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While farmers are forced to mortgage their jewellery for bank loans at the height of the sowing season, Maharashtra government has turned a blind eye to their predicament. Banks do not have loans to hand out when the cost of agricultural inputs have skyrocketed pushing the farmers to the brink.
Monsoons have arrived and with it the season for sowing crops. This is the time when farmers are in need of money the most as they have to invest in the inputs, most importantly, in fertilisers without which no crop can survive. This, therefore, is also the time when the farmers expect the most from the government and administration. But the credit flow to the farmers has dried up. Usury has been banned and the nationalised banks do not have the money to dole out. There is no avenue left for the farmers to get loans and in these dire straits, they have now resorted to mortgaging the jewellery, whatever is left, of their wives and mothers to banks and moneylenders. This scenario is prevalent not just in Buldhana and Jalana districts in Maharashtra but has become endemic.
The state government has been touting its agriculture policy but the situation is dismal. The peasants of
Vidarbha are under an immense burden. A couple of months ago, drought was the centre of much discussion and Prithviraj Chavan, the Chief Minister, had taken Rahul Gandhi on a tour of drought-affected areas. The government had promised many times to dole out a relief package to the affected farmers but nothing reached them. As the monsoons have arrived all buzz about drought and the package has calmed down. It is this callousness that has forced the peasants of Buldhana and Jalana districts to mortgage the jewellery of their womenfolk. The jewellery that these two districts have kept as mortgages in banks is worth Rs. 300 crores!
The banks in these two districts
The banks in these two districts hand out something between Rs. 250 and 300 crores of credit every year so that agriculture is not affected in any condition. Yet this year the banks are themselves in a liquidity crunch that has been imposed by the Reserve Bank of India. Consequently only Rs. 100 crores worth of credit could be handed out.
hand out something between Rs. 250 and 300 crores of credit every year so that agriculture is not affected in any condition. Yet this year the banks are themselves in a liquidity crunch that has been imposed by the Reserve Bank of India. The Reserve Bank of India has 'stalled' these banks from handing out any credit on the grounds that the latter have not fulfilled the central bank's conditions. Consequently only Rs. 100 crores worth of credit could be handed out by the district banks. The deficit in credit could be made up only by mortgaging jewellery as selling land is not a viable option. The middle and marginal peasantry has been worst affected by this acute credit crunch.
In the past 2 months, farmers have got about Rs. 110 crores worth of credit from Buldhana Urban Bank, while in Jalna around Rs. 120 crores of credit has been doled out against jewellery as surety for loans. State Bank of India has given Rs. 50 crores as credit to the farmers against jewellery. Shiva Savle of Dongarshevli village says that he mortgaged the jewellery of womenfolk as a last resort, though he is quite ashamed of doing so. Vijay Wankhede, another marginal farmer, feels bad at having mortgaged jewellery, as there are emotions attached with it. He is not sure whether he will be able to get the jewellery back if the monsoons fail and the harvest is not good.
The pulls and pressures upon the peasants is threatening to tear apart, not just their physical living conditions, but also their emotional lives while the state government is running schemes to alleviate their pain and suffering only in official documents and political rhetoric. As of now, the farmers are banking on a good monsoon when a good harvest can solve their problems. Another apprehension is whether they will get adequate market price for their produce or not because the cost of inputs has spiralled so much that most of the times they are not able to realise even the production cost.


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Potassium Sorbate is a white granular product. It has a toxicity level comparable to table salt and helps inhibit growth of yeast and mold. This product is used as a food preservative in such foods as cheese, wine, meats and dried fruits.
Shandong Oceanchem engages in developing and producing food chemicals used in the Food, Beverage and Nutrition industry. This company offers an extensive range of raw materials that include Potassium Benzoate, Calcium Propionate, Sodium Hydrogen Diacetate, and more. Most of these ingredients are widely used as preservatives and antimicrobial agents in beverages, confectionery, and bakery products.
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BC: thank you have a nice day
FC: Alex
1: I was born on March 3rd, in 2000. In the Harrisburg hospital at 3:33 am.
2: In 2004 I joined kindergarten. My teacher's name was Mrs. Fry.
3: This apple represents the fact that my first word was apple and it's also my favorite fruit.
4: My sister was born when I was 7. Her birthday was a week from when I wrote this.
5: I got my first bike when I was 7. 1 year ago it was sold for like 20 bucks.
6: When I was 9, I moved to my big house in NC!
7: In Ohio, we had a bad car crash!!!
9: The preveas thing that happened to me was 5th Grade! :)


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Title: Irrigation Research Project (Lawrence Burns) collection
Date(s): 1958-1961
Physical Description: 1 m of textual records. -- 24 microfilm reels
History: This collection of records was compiled by Lawrence Burns, a Glenbow staff member, who was commissioned to undertake research, and to gather reference material, related to irrigation in southern Alberta. Many of the records originated with the provincial Water Resources Branch in Edmonton.
Scope and Content: The collection consists of records extracted from the Alberta Water Resources Branch about irrigation in the drainage basins of the following: Bow River, Red Deer River, Milk River, South Saskatchewan River, Oldman River, Seven Persons River, Lodge River, Battle River, Many Islands Lake, Forty Mile Lake, Kindersley Lake, Pakowki Lake, McGregor Lake, Wild Horse Lake, Todd Creek, and the Great Sandhills. Also consists of extracts of House of Commons debates about the Robins Irrigation Company; a history of the Eastern Irrigation District and Western Irrigation District; 24 microfilms of general irrigation extracts from the Water Resources branch; and letters about irrigation to C.D. Richards, John Stewart and J.S. Dennis.
Language: The material is in English.
Originals and Reproductions: The original Water Resources Branch records are now held by the Provincial Archives of Alberta.
Restrictions: No restrictions on access.
Finding Aids: Inventory available. Please consult before requesting material.
View finding aid / scanned documents: http://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/irrigation.cfm
Call Numbers:
(M=manuscript; N&P=photos; R=sound recordings; S=slides; F=films)M-2576, M-3117, M-3754, M-3755, M-3756, M-3758, M-3768, M-3769, Microfilm-Irrigation


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It's the first Wednesday of November which means it's time for our monthly linky – Math IS Real Life!! If you want to see how the linky works, or just want other real world math ideas, check out our Pinterest Board of all the posts so that you can look back and find some great ideas and REAL pictures to use in your classroom!
If you are linking up, please include the below picture to link back to this blog post
A monthly REAL WORLD math blog link-up hosted by MissMathDork,
disclosure: November snuck up on me! Sadly, no pictures for this post (perhaps I'll post some after the event happens!)
My husband and I have a Thanksgiving tradition that we started years ago when we were still dating (and he still worked crazy hours). It often happened that he worked on Thanksgiving day, and if he didn't, we were often traveling to various family events. Because of both, we rarely ended up with leftovers! And let's face it, Thanksgiving leftovers are THE.BEST. Sooooo… a tradition began – Saturday Thanksgiving. It started out with just hubs and I, and has since turned into a super fun Friends(&Family)-Giving event!. We extend the no-obligation invitation to tons of family and friend and we stress the NO OBLIGATION part! Everyone has so much going on throughout the holidays that no one wants to feel guilty if they can't attend.
So what does Friends(&Family)-Giving have to do with math? A TON! (Especially if you add in the no-obligation piece!)
We've had as few as 2 extra attend (4 total) and as many as 8 extra attend (10 total).
8 people can comfortably fit at my dinner table – will we need more tables? if so, we'll need more chairs! (spatial reasoning)
How much food needs to be prepped so that everyone has plenty AND we have leftovers (again, leftovers are KEY!) (portion control and fractions)
How big does the turkey need to be? (serving size and weight)
How soon do I need to start thawing the turkey? (weight, measurement, elapsed time)
How many biscuits do I need to make? (measurement, prediction)
Will I run out of silverware (don't laugh! That happened once!)? (set and groups)
What temperature will I need to set the thermostat at to keep the house at the right coolness? (temperature)
How early in the morning do I need to start cooking the turkey so that I can still cook everything else in a timely manner? (elapsed time)
When is the optimal time to go shopping to get the best deals at the grocery store? (money, consumer math)
How much prep can happen the day before BUT not overload the refrigerator? (measurement, spatial reasoning, volume!)
How long will it take clean the kitchen afterwards? (elapsed time)
What is the budget for this shindig? (money, consumer math)
I'm sure I could come up with even more mathematical applications for this Friends(&Family)-Giving event if I sat here a little longer… however, I need to start answering some of those questions and get a menu made! Other than the above, how do you use math over the holidays?
Don't forget to check out the other MIRL posts below! Check back over the next few days – more will be added!!


