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(Mall of Asia Arena)
2 p.m. – FEU vs UE
4 p.m. – Ateneo vs Adamson
Ateneo and Adamson, the hottest teams of the second round, meet with Final Four implications today as the elimination round of the UAAP basketball tournament comes to a conclusion today at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Their match is set at 4 p.m. with the Blue Eagles needing a win to clinch the No. 2 seed and a twice-to-beat advantage in the semis and the Falcons hoping to force a playoff for the aforementioned spot with a victory.
The defending champion Far Eastern University Tamaraws are still in the running for the semis bonus, but their destiny is no longer in their hands anymore even if they end up beating the lowly University of the East Red Warriors in the 2 p.m. opener coupled with a Falcons triumph.
Ateneo holds second place at 9-4 while FEU and Adamson are tied for third at 8-5 entering today's doubleheader that was rescheduled twice because of Typhoon Karen and the All Saints Day break.
The Blue Eagles will place second with a victory, while the Falcons is assured of a playoff if they pull off a repeat of their 62-61 win in the first round.
But should FEU beat UE and Adamson prevails by 31 over Ateneo, then Adamson and FEU play in a playoff for the No. 2 seed, thus dropping Ateneo to fourth a date with top seed and twice-to-beat La Salle.
That is why the coaches of Ateneo, which won five in a row, and Adamson, on a four-game winning run, are treating their duel as if the Final Four had started today.
"It's going to be a dogfight, I just hope we play our best because right now I'm happy with the way they're playing but totally not satisfied," said Adamson mentor Franz Pumaren. "Ateneo has this new aura and they're a very confident team right now."
"I don't think we are on the standard or stature as La Salle who probably with the talent that they have can plan for certain games," shared Ateneo coach Tab Baldwin. "If we drop our guard, we can put ourselves in a pressure that we don't want to be put under."
While Ateneo and Adamson are peaking at the right time, FEU is groping for form after losing its last three games.
Their latest defeat came last Saturday when they lost a pair of eight-point leads in the 73-69 setback to the Green Archers. That is why Tams tactician Nash Racela would like to see his squad enter the Final Four with a win, even if they don't have the twice-to-beat advantage.
"If (the twice-to-beat advantage) comes, it comes. But from the looks of it parang hindi," said Racela. "Importante is that we're in the Final Four, and based on the way we played against La Salle, I know we can compete and beat the other team even if we are at a twice-to-beat disadvantage."


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Did I Say That? My mother's inheritance
I've often thought one of life's great tragedies is that we seem to inherit only the flawed traits from our parents. This is something scientists pursuing a Nobel Prize should explore … but only after they figure out what makes men like Harvey Weinstein tick.
The way I see it, the things that are wrong with our parents usually become the things that are wrong with us. I have a little toe that curls inward just like my mother. I have a mole on my neck like my father. I have poor eyesight like my mother. I have an addictive personality like my father and mother. And the list goes on.
Is it nature or nurture? We've all read about psychos who raised little psychos and big crooks who raised little crooks. On the other hand, I know parents who were successful in the eyes of the world, men and women of so-called great achievement, whose kids couldn't hold down a job at Carvel.
As far as my genetic inheritance, one of the most troubling indignities is I started turning gray at 17 because of my mother. If that wasn't bad enough, I joined the pitiable ranks of bald men in my 30's, which means even the little hair I have is gray. To the day he died, my father had a full head of black hair. Was it genetics or the luck of the draw?
For a young man, it was a painful existence. I wasn't old enough to buy a bottle of Budweiser legally or smoke a Marlboro, and yet I had enough gray hair to impersonate an aging British aristocrat on Masterpiece Theater. There's no justice in America or in genetics.
For a while, I considered coloring the hair I had, but I would have looked like Pennywise the clown, so I figured I'd emulate Bill Clinton, James Woods and Richard Gere, who are proudly silver-headed … instead of adopting Donald Trump's orange glow. (Not to mention that several studies have shown a possible link between hair dye and cancer.)
Unfortunately, my situation had repercussions for my descendants. My four daughters also suffer from the gray hair affliction, and it didn't take long before they started blaming me, until I said, "Whoooaaa! Blame your grandmother!" However, they liked her too much to do that.
My mother started going gray at 16, back before all these new and exciting products for dying your hair, such as Kool-Aid, back when they probably used dye made from beets and walnut husks.
I've tried to encourage my daughters — all four of whom are going gray in their 20s and early 30s — to stop complaining and embrace the moment. Celebrities like Katy Perry and Zosia Mamet are picking up the dye bottle to get the trendy gray look. In America if celebrities do something, it must be good for the rest of us. Others like Helen Mirren, Glenn Close, Diane Keaton and Jamie Lee Curtis flaunt their gray hair instead of coloring it.
Is there anything more traumatic than spotting that first gray strand in the mirror at 6 a.m. while you're brushing your hair? As my daughter Dana recalled, "I found my first gray hairs in high school. They were short and wiry and they grew like weeds along my hairline. I plucked them out and went on with my day. When I got to college, I remember a friend walking behind me, counting the grays on the back of my head in horror. 'How can you have so many gray hairs? You're still young!' So I headed straight to CVS for a box of dye."
Now she's mostly gray on the left side, but doesn't try to hide it even though she says she resembles a young Cruella de Vil. But the curse continues and the pace has quickened. At the tender age of 2-1/2, her daughter, Lennox, "can rattle off her numbers, name every color known to man and Crayola, and is ready for her first dye job." They found a gray hair on my granddaughter.
"My husband is still in denial," Dana says, "but I took the opportunity to celebrate who we are and the characteristic we've been blessed with from the amazing woman who came before us — my grandmother."
Hey, let's not forget your father!

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Archive for September, 2015
By: Brad Miller
Here are some quick reminders as wheat planting is getting underway.
Wheat should be planted 1.5 in deep
Make sure you treat your seed with a seed treatment containing a fungicide to control seed borne diseases like fusarium, common Bunt and Glume Blotch. The optimum seeding rate is 1.2 to 1.6 million seeds per acre. The following chart breaks down the lbs. needed to obtain that goal.
|Row spacing (inches)
|Feet of row/acre
|Wheat seeds/lb.
|lb./ac of seed
You should Apply 15 to 30 Lbs. of Nitrogen at planting in some form. Contact your local Mercer Landmark representative for more recommendations or questions.
By: Tony Dreibus
Updated: 09/28/2015
Soybeans Drop as Demand Picture Unflattering
Soybeans dropped and will likely stay lower today while corn was steady overnight on signs of weak demand for U.S. supplies from overseas buyers.
Soybean exporters sold 1.32 million metric tons of soybeans to overseas buyers in the week that ended on Sept. 17. While that was a decent amount, sales to China still are lagging behind the prior five years thanks to ample global supplies and the prospect for a monster crop out of Brazil.
Growers in the South American country could potentially produce upwards of 100 million metric tons, which would lead to a glut of soybeans in the world. With a weak Brazilian real, global buyers likely will shun U.S. inventories in favor of soybeans from South America.
