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Turtles Tour Turkey 2011
Cruise with Gulets to Rhodes, Marmaris and the Daylan turtle river.
Experience the dreamlike connection between sunshine, sea, culture and relaxation – and all at a comfortable gulet with a friendly crew. – A special experience!
For groups of 6 or more is possible to charter a own yacht alone and to join the trip.
We start in June:
- Tour : 04.06. – 11.06.2011 (7 day´s trip)
- Price 138 Euros Day each Person (ALL INCLUSIVE)
Included: Gulet with crew (4 persons) and all additional costs, turkish port fees, fuel, bed linen, towels, cleaning, food and beverage, transfer to the port.
Not included: Travel to the Dalaman airport.
From of the Turkish coast to Rhodos (Greece), Marmaris (Turkey) and as a highlight to the Turtle River Dalyan.
Arrival at Dalaman Airport DLM and transfer to the marina in Gocek. Welcome of the guests through the crew and introduction into the ship. Meals from the arrival, in the afternoon lunch, tea, coffee and cakes, etc. and dinner for the guests had already arrived.
Even at a very late arrival at night we provide food and drinks for the physical well-being. Once all guests have arrived, likely in the evening, by the next morning meeting of all participants with the crew to the general knowledge and discuss the itinerary with the captain. The night is spent in the marina in Gocek.
Departure from the marina of Gocek. Breakfast in a quiet bay in the Gulf of Gocek. During the day we reach the island Tersane (swimming among the ruins of an old Ottoman Shipyard), which are underway Bedri Rahmi bay with the gulls mosaic and other bays and islands in the Gulf of Gocek.
In the afternoon departure to Fethiye. In Fethiye can be visited the ruins of the Roman theater right on the harbor. There is a pretty old town, pedestrian area and a well-attended fish market to explore. Those who wish may also rise to the famous grave of Amyntas, which is easily accessible cut just above the old town of Fethiye in the rock. In the evening, trip to a quiet Bay across from Rhodes and night in the bay.
Early morning passage to Symi, sightseeing of the charming little island, possibility for swimming. Symi is located about 40km from Rhodes, Greece.
Maybe the most beautiful Greek island in the Aegean sea with characteristic neoclassical architecture and colourful houses. Its located about 41 km north-northwest of Rhodes.
In the morning departure to Marmaris and check-in. Sightseeing of the bustling city at night with the posibiliy to enjoy the nightlife of Marmaris.
Dalyan / Turtles. Morning departure from Marmaris to Dalyan Bay. Our boat anchor in a quiet Bay. Guests are picked up by a small river boat, as other boats are prohibited in the conservation area. The small boat takes our guests into a bay where many loggerhead turtles have their spawning area and live permanently. Here our guests can feed the turtles.
Afterwards the little boat follows the Dalyan river through the reed forests up to the village of Dalyan. There could be taken a mud bath in the since ancient times famous mud. Lunch in Dalyan.
In the afternoon Sightseeing of the Lycian / Roman city Kaunos and Carian rock tombs. In the late afternoon back to the yacht and night in the Dalyan Delta.
In the morning departure to Gocek. Breakfast in a quiet bay in the Gulf of Gocek. During the day we reach the island Tersane (swimming among the ruins of an old Ottoman Shipyard), which are underway Bedri Rahmi bay with the gulls mosaic and other bays and islands in the Gulf of Gocek.
"Candlelight Dinner" to round off the trip.
Night in a bay near the marina of Gocek.
Check out from the Gulet,
transfer to Dalaman airport and departure.
Gulet MS96:
Built 2007, Length 26m, Width 6,7m, Speed 10-13KN, Cabins 8, Guests 16, Crew 4.
A gulet is a cozy, luxurious holiday boat for a relaxing seaside holiday.
A characteristic feature is the large space on and below deck. The cabins are almost as large as a modern hotel rooms, all have private bathroom with shower and toilet and the deck where there's life in the summer, there are plenty of sunbathing areas and cozy corners with and without sun protection. In recent years, the trend to more and more comfort — put and good service — with air conditioning, ice maker, microwave etc.
NauticWebNEWs (Projekt von Allied Management Ltd HK) in Kooperation mit Gocek Yacht Service.
Organization, Planning and Implementation
Norberto Moreau (NauticWebNEWs / Allied Management), Cornelia Rath (Gocek Yacht Service with 20 years Turkey experience) and Mieke Van Assen as Tourguide.
If necessary, the captain or the guide can make changes to the program flow.
Enquiries and Booking
eMail: email@example.com
Skype: allied-management
Facebook: de.nauticwebnews | norberto.moreau
(Skype and Facebook is useful to be able to connect with the guide and the other participants.)
Booking Conditions:
1. Offer without obligation
Put in all the details in the order form and send it to our e-mail address. We will inform you as soon as possible about the availability of the yacht you are asking for and we will confirm you the final price by e-mail.
2. Booking
To confirm our proposal please send us an e-mail of reservation. We will confirm this with the following details:
- Reservation sheet
- Bank details
- General conditions
3. Reservation Payment
When you have received the reservation details you have to confirm with the payment of the 50 % of the total amount of the booking price. Accounts in Germany, Turkey and Spain. Please indicate us the reservation number.
4. Contract
Received your payment of the 50 %, your booking is confirmed. We send you your contract by e-mail.
5. Final Payment
The final payment should be done one month before the check-inn. Once received the payment we will send you by e-mail all the necessary information for the check-inn including the contact in the port base.


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Which dramas are you watching after Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms?
If you've been enchanted by the fantasy romance Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms that stars Yang Mi and Mark Chao, you're not alone! Many fans have been losing sleep to watch the fascinating drama again and again. Now that we have reached the "happy ending," what's next on your plate? I'd like to present a list of six suggestions for all the fans out there who are still stuck in the land of Eternal Love.
Since I'm an addicted fan too, I totally get the feeling of not wanting to leave the incredible and out-worldly experience from Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms. I also understand why you may not be ready for another historical romance for now. That's why most of my recommendations are modern dramas except for one special one. Read on!
1. Love O2O, a delightful campus romance starring Yang Yang and Zheng Shuang.
The popular romance drama is directed by the same director for Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms. You'll also find Zhang Bin Bin (Ghost Prince Li Jing) in the campus romance as a top hacker named KO.
Also Look for Zhang He (Bai Qian's fellow disciple, Ninth Disciple) who plays Zhen Shao Xiang, a top gamer in Love O2O.
Love O2O really has a special connection with Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms. Leading man Yang Yang is also starring as Crown Prince Ye Hua in the movie version of Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms. Many fans now think of Mark Chao as the only possible Ye Hua, but you might want to check out Love O2O to see Yang Yang's handsome looks in historical costumes when he is in the online game's virtual world.
Read more about Love O2O HERE.
2. Fall In Love Like a Star, a romantic movie starring Yang Mi and Li Yifeng.
Before Yang Mi transformed into Fox Princess Bai Qian, she was already a popular actress with many outstanding dramas and movies, some of which are available on DramaFever. In the movie Fall in Love Like a Star, she plays the number-one fan to Li Yifeng's aspiring singer. The couple separated before he became famous. How will they find their way back together?
Look for Dilraba Dilmurat (Red Fox Princess Feng Jiu) as a young actress who is a potential rival to Yang Mi's character.
ICYMI: I wrote a Watch Drama to Lean Chinese article about this movie.
3. Les Interprètes, a romance comedy drama starring Huang Xuan and Yang Mi.
Rookie interpreter Yang Mi is romanced by handsome and talented Huang Xuan in the world of language experts.
Did you know that Vengo Gao (Feng Jiu's ultimate celestial love, Dong Hua Dijun) plays Yang Mi's first love in this romcom series?
4. The Witness, a thrilling action movie starring Yang Mi and Lu Han.
Yang Mi plays opposite popular idol Lu Han in this intrigue-filled action thriller. Coincidentally, her character is a young woman who lost her eyesight in a tragic accident.
Here are some more unusual and interesting facts about this great movie.
5. The Moon that Embraces the Sun, starring Kim Soo Hyun, Han Ga In, and Jung Il Woo.
It is the one very special historical romance that I would highly recommend. With a similar theme of everlasting love overcoming evil forces, the 2012 drama was a blockbuster hit and is now a must-watch classic, especially if you are new to Kdrama-land.
Because I've already watched this gripping drama several times, I usually head straight to the leading couple's first reunion after a fateful rendezvous with death. It's unbelievably enthralling! (Warning: this drama is also highly addicting.)