text: erk 838,874 Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) Post your final pics here. no conversation please. as Dkatz reminds us: - 5 photos/submission - once all photos are up (probably mid-feb), each contestant (plus any former contestants who stayed involved) pms or emails me with their top three choices for "winner", based on: a. appearance of jeans b. life the jeans lived c. participation in the contest thread - as the votes come to me, i post the votes for public review - i'll do this in the last post of this thread - after we've decided on the top five, the judges choose the overall winner out of those five. judges are 1. carl chiara (formally of levi's/lvc) 2. ralphe tharpe (formerly of cone) 3. ringring (currently of ringing) 4. christophe loiron (of mister freedom) 5. bud strickland (of cone) [roy slaper as alternate] i propose that everyone feel free to post whatever they want in the regular contest thread, but that this thread be reserved exclusively for final submission posts. in other words, this thread should only ever have 30 posts (plus instruction and score-tallying posts - i will delete this post). let's keep this thread as clean as possible to make all of our lives easier! Edited January 3, 2012 by erk 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Carlos has just gotten back from a great vacation week in Puerto Vallarta with his family. He is relaxed, happy, and looking forward to a few more days of vacation. The hard work of the Agora is just a distant memory. He sees his iPad on the table at breakfast and remembers how he got it and why it's there. In his iPad notes are the names and contact information for 2 other people in his triad. When he pulls up Twitter, he sees that the #udgagora hashtag is still active and many people are still doing the Daily Try. Carlos is starting to feel a bit overwhelmed...his classes start in a week, and the online part of the Agora starts on August 17. He wonders where he should start…
We understand that you may be feeling like Carlos. Here are some things you can do to begin:
Each triad that you signed up for has been assigned an instructor. You will need to:
Your instructor will be sending a welcome email to your triad on Monday. By end of day Monday you will be sent a link to activate your account on Dilo (here), our online place to communicate with instructor groups and the larger UdG Agora.
You are seeing a preview of the site now meaning you can read the public areas but you will not be able to post there until your account is set up on Monday. When you activate your account and sign in to dilo, you will see another area just for your Instructor Group (groups of ~ 42 participants)
Hasta pronto!
The UDG Agora Teaching Team
Hola we are workin together and feeling great¡
Hopefully feeling groovy too!
Hey, I just discovered you can embed video just by putting a URL in a blank line.
It works for flickr
How about SoundCloud?
What about twitter?
Sort of.
¡¡Hi!!Ready to learn, this is new.
Hi everybody And yes I felt a little like Carlos, but nos that I know moré about dilo i feel more comfortable, ir is new for me And I hope to get a lot about it
We appreciate your "enthusiasmo" for this. We suggest too everyone edit their Profile (top right icon menu, -> Preferences) and list their real name and bio.


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INITIATIVE 1053: Requires 67% approval vote of the legislature to raise taxes and create new taxes.
Should we get rid of majority rule in the State Legislature? Should we let one-third of legislators block passage of the budget or anything related to state revenue?
When you put it like that, you see Tim Eyman's I-1053 for what it is: an intentional recipe for gridlock in Olympia. In California, a similar super-majority requirement has been an unmitigated disaster — unless you like your state employees receiving IOUs instead of paychecks.
I-1053 is a harmful, undemocratic impediment to our elected legislators' ability to fund the critical state services we all rely upon, especially during the current severe economic downturn.
VOTE NO on Initiative 1053!
INITIATIVE 1082: Allows private insurers to compete with our public workers' compensation system
Should AIG and other insurance companies take over our public nonprofit workers' compensation system? Should we let them work the same "private sector efficiency" magic that they have on our health care system?
The fact that the insurance companies and the Building Industry Association of Washington are spending millions to try to convince you this is a good idea may be all you need to know. For them, this is just a cynical opportunity to make money – in BIAW's case, by allowing them to skim money from the system to fund their right-wing conservative politics.
The truth is that I-1082 would drive up employers' costs by at least 25% and that would kill jobs in this state. In states with privatized systems, taxpayers have been forced to bail out insolvent insurers that left injured workers and employers hanging.
Vote NO on Initiative 1082!
INITIATIVE 1098: Reforms our imbalanced and unfair tax system and generates dedicated funding for education and health care
Should people who can afford it, pay less or more taxes than poor people?
I-1098 tackles the elephant in Washington's living room: As a percentage of their incomes, the rich here pay less in taxes, and the poor pay more, than in any other state. It's called a regressive tax structure, but us plain English speakers call it ass-backwards.
I-1098 will make the tax code fairer by creating a high-earners income tax on couples with joint incomes of more than $400,000 a year ($200,000 for individuals) to raise desperately needed revenue dedicated to education and health care. At the same time, 1098 addresses our unfair tax system by:
○ Reducing small business B&O taxes. By increasing the small business tax credit to $4800, 80% of businesses will be exempt from the B&O tax.
○ Reducing the state portion of property taxes by 20%
VOTE YES on Initiative 1098!
INITIATIVES 1100 AND 1105: Ends our state's liquor control system by privatizing the sale of hard liquor
Do we want liquor sold in every Wal-Mart and Rite Aid?
These rival initiatives funded by dueling retail special-interests would privatize Washington liquor stores, eliminating more than 1,000 family-wage jobs and costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars per year in revenue. That means even more cuts in core state services. Under our current system, markup on sales of liquor goes to the state, cities and counties to fund core public services like law enforcement, education and health care. The liquor control board estimates that sales of hard liquor generate $600 million a biennium in net revenue. With 1100/1105, revenue from markup is diverted from public services to the pockets of big businesses like Wal-Mart.
Our state liquor stores have the best compliance rate in the nation for avoiding alcohol sales to minors. That's because clerks have decent family-wage jobs that they don't want to lose. Hand that grave responsibility to a minimum-wage clerk at a big box store, and the State Auditor estimates teenagers' access to hard alcohol will increase by more than 400%. That's why public safety officials have denounced I-1100 and I-1105. V
VOTE NO on both Initiatives 1100 and 1105!
INITIATIVE 1107: Ends tax increases on candy, soda, and bottled water.
Should we force the Legislature to do another all-cuts budget?
Should we revoke taxes on soda pop, bottled water, candy and gum, compelling the Legislature to make even more severe cuts in education, public safety and health care?
Callously indifferent to the billions of dollars in state job and service cuts enacted in the past two years, out-of-state industry groups funded I-1107 to protect their products from taxation. Do you think the folks at Nestle care whether there are 30 or 35 students per class in Washington's schools, or whether we have to eliminate parole supervision for criminals? No way – their focus is on the bottom line.
VOTE NO on Initiative 1107!
REFERENDUM 52: Allows state to sell bonds to fund energy savings retrofit to schools across the state.
Should we create jobs by repairing and upgrading schools?
The "Schools & Jobs Referendum" would issue $505 million in bonds to create some 30,000 jobs doing energy repair and retrofitting work at public schools, state colleges and universities. R52 will provide funds to remove asbestos, mold, lead and other toxins from our state's schools. More than 45 % of school space in Washington was built or last remodeled prior to 1969. These buildings are old, unsafe and potentially putting our students at risk. This investment will create desperately needed jobs and energy cost savings for the state over the long term. It will pay for itself and frontload the jobs NOW, when we need them.
VOTE YES on Referendum 52!


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Harpax was an Immobilizer 418 cruiser that served in the Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War. It was part of the task force that was dispatched to destroy the forces formerly under the command of the defector Admiral Harkov. It trapped his Victory-class Star Destroyer, Protector while it took on supplies.
The Harpax used its gravity well projectors to trap the Protector and prevent it from entering hyperspace, but the Protector called in reinforcements. Harkov's frigate Akaga and the Rebel MC40a light cruiser Warhawk entered to aid the ship. Harpax was outnumbered and outmaneuvered by enemy ships.
The interdictor cruiser then called in reinforcements of its own, which arrived in the form of the Star Destroyer Garret with Darth Vader on board. All three Alliance warships were eliminated but the Harpax had sustained too much damage and was destroyed.
Although it is possible to save the Harpax in Star Wars: TIE Fighter, its destruction is confirmed in Maarek Stele's mission report in TIE Fighter: The Official Strategy Guide.


