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This is early 5th generation TabMail made shortly after the realization that Banded TabMail wasn't feasible for large pieces. This uses 16 ga 1/4 AR 4.2 Bright Aluminum Rings I purchase mine from TheRingLord, but as long as they are 1/4 and 14-18 ga any ring should work fine. I chose Bright Aluminum to match properly with the aluminum can tabs.
- Difficulty: 2/5 – This is simple enough, and a good beginner TabMail
- Flexibility: 3/5 – It bends horizontally, but vertically not so well.
- Tabs per sq. ft: ~900
- Rings per sq. ft: ~775
1. Lay the tabs out so that the top of the band has 2 outer tabs facing back-to-back and an inner tab only on the bottom half.
2. Then connect them as shown.
3. Continue it out as wide as your swatch is going to be and make a few bands.
4. Then place the inner tab from band 2 into the outer bands of tab 1.
5. Connect the two bands with a single ring.
6. Then it's continuing down the bands.
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Rimmel's Wake Me Up Foundation instantly re-awakens skin with a healthy, radiant looking glow whilst also minimising signs of premature skin ageing. No matter how late you got home last night, this anti-fatigue foundation immediately eliminates visible signs of tiredness so skin looks rejuvenated.
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Used 2009 Forest River RV Wildwood LE 31QBSS
Single Slide TT, Rear Quad Bunk Beds, Wardrobe/Ent. Center w/Flip Up Storage Between, Shower/Tub, Medicine Cabinet, Booth Dinette & Sofa Slideout, Carpet Area, Front Queen Bed w/Wardrobes & Drawers, Ent. Center, Counter Space, Double Kitchen Sink, 3 Burner Range, Microwave, Refrigerator, Front & Rear Pass-Thru Storage and More.
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I love a good stocking stuffer and I just found one on Amazon.com. This Leatherman multi-tool will work great in any emergency kit. One thing I love about this one is the key-ring attachment, not necessarily because I want it on my key ring (you might) but because of all the other attachment possibilities like tying a glow-in-the-dark paracord strap on it or attaching it to a zipper on a duffel bag. A Carabiner would be a great addition so it's easily removed for use.
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You will love this beautiful prayer rug! Soft and luxurious, this prayer rug features a wonderful gold red and green design for a look you will love.
The prayer rug measures approximately 110cm by 69cm (43" x 27") and comes with tassels on the top and bottom for added luxury. A great choice at an unbeatable price.


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Combining the magnificence of the Khmer Empire with lively Phnom Penh, this introduction to Cambodia is the perfect way to get acquainted with this captivating nation. Witness the grandeur of ancient Angkor Wat, see the enigmatic faces of the Bayon, confront the tragedy of the recent past and delight in the hopes for the future on this classic Cambodian adventure.
This trip takes in the major highlights of Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, and with an included flight between the two, you'll have maximum time and not have to worry about long travel days
Discover the contrasting sides to Cambodia's history at Phnom Penh's Tuoi Sieng Genocide Museum (S21) and Choeung Ek, and the city's Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda
Dine at the Friends restaurant to taste delicious local food and support an organisation that helps vulnerable local children
Uncover the incredible structures and history of Angkor Wat on a fully guided tour
Stay in comfortable standard hotels, centrally located so all the wonders of these two cities are right on your doorstep
This trip of 6 days focuses on giving you a great taste of Cambodia in a short time, therefore the emphasis is on the major sights. There are a lot of inclusions on this trip so be aware that most days will be full with activities.
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text: Obituaries 7-9-2014: Dean Brewer Posted on July 9, 2014 by webmasterJuly 9, 2014 Dean Brewer A memorial service for M. Dean Brewer, 66, of Lebanon was held at 7 p.m. Monday in the First United Methodist Church in Lebanon. Moss Funeral Home in Trenton handled arrangements. Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.


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It's hard to know when to stop being holy. Some things we are supposed to be doing, there are no natural stopping points. Can you ever do enough missionary work, when more people are born every minute then you can talk to in 60 seconds? Can you ever baptize the dead enough, when they die faster than you can baptize? Don't run faster than you have strength, the scripture says. But conscience always whispers that maybe we have just a little bit more strength than we will let ourselves know. (more…)


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I've got a load of cuttings and exceptionally slow growing geraniums that I think I'll have to overwinter. All I have is one of those mini greenhouses. Do you think using clear plastic boxes (the type you get in pound stretcher or ikea) would work as a DIY cold frame? I'm thinking maybe some bubblewrap or polystyrene on the bottom would help with insulation.
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by Lisa Keen
People were dancing in the streets in San Francisco's gay Castro district and partying on the sidewalks in Oakland Tuesday as President Barack Obama took the lead and won re-election after a hard-fought campaign against Republican Mitt Romney.
Hundreds of people gathered in the Castro for an election night street party November 6 that turned into an exuberant celebration once Obama was declared the winner and marriage equality measures had passed in Maine and Maryland.
"Our community said never again will you take away our rights," said John Lewis, a longtime marriage equality supporter, from the stage set up at the corner of Castro and Market streets.
His husband, Stuart Gaffney, added, "This is what history looks like: electing the first president who supports marriage equality."
Gay state Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) told the crowd, "It is good to be queer in America tonight."
He marveled at the fact that the president, despite coming out in May in support of marriage equality and fighting to repeal the federal ban on same-sex marriage, could nonetheless win re-election with a majority of votes from Americans.
"Yes, we can be first-class citizens in this country," said Leno.
Others were also happy with the outcome.
"I am glad to see Romnesia gone," transgender senior advocate Jazzie Collins said.
Across the bay in Oakland, gays and lesbians were equally upbeat at a party in the Uptown neighborhood.
Brendalynn Goodall, president of the East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club, was thrilled with the president's re-election.
"I thought I would go to bed not knowing" the outcome of the race, she said at the local Democratic Party's celebration at Z Cafe. "I'm ecstatic. The next four years we'll see more for the LGBT community. I'm completely ecstatic."
Michael Colbruno, the out co-chair of the United Democratic Campaign in Oakland, credited the hard work of volunteers and elected officials for helping turn out the vote.
"People like Mayor [Jean] Quan called people all over the country to vote," said Colbruno.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), a longtime ally of the LGBT community, told the crowd, "You made President Obama get four more years."
The Obama victory – he won both the Electoral College and popular vote – came on the same night the LGBT community won unprecedented battles in three states over marriage equality and Wisconsin elected the first openly gay U.S. senator. The victories prompted comment from many political pundits throughout the night.
"This country is really changing," remarked CNN commentator Paul Begala. "We've just elected our first openly lesbian senator, Tammy Baldwin. ... We re-elected a president who endorsed gay marriage. Nineteen years ago, I was working for Bill Clinton ... and we thought it was progress to pass 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'" The results on LGBT issues Tuesday night, he said, "might be one of the most wonderful things about tonight."
The Obama victory was especially sweet for many LGBT people given the Republican ticket's staunch opposition to equal rights for gays in marriage, the military, and nearly every other arena, contrasting with Obama's support.
"As the first president to sign a pro-LGBT bill, the first president to speak out in support of the freedom to marry, and the president who made open service in our armed forces for gays and lesbians possible, LGBT Americans have won a major victory tonight," said Jerame Davis, head of the National Stonewall Democrats.
Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin, calling Obama the "most pro-equality president ever" said, "There is no doubt that we will continue to see tremendous progress toward full equality like we've made during his first four years."
"While some pundits predicted the president's support for marriage equality would hinder his campaign," added Griffin, in a statement released Tuesday night, "we know the opposite is true. President Obama's historic and heartfelt declaration that all loving and committed couples should be able to marry further rallied millions of voters and sparked conversations that advanced marriage campaigns around the country. His re-election after expressing support for marriage equality is further proof that the momentum is on the side of marriage for all families."
Log Cabin Republicans, which in late October endorsed Romney, did not issue a statement Tuesday night.
In his victory speech in Chicago late Tuesday night, Obama said that most Americans hope the country is a place that provides good education, a strong economy, and, among other things, a country that "isn't weakened by inequality." He also paid homage to the "diversity" of Americans.
Obama said he does not believe the country is as divided as pundits suggest, and that it doesn't matter who you are, including whether you are "gay or straight," "you can make it here in America, if you're willing to try."
