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The Blackfoot Fire Department recently received a $5,000 grant from Basic American Food to help purchase a fire extinguisher simulator.
"This is for training," said Fire Chief Kevin Gray. "The simulator will be used for classes and for training.
Without the simulator, 30 to 40 fire extinguishers need to be filled for training exercises.
The simulator has a screen like a television set. As the firemen train with fire extinguishers, the simulator tracks them as they "pull, aim, squeeze and sweep" with fire extinguishers.
"It saves you dollars and is a little less risky," Gray said.
The total cost of the simulator is around $11,000. The fire department has already received a $1,000 grant from the Idaho Fire Chiefs.
"We anticipate having it by the first of the budget year," Gray said. "Basic American has been good to support us."
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Jessica Chastain keeps it classy chic while attending the screening for her new film Mama held at Landmark Sunshine Cinema on Monday (January 7) in New York City.
The Golden Globe nominated actress was joined by her co-stars Megan Charpentier, Morgan McGarry, Isabelle Nelisse, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
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Earlier in the day, Jessica dolled up with a cute blue dress while arriving for her appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman in the Big Apple.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Buying A Novelty Degree Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Buying A Novelty Degree Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Taiwan View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message FlyydudeJoined: 11 Jun 2003Posts: 3 Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 5:48 am Post subject: Buying A Novelty Degree Can one be purchased in Bangkok and where? Do they come with transcripts? Do they look authentic? Can you choose the uni? Remember, this is only for novelty purposes. It`s merely a decoration to hang on the wall. Thanks Back to top OkamiJoined: 25 Jan 2003Posts: 121Location: Sunny Sanxia Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2003 6:51 am Post subject: Quote: Can one be purchased in Bangkok and where? Do they come with transcripts? Do they look authentic? Can you choose the uni? Remember, this is only for novelty purposes. It`s merely a decoration to hang on the wall. Thanks We have them in Taiwan man and we can even hook you up with an ARC, real cheap like you know? Get this off the board, even tealit doesn't allow these "novelty" posts and at forumosa we would laugh it off the board and throw it in the flame forum. Do an internet search and work your way through. Flabbergasted, Okami Back to top AristotleJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 1388Location: Taiwan Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2003 4:33 am Post subject: There was a recent wave of deportations of foreign teachers who had been caught with fake degrees. It seems that nearly 200 teachers were not only working under these degrees but had foolishly posted that information on some of the local teacher for hire boards, like the ones mentioned by Okami. Some of these teachers are still in jail. It seems that the local police have been put on a reward system, so some brilliant cop did something with his Internet access besides porn. We have taken the initiative on this and have found several accredited distance degree programs that can be completed within a year and are accepted by the local authorities. Don't be stupid, we don't want to have to bring you food at Christmas too. http://www.geocities.com/taiwanteacher2002/index Please lock this thread. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Taiwan All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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Mitt Romney would be the wealthiest president ever, Forbes calculates
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N.J. Senate addresses family-planning funding, property tax caps, more
N.J. Department of Education to shut down Jersey City charter school
Former N.J. Gov. Whitman, Americans Elect group throws in the towel on bipartisan presidential ticket
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New Jersey jobs grow in April, so does unemployment
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Samsung leak could confirm the first QHD screens due in 2014
Just days before the Samsung Galaxy S5 gets its global launch, a newly unearthed leak appears to show that the Korean company may be ready to trump itself already with a quad high definition (QHD) screen.
The Galaxy S5 is due to ship on April 11th worldwide, but according to a leak on GFXBench, the company might already be working on a new phone, or at least an upgraded version that improves the screen to a QHD version.
It would be the first time a QHD screen has been released on a smartphone, and the rumours of the new Samsung handset come just days after it was rumoured that Windows is working on a similar resolution on its own phones, and the leak adds further weight to the belief that the first QHD displays will debut at some point in 2014.
The QHD screen was seen on an unnamed device that was given the code SM-G906S and had most of its vital information hidden away. However, what is clear is that it packs a real punch in its display, with this packing a 2560 x 1440 resolution.
If true, the new screen would certainly be a step up from the 1080 x 1920 display that is hosted on the soon to be released Samsung Galaxy S5.
However, curiously, it looks as though the Korean manufacturer may be sacrificing overall power and performance in the handset in order to house the higher resolution display, with GFXBench scoring it slightly lower than the Samsung Galaxy S5 in its tests.
It is not yet apparent whether the newly leaked phone is a brand new device from Samsung, or if it is simply upgrading its upcoming flagship.
However, thanks to the differences in both screen quality and overall performance, TechRadar believes it is more than likely that it is a new handset altogether.
This week, Samsung has also moved to improve its offering in the lower end of the market, after it was rumoured that the new Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini will have some of the top features of its flagship sibling, including water resistance, which could encourage many to trade in their phones.


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The Mets do have a good prospect and his name is Ike Davis, who was named to the Arizona Fall League's 2009 Rising Stars Game.
Davis is batting .340 with three home runs and 10 RBI in 12 games with the Surprise Rafters in the AFL. This, after hitting .298 with 20 home runs and 71 RBI between Single-A St. Lucie and Double-A Binghamton in 2009.
Baseball America rated him the best first-base prospect in the Double-A Eastern League and 13th-best prospect overall.
Of course, there are no sure things, but the Mets have reason to be optimistic. We could see him sometime this summer, but the target is 2011.
Given that, it makes more sense to throw money at an outfielder instead of a first baseman. The Mets don't want to spend their minor league chips on that position, especially when they have one developing. The Mets don't want to do anything that would impede Davis' path to the major leagues, such as signing a first baseman to a long deal.
Daniel Murphy showed enough where he could plug the hole for another season. If they aren't happy with Murphy, and there are no indications that is the case, then signing a middle-tier FA like Aubrey Huff would be the way to go.


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Washington is as cynical a place as you will find on earth but President Barack Obama's latest attack on corporate "deserters" in a speech in Los Angeles and an interview with CNBC's Steve Liesman sets a new bar.
Obama brought the full weight of the Oval Office to the issue of U.S. companies acquiring sizable stakes in foreign firms in order to reduce their U.S. tax burden, saying doing so is "neither fair nor is it something that's going to be good for the country over the long-term."
Obama added, "If you are doing business here, if you are basically an American company but you are simply changing your mailing address in order to avoid paying taxes then you are really not doing right by the country and the American people."
Obama went on to urge Congress to pass a one-off bill making corporate inversions illegal, something that has actually been done repeatedly but never worked. These kinds of stand-alone proposals, in fact, are the main reason the corporate tax code, unreformed in nearly 30 years, is a horrific, tangled 70,000-page mess that mainly serves as a full-employment program for creative bankers and accountants looking to game the system.
Obama went on to say he stands "four square behind" broader tax reform that would lower the overall rate and close loopholes beloved by individual companies and industries.
Read MoreTaxes will go up if inversions rise: Mark Cuban
The fact of the matter, however, is that the administration has never pushed hard for corporate tax reform proposals put forward after many years of hard work by former Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, whose prize for getting stiffed by the White House on his main objective—fixing an antiquated and anti-competitive U.S. tax code—was an ambassadorship to China (a posting that puzzled the Chinese).


