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AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP BD+CEducation, Healthcare, Multi-family studio.
James has more than 20 years of experience working for architectural firms and has been involved in the design and construction phases of numerous types of projects. He is a member of HCM's Sustainable Design Core Committee and the Quality Control Committee.
James received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics/Engineering from Washington and Lee University in 1983 and his Master of Architecture from Tulane University in 1987. He is a licensed architect in the State of Maryland and has been active in the Baltimore Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He is also NCARB certified, a LEED-Accredited Professional and a member of CSI.
What's your passion?
Scuba diving and reading (though not at the same time).


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Troubleshooting methylation primers for Bio-Rad PCR - (Nov/24/2013 )
I was told that bio rad PCR has some issues with methylation primers where incompatible primers could break the DNA strands and thus no amplification takes place. The solution is to pick compatible primers based on certain guidelines developed for this issue. Does anyone know how this can be solved? Or where I can find these guidelines?
Thank you
What do you mean by "bio rad PCR" - their PCR machine or reagent? I don't understand how " incompatible primers could break the DNA strands". Can you clarify?
pcrman on Wed Dec 11 06:15:11 2013 said:
What do you mean by "bio rad PCR" - their PCR machine or reagent? I don't understand how " incompatible primers could break the DNA strands". Can you clarify?
Hello pcrman,
I was referring to the BIORAD PCR machine. Regarding the primers, I was told by one of the faculty at my university that I need to pay close attention to the constraints laid out when using BIORAD machine when doing Bisulphite specific PCR, and that there's a protocol or a list of specifications the primers have to have in order for the primers to be compatible with the machine. I don't know exactly what the nature of the constraints is or why they occur in this machine and not others, but what I was told is that if I choose incompatible primers, I will not get an amplification product because of the reason I mentioned earlier.
Any clue?
Probably the faculty meant that Methylation specific Primers need to be designed with much care, otherwise you would not get any amplification.
I am no expert at PCR but in my opinion, Primer and Cycler incompatibility should not one of the reasons to cite for PCR failure.

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Chamber salutes Greehey's excellence
Of San Antonio businessman William Greehey's accomplishments since he moved to San Antonio from Houston about 30 years ago, the one he cited Tuesday as his best is his latest, the $100 million homeless initiative called Haven for Hope.
Published 6:32 pm, Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Of San Antonio businessman William Greehey's accomplishments since he moved to San Antonio from Houston about 30 years ago, the one he cited Tuesday as his best is his latest, the $100 million homeless initiative called Haven for Hope.
The North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce not only awarded its 2009 Salute to Excellence award to Greehey, its nonprofit arm, LeadSA, donated $2,500 to Haven for Hope during a luncheon attended by about 400 people.
"We've raised $55 million from the private sector," Greehey told the audience. "We need $5 million more" for the campus that will provide services for the homeless, involving about 70 social service agencies. The campus also is supported by state, city and county funding.
"Seventy-eight cities already have visited Haven for Hope" as a model for their own cities, Greehey said, adding that the project will save lives and taxpayer money because it intervenes before judicial and law enforcement actions are needed.
Although Greehey's philanthropic activities garnered most of the attention during the award luncheon, Greehey's business activities were not ignored. "Greehey has created two Fortune 500 companies for San Antonio," said retired banker Tom Frost, who introduced Greehey during the luncheon, referring to Valero Energy Corp., dating back to 1980, and NuStar Energy LP in recent years.
Even then, Greehey said he was most proud of the companies' community involvement and gifts. During the last United Way campaign, NuStar contributions came from 100 percent of employees with an average donation of $1,800, Greehey said. NuStar employee donations for Haven for Hope total about $300,000, he added.
A video presentation on Greehey's three decades in San Antonio featured some of the high points of the city's business history. Commentators on the video, including Frost and former Gov. Dolph Briscoe, recalled city's lawsuit against its natural gas supplier, Houston-based Coastal Corp., in the late 1970s.
The lawsuit's settlement led to the spin off and relocation of a Coastal unit, which became Valero Energy Corp. in San Antonio in 1980.
Recalling that episode, Greehey acknowledged the presence at the luncheon of Lila Cockrell, who was San Antonio mayor when the lawsuit settlement was negotiated. Greehey also recalled Valero's early contributions during the North Chamber's first years in the early 1980s.
Other contributions noted during the luncheon were Greehey's $25 million donation to St. Mary's University and another donation in the same amount for the Children's Cancer Research Institute at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The university's School of Business and the cancer research institute now bear Greehey's name.
"There's a movement among the undergraduates at St. Mary's to change the name to St. Greehey's University," Frost quipped. "I think it wouldn't take but another $25 million or $50 million to do that."


