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PRISCHA Kambarage was one of the several patients who benefited from assistance of various products donated by North Mara Gold Mine women workers on Saturday last week.
A team of 46 women workers from the gold mine visited Butiama District Hospital in Mara Region and handed over their donation to mark this year's International Women's Day. The donation included more than 100 bed sheets meant for the hospital's wards and direct help of different products such as soaps, toothbrushes, and body lotions given to patients.
"We real thank those (North Mara Gold Mine women workers). It is indeed a big surprise," Ms Kambarage, a resident of Magungua village in Butiama District said from the hospital bed. Her words of appreciation were echoed by other patients including Musa Josephat, who was also in the same ward nursing a sick baby.
The public hospital is located at Butiama area where the founding father of the nation the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere was born and grew up. Ms Janeth Magita, a nursing officer who was the delivery ward said: We are so happy with the generosity and the visit of the North Mara Gold Mine workers but we also are asking for help of an incubator machine to save lives of premature babies.
The gold mine women workers arrived at the hospital on morning hours while in white t –shirts and met Butiama District Commissioner(DC) Ms Annarose Nyamubi who accompanied them to hand over the donation. Ms Nyamubi thanked them for the donation which she said it supplements efforts made by the government to improve health service delivery at the district largest hospital.
"North Mara Gold Mine women have indeed shown a good example that should be emulated by others. On behalf of all women I would like to thank you and may God bless you," the DC said.
A report read by the Acting District Medical Officer Dr Yusufu Kitunguye during the event reveals among other things that the hospital is facing shortage of workers, staff houses and ambulances. "Lack of x-ray machine is also forcing patients to travel to the regional hospital in Musoma to seek x-ray services," Dr Kitunguye said.
Dr Jackson Maira, Acting Medical Officer Incharge at the hospital said they will continue striving to offer best quality services to patients as part of showing appreciation of the support they got from the gold mine women workers. "To us this is a debt, and the way of paying back is to provide better service to patients," Dr Maira said.
Ms Fatuma Mssumi, the Section Leader of Community Relations Department at North Mara Gold Mine said the mine women workers have a tradition of celebrating the International Women's Day which is marked March 8 each year by visiting and providing various aids to needy groups as well as supporting sensitive areas with huge impact to the communities.
"At the North Mara gold mine we have geologists and engineers who are women we have them here to make the donations," Ms Fatuma said.
They also provided various gifts including cash money the two best performing nursing officers at the hospital. The initiative, Ms Fatuma said was also supported by a number of local contractors working at the gold mine which is operated by Acacia Mining, Tanzania leading gold producer.
Speaking at the same occasion, the Acacia Organisation Effectiveness and Community Relations Manager at North Mara Gold Mine Site Mr Saimon Sanga said increasing number of women in work places is imperative in bringing positive changes.
Mr Sanga said despite having operational areas in Nyamongo in Tarime District, Acacia North Mara Gold Mine women workers saw the importance of extending their support to Butiama District. "Our operations are in Nyamongo but we believe we do not need to support only the villages of Nyamongo because we are operating in Tanzania," Mr Sanga said.
The mining company has in the recent years spent billions of shillings to support local development in villages around North Mara Gold Mine with areas of education, health, water and rural roads getting top priority.
The miner is presently building two huge modern health centres at Nyamwaga and Kerende villages in Tarime District council after completing many other community development projects.

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The Laramie Project
Nancy Groves Theatergoer Reporter • Off-West End • 26 Nov 2009
Devised by Kaufman's Tectonic Theater Project, it's a kinetic piece based on interviews with more than 70 Laramie residents and has become one of the most performed plays in the modern American repertoire. UK productions are few and far between but no matter, if they are all as powerful as Wild Oats' revival at The Space. In this tiny church-cum-arts centre on the Isle of Dogs, director Joseph Walsh has delivered a production that in my view trumps even the HBO film version, which featured the likes of Steve Buscemi and Laura Linney.
Walsh's eight-strong cast is inexperienced by comparison. But over the course of two hours, each effortlessly takes on a multitude of characters, shifting between old and young, gay and straight, murderer and witness, to build up a picture of a town struggling to stay real while all around are trying to make it a symbol for their own agenda.
The direction is sensitive and uncluttered, allowing Laramie voices to be heard in a way that the media who descended on the town after the murder did not. What sparse choreography there is serves a simple message, as when the cast pile up their chairs to represent the lonely fence where Shepard lay dying.
When they help us light candles representing his final view of Laramie's twinkling lights, it could be mawkish. But as well as marking Matthew's memory, they are a pledge not to forget. US president Barack Obama finally passed the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act last month, a full decade after his death. But in the same week here in London, a middle-aged gay man was kicked to death in Trafalgar Square.
The Laramie Project cannot prevent such attacks but it can move, educate and activate those intent on preventing them in the future. This production needs and deserves a central London transfer. I sincerely hope it gets one.
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PlayStation Celebrates 15th Birthday
I remember a friend of mine importing the PlayStation in 1995 before it released in the US. I also remember thinking it was a huge waste of time and money, because nobody would ever top Nintendo and Sega.
Yes, well, one of the many times I've been very, very wrong. Today, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEA) celebrates 15 years of PlayStation in North America; since that time, gamers around the world have "helped the company to revolutionize the video game industry, moving the industry from traditional cartridge-based gaming to disc-based solutions, introducing gamers to in-depth, high-resolution and real time 3D computer graphics, and in later years to technical innovations like Blu-Ray and stereoscopic 3D entertainment for the home." So of course, there's a lot to celebrate. Said SCEA CEO Jack Tretton:
"When you look in the rearview mirror at what was happening in 1995 you see that the video game industry was an entirely different animal. Cartridges were still the preferred medium, and the market was a modest $2.6 billion in sales revenue annually. Many critics thought that a disc-based console with a lot of horse power would shoot over the heads of consumers, but our users proved them wrong. Now, we are seeing a convergence of video games and home entertainment, and a market that is a robust $20 billion in revenue. In the next 15 years and beyond PlayStation will continue to bring new and more immersive experiences, like stereoscopic 3D, augmented reality as well as genre-defying gameplay into consumer living rooms."
The press release goes on to mention classic franchises such as Gran Turismo, along with "building new genres" with the likes of LittleBigPlanet and Heavy Rain. If you've appreciated what Sony has done over the past decade and a half, or you simply want to reap the benefits, check out the following ways the company plans to celebrate:
-- Free downloadable PS3 & PSP static themes available for download on the PlayStation®Store starting today.
-- Weekly discounts on select PS One® titles within the PlayStation®15th anniversary collection page, available in all SCEA territories on PS3, PSP & Media Go Storefronts. In addition to a 50 percent sale on Super Rub A Dub (Super Rub A Dub offer good from Thursday, September 9, 2010 - through Monday, September 20, 2010).
-- A PlayStation®Home commemorative Original PlayStation® (PS One®) ornament for personal spaces available starting today.
So for the next few months, feel free to take advantage. PlayStation has sold over 377 million hardware consoles since 1995 and more than 2 billion software units globally; here in the US alone, Sony has managed to generate over $63 billion in revenue...which equates to 40% of the overall video game market share in this country to date.
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I was so impressed by the PSX, I gathered together my 3 month old Saturn and games and repackaged them the best I could and took it all back to Toys R' Us. No receipt, missing manuals, and a non-resaleble box etc. The girl at the return desk refused to take it back (not surprisingly) but I insisted out of desperation.
Their General Manager happened to be there that day and I made my case with him. Against his better judgement he reluctantly accepted my plea and gave me store credit for the full retail value-- I'm so indebted.
I went home that day with a PSX, game, mem card, and extra controller =D
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I pledged fealty soon after and am now never disappointed.
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I bought a PS1 not long after it's release in the mid 90's. I went to KB Toys looking for a console, but was unsure which system to buy between Sega and Sony. I had a non gaming friend with me, so he was no help.
I ended up picking Sony based on their reputation with electronics. Even though Sega had been in the gaming business for a while, I felt Sony could be trusted to deliver a fine product. I believe they did and I've been happy with the playstation brand ever since.
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I just put a whole nice long post on what the Playstation family has done for me & my collections, then I submitted it.
But the site came up with a message that I was attempting to hack the thread & it wiped out my whole f*cking post.
Now, I'm so pissed & won't bother, cause I wasted enough time away from my GTA-IV for nothing.
That's one really f*cking stupid automated virus site guard bot!!!!!
I'm out!
Friday, September 10, 2010 @ 3:28:04 AM
always preferred PC games though, i was playing on the PC years before the PS1 even was announced!
to this day, one of my favorite ps1 games is apocalypse the game that stared nick cage, another has to be digemon one of the best RPGs ever released!
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Live in Edinburgh This Week – 29th October 2012
Well well, recording an album isn't half fun, even if you're not actually doing anything yourself! I'm not sure quite how much I'll be up for gigging this week, just to release the risk of my body spontaneously combusting due to becoming 80% alcohol.
Firstly, though, thanks to everyone who turned out for Friday's awesome BAD FUN at Henderson's. As you probably know, the third one is pencilled in for (almost) my 37th birthday, on the 17th of November. As Broken Records are playing, and they need a rather bigger rig than we've been using this one will be a little more expensive, but still only £7 if you buy in advance and £10 on the door.
For those of you feeling a little more robust, then there are a couple of decent opportunities for pop fun this week, and some rather interesting looking chatter about album artwork at Born to Be Wide on Thursday:
Thursday 1st Nov.: Keser album launch with Esperi and Adam Stafford at the Wee Red Bar.
I know little about Keser, but you can preview their stuff on their website, which I linked above, and it sounds like lovely, atmospheric soundscapes which, if I have the emotional courage to venture to a gig at all this week, might be just about the best thing for me.
Thursday 1st Nov.: Born to Be Wide Album Artwork Night at the Electric Circus.
This is an interesting one. Since starting the label I have begun to understand the conflict which sometimes arises between the artists' desire for an image with impact and the practical issues of designing something which has to sell well as a piece of merchandise both in record shops and via the internet. Add to that the slew of iconic designers, label styles and individual album designs and this should be a rather interesting one.
Saturday 3rd Nov.: Ringo Deathstarr at the Third Door.
[EDIT: It looks for all the world like these dates have been cancelled, although this isn't reflected in the venue's own listings.] This lot are lo-fi and growly, but deep down they basically write amazing riffs and bouncy pop songs, just ones which they deliver at a thumping volume and with shitloads of distortion. Their songwriting can, in my opinion, be a little uneven, but they're an awesome live band and I strongly recommend getting along to this if you can.


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Mt Shasta | Lessons Learned | A Few Steps Shy
I skydive out of airplanes with a parachute and free fall for ~45 seconds at a lower altitude than the top of this mountain. It was the first mountain 14er I've climbed and snowboarded down. This would be her first 14er as well. We decided it was time to take our bus. This isn't something I wanted her to do and convinced her to do it, she knows my passion for the mountains and had her own reasons and desires to attempt something out of her regular hobbies. She asked my brother (who's a mountain guide) and I if we could take her up so we coordinated everything to work together nearly 6 months ago and we gave it a 100% preparation and effort. She created a goal, trained, prepared, and learned possibly the most difficult lesson of all along the way. She's 110lbs has no mountaineering experience, doesn't backpack regularly and I wouldn't say she enjoys the snow very much. Me on the other hand. The 180* opposite. I love it all, I moved to the mountains 5 years ago to follow that dream. She didn't complain to me once, she was fired up the entire time and she carried everything she needed on her back, she had trained for a solid year and really pushed herself physically the past 6 months. We ran through every environment and situation a mountaineer could in a single trip. We started out a day delayed due to bad weather, cutting our trip down from 3 days to 2 days. When we hit the trail it was nearly a 70* summer day at 6,950 feet. Geared up with ~35lbs of gear, food, water and a flask of whiskey we started our trek up our first volcano together. I never really wanted to have a mountaineering partner that was also my girlfriend. The idea of her slipping off the edge of a cliff... View More »


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The School of Medicine has a tradition of interdepartmental collaboration that will be magnified even further through ACCEL-Med initiatives. For example, two years ago, Richard Eckert, PhD, Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Scott Strome, MD, Chair of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, began a partnership to yield new insights and treatments for cancers of the head, neck, skin and mouth. Recognizing that the best way to advance their project was to have a faculty member whose research interests fit the missions of both departments, Drs. Eckert and Strome jointly recruited Michal Zalzman, PhD, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2012.
Dr. Strome first identified Dr. Zalzman as an excellent candidate for the joint appointment when his group collaborated with her on a cancer-related project. "Michal's talent and potential to become an incredible senior investigator shone through while she was still a postdoctoral fellow at the NIH, and immediately I knew that we could greatly benefit from having her as a permanent member of our team," says Dr. Strome.
During her tenure at NIH, Dr. Zalzman studied a gene called Zscan4, which appears to regulate survival of stem cells and could play a major role in the prolonged life of cancer cells. "Her expertise in stem-cell research, and the implications that her work has for cancer biology, made her an outstanding prospective faculty member who could straddle the basic science work with clinical studies," says Dr. Eckert.
Dr. Zalzman's primary appointment is in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, with a secondary appointment in Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Both departments contribute in unique and important ways to her development: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology provides a basic science environment and mentoring, and Otorhinolaryngology provides a venue for studying important clinically relevant issues and providing fundamental insights into disease. Her appointment also has further strengthened the partnership between the two departments, which now have regular meetings to help foster additional collaborations that could lead to new arenas for grant submission.
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Last week marked some memorable history being made — and some key dates perhaps fraught with deeper historical significance than either Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte or China's Xi Jinping would care to be reminded of.
On Oct. 17, Xinhua reported that the president of the Philippines — then enroute for an official state visit to China — had admitted he would not fight for his country. "There is no sense in going to war" to recover Philippine territory that Chinese forces have seized in the South China Sea, Rodrigo Roa Duterte had declared. "There is no sense fighting over a body of water." Also on Oct. 17, Duterte told Hong Kong's Phoenix Television that he wanted to hold war games with China — and no longer with the Philippines' longstanding treaty ally, the United States. "I have given enough time for the Americans to play with the Filipino soldiers," he said.
On Oct. 20, speaking in the Great Hall of the People, Duterte delivered on what he had promised would be the "defining moment of my presidency," sticking the knife into the Americans. "In this venue, your honors, in this venue, I announce my separation from the United States." Duterte went on to say this: "I've realigned myself in your ideological flow and maybe I will also go to Russia to talk to [President Vladimir] Putin and tell him that there are three of us against the world — China, Philippines and Russia." America, he added, "has lost."
Also on Oct. 20, a triumphant-looking President Xi delivered his part of the bilateral bargain. In return for the Philippine president's willingness to look the other way regarding Chinese naval- and air bases in the South China Sea, Beijing would start delivering more than $13.5 billion of soft loans and an array Chinese-controlled joint development projects to fill Duterte's begging bowl.
Professor Erwin Tiongson of Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service and a man with a keen historical eye, helps put last week's chronology in a fitting context. October 20, as Duterte was venting his scorn for Americans in Beijing, marks the 72nd anniversary of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's landing in Leyte. Five months later, a future President Rodrigo Roa Duterte would be born into freedom — on the island of Leyte.
The historical record is silent — and Duterte himself has not responded to a written invitation to clarify it — on how his parents, Vicente Duterte and Soledad Roa Duterte, might have celebrated when the Americans freed them from foreign aggression. We don't know (yet) whether Vicente and Soledad were among the brave Filipino patriots who harassed Japanese forces on Leyte and passed valuable intelligence on to the U.S. Sixth Army — or whether they, like others, were collaborators. But we know what to call the son, who has admitted he is eager to look the other way in the face of foreign aggression, in return for money.
Also on Oct. 20, while Duterte was venting his spleen against Americans in the Great Hall of the People, the U.S. Embassy in Manila dispatched Col. Kevin Wolfla to Leyte. The decorated U.S. Army attaché spoke to an audience in the town of Palo that had gathered to mark the 1945 Leyte Gulf landing. "Our relationship with the Philippines is broad and our alliance is one of our most enduring and important relationships in the Asia-Pacific region," Col. Wolfla (rightly) noted. "It is a cornerstone of stability for over 70 years."
The Philippines News Agency reported that Leyte Gov. Dominico Petilla "repeatedly thanked the US for its role in the Philippines' liberation and massive assistance of the US government after super typhoon Yolanda." The governor's mother, Palo Mayor Remedios Petilla, "assured that US officials will always be invited in future Leyte Gulf Landing celebrations," the news report added.
Seventy two years after the landing that set the stage for the largest naval battle in history — and the liberation of the Philippines, Filipinos still mark the date with a MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park. And it turns out that President Duterte has a most personal reason to remember American sacrifices for his country. But for reasons that have yet to be explained, Rodrigo Duterte's historical memories are shorter.
Duterte was born on Leyte on March 28, 1945. While his mother was giving birth, Japanese forces sunk an American submarine, the USS Trigger, which had been patrolling in Japanese waters. Eighty-nine Americans under the command of CDR David Rickart Connole lost their lives that day. The Trigger had already sunk "at least fifteen enemy vessels for a total of more than 85,000 tons of shipping," according to the United States Navy Submarine Force Library and Museum, in Groton, Connecticut. Motor Machinist's Mate First Class Constantine Guinness, one of the Trigger's intrepid men, had captured the Trigger's spirit with a poem: "I'm the Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast."
The names of the Trigger's crew are also remembered in the missing-in-action memorial in the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Duterte's foreign secretary, Perfecto Yasay — who has also been busy expressing his disdain for Americans these days — was living in Hawaii with his family when his old friend Duterte tapped him for the Department of Foreign Affairs. As I reported in a column published on ForeignPolicy.com on Oct. 17, Yasay has professional ties to Filipino-Chinese tycoons with high-level connections in Beijing.
Duterte has not responded to questions as to whether he has ever been to the American Cemetery in Manila. Tucked away on 152 peaceful green acres, the cemetery honors the memories of the 16,632 Americans and 570 brave Filipinos who are buried there — and whose lives will be eternally marked by their sacrifices to free the Philippines from foreign occupation. There is also a chapel and a memorial honoring 36,285 Americans, Filipinos and other members of the allied armed forces who were killed in action — including the eighty-nine Americans from the Trigger who died the day Duterte's mother gave birth.
There are other dates worth contemplation as the Duterte presidency continues down its anti-American path. But one stands out.
On September 9, 1945, Japanese forces surrendered in China. President Xi Jinping and other senior members of the Politburo like to pretend that China's armed forces threw out the Japanese. The chest thumpers in today's Beijing are loath to acknowledge that Americans, Australians, British, New Zealanders, Canadians and others also had their hands in that victory, to understate the matter considerably.
The missing date in the chronology is the time that China helped another country secure its liberty, at the cost of considerable Chinese lives. That's because such a historical event has yet to happen.


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Affected Area: Bulb
Description: Small white worms about 1/3" long. Large, winged adult flies are brown or gray, 1/4" long with a humpback appearance. Maggots burrow into onion bulbs destroying the crop. Damage is more serious in wet years.
Control: When needed, foliage can be sprayed with *malathion or diazinon when flies appear, about the time forsythia blooms.
* Place Diazinon granules in furrow at planting time. Destroy culls immediately after harvest.
* Pesticide use and recommendations for various areas are constantly changing. Check with your County agent for current recommendations.
Problem: Thrips
Affected Area: Leaf
Description: Thrips are tiny (1/25" long), slender insects, hard to see and often hide in the angles of the leaves (bulb). They feed on underside of leaves turning them a silvery color.
Control: Thrip damage generally does not merit control.
* Diazinon or pyrethrum-rotenone combination.
* Pesticide use and recommendations for various areas are constantly changing. Check with your County agent for current recommendations.
Problem: Cutworms
Affected Area: Above ground portion of the plant
Description: Plants chewed off just above ground level.
Cutworms are caterpillars that are up to 1 1/2" long and mottled or striped green, brown or gray. When they are disturbed, they roll up in a coil.
They usually position themselves at the moisture line in the soil moving up and down according to the water content. If the soil surface is dry, they will be found a couple of inches below the surface where the moisture begins. When newly watered, they will be at the surface.
Control: Put cardboard collar around new transplants to extend 1" to 2" above and below soil level.
Problem: Pink root
Affected Area: Root
Description: Roots rot and take on a pink color. Yields can be severely reduced.
Control: Plant in non-infested soil. Soil can be sterilized with Vapam before planting if problem is severe.
Rotate planting location.
Problem: Neck Rot
Affected Area: Bulb
Description: Water-soaked spots appear in neck area, turning yellow. Gray mold brows between bulb scales and bulb deteriorates. Usually appears just before harvest.
Control: Avoid using excessive nitrogen fertilizer and allow tops to mature well before harvest. Avoid injury to bulbs at harvest and dry before placing in storage.
Problem: Pythium Seed Rot and Damping-Off
Affected Area: Disease occurs on the roots
Description: Symptoms include roots becoming soggy and appear gray. Infected seedling usually die while plants infected in later stages do not die. Onions in the later stages of life usually appear slightly yellow and water-soaked.
Control: Control of this disease is done by making sure that the plants are not in too much water. Good drainage and the use of fungicides are recommended.
Problem: Fusarium Damping-Off
Affected Area: The disease affects the roots
Description: Symptoms include moldy, rotting seeds. Roots turn different colors before turning red and then black when as they die. Very slow growth then eventual death of the plant.
Control: Clean seeds should be planted to prevent the disease along with soil rotation. The use of fungicides and fumigants is also recommended.
Problem: Fusarium Basal Plate Rot
Affected Area: The disease affects the roots
Description: Symptoms include the leave turning yellow and curving. The stems may also become a different color ranging from purple to brown. The plants may wilt.
Control: The best way to prevent this disease is to plant resistant onions and garlic. Other ways to help control the disease include cold storage of bulbs and the use of fungicides.
Problem: Pink Root
Affected Area: The disease affects the roots
Description: The disease appears on the roots beginning with a light pink and increasing to a dark pink almost red until they turn purple and begin to decay. The plant will appear to be sick with few leaves and slow growth. Seedlings will die and older plant will be very small and sick looking
Control: Crop rotation is vital to controlling the disease. Using resistant seed along with fumigation also help in controlling.
Problem: Smudge
Affected Area: The disease affects the bulb
Description: Green and black spots on the bottom of the bulb are an indicator of the disease. The spots can form into circular rings. Often confused with smut.
Control: White onions get the disease far more easily than colored onions. When white onions are grown special attention should be given to making sure that the onions are protected from the elements at the time of harvest and stored in a place that promotes quick drying and cool storage just above freezing.
Problem: Soft Rot
Affected Area: The disease affects the bulb and leaves
Description: The leaves will turn white and will begin to wilt. The bulb will turn a yellow/brown color and become very soft. This smells really bad as the rotting gets worse.
Control: Onions should be dried before they are stored and then they should be stored at a temperature just above freezing.
Problem: Sour Skin
Affected Area: The disease affects the bulbs
Description: A few of the inner scales may begin to become slimy and slightly brownish/yellow. These inner scales will begin to rot. The outside and middle of the bulb will remain firm. This can cause the onion to slip apart during harvest.
Control: Harvesting at the moment the bulbs reach maturity and quick drying are the best methods in controlling the disease. It is best not to use overhead sprinklers to grow the onions. Try alternative ground sources to get water to the onions and the problem will be solved.
Problem: Stem and Bulb Nematode
Affected Area: This disease affects the leaves and bulb
Description: The leaves of infected plants often develop in a very irregular manner and often have yellow/brown spots. Seedling infested with the disease often die because there leaves are not growing correctly. The bulb usually become very soft and eventually rots completely and the result is a very bad odor.
Control: Crop rotation is one of the best ways to combat the disease. Plant only clean uninfected seed and fumigation may be used to prevent the seeds from being contaminated before the plant begins to grow. The main way to prevent nematodes is to dip the cloves into hot water for a period of time and then in warm tap water.
Problem: Lesion Nematode
Affected Area: The disease affects the roots
Description: This disease causes slow growth because it attacks the roots creating sores and blemishes where extensive root systems once were. The sores turn dark with time. The extent of the damage depends on the amount of time the nematodes spent feeding on the roots.
Control: Dipping the seeds in hot water has been effective in killing the nematodes. The use of fumigants has also been useful in reducing the amount of nematodes in the soil.
Problem: Root-Knot Nematode
Affected Area: roots
Description: Round swells will appear on the roots and the entire root system will be considerably shorter with fewer roots. The roots may also take on a yellowish appearance.
Control: Crop rotation is one of the best ways to control the nematodes.
Problem: Stubby-Root Nematode
Affected Area: The disease affects the roots
Description: The first sign of the nematodes is the lack of growth in the first few weeks. Very few leaves will form. The roots themselves are what?s being attacked and they become very stubby and do not grow very far.
Control: The use of chemicals designed to kill nematodes as well as appropriate fumigants can help control the nematode populations. Flooding the infected area also kills the majority of the nematodes.
Problem: Sting Nematode
Affected Area: The disease affects the roots
Description: Symptoms range from wilting to severe lack of growth. The leaves turn white and my even die. Areas infected also can be very large or very small. The roots will appear very short and stubby with sores at the tips.
Control: Sudden changes in the conditions of the soil will reduce the nematode populations. These changes can be anything from excessive drying to intense flooding. The use of fumigants has also proven effective in controlling the nematodes.
Problem: Garlic Mosaic
Affected Area: The disease affects the leaves
Description: White streaks, striping, and other patterns may develop on the leaves as an indicator of the virus. The growth is often slowed considerably and the bulb size decreases.
Control: The use of virus-free seed and bulbs grown in isolated areas can be used to greatly reduce the risk of infection.
Problem: Aster Yellows
Affected Area: The disease affects the leaves
Description: Yellow steaks or just overall yellowing may occur, beginning on the younger leaves and eventually spreading through the entire plant. The leaves way also become twisted up in each other. The plant sometimes wilts and dies.
Control: Good removal of weeds and use of insecticides will usually control the disease. Planting away from other crops that can be infected is also a good idea.
Problem: Temperature Stress
Affected Area: The damage affects all parts of the plant
Description: High heat and strong sunlight can damage young plants by killing tissue. Older plants may become burned. Cold temperatures may also kill young plants, and if it gets colder than -5?C the bulbs may be damaged and become soggy and gray.
Control: Making sure that the temperature not very intense hot or cold is the only way to control damage.
Problem: Hail and Storm Injury
Affected Area: The damage affects the entire plant
Description: When rain or hail is combined with driving winds the plants are often damaged. The leaves and stalks of the plants are usually damaged by the physical impact and this then weakens the plant and increases the chance of infection by diseases.
Control: It is impossible to control the weather so there are not control measures for this problem.
Problem: Soil Acidity and Alkalinity
Affected Area: Leaf
Description: pH
Problem: Manganese
Affected Area: The damage affects the leaves
Description: The deficiency occurs mainly in alkaline soils. The leaves tend to curl up and become light colored. The bulbs don?t form for a longer period of time and the necks become thick. The leaf tips may also start to burn and the growth may become very slow.
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Alannah Crockatt secured third place at an inter-club diving event at Albatross Diving Club.
The Rickmansworth school girl was in action in the the girls' A group, competing against girls between the ages of 15 and 18.
The event, held in Reading, was celebrating 25 years of inter-club competition.
A Year 10 pupil at The Royal Masonic School for Girls, the 15-year-old is also captain of the dive team at Amersham Swimming Club.
She will be in a club party which will travel to Graz in Austria later this summer for a training camp.


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I've fallen so in love with the app, that when I go to legal or library events and someone asks me what apps I suggest they get, BandsInTown is the first thing I mention. If they love live music, and want to know who is coming to town, or who is playing in the town they are visiting, then this is the app for them. If they don't like live music, then I just walk away…
So what does BandsInTown do exactly? Let me walk through some of the things that I like:
- Scans your current music collection - once you install it on your iPhone, it takes a look at your current music list and compiles a list of all the bands you have. It then will follow these bands and let you know if any of them are coming to town in the next few months.
- Connects to Facebook - alright, this part I didn't really like because I am not a big fan of being forced to connect one product to another (especially Facebook… and I'm talking to my cousins who keep inviting me to accept apps from them on Facebook!!). However, I limited BandsInTown's access to Facebook, and opted out of any of those automatic update features. I did allow it to post if I RSVP to an event.
- RSVP - If you see a show that you are going to attend, you can "RSVP" that show in BandsInTown and that information can remain private in your app, or you can allow it to update your Facebook account to let others know you are going to the show.
- Track Specific Bands - If you like a certain band, but don't have them in your iPhone playlist, you can enter the band's name and BandsInTown will start tracking them for you.
- See All Concerts coming to town - BandsInTown defaults to the bands you have in your music collection, but one of the best features is that it will also just show you everything that is coming to town over the next few weeks/months. This is one of those fun serendipitous ways of finding new music that you would have never found before.
- Spotify, Pandora and last.fm - BandsInTown will lead you to specific band's Spotify station, or you can link your Pandora or last.fm accounts as well. That way, when you see a band that looks like it might be of interest to you, you can go check them out right on the spot.
- Purchase Tickets Right From Your Phone - If you need to buy tickets for their show, most of the venues will have a link to purchase them online and BandsInTown will direct you to the site.
- Roam Around, BandsInTown Will Roam With You - This gets me back to my New York experience. I took BandsInTown with me to Chicago a few weeks ago and had it find me the local shows. It does so either through entering the name of the band, or through GPS. We ended up going to see Peter and the Test Tube Babies… although, one drawback of BandsInTown is that there may be more than one good band playing and then you have to decide which you want to see more. So, I had to give up seeing The Pretty Reckless in favor of Peter… but, it's a price I'm willing to pay over the option of not being able to find any shows at all.
Perhaps the feature I like best is that the app is free! That probably won't surprise anyone that knows me.
BandsInTown app. Go check it out, and perhaps I'll see you at the Bowling for Soup concert tonight!! Or, maybe I'll go to the Social Distortion concert… or maybe New Year's Day… I have so many choices!!


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Richard Dallalana completed his undergraduate medical degree at the University of Melbourne in 1993, going on to complete surgical training at St. Vincent's Hospital.
He completed his training in Orthopaedic Surgery in 2003 and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and a member of the Australian Orthopaedic Association.
Post-graduate training was undertaken overseas in 2004 – 2005. This included fellowships in Arthroscopy / Sports Medicine in Edmonton, Canada based at the University of Alberta, Upper Limb surgery at St. Mary's and Ravenscourt Park Hospitals, London, England, and Knee surgery at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, England.
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Skip to comments.Constantinople and Norsin
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There is a contradiction in a question posed by Devlet Bahçeli to the president, who referred to Güroymak as Norşin. "Will you also change the signboard reading İstanbul' that you encounter on the highway traveling from Gebze to İstanbul to Constantinople'?" asked Bahçeli. Here are my questions: What will happen if we change it? What change will this make? The answer: Only our habits will change. Why? It is because there is nothing in the name İstanbul that belongs to Turks, Turkishness or the Turkish language other than our habits. İstanbul as a name is as alien to the Turkish language as Constantinople; it may even be more alien.
We may discuss all aspects of the Kurdish issue. We may tolerate Bahçeli's and Deniz Baykal's opposition stained with rage and political interests. In the end, diverse views will clash freely with each other, and everyone will be held responsible for the views they advocate. Eventually, democracy will create a common ground. Therefore, we can tolerate all sorts of ideas and discuss all the different opinions with maturity. But can we do so with ignorance? Who can say that s/he is entitled to inflict unhappiness on a great nation because of his/her ignorance?
Etymologically, İstanbul is derived from the Greek word Constantinople. It is written and pronounced in different forms. Stampoli is the closest one to the original. İstanbul is the Armenian pronunciation of the Greek word that means "civic," "of city" and "urban." Inspired by the Armenian word "Esdanbol," we started to call this beautiful city İstanbul.
Many of the settlements in Turkey do not have Turkish names. All the city names ending with "-bolu," including Gelibolu, Safranbolu, Tirebolu and even İstanbul, are derived from the Greek word "polis" meaning "city." Because of the same reason, we call our civilian security organization "polis" like many countries around the world. İskenderun is derived from Alexander and named after Alexander the Great, the great commander and ruler. As one can easily guess, Kayseri comes from "Kaiser" (Caesar), the title of Roman emperors. Diyarbakır is an Arabic word, while some Kurds prefer to call it Amed, a name also used by Armenians. In the eastern and southeastern provinces, many settlements still have names derived from Armenian. There is a simple reason for this. The Turkish language has only existed in these lands for 1,000 years, but Anatolia is the cradle of many ancient civilizations.
Changing the names that people have been using for centuries overnight has nothing to do with the nationalism of the dominant nation. Changing these names is purely an attack of vandalism on culture and history. Such an attack may come only from a mind that is primitive, uncivilized, parvenu, wild and ill, a mind that is full of hatred. Ignorance is another characteristic of such a person. This untamed ignorance even went further, changing the purely Turkish names of places after the military coup of Sept. 12, 1980. For example, the name of the village of Dodurga near Ankara was changed, but someone said: "What the hell are you doing? Dodurga is the name of a Turkmen clan." So the village regained its name.
Not only our language, but our civilization also has a great mixture of diverse wisdom. The Ottoman Empire was established in this diverse synthesis. This synthesis accommodated the Mogul customs, the Ottoman timar system, Sassanid (Persian) bureaucracy, Islamic law and Turkish traditions.
"Norşin" sounds familiar to me. As "Nor" is derived from "Nur" (light), I can assert that it is associated with proper names such as "Nurşen." I do not have to run an etymological analysis in order to understand what "İstanbul" means.
Law No. 2932, passed by the military junta as a last-minute piece of legislation in 1983, deprived Kurds of their language. To call Kurds our "sisters and brothers" while at the same time defending the names changed at that time is nothing other than a big contradiction. This is particularly so if those who did not object to this ban and the name changes at that time -- including myself -- are expected to engage in self-criticism.
Changing the name of İstanbul to Constantinople is perfectly acceptable from a linguistic point of view, but we have the right to be given a reasonable explanation for refusing to call Güroymak Norşin.
From "Eis thn Polis". Istanbul just sounds more Turkish.
Actually, if you read the article Istanbul does not sound Turkish at all - it is not even a properly Turkified way of saying it.
The Turks try and lay claim for things not their own all the time. This is the first time I have seen in print a Turk acknowledge where they leave was not places their ancestors came from and hod no hand in founding.
"This is the first time I have seen in print a Turk acknowledge where they leave was not places their ancestors came from and hod no hand in founding."
I can't say as I have ever read any writing by a Turk saying these things, but the very existence of the "museum" of Agia Sophia demonstrates a society which preexisted the Ottomans.
The Western educated, secular Turks I know from business frankly remind me of my own educated, professional relatives in Greece and my friends with similar backgrounds from Lebanon and Egypt. This doesn't mean that I would trust Turkey or the average Turk as far as I could throw him!
Didn't the government allow Constantinople to be used as late as the middle 1930's, although Istanbul was preferred?
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Today the openSUSE board invites you to submit your proposal for locations of the openSUSE Conference in 2014. Please send proposals to the openSUSE project mailing list with the subject "oSC14 location proposal".
The openSUSE conference was hosted in Nuremberg, Germany during it's incubation period and has experienced steady growth since it's inception in 2009. The fourth annual event was hosted in Prague and co-located with three additional events for the first two of the four conference days. The first four conferences were mostly organized by openSUSE community members employed by SUSE. The steady growth of the openSUSE community has created the opportunity to have a conference organization lead by a team of community members not employed by SUSE. Thanks to the initiative taken by the Greek openSUSE community, affectionately known as Greekos, the conference will take place in July of 2013 in Thessaloniki, Greece. (more…)


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Stan Stanart, Harris County Clerk, said he's expecting 500,000 people to vote countywide on Tuesday and warns the lines could be long. However, he says if voters have a plan and are smart about when and where they go, it can make the whole process go much more smoothly.
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"The machine is doing exactly what you tell it to do," said Stanart. "Some people are voting with two hands and turning the dial at the same time they're hitting the buttons. Some people are doing the emphasis voting, where they vote straight party, and they come around and make sure I want to get my candidate for president selected, and they're actually de-selecting it."
For people that do not live in Harris County and are planning on voting Tuesday, Galveston, Fort Bend, Brazoria, and Wharton Counties allow voting at any location on Election Day.
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April 30, 2011 at 10 p.m.
Updated April 29, 2011 at 11:30 p.m.
Victoria College's Fine Arts Department will present a free outdoor concert on Tuesday.
The concert will feature the VC Jazz Combo and the VC Guitar Ensemble. This is the first time VC has offered a free concert outdoors.
The VC Guitar Ensemble will feature Amanda Barrios, Kevin Flowers and Caleb Sheblak under the direction of Greg Jones. Selections include "Celestine" by composer Kevin Flowers; "Dream a Little Dream" by Andre, Schwandt and Kahn; and "Bread and Water" by Ryan Bingham.
The VC Jazz Combo features Leah Appleton, Tim Lara, Amanda Barrios, Pablo Trujillo, Kevin Flowers, Aaron Boyd, Trenton Jones, Chris Hamelwright, Evan Woodson, Joseph Kaminski, Arturo Fonseca and Andy Heger under the direction of Jonathan Anderson, associate professor of music at VC. The VC Jazz Combo will play music by Chicago, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, John Mayer and Kool and the Gang.
"We'd like to encourage the whole community to join us for some great music outdoors while the weather is pleasant, and definitely plan to bring lawn chairs, picnic blankets and relax with family and friends," said Anderson.


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Forbes' Karsten Strauss has pointed out where the deal could get tricky, but even that perspective shows the outcomes for users are good: if the visual layout of Tumblr doesn't resonate on a mobile platform with ads piled on, there's always WordPress. Strauss reports a blog post by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg today says that following Yahoo!'s announcement, 72,000 Tumblr posts were ported over to WordPress within the space of an hour.
How will this deal, which depends on a lot going right, Strauss says, work out for investors? If the projected audience growth of 50% happens and if the monetization can occur while allowing "Tumblr to be Tumblr", the deal will make sense. Investors, so far, remain skeptical. Yahoo shares ended the day up by only $.06, as Yahoo! CEO Marisa Mayer promised not to "screw it up". Said Peter Stabler of
But here's an opinion that left me scratching my head. Blogger Terence Eden posted an idea for how Tumblr could and should have raised its $1.1 billion of additional money instead of selling to Yahoo!. Instead, the company could raise needed funds to expand by "co-opting" the company's own customers, who presumably have an emotional interest in the company, to invest to the tune of a share or two each. No need to contend with Yahoo! decisions or culture, and if the expansion is successful, they each get to share in a little bit of the result.
What?? In my opinion, this is a losing strategy on multiple fronts.
Eden notes that Yahoo's purchase price of $1.1 billion to gain 170 million Tumblr users (reports I've seen peg Tumblr's base at 300 million, but oh well) would sort out to a price of $6.47 per user. He notes that even if his numbers were off by 50%, these are not huge sums for an individual to pay. Why not allow these 170 million, or 300 million, users to invest $6-13 apiece for a little slice of the firm?
Problem #1 – it's currently illegal. This is the very thing the JOBS Act and CrowdFund investing (CFi) are poising to do, and currently can't do, because the SEC regulations that would govern these small investments are not yet in place. Why? To determine who should be allowed to invest, how to register and manage their investments, and to be certain to the best of their ability nobody's getting fleeced, let alone determine how these deals get managed and policed, is a monumental undertaking. Which leads to:
Problem #2 – It's a tricky proposition to deal with non-accredited investors. I won't name names, but a promising Utah company went through a fight for its very life recently due to initial investment that was raised not in "share-at-a-time" transactions, but in relatively small increments of money from neighbors, friends, grandmas, and an assorted collection of sundry small and non-accredited investors. So what happened when circumstances required the company to quickly raise additional funds? More than 400 mostly non-professional investors with tiny individual holdings, the majority without the slightest clue about the workings of a technology company, had to be assembled, educated, and led to the critical emergency vote that would allow the firm to raise an additional $150,000 and avoid de-listing. Do you get the picture?
Without a platform and a structure to do so, the management of thousands—let alone millions—of investors who hold one or several shares each is a staggering task. Paralyzing, in fact. Without a structure such as CFi in place, an investment model like this can fundamentally not happen, legal or not.
Problem #3 – the biggest issue – Eden's statement, "I sincerely think that Internet-scale companies should look to those with the most emotional investment to provide them with financial investment…Or they will end up selling not just their customers' eyeballs - but also their trust, loyalty, and love."
Say what??? Having an emotional attachment is vital to customer loyalty, of course, but for anyone outside of a company's own employees, emotion is the worst possible rationale to invest. (As my frequent collaborator Tom Lowery put it, I do realize I'm going to be "up in at least a few people's noses" with that remark.)


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On 19 Nov 2011, at 14:38, Michael Kay wrote: > I don't think changing XSD 1.1 is an option at this stage; but since XSD 1.1 explicitly says that new data types can be added separately from the base spec, a possible option is to establish some kind of register of primitive types in which new types can be defined. That doesn't mean of course that every schema processor will support them; but actually I would like to see schema processors (including my own) evolving in a direction where new primitive data types can be plugged in by users or third parties without change to the base product. I can see that xs:precisionDecimal does this through a Note. Are you saying that similar Notes could be made for these types within the XML Schema namespace? Which group do you think would be the right one to take that forward? Jeni -- Jeni Tennison http://www.jenitennison.comReceived on Saturday, 19 November 2011 20:23:54 UTC
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text: Hi, glad someone is interested in this one as I want to (re)concentrate on it again. You can use divetools-ab to download via USB serial (see my little patch here [1]) - the package is already capable of using /dev/ttyUSB0 You need to switch to host mode and have a special adapter for your regular USB plug to fit into the mini USB (~ €1.5 on ebay). Or you download them on your PC with divetools-ab and upload just the file. QSuunto-Lite can only _display_ information from file _not_ download itself. These features are planned for the next dive program which will also not be Suunto specific and hopefully get GPS integration and stuff - but this is still a long way... Next (and probably last) feature for QSuunto-Lite will be to display the dive profile graphically. I am not planning to do it in elmentary as it was my first real program in C++ and QT and thus also meant to learn it. But for the next program maybe it will be possible to seperate GUI and logic enough, so there could be a QT (e.g. for Desktop PCs) and an elementary GUI. My primary target is the above mentioned feature for QSuunto-Lite and then getting the new dive logging application on the way. Concering QSuunto-Lite - make sure you have one of the older Suuntos that are compatible with divetools-ab [2]. Newer Suuntos are also planned to be supported in the new app. [1] http://git.senfdax.de/?p=oe_recipes;a=blob;f=divetools-ab/files/001_usbserial.patch [2] a) http://www.acs.uni-duesseldorf.de/~becka/dive/divetools/index.html b) http://www.sarnau.info/papers:suunto_protocol see Vyper, Spyder, etc. Hope this helps. Cheers, Christian > Thanks for this! > > Questions: > * What are the features you're currently working on? > * This requires that the FR is in host mode to download from the dive > computer, correct? > * As asked earlier, any chance of porting to elementary rather than QT? > > Now I can't wait to get my phone back from buzz fix! > > Russell Dwiggins


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Prestigious Awards, Stronger International Presence, and New Product Features - Research Report on Guidewire Software, Demandware, Ruckus Wireless, EPAM, and Blackbaud
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Today, Wall Street Reports announced new research reports highlighting Guidewire Software Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), Demandware Inc. (NYSE: DWRE), Ruckus Wireless Inc. (NYSE: RKUS), EPAM Systems Inc. (NYSE: EPAM), and Blackbaud, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLKB). Today's readers may access these reports free of charge - including full price targets, industry analysis and analyst ratings - via the links below.
Guidewire Software Inc. Research Report
On June 14, 2013, Guidewire Software Inc. (Guidewire Software) announced that Guidewire ClaimCenter, the Company's claims management system, won a 2013 RAVE Award. Presented by Tech Decisions magazine and Novarica, an industry research advisory firm, the RAVE AWARDS recognize outstanding software and IT service providers based on user responses to a survey using Novarica's Average Customer Experience (ACE) ranking technology. Insurance executives were asked to rate their vendor and their respective solutions in five categories: staff, organization, functionality, technology, and overall satisfaction. The Company claimed that this was the sixth consecutive year that ClaimCenter received recognition from Tech Decisions Magazine. The Full Research Report on Guidewire Software Inc. - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.wsreports.com/r/full_research_report/917d_GWRE]
Demandware Inc. Research Report
On June 13, 2013, Demandware, Inc. (Demandware) announced the opening of its new European headquarters in Munich, Germany. The Company stated that the new Munich office is now the center of operations for sales and marketing in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa). Jamus Driscoll, formerly the Senior Vice President of Global Marketing, has been appointed as the General Manager of EMEA, and will be based in Munich. Demandware recently expanded offices in London, England and opened new offices in Lyngby, Denmark, which are in addition to its existing offices in Paris, France, and Jena, Germany. According to the Company, these investments are in line with its strategy to deliver innovative, cloud-based, omni-channel commerce solutions to retailers across the globe. Tom Ebling, Chief Executive Officer of Demandware, said, "Our investments in Europe will enable us to maintain our extremely high levels of customer satisfaction as well as grow our client base." The Full Research Report on Demandware Inc. - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.wsreports.com/r/full_research_report/be91_DWRE]
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On June 10, 2013, Ruckus Wireless Inc. (Ruckus Wireless) and Globalstar, Inc. (Globalstar) announced the successful results of new Wi-Fi testing that used a combination of unlicensed spectrum in the Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) band and Globalstar's licensed Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) spectrum. Performed by Jarvinian, the Wi-Fi/TLPS testing showed that combining Globalstar's unlicensed ISM bands with 802.11-compliant and adaptive antenna array technology from Ruckus results in a carrier-grade service that significantly exceeds the performance of conventional public Wi-Fi. Tests show that Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi technology helped significantly increase Wi-Fi performance and signal range within the managed channel while providing a better method of managing co-channel interference between access points. John Dooley, Managing Partner and Founder of Jarvinian, said, "The combination of the Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi equipment and TLPS exceeded expectations for distance and capacity while not interfering or degrading the existing traffic on traditional Wi-Fi channels. Even in an indoor urban environment made difficult or otherwise unusable by spectral congestion, usable connections were established at 3-5x the distance of public Wi-Fi. More critically, very high-speed connections were maintained much more uniformly and over significantly longer distances." The Full Research Report on Ruckus Wireless Inc. - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.wsreports.com/r/full_research_report/51ac_RKUS]
EPAM Systems Inc. Research Report
On June 13, 2013, EPAM Systems Inc. (EPAM) announced partnerships with two open-source technology companies, Zend and Acquia. The partnerships provide EPAM clients with expanded access to the leading Drupal and PHP solutions. With the growing number of Zend Certified developers and experts in open source technologies, EPAM's relationship as a Zend Solution Partner will enable the Company to extend its software engineering capabilities in the open-source PHP technologies. Alex Lyashok, Head of EPAM Global Operations, said, "Solutions from Acquia and Zend are key enablers in open-source. In some industries, such as Media & Entertainment clients have very intensive digital integration needs and benefit from the open nature of these solutions. In other industries, budget and time-to-market constraints of a point solution make open source a must-consider option. Our investments make it easier for clients to adopt and benefit from Zend and Acquia solutions." The Full Research Report on EPAM Systems Inc. - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.wsreports.com/r/full_research_report/a244_EPAM]
Blackbaud, Inc. Research Report
On June 10, 2013, Blackbaud Inc. (Blackbaud) announced that Education Edge, its K-12 independent school administration software, now features Online Express Bill Pay, which provides schools the ability to accept and manage online payments that are integrated with their student billing records. With the Online Express Bill Pay, schools can manage student billing by downloading online payments into Student Billing and easily reviewing historical transactions. It also enables the customization of payment forms via simple web form editor, optimized for a school's NetClassroom design scheme, and lastly, helps schools to easily manage transactions with a manage transaction wizard that allows payments to be grouped into the appropriate deposits with a built-in review process. The Full Research Report on Blackbaud, Inc. - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.wsreports.com/r/full_research_report/bf81_BLKB]
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The Crime Branch's starting question of the probe into the alleged rape and extortion by three personnel attached to the Sakinaka Police Station mars the optimism generated by the alacrity with which Rakesh Maria acted when informed of the incident
The Crime Branch's starting question of the probe into the alleged rape and extortion by three personnel attached to the Sakinaka Police Station mars the optimism generated by the alacrity with which Rakesh Maria acted when informed of the incident. 'What was the victim doing at the hotel in the wee hours of the morning, in the first place?' looks, for all practical purposes, the starting point to build up a case for acquitting the three policemen. This apprehension is strengthened by the police's insistence on a fresh medical test to indicate, if not determine, the veracity of the rape allegation.
Let's not draw erroneous comparisons - this case is NOT like the one which happened in the Marine Drive police chowky in 2005. Constable Sunil More had been charged and convicted for rape, but that's where the similarity ends. As more tawdry details emerge, it's now clear that the Sakinaka case is one of rogue policemen - members of an elaborate extortion racket, who have routinely misused the powers vested in them by the Bombay Police Act and the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act (ITPA). It is almost like a legally empowered vice squad operating without any accountability. The very fact that they threatened the victim with charges of prostitution and booked her for public indecency under Section 110, bears testimony to this fact.
In 1997, an investigation by the National Commission for Women provided insights into how policemen across India use the law to run a lucrative extortion racket from prostitution, sometimes with the members of the raiding squads themselves acting as pimps. A 2006 memorandum that the Lawyers' Collective - a legal rights organisation actively working for the cause of civil liberties and women's rights, sent to a Parliamentary Standing Committee also emphasised how the ITPA was being used for rape and extortion - by the men in khaki. Such legislations deserve a through critique and radical overhaul, but our immediate concern is to see that in no way are the accused allowed to get away. The chances of that happening are quite strong, given Mumbai Police's history of shielding tainted cops whose guilt was never in doubt.
Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which requires the government's sanction for prosecuting delinquent and errant public servants, would be the most potent tool. The police can argue that since the alleged acts were committed in the course of duty - carrying out raids - prior sanction of the government is mandatory. How can such atrocities be a part of duty, one might ask. But that's how the law works, strengthened by some Supreme Court rulings. Only two days ago, the court held that such sanction is mandatory, even if the facts clearly showed some Karnataka policemen illegally detaining and torturing a suspect.
The case being such, if Maria is really sincere about justice being done, he should make sure that Section 197 is not invoked, and follow a precedent set by A N Roy, one of his predecessors. Roy ensured that a Special Public Prosecutor - independent of any government influence - was appointed to get More behind bars. But a proper investigation is the key to a successful prosecution, and the Crime Branch must not be allowed to continue on its victim-blaming trip.
The victim's plight must not be ignored. In case she wants to testify as witness in the rape case, it is the state's responsibility to provide her, at its own expense, with competent counsel. And because the violations have happened in police custody, once either sexual assault or rape is established, the apex court's ruling in the Chandrima Das (2000) and Delhi Domestic Workers Forum (1993) cases must be followed, and the victim must be given an interim compensation of an appropriate amount. In no way should this preclude the grant of any compensation awarded by the court, were she to file a writ against the police.
The onus is on the police administration and the government to use this case as an exemplar of the oft-repeated claim that depredations by men in khaki shall be prosecuted and punished, as they ought to be.
Saurav Datta is associated with the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Delhi, which works towards better policing. You can follow him on Twitter @SauravDatta29


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Check out the official TWO tumblr to see a big announcement for the comic (I have no idea why I didn't put it directly on here)
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No update this week, see you all next Friday
So if you haven't noticed, I added a new link to the menu! It leads to my new RedBubble store, which right now only has 3 designs in it, none related to TWO, but I will be adding some TWO related art soon. I considered printing and selling my merch myself, but I realized that that wont work for me with how I plan to have a 9-5 job while I work on my art projects.
I hope to have at least some sticker designs up by Friday.
Weird hiatus
For those readers who do not follow me on twitter, I broke my arm yesterday when I slipped on some black ice. The good news is that it was my right arm, and I'm left handed. Bad news, this throws a wrench into… everything. I can still draw the comic, but everything is going to be slower. There won't be a new page this week but I will post completely finished versions of pages 99b and 100 on Friday.
Wanna read an awesome comic while I'm recovering? Head on over to Fritz Fargo for a great comic! Blackgrass is great too!
I'm sure everyone noticed that there is no comic page this week.
Well, being back at school has taken up more of my spare time than I expected. I planned to have a page for today done but with all my classes demanding so much time in the studio, I've been too drained of time and energy to work.
So I'm going on a small hiatus to give myself time to build up a buffer. I project that I would like to have things back on track no later than… November 6th, right before Nekocon. I plan on printing out business cards to pass out and I would like to be updating at that point.
Until then, I will try to post more sketches on tumblr to satisfy anyone wanting to see more of the gang. Feel free to send an ask, even one addressing specific characters. There are a lot of secrets being held so I can't anyways answer but I'll do what I can!


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The Sports Xchange
NBA roundup: Paul, Howard want to be teammates
Chris Paul and Dwight Howard are looking to team together as both players enter free agency this summer, according to ESPN.
The Sports Xchange
NBA roundup: Paul, Howard want to be teammates
Chris Paul and Dwight Howard are looking to team together as both players enter free agency this summer, according to ESPN.
The only team with enough money under the salary cap to sign both players is the Atlanta Hawks. Howard is from the Atlanta area. While he reportedly does not have a strong desire to return there, he may be willing to do so if he can be teammates with Paul.
Howard and Paul will be the stars of free agency when it begins July 1.
Paul, the Los Angeles Clippers point guard, was angry at the team for publicly suggesting that he was to blame for coach Vinny Del Negro's firing. Paul has reportedly cooled off and is happy living in Los Angeles.
The only way the Clippers could lure Howard from the Los Angeles Lakers is through a sign-and-trade deal. However, the Lakers may not be interested in working with their crosstown rivals on such a deal.
--- Denver Nuggets forward Andre Iguodala plans to opt out of his contract and become a free agent, Yahoo! Sports reported.
Iguodala is entering the final year of his deal but has until June 25 to exercise an early termination clause.
Iguodala will make $15.9 million next season if he decides not to opt out.
---Miami Heat center Chris Bosh was fined $5,000 for violating the NBA's anti-flopping rules during Game 4 of the NBA Finals, the league announced Friday.
Bosh fell to the ground after making contact with San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan with 6:07 left in the second quarter of Thursday's game.
The Heat went on to beat the Spurs 109-93 in San Antonio.
---Lionel Hollins and Brian Shaw are the leading candidates for the vacant Denver Nuggets head coaching job, according to multiple reports.
The Memphis Grizzlies recently parted ways with Hollins even though he guided them to the Western Conference finals with a 56-26 record and the No. 5 seed.
Shaw, who has been an NBA assistant coach, is regarded as an ideal fit for a young roster because of his approach.
---New Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd invited Lawrence Frank to be part of his staff.
Kidd, 40, retired as a player last week and accepted the Nets head coaching job this week. Frank coached Kidd from 2003-08 when he was the New Jersey Nets point guard a decade ago. Frank last coached the Detroit Pistons, who fired him after the regular season ended.
---Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs on ABC Thursday night received a 12.0 overnight Nielsen rating.
The rating was down from last year's 12.4 for Game 4 of the Heat-Oklahoma City Thunder series, which aired on a Tuesday night.


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Other articles in the series Macworld NYC '03
- Macworld Expo New York's Ill-Advised Age Policy (28 Jul 03)
- Macworld Expo New York 2003: Highly Concentrated (21 Jul 03)
Is this the end of East Coast Macworld Expos? Adam returns from New York with a first-hand account of the show's size and atmosphere, as well as his list of superlative products. We also mourn the loss of TidBITS translator Walter Van Lerberghe. In the news, Apple posts a security update and a $19 million Q3 profit, Dantz provides a firmware update for some PowerBook G4 optical drives, Netscape lays off its developers, and iData Pro X survives Casady & Greene.
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Apple Posts $19 Million Q3 Profit
Apple Posts $19 Million Q3 Profit -- Apple Computer announced a $19 million profit for its third fiscal quarter of 2003. The company shipped 771,000 Macs during the three-month period; that's 60,000 more than Apple sold in its previous fiscal quarterShow full article
Not To Praise Netscape, But To Bury It
Not To Praise Netscape, But To Bury It -- Following on AOL's $750 million settlement and technology agreement with Microsoft last month, AOL announced last week it was laying off 50 employees at its Netscape Communications subsidiary while simultaneously donating Mozilla trademarks, intellectual property, and some $2 million over the next two years to the Mozilla Foundation, a new non-profit organization coordinating the Mozilla open source projectShow full article
Security Update Fixes Screen Effects Problem
Security Update Fixes Screen Effects Problem -- Apple has released Security Update 2003-07-14, fixing a potential security issue related to using a password when waking a Mac from a running Screen Effects screensaverShow full article
iData Pro X Opportunity
iData Pro X Opportunity -- If you were intrigued by our review of iData Pro X and have been thinking of trying out the software for yourself, now is a good time (see "The Digital Shoebox: iData Pro X 1.0.5" in TidBITS-675)Show full article
Dantz Provides Optical Drive Firmware Updates
Dantz Provides Optical Drive Firmware Updates -- If you own an older Titanium PowerBook G4 with a Combo or SuperDrive, and if you also use Retrospect to back up data to CDs or DVDs, you may need to upgrade the optical drive using a firmware update recently released by DantzShow full article
In Memory of Walter Van Lerberghe
There are downsides to creating and participating in a strong community - the inevitable sense of sadness and loss when a member passes away. That happened for us last week with the death of Walter Van Lerberghe, one of the key members of the volunteer team that produces the Dutch translation of TidBITSShow full article
Macworld Expo New York 2003: Highly Concentrated
"So what do you think of the show?" If I hear those words one more time, I swear I'll scream. This Macworld Expo in New York City has felt a bit like a collective therapy session, where everyone is trying to figure out how everyone else is feelingShow full article
Macworld Expo New York 2003 Superlatives
Despite the low attendance, both on the part of exhibitors and attendees, Macworld Expo didn't disappoint in the slightest when it came to new and interesting products and eventsShow full article
Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/21-Jul-03
Defragmenting and optimizing -- Readers who do a lot of video or graphics work continue to chime in about the effectiveness of defragmenting hard drivesShow full article


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… and it tasted as good as it looked!
to bake a cake… | savoy family photographer
March 7, 2010 - 1:40 pm
I love this cake! Your girls are very lucky to have such a creative mom :o)
February 23, 2010 - 9:34 am
Totally loving this cake!
February 21, 2010 - 5:05 pm
interesting that the bottom layer does not show up purple, but the icing around the cake does…why is that?
February 20, 2010 - 7:12 pm
what an adorable cake (and looks yummy too!) I can't imagine working with that many layers – you did a great job!
February 17, 2010 - 5:19 pm
WOW! My daughter would LOVE this; she's the official rainbow in our family. That has got to be the tallest cake I have ever seen (aside from wedding)! You are so creative and the images are the best – so colorful! Do I smell a second career path? NICE WORK!
February 16, 2010 - 5:35 pm
How very fun and creative. I bet it was Yummy, too.
February 15, 2010 - 7:01 pm
February 15, 2010 - 5:49 pm
ok, allyson…i am no baker, but i TOTALLY am inspired to try making a cake like this one! it looks completely delish and is the cutest thing ever. thanks for posting this!


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In case you missed it, The Civil Life Brewing Company has chosen Missouri Beverage as their Missouri distributor. It's been a long time coming, but you'll soon be able to enjoy Civil Life beers at some of your favorite pubs around town.
To kick off this momentous occasion MOBev and Civil Life have planned a few exciting kick-off events around town. Here's a rundown of everything you'll be able to do this week:
Tuesday, February 28th – Bailey's Range / Bridge Tap House – 5:30PM
The first event in this Civil Life extravaganza also marks the first of Dave Bailey's new monthly dining events called Community Table. Each month Dave will have a charity dinner with all of the proceeds going to a local St. Louis charity. The cost of entry is $20 with all of the proceeds going to St. Louis Effort for AIDS. Your entry fee will get you unlimited access to this very impressive menu:
- Smoked Wild Salmon Crustini with pink peppercorn goat cheese
- Grand Marnier Glazed Smoked Duck Meatballs with red chiles
- Salad of Roasted Beets, Pears, Candied Walnuts and Feta
- Bacon Wrapped Asparagus with garlic lemon butter
- Cumin Seed Roasted Cauliflower with a feta yogurt sauce
- Potato Gratin with goat cheese and roasted garlic
- Sweet Potato Croquettes with a golden raisin brandy sauce
- Chicken Breast atop a mixture of wilted spinach, white beans, and shallots
- Pork Scalopini Pomodoro topped with roasted tomato, caramelized onion, garlic, basil, pine nuts, and olives
You'll also be able to purchase these five beers from The Civil Life:
- Vienna Lager
- Dunkel
- American Brown
- Black Lager
- British Bitter
Civil Life owner Jake Hafner will be on-hand at both Range and Bridge (where they will have 3 exclusive Civil Life beers) to guest bartend.
Thursday, March 1st – 33 Wine Shop and Tasting Bar – 3PM
It's very fitting that one of the first stops on the Civil Life party tour is the place where it all began for Civil Life owner Jake Hafner. If you didn't know, Jake started 33 Wine Bar almost 11 years ago to the day, he sold the bar to Jeff Stetner back in 2009 so he could start a brewery. So it comes full circle that 33 will have a total tap takeover featuring nothing but Civil Life beers.
Jake, Dylan Mosley and Mike Bianca will be on-hand where it basically all started. As you can imagine, this will be a pretty amazing and emotional time for everyone. This is an event that shouldn't be missed.
Sunday, March 4th – Amsterdam Tavern – 9:30AM
It should be surprising that some of Civil Life's strongest supporters are those in their own backyard. Lyell from Amsterdamn Tavern is one of the biggest supports of Civil Life and wanted to kick off their beers in style by putting their beers on for the huge (at least I'm told this is huge) Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United game.
Jake and the boys will be at Amsterdam cooking up some G&W brats and sausages to give away and to talk about the Civil Life beers.
Monday, March 5th – International Tap House Chesterfield – 7PM
As Jake put it, they're "taking the show on the road" and visiting the fine folks in the county by making an appearance at iTAP in Chesterfield. This will be a fine opportunity for those county folks who haven't had a chance to make it down to the brewery to try out some of Civil Life's very fine beers.


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The first in a new series of policy digests from the Kauffman Foundation highlights strategies for how a 'startup visa would allow immigrants to start businesses in the U.S. after satisfying certain funding, employment and other requirements. The Economic Case for Welcoming Immigrant Entrepreneurs features an analysis of possible economic contributions of one proposal currently before Congress and goes on to offer the following research-based strategies to maximize the benefits of any startup visa:
The Foundation will release similar policy briefs highlighting research on policy-related entrepreneurship issues at the state and federal levels covering a range of topics -- from economic implications of policy reform for immigrant entrepreneurs, to state and local entrepreneurship trends and how policies help advance this important job-creating source. PDE will continue to cover these, but you can also sign up to receive an electronic alert whenever a new digest is available.
The Lean Startup Goes to Washington
Measuring the Impact of Entrepreneurship Education