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Columbia, Md.-based 7Delta specializes in applications and software development, program management, systems integration, information assurance, and security architecture primarily within the healthcare community at the Veterans Affairs Department, ManTech said in a release.
The company holds a prime position on the VA's Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology, or T4 program, which is a five-year IDIQ meant to help the department transform its IT programs. According to ManTech, 7Delta has won more task orders under that contract than any of the other primes.
"As one of the largest healthcare IT contractors for the VA, 7Delta is a perfect fit for ManTech. Integrating the strengths of 7Delta and ManTech will create an innovative leader in federal healthcare IT that is best able to modernize and integrate the electronic health record systems of the VA and DoD," said George Pederson, ManTech chairman and CEO.
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We have stayed up many late nights, hoping, praying, that somehow, Giants defensive lineman Tooth McTootherson and his wife /ex-wife / wife Jean Strahan could figure out a way to solve their marriage. It's like you just can't have faith in the institution anymore! As if accusations of gay sex with prominent African American advice counselors breaks up a marriage or something. Sheesh.
Anyway, if you're eager to pick through the carnage of a union blasted apart, you can head to Millea Brothers Catalog and pick through the Strahan's discarded detritus room by room. How about a $1,800 table in the kitchen? A $5,000 bed in the nursery. Speaking of beds, you can have the Strahan's candleabras for $600.
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5 Clay Pots We Love For Soup
Clay pot cooking has made a comeback in recent years. Besides being lovely to look at, clay pots are cheaper than enameled cast iron pots, can go from the oven to the stovetop to the table, work with everything from beans to hearty soups and stews, and have a few other unexpected benefits. Do you have one? Here are five clay pots we love for soups this fall:
- 1 La Chamba Colombian Clay Oval Casserole Dish, $59.95 from Williams-Sonoma: Both Faith and Dana have this pot, and are big fans. As we've said before, the Chamba pots are really built for soup. They hold and distribute heat beautifully, and look gorgeous to boot.
- 2 4.5 Quart Soup/Stew Pot, $128 from Bram: We first wrote about Bram back in 2009 when we became smitten with their beautiful selection of clay cookware. They're our go-to source for clay pots, with a wide selection collected from the Middle East, South America, and France, among other places. This terra cotta pot is fashioned from the volcanic soil of Tuscany, and its smaller size means it's perfect for serving 4-6 people.
- 3 7 Quart Spanish Soup/Stew Pot, $96 from Bram: This traditional Spanish olla is perfect for soups and stews, as Bram notes. Its larger size also makes it great for really big soup batches you want to freeze for later.
- 4 Handcoiled Soup Pot, $225 from Micaceous Pottery: This pot is made with mica which, in addition to giving it its shimmering appearance, works as a binding agent that makes the pot very strong and durable. The reddish clay is also naturally rich in iron, sodium, and potassium. The potter states in his description that people can taste the difference in their food when cooked in this pot, due in some part to the combination of the acidic mica with the more alkaline clay, which apparently makes food taste better. (He does note that he cannot scientifically prove this!)
- 5 Napa Soup Pot, $34.95 from Crate & Barrel: this terra cotta pot is microwave and oven safe, but not for use on the stovetop. Use it for braised meat stews in the oven, or just for serving at the table.
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PALM COAST -- If the Federal Aviation Administration ultimately flies away with its management and training operation in Palm Coast, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University plans to move in with its own aviation-related courses.
But first, the Daytona Beach university will try to convince the FAA to stay at the facility it leases from the university. That convincing includes a plan to invest $1.5 to $2 million to upgrade the Palm Coast facility, said John Johnson, president of Embry-Riddle.
"We will submit a proposal to the FAA and we are hopeful that they will accept the proposal," Johnson said in a recent phone interview.
If the FAA does not stay, Embry-Riddle will then make use of the facility, he said.
"To be honest with you, we are going to use that facility," Johnson said. "We don't plan to sell it. We will use it either as a training center with the FAA or as a facility for expanding our educational and training mission to Palm Coast."
While Embry-Riddle leases the facility to the FAA, the university does not do any training for the FAA at the site at 4500 Palm Coast Parkway SE. Embry-Riddle would propose changing that, Johnson said.
"It would be our preference to continue leasing the facility to the FAA for its training program and we would also intend to include in our proposal that Embry-Riddle might assist them in their training there," Johnson said.
The FAA is developing a new solicitation for proposals for management training services, according to FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen. The lease for the center is set to expire Aug. 21. But the FAA has extended the contract for the Center for Management and Executive Leadership in Palm Coast until the end of 2012, she wrote in an email.
The FAA had all but left the training facility in Palm Coast this year until city officials, with help from U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park, and Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and others rallied to at least delay the departure. That gave Palm Coast officials a reprieve to try to keep the facility.
Losing the training center would be a blow to Palm Coast, already hit hard by foreclosures and unemployment. The FAA training center means 80 to 100 jobs for the community, plus the economic impact from about 150 FAA employees on an average week who train there.
The FAA's original solicitation for proposals required the new training facility to be within 25 miles of a major airport in either Kansas City, Atlanta, Cleveland, Denver, Los Angeles, Milwaukee or Orlando. The training center in Palm Coast is about 95 miles away from Orlando International Airport.
The original FAA solicitation also called for the center to have administrative officers and "training support functional space" along with lodging, amenities, kitchen and dining area. The buildings must be on a "campus" with easy walking access between the components.
The Palm Coast facility's campus includes meeting rooms, lodging and a swimming pool.
In case the FAA leaves, Embry-Riddle is considering expanding its Blue Gold program and has discussed that with Daytona State College, Johnson said. The program allows a student to attend two years at Daytona State College or other college and then transfer to Embry-Riddle to finish his or her degree. Daytona State College has a campus near the FAA facility.
"We are playing with a number of ideas," Johnson said.
Embry-Riddle is also having "internal discussions" about offering non-degree programs, particularly in technical areas in aviation-related fields at its Palm Coast facility, Johnson said.
"These are ongoing discussions," Johnson said. "We don't have anything definite at this time."
Palm Coast City Manager Jim Landon said Friday that while the city would like to keep the FAA in town, it's good news that a Plan B is in the works.
"We would love to keep the FAA here," Landon said. "I think that's a good fit for the community, bringing in a lot of visitors and instructors. If the federal government pulls out, then it is great news that Embry-Riddle has plans to convert the center into classrooms.
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THE best password is a long, nonsensical string of letters and numbers and punctuation marks, a combination never put together before. It is also the worst password from the viewpoint of actual use by real people.
However, choosing hard-to-guess passwords ultimately brings little security protection. The problem is the log-on procedure itself, in which we land on a Web page, which may or may not be what it says it is, and type in a string of characters to authenticate our identity (or have our password manager insert the expected string on our behalf). Password-based log-ons are susceptible to being compromised in any number of ways. Phishers trick us into clicking to a site designed to mimic a legitimate one in order to harvest our log-on information.
The solution urged by the experts is to abandon passwords — and to move to a fundamentally different model, one in which humans play little or no part in logging on. Instead, machines have a cryptographically encoded conversation to establish both parties' authenticity, using digital keys that we, as users, have no need to see. In short, we need a log-on system that relies on cryptography, not mnemonics.
As users, we would replace passwords with so-called information cards, icons on our screen that we select with a click to log on to a Web site. The click starts a handshake between machines that relies on hard-to-crack cryptographic code. The necessary software for creating information cards is on only about 20 percent of PCs, though that's up from 10 percent a year ago. Windows Vista machines are equipped by default, but Windows XP, Mac and Linux machines require downloads. However, Web site hosts must also be persuaded to adopt information-card technology for sign-ons.
We won't make much progress on information cards in the near future, however, because of wasted energy devoted to a large distraction, the OpenID initiative. OpenID promotes "Single Sign-On": with it, logging on to one OpenID Web site with one password will grant entrance during that session to all Web sites that accept OpenID credentials.
OpenID offers, at best, a little convenience, and ignores the security vulnerability inherent in the process of typing a password into someone else's Web site. Nevertheless, every few months another brand-name company announces that it has become the newest OpenID signatory. Support for OpenID is limited, however. Each of the big powers supposedly backing OpenID is glad to create an OpenID identity for visitors, which can be used at its site, but it isn't willing to rely upon the OpenID credentials issued by others. You can't use Microsoft-issued OpenID at Yahoo, nor Yahoo's at Microsoft. The companies see the many ways that the password-based log-on process, handled elsewhere, could be compromised. They do not want to take on the liability for problemsoriginating at someone else's site.
Microsoft and Google are among the six founding companies of the Information Card Foundation, formed to promote adoption of the card technology. BUT perhaps information cards in certain situations are convenient to a fault, permitting anyone who happens by a PC that is momentarily unattended in an office setting to click quickly through a sign-on at a Web site holding sensitive information. This need not pose a problem, however. Users on shared systems can easily set up a simple PIN code to protect any card from use by other users. The PIN doesn't return us to the Web password mess: it never leaves our machine and can't be seen by phishers.


