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- routeRANK supported by the Swiss Confederation's innovation promotion agency (CTI). routeRANK provides a software solution for travel planning. more
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- May 2015 Zhicong Huang, Erman Ayday, Jacques Fellay, Jean-Pierre Hubaux and Ari Juels obtain the Distinguished Student Paper Award for the paper GenoGuard: Protecting Genomic Data Against Brute-Force Attacks at the 2015 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy more
- Jun. 2012 Vincent Etter, Mohamed Kafsi and Ehsan Kazemi won the Next Place Prediction task of the Nokia Mobile Data Challenge 2012 more
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Yemen: Risk Assessment
Due to political unrest, the information on these pages may not reflect current conditions in the country.
Country Risk Rating
Business Climate Rating
- International humanitarian and financial support
- Geostrategic importance of Yemen at the entrance of the Red Sea
- Architectural and cultural heritage
- Gas reserves
- Youthful profile of the population
- Civil war accompanied by a humanitarian and economic crisis, as well as the division of the country
- Poorest country in the Arabian Peninsula
- Heavy reliance on international aid
- Poor business environment (bureaucracy, corruption, destroyed or non-existent infrastructure)
- Explosion of the underground economy
Current Trends
Critical Political and Security Situation
Since 2015, Yemen has been in the throes of a war between Houthi rebels – Shiites – and the government forces of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, supported by Iran and by a coalition of ten Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia. With the military intervention of the Sunni Arab coalition, the conflict has taken on a new dimension around the tensions between the Shiite and Sunni communities, exacerbated by regional rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Three years later, the fighting continues, with missiles entering Saudi territory from Yemen. The Houthis control the capital, Sanaa, and northwest Yemen (the most populated region) since 2014, while government forces are grouped in the southeast. Former president Ali Abdallah Saleh was killed by Houthis in December 2017, two days after having ended his alliance with them. The search for solutions to the Yemeni stalemate is expected to be adversely affected by the rivalries between several Gulf countries and Qatar, which reinforce fractures in Yemeni society, forcing the various local factions to choose sides. The antagonistic geopolitical ambitions of Saudi Arabia and Iran will make it difficult to negotiate a solution or an end to the crisis in 2018.
A Worsening Humanitarian Crisis and an Economy Destroyed by War
Prior to the start of the war in 2015, Yemen was already the poorest country in the region. The UNO estimated that 13 million Yemenis – half the population – were living below the poverty line. Since then, the situation has worsened and the country is suffering a humanitarian crisis of the utmost severity. Humanitarian organizations estimate that 80% of the population is in need of emergency humanitarian aid. Imports of food (and medical) products have been severely limited, resulting in a scarcity of basic goods. More than half of the population will likely be at risk of starvation. On top of this, because the sanitation system has not been operational since April 2017, the difficulty of accessing drinking water and the build-up of waste has resulted in a further deterioration of sanitary conditions, and some 700,000 people are likely to be affected by a cholera epidemic. The intervention of the coalition in 2015 led to an intensification of the fighting and an increase in human casualties. The death toll is estimated at 10,000. In addition to this, 300,000 have been injured and there are over 3,000,000 refugees.
While oil and gas exports accounted for 80% of all exports in 2014, these have since declined significantly. Foreign trade represented almost 80% of the country's GDP in 2006 but only amounted to 26% in 2015. Bombardments by the coalition have further damaged the already degraded s infrastructures, many of which were suffering from obsolescence, thus destroying a large part of the productive system. Investment, public and private, remains almost non-existent. The UN Disaster Assessment Report puts the cost of destruction at USD 19 billion, the equivalent of 50% of the 2013 GDP.
In 2018, the Yemeni economy will likely continue to be undermined by the consequences of the conflict. Combined with the destruction of both public infrastructure and a part of the electricity system, there are also problems associated with shortages of drinking water, which make any reconstruction more difficult. Inflation, boosted by the depreciation of the Yemeni rial, will likely weigh on private consumption in 2018. In addition, failures in international aid distribution channels and the rise in unemployment are likely to result in reduced disposable household income. However, access to perishable foods is improving with the lifting of the blockade on the country's main ports, and the price of foodstuffs is beginning to stabilize, which should benefit the minority of Yemeni households that still have a capacity to consume.
External and Public Accounts in Dire Straits
The current account balance is expected to continue to run a deficit in 2018, given the low oil revenues. The deficit should nevertheless contract in 2018, due to severe import restrictions and the destruction of the port infrastructure. The port, which is a strategic access point to the Yemeni market of Hodeidah, is under Houthi control and has thus seen a significant reduction in traffic. Current account deficit financing is through expatriate cash transfers (150% increase in the last ten years) and foreign aid.
The public accounts are also in a difficult state. International aid, multilateral and bilateral, is the main source of funding for the state. Yemen relies heavily on Saudi aid, making it vulnerable to the political agenda of the neighboring kingdom. Civil servants have not been paid for more than a year. The majority of essential public services are no longer guaranteed. The central bank, transferred from Sanaa to Aden, is no longer effective. Within the conflict zones, humanitarian associations have replaced the state.

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Student Financial Aid and Scholarships
Cuyahoga Community College maintains a full-service Student Financial Aid & Scholarships Office on each campus. This office is dedicated to helping students navigate financial aid options for paying for their college expenses. Students can meet with a Student Financial Aid Advisor to obtain information about various financial aid options, which includes grants, scholarships, student loans, and public benefits. Learn more about various financial resources available at Cuyahoga Community College.


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mberger needed a new coded website design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 5 designs submitted by 2 freelance designers.
Website is already purchased and I created a few templates but it needs to be much more professional.
So, I would need:
Revised Website Template
Coded and Ready to Insert into HTML Templates
Website is: http://www.nolitapr.com
I will include a link to the winner's site
Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle PR
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As seen on logo and letterhead: black, pink, blue and white
Desired Style:
hip, sophisticated, and young.
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Website Template, Coded and Ready to Insert into HTML Templates
Nolita Public Relations, LLC is a fashion, beauty and lifestyle public relations company. Something hip, sophisticated and young. I am thinking there should be 5 pages:
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3: Former and Current Clients
4: Press (I would like to have images of past media placements. The placements are already in JPG format and I can send you over email ore on a CD)
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You'll have access to personalize your news feed, access to Live Post Talks and much more. Contribute to the community by posting interesting post production content.
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I'm pretty pleased with the way the latest episode of SMR turned out and there's quite a lot in it that's quite interesting so I thought it'd make a good case study looking at the way post-production can bring a project to life. It's fair to say that the post in SMR is labour intensive, mind-numbingly, insanely post heavy. Each of these episodes is turning into a mini visual FX-laced short film now and we're looking to push the production value up much higher in the coming months.
January 27, 2020, 2:30 pm
Over recent decades many of the tools used in video production and post have become smaller, easier to use, and less expensive. It is possible to edit and finish projects on a single iMac or iMac Pro that would have taken an entire edit facility in the past. This trajectory has also applied to media storage – the lifeblood of post-production. Both spinning and solid state hard drives are cheaper and offer larger capacity than ever before. Less costly systems and storage make it easier for small and medium production and post companies to ramp up the number of edit/graphics/audio seats within the facility.
January 27, 2020, 2:30 pm
Check out WorldWide FX's work for Angel has Fallen.
