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With the recent conclusion of the CVAC Men's Golf Championships, a thirteen member team was selected as nominated and voted on by league sports information directors.
"Conference Members are excited to honor the best athletes of an era when competition was intense," stated Commissioner Alan Patterson. Certainly the level of competition will only increase in the Conference Carolinas. The singe change is that the name better reflects the location of members based in a geographical area that is highly regarded throughout the country."
The All-Time All-CVAC teams are comprised from nominees from current member schools Anderson University, Barton College, Belmont Abbey College, Coker College, Converse College, Erskine College, Lees-McRae College, Limestone College, Mount Olive College, Pfeiffer University, Queens University of Charlotte, St. Andrews Presbyterian College and former members High Point University and Longwood University.
Men's Golf All-Time All-CVAC Team:
Peter Astrom
1998 & 1999 CVAC Player of the Year, 1998 & 1999 CVAC Tournament Champion, 3-time All-Conference
Paul Butler
2007 CVAC Player of the Year, 2-time All-CVAC, 2007 National Tournament Participant
Ben Case
3-time All-American, 2001 CVAC Player of the Year, 2002 CVAC Tournament Champion
Thomas Delcourt
2-time First Team All-Conference
Courtney Faircloth
2-time All-American, 2-time Academic All-American, 2004 NCAA DII National Runner-Up, 2004 CVAC Player of the Year, 4-time All-Conference
Louis-Pierre Godin
2005 CVAC Player of the Year, Academic All-American, 3-time All-Conference
Scott Lamond
3-time First Team All-Conference
Andrew McArthur
2003 NCAA DII National Champion, 3-time All-American, 2-time CVAC Player of the Year, 2001 CVAC Tournament Champion, 4-time All-Conference
Stuart Tatters
3-time All-American, 2000 CVAC Player of the Year, 2000 CVAC Tournament Champion
Chris Taylor
All-American, 3-time All-Conference, 2002 & 2003 National Tournament Participant
Dion Sirriani
2006 CVAC Tournament Champion, 3-time All-Conference, 2005 & 2006 National Tournament Participant
Ben St. John
All-American, 2-time Academic All-American
Jon Wetton
2-time All-American, 16th place finish at 2004 NCAA DII National Tournament


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Providing technology-based information and products for members ages 16 to 25 proves that $2 billion asset Tinker Federal Credit Union in Oklahoma City is willing to "Buck the Norm" to attract Gen Y.
The credit union's "Buck the Norm" program, introduced in September 2008, includes a website, social media interaction, and grassroots involvement in community events such as a local music festival and the annual Ghouls Gone Wild parade in Oklahoma City.
"Buck the Norm" emphasizes resources that help Gen Y understand financial terms and products along with general information on topics such as writing a resume, according to Will Fathree, Tinker Federal's marketing programs manager. Fathree, 31, and other young contributors provide weekly blog posts to share everyday experiences and address current financial issues.
"There are so many people in that age range who have bad spending habits and too much credit card debt, and it's hard to get out of that," Fathree says. "We want to give them the tools to avoid that in the first place."
Who is Gen Y?
The Gen Y age group:
• Is defined by demographers with birth-year spans as varied as 1980 to 1992 or 1988 to 2001;
• Typically is segmented by credit unions as ages 18 to 25, although some Gen Y programs extend from the early teens to the early 30s; and
• Represents a growing credit union membership segment. Members ages 18 to 24 increased from 6% of all adult members in 2006 to 9% today, according to CUNA's 2011-2012 National Member Survey.
Contests are often used to appeal to Gen Y, with more than 8,000 people visiting booths at local schools and universities and the "Buck the Norm" website in the fall of 2011 to enter a "win your break" promotion for a $2,000 travel voucher.
"We provide promotions that make them think about how they use their money," Fathree says. Events are staffed by Gen Y employees.
Constant evolution
Fathree says serving Gen Y requires evolving in response to their preferences, which include online and mobile banking. "These are technologies we're comfortable using
because we grew up with them."