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Thank you all those who attended my Live Virtual Class on RAC Performance Tuning on January 25th and 26th. You chose to invest your time with me, for which I am immensely grateful. Some of you have sent me email afterwards how well you liked it. Please keep sending them - they make any speaker's day. Even if you didn't like something, please let me know. Your feedback is very important for me. It is more so this time since this is the first time I delivered a live virtual class.
One of the major complaints seem to be most were not aware that it was 4 hours each day. I can understand your frustration; but I hope the communication will be better from the organizers next time. I was not the organizer; so I will not be able to tell what went wrong.
The scripts can be downloaded: from http://www.proligence.com/racperf.zip
Some questions came for TVD$XSTAT. It can be downloaded from http://antognini.ch/downloads/tvdxtat_40beta9.zip
Please return the evaluation forms back to OU; they need that. And, as I mentioned, please send me your fedback - good or bad - they are valuable.
Confessions of an Oracle Database Junkie - Arup Nanda The opinions expressed here are mine and mine alone. They may not necessarily reflect that of my employers and customers - both past or present. The comments left by the reviewers are theirs alone and may not reflect my opinion whether implied or not. None of the advice is warranted to be free of errors and ommision. Please use at your own risk and after thorough testing in your environment.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
RAC Performance Tuning Seminar on Jan 25 and 26, 2011
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Yeah, I'm poking my head back out here for a minute. Just a notice; if you're looking for me, PM me.
I just gotten a spam IM on AIM. It's more than likely from a hacked account, and whoever or whatever (I don't discount an AI) was behind it spammed a non-news, non-Apple link. As you know, don't click it if you like to keep your PC/Mac/Linux box.
Ban the user for a week instead. If it's someone you know, and can reach through different means, let them know they need to change their password (suggest they get a longer passphrase!).
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I know I've made a bazillion crazy threads but here's one more!
I am 7 weeks PP on Wednesday and last night I started spotting. This morning is it heavier and acting like a period, in that it's slightly brownish mixed with red.
I bled till about 4 weeks and have had light white lochia till a few days ago. I EP'd till about 4 weeks. I EBF now, and have done so around the clock with zero supplementation (except one bottle my husband gave him yesterday which he didn't finish)... I called my OB to ask and she simply said that it could be my period and to watch to see if I soaked through a pad an hour but she wasn't worried.
I thought I couldn't get my period this soon while EBFing? Could the fact that I pumped make me get it earlier? I had a pretty decent supply.
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10 Ice Cream Makers & Accessories For Your Kitchen
Did you know ice cream has accessories? We're not talking about earrings or a matching purse by any means, but there's a whole world of bowls, cups, spoons and methods of presentation that are waiting for you. We'll take one of each please and that includes the box of 3,000 tasting spoons!
Top Row, Left To Right
• 9 Hole Acrylic Cone Stand: for $28.75 from Kegworks. We love the idea of being able to serve ice cream to our guests without them having to hover around you in the kitchen and although we're not buying that the ice cream in the photo above is real, we're pretty sure the idea is still the same!
• Prepara Ice Cream Pint Sleeve: for $5.98 at Target (online). These sleeves will allow you to eat a little or a lot without your goods turning to soup in your toasty paw. In Pink - or brown.
• Cuisinart Classic Ice Cream Machine: for $49.95 at Sur La Table. This basic machine is great for many homeowners and has become a household staple, now in new fun colors.
• Cuisinart ICE-50BC Supreme Ice Cream Maker: for $258 from Amazon. This machine makes pint after pint without having to rechill any buckets and is always ready to go when you are. It might be pricier, but as far as we're concerned it's benefits outweigh the expenditure.
• Sweet Bliss Containers: starting at $8.95 for a pack of 25 pieces. Make ice cream and save it for later in these well priced containers that are easily written on with a marker to identify the contents!
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• Best Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Scoops: starting at $8.70 these scoops have us all wanting seconds.
• Ice Cream Bowl Roundup: If we had to choose our favorite bowls, handmade or no, these would top the list for sure. Metal, ceramic, glass and more!
• Disposable Ice Cream Cone Holder: for $6.95 from Kegworks, this holder is top rack dishwasher safe and catches the drips before your shirt does. No more paper towels and napkins, just let them drain to the bottom and drink it up when finished!
• Small Tasting Spoons: for $59.50 (3,000 in case) from Kegworks seems a little ridiculous, but think of the ice cream tasting parties you could have!
• Bistro Ice Cream Spoons (4): for $13.00 from Unica Home. There's something special about eating a sweet treat with special silverware, it makes things... well... special!
• Related: The Kitchn's 15 All-Time Most Popular Ice Cream Posts
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From the best-selling author of The New Organic Grower and Four-Season Harvest comes a revolutionary guide to year-round harvests of fresh, organic produce — with little or no energy inputs.
Choosing locally grown organic food is a sustainable living trend that's taken hold throughout North America. Celebrated farming expert Eliot Coleman helped start this movement with The New Organic Grower, published 20 years ago. He continues to lead the way, pushing the limits of the harvest season while working his world-renowned organic farm in Harborside, Maine.
Now, with his long-awaited new book, The Winter Harvest Handbook, anyone can have access to his hard-won experience. Gardeners and farmers can use the innovative, highly successful methods Coleman describes in this comprehensive handbook to raise crops throughout the coldest of winters.
Building on the techniques that hundreds of thousands of farmers and gardeners adopted from The New Organic Grower and Four-Season Harvest, this new book focuses on growing produce of unparalleled freshness and quality in customized unheated or, in some cases, minimally heated, movable plastic greenhouses.
Coleman offers clear, concise details on greenhouse construction and maintenance, planting schedules, crop management, harvesting practices and even marketing methods in this complete, meticulous and illustrated guide. Readers have access to all the techniques that have proven to produce higher-quality crops on Coleman's own farm.
His painstaking research and experimentation with more than 30 different crops will be valuable to small farmers, homesteaders and experienced home gardeners who seek to expand their production seasons.
A passionate advocate for the revival of small-scale sustainable farming, Coleman provides a practical model for supplying fresh, locally grown produce during the winter season, even in climates where conventional wisdom says it "just can't be done."
Praise for The Winter Harvest Handbook:
"How do you produce first-rate food all year-round in northern places? This is the big question facing the local food movement, and Eliot Coleman, one of America's most innovative farmers, has come up with excellent answers. ... The Winter Harvest Handbook is an indispensable contribution." Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food
"If we are going to create a good, clean, fair food system, we've got to learn how to grow affordable, local food year-round and make a living at it. Eliot Coleman knows more about this than anyone I've met. Here he gives the detailed information needed to make it work." Josh Viertel, president, Slow Food USA.
Recommended Product for Wiser Living: Today, more than ever before, our society is seeking ways to live more conscientiously. To help bring you the very best inspiration and information about greener, more sustainable lifestyles, Mother Earth News is recommending books and products to readers. For more than 40 years, Mother Earth News has been North America's "Original Guide to Living Wisely," creating books and magazines for people with a passion for self-reliance and a desire to live in harmony with nature.
Author: Eliot Coleman
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While in the Cinncinatti Bowtie position (reverse titty-fuck with the female laying on her back), the female on the bottom lifts her head and proceeds to give the male a rimjob.
Caleb got so wasted last night he started giving Janice a Cinncinatti Bowtie then she turned it into a Muddy Sparrow.
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Hi there.
Current maximum keyword length for search is 5 characters, meaning the forum search is completely unusable for all 3 character acronyms which are abundant in the computer lingo, and even 4 character codenames of the video cards (8800, 2900, etc).
Speaking from the experience of running big vBulletin board, I believe the limit could be safely increased to 3 without _any_ performance penalty. Could it be done?