November soybean futures declined 3 ¾ to $8.85 ½ a bushel overnight on the Chicago Board of Trade. December soymeal futures fell 70 cents to $307.50 per short ton. December soyoil futures declined 0.01 cent to $27.92.
Corn was little changed as investors wait to see how much of the crop was harvested in a report later today. Rain may have kept farmers in the Midwest out of fields last week.
Yields have thus far been disappointing, but most industry experts believe they will improve as the harvest moves north into Iowa and northern Illinois and Indiana. Some are indicating that some combines are rolling in parts of Iowa already.
At the open Monday, the Dec. corn futures are trading 3/4 of a cent lower at $3.88. Nov. soybean futures are trading 5 cents lower at $8.84.
Dec. wheat futures are 4 cents higher at $5.12.
Dec. soymeal futures are trading $0.50 per short ton lower at $307.70. Dec. soyoil futures are trading $0.20 lower at $27.71.
In the outside markets, the Brent Crude oil market is $0.85 lower per barrel, the U.S. dollar is higher, and the Dow Jones Industrials are 115 points lower.
Large Harvest, Weak Real Could Mean Slack Demand For U.S. Soybeans
So exactly how did the Brazilians get to a point where they could potentially harvest 100 million metric tons of soybeans next year? And why would world buyers turn to the South American country for their beans?
First, the caveat: growers in the country haven't yet even planted the crop so there's a lot of time between now and harvest. But looking at planting intentions, it's not hard to fathom Brazilian farmers collecting their biggest-ever crop.
Growers are expected to increase planted acreage by about 3%, the International Grains Council said earlier this year. Production is expected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reach 97 million metric tons, but if all goes well, that number could easily top 100 million metric tons.
Even at the current estimate of 97 million metric tons from Brazil, global production would reach a record, as would ending stockpiles, according to the USDA.
With a glut of soybeans floating around, buyers could pick and choose from whom they make purchases, and likely would choose the lowest-priced seller. Good news for the Brazilians as their currency has tanked, making their products more attractive to overseas buyers.
Isolated Rainfall Expected in U.S. Midwest Today
Speculation also continues about the size of the U.S. soybean and corn crops.
Many industry insiders are saying yields, which have thus far been disappointing, will improve as the harvest moves north into Iowa and northern Illinois and Indiana, but the blockbuster numbers have yet to materialize.
The good news is we should begin to see some hard evidence in the near future.
That is, if Mother Nature cooperates. Rain last week likely slowed collection of grains in parts of the Midwest.
Precipitation likely will continue in parts of Iowa, according to the National Weather Service. The thunderstorms expected in the next 24 hours could further delay the harvest, but any rainfall will be extremely isolated.
Parts of northern Nebraska are also expected to receive rain, the NWS said in a daily report, but that will impact what little spring wheat hasn't yet been collected more so than the corn and soybean harvest.
By: Ryan Stucke
Everybody is anxious to get to the field and get this year's crop off whether it is because they are excited to see how it yields, or they have had constant rain over the summer and are just plain sick of looking at bad crops. But no matter what side of the fence you are on there are some key tips to remember when going to the field to harvest those crops.
- Soybean harvest delays can knock bushels per acre off your yields. Know which combine adjustments to make to limit losses, which can rise to 10% of your yield potential in some cases.
- Identifying stalk rot issues and managing harvest timing of at-risk fields can help you reduce lodging losses and get more ears into the combine.
- Learn more about the differences in management needs of different grain drying systems.
- Monitor fields to understand the effect of this year's growing environment: Learn to balance stalk-quality concerns with moisture targets to hit the sweet spot.
- Also a few health tips: make sure you have plenty of food and something to drink, also make sure plenty of sleep is involved.
With walking fields this fall and helping farmers determine what yield potential they could possibly have, what moisture the grain is at, and if there are any environmental issues going on. We have noticed especially in a lot of conventional fields that the stalk quality is going away very quickly and even some that are starting to drop ears. A large part of this is due to corn borer getting into the ear shank and working the way up and down the stalk (seen in the picture below). A good way to check for these pests is by pulling the leaves off and checking for small holes and also looking for eggs on the back side of the leaves. A good way to test you stalk quality would be to do the push test. Push the stalk 12 inches either way and if they start to break off anywhere up and down the stalk it's time to start thinking about getting it out of the field.
By: Jeff Keller
The rainfall has slowed down as we come to the end of summer and the crops are making their cycle to maturity. Most of us are looking at the corn crop and are thinking, "Well, it is what it is." However, damage is still going on after looking at a corn field in Darke county. In that area there was pressure of European corn borer earlier in the season.
Corn borer this time of year is most probably on its 2nd or 3rd generation. They cycle every 25- 30 days hatching new eggs. The pictures below represent how the corn borer gets into the ear shank, chewing it's fair share, to cause the ear to get weak which then may fall off the stalk in the next month
or two before getting in the combine head. This could mean anywhere up to 10% yield loss or more in cases of a high infestation. Looking back, a BT corn would have been helpful to keep this pest out. So for this year, harvesting early is a good choice to avoid ears falling on the ground. It may benefit to dry the corn versus letting it out in the field for wind to beat it around and fall to the ground.
Before you get too busy this fall season take some time to walk your fields and take along your Mercer Landmark agronomist to get a strategy as harvest begins if you have some stand issues.
Ag web article
There's no question emotions can seep into your marketing plan and throw it entirely off course. What sounded logical on paper this past winter can seem invalid as heavy spring rains suffocate emerging crops or China routes back ships of grain.
All of these headlines and resulting knee-jerk reactions can cause spikes in the markets, but they also can create major distractions.
"Emotion and common sense are usually dead opposites," says Chip Flory, Pro Farmer editorial director and host of "Market Rally" radio program. "Marketing emotions are driven by greed and fear; common sense is driven by reason."
How do you decide what information to factor into your plan and what information to ignore?
"It's really difficult," says Angie Setzer, vice president of grain, Citizens LLC. "More information does not equate to better marketing, and there's a fine line between too much information and making sure you are aware of what is going on."
When events such as avian flu or a Brazilian drought consume headlines and Twitter feeds, Setzer suggests evaluating the staying power of that news item. Ask yourself: Will this be important in six months? Three months? Next month? Next week?
"This process will help you get a feel for what's important and what isn't," she says. "Otherwise, you will get bogged down with tiny specks of information that aren't really drivers. The guy who knows the corn production number for all the South American countries has a hard time marketing."
"Facts and psychology affect trading, but mostly the latter," explains Alan Brugler, president, Brugler Marketing & Management. Logic traps in grain and livestock marketing include everything from backyarditis to Twitter panic to coffee shop syndrome.
"People generalize what they are seeing around them and assume that's what is happening in the rest of the world," Brugler says. "But you can't see even one millionth of the nation's crop from your back door."
Avoid Traps. To dodge pitfalls, Brugler says, you must develop a flexible but controlled marketing plan. "If you don't have a marketing plan, you are planning to fail," he says. "Disciplined traders have a plan based on analysis, with alternative outcomes and check points."
