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A country rich in religion, Nicaragua takes pride in the Basililca De La Asuncion, with all the white rooftop area the view and experience is incredible. Another religious and historic spot is the Convento y Museo San Francisco, as one of the oldest churches that was erected and has undergone different experiences from being burned down by pirates to being revived and reconstructed. The thing that makes this scenery worth visiting is the catacombs underneath the convent and the church. The other side of Nicaragua is Parque de la Paz, which houses Managua's Peace Park and its well known lighthouse. Being in this country seemed like being transported to another place and another time. Visit Nicaragua and travel to back the years before you were even born.
Nicaragua – Important and interesting Facts
- Nicaragua is a very large country. It is considered one of central Americas "Tropical Paradise." If, you get the chance to visit you will surely agree that Nicaragua offers diverse wildlife, culture and history.
- Nicaragua has two Ocean coasts. Each, on opposite sides of the country. So, you can take a morning swim in the Atlantic Ocean. Then in the Evening take a relaxing dip in the Pacific Ocean. The Atlantic Ocean is the world's second largest ocean, with a total area of about 106,400,000 square kilometres, it covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.
- The largest natural lake in all of Central America is located in Nicaragua. It is called as Lake Nicaragua it is a major tourist attraction and water supply for many people. Lake Nicaragua or Cocibolca or Granada is a freshwater lake in Nicaragua. Of tectonic origin and with an area of 8,264 km2 (3,191 sq mi), it is the largest lake in Central America, the 19th largest lake in the world (by area) and the 9th largest in the Americas, slightly smaller than Lake Titicaca. With an elevation of 32.7 metres (107 ft) above sea level, the lake reaches a depth of 26 metres (85 ft). It is intermittently joined by the Tipitapa River to Lake Managua.
- Miss Nicaragua was slated to become the winner of the miss universe pageant but came in runner up instead. She is famous for her positive statement about her outlook on life. I quote "I am a young woman with a lot of charisma, and one of my greatest virtues is my positive outlook on life"
- Nicaragua is home to the World's only "Dual Volcano" The Volcano is in a small mountain range and is fed underground by two separate magma flows. It is the only volcano in the world that can erupt with two diverse magma channels underneath it. Not only do many lakes and lagoons exist throughout the country, an impressive line of volcanoes also runs from north to south. There is a great variety among these volcanoes; some have huge smoking crater mouths whereas other volcanoes were blown away in violent eruptions thousands of years ago, leaving behind nothing more than a tranquil crater lake.
- This country is one of the safest travel destinations in Central America, recording the lowest homicides in the region year after year. Despite bordering Honduras, Central America's poorest country, Nicaragua, has a lower murder rate than every country in the region besides Costa Rica. Nicaraguan officials say this is because of the country's robust law enforcement
- Nicaragua is home to over a 100 species of Orchids. Once you get to the top, where three species of monkeys, 168 species of birds and over 100 types of orchids are just part of the jungle canopy this park is intent on preserving, you have a choice of three trails: Sendero del Cráter, a 1.5km jaunt to the fumaroles, plus great views of Granada and Las Isletas; Sendero la Puma, a steeper 4km trek around the lip of the crater, with even better views.
- Nicaragua has the highest percentage of forest coverage of any of the Central America countries, combined with the lowest population density. The total forest coverage of Nicaragua is 5, 189, 000 hectares or 42.7% of the land area. Nicaragua's government has encouraged the development of forest plantations, which have expanded from 4,000 hectares in 1990 to more than 50,000 hectares by 2005. About 6 percent of the country is under some form of protection.
- Nicaragua has 19 active volcanoes which form a NW-SE running chain mostly inside the Nicaraguan Depression graven. The volcanoes and graven structure are related to the northeastward subduction of the Cocos Plate beneath the Caribbean Plate along the Middle American Trench.
- Gallo pinto is Nicaragua's national rice dish. Gallo pinto or gallopinto is a traditional dish of Nicaragua and Costa Rica made with rice and beans. The history of gallo pinto is not well known, and there are disputes between Costa Ricans and Nicaraguans about where the dish originated.
Nicaragua – Cool, Fun, and Funny Facts
- The most famous Latin America singer, Luis Enrique is from Nicaragua with many hits including "mi mindo". , Luis Enrique was born on September 28, 1962 and he is a Nicaraguan singer and composer. He started his career in the late 1980s and achieved success in the 1990s earning the title "El Principe de la Salsa (The Prince of Salsa).
- Nicaragua is among the top ten countries for the best waves and beaches for surfing in the world! The top ten spots to ride the waves are Playa Maderas, Popoyo, Playa Colorado, Panga Drops, Lance's Left, and The Boom. Nica's Wave rank among the best in Central America. Trade winds blow unopposed over Lake Managua and out into the Pacific, blessing the southwestern coastline with consistently offshore winds. Add to that the fact that the country receives the brunt of storm waves propagating up from the South Pacific year round, and has a coastal topography littered with points, reefs, and creek-fed beaches.
- Lake Nicaragua and the River San Juan are home to the only known Freshwater Sharks in the world! True freshwater sharks are sharks able to live in freshwater lakes and rivers, including: the bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, which swims up tropical rivers around the world. The river sharks, Glyphis, found in fresh and brackish water in Asia and Australia
- The 2010/2011 Season of the Television series SURVIVOR was filmed in Nicaragua and averaged 14 million viewers weekly. Survivor Nicaragua filmed on June 14, 2010 and takes place on San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua with the total of 15 episodes, 39 days and 20 survivors. The Survivor: Nicaragua is the 21st season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. It premiered on September 15, 2010 at 8:00pm.
- Nicaragua is the only country in the world where you can do "Volcano Boarding" Climb up a 400 meter active volcano, and slide down its 45 degrees slope. Volcano Cerro Negro is a volcano in the Cordillera de los Maribios mountain range in Nicaragua, about 10 km from the village of Malpaisillo. It is a very new volcano, the youngest in Central America, having first appeared in April 1850. It consists of a gravelly basaltic cinder cone, which contrasts greatly with the surrounding verdant hillsides, and gives rise to its name, which means Black Hill.
- Levi's Jeans and BMW are a few of the Global names of companies with manufacturing facilities in Nicaragua. Levi Strauss & Co. is a privately held American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans. While BMW, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, commonly known as BMW or BMW AG, is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916
- Luis Enrique, world famous Salsa singer is He is better known as Luis Enrique, Prince of Salsa is a renowned performer , musician , composer and producer of origin Nicaraguan who has developed a successful career in rhythms of salsa , pop and jazz .
- Erasmo José Ramírez Olivera from Rivas is a professional baseball player for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball. He is a right-handed pitcher. He signed with the Mariners in 2007, and made his professional debut in 2008 with the Venezuelan Summer League Mariners. In 2009, with the Venezuelan Summer League Mariners, he was selected as the Seattle's minor league pitcher of the year. In 2010, Ramírez played with the Class-A Clinton LumberKings. He stands at 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) and weighs 180 pounds (82 kg). Ramírez bats and throws right-handed.
- Many cigar makers fled Cuba with tobacco leaf seeds during the revolution, and re-started their businesses here. The northern town of Estelí is now home to many of them. Estelí, officially Villa de San Antonio de Pavia de Estelí is a city and municipality within the Estelí department. It is the third largest city in Nicaragua, an active commercial center in the north and is known as "the Diamond of the Segovias."
- The Augusto César Sandino Airport terminal in Managua was recognized as one of the safest in Latin America by the Organization of International Civil Aviation (OACI, for its acronym in Spanish). The runway at the airport is 10,032 ft long, and it is located at an elevation of 194 feet. With 1.2 million passengers in 2013, ACS is currently the fifth busiest airport by passenger traffic in Central America and it also serves as a focus city for the Panamanian airline Copa Airlines
Nicaragua – History and Cultural Facts
- In February 6, 1983 the Nicaraguan Government Junta officially announced that the Pope would come to the country. In March 1983, Pope John Paul II made a pastoral visit to Nicaragua. The papal plane landed at the Augusto C. Sandino Airport in Managua at 9:15 a.m. John Paul II was in Nicaragua eleven hours, on the second stage of his journey to Central America. In order to be minimally correct, any analysis or account of this short papal visit requires familiarity with what was the long preparation for the trip.
- Nicaragua is the birthplace of Ruban Dario one of the 20th century's most notable poets. Félix Rubén García Sarmiento, known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo that flourished at the end of the 19th century
- Nicaragua had the first elected woman president of any Central America country. She served from 1991 to 1997. Her name is Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro (born October 18, 1929) is a Nicaraguan political leader, former president and publisher. She became president of Nicaragua on April 25, 1990, when she unseated Daniel Ortega.
