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Our original broad spectrum SPF 50 lotion for face and body. This hydrating, fast-absorbing formula provides high performance protection from UVA, UVB and IRA rays, while also helping prevent photoaging and dehydration. We've also formulated it to be water- and sweat-resistant for 80 minutes, so it's perfect for a day of play (i.e. things like running or going to the beach). It also smells amazing.
Active Ingredients:
Avobenzone (3%), Homosalate (10%), Octisalate (5%), Octocrylene (7.5%)
Inactive Ingredients:
Water, Acrylates Copolymer, Diisopropyl Sebacate, Glycerin, Isodecyl Neopentanoate, Isododecane, Lauryl Lactate, Cetyl Alcohol, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Brassica Campestris/Aleurites Fordi Oil Copolymer, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Bran Extract, Cetearyl Olivate, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Hydroxyacetophenone, Sorbitan Olivate, Diethylhexyl Syringylidenemalonate, Aniba Rosaeodora (Rosewood) Wood Oil, Chlorphenesin, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil, Citrus Limon (Lemon) Peel Oil, Ethylhexylglycerin, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil, Ocimum Basilicum (Basil) Flower/Leaf Extract, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil, Pogostemon Cablin Oil, Pentylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Extract, Behenic Acid, Cetyl Behenate, Isostearyl Isostearate, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Tocopherol, Allantoin, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Dexpanthenol, Pentasodium Triphosphate, Citric Acid
How to apply:
Apply generously and evenly 15 minutes before sun exposure. Reapply at least every 2 hours or after 80 minutes of swimming or sweating.


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Trade Me
Trade Me, New Zealand's largest buying and selling website, has added Google Maps and Street View to its property searches. Now when you search for a property on Trade Me you can view the location of the property on Google Maps and you can view the property and surrounding area on Google street view.
Trade Me has created a well designed tabbed interface to the map and street view, making it easy to switch between the Google Map and the street view of the property.
New Zealand Street Views
The following street view galleries have all begun to add fun sightings from New Zealand's new street view imagery.
Google Sightseeing have discovered this nice view of Mount Doom from The Lord of the Rings.
Street View Gallery found this giant sheep.
All in all street view in New Zealand brings you a big slice of kiwi.

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How to Choose the Right Economizer Cooling System
With the rising costs of energy in data center, IT and facility managers need impactful ways of conserving energy. Economizer cooling solutions are integral for optimizing Data Center efficiency.
With multiple deployment options and ever-evolving monitoring solutions, an Economizer system can keep the data center running with more productivity for less cost.
What does an Economizer do?
An economizer system integrates into and works with a Data Center's cooling system to provide free cooling to a room or facility. All economizer systems use air and/or water to reduce mechanical cooling. When choosing an economizer consider:
- The data center environment
- Temperature and humidity control needed
Direct economizers bring outside air into the data center for cooling. Indirect economizers use an "indirect" method to transfer heat from the data center to outside of the facility.
When investing in reducing energy costs, consider these 3 different types of cooling system: Air-Side, Water-side and Refrigerant-based.
Air-Side Economizer
An air-side economizer utilizes the outside air, purifies it, and pumps it through the data center. There, condenser water accepts this heat and ultimately rejects it to the atmosphere via a dry cooler or evaporative tower.
This type of economizer is ideal for climates that stay below 70 degrees for most of the year.
Water-Side Economizer
A water-side economizer eliminates the need for cooling via compressors.
When environmental conditions are optimal, the warm return water from the data center is routed to the economizer. There, condenser water accepts this heat and ultimately rejects it to the atmosphere via a dry cooler or evaporative tower.
This type is ideal for system with a water-cooled chiller plant is already in place.
Refrigerant-Based Economizer
The newest member to the economizer family is the refrigerant-based system.
This system utilizes a series of pumps to move refrigerant from the condenser to the evaporator, absorbing the heat from the data center and 'rejecting' heat outside. It can be deployed in a wide variety of environments as its performance is not dependent on the temperature of the outside air.
Pumped refrigerant can carry 2 times as much heat as water and 40 times more heat than air, therefore cooling the system much more quickly and efficiently than its predecessors.
The systems can often be placed outside the data center, conserving valuable space inside. With some systems achieving PUEs as low as 1.05 the refrigerant based economizer is quickly becoming the industry leader.
Get Help to Design an Economizer System
As data center managers place more emphasis on efficiency, an economizer system becomes a key component to ensure cooling equipment runs properly.
As your partner, we offer a variety of cooling solutions. We'll align your data center goals, site requirements, geography, and climate, with the best economizer application for your budget. Let us design a system that fits your footprint and saves you money on your energy costs. Contact us today to learn more.


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Do you find yourself up all night because your partner keeps snoring? Or you have an embarrassing experience during a sleepover where everybody was unable to sleep because of how loud you were snoring the whole time you were sleeping? Why do some people snore, and some don't? The Stop Snoring and Sleep Apnea Program Review reveals all.
According to American Academy of Sleep Medicine, people snore when the flow of air as you breathe makes the tissue in the back of your throat vibrate. The sound most often occurs as you breathe in air, and can come through the nose, mouth or a combination of the two. It can occur during any stage of sleep.
Snoring is said to be more common in men than women. 40% of adult men and 24% of adult women are habitual snorers. There are people who are more prone to snoring than others like those who have enlarged tongue or excess weight around the neck.
Two thirds of all partnered adults admitted that their partner snores, sadly snoring causes more harm than just keeping your partner up at night. It has health risk implications like stroke and other diseases, worse when the snoring is caused by severe sleep apnea, there is a 40% higher chance of dying early compared to others.
While snoring is deemed a common condition that can happen to anyone and can just disappear, it also tends to worsen with age. If you are a habitual snorer you are exposed the various health concerns including sleep apnea which creates several health problems like strain on the heart, poor night's sleep, chronic headaches, obesity and fatigue.
There are those who have worse snoring and sleep apnea cases which they have tried to eliminate but just can't! it seems incurable that they even consider surgery to address the problem but has found out that it isn't really a beneficial operation in the long run. Is snoring and sleep apnea really incurable? Is there an easy and fast way to completely get rid of it without breaking the bank? Because Christian Goodman claims there is!
What is The Stop Snoring and Sleep Apnea Program?
It is a comprehensive program about snoring and sleep apnea which will help you diagnose your snoring problems and you are provided with corresponding natural and safe solutions to start treating it.
About the Author:
Christian Goodman created The Stop Snoring and Sleep Apnea Program. He was an ex-snorer who thought his snoring was incurable because he literally tried everything from sprays, creams, pills to weird devices sold online. Until he discovered a simple exercise with the help of his wife who used to be a classical singer turned teacher. After just three weeks of the exercise his snoring was completely gone.
He found out later on, that there are different types of snoring with different solutions, and the voice exercise his wife taught him didn't work for everyone. Since he has been studying snoring for years, he refined the exercise to focus on particular "problem areas".
How Does The Stop Snoring and Sleep Apnea Program Work?
Goodman discovered five types of snoring and how to diagnose and treat each. You can even have one or more of the following which caused the five types of snoring:
– Throat clamping down (often associated with sleep apnea)
– Tongue falling into the throat while sleeping
– Narrow nasal passages (or congestion) blocking the airflow
– Tension in the jaw narrowing the air passages
– The soft palate is too weak or unusually big
His new and improved snoring exercises will cure your snoring permanently and faster than his three-week treatment.
Advantages: The Stop Snoring and Sleep Apnea Program Review
2. It gives you a fast solution to your problem without taking any medications or dangerous operations.
3. It is very convenient! You can do it anytime and anywhere for as little as 3 minutes per day.
4. This treatment method was published by a leading publishing company in alternative health information "Blue Heron Health News" ensuring that this is not fake and has actually helped countless men and women.
5. If you are not satisfied with the results, you are guaranteed a refund, no questions asked.
Disadvantages: The Stop Snoring and Sleep Apnea Program Review
1. It can only be downloaded online. So, you will need an internet connection, computer, laptop or smart phones.
2. You need to be consistent in following the guide for a quicker healing.
Recommendation: The Stop Snoring and Sleep Apnea Program Review
A good sleep means a brighter day ahead not only for you but your partner as well. And as early as now, cure your snoring to avoid future health risks. The Stop Snoring and Sleep Apnea Program is a very helpful and valuable system that can eliminate your snoring and sleep apnea problem.


