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Children will love the comical photographs of animals in different hip-hop dance positions! Dancing lemurs, bunnies, chimpanzees, and elephants groove to a simple rhyme pattern in this entertaining book. Children are asked to choose the hip-hop animal they think is the best dancer, as well as the animal or group of animals having the most fun.
Fun photographs of different animals taking a bath are the highlight of this entertaining book. Repetitive text structure and close picture-to-text match help children read along as they see a bear, a bird, a cat, an elephant, a monkey, and other animals splashing and squirting water. Young children are then asked to relate it to their own experience - Do you like having a bath?
This book uses an engaging question and answer format that poses a question on one page and asks the reader to turn the page for the answer. Questions and answers use repetitive text so children can guess whether a duck, a ladybug, a bat, or a dog can fly. An activity at the end asks children to guess which animals shown on the page can fly.
When is a dog not a dog? When it's dressed up like a bee, or a spider, or a cow! Repetitive text structure and hilarious photos of dogs in costumes will keep very young readers turning the pages of this entertaining book. Each page also includes a picture of the animal the dogs are impersonating. A simple activity at the end asks children to match dogs with people who are dressed the same way.
From dogs and cats to turtles and rats, this book uses rhyme to show kids the facts! Photographs of pets in funny situations help children understand the concept of size. Children learn by comparing animals to determine which is bigger or smaller. An activity at the end asks children to identify which animal on the page is the biggest, the smallest, and medium-sized.
Owls, raccoons, bats, and fireflies are featured in this intriguing book about nocturnal animals. Simple text introduces children to these nighttime hunters and the special senses they possess that help them find food in the dark. It also acquaints children with animals such as red foxes, which hunt both in the day and at night. An activity asks readers to identify which animals they see during the day and which animals come out at night.
Rap is being used to teach reading in many schools today. It is a fun way to introduce sounds and rhymes, as well as beat. This books hilarious pictures of rapping reptiles will make children laugh and want to create their own rap verses. The funny rapping reptiles introduce their classifications, body structures, behavior, and food choices in a really cool way.


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By Benaifer J. Mirza
In Motorcycle Diaries, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna says, "Wandering around our America has changed me more than I thought. I am not me any more. At least I'm not the same me I was." There's something about travelling that liberates you, and also adds beauty to an otherwise plain (or, even boring) story or canvas. Sitting in a movie hall, as an audience, we need to credit Bollywood for taking us to some of the most beautiful places across the globe; many of which, not many people were familiar with till they saw them on screen for the first time. And once a film is shot there, it is not long before Indians start arriving in that country as tourists. It happened with Switzerland in the 1960s and 70s, with Holland, Australia and Scotland in the 1980s and 90s, and countries like Belgium and New Zealand in recent times. The last one year saw film makers getting even more adventurous with their desire to explore the world. Here are some samplers:
Breathtaking Bulgaria
A major chunk of Dilwale was shot in Sofia, the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. Watching Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol — the evergreen couple back on screen — in the midst of the beauty of this place… pure bliss.
Iceland treats
Witness the glaciers, volcanoes, hot water springs, and stunning hues — the many prides of Iceland — in the song Gerua from Dilwale.
Cuteness in Corsica
What happens in Corsica stays in Corsica — this was a pact between Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor in Tamasha. But, of course, little did they know that their secrets would be out and this mountainous Mediterranean island would soon become such a hot favourite amongst its audience.
Pretty Poland
It's stunning, it's exotic, and it has a unique sense of style and flavour… it's Poland. Explains why, it was the pick for not one, but two films in 2015. We bet, Bangistan and Shaandaar wouldn't look and feel half as interesting and exciting if it weren't for the beauty of this central European country.
Romancing in Romania
From being Europe's richest country in gold resources, to having seven UNESCO world heritage sites, Romania is one of Bollywood's lesser explored destinations. Luckily, Akshay Kumar decided to tap the untapped by shooting Singh is Bling in this beautiful locale.
European fantasies
We bet, most of us could kill to be in the shoes of the actors or crew of Dil Dhadakne Do. Who wouldn't want to be a part of a film that was majorly shot on a Cruise Liner Deck 7 touring throughout Europe, specifically France, Spain, Tunisia and Italy, and Turkey, too?
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According to the overnights, 13.76 million Americans watched David Letterman say goodbye to The Late Show Wednesday night, his biggest CBS audience since 1994.
If you watched in Toronto or Brampton on Rogers Cable, you lost the signal around the 12:37 mark. The Late Show ran 17 minutes later, a situation anyone with a Twitter account was aware of, but apparently the memo never got to Rogers. I was watching on Channel 16 when the picture suddenly switched from the OMNI simulcast to the originating CBS feed. Thirty seconds later, up popped one of those cheap-ass Comedy Now recyclables from CTV Two.
Letterman is summing up 33 years, pouring his heart out about his staff, and this screw up happens. Letterman used to joke that they don't give these jobs to chimps, but I'm not sure that policy holds at the cable company.
The thing was cleared up in about a minute. All we really missed was a big thank you to Leslie Moonves. Things switched back in time, thank goodness, for Dave to introduce his wife Regina and son Harry, sitting in the theatre. It was startling to finally see Harry, so young and cute, the Golden Child kept safely out of sight until Wednesday night.
Other highlights from show 6028:
The cold opening with the presidents was impressive but needed a topper–maybe Letterman seeking a reprieve from Dick Cheney. Alan Kalter's, "And now a boy from a small town in Indiana…" was sweet. There was one last dash across the stage.
Dave vamping during the applause, showing off the lining of his jacket while Paul Shaffer played "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody"–that's the stuff I'll miss the most.
There were good zingers in the last monologue. "It's beginning to look like I'm not going to get the Tonight Show," Dave cracked. Classic.
The animated Simpsons gag was a lovely touch. Ditto the Wheel of Fortune puzzle joke.
Letterman worked in a nice shout out to his successor, Stephen Colbert. The "Conversations with Kids" clip was fun, although it stings that no one else on television will every intro something like that again and reference Art Linkletter.
The most showy part was the All-Star Top-10 List, read by a murder's row of elite Late Show guests. The category was "Top 10 Things I've Always Wanted to Say to Dave." There was a golden opportunity for Jay Leno to walk out and say, for No. 1, "I'm sorry."