- Coyotepe Fort (Masaya, Nicaragua) is a whitewashed battlement and squat, yellow-domed towers overlook Masaya town and lake, and afford a pleasant visit that belies this structure's dark history of revolution and resistance.
- Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino, (May 18, 1895 – February 21, 1934) was a Nicaraguan revolutionary and in 2010 was unanimously named a "national hero" in 2010 by the nation's congress. Sandino's political descendants, along with the icons of his wide-brimmed hat and boots, and influence of his writings from the years of warfare against the U.S. Marines, continue to help shape the national identity of Nicaragua.
- The Ruins of Leon Viejo was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. It is the oldest city in Central America. The Ruins of León Viejo are an exceptional testimony of the first European settlements in the New World. Founded in 1524 by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, during its short history, the city has undergone a series of natural disasters. Partially destroyed by the Momotombo volcano that irrupted in 1578, the earthquake of 1610 struck the final blow by destroying what remained standing. The decision was taken to move the city and to rebuild it six leagues away. The gradual burial of the city due to natural disasters has preserved the vestiges unaltered and in the same environment, without having undergone any change.
- El Castillo (Río San Juan, Nicaragua) is the dark-stained stone remains of the Spanish fort are relics of just how important the San Juan River was. Built to deter marauding pirates bent on raiding prosperous Granada, El Castillo had 32 cannons and a well-stocked armory of 11,000 weapons. Cannon balls and old rum bottles add color to the story.
- Archipiélago Zapatera (Lake Nicaragua) is Famous for its pre-Columbian stone carvings, this archipelago off the coast of Granada boasts lots of wildlife, a crater lake, and more than 20 archaeological sites that date back as far as 500 B.C. The vast range of zoomorphic statues reveals that the islands were once important religious sites. Isla el Muerto, in particular, has some of the most spectacular rock drawings in the country, all laid out on a huge slab of stone measuring 100*25m (328*82 ft.) on the island's summit.
- Huellas de Acahualinca (Managua, Nicaragua): Six thousand-year-old footprints of men, women, and children beg the question is do they fleeing a volcanic eruption or just going for a swim? One thing is for sure, the footprints on display here are some of the oldest pieces of evidence of human activity in Central America. This intriguing site can be visited in a northern suburb of Managua.
- León (Nicaragua): This cradle of the revolution has been bombed, besieged, and washed away by hurricanes. Every street corner tells a story, and it's highly recommended that you take a city tour of this fascinating university town with its vibrant murals, tiny plazas, and the biggest cathedral in Central America. Nearby is León Viejo, the original, abandoned colonial city at the feet of its destroyer — Volcán Momotombo.


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Neil stormed onto the commercial match scene over 10 years ago now by winning two of the most coveted competitions in match fishing; the Parkdean and Fishomania £25,000 winner takes all, both in the same year! But Neil has been around for many years in high level match fishing and proved his consistency by winning the Kamasan Matchman of the year for the second time in 2008.
Neil is a key member in the Garbolino consultancy team as he has many excellent ideas on product development. Proof of that is the revolutionary Method feeder mould which was invented by Neil. What method angler could do without one these days!
What Neil has to say: -
I actually live in Whitmore, Newcastle Under Lyme, 1 mile from Cudmore and 5 miles from Heronbrook, These are my favourite venues and not just because they are on my door step.
Favourite Method – I enjoy all methods, but long and short pole are by far my favourite.
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Cudmore & Heronbrook Fisheries
2004 Midlands Match Angler of the Year.
2 x Kamasan Matchman of the Year, with a record 80pts.
2006 Fisho Mania £25,000 Winner, with a record 98 kilos and 4 x Finalist.
2006 Parkdean Masters £25,000 Winner.
2006 White Acres Preston Festival Winner.
2010 Pole Fishing Magazine, Pole Fishing Knockout Cup Champion.
2010 Maver British Pole Pairs Championship Winner, with Andy Moors.
As well as countless open match wins.
1). When fishing in the margins always remember its essential to find the best depth to catch fish at to optimise your catch rate. You will see fish tailing up in the shallow water but this is not necessarily the best place to catch them. Fish in to shallower water and the fish will spook, fish to deep and you risk foul hooking fish. It's important to find a happy medium where the fish are combatable feeding.
2). Left hand margins are usually the best in my experience for a couple of reasons. Most anglers are right handed which means its easier and more comfortable to fish the pole across the body to the left rather than swivel around on their box and fish to the right. Also a right handed angler tends to have his or her bait table on their left hand side and at the end of a competition they throw any unused bait down their left hand margin. If your struggling going into the last hour of the match its worth pilling in whatever bait you have left, down the edge to mimic an angler packing up. This will sometimes fool large fish into thinking it the end of the competition.
3). If I'm fishing small pieces of paste for F1s or small fish I like to use a mix of course pellets and high oil pellets ground down in a coffee grinder, 70/30 is about right. The high oil pellet prevents the paste breaking down too quickly and guarantees there is enough wrapped around the hook when it reaches the bottom.
4). Float choice, try and stick to just a handful of different patterns rather than buying lots of different shapes and sizes. Garbolino make a float for every situation so choose the ones that fit your style of fishing the best. DC 6T , DC 11 , and DC 27s are the ones I tend to stick with for 95% of my fishing.
5). Good Preparation is the key to being a successful match angler, always make sure you have enough rigs and hook lengths tied, you have enough terminal tackle feeders and hooks extra, and that you have a good selection of bait and also the right quantities. Don't leave anything to chance. There's a fine balance between winning and losing a competition.
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After a few days, it became apparent my Ubuntu + Openbox experiment wasn't as succesful as I had hoped. There were some nagging issues with it which prevent me from using it full time.
- Sound muted after boot: a weird one, since it didn't show up when I used GNOME. After a bit of searching I learned that, instead of the sound being muted after boot, it became muted as soon as I launced any application that made a sound. After that, I had to unmute the Front channel, and everything would be well until the next reboot. I fiddled around with sound settings and alsa for a while, but in the end I simply uninstalled PulseAudio, which got rid of the problem. As a sidenote, why do I need PulseAudio again? I didn't seem to lose any functionality. Sound still worked…as a matter of fact, it worked better than before.
- Another sound-related problem: I couldn't get rid of the sound theme while Openbox. Both gnome-sound-properties as gconf showed me that the Ubuntu sound theme was disabled, but I was still hearing drums everywhere. Minor annoyance, but an annoyance nonetheless.
- The flashplugin had some issues (I can't play Zynga Texas Hold'Em poker in Facebook). This isn't Ubuntu specific: I have the same problem in Arch but I work around it by using Midori. In Ubuntu however, Midori doesn't even want to load Facebook…probably because it's an older version. I tried Opera, Kazehakase and Epiphany but that didn't work. Very minor annoyance, and not Ubuntu's fault at all, but I need to play poker!
Which proves that Ubuntu's a very polished distribution as long as you stick to the defaults. For example, when googling the second issue I found that some users of Mythbuntu and Xubuntu were also affected. It seems like Ubuntu is a very versatile OS, with its *buntu variants, but actually only Ubuntu itself rises above the rest. Ovbviously, when I try to create my own "Openboxbuntu", a lot of what makes Ubuntu good disappears.
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Are you looking for a new type of sewing project or maybe a way to teach electronics to children? E-Textiles might just provide the answer to your need for a new sewing challenge - or a unique lesson plan.
I'll give you the short description of e-Textiles (clothes or bags that flash or sing, pretty much anything textile with added lights or sounds) and then refer you to a great article called What Are e-Textiles? Get Started With Soft Circuit Electronics.
The article even gives you some tips on where to search for the items you'll need to try your own e-Textile project.


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The USAF Air Combat Command just tweeted this photo: "Today in 1991, US-backed coalition air forces attained air supremacy over the Iraqis." Aside from any geopolitical consideration, there's something unsettling about it. It is simultaneously imposing for what it shows and terrible for what it doesn't.
Above: Formation of three F-15 Strike Eagles and two F-16s Fighting Falcons calmly flying over Kuwait's burning oil fields.
From this altitude, the human and environmental catastrophe gets reduced to a mere backdrop, a simple set for America's overwhelming air superiority—it didn't take long before the Pentagon could declare its veni, vidi, vici.
