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Purbachal in Salt Lake provided a glimpse of things to come when state jails minister Biswanath Chowdhury had to borrow a few buckets from neighbour and library minister Nemai Mal to hoard water after taps had run dry on Thursday.
�No one seems to know the reason behind this crisis or when it will end,� said Chowdhury.
This is part of a severe scarcity of potable water in several areas, caused by receding water table and wastage of at least 100 million gallons of water supplied by the civic bodies due to leaks in underground pipeline.
Large parts of Tollygunge, comprising 12 wards, continued to reel under a severe shortage of filtered water on Thursday as there was no supply from the Garden Reach water works.
The water mains carrying filtered water there from Garden Reach was damaged on Wednesday afternoon during construction work on the Metro underpass at Tollygunge.
Chief engineer (water supply) Dibyendu Roychaudhury said repair work was in progress and normal supply will be restored on Friday.
According to Roychaudhury, shortage of filtered water was plaguing several in city pockets. �Most problems relating to scarcity of water are due to low pressure,� he said.
Areas dependent on deep tubewells, where there are no reserve mains to carry the filtered water from the Calcutta Municipal Corporation�s (CMC) Tallah-Palta network will be the worst hit in days to come. New Alipore, Tollygunge, Tangra, Tiljala, Topsia, Jadavpur and Behala are areas where households are largely dependent on large tubewells for their daily need of potable water.
�We fear that a good number of deep tubewells will not function because of the receding water table within a month,� an executive engineer of the water supply department said.
He pointed out that while the city demand for filtered water was around 250 million gallons a day, the CMC produces 256 million gallons.
But there is still a shortage in supply as about 100 million gallons of filtered water is lost every day due to �leaking tanks and age-old underground pipes�.
The power front wears an equally gloomy look with CESC stations continuing to face a coal crunch. CESC sources maintain there is no shortage in power supply. CESC units are generating around 900 MW daily. The city�s 1,100-MW demand every evening is met by the CESC with the rest being supplied by the SEB.
But the private power utility was forced to shut down one unit at its Garden Reach Southern Generating Station on Thursday due to lack of coal.
This led to a 40 MW shortfall, affecting Garden Reach, Metiabruz, parts of Tollygunge, Bauria, Dum Dum, Rishra and Bally.
In the morning, Ritchie Road, Ballygunge, Ballygunge Place East and parts of Kasba and Entally suffered power cuts after two transformers at CESC�s Kasba sub-station tripped.
The strike threat by employees in the coal sector from May 8 has forced the CESC into a mad scramble for coal stocks.
The impact of last Monday�s nor�wester is still being felt in south-west and western parts of the city. And the met office has warned of more nor�westers to come.
Different parts of Calcutta and Howrah are also facing transformer overload owing to a construction boom. With several multi-storeyed buildings coming up on the northern and southern fringes of Calcutta, in Howrah and its suburbs, it has become difficult for existing transformers to cope with the growing load.
�The number of transformer faults is on the rise. We are prepared to instal new transformers in areas where there has been a rise in number of consumers. But we often find it difficult to find the space required to instal a transformer,� a CESC official said.
�There has been a 30-mw increase in the consumption of power over the past year, with more and more air-conditioning machines being installed,� said CESC sources.
Transformer overload is affecting power supply to Lake Town, Sribhumi, Bangur Avenue, Dum Dum, Dum Dum Park, Kalindi and Baguiati in north Calcutta; and to Behala, Thakurpukur, Kasba, Tiljala, and Haltu in the south. In Howrah, Shibpur, Sandhyabazar, Shalimar, Fazirbazar, Rameswar Malia Lane and Pilkhana are the affected areas.
Divided into eight teams, the detectives were combing several �fringe areas� of the city when one group was tipped off by a source that a bearded, middle-aged man, with one leg in a plaster, had entered a small room behind a roadside hotel in Dunlop.
The detectives, with the help of the local police, drew up elaborate plans to raid the place around midnight, hoping to catch the sharpshooter of the Babloo Srivastava gang unawares.
But by the time the police got their act together, Mange had fled. Two men found sleeping in the room initially denied any knowledge about Mange but later confessed that �an injured, bearded man� was there for dinner.
�All our teams have drawn a blank,��admitted deputy commissioner of police, detective department, Narayan Ghosh.
The detectives are addressing a few specific questions:
Why was the investigating officer not informed every time Mange visited SSKM Hospital for treatment?
Why were two ordinary constables escorting such a dreaded criminal?
Why had the jail authorities done nothing to prevent Mange from running his crime empire from the prison cell, through associates who visited him, and over the cellphone?
State jails minister Biswanath Chowdhury has blasted the police for blaming Mange�s escape on prison staff. �If the police knew that he had a phone, they should have informed us. As far as we know he had no such instrument in prison,� the minister said.
DC, reserve force, K.L. Tamta, reiterated on Thursday that the jail warder should have accompanied Mange to SSKM Hospital. �It is not the duty of policemen to track down doctors and carry his X-ray plate and prescriptions. Although I am not defending the constables, they are definitely at fault for leaving the criminal unguarded, the jail authorities, too, should take their share of the blame,�� Tamta said.
Belal in court
Belal, alias Lalu Mian, arrested from Basirhat on Tuesday night for his alleged involvement in the hijacking of IC-814, was produced in court on Thursday and remanded to police custody. �We have come to know about his anti-national activities and modus operandi,� said a senior state police officer.
Acting on information provided by Belal, the police conducted raids in North 24-Parganas on Thursday. Some persons were detained but no arrests made.
The projects in question: Purnendu Chatterjee�s Global Institute for Science and Technology (GIST) and three proposals for setting up an Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT).
The decision to appoint McKinsey to was taken by deputy chief minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya after a meeting with the higher education minister Satyasadhan Chakroborty.
Higher education department sources said both ministers discussed how West Bengal can host one of the six GIST centres that The Chatterjee Group plans to put up in the country. The IIIT proposals were also discussed.
A higher education department official said: �McKinsey has been approached to help the government prepare a feasibility report. Based on this report, the government will be able to justify why the state should be one of the locations for these institutions.�
This is being viewed by the industry as a �well thought-out move� by the government to outdo other states. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab and Haryana have already approached GIST, requesting them to set up shop.
Financed by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, GIST has tied up with the University of California, Berkeley, and is in the process of enlisting the support of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Stanford.
McKinsey & Co. is also being commissioned by the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation for advice on improving Silpabandhu, the single-window project clearance facility, identifying key areas of growth and negotiating with investors, both in India and abroad. �The international consultant will prepare separate reports on both the projects,� Writers� Buildings sources said.
The government is said to have cleared, in principle, the Lake Land Village project of Purnendu Chatterjee, which envisages setting up of a sprawling township with a GIST centre and a host of subsidiary research centres thrown in. �The state government will come out with an amendment in the Land Reforms Act which will exempt the project, spread over 5000 acres, from the Land Ceiling Act and bestow the project a township status,� said a state government official.
Metro Rail�s chief operations manager Jayanta Kumar Mitra said smart card-holders will not need to have them punched at entry points on the platforms.
�Electronic eyes installed at the gates will detect the card in the holder�s pocket and automatically revolve the turnstile, allowing the passenger to pass through. These super-sensitive gadgets at the entry and exit points of almost every station, to be installed at a cost of nearly Rs 20 crore, will even record the number of rides and zones that the passenger has travelled,� Mitra added.
Commuters can use the card at the pay phones and soft drink dispensers at Metro stations.
Mitra said: �We have decided to approach the CSTC, too, so that our smart card-holders can use them on buses linking Metro stations with other destinations.�
Underground commuters will have to open a card account with Metro Railway for using the card. The account will automatically debit the money on the basis of feedback from the �electronic eyes� on the number of rides taken.
An initial sum of Rs 100 will have to be paid for the card and the holder will be given concessions for underground rides. Metro officials may consider waiving the fee for opening an account.
�But users will have to pay a token sum for the card. We will also approach the corporate sector for advertisements on the cards to minimise manufacturing costs,� the officials said.
The deposit for the card will be returned to the user on surrender of the card. �Details of the package are being worked out,� a senior Metro Rail official said.
It was in August 1986 that he was first produced before an executive magistrate at Alipore. And after long 10 years, Gouranga was shifted to the adjoining Presidency Jail in August 1991. But since then, he has been languishing in jail, in blatant violation of a Supreme Court order.
In a petition moved by social activist Sheela Barse, the apex court ruled in the early 90s that �stray boys and girls� kept in jails for safe custody, must be sent to government-run homes instead.