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Today is the day that we remember the massacre of Palestinians by Lebanese militias working with Israeli forces during the invasion of Lebanon in 1982.
I have written about this tragedy every year…..the world must remember the mass murder of women and children and old people by allies of Israel as they watched over the camp.
The intense summer heat was gone and the evening was breezy and cool that fateful Thursday evening, September 15, 1982, according to survivors of the Sabra-Shatila Massacre who, 34 years later, still remember and recount many details of the slaughter that was soon to follow.
It was following the 9/14/1982 assassination of President-elect Bachir Gemayel, leader of the Lebanese Forces militia and senior Kataeb Party official, that Israeli forces closed in with their tanks and blockaded the Shatila refugee camp and the adjacent Sabra neighborhood. By prearrangement with their Christian phalange allies, the Israeli invaders led the Kataeb affiliated Phalange militia from Beirut airport north two miles to inside the camp, in violation of their agreement with the US Reagan administration.
Israel has committed several crimes against humanity and have NEVER had to pay a price for their barbarity. Sabra and Shatila and the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty….two events that should NEVER be forgotten…..no matter how much Israel tries to whitewash their crimes.
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Apple now has a patent on a system that will be able to auto adjust the volume of a product depending the environment that the user is in. It's meant to address the problems of users in environments where the sound levels around may change at any moment.
The patent can be applied to the following hypothetical situation: if an iPhone user is walking around the busy New York City streets and there are cars honking one second and the next second the user steps into a Starbucks where the environment is much quieter, the iPhone will automatically adjust its volume so that the user can hear the person on the other end clearly depending on the environment the iPhone user is in.
Apple filed the patent back in July 2007, so this means that we might see the technology in the next generation of iPods and iPhones.
Read more over at Electronista.
Chris's Opinion
This type of technology will suit the needs of business people very well. The place where I most see this technology working the best is in a constuction zone or a power plant of some sort where noise levels are very high and also inconsistent depending on what section of the work area you step into. Now if Apple created a more rugged version of the iPhone, it may seep its way more into this market.
{ad}As for iPods, it may not work out that well in all cases. For example, the other day I was on the train and I was blasting my favorite song by Chevelle. Coupled with Skullcandy headphones, I couldn't really hear anything else around me–so I was relying on sight to know which stop to get off at. What I didn't know though was that midway through my ride the MTA employees changed the route of the train to run express rather than local–therefore making me miss my stop.
The point is that the technology should come with different user selectable profiles so that a device should be able to auto adjust the volume in order for the user to better hear what's going on around them.


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- FINPIPE moving up from strong trend line support zone... this will favor bulls, further strength expecting once stock closes and stays above 344.
- Chart also indicates stock is moving up from 23.6% fibonacci retracement and 100 DMA, this too will favor bulls to take stock price further up.
- Once stock closes and holds above 344 then FINPIPE will find next strong resistance around 375 its 161.8% fibonacci retracement. Close Watch.
- Trading Calls.


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Urgent Action Letter Writing - Write for Human Rights! Every Friday at 4pm.
A group meet downstairs in the Oriental bistro and write letters to help free people who have been imprisoned for standing up for their and their community's human rights. Often these people are journalists or community leaders. No experience required. All resources provided. Come for drink, a chat with good folk and write a letter that can change a life!
Head to the Mudgee Amnesty Action Group Facebook page for more info or to message organisers https://www.facebook.com/mudgeeamnesty/
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The last music festival I went to was Glastonbury in 1997. I went camping with a group of friends and despite being covered in mud and not being able to have a shower all weekend, we had a fantastic time.
I was a lot younger then with a lot less responsibility and a bit more stupid! I'll never forget my excitement at watching Radiohead and The Prodigy playing live to thousands of people and having a really great time.
But after I lost my hearing a few years ago, I couldn't see any point in going to a festival anymore. I thought that if I can't hear the music, it would never be the same again. I still had the memories of the bands and songs I loved in my head though even if I couldn't hear them anymore.
Since I had my cochlear implant operation a year ago, I was wondering what it would be like to go to a festival and hear live music again. A friend of mine, Carole, then told me about Latitude Festival in Suffolk, which was held every July. She also told me that she would be involved in working with the BSL access at the event.
The festival was made accessible for deaf and disabled people by the organisers, Festival Republic. Also a charity called 'Attitude Is Everything' were involved in making the festival accessible and inclusive.
As well as access rate tickets, there was an accessible camping area and volunteers there to support disabled people when needed, providing information and recharging points for mobile phones, cochlear implant batteries and wheelchairs. There were also accessible viewing platforms provided for disabled people and their PAs/carers to watch the performances.
So, I decided to go there with my wife Joanna. It had been a long time since either of us had camped and we didn't know what to expect. But we were well looked after right from the minute we arrived, with an accessible check-in area and disabled parking close to the camping area. Two friendly volunteers even carried our stuff for us and put our tents up!
Latitude Festival is set in the stunning Suffolk countryside with a beautiful lake, acres of wild woods and open fields with sheep painted bright pink especially for the festival! It is a much smaller festival than Glastonbury and it had a very creative, colourful vibe to it, with lots of different stages, bars and tents spread around the whole site, which took on a magical appearance at night.
There was also a huge diversity of music, literature and performance art on offer. It had a really wacky, unpredictable feel to it. We often stumbled upon some really random, crazy stuff going on in the woods or by the lake. I loved it!
Some of the musical performances and comedy acts were interpreted into BSL. I saw a BSL interpreted performance of a live band playing on my first night, which was good, although I think it would have been better if the interpreter had been allowed on the main stage instead of on the viewing platform in the middle of the field. I also wish that there had been more BSL interpreted performances as they seemed to be quite limited.
I enjoyed listening to the writer Hanif Kureishi reading out one of his entertaining short stories in the Literature tent, followed by a Q&A session with the audience there about creative writing. I have always enjoyed his novels and films 'The Buddha of Suburbia' and 'My Beautiful Launderette'. The tent was packed with people but I was really disappointed to discover that the hearing loop there was not working so I had to rely on my cochlear implant. I managed to catch the gist of what he was saying but had to ask my wife to fill in the gaps.
It was also a shame that there was no speech-to-text reporting or captioning provided at Latitude at all for deaf and hard of hearing people. I think a talk like this and some of the live comedy shows would have been much more accessible with speech-to-text reporting, so I hope STAGETEXT will consider providing this access next year.
I was really looking forward to seeing The Charlatans, one of my all-time favourite Manchester bands. Well they definitely didn't disappoint! I watched them from the viewing platform in the BBC Radio 6 music tent and they were fantastic. They played all their old songs and sounded just like I remembered them from twenty years ago!
It was great to be amongst lots of disabled people in wheelchairs or mobility scooters all letting their hair down and enjoying themselves with their families, friends and PAs on the viewing platform.
My other musical highlight was watching The Vaccines play live on the Saturday night. This is a fairly new band I'd never heard before but they were fantastic! The atmosphere was electric in the music tent with the lead singer throwing himself frenetically around the stage and into the audience at one point. I could feel the energy and intensity of the band's performance, as well as sense the vibrations of the drums and guitars from the viewing platform.
One of the best things about the weekend for me was meeting lots of disabled people there, who were just enjoying themselves without having to worry about barriers to access or discriminatory attitudes from some other people. I met a great bunch of people and hope to keep in contact with some of them.
I was so glad I decided to go to another festival again after all these years. Latitude was brilliant! I don't think I would have gone without the great access and support provided there though. The diversity and inclusion was great. I'm already looking forward to going back next year and will hopefully bring some more deaf friends with me too!


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New Jersey Devils Select Marlboro Grad Michael McLeod in the 1st Rd. of the 2016 NHL Draft.
Michael McLeod a Marlboro graduate and the MVP of the 2014 OHL Cup was selected 12th overall in the 1st Rd, of the 2016 NHL Draft. Michael, a solid two-way player went on to play with the Mississauga Steelheads of the OHL where he steadily improved each year. In the 2015-16 season he finished the year with 21 goals and 40 assists in 57 games with the Steelheads.
Congratulations Michael!
Also of worthy note, the Marlboros are proud of three other Graduates who were also selected in the same NHL Draft.


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John Reese has issued the October 2006 issue of The Reese Report, absolutely packed with winning tips and strategies that he uses to build his virtual real estate empire.
His main topic for this month's issue is Content Creation, and here's a quick list of topics he covers:
- How to quickly and easily create your own infoproducts without doing any work yourself.
- How to get all the content you want created for your VRE empire without writing a single word.
- 'Secret' resources you can use to create killer products.
- The best web sites to use for finding content creation specialists.
- Little-known sources to find people who will happily create infoproducts or other content for you for pennies on the dollar.
John Reese has announced that the November 2006 RR will be The *BIG* Web 2.0 Issue! Here's what's coming in:
- What is Web 2.0 And Why Should You Care?
- Discover the Web 2.0 Sites That Can Bring You A Flood Of Free Traffic!
- How To Get Tons Of Opt-in Subscribers From Web 2.0 Sites!
- How To Create Your Own Web 2.0 Sites To Increase Your AdSense Earnings!
- A Complete List Of Web 2.0 Sites To Keep An Eye On!
- How To Tap Into Web 2.0 To Sell More Of Your Products And Services From Other People's Referrals & Reviews!
- And Much, Much More!
If you're not a subscriber, and you want to benefit from all the latest craze around Web 2.0 web sites like digg, del.icio.us, YouTube and others, it's time to subscribe to The Reese Report. You have to invest in this information to be able to upgrade your income to version 2.0.