text: The Hyundai Elantra is available in no fewer than five different trim levels for 2020. SE, SEL and Limited trims come with a 2.0L gasoline engine making 147 horsepower. Eco models get a smaller, more efficient 1.4L turbocharged engine making 128 hp but offering up a combined EPA rating of 35 mpg. Sport-trimmed Elantra's get a 1.6L turbocharged engine making 201 horsepower. Regardless of engine option, power is sent to the front wheels through a choice of three different transmissions. The standard transmission is an efficient Intelligent Variable CVT Transmission while sport models come standard with a 6-speed manual. The most interesting transmission option however, is likely the 7-speed dual-clutch transmission which is optional on the sport and standard on the Eco model. It offers all the efficiency of a standard manual gearbox combined with the ease of operation of an automatic. It's also capable of shifting faster than either of the other transmission options, so drivers who want the quickest Elantra around should opt for the Sport trim with the dual-clutch transmission. Safety was a major point of emphasis for Hyundai when they were redesigning the Elantra. A large part of this push was accomplished by adding new technology to the car, rather than by simply adding more crash protection. Hyundai are taking a more preventative approach to accidents with the new car. Technologies now available on the Elantra include a Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist system which uses a forward mounted camera to read the road ahead and can, in an emergency, engage the brakes to prevent an accident. A lane keep assist system is also available this year which will apply subtle steering corrections if it notices the car wandering out of its lane at speeds above 40 mph. A driver attention alert system monitors the driver and will warn them if they begin to display patterns consistent with someone who is drowsy. Other cool new safety technologies include a Safe Exit Assist system that can warn occupants trying to open the door if there is a vehicle approaching from behind, as well as a Pedestrian Detection system that utilizes radar to help prevent the Elantra from hitting any pedestrians. Interior tech has also been improved. An 8-inch screen replaces last year's 7-inch model, while the processor behind the screen has also been replaced with a much more advanced one. The interface is now easier to use, for instance all radio functions including SiriusXM can now be accessed from a single screen. An Infinity 8-speaker surround sound system is available to take advantage of the new interface and of course Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are both available. A rearview camera is also standard.


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CAIRO, Egypt (Morning Star News) – In scattered locations across Egypt, mobs of hard-line Muslims enraged over the deposing of the country's Islamist president this week attacked Christian homes, business and church buildings and were suspected in the shooting death of a priest.
In Northern Sinai, gunmen reportedly killed priest Mina Aboud Sharween as he walked in the Masaeed area of El Arish.
Angry over what they saw as a coup, the attacks came as part of massive, nationwide protests culminating in a declared "Friday of rage."
Fewer than 12 hours after the Egyptian military announced that it had expelled Muslim Brotherhood-backed Mohamed Morsi and his cabinet members from office, reports of attacks against Christians by Morsi supporters began trickling in. The attacks picked up steam, and by Friday afternoon (July 5), the national police service notified church leaders to be on the lookout for license plate numbers of several cars that informants said terrorists had packed with explosives, a source who requested anonymity told Morning Star News. The source said police informed Christian leaders that the cars were headed toward churches in Cairo and the surrounding area looking for targets.
Christians across the country were uncertain about their future, wondering if the violence would be short-lived or whether the past week was the start of a civil war in which they would be targeted as Christians in Syria are.
"This is just the beginning," said one Coptic Christian woman from Upper Egypt who requested anonymity for fear of her safety. "They won't be happy until they steal everything we own and kill us all. How can anyone be full of so much hate? If I took my eyes off God, I would shrink and die."
The first attack happened in the early morning hours of Wednesday (July 3) in the village of Delgia in Deir Mawas, Minya Governorate. Dozens of Morsi supporters attacked Al Eslah Church, a building that belongs to an evangelical congregation. They fired shots at and looted the church building, sources said; there were multiple reports that the building had been burned, though that could not be confirmed with certainty. They also attacked some Coptic-owned homes in the area.
Witnesses said the mob then moved on to a Catholic church in Delgia, St. George Church, and set aflame a guest-house where a priest lives. The mob also pelted the church building with rocks, fired weapons at it and destroyed the priest's car, Morning Star News learned from the witnesses.
The priest was in the guest-house when it was set on fire, but he was able to make it to a hole in the roof, where a group of Muslim neighbors pulled him out and hid him from the mob. The priest suffered only superficial injuries, but the guest-house was destroyed along with several Christian-owned businesses, according to church officials.
Later the same day, a group of Islamists tried to attack the main Coptic cathedral in Qena, but the military fought them off. The group moved on to attack Christian-owned homes and businesses in the area, sources said. Also on Wednesday (July 3), a mob attacked the Church of the Holy Virgin in the coastal town of Marsa Matrouh with stones, but the military also repelled them.
"It is a miracle no one was killed in the attacks – I am really worried about my family, because they live so close to the church," the woman from Upper Egypt told Morning Star News. "They can be attacked any time now."
On Friday (July 5), arguably the worst attack happened in Naga Hassan village, west of Luxor. Its origins cannot be confirmed, but according to The Egypt Independent, a Muslim was killed in a fight with a Coptic Christian. In the rioting that followed, Muslim villagers went on a rampage, looting and burning Christian owned homes and businesses.
Dozens of Coptic homes were burned down, according to the Independent. Expecting more attacks, police have asked Copts in the village to leave their homes until the fighting stops, Morning Star News learned from other sources. Also attacked was the Church of the Virgin Mary in downtown Luxor, located directly across from a madrassa (Islamic school) run by Salafists, strict Sunni Muslims who pattern their practice after the earliest generations of Muslims. No one was harmed in any of the attacks, and damages were unknown.
On Sunday (June 30), millions of protestors from the Tamard or "Rebel" movement gathered in cities across Egypt demonstrating against then-President Morsi, of the Freedom and Justice Party, a political party created by the Muslim Brotherhood. The month prior, activists went throughout the country collecting signatures of people demanding his ouster and inviting them to the June 30 protest. According to the activists, they collected 22 million signatures.
The members of the group had a long list of offenses they say Morsi committed, from unilaterally issuing decrees to seize power from other branches of the government to filling appointed government positions with hard-line Islamic allies while ignoring other segments of the Egyptian population.
They also accused him of being incompetent in handling the economy. During his year in office, revenues from tourism plummeted, rolling blackouts became common, the price of food staples rose dramatically and the country began experiencing fuel shortages. During the entire month that the petition was distributed, people commonly waited three to six hours in line for gas, even in the best neighborhoods in Cairo.
At the same time, crime spiraled out of control and riots became a daily occurrence.
On Wednesday (July 3) Egypt's military chief announced that Morsi had been deposed, and the next day Supreme Constitutional Court Chief Justice Adly Mansour was sworn in as Egypt's interim president. Morsi was said to be under arrest.
Samia Sidhom, managing editor of the Coptic Weekly Watani, said people wanted Morsi out because he was more interested in consolidating the power of the Muslim Brotherhood than putting Egypt on a solid road to the future. The Freedom and Justice party also lied to the public in a brazen fashion on a daily basis, she added.
"Their priority was not the Egyptian people, but establishing an Islamic caliphate," she said. "They said they would be inclusive; that they would make Egypt a prosperous country. But once they got into office, they did the exact opposite."
Sidhom said the attacks, although horrible, were to be expected.
"Everyone was expecting they would take their revenge," she said.
In the month leading up to the protests, when the success of the petition against Morsi became evident, his supporters and other hard-line Muslims began threatening Christians on television and in Brotherhood and Salafist-owned newspapers. When Morsi was forced from office, Islamists across the board blamed Christians, the military and "secularists." In numerous television talk shows and religious shows, they called for Christian "blood to be spilled."
A jihadist Website blamed Christians for Morsi's downfall, The Washington Post reported on Friday (July 5). Stating that Muslim extremists within and outside of Egypt had called for violence, the newspaper reported that the Website announced a new group, Ansar al-Sharia in Egypt (Partisans for Sharia in Egypt), which "rejected democracy as anti-Islamic and called on Egyptian Muslims to 'truly rise against everyone who stands in the path of implementation of the Sharia.'"
