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Luke 8:43-47 And a woman having a flow of blood twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians, and could not be healed by anyone, Came up behind Him, and touched the border of His garment: and immediately her flow of blood stopped. And Yeshua (Jesus) said, "Who touched Me? When all denied it, Peter and those that were with Him said, "Master, the multitude are crowding and pressing on You, and You say, 'Who touched Me?'" And Yeshua (Jesus) said, "Somebody touched Me: for I perceive that power had gone out of Me." And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and fell down before Him, she declared unto Him before all the people the reason she had touched Him, and how she had been immediately healed.
Isn't it interesting that of the multitudes thronging and pressing toward Yeshua (Jesus), only one really touched Him? What made Yeshua notice her among all the rest?
This woman was desperate. She had reached the end of her rope. She had probably spent all her money visiting every doctor she could find and done all she could do to help herself in the natural realm. I think she finally realized that what she truly needed was a touch from the Lord. The word "power" in this passage, in Greek, is "dunamis". Dunamis is the word from which the word dynamite is derived. As she reached for Him, dynamite power flowed out of the Lord and radically healed and changed her!
Somehow, the world has us convinced that the solution to all our problems come from it! We tend to look to people and material things to satisfy our earthly desires instead of looking to the Lord!
Do you need a touch from the Lord today? How much are you longing for Him? Let's abandon the ways we've been reaching out to the world for strength — and determine to reach out to the Lord in faith and believe!
by George Whitten, Editor of Worthy Devotions
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One Response to "Reach Out and Touch Someone!"
*Zion* Says:
April 11th, 2013 at 8:11 am
Total agreement! But may I stress on the faith element? Lots of people pressing in on the Lord but who of all the multitude had faith in Him? He said to her that it was her faith that made her well. He didn't need to do all that much. That's how much power He has. But her faith made the difference between her receiving healing from the Lord and NOT. We can cry out to the Lord and press in on Him with our shopping list of problems but He's looking for our faith first of all. Praise the Lord!!! He wants us to know we can always trust Him.


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Medion Akoya E7214/MD98410
SpecificationsNotebook: Medion Akoya E7214/MD98410
Processor: Intel Core i3 350M
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
Display: 17.3 inch, 16:9, 1600x900 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 3.8kg
Price: 600 euro
Average of 5 scores (from 5 reviews)
Reviews for the Medion Akoya E7214/MD98410
Source: Good Gear Guide
Medion's Akoya E7214 is a 17in notebook with a low price tag but plenty of features. It's going on sale in Aldi supermarkets next week. It's perfect for anyone on a budget who wants a desktop replacement-style notebook that can be used for everyday office work, image editing and even for higher end tasks such as ripping DVDs and encoding videos. We like it.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/02/2010
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: PC Advisor
The Medion Akoya E7214 is a great choice for anyone who wants an inexpensive yet fully featured and well performing notebook computer. You won't be able to play games with it, nor will you be able to use it while on the road, but as a home computer for everyday office work, schoolwork, and even photo processing and light video editing, it's perfect. It ships with Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit), Microsoft Office 2010 Starter and BullGuard Internet Security software, so it's ready to use for word processing and basic spreadsheet work as soon as you power it up.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/02/2010
Rating: Total score: 80%
Foreign Reviews
Source: PC Welt DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/02/2010
Rating: Total score: 81% price: 80% performance: 76% display: 84% mobility: 79%
Source: T-Online DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/02/2010
Rating: Total score: 91% price: 80% performance: 76% features: 81% display: 84% mobility: 74%
Source: Computerbild - 14/10
Single Review, , Long, Date: 07/01/2010
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 90% performance: 92% features: 87% display: 91% ergonomy: 87% emissions: 94%
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics: Onboard graphics card that is built in the new Arrandale CPUs (Core i3 / i5 / i7 Dual Cores). Depending on the model and Turbo Boost, the GMA HD is clocked between 166 and 766 MHz.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
The Core i3-350M is technically a Core i5-430M without the Turbo Boost overlocking feature. Therefore, it always clocks with max. 2.26 GHz (of course Speedstep is included). Thanks to Hyperthreading, 4 threads can be processed simultaneously. An integrated graphics card (GMA HD) and a DDR3 memory controller are also included in the package.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
17.3": Meanwhile the 17 inch display size is a more frequently offered standard format for desktop-replacements. The DTR-laptops can't be carried easily, need much energy but on the other side texts can be read easily and high resolutions are no problem. DTR mainly are intended for stationary usage on desks, where the weight and the energy need are unimportant.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
3.8 kg: This laptop is heavy below average, compared with the average of notebooks. Therefore especially desktop replacements fit in this class of weight.
Medion: Medion AG is a German consumer electronics company. It operates in Europe, the United States, and the Asia-Pacific region. The main products are computers, TVs, refrigerators, toasters, and fitness equipment. The manufacturer of laptops Medion mainly is active in the German market, but to smaller extent also in Western Europe. Market shares and amount of reviews are low. Above all, supermarkets like Aldi sell their laptops.
84.4%: This rating should be considered to be average. This is because the proportion of notebooks which have a higher rating is approximately equal to the proportion which have a lower rating.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.


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Convicted killer testifies in Arizona temple killings case
PHOENIX -- A co-defendant in one of Arizona's most notorious murder cases described for jurors Wednesday how the victims, including six monks, were calm and obedient as his accomplice ransacked their suburban Phoenix Buddhist temple in 1991 before each was executed.
Johnathan A. Doody, now 39, was just 17 when he was accused in the slayings at the Wat Promkunaram temple. He was found guilty in 1993 and sentenced to 281 years in prison, but an appeals court overturned his conviction in 2011 after ruling that investigators improperly obtained his confession.
Doody went on trial again in August, but a judge declared a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a verdict.
His third trial began last week.
Another man, Allesandro ``Alex'' Garcia, pleaded guilty in the killings and was sentenced to life in prison in exchange for his testimony against Doody and a promise that prosecutors wouldn't seek the death penalty.
During testimony Wednesday, Garcia calmly described the events leading up to the killings, saying the crime was Doody's idea, aimed at stealing cash and valuables from the monks to help him buy a car.
``I am far removed from the 16-year-old juvenile, the punk delinquent who obviously participated in the murder of nine individuals,'' Garcia told jurors. ``I am here to take responsibility.''
Authorities said Garcia and Doody made away with about $2,600 and other valuables. All nine victims were shot in the back of the head.
Police eventually found the stolen items at Garcia's house, where Doody was staying at the time.
Garcia said Doody first brought up the idea of robbing the temple, and the two then talked about it for weeks before eventually carrying out the plan. Doody's brother and mother were members of the temple.
Garcia said the night of the killings, he and Doody dressed in camouflage and covered their faces with scarves. Garcia carried a 20-gauge shotgun, and Doody had a .22 caliber rifle.
They burst into the temple yelling then gathered the nine victims together while Garcia initially stood guard as Doody ransacked the rooms.
``No one said anything. No one questioned anything. They came right out ... very obedient,'' Garcia said.
Garcia said he began having second thoughts after all the valuables were collected, even though they had planned to kill the witnesses.
``Robbery is one thing; murder is another,'' Garcia said he told Doody. ``I told him, `Let's take off.'''
Doody refused, Garcia said.
``Everybody was down on the ground, and he started shooting,'' Garcia added, noting that he, too, then began shooting at the victims.
Defense attorneys say Garcia lied at the time and is still lying, calling him a cunning manipulator who wrongly accused Doody to escape the death penalty.
``He's becoming very professional at telling his story,'' defense attorney David Rothschild said outside court. He added he hoped jurors would ``see through it to the truth'' during Garcia's cross-exanimation Thursday.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Doody's first conviction and ruled his confession inadmissible, partly because he wasn't properly read his rights.
In the confession, Doody said he went to the temple with Garcia during the robbery but claimed he was outside when the shootings occurred.