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Book is pride of the parish
THE dairy farmers of Wexford are gearing up for expansion. Every little scrap of land capable of supporting a cow that comes to the market attracts recession defying high prices as the milk men (and the milk maids, of course) break the bank to invest in fresh fields. With the EU regime governing their industry poised to change, progressive dairy operators fancy their chances of cashing in by increasing the size of their herds and their holdings.
But they are only in the ha'penny place when it comes to the property scene in Victorian times, as the just published 'Monageer – Past & Present' reminds us. The book, edited by my esteemed colleague Seán Nolan, is a parish journal on steroids, with more than 220 pages packed between the covers – a bargain at €10 per copy.
The contents cover a range of subjects that give the lie to the narrowness implicit in the word 'parochial'. There is room for family trees, farriers and African adventures. It seems that every sports club, every christening, every character rates a mention.
One of the biggest and most learned articles is provided by PP Bill Cosgrave, who recalls the days when landlords with vast property interests dominated the Irish landscape. Father Bill notes that Lord Carew, who lived at Castleboro near Clonroche owned 20,000 acres – an enterprise on a scale unimaginable nowadays this side of the Argentinian pampas.
In the 19th century, one Colonel Harry Alcock of Wilton Castle fame drew rent from 7,346 acres – not quite as big as his lordly Castleboro colleague but still a spread far beyond the aspirations of even the most ambitious of our modern dairy farmers. Meanwhile, the far ranging Colclough estate based at Woodbrook in The Duffry was estimated at 7,800 acres.
In and around Father Cosgrave's Monageer, the scene was dominated by the Earls of Portsmouth, whose family links to County Wexford originated in 1579, and by the Richards clan who built the now demolished splendour of Solsborough House.
Mel Brooks said 'it's good to be the king' but it was pretty good being the earl too. The Wallop family who had the Portsmouth franchise were so well endowed that the massive 4,140 acres over which they held sway in Monageer constituted less than half of their Irish land, which in turn was dwarfed by their massive estates back in England.
Happy to receive their rent cheques in the post, they never bothered to construct a house in Monageer.
Father Bill notes that a visit of the fifth earl to Enniscorthy in 1867 prompted extensive press coverage at the time.
Meanwhile, the Richards's 3,000 acres included 910 acres in Monageer. In contrast to the very English earls from Portsmouth, they took root in the area and the townland of Solsborough is named after Solomon Richards.
Eat your hearts out, dairy farmers.
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September 1, 1967
Report on America in Vietnam
By ELIOT FREMONT-SMITH
By Mary McCarthy
ast winter The New York Review of Books sent the esteemed American author and critic Mary McCarthy to South Vietnam to report on what she calls the American invasion and occupation of that country. Her articles -- by minor but hardly gentle implication, they are answers to John Steinbeck's earlier hawkish boostings -- duly appeared in The New York Review and, together with a new concluding chapter on "Solutions," make up the most provocative and disturbing analytical indictment yet published of America's role in Vietnam. Miss McCarthy, whose succinct candor is the sinew of her intellectual, literary and (here) polemical muscle, makes no pretense of delayed opinion -- the ability, sometimes mistaken for "objectivity," of postponing all moral judgment on an issue until the issue has been decided and become historical.
She clearly arrived at her position on Vietnam before she arrived in Saigon, which is why she starts her book: "I confess that when I went to Vietnam early last February I was looking for material damaging to the American interest and that I found it, though often by accident or in the process of being briefed by an official. Finding it is no job; the Americans do no dissemble what they are up to." Later, focusing on ethical (domestic) consequences, she writes, "The worst thing that could happen to our country would be to win this war." In short, she believes that America has suffered and is suffering moral catastrophe of the first magnitude in Vietnam; and it is to this perceived catastrophe, not to military and diplomatic prognoses for the war, that her book is addressed.
Except that Miss McCarthy was one of the first to report on the physical Americanization of Saigon, her visual observations are not unusual. Saigon "resembles a gigantic PX," she writes. The black market seems the primary mode of business enterprise, and profit the only motive. From Corvette sports cars to Haig & Haig -- "you name it, they have it." Another import to Vietnam, in evidence everywhere, she says, is indestructible mass-production garbage, the metal and plastic "fecal matter of our civilization."
Outside Saigon, she reports that the American contribution in its most obvious form is sheer destruction, the daily bombing and burning of the countryside. (She witnesses two planes on the job, and was informed that this was a routine action, of a sort considered too minor to be included in the daily briefings.) She also visited American-built villages for Vietnamese "refugees" -- one of the euphemisms she is most caustic about. She notes that the Iron Triangle "refugees," for notorious example, "were moved by U.S. troops, who were systematically setting fire to their houses" during Operation Cedar Falls ("Clear and Destroy").
The use of euphemism (e.g., "Incinderjell" for napalm, "which makes it sound like Jello") has resulted, she believes, in American spokesmen in Vietnam not really understanding, or feeling in any moral sense, the horror of this war -- much less the impression they may give to those who do not share their satisfaction or optimism. The military spokesmen come through mostly as self-willed innocents. Miss McCarthy reserves her greater scorn for quasi-civilian (C.I.A., A.I.D., etc.) spokesmen and for the American academic and intellectual community that has actively cooperated in the Americanization of Vietnam and of the war.
In her final chapter, Miss McCarthy speaks to those who oppose the war, or think they do, and seeks a "middle road" solution. "A sympathy, sneaking or otherwise, for American power is weakening the opposition's case against [President] Johnson," who, she writes, "acts as if he had a mournful obligation to go on with the war unless and until somebody finds him an honorable exit from it. There is no honorable exit from a shameful course of action," she adds, "though there may be a lucky escape."
The escape she sees is unilateral withdrawal. How this could be accomplished is another matter -- a job for military experts, not for civilian critics. She is probably right in her assertion that if the President were to order the withdrawal of our forces, it could be logistically done, and that "everybody knows it." Like most books on Vietnam, Miss McCarthy's will be persuasive or not depending on the reader's prior leanings on the war. Among the dissenting books, it makes most of the others seem like Jello.
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EU grants 23 million euros to modernize Algerian financial sector.
(MEBG) –The European Union has announced that it will be allocating 23 million euros for the modernization of the Algerian financial sector, including the country's treasury and central bank. Another 30 million euros may be add to the amount before the end of the year, and they will be earmarked for the modernization of the Algerian industrial sector.
The first allocation was agreed to during the fifth round about the association agreement between Algeria and the European Community. The association would involve politics and security, economic matters, and cultural and social affairs.
The EC's readiness to grant funding is seen as a postive step in a negotiations process that has been characterized by concerns about security, inasmuch as it represents tangible proof of the European commitment to partnership and investment in Algeria. Other issues being tacked involve the movement of goods and persons, and the fight against xenophobia, which will be included within a legal framework.
Top Headlines
- EIB grants €25 million to Egyptian private sector projects
- EU approves an additional $244.4 million package for Jordan
- IFC grants $25 million loan to Algerian steel producer Ispat Annaba
- EIB grants $151 million to Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Turkey
- Algerian banking sector credited with creation of 89,000 jobs


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A motion calling for the "appalling loss of life in Gaza" to be condemned has been passed by Derry City Council, despite unionists refusing to back it.
Sinn Fein Derry City Councillor Colly Kelly asked for standing orders to be suspended so he could bring forward the motion at the July monthly meeting of Derry City Council in the Guildhall on Tuesday.
At the suggestion of SDLP Councillor Eamon McAuley, a minute silence was observed by all councillors in attendance in memory of those who have lost their lives in the violence over recent weeks.
The bloodshed in Gaza was raised just hours before hundreds upon hundreds of people marched from Free Derry Corner into the city centre on Tuesday night in solidarity with the people of Gaza, with Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness among those taking part.
The public event was one of several taking place across the north west this week.
Putting forward the motion in the council chamber, Colr. Kelly said that the mounting death toll in Gaza, particularly the number of women of children, had touched everybody.
He proposed "that this council condemns in the strongest possible terms the appalling loss of life in Gaza".
He also called on the international community- including the United Nations and the European Union- to take action towards ending the violence, lifting the blockade on Gaza and working towards peace for the Palestinian people.
The motion was seconded by his party colleague Paul Fleming.
SDLP Councillor Martin Reilly spoke of the large number of local people who had "demonstrated their horror at what's happening in that part of the world".
He added that the SDLP had no hesitation in supporting the motion, and asked for a slight amendment to add in that the council were calling for humanitarian assistance to be stepped up.
DUP Councillor Maurice Devenney said the unionist block on the council could not support the motion as it stands "because for us it is a very, very one-sided motion".
Colr. Devenney elaborated that there was "no mention here of the attacks continually carried out in Israel".
Colr. Kelly said that he was more than happy to include Colr. Reilly's amendment, before the moment's silence was proposed and observed.
The motion was carried afterwards by 15 councillors to six.
Independent Derry-Strabane Councillor Darren O'Reilly meanwhile is already scheduled to bring forward an motion on Gaza at the monthly meeting of the supercouncil on Thursday.
Councillor Reilly will ask his fellow Derry-Strabane Councillors to "call on the Israeli Government to immediately cease the collective punishment being imposed on the people of Gaza through its embargoes and ongoing military onslaught".