A pastor from Kasr El Dobara Evangelical Church who is politically active, Fawzi Wahib, said he is hopeful about the future, but he was more reflective about the present.
"I feel we pay the price of freedom," he said.
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Trade Your Heartburn Pill for a Visit to an Expert GI Doctor
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) temporarily reduce symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), but a GI doctor can treat the root cause of heartburn.
Acid Reflux vs. GERD
Is your heartburn getting worse and not sure what to do next? If you are trying to control chronic heartburn with over-the-counter medication, you are only masking the symptoms. It's time to consult a gastroenterologist.
Getting prompt treatment for heartburn is important because persistent acid reflux is a common symptom of GERD, a condition that can damage the esophagus and cause esophageal strictures, Barrett's esophagus and esophageal cancer.
Common symptoms of GERD include:
- pain in the chest
- burning throat
- regurgitation
- persistent cough
- belching after meals
- sore throat
What are PPIs?
Unlike antacids like Tums or Rolaids which neutralize stomach acid, PPIs block acid production in the stomach. Some of the most common over-the-counter PPIs include Prilosec, Prevacid, Nexium, Protonix, Aciphex and Dexilant. These medications are effective, inexpensive and available without a prescription, but recent studies link long-term PPI use with possible serious health risks like osteoporosis, low magnesium, low vitamin B12, stroke, pneumonia, dementia and C. difficile infections.
How Long is Too Long to Use Over-the-Counter PPIs?
Over-the-counter PPIs are generally considered safe for eight weeks to help you heal from acid-related complications like frequent heartburn. If you still need PPIs after eight weeks, you should see a gastroenterologist to determine whether the PPI is still necessary. A GI doctor is trained in diagnosing digestive disorders and diseases and can help you get to the root cause of acid reflux.
Some upper GI issues do not require PPIs and you may find more relief from natural, holistic approaches like dietary changes, weight loss, exercise and sleep modifications. Your gastroenterologist can perform necessary tests and suggest the best course of treatment for your specific condition.
Is Long-Term PPI Use Dangerous?
If you are currently under the care of a gastroenterologist who has prescribed a long-term PPI, you should take your medication as directed. Your GI specialist has determined the PPI is beneficial for healing, maintenance of healing and long-term control. Certain conditions like Barrett's esophagus can benefit from long-term PPIs. However, you should see your GI doctor regularly so he or she can periodically reevaluate your PPI dosage. The goal is for you to be on the lowest possible dose that brings effective healing.
GI Doctor vs PCP
You may think going to your primary care physician (PCP) will be equally effective, but this is not the case. A gastroenterologist is better equipped to diagnose and treat upper GI problems and symptoms than a general practitioner. This is because gastroenterologists are required to complete a gastrointestinal medicine fellowship, meaning three additional years of training following a residency in internal medicine. GI doctors use diagnostic testing like an upper endoscopy to view the lining of the esophagus and even take a tissue biopsy if necessary. When you make an appointment with a GI doctor, you are putting your digestive health in the care of an expert.
According to the American College of Gastroenterology, more than 60 million Americans suffer from heartburn at least once a month and more than 15 million experience acid reflux daily. Are you one of these individuals? Call today to make an appointment with a fellowship-trained gastroenterologist so you can experience long-term relief.


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LONDON (October 1st 2020) – OTC Global Holdings (OTCGH), the leading independent interdealer broker in over-the-counter commodities, has further expanded its data services with new developments from data partner Abacus Solutions including their release of Saturn 9.0.
Abacus Solutions Inc has released SATURN 9.0, a new version of its flagship integrated CTRM system. SATURN is an enterprise business management system that integrates several key applications including Generation Management, Trade Management, Credit Management, Market Analysis, Business Intelligence, and Retail Management. SATURN facilitates improved decisions and helps analyze corporate and functional risks, revenues, costs, and profits for a portfolio of plants, trades, and other assets. Using modern technology, SATURN helps users realize significant benefits and gain unique and sustainable competitive advantages.
"We are pleased with the development of our partnership with OTC Global Holdings (EOXLive) which offers joint products and services that enable our clients to achieve operational excellence and gain and sustain competitive advantages" said Dr. Salim J. Jabbour, founder and CEO of Abacus Solutions Inc. "Our partnership with EOX enables our clients to streamline their market analysis process and integrate updated forward curves in their daily asset management, trading, and hedging decisions", he added.
"We are delighted to be collaborating with our data partner Abacus Solutions Inc. Abacus Solutions Inc is the developer of SATURN, an integrated enterprise-wise ETRM system (front, mid, back office) with decision support capabilities and additional unique tools " said Campbell L. Faulkner Senior Vice President and Chief Data Analyst at OTC Global Holdings (EOXLive).
As with all OTCGH Market Data products the data reports draw from the deep liquidity of OTCGH's breadth of brokerages and leverage the company's well-known EOXLive broking/trading platform.
OTC Global Holdings (EOXLive) is continuously expanding its suite of data resources which currently includes end-of-day forward curve reports for: North American (NA) Natural Gas Basis and Power forward curves each with 120 months of monthly granularity, NA Natural Gas implied volatilities covering basis options markets data, Power implied volatilities covering NA electricity options, global Natural Gas Liquids forward curves, NA Power/Natural Gas forward correlations, global Crude Oil forward curves, global Coal forward curves, global Freight forward curves, European NGLs, global Refined Products, European Crude Oil, Refined Products forward curves and European Natural Gas & Power forward curves.
For more information about OTCGH please visit www.otcgh.com and to learn more about EOXLive, visit the www.otcgh.com/eox or contact EOXLive via email at firstname.lastname@example.com or phone: 877-737- 8511.
About OTC Global Holdings
Formed in 2007, OTC Global Holdings has become the world's largest independent institutional broker of commodities, covering financial and physical instruments from offices in Chicago, Des Moines, Geneva, Houston, London, Louisville, New Jersey, New York and Singapore. The company is a leading liquidity provider on CBOT, ICE, NYMEX and NFX, ranking number one amongst its peers in numerous derivatives contracts across biofuels, emissions, commodity index products, crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), metals, petrochemicals and refined products, power, proppants, soft commodities, and weather derivatives. The company serves more than 450 institutional clients, including over 70 members of the Global Fortune 500, and transacts in hundreds of different commodity delivery points in Asia, Europe and the Americas. To learn more about the company, please visit www.otcgh.com or go to https://player.vimeo.com/video/146686709.
About EOX Holdings LLC
EOX Holdings LLC (EOX) is registered as an Introducing Broker with the National Futures Association (NFA). EOX delivers unique and comprehensive market data, introducing broker (IB) services and the EOXLive platform. EOXLive provides order and trade management, confirms, reporting and clearing for thousands of trader, hedger and market maker accounts. EOXLive Active Markets delivers comprehensive on-screen price discovery while keeping the important human element in the trader and broker relationship. Leveraging the liquidity of nearly 20 brokerage shops across the commodity spectrum, EOXLive customers have transparency and execution capabilities so they can trade like never before. EOX Holdings LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of OTC Global Holdings.
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Phew….finally the round up is done. Never did I think that I would slog in the blog world and work late into night to meet deadlines which were not even there. Is this why I took up blogging as a hobby, I lament. No I took it to run away from pressure and deadlines of the real world.
But what do I see, there are tough task masters here too and even without the fear of the pink slip dangling over my head I am bowing down to them. Why am I up late into the night, browsing recipes, reading bloggers who have sent me entries and whom I have not yet chanced upon, jumping from their RCI posts to others which catch my fancy, categorizing hoards of recipes, why oh why then ?
And I realize it's for the love all of them have shown in cooking for an event, for their enthusiasm in trying out something new which might not be to their liking, for their courage in buying unknown spices and giving them a place in their comfortable kitchen, for their effort in digging out authentic recipes and reliving memories.