The appeals court's decision meant prosecutors couldn't use Doody's confession at his retrials. They are instead relying largely on Garcia's testimony.
Doody was spared the death penalty in his first trial.
Prosecutors couldn't seek the death penalty in Doody's second or third trials because of a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court decision that prohibits authorities from pursuing that punishment against defendants who were under 18 when the crime occurred.


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I didn't want to make a new thread, but I couldn't find one with this question, and google isn't helping me here either. So I want an honest answer from you guys - is this game worth playing even though I've beaten the PS2 version twice? The first time was a blind playthrough, and the second time I 100% it using a guide, so I've seen almost everything the game had to offer before.
Is there enough new content here to make this a fresh experience, or would it feel like I'm just playing the same game over again? It sounds like a lot of new content was added, but I don't know if it just amounts to a bunch of added mini-games, or whether it's meaty content that adds really new experiences to the game.


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President "Nadie me dice nada" Obama
According to The Washington Post, nobody told President Obama:
"The problem here isn't just technological. It's managerial.
The White House's senior staff -- up to and including the president -- was blindsided.
Staffers deep in the process knew that HealthCare.gov wasn't ready for primetime.
But those frustrations were hidden from top-level managers.
Somewhere along the chain the information was spun, softened, or just plain buried.
The result was that the White House didn't know the truth about its own top initiative -- and so they were unprepared for the disastrous launch. They didn't even know they needed to be lowering expectations.
In any normal corporation, heads would roll over a managerial failure of such magnitude and consequence."
Sorry but there is something really weird about this Obama administration:
1) 2,000 high powered ATF weapons fly south over the US-Mexico border and no one tells AG Holder or President Obama;
2) The IRS decides to target conservative groups and nobody tells President Obama that he has a huge IRS scandal brewing; and,
3) The rollout of ObamaCare is full of problems and nobody tells President Obama.
My conclusion is that we need new staffers or maybe a new president.
P.S. You can hear CANTO TALK here.


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The Boise State men's basketball team (3-0) returns to Taco Bell Arena this week, playing host to Eastern Washington and Denver.
Tip-off against the Eagles (1-2) is scheduled for Wednesday (Nov. 24) at 7:05 p.m.
The Broncos close this week's action against the Pioneers (0-4) Saturday (Nov. 27) at 7:05 p.m.
Boise State's 3-0 start in 2010-11 marks the first time since the 2003-04 season the team has won its first two games. The Broncos are looking for their first 4-0 start since 1998-99.
The Broncos hold a 31-6 advantage over the Eagles in a series that dates back to the 1968-69 season. Boise State has won each of the last four meetings.
Boise State is 220-182 (.547) against teams currently in the Big Sky Conference, a league in which the Broncos held membership from 1970-96. Boise State went 190-187 during its 26 years in the league, including a mark of 16-2 against the Eagles when both teams were members of the conference.
Leon Rice, in his debut season after being named the seventh head coach in school history, is off to the best start of any head coach since Boise State became a four-year institution prior to the 1968-69 season. No other coach won his first three games at the helm of the program.
Rice joins the Broncos after spending the last 11 seasons on the coaching staff at Gonzaga. He had served as the associate head coach with the Bulldogs since 2007.
Bob Behler is in his third season as the "Voice of the Broncos," and his 25th calling college basketball games. Joining Behler, and also in his third season, is former Bronco Abe Jackson, who played for Boise State from 1998-2002.
All Bronco games will be broadcast on the Bronco Radio Network, with KBOI 670 AM serving as the flagship station. Games can also be heard live at broncosports.com.
Boise State swept its two-game road trip in California last week, coming back from halftime deficits in each game to knock off San Diego (65-60; Nov. 19) and UC Davis (67-47; Nov. 21). The Broncos were down five and two at halftime against the Toreros and Aggies, respectively.


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SAN ANTONIO - The search for a man who police said shot himself in the foot while trying to get away from police is now over.
That man was found in a vacant house around 6:30 p.m. near the 200 block of West Fest near Nogalitos downtown.
That's where an officer tried to stop the man a few hours earlier.
"(The officer) saw the shotgun being pulled out of (the man's) pants," said San Antonio police spokeswoman Sandy Gutierrez. "(The officer) thought he heard something, saw a puff of smoke and he believed at that time that (the man) had shot himself in the foot -- and that's how it was described to officials. At this time, we found he did not sustain an injury to his foot."
The man was checked out by paramedics but did not go to the hospital.
Police aren't sure what charges he'll face.
Officers are looking for a man who was with him and the weapon the injured man may have been carrying.
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"PURA is a sustainable development system"
I am happy to participate in the inauguration of the World Tea Science Congress here in Jorhat, Assam. I am glad to know that this conference is being organized as a part of the centenary celebration of the Tocklai Experimental Station to address the contemporary issues of Tea Industry. Friends, what does it mean, organization like Tocklai Experimental Station completing 100 years. The earth where we live, rotates its own axis and also orbits around the SunYou all know that when we complete one orbit around the Sun it takes one year. That means Tocklai Experimental Station has completed 100 orbits around the Sun this year. My heartiest congratulations to all the team members and the pioneers who have contributed to the growth of this great institution. My greetings to all the researchers, cultivators, scientists, experts and other distinguished guests present here.
Friends, tea is one of the most historic beverage - served in many form. In India, with over 800 million kgs of consumption, tea is a major part of our beverage, across the nation and in many different forms. Of course, with changing market dynamics, agro processing technologies and diversifying markets, there is a need for redefining the tea industry. With that perspective, the topic I would like to discuss with all of you today is "Dimensions of Indian Tea Industry".
When I am with tea experts, I would like to share one of my personal experience. I am now in the 81st orbit around the Sun. One thing I have realized is that nobody in my country and abroad can prepare a tea perfectly to my specification. Hence, I have decided, I have to prepare a tea for myself wherever I go. To my great surprise, one day in an airline in India, a crew member gave me tea to my exact specification. Now you all would be interested to know what is the type of tea I like? In our country, there is one system, particularly in the northern side, where they fill the cup with milk and the tea bags come separately. There I find only milk but no tea. After that, whatever number of tea bags I use, the colour you get only is white. Now you know, why I prepared tea for myself. Half cup of hot water with two tea bags, then I wait for some time and after stirring, I get the unique colour of tea and its fragrance. Then I mix with little milk and sugar. Now I hope all of you would like to drink what I prepare. The reason I am telling this story, we don't know how to market beautiful tea and its spin off products. Even tea industry should be interested in marketing, which begins on how to prepare the tea.
Yesterday when I reached Tocklai Experimental Station, I had visited the model factory and witnessed how the plugged tea leaves are oxidized, processed in a multi stages and finally a pure and filtered tea is getting ready for distribution. What a wonderful process mechanism is established here which I have witnessed yesterday. Then I visited the Department of Biochemisty and its associated laboratory, where I saw the quality process and its standardization of parameters for the manufacturing process set at a pilot level which will be scaled to that extend in the actual manufacturing process later. Then, I went to the Tea tasting centre, where I witnessed number of tea products starting from tea candy, chewing tea tablet, tea toffee, black tea tablet, tea biscuit, tea drink and other variant products and also different type of tea prepared for testing the taste of each variant. A great market potential exists for these tea products and its variants if it is commercialized and created a brand for its global marketing in association with the interested private industries.
I have interacted with the scientists in the pathology laboratory and visited the Entomology Department which involved in studies of bio-ecology of pests and crop loss, mass multiplication of predators, semio-chemicals, botanicals and eco-friendly chemicals, evaluation of new molecules, entomo-pathogens, resistance management. Also I have seen how the pests affects the tea plants in various ways and what are the different kinds of pests exists and also new pests are emanating which needs to be addressed in a unique way. Hence dear friends, what I feel is, the, it is time to change the name Tocklai Experimental Station into Tocklai Research Centre, bringing a major transformation effect giving more focus on Research and attract the participation of public private partnership for conducting research on TEA and its associated spin off products to meet the global demand and create a brand for itself. My greetings to all of you.
