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Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Rain Dance
Posted by Amrita at Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Labels: Family, Fun-o-matics
12 Fertilize my soul:
- Sita said...
My sons would love to join in! So glad you got the rain you needed...Thank you, Lord. How are you doing, Amrita? Do take care.
Love, Sita
- 5 June 2008 at 01:47
- Donetta said...
Oh fun! It looks like St Elmo's fire on his right hand. It is a cool glow. dose he have a ring on?
- 5 June 2008 at 04:39
- Pat said...
Oh Lord send the rain right now...and He did!
- 5 June 2008 at 05:18
- monsoon dreams said...
i wanna join him!how i love being in the rain!as a grown up,i cant be dancing,but i have my own ways of getting wet in the monsoon.i roam the city many times in a twowheeler with some friend who is as mad as me,when it rains.or just go to the terrace and get drenched.aaah!i miss being in the rain.
- 5 June 2008 at 19:41
- Saija said...
YAY for rain ... i hope it cooled everything down for abit ...
we are still waiting for warmer weather ... it's been around 17C - which i'm sure you would enjoy at the moment!
blessings on you!
- 6 June 2008 at 06:39
- Jo's-D-Eyes said...
hi amrita nice and artistic photo..
thank you for your visit and good wishes, no sky is too high for me, watch my blog, i cannot type long, greetings joann in hospital
my sky is the ceiling haha!
- 6 June 2008 at 12:27
- Anonymous said...
& here it is continuously heavily raining for the last few days...with the monsoons setting its slow footsteps....Rians are indeed a fun time for everyone of us & the kids more so...You have captured the shots excellently !
- 6 June 2008 at 15:00
- Angie said...
Thank You Lord!
- 6 June 2008 at 17:59
- Felisol said...
Dear Amrita,
thanks to the Lord who knows our needs.
I keep on reminding Serina that he even has counted the hairs on our heads.
"He doesn't need to go in such details," she opposed.
He wants to know the small details, and every little change in our lives.
What a mighty and caring Lord.
Those kids were praising the Lord just as they did in Biblical times.
May be we all should become more like children again.
From Felisol
- 6 June 2008 at 20:07
- Kimmie said...
Enjoy the rain...how come you aren't out there running and playing in the puddles!
mama to 6
one homemade and 5 adopted
- 7 June 2008 at 02:54
- Shari said...
I'm so glad that you got your rain. what a blessing. How awful that people's wells dried up. I hope the wells are filling up now.
- 7 June 2008 at 10:36
- Amrita said...
Hi Donetta I am replying so late. He doesn 't have a ring its a rain drop.
- 11 June 2008 at 19:36


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Leading Off: Trout Sits, Taillon And Betts Meet Post-Cancer
A look at what's happening around the majors Tuesday:
Mike Trout is likely to sit out the Angels' game against Detroit because of a sore right wrist, depriving Los Angeles' fans of what's become an annual treat: Seeing Trout do incredible things on his birthday. Trout will turn 27 on Tuesday, and he has a history of throwing celebrations for himself. He has homered on his birthday four times in his first six full big-league seasons. He did it at the Big A last season, homering and also getting his 1,000th career hit. Trout received a cortisone injection on his wrist Monday, and the Angels are hopeful he can return to the lineup on the weekend. He missed his fifth straight game Monday.
Pittsburgh's Jameson Taillon and Colorado's Chad Bettis will pitch in a game featuring two starters bouncing back from testicular cancer. Bettis underwent surgery in November 2016 for testicular cancer and continued cancer treatments through that spring and into last season. So when Taillon had surgery to treat testicular cancer on May 8, 2017, he had an instant line of support. Taillon spoke a few times with Bettis during his treatment, calling their exchanges "comforting."
"I just felt like if I needed anything or had a question, I was very comfortable going to ask him about any part of the process," Taillon said.
The Braves and Nationals open a four-game series with a doubleheader. Atlanta is right on Philadelphia's heals in the NL East race, while Washington is five games back of the Braves. Atlanta's Max Fried (1-4, 3.38 ERA) faces Jefry Rodriguez (0-1, 6.86) in the opener, and Nationals ace Max Scherzer (15-5, 2.33) opposes Sean Newcomb (10-5, 3.23) in the nightcap.
The sputtering Yankees got some good news Monday when left-hander J.A. Happ moved a little closer to returning from hand, foot and mouth disease. Manager Aaron Boone said Happ is no longer contagious. Assuming everything goes well over the next couple of days, Happ is on track to start Thursday against Texas in the opener of an 11-game homestand. "He's out of the woods, virus-wise," Boone said.
Struggling former AL Cy Young Award winners Bartolo Colon and Felix Hernandez will be on the mound when the Rangers host the Mariners in the middle game of their three-game series. The last victory for both hefty right-handers came on June 30. Colon (5-10, 5.18 ERA), the 45-year-old hurler who was the 2005 Cy Young winner while with the Angels, has lost five consecutive starts for Texas since his 246th career win that matched Dennis Martinez for the most by a player born in Latin America. The 32-year-old Hernandez (8-9, 5.49), who won the Cy Young with the Mariners in 2010, is 0-3 with a 7.64 ERA his last four starts.
Robinson Cano has begun his minor league rehab assignment ahead of his return from an 80-game suspension for violating baseball's joint drug agreement. Cano played Monday for Triple-A Tacoma and is scheduled to play there again Tuesday. After that, he may play some games for Class A Everett later in the week. Cano is eligible to rejoin Seattle on Aug. 14. When he does, he's expected to play first, second and third base.
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Traffic roundabouts aim for an image turnabout
- Modern roundabouts don't have same bottlenecks as the old traffic circles
- Roundabouts lauded for reducing crashes by 30% to 50%
- Delaware touts benefits of roundabouts
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Clark Griswold's driving skills in "National Lampoon's European Vacation" didn't aid traffic circles' already battered reputation.
In the movie, Griswold spends a day trapped driving the inner lane of a London circle with his family.
"There's Big Ben, kids! Parliament!" he exclaims again and again.
The Delaware Department of Transportation attempted to include the scene in a new video extolling the benefits of roundabouts.
"We wanted to say, this is what a roundabout is not," said Adam Weiser, traffic-safety program manager for the state's Department of Transportation.
Copyright fees and costs were too high. The project already cost $65,800 in federal transportation dollars to produce a video and related brochure.
"Don't worry," state Transportation Secretary Shailen Bhatt says, smiling at the camera. "Today's roundabouts operate much differently than the old traffic circles."
Bhatt's no Chevy Chase, who played Clark Griswold in the 1985 movie, but officials still hope the eight-minute video helps diffuse public opposition to roundabouts, touting them as a cheaper, safer and environmentally friendlier alternative to traditional intersections.
"We have a lot of transplants from New Jersey in Delaware. When we go talk to people about roundabouts, the first thing we hear is, 'We don't want a Jersey circle,' " Weiser said.
New Jersey's bottlenecked circles often had signals and invited speeding. Vehicles in the circle yielded to entering traffic.
The more compact, modern roundabouts incorporate traffic "calming" measures designed to force drivers to slow down through the intersection. Approaching traffic yields to vehicles in the roundabout.