This hit drama is also where some of today's rising young actors got their start. Look for Kim Yoo Jung, Kim So Hyun, and Yeo Jin Goo.
6. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, starring Park Bo Young, Park Hyung Sik, and Ji Soo.
You might wonder why I would suggest a story that appears to be totally different from the Chinese fantasy drama. However, there is definitely a delightful fantasy element in the modern romance comedy.
Furthermore, if you miss the hilarious encounters and spirited dialogues between Bai Qian and Ye Hua, then Bong Soon and Ahn Min Hyuk's cute banter and undeniable chemistry will totally make you ship the couple.
On the other hand, if you're not ready to move on, you can always watch the captivating fantasy romance again... and again!
Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms (aka Eternal Love) - 三生三世十里桃花
Starring Yang Mi and Mark ChaoAdd to Queue Remove from Queue Watch Now
What has been your experience with Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms?
I'd like to share my own experience with you.
I first rushed through the Chinese broadcast, (It helps that I'm fluent in Chinese.) before watching the entire series again on DramaFever to check out the English subs and to enjoy the details on a slower pace. I've even read the original novel in Chinese and am now reading the English translation for comparison. And of course I've been writing about the drama too.
Which dramas are you watching now after Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms?
~ Find me at NancyZdramaland for more updates!
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Thursday, July 30, 2015
Orange is the new black
I rarely alter my clothes, mainly because I am too lazy, and this time I am super glad I did not manage to shorten this skirt. It was a bit too long and was giving me kind of a hard time to walk in it as it got caught in my heels. Now I just hike it up over my waist line, which in fact is non existing at the moment, and the pleating in front is hugging my growing baby bump in all the right places. I can now wear it with flats, even if it drags a bit, but at least I don't risk tripping over it. The tricky part is that none of my pants fit me anymore and neither do some of the skirts, so I might have to start to alter some of them and turn them into maternity wear instead of buying new stuff. I am sure my wallet will be happy with this decision.
t-shirt: Zara
skirt: mango
bag: Tiramisu alle fragole
sunglasses, ring: H&M
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The gorge of the river Erma – река Ерма, also know as the Tran gorge – Трънско ждрело – Transko zhdrelo, is situated in the eastern part of the Rui mountain, not far from Sofia. Despite it being only 2.8km long, it is well-known in Bulgaria, as it is extremely picturesque and ever since an ecopath was built throughout it, it is also easily accessible and well-visited in the warmer months of the year.
I am suggesting a short trip, which I did within one day, but which could be easily extended to a weekend if you combine it with a visit to the town of Pernik.
Duration: one day, two days optional
Car accessibility: recommended
Distance: ca 160km round-trip from Sofia
Day one: Tran gorge
I suggest leaving from Sofia in the morning, because even though Tran is not far from Sofia, the road can be a bit tricky with its curves right before the gorge. The other reason is, that the ecopath is really beautiful and I believe you're going to want to spend as much time there as possible.
We arrived at the town of Tran around noon and we naturally decided to grab a quick lunch at the Erma hotel right downtown. Tran is a tiny municipality, so I'm sure you won't miss it. Should you decide to extend the trip, this could be a good place to stay.
The restaurant had very good food and was not too expensive. Tsetsi decided to grab a pleskavica – a very typical Serbian meat dish. As Tran is quite close to the Serbian border, the meat, they assured us, is imported from Serbia. It was very good and despite the fact that they took forever to prepare it, it was delicious and worth the wait.
Finally we finished our lunch and made for the Tran gorge. There is some more driving to do, but there were signs, so we didn't get lost. The road passes next to the Erma hut, from which the stamp for the 100 National Touristic Places can be obtained. Shortly after the hut, you will arrive to a huge open field, where you can leave your car and head for the ecopath.
The path is beautiful, but a bit difficult at some places, where you need to hold on to the wooden rails. The views, however, are astounding.
There are a few wooden bridges over the river, which don't look too stable, but fear not, they hold well 🙂
We also passed a small passage dug through the solid rock. That was an exciting venture, as I don't think I've ever had the opportunity to walk through such a tunnel, I have only ever driven 🙂
The ecopath meanders along the river, sometimes crossing it. It can be rather steep at times and it finished at a small terrace overseeing the mountains and forests beneath us. That last bit was quite challenging, the climb was steep and there were a couple of places where I was on all fours 😀
A very good thing was, that we didn't have to take the same way back. There is an opportunity to walk a small road which used to be asphalt once upon a time, all left of it now is dusty gravel. Anyway, it is not a long walk to the parking and you go through a small village on the way.
This is was a very nice way to spend a summer day. Keep in mind that this is not a suitable hike for wet or snowy days due to the 'slopy' nature of the path.
Day two: Pernik and the Krakra fortress
If you like, spend the night and use the next day to walk around the miners' town of Pernik. Another thing to visit in the area is the Krakra fortress. I myself still haven't been there, so I am refraining from a longer description here. From what I have heard, it is a great place to visit 🙂


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The best way for me to share the heart of this conference with you, is for you to watch the promo video.
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If you are interested in hosting a FEARLESS conference I've put together a document with all of the key information about how we typically run the event. Please feel free to download it, read it over and let me know if you have any questions. Download FEARLESS details document.


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2015 Pillar Box Shiraz
In an age of instant gratification, the Pillar Box is a stoic reminder of the virtues of patience. The act of writing and sending a letter is matched by the anticipation of the receiver.
An expressive wine with integrated flavours of black cherry, violet and toasty spice.
2013 Pillar Box Shiraz
Gold: 1
Silver: 1
Gold: 2015 New Zealand International Wine Show
Silver: 2015 Limestone Coast Wine Show
Previous Vintage(s)
Gold: 3
Silver: 12
2012 Pillar Box Shiraz
Silver: 2015 New Zealand New World Wine Awards
2010 Pillar Box Reserve Shiraz
Silver: 2013 Spiegelau International Wine Competition
Silver: 2013 International Wine & Spirits Competition UK
2009 Pillar Box Reserve Shiraz
Gold: 2012 Intervin International Wine Awards Canada
Silver: 2011 International Wine & Spirits Competition
Silver: 2012 New Zealand International Wine Show
Silver: 2011 International Wine & Spirit Competition UK
Silver: 2012 International Wine Challenge UK
2008 Pillar Box Reserve Shiraz
Gold: 2010 New Zealand International Wine Show
Silver: 2009 Limestone Coast Wine Show
Silver: 2009 Royal Adelaide Wine Show
Silver: 2010 International Wine Challenge
2007 Pillar Box Reserve Shiraz
Silver: 2008 Liquorland Top 100
2006 Pillar Box Reserve Shiraz
Gold: 2007 Limestone Coast Wine Show
Silver: 2007 Adelaide Wine Show
Vintage 2009 - Wine Orbit, 94/100
A powerfully flavoured, yet perfectly balanced, Shiraz showing gorgeous aromas of black plum, blueberry, spice and dark chocolate. The palate is concentrated and seductive with a fleshy mouthfeel leading to an expansive, succulent finish. It's multi-layered and luxurious, offering considerable amount of pleasure. At its best: now to 2016. Sam Kim, July 2011
Vintage 2009 - James Halliday Wine Comapnion 2013
Strong red-purple; a wine with great depth of flavour that sings all the way through to the finish - which flares with the heat of the alcohol. James Halliday, July 2012
Vintage 2009 - Wine Spectator, 90/100
Firm, focused and juicy, with guava, currant and white pepper flavors, coming together smoothly against refined tannins on the lingering finish. Best from 2014 through 2019. Harvey Steiman, April, 2013
Vintage 2008 - Wine Spectator, 90/100
Rich and expressive, a wild ride of ripe blackberry, licorice, coffee and spice flavors that gain momentum with every sip. This has power, style and grace. Better than previously reviewed. Drink now through 2020. Harvey Steiman, 2011
Vintage 2008 - James Halliday Wine Companion 2011, Special Value
89 Points ** Special Value Deep colour; abundant blackberry and licorice aromas are followed by a strongly structured, medium- to full-bodied palate that is still locked up in itself, cocking a sardonic eye at those who don't heed the 'leave me alone' message - a very good wine waits around the corner. Screwcap. Drink 2023.
