Keeping streams, waterways clean will help bay

11:36 PM opinion No Comments

The Times-News reported in December on Maryland’s efforts to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay and how Allegany County did its part by submitting a local plan to the Maryland Department of the Environment (“State’s bay cleanup plan to EPA concerns clean water advocates,” Dec. 20, Page 1A). 

More recently, I read that our legislative delegation to Annapolis has been talking about the importance of Chesapeake Bay cleanup and making sure funding is available to get the job done “Beitzel’s bay cleanup bill hearing set: Delegate wants Chesapeake funds used ‘for their intended purposes’,” Feb. 2, Page 1A).

But while we hear a lot about the need to restore the Chesapeake Bay to good health, we also need to remember how important it is to make sure our local streams and waterways aren’t polluted. 

For example, after every large storm event we read in the newspaper about thousands of gallons, sometimes tens of thousands of gallons, of polluted water running into our waterways from combined sewer overflows. 

Problems like these demand our attention and need to be corrected. This is what our local Watershed Implementation Plan is all about — identifying and implementing practical solutions that will correct real problems.

Here in western Maryland we are fortunate to have high quality water in rivers and streams like Fifteen Mile Creek in eastern Allegany County and the Savage River in Garrett County that residents and visitors alike can enjoy. Let’s be sure we protect these treasures.

I’d like to commend the team led by Angie Patterson in the county’s Department of Community Services for all the hard work they did on Allegany County’s plan. Work like this is often thankless, not easy to get done, and many of us in the community aren’t even aware that it’s going on.

Our rivers and streams and the Chesapeake Bay weren’t polluted overnight, and it will take time and effort from everyone to clean them up — and yes, money, too.

We appear to be off to a good start, but we know there’s more to be done.

Let’s hope our government officials will stay focused on the big picture — clean water in our local rivers and streams and ultimately in the Chesapeake Bay.

Dale Sams 

Cumberland

source: times-news.com

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Shah Rukh Khan, the face of Indian cinema

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Shah Rukh Khan: Bollywood heartthrob is more famous in India than Tom Cruise. 

Last year I was invited to Mumbai by a family friend. During the traditional family dinner, where all the extended family members feasted at one big table, a member of the family asked whether I watched Bollywood films. "Of course," I said, "and I am a big fan of Shah Rukh Khan. He is as famous as Tom Cruise is in the US." I wanted to flatter them, but all I heard was nervous laughter. It was as if the people around the table felt a bit slighted.
Later on, my friend pulled me aside and told me, "In Mumbai, we say that Tom Cruise is the American Shah Rukh Khan."
Such is the phenomena of Shah Rukh Khan in contemporary Bollywood. He is the most famous, the most sought-after, and the most imitated actors in contemporary Hindi cinema. The only other actor who has ever reached his stature is the legendary Amitabh Bachchan, the face of Hindi cinema in the 70s. Shah Rukh Khan, like Tom Cruise, is gifted with good looks and boyish charms that melt the hearts of his female fans.
Shah Rukh Khan made his debut in the 1992 film Deewana, in which he played a supporting role. His first big break came five years later with the film Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1997). He then secured his international superstardom by starring in the blockbuster movie Dil To Pagal Hai (1997). In this film he was paired with Bollywood sweetheart Karisma Kapoor.
His biggest success, however, is starring in the film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was a phenomenal success, widely considered to be the most admired Hindi film in history. In it, Shah Rukh Khan plays the role of a widower who woos his former best friend after the death of his wife. The portrayal of Shah Rukh Khan as a bumbling college student and later a grieving father touched the hearts of fans around the world, and made him a household name. During his frequent visits to other countries, he was received by legions of fawning fans, especially young women enamored of his romantic persona on screen. Some fans went into hysteria when they saw him, not unlike the Beatles fanatics during the Fab Four's heyday. He commands a loyal following in places as far apart as Japan and the US, where Desi expatriates and local Bollywood fans wait patiently for the next Shah Rukh Khan films.
Despite his oversized popularity and the successes of his films in the late 90s, Shah Rukh Khan refuses to be typecast, and has always endeavored to perfect his craft. Known as a strict taskmaster on film sets, he takes his roles seriously, and in turn has become an inspiration to younger Indian actors. He was awarded the Filmfare Awards (the Indian equivalent of an Oscar) in the Best Actor category a record eight times. The Indian government awarded the Padma Shree, one of the highest civilian awards in India, to Shah Rukh Khan in 2005. The award was given for hisgreat contribution to the Indian film industry.
source: filmsandbooks.com

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8 Tips and how slim Japanese women

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For those of you women reading this article is being longed for a slim body. And was praying there is not a definite slender tips 100% successful. Stars have a way to slim naturally. But the road was not a gold star makes it rather than Japanese women.If we look at most Japanese women slim-trim. Very rarely do we see fat people in japan (Remembering the words of my Japanese teacher in high school). So whether Japanese society hides a secret way to be slim of this world.
Apparently not! Only you and me who never want to see it. And what are the tips slender style Japanese women? This is it! Read carefully, because I will not repeat:
8 Secrets of Japanese women become slim naturally.
1. FishJapanese women eat the fish around 69 kg per year. Replace ground meat with fish other than one way to slim .. it can also lower the risk for disease yes jantung.Oh their favorite fish is salmon.
2. Soy sauceJapanese people are also consuming soy in large numbers. From the research that there could even up to 10 times that of other countries in the world. For tips on this slim, Now you can say WOW!
Why could be the way slim? because the soy sauce in Japanese society has a low content of fat and calories. As well as having high protein.
3. Fresh fruits and vegetablesFor those of you women who often try a variety of tips langing, must have known that one way menjad slim by eating fresh fruits and vegetables. Japanese women do it .... And you also make time to be slim.
4. SoybeanHow to slim naturally is to give food with ingredients from soybeans. And it has become mandatory for Japanese women.
5. Variety of foodMost Japanese people eat a wide variety of food. Even for women who are older Japan. They may eat different foods 100 days. Stars do not know to do with the slender tips, but the way it should be tried. If it fails it emang udah fat: D
6. Healthy BreakfastIf in a country called Indonesia, breakfast was definitely less than the lunch and dinner. But unlike Japanese society. Serves breakfast Japanese women are usually a lot more than lunch and dinner.
But if the thought with logic. How to slim yes this is true also ... ... .... Try to imagine your deh with an imagination:

    If breakfast is the number of lots that was to work from morning until afternoon / evening. So the fat runs out of energy to be stored instead. Well loh if you eat a lot at night. That's food for what? Most of the night's best for sleeping. So fat will be buried
Oh yes if you want a more extreme use of how slim Japanese women. Try to eat green tea, a bowl of rice, miso soup with tofu, nori seaweed, and coupled with a little omelet, or a piece of grilled fish. It is a classic food Japanese society.
7. Eating noodlesJapanese woman allegedly one of the slender tips is to eat noodles. Pantes wrote many different kinds of noodles in Japanese society. Contohlah Soba, Udon, Ramen, and Somen. For the noodles in Indonesia artificial stars less know whether they fit with the rules of how slim he he. So remember right buy expired food.
8. Eating riceThe last of the slender tips, is a relative Japanese women eat very little rice. They just ate two small bowls.
Good luck to trim from this Japanese woman.

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In 2012, Fee Increases Jampersal Rp 600 Thousand

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Jakarta, In early 2011, the Ministry of Health launched the Labor Insurance program (Jampersal) to help mothers give birth in health facilities free of charge, with a unit cost of each capital of Rp 430 thousand. In 2012, the unit cost per package Jampersal will rise to $ 600 thousand.
Towards Universal Coverage, one of the programs in the year 2011 the Ministry of Health is the Labor Insurance program (Jampersal). With the program, pregnant women can do the labor for free at government health facilities and also the private sector who have signed a cooperation, which is assisted by health workers with only with ID card only. This is expected to help reduce maternal and infant mortality.
Labor Warranty covers prenatal care during pregnancy were examined 4 times, labor costs either normal or with complications, as well as during childbirth services are guaranteed only 3 times.
For normal deliveries, Jampersal provide a cost of Rp 430,000 per unit cost or pregnant women respectively. But because Jampersal entered as a priority budget of the Ministry of Health, for the year 2012 the cost rose to Rp 600,000 per unit cost.
"In the year 2011, money is money provided to 2.85 million deliveries. It's available funds by its unit cost of prenatal care, childbirth, childbirth and family planning services was USD 430,000. I know there are many complaints that it's less, so 2012 will be increased. Year 2012 will be Rp 600,000 per package, "said Minister of Health, Dr. Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, MPH, Dr.PH, in a press conference and the 2011 Performance Evaluation of Priority Program 2012 Ministry of Health in Building Kemenkes, Brass, Jakarta , Wednesday (04/01/2012).
She believed that the cost of Rp 600,000 Jampersal to handle cases of normal deliveries. As for the case of delivery by Caesarean section can still be borne Jampersal but with other higher costs.
For Jampersal expansion, in addition to the cost per package is up, Minister of Health also confirmed that mothers giving birth who received help Jampersal be urged to follow the family planning program, especially for mothers who already had many children, although the guarantee is not limited only to childbirth The first and second child.
"Mothers who are pregnant at the top-three children to the risk is even higher. So if we confine Jampersal only for the first and second child, we lower the target MMR (maternal mortality) justu not achieved. So we do not limit, but we ask so to join family planning and for children over 5 will be a permanent family planning, "said Minister.

source, http://tips-kesehatankita.blogspot.com/

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MPR: Government Must Protect Esemka

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JAKARTA-Deputy Chairman of the Assembly, Lukman Hakim Saefuddin asked President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to protect the domestic auto industry revival, especially the success of vocational school students nationwide car delivery (mobnas) from the invasion of foreign manufacturers.

According to him, the presence of Tip Esemka car can be a good momentum for Indonesia to rise. Therefore, the government should support the development of the car so that era Ways Esemka mobnas be back born in the SBY government.

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DPR Supports National Car Tips Esemka so

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JAKARTA - MICOM: Deputy Speaker of the House Anis Matta gave appreciation to the student of SMK 2 Surakarta, which produces cars Tip Esemka and used by Solo Mayor Joko Widodo. Anis push the car could become a national industry.

"There is good if the commission related to the House of Representatives to visit us there and study the possibility of backing up, giving support to the national program," said Anis told reporters at the capitol on Wednesday (4 / 1).

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Parsnip-Potato Latkes With Cinnamon Applesauce

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Ingredients

For the applesauce:

• 3 pounds mixed red apples, unpeeled
• 1 lemon
• 1 cinnamon stick

For the latkes:

• 1/2 pound (about 2) Yukon gold potatoes, peeled
• 1/2 pound (about 4) parsnips, peeled
• 1/2 medium onion
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh chives
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
• Peanut or vegetable oil, for frying

Directions

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