Studies have found roundabouts reduce crashes by 30% to 50% and serious crashes by 70% to 80%. They also can reduce delays, especially during off-peak hours.
As of 2011, there were more than 2,000 roundabouts in the United States, according to an NPR report on roundabouts that cited Lee Rodegerdts of Kittelson and Associates, a transportation engineering and planning firm.
Still, winning community support for such projects requires persuasion.
"Simply building a roundabout and not doing that education hasn't worked out so well," said Troy Pankratz, senior project engineer for Ourston Roundabout Engineering of Madison, Wis. "The whole operation functions on the concept of yielding, and it's a different type of yielding that people need to adjust to."
Delaware's transportation department began installing modern roundabouts seven years ago. There's at least 15 statewide now, including housing developments, and nine are in the works.
Roundabouts aren't perfect in every situation. It can be difficult to merge in some instances when traffic volume on the main thoroughfare is high.
Elizabeth Tanis changed her mind about the roundabouts after seeing the state's video at a workshop about the first proposed roundabout for Kent County, Del. A roundabout is projected to cut the number of crashes by 71% at the intersection of Willow Grove Road and Moose Lodge/Dundee Road, as opposed to a 43% reduction with a signal.
Police reported 46 crashes at the intersection between 2007 and 2011.
"After listening to everything, I kinda understood that probably it was the best way to go," said Tanis of Moose Lodge Road. "But I'm from New Jersey, and I did not like a lot of those traffic circles."


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Lowell's Pumpkin Dessert Bars
1 18-oz. yellow cake mix
1/2 cup butter, melted
10- to 13-oz. pumpkin butter (available at Trader Joe's, Williams-Sonoma, etc.)
3 eggs
1 T. flour
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. butter, softened
3 T. milk
1 t. cinnamon
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Reserve 1 cup of cake mix and set aside.
3. Mix remaining cake with 1/2 cup melted butter and 1 egg. Press this mixture evenly into the bottom of a 13" x 9" baking dish or pan.
4. Mix pumpkin butter with remaining two eggs and milk and pour this mixture over the cake mixture that was previously pressed into the baking dish.
5. Mix remaining 1 cup of cake mix with flour, sugar, remaining 1/4 cup of softened butter and cinnamon. This will form a crumble that you will then sprinkle over the pumpkin layer.
6. Bake 35-40 minutes or until golden brown.
7. Make sure to let cool to room temperature and then cut into squares and serve.


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PORTSMOUTH — A Dover woman who fled Rwanda with her family will speak publicly about her experience for the first time tonight at the Seacoast African American Cultural Center in Portsmouth.
The talk by Francine Ndayisaba is part of a monthlong series of events taking place at SAACC in conjunction with a new photo exhibition on view until the end of November. Titled "Africa is Not a Country," the collection showcases the diversity of experience on the African continent through fine art photography.
Ndayisaba, who has lived in the United States for 14 years, will discuss the challenges and rewards of leaving Rwanda to begin a new life here as a refugee.
Ndayisaba was born in Kigali, Rwanda. She has three brothers who still live in the country, along with her mother. In 1996, she married Narcisse Rugira, with whom she had one daughter, Tara in 1997.
After being granted political asylum in 1998, Francine came to the United States with her daughter the following year and began studying at the University of New Hampshire. Her husband would not join them until 2009.
Ndayisaba received a bachelor's degree in accounting from UNH in 2002 and an MBA from Plymouth State University. She is a certified public accountant and certified internal auditor, and works at UNH.
While the Seacoast African American Cultural Center hosts a range of events each year, this month's exhibition and event series has generated significant interest, according to volunteer Susan Manfull.
The exhibit includes more than 80 photographs, depicting 24 African countries. The pictures were taken by photographers who hail from as far away as South Africa and Senegal and as close as Portsmouth.
"We really had no idea that it would turn into the huge and, I think, very successful project that it is," Manfull said Wednesday. "It just commanded so much interest on the part of local people, and throughout the country."
The photographs will be on view at the Cultural Center, located at 10 Middle St. through Nov. 30. The collection reflects the "culture, people, wildlife, and landscape" of the continent, according to a SAACC announcement.
Proceeds from the show will benefit SAACC's efforts to establish a permanent exhibit about the newly discovered early 18th-century African Burying Ground in Portsmouth.
The idea for the photography show originated several years ago when Audrey Gottlieb, a former UN photographer, and several other local art enthusiasts attended a SAACC exhibit of photographs of Burkina Faso.
SAACC received more than 150 submissions after announcing plans for this month's exhibition. The list of photographers who contributed work includes former chief UN photographer John Isaac, London-based photographer John Kenny, University of Southern Mississippi adjunct photography professor Betty Press and Dominic Chavez, a documentary photographer based in Boston.
"The photographs in "Africa is not a Country" are very compelling," Susan Strickler, director and CEO of the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, said in a prepared statement. "They show the strength and beauty of the people who make up this vast continent in a changing landscape from wilderness to gritty shanty towns and they evoke a range of emotions from awe and power to tenderness and lightheartedness."
"More information about "Africa Is Not A Country," including the accompanying lectures, movies and music, is available online at www.AfricaIsNotACountry.org.
Visit http://www.saacc-nh.org for more information about SAACC.
Information provided by the Seacoast African American Cultural Center was used in this report.
Rwandan refugee to share her life story tonight in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — A Dover woman who fled Rwanda with her family will speak publicly about her experience for the first time tonight at the Seacoast African American Cultural Center in Portsmouth.


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By Suzi Parker
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug 6 (Reuters) - Arkansas Representative Tom Cotton, considered a rising star in the Republican Party, announced on Tuesday he will challenge Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Pryor in what could likely be one of the most heated 2014 races.
Cotton had been the favored Arkansas candidate among national Republicans hoping to recruit a strong slate and win majority control in the U.S. Senate.
Pryor, 50, a two-term moderate, is seen as one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents.
Cotton, 36, serving his first term in the House of Representatives, announced his intent to run at an appreciation dinner for constituents in his hometown of Dardanelle, Arkansas.
"Arkansans need a senator who will stand with them and stand up to Barack Obama," he said, "a senator who will say no more to the crony capitalism, the giveaways, the reckless spending, the unfair taxes, the job-killing regulations, and the concentration of unaccountable, unconstitutional power in Washington."
Cotton is a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and has been given a prominent role in foreign-policy debates in the House.
In response to Cotton's announcement, Pryor said in a statement: "I don't know who Mr. Cotton's been voting for, but it hasn't been for Arkansas."
"When you vote against student loans and against the farm bill and you vote to cut Medicare and Social Security, you're not voting for Arkansas, you're carrying someone else's water," he said.
Cotton voted last week against a deal to provide students with low-interest college loans.
Candace Martin, a spokeswoman for the Democratic Party of Arkansas, called Cotton "an arrogant congressman whose blind ambition has hurt women, farmers, students and seniors."
Arkansas has moved steadily toward Republicans in recent years despite being the home state of former Democratic President Bill Clinton.
President Barack Obama lost the state in the 2012 election. (Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst and Mohammad Zargham)


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The game promises epic sea battles and epic shooting-Slimes-out-of-cannons.