January 27, 2020, 2:30 pm
The Stateside ASIFA Annie Awards have announced their 2020 winners. Among those awarded were Henry Selick (director of The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach and Coraline), Ron Clements and John Musker (who have worked as one of Walt Disney Animation Studio's leading director teams over the past three decades) and, posthumously, Satoshi Kon (acclaimed manga artist and director of such films as Perfect Blue and Paprika), all whom were selected by the ASIFA-Hollywood Board of Directors tp receive Winsor McCay Awards for exemplary industry careers.
January 26, 2020, 3:22 pm
"Ford v Ferrari" won the highest honor at the Cinema Audio Society Awards, which were presented in Los Angeles on Saturday evening.
January 24, 2020, 2:11 pm
As NLEs have become more user-friendly over the years, green screen technology has become more accessible to everyday content creators. You don't need a studio or a big editing rig to get it done. For most programs, it only takes a few clicks to get the desired effect. In this walkthrough, we're going to show you how to chroma-key a green screen in Final Cut Pro X.
January 24, 2020, 2:10 pm
There's an exceptional level of craftsmanship among this year's nominees for the Cinema Audio Society Awards, which recognizes outstanding accomplishments in sound mixing, a collaborative discipline that requires sound editors, re-recording mixers, Foley and ADR artistry to work together to create a harmonious finished product.
January 24, 2020, 2:10 pm
Adobe is continuing its dominance in the film editing business, as an official survey of films appearing at the Sundance Film Festival finds Premiere Pro is the preferred editing software of the majority of the movies, with 56% of the films using the programme.
January 24, 2020, 2:10 pm
With the Sundance Film Festival 2020 opening today, we decided to take a closer look at the "Boys State" screening in the U.S. Documentary Competition, a work that promises to be a political, coming-of-age film examining the well being of the American democracy. The documentary covers an unusual trial: The gathering of a thousand 17-year-old boys in Texas who band together to build a representative government from the ground up. Produced and directed by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, "Boy's State" hones in on the story of four boys of diverse background as they attempt to establish a governor.
January 23, 2020, 7:49 pm
At the VES Awards in Los Angeles in late January, one of those to be honored at the event will be visual effects supervisor Sheena Duggal.
January 23, 2020, 7:49 pm
The new Women at Sundance | Adobe Fellowship aims to help female filmmakers launch successful and sustainable careers, through a cash grant and participation in a Sundance Institute Lab or Program.
Gordon sits down to discuss the VFX of The Lion King with VFX supervisor Rob Legato
In this bonus episode, Gordon sits down with Dan Deleeuw, the visual effects supervisor for Avengers: Endgame.
Gordon sits down with Jinmo Yang to discuss the editing of Parasite, the hit Korean film and a must see for everyone.
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hey JJ nice stealth clone, but i would love to incorperate you designs on the sniper and many others. but to incorporate the element i want i have to see it could you draw the sniper helm (and just the helm so you dont have to go into detail on the b ody) from the front that way i can get a clear view thanks but if you cant thats ok to
Man that is an awesome clone. But I think it could be better if you incorperated the designs of theCovert-ops clone or the spec-ops clonejniebs
Nice Spec Ops Clone! I like his ninja vibe. You are an amazing artist, I always look forward to your updates! Keep 'em coming!I also can't believe how quickly you colored that clone. Are you a professional illustrator?Have you done any "scenes" - like a BARC Trooper zipping through the forest on his speeder or a Close Combat Clone wailing on a battledroid? I would love to see your take on those scenes!
when do you think you will be doing another clone and what type will it be?
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U.S. and Mexican officials emphasized the need for a shared strategy to work together in the fight against transnational organized crime, particularly related to drug trafficking.
Memorial Day honors no single battle or war. Its meaning transcends heroic monuments. Rather, it is the recognition by a grateful nation that lives and blood lost in defense of its freedoms are never given in vain.
President Donald Trump is determined to maintain the United States as a global energy leader and foster energy security for the American people.
Tarek Sakr is a Syrian-born Canadian citizen who has conducted sniper training in Syria and periodically travels to Turkey. Farah Mohamed Shirdon was born in Toronto, Canada of Somali parents, in 1993. He joined ISIS in 2014.
Ending illegal immigration to the United States is a top priority of the Trump administration.
May 3rd is World Press Freedom Day, a day of observance was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization to raise awareness of the importance of press freedom,
Maduro's government has delayed gubernatorial elections that were to be held last year derailed a recall referendum against his government, and jailed, threatened or otherwise is seeking to silence the political opposition.
The United States "echoe[s] the Venezuelan people's calls for prompt elections, respect for the constitution and the National Assembly, and freedom for political prisoners."
Landmines and unexploded munitions have rendered millions of hectares of land unusable.
Venezuela is officially a multi-party, constitutional republic, but since the turn of the century, President Hugo Chávez and then his successor, Nicolás Maduro, concentrated power in the executive branch.
This month, the U.S. government donated to the Government of Mexico security forces nearly $900,000 of specialized personal protective equipment.
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Tech Update
3D Die-Design Software Provides Competitive Edge
"Most of our work comes from aerospace and involves complex shapes," says Peter Meymaris, senior tool designer at Berkshire. "For nearly 20 to 30 percent of what we work on we need to use 3DQuickForm, a companion product of 3DQuickPress, to unfold. I can find the blank contour and thinning within 5 min. More complex parts can take a few hours to unfold.
"I can directly apply the blank contour for the detail strip design," he continues. "The integration of 3DQuickForm with 3DQuickPress makes it a pleasure to conduct the formability test right at every complex forming station. Before we implemented SolidWorks/3DQuickPress design systems, we had to do a lot of guess work—it was slow and incurred uncertainties. With SolidWorks/3DQuickPress technologies, we can visualize the design, and the problems. Our time is used to figure out the best layout strategy rather than wasting it on the laborious work of modeling and drafting."
The introduction of a deep-draw calculator to 3DQuickPress, which Meymaris sees as practical for modeling symmetric parts, gives him "the freedom to finish my job on time with accuracy," he says.
Meymaris credits his record in achieving 290 designs in 230 days to a combination of experienced die design, good hardware, and the SolidWorks /3DQuickPress software.
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Born from a love of outdoor pursuits and a respect for the environment, Wooed's sunglasses were created to re-connect you to nature throughout every day life. Inspired by a variety of classic styles beautifully updated to form something new and unique, you'll easily be able to find your new favorite pair of shades from Wooed's extensive collection. Made solely from reclaimed or sustainably harvested wood, you can feel good knowing your shades are both stylish and eco-friendly, just like you.
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Wooed only uses reclaimed wood sourced in northern California or sustainably harvested bamboo for their products in an effort to minimize deforestation. Additionally, they donate part of their profits to reforestation projects, ensuring sustainability of the forest ecosystem. Not forgetting form and function, all of Wooed's products are rigorously tested and refined to guarantee quality, safety, style and comfort.


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Chances are, unless you join the military, you will never have to face punishment for not having shiny shoes. Nonetheless, it is a great skill to have in your man arsenal. Whether it's an upcoming wedding, graduation or simply another day at the office, a pair of shiny shoes can set you apart as a man that knows how to take care of himself.