Thank you all my dear friends for all the enthusiasm and the cooking. Thanks to Lakshmi of Veggie Cuisine for strating the event RCI (regional Cuisine of india) and letting me host RCI-Bengal. Thanks to Vani and Rajitha for telling me, I could ping them if I needed help with the round up.
Wiki says, "Bengali cuisine is a style of food preparation originating in Bengal, a region in the eastern South Asia which is now divided between the Indian state of West Bengal and the independent country of Bangladesh". The style of food preparation varies across various regions of Bengal, from the hills in the North to the Plains by the Ganges, from the east Bengal Kitchen to the one in West Bengal.
For a history of Bengali Cuisine please refer to the article "Bengali Cuisine" from Wikipedia , I found the article very interesting and informative. For many of you who might not be aware of the history of Bengali cuisine, the various terms used and its delicate intricacies this article is a treasure. Even for those who are aware of the cuisne this article throws new light about the historical influences etc.
Edited To Add: In lieu of some of the comments etc. I would like to mention that RCI-Bengal was an event where Bloggers cooked and sent their version of recipes of Bengali Food, as they saw it.
Many of them might have adapted the original recipe to suit their taste, preference, local ingredients, whatever. So,this is not necessarily a compilation of authentic or original bengali cooking.
Now without further ado I will let you jump onto the recipes.
This is Part I of the round up with recipes in the following categories Rice, Veggie Side Dish, Dal, Complete Meal, Seafood, Meat and Eggs.
Part II will have Chutney, Dessert, Snacks, Drink and Non-Recipe write ups
Within each category the recipes are ordered in accordance to their arrival order at my Inbox. If I have missed anyone or any details of your recipes, please leave a note.
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RCI-Bengal Round Up -- Part I
The Rice
Bengali Royal Rice (Pushpanna) -- a flavorful Rice Dish from Anu Sriram at Chandrabhaga
Khichudi -- not just rice but a nourishing and tasty mix of rice, dal and veggies, a complete meal if you prefer it that way from SunshineMom at Tongue Ticklers
Bengali Prawn Pulao -- a pulao with rice, moong dal and prawns from DG at DG's blog
Ghee Bhat (Rice with Clarified Butter) -- rice flavored with cloves, bay leaves, cinnamon and ghee from Priyanka at AsanKhana
Bengali Ghee Rice -- one more rice flavored with ghee and spices from Nags at For The Cook In Me
Khichuri -- with a recipe straight from a Bengali friend this comforting medley of rice, lentils and vegetables is from Nupur at One Hot Stove
Khichuri -- a new take on the authentic Khichuri with a very different spice mix from Trupti at Recipe Center
The Veggie Side Dishes
Aloo Posto -- a simple yet bengali household favorite from Gaurav at Gastronome By Choice
Veg Chop Inspired Sabji -- inspired by the delicious Vegetable chop this novel sabji follows the same recipe that goes in making the stuffing for the chop, from Gauri at Guj Food Guide
Alur Dom -- her grandmom made a mean alur dom which was spicy and red hot, recreated for us by Mandira at Ahaar
Paneer and potatoes with panch phoron -- flavored with ground panch-phoron powder this unique new dish is from Linda at Out of The Garden
Begun Bhaja -- a Bengali hot favorite flavored with spices from Trupti at Recipe Central
Saak er Ghonto with Bori -- a very authentic recipe of greens with other veggies and boris made at home from MS at Food Travails
BandhaKopir Ghonto -- another authentic veggie dish of cabbage, potatoes and peas along with a vivid write up from Vineela of Vineela's Cuisine
Dhokaar dalna -- with another recipe from her Bong friend, this delicious & very traditional Bengali dish described as pieces of fried chana dal burfis in a delicious gravy, is from Nupur at One Hot Stove
Dum Aloo -- spicy aloo dum from Divya Vikram at Dil Se
Shukto -- a non-traditional adapted version of Shukto with her own distinct touch of coconut milk from Bhagyashree at Taste Buds.
The Dal
Chollar Dal -- the delicious chana dal garnished with cocnut pieces and cooked the authentic Bengali way is from HomeCooked at HomeCooked
Bengali Dal -- one more tasty take on dal with bengal gram from EasyCrafts at Simple Indian Food
West Bengali Mung Bean and Tomato Soup -- a mung bean and tomato dal with a perfect balance of flavours and fragrances from Lisa at Lisa's Kitchen
Vegetable Dal With Panch Phoron -- a unique & tasty dal flavored with Paanch Phoron from Zlamushka at Zlamushka's Kitchen
Tetor Dal -- a Dal with bitter gourd and yet not bitter from the ever creative Pooja at My Creative Ideas & An attempt to spread love by cooking
Bengali Red Dal -- a gorgeous dal from Maninas at Maninas: Food Matters
Cholar dal -- one more glamorous chana dal from Bhawana at Tastes of India
The Complete Meals
A Delicious Bengali Spread -- ... and this includes delicious Alu-Potoler Dalna (Potato Parwal gravy), Maacher Sorse Jhol (Fish in Mustard gravy), Ghee Bhat (sweetish Bengali rice Pulao), Porota (Flatbread), Lankar Achar (Green chillies pickle)and Patishapta (sweet flour crepe with sweet aromatic coconut filling and topped with Saffron cream). All this from none other than Asha at Foodies Hope
Saffron Rice and Bengali Egg Curry -- a spicy Egg Curry served with Saffron Rice from Namratha at Finger Licking Food
Phulko Luchi ar Aloor Dom with Misti Doi -- puffed up luchis served with spicy alur dom and sweet mishti doi from Srivalli at Cooking 4 all Seasons
Musuri Dal and Alu Posto with Bittergourd Bhaja -- a very comforting and everyday meal in a Bengali Home from Srivalli at Cooking 4 all Seasons
Narkol Bhath and Palang Saag Curry -- rice flavored with coconut and her own spinach creation with Paanch Phoron is from Vani at Mysoorean
Piaj koli, alu piaj tomatar tarkari and Masoor Dal -- a very delightful and homely bengali meal of Masoor Dal with a sabzi of scallions, potatoes and tomato from Nandita at Saffron Trail
Rui aaloo phulkopi,Moog dal served with Rice and Nikhuti Payesh -- Rui aloo phulkopi(carp fish cooked with cauliflower potao and peas),Moog Dal(split green gram cooked and tempered with cumin,bayleaf and red chillies) and Nikhuti Payesh(Cottage cheese Oblongs deep fried and served dipped in flavoured condensed milk) along with some beautiful write up from Saswati at Potpourri
The Egg
Egg Malai Curry -- a very novel & fusion Bengali recipe in the lines of prawn malai curry from Sra at When My Soup Came Alive
The SeaFood
Topshe Macher Bhaja (Fish Fry) -- a favorite in a wedding feast, this delicious batter dipped fry is from Jayashree at Spice and Curry
Doi Maach -- another fish delicacy from Dee and Chai at Two Sisters and Their Culinary Journey
Sorso Bhaate Maach(Fish in Mustard Gravy) -- a delicious fish dish in mustard, poppy seeds and coconut paste from My Comfort Food at My Comfort Food Network
Narkel Chingri -- a very tasty shrimp dish in coconut and mustard paste from Meera at Enjoy Indian Food
Fiery Hot Crab Curry -- this absolutely mouth watering and indeed fiery crab curry made for her family is from Arundhati at Bong Working Mom
Chitol muithas -- a very intricate and immensely delicious recipe made with a fresh water fish called Chitol from Mallika aka Eve's Lungs of The Wok of Life
Doi Maach -- delicious looking yogurt based fish curry from Mallika at Quick Indian Cooking
Maach Charchari -- a dry fish dish with potatoes and eggplants from Sandeepa of Bong Mom's CookBook
Alu-Kopi diye Macher Jhol -- a simple and light fish curry with potatoes and cauliflowers from Sandeepa of Bong Mom's CookBook
The Meat
Country Captain and Khichuri -- an Anglo-Indian chicken dish which originated in Calcutta and has stayed there is served with nourishing Khichuri by Maya at Konkan World
Mutton Rezzala -- a delicious and decadent meat dish from SJ of A Pinch of Spice
Murg Kalia -- a fiery looking chicken dish which she claims is easy-breezy from Sig at Live To Eat


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I have mentioned that there are some 'Palestinian' terrorists in Israeli jails who claim to be on a hunger strike.In a move that's nothing short of brilliant, the National Union (Ichud Leumi) youth group has been holding a massive barbecue outside the Ofer Prison. The Ofer Prison is at the entrance to Ramallah along Route 443 and is the home of many high risk security prisoners. And the barbecue is enhanced by fans.