Start your marketing plan with your cost of operating, Setzer suggests. "You need to have a baseline of what you need to get out of each crop," she says. "Then you can think about what you're looking for from an upside perspective versus downside in terms of price."
Include both price and time components in your strategy. "Determine that you want a certain number of bushels out by a specific date," she says. "This allows you to sell grain when you want to, not when you have to."
This strategy also helps you stay active in the market. "Otherwise you can get out of touch if you aren't making regular sales," Setzer says. Although emotions are always at play in the market, you can curb them.
"You should minimize all feelings before trading," Brugler says. "Strong feelings about a market will blind a trader to any realistic evaluation of it. The best trading emotion is the least."
Be Objective. You also need to manage the unknowns in marketing. "With uncertainty, you either become overconfident or go into denial," Brugler says. "Doing nothing is a legitimate marketing tool—it's just way overused. Markets can remain illogical far longer than we can remain solvent."
To overcome these obstacles, Brugler says, you must set goals. Then, you should mentally rehearse your plan to overcome performance anxiety. "Assume negative outcomes and detail how you can counter those," he says. Also, find a way to manage the stress associated with trading. "If you can get it down to only money and you're playing the game, you'll be a lot better off," Brugler points out.
Be aware of current market moves, regardless of whether you are actively marketing grain or not, Setzer says. "You need to find validated and curated sources of information to track," she says.
Follow at least one information source. "That doesn't mean you should follow all their advice, but you should at least consider it when making your decisions," Flory says. "Commodity advisers can get wrapped up in the emotion of a market, but that risk is much lower than trying to do it alone."
Most corn hybrids planted in the U.S. now contain one or more transgenic traits for weed or insect management.
These traits are meant to increase flexibility and profitability for producers, but sometimes also lead to questions or cause confusion about their spectrum of control or refuge requirements to delay resistance. This bulletin provides a handy one-stop-guide to understand sales materials, bag tags, and the hybrids you purchase.
Table 1 lists the names of the important 'events' (transformations of one or more genes) in corn, their more familiar Trade Names, the protein(s) expressed, and their pest targets. Table 2 lists specific trait packages (combinations of events) sold by various seed companies, with their spectrum of control and refuge requirements. In recent years, the pyramiding of Bt traits allowed for the reduction of some refuges from 20% to 10% or 5%, depending on the trait package. Some hybrids still require a structured refuge planted as a block or series of rows, but many hybrids are now
sold as a convenient refuge-in-the-bag (RIB). But it is still important to take the following steps:
*Understand the biology of each trait, the expected level of control, and refuge requirements;
*Confirm that the seed you ordered the previous year is the seed delivered in the spring;
*Keep good planting records and save a representative sample of bag tags;
*For herbicide applications, Ask Twice-Spray Once, especially if you hire a custom applicator;
*Most important, if you see unexpected damage or poor performance of a trait (especially damage from corn rootworm), contact your seed dealer and extension educator immediately so that the field can be visited while the problem is still fresh and samples can be taken.
This is critical to identify and manage cases of rootworm Bt resistance.
This bulletin strives for completeness, but keeping track of Bt traits isn't easy. For a searchable, easy-to-use database of GM crop approvals, see the ISAAA web site at http://www.isaaa.org/gmapprovaldatabase
Table 1: Event names for proteins expressed in BT corn plants
Abbreviations used in table 2 on page 2
Herbicide activity
GT glyphosate tolerant
LL Liberty Link, glufosinate-tolerant
RR2 Roundup Ready 2, glyphosate-tolerant
Insect Targets FAW Black cutworm
BCW Black cutworm RW Corn rootworm
CEW Corn earworm SB Stalk borer
ECB European corn borer WBC Western bean cutworm
Table 2: BT corn trait pacakges, with spectrum of control and refuge requirements. (Update August 2015)
By: Alex Fullenkamp
Many brands of seed have released pricing or will be in the next few weeks. This brings up a question I like to ask guys, what traits are you getting? Surprisingly, many guys don't know.
In our area many of the insect and disease pressures can vary for guys due to different management practices. Some guys get every acre rotated every year, other guys may be limited on acres and have a bunch of corn back to corn due to feed needs. A dairy farmer for example with corn back to corn and a lot of manure may want to consider a different trait package than say a grain farmer who is rotating. Such things as an insecticide being ran through the planter can also influence what may be needed. Ultimately, it comes down to what the farmer feels he needs on his farm.
Below is a link to a great chart I like to use. It includes nearly every brand of seed and what each trait package is giving you from them. This makes it easy to see what you're getting and can help explain price variations sometimes.


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Category Archives: 6.05
Flow (Chapter 6 Part 5)
A sudden sharp force yanked at Jova's ear, and Mo began to bark and snap. Jova slid on the marble steps, clutching her ear and the meaty hand that held it in pain. "You got a lick of sense, child?" growled a voice. "No begging here."
"Stop, please, stop!" shouted Jova, as she tried to twist her way out of the man's grip. "Sir, I'm with the- the traders, I was told to wait out-."
"Back, you mutt," snarled the man, and Mo began to bark even more violently. "I said get back!" The man threw Jova down onto Mo, and the girl could feel the beast squirm his way free out from under her with a kind of violent fervor. "Get out of here, the both of you!"
"I don't know the way," babbled Jova, quickly, keeping her arms around Mo to hold the weaseldog back. "I was told to wait out here."
"Tell that to someone else. We've got important business here today."
"Yes," said Jova, her frustration mounting. "I'm part of that."
"We'll see about that," the voice growled, and Jova felt a hand around her collar. She did her best not to resist, even as Mo's barking turned into a sudden, very low, very dangerous growl.
"No, Mo, stay back! Stay back, it's OK!" said Jova. "Just stay here! Wait for me!"
The weaseldog whined, and Jova heard his claws clicking on the street as he backed away. "Yeah, beat it," said the man, and he yanked on Jova's collar. "You're with them, you say? Well, let's go and ask them, shall we?"
He stormed off, Jova following at a somewhat bemused if wary pace. He seemed to be taking a vindictive pleasure in dragging Jova to her supposed doom.
"They're foreign, but I bet you knew all that already, since you're so intimately familiar with them all," sneered the man, as Jova was led through the open air corridor that Darpah had lead her halfway through. "Hak Mat Do warriors, they are. They'll skin you and eat you for wasting their time, I bet they will."
Jova said nothing. She didn't think that continued contradictions would get her anywhere.
Their footsteps began to echo louder, longer; although the open wind still blew unobstructed to her side, they must have entered some kind of high vaulted room or chamber.
Something clicked sharply on the ground. "Dandal!" snapped a voice. Male, with a rhythmic cadence. "Didn't I say that I was meeting?"
"Apologies, master, sir, but I found this ragamuffin begging on your steps," said Dandal, lifting Jova higher. Jova did her best to smile and wave. "Said she was one of the sandfolk you was talking with, didn't she?"
"She is," said Dal Ak Gan, dryly. "Why did you feel the need to tell me?"
Jova could almost hear the man, Dandal, deflating. He let go of her shirt, which was now wrinkled at the collar, and her heels touched on the ground once more.