Letterman seemed way more chuffed that Payton Manning showed than anyone else. Alec Baldwin, Barbara Walters, Steve Martin, Jerry Seinfeld all had to be there. Jim Carrey, who looks like he's rooming these days with Randy Quaid, killed his self-mocking "I've always found you to be a bit of an over-actor" gag. Chris Rock's zinger about being "glad your show is being given to another white guy" line was another home run.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus got the biggest laugh with, "Thanks for letting me take part in another hugely disappointing series finale." Jerry's reaction: priceless. Tina Fey also scored with "Thanks for finally proving men can be funny."
Bill Murray had the capper and squandered it, but after, when Letterman went through the crowd and thanked each one, his exchange with Murray was gold. "I saw you on TV last night, are you alright? " he asked his old friend. Dammit Letterman, stop making this so hard.
I got a big kick out of the Zsa Zsa/Taco Bell clip, one of my all time faves. That week Letterman brought the show to Hollywood was one of the best string of Late Shows' ever. There was a peek behind the scenes, a few minutes of Dave coming to work, goofing around with the producers and writers, getting prepped. I could watch that as a series.
I kept waiting for that segment with the viewers and by the time it came Rogers was there to help convince all of us it is time to cut the cord. Letterman remained true to his ballsy self, telling the audience to "save a little for my funeral." He praised the guy who hired him at CBS, Howard Stringer. He went on about the theatre, how it had been transformed from a rat trap to a comedy cathedral. "What a wonderful place to do a show; what tremendous music this place has housed."
Letterman thanked everyone in the crowded booth and asked them to stop drinking. He thanked the writers and gave them more credit for the show then he felt he himself deserved. He thanked every member of the band. He managed to give shout outs to Biff Henderson and many other staffers, some with him since the very beginning. He thanked his mother.
Then, suddenly, the wrap up. "All right. That's pretty much all I got. For the last time on a television program, thank you, and good night."
Ever the pro, he signed out without a tear and handed his show over to The Foo Fighters. They rocked out the last five minutes as the clips rained down, glimpses of 33 years of treasured memories. Among the last images: home movies of Harry learning to ski. Life after Late Show. Left behind are a world full of stupid pets and people who will never know their cuts of meat.
Still, as Dave would say, he's not dead. Long may he ski.


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Global Outdoor Backpacks Market 2015-2019
Outdoor backpacks are mainly used by those who are engaged in outdoor recreational activities such as camping, hiking, and trekking. A diverse range of outdoor backpacks is available in the market, and they vary in size, insulation, design, material, temperature ratings, and various other parameters. Factors that play a key role in choosing outdoor backpacks include length of trips and types of activities.
Some of the key technical parameters that influence the purchasing decision of customers are bag frame structure, shoulder harness, hip belts, pockets, hydration packs, and equipment straps. Quality, variety, and pricing of outdoor backpacks varies for each region. Since outdoor backpacks are designed and manufactured using sturdy and durable raw materials to withstand extreme weather conditions, they are comparatively more expensive than casual bags.
Rising participation in outdoor activities would boost the demand for outdoor backpacks during the forecast period.
Technavio's analysts forecast the global outdoor backpacks market to grow at a CAGR of 3.33% over the period 2014-2019.
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This report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global outdoor backpacks market for the period 2015-2019. To calculate the market size, the report considers revenue generated from the sales of outdoor backpacks through following segments: 15-35 liters, 36-60 liters, and above 60 liters Technavio's report, Global Outdoor Backpacks Market 2015-2019, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas, APAC, Europe, and ROW; it also covers the global outdoor backpacks market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
Key Regions
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- Gregory Mountain Products
- High Sierra
- Osprey Packs
- The North Face
- Wildcraft
Market Driver
- Growing Popularity of Outdoor Recreational Activities
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- Availability of Counterfeit Products
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Invesco Large Cap Growth Investor (LCGIX) Description: LCGIX is a mutual fund, which is an investment that owns a basket of assets. The LCGIX mutual fund was provided by Invesco and this investment vehicle derives the majority of its value from equity holdings (stocks). Invescos mutual fund has a short management tenure and is in the average fund size classification. LCGIXs minimum initial investment amount is $1000 while the IRA minimum is $250. LCGIXs expense ratio is roughly 1%. The latest LCGIXs front end load was 0% and the back end load was 0%. The Invesco Large Cap Growth Investor (LCGIX) mutual fund falls under the large-cap growth category. LCGIX focuses its investments in USA and LCGIX is not affiliated with a particular industry or fund sector. The Invesco Large Cap Growth Investor (LCGIX) mutual fund is not a leveraged fund and it does not have inverse fund properties. An investor can find LCGIXs top holdings, fundamental analysis, ratings, and fund risk (volatility) on the left side of the screen. The right side of LCGIXs research report features technical analysis and long term investment potential.
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My entire life, I've struggle with perfectionism even though I know the truth now. God doesn't expect or want us to be perfect - we are seen as perfect in His eyes since he created us in His image. Our imperfections are beautiful and unique to each one of us. We are "better than perfect" and greatly loved in God's eyes. The empowering message found in this book was one that I wanted . . . and needed my daughter to hear especially living in today's society. I want to cultivate, reinforce, and instill self-confidence in Alyssa's heart and mind. I want her to gain a sense of bravery as part of her character as she develops into a Godly woman.
Better Than Perfect: That's what every girl is in God's eyes.
A young girl's doubt in her own self-worth starts from an early age. Am I pretty enough? Am I smart enough? Will I fit in? Do people like me? Am I worthy enough? These aren't questions asked by teens, but from precious girls in grade school! Brave Girls Faith and Honor will help girls navigate these questions and learn just how wonderful they are! In this Brave Girls devotional, 90 engaging devotions will help young girls find their place in the world and learn that the beauty of their imperfections is what makes them unique, loved, precious, and "better than perfect" in God's eyes.
Book Description
This newly released 136-page paperback Christian devotional book published by Tommy Nelson: A Division of Thomas Nelson Publishers is outstanding! Faith and Honor, two of the Brave Girls, introduce the book and its purpose reminding everyone to remain faithful and put their trust in the Lord. God loves us and we are perfect the way we are and that the "secret" to being beautiful is seeing ourselves through God's eyes as part of the big picture rather than the messy pieces. They remind us to take note of our attitude as well.
Each daily devotion includes:
- Meaningful Bible Scripture Verses
- Short Thought-Provoking Devotional Text
- Simple Closing Prayer Pointers
The devotion is organized into six main chapters:
- Truth Detectives
- Bible Beauties and Beaus
- Divine Design
- Body Builders
- Character Quest
- Mind Games
I am using this book with my 7-year-old as part of a mother-daughter devotional during our morning Bible time. We read one devotional each day. There are lessons and truths that we will both benefit from hearing. I want to use this time together as a way to grow closer to God and one another.