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Roster continuity affords Tigers rare spring luxury
New skipper Ausmus able to focus on big picture of preparing club for title run
LAKELAND, Fla. -- There is nothing like coming to Spring Training with a minimum number of issues, questions and problems.
Welcome to the camp of the Detroit Tigers. Certainly, there are questions that have to be answered. But relative to the competition, the Tigers are an established team with few roster spots in question this spring.
After all, this the only American League club to have been in the postseason each of the past three years. Over that time, Detroit has won everything but a World Series. This spring, the Tigers can proceed directly to the task at hand: preparing to win.
New manager Brad Ausmus replaces a legendary figure, Jim Leyland. That sort of thing is never an easy task, but Ausmus is an intelligent fellow, well-respected throughout the game. He understands the job, as well as the expectations.
"I haven't put a number on, 'We should win this many games,'" Ausmus said. "But I expect this team to be successful. I've been on teams where you go into Spring Training, and hope that you tread water. That's not the case here. We expect the team to be successful.
"Ideally, you'd win a World Series championship. That would be the ultimate success. And I think that's what we're shooting for. And again, not every team can come to Spring Training with that idea."
The nature of this club, with few roster decisions to be made, will give Ausmus a chance to manage, rather than spend the spring evaluating talent and making personnel decisions at numerous positions.
"There's not a ton of openings to fill," Ausmus said Monday at Joker Marchant Field. "I do think Spring Training is a tough spot, a tough place to make assessments on players. So in that sense, it's probably beneficial for me. I don't have to make assessments on a bunch of players and fill spots all at once in a situation that probably isn't ideal for making assessments.
"Usually, between guys running out of options and open spots on the roster, it's a bit of juggling act as you wind down Spring Training. We're fortunate in the sense that we don't have that. I think that pairs up well with the fact that you have a first-year manager. It makes decisions a little bit easier."
The unanswered questions include one lineup vacancy created when Prince Fielder was traded to Texas. Fielder offered protection, batting fourth, behind Miguel Cabrera. In fact, Fielder hit behind MVPs three seasons in a row; Ryan Braun in the Nationals League in 2011, and Cabrera in the AL the last two seasons.
Ausmus believes that this will not represent a diminished situation for the middle of Detroit's order. Batting cleanup and hitting directly behind Cabrera will become the job of designated hitter Victor Martinez this season.
"You know, Victor's a pretty good hitter," Ausmus said. "He gives you the added benefit of being a switch-hitter, so you might force them to make a pitching change. Victor is not a pushover. He's a good hitter."
A supporting role or two in the bullpen may also be at stake this spring. Bullpen depth has been the Achilles' heel of this operation in recent seasons, but the Tigers have taken direct action to correct the situation.
They signed the best closer on the market this winter in Joe Nathan. Nathan may be 39 and he may have lost some velocity, but he had one of the very best seasons of an outstanding career in 2013 with Texas.
Flame-throwing Bruce Rondon is only 23, but with his stuff, he could be an ideal candidate for a setup role. The Tigers hope that Joba Chamberlain can deliver on at least a portion of his vast potential after a disappointing end to his career with the Yankees.
With Fielder gone, Miguel Cabrera will move back to first from third. Plan A at third is now Nick Castellanos. He's a rookie and turning 22 in March, but the Tigers believe he is ready, and he'll be given a real opportunity.
Apart from that, the solutions are leading the problems by a large margin in Detroit's camp. A marvelous starting rotation features two AL Cy Young Award winners. Doug Fister was traded to Washington, but a suitable replacement is on hand with lefty Drew Smyly.
Fielder is gone, but the Tigers did not come away empty-handed in the deal with the Rangers. Second baseman Ian Kinsler does not have Fielder's power, but he is a player of many more dimensions than Fielder, and he should be a very useful performer for Detroit.
No, the Tigers don't have to make a lot of decisions this spring. They can focus instead on getting ready for another run at the World Series.


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Plush toy
From WikiFur, the furry encyclopedia.
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A plush toy or plushie is a soft, often furry, stuffed toy made of plush. They are usually made in the shape of something cute, usually an animal of some sort, though sometimes a human. Anime, cartoon, or manga characters are popular subjects. A teddy bear may be regarded as a type of plush toy, though this is not true of all teddy bears, as some are not made of plush.
Gothfurs have coined the term "Gundie" as another word for plushie, deriving from GUND, a manufacturer of plush toys.
A person who has a paraphilia for plush toys may be called a plushophile.
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- The Asylum (Psychiatric Clinic for Abused Cuddly Toys)
- Plush and Blood, webcomic
- Plush Workshop, community at LiveJournal (still online as of March 2015)
- PlushMUCK (defunct)
- Toyfur
External links[edit]
- A video showing a variety of plush toys
- Best Plush Toys for Birthday Celebrant
- Squishable.com - plush toy designs by anyone, and designs are put to public vote
- PlushDirect


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The Philadelphia Phillies and Florida Marlins were unable to sneak a game in Saturday as Hurricane Irene plowed its way up the East Coast.
Top-ranked women's tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, though, made quick work of Czech qualifier Petra Cetkovska at the New Haven Open, where officials moved up the start time of the final and worked overnight to remove the two-ton scoreboards from the top of the tennis stadium with hopes of getting in the final on an outdoor court.
A bevy of sporting events were either postponed, had their start times moved up or had their format altered in the days leading up to a storm that was predicted to cut a destructive path up the eastern seaboard, with its effects reaching all the way to Canada. Others tried to defy the expected conditions.
After an initial rain delay of one hour 40 minutes in the first set, New Haven officials said they believed they would have a window of about 1 1-2 hours for tennis. Wozniacki beat Petra Cetkovska 6-4, 6-1 in about 1:20.
"I was like, 'OK it looks like it's going to start raining, let's go indoors so we can go to New York,'" said Wozniacki, talking about the U.S. Open, which starts Monday. "We got a window and were able to finish. It was nice to play outside, in front of the crowd."
As Irene's first showers arrived in New York, the site of the U.S. Open was quiet and nearly empty, a stark contrast to the customary hustle and bustle two days before the Grand Slam tennis tournament's start.
Normally, thousands of fans attend the celebrity-and-music-filled Arthur Ashe Kids' Day, but that event was cancelled Friday. And while dozens of players usually would be scattered around the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, a light rain pushed them off the courts before noon.
"Sure, it's somewhat scary, you know, because we don't know how hard it's going to hit us. I've got family. We're in New York City; it's not just a regular city. It's quite something with all the buildings," 16-time major champion Roger Federer said. "So it's unusual, but we'll follow the news closely."
In Philadelphia, the Phillies and Marlins hoped to outplay the weather. Their game scheduled for Sunday was switched to Saturday afternoon but the game was postponed before the first pitch because of rain. The regularly scheduled night game Saturday was already called off the night before. Both games will be made up in a split-doubleheader on Sept. 15.
What it all means for Philadelphia: a gruelling stretch of 33 games in 31 days.
"We're not the only people dealing with it, so you just have to move on and deal with it the best way you can," Phillies pitching coach Rich Dubee said.