"Just thought…that…" muttered Dandal. He didn't finish.
The unfamiliar voice snorted from somewhere ahead of Jova. "You are like a cathound bringing me dead sparrowmice. Go, off with you, go and hunt somewhere else."
Dandal put a hand on Jova's shoulder, and Jova was about to turn back and walk away herself when the plutocrat said, "Leave her. We have seen the best of your wares, Dal Ak Gan, now let us see the worst of them."
The man scoffed, but didn't say anything back. Instead, he bent down, close to Jova's ear. "You make any noise," he whispered. "Any fuss. And I'm throwing you back out on the street quick as thinking, and not a one's going to notice." Jova swallowed and nodded, and Dandal shoved her aside and walked away, grumbling all the while.
She turned back around and clicked. The sounds echoed off of the high ceiling, and it took her a moment to gauge her surroundings. She found her way up to what seemed like a carved, stone desk, and bowed her head in respect as the plutocrat took her hand with a firm, almost callous grip.
"You blinded this one?" said the plutocrat.
"Already blind," said Dal Ak Gan. Jova cocked her head. From the echoes and the shapes of the sound, there was someone else standing next to him, of similar height and build. Who was it?
The plutocrat guffawed. "How generous of you! And does she have any skills?"
"Stablehand," grunted a voice from by Dal Ak Gan. Jova turned her head immediately. Dock the mercenary was evidently part of the negotiations as well.
"And she is seeing with her tongue," said Dal Ak Gan. "You heard her. Click, click, and she walks as well as any man. A circus master would be paying good money for a spectacle like her, no?"
The plutocrat patted the back of Jova's hand, his palms hot and dry. Jova took it as her cue to leave, and backed away, standing by Dal Ak Gan's side. She needed to stay right where she was needed. What if she was gone and they tried to recall her with her tabula? She couldn't risk it. She stood there, waiting, the perfect and obedient attendant.
A quill scratched at parchment with a constant, raspy whisper. Every ten seconds there was a glass clink, as the quill tapped on the side of the ink pot. Jova waited and listened, her heart beating fast.
Dal Ak Gan patted her on the shoulder, an awkward, fumbling kind of contact. "Worry not," he said, and it seemed more to himself than to her. "Sovar-l'hana is a fair trader. He will care for you up to auction."
It was not Sovar-l'hana, or whatever his convoluted plutocratic name was, that Jova was worried about. Ma and Da were out there somewhere. They had to be. Jova had only spent a second with Mo when that man, Dandal, had dragged her away, but she would have recognized the weaseldog anywhere.
The scribbling continued. A brisk wind blew through the patio that made Jova's sweating cheeks tingle. It never snowed in Jhidnu—it was too warm even in the winter—but the wind from the sea still made Jova shiver.
"The staghound will sell for much," said Sovar-l'hana, his melodic accent thick in his brazen voice. "I already have a buyer, although we shall see how much he is willing to pay when auction-time comes. Silly of me to take a fat Wind's word before I see his money, eh?" He guffawed, like he had something extraordinarily funny. No one else laughed.
Dip. Tap, tap. Scribble, scribble, scribble.
"We have quite an international audience for this one. An envoy from Irontower has come, and raiders from Da'atoa shall be in attendance as well. Some of them will be needing safe escort home." Sovar-l'hana put his quill down with a definitive click. "I believe in convenience, friend. You will receive your cut of the profit, of course, but if you would be to pick up an extra job for you and your tribe once the sale is done…"
"Sale first," growled Dock. "We'll see about other jobs once we see the money."
Jova bit her lip. Dal Ak Gan's silence made her uneasy. Even easygoing Dep Sag Ko had been complaining about the mercenaries for days. What was Dal Ak Gan, whose own authority was being subverted, thinking?
"Mm," said Sovar-l'hana, and even he sounded a little annoyed. "Very well. This has been a scheduled auction for some time. The usual plutocrats will be in attendance, looking to buy for personal use, resale, and so on. A smithsworn towerman will be there as well, looking for laborers to man the valleys, as well as a crew of saltmen looking to return to the islands by spring. You are not my only supplier, but you are one of the biggest."
Restless, Jova turned her head to the side. When would she be able to leave?
"The starting prices will be high. Everyone this side of Lowsea knows me, and my reputation. You won't even need a tabula to command my slaves. Look, look, see here. Dandal! Darpah!"
Jova had only just met the both of them, but she recognized their footsteps immediately. Dandal's were loud, crashing, almost petulant, while Darpah, the skittish little servant from before, scuttled forward like a beetlemouse.
"My two dogs," said Sovar-l'hana, jovially. "Darpah, if I told you to jump into the bay and drown, would you do it?"
"Yes, master," said Darpah, quickly.
"And Dandal—if I told you to bend Darpah over and fuck him in the ass, would you do it?"
Jova didn't miss Darpah's terrified whimper as Dandal sneered, without hesitation, "Yes, master."
Sovar-l'hana actually slapped his knee, then, giggling like a loon. Once he had recovered, he snapped his fingers for the two to leave, and leave they did. "So you see, everybody wants one of Sovar-l'hana's slaves. We split what we get, half and half. First pick is yours. Mahashma, no?"
Jova heard Dal Ak Gan begin to speak when Dock growled, "No tin chips. Food, clothes, weapons."
Sovar-l'hana's wicker chair creaked as he leaned back in it. "That's why you get first pick. Although, mind, this is a civilized event. If you wish to be in attendance, I expect you to clean up and behave yourselves."
"That can be arranged," said Dal Ak Gan, finally squeezing his say in.
"So long as we get what we came for," growled Dock.
"Mahashma," said the plutocrat, and Jova heard the sound of their hands clapping together. "Now, about this escort…"
"Who? How far?" said Dock.
"-That, I think, is for me to ask." Dal Ak Gan shifted, and Jova heard the almost imperceptible creak of leather and fiber as he gripped the handle of his whip. "Once you are paid, our contract is over. We are being separated, no?"
Dock took a step forward just as Jova took a step back. They weren't going to fight, were they? Not here. They might have made their livings off of violence and brutality, but they were practical as well.
"Still our job to take," the woman mercenary said.
"Still ours to keep," replied Dal Ak Gan.
Jova heard the scrape of a chair against the floor as Sovar-l'hana stood. "Keep your barbarisms to yourselves! This is my home and you will follow my rules. Work out your differences like civilized people, or I'll see to it that the both of you are on the summer-burnt auction block with the rest of my slaves when the time comes!"
"We should go now," whispered a voice, and Jova jumped. Darpah moved so quietly and so stealthily that even she had not heard him approach. "Come, girl, I'll show you where the slaves sleep."
Darpah took her hand and lead her away, and Jova did not resist.
"Oh, oh, I do get so worried when the master is angry," muttered Darpah, distractedly, as he led Jova down a maze of corridors that too late did she realize she would be utterly and hopelessly lost in without his help. Sometimes she could feel the open air to her side and sometimes she couldn't; sometimes she felt the heat of torches and sometimes she didn't. It was a confusing mix of directions and sensations that she could not keep head nor tail of.