Not only does shining your shoes look good, it is a necessary part of properly caring for and maintaining a nice pair of leather shoes or boots. The polish itself helps moisturize and waterproof the leather, lengthening a shoes lifespan.
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How To Shine Your Shoes Like a Soldier
There are a lot of opinions when it comes to the best way to shine a shoe. Everyone has their own unique twist from using spit to using a lighter to burn the top coat of polish (cool, although potentially dangerous). The process below is a simple one that I have used for many years and it has worked fine for me and many of my military peers.
Step 1: Find an old towel or newspaper to spread over the area you will be working on. Shoe polish has an uncanny ability to get smeared everywhere even when you're being extremely careful…and it's really hard to get out of carpet.
Step 2: Clean the dust and dirt off your boots with a horsehair shine brush or damp rag. If you must get your boots a little wet to clean them off, allow them time to dry before applying the polish.
Step 3: Cover the entire shoe with a generous amount of polish, using your shoe polish brush. The polish I'm using is black Kiwi Shoe Polish, but be sure to match the color of the polish to your shoe as closely as possible. Make sure you get down in the seams of the shoe and attempt to cover evenly with polish. Allow 15 minutes for the polish to dry.
Step 4: Brush the entire shoe vigorously using the horsehair shine brush. The point of this is to basically brush off all the excess polish, leaving only a small film on the outside of the shoe.
Step 5: Once you feel comfortable that the entire shoe has been covered and brushed it is time to focus on the toe and heel for extra shine. Dip a cotton ball or pad into some water and squeeze out any excess moisture so it is damp, not dripping. Then get a little polish on the damp cotton. Next apply the polish on the toe and heel of the shoe using small circular motions. Sit back, this is going to take a while.
Step 6: Repeat Step 5 until you are satisfied with the level of shine. Remember to use a new piece of cotton each time and to remove all excess polish before applying a new coating. Also, the initial shine is the hardest, it should get a bit easier each time you do it. These boots were fairly new and this was my first time giving them a good shine. From start to finish, it took me approximately 45 minutes to get them to the state shown below. Most of this was spent with the cotton pads shining the toe and heel. If I were to come back in a couple weeks it would take me half the time to do the same job.
Building a Shoe Shine Kit:
Before you try to build one, if you have black shoes you can always just buy the one sold on military bases worldwide…and the one I use. It is basic, cheap and has worked for me for 6 years. Here is the link. If, however, you want a nicer kit, different colors of polish, or just like being independent, here are the items you need:
- tin of wax polish
- horsehair shine brush
- shoe polish brush (applicator)
- cotton balls
- shine cloth
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For those of you who are really hardcore, you can clean up the edges of the sole by purchasing edge dressing. It's basically black goop that goes around the edge of the sole and makes it look shiny. I'm not a fan of it, but you may feel the urge at some point.
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BALTIMORE—Coming off a pair of tough losses on opening weekend, the UMBC women's soccer team (0-2-0) looks to get in the win column for the first time this weekend. The Retrievers will visit Temple (1-0-0) for a 4 p.m. game on Friday, then return home to host Texas State (1-1-0) on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Retriever Soccer Park.
Week in Review: The Retrievers opened the season with a 2-1 loss at American last Friday. Junior forward Rachel McKee(Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron) found the back of the net in the 82nd minute, UMBC's lone goal of the season thus far. Sophomore forward Amy Savage (Ottawa, Ontario/Sir Wilfrid Laurier) was credited with the assist, and sophomore goalieLauren Kadet (Oakville, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) recorded nine saves. UMBC then fell to Campbell, 2-0, in its home opener on Sunday after waiting out a four-hour, 30-minute rain delay. Kadet stopped four Camel shots.
On the Owls: Temple won its season opener, 1-0, at Iona on Saturday on an own goal. Keeper Tara Murphy made five saves to secure the shutout for the Owls. Temple was predicted to finish 14th in the Atlantic-10 preseason poll after posting a 6-12-1 record in 2010. Forward Niki Conn led the Owls with 10 goals and 24 points to earn honorable mention all-conference accolades. Murphy posted a 1.85 goals-against average and a .738 save percentage a year ago.
Inside the Series: UMBC is 4-2-0 all-time against Temple in a series which dates to 1991, but just 1-2-0 on the road. The teams have not met since 2006, a 2-0 victory for the host Retrievers. Jessica Young and Mary Hearin each scored for UMBC in that game, whileRobin Babaris and Christine Bacinski combined for six saves.
On the Bobcats: Texas State split a pair of home games on opening weekend, defeating Prairie View A&M, 6-0, last Friday, before falling to Loyola Marymount, 1-0, on Sunday. The Bobcats will visit Navy on Friday before heading to UMBC. Forward Serena Hines and midfielder Sydney Curry scored two goals apiece against the Panthers, while midfielderKendall Webber tallied a goal and an assist. Goalie Lauren Frazier was named Southland Conference Goalkeeper of the Week on Tuesday. She made four saves and allowed just one goal in 180 minutes of action last weekend. Texas State was picked to finish in a tie for third place in the Southland Conference preseason poll, and five Bobcats earned preseason honors from the league, including midfielder Kelsey Bernard, the team's top returning scorer, who was selected to the preseason all-conference first team.
Saving the Day: Kadet totaled 13 saves in the first two games of the season, the most by an America East keeper on the weekend. She ranks ninth all-time at UMBC with 121 career saves, 26 behind senior Mo Van Vlerah (Germantown, Md./Northwest). Last season, Kadet led the league with 6.75 saves per game, and her 108 saves were the fifth-highest single-season total in UMBC history.
Follow the Retrievers: Follow UMBC Athletics on Facebook and Twitter to get the latest news, photos and videos from all your favorite Retriever teams. Be sure to check out the women's soccer team on both Facebook and Twitter, as well. Other ways to keep up with the Retrievers include the UMBC Dawg Blog, YouTube and E-newsletters.


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I have pretty much decided that I would like to buy a Freedom 32. Is there anyone within say 2-3 hours of Niagara falls that would like to show off their Hoyt 32? I would like to get a first hand look at one before I drive 8 or 10 hours to go see one that is for sale.


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- Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting fat and salt. Reserve ¼ cup of pasta water, drain, and set aside.
- Meanwhile, heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook one minute. Stir in tomatoes and artichoke hearts and cook 2-3 minutes. Add basil, turn off heat, and stir.
- Toss pasta with vegetable mixture and goat cheese. If it seems dry, add some of the reserved pasta water.


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The following recipe for Macaroni Cheese I actually got from their website after craving pasta. I'm sometimes sceptical about low fat food, having no flavour etc but then I'm basing that on those ready-made meals that really taste like plastic. This macaroni cheese was truly delish and delivered so much flavour, that I would never have guessed that it was low fat and only 7 points per serving. Hubby enjoyed this pasta with me and he too said how nice it was and that he would never have guessed it was a WW recipe.
Points: 7
Serves: 4
200g pasta, uncooked, (macaroni)
225ml skimmed milk
2 level tablespoon flour
1 level tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper, freshly ground, black
100g cheddar cheese
3 tablespoon parmesan cheese, grated
Preheat oven to Gas Mark 4/350°F/175°C. Cook macaroni according to package instructions. Drain and keep warm.