But the jail authorities here appear quite oblivious of this landmark judgment. And as a result, Gouranga, now 34, had to spend the best part of his boyhood among hardcore criminals.The government has, however, no dearth of homes located in the city and outside. Officials said Gouranga could easily have been sent either to Dhruvashram or to Kishalaya home for children.
Jail sources said Gouranga is the odd man out among 1,500 criminals in the Presidency Jail. Denied basic education, he had little choice but to mix with the other inmates during the �unlock� period.
Inspector general of prisons, Balkar Singh, said on Wednesday he would order a probe into the matter. �I am under the impression that all safe-custody boys have been shifted from jails to welfare homes,� he said, pleading ignorance. Jail warders say although Gouranga was suffering from some acute psychological ailments, he wasn�t treated.
Ranjan Sen, attending psychiatrist attached to the jail, maintained that he was yet to diagnose the ailment. �We have examined the dumb inmate a number of times, but he is unable to express himself,� Sen said. Even convicts say the innocent Gouranga should have been sent to a welfare home a long time ago. Former High Court judge Bhagabati Prasad Banerjee said on Wednesday the court could be moved in this matter. �It is a penal offence to confine an adult in jail for no fault of his own,� he said.
To date, the CMC�s drainage mazdoors risk life and limb climbing down manholes into the underground sewer lines to desilt the drains. The Left Front is trying to abolish this �inhuman� system.
For doing so, the CMC has bought a root-blower machine from Chennai at a cost of Rs 1.40 crore. The machine will help the drainage department clean underground sewers without any individual having to descend into the drains. The CMC has placed orders for two more machines.
Another machine, the jetting pump suction machine, is extremely effective at the job. The CMC has five of them and has ordered another three. Each costs Rs 20 lakh.
The mayor-in-council, drainage, Chanchal Ghosh, said the root-blower machine was used at Maniktala and APC Road and �its performance is excellent... It is capable of cleaning 40 metric tonnes of sewage an hour,� Ghosh said.
Both the root-blower machine and jetting pump suction machine will help the civic body abolish the practice of manually cleaning underground drains.
�We have 2,000 drainage mazdoors. We hope to abolish this system in phases and these 2,000 men will be provided with alternative posts�, Ghosh said.
�Moreover, it is difficult for these men to clean the 170-km underground brick sewer lines and the 1,200-km pipe sewer lines in the city. In the past, many of them died while cleaning the drains and we don�t want a repetition of such incidents. No civilised society can imagine the existence of such an inhuman system in this millennium,� said mayor Prasanta Chatterjee.
The CMC had been planning to abolish the system since 1997. It had engaged an agency to take video photographs of the city�s underground drains. But the agency has so far managed to film only three km the drains at a cost of Rs 2 lakh.
�This little job, however, helped us in a great way and we have a detailed idea about the drains under Rashbehari Avenue and AJC Bose Road. We can take up any major repair work immediately and detect defects in the underground lines,� Ghosh said.
These machines will help the CMC keep the city free from waterlogging in the monsoon.
The CMC will inaugurate a new pump at its Palmer Bazar pumping station on May 2.
This new pump can flush out 240 cusecs of water an hour.
Four new pumps will be commissioned at Mominpur pumping station on May 8 to strengthen the capacity of draining out rain water in the monsoon.
Moreover, the CMC is trying to keep all its 100 pumps in 18 pumping stations in the city ready for the monsoon.
�We have desilted the underground drains at Amherst Street, Beadon Street, Chitpur Road, Sovabazar and Bidhan Sarani by using the root blower machine and expect that waterlogging in these areas will be less than in previous years,� said Ghosh.
The city recorded 7 mm of rain on Thursday afternoon, which resulted in the temperature dipping by about two degrees Celsius.
Alipore meteorological office director R.N. Goldar said the trough of low pressure extends from eastern Uttar Pradesh to Gangetic West Bengal across the Bihar plateau. Also, a cyclonic circulation lies in the upper air over south-east Madhya Pradesh.
�This situation will help develop rain clouds. If it continues, there will be scattered rain in Calcutta in the coming days. Thursday�s rain was under its influence,� he said.
Goldar, however, said if the low-pressure trough weakened or moved northwards, then the chances of rain will decrease and the temperature will rise. If there is another nor�wester in the next 24 or 48 hours, the windspeed will not be less than 75 kph.
However, if the sky remains consistently overcast, then the intensity of the storm is likely to reduce, met office sources said.
Goldar said the nor�westers had started blowing in Calcutta and other parts of the state since April 12. Bankura, Midnapore and the north Bengal districts too have experienced nor�westers.
Bridge order
Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the state government and Calcutta Port Trust (CPT) to complete repairs of Rabindra Setu (Howrah Bridge) within 18 months, says our legal reporter. The court also directed the state to consider allowing two-wheelers to ply over the bridge round the clock while the repairs were on.
Debbarma held PCC president Birajit Sinha responsible for his decision but Sinha denied the charge. The PCC chief attributed Debbarma�s decision to a �fear psychosis� triggered by threats of militants.
With Debbarma withdrawing from the fray, only 17 Congress candidates remain in the fray for the April 30 and May 3 ADC elections. The district council has 30 seats, of which 28 are elective. Two members are nominated.
Circulating a press note, Ranjit Debbarma said he had not received necessary help from Pradesh Congress despite commitments made earlier, prompting him to withdraw from the contest. The PCC president, however, said all help had been extended to Debbarma.
Rebel threat
National Liberation Front of Tripura militants have threatened government employees with dire consequences if they �helped the CPM rig the coming ADC polls�. Instead of issuing a formal statement, the militants have been getting in touch with government employees in interior areas and warning them against malpractices.
The employees and officers of Autonomous District Council have become the primacy targets of the NLFT�s terror campaign. The threats and intimidation have already made the listed polling officials panicky.
More killings
Three persons including a militant of the National Liberation Front of Tripura were killed and three CPM workers seriously injured in separate incidents in the state since yesterday. Besides, the bodies of two minor girls were also recovered.
A CPM worker and prospective polling agent of party candidate in Ramchandraghat autonomous district council constituency, Tapan Debbarma, was shot dead at 11 am yesterday. The NLFT militants responsible for the killing threatened the tribal voters with dire consequences if they voted for CPM candidate and incumbent ADC chief executive member Ranjit Debbarma.
Among those who joined the BJP today, 27 were from the Nationalistic Democratic Movement and one from the Congress � former planning minister Z. Obed.
The other prominent leaders who joined the party are former chief minister Hokishe Sema, former deputy chief minister I.K.Sema, former MP Chingwang Konyak, former finance minister Tiameren, and two other former ministers K. Zungkhum and Rothrong.
Welcoming them into the party fold, party general secretary and its Northeast in-charge P.B. Acharya said the joining of the �stalwarts� of state politics would strengthen the party and help boost to its effort to end �Congress� misrule.
The government�s decision was bolstered by a resolution passed at an all-party meeting today which demanded �immediate and unconditional release� of the hostages. Several non-governmental organisations also took part in the meeting.
The abduction of nine persons by the BNLF and the Hmar Peoples Convention (Democrats) has fanned tension among the people here. The three Mizos � Lalchhanhima, Jolly Lalzawnliana and Lalnunfela � have been held captive by the Bru militants for the past three weeks. The all-party meeting, held to express solidarity with the people, was convened by the ruling Mizo National Front government after the ransom notes were received from the BNLF yesterday.
The conference was presided over by home minister Tawnluia and attended by 19 leaders representing the Mizoram Peoples Conference, the main Opposition party, the Congress, the MNF(N), the Young Mizo Association, Mizo Zirlai Pawl and Mizoram Kohhran Hruaitute Committee, a federation of 13 churches.
Four ministers, Aichhinga, Lalchamliana, R. Tlanghmingthanga and K .Sangthuama, who are members of the newly-formed ministerial committee on security and related matters, took part in the meeting. Chief secretary H.V. Lalringa was also present.
The president of Young Mizo Association, an NGO, told The Telegraph that there was total unanimity among the leaders on the question of �not buckling under pressure from militant groups as paying money would trigger off a spate of abductions for ransom in the future�.
Tawnluia told the all-party meeting that the BNLF, holed up in its hideout in Bangladesh, has demanded Rs. 50 lakh to be paid before May 2 at West Kawnpui village along the Mizoram-Tripura-Bangladesh border.
The militants have also fixed May 5 as the deadline for payment of ransom by individual families at Khantlang village in Tripura, he said.