Friends, I am going to discuss Indian tea industry profile and possible winning transformations. It may be true and applicable for many other nations. As you all know India, with over 800 million kgs of annual tea consumption is the largest tea consumer in the world. More than 22% of the world tea is consumed in India and over 80% of the domestic production is used for the Indian market. Today, about one-fourth of the total tea production happens in India with a turnover of about Rs. 10,000 crores annually. With over 50% of the workers being women, the Indian Tea Industry is also the single largest employer of women as a sector in the nation. With such a context, and a historic background, it is no exaggeration to say that Tea is indeed a National Drink of India and needs to be positioned as core strength of Indian agro sector. Of course, we need to analyze the challenges and evolve a comprehensive strategy to achieve this mission.
Friends, in the year 2010, I had a surprise during my teaching assignment at Gatton College of Business and Economics, Lexington, USA. I had 62 PG students in multi-disciplines for whom, I took a 15 day course, on the subject of "Evolving Happy, Peaceful and Prosperous Societies" by deploying technology. In that course, students were to form small team of 5 members each, cutting across multiple disciplines and analyze a ground level problem from national and international perspective. The first day itself, all the 12 groups submitted the projects to me narrating what they specialized in the course. One project that attracted my attention was "The state of Indian Tea industry and why it declined from the number one position and possible solutions". All the students were of American origin, and amount of data they have collected from various sources of tea industry in the world, the method of cultivation, harvesting and production of tea, and marketing, was truly impressive. The students even knew about the cropping cycles in India and the technological gaps which existed. And above all, the students are aware, how many small and large scale tea industries are here in India. Of course, my course was assisted by two of my friends, Shri Srijan Pal Singh and Dhan Shyam Sharma. My students highlighted the following important aspects: The group?s findings are:
1. First, until 1989, India was the largest exporter of Tea in the world. Today it has slid to the 4th position. 2. Second, it is a fact that until 2005, India was the largest producer of tea and then was surpassed by China. Today, India the production is about 966 million kgs is which is about 30% lower than China at 1370 million kgs. 3. The world tea pricing shows that Indian Tea is among the low revenue earner per kg than the international competitors. In 2007, Export Price of Indian Tea was at $2.45 per kg while Sri Lanka was $3.26 per kg and Japan was $16.47 per kg. However, Indian tea is definitely rated as the best in quality and has tremendous potential for higher price based on quality and value addition. You tea friends from India have to market Indian tea in a winning way. 4. The per capita yield of the Indian Tea Industry is low. The yield per hectare is currently at about 1693 Kg per Hectare with significant variations from state to state. The per worker yield of Tea is also quite low at about 780 kg per worker per year yielding about Rs. 80,000 turnover per person. One of the key concern is the small farm sizes, which make the employment of machinery and technology infeasible.
I told the students, that I am going to take a course on the subject called PURA (Providing Urban Amenities in the Rural Areas), where I would like to give solutions of some of the problems raised by the students on low productivity. I said, PURA also advocates a cooperative movement, so that the small growers come together for cultivating large area of tea industry and work together in harvesting, storing and marketing. And most important, the cooperative societies will be the outlet for the quality saplings and quality fertilizers and quality pesticides with instruction when to plant and when to go for sprinkler irrigation with what fertilizers mix and how to monitor onset of pest and prevent it using the pesticides. Also, the training to the growers and workers especially women in the tea industry on how to plant, how to grow, how to harvest, when to harvest the tea leaves and how to store? My students then sharpened their project with PURA system and brought out project report highlighting how big tea industries has to have high productivity, how small industries using PURA system and cooperative movement will equally increase the productivity. After about 2 weeks of discussions and presentations, we came up with the following solutions:
a. Empower the Indian Small Tea growers with standardization on plantation, education to be more competitive with sustainable production, storage methods, transportation both domestically and internationally. This can be done as a knowledge connectivity of PURA model. b. More efficient farm tools for plugging the tea leaves and other forms of cultivation, harvesting, and collection process, capital needs to come from the government in the form of low interest loans to be paid off over a long periods of time. Cooperative banking and microfinance can be the key in this area.c. Cooperatives in the tea sector similar on the lines of the sugar cooperatives in western India. This would improve the land holding size and ensure tea processing is managed by the grower to increase their profits and yieldd. Innovation with value addition in tea products and marketing exotic productions like medicinal tea, organic tea and flavored tea.e. Social entrepreneurship for the tea industry and its farmers. This would also include provision for better education and healthcare.
As I told, one of the key models which we discussed was the evolution of a Tea Cooperative PURA (Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) program in the tea production areas of the nation which would undertake integrated development of the product, process and marketing of tea and also give initiatives of social development of the tea cultivators in the region. With the cooperative architecture the farmers would be able to absorb the benefits of large farm size without losing their earnings and also participate in tea processing to enhance their income.
PURA involves four connectivities namely Physical, Electronic and Knowledge leading to Economic connectivity. The mission of PURA, apart from concentrating on reinforcing tea agriculture, will emphasize on tea processing, development of Rural Craftsmanship, other allied rural products so that the non-farm revenue for the rural sector is enhanced, based on the core competence of the region. Also the rural economy will be driven by renewable energy such as solar, wind, bio-fuel and conversion of municipal waste and forest waste material into power. In this approach, the task is to make sustainable development using the core competence of the rural sector.
In the past, government, private and public sectors have been taking up rural development in parts. For example, starting education institutions, starting a healthcare centers, laying roads, building houses, building a marketing complex, giving a communication link in a particular rural area have been taken up in the past as individual activities. During the last few decades, it is our experience, that these initiatives starts well, just like heavy rain resulting into multiple streams of water flow. As soon as the rain stops, few days later all the streams get dried up because there is no water bodies to collect the surplus water and store it at the right place. For the first time, PURA envisages an integrated development plan with employment generation as the focus, driven by provision of the habitat, healthcare, education, skill development, physical and electronic connectivity and marketing. Let me discuss briefly the model of a typical PURA.
PURA essentially requires four levels of connectivity which have to be customized according to local competencies and needs. It means that: 1. The villages must be connected with in themselves and with main towns and metros through by good roads and wherever needed by railway lines. They must have other infrastructure like schools, colleges, hospitals and amenities for the local population and the visitors. This is physical connectivity. 2. In the emerging knowledge era, the native knowledge has to be preserved and enhanced with latest tools of technology, training and research. The villages have to have access to good education from best teachers wherever they are, must have the benefit of good medical treatment, and must have latest information on their pursuits like agriculture, fishery, horticulture and food processing. That means they have to have electronic connectivity.
3. Once the Physical and Electronic connectivity are enabled, the knowledge connectivity is enabled. That can facilitate the ability increase the productivity, the utilization of spare time, awareness of health welfare, ensuring a market for products, increasing quality conscience, interacting with partners, getting the best equipment, increasing transparency and so in general knowledge connectivity, that progresses core competence of the rural environment with additional to technology. Hence, these three connectivities integrated way lead to economic connectivity. 4. Once the three connectivities viz Physical, Electronic and knowledge connectivity are ensured, they facilitate earning capacity leading to economic connectivity. When we Provide Urban Amenities to Rural Areas (PURA), we can lead to upliftment of rural areas, we can attract investors, we can introduce effectively useful systems like Rural BPOs, Micro and small-scale industries. The number of PURA for the whole country is estimated to be 7000 covering 600,000 villages where 750 million people live. There are number operational PURA in our country initiated by many educational, healthcare institutions, industry and other institutions. Government of India is already moving ahead with the implementation of PURA on the national scale across several districts of India.
It is possible to get an insight of PURA by studying few of the operational PURAs which are functioning in different parts of the country. They are: Periyar PURA, Loni PURA, Chitrakoot PURA, Meenakshi PURA and Warana PURA. Let me highlight few aspects of Warana PURA. Earlier, I had mentioned the need to evolve a cooperative based tea PURA. Let me now give you an example of a cooperative based PURA in western India which can be a case study for the similar deployment in the tea plantation regions.