My Thoughts
We ABSOLUTELY loved Brave Girls: Better Than Perfect! My favorite chapter was the first one which began with descriptions covering 15 essential truths and baffling lies we've heard or told ourselves. These important snippets will clear up any misunderstandings we may be believing in our hearts. For example, a handful of lies addressed in this book are "I need to have money to be happy," "I need to be beautiful," "I can never make mistakes," "I need to have fun all the time," "I always need to be right," and "I need for everyone to like me." After stating each lie, often with scenario examples, the truth is clearly voiced.
Each devotion begins with a Biblical referenced scripture verse that can be memorized and is relevant to the central topic. The brief one-two page devotions were stated in a straightforward manner which took very little time out of our day. The material presented was age-appropriate in with regards to content, length, and level. However, I was a little confused because the description states that it is a 90-day devotional, but there were only 86 devotions in my book.
The one or two sentence prayer pointers teach children how to build a better relationship with God through conversation. They are easy-to-read and can be restated by children leading the closing prayer.
The book can be purchased at Faith Gateway Store for the affordable price of $7.99 or on Amazon for $6.80.
Note: All prices are subject to change.
I would definitely recommend Brave Girls: Better Than Perfect to pre-teen girls between the ages of 7-11. Older and younger children within the age range will find the content appealing. It guides Christian girls through a study emphasizing God's Word when we doubt who we are and who He wanted us to be. This book would be a great gift in an Easter basket or Christmas stocking.
I received a complimentary, free copy of this book from the publisher as part of the BookLook Blogger Review Team Program in exchange for an honest review on my blog. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this information in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255 "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."
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ArtLung Posts tagged with silly
- Smorgasborg, not Smorgasbord (Jan 29, 2012)
I spent some time reworking a page I've had hidden, or at least deemphasized for about 5 years. The page is the one I named Smorgasborg in 1988. It has been my "entertaining, silly and educational junk drawer" ever since then. I remember a time when things on the web seemed to have shorter lives,…
- Receipt Poetry, 1999 (Jan 28, 2011)
- Silliness of the Day (Jun 13, 2008)
Keep your kids safe. via Kynn.
- Tennis Pong (May 21, 2008)
Really wonderful silliness via B3ta: And now, live from Wimbledon, the interactive Pong championships 2008 Busy today. Lots happening. Behind on some side stuff, but the day job has to come first. Also, got to hit the pool at lunchtime. Promise to catch up soon!
- Sixty Out of Ninety-One (Nov 28, 2007)
Sadly, they inserted a hidden link to some dumb dating site into the HTML they generate. Boo! … Quiz was fun though.


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It seems that I am often away..so I'm going to tell you about a little trip away that I took many years ago. My late husband was "into" shipwrecks, treasure and the stories, so the wreck of the " Royal Charter" really fired his imagination. So it was that we took tents and had a brief trip to Moelfre on Anglesey.
The " Royal Charter" was the fastest liner of her day and she was wrecked only a few miles from her destination at Liverpool on 25th. October 1859. Only 40 men were saved out of a compliment of over 500 passengers and crew. She was not the only shipwreck that night as a hurricane rushed down the west coast of Britain causing havoc at all the ports.
After visiting the scene of the wreck, the bay, the churchyard and the village I bought the book entitled " The Golden Wreck "...so called as the passengers were returning from the goldfields of Australia and the ship itself had a cargo of gold on board. It was estimated that onboard was over £370,000 of gold. Since the people were about to alight at Liverpool they'd all dressed in their finery with money belts and nuggets on their person. No women or children survived, their clothes were heavy,(it was after all October) became waterlogged and dragged them down. Having , myself, seen the rocks where the ship foundered I can understand how the bodies were cut to pieces and dashed to pieces...for the perpendicular rocks face out towards the sea, with wicked, jagged edges. Villagers on the shore tried vainly to rescue but they were beaten by the force of the hurricane and lack of equipment. a lifeboat was sent out but that too could not reach the ship that broke in two.
When we visited there was still tension in the air as the villagers of the day were accused of removing gold and jewelry from the corpses and they still resent that implication. It's said that sometimes gold gets washed up on the shore to this day ...the wreck lies in relatively shallow water and is often dived upon. Many bodies are buried at Llanallgo church , where a monument was erected.
Meanwhile in Liverpool relatives and friends turned up to meet the ship ..they'd received telegrams from the port in Ireland where the ship had docked the day before. They were unaware of the tragedy that had befallen the "Royal Charter"...in fact when told they could not believe that such a catastrophe could have occurred so close to home.
The book makes for harrowing reading and also includes details of salvage dives that have taken place. It's not so much the gold that was recovered but more the poignant and personal items that were retrieved. For many of the men that survived they were left penniless, wifeless and childless and were bereft beyond comprehension as they'd striven so hard to keep their families together.
So that is very briefly the true story of the "Golden Wreck"........
26th October 1859 A Villagers Search
A child's body in the sand,
Minus a foot, minus a hand.
An elegant woman with wrap of fur-
The child's mother ? Who loved her ?
So I walked the ocean by the strand,
Searching rocks, searching sand-
Searching life, finding only death.
Lifeless souls, drawing no breath.
A golden sovereign- Sydney mint,
Unblemished, unused- never spent,
Lying in a rockpool, now so calm
After last night's fearful storm.
If there is a God ? Oh, pity them.
Give 40 survivors boundless strength.
Their lives shattered by the rocks,
By the hurricane that mocks
The mighty liner " Royal Charter"
Now known for evermore and after
As the " Golden Wreck" of Anglesey,
Now lying beneath the calm, cruel sea.
I spot an earring glistening here
That once adorned a maiden's ear -
She had laughed and tossed her hair-
Thinking of her family waiting there,
Keen to meet at Liverpool dock.
She'd coiffed her hair and donned a frock
Of rich red velvet warm and new,
And a nugget mounted good and true
Around her neck, so sleek and trim.
She knew no fear, she could not swim.
All that remains for me to find-
An earring, just one of it's kind.
So remember long, if you could
Those innocent folks, brave and good.
Resting now far from home,
To Australia they did roam.
Thinking they were homeward bound,
Buried in Llangollen church ground.
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Dark Eyes And Lips - Rihanna Inspired
Hello everyone!
Even though I have been taking an extended break from blogging while I finish out my university course, I have still been playing with make up and fashion. This weekend on my night off I got inspired by a photo of a look Rihanna wore and decided to create my own version!