Let's go to the videotape.
The fumes have the 'Palestinians' fuming.
The Wall Street Journal reported widespread Palestinian anger over the barbecue:
Palestinian newspapers on Friday condemned the barbecue as another aggression against the Palestinian people.Various anti-Israel groups have joined the chorus of condemnation.
"How can anyone barbecue with the smell of meat near political prisoners fighting for their country?" said Qadura Fares, head of the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, which supports the inmates. He spoke at a demonstration Friday by dozens of Palestinians at Ofer prison, north of Jerusalem.
The Palestine Information Center, a primary center for anti-Israel propaganda, called the Israelis the "scum of the earth":
Well. Boo. Hoo. (Read the whole thing for a lot more reactions from the Jew haters and the self-hating JINOs).Scum of the earth: Jewish fanatics tease hunger striking Palestinians fighting for human rights by barbecuing next to their prison. #Israel pic.twitter.com/E81MG0vZ7k— Palestine Info Centr (@palinfoen) April 20, 2017
In the meantime, the funes are having their effect. YNet reported yesterday that 186 hunger strikers have already officially dropped out.
Momentum in a mass hunger strike launched by Palestinian security prisoners last week suffered a blow on Saturday when all of the 84 prisoners in the Hamas wing at Gilboa Prison, and two prisoners in Megiddo Prison, ceased to strike.What are the 'Palestinian' demands? You won't believe them....
The break is the second to have taken place since the hunger strike got underway last week, with 100 prisoners reporting that they were dropping out just 24 hours after it began.
The latest sign of cracks forming in the unified protest, which is being led by Marwan Barghouti—a convicted terrorist—comes just days after 1,187 Palestinian security prisoners announced that they had begun the hunger strike.
The demands included a provision that the Prisons Service install public telephone wings, similar to those installed for criminal prisoners.They've also asked for more cable television channels. Yes, really. What they'd really like is to be in a 'prison' like this one.
The second demand laid out by the prisoners was that Israel restore the procedure of two visits per month by prisoners' families.
Nine months ago, the Red Cross, which finances the transportation of family members on buses from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to prisons, reduced the number of family visits from twice a month to once. ostensibly due to financial problems.
The prisoners also demanded that visits be extended from 45 minutes to 90 minutes and that Israel not prevent immediate and extended family members with security-related offenses from visiting. Additionally, prisoners are also demanding that they be allowed to be photographed with their families once every three months.
Palestinian guards confirmed yesterday that Ahmed Saadat, a leading militant captured by Israeli troops in the raid, kept birds and flowers in his quarters. Western officials said that Saadat in effect used other prisoners as "domestic staff".
An official told The Times that Fuad Shobaki, the alleged moneyman behind a 2002 weapons shipment intercepted by Israel, smoked up to five Cuban cigars a day and was known as "The Brigadier" to inmates and staff. He was also seized.
"Saadat and Shobaki were very much in charge," one prison source said. "These guys were running the prison. They did what they wanted, when they wanted."But that prison was run by Britain and not by Israel. The Israeli Prison Service apparently still has some notion of punishment.
Labels: Ahmed Saadat, Fouad al-Shobaki, hunger strike, Marwan Barghouti, Palestinian prisoners, Palestinian terrorists


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A Brief History of Pi (π)
Pi (π) has been known for almost 4000 years—but even if we calculated the number of seconds in those 4000 years and calculated π to that number of places, we would still only be approximating its actual value. Here's a brief history of finding π.
The ancient Babylonians calculated the area of a circle by taking 3 times the square of its radius, which gave a value of pi = 3. One Babylonian tablet (ca. 1900–1680 BC) indicates a value of 3.125 for π, which is a closer approximation.
The Rhind Papyrus (ca.1650 BC) gives us insight into the mathematics of ancient Egypt. The Egyptians calculated the area of a circle by a formula that gave the approximate value of 3.1605 for π.
The first calculation of π was done by Archimedes of Syracuse (287–212 BC), one of the greatest mathematicians of the ancient world. Archimedes approximated the area of a circle by using the Pythagorean Theorem to find the areas of two regular polygons: the polygon inscribed within the circle and the polygon within which the circle was circumscribed. Since the actual area of the circle lies between the areas of the inscribed and circumscribed polygons, the areas of the polygons gave upper and lower bounds for the area of the circle. Archimedes knew that he had not found the value of π but only an approximation within those limits. In this way, Archimedes showed that π is between 3 1/7 and 3 10/71.
A similar approach was used by Zu Chongzhi (429–501), a brilliant Chinese mathematician and astronomer. Zu Chongzhi would not have been familiar with Archimedes' method—but because his book has been lost, little is known of his work. He calculated the value of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter to be 355/113. To compute this accuracy for π, he must have started with an inscribed regular 24,576-gon and performed lengthy calculations involving hundreds of square roots carried out to 9 decimal places.
Mathematicians began using the Greek letter π in the 1700s. Introduced by William Jones in 1706, use of the symbol was popularized by Leonhard Euler, who adopted it in 1737.
An eighteenth-century French mathematician named Georges Buffon devised a way to calculate π based on probability. You can try it yourself at the Exploratorium's Pi Toss exhibit.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Bee Skep and Succulents Wreath
The theme this month, is sharing your favorite front door decor.
The "inspiration piece" for my Spring wreath this year, is the little bee skep, I found on sale at Michael's. It had a few succulents already attached...
... and I just added a few more succulents and a few other flowers from an old wreath.
What do you think? Do bee skeps and succulents work together?
Alison said we could also use door decor from old posts too, so here's my door basket from last Spring...
...recognize some of the plant material?
I've used the tulips and hydrangeas in several posts and the berries and small white flowers for the bee skep. I'm definitely getting a lot of use from these flowers.
Please be sure to visit Alison @ The Polohouse for Favorites on the First, and share your favorite door decor.
27 comments:
- Mr Paul said...
Fabulous babs. Get on the first flight to the UK. You're hired:)
Paul - April 30, 2012 at 11:38 AM
- Donna@Conghaile Cottage said...
I LOVE that first one with the BEE SKEP and YES the succulent work. BUT at my house "BIRDS would move right in there and I'd have to use my other door"! NOT that it's a bad thing, "I'd LOVE that too"!
LOVED your post!!!
Donna - April 30, 2012 at 11:58 AM
- Blondie's Journal said...
Both door arrangements are darling...I love how you used the bee skep! Very original and cute. Love the succulents!
Jane - April 30, 2012 at 12:06 PM
- ℳartina @ Northern Nesting said...
LOVE IT Babs!! Welcome back, hope you had a nice break:)
- April 30, 2012 at 12:23 PM
- Confessions of a Plate Addict said...
How cute is that, Babs! I love that bee skep! You always find the cutest things! Happy week!...hugs...Debbie
- April 30, 2012 at 12:24 PM
- Something Nice and Pretty said...
That is adorable, love the bee skep and the succulants, it made a very pretty wreath!
- April 30, 2012 at 2:48 PM
- On Crooked Creek said...
What a great find...anything with bees or skeps is so hard to obtain!!! Your front door decor is stunning!
Pat - April 30, 2012 at 3:12 PM
So beautiful, I like the bee skeps with the succulents...it looks very inviting.
- April 30, 2012 at 3:53 PM
- Kelly said...
I just adore your wreath with the bee skep and succulents! I think they go together just fine. I don't have anything hanging on my front door and plan on leaving it that way since I have leaded glass in my door. I've got enough decor on my porch anyway. Should be a good party with lots of ideas!
- April 30, 2012 at 4:33 PM
- vignette design said...
Love it! Succulents and bee skeps? An adorable combination. Great job with that wreath arrangement!
- April 30, 2012 at 4:35 PM
- Olive said...
Love the wee skeep. Sat that three times.