Friends, in March 2010 I was in the Warana valley of Kolhapur district. The Warana PURA mission began as a sugar cooperative movement, as a vision of a great social leader called Sah-kaar-shri Tatyasaheb Kore in 1950s to transform the Warana region which was a backward area infested with unlawful activities. The Warana PURA has since then evolved on a cooperative framework and implemented sustainable models based on the core competencies of the rural areas covering 69 villages and about 4 lakh people. This PURA model, which has more than 60,000 farmers, women entrepreneurs and villagers as their members, has been giving consistent dividend of over 25%. The Warana PURA programme has succeeded in creating income generation through value addition to sugar and dairy products, innovative agricultural practices and entrepreneurship, striving towards literacy and healthcare for all. For the welfare of landless villagers, Tatyasaheb Kore envisioned and pioneered the creation of the Warana Poultry and Warana Cooperative Dairy with more than 16000 milk producers spread over 60 villages.
Similarly, the Warana PURA has also initiated cooperative educational institutions, retail outlets and hospital for better standards of living. The Waran PURA is an example of how integrated development can be achieved through a strongly knit cooperative structure with value addition and economic empowerment. I suggest the experts present here to study the tea plantation PURA in the state of Assam that will transform into an economic and societal change complex and bring the prosperity to this region. Let me now talk about one experience which may be useful to you to protect the tea crops from pests and also helps to increase the productivity of the tea crops.
I had visited Dr. Henry Daniell, University of Central Florida, College of Medicine, Orlando, Florida in 2010 and interacted with him and his research team. http://daniell.ucf.edu; firstname.lastname@example.com) I had an interesting thing to share with you, when I visited the TRA Laboratory yesterday I saw the different type of pests which affects the tea leaves and also the understood the low productivity of tea crops. Mainly Sap-sucking insects are among the most devastating insect pests worldwide. Many species are serious pests of agricultural and horticultural crops worldwide. Some of the most serious damage caused by these pests is due to their role as vectors of plant viruses. It is well known that tri-chomes secrete secondary meta-bolites that are toxic to insects.
Therefore, in Dr Henry Daniell Lab, plants were genetically modified with a single foreign gene (â-glu-co-si-dase) to enhance biomass and confer other valuable agronomic traits. Expression of â- glu-co-si-dase in plant chloroplasts doubled the plant biomass (190%) than unmodified plants, increased leaf area (160%), inter-node length (180%), height (145%) and glandular tri-chomes in the upper (1033%) and lower leaf surface (765%).
In addition, when plants were confined to an insect-proof nylon mesh bag after introduction of newly emerged whiteflies or neonatal nymphs for 25 days, there were 1838% more whiteflies and 1496% more aphids on untransformed plants than genetically modified plants. That means insects naturally avoid these genetically modified plants. In addition to doubling the biomass and protecting plants from harmful insects, these genetically modified plants produce low cost â- glu-co-si-dase, a thousand fold less expensive than currently available technologies.
Hence, TRA may work with Prof. Henry Daniell, University of Central Florida, USA and see how you can use the genetic modification or identify any other enzyme which is suitable for protecting tea leaves from pests and also increase its biomass without losing the characteristics of tea and its fragrance. Let me now suggest some mission in the tea research area which would be important for resurgence of the tea industry.
I. There should be a dedicated research fund which should be enhanced progressively from the present 0.16% of revenues to 1% in 5 years and 2% subsequently. We must remember that multi-dimensional research will be the key to increase our turnover from Rs. 10000 crores to Rs. 30000 crores (based on today price) annually in the next ten years. TRA should attract private investment for TEA research as a part of the CSR initiatives from Indian and multinational companies so that the government provides an equal contribution for R&D and commercialization in all aspects of TEA. II. There is a need for research of tea varieties which can give higher yields even with variations in agro climatic conditions. It is noteworthy that, the productivity of tea across India varies from 2400 kg per Ha (in Karnataka) to about 1500 Kg per Ha (in Kerala and Assam). Even with Assam, the variation from 700 to 2100 Kg/Ha across different regions. I was happy to learn that the Tea Research Association is already engaged in the mission of developing the Lengree 51 and Lengree 56 tea cultivars which are suited to drought prone areas. III. Research also needs to be conducted to make the production of tea an eco-friendly and a sustainable agro practice. I am happy to know that TRA is conducting significant research in techniques to protect the top soil from eroding in various hilly tea gardens in the nationIV. There is a need to develop Indian brand of exotic and medicinal tea which internationally competitive and is unique to India. This would also require an emphasis on quality control, improving color, flavor and packaging.V. To enhance the revenue per farm, we need to develop and deploy tea friendly crops if any, which can lead to multi cropping from the same farm. I was happy to learn that the TRA is developing the technique of Cleft grafting which is a cost effective way for conversion of old tea area with a new cloneVI. Conduct research to establish medicinal qualities of different varieties of tea and develop nutraceutical products. Also, a comprehensive international marketing strategy may be developed in collaboration with IIMs and other elite institutions.
Friends, I have seen three dreams which have taken shape as vision, mission and realization. Space programme of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization), AGNI programme of DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization) and PURA (Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) becoming the National Mission. Of course, these three programmes succeeded in the midst of many challenges and problems. I have worked in all these three areas. I want to convey to you what I have learnt on leadership from these three programmes:
a. Leader must have a vision. b. Leader must have passion to realize the vision. c. Leader must be able to travel into an unexplored path. d. Leader must know how to manage a success and failure. e. Leader must have courage to take decisions. f. Leader should have nobility in management.g. Leader should be transparent in every action. h. Leader must work with integrity and succeed with integrity.
For success in all your missions you have to become creative leaders. Creative leadership means exercising the vision to change the traditional role from the commander to the coach, manager to mentor, from director to delegator and from one who demands respect to one who facilitates self-respect. For the prosperous and developed Tea industry, the important thrust will be the availability of number of creative leaders who will integrate production, processing and marketing of tea. At this stage let me recall Maharishi Patanjali?s words stated about 2,500 years ago: "When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bounds. Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents come alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamt yourself to be."
With these words, I inaugurate the World Tea Science Congress at Jorahat. My greetings and best wishes to all the members present here for their mission of realizing a resurgent tea industry in the nation and world.May God Bless you.


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Philips outs the dual-SIM W732 droid, sticks a huge battery inside
Philips has been keeping under the smartphone radar lately, but now it is back with a bang announcing the W732 Droid.
Apparently, the company has heard the prayers of Android fans and their requests for devices with better battery life and that's exactly what the W732 offers. The huge 2,400mAh battery inside is rated to give you 13 hours of continuous talk time or 10.5 hours of web browsing on a single charge.
Sporting a 4.3-inch LCD IPS display with a resolution of 480x800 pixels, the Philips W732 runs Android 4.0 ICS on a 1 GHz single-core MediaTek MT6575 processor and has 1GB of RAM. And with a 5MP camera at the back and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS on board, this Android might turn out to be a pretty decent entry-level offering.
It measures the acceptable 126.37 x 67.44 x 12.3 mm, but tips the scales at over 166 grams, which can probably be attributed to the ample juice pack. The Philips also features two SIM slots, both of which support hot-swapping.
The Philips W732 will make its debut in China and Russia in the coming weeks and will be available in five colors - black, white, pink, blue and green. Pricing and plans for worldwide availability are yet to be announced.
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"These kids are going to get exposed to things that they wouldn't be exposed to at Eastwood," she said. "In this day and age, we have middle school kids that are pregnant, smoking, doing drugs. I think it's moronic to put a fourth-grader there."
A public hearing on the Eastwood closure is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday at Dundalk High School.
School officials say they don't yet know how much money the consolidations would save.
