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2019 Year in Review: Fighting for Equality
To recap 2019, NewsForKids.net is taking a look back at some of the most interesting stories we've covered this year.
Today we're looking at some inspiring stories of people working for equality.
Japanese Women Protest High Heels Rules
Should women be forced to wear high heels for their jobs? Yumi Ishikawa, a 32-year-old actress from Japan, says no. And she's collected the signatures of almost 30,000 people who agree with her.
Female Soccer Players Struggle for Equality
You may have heard that the World Cup-winning US women's soccer team is suing US Soccer over unequal pay. Though that's the most famous case, other female soccer players around the world are also fighting for equality.
NASA Plans First All-Female Spacewalk
On March 29, two NASA astronauts will carry out the first all-female spacewalk in history. The astronauts' support crew in the control station on Earth will also be led by two women.
Bike Race Stopped As Woman Catches Men
A biker who was leading a women's bike race by two minutes was forced to stop when she nearly caught up with the group of men who had started the same race eight minutes earlier.
When Being A Fast Female Runner Isn't Enough
Caster Semenya is a fast female runner who has won many world championships. She won gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. Now she's been told she can't compete unless she takes a medicine that could make her slower.
April 2, 2019 Marks US Equal Pay Day
April 2 is Equal Pay Day in the United States this year. The day is meant to remind people that women are still not paid the same for doing the same work as men.
NASA Names Building After Math Star
For years Katherine Johnson worked at NASA, doing math that saved lives. It took a long time for her work to get much attention. Now NASA has named two buildings for her.
Women in India Create Human Chain 385 Miles Long
On Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of women joined together to create a "Women's Wall" – a human chain that stretched 385 miles (620 kilometers) in the Indian state of Kerala.
NFK Editors - Nov 8, 2019
News Roundup: Power Cuts, Painting Chimps, and Other News
In today's news roundup, a California company cuts electricity to avoid wildfires, women in Iran watch their first soccer game in 40 years, and the paintings of a famous chimpanzee artist will be sold in December.
News Roundup: Italy's New Government, Football Stories, and Other News
NFK Editors - Sep 1, 2019
In today's news roundup, millions in Assam, India may be left without a country, Italy forms a surprising new government, Andrew Luck retires from football early, and Carli Lloyd shows she can kick football field goals.
News Roundup: G7 Meeting, Surprising Prizes, and Other News
NFK Editors - Aug 25, 2019
In today's news roundup, G7 leaders hold a tense meeting in France, a woman wins all the prizes in a 31-mile (50-kilometer) race, and a city in Germany offers a prize for proof it doesn't exist.
News Roundup: Police Crackdowns, Buying Greenland, and Other News
In today's news roundup, police violently attack protesters in Zimbabwe, Israel stops two American politicians from entering, President Trump may be interested in buying Greenland, and a German court tells a young girl she can't join a boys' choir.
Trump Attacks Female Lawmakers
NFK Editors - Jul 22, 2019
Last week, US President Donald Trump made racist comments about four female lawmakers. The four are women of color. Many people believe Mr. Trump is using race to improve his chances of being re-elected president.