This is my bare face (don't be scared!) I used the Seventeen Stay Time foundation and Collection's Lasting Perfection concealer to create a flawless base. I then put tape on my eyes to help get the winged out effect. I have quite hooded eyelids so using the tape helps me get the right angle. I then used a cool brown on my outer corner and into the crease.
I continued to build this colour up, then added a dark purple colour to darken it. I did my brows using Collection's Work the Colour Nude Eye Palette, which I also used for the first colour on the eyes. I used a fluffy brush from ecotools to blend, this is very important! I lined my eyes with a Natural Collection black liner and then smudged that on my top and bottom lashes.
I used a bronzer from NYC to contour and warm up my face as Rihanna had a quite warm complexion. I used it as a blush also and used a shimmery eye-shadow to highlight my face.
I used "Willow" lip liner from Wet N Wild as a base on my lips, then used "Cherrybomb" lipstick, also from Wet N Wild, on top.
This is the finished look! If you liked this look and these types of posts do let me know! I am considering starting a YouTube channel in the summer also, so if you think I should comment below!
*Lil' update: My makeup idol Sam from Pixiwoo just uploaded a video on this look, its amazing so go check it out!
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UCSB physics professor Paul Hansma explains new instrument for measuring bone strength. The instrument is now manufactured for commercial research applications by ActiveLife Scientific, a Santa Barbara company founded by UCSB graduates Davis Brimer and Alex Proctor. Brimer and Proctor won the campus's annual New Venture Competition in 2007.
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WASHINGTON – The mysterious stranding of about 100 melon-headed whales in a shallow Madagascar lagoon in 2008 set off a rapid international response — a few of the 3-4-meter-long marine mammals were rescued, necropsies conducted, a review panel formed.
Did they follow prey into the lagoon? Were they sick? Was it the weather, or chemical toxins?
The panel recently gave its best answer, and it is causing ripples of concern. For the first time, a rigorous scientific investigation has associated a mass whale stranding with a kind of sonar that is widely used to map the ocean floor, a finding that has set off alarms among energy companies and others who say the technology is critical to safe navigation of the planet's waters.
The independent review panel appointed by the International Whaling Commission concluded Sept. 25 that a high-powered, "multibeam echosounder system" (MBES) was "the most plausible and likely behavioral trigger" for the stranding. About 75 of the animals, which normally inhabit deep ocean waters, died.
A contractor for Exxon Mobil was using the sonar system — which sends "ping" sounds from a vessel toward the ocean floor — in a channel between Mozambique and Madagascar to determine where an oil and gas exploration rig might be safely constructed. Computers use the returning echo from the pulses of sound to map the ocean floor.
The panel of five scientists "systematically excluded or deemed highly unlikely" nearly every other possibility before settling on the use of the MBES, which previously was considered relatively benign, according to the group's report.
"The evidence seems clear to us that (the MBES) was pretty likely" the cause, said Brandon Southall, the panel's chairman and a marine biologist at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He said he hopes the report will cause governments, regulatory agencies and private companies to "realize that some of the types of mapping sonars have the potential to cause reactions in marine mammals that can be detrimental."
Exxon Mobil, which helped select the panel and partly funded the rescue of some of the whales in 2008, rejects the conclusion, contending that the evidence is too flimsy for a determination that could have a far-reaching impact.
"While Exxon Mobil is not accepting responsibility for the stranding in light of the uncertainties in the report, we did cooperate and provide funding for the response effort in 2008 and the review panel because we are working in Madagascar," spokesman Patrick McGinn said.
Another skeptic is Larry Mayer, a professor at the University of New Hampshire's Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping. "From my reading of that report, it's not clear how they could have come to that conclusion," Mayer said. "Any of the other possible conclusions are just as likely."
The report could have significant consequences for U.S. agencies and others around the world that use the MBES to map ocean floors. "If it endangers the ability to use these sort of systems . . . it could lead to all kinds of dangerous downstream consequences." Mayer said.
And Joseph Geraci, an adjunct professor of comparative medicine at the University of Maryland who has studied cetacean strandings for 40 years, said he was troubled by the strength of the language in the panel report. "I'm not sure on the basis of a single event where there are two activities that the words 'most plausible cause' are the right ones," he said. "It's only those three words that made me pay attention."
But Howard Rosenbaum, director of the Ocean Giants program of the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society, hailed the panel for pushing the envelope on possible factors in the strandings and deaths of marine mammals. "I think what we would like to see is the most effective regulations that will minimize the risk (of mass strandings) to sensitive whales and dolphins," Rosenbaum said.
U.S. Navy sonar has been implicated in harm to whales and dolphins, environmental groups contend. A federal judge last month ordered federal biologists to reconsider permits that could allow the navy to kill or disrupt marine mammals during antisubmarine warfare exercises off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. But in 2008, the Supreme Court allowed similar drills off Southern California to be held without protections for marine mammals.
Other environmental groups are skirmishing with energy companies over the use of "seismic air guns," devices that send much louder blasts of compressed air toward the ocean floor to help find oil and gas trapped below.
The noise from an MBES is better compared to an industrial-sized version of the fish-finders widely used by recreational anglers, Southall said. That is part of the reason his panel's finding is so controversial: the pinging sound is used so widely around the globe, in so many forms, that most involved have considered it relatively harmless.
But it may be time to adjust that thinking, Southall said. He said no study of whale strandings will achieve the kind of certainty that Exxon Mobil and others would like, but said this one provided a rare opportunity to consider a wide range of possibilities and disprove them.
Because the Wildlife Conservation Society has a presence in Madagascar, it was able to quickly respond to the stranding, rescuing some of the whales and conducting necropsies on the dead, Rosenbaum said.
And because regulators, conservation groups and energy companies were together at a conference in Chile at the time, they were able to put together a coordinated rescue response and later work together to form the review panel.
"It seemed to be a very uncommon event," Southall said, "and we were able to go through almost all the factors that we looked at and rule almost everything else out."
Exxon Mobil contends, among its other objections, that the stranding began before its contract vessel arrived off the shores of northwestern Madagascar. The company has provided satellite photographs of objects on other nearby beaches before the melon-headed whales fled into Loza Lagoon, but the panel concluded they most likely were small fishing boats.
Nevertheless, Exxon Mobile already has changed its practices to prohibit the use of an MBES near an underwater cliff face, because the panel raised the possibility that the sound pulses echoed off one in this case and had an unusual effect on the whales, McGinn said.
Southall said the whales already were in unusually shallow water for unknown reasons.
The bottom line for the company, McGinn said, is that "our contract vessel happened to be there in that time frame, but there are so many uncertainties in the area that we're not sure it's us."
