Jubilation as Catalonia lands a death strike on bullfighting
Jubilation as Catalonia lands a death strike on bullfighting
0 Comments | Herald, The; Glasgow (UK), Jul 29, 2010 | by MARTIN WILLIAMS
SPAIN’s Catalonia region made history yesterday by outlawing bullfighting for the first time on the country’s mainland.
After nearly two years of debate, Catalonia’s parliament voted to give a striking blow to advocates of the most emblematic and controversial Spanish tradition.
Cheers broke out in the local 135-seat legislature after the speaker announced the ban had passed by a vote of 68 to 55.
The ban in the wealthy seaside region centring on Barcelona, Spain’s second city, will take effect in 2012.
Campaigners said it was a historic victory and claimed it signalled the beginning of the end of Spain’s “la fiesta nacional”.
The anti-bullfighting group Prou, which triggered the vote with a petition containing 180,000 signatures calling for a ban, said: “The suffering of animals in the Catalan bullrings has been abolished once and for all. It has created a precedent we hope will be replicated by other democratic parliaments internationally.”
Josep Rull, member of parliament for the Catalonian nationalist party (CiU) said: “There are some traditions that can’t remain frozen in time as society changes. We don’t have to ban everything, but the most degrading things should be banned.”
Advocates for Animals, the Scottish animal protection charity, said Scotland and Britain could follow the example of Catalonia and end inhumane so-called traditions such as shooting animals for sport.
“Bullfighting is obviously barbaric because the animal is tortured before it is killed, but a lot of people find the shooting of animals for sport is unjustified and unpalatable,” said a charity spokesman.
“This is a landmark vote, which will go down in the international history books as a great success for animal welfare. Catalonian politicians have seized the opportunity to progress and modernise their legislation to reflect the compassionate views of their citizens.”
One of the first voices raised against yesterday’s ban was that of Jose Montilla, the head of the Catalan regional government.
He said: “I voted against the prohibition because I believe in freedom
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You should consider taking
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If you don’t recover from these weightlifting workouts you
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and your muscles don’t get bigger.
The core of these power-mass workouts is the
big compound weight training exercises like the following:
Squat
Deadlift
Bench Press
Chin ups
Dumbbell Press or Upright Row
Shrugs
Following is a sample weighlifting workout
for developing power and building muscle.
Day 1
Chest, Triceps, Shoulders
Decline Bench Press 3 x 10, 8, 6
Decline Flyes 2 x 8 – 12
Incline Flyes 2 x 8 – 12
Dips 3 x 12, 10, 8
Tricep Pushdowns 2 x 8 – 12
Dumbbell Upright Rows 3 x 12, 10, 8
Incline Dumbbell Laterals 2 x 8 – 12
Day 2
Back, Biceps, Abs
Curl Grip Pulldowns 3 x 10, 8, 6
Machine or Dumbbell Pullovers 2 x 8 – 12
One Arm DUmbbell Rows 2 x 8 – 12
Incline Dumbbell Curls 1 x 8 – 12
Dumbbell Concentration Curls 1 x 8 – 12
Barbell Curls 1 x 8 – 12
Weighted Crunches 2 x 15 – 20
Reverse Crunches 2 x 15 – 20
Day 3
Legs
Squats 3 x 10, 8, 6
Leg Extensions 2 x 8 – 12
Stiff Legged Deadlifts 2 x 12 – 15
Leg Curls 2 x 8 – 12
Standing Calf Raises 2 x 12 – 15
Seated Calf Raises 2 x 12 – 15
This routine involves working each muscle group once per week.
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MLAs launch probe into cost of insurance
MLAs launch probe into cost of insurance
0 Comments | News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), The, April 22, 2010
With premiums higher than any other region in the UK, a Stormont committee has decided to probe why quotes like car cover are almost double those in Great Britain.
The high cost of claims for injuries like neck injuries in Northern Ireland are among reasons given by insurers for the price of policies.
Stormont Finance Committee member Mitchel McLaughlin said: “The industry seems to be playing fast and loose.”
The Consumer Council says people pay 84 per cent more on average (A[pounds sterling]282) for car insurance in Northern Ireland than in the rest of the UK.
Its report last year also found local households pay nearly 40 per cent more in total on car, contents and building insurance.
Sinn Fein MLA Mr McLaughlin proposed the fresh investigation, which was accepted by the rest of the committee members.
Because of the cost of establishing a network of valuers and offices in Northern Ireland some Great Britain insurers are reluctant to quote for Northern Ireland.
The prohibitive cost of payouts for relatively minor claims – the cost of neck injury is twice that of the UK average – means the risk attached for insurers in Northern Ireland may be greater.
The General Consumer Council gave evidence to the committee at Stormont yesterday.
Alison Donnelly, senior consumer affairs officer at the Consumer Council, welcomed the committee’s investigation.
“We believe that an investigation could go a long way towards identifying what the issues are and could shine a light,” she said.
“We believe there are many facets the Assembly could look into.”
Jonathan Craig, DUP MLA, said it was not acceptable people suffering an injured toe of broken nose were paid so much more in compensation.
“Clearly there is a massive issue there with regard to minor injuries which probably account for a huge percentage of the overall claim,” he said.
“Until that is tackled we are leaving the insurance companies with a get-out-of-jail-free card.”
According to the Audit Office, the reason for the higher payouts in Northern Ireland was because assessment was carried out by juries.
When the practice was discontinued the differential was maintained under judicial guidelines.
An Association of British Insurers spokesman said: “There is no fundamental bias against insurance customers in Northern Ireland. Some customer groups in Northern Ireland pay more for insurance cover than their British counterparts, while others pay less.