Maybe I feel this way because this was the first war I ever saw. It was, in fact, the first war televised in real time. I remember my father waking me up in the middle of the night: "Come, the Americans have launched an attack on Iraq." I stood in the living room, fascinated by the images moving on the screen—tracer fire, missiles, and explosions all over Baghdad. It didn't look different from any Hollywood war movie. It didn't look real. It never occurred to me that real people were dying in Iraq and Kuwait, regardless of their intentions and political affiliation. It was all a big show. A video game someone else was playing.
These images are frames of that show. Today, they could be a frame captured from any video game or fake war movie. Maybe that's why people don't care anymore: Nothing real feels real anymore because the world of entertainment feels so real to us, despite being fake.
F-14 Tomcats from the Red Sea and Persian Gulf awaiting their turn refueling from a KC-10A over Iraq during Desert Storm while conducting a MIGCAP mission to turn back fleeing Iraqi fighters.
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Bob Kustra to Receive Boise Metro Chamber Hall of Fame Award
The Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce announced Boise State University President Bob Kustra is the 2017 recipient of the chamber's Hall of Fame Award.
Kustra was selected for the award for his contributions to the betterment of the chamber and support of its mission to advocate for a vibrant economy and outstanding quality of life.
Kustra became president of BSU in 2003. Since then, the university has grown to more than 22,000 students with nearly 4,000 graduates each year. He has led a transformation that has turned the campus into a metropolitan research university. In 2016, BSU was designated a doctoral research university in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. After a 10-year, $300 million capital effort, the university now boasts state-of-the-art multidisciplinary buildings and high-tech classrooms for many disciplines.
"No one has done more to shatter old images of Boise than Bob Kustra," Bill Connors, president and CEO of the chamber, says. "That Boise State University has risen to international prominence in academics, athletics, research and innovation from its past role as a small junior college is just one of Bob's remarkable makeover projects."
Curt Asmussen Promoted to General Manager at the Inn at 500 Capitol
The Inn at 500 Capitol, a boutique hotel, announced the promotion of Curt Asmussen to general manager.
"It is with joy, anticipation and great pleasure that I announce that director of sales Curt Asmussen has accepted the position of general manager of the Inn at 500 Capitol," Brian Obie, CEO of Obie Hospitality, says. "We have great respect for Curt's character and competence. His background and proven ability bode well for our future."
Asmussen will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the hotel. He joined the company in April 2016 as director of sales and was instrumental in the pre-opening and opening success of Boise's newest boutique hotel.
Before joining the Inn at 500 Capitol team, Asmussen was general manager of the Hampton Inn and Suites Chicago-Lincolnshire. With over 13 years in the hospitality industry, he spent six of those in Boise advancing his career in hotel sales, marketing and management.
ISU Honors Outstanding Graduating Seniors from Boise
Idaho State University and the ISU Alumni Association announced the 2017 Outstanding Student Award recipients, including two students from Boise.
The awards recognize outstanding graduating seniors who have excelled in their programs, their extracurricular activities and have epitomized ISU's outstanding student body.
Claire Jorgensen, a student in the College of Education, and Sabrina J. Sherwood, a student in the College of Pharmacy, were recognized because they exhibit a readiness to graduate, high academic achievement, above-average dedication to academic and professional goals and involvement in professional societies. Work experience and community service are also considered.
Jorgensen is a member of Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, serving as its president in 2015-16; a member of SHEPHERD Club; ISU Student Orientation leader; Bengal Visit Day panelist and a member of Chi Alpha. Jorgensen was named student of the year in the Department of Physical Education in 2015. She will graduate with her degree in physical education and health education and a 3.84 GPA.
Sherwood was the recipient of scholarships for pharmacy students including the Pharmacy General, J. Garner Memorial, Michael T. & Robyn Prime, Gehrke-Moore Phi Delta Chi, David & Jane Chu, Walgreens Diversity Glenn W. Corbett, Kasiska and ASISU scholarships. Sherwood will graduate with her Pharm D. degree and a 3.46 GPA.
Boise GreenBike Celebrates Two Years of Operations
Boise GreenBike has celebrated two years of operations after it launched on April 15, 2015, with 114 bikes at 15 station hubs. It is the city's first modern bike-share system.
Since then, the network has grown to include 8,200 active members who have taken nearly 44,000 unique trips covering more than 90,000 miles. The system now boasts more than 35 hub locations with another 16 new stations expected to come online early this summer. The system just took delivery of 15 new bikes, bringing the total fleet to 129. Membership information can be found at Boise.GreenBike.com.
Local Dutch Bros. Raise Money for Boise Rescue Mission
Dutch Bros. of Boise and Dutch Bros. of Canyon County hosted a successful Dutch Luv Day on Valentine's Day this year to benefit homeless and hungry guests staying at Boise Rescue Mission Ministries.
One dollar was donated for every drink sold on Feb. 14 at all locations in Boise and Nampa. A total of $13,247 was raised.
"We felt the outpouring of community support for homeless and hungry men, women and children," Jason Billester, vice president of development for Boise Rescue Mission, says. "Thanks Dutch Bros. and Dutch Bros. customers for providing thousands of meals and safe nights of shelter for our guests."
EO Idaho Inspires Business Community to "Think Big"
Small business success is not exclusively sourced from the office. This was a clear theme at the recent EO Talks event. The Idaho Chapter of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO Idaho) hosted the inau-gural EO Talks event on April 20th.
Five EO Idaho members shared snippets of their personal stories to members of the local business community. The presentations went beyond the average industry conference, and focused on the heart of the entrepreneurial spirit. Each speaker detailed the real-life struggles in their lives, from the office to the home; and what drove them to push for success in their business, their families, and their community.
EO Idaho seeks to help its members and partners expand their knowledge and understanding of cutting edge practices to help them grow their business. EO Talks was a first of its kind event for the local area, and the organization is looking forward to making EO Talks an annual event. EOIdaho.org.
Boise Associate Selected as Recipient of 2017 Law360 Writing Award
Perkins Coie announced Boise associate Stephanie M. Regenold has been selected by the Burton Awards as a recipient of the 2017 Law360 Distinguished Writing Award for the article "Environmental Streamlining Measures in Title 41 of the FAST Act: What Will They Mean for Infrastructure Project Developers?" The winning article appeared in Environmental Law News, Volume 25, Number 1, Spring 2016.
The nonprofit Burton Awards program, which is run in association with the Library of Congress, presented by lead sponsor Law360, and co-sponsored by the American Bar Association, recognizes the finest law firm writers. Winners are chosen from articles submitted by the managing partners of the nation's 1,000 largest law firms. Regenold was honored at an award ceremony celebrating the 18th anniversary of the Burton Awards at the Library of Congress.
Komen Idaho Montana Affiliate Awards Treasure Valley Grants
The Idaho Montana affiliate of Susan G. Komen announced the 2017-18 Community Grant slate. Grants totaling $120,000 have been awarded to 16 programs within Idaho and Montana.
In the Treasure Valley alone, Komen Idaho Montana has awarded $59,000 to local services, many of this funded by the public's participation in events such as Komen Boise Race for the Cure.
The Treasure Valley awards include:
- Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center Breast Care Center – Diagnostic and Support Access for the Underserved, $24,000
- St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute Breast Care Services – St. Luke's Breast Care Financial Assistance Program 2016, $24,000
- St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute – Concrete Needs During Breast Cancer Treatment, $6,000
- Terry Reilly Health Services – Terry Reilly Screening Ada Canyon Owyhee, $5,000
The Komen Idaho Montana affiliate is one of 100 Komen affiliates worldwide, all pledging to relieve suffering from the disease and to end breast cancer forever.
Timothy Cline Joins Ada County Treasurer's Office
Ada County Treasurer Vicky McIntyre has hired Timothy Cline as the new finance manager for her office.
Cline's extensive background in finance includes working as a treasury analyst, corporate tax accountant and financial analyst over the last 14 years. Most recently he worked as the senior financial analyst for Maximus Federal Services. Cline has an executive MBA from the University of New Mexico.
The Ada County Finance Manager plans, develops, implements, coordinates, directs and evaluates the financial activities of the Ada County Treasurer's Office. This includes managing the property tax billing, collection and distribution process, managing the county's investment program and designing and implementing long- and short-range plans to address funding, equipment, staffing and public education.
"He brings a wealth of financial knowledge with him and is quickly learning all of his job duties," McIntyre says. "I'm looking forward to working with him and utilizing his great talents for the taxpayers of Ada County."
Ocean Beauty Seafood, Lucky Fins Donate Salmon to Boise Rescue Mission
Ocean Beauty Seafood Boise and Lucky Fins Seafood Grill have partnered with the Boise Rescue Mission to help feed the hungry in the Treasure Valley.