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Style # 219995
Work the camera in this bebe one-shoulder dress, featuring a discrete scuba-inspired fabric, sheer overlay and a metal embellishment. Style it with sparkling pumps and a studded clutch for an all-over glam look.
- 100% polyester
- Hand wash
- Imported
- Center back to hem: 33" (84 cm)
- Lined
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Asymmetric Overlay Dress is rated out of 5 by 5.
Rated 4 out of 5 by azm52 from beautiful! This dress is beautiful! I didn't give it a 5 star rating only because it isn't quite perfect at the top but good enough. It is fitted and very feminine. I thought it ran true to size.
Date published: 2014-02-11
Rated 2 out of 5 by austinbebefan from Runs seriously large! I am usually an xxs in most all bebe clothes, but the xxs I tried on in the store was at least an inch too big on both sides of my lean, petite frame. I'm 5'4" and 100-101 lbs and I was floored when I tried it on and it was so big. My hips are about a 33 1/2", and my waist is 24". I almost think that if you are easily a size small, that the xxs might even fit you. Too bad on the sizing here at it's a lovely dress.
Date published: 2014-02-02
Rated 4 out of 5 by JJennings from Embellishment is gold Love the color and how thick the material and lining is. However, I am 5'6, 115 lbs and size S is loose. XS would be a better choice. The dress is definitely longer than on the model - probably 3" above the knees. Also, the metal embellishment is gold, not silver as suggested by the silver bracelet and shoes.
Date published: 2013-10-15
Rated 2 out of 5 by boardpunkchic from Poor fit/Quality I really wanted to like this dress. But its a little too big. I ordered an XS. I'm 5'7" 110 lbs and it just doesn't fit right. There is a little too much fabric. Also the way the zipper is sewed is very poor. The bottom of the zipper isn't attached to the top part of the dress so it looks very bulky and this is supposed to be a tight form fitting dress. I will definitely be returning this.
Date published: 2013-10-09
Rated 5 out of 5 by Monet from Irresistable This dress is absolutely stunning. Sexy and classy at the same time. It is made of thicker material and has a lining. As soon as I put it on I knew I wasn't going to put it back on the rack. It just fits so perfect! The store that I went to just happen to have XXS Caneel Bay (blue). Pure luck on my part because it doesn't even show that this dress is available in XXS online. The XS would of been fine but the XXS looked like it was tailor made for me.
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Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials still together after 24 years.
Chicago native Ed Williams' family tree has deep roots in blues music that can be traced back for years.
His love of music was ingrained in him at a young age by his uncle, J.B. Hutto.
Hutto was a blues legend in his own right, a well-known recording artist not only in his hometown of Chicago, but also throughout the country for his ability to play the slide guitar and his songwriting skills.
Today, more than three decades have come and gone since that blues fire was lit inside Williams, and he's never looked back. Out of that fire came more than ashes, however. Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials was born, and 24 years later they're still together and still playing music.
Slide guitarist and vocalist Williams said that The Imperials are more than just band members to him, they're family.
The band�s bassist is Williams' (slightly) younger half-brother, James "Pookie" Young, the guitarist is Mike Garrett and the drummer is Kelly Littleton.
Not only are the four fellows musically inclined, they are pretty good with a pencil and paper as well, writing most of their songs throughout their career.
With the release of their eighth record � Jump Start � the band has found themselves on their way to our sandy-white beaches to play their blues on the Emerald Coast.
On Wednesday, March 6, at 6 p.m. at The Village of Baytowne Wharf's Event's Plaza, Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials will hold a free concert. as part of the Wednesday Night Concert Series.
If you would like to attend the free concert, call 850-267-8000 or visit baytownewharf.com.
"We've been around," said Williams. The band has played all over America, and even a handful of places in Europe. "Paris, Spain, Norway, Germany, Switzerland," and countless other locations.
After being in the business of the blues for more than two decades, neither Lil' Ed nor The Imperials seem to have any plans to slow down anytime soon.
Since blues music came to be, the assumption about blues music � and blues musicians � is that they walk wistfully, slowly, hand-in-hand with heartache, sorrow and a hint of moroseness.
According to Williams, that's not always the case with blues, it's just a predisposition people have formed. It's certainly not the case with Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials.
The surprisingly upbeat and jovial Williams told The Log that blues music is as much about happiness as it is about sorrow. "Being on stage performing is like therapy to me," Williams said. "If I'm sick or sad or whatever, once I'm on the stage I feel great."
Fan interaction is a big deal for the band as well, who agree they love playing no matter where they get the opportunity to play, but small, intimate clubs are their favorite venues because they feel so personal.
"It's like running a marathon. Your first set you start at a normal, jogging pace, then once you get to your second and third sets you pick up the pace and run full speed to the finish line," Williams said. "I call it getting pumped up and pumped out."
Watching their fans reactions is just as important � if not more, than the actual music.
"When I watch our fans, I can tell if they've gone through the same things in life as me," Williams said of the loyal Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials fans.
"Blues music crosses so many generations," said Williams, who noted that it's not unusual to see a grandmother and a teenager at one of their shows.
Williams told The Log that since signing with their record label nearly 20 years ago, Alligator Records � based in their hometown of Chicago, their main goals have been to play good music, give it all they�ve got and stay true to themselves and their fans.
When Alligator Records president Bruce Iglauer invited Lil' Ed and The Blues Imperials into his studio 18 years ago to record "one or two songs," they never imagined those few songs would turn into a three-hour, 30-song recording session complete with a record deal.
"He was impressed because we knew so many of the good, old, classic songs," said Williams.
"All anyone can do is give it all they've got, then their done, so we're going to keep doing that until we can't," he added.


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The Songwriter's Lounge Presents Andrew Wambua, Feb. 22 2014 @ Creatives Garage Resource Centre – Greenhouse Mall
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A new star is born, The Songwriter's Lounge… A place where lyricism is brought to life in song.
Too often the art and skill of lyric writing and developing the written piece into a song has been under valued. The songwriters lounge has come to change all that and to provide an opportunity for musicians who are writers and non-musicians who are enthusiasts to come together and share beautiful moments in a small intimate setting ( 70 pax gig).
This first edition features Singer – Songwriter ANDREW WAMBUA born and raised in Nairobi Kenya. Wambua started his own band, Afrology, in 2008 and has since graced various stages such as Nairobi's premier event Blankets & Wine, Thursday Night Live at Choices, Penya Nairobi Panda Sauti among others.
He released his first single "Nipe Pendo" mid last year (Get a free mp3 of the single here) and is currently half-way into the recording of his debut album Dreams Come True
Join us as we endeavor to bring songwriting to life in Kenya…
VENUE: Creatives Garage Resource Centre, Greenhouse Mall, Adams Arcade, 2nd Floor, Suite 14
DATE: February 22nd 2014
TIME: 7pm
ENTRY: Ksh. 500 (LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE)
Call 0722626169 for tickets
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Here's what's up for grabs:
Nice vintage copy of "Vanity Fair" published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, circa 1900. Part of the New Century Library series, which featured smaller sizes and thinner paper.
Also included in the giveaway will be the four leaf clover featured in this post from a few days ago. You know I had to give that one away today - if not now, when?
Before we get started, yes, I'll ship it anywhere, for free. Alabama, Switzerland, New Zealand, Texas... you get the picture.
As for the rules, I don't want to make you all jump through hoops, nor can I figure out some savvy contest that will pull in web traffic all day. I don't give stuff away for that reason, so here are the simple contest rules: Just leave a comment on why you'd like this item, or why you enjoy Forgotten Bookmarks, or what you think can make the site better. I'll pick the winner from the comments section somewhat at random (I have a 1-10 number in mind, whoever posts in that particular spot will win). That's it.
I have a backup prize just in case things go haywire.
Good luck.
ONE more thing... I will check the comments around noon or so (Eastern US), I have some bookstore work that can't wait.
UPDATE: Hey, great response. The number I had in mind was 3 (the number of posts I was hoping for) so good job everyone, you exceeded my expectations. I'll try and post another giveaway tomorrow if time allows. preludetochaos, I will message you on twitter.