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A farewell to @CassiniSaturn, in the style @RobertPicardo sings best: opera! #GrandFinale pic.twitter.com/7bbTTdqW3G
— Planetary Society (@exploreplanets) September 12, 2017
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A farewell to @CassiniSaturn, in the style @RobertPicardo sings best: opera! #GrandFinale pic.twitter.com/7bbTTdqW3G
— Planetary Society (@exploreplanets) September 12, 2017
After a three-year delay, SpaceX plans to fly its Falcon Heavy launch vehicle for the first time next spring, followed quickly by three additional flights of the 28-engine rocket by the end of 2016.
UPDATE: Ground controllers have received data packets from the satellite. They're now analyzing them and planning their next move, which could be deployment of the solar sail.
It's not looking good again for The Planetary Society's LightSail spacecraft. After losing communications with the ground and then regaining it, the experimental CubeSat again fell silent after what appeared to be the successful deployment of its solar panels.
In an e-mail summary sent this afternoon, mission manager David Spencer said before contact was lost, LightSail's batteries did not appear to be drawing current from the solar arrays; nor were they properly shunting power to the spacecraft's subsystems.
"Following solar panel deployment," he wrote, "it was noticed that all of the battery cells were drawing near zero current. This indicated that the batteries were likely in a fault condition stemming from the solar panel deployment event."
Unless controllers can get the spacecraft online, it will not be possible to deploy the spacecraft's solar sail.
PASADENA, Ca., May 30, 2015 (Planetary Society PR) — After a successful launch into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket out of Cape Canaveral, The Planetary Society's LightSail™ spacecraft went silent after two days of communications. The solar sailing spacecraft test mission, a precursor to a 2016 mission, has now resumed contact after a suspected software glitch affected communications. The LightSail team will soon determine when to attempt deployment of the spacecraft's Mylar® solar sails.
Bill Nye (The Science Guy), CEO at The Planetary Society, issued the following statement:
"Our LightSail called home! It's alive! Our LightSail spacecraft has rebooted itself, just as our engineers predicted. Everyone is delighted. We were ready for three more weeks of anxiety. In this meantime, the team has coded a software patch ready to upload. After we are confident in the data packets regarding our orbit, we will make decisions about uploading the patch and deploying our sails— and we'll make those decisions very soon. This has been a rollercoaster for us down here on Earth, all the while our capable little spacecraft has been on orbit going about its business. In the coming two days, we will have more news, and I am hopeful now that it will be very good."
For in-depth coverage of LightSail's test and 2016 missions, follow embedded reporter, Jason Davis at planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis.
The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B spacecraft and The Planetary Society's LightSail prototype will share a ride into space from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday aboard an United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V booster. NASA will also conduct a materials sciences experiment aboard the X-37B.
The launch window opens at 10:45 a.m. EDT and runs until 2:45 p.m. EDT. ULA will webcast the launch at http://www.ulalaunch.com.
The weather forecast shows a 60 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for launch.
Washington, D.C., April 2, 2015 (Planetary Society PR) – The Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye (The Science Guy®) and members of the Society's Board of Directors today announced results of the "Humans Orbiting Mars" workshop. The goal of the workshop was to gather expert science, engineering, and policy professionals to build consensus on the key elements of a long-term, cost constrained, executable program to send humans to Mars.
PASADENA, Calif. (TPS PR) — The Planetary Society cannot fully support the FY2015 NASA Budget Request. While there are some positive aspects—particularly the newfound openness to exploring Europa and the continued science operations of most high-priority planetary missions—the request imposes unacceptable cuts to the Science Mission Directorate that damage the immediate and long-term health of some of NASA's most successful programs, particularly planetary exploration. If this budget is passed unchanged, there will be fewer planetary missions in development by 2019 than at any point in the past few decades (Fig. 1).
The Planetary Society is holding its Planetfest Event this Saturday and Sunday in Pasadena to celebrate the landing of the Mars Curiosity Rover. The details:
August 4, 2012, 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
August 5, 2012, 2:00 pm – 11:30 pm or later
Pasadena Convention Center
300 E. Green Street
Pasadena, CA 91101
The program will feature leaders in space exploration, including: Charles Elachi, Director of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Bill Nye (the Science Guy®); planetary vulcanologist Rosaly Lopes; Jim Bell, PanCam lead on the Spirit and Opportunity rovers and member of the Curiosity team; Planetary Society blogger Emily Lakdawalla; Mars rover driver Scott Maxwell; NASA Planetary Science Division Director Jim Green; former "Mars Czar" Scott Hubbard; Star Trek™ actor Robert Picardo; historian Shelley Bonus; author and space historian Andrew Chaikin; space artists; and private space entrepreneurs.
In addition to this full schedule, both days will have the following ongoing events and displays:
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"Tell us where you want to go in space!" said Bill Nye, slated to take the reins as the Planetary Society's new executive director.
Nye will join Louis Friedman, the Society's current executive director, on July 14, 2010 to talk with the public about The New NASA Plan — Destinations, during a live interactive video event on Ustream.
The National Space Society, the Planetary Society, and the Space Foundation all issued statements praising SpaceX for the first flight of the Falcon 9 rocket on Friday.
The National Space Society (NSS) congratulates Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) on a successful first launch of their Falcon 9 rocket, The launch payload for this test flight was the aerodynamic test article for the Dragon cargo and crew module.
Gary Barnhard, Executive Director of the National Space Society, said, "This is another milestone in the annals of spaceflight. By successfully launching a multi-engine, multi-stage rocket of their own design and manufacture with a payload to Low Earth Orbit, SpaceX has taken a bold step forward. Make no mistake about it, building rockets is not a forgiving business. Their successful flight is a testament to SpaceX's concerted efforts to get it right. The eyes of the world were on them and they did get it right."
"Orphans of Apollo" Director Michael Potter goes tete-a-tete with Bill Nye the Science Guy on the pages of The Los Angeles Times today.
The topic: whether we should return to the moon.
Space.com has an interesting interview with writer-producer Ann Druyan, who is the widow of Carl Sagan. She talks about the Apollo program and her hopes for the future of America's space program.
S: Do you have any particular space endeavors in mind?
A: I would love to see personally – and have been working as hard as I can on the notion of – solar sailing. This is something that could be tremendously cost-effective, because solar sailing is a way to move through the cosmos at speeds unprecedented. You know Voyager moves at 38,000 miles an hour, which is very impressive and extremely fast to us. But of course the cosmos is so very big that that won't get you very far. Solar sailing is a way to move ten times faster.
I've been working with the Planetary Society for the last decade trying to launch a solar sailing mission precisely because I believe it would be a Kitty Hawk moment for space exploration. It would thrill me to see a very ambitious program of solar sail research, because I think that that would give us an edge, and I think we want that feeling again of being on the cutting edge.
Read the full interview.
Bruce Betts of the Planetary Society is blogging from the Planetary Defense Conference in Granada, Spain. He reports that the winners of the society's Apophis Mission Design Competition are presenting their plans to rendezvous with the Apophis asteroid.
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The Volna rocket had risen out of the water, flown through the sky, and pierced the low-lying clouds. The Volna, a Soviet-era ICBM, had been refitted for peaceful duty, and on this first day of summer, it was lifting Cosmos 1 up from a Russian submarine and toward Earth orbit. If the spacecraft got there, it would deploy eight tissue-thin "blades,†600 square meters of Mylar that would catch the sun and begin propelling the craft, on nothing but light, through humankind's first solar-sailing voyage. The ship, beautiful as a flower or firework, would be controlled from the ground by two teams, each so small that Mission Operations Moscow was called MOM and Project Operations Pasadena was POP….
The Planetary Society is examining whether it can do a solar sail mission. The society attempted to test this experimental propulsion technology in 2005 with its Cosmos 1 mission; however, the Russian Volna rocket failed to reach orbit.


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Today's article is a guest post by Katherine Edgecumbe, certified personal trainer, Precision Nutrition coach, and owner of Katherine Lynn Fitness, her online fitness and nutrition coaching business. Katherine and I initially connected over Facebook, where she's been crushing it with Facebook live videos that are super helpful, down-to-earth and filled with insight. She helps women live more fulfilled lives through movement and sustainable, moderate eating. In this post, she'll show you how creating your own set of nutrition rules can actually bring you freedom and help you enjoy eating without stress.
You're out to dinner with a friend, you sit down at the table and pick up the menu. There are dozens of options, many of them look "healthy" and even more of them look delicious. You stare at the menu, paralyzed by everything you could eat. Suddenly your friend is staring at you and the waiter is waiting on your order. You've got no idea what to eat, so you quickly order a burger and some sweet potato fries.
Sound familiar? Me too.
We've all been there, showing up at a dinner, brunch, or happy hour with the best of intentions, but leaving feeling exhausted and potentially disappointed in the food choices we've made. This happened to me ALL the time in college and in my first year adulting, especially at lunchtime. There were so many things I could eat that I froze, never knowing what to choose. This left me feeling trapped and paralyzed by analysis.
