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Boeing CEO confident in Dreamliner
CHICAGO, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Jim McNerney says he is confident the U.S. company can soon return the grounded 787 Dreamliner back to service.
The Federal Aviation Administration took the rare step this week of grounding the entire fleet of the new jet after a series of incidents in which Dreamliners have been forced to make emergency landings or react to smoking-filled planes on the ground due to problems with the lithium battery systems.
The New York Times reported Saturday that the FAA has not grounded an entire fleet of planes since 1979, when it ordered the cessation of McDonnell Douglas DC-10 flights after a crash.
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner was launched in 2011 after the initial delivery date was postponed by more than three years due to a series of production and engineering setbacks.
In a memo sent Friday to company employees, McNerney said: "Despite the negative news attention over the past several days, I remain tremendously proud of the employees across the company for the decade of effort that has gone into designing, developing, building and delivering the most innovative commercial airplane ever imagined."
McNerney noted that the Dreamliner has been in service for 15 months, during which time it has "completed 18,00 flights and 50,000 flight hours with eight airlines, carrying more than 1,000,000 passengers safely to destinations around the world."
The Hill newspaper reported that McNerney considered the Dreamliner's launch to be "on par with the best-in-class introduction of the 777," although he added, "We will not be satisfied until the 787 meets the even higher standard of performance we set for it and promised to our customers."
Analysts say the setback could take weeks to correct if it's a local problem or it could takes months to fix if involved the entire electrical system in the jets.
CNN reported that grounding the entire Dreamliner fleet was reflective of the "zero tolerance" for safety risks that has contributed to an improved crash record for U.S. airlines -- which have not experienced a fatal incident since a February 2009 passenger jet crash in Buffalo, N.Y.
The Dreamliner incidents have been comparatively minor, but alarming. In one recent incident, one of the plane's two lithium batteries caught fire in a plane with no passengers onboard, while crews in Boston were getting the plane ready for a flight. In the other incident, also involving a lithium battery, a plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a smoke alarm in the cockpit went off.
Jets owned by Japanese Airlines, All Nippon Airways, United Airlines and Qatar Airways have all had similar problems, CNN reported.
Mint sells out of silver bullion coins
WEST POINT, N.Y., Jan. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Mint said it is temporarily out of stock on silver coins after selling a record 6.7 million ounces in eight days, but will resume sales soon.
The 2013 American Eagle silver bullion coins were sold Jan. 7-15, breaking the previous sales record of 6.42 million ounces sold in January 2011.
"We mint to demand," said Michael White, a spokesman for the mint.
Precious metal dealers said customers were buying for the value of the silver, not the value of the coin.
"When people are buying bullion they're not collecting the coins, they just want to have reliable silver," ABC News quoted Peter Schiff, economist and president of Euro Pacific Precious Metals, as saying.
"With the Federal Reserve clearly stating that unlimited money creation and dollar debasement are its intended policy goals, it's becoming painfully obvious to more and more investors that precious metals are a better savings alternative than zero-interest bank deposits," he said.
Schiff suggested buying silver bullion coins as a way to break into the market. He said buying Canadian Maple Leaf silver bullion coins was "just as good," as buying U.S. coins.
Hard times have pushed the market, said Terry Hanlon, president of Dillon Gage Metals in Dallas.
"We are very, very busy and we have been for the last several months. That would certainly reflect that people are worried that the financial situation in the U.S. isn't going to get any better -- so they're buying precious metals," he said.
Soda makers adjust to new norms
NEW YORK, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. soda makers Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo say business is fine, but industry analysts said they were worried a slide in soda sales may be permanent.
As baby boomers age, their beverage preferences are aging along with them. But youth are turning increasingly to other beverages, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Soda sales fell 0.6 percent in 2012 to $28.7 billion said research firm SymphonyIRI Group. By volume, sales fell 1.8 percent.
Figures also show that the sales decline accelerated as the year progressed.
"The question from here is if that is the new norm,'' said Sanford C. Bernstein beverage industry analyst Steve Powers.
Company officials said sales figures only counted store sales. Furthermore, not only were sales of soda holding up overseas, but shareholders can pretty much assume that if a strong rival or even a charging ahead curiosity enters the market, Coke, Pespi or Dr. Pepper Snapple has the cash on hand to buy it outright.
All three companies have expanded their portfolios in recent years.
PepsiCo, for example, owns Naked juice brand and sales for that brand rose about 25 percent in 2012.
"I think we can all be optimistic about the business we're in,'' said Coke's global chief customer officer Sandy Douglas in December.
Soda makers are all facing an image battle, trying to overcome the concept that soda contributes to diabetes and obesity.
Last year, Diet Coke surpassed Pepsi to become the No. 2 best selling soda behind Coke.
But PepsiCo Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi said Pepsi was making "enormous progress," with artificial sweeteners.
Pepsi was 90 percent close to a breakthrough on sweeteners. "Unfortunately, the last 10 percent is the toughest part," she said.
Poll: Country's well being outranks GDP
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Countries and regions become less stable as thriving decreases and suffering increases, a U.S. pollster says.
Jim Clifton, chairman and chief executive officer of Gallup and author of "The Coming Jobs War," said gross national well being -- peoples' life satisfaction -- occurs before gross domestic product, or the amount of goods and services produced in a country.
"Virtually all world leaders and heads of states and cities are focused on the wrong things. They are looking through the rear view mirror at GDP in an attempt to see the road ahead," Clifton said in a statement. "Consequently, they are managing their countries and cities after the fact. Because GDP follows gross national well being, leaders need to understand what well being tells us, the impact it has on constituencies, and most importantly, how to increase it."
Gallup classifies respondents' well being as thriving, struggling or suffering, based on how they rate their current and future lives on a ladder scale with steps numbered from 0 to 10 based on the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale. People are considered thriving if they rate their current lives a 7 or higher and expectations for their lives in five years an 8 or higher, while those who rate their current or future lives a 4 or lower are classified as suffering. All others are considered "struggling."
Gallup has been asking well being questions in more than 150 countries for the past seven years via its World Poll.
Gallup found worldwide those who have "good jobs" -- those who work for an employer for at least 30 hours per week -- are most likely to be thriving, those employed part-time and those who are unemployed are less likely to be thriving and the self-employed lag behind and are the least likely to be thriving.
As countries and cities make drastic cuts in government spending and services, they need to keep a close eye on the percentage of people who are suffering because that number is an indicator of potential extreme citizen discomfort and unrest -- even chaos -- Clifton wrote in an article in the Gallup Business Journal.


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Do you want to have a house in an up scale locality of a metropolitan city? Well, who doesn't. It is a dream of every home buyer. Property consultant JLL India conducted a research about the top 20 residential locations across India.Here is the list of he 20 most sought-after destinations in our country:
1- Golf Course Road, Gurgaon- The location around the Golf Course Road in Gurgaon is one of the most demanded up-scale residential destinations in Gurgaon. All sorts of commercial developments are also coming up around the location thus adding to its popularity.
