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You have decided!
So what's hot on the grid - You have spoken!
The AVI Choice Awards is an annual survey of the top favorites on a number of things across the grid. The awards are divided into various categories during the year - and this time YOU decided on your favs in The Arts.
I thought I would pass along some items of interest to this blog.
Max Kleene picked up the most awards - and SL Live Radio won as "favorite SL Radio Station."
AVI CHOICE RECIPIENTS - The Arts
Favorite SL Radio Station
SL Live Radio – Esme Capelo and Thorn Andel
Favorite Acoustic Singer/Male Performer/Pop Singer
Maximillion Kleene
Favorite Instrumentalist/Favorite Jazz Artist/Musician
Voodoo Shilton
Favorite Female Performer/Favorite Blues Singer
Noma Falta
Favorite Country Singer
Savannah Coronet
Favorite Singing Group (two or more)
Effinjay – Jaycatt Nico and Frogg Marlowe
Favorite Rock Singer
Tukso Okey
The full list of nominations and the results can be found at http://avichoiceawards.com/.

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Sir John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd Orr of Brechin Mearns, doctor, medical scientist, nutritionist, physiologist and Nobel Laureate, he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1949, was born on the 23rd of September, 1880.
Sir John Boyd Orr was undoubtedly one of the great Scots of the last century. He was the pioneering father of modern, nutritional science and the first scientist to show that there was a link between poverty, poor diet and ill health. Orr, who was known as 'Popeye' to his family, had many outstanding qualities and a long list of outstanding achievements to his name. There was a touch of eccentricity about him and he was an intrepid character. An early story of him relates how, whilst some of his fellow students supported their studies by working down the mines at night, Orr bought a block of flats, with a £5 deposit on the mortgage, and sold it for a modest profit after he graduated. In addition to becoming a Nobel Laureate, he was a visionary researcher, a decorated First World War veteran, and a political idealist and activist, with a distinctive blend of scientific integrity, determination and pragmatism. Orr was knighted in 1932 and granted a Baronetcy in 1949, the same year he gained the Nobel Peace Prize for advocating a world food policy based on human needs rather than trade interests. His was only the second Nobel Prize that has been awarded to a Scot.
John Boyd Orr was the founding Director of the Rowett Institute for Research in Animal Nutrition, which is a renowned nutritional research unit near Aberdeen. When he turned up for the interview in the Granite City on the 1st of April, 1914, he must have thought it was a proper April Fools' Joke when the stoney-faced Aberdonians told him that the 'Institute' consisted of nothing more substantial than an idea. He set about changing that and, after the First World War, raised substantial sums of money to build the reality. The first new building was dedicated by Queen Mary in 1922, followed by the Walter Reid Library in 1923/4, the thousand-acre John Duthie Webster Experimental Farm in 1925, and the accommodation wing, Strathcona House, in 1930. At the outbreak of the First World War, Orr enrolled as a medical officer with the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with the Sherwood Foresters. He was at the Somme in 1916 and at Passchendale two years later. His bravery in action led to him being awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross, which the principled Orr refused to wear; partly on the grounds that the really brave men were dead. Curiously, he ended up serving simultaneously in both the Army and the Royal Navy, because he resigned from the former and was loaned back by the latter to conduct research in military dietetics.
Between the two World Wars, Orr busied himself in nutritional research at the Rowatt, where amongst his many findings was the demonstration of the nutritional benefits young children could gain from drinking milk. That, of course, led to the introduction of free school milk. In 1936, Food, Health and Income report revealed the "appalling amount of malnutrition" amongst the UK population, regardless of economic status. That research came from a Carnegie sponsored dietary survey per income group that Orr made during 1935. Astonishingly, it showed that the cost of a diet fulfilling basic nutritional requirements was beyond the means of half the British population and that ten per cent of the population was undernourished. Great Britain wasn't so great when so much of the population was so poor that it couldn't afford to buy enough food for a healthy diet. Orr's research also became the basis for British food rationing during World War Two, a policy he helped to create as a member of Winston Churchill's Scientific Committee on Food Policy. Of course, propaganda dictates that the healthy condition of the nation was as a key factor in winning the war.
It was as Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, a post to which he was appointed in 1945, that John Boyd Orr achieved his widest recognition. At the tender age of sixty-five, he retired from Aberdeen's Rowett Institute and took up no less than three new positions. He served a three-year term as Rector of Glasgow University and took a seat in the Commons, representing the Scottish Universities, in addition to his post with the United Nations. He was a great believer in the common good and the ideals of the United Nations and was actively associated with virtually every organisation that agitated for 'world government'. In his autobiography, he wrote that "The most important question today is whether man has attained the wisdom to adjust the old systems to suit the new powers of science and to realise that we are now one world in which all nations will ultimately share the same fate." Perhaps that shall turn out to have been prophetic.
Astute politician and propagandist that he was, the Nobel Peace Prize was his only tangible reward for his grandest idea. At a time of severe worldwide food shortages, he pointed out two key problems, namely that half of the world's population lacked enough food and that farmers dared not overproduce in case that caused a slump in food prices. His proposed solution for a World Food Board was based on 'need' rather than 'trade concerns' and demanded that the world's governments could simply arrange to transfer surplus food to deprived countries. The system was intended to work like an interest free loan as once hunger and poverty were eliminated, the food loans would be repaid, sans interest. The proposal, which seems a little naïve in retrospect, was extraordinarily ambitious and was defeated at a 1946 meeting in Copenhagen. The international community, without the slightest smidgeon of irony or indeed shame, awarded Sir John Boyd Orr the Nobel Prize in consolation; for his efforts to eliminate world hunger.
John Boyd Orr was born in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, on the 23rd of September, 1880 and died ninety-one years later at his home near Edzell in Angus on the 25th of June, 1971. He was once described as "The practical farmer who extended the drystane dykes of his Grampian farm to encompass the earth." His book, 'The White Man's Dilemma', which is published in many languages, is a statement of his far sighted views on the concept of a 'World Food Board' and 'World Government', ideals for which he campaigned to the end of his life. As the chairman of the Nobel Prize committee observed, "The purpose of [Orr's] scientific work was to find ways of making men healthier and happier so as to secure peace; [Orr] believes that healthy and happy men have no need to resort to arms in order to expand and acquire living space." Orr wrote that "hunger and want in the midst of plenty are a fatal flaw and a blot on our civilisation." It is a crying shame that his ideas for bringing science to politics, naïve as they may have been, are still ideas 'ahead of their time'.
The photograph is by Sam Perkins (check him out on Facebook at Sam Perkins Photography) and was taken near Oban.
Thursday, 23 September 2010
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Hyderabad, (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday arrived here on a two-day visit.
He was received by Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, his cabinet colleagues and senior officials at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
After getting down from the special aircraft, Modi took the Governor and the Chief Minister aside and was seen engaged in animated discussion with them for three minutes. he then proceeded with the customary reception as Chandrasekhar Rao introduced his cabinet colleagues and senior officials, who welcomed the prime minister with bouquets.
The Prime Minister is believed to have discussed the issue of demonetisation of high currency value notes with them.
From the airport, Modi drove straight to Sardar Vallabhbhai National Police Academy, where he will have a night halt and the next day will address the annual conference of state Directors-General of Police and Inspectors-General of Police.
The Prime Minister had dinner with the senior officials attending the three-day meet, which began on Friday.
He is likely to participate in 'yoga' session with police officers Saturday morning before addressing the meet. Modi will return to Delhi Saturday evening.
Massive security arrangements have been made for the Prime Minister in and around the National Police Academy at Shivrampalli located on the airport road. A thick security was thrown around the academy, especially at the guest house where Modi will stay.
Police chiefs of all states and directors general of central paramilitary forces are attending the meet, which is expected to discuss cross-border terrorism and radicalisation of youth among other issues.


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I'm back from my travels!
Singapore is a true melting pot of cultures. We visited this fascinating city a few years ago on a two night stopover from Bali, but having read about the new ambitious architectural projects, we decided to go back and spend more time there.
There's an array of world-class restaurants and high quality street food which we were keen to try too.