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panel found sonar was responsible
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The panel concluded that a multi-beam echosounder system, used by a nearby survey vessel was the most 'plausible and likely behavioural trigger'
The report said the potential for mortality from the use of sonar systems should be considered in future environmental assessments
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Environmental campaigns have maintained for years that sonar systems used by shipping leads to the stranding of whales.
But now international research has confirmed their concerns for the first time that whales strand themselves on beaches when they are lost and disorientated by high-frequency underwater noise.
An independent scientific review panel found the systems, mainly used for underwater mapping, were responsible for the mass stranding of 100 melon-headed whales in Madagascar in 2008.
Sonar systems, mainly used for underwater mapping, were responsible for the mass stranding of 100 melon-headed whales
An independent scientific review panel found that sonar systems, mainly used for underwater mapping, were responsible for the mass stranding of 100 melon-headed whales in Madagascar in 2008
A report commissioned by the panel said: 'The potential for behavioural responses and indirect injury or mortality from the use of similar MBES [multi-beam echosounder systems] should be considered in future environmental assessments, operational planning and regulatory decisions.'
The noise from the high-frequency sonar systems, used by the military, shipping and research vessels, can cause the animals to swim into the wrong areas, and it is thought that use of the system leads to beachings in the UK too.
Every year 800 whales, dolphins and porpoises are stranded on British beaches, although it is not known whether sonar systems are to blame. Here, British Divers Marine Life Rescue volunteers inspect a with a 44ft Sperm whale, which died on Redcar beach in Cleveland in 2011
Every year 800 whales, dolphins and porpoises to be stranded on British beaches, although it is not known whether sonar systems are to blame.
Dr Howard Rosenbaum, director of the Ocean Giants Program for WCS, welcomed the report and said: 'These conclusions add to a mounting body of evidence of the potential impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine mammals.
'Implications go well beyond industry, as these sonar systems are widely used aboard military and research vessels for generating more precise bathymetry (underwater mapping).
'We now hope that these results will be used by industry, regulatory authorities and others to minimise risks and to better protect marine life, especially marine mammal species that are particularly sensitive to increasing ocean noise from human activities.'
The noise from the high-frequency sonar systems, used by the military, shipping and research vessels, (pictured is the sound room of HMS Westminster in Portsmouth) can cause whales to swim into the wrong areas, and it is thought that use of the system leads to beachings in the UK too
Katie Moore, director of animal rescue at IFAW said: 'Mass stranding response is challenging under the best of circumstances.
'Together with local individuals and the government of Madagascar, we provided the expertise to rescue as many animals as possible and medical care to those that stranded alive.
'Equally important was to gather as much data as possible from the animals to address the root cause of the stranding. We are pleased to see the ISRP report and its conclusions, which will hopefully be used in shaping future conservation policies.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2434769/Underwater-sonar-systems-really-DO-cause-whales-stranded--high-frequencies-disorientate-them.html#ixzz2g8j181nE
A recent study by the Cascadia Research Collective based in Washington, said underwater military sonar could be killing blue whales.
The reserachers said that baleen whale species, which include the world's largest animal, the blue whale, react to the mid frequency noises by changing behaviour.
This includes altering foraging so they miss out on high-quality prey, which could make them weak and decimate numbers through starvation.
The soundwaves, developed by the military to track enemies beneath the waves, are between 1 and 10 kHz, which is within the human hearing band.
They have been blamed for lethal mass stranding of deep diving toothed whales.
Sonar is thought to disrupt the animals' diving behaviour so much that they suffer a condition rather like 'the bends' which human divers can contract if they surface too quickly.
This research claims that sonar can significantly disrupt their foraging and dramatically decrease feeding efficiency as undersea noise blocks animals' communication.
Teams from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) were able to rescue some of the whales, but it was too late for many of them.
While aspects of the stranding in Madagascar remain unknown, the panel concluded that a multi-beam echosounder system, operated intermittently by a survey vessel moving down the shelf-break the day before the event was the most 'plausible and likely behavioral trigger for the animals initially entering the lagoon system.'
There are now concerns about the impact of noise on marine mammals as the systems are commonly used by many industries.


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As a technologist and collaborator who also happens to lead a sales organization dedicated to optimizing mobile environments, I'm looking forward to APPFORUM 2015 with a great deal of anticipation. I'll be representing conference sponsor B2M Solutions and am counting on engaging the developer community in a round of lively discussions about the various ways that B2M is transforming the face of the marketplace by using analytics to go beyond traditional mobile device management. MDM is a given today because users have come to expect a device that is deployable and ready to run. And as businesses over the course of time have progressed from deploying manually configured and loaded devices to the current norm of MDM software that's used for loading profiles, doing full deployments and observing the status and health of individual devices in a network, the needs of the Enterprise continue to evolve. Whether operations take place in a retail setting, out on the road or within the four walls of a warehouse, seemingly minor things (like 'no fault found' returns or lockup issues) can disrupt business in major ways.
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B2M is the single company in the enterprise mobility space that enables a business to gather and analyze data from its mobile deployments to gain insight into what is preventing it from realizing the full potential of its mobile device and infrastructure investments. At APPFORUM, developers can learn about the B2M flagship products that are transforming the mobile device space, such as the Elemez™ software that monitors and analyzes mobile deployments via intelligent alerting systems, and mProdigy® , our MDM and analytics platform. They are two of the most promising pathways for improving the efficiency and profitability of a company's mission-critical workforce.
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And here's one final bit of advice from someone who has worked with enterprise solutions for the better part of three decades: I encourage you all to apply what you learn at APPFORUM about B2M's approach to mobile device analytics to the next set of applications that you develop. It will probably be one of the few times in your life when you should permit the things that happen in Vegas to follow you all the way back home.
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Then, I took dark pink, green and purple oil paint and squirted out blobs onto the top of the bottle. I let them run down to the bottom of the bottle, and then I slightly glazed random areas with gold spray paint again.
After the paint was dry, I used hot glue to put the buttons and jewelry pieces all over the bottle.
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Question: During a repeat airing of a "Dr. Phil" episode from October about the suicide of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, high school students discussed being bullied because of their sexualities with "Ugly Betty" star Mark Indelicato. One sixteen-year-old student interviewed identified as "pansexual," sending people across the nation a-Googling. So what is pansexuality?
Answer: Pansexuality, also known as omnisexuality, refers to attraction to people regardless of their gender identity or their biological sex. Unlike bisexuality, which refers to an attraction to both males and females, pansexuality encompasses other gender identities. Many people who identify as pansexual explain that they are gender-blind. Pansexuality encompasses not only all kinds of genders, but all kinds of sexual practices. It does not, however, imply that the person is not monogamous.