- April 30, 2012 at 4:51 PM
- Shenita @ Embellishments by SLR said...
Babs, what a great combo! I love succulents! Your basket from last year was pretty, as well! Love it!
- April 30, 2012 at 4:58 PM
- Kathysue said...
Babs, this is very clever!! I love this combination.
- April 30, 2012 at 5:00 PM
- Ann from On Sutton Place said...
I've probably told you this before but I think you are brilliant! I love the bee skep on the wreath. I have a bee skep just sitting on my back porch...it may just end up on my door. Great inspiration and beautiful wreath. Have a good week!
- April 30, 2012 at 7:12 PM
- Sue said...
Babs, I was at a wonderful nursery on Friday and saw the succulent wreaths that they had made. One was about 4 feet in diameter and lush with a variety of beautiful succulents. They were all very expensive- some were over $500! Yikes! Your door wreath is very pretty and the little skep adds just the right touch. I will get around to a wreath one of these days. Life is hectic here! xo Sue
- April 30, 2012 at 8:44 PM
- Grandma Barb's This and That said...
Love the bee skep and the succulents on the wreath! It looks beautiful on your red door.
- April 30, 2012 at 11:44 PM
- Sarah said...
Babs, the bee skep and succulents definitely work. This is a darling idea. Makes me want to rush out to Michaels and see if they still have these little charmers.
Beautiful spring door decor! ~ Sarah - May 1, 2012 at 12:50 AM
- Unknown said...
Oh this is beautifully done! I think it works yeah! Its lovely! And the spring colours are gorgeous! :)
Hugs, - May 1, 2012 at 4:03 AM
- Carlene @ Organized Clutter said...
Great door display! I also liked last year's too!
- May 1, 2012 at 7:05 AM
- The French Hutch said...
Hi Babs, I love the bee skep addition to the wreath. I think it looks adorable! I love your red door too.
The French Hutch - May 1, 2012 at 10:26 AM
- Shirley@Housepitality Designs said...
Love your wreaths...such a great idea to add the succulents!...gorgeous
- May 1, 2012 at 1:21 PM
- Debbie said...
What a great idea for a party! I'm never as pleased with my front door in reality as I am with the one in my head.
I love the bee skep. It's completely unique and creative, and yes I DO like it with the succulents. - May 1, 2012 at 4:56 PM
- Savannah Granny said...
Absolutely awesome. I love the bee skep. Hugs, Ginger
- May 1, 2012 at 8:08 PM
- Jennifer @ Town and Country Living said...
It's pretty! Yes I think bee skeps and succulents go together.
- May 1, 2012 at 10:12 PM
- Alison @ The Polohouse said...
Hi Babs!
Bee skep plus succulents on a wreath? YES! I think it works beautifully!
Love your arrangement from last year too. Your red door sets everything off so nicely.
Love it!
Alison - May 2, 2012 at 8:06 PM
- Ricki Treleaven said...
The bee skip and succulent wreath is so pretty. :D Love it!
I am linking from The Polo House!
~Ricki Jill - May 4, 2012 at 9:10 PM
- An Oasis in the Desert said...
It is absolutely adorable! I think things always work if you like the way they look. That's my opinion, anyway, & I think the bee skep & succulents are perfect.
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Introduced 1931 - 1932 Number built - 250
The D Type Midget was in production from the latter part of 1931 to mid 1932 and was derived from the first of the MG Midget range, the M type that commenced production in late 1928. The M type was undoubtedly the first of a long line of MG's that were to make the MG sports car so popular throughout the world and it is impossible to overestimate the importance of this little car in establishing the marque and associating it with affordable and exciting sports car motoring. The M type had its roots in the Morris camp and was loosely based on the Morris Minor that first appeared in early 1928. Cecil Kimber realised the importance of producing an MG based on the Morris which after all was hardly a surprising move as most of the forerunners were Morris derivatives.
Launched at the October 1928 Motor Show at Olympia, it was evident that the M type would be a success as there a full order book taken at the show and indeed the car sold very well for the ensuing three years. The car did not go into full production until early 1929 and used mainly Morris components with some modifications. The narrow two seater body and its exterior fittings were the main differences. The main reason for similarity with the Morris Minor counterpart was the fact that once the decision had been taken to produce the Midget there was tremendous pressure to get the car on show at Olympia and there was insufficient time to get individual components manufactured. Kimber had Carbodies of Coventry design the neat two seat boat- tailed fabric covered body and with a distinctive 'V windscreen and louvered bonnet side panels, the car really looked the part. The overhead camshaft 847 cc engine was moderately tuned compared to the Morris Minor and it developed 20 bhp. At a later stage this was improved to 27 bhp but the engine designation of 8/33 as it appeared in the D type could not really be justified with the 8 signifying the horsepower and 33 indicating power output. A feature of the engine was the vertically mounted dynamo which carried the drive to the camshaft from the crank. There were benefits in mounting the dynamo in this way, the main one being the absorption of vibration coming from the camshaft drive with the heavy armature acting as a damper. A distinct disadvantage with this arrangement was that as time went by the top driveshaft seal in the cylinder head would fail and leak oil into the dynamo itself causing charging problems. The top coupling would then deposit generous amounts of oil all over the engine compartment as it rotated causing quite a mess!
Building on the success of the M Type, Cecil Kimber saw the potential of promoting the marque through competition and with the move to Abingdon in January 1930 and its improved production facilities and more space, he was able to convince Sir William Morris that the time was right for MG to move into serious competition. Very soon Abingdon began to build the first real racing MG's. A team of five heavily modified M Type Midgets were produced to enter the Brook-lands Double Twelve race where they triumphantly took the team prize. As a result 21 replica double twelve M Types were produced for sale to the public. Following the success at Brooklands and the ensuing publicity, it is fair to say that Sir William Morris could not fail to have been impressed and it is likely that he favoured further development of the racing side which resulted in the production of the C Type racing car. Derived from the prototype EX 120 which was the first MG record breaker, it took the honour of the first 750cc car to exceed 100 mph, and was an out and out racing car. Only 44 of these were produced and Abingdon were ever mindful that the racers could only appeal to a very limited market and that the volume production cars, although benefiting greatly from the publicity and development point of view, they had to take precedence. Many of the racing features were emulated in the volume cars and this along with the racing successes certainly boosted sales. The C Type had many wins to its credit and on its first outing at the Brooklands Double Twelve race in May 1931 it not only one the race outright but the team prize also. Later on in the year, in supercharged form, the C Type won the Tourist Trophy outright which coincided nicely with the introduction of the D type at the London Motor Show in October.
With MG publicity riding high the D Type got off to a good start with plenty of initial interest. With a slightly longer wheelbase than the C Type but essentially the same chassis design with the main members underneath the rear axle and tubular cross members. The rear springs were mounted in sliding trunnions rather than shackles and the radiator was carried by the front engine mounts rather than affixed directly to the chassis. Centre-lock Rudge Whitworth wire wheels were fitted and cable operated 8" drum brakes provided the stopping power. The 847cc engine and three speed gearbox with compact remote control unit were taken directly from the M Type as previously described. A rear mounted but enclosed 8 gallon fuel tank supplied the single SU HV2 carburettor via an electric SU pump. The car looked somewhat short and stubby and lacked proportion in the bonnet length although many found the looks quite appealing. It was a heavy car and with only 27 bhp available to propel it, performance was not stunning. The bodywork options available were either closed or open 4 seaters, sadly no 2 seater sports were produced, possibly because the M Type was continued in production at the same time, albeit at a reduced price. The C Type was also still available retailing at £490 or E575 with supercharger, compared to £210 for the D Type open 4 seater, whilst the closed tourer D Type was on sale at £250. The M Type was reduced from £185 to £165 for the fabric bodied version whilst a new metal panelled option was available at £185. Launched at the same time and also based on the C Type chassis was the F Type which carried for the first time a new MG type name, the Magna. This car was greeted with slightly more enthusiasm as it sported a new 1271 cc 6 cylinder engine and an impressive 12/ 70 designation.