The apparently heavy turnout of Democrats for Obama seemed to have paid off for LGBT candidates and ballot measures, with pro-same-sex marriage ballot measures passing in Maine and Maryland, and the unprecedented defeat of a proposed ban on same-sex marriage in Minnesota. A marriage equality referendum in Washington state also looked like it would pass Wednesday. Obama's victory in Wisconsin also apparently helped propel Representative Tammy Baldwin to a historic win as the first openly gay person elected to the U.S. Senate.
Baldwin's election also was reason to celebrate, said gay San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener.
"It is amazing. Just the fact we are sending a lesbian to the U.S. Senate is beyond amazing. With Tammy Baldwin and Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts in the Senate, take that. Mitch O'Connell," Wiener told the B.A.R. as he was leaving the Castro party, referring to the Republican Senate minority leader from Kentucky.
While Romney did not make same-sex marriage a prominent issue in his campaign, he and vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan made indirect attacks against Obama over his support for marriage equality in particular.
Ryan, in a conference call sponsored by the National Journal with right-wing activist Ralph Reed's Faith and Freedom Coalition on Sunday, November 4, said Obama was taking the country down a path that "compromises those values, those Judeo-Christian values, Western civilization values that made us such a great and exceptional nation in the first place."
A Romney campaign robo-call in Virginia also attacked Obama on religious values. (Obama ended up winning the state.) And another robo-call, released last Thursday, warned "President Obama used his health care plan to declare war on religion, forcing religious institutions to go against their faith."
Early returns suggested that heavily gay sections of key states, including Ohio, may have played a role in Obama's eventual win in the Electoral College. At press time, Obama was leading in both the popular vote and electoral vote. And early exit poll results published by the New York Times indicated that 76 percent of voters who identified as gay voted for Obama – a percentage that matches most previous election data historically.
The popular vote, at press time, stood at 60 million for Obama and 57.3 million for Romney. The electoral vote was 303 for President Obama and 206 for Romney. (To win, a candidate needs 270 electoral votes, regardless of the popular vote outcome nationally.) As of Wednesday, Florida was the only state that was still too close to call.
Matthew S. Bajko and Cynthia Laird contributed to this report.


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A new era of litigation: The complications of defining spouse
One obituary described Ellyn Farley as a happy, studious, pet-loving attorney married to her spouse Jennifer Tobits and only "reluctantly" wearing dresses to attend Mass. The other described her as a fierce litigator and champion to the underdog, survived by her parents, her brother, various aunts and uncles, a godmother, and "good friends for life who will be in her heart forever, Jennifer and Nancy, of Chicago; and numerous cousins and other devoted friends."
The first was published in the Chicago Tribune, the city where Farley lived with her spouse Jennifer Tobits. The latter was published in the Roanoke Times, in Virginia, where Farley grew up.
The first was drafted by one of the lesbian couple's friends and was reviewed and edited by Tobits. The latter was coordinated by Farley's parents who, according to Tobits, did not consult her about its contents.
The first makes clear that Farley was married to a woman; the latter scrubs that reality out of her life story.
Now, Farley's surviving spouse, Jennifer Tobits, and her parents, Joan and David Farley, are squaring off in two different courts over their different portrayals of Farley. In probate court in Illinois, they are fighting over Farley's will. In a federal court in Pennsylvania, where Farley's law firm is headquartered, they are trying to influence a judge's determination of who should properly receive the benefits of Farley's profit-sharing plan.
"This is the new era," said Shannon Minter, legal director of the San Francisco-based National Center for Lesbian Rights. "We are all familiar with hearing stories about parents stepping in and not honoring their children's relationships and trying to take all the assets. Now that so many couples are in marriages or civil unions or domestic partnerships, it's still happening; but we have a degree … of legal protections that we didn't have before."
But in this new era of litigation, Minter said, "there is a lot of confusion" caused by the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
DOMA is the federal law that prohibits the federal government from recognizing marriages between same-sex couples. It has two sections. One states, "No State … shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State … respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of such other State, territory, possession, or tribe, or a right or claim arising from such relationship." The second section reads, "In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word `marriage' means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word `spouse' refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.'"
Farley's parents, represented by the right-wing Thomas More Society, a pro-life law firm, say DOMA precludes the courts from awarding any of Farley's death benefits to Tobits.
Minter of NCLR, which is representing Tobits, says DOMA does not apply to private employers, such as Farley's law firm.
"[P]rivate employers cannot use that as an excuse for not honoring our marriages," said Minter.
Nevertheless, Farley's law firm, Cozen O'Connor, has asked a federal court to settle the dispute for them.
Jennifer Tobits and Ellyn Farley were married in Toronto on February 17, 2006, and made their home in Chicago. Just a few weeks after their marriage, Farley was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, which she battled for four years. She died on September 13, 2010.
Shortly after Farley's death, her parents, Joan and David Farley of Roanoke, Virginia, petitioned an Illinois probate court for the right to take over administration of their daughter's estate. They also sought the assets of a profit-sharing plan Farley had, as partner of the Cozen O'Connor law firm.
The firm filed a motion on January 24, 2011, asking the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to determine who gets the benefits payment.
"In the last week of her life," said Minter, "Ellyn wrote a will because she feared her parents would try to take everything from Jennifer."
"Ellyn appointed her close friend Nancy [Tuohy] to be the executor of the estate," he explained. "Initially, Nancy accepted that position and acted as the executor but declined the responsibility later after she realized that she would need to hire an attorney in order to resolve the Farleys' various claims to Ellyn's estate."
"The Farleys knew that Jennifer and Ellyn married," explained Minter. "But they take the position that the marriage is not valid and are arguing that it should not be legally recognized because of DOMA."
The underlying issue in this case is whether Illinois will recognize the marriage, said Minter.
A civil unions law took effect in Illinois on June 1, 2011, and, according to James L. Bennett, Midwest regional director of Lambda Legal, "Illinois recognizes marriages performed in other states or countries, even Canada, as civil unions in Illinois."
Under that law, said Minter, Tobits would be preferred over Farley's parents to be administrator of Farley's estate.
The law firm states, in its document to the federal court, that the firm "had not received a valid designation of Beneficiary form from Ms. Farley prior to her death." Following Farley's death, said the firm, Farley's parents presented them with a Beneficiary form "purporting to show that Ms. Farley had designated them as her Beneficiaries…and had represented her present marital status as 'single.'" The form was dated September 12, 2010, the day before Farley died.
But Cozen also notes that, "inconsistent with the declaration" that Farley was "single," the Beneficiary form submitted by the Farleys "also purports" to have the notarized signature of "Ms. Farley's spouse." The firm says the form "is not signed by [Farley's] spouse."
"Accordingly, Cozen O'Connor cannot determine the validity of this designation of Beneficiary form," states the firm's document to the court.
Tobits, in documents she filed with the federal court, denies ever signing the Beneficiary form, but she also acknowledges obtaining a "blank designation of Beneficiary form" for Farley's father the day before Farley died. Tobits said she did this because the father had instructed hospital staff that the parents—and not Tobits—would make medical decisions for Farley and because she "feared" the father "would refuse her access to Ms. Farley's hospital room unless she complied."
"Wanting to see her dying wife and to avoid a dispute in the hospital with her wife's parents," said the documents filed by NCLR, "Ms. Tobits went home to retrieve the form." Tobits said she was not present when Farley purportedly signed the form and that the form "was signed" about 30 minutes after Farley had begun vomiting blood. Farley "fell asleep that night" and died the following morning.
Tobits claims that Farley "suffered from weakened intellect," that Farley's parents exercised "undue influence" over Farley, and that Farley did not sign the form of her own free will.
"Ellyn did not have to fill out a form for her spouse to get the benefits," Minter said. "Under the plan, the benefits go to an employee's spouse unless the employee designates someone else and the spouse gives written consent, which must be notarized," he explained.
"The Farleys filled out the form and pressured Ellyn to sign, but Jennifer did not" give her written consent, said Minter.
Cozen O'Connor court documents confirm, "Ms. Tobits' signature does not appear on the designation of Beneficiary form in the space reserved for spouse consent to beneficiary designation."
Evan Wolfson, founder and president of the national Freedom to Marry organization, said the dispute "Highlights how unfair marriage discrimination is, adding to tensions and bad actions even within families." And DOMA, he says, "gives those who would tear families apart an extra weapon to use even if the weapon itself is not appropriate."