At Boston, the Red Sox and Oakland Athletics endured two long rain delays in the first game of a split-doubleheader, won by Boston 9-3.
Fans with tickets for the second game —moved up from Sunday — set to start at 5:05 p.m. ET were allowed through the turnstiles to watch the final innings of the opener, which started at 12:05 p.m. and was delayed a combined three hours.
In Mirabel, Que., the CN Canadian Women's Open will start early on Sunday as organizers try to get the final round completed before remnants of Hurricane Irene hit the area in the afternoon.
The start of play has been moved up by 90 minutes to 7 a.m. ET. Groups will start from both the first and 10th holes. And players will play in threesomes instead of twosomes.
In a rare switch, the first game of the Yankees' doubleheader in Baltimore scheduled for Sunday afternoon, when the storm is projected to be pounding New York City, will be broadcast by WFAN-AM instead of rights-holder WCBS-AM, a news station. CBS will be dedicating its airtime to coverage of the hurricane.


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You, as a customer, can be confident that concrete and comprehensive measures are being taken to ensure the products we sell do not include Conflict Diamonds.
The source of our diamonds is something that we take very seriously.
In African countries where rebel forces sometimes have control of diamond mines, proceeds from the sales of rough diamonds produced from those mines are often used to finance weapons purchases. Such diamonds are estimated to currently account for less than 1% of the world diamond production.
We are appalled by the violence in countries where proceeds from the sale of diamonds and other natural resources (e.g., oil, timber) are being used to fund rebel activities.
All nations with significant involvement in the diamond trade agreed on a global certification system to control the export and import of rough diamonds mined from January 1, 2003. This system is aimed at preventing criminals from introducing contraband diamonds mined in African combat zones into the legitimate supply chain. Since 2003, the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), supported by national and international legislation, has sought to certify the legitimate origin of uncut diamonds.
We welcomed this important development and are actively supporting the system designed to safeguard our products' integrity.
Role of Governments
As of November 2007, 74 countries had adopted the KPCS. It requires that each shipment of rough diamonds - before stones are cut and polished - be in a tamper-resistant container and accompanied by a government-validated certificate. Each certificate is uniquely numbered and contains data describing the shipment's contents.
Participating countries have pledged to turn back or impound shipments of rough diamonds from any nation that fails to subscribe to the KPCS standards. Shipments lacking proper certification will be treated in a similar way.
The KPCS is designed so that rough diamonds are packaged with a certificate of origin soon after they are mined. At later stages of the diamonds' journey to market, rough diamonds also carry a certificate describing the shipment's contents and confirming that the stones are coming from a Kimberley Process participant. Any country declining to participate is effectively barred from the international diamond trade. Learn more at www.kimberleyprocess.com.
Role of Industry
To supplement the government program, the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA) and the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) - representing virtually all significant processors and traders - have established a regimen of self-regulation. Its principal element is a system of warranties that will accompany invoices covering the sale of rough diamonds, polished diamonds and diamond jewelry. The requirement applies to rough diamonds mined after December 31, 2002 and products fabricated from them.
Participants in the KPCS must have internal controls to prevent conflict diamonds from entering the supply chain of legitimate diamonds and must carry out annual audit compliance. Furthermore, participants only trade with counterparts who themselves have met the minimum requirements of the certification system.
Role of the Retailer
This page outlines the steps we and the industry have been taking to address conflict diamonds.
All of the diamonds we buy are warranted to be sourced from KPCS compliant countries. Retailers who support the Kimberley Process must buy diamonds and diamond jewelry from dealers and manufacturers who adhere to the System of Warranties. We follow this policy. All diamonds and diamond jewelry merchandise that we buy that is derived from rough diamonds must be accompanied by a warranty from the supplier. This warranty assures us that the supplier vouches for the legitimacy of the merchandise and that the supplier, in turn, has required the same warranty from their sources of merchandise.
Our Source of Diamonds
We comply with the Kimberley Process and require all our trade suppliers of diamonds and diamond jewelry to provide us with a warranty that they do not supply us with conflict diamonds
The warranty is as follows:
"The diamonds herein invoiced have been purchased from legitimate sources not involved in funding conflict and in compliance with United Nations Resolutions. The seller hereby guarantees that these diamonds are conflict free, based on personal knowledge and/or written guarantees provided by the supplier of these diamonds."
KPCS certificates for rough diamonds and warranties for polished diamonds received from suppliers are kept at our central office. Compliance with KPCS regulations, the World Diamond Council, the Diamond Manufacturers and Importers Association, and the World Federation of Diamond Bourses is reviewed annually by our company's internal audit department. The results are reported to the Corporation's Audit Committee.
You can be confident that concrete and comprehensive measures are being taken to ensure the products we sell do not include conflict diamonds.
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When it's time to buy jewelry, we want to help you make an informed decision. One thing you'll want to know is the carat weight of your diamond(s). Of course, no two diamonds are exactly alike. Each is cut to maximize its natural beauty. In the process of diamond cutting, stones are sorted by the resulting diamond weight using the decimal system. To give you the best selection and price, our diamonds fall within a range appropriate to each fractional carat weight listing. The difference may not be visible to the naked eye, but we know it's important to you. That's why we've supplied the following table:
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December 26, 2005 8:00 am Phuket, Thailand
I am lying on the couch in my rooms in Patong Beach on the island of Phuket in Thailand. This is my seventh year of traveling to Thailand, to what some ex-pats call the "Kingdom" a paradise some ten thousand miles from San Francisco and my home in Marin County. I fell in love with Thailand on my first visit, and have developed enormous affection and respect for the people and the place. While the beauty of the northern areas of Chaing Mai and Chaing Rai are captivating, I prefer the tropical paradise and beaches of the south.
I have stayed at the same small guest house owned by a Thai woman and her Swiss husband that I discovered some six years ago. I have gotten to know them now the nephew who handles maintenance, the sister who runs the maid service and their son - who has grown up before my eyes.
It is early morning on a day that will mark the single most tragic loss of life to mother nature in my lifetime. Laying on the couch watching television, thinking about a shower before I head down to the beach and breakfast as is my custom several days a week, I think I feel a very slight earthquake. It is not the wind. I am a native Californian I have been in earthquakes. I know how they feel. Yes, this is an earthquake but so slight that it must be far, far away. I give it no further thought.
I read some of the murder mystery novel that I have started. One of ten or more I have brought with me. Mindless fiction satisfying on a purely pedestrian level.. But hunger calls so I shower and throw on shorts and a tee and head out the door. The beach is three hundred meters or so away a four minute walk. The restaurant is named Sabbaiâ (which in Thai means happy) is really nothing more than tables and benches on the sand surrounded by a bamboo fond fence, with a small kitchen built on a cement slab. The ocean is but forty yards away and the early morning vista and quiet are the main attractions for me to have my bacon, eggs and coffee here and not elsewhere. It is obviously run by an extended family- and all the sons and daughters, their husbands and wives and children, and the aunts and uncles work here. I have gotten to know them over time not personally or to any real extent - I don't even know all of their names, and couldn't remember them if I did but I know them well enough as a patron over two to four week periods each of the last five years so that I recognize them and they me.