Claudia, the pansexual student from "Dr. Phil," shared her experience being bullied because of her sexuality. "I think that they justify it in their minds or to other people by saying they're asking for it because they appear this way, they act this way," she told Indelicato.


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Christian County School Officials are discussing a possible contingency plan should the school face an influx of students from Fort Campbell.
The issue came up during a Local Planning Committee meeting concerning long-term facility upgrades last week.
Christian County Schools Chief Operations Officer Kathy Hancock said if hypothetical cuts to the Department of Defense Education Activity were to occur, the bulk of students from Fort Campbell would be obliged to transition into Christian County given the base's Kentucky address.
Hancock said Christian County would not be able to immediately accommodate for the nearly 6,500 students given its budget constraints. The CC school board announced earlier this week that it will be shuttering two elementary schools in its district within the next two years.
Hancock said with this being the year of the federal sequestration, the school board needs to develop a contingency plan sooner than later.
"Just about every year, that comes through the military that there's a possibility," said Hancock. "So, every year we have conversation with them and we will be having conversations with them in the future to basically have a plan if that does occur"
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I'm finding inspiration in lots of places; gorgeous planking or shiplap, beautifully detailed trims and fabulous diy tutorials. But when I try to fit them into my space they fail miserably. Pinterest and Houzz offer lots of solutions but do not work with my problems. Normally I can be creative and solve problems like this, apparently not when it is my own house. I want wall cabinets {I only have 2 and no spot for more}. I want 9' ceilings, shoot 8' foot ceilings would be awesome. If I have to come in my front door to the kitchen, I want it to be an amazing first impression. Honestly, I would just settle for it being finished.


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This time, Molly is in danger of falling in love… but she and her partner-in-crime are also being hunted. So, there's that.
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School Choice International's Global Field Supervisor, Patricia Muesse discusses the role that School Services may have in helping families relocate internationally and domestically.
Providing an education for children accompanying parents abroad equivalent to home-country expectations is important to discuss when the company first offers an employee the opportunity to relocate. Immigration requirements for entering a host country's academic system differ greatly. Local statutes and regulations can make identifying and accessing appropriate schooling options a time-consuming process for the employee, and an expensive undertaking for both company and employee.
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Although the indigenous West African Dwarf breeds of sheep and goats (the Djallonke) are known to be trypanotolerant and the most predominant livestock species in the highly populated and testes-infested humid zone, they have not received the desired recognition as far as government policy and research efforts are concerned. This study, which was carried out as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary research concept of the International Livestock Center for Africa (ILCA) in southwest Nigeria, was based on the general hypothesis the farmers' incomes and the overall meat supply will increase in the increasingly high demand of improved forms of livestock management, particularly improved health control measures incorporated with improved nutritional base. The study covers general agricultural and socio-economic aspects and examines the present structure and constraining factors to improved sheep and goat production within the existing farming systems typical for the humid zone of west Africa.
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The CEOI or Communications-Electronics Operating Instructions, for those who've never had the pleasure of dealing with on is the pre-SINCGARS paper "phone book" that identified what unit was to operate on what frequency, and who was allowed to use that freq during the 24-hour day.
It includes a list of all call signs and primary and secondary radio frequencies; a list of code words; an authentication table; a encryption code table; a list of passwords and challenges; and a table listing visual and sound signals.
Each CEOI was good for 30-days and each of its lists were valid for only 24-hours. SOP or standard operating procedure called for units cover by a CEOI to change pages at a specific time, usually at midnight, but I have seen 2300, 0100, 0200 hours listed as the change over time. For those stationed in Germany during the bad old days, the CEOI was to be changed every twelve hours.
CEOIs were normally issued at the Battalion/Squadron level to unit commanders, XOs and 1st Sergeants, platoon leaders and platoon sergeants who were then responsible for passing this info to their individual squad leaders/vehicle commanders. The battalion communications officer/NCO would be responsible for assembling the new CEOI each month and would also be responsible, along with a unit NCO for destroying the old CEOI, this was done by burning (CEOIs were manufactured with a treated paper that was highly flammable). Typically, the battalion maintained a set of training CEOIs and a set of "war-issue" CEOIs, needless to say, these were classified documents and kept under strict lock and key, as well as random spot checks to verify counts.
When you were issued a CEOI, you will notice a lanyard has been threaded through the top, this goes around your neck and is removed only when you turn the CEOI back into the commo section. Units had a SOP that required that the CEOI be buttoned into one of your top pockets (easier to keep track off and, most importantly, easier for someone to verify that it has been removed from your body...).
If a CEOI was lost, it was protocol that every CEOI in the unit was immediately replaced. It didn't matter if the lost booklet was found, all were replaced.
The CEOI basically allowed anyone using it to identify themselves as a valid 'user' on the radio, confirmed your ID as a 'higher' headquarters, and allowed you to give 'official' orders, you could even be requested to 'authenticate' and give the correct response, 'confirming' your ID. If you acquire an enemy CEOI, lots of fun (havoc) can be created!
If you had to abandon your vehicle/radio, you were required to change the frequency dial to a random freq, destroy any voice-security equipment and burn your copy of the CEOI.
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However, reading the article I especially took notice of something Aviation Maintenance Administration-man 3rd Class Zachary Dixon (damn, that is some title) said:
"I think having an E-cigarette smoke pit is a great idea and I believe it is a step forward, not just for the George Washington, but for the U.S. Navy as a whole," said Dixon. "People like myself now have the option to avoid being exposed to cigarette smoke, and still enjoy our E-cigarettes in a similar environment."Thinking of it I don't see this argument too often: making vapers go to the smoking areas, or outside with the smokers, to vape, will in fact expose them to cigarette smoke. Of course I've seen it mentioned before, but I do feel it's not emphasized enough.
The most obvious negative effect of this is the exposure to secondhand smoke. The reason smokers have to go outside or to a designated area is to protect non-smokers from this. Well, a lot of vapers are also non-smokers now so why shouldn't they be protected?