2- Palm Beach Road, Navi Mumbai- The prices of flats in high-rises of Mumbai differ on the basis of whether or not it offers a good view. Palm Beach Road is the only location that offers mesmerizing sea view, thus making it the most costly residential location in the city.
3- Greater Kailash, Delhi- Greater Kailash I & II in South Delhi are noted among the most sought-after residential locations. The commercial segment around the area is also flourishing.
4- DLF City Phase 5, Gurgaon- After the coming of better infrastructure and connectivity features in Gurgaon, DLF City came into existence. Of late, the locality has grown into the most desired property destination in Gurgaon.
5- Worli, Mumbai- Worli is the most desired location in the city of dreams. Many bollywood celebrities have their homes in this location. [Read more…]

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Seijo Ishii Mars Single Cask
Post by Nonjatta contributor Stefan of Tokyo Whisky Hub
Many enthusiasts of Japanese whisky will know that Mars (Shinshu) distillery started distilling again in the early spring of last year after a hiatus of almost 20 years (they stopped distilling in 1992).
Mars occasionally puts out some interesting single cask releases from the days before they stopped. These are available through the distillery's online shop and from the better liquor shops in Japan. They very rarely bottle single casks exclusively for retailers--I know of only two cases--but a third exclusive bottling has been available for a few months now.
It was bottled for the posh supermarket chain Seijo Ishii from an American white oak ex-sherry butt (cask #902), distilled in February 1990 and bottled in November 2011 at a whopping strength of 64.7% abv. Bottles are individually numbered - the out turn was 425 or 430 bottles (depending on whether you believe the numbering on the bottles or the information on the promotional materials displayed at the supermarket).
As usual, they're a bit on the expensive side (16,900 yen or about 200 dollars for a 21-year-old). Mars single casks can be a bit hit-or-miss, and I haven't been able to sample it yet, so the jury is still out as to whether the liquid justifies the steep price tag.


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Oxford wrestlers finish fourth in Class S
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HIGGANUM -- Behind Steve Persson's 7-0 win in the 152-pound weight class, the Oxford wrestling team finished fourth at the Class S championships Saturday night at Haddam-Killingworth.
Oxford finished with 131 points. Windham won the title with 238.5 points.
CLASS S wrestling
1. Windham 238.5; 4. Oxford 131; 6. Derby 120; 14. Seymour 56.5; 31. Weston 13; 36. O'Brien Tech 3; 39. ND-West Haven 0.
Highlights: Derby had three wrestlers finish second: Josh Russell at 106 pounds (7-0 loss to Windham's Sebby Ruffino), Tyler Dobek at 120 pounds (6-0 loss to Terryville's Elliott Wilion) and Matt Nicolari at 170 pounds (3-1 loss to Windham's Devyn Petsa). Seymour's Dane Christiansen finished second at 132 pounds, dropping an 11-2 decision to Montville's Jake Caskey. Three Oxford wrestlers finished third: Janos Lobb at 132 pounds (a 10-6 win over Haddam-Killingworth's David Parmelee), Alex Mardis at 182 pounds (a 5-1 win over Plainville's Marcus Slivinski) and Dan Carbonaro at 285 pounds (a pin in 50 seconds over Haddam-Killingworth's Broden Wells). Derby's Seb Hernandez lost his third place match at 138 pounds, getting pinned in 4:03 by Haddam-Killingworth's Ryan Henderson and Oxford's Martin Simon also finished fourth, getting pinned in 1:31 by Haddam-Killingworth's Zachary Roth. Fifth place winners were Derby's Patrick Miko (113 pounds) and Seymour's Xavier Vidal (126) and Oxford's Andrew Temple finished sixth at 195 pounds.


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Is There a "Big Win" for the Payment Startups?
More than a decade after PayPal's introduction to the market, a new crop of startups, including Square and LevelUp, have entered the space with hip technological payment solutions. However, the problem is that none of these companies are filling a hole the same way PayPal did, and there's no reason to believe that any of them can unseat the entrenched monsters dominating the market. In fact, one player, Verifone, is already exiting the mobile payment game. If established giants like Verifone can't win in the payment processing space, where is the opportunity for the new venture funded entrants to profit? Customer relationship management and data mining are two likely, albeit difficult, potential models.
None of the new crop of startups can overcome the daunting economics of defeating existing payment processors on price alone. PayPal is widely known because it solved an unmet need for online commerce, but now, every small business already has a credit card processing system. And if they don't, merchant account vendors are likely beating down the door to sign them up. Other small businesses are far less sophisticated, employing cash registers that are barely one step above a shoebox, with the sole function of storing cash. In short, very few delis or dry cleaners have an iPad waiting for a Square dongle.
Recently, Square has made news by handling Starbucks' credit and debit processing following a $25 million investment from the coffee company. But as has been pointed out, it's neither faster nor cheaper to use Square at Starbucks (and the startup is probably subsidizing Starbucks on every transaction). It appears that the payment avenue is closing quickly — so we might expect to see these startups try to carve out a niche in the CRM space, which brings its own set of issues.
Here's why the move would be difficult to pull off: Major corporations and chains like Starbucks already employ CRM systems, meaning these startups now have to compete with Salesforce and Oracle. And the value of CRM to a small business is debatable. Yes, local businesses are built on relationships, but proprietors don't necessarily need much more than a customer's name, phone number and — if they're really sophisticated — an email address. A barber could theoretically cut someone's hair for decades without learning the customer's last name.
Another option for a success story is a business built around mining data. Square itself seems to be headed in this direction, by marketing itself as an easy way to navigate the byzantine credit payment system world and simultaneously pivoting into the mobile app space.
Savvy small business owners — the ones who have carved out strong local bases and compete against national chains in their vicinities — can do a lot with customer purchase and loyalty data. Maybe companies like Square or LevelUp can mash up all of their purchase data into a Groupon-like platform or other offer-based system that encourages customers to revisit a retail or dining establishment. But none of this is necessarily new, and again, businesses can do this without a fancy system.
One more option for success among payment startups could be in aggregating an individual's purchase history data, which industry insiders have indicated is worth far more to these startups than any merchant fees. Of course, this raises a new set of issues that keep it firmly outside the realm of legal activity. Will businesses willingly share data? Doubtful. Are there privacy implications? Well, if this practice was legal, rest assured that Visa and American Express would have cornered the market long ago.