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Grüss Gott & Welcome to Gasthof Schorn
in St. Leonhard am Untersberg
Gasthof Schorn looks back on a long history that is rich in tradition. As a hunters' inn, it belonged to Schloss Gartenau in the 13th century. After ownership was transferred to Hans Schorn in 1612, it became known as the "Schornwirt" – a name that was preserved through the centuries. Since 5 November 1880, the day when Oswald and Cäcilia Ziegler purchased the inn, it has belonged to our family.
Through alterations, remodeling and renovations, each generation has contributed to Gasthof Schorn becoming famous far beyond the borders of Salzburg.
We look forward to your visit - your hosts
Monika and Thomas Ziegler


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Here is the Teachers Pet ensemble I created for this months Craft Project Central subscription!
Want to make a great impression? Here is the perfect gift for the teacher you love! This ensemble has a can perfect for you to fill with cookies or candy. A cute box to load up with goodies and a card to top it off!
Get this bonus tutorial today at Craft Project Central!


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Crowns, Bridges & Dentures
If a cavity is sizable, the tooth needs to be strengthened in addition to being filled. This strengthening is achieved by crowning the tooth: the crown covers and protects it.
Bridges are another prosthetic, or replacement, device. When a tooth is lost, the level of pressure on the surrounding teeth changes. With nothing pressing against it, the opposing tooth can even emerge from its socket. Your bite then changes and chewing is affected. A bridge prevents these spacing problems.
When teeth are beyond saving — for example, when advanced periodontal disease means that insufficient bone remains as grounding — a Denture may be a good option. Removing infected teeth and getting an immediate denture will improve the health of your mouth and your sense of well-being.


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Gender, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning eBook
How much have development programmes supported women in their daily lives, and in their struggles for equality and justice? Important though it is for development interventions to be accountable to funders, they are equally responsible to the women and men with whom they work. Monitoring and evaluation tools are needed, therefore, to examine the effects of development and humanitarian work on women's empowerment and gender equality.
Gender, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning explores the tools and approaches used by different organizations to monitor women's economic empowerment, incidence of violence against women and girls and other aspects of women's empowerment. Contributors include experienced practitioners from organizations such as CARE, IRC, Oxfam, Helvetas and Womankind Worldwide.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Gender, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
2. Building capacity to measure long-term impact on women's empowerment: CARE's Women's Empowerment Impact Measurement Initiative
3. A review of approaches and methods to measure economic empowerment of women and girls
4. Still learning: a critical reflection on three years of measuring women's empowerment in Oxfam
5. Reflections on Womankind Worldwide's experiences of tackling common challenges in monitoring and evaluating women's rights programming
6. Capturing changes in women's lives: the experiences of Oxfam Canada in applying feminist evaluation priciples to monitoring and evaluation practice
7. A survivor behind every number: using programme data on violence against women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo to influence policy and practice
8. Learning about women's empowerment in the context of development projects: do the figures tell us enough?
9. Using the Social Relations Approach to capture complextiy in women's empowerment: using gender analysis in the Fish on Farms project in Cambodia
10. Resources
'This publication is very timely as it provides a well-articulated framework for integrating gender equality and women's empowerment into development evaluation. The different chapters help to "square the circle" by addressing all of the methodological, political, organizational and ideological factors that affect the design and implementation of an effective gender-responsive evaluation strategy. It combines a review of gender-responsive tools and techniques, and reviews of different evaluation approaches that development agencies are currently using, with detailed case studies documenting experiences using different evaluation approaches. The publication will prove useful both to readers concerned with gender-responsive evaluation, as well as to those who are concerned with broader issues of how to improve the general practice of development evaluation.'
Michael Bamberger, independent development evaluation consultant
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The Muslim man is generous with his wealth, because he knows that generosity doesn't diminish his wealth, in fact it increases it. Allah subhananhu wa ta'la said:
"Who will give Allah a goodly loan so he may multiply it many times." (Al-Baqarah:245)
And Ibn Abbas said about the Prophet ﷺ:
"The Messenger of Allah was the most generous of the people and he was most generous during Ramadan." (Al-Bukhari)
Generosity increases wealth because it shows that you are appreciative of Allah's blessings and know that your sustenance is from Him and not just your own efforts, and Allah rewards those who are thankful.
John Templeton, one of the greatest investors of the 20th century, said:
"I have observed 100,000 families over my years of investment counselling. I always saw greater prosperity and happiness among those families who tithed (gave charity) more often."
And this something repeated by Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Oprah, and other successful business people.
There is a greater benefit than this for the Muslim man… generosity raises your stature and covers your faults in this life and is a source of abundant rewards in the next life. Allah can bless you with wealth and then take it all away in an instant, and once you are dead it ceases to be of any benefit, so why hold on to it with such vehemence?
The Muslim man knows that the real benefit of money and wealth lies in supporting your family and giving it to others, because generosity leads to happiness and success in the Dunya and the Hereafter. Nothing can raise your honor, stature and remembrance among the people better than generosity, and nothing can ruin your honor more than miserliness.
But how should the Muslim man spend his hard earned money? The Prophet (saw) said:
"The best dinar that a man can spend is the dinar spent on his family." (Ibn Majah)
So the Muslim man spends first on his household, then on his relatives, then on his friends and then on the general people. The people that the Muslim man does not give his money to are those who are mentally impaired, either due to an affliction or due to an addiction to drugs, alcohol, or gambling, because, at best, they will waste the money, at worst, they will spend it on haram.
"And do not give the weak-minded your property, which Allah has made a means of sustenance for you, but provide for them with it and clothe them and speak to them words of appropriate kindness." (An-Nisa:5)
If the Muslim man wants to give to someone like this, then he donates his money to individuals and organisations who are responsible for helping them, or he buys food and clothing for them instead of giving them cash.
So spend generously on your loved ones and you will soon see the reward for your generosity, inshallah.


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Thomson Reuters Pictures owns an extensive volume of beautiful, powerful images that may never get seen or are only used for current news. Reuters wanted to find a way to utilize these powerful assets and to engage users to slow down and to look at the wider context. Whereas most news experiences begin with a story headline, this app would lead with imagery.
With the focus of the app on photography, there were various challenges and questions that arose in layout and design. The app takes a more experimental approach with the way users can browse and digest. It also needed to balance a growing archive of material with fresh incoming content, all while offering a space for users to customize the experience.
Reuters approached Method with the concept for The Wider Image app, including a content vision and a new visual vocabulary of story formats, ranging from interactive images to data visualizations. Method then explored various ways to combine photography and information in order to establish a layout, navigation, and functional specification that worked consistently across multiple story formats.
Using various digital tools for concept and prototyping, Method went through various iterations to ensure that the app positioned quality photojournalism first. Subtle animations were used to create a more cinematic experience, and design solutions were used to hint at behaviors and to optimize user perceptions of responsiveness. The team also developed unique methods for browsing by implementing an "Explorer" function that gives viewers the capability to browse photos by location, photographer, and themes.
Each story expands from a single high-impact image—giving more context through a variety of formats including panoramas, sequences, and sounds—to transform the way people see. Country profiles visually compare social, demographic, and economic differences between the story's location and the user's, and photographer profiles introduce the people behind the lens and their stories. Users can also share and comment on photos, as well as favorite and save content for later viewings.
Since launching, Reuters The Wider Image has won a range of awards for best app of the year and has been heralded by the media as an "unprecedented news photography experience" and "one of the most interesting iPad apps to come from the news category."
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All of the beginning curricula within the Environmental and Plant Biology Tutorial Program are likely to have a common base, with variations in content and emphasis coming in the more advanced tutorials, which are designed to suit the individual student. A typical schedule is outlined below.
Requirements outside plant biology are, for the most part, identified by course number. Students who wish to take alternate courses to satisfy the requirements may substitute, for example, a different organic chemistry or physics sequence for those listed. Tutorial students are expected to acquire proficiency in fundamental areas of chemistry, mathematics, physics, and biological sciences; conventional courses meet the department's outside requirements in those fields.
Honors Tutorial College students must fulfill the Ohio University English Composition requirements but are otherwise exempt from General Education requirements. Tutorial students may take non-major courses in addition to their major requirements, if they wish to pursue other interests while completing their undergraduate degree program.
In the second and later years, individually designed tutorials cover more specific aspects of plant biology, environmental biology, or cell and molecular biology. These tutorials, which cover in depth some selected aspects of a chosen area, may take the form of laboratory or field projects as well as the discussion format.
Areas available include the morphology of vascular and non-vascular plants, systematics, including molecular systematics, ecology, physiology, cell biology and biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics, population genetics and evolution. In addition, students may acquire a broad perspective of these areas by attending undergraduate or graduate classes offered by the Environmental and Plant Biology Department.
There is sufficient time in the program for students to widen their experience by taking outside courses, e.g., biochemistry, economics, geography, geology, biological sciences, which the tutor and student may feel useful in achieving a particular goal.
Students have access to the many study abroad opportunities at Ohio University. Three students from this department have each spent a year as exchange students at the University of Wales. Since its introduction in 2000, students have also participated in the Global Studies in Plant Biology program in which faculty have led expeditions to Bolivia, Hawaii, New Zealand, Thailand, and Brazil.
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August 24, 2012 (TSR) – Russia is "open to new joint initiatives" on nuclear disarmament, provided that this happens on "a fair and reciprocal basis, and must take into account the various factors influencing international security and strategic stability", Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
The president sent a telegram this Friday to the attendees of the 20th congress of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which is taking place in Hiroshima on August 24-26, 2012.
"Protecting humanity from the threats posed by weapons of mass destructions (WMD) is justifiably one of the key issues on the global agenda", the telegram said.
Such "factors" include "USA's unilateral and unrestricted deployment of a missile defense system, the threat of weapons deployment in space, the presence of quantitative and qualitative imbalances in conventional arms in Europe," Putin said.
The Russian Federation makes a substantial contribution to achieving this noble goal by taking concrete and responsible steps to reduce and limit nuclear arms and strengthen the weapons of mass destruction non-proliferation regimes, he said.
"One of the most important areas of our action is Russia's consistent fulfilment of its obligations under the New START Treaty with the USA, which came into force in 2011," the message said.
"Our implementation of its provisions is clear evidence of our commitment to a policy of nuclear disarmament," Putin said.
Russia consistently supports constructive dialogue with all political forces and public movements seeking to reduce the nuclear threat, he said.
He hopes that new ideas and initiatives aimed at bringing humanity closer to the common goal of building a safe and steady developing world be produced in order to foster good conditions for continued nuclear disarmament.