Ocean Beauty and Lucky Fins Seafood Grill donated 1,200 pounds of Wild Alaskan Coho Salmon portions to Boise Rescue Mission Ministries' City Light Home for Women and Children's Shelter and River of Life Men's Shelter.
"We care about our community, and no one should ever go hungry," Kent Langston Smith, general manager at Ocean Beauty Seafood, says.
"This is a wonderful gift from our friends at Ocean Beauty and Lucky Fins" Boise Rescue Mission CEO Bill Roscoe, says. "We have been the recipient of literally thousands of pounds of seafood from Ocean Beauty over the years, and our guests really appreciate it when fresh fish is on the menu."
JoAnn Slama Lighty Named Dean of BSU's College of Engineering
JoAnn Slama Lighty will be the new dean of Boise State University's College of Engineering.
Lighty has served as a division director for the National Science Foundation since October 2013. She is also professor of chemical engineering at the University of Utah and has held leadership positions in research, teaching and service.
"Building upon the college's recognized excellence in undergraduate education and the university's collaborative culture and innovative approaches, this is a wonderful opportunity to work with faculty, students, staff and the community to enhance and grow the college's research and education potential," she says.
Lighty was selected following a national search.
"Lighty brings a wealth of experience from a top-tier public research university and as division director at the National Science Foundation," Martin Schimpf, provost and vice president for academic affairs, says.
Historic Preservation Council Presents Award to Lila Hill
The Ada County Historic Preservation Council honored Lila Hill by presenting her with a Making History Award.
The award honors people whose activities today are creating our future history. Hill is the author of two books about Meridian-area history: They Came to Build a Community and Before the Times. Hill is also a volunteer at the Meridian History Center. She has been a driving force to preserve and share Meridian's history for future generations.


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of which the Ribble Estuary is by far the larger, together with an
extensive area of sandy foreshore along the Sefton Coast. It forms
part of the chain of western SPAs that fringe the Irish Sea. There
is considerable interchange in the movements of wintering birds
between this site and Morecambe Bay, the Mersey Estuary, the Dee
Estuary and Martin Mere. A large proportion of the SPA is within
the Ribble Estuary National Nature Reserve. The site consists of
extensive sand- and mud-flats and, particularly in the Ribble
Estuary, large areas of saltmarsh. There are also areas of coastal
grazing marsh located behind the sea embankments. The intertidal
flats are rich in invertebrates, on which waders and some of the
wildfowl feed. The highest densities of feeding birds are on the
muddier substrates of the Ribble, though sandy shores throughout
are also used. The saltmarshes and coastal grazing marshes support
high densities of grazing and seed-eating wildfowl and these,
together with the intertidal sand- and mud-flats, are used as
high-tide roosts. Important populations of waterbirds occur in
winter, including swans, geese, ducks and waders. The SPA is also
of major importance during the spring and autumn migration periods,
especially for wader populations moving along the west coast of
Britain. The larger expanses of saltmarsh and areas of coastal
grazing marsh support breeding birds during the summer, including
large concentrations of gulls and terns. These seabirds feed both
offshore and inland, outside the SPA. Several species of waterbirds
(notably Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus) utilise
feeding areas on agricultural land outside the SPA boundary.
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Political people who say bigoted crap on the internet tend not to last too long in politics. Witness, for instance, the case of Ethan Czahor, recently let go from Jeb Bush's presidential campaign because of his racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments on twitter and on his personal blog. Some observers were uncomfortable, perhaps not without justification, that a campaign staffer was being held to such an accounting for views he shared as a college student. But what if the person who spewed the online bile isn't just a campaign staffer, but is currently the mayor of a city with 200,000 people? And moreover--if you were running for office yourself, would you want to tout the endorsement of someone who had posted some of the vilest filth that YouTube comments have to offer? Doubtful, unless you're former Assemblymember and current State Senate candidate Anthony Portantino.
Before we continue, let's meet the mayor in question: Zareh Sinanyan, who last year became the mayor of Glendale, a city nestled between Los Angeles and Pasadena in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. As a candidate for city council back in 2013, Sinanyan had gathered an impressive amount of support from elected officials: not just Portantino, but also Los Angeles Councilmember Paul Krekorian, former Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel, and current Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who was at the time City Council President. In early March, however, an enterprising local blogger discovered that Sinanyan had, over the preceding several years, left a vile history of racist, sexist, homophobic and Islamophobic comments on YouTube. And by vile, I mean vile. For example:
When the story broke, most elected officials distanced themselves from Sinanyan and withdrew their endorsements. One exception? Anthony Portantino. There is no record from any media outlet anywhere of Portantino withdrawing his endorsement of Sinanyan in the wake of the latter's disgusting diatribes.
Now, maybe a more forgiving person would just assume that Portantino missed the whole scandal. Not likely, given how well known it was that he was preparing for a run for the 25th State Senate District. So why am I bringing it up now? Because Portantino just sent an email to his list containing a video announcing endorsements from local mayors. And on that video is none other than Zareh Sinanyan of Glendale.
So why bring it up now? Honestly, I haven't been keeping up with politics in the San Gabriel Valley. The Sinanyan scandal occurred in March of 2013, when I was knee-deep volunteering on Eric Garcetti's run for mayor of Los Angeles. Before that video, I didn't even know that Sinanyan had won a city council spot in spite of his racist rants, much less that he had been appointed mayor. But Portantino of all people should know better than to have accepted and promoted Sinanyan's endorsement. Back when I was the campaign manager for Speaker Emeritus John Perez' campaign for State Controller, I often found myself going head-to-head at endorsement meetings with Portantino, who was supporting Perez' opponent and current Controller Betty Yee. Portantino would argue that much of his support for Yee was owed to his desire to see a woman in statewide office to set a positive example for his daughters.
I don't disbelieve him in that. But the least he could do would be to set a good example himself--not just for women, but for the LGBT community and all the people insulted by Sinanyan--by rejecting this endorsement, rather than sacrificing his principles for political expediency.
By Dante Atkins. Angeleno surviving DC weather. Jack-of-all-trades politico. Recovering classical linguist. @DanteAtkins on Twitter. /hekebolos on facebook.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
California Senate District 25: Why is Anthony Portantino touting support from a virulent bigot?
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Allow me to answer the question posed in the title of this article?
Because Portantino is pandering to the Armenian community. Because there are more Armenians than gays in the 25th District.
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Illustrating Every Hall of Famer
Every now and then you come across a project that's so good, and so simple, you want to tell everyone you know.
That's the case with the brilliantly self-descriptive Every Hall of Famer, a blog that was launched in January by a 28-year-old from Austin, Texas, named Summer Anne Burton. Her goal is simple: to draw all 295 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, in the order in which they were inducted, within the 2011 calendar year.
Burton is an interesting case. By night, she's a waitress; by day, she obsesses about the Astros, plays softball, competes in a fantasy baseball league ("I'm the only girl who plays," she says) and works on her Hall of Famer illustrations. She has no formal art training but grew up being home-schooled by her mom, who's an artist. "So I was always doing a lot of art at home," she explains. "I gave up on it at one point, because I thought I wanted to be a novelist instead, but then I came back to art."
Good thing. Burton's baseball drawings are just informal enough to be charming, and they're studded with loads of annotations and graphics, so you don't just look at them -- you read them. It's a really engaging style.
And people are noticing. Her blog's readership is steadily growing, and the folks at ESPN The Magazine just had her do drawings of three players who might never be eligible for Every Hall of Famer.
I wanted to hear more about Burton and her project, so I recently interviewed her over the phone. Here's how it went:
Page 2: Have you always been a baseball fan, or is that a more recent thing?
SAB: My grandparents live in Houston. I spent a lot of time at their house when I was a kid, and my grandfather was always watching baseball, so I grew up around it.
P2: How did you get the idea for Every Hall of Famer? Like, did you know you wanted to do a baseball-related art project? How did you settle on the Hall of Fame?
SAB: It was sort of a combination of things. I went to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown a few years ago and just loved it -- it was heaven. I had drawn some baseball players just for fun on another blog of mine, and I really enjoyed that. And then I had some old Astros programs that my grandmother found in her garage and gave to me, so I started drawing all these old Astros players I'd never heard of before, and I got really into it. And then it hit me around last October, like the light bulb going on over my head as a fully formed idea: I'm just gonna draw every Hall of Famer next year.