Vintage 2008 - The Wine Advocate, 90/100
Purple– coloured, it delivers an alluring nose of cedar, lavender, pepper and blueberry. Concentrated and layered on the palate, it has more than ample succulent fruit, good balance and enough structure to ensure 4-5 years of pleasurable drinking. Jay Miller, December 2010
Vintage 2008 - Cuisine Magazine, 4 Stars
Pillar Box has a core of sweet plummy fruit, sharpened by a black pepper-like tang. lt's middle weight, long-flavoured and smooth. February 2010
Vintage 2007 - Natalie Maclean, 91/100
The opaque purple-coloured 2007 Pillar Box Reserve Shiraz spent eight months in French and American oak. It delivers an enticing nose of cedar, spice notes, violets, black currant and blueberry. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, plush and layered with notes of clove, briar patch, and road tar making an appearance. Round and velvety on the palate with excellent length, it can be enjoyed now and over the next six years. It is an excellent value (wine). www.nataliemaclean.com
Vintage 2007 - The Wine Advocate, 91/100
The opaque purple-colored 2007 Pillar Box Reserve Shiraz spent eight months in French and American oak. It delivers an enticing nose of cedar, spice notes, violets, black currant, and blueberry. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, plush, and layered with notes of clove, briar patch, and road tar making an appearance. Round and velvety on the palate with excellent length, it can be enjoyed now and over the next six years. It is an excellent value. Jay Miller, February 2009
Vintage 2007 - James Halliday Wine Companion 2011, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, Special Value, 91/100
Good colour; rich blackberry, prune and dark chocolate aromas are repeated on the palate; shiraz is Padthaway's trump card. Screwcap. Drink 2017
Vintage 2006 - The Wine Advocate 92/100
The grapes for the 2006 Reserve Shiraz were selected from the best Shiraz parcels used to make Pillar Box Red. They were aged in new oak, 75% French and 25% American. Opaque purple-colored, it offers up a classy bouquet of smoke, vanilla, saddle leather, bacon, and blueberry. This leads to a full-bodied, plush, seamless wine with no hard edges to its lengthy finish. It has the stuffing to evolve for 2-3 years but I can think of no reason for delaying gratification. It is a great value. Jay Miller, August 2008
Vintage 2006 - James Halliday Wine Companion 2009, 94/100
Masses of black fruits, licorice and spice; a very long velvety palate; long future, great value. Gold medal, Limestone Coast Wine Show '07. James Halliday, July 2008


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1000: The land that will become Connecticut is about 17,000 years into a warm interglacial apex. The last ice age began 85,000 years earlier, and the first post-ice age settlement in the region was about 10,000 years earlier, by Paleo-Indians who arrived after the melting of the last glacier in the Northeast.
The Woodland Indians, known as the Algonquins, who have been settled in Connecticut for more than 2,000 years, begin their first villages after having led a more nomadic existence. The change is attributed to the development of large tidal marshes along the Connecticut River, which provided more varied food sources.


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Dozens of startups focused on AI solutions have been bagged by Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon among other companies in the past years. We've a run-down on all the popular AI-focused companies that have been acquired by the giant. As you will notice in the list, these acquisitions only go far as back as five-six years, reaffirming how nascent this space is.
Halli Labs
Google took many by surprise this week when the news got out that it has acquired the Bengaluru-based AI startup. Much about the four-month old startup remains unknown, but we know that some of its founding members came from marketplace Stayzilla. Halli Labs is joining Google's Next Billion team, which aims to solve the last mile problem by serving people from emerging markets.
Apple confirmed last year that it had acquired the small Indian machine learning company. Back in the day, Tuplejump offered software services to store, process, and visualise data.
China's conglomerate Baidu acquired Kitt.ai, a startup based out of Seattle that works on chatbots and voice-based applications across several platforms.
Lattice Data
Apple acquired Lattice Data, a startup that uses AI to mine "dark data" — the kind of data that is collected by not used normally for broader purposes earlier this year.
Cisco purchased MindMeld, an AI startup that creates "conversational interfaces" through bots and voice-powered assistants. At the time of the acquisition, MindMeld's API was being used by over 1,200 companies including Samsung, Google, Intel, and Spotify.
In March this year, Spotify said it was acquiring Sonalytic, a startup that uses machine learning to offer improved music recommendation.
Earlier this year, Apple acquired Israel-based startup RealFace, which developers deep-learning based face authentication technology. Before the acquisition, RealFace was betting big on making passwords redundant.
The Chinese startup that is working on similar capabilities as Amazon's Alexa was acquired by Baidu earlier this year. The company also has an AI-based app called Flow.
Google acquired the online service Kaggle earlier this year. The company hosted data science and machine learning competitions prior to its acquisition.
Microsoft kickstarted the year by announcing it is buying deep-learning startup Maluuba. The Montreal-based company, Microsoft said, offers "one of the world's most impressive deep learning research labs for natural language understanding." Before the startup was acquired, it was working on making advancements toward a more general AI by creating "literate machines that can think, reason and communicate like humans — a vision exactly in line with ours."
Amazon quietly acquired the San Diego-based startup earlier this year. The startup uses machine learning to analyse user behavior around a company's key intellectual property.
Geometric Intelligence
Uber acquired the New York City-based company late last year, as it worked on expanding its AI efforts. Geometric Intelligence was said to work on solutions that could accurately estimate rider locations and travel times, and also help Uber in its self-driving project.
Masquerade Technologies
Facebook acquired Masquerade Technologies after the startup's app that offered Snapchat-like selfie filters gained popularity among young customers.
What is AI, anyway?
Back in 1956, scholars gathered at Dartmouth College to begin considering how to build computers that could improve themselves and take on problems that only humans could handle . That's still a workable definition of artificial intelligence.
An initial burst of enthusiasm at the time, however, devolved into an "AI winter" lasting many decades as early efforts largely failed to create machines that could think and learn - or even listen, see or speak.
That started changing five years ago. In 2012, a team led by Geoffrey Hinton at the University of Toronto proved that a system using a brain-like neural network could "learn" to recognize images. That same year, a team at Google led by Andrew Ng taught a computer system to recognise cats in YouTube videos - without ever being taught what a cat was.
Since then, computers have made enormous strides in vision, speech and complex game analysis. One AI system recently beat the world's top player of the ancient board game Go.
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- Fat 8.4g
- Satfat 1g
- Monofat 2.7g
- Polyfat 0.5g
- Protein 10g
- Carbohydrate 60g
- Fiber 9g
- Cholesterol 2mg
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Place an oven rack on lowest position and preheat to 500°F.
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On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into a 14-inch round. Generously sprinkle a baking sheet with cornmeal. Place dough on sheet.
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Before you fall in love with your little machine, spend a moment marveling that it's actually nothing more than a pile of plastic, silicon, and glass. Most PalmPilot models are 4.7 inches tall, 3.1 inches wide, and 0.6 inches thick (the Palm V is shorter and half as thick; the Palm VII is slightly taller). It weighs between 4 and 6 ounces and has a 160-pixel-square grayscale, touch-sensitive screen. A Motorola 68328 (Dragonball) processor chip inside runs a special operating system called the Palm OS that—talk about optimized!—uses only about 40K of memory. (If you're keeping score at home, that's about one-quarter of 1 percent of the memory required by Windows 9x.)
The PalmPilot has no moving parts and doesn't accept disks of any kind; everything it knows is stored in memory, which helps explain why this machine is so fast and so rugged. Many of the usual encumbrances and trouble spots of actual computers simply don't exist on the PalmPilot. For example, there's no startup delay when you press the power button. Nor is there a Save command; your work in progress is always kept up-to-date automatically. A "launching pad" screen lists all your programs and lets you choose which to work with—but programs load instantaneously, and there's no Quit command. You eventually come to feel as though all your programs are always running.


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I really hope that you are enjoying the current Windows 10 Mobile features. Because in yesterday's webcast on mixer Microsoft confirmed that Windows 10 Mobile is not getting new features nor major improvements.
Actually company indirectly pointed this, during the webcast Windows Insider team members answers the questions posted by the community of insiders. A Windows Insider posted one of the most curious (awkward for Microsoft) question "When will Windows 10 Mobile gets new features and major improvements?"
Usually company avoid this type of question but company finally step forward and replied based on the current condition of Windows 10 Mobile. They explained Windows 10 Mobile will be on feature2 branch, and feature2 was initially thought to be a temporary branch for Windows Mobile, just like Windows 7.8, feature2 branch.
Furthermore, they also said that the much excited Night Light feature is not the part of the roadmap of Windows 10 Mobile. So the future update will only bring bug fixes and other small necessary improvements. Furthermore, Microsoft to drop support for the Windows 8.1 mainframe from July 11 and earlier we already reveal that company to drop support for Siliverlight apps with upcoming windows 10 mobile build.