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Investigate the area and find the illusive Pokémon; Cobalion
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Capture Cobalion at Level 7
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Cobalion is the boss of this level. When it arrives, several metal orbs start surrounding it. You need to type the letters of these before the inner circle of the attack matches the outer circle.
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Typographer and Creative Director Anthony James from Manchester England has created a luxury typeface inspired by gothic black-letter and Romanesque typography.
Osgard Pro is an artful display type that's both classic and fashion-forward. The typeface blends the bold black letter with the flowing Romanesque style effortlessly. The end result is a high-quality impressive display type excellently suited for book cover design, editorial headlines, posters, and typographic art prints.
The typeface is fully-featured with 1000 swashes, stylistic alternates, contextual alternates, and conjunction ligatures. The type designer has included a separate TTF file with just the swashes, to make it easier to create beautifully ornate compositions.
Osgard Pro is $30 but an edited free version can be found at James' Behance page.
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Beadhead Gamakatsu Amago + Mummy Worm
The last time I went to Wilson Springs, I used a beadhead with a 3x 12 hook. I had two trout swallow the whole works. They were good eating. However, it wasn't a "many" day.
I tied up some beadhead Gamakatsu Amago 7.5 hooks. I snelled some 7x tippet and then tied the beadhead on. This morning I caught nine nice trout, all in the lip at Wilson Springs!
These are wonderful hooks. I have tied some flies on them, but they are Keiryu hooks, so why not fish them they way they were intended?
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Handling Major Life Changes
Handling Major Life Changes
In the 1960s, researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe studied the potential link between stressful life events and illness. After examining the medical records of thousands of patients, Holmes and Rahe discovered that there was a strong correlation between the two, ultimately developing the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale.
Holmes and Rahe found that the death of a spouse, divorce and imprisonment were among the most stressful life events. But a person need not be widowed, recently divorced or newly imprisoned to be dealing stress sparked by a major life change. In fact, Holmes and Rahe found that marriage and retirement, two things many people would consider positive changes, were among the 10 most stressful life events. Moving and making real estate decisions can also be stressful.
Change can be both exciting and frightening. Men and women facing major life changes like moving, switching careers or retiring can take the following tips to heart to make such transitions go as smoothly as possible.
O'Brien Realty offers these tips to help keep stress to a minimum, especially when purchasing real estate in Southern MD.
Embrace the positive. Change has its advantages and disadvantages, but once men and women have decided to make changes, they should shift their focus toward the positive aspects of changing instead of worrying about the potential negatives. For example, if moving, focus on the adventure of living somewhere new and the opportunities to explore new places and make new friends.
Accept your decision. Many people spend ample time mulling the pros and cons of major decisions before ultimately deciding to make major changes. People who decide to change careers may have spent years trying to decide if such a change was the right move. Once they have come to a decision and started the process of changing, whether it's giving a boss two weeks' notice or putting a house on the market, men and women should accept their decision and rest easier knowing they exercised their due diligence before making a final decision.
Commit to your decision. Fully committing to change can increase your chances of making a successful transition. If moving to a new place, look for opportunities to connect with neighbors and other members of your new community. Parents can be active in parent organizations at their children's schools, while professionals can make a concerted effort to connect with coworkers in an effort to build strong relationships that can help their transition go smoothly.
Maintain existing relationships. Professionals who are moving on to new companies and adults moving to new communities don't have to give up their relationships with current coworkers, neighbors and friends. Maintain contact with valued friends, neighbors and coworkers through channels such as social media, email or even the telephone. These people have likely been valuable resources and friends for years, and there's no reason you cannot continue to look to them for support and provide a source of support for them should they make a major change in the years ahead.
Change is rarely easy, but men and women can take several steps to make transitions go smoothly.
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Low productivity and more importantly, the lack of focus and a coordinated effort between the Centre and the states, account for India producing to a fraction of her potential. There is mindless fragmentation of land holdings – the average in Tamil Nadu is around two acres per capita and slightly less than the national average; land ceiling laws, further accentuated by division of family holdings through generations; lack of application of science, technology and management and the absence of even simple tools and implements to reduce drudgery and increase productivity have come in the way of reaching decent levels of productivity of agriculture products.
One, Midwest USA that produces corn (maize/cholam) in such abundance has productivity levels of 10,000 kg/acre. In India, the average is just 800 kg/acre.
Two, average production of tomato in California (with just 10 inches of rain a year) is over 80 tonnes/acre. Israel, the even more water-starved country, has established productivity of 200 tonnes/acre. In India, the average is 5 tonne/acre. Such differences spread across the vast spectrum of agro commodities.
The recent crisis in pulses has resulted in the price of urad dhal (ulundu) shooting up to Rs. 200+ per kg and that of tur dhal crossing at the height of the festive season, Rs. 200 per kg. This is a shame as the population, largely
vegetarian, depends on pulses for meeting its protein requirements. The sambar, rasam and the full range of subzis require tur dhal (tuvaram paruppu). Idly, dosa, vada and a vast variety of snacks need urad dhal. Thus, the doubling of the prices of these in a short time has contributed to deep holes into the purses of the masses.
For several years now the country has been spending on the import of pulses, lentils, peas and edible oils amounts that exceeded the foreign exchange the country had spent even on crude and petroleum products some three
decades ago! With the supply of these essential commodities limited to a handful of countries, a spurt in demand from India contributes to a huge increase in international prices.
There are rapidly implementable solutions that are within the capabilities of Indian policymakers, scientists and farmers. Only, continued neglect of finding a lasting solution comes in the way. Contrast this with the country achieving spectacular success in triggering the green and white revolutions. In the aftermath of two successive droughts during 1965-67
C Subramaniam elevated the capabilities of the administrators, scientists, agri universities and technologists to achieve quantum growth in food production. In less than a decade foodgrains production doubled. From the stage of importing 10 million tonnes of food grains each year in 1965 and 1966 there was dramatic change; India not just became self-sufficient in these but soon emerged a sizable net exporter of rice and wheat. With an annual production of 260 million tonnes of foodgrains today, the country is brimming with buffer stocks that are a cause of concern to manage.
Thanks to Verghese Kurien an equally spectacular change was brought in the production of milk. From the stage of chronic deficiency, Kurien brought about a spectacular change. He brought together millions of small sized cattle owners (who owned on an average 'one and a half buffaloes') and built a strong milk cooperative. These were based on science, technology and management that ranged from organising the farmers into cooperatives, in collecting milk from these twice a day at fair prices, ensuring quality, transporting these to chilling centres and establishing a highly scientific processing, distribution and marketing system. In quick time, Kurien eliminated the need for import of milk powder, made India the world's largest producer of milk and paved the way for export of milk, milk products and also management skills for dairies and dairy products. Today India is the largest producer of milk at 140 million tonnes.
Such changes have not been brought about in regard to two other essential commodities– pulses and oil seeds. Their production stagnated for decades even while population grew substantially and was relentless. The first corrections were attempted by Rajiv Gandhi when he included these under the technology mission led by Sam Pitroda. These did bring about spectacular results in quick time, with the production of these registering an increase by a third. Disappointingly such efforts were not continued. With the liberalisation of the economy in 1991 and agreements with WTO that paved the way for much easier imports, there has been complacence. The much higher growth rate recorded by the economy since 2004 with comfortable foreign exchange reserves, there had been a neglect of agriculture production, most notably that of pulses and oil seeds.
In recent years, production of pulses has been stagnating at the level of 17 million tonnes to 18 million tonnes. Against this, demand has been increasing; for the current year 2015-16, production is estimated around 17 million tonnes and demand at 27 million tonnes.
Most developed countries with their staple food contributed by fish, poultry, chicken, lamb, pork and beef, have not been familiar with pulses. Canada and Australia, large producers of agri-products, took to the cultivation of lentils in a big way consequent upon the huge demand from India! Unaware of raising tur dhal, a few years ago Canada raised a variety of lentil, named it yellow dhal and exported in large quantities to India! There is hardly a handful of countries that raised such lentils and pulses: Canada, USA, Australia, Russia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Myanmar, Tanzania, Mozambique, Kenya, Malawi and Sudan. These thrive on exports to India.
With production limited to these countries a huge demand for import of 10 million tonnes, resulted in a huge spurt in international prices. Add to this the propensity of traders to hoard and make a killing in times of shortage.
You can now understand the more than doubling of the prices of urad and tur dhal.
With the country's success in achieving spectacular increases in the production of foodgrains, cotton, sugarcane, milk and other products, it should not be difficult to achieve a quantum jump in the production of pulses (and oil seeds).
Look at the present pattern of cultivation of pulses:
• Pulses are largely raised in the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. These account for over 70 per cent of the country's kharif pulse production.
• In states like Tamil Nadu pulses like ulundu (urud dhal), payaru (moong dhal) are raised between January and April as marginal, rain-fed crops mostly after the rabi harvest of paddy.
• These are short term crops raised over four to five months. There has been little attention by most farmers on the selection of seeds or on adopting scientific practices. The result: low yield of 150 kg to 200 kg /acre.
Over six years ago, at the initiative of Tata Sons director, R Gopalakrishnan, a More Pulses (MoPu) programme was launched by Tata Chemicals and Rallis India. In Tamil Nadu, it was launched as part of IAMWARM project in Pudukkottai district. This was soon extended to several other districts with coordinated efforts by the Tatas, the government agencies and farmers focusing on ulundu (urad).It helped bring larger acerage; combined with the supply of quality seeds and support through better agronomic practices, it helped increase productivity to around 700/800 kg/acre.
In 2006, IE promoted the Agriculture Consultancy Management Foundation (ACMF) as a not-for-profit trust to focus on productivity improvements in agriculture. ACMF brought together a number of business leaders and scientists including S Balasubramanian (Gemini Farms),
F C Kohli (TCS), P Kumaraswamy (Pioneer Group), Dr C Lakshmanan (California Agriculture Consultancy Service), B Muthuraman (Tata Steel), R Thyagarajan (Shriram Group), B Santhanam (Saint-Gobain), A Suryanarayana Rao (Stree Seva Mandir) and S Viswanathan (Industrial Economist) as trustees.
In close cooperation with Tata Rallis, ACMF raised a urad crop at its farm leased at Somangalam. The support extended by the expert team from Rallis helped ACMF raise a rich crop. Such efforts can be made in a significant number of farms that presently remain unutilised/under-utilised, supported by the Department of Agriculture, TNAU and the Tatas. Assured procurement by Tatas under its MoPu programme at remunerative prices should be of special value.
Presently the state government has received a special funding from the Department of Agriculture Research (DARE) of the Government of India. The state agriculture department, along with the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, is planning an ambitious programme to expand the production of pulses in quick time.
Look at the possibility: in 2014, 126 million hectares were under foodgrains and produced 264 million tonnes. The area under pulses was 25.4 million hectare, and produced around 19.25 million tonnes of pulses with an average yield of 770/kg/ha. With comfortable, surplus production of foodgrains, cotton and sugarcane, why not think of a policy to bring larger acerage, say an additional 10 lakh hectares under pulses? Do assure needed irrigation and take a second crop where a single crop was raised. Like C Subramaniam did, put the entire action on a mission mode monitoring progress at every stage. I notice a welcome increase under the area of pulses in the current rabi season.
There are a few major constraints: at the time of C Subramaniam, the whole country could follow unified policies – decided by the Centre and implemented by the states. Most states worked in unison with the Centre's policies. Today this luxury is not available. With different parties in power in various states, it has become tough for the Centre to implement even benign and essential policies across the country. It was the practice in those years for Central ministers to visit frequently different states and interact with policymakers in these to ensure quick implementation as also to understand the difficulties these faced. Today, Union ministers and senior bureaucrats rarely find time to do this and powerful politicians at the state level like J Jayalalithaa in Tamil Nadu are not accessible to Union ministers and senior civil servants. With power concentrated with chief ministers, it is not easy to deal with ministers and officials of different departments and get quick solutions.
The agriculture sector is in urgent need of reforms. Archaic laws relating to land ownership is a major hurdle. Highly fragmented land holdings deny the application of science, technology and management to agriculture that had worked wonders in other sectors. Punjab and Rajasthan amended the APMC Acts providing for leasing of land for 15 years. Several other states have followed suit. This will help agglomerate small land holdings to viable sizes.
Look at the present drawback. The TNAU produces hundreds of BTech and BSc agri graduates; not one of them could be remuneratively employed in the small sized farms that generate poor revenues. They opt for government/bank/corporate/lab/other jobs in urban areas. Farm mechanisation and recourse to tools and implements to reduce drudgery and increase productivity is not possible. There is little scope to benefit from the invaluable research findings at universities and also from high productivity global practices.
With ever-increasing land prices in states like Tamil Nadu, the returns from farming are poor. This can be tackled only by achieving quantum jumps in productivity. Otherwise, there will be the constant demand for increase in minimum support prices with the consequent impact on inflation. Every popular government has to yield to such demands from the organised group of farmers. Look at the increase in MSP of tur dhal: from Rs. 2300/quintal in 2009-10 to 4300/quintal in 2013-14; of ground nut in the shell from Rs. 2100 to Rs. 4000/quintal. One should be familiar with such regular and steep increase in MSP on sugarcane that has rendered the industry bleeding.
Not just for pulses, such a mission approach is also needed for oil seeds; the country is spending vast amounts of foreign exchange in imports of edible oil. IE firmly believes in the potential for doubling agri production in a decade with sound policies. While the focus on getting more FDI and on manufacture is understandable and necessary, the potential of the country to emerge a food bowl of the world needs to be tapped. And the world needs food in large quantities. China with which India has adverse trade balance, imports vast amounts of soybean from distant South American countries. With her extensive arable land and favourable agro-climatic conditions, India can meet this by sharp focus. And this can be done in a short time!
A second green revolution is within reach. Only this requires bold and decisive leadership.