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Latest Internet and mobile apps designed to help learners
Monday May 6 2013
Internet and education are no strange bed fellows. From websites for online registration, portals for internal communication and software's for virtual learning, we now even have a website for reporting corrupt lecturers (Kenya.notinmycountry.org).
In the past few months, websites, software's and mobile apps aimed at Kenya's education sector have been created. We examine some of the latest inventions in this sector.
One of the mobile apps is Uni-soft. It was created by John Mang'uru and Muriithi Wachira. The two are computer engineering students at Kenyatta University.
"Uni-soft is a one-stop mobile application that provides academic information about universities, colleges and polytechnics that are approved in Kenya," Mang'uru volunteers. "You do not have to run up and down collecting pamphlets and enquiring about institutions that you are willing to join. Uni-soft does that for you."
So how does the app function? It starts with one downloading the app from Ovistore and Getjar free of charge, followed by creation of an account. "By use of a search dialogue box, Uni-soft displays the cut-off points for enrolling in degree programmes in different universities, and offers other details," Wachira explains.
He and Mang'uru have co-founded AppFrame Developers, an ICT company through which they wish to foster their techpreneurial skills.
Critics dismiss Uni-soft as a good innovation with no tangible benefits. Wachira laughs it off and says: "Anything that saves you time, money and energy by making work easier is definitely a relief."
The two expect to get revenue through commercial adverts that can be incorporated on the application.
The most recent creation is Shakili.com. It went live on April 13. It is owned by a company called socialProClubs.
The website name is derived from the words "share" and "akili" the latter being Kiswahili for knowledge. Shakili, therefore, stands for, "share Knowledge". It is the brain child of Muthuri Kinyamu, a Bachelor of Commerce graduate of the University of Nairobi, a blogger, social media strategist and the CEO or SocialProClubs.
He explains what it is about: "Shakili.com is a hybrid learning platform that connects educators to students by enabling users to set up e-schools to share knowledge and content."
He continues: "Through shakily, lecturers and teachers can create, upload and share digital educational content in various formats with students, thus making learning more fun and enjoyable."
The idea developed after the Information PS, Dr Bitange Ndemo, gave a keynote speech during the launching of socialProClubs at the University of Nairobi and hinted at potential business areas in education.
A bulb lit in Mr Muthuri head and he approached a designer and a software engineer to put together his ideas into action. Nick Stewart a graphic designer and art director, and Zack Kiuna, a computer engineer and a PHP developer at Squad solution, were instrumental in actualising his dreams.
The three of them worked for close to six months before unveiling their work in mid April.
How does one use the website? "To use shakili.com, one creates an account and then logs on to create schools and join others that have been created by other users," explains Muthuri. A school in this context is an equivalent of a faculty, college, or department in a university.
"After creating or joining schools, one can search to see if his/her course has been added by someone else or not. If not, you add and then begin uploading educational materials that are relevant to the course," Mr Muthuri adds.
"Our focus now is not to make money but to build a platform that delivers local educational content in a social and organised way for downloading and viewing anywhere, anytime," he concludes.
This site combines most of the features in the other two innovations. It was founded by Abraham Tumuti, the CEO of Greda Studio Ltd-Kenya.
Apart from ranking schools of all levels, Kenyaschoolreport.com also provides detailed information about the schools, colleges, and universities in the country.
This helps to educate students and parents when making a selection.
Mr Tumuti holds a BSc in management information systems.
The information is classified into different strata, according to their perceived relevance to specific users.
For example, educators will get information about professional development, special needs students, technology for teaching and educational resources, among others.
A student will get information about careers, scholarships, learning tools, and so on.
Administrators of learning institutions can access information on school safety, administration, school management tools, special reports and news and events about education.
The learning institutions are ranked on diverse factors, including class size, teacher training and continuing professional development, school programmes, amenities, use of technology, and, academic excellence.
The institutions can be searched on the basis of the grade level (primary, Secondary, tertiary, university), type of school (private or public) and the constituency it is located in.


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It's Time To Retire the "n >= 30" rule.
Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, American Statistical Association, Alexandria VA (2008)
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The diagnostics will surprise many statisticians, who don't realize how lousy the classical inferences are. For example, 95% confidence intervals should miss 2.5% on each side, and we might expect the actual non-coverage to be within 10% of that. Using a t interval, this requires n > 5000 for a moderately-skewed (exponential) population. There are better confidence intervals and tests, bootstrap and others.
The bootstrap also offers pedagogical benefits in teaching sampling distributions and other statistical concepts, offering actual distributions that can be viewed using histograms and other familiar techniques.