But as you know that the company is secretly working on refurbishment of Windows 10 Mobile both hardware and software with all new "CShell". Maybe with the release of the CShell platform company put feature2 branch to main development. Take a note here that the Windows 10 Mobile do get the new feature which are based on enterprise. Well of course normal customer will find them boring. In Future with upcoming Windows 10 Mobile build it will get MDM management policies, improved VPN experiences, security and other enterprise related feature.
There is no offence in company is highly interested in the mobile platform, even the CEO Satya Nadella have so called "Ultimate Mobile Device" vision. Though, company have no plans to release the new mobile hardware by early 2018.
Is Windows 10 Mobile still your primary device? Are you about to switch the platform? Let us know in a comment below.


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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the public availability of a draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for point source discharges from the application of pesticides to waters of the United States. This Pesticides General Permit (PGP) was developed in response to a decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in which the court vacated EPA's 2006 rule that said NPDES permits were not required for applications of pesticides to U.S. waters. EPA estimates that the Sixth Circuit's ruling will affect approximately 365,000 pesticide applicators
nationwide who perform 5.6 million pesticide applications annually.
The draft permit covers the following pesticide uses: (1) mosquito and other flying insect pest control; (2) aquatic weed and algae control; (3) aquatic nuisance animal control; and (4) forest canopy pest control. It does not cover terrestrial applications to control pests on agricultural crops or forest floors. EPA is soliciting public comment on whether additional use patterns should be covered by this general permit. EPA will accept written comments on the draft permit for 45 days after its publication in the Federal Register, that is, through July 19, 2010.
Three public meetings, a public hearing and a webcast will be held to present the proposed requirements of the permit, the basis for those requirements and to answer questions. The public hearings will be held in Albuquerque, NM, Boise, ID, Boston, MA, and Washington, D.C. The webcast will be broadcast on June 24, 2010, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) – that's 12:00 to 2:00 for us Illinoisans & registration is required.
NPDES permits are issued by the agency within each state that is responsible for enforcing the Clean Water Act. In Illinois, this is the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA). The intent of this PGP is that it will be used as a template by IEPA and similar agencies in other states for their permits, but state agencies can develop their own permits. The general permit concept is intended to make the process easier for all involved. It's important to note that individual state permits may incorporate additional requirements and they may interpret information differently than EPA.
The PGP is also intended to cover pesticide applications near waters. EPA is interpreting this to refer to the unavoidable discharge to waters of the U.S. in order to target pests in close proximity to water, for example, treating weeds along the bank of a ditch though which water is flowing. Stormwater runoff that may contain pesticides is not required to obtain NPDES permit coverage unless it was already required to do so exclusive of the National Cotton Council, et al. v. EPA court case. Existing NPDES stormwater permits for runoff from construction, industrial activities, and municipal separate storm sewers already consider pesticides as part of the permit development process.
In 1987, Congress amended the Clean Water Act to exempt agricultural stormwater and irrigation return flow from NPDES permitting requirements. The Court's ruling does not affect these exemptions. EPA is seeking comment on whether additional pesticide application activities may involve unavoidable point-source discharges to waters of the United States. EPA is requesting comment on whether this general permit should provide coverage for any such activities. If, after considering comments, EPA expands coverage of this permit, the effluent limitations for the additional use patterns would likely be similar to what is being proposed in this draft permit.
An overview of this issue and court case was published in the July/August 2009 issue of the Illinois Pesticide Review Newsletter which is available at: http://web.extension.illinois.edu/ipr/i6172_829.html.
More information on the NPDES General Pesticide Permit, webcast, and public meetings is available at http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/home.cfm?program_id=410 and http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/index.cfm.
(Phil Nixon, added to and modified from the Agriculture and Natural Resources News Forum and EPA websites)
Editor's Note:
It seems that this EPA announcement (and the whole concept of requiring NPDES permits) has spurred considerably more questions than answers. We in the Pesticide Safety Education Program are currently unclear about the exact scope of this matter and we encourage all pesticide applicators to participate in these sessions, ask questions, and submit comments. This week, I've seen similar announcements from grower groups and professional associations encouraging their members to do the same. Now is your chance to speak up because these matters could affect you.
Currently, the draft permit includes only 4 areas. If an application does not fall into these 4 areas, it does NOT mean that an NPDES permit is not needed. With this comment period, EPA wants to know if they should include other areas (uses/additional use patterns). From discussions at various pesticide meetings this past year, this could include drift from nearby agricultural applications. A recent article in the North Dakota Pesticide Quarterly had this to say, "The general permit is silent when it comes to agricultural uses, although most Clean Water Act experts agree that the court's ruling likely covers uses 'near' water. Some agricultural users also may want to be permitted to protect themselves from citizen lawsuits."
EPA's website reads, "Any use patterns not covered by this proposed draft permit would need to obtain coverage under an individual permit or alternative general permit if they involve pesticide application that result in point source discharges to waters of the United States." Would a revised version of the current PGP be considered an alternative general permit or would it be an entirely different permit? If the latter, how would that be obtained? How is a farmer to know if his application could fall under the definition of a point-source discharge? What is meant exactly by waters of the U.S.? Hopefully, the webcast on June 24th will cover these important questions.
Monitoring, IPM, equipment cleaning schedules, and mandatory calibration and maintenance would be required according to this draft. That in itself is something that applicators should pay careful attention to. These requirements could affect your operation's time investments and finances.
Operators will need to know if their applications will exceed an annual treatment area threshold. What is that threshold? It depends on the number of acres, the number of treatments, and type of site. Those that know they will exceed it, will have to file their NOI (Notice of Intent) and then wait until its receipt is confirmed by EPA before they can apply the pesticide. Additional requirements such as development of a Pesticide Discharge Management Plan and submittal of annual reports are included in this draft PGP for those who know they will exceed the threshold. Emergency pesticide applications can be performed without delay, but an NOI must then be filed.
A violation – intentional or not – of the Clean Water Act could reach up to $37,500/day. Comparatively, FIFRA violations are minimal. Those in violation of the Clean Water Act could be driven out of business fairly quickly. How good is your relationship with your neighbors? Citizen lawsuits will be a very real concern for many.
At this time, the only clear recommendation I have for pesticide users is to get involved and become familiar with the issues at hand. Inclusion in the PGP may provide protection against citizen lawsuits, however, the PGP process is quite involved. For details, read the draft permit at the web address given above. It's no quick read at 58 pages long and neither is the "Fact Sheet" at 116 pages (also on EPA's website). I guess these documents are shorter than the health care bill, but likewise won't be completely read by most. At the very least, check out the "Questions and Answers", which is only 8 pages long.
The Federal Register Notice is filled with intermingled requests for comments on specific topics. At 11 pages in length, it's not so bad. For a shorter, bulleted list that's been paraphrased a bit by the Agricultural Retailers Association, check out: http://www.aradc.org/ (under "news") or http://www.magnetmail.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?recipient_id=200065621&message_id=1025402&user_id=ARA1 for the direct link.
My prediction is that there will be a great reduction in the number of pesticide applications made to these 4 areas in the upcoming year. Some will choose to simply not apply pesticides at all to avoid these new requirements. Others, in an effort to lessen their requirements, will choose to make only one application if they determine that 2 applications will exceed the threshold. It will be interesting to see the long term effects of all of this.
(Michelle Wiesbrook)
Residents of eight northwestern Illinois counties can dispose of unwanted agrichemicals for free this year through the Illinois Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Pesticide Clean Sweep program.
A Clean Sweep collection has been scheduled in late summer for Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox, Mercer, Rock Island, Stephenson, and Whiteside counties, the department announced today. The collection, which rotates among Illinois counties, is open to farmers, retired farmers, nursery owners, private pesticide applicators and landowners who inherited unwanted agricultural pesticides with their property.
"There are two, big reasons to take advantage of this program," Warren Goetsch, bureau chief of Environmental Programs, said. "First, it's free. If individuals were to properly dispose of agrichemicals on their own, the cost would be expensive. But the department is able to provide the service free of charge thanks to a grant it obtained from the U.S. EPA. Second, the state of Illinois, not the program participant, will assume liability for the proper disposal of all materials collected."
Participants must register the products they plan to dispose of by June 25. Registration is required to give the waste disposal contractor time to prepare for the different kinds of materials that will need to be handled. Forms can be obtained either by calling the Illinois Department of Agriculture's Pesticide Hotline at 1-800-641-3934 or visiting one of the program sponsors listed on the next page.
Completed forms should be mailed or faxed to the Illinois Department of Agriculture. The mailing address is: Clean Sweep Program, Illinois Department of Agriculture, State Fairgrounds, P.O. Box 19281, Springfield, IL, 62794-9281. The fax number is (217) 524-4882.
Participants then will be sent a reservation card indicating the date, time and location of their collection.
(Source: Press release from the Illinois Department of Agriculture, April 2010)
Clean Sweep Sponsors Carroll County Farm Bureau 811 S. Clay St. Mt. Carroll, IL 61053-9770 Carroll County SWCD 807C S. Clay St. Mt. Carroll, IL 61053 Carroll County Extension Unit 807D S. Clay St. Mt. Carroll, IL 61053 Henry County Farm Bureau 114 N. East St. Cambridge, IL 61238-1157 Henry County SWCD 301 E. North St. Cambridge, IL 61238 Henry County Extension Unit 26234 Black Hawk Rd. Galva, IL 61434 Jo Daviess County Farm Bureau 212 N. Main St. P.O. Box 501 Elizabeth, IL 61028-0501 Jo Daviess County SWCD P.O. Box 502 Elizabeth, IL 61028 Jo Daviess County Extension Unit 204 Vine P.O. Box 600 Elizabeth, IL 61028 Knox County SWCD 233 S. Soangetaha Rd. Galesburg, IL 61401 Knox County Extension Unit 180 S. Soangetaha Rd., Suite 108 Galesburg, IL 61401-5595 Mercer County Farm Bureau 206 S.E. Third St. P.O. Box 40 Aledo, IL 61231-0040 Mercer County SWCD 308 S.E. 8th Ave. Aledo, IL 61231 Mercer County Extension Unit 702 S.E. Third St. Aledo, IL 61231 Rock Island County Farm Bureau 1601 52nd Ave., Suite 3 Moline, IL 61265-6389 Rock Island County SWCD 3020 E. 1st Ave. Milan, IL 61624 Rock Island County Extension Unit 321 W. 2nd Ave. Milan, IL 61624 Stephenson County Farm Bureau 210 W. Spring St. Freeport, IL 61032-4346 Stephenson County SWCD 1620 S. Galena Ave. Freeport, IL 61032 Stephenson County Extension Unit 2998 W. Pearl City Rd. Freeport, IL 61032
Clean Sweep Sponsors
Carroll County Farm Bureau
811 S. Clay St.
Mt. Carroll, IL 61053-9770
Carroll County SWCD
807C S. Clay St.
Mt. Carroll, IL 61053
Carroll County Extension Unit
807D S. Clay St.
Mt. Carroll, IL 61053
Henry County Farm Bureau
114 N. East St.
Cambridge, IL 61238-1157
Henry County SWCD
301 E. North St.
Cambridge, IL 61238
Henry County Extension Unit
26234 Black Hawk Rd.
Galva, IL 61434
Jo Daviess County Farm Bureau
212 N. Main St.
P.O. Box 501
Elizabeth, IL 61028-0501
Jo Daviess County SWCD
P.O. Box 502
Elizabeth, IL 61028
Jo Daviess County Extension Unit
204 Vine
P.O. Box 600
Elizabeth, IL 61028
Knox County SWCD
233 S. Soangetaha Rd.
Galesburg, IL 61401
Knox County Extension Unit
180 S. Soangetaha Rd., Suite 108
Galesburg, IL 61401-5595
Mercer County Farm Bureau
206 S.E. Third St.
P.O. Box 40
Aledo, IL 61231-0040
Mercer County SWCD
308 S.E. 8th Ave.
Aledo, IL 61231
Mercer County Extension Unit
702 S.E. Third St.
Aledo, IL 61231
Rock Island County Farm Bureau
1601 52nd Ave., Suite 3
Moline, IL 61265-6389
Rock Island County SWCD
3020 E. 1st Ave.
Milan, IL 61624
Rock Island County Extension Unit
321 W. 2nd Ave.
Milan, IL 61624
Stephenson County Farm Bureau
210 W. Spring St.
Freeport, IL 61032-4346
Stephenson County SWCD
1620 S. Galena Ave.
Freeport, IL 61032
Stephenson County Extension Unit
2998 W. Pearl City Rd.
Freeport, IL 61032
In our last newsletter issue, I wrote about the recent and unfortunate deaths of two young children in Utah after Fumitoxin (aluminum phosphide) pellets were dropped in burrows along the sidewalk leading to their front porch. The fumigant seeped its way into their house and the whole family was hospitalized. Although the label required a 15-foot distance from any structure that may be occupied by people or animals, especially homes, the application was made much closer than that.
As a result of this terrible event and misuse, EPA announced in April that major changes would be made to these labels and that the approval of these changes will be expedited. Degesch, the primary manufacturer, is voluntarily implementing the changes. Degesch was to provide a new label for Fumitoxin by May 1, 2010, although at this writing I cannot locate it on their website.
These label changes will impact all aluminum and magnesium phosphide products that have not been sold and greatly change the burrowing animals use pattern. All uses for burrowing pests in residential areas will be prohibited on the new labels.
In addition, the buffer zone for use around buildings that are or may be occupied by humans or domestic animals will increase from 15 feet to 100 feet. Posting and fumigant management plans are also required.
For detailed information on these requirements, visit: http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/reregistration/alphosphide/aluminum-magnsm-phos-fs.html.
These expanded restrictions will better protect people from dangerous exposures. Aluminum and magnesium phosphide products for burrowing rodent use are formulated as tablets and pellets that are rapidly transformed to highly toxic phosphine gas when exposed to moisture.
Phosphine fumigants have been associated with accidental poisoning incidents, and their use is restricted to specially trained pesticide applicators. These fumigants are used primarily to control insects in stored grain and other agricultural commodities.
In Illinois, the use of these fumigants for mammal control is not a common practice; however, it is a labeled use and has been done in the past. There have been communications from USEPA that have lead state regulatory officials to believe that these uses may be removed from such labels. EPA plans to begin registration review of aluminum and magnesium phosphide in 2013.(Submitted by Michelle Wiesbrook. Sources: Communications from Oklahoma State University's Pesticide Safety Education Program & EPA.)
The information given here is an abbreviated summary of information provided at a soil fumigant training workshop held on May 5, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois.
This current reevaluation of fumigant labels is the first comprehensive reevaluation since these fumigants were first registered. The products that are being reevaluated are methyl bromide (which is being slowly removed from general use but will be available for specific "special uses"), chloropicrin, dazomet, and metam sodium/metam potassium. Amended REDs (Registration Eligibility Decisions) were issued in June 2009 and included measures to mitigate/reduce risks from fumigant pesticides. The first set of changes will be implemented through product labels due December 1, 2010, for use in 2011. The second set of changes, which include buffer zone requirements, will occur on Dec 1, 2011, for fumigant applications in 2012.
The goals of these label changes include 1) protecting bystanders and workers while maintaining the main benefits of the fumigants use, 2) providing a more level "playing field" for all soil fumigants and 3) reflecting "real-world" risk management decision situations.
To mitigate/reduce fumigant risks, the EPA wants to reduce potential direct exposure to toxic concentrations; reduce the likelihood of accidents and error; encourage planning and compliance; and assure an appropriate response to any exposure that may occur. Mitigation measures include:
• new good agricultural practices (GAPs)
• rate reductions
• site limitations
• handler respiratory protection (a handler is defined as a person who is in the application block any time from the start of the fumigant application to the entry-restricted period ends, and a person that is in the buffer zone at anytime from the start of the application until the buffer zone period ends)
• tarp perforation & removal restrictions
• re-entry restrictions
• training information for workers
• fumigant management plans (FMPs)
• first responder outreach
• applicator training
• buffer zones
• restrictions near difficult-to-evacuate sites:
- schools (preschool to 12th grade)
- state-licensed daycare centers
- nursing homes
- assisted-living facilities
- hospitals
- in-patient clinics
- prisons
• emergency preparedness & response
• registrant-provided training
• information and community outreach programs
• RUP (Restrict Use Pesticide) classification for dazomet and metam sodium/metam potassium.
Sign posting will include posting the application block and the buffer zones. What needs to be on the sign depends on whether it is for the application block or the buffer. It should be noted that protection from and posting for fumigants are similar to but also different from WPS regulations.