She pulled back, and Darpah paused, his sleeves scraping together as he wringed his hands. "I don't know if this is the way I should go," she said. "Maybe I should get back to…back to my masters."
"Oh, no, no," said Darpah, and he put a gentle hand on Jova's. "Sovar-l'hana is your master now. They shook on it, didn't they? They signed the contract. Mahashma. You'll stay with us until auction. It's only lucky that you were already here, I expect master to summon the rest soon…"
Only lucky indeed. Fortune be with her, sometimes Jova felt she was too lucky for her own good. The Ladies gave, and mortal men paid; in Jhidnu of all places, she had to be aware of that.
"The master does so hate it when things don't go exactly the way he wants them to," muttered Darpah. "He likes everything to be perfect. Exactly perfect. Watch your step."
Jova edged forward slowly, and a wave of muggy air hit her. It was humid and hot inside; the air was stale and still.
"It's not the, erm, cleanest," said Darpah. Jova stepped forward, her feet brushing against the frames of bunks and cots. She treaded lightly, trying not to step on anyone's belongings, before she realized how foolish that was.
This was a room for slaves. They had no belongings.
"We have plenty of room though! Since the, er, the last group just moved out." Darpah sat at the foot of one of the musty cots, and Jova turned around to face him. She found that people were more comfortable when she looked at them, even when she couldn't actually look back. "The beds are nice. There are hardly any ratworms at all at night, and they don't carry any sickness."
There was such plaintive, earnest gratitude in his voice that Jova felt sorry for him. Did he really think this was the best his life could get? A pest-infested bed and constant servility to a man who thought him less than human?
"Oh, oh, but let's not take a hammer before nails," said Darpah. "Back or the front. It, erm, it depends on your preference. Whether you want to do deal with other slaves or masters."
"Slaves or masters?" echoed Jova.
"Stay in the back, the masters will punish you for lagging behind. Sleep in the front, and the, erm, the others will always be walking past you. Pushing, shoving, fighting." Darpah coughed. "I…prefer the back."
"So this is it?" said Jova. She spun around, feeling the grimy floor under her bare feet. It was beginning to dawn on her that this was not just another stop on the road. This…this was where the Hag Gar Gan left her. Where Rho Hat Pan left her.
Darpah didn't say anything. His collar rattled, and Jova assumed he had nodded.
Jova sighed. "Darpah…if I speak honestly with you, you will keep my confidence. Mahashma?"
"Mahashma," said Darpah, quickly. Too quickly. Did he intend to betray her that fast, run tattling off to his loved master? Or was he simply that starved for human interaction?
It didn't matter much either way. Jova didn't intend on staying here long.
"Why do you do it?" asked Jova. "Act like this is all good for you?"
"Oh, but it is," said Darpah, eagerly. "It is, it is. I've served as the master's assistant since Fallow. I've never gone hungry and I've never had to fight anyone. I learned manners. I was –educated! I know how to be useful. This is good. It is a good life."
"But what about freedom? Haven't you ever wanted to be free? To belong to yourself?"
Darpah lapsed into stuttering silence.
"He said it himself: he treats you like a dog."
When he spoke next, his voice was soft and timid. "What's wrong with that? I'm not a bad dog. I don't live in the streets like a…like a cur. I get fed. And I'm- I'm wanted. I'm needed. I'm loved. In a fashion."
"In a fashion," repeated Jova. She didn't know what else to say to him. She didn't know if there was anything left to say.
Darpah's slippers squeaked on the floor as he hurried away. "I must be off. He'll be summoning the others soon. He's a powerful man, the master." He paused at the door. "Stay. Here. Um." And he ran away, muttering under his breath.
Jova waited all of a minute before she ducked out of the slave dormitory and started to feel her way down the walls. She didn't know the way out. But she knew how to get there.
"Dandal!" she shouted. "Dandaaaal!"
Her voice echoed around the labyrinthine confines of Sovar-l'hana's manor. It didn't take long for the dog to snap at the bait; Jova heard thunderous footsteps approaching her, and she stopped, waiting for him to approach.
"Didn't I say?" said the man, furious. He gripped Jova's collar and tugged harshly, and Jova stumbled as he began to drag her away. "Didn't I say that if I heard one peep, I was throwing you out?"
Jova didn't say a word. She relaxed as much as possible, letting Dandal drag her to the outside.
"Let's see how you like a night of real begging." Dandal spat. "One night on the streets, that'll break you. Roll call isn't until morning. No one's going to miss you all day, will they? And we'll see, we'll see, the state you're in once the sun comes…"
It was better than Jova had hoped for. She had hoped only to escape notice by merit of all the other slaves arriving at the same time. If she had all night, so much the better.
"Not a sound," hissed Dandal, clapping a hand over Jova's mouth, as they entered some kind of enclosed space. "Negotiations are ongoing."
Jova's heart quickened at the thought of Dal Ak Gan and Dock negotiating. She didn't see how it could end well for either of them.
And suddenly she was in Jhidnu again. The smells and sounds hit her first, and then the street quickly followed. She groaned, wiping her bleeding lip, as Dandal shouted, "And get off the fucking steps, will you?"
It wasn't the cleanest exit, but it got her out. Jova stood shakily, and began to hobble down the side of the street, back bent and head bowed. She was a beggar, nobody, no one worth noticing.
"Mo," she whispered. "Mo!" she shouted. Where was he? Had he left? Maybe Ma had summoned him already.
Jova felt panic rising in her chest. She needed Mo, and her parents. One way or another, this was her last chance to be free.
The girl stood alone in the bustling streets, breathing heavily. She could barely think, her head was spinning in so many different directions. She would have to find Ma and Da, first. She would have to make sure Alis came with them. She would have to do so many things, prepare so many new plans…
And if a single part of it failed, then Jova would have lost her chance.
Her thoughts were quelled by a warm presence under her hand. "Hey, Mo," she said, smiling. She scratched the back of his head and his belly, her fear evaporating at the weaseldog's presence. Mo was family. He had always been family.
"You stay right here with me," said Jova, hugging his neck. She knelt, and began to untie her blindfold. The weaseldog whined as she wrapped it around his head, but he did not resist. Then she sat, getting ready for the long wait.
If Ma looked through the tabula, there was no way she could see Mo and not see Jova. If Ma summoned the weaseldog, then the blindfold would have to be enough of a clue for them to know. Jova had never learned her letters, even before she was blind. It was the only hint she had to give. She had all night to wait.
"You stay right here," said Jova, stroking Mo's fur. "You stay right here until they find us."


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At least three major retailers have suddenly slashed prices on iPads, and if history means anything, we could see a refreshed model soon and it would be released much earlier than expected.
In February, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) released the 128-gigabyte iPad, but it didn't have anything new on it except extra storage space.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt of Fortune was the first to point out the price cuts this morning. IPad prices have been slashed at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT), Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) and MacMall by about 30 percent. What's especially interesting about the sudden price cut is the fact that it's been only about half way through Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)'s product cycle.
If the price cuts mean we're about to see a refreshed iPad, then it's only been 163 days since the introduction of the iPad Mini and the last update to the 10-inch iPad. Previous iPad product cycles have averaged around 311 days.