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The Travellers Rest is a welcoming 18th century country pub with stunning views over Mapperley Plains, this charming venue was once a halfway house for geese herders on their way to the famous Nottingham Goose Fair.
An 18th century former halfway house, The Travellers Rest is situated in the rural Nottinghamshire village of Mapperley, flanked on all sides by Mapperley Plains, offering panoramic views across gently undulating fields.
With its open plan layout, exposed beams and three open log fires, which are lit during the winter months, the pub has retained its cosy, olde worlde appeal.And during the summer, diners and drinkers alike love to linger a while in the wide open beer garden, enjoying a bottle of fine wine or glass of cask ale, surrounded by the pretty Nottinghamshire countryside.The pub backs onto Lambley Dumbles, a pretty woodland dell where walkers can follow trickling streams that meander through patchwork fields, ancient trees and gurgling brooks. It's a hidden gem, so quiet and tranquil, yet just a few miles from the hustle and bustle of Nottingham city centre.
5 minutes down the road is Bestwood Country Park, 650 acres of lakeland, wildflower meadows and ancient woodland, while the legendary Sherwood Forest is just 30 minutes in the car. Here, walkers can wander amongst some of the oldest trees in Europe, including the 900-year-old Major Oak, and immerse themselves in the legend of Britain's most famous outlaw, Robin Hood.And afterwards, head back to Mapperley Plains, to unwind and savour sumptuous pub food in the historic Traveller's Rest pub.Read more...
During the 18th century, The Travellers Rest was known as "The Half Way House", in recognition of its location between Nottingham and Calverton. The first licencee was a farrier, who would first furnish his customers with a pint of foaming nut brown ale, then re-shoe their horses while they refreshed themselves.
The most popular patrons of the pub were said to be geese herders, who would stop in for a rest on the way to the famous Nottingham Goose Fair. The fair has run more or less continuously for over 700 years – only the Great Plague of 1646 and the first and second World Wars have caused its postponement – and still takes place today. These days, however, you are much more likely to go there for candyfloss and a ride on the dodgems than you are to sell some geese!
Mapperley Plains
Mapperley Plains takes its name from Thomas Mappurley, a wealthy MP who worked as a bailiff under the Sheriff of Nottingham before becoming Mayor of the city himself, before acquiring various lands in Nottinghamshire and Radford during the fourteenth century.
For centuries, Mapperley has been most synonymous with brick-making. The saying goes that "Nottingham once stood on Mapperley Hills", meaning that the city was built on bricks fashioned from Mapperley clay. And as far back as 1682 there are records of clay-digging and kilns being used to fire bricks. Today it is estimated that a billion bricks have come from Mapperley hills, with some known to have travelled as far as London, even being used in the construction of St. Pancras Station.
The main stretch of Mapperley stands around 150 metres above sea level, and is known as Mapperley Ridge. With views out across the city of Nottingham, it was used as a vantage point by Oliver Cromwell and his troops when they launched attacks on Nottingham Castle during the English Civil War.
A couple of hundred yards south stands Alexandra Park, formerly Mapperley Hills Common, site of perhaps the most famous event in Mapperley's history, "The Battle of Mapperley Hills". On Tuesday 23rd August 1842, a peaceful demonstration of five thousand working men began in support of the Chartist movement.
Concerned about this civil unrest, local authorities ordered the police to intervene. The police stormed the protest, making up to 400 arrests and marching the prisoners off down Redcliffe Road in an attempt to disperse the crowds. They did not succeed, however, and by the time the procession had reached Mansfield Road, the police were being pelted with rocks and other missiles. It took the intervention of the 2nd Dragoons to restore order.
Ultimately, out of the 400 men arrested, only 50 would end up being prosecuted and the event is often commemorated as a celebration of civil rights.
Today, life in Mapperley Plains is much more sedate. Take Lambley Dumbles, a series of wooded valleys that form a trail through rolling meadows and patchwork pastures, behind our pub. You'd be hard pressed to find a more tranquil, idyllic part of the English countryside, yet it is just 8 miles from the hustle and bustle of Nottingham city centre.
And of course Sherwood Forest, the legendary home of Robin Hood, is just 30 minutes away too. While the forest once spanned a majestic 100,000 acres, today it's a historic, 450-acre country park. Among the young birch trees, stands The Major Oak, with branches stretching out 100ft and a trunk measuring 33ft in circumference. It has taken some 900 years for this grand old tree to reach such astounding proportion – dating back to the reign of Henry I.
If you're visiting Sherwood Forest, Bestwood Country Park, Mapperley Plains or the surrounding area, why not do what weary travellers have been doing for years - stop off at The Travellers Rest for a little refreshment. Today you can enjoy traditional pub food, delicious seasonal specials and relaxed Sunday roasts, or simply sip a glass of wine or a hand-pulled real ale.Show less...


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Dacoits tie up family, loot cash and gold
The six unidentified crooks entered the Nigdi apartment in the wee hours yesterday by cutting the grills of a window and threatened to kill the residents
Businessman Manojkumar Jain (43) was grievously injured in an attack by a gang of six dacoits in the wee hours yesterday. The incident occurred at the victim's Durgavihar Niwas Society flat at Ashirwad Colony in Transport Nagar, Nigdi. The offenders entered the apartment by cutting the grills of a window and threatened to kill the family, including Jain's two daughters.
The victim has been admitted to a private hospital in Nigdi for further treatment. His 22-year-old daughter Shreshta has lodged a complaint against six unknown persons. According to her, Jain, his wife Babita (42), and daughters Shreshta and Yamini (15) were sleeping in their rooms at the time. Around 3.30 am, six dacoits stole into the building premises and after then entered Jain's flat. The miscreants had their faces covered with handkerchiefs.
The crooks then tied up the hands and legs of the family members and threatened to kill them if they cried out for help or informed the police. They also hit Jain on his head with a hammer and stabbed him in his thighs with a sharp weapon. The dacoits asked the businessman to hand over the cash and gold ornaments in the house. They took a gold ring worn by Shreshta, apart from Rs 20,000 in cash and some other jewellery.
The gang then locked the family in their house and fled in the direction of Pune-Mumbai Expressway. The Jains shouted for help, after which the businessman's brother who stays on the upper floor of the same building rushed to their aid.
Cops were contacted after which superintendent of police (Pune rural) Manojkumar Lohiya, inspector Ram Jadhav of Dehuroad police station, inspector Nandkumar Bhosale-Patil of Nigdi police station and inspector Rajendra Patil of Talegaon police station rushed to the spot. The officers recovered bloodstained gloves from the building premises.