It is not the first time someone has proposed redeveloping the government center. Last year, developer John Vontran pitched the idea of razing the center to build big-box stores, then moving the government offices to a former Seagrams plant that he owns.
Many residents say they thought the idea was dead after Vontran's proposal was criticized at zoning hearings last year.
Still, some in the community think the government center has potential for successful commercial development. Amy Menzer, executive director of the Dundalk Renaissance Corp., said the group thinks the idea is worth considering.
"A lot is going to depend on what development is proposed, and how that affects who's currently there, and what opportunities the public has to be involved in the process of making decisions about it," she said, adding that the impact on existing stores also would have to be considered.
Many Dundalk residents are frustrated because the lack of retail options in the area forces them to shop elsewhere, Menzer said. In the past, county economic development officials have told the organization that a major problem is the size of lots on Merritt Boulevard — they are too shallow for big-box stores.
"The government center lot is a deeper lot, so it presents an opportunity in that regard," she said.
Councilman John Olszewski Sr., a Dundalk Democrat, said the community could end up with better facilities under the county plan. "The heating and air conditioning systems are all outdated," he said of the government center, a former school built in 1953.
Olszewski — who faced angry questions last month when residents packed a meeting room at the North Point Library to discuss the county proposal —- stressed that he would not support the plan unless it's guaranteed that all ballfields will be replaced, and that community programs get new homes.
The county's request for proposals requires any developer who buys the site to replace the recreation fields. Responses are due in April.
"At the end of the day, if the ballfields are taken away and not replaced nearby, if all the programs are not replaced and housed in a better place, then I will not support it," Olszewski said.
John Long of the environmental organization Clean Bread and Cheese Creek said the county isn't considering the environmental impact of new development on a stream that runs behind the government center. The county's bid request makes no mention of the stream, he said.
Long also noted the perception that the county responded to more affluent residents of Towson, who fought the county plan to move the fire station to Towson Manor Park.
"People of Dundalk are hard-working, for the most part blue-collar people," Long said. "And that doesn't mean that they deserve any less consideration."


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'Brooklyn Nine-Nine': Charles goes 'Full Boyle' on Marilu HennerAdd to Favorites | Brooklyn Nine-Nine
It's Valentine's week on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and Boyle ( Joe Lo Truglio) is smitten. Smitten with Professor Vivian ( Marilu Henner)! And that right there is awesome.
Full Boyle
Boyle and Peralta ( Andy Samberg) go undercover as tourists to nab a bad guy. And Boyle is also going "full Boyle" intensity on his relationship with Vivi. Peralta explains to him that he's going to "blow this beyond repair." As Boyle says, he's been directing all his emotions unsuccessfully at Diaz, so now, he's out of control and enlists Jake to help him stay cool. Jake confiscates his phone and suggests they go on a double date so that he can be there keep Boyle under control. Sure, that'll work.
Turns out Bernice, Vivian's friend for the double date, is beautiful and loves the Nets and "Die Hard," so Jake ends up all smitten too, and everything he throws at Boyle to reduce his "full Boyle" boil ends up freaking both Vivian and Bernice out. Because he's Jake. Boyle leaves to cool off, but returns with an engagement ring he bought at a pawn shop, Jake throws it into a hot dog cart's "boiling pork water" and they pepper spray each other.
In the end, they catch the bad guy (oh, there was a bad guy story? Yes.) And Jake realizes through the hundreds of texts and voicemails that Vivian is "full Boyle" on Boyle too.
He proposes, and she accepts. Boyle is getting married! Repeat, Boyle is getting married! That is so not going to end well.
Meanwhile ...
Captain Holt ( Andre Braugher) gets a visit from a fellow cop, Brian Jensen, who informs Holt that he'll be running for president of the African-American Gay and Lesbian New York City Policemen's Association (AAGLNYCPA for short.) Since Holt is the founder and 25-year president of AAGLNYCPA, he's not happy for the competition. And when Andre Braugher says "destroy him," you gulp a little and take that seriously, even with comedic timing.
Holt makes Gina his campaign manager because she has "great hair" and "loves lying." But Brian has good ideas that go above and beyond Holt's history with the organization, as Gina rightfully points out, so Holt actually respectfully withdraws from the campaign (but does threaten Brian with impeachment if he messes anything up.) You're so classy, Holt.
Also, "Super Dan" (guest star Nate Torrence), a civilian crimefighter, wearing a cape and tights and everything shows up to help out, much to the ridicule of Diaz and Santiago. That backfires when it turns out Super Dan has been scoping out drug deals and has info on a case they've been working on for months. But they dismissed him, and so, Terry reassigns their case to Scully and Hitchcock. They call Super Dan back in and involve him on their case, in order to "help out everyone no matter what" ... they're wearing.
Best Lines:
- "Nice jeans, Boyle. Those are surprisingly low-waisted." - Gina
"Eyes up here, Gina. I'm more than just a piece of a**." - Boyle
- "Oh, Canada. Truly Odie to America's Garfield." - Peralta
- "Hi Vivi, it's Chucklebunny. I'm just calling about dinner tomorrow. I can't wait to see you, my luscious little breakfast quiche. I just want to draw you a bubble bath and spoon-feed you caviar. I think we should open up a joint checking account. I just LOVE you." - Boyle
- "I didn't even notice he was wearing a cape." - Scully
- "Bernice? That sounds like a cartoon dump truck." - Peralta
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Sangria...via Franzia
OK, don't throw up just yet. My roommate randomly inherited a big box of White Zin Franzia from a wedding she recently went to. Kinda gross, I know, but we have a housewarming party coming up and I was wondering if anyone had ANY ideas on a cocktail we could concoct with this stuff to make it magically delicious and fit to serve to our friends. The only thing we could come up with was sangria. But what all could we add to it to make it not so...Franzia-ish? Any other ideas?
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Merger, shmerger, where's my ESPN phone?
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It speaks volumes that phone giant SBC can bid on AT&T and so far there have been few predictions of high prices ahead for consumers. After all, basic economic theory holds that when there's lots of competition, prices ultimately come down. With fewer businesses competing, prices tend to go up.
But commentators and industry insiders dissecting SBC's $16 billion bid for AT&T say the latest technology is giving rise to a new breed of phone operator: one that doesn't have to have its own network. That's injecting much more competition into the local phone market than ever before.
"It's not that hard to be a telephone company anymore," said a source at Comcast. "The trick is staying in business."
Most networkless operators rely on voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which is a low-cost technology that lets a broadband line double as a phone line. The VoIP market was seeded by the likes of Vonage, which only requires that customers have an existing broadband connection. Dozens of new U.S. phone operators base their service on VoIP, including major cable companies that bundle a VoIP service in with their broadband plans.
At the same time, companies with popular brand names are getting into the cell phone business as mobile virtual network operators. These arrangements allow a diverse group of companies, from 7-Eleven to ESPN, to become wireless providers without having their own network. These operators are helping fill the void created by the purchase by Cingular Wireless of AT&T Wireless, by Sprint's upcoming merger with Nextel Communications and by a wave of consolidation among smaller cell phone operators.
The basic premise of reselling calling minutes bought from major carriers is an old one. But it took breakthroughs in billing and database management for it to become relatively inexpensive to launch and operate as a virtual cell phone operator. There are at least 10 new cell phone operators launching in the next few months, A.T. Kearney analysts said.
The only real quibble industry insiders had on Monday was about how stable a small percentage of the new competition is.
Cable companies probably have the best chance, since they own their own networks. And VoIP operator Vonage, with 400,000 customers, is a very respectable foe, even though it doesn't own a network. The successes in the cell phone business by the Virgin megabrand--its Virgin Mobile USA has more than 2 million subscribers--is proving the same point on the wireless side of the phone industry.
In the mid-1980s, government regulations provided a competitive boost for those unable to invest tens of billions of dollars in building a new network. Rules that were phased out in 2003 guaranteed an operator access to a local phone network at relatively cheap prices. The sunset of those rules, as evidenced by AT&T's shrinking dominance, has had a dramatic impact on the companies that relied on them.