As Fortune points out, MacRumors' Buyer's Guide typically tells buyers interested in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) when it's a good time to purchase a product from the company. Currently it still recommends that users buy the iPad Mini right now because it has just been updated.
Of course there's been a lot of speculation lately about what Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been up to, including talk of an iWatch and an iTV to low-cost iPhones. The company is also dealing with investors' concerns about weak iPhone demand and one Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) executive's view that 10-inch tablets like the larger iPad have no future.
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Software for Modeling QEPAS and ROTADE Trace Gas Sensors
On this web page, we provide Matlab code and Matlab-with-COMSOL scripts we developed to model quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) sensors and resonant optothermoacoustic detection (ROTADE) sensors. This research was performed under the auspices and with the support of the
NSF ERC MIRTHE (Mid Infra-Red Technologies for Health and the Environment)
QEPAS sensors without an additional microresonator
N. Petra, J. Zweck, A.A. Kosterev, S.E. Minkoff, and D. Thomazy,
``Theoretical analysis of a quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy sensor''
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
(4) pp. 673-680, 2009.
Matlab code used to generate simulation results in the paper [zip file]
Author: Noemi Petra.
For help running the code please contact John Zweck (zweck 'at' umbc 'dot' edu).
ROTADE sensors
N. Petra, J. Zweck, S.E. Minkoff, A.A. Kosterev, and J.H. Doty III,
``Modeling and design optimization of a resonant optothermoacoustic trace gas sensor''
SIAM J. Applied Mathematics
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Believe it or not, pre-2009 I did not enjoy beer much at all. I was very much a cider man and stuck to this until I moved to Melbourne, Australia for a study abroad year. Australia does cider terribly and as my palate changed I grew a liking (or stockholm syndrome) for beer, particularly Carlton Draught from Melbourne and James Boags Draught from Tasmania. Since graduating and moving to London for work, I was introduced to Brewdog bars in London and from there the craft beer revolution swallowed me whole. I have since grown a taste for all the complex and huge flavours that great craft beer has. Before an Imperial Stout or Geuze may have bewildered me, now this is just another Monday night…


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Our handsome Copper Rooster Sculpture has a one-of-a-kind patina finish on the body, and vibrant red on the comb and beak. Place him in the kitchen or in the garden, he'll look spectacular either way! This handmade copper piece has been formed and welded by talented artisans right here in the USA. A clear finish has been put on the entire piece to protect it from the elements.
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Romania rental properties are primarily found in the major metropolitan areas of Romania. Common rental types found in Romania are apartments, studios, lofts, one bedrooms, two bedrooms, condos, houses for rent, mobile homes, hotel rooms, vacation rental, furnished rentals short term rentals. Regions and cities if Romania where housing rentals are found are Bucharest, Bucharest Ilfov, Centre Romania, Muntenia, Northeast Romania, Northwest Romania, Oltenia, Southeast Romania, West Romania. Vacation rentals, short term rentals and furnished housing are more common in the metropolitan areas of Romania.
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Romania is a country placed at the inclined point of Central and Southeastern Europe, north of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian champion, near the Black Sea. The Danube Delta is situated to the border of its country. It has familiarity to its border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the northeast, and Bulgaria to the south. It achieved independence from the Ottoman government in 1878. Romanian Independence Day is celebrated on May 9, 1877 at the end of World War 1. In 1918, Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia are affiliated with the Kingdom of Romania. The parts of the country are occupied by the Soviet correlation at the end of World War II. Romania inclined a socialist republic, and member of the Warsaw Pact. The fall of the Iron Curtain in the 1989 Revolution, it is started a series of political and economic transforms. Romania made economic transforms such as low flat tax rates in 2005 and it is joined in the European Union on January 1, 2007. Romania is an upper-middle income country with high individual development, despite within the European correlation. It is the 9th largest province and the 7th largest population with the European Union member states. It is joined in NATO on March 29, 2004. It is an associated member of the Latin Union, of the Francophone, of the OSCE and of the United Nations, as well as an assistant member of the CPLP. Romania is a semi-presidential unitary state.
Romania Recreation, Culture and Attractions
The Bicaz Canyon is one of the most extraordinary places in Romania, placed in the north-east constituent of the country, in Neamt and Harghita counties. The canyon was introduced by the waters of Bicaz River and it is the avenue within the Romanian division of Moldova and Transylvania. The Iron Gates is a fissure on the Danube River and it forms the boundary within Serbia and Romania. It is included in the last barrier on this route, just behind the Romanian city of Orsova, that comprises two hydroelectric dams, with two power stations, Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station and Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station. The river distributes the southern Carpathian Mountains against the northwestern foothills of the Balkan Mountains. The Romanian, Hungarian, Turkish, Slovakian, German and Bulgarian names mean "Iron Gates" and are used to the integrated range of gorges. The Olt Defile is a defile that cut into the Transylvanian Alps in south-central Romania by the Olt River. Brezoi-Titesti desolation portion is located at hot spring resorts and surrounding by mountains grow Walnut and oak trees, wild roses, and white ivy. Astra Film Festival is an international film festival is classified by Astra Film in Sibiu, Romania. The Bucharest Film Festival is an extinct film festival between 1948 and 1968 in the city of Bucharest established by Nicolai Barbs. Callatis Festival is the greater music and culture festival taken in Romania. In 1900, The CEC Palace in Bucharest is established on Calea Victories opposite to the History Museum. It is the base of the national savings house C.E.C., at present it is called as CEC Bank. Romania has a unique culture and it is the fabrication of its geography and of its distinctive historical growth. It is essentially determined as the meeting point of three regions: Eastern Europe, Central Europe and the Balkans, but cannot be absolutely combined in any of them. Romanian students were studied in France, Italy and Germany. It consists of some groups of tributes distributed around the country. It accomplishes the quarter-finals and was organized by FIFA on the 6th place.
Romania Country Demographics
Romania Total Population - 22,215,421
Romania Male Population - 10,815,765
Romania Female Population - 11,399,656
Romania Romanian Population - 19,409,400
Romania Hungarian Population - 1,434,377
Romania Roma Population - 535,140
Romania Serbian Population - 22,518
Romania Ukrainian Population - 45,551,667
Romania German Population - 60,000
Romania Russian Population - 36,397
Romania Turkish Population - 32,098
Romania School Information
The Romanian Educational System is organized by the Ministry of Education and Research and the law of education is conserved in 1995. Each level has its own form of organization and it is subject to different constitution. Kindergarten, it has an opportunity between 3 and 6 years old. Schooling starts at the age of 7, and it is a compulsory education until the 10th grade. Primary and secondary educations are split into 12 or 13 grades. Children start as early as three years old and can stay before they are six or seven years old. Kindergarten is free and generally completion for 3 or 4 forms - "Small Group" for children aged 3-4, "Middle Group", for children aged 4-5, "Big Group" for children aged 5-6 and "School Preparation Class" for children aged 6-7. Elementary school is terminated at eight years in Romania. The future student is spontaneously enrolled in the school nearest to his or her residence. School starts in the middle of September and ends in the middle of June. It is divided into two semesters. There are four holiday seasons for Christmas and Easter. Each group has its own designation, appreciated by a character of the alphabet. In the First four years all subjects are teaches by the single teacher. Additional teachers are assigned to the particular subjects. At the end of primary school, schedule starts to become crowded. Many schools have individual classes. At the end of the 8th year of school a nation-wide test is taken by all students. In 2004, this examination is started and is called Test area National and can be reserved only once, in June. The elementary schools have some rules and regulations, Uniforms are a local issue, according to the each school's policies. Some of the high schools have uniforms, and in case they do, that are only used for special celebrations. High school studies are four years, two required is 9th and 10th year, and two is non-compulsory education that is 11th and 12th year. There are no exams between the 10th and the 11 years. The universities are initiated in the year of 1990, in Romania.
Romania Country Symbols
Romania Country Flag
Romania Country Bird
Great White Pelican
Romania Country Animal
Romania Country Tree
Romania Country Anthem
"Desteapta-te, romaine!"("Awaken Thee, Romanian")
Romania Country Flower
Dog rose (Rosa canina)
Romania Country Motto
formerly Nikhil Sine Doe (Latin, Nothing without God) and before that Toti in unu (Romanian, All in one).
Romania Country History
The oldest modern individual remnant in Europe was exposed in the "Cave with Bones" in present day Romania. It is around 42,000 years old and as Europe's first remains of Homo sapiens, and it may illustrate the first such people to have penetrated the continent. The Dacia kingdom was accomplish its maximum distance while King Burebista, between 82BC - 44 BC, and soon came under the inspection of the neighboring Roman Empire. Dacia was noted its rich ore precipitate, and mainly gold and silver were plentiful. Several theories have been introduced to explain the connection of modern Romanians. Linguistic and geo-historical resolution is indicated that Romanians has affiliated a significant ethnic group both South and North of the Danube. After the Roman army and administration left Dacia, the country was held by the Goths, then, in the 4th century by Huns. Romanians were lived in three places Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania in the middle age. King Louis I Anjou of Hungary issued a law-and-order Decree of Turda in part of absolutely intension against the Romanians from Transylvania in 1366. After his death, as slave tributary states of the Ottoman Empire, Moldova and Wallachia had complete internal freedom and external independence, which was finally lost in the 18th century. The development of the Russian Empire as a political and military power symbolize in occupation of Bessarabia in 1812. Romania was remembered as an independent state by the Great Powers In 1878. In 1881, the principality was grown to a kingdom and Prince Carol converted to King Carol I. The first two years of the World War I saw a neutral Romania. The National Council of the Moldavian Democratic Republic reported union with Romania on 27 March 1918. Romania survived neutral after the start of the World War II in September 1939. Meanwhile Romania is the most important source of oil for Germany, which attracted multiple bombing invasions by the Allies. It is a major supplement to the Axis effort on the Eastern Front, restored Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina and participating in major battles at Odessa, Sevastopol and Stalingrad. Several major political parties of the pre-war cycle, such as the Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party, the National Liberal Party and the Romanian Social Democrat Party were determined. Romania maintains one of the highest industrial production rates in Europe and it is designated to as "the Tiger of Eastern Europe."
Romania Country Tourist Information
Tourism attracts on the country's natural scenery and its rich history .it is a significant patron to the Romania's economy. The private and international tourism originated about 4.8% of gross domestic product and 5.8% of the total jobs in 2006. Tourism is the second largest ingredient of the services zone. It is one of the most influential and fastest developing categories of the economy of Romania and it is constitute by a huge potential for development. Romania is the fourth dissipated living country in the world in travel and tourism chamber of total demand with a yearly possible growth of 8% from 2007-2016. The all time record of Romania in 2006 is manifested as 20 million overnight interrupted by international tourists. It is the popular tourist destination for many Europeans, thus striving to compete with Greece, Bulgaria, Italy and Spain. Romania stations such as Mongolia, Limp, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, Constanta and Mamaia are the most celebrated attraction during summer. The skiing surrogated along the Vale Prahovei and Poiana Brasov is popular with foreign visitors during winter. Transylvanian cities such as Sibiu, Sighisoara, Brasov, Cluj-Napoca, and Taegu Murex have inclined important touristic attractions for foreigners. In Romania the Other attractions such as Danube Delta, Scarisoara Cave, Iron Gates and particular other hollow in the Apuseni Mountains.
Romania Country Transportation
Romania is the attribute of the state in all transport infrastructures. It is contributed by the Ministry of Transports, Constructions and Tourism. Romania's total road network is likely to be 198,817 km long, out of which 60,043 km are surface and 138,774 km are unpaved. The World Bank is established that the road network is covered by the cities and community is about 78,000 km long. It is a considerable motorway network is the top priorities for the government. Transylvania, the largest motorway enterprises in Europe with a length of 588 km from Bucharest the Autostrada to Oradea is under development. It is expected to complete in 2013. Bucharest-Ploiesti motorway, Sibiu ring road and another 27.4 km from Autostrada Transylvania are also ambition for 2010 government's schedule. The first railway in the dominion is free in 1869 in Romania and it is combined between Bucharest and Giurgiu. The Romania first railway is opened in 1854 among Oravita and Baize in Banat. The Romanian railway network has significantly increased and now it is the fourth largest in Europe by total track length. It is one of the most avenue systems of the Bucharest public transport organization. Romania has a rich tradition in the aviation field. In 20th century, flight pioneers like Aural Vlaicu, Traian Vuia and George Valentine Bibescu brought important supplements to early aviation history, building revolutionary aero planes and changing the age's mentalities. There are 61 airports in Romania. 19 million passengers were borne finished these waterways in 2004. These include: 13 cargo ships, passenger ship, 2 passenger/cargo ships, 2 petroleum tanks, 1 roll-on/roll-off. 50 other ships are exhibited in other countries.