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There wasn't much support for Mitch Barnhart's comments supporting Kentucky football coach Joker Phillips.
The UK athletics director said publicly last Friday that Phillips would "absolutely" be back for the 2012 season. Barnhart also said that he was in it "for the long haul" with Phillips, who is 8-11 since taking over as head coach last season.
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5/29/2004 7:03pm, #1
Toronto Spring McThrowdown 2004 (Pics and short clip coming soon?)
Well, I thought we had at least 8-10 people coming for sure.
But at least two DID show up
Repulsive Monkey waited for quite a bit, haha sorry, and Shumagorath showed up later on looking hot in a newer haircut. Well, so we didn't go to the park as we origally planned. We waited around an hour before deciding to head UoToronto Campus to try and use one of their rooms.
The rooms were being used so we walked over to the field nearby.
RM and Shuma went at it first, doing some randori. Shuma finally got a nice throw off and sent RM flying. Doesn't it suck trying to throw shorter guys than you?
Did some grappling drills, and exchanged some ideas about grappling and SD stuff.
I forgot all about asking her to take out her camera so there isn't too much of Shumagorath, but a lot more of myself and RM. And honestly.......I have a nicer ass.
Me Vs. RM - The grapple. I start off by trying a flying triangle. He's shorter, so that helps, but that gets blocked but I am able to retain my footing. Blah blah blah..........he has gotten a lot better since the last time I sparred him, didn't get his back at all and got MY back several times. Er......I gave him my back, yes, that's it. Escaped a RNC if I can remember, basically...........he owned me otherwise.
Did some drills with Shuma, don't exactly remember the time frame here. He was nice enough to kick me with his heel in the nose while going for an armbar.
Shuma vs RM: The MMA. Didn't remember too much of this, except that some smiley old guy was watching them when they were rolling around on the ground. RM ended in mount when time was up.
Me VS RM again: The MMA. Strikes coming at me was nice, haven't done much sparring recently. And no striking/kickboxing style sparring since the last TO McThrowdown. Was able to shut him down somewhat and catch quite a few kicks, though I think only two of mine were caught. I found it a lot harder to take this mainly Tai Chi guy down even on one leg. BALANCEOWNE3! Near the end he got mount again and I JUST escaped as time ran out.
My friend has a nice picture of my coming out his ass......uh....post it when/if I get it? Maybe.....
The turnout wasn't what we expected but the weather was simply amazing.
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5/29/2004 7:06pm, #2
It happend, but it was just me, Repulsive and Piz. We went to Hart House at the university to see if we could still catch my MMA club (which was pretty dead today too). Since the Judo club took over we went outside to the back field and had a nice open area in the sun.
Started with grappling from a standing start. Piz had some trouble with Repulsive's positioning, but I managed to throw him with Osoto gari, Kouchi gari and Harai Goshi, the latter of which I didn't know would even work without a gi. As my first grappling session without a gi, it was quite a refreshing change, but I was able to adapt my Judo quickly.
At some point I was showing Piz some ground work from BJJ/Judo and triangled him. In retrospect, I forgot to angle and that's probably why it took so long to tap him. Well, that and the really ugly armbar I tried on his super-flexible elbows.
The remainder of the time consisted of standup striking with groundwork "when it happens". I still retreat way too much, so Repulsive took some time to drill with me and see if I could overcome some of my bad point fighting habits from my last school. More training against leg kicks and some bag work is in order. Also, both fights ended with time being called while Repulsive had me in the mount, so it's clear that I need to work on my reversals under pressure of striking.
I'm disappointed that my guys didn't show up either, but I think we made quite a throwdown for three people.
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5/29/2004 7:15pm, #3
It turned out later that one of my other MA friends (not from TO originally) had showed up but got lost wandering aroudn the outside of the park. We met him back at my friend's house.
He had a nice mid afternoon meal at Pho Hung. :D
I have all these weird small bruises and marks on my right arm, but none on my left. WTF?
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5/30/2004 10:05pm, #4
Tai Chi Ownzzzz!111!!
I was disappointed with the turnout, but Shuma, Pizd and I had a good time. Shuma's throwing has gotten a lot better and he tossed my ass good a couple of times. I threw him a bunch, but nothing . . . you know, IPPON-worthy. I also felt way too stiff during that match (our first) and had to rethink my approach a bit. Later, I fought both Shuma and Pizd semi-MMA-style. Integrating strikes into the whole thing really changes the dynamic. My ground-fighting skills are really limited and I have only been concentrating on positioning for the past while. I prefer to get to my feet whenever possible, but have started trying to work the mount as well. Each time, we swapped some good shots, grappled a bit and wound up going to the ground, where I more or less worked the G&P. And then we went to lunch. It was tasty. The end.
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I left RM a message, but I will reiterate here:
I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLLLLLY apologize guys, but I got back on Friday night and was informed by my parents that they had set up a meeting with a real estate agent/condo complex for me to view a bunch of models/floorplans and potentially buy a condo (building to be ready in about 2 years). The appointment was for noon, but didn't actually get started until almost 12:45...from there, it was a long, arduous task of questioning, interrogating, negotiating and questioning (again!)....and then signing a bunch of stuff.
It was past 4 before I was done, and I still hadn't eaten anything all day, I had just signed to buy a condo (which means a BIG ASSED MORTGAGE JUST FUCKING TOOK A BITE OUT OF MY FUTURE FINANCIAL PLANS!) and I really needed nourishment. It was almost 5 before I was done and from there I wouldn't have made it down until at least 5:30 if not closer to 6 (depending on traffic and the fact that I had to stop at my apartment because I'd forgotten a bunch of gear in my morning scramble).
I will speak with RM in the near future to try and sort something out for a Sunday up at my dojo. You did get my message, right RM?Regards,
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One guy gets sword and sheild, the other gets a net and a trident.
Lions eat christians between rounds." - Strong Machine
5/30/2004 10:48pm, #6
I got it, daddy-o. Congratulations again on the condo.
Getting together at your dojo sounds great. Just let us know the wheres and whens.
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Unfortunately, I won't be able to accomodate everyone. I will need to speak with you more about this privately. I'm out of town this coming weekend and the following weekend. I'll be aiming for soon after that.Regards,
"Na'h, they should go to old school rules.
One guy gets sword and sheild, the other gets a net and a trident.
Lions eat christians between rounds." - Strong Machine
5/31/2004 1:19pm, #8
It's not like that, baby. Come on! What CT and I have is just physical. When you and I fight, it's making pain.
5/31/2004 1:43pm, #9
I'll be in town this coming weekend. So does anyone want to get together? It could be a small one like the one you guys just had. 4 people this time?
5/31/2004 4:16pm, #10
When? What time? I guess I'm up for it.
BTW, Shuma, RM
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AbstractWe address the numerical solution of Lyapunov, algebraic and differential Riccati equations, via the matrix sign function, on platforms equipped with general-purpose multicore processors and, optionally, one or more graphics processing units (GPUs). In particular, we review the solvers for these equations, as well as the underlying methods, analyze their concurrency and scalability and provide details on their parallel implementation. Our experimental results show that this class of hardware provides sufficient computational power to tackle large-scale problems, which only a few years ago would have required a cluster of computers. View Full-Text
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A hamstring injury has ruled West Indies T20 captain Darren Sammy out of the two T20 matches against New Zealand later this month.
Sammy suffered his injury when he was running around a damp outfield in Queenstown before the third One Day International (ODI).
His place has been taken by left-arm spinner Nikita Miller.
"Darren is undergoing treatment and should be fit to return to playing duties in time for the Regional Super50 Tournament which starts later this month in Trinidad," said West Indies team physiotherapist CJ Clark.
Dwayne Bravo, the one-day captain, will lead the side in the T20 series scheduled for Auckland and Wellington Saturday and next week Wednesday.
West Indies' squad has been severely depleted in recent weeks as a result of injury to a number of players resulting in only 12 fit players to choose from for the last ODI in Nelson.
Apart from Chris Gayle, who is recovering from a hamstring injury and injured Sammy, Marlon Samuels with a wrist injury and Darren Bravo have flown home while Ravi Rampaul suffered a broken finger although he remains on the tour.
Kemar Roach and Kieran Pollard are also missing—Pollard is still recovering from a knee injury.
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TN is the cheapest of the commonly-used LCD panel techs. That's not its only advantage, though - it's the fastest responding, too. That gives it a significant advantage over IPS and VA panels when it comes to fast-moving images. Think games and action movies. Sure enough, Samsung quotes response times of just 5ms.
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AUSTIN, Texas--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--As part of the Belgian Economic Mission to the United States, Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium, Representative of His Majesty the King, is visiting Austin and will honor the founder and executive chairman of Cinemark Holdings during her stay. This exclusive award is in recognition of the company's longstanding relationship with Barco, a worldwide digital cinema leader and a Belgian-based company.
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The purpose of the mission to Texas this month is to explore technology and business innovation in the state, while focusing on ways to create a closer working relationship between the state and country. Accompanying HRH Princess Astrid throughout the tour will be several key federal cabinet ministers and senior representatives from each of Belgium's three regional governments, including Deputy Prime Minister Didier Reynders.
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Since signing an exclusive agreement in 2010 for the roll-out of digital cinema projectors, Barco has outfitted more than 5,500 screens for Cinemark in the United States and Latin America (among its close to 6,000 screens worldwide). The insights of the Cinemark team have played a vital role in Barco building leading world-class cinema technology solutions, with Barco and Cinemark jointly launching many industry firsts: the first commercial laser projector and the global première of Barco Escape.
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Being in the world domination business ourselves, we here at ThinkGeek have to give the Akatsuki from the Naruto franchise props for their dedication and their sweet uniforms.
It's hard to be a member of the Akatsuki. They expect you to use the buddy system. You've got a distinctive uniform that totally gives you away if somebody sees you. And keeping up the manicure can get expensive. But for those times when you're bumming around the house instead of attempting to seal away a tailed beast, you can relax in a t-shirt and jeans. Something like this one, maybe, one of those rare, "everybody's together" moments for the Akatsuki.
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Pulpits: The Preached Word (Part 2)
By admin | July 8, 2009
Here are some pulpits from the second half of our tour. There is an extra surprise included. Scroll down:
On the Thursday, we really enjoyed a 'Pilgrim Tour'. I had found this tour on the internet when I was arranging our trip, and decided that it looked very interesting. It was excellent. It traces some of the history of the Mayflower Pilgrim Fathers. We visited three churches, had an outstanding lunch at a beautiful restaurant, and finished up at a real jewel of a place, Gainsborough's Old Hall. Maybe I will say more about that visit elsewhere. The Pilgrim Tour had special interest for us, as my wife is a Mayflower descendant.
Our first stop was a little church, now hidden from view, but once right along the Great North Road. It had been served at the end of the 16th Century, by Richard Clyfton, a leader among the early separatists. John Robinson became his assistant.
Scrooby was really the central location for the Separatists. This was William Brewster's parish church.
William Bradford was from Austerfield. He wrote Of Plimouth Plantation.
This visit deserves a post of its own. A hidden jewel not to be missed. But not only was I able to stand in the pulpit, I was also able to stand in
This may be the oldest extant baptistry in England.
One of the top highlights of our tour was our visit to the Old Baptist Chapel in Bradford-on-Avon. Dr. Robert Oliver had preached from this pulpit 1/2 hour before this photo.
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"I don't think physicians have a bias against marijuana," said Robert Brockmann, president of the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians. "I think there is a bias against lack of information." Brockmann said (The Denver Post, March 12, 2013).
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Orange has been the youngest member of my favorite color family, since I discovered that I looked nice in orange (deep orange, especially, not yellowy orange) only a few years ago.
It is such a cheerful color. Also, when it comes to fragrance, citrus notes are some of my favorites as well. Uplifting and energizing!
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I came across a great Marketwatch article yesterday that echoes what Florida has been saying in his blog posts over the past couple of days. The title of the piece says it all:
Word to the wise: Vultures don't do favors.
For those of you who missed it, the article contains an important quote from a Sunday Fox News (yuck) interview with one of Obama's economic advisors, Christina Romer: "What we're talking about now are private firms that are kind of doing us a favor, right, coming into this market to help us buy these toxic assets off banks' balance sheets...We need them -- you know, we've got a limited amount of money that the government has to go in here, so we need to partner."
No wonder the administration changed its tune about the AIG bonuses so quickly. Getting everyone all riled up with some good old fashioned populist rhetoric is all well and good until it derails your plans to get banks out of the mess that they have gotten themselves into.
The article goes on to question whether the new toxic asset plan will be effective saying "While the government subsidies that are part of the Geithner plan may entice some vultures -- er, investors -- to buy some toxic assets, it hardly seems likely that they will buy all of them, or even enough of them to achieve the plan's objective, which is to stabilize the financial system."
Many people believe that the toxic asset plan in its current form is not nearly large enough to solve banks' problems. "Brad DeLong, a colleague of Romer's in the University of California economics department, notes that the $500 billion plan is not sufficient to take care of what he estimates to be $4 trillion in bad assets"
Furthermore as I said in a post yesterday morning, just because there are investors out there who are willing to pay banks a few pennies for the garbage that they have on the books does not mean that banks will actually be willing to sell these things for such low prices. It is quite likely that many banks have these toxic assets valued on their books at prices which are much higher than what many of the bids from the vultures will come in at. If banks sell the trash at these prices, it could potentially erode their capital base and they would need yet another capital infusion from someone, likely Uncle Sam.
Here's how many envision the toxic asset plan actually working:
Vultures will swoop in and scoop up the best of the assets that banks are willing to seel on the U.S. taxpayer's dime and leave all of the other junk, much of which may literally be worth absolutely nothing, that either they don't want or that banks are unwilling to mark down enough for fear of what will happen to their balance sheets on banks books. If this is how things play out, we aren't in much better shape than before this plan was implemented.
For whatever reason, perhaps it is fear after seeing the carnage that the Lehman bankruptcy caused, the government refuses to let financial companies in general and banks specifically go bankrupt. If I as an American taxpayer am going to have to have to continue to pay for this misuse of funds, I might as well profit from it. I have been picking up small positions in the bonds of the banks that the government is propping up. I'm not nuts and I can easily see where this whole mess could completely blow up, so I am spreading out my bets and not putting too much money in any single bank or banks in general, but profiting a little from this absurd situation makes the medicine go down a little easier.
Great picture
Yummy. I was just thinking to myself: "How about some carrion for breakfast?"
If those vultures were to fly with their loot, would that be considered carrion luggage?
private equity today expects a 3x return on an investment... which means $1 in $3 out... I know that sounds like 2x, but Wall Street calls it 3x...
in any event do you know how low you have to purchase an asset to get a 3x? That is why the gov't is loaning the money because leverage means less equity down and 3x is much much easier to achieve
Anyone buying "common" shares of stock through a "brokerage house" are at the lowest end of the foooood chain. "Preferred" shares are sold to only insiders!
Work hard. Pay your bills. Save your money.
Well, 500 billion is not enough? who cares? Government will make it 5 trillion 500 billion at a time.
An while voltures will not pay decent prices for the assets even with the leverage and guarantees, the banks will buy them from themselves at inflated prices transferring all the losses to the taxpayers. Banks can make a killing and get out of trouble with the Geithner plan, no wonder their stocks are skyrocketing.
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An essential part of running a small business is constantly finding new ways to reduce costs, keeping spending to a minimum. Initially, you may be thinking that by spending less you will have to make sacrifices, damaging your business in the process. However, reducing spending does not always have to equate to a loss. Ultimately, removing unnecessary expenses in your small business will increase your budget, freeing up money that you can invest in other parts of your business.
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Go Green, Go Paperless
Without realising it, a lot of money can be wasted away on paper through the sheer cost of ink, supplies and postage; not to mention the endless waste of paper. By eliminating the use of paper or even just minimising you can significantly reduce spending. Going digital is said to save a great deal of money, but not only that, it also creates a more organised working environment and is a lot more secure than having a paper trail. You can make the transition by opting for digital invoices, filing information on the computer and completely replace snail mail with email. As well as cutting spending you are
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As a small business, spending large amounts of money on conferences, presentations and meetings really will make a significant dent in your budget, as there are a great deal of expenses involved, including travel and food. To reduce the costs, opting for a teleconference or web conference service is a great idea as you will spend a lot less for a good service than you ever would with face-to-face costs. Additionally, using such a service will allow you to connect to colleagues and clients globally.
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Like In "Oliver"?
The only urchin that won't make you feel guilty.
It used to be you'd pass by a little group of urchins singing a street corner and you'd feel a sad collapse in your heart. THOSE POOR URCHINS you'd say WON'T SOMEONE DO SOMETHING
But now, thankfully, there's a new type of urchin! No longer will you associate your favorite songs with Dickensian British-style orphans standing in the snow! No longer will you feel bad for demanding children learn to sing the WUB WUB WUB of your dubstep hits! Now you can hear your music the way it was designed to be heard... through a speaker! Not through the lips of some poor child from 1886!
Also, unlike an urchin of yore, these speakers can take direct spray from water for five minutes.