The Farley parents' attorneys say DOMA is implicated because the benefits they seek to acquire from Farley's law firm are part of an ERISA plan.
ERISA—the Employee Retirement Income Security Act—is a federal law that sets minimum standards for pension plans in private industry.
NCLR's Minter acknowledges that ERISA "governs many aspects of how benefits must be structured."
"But the Plan here," he said, "defines spouse for itself, which is perfectly acceptable under ERISA."
And DOMA "does not apply," said Minter, "because [the law firm's beneficiary plan] is private."
"Jennifer meets [the law firm's plan] definition," said Minter. "ERISA does not dictate how private employers define spouse of prevent them from treating married LGBT employees equally. Likewise, because there is no need to look beyond the Plan's clear definition of 'spouse,' it is irrelevant whether Pennsylvania law would define it differently in some other setting."
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Piece of crap –parents care for their daughter's money only after she is dead.


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DL or no DL? That is the question for Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia
The way Dustin Pedroia sees it, he has played through injuries before.
And so, when Arizona-based orthopedist Dr. Donald Sheridan concurred with the determination of the Red Sox' doctors and concluded that the torn adductor muscle in Pedroia's right thumb can be treated without surgery, the second baseman did his best last night to convince manager Bobby Valentine, GM Ben Cherington and the Red Sox' medical and training staff that he need not be placed on the disabled list.
"I'm optimistic," Pedroia (Stuart Cahill photo, left) said after emerging from Valentine's office following the Red Sox' 6-3 win over the Tigers. "We're still talking about it. Hopefully the swelling and stuff goes down and I won't miss that much time. I don't have to show them anything. I've played with injuries before. It's just a matter of me being able to swing with a brace on it or something."
Cherington emphasized insisted the Red Sox haven't made any decisions and likely won't until Pedroia attempts to grip and swing a bat using a padded brace that the training staff is concocting for him.
Ultimately, the team will weigh the short-term benefit of having Pedroia in the lineup with the long-term implications of playing through the pain in his thumb. If Pedroia is unable to play with the brace, he may miss 3-4 weeks. And if the Red Sox believe that resting his thumb for the next 3-4 weeks will allow him to heal more completely and give him a better chance of being productive during the season's second half, a trip to the disabled list may be the move that they make.
"It's not so much seeing what he can do," Cherington said. "It's listening to him, seeing how he's feeling. He felt a lot better (Tuesday). Factoring in the opinions of the medical staff and how much we can protect it, how that risk-reward balance shifts. With a guy that's as important to the team as he is, we're always hopeful to avoid a DL. If there's a way to manage it safely, where it's in his best interest, the team's best interest, we'll try to avoid a DL. It's pretty clear that it can be treated conservatively. It's just a matter of making sure that before he goes back out there that we're protecting him as best we can and where he's not putting himself at any undue risk. We're working on that."
In today's Herald, Michael Silverman writes that the Red Sox should play in safe and put Pedroia on the DL to assure he's healthy later in the season.
What do you think?
For more on Pedroia's condition, please check out the Red Sox notebook.
Also in today's paper ...
--Daniel Nava had an at-bat against Tigers ace Justin Verlander that we'll be talking about for a while.
--Daniel Bard told Valentine that he wants to pitch deeper into games.
--If Monday was a rough day for the umpiring crew, yesterday was rewarding.
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Your metabolic rate is the amount of daily energy that you exert while at rest in an environment that is temperate and neutral, and while in a post-absorptive state. This state is defined as when your digestive system is inactive. In most people, the post-absorptive state can be reached with merely 12 hours of fasting. Your metabolic rate can also be thought of as how quickly your body burns off calories. The key to losing weight and therefore burning off calories lies with your metabolic rate. More specifically, it lies with defining your metabolic rate and how you can influence it.
How to Calculate Your Metabolic Rate
The most vital factor in calculating your metabolic rate is the basal metabolic rate, or BMR. BMR is figured out by determining various factors like age, weight, genetics, body surface area, gender, diet, body fat percentage, external temperature, body temperature, exercise and the function of your glands. The first step in the calculation is to determine your total daily energy expenditure (TDEE), or how many calories you burn off each day. You do this by taking your current body weight and a multiplier to obtain a quotient, which would result in your TDEE. However, this method of calculation is not that sophisticated since it fails to consider both body composition or your activity levels. For a more accurate calculation, try utilizing more factors like sex, weight, age and height, and multiply the resulting BMR by an activity factor.
Relation to Weight Loss
The relationship of your metabolic rate to weight loss concerns calories. Metabolic rates that are higher and faster burn off more calories in a person's body. Therefore, increasing your metabolic rate is a desirable goal because it will have the effect of burning off more calories. The trick to increasing your metabolic rate comes down to simple changes you can implement if you have enough willpower. All it takes is to first commit to exercise. Exercise doesn't have to be grand or that intense; basically, "Just keep moving" is a good mantra to keep. If you work the whole day, fitting in exercise can be challenging, but you can keep moving more, which works to burn calories. A piece of advice would be to take the stairs instead of the elevator, or to park farther away than normal, so you'll walk more.
Lifestyle Adjustments
The metabolic rate can even be increased if you change your lifestyle in small ways. Something as unlikely as eating more spicy foods can actually increase your metabolic rate, but just for a few hours after ingestion. Caffeine drinks and green tea also speed up your metabolic rate. If you pick the right kinds of aerobic exercises, you gain not only the calorie-burning effects during exercise, but also the post-exercise effect of burning calories for hours afterward. Good exercises include step aerobics and faster walking.


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Cagliari President Massimo Cellino has revealed his transfer plans once the January window opens for business.
The Sardinian outfit are having an inconsistent season and find themselves just six points above the drop zone after last night's 2-0 loss to Milan.
Cellino, though, has insisted that he will give boss Davide Ballardini some new players to work with in 2012.
"I'll buy three players," the Stadio Sant'Elia chief told Sky Sport Italia. "They are all Italian and they all currently play in Serie A.
"One is a central defender, the other a midfielder and the last is an attacker."
Cellino refused to name any of his targets, but he did admit that one of the players that he wants was suggested to him by Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani.
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About Julie Kavner
Julie Deborah Kavner (born September 7, 1950) is an American film and television actress, comedian and voice artist. Noted for her role as Marge Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons, she also voices other characters for the show, including Jacqueline Bouvier, and Patty and Selma Bouvier.
Born in Los Angeles, Kavner grew up in Southern California, attending Beverly Hills High School and later San Diego State University. Known for her improvisation and distinctive "honeyed gravel voice,"[1] Kavner was cast in her first professional acting role as Brenda Morgenstern in Rhoda in 1974. She received a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award in 1978 and several more award nominations for playing the character. Following Rhoda, Kavner was cast in The Tracey Ullman Show, which debuted in 1987. The Tracey Ullman Show included a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family. Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Kavner to voice Marge. The shorts would eventually be spun off into The Simpsons.
Kavner has been described as "nearly reclusive"; part of her contract says that she will never have to promote The Simpsons on video. For her work as Marge, Kavner received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992 and an Annie Award nomination for her performance as the character in The Simpsons Movie.
Typically cast as a "woman who is supportive, sympathetic or self-effacingly funny,"[1] Kavner grew to dislike playing such roles. In 1992, she starred in This Is My Life, her first leading role in a feature film. Kavner has also appeared in live-action roles in seven films written by Woody Allen, and in the Adam Sandler comedy Click.