At the time of writing this article, the training material that must be provided to handlers is still being reviewed for approval.
All new fumigant requirements will be part of the label. For all of this information to be included, the labels will be an estimated 30 to 35 pages in length. Compliance monitoring will be part of normal-use inspections. In 2013, new evaluations of the soil fumigants will start under EPA's Registration Review Program.
How many pounds of fumigants are used in this country? According to the data provided at the workshop, approximately 98,190,000 lbs of five fumigants was used on 11 vegetable and small fruit crops from 2006 to 2008. USEPA did not list Illinois as a user state, because so few pounds of any fumigant were used during this time frame.
(Submitted by Jim Schuster)
While participating in The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance 10th Annual Conference in February, I had the pleasure to meet Eric Laut of Veolia ES Technical Solutions, LLC (Veolia).
Eric's company specializes in the collection and disposal of unwanted pesticides. I was impressed to learn that pesticide collection programs are thoroughly planned and well coordinated events where everything is properly labeled and accounted for. It's much more involved than simply showing up unannounced with a truckload of chemicals for disposal. Surprises and chaos are simply avoided by requiring registration in advance. Truly, they have these collections down to a fine science. The diagram shown here gives testament to this. Eric was kind enough to share with us the following information about what pesticide collection programs involve.
• These programs are sponsored by the states and local units of government, and typically funded through pesticide registration and applicator fees. The Illinois Department of Agriculture sponsors pesticide collection programs in the State of Illinois. Funding is limited, so only a few counties per year will have the opportunity to participate in the pesticide collection programs. More information about this year's Clean Sweep Collection can be found in this newsletter.
• Millions of pounds of banned, cancelled, suspended, expired, unwanted, unused and unstable pesticides have been collected through pesticide collection programs in many states across the country. Often these products are stored for long periods of time, and their containers develop leaks, which may lead to health and environmental problems.
• The collection of pesticides from farms, co-ops, golf courses, and other sources of pesticide generation has diverted these toxic, corrosive, flammable and sometimes reactive chemicals from contaminating waterways and underground aquifers and have reduced exposure and safety concerns on the farm and in the home.
• Veolia has been the leader in pesticide collection services since the 1980s. Typically, Veolia is hired by the state or county to perform pesticide collection services, which include:
- Development of a Health and Safety Plan
- Coordination of collection site activities with fire and police departments
- Mobilization of chemists and technicians to the pesticide collection site
- Collection Site Setup (see chart)
- Participant surveys
- Offloading of pesticides from vehicles
- Segregating pesticides into hazard classes
- Packaging of pesticides into containers for shipment
- Preparation of hazard labels and hazardous waste manifests
- Loading collected pesticides into Veolia trucks
- Site tear-down
- Demobilization of Veolia teams
- Transportation and disposal
(primarily via high temperature incineration) of collected pesticides
• While Veolia will typically contract with state or local units of government, Veolia also can be hired by farms, co-ops and other entities to provide pesticide services. These services include: remediation, overpacking leaking drums, waste identification, spill cleanup and transportation and disposal of pesticides. Costs vary with waste types and quantities.
For further information regarding pesticide collection programs and services, please contact:
Eric Laut
Sales Manager
Veolia ES Technical Solutions, LLC
Phone: 1-800-667-2387
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
(Submitted by Michelle Wiesbrook)
Through early December 2009, 91 pesticide misuse complaints had been filed with the Illinois Department of Agriculture, of which 89 investigation reports had been submitted for review. Of these 89 cases submitted for review, 52 cases were closed with no evidence of pesticide misuse.
The remaining 37 cases resulted in 34 warning letters being issued and eight administrative hearings being scheduled for violations of the Illinois Pesticide Act (six applicator license violations) and the Lawn Care Products Application and Notice Act.
These are fewer than the previous two years. In 2008, 115 complaints resulted in 30 warning letters and 17 administrative hearings. In 2007, 117 complaints resulted in 42 warning letters and 25 administrative hearings.
(Submitted by Phil Nixon, based on information from an Illinois Department of Agriculture report.)
The Agrichemical Container Recycling Schedule has been released for 2010. It can be accessed at: http://www.agr.state.il.us/Environment/recycle.html.
There are four permanent collection sites in Illinois, located at Carrollton, Heyworth, Monmouth, and Lawrenceville. In addition, there will be 30 single-day collection sites across the state ranging from August 2 to September 3. Please see the website for specific locations and contact information. You can also call the Illinois Department of Agriculture at 1-800-641-3934. Last year, 44,660 pounds were collected, which equates to approximately 65,000 containers.
(Submitted by Michelle Wiesbrook)
The Calibration Calculator is designed to provide answers to commonly needed calibration questions. It is a Microsoft Excel workbook with several worksheets designed to be used on a computer or any handheld device that can run Excel, such as a Windows Mobile devices, BlackBerries, and iPhones. The Calibration Calculator is free, and can be downloaded here: http://web.extension.illinois.edu/psep/facts/
There are seven separate worksheets on the Calibration Calculator:
1. Nozzle calib acres: intended to assist with calibrating a sprayer based on a single nozzle for applications where area is measured in acres. There are two tables, one for determining the required nozzle flow rate in gallons per minute and fluid ounces per minute, and one for determining the gallons applied per acre when using a nozzle with a specific flow rate.
2. Nozzle calib sq ft: intended to assist with calibrating a sprayer based on a single nozzle for applications where area is measured in 1,000 square feet (sq ft). There are two tables identical to the ones on the previous worksheet except area is measured in 1,000 square feet instead of acres.
3. Boom calib: intended for applications where it is more feasible to calibrate based on the flow rate for the entire boom instead of individual nozzles, although the worksheet does allow the flow rate to be split into individual nozzles. This worksheet is useful for aerial applicators, right-of-way applicators using boomless nozzles, and other applications where the swath width is the desired way to measure effective sprayed width.
4. Pressure-GPM: this worksheet has two tables on it. The first allows you to calculate the pressure required to operate a nozzle to achieve the desired flow rate. The second table allows you to determine what the flow rate for a nozzle will be when it is operated at a desired pressure.
5. Req speed: this worksheet calculates the required ground speed in order to spray at a specific gallons per acre application rate with a specific nozzle flow rate. It can be used to determine the speed at which you need to spray if you can't alter your nozzle flow rate. It can also be used to determine the upper and lower speed limits for a specific nozzle based on the nozzle's pressure range.
6. Speed calc: calculates ground speed in miles per hour based on the time taken in seconds to travel a course of known distance measured in feet. This is useful if your sprayer does not have a speedometer, you need to test the accuracy of a speedometer, or if the speedometer is known to be inaccurate. Remember to carry out the test on terrain similar to what you will be spraying.
7. Conversions: this worksheet contains a variety of conversions that might be encountered while calibrating a sprayer or tank mixing.
The top of each worksheet has the name of the worksheet on it as well as a reminder of what the yellow and green cells mean. On each worksheet, cells highlighted in grey list the variables used in the table.
Cells highlighted in yellow indicate information that needs to be entered by the applicator. Cells highlighted in green indicate an automatically calculated answer based on the values entered in the yellow cells.
Note that for all tables, a value of "#DIV/0" or "0" will show in the green cell. This will change once you have entered all of the required data in the yellow cells. Above each table is a description of what the table should be used for, and beneath each table is a brief explanation of the variables used in the table.
The following examples will help highlight how some of the Calibration Calculator worksheets can be used.
Example 1: Using the Nozzle calib acres worksheet to calculate a required flow rate.
You need to make a 10 GPA application. You operate your sprayer at 13 mph and you have nozzle spacing of 20 inches. To determine the required flow rate, enter the above information into the yellow cells to the right of each variable for the table with "use this table to calculate the required nozzle flow rate in gallons per minute" above it.
For instance, to the right of "W (inches)" you would enter "20". Once you have entered all of the variables, the required flow rate of 0.44 will appear in the green cell. Directly below is the same flow rate in fluid ounces per minute, 56.
Note that in order for the answer to appear in the green cell, you will need to click out of the last yellow cell for which you entered data in order for the formula to run and an answer to appear in the green cell.
Example 2: Using the Nozzle calib acres worksheet to calculate the GPA when using nozzles with a specific flow rate.
You will be making an application at 7 mph with nozzles that are spaced 15 inches apart and have a flow rate of 0.25 GPM. To determine what your spray application rate will be in gallons per acre, enter the above information into the yellow cells to the right of each variable for the table with "use this table to calculate the application rate in gallons per acre" above it. After entering the all of the required data in the yellow cells, the answer of 14.1 GPA will appear in the green cell.