In a large non-stick saucepan, combine milk, flour, mustard, salt and pepper. Cook, whisking constantly, until sauce thickens and comes to a boil, 3 to 4 minutes. Add cheddar in batches, stirring until cheese is melted after each addition before adding more. Stir in macaroni.
Transfer mixture to a shallow 1-quart casserole dish and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Bake until golden, about 20 minutes. Increase oven temperature to grill and cook for 3 minutes more. Cool slightly before serving.
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Here in the 21st century the idea of ecological or "green" gardening is nothing new. As gardeners we have a unique connection to ecology that leads many of us to desire to garden in ways that don't harm the environment. Most of us approach using chemicals with at least some level of apprehension and concern about both environmental and human health. Scientific research is increasingly confirming suspicions that horticultural and agricultural chemicals are contributing to a wide array of concerns such as cancer, pollinator decline, and poor water quality. Still, much confusion remains about what going green in the garden entails and how practical it is, especially as we age and become less physically able.
The good news is that the biggest challenge in going green is a mental one. Going green won't necessarily require you to do much differently physically, but it will require you to challenge some of your assumptions about gardening. The following is a list of six things you can do this year to make your garden healthier and more ecofriendly.
We can learn a lot by observing how natural ecosystems contain a wide variety of plants providing different roles and functions.
Embrace Diversity
Most natural landscapes include a plethora of plant species interacting and filling different niches that support wildlife, like pollinators and birds, and environmental functionality, like fertile soils and clean water. The more plant species, especially native, that we bring into our gardens the more potential we have for a healthy ecosystem. Start by taking an inventory of the number and types of plant species you have and then make a list of beneficial plants you could add.
Take Back Your Lawn
The elephant in the room when it comes to a lack of plant diversity in most gardens is the lawn. Our obsession with golf course-like expanses comes with many ecological consequences. Poor water quality, toxic chemical exposure, air pollution, species decline, noise pollution, and habitat loss can all be attributed to the modern lawn. Take stock of how much you actually use your lawn, how it contributes to the design of your garden, and how much you spend to maintain it, and then consider ways to reduce your lawn and replace it with native grasses, flowers, and other beneficial plants. A lawn is essentially an artificially maintained pioneer or newly established ecosystem.
By bringing together many native and useful plants we can mimic natural systems and create beautiful gardens.
Go Native
Native plants provide beauty, habitat, food, and ecological functionality in the landscape. By observing your local native plants you can begin to see the types of ecosystems you have in your area and the ways in which you can replicate them in your garden. Take an inventory of the origins of the plants you have. You may be surprised to find that you have few plants native to your region. Most states and regions have a native plant society or group that can help you learn about your native plants and the benefits they provide. Many nurseries are offering increasingly more native plants.
Go Organic
These days, organic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides are readily available and provide good non-toxic alternatives. Use of organic products will increase the health of both you and your plants, and increase the long-term fertility of your gardens.
Raised beds like these can make gardening more accessible for those with limited mobility.
Grow Your Own
The ecological costs of our industrial-scale agricultural systems are numerous. By growing some of your own food you can help mitigate this situation and assure yourself that you are getting the freshest, tastiest, and healthiest food possible. As we grow older and/or have more limited mobility, it can be challenging to continue to grow food. One of the biggest challenges is being able to work on the ground. Using raised beds or taller containers can help alleviate this problem and make your plants more accessible.
Composting is an easy way to make your gardening more sustainable and reduce waste.
Every day good compostable material is dumped into landfills. You can reduce your need for fertilizers and mulch and reduce your contribution to your community's waste stream by composting your food scraps. You don't need a fancy bin or to invest much money into the process. A simple well-built pile only requires a small space in a shady part of your property. For urban dwellers or those with limited mobility, a worm bin can provide a good alternative to make use of your compostable materials.
The environmental legacy of our gardening and landscaping can be one of restoration, protection, and health or one of species extinction, toxic chemical pollutants, and illness. It is up to each of us as gardeners, landscapers, and consumers to decide what kind of legacy we will leave. These six simple steps are a good way to make your garden more ecologically friendly and with some little personal tweaks it can be something you can sustain for a lifetime.
A version of this article appeared in a March 2016 print edition of State-by-State Gardening.
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As I struggled to consciousness this morning after a very long day of travel yesterday I fought fatigue of the journey, time zone changes, cramped muscles and likely dehydration… each served with a side of multiple sclerosis.
As I course through my morning inventory, breakfasted on the day's itinerary and paid the day's weather forecast a keen eye I became aware of the fact that I was plotting my day's course much dependent on how our old friend might act today. Not changing plans so much as charting out possible/probable diversions from the day's track line.
That got me wondering about everyone else's days with MS. I have three or four places in my day that MS can beat me up.
- Mornings are when I can wake to find a new (or worsened) symptom that has emerged whilst I slept.
- About 6-8 hours after I wake – usually the warmest part of the day and when my body temperature seems to peak.
- 20 minutes or so after I wake from an MS induced kip, as I seem to have more energy right after I fear I over-do a bit.
- The quiet time just before sleep when my brain doesn't have anything to distract it from the battle over my body.
These low points of my day can sometimes be "powered through" but at a high price. Sometimes that is just the toll which must be paid for trying to live a life with MS. Other times, the bridge forward is a complete washout and I find myself sitting on the side of the road.
Knowing what parts of the day can be most difficult can help in planning and it can help us to avoid sudden crashes.
What are the difficult times in your day? Have you thought much about the pattern? What do you do about it (if anything)?
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Organisers: Professor M Geck (Aberdeen), Professor A Kleshchev (Oregon) and Professor G Röhrle (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
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Lie theory has profound connections to many areas of pure and applied mathematics and mathematical physics. In the 1950s, the original "analytic" theory was extended so that it also makes sense over arbitrary algebraically closed fields, in particular, fields of positive characteristic. Understanding fundamental objects such as Lie algebras, quantum groups, reductive groups over finite or p-adic fields and Hecke algebras of various kinds, as well as their representation theory, are the central themes of "Algebraic Lie Theory".
A driving force has always been the abundance of challenging, yet very basic problems, like finding explicit character formulae for representations. The introduction of geometric methods (in the 1970s) has revolutionized the field. It led to a flow of new ideas between several disciplines, and produced spectacular advances. The ideas of "geometrization" and "categorification" now play a fundamental role in the development of the subject. New structures continue to arise from connections with other areas of mathematics and mathematical physics, like the emerging theory of W-algebras.
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Toys R Us stores will be open for 87 consecutive hours, giving last minute shoppers one last shot at getting all the gifts they need.
Stores will open beginning Saturday, Dec. 21, and not close until 9 p.m. on Christmas Eve across the country.
Toys R Us opened two pop-up stores in the region this year inside Westfield's Southgate Mall and Sarasota Square Mall. Both stores will close in mid-January.
The Babies R Us store on Central Sarasota Parkway in Sarasota will close its doors for good by the end of January, employees say. The Toys R Us store at 1381 Tamiami Trail in Port Charlotte will also close after Christmas. Liquidation sales will begin the day after Christmas.
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Rifle Shooting Position—Prone
The prone position is the steadiest shooting position and the one from which the fundamentals of rifle shooting are best learned. It is a good position for firing accurate shots. The prone position is usually not suitable when hunting in tall grass or dense brush that can obscure the line of sight to the target and may deflect the path of the bullet.