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When you first contact Tilden School for information, we put your name, contact information, and your child's name and birth date on our interest list, at your request.
Kindergarten admissions
The January before your child starts kindergarten, we will send you a link to the application packet. To apply for a kindergarten place for your child, complete the forms online or print and return them, along with a non-refundable $50 registration fee. (Please be sure you have visited Tilden before returning your application packet.)
Approximately eight weeks after applications packets are mailed, we begin filling the kindergarten. Siblings of current Tilden students have first priority for kindergarten placement. Remaining spaces are allocated to families based generally on their order on the interest list. You may request to remain on the interest list for later grades if space is not available in kindergarten.
Upon acceptance, we require a non-refundable two-month tuition deposit to secure your child's place in the class.
Grades one through five admissions
Please call the school for space availability in grades one through five; spaces for new students in these grades usually become available only if current students leave. The admission process for grades one through five is similar to the kindergarten registration, but it starts in mid-March. If you wish us to keep your name on the interest list, you must request us to do so each year.
Age requirement
Kindergarten students at Tilden need to be at least five years old by July 1 of the year they enter kindergarten. Students in subsequent grades have a corresponding age cut-off by July 1. (See Why did we set the cutoff date to July 1?)
Immunization requirement
To attend Tilden School, all students must provide proof of immunization or a certificate of exemption, either for medical necessity or a bona fide religious belief. It is the policy of the school that students who seek an exemption from the required proof of immunization on the basis of their philosophical or personal objection to immunization will not be permitted to attend.