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By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
Libya under the rule of Muammar Gaddafi was once considered as one massive arms depot. In fact, the amount of weaponry in store far surpassed Libya's own needs. This allowed Gaddafi to use a part of this weaponry to supply various groups throughout the world opposing the West, or to donate it to countries in the Middle East and Africa. The donation of arms to the latter was mainly a sweetener in the hope that these counties would later support his idea for a United States of Africa, of which Gaddafi would 'of course' have been the leader.
The many arms depots found in Libya have provided the many forces now fighting for control over Libya easy access to sophisticated weaponry. The lack of spare parts and technical personnel has meant that only a portion of such heavy weaponry re-entered service however. The imposed arms embargo on Libya's internationally recognised government prevents the acquisition of large numbers of new arms and spare parts for Libya's Armed Forces. This while one of the many opposing factions, Libya Dawn, is known to receive arms from several countries in the MENA region.
This forced the Libyan National Army (LNA) to look for creative solutions to provide the required amount of firepower for its troops. And while the Libyan Conflict has seen the birth of many outright strange vehicle conversions over the years, the LNA in Benghazi took the contest to a whole new level by installing 30mm naval guns on trucks.
The first product of this limited series (seen above) combined a recently delivered Kamaz 6x6 with a double-barreled 30mm AK-230 naval gun originally found on Soviet fast attack craft, minesweepers and frigates. The AK-230's original task was to shoot down incoming missiles and aircraft while guided by a MR-104 Drum Tilt radar.
To allow for easier access to the guns and munition, the turret was removed. The two 30mm NN-30 cannons are belt-fed, with each belt holding five-hundred rounds. Reloading the two cannons is extremely time-consuming, even for an experienced crew.
The Libyan National Army is currently fighting Libya Dawn in Benghazi, where the latter is currently entrenched in the hope to hold the city. Libya Dawn was in control of most of Benghazi, but never managed to capture the port, which also serves as a base to to the Libyan Navy.
Benghazi's Naval Base was home to the Koni-class frigate 212 Al Hani, the Nanuchka-class corvette 416 Tariq-Ibn Ziyad, one of the few remaining Natya-class minesweepers and an inoperational Foxtrot-class submarine. However, the Al Hani left Benghazi a couple of years ago and the Tariq-Ibn Ziyad was set on fire by artillery and subsequently sunk.
The single Natya-class minesweeper already sunk close to a year before due a lack of maintenance, but not before it was deprived of both of its AK-230 gun emplacements, which were subsequently installed on the Kamaz and Scania trucks. The remains of the unfortunate Natya-class minesweeper can be seen below.
Both trucks are operated by the 309 Battalion, part of the Libyan National Army. The text seen on the front of the AK-230 armed Scania seen below reads: 'Board of the General Staff - The National Army K 309'.
Wether or not this design is more practical than a 23mm ZU-23 or 30mm M1980 installed on a technical remains to be seen as both can achieve more or less the same fire rate and impact on the target, but the AK-230 is far harder to aim.
With no ceasefire or end of the arms embargo on Libya's National Army in sight, more interesting conversions are sure to see the light of day as the conflict continues.
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The Libyan Air Force, refurbishing its old Su-22 fighter-bombers?
Is Egypt providing aircraft and helicopters to the Libyan Air Force?
Kh-29 air-to-surface missiles used as unguided rockets in Libya


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Marital Status Doesn't Affect Lung Cancer Survival
Contrary to previous studies, married patients with lung cancer do not have longer survival, according to analysis of an extensive Mayo Clinic database in the December issue of "The Oncologist."
However, the results suggest some other potentially important differences among patient subgroups -- including the possibility that married patients receive a more aggressive approach to lung cancer treatment, write Dr. Aminah Jatoi and colleagues.
The researchers analyzed data on nearly 5,900 patients from a Mayo Clinic database of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common type of lung cancer. The database included information on a wide range of factors, including cancer stage, cancer treatment, and other factors affecting prognosis.
The study also included information on marital status: 76 percent of the patients were married (average age, 65 years), four percent single, seven percent divorced, and twelve percent widowed (average age, 73 years). The researchers analyzed the data to see if there was any relationship between the patients' marital status at the time their cancer was diagnosed and their survival outcomes.
Initial analysis found no significant differences in survival among the different marital status groups. This remained true after adjustment for important prognostic factors, including age, tumor stage, and smoking. The results were in contrast to previous studies suggesting that married patients with lung cancer tended to have longer survival.
However, exploratory analyses found some significant differences in lung cancer treatment by marital status. Widowed and divorced patients received less aggressive treatment for cancer, which in some cases seemed to lead to shorter survival times. Survival was also shorter for patients in certain subgroups -- for example, widowed patients with stage IA lung cancer (the least advanced stage).
Some aspects of quality of life also differed among marital groups. Divorced patients had greater financial concerns than patients in the other groups, while married and widowed patients had greater spirituality and better social support.
Smaller, less well-controlled studies have reported longer survival for married patients with lung cancer. The extensive Mayo Clinic NSCLC database provided an opportunity to re-evaluate the relationship between marriage and lung cancer survival.
The findings show no differences in survival based on marital status. "Nonetheless, marital status at times appeared to have influenced whether or not a patient received certain types of cancer therapy," the researchers write.
The subgroup analyses also suggest other differences in lung cancer treatment and quality of life that are worthy of further exploration, Dr. Jatoi and coauthors believe. They conclude, "Thus, health care providers should continue to remain sensitive to the importance of human bonds as they care for patients with NSCLC."


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Joining the thousands of LGBT's and straight allies filming "It Gets Better" videos over the past few weeks, several celebrities have stepped up to the plate to offer words of encouragement.
From Neil Patrick Harris to Anne Hathaway, check out some of the best celebrity videos we've come across, each encouraging LGBT youths to stay strong and keep fighting.
Neil Patrick Harris
Zachary Quinto
Tim Gunn
Aubrey O'Day
Joel Madden
The Trevor Project Featuring Anne Hathaway, Ian Somerhalder, Jenny McCarthy and more.
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An Irish woman has just landed a lucrative publishing deal after her spoof version of international publishing phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey got picked up by a major publisher recently.
Set in Belfast, Fifty Shades of Red, White and Blue is written in the Northern Irish vernacular and is a loose pastiche of the famous bestseller, written by single mum-of-two Leesa Harker.
Just two months ago, Harker was an unknown from the Shore Road area of the city until her Facebook posts inspired by EL James' book gained 25,000 fans in just a matter of days. Publishers quickly took note.
According to the Irish Independent, the raunchy online chapters prompted Blackstaff Press to offer her a publishing deal.
A shocked Harker told the Belfast Telegraph she has always wanted to be an author but she can't believe her dream has become an overnight reality.
In fact her ascent has been so fast that she's already scheduled her first major book signing on September 27, when she will appear at Irish bookseller Eason's in Donegal Place in the heart of Belfast.
Although the 'book' started out as a joke for Harker's friends, it has unexpectedly become a life-changing experience for the young woman and a tale that oddly mirrors what originally happened with the novel by EL James.
No one is more amazed than Harker herself. The young author, who has previously worked in car sales and as a bank manager, told the Independent: 'It's a dream come true. I am amazed and I couldn't be happier.'
'I've had so much support from the Northern Ireland public and people from all over the world,' she confided. 'I am writing a second book at the moment; it's called Dirty Dancing in Le Shebeen.'