I actually said it out loud, and my boyfriend said, "There's almost 300 of them!" and I said, "I know, that's perfect, so I can take a few days off during the year and still finish it in one year. It'll be great! I can do it, and it'll be super fun."
So I pretty much figured out immediately that I'd do it chronologically, from the first Hall of Famers to the most recent ones. I was really hoping Jeff Bagwell would get in this year on the first ballot, so I would get to end with him -- maybe that's why I wanted it to go chronologically. And of course he didn't get in, but that's OK.
P2: So did you do the first one on New Year's Day?
SAB: No, it was a few days later.
P2: And was your plan to do one a day, with occasional days off?
SAB: I didn't really set a schedule. I just told myself that I wanted to finish by the end of the year. I've done the math, and I can see I'm going to have a lot of catching up to do later in the year, but that's fine. And as more and more people learn about the project and follow it, that's a much bigger motivator. People actually get mad at me when I don't post new drawings!
P2: How do you decide how to depict each player?
Harmon Killebrew -- one of the nicest, most gracious men I ever had the pleasure of interviewing -- died Tuesday. The Twins have chosen to memorialize him in two distinct ways -- one conventional, one unique.
On the conventional side, they've added a "3" sleeve patch, which they'll wear for the balance of this season. Nothing unusual about that.
In a more powerful gesture, the Twins' players have decided -- and management has agreed -- that they will wear their throwback alternate uniform for all the team's remaining home games this season. This is, to my knowledge, the first time a team has ever memorialized someone via its choice of uniform.
Meanwhile, some people are still circulating the story that MLB's silhouetted batter logo was based on a photo of Killebrew. This is a good story; Killebrew himself believed it. Unfortunately, it isn't true. Logo designer Jerry Dior has always said that the logo wasn't based on a specific player. I reported on this back in 2008, and The Associated Press ran a similar story earlier this week.
This is no knock on Killebrew, of course. A gentleman in every sense of the word, he no doubt wouldn't want anything on his tombstone that wasn't true. RIP, Killer.
-- Paul Lukas
SAB: For famous players like Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, I pretty much knew how I wanted to approach them. But for some of the more obscure players -- guys from the dead ball era -- I just researched them from various sources. I'll usually read about a player to get a sense of his personality before I start looking for photos.
P2: And do you usually base your drawing on one photo, or is it a composite?
SAB: It's usually based on one primary photo, but I might take certain liberties, like changing his uniform depending on which team he was most associated with.
P2: Hey, that brings up the issue of how the Hall of Fame always has that controversial choice of which cap a player will be wearing on his plaque. How do you decide which cap or uniform to show them wearing?
SAB: You know, I hadn't even thought of that at the start. And then a friend mentioned it to me, and I realized it added all this pressure. As it happens, there are times where my illustration doesn't even show a uniform or logo, especially for managers or owners. And that isn't necessarily a thought-out decision on my part -- it's just how it works out.
P2: How big is each original illustration?
SAB: They're 8-by-10.
P2: Once you finish researching and sit down to start drawing, how long does it take you to finish it?
SAB: Just the drawing part? Not long -- half an hour. Five minutes sometimes. I've always been fast. When I was a kid and into art, my mom would always tell me to slow down. I don't know, I guess I just knock stuff out. And you know, they're black-and-white, just pencil and pen, so that makes it pretty easy to work quickly. I'm a big fan of independent comics, and that's pretty much the biggest influence on my style.
I'm not a perfectionist, anyway. And since this project involves so many drawings, I kind of allowed myself from the beginning to have a kind of loose, laissez-faire style, almost messy-looking at times. And some people really seem to like that. I think only once or twice have I started a sketch and then had to start over.
P2: One of the great things about your illustrations is how you add all those little annotations. Was that your plan all along, or did that sort of evolve, or what?
SAB: I like that about it, too -- now. I had some doubts about it at the beginning, though. I have a tendency to overdo things. I'll add one more color, or when I'm cooking I'll add too many ingredients. So I was worried that adding all these notes might have been a big mistake, especially since I have terrible handwriting.
But then I got feedback from people telling me how much they loved all those extra things I wrote. And now it seems like an essential part of the project. And it's really fun to pick out which things to include and which ones to leave out.
P2: You've chosen to stick with black-and-white -- will that change when you draw more modern players?
SAB: I haven't really decided yet. It would be nice to add color at some point, but then that takes longer and just adds another element that can go wrong. So I'm still thinking about it.
P2: Are there visual details that you've learned along the way that have surprised you? For example, I'm looking at your illustration of King Kelly, where you show him wearing a lace-up jersey with a collar. Did you even know baseball players had worn that kind of jersey back in the day?
SAB: No! That was a surprise. There's a lot that I've learned along the way -- things I wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't been looking carefully to draw them.
P2: Have you exhibited any of the drawings in a gallery, or basically anyplace other than the Internet?
SAB: I really want to. I'm not sure how I want to handle it, but I know I want them all to be together, at least for a while, at the end of the project. I'd love to exhibit them. I have kind of grandiose notions about the feeling I had when I saw the Hall of Fame plaques at Cooperstown -- I'd love to be able to recreate that feeling with my drawings in a live setting.
P2: What about these illustrations you're selling on Etsy?
SAB: Those are commissions -- they're not the same illustrations from Every Hall of Famer. If someone wants me to redo one of the drawings from the blog, I can do that, but it's not going to be the original drawing.
P2: What about an Every Hall of Famer book? Seems like a natural.
SAB: Yeah, that's the dream -- I'm a book person. In fact, I worked in a bookstore for years, and I used to draw little self-portraits for my tip jar. So yeah, I'd love that so much. I haven't really done anything about it yet, though.
I have a feeling the publishing biz will be knocking on Burton's door soon enough. In the meantime, we can enjoy watching her trip through baseball's honor roll, one Cooperstown immortal at a time.
Paul Lukas might not know much about art, but he knows what he likes. If you liked this column, you'll probably like his Uni Watch Blog, plus you can follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Want to learn about his Uni Watch Membership Program, be added to his mailing list so you'll always know when a new column has been posted, or just ask him a question? Contact him here.


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The ancient Egyptians were capable of remarkable feats of engineering, but only used that knowledge to build tombs for their pharaohs. The Romans knew of the steam engine, but satisfied themselves with putting it to use in opening a temple's doors. Societies that have a very uneven distribution of income accumulate human and physical capital for the privileged elite. In the Ming Dynasty, around the 14th Century, the Chinese invented gunpowder, the printing press, paper and the compass. But industrialization, which would transform the country in the 20th Century, only took place once the gap between the rich and poor was bridged. Economic progress is dependent on a middle class. Aristotle said that the best political community is one formed by middle class citizens and the best administered States, which are less subject to polarization and violence, have a large middle class.
So what is the middle class?
Not even in the US, known as the prime example of a middle class country, are economists and sociologists able to precisely define the middle class. Even the Census Bureau has stated that it lacks a definition and so must use families that fall in the middle of the average income distribution (i.e. the 20% of the population that lie in the third quintile).
In the table below, we use the estimates of share of income for each quintile (calculated in the study by Ricardo Paes de Barros at al, "A queda recente da desigualdade de renda no Brasil" ["The recent fall in inequality of income in Brazil"], Ipea, 2007). As the research on which these calculations are based underestimate income in relation to GDP, we have combined the information on income distribution in Brazil with GDP figures.
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Brazil, 2006
Income share
Average annual income per capita
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|Memo: GDP per capita: R$12.560,00 e Total GDP: R$ 2,32 trilhões
Source: Back of the envelope calculation applying income distribution estimates in Paes de Barros (opus cit.) to GDP numbers.
The average income for the third quintile is much smaller than the population's average income. The population's average income, or GDP per capita, is to be found in the fourth quintile. So which quintile is more representative of the middle class – the third, or the fourth?
The choice between them would have left Aristotle unsatisfied. So what happens if we choose the third quintile (the one that is actually in the middle), or the fourth (which includes the individuals whose income more closely match the GNP per capita)? Well, the middle class would always retain its relative size. It would grow in absolute terms when the population as a whole grows, but it would always represent 20% of the population, thus prohibiting references to a large or small middle class in relation to the country's population.
One alternative would be to define a band around the average income, counting the individuals found within its borders and calculating the resulting size in relation to the other classes. In 2006, the per capita income in Brazil was R$ 12,400.00. If we define the middle class as individuals with incomes between R$ 10,000.00 and R$ 15,000.00, the sum of individuals that fall within these boundaries would be less than 20% of the population.