- If you are right-handed, lie on your stomach with your body slightly to the left of the line of aim. If you are left-handed, reverse this position.
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What happens when a Canadian attempts to sing the U.S. National Anthem? Nothing short of comedy gold, that's what. We don't know exactly how old this is, or what game it's from, but we've seen enough boring renditions of our country's cherished song to wish that they'd do it this way every time. Anyway, Unibrow has a top 10 list of worst National Anthems ever, which is worth checking out, if you're into disasters. Note to Michael Bolton: When at Fenway, best to memorize the lyrics.
In a somewhat related item, we have a new world whistling champion. You're welcome.
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Quick BLT Dip
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 10 min.
Makes3 cups
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup chopped seeded tomatoes
- 6 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
- 1 tablespoon chopped green onion, optional
- Assorted crackers
- In a large bowl, combine the sour cream, mayonnaise, cheese, tomatoes and bacon. Refrigerate until serving. Garnish with green onion if desired. Serve with crackers.
Nutrition Facts2 tablespoons: 114 calories, 11g fat (3g saturated fat), 16mg cholesterol, 109mg sodium, 1g carbohydrate (1g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.
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Fabulous! I added a bit more bacon - actually, it was smoked bacon bits - such a great flavor!
Dec 20, 2013
Great dip! I use less mayo and more sour cream for our tastes but super yummy!
Mar 23, 2013
I have made this several times. I use only Hellmans mayo. Quality is important. I also add chopped lettuce right before serving so that it is truly a BLT dip. Delicious!
Feb 24, 2013
I made this recipe quite a few times for gatherings and so on. But the main reason I make it is because my husband asks for it and wants the whole bowl to himself. With that in mind, this is an excellent recipe!!!
Dec 23, 2012
This is so delicious. It's really good in the summer with fresh tomatoes but I make it year round. I also def use the green onion and ranch mix. Yummy!
May 22, 2012
I did half the amount of mayo, and the other half cream cheese so it didn't taste too mayo-y like some people mentioned. Also added garlic powder, onion powder, and ranch seasoning from the salad dressing aisle. I didn't have time to cook bacon so i got bacon crumbles from the salad dressing aisle also (it has half the fat anyway).Instead of crackers or potato chips, try the dip with central market organics HATCH green chile tortilla chips (from HEB). You're welcome! :)
Mar 12, 2012
Serve in a head of lettuce that is hollowed out and place scoopable Fritos all around. YUMMY!
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I took this to a potluck and everyone loved it.
Jan 6, 2012
excellent with potato chips!
Jan 5, 2012
This is the most amazing appetizer I have ever eaten! It tastes excatly like a BLT sandwich! I substitued REAL freshly grated parmesan cheese for the cheddar and mini grape tomatoes for the regular sized ones. I also put about 1 teaspoon of onion powder in it and left out the green onions.


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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:07 am
A renowned doctor replying to this post is great. First of all thank you for the inputs.
As u said we need a huge capital. Quality doctors are either abroad or in the metros .. Starting a company that too a profitable one is a good idea but it would take 5 years minimum for a business to become profitable. The only profitable industry we had is the kaccha film that too is no where now.
Which industry can be profitable with the resources (other than manpower) that is available in the Nilgiris?
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 11:41 am
Which industry can be profitable with the resources (other than manpower) that is available in the Nilgiris?
I ask why? Which industry cannot be profitable in the hills? Anything, just about everything can be profitable. What one needs is a clear vision, mission, foresight and ofcourse the capital which is mandatory.
There is no resource greater than human resource. How a management utilises the resources is the crucial factor.
Not many people here would have given a thought about Needle Industries in Yellanalli, Nilgiris which is a pioneer in the art of needle making. Its a very profitable venture although the figures are not disclosed in public being a private limited firm. Pls visit
to know more about it. Its amazing the way they have positioned the brand with marketing offices / agents all over the world. Its almost a monopoly company.
Second is the erstwhile PPI in Sandynallah, taken for a short time by the Tatas ( as Rallis India Ltd) now a part of the Sterling Biotech group. In the midcap segment it is an above par performer (visit
and a darling of the investors. Pls view
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HPF is lurking in the dark because of the shortsightedness of the people who were at the helm of affairs. Even today, I reckon if it goes in the hand of people ( whether private or public) with strong fundmentals, its just a matter of time before its destiny is turned around.
The Badaga community has produced some wonderful doctors down the line, over the years. Many of them still practise in the Nilgiris, a touch by them is magical. So, the human resource is definitely available.
All we need is the Money and a few strong minds with a vision & purpose. It might sound strange, but I really can forsee a time when people from Coimbatore would travel to Ooty for healthcare. One cannot buy the best equipments in one spree, it takes time. Pooling the resources is not easy. We have to move one foot at a time. It will ultimately happen. With effective people, nothing is impossible.
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:58 am
Thanks for your valuable insights mr.Hari.We need people with strong persevarence and vision.We all know a dream can make a lot of difference to the lifes of people around .SOS children village association was started back in 1949 by Hermann Geminer in a small village in Austria with little support of his family n friends n today they are present across the globe serv' millions of homelss children.Its all because of the great determination and great vision of a simple person which has transformed into a global orgainzation.We are now in need of people with a combination of social n commercial entrepreneurship to take this mission forward.I belive there are many in our surroundings.
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:28 pm
hi friends
nice to read yr ambitious plans. I wish to share you a small info. with you. How many badaga people are entrepreneurial? do our parents groom that way? why do we lack entrepreneurs, eventhough we are highly intellectual?
But, there is industry callied medical tourism could be very well developed in our place and make more money also. let us hope ....somebody with the entrepreneurial skills will setup such large scale hospital......my dream will come true
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:45 pm
Dear All,
This is in reply to Mr. smathan1's positing
the success of a hospital in the nilgiris will largly depend on the services it will provide. it needs to be competitive to the hospitals in coimbatore.This would need a lot of capital. Several crores. next you need to be able to attract quality doctors.trying to do this by contributions from the community can only be a dream. my suggestion is to form a company that is for profit and money be collected and shares in the enterprise be issued. This will attract capital from other communities also in the Nilgiris. having established a for profit organization part of the work of this organization can support the healthcare needs of the economically needy at very nominal costs.
We all agree that building an Hospital would require Crores of Rupees. Yes we can achieve your dreams, by means of our proposed trust. Please be informed that a trust also makes profit and that the main difference between a company and a trust is that the trust cannot pay dividends or share its profits. So, We can start, develop and build our trust in such a way that we will build a hospital. There is another benefit if we start the hospital in the name of our trust. We could get Govt and other funding which may not be possible if it is a company. Let us not commercialise the hospital venture by making it a company whose main purpose of existence is profit... at all costs...