"Buck the Norm" growth continues to exceed Tinker Federal's annual goals, with Gen Y membership on pace to increase 6%, from approximately 29,400 members at year-end 2010 to just over 31,200 members in September 2011.
"Buck the Norm" materials will be revised in 2012 to provide a fresh look and ensure the website remains relevant to Gen Y. Fathree notes that efforts to appeal to Gen Y are
reinforced by branch staff who deliver high-quality information, advice, and service.
"You have to find a way to engage this group," Fathree adds. "They have so many messages coming at them every single day. You have to separate yourself, whether it's through social media, being at events in the community, or keeping website content fresh and interesting."
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Wikipedia: "Master Plan for Marina Bay
The URA Master Plan for Marina Bay aims to encourage a mix of uses for this area, including commercial, residential, hotel and entertainment, to ensure that the area remains vibrant round the clock. All developments in the area aim to promote the 3 premises of Explore, Exchange and Entertain:
Explore – New living options. Numerous high-end residential developments are in the pipeline, including One Shenton and Marina Bay Residences which will complement The Sail @ Marina Bay to provide a seamless work-live environment at the heart of the city.
Exchange - Hub for global business. When completed, Marina Bay will double the size of the existing financial district, further cementing Singapore's position as one of Asia's leading financial centres. It will provide 2.82 million square metres of office space, equivalent to the office space within Hong Kong's main business district, Central.
Entertain - Kaleidoscope of activities. In 2010, the opening of Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort provided more entertainment options to the area, along with the other existing entertainment and shopping districts like Esplanade, Suntec City, Marina Square, Raffles City Shopping Centre.
The Singapore government also spent $35 million to complete the 3.5 km Waterfront Promenade around Marina Bay. It includes a new eco-friendly visitor centre and The Helix linking Bayfront to Marina Centre where the Youth Olympic Park is located. The Promontory @ Marina Bay (formerly Central Promontory Site) will be used as an interim event space and public space used for activities such as theatres and carnivals."
Singapore began as a boat quay at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. Its early days bear few written accounts which are made more difficult to interpret due to the many names it has had. Its original name in Malay meant "island at the end" of the peninsula.In the middle ages there was a settlement here with a trading post and fishing village; today Singapore technically contains sixty-three small islands. Here's a good view of the city from Merlion Park and up close at Raffles Place.From the fifteenth century onwards Singapore's warring neighbors took turns taking over control of the city. Over the past five centuries this port city has been the property of Siam, the Majapahit Empire of Java, Thailand, Portugal, Britain, Japan and Malaysia. Singapore finally achieved its independence in 1959 and has existed as the Republic of Singapore, a UN member nation.Singapore is really interesting because it's one of only five sovereign city-states which survived the colonial expansion period of world history. (The others are Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino and Andorra.) Its history as a busy port city has brought traders from all over the world, and their influence is commemorated in some interesting works of art. For example, see the British tea merchants along the Singapore river, and the Asian Civilizations Museum.In the nineteenth century Singapore was a major port for ships traveling between Europe and East Asia. During WWII the Battle of Singapore ended with the largest British surrender in history -- nearly 130,000 troops.Next time you have the chance to pass through Singapore, make sure to visit the zoo and see the white tigers, and be glad there's a fence in between. Also note how clean the city is, even under a bridge.Text by Steve Smith.


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Pulis desperate for new faces
Crystal Palace need an influx of new players to boost their Barclays Premier League survival fight, according to manager Tony Pulis.
The former Stoke boss has challenged Palace's board to deliver a host of new faces to reinvigorate the Selhurst Park club's bid to avoid the drop.
Palace edged out Stoke 1-0 at home in league action on Saturday, Jason Puncheon netting the winner to shake off his horror-show penalty miss in last weekend's 2-0 defeat at Tottenham.
The Southampton loanee provided a calm second-half finish to light up an otherwise opportunity-light afternoon.
Pulis said Puncheon's resolve never wavered in the wake of his penalty nightmare, but the 27-year-old's palpable relief at full-time suggested otherwise.