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2010 Review: Devastating Floods, a Tsunami, Volcanic Eruptions
Jakarta Globe, Nivell Rayda | December 28, 2010
Straddling the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia lays claim to 150 active volcanoes — more than any other country. But that distinction also means the country is particularly prone to a range of natural disasters running the gamut from volcanic eruptions to earthquakes, tsunamis and flash floods.
Pororogat village on South Pagai, one of the Mentawai Islands,
was devastated by the tsunami that struck on Oct. 25. (EPA Photo)
At no other point was this vulnerability more apparent than in October, when a string of disasters struck across the country, underscoring the authorities' lack of disaster preparedness and coordination of relief efforts.
On Oct. 4, flash floods and landslides in the West Papua town of Wasior killed at least 150 people, with hundreds more missing, and rendered thousands homeless.
Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan was quick to blame massive deforestation in the surrounding upstream areas for the disaster. Environmental groups agreed, saying the degradation had loosened the topsoil and affected the ground's ability to absorb excess rainfall. However, Zulkifli was contradicted days later by the coordinating minister for people's welfare, Agung Laksono, who said the disaster was caused by unusually heavy rainfall.
In any case, the response by rescue officials was slow, hampered by the remoteness of the town and the fact that international nongovernmental groups had long been barred from entering West Papua and Papua over security concerns.
The International Community of the Red Cross, among those barred from entering the region, complained that the government was sending much of the aid to Wasior, despite the fact that nearly all of the survivors had by then evacuated to camps in neighboring areas.
Even as the authorities dealt with that disaster in the country's far east, another struck the westernmost island of Sumatra just weeks later.
On Oct. 25, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the Mentawai Islands off West Sumatra, triggering a tsunami that claimed more than 500 lives.
The government had issued a tsunami warning shortly after the quake, only to lift it minutes later. Only after communication was restored with the affected islands the following morning did the government learn of the tsunami that had devastated the area.
The failure of the much-hyped billion-dollar tsunami early warning system drew sharp criticism. The system was established after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Relief efforts were hampered by rough seas and the remoteness of the villages affected. Access to the islands was through a 10-hour boat ride from Padang on the Sumatra mainland, or through a grueling 70-hour sea trek from Jakarta.
Some of the affected fishing communities only received aid two weeks after the catastrophe hit, while supplies and volunteers had to wait it out at the relief coordination center in Sikakap on North Pagai Island, the worst-hit in the chain.
Throughout the relief effort, it was unclear who was in charge of distributing the aid. The official death toll was compiled from mere estimates, as some of those previously presumed dead were found alive days later.
The tsunami that hit Mentawai highlighted the vulnerability of coastal communities to natural disasters and tested Indonesia's emergency response system. It was a full week after the killer waves struck that the Indonesian Red Cross finally realized it would be easier to coordinate relief efforts from Muko Muko in Bengkulu province instead of Padang in West Sumatra.
However, the West Sumatra Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) refused to move its operations to the neighboring province despite it being closer to the affected area. The agency argued that Mentawai was an administrative region within West Sumatra and not Bengkulu.
Critics also challenged the definition of a "national disaster," which is declared if a disaster affects more than one province.
By declaring an emergency a national disaster, all relief efforts are coordinated by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), which acts more independently and has direct access and control over provincial administrations, other public institutions and the military.
Conversely, with local disasters, relief efforts are carried out independently by institutions and NGOs, whose work more often than not overlaps. The BPBD and the provincial administration's operational command center only has an advisory or supervisory role.
Preparedness of the People
Less than 24 hours after the tsunami, Mount Merapi in Central Java began spewing hot ash and deadly superheated gas clouds. The eruptions peaked on Nov. 5. At least 320 people were killed and tens of thousands had to be evacuated to shelters outside the 20-kilometer exclusion zone.
What was once lush vegetation and farmland was blanketed in a thick layer of volcanic ash. The ash reportedly rained down as far away as West Java, and for days the city of Yogyakarta, just south of the volcano, was pitch black from the dust and all flights there were canceled.
Merapi's marathon eruptions this year were the biggest in more than a century, but the death toll was far lower than in a 1930 eruption that killed thousands.
This was due partly to the efforts of a community of volunteers called the Merapi Circle Information Network (Jalin Merapi) that continuously updated information about the disaster on the micro-blogging site Twitter.
The group compiled the data from an observation post four kilometers from the mountain's smoldering peak.
It started tweeting on Oct. 25, a day before the first eruption, sharing links from various sources and re-tweeting the information coming in from others about the imminent eruption.
But it was their updates on the pyroclastic flows and ash plumes, evacuation procedures and evacuees, aid, the number of injured and dead and search-and-rescue activities that saved thousands and contributed to an orderly evacuation and relief effort. It also prevented outbreaks of disease and other health problems.
As Merapi continued to belch deadly clouds of superheated gas, the debate arose over the Javanese spiritual approach to the Mountain of Fire, which is one of the world's most active volcanoes.
For centuries the Yogyakarta sultanate had assigned a spiritual gatekeeper to quell its frequent rumblings. The most recent gatekeeper, Mbah Maridjan, was killed at his home the day Merapi began erupting.
His refusal to evacuate invoked praise for the strength of his convictions, as well as criticism for the superstitions centered on the mountain.
Maridjan's refusal to budge was also blamed for the high number of residents who refused to evacuate and were subsequently killed in the disaster, despite the government having issued a warning about the increased volcanic activity.
Post-Disaster Management
Despite staying at government-run shelters during the nights, many villagers went back to their homes in daylight hours to tend to their crops and livestock and make sure their homes were not looted. Several people were killed during these trips.
This raised the issue of post-disaster reparations — compensating the victims for the homes, crops, livestock and livelihoods destroyed, as well as providing loans to help people start their lives anew.
A small but effective community-based program from Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara could provide the example needed in the aftermath of disasters like the Merapi eruptions.
Faced with the ever-present threat of floods and landslides each year, the people of Tanali village in Flores's Ende district have set up a cooperative to serve as a savings and loan institution for times of natural disasters and other emergencies.
Despite the remoteness of the village, the people there are virtually self-sufficient should a disaster strike. Residents have also chipped in to establish a center to deal with post-disaster hazards such as disease and famine.
Disaster preparedness often seems like an afterthought in Indonesia. After Padang was hit by a massive earthquake that killed thousands last year, the government began mapping out evacuation routes and training residents to be ready for disasters.
The preparedness was tested when the earthquake triggering the October tsunami in the Mentawais hit. Hundreds of thousands of residents evacuated Padang in a matter of hours in anticipation that the tsunami would also affect the bustling city.
The government is now reconstructing Mentawai, establishing disaster centers as far from shore as possible and mapping out evacuation routes in remote villages prone to disasters.
The sad likelihood, however, is that it will probably take more natural catastrophes devastating Indonesia to prompt authorities to establish similar disaster centers elsewhere.
Labels: Disaster Management, Disaster Recovery Plan, Earth Quakes, Natural Disaster, Tsunami, Volcanoes
7.3 Quake Triggers Pacific Tsunami on Disaster Anniversary
Jakarta Globe, December 26, 2010
Hawaii. A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the western Pacific nation of Vanuatu on Sunday, triggering a small tsunami exactly six years after giant waves killed 220,000 people around the Indian Ocean.
An aerial shot shows flattened houses near the sea coast of
Banda Aceh on Jan.5, 2005. The west coast of Aceh province was
devastated by the December 26, 2004 earthquake and subsequent
tsunami wave. (AP Photo)
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the shallow quake generated a tsunami, but it cancelled a regional warning after the wave measured only 15 centimetres (six inches) higher than normal in Vanuatu.
"Sea level readings confirm that a tsunami was generated," the centre said in its bulletin.
"This tsunami may have been destructive along coastlines of the region near the earthquake epicentre," it said, but cancelled the warning when no destructive wave hit.
The quake struck at 12:16 am on Sunday (1316 GMT Saturday), and the initial tsunami warning covered Vanuatu, Fiji and the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. There were no reports of damage or casualties.
Jackie Philip, a member of staff at the Melanesian Port Vila Hotel in the Vanuatu capital, said the hotel was busy with late-night Christmas revellers when the quake struck.
"Some of us, we ran outside and stood and watched the sea for a few minutes but nothing happened. There is no damage and no injuries," he said, adding that no tsunami warning had been given on local radio.
A receptionist at Port Vila's Grand Hotel called it a "small" earthquake, adding that calls to the meteorological office went unanswered. Staff at the nearby Island Magic Hotel also said there had been no local tsunami warning.
"We haven't had any notification of a tsunami," a worker told AFP. "We definitely felt the earthquake but we are notified if there's actually a tsunami."
Meteorological and disaster management officials were not available for comment when contacted by AFP.
The US Geological Survey said the quake was just 12.3 kilometres (7.6 miles) deep, and its epicentre was 145 kilometres (90 miles) west of Isangel, on the island of Tanna -- home to an active volcano -- in the Vanuatu archipelago.
The USGS revised its initial readings for the magnitude and distances involved, after first recording the quake at 7.6.
At least a dozen aftershocks of magnitude 5.0 or greater hit the area in the hours after the main tremor, according to USGS.
Vanuatu, which lies between Fiji and Australia and north of New Zealand, is part of the "Pacific Ring of Fire" -- an ocean-wide area alive with seismic and volcanic activity caused by the grinding of enormous tectonic plates.
Sunday's quake came on the sixth anniversary of one of the worst natural disasters of modern times, when a huge tsunami triggered by an undersea quake off Indonesia killed more than 220,000 people around the Indian Ocean.
After the disaster, which came with little or no warning for millions of coastal residents, regional governments deployed a string of monitoring buoys in the Indian and Pacific Oceans to keep track of any abnormal waves.
In August, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake off Vanuatu generated a small tsunami and sent thousands of frightened people running for the hills.
In September last year, Samoa in the Pacific suffered its worst natural disaster when three rapid-fire quakes of up to 8.1 magnitude unleashed waves as high as 15 metres (50 feet) that flattened villages and tourist resorts.
The seismic catastrophe claimed 143 lives in Samoa, 34 in the US-administered territory of American Samoa and another nine in Tonga.
Vanuatu lies between Australia and Fiji and has a population of 220,000 scattered across several islands including Tanna, south of Port Vila, where the fiery Yasur volcano is a major tourist draw.
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Sri Lanka's last tsunami orphans
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Labels: Disaster Management, Earth Quakes, Natural Disaster, Tsunami
Mt Anak Krakatau`s eruptions frighten residents
Antara News, Saturday, December 25, 2010
Anyer, Banten (ANTARA News) - A lot of residents of the Anyer tourist resort became scared by the sound of Mount Anak Krakatau`s eruptions on Friday night and early Saturday, a local resident said.
"The eruptions were heard since 10 PM on Friday. The eruptions were still going on until early Saturday," Eva Marbun who lived in Anyer tourist resort area, Serang district, said on Saturday.
Anyer is a popular tourist resort for domestic holiday makers about 42 kilometers from Mount Anak Krakatau.
The volcano erupted for five times from Friday night to early Saturday. Despite the nature of the volcano, its eruptions still frightened certain people, she said.
A senior geologist recently said that the current activity of Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait would not trigger a tsunami.
"Mount Anak Krakatau is a young Stromboli island which will keep erupting but not strong enough to trigger a tsunami," M Suchyar, head of the energy and mineral resources ministry`s geological agency said.
He said the danger status of the mountain had been raised to a level above normal and the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center had recommended a ban on visits to the mountain.
He said the mountain located in the Sunda Strait would continue to be active as a young volcano.
"Anak Krakatau`s eruption is in the active crater 300 meters above sea level. It will not cause a tsunami. People must not be provoked by such baseless rumors," he said.
He said Anak Krakatau was a young volcano. It had risen from the sea to a height of 400 meters over the past 73 years, he said.