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I relate this story to Ned Wood, Vice President of Manson Anchors. His eyes roll. He's heard it all before,
'People don't seem realise that an anchor is a safety device', he says. 'They put it out and hope it holds. Often it is all that lies between them and losing their boat.'
'No different from a lifejacket', he adds.
Wood makes good point.
Anchors have two uses - the most frequent is to give safe holding in your favored bay or fishing spot. The other is your last line of defence when all else has failed and you have to stop your boat drifting, maybe onto nearby rocks, until help arrives.
The back page of the Manson brochure has an anchoring chart on it – setting out the boat length, anchor weight, chain size and warp length for a given size of boat in a given wind strength.
It's very interesting. The sort of thing that would have given my mother many more restful nights, while anchored in iffy weather conditions.
Feedback from sailors, particularly those who have cruised to some rather remote locations is testament to both the quality of the Manson product and the reliance sailors place in their anchor.
'We have recently returned from a five month cruise of Stewart Island and Fiordland' says Marty Vose of the yacht 'Makani'. 'Not once did our Manson Anchor let us down. We even spent a night anchored off Nugget Point on the east coast of Southland with winds in excess of 70 knots and whilst we did maintain an anchor watch all night it was not needed as we did not move an inch.'
'I was concerned that perhaps the 50lb may have been a bit light for my yacht which is 41 feet and weighs 17 tons but after that trip plus a Marlborough Sounds trip before that, I confess I am totally sold on your anchors and would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone.'
Small beginnings
Manson Anchors was founded by Kerry Mair in 1972, after the former foreman at A & G Price decided to make an anchor for his own boat. The private job soon became a serious business.
Manson Anchors built their first Superyacht anchor in the 1980's, for Sensation, and that set the West Auckland firm down the path of certification.
Lloyds Register certification is now at the heart of the business.
New Zealand sailing fans from the 'Plastic Fantastic' 12 Metre era will be familiar with the service offered by Lloyds Register. At the Marten Marine and McMullen and Wing yards, the 12 metres were constructed under the eagle eye of a LR surveyor, Jamie Course. His task was to certify the construction process and materials that went into the construction of the revolutionary fibreglass 12 metres, the first that had ever been built.
That certification was later used to refute the many claims and challenges from Dennis Conner and friends, that were made in the 1986/87 Louis Vuitton Cup in Fremantle, when KZ-7 made the Challenger Final after winning no less than 38 races on the trot.
So it is with anchors. Every Manson anchor is built to Lloyds Register specification – that includes many elements: the design itself; the materials used must come from approved mills; the weld specification must be approved; and the individual welders must also hold the requisite LR certification.
Anchors weighing more than 56kg must be individually tested in a special test bed at the Manson facility and the holding witnessed by a Lloyds Register surveyor.
'It is quite a different process from ISO certification', Ned Wood points out. 'Each and every anchor we make has to achieve Lloyds Register certification. Anchors are safety devices, and owners should look for the marks that give confidence in the product they are going to use with their boats which are often worth in the hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. '
From tinnies to superyachts
Following that first anchor built by Kerry Mair in 1972, Manson Anchors have expanded into a full range of five anchors, used by everything from a 3 metre tinnie to Superyachts over 140 metres long.
Since the initial Danforth, another four anchors have been added to the range. The Plough was introduced in the late 1970's, followed by the Kedge in 1985, the Ray in 1998 and the Supreme in 2004. Three more will soon follow, the Ultimus, Hidden and Racer are either being launched or will be in the next month.
Along the way the company also formed an engineering division, which was responsible for much of the marina dock construction around Auckland including Bayswater Marina and the Viaduct Harbour. In 2004, the engineering business was split away from anchoring division – in turn purchased by the second generation. Steve Mair, is now managing director of Manson Anchors
Although Manson only have a small percentage of the Superyacht market at present, their market share is growing because of their commitment to fine design and engineering, and the Lloyds Register certification process.
'With the http://manson-marine.co.nz/SitePages/Supreme.htm!Supreme, for instance, it is geometrically reliant on high tensile steel to stop the shaft from bending,' says Wood. 'If an anchor were produced (or copied) to that design without the use of high quality materials, it would fail – and probably at a time when you least need an anchor failure.'
A Supreme story: 'We've been cruising the Caribbean for many years now. The last seven years we've been live aboards. As with most sailors we started long ago with the 'State of the Art' Danforth anchor. It was a decent anchor but not good for all sea bottoms. In mud or soft sand it would slide out rather easily. We eventually graduated to the CQR.
'Good holding but man could it hurt your fingers if they got in the way of the swivel head. It took lot's of experience and patience to properly set it. However once set it tended to stay put. For our next and of course larger boat we went to the newly designed Bruce anchor as a primary. Once again a very decent anchor but you were never quit certain where you would wind up in setting it. As time went on we added the new fangled Delta. The combo was excellent but a lot of work especially if you were in an anchorage that tended to have currents that caused you to make 360s.
'Up until this October were very contented with our Delta and all chain. When time and rust compelled us to buy a new anchor we took a chance on your very strange looking Manson Supreme. At the Annapolis Boat Show we watched a demonstration of how well it set.........'instantly'! My wife, the Admiral loved dropping the stainless Steel model and setting it in the long demonstration sandbox.
'End of story, we bought the 60 lbs. version and have been cruising with it since early November. It's great! It sets immediately in almost seabeds and stays put even in very stiff blows. It fit very well on our anchor roller and drops with ease.
'Aside from it being the best anchor we've ever had aboard there are two small problems. The Supreme sets so fast and securely you can get whiplash when the boat just stops as the Manson digs in. We really love that though.
'Secondly, in crowded anchorages I need to be on the look out for anyone anchoring above our anchor. This anchor can not be pulled out from the side or easily on VERY short scope. I've taken to usin