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We are looking at other planets that we can explore. So, two of them are Jupiter and Venus. The mission analysis is on what type of satellite we are supposed to build and what type of rocket we need.Studies are going on and it may take few years from now to have a concrete plan, M Nageswara Rao, Associate Director, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said at a plenary session on science technology at the Indian Science Congress here.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley gave the department of space a 23% increase in its budget. Under the space sciences section, the budget mentions provisions for Mars Orbiter Mission II and Mission to Venus.
Indias maiden mission to Venus, the second planet of the solar system, is in all probability going to be a modest orbiter mission.Watkins said a mission to Venus is very-very worthwhile as so little is understood about that planet and NASA would definitely be willing to partner in Indias maiden voyage to Venus.Towards that, NASA and ISRO have already initiated talks this month on trying to jointly undertake studies on using electrical propulsion for powering this mission.
In this context, proposals are solicited from interested scientists within India for novel space based experiments. This Announcement of Opportunity (AO) is addressed to all institutions in India. Those sending proposals may be currently involved in planetary exploration studies / the development of science instruments for space / willing to develop the experiments. The Principal Investigator of the proposal should (i) provide necessary details of the instrument which can address the scientific problems and (ii) be capable of bringing together the instrument team and lead the team for developing a space qualified instrument.The payload capability of the proposed satellite is likely to be 175 kg with 500W of power. However these values are to be tuned based on the final configuration. The proposed orbit is expected to be around 500 x 60,000 km around Venus. This orbit is likely to be reduced gradually, over several months to a lower apoapsis.
Its official. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has invited scientists to suggest studies for a potential orbiter mission to Venus - somewhat similar to the one that landed in Mars in 2013.
"The Announcement of Opportunity [AO] is just the beginning. The studies must be finalised, a project report would have to be presented and approved. A formal mission may not happen before 2020," a senior ISRO official told The Hindu.A mission must be approved by ISRO's Advisory Committee on Space Sciences, then the Space Commission and later by the government.
But a carefully designed Venus atmospheric descent probe of suitably small size could perhaps make it down the surface intact, and perhaps survive just long enough to send up a color picture of what things look like on the surface of Venus.
Anything that has any chance of surviving to the surface of Venus isn't going to be a cheap little add-on. The "small" Pioneer Venus probes were ~90 kg each.Even if you drop the requirement of surviving to the surface, the minimum requirements of a successful entry probe are far beyond something like MIP.
Gee, I was imagining some compact high-strength canister suspended beneath a ballute.
How much time would a descent to the surface approximately take, anyway?
Personally, I think that it would be worthwhile to have an additional extra mini-probe that would detach from the main orbiter spacecraft, to descend into the atmosphere of Venus. Various forum people have commented that aerocapture should be especially doable for Venus, given its conveniently thicker atmosphere relative to its gravitation. A detachable mini-probe that descends into Venus' atmosphere would be sort of counterpart or successor to the Moon Impact Probe on the Chandrayaan-1 mission.However, I don't see why a maiden Venus mission has to purely be restricted to an orbiter mission, when GSLV-Mk2/Mk3 allow significantly more margin for the payload mass envelope of the spacecraft than was previously possible, and given the time margin available.
According to Isro, the payload capability of the Venus-bound satellite is expected to be 175 kg with 500W of power. The orbit will be 500 X 60,000km around Venus, which will gradually reduce over several months.The focus of the mission will be atmospheric and surface studies, Sun-Venus interaction, biology experiments and technology demonstration. An Isro official told TOI that though it is an approved mission, the date of the launch is yet to be firmed up. The Indian mission to Venus+ has been listed as part of the department of space's demand for grants.
The orbit will be 500 X 60,000km around Venus, which will gradually reduce over several months.
The study team has submitted its inputs addressing various options and opportunities for Venus mission. The study teams inputs will be reviewed by Advisory Committee for Space Sciences (ADCOS) for further considerations. Meanwhile, the call for scientific proposals, through an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) to conduct space based experiments has been made to Indian scientists. After completion of selection process of proposals, definition of mission including budget will be worked out. Ten lakh rupees has been sanctioned for the project.This information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in a reply to an unstarred question in Rajya Sabha today.
Quote from: vyoma on 04/25/2017 05:53 AMThe orbit will be 500 X 60,000km around Venus, which will gradually reduce over several months.Just regarding this - is there any such thing as "reverse Oberth maneuver"? I realize Oberth Effect is exploited when raising orbits, but is it also common to do it for shrinking orbits, like when sending spacecraft to other planets, etc?
Indian scientists have been asked to submit proposals for scientific experiments for the mission, through an Announcement of Opportunity. ISRO hopes to carry about 175 kg of payload that would consume 500 watts of power. ISRO has also initiated talks with NASA on using electric propulsion for the mission.
After the scientific payloads have been selected, and the details of the mission will be worked out, including the budget. An initial Rs 10 lakh has been sanctioned for the mission. Union Minister Arun Jaitley allocated 23 percent more funds to the Department of Space during the last budget, and specifically mentioned provisions for "Mars Orbiter Mission II and Mission to Venus."
According to the initial plans, the spacecraft will be injected into an elliptical orbit around Venus, an approach that ISRO also used in the Mangalyaan mission to its advantage. The elliptical orbit allowed ISRO to capture images of the moons of Mars from never before seen angles. On Venus, the spacecraft is expected to be at an altitude of 500 km at its closest approach, and be at a distance of 60,000 km at its farthest point. There is only an orbiter, and no landing component on the Venus mission, which is scheduled to take place after 2020.
Other missions for planetary research being planned by ISRO include Mangalyaan-2, a follow up mission to Mars, Chandrayaan-2, a follow up mission to the Moon, The Aditya mission which will be India's solar observatory, The POLIX (X-ray Polarimeter Experiment) mission to observe celestial bodies that emit x-rays, The IRSIS (Infra-Red Spectroscopic Imaging Survey) mission for conducting infrared spectroscopic surveys of the skies on Earth and the SENSE (Satellite for Earths Near Space Environment) mission for investigating electrodynamical environment near the Earth.