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- Prioritize veggies and protein at every meal to stabilize blood sugar and satiety.
- Eat one BIG ASS SALAD per day to ensure I max out the micronutrients & fiber of veggies.
- Dark chocolate or wine every day. Keeps me sane.
- When in doubt, choose dietary fat over carbs. Carbs often leave me feeling bloated and uncomfortable, and I have found food timing to be incredibly important. So, when faced with the choice, I do better with dietary fat.
I am NOT saying theses should be your rules, but defining your principles will give you the flexibility to live your life without constant thoughts of food.
Returning to our dinner out scenario with our rules makes for a completely different outcome. Using our rules takes the guesswork out of eating in any social situation.
- Okay…I am looking for an entree with lots of protein and veggies.
- Did I already have a salad today or could that be a good option?
- Do I need a little indulgence?
- Well, let's limit the carbs, so a burger is off the table.
When we have structure in place for our eating, we can do anything, go anywhere without constant stress. We can just plug foods into our lives, based off of some general guidelines. So, I encourage you to take a few minutes to figure out your rules. They should help you to eat in a way that supports your fitness goals without much additional thought.
I'm passionate about sharing this tool because it has helped me reach a much healthier place with food, allowing me to enjoy the foods I love while also maintaining a healthy body and mind.
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Colocation hosting is a service that allows small and large enterprises to install their servers (or hire a server on rent) at a data center service providers location. This allows enterprises to focus on their core business and not worry about the IT needs of their organization. The report analyzes the current and future prospects of the colocation market, as the demand for colocation hosting is constantly on the rise. The study covers the market by end user type to provide in-depth analysis of potential of the market in key industry verticals. The market opportunities in developed and emerging nations are analyzed so that companies can develop strategies to tap targeted markets.
The key driver for the market growth is that it is a cost effective solution for enterprises as compared to storing their server at their own premises. It saves the room space requirement and cost of cooling and heating along with the need for IT expertise. Additionally, colocation provides high data security as the service provider gives secured logins to the network administrators of the company and third person can't access the data. However, high start-up cost and constantly fluctuating operational cost are restraints for the market, as these factors don't allow organizations to keep control over the cost. Moreover, colocation data centers are not available at strategic locations, which increase the complexities to manage the servers. The combination of colocation data center with cloud computing is an opportunity for the market growth, as it allows flexibility and advanced bandwidth features.
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Colocation Market By Solutions
The market is segmented on the basis of retail solution and wholesale solution for colocation hosting. The retail solution consists of shared rack space and is generally preferred by small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The wholesale solution allows companies to have a dedicated rack space or floor space to host their servers. The retail solution is expected to have a higher growth rate as it is projected that more SMEs would opt for retail colocation hosting due to cost effectiveness and availability of higher bandwidth.
Colocation Market By End-users
The end-user market is segmented into SMEs and large organizations. Large organizations are further segmented into Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), government and public sector utilities, Telecommunication & IT and healthcare & life sciences. The large organization are having a higher market share, with BFSI sector having the lion's share. The share of large organizations is more as they have opted colocation services on a large scale. However, it is expected that the SMEs would have a better growth potential as more small businesses would opt retail colocation services.
Colocation Market By Geographies
The geographical segmentation of the market consists of North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of the World (RoW). The North American region is projected to have the highest revenue share as colocation hosting services were opted by organizations in this region very early. However, the economic growth in the developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region would encourage more organization to opt for colocation hosting. Therefore, this region is expected to have the highest growth rate.
Competitive Landscape
The principal strategies adopted by key companies in the market are partnerships and collaborations, as it allows providing strategic location services to clients, which is a key growth challenge. Some of the key companies profiled in the report are AT&T, Dupont Fabros Technology, Equinix, IBM, Navisite, Rackspace, NTT Communications, Telecity Group, Verizon Terremark and Windstream.
High level Analysis
The report analyzes the bargaining power of buyers & suppliers and the threat of substitute products and new entrants based on the Porter's five force model. There are many suppliers in the market as the market is well established; therefore, the bargaining power of buyers is high. The suppliers have to constantly make innovations in their services to attract buyers, thereby reducing their potency. The threat of new entrants is low as colocation services require huge capital investment in infrastructure. The threat of substitutes is high as technological advances have led to the advent of cloud computing as an alternative. The market rivalry is low as companies are forming strategic alliances to lessen the impact of substitute services. The impact analysis of the top ten factors affecting the market is provided for the short and medium term. The key investment pockets are analyzed based on the growth estimations of each segment. The key strategies adopted by the companies are analyzed in detail to give implications of the competitive scenario.
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- Extensive analysis of the factors that are driving and limiting the growth of the market are provided
- Market estimations are done according to the current market scenario and expected future trends for the period 2013-2020 with 2012 as base revenue
- In-depth analysis of various geographies would give an understanding of the trends in various regions so that companies can make region specific plans
- Deep dive analysis of segments such as solutions and end-users provide insights that would allow companies to gain competitive edge
- The in-depth discussion of the supply chain participants of the market provides value chain analysis
The global colocation market is segmented into solutions, end-users and geographies; the segments are as follows:
By Solutions
- Retail Solution
- Wholesale Solution
By End-users
- Small and Medium Enterprises
- Large Organizations
- Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI)
- Government and Public Sector Utilities
- Telecommunication & IT
- Healthcare & life Sciences
By Geographies
- North America
- Europe
- Asia-Pacific
- Rest of the World (RoW)
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The last day of our trip. How to spend it?
In the morning, Jonah realized his dream, hatched the night before during the 4 hour drive home from Alamogordo, of creating a "model train" out of cardboard boxes and lengths of rubber band. We had to talk him out of bringing the whole thing home (is anyone keeping score of his haul this trip?). But he did get to keep the caboose.
Breakfast was leftover green chile turkey enchiladas. For us. Jonah had a bologna sandwich with the special bologna purchased last night at the crazy fantastic truck stop where we stopped to pee on the way home. Grandma Judy picked up two bars of the most delicious smelling goat-milk soap and we all gawked at the house-made fudge but did not allow ourselves to purchase even a bite. Jonah spotted an eyeball on a display of gags-and-tricks and given his love for the eyeball jokes, we had to get it for him. He'd also gotten a tiny monkey in one of those 25-cent toy-in-a-plastic-bubble machines at the diner in Carazoso. Whom he pretended was HAM, the chimp that went into space, complete with his own capsule.
Around and after brunch we packed up our stuff and headed out for one last tourist activity: visiting the shooting range where Grandpa Roger and Grandma Judy practice and compete with the Single Action Shooting Society.
I was confused about our destination on the way over because Scott and his dad kept saying we were going to visit a ghost town and there are actual ghost towns in the area, from the mining and cowboy heyday. And I knew Scott had wanted to see one.
"Do ghosts still live there?" worried Jonah.
But when we got there, it was clear that this was more of a movie set type ghost town, with building fronts only, and rows and rows of metal targets accessible through the various windows and doorways. We walked among the "slugs," to which Jonah said, "Where?" since he loves collecting them and making little homes for them in jars at our house. But we had to explain that these were different slugs.
The first time I came to this range, Roger and Judy gave me a shooting lesson and it was so fricking cold, we were wearing their pelt-coats from their 20+ year sojourn in the Alaskan Bush and every time we had to load or shoot we'd take our gloves off for only the ABSOLUTE minimum seconds required to accomplish said tasks.
No guns today, though. Grandpa did catch a grasshopper which Jonah held cupped in his hands while we walked around. And then he let it go so he could sit on the oil-barrel pony. His face that contortion of shy pleasure at something heretofore un-dreamed of and suddenly real.
Clearly we need to get this boy on a real horse.
Next we loaded up the car for our 2+ hour drive back to the airport, and 2+ hour flight home. Jonah was so exhausted, particularly from the ear pain he experiences during landing, that he passed out in the car at 5:45 pm local time. Not sure what that's going to mean for the rest of us in the morning…
But all agreed that Jonah is an excellent traveler, from his ability to handle car trips to his generally agreeable nature on planes (ear pain agony and screams not counted against him).
Am still baffled on what to do for him. The woman in the exit cabin at the parking lot (where we had to hang out because we'd disembarked the shuttle for a bathroom emergency and had to wait for another bus to take us to our car) said she gives her kids Tylenol during the flight. The stewardess on the plane said earplugs for the entire duration of the flight is the secret. She also suggested there might be some kind of drops we can get.