Contents [show] Early life[edit] Kavner was born in Los Angeles, California on September 7, 1950,[2] the second daughter of Rose, a family counselor, and David Kavner, a furniture manufacturer.[1] She decided to pursue a career in acting because, "There was nothing else I wanted to do, ever."[1] She attended Beverly Hills High School, which she later admitted she hated. She was "something of a loner" in high school and unsuccessfully tried out for several plays.[1] John Ingle, formerly the chairman of the Beverly Hills High School art department, later commented that Kavner was "excellent at improvisation but she wasn't an ingenue and not that castable at that age."[1]
After graduating from high school, Kavner attended San Diego State University and majored in Drama. Kavner was cast in several productions at the University, such as a role as Charlotte Corday in Marat/Sade. She became known for her improvisation and ability to do both comedy and drama. She graduated in 1971 and got a day job as a typist at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.[1]
Career[edit] Early career[edit] In 1973 Kavner auditioned for a role as one of Rhoda Morgenstern's sisters in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. David Davis, producer of the show, had convinced her to audition for the part, but decided to cast another actress instead.[3] A year later, Rhoda Morgenstern became the leading character in a spin-off called Rhoda. Kavner was cast in her first professional acting role as Brenda Morgenstern, sister of the eponymous character.[1] Rhoda debuted on CBS on September 9, 1974 and was cancelled in December 1978. She received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for playing Brenda, and won the award in 1978.[4] She also received four Golden Globe Award nominations.[5] In 1975, she received Daytime Emmy Award nomination for her starring role in the daytime special The Girl Who Couldn't Lose.[6]
Following Rhoda, Kavner had a guest appearance on Taxi[7] and appeared in the 1985 comedy Bad Medicine[8] as well as the 1987 film Surrender, both of which were box office failures.[9] She appeared in the television movies Revenge of the Stepford Wives, No Other Love and A Fine Romance, and shot a television pilot.[1] She also starred in several stage plays, including a play called It Had to be You[9] at a dinner theater in Canada, Particular Friendships in New York in 1981,[10] and Two for the Seesaw, directed by Burt Reynolds.[9] Woody Allen first saw Kavner one night while he was watching Rhoda in the 1970s. He thought that she was remarkable and later offered her a role in his 1986 film Hannah and Her Sisters.[3] Kavner agreed, and credits Allen and the film with rejuvenating her career.[9]
Kavner was then cast as a sidekick to Tracey Ullman in The Tracey Ullman Show, which debuted on Fox in 1987. Kavner described the show as, "like being back in school, a chance to play a wide variety of characters, some really vicious people, to not rest on laurels, to not play it safe."[1] Kavner commented, "What I do is not mimicry or an impersonation, but more of an assimilation. [On The Tracey Ullman Show] we did a lot of looking at people to find out who to base our characters on. We did our homework on our lunch hour."[1] She received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Best Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program.[4]
The Simpsons[edit] Kavner became most famous for her role as Marge Simpson on the animated television show The Simpsons, a show that continues to the present. The Tracey Ullman Show included a series of animated shorts about the dysfunctional Simpson family. Voices were needed for the shorts, so the producers decided to ask Kavner and fellow cast member Dan Castellaneta to voice Marge and Homer rather than hire more actors.[11][12] Kavner has what Hilary de Vries of The New York Times described as a "honeyed gravel voice".[1] Kavner says her distinctive voice is due to "a bump on [her] vocal cords."[13]
Although Marge is her most famous character, Kavner's favorite characters to voice are her sisters Patty and Selma Bouvier because "they're really funny and sad at the same time."[14] Series creator Matt Groening instructed Kavner to voice the duo as characters who "suck the life out of everything."[15] Both have similar raspy voices, but Patty's voice is more masculine and has a lower register, while Selma's voice is a little sweeter.[16] Kavner also provides the voices of every other female member of the Bouvier family, including Marge's mother Jacqueline, Great-Aunt Gladys (a dead relative who was introduced on season four's "Selma's Choice"), and an unnamed grandmother seen on the season six episode "Fear of Flying".[16]
Part of Kavner's contract says that she will never have to promote The Simpsons on video and she rarely performs Marge's voice in public because she believes it "destroys the illusion. People feel these are real people."[14][17] Kavner takes recording sessions seriously and feels that voice acting is, "a little more limiting than live acting. And I have nothing to do with my character's movement."[18] Nancy Cartwright, who voices Bart Simpson, said in her book My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy that Kavner is "a workhorse of an actor" with "extraordinary professionalism and quiet work ethic," and notes that she is rarely late for recording sessions.[19]
Until 1998, Kavner was paid $30,000 per episode. During a pay dispute in 1998, Fox threatened to replace the six main voice actors with new actors, going as far as preparing to cast new voices.[20] However, the dispute was soon resolved and she received $125,000 per episode until 2004 when the voice actors demanded that they be paid $360,000 an episode.[20] The issue was resolved a month later,[21] and Kavner earned $250,000 per episode.[17] After salary re-negotiations in 2008, the voice actors received approximately $400,000 per episode.[22] Three years later, with Fox threatening to cancel the series unless production costs were cut, Kavner and the other cast members accepted a 30 percent pay cut, down to just over $300,000 per episode.[23]
At the 44th Primetime Emmy Awards, Kavner received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for voicing Marge in the season three episode "I Married Marge".[4] In 2004, Kavner and Dan Castellaneta won a Young Artist Award for "Most Popular Mom & Dad in a TV Series".[24] For her performance in The Simpsons Movie, Kavner was nominated for "Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature" at the 2007 Annie Awards, but lost to Ian Holm from Ratatouille.[25][26] Kavner's emotional performance in the movie got positive reviews and one critic said she "gave what must be the most heartfelt performance ever to find its way into a movie based on an irreverent cartoon."[27] Some scenes in the movie, such as Marge's emotional video message to Homer, were recorded over one hundred times, leaving Kavner exhausted.[28]
Further career[edit] Many of Kavner's roles have been described by New York Times writer Hilary de Vries as a "woman who is supportive, sympathetic or self-effacingly funny."[1] Kavner grew to despise playing such roles, saying "If it smacks of Brenda Morgenstern, I won't take the job."[1] She had a supporting role as Eleanor Costello, a nurse who befriends Robin Williams' character in the Academy Award nominated film Awakenings.[29] Kavner interviewed several nurses in preparation for the role, and Penny Marshall, the director of the film, described Kavner as "a low-maintenance actor [...] You never have to worry about giving [her] back-story for her characters."[1] In 1992, Kavner starred in This Is My Life, her first leading role in a feature film. Kavner played Dottie Ingels, an aspiring stand-up comedian who starts neglecting her family when her career begins to take off. Kavner described Dottie as "really selfish" but admitted, "I liked the role for that very reason."[1] Kavner had been asked to play a character with a smaller role in the film, but Joe Roth, at the time the chairman of 20th Century Fox, suggested that they cast a lesser known actress in the lead role.[1] Nora Ephron, the writer of This Is My Life said Kavner, "has so little vanity that it is almost shocking. Not only does she have no demands as an actress—'How big is my trailer, what's in my refrigerator?'—but she will do anything for the character if it makes sense to her."[1]
Kavner has frequently appeared in Woody Allen films, having roles in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Radio Days (1987), New York Stories (1989), Alice (1990), Shadows and Fog (1991), the television movie Don't Drink the Water (1994)[30] and Deconstructing Harry (1997).[31] Allen described her as "a naturally funny person. When she does a scene you listen to her and look at her and the prism through which it's all filtered is funny."[32] Kavner believes he is "a true filmmaker, one that has something to say, continually experimenting on different themes within his own film-making," adding that "anything [Allen] ever does, I always want to do, [...] I don't even have to read it."[33]
She has done voice-over work in films such as The Lion King 1½,[34] Dr. Dolittle[35] and an uncredited role as an announcer in A Walk on the Moon.[36] Her most recent live-action film was a role of the mother of Adam Sandler's character in Click.[37] She has also worked with Tracey Ullman in the HBO sketch comedy series Tracey Takes On....[30]
Personal life[edit] Kavner leads a private, "nearly reclusive" life, "discreet and guarded beyond the usual reticent star routine."[1] She rarely makes public appearances and refuses to allow herself to be photographed at work.[7] Her partner is retired producer David Davis; they have lived together since 1976.[3][7] In a 1992 interview with The New York Times, Kavner said she was considering retiring, "except for doing three days a year for [Woody Allen]," but felt that if she did retire, she would receive a script she wanted "to do more than life itself".[1]