Note: the two tables in the Nozzle calib sq ft worksheet are used in the exact same manner as described in examples 1 and 2 except area is measured in 1,000 square feet instead of acres.
Example 3: Using the Boom calib worksheet to determine the required flow rate for an off-center nozzle used on a boomless sprayer.
You need to make a 40 GPA application at 7 mph using an off-center nozzle that will be set up to spray a 15-foot swath width. You can use the first table (on the left) of the Boom calib worksheet to determine the required flow rate for this application. Enter 15 in the yellow cell next to swath width, 7 in the yellow cell next to speed, and 40 in the yellow cell next to GPA. The required flow rate of 8.48 GPM will appear in the green cell.
The bottom two variables in this table can be used to set up a sprayer with multiple off-center nozzles. This table can also be used to calibrate an agricultural aircraft, and the table on the right can be used to assist with this calibration if two nozzle orifice sizes are required to make the application.
Example 4: Using the Pressure-GPM worksheet to calculate the required pressure to achieve a necessary flow rate.
Based on example 1, you have determined you need a flow rate of 0.44 GPM to make the application. You have selected an XR11004 nozzle for your sprayer. The XR indicates the nozzle is an extended range nozzle.
The first three digits indicate it has a fan angle of 110 degrees at 40 psi. The last two digits indicate the flow rate at 40 psi – placing a decimal point between the digits shows this nozzle has a flow rate of 0.4 GPM.
You need to determine what pressure this tip should be operated at in order to provide the 0.44 GPM you need. Use the table with the heading "Use this table to determine the pressure needed for a nozzle to produce a specific flow rate". In the yellow cell to the right of "Known PSI", enter 40. For "Known GPM" enter 0.4, and enter 0.44 for "Desired GPM".
The correct answer of 48 PSI appears in the green cell, indicating you need to operate this nozzle at this pressure in order to generate a flow rate of 0.44 GPM.
Example 5: Using the Pressure-GPM and Req speed worksheets to determine the upper speed limit for the XR11004 nozzle when using an automatic spray rate controller.
The XR11004 nozzle used for the scenarios in examples 1 and 4 has an upper pressure limit of 60 psi and should not be operated above this pressure. You can use the Req speed worksheet to determine the speed at which this pressure will be required to maintain the 10 GPA. First, you need to determine the nozzle flow rate for the XR11004 nozzle at 60 psi.
You can use the second table, on the right, on the Pressure-GPM worksheet to determine this flow rate. For known GPM and PSI, enter 4.0 and 40 respectively. The desired PSI will be 60, the maximum pressure at which this nozzle should be operated. The green cell will show a flow rate of 0.49 GPM.
In the Req speed worksheet, enter a 20 for W (20 inch nozzle spacing as described in Example 1), the 0.49 for nozzle GPM you just calculated, and the 10 GPA, also from example 1. The speed at which this nozzle will need to be operated at 60 psi in order to maintain the 10 GPA is shown in the green cell: 14.5 mph. The XR11004 should not be operated at speeds exceeding 14.5 mph or the upper pressure limit will be exceeded.
As stated earlier, this Excel workbook can be used on either a computer or any handheld device that supports Excel. You may need to adjust font size, zoom level, color, or other parameters in order to make it functional on your individual smart phone.
I have kept the zoom set at 100% for use on a computer, but readjust it on my Windows Mobile phone to 50% so I can see all of the tables. I have only used it on a Windows Mobile device, so I do not know how well it will work on other smart phone operating systems.
Finally, an important note on file saving. After using the workbook, when you go to close it out, Excel will ask you if you wish to save changes. To maintain the original workbook with no data entered, select no. If you wish to save your work, I suggest renaming the file so that you still have an original copy of the worksheet with no data entered.
Please provide any feedback, including compatibility problems, complaints, functions to add, etc. on the Calibration Calculator to me at either firstname.lastname@example.com or (217) 722-2212. In the future I intend to add additional worksheets to help with tank mixing calculations.
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A lot happened on Thursday night's double-eviction episode of Big Brother. Alex Ow and Jason Dent were blindsided, Dent was so mad about being evicted that he didn't even say goodbye to anyone, everyone cried, and then Raven Walton cried, but then cartwheeled and kicked for joy, about also losing half a million dollars. However, the biggest news of the night actually had nothing to do with this season.
At the end of the show, host Julie Chen revealed that CBS will air, for the first time in the U.S., a celebrity spin-off of the series in the winter of 2018. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Chen stated, "We're being realistic. It's not going to be all Oscar winners, but maybe we'll have someone who won an Oscar decades ago. Whoever casts 'Dancing With the Stars' does an amazing job." While no celebs have been cast yet, Chen also shared who's on her casting dream team. "Tonya Harding. Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, that's a love affair waiting to happen. Sean Spicer and Melissa McCarthy, which will never happen. Andy Cohen is a super fan, hilarious and speaks his mind. He's not afraid to stand up for himself or a friend and he's fiercely loyal. And who is the one who acts crazy every now and then? Is it Shia LaBeouf? I don't know if I want him."
Meanwhile, fans immediately took to Twitter to share their excitement over the news.


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The mission of the Canton Chamber of Commerce is to advocate on behalf of our members and advance their business success.
The Canton Chamber of Commerce is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to the development, advancement and promotion of its members. Membership dues and annual fundraisers support the Chamber. Our Executive Director, Gary Miller and Office Manager Sue Budde are surrounded by a strong team of dedicated volunteer members that lead efforts in Advocacy, Membership Events and Benefits, Marketing, Education and Outreach.
Each of our Five Star Committees are ably co-chaired by business professionals that have both the interest and expertise in their mission. We advocate on behalf of our members at town boards and commissions, provide membership opportunities to regularly network and benefits including insurance discounts, marketing opportunities through social media and monthly mailings to every home, and educational seminars that are timely and topical. Together, we are committed to our mission with a promise to continuously seek out ways to improve value to our members.
We also recognize our obligation to positively impact the town we all love, and through our Outreach Committee's projects throughout the year, we recognize outstanding scholars through our scholarship program as well as help those in our town who are in need.
Our website has been designed to serve our members, businesses and the community as a whole. I hope you'll take time to explore it to learn more about our chamber, and the town of Canton.
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By participating in our regular networking events such as Business after Hours, Morning LEADS Network, holiday events, our annual golf tournament, and more, you have the opportunity to meet other business professionals and civic leaders and expand your prospect base. In fact, hosting a monthly Business after Hours is an excellent way to introduce Chamber members to your business. Networking with Chamber colleagues also provides invaluable insights and ideas regarding business solutions and best practices. The best way to gain value from your membership is to fully participate. Attend as many Chamber activities and events as possible; join one of our 5-star committees. Connections with Canton Chamber members will greatly increase the benefit of your membership and help expand your business opportunities.
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In the wake of the naked celebrity photo hacking, Apple chief executive Tim Cook says the company could have done more to make people aware of security measures and will introduce ways to better protect user accounts.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, his first since the photos of Jennifer Lawrence and others went public, he said celebrities' iCloud accounts were compromised because they either fell prey to a phishing scam to obtain their login information or hackers guessed the answers to their security questions.
He denied that the celebrity photo hack was due to a security failure on Apple's part. He said none of their user IDs and passwords leaked from the company's servers.
To make future breaches less likely, Apple will start sending e-mail alerts and push notifications to users any time an account password is changed, iCloud data is restored to a new device or a device logs into an account for the first time. Previously users were not notified when data was restored to iCloud, where users can back up photos, music and other data.
The new measures, which take effect in two weeks, will allow users to take immediate action to protect their account by changing their password or contacting Apple.
However, users won't know until after the fact if their account has been hacked. At that point, private photos or personal data could be making its way around the Web.
Cook acknowledged the company could have done more to educate users. "When I step back from this terrible scenario that happened and say what more could we have done, I think about the awareness piece," he told the Journal. "I think we have a responsibility to ratchet that up. That's not really an engineering thing."
He also said Apple will do more to encourage users to enable two-factor authentication, which requires a special code in addition to a username and password to access an account. The feature is designed to protect users when their usernames and passwords are stolen.
On Apple's new iPhone, due out later this month, the feature will also cover access to iCloud accounts from a mobile device, Cook said.
Currently, two-factor authentication only protects three things: signing in to My Apple ID to manage an Apple account; making iTunes, App Store, or iBookstore purchases from a new device; and getting Apple ID-related support from Apple.