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Alex was born and raised in southern Virginia, about an hour north of the Triad. She has worked as a Freelance Graphic Designer for over 10 years. She attended High Point University, where she studied Art with a concentration in Graphic Design and Marketing. Upon graduation, Alex worked as a Graphic Designer and Assistant to the President at a marketing company in Mount Airy, NC. After working in the design field for a few years, Alex had the opportunity to work for the Governor's Administration in Richmond, Virginia as the Assistant Mansion Director and Aide to the First Lady and later as the Operations Director for the Governor's PAC. While working for the Governor, Alex created websites, maintained social media pages, assisted with event planning and fundraising, and planned and carried out the Governor's Mansion and First Lady's Initiatives Projects.
Towards the end of the Governor's tenure, Alex decided to return home and to the design field as a Graphic Designer and Marketing Manager for Civitas Media. While at Civitas, Alex was responsible for planning, branding, program development, and special projects across all print and digital media properties for Civitas, a media company with 100+ newspaper and digital properties. Some of her projects included community directories, magazines, circulation promotions, website templates, direct mail, coupon books, advertisements, sales collateral, and sales and marketing presentations.
Alex brings a sense of pride and immense work ethic to every design project, which she attributes to growing up and working on her family's 9th generation farm in Claudville, Virginia. Her success as both an independent and professional artist is mainly due to her creativity, accountability, and ability to link marketing and design to any project she takes on.
Alex is excited to join the PIP team and return to the Triad area. Some of her responsibilities at PIP will include: designing a wide range of materials including large format printing, banners, promotional products, brochures, print and web ads, and direct mail. She will also work closely with the marketing department on branding, social media campaigns, and providing materials for our Sales Team.
Other than her passion for design, Alex has a love for volunteer work. She enjoys volunteering with 4-H programs, Victory Junction Gang Camp, and serves on the Alumni Board at High Point University. She also enjoys being outdoors, designing jewelry, spending time with friends and family, and spoiling her three dogs: Tater Tot, Graycie Ann, and Rupp.


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Attorney Brandon Johnson graduated from Asbury College in 1982, earned a master's in education from the University of Vermont in 1986, and a Juris Doctorate from West Virginia University in 1990.
Brandon worked as a trial lawyer for a large insurance company, and is a former Assistant United States Attorney. He has extensive experience with appellate review, and has presented cases at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the West Virginia Supreme Court.
With trial experience as well as appeals, Brandon Johnson knows how to best fight for your rights. Consult with him in Lewisburg or Charleston to discuss your legal matter.


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Illegal subletting is one of the major problems that residential property owners constantly battle, as it taxes the property's infrastructure, tenant services, legal liability and in many cases is the cause for unwanted behavior at a property. Illegal subletters tend to take advantage of elderly tenants, and are often part of rent scams, in which the renters don't even know they are subletting an apartment.
Whether in the form of a "permanent guest", renting a room or the entire apartment from the tenant on file, or even an Airbnb-style short-term sublet, illegal subletting is prohibited in many residential buildings. If caught, the tenant on file faces the risk of steep penalties or even eviction. However, illegal subletting persists despite the risks due to the difficulty to detect non-tenant persons who enter the building on a regular basis.
Reliant Safety's approach to fight illegal subletting consists of directly collecting intelligence from tenants or through the Reliant Safety Tenant Tips hotline, and then verifying the identity and entrance credentials of tenants using a host of camera and access control systems to include Biometrics.
Biometric identification is a form of friction-less access control (i.e. entrants walk through the entry point, with no need for an electronic card or key) that combines facial recognition and body movement analysis. Biometric identification systems are extremely accurate (99.7%) and are non-transferable, unlike electronic keys and swipe cards. Reliant Safety is one of a handful of certified partners of FST Biometrics, the industry leader in friction-less access control systems.
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We offer services to remotely maintain the access control programs at properties we manage. Allowing us to manage this process for your property creates more time for site staff to focus on management and improves the overall control measures of a property by performing all of the operations from a centralized database.
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CARBONDALE, IL (KTVI) - It's been banned for more than a decade, but Tuesday night, Carbondale's city council voted 4-2 to lift its Halloween bar ban.
Each year, three bars on a section of Illinois Avenue, known as the Strip, lose significant amounts of business when they're forced to close down for the holiday. Now, many wonder if the reason for this ban is still relevant.
On Halloween in 2000, drunken revelers filled the streets and got violent. Police were forced to break up brawls and resort to tear gas. Video of the riots are still plastered all over the Internet.
The street party started as an innocent celebration in the 1970s, but grew increasingly violent in the 80s and 90s. By 2000, city leaders in the college town had enough, shutting down the street party and the bars. These businesses have been closed on Halloween ever since.
"People have long memories, and when something's been traumatic, they tend to remember it for a very long time," says Carbondale City Councilwoman Jane Adams.
But Valerie Turner, who just graduated Southern Illinois University this year, doesn't remember the danger, just the disappointment.
"I wish I were able to experience a Halloween here," she says, "You couldn't really have fun on Halloween unless you went out of town."
Since the ban, SIU students have adapted, celebrating in Carbondale the weekend before with an "Unofficial Halloween." What's also changed is the heart of student hangouts.
Adams explains, "One by one the bars have closed, the student housing, we've had a tremendous amount of new student housing over on the east side of campus."
The councilwoman says the remaining bars on the Strip now cater to a different crowd: "They don't attract lots of young people, so they aren't people who would go out and 'take the Strip.'"
Now, she feels these bars, Hangar 9, Stix and Sidetracks, are unnecessarily losing money, as are the restaurants on the Strip. It's the main reason she voted to lift the ban.
Sidetracks Assistant Manager Court Woodruff says, "I'm pumped for it, I'm ready to go, see if it's any different than the stories I've heard."
It'll soon be clear whether this experiment to lift the Halloween bar ban worked, but Turner feels SIU'S new "Unofficial Halloween" tradition will prove stronger than the violent one. "I don't think anyone will riot, no," she says.
Halloween will look different than it did decades ago. The bars will be open, but with heightened police presence. Additionally, the Strip, which is actually a state highway, will not be closed to vehicle traffic.


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> I also agree that simple solutions are just better.
> In this case db links.
Exactly! Now it's easier without DB links and that's what we want to keep simple.
If using OCI or XA API is too bulky, complex, slow, etc. than we might choose db links.
> > For 9i, check out "OCITransPrepare
> > ()", "OCITransForget()",
> > "OCITransCommit()", and "OCITransRollback()".
> We are using all kind of nasty OCI calls. The only OCI
> API we did not implement in our apps are these costly
> distributed XA API's.
If I am not mistaken it's pure OCI and XA API is build on top of it. Am I incorrect assuming that DB links are done in principle via the same mechanism?
> Even our applications driving the biggest telecom
> "real-time" companies around the world we are leaving
> the possibility for data loss. It is just cheaper then
> HW/SW you need to overcome the loss.
Well... sometimes data loss or functional inconsitence is very expensive.
> Of course it depends on the nature of your
> application, but sometimes it is just cheaper to save
> on the HW/SW licenses for not using "crazy" API's and
> to be perfect.
> If you are eager to pay Oracle and HW vendors for more
> licenses the just go with these fancy things.
You don't pay extra for OCI.
I thought XA API is also included with normal license.
-- Best regards, Alex Gorbachev -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Mon Mar 14 2005 - 17:29:58 CST
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How to make mind blowing cinemagraph
How to make mind blowing cinemagraph : A cinemagraph is "more than a photo, but not quite a video." Or at least that's how Supermodel Coco Rocha summed them up. Cinemagraphs can take things a step further. "An image that contains within itself a living moment that allows a glimpse of time to be experienced and preserved endlessly." A cinemagraph is a file format GIF or a Graphics Interchange Format often used to create short, infinitely-looping animations for the web. The beauty of a cinemagraphs is that you can share more than a photograph, a photograph come to life....Read More


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Breaking Down Medicare Part D
A Closer Look at the Stages of Part D
All Medicare Part D plans are designed with four stages of coverage. You move from the first stage to the next based on what you and your plan spend for your prescription drugs. Medicare sets the limits for each stage every year. It's important to understand how the stages work and what you will pay out-of-pocket each year.
Here is a quick video that explains the process.
Stage One: Annual Deductible
The annual deductible is the first stage of coverage. If your plan has a deductible, you are responsible for paying the full cost of your prescription drugs until you meet the amount set by your plan. The deductible amount depends on the type of plan you choose and changes from year to year. Most "basic" plans have a deductible set by Medicare which is the most you will pay with any plan. Some plans have a $0 or low deductible which means your coverage will begin right away and you'll have a copayment or coinsurance for your prescriptions and the plan pays the rest. While plans with a $0 or low deductible may seem like a good way to save money, they sometimes have higher copayments or coinsurance, fewer drugs on their formulary or the drugs are covered on a higher tier. This can sometimes cost you more than a plan with a deductible depending on the type and number of medications you take, as well as the tier they are on.
Stage Two: Initial Coverage
Once you meet your deductible amount, you enter the initial coverage stage which is when the plan begins to pay its share of the cost. During this stage, you pay a copayment or coinsurance for each of your prescription drugs and your plan pays the rest. The amount you pay will vary depending on your plan and the "drug tier" your medication falls under. Most plans have between four and five drug tiers. The higher the tier, the more your copayment or coinsurance will be. You will stay in this stage until the total amount you and your plan have spent on covered drugs, including your deductible, reaches an amount set by Medicare. Once you exceed that amount, you enter the next stage of coverage, called the Coverage Gap.
Stage Three: Coverage Gap
Depending on the number of medications you take and what tier they are on you may never reach the Coverage Gap (also known as the donut hole). If you do reach this stage, your out-of-pocket costs will be higher. Your deductible, coinsurance and copayments in the initial coverage stage, the manufacturer discount and what you pay for covered drugs all count toward your out-of-pocket costs to get you out of this stage. Your monthly premium and any copayments for drugs that are not covered by the plan do not count toward out-of-pocket costs. One way to avoid the Coverage Gap is to use generic drugs from day one or by switching to a generic during the initial coverage stage. This way, if you do reach this stage your costs will be less. This is because, although the percentage you pay for generics is higher in this stage than for brand drugs, the cost for generic drugs is much lower which means you pay less overall.
Stage Four: Catastrophic Coverage
If your out-of-pocket costs exceed the Coverage Gap limit you will automatically enter the catastrophic coverage stage. At this point you only pay a small copay or coinsurance for your prescription drugs for the remainder of the year.
Don't let the threshold changes confuse you. At the beginning of each new year, note the changes and always be sure you know which stage of coverage you are in.