“However, the legal system is a primary driver of costs in Northern Ireland and we would like to see it reformed.”
In reality he is not checking it
In reality he is not checking it with his manager; he will just come out and say my manger doesn’t like your deal. He will then say lets just meet in the middle. If he says this immediately say that you’ll look for another dealer, he might just change his mind!
7. They will sometimes keep changing the sales person to keep you off guard. Don’t fall for this either.
The following are only some tips that most people wanted to share to prevent their bad experience of buying a car happening to others.
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Veeam Reports Record Second Quarter Results in 2010
Business Wire, July 27, 2010
Total Bookings Revenue Grows 166%; Veeam Named 2010 Microsoft
Partner Of The Year Award Finalist
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Veeam Software, innovative provider of data
protection, disaster recovery and systems
management solutions for VMware virtual datacenter environments,
experienced exceptional growth in every area of its business during the
second quarter of 2010 and exceeded quota metrics worldwide. Total
bookings revenue grew 166 percent in Q2 of 2010 over the same period in
2009, and new license bookings revenue increased 145 percent over that
same period. In addition, Veeam added roughly 2,330 new customers during
Q2.
Other highlights of Veeams progress include:
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Awards: Veeam Software was selected as a finalist for the
Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in the Core Infrastructure
Solutions, Systems Management category. Specifically, Veeam was
recognized for the Veeam
nworks Management Pack (MP) for VMware, which enables unified
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Geographic expansion: During the quarter, Veeam opened new
offices in Italy, Canada and the Nordic region. Veeam also added
specialist sales personnel focused on working with partners in Latin
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New products:
Veeam debuted the Veeam
nworks PRO Pack for VMware at the Microsoft Management Summit
2010 in April. The new PRO Pack provides enterprises using
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager with automated
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The other oil that is even better for you is called monounsaturated fatty acid, omega-9. This oil is found in avocados.
Most diets people have contain an excess of omega-6 oils, so mostly likely you need to concentrate on getting more omega-3 oils into your diet.
You can get omega-3 oil from,
* avocados
* sesame seeds
* pumpkin seeds
* walnuts
* dark leafy green vegetables (spinach, mustard greens, kale)
* wheat germ oil
* salmon
* sardines
* albacore tuna
Or, you can take one to 4 tablespoon of flax seed oil, omega-3 oil, each day. This will give you the amount of omega-3 oil that your body needs to reduce or eliminate acne blemishes.
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The danger with high blood pressure is
The danger with high blood pressure is that it often goes unnoticed for years, and can lead to serious heart trouble, heart attack or stroke. Not the type of event any of us wishes to experience, especially if high blood pressure can be picked up early and treated accordingly.
Just recently famous UK politician Robin Cook collapsed and was pronounced dead on arrival to hospital from suffering a heart attack directly linked to the high blood pressure disease hypotension. He was only 59; the age we?re people of all society groups should be checking their blood pressure regularly (at least once per year) and seeking treatment if the doctor suggests it?s high for your age.
High blood pressure took the lives of over 40 thousands Americans in 2002 alone and nearly 1 in 3 adults suffers from high blood pressure. Alarmingly, since 1992 up to 2002 the deaths from high blood pressure rose 27% – this is too much. If you?re concerned about your own blood pressure I highly recommend you seek your doctor?s advice and perhaps take a test or even purchase your own blood pressure monitor.
Article by Beverley Brooke, visit the section on blood pressure at her website for more on blood pressure, high blood pressure and home monitoring devices..
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After deciding and finalizing on the vital elements of your Garden Pond proceed to place the layout for the Pond on the Garden.
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Sify Schedules Report of First Quarter 2010-11 Financial Results
Sify Schedules Report of First Quarter 2010-11 Financial Results
0 Comments | Wireless News, Jul 28, 2010
Sify Technologies Limited, a provider of enterprise services and consumer internet services in India with global delivery capabilities, announced that it will report its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010-11 ended June 30, on Friday, July 30, before the market opens.
In conjunction with the earnings release, Sify will host a conference call at 8:30 ET hosted by Raju Vegesna, Chairman of the Board and CEO, CVS Suri, COO and MP Vijay Kumar, CFO.
Interested parties may participate in the conference call by dialing 1-877-407-8031 (in the U.S. or Canada) or 1-201-689-8031 (international), which will also be simultaneously broadcast live over the Internet at sifycorp.com.
The online archive of the Web cast will be available shortly after the conference call, or investors can listen to the replay by dialing 1-877-660-6853 (in the U.S. or Canada) or 1-201-612-7415 (international) and entering account number 286 and conference ID number 354421.
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Apparently, there was an unstated rule that you do not accept a manuscript for peer review that counters Darwinism, or seriously counters Darwinism. And furthermore, I was a gatekeeper. I allowed the paper to be peer reviewed and furthermore, I committed the terribly sin of allowing it to be published. And so the retaliation that followed took the form of the spreading of misinformation, such that, you know, my degrees were in religion and philosophy, not in science, that there was actually no peer review, that I had accepted money under the table.?[8]– RICHARD STEINBERG
For some time now, I have been racking my brain trying for figure out just why Americans, so-called and self-proclaimed champions for Free Speech and Expression, seem to feel it necessary to punish others for exercising that right.
I live in an International community in Guanajuato, Mexico, where I encounter people from all over the world. I get the impression that Europeans who come here, and of course the Mexicans I know, have a better, more solid grasp of the democratic concept of Free Speech than Americans.
So, what is wrong in America these days? What is going on?
In an article entitled, Why Americans Don?t Care about Free Speech, the author says this:
?This too is not a new problem.
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