Despite a geologist`s explanation that Anak Krakatau`s eruptions would not trigger a tsunami, not all Anyer residents could be convinced.
A local resident named Meti was one of those who were feared tha t Mount Anak Krakatau may trigger a tsunami.
"I am already used to the volcano`s loud sounds, but I am only concerned with a tsunami that may strike at any time," Meti said.
The related authorities need to help the locals understand what to do in an emergency situation, because a tsunami which recently struck the Mentawai Isles, West Sumatra, had really scared them, he said.
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Labels: Natural Disaster, Volcanoes
East Java Also Felt Yogyakarta Quake
Jakarta Globe | December 21, 2010
Jakarta. The 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook Yogyakarta on Tuesday was also felt in East Java. This was because the epicenter was shallow, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, also known as BMKG.
"The epicenter was only 16 kilometers so the tremor could be felt in Pacitan [East Java] and Semarang [Central Java]," M. Riyadi, a BMKG official, was quoted as saying by news portal Detik.com.
The earthquake's epicenter was in Wonosari and was categorized as III to IV on the Mercalli intensity scale.
"It means that many people felt the tremor," Riyadi said of the categorization.
The earthquake, which happened at 10:50 a.m., triggered panic at the Yogyakarta town hall where members of the House Commission IX for population, health, manpower and transmigration were visiting.
The lawmakers, including Ribka Tjiptaning and Rieke Dyah Pitaloka, immediately left the hall.
"When the quake hit, we were ordered to leave the room so we did. It's not because we were afraid," commission member Nizar Shihab told SCTV.
Thirty minutes after the Yogyakarta quake, a 5.0 magnitude quake also hit Gorontalo in Sulawesi Island.
The epicenter was 143 kilometers deep and located 98 kilometers southwest of Gorontalo.
It did not trigger any tsunamis.
There were no reports of injuries or damages.
5.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Yogyakarta
Labels: BMG, Earth Quakes, Natural Disaster
Endangered Lorises in Jakarta Market Highlight Need for Better Enforcement
Jakarta Globe, Fidelis E. Satriastanti | December 19, 2010
Jakarta. Wildlife activists announced on Friday they had found 18 highly endangered Sunda slow lorises being sold openly in Jakarta, just a day after government officials and conservationists held a seminar on the threats facing the primate.
Slow lorises' eyes are used in traditional medicine,
which has lead to their near extinction. (Photo courtesy
of Chris R. Shepherd)
Traffic, a wildlife trade monitoring network, said its staff had found the animals being displayed in cages in front of Jatinegara Market in East Jakarta on Dec. 10.
It also said one cage was seen holding six lorises, forest-dwelling primates who are hunted for their large eyes.
The find came after a Dec. 9 seminar organized by International Animal Rescue Indonesia, which identified the illegal trade in the animal as the main reason for the species' decline in the wild and for the high rate of premature death in captivity.
Chris R. Shepherd, deputy regional director of Traffic Southeast Asia, said the problem was the lack of law enforcement against the practice.
"These animals exemplify the threats slow lorises and other protected species face in Indonesia — trade is carried out openly and dealers do not fear reprimand or penalties," he said.
"Dealers are well aware of the illegality of their trade in these species. Only with successful prosecution and sustained efforts by authorities to close down this trade will the situation change. Anything less is meaningless."
Karmele Llano Sanchez, the IAR's veterinary director, agreed, saying "It is obvious that people do not take the Indonesian laws seriously."
"Only a small percentage of traded lorises are rescued and even those can rarely be returned to the wild as traders remove their teeth prior to selling the animals," she said.
Shepherd said another challenge was that only one of the three subspecies — the Javan slow loris — was protected under Indonesian law.
The Javan slow loris has been listed among the world's 25 most endangered primates since 2008.
The country is also home to two other subspecies, the Malay and Borneo slow lorises.
Trade in all three is prohibited under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, which Indonesia has acceded to but not ratified.
Traffic staff also found other rare animals being traded at the market, including the crested serpent-eagle, crested hawk-eagle, black-winged kite and leopard cat.
All are fully protected under Indonesian laws and cannot be legally traded.
Ahmad Saeroji, acting head of the Jakarta Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA), said he would look in to the matter of animals being illegally traded in markets once be had formally taken up his new post.
"Once I start working, I'll put these markets in order, just like in Surabaya," said Ahmad, formerly with the East Java BKSDA.
Under the 1990 Law on the Conservation of Natural Resources and Ecosystems, anyone caught trading in protected species can face up to five years in prison and fines of up to Rp 100 million ($11,000).
Labels: Animals - Birds, Endangered, Loris, Species
My mother was burnt alive
The Star online, By Amy Chew, Sunday December 19, 2010
The orang utan is our closest 'relative' yet we have taken more than our fair share of the land, destroying their habitat, driving them to certain death. Two foundations are racing against time to lease forest land to shelter them. They need our help.
THIS cuddly, adorable baby orang-utan is an orphan in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan. Thousands of them are also found in Sumatra island and Malaysia's state of Sabah and Sarawak.
Under what circumstances his mother died, his carers at the Nyaru Menteng Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre do not know.
Helpless: This baby orang utan is an
orphan in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan
Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre.
But what is certain she met with a cruel and violent end – hacked to pieces, burnt or shot to death – like so many others before her.
As forest land is cleared by legal and illegal logging, palm oil and other agricultural plantations, thousands of orang utans are losing their habitat and source of food.
Hungry and desperate for food, they sometimes wander into palm oil plantations and eat the shoots of young plants where plantation workers will kill them in the most inhumane way.
"Palm oil workers, often offered a bounty, will take out these orang utan by any means possible," says Michelle Desilets, founder of the Orang Utan Land Trust (OLT).
"Our rescue teams have found orang utan beaten unconcious and buried alive, butchered with machetes, beaten to death with iron bars and wooden planks," she says.
"There have been times when the workers douse the orang utan with petrol and then throw a lighted match, burning them alive," Desilet adds.
Every year, an estimated 2,000-3,000 orang utan perish from the loss of their habitat, causing them to die of starvation or suffer cruel deaths.
Orang utan also die when forests fires break out, either set alight by the dry season, or deliberate burning by errant plantations or traditional farmers.
The orang utan, which means people of the forest, is our closest relative. It has a DNA which is almost 98% of that of a human being.
Only two percent separate us from these highly-intelligent creatures who have the capacity to feel the same emotions as a human being – pain, joy or sorrow.
Safe: A baby Orang Utan from the Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre.
The female orang utan are amongst the most protective mammals in the animal kingdom, who will give up their lives to protect their young.
When poachers hunt for baby orang utan to be sold off at a princely sum to animal traffickers, they always have to kill the mother who will defend her young to her last breath.
It is estimated that only 45,000-55,000 orang utan are left in the wild. Of that, 11,000 are in Sabah and another 4,000 in Sarawak.
More than a century ago, some scientists estimate there could have been as many as a million of these creatures.
OLT and Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS) are working together to secure land in Kalimantan to save the orang utans from extinction.
OLT, a registered charity in England and Wales, supports sustainable solutions for the long-term survival of the orang utan in the wild by securing safe forests for their continued existence.
"If we can secure forests BEFORE it is cleared, then fewer orang utans will face this fate ... so that orang utans do not face a lifetime in a cage in a rescue centre," said Desilets.
BOS is an non-profit organisation with the vision to establish a Bornean orang utan conservation in its natural habitat. It's financial reports are audited annually by reputable auditors.
BOS, with the support of OLT, is raising money to lease 300,000ha of tropical forest land spread across the vast expanse of Kalimantan to save the orang utan from certain death.
The 60-year-lease for the 300,000ha from the Indonesian government costs 45 billion rupiah (RM15.9 million).
"To date, BOS Foundation has raised 13 billion rupiah (RM4.56 million) to pay for the licence fee in East Kalimantan for an area of 86,450 hectares," said BOS chairman Togu Manurung.
BOS still needs to raise the remaining sum of money to pay for licence fees for the remaining 213,550 hectares of land as well as to fund the costs of transporting the orang utan to leased forest land.
With 25ha of rainforest being destroyed every minute, time is running out.
Instead of another nice dress or shirt, why not give someone a meaningful Christmas gift by donating to give the orang utan a chance to live?
In doing so, we restore our own humanity, worthy to be called human.
To donate, go to www.forests4orangutans.org or www.orangutan.or.id.
sundaymetro@thestar.com.my
Do Animals Reincarnate? - NOV 22, 2010 (Kuthumi Channeling)
"Some species contain a more developed consciousness than others. Yet all behavior patterns stem from DNA and consciousness. Man has often thought of the elemental, plant, mineral and animal kingdoms as lower than himself. Yet all are part of creation and all contain consciousness. All forms of life in God's eyes are precious."
Labels: Animals - Birds, Humanity, Malaysia, Monkeys, Species
VP to inaugurate seed center in Depok
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 12/15/2010
Vice President Boediono will inaugurate a seed center in Tapos, Depok, West Java, on Wednesday to support the one billion tree planting movement.
Boediono will plant several seeds along with Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan and Depok Mayor Nur Mahmudi, tempointeraktif.com reported.
The 1.8-hectare seed center, built by the Forestry Ministry and its partners, will produce 1 to 1.5 million seeds a year.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyo launched the 1 billion tree planting movement last month.
Labels: Forestry, Government, Reforestation, seeds, Trees
Wild elephants ruin 44 houses in East Aceh
Antara News, Tuesday, December 14, 2010 18:05 WIB
Banda Aceh, Aceh province (ANTARA News) - At least 44 houses in Serbajadi subdistrict, East Aceh district, were ruined by wild elephants during the past one month, a local source said.
Bukhari Muslim, Ketibung Musara village chief, said on Tuesday the number of wild elephant attacks had increased since November 2010. He said the animals entered human settlements and ruined people`s houses and plantations several times.
Bukhari said local people had become concerned about the wild elephants` attacks
"Fortunately, there have been no casualties so far. But the whole village remains on alert in case the elephants come again," he said adding that several people whose houses were damaged by the elephants had to evacuate and had not yet returned.
Last week, three elephants were found dead in Ketibung Musara village, East Aceh. The elephants seemed to have been killed with poison.
Aceh Province has recorded a total of 99 cases of human-animal conflicts from 2007 to 2009 which have caused some of rare animals such as Sumatran Tiger and Sumatran elephants to perish.
"Due to the human-wildlife conflicts, the number of animals in Aceh has decreased, as wild animals such as elephants were hunted by people," Yakob Ishadamy, head of the Aceh Green Secretariat, said.
There were 33 cases of human-animal conflicts in 2007, 46 cases in 2008 and 30 cases in 2009, he said. People used to take a short-cut by hunting the wild animals, such as elephants and tigers.
In 1996, there were 600-700 elephants in Aceh Province, and the number was estimated to decrease to 350-450 elephants in 2007. The population of elephants in Aceh had depleted by almost 40 percent during 1996-2006. From 2007 to September 2008, 39 elephants were captured or killed, he said.
On Sumatra Island as a whole, the population of elephants was estimated to reach between 2,400 and 2,800 heads in 2007. Some of the elephants lived in small blocks of forests which could not support the survival of elephants in a long term, he said.
The decreasing acreage of forests as habitats for tigers and elephants is also a main factor that helps reduce the number of these rare animals.
Labels: Accidents, Animals - Birds, Elephants, Environment, Species
Finland to fund sustainable energy from forests in Indonesia
Reuters, By Chris White, JAKARTA | Fri Dec 10, 2010
An aerial view of deforestation at Indonesia's Sumatra island, August 5, 2010.
(Credit: Reuters/Beawiharta)
(Reuters) - Finland is aiming to set up an scheme to produce renewable biomass energy from Indonesian forests next year, following in the footsteps of a lauded Norwegian agreement to tackle Indonesia's high deforestation.
Finland's scheme, with initial investment of four million euros, is small compared to the $1 billion pledged by Norway, but is a sign more countries may look to do bilateral deals if U.N. talks in Cancun fail to produce a global climate pact.
Australia said on Thursday it would increase its spending on climate change financing by giving Indonesia an additional $45 million for projects to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) and for climate change adaption.
Protecting forests is seen by some as the easiest and cheapest option in the fight against climate change. The Finnish project aims to support the forestry industry turn toward renewable energy production.
"The focus will be on the utilization of forest biomass and the residues of the wood processing industry as renewable energy sources," Päivi Alatalo, the deputy head of the Finnish embassy in Indonesia, told Reuters.
The projects are to be established in the regions of central Kalimantan on Borneo island and Riau province on Sumatra island, areas that have seen intense deforestation in recent years by timber and palm oil firms, both legally and illegally.