Another negative effect, that in my opinion is just as bad, is that I do believe this will cause quite a lot of people relapsing and start smoking again. I think new vapers, or people that are on the verge of making the switch will be very vulnerable to this. A lot of people start out with poor performing cig-alikes. If they were allowed to vape inside, without exposure to cigarette smoke, this might just have been the one advantage that keeps them from switching back, and might encourage them to search for better performing equipment. If forced to vape with the smokers, the way back to cigarettes at this stage is not very long. I know this was the case with myself, as I started out with a crap set from Deal Extreme, and I have to admit that when I went outside with the smokers at work the cigarettes were very tempting. And yes, I had a cigarette once in a while... and it was great. At home, I didn't cause I used the crap set inside, and this inspired me to search for something better. Now I'm pretty much immune to this effect, since I've been vaping for so long and I've got equipment that makes vaping so much better than smoking. Cigarettes now taste so awful that I'd never go back.
Then there is the fact that vaping in non-smoking areas could encourage more smokers to try it out. Now this one is a bit tricky though. Making vapers "hang out" with the smokers could also get some more smokers interested. But then again, there is one less advantage for the vaper to boast of. To be totally honest I'm not sure whether forcing vapers to use the smoking areas or allowing vaping in non-smoking areas will trigger the most smokers to try it out, but I do think allowing vaping in non-smoking areas will increase the success rate of those who try.
I don't see any good reason that vaping needs to be banned in any non-smoking area. Of course there are some places I don't vape. In general I'd say I try to avoid vaping openly where there is a lot of kids. It's all about vaping responsibly, and using common sense. But I also think having special vaping areas, for example on ships or in airports, preferably combined a vape bar, is a good idea. You could do this without banning vaping in other areas, and I think it would still attract a lot of vapers. Such areas, especially if it offers smokers the opportunity to try it out, could be great for gathering vapers, sharing experiences and convincing smokers to switch. And it is certainly a lot better than forcing vapers to go vape with the smokers.
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Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in his home overnight. One person was killed while a second person is in intensive care.
Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said in press release that David Grant, age 61, was found dead at his home Tuesday night. A second man is being treated at a Bangor hospital for serious injuries.
Grant's body was taken to the State Medical Examiner's office in Augusta where an autopsy is underway. The name of the man who was injured and the extent of his injuries are not being released, at this time. McCausland says the man is being treated in the intensive care unit at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
Grant lived at 114 Packard Road in Parkman, which is near Dexter. The Piscataquis County Sheriff's Department was called to the house late last night and they were joined by a team of State Police detectives, who are still gathering evidence at the scene.
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SGI, which in April 2009 became a combination of Rackable Systems and the original Silicon Graphics, announced Feb. 23 that it has purchased the assets of Copan Systems, a bankrupt provider of high-performance storage archive solutions, for about $2 million in cash.
Copan was known within the industry for its MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks) storage software platform. However, the company struggled in recent years and couldn't make a go of it in the increasingly crowded enterprise storage business.
Copan had received its final influx of venture capital, $18.5 million, in February 2009, led by Westbury Partners. In about a decade in business, Copan Systems raised more than $100 million in venture funding before declaring bankruptcy in fall 2009.
SGI, known for high-performance clustered computing and storage, bought Copan's assets in a private foreclosure sale from Copan's secured creditors, SGI said. SGI took over none of Copan's debt and assumed only a limited number of liabilities.
The company also said Copan's offices in Longmont, Colo., will be retained and that it intends to hire select Copan employees.
SGI bought Copan for its highly scalable, energy-efficient enterprise [MAID] platform. Copan MAID, unlike many other storage systems, enables customers to access disk-to-disk and virtual tape library (VTL) capabilities in the management of large data sets.
"I am delighted to welcome Copan's employees and customers to SGI," SGI CEO Mark Barrenechea said in a statement. "The need for real-time access to long-term persistent data is expected to continue to expand. This acquisition will allow SGI to participate directly in this market."


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Fans of PBS and world music hopefully caught Dissonance And Harmony: Arabic Music Goes West on Sunday November 2, a new 60-minute documentary that uses music to help forge ties between the Middle East and the West. Directed and produced by Jonathan Brandeis, the film follows Miles Copeland (best known for as the Police's manager, Ark 21 records, and the presenter of the Bellydance Superstars) as he visits different Middle Eastern countries, meeting with musicians, singers and producers willing to discuss their feelings about the West, and how politics have shaped their music and careers. The film then follows several musicians who make the trek to Los Angeles (at Copeland's invitation) to collaborate with Western musicians like producer/guitarist Nile Rodgers, Jack Blades of Night Ranger, RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan, Charlotte Caffey of The Go-Go's, Gustavo Santaolalla, and two dozen Arabic artists. After three days of rehearsals and writing, the musicians then performed a concert at the legendary Roxy nightclub.
Produced by WETA in Washington, D.C., as part of the America At A Crossroads series, the film presents one of the most unique and powerful examples of how music crosses all boundaries. GR Editor Tad Hendrickson caught up with Miles Copeland on the eve of the broadcast to chat about the making of this landmark. What follows is a lengthy and passionate conversation that is as eye-opening as the film itself. - Tad Hendrickson
Tad Hendrickson: So, this project looks pretty amazing. We might as well just start off at the beginning…
Miles Copeland: Actually what happened was I got a call from the Pentagon. And it was the Tori Clarke, who is deputy secretary of defense. She was working on a project, basically, to win hearts and minds in the Arab world, and she called Hilary Rosen who was, at that time, the head of the RIAA. She asked her if there was anybody in the music business who could do anything about the Middle East—if there was any connection there—that could use entertainment to kind of create some good will over in that part of the world. Hilary and I had done some stuff together with the RIAA and she knew that I was involved in Arab music, and she said, "Well, the only person I know of who could be of help is Miles. He's the only one doing anything with Arab music, so he's your man." So I get this phone call from the Pentagon, and I thought it was a joke initially. My secretary said, "It's Donald Rumsfeld's office!" and I was like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, fuck off!" "No, it really is! It's Deputy Secretary of Defense!" And, finally, she was serious, so I took the phone and, sure enough, it was Tori Clarke. She said, "Look, we've got these programs that we've been working on, and we would like you to vet them for us."  I said, "Sure," so they sent me this dossier of some of these ideas they had. They were
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Vector, the Auckland gas and electricity distribution company, posted a 17 percent drop in first-half profit as a gain in sales was offset by regulated price reductions, mark-to-market losses on derivatives and increased borrowing costs.
Profit fell to $87.3 million in the six months ended Dec. 31, from $104.6 million a year earlier, the company said in a statement. Sales rose 4.4 percent to $687 million.