Filmography[edit] Film[edit] Year Film Role Notes 1982 National Lampoon Goes to the Movies Mrs. Falcone 1985 Bad Medicine Cookie Katz 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Gail 1987 Radio Days Mother Surrender Ronnie 1989 New York Stories Treva 1990 Awakenings Eleanor Costello Alice Decorator 1991 Shadows and Fog Alma 1992 This Is My Life Dottie Ingels 1994 I'll Do Anything Nan Mulhanney 1995 Forget Paris Lucy 1997 Deconstructing Harry Grace 1998 Dr. Dolittle Female pigeon 1999 Judy Berlin Marie A Walk on the Moon P.A. Announcer Story of a Bad Boy Elaine 2001 Someone Like You Furry animal 2004 Barn Red Unnamed character The Lion King 1½ Ma Direct-to-DVD release Behind the Legend: Timon Ma Direct-to-DVD release; uncredited 2006 Click Trudy Newman 2007 The Simpsons Movie Marge Simpson Television[edit] Year Show Role Notes 1974–1978 Rhoda Brenda Morgenstern Appeared in all 110 episodes; Won one Primetime Emmy Award; nominated for three more Nominated for four Golden Globes 1975 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak Jane Darwin Episode 3.4: "The Girl Who Couldn't Lose" Katherine Margot Weiss Goldman TV film Petrocelli Unnamed character Episode 2.6: "To See No Evil" 1976 Bert D'Angelo/Superstar Unnamed character Episode 1.4: "The Brown Horse Connection" 1977 Lou Grant Alice Episode 1.11: "Housewarming" 1979 No Other Love Janet Michaels TV film 1980 Revenge of the Stepford Wives Megan Brady TV film Taxi Monica Banta Douglas Episode 3.2: "Tony's Sister and Jim" 1983 A Fine Romance Laura Prescott TV film 1987–1989 The Tracey Ullman Show Various characters Nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards 1989–present The Simpsons Marge Simpson Patty and Selma Bouvier Additional voices Longest-running role; Won Primetime Emmy Award 1990 42nd Primetime Emmy Awards Marge Simpson TV special 1991 Sibs Unnamed character Episode 1.13: "Honey, I Shrunk My Head" To the Moon, Alice Sitcom Producer TV film Sesame Street Marge Simpson Big Bird's Birthday Celebration in Celebrity Monster in the Mirror segment 1994 Birdland Madeline Diamond Episode 1.5: "Grand Delusion" Don't Drink the Water Marion Hollander TV film 1996 Jake's Women Karen TV film 1996–1999 Tracey Takes On... Various characters Appeared in numerous episodes 2010 The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice! Herself Marge Simpson TV special 2012 FOX 25th Anniversary Special Marge Simpson TV special 2014 Family Guy Marge Simpson Episode 13.1: "The Simpsons Guy" Video games[edit] The Simpsons (1991) – Marge Simpson Storybook Weaver (1994) - Mayzie Bird The Simpsons Cartoon Studio (1996) – Marge Simpson Virtual Springfield (1997) – Marge Simpson, Patty and Selma Bouvier Simpsons Bowling (1999) – Marge Simpson, Patty and Selma Bouvier The Simpsons Wrestling (2001) – Marge Simpson The Simpsons: Road Rage (2001) – Marge Simpson The Simpsons Skateboarding (2002) – Marge Simpson The Simpsons: Hit & Run (2003) – Marge Simpson, Patty and Selma Bouvier Storybook Weaver Deluxe (2004) - Mayzie Bird The Simpsons Game (2007) –– Marge Simpson, Patty and Selma Bouvier The Simpsons: Tapped Out (2012) – Marge Simpson, Patty and Selma Bouvier Music video[edit] "Do the Bartman" (1990) – Marge Simpson Theme park[edit] The Simpsons Ride (2008) – Marge Simpson, Patty and Selma Bouvier Awards[edit] Year Award Category Role Series/film Result 1975 Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Nominated 1975 Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress - Television Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Nominated 1975 Emmy Award Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Special Jane Darwin The Girl Who Couldn't Lose Nominated 1976 Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Nominated 1976 Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress - Television Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Nominated 1977 Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Nominated 1977 Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress - Television Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Nominated 1978 Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Won 1978 Golden Globe Award Best Television Actress in a Supporting Role Brenda Morgenstern Rhoda Nominated 1987 Emmy Award Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Various The Tracey Ullman Show Nominated 1988 Emmy Award Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Various The Tracey Ullman Show Nominated 1989 Emmy Award Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Various The Tracey Ullman Show Nominated 1990 Emmy Award Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Various The Tracey Ullman Show Nominated 1992 Emmy Award Outstanding Voice-Over Performance Marge Simpson The Simpsons: I Married Marge Won 2004 Young Artist Award Most Popular Mom & Pop in a Television Series Marge Simpson The Simpsons Won 2008 Annie Award Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Marge Simpson The Simpsons Movie Nominated
Julie Kavner's Timeline
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Integrated Fish
Farming - Rationale And Scope
Shashank Singh1,
Prabjeet Singh1,
Nitin Verma1
and Diniesh Kumar1
of Fisheries, G.B.Pant University of Agriculture and Technology,
Pantnagar, India
the economy is mainly based on the field of agriculture and software
development in the area of Information Technology. For achieving
rapid progress in rural area, our strategy must focus on; conserving
natural resources, enhancing efficient use of resources, increasing
productivity and profitability and improving quality and
competitiveness through reduced unit cost of production.
Water is emerging
as international challenge and its most efficient management as well
as recycling has been given high priority in the plan of formulation.
Recycling of crop residue as well as agricultural by products
inclusion of nitrogen fixing legumes in rotation, bio fertilizers,
vermicultres, agro forestry, nutrient solublising micro-organisms,
efficient nutrient up taking plant varieties etc. are being
strategies in the research mandate. Improved efficiency of farm
machinery, agro- input and resource conservation technologies of
minimum tillage are being researched to minimize the cost of
Fish Farming is one of the best examples of mixed farming. This type
of farming practices in different forms mostly in the East and South
East Asian countries is one of the important ecological balanced
sustainable technologies. The technology involves a combination of
fish polyculture integrated with crop or live stock production. On
farm waste recycling, an important component of integrated fish
farming is highly advantageous to the farmers as it improves the
economy of production and decrease the adverse environmental impact
of farming.
Integrated fish
farming refers to the simultaneous culture of fish or shell fish
along with other culture systems. It may also be defined as the
sequential linkage between two or more culture practices. Generally
integrated farming means the production or culture of two or more
farming practices but when fish becomes its major component it is
called as integrated fish farming. Fish culture can be integrated
with several systems for efficient resource utilisation.
The integration of
aquaculture with livestock or crop farming provides quality protein
food, resource utilisation, recycling of farm waste, employment
generation and economic development. Integrated fish farming is well
developed culture practice in China followed by Hungary, Germany and
Malaysia. Our country, India, is organic-based and derives inputs
from agriculture and animal husbandry. The integrated fish farming is
accepted as a sustainable form of aquaculture. For integration we can
use recycled effluents from agro-based industries as well as food
processing plants.
Integrated fish
farming serves as a model of sustainable food production by following
certain principles:
The waste products
of one biological system serve as nutrients for a second biological
The integration of
fish and plants results in a polyculture that increases diversity
and yields multiple products.
Water is re-used
through biological filtration and recirculation.
Local food
production provides access to healthy foods and enhances the local
The integrated fish
farming includes the
of trapping solar energy,
of organic material by primary producers(autotrophs),
utilisation by phagotrophs,
of autotrophs & phagotrophs by saprotrophs,
of nutrients for autotrophs.
waste utilisation from different culture practice for fish
reduces the additional cost for supplementary feeding as well as
is an artificial balanced ecosystem where there is no waste.
provides more employment avenues.
reduces the input and increases output and economic efficiency.
integrated fish farming provides fish along with meat (chicken,
duck, beef, pork etc.), milk, vegetables, fruits, eggs, grains,
fodder, mushroom etc.
practice has potential to increase the production and socio-economic
status of weaker section of our society.
the integrated fish farming is of two types
Agri-based fish farming
Live-stock fish farming
fish-cum live-stock farming is realised as innovation for recycling
of organic wastes as well as production of high class protein at low
Agri-based fish farming
Paddy —cum-fish culture
In India, this farming is practised in the states of Bihar, West
Bengal, Orissa and Assam where enough water is present in the paddy
fields. The paddy fields retain water for 3-8 months in a year. The
interest in this practice has declined in recent years due to the use
of pesticides to protect high yielding varieties of paddy.
This practice can be
done in following types of paddy plots-
Perimeter type-
paddy grows in the middle.
Central pond type —
paddy growing area is on the perimeter.