Indonesia has been pushing on the global stage for greater support in its efforts to reduce the costs of deforestation, though environment minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta rejected a proposal by Japan in Cancun this week that developing nations agree to legally binding targets to reduce emissions.
Indonesia has promised to slash its emissions by at least 26 percent from business as usual levels by 2020 but President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has also vowed to boost economic growth to 7 percent or more by 2014, with development of resources from palm oil to coal helping drive the economy.
Other big developing nations have rejected binding targets for a climate deal that developed nations want before they sign up to a pact to replace the Kyoto Protocol, in a rich-poor rift that has haunted the talks to agree a new global climate deal.
"Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, which accounts for 18 per cent of global emissions and more than 60 percent of Indonesia's total emissions in 2005, is critical to achieving a global outcome on climate change," said Australian foreign minister Kevin Rudd in a statement.
So far over $4 billion has been pledged to help Indonesia tackle deforestation from rich nations, including from the United States, Norway, Japan and now Finland.
However, the Indonesian government still faces numerous difficulties, such as lobbying by firms profiting from deforestation, competing vested interests within the forestry industry, weak governance and top-heavy bureaucracy, that is slowing the pace of action.
Norway's scheme, which proposes a two-year moratorium on new permits to clear natural forest, is meant to start in January but details of how it will work have still not been finalized.
"No projects have been finalized yet because we are still in the process of making a bilateral contract between Finland and Indonesia," said Finland's Alatalo. "But we are hoping that we will get this agreement finalized soon."
(Editing by Neil Chatterjee and Miral Fahmy)
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Labels: Biomass, deforestation, Forestry, Government, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, REDD, Sustainability
Palembang Plants 80,000 Trees
Antara News, Friday, December 10, 2010
Palembang, South Sumatra (ANTARA News) - The Palembang city administration and the public at the same time planted 80,000 trees in 7,417 locations in the area, Palembang city administration`s assistant for economic and development affairs Apriadi S.Busri said here Friday.
He said that the planting drive was launched simultaneously under the city`s reforestation program.
"Today 80,000 trees including trembesi (Albizia saman) and mahogany had been planted," Apriadi noted.
According to him local administration officials planted the trees at the city administration office garden and at every office in Palembang city.
In addition, the tree 0planting was also carried out at orphanages, schools, state-owned enterprises and at other places in the city.
The drive was the local administration`s commitment to expand and increase participation in reforesting the country, Apriadi said.
He said the city administration has also set a target of turning Palembang into a clean and green city with clean air.
The simultaneous tree planting drive is expected to meet the target, and tree planting has become a routine program, Apriadi said.
Not only the government, but also the public are expected to play an active role in reforesting Palembang city, he said.
Labels: Clean and Green, Government, Reforestation, Trees
WWF: RI should fight for comprehensive REDD+ agreement
Antara News, Saturday, December 4, 2010 15:33 WIB
Cancun-Mexico (ANTARA News) - World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Indonesia expects the Indonesian delegation at the climate change conference in Cancun to fight for a comprehensive agreement on reducing emission from deforestation and degradation (REDD+), a spokesman said.
"In the negotiations, Indonesia should push for a comprehensive agreement on REDD+, an agreement that doesn`t differentiate between the preparatory phase and implementation phase," said Nyoman Iswarayoga, WWF-Indonesia?s director of climate and energy program, in a statement to ANTARA on Friday (Dec 3)
The negotiations at Cancun are held within the scope of 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that began on November 29 and will run until December 10, 2010.
Iswarayoga said that a comprehensive REDD+ agreement and its implementation were
decisive because they relate to the funding of the program as well as the parties interested in funding it. WWF-Indonesia expected the 16th COP will result in a concrete agreement on REDD+.
"The discussions on REDD+ ran well at the previous climate summit so that now at Cancun all we need to do is to call for more focused negotiations on REDD+," Iswarayoga said.
He said that during the discussion on mitigation in he Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA), the REDD+ issue became the most progressive as there had been many compromises so that the remaining issues only concerned the wording.
The parties have agreed on several key issues, he said, including the "safeguarding," the structure of REDD+ , from its preparatory phase up to implementation phase and the potency on the implementation.
Despite the progress, there had also been difficult issues such as the sensitive aspects of REDD markets and the "offset" mechanism on which no agreement had been reached, Iswarayoga added.
REDD+ market issue relate to the voluntary market scheme where carbon credit produced by an executor of REDD+ program is purchased by the third parties, like states, regional governments or companies in voluntary manners.
Carbon credit purchased by a third party in the voluntary market scheme will not be used to offset the commitment of Annex-1 countries to reduce their green house gas emissions.
Labels: deforestation, Government, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, REDD, WWF
Indonesian Bamboo Proposed as Climate Change Solution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibit 'Big Bambu,' a bamboo structure in the museum's roof garden, by twin brothers Mike and Doug Starn, frames the New York skyline. World leaders pondering the conundrum of climate change should think of bamboo, a group promoting the versatile grass said at the United Nations talks in Cancun on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Mexico. World leaders pondering the conundrum of climate change should think of bamboo, a group promoting the versatile grass said at the United Nations talks in Cancun on Wednesday.
Cheap, fast-growing and immensely strong, bamboo provides an answer to surging carbon emissions, generates income for the rural poor and helps tackle housing shortages, the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) said.
"Bamboo is a remarkable resource for driving economic development, and is readily available in many of the world's poorest countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America," said Coosje Hoogendoorn, INBAR's director general.
"It helps support the livelihoods of more than 1.5 billion people, generates more than five billion dollars in annual trade and can grow up to one meter (3.25 feet) a day."
"Bamboo housing has been around for centuries, but many people don't understand its full potential and still see it as the poor man's timber," said Alvaro Cabrera, INBAR's regional coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean.
"In fact, bamboo is stronger for its weight than steel, it's cheaper than timber, uses far less energy in processing than concrete and can dance in earthquakes... Bamboo should be referred to as the wise man's timber."
INBAR, a 13-year-old organization based in China, is an inter-government organization, gathering 36 countries under a treaty, that also fosters fair-trade and development schemes involving bamboo and rattan.
It made its pitch on the sidelines of the November 29-December 10 UN talks in Cancun, where countries are wrestling for solutions to climate change.
In addition to providing livelihoods for people, bamboo forests would be an invaluable weapon against carbon dioxide (CO2), the principal greenhouse gas, through photosynthesis, INBAR said.
Some species of bamboo can suck up CO2 at least as fast as Chinese fir and eucalyptus, among the swiftest-growing commercial species of trees, according to a scientific report presented last month.
In addition, bamboo roots reduce soil erosion, preventing hillsides and riverbanks from washing away in floods and landslides.
Hoogendoorn told AFP that the group was working on a certification scheme whereby bamboo would be sold with a label proving that it came from a sustainable plantation and allowed other species to thrive.
Even so, certification "is complex and very difficult," she admitted.
One of the biggest destroyers of biodiversity is monoculture crops grown on huge spaces on soil treated with pesticides and fertilizers.
Natural bamboo forests, as opposed to plantations, are a haven for many species of wildlife, including the giant panda.
World trade in bamboo and rattan is more than five billion dollars a year, with China, Indonesia and Vietnam the three biggest sources, INBAR said.
Labels: Bamboo, Climate Change, UN
First Lady Yudhoyono dedicates prosperous village
Antara News, Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Tangerang, Banten (ANTARA News) - First Lady Ani Yudhoyono dedicated prosperous village at Tangerang district in Banten province on Wednesday morning.
The prosperous village is developed by the United Indonesia Cabinet ministers` Wives Solidarity (SIKIB) at Tanjung Pasir sub-district in Tangerang, Banten province.
Ani Yudhoyono in the company of Vice President Boediono`s wife Herawati Boediono arrived at the venue at 8.25 on Wednesday morning to dedicate the prosperous village.
The first lady is scheduled to sign an inscription to mark the dedication of the prosperous village, developed by the SIKIB.
In addition, Madame Ani Yudhoyono will also launch Nusantara White-water Devotion by planting trees and spreading young fishes.
As part of the dedication, the first lady will also hold a dialog with the local elementary school students and to inspect health civic mission activity.
The dedication of the prosperous village is the peak event of the "Women Plant and Cultivate Trees Campaign 2010" which was launched by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the Manggala Wanabakti auditorium in Jakarta on Tuesday, November 23, 2010.
The Women Plant Trees Campaign is a yearly activity which was started four years ago with different themes and formats of activity each year.
In 2010, the program was focused on the activity of planting trees such as Ketapang and mangroves in coastal areas. It is expected that the program will improve the people`s economy and boost their awareness to preserve forests in coastal area.
The Tuesday inauguration also featured an exhibition and conference themed "Protection of Coastal Forests and Improvement of the People`s Prosperity."
Earlier, the People`s Coalition for Fishery Justice has appealed to the government on the need to preserve and improve mangrove forests.
The mangrove preservation is necessary to prevent them from disappearance from the face of the earth because the forests provide ground for fishes, shrimp, and mollusks for spawning and growing.
Labels: Community-based Development (CBD), Government, Sustainability, Trees, Villages
Volcano Flows Force Hundreds in Indonesia to Flee
Jakarta Globe, November 30, 2010
Yogyakarta. Hundreds of people in Indonesia have fled their homes to escape fast-moving mudflows streaming down the slopes of the country's most volatile volcano.
Mud flows streaming down the slopes of the country's
most volatile volcano force hundreds of people to flee
their homes in Yogyakarta. (Antara Photo)
Disaster official Slamet Sugiono says those affected live along the banks of the Code River, which flows from Mount Merapi into the heart of Yogyakarta, a bustling city 20 miles (30 kilometers) away.
He says hours of incessant rains Monday triggered the flows, which raced down the slopes at speeds of up to 60 mph (100 kph) and inundated homes in knee-high black sludge.
Sugiono said Tuesday that some 400 people had fled.
At least 341 people have been killed in a series of eruptions at Merapi since Oct. 26.
Indonesia has more active volcanoes than any other country in the world.
Labels: Mud Volcano, Natural Disaster, Volcanoes
Maluku planted 7,000 trees on Monday
Antara News, Monday, November 29, 2010
Ambon, Maluku (ANTARA News) - The "One Billion Indonesia Trees" program was launched in Maluku Province on Monday with the planting of 7,000 trees by regional administration officials and people simultaneously in 11 districts/cities.
"At Ambon city`s Pattimura golf course, at least 400 young trees were planted, consisting of 170 wood and 230 fruit species," the head of the Maluku forestry office, Berthy Papilaya, said here on Monday.
Papilaya said, of the 400 young trees, 65 were merbau (Intsia Palembanica), 65 linggua (Pterocarpus indicus) and 40 sengon (Albazia falcataria )saplings. The rest was made up of 40 rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum), 10 mango, 50 breadfruit and 65 petai (Parkia speciosa) and 65 durian (Durio spp) saplings.
"We expect the one billion trees target in Maluku to be achieved by the end of January 2011," he said.
According to Papilaya, the tree planting movement actually began in February 2010 and was desired to help reduce the effect of global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, and lower the risk of floods and landslides in the rainy season and droughts during the dry season.
Labels: Conservation, Reforestation, Trees
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Q: JavaCV FFmpegFrameGrabber & Java2DFrameConverter creating weird looking image I'm new to JavaCV, so the issue is probably very obvious. I'm trying to do the easy said, difficult done, task of getting the images and audio from a video so I can start making a video editor. After lots of confusion and errors, I am finally getting a result, but it is as odd as the errors. The image appears to be squished in the x direction, with the extra space to the right being transparent (so the image size matches the video's size). Additionally, it has a lot of extra transparent pixels and is multicolored in an odd way.
What the image should look like: https://gofile.io/d/1lQnNd
What the image looks like: https://gofile.io/d/kc09G7
Here is my code:
try {
    FFmpegFrameGrabber frameGrabber = new FFmpegFrameGrabber("C:/Users/mega12345mega/Desktop/Test Files/video.mp4");
    frameGrabber.setFormat("mp4");
    frameGrabber.start();