My rooms are on the second floor of the first building of the guest house at which I stay, and I lock my door and walk down the stairs and out to the little Soi (meaning both street and alleyway in Thai) and head towards the beach a circuitous route through a warren of right and left turns past this building,and that house, until it opens on a narrow ten yard stretch lined by beer bars on each side and to the main Beach Road. I get about two thirds of the way, with but one more turn remaining, and I see people running towards me the kind of unmistakable panic one can recognize in peoples eyes no matter where you are, what language you speak.
I hear someone yell "water" and though I don't comprehend as the throng nears me, I turn to run with them. Over my shoulder I see water pushing what appears to be a car and a bus unbelievably tossing them over like they are toys. My mind cannot process the data quickly enough I know nothing of tsunamis, I have no reference point. I am jostled by the crowd, pushed this way and that, and I lose my balance and stumble. I scurry to get up and am pushed again as fear grabs a hold of strangers who wish me no ill but for whom I am not a priority either. I get up again and run. By the time I am back to the front of my small guest house the water has dissipated " blocked in part by the buildings that stand in its way. Another hundred yards and I am to the main road and the water that has chased us is now but ankle deep.
Nervous banter on faces with incredulous, but relieved looks, is in the air. We keep walking to the other side of the street not sure what just happened, or what will happen next. Within minutes sirens fill the air and emergency vehicles speed this way and that. Uniformed police are blowing whistles moving people away from the beach area and people desperate to understand what it all means talk and pass on rumors amid fact. A consensus arises that a tsunami hit. What is less agreed on is what it did and what will happen next. People move towards the main street that leads into the mountains.
What had happened the world is now fully aware. The single largest natural disaster of our times, claiming 300,000 lives, many of whom remain lost a year later.
Saturday, December 24, 2006:
I arrived back in Phuket yesterday 25 hours, three planes and 10,000 miles after leaving SFO at 12:10 am on Thursday morning. I am returning to Phuket for yet another "high" season as I have for the past seven years now back to the same guest house and the same area I have come to know very well. I am anxious to see how it has been rebuilt how different is will be or not from the pre-tsunami isle of just a year ago when the beach of Patong was a sister paradise of Maui or Mexico with palm trees blowing in the gentle breeze at water's end.
After settling in and a quick nap, then shower, I walk the back entrance down the same Beach Road that had been my escape route a year ago, this time to survey the rebuilding effort. I have thought a thousand times in the past months how lucky I was – that if I had left my rooms just five or ten minutes later I would have been on the beach and likely would not have made it when the power of the tsunami hit.
But unlike in Banda Ache where the tsunamis wake was measured in miles, in Phuket the waves traveled less than a thousand yards inland. It was only the beach road hotels, corrugated tin mini shops and the two main streets leading from the main thoroughfare - Rat-U-Thit road Soi Bangla and Sawaddirak Road - where property the debris of smashed, overturned busses, cars and motorbikes gave such dramatic emphasis to the loss of life that the tsunami wrecked on this community. And eerily, the mound of debris from the beach and the twisted vehicles on both Soi Bangla and Sawaddirak Road stopped half way up the street between the Beach Road and Rat-U-Thit as though a powerful dragon that simply ran out of breath mid way on its charge.
Last year they had begun to bulldoze the beach road debris even before I left some five days after the tsunami and the cleanup had made noticeable progress on my last foray to the beach. Now a year later, virtually everything is re-built much of it the same as before the tragedy same businesses, same locations, often the same look to the building. Tourists who have never been to Patong before would be hard pressed to realize that such a devastating act of mother nature had even occurred. Yet as I talk with local merchants, what is obvious to anyone who has spent time here is that tourism is down maybe by as much as fifty percent. The farrang (Thai slang for foreigners) just haven't yet returned in numbers anywhere near the past. There are normally three seasons in Thailand the "High Season" from mid-November through April when the weather is not so oppressively hot, but rather a pleasant range of the mid to high 80s in the day, and 70s at night, the "Hot Season" when the temperature tops 100 and the humidity drives one into the air conditioned edens of the countless 7-11 convenience stores that dot the landscape of the country, and the "Monsoon Season" that runs from August or September into November and causes mild to severe flooding depending on the year and location (particularly long this year I am told). Christmas and New Year weeks are traditionally the peak of the high season here, and account for a healthy percentage of the tourism trades annual take and tourism is Phukets lifeblood. Americans count for only six percent or so of the tourists, with most coming from China, Australia, Japan, Germany and Scandinavia roughly in that order.
Somehow it seems to take at least two years for any area to recover from the precipitous drop in tourism that inevitably follows a calamity from mother nature. No matter that 95% of the entire island of Phuket, including over half of the beaches, saw absolutely no impact from the tsunami, or that those areas that did suffer are now rebuilt as though nothing had happened; no matter too that the chances of another tsunami are doubtless far less than having lightening strike your head repeatedly over a week period people stay away. I guess they just have it in their minds that the recovery will not be complete, that they will be stranded without conveniences, that the jeopardy of another awful event looms likely and so they just aren't yet ready to throw their money away on a vacation in what they perceive as a disaster zone. Not good for the Thai people.
As I walk down the Beach Road on the ocean side, the thing that strikes me most is that the beach the sand is now several feet higher than it was last year. Where before, in places, you walked down seven or eight stair steps to get to the sand, today there are only three steps down, and in places, none at all. Last year along the stretch of the Beach Road where there are shops only on the opposite side of the street leaving a view to the water from the road, there were steps down every hundred yards or so, with cement / brick columns framing each set of steps. On the tops of each of these columns were embedded in the cement iron sculpted dolphins, turtles and other animals, with man made patinas of aged copper green. The force of the tsunami had cracked several columns, and in places had simply knocked off these embedded sculptures as though the were made of balsa wood. Two men with sledge hammers might have spent a hour or two trying to accomplish a similar result.
It is hard to watch the video footage of the waves as they first hit Patong in the amateur shot films and appreciate the real power of the tsunami. If you imagine a crescent shaped beach a mile long, and that each cubic yard of ocean water weighs something like 1200+ pounds, and that the tsunami was two to four stories high, containing millions and millions of cubic yards of water, all traveling at over 500 miles an hour when it broke and it is easier to understand that very little could withstand its awesome power certainly not little children and older retirees unfamiliar and inexperienced in the ways of tidal waves and drawn out of curiosity to the retreating water that left fish and shells uncharacteristically exposed that is the way of the tsunami; too late for those who would have the least chance of running fast enough on sand to escape. If the tsunami had hit at noon instead of at 9:30 am, there would have been 10,000 dead in Patong instead of the thousand or so on this part of the island that didn't make it.
The next morning I make a pilgrimage to the one beach location that has haunted my thoughts all year. For many seasons now, on half the mornings of my time in Patong, I would wind my way through that backdoor warren of turns and make my way to the beach to have my breakfast at one of three or four small restaurants on the sand some fifty yards from the water. These restaurants were little more than tables on the sand, surrounded by a few trees and a makeshift palm frond enclosure. The only real structure to the one I frequented was a cement slab that housed the enclosed in kitchen area where food was prepared.
Sabbai was a little restaurant with a million dollar view of a pristine and beautiful Patong Bay and it was owned, as I said, by an extended family that I had come to know if not by name then by sight if not intimately then well due to the passage of time.
I was delighted and almost giddy to arrive at Sabbai's back entrance and to almost immediately spy one of the young men who was a waiter and whom I recognized from the family. He recognized me too and there was a genuine moment of shared something. I asked about his younger brother and he assured me he was at their family home elsewhere in Thailand and was indeed ok as well. But without asking I knew that not all of the family had made it out that some must have been caught in the deadly undertow of one year ago. I could tell it wasn't something he wanted to talk about and I did not press him.
While Thailand is often referred to as the land of smiles because the Thai people surrender their smiles so easily and effortlessly, and while my friend with no name at this restaurant smiled again I could tell it wasn't the same, nor would it be again for him. He was young and had lost something that he had not yet replaced and wouldn't for awhile.
I shed a silent tear for him as he was, in that moment, for me the embodiment of the whole of the suffering of last year I grieved for him for the loss of his loved ones, and for the loss of his innocence as well, for he was no longer a boy, but a man reluctantly I suspect, at the hand that the fates had decreed.
Monday December 26, 2006 One Year Later
I get up early this morning. I want to go to the planned morning event to commemorate the one year anniversary of the tsunami. I have no idea what is planned, but I want to be there. It is to take place in the small park at the north end of the beach where the Beach Road again has open space on the ocean side of the street.
When I arrive a little before 9:00 am, a sizable crowd has already gathered. There are plastic chairs provided for guests, and reserved seating under canopies to shield the VIPs from the hot sun. The Prime Minister arrives a few minutes later in shirtsleeves to pay his respects to the families of the victims. I sit down on the last step of a large circular fountain immediately behind the plastic chairs. A podium stands in front of a makeshift monument announcing the one year anniversary of the tsunami. A woman soon sits next to me in the one remaining space on the step I share with a score of other people. We talk. She is Swedish, was not here at the tsunami last year, but has lived in the south of Thailand for the past dozen years. She and her brother and mother have driven up to Phuket. Her name is Tina. Blond, mid-thirties I guess she looks the part of the tsunami victims surviving family. I tell her what it was like to have been here last year and we share an abiding respect for the Thai people.
There is no shortage of television cameras set up to cover the event, and roving reporters are working the crowd looking for likely interview subjects. A woman reporter with the Sky Channel logo on her microphone stops and asks Tina if she was a tsunami survivor. Tina tells her no, but tells her that I was and nods in my direction. The reporter asks me if she can ask me a question on camera and I say "sure". She asks if I was in the tsunami last year and what has brought me back. I tell her that I am here because I have come every year for the last seven, and that I have come to this remembrance this morning out of respect for the Thai and foreign people who have lost loved ones and out of affection and admiration for the Thai people who were so caring and generous to their visitors last year. I tell her that this is an amazing country and that the Thai people who suffered the greatest loss were extraordinary in their generosity to their guests during that tragedy, in their ceaseless efforts to comfort and help the victims and that all of us who were here a year ago are grateful to be alive and share a bond that will last us our lifetimes. Like my generation knowing exactly where they were when JFK was assassinated, those in the affected areas on the rim of the Indian Ocean when the tsunami hit will likewise never forget that moment. She thanks me and moves on.
The Prime Minister is apparently gone. In his place, the Minister of Tourism and Sports (an odd combination) delivers the official remarks and hits just the right tone of sympathy, respect and hope for the future. The ceremony ends with guests invited to place flowers previously distributed to those present at the base of a marker denoting the day and time of the worlds worst natural disaster in recorded history. I get in line and fight the surge of people making their way to pay their respects. The television camera crews surround the site and make it that much more difficult to navigate to the monument which sparks the ire of a woman in the crowd, who mounts the stage and, using the microphone, decries the insensitivity of the press from her perspective in an emotional harangue. She is met with a smattering of applause from the crowd many of whom agree with her assessment. I understand her need to lash out somewhere her pain is just too much for her to cope with.
I think about last year again as I leave the area and make my way along the beach and then I think about the victims of hurricane Katrina. For a fleeting moment the question enters my mind why tsunamis aren't given names as hurricanes are but I guess they are too few and infrequent and thank god for that. A tear or two stay in my eyes as I pass the Sabbai restaurant and and continue down the beach the water calm and tranquil so very different than the angry and ranging powerful sea of a dozen months ago. Life goes on as it always does, and my guess is that more people were born on planet earth during the week after the tsunami than died as a result of its wrath. I am again so very glad to be alive and I say my silent thanks to god, buddah and the powers that be.
Have a good week.
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The city was known earlier as Prayaga ŌĆō a name that is still commonly used. Pray─üga existed during the Vedic period, and is mentioned in the Veda as the location where Brahma, the Creator of the Universe according to Hindu Religion, attended a sacrificial ritua....Learn more
Allahabad stands at a strategic point both geographically and culturally.A part of the Ganga-Yamuna Doab, it is the last point of the Yamuna river, and culturally, the last point of the Indian west.As with the rest of Doab, the soil and water are predominantly alluvial in origin.The Indian GMT longitude (25.15┬░N 82.58┬░E) also passes near Allahabad..Learn more
Allahabad is known for its literary and artistic heritage; as the former capital of United Provinces it was the birthplace of holy scriptures ŌĆō the Vedas and the grand epics, the Ramayana and the MahabharataŌĆō and in the Puranas as Prayag.Allahabad has been called the "literary capital of Uttar Pradesh". Allahabad's antiquity attracted curious itinerants from East Asia.....Learn more
Though the city is known for its religious tourism, but echelon into three categories viz. Historic, Cultural and Religious. History flank includes Alfred Park, Victoria Memorial, Thornhill Mayne Memorial, Minto Park, Allahabad Fort, Ashoka Pillar and Khusro Bagh; whereas religious attraction comprehend Kumbh Mela, Triveni Sangam and All Saints Cathedral. Besides these cultural segment has Allahabad Museum, Jawahar Planetarium and the University of Allahabad. Allahabad host the largest religious gathering in the world known as Maha Kumbh Mela which is celebrated every twelve years and Ardh (half) Kumbh Mela is celebrated every six years...Learn more
The confluence of three holy rivers-Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati. It becomes a center of attraction for hundreds and thousands of religious travelers after every twelve years when it hosts the famous Kumbh Mela. It is one the greatest tourist attraction that India has. Located just 7 km from Civil Lines.
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The Largest among the forts built by Akbar and situated on the confluence of the rivers Ganga and Yamuna, the fort served as symbol of Mughal supremacy,the fort was unrivaled for its design, construction and craftsmanship...
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Princess Rooney (1980 – October 7, 2008) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first winner of a Breeders' Cup race to be inducted into the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
Racing at age two, Princess Rooney won all six of her starts that marked the beginnings of a three-year racing career in which she would finish out of the money only once. In 1983, at age three, she won five of her six races, including the Kentucky Oaks and finished second one time. At age four, Princess Rooney won five races then secured her first Eclipse Award as the United States' Champion Older Mare with a runaway victory in the 1984 Breeders' Cup Distaff.