That wouldn't have protected the celebrities whose photos were stolen, according to TechCrunch, because hackers can exploit the fact they don't need a verification code to restore a device from an iCloud backup, one of many iCloud services not currently protected by two-factor authentication. That means, if a hacker steals your username and password, he can export the data using an application called the Phone Password Breaker. A security researcher who works for the company that created Phone Password Breaker actually talked about the vulnerability at a security conference last year. It has also been widely covered by the Tech press: Ars Technica, ZDnet and TUAW, to name a few.
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Woman's phone rings off the hook after she gets new numberPosted: Updated:
PHOENIX -- A Valley woman says her telephone is ringing off the hook around the clock and she can't get it to stop.
So, she contacted 3 On Your Side for help.
The bottom line here is she has a bad number.
Now, when I say "bad," her phone number is actually a working phone number. But, the problem has to do with who had the phone number before it was assigned to her.
Whenever Jerraye Taylor tries to eat, her phone rings.
When she tries to clean house, her phone rings.
And when Taylor tries to relax with a good book, you guessed it. Her phone rings.
"Total strangers, I had no idea who they were, they would be calling me all 24 hours," Taylor said. "I never would know whenever they'd be calling."
The phone calls were driving Taylor crazy so she started quizzing callers as to exactly what they wanted and their answers were all the same.
"I said, 'Well, where did you get my number?" Taylor said. "And they said, 'Well, it's on my sign in the front yard."
What sign? Signs that were distributed by a company called Nationwide Alarm.
It turns out Nationwide Alarm relocated last year and although they didn't take their number with them when they moved, their signs with the old number remain in front yards everywhere.
After waiting 90 days, Cox Communications re-assigned the telephone number and the lucky new person to get that number was Taylor when she moved recently.
"I get harassed by it," she said. "I get calls from hostile customers and it's my number."
The owner of Nationwide Alarm says there are hundreds of the signs around the Valley, but he can't replace them because homeowners' contracts have been sold to other companies so it's out of his hands right now.
Cox Communications say they did nothing wrong and are allowed to re-issue a phone number after it sits dormant for 90 days.
So unless Taylor wants to change her phone number, she'll have to continue to endure phone calls from people she doesn't even know.
I wish I could have done more for Taylor, but considering the unique set of circumstances there was not much I could do.


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Academic staff from three prestigious Japanese universities namely Toyohashi University of Technology, Nagaoka University of Technology and National Institute of Technology attended the English Holiday Camp organised by Life Academy at DISTED College providing them the opportunity to practice their English through a fun and enjoyable way.
Category: 2016 News
2016 SACE International Top Achievers
Since 1987, #DISTEDCollege has been successfully conducting the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE International) programme, and has also been constantly producing top achievers throughout the years.
This year, DISTED has produce yet another batch of top achievers from the 2016 #SACEInternational
examinations, and hence would like to congratulate them on their success!
Lim Hong Zhec – 2016 SACE International Achiever
In January 2016, Lim Hong Zhec, a former student of SMJK Jit Sin of Bukit Mertajam, joined #DISTEDCollege's SACE International programme with a view to pursue his further studies in a recognised undergraduate programme upon completion of his pre-university studies.
Now, not only have Lim completed his studies in the #SACEInternational programme, but he has also emerged as the best among the 2016 top achievers. With an ATAR score of 95.40, Lim is also the receipient of a subject merit award for his exceptional performance in the Specialist Mathematics subject.
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DISTED College Inks Pioneering Memorandum of Agreement With Japan's Leading Toyohashi University of Technology
The signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between DISTED College and Toyohashi University of Technology took place on 18th December 2016 at the Yeap Chor Ee Heritage Campus at DISTED College in Penang.
Dr Seah Soo Aun, President and CEO of DISTED College and Dr Takashi Onishi, President of Toyohashi University of Technology and the Science Council of Japan initiated the agreement respectively.
Other distinguished guests witnessing the MOA signing included Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, as Chairman of Wawasan Education Foundation and Pro-Chancellor of Wawasan Open University. Also in attendance was DISTED College's Chairman of the Board of Directors, Datuk Seri Stephen Yeap, as well as industry and academic leaders.
"The MOA provides prospective students from DISTED's School of Computing and Engineering diploma programme a direct articulation option to Japan's distinguish Toyohashi University of Technology and many other Japanese universities to earn a bachelor's degree," Dr Seah said during his speech.
"More specifically, it's the first of such transfer programme between a Malaysian private institution of higher learning and a Japanese university and is opened to all Malaysian and international students who wish to pursue their studies in the field of Computing and Electronic Engineering and earn an undergraduate or even a postgraduate qualification in Japan," he continued.
Students under this DISTED Japanese Transfer Programme will complete their 3-year Diploma in Computer Science or Diploma in Electrical and Electronic Engineering to articulate in to Toyohashi University's computing or electronic engineering degree programme. Students will embark on two (2) more years to complete the programme in Japan.
In addition to that, DISTED will establish a DISTED Scholarship and Bursary Award fund to further encourage prospective students to pursue this prestigious programme at DISTED College.
Workshop – Using Interpersonal Skills at Work
New canteen operators
As another year has come to the end and for a fresh new start in 2017, the college has appointed two (2) new canteen operators, Jibrinnoor (M) Sdn Bhd is replacing Jom Makan Café and M&Y Lim Enterprise to take over Kopitiam.
The newly appointed canteen operators had gone through the college's open tender system that involves scrutinising and evaluation process to ensure total compliance with the college canteen rules and regulations to supply healthy food to students.
Memorable trip to Penang for girls from Taiping
ver 40 students of SMK Convent Taiping had the opportunity to develop their knowledge on leadership during the Leadership & Morality Workshop at #DISTEDCollege as they visited the College on 29th November.
#DISTED had also made these girls' visit a memorable one with a specially organised and guided-tour around the George Town World Heritage Site. During the tour, the students were being introduced to the various Penang street arts and also some local Penang delicacies.
#DISTEDturns30 #YouAreInGoodHands
Student's success in National Olympiad Maths 2016
Lim Hong Zhec, a student who is currently pursuing further studies in the SACE International programme at #DISTEDCollege, has participated in the recent National Olympiad Maths 2016 competition.
In the competition with over 1900 participants from all over Malaysia, Lim was being ranked in the top 100 under the Sulong (Senior) Category.
#DISTED would like to take this opportunity to express its heartiest congratulations to Lim on his success!
Sam Tet's session of Photography Workshop
SMJK Sam Tet students learned about various photography techniques including perspective, vanishing line, and rule of 3rd, during the Photography Workshop that was conducted at #DISTEDCollege earlier today.
Girls learning to Think Critically & Solving Problems
Girls from the Penang Chinese Girls' High School learning to think critically while also developing their problem-solving skills during the day's Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Workshop which was being conducted by #DISTEDCollege.


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Why You Should Let Your Employees Nap at Work
Sleeping on the job may still be frowned upon as a sign of laziness, but in recent years, many progressive companies have begun to encourage employees to take mid-day naps to recharge.
Marketing-software company, HubSpot has a nap room featuring a hammock suspended above a plush carpet and soothing cloud-covered walls to encourage its 750 employees to catch some z's at work. CMO Mike Volpe, who is known to use the nap room frequently, says a 20-minute nap is often all he needs to regain focus and re-energize to be more productive for the rest of the day.
The nap room is seen as a way to help employees balance the demands of work and home life. A father of two young children...


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The IADB participated in the November 12 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, at the meeting of experts XII CDMA (Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas).
The IADB has sent two representatives to this meeting aimed to discuss the themes proposed by the Secretariat Pro-Tempore of Trinidad and Tobago with academic member countries and observers.
The meeting was attended by 15 countries plus the IADB and other academic and non-governmental entities.
The countries represented were Argentina, Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago and United States of America.
The meeting was opened by the Minister of National Security, Major General (R) Edmund Dillon. The work was led by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of National Security and Secretary Pro-Tempore XII CDMA, Mr. Carl Francis and the Chief of Staff, General Phillips-Spencer.
The IADB has specific mandates of the OAS to allow their involvement in technical and administrative tasks in support of the Pro Tempore Secretariat of the CDMA. For this event in particular collaborations were presented through the documents produced by the body of technical advisers, with due support from the Council of Delegates.
According to regulations of the CDMA, the themes will be submitted for discussion and formal appreciation for the preparatory meeting to be held in March 2016.
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