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Cuban Tile-Inspired Backsplashes
From the portfolio of interior designer Tom Scheerer, we love these beach house kitchen backsplashes inspired by traditional Cuban cement tiles:
All four of these kitchens are otherwise pretty straightforward when it comes to materials, with predominantly white finishes and a few natural stones and woods. These highly patterned tile backsplashes are set off so well in such settings. The blue patten in the first image is gorgeous, but it is the gold in the later images that just blew me away.
• To see more of these beach houses and their kitchens, take a look at Tom Scheerer's portfolio.
Related: 5 Splashy Backsplashes
(Images: Pieter Estersohn, Eric Boman, Matthew Hranek, and William Waldron, via Tom Scheerer)


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Yesterday I had a "work" party at my house. Three of my sons and several of their friends were "invited" over to help me move my 8 x 10 tool shed to another location in my yard. To thank them for their work, I cooked up 20 lbs. of ribs, using Chef Carey's wonderful dry bub and BBQ sauce. fresh, local corn on the cob, green salad and Jo Ann's Watermelon Salad. She posted this recipe a few years ago buried within an unrelated thread and served it when I had dinner at her place in May.
When I was visiting her, she informed me that the original recipe was for a salsa, but she thought that having bigger chunks and serving it as a salad would be a great accompaniment to BBQ. And how right she was! I cut the melons into about 1-1/2 inch chunks and the cucumber (I used those long "gourmet" ones as the regular ones make me burp) I peeled slightly (leaving some green), quartered lengthwise and cut into 1/4 inch slices. I also used powdered ginger instead of the slivered crystallized and added a bit more sugar. The only variation I made was to use the zest of the limes in the dressing. The jalapenos were minced finely and mixed into the lime juice and brown sugar, and added just a bit of heat. The salad was a great hit and will now become a regular at my picnics. Thank you for this Jo Ann.Watermelon Salad
Got this out of a magazine some years ago and was stunned by the flavors. I hardly ever make barbecue without it in the summer months when the fruits are at their peak.
1/4 C fresh lime juice
2 Tbsps brown sugar
3 C chopped, seeded watermelon
1 C chopped, seeded honeydew melon
1 large cucumber, peeled, seeded, chopped
1/2 C thinly sliced red onion
1/4 C chopped fresh mint
2 Tbsps slivered crystallized ginger
1-2 jalapeno chilies, seeded and chopped
Dissolve sugar in lime juice in a large bowl. Add watermelon and all remaining ingredients; toss gently. Season with salt and pepper. Can be prepared up to 2 hrs ahead of serving. Of course, the longer it sits the more water it releases -- so, I consider it a mix and serve salad, but with 1 hour of lead time to marry the flavors.
Note: I don't follow the recommended measures for this recipe. I add what feels right and what I have a taste for, and enough to feed the size of the crowd. This one is easy to do in that way and suffers nothing by sliding up and down the ingredients scale.


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Nov. 17, 2007
In the second round of the First Shot Exempt Tournament on the campus of MTSU, Lipscomb fell to the hosting Blue Raiders 68-62. The Bisons are now 0-4. Middle Tennessee State University improved to 1-1.
The Bisons took an early lead with a jumper by Michael Lusk. He led all scorers in the game with 16 points.
Demetrius Green from MTSU answered with a three pointer to give his team a 3-2 lead. Demetrius started for Calvin O'Neil who injured his knee against San Jose State the night before. Demetrius Green had the first five points of the game and seven points over all.
The Bisons and Blue Raiders went back and fourth throughout the first half. With 5:29 left in the first half, Josh Slater knocked down three free throws to stretch the Bisons lead out to five.
Uriah Hethington's last second bucket pulled the Blue Raiders within one point of the visiting Bisons going into half time. Lipscomb led MTSU 31-30 at the intermission.
The Bisons shot 41% from the field in the first half. They shot 81% from the free throw line.
MTSU shot 39% from the field and 50% from the free throw line.
The hosting Blue Raiders came out of the locker room playing with intensity as they went on a 12-0 run during the first ten minutes of the second half. MTSU had their largest lead of the game with 8:58 to play in the game. The score was 54-38.
After the game Coach Sanderson had this to say about his team's performance in the opening minutes of the second half, "The first eleven minutes of the second half we score seven points and don't guard. That's the game."
However, the Bisons did manage to climb back into the game with 12-4 run of their own. Brandon Brown hit a crucial jump shot to bring Lipscomb within eight points with 4:44 left to play in the game. Brown started for the Bisons and managed to get a double-double in the losing effort against MTSU. He pulled down 13 rebounds and scored 10 points in the game.
Jason Hopkins had four of his five points come within the last 30 seconds of the game to bring the Bisons within six. However, it was not enough to overcome the Blue Raiders of MTSU who held off the Bisons with a final score of 68-62.
The Bisons shot 30 percent from the field in the second half. MTSU shot 57% from the field in the second half.
The Bisons missed 10 free throws in the second half alone. Coach Sanderson said this about his team's shooting, "We did not make shots and sometimes your inability to make shots affects your effort and energy defensively. When you're not making shots, you have to dig your heels in even harder, and that's been a trademark of our team for a number of years."
The Bisons next action is against San Jose State on Saturday night. This is the third and final game of the tournament. Coverage of this game can be heard directly after the Memphis football game on 900 AM on the Lipscomb Radio Network.