    int width = frameGrabber.getImageWidth();
    int height = frameGrabber.getImageHeight();
    System.out.println("width: " + width + ", height: " + height);

    Frame frame = frameGrabber.grabImage();
    if (frame == null)
        throw new Exception("Frame is NULL!");
    if (frame.image == null)
        throw new Exception("Frame Image is NULL!");

    BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
    if (bi == null)
        throw new Exception("bi is NULL!");

    Java2DFrameConverter.copy(frame, bi);
    ImageIO.write(bi, "png", new File("C:/Users/mega12345mega/Desktop/Test Files/img.png"));

    frameGrabber.stop();
    frameGrabber.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
    throw new Exception("Error Getting Image", e);
}

If you are interested, here is the console:
width: 1280, height: 720
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'C:/Users/mega12345mega/Desktop/Test Files/video.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    encoder         : Lavf58.29.100
  Duration: 00:00:04.95, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 16375 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 16401 kb/s, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 90k tbn, 120 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
    Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 2 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : SoundHandler

Additionally, if I just do frameGrabber.grab() instead of frameGrabber.grabImage() (which I believe leaves out the audio), the frame's image property is null (that is what the frame.image == null statement is there for). I am not sure if that belongs in a new question, but help on that is also appreciated.
Thanks in advance!

A: I figured out how to fix this, but I'm not sure why this works. (Comments about this are appreciated!)
After looking at this issue - though the problem was different - I found that they used this in their code:
bi = new Java2DFrameConverter().convert(frame);

What I did was this:
Java2DFrameConverter.copy(frame, bi);

For some reason, this fixes the issue.
Obviously, with the solution, you can remove this line as well:
new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);

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Hector Torres was "Mexican Joey Jay"
Uncommon commons: In more than 30 years in sportscards publishing I have thrown hundreds of notes into files about the players – usually non-star players – who made up the majority of the baseball and football cards I collected as a kid. Today, I keep adding to those files as I peruse microfilms of The Sporting News from the 1880s through the 1960s. I found these tidbits brought some life to the player pictures on those cards. I figure that if I enjoyed them, you might too.
Milwaukee Braves bonus baby Joey Jay was well-known as the first former Little League player to become a major leaguer.
Mexican pitching phenom Hector Torres had the same ambition; he wanted to be the first Little Leaguer from his country to play major league ball. It took him 10 years and a change of position, but he made it.
Torres was the son of Epitacio "La Mala" Torres, one of Mexico's all-time diamond greats, who played for 20 seasons in the minor leagues, mostly for Monterrey in the Mexican League.
In 1958, at the age of 12, Hector Torres was the staff ace of the Monterrey team that won the Little League World Series at Williamsport, Pa. Torres won eight straight games to take the title. The seventh win in his streak was a one-hit shutout over Hawaii's entry. Then, on two days' rest, he held Kankakee, Ill., to two hits, winning the championship game 10-1.
The win gave Monterrey back-to-back Little League World Series titles, the first non-U.S. teams to win the series.
The following season, Torres pitched his Pony League team to the Mexican National Championship. In the Pony League World Series he won one and lost one. His team finished third in the Washington, Pa., tourney.
In 1961 Torres moved from the mound to shortstop on Monterrey's Colt League team. The team won the Mexican pennant and again finished third in the Colt League World Series at Abilene, Tex.
On March 25, 1962, Carl Hubbell, director of the San Francisco Giants' minor league operations. announced that Torres had signed a contract, becoming the first Mexican Little League alumnus to sign in Organized Baseball.
At age 16, Torres was six feet tall and weighed 185 pounds. Giants scout Dave Garcia described Torres as "precocious,both as an athlete and a student."
The Giants started Torres in pro ball at shortstop with Decatur of the Midwest League, a Class D circuit. Torres batted just .181 for the Commodores, striking out 84 times in 96 games. It was a classic situation of a slick-fielding middle infielder who couldn't hit.
The pattern repeated for Torres through three more years in his climb up the Giants' minor league ladder. He gradually cut down his Ks and raised his batting average. As the 1966 season dawned, the Giants traded him to the California Angels.
Torres played two seasons with the Angels' top farm club at Seattle in the AAA Pacific Coast League. Following the 1967 season, he was traded to the Houston Astros.
Assuming the starting shortstop job at Houston, Torres, Torres hit .223 for the last-place Astros. He split the 1969-70 seasons between the big club and Oklahoma City at the AA level.
Following the 1970 season, Torres was traded to the Chicago Cubs, where he backed up Don Kessinger and did some pinch-hitting and pinch-running in 1971.
Looks a lot like Lou Diamond
Phillips, doesn't he?
The Cubs dealt Torres to the Montreal Expos as the 1972 season opened. He played both second-string second base and shortstop for the Expos, batting just .155. On Aug. 17, with the Expos losing to the visiting Astros, the former youth league pitching star made his sole appearance on the mound in pro ball. Torres closed out the ninth inning of the 5-17 loss, pitching .2 innings and giving up five hits and two earned runs.
In the 1973 pre-season, Houston reacquired Torres as infield insurance, buying him from the Cubs. He appeared in 38 games, hitting just .091. Following the season he was traded to the Chicago White Sox.
Torres spent the entire 1974 season with Hawaii in the PCL. He hit .259 and caught the attention of the San Diego Padres, for whom the Islanders were a AAA farm club. The Padres bought Torres from the ChiSox in April, 1975, and he returned to the major leagues for two years with San Diego.
In 1977, Hector Torres began his long professional association with the Toronto Blue Jays. He played for the big club in 1977 and for their AAA team at Syracuse in 1978. With expansion Toronto, Torres became the first man to play for both Canadian major league teams. On June 27, he hit the first grand slam home run in Blue Jays history, helping beat Ron Guidry and the Yankees 7-6.
After retiring as a player, Torres coached and managed in the Toronto organization through 2002, then associated with the S.F. Giants, Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays in similar capacities. Most recently he has been a coach with the Rays' Gulf Coast League club.
Former Sports Collectors Digest editor Tom Mortensen sent this image of a young Hector Torres with Braves pitcher Lou Burdette.
I agree with his assessment that the picture must have been taken at the 1958 World Series (bunting in background), after Torres had pitched his Monterrey, Mexico, team to the Little League World's Championship.
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An insurance settlement for a car accident is a delicate matter. A good result – obtaining the maximum compensation for your injuries and property damages – is highly dependent upon what is said and not said at the scene of the accident.
As you know, a car accident is very traumatic, even with relatively minor injuries and damages. In the aftermath, people frequently say things that hurt their case. They might do things such as admit fault, threaten to file suit, curse the other driver and so on. The most important thing to do after the car accident is to stay calm. If you do not, it can damage your chances when negotiating your car accident settlement.
Sorry, I did not see you.
I was on the phone, or I was texting.
I was talking to someone in the car.
My tires are old and I could not stop in time.
I just looked down to change the radio station.
Any of these statements can lead to very serious problems when you and your personal injury attorney are negotiating a settlement with the insurance company.
Another one that can trip you up is if the insurance adjuster for the other party calls you. Even if you just say 'I am fine' after she asks 'how are you?', this can damage your claim.
You should not be rude to the insurance adjuster, but do not be overly polite and friendly. It is important to go into negotiations with toughness. You believe that your side of the story is correct, and you will need to present it well to win. The last thing you want is the insurance adjuster to play games with you and get you to settle for as little as possible. Set a strong business tone in the first phone call.
Any phone call the insurance adjuster has with you will be recorded unless you say no. You should not allow the phone call to be recorded unless your attorney is on the phone with you. A recorded statement will set the limits for the case going forward, and this is not a good idea. Only the insurance company benefits from the recorded statement.
Every insurance adjuster has been trained to get you to talk informally and to take down your guard. They attempt to get you to relax so that you will say things that harm the case. If you are too relaxed, it is much easier for the adjuster to get admissions out of you.
When you are first talking to the adjuster about the accident, all you should talk about are the facts, such as when/where of the crash; your contact information and personal details; and location of your vehicle.
You only should get into more detailed facts of the case later, and ideally when you are represented by an attorney.
In any settlement negotiation, it is always the rule to stick to the truth. Lying will serve no purpose at all. If the insurance adjuster figures out you are lying, your negotiating power will vanish because nothing you say will be taken seriously.
When you are getting close to the end of your treatment, you can sign a medical release form that will give the insurance company copies of your medical records. The adjuster does not need this information until you are at or near the end of your medical treatment. However, do not give the insurance company access to ALL of your medical records. It is recommended to only give them access to records after the accident occurred. Insurance companies like to comb medical records and find an 'alternative explanation' for your injuries that are not related to the accident.
Giving out your Social Security gives them access to much of your personal information. Even though it is not allowed, they might use it to check your credit score and other information that can be used against you.
If you admit that you had an earlier injury before your doctor weighs in on your condition, this can really damage settlement negotiations. The adjuster will try to claim that your accident injury is related to the previous injury and not the accident. Your doctor needs to evaluate how the injuries are related.
Clams adjusters hear it all, and one of the most common is claims about whiplash. Whiplash IS real and can be very painful, but you should not discuss it unless you have been diagnosed by a doctor. Adjusters have even been known to dispute whiplash that has been medically diagnosed. Claiming it without medical proof will guarantee a fight with the insurance company.
Claims adjusters are trained and experienced and can usually tell if you are not telling the full truth. If you make any exaggeration at all, you must remember it every time you talk to her. It's not just wrong; it's very difficult. The smart thing to do is to tell the truth.
Adjusters do not need the personal details of your friends, family and work references. Of course, witness personal and contact information is fine.
Most personal injury claims settle out of court, but not always. Things that you say during negotiations could come out at trial, so always assume that you will need to go to court, just in case.
If you cannot accurately answer a question, do not try to do so. Just say you do not know or cannot remember.
The best thing to do after a car accident – after you have taken care of your medical needs – is to consult with an experienced personal injury attorney. The attorney will be more effective representing you in settlement negotiations than you will be. Please use our website to locate a qualified personal injury attorney in your city.