Really? Because this fricking sucks. I endured horrible ear pain on descent for YEARS. At least until my teens, I think. And he seems especially exhausted by it. At the end of the flight he's literally drowsy and heavy-lidded.
No matter how hard we try, he is unclear on or unable to make his ears pop by yawning or swallowing. And before you ask: We offer him gum but he doesn't like it. We get him to chew on gummies or other snacks, sip water, swallow, suck on lollipops, yawn. None of that helps. I thought I'd found a magic elixir with the children's menthol rub but that doesn't work consistently. I'm at a loss.
Before he conked out in the car, he told me he was sad. It will be nice to be home, but it's hard to leave all that love and excitement behind.


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Friday, October 28, 2016
DCWV & Pink and Main Fall Blog Hop
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Beautiful projects!! I love that box!!ReplyDelete
Wonderful, wonderful projects! I love your treat box! I made the same one almost two years ago with a Christmas theme. It is a great file! And those pumpkin treats are an absolutely delightful idea! They are sure to be a hit. Great job on all of your projects.ReplyDelete
Awesome projects! Love that box!! Great inspiration here, those treats are just too fun, only problem is, where is mine?! ;o) hehe!!ReplyDelete
These are adorable! The pairing of these papers and stamps is wonderful!ReplyDelete
Oh Wow, nothing has me more in love than seeing what people create for their guests on fancy table dinners or big holiday feasts. Yes I am sure they will love the cute pumpkins and the candy, thank you for the inspirationReplyDelete
what fun candy dishes/holders. love them both! Great work!ReplyDelete
Stacey your two projects are amazing love both of them!!!ReplyDelete
What a sweet,beautiful an fun way to give someone a treat!!!ReplyDelete
Very cute projects!ReplyDelete
Nice projects. Love the pumpkins!ReplyDelete
Have a crafty day, Sonja
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I love-love-love the pumpkin truffle!ReplyDelete
Oh my just adorable!! I love them.ReplyDelete
Great projects! Totally love your little pumpkins!!ReplyDelete
Soooo cute! Love the little pumpkins for the thanksgiving table! Yummmm!ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness...love the chocolate pumpkin holders! What a clever idea!ReplyDelete
Love these little treat holders!ReplyDelete
Your projects are awesome!!! I want to copy your idea and make mini centerpieces! Thank you for sharing!ReplyDelete
The candy box is so super sweet!The pumpkin is absolutely adorable!!ReplyDelete
Awesome job!
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I hope you do mind but I think I must craftlift both your stunning projects. I love the way you designed the box to hold candy but those down right darling candy center pieces stole my heart.ReplyDelete
I sure do like your treats. Those pumpkins would not last very long on my table. : )ReplyDelete
I'm such a fan of die cut treat boxes.... Nice work!ReplyDelete
Such cute boxes..I love them both! The pumpkins are such a fun idea for at the table at Thanksgiving! SUPER fun!ReplyDelete
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Both of your projects are absolutely amazing! I love the gorgeous treat box you created and those pumpkins are so adorable! Fabulous job showcasing the stamps and papers together!ReplyDelete
Such fun projects!ReplyDelete
Love that adorable candy box and the pumpkins!ReplyDelete
What creative, pretty ideas. love the pumpkin.ReplyDelete
Love your beautiful candy box and those pumpkins!ReplyDelete
Great box! And those pumpkins are so cute!ReplyDelete
SUPER CUTE candy box, LOVE the little bear, LOVE your FUN & TASTY pumpkin treats too!!!ReplyDelete
THANK YOU for sharing :)
Love candy and what a great way to store it for the 5 minutes it will last me! LolReplyDelete
But, seriously, These are beautiful:)
What a unique candy box with a lovely shimmery bow. Love the way you made the pumpkins with that beautiful paper and who doesn't like candy especially chocolate!ReplyDelete
Love both of your projects - they are amazing!ReplyDelete
Now this is a great idea. Really decorative and cute way to make place cards but with a treat inside. That is so clever. Well done.ReplyDelete
those pumpkins are wonderful.ReplyDelete
Almost makes me wish I still had
my Silhouette. the candy dish
is a fun idea - can be changed
around to fit the season.
thanks for sharing.
Hi Stacey! I've had a Crazy busy week and just finally got some free time to check out my Favorite blogs! YAY ME! :) Oh WOW! LOVE the sweet treat box.. so Pretty and those Pumpkins are just AWESOME! Very Cool Projects! Have a Happy Halloween!ReplyDelete
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Two great OTP projects!! Love those little pumpkinsReplyDelete
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Derby Day At Circa, The Prince
The buzz of Melbourne's Spring Carnival is in the air! The weather is beginning to turn for the better and there seems to be a bit more of a spring in the step of all Melburnians as we prepare to bring in the summer months. Spring Carnival is a decadent week of fashion, food and drink and despite it being just one week out of the year for racegoers – it takes months of planning to find the right dress or perfect piece of millinery. With all of this planning taking place, you better believe we want to make the most of the day when it finally does roll around! Racegoers from all over Melbourne will flock from Flemington to the best after party in town, held at The Deck at Circa.
Being a monochrome lover with any excuse for all black everything (with a hint of white), I had the pleasure of attending The Deck at Circa's Derby Day after party. Circa is tucked away just off the bustling Fitzroy Street in St Kilda and you really would miss the hole in the wall if you didn't know it was there! As you enter the hotel and ascend up the marble staircase you are welcomed by an indoor swimming pool which is overlooked by a stunning indoor/outdoor terrace with floor to ceiling windows. The venue has a really fresh feeling which is set by uninterrupted views across Port Phillip Bay, guests can watch the world go by on the outdoor terrace whilst lounging on day beds or propping themselves up on the tall tables.
The Derby Day after party boasted a Lavazza stand for that afternoon pick me up, an Aperol Spritz Bar and a Moet & Chandon Gold lounge. The main bar poured an array of your signature drinks including the favourite of the evening and the ultimate after party accessory, the espresso martini. Guests mingled and sipped their celebratory champagne whilst listening to some chilled out house music from the DJ, we watched the sun go down and each had our own little Café Mambo moment. The party kicked on into the night with the champagne flowing and guests getting livelier as the spent away their days winnings! It was the perfect setting to close off a much anticipated day, The Deck definitely know how to throw a Spring Carnival celebration.


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Last week, Mama, on knowing that I was returning to Singapore, asked if I could do a favor for her. She wondered if I can get "Old Spice" and "Tabac" cologne for Abah. It seemed Abah really loved the scent and had long been looking for these two colognes in KL without success. He had even asked mama to see if she could get in Bandung on her trip there last month. Unfortunately without success as well.
Anyway, mama found out from my SIL's husband that he "sort" of saw it in Singapore on his last trip there. So last week, she told me that if I could get it for Abah, it would be a great surprise… and so we both agreed it would be my mission this time around.
Then today, when me and Azwaj were over there, Abah came to me, patted my back and asked me "so you getting me Old Spice?"… I was like… 'huh?'… in my mind was, "how did he know?"
Then I found out much later from Azwaj that it seemed, Abah, knowing that I was returning to Singapore, had the same idea as Mama did! He actually asked mama when I was going back and told her that he would ask me to get the colognes for him.. Lolz.. so now mama had no choice but to tell him that she actually thought of that already and had in fact approached me with the very same idea..heheh… I guess great mind do think alike eh…
So now, the secret's out and it's too bad really, I was really looking forward to seeing his face when I give it to him on my return… oh well.. Now I really hope I can find it Singapore…lolzzz


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NBA Trade Rumors: Biggest Deadline Deal in Each Team's HistoryFebruary 22, 2011
NBA Trade Rumors: Biggest Deadline Deal in Each Team's History
Now that Carmelo Anthony has landed in New York, fans of the other 29 teams are concocting scenarios by which their clubs can upgrade by Thursday's trade deadline.
History has shown, however, that some teams are much more successful than others at finding the right player while still trying to win games with their current rosters.
Herein, a compilation of the biggest moves made in each franchise's history, at (or occasionally before) the trade deadline, to reshape the roster during the season.
30. Charlotte Bobcats Add Kareem Rush
Just weeks into their inaugural season, the Charlotte Bobcats decided to make a roster move, picking up athletic Lakers reserve Kareem Rush in exchange for draft picks. Rush appeared in just 81 games as a Bobcat, though he did average double figures in scoring in that time.
He makes this list largely by default; to date, this has been Charlotte's only midseason trade in franchise history.
29. Los Angeles Clippers End the Benoit Benjamin Experiment
By 1991, everyone associated with the Clippers knew that Benoit Benjamin was never going to live up to his No. 3 position in the 1985 draft. He had given L.A. a competent starting center for most of those years, but nothing more than that.
