 rights elsewhere, is widely perceived by the Nepalis and refugees to have been too soft on the Druk rulers. Most Bhutanese, judging by the news reports, seem to be unhappy at the US offer as they would like to see the world’s only superpower to use its international clout and prestige to persuade Thimphu to resolve the crisis sincerely in accordance with international norms and conventions. The offer also tends to ignore the natural and legal right of the refugees to return to their country from which they were evicted or forced to leave because of torture or persecution.
In dealing with the Bhutanese refugee crisis, which is in fact a trilateral issue, the global powers and agencies, for reasons best known to themselves, seem to have been ineffective. This will certainly weaken their moral authority to put pressure on other governments around the world which may be similarly guilty. In this context, the criticism of the US offer by Bhutanese human rights leader Teknath Rijal sounds reasonable, as he described it as being “in favour of the Bhutanese king but against the Bhutanese people”. He found UNHCR’s praise of the American offer even before host country Nepal’s response as “even more objectionable”. He said that the right of the refugees to voluntary and honourable return to Bhutan must be emphasised. Indeed, the refugees should have the first option of returning to their motherland. However, if any of them do want to opt for third-country resettlement, they should be free to do so, and in such situations, gestures such as the one made by America would come in handy. But the aforesaid US offer may endanger the prospects of refugee repatriation. For its part, Nepal should make its position clear, and at the upcoming talks with Bhutan, it must reject any formula that may compromise the refugees’ right to return home with honour and dignity.The Lawyer’s Farm in Thurmont, Maryland is not unlike a number of farms across America, except for the massive, junk-made transformer robots standing sentinel at the entrance.
Driving by Lawyer’s farm, one might be forgiven for thinking that they were passing by a homegrown sculpture garden instead of a farm, and in some ways, they’d be right. The farm, which grows both corn and pumpkins, was started by Jan Lawyer, who had a knack both for fixing things and for creating things out of next to nothing. Most memorably, Jan created a handful of giant Transformer-like robots that he installed at the entrance. He built the giant robot sculptures from scratch, using old junk and car parts.
Jan has since passed away, but his creations still stand, welcoming people to the farmstead. Today, the property is owned and operated by his children and it is not just junk statues that are on offer. The farm also offers visitors the chance to see their homemade pumpkin cannons, and take a stroll through the corn maze, which is newly designed each fall. You can even go pumpkin picking if you are so inclined. In honor of Jan, some of the proceeds go to the American Brain Tumor Association.
The flamboyant farm makes sure to keep its corn maze fresh. In 2015, they carved the maze to look like Governor Larry Hogan, who was battling cancer, even carving out a hashtag, proving that maybe corn mazes aren’t so old fashioned after all.
Update June 2019: Only one lone robot remains (the one holding a bottle in the photos). An employee said the other robots were torn down due to the damage they sustained from being used as targets of the farm’s pumpkin cannons.
From Frederick: Take Rt 15 north toward Thurmont. Take a right onto Old Frederick Road exit, just after the Resthaven Memorial Grounds. Follow until the stop sign, about five miles. Go straight onto Rt 550N. After.5 miles, the farm is on the right. From Gettysburg: Take Rt 15 S toward Thurmont. Take the MD-77 exit. At end of the exit, bear right onto MD-77 East. Come to the stop light. Go straight. After 1.5 miles look for Thurmont Elementary on left. Once you pass it, bear right onto 550 South. Follow until stop sign. At 4-way make a left. Farm is on the left in about 1 mile.
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Mr. Gamemaker - Very good forums for game programming.
DirectX - Microsoft's DirectX (Urban Empires uses DirectX 9.0c).
Flipcode - Another helpful site about game programming.
Milkshape 3D - Milkshape 3D is an excellent low-poly 3D modeling program for only $20.
Jasc - The Makers of PaintShop Pro.
Gettysburg: Armored Warfare Facebook Page - G:AW's Social Networking Page.
Paradox Interactive - Paradox Interactive is publishing Gettysburg: Armored Warfare.
Havok Physics - Gettysburg: Armored Warfare uses the Havok Physics engine.
Newton Game Dynamics - Urban Empires uses Newton as it's physics engine.
RakkarSoft - Radioactive-Software uses RakkarSoft's RakNet as it's networking library.
Open Audio Library - Urban Empires uses OpenAL as it's sound library.
Asorson Studios - Asorson Studios created early character models for Gang War.
Electric-Shed - Electric-Shed created all the car models for Urban Empires.
Voices in my Head Productions - Created all the voiceovers for Urban Empires.
The Mike, Matt and Pat Show - Some of Dan's crazy friends.
Russian Front - An awesome WW2 Russian front mod.
Day Of Defeat - Another execllent WW2 Half-life modification.Awareness, Feminism | Posted by Emma M on 10/31/2012
Stand With Malala
Malala Yousafzai has spent the last 3 years of her life in the pursuit of education and equality. As a result, she has spent the last 13 days in a hospital bed in Birmingham, England.
At 11 years old, Malala began blogging for the BBC. She ran an anonymous daily journal chronicling her struggles to get the education she deserved as a young Pakistani girl. When Malala’s blog became popular worldwide, her name was added to the byline. In 2011, Malala won both the International Peace Prize and the Pakistani Peace Prize. Malala’s maturity and wisdom served her well as she argued eloquently and passionately for girls’ educational rights in the Middle East and worldwide.
However, Malala’s open activism also made her a target. On October 9, a …The Turtle Mat Company Ltd develops super absorbent and dirt trapping door mats to protect carpets and flooring. This video shows effectiveness of the mats being put to the test.
The animated video production for Sidhil's new Solite UK Community Care bed was produced following a product launch at the National Association of Equipment Providers' Annual Conference. Sidhil produced a full page advert in NAEP's house journal "Equipment Services", showing the evolution and development of Sidhil's Community Care beds over the last 40 years.
Wolves' first-team continued their preparation for facing Sheffield United in the Emirates FA Cup Third Round against a snowy backdrop at Compton. There were new and returning faces involved in the early January session, with Dion Sanderson, Ryan Giles and Tote Gomes all being recalled from their loan spells, while Hayao Kawabe joined in his first training session since arriving from Grasshopper Club Zurich.So, that's it folks. The last of summer! I am sad to see such beautiful, vibrant produce go away, but ready for all the hearty gourds of Fall. Plus, I LOVE Fall weather and the colors, and the smells, and the fact that I get to start using my fire place and blankets!
I know I haven't been around much this summer, but moving into our new house proved to be a bit more time consuming than I thought!! We found ourselves wrapped up in many little projects with any free time we had outside unpacking.
But, with summer floating away in the approaching Fall winds, I figured it was time to jump back into the blog, my happy place! Again, I am including shishito peppers in my post, but they are not the feature this time, corn is. And since corn will only be around for a few more weeks or even days, I thought I would end the summer on a nice refreshing and filling soup.
Corn is one of those vegetables that I absolutely love, but have a really hard time digesting. Unfortunately, I can't eat a lot of it at once and it has to be cooked, and cooked well. Soup is always the best way for me