd Zwillich, Wednesday, January 8, 2003


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Godthåbsvej 144, 2000 Frederiksberg C
H.C. Ørstedsvej 25-27, 1879 Frederiksberg C (closed)
Valby Langgade 119, 2500 Valby
Kongevejen 205, 2830 Virum
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Så friggin cool!ReplyDelete
That is awesome! It restores my faith in humanity when there is a sense of community :)ReplyDelete
SUPER SUPER cool!!!
Wonder if Jylland will get any of those?!
It's not the first in Copenhagen. Shell - I believe it's the one on Tagensvej, has been offering the same service for several years except the oil. They don't really make a fuzz about it, with fancy blue signs or anything though :)ReplyDelete
This is just the thing I need to care for my bike :) Will look for it!
My guess is the Statoil on H.C.Ørsteds Vej?
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By the way I hope Statoil's good example will spread like a wildfire :)ReplyDelete
That sounds awesome!!!ReplyDelete
How cosy that you all agree this is super cool! The link to Statoil was acting up, but I am going to add the locations for all of the five bicycle stations by Statiol (they are taking requests too on where to place more).
According to Simon, Shell have been offering something similar for years, minus the visuals and a few other things, and that is cool too. But I would not have noticed this service if the message had not been so clear and visible from the street.
Super cool Sandra, would love that in my neighborhood. I ride Velib instead of my own bike for many reasons but one is that I have no place like that around...ReplyDelete
I checked it out today, and it was great! Being the post from 2011, I thought that they would have been long gone by today, but hell no! Up and running! Unfortunately it was -6°C today, so I didn't feel like getting my hands wet while washing my bike, so it's gonna have to wait until temperatures go up a bit...ReplyDelete
It is still there, I am pretty sure it is a permanent thing. :-)Delete


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ABU DHABI: Global challenges to energy sector, ways to strike a balance between energy supplies and social justice and providing all with access to energy will be discussed on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi at roundtable by the Global Energy Council (WEC) in Abu Dhabi.
The detailed and extensive discussions will take in the impact of these challenges on the Middle East as an energy producer and consumer and the role of the role of modern industries and the region's renewable energy resources in countering them.
The significance of 22nd World Energy Congress, which will take place in Daegu city, Korea, next year, as a platform for finding solutions will also be discussed.
CEO and managing director of Masdar, WEC's chairman Pierre Gadonneix and the president and CEO of KEPCO and chairman of WEC Daegu 2013 Organizing Committee Joong-Kyum Kim will attend the roundtable.


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Starbucks has now had its rewards program since 2009, though the coffeehouse chain has retooled it numerous times over the years.
Super-loyal customers who use Starbucks' membership program account for about 40% of sales at the company's US stores. Now Starbucks is taking steps it believes will make the program more attractive.
Starting on April 16, the coffee company's rewards members in the United States and Canada will start earning rewards sooner and have more options when redeeming points. For customers who use a Starbucks rewards credit or debit card, points won't expire. (They still expire after about six months for other members.)
Digital rewards programs are a way for companies such as Starbucks to increase loyalty and learn more about their customers. The update is designed to bring even more people into the program by offering more choice.
The current rewards program works like this: Customers get two points, or stars, for every dollar they spend. Customers need to hit 300 stars within one year in order to start qualifying for rewards. Once they qualify, they can get a free drink or free food for every 125 stars. If they hold on to the points until they reach, say, 250, they can redeem the points for two free drinks, two food items or one of each.
The new system lets people get different rewards for different amounts of stars, and starts at a lower tier. Members can cash in 25 stars for an extra espresso shot, dairy substitute or another flavor pump. For 50, they get coffee or tea or a bakery item, and so on.
More flexibility can serve more types of customer behaviors, Matthew Ryan, the company's chief marketing officer, told CNN Business.
"There are people who like to spend at very low levels, and there are people who like to hoard a lot of points," Ryan said. "Right now, we have just the middle point of the range."
Other companies are getting creative with their own loyalty programs.
Chipotle, which announced its first national rewards program last week, gave out cash on Venmo to share the news. And Burger King announced a $5 per month subscription service that gives members a free cup of small hot brewed coffee a day.
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2009 Best Boats Cruising Monohull: No Clear Winner
The boatbuilding industry is benefiting from a series of mini-revolutions. Real strides are being made with hybrid propulsion systems. Designers are working on automatic systems that will trim sails as easily and as effectively as an autopilot steers. Radically modern designs are redefining boat aesthetics. NMEA 2000 promises to expand electronic options, and distributed power systems offer a different approach to onboard power use. This year's new cruising monohulls are proven, well-built designs. They all have subtle (and not so subtle) refinements that will increase comfort and sailing performance. They are all attractive, and no single design stands out from the rest in terms of innovation. We value the credibility of our judgments and believe the only fair thing to do is to not award a single winner in this category; all the boats build on proven design concepts rather than taking advantage of riskier, more-innovative ideas that are still under development.


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Fisherman In Your Life- Holiday Gift Guide 2018
Gift for the Fisherman in your life???!!! Here's a great idea!
The Fishing Caddy is a popular gift this holiday season because of the simplicity, functionality, and the fact that people love it so much. It has been designed to make their time spent fishing more enjoyable and easier. The device is an all-in-one organization system that those who fish take with them anywhere. In fact, it's been dubbed the "Swiss Army knife of fishing tools," by the Outdoor Foundation.
There are numerous reasons why The Fishing Caddy makes a perfect gift this holiday, including:
It's all made in America and comes with a 60-day money-back guarantee and a two-year warranty.
It offers complete organizations for anglers. Everything they need is at their fingertips. The Fishing Caddy features a built-in cup holder, two rod holders, LED lights, a live well for fish that are caught, and more. It puts all the tackle in one easy-to-carry device. Plus, it won't tip over due to water weight.
The device has been designed to help people detect bites faster. The rods are kept closer by, which makes it easier to detect even the slightest movements.
The Fishing Caddy gives someone a gift of enjoyable outdoor time. They will have more time being organized while they do what they love. It helps to take the stress out of fishing, making it easier to carry everything they need.
It's an affordable gift that won't sit in the back of a closet. Not only will people want to use it all year long, but prices for them start at only $69.95 and range to $129. Check out The Fishing Caddy