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- You don't know the half of it
- In early December, I registered a cell phone with AT&T that allegedly was good everywhere in the country, in preparation for a 3-week trip to Missouri, so I wouldn't get clobbered with roaming charges on my regular cell phone. I wasn't able to use the phone anywhere except in larger cities (Amarillo, Texas isn't one of them) because I wasn't in an AT&T area.
About halfway through the trip, I got an email from SBC, my landline provider, that showed that I had "added services". Not knowing what they were, when I got home, I called. After finding out that it was a standard response to a piece of mail they had sent and that I had returned, the nice lady asked if there was "anything else SBC could do", to which I replied, "Yes, if you can provide cell phone service."
She signed me up, on Jan 10, with Cingular, and migrated my existing account over from AT&T. She was supposed to send me two new phones, too.
On Jan 21, I still didn't have them, so I called, only to find out they'd shipped them to the wrong address (in a town two hours away, to an address that doesn't exist). On Jan 28, my existing phone stopped connecting; despite the fact that the phone says Welcome to AT&T, and then shows Cingular, and despite the fact that their computers show my account, their system apparently doesn't recognize my phone (which had worked fine the day before) as being part of their system.
And I still don't have the new phones.
The whole SBC/Cingular/AT&T mess is beginning to remind me why Ma Bell was broken up in the first place; it takes them a few hours or days for billions of dollars to change hands -- but the phones don't work, and nobody can tell you what's going on.
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- Cingular doesn't like Virtual Networks?
- I signed up with T-Mobile in California about 2.5 years ago, and at that time T-Mobile was using the Cingular network in CA (and elsewhere, I believe) to fill holes in their own network. So much for not supporting MVNOs. In was concerned about the impact of the ATT-Wireless&Cingular merger, but my personal expert on the subject (who also has T-Mobile service in CA) assured me that the service would be transferred as necessary.
However, as of about Jan 28th, my service, which has mainly worked very well in Canada, the UK, Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, etc., and fairly well in much of the USA, developed a new "feature", where on making or answering a call, the communication was all one way (i.e. I could hear them, but they could not hear me), for long enough thay would hang up, though after about 60 secs the connection would become two way, and work as normally. Since all but one (now 2) of my 15-20 calls since had "worked" this way, I finally called the "Customer Service" number, from whence I learned that "about 18 towers in my area had a technical problem", though not the one where I live (where many of the calls had been based).
So maybe Cingular have just discovered their "no MVNO support" policy?
What happens when my wife's ex-Cellular-One then ATT-W now Cingular (TDMA) phone gets converted to the new (GSM) system?
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Saint Leo, Fla. (November 17, 2007) – The Saint Leo University women's basketball team (2-0) upended visiting Puerto Rico-Bayamon (0-1) by a score of 69-59 on Saturday to finish as the only undefeated team at the 2007 Sleep Inn Classic.
Dominique Daniels (So., Columbus, Ohio) and Latasha Lawrence (Sr., Jacksonville, Fla.) scored 13 points apiece to lead the Lions to the win. Daniels also grabbed seven rebounds. Amanda Holloway (Sr., West Palm Beach, Fla.) joined Lawrence on the All-Classic Team, as she scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds off the bench.
The game was close throughout with neither team leading by more than 13 points. The Cowgirls got off to a fast start, as they opened up a 13-4 lead in the opening eight minutes of the game. However, Saint Leo eventually took an 11-point lead into the half-time locker room courtesy of an 17-6 run in the final seven minutes of the opening stanza.
Bayamon battled back in the second half and tied the score at 44-44 with 12:31 left in the game. The visitors took a brief 52-50 lead, but the Lions answered with a 7-0 run and then scored the final five points of the game to wrap up the victory.
Saint Leo will host the University of Puerto Rico-Cayey on Monday in its next contest. Opening tip for the game is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the Bowman Center.


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Published on January 13, 2012
Steps on the Long Island Beothuk Hiking Trail at Long Island were flung around like matchsticks during a wind storm.
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The Long Island Beothuk Hiking Trail's first gazebo overturned during a wind storm.
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Beaumont United Church welcomes its new minister William Matchem and his wife Jean Matchem.
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New Years Eve
The Long Island recreation Committee held its annual New Year's Eve Ball on Saturday, December 31. There was an excellent response again this year with just over a hundred tickets sold. DJ Michael Murray of Springdale supplied the music, which was excellent. The dance floor was rocking all night long. At midnight the lights came on as Auld Lang Syne was sung amidst a balloon drop while patrons rang in the New Year. Recreation then served each guest a delicious cold plate of hor d'oeurves, salad and finger foods. A really nice time, thank you Recreation Committee and all who helped out with food and preparations for the ball.
The congregation of the Beaumont United Church, Long Island was pleased to welcome their new minister, William (Bill) Matchem and his wife Jean, for their first service on January 1, 2012. Up until December the Green Bay Pastoral Charge, which includes the United Churches at Long Island, Robert's Arm and South Brook, was without a minister so all three communities send out a warm welcome to the Matchems. Bill is a student minister in his first year of studies. They are from Heatherton, a small town on the province's west coast, which is approximately a 40-minute drive from Stephenville. Their hometown Pastoral Charge is St. Georges on the west coast. Bill and Jean have one daughter, Candice, married to Kyle McFatridge, who lives in Alberta. Candice and Kyle have blessed Bill and Jean with their first grandchild, baby girl Lydia, who was born on November 23, 2011. The Matchems would like to thank everyone in the Green Bay South Pastoral Charge for their warm welcome.
Heritage Society
Members of the Long Island Heritage Society, Recreation Committee and the Town were very dismayed on Tuesday, December 27th to discover that all their moose meat that was kept in the deep freezer at the Municipal Building had spoiled. The moose was from the charitable moose license obtained by the Heritage Society from the Department of Wildlife this past fall. It is believed that sometime in mid December the freezer malfunctioned and was not discovered until it was too late. There were some brief power outages around that time and maybe that's when it happened. With the interruptions in regular routine due to the Christmas Holiday, the freezer was not checked on. There is a lesson to be learned from this, that freezers with valuable food items should be checked at least every two days, especially in situations like this where the freezer is not used every day.
Wind Damage
The Long Island Beothuk Hiking Trail sustained major damage during a wind storm on Thursday, December 8. The weather not being very good for hiking around that time, meant no one had been on the trail for awhile. Just over a week later a hiker reported to council that there was damage done to the steps leading to the first gazebo. On Monday, December 19 two council employees were sent in to survey and make notes of any damage that they found. They could hardly believe their eyes at the extent of the damage. All sets of steps to the first gazebo, except one, had been plucked from their moorings and flung off to the side as if they were mere toothpicks. As they made their way over the next two kilometers to the second gazebo they found sign boards toppled, a couple of trees broken down across the trail, steps leading up to the gazebo flung aside and at the top of Capelin Cove Head the second gazebo had been upended from its spot and thrown down the hill landing on its roof. My contact person from Environment Canada said that winds felt at Long Island was probably close to those measured at the weather station in Twillingate. The strongest gust measured at the Twillingate weather station was 128km/h and the sustained wind speed was between 75 and 91 km/h for several hours there, during the night of December 8-9. It is also interesting to note that the ferry Hazel McIssac measured its strongest gust while tied up at Sully Anne's Cove, LBI at just over 135 km/h. We may have even had winds slightly stronger than those measured at Twillingate. Council has contacted the Department of Municipal Affairs to see if there will be any support given to put the trail infrastructure back in place, but as of news deadline this week have not heard back.


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Anytime there's a discussion about the relative merits of the Android and iOS mobile operating systems, there's one thing not often seen: a shrug of indifference. Both sides have partisans, and they are extremely vocal about their operating system of choice. Marriages have probably ended over this argument. The recent introductions of iOS 7 and Android 4.4 have only intensified the debate.