Retired after her Breeder's Cup win, in 1985 Princess Rooney was in foal to leading sire Danzig when Texan George Aubin purchased her at the Keeneland Sales November auction for $5.5 million, at the time the third-highest amount ever paid for a broodmare. Unfortunately Princess Rooney turned out to be less than a success in breeding and ten years later was sold for $130,000 to the Gentry Brothers Farm near Lexington, Kentucky where she has been since 1995. In 2004 she produced her last foal, House of Words. House of Words is a 2008 winner.


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If you know much about college financing, you probably know the basics of improving a financial aid package: Save in your own name, rather than your child's, fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid as soon after Jan. 1 as possible and look for scholarships and other "free money" that can reduce your costs.
But many other strategies can also increase your financial aid. Here are seven of them:
Most colleges and universities do not provide enough scholarships, grants, loans and work-study to pay for all of their students' expenses. Some, however, are committed to filling 100 percent of those needs, and they are the colleges to seek out if you really want to reduce your costs, says Lynn O'Shaughnessy, author of the book "The College Solution" and website of the same name.
Typing a school's name into CollegeBoard's "College Search" function will show you the percentage of student expenses the college meets and the average size of aid packages.
Editor's Note: These 38 Dates Are Key to Bagging $313,038
Before applying for financial aid, you can spend down savings, brokerage and custodial accounts in the student's name as long as what you buy benefits him or her, says Mark Kantrowitz, senior vice president of the Edvisors network of education resource sites.
The author of the upcoming book "Filing the FAFSA," Kantrowitz says the spending cannot be for expenses the parent is typically obligated to provide, like food, housing, medical care, etc.
But summer camp, a new computer or tutoring may all qualify. Check with a tax pro.
Your "expected family contribution" will drop when you have more than one family member in college at the same time, O'Shaughnessy says.
"While (the expected family contribution) might be $30,000 for one child, when you have two in school, the expected family contribution for each child drops to $15,000," she says.
A smaller expected family contribution typically means more aid per student.
If your kids are close in age, it may make financial sense to have the older one put off enrollment or get requirements out of the way at a cheap community college first.
Qualified retirement accounts such as 401(k)s and IRAs do not count as assets when calculating financial aid, says college consultant Deborah Fox of Fox College Funding.
Maxing out retirement savings opportunities for yourself and your kid in the years leading up to college can help you move money from "countable" accounts to ones that will not affect your aid package.
But do not contribute money you expect to use for college expenses, since withdrawals from retirement funds can trigger taxes and penalties, and will be counted against the next year's financial aid offer.
You can make savings and other non-retirement accounts effectively disappear from financial aid formulas by using the money to pay off debts such as auto loans and credit cards, Kantrowitz says. This also can help you reduce your expected family contribution on the FAFSA, although the private school form will take into account your increased home equity if you are paying down a mortgage.
Another way to reduce savings is to accelerate a planned purchase. If you plan to buy a new car in the next few years, for example, you might consider using your cash to do so before the student's senior year in high school.
The FAFSA asks applicants to list the income and assets of the custodial parent's household. In the case of remarriage, the income and assets of the stepparent are included as well, regardless of whether he or she plans to help with school expenses.
Having the child move in with the less affluent parent can result in a larger aid package. In the case of joint custody, the "FAFSA parent" is the one the child spends more time with, so it may be enough to simply extend his or her stay at one household.
If your family income is low enough, you may qualify for the Simplified Needs Test, which disregards your assets when computing your expected family contribution.
To qualify, the parents' adjusted gross income must be under $50,000. All family members must be eligible to file simplified IRS forms (1040A, 1040EZ), exempt from having to file tax returns at all or are eligible for certain federal benefit programs, such as free or reduced price school lunch, Supplemental Security Income or food stamps, Kantrowitz says.
If your family income is just above the $50,000 mark, you could see a significant increase in aid by lowering it, particularly if there are assets that would otherwise be counted against your student.
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Sushi No Ya Japanese Restaurant
>> Friday, February 5, 2010
Date: 31 January 2010, Sunday
Venue: Sushi No Ya Japanese Restaurant, Berjaya Megamall, Kuantan
Occasion: Lunch with Aaron
Overall comment: Moderately tasty sushi (I still feel that Sendo No Ya is better). A 'lil too expensive for the taste you get... it lacks the 'umph' of Japanese food!
Halal: Yes
Aaron & I wanted to have a simple & not-too-heavy lunch, so we ended up trying Sushi No Ya's sushi instead of going over to our usual Japanese restaurant, Sendo No Ya, across the road. The name sounds all too similar, making us wonder what does "No Ya" means...
To my greatest delight, I found out that the word "-ya" refers to the store where the objects are sold, & "-no" is a particle used to join two nouns together to be a compound noun! *fuh* Too 'technical' for the ruthless eater :P anyway, here is the main dish that we had - a mixed sushi platter! Feeds 2 not-very-hungry eaters ;)
The sushi tastes alright. It's not 'wow' but thankfully the fish slices were fresh :) *yums* Looking at it now, I actually crave for some Japanese food!
If you're in Berjaya Megamall, Kuantan & you feel like having some Japanese food nearby, this is one decent place to satisfy your craving. If you're willing to walk a 'lil further, just cross the road & you'll end up at one of the better Japanese food places in Kuantan, Sendo No Ya! :D
Sushi No Ya
Ground Floor
25000 Kuantan
Pahang Darul Makmur.
(walk in through the Starbucks entrance; it's at the end of the building)
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Imagine an alternate reality in which a disgruntled caucus member leaks Labour leader David Shearer's first draft of his reshuffle.
"Good morning and thank you for coming. The shadow Cabinet I am about to unveil is based on my determination to prove to New Zealand voters that Labour is ready to govern again, and on my belief that those same voters are hankering after a 'hands-on' Government.
I would like to emphasise that this does not mean 'old hands'. There will be no liver-spotted, horn-nailed crepey hands in my shadow Cabinet. I want to project an alternative Government that is full of vim and vigour and, most of all, full of ideas because the Government has none and I don't think I'm not full of ideas.
Trevor Mallard is an exception to my old-hands policy, having deployed the effective reshuffle technique of making a flattering, but nonetheless accurate, comparison of me to Norman Kirk. I don't think I'm not like Norman Kirk. So Trevor will be promoted to third ranking and will take over the education portfolio since he made such a good fist of it when he was a minister.
Beyond that, it's time to shake things up. I won't be bound by the convention of simply matching the Government's ministerial posts. That's buying into their game. I want my own game. I want to be the top hat on the Monopoly board, not the old boot.
Speaking of which, let me start with our new housing policy which is about children and jobs. Despite David Parker's abacus gymnastics, it has also become about cost. I need someone who can actually build the 100,000 houses to save on labour costs. Jonesy is the man I have chosen for building and construction, he has DIY experience and carpentry skills from banging the nails into his own coffin.
Jones will also take over as economic development spokesman because he has the same initials as Steven Joyce. In this, he will be assisted by Su'a William Sio as spokesman for pointing out when National has no ideas. He will be a passionate and competent trailblazer in this new portfolio, having never had an idea in his life.