Lets JOIN TOGETHER and ACT for the welfare of the Badaga Community before it is too late
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 4:08 am
dear mr senthil
appericiate your comments.the reality is the badaga community cannot come up with the huge capital needed on a donation basis to a trust.Depending on help from government is wishful thinking.There is nothing wrong in having a for profit organization. look at this way. A good hospital will provide a lot of employment to our community.also affliated bussinesss will florishh. eg: Taxi, hotel,shops etc.The potential for groth is enormus.Think big. A badaga trust at this time,in my view will be able to only generate enough money to fund may be a small clinic that is reality.For example people may give you one lakh rupees as donation to a trust but will invest one crore if it is a bussiness that will provide returns for their investment.I am not of aware of any badaga who will be willing to donate a few crores as charity.I know of no one with that kind of money and even if they do have the money i do not know of any one with that kind of mindset. WE can talk about all the great badaga rich people and their activities in the past but the reality today is that the common badaga is suffering to just afford the bare necessities. It is time we giveup are attitude as estate owners who can afford anything and everything. I believe my generation of badagas lost it by going to colleges in Cbe and Madras, spending money to get a degree and come back to he village and were happy going around with a blanket believing they were the learned sages. Imagine what we could have been if as a community we were running all the bussinesses in NIlgiris big or small. Our people will not be going to Cbe and tirupur to be employed as workers. I was saddened to see a badaga carry my baggage in a hotel in coimbatore.I could not bring myself to give him a tip, i had to give him a gift.My intentions are not to profit from the badaga community but to face reality and setup an enterprise that will succeed. Appericiate all your comments
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:42 am
Dear smathan1,
I appreciate your feelings when you speak about the status of Badagas. I am one of those people who though having born in Niligirs, was brought up entirely outside Tamil Nadu. I was brought up in Karnataka and in fact started speaking our language only after I was married 11 years ago. I do not have any estate or big land holdings, but have now moved into Ooty to start up my own business,. I have been in business and am an entreupruener for the past 10years. I found that there is a lot of opportunitis at Nilgiris which is not being utilised properly.
We have to do something to first ensure that there is financial growth and economic activity in this place. Please note that the revenues for our district right now is only from Tea and Tourism. As far as the revenue from Tourism is concerned, it has not benifited our community people much, since we did not have many people entering business.
Yes, I agree that our money was spent on education, health and purchases at Coimbatore rather than being spent locally. In addition to this we have lost a lot of money on liquor and due to our laziness since Tea had given us some economic security in the past. Now we have to learn the lesssons from our grandparents generation which was hardworking and have to switch over to alternate crops like floriculture, Dairy, Organic farming etc. Our district is under the agriculture export zone and if we can concentrate on these activites, we will be able to regain our strengths.
As regards to the Government support, the Govt is doing a lot to our place, but unfortunately it is going into the drains. Please note that many of the trusts and social services organisations in our place belong either to the Christian community or to other people who have come to Nilgiris and then grown here. If we can tap that funds, and do honest and sincere work, we will be able to get the kind of funding.
For example, to establish a International Rose centre at Ooty, the Govt is pumping about 3.6 crores this year alone. Like wise under HADP, there are more than 300 Crs being pumped into Nilgiris. It is only if we have the right organisation, that we can get those funds and utilize it for the betterment of our society. So, I strongly feel that it is better to form a trust and try and build an hospital or education institute etc.,
As regards private company setup, It may not be economically viable to establish a huge hospital to cater to the needs of only the local people.
Lets JOIN TOGETHER and ACT for the welfare of the Badaga Community before it is too late
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:03 am
Dear Friends,
I wish to put my thoughts here.
Whether it is a trust, a firm or a company, seed capital is imperative for a project of such scale. Going by ground realities, accumulating this capital, developing an action plan and good project management skills are the primary requirements. The major challenge will be the long-term sustainability of such a project and the benefits it will endow on the target population.
To make people fund a project requires objective proposals and genuine lobbying. It calls for a concrete feasibility report, action plan, cost-benefit analysis, value to the general public and investors. Even then, it is no guarantee that people will fund at the initial stages of a project. Many conservative investors want to see sizeable development before a decision is taken.
Few years ago a group of prominent doctors under the name Nilgiri Hospitals Trust put in a similar proposal and funding was mobilized from individuals with a good net worth. Couple of my sisters who are Senior Nurses with Aramco Oil Company in Saudi Arabia did donate a considerable sum of money for the noble proposal. Years passed and the initiative became redundant. There are no traces of the trust now.
What I would like to put forward here is the fundamental requirements to convert a beautiful dream like this to reality. I have summarized a few points in a nutshell which came to my mind.
1) Develop a Vision and Mission.
2) Formulate a Project proposal, what we want to have, where to have, the cost-benefit ratio, target population, long term sustainability and growth.
3) The proposal should arrive at the monetary figures as to what is required not only for the project but also the working capital requirements for atleast 3 years once complete (assuming 3 years will be the break-even point, it may be more or less).
4) Once the monetary figures are in place one needs to look at the sources of funds. If the figures could be accumulated within the existing and probable members / donators, well and good. If it exceeds the budgeted requirements, then we can look at issuing shares. If forming a company is required, then investors should be kept intimated on long-term objectives and the returns their capital will yield. This is a vital requirement since people generally oblige at proposals, but when it comes to putting the money physically they need reassurance.
5) The third step will be locating the right people to carry out this task, liaisoning with government bodies, taking necessary approvals, engineers for construction, project heads and very importantly consultant doctors who can give crucial inputs in setting up the Hospital.
6) Meanwhile, decision has to be taken on what are the departments (Pediatrics, Ortho, Cardio etc.,) the hospital will have initially as well as its scalability in the long run. Simultaneously the process of locating the doctors who specialize in those areas must take place.
7) Locating the most suitable place/town that will give maximum benefits in terms of accessibility to people from villages, procurement of land are other serious issues to be taken care of.
There is a lot more homework to be done than what apparently seems to be. This is no Childs play.
So, in my opinion, if a feasibility report could be developed at the earliest, we can have a series of discussions / meetings and move to the next step. Personally, I can donate a decent sum and also try bringing in a few corporate investors wherever possible.
Emerald Bhojan Hariharan.
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:07 am
Dear smathan1,
I wish I could address you by name instead of the username. Hope something would be done on it in the nearest future by the admin.
I agree when you say it is painful seeing a Badaga doing unskilled work. Yes, it did bleed inside me in the past. Not these days, definitely. When people move places, they learn a lot. It brings in them a sense a reason and purpose. Today, it is a TRANSITIONARY PHASE for our Community. I mean a PSYCHOLOGICAL TRANSITION FUELLED BY ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION TO SOME EXTENT. MANY PEOPLE MOVE BY CHOICE TOO. The results of this transition could only be positive. People become more aware, enlightened and fearless. Its survival of the fittest in true sense. In my prediction, what is happening is an economical migration similar to what our ancestors must have done in the past. But, unlike our ancestors this situation looks reversible. After all, man is a social animal. He moves to pastures which he finds works to his advantage.
The point here is to ensure that they do not forget the roots where they belong to. Going by the trend I see at our major festivals and other important occasions, Iam upbeat about it.
I would like to have your thoughts on this.
Emerald Bhojan Hariharan.
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:59 pm
Dear Hariharan,
I agree with your views completely. Each and every point suggested my you are very important and relevant.
We need to plan to build up an hospital. We can first start the trust for which not much of a money is needed and then simultaneously start the work of preparing the project report.
The trust will give us an identity to start working on the project.
