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Apartment complex evacuated because of fire
Campus Edge Apartments were evacuated Friday afternoon, because of a fire in an apartment.
The complex houses mainly UNCW students, and is located off Racine Drive near the university.
Witnesses say the fire appeared to have started in an upstairs unit, possibly in one of the kitchens.
The entire complex had to be evacuated while the fire was put out.
NewsChannel 3 spoke to one Campus Edge resident who was inside the building when the fire started. "We started smelling smoke and saw black smoke coming out of the top there and realized that the building was on fire," resident Robert Higdon said. "We got out as quick as we could and we looked at one of the apartments and it was just consumed by fire, nothing we could do about it."
The fire was put out within about an hour, and residents were let back in to the other units.
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: In the Rain by Ginny_and_Harry
In the rain, anything can happen. And in the end, it can leave you wondering.
Genres: Drama, Fluff, Romance Era: Hogwarts Characters: Hermione Pairings: Draco/Hermione
Advisory: Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme
Published: 2007.02.07 Latest Chapter: 2007.04.18 Updated: 2007.04.18 Status: COMPLETED (1448 words)
: Rain by Ginny_and_Harry
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She always loved the rain. Loved to feel the soft splash of the raindrops as the hit her face. He always loved her. Loved to watch her. He knew she loved the rain. She knew he loved her,
Supposed worst enemies fighting for love in the world. Will the conquer?
Warning: Very fluffy!
Genres: Drama, Fluff, Romance Era: Hogwarts Characters: Draco, Hermione Pairings: Draco/Hermione
Advisory: Mild Language, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature,
Published: 2007.01.14 Latest Chapter: 2007.02.05 Updated: 2007.02.05 Status: COMPLETED (2854 words)
: Tears by Ginny_and_Harry
There's a party at the Burrow and Ginny's standing in a corner, crying. She's taking the break-up hard. She has a small talk with Harry. When they go to battle Voldemort, Ginny insists on going with everyone. But what will happen? ...T... I thrive on reviews, people!!!!!!!!!!! And frankly, I'm not getting enough. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Genres: Fluff, Romance, Young Adult Era: Hogwarts Characters: Ginny Pairings: Harry/Ginny
Advisory: Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature,
Published: 2006.05.21 Latest Chapter: 2006.06.05 Updated: 2006.06.05 Status: COMPLETED (1237 words)
: I Got You by Ginny_and_Harry
Ron and Hermione have been dating for a couple of years. But Ron wants a more permanent relationship with her. He just doesn't know how to pop the question. Then, one day, he's listening to the radio and it picks up a muggle station. Interested he listens to the song. And an idea for his proposal to Hermione forms. . . . ~sSs~ Come one people! reviews? Please? PLEASE!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Genres: Fluff, Romance Era: Post-Hogwarts Characters: Hermione, Ron Pairings: Ron/Hermione
Advisory: No Warnings
Published: 2006.05.02 Latest Chapter: 2006.05.12 Updated: 2006.05.12 Status: COMPLETED (2428 words)

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By Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow
While a gentile may wake up in the morning and immediately eat to his heart's content and get dressed however he wants, we have halachos that guide our morning. Although the halachos of dressing are not difficult, some may find it hard do anything right while groggy-eyed. The basic rule of thumb is that we give preference to the right side over the left side. Hence, we put on the right sock first. We should insert our hand into the right sleeve first.
It therefore follows that we should put on the right shoe before the left shoe. Yet the Gemara records that Rebbe Yochanan put on his left shoe first. His stated reason is that shoes follow tefillin. Since tefillin is usually put on the left arm, we give preference to the left shoe and put it on first. The connection between tefillin and shoes is not readily apparent.
The Gemara challenges Rebbe Yochanan with a bereisa that states clearly that the right shoe should be put on first. The Gemara concludes that Mar the son of Ravna fulfilled both the opinion of Rebbe Yochanan and that of the bereisa. He accomplished this by putting on his right shoe first but tying his left shoe first.
The Riva explains that Rebbe Yochanan's comparison between shoes and tefillin is really in regard to tying. Since tefillin straps are tied on the left arm, we give preference to the left side in regard to tying. (A lefty, though, should tie his right shoe first. Women, on the other hand, tie their left shoe first even though they don't wear tefillin.) This is how Mar the son of Ravna fulfilled both opinions. Since Rebbe Yochanan was mainly concerned with the left shoe being tied first, Mar put on the right shoe first but tied the left one first. Tosfos concludes that if one wears loafers there is no need to give any preference to the left side.
Rebbe Akiva Eiger, quoting the Eimek HaMelech, explains that there is a deeper connection between shoes and tefillin than the superficial fact that they are both tied. The Gemara in Chullin tells us that K'lal Yisrael merited the mitzvah of tefillin as a reward for Avraham Avinu's refusal to partake of the spoils of Sedom. Why was that reward appropriate? In his rejection, Avraham Avinu declared that he would not take "from a thread to a shoe strap." Hashem therefore rewarded his descendants with the mitzvah of wearing tefillin straps. This explains why the halachah of tying the left side first is limited to shoes. For other garments that have left and right strings that need to be tied, the usual procedure of giving preference to the right should be followed. (It should be noted that the Shulchan Aruch HaRav disagrees with the Mishnah Berurah on this point and says regarding tying that preference is always given to the left.)
It should therefore follow that if one is wearing boots with zippers, he should put on and zip the right one first. Zippers are not in any way related to shoe straps. One could argue that Velcro straps are similar to laces, and the left one should be closed first. The Leket Kemach HeChadash suggests that it's conceivable that regarding all footwear the left one should be closed first, regardless of the mechanism.
Rav Avraham Liss was learning this topic with his long-time chavrusa. His chavrusa asked him why there are halachos even for trivial things like putting on shoes. The next time Rabbi Liss met his rebbi, HaRav Avrohom Pam, zt'l, he asked him the question. Rav Pam related the following anecdote: There was a wayward Jew who slowly left the path of Yiddishkeit. He was engaged to be married to a nochriyah. On the day of his wedding, he woke up and got dressed. He was tying his shoes when it dawned on him that he had just put on his right one first. Now he was tying his left shoe first. The realization that Yiddishkeit was so deeply engrained in his very nature hit him with a jolt. Remorse slowly built up for the decisions he had made and he called off the wedding. He returned to Yiddishkeit to become once again an upright member of K'lal Yisrael. These seemingly insignificant acts of halachah that we follow in the morning set the tone for the rest of our day and possibly for the rest of our lives.
The Meiri comments that favoring the right side is supposed to serve as a constant reminder to always follow the right and proper path.
My rav, Rav Binyomin Forst, shlit'a, once exhorted those assembled to be ever diligent to grab precious extra moments for Torah study. He mentioned that the Novominsker Rebbe used to have a special seder in learning one masechta while his wife was shopping. Another person he singled out for honorable mention was our local Inwood shoemaker, Yehuda Uriel. Yehuda emigrated from Samarkand, Uzbekistan, in 1993. His grandfather was a shoemaker there. His father followed in his father's footsteps and runs a shoe-repair shop in downtown Manhattan. When the opportunity arose to operate a shoe-repair store on Doughty Boulevard that serves a significant Jewish clientele, he jumped at the offer.
What earned Yehuda the honorable mention? When my rav entered the store he witnessed Yehuda utilizing his downtime in the store to learn. When he's not fixing shoes, watches, or jewelry, he dedicates himself to Torah. Due to popular demand, he now offers a unique service in the Five Towns area: black-hat cleaning. He now services people from their hat to their toes. v
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One name stands out in the field of locally grown produce.
One name stands out in the field of locally grown produce.
Fry Family Farm began in 1989 at Steve and Suzy Fry's Talent home and expanded to land in Ashland and Medford for cultivating all manner of vegetables.
"Both of us loved growing things," says Suzy Fry.
Certified organic almost since the beginning, the Frys also were one of the local pioneers of community-supported agriculture, which supplies weekly boxes of produce and flowers to about 140 subscribers' between June and November. As the model gained popularity over the past decade, the Frys developed partial and senior-sized shares and continued doorstep delivery as other farms eliminated it to cut costs.
Fry Family also wholesales, even as far away as Eugene. Local retailers of Fry Family vegetables and salad mix are Ashland and Medford food co-ops, Food 4 Less in Medford and Tark's Market in Talent. The family's stall also is a mainstay of the Rogue Valley Growers and Crafters Market and Grants Pass Growers Market.
See www.fryfamilyfarm.com.
Other favorites: Seven Oaks Farm, Central Point; Barking Moon Farm, Applegate


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Washing, Containment and Treatment Systems Combine for Reusable Wash Water
From foam guns to high-powered water cannons, Riveer knows how to cut through mud, oil, soil and clay quickly and thoroughly.
Keep your wash water contaminants off the soil and out of the storm water system with Riveer wash racks and pads.
Riveer Treatment SystemTM (RTS) takes the bad stuff out, makes your H20 fresh again, and cuts your water usage by 80%.
A true washing solution requires more than just a hose or a power washer to rinse off your equipment and vehicles. Our mission is to provide our customers with easy to operate, environmentally compliant complete washing solutions. This is accomplished by combining washing, containment and treatment capabilities into a complete and customizable system.
Riveer washing technology combines efficiency and effectiveness. Easy-to-use water cannons and automated wash racks clean chemicals, mud and grime off of your equipment quickly and with unparalleled thoroughness. After your equipment has been thoroughly cleaned, Riveer containment and treatment systems will collect wash water, run it through a treatment process to remove contaminants, and reuse it for further washing.
Riveer washing racks, whether steel or concrete, above ground or in-ground, are designed to contain any wash water generated. This water can then be directed to filtration systems, or municipal sewer systems where it can be discharged. This is accomplished through vacuum technology that captures wash water and prevents it from contaminating nearby drain fields or stormwater systems.
The wash water collected by Riveer containment systems is treated before reuse for equipment washing. Riveer's closed-loop filtration systems will collect that dirty wash water and remove suspended solids, heavy metals, chemicals, microbes and any other contaminates. This is accomplished by utilizing micron filtration, ultra filtration, Reverse Osmosis (RO), coalescing, skimming, microbial filtration and Ozonation technologies as needed.


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Everyone likes getting paid on time. But agencies continue to face pressure from clients over terms of pay.
Last month, the European Union late payments directive came into force, building on existing rules to enhance protection to suppliers over late payments. It requires any payment period longer than the statutory maximum, or 60 days for business-to-business contracts, to be "expressly agreed". In disputes, it places the onus on the buyer to show that the extension is not "grossly unfair".
The directive's influence on the media industry is debatable. 2 Sisters Food Group, the owner of the Goodfella's pizza brand and Fox's Biscuits, is currently pushing for extended credit terms as part of its media review – in this case, to 104 days.
The incumbent on the account, MediaCom, is understood to have resigned and has declined to repitch.
Scott Knox, the Marketing Agencies Association's managing director, is to approach Ranjit Singh Boparan and Steve Henderson, 2 Sisters' chief executive and group finance director respectively, to discuss the request.
"This sort of business enterprise pisses all over creativity, and I'm sick of it and it has to stop," Knox says. "It's lazy financial administration and often it's about some bright spark in procurement chancing their arm."
He says this kind of practice will also impact the sectors media agencies and owners rely on – photographers, film-makers, copywriters and those further down the supply chain – as they are not able to deal with the financial knock-on effects.
2 Sisters is not the first advertiser to request extended payment terms. In 2009, Diageo and Anheuser-Busch InBev both wrote to their media agencies insisting on lengthening payment terms.
Others include Procter & Gamble, which decided to extend its agency credit terms from 45 to 75 days in May last year. Johnson & Johnson and Mondelez International are also thought to have joined the 75 days-plus club.
And some go further than extending credit terms. In September last year, Starcom MediaVest Group's client Premier Foods, whose brands include Mr Kipling and Bisto, reportedly asked agencies for tens of thousands of pounds to remain on its roster.
Thomas Cook has also attracted criticism in 2010 for demanding an upfront "signing-on fee" of up to £1 million from the agency that was awarded its media account.
Julia Gorrod, the consultancy manager at ISBA, says: "The relationships that advertisers have with their agencies are very important, but payment-term conditions are highly commercial decisions and an issue high on the advertiser agenda."
She says advertisers need to have a "strong and mutually beneficial relationship with their agencies".
Paul Bainsfair, the director-general at the IPA, says that, although we should have empathy with the situation, it is very hard to regulate. The nature of how agencies deal with pitches and their paranoia at being dropped due to perceived inflexibility can play a part. "Realistically, clients need to be embarrassed into changing their ways," he says.
Knox concludes: "This industry is very good at whingeing among itself, but now it needs to stand up for itself. Unless we put our foot down, this is going to continue."


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invitro mutagenesis - (Mar/26/2011 )
hi ,
Iam trying to do invitro mutagenesis using quick change site directed mutagenesis kit from stratgene . I did not get any product after pcr using the manufacturers instruction.
5 μl of 10× reaction buffer
X μl (5–50 ng) of dsDNA template
X μl (125 ng) of oligonucleotide primer #1
X μl (125 ng) of oligonucleotide primer #2
1 μl of dNTP mix
ddH2O to a final volume of 50 μl
Then add
1 μl of PfuTurbo DNA polymerase (2.5 U/μl)
1 95°C 30 seconds
95°C 30 seconds
55°C 1 minute
18 cycles
68° 5 min
Im not able to see any product in the gel and got no colonies after transformation after Dpn I digestion.
I dont knw if the annealing temperature should be 55 according to the protocol or according to the primers.
I have repeated the expt many times, without any success. Any help will be greatly appreciated
68°C 1 minute/kb of plasmid length*
isn't the annealing temp around 60°C using the quickchange kit?
do you used the primer design tool that is offered by stratagene (i think now its AB because they bought stratagene)?
how many kb is your vector?
you can try doing a gradient pcr if your annealing temp does not work and try to determine the best annealing temp for your PCR.
Increase number of cycles... I would say.
Are you doing an extension at all? Your cycle listing could be interpreted as cycling between denaturing and annealing, with no extension. Your cycle should be:
95/ 1 minute
then 18 cycles (perhaps a few more) of
95/ 30 s
55/ 30 s
68/ 1 min/Kb
Finally, a 5 minutes at 68
Thank you all for the reply. I will try to do as suggested.
another thing that came to my mind:
you have to verify that your template plasmid is really in supercoiled content to a large extent ...otherwise this will be also a source of trouble!
jaya2020 on Sun Mar 27 08:08:07 2011 said:
Thank you all for the reply. I will try to do as suggested.


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TAMPA -- Florida's iconic native aquatic mammal, the manatee, gets its due in a new campaign started by Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo.
Now the zoo wants a digital emoji befitting of gentle creatures that swim just beneath the surface of our Florida waterways.
They have created a petition to Unicode to create a manatee emoji. Unicode is a non-profit organization that regulates the creation of emojis. With 25,000 signatures, the zoo hopes to demonstrate that there is enough demand for Unicode to make manatees a part of text messaging.
The move coincides with Manatee Awareness Month, launched by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, to make Floridians aware of the dangers they present to the species while boating.
November also marks the start of manatee migration season as the animals search for warmer waters. While awareness of the manatee has led to their increasing numbers (6,250 in a February 2016 count by FWC) there were still 91 reported deaths due to boat strikes this year.
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Ainsworth Explains Vine Comeback
Gareth Ainsworth believed that it was never the intention of Paulo Sousa to bring injured forward Rowan Vine straight back into first team action.
Paulo Sousa surprised many when Rowan Vine was named among the substitutes for the R`s midweek win over Swansea City, a decision that was met with warm applause from the Loftus Road crowd who knew to well the trials that the former Portsmouth forward had come through.
Gareth Ainsworth revealed that the injury crisis that Rangers found themselves in with both Wayne Routledge and Dexter Blackstock sidelined, prompted Sousa to reluctantly select Vine ahead of schedule.
The reserve team manager spoke to QPR.co.uk in the build up to this evening`s clash with Charlton reserves at Stonebridge Road saying that Vine`s re-introduction was always set to be through the second string.
He said: 'It was always our intention to bring Rowan back at Reserve team level, which is pretty much standard procedure with any long-term injury.
'Injuries to one or two forced us to bring him back into the squad last night, but thankfully the result went our way and we didn't need to risk him and we've managed to stick to the protocol.'
Vine has been pencilled in to start against the Addicks reserves alongside fellow first team squad members Angelo Balanta, Romone Rose and Antonio German. A relatively young side travels to the home of Blue Square Premier outfit Ebbsfleet looking to pick up a positive result.
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"Today's Senate vote sustaining a filibuster of the annual defense spending bill, and in particular its provisions on the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' law, is a profound setback for our nation's military and our government's commitment to the principle of majority rule," said Common Cause President Bob Edgar.
"Some of the best minds in our military - civilian and uniformed -- devoted thousands of hours of study to the question of service by openly gay Americans. They produced a thoughtful report and recommendations on a complex subject, but the Senate, held hostage yet again by a minority, refuses to even bring the issue to the floor," Edgar said.
"It's disgraceful that a minority of senators can abuse the Senate's rules in this way," Edgar said. "Whatever their feelings on service by gays, our troops have seen today that a minority of senators aren't even willing to examine the issue with the care it deserves."
This month, Common Cause is spotlighting how filibuster abuse is hijacking the Congress and blocking action on vital national problems. Common Cause is hosting a forum on filibuster reform on Wednesday, Dec. 15 at the National Press Club.
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Welcome to Hell
My life was destroyed that day when the world went to hell. I lost everything and everyone I loved. I killed them with my own hands. Then I fled, I hid, terrified in the forests of my childhood. I was haunted those long months, by memories and screams of the dead and dying. I came across humans in those woods now and then. Some of them could have even been friends in another life if my selfish self of the days of old put down her pride long enough to talk to them. In the end I had to kill them when they didn't survive the bites or died of other wounds or exposure.
I lived off the skills taught to me by my father, both my fathers since Kakashi became one of sorts. When I went into that city after all that time being alone, I was really just running away. Away from the memories that hurt me and ghosts of those I couldn't save.
That's why, when I met them. I was saved. I would have died by my self; I would have given in to the temptation. They gave me something to live for. Something to die for.
Traveling with Naruto, Kakashi and Sasuke, I found myself again. I found him. It wasn't until the three had been released from isolation I knew how much I saved them in turn. I brought new light to the bleak world we found ourselves trapped in. Kakashi told me one night by the fire in his house, after the others fell asleep by their beers and Kakashi and I were finishing up a card game. I wasn't going to lose for nothing, not to that old geezer. I told him so too.
Kakashi laughed at that, laughed in a way that I had never heard from him before. Free and without care. This is probably how he sounded before the Disaster, before he lost it all, before the fear and anxiety that came with survival.
I lost the game, spectacularly to. But I went to sleep with Sasuke by my side that night with a sense of what I had gained from that tragedy. I gained friends who would stay by my side no matter what the world threw at us. And when the happy times came, like the birth of my daughter, they were there too with smiles on their faces and laughs hugs and tears. We were a family, albeit a strange one, but a true one.
That family got bigger when Naruto announced he and Hinata were going to get married. Neji's spit take was a moment to remember and Ino howled in laughter. I don't regret anything any more. But I know Sasuke still does. That's the person he is. He regrets his mother; father and brother weren't around to meet me and our children. He regretted not protecting me in that warehouse, he regretted giving up. I forgave him for that, as he forgave me for leaving them behind.
That day when they were released from the isolation rooms, Naruto's cry woke me up from where I had camped out in the lobby and Kakashi had to pry him of me before he tussled my hair with a tear in his eye. I never cried so hard. I didn't know I had seen him as a father figure until I thought he had left me for good. Ino was there with me the entire time, she didn't leave my side. I didn't have to tell her I forgave her for what she had said, and she knew I didn't have to say anything to understand me. I gained a sister that day and I asked no one else to be my maid of honor.
When I saw Sasuke again, after he came out. It was like time stopped for the both of us. We just looked at each other, I was barley aware of Ino and Kakashi discretely dragging Naruto away with their hands over his mouth.
'Hola' I said and he grinned and that was all it took. I was in his arms kissing him and he was holding me tight and I knew I was home.
It's ironic don't you think? Losing everything and surviving hell, only to find salvation at the other end of a gun, pointed directly at my head.
Welcome to Hell everybody. Please don't die. Because you never know what you'll find.
The End
Big thanks to:
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I know you guys read every word I wrote because you answered my rather long blub last chapter (muwahahaha) if you haven't read it. Go back and read it it's important…
Major huge thanks to PIX! I don't know where you went for the last chapter but your excellent reviews helped me so much in writing these last few chapters and thanks for pointing out some of my flaws to work on.
I do have some changes to make to my last blurb at the begging if the last chapter, sadly because I lost my USB containing all the chapters of "The Wytch's Spell" and it's corrections I will be deleting the story and will not be continuing it.
I have begun, already, another new story which has a similar feel and story plot to it as "The Wytch's Spell" call it what I actually envisioned but in a completely different setting and take on the story.
My next work is called Yume and I have already posted the first chapter. Check it out yeah?
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The critically acclaimed author of The Madonnas of Leningrad ("Elegant and poetic, the rare kind of book that you want to keep but you have to share" —Isabel Allende), Debra Dean returns with The Mirrored World, a breathtaking novel of love and madness set in 18th century Russia. Transporting readers to St. Petersburg during the reign of Catherine the Great, Dean brilliantly reconstructs and reimagines the life of St. Xenia, one of Russia's most revered and mysterious holy figures, in a richly told and thought-provoking work of historical fiction that recounts the unlikely transformation of a young girl, a child of privilege, into a saint beloved by the poor.


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De Bromhead & Lynch Scoop Up Novice
Two Scoops and Andrew Lynch at Punchestown
©Healy Racing Photos By Alan Magee
"He was supposed to win at Galway but I think that makes up for it!" said Henry De Bromhead after teaming up with stable jockey Andrew Lynch to take the Listed INH Stallion Owners EBF Novice Hurdle with Too Scoops.
The five-year-old gelding is owned by the Dumb Dumb Syndicate, a group of Paddy Power Bookmaker employees, and apparently the syndicate name is derived from a cocktail which "helps you get through the week at Galway!"
Rory O'Moore took up his customary role in front but, after a number of sketchy jumps, was headed by the 6/1 winner approaching the second last.
Balnaslow was soon in trouble following a mistake at this point, Andrew Lynch's mount kept on well in the straight to account for Rory O'Moore by three and a half lengths.
Captain Arceus was a further six and a half lengths adrift in third, withp>Balnaslow in fourth.
A lot of interest was removed from this two-mile event beforehand with the absence of likely favourite Waaheb (off feed) as well as Shrapnel (lame) and Foxrock (overreach).
De Bromhead said, "He jumped brilliant, although Andrew said he was off it going across the bottom. They went some gallop.
"He's entered in the Grade 1 Paddy Power Future Champions Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown but we'll see what the lads want to do."
Across card double for de Bromhead
Starkie fended off Strategic bid at the end of the two mile maiden hurdle at Cork to give Henry de Bromhead and Bryan Cooper a winner at 11/2.


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"Blooming" Barrel Sale a HUGE Success!
A beautiful clear bright sunny Saturday morning set the stage for a huge rush of anxious cactus buyers to pick out a fishhook barrel cactus (Ferocactus Wislizeni) in bloom. The Rescue Crew held a special sale on a vacant lot on North First Av. just south of Wetmore Road near the Tucson Mall. Sales were brisk fifteen minutes before the official opening at 8 AM and by 8:30 AM almost all of the trailer load of barrels, about a 100, were sold. A quick trip back to the holding area to load up more proved beneficial. A total of about 150 large barrels were sold, some were 16 to 24 inches tall, and about 100 smaller cactus. We went home shortly after noon with only one barrel not sold and all the smaller Mammillaria and Hedge Hogs and a few various others sold out quickly. Tucsonans do love landscape Cacti and expressed their appreciation for our Rescue Program!
The sale was a big success bringing in $2300 in total sales. About half of this will reimburse the club for out of pocket expenses (mostly cactus tag costs), 25% goes to our TCSS School Grant Program fund, and the balance to TCSS operating expenses.
Thanks to everyone who showed up to buy cactus and give them a good home. Also, thank you to all the Members who showed up to help unload and load cactus and provide advise to those looking to buy.
We have a downloadable PDF publication to help you plant and care for your rescued plants:
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A recent clearing has appeared along Glacier Highway and led people to call up the city and ask, "What are you doing to all those trees?"
Public Works Director Joe Buck has a pat answer for those who ask: "It's not us."
Landowner Brendan Kelly cleared land, immediately east of Sunny Point on Glacier Highway and began to install a water and sewer system for a "minor subdivision," with lots to build four single-family homes.
Kelly's project sits next to a city sign explaining how Juneau's sales tax dollars are being used to build the first phase of a new $10 million voter-approved public works facility.
"That clearing is all a private operation," Buck said.
Kelly could not be reached Thursday.
Work started on the new city facility recently, but the land cleared is small for now, and hardly visible next to Kelly's development. Buck said his new Public Works operation will have 50-foot tree buffers and a design to project noise away from its neighbors. People should barely notice, he said.
The larger project has not gone out for bid and is months away.
Dale Pernula, director of the city's Community Development Department, said the new housing project was platted and approved in 2006 and that Kelly just recently began clearing and developing the land.
I assume he'll sell lots, and people will build homes on them, he said.
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Baldwin Calendar
Contact Us
Office Manager:
Mrs. Margarita Saucedo
Phone: (626) 933-3701
Office Assistant:
Mrs. Maria Higuera
Phone: (626) 933-3705
Fax: (626) 855-3700
Address: 1616 Griffith Ave.,
La Puente, CA 91744
Office Hours: 7:30A.M. - 4:00P.M.
Head start Contact: Teacher Miriam
Registration Please call : 626 933-6547
Front Office Reminders
Our uniform colors are dark blue pants/shorts and white, light blue or dark blue polo shirts. We also encourage Baldwin Spirit shirts. On Tuesdays students may wear College Shirts!!:)
We are working hard in minimizing the number of interruptions to classrooms. Please inform your child before school if you will be bringing lunch to them. Students will then come by the office to pick up their lunch.
Important Dates To Remember
March 6
8:15 am Kinder Awards
1:15 pm TK Awards
March 7
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Every morning Monday through Friday HLPUSD district is sponsoring free breakfast to all Baldwin students. Don't miss out on the most important meal of the day. Arrive early and enjoy a free breakfast.
Parent Workshops
We will be having a series of parent workshops in our cafeteria:
Where: Baldwin Academy
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Days: Monday (Except Holidays)
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Textron Rises as Forecast Beats Estimates Amid Cessna Demand
Textron Inc. (TXT) climbed the most in more than two years after forecasting higher 2012 profit than analysts estimated amid growing demand for Cessna aircraft and Bell helicopters.
Textron jumped 15 percent to $24.85 at 10:48 a.m. in New York trading. Earlier the stock advanced as much as 16 percent, its biggest intraday gain since July 2009. Before today, the shares had lost 20 percent of their value in the past year.
Earnings from continuing operations, excluding one-time items, will be $1.80 a share to $2 this year, the Providence, Rhode Island-based company said in a statement. The average of nine analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg was $1.67.
Chief Executive Officer Scott Donnelly is working to leverage the company's businesses with measures such as having Cessna and Bell share overseas service centers and sales forces. Textron is winding down its finance unit, which struggled during the recession.
"The 2012 guidance is a positive surprise," since most investors expected a forecast slightly below estimates, Julian Mitchell, a New York-based analyst with Credit Suisse Group AG, said in a note to clients. He rates the shares "neutral."
Textron posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $19 million, or 7 cents a share, compared with profit of $60 million, or 19 cents, a year earlier.
Cessna Backlog
Excluding 55 cents a share in one-time items such as adjustments in the finance unit and a loss from convertible note repurchases, profit from continuing operations was 49 cents a share. That exceeded the 34-cent average of 14 analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
At Cessna, which had to halve its workforce when sales plunged during the recession, fourth-quarter revenue increased 5.3 percent to $1.01 billion. Higher volumes of used jets, single-engine planes and Caravans made up for deliveries of Citation business jets dropping to 67 from 79, the company said. The unit's backlog dropped 13 percent to $1.9 billion.
"We do not see it as a good sign that the backlog was again down in what was expected to be the strongest quarter for sales," Robert Stallard, a New York-based analyst at RBC Capital Markets, wrote in a note to clients.
Cessna's profit more than doubled to $60 million, while Bell helicopter earnings advanced 21 percent to $167 million.
Bell Deliveries
Bell delivered 62 commercial aircraft in the latest period, down from 71 a year earlier. The unit contributed about 31 percent of Textron's 2011 revenue, compared with Cessna's 27 percent. Its backlog climbed to $7.3 billion, a $981 million increase.
Revenue at Cessna will probably climb 14 percent to $3.4 billion with profit advancing 3.5 percent to 4.5 percent, Textron said today in a presentation posted on its website.
Demand for business jets "should build throughout the year," Donnelly said. "Longer term, we expect jet growth to accelerate as the global economy stabilizes, emerging markets develop further and our new products roll into the marketplace," he said.
Cessna may break even in the first quarter, Donnelly said. In last year's first quarter, the unit had a loss of $14 million.
Textron will probably make a decision on whether to adjust production rates at Cessna in mid-2012, the CEO said. A drop in demand such as the one that occurred in 2008 and 2009 would "absolutely" trigger cutbacks, he said, though the scenario "seems fairly unlikely given where we are right now, and certainly unlikely given the level of activity we are seeing with our customers."
'Huge Investment'
Cessna isn't considering building bigger business jets, Donnelly said, adding that there are better investments to be made in its line of light and midsized aircraft.
A bigger jet "would be a huge investment," he said. "I don't think it would be the right use of our capital."
Bell will probably record a "significant" increase in commercial helicopter deliveries this year from last year's tally of 125, Donnelly said. Revenue at the unit will probably climb 19 percent to about $4.2 billion, with profit advancing 13 percent to 14 percent, Textron said.
Textron builds the V-22 Osprey plane with Boeing Co. and makes other military equipment, including drones and armored vehicles. The company, founded as a textile producer in 1923, also builds E-Z-GO golf carts, Greenlee tools and Kautex plastic fuel systems.
Total quarterly revenue rose 4.1 percent to $3.25 billion from $3.13 billion a year earlier, outpacing analysts' estimates of $3.24 billion. Revenue in 2012 may climb to $12.5 billion from last year's $11.28 billion, the company said.
Golf Mortgage
Textron may need as long as two years to sell its finance unit's Golf Mortgage assets, which include loans for golf courses as well as construction and refinancing of hotels, Donnelly said. The portfolio is valued at about $381 million.
"I don't think it's going to be one transaction, I don't think it's going to happen within six months," he said. "It's not our objective to fire-sale these things. It's probably more like a two-year time horizon kind of a deal."
Textron plans to boost spending on research and development by 22 percent to about $590 million, Chief Financial Officer Frank Connor said. Pension costs this year will be little changed at about $180 million.
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text: Fellows Creek Lodge is conveniently located within 1 mile of I-275, and has easy access to all of Metro-Detroits hot spots. Comerica Park, Fords Field, University of Michigan, and the Joe Louis Arena are all within a 30 minute drive from the Fellows Creek Lodge. Many dining options, shopping, sightseeing and gambling are all nearby. The spacious rooms at the Fellows Creek Lodge include custom made fireplaces, flat screen TV with Dish Network providing over 300 channels, and jacuzzi suites are available. Amenities at the Fellows Creek Lodge include free high speed internet access, free parking, and a 24 hour reception area.


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Regular price: $17.49
The mountain man was a special breed of man and to be successful he had to be one tough hombre willing to endure all kinds of hardships; below zero cold, starvation, Indians, endless hours of hard work, and trying to keep from getting eaten by the animals most notable, the Grizzly bear. Loneliness was an issue to overcome. Many trapped with another trapper or with several. The numbers offered a little more protection from the dreaded Blackfoot Indians that hated them for invading their land and killing the game. Follow Shakespeare McDovitt who survived hardships and dangers for over twenty years.


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Freestyle Hostel
132 Via Principe Amedeo, Rome, Italy
328 813 8795
Freestyle Hostel Rates and Deals
Freestyle Hostel Rome Reviews
12 reviews
Jul 28, 2010
They guy how ran this hostel (we wer enot booked here, but were moved here when the hostel we booked in had a problem) did not like us, we had to beg for him to let us store our luggage - even though everyone else in the hostel could do so without problems. There was only 1 bathroom / toilet for 3 dorms, the guy who runs the place sleeps on the couch in the common area, so there is no common area after he goes to bed. And as if I was not annoyed enough with the hostel we had been sent to, it seems there were bugs in my bed, and I was eaten alive. I would never stay here again!
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Sketchy but awesome! My best vacation! Dec 25, 2009
For me it was awesome, because my friend and I chose a 2 person private room. It was the room, the rest of the hostel was questionable.
Where the dorms where there were about 3 happy coucraches happily wondering around, and the organization was kinda sketchy. However a room like ours for the prize we paid was absolutely unique in Rome.
It was just remodeled, with internet, AC! Wow! The first place in italy we could find with AC! And it was completely clean and well lit.
We were right next to Termini, therefore waling distance from the main place, specially the metro and bus terminal. It is a kinda sketchy area, but still safe and nice, with good arab and chinnese restaurants.
Just be careful, even if you're still in bed, the day of the check out one of the weird staff members might just open the door to wake you up no matter how dressed or undressed you might be. The only thing I didn't like was that for our nice room, there was no breakfast included and no kitchen accessible, so we basically had to spend money out.


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I have a lathe identical to that. At the time of manufacture (35 – 40 yrs ago) that was a good consumer lathe. It will still do a good job especially for a beginner. If you find you like turning you can upgrade to a more modern one. I would definitely try to get it for considerably less than is being asked for it. I would definitely try to get it for $100 or less.
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We recently received an arbitration award in a Michigan no-fault insurance case against AAA insurance. Our client was injured in a one car accident in Hartland, Livingston County, Michigan. She suffered from post-traumatic fibromyalgia and post-concussive syndrome as a result of the accident and was unable to work.
Our client was not working at the time of the accident. She left her job in January, 2007, and was actively looking for work when the accident happened on 3-2-07. She was considered to be temporarily unemployed and we were able to make a wage loss claim. The arbitration panel awarded her $83,250.00


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Charles R. Wolle, a semiretired
federal judge in Des Moines, tops a national list of judges for attending legal
seminars that are sponsored by corporations or politically active nonprofits.
Wolle tied with an Alabama bankruptcy judge as the most traveled judges in the
nation, according to a report released by the Center for Public Integrity.
seminars are intended to improve the judges' understanding of various issues
and the law, but some critics are concerned that they also could be a way for
groups to influence the outcomes of cases that end up in federal court, according
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Sandia Casino & Resort
Sandia Casino & Resort Rates and Deals
Sandia Casino & Resort Albuquerque Reviews
325 reviews
Great Resort & Casino with Spectacular Views! Feb 04, 2012
Like many large casinos in the USA outside of Las Vegas and Atlantic City, they are often owned by Native American Indian tribes. There are 562 federally recognized tribal governments in the United States, which act as semi-autonomous entities. Gambling is legal under US federal law, and each state is free to regulate or prohibit it, but it is only allowed commercially in 20 US states. Native American casinos and other gambling operations on Indian reservations or other tribal land in the United States is allowed, even in states where it is prohibited commercially, because these areas have tribal sovereignty, and US states have limited ability to forbid gambling there. Currently there are about 30 US states which have Native Indian casinos, comprising about 200 tribal governments. Just a bit of USA gambling background FYI.
Sandia Resort and Casino is located right off Interstate 25 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, about 10 km from the airport. The Sandia Resort and Casino is owned by the Sandia Pueblo Indians. In fact, the round part of the building is built to look like a kiva, which is part of a Native American Pueblo. The taller section of the building is the hotel. The windows on the upper part afford some spectacular views of the Sandia Mountains and the Rio Grande Valley. The Bien Shur Restaurant is located here (9th floor). Although the menu is a bit pricey, the food is excellent, service exceptional and the views wonderful. I had dinner here with a friend (for a special celebration) and can attest to the complimentary praise I offer here. I don't mind paying a bit extra for good quality, service and ambiance. Nevertheless, there are many other cheaper restaurants and bar areas in this resort to try as well in various parts of the resort.
Of course, what draws people here in large numbers is the gambling - the lights, the sounds, the smell of greed, and the feel of fortune! All the traditional gaming activities are here: Blackjack, Bingo, Craps, Poker, Roulette, and slot Machines. Lots and lots of slot machines with flashing lights and all manner of sounds. Smoking is allowed in the Casino, but there are non-smoking areas available too. It's a fun way to spend a little time and money of course, as long as you don't overdo it. The hotel rates here vary, being the most expensive in peak seasons and dropping to half the price in off peak seasons. There is also golf and a spa to enjoy too. The Sandia Resort and Casino is definitely worth a visit while in Albuquerque.
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Sandia Casino & Resort Overview
Sheltered by the magnificent Sandia Mountains- the hotel offers guests 228 spacious guest rooms and suites. With luxury designated as a top priority- each guest room is richly accentuated with Southwest flavor- featuring wood engraved bathroom vanities and intricate ceramic tiled entry ways to plush furniture and cozy beds. Rooms are equipped with 32-inch flat screen televisions- lavish bathrooms with separate bath tubs and walk-in showers. Oversized picture windows treat guests to breathtaking views of the panoramic Sandia Mountains- the greater Albuquerque area and the Rio Grande River Valley. Featuring an 18-hole golf course designed by Scott Miller- a state-of-the-art spa and fitness facility- and a rooftop restaurant offering fine dining with the most spectacular view of the Sandia Mountains. Not to mention electrifying Las Vegas-style gaming. Albuquerque 7 Miles NE. We are at the base of the Sandia Mountains.
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Going Down To Jericho
( Originally Published 1908 )
IN the memory of every visitor to Jerusalem the excursion to Jericho is a vivid point. For this is the one trip which everybody makes, and it is a convention of the route to regard it as a perilous and exciting adventure. Perhaps it is partly this flavour of a not-too-dangerous danger, this shivering charm of a hazard to be taken without too much risk, that attracts the average tourist, prudently romantic, to make the journey to the lowest inhabited town in the world.
Jericho has always had an ill name. Weak walls, weak hearts, weak morals were its early marks. Sweltering on the rich plain of the lower Jordan, eight hundred feet below the sea, at the entrance of the two chief passes into the Judean highlands, it was too indolent or cowardly to maintain its own importance. Stanley called it "the key of Palestine"; but it was only a latch which any bold invader could lift. The people of Jericho were famous for light fingers and lively feet, great robbers and runners-away. Joshua blotted the city out with a curse; five centuries later Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt it with the bloody sacrifice of his two sons. Antony gave it to Cleopatra, and Herod bought it from her for a winter palace, where he died. Nothing fine or brave, so far as I can remember, is written of any of its inhabitants, except the good deed of Rahab, a harlot, and the honest conduct of Zacchaeus, a publican. To this day, at the tables d'hôte of Jerusalem the name of Jericho stirs up a little whirlwind of bad stories and warnings.
Last night we were dining with friends at one of the hotels, and the usual topic came up for discussion. Imagine what followed.
"That Jericho road is positively frightful," says a British female tourist in lace cap, lilac ribbons and a maroon poplin dress, "the heat is most extr'ordinary ! "
"No food fit to eat at the hotel," grumbles her husband, a rosy, bald-headed man in plaid knickerbockers, "no bottled beer; beastly little hole!"
"A voyage of the most fatiguing, of the most perilous, I assure you," says a little Frenchman with a forked beard. "But I rejoice myself of the adventure, of the romance accomplished."
"I want to know," piped a lady in a green shirt-waist from Andover, Mass., "is there really and truly any danger?"
"I guess not for us," answers the dominating voice of the conductor of her party. "There's always a bunch of robbers on that road, but I have hired the biggest man of the bunch to take care of us. Just wait till you see that dandy Sheikh in his best clothes; he looks like a museum of old weapons."
"Have you heard," interposed a lady-like clergy-man on the other side of the table, with gold-rimmed spectacles gleaming above his high, black waistcoat, "what happened on the Jericho road, week before last ? An English gentleman, of very good family, imprudently taking a short cut, became separated from his companions. The Bedouins fell upon him, beat him quite painfully, deprived him of his watch and several necessary garments, and left him prostrate upon the earth, in an embarrassingly denuded condition Just fancy! Was it not perfectly shocking ?" (The clergyman's voice was full of delicious horror.) "But, after all," he resumed with a beaming smile, "it was most scriptural, you know, quite like a Providential confirmation of Holy Writ!"
"Most unpleasant for the Englishman," growls the man in knickerbockers. "But what can you expect under this rotten Turkish government ?"
"I know a story about Jericho," begins a gentle-man from Colorado, with a hay-coloured moustache and a droop in his left eyelid—and then follows a series of tales about that ill-reputed town and the road thither, which leave the lady in the lace cap gasping, and the man with the forked beard visibly swelling with pride at having made the journey, and the little woman in the green shirt-waist quivering with exquisite fears and mentally clinging with both arms to the personal conductor of her party, who looks becomingly virile, and exchanges a surreptitious wink with the gentleman from Colorado.
Of course, I am not willing to make an affidavit to the correctness of every word in this conversation; but I can testify that it fairly represents the Jericho-motif as you may hear it played almost any night in the Jerusalem hotels. It sounded to us partly like an echo of ancient legends kept alive by dragomans and officials for purposes of revenue, and partly like an outcrop of the hysterical habit in people who travel in flocks and do nothing without much palaver. In our quiet camp, George the Bethlehemite assured us that the sheikhs were "humbugs," and an escort of soldiers a nuisance. So we placidly made our preparations to ride on the morrow, with no other safeguards than our friendly dispositions and a couple of excellent American revolvers.
But it was no brief Ausflug to Jericho and return that we had before us: it was the beginning of a long and steady ride, weeks in the saddle, from six to nine hours a day.
Imagine us then, morning after morning, mounting somewhere between six and eight o'clock, ac-cording to the weather and the length of the journey, and jingling out of camp, followed at a discreet distance by Youssouf on his white pony with the luncheon, and Faris on his tiny donkey, Tiddlywinks. About noon, sometimes a little earlier, sometimes a little later, the white pony catches up with us, and the tent and the rugs are spread for the midday meal and the siesta. It may be in our dreams, or while the Lady is reading from some pleasant book, or while the smoke of the afternoon pipe of peace is ascending, that we hear the musical bells of our long baggage-train go by us on the way to our night-quarters.
The evening ride is always shorter than the morning, sometimes only an hour or two in the saddle; and at the end of it there is the surprise of a new camp ground, the comfortable tents, the refreshing bath tub, the quiet dinner by sunset-glow or candle-light. Then a bit of friendly talk over the walnuts and the "Treasure of Zion "; a cup of fragrant Turkish coffee; and George enters the door of the tent to report on the condition of things in general, and to discuss the plan of the next day's journey.


text: Hi, For the past month I've been working on porting NetBSD to Openmoko GTA02 phone. The port is mostly based on existing s3c2xx0 platform already supported by NetBSD. One of the sub-components of S3C2440 SOC not supported by the existing port is iic controller. GTA02 has at least 3 components attached to this bus so it's a rather critical to have a working iic bus. Writing a driver for the controller is not a very complicated thing to do, I actually have it working already, but there are a couple of issues I have encountered. When reading trough the sources of some existing iic bus drivers I've noticed that all of them transfer the data synchronously. In most cases data is being written to the transmitter, start condition is generated, some loop is entered in which the driver actively waits for hardware event indicating either acknowledge or transmit failure. The loop usually has a limited number of iterations to handle transmit timeouts. This whole scheme seems fine if you consider most of the i2c device drivers NetBSD currently supports (eproms, rtcs). One of the components of GTA02 is a slightly more complicated piece of silicon - NXP/Philips PCF50633 [1]. Servicing this device in some circumstances might require several i2c transactions per second. For such workloads it's probably better idea to use interrupt based transfers. The question is how to implement support for such transfers using current iic driver interface? My current approach uses standard NetBSD iic interface (iic_acquire_bus, iic_exec, iic_release_bus). The only difference is that I've added additional flag I2C_F_INTR. When I2C_F_POLL is set the driver works in a way described above. When I2C_F_POLL is set the underlying driver: 1. Populates a work queue with simple operations describing iic transactions that have to be performed. 2. Acquires a spin mutex (IPL SERIAL priority, same as interrupt handler for the driver). 3. Initiates the transfer by filling tx register with slave address, enabling interrupts and generating start condition. 4. Starts waiting on a condition variable, cv_timedwait (mutex from step 2). Now all work is being done by the interrupt handler. Single run of this handler retrieves new task from the work queue (step 1), sets up the hardware to perform it and exits. The hardware is set in a way which triggers another interrupt when transfer has been finished or an error occurred. After all the tasks have been performed the interrupt handler disables interrupts, signals the condition variable and exits. Then it's just a matter of retrieving the results of all the iic transactions performed and returning them to the caller of iic_exec. This scheme works, but: 1. I'm not exactly sure if condition variable is the best synchronization mechanism for this particular use case. I don't know all the facilities NetBSD has to offer (I'm pretty new to NetBSD kernel programming). Is there something else that would be better for this particular job? 2. Condition variables (according to manual pages) put some constrains on where they can be used. Those will obviously also apply to iic_exec calls with with I2C_F_INTR flag. I feel that at least some of those constrains already apply to iic_exec interface. (I wouldn't call it from any interrupt handler for example). The question is if it puts any new constrains on the iic_exec? 3. Right now to indicate that the driver can sleep/use interrupt based transfers I use I2C_F_INTR flag. The question is if a new flag is necessary? I2C_F_POLL is used to tell the driver not to sleep, but actively wait for the transfer to finish. When not specified we could treat it as an indication that interrupt based transfer is allowed/desired. Should a new flag be added? /ptw [1] http://people.openmoko.org/tony_tu/GTA02/datasheet/PMU/PCF50633DS_02.pdf


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Lickin' the Bowl: Pancakes can anchor breakfast, lunch and supper meals 02-17-10
Published 6:00 pm, Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Pancakes are not just for breakfast, as evidenced by pancake suppers staged by civic clubs and churches, not to mention restaurants that serve pancakes 24-7. If you buy the frozen variety or mix them from a box mix, it's time you tried some "from scratch" recipes. The toppings are up to you. Melted butter and maple syrup, fresh fruit, chocolate and nuts, peanut butter . . . all enhance the plain pancake.
These recipes are from Greg Morago, who writes for the Houston Chronicle. He got them from David "Ziggy" Gruber, owner of Kenny & Ziggy's deli in Houston and the Country Living magazine. The Pam-cakes are from Pam Lolley, test kitchen professional for Southern Living magazine.
Pam-Cakes & Buttered Honey Syrup
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups buttermilk
2 large eggs
1/4 cup butter, melted
Buttered Honey Syrup (recipe follows)
Combine flour and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Whisk together buttermilk and eggs. Gradually stir buttermilk mixture into flour mixture.
Gently stir in butter. Batter will be lumpy. Pour about 1/4 cup batter for each pancake onto a hot buttered griddle or large nonstick skillet.
Cook pancakes 3 to 4 minutes or until tops are covered with bubbles and edges look dry and cooked.
Turn and cook 3 to 4 minutes or until golden brown.
Place pancakes in a single layer on a baking sheet, and keep warm in a 200 degree oven up to 30 minutes.
Serve with Buttered Honey Syrup. Makes about 16 (4-inch) pancakes. Recipe from Pam Lolley, Southern Living magazine.
Buttered Honey Syrup
Melt 1/3 cup butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir in 1/2 cup honey and cook 1 minute or until warm.
Note: This syrup cannot be made ahead. The heated honey will crystallize when cooled and will not melt if reheated.
Kenny & Ziggy's Pancakes
2 cups flour
2 tablespoons sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon fine salt
2 cups buttermilk
4 tablespoons melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 beaten eggs
Combine dry ingredients in a bowl, whisk and set aside. Combine wet ingredients in a second bowl, whisk.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and whisk until just combined. Melt additional butter in pan or on griddle, and ladle batter in desired size.
Personalize your pancakes by adding your favorite mix-ins: berries, pecans, bananas, chocolate chips; you name it. "One of my favorites is crumbles of our pastrami bacon," Gruber says. Top with maple syrup and devour. Recipe from David "Ziggy" Gruber.
Buttermilk Pancakes
4/5 cup flour
3 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon melted butter
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Canola oil for the griddle
Place flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl and stir, using a whisk, to thoroughly combine.
Add egg, melted butter, buttermilk, milk and vanilla to mix and stir until just combined. Let mixture rest for 1 to 2 minutes. Heat a griddle over high heat until hot.
Reduce heat to medium-low. Lightly brush griddle with canola oil.
Pour 1/3 cup batter for each pancake, leaving 2 inches between each one. Cook until bubbles form on the pancake surface and the underside is golden, about 5 minutes. Flip pancakes and cook until golden, about 2 more minutes. Makes 6 (1-pancake) servings. Recipe from Light & Delish magazine (original source Country Living magazine).
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To reserve your set of books, please contact the Popular Materials Center at (812) 428-8246.
Abbott, Karen
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
Tells the spellbinding true story of four women who risked everything—their homes, their families, and their very lives—during the Civil War.
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
Allen, Sarah Addison
Garden Spells
Austen, Jane
Bates, Laura
Shakespeare Saved My Life
Brockmole, Jessica
Letters from Skye
A love story told in letters spans two world wars and follows the correspondence between a poet on the Scottish Isle of Skye and an American volunteer ambulance driver for the French Army, an affair that is discovered years later when the poet disappears.
Cash, Wiley
A Land More Kind than Home
Coetzee, J.M.
Waiting for the Barbarians
The magistrate of an isolated outpost ignores reports of a threat from the barbarians until military personnel arrive with captured natives whom they persecute and torture, pushing the magistrate to an unrealistic act of rebellion that brands him an enemy of the state.
Eisenhower, Susan
Mrs. Ike: Memories & Reflections on the Life of Mamie Eisenhower
This is a portrait of a beloved First Lady and an incisive account of a complex marriage. Examines the life of Mamie Eisenhower, a saucy young lady who found her match in handsome Ike Eisenhower, and their adventures, misunderstandings, and glowing triumphs.
Ephron, Amy
One Sunday Morning
One Sunday morning four women at a bridge party in the elegant Gramercy Park Hotel see a beautiful young woman whom they all know leaving a nearby hotel with a man who is not her husband. And though the ladies do not know the whole story, despite their mutual promise to keep what they've seen to themselves, it is only a matter of time before one of them talks.
Flaubert, Gustave
Madame Bovary
The bored wife of a provincial physician seeks to escape from the tedium of her life with romantic fantasies and adulterous affairs, but is ultimately doomed to disillusionment.
Ford, Jamie
Songs of Willow Frost
Set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle, this novel is a powerful tale of two souls-a boy with dreams for his future and a woman escaping her haunted past-both seeking love, hope, and forgiveness.
Frankl, Viktor E.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41049763842916969762018-03-05T17:48:43.049+01:00Laytime calcsanalysis, discussions, review of hard cases, shipping and maritime newsCurious mindhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104976384291696976.post-76046698032436122072011-10-19T14:59:00.000+02:002011-10-19T14:59:03.225+02:00Another caseA vessel was fixed for a voyage from Baltic to port(s) of Argentina and Uruguay. The charter party incorporated such clauses related to laytime calculation as :

(*) laycan - 12 - 16 April;

(*) ANY TIME USED PRIOR COMMENCEMENT OF LAYCAN SHALL NOT COUNT AS LAYTIME

(*) Loading Terms: 6'000 MT, PER WWD OF 24 CONSECUTIVE HOURS, SUNDAYS HOLYDAYS INCLUDED N.O.R. CAN BE TENDERED SHINC DURING NORMAL OFFICE HOURS, 8 AM - 5 PM OR LOCAL EQUIVALENT.

(*) LAYTIME TO COMMENCE AT 14.00 HRS IF NOTICE OF READINESS IS TENDERED DURING OFFICE HOURS PRIOR NOON (NOON INCLUDED) AND AT 08:00 HRS NEXT DAY IF NOR TENDERED DURING OFFICE HOURS AFTER NOON. NOR TENDERED AND ACCEPTED EVEN BY CABLE WIBON, WIPON, WIFPON, WICCON

(*) TIME USED FOR DRAFT SURVEYS NOT TO COUNT AS LAYTIME / DEMURRAGE

(*) DISCHARGING TERMS: 3'500 MT, PER WWD OF 24 CONSECUTIVE HOURS, SATURDAY NOON HOLIDAYS EXCLUDED UU IUATUTC

(*) AT DISCHARGE PORT(S) N.O.R. CAN BE TENDERED SSHEX DURING NORMAL OFFICE HOURS, 8 AM - 5 PM OR LOCAL EQUIVALENT and saturday 0800/1200hrs IN CASE BERTH IS OCCUPIED OWNERS ARE ALLOWED TO TENDER N.O.R. WIPON, WIBON, WICCON, WIFPON.

(*) LAYTIME TO COMMENCE AT 14.00 HRS IF NOTICE OF READINESS IS TENDERED DURING OFFICE HOURS PRIOR NOON (NOON INCLUDED) AND AT 08:00 HRS NEXT WORKING DAY IF NOR TENDERED DURING OFFICE HOURS AFTER NOON. NOR TENDERED AND ACCEPTED EVEN BY CABLE WIBON, WIPON, WIFPON, WICCON.

(*) TIME USED FOR DRAFT SURVEYS NOT TO COUNT AS LAYTIME / DEMURRAGE

(*) TIME TO COUNT AS PER GENCON CLAUSE 8HRS / 14 HRS AT DISCHARGE

(*) DEMURRAGE 14.000,-- USD PDPR / HALF DESPATCH ON TIME SAVED PRO RATA BENDS

(*) LAYTIME NOT TO BE REVERSIBLE BETWEEN LOADING AND DISCHARGING. LAYTIME REVERSIBLE BETWEEN DISCHARGING PORTS.

(*) TIME FOR PROCEEDING FROM ANCHORAGE TO LOADING OR DISCHARGING BERTH NOT TO COUNT AS LAYTIME EVEN IF VESSEL ALREADY ON DEMURRAGE.

(*) Swell Clause to apply at Necochea: If vessel is unable to enter and/or sail due to swell and/or bad weather, the Master to be permitted to tender Notice of Readiness at/off the port, and time to count as per C/P. Any/all time/cost lost due to swells to be for Charterers' account.

(*) Ice-breaker clause to apply:

 Notice of Readiness can be tendered by the master on arrival at ice
 Edge ice breaker meeting point.

 (a) Ice-breaker assistance shall be rendered within 48 running hours
 after notification of arrival at the ice edge is given by the master, or,
 when leaving the loading port, within 48 running hours after
 notification by the master of readiness to leave.

 (b) Time lost by the vessel in waiting for ice-breaker assistance at
 the edge of the ice or when leaving the loading port in excess of the
 time provided in section (a) shall count as laytime or time on
 demurrage.

And we'll see what has turned out of it in the following posts!Curious mindhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104976384291696976.post-46654067215513510272011-04-05T14:21:00.000+02:002011-04-05T14:21:33.857+02:00Shifting a vessel from anchorage to berth once on demurrageThe present post concerns whether time of shifting a vessel from anchorage to the berth is excluded from the laytime or not. Normally, it is excluded. Related charter party clause may look like: "Shifting from waiting berth, if any, to the final loading or discharging berth to be considered as part of the voyage and to be for Owners' account". However, the vessel was already on demurrage. The question becomes: "shall the time of shifting be excluded from laytime given that the vessel is already on demurrage?" Once on demurrage, the vessel is always on demurrage. In our case, there was no express provision in the charter party stating that shifting shall be excluded once demurrage. In the book of John Schofield "Laytime and Demurrage", it is said that "Whether time shifiting from anchorage to berth is excluded once on demurrage has begun to run will normally depend on whether there is an appropriate exception clause in the charter". The question is whether the Owners were right to exclude time of shifting from laytime?Curious mindhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104976384291696976.post-7455733736106760702011-01-24T15:15:00.000+01:002011-01-24T15:15:00.436+01:00Necochea swell clause disputeThe vessel was fixed on amended "GENCON", English law to apply. Necochea was declared as one of discharge ports.

Port of Necochea is well-known for regular heavy waves preventing entering or leaving the port. If the height of waves is more than 2.10 meters, a vessel is not authorized to enter or leave the port. It may last for an uncertain period of time. In order to save shipowner's time, and to protect shipowners' interests against such uncertainty, Necochea swell clause is usually incorporated in the charter party.

The following wording was applied to the fixture:
"If the vessel is unable to enter and/or sail due to swell and/or bad weather, the Master to be permitted to tender notice of readiness at/off the port, and time to count as per Charter party. Any/all time/cost lost due to shifting due to swells to be for Charterers' account."

Apparently, the first sentence is purely related to tendering NOR. If the vessel is unable to enter due to swell, the Master tenders NOR at/off the port limit. It is pretty clear. Next, if the vessel is unable to sail, does it mean that the Master is permitted to tender NOR at/off the port limit? Is not it strange and pointless?

The second sentence is even more vague. It says about a kind of "shifting due to swell", but, again, it does not stipulate whether laytime to count or not if the vessel can not leave the port due to swell.

Strange, as it may seem, the vessel entered the port without any problem.

The swell problem occurred upon completion of discharge operation. From the statement of facts, it follows, the vessel completed discharge operations at Necochea port on Saturday at 14.05. Final draft survey was carried out by P&I surveyor from 14.30 till 16.30. Only at 17.20, the port Authorities informed the height of swell was still 3.00 meters, and, according to port regulations, vessel was not authorized to sail. Vessel remained alongside waiting for weather conditions to improve till the end of Saturday. On Sunday morning, at 06.25, port authorities informed the height of swell was 2.10 meters and the vessel was authorized to sail. However, clearance was not performed until 08.00. Finally, the vessel sailed at 09.15 on Sunday.

Shipowner's position is that the time from Saturday 14.05 till Sunday 09.15 to count as laytime (with exception of the final draft survey from 14.30 till 16.30).

The Charterers replied: "Indeed, there is a certain clause in the c/p named 'necochea swell clause', however, same does not work in owner's benefit in this respect". In fact, the clause says: "If the vessel is unable to enter and/or sail due to swell and/or bad weather, the Master to be permitted to tender notice of readiness at/off the port, and time to count as per Charter party. Any/all time/cost lost due to shifting due to swells to be for Charterers' account." The first sentence is purely related to tendering N.O.R. while the second is related to shiftings and etc."

Shipowners became flabbergasted with such interpretation of the clause and seeked for an expert's advise.

The Expert advised: "Unfortunately, the clause is not as clear as one would wish. The problem is the reference to vessel being unable "to sail due to swell or bad weather...the master may give notice of readiness...", which raises the question why should the master give notice if the vessel is prevented from sailing? The context in which the provision appears makes no sense UNLESS the meaning is that the time lost when the vessel is unable to leave because of swell/bad weather will count against the charterers.

The general position would be that, if the C/P is silent on this issue, the vessel's inability to leave the berth/port because of inclement weather after completion of loading or discharge constitutes temporary hindrance pertaining to the navigation of the vessel, which falls within the owners' sphere of risk and responsibility. The owners may argue, however, in the present case that the contract does in fact contain provisions which govern this situation and, as indicated above, the provision would only make sense if it is applied to the situation at hand and that the time lost would, therefore, count against the charteres."

Owners replied to the Charterers asking if the Charterers are trying to make a profanation of the clause, as the purpose of Necochea clause is to clearly describe the natural phenomenon effecting this particular port, when a vessel is unable to enter and/or leave because of the swell. Owners also wrote: "Necochea swell clause governs this situation, otherwise, it makes no sense to apply/name necochea swell clause as such, unless the meaning of it is that the time lost due to swell shall count against the Charterers to save Owners expenses."

The Charterers reverted with disagreement. They wrote: "The existence of this clause in the governing c/p,gives a number of rights and immunities to both contractual parties, however same must be in line with the wording of the clause. We do believe that Owners' interpretention is really an exaggerated one and closer to Owners wishes . Eventhough we do entirely disagree with Owners' position , as a good gesture could propose to share half the delay at Necochea."

Owners had to agree with the Charterer's proposal.Curious mindhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104976384291696976.post-36900824500158489862010-10-06T00:15:00.000+02:002010-10-06T00:15:23.260+02:00ConclusionTo the Charterers' satisfaction, the Owners have to accept the Charterers' point and acknowledge the despatch due to Charterers, as the shipowners have no chance to prove that any hold (at least one) was prepared for inspection and therefore ready for loading.Curious mindhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104976384291696976.post-460214041202652822010-09-21T11:44:00.001+02:002010-09-21T11:45:48.089+02:00Laytime calculation for load : Charterers' point of viewThe Charterers have a different point of view from the Shipowner, and present their calculation and supporting comments as follows:

 Date	 From	 Till	 Comments	 Coefficient	 Time used

 06 July, Tue	 08:00	 24:00	 	 0.0	 00:00

 07 July, Wed	 00:00	 24:00	 	 0.0	 00:00

 08 July, Thu	 00:00	 24:00	 	 0.0	 00:00

 09 July, Fri	 00:00	 24:00	 	 0.0	 00:00

 10 July, Sat	 00:00	 24:00	 	 0.0	 00:00

 11 July, Sun	 00:00	 10:25	 	 0.0	 00:00

 Total time used:	 00:00:00	 [days:hours:minutes]

 Total saved:	 5.0262	 days

 Despatch due to Charterers	 17591.76	 USD

The Charterers appeal to the layday/cancelling clause of the Charter party where it is stated that notice of readiness to be always accompanied by original pass(es) of the surveyor. Therefore the vessel was not loadready when tendering Notice of Readiness, which is accepted only on Saturday 17:15 after approval of holds by the Ministry of agriculture surveyor. Therefore laytime not to count neither before Saturday 17:15 nor after (due to SSHEX clause of the charter party).

Therefore the despatch due to Charterers should amount to 17591.76USD, which the Charterers ask the Owners to comment and/or confirm.Curious mindhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104976384291696976.post-59955703056707186622010-09-17T14:21:00.002+02:002010-09-21T11:13:35.229+02:00Laytime calculation for load : Owners' visionWe will firstly present the version of laytime calculation proposed by the Shipowner and then provide supporting comments to Shipowner's point of view.

 Cargo quantity:	 30157.296	 metric tons

 Load rate	 6000	 metric tons per day

 Time allowed	 05:00:37	 [days:hours:minutes]

 Rate of Demurrage	 7000	 USD per day pro rata

 Rate of Despatch	 3500	 USD per day pro rata

 NOR tendered:	 05 July,2010; 08:15 	 Monday

 Laytime started:	 06 July,2010; 08:00 	 Tuesday

SHEX 1200 SAT - 0800 MON

 Date	 From	 Till	 Comments	 Coefficient	 Time used

 July 06, Tue	 08:00	 24:00	 	 1.0	 16:00

 July 07, Wed	 00:00	 10:55	 	 1.0	 10:55

 	 12:15	 13:15	 	 1.0	 01:00

 08 July, Thu	 00:00	 24:00	 	 0.0	 00:00

 09 July, Fri	 00:00	 24:00	 	 0.0	 00:00

 10 July, Sat	 00:00	 24:00	 	 0.0	 00:00

 11 July, Sun	 00:00	 10:25	 	 0.0	 00:00

 Total time used:	 01:03:55	 [days:hours:minutes]

 Total saved:	 3.8630	 days

 Despatch due to Charterers	 13520.58	 USD

The shipowner argues that the vessel tendered Notice of Readiness on the 5th of July during office hours, therefore, according to the Charter party (see extracts from the Charter party previously discussed), laytime to start counting next day, on the 6th of July, at 08:00 and continues till 10:55 next day, the 7th of July, as the berth was occupied (see the Statement of Facts, previously presented).

Laytime stops counting at 10:55 as the anchor was up for proceeding to anchorage #2 for inspection. The laytime resumes counting from 12:15 till 13:15 as the vessel is idle waiting for preloading inspection. Unfortunately, the holds are reproved and the vessel fails to pass inspection and therefore has to proceed to anchorage #4 for additional cleaning. The time not to count till the next inspection. The vessel is cleaning holds till the end of the day on Thursday, and also on Friday and Saturday, till 14:00, when she is finally ready to proceed for new inspection. However, the laytime stops counting at 12:00 on Saturday (SSHEX 12:00 clause of the Charter party) and not to resume till 08:00 Monday. However, loading is completed at 10:55 on Sunday. Time not to count. Time for fumigation not to count as well.

Therefore the Shipowners consider despatch of 13520.58USD due to Charterers, and request the Charterers to provide comments and/or confirmation onto the Owners' calculation.Curious mindhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104976384291696976.post-57491386990992036972010-09-17T13:02:00.000+02:002010-09-17T13:02:22.867+02:00Extracts from the Charter PartyIn order to calculate laytime, we have to look through the relevant clauses of the charter party, which may read as follows.

Time for loading

Vessel to be loaded and spout trimmed at the average rate of 6.000 metric tons per weather working day of 24 consecutive hours, Sundays and holidays excepted - time from 1200 hours on Saturdays to 0800 hours Monday not to count even if used. At the loading port vessel is to tender Notice of Readiness during local office hours and time to count 0800 am next working day. Notice of Readiness is not to be tendered prior to laydays nor within excepted periods.

Laydays/Cancelling

Time for loading not to commence before 0001 hours on the 5th day of July,2010.
Should the vessel not be passed by any national and/or other regulatory bodies, as may be required, and/or independent surveyors, as selected by Charterers, as ready for cargo in every respect and in all compartments and valid written (or by cable/telex/e-mail provided local regulations permit) notice of readiness always accompanied by original pass(es) of said bodies and/or surveyor(s) not have been received at the office of Charterers or their Agents at her loading port before 2400 hors on the 10th day of July 2010, the Charterers or their Agents shall within 6(six) hours after the time of presentation of said bodies and/or surveyor's original pass(es) have the option of cancelling this Charter Party.

Demurrage/Despatch

Demurrage at loading and/or discharging ports, if incurred, to be paid at the rate of US$7000.- (seven thousand dollars) per day pro rata for part of a day.
Any delays caused by ice, floods, quarantine, export or import prohibitions/restrictions, or any other acts of governments, or any other events of "fource majeure" will not count as laytime unless the vessel is already on demurrage. Despatch money earned at loading port(s) to be paid by Owners at half the Demurrage rate for all working time saved at loading port(s) and shall be deducted in acordance with the Charterers' estimate from freight and shall be adjusted on basis of statement of facts. Despatch money earned at discharging port(s) to be paid by Owners at half the Demurrage rate for all working time saved at discharging port(s). Laytime is non-reversile.

Shifting

At load and discharge ports, shifting time from anchorage to first load/discharge berth not to count as laytime, but shifting in between berths is to count as laytime and all shifting expenses are to be for Owner's account.

Fumigation

If required, Charterers privilege to fumigate cargo at their risk, expense and actual time used to count as laytime or time on demurrage, excepted periods always excepted. Master/Owners are not to clause/delay release of Bills of lading by reason of fumigation. Master to be officially advised for the precautions required to be followed during the voyage due to such fumigation(s).Curious mindhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104976384291696976.post-52303492577427778612010-09-14T12:22:00.002+02:002010-09-15T15:31:46.541+02:00PreambleLaytime calculation is a very important part of the freight balance settlement. The Shipowner and the Charterer do their laytime calculations and compare their final figures to come to the final despatch/demurrage settlement: despatch - if the vessel sailed sooner than expected or demurrage - if the vessel was too late to sail as preplanned. Moneywise, despatch is a premium paid by the Shipowner to the Charterer for saving ship's valuable time. While demurrage is a penalty paid by the Charterer to the Shipowner for delaying the vessel beyond the planning horizon. Usually, demurrage equals to the ship's daily revenue, while despatch is half of the demurrage. The Charterers are interested to complete handling the vessel as soon as practically possible to obtain despatch, while the Shipowners are not always keen on being on demurrage as they risk to lose the next valuable deal. The demurrage may be beneficial for the Shipowner when the freight market is becoming weak. Shipagent provides both the Shipowner and the Charterer with the Statement of Facts (SOF) containing the records of operations, timings of events, stoppages, shifts, weather observations (important for weather sensitive cargos) ... etc.

Example of fact may look like as follows:

 Date	 From	 Till	 Description

 14/09/2010	 08:30	 15:10	 Waiting for berth availability

Both parties decide on which events to count as laytime (and which not) by taking into account the clauses of the governing Charter Party.Curious mindhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104976384291696976.post-452978996621867242010-09-15T15:29:00.000+02:002010-09-15T15:29:48.558+02:00Notice of Readiness (NOR)The Notice of Readiness is tendered by the Master to notify concerned parties (the Charterer, the Shipowner and the Agent) that the vessel has reached agreed point (e.g. commercial limits of the port) in loadready condition, and that the vessel is in all respect ready to commence loading (or discharging) the cargo.

For example, NOR may look like as follows: MV LIN QIN/OGHU at 0815 LT (1115 UTC) on 5th of June anchored at Santos anchorage No. 5 because the berth is occupied. Position 2403S/04613N. On arrival at this position vessel is considered as arived vessel at the port of Santos and she is in every respect ready to commence loading cargo of corn in bulk ttl abt 30120 mts into holds Nos. 1,2,3,4 and 5 according to the terms and conditions of the Charter party dated 20/05/2010. Valid as Notice of Readiness.Curious mindhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104976384291696976.post-17136097943064372422010-09-15T13:25:00.001+02:002010-09-15T13:29:06.956+02:00Statement of Facts (SOF)We herebelow present an example of Statement Of Facts

 Date	 From	 Till	 Fact

 July 05th, 2010 (Mon)	 08:15	  	 Vesel arrived/ NOR tendered by Master / Vessel anchored

  	 08:15	 24:00	 Vessel anchored at anchorage#5 waiting berth vacancy

 July 06th, 2010 (Tue)	 00:00	 24:00	 Vessel anchored at anchorage#5 waiting berth vacancy

 July 07th, 2010 (Wed)	 00:00	 10:55	 Vessel anchored at anchorage#5 waiting berth vacancy

  	 10:55	  	 Anchor up for proceeding to anchorage #2 for pre holds inspection

  	 10:55	 12:15	 Vessel approaching/anchored at anchorage #2

  	 12:15	 13:15	 Vessel at anchorage #2 waiting surveyor for preloading inspection

  	 13:15	 14:30	 Holds inspection performed by Control Union / All holds reproved

  	 14:30	 14:45	 Anchor up for proceeding to anchorage #4 for additional holds cleaning

  	 14:45	 15:40	 Vessel approaching/anchored at anchorage #4

  	 15:40	 24:00	 Vessel anchored at anchorage #4 waiting berth vacancy and cleaning holds

 July 08th, 2010 (Thu)	 00:00	 24:00	 Vessel anchored at anchorage #4 waiting berth vacancy and cleaning holds

 July 09th, 2010 (Fri)	 00:00	 12:30	 Vessel anchored at anchorage #4 waiting berth vacancy and cleaning holds

  	 12:30	 24:00	 Berth vacant/ Vessel anchored at anchorage #4 cleaning cargo holds

 July 10th, 2010 (Sat)	 00:00	 13:00	 Berth vacant/ Vessel anchored at anchorage #4 cleaning cargo holds

  	 13:00	 14:00	 Anchor up for berthing at ABT Terminal / POB for berthing

  	 14:00	 15:10	 Berthing maneuvers / All fast alongside at ABT

  	 15:10	 15:25	 Gangway preparation by ship's crew

  	 15:25	 16:00	 Commenced initial draft survey / waiting surveyor from Ministry of agriculture

  	 16:00	 17:15	 All cargo holds inspected and approved by Ministry of agriculture surveyor

  	 17:15	 17:25	 Preparation ashore by port operators / completed initial draft survey

  	 17:25	 17:40	 Preparation onboard by ship's crew

  	 17:40	  	 Commenced loading operations at hold #2 and # 4

  	 17:40	 20:50	 Loading in progress hold #2 and # 4

  	 20:50	 20:55	 Loading in progress hold # 4/ Shifting shore loader from #2 to #1

  	 20:55	 21:10	 Loading stopped / i Shifting shore loader from #2 to #1 and from #4 to #5

  	 21:10	 24:00	 Loading in progress #1 and #5

 July 11th, 2010 (Sun)	 00:00	 01:30	 Loading in progress #1 and #5

  	 01:30	 01:50	 Loading in progress #5 / Shifting shore loader from #1 to #2

  	 01:50	 02:20	 Loading in progress #2 and #5

  	 02:20	 02:35	 Loading in progress #2 /Shifting shore loader from #5 to #4

  	 02:35	 04:00	 Loading in progress #2 and #4

  	 04:00	 04:15	 Loading in progress #2 / Defect at shore loader working at #4

  	 04:15	 04:45	 Loading in progress #2 and #4

  	 04:45	 04:55	 Loading in progress #4 only

  	 04:55	 05:10	 Loading stopped / shifting shore loader from #2 to #3

  	 05:10	 08:25	 Loading in progress #3 only

  	 08:25	 09:10	 Loading stopped by intermediary draft survey by chief officer

  	 09:10	 09:30	 Loading in progress #3 only

  	 09:30	 09:50	 Loading stopped / Shifting shore loader from #3 to #4

  	 09:50	 10:25	 Loading in progress #4

  	 10:25	  	 Completed loading operations at hold #4

  	 10:25	 12:40	 Preparing/Signing cargo documents

  	 10:40	 12:20	 Final draft survey performed as requested by terminal

  	 10:30	 11:10	 Cargo fumigation performed

  	 12:50	 	 Pilot on board for sailing

  	 12:50	 13:08	 Unberthing maneuvers

  	 13:08	 13:28	 Vessel sailed.

Rain periods occured in port during vessel's staying : nihil.

Holidays occured while vessel's stay : nihil.

Given this Statement of Facts and Notice of Readiness, we can now proceed to laytime calculations.Curious mindhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
Come one, come all for a day off fun and frivolity in picturesque Fitzroy Gardens. Bring a plate of sumptuous food (for approximately 4-6 people) to share for the pot luck feast. Recline on a picnic blanket and wile away the hours. You are welcome to bring period games, sing songs or tell stories for your entertainment and that of the populace.
The tournament will be in the style of Pas de Armes. Combatants are encourages to come arrayed in their most splendid finery with a freshly painted shield, their armour polished and their banner flying. All combatants are asked to present themselves and their consort (if available) before their excellencies so that they may introduce themselves and proclaim their most noble deeds, each combatant is asked to declare the reason that they present themselves on the field. Bouts will be fought in a counted blows format of a number determined by the combatants. Combatants have the choice of facing their opponents in either open field or over the barrier.
A prize will be awarded to the combatant that has the best on field presence, being judged on prowess, chivalry and presentation. The Arts and Science Competition is for the best period dish served at the feast.
Date: Saturday 16th of December 2006
Time: Feast and other activities to begin at 3:30pm. Fighting to begin at 5:30pm.
Cost: $5 + a plate of food (no bookings required)
Venue: Fitzroy Gardens, Hobart, Tasmania (corner of Digney and Regent St)
Steward: Lord Wulfgar Jarnsioa (Dan Russell) E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Please contact the event steward if you have and questions.
Shire of Ynys Fawr (Hobart, Tasmania)