Brief technical specifications…
Engine: 4 cylinder in line
Capacity: 847 cc
Bore & Stroke: 57mm x 83mm
Valve gear: Overhead camshaft driven through vertical dynamo
Carburation: Single SU HV2 type
Power output: 27 bhp @ 4,500 rpm
Gearbox: Manual three speed 'crash' box
Brakes: Mechanically operated cable system. Drums all round
Steering: Adamant box, worm drive
Clutch: Single dry plate
Suspension: half elliptic front and rear with sliding trunnions
Chassis: Underslung at rear, steel channel with tubular cross members, of riveted construction
Wheels: Centre-lock Rudge Whitworth wire spoke
Wheelbase: Early cars 7' 0" late cars 7' 2"
Track: 3' 6" front and rear
Body types: Open and closed 4 seater
Numbers built: 250
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Didier Named Director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
Press Release · Thursday, January 6, 2005
Press Release
January 6, 2005
Didier Named Director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
College Park, MD… Archivist of the United States John W. Carlin announced today the selection of Dr. Elaine K. Didier as the new Director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum. The appointment is effective January 10, 2005.
Dr. Didier, who is a professor and former dean of the Kresge Library at Oakland University in Michigan, will succeed Dennis Daellenbach who retired on January 1, 2005.
In announcing his selection, Archivist John Carlin praised Dr. Didier as someone with a "wealth of experience as a leader in higher education in Michigan and as an executive leader facilitating outreach and alliances in support of learning programs." Carlin went on to say he is most impressed with Dr. Didier's ideas on how to use today's technology to expand educational outreach efforts at the library and museum.
President Ford said, "I am tremendously pleased by the Archivist's decision to name Elaine Didier as the new Library Director. She has the energy, experience and enthusiasm to sustain and enhance the progress that's been made at the Library and Museum. I am particularly pleased by her interest in partnering with civic leaders and the academic and business communities in Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids and the region to provide new opportunities for educational programming."
The President went on to say, "I want to thank Dennis Daellenbach for his hard work and dedication as Director and to wish him all the best as he moves on to a well-earned retirement."
In addition to her work at Oakland University, Dr. Didier served in a number of positions at the University of Michigan from 1977-1999, including Interim Director of Academic Outreach, Associate Dean of the Rackham School of Graduate Studies, and Director of Information Resources at the School of Business Administration. She has also served as Adjunct Associate Professor for the School of Information and director of the Erasmus/Michigan Master of Business Informatics Program. In other professional activities, she served as President of the Michigan Library Association and is currently serving as an elected member to the Executive Board of the Association of College and Research Libraries and represents the association on the American Library Association Council. Appointed by then-Governor Engler to the Library of Michigan Board in 2001, she was elected to chair the board for 2003-04.
Dr. Didier earned B.A., A.M.L.S, and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan and studied at Oxford. Dr. Didier lives in Plymouth, Michigan with her husband Gordon.
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in the last chapter of the Dune Chronicles, Frank Herbert wrote:
Paired opposites define your longings and those longings imprison you.
-The Zensunni Whip
"You deliberately let them get away, Daniel!"
The old woman rubbed her hands down the stained front of her garden apron. It was a summer morning around her, flowers blooming,
birds calling from nearby trees. There was a misty look to the sky, a yellow radiance near the horizon.
"Now, Marty, it was not deliberate," Daniel said. He took off his porkpie hat and rubbed the bushy stubble of gray hair before replacing the hat.
"He surprised me. I knew he saw us but I didn't suspect he saw the net."
"And I had such a nice planet picked out for them," Marty said. "One of the best. A real test of their abilities."
"No use moaning about it," Daniel said. "They're where we can't touch them now. He was spread so thin, though, I expected to catch him easy."
"They had a Tleilaxu Master, too," Marty said. "I saw him when they went under the net. I would have so liked to study another Master."
"Don't see why. Always whistling at us, always making it necessary to stomp them down. I don't like treating Masters that way and you know it!
If it weren't for them . . ."
"They're not gods, Daniel."
"Neither are we."
"I still think you let them escape. You're so anxious to prune your roses!"
"What would you have said to the Master, anyway?" Daniel asked.
"I was going to joke when he asked who we were. They always ask that. I was going to say: 'What did you expect,
God Himself with a flowing beard?' "
Daniel chuckled. "That would've been funny. They have such a hard time accepting that Face Dancers can be independent of them."
"I don't see why. It's a natural consequence. They gave us the power to absorb the memories and experiences of other people.
Gather enough of those and . . ."
"It's personas we take, Marty."
"Whatever. The Masters should've known we would gather enough of them one day to make our own decisions about our own future."
"And theirs?"
"Oh, I'd have apologized to him after putting him in his place. You can do just so much managing of others, isn't that right, Daniel?"
"When you get that look on your face, Marty, I go prune my roses." He went back to a line of bushes with verdant leaves
and black blooms as large as his head.
Marty called after him: "Gather up enough people and you get a big ball of knowledge, Daniel! That's what I'd have told him.
And those Bene Gesserit in that ship! I'd have told them how many of them I have. Ever notice how alienated they feel when we peek at them?"
Daniel bent to his black roses.
She stared after him, hands on her hips.
"Not to mention Mentats," he said. "There were two of them on that ship-both gholas. You want to play with them?"
"The Masters always try to control them, too," she said.
"That Master is going to have trouble if he tries to mess with that big one," Daniel said, snipping off a ground shoot
from the root stock of his roses. "My, this is a pretty one."
"Mentats, too!" Marty called. "I'd have told them. Dime a dozen, they are."
"Dimes? I don't think they'd have understood that, Marty. The Reverend Mothers, yes, but not that big Mentat. He didn't thin out that far back."
"You know what you let get away, Daniel?" she demanded, coming up beside him. "That Master had a nullentropy tube in his chest.
Full of ghola cells, too!"
"I saw it."
"That's why you let them get away!"
"Didn't let them." His pruning shears went snick-snick. "Gholas. He's welcome to them."
I think this must be our starting point: there is so much implied here ...
take a line, chew on it, and spit it back out on the table for us to look at ...


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Written By: Ben Cosgrove
As any parent knows, the only certainty about children is that they'll constantly surprise you. For instance: a child given the choice between, say, a sweet treat and a notoriously sour, wince-inducing fruit will always, always choose the sweet treat. Right? It stands to reason. After all, what kid doesn't love candy or chocolate or (better yet) ice cream?
What kid, indeed! Meet young Michael Thomas Roesle. As LIFE told its readers in a Feb. 1948 Miscellany feature in the magazine:
One day when he was 9 months old Michael Thomas Roesle was squirming on his mother's lap while she tried to serve tea to a neighbor. Inevitably Michael Thomas got his hands on a slice of lemon and popped it into his mouth. A gargantuan pucker swept across his face, wrinkling it like an old prune. But Michael Thomas manfully continued to chew. Then he reached eagerly for another slice. Now his parents, who live in Richmond, Calif., have to keep a bag of lemons handy all the time . . . and Michael Thomas eats them by the dozen. In fact, he picks them over chocolate ice-cream cones 10 times out of 10.
So — here's to Michael Thomas, and the countless other kids everywhere who manage, simply by being themselves, to confound all expectations and make life so perfectly, marvelously unpredictable.


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It starts out with a skippable "history of rap" kinda opening... the last one also had a skippable opening, but this one's closer to 90 seconds, so it's no big deal. The film's narrated by Keith David (of John Carpenter's The Thing, etc) this time around. Anytime anyone takes the opportunity to replace Ving Rhames with Keith David, I'm all for it; so this movie already has me on its side.
It's starts of with the infamous "Roxanne" wars... It features interviews with Roxanne Shante (I seriously question her claim that there were over 55 response records to her), Kangol, Marley Marl, and more; so it's fun. But considering you could fill several full-length documentaries trying to adequately cover the Roxanne saga, it feels more than a bit rushed. In only about two minute's time, it's already segued into "The Bridge Is Over." And in another minute, it's already onto "Big Mama;" and that gets literally just one and a half sentence's worth of coverage.