By increasing the band to include individuals with annual incomes of between R$ 5,000.00 and R$ 20,000.00, we would see the total figure amount to more than 20% of the population, as this would also include individuals from both sides of the fourth quintile. Choosing which of these two bands would be most appropriate involves difficult judgments.
Another way to solve the same problem would be to calculate the size of the group that accounts for 50% of the total income. In Brazil, the poorest 30% earn 5.7% of the total income, the next 50% earn 33% of the total, whilst the top 20% earn 61%. With such a poor lower class and with the upper class accounting for such a large share of the GNP, it is highly unlikely that Brazil would satisfy Aristotle's criterion for a well administered State.
A large middle class characterizes a developed society, where more than 50% of the population have access to good education, medical assistance, little instability and widespread democracy. Politics can only go badly when inequality is so great, even though disparity of income and polarization are not one and the same. This is why it should come as no great surprise that the Brazilian Senate has become such a source of national shame.


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With Kenji, Feroze, Irene and Steven
I was invited by the lovely Porchea to Aquarius: Raffles Graduation Fashion show at Blackbox Publika. I brought my usual 'team'- Steffie and Aric with me so that I wouldn't feel to self-conscious sitting there on the front row. Well it's always been that way. Sometimes I couldn't help but keep asking myself "What the hell am I doing here?" with people like Bon Zainal, Maya Karin or Siti Nurhaliza sitting a few seats away from me. Ha-ha!
Lady of the hour Porchea and my good friend Steffie
My shirt is INC, jeans are Topman and hair was a disaster
But there I was at Aquarius with seats with my name on it. The show carried the nautical theme and the RM20 proceed for each ticket sold will go to WWF Malaysia. The clothes were okay with a few questionable pieces in between. Well they're just students and they have a long journey ahead of them as designers. We let them off this time.
I was informed that there were altogether 26 designers working in 8 different groups. The 8 groups designed based on the selected theme of Rainbow Veins, Breath, NO FUTURE brand, Aurelia, CaCO3, The Aquarium, Melancholia and The Light of Hope.
I have to congratulate Porchea on the wonderful event. She was doing the planning and marketing side of it. I'm sure it was not easy to gather such a great crowd for the event.
You did good darlin'!
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My style inspiration stems from a handful of places; including Instagram, magazines like Darling, Pinterest and blogs. I love going to thrift shops and finding staple pieces like coats, while mixing them with newer pieces to create my own personal style. Comfort and feeling like yourself in a garment is the most important fashion advice I've learned over the years, and it makes all the difference.
Favorite trends for this fall/winter include layers; and lots of them! Fall is my favorite season, so I love being able to mix up coats, scarves and hats in the cooler months. It's really easy to change a look with a few different accessories. (Plus, any excuse to be bundled in cozy clothing is a-okay with me).
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Struck out 7 over 6 innings of work to earn a 5-4 victory against Jackson St. … Struck out a season high 9 batters in a 9-4 victory against Bethune-Cookman March 19 … Earned the save in a 6-4 win in game one of a doubleheader against Brown.
Freshman • 2013
Named to the All-Ivy League second team … Went seven innings, allowing four hits and a run while striking out eight in a 5-1 victory over N.C. A&T March 9 … pitched seven innings giving up 3 hits and two runs while totaling three strikeouts in a 7-2 win over Miami (Ohio) March 16 … went 6.2 innings while giving up five hits, two runs, and striking out six in a 2-1 loss to San Diego March 17 … pitched seven innings giving up four hits and a run and struck out five in a 4-1 victory over Columbia March 30 … Pitched seven innings with four hits and two runs given up while striking out five in a 4-2 victory against Yale April 13 … Fired a one-hit shutout against Brown April 20, fanning seven batters … Allowed just two runs and struck out eight in a complete-game effort against the Bears April 21 … Sat down nine Dartmouth batters in complete-game outing against Dartmouth April 28.
Before Harvard
Lettered in softball all four years at Lowell High School … Captain of the softball team in 2012 … Earned all-conference, all-district, all-region, and team MVP from 2010-2012 … Named all-state first team in 2012 … Received all-state honorable mention in 2011 … Named a WZZM and Meijer Scholar Athlete of the Week … A Michigan Miss Softball runner-up division I nominee … Holds Lowell softball records for season Earned Run Average (ERA), career ERA, single season strikeouts, opponents runs scored and opponents runs earned … Also played varsity golf for three years at Lowell … Captain of the golf team in 2012 … Named Lowell High School Female Athlete of the Year 2012 … Also named an MHSAA Scholar Athlete, OK White Conference Scholar Athlete and Detroit Free Press Scholar Athlete … Member of National Honor Society for two years … Three year member of the Lady Arrows Varsity Club … Volunteer at softball clinics.
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|"Features" is probably used too liberally
Once I had a good working Windows 7, I created a snapshot to come back to, should something go awry in the future. Once that was done, I installed SketchUp for my woodworking projects and some common access card reader software for my work stuffs (Navy websites). All was working well until this morning when I wanted to install the Home Remote Developer package to design a custom home automation interface. I was hit with "This program requires 2048 MB to install and you have [some random amount lower than this] remaining. Do you want to continue?" Nope, I would not like to continue. I would like to find out why Windows thinks it needs so much space (30 GB, really?) to operate with a handful of programs installed. I went in to the Add/Remove programs to verify that, yep, I only had the aforementioned programs installed. So I went to disable Windows "features" and removed games, tablet services, and some other useless checkboxes, restarted, and now had even less space (originally was 1.02 GB on C:):
At any rate, rather than getting all spun-up over Windows (did I tell you about Xubuntu yet?), I researched how to make the C: drive bigger in my virtual machine. I quickly came up with this post: How to resize a virtual drive, which, turns out, is exactly what I intended to do. I found out that file resizing does not work if snapshots had been taken (forgot to read inside the parenthesis about prior to 4.3...), so I went into VirtualBox and created a clone with no snapshots of the current state.
Once that was complete, I continued with the guide by using the following script in terminal:
VBoxManage modifyhd <absolute path to file> --resize <size in MB>
Only I wanted to go from 30GB to 40GB, so the exact command was:
VBoxManage modifyhd "/mnt/Media/Virtual Machines/Windows 7 Clone/Windows 7 Clone.vdi" --resize 40960
And that was the first step of the process, by giving VirtualBox a bigger "hard drive" to work with. I then started up the Windows 7 Clone to extend the primary partition into the new space. After opening Disk Management, I was greeted with the unallocated space:
So here, just right click the (C:) > Extend Volume. Follow the menus to extend it out into the unallocated space, and then voila!
Like I said previously, I created a clone to work with, so I wasn't messing around with the original installation. If you are doing this on your working install, make sure you create a backup prior to attempting to resize the drive, as something could possibly get messed up. Also, since I'm running 4.3, I could have possibly done this procedure on the existing snapshot, but creating the clone meant that I could follow the original tutorial and also have a backup to work with.
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Poem for Manipur
May 7, 2016
Ananya S. Guhadogged valleyyour ribs are a cage
the sloping mountains
riddle you with the heavy past
their blues trace your body
to the ancientness of myths
and even as a new script
is grafted onto your people
you fast for justice and death
those chains, those fetters
binding you deep
to the rattle of guns impervious
to your palaces and kings
rice grows wild,
men and women live,
like cattle,
and hills and valleys meditate
in halting silence.
© Ram Kumar / Crayon Capital
Ananya S. Guha is a writer based in Shillong. He works at the Indira Gandhi National Open University as a senior academic.
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This is a backdated post due to my having the flu. This is for Saturday February 11, 2017. I am highlighting the melanin beauty that is Tamekka Tenacious.
Tamekka Tenacious' Channel
Tamekka does makeup tutorials, reviews, and mail hauls. Her most inspiring content are from her "The Untold Story" series which gives updates on her journey to losing weight and walking. I can totally relate with the struggles in that area. Now let's take a look at a few of Tamekka Tenacious' videos.
Tamekka Tenacious Content
I am going to share a video from her "The Untold Story" series along with two beauty related videos. I feel sharing her Untold Stories is the best way to show the beauty and light of this woman.
The Untold Story...
She has you covered on budget beauty
Did I mention she does beauty reviews too?
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Summer Special: কাঁচা আম ডাল | Kacha Aam Dal or Toker Dal
There is only one thing that makes me wait for summers and that is Mango. Green as well as ripened, both are awaited with abated breath in my household. First one to reach the markets is always the Green Mango which makes delicious chutneys and a special Bengali sour dal known as Toker Dal or Kacha Aam Dal.