Rebuilding as they so often have, the Clippers looked to convert their seven-foot center into potential for the future. At the trade deadline, they shipped Benjamin to Seattle for similarly mediocre C Olden Polynice and two first-round picks.
For a rarity, the Clippers guessed right on when to sell Benjamin; he only had one year as a starter left in him before injuries ruined his effectiveness. The draft picks they obtained didn't pan out, but they had at least given themselves a chance to improve.
28. Atlanta Hawks Get Toni Kukoc
By 2000-01, the Hawks had fallen from relevance in the Eastern Conference and were looking to rebuild around young guard Jason Terry. Looking to remake their lineup, they took advantage of their best trade asset, veteran shot-blocker Dikembe Mutombo.
At the deadline, the Hawks sent Mutombo and Roshown McLeod to Philadelphia for Toni Kukoc, Theo Ratliff, Nazr Mohammed and Pepe Sanchez.
Having converted Mutombo into two veteran centers and a second scoring option, Atlanta gave itself a chance to recover, though ultimately the trade failed to halt the Hawks' slide.
27. Washington Wizards Bring in a Full Lineup
In 2000-01, the Wizards were suffering through a 19-63 season and looking to move the team in a new direction. At the deadline, they pulled the trigger on an eight-player deal with Dallas, sending star forward Juwan Howard to the Mavs along with reserves Obinna Ekezie and Calvin Booth.
In exchange, the Wizards got forwards Christian Laettner (pictured), Loy Vaught and Etan Thomas, along with guards Hubert Davis and Courtney Alexander.
The rebuilding effort didn't exactly go as planned, as none of the five newcomers ever established himself as a full-time starter in Washington, but the effort to make a sweeping change certainly succeeded.
26. Boston Celtics Add Vitaly Potapenko
In 1999, during the throes of Rick Pitino's ill-fated stint in Boston, the Celtics were still searching for the starting center they hadn't had since dealing Robert Parish five years earlier. With a surplus of backup-caliber centers, Boston looked to trade for someone with more potential.
They looked to Cleveland, where 23-year-old Vitaly Potapenko was languishing on the bench. They picked up the young Ukrainian for Andrew DeClercq and a conditional draft pick.
Potapenko didn't turn out to be Boston's center of the future, but he gave them three workmanlike seasons before departing for Seattle.
(For all the Celtics' brilliant trading history, very few of their midseason moves have turned out well.)
25. Toronto Raptors Trade for Every Point Guard in Basketball
During the 1997-98 season, then-Raptors GM Isiah Thomas was unable to acquire an ownership stake in the team. He resigned as GM, and his protégé, point guard Damon Stoudamire, asked for a trade out of Toronto. A week before the trade deadline, the Raptors obliged.
The initial trade of Stoudamire sent him, along with Walt Williams and Carlos Rogers, to Portland for Kenny Anderson, Alvin Williams, Gary Trent, draft choices and cash.
Anderson—who refused to report to Toronto—was then flipped to the Celtics, along with Zan Tabak and Popeye Jones, for Chauncey Billups, Dee Brown, Roy Rogers and John Thomas.
In addition to replacing Stoudamire with three new, less expensive options (Williams, Billups and Brown), the trade helped make the Raptors the league's youngest team.
24. Memphis Grizzlies Exchange Gasol Brothers
During the 2007-08 season, the perennially struggling Grizzlies were looking to clear salary cap space in an effort to restructure their lineup.
Star big man Pau Gasol, holder of many career records with the club, also held its biggest contract, under which Memphis would owe him $49 million over the next three years.
Days before the February 2008 trade deadline, the Grizzlies sent Gasol to L.A. in exchange for the rights to his younger brother Marc (pictured), along with Kwame Brown's expiring contract, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron McKie and draft picks.
Although none of the other players in the deal are still with Memphis, Gasol has been a competent starting center for the (relative) bargain price of under $3.5 million a year.
23. Orlando Magic Free Darko
In 2005-06, the Magic knew they had the nucleus of a contender in Dwight Howard and Jameer Nelson, both in their second years in the league. As the trade deadline approached, an injury-plagued Orlando squad was hovering on the fringes of the playoffs.
Looking to add depth to their talented roster, the Magic sent journeyman center Kelvin Cato to Detroit (along with a draft pick) for little-used Darko Milicic and Carlos Arroyo.
The new additions would fit perfectly in Orlando, sparking an eight-game winning streak that narrowly missed getting the Magic into the postseason.
22. Portland Trail Blazers Add Damon Stoudamire
In 1997-98, the Trail Blazers were trying to revamp a roster that had struggled in the playoffs in recent seasons. They hired Mike Dunleavy as head coach before the season and signed PF Brian Grant to team with young Rasheed Wallace.
During the season, Kenny Anderson's struggles led the team to look for other options at the point, and they found one in Toronto. Shortly before the trade deadline, the Blazers sent Anderson to the Raptors, along with Gary Trent, rookie Alvin Williams, draft picks and cash.
Portland got standout PG Damon Stoudamire, in addition to oft-traded SF Walt Williams and PF Carlos Rogers.
Stoudamire, who bounced back and forth between the starting lineup and the bench as a Blazer, proved to be a talented player upon his return to his hometown. Though his arrival helped to usher in the "Jail Blazer" era in Portland, he did give the club solid on-court performances while he lasted.
21. Seattle Supersonics Bring in Ray Allen
In the 2002-03 season, the fate of free-agent-to-be Gary Payton was a major storyline in Seattle.
With Payton's relationship with Sonics management deteriorating and the Sonics falling from playoff contention, Seattle realized it needed to get some value for its longtime superstar before his likely departure left them with nothing.
At the trade deadline, they shipped Payton to the Milwaukee Bucks along with Desmond Mason, but it wasn't just a desperation trade. In return Seattle got All-Star SG Ray Allen, along with journeymen Kevin Ollie and Flip Murray.
Though Allen will be more remembered for the trade that took him from Seattle than the trade that brought him there, he gave the Sonics just over four seasons of 20 ppg scoring.
20. Minnesota Timberwolves Get Terrell Brandon
After the Minnesota Timberwolves returned from the 1999 lockout, they were looking for a trade to take Stephon Marbury off their hands. The young Marbury had clashed with Minnesota coaches and demanded a trade so that he could play a bigger role in the offense elsewhere.
The Timberwolves finally arranged a three-team exchange of point guards in which Marbury headed to New Jersey (along with Chris Carr and Bill Curley), while Terrell Brandon joined Minnesota (along with Brian Evans and draft picks) from Milwaukee.
For a team with a history of finding itself on the wrong end of trades, the Timberwolves got a pleasant surprise in this case. Brandon gave them two full seasons (and parts of two more) of strong point guard play before injuries forced him into retirement.
He also saved the team the headaches his predecessor had caused.
19. Golden State Warriors Become Don Nelson's Team (Again)
In the 2006-07 season, veteran head coach Don Nelson made his return to Golden State, replacing Mike Montgomery. It took until midseason, though, for the Warriors' on-court personnel to be changed to match.
In January, the Warriors transformed their lineup by sending Troy Murphy, Mike Dunleavy Jr., Ike Diogu and Keith McLeod to Indiana. In exchange, Golden State got Stephen Jackson (pictured), Al Harrington, Sarunas Jasikevicius and Josh Powell.
By bringing in up-tempo offensive players like Jackson and Harrington, Golden State was able to ride Nelson's high-scoring style all the way to the postseason (their first such trip since 1994).
18. Kansas City Kings Acquire Reggie Theus
Entering the 1983-84 season, the Chicago Bulls were looking to rebuild with new coach Kevin Loughery at the helm. Hoping to win with high-pressure defense, Loughery benched three-time All-Star Reggie Theus, who had never been an asset as a defensive player.
Theus, unsurprisingly, chafed at his newfound reserve status and agitated for a way out of Chicago. The Bulls obliged, sending him to the Kings at midseason for journeyman center Steve Johnson and draft picks.
Johnson continued his undistinguished career in Chicago, while Theus gave the Kings four seasons of outstanding offensive play.
17. Dallas Mavericks Pick Up Nick Van Exel and Raef LaFrentz
By 2001-02, the Mavericks had acquired the core of a strong team in Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Finley but needed to find the right supporting cast. At the trade deadline, they made their move, sending Juwan Howard, Tim Hardaway and Donnell Harvey to Denver.
In exchange, Dallas got instant-offense PG Nick Van Exel and shot-blocking specialist Raef LaFrentz, as well as reserves Tariq Abdul-Wahad and Avery Johnson.
The next season, the Mavericks finished with what was then the best record in franchise history at 60-22 and made their second-ever trip to the conference finals before falling to San Antonio.