There is opportunity here, but it's all uphill, no matter which road you take. Payment processing involves fighting some entrenched vendors that won't give up ground without a fight. CRM is a must-have for a big companies, but only a "nice to have" for smaller businesses. Data mining requires a lot of scale to extract any real value, and comes with a slew of privacy complications. This crop of startups likely won't rip out the current credit card systems at every burrito joint South of Market in San Francisco, but they could still stand to profit from their innovations. Buzz from high-profile partnership and a pivot into either CRM or data mining might be just enough to generate a great exit at a lofty valuation.
Jon Elvekrog is CEO of 140 Proof, a social advertising technology company.


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The four travelers arrive at Edoras on the morning of the next day after a long overnight ride. They are somewhat reluctantly admitted to Meduseld but are required to leave their weapons at the door. Aragorn has especial trouble parting with Anduril. Hama allows Gandalf to keep his staff even though that has been expressly forbidden. Theoden, under Wormtongue's influence, considers Gandalf nothing but a bad-news bearer. Wormtongue insults Gandalf, and Gandalf magicks him to the floor (yay!). With this and with Gandalf's encouraging words, Theoden begins to cast off Wormtongue's influence and regain his nobility. At Gandalf's urging he releases Eomer from prison (where he had been put for disobeying orders regarding the orcs) and Eomer offers the king his sword in service. Theoden accepts and asks for his own sword and to see Wormtongue. He offers Grima the choice of going to war against Saruman with him, or leaving forever. Wormtongue leaves. Gandalf has advised that all the Rohan noncombatants go to Dunharrow for protection. Theoden assigns Eowyn to this duty and names Eomer his heir, since his own son Theodred has been killed in the orc battle. At Gandalf's request, he also gives Shadowfax to Gandalf. The army begins to move toward Isengard.
1. If Eomer is Third Marshal of the Mark, who are First and Second?
2. Why do the king and even Grima himself allow everyone else to call the counselor Wormtongue?
3. What is the purpose to the story of having Eowyn fall in love with Aragorn?
4. Gandalf is coming "back" to Meduseld after a recent visit. When was that visit and why? (I think this question is actually answered later, but I can't remember where.)


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- anisotropic diffusion (1)
- finite volume methods (1)
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- scale-space (1)
- wavelets (1)
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In spite of its lack of theoretical justification, nonlinear diffusion filtering has become a powerful image enhancement tool in the recent years. The goal of the present paper is to provide a mathematical foundation for nonlinear diffusion filtering as a scale-space transformation which is flexible enough to simplify images without loosing the capability of enhancing edges. By stuying the Lyapunow functional, it is shown that nonlinear diffusion reduces Lp norms and central moments and increases the entropy of images. The proposed anisotropic class utilizes a diffusion tensor which may be adapted to the image structure. It permits existence, uniqueness and regularity results, the solution depends continuously on the initial image, and it fulfills an extremum principle. All considerations include linear and certain nonlinear isotropic models and apply to m-dimensional vector-valued images. The results are juxtaposed to linear and morphological scale-spaces.
The edge enhancement property of a nonlinear diffusion equation with a suitable expression for the diffusivity is an important feature for image processing. We present an algorithm to solve this equation in a wavelet basis and discuss its one dimensional version in some detail. Sample calculations demonstrate principle effects and treat in particular the case of highly noise perturbed signals. The results are discussed with respect to performance, efficiency, choice of parameters and are illustrated by a large number of figures. Finally, a comparison with a Fourier method and a finite volume method is performed.


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BOSTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - A Massachusetts judge has temporarily blocked the sale of The Boston Globe and Telegram & Gazette to Boston Red Sox owner John Henry because it could complicate a pending class action lawsuit, according to court documents.
The New York Times Co had been due to seal the reported $70 million deal for the papers and related businesses with Henry on Friday, nearly three months after it was first announced.
Judge Shannon Frison of Worcester Superior Court issued the order on Friday after lawyers said the sale could interfere with a lawsuit against the Telegram & Gazette filed by the newspaper's carriers, in which they are seeking status as employees instead of contractors.
"The defendant ... is hereby enjoined and restrained from transferring ownership or interest in any of its assets ... until further order of this court," according to Judge Frison's order, obtained by Reuters.
The order said the sale would be blocked "unless the parent company, New York Times Company" agrees to become a defendant in the class action suit against the Telegram & Gazette and sets aside at least $60 million to cover potential liability.
A lawyer for the New York Times told the court that the company was unwilling to assume liability for the lawsuit, according to a report in the Telegram & Gazette on Tuesday. A New York Times Co official was unavailable to comment.
The $70 million price tag is a small fraction of the $1.1 billion the Times paid for the Globe newspaper 20 years ago - reflecting plunging advertising revenues and a shift in readership from print to the Internet.
The sale would also cap years of uncertainty for the Globe, which was put on the auction block twice since 2009.
The properties were the last pieces of a once much bigger New York Times Co empire. The company has sold off everything - TV and radio assets, dozens of U.S. regional papers, digital companies, and its stakes in sports ventures - to focus solely on its flagship and international edition.
The media-shy Henry, who was born in Quincy, Illinois, and built his fortune as a futures trader, has declined to outline his plans for the New England media group until the deal closes.
The New York Times Co used to own a stake in Henry's Fenway Sports Group, which includes the Red Sox, the Liverpool Football Club, and stakes in New England Sports Network cable TV channel.


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They picked her to stop an open revolt
September 30, 2008 1 Comment
by twit
but it looks like when it is time for civil war in the Republican party, it is simply time for civil war:
Famed conservative columnist George Will told a gathering of Senate aides on Monday that Gov. Sarah Palin is "obviously" not prepared to assume the presidency if necessary, two event attendees told the Huffington Post.
Appearing at a Senate Press Secretaries Association reception at the Cornerstone Government Affairs office, Will offered a harsh assessment of John McCain's running mate.
Palin is "obviously not qualified to be President," he remarked, describing her interview on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric as a "disaster."
… Will, who did not return requests for comment, had also been previously critical of McCain's choice of Palin, writing a week after it was announced: "The man who would be the oldest to embark on a first presidential term has chosen as his possible successor a person of negligible experience." One week ago, meanwhile, Will penned a blistering op-ed about McCain, accusing him of practicing "fact-free slander," holding a "Manichaean worldview," and "characteristically substituting vehemence for coherence."
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BEMIDJI, Minn. (April 11, 2012) — Students will be dancing among the stars when the Funtastic Dance Follies are staged April 12-14 at Bemidji State University.
The 2012 Funtastic Dance Follies, the 66th production of the campus dance show, will be held in the BSU Gymnasium of the Gillett Recreation and Fitness Center on the BSU campus. The follies will begin at 7 p.m. each night during the three-night run, and a 2 p.m. matinee will also be offered on Saturday, April 14.
This year's show will feature almost 50 dancers in multiple disciplines from across campus, including students, staff, faculty and alumni. This year's show features more than 25 numbers and will showcase "Community Highlights" from Fusion Dance Studio, First City Dance Studio and Just For Kix Dance.