The nomenclature here, need a little bit of explanation. 'Tok' means sour in Bangla, hence, Toker Daal means sour dal. The sour taste essentially comes from the unripened tangy Green Mango. Among the various lentil recipes, this one is a staple in every Bengali household during the summer months in India.
Torko Bitorko On Toker Dal
I know many who swear by the Masoor Dal or Red lentil recipes of Toker Dal, but there is a sect of of cooks who prefer other variety of lentils. Purists would always settle for 'Motor Dal', i.e. the split pea lentil, while some would stick to Arhar Dal or Toor Daal or split Pigeon Pea Lentil for a Toker Dal recipe. Let's settle this discussion for ever here with this statement that all three of them go exceptionally well for the vegan lentil recipes of Toker Dal. While Masur Dal is very easy to cook and does not need much effort, arhar dal and motor dal have a distinctive taste of their own which makes this dish unique respectively.
Another debate is on whether Panchphoron/Bengali 5 Spice Mix or Sorse/Mustard Seeds should be used to temper the dal. I have tried both and I find both distinctively good. Panchphoron gives a unique smokey flavor due to its spice components like Methi or Fenugreek Seeds and Rai or Black Mustard Seeds. A point to note here is the distinction between normal mustard seeds or sarson and black mustard seeds or rai. While the former is also black and round in appearance, latter is much smaller in size and has a distinctive flavor of its own.
Looking For Bengali Veg Food Recipe Online?
You might be surprised to know that Bengali food is just not about Mach'er Jhol and Pantha'r Mangsho! We have a vast collection of vegetarian recipes which are most of the time vegan as well. Also, bear in mind that the concept of 'vegetarian' means no-onion and no-garlic for us. So, if you are looking for some then simply check out the 'Vegetarian Recipes' section. You would find a plenty of Bengali veg food recipes there.
Coming back to this recipe, let's get started with my version of Bengali Toker Dal or Green Mango Dal recipe.
- 1/4 cup Masoor Dal or Red Lentils
- 1 Green Mango Small Size
- 1/2 tsp. Panchphoron
- 1 Dried Red Chilli
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 1 cup Water
- 2 tbsp Mustard Oil
- Salt to Taste
- 1/4 tsp. Turmeric Powder
- 4 tbsp Sugar
Pressure cook the red lentils with water and salt till they are soft.
Peel the green mango and chop it in small cubes. Please bear in mind that every mango has different level of sour taste. So, if it is too sour then hold some of it back from this recipe.
Heat oil in a pan and temper it with panchphoron, bay leaf and red chilli.
Add the chopped green mango and fry it along with the turmeric powder.
Once they turn golden, add the cooked lentils.
Stir and add water if required. Add the sugar, again use your judgement. Sugar should balance the sharp tang of the mango, but should not make the dal overtly sweet.
Check for seasoning and add salt if required.
Let it simmer for 3-4 minutes, till the mango pieces become soft and tender.
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Caring for your family's health is sure to be one of your top priorities, and at Tylan Creek Family Dentistry, we want to help your family achieve their healthiest smiles at every age. We welcome the whole family to visit our team at every stage of dental development, so we can offer them comprehensive dental care that meets their needs, exceeds expectations, and most importantly, keeps smiles whole and healthy for life. From the most basic general and preventive dentistry services to advanced restorative and cosmetic treatments, our knowledgeable team and passionate dentists offer the safest, most effective solutions for each unique smile they treat.
We have three convenient office locations in Greenwood, Simpsonville, and Powdersville, SC, and we welcome patients from all surrounding communities, including Fountain Inn and Piedmont. If you're new to the area or looking for a dental practice that can accommodate your whole family, we hope you'll consider visiting Tylan Creek Family Dentistry. Explore our services, get to know our team, and feel free to contact us any time with questions. Our friendly front office staff will be happy to answer your questions or schedule an appointment. If you or a loved one experience a dental emergency, please don't hesitate to give our team a call. We do our utmost to see emergency cases on the day they contact us.


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Please click here to complete our family and friends test after you have had your consultation with the doctor.
Please see the table below for the Old School Surgery Opening Hours.
*Please note - phone lines for appointments open at 9.00am.
As a general guide, appointments are available with the Doctors and Nurse between the following times Monday through to Friday, later appointments are available with the GP on a Tuesday evening as part of our extended hours and improved access service, please see consulting times below.
16:00 - 18:00
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If you require urgent medical assistance when we are closed please dial 111. Calls to NHS 111 are free from landlines and mobiles. If you have a life threatening emergency please dial 999.
Our telephone lines are closed from 6.30pm in the evening until 9.00am in the morning, and also at weekends, and bank holidays
Wiltshire Medical Services provide telephone cover for us between 8.00am-9.00am in the morning . If you need medical assistance during these hours, please call 0300 111 0055
The Surgery is closed on a Thursday from 12 Noon- urgent medical assistance can be arranged via Dr Kings surgery in Burbage by calling 01672 810566.
In the case of urgent need when the practice is closed you can call NHS Direct 111 to speak to a triage nurse. Your needs will be assessed and advice offered or arrangements made for you to see a doctor.
Please do not ask to see a doctor out of hours unless you genuinely cannot wait until the surgery re-opens.
Call 999 in an emergency. Chest pains and / or shortness of breath constitute an emergency.
Appointments are available every morning and afternoon except Thursday afternoons when the surgery is closed
Midwife: Wednesdays 1pm onwards
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Please note that 5 minute blood test appointments are available from 8.30am each morning Monday - Thursday.
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text: The classic movie The Wizard of Oz is the source of so many lovable characters for both men, women and children. Little girls will love dressing up as Dorothy in her blue and white gingham dress, bow and sparkly red slippers. The ladies' fancy dress costume also features the classic Dorothy costume but in a variety of sexy styles. The Wizard of Oz scarecrow costume is the ideal accompaniment and perfect for couples. The outfit includes brown trousers, a blue top and fringe, with straw peeking out of the ankles and wrists, tied with string. Just add the scarecrow hat and you'll be on your way to Oz.


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Your Life – Unleash It! – a workshop for women finding purpose.
As women, we go through different stages of life and sometimes we wind up feeling lost and confused as to where to head next.
In those times, it can be hard to know within ourselves what is really important… we may become fearful of making the wrong move and can feel a bit like a rudderless ship.
This course is designed to help you find your passion, purpose and direction in those times where we find ourselves asking "what's next?"
Times such as:
- considering a career change or re-entering the workforce
- children are growing up fast or about to leave home
- you're seeking a creative outlet
- you don't have the energy to do what you used to do
- considering retirement
- relationship changes
This workshop focuses on your whole self – emotional, mental, physical and spiritual.
We will help you create your ideal future and the steps to achieve it.
Upon completion of the workshop you will leave with:
- Clarity about your real 'calling' and career / life direction
- A vision of the life you want to live and the steps you need to take
- Gain a better understanding of the things that hold you back
- How to bring your spark back into daily life
- An understanding of what might get in the way
In addition, you will take away a personalised action plan to start putting your ideal future in place – in your own time.
Date: To Be Advised
Venue: Remuera
Download a PDF Flyer Your Life … Unleash it
Your Investment for "Your Life – Unleash it!"
$245 plus GST per person.
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This includes all course materials, lunch and other refreshments.
Limited Numbers – only 10 in each workshop. This will be the last workshop of Your Life – Unleash It for 2016.
I found the Women and Purpose workshop very useful and insightful. I had a variety of Ah ha moments and have finally worked out what has been blocking me and why I am not as successful as I should be. I am looking forward to a brighter future now that I can overcome the personal barriers to success.
Angela Clancy, Software Consultant and on a mission to make a difference.
An amazing starting block for where to next in life. Linda Blain. (children flying out of the nest)
I was about to become an empty-nester, and wondering what direction to embark on in my life. The Finding Purpose for Women workshop came at just the right time to help me consider my strengths and interests, where these could lead me when I re-enter the workforce, and provide clarity around the direction I now want to take. The best part was being able to share the 'journey' with a group of inspirational women, and to know that I wasn't alone in worrying about my future direction. Allison promised a 'transformative day', and it was! Thanks so much Allison.
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FC: Welcome to Cellular Park! | An Informational Brochure | Make memories with us... | Andrea Barber, Kristin White and Briannen Arey
1: Our First Stop: The Nucleus The nucleus is the power center, or the "brain", of the cell. It usually resides in the center of the cell, where it oversees the metabolic function of the cell and stores all the DNA for the cell. It also produces messages with the codes to create proteins for the rest of the cell, by manufacturing rRNA. | Our park's nucleus is the park offices. The offices are where the director of the park works and where she oversees all other employees and actions of the park. It houses the main control room for the park PA system and stores all the materials to sell to the visitors.