Romania Taxes
Romania Country Corporate tax - 16%
Romania Country Maximum Personal Income tax - 16%
Romania Country VAT - 19% (24% beginning in July, 2010[12])
Romania Country US$/L - 1.29
Romania Country US$/gal - 4.88
Romania Country Local units - RON 3.76/L ($0.90) (95), RON 3.6/L ($0.86) (diesel)
Romania Universities
Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania - ~15,000 students
University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania - 34,000 students
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romana - 46,000 students
Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania - ~30,000 students
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania - 12,000 students
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania - 6,000 students
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania - 49,619 students
Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania - 17,500 students
University of Craiova, Craiova, Dolt, Romania - 25,000 students
"Dunarea de Joss" University of Galati, Galati, Romania - 13,852 students
Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania - 17,095 students
Alexandria Iona Cozad University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania - 38,140 students
University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania - 35,000 students
University of Pitesti, Pitesti, Romania - 12000 students
Stefan cell Mare University of Suceava, Suceava, Romania - 10,138 students
Valahia University of Târgoviste, Târgoviste, Romania - 20,000 students
Petro Major University, Taegu Murex, Romania - 6205 students
Romania Religions
Romania Christian population is 99%
Romania Muslim population is 0.2%
Romania Buddhist population is 0.01%
Romania Hindu population is 0.01%
Romania Others population is 0.1%*
Romania Romanian Orthodox population is 86, 7%
Romania Roman Catholic population is 4.7%
Romania Protestant Churches (Calvin, Lutheran, Pentecostal, Baptist, Adventist) population is 5.3%
Romania Greek Catholic Unites population is 0.9%
Romania Islam population is 0.3%
Romania Atheist population is 0.01% (9,271 people)
Romania No religion population is 0.1%
Romania Other religions population is 2.0%
Romania Country Counties
Bacau County - Population 719,844
Botosani County - Population 454,167
Iasi County - Population 825,100
Neamt County - Population 566,059
Suceava County - Population 705,878
Vaslui County - Population 455,594
Braila County - Population 365,628
Buzau County - Population 488,763
Constanta County - Population 718,330
Galati County - Population 614,449
Tulcea County - Population 250,641
Vrancea County - Population 392,619
Arges County - Population 644,236
Calarasi County - Population 315,187
Dâmbovita County - Population 533,330
Giurgiu County - Population 283,408
Ialomita County - Population 290,563
Prahova County - Population 821,013
Teleorman County - Population 413,064
Dolj County - Population 712,187
Gorj County - Population 381,643
Mehedinti County - Population 298,741
Olt County - Population 475,702
Vâlcea County - Population 411,576
Arad County - Population 457,713
Caras-Severin County - Population 327,579
Hunedoara County - Population 472,284
Timis County - Population 666,866
Bihor County - Population 594,131
Bistrita-Nasaud County - Population 316,689
Cluj County - Population 692,316
Maramures County - Population 513,000
Satu Mare County - Population 366,270
Salaj County - Population 243,157
Alba County - Population 376,086
Brasov County - Population 593,928
Covasna County- Population 223,364
Harghita County - Population 325,611
Mures County - Population 581,759
Sibiu County - Population 423,156
Ilfov County - Population 294,094
Bucharest municipality - Population 1,931,838
Romania Country Government
On December 8, 1991, The Constitution of Romania is established by the organization of France's Fifth Republic and it was accepted by a national vote. It is governed on the basis of multi-party democratic system and it is the distribution of the legislative, executive and judicial powers. Romania is a semi-presidential autonomous state where administrator functions are shared within the president and the prime minister. The President is named by popular vote for maximum two terms, and since the modification in 2003, the terms are five years. The President appoints the Prime Minister, who inclination established the chamber of Ministers. The legislative branch of the government known as the Parliament subsisted of two councils - the Senate, that has 140 members, and the Chamber of Deputies, which has 346 members. The chamber members are named by every four years under a system of party-list equivalent representation. The justice system is independent of the other branches of government. The Constitutional Court is important for judging the deference of laws and other state regulations to the Romanian Constitution. The constitution was introduced in 1991 that can be modifying by a public mandate that lasts in 2003. The country is entered in the European state in 2007. Romania has increased administrative collaboration with other member states.
Romania Country Parks
Romania is a national and an exceptional variety of landscapes, growth and wildlife; preserve some of the largest outstanding areas of natural forest in Europe. Grasslands, gorges, subterranean caves, volcanic lakes, and considerable river network are the richness of the park. It also includes the Danube Delta, a UNESCO Biosphere constraint and Europe's largest marsh. The Apuseni Nature Park is recognized as the cavers' paradise, and it preserves one of the most exceptional cave animals in the country. The park is protected with spruce fir, while at decreased levels the forest is controlled by mountain beech. The Bicaz Gorges is famous for limestone rocks magnificent over narrow roads and passes. The main attraction of the park is the Red Lake. It is a major landslide. The wildlife is displayed in this area by: the wall lizard the red deer, the brown bear, the lynx, the wolf, the pine marten and the beech marten. The highest massif in the Romanian volcanic chain is The Calamine Mountains. Fossil limestone, Cusma Dorobantului, the rock formations Dochia and the Duruitoarea waterfall are some of the major attractions in the park. Piatra Craiului Natural Park is one of the extensive and highest limestone ridges in the country. It is one of the most beautiful sights in the Carpathians. Retreat National Park is the thrilling views of nature at her wildest. It is also included in the Important Bird Areas Network.
Romania Country Economy
Romania has profited significantly economy. Mainly the country economy was based on agriculture; its major agricultural produces are wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, potatoes, and grapes. The country is also major U.S. trading partner in Central Eastern Europe up to 1988 repudiation of Most Favored Nation trading status, the latter of which caused in great U.S. tariffs on Romanian products. The country industrial manufacture is subsidizes about a third of the country's GDP and accounts for one third of the labor force. Romania's major industrial hubs are Arad, Bucharest, Brasov, Hunedoara, Iasi, Oradea, Resita, Timisoara and tourism. The country tourism is also one of the major economic sectors in Romania. Its economy is slightly lower than in other European economies and it is mainly based on services, which account for 51.2% of GDP, even still industry and agriculture also have significant charities, making up 36% and 12.8% of GDP, individually. Romania has succeeding market economy.
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|Jerry McClanahan, author and artist.
That's what 'EZ66 Guide for Travelers' by Jerry McClanahan offers. This post is part RV Short Stop and part book report.
First the book information:
"Although over 80% of original Route 66 is still easily drivable, it is not on ordinary maps and signage is spotty," states the book blurb on Amazon.
"The 'EZ66 Guide For Travelers' is the answer to finding the Route. The 4th Edition has many pages updated. This is the ultimate guide for finding and exploring the Route whether you're driving from the WEST or the EAST. Its maps and directions are comprehensive yet easy to follow. "
Many of the pages of this travelers' guide are illustrated with original artwork of "The Main Street of America" by artist and author Jerry McClanahan.
Route 66: EZ66 GUIDE For Travelers - 4th Edition
Spiral-bound, paper back, 216 pages
Publisher: National Historic Route 66 Federation
Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
One 5-star reviewer on Amazon wrote: "With its simple (as the Road would let it be :) ) turn by turn directions, recommended side trips, and impromptu history lessons, we were able to travel the Mother Road at our pace, in our time, to meet our desired level of adventure simply and with a minimum of fuss. Having THIS book in the car let us make this trip OUR way, without being beholden to some preset, artificial schedule. This book made the road ours to explore, and explore we did! This trip would not have been NEARLY as fun without this book right there to guide us. We loved having it available, and you will, too," mikemojc
|Paintings, prints and signs line the walls of McJerry's Route 66 Gallery.
On his Website, McJerry66.com, Jerry writes that he welcomes visitors to his gallery just off Route 66 in Chandler, Okla.
"Now that spring is upon us, I will start sticking my little OPEN sign in the yard more regularly. But if you drop by, and the gallery looks deserted, give me a call anyway," Jerry says.
"I don't keep regular business hours, so I can be free to travel or do errands. But that also means I can open up any time I am in town. Including weekends if you happen to catch me. But not at 3 am please!," he pleads.
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- Julianne G. Crane
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