Lateral trench system- trenches
are provided on either one or both sides of the moderately sloping
The variety of rice
used in this culture is Panidhan, Jalmagna, CR26077, Tulsi etc. while
the fish spp. are Indian major carps, Channa
spp, Oreochromis mossambicus, Clarias batrachus, Anabas testudineus,
carp, grass carp, common carp. The total production in such practice
is approximately 90 quintal from 2 paddy crops while the fish
production is about 1000 kg from 1 ha.
Horticulture-cum-fish farming
horticulture-cum-fish farming system includes the culture of fruits,
vegetables and flowers on the embankment of the pond. The fruits and
vegetables contain various nutritive elements and the Indian Council
of Medical Research has recommended 85g of fruits and 300g of
vegetables to consume daily. For horticulture crop production the
inner and outer dykes of the pond and adjoining areas are used. The
selection of plant is the main criteria for the success of this
system. The plant should be dwarf, seasonal, evergreen, remunerative
and less shady. The fruit crops which can be used are Mango, Banana,
Papaya, Coconut, Lime etc. and the vegetables like Brinjal,
Tomato,Cucumber,Gourds, Chilli,Carrot, Raddish, Turnip, Spinach,
Peas, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Ladies finger can be grown according to
their season throughout the year. The flower plantation on the
embankment is also useful. We can use the plants like Rose, Jasmine,
Gladiolus, Marigold and Chrysanthemum etc. which provides additional
income to the farmer and beauty to the farm. This system provides
20-25% more return in comparison to aquaculture alone.
agri-based fish farming includes the mushroom fish system,
sericulture-fish system, fodder crop integration etc. Pond bundhs may
also used for growing pulses and oil seed crops. Aquatic cash crop
like Makhana (Euryale
ferox) and
Singhara (Trapa
integration can also be done along with air-breathing or carnivorous
fish farming:
Poultry-cum-fish farming
This system utilises
poultry droppings of fully built- up poultry litter for fish culture.
The fish production obtained is about 5000 kg/ha/yr. with 1250 kg
chicken meat and 70000 no. of eggs. Approximately 500-600 no. of
birds is reared in a 1 ha pond. The Rhode Island or Leghorn variety
birds are more preferred over others. They require 0.3-0.4 square
meterspace/bird. Hoppers are used to feed them and to minimise feed
wastage. The poultry birds (layers) are fed with starter, grower, and
brooder feed according to their age. In India it is practised in
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Kerala, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Orissa, and Tamilnadu.
Duck-cum-fish culture
The duck are
commonly called as biologicals aerator. They are reared on the dyke
of the pond in a low-cost house. This farming is practised in
Tamilnadu, Assam, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Tripura, Orissa, Karnataka,
Kerala and Uttar Pradesh. The 'Indian runner' and 'Khaki
campbell' varieties are found more suitable in this culture. About
300 no. of ducklings (some spp. are reared 450-500 in no.) are reared
to fertilize the 1 ha. pond. The duck not only act as live aerator by
splashing water with their webbed feet but also control the aquatic
weed (Lemna,Azolla etc.), aquatic insects, molluscs, tadpoles etc.
Each duckling require about 0.3-0.5 square meter area as living
space. The total production from such type of culture is about
3500-5000 kg fish, 18000-18500 eggs and 600 kg of duck meat. The duck
droppings are used as manure for primary production.
Pig-cum –Fish culture
This system has
certain advantages over others. The 30-35 pig's waste may produce 1
tonn of Ammonium Sulphate and 40-45 pigs are adequate to fertilize 1
ha water area under polyculture. Each pig requires about 3-4 sq.m
floor space. This system of integration is very common in China,
Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Hungary and some European
countries. The White Yorkshire, Hampshire and Landrace are the
popular breed of pig for integration with fish. Pigs need clean
housing which should provide adequate protection from adverse
climates. The pigs are fed on pig mash which is made up of rice bran,
rice polish, wheat-bran, broken maize, ground-nut oil cake, fish-
meal mineral mixture, salt etc. The spoiled vegetables can also be
mixed in it. This system provides about 3000-4000 kg/ha/yr fish, 4500
kg/yr pig meat and 800 no. of piglets every year.
Cattle-cum-fish culture
It is a common
practice all-over the world. The cow excreta is most abundant in
terms of availability and a healthy cow may excrete over 4000-5000kg
dung and 3500-4000 litre urine on an annual basis. The BOD of cow
manure is lower than other livestock manure. About 5-6 cows can
provide adequate manure for 1 ha pond in addition to 9000 kg milk and
about 3000-4000 kg of fish annually. Cow-shed should be built close
to fish pond to simplify handling of cow-manure.
GOAT-cum fish integration
It is considered as
poor man's cow and a goat's excreta is considered as a very good
organic fertilizer. The goat excreta contains organic carbon-60%,
N-2.7%, P-1.78%, K-2.88% and its urine is also equally rich in both
N & P. At least 50-60 goats are essential to fertilize 1 ha pond.
The goats should be provided with dry, safe, comfortable house
protected from excessive heat. The goat breeds are Jamanapari,
Beetal, Barbari for milk and Bengal, Sirihi, Deccani are used for
meat purpose. Goats are selective feeders and consume Berseem, Napier
grass, Cowpea Soybean, Mulberry etc. This integration can provide
3500-4000 kg fish/ha/year without supplementary feeding and
Rabbit-fish integration
Rabbit meat is
preferred by most of the health conscious consumers owing to its low
fat in comparison to other meats. The important meat breeds are
Soviet Chinchilla, Grey Giant, and White Giant etc. Rabbits are
reared in cage, hutch and floor system (floor should be cemented).
Rabbit excreta contain organic carbon-50%, N-2%, P-1.33%, and K-1.2%.
The rabbit excreta is high in nitrogen content and low in moisture,
thus quality manure for sustained plankton production. It is
estimated that excreta from 300 rabbits would be enough for 1 ha pond
G.L., 2006. Integrated farming system. What Does Integrated Farming
System Do. http://www.actahort.org/books/655/655-36.htm
K., 2006. Integrated farming system and multifunctionality of
agriculture in Malaysia. Acta Hortic., 655: 291-296.
A.M., 1994. Integrated fish farming with Makhana (Eurale
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David Cronin (Letters, 18 February) sees Tom Finney as a victim of the retain and transfer system in football. He considers it a form of slavery. When I signed for Fourth Division Millwall in the late 50s for £14 a week, having previously worked in industry for £8 a week, I considered it a kind of liberation. My new employer required me to train for nine hours a week compared with 44 hours of monotony packing labels for Guinness in Dublin. When Marx wrote about wage slavery I think he had Guinness in mind.
Patrick Brady
Chislehurst, Kent
• Whatever the rights and wrongs of the opinions expressed on the letters page (False allegations of rape and the law, 17 February), at least it is good to see men standing up for each other as women have, for so long, rather than their keeping their distance from one another's trials and tribulations of life. It may encourage them to take more interest in gender-related injustices in general.
Margaret Davis
• I get cheesed off regularly when you fail to identify everyone in a photo. And now I have to point out that the fourth person in the photo accompanying Ken Jones's obituary (18 February), alongside Ken, Brian Wilde and Ronnie Barker, is me, playing the part of Dylan, the Huddersfield hippy. Ominously, I am the only person in the photo who's still alive.
Philip Jackson
• Could Mark Carney and other financial luminaries avoid describing bankers' pay and bonuses as "compensation" (Report, 17 February)? Compensation is paid to those who have suffered losses, not to those who have caused the losses.
Jeremy Beecham
Labour, House of Lords
• Prefacing comment with "So" or "Look" (Letters, 15 February) means "This is the answer I was briefed to give whatever question I was asked", and can thus be safely ignored.
Ruth Eversley
• In Cressbrook Dale, Derbyshire, king cups are out, bright and clear beside a millpond.
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From Paris to Syria; Libya and the Destabilization of Africa; and US-NATO versus Russia and China
Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on "Global Peeks" with Brian Muhammad (Nov. 19, 2015) to discuss a wide range of political and geopolitical issues. They examine the recent terror attacks in Paris, the lingering questions about the mainstream narrative, and the connection to US-NATO foreign policy in Syria and beyond. Eric also provides his analysis of the war on Libya and how that imperialist war was the beginning of a continent-wide destabilization throughout North and West Africa especially, including giving rise to Boko Haram and other terror groups. The conversation also touches on Russia and China, how terrorism has been used by the US as a weapon against them, and what the ultimate goal of this global strategy is. All this and much much more in this wide-ranging interview. (mp3 below)


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Why is the Hulk peeling Iron Man like a tin can label? Furthermore, why is he right to? A look at the hero fight of the week, plus looks at books from DC, Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, IDW Publishing and Boom! Studios.