The follies will hit the road on Monday, April 16, traveling to Swanville, Minn., for a performance at Swanville High School.
The follies are organized and performed by Bemidji State students with Suzy Langhout, an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Physical Education, Health and Sport, serving as director and Jon Langhout performing technical director duties.
The Funtastic Dance Follies began as a modern dance recital for a college physical education course, which performed "The Nutcracker Suite" for Christmas in 1945. Since then, the follies have become an annual tradition. The production is completely student-run, from dancing, choreography, spotlight operation, videotaping and staging of the production.
Tickets to the Funtastic Dance Follies are $5 for the general public; $2 for senior citizens and students. BSU students are admitted free with a valid ID. Advance tickets are on sale at the physical education desk at the Gillett Recreation Center. Tickets also will be available at the door.
For more information, contact the Department of Physical Education, Health and Sport at (218) 755-2940.


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Although I more and more use Git for source control, I face Subversion still frequently in daily life. I follow the rule that I don't want to check in what can be generated in a headless build, where I usually use Maven. Xtext projects have the source folders
src-gen and
xtend-gen, where generated sources go to. Further, you will usually have 3 projects: The grammar project, the UI project and a test project.
In this article I will show some guidelines that I follow when checking in Xtext projects into source control.
Handling the src-gen folder
The content of
src-gen can be produced during a build, so I do not check in the content of it. What needs to be considered is that is no good idea to ignore the folder completely, since it would be missing when fresh checking out the project. This leads to an incomplete build path, and the MWE2 workflow is not executable from Eclipse until the folder was created. This is because the .mwe2 file needs to be on the project's classpath, which is not the folder
src, but the output folder,
bin or
target/classes. It will be copied automatically with default workspace settings only when the build path is complete. This behavior can be changed in the workspace / project settings in Java / Compiler / Building.
If you rate down build path problems to warning level or just disable build abortion on errors, the .mwe2 file will be copied anyway to the target folder. If using project specific settings you could even check in these settings and share it in the team.
I prefer to check in the
src-gen folder, but avoid that any content gets checked in. To do so, add the folder with
svn add, but none of its content! Best you do this immediately after the Xtext project was created. After the folder was scheduled for adding, you can set the
svn:ignore property to value "*".
The xtend-gen folder
At the moment it is not possible to compile
.xtend files during a Maven build, so the content of
xtend-gen must be checked in and handled like handcrafted sources. To cut this story short: Xtend and Java files depend usually on each other. Xtend files cannot be compiled until Java sources from the same project were compiled, and some Java sources will depend on about-to-be-compiled Xtend sources. So the Java source compilation fails, aborting the build.
I hope to solve this problem soon.
Some ignore patterns
On the root of each of the 3 Xtext projects, set the property
svn:ignore to this value:
bin target .DS_Store plugin.xml_gen
Configure Maven clean plugin
When running
mvn clean on your project you would like to to clean up all derived resources. The
target folder will be removed by default, but this is not enough. The content of the
src-gen folders must be cleaned up as well. This can be done by configuring the maven-clean-plugin. One thing to consider is that Xtext has 3 projects. It is not correct to configure the clean plugin for all 3 projects due the lifecycle of a Maven build: The projects will be build after each other, executing all lifecycles per project. If you execute a "mvn clean install" this would have the effect that
- clean is called on the grammar project
- in phase generate-sources the Xtext implementation classes are produced to all 3 projects
- the sources for the grammar project are compiled
- now the build continues with the next module, e.g. the UI project
- the project will be cleaned, removing the previously generated sources
- compilation fails, since the generated sources are missing now
For this reason the clean plugin must be configured only in the grammar project, and it should clean up the sources from all 3 projects. Now comes again a detail related to source control: Since we want to have the
src-gen checked in, we have to avoid that the SCM related folders and files are removed. Otherwise this would confuse your SCM system. So these files must be excluded from deletion. This leads to the following configuration:
<plugin> <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <filesets> <fileset> <directory>src-gen</directory> <includes> <include>**</include> </includes> <excludes> <exclude>.svn/**</exclude> <exclude>.gitignore</exclude> </excludes> </fileset> <fileset> <directory>../${project.artifactId}.ui/src-gen</directory> <includes> <include>**</include> </includes> <excludes> <exclude>.svn/**</exclude> <exclude>.gitignore</exclude> </excludes> </fileset> <fileset> <directory>../${project.artifactId}.tests/src-gen</directory> <includes> <include>**</include> </includes> <excludes> <exclude>.svn/**</exclude> <exclude>.gitignore</exclude> </excludes> </fileset> </filesets> </configuration> </plugin>


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- This topic has 9 replies, 9 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 7 months ago by Cherrygurl85.
June 20, 2005 at 4:53 pm #1227DriParkerParticipant
Hey y'all, i need some help. I know a little about these topics, but not enuff to answer the questions. The ones i need the most help on are about grafting. thanks for any help y'all can give! ~Dri Parker~
(1) When you make a graft on a tree, why is it essential for you to be sure that the cambium layer of the stock and that of the scion are in contact with each other?
(2) What kind of graft would you use to save a fruit tree that has been completely girdled by a rabbit gnawing off a ring of bark?
(3) What does hoeing the garden (or running a cultivator on a farm) do besides tearing out the weeds?
(4) Would you cultivate more or less frequently than usual during very dry weather?
(5) In the spring of the year maple trees are tapped for sap to make sugar. Why are they tapped in the spring rather than in the fall?
(6) When you tap maple trees, should you cut through the bark and into the wood, or just partly through the bark? Why?
(7) When you transplant flowers in the garden, why should you take the roots up with a ball of earth about them-rather than loosen the soil and pull the roots out?
( 8 ) Why is it occasionally a good thing for you to wash the leaves of your house plants?
(9) What advantage is there in keeping water plants in a fish aquarium?
(10) The cod and other fish caught on the Banks of Newfoundland are heavier (and the total catch is heavier) during sunny seasons than cloudy seasons. How do you account for this?
(11) Potato beetles do not eat the tubers of the plant which man uses; they feed only on the leaves. Why take the trouble to poison the beetles then?
(12) Why does the florist sprinkle water on the walls and walks in his greenhouse as well as on the soil and growing plants?
(13) Sweet corn can hardly be planted in Canada until mid-May because of late frosts. Yet it is ready to eat in three months' time. How is this possible when in southern Illinois sweet corn matures very little earlier although it is planted the first of April?
June 21, 2005 at 2:21 am #25136Wood ThrushParticipant
Is this your homework?