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This week I was reading a column in a competitive publication by James Hering, the SVP and director of interactive marketing at Temerlin McClain. The subject of his piece was the difficulty he's been having as of late in finding qualified media personnel.
There are a myriad of reasons why he's encountering a dearth of good quality media persons: after years of industry recession, people have gotten out of the industry; good media folk who stayed are employed elsewhere; people have made the switch from media to some other aspect of the ad business. Others have figured out a way to live as freelancers and realize that since there is so much uncertainty working in this industry, they'd rather have the freedom of not being tied down to any one particular client or shop and simply work as ronin.
What I liked about reading this, however, was not to learn the job qualifications of a hire at Temerlin McClain, but to encounter a formal articulation of something I've suspected for some time is true: the business is back.
Recent press has indicated that interactive ad spending is up. The regular stream of sales jobs in media, technology, and research has now become chummed with agency jobs, too. This is a sure sign that the economy as a whole might be on its way back.
The reason I say that is because I've always looked at the ad industry as the anti-Marines of the economy. When the market goes sour, advertising is always the first out; when the market recovers, it is always the last in. And agencies are notorious for stretching their existing resources to the absolute breaking point before putting money down to bring in new resources.
Now, agencies are going to have to work particularly hard to attract talent that actually trusts them enough to come on permanently. Or, agencies are going to have to rethink just how it is they actually staff. The old standard hierarchies may no longer work as they once did, and instead a structure based on a few permanent senior staffers managing a team of hired guns will be the way to go. Who knows?
Be that as it may, I am encouraged, then, to see that agencies are reaching out into the market to find talented personnel. I don't know about the rest of y'all, but we've seen a dramatic up-tick in requests for capabilities decks, meetings, and honest to goodness hard business. This may just be an end-of-the-year phenomenon, but I don't think so. I've been around long enough to encounter lots of years ending; this is different. This feels like a real recovery. And it looks like it might actually come with some jobs.


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Ras Kasar is a cape in northeastern Africa, on the border between Eritrea and Sudan at the Red Sea. It is the northernmost point in Eritrea and the easternmost point in Sudan.

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In the years before Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown and killed in 2011, Donald Trump tried to raise money from his regime, U.S. and Libyan sources told BuzzFeed News.
The presumptive Republican nominee's overtures to Gadhafi started in 2008 or 2009, when he wanted to partner with the Libyan Investment Authority, which invests profits from the country's oil industry. Trump approached the government a few ways, including by inviting then-Libyan Ambassador to the United States Ali Aujali to Florida for golf. Sources told BuzzFeed News it's not clear what they discussed during the visit. In 2009, Trump rented his home in Bedford, New York, to Gadhafi during his visit to the UN. Gadhafi erected a giant tent on the property and planned to slaughter a lamb, but was told to leave by the city. A public relations official who helped set up the visit said Trump called him soon after and asked to have a meeting with Gadhafi to talk about business opportunities involving "the Mediterranean waterfront and construction."


She's Fantastic: DC Multiverse - WONDER WOMAN (REBIRTH)!
DC Multiverse - WONDER WOMAN (REBIRTH)!
Jim Lee is one of the most iconic comic artists of my generation. My middle school, high school, and early college years were in the 1990s and his impact on that decade was undeniable. His X-Men run alone would have immortalized him in the Pantheon of all-time greats, but in addition he had excellent work on Punisher, WildCATs, Heroes Reborn, Deathblow, and Divine Right (among many others). But the interesting thing about really distinct illustrators is that more often than not, there styles do not translate well into 3-D. I have always felt that the most notorious case of this has been with Mr. Lee himself. The Hush figures were the best attempts, but they don't really look like his art. Neither did any of the DC Universe Online Statues, and honestly neither do these Rebirth action figures.It has nothing to do with the sculptors either. Literally the most talented names in the action figure market have attempted his style (Brucker, Palinko, and both Matthews!) but I'm beginning to think it's an impossible feat.
This action figure is (mostly) great. The detail and articulation it top-notch (and it's such a shame that the license is moving away from Mattel just when they've really hit their groove). The only thing I don't like about this figure is the head. I really don't like anything about it. The hair is boring, the cheeks seem really round, the eyes are way too squinty, and the lips are sloppily painted. The funny thing is, it actually has all the tenets of Jim Lee's Rebirth Wonder Woman design, but like I mentioned above, it just doesn't translate well.
Wonder Woman comes with an alternate closed fist, a sword, and two lassos (coiled and uncoiled).
Wonder Woman also comes with the Collect-n-Connect legs for Lex Luthor.
The following two images are drawn by Jim Lee. You can see the rounded face and the squinty eyes that the sculptor was going for. Also, these pics make me wish she had a cape!
Here she is with the recent Lynda Carter Wonder Woman figure from Mattel.
And here she is with my two favorite Multiverse figures from the last year: Spoiler and Batwoman.
It is 2 bad DC is moving from Mattel- but they recycled bucks 4 waaaay 2 long. They should have rectified that long ago.