Lets JOIN TOGETHER and ACT for the welfare of the Badaga Community before it is too late
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:17 pm
glad to be part of this discussion and to know the immense interest you all have on this theme.
providing health care and other infrastructure is the responsibility and the duty of the state government machinery. now the 'political' in coordination with the 'executive' should execute its plans... for which we have voted them (whichever party... there is no use of mud slinging... it is only waste of our time) in. But
without the goodwill and the cooperation of the local community leaders, they (pol. and exe.) cannot get anything through.
it is here where we need to have our 'strong' leaders with a vision and commitment to help the executive and the political machineries to do their job... or in some cases make them to do their job.
now my suggestion is that we should identify and support our 'strongleaders' who know what they are doing and who can take decisions.
can we further think on these lines and try to ask our SL to join in this discussion?
timothy ravinder
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:00 pm
I believe one of our Doctors has started a hospital in ooty to serve the community. I am unaware of the details. believe it is in ooty at the old Ooty gate. wish them well. and hope we can focus our efforts through him.
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The sister of the late Bishop Edward Daly says her family has been amazed by the overwhelming outpouring of grief from the people of Derry for her "big brother" in the month since his death.
Anne Gibson, travelled from Lisnaskea for Bishop Daly's month's mind in St Eugene's Cathedral on Saturday and was speaking at the surprise unveiling of a new monument to the 'People's Priest' by John Hume and Ivan Cooper at the entrance to Glenfada Park.
Mrs Gibson said the family had an inkling there would be a presentation but were taken aback upon seeing the two tonne monument to the late Bishop, which has been hewn from Inishowen granite and placed in the heart of the Bogside.
"Well Fr Eamon did let us know two days ago that we were invited along here and that the people, the community around here had put together some sort of a memorial," said Anne.
"We were in the Mayor's parlour this afternoon too, receiving the book of condolences. So it's very apt that we should now come to the place that he loved so well and the people that he admired over the years, to think that that community has so quickly put something together since his death is amazing.
"We've been amazed. We were amazed around the time of his death, at the funeral. We've been amazed by the letters we've received since, and this is just another thing to be amazed by.
"I know that he was so well loved by so many people but I always come back to the fact that he was my brother, he was my big brother, he was a father figure to me since he was 10 and I miss him terribly."
Peace and reconciliation advocate, Vinnie Coyle, said the memorial includes an epitaph inspired by a favourite phrase of Bishop Daly, "Is ceist decair é sin - that's a difficult question" - appropriate to a man who became an icon by providing pastoral leadership through troubled times.
"He was everything. He was a man of all seasons. He wasn't just the man with the hankie which was amazing on the day. "He had that fight every single day throughout the Troubles.
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"He was also the man who for some 30 years in the Hospice, even through his own illnesses, he dealt with people who were terminal, people who were passing away and he prayed with them and he was their friend, he was their confidante. An amazing man and a huge loss for the people of this city."
Mr Coyle said he hopes a new 'garden of reflection' outside the Free Derry Museum where the monument has been placed can become a site for reconciliation and interdonminational services.
He said Bishop Daly is encapsulated by a verse on the sculpture, which reads: "To love means loving the unlovable, to forgive means forgiving the unforgivable, faith means, believing the unbelievable, hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless."


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Fukushima fashion in Koriyama: stunning boutiques in this trendy part of Japan
Fukushima fashion in Koriyama: stunning boutiques in this trendy part of Japan
Sarah Deschamps and Lee Jay Walker
Modern Tokyo Times
Koriyama is a buzzing city in Fukushima where the fashion sector is extremely vibrant. Images of Fukushima are often portrayed negatively because of the nuclear crisis that followed the devastating tsunami on March 11, 2011. However, the vast majority of Fukushima is awash with stunning nature and is open for business. Indeed, the fashion angle to Koriyama is extremely stylish and elegant and clearly the younger generation is well served because you have so many stunning boutiques to visit.
Fashion in Koriyama caters for individuals of all ages and you will find many sophisticated boutiques selling luxury items. The choices available are extremely varied and this applies to high-end fashion, new trendy vibes, elegant styles which suit people of all age groups, alternative fashion, and famous international brands. Therefore, for tourists who plan to visit Fukushima because of the abundance of adorable nature, then clearly the fashion angle to Koriyama will take people by surprise.
If you close your eyes you could easily be in trendy Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Shibuya, and other buzzing districts in Tokyo. However, this is the strong fashion vibes of Koriyama in Fukushima whereby the following images highlight the trendy nature of fashion in this highly developed city.
In the S-PAL Department Store you will notice how trendy and stylish the local ladies are because the dress styles are elegant. Throughout this store you have so many fabulous boutiques to visit and for young ladies it is a paradise for shopping. Adorable boutiques include Forest Heart, Index, The Emporium, VIS, E hyphen World Gallery, Earth Music & Ecology, Lowrys Farm, EMSEXCITE, Luccica, East Boy, and so many other stunning fashion companies. Therefore, for ladies who adore fashion a visit to S-PAL is highly recommended.
The S-PAL Department Store is located within the train station and within easy walking distance you have the exquisite Usui Department Store. This high-end department store would grace the most sophisticated parts of Tokyo, Paris, Milan, New York, Seattle, London, and other major fashion cities throughout the world. Therefore, for the people of Fukushima who desire luxury and extravagance then clearly the Usui Department Store provides this in abundance. In saying that, you will also find extremely stylish companies where the prices are very competitive and alluring for people who shop in this lovely department store.
In Usui Department Store you will find exquisite boutiques, jewelry companies, the crème de la crème of cosmetic companies, and so much more. A partial list includes Estee Lauder, Shiseido, Tiffany, Ralph Lauren, Peyton Place, Indivi, Itariya, Kanebo cosmetics, Pride and Unspeck, Swarovski, Lesouk Prix, Ined, ef-de, Coach, Reliant, Powder Palette, Franco Ferrer (b), and a host of other sublime companies. The Usui Department Store is a real gem of a company which highlights the elegance of fashion in Koriyama.
Another lovely fashion store catering for different styles is Molti Department Store which is extremely near to S-PAL. In Molti Department Store you will find many fashion companies catering for both sexes but clearly this store is extremely popular for young ladies. This is because of the stylish nature of the fashion on show and both department stores within the train station area enhance the fashion vibes of both companies.
Adorable boutiques in Molti Department Store include Clef De Sol, Raugefeel, MIX-O, a.v.v., Faunny Luv, Amare MYLEPR, Aspri Classe, Mighty Circle, Love & Peace, Benetton, Amo's Style, and many others. Also, the international flavor can be found in other areas and this applies to the Body Shop or relaxing over coffee at Starbucks. This store certainly attracts the fashion conscious and the ambience is really nice.
It is also worth checking out the streets near the train station because you also have independent boutiques catering for various tastes. Therefore, Koriyama is certainly a fantastic city to visit from the fashion point of view.
Overall, it is clear that Fukushima needs internal tourists and international tourists to visit the many beautiful parts of this prefecture. The purpose of highlighting fashion in Koriyama is to show a different image to all the negative news about Fukushima. Therefore, by highlighting the fashion sector in this commercial city it shows that business and life is not only ticking but it is also vibrant.
Koriyama is only 55km from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. However, the atmosphere is 2012 is vibrant, energetic, and the fashion scene is extremely elegant. The photos in this article show the "real Koriyama" which is being neglected in the international media. Therefore, the best way to support the recovery of the Tohoku region is by visiting when possible in order to help the local economy.