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i have a number of acid loving plants like rhododendron, camellia and red robin to name a few.
generally I use miracle grow all over the garden. Is this a good all round fertiliser for both alkaline and acid loving plants?
or should I try something different.
i recently bought some camellia and rhododendron liquid feed. Can I use this on all acid loving plants like the red robin, fan palm, acer and hydrangea? Or should I not even bother and just use miracle grow all over?
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The British Guiana Volunteer Force
by David Granger
The British Guiana Volunteer Force was established in June 1948. It was to be the second to last in a long line of military reserve forces that had been an honourable citizens' tradition in this country for over 250 years. The Force was to survive only eighteen years until it was abolished in May 1966 to make way for the Guyana Defence Force.
After the final British conquest of the colonies from the Dutch, the existing 'Burgher Militia' was reorganised in 1806 to provide for a distinct unit for each colony – the Demerary (i.e., Demerara) Militia, the Essequibo Militia, and the Berbice Militia. That militia lapsed in the 1850s but was reorganised again in 1878 with the establishment of a 'Volunteer Force.' When the West India Regiment was withdrawn, the British Guiana Militia was established in 1891.
The BG Militia was transformed into the British Guiana Regiment of the South Caribbean Force when the United Kingdom War Office assumed direct control over colonial defence during World War II. This regiment comprised seven companies of the British Guiana Home Guard; four were disbanded in 1945 after the war ended and three were retained under the name British Guiana Volunteer Corps. This Corps itself was disbanded in 1948.
The British Guiana Volunteer Force was established on 14th June 1948 by virtue of the Volunteer Ordinance. Its role was to assist the police whenever called upon to do so; to provide static guards on all essential works and installations; to provide armed escorts and patrols; and to assist in the restoration of law and order.
The Volunteer Force at first was placed under the command of the Commissioner of Police in his capacity of Commandant, Local Forces. In those days, the commissioner usually held the military rank of colonel and was responsible for the operational use of the Force. Next in line was the commanding officer, a part-time officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel, who had responsibility for discipline, recruiting, training and other administrative matters.
It was not until the enactment of the Volunteer (Amendment) Ordinance on 11th July 1957 that this dual control ceased and the commanding officer was vested with full command authority under the direction of the governor. In its brief history, the Force had three commanding officers – lieutenant colonels Ernest Haywood, Charles Bernard and Celso de Freitas. It was in the same year (1957) that the British Guiana Militia Band was transferred to the British Guiana Police Force to become what is now the Guyana Police Force Band.