As Maidens for Modesty, what are our values?
We believe in dressing in modest apparel, as it says in 1 Timothy 2:8-9 - "I also want a women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God."
We believe in saving our bodies and not exposing them to others, but protecting what God has given us.
We believe in being modest in the way we act, talk, walk, and carry ourselves.
We know that true modesty begins in the heart, and is an attitude more than what we wear.
We believe in behaving discretely and with modesty.
However, our clothing usually displays our true self, and we believe in dressing modestly to be a witness to others.
We know that modesty isn't a legalistic set of rules, but rather guidelines to help determine what we should wear.
We believe in dressing in a way that glorifies God, not our body.
We believe that modesty and purity are always in fashion!
We believe that modesty isn't old-fashioned - you don't have to wear colonial dresses (like the ones in the picture) or have waist-length hair to be modest!
Will you join us in being a Maiden for Modesty? One way to do this (if you enjoy putting graphics and things on your sidebar) is to copy and paste the code below into your blog's sidebar. The picture will then show up on your sidebar, and will link back to this post, letting others know that you believe in modesty!
Now there are two pictures you can choose from! The code for each picture is in the box directly below it.
Read more about the new picture below, added in August 2008 by clicking here.
We are not perfect and we don't have modesty all figured out. However, we believe that we should honor God in the way we dress. We are committed to living a life of modesty.
If you place the Maidens for Modesty button on your blog, let us know and we'll add you to the list below!
The team from Is This Modest?
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Sarah from Yes, we have our hands full!
I put the maidens for Modesty on my blog, Mayden Fair. I want to join. Sounds like fun, and inspiring!
YOu know, you should create a directory of maidens modestly dressing, so that other girls, can find fellowship in their area! I know how it is, to find girls, to fellowship with, who like to dress modestly!
Wonderful post! And yes, just like you stated, modesty isn't a long list of do's and don't's, but begins in our hearts, when we commit to purity and want it to show!
I too, placed the Maidens for Modesty on my blog. I love that picture; to me it is a great example of modesty. Have a wonderful week!
I put the Maidens for Modesty on my blog, too! What a wonderful idea! I also like the idea of a directory. It's hard (especially going to a very liberal college) to find other girls who believe in modest dress, and it's so nice to know that there are people out there with the same values as me!
The directory is a good idea - I'd thought of doing it! Now that you've suggested it, I've added a listing of those with the button on their blog to the original post.
You girls can definitely put me on here. Modesty is greatly important to me, both externally and internally.
You know, ya'll sounded like the Rebultion a tiny bit in reference to modesty not being a set of legalistic rules. I like it!
Maybe someone can help me....I have tweaked this around, and I can't get it to either link or to show the picture up on my blog!
Hmm. maybe someone has some suggestions! This absolutely will not show up! I've tried several times now. =) Great post, anyways!
Sorry about that... Somehow when I edited the post to add the links, the code got messed up. It should be working now.
Thank you very much,,it's now working beautifully!
You've been tagged. It is a middle name Meme. Look up http://countryrosebud.blogspot.com for more details!
Thank you Anna and Elijah. The link is now up and running on my blog!
As I said before I am greatly encouraged to see young girls with the values you present on this site. However if I may I would like to make a few comments for you to think over. They are not really criticisms as much as suggestions.
On such a statement of modest values you may like to mention the necessity of discreetness of behaviour a little more. I am sure that you are discreet, and that you could teach a lot in this area. I say this because I fear that too often modesty is viewed as merely a matter of clothing. I have met girls who are modest in dress but indiscreet in behaviour especially speech. They thus lose that beautiful dignity and feminineness that should go with their clothes.
The other is more important. Although it is probably made clear on your site I worry about your message being too connected to the clothes worn in the picture. I love the clothes, indeed I would love to see a day when such clothes could be worn without it being regarded as terribly odd. I believe that Christians, especially girls, must be willing to be odd - though I dress a little differently from the average young man - but not more than is necessary. Of course to be feminine and modest that will be a good bit differently from the average. However, I fear some will allow the picture to prejudice them against your message - which is vital for the Church.
Anyway, A few comments or points about discretion and such like would, I believe, make an improvement. Regarding the second point a mere mention of the fact that the period clothing is not essential to modesty would be sufficient. I am certainly not saying to change the picture - especially as it shows your Biblically long hair. As I said, these points are probably mentioned sufficiently elsewhere on your site, but the problem is that they will not be read by all.
I trust I have not offended you.
G.M., thanks for your suggestions! I have edited the post somewhat to add more on behavior, and to let them know that old-fashioned doesn't equal modesty!
I appreciate the input you all give!
Your humility in accepting suggestions is commendable. I hope that I am as ready to do so from a stranger. If you ever visit my site please feel totally free to offer any suggestions.
I wish all girls were convinced of the points in your 'Values'. I wonder how much professedly Christian girls who do not dress modestly understand of the effect they have on their brothers. Their fathers need to tell them; but surly they are at least a little aware? Is it the case that they dress that way because they know it attracts attention?
May God be pleased to bring a day when dressing immodestly will almost guarantee that a young professing Christian girl will stay single. Sadly we men - even those of us that profess Christ - often encourage such immodesty by our attention to the girls that dress in that way.
I am glad I gave you no offence.
Sorry, I meant to say that I said, 'Biblically long hair' not because of the exact length, but because of the general 'long-ness'.
This is wonderful. I love your emphasis on modest behavior and clothing. I am not much into putting buttons on my sidebar, but I wholeheartedly agree with your values. Keep up the good work!
I've put the 'Maidens for Modesty' on my blog.
BonnieBee: You don't have a link to your blog in your profile; could you post a link to your blog, so that we can link to you in the post?
I meant to comment before! Sorry! This is so great, girls! If it's okay, I would love to be part of 'Maidens for Modesty'! I will put the icon on my blog right now.
I just wanted to let you know that I put the 'Maidens for Modesty' link on my blog. I think that this blog is wonderfully inspiring for those of us who are aiming for modesty.
I'm not a Maiden for Modesty - I'm a Matron for Modesty haha! I just wanted to say that I am so deeply moved by this revolution of modesty that is taking place in the world. I don't mean to make you sound like little kids, it's just that I am thrilled beyond belief to see so many modest young women with blogs like this one! GOD BLESS YOU! Keep up the good work passing the torch!
I just posted this link on my blog.
Thank you so much for doing this!
I just put the button on my blog. (Actually, I just figured out how to do that, I'm new to this!) Thanks so much for making this available.
I put the icon on my blog. This is a really neat ministry you have. God bless you.
Arya, what is your blog address?
Excellent idea! I've added the image to my sidebar.
I'm "in"! Thanks for the opportunity. You've started a great thing!
I have added you to my side bar, and have blogged about you today.
I just put the Maidens button on our blog!
Just a little note... I enjoy reading your site so much! You always have such encouraging posts and I really appreciate it! Thank you!
Hi, I've added your button to my blog.
Hi, I added your graphic to my blogspot site. I plan on adding it to my other websites too! Great site! Keep serving Christ!
Mardi, your profile doesn't have a link to your site - could you give it to us? Thanks.
I put Maidens for Modesty on my blog, Kristina's Keepsakes.
This was a true blessing to find!
I put Maidens for Modesty on my blog, singlemomshelp.blogspot.com. This post is so very important in this age when the media and TV display women showing so much of their bodies with tight and revealing clothes. How are men to respect and honor us, as God intended, if we don't dress modestly? Thank you so much for this post. It's something that I've felt for a long time, but didn't know how many others felt the same.
I also added Maidens for Modesty on my blog and want to let you know how much it blesses my spirit to see such commitment to honor the Lord. Modesty internally and externally, you girls are beautiful and I will hold you and yours in my prayers.
May the Lord bless and keep guiding you down the narrow path.
AutiMama, Thanks for the encouragement! May we have a link to your blog? Your profile can't be displayed.
Great post! I have put maidens for modesty on my blog.
Hello! I just started my blog and put the Maidens for Modesty pic on it. I think it is amazing how many Maidens you have found.
My sister is Allison form Letter From Christ so that's how I found you. I love you modesty virtues. I am definitely putting this on my blog.
I'm placing this on my blog...Very nice!
Anna Wilkinson here, from Simple Living Alaska. I've put the 'Maidens for Modesty' on my blog. I am thankful for such a neat idea, you have come up with. So we can all stand together against this worlds negative flow. Please add me to your list!
I just recently found your site and added the graphic to my blog. I am another "matron" for modesty, but raising three maidens.
Justed wanted to say that I added your graphic to my site.
We added you to our website too!
I have added your link to my blog, Polished Cornerstone!
Who makes these beautiful dresses? In the tag you are offering. Just beautiful!!!!
I put it on Beautiful Grace. I really like the picture. Thank you for promoting modesty.
I'm going to add it to my blog! Thank you for taking the important stand!
What a wonderful thing to see other young ladies out there with a vow to stay modest! I put the Maidens for Modesty graphic on my blog and will show it off proud. Thanks for the wonderful idea!
Hi there....I'm in total agreement with your values. I dress modestly and also cover my hair.head in worship. But can I ask, why you chose to use a picture, as the one to include on other web sites, if you don't feel that picture is descriptive of your 'style'? Meaning....doesn't it send a message, from viewing this picture, that one HAS to dress with long skirts and long hair in order to be modest? I'd love to support your web site, but I'm not sure about the photo... is there an alternative photo or html code that I can use on my blog site? Thanks for your site. Do you post regular blogs?
Lindy: We used the picture because it was pretty with the soft colors and I really liked how it looked with our heads down and away from the camera. No, we don't dress this way every day - though I certainly enjoy these kind of dresses and enjoy wearing them on special occasions. I don't think that modesty is equated with long hair and ankle-length skirts, as I stated before, but there's a certain beauty to such things, that I enjoyed using to represent this. The picture is reminiscent of by-gone eras, when there were more modest maidens.
I realize that everyone's style is different, and not everyone likes the old-fashioned look. If you wanted to just link to the post, feel free, but at this point we don't have another graphic. Yes, we do post blogs regularly, which you can view by going to http://maidensofworth.org. Thank you for your input.
great post! mind if I come back later?
visit mine if you like!
Hello! I put your graphic on my blog "Maiden of Modesty"!
I have made a social network called "Modest Maidens". There are several "modest maiden" sites out there, including yours (maidens FOR modesty, maidens OF modesty, veiled glory, ect..) and I made the social network so that we all can come together and have our own profiles and connect. It's private and by invitation only. Please reply if you are interested.
I've listed your site "Maidens for Modesty" as a link, I hope you don't mind. If you do, just tell me, I'll take it off.
Hello, I am also going to add it to my blog, http://bsjonesjourney.blogspot.com/ . I am still on my journey to real modesty, but would love to know if you have the pattern to those dresses in the picture, and where I could get it. They are so pretty.
Great site, keep up the good work!
I love this--adding your button to all three of my blogs!
I added the button proudly to my blog. As the Mom of 5 girls, we are teaching them how important modesty is. Thank you for your wonderful blog!
I've added your Logo to my blog!!
Thanks for such a wonderful site!
I am a momma of 6 blessings (so far), 3 of whom are little ladies. I believe in Biblical modesty and am raising my children to honor Jesus and respect themselves through such modesty. I am proud of you ladies for standing on the Word of God and sharing this virtue with others. I have proudly displayed your button on my sidebar.
How nice to see your blog. I posted your link on my blog. Be Blessed.
What a neat idea! You can add me to the list.
I LOVE this post! I totally agree with the values you have listed. Would you please add me to the list of maidens?
My blog is called Julia's Journal.
I have added the link to my blog. My blog is very new and small but I am hoping it will grow. Thank you!
Okay, I put it on my blog! I have three blogs, but I put it on my Modesty: A Matter of the Heart blog. I'll probably also put it on my Madison's Musings blog.
I'm so excited as I was able to put your link in my sidebar quite easily. So...www.evanspatch.wordpress.com has you listed on their blog. Thank you ladies!!! I love that picture!!
I have placed your banner on my blog. :) Awesome site you have! It is wonderful to see young ladies such as yourselves making a modesty statement for God.
I just wanted to let you know I added the Maidens for Modesty badge/button/thing to my site.
We've added the badge! Hooray! Would you add us to your list, please?
I do agree with puritanismtoday that your picture might scare away the average reader--even one who is seeking to be modest. Especially in light of the recent pictures of polygamous Mormons in Texas making national headlines--wearing dresses of similar style.
That said, I myself like the picture and appreciate that it definitely sets a clear example of feminity and modesty--no question about that! Keep standing for biblical standards! :-) And keep loving Jesus most of all!
I put the Maidens For Modesty on my blog. I enjoy your blog. It's so wonderful to see young women acting as young women should.
I wish to acknowledge and commend you. I am encouraged by such Ladies influencing with such intent.
I hope that all of you endeavors, that are as Noble as this, are blessed with all that is, producing a reviving harvest that is needed, indeed!
Just letting you both know that I have put the maidens for modesty widget on my blog! Thanks for your encouragement!
Berean Wife has added your Maidens For Modesty button to her Site.
My Daughter would blend right in. Everyone compliments her on how beautifully she dresses and her hair. She does nothing special. She has waist length hair and she dresses femininely and modestly. Most clothes come from the thrift store and she sews a few simple skirts.
What a great blog! I can't wait to see upcoming posts. I also try to dress, act, and live modestly. It can be such a struggle in our culture today! I'm glad for support like this blog.
Your blog is really great! My Mom was teaching a Sunday School lesson at our church 2 weeks ago on modesty, and she was able to use some of the scripture references you mentioned and some of the points you made.
I like your ideas, particularly because I feel similarly, living in a society where there is way to much "exposure". I also like how you think of it as an internal thing, as well as a physical thing and not as a list of rules.
Hi girls! I finally got a blog and your Maidens for Modesty button was one of the first things I put on! Thanks so much for stepping out and launching this idea!
For the first time in a very long time, I am finally working on my own blog (which I am having to rebuild from scratch). I have joyfully added you girls to my sidebar!
Also, I have been looking high and low for a women's colonial dress pattern like one's y'all wear so often (I love this pattern) but I can't find one anywhere local--and I honestly don't have alot of money to invest. Any suggestions???
By way of introduction, my name is Liat Bensimon, and I am from Miami, FL. In my quest to combine my desire to participate in athletic events and remain modest, I created a patent-pending Modest Exercise Skirt (i.e. EXERSKIRT). This skirt has "gym shorts" attached to it and allows for the full range of mobility, all while adhering to the laws of Modesty.
I feel that my skirt would be perfect for the modest women in the Modest community, for both exercise and for casual attire, since they care about modesty, yet are engaged in the every day world.
Thanks, and I look forward to speaking with you soon.
"Fashionable & Modest Exercise Clothing"
Hello my name is Theresa. I love this blog and I totally believe in what you are doing. Socitiy today is centered on the flesh. I believe it is very important to dress modestly. I am putting one of the pictures on my blog.
I posted the link on my blog, so I intend to tell lots of people about you!! God bless you abundantly!
I have added your button to my blog, sweetlyproverbs31.blogspot.com. Your blog is lovely and I appreciate seeing young ladies take a stand for modesty. God Bless!
A wonderful idea. Modesty is such an important and wonderful virtue. I added it to my blog: http://lilyamongthorns22.blogspot.com/ .
I am delighted to see so many sisters, who wear accridint to 1 Timothy 2:9. I have put Maidens for Modesty on my blog. God bless you all, dear sisters!
Thank you for your blog -- very encouraging. I've added the picture/link to your website on my blog.
Hello! I have put it on my blog, thedogatemyprayerrope.wordpress.com.
I just discovered your blog yesterday and have found it very encouraging. keep it up ya'll! I'm joining maidens for modesty with my newest blog!
"Grace and Peace unto you from God our Father"
I have posted your link on my blog. Great post and ministry!
How blessed I am in finding your lovely blog! I am in my 50's and write The Salt Box. I am getting use to women having a difficult time with the modesty issue, and now I have a real Pic/link on my blog that they may 'see' and visit, without having to interact with me if they don't wish to. Great service to the Lord Jesus, girls! Praise be to His name!
Hello! I put 'Maidens for Modesty' on my blog, Petticoat Avenue. You are a great example of moesty and femininity. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for bringing this to my attention - I've reviewed it myself now. A very enjoyable read.
Thanks so much for providing this! I agree with you and have added it to my blog.
I posted a button on my blog!
Greatpost! I put one of your icons on my blog, so you can add me on your list.
I've put one on our site, Is This Modest?! Thanks for celebrating modesty!
I, too, added your graphic in my sidebar and I'd love to be added to your list.
I added your butten as well here is my link!
I put your button on my blog! Thanks so much for standing up for modest, femanine dress!
I put the Maidens for Modesty on my blog. I am so glad there are so many girls / women like this out there.
I put your button on my blog a few minutes ago!!!
I love your post on modesty and highly recommended it to some friends!
I am a wife,and a mother of two small daughters.
I hope to raise them well and am encouraged by this blog! Thanks so much!
Hey! I put your link on my Blog, will you add me to "your" list now? Thanks!
I just figured out how to post the button on my blog. My husband and I are raising our 6 children, 3 of them girls. I want them to be maidens for modesty. Thanks for the encouragement through your blogs.
I added you to my blog http://bakinghomesteader.blogspot.com/ I am an advocate for modesty and this helps get the message out. Thanks!
Your site here has been such a blessing to me, as I see that I'm not as alone as it seems sometimes. I so much enjoy reading other's blogs and have finally decided to start my own. Please add me to your list (I've linked to you from my blog) and keep the standards high for Jesus!
I am a matron for modesty :~) Just added your link to my sidebar!
Praise the Lord! This is great! I'm adding your button to my blog. I didnt even know about dressing modestly until I was fifteen years old...and boy was there a lot to learn!!! lol! Keep it up!!!
I added this to my blog. I do think that modesty is a little different in every family. I do believe in braiding my hair, but do not do it for beauty, more that I have come to think that the beauty of my hair being down is a treat I only share with my beloved. I also have come to believe in a head covering. I love what Maidens for Modesty represents. It is fairly new to me, I have only been living modest for a year myself, but am so happy to find that I am not alone!
I am also going to put it on my other one, www.beautifultemple.blogspot.com.
I just put your "Maidens for Modesty" button on my blog. Your blog has been a wonderful inspiration for me, and it's wonderful to know that there are other young women who feel the same way I do about modesty. Thanks so much!
I applaud you for encouraging other women to be modest, both on the inside and out. I have added the code to my web site because I have written a devotion on modesty, and want to share your blog with others.
Added your wonderful link to my blog!
I admire you girls for establishing your aim and thoughts regarding the modesty God want from us. To live life holy and according to HIS will. God use you to me to enlighten me up once again and to inspire me, to build and strenghten my faith to the Lord.If you don't mind, can I ask you to be my friend? I admire person who have this kind of principles for I know my faith will establish also through you with the help of our Lord. Add me up, heres my email account. togononjen@gmail.com. I will wait for your kind response. May you keep on pursuing your aim for I know it will not be in vain.
P.S Attach link is the url address of the site I joined. It's about us who believe in the Lord in these last days. You can meet our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ there who have the same aim and principle regarding modesty and the love for God in these last days. Feel free to join, you are very much welcome.
Hey! I added a button to my blog page as well. Thanks for them :).
I added the button to my blog. Thank you for this wonderful idea.
I agree with all of you about dressing modestly. Well, take my bathing suit. It's like a shirt with pants, connected, with a small skirt, and cute print. most of the time, people will say things like: "Is that a swimsuit?!?", but 2 weeks ago a girl said that my suit was REALLY CUTE. Maybe it was a dare, but, whatever. My point is KEEP GOING! Don't worry about what other people say. "Don't look side to side: Look up!"
This is great I put the link on my blog. You girls really look lovely in those dresses. It is very inspiring to the rest of us and I'm sure it will be to everyone who reads our blogs.
I have put your picture on my blog Dedicated Daughters. GREAT post too.
My name is Hannah, and I definitely think that I will be reading this blog! I found out about it from QuinnyandCo.
Just added it to my homeschool blog!
I think this is a wonderful idea!
Hi! I put your maidens for modesty button on my blog!
I love your site--I'd really like to have a link between our blogs--I have your button on my blog, www.ornaments-of-great-price.blogspot.com--would you mind posting my link on your blog to this site?
How true, and what a great idea! I put your Maidens for Modesty button on my blog here: www.ourhandsfull-sarah.blogspot.com .
What a lovely blog! I have used one of your quotes about "Like a ring in a pig's snout..." in my blog [yes, I have given you credit it was from your blog :-)] concerning the epidemic of piercings that young ladies and young men do and how our bodies are a temple, inside and out and how piercing it, is mutilating His creation.
Please place the name of my blog on your list. I have your link on my blog.
Excellent blog! I'm a Muslim girl in the U.S. and I also choose to be modest without being forced. I wear a veil that covers my hair and I wear baggy clothing that doesn't reveal my body. We Muslims totally support this movement! Keep it up!!
May God bless you, and have a merry CHRISTmas!
Wow, thank you, thank you, thank you for putting up a blog like this!! I know that in this day and age, we, as Godly young women striving to be the way God meant us to be, can be difficult, as well as discouraging sometimes when there seems to be no one else out there that wants to do the same! This is so encouraging and I am going to definitely find a way to put your blog on my side bar!! Thank you for doing this!
Hello! I just found your blog, but have been encouraged by it! I'm so blessed to see other modestly dressed sisters in Christ! Praise the Lord! I'll put Maidens for Modesty on my blog too. Thank you!Plus, to go along with a comment Cecilia Rose said--it is hard to find modestly dressed girls while attending college and I so appreciate it!
Hi, I don't have a blog, but it's wonderful to find so many other young ladies with the same beliefs. Sometimes I feel very lonely in the stance I have taken. One thing I find encouraging is that the Christian young men I know really do appreciate our modesty.
I just wanted to let y'all know that I am going to put the button on my blog. The Lord laid modest dressing on my heart a little under a year ago. As I started dressing modestly I began to realize that it wasn't just a matter of what clothes I wore, but also the way I presented myself.
I enjoy reading your blog it is very encouraging!!
Thank you for all that you do for the glory of our Lord.
This is a great resource, thank you so much! I can't wait to go and check out all of these links!!! Hope to make some new friends here too!
Thank you for such a wonderful resource to back up and strengthen our beliefs!
I put up the button on my blog:)! Thanks so much for encouraging modesty!
I just added you to my "links" page at my blog, http://faithwithactions.blogspot.com/. Faith With Actions is a new site, so I hope you check it out. Could you please add me to your directory? Thanks!
PS. We are still under construction and have alot of books, audios, videos, and other resources to upload.
Hey! Supporting Maidens for Modesty on both my blogs with your button!
I added your Maidens for Modesty on my blog.
Thank you so much for offering this that way that everyone who visits my blog will know that I believe in modesty. Question: Where did you get the patterns for the dresses in the picture? I love them and would like to know where you got them from. Thanks Jessemily!
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