2: The Golgi Body or Golgi Apparatus: This organelle specializes in the transport of lipids to vital parts of the cell, delivery and the modification of proteins from the rough ER and other macromolecules. It is made up of flat membranes, called cisternae. Another of its responsibilities are to create lysosomes.
3: Our park features it's own post office, located just by the main entrance. It handles all of the park's outgoing and incoming mail, as well as all newsletters to sponsors and "zoo friends".
4: We consider the nucleolus of our park to be the power lines that reach all the way across the park and electricity that runs through them. | The Nucleolus: The nucleolus (the sun-like thing in the center of the nucleus) synthesizes ribosomes, which are the organelles that create protein. After they're produce, the ribosomes move out onto the rough ER. | NUCLEOLUS
5: The cytosol is found surrounding the organelles. It's a jelly-like fluid that helps keep all the organelles in place and is the site for most metabolism in the cell. There are also various proteins found in the fluid. The "cytosol" for our zoo is the property that contains it. It houses many exhibits and different habitats as well as various visitor attractions, like a brand new gift shop and aquarium. | Cytosol
6: The lysosome contains enzymes to break down waste materials and cellular debris. It also can digest many macromolecules and foreign bacteria, and so, is vital for the cell's digestion. Our park restaurant features many comfortable seating areas and some of the best food in the area in order to make your experience here more enjoyable. Our food is all made organically in order to be as gentle and as close to "natural" as possible. | Lysosome
7: The secretory vesicle is in charge of holding material that needs to be excreted from the cell. It may hold material that is harmful or is a waste product from a reaction. | As the people crunching the numbers each week...we realize there can be some long lines here. That's why we recently constructed a brand new "holding area". At each exhibit and by the entrances and exits, there are now benches and vending machines for those long waits. | Secretory Vesicle
8: Our generous sponsors have recently paid to redesign all the fences, including the exhibit barriers and the fence surrounding the park. The fence is made of wrought iron, with a weather-resistant metal coating. | The cell membrane encloses and protects the cell and its parts, separating the interior of the cell from the outside environment. It is composed of two layers of phospholipids, which are shown in the picture. | Cell Membrane
9: The rough endoplasmic reticulum is responsible for manufacturing membranes and secretory proteins. It is usually interconnected to the smooth ER, so the products from the rough ER can be transferred into the smooth ER, in order to be moved to different locations in the cell. | Our park is paved with several miles worth of pathways to all of your favorite exhibits. There are several forks and places in the park where the path overlaps itself and almost doubles in width, so traffic flows smoothly and quickly through our park!. | The Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
11: Thank you for visiting our park!
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Services We Offer
We take great pride in providing the highest level of care to our patients. Here you will find an explanation of the different services that we offer. If you have any further questions about the services discussed here, or want to know how they relate specifically to your health, please contact our office and we would be glad to assist you.
We believe that at Elite Physio® we have taken the level of care and raised the bar higher, setting new standards of care and in doing so we continue to strive bring the most effective no non-sense rehab to our patients. What this means is that we do not do any therapy that wastes time or is more of a transient temporary approach. We are committed to our patients and that commitment translates into a more pro-active approach. Our focus is on Qualitative Care and not Quantitative Care.
Our services have been carefully selected to bring you the best results. The bottom line is that the level of care provided at Elite Physio®, results in our patients getting well quickly, completely and with much less expense than other forms of treatment.


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Weddings at Island destinations
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Weddings at Island destinations
We are looking for some advise on our daughter getting married on either a ship at sea or an island destination. We live in Florida so are looking for a nice 4-5 day cruise that sails out of either Tampa, Port Canaveral, or Ft. Lauderdale or Miami. Looking for Jan-March-2009 sailing. Have read some of the other postings and it seems that Carnival appear to be a good ship. We were looking at Royal Caribbean or maybe Disney. What about Princess. I don't think they want to get married at the port before they leave so would it be less hassle to get married upon arriving at one of the island ports like Jamaica but getting married on the ship then going on the island to do pictures. Everything seems like it is extra, even chairs, for the island wedding on the beach or the park. It doesn't seem like you get much for your $2000. Any input of previous experiences would be great. You also don't get any music on the beach weddings.
Our daughter maybe wanted to get married at the Dunn River Falls in Jamaica. Would it be to busy there. Please help. Thanks.
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Business banking does not have to be a hectic process. However, you need to be in the know with the right processes in order to build a relationship with your banker. Here are some of the best ways to get a business loan that is in your favor.
– First of all, go in with your research done.
There are more choices than ever when it comes to banking. You do not have to sit and take any old terms from a bank just because that bank is local or convenient. With the Internet, you now have access to banks across the globe. Do your due diligence so that you do not have to take bad terms. Your research will make sure that you have the leverage on your side to get the best business loan.
– Secondly, have money or assets set aside in order to secure loans.
Secure loans usually have lower interest rates than unsecured loans. If you have money or easily liquefied assets on your books, then you will be able to negotiate better terms. Keep in mind that you are in no danger of losing your assets as long as you pay your minimum payments on time. There are also many other legal measures that you can use in order to protect your property even in the case of a secured loan. This is a good position to be in no matter what.
– Third, check the fine print of the terms of a loan before you sign any papers.
No matter what, the terms on the paper are what define what your loan terms are. Make sure that you read these terms diligently before you decide on any loan.
If you are looking to get a business loan in Malaysia, then go to http://www1.uob.com.my/business/business/business_loans.html. You will be able to create more leverage for yourself.


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Buzz or Something Much More
Responsive design seemed like so many other buzz terms when it came on to the scene. But those who have been indoctrinated into the vastly changing mobile devise design and development world have seen this revolutionary invention as a ticket to freedom.
So with this said I figured I'd put together a little synopsis of what we see after a couple years in the making. A little about the resources available, the major players and how to get started responsively for your business, design firm or development team.
Responsive Web Design
Coined by Ethan Marcotte in a A List Apart in May of 2010 as RWD or Responsive Web Design rapidly became excepted as a new standard of web. Responsive design was recognized by .net magazine as the #2 Top Web Design Trends of 2012 stating "It'll be like the standards movement all over again."
The Major Players
Who do you know that's actually using responsive web design? Is this just something all those big framed glass wearing start-ups are using? NO would be the strong answer.
Let's see! Last I knew from an article I read from the man himself, Ethan Marcotte, stating ginormous companies such as Microsoft, General Electric, Disney and Starbucks (who even published there style guide for all to see).
So smart companies with great business minds are seeing the effectiveness and longevity of these new standards why wouldn't we want a piece of the action. Is it out of our reach? (See strong answer above). As we even saw with Starbucks tools are being freely handed out for us to use it's only a matter of knowing where to go to get them and what to do with them once we find them.
Open Re-Sources
Now in 2013 we have seen the progression of two major contributors in the field of responsive design resources. These contributors in the responsive world are none other than Twitter with Bootstrap, which is well into it's second version, and the new kid on the block, but definitely a contender, Foundation by Zurb with it's fourth edition just released.
Both Bootstrap and Foundation are built on a 12 column grid system which acts as a wireframe holding all the dividers and elements in place. Changing the position in Foundation per device is as simple as using small and large classes in CSS. Bootstrap has a built in standard of the class span with a number 1-12 following which defines the columns used per element with a default of full width for smaller devises.
There are plenty of similarities and differences in using the two open source structures for your responsive site and both have provided incredibly detailed and easily understood documentation. I will be getting into both in more detail in the following posts.
Other Words to Know
Next I will be getting into the terms Adaptive and Fluid. Understanding these terms will be crucial in understanding why responsive really works. Coming Soon…


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Monday, September 10, 2012
Daily Headlines: September 10, 2012
* Mexico: Twice defeated presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that he will form his own political party to oppose incoming president Enrique Peña Nieto.
* Nicaragua: Approximately 3000 people were evacuated from several towns around the ash-spewing San Cristobal volcano.
* Venezuela: The U.S. State Department confirmed that Venezuelan officials would drop arms trafficking charges against the crew of a detained U.S.-flagged cargo ship.
* Chile: Police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse some one hundred protesters who acted violently at the end of a peaceful rally commemorating the victims of the 1973-1990 military regime.
Video Source – YouTube via Milenio
Online Sources- AFP, Miami Herald, CNN, BBC News
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