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PC Adapter is the important tool for working with a PLC instead a PG with Simatic Step 7 Software. It is the interface to communicate with PLC. By this tool we can setup a PLC with all the module connected, transfer a program, download and upload, and also monitoring the states of IO's, etc.
The old PC Adapter used RS232 interface. But now, many laptop have some USB ports with no serial port. So USB port is the best choice.
Download here
Extract using WinRAR, WinZip, or 7ZIP. Then ready to use.
When you are using Windows 7, you can't install this driver.
All simatic software which are released for Windows 7 (like Step 7 5.5, TIA Portal V11) already have PC USB device driver. And will be installed automatically.
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text: Featuring snowshoeing, Schwarzer Adler is a great choice for your ski vacation in Sankt Anton am Arlberg. You can grab a bite to eat at the restaurant and visit the spa to be pampered with massages, detox wraps, or aromatherapy. An indoor pool and an outdoor pool are other highlights, and rooms at this upscale hotel offer up nice touches like bathrobes and slippers. Ski passes and storage are also available.


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By way of our colleague Julia, the Associated Press on American dialects that show up on our favorite 140-character messaging service ("Twitter is full of regional 'accents,' study finds"):
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University examined 380,000 messages from Twitter during one week in March 2010 and found that the social networking site is full of its own kinds of geographical dialects.
Take the word cool. Southern Californians tend to write the shorthand "coo," while their neighbors up north use the phonetic shorthand "koo."
The 4.5 million words the researchers examined were full of similar examples. Some were obvious — like "y'all" in the South or "yinz" in Pittsburgh — and some more mysterious. The word "suttin" was found over and over in New York City, a shorthand for "something."


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All meetings of the Planning Group and its committees are open to the public. Spanish interpretation is provided with 72 hour advance notice; contact Planning Council Support Staff to request interpretation. People living with HIV/AIDS are especially encouraged to attend and to get involved! For more information about how to get involved, see Consumer Involvement or Become a Member.
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Starting this month, guests of 45 Park Lane's rooftop Penthouse Suite will receive the keys to a 2014 Rolls-Royce Wraith for a half-day joyride. The turbocharged 12-cylinder, 624 hp Wraith—the fastest and most powerful Rolls Royce ever—is arguably the British marque's most stylish model to date. Touting an athletic silhouette inspired by Italy's 1950 Lancia Aurelia and 1967 Maserati Ghibli, the $285,000 fastback coupe is meant to appeal to drivers both youthful and sophisticated. As such, the Wraith pairs well with the new and elegant Thierry Despont–designed penthouse, which combines cerused mahogany and suede accents; custom-made furnishings in leather and silk velvet; and sweeping views of Hyde Park and London's skyline. The 1,755-square-foot penthouse is priced at about $11,500 per night. [See More]
The Rolls-Royce Wraith, the first incarnation of which was initially produced in 1938, is set to make a return to the roads after more than 70 years on hiatus. As the vehicle is completely outfitted with luxurious new features, the product manager Phillip Harnett takes viewers on a tantalizing trip down the sweeping roads of London's outer country from behind the wheel of the Wraith. Here we find the 625hp car executed with road-curve foresight, as informed by its acute GPS navigation; able to maintain its poise in the harshest conditions – thanks to testing in Sweden and Death Valley; and fitted with seamless automatic gear shifting for urban driving. In combination with a handcrafted leather, chrome, and wooden interior, the impressive Rolls-Royce Wraith is certainly its own spectacle. Enjoy.
Any time you see a pink car these days, the first guess you're going to make is that it's for some sort of breast cancer charity. This new special edition Rolls-Royce Ghost Extended Wheelbase called the FAB1 follows suit. The total pink whip, which is an homage to Lady Penelope's car in Thunderbirds, is part of the DJ Chris Evans-headed project in hopes of earning £1 million for Breast Cancer Care. [See More]
The most powerful Rolls Royce production car is a secret no more as images of the Wraith Coupe spilled all over the internet today revealing its "fastback" looks, less than 24 hours before its world premiere at the Geneva motor show. What we know about the new Wraith coupe is that is based on a shorter version of the Ghost sedan's platform using the same V12 engine, but reworked to produce over 600-horses that are channeled to the rear wheels through an eight-speed automatic transmission. [See & Read More]


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As aspects of Armajani's work include text and paper, members of London's Iranian community will come together to share poems in Persian, both reciting their own and other iconic poems by the likes of Hafez and Rumi. Iran is a country where poetry is very much part of everyday life, the delivery of which, for even those without Persian language, is as sonorous and as rhythmic as music itself.
Reciting will be Bahman Forsi and Afshin Babazadeh.
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