Original Sin: Hulk Vs. Iron Man #1
The Hulk is coming to kick Iron Man's ass, and the twist is that Tony deserves every punch. Some were worried about the retconning that will obviously go into Original Sin, but Mark Waid makes the idea that Tony Stark effectively ruined Bruce Banner's life one that ties into Marvel continuity and even makes sense. Tony, after all, is an arrogant ass. Definitely a clever twist and worth a read.
Savage Hulk #1
Alan Davis writes and draws a nice throwback to the '70s Marvel, when Bruce Banner was wandering the Earth and the X-Men hadn't been contorted into a pretzel shape by the '90s. And honestly, Davis does a superb job: This could be shameless nostalgia, but instead is a solid, fast-paced book that has the feel of a lost Marvel issue from the era without any of the downsides. It's action-packed enough to be a fun read for everyone, while being a book you can hand to a kid. Hopefully Marvel keeps this up; it's a hoot.
Outcast #1
Demonic possession is a tricky thing to write into a comic book, and I'm not 100% on Robert Kirkman pulling it off. The book is actually largely defined by Paul Azaceta's muted, quiet art. If there's a criticism, it's that this is more a pitch for a TV show than it is a comic book; it's very dialogue-heavy, long on telling us things and short on showing them to us. But not a bad start to a horror book.
Dream Thief: Escape #1
Jai Nitz and Greg Smallwood bring their bizarre avenger of the murdered back for a new miniseries, and boy, has he ever been missed. This gritty horror/noir mixture was great the first time around, and as it gets into the backstory of why he's possessed by ghosts to take their vengeance, it's becoming even more compelling. Highly recommended.
The Goon: One For The Road
Eric Powell pays tribute to the one, the only, the hilarious Jack Davis, complete with a cover from Davis himself and a story that riffs on Davis' comedic style. A lighthearted and funny read, and a welcome return from the Goon.
Emily And The Strangers: Breaking The Record #1
Unsurprisingly, a comic book based on a Hot Topic T-shirt feels and sounds exactly like the comic book the kind of person who thinks they're edgy for shopping there would read. Car Farris's art is vivid and dynamic, "all ages" without being cute and often more detailed and funny than it needs to be. But the script, by Rob Rener and Mariah Heuhner, is just a little too cliched to really click. This feels like an animated series pitch, not a comic.
Super Secret Crisis War #1
Cartoon Network finally gets the megacrossover it deserves, with Samurai Jack, the Powerpuffs, Dexter, Ben 10, and… uh, Ed, Edd and Eddy going up against their greatest nemesis in a six issue miniseries and a string of one-shots. It's a cute little satire of crossovers, but nothing special quite yet.
The Amazing World of Gumball #1
The amusingly cynical cartoon gets an equally amusingly cynical comic. Frank Gibson and Tyson Hesse pull off the look and feel of the series really well, making this a fun read for kids and ideal for fans of the show.


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Projections: MISD has two exemplary campuses
Published 7:00 pm, Monday, June 8, 2009
Midland Independent School District is expected to have two exemplary campuses this year in state accountability ratings, compared to none last year, according to predictions from Director of Assessment, Accountability and Research Elise Kail.
Kail presented the projections of where campuses might end up during a luncheon meeting of the MISD board Monday in the boardroom of the administration building. Official state accountability ratings won't be released until July 31.
Exemplary campuses will be Washington Math & Science Academy and Emerson Elementary School, according to projections, Kail said.
Along with its two exemplary campuses, the district should have 12 recognized campuses, compared to 14 last year, and 15 academically acceptable schools - the same number as last year, Kail said.
Some schools that were "on the bubble" were helped by Texas Projection Measure, which gives districts credit for making progress with students lagging behind academically.
The U.S. Department of Education recently began allowing states to use student improvement to help its federal No Child Left Behind ratings, known as adequate yearly progress (AYP). Those ratings come out in October.
State accountability ratings are based on TAKS results. The latest battery showed improvement at the secondary level, but some dips in math at the elementary level, which district officials say is due to a new program called Everyday Math.
Third-grade reading was down from 93 in 2008 to 91 this year. Fifth-grade reading scores were 90 in 2008 and 86 in 2009. Eighth-grade reading scores stayed stable at 96 in 2008 and 2009.
Exit TAKS scores in reading rose from 90 to 94. This is the test students must pass to graduate and receive their diploma.
Superintendent Sylvester Perez said the No. 1 subpopulation is economically disadvantaged youngsters. MISD is expected to receive $3,213,470 in Title I funding and $4,156,002 for special education from federal stimulus funds.
Funds will be used to build on existing programs such as Read 180 and Systems 44 software programs aimed at struggling readers, Everyday Math and improving science curriculum. A Tile I parent involvement coordinator also will be hired, probably within the next month, to make better connections with parents.
Predicted academically acceptable campuses are Burnet, Crockett, Jones, Milam, Parker and South elementary schools, Kail said. Based on TAKS scores alone, all secondary campuses should be academically acceptable as well, she said.
Last year, 14 MISD campuses were rated recognized and 15 academically acceptable. Midland Freshman High School and Travis Elementary were rated academically unacceptable. This year, Lamar and Travis elementary schools are projected to be academically unacceptable. This would be the second year Travis has been academically unacceptable, Kail said.
Lamar had a subpopulation that did not count toward accountability last year because there weren't enough kids in that category, Kail said. This year, there were enough students in that category to count, she said.
Travis will retain its campus improvement team, made up of central office staff, campus specialists, members of its campus improvement team, principals, counselors and an external member through an agreement between MISD and the Region 18 Education Service Center.
"They go through the campus improvement plan and designate specific activities and goals to achieve to do whatever they can to move out of that AU (academically unacceptable) ranking. Travis made significant growth this year. Teachers are excited about being there and working with the kids. They're having a lot of positive impact on students," Kail said.
Recognized campuses, as projected, include Bonham, Bowie, Bush, DeZavala, Fannin, Greathouse, Henderson, Houston, Long, Rusk, Santa Rita and Scharbauer elementary school.
Lee Freshman High School and Midland High School were on the state's Technical Assistance Team list last year, meaning if they missed accountability standards two years running, the Texas Education Agency would send in a team to get them back on track, Kail said.
Midland Freshman came within 2 percent in one subpopulation of being recognized this year, Kail said.
Overall, Perez said he was pleased with the direction the district's Teaching and Learning Department is heading. "We're happy to have our students improving in all areas. We do have some more to do at the elementary levels, without a doubt," Perez said. "We did predict a slight implementation dip for some of the new programs. However, we're very pleased with the secondary scores. This is just one snapshot. We're looking forward to increased scores on the SAT and ACT tests, and hopefully increased AP scores."
On the decline in third-grade reading, Perez mentioned more focus on grades kindergarten through second. "Third grade is the very first time they take the test so we have to look at what we're doing in (grades) kindergarten, one and two as far as providing a good foundation for our students at the third-grade level," Perez said.
Ector County Independent School District Communications Director Mike Adkins said his district waits until the official accountability results are announced before saying anything publicly about where its campuses stand.
2009 Preliminary TAKS results
Grade Level Reading Math Science Social Studies Writing
2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009
3 93 91 82 69 - - - - - -
4 83 79 85 74 - - - - 91 88
5 90 86 - - 77 79 - - - -
6 93 94 81 77 - - - -
7 86 83 73 74 - - - - 91 91
8 96 96 - - 63 64 88 85 - -
9 84 89 57 63 - - - - - -
10 83 87 62 62 61 62 85 88 - -
Exit 90 94 79 79 79 81 96 96 - -
Fifth- and eighth-grade math results from the second administration of TAKS have not been released by the state and are not included.
Source: Midland Independent School District


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Isabella Font Copies Hand of the Isabella Breviary
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2003-08-24 13:08
John Stracke has announced the publication of the Isabella Font based on the calligraphic hand of Isabella of Castille from around 1497.