The passion Android and iOS supporters have for these products might give the impression there is some fundamental difference between the two. But for the most part, they do the same things -- albeit in a very different way.
"Android and iOS share much of the same functionality, but that doesn't mean they are interchangeable," said Christopher, mobile expert with Armor for Android. "There are distinct differences that make each operating system a better fit for certain consumers, depending on their wants and needs."
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News about Burundi, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
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Jul. 2, 2015
Six people are killed in clashes with police during demonstration in Burundi ahead of presidential election. MORE
Jun. 30, 2015
Government of Burundi holds parliamentary and local elections as scheduled, despite international calls to postpone them due to gunfire and grenade attacks night before; turnout is small and last-minute changes in polling centers adds to confusion; international groups, including African Union and European Union, withdraw observers. MORE
Jun. 27, 2015
Fear and uncertainty has descended upon Burundi in run-up to parliamentary elections and subsequent presidential vote, and United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon expresses concern about situation in country; media has been effectively silenced by Pres Pierre Nkurunziza's administration after he declared intent to run for third term, which was met with widespread protests. MORE
Jun. 26, 2015
Scores of students scale American embassy walls in Bujumbura, Burundi, in effort to escape police cracking down on protest encampment; incident underscores drama playing out in country as antigovernment protests have sprung up in response to Pres Pierre Nkurunziza's announcement that he would run for third term. MORE
Jun. 11, 2015
Burundi's Pres Pierre Nkurunziza declares July 15 date for presidential vote and June 29 for legislative elections, exacerbating conflict with opposition parties whose rage over his decision to run for another term has led to violent street protests that have left dozens dead. MORE
Jun. 5, 2015
Burundi postpones parliamentary and presidential elections amid unrest over Pres Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to seek third term; dozens of people have been killed in protests and tens of thousands have fled the country. MORE
Jun. 4, 2015
Electoral commission in Burundi, responding to appeal from African leaders, postpone planned local and parliamentary elections; Pres Pierre Nkurunziza's announcement he will seek third term has set off prolonged turmoil, with protests that have left more than 30 people dead. MORE
May. 29, 2015
Roman Catholic Church of Burundi announces that it will withdraw its priests appointed to help organize disputed elections in which Pres Pierre Nkurunziza is running for third term. MORE
May. 24, 2015
Anshere Nikoyagize, leader of Burundi's civil society group Ligue Iteka, and residents say that opposition figure Zedi Feruzi and his bodyguard were killed by gunmen; Feruzi and other critics of Pres Pierre Nkurunziza have said his plan to seek third term is unconstitutional. MORE
May. 23, 2015
Burundi's Pres Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to pursue third term in office is now impacting nation's economy and daily life, after almost a month of daily protests; demonstrations have been aggressively quashed by police forces and failed coup attempt in April. MORE
May. 21, 2015
Pres Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi announces postponement of parliamentary and local elections, but delay may not quell rampant protests against his decision to seek third term. MORE
May. 19, 2015
Protests continue in Burundi despite official warnings after failed military coup; army attempts to disperse protesters by firing on crowd; Pres Pierre Nkurunziza replaces several ministers in cabinet. MORE
May. 18, 2015
Burundi's Pres Pierre Nkurunziza warns against threats from Shabab militants during his first public address since coup attempt to overthrow his government; warning, which Shabab calls unsubstantiated, prompts accusations that Nkururnziza is using fear to maintain power. MORE
May. 16, 2015
Burundi government says coup attempt has been crushed by loyalist army and police officers, ending two days of confusion over who was in control of country; Pres Pierre Nkurunziza, whose decision to seek third term sparked violent protests, thanks army and police; it is not clear how extensive plot to overthrow Nkurunziza was, and how it was stopped also remains unclear. MORE
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Scientists at the University of Washington say they have engineered yeast cells that can "talk" to one another, using the plant hormone auxin.
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New member.. Vermiculite insulation and other questions
Hello out there
I have read this forum with interest, and have started work on my oven in Vineyard Haven, mass. At this point I have footing, base, hearth all complete. No pictures to post.. but so far .. it looks like most other pictures i've seen. (I think thats good news).
Here are a couple of questions:
1. I'm ready to pour the insulating layer on the hearth. What are advantages and disadvantages if any ( beyond amount) of pouring 3-4 " insulating layer over whole hearth versus in a circle that mirrors the diameter of the oven?
2. I would like to include a wired built in thermometer. Where do I put the thermo coupler wire? under the floor brick? in oven wall?
3. I've read with interest about 'the indispensable tool' . Are there folks willing to lend such an item?
I have a kazzilion more questions.. but they will come as i build upward..
thank you in advance.. I'm glad to be a part of this band of bakers!
Re: New member.. Vermiculite insulation and other questions
Hi Victor,
No need to waste cement and vermiculite where you don't need it.
Look at my oven #2 for an idea on how to make an indispensable tool. View as a "slide show" to make it easier. Just a hinge, length of wood and a bolt to fasten it to a piece of plywood in the center of the hearth. You can put a lip on it to center the brick if you wish.
Place a pvc pipe under the vermicrete insulation for your thermocouple wire. Remove the pvc after the insulation cures. Determine the location of the probe so you can facilitate its placement when you do the hearth.
Best of luck,
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"disadvantages if any ( beyond amount) of pouring 3-4 " insulating layer over whole hearth"
Besides being necessary for a functional point of view, the insulating layer is very porous. Depending upon your final dome cladding or enclosure, this layer can be a pathway for water entering your oven.
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Kidney (Renal) Failure
What is kidney (renal) failure?
The kidneys are designed to maintain proper fluid balance in the body, remove waste and eliminate toxins from the blood. The kidneys make urine, which carries away those products of elimination and excess fluid. They also make hormones, which stimulate the making of red blood cells in the bone marrow and strengthen the bones. The term kidney (renal) failure describes a situation in which the kidneys have lost the ability to effectively carry out these functions. A build-up of waste levels can cause a chemical imbalance in the blood, which can be fatal if left untreated. Patients with renal failure may develop a low blood count or weak bones over time. Chronic renal failure can be caused by a variety of diseases (such as diabetes) and means failure of kidney function over time.
Other conditions can result in acute kidney failure, such as a drop in blood flow to the kidneys, blockage of urine flow, or damage from infections, certain medications or contrast materials used in imaging. Acute kidney failure can occur quickly and may leave the kidneys with permanent damage. In many cases, it occurs in patients who are already critically ill and require intensive care.
Symptoms may include:
- Fluid retention
- Fatigue
- Blood in your stool
- Shortness of breath
- High blood pressure
- Nausea
- Drowsiness
- Ease of bruising
- Changes in urination, such as decreased, excessive or complete lack of output
How is kidney failure evaluated?
There are a variety of causes of renal failure, and the suspected or most likely cause determines which test is needed and best suited to prove the cause. In order to diagnose kidney failure, your doctor may order:
- Renal ultrasound: This imaging exam uses high-frequency sound waves to view the kidneys in real time, and is often the first test obtained to examine the kidneys.
For information about ultrasound procedures performed on children, visit the Pediatric Abdominal Ultrasound page (www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=abdomus-pdi).
- Body CT (www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=bodyct): Computed tomography (CT) combines special x-ray equipment with sophisticated computers to produce multiple images or pictures of the inside of the body. This imaging exam is often used to get a broad overview for multiple causes of kidney failure.
For information on CT scans performed on children, visit the Pediatric CT page (www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=pedia-ct).
- MR or CT urography (www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=urography): This procedure is used to evaluate patients with blood in the urine, to identify issues in patients with frequent urinary tract infections and follow patients with a history of urinary collecting system cancers.
- Body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=bodymr): This imaging test uses a magnetic field and radio frequency pulses to produce detailed pictures of the kidneys.
- Renal scintigraphy (www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=renal): During this nuclear medicine examination, the kidneys are evaluated using a radiotracer and a gamma camera. This test can provide information about both the function of the kidneys by allowing the radiologist or nuclear medicine physician to see how the kidney functions and excretes urine.