(No team has made as many elaborate, multi-player deals in the last decade as Dallas. So far, this one has brought the best results, but if Dallas ever makes it out of the Western Conference playoffs, some other trade will likely take its place.)
16. Indiana Pacers Add Detlef Schrempf
In the late 1980s, the Pacers teams that would become a playoff fixture were still under construction. After drafting Reggie Miller and Rik Smits in consecutive seasons, Indiana was still struggling midway through the 1988-89 campaign.
With veteran center Herb Williams made superfluous by the arrival of Smits, the Pacers dealt him to Dallas for little-used forward Detlef Schrempf.
Williams turned out to have just two more good years left in him before injuries turned him into a slow-moving, low-value bench player. Schrempf would win a Sixth Man of the Year award and make his first All-Star team in Indiana.
15. Charlotte Hornets Land Eddie Jones
Following the 1999 lockout, the Hornets got off to a slow start that triggered the resignation of coach Dave Cowens. New coach Paul Silas, looking to improve the team's defense, got an ideal present at the trade deadline.
The Hornets sent scoring machine Glen Rice, recovering from elbow surgery, to the Lakers (along with J.R. Reid and B.J. Armstrong). In return, the Hornets got defensive stopper Eddie Jones and veteran big man Elden Campbell.
Jones was a great fit for Silas' team, helping to spark a 22-13 run upon his arrival and leading the league in steals the following season. Campbell, too, would give the Hornets three solid years before being traded.
14. New Jersey Nets Steal Vince Carter
This one happened a while before the deadline, but it was too much of a theft to ignore.
Prior to the 2004-05 season, the New Jersey Nets had lost Kenyon Martin to free agency. After the team started slowly that year, team president Rod Thorn looked for a way to bring his team back to the up-tempo offense that had served Jason Kidd and company so well in winning three straight division titles.
He found it in one of the game's most exciting offensive players, Vince Carter, who arrived from Toronto that December in exchange for a retiring Alonzo Mourning, Aaron Williams, Eric Williams and draft picks.
For a negligible price, the Nets added Carter for his final two All-Star seasons plus most of a third during the trade year, making the playoffs all three times.
13. Milwaukee Bucks Bring in Bob Lanier
By the middle of the 1979-80 season, the Bucks had failed to find a top-tier center to replace Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, traded four years earlier. Looking to rally a promising young team, management looked for a veteran to fill the large, Kareem-shaped hole in the lineup.
Shortly before the deadline, the Bucks traded struggling center Kent Benson to the Pistons to get Bob Lanier.
Though well on the downside of his Hall of Fame career, Lanier brought a veteran steadiness that helped the Bucks gel into a perennial playoff team for the next decade.
12. Cleveland Cavaliers Add Larry Nance
In 1987-88, the Cavs were trying to build a serious contender around second-year stars Mark Price and Brad Daugherty. The biggest obstacle was their lack of a second interior option to keep the fragile Daugherty from having to carry too much of the load in the low post.
The Phoenix Suns had the solution.
Cleveland sent Ty Corbin, Mark West, Kevin Johnson and draft picks to Phoenix in exchange for high-flying PF Larry Nance and backup forward Mike Sanders.
Nance would anchor the Cavs down low for the next six years, earning two All-Star nods and helping Cleveland become a consistent playoff team for the first time in its history.
11. Utah Jazz Bring in Jeff Hornacek
By the 1993-94 season, the pairing of John Stockton and Karl Malone had established the Jazz as a consistent playoff team, but one that had yet to make it out of the Western Conference in the postseason.
Looking for some new options, the Jazz traded one of their best complementary players, SG Jeff Malone, to Philadelphia in exchange for ex-Sun Jeff Hornacek (acquired by the Sixers in the Charles Barkley deal) and reserve guard Sean Green.
Hornacek would prove to be the last major piece the Jazz needed and would be a key starter on their two NBA Finals teams in 1997 and 1998.
10. Los Angeles Lakers Pick Up Pau Gasol
In 2007-08, with presumptive center of the future Andrew Bynum still trying to find his rhythm as a pro while battling injuries, the Lakers were looking for a post presence. They zeroed in on sharpshooting Spaniard Pau Gasol, whose skills had moved him out of the Memphis Grizzlies' price range.
Days before the trade deadline, the Lakers sent a package of assets—Kwame Brown's expiring contract, guards Javaris Crittenton and Aaron McKie, the rights to Gasol's brother Marc—to Memphis for Gasol.
Gasol made his presence felt immediately in Los Angeles, helping the Lakers return to the Finals in 2008 and playing a vital role in their back-to-back titles the next two years.
9. Houston Rockets Hold Phi Slamma Jamma Reunion
By 1994-95, Clyde Drexler's brilliant career in Portland had run its course, and the Blazers were fading from relevancy in the West. Drexler (pictured) wanted to finish his career with a contender, and that February, the Blazers found the perfect fit.
In exchange for veteran PF Otis Thorpe heading to Portland, Drexler (along with SF Tracy Murray) went back to Houston, where he and Hakeem Olajuwon had starred in college, to rejoin Hakeem on the Rockets.
Clyde the Glide's return couldn't have been better timed, as Houston took down the Orlando Magic to win their second NBA title in as many years.
8. Denver Nuggets Steal Alex English
In 1979-80, the Nuggets had started the season on a seven-game losing streak, and things didn't get much better from there. With little to play for, the team was looking to build for the future as the trade deadline approached.
When the Indiana Pacers asked for the return of fading star George McGinnis, Denver was happy to oblige.
In return, Denver got a young small forward named Alex English.
McGinnis would last just two more seasons in Indiana. English would play 11 years in Denver, finishing as the Nuggets' all-time leading scorer.
7. Phoenix Suns Land Kevin Johnson
As the February 1988 trade deadline approached, the Suns appeared to be dead in the water at 16-35. Desperate to rebuild their club, Phoenix traded former All-Star PF Larry Nance to Cleveland along with reserve forward Mike Sanders and a draft pick.
They hit the jackpot.
In exchange for Nance, who became the last piece of the Cavs' playoff puzzle, the Suns got a solid reserve in SF Ty Corbin, a future starter in C Mark West and a future All-Star in Kevin Johnson, their point guard and face of the franchise for the next decade.
Oh, and they got the draft pick that turned into Dan Majerle, just to make it even better.
6. Chicago Bulls Acquire Bob Love
Another early-season move, this one would define the Chicago franchise for years.
In the 1968-69 season, the Bulls were just two years removed from expansion and trying to find their identity. Having hired defense-first coach Dick Motta, they decided to part ways with defense-last, if high-scoring, Flynn Robinson, for whom they'd traded the previous year.
In late November, Chicago sent Robinson to the Bucks for young forward Bob Love and point guard Bob Weiss.
Love, who had never before averaged double figures as a pro, scored 21 ppg for Chicago the following season and made his first All-Star team a year later.
5. Miami Heat Add Tim Hardaway
The 1995-96 Heat had already made the league's biggest trade before the season opener, acquiring Alonzo Mourning from the Hornets. New coach and GM Pat Riley was rebuilding the team from the ground up, and one of the key acquisitions was new point guard Hardaway.
At the 1996 deadline, Riley sent veteran big man Kevin Willis and PG Bimbo Coles to Golden State in exchange for Hardaway and Chris Gatling.
By the end of the following season, Miami was 61-21 and had its first-ever division title. Hardaway and Mourning would go on to lead them to a total of four consecutive division championships.
4. San Antonio Spurs Get Their (Ice) Man
Technically, this is an ABA trade, but the NBA would feel its effects for years.
In 1974, the Virginia Squires (like so many ABA teams) were having money problems. Even after selling Julius Erving to the Nets the previous offseason, owner Earl Foreman needed an infusion of cash.
The best resource he had left was second-year guard George Gervin, who had just made his first All-Star Game. On the day of that game, the Squires announced that Gervin had been sold to the San Antonio Spurs.
The Squires disbanded just before the ABA merged with the ABA. Gervin would go on to win four NBA scoring titles as a Spur.
3. Detroit Pistons Acquire Rasheed Wallace
Prior to the 2003-04 season, Pistons GM Joe Dumars initiated a radical reshaping of his team. He fired reigning Coach of the Year Rick Carlisle and brought in Larry Brown and traded for a new starting PG in Chauncey Billups.
As the trade deadline approached, the Pistons needed one more piece to cement their status as a playoff contender. Dumars shipped reserves Zejlko Rebraca and Bobby Sura, along with a first-round pick, to the Atlanta Hawks.
In exchange, he got Rasheed Wallace, who immediately became Detroit's starting power forward. Not only did the Pistons make the playoffs with 'Sheed, they won their first NBA title since the Bad Boys days.
2. New York Knicks Land Dave DeBusschere
This trade was another pre-deadine coup too big to leave off the list.
In the mid '60s, the lone point of optimism for the struggling Detroit Pistons was future Hall of Famer Dave DeBusschere. The Knicks had been trying to pry him away for years, and when Paul Seymour took over the Pistons' coaching duties in 1968, they finally got their chance.
In December of that year, they sent future Hall of Fame center Walt Bellamy, along with guard Howard Komives, to Detroit in exchange for DeBusschere.
They would not be disappointed.
A star rebounder (despite his 6'6" frame) and lockdown defender, DeBusschere would be a perfect fit for the team-oriented Knicks style. Just two years after his arrival, New York brought home the NBA title, the first of two DeBusschere would earn in a Knicks uniform.
1. Philadelphia 76ers Bring Wilt Chamberlain Home
In 1964-65, the San Francisco Warriors were struggling on the court and losing money at the gate. Their most valuable asset was superstar center Wilt Chamberlain, whose 30.1 ppg average that season was actually the lowest of his career to that point.
The Philadelphia 76ers, who had moved from Syracuse the season before, coveted Chamberlain not only for his immense talent but also for the drawing power he would have as a Philadelphia native.
In one of history's most lopsided trades, the Sixers got Wilt at the All-Star Break for Connie Dierking (who would become a fine NBA center only after the Warriors traded him away), Paul Neumann, Lee Shaffer and cash.
Chamberlain would win his second MVP and bring Philly its first NBA title in 1967.


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Slaves to history
Even in 1700 two of the most formidable empires in the world were both Islamic - the Mughal in India and the Ottomans. And the world's most durable empire, which still exists under another name, was not European, but China.
Slaves could be found in all three, and in the Ottoman case whites were enslaved as well. None of this lets Europeans off the hook, or detracts from our duty to give more aid to struggling nations in Africa.
But if we want to understand cross-cultural relations, we must get rid of the simplistic notion that in the past only whites had power, and that all non-Europeans lacked it. The world was and is more complicated.
Prof Linda Colley
London School of Economics
It looks as though the UN world conference against racism in Durban has been an exercise in bad faith - with numerous governments seeking its collapse to prevent any decisions which would require them to end the discrimination or sense of supremacy underlying their policies.
I have encountered similar bad faith in the questions about reparations from many British journalists. They invariably assume that coming to terms with the legacy of the slave trade is neither practicable nor desirable. Why not?
William Wilberforce faced the same prejudice when he spoke in the Commons against the slave trade in 1789. But in 1833 slavery was abolished by Britain. The countries that benefited from the slave trade have a moral duty to grant reparation.
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Founded in 1989, Carolina Heritage is the oldest and most respected outfitter on the Edisto River
The 100-acre Edisto River Refuge's walking trails: some large like this, others mostly deer trails.
Whether floating down the Edisto on the way to your private site, walking the trails, or relaxing on the deck of your private treehouse, you are in a fragile ecosystem, an annual flood plain (thus Tree houses). Great blue heron, egrets, wood storks, pileated woodpeckers, wood ducks, wild turkey, deer, muskrats and raccoon are residents on the refuge. Frogs and owls serenade.
We're so rural our address doesn't always work on location finders. Here's how you can find us:
Click here for the google map with our marker.
When you're closed in winter, do you still answer phones for reservations and gift certificates?
We do. If you leave a message we'll usually return your call by the end of the day. If not, be assured we're off learning more about how to best manage a remote eco-tourist retreat :)
Should we stay one night or two?
Most returning customers stay two nights because they enjoy it out here. Some have stayed 3-6 nights. One night is fun, and two nights gives more time to enjoy the privacy, the solitude, the sounds and smells, the walks and the bonfires before heading out again. Most common comment (listen to yourself when you return): "Wish we'd spent just one more night out there."
How easy or difficult is the river trip?
This is not a river for absolute novices. In each canoe there should be someone with enough canoe experience to maneuver capably in moving water. Though we have no rocks or whitewater, we do sometimes have some strong currents moving quickly around fallen trees. This flat water trip does have stretches that provide approximately the same challenges as class 2 whitewater.
DETAILS… Where do we start, how long in and out, how do we return to our vehicle, what is provided, what do we need to bring, etc...
You meet us in the morning at our outpost on Hwy 15 in Canadys, and leave your car here while we shuttle you up river to the Hwy 21 crossing. You paddle 13 miles into the treehouse, spend the night, then continue another 10 miles down river when you leave your treehouse, ending up back at your car. All you need to bring is a cooler of food and beverages, drinking water and sleeping bag; all else is provided: utensils, cookware, propane grill, futon, pillows, tiki torches, oil candles, fire pit, and dead wood to scrounge and build a perfect fire...
Why are children under 11 not encourged on the treehouse overnight?
These treehouses were built as overnight accommodations for adult canoeists. The river is somewhat challenging, especially after rains. Though there are no rocks, there are a lot of downed trees where the current runs 2-5 mph (it's about equivalent to a class 2 whitewater in places); so we have strainers. Each canoe needs at least one experienced paddler in the back, and a relatively strong paddler in the front. Additionally, in the event of a capsize, recovery requires adult strength.
When is the best time to come?
Well, the best time to come is basically whenever you feel like you'd like to go canoeing and spend the night in a treehouse. Some like cooler spring and fall weather, others the hottest part of the summer when you can spend all day and evening swimming, and some love early spring and late fall camping with big bonfires.
What is the cancellation Policy?
Weather: The weather forecast in this area will probably call for some percentage of rain and thunderstorms, and you'll want to be prepared for that. Normal for this area is 40-60% chance of rain and thunderstorms every day. However, it is your option to reschedule or cancel with refund if rain and thunderstorms are predicted at 80% or more by weather.com for zip code 29477, 2 days or less in advance of your arrival date. If we should close river trips and treehouses because to flooding, you'll have the option to be motored in, reschedule or receive a refund.
Personal: Reservations may be cancelled for any reason at least 45 days in advance of your trip for a full refund less the 6% credit card company fee for processing your deposit twice. Please note that no refunds for any reason are given if cancellation is 45 days or less prior to the adventure. A funeral or medical emergency is unfortunately within that. But...
If we're able to re-rent your treehouse, we will refund your deposit. If we can't re-rent, then both you and we share the financial loss, as we receive only 50% of anticipated revenue. Rescheduling at the last minute means that the treehouse sits empty when others might have been able to rent it. You may want to consider travel insurance to protect yourself in case of personal emergencies.
Water? Bathrooms?
The treehouses include comfortable amenities, but they are constructed deep in the swamp where water is not piped in. As in other sorts of camping, canoeists carry in their own drinking water and use the river water for washing up. We do have nice outhouses.
Mosquitoes? Bugs?
Mosquitoes are totally rain dependent out here, so it's hard to tell. They're typically not bad, and a can of spray does fine: there are no mosquitoes on moving water during your canoe trip; once in, tiki torches on the dining decks contain citronella, and treehouses are screened. Mosquitoes appear with the warm weather, but we never really do have gnats or biting flies. When mosquitoes do appear, it can happen spring, summer or fall. Typically there's not an outbreak, but we always recommend carrying bug spray.
Why Canoes Instead of Kayaks?
Not only do canoes have more overnight storage capacity, but… the Edisto has many sharp curves, and our canoes handle them easily; long kayaks don't turn well on sharp curves with a moderate to strong current. Only short kayaks (8' or so) can handle the curves handily, and they don't have storage capacity.
How to Prepare for Rain and Thunderstorms?
Always prepare for rain, whether or not it is predicted. Regarding thunderstorms, they are predicted almost every summer afternoon, but often don't materialize. If they do, remember you are on a river where all the trees are taller than you, so if something is going to be struck, it is probably not you. My philosophy is to stay comfortable and as dry as possible; if that means getting off the river and bundling up, then so be it. Typically around here thunderstorms don't last long. I'd suggest wearing a big floppy hat or a baseball cap and bringing a raincoat with a hood (keeps the rain out of your neck), possibly even an umbrella. That's what I do.
When is the best season to come?
The web site says we may see alligators... but then it also says you can swim....
There are very few gators up here: rarely do paddlers or fishermen see one. The few that are here typically hang out in the swamp rather than the river. Last year our guests saw 2 gators (some wanted to see more). People come up to here to swim. In the summer the water is shallow and you can see right into it.
If we're flying in, do you provide coolers?
Our guests come from all over the country. We are happy to lend you whatever you need.


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