August 21, 2005 at 3:37 pm #28720har0bed1813Participant
7) the small haires on the roots can be injured when crudely separated from the surrounding earth, and they are needed in efficient sucking up of water and nutrients
8)if the leaves get to dusty the sunlight can be obstructed by dust and sorts
9) in an aquarium you can control the environmental conditions (rather than in a regular bowl with water in it.. and another plus, you generally need water for waterplants, and an aquarium is an ideal object for containing water)
10) more sun-> more photosynthesis -> more plants/ autotrophes -> more things that eat the plantish thingies -> more thingies to eat for the fish -> heavier fish
11) leaves are needed to sustain the plant.. without it even the actual potatoes die
13) probably different species/breed or something.. and lots of different environmental factors
November 22, 2005 at 5:21 pm #33247amy690Participant
hey u must be from jubilee or one of their other academies. i need help with those questions too.
November 22, 2005 at 6:36 pm #33253CarolynparsonsParticipant
1)When grafting, it is extremely important that you bond the cambium layer of the rootstock with the cambium layer of the scion. Matching up these two surfaces as closely as possible is extremely important. These two sections of cambium layer are going to bond and will be the only thing holding the plant together. This bond is almost like a natural form of welding. The cambium layer will also dry out if not matched up properly.
2)Bridge Graft is used to save trees when the that has been completely girdled by a rabbit gnawing off a ring of bark.
3)For good growth, the plant must have space in the soil to get air; room to grow roots; suitable soil acidity or alkalinity; and adequate water, sunlight, and mineral nutrients. Air space, root room, and water available to a plant depend largely on the soil structure. This, in turn, is closely related to the organic matter in the soil and a suitable distribution of mineral particles of different sizes to keep the soil open and porous, permit excess water to drain away, and air to enter.
November 23, 2005 at 2:52 am #33280NavinParticipant
Don't you people have textbooks?
November 23, 2005 at 3:28 am #33286uga hort nerdParticipant
Another way to solve the rabbit problem is a process called in-arching. You basically plant small rooted cuttings or seedlings around the perimeter of the tree and graft them to the host tree. The cut on the host should look like a "T". As mentioned previosly, bridge grafting is another solution. However, inarching has long term benefits. It's also a good way to change rootstocks when new advances are made for that particular tree.
January 10, 2006 at 5:05 pm #36765tarabeara113Participant
just shot the rabbit so he doesnt touch the tree lol
February 20, 2006 at 8:22 pm #41402shopgirlParticipant
1. When making a graft on a tree, it is extremely important that the cambium layer and the scion layer are matched up as closely as possible. These two surfaces if not matched up properly will allow the cambium layer to dry out. They need to form a bond which is like a natural weld.
2. I would use a bridge graft. The bridge graft is used to usually at the base of a tree, it provides support and it provides as a pipline that will allow water and nutrients to move across the damaged area.
3. When the soil gets loosened it allows oxygen to go into the soil, plants need oxygen and space to grow roots. Loose soil allows mineral particles, water, sunlight and nutrients to the roots of plants and trees.
4. I would cultivate less because when there is dry weather the soil will store water and other nutrients. If you coltivate more then the soil will become so dry that most or posibly all of you plants would die.
5. Because in the spring it is cold and that is when the sap is coming from the roots to the leaves. In the fall it is warm and the sap is in the roots already and you can tell that the sap is in the roots because the leaves are brown and red and orange instead of green.
6. You should tap through the bark and into the wood because the tree is like a vien, there is'nt any sap in the bark of the tree. When you tap into a tree it is like drawing blood from an arm of a human.
7. Because you want the root hairs of the flower not to be damaged. The root hairs are what keeps the plant alive, they suck up water and nutrients from the soild and if they are damaged then the plant will probably die.
8. Because a plant breaths through its leaves and if there is to much dust on the leaves it can't breath. Also it prevents sunlight from getting to the leaves of the plant.
9. In an aquarium you can control the environmental conditions, if you just have a plant in a bowl or somthing you can't control the environmental conditions. Generally you need water or waterplants and an aquarium is the perfect object for containing water.
10. The more sun there is the more photosynthesis there is. The more photosynthesis the more plants, if there are more plants then the fish can eat more food and become biger and heavier.
11. Because if the leaves are eaten from a plant then it killes the plant. Patato beetles distroy plants and I know this from first hand expierience. If you don't kill the potato beetles then they will kill you plants and you won't have a very good harvest.
12. Usually a greenhouse is made out of glass or a see through material. If you sprinkle water on the walls and walks of the greenhouse it causes humidity which helps the plants to grow better and faster.
13. I would have to say it has somthing to do with the weather and the corn. Canada has different weather then southern Illinois and they probably use a different kind of corn. One place might be more humid then the other which would make a big difference in growth
November 24, 2007 at 5:10 pm #78447Cherrygurl85Participant
#3. Aerates the soil and loosens it.
Hope This Helps at least a lil bit 😀
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Alternative titles: FFI Gone Awry, Static Buffers Considered Harmful, Mutable State Considered Harmful, unsafePerformIO Considered Harmful
My previous post discussed how inet_ntoa uses a static buffer which can cause a race condition. Unlike in 'C', this is particularly likely to cause a race in Haskell programs due to the quick, easy, and cheap threads using forkIO that (potentially) share a single OS thread. Two bright spots were that inet_ntoa was marked as IO and that the result is usually unimportant.
Another FFI binding, nano-md5, has a similar race condition but is much more serious (not marked as IO and the result is a digest).
An even-handed note: iirc, nano-md5 remains hackage mostly as an FFI example – not that this is advertised in the nano-md5 description. "Real" users are told to look at hsOpenSSL and hopenssl – a cursory glance at the code suggests they don't have this bug. Also, the other bindings don't require O(n) space – so they are certainly worth switching to.
The nano-md5 line:
digest <- c_md5 ptr (fromIntegral n) nullPtr
is the culprit. It uses 'nullPtr' and according to the OpenSSL manual "If md is NULL, the digest is placed in a static array".
Test code that confirms the bug can be found here and the developer has been notified. I'll wrap this post up with a request for library developers to please work to avoid use of static buffers – they have no place in this forkIO happy playland I call Haskell.
Edit: I often write a blog post as I am dealing with the item (sometimes a day before I bother to hit post). I incorrectly hit post with the implication I submitted a patch – not true, I just mentioned the issue to dons on IRC.


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It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Ritual Sacrifice: Mobtown Modern's "The Rite of Swing," Metro Gallery, May 12, 2010
When considering "The Rite of Spring," fans of classical music still tend to identify with the folks who rioted at its premiere, getting riled up in the blood by its blasting dissonances, its emphatically unpredictable rhythms, and the evergreen subject matter of pagans trying to win the favor of their gods. This omits one important fact: Igor Stravinsky filled "The Rite of Spring" with good tunes. As someone who spent most of his college years whistling the little whirling tune that follows the stabbing arrhythmic chords in the second section, I can assure you that this is true.
At the invitation of Mobtown Modern curator Brian Sacawa, Darryl Brenzel took a look at the "Rite" through the eyes of someone without classical training and saw tunes galore, ripe for recasting in Brenzel's home idiom: the modern jazz orchestra. In the perhaps-inevitably titled "The Rite of Swing," which premiered on Wednesday night at Baltimore's Metro Gallery, Brenzel fitted phrasing and harmonies to his idiom, tossed in opportunities for solos, and freely transformed and extended the original whenever the spirit moved him. The result prompted continual smiles from Rite-o-philes hearing old faves in a new context, but would appeal to anyone with a pulse and an adventuresome ear — Brenzel's "Rite of Swing" cooks harder than Emeril on meth.
How can I say with such certainty that Brenzel was unencumbered by classical training? Because he was kind enough to write a blog about this whole process that explained virtually anything a listener could want to know, all before the show. (Side note: How much would you pay to read a blog by J.S. Bach about this exploration of the art of fugue that he's been working on? I'd be eating Ramen and Wonder Bread for months, methinks.) The blog might even help to sell a dubious "Rite"-o-phile on the idea: check out this bar-by-bar explanation of how he approached the introduction.
And indeed, the "Rite" stuff remained — that bassoon solo doesn't go away — but enjoying Brenzel's new colors, textures, and melodic approaches soon overtook the game of Find the Original Melody, especially when saxophonist Patrick Shook delivered the first solo of the "Swing." As described in the blog, Brenzel here led into the solo with Stravinsky's material, so the progression felt organic; any qualms that one might have about scribbling on Igor's masterwork were answered by Shook's playing, as he found a seam in the harmonies and explored it melodically.
The second section, "Dances of the Young Girls," brought to mind the fact that many of Stravinsky's contemporaries considered jazz to be vulgar music for primitive folks and showed another strategy of Brenzel's: to capture some of the rhythmic energy in "Spring" by rendering it with emphasis rather than surprise. So the stabbing arrhythmic chords mentioned earlier, which come over equally accented chords in "Spring," found drummer Todd Harrison kicking our a hard rock-style 4/4 rhythm. The brass hits for the arrhythmic stabbing chords felt less arrhythmic and more groping towards a dance rhythm, somehow, somewhere. Also Stephen Lesche's electric guitar sounded really cool spiking already spiky harmonies.
The main objection a classical purist (not me) might have to Brenzel's work is that he ignores Stravinsky's dramatic arc; Brenzel treats the sections as 15 separate pieces, each with their own character, not necessarily connected to those around it. On Wednesday, Brenzel said the title "Ritual of the Rival Tribes" reminded him of something Wayne Shorter would have written, so it gets a Shorter-esque treatment, with close swaggering chords over its tricky rhythm. "Glorification of the Chosen One" led Brenzel to the O.G. of classical adaptation for big band, Duke Ellington, and the terrifying horn whoops of the original become party-starting whoops in Brenzel's score, differing mainly in the end to which their excitement is directed.
Conducting as well, Brenzel praised the Mobtown Jazz Orchestra lavishly, and deservedly so. To begin "Spring Rounds," the saxes and reeds fluttered under sustained chords in the horns, a texture that both recalled Stravinsky and had a ravishing appeal of its own; Brenzel's arrangement then packed a lot of activity into a short period, and the orchestra's keen sense of rhythm had me whipsawed at the twists and turns. Brenzel decided to open up Stravinsky's brief "The Sage" section with some soloing from the bass, the "low, steady voice of wisdom" in Brenzel's plan, and Jeff Lopez's lyrical playing over hushed ostinatos made you glad for the dilation. In "Dance of the Earth," the rhythmic energy of the original straightened out a little bit, but became more intense in exchange, with the orchestra's fortissimo brass hits shaking you down to the ground. (Here, especially, I was grateful for the modest confines of the Metro Gallery. The stage couldn't even hold the whole band (piano and guitar had to sit off to the left), and the crowding made you feel it when the band got rolling.)
To introduce the finale, "Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)," Brenzel said, "We're gonna have some fun as we take this out," and he made good on his word by grafting James Brown-style guitar and drums sections onto Stravinsky's shifting rhythms to make, improbably, something you could shake your butt to. (Brenzel even picked up his sax and played the Maceo Parker role.) Here was as far from Stravinsky as you could get; and yet, while I drove home, both the original and its swinging child mingled in my brain, each excited by the other. That's the best kind of arrangement, and I hope to be able to hear it again soon.
The Metro Gallery is more like a club than a concert hall, which means you can go to the bar and get beer while you are watching. I only got a beer beforehand, but man did it taste good after my hour and 45 minutes' drive from Maryland to Balmer. (That was an honest rain delay; it was sheeting out there for a good while.) And the fact remains that, had I not wanted to be on my game to hear all the splendors detailed above, I could have been drinking the whole time. Plus you could get really good beer (my personal example) and not just the Heineken-type brew they pretend to want to serve you at your more upscale concertgoing establishments.
Also, I would like to commend the Mobtown Modern website for having samples from the arrangement available for my listening pleasure. This is a good idea with new stuff. That is all.
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by Christine Dugan
Dickinson has accepted an invitation to join the EcoLeague, a dedicated group of liberal-arts colleges focusing on environmental stewardship, social change and sustainability education. Dickinson is just the sixth institution to join the EcoLeague, marking the group's first partnership expansion in 11 years.
The consortium includes Northland College, Wis.; College of the Atlantic, Maine; Green Mountain College, Vt.; Prescott College, Ariz.; and Alaska Pacific University. The EcoLeague provides students and faculty from the partner institutions with experience-based opportunities such as an exchange program that offers students the chance to study and conduct research in different ecosystems domestically and across the globe; a faculty scholar-in-residence program, guest lectures, curriculum development and co-taught courses. The EcoLeague roster gives students access to study three oceans and organic farms in five different growing regions. Study opportunities also can be found at Lake Superior, the Sonoran Desert, northern forests, glaciers and coastal islands.
"Dickinson's philosophy is rooted in hands-on learning, so we are excited to provide our students with the access and opportunity to do research in the geographic and ecologically distinct areas represented by our EcoLeague partners," says Nancy A. Roseman, president and professor of biology.
"Dickinson students are fully dedicated to the liberal arts. They utilize their education, access to amazing facilities and a dynamic faculty to help drive environmental change," says Northland College President Michael A. Miller. "Dickinson will provide great opportunities for all of our students and faculty."
Just a few of the beneficial aspects Dickinson brings to its EcoLeague partners include the Center for Sustainability Education, Center for Global Study and Engagement, a USDA certified organic farm and the Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM), which works with communities across the state on citizen-science initiatives.
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Violet (6 Albums, 15 Tracks)
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- Jeff Surak
Called »the godfather of american noise« by Ukrainian MTV, Jeff Surak is a veteran experimenter from Washington DC. Since his early recordings under the name -1348-, Surak established himself in the international hometaper underground network of the 1980s, releasing tapes on the his own Watergate Tapes imprint, along with such artists as Controlled Bleeding, F/i, and Kapotte Muziek; and collaborating with icons like Zan Hoffman, Crawling with Tarts, and John Hudak. At the same time Surak performed with the notorious DC area industrial band New Carrollton.
The 1990s found Surak living and performing in Russia. There he formed the group Sovmestnoye Predpriyatiye which created site specific works using found materials and sounds.
At the turn of the millenium Surak created a new duo, V. which quickly blew out of the its initial framework of free improv into a unit that pushed the limits of composition, constantly reinventing itself with each recording and performance. After 11 albums in 2 years, the duo disbanded, leaving Surak to further continue explorations under his solo project called Violet. Found objects, microcassettes, damaged cds, prepared acoustic instruments, and old record players outfitted with foil are the tools of choice. Violet has collaborated with Alexei Borisov, Frans De Waard, Betrand Denzler, Michael Gendreau, Andrey Kiritchenko, Kotra, Francisco Lopez, Andreas Tilliander, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words and many others.
Since 2002 Violet has released numerous recordings in a variety of formats and has performed across the USA and Europe.
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Her plans to ditch the camp as soon as she gets paid are complicated when the owner's bossy, brooding daughter, Luce, ropes Camille into joining her troupe of actors, the Blissters, who secretly meet at the camp's old off-limits theater at night. When Camille's dad becomes Divorcees' surprise star, the curtain falls on her plan to go home, and she starts to connect with the other actors--especially leading man, Sebastien, and not-so-secret admirer, Hart--in ways she's successfully avoided with anyone for the past year. After faking her way through relationships for years, can Camille figure out how to be a true friend and reconnect with her buried love for theater? If she can, Grigsby might become the first true home she's had since her parents split. If not, she'll lose the chance to play the role of a lifetime--herself.
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Conservation and Environment in Nepal: Monthly Updates
Conservation in Nepal - Monthly Update: August-September 2014
These past 2 months we conducted our bird, mammal, reptile and amphibian surveys. In September, we also began our much anticipated butterfly surveys, which are conducted each year from September to early December and then again from March to May. We also began installing camera traps in a different region which was suggested by our local partner the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP). For our mammal surveys we set up camera traps along transect lines in this area. As these locations are new areas for our camera traps, we conducted habitat surveys at each camera trap point. These past two months' surveys have some interesting results!
Reptiles and Amphibian Survey
With a delayed monsoon this year the weather continued similar to monsoon throughout the first half of September. This meant that reptiles and amphibians were still active and during this period our opportunistic searches for reptiles, in particular snakes, has been quite successful. Snakes found on these surveys and identified included the Mountain Keelback (Amphiesma platyceps), Buff Striped Keelback (Amphiesma stolatum), Himalayan Keelback (Rhabdophis himalayanus), Collared Black Headed Snake (Sibynophis collaris) and the Olive Oriental Slender Snake (Trachischium laeve peracca).
Reports also came to our attention of locals regularly encountering a very large black snake in a village about a 40 minute hike below our placement, known as Kimche. According to the descriptions provided by the locals and the literature available to us, we thought this could be a King Cobra. If this was the case it would be a major find for the conservation team as King Cobras are rarely recorded above 1000m in altitude, and Kimche is at an altitude between 1600m-1700m. As well as a major find it is a potentially lethal find, as King Cobra's neurotoxic venom is one of the most lethal venom types to humans. It was planned to produce warning posters for the potential cobra, and distribute them throughout the village. These posters warned readers not to approach the animal if seen under any circumstances, and to remain calm and stay out of reach of the animal while slowly create as much distance as possible between them and the snake. The phone numbers of the conservation staff were also placed on the poster and it was advised they call one of the numbers immediately to give a description of the snake and location where it was sighted. We also stayed two nights in Kimche to survey for the snake. A group of volunteers stayed one night and then a swapped with another group the second night. The survey was done with the strictest protocols in place where everyone had to wear long trousers, carry a large stick and wear hiking boots. The ground ahead was always brushed with the stick and no one was allowed walk anywhere where they couldn't see where they were placing their feet, or what was directly ahead of them. In the event of the animal being located volunteers were advised to gain the attention of a member of staff immediately and to slowly create as much distance as possible between them and the snake. Unfortunately, in the end, the snake was not located on these surveys, but the warning posters remain in the village and it is hoped the survey can again begin in spring 2015.
On nocturnal surveys of the streams, adult Paa Liebigs frogs were recorded and it was the first time adults were recorded this year.
Bird survey
We try to locate the birds by using the McKinnon's list method. This means that we try to locate 10 different bird species along a pre-chosen route or transect line. The identification of birds is done through call identification and/or sight (visual encounter). Once ten species have been recorded, the stop time and GPS coordinates are recorded and a fresh McKinnons list begins, this procedure continues in this format until the transect line is completed. There are 488 species recorded in the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) and two new species found since July, namely the Pied Cuckoo (Jacobin cuckoo) and the Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica). These new species were officially recorded by Seejan Gyawali, the Project Abroad Conservation staff bird specialist, and the ACAP respectively. With the change in weather to far less cloud better viewing conditions were created, particularly for the vultures and the eagles. Surveying in middle to late September took centre stage with some surveys lasting the entire day, as different and far longer transect lines were chosen. This meant surveying a transect line and then a much deserved lunch out at a different village and surveying back to Ghandruk village along a different transect line. During September, the first Common Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) were recorded for the year and examination of the Nepal House Martin (Delichon nipalense) and Himalayan Swiftlet (Collocalia brevirostris) colonies began. These surveys are conducted at two recognised colony sites and are conducted in the early morning or late afternoon, when the birds are leaving the colonies to feed and returning to roost respectively. These birds are excellent flying insect pest controllers and therefore monitoring the colonies for used and abandoned nests is very important for getting an indication of the colonies health.
Mammal survey
The camera traps this time were placed in an area where they have not previously been placed. This area was suggested by our local partner ACAP, and we were happy to place them there as we were also very curious as to which medium to large size mammals were present in the area. This area was at a lower altitude than the normal altitude at which we place our camera traps. We try to place the camera traps at high altitudes to avoid getting footage of domestic livestock such as mules and buffalos. although these altitudes were between 2000m and 2400m, the area was undisturbed forest with little or no signs of domestic livestock. To try get an idea of abundance of certain species, some camera trap points had two camera's placed on opposite sides of a potential mammal trail. This meant we could have a photo of both sides of the animal making it easier to identify and separate individuals, giving us an idea of the presence and abundance of species in the area. When the camera traps were collected at these sites findings included large Indian Civets (Viverra zibetha) as well as some Nepal Grey Langurs (Semnopithecus schistaceus) on the ground, which is very irregular for this species as they spend most of their lives in trees. This could indicate that the animals did not feel threatened and therefore came down to the forest floor. Also most promising was that there was no recording of mules and only one camera recorded buffalo.
Nursery project
We also have a Nursery project where we grow our own organic vegetables. Mainly volunteers are involved from the beginning i.e. from preparing the nursery field to the harvesting or in distributing the small saplings to the local villagers. The saplings mainly include pumpkins, cabbages, cauliflowers, spinach and cucumbers. For this project, we own a greenhouse, where we grow all kinds of vegetables, like carrots and pumpkins. The vegetable saplings are given to the local farmers and, of course, we also enjoy from the organic vegetables from the garden. In September, some of our crops were ready for harvesting and we collected the produce, others will be ready for harvesting later so currently the gardening project includes evening/afternoon watering, weeding.
Butterfly survey
A Butterfly survey is carried out in seven sites in Ghandruk Village Development Committee (VDC), running from March to June and again from September to early December. In each of the seven sites, the survey is repeated twice and each survey lasts one hour. The method used was a Fix Point method. Last year's results indicated 29 species of butterflies which are included in seven families (Papilionidae, Nymphhalidae, Lycaenidae, Pieridae, Nemeobidae, Hesperidae and Satyridae). From Hesperidae family 2 species, from Papilionidae 6 species, from Nymphilidae 10 species, from Lycaenidae 6 species, from Satyridae 1 species, from Pieridae 3 species and from Nemobidae 1 species were observed. The family which had the largest number of species was Nymphilidae with 10 species, whereas family's which recoded on one species were Nemobidae and Satyridae. The number of different family's indicated shows the height of the diversity in the area.
Since beginning the survey this year we have collected the same family groups. It was also decided this time to do non-invasive surveying. Previously butterflies were caught with nets and this sometimes led to damaged wings which are extremely delicate. The method now was to patiently wait and track the butterfly till it landed and take a high quality image with a good quality camera. To date this method seems to be just as successful as the net approach, as we are catching as many species as we previously were.
The past two months have been busy and successful and volunteers still look forward to their weekend break where they can partake on separate hikes not involved in the projects, like the trek to Poon Hill and the Annapurna Base Camp (ABC). Or just chill out and enjoy the slow and relaxing pace of Ghandruk Village. We look forward to our busy volunteer season and look forward to working with them and teaching them about the conservation work of the area as well as learning from them and their experience and opinions on the work and area here.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Texas Instruments is eliminating 1,700 jobs or almost 5 percent of its global workforce to cut costs in its wireless business as it moves away from making smartphone application chips, sending its shares up almost one percent in late trade.
The Dallas, Texas based chipmaker had said in September that it would halt costly investments in its OMAP mobile application chip business, which supports features like video, for tablet computers and smartphones.
TI has been under pressure in wireless, where it has lost ground to rival Qualcomm Inc and the world's biggest smartphone makers Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd who have been developing their own chips instead of buying them from a supplier like TI.
Instead of pursuing the phone market TI is trying to sell OMAP in a broader market that requires less investments and includes industrial clients like carmakers.
TI said on it expects to take charges of about $325 million related to the job cuts and other cost reduction measures, most of which will be accounted for in the current quarter. Its previously announced financial targets for the fourth quarter do not include these costs, TI said.
The company, which has 35,000 employees around the world, expects annualized savings of about $450 million by the end of 2013 from the action.
TI shares rose to $29 in late trade after closing down 2 percent at $28.76 in the regular Nasdaq session.
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Dispatches from Doha: "The Lack of Urgency Is Disquieting"by -
Doha, Qatar, may not the first place that you'd pick for a global conference—many people would be hard-pressed to find it on a map. Yet, it's the location of this year's global UN climate negotiations (COP 18).
It's midway through the final week of the negotiations, yet there's an eerie calm in the sprawling conference hall. The scene here is different than the past two years (in Durban and Cancun, respectively), both of which were filled with tension and even moments of drama. Certainly, no one expected a major breakthrough this year, but the lack of urgency here is disquieting.
The Climate Change Risks Are Increasingly Clear
What's happening inside the conference center stands in stark contrast to what we're witnessing outside. Just yesterday, an unusual and massive storm, Typhoon Bopha, swept across the Philippines, taking hundreds of lives and displacing thousands more. While typhoons are common in the Philippines, this storm is the most southern on record and arrived particularly late in the season. Meanwhile, people in the eastern United States and Caribbean are still recovering from Hurricane Sandy. And, in India, a new report warns that more droughts loom as monsoons will bring 70 percent less water in the years ahead. This is the increasingly volatile world in which we live. More and more people are starting to understand that climate impacts are here and are already affecting our daily lives.
And yet world leaders are largely still lacking the political will to shift direction. For instance, global dependence on fossil fuels remains largely unchecked. A recent WRI report shows that there are nearly 1,200 coal plants with 1400 gigawatts of total capacity proposed for development across the globe. Meanwhile, government subsidies for fossil fuels are six-fold those for renewable energy. And the location of the COP 18 conference—in one of the quintessential oil nations—is hard to ignore.
Now Is the Time for Action
What happens here over the next few days matters. It's time for countries to step up with a more productive approach, perhaps with some new commitments that will inject a greater sense of urgency into these talks.
We need to get moving on the new climate deal that was agreed to in Durban—and we need to ensure that it's both ambitious and fair to all parties. And, if negotiators can resolve the issues around the Kyoto Protocol and the Long-Term Cooperative Action (or LCA) track, that would bring all countries under a single, common platform. That, in itself, would be an accomplishment that could set the stage for a more streamlined and effective process ahead. Beyond that, it will be important that we see a serious, detailed work plan for the new climate agreement emerge out of these negotiations.
The scale of the challenge is clear. As UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday, climate change is an "existential challenge for the whole human race." Let's hope that negotiators are ready to take up a more inspired, urgent, and ambitious pace.
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Singapore Latin Extravaganza 2017
8/24/17 - 8/28/17, Singapore
Singapore Latin Extravaganza 2017
8/24/17 - 8/28/17,
Singapore Latin Extravaganza (SLE) aims to provide a World-class Street Latin Dance experience for the rapidly growing following that this genre has been garnering in Asia. SLE brings together some of the most famous and highly sought-after Latin Dance superstars in the World in an incredible venue – the 5-Star urban resort, One Farrer Hotel & Spa. Inspiring workshops, jaw-dropping shows, incredible parties and sumptuous dining come together under one ultra luxurious roof. SLE will create an exciting, fun-filled and seamless experience for the entire weekend – come and experience it for yourself.
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