"Otzi" Died in Combat
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2003-08-24 02:54
A prehistoric iceman discovered by archaeologists in the Italian Alps and nicknamed "Otzi" may have been killed in combat.
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Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) August 30, 2014
"I had a handicapped friend who could not walk along the beach because of her crutches," said an inventor from Wetumpka, Ala. "In order to help her be able to enjoy the sights and sounds of the shore, I came up with a way for her to use her crutches on beach sand."
She created a prototype for the patent-pending Deezers to allow crutches to be used on uneven terrain. The accessory enables the individual to use crutches, walkers, or canes at the beach. The device reduces the risk of trips and falls, which is designed to enhance personal safety. Furthermore, the invention offers added independence and peace of mind.
The original design was submitted to the Birmingham office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 13-BRK-1000, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com - http://www.youtube.com/user/inventhelp.


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Ellen DeGeneres has a case of puppy love.
The talk show host has joined the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine's fight to stop the Taiwanese government from using Beagle puppies in science experimentation.
"As a long-time advocate for the welfare of animals, I would like to join the many physicians, scientists, and veterinarians who have encouraged the Taiwanese government to avoid experimenting on live animals in its efforts to combat the rabies virus in Taiwan," DeGeneres writes in a letter to officials that is set to be delivered to Taiwanese officials tomorrow.
According to the Physicians Committee, the Taiwanese Council of Agriculture is planning on conducting rabies experimentation on beagle puppies and other animals after the country experienced its first case of rabies in more than 50 years last summer.
"I understand that the proposed experiments, which would involve infecting beagles, mice and ferret-badgers with the deadly rabies virus, are neither humane nor scientifically necessary," DeGeneres also writes. "No one would want to think of forcing live animals to go through experiments in which they develop rabies and ultimately die from it. Experts from the international scientific and veterinary communities agree that the infectivity of rabies viruses and the resulting course of infection in animals have been well established."
DeGeneres adds that using the animals in experiments "is not necessary for protecting public health."
A longtime animal rights activist, DeGeneres was named PETA's Woman of the Year in 2009
Her famous Oscar selfie with celebs like Bradley Cooper, Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts and Kevin Spacey in March helped raise $1.5 million for the Humane Society of the United States after Samsung decided to give a dollar to her designated charities for every re-tweet the photo received.
The Humane Society divided the donation among three of its programs: Pets for Life, the Shelter Pet Project and the Animal Rescue Team.
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Former Australian wicket-keeper Ian Healy has criticised the match officials in the ongoing Ashes series, branding them as ''insipid'' and saying that they do not take on their responsibilities seriously.
Following Australian captain Michael Clarke being fined for using an obscenity while warning James Anderson to expect a broken arm in the Ashes opener, Healy believes that the umpires need to ''stiffen up their act'' and take a more active part in calming potential spats.
According to the BBC, Healy, who played 119 Tests for Australia between 1988 and 1999, said that although he likes to see an aggressive spirit in the game, he however, feels that a situation needs to be looked at if it gets to violent and personal in its intentions.
Stating that the ''line in the sand'' present in the preamble for the laws of cricket needs to be followed, Healy also said that umpires need to step in if they are of the opinion that the line is not being adhered to, adding that the umpires heard all of the discussion between Clarke and Anderson, yet they failed to prevent it.
Neutral umpires are used for Test matches but only four of the 12-man elite panel are not Australian or English - Aleem Dar and Kumar Dharmasena, who stood in the first Test, Marias Erasmus and Tony Hill, the report added.
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How the Hell Do You Replace a Bonnet Release Cable – VW Polo
This is not going well! Started a long time ago and still not sorted.
Does anyone know how to replace the cable? I've got it through the bulkhead but it disappears.
Any help would be greatly appreciatedPosted 4 years agosimmySubscriber
Through the bulkhead from inside the car or under the bonnet ?
Is the old one still in place in parts so you can tie some string to it and pull the new one through or has it snapped ?Posted 4 years agocoopersport1Member
How old a Polo? I've done it but taped the new one to the remains of the old one through the bulk head, bit of fairy liquid to get it through the grommet and some gentle pushing and pulling done. That was 2001 Y plate one.
Much harder was re-welding the pedal box without removing it! 6'1″ upside down in the foot well with welding torch!Posted 4 years ago
Right, job done! Only took 6hrs 🙁 Few things I've learnt though, first is that there isn't much information out there especially as this was the third result on google when I searched for bonnet release cable replacement. Schadenfreude to you all.
Learnings to date:
1. If your bonnet is stuck do not pull so hard on the release lever that you snap it off and slice your hand open. Simply get some one to either push down on the bonnet or pull up while you gently pull the lever.
2. If you lever is broken, do not take pliers to it and pull so hard that you snap the ball end off. The cable is probably fine! Simply repeat learning 1. while pulling gently on the cable.
3. Do not get over excited and remove the old cable, it is your friend. By removing it you will create a maze which your new cable will never be able to pass! Simply tape the new cable to the old cable with electrical insulation tape, end to end as the space can be tight, and pull one while pushing the other cable through the car.
4. Do not allow your better half to join proceedings towards the end of the job, ultimately you will take responsibility for the errors and they will take all glory for doing the job. Also, they will bugger off when you need to clean up and replace all the other bits.
Jobs left to do:Posted 4 years ago
Seal up where irreplaceable grommet has been dislodged with silicone sealer.
Find bonnet hatch bolt which was dropped into engine bay.
Replace blown headlight which was the initial reason for getting into the bonnet.
Drink beer.winston_dogMember
Do not get over excited and remove the old cable,
Did you really do that? WTF were you thinking? 🙂
Do not allow your better half to join proceedings towards the end of the job,
I'm not sure which is worse? 🙂Posted 4 years ago
All the things listed above happened today. My soul is destroyed, I hate cars! Thing is it's not my car, but I was trying to sort things out to get it ready for its MOT. Things sorted for MOT = ZEROPosted 4 years agobenjiSubscriber
You've sorted one thing for the MOT opening the bonnet. No bonnet open, no ticket.Posted 4 years ago
Well I never knew that! Another beer to celebrate, cheers BenjiPosted 4 years agodrlexMember
I got to learning 1 on my MkV Golf – snapped release handle but no injury. Luckily Google offered me the "gentle tug on cable with pliers whilst a helper pushes down on bonnet" suggestion before I enjoyed steps 2-4. Still a bit iffy even with a new handle, but CBA to replace the latch unit.Posted 4 years ago
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Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians – Brandon Sanderson
Book 1 in Alcatraz Series
308 pages
Genre: Children's; Fantasy; Adventure; Humor
Summary: Alcatraz Smedry is an ordinary boy with a special gift: he breaks everything he touches. He receives a bag of sand on his thirteenth birthday, (Sand, you say? Why, yes; don't you get sand for your birthday?) and when he becomes aware of the fact that a band of librarians have their hearts set on stealing it, he makes it his mission to prevent that from happening, even if it means infiltrating their lair: the public library.
Review: I first became aware of Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians after a friend of mine recommended it to me (thanks, Christina!). Since I am a librarian by profession, anything having to do with evil librarians automatically gets moved up to the top of my "to be read" pile. Ultimately, I'm really glad I read this, as it was just as delightfully bizarre as the description makes it seem.
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians was packed with humor and absurdity, and the plot itself was quite unique, indeed. Who knew sand could be coveted by so many people? The Smedry talents were also pretty hilarious, and while some didn't make a whole lot of sense on the surface, when taken into context with the story, they fit perfectly (ie arriving late).
All of the characters were really well-done, and I enjoyed Alcatraz as the narrator immensely. Alcatraz does not take on a passive role in the book, but rather talks to the reader directly, which is a wonderful tactic for engaging children in the plot. I also found it pretty great that librarians were the villains, as the stereotype is that librarians are quiet, docile folk. Obviously librarians are just quiet because they're thinking up ways to take over the world. My favorite characters, though, would have to be the dinosaurs with the British accents. I am endlessly fascinated by dinosaurs and all things British, so if you put the two together, I am the happiest person on the planet!
If you're looking for a book that's a bit (okay, a lot) out of the norm and enjoy plenty of absurd adventure, definitely give Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians a try. This book is especially suited for people who fall into the 9-12 age range.
Rating: 3/5
Other Books in this Series: Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones, Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia, Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens