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Several people have asked about the TiGoat knock-off wood burning stove that I made, so here some instructions.
Materials: You can use stainless steel or titanium to make the stove. Stainless is cheaper, weighs more, and is a bit easier to come by.
Titanium is lighter, stronger, more expensive, and harder to find.
The ends of the stove are simply 7.5" stainless or titanium dinner plates.
Stainless plates weigh 4.4 ounces each and are available here: http://www.rei.com/product/638785/msr-mountain-plate
Titanium plates weigh 2 ounces each and are available here: http://www.rei.com/product/720285/sn...titanium-plate
REI has a sale on now where you can save 20%. At the sale price, two stainless plates will cost you about $18.00, and two titanium plates will cost you about $29.00. As you can see, titanium is half the weight of stainless, but 1.5 times the cost.
The body of the stove and the stove pipe are made from metal shim stock. Again, you can go with either stainless shim stock or titanium for both, or either. More on the stove body, below.
Stainless stove pipe material can be purchased from Titanium Goat, or you can buy metal shim stock from McMaster/Carr. I originally bought a 12" wide roll of the stainless shim stock from McMaster/Carr in .004" thickness, but you can get it from Titanium Goat by the foot for $5.50/foot and it weighs 2.6oz./foot.
You can also buy 12" wide titanium shim stock from TiGoat for $15.00/foot and it weighs 1.85oz./foot.
The shim stock is used for two things-to make the stove pipe, and to make the round body of the stove.
First, you will need to decide how long you want your stove pipe. A good rule of thumb is to have your stove pipe stick up at least two feet above the highest part of the roof of your shelter so that sparks do not fall down and burn holes in the roof, or worse yet, start it on fire. So, you need to pitch your shelter, determine the highest part (usually the ridge) and measure two feet above it. That will determine the length of your stove pipe. You can have a stove pipe that is too long, but you don't want one that is too short, for obvious reasons. Just remember, the longer you go, the more the pipe will weigh. Mine is 8' long, and I went with the stainless to save money.
For your stove pipe, you will also need two 3" stainless collars, which can be puchased from TiGoat. You can also buy 3" wire rings from TiGoat and should purchase one ring for each foot of stove pipe. For my eight foot pipe, I have two collars and 6 rings(no ring needed on either end of the pipe because that is where the collars go).
To make the stove pipe, you roll out your shim stock the long way. For my eight foot pipe, I used an 8' long piece of 12" wide shim stock. The shim stock comes rolled in a 12" long tube, so you will have to roll it out the long ways until it is stretched out to its 8' length. It helps to have two people when you do this because the shim stock has a memory and will want to roll up behind you. Once you have the shim stock rolled out, you want to use a piece of 2-3" diameter plastic pipe that is close to the length of your stove pipe to roll the shim stock around for the first time. The shim stock will be a bit stiff, but if you are careful, you can roll it around the plastic pipe without kinking it, into a neat tube about 3" in diameter and however long your stove pipe will be. The 12" wide shim stock will roll into a 3" diameter stove pipe with an inch or more of overlap, which you want because that is how the seam on the pipe seals itself.
Once you have the shim stock rolled into a 3" diameter tube, slip a 3" collar on each end. Then you begin slipping the 3" diameter wire rings over the pipe and spreading them out about a foot apart. The last thing you do is slide the plastic pipe out of the finished metal stove pipe. Because the pipe is not welded along the seam, you will want to be careful handling it because it will twist and turn into a long, narrow cone. The most important thing is to burn the pipe in once you have it assembled for the first time because once the pipe has been subjected to heat, it will take a memory along its long length, and will be much easier to assemble the next time you roll it out. By burning the pipe in, I mean you put it on the stove and start a hot fire to heat the pipe up.
You can go without a damper, but my stove does not have a draft control on the end, so without a damper there is no way to control the intensity of the fire in your stove. TiGoat sells a pre-made damper on their site for $25.00 and I bought one to use with my stove. Having the damper allows you to damp your stove back and reduce the rate at which fuel is used and the amount of heat that is output. Remember, you may have your stove near a tent wall and too much heat near a nylon tent wall is not a good thing.
Now for the body of the stove. I made a long and a short body. One is 12" long and the other is 22" long, or about two feet. For the short one, I used a piece of 12" stainless shim stock that was 30" long. This time you will roll the shim stock along its 12" length to create a 7.5" diameter tube that is 12" long. The dinner plates slip into each end of this tube, which is why the tube is about 7.5" in diameter. The reason you need 30" is that is the circumferance of a
7.5" circle(outside diameter of the dinner plates), with about 6-7" of overlap. Again, since this is not a welded tube, you want the overlap to seal the tube and also, if you position the overlap on the bottom of the stove when you assemble it, you will wind up with a double bottom, where your stove is most likely to burn through.
Like the stove pipe, you need some way to hold the stove body in a tube to keep it from unrolling, and so you can slip the dinner plates in the end. I used stainless fishing leader wire(American Fishing Wire-Surfstrand 1x7, 90lb test, AFW, Valley Twnsp. PA) to make wire hoops just slightly larger than the outside of my stove body. I use two hoops on the short stove, and three on the long stove, spacing them a few inches apart once they are slipped over the tube. The stainless leader wire is relatively cheap, and you can buy matching metal sleeves(AFW #3 sleeve for the 90lb test wire) to join the ends of the wire hoops by crimping them with a pliers.
Instead of buying 3" wire hoops from TiGoat for my stove pipe, I make them from the stainless leader wire. They are lighter and cheaper.
I also use the stainless leader wire for another purpose. If you look at the cylinder stove on TiGoats website, you will see that they use rigid threaded rods legthwise down the sides of the stove body cylinder to hold the endcaps in place. http://www.titaniumgoat.com/cstove.html
Not having a source of titanium or stainless threaded rods, I came up with two alternatives, one which I have used on my stoves, and one which I have yet to try. The one which I have yet to try is to purchase stainless or titanium bicycle spokes to use in place of the threaded rods. One end of the spoke is already threaded and the other end can be cut to length and either threaded or bent to fit through a hole drilled in the edge of the dinner plate. I have not used the spokes.
Instead, I drilled 4 holes in the edge of each dinner plate. Two holes are drilled a few inches apart along the edge of the plate that will be at the top of the stove, and two are drilled along the edge of the plate that will be along the bottom of the stove. The holes are not spaced evenly around the plates. Instead, the top two holes are closer together than the bottom two holes, for reasons that I will now explain.
I take my stainless leader wire and I make up 8 leaders with loops on both ends. One leader goes through each hole on the outside edge of the dinner plates. Each plate winds up with 4 leaders attached to it, one through each of the 4 holes previously drilled in the edge of each plate. Each leader has a small loop on each end. When I snap the dinner plates into the cylinder body of the stove, I leave the wire leaders on the outside. The holes in the dinner plates are drilled in the same location on each plate, so that when the plates are snapped in place on the stove body, the holes for each plate match up opposite one another. The ends of the leaders from each plate will not reach each other, and there is a gap of about 4" between the ends.
I then hook a small aluminum or stainless turnbuckle into the end of each leader and join the ends of the leaders with the turnbuckles. By tightening the turnbuckles, I pull the plates into the ends of the stove and everything goes together drum tight once the turnbuckles have been tightened down.
There are a few more steps. You need a hinged door in one end of the stove. I used titanium plates to make my stove. I could have cut the door with a saw (a jewelers saw would probably work best) but I was afraid I would bend the edge of the cut all up in the process. Instead of a saw, I used a razor knife to score the edge of the door into the surface of the plate. It took me about 4 blades to cut the door in the titanium plate, but when I was done I had a door that fit perfectly and was almost air tight.
I then bought a small piece of stainless piano hinge and cut it to fit the edge of the door. To make the door fit as tight as possible, I laid it back into the original opening and then drilled holes to mount the piano hinge using small stainless rivets. You could probably use the door without a latch, but I made one using a Ti tent stake, as will be shown in the photos to follow.
You also need to drill draft holes in the end plate. I spaced mine below the door evenly around the edge of the plate, using a 3/8" drill.
Lastly, you need to assemble the whole stove and mark the opening for the stove pipe. The dinner plates are mounted with their depression facing the inside of the stove. That way the lip on the edge of the plate serves as a place for the stove body to fit into. You cannot cut the hole for the stove pipe at the very edge of the cylinder because the pipe will hit the inside edge of the dinner plate once it is inserted into the stove. You need to measure the depression in the plate and then add about a 1/4" and hold back from the edge of the cylinder by that amount (depression measure + 1/4").
For my 22" stove, I bought a piece of titanium foil from TiGoat. http://www.titaniumgoat.com/windscreens.html
I bought a piece 22" wide x 30" long. It is sold in 6" increments, so mine cost me $70.00. This is rolled along the 30" length to make a 7.5" diameter, 22" long cylinder. Endcaps are snapped in place for this stove the same as the shorter one.
I will post some photos in a subsequent post which will hopefully make this all more understandable.


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Although fall is quickly making way for winter, the leaves have mostly fallen, and the air is getting colder every day, there's still plenty of room in my heart for fall pumpkin recipes. It actually got into the 60s today, a warm and windy day that brought plenty of tumbleweed from the plains. I want rain tonight - I keep imagining that I hear thunder outside.
In October, everyone went a little pumpkin crazy, including me, and so many tempting pumpkin recipes were tested, tasted and shared. I shared plenty of my own - pumpkin streusel muffins drizzled with warm honey, pumpkin chocolate chip bread topped with fresh apple butter from a local farm, pumpkin pecan oatmeal, pumpkin spice cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, pumpkin cake truffles with sea salt, whole wheat pumpkin pancakes with honey and caramel cream, and pumpkin snickerdoodle whoopie pies, which ended up becoming the most viewed recipe on my blog.
And yet, I still haven't had enough of pumpkin. I hope you haven't either, because I have two more yummy recipes to share with you! These pumpkin spice cookies are the original version of the cookie I adapted for my pumpkin snickerdoodles.
Until now, I've always made them with semi-sweet chocolate chips, but for a change this time, I used a combination of white chocolate and butterscotch chips, with a drizzle of white chocolate on top for a festive look. They disappeared quickly last weekend at the UFC fight night at our place, along with the chocolate chip shortbread cookies. I couldn't decide which I liked best, so I had to keep sampling each.
They're soft, sweet and cakey, just as pumpkin cookies are supposed to be, with the chocolate chips giving just the right amount of chewiness to them. Once I made these and sandwiched them with a layer of cream cheese frosting between two cookies, which was also amazing. They tend to spread out a little more when baked on a Silpat, so if you want them to bake higher and rounder, then just bake them on a greased baking sheet.
And this pumpkin streusel coffee cake has been one of my favorite recipes of my mom's over the years. It's quick and easy to make, since the cake recipe uses a spice cake mix as a base, with pumpkin, buttermilk and spices beaten in to create a light and fluffy batter that's delightfully soft and crumbly when baked. I use cake mixes few and far between, but in this case, I think it's entirely appropriate. And the crumbly streusel topping is my favorite part - but then, streusel topping always makes everything better.
You can serve this cake warm, or at room temperature, and although it's delicious on its own, it's even better with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or some fresh whipped cream topped with a sprinkling of cinnamon. It's also a wonderful recipe to take to a potluck or a party - that is, if you can part with it after tasting a piece. I took a pan of this to work today for our Thanksgiving potluck and people told me it was the best coffee cake they'd ever tasted!
I admit, it doesn't look like much. There's nothing fancy or pretentious about it, no towering layers filled with butter cream, or artfully arranged dollops of whipped cream (although if I had any whipping cream in the fridge when we tasted a piece, I would have garnished it with a little), and my photos are less than awe-inspiring. So you'll just have to take my word that it's delicious, moist and full of pumpkin spices, with that yummy crunchy topping that makes it just perfect.
Now if the rain would just come...
Pumpkin Spice Cookies
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· 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
· 1 cup granulated sugar
· 1 egg
· 1 teaspoon vanilla
· 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
· 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
· ½ teaspoon salt
· 1 teaspoon baking powder
· 1 teaspoon baking soda
· 1 teaspoon cinnamon
· 1 – 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, white chocolate chips or butterscotch chips (or a combination of these – although I usually bake these with just chocolate chips, this time I used 1 cup white chocolate and ½ cup butterscotch)
· ¼ cup white chocolate chips, melted (for drizzling)
· Pumpkin pie spice (to sprinkle on top of cookies)
Preheat the oven to 350.
With an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar for 5 minutes until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat well. Add the pumpkin and beat until combined.
In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon. Reduce mixer speed to low, and gradually add the flour mixture, mixing just until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Scoop rounded spoonfuls of dough onto a Silpat baking mat (cookies spread a little flatter when baked on Silpats) or parchment paper, 2 inches apart. Bake for 11-12 minutes, when edges turn golden and centers are set.
Cool cookies for one minute on the baking sheet, and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
When the cookies are cooled, melt the ¼ cup white chocolate in a small bowl, and drizzle over the cookies. Sprinkle cookies with the pumpkin pie spice.
Yields 3 dozen cookies.
Pumpkin Streusel Coffee Cake
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Streusel Topping:
· 1 cup brown sugar
· 1 cup pecans
· 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
· ½ cup all-purpose flour
· ¾ teaspoon baking powder
· 1/8 teaspoon salt
· 4 tablespoons cold butter, cut into pieces
(Note: ½ cup self-rising flour can be substituted for the all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt.)
· 1 spice cake mix
· 1/3 cup buttermilk
· 3 eggs, room temperature
· 1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin puree
· 1 teaspoon baking soda
· 2 teaspoons vanilla
· 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
Preheat the oven to 350. Spray a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick spray.
With a food processor, pulse all the topping ingredients until moist and crumbly. Set aside.
Place all cake ingredients in the mixing bowl of an electric mixer. Mix on low speed for 30 seconds to combine, then beat on medium speed for 3 minutes.
Spread half the cake batter in the pan; sprinkle with half the streusel topping. Spread the rest of the cake batter on top of the topping, and sprinkle with the remainder of the topping. (Note: the easiest way to spread the batter on top of the first layer of topping is to place dollops of batter all over the topping, then pull them together with a spatula to spread evenly.)
Bake for 35 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for a about an hour and serve warm, or at room temperature.
Serve each piece with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. A little warm caramel wouldn't hurt either!

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Even as Democratic officials like Rahm Emanuel promise to use their government power to punish Chick-fil-A, Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos and Ron Claiborne on Thursday derided the fast food chain's president for speaking out against gay marriage, chiding the "firestorm" and food fight" the company has created. [MP3 here.]
In contrast, the same program in 2006 praised the "spirited" and "unbowed" Dixie Chicks for expressing their First Amendment rights by trashing then-President Bush.
Co-anchor George Stephanopoulos insisted that CEO Dan Cathy's comments in support of traditional marriage have "sparked a firestorm across the Internet." Reporter Ron Claiborne mocked, "This food fight, George, is very rapidly turning into a full scale culture war."
Claiborne listed Roseanne Barr, as just another celebrity, along with Ed Helms, who has spoken out against Chick-fil-A. He failed to mention Barr's deranged rants, including tweeting that "anyone who eats S--t Fil-A deserves to get the cancer."
Claiborne's report included one clip of Cathy defending himself, but also played up Chicago's mayor, Rahm Emanuel, "vowing to block the opening of a new Chick-fil-A" and proclaiming that
"Chick-fil-A's values are not our values." The journalist ignored the
obvious First Amendment aspect of this story.
CNN, however, did not. On Starting Point, panelist Will Cain explained, "...This is a blatant, easy, open and shut case of a First Amendment violation in Chicago. You cannot deny permits to someone based on their political opinion. You just simply cannot."
CNN even allowed Cain to get in this shot: "Rahm Emanuel is also the one who is the little tyrant opposed to the First Amendment as well...Tyranny comes in the form of good intentions."
Lawyer Mark Geragos added, "All they are doing is trying to regulate this guy's speech."
In contrast, then-co-host Diane Sawyer fawned over the First Amendment struggles of the Dixie Chicks. On May 23, 2006, Sawyer spun their attacks on George W. Bush this way:
'Three years ago, as everyone knows, [Dixie Chicks] lead singer Natalie Maines said — about the impending war in Iraq — said she was ashamed that President Bush was from her home state, Texas. The reaction to her words was seismic and from some people even vicious....[Today] they are spirited, unbowed and they are back with a new single called 'Not Ready to Make Nice.''
— Sawyer introducing a taped interview with the Dixie Chicks on ABC's Good Morning America, May 23, 2006.
In the piece, Thursday, Claiborne featured Eric Bovim of Gibraltar
Associates Public Relations. The PR exec lectured that if a company is
going to speak out, they need to make sure that the "constituency that
you're offending isn't active and isn't vocal and isn't going to come
out against you." The journalist also compared the situation to when JC
Penney was pressured to dump the gay Ellen Degeneres as a spokeswoman.
For that story, on May 12, 2012, Claiborne did a report on the controversy. He featured the same hectoring Bovim. The segment played up the "modern marketing."
NBC's Today only covered the Chick-fil-A story in a news brief. Hoda Kotb noted, "A Chicago official has joined the mayor of Boston in vowing to block Chick-Fil-A from opening restaurants in other cities." She added that "Activists on both sides plan demonstrations next week at Chick-Fil-A stores nationwide." CBS This Morning did not cover the story.
A transcript of the July 26 segment, which aired at 7:15, follows:
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Now, one of the most popular fast food chains in the country is under fire this morning. The president of Chick-fil-A has taken a very public against same sex marriage. And that has sparked a firestorm across the internet. Politicians on both sides have weighed in. The Muppets, too. ABC's Ron Claiborne takes a closer look at the controversy and what it's going to mean for the company, Ron.
RON CLAIBORNE: That is right, George. Chick-fil-A did try and do some damage control later. But they're really embroiled in quite a disagreement with the public. A lot of people very upset about their statement that is by the CEO saying that he thinks same-sex marriage is- should not be allowed. Dan Cathy, the head of Chick-fil-A, is an outspoken Christian conservative and this time he is speaking out loudly against gay marriage.
DAN CATHY: I think we're inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, you know, we know better than you at what constitutes a marriage.
CLAIBORNE: His comments are provoking a powerful backlash. The city of Chicago vowing to block the opening of a new Chick-fil-A.
RAHM EMANUEL: Chick-fil-A's values are not our values.
CLAIBORNE: Boston's mayor and a Philadelphia councilman also condemning Chick-fil-A. And the Henson company announced it would end a marketing deal with the fast food chain to put Muppets toys in kids meals. And celebrities, from Miley Cyrus to Roseanne Barr, to Ed Helms of The Office, vowing to boycott. Tweeted Helms, "Chick-fil-A doesn't like gay people? Hate to think what they do to gay chickens. Lost a loyal fan."
ERIC BOVIM (Gibraltar Associates Public Relations): If you're going to wade into social issues, you've got to be sure that the constituency that you're offending isn't active and isn't vocal and isn't going to come out against you.
CLAIBORNE: The cultural clash is reminiscent of what happened when JC Penney hired Ellen DeGeneres as its celebrity endorser. Conservative groups called for a boycott of the retail giant.
ELLEN DEGENERES: Normally, I try not to pay attention to my haters, but this time I'd like to talk about it because my haters are my motivators.
CLAIBORNE: But even as Chick-fil-A is coming under siege from some quarters, some conservatives are rallying behind it. Two former Republican presidential candidates, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum are calling for national show of support by eating at Chick fil-As on August 1st. And in that statement to ABC News, Chick-fil-A said it treats everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, with, quote, "honor, dignity and respect." But then, the company stoked things some more, saying that it dropped Henson as a partner, even before Henson cut its ties to them because of what Chick-fil-A claims were safety concerns about the toys in children's meals. This food fight, George, is very rapidly turning into a full scale culture war.


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LONDON (Reuters) - Aerospace and defense group Rolls-Royce (RR.L) said it was in talks with Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over potential corruption involving its intermediaries overseas.
Rolls said on Thursday it was too early to predict the outcome of the investigation by the SFO, but this could include prosecution of the company and of certain individuals, adding that it would cooperate fully with the probe.
The world's second-largest maker of aircraft engines behind U.S. group General Electric (GE.N), said it had passed information to the SFO relating to concerns about bribery and corruption involving intermediaries in China, Indonesia and other overseas markets, which it did not name.
"I want to make it crystal clear that neither I nor the board will tolerate improper business conduct of any sort and will take all necessary action to ensure compliance," Chief Executive John Rishton said in a statement.
"This is a company with exceptional prospects and I will not accept any behavior that undermines its future success."
Shares in Rolls-Royce, which have risen 25 percent this year, opened 5.3 percent down in early trade on Thursday, valuing the group at around 16.2 billion pounds ($26 billion).
A source with knowledge of the events said the SFO had asked Rolls to investigate allegations of corruption in China and Indonesia earlier this year. Rolls hired an independent body to do this and passed the results, which identified matters of concern, to the SFO, the source added.
Aerospace and defense companies use intermediaries, which can be individuals or companies, in countries where they do not have large-scale infrastructure to support their operations. Intermediaries cover tasks from sales to coordinating maintenance and support contracts.
Allegations of corruption are not new to the defense and aerospace industry.
BAE Systems (BAES.L), Europe's biggest defense company, was fined $450 million by the United States and Britain in 2010, following long-running corruption investigations at home and abroad into defense deals in Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
"BAE ended up with fines that were not exactly huge so you would imagine that Rolls could end up with a fine that won't trouble investors much," said Espirito Santo analyst Ed Stacey.
"China is involved and you can't sell anything defense-related there, so it (the probe) has to concern its civil aerospace or energy businesses."
The SFO was not available to comment.
Rolls-Royce has almost 2,000 employees across Greater China, including joint ventures, and the country's operations contributed 934 million pounds in revenue in 2011, making it the group's fourth biggest market.
Indonesia is a relatively small market for Rolls, which caters to civil, defense, marine and energy customers in the country, including supplying engines to carriers and the country's air force. It also supplies propulsion systems and marine equipment to its naval and commercial ships.
Any question of impropriety is likely to be taken seriously by a company that prides itself on its "integrity, reliability and innovation," according to its website.
The company's history dates back to 1884 and the electrical and mechanical business established by Henry Royce. Having built his first motor car in 1904, Royce then met Charles Rolls, who sold quality cars in London, and the two agreed to manufacture a range of cars that would bear the name Rolls-Royce.
Following success in that industry, the company branched into aero engines in 1914 to meet the need in Britain for air power for the First World War, before moving into the civil aviation sector.
The company said on Thursday it had significantly strengthened its compliance procedures in recent years, including the introduction of a new global ethics code and a new intermediaries policy.
It plans to appoint an independent senior figure who would lead a review of current procedures and report to the ethics committee of the board.
Rolls-Royce, which reported sales of 11.2 billion pounds in 2011, has delivered strong profit growth in recent years on the back of soaring demand for more fuel-efficient engines for planes made by Airbus EAD.PA and Boeing (BA.N).
($1 = 0.6214 British pounds)
Additional reporting by Kate Holton and Brenton Cordeiro; Editing by Elaine Hardcastle


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ICICI will acquire a bank of right size and valuation: Kochhar
Mumbai: ICICI Bank will look at acquiring a bank if it finds one with the right size and right valuation, but is yet to find a takeover target that fits in its evaluation model, the bank chief Chanda Kochhar said.
ICICI Bank, which added 650 branches to its network in the last fiscal ended March 31, 2014, is as such adding business equivalent to the size of one bank in its ordinary course of business and any acquisition target would need to be of a relevant size, Kochhar said.
"Earlier we took over banks of the size of 300-400 branches as they were relevant to our size at that time. But, today the size would have to be different. And with addition of 650 branches last year, it is like adding one full bank in a year," Kochhar said in an interview.
In the past, ICICI Bank has acquired entities like Bank of Madura, Sangli Bank and Bank of Rajasthan, while its network currently comprises of more than 3,750 branches -- which is the largest among private sector banks in India.
Asked whether ICICI Bank was open to fresh acquisitions, she said, "We are always open, but only if you get something at the right price and of right size.
"However, as of now there is nothing that looks like our evaluation model, but we keep our eyes open all the time...
"We have also grown over the years and therefore the size of a bank that one wants to take over has to be in the context of the acquirer's own size."
Kochhar, who began her career with erstwhile ICICI Ltd in 1984 and became Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Bank in 2009, said that the 650 branches added by the bank to its network in the last fiscal was equivalent to adding one full bank every year.
Asked about the current fiscal target, she said that it would be difficult to give an estimate at the moment, but that 350-400 branches would be added for sure.
ICICI Bank is India's largest private sector bank with total assets of Rs 5,94,642 crore as on March 31, 2014, while its total revenue and net profit for the last fiscal stood at Rs 54,606 crore and Rs 9,810 crore, respectively.
ICICI Bank was originally promoted in 1994 by ICICI Limited, an Indian financial institution, and was its wholly-owned subsidiary.


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Wouldn't some hot-from-the-oven authentic BBQ baby back ribs be better? Or a a mammoth pulled pork sandwich? Of course. Which is why you should know about Pig of the Month. They deliver real BBQ directly to your door.
Pig of the Month offers personalized BBQ packages. You choose the meat and the sauce you want, and they'll deliver it to you.
I was sent a package of fully cooked Key West Ribs, a bottle Key West BBQ sauce, and a container of fully cooked, frozen pulled pork.
Pig of the Month gives you simple cooking instructions for both the microwave and the oven. Microwaved ribs take 4 to 7 minutes, oven roasted takes 1 hour for thawed and 1.5 hours for unthawed ribs. The pulled pork cooks in 30 minutes in the oven.
But how do they taste? Really good.
If you like sweet BBQ sauce, they'll you'll enjoy the Key West ribs. The ketchup based sauce also includes brown sugar and a medley of sweet fruit juices. They were satisfyingly sticky and surprisingly tender.
The pulled pork is great for last-minute dinners and left-over lunches. You simply plop the frozen pulled pork in a dish and cook for 30 minutes, or until heated through (I cooked my for 40 minutes.) It was soft and moist with just a few chewy flecks of roasted meat mixed in. It was mildly sweet and not at all spicy; so if you like spicy foods, I'd recommend dousing it with either your favorite hot sauce or a spicy sauce from Pig of the Month.


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The title is facetious and the following is in response to this comment:
"…I can tell you SMOKE of any kind is not good for you. Pot smoke is not magic. Anyone saying otherwise is spreading propaganda." Bob (we'll call him Bob)
Propoganda? Interesting word choice given the history of anti-marijuana propaganda, but ok, here we go…
Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, [Harvard] Study Shows
But if Bob is still vehemently against SMOKING marijuana…
THC is your friend…weed tinctures will help you mend!!
Smoke make you recoil? Try hemp oil!!
Don't criticize…vap-o-rize!!
You see Bob, just because I enjoyed drinking a relaxing tea made out of stinging nettles today doesn't mean I want to rub those same stinging nettles on my private parts. What's my point? Hate the bad delivery system, not the incredibly beneficial plant.
You site Tommy Chong getting prostate cancer as an anti0marijuana anecdote…
and since we are trying to see the forest and not the trees by exploring the many methods of ingesting marijuana other than smoking it, maybe you can't connect marijuana use to prostate cancer (unless he put it in his rear, which some people do). In fact, perhaps if Tommy Chong took marijuana enemas he would have avoided prostate cancer or could heal it now…WHAT!? Marijuana enemas, does such a thing exist? Apparently, yes:
"Marijuana tea enema solution causes a particular kind of relaxation that is extremely helpful in aiding those who have chronic pain-related illnesses (especially adult colic), loss of appetite (especially from HIV or AIDS), multiple sclerosis (MS), or are suffering through chemotherapy or opiate withdraws." http://enemasolutions.com/marijuana-enema/marijuana-tea-enema-solution-recipe.html
But since Chong is a singular example and an anecdotal (not clinically relevant) example and he is indeed now actually TREATING HIS PROSTATE CANCER WITH HEMP OIL http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57450353-10391698/tommy-chong-using-pot-to-treat-prostate-cancer/ maybe he is a bad example for your position in the argument and even better, a solid example for my side of the argument (thanks!).
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Systemic Medications: Cyclosporine
What is cyclosporine and how does it work?
Cyclosporine is an immunosuppressive drug that was first used to help prevent rejection in organ transplant patients. In 1997, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Neoral for adults with severe psoriasis and otherwise normal immune systems.
Cyclosporine suppresses the immune system and slows down the growth of certain immune cells.
Download the Systemic Medications Booklet (pdf) »
How is it used?
Cyclosporine is taken daily by mouth in capsule or liquid form. The liquid form must be diluted for use, preferably mixed with room temperature orange or apple juice. Do not mix with grapefruit juice. Cyclosporine must be taken on a consistent schedule.
Cyclosporine can provide rapid relief from symptoms. You may see some improvement in symptoms after two weeks of treatment, particularly with stronger doses. However, it may take from three to four months to reach optimal control.
Extended use of cyclosporine by transplant patients is well-established. However, long-term use as a treatment for psoriasis is more limited. The FDA recommends cyclosporine not be used for longer than one year. However, there are no specific guidelines for how long you should stay off of cyclosporine before resuming treatment. Some doctors may prescribe the drug for more than one year.
Who should not take cyclosporine?
Do not take cyclosporine if you have:
- A compromised immune system
- Abnormal kidney function
- High blood pressure
- Cancer, or a history of cancer (other than basal or squamous cell skin cancers)
- Severe gout
Additionally, do not take cyclosporine if you are:
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Undergoing radiation treatment.
What are the risks?
Individuals previously treated with PUVA, methotrexate or other immunosuppressive agents UVB, coal tar, or radiation therapy are at an increased risk of developing skin cancer when taking cyclosporine. Additional risks with cyclosporine include kidney damage. This increases with length of time and amount of cyclosporine taken. Your doctor will monitor your kidney function before and during treatment. Patients can also develop hypertension on this medication so frequent blood pressure checks are important.
Vaccinations may be less effective if taken while on cyclosporine. Talk to your doctor if you plan to get any kind of vaccination.
What are the side effects?
- Decreased kidney function
- Headache
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Excessive hair growth
- Tingling or burning sensation in the arms or legs
- Skin sensitivity
- Increased growth of gum tissues
- Flu-like symptoms
- Upset stomach
- Tiredness
- Muscle, bone or joint pain
Potential drug interactions with cyclosporine
Your doctor should always be aware of any other medications, treatments or dietary supplements you are using. Many medications interact with cyclosporine. These include certain antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, anti-fungals, gastrointestinal agents, calcium channel blockers, and anti-convulsants. OTC medications such as aspirin and ibuprofen. Also, talk to your doctor if you are taking St. John's Wort while on cyclosporine.
Avoid grapefruit while taking cyclosporine and talk to your doctor about the amount of potassium-rich foods such as bananas, tomatoes, raisins and carrots you may have in your diet. Cyclosporine can raise the levels of potassium in your blood.
Can cyclosporine be used with other treatments?
Cyclosporine can be used with the topical drugs Dovonex and Vectical. When using these topicals, lower doses of cyclosporine may be given, lessening the risk of side effects.


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On Kony 2012: The Visible Victims Speak: Considering that Kony 2012 -- the most viral video in Internet history -- exploits the suffering of northern Ugandans to raise money, Victor Ochen, a victim of the Lord's Resistance Army and a founder of the nonprofit African Youth Initiative Network (AYINET), thought it only right that they should get to see it too.
Ochen traveled to the city of Lira, where he and his NGO set up a makeshift outdoor theater so locals could watch Invisible Children's much-discussed fundraising campaign, and decide for themselves if it helps or hurts.
According to a statement released by AYINET, over 35,000 people attended the screening, many of whom rode in on bikes from neighboring villages. Additionally, some two million northern Uganda residents tuned in to a live broadcast of the audio aired simultaneously on five FM radio stations.
Al Jazeera reporter Malcolm Webb, who was on hand to gauge people's reactions, filed the following account:
People I spoke to anticipated seeing a video that showed the world the terrible atrocities that they had suffered during the conflict, and the ongoing struggles they still face trying to rebuild their lives after two lost decades.
The audience was at first puzzled to see the narrative lead by an American man – Jason Russell – and his young son.
Towards the end of the film, the mood turned more to anger at what many people saw as a foreign, inaccurate account that belittled and commercialised their suffering, as the film promotes Kony bracelets and other fundraising merchandise, with the aim of making Kony infamous.
A woman Webb spoke with afterwards compared IC's approach of selling products with Kony's image to "selling Osama Bin Laden paraphernalia post 9/11," which she felt would be offensive to many American, irrespective of how "well-intentioned" the fundraising campaign was.
Last night's screening was AYINET's first and last. It announced this morning that it had suspended further screenings of Kony 2012 in light of the outrage it caused. Wrote Ochen: "It was very hurtful for victims and their families to see posters, bracelets and t-shirts, all looking like a slick marketing campaign, promoting the person most responsible for their shattered lives."
"Why give such criminals celebrity status?" asked people in attendance, according to AYINET. "Why not make the plight of the victims and the war-ravaged communities, people whose sufferings are real and visible, the focus of a campaign to help?"


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March 1st. Dydd Gwyl Dewi. St. David's Day. The patron saint of Wales. The sun is shining. What a great day to be Welsh.
Even Google is getting in on the act.
In fact, what better day to ask a question – What is 'Welsh'.
What is it that makes me inherently (and if you've ever met me, obviously) Welsh, and not English or British or whatever?
I'd like to first set out my biases – I'm Welsh, I was born in Wales (in St. Asaph/Llanelwy) and raised in Wales (Rhyl). I was taught through the Welsh language, from the age of 2 at Ysgol Dewi Sant in Rhyl, until graduating from the excellent Ysgol Uwchradd Glan Clwyd in Llanelwy at the age of 18. I am a proud and passionate Welshman.
I have no idea what it means to be Welsh.
I don't want to distinguish myself in terms of an 'other'. I want to stand for something, not merely be "not-English".
I don't believe Welshness is inherent in being born in Wales, speaking Welsh or being ethnically Welsh. I know people who meet all three who are English, British or other. I know people who meet none of those criteria, yet are some of the most passionate Welsh men and women you could ever care to meet. I speak English, it's my first language, yet I'm not English. I speak Welsh, but that doesn't inherently make me Welsh. I'm, ethnically, not really all that Welsh, being equally as much, if not more, English in my DNA. I don't believe where you're born should determine your nation.
I believe that being Welsh is open to anyone who feels, deep in their heart, a love of that glorious country, and an inherent Welshness in their heart.
But what is that Welshness.
So, today, I'm going to write a blog on some thoughts on this.
I'm asking you to contribute. Whether Welsh or not, give me your thoughts, your take on what it means to be Welsh.
1) Music and Culture are, obviously, core. From Welsh Male Voice Choirs, Katherine Jenkins, Charlotte Church, Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey to Funeral for a Friend, Supper Furry Animals, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Bullet for my Valentine, Manic Street Preachers, Lostprophets…. and our integral love of rugby. Like most things on this list, these aren't unique to Wales, but it goes deep into the culture and psyche. It's almost like there's a single melody, a harmony, travelling through the hearts of each and every one…
2) Education is crucial for the Welsh. Going back to Owain Glyndwr, the political and military leader of Wales, who wanted a Parliament, separate church and two national universities for the country. We believe in education for the masses, even with William Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff and St. Asaph, who translated the Bible into Welsh.
3) Non-conformist religion is embedded in Wales – perhaps a relic of our Druidic celtic past, the Methodist revival of the 18th Century gave Wales a non-conformist, dissenting outlook on life.
4) It is often assumed that the Welsh are more democratic, more liberal, more tolerant, more classless than people from many other areas of Britain.
5) Let's face it, we're a parochial bunch, rarely concerned with business outside our valley. We have to come to terms with this in a globalised world.
6) Hiraeth is one of those untranslatable words. It's similar to… a mix between longing, homesickness and nostalgia. A desperate, tugging need, deep in your breast to be in this mythical, wonderful place… which may never have truly existed, but is so deep in your psyche you can never avoid it.
So that's it for now. Just a few thoughts on a topic that's made me wonder for a while…
So over to you…
What do you think makes the Welsh so… Welsh? Any comments welcome… unless they're based around sheep jokes. Seriously guys, it gets tiring eventually.
Looking forward to hearing from you.


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And - hypothetically speaking - let's say you realized you could use that segment of the podcast next Spring in one of your lessons about the New York City water system.
Would there be an easy, elegant way to save just that small bit of the podcast?
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Toronto: VPN Pie at Pizzeria Libretto
Pizzeria Libretto
221 Ossington, Toronto, Ontario (map); 416-532-8000; pizzerialibretto.com
Pizza style: Neapolitan
The skinny: Naples-style authenticity in Toronto
Price: Prix Fixe lunch, $15, add anchovies, $2, Anchovy Pie a la carte $17
On a recent 12-hour layover in Toronto, I felt like my tastebuds somehow ended up in Naples. Pizzeria Libretto, located in Little Portugal, makes one of the best pizzas I've had in Canada. It's also the only place in Toronto that's certified as a producer of Vera Pizza Napoletana.
Alongside importing San Marzano tomatoes from Italy and using Ontario-made Fiore de Latte mozzarella, their dedication to Naples-style methodology entails baking pies for less than 90 seconds in a 900 degree wood-burning oven (hand-built by a 3rd generation pizza oven maker in Naples, then delivered to Ontario). They're so fastidious about adhering to tradition that their website even lifts a wonderfully precise definition from the E.U.-accredited association's strict "Disciplinare" manual:
Description of the product: Pizza Napoletana is an oven made circularly shaped culinary product, of a variable diameter which should not exceed 35 cm, with a elevated border (crust) and with the central part covered with toppings. The central part should be 0.3 cm thick, and the crust 1-2 cm thick. The pizza as a whole should be soft, elastic, easily folded as would be a pamphlet.
Pizzeria Libretto
221 Ossington, Toronto, Ontario (map); 416-532-8000; pizzerialibretto.com
Pizza style: Neapolitan
The skinny: Naples-style authenticity in Toronto
Price: Prix Fixe lunch, $15
Pizzeria Libretto offers a killer three-course Prix Fixe lunch ($15). I had a choice of primi (arugula salad, caprese salad, or bruschetta), pizza (Margherita D.O.P., Marinara D.O.P., or the Piadina of the Day, which is like an Italian flatbread sandwich), and dolci (biscotti or gelato).
Intrigued by the pizza special of the day—a simple anchovy pie—I bypassed the prix fixe offerings and paid a few extra dollars to have the briny, meaty specimens added to my lunch. The pizza had all the hallmarks of a proper Neapolitan pie: a blistered, slightly speckled crust made with naturally leavened Italian Caputo dopio zero flour, topped with a translucent, vermillion layer of San Marzano tomato sauce. The milky, pinkish pool that gathered in the center of the pie required a knife and fork, while the crusts were substantial, nicely salted, and full of character. Petite polka dots of mozzarella were creamy and faintly sweet, and the scattering of anchovy fillets anchored the pie with its oceanic heft.
My brief Ontario adventure came full-circle when I ended the day at the Prince Edward County winery Norman Hardie. Upon entering the kitchen, I noticed an attractive wood-fired pizza in the center of a small courtyard, where they make fresh pizzas during the weekend. I soon discovered that it was none other than the Pizzeria Libretto (alongside fellow Toronto restaurants Terroni and Ortolan) that trained Hardie's staff in the art of pizza-baking, and helped develop their dough recipes. What a pleasant surprise to find wines of Burgundian excellence alongside pies up to Naples-level standards in Ontario. It was also inspiring to see the province's top spots working together.
My twelve hours in Ontario were unforgettable. You can't help respect the attention to detail at Pizzeria Libretto, where they dish up a pie full of integrity, balance, and flavor.
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Rhubarb & vanilla jam
Homemade jam doesn't have to be just a summer treat with this sweet-sharp seasonal recipe
Nutrition and extra info
- kcal44
- fat0g
- saturates0g
- carbs12g
- sugars12g
- fibre0g
- protein0g
- salt0g
- 1kg rhubarb, weighed after trimming, cut into 3cm chunks
Botanically, rhubarb is a vegetable (it's related to sorrel and dock) but its thick, fleshy…
- 1kg jam sugar (or 1kg caster sugar plus 1 x 8g sachet pectin - we used Tate & Lyle)
Honey and syrups made from concentrated fruit juice were the earliest known sweeteners. Today,…
- 2 vanilla pods, halved lengthways
- juice 1 lemon
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
Put a small plate in the freezer. Put the rhubarb into a preserving pan or your largest saucepan with the sugar and halved vanilla pods. Heat gently, stirring, until all the sugar has dissolved, then squeeze in the lemon juice and increase the heat.
Boil for about 10 mins, skimming off the scum as you go (the fruit should be soft). Test for setting point by spooning a little onto your chilled plate. After 1-2 mins, push your finger through the jam – if the surface wrinkles it is ready, if not, keep cooking for 2-min intervals, testing in between. (Or if you have a sugar thermometer it should reach 105C)
Once the jam is ready, let it cool for about 15 mins before ladling into warm sterilised jars and sealing. Will keep for 6 months in a cool, dark place.
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Why do we keep wanting to fix problems that don't exist, while ignoring problems that do exist?
Identification cards for voting are an example of this.
On the surface, it sounds like a good idea. Why not require photo ID cards to vote? You get a voter registration card; I show mine when I go to vote. I have voted places where nobody asked to see my registration card.
The last time I voted, my polling place had been moved. I went to the old location but I couldn't vote there. The people there were able to direct me to my new polling place. ID or not, the problem was easily rectified.
While I wouldn't have a problem showing an ID to vote, I am against the idea for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, voting is a right.
People say, well, you have to have a license to drive. Driving is not a right. Voting is. Losing an ID card or not obtaining one should not mean giving up a constitutional right.
Of course, in Illinois, you have to have a special ID card to have a gun. I'm against that, too. I'm further against voter IDs because there really is not a problem to be fixed here. Yet, I'm aware of other problems that should be fixed.
For instance, when you move and don't remove your voting registration, you can be registered to vote in two places. There is no national database that would identify your duplicate voting registration. Some counties and states may have a few safeguards in place, but it's easy enough to vote twice.
I don't know how much this happens, but I know that it does happen. As a reporter, I once uncovered a scheme where a rich guy who owned residences in more than one state was voting in general elections in at least two states. If we're going after voter ID, then let's go after this problem, too.
Another problem is how people who are easily manipulated are frequently bussed to their polling places with instructions on how to vote and who to vote for. It is the constitutional right of these people to vote, regardless of whether they should be voting. Both parties have made a practice of rounding up people from nursing homes and institutions for the mentally impaired and feeding them heaping scoops of propaganda.
According to the articles I've seen on voter fraud, there seems to be relatively few non-citizens voting – only 340 cases nationwide in the past 10 years. That doesn't seem like such a huge problem that we need to systematically change how we do things.
So, let's look at the motivations behind this movement. Most people who own homes in more than one state tend to be wealthy. Wealthy people tend to vote Republican. Most people who would not bother getting a voter ID are minorities, poor people and the elderly. Many of them, especially minorities and poor people, tend to vote Democrat in support of their own self-interests.
It is little wonder that the Republicans would like to further disadvantage these groups by requiring voter ID cards.
Most of us are guilty of sometimes thinking that everyone is just like us. It would be no big deal for me to take off for an hour, go to a government facility, pay a small fee and have my picture taken for an ID, so it shouldn't be a big deal for others. But what if I was poor or old or disabled? Or all three?
If I was 85 years old and bedridden and wondering whether I'm going to have to choose between food and medicine this month, paying as little as $2 for an ID would be too much for me to bear. Maybe even getting out of the house to go get an ID would be enough for me to say, "Heck with it; I just won't vote."
We should be encouraging people to vote, not discouraging them. Democracy should not be defined by subsets of people. When we make it difficult for certain groups of people to vote, it's no longer democracy, is it?
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When the walls of YOUR Jericho come tumbling down
by Jennifer Cardinal
4/29/2014 / Christian Living
Joshua 6:10
But Joshua had commanded the army, "Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!"
The Israelite's have just been instructed by Joshua that they are going into Jericho. The city of Jericho has a wall around it that they can not pass. They are not going in such a way as we might expect. There is no obvious force or might , there are no type of explosives provided. They are just simply told to march around the city for six days then on the seventh day to march seven times then blow the trumpets . This is their instruction . They are merely told to march and blow trumpets.
Prior to going in they are also instructed to not say a word. For seven days they are told to not give a war cry, to not raise their voices , to not say a word.
Can you imagine how the Israelites maybe felt given these odd instructions? How some of them may have felt it might even be crazy, perhaps even thinking did Joshua lose his mind? Seriously we are supposed to march for seven days and not say a word? And then blow a trumpet? I can just imagine how it may have defied all common sense to them.
Perhaps Joshua knew in advance that any doubts they might have could give birth to fear and prevent them from doing the task at hand. That God was performing a miracle here and they needed to be focused which meant they were not to speak until it was God's word they were speaking on that 7th day.
There is a saying that a doubt is not birthed until it is spoken. We all have our walls of Jericho ... they come in different forms at different times in our lives. The wall could be an illness, the loss of a job, financial uncertainty, divorce. The doubts around these walls usually come in questions like will I be healed?, will I find a job? , will our financial needs be met? , will I ever find someone to love that loves me back? , will I ever have a family , will I get accepted into college?, will I figure out my purpose in life? , does God really have a plan for me? , does God really even love me? , is God really concerned about the details of my life? And we can go on and on and on.
Often in looking for answers for these doubts we end giving them so much life ... we speak about them, talk about them , meditate on them, and sometimes to be honest practically worship them with all the attention and time we give to them. Then it almost seems as if they take on a life of their own because what we have done is carried them , nurtured them and ultimately birthed them into an existence of fear .
What would happen if instead we chose to do what the Israelites did that day when Joshua instructed them not to say a word? Not to say what God doesn't say and say what He does say. (say that 3 times fast!) This doesn't mean that at times we don't need to get with our best friend and have a good cry over a cup of coffee to express our fears and concerns. It doesn't mean that we don't come to God on our hands and knees and bring to him our concerns, our doubts , our fears. But we then have a choice what will we focus on? Will we march and put our doubts to silence and when we speak it will be what God says not what our doubts say?
God's word teaches us that He loves us, He cares for us, His compassions never fail, His mercies are new every morning, He has a plan for us, He has a purpose for us, He takes care of the birds in the air how much more will he take care of us? We are His creation , as you love your very own child , how much more He loves us who purposefully and uniquely created us to be. There are thousands of promises in the bible about what God says about you and your life. Press on and press into these truths not the lies of fear born out of doubts.
The bible teaches us as a man thinketh in his heart so is he. Our words and what we speak into our lives has great power and becomes ingrained into our thoughts and ultimately into our hearts. Harness your thoughts , harness what you say, what you speak . This doesn't mean you will have answers for your doubts but what it does mean is that you don't need answers because you can take rest in God's promises. Faith after all doesn't mean we walk with sight ... on the contrary it is being sure and certain without seeing. This isn't a positive thinking hocus pocus trick either , God can't be tricked or manipulated ... it is nitty, gritty being in the trenches purposeful faith no matter the outcome. Trusting that God's plan is the best plan.
It takes work, honest effort to chose to zip our lips ,cleanse our minds and break these old habits and yes, old habits die hard. Clinging to God's promises , to God's truth , to God's word and not speaking in fear or doubt but remaining obediently faithful ... well that is when just as the songs goes " The walls of Jericho came tumbling down."
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List of fabrications, outright and suspected
List of outright fabrications either by Israel directly or via agents/authors who are linked to the "accident theory".
1) The first "gun-camera picture" from the IDF History Report in 1982 does not show the USS Liberty.
2) The second "gun-camera picture" of 1984 has been photo-shopped, and is almost certainly an American photograph taken weeks after the incident.
3) The 1984 claim, much repeated, that there was a "friendly-fire" incident by the Israelis on their own armoured column the previous day (6th June 1967) Hirsh Goodman and Ze'ev Schiff, "The Attack on the Liberty," Atlantic Monthly, (September 1984). This claim has been dropped from the JVL source once depended on by Wikipedia.
4) Numerous claims made by AJ Cristol, particularly some details of his "13 inquiries exonerate Israel", see above. Cristol calls the rushed Naval Court of Inquiry "remarkably competent (and) thorough", while the veterans call it "a doctored sham". Cristol stresses that 14 seamen spoke at the hearing. Ship's officers Ennes, Painter, Golden, and others charge that in dozens of cases, sworn testimony damaging to Israel's case was not allowed or, if allowed, not entered into evidence or made part of the transcript. Ennes avers not only that his testimony went unentered but also that deck and weather log entries in his hand were altered. Former cryptologic technician Joe Lentini stated that the naval hearing helped Israel "get away with murder" a view not contradicted by any known survivor.
While convincing to some, some evidence/assertions by defenders of Israel cannot be conclusively proven to be fabrications. However, where evidence is strong and could easily be falsified, then an assumption of outright and deliberate falsification seems justified.
Foxbats Did Fly over Dimona
In 1967, the military valor and high combat training of Col. Bezhevets, A.S. (now a Hero of the Soviet Union, an honorary test pilot of the USSR, [and] retired Air Force major-general), were demonstrated while carrying out combat operation in Egypt, [and] enabled [him] to perform unique reconnaissance flights over the territory of Israel in a MiG-25RB aircraft.
An aerial view of Israel's Dimona reactor.
Why did the Soviet Union spark war in 1967 between Israel and the Arab states by falsely informing Syria and Egypt that Israel was massing troops on the Syrian border? Based on newly available archival sources, The Soviet Union and the June 1967 Six Day War answers this controversial question more fully than ever before. Directly opposing the thesis of the recently published Foxbats over Dimona by Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez, the contributors to this volume argue that Moscow had absolutely no intention of starting a war. The Soviet Union's reason for involvement in the region had more to do with enhancing its own status as a Cold War power than any desire for particular outcomes for Syria and Egypt.
Though Ginor and Remez marshal a prodigious amount of previously overlooked information to bolster their case, this documentation does not add up to unequivocal evidence of a Soviet-Arab conspiracy. … it is difficult to accept their charge of a conspiracy. … Furthermore, Ginor and Remez do not endow their thesis with a very persuasive rationale as to why the Soviets would launch a war against Israel.
Here is a book that is truly revisionist, challenging what we thought we knew about the origins and conduct of the Six-Day War. ... Ginor and Remez have succeeded to the point where the onus is now on others to show why they are wrong.
Long before reaching the book's end … I became convinced that Ginor and Remez have gotten it right.
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Top iPhoneography Pics of the Week
By John Toma
Top iPhoneography Pics of the Week showcases mobile photography talent submitted by iPhone Life readers. Each week, we feature three top submissions along with one honorable mention. We judge the images based on quality, composition, context, cleverness, and mood. All photos must be taken and edited with an iOS device and using only iOS apps.
To enter your own best iOS shots, please visit iphonelife.com/contest for submission details. Feel free to share how you created your image, and don't forget to give it a title and tell us which apps you used! You'll not only get the chance to have your photo featured online, but also of winning prizes from Olloclip, CanvasPop, and a spot in the next issue of iPhone Life magazine.


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University of Toronto Governing Council
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Series A, University of Toronto Governing Council, covers the years 1963 through 2002. The Governing Council is the highest governing body of the University of Toronto. In 1963, the Governing Council drafted A Provisional Plan for Two Off-Campus Colleges in the University of Toronto, which established Scarborough College (later UTSC) and also Erindale College (later the University of Toronto Mississauga, or UTM). The series includes correspondence and address lists for various council members, by-laws for the council, and council minutes from 1973 to 2002. Also included are documents relating to the opening of the College in 1964 for extension courses and the formal opening in 1966. Materials regarding the design and construction of the College, including architectural drawings, are included as well, since the Governing Council oversaw the construction of the initial buildings.


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Twilight of the Endings
From a review by Jonathan Dee in the June Harper's of Deborah Eisenberg's new story collection, Twilight of the Superheroes:
"Sometimes, when I write a story," Eisenberg once said, "what I want the story to do is to convey a very specific and usually very peculiar feeling. And the narrative is the conveyance. That is, in some cases, I'm not terribly interested in the narrative itself; I've simply chosen that particular narrative because of what I think it can do." The notion of narrative not as something to be worked out on its own terms but as a "conveyance" of a particular feeling is a technique that could prove disastrously precious in the hands of a lesser writer, and it goes a long way toward explaining one of the most idiosyncratic aspects of her work: the fact that her endings tend not to end much of anything at all. They seem simultaneously well honed and arbitrary. "Some Other, Better Otto" ends, quite hauntingly, on almost the same note of agony with which it began -- as if to say that the cost to Otto of preserving that emotional distance from his family is paid continually and is beyond the reach of any narrative machinery to resolve. "Window" tells the story of an abused woman who has grown so attached to the young son of her abuser that she kidnaps him and hits the road; no authorial signal is given as to when or how badly this flight might end. "The Flaw in the Design" is a spooky portrait of a suburban family on a precipice: the son, whose adolescent acting-out seems to have crossed the border into serious depression, hates the father, who may be implicated in the financial wrongdoing of an associate now on trial; the mother, when not assuring them both that everything will be fine, is picking up strangers for sex. That precipice is where Eisenberg leaves them. What keeps these stories from insufficiency is that they do not just name-check the characters' troubles (gay ex-husband, obnoxious family); they make the effort to build these emotional conditions from the ground up, so that by the time Eisenberg is done, the reader has internalized her own conviction that the intensity of these particular states of mind would only be diminished by any sort of resolution that might be grafted onto them.


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We need a 24/7 city
By J. Alain Ferry
START-UP ENTREPRENEURS don't work from 9 to 5. We don't drive to the office. We don't cook dinner. And we don't make tons of money. We sell our cars, operate out of our apartments, and hold meetings in coffee shops.
Even when we start in Boston and want to stay in Boston, Silicon Valley lures us away with its friendly investors and sunny weather, or New York calls to us with its non-stop action and center-of-the-universe vibe. We need to make Boston a city that never sleeps, instead of a city that chases us out of coffee shops at 7 p.m. We need creative ways to keep innovators and change agents here. Make Boston a 24-hour city, and you will make Boston more difficult to leave.
Better mobility: Bike lanes help, but only while the weather is good, typically from April to November. Expand MBTA hours to 3 a.m. so entrepreneurs can take advantage of 24-hour offices. Many start-ups crank out work at night; coders should not have to sprint to catch the T at 11:45 p.m.
More inexpensive and late-night food: Much of Boston's start-up community is clustered near Kendall Square and South Station, yet most of Boston's late-night dining options are clustered near its universities. We need more restaurants that are affordable to entrepreneurs on student budgets and we need them open until at least midnight.
Startup entertainment: Entrepreneurs work hard and play hard; entertaining adrenaline junkies is no small task. Bring more live music into the nerd neighborhoods. Make sports tickets more attainable. Plan geek weekends in the mountains and on the Cape. Organize group bike rides and kickball leagues and running clubs.
Living/working spaces: Entrepreneurs work 12 or more hours per day and want nothing more than a bed, fridge, and bathroom when they go home. Build innovative live/work spaces and make working out of living rooms less dismal. And make them pet-friendly; every start-up needs a four-legged mascot.
J. Alain Ferry is the founder and CEO of RaceMenu.
More media, more hype
By Jesse Bardo
IN OTHER cities where one industry makes up a sizable percentage of the local economy, media empires have been built up to cover them. There's the entertainment industry in southern California, and Silicon Valley in northern California.There's politics in Washington, and the media itself in New York City. In each of these places, newspapers, magazines, and blogs have sprouted up and aided - whether intentionally or not - the growth of each city's specialty.
This media coverage builds celebrity. It builds interest in the industry. Inspires young people. Creates intrigue. It reinforces the city's identity as a place that does what it does. It helps build connections between the people in the industry and other industries. It makes Hollywood, Hollywood, the Valley, the Valley, and the Big Apple, the Big Apple.
Boston is a sports town. The Celtics, the Red Sox, the Patriots, the Bruins. The success of these teams has made Boston the Title Town. But entrepreneurial success stories are happening in Boston every day as well. Some of them make national and international news - but not nearly as frequently as they should. Boston has yet to earn its start-up stripes as the Original Bay Area. If the media would focus on its start-ups, we could live up to that title, too.
Jesse Bardo is VP of sales for EverTrue.
Bring in the angels
By Michael Stone
ONE OF Boston's greatest advantages is its concentration of educated young adults. Approximately 34 percent of people living here are between ages 20 and 34, and 38 percent hold four-year degrees. That translates into a steady pipeline of promising entrepreneurs.
Unfortunately, our investment infrastructure isn't poised to take advantage of this youthful landscape, leaving us vulnerable to an entrepreneurial exodus. Boston boasts over 25 venture capital groups, or VCs, which generally invest a minimum of $2 million per company. That's ideal for advanced businesses with a proven product. But the area is home to only a handful of "angel'' groups, individuals or networks that typically invest between $50,000 and $500,000. That's the kind of seed investment young entrepreneurs need.
Angels are integral to early start-ups, investing in companies as they outgrow their initial "friends and family'' stage, but before they seek major venture capital. Lacking a thriving angel community, Boston often loses entrepreneurs to New York, with fewer VCs but more angel groups, or San Francisco, which has an abundance of both. That's partly the reason why Facebook "de-friended'' Cambridge for Palo Alto, where more money was available faster.
My own company considered leaving Boston before we discovered MassChallenge, the world's largest start-up competition, which offered free office space and other resources to help get us off the ground. The 111 start-ups in the 2010 program have raised over $100 million and created 500 Massachusetts jobs over the past year. Boston needs more of these "success enablers.'' Investors should create more angel groups to attract, grow, and retain early-stage companies, which can then benefit from VC funds. We need people to see Boston as a destination, not a stepping-stone. What starts in Boston should stay in Boston.
Michael Stone is president of Abroad101.
Go big
By John Harthorne
BOSTON HAS a proud history of producing revolutionary ideas - since well before 1776. Yet we have perhaps the greatest opportunity to lead through innovation right now. To do so, we must start thinking bigger.
The world faces enormous challenges: Most people on the planet lack access to clean water, adequate education, effective health care, and sustainable energy. Boston is the global leader at producing practical solutions to complex problems. If we work together, we could benefit humanity and boost Boston's bottom line.
First, we'd need new sources of revenue and talent. We already invest significant money, time, and energy into innovation. But there are many individuals and organizations that are not integrated into the innovation community. Adding more bodies, expertise, and money would help. That community would also need to collaborate, optimizing our activities as a system instead of working to maximize our short-term benefits as individuals. Collaboration would enable greater output and reduce wasted effort and investment, thereby increasing our long-term benefits as individuals, too.
It might be challenging at times to set aside short-term interests to collaborate toward bigger opportunities. It is critical, though, if we wish to maintain and expand our central role as global value creators. The time is ripe for another shot heard 'round the world, but this time let's use a vaccine instead of a musket.
John Harthorne is the founder and CEO of MassChallenge.
Where's the diversity?
By Derek Ohly
THE CONTOURS of Boston's economy tomorrow depend on decisions made by the people who fund start-ups today. Their decisions - the kind of entrepreneurs they back, the type of products they bet on - help determine who and what succeeds.
The wealthy individuals who invest their own money in early-stage private companies around Boston are not a diverse crowd. My own informal polling suggests minorities constitute less than 5 percent of our start-up investor population, and women less than 15 percent. Older white men dominate. I have nothing against older white men (I plan to be one someday), but that lack of diversity means that the way opportunity and risk are assessed is biased along a narrow range of experiences and ways of thinking. We're missing opportunities - big ones - especially for start-ups that fall outside the MIT-inspired tech profile. We need more diverse investors backing different kinds of entrepreneurs and products.
My own start-up experience is telling. I run a company that makes custom-made bras sold through home parties. Our goal is to revolutionize a female-focused industry that hasn't changed in 100 years. While raising money in 2010, I pitched a women's consumer product predominantly to men who made their money in financial services and software. Most of the investors could not personally identify with the fact that most women don't like to shop for bras - something women instinctively understand.
To win over investors, I focused on the innovative technology of our product. We were fortunate: Enough of them understood how that technology had money-making potential. But not everyone can do that. Many great ideas have died or moved elsewhere for lack of an appropriate financial backer in Boston.
Derek Ohly is co-founder and CEO of Zyrra.
Forget the CEO
By Olivier Ceberio
WHEN I moved to Boston from France to study business and public policy at MIT and Harvard, my dream was to start a new business after graduation. Instead, like many other business students, I changed paths, and moved to Singapore to work as a consultant. Why did I abandon my dream?
I was turned off by the prevalent belief in America that "good'' entrepreneurs must be demigods like Steve Jobs or Jack Welsh: charismatic mavericks who are visionary, fearless, and triumphantly determined. This idea pervades the American entrepreneurial ecosystem - from business school, where students are first introduced to these "superstars,'' to the investment process, where firms regularly publish laundry lists of the key attributes they look for in entrepreneurs. I once saw a local venture capital guru explain to a crowd of young entrepreneurs that his firm only invests in people who have accomplished something extraordinary - like winning a world athletic championship - before they turned 25. It's no wonder that anyone with an ounce of humility second guesses his or her entrepreneurial career path.
Fortunately, a strange twist of fate put me back on track. I lost my consulting job during the financial crisis and moved back to Boston. In six months, I had drawn up a business plan to help turn around the start-up business I now work for. Entrepreneurship, I've found, is less about the individual at the top, and more about the system in which the creation of business takes place. This includes the team and its internal dynamics, but also external factors - like mentors, investors, customers, suppliers, regulators, and influencers - and how those factors relate to each other. Boston should lead the way in changing the CEO-as-king mindset. It would attract more promising entrepreneurs with different skill sets, and make the exercise of entrepreneurship more efficient.
Olivier Ceberio is chief operating officer of Resolute Marine Energy.
Brand Boston as the birthplace of innovation
By Joselin Mane
Some of Boston's notable firsts :
1635 The country's first public school: Boston Latin.
1636 The country's first college: Harvard University.
1690 The country's first newspaper.
1845 The country's first sewing machine.
1853 The first patented burglar alarm.
1859 The first house in the world to be lit by electricity.
1876 The first telephone.
1897 The country's first subway system.
1999 The creation of Napster.
2004 The creation of Facebook.
IF BOSTON wants to cement its reputation as the birthplace of innovation - and it should, because it is - we need to make a stronger cultural case for why we deserve the title. To start, we should build a museum, publish a website, and host an annual awards show.
Boston's innovation history is equally as impressive as its Revolutionary-era history - stories that are preserved and presented in bricks and mortar around town. How many tourists leave Boston without first walking, or at least hearing about, the Freedom Trail? Entrepreneurs in Boston have created institutions, products, and technologies that have changed lives around the the world. But there's no one place, online or in the real world, where those achievements are broadcast loudly and proudly. As a result, tourists don't learn the story of Boston's breakthroughs when they visit, and the information isn't even easily attained online.
It's time to start showcasing that history. A website touting all of Boston's firsts would help. It could be part online museum - a one-stop shop showcasing the past, present, and future of Boston innovation - and part online social network - a place where people can contribute, collaborate, and connect.
Second, there needs to be a real-world location that tells our story: call it Boston's Innovation Museum. Finally, if New York can have Fashion Week and California the Oscars, why can't Boston have an awards ceremony of its own? There would be no better way to celebrate people who save and change lives from their offices here in the Hub.
Joselin Mane is co-founder of BostonTweetUp.
Go small
By Ben Jabbawy
CONSIDER THE following scenario: You're a college senior in the Boston area, graduating with a degree in computer science. You have several companies waving offers in front of your nose: The Googles and Microsofts of the world, and some large financial institutions. Some offers reach six figures. That would be hard to turn down. Why go to work for Niraj Shah at Wayfair or Matt Lauzon at Gemvara in Boston when you could work in the footsteps of Sergey Brin or Bill Gates?
Chances are if you're not part of the tech community here, you've never heard of Wayfair or Gemvara. And that's the problem. The Boston area needs to do a better job championing its little guys. We don't have many giant anchor companies here, and oftentimes that's understood to be a bad thing. Instead of collectively pining for Mark Zuckerberg to return to the Hub, we should focus on, promote, and celebrate the assets we do have: smaller companies and start-ups.
This shift in emphasis would help start-ups recruit and retain local graduates, and perhaps inspire graduating talent to take the risk of joining a start-up instead of taking lucrative corporate jobs.
The change could start at universities. They should invite more start-up founders as guest speakers to undergraduate classes, and they should provide more opportunities for local start-ups to recruit on campus. These schools could also offer more financial aid to students who join smaller start-ups after graduation instead of taking more corporate positions.