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Speaking up and loud
This is the stuff great people are made of, fearlessness in the face of persecution and boldness to speak truth to power.
I have many a time been perturbed by the cost of our democracy and the stranglehold corruption seems to have on every facet of life in Nigeria.
Yesterday brought in a number of interesting revelations, whilst many sanctimoniously concentrated on the sensational, the bigger issue was the insight into the workings of our legislature, the committee system and the bottom-feeding frenzy of rent-seeking legislators steeped in despicable malfeasance playing to the gallery pretending to unimpeachable conduct.
Sensational allegations
The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms. Arunma Oteh was appearing before the House Committee on Capital Markets chaired by "Honourable" Herman Hembe – the title must be in quotes until it is regained by a fair assessment of the allegations made and the man is proven completely innocent of the claims.
During the day we were regaled with tales of the profligate excesses of the Ms. Oteh, that she had stayed in 5-star hotel accommodation for 8 months instead of the regulatory one month, that she has spent NGN 850,000 ($5,391) on dinner and everyone ran to town with it. There some dispute as to whether it was NGN 850,000 or NGN 85,000 ($539.10), in either case, this was piffle, almost of no consequence in the scheme of things, the way the country is bilked and milked by all those in political office.
She stoops to conquer
Nigerian politicians are given to bluster and grandiloquence arrogating to themselves privileges, emoluments and untrammelled fiat to bludgeon people who appear before their committees without due courtesies and respect to the attendees.
Ms. Oteh ran the gauntlet of being questioned about her qualifications to fill her position and her ability to perform, it was an inquisition so disgraceful and unbecoming of anyone who deigns to be recognised in polite society but that was Day One.
When Ms. Oteh appeared on Day Two, she was battle-axe ready, fuming, agitated and shooting all guns with deathly accuracy in what might become the biggest political earthquake of our democratic experiment, I should expect aftershocks of similar magnitude to follow.
Explosive political bombshells
She alleged with dates that the Committee Chairman had received moneys to attend a conference that he eventually did not attend and did not refund the expense. She also alleged that he had asked the SEC to fund the activities of the committee to the tune of NGN 39,000,000 ($247,376) and then another demand was made for NGN 5,000,000 ($31,714.80).
She questioned the integrity of the chairman and his credibility to sit in judgement with unclean hands and his maturity in commenting on issues related to the SEC without first verifying the facts possibly with the view to undermine, discredit and contemn Ms. Oteh.
More importantly, she pointedly accused the chairman of corruption and in the court of public opinion challenged the chairman to defend himself against the claims whilst making the case for fairness and better adherence to democratic principles. The raw emotion was palpable as she trembled and her voice quavered with each forceful statement, the discomfiture of the committee was quite evident.
Noisy body talk
The body language of the chairman was like an open book screaming out the words as he swivelled in his chair in pendulumic consonance squirming with embarrassment as he tried to fend off the allegations, twisting Ms. Oteh's words and playfully making light of the situation but before the whole world, this was a most uncomfortable moment.
In a display of braggadocio he mandated the anti-corruption agencies to investigate the claims, but we Nigerians have very little confidence in the ability of these institutions to follow through to conclusion any allegations, charges or indictments made on senior politicians in Nigeria – it was both a dare and a moot point, if anything comes of it, we will be in for an unusual surprise.
He was obviously rattled that he forgot his manners when he told and not asked Ms. Oteh to turn off her microphone. In a society where character, reputation and integrity matters, where a senior official is besmirched with allegations of corruption, one would expect him to recuse himself and not bring the activities of the committee and the House of Representatives into disrepute, but impunity without consequence is the name of the game in Nigeria, he reasserted his questionable authority and banged the gavel – the seal of authoritative corruption and obvious indifference.
Ms. Oteh – the big spender?
So many things stand out from the events of that day which I will attempt to address one at a time.
Could Ms. Oteh have spent $539 on dinner? Very likely, it would probably have covered a meal with friends and considering the cost of living in Nigeria especially in luxury settings, the prices are unbelievably steep for what we would get at a reasonable cost in Europe. It is quite doubtful that she spent $5,391 at one sitting, it reads like a very tall tale exposed to ridicule and embarrass her – The SEC has asserted the lower figure but why let the truth get in the way of a sensational exposé?
That Ms. Oteh stayed in 5-star accommodation for a whole 8 months is quite beyond the pale but then one can understand that enjoying luxury at the expense of others can be a difficult and herculean task to wean yourself of off, in some ways she was being both a chancer and human – people have done worse, she has been in her position for over two years now, which means alternative lodgings have been arranged for at least 16 months.
Report or proclaim?
Certain people have wondered why Ms. Oteh did not take her allegations of corruption to the anti-corruption agencies. For reasons I have stated before, they have not excelled in their briefs, literally everyone of political clout in Nigerian has gummed up the system and deftly used the judiciary to extricate themselves from the clutches of due process of investigation and administration of justice.
In my view, that public forum was the best place to make those allegations and with it in the open, force many more voices to demand action be taken. If the chairman feels he has been besmirched and libelled he can easily seek redress in the courts but I doubt he has the courage to be exposed to the scrutiny of his cupboard of rampaging skeletons. Compromised legislators grandstanding in public will from now on have to thread carefully.
Estacode abuse
One area of patronage and source of corruption that needs to be reviewed reformed and better regulated is the use and abuse of estacode - funds intended to cover traveling costs by public servants and politicians. Politicians, especially in Nigeria are quite handsomely remunerated; they should not be receiving hand-outs before they have completed whatever missions they embark on.
In the private sector, a modicum of control is exercised on spending because the money first comes out of the pocket and the person is later reimbursed on the presentation of receipts and audited review of the expenses.
Though that process can also be abused, with the presentation of false documents or through collusion, it will not result in profligacy and excessive pre-compensation and the person will be more accountable for their spend. That the chairman received moneys and did not use it for the intended purpose is at best dishonest, if not fraudulent.
Conflicts of interest
The operation of committees needs to be reviewed, the independence of a committee will always be compromised and the perception of its ability to function transparently and fairly will be suspect if the committee and its members receive favours from the institutions they have oversight of. It is befuddling that the concept of conflict of interest has not become part of the framework of the fabric of our democracy.
The legislature has its budget and it must operate within its means without seeking emoluments and sponsorship of external organisations that can exact influence on the probity, transparency and integrity of the committees in some quid pro quo arrangement – this must be deemed illegal, corrupt and outlawed. Perceptions matter, always.
A new breed of public servant
One other interesting point is that Ms. Oteh appeared to be quite combative and it is interesting that on Day One the proceedings were not given a public hearing and then the damaging allegations of living large seemed to set the stage for the committee to embarrass the lady for not playing ball with a live and televised hearing which now seems to have back-fired on the legislators.
If you are called to public service in Nigeria - Do not be assimilated and do not be intimidated. Arunma Oteh is a class act.
There is no doubt that our legislature would prefer Nigerians were not privy to the machinations of corruption, pay-for-play, bribery and other despicable practices that have been rumoured about but never verified. With Ms. Oteh's very public assailing of these rent-seekers there is very little damage limitation that can be done to restore the public's confidence in our democracy.
We need to put the feet of these people to the fire and apply more pressure on the system to change, to reform and to root out the atrocious wolves in sheep's clothing who are selfish, self-conceited and greedily feeding on the system with ravenously gluttonous appetites.
If we are to learn anything from Ms. Oteh, our democracy is in need of an urgent reset.
Nigeria: Ministries banned from funding National Assembly – Written in 2008 about conflicts of interested between the legislature and executive.


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This site provides Mines' faculty, staff and students with the latest and most accurate information on the state budget and how it impacts the School. Due to the high level of uncertainty regarding the final State budget and funding for Higher Education, this site was developed to provide an open look at the School's developing plans to adapt to current and future financial challenges. It will be updated as new information emerges.
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RVRA Member Provides Trailer for Outdoors Promotion
June 15, 2009 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on RVRA Member Provides Trailer for Outdoors Promotion
Warren Keely, right, owner and operator of Road Trip Rentals in Broad Run, Va., provided a travel trailer for the national "Get Outdoors Day" event at Kingman Island in Washington, D.C., on June 13. With him is Derrick Crandall, president of the American Recreation Coalition (ARC). A consortium of federal agencies and nonprofit organizations including ARC and the U.S. Forest Service organized the annual event to encourage health outdoor fun across the nation. The Washington event was one of 62 local Get Outdoors Day events held across the nation. Prime goals of the day are reaching first-time visitors to public lands and reconnecting youth to the outdoors. Keely is a member of the RV Rental Association (RVRA), a division of the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA), the national association representing RV retailers. The association's members include RV dealers, RV rental operations and RV aftermarket locations.


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We at Look Good Feel Better are very excited to announce our partnership with the Home Shopping Network (HSN) that will run throughout the month of June. If you love to shop and love to give back here is your chance to do both! Visit to see all the amazing products that will be featured during the month of June with a portion of the proceeds going to benefit Look Good Feel Better. Read the flyer below to find out all the details!


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"Recently I had a chance to spend some time with Fujitsu's P7230 ultraportable notebook. With a 10.6" LED-backlit LCD and a weight of less than 3lbs the system is just what many mobile fanatics are looking for, but such portability comes at a price. The P7230 is powered but a 1.2GHz Intel Core Solo U1400 processor, something that is great for the battery life, but does not have the power of its Core 2 Duo brethren. The single-core, low-voltage processor works well much of the time but chokes under the load brought on by intensive programs as well as multi-tasking. In attempt to get the most possible from the P7230 I decided to completely remove Vista in favor of Ubuntu 7.04."
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I have a photo of a friends recall letter issued Aug 22 1969 by Chevrolet which states VERBATIM"Dear Camaro Owner,1969 Camaros equipped with engine option Z28 (290 h.p.), L-34 (350 h.p.), or L-78 (375 h.p.) produced prior to December 4, 1968, incorporated a chambered type exhaust system. 1969 Camaros with the engine option Z28 (290 h.p.) produced from December 4, 1968 until May 2, 1969
My 69 Z28 was built 10B, 1968, it came in from Chevrolet with chambered exhaust as std. equipment, I have the original sales order showing the base price and options ordered, the chambered exhaust is not listed as an option.Thanks, Mike


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Club XS Could Lose Liquor License
Owner Defends North York Club's Reputation
Club XS Could Lose Liquor License
Owner Defends North York Club's Reputation
YORK, Pa. —
North York's Club XS is in danger of losing its liquor license after a New Year's Eve brawl in the parking lot.
The state Liquor Control Board is challenging the license in Commonwealth Court, citing the New Year's Eve fight and other incidents.
Club owner Joel Weinstein is defending his club and said he is being targeted by the Liquor Control Board.
"We have never had a major violation for serving a minor. We have never had a drug arrest in the club," Weinstein said. "In fact we have never had an occasion in five-and-a-half years to call the police to come in and handle a matter inside the club."
The nightclub's liquor license has been challenged before in court, but not revoked.