And that's basically this entire film summed up. It's fun, because it interviews the artists and covers cool records. But it's so involved in trying to be a comprehensive overview, of both diss records and hip-hop's history in general, that it never digs in and gets really compelling. It also has some hammy, preachy (in the writing) narration, and at times you start to feel like you're watching some ultra-corny Cops knock-off on Fox. But you'll enjoy hearing the Priority Records employee talk about the time Ice Cube (and friends) came in and assaulted one of its CEOs... you'll enjoy hearing Parrish Smith talking about pulling up to his house while it was being broken into by Erick Sermon's boys... You'll definitely get a kick out of K-Solo taking a lie detector test to prove that he wrote "Spellbound!" So it's a no-brainer recommendation.
But you'll be like, "what? It's over already!?" after every single segment - especially the old school ones; they really get put in the backseat behind the contemporary (at the time... now they're all old) dramas. This was a decent, definitely-worth-a-watch movie. It just could have been a really great documentary (or several great documentaries) if they'd taken their time with it.


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Campus Loop 5K Course
Route: | Campus Loop 5K Race Course | ||||||||||
Mileage: | 5 kilometers, or 3.1 miles. | ||||||||||
Hillage: | One loops over a mostly flat course with a couple of short hills. The long stretches of the course that are on Curtin Road are gentle downhills.
Total elevation change: 133 ft. There is a rise of about 50 ft. from the corner of Porter Rd. and the entrance road to the track to the corner where the entrance road meets Hastings Rd. by the Materials Research Laboratory. The grade is over 4% for about 100 yards. There is another sharp rise of nearly 30 ft. on Fraser St between Pollock Rd. and Curtin Rd. The grade is nearly 5%. | ||||||||||
Description: | The Campus Loop 5K makes nearly one complete loops of a course laid out on the campus of the Pennsylvania State University. The course starts in front of the parking lot to the north east of Shields Building on Curtin Rd near the corner of Curtin Rd. and University Drive. The course heads east on Curtin and makes a right on Porter Rd. The course goes right at the entrance road to the track area, then bears left up the hill along side of the Materials Research Laboratory. The course then makes a right at Hastings Rd. and continues on Hastings as it crosses University Drive. The course bears right at Bigler Rd. and then makes a left on Pollock Rd. At the corner of Fraser St., the course makes a right and heads up a short, but very steep rise to Curtin Rd. Making a right on Curtin, the course continues for about a mile to the finish line, about a hundred yards before the starting line. The Campus Loop 5K Course is a USATF certified course (Certificate # PA 97015 WB). A precise description of the mile markers follows for race directors:
Note: Any deviation from the USATF-certified course invalidates the certification! | ||||||||||
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The Campus Loop 5K course is used for a number of 5K races that are run on campus in the Spring and Fall. These races usually benefit some charitable cause or campus organization, such as Coaches vs. Cancer, THON, or the Penn State Kinesiology Club. The Campus Loop 5K course is the same as that used for the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Art's 10K, run every July. The Campus Loop 10K course is twice around the 5K loop. | ||||||||||
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One of the most-studied bacteriophage classes is the so-called "T-even" (T2, T4, T6, etc.) class of phages, of which the poster child, arguably, is T4. These are phages that attack enteric bacteria (E. coli and its relatives), hence are commonly found in sewage.
T4 phage morphology. |
T4 is interesting from a number of standpoints, not least of which is its distinctive head/tail morphology (see diagram). In phylogenetic studies, T4 typically shows up in basal positions on trees, meaning it is presumably ancient. Increasingly, viruses and phages are considered to be of primordial origin, possibly predating cellular life. Certainly, any theory on the origin of life has to come to grips with the fact that the major biomolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, lipids) had to exist, in some form, prior to the appearance of the first cell. Some experts suggest nucleic acids and proteins may have interacted with each other in a so-called Virus World scenario (see the excellent paper by Koonin) wherein microscopic hydrothermal pore systems (in mineral formations at the ocean floor) provided for sequestration of prebiotic processes in physical compartments that could be invaded by "selfish replicators."
Primordial interaction of proteins with nucleic acids (and their precursors) presumably gave rise to a number of artifacts that survive today, such as ribosomes (which contain over 50 small proteins in tight association with RNA), tRNA (RNA covalently bound to an amino acid), adenine-containing cofactors (e.g. SAMe, NADPH), and viruses (capsid and other proteins bound to RNA or DNA). Conceptually, one can think of protein/nucleic-acid complexes as having diverged, at the Darwinian Threshold, along two lines: toward ribosomal life, or toward the viral world.
Bacterial cell covered with T4 virions. |
The genes for certain viral capsid proteins (with colorful names like Jelly Roll Capsid) are among a number of "viral hallmark genes" that show no homology to any genes from the cellular world. Presumably, some of these genes are of truly primordial ancestry. We have a valuable clue to the origin of at least some of these genes in the case of phage T4. A number of tantalizing reports from the 1970s (see here, here, and here) suggest that the enzymes dihydrofolate reductase and thymidylate synthase (both encoded by T4 DNA) are, in fact, components of the virion baseplate and/or tail structure of T4. Hence, at least in some cases, it's conceivable that virion structural proteins began as enzymes.
What's particularly intriguing about the T4 enzymes is that T4's thymidylate synthase (ThyA), which is phylogenetically ancient, is encoded in the phage DNA immediately downstream of the gene for dihydrofolate reductase, with no intervening "junk DNA." Why is this significant? In many organisms (as I explained in an earlier post), these two enzymes occur in a single large bifunctional enzyme that's proposed to be the result of a gene fusion event. In organisms that have the double enzyme, the reductase occurs at the beginning (the N-proximal end) of the protein.
Just for fun, I took the protein sequence for T4 dihydrofolate reductase and fused it (in Notepad) with the sequence for T4 thymidylate synthase, then did a BLAST search of the fusion sequence against all the protein sequences at UniProt.org. The naturally occurring bifunctional ThyA/dihydrofolate reductase enzymes from peach, balsam, rice, castor bean, and clementine (Citrus clementina) all showed up as hits, with E-values of 10-67 or better.
This doesn't prove that the bifunctional enzymes of the peach, etc. came from T4 phage, of course, but it is consistent with the general idea that the bifunctional ThyA/dihydrofolate reductases of algae and protists could (at least in theory) have started out as phage gene fusion products.
Let's put it this way: Weirder things have been known to happen.


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Greetings! Welcome to my blog and my leg of the Tattered Lace Blog Hop. As you probably will have gathered by now, we are showcasing our favourite products from Tattered Lace and mine just happens to be.... the Screen Sensation! I am so excited to be sharing this project I made using the new Screen Sensation tool... so I won't waffle on alarmingly, I will just dive right in and share photo's and wordage with you:
I had a 12" square canvas lurking in my Room of Stash that I wanted to make into some wall art. Along came the Screen Sensation and this project popped into my head as soon as I saw the Butterflies screen. I started by printing the Butterflies using a mixture of White and Harbour Blue ink onto Prepared for Print cardstock. Once the butterflies had dried, I then used the Antique Script screen, printing in Black ink right over the top of the butterflies. I love this overlaying technique!
I then used the same mix of inks I had used for the original print of the butterflies but added some Copper and Black inks in dots along to the top of the screen. As the inks pull over the screen, they give the most amazing marbled effect... almost like a faux verdigris... lush!!
Once the butterflies had dried, I cut them all out and edged them with Rare Earth Pitch Black ink so the wings had definition and I also flipped them over and popped black into onto the backs of their wings.
I painted the edge of the canvas in black and smudged more of the Pitch Black ink around the edges of the canvas just to add a dusty effect... I wanted a more grungy look to the overall finish of the piece, by adding smudges of ink, this is the perfect way to achieve this effect. I then glued each butterfly over its counterpart on the base print, adding a little black pearl to the body to finish.
By now you should have visited each leg of the hop... here's a list to make sure you haven't missed anyone out - you will need to visit everyone as there will be questions and a prize of a £50 crafty voucher on the final leg. You should have started HERE on the Tattered Lace Facebook Page, just click on each name and you will be whisked off to each leg of the hop:
Lou Collins
Gwen Fletcher
Debbie Bradley
Corrine Robinson
Thanks for taking part, your final hop leg can be found by clicking HERE.... good luck, thanks for looking and have fun!
Hels x