- Biopsy (www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=biopgen): This procedure involves image-guided removal of a small kidney tissue sample in order to test it for disease. Ultimately this may be required to provide a diagnosis, but there are many non-invasive imaging tests that are usually obtained first.
How is kidney failure treated?
Treatment options vary widely and depend on the cause of kidney failure, but most require a hospital stay. Options are sorted into two groups: treating the cause of renal failure versus replacing the renal function. They include:
- Interventional radiology procedures such as ureteral stenting and nephrostomy: This procedure involves inserting either small stents into the ureter(s) or a tube connected to an external drainage bag. Both options are used to unblock the ureters in order to allow proper urine flow from the kidneys if this has been identified as the cause for the renal failure.
- Surgical treatment such as a urinary stent or kidney stone removal.
- Dialysis, including hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis: These procedures remove wastes and excess fluid from the blood and therefore replace (some) renal functions. Kidney transplant is the most complete and effective way to replace kidney function but may not be suitable for all patients.
Locate an ACR-accredited provider: To locate a medical imaging or radiation oncology provider in your community, you can search the ACR-accredited facilities database.
This website does not provide costs for exams. The costs for specific medical imaging tests and treatments vary widely across geographic regions. Many—but not all—imaging procedures are covered by insurance. Discuss the fees associated with your medical imaging procedure with your doctor and/or the medical facility staff to get a better understanding of the portions covered by insurance and the possible charges that you will incur.
Web page review process: This Web page is reviewed regularly by a physician with expertise in the medical area presented and is further reviewed by committees from the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), comprising physicians with expertise in several radiologic areas.
Outside links: For the convenience of our users, RadiologyInfo.org provides links to relevant websites. RadiologyInfo.org, ACR and RSNA are not responsible for the content contained on the web pages found at these links.
Images: Images are shown for illustrative purposes. Do not attempt to draw conclusions or make diagnoses by comparing these images to other medical images, particularly your own. Only qualified physicians should interpret images; the radiologist is the physician expert trained in medical imaging.
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My contribution to the WHOniverse. Using my original morph of the Doctor along with every resource I have at my disposal I recreated as accurately as possible the Doctor in his Christmas Special get up. In the promo images he has on a type of ascot but in the video stills that have been released he has a traditional 11 Doctor bow tie that matches the ensemble. So I went for the bow tie…let's face it, bow ties ARE cool. Supersuit fur shaders really hit a home run with the Business Suit Jacket lapels. And the Just Posh textures went a long way toward making this one work. Couldn't find a pocket watch with chain so this is actually a miniaturized version of a wall prop from one of DM's dungeon sets. It just worked so I shaded it in gold and miniaturized it then parented it to the waistcoat. Set is Victorian Street, one of the many Christmas sets on sale this season at Daz. The pants were also a custom Displacement texture and color over the Just Posh shader. Turned out fab (if I do say so myself).
Rendered 100% in DS4.5>Photoshop CS5.5 for the titles and styles.
MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FELLOW WHOvians!
The only thing I don't like about the image is the hat. I killed myself to make the hat at least have the right look in terms of colors and texture but finding a beat up top hat as a CG prop was NOT easy. I tried everybody, Daz, Renderosity, RDNA, even Poser Addicts (shit you not) nobody had one that wasn't a mad hatter hat that was the wrong shape and had no morphs for altering the shape. Either way I am very satisfied with the overall look but that hat is killing me.


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Ming Wilson (Contributed photo)
The possibilities for pianist Ming Wilson are endless. And that's why the Johnson City student is keeping his options open.
Heading to Princeton on a full scholarship soon, Wilson said he his first focus will be putting on a "well-done" show for the crowd at the church he's attended since he was 7 years old — Central Baptist Church. His senior recital will include pieces by Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff as well as some Gershwin. The concert is free and is set to take place at the church at 4 p.m. Sunday.
"There's an added motivation to do well," Wilson said. "Once I get into the music, the nerves won't get to me."
Wilson's had practice in keeping his nerves at bay, performing at Carnegie Hall, on the Great Wall of China and on National Public Radio, where he was showcased as a young classical musician.
He admits he's played all across the globe but is more nervous to be playing for a home crowd.
Tony Martin, a worship pastor with Central Baptist Church, said he couldn't be more proud of Wilson and what he's been able to accomplish in his life. Though Wilson shrugs off any reference to him being a "prodigy," Martin has no problem using the term for Wilson.
"Ming is definitely a prodigy," Martin said. "He's very gifted and works at it. He's been a dedicated leader at whatever he does."
As far as his music has brought him, Martin says that might not end up the career path for Wilson.
"He's going to Princeton on a full scholarship in the fall, then medical school, then he wants to be a missionary," Martin said.
"Humble," "nice" and "driven" are words Martin uses to describe Wilson.
Wilson said he can initially go to Princeton as an undecided student in regard to what he chooses to focus on educationally, but said medicine is something he's want to study since he was young, ultimately wanting to work with Christian missionaries.
"I'm open to exploring the many educational opportunities at Princeton," he said.
It all started for Wilson when he was a student of Dr. Sharon Rush and Dr. Donald Conflenti, a former Piano Department Chairman at East Tennessee State University. From there, the prizes and accolades rolled in, including first prize in the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition. Later chosen as a Jack Kent Cooke Young Scholarship recipient, Wilson had also earned a young artist award that gave him $10,000 for his education.
"This scholarship," said Ming, "remains one of the biggest and most transformational blessings of my life. Not only because of the financial component, but because of the many inspiring individuals with whom I could form close friendships."
Wilson went on to a boarding school in Connecticut called Choate Rosemary Hall, from which he recently graduated. Not only did Wilson graduate from the same school as previous graduates Edward Albee, Michael Douglas, John F. Kennedy and Ivanka Trump, he also was elected student body president and held leadership positions in the school's Christian fellowship and a capella groups.
As for playing atop the Great Wall of China during his tour of Asia that included performances in Seoul, Beijing and Hong Kong, Wilson said the experience was windy.
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The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Dr. Frederick Norkeh has expressed concern over mobile-phone GSM companies, radio and television stations in the country indiscriminately erecting towers all over the country without lights on them to ensure navigational safety to planes and other flying objects.
The Postal Affairs Minister made the disclosure during a news conference that took place at the Ministry of Postal Affairs recently. He warned that in the absence of towers being planted around the country without lights and other warning signals, aircrafts helicopters and other users of the airspace risk involvement in accidents.
The Post and Telecommunications Minister highlighted that the presence of such lights and other warning signals are essential for aircraft navigational safety and even for the safety of residents in communities where these poles and towers are erected.
He said it will be very disastrous for residents in communities where these poles and towers are located in case there is an air accident involving planes hitting into such towers. He said the Liberian government can be sued by planes that may involve into such accidents.
Dr. Norkeh noted that protecting Liberia's air-space will give users the opportunity to easily move in every part of the country. He thus urged the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) and the Liberia Civil Aviation Authority to ensure that laws are promulgated by the National Legislature to that effect and to make sure that such laws aree rigorously enforced without fear or favor.
He said such a legal framework will go a long way in mitigating plane crashes especially at night as a result of the absence of such light. "The Liberian government can be sued for negligence if stakeholders concerned fail to implement such laws.
The Posts and Communications minister however lauded some radio stations, television stations and GSM companies that are making sure that towers that they are planting are fitted with navigational safety lights.


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Century 21 Lois Lauer Realty in Redlands was recently named the top-producing Century 21 office in the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii. It was the firm's third consecutive, No. 1 regional ranking and the 10th in the firm's 11-year association with Century 21, according to a news release. The office's sales have also placed it in the top 10 nationwide for those 11 consecutive years. Lois Lauer Realty was also No. 1 in the county among all real-estate offices, the agency said in the news release. Information: www.loislauer.com
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