During our last visit we had enjoyed afternoon tea in the Tiffin Room but this time we planned to return the following evening for a Singapore Sling or two!
|I wonder what he would think
of Singapore today?
I'm sure he would be impressed!
In 1867 Singapore became a British Crown Colony and remained so until 1959 when it achieved self governance.
The Botanic Gardens were the perfect place to spend a relaxing afternoon and certainly exceeded our expectations. Immaculate, beautifully maintained and a riot of colour even on a dull grey day ....
The gardens are well laid out in clearly marked areas ....
Dotted around the gardens are whimsical sculptures which make the gardens come alive .....These two caught my eye ......
|'Girl on a Swing' and
'Lady in a Hammock'
|'Girl on a Bicycle ' by Sydney Harpley,
donated by David Marshall
The Chopin sculpture is perfectly located near the Symphony Lake and stage. We would love to return one day to listen to one of the open air concerts.
The highlight of the afternoon was the National Orchid Garden with the world's largest collection of orchids. No wonder it's the most popular section of the Botanic Gardens.
Vanda Miss Joaquim is the National Flower of Singapore .....
Singapore has a tradition of naming orchids after important visitors and these can be seen in the VIP area. This delicate white orchid was named in memory of Princes Diana in 1997 .....


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|The mid-'60s brought multiple appearances on the stalwart, elegant games shows of the era like To Tell the Truth, What's My Line? and Password. The glittering, but sharp, Merrill added beauty and sparkle to many a celebrity panel.
|One could do much worse in the way of entertainment than watching the ebullient and sparkling Merrill play Password with a handsome man in uniform!
|And every once in a while, as in this What's My Line? appearance, she went all out, ramping up the glitz to the nth degree in a way that knocks us out even now.
|During an episode of Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre, Merrill met Cliff Robertson and the two swiftly fell in love. They wed the day after her divorce was final (and with it went her standing in the "high society" she'd been born into.)
|Merrill stayed busy on practically every TV series, even filling in for the departed Barbara Bain in a two-part episode of Mission: Impossible. She also returned to Broadway with shows in both the 1970s and the 1980s.
|Robert Altman utilized her again in his 1992 film The Player, as the knowing executive secretary at a movie studio, elegance still dripping from her every pore.
|Merrill was one of the few socialites to really sustain a long-term, successful acting career. Now fame comes to the rich when they merely play their own tacky selves to an adoring (and misguided) public. They don't make 'em like this anymore.
|We will sorely miss the beguiling, tasteful and refined Miss Dina Merrill, but have countless hours of her work available to us to keep her memory with us!


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I am beyond honored that he asked me to speak about this, and I hope I do the topic justice!
(I have not been paid or anything to do this.)
I'm not going to talk about craft. If you want to know about craft, go to writers better than me and those who have talked about it in more depth than I will: Stephen King's "On Writing", Kurt Vonnegut's essays, etc.
I taught a writing workshop for adults with developmental disabilities. 'Taught' is too strong of a word; 'led' or 'guided' would be more appropriate. And even though it'd be great to think that the workshop completely changed their lives around, it'd be a lie. They changed me more than I changed them.
There are things that I never knew or would know about these adults had we been in any other situation. Their favorite foods, relationship to roommates and other adults in the building, boyfriends, girlfriends, enmities: all those I found out in two one-hour sessions.
There are times when the triviality of writing dawns on me and scares me. I like to think I write for myself (I can't not write or I'll explode) but I write to expose horrors that frustrate me. Part of that requires that I go out to the places I'm writing about -- such as the homeless community -- and get first-hand experience to convey what I'm talking about. And after these experiences, I need time to collect myself - because I want to rip apart all my writing.
How stupid must I be to think that I can sit in a room and write while people, actual people, go through horrors and nightmares every day? To be 'moved' by what I'm writing feels like a ghost compared to what I saw. I am in no position to write about such things. The whole 'pretending' aspect of writing becomes disgusting and despicable. I'm pretending and, if things go well, I will reach a larger audience than those shunned by society. My stories will be heard by more people than the stories of those who know more about their situations than I do. How can I write? No matter how hard I try, it'll be a lie.
And I don't have an answer to that. No matter how much I know the fallacy of my writing, I must write. Books have the power to change lives, I know that, you know that, you told me that. And I must write. I simply must, I'd explode if I don't. I try as hard as possible to be honest in my writing, especially with my current novel.
Teaching the adults with developmental disabilities exposed me to an entire new view about how to write honestly.
Give a person a pencil and they'll expose their lives to you. It might take digging, it might be hiding under the surface of their stories, but the writer and the story can never be independent. I'm sorry, but it's true. Probably. (I don't like saying statements are 100% true, but that statement just might be.)
So this is an odd benefit of teaching writing, one that I only realized once I went out and 'taught' a group of people who usually do not get 'taught' writing. For one thing, teaching went out the window. it was all about exploring, encouraging, having fun. Their writing was pure at its greatest form, only for themselves without care for standards -- and they never felt ashamed about sharing their writing. They spoke up and told other adults to speak up if they hadn't for a long while. This is what writing can do to a person. Writing without need of publication has a power in itself, a power of expression for only expression's sake. It's an undeserved privilege to witness it.
Because witnessing their writing meant witnessing their minds and lives. If I wrote a book about adults with developmental disabilities before the workshops and after the workshops, they'd be two different novels. That may seem obvious, but think about what that means in terms of the power of 'teaching' writing.
This benefit may seem niche but in fiction, writers are not writing autobiographies (they're writing veiled autobiographies ;) ). They're writing about other people. For example, a woman might be writing a book about a man coming to terms with his impotency. And although there might be men who published articles and books about their lives, this published writing is inherently different than writing for writings sake. The latter tends to be incredibly more honest in a way that staggers the mind.
If you want to write honestly about someone, 'teach' that someone writing. And by 'teach', I mean give them open prompts ("Make a poem where every line starts with 'I am'"; "What is your favorite season? Holiday?" simple stuff, harder stuff if you feel like it, "What is your worst memory?") and, if they trust you, they'll bloom in front of you.
Don't ever do someone the disservice of 'pretending' in fiction without any attempt to honestly learn about their situations. Without a doubt, when you go to learn about them, people will surprise you.
I can't find it on YouTube, but I watched a video about adults with developmental disabilities who were asked the question, "If you would change one thing about yourself, what would you change?"
Not one of them mentioned their disability. The most common answers were, "Be happier," or "I wouldn't change a thing."
Go out. Learn about your subjects.
"Write what you know." And if you don't know what you want to write about, don't be one of those people who discredits, in my opinion, the greatest adage in writing and thinks, "I can make it up, write what you know is so dumb! What about fantasy?"
GET to know it, your world, your emotions. Or else you'll be one of those fools who conveys their subject falsely, writes yet another source of misunderstanding in the public. Ever wonder where the idea of rough and tough, gun-wielding lesbians come from? Straight people.
You'll fail to connect with those you've written about, and for me, that'd mean my novel failed.
Hopefully, this benefit of teaching writing to others is unique. I don't want to repeat what others have said because others can say things better than I can.
But really, teaching, learning, and writing itself has a whole spectrum of benefits that many people can talk about and present unique takes. That's why I'm so so glad Bob asked a number of writers to discuss this topic on their blog. Please take a look at Webucator's Twitter feed and read some of the links they Tweeted.
Webucator is offering a free Microsoft training class each month. It's a necessary skill that most employers require, and their classes run the entire spectrum of Microsoft applications (some I haven't even heard of!). Check out Webucator's reviews and take a look at their classes. They seem great. If you think you can learn anything from the classes, check them out.
Thank you so much again for inviting me to speak on this, Bob!


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No sooner did France Telecom prop up iTablet rumors do French site Challenge.fr start some "4th generation iPhone coming in May" craziness.
Now, we have no reason to believe this, but since Apple is so secretive, anything is possible (and frankly it's nice to see some good old fashioned iPhone rumors amid all this iTablet hype!). Here's the deal, translated by iphon.fr:
- "Apple to launch a new iPhone in May"
- "It will be the fourth version of the well known smartphone launch on the 29th of June 2007. A way to counter the Google attack"
- "Apple will launch, in early may 2010, a new version of its iPhone, as we heard from some mobile operators.".
Apple, of course, has announced and launched new iPhones in the June/July time frame for the last 3 years and they don't often change their cycles. So does that make this fake, le fakety-fake fake, or just fake enough to hide an early launch? Get crazy with the French and their carriers by letting us know what you think!
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At long last – well, it is not that long actually, considering how the iPhone 5 has not exactly been out for that long on the markets, but at the very least, we do know that the CM4 Q Card Case has begun to ship. After all, don't you love your iPhone 5 to bits and pieces, and hope that this smartphone will be able to get through an entire year without any nicks or scratches? Well, the CM4 Q Card Case intends to fill this big pair of protective shoes for the iPhone 5, where it is touted to deliver device protection in a smart design, boasting a built-in wallet sleeve as well which is capable of holding up to three different cards as well as cash.
This particularly updated version of the Q Card Case is proud to be the thinnest of the lot to date, and yet it will still sport CM4's classic Black Onyx and Pacific Green, in addition to a couple of new colors – and we are talking about Red Rouge and Mahogany Brown. The iPhone 5 version has also undergone a special session of craftsmanship, where this means it is now able to play nice with the spanking new Lightning dock adapter, enabling users to also continue using their 30 pin accessories. I guess you can more or less say that the Q Card Case is an ideal solution for folks who tend to travel a whole lot, in addition to others who prefer to travel light by wanting to look slim even with something in their pockets or purses.
It does not matter if you are attempting to navigate through airport security, meet up with new business prospects, or simply to go shopping with the rest of the family, the CM4's extremely convenient Q Card Case will definitely do its bit to reduce the insane amount of clutter that we have managed to accumulate in our pockets and purses over time. Made out of soft-touch rubber as well as a premium fabric wallet sleeve which fits an ID, credit or debit card, and some cash, you end up with a lightweight and yet secure fit around the iPhone 5. There is also a protective front bezel thrown into the mix with lay-flat Screen Guard design, delivering an added layer defense for the iPhone screen.
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|...in all their tattered glory
"I have written Howard pastiches myself, so I can speak both as a reader and an author: Every author leaves his personal mark on whatever he writes; the only man who could write a Robert E. Howard story was Robert E. Howard. Read Howard pastiches as you will—but don't let anyone kid you that you're reading Robert E. Howard. It is far more than a matter of imitating adjective usage or analyzing comma-splices. It is a matter of spirit."While Howard fans these days are spoiled by the Del Reys, prior to 1977 you could not buy a collection of the Conan stories without editorial emendations or the presence of pastiches. Both the widely printed Lancer/Ace collections of the 1960s and 70s and the rarer Gnome Press editions from the 1950s were marred by editorial changes and additional non-Howard material. That all changed with the Berkley Medallion Editions, published by the arrangement of the late, great, Glenn Lord (1931-2011), and edited by legendary horror and swords and sorcery author Karl Edward Wagner (1945-1994). These consist of three books in an aborted series that was supposed to run longer and include all 21 of Howard's original stories. They include The Hour of the Dragon, The People of the Black Circle, and Red Nails. To prepare the Berkley Medallion Edition manuscript Wagner made photocopies directly from the pages of Weird Tales, correcting only obvious typographical errors.
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The Call to Action Campaign will serve as a catalyst for unprecedented health, economic and environmental benefits to hundreds of thousands of families in neighborhoods across America.Policy advocacy is a key element in this effort. After several years of focused policy engagement, federal, state, and local green building initiatives have taken root. For low-income families and for all Americans, now is the time for bold solutions and continued progress. Green development is increasingly seen as a proven, cost-effective approach to creating vibrant communities for families across the economic spectrum.
To view the campaign video, see what the pledge entails for your organization and join the Call to Action, visit the Enterprise Call to Action website.
Principles of the Call to Action
The Call to Action is based on the following guiding principles:
Green affordable housing development generates lasting economic and health savings for families and communities and promotes energy independence.
Federal housing, energy, environmental, health and tax programs and policies are needed to support both green housing goals and economic growth through investments in energy efficient and sustainable development.
Housing produced or preserved to meet holistic green building standards, such as the Enterprise Green Communities Criteria, LEED, and others, provide the opportunity to deliver significant healthy, economic and environmental benefits.
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Locating green building projects within easy access of public transportation, job centers, and community amenities will reduce the housing and transportation cost burden facing the most vulnerable Americans households, utilize existing infrastructure and reduce sprawl.
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Three central propositions that encapsulate how thinking needs to change:
- The development problem we now face is not that of the past forty years: it is not the five billion people of the developing world and the Millennium Development Goals that track their progress. It is a much more focused problem of around a billion people in countries that are stuck. This is the problem we are going to have to tackle, and if we stick with present efforts, it is likely to be intractable even as the dashboard indicators of world poverty get better and better.
- Within the societies of the bottom billion there is an intense struggle between brave people who are trying to achieve change and powerful groups who oppose them. The politics of the bottom billion is not the bland and sedate process of the rich democracies but rather a dangerous contest between moral extremes. The struggle for the future of the bottom billion is not a contest between an evil rich world and a noble poor world. It is within the societies of the bottom billion, and to date we have largely been bystanders.
- We do not need to be bystanders. Our support for change can be decisive. But we will need not just a more intelligent approach to aid but complementary actions using instruments that have not conventionally been part of the development armory: trade policies, security strategies, changes in our laws, and new international charters.
We need to narrow the target and broaden the instruments.
-- "The Bottom Billion" by Paul Collier, p. 192
Other quotes from The Bottom Billion:
- Voting with your feet
- Reciprocity
- Five international charters
- Polarizations
- Public inaction
- Reformers do not have it easy
- Nine strategies for landlocked countries
- The role of economic growth


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Solder Flux Basics
Solder flux is a kind of chemical used in PCB soldering and assembly. It is basically used to clean surface of PCB before soldering process. The main function of flux in any printed circuit board assembly or rework is to clean and remove any oxide from the board. These oxides deposited on the board may not permit good solder joints. If the solder joint is poor, there will be poor electrical conduction or poor flow of electricity through the circuit.
Solder flux helps to de-oxidize metals (copper tracks on the PCB and leads of electronic components) and helps better soldering and wetting. The activators in the flux promote wetting of the molten solder to the surface mount lands and component terminations or leads by removing oxides and other surface contaminants.
Types of Solder Flux
According to the electronics industry standards, J-STD-004, solder fluxes are classified into 3 major categories based on their flux activity:
- Rosin Flux: Rosin flux is primarily composed of natural resin extracted from the oleoresin of pine trees and refined. The rosin category is further divided three subcategories:Rosin (R) Flux: It has only rosin and is the least active. This type of flux is mostly used for surfaces that are clean. It leaves virtually no residue after soldering.Rosin Mildly Activated (RMA) Flux: It has sufficient activator to clean the solder-coated or plated lands and component terminations or leads, thereby enabling the molten solder to wet these areas.
Rosin Activated (RA) Flux: Type RA is most active of the rosin fluxes, and leaves the most residues after soldering.
- Water Soluble Flux: Water soluble flux is also known as organic acid (OA) flux. It is is primarily composed of organic materials other than rosin or resin. Water-soluble flux provides good soldering results because they have good flux activity. They have good wetting action (ability to remove oxides and prepare a clean surface for soldering). However, they may be too aggressive, calling for extra precaution during cleaning of the assemblies to avoid flux contamination.
- No-clean Flux: These are flux that doesn't need any cleaning after soldering process.
Choosing Flux for Soldering
Several factors determine the type of solder flux to be used during soldering:
- Type of circuit board (single-sided, double-sided, multilayer)
- Density and type of electronic components to be soldered.
- Soldering process (hand soldering, wave soldering, SMT).
- Solderability of metals to be joined.
Soldering Flux Cleaning
After the soldering process is over, it is important to clean the board to remove any unwanted residue that can affect the performance of the board and can even cause electrical short circuit. No-clean flux doesn't need any cleaning. In case of fluxes that need cleaning after soldering, solvent cleaning or aqueous cleaners can be used. Most soldering flux manufacturers and vendors also supply flux cleaners.
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|Map of Aegean showing city states:
Image from Historical Atlas
Archilochus, writing around 650BC, quoted in Plutarch Life of Theseus: written about 120AD
This period begins to see more sources appear. Titus Livius gives some insights into the early Rome at the time, although we will examine the history of Italy in more detail in another post. Pausanias and other later sources give chronological details about timelines in Greece. Do bear in mind that writers such as Pausanias and Strabo are writing geography rather than history and so are more interested in telling the legends of various places than fitting timelines exactly. Later chronicles give insights on some aspects of the period, such as the winners of the Olympic Games. We also have contemporary poets who were active around this time. Fragments of their writings have been preserved and are sometimes quoted in the works of later authors. However, we have almost no original works of these poets and only know them through quotations or paraphrases, so caution must be used here. As I have stressed in the last post about Greece, we have some sources but great caution must be used with them. And, as always, the reader should remember that all the opinions in this post are my own and should be treated with the scepticism that this statement deserves. For the general state of Greece and the rest of the world it may be useful to look at the previous post in this series to give context.
In 673 in Rome, according to tradition, Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, died. Numa had been instrumental in setting up and stabilising Rome after the heady days of Romulus and had founded much of Roman religion. He was viewed as a philosopher king by later writers such as Livy and Plutarch. There was a curious incident in 181 BC when Lucius Petillius discovered some chests with inscriptions claiming to be from the burial place of Numa. The books were taken out and Quintus Petillius, a tribune of the plebs at the time, read the books and said that they must be destroyed. The Romans trusted the word of their tribune and publicly burned the books rather than treating them with respect. It was guessed at by some that the writings would cast doubts upon certain traditions, so rather than destabilise the state the Romans chose to destroy them. Numa was remembered as wise but the Romans much preferred him as a memory.
|Later painting of Numa Pompilius
Livy 40:29
|Later painting of Tullus Hostilius defeating the Veians
This monarch (Tullus Hostilius) was not only unlike the last, but was actually more warlike than Romulus had been.
Livy, Ab Urbe Condita 1:22, written around 9BC
|Orientalising work of a head from this period
On either side the soldiers urged on their champions. They reminded them that their fathers' gods, their native land, their parents, and all their countrymen, whether at home or with the army, had their eye only on their swords and their right hands.
Livy, Ab Urbe Condita 1:25, written around 9BC
|Greek pottery from the era showing
the myth of the Centauromachy
Around the years 671 the Assyrians took Egypt from the Nubians. This would affect Greek history in that the future Egyptian monarchs would look to hire in outside mercenaries from Greece and Caria, leading to many Greeks visiting Egypt. But for now the Assyrians controlled much of the eastern Mediterranean seaboard and if the Greeks wished to trade, they would have to trade with the Assyrians.
|Vase by the Polyphemus Painter
showing the blinding of Polyphemus
Around the year 668 the Second Messenian War, where the subjugated Messenians under the leadership of Aristomenes, revolted against their Spartan masters, ended in a Spartan victory. The story of the end of the war is worth telling. After the Messenian defeat at the Battle of the Great Foss, Aristomenes had led the Messenians in raid after raid on the Spartans who nevertheless had summoned allies and pursued a scorched earth policy against the Messenian warriors who were besieged on Mount Eira. There was a prophecy that the Messenians would fail once goats drank from a stream on the mountain so of course the Messenians rigorously stopped any goat from grazing in the vicinity. However there was a tree that was in the area that had grown so much that it dipped its branches in the water, and this was interpreted by the Messenian seer as a fulfilment of the prophecy and that their doom was nigh, but only the Messenian commanders were told of this dire news. Knowing that the fate of Messene was lost they buried sacred objects of the ancient city in a hidden place on the mountain that they hoped would one day allow their city to rise again.
|Griffin vase from the Cyclades
Pausanias, Description of Greece 4:20, written around 180BC
For the Messenians possessed a secret thing. If it were destroyed, Messene would be overwhelmed and lost for ever, but if it were kept, the oracles of Lycus the son of Pandion said that after lapse of time the Messenians would recover their country. Aristomenes, knowing the oracles, took it towards nightfall, and coming to the most deserted part of Ithome, buried it on the mountain, calling on Zeus who keeps Ithome and the gods who had hitherto protected the Messenians to remain guardians of the pledge, and not to put their only hope of return into the power of the Lacedaemonians.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 4:20, written around 180BC
A Spartan deserter who was carrying on an affair with the wife of a herdsmen on the mountain overheard that the Messenians had abandoned their posts during a heavy rainstorm and returned to the Spartan kings to tell them that the Messenians were weak. Based on the word of the deserter the Spartans attacked with all their forces. The Messenians fought back in a desperate battle for freedom. The Messenian women took up arms alongside the men and a furious battle was fought on the slopes of the mountain in the teeth of the gale. But the Spartans had the upper hand and the weight of numbers and eventually the Messenians had to flee, abandoning their last stronghold.
|A painting by Franz Caucig showing Aristomenes being freed
by a priestess
Pausanias, Description of Greece 4:21, written around 180BC
They tried to flee to Arcadia, where Aristocrates was king. Aristocrates had been bribed to betray them in the Battle of the Trench years earlier but the Messenians and Arcadians were unaware of his treachery. Aristomenes decided upon a sudden surprise attack upon Sparta itself, hoping to seize the city with Arcadian aid. But Aristocrates wrote a letter to the Spartans betraying the plan. His treachery was discovered by the Arcadians who stoned their king to death while Aristomenes refused to partake in the stoning but merely wept at the treachery of friends.
When this was declared to all, the Arcadians themselves stoned Aristocrates and urged the Messenians to join them. They looked to Aristomenes. But he was weeping, with his eyes fixed on the ground. So the Arcadians stoned Aristocrates to death and flung him beyond their borders without burial, and set up a tablet in the precinct of Zeus Lycaeus with the words: "Truly time hath declared justice upon an unjust king and with the help of Zeus hath easily declared the betrayer of Messene. Hard it is for a man forsworn to hide from God. Hail, king Zeus, and keep Arcadia safe."
Pausanias, Description of Greece 4:22, written around 180BC
|Lower part of a female
figurine from the era
Aristomenes, coming to Rhodes with his daughter, purposed to go up from there to Sardis to Ardys the son of Gyges, and to Ecbatana of the Medes to king Phraortes.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 4:24, written around 180BC
If all of this sounds like epic poetry it is because it is. We have few sources for this war and they are quite late. Pausanias writes about it in his geography of Greece but his source was probably Rhianus of Crete who wrote an epic poem called the Messeniaca. So in other words, the deeds of Aristomenes should be viewed as mostly fiction, although he probably did exist. Rhianus wrote about 200BC and Pausanias wrote about 170AD. Messene was eventually re-founded in 369BC and the epic poetry about Aristomenes was probably from the myths of the returned Messenians, who needed a strong hero figure for their new state. Even if the tales about him are myths, they are myths that show that freedom is worth fighting for and that the chains that bind will not bind forever. So I have thought them worth recording here.
There is also the tomb of Aristomenes here. They say that it is not a cenotaph, but when I asked whence and in what manner they recovered the bones of Aristomenes, they said that they sent to Rhodes for them, and that it was the god of Delphi who ordered it. They also instructed me in the nature of the rites carried out at the tomb. The bull which is to be offered to the dead man is brought to the tomb and bound to the pillar which stands upon the grave. Being fierce and unused to bonds he will not stand; and if the pillar is moved by his struggles and bounds, it is a good omen to the Messenians, but if the pillar is not moved the sign portends misfortune.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 4:32, written around 180BC
|Corinthian Alabaster jar from the period
In the same year as the end of the Second Messenian War, 668BC, the Spartans supposedly fought the Argives at Hysiae. All that is known is that Argos was victorious, possibly the last victory that Argos unaided won against Sparta. It is said that Pheidon was tyrant of Argos at the time. He had been a king of Argos, which was a mostly ceremonial position, before enlisting the support of the people to become a popular ruler unfettered by rules or the powerful aristocrats. He was a good example of the trend towards popular autocratic rulers that was occurring in Greece. With city-states being very small entities (even the larger states only numbered in the tens of thousands), it was possible for a single charismatic individual to overthrow the existing social order, usurp power and rule without the law.
Here are common graves of the Argives who conquered the Lacedaemonians in battle at Hysiae.1 This fight took place, I discovered, when Peisistratus was archon at Athens, in the fourth year of the twenty-seventh Olympiad, in which the Athenian, Eurybotus, won the foot-race. On coming down to a lower level you reach the ruins of Hysiae, which once was a city in Argolis, and here it is that they say the Lacedaemonians suffered their reverse.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 2:24, written around 180BC
The Greek word tyrannos described these rulers and originally had few negative connotations but soon the excesses of these men led to tyrant becoming a word of ill omen. The word itself may not even be Greek and may be of Lydian extraction. Gyges of Lydia, as a usurper of the throne ruling at this time, might have been seen as a tyrant and was referenced by the Greek poets.
|Later painting by Jean-Leon Gerome showing
the legend of Candaules, his queen and Gyges
Archilochus, writing around 650, referenced in Aristotle's Rhetoric, written around 330BC
So the Argives led by Pheidon II defeated the Spartans in what was probably a full hoplite battle. The continuing Lelantine War and the Messenian Wars saw the Greeks move from unorganised skirmishing to full hoplite battles, determined by heavily armed infantry pushing at each other with spears until one side broke their formation, threw down their heavy shields and ran. Some have spoken of the Battle of Hysiae as the first proper hoplite battle and assumed that Pheidon invented hoplite warfare. Others have questioned whether the battle ever took place. Others have speculated that the dates of the Second Messenian War are wrong and that a Spartan defeat by the Argives triggered the Second Messenian War. Pausanias records that the war ended in 668 but if it instead began in 668 it would end in 651 instead. This is quite plausible as the poet Tyrtaeus is associated with the war and he seems to have been active in the 640's rather than the 660's.
So let each man bite his lip and abide firm-set astride upon the ground, covering with the belly of his broad buckler thighs and legs below and breast and shoulders above; let him brandish the massy spear in his right hand, let him wave the dire crest upon his head; let him learn how to fight by doing doughty deeds, and not stand shield in hand beyond the missiles. Nay, let each man close the foe, and with his own long spear, or else with his sword, wound and take an enemy, and setting foot beside foot, resting shield against shield, crest beside crest, helm beside helm, fight his man breast to breast with sword or long spear in hand.
Tyrtaeus, writing around 650BC, quoted in Stobaeus' Anthology, written around 400AD
|Pottery jar from Thera from this period
Such a man is good in war; he quickly turneth the savage hosts of the enemy, and stemmeth the wave of battle with a will; moreover he that falleth in the van and loseth dear life to the glory of his city and his countrymen and his father, with many a frontwise wound through breast and breastplate and through bossy shield, he is bewailed alike by young and old, and lamented with sore regret by all the city. His grave and his children are conspicuous among men, and his children's and his line after them; nor ever doth his name and good fame perish,…
Tyrtaeus, writing around 650BC, quoted in Stobaeus' Anthology, written around 400AD
We know almost nothing of the man save the traditions around him and what can be gleaned of his work. It was assumed he came from Athens to fulfil a prophecy that an Athenian would lead Sparta to victory. He is said to have been lame and possibly mad and that he was sent to the Spartans by Athens as an insult. Instead of being useless he is supposed to have composed lyric poetry to stir the martial spirit of the Spartans, bind up their differences and lead them to victory. All of this is later conjecture. We have no complete works of Tyrtaeus and he may simply have been a later Spartan writer who composed poetry about the wars. Regardless of Tyrtaeus' dates and the influence of his poetry in the formation of Spartan warrior culture he was a poet who was active in this century.
|Small terracotta heads from Crete
Tyrtaeus, writing around 650BC, from a 3rd Century BC papyrus
From myth, war and poetry we turn to sport. Chionis of Laconia won the stadion foot race in 668 beginning a phenomenal winning streak that would become almost mythical itself. But we shall speak more of Chionis later. Philombrotus the Lacedaemonian won the pentathlon for the third Olympiad in a row, finishing a twelve year winning streak and gaining yet more laurels for Sparta. Between the Olympics, the Battle of Hysiae and the end of the Second Messenian War, 668 was an eventful year.
|Greek vase from the period showing
the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur
Hence the saying that Apollo, when the men who founded Byzantium at a time subsequent to the founding of Chalcedon by the Megarians consulted the oracle, ordered them to "make their settlement opposite the blind," thus calling the Chalcedonians "blind", because, although they sailed the regions in question at an earlier time, they failed to take possession of the country on the far side, with all its wealth, and chose the poorer country.
Strabo Geography 7.6, written around 23AD
In 664 Psamtik I (or Psammetichus) came to the throne in Egypt. He would be an inquisitive and capable Pharaoh. He may have conducted quasi-scientific experiments and would certainly be a friend to the Greeks. Slightly later in his reign he was supposedly counselled to seek the help of "bronze men" to help him fight his wars. Seeing some shipwrecked Greek and Carian pirates on the shores of his lands he noticed their heavy armour and enlisted them as mercenaries, beginning a relationship between the Egyptian Pharaohs and Greek mercenaries that would span for centuries.
|Island of Amorgos
where Semonides hailed from
Around this time the poet Semonides of Amorgos flourished. Only fragments of his work remain and a lot of the stories about him are probably associated with a later poet called Simonides of Ceos. The two names are spelled the same in the original Greek but modern scholars spell them slightly differently to avoid confusion. He was a Samian who was involved in the colonisation of Amorgos (an island in the southern Aegean). Like his contemporary Archilochus he was a great poet but could be viciously sarcastic at times. One of the longest fragments of his work is a long diatribe about how women are awful. In a culture that was only beginning to move towards the written word, the spoken word was a powerful tool and the tongue could be sharper than the sword.
In the beginning God made woman's mind apart from man's. One he made a bristly Sow; all that is in her house lies disorderly, defiled with dirt, and rolling upon the floor, and she grows fat sitting among the refuse heaps in garments as unwashed as herself. Another did God make of a knavish Vixen, a woman knowing in all things, who taketh note of all, be it bad or good; for the bad often she calls good and the good bad; and she hath now this mood and now that.
Semonides, writing around 650BC, quoted in Stobaeus' Anthology, written around 400AD
|Later sculpture of Archilochus
The shield I left because I must, poor blameless armour! Beside a bush, it gives joy now to some Saian, but myself I have saved. What care I for that shield? It shall go with a curse. I'll get me another just as good.
Archilochus writing around 650BC, quoted in Plutarch's Spartan Institutions: written around AD110
He wrote a poem describing the beginnings of the Trojan War, the fragments of which were only discovered in modern times. He was revered by the Greeks but his invectives were feared, as he was reputed to have fallen in love with a woman and when her father broke his word and gave his daughter in marriage to another that Archilochus began to write poems against them. His poems were apparently so vicious that the father and his daughters (and possibly the suitor) all hung themselves. This is probably a later tale based on some scurrilous poem that is no longer preserved.
It should be noted that literature has many cases of self-hanging for grief, and this was the death, according to the old story, of the daughters of Lycambes, who could not withstand the onslaught of the satire of Archilochus.
Eustathius, On the Odyssey, written around 1190AD
|Papyrus fragment of
poem by Archilochus
Stand and look at Archilochus, the old maker of iambic verse, whose infinite renown hath spread both to utmost East and furthest West. Sure the Muses and Delian Apollo liked him well, such taste and skill had he to bring both to the framing of the words and to the singing of them to the lyre.
Palatine Anthology, written around 600AD
In 660 Corcyra, a Corinthian colony on island now known as Corfu, defeated Corinth in a sea battle. The dates are sketchy and this may have happened in 665 instead. But it is worth remembering as this is probably the first recorded sea battle of the Greeks.
Again, the earliest sea-fight in history was between the Corinthians and Corcyraeans; this was about two hundred and sixty years ago, dating from the same time.
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War 1:13
Around the year 660, the city of Magnesia was attacked and destroyed by the Cimmerians. Possibly they had been fighting Gyges the Lydian previously and had moved on, or possibly were working in league with the Lydian king. However, it was a sign that the Greek colonisation of the coastlands of Asia was not to be without conflict from the more powerful tribes and kingdoms of the interior. Gyges himself had fought with the Greeks, attacking Miletus and Smyrna and taking Colophon.
Around this time the tyrant Pheidon II of Argos standardised weights and measures and some of these were adopted in other city states as well. The later writer Ephorus says that he invented coinage as well but that is almost certainly untrue.
|Painting by Jacques Louis David showing the wooing
of Helen by Paris
There was a time when the countless tribes of men, though wide-dispersed, oppressed the surface of the deep-bosomed earth, and Zeus saw it and had pity and in his wise heart resolved to relieve the all-nurturing earth of men by causing the great struggle of the Ilian war, that the load of death might empty the world. And so the heroes were slain in Troy, and the plan of Zeus came to pass.
Scholiast on Homer (from the Cypria), Il. i. 5
|Island of Paros where Archhilochus hailed from
When he was a new-born babe, smiled at the men who had been sent to make away with him, and they turned away. And when again they changed their minds, they sought for him and found him not, for he had been put away in a chest by his mother. It was because of this that Cypselus constructed the building at Delphi, firmly believing that the god had at that time stopped his crying so that he might escape the notice of those who were searching for him.
Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium 21, written about 120AD
|Weights used to aid long jumpers in the ancient Olympics
29th Olympiad [664 B.C.] - Chionis of Laconia, stadion race. Chionis could leap a distance of 22 feet.
Eusebius' Chronicle, written around 330AD
In 652 Cratinus of Megara won the stadion footrace, finally ending the dominance of Chionis, and Comaeus of Megara won the boxing competition. There is not much else to say of this year.
|Corinthian alabaster jar from the period
For example, to prove that Dionysius is aiming at a tyranny, because he asks for a bodyguard, one might say that Pisistratus before him and Theagenes of Megara did the same, and when they obtained what they asked for made themselves tyrants. … All these examples are contained under the same universal proposition; that one who is aiming at a tyranny asks for a bodyguard.
Aristotle Rhetoric 1.2 written around 330BC
Around 650 the long Lelantine War finally came to a close. The two sides were fighting over the Lelantine Plain, a small plain between Chalcis and Eretria. The war had apparently gone on for over fifty years and was either fought in a ritual manner or have seen many truces and ceasefires over that time. The small town of Lefkandi in the plain was abandoned during this time, as the Eretrians must have moved away from it. While both sides apparently abstained from using javelins and arrows during the war, they did use cavalry and the Chalcidians thought that the Eretrian cavalry was better. Both sides had allies so the Chalcidians called a nobleman called Cleomachus of Pharsalus to aid them. Cleomachus was from Thessaly and brought some cavalry warriors with him. The two sides met in battle and the Thessalian cavalry prevailed, although their leader Cleomachus died. Cleomachus was homosexual and had his lover with him in the battle. When Cleomachus died he was given a hero's funeral and it is possible that the memory of his heroism helped shape positive Greek attitudes towards homosexuality.
In the heat of the war between the Chalcidians and the Eretrians, Cleomachus went with the Thessalian force to aid the Chalcidians; at what time it was evident that the Chalcidians were the stronger in foot, but they found it a difficult thing to withstand the force of the enemies' horse. Thereupon they requested Cleomachus, being their confederate and a man signalized for his courage, to give the first onset upon the enemies' cavalry. Presently the youth whom he most entirely loved being present, he asked him whether he would stay and be a spectator of the combat.
Plutarch Amatorius 17, written around 120AD
This Chalcidian victory is supposed to have ended the war but it is not clear exactly who won. Chalcis and Eretria were by now unimportant cities among the Greek states. Other cities such as Sparta, Corinth and Miletus were now far more influential and powerful. So the long war trailed off to an end with both sides the losers.
|Greek pottery from this period
Plutarch Amatorius 17, written around 120AD
So the twenty-five year period that we were looking at comes to a close. The Second Messenian War was over and Sparta was shaken but strong. The Lelantine War had brought ruin to its participants in exchange for fleeting glory and a footnote in the history books. There was glory in the contests of Olympia and scattered outbreaks of poetry. The founding of new cities continued, while many of the old cities began to ditch their traditional government in favour of the rule of tyrants. Such is the record of the period.


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ABC Reports that he is done for the season and perhaps his career.
Associated Press MIAMI -- There will be no comeback this season by Trent Green, leaving the Miami Dolphins with an uncertain quarterback situation yet again.
Green was placed on injured reserve Saturday, shelving him for the rest of the season following his second severe concussion in 13 months.
The 37-year-old said he has made no decision about playing next year. A series of test results were normal following the latest injury Oct. 7, but doctors were concerned about possible long-term effects and declined to clear him to play.
By putting Green on injured reserve, the winless Dolphins freed up a spot on the 53-man roster, which they used to activate receiver Kerry Reed from the practice squad.
"At this point, this is the best thing for Trent and the team," coach Cam Cameron said in a statement. "The doctors have prescribed rest for now. No long-term decisions regarding Trent's future have been made."
Green said he understood the Dolphins' need to make a move.
"I appreciate the way the organization has handled this," he said in a statement. "I realize this is in the best interest of my long-term health, and I want nothing but the best for the team. Right now I haven't made any decisions about my future, but I talked with the Dolphins about staying involved in some capacity the rest of the season."
Green has been a mentor to rookie John Beck, a second-round draft pick who may soon be given a chance to show whether he's the Dolphins' quarterback of the future. Cleo Lemon will make his third NFL start Sunday for Miami (0-6) against New England (6-0).
Since the retirement of Dan Marino following the 1999 season, Miami has used 11 starters at the position.
Green threw to receivers on the side at practice this week. He said he felt fine and had no dizziness or other symptoms associated with concussions, and he wanted to play again.
But he acknowledged the decision was up to doctors.
Green considered retirement when a concussion in September 2006 sidelined him for eight games with the Kansas City Chiefs. The effects of the latest injury were less serious, he said, although it left him unconscious for at least 30 seconds.
Green started every game for the Chiefs from 2001 to 2005, twice made the Pro Bowl and threw for more than 4,000 yards three years in a row. But he wasn't the same when he returned from his concussion last year, throwing for only seven touchdowns with nine interceptions in eight games.
When the Chiefs decided to go with a younger quarterback this year, Miami acquired Green as a caretaker quarterback while grooming Beck.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press


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Friday, September 21, 2012
ROMWE Facebook dress giveaway! (Running 'til Oct 4th)
ROMWE is giving away FIVE free dresses every day from September 20 until October 4th. Giveaway is worldwide, too, so everyone can join in! Find the details here on Facebook. (You have to "Like" ROMWE on Facebook to enter, but that's no big deal, right? If I can do it, you can too!)
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"As China's GDP growth slows down, the market has responded with a negative view of the country's role as a main driver in the world economy. China imports more primary commodities than any other country, and a lower GDP growth is initially an unfortunate development also for the dry bulk segment where rates are already dragging under the weight of tonnage oversupply. However, an estimated growth rate of 7.2% is not purely bad news, but rather to be viewed as the expected macroeconomic development after a number of years with a staggering growth rate of around 10 per cent. To put this in perspective, it can be mentioned that an average growth rate of 6% means the Chinese economy will double in size in less than 11 years. A China with a lower growth rate will still need to produce steel, and even though the rate is falling at the moment, data shows us that the steel production is increasing and being met by a higher than expected increase in iron ore imports. For the shipping industry the question is where this import will come from, and whether the Chinese will attempt to remain somewhat independent in the market by increasing its own domestic production. Chinese steel mills import more than 70% of the world's seaborne iron ore, a formidable market by any standards. In 2013 the country imported more than 820 million ton of the mineral.
A ramp up of production coming online from Australia and Brazil this year has created an oversupply of iron ore in the market that at the time of writing, had pushed the price in US$ per ton down by 33 per cent since January. The falling prices of imported iron ore have pushed domestic Chinese mines with high production costs to curb production as steel mills choose cheaper spot cargoes from the import market.
This trend was also seen in 2012, but the low price level seems to be more prevalent this time, as major international producers have increased production and are signing new deals and licensing agreements. One example is Rio Tinto's agreement to mine iron ore in Simandou in Guinea, an area estimated to hold some of the world's largest iron ore resources. It is estimated that high cost Chinese producers will curb production as long as the price per ton falls below US$ 100. That major Australian and Brazilian producers are cutting costs and increasing production efficiency at mines is also adding to the perception that we will see a lower price level be a trend in the medium term. This opens for new possibilities in the shipping market. In 2013 China produced around 1400 million tons domestically (with 21% Fe content). A decrease in domestic production of 25 per cent could mean that they would have to increase the import volume by as much as 116 million ton (adjusted for 62% Fe content). An increase of this size could help adjust fundamentals in the Capesize market. Freight rates on Capesize vessels, which mainly operate in the iron ore trade, have been lying stable within generally low levels so far in 2014 due in part to oversupply on the tonnage side. With an increase in demand as a result of decreased domestic Chinese production, the freight rates might see an upwards push in the second half of 2014. (One possible scenario shows a rate of utilization climbing up to 90 per cent.)
At the moment the market is primarily focused on import volumes from Brazil and Australia, and the effect of these volumes on the freight market is dependent on how they are divided between the two exporters. There is little evidence to support the notion that we will see a large increase in the iron ore price levels in 2014, increasing the likelihood of increased import volumes going in to China in addition to increased activity in the Capesize market and higher returns for the segment going ahead."


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BALTIMORE, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Men with early prostate cancer who eat a vegetarian diet, exercise and reduce stress may lower their risk of cancer progression, says a U.S. study.
The 93 study participants were men with early-stage prostate cancer who had chosen "watchful waiting" instead of active treatment for their prostate cancer.
During the one-year study, six men in the usual care group underwent conventional treatment because of rising prostate specific antigen, known as PSA, or evidence of progression from magnetic resonance imaging. In contrast, none of the men in the comprehensive lifestyle group, who followed a very-low-fat diet of 10 percent or less of daily calories, needed treatment. PSA levels decreased 4 percent in the lifestyle group, whereas PSA levels increased 6 percent in the usual-care group.
In addition, cell-culture studies showed that blood from men in the lifestyle group inhibited the growth of prostate-cancer cells by 70 percent, compared to 9 percent for men receiving usual care, according to the study published in the Journal of Urology.
The findings were reported in The Johns Hopkins Health Alerts.
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Sony set to launch PlayStation 4 this afternoon - Stay tuned to TweakTown for all the updates
Sony is soon set to make one of the most anticipated announcements in gaming history. Sony is expected to announce its next-generation gaming console, the PlayStation 4, at a press conference later today.
If you are just now hearing about the PlayStation 4, you must have been living under a rock for the past several months. While we are 99 percent sure the announcement will center on the new console, we are still unsure of some of the specs. How much memory will the unit feature? Will it support 4k resolution?
Luckily our own Anthony Garreffa will be posting live highlights from the event and hopefully putting our curiosities to rest on what hardware the PS4 gets. The fun starts at 6pm US EST or 10am AEST (Sydney time). You can watch the entire event live at the Source #2 link below.


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Video Interview with Neil Fallon of Clutch
Clutch returned to Houston on Wednesday, Jan. 7 to perform at the House of Blues.
Hours before the show, we were able to catch up with singer Neil Fallon and talk about the much anticipated new record, which they are set to record this month in Texas.
Below are photos from the standing-room-only show.
Official website: pro-rock.com
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Remained Issues: Blood (I can't neither find shaders nor change via game settings)
- Download this ZIP file and extract the contents into the game directory.
- Use Nvidia Inspector to assign the game's EXE to the profile "3D-Hub Player". (For instructions on how to assign profiles, see this guide)
- In your Steam library, right click on "Dungeons 2" and select "Properties"
- Click "Set Launch Options"
- In the box, type " -window-mode exclusive" and click "Ok"
- If you use not steam version in desktop shortcut's properties in object field add ' -window-mode exclusive' after 'Dungeons2.exe'.
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A philandering violinist must witness the consequences of his actions in this Italian comedy. Not only does the concert violinist have a wife and kids, he also has two mistresses, all of whom he dearly loves. Whenever he goes on tour, he is sure to give them all a loving call. Just as his newest mistress is about to give birth, the musician goes to confession to talk about his situation. The priest suggests he divorce his wife, but the fiddler refuses, asserting that the women all need him. Unfortunately...more
All L'Immorale cast + crew photos
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Triple Shower Dispenser Chrome
Triple Shower Dispenser Chrome
Triple series dispensers' collections are a beautiful solution to the little problem of uneven clutter of bottles in the bathroom. The dispenser is available in either satin silver or chrome. The Triple series soap and shower dispensers are easy to set up and are a must have for a fresh environment and easy living.
- Available in satin silver and chrome
- Made of plastic
- There are two individual liquid chambers
- For easy filling just lift the bracket
- There are two hooks to keep razors and other items
- 10 ounce capacity per chamber
- There are silicone adhesive with two way tape
- Assembly required
- Lifetime warranty is provided for the pump
- Ideal soap dispenser for any bathroom, kitchen or laundry room
- Soap chamber lifts off the wall for easy refilling
- Smooth, reliable Dispenser™ pump has a Lifetime Warranty
- Installs in minutes without tools, using waterproof silicone adhesive and 2-way tape (included)
- Housing constructed from durable ABS plastic
Triple Shower Dispenser with Translucent Bottle
(h x w x d) 175 x 285 x 70mm
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As the demand of smartphones with big display is increasing Micromax comes up with the same. All-new Micromax Canvas Mega 2 is a 6 incher smartphone launched by Micromax mobiles.
Micromax Canvas Mega 2 priced at Rs.7999 which is around the budget phones which normally people buy from current market. As the tablet demands are decreasing people are moving to bigger screen phones to have a good display while playing games, watching videos or movies on phone.
All-new Micromax canvas series model comes with features like 6 inch big screen with 960×540 pixels resolution. It has 1GB RAM, 1.3 GHz quadcore processor, 8GB Memory, 8MP rear and 5MP front camera. It has Android Lollipop version and 3000 mAh battery. The new mobile has 4G connectivity as well.
Shubhajit Sen, Chief Marketing Officer, Micromax Informatics, said, "With the launch of Canvas Mega 2, we will surely drive the value for money phablet category in the country by addressing major consumer pain points of better viewing experience and more productivity on-the-go at disruptive price points. With the cricketing season on its roll, the new smartphone will be a true haven for the sports aficionados in the country as they will be able to consume best quality cricket viewing experience on the move."
Checkout Pros and Cons of Micromax Canvas Mega 2:
- Price Level is Fine
- 5MP Front Camera for Selfie
- 6 inch Screen
- 4G Connectivity
- 8 GB Internal Storage
Key Features:
- 6.0 inch display with 960 x 540 pixels resolution
- 1.3 GHz quad core processor
- 8 GB internal memory
- 8 MP primary camera & 5 MP front facing camera
- Android v5.0 Lollipop
- 3000 mAh battery
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The Bodhisattva Guanyin, a beautiful near-life-size figure, was a recent gift from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Made in China during the Ming period (early 15th–early 17th centuries), the sculpture made its journey from the Duke estate to the Walters 19th-century galleries, where it received treatment by the conservation department prior to going on view in the Hackerman House.
Walters conservators have made some interesting discoveries about the piece. First of all, it is made using a hollow dry-lacquer technique, a layering technique similar to papier maché, but using Asian lacquer derived from tree sap. Cloth soaked in lacquer was used to model the initial form of the sculpture. Then layers of lacquer bulked with successively finer material were added to smooth the surface for eventual gilding. Beneath the gilding, red lacquer tinted with cinnabar, an ancient Chinese pigment, derived from mercuric sulphide, shines through. Now black overall, the hair was originally painted blue, and special attention was also given to his face, which was gilded as many as five times.
Care was taken to stabilize areas of lacquer that are now detached from the cloth and the surface was cleaned of years of accumulated grime that dulls the once lustrous surface.


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Reviewed by Janay G. (age 8) and Amanda C. (age 8)
Janay and I (Amanda) liked the book because it reminded us of when we were babies and we had blankets just like D.W. I (Janay) liked the book because I like "Arthur" books. They are books that are good to read and reminds us of stuff about when we were younger. I (Amanda)liked the book because my favorite part was when D.W. screamed loudly, when she lost her blanket.
We recommend this book to people who have blankets and love their blankets. I (Janay) recommend this book to people who have things that are important to them. I (Amanda) think that people who lose stuff a lot would like this book.


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An elaborate blue birdhouse surrounded in white trim.More Details >
The Newburyport Blue Cottage Birdhouse features architecture found on Victorian homes overlooking the harbor in Newburyport, Massachusetts. This beautiful blue birdhouse graced with white trim is distinguished by a front porch with two hanging flower pots and two flower boxes. Additional features include drainage holes, ventilation and a removable back wall for easy cleaning.


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So on September 2nd, I started at Sixth Form studying Maths with Mechanics, Physics, Psychology and Philosophy and Ethics.
I went to that sixth form for around 2 weeks and, i'm not going to go into too much detail but the school wasn't right for me and whilst it may have advertised good results and x,y,z it just didn't feel right.
I changed school (to make this less confusing, without naming names, the first school i went too shall be 'A' and the second 'B') and school B is, conveniently, a lot closer to me and i feel it is the better choice for me. I had actually wanted to go to school B up until year 11 when i changed my mind to school A.
The only issue was with starting at school B is that they were already quite far ahead in maths whilst i had only just started waking up from summer. It also didn't help that the first lesson i had was a test where i scored a whopping 5%. Good going Kendal- great first impression you made there.
Since then i had real doubts about maths and how well i could actually hope to do. Like, let's be honestly maths is HARD and this was, what, week 3?
Today I had a surprise retest and i did improve but i still 'only' got 41% on a test that what would probably be described as half a step up from GCSE. This, needless to say, made me feel pretty shit because i really tried to give it 110% in that retest but i still didn't meet the mark and since today was the last day for subject changes that mark kind of made the decision for me. which sucks.
Call me a nerd but i really liked maths and it really hurts that i'm having to drop it simply because i have no idea how to do it. but that's the
education system world we live in. I loved maths at GCSE but i think the 'jump' from GCSE to A level was more a leap over the grand canyon, for me. Or maybe I'm just being a pessimist- who knows.
So with maths out of the picture, i had to choose something else to take. I chose Drama and Theatre studies (quite the opposite, i know) but, throughout high school, i went to a drama group and honestly loved it and have some of the best memories of my life from there.
I don't know if it's going to lead anywhere but i'm 99% certain that i will have more fun in drama than I, personally, ever could in maths.
If you have stubbled upon this somehow and think i've made the wrong choice then cool. maybe i have or maybe maths and me weren't meant to be. Life goes on and the world keeps turning. If it turns out that i want to maths-it-up later in life then awesome, why not? It'll mean i can do it in my own time whilst making sure i understand everything and i won't be able to compare myself to anyone and make myself feel small. Maybe i'll never do maths again and become some stage performer or therapist or philosopher. i don't know. The point that i'm trying to make is that, even though i've stopped doing maths, it isn't the end of everything i've ever wanted or worked for (you can tell i'm writing for myself, can't you) and, as long as i'm happy with what i'm doing and i think it's the best choice for me then that's all i really want.
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A #HeartySlice Of Chocolate Heaven - Millionaire Shortbread Recipe
I love Millionaire shortbread. It is one of my most favourite treats and it is so easy to make, cheap too if you are on a bit of a budget. When the lovely people over at Find Me A Gift sent me one of their I Heart Baking cake mould I was eager to try it out, especially as whatever I use the mould for will be entered into a prize draw to win £100 of baking goodies. How exciting!
At first, I did consider baking a coffee & walnut cake but as soon as I saw the mould I instantly knew that it would be absolutely perfect for Millionaire Shortbread. I love that this brightly coloured silicone mould that is shaped like a giant flower, actually cuts up into six individual heart shaped slices. How clever!
What You Need
The Base
- 55g Caster sugar
- 115g Softened Butter
- 170g Self raising flour
The Caramel Filling
- 397g Tin of condensed milk
- 115g Butter
- 115g Caster sugar
- 2tbsp Golden syrup
The Chocolate Topping
- 200g Plain or Milk Chocolate
- Maltesers
Method For Base
1.Preheat your oven to 350/180/gas mark 4.
2. In a bowl cream together the base butter and sugar until it is nice and creamy. Gradually add the flour and mix with a spoon until it sticks together and forms a dough like consistency.
3. Using your hands spread the dough over the base of your mould and bake for about 20 minutes or until it looks a light golden brown.
Method for Caramel Centre
1. In a saucepan empty the condensed milk, butter, sugar and golden syrup.
2. Bring to the boil on a low heat, stirring continuously.
3. It will start to thicken and turn a darker brown. Let it bubble for about ten minute's. Keep stirring.
4. Pour over the cooled base and spread.
Method For The Topping.
1. Melt the dark chocolate and pour over the cooled caramel.
2. Carefully place your maltesers into the chocolate after it has set for about five minutes.
3. Once cooled, cut into heart shaped pieces and enjoy.
*I was sent a I Heart Cake mould free of charge for the purpose of this review. I have received no financial reward and all opinions are my own.
A #HeartySlice Of Chocolate Heaven - Millionaire Shortbread Recipe Reviewed by Emma@christmascupboard on Thursday, August 29, 2013 Rating:


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How to Find a Chicago Basement Waterproofing Company on Angie's List
Thanks to the internet, the average consumer now has access to an overwhelming wealth of information about products, services and companies. One popular segment, review websites, offers consumers the opportunity to review any product or service anonymously, at the click of a button.
These review sites, whether operated by the Better Business Bureau, Google, Yelp or scores of others, offer consumers an opportunity to hear from others who have purchased goods or services before making the commitment themselves. Helpful as these services may be, most (with the exception of the BBB) suffer from one big problem: the anonymous reviews are often fake, with owners or employees of reviewed businesses offering up false glowing opinions and competitors submitting similarly ugly ones.
One service that takes a different approach is Angie's List, the high-profile review site that specializes in home improvement services and medical professionals. The Indianapolis-based company requires a paid membership to use its services and allows only members to post full reviews. All reviews posted on Angie's list require the reviewer's name (although the names are not visible) and are based on ratings in specific performance criteria.
These performance categories — price, quality, responsiveness, punctuality and professionalism — allow reviewers to be not only thorough but completely fair. Some possibilities:
A basement waterproofing company does a great job installing interior drain tile for a customer but charges a premium price and doesn't return phone calls afterward. They could be rated A for quality, C for price and F for responsiveness.
Another company low-balls the price on installing a battery backup sump pump and does an OK job but the crew smokes in the basement and leaves trash from lunch laying around. They might get an A for price, C for quality and F for professionalism.
Using these member reviews, Angie's List then assigns an overall grade to each reviewed company. Only companies with a grade of B or better are allowed to advertise on the list and in a monthly member publication. Those companies that advertise must offer a discount of some kind to members.
Angie's List also confers an annual "Super Service Award" on companies that "achieve and maintain a superior service record." The award is noted on the company's profile and can be displayed on the company's website.
How Do I Use Angie's List to Find the Best Chicago Basement Waterproofing Company?
Using Angie's List is a great way to help you find a basement waterproofing company in the Chicagoland area. To do so, you first have to become a member, which will cost you about $35 a year. Then you can read honest reviews written by people who have used the services of basement waterproofing companies in the area. You'll be able to better judge each company's strengths and shortcomings and learn important facts, such as how long they've been in business, if they're licensed and insured, their service area, payment options and others.
Of course, once you've had your experience with a basement waterproofing company, you can review them and add your voice to the customers on Angie's List in Chicago.
U.S. Waterproofing was first reviewed on Angie's List in 2002 and we are proud to be a recipient of the Super Service Award for seven of the last eight years. If you choose to join Angie's List you'll be able to read what some of our 300,000 customers think of us and the work we've done for them since we started out in business in 1957. I can't give away the details of our ratings but I can tell you that the information on our profile won't disappoint you, so why not ask us your basement waterproofing questions today?