Vector kept its full-year guidance unchanged at $588 million, on an adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation basis, up 1.3 percent from 2014, even while affirming that the Commerce Commission's decision to cut the allowable rate of return on capital for regulated network monopolies would dent earnings and force the company to review its spending plans. The company also kept its first-half dividend unchanged at 7.5 cents,
"The decision will have significant implications for investment in our regulated assets especially when the returns are compared to those available to Vector in unregulated markets," said chief executive Simon Mackenzie. "We are therefore increasingly seeking to allocate capital into our unregulated activities and we are continuing to review how we fund network growth."
Unregulated Ebitda from gas wholesaling, metering and Vector Communications, rose almost 11 percent to $81 million in the first half, reflecting continued growth in the company's technology business, the benefit to gas wholesaling from higher Kapuni production, high LPG tolling volumes and favourable gas purchasing arrangements, Vector said.
Regulated Ebitda fell 4.2 percent to $257.9 million, with price reductions imposed by the commission eroding earnings by about $24 million, the company said. It also faced charges related to storm damage in July and an outage at Penrose.
Gas wholesaling posted the biggest gains across Vector's business units in the first half, lifting earnings by 17 percent to $29.3 million (Ebitda) on revenue growth of just 0.6 percent to $185.9 million. Its technology unit lifted earnings by 7.5 percent to $51.7 million as sales rose 14 percent to $76 million.
Electricity earnings fell 1.6 percent to $188 million as sales rose 7.5 percent to $350.8 million and gas transportation reported an 11 percent decline in earnings to $69.6 million as sales fell 8.9 percent to $96.1 million.
Interest costs rose to $90 million from $84.8 million a year earlier and fair value adjustments on financial instruments amounted to $4.9 million from $3.8 million, the company said.
In affirming its full-year guidance, the company said it is "finally seeing some growth in electricity and gas distribution volumes, after several periods of decline." Electricity and gas connections and volumes are rising in Auckland. Vector's metering business is "positioned to grow strongly" with a target of more than 1 million smart meters.
The company is looking at opportunities in Australia and "increasingly seeking to allocate capital into our unregulated activities" and reviewing how it funds network growth.
Vector shares last traded at $2.91 and have gained 25 percent in the past 12 months.


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Ill effects of Bt cotton, Press Release, Save Farmer Movement, 11 April 2008
Ill effects of Bt cotton
Dr Sudhir Kumar
Press Release, Save Farmer Movement, 11 April 2008
Genetically Modified Crop B.T Cotton has been found hazardous not only for farm animals like buffalo, cow, sheep, goat, etc., but for human beings as well. For the last 4-5 years milk yielded from farm animals, who are being fed whole seeds and seed oilcake of BT Cotton, has come under scanner as it has been proved toxic and disease causing for humans. Reputed biotechnologist and geneticist of the city and national coordinator of Kisan Bachao Andolan, Dr Sudhir Kumar Kaura based on his team's extensive scientific field studies, communicated to the press that ill effects of BT cotton on human and farm animal health can now be clearly spotted in rural as well as urban areas of Hisar District. As reported in Andhra Pradesh and some other states, BT Cotton has also caused untimely deaths; decline in milk quantity and quality; serious reproductive failures and problems including pseudo-pregnancy in thousands of farm animals in Hisar district. Incidentally, in January this year, through an international press release (published at http://www.i-sis.org.uk/BTAllergyNorthIndia.php), Dr Kaura was first to report cases of skin itching and allergy like symptoms in farmers, farm labourers and farm animals in Sadalpur village of Hisar District. Later on, such symptoms were reported in every part of cotton belt in north India. Farm families in the district have collectively incurred economic loss of millions of rupees on account of human and animal diseases and untimely animal deaths due to BT Cotton. According to Dr Kaura, the problems due BT Cotton can be regarded as an epidemic.
Dr Kaura, who has himself studied, researched and worked in a reputed university based genetic engineering laboratory for over 10 years in a row, and other top agricultural and management institutions including IIM, Ahmedabad and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), elaborated that in fact BT Cotton is genetically engineered to produce a deadly pesticide called BT Toxin with in each and every part of the plant against American Bollworm, a major insect pest of cotton crop, and related insects. Like any other insecticides, if any animal comes in direct contact of this plant and /or plant part or eats any raw or cooked part of the plant, the animal can die immediately or it may exhibit symptoms of poisoning like going off feed (inability to feed), reduced intake of feed, suffocation, breathing difficulties, unexplained weakness, etc. Milk of farm animals, eating BT Cotton, is deadly for animals'' offspring as well as humans of all age groups, as it has been found to cause increased death rate in infants, general debility, allergy, unexplained health problems, fever, decline in immunity, weakness, etc. in laboratory and field conditions. In some preliminary studies, many human and animal subjects have shown relief from disease symptoms when BT Cotton was omitted from feed or food sources.
Dr Kaura says that government functionaries like state agri-universities, ICAR, agricultural and health ministry, and agri-scientists are well aware of the deadly nature and other health compromising effects of BT Cotton but they pose as if they are unaware of the facts and field reports probably under pressure of their superiors who are in turn controlled by politicians. Due to apathy of government over this issue, farmers, and public is paying a very heavy price indeed in terms of their health and capital loss. Dr Kaura has appealed to farmers to immediately stop grazing animals in BT Cotton fields and desist from using BT Cotton seeds and seed oilcake in the animal feed. He has also appealed to farmers across India to boycott this deadly and poisonous synthetic crop.
While nearly all scientists of India have chosen to remain dumb on this issue of human survival in spite of knowing research and field positions, a senior agri-scientist of national repute Dr M S Narwal has shown courage to speak against genetically modified (GM) Crops in his appeal to international community of agri-scientists. He released his appeal early this month in which he had appealed to all agricultural scientists of the world to kindly help farmers in coming out of vicious circle of dangerous genetically modified (GM) crops like BT Cotton because reports have been coming for the last about 10 years which say these crops are harmful for humans, animals, ecology and environment alike and manufacturers and promoters of these globally controversial GM crops have not been able to counter these reports and findings yet. Dr Narwal is a Senior Scientist in the discipline of Pearl Millet Breeding, who is on rolls of a state funded agricultural university and is a former President of Teachers'' Association of CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana State, India.
(Sudhir Kumar Kaura)
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In : Hazards of Genetically Modified (GM) Plants
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Once I have enough cut out I've added glossy accents to the red nose. The recipe is the same as my day 2 project but obviously using XpressIt blending card stock, Memento black ink & Copic markers to colour.
The colour combos I decided I liked the best are:
Horns, Hooves & Tail: E40, E42
Body: E30, E31, E33
Inside the ear: R30
Nose: R24, R29
This Peeking Friends set has some really cute images but I won't use it again on the next lot of tags. I'll use something that has a die for ease of mass production..
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