The Koriyama fashion scene is buzzing and from this modern city you can visit many beautiful parts of Fukushima. This applies to the stunning mountain ranges, the many beautiful ponds which dot the landscape of the Ura-Bandai area, Abukuma Cave, a stunning castle, sophisticated museums, and so much more. Fukushima provides the lot, from adorable fashion in the main commercial city of Koriyama to stunning nature – and because of the Shinkansen train system, it means that it takes only around 80 minutes from Tokyo.
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The LG LM6700 is a beautiful sleek smart television designed with all of the latest bells and whistles that smart tv brings to the table. The feature set is pretty impressive and I'm going to go over the line items one by one.
3D World – A full shopping menu where you can buy or rent video content (movies, television, apps, games) that download or stream directly to your set instantly. You get a full internet browser with Adobe Flash and HTML 5 support… the browser is a pretty sluggish and the interface isn't fast enough (typing the addresses can be kludgy at best) so this option is not really useful in its current form. 3-Mode Magic Remote with scrolling wheel and gesture navigation – This is pretty cool, it takes a little while to get used to but it is very useful and I really like it a lot. In addition, they have a free LG Remote app for iOS and Android that lets you control everything except power on/off that is really handy in the event you lost the remote in the couch and don't feel like turning it upside down!
Mobile HD Link, Let's you play content from a smartphone, or tablet on the big screen. This is a pretty cool feature and it works really well. It has a great implementation, it is easy to setup and I find that I use it pretty regularly. CINEMA Screen, This design cuts the bezel to 5mm turning the television into a nearly frameless image with an ultra-modern minimalist look. – I covered this in the first sentence. LG makes some of the best looking televisions available. They have for years and I don't expect that to change. Premium Content -Premium apps include Netflix, VUDU, YouTube, ConemaNow, Amazon VoD, Mog, Hulu Plus, MLB.TV, and more. – The Netflix app is pretty cool, the Hulu Plus is kind of limited it should allow you to use it if you have a regular Hulu account. Who pays for Hulu when you have Netflix, the audience is limited, the free version of Hulu is much larger and it would be a useful feature if they had supported it. The YouTube thing is OK, but again the screen is rendering slowly and its a pain in the butt to get around to the video you want to see.
LG Apps has updated with mor ethan 1200 proprietary apps from games to news feeds to tools like calculators. Why you would want a calculator on your TV when you can just use your phone is beyond my comprehension. A lot of companies seem to be trying to make every electronic device a one stop shop and they don't seem to use their head when it comes to actual usefulness. Why on earth would you spend ten minutes using their remote to move a cursor from button to button for a calculator when you can do the same thing on your phone in seconds? I could do advanced trig in the time it would take to do basic division on the calculator app for the LG LM6700. Smart Share – Allows the TV to become a content access portal for other devices using the same wireless network, such as computers, phones, tablets and storage devices. This is probably the single most useful feature outside of the primary function of the television. It allows you to setup a DLNA server on your network and stream all of your video content to your television. You can also use Windows Media Center, and several other options. It's really a great feature, we tested it with Playon and it worked very well.
Wired or Wi-Fi capability – The LG LM6700 Smart TV is fully equipped with WiFi and a Wired Network connection. You can get setup on your network in no time at all. It is very easy to use and setup. Cinema 3D (FPR) – So this is a passive 3D system it has FPR (Film Pattern Retarder) which allows you to receive left and right eye images at the same time from the 3D display Panel. The result is a crisp, smooth, clean image without flickering. This works. This is probably the best implementation of 3D I've seen. If you haven't purchased a 3D television because you didn't like the idea of having to pay between $40 and $200 for each set of 3D glasses you should jump all over this feature. The LG LM6700 comes with 6 pairs of glasses and you can add more to your collection simply by keeping the 3D glasses you get at the movie theater when you go. Most of them work well!
DUAL PLAY – If you have gamers in the house that play Xbox or any other game system then you will want to invest in a set of dual play glasses. They run between $90-$130 as of the publishing of this article. They allow two people to play split screen mode in a game (such as Black Ops II) only when each person puts on the glasses they see ONLY their game FULL SCREEN and nothing else. This is one of the best gaming features I've seen to date for any television system.
All in all the LG LM6700 55 Inch LED Cinema 3D HDTV with LG Smart TV is a great television and I give it 4 out of 5 stars.


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Partners pleased with Government support
Partners in a strategy to protect Lake Taupo are pleased with Government support for the project.
Partners in a strategy to protect Lake Taupo are pleased with Government support for the project.
Environment Waikato and the South Waikato District Council have granted air discharge and land use consents to expand a broiler chicken farm.
Next year's elections for Environment Waikato councillors will be held on the same basis as the 2001 election.
Environment Waikato is waiting to see the details of how Contact Energy is going to clean up its Waikato River discharges.
Environment Waikato ratepayers are flocking to the internet to check out what their Regional Council rates will be this year.
The number of Waikato cattle herds infected with bovine Tb has dropped again from 34 last June to 25 this year, showing significant progress towards a Tb-free Region, this week's Environment Waikato Biosecurity Committee heard.
A community forum has been set up in Taupo to involve residents and stakeholders in plans to protect the lake and its surrounding area.
Environment Waikato is to take over co-ordination of the Region's annual Festival of the Environment.
Environment Waikato will be asking the community what it thinks about environmental issues in an upcoming telephone survey.
Significant changes to the Resource Management Act will provide challenges for councils, Environment Waikato's Regulatory Committee heard this week.
Environment Waikato, in close collaboration with DoC plans to eradicate the coastal plant pest spartina within 10 years in most Waikato areas.
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A meeting in Hamilton next week aims to establish a group to actively promote sustainable development initiatives in the Waikato.
Hamilton City's water supply intake was closed down this morning as a precaution after a truck carrying 13 tonnes of urea crashed into the Waikato River at the Narrows, south of Hamilton early this morning.
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Old fashioned baby names are enjoying a surge in popularity while new parents are spurning fantasy names according to the results of a new poll.
Medieval-style names have rebounded despite not having been popular for hundreds of years. Among the boys' names enjoying a revival are Wyatt, Audley and Peyton while medieval girls names making a comeback include Millicent, Elvina and Kendra. But fantasy names such as Princess, Crystal and Prince are seen as the group of names at risk of falling from favour most quickly. Nearly 36 per cent of parents surveyed said that the trend for fantasy names was already seen as outdated.
Siobhan Freegard, founder of online parenting forum Netmums which carried out the survey, said: "Baby names usually work on an 80-year cycle of popularity – but some of the Olde English baby names coming back haven't been in fashion for almost 800 years.
"However, they tick all the boxes for modern parents, being unusual but traditional, and cool but not too wacky."
Two in five of the 3,961 parents surveyed said that they picked a name that was last popular over 350 years ago while a similar number said that such names have grown in popularity in their area this year. The trend means that Edwardian-style names including Mabel, Stanley and Elsie, which have been popular in recent years, could dip in their appeal.
The Netmums poll also revealed that one in eight mums choose their baby's name before they are even pregnant. But the most popular time to pick a name is between the 20th week of pregnancy and the baby's birth.