Speaking of coffins, the ageing population is another issue I am determined to tackle. National has been wilfully blind on this front. We are willing to confront this head-on no matter how politically unpalatable it may be. We are willing to teach grandmothers how to suck eggs. So Jacinda Ardern (hands soft and plumpy as a baby) will become spokeswoman for arms control, and told to focus on controlling arms with bingo wings in particular. Bingo wings are getting out of control as the population ages, especially in high winds and there was that rather gruesome incident at the Cliff Richards concert.
Maryan Street will take on the roading portfolio, primarily due to her surname. National's Roads of Significance are such an extreme example of National's lack of ideas that Maryan will be assisted by a team battling for other less-advantaged roads. I will appoint associate spokespeople for roads of middling significance, of little significance and of no significance at all. There will be associate spokespeople for cul de sacs and one-way streets. I intend to appoint another for berms - because the berms are to roads what gums are to teeth and, as Julia Roberts said in Pretty Woman, you shouldn't neglect your gums. Finally, to prove to the Labour membership that I have values steeped in Labour's long history of fighting for fairness and roading justice in this land, I will appoint myself the spokesperson for Norman Kirk Drive in Rolleston.
Iain Lees-Galloway will take on a new workstream as spokesman for voters with double-barrelled names. This, too, is about future generations. If two of them marry, will they need quadruple-barrelled names? Passports and drivers' licences are far too small for that and we urgently need some forward thinking to pre-empt that issue. Damien O'Connor has a knack for plain English so he will be charged with teaching me not to use double negatives. Grant Robertson will be charged with coming up with reasons why we don't repeal in Government what we opposed in Opposition. That includes the unlikelihood we will reverse asset sales or withdraw from the agreement to take 150 of Australia's boat people. I'm sure he will manage to find some 'intelligence' to justify backtracks.
Then there's my push to turn Waitangi Day into a carnival of Kumbaya singing. I'll need a Spokesman for Waving Your Hands in the Air and Dancing Like You Just Don't Care. That's not so much old hands as jazz hands. So that goes to David Cunliffe who has spent most of my reign dancing like he just don't care. I noticed also that he waved his hands in the air with great enthusiasm when it came to voting on the new rule which meant I needed at least 60 per cent of support from caucus to keep my job.
Subsequent to that, it has come to my attention that some of them took my encouragement to take part in Febfast a bit too literally, and chose to abstain in my recent endorsement vote rather than sup of the elixir that is my leadership. I don't think I'm not a good leader. So on that matter, I will be putting all my caucus on notice that there will be a reshuffle every three months. I have noticed that the greatest value of a reshuffle is not the result, but in the lead-up when MPs are too scared about their fate to indulge in their favourite pastime of leaking to the media. I will see you all again in June."


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My favorite feature of Soulcalibur IV was the ability to create my own custom characters and see how they fare on the stage of history. Judging by this trailer and these new screens, it'll probably be my favorite feature of Soulcalibur V as well.
With the inclusion of stickers and scars, pattern changing and scaling, weapon effects, and more, it looks like Project Soul would rather I just sit in character creation all day long, pumping out kitty girls like some sort of one-man neko factory, and you know what? That's perfectly fine with me.
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"I didn't want people to feel intimidated by fitness," she said, speaking of commercial gyms. "I wanted them to have a hands-on experience."
A native of Staten Island, Elise found her way to fitness in her twenties as a personal trainer.
Since the fitness organization opened in 2010, 37-year-old Elise and her husband have worked to help improve the lives of everyone from couch potatoes to health nuts.
"My favorite thing is that initial encounter," Elise said, who admitted that new clients were often skeptical that all it took to stay healthy through the gym's program was a weekly 30-minute work.
Without paying the price of a personal trainer, Elise said she helps new clients through her trademark introversion training that uses key body parts to release tension.
"It's really all about tapping into your body in a very holistic setting," she said.
Depending on skill level, each workout is catered to the level of the individual through weight resistant machines featured in the gym.
Adding to the routine, Elise said the organization's giving back, with some proceeds going to local charities.
Working out, according to Elise, is a lifelong commitment. "It's important to try and instill that exercise is a habit," she said.
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The restaurant at East Hampton Point and Marina has a new chef and menu as classy as its view. In April, Executive Chef James Carpenter came aboard—pun intended—to the waterfront restaurant and marina overlooking Three Mile Harbor. I spoke to Carpenter in the lush bar lounge next to a jaw-dropping full-size mahogany sloop with a mast that reaches the custom-built ceiling cupola.
Just outside is a covered deck with tables, couches, a bar and space for bands that play on weekends, all looking out on the yacht-filled marina. Everything is crisp white and navy blue striped, with colorful fresh flowers everywhere.
Carpenter comes to this lovely setting at East Hampton Point with plenty of experience at some of the Hamptons' best-known eateries, including Della Femina, "the best owner I ever worked for." Carpenter says "he never complained."
He also worked at The American Hotel and The Living Room at c/o The Maidstone. Carpenter earned accolades from The New York Times and three stars from Newsday while heading the kitchen at The Living Room. Carpenter grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. He was in the military where he earned a scuba diving certification and spent time in exotic locales like Cuba and Puerto Rico. He apprenticed in New Orleans at Bayona, with Louis Osteen at Charleston's Louis' and Gunther Seeger at Atlanta's Ritz-Carlton Buckhead. His experience in Manhattan began at Aquavit before he moved to the Hamptons 15 years ago to start up Savannah's in Southampton.
Carpenter was one of the Hamptons' first chefs to prioritize slow food and the use of local, organic produce, meat and seafood in his kitchen.
"With all the wonderful resources out here it doesn't make sense to do anything else," says Carpenter.
Sample items on Carpenter's new menu even name the farms where the food is sourced including Howard Dickell Oysters, Satur Farm Baby Lettuce; Creamy Bonac Clam Chowder with Long Island potatoes & thyme; Local Littleneck Clams and Balsam Farms spring vegetables. With guest suites on the property and a marina, the restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and brunch on Sundays seven days a week.
"Coming here was a bit of a challenge," says Carpenter, sipping sparkling water. "Every time you move somewhere (new) it's starting all over again, but I brought most of my crew with me so that has eased things a bit. We're looking to make this a year-round destination, so that's another challenge. We've been doing some very large events—private parties with fireworks over the harbor, weddings—right away, so that's been an additional element."
The biggest event he's done so far?
"The East Hampton High School Prom! It was huge, hundreds of families."
All this leaves Carpenter with little free time.
"I grew up around boats—my father started the Tarrytown Yacht Club, but even if I had a boat at this beautiful marina, I couldn't use it, I'm so busy," he laughs. "The owner here has several boats so I could go out on one of his if I had time. When I'm at home in East Hampton I just like to hang out with my Dalmatian, Dante, by the pool. About once very two weeks I escape the Hamptons—like anyone needs to escape from here—to the city to check out new restaurants. There aren't a lot of good ethnic places out here, so that's what I like to try. I go to Mission in Chinatown, and I like to check out Eataly in the Flatiron District. I don't have any kids, so it leaves me free to just pick up off-season and maybe fly to Napa Valley for the weekend."
East Hampton Point, 295 Three Mile Harbor/Hog Creek Road, East Hampton, 631-329-2800