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Ensuring there's water for all
All businesses rely on healthy, sustainable communities. Sustainable communities require sufficient water. So even if your business isn't water-intensive, its long-term viability rises or falls with the amount of clean, fresh water available to everyone.
The stress on the planet's water is well-documented, from America's Great Plains to sub-Saharan Africa to China's Yangtze Basin. Population growth, drought and climate change pose imminent threats to water sources and the ecosystems, communities and businesses that depend on them. And while it is true that all water problems are local, the effects of those problems reverberate globally. When agricultural production is curtailed, when power generation is limited or when millions of girls can't go to school because of a lack of water and sanitation facilities, somewhere, some way, your business is going to feel it.
Here's the good news: Earth's accessible fresh water, all 93,000 cubic kilometers of it, is infinitely renewable. There is enough water to meet our needs. Even better, we know how to fix many of the world's water problems by treating, moving, conserving or replenishing water. Governments, businesses, nongovernmental organizations and communities have been chipping away at water challenges for decades.It is time for all of us to do the hard work of changing the way we think about water — and stop taking it for granted.
We have answers. Now we need coordinated action.
Businesses, governments, NGOs and civil society must come together and make the tough decisions and investments that will ensure plenty of water for all. This means protecting and caring for water sources as never before. It means improving existing water infrastructure and creating infrastructure where it doesn't exist. It means making tough decisions on the best use of available water.
We all enjoy the illusion of infinite supply and pay virtually nothing. We must acknowledge the true costs of protecting, treating and delivering water, and develop models that reflect that cost. We must begin to value water as the essential and precious resource it is.
We need, in short, a watershed moment — a new era of cooperation, respect and action.
Businesses can lead the way. They can first increase their own water efficiency, which has profound bottom-line benefits as well as environmental ones. They can use their influence to promote sustainable water use in their supply chains. And they can partner with governments, NGOs and others to devise solutions that are greater than the sum of their parts.
Many companies are doing just this. Wal-Mart, McDonald's, H&M, Unilever, Intel and many others are conserving water within their operations and looking beyond their fences to influence water stewardship where they do business.
Since 2007, the Coca Cola Co. and the World Wildlife Fund have worked in partnership to improve water efficiency in Coca-Cola bottling plants, reduce the company's carbon emissions, conserve some of the world's most important freshwater basins and promote sustainable agriculture. Together, we've worked with sugar-cane growers, peer companies and other NGOs to launch the first global metric standard for more sustainable sugar-cane production, which includes parameters for water management. We recently extended our partnership so we can protect more river basins, improve water use in Coca-Cola's value chain and convene influential partners to help meet the world's water needs.
The outcomes of our partnership show that change is possible and that business can make an enormous contribution to water conservation. But none of us can make large-scale, lasting change alone. It's going to take a worldwide effort by every sector of society. And our response in this pivotal moment will ultimately determine whether we all sink or swim.
Muhtar Kent is chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Co. Carter Roberts is president and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund, U.S.


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Sweet Corn with Toasted Coconut (Thénga Makkaí) from 'Indian Cooking Unfolded'
Coconut is definitely not the first thing I think of when I'm looking for a new way to cook those extra six ears of corn that I couldn't resist buying at the farmers market this week. But this toasted coconut and chile spice blend from Raghavan Iyer's new cookbook, Indian Cooking Unfolded, is a wonderful way to jazz up a pan of sautéed corn—the nuttiness of the coconut tones down the sweetness of the kernels, the dried chiles add intensity, and the citrus notes of the coriander seeds brighten the richness of the coconut.
Why I picked this recipe: Corn and coconut was too unique of a combination to pass up.
What worked: I loved everything about this dish. It came together quickly, used the best of late summer produce, and introduced a new way to season corn.
What didn't: No problems at all.
Suggested tweaks: If you're using fresh corn, you'll need about 4 large ears or 5-6 smaller ones to yield 4 cups of kernels. This dish would pair particularly well with grilled or barbecued pork.
Reprinted with permission from Indian Cooking Unfolded: A Master Class in Indian Cooking, with 100 Easy Recipes Using 10 Ingredients or Less by Raghavan Iyer. Copyright 2013. Published by Workman Publishing Co. All rights reserved. Available wherever books are sold.
- Yield:Serves 4 to 6
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:30 minutes
- 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
- 2 to 3 dried red cayenne chiles (like chile de árbol), stems discarded
- 1/4 cup dried unsweetened coconut shreds
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 teaspoon black or yellow mustard seeds
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 4 cups sweet corn kernels (fresh or frozen; if using frozen, no need to defrost)
- 1 medium-size tomato, cored and finely chopped (do not remove the seeds)
- 1 teaspoon coarse kosher or sea salt
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once the skillet is hot (when you hold the palm of your hand close to the bottom of the skillet you will feel the heat), usually after 2 to 4 minutes, add the coriander seeds and chiles. The seeds will start to crackle a bit and turn reddish brown and the chiles will blacken slightly, after 1 to 2 minutes. Quickly add the coconut and keep stirring constantly as the coconut will start to brown and smell nutty almost instantly and impart a slight oily sheen. Transfer the spicy coconut to a small bowl or plate to cool. Keeping the coconut mixture in the skillet will burn the blend, making it unpalatable.
Pour the oil in the hot skillet. It will instantly appear to shimmer. Add the mustard seeds, cover the skillet, and cook until the seeds have stopped popping (not unlike popcorn), about 30 seconds. Immediately add the onion and stir-fry until light brown, about 2 minutes.
Add the corn and 1/2 cup of water. Stir once or twice and cover the skillet. Reduce the heat to medium and let the corn cook gently, stirring occasionally, until it is still juicy sweet when tasted and not overly cooked, 5 to 7 minutes.
Meanwhile, transfer the cool spiced coconut to a spice grinder (you can also use a coffee grinder) and grind it to the consistency of slightly coarse black pepper.
Add the ground coconut spice blend to the corn along with the tomato and salt. Let it all simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the tomato is warmed through, about 1 minute. Serve the corn warm.
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Full length Zorro II card which provides you with both a SCSI and an IDE controller. The card is fully autobooting and has enough space to mount a hard drive directly onto the card. As well as an internal 50pin SCSI connector, an internal 40pin IDE connector the card also has an external 25pin SCSI connector and can transfer data at up to 3MB/sec (non DMA). It is also possible to add up to 8MB. The first 2MB may be added in the form of SIPPs or 1MB ZIP chips. The last 6MB must be added in form of 1MB ZIP chips. There are rumours that a version of this card supported 30pin SIMMs instead of SIPPs but this has not been confirmed. Both the SCSI/IDE and the RAM can be switched off for compatibility reasons using the DIP switches located near the backplate.
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When the coffee beans have been dried, they are sent through many different kinds of machines which determine its grade and quality. Defectiveness and foreign material (stones, sticks, string, etc...) are removed during this process as well.
Green coffee bean is dried in a thick outer shell called "parchment". Before the coffee is graded, this parchment must be removed using a large milling machine. The parchment flakes mixed in with the green coffee post-milling.
Grading and Sorting :
The coffee then heads to a machine that removes the defects from the mix. Very powerful motors run the various machines in the process.
Densimetric Sorting:
This machine uses air and vibration to separate heavier and larger beans from the lighter coffee. As the beans are agitated, the heavier beans fall to the bottom of the tray and the lighter beans are forced upward. They empty into different sacks.
High tech sorting :http://www.colorsorter-cn.com
In smaller beneficios, coffee seeds pass down a large conveyer belt where a number of women pick out defective and off color beans. At this more modern beneficio, however, a large machine is used to do the work much more efficiently and quickly. Several hundred beans at a time are loaded into a chamber and a series of sensors analyze the color of each bean - rejecting those that are off and dumping them into a separate pile. Each and every bean is analyzed in this way to ensure that only the best of the best leaves the ports.


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Let's Become Human Again
Today we see and experience technology everywhere, in every aspect and role in our lives. There is technology to enhance our cars, homes, jobs, and leisure time. Organizations are utilizing technology constantly to increase productivity and reduce costs. Human beings will continue to innovate and use technology; however, this is only one side of the equation. The other side is not that positive. With our devices, we are technically connected yet emotionally disconnected. It seems that we are less interested in using our human skills and abilities, and this is affecting our relationships and our business results.
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You will learn the necessary tools for improving your professional and personal life by limiting your screens, learning how to engage your colleagues, and being a better communicator.
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Some startling employee engagement statistics revealed in this study showed that only 29% of the workforce is engaged, 45% is not engaged, and 26% is actively disengaged. -Dale Carnegie and MSW Research Proper use of technology could strengthen efficiency for your business, but it could also be the link to less human interaction. Technology can take away the ability to use human skills and abilities, such as building relationships, being empathetic, listening, and engaging with groups.
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It doesn't matter what you call it. Whether you call it the information age, digital age or knowledge age, a handshake is still the most important connection in business today. This means that our people are the biggest asset and competitive edge in an ever-tightening marketplace.


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UNC joins leading research universities to launch research news Web site
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of 35 research universities involved in a new Web project called Futurity (www.futurity.org), which was officially launched Tuesday (Sept. 15).
The online research channel covers the latest discoveries in science, health, the environment and more, with stories understandable to general audiences.
Futurity was founded as a way to connect directly with audiences who may be interested in important research breakthroughs, and in response to shrinking media coverage of research-related stories in recent years as many news organizations have cut back on staff dedicated to reporting topics in such fields.
The site has presences on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, is available in a mobile-friendly version, and visitors can comment on stories and sign up for a daily e-mail update. Stories also include links to published reports and supplemental materials that allow readers to explore topics in more detail.
UNC, along with all the project's partner universities, is a member of the Association of American Universities, a nonprofit organization of leading public and private research universities.
To see UNC stories on Futurity, visit: http://futurity.org/tag/university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill/
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Posts Tagged 'military logistics'
The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare
Edward Hagerman. The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare: Ideas, Organization, and Field Command. Reprint. Indiana University Press, 1992.
In this important work on tactical and strategic military history, Edward Hagerman posits that the American Civil War marshaled in a new era in land warfare colored by the impacts of the Industrial Revolution. He argues that the complete command and control systems of armies was impacted by factors both occurring across the globe (i.e. technological developments in weaponry and transportation) and unique to America: its culture, geography, and history.
Hagerman is clear in setting two broad aims for the book. The first is to provide a new analysis of the "theory, doctrine, and practice of field fortification in the tactical evolution of trench warfare." The second is to analyze the development of field transportation and supply and its impact of the movement and maneuvering of Civil War armies
Hagerman organizes his study around several themes. The first addresses the ideas and education that informed the American military including the influence of theorists such as Jomini, Clausewitz, and at West Point, Dennis Hart Mahan. Secondly he looks at the organizational change, or lack thereof, in the Army of the Potomac including an explanation of the educational orientation of its leaders. Thirdly he explores the Army of Northern Virginia and the culture and traditions which informed men of the south who entered the military. Next he dives into the emergence of trench warfare and the strategic and tactical evolution that resulted from it. And importantly, he finishes with the evolution of total war and the strategy of exhaustion.
This work should be of particular interest to military historians and even more so to those interested in the American Civil War and its impact on military logistics, the use of technology, weaponology, military tactical and strategic thought, and the concepts of modern warfare and its history.
There is an extensive notes section valuable to the serious student of military history. This is augmented by a "Works Cited" section including listings of primary sources. The introduction to the book provides an exceptional summary of many of the key factors that impacted the war.
Edward Hagerman brings to this study the credentials of academician. He was Associate Professor of History at York University in Toronto, Canada at the time of the book's publication. He is also the recipient of the Moncado Prize of the Society of Military History.


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Notre Dame center Nick Martin will miss the rest of the season after injuring his knee during the first quarter of the Irish's 23-13 win over BYU, head coach Brian Kelly said on Sunday.
"We're still getting a little bit more information," Kelly said during his weekly teleconference. "We had an MRI. I'll probably have a little bit more specific details, but he's out for the season."
Martin is the second Irish lineman to get knocked out for the season due to injury, with right guard Christian Lombard being the other. Martin started all 11 games for Notre Dame.
Sophomore Matt Hegarty replaced Martin at center against BYU and will man the spot the rest of the way. The Irish play Stanford on Saturday, so Hegarty will need to get up to speed quick if wants to play well against the stout Cardinal defensive front.


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Stills From Nigel and Kate's Wedding Video
All of our wedding DVDs include a photo gallery of stills made from the video. These images come out at a very high quality and our clients are free to use them on Facebook etc as well as printing them, though print quality won't be as high as regular stills. For more information about our wedding video services in Shrewsbury, Telford, rural Shropshire and the Midlands please see our video page.


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DETROIT – Kwame Kilpatrick was seen leaving the federal courthouse in downtown Detroit Wednesday, but his appearance had nothing to do with the ongoing jury deliberations in his federal corruption trial.
Kilpatrick was seen leaving the courthouse and getting into the passenger seat of a waiting pickup truck. He did not offer any comment to reporters who tried to catch up with him.
More: Day 12 jury deliberations over in Kilpatrick trial
Jim Thomas, Kilpatrick's attorney in the corruption case, said Kilpatrick was making a routine visit to meet with the pretrial services office as a requirement of his bond..
"From time to time he has to check in and that continues even though we are not at trial. He's on bond from the court and they monitor him and have been since the case was brought," Thomas said.
While the jury has completed 12 days of deliberations without reaching verdicts in the charges against Kilpatrick, his father Bernard Kilpatrick and friend Bobby Ferguson, Jim Thomas said Kwame Kilpatrick has joined his defense team waiting for the verdicts to be returned.
"He is in the office most days for at least half the day and obviously we have no place else to go. We're tethered pretty close to the court ourselves," Thomas said.
Jim Thomas added that the lengthy jury deliberations have forced him to delay other cases he has, but he understands the jurors are being thorough.
"Obviously it's not ideal. You have to let the process work for itself. They'll tell us when they are ready and that will be whenever they are ready and not before," Thomas said.
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It worked mostly without the openGL plugin, but I wanted to play it with anti aliasing.
After I installed it games became wonky, at the PS intro screen on all games I tend to get artifacting but otherwise it's fine, except for DW7.
I get all kinds of visual bugs.
I've uploaded some screens here.
Any idea how to get this game working with AA?


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Computer, Technology, Databases, Google, Internet, Mobile, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, Security, Social Media, Web Development, Business, Finance
Saturday, July 30, 2005
CORS Bidding
CORS bidding has started. No more bidding for me :(
Thursday, July 14, 2005
So Happy Today
I am over the moon.
Saturday, July 09, 2005
Commencement Tomorrow
My commencement/convocation will be tomorrow 10am.
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MIAMI -- David Wright signaled for timeout and began yelling in the face of third-base umpire Tim McClelland. He waved his arms and pleaded his case to no avail.
Wright's view -- confirmed later by instant replays -- proved to be correct. Chris Coghlan slid past the bag at third base. Wright tagged him before he could recover. He shouldn't have been in position to score the tying run in the bottom of the ninth.
But these are the Mets. And after one month of a season souring quickly, they have already displayed a special talent for losing in the most excruciating ways possible, as they did in falling 2-1 to the Marlins.
"I'm [ticked] off," manager Terry Collins said, following the Mets' sixth consecutive defeat. "I'm extremely [ticked] off."
The blown call proved to be only one part of the madness that unfolded in the ninth, when the Marlins emerged with a rare walk-off victory thanks to a wild pitch.
Brandon Lyon bounced an offering past backup catcher Anthony Recker -- who endured a miserable half inning. Juan Pierre scored the winning run, sending the Mets to sulk in yet another miserable finish.
The Mets' loss came just one night after a marathon 4-3 defeat in which they took the lead in the 15th inning only to lose it in the Marlins' half of the frame.
"We can't allow it to kind of consume us and take over for a week or two weeks," said Wright, who declined to address the blow call at third. "We've got to snap out of it and start offensively going out there and having good at-bats."
The Mets' offense, which has hit just .165 during this six-game skid, managed just one run against Marlins starter Kevin Slowly. They finished 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position.
Yet, tough-luck loser Jeremy Hefner nearly made it enough.
The righthander struck out a career-high eight batters against a Marlins team missing slugger Giancarlo Stanton, who landed on the disabled list with a hamstring strain.
Hefner came out for the ninth aiming for his first career shutout. He had yet to allow a runner into scoring position.
"I wish I could have finished it off," said Hefner, who wound up getting charged for both runs in the loss.
Fate conspired against him.
Coghlan began with a leadoff single off Hefner, then advanced to second when Recker failed to glove a pitch. At the plate, Pierre laid down a sacrifice bunt. But instead of taking the sure out at first base, Recker threw high to third base. The play was only close because of Coghlan's botched slide. Still, the call went against the Mets, despite Wright's protests.
Ordinarily, Collins would have gone to closer Bobby Parnell. But because he pitched two innings the previous night, Collins opted against using Parnell.
So, the responsibility fell to Lyon, who allowed a Donovan Solano's game-tying single before throwing the wild pitch that sent the Mets reeling.


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After release, L.A. County jail inmates now have a place to go for help
Christina Villacorte (Los Angeles Daily News) | May 22, 2014
For the first time, jail inmates who have served their time can walk out of their cells and go straight into a one-stop shop for finding a place to live, staying sober and getting a job.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Thursday opened the first-ever Community Reentry and Resource Center at its jail complex in downtown Los Angeles.
"One of the challenges for newly released inmates is avoiding a return to drug use and crime," Sheriff John Scott said during the grand opening ceremony. "It can be a difficult road — their families may not accept them, finding a job may be difficult, and old friends may be eager to support bad habits — and that often contributes to an offender's return to criminal behavior and, ultimately, to jail."
Scott said the CRRC, located at the lobby of the Twin Towers Correctional Facility across the street from Men's Central Jail, would give newly released inmates a "better chance for a successful transition."
"This is designed to give hope to people," added Assistant Sheriff Terri McDonald.
The CRRC will be staffed by sheriff's deputies, probation officers, as well as social workers and health professionals who can refer newly released inmates to mental health counseling and medication, drug rehab, financial assistance, food benefits and employment services within their communities.
Several nonprofit organizations, including healthRIGHT 360 and Volunteers of America, will also operate at the CRRC, providing connections to temporary shelters or transitional housing, transportation, tattoo removal, family reintegration and other "wraparound" services.
"The CRRC is an unprecedented approach and opportunity that displays the belief that people's lives can be salvaged no matter how they have been affected by poverty, lack of education, mental health and substance abuse-related crime," said healthRIGHT 360 Vice President Demetrius Andreas.
John Gutierrez, a healthRIGHT 360 case manager, said men and women who have just regained their freedom are at heightened risk of falling back on the same behaviors that got them in jail in the first place.
Often, he said of the moments after release, inmates simply "walk underneath the tunnel (adjacent to the jails), go down the street to the liquor store and start all over again."
Gutierrez acknowledged he was speaking from experience, having himself spent time behind bars for various crimes, including an attempted murder in his youth. He was able to turn his life around about 10 years ago, thanks to reentry programs similar to those he now helps other inmates secure.
"I do this because I was once one of them," he said, adding reentry services are "essential, if they want to even have the possibility of a chance."
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In an effort to encourage individuals to help feed tens of thousands of hungry children across the world, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has created a social media platform through which people can share their favourite meals by making donations to the agency.
The Internet portal, http://www.wefeedback.org/, engages supporters through an online "Feedback Calculator" that helps them to work out how many children they could feed if they donated the equivalent cost of a favourite food item such as sushi, ice cream or a hot dog.
You can join the world's largest online community for sharing food and changing lives –
You'll also be able to see what other people are feeding back, browse by food types, by country and discover the precise level of hunger in specific developing countries.
Enter your favorite food and estimated cost. How many hungry children will it feed?
You'll be surprised! Then make it happen – click on "Feed Them Now!"
So if you are like me and could eat a "salad" followed by "Spagetti arrabiata" and a slice of "Cheesecake" for desert, costing altogether $29, you could instead feed back 116 children.
Up until now just over 8000 people have joined the wefeedback community from 164 countries, feeding nearly 200,000 children.
Feedback Calculator: http://beta.wefeedback.org/calculator
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WeFeedback
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/wefeedback
WeFeedback is the latest addition to WFP's ongoing Billion for a Billion movement.
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Smoking to be illegal? (No, the other kind of smoking)
A DC-area NBC affiliate is suggesting that the General Assembly is moving toward passing the anti-smoking legislation championed by Roanoke senator Brandon Bell, which would effectively outlaw smoking in restaurants and other indoor public spaces and slap smokers with a $100 fine for a first offense.
A hidden implication of SB1161 is that it would also ban smoking in nightclubs. That's because state laws prohibit bars from deriving more than 65 percent of their total income from alcohol. Food and nonalcoholic beverage sales must account for such a large portion of the sales that all nightlife establishments effectively qualify as "restaurants."
Opponents of the bill point out that business owners are free to ban smoking in their establishments individually; that's precisely what Starr Hill's upstairs concert hall did a few months ago.
The The Richmond Times-Dispatch notes that similar legislation was simultaneously shot down in the House.
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It will never pass. There is a reason UVA is #1 in lung replacements.
Nothing more fun that having your lungs replaced. Mmmm...time to light up.
The only thing I hate more than some smoker blowing his/her nasty fumes in my face at a bar is smelling like an ashtray after a night out. Get with the times, Virginia, there's more to you than big tabacky.
Heaven forbid we let the market determine this. The more people who go where's there's no smoke, the more no smoking places we'll have. Vote with your dollars instead of encouraging more big gubmint.
Starr Hill banned smoking? That's awesome. I haven't been there in quite some time, in no small part because I'm sick of coming home and just stinking. I'll have to hit up some shows again.


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A formidable advocate for criminal defendants and injury victims
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Two familiar faces will be absent when Game of Thrones returns for its fifth season.
Kristian Nairn and Isaac Hempstead-Wright, who play Hodor and Bran Stark respectively, are taking a year-long hiatus from the HBO drama, Nairn told Yahoo News in Australia.
Photos: Game of Thrones' most shocking moments
"We have a season off and we have a year's hiatus, solely because I imagine our storyline is up to the end of the books," he said.
The break will allow Nairn, a part-time DJ, more time to focus on his side venture — hosting themed dance parties he calls Rave of Thrones. "I get my year off now to do Rave of Thrones and gallivant all over the world," he told Yahoo.
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Two toddlers in Ohio were critically injured in an attack by their aunt's three Rottweilers, according to local reports.
Richland County Dog Warden Dave Jordan said immediately following the Thursday attack family members took the dogs to a vet in Ashland, Ohio to be euthanized, the Mansfield News Journal reported.
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The toddlers -- Kaitlyn O'Brien, 22 months, and Reagan O'Brien, 3 -- were flown to an Akron hospital, which said Friday it couldn't release any information about them, the News Journal reported.
Richland County Sheriff's Deputy Joe Lewis told the newspaper that the girls' aunt, Sandra Lynn Kinstle, went on a walk with her two nieces and three Rottweilers -- a male and two females.
Reagan reportedly ran ahead, and the male Rottweiler, which weighed about 180 pounds, chased and attacked her. The other two dogs followed and then turned on Kaitlyn.
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The aunt then reportedly covered the girls with her body to stop the dogs and was injured. She was listed in fair condition at a Mansfield hospital Thursday.
Jordan said the owners reported having no previous problems with the dogs.
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Handheld Scrubbing Machines Market 2019: Global Share, Trends, Application Analysis and Forecast To 2025
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Sourdough work in progress (part I)Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Attempt to make a sourdough starter using dried apricots, using my immersion circulator for temperature control. I got some bubbling yeast activity, but the final bread dough never rose properly.
Inspired by the Swedish bread blog Pain de Martin which I recently discovered I decided it was time to have a go at sourdough breads! Although one of my favorite types of bread it's a long time since I gave it a try and even longer since I actually succeeded. Leaving apple peel covered with water for two weeks in a cool place (15 °C) I got a light apple cider which I used to make a starter some years ago. I followed a recipe from the Norwegian artisan bakery í…pent bakeri and it gave a marvelous bread. But since then I've tried to repeat this twice without success. No wonder that even Rose Levy Beranbaum in her book "The Bread Bible" writes that she didn't intend to include a chapter on sourdough at all. There's no doubt that sourdoughs are tricky, but I was a litte surprised and disappointed that someone who sets of to write a 600+ page book on bread even considered to skip sourdough… Luckily she changed her mind and the introduction has a fascinating nice-to-know fact: 1 g flour contains about 320 lactic acid bacteria and 13000 yeast cells!
I believe one the reasons why sourdoughs seem to live their own lifes sometimes is that they need to be kept in a warm place. My kitchen isn't that warm so I figured it was time to use my immersion circulator and give sourdough another chance (who says you can only use immersion circulators for sous vide anyway? – I think my next project will be to make yoghurt!). With a thermostated water bath keeping a sourdough starter at constant temperature is as easy as 1-2-3. But surprisingly I haven't seen any blogposts yet from people using their sous vide water baths for sourdough starters (although some have built their own water baths for this purpose using aquarium equipment).


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Phosphating Dust and Overspray
How can we cut phosphating dust after zinc phosphate and passivating stages, and reduce overspray losses in our water wash spray booth?
Q. I am the president of a company that produces motorcycles in Asia. We pretreat our steel parts, frames and sheet metal with a zinc phosphate. Our paint is applied with electrostatic spray equipment.
After the zinc phosphate and passivating stages, we are getting a white, loosely adherent layer of a powdery substance on the phosphate surface, which we call "phosphating dust." This dust seems to give us adhesion problems in subsequent coats and appearance and performance problems in the finish coat. Apart from sludging, high iron content in the previous de-rusting bath and poor rinsing, we want to know what other factors can cause this "phosphating dust."
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We are also concerned about out transfer efficiency. We have weighed the overspray collected in our water wash spray booth and found, by our calculations, it contained 20 – 30 percent of the volume of paint that we spray. We are using an electrostatic spray gun and would like to know what percent the overspray loss should be under normal conditions using our type of spray equipment.
Do you have any suggestions on how we can reduce our overspray losses? B.M.
A. In addition the aforementioned causes in your question, a powdery residue on zinc phosphate surfaces can be caused by a chemical imbalance in the phosphate stage, a low processing temperature, a high process solution concentration as well as long processing times.
About your transfer efficiency: According to your measurements and calculations, you are getting a 70 – 80 percent transfer efficiency. That is very good for the electrostatic paint application method.
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Jaundice refers to bilirubin levels rising too high in the blood, and to the yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes that occurs as a result. This discoloration provides the outward sign of the abnormality. The discoloring of the skin and eyes can become brownish when levels of bilirubin are very high.
Bilirubin comes from the previously iron-containing chemical in red bloods cells that carries oxygen. This chemical is released when the cells grow old and disintegrate. The chemical becomes a pigment that is primarily excreted in bile.
The underlying conditions that cause jaundice are the primary concern. The symptom usually is a sign of a disorder of the liver or the blood system.
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It is the job of the liver to remove bilirubin from the blood and secrete it into the digestive tract in a form in which it can be disposed (processed into and eliminated in the feces by the intestines). Jaundice can result from several causes:
- a rate of red-blood-cell destruction that is too high for the liver to process the resulting bilirubin;
- a defect in the liver's ability to process bilirubin, which is sometimes due to conditions such as cirrhosis or hepatitis;
- or obstruction of the bile ducts, so that bile fluid cannot be released into the intestines (due to cancer, gallstones, sclerosing cholangitis, or other conditions).
Jaundice can also be due to an adverse drug reaction or as well as to genetic or congenital disorders, and to certain conditions of pregnancy. A temporary jaundice is also normal in newborns, as liver function catches up with red-cell breakdown.
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In addition to yellowing of the skin and eyes, jaundice can cause discolored feces. Bilirubin accounts for the brown color of feces; without its proper release, fecal matter becomes lighter in color.
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|The East Coast Bays Cenotaph
Anzac Day for me, means Anzac Day services and family time. A time of commemoration of the fallen, and for those who may not have fallen but who's lives were altered completely by war. Its a time of paying respects and thanksgiving.
Every year there seems to be more people turn out for the services.
We went to the Civic Service at East Coast Bays. There was a huge turnout, especially of children from schools and youth/community groups - highlight was the speeches by two prefers from Long Bay College.
Standing in this beautiful location, under the pines, looking out towards the Cenotaph and beyond it the beach and the sea, the peace of the location added to the poignancy and atmosphere of the service. The Coastguard boat and crew even attended, moored just off the beach and still within earshot.
After the service, our family lunched with friends at our local RSA.
We always have a great response each year from the blogging community for our Blog Challenge. This year has been no exception.
We've been blessed with well-researched, well-written blog entries from New Zealand, Australia, England, and Iceland!
Bloggers have used letters, diaries and newspapers, as well as the other traditional resources.
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2nd Lt Hugh Lindsay PATTON (NZEF), d 27 Aug 1918, Bapaume, France
Allan (Jack) ELLIS, returned serviceman, WWI AIF
Cpl Alexander Joseph McDONALD, d 25 April 1915, Gallipoli
Pte George FORSYTH, d 9 August 1916, Pozières
Frederick Andrew NELSON, returned serviceman, WWI AIF
Henry Oscar NELSON, d 20 July 1916, Fromelles
Pte John Bertrand CHATFIELD, missing 3 May 1917, later declared dead
Pte James Daniel BOOTHER (BEF), d 23 September 1915, the Marne, France
Fred MORRIS, d February 1915, France
Leonard MORRIS, d 1916, the Somme
Ethel FROST and son Leonard, (civilians), d 14 November 1940, air raid, Coventry, England
Cpl Margery GREENFIELD, d 7 October 1945, Rennes, France
Denis Patrick FINN, returned serviceman WWI AIF
Robert FINN, returned serviceman WWI AIF
John FINN, returned serviceman WWI AIF
Ernest James HAMBLIN, d 14 October 1917, Battle of Broodseinde, Flanders
Sgt Peter M GAFFANEY (NZRB), 5 April 1918, Mailly-Maillet, France
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2nd Lieut Percival Richard COUTTS (AIF), returned serviceman
Sgt Arthur Theodore COUTTS (AIF), d 30 November 1917, Flanders
Leo William COUTTS (AIF), returned serviceman
LCpl Leslie Herbert COOMBRIDGE (AIF), returned serviceman
Thank you to all who contributed your stories. Thanks also to those who read these blogs.
Remember also in the lead up to the centenary commemorations, that you can contribute your New Zealand stories to New Zealand's WW100, and your Australian and New Zealand stories to Inside History and FindMyPast's Memory Bank, to help preserve your families' memories of WWI.
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Since I started this blog in 2012 and became a Feng Shui writer I have been accused of a lot of things, but the most common one is that I'm the devil and that what I write is about is the work of the devil. Although I don't have the formal statistics, I would say that it is not an exaggeration that 95% or even more of those accusations came from people who profess that they are born – again Christian.
Now, let us jump to the EV who requested that she remains to be identified as EV on this blog, and who was featured on this blog twice already for the miracles that she experienced with the Vajrapani Ruel. What I have never mentioned on this blog is that EV belongs to a born – again Christian (Protestant) family. Her daughters were raised as born – again Christians.
In fact, I remember the first time I met her she mentioned that she is not showing her Vajrapani Ruel to her husband.
Anyway, today I would like to share with you again another miracle that EV experienced. Well, technically it's not her miracle but being a loving mother that she is, whenever her children gets something it is like she herself experienced them.
EV's second daughter works for big reputable company. Lately, she has been ranting that she is no longer happy with her company because she is overworked, because she is actually the one who does the work of her boss. But more than that she is no longer financially satisfied or contented with what she is getting from the company.
Being a loving mother that she is, she naturally got worried about her daughter's ranting. And so she decided to give her Vajrapani Ruel to her daughter. Her daughter who was raised as born – again Christian and who has chosen it to be her faith was naturally a little repulsive to the idea of carrying it. But, I guess, she was raised well and so she indulged her mother by keeping it.
At this point, allow me to share with you what EV emailed me…
Dear JP,
I gave my Vajrapani Ruel amulet to my youngest daughter because her bazi chart for this year is not good (I'm a fengshui believer so somehow I understand it) and besides you comfirmed about her chart (not good). I just told her either she wears it or put it in her bag. By the way, she always rants about her work because she is not well -compensated.
The said amulet was with her in less than a week and should I say a "miracle" happened because her boss proposed that when she closes a project with their prospect clients she gets a commission. This means an additional income and no doubt, it's the Vajrapani Ruel which helped my daughter (note: she doesn't believe so much in fengshui). I advised her to be always positive even if things are not falling into right places.
I found a real friend who is kind, understanding, honest and trustworthy — that's you, JP. Thanks a lot for the help.
Your friend,
Mrs. E.V.
What EV didn't share here but she told me offline is that they consider it as a miracle because it is something that her boss wouldn't consider doing because it is simply out of his character. Second, she is not in good terms with her boss. And for it to be offered to her a few days after she got the Vajrapani Ruel is simply too much of a coincidence.
EV also told me that her daughter also got to thinking that there must be something really powerful with the Vajrapani Ruel. They consider this as a miracle, because the amount of projects or business as EV shared with me can go as high as Php 10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Pesos) or US$200,000.00!
You can also read the following posts about the Vajrapani Ruel:
- The World's Most Powerful Amulet in the Buddhist Pantheon Called Vajrapani Ruel.
- The Vajrapani Ruel Stories: The 17th Karmapa's Relatively Easy Escape; The Miraculous Release of a Tibetan Monk from Chinese Prison and Labor Camp; and The Wealth Luck Bestowed Upon a Repentant Prodigal Son.
- The Vajrapani Ruel Stories (2): How A Man Got His Land Back After A 20 – Year – Old Legal Bottle.
- The Vajrapani Ruel Stories (3): Early Karmic Death Was Erased with Good Deeds and the Vajrapani Ruel.
- The Vajrapani Ruel Stories (4): Received the Needed Financial and Wealth Blessing to Solve Money Problems.
- The Vajrapani Ruel Stories (5): In the Nick of Time and Money Problems Solved with the Help of the 'Hated' Gift.
- A Reader Receives A Precious Gift from the Abbess of the Lotus Temple and Some Quaint Vajrapani Ruel Stories.
- Vajrapani Ruel Stories (6): Getting to Work Abroad.
- The Kuan Yin with Heart Sutra and the Vajrapani Ruel Helped an Entrepreneur Solved Her Problems.
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- Coincidence or Another Vajrapani Ruel Story?
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Solo Tuning
- Actually, the solo tuning, which exists as an independent variant in addition to the orchestral tuning, has developed since the middle of the 19th century out
of various practices and exigencies.
- A high A string was indispensable at the latest from the time of the Viennese Classical period, with its highly developed solo performance culture.
- The overtone spectrum of the higher tuning was recognised as advantageous for solo double bass playing.
Later, this tuning became rather a self-perpetuating item, because ever since Bottesini, almost all composing double bass players have preferred it for solo performance. The practice has also been adopted by some of the well-known composers of the 20th century who have written for our instrument (for example, Hindemith, Tubin, Schuller, Henze and Rota). Others again (such as Genzmer and Francaix, have preferred the E-A-D-G tuning, which has had the conse-
quence that every ambitious solo double bass player has to possess at least two instruments, if he does not want to be forever changing strings.
However, this is not the only disadvantage of the solo tuning, which Alfred Planyavsky saw as a "Hydra´s head of new problems". More serious is the fact that almost none of the concerti that were written for the double bass before 1800 can be performed in their original versions (which applies equally to the orchestral tuning). This means that every double bass player who aspires to an orchestral position and has to play a classical concerto at the audition is forced from a number of points of view to choose between the Devil and the deep blue sea: both the tuning of his instrument and the fingerings are compromises. Conductors and the majority of orchestral musicians are often unaware of this fact. In addition, where the solo tuning is decided upon (which is usually the case), all orchestral passages have to be played in the wrong key, causing them to sound inferior and to be harder to play. (This is also the reason why the orchestral tuning is required by a number of orchestras for double bass auditions.)
There is another problem which, in comparison with this, is relatively small, although not completely insignificant: with the solo tuning, the double bass becomes a transposing instrument in D, because the part is written in C but
sounds a whole tone higher. This also means that if the original key is retained for the soloist, the incorrect key results for the piece as a whole (for example
As can be seen, the solo tuning is certainly popular, and has in the meantime also become indispensable, but it does not represent the ideal double bass tuning that has now been sought for more than 500 years.


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This morning, Qualcommhas formally confirmed they will be announcing their intentions to acquire Atheros. For those unfamiliar with Atheros, they are one of the leading companies in the world when it comes to the manufacturing of wireless chips, specifically referring to WiFi.
There's a good chance that this acquisition is mainly focused towards strengthening Qualcomm's wireless integrated circuit business in a way that will not only allow them to have a competitive product across the spectrum of wireless technologies.
The purchase itself will equate to approximately $3.1 billion in cash. This deal has already been approved by the boards of both companies and the deal should be sealed by the second half of this year. The good thing about the deal is that Atheros and Qualcomm were not really in direct competition with each other. If anything, the agreement might actually help consumers get a more fully fledged product from Qualcomm.
There is also the likelihood that Qualcomm will integrate divisions of Atheros into the company while still allowing them to do the same as they did before. In all, this is a fairly large deal for Qualcomm to be participating in and the markets seem to agree that this acquisition is a smart one for everyone as QCOM went up 2.55 percent at the time of publication.
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This past weekend I took part in the Laguna Hills Half Marathon on Memorial Day with my friend Kristy. We tried to get her a PR but alas it was not in the cards. With a hot and mostly boring course, we didn't cross the mat with her new PR but we did have lots of fun out on that bike path. :) Here's all of us before the race! We hit up the portapotties, and grabbed our bibs and before we knew it the sun was up and we were off!
From miles 1-3, I was running super cautiously. I was really nervous my shins were going to act up. I wore compression socks, which I've never worn during a race. They seemed to do the trick because around mile 4 I breathed a sigh of relief because my legs seemed to be holding up. Kristy and I chatted and enjoyed the scenery. It was pretty hilly though and we pushed through the hills. It also got fairly hot so that took it's toll on us. We kept in good spirits and walked and ran through the hills.
The one thing was that the miles after 6 (I think) were pretty boring and just on a bike trail. There were only about 6 spectators out there… which was pretty boring. We both pushed each other along. Around mile 7 things became really bland and we just kept reminding ourselves that we were more than half way done. Thankfully my shins were okay the entire race and I made sure to tell all the volunteers thank you so much and really appreciate all those who make the race happen. FINALLY we reached mile 10 and I told Kristy that we really had to push to the finish and reminded her all the time that we were getting so close. Finishing up a hill was a little ridiculous but we were finally done! Sadly, we missed Kristy's PR but we did finish with smiles on our face! I can't wait to see the race pictures either, I think we got some good jumping ones! I keep checking back on the website to see if they are posted!
Here's us after the race. Super sunny! Great to see so many people and after the finish, I felt totally okay! I was so thankful that my shins were not hurting at all. I will have to wear my compression socks much more.
Kristy and I were on our way back to find some food where we parked! We were both starving. The camo ribbon is cool and the medal is nice. We picked up our t-shirts and goodie bags as well. The only bummer was there was no food after the race? I kept looking around and asking but there was none, only a box of oranges which freaked me out that so many dirty runners put their hands in them!
Then finally I got my first taste of fast food in forever! I told myself since I ran a half that morning that I could have a cheat day and went big with a double double from In and Out and boy was it amazing! Totally worth it :)
So overall, it was a great race, I was a little bummed that we didn't get Kristy a new PR but oh well! We still had a lot of fun and she did just run 3 halfs in 3 weeks! So that's a pretty cool accomplishment. I also was glad to be back out there and running and felt good the entire race, which was great! I took water at almost every station and never ate anything because I was scared to upset the stomach.


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