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Friday 17/02/17 – Friday 2402/17 Almunecar
Well disaster, am very upset, my running has come to an abrupt halt, woke up this morning hardly able to walk let alone run !! The crunchy knees have come back to haunt me. Rest I am told and ibuprofen, next day Dave has replaced me with Henning, his new running buddy and site owner !!!
Sunday 19/02/17 – Housebound I decide it's roasted veg wraps for tea, prep done and it's in the oven, and a few avocados picked.
As we are here in Almunecar for a while, we are catching up with things need doing, having some meals out, cooking and trimming, see below and going for walks when I can walk !
As Baby is so furry it's a 3/4 day job – day 1
Day 2 – she is "scared" ummm so Nala is also scared, we have never trimmed her ! Neither of the will come out.
Day 3 – Final result …..shorn
Thursday 23/02/17 Out for a meal to one of our favourite restaurants, Meson el Corzo, because of the friendly waiters and chilled atmosphere, food and oh of course the wifi. Dave had menu del dia, mixed salad, followed by whitebait, crumbs (fried day old bread with garlic, paprika etc) and MELON ! I know weird combination. I had manchengo cheese roll, needed my fix of Spanish cheese.
Friday 24/02/17. – can just about walk now, without too much pain, so an evening walk along the beach, and up to the cross
Next next week its fingers crossed I can start gentle running. Have done 2 yoga classes this week and knee strengthening exercises, so wish me luck, I am going to be miles behind Dave……no change there !


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Pitch Perfect 3 has solved its whole lack-of-a-director issue. Elizabeth Banks, who helmed the second aca-installment of the aca-franchise and also acts in the movies, stepped away from the third. But yesterday she helped announce on Twitter that Trish Sie will be taking over her behind-the-camera duties:
Sie has only directed one feature, but she seems like a—dare we say it?—pitch perfect fit for the series about the wild world of college a cappella. (We're sorry for that one. Truly.) Sie's major credit is Step Up All In, so she's seasoned at taking the reins of an established property. But she's also known for working on those wacky OK Go videos, like the one without gravity and the one on treadmills. If nothing else, we expect the next Pitch Perfect to be very well choreographed.


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Well we all have moments that throw us for a loop. I've had a few in my life, and each time they make me realize just what an unpredictable species we are. Sometimes that makes life just a bit harder. At the same time, it's also one of the things that make the world a funny place.
What four things have surprised you most in your life?
- That I would see the federalization of the American economy – and that a Republican would have gotten the ball rolling on the project.
- That it's so easy to get married and so hard to get divorced.
- That concrete floats.
- That we had a parade on Broad Street that did not involve cross-dressing union members and banjos.
Have a great weekend and GO PHILS!


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Survey Shows 83% of Businesses Won't Touch Windows 7 In It's First Year
April 19th, 2009 23:23 pm | by Ed |
According to a recent article on Information Week it looks like a large majority of businesses are going to avoid having anything to do with Windows 7 in it's first year.
While that number drops in the second year after the release of Windows 7, it's still going to look like adoption of the new OS is on a heavy duty liporexall diet with ~58% still planning to hold out against the "upgrade" to 7.
One of the biggest reasons for this is the compatibility issue that is one of the many reasons that Vista was such a dud, it broke compatibility with a lot of stuff. 7 is going to have to overcome that issue before a lot of IT people are going to want anything to do with it.
Another problem with 7 is that from what I've read, there isn't yet any kind of actual upgrade version. If you go with it you end up doing a format-the-hard-drive-and-start-over style install. That's going to be a dealbreaker for a lot of people who don't want to have to re-install everything and have the chance that their software and / or data isn't going to survive the trip to 7.
As for what I'm going to do... I intend to stick with XP on my desktops and use my laptop to explore Linux options.
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For a twist on the the dual-tone cabinet trend, carry color up into the backsplash.
Bright, all-white kitchens are timeless and stunning.
In kitchens with plenty of natural light, black cabinets add modern sophistication.
A striking blue complements farmhouse-style cabinets.
With natural light and warm accents, an all-black kitchen creates a striking aesthetic.
Bright white cabinetry combines effortlessly with nearly all wall colors.
Black doesn't always have to be sleek and modern; it pairs wonderfully with antique cabinetry.
Break up an all-white kitchen by painting the island a complementary color and incorporating eye-catching finishes.
Dual-tone cabinetry can still hold a simple, clean look with the right colors and styling.
Earth-tone kitchens have a comfortable and modern feel.
Switching your wall color is a simple way to change the entire look of your kitchen cabinets.
For a whimsical look, try painting cabinets two different pastel colors.
Using open cabinets and painting the kitchen walls are an easy way to achieve a dual-tone look.
Creating a dual-tone kitchen takes a neutral kitchen up a notch.
Neutrals create clean but dynamic spaces.
Farmhouse-style cabinetry takes on light blues beautifully.
For a subtle pop of color, pastels add interest without darkening a room.
Darker, richer hues can make a big statement in small kitchens.
Navy cabinets add warmth to bright white spaces.
A massive pop of color can be appealing and energizing in well-lit kitchens.
Neutral hues can be used in a number of ways to achieve a one-of-a-kind look.
For a sleek and refined kitchen, paint cabinets black and add in modern finishes.
Bold cabinet colors let homeowners' personalities shine through.
When painting kitchen cabinets a bright color, compromise with neutral accents.
White and black is a classic combination that will always be in style.
All-white kitchens add interest with cabinetry detailing and fun accent pieces.
A pop of color on an island breaks up an all-white kitchen.
Cabinets both black and white add sophistication without being overly dark.
A pop of color on an island can make a stunning statement in a white kitchen.
Ready to take on a lot of color? Contrast it with white or neutral elsewhere in the kitchen.
We love our kitchens. We spend so much time in them, creating meals and memories with people that we love. So it only makes sense that, like the food we cook in them, our kitchens should be a reflection of creativity and happiness.
It's no secret that a kitchen renovation can be a daunting (and expensive) task. If your kitchen cabinets are in good shape, painting them is an inexpensive, eco-friendly way to give your kitchen a major facelift. Below are some painted kitchen cabinet ideas to inspire you.
If you're going to be doing the painting yourself, you'll want to take time to research the right paints and method for painting. Now sure how to get started with such a big DIY project? Take a look at our article How to Paint Your Kitchen Cabinets Like a Pro, and you'll be ready in no time.
When painting your kitchen cabinets, the design choices are limitless. You can brighten up the space with a coat of white, or blast the room with a vibrant color like cobalt. You can also combine colors for a trendy, dual-tone look in your kitchen.
Whites, beiges and light earth tones work great in most kitchens and with almost any wall color or wallpaper, making them the top choice for those looking to repaint their kitchen cabinets.
To achieve this look, paint your upper cabinets a different color than your lower cabinets. While there are millions of color combinations, some of the more popular include black on bottom and white on top, or bold colors on bottom and neutral on top. You could also contrast colors between wall cabinets and island cabinets.
Energize your kitchen by painting your cabinets a bright color, such as emerald, cobalt or golden yellow. Be conscious of how it will coordinate with the wall color and fixtures in your kitchen, as well as the rest of your home. With vibrant cabinets, you'll want to stick to light and neutral wall colors to keep your space from becoming too dark or busy.
Pastel-colored kitchens are trending as a way to create a pop of color and interest without making a room's aesthetic too heavy or dark. Especially popular pastel choices include pale shades of blue and green.
Using open shelving instead of upper cabinets can be a great way to add a dual-tone look to your kitchen. This also makes it easy to change up the color, as you can simply repaint the wall behind the shelves instead of the cabinets. It's also a great way to showcase your favorite tableware.
We hope these painted kitchen cabinet ideas have inspired you. Which are your favorite? Let us know in the comments below!
Hey Danica, nicely written article.
My favorites are definitely the Neutral Hues and Dual Tones paint jobs. They look so modern and classy!
Thank you for all of the great ideas. I love the subtle pastels.
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