Palace are yet to strike in the January transfer window despite being linked to a host of targets, including Brondby's towering Denmark international forward Simon Makienok.
Pulis has called on co-chairman Steve Parish and sporting director Ian Moody to deliver a nucleus of new arrivals to bolster their drive away from the foot of the table.
"We're hoping and praying we can bring some players in. We really need to bring some players in and that will strengthen us," said the manager.
"The lads are waiting for a few to come in as well and we'll kick on from there.
"That's not for me to say, that's for Steve and Ian to continue to handle."
Palace make the trip to Wigan for the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday, before Hull at Selhurst Park on Tuesday, January 28.
Pulis was able to toast his 56th birthday with victory over former club Stoke, one he admitted was tinged with emotion for his whole family.
"I was there for a long time and during that time it was my family supporting the club just as much as it was me working for it," he said.
"So it was certainly surreal for me, the whole day, but I am sure it was extremely surreal for them too.
"We were all in it together there and so we all felt this, as a family.
"It was fantastic to get the result and I was pleased for Punch (Jason Puncheon) because he just had to get back on that bike as soon as possible and start pedalling."
Expecting a host of twists and turns in the drop zone between now and May, Pulis said: "This is not the defining moment of that (relegation) battle, that's in the future, so we've got to keep our feet on the ground.
"The time to be out of the relegation zone is by no means upon us. There are still 16 games to go, so there is a huge amount to happen yet and we've just got to stay calm and keep on working."
Deflated Stoke boss Mark Hughes admitted his side have no excuses for the defeat.
Demanding far sharper defending, the former Manchester United striker also feels his side have lost their attacking edge to boot.
"We struggled in the final third and we lacked any real quality," he said.
"It was not where we should be at all and we've got to turn it round quickly."
Stoke face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in fourth round FA Cup action next weekend, with Hughes mindful of the need for rapid improvement.
"You cannot afford to defend like that in Premier League matches," he said.
"Certain things will come and we have some new players who will improve a lot as they settle in and get more training time into them.
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Club Mesa, a popular Costa Mesa destination for punk shows in the 1980s and '90s, is long gone.
A decade ago The Memphis Group transformed the old club at 843 W. 19th St. into Detroit Bar. It hasn't stopped rocking Orange County.
On Saturday, Detroit Bar will celebrate its 10th anniversary. Since opening in 2001, it has established a reputation as an O.C. hub for internationally-renowned artists, and up-and-coming local talent. Detroit Bar is now widely seen as at the forefront of presenting a variety of genres of new music, including alternative, world, hip hop, disco, and electro house. KCRW radio out of Santa Monica, for one, regularly mentions bands and gigs performing at Detroit Bar.
"I have to say what keeps the music-goers coming back is the bands, both local and national," Vince Phung, its events and promotions manager, said in an e-mail.
"We have some of the most talented musicians come through so that any music enthusiast would be hard pressed not to stop by at least once," he added. "Then we win them over with our atmosphere and amazing bar staff. Even when we have a packed house we maintain the feel of a lounge, a place where you can just hang out and have a drink."
In a speak easy lounge meets rock 'n' roll nightclub setting that can accommodate 300 to 400 people, Detroit Bar offers locals and visitors the opportunity to experience an eclectic mix of live performances by indie-rock outfits, critically acclaimed touring acts and cutting-edge DJ lineups.
Past local, national and international talent have included: Airborne Toxic Event, Album Leaf, Ariel Pink, Autolux, Chk Chk Chk, Cold War Kids, Crystal Castles, David Bazan, Deerhunter, Dinosaur Jr., Elliott Smith, Fitz and the Tantrums, Foster the People, Helmet, Ima Robot, Kid Sister, Little Dragon, Local Natives, Matt Costa, Mike Snow, Modest Mouse, Pinback, Ra Ra Riot, Peanut Butter Wolf, Shiny Toy Guns, Steve Aoki, The Breeders, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Young the Giant.
Among these bands, Stereo Lab, Black Lips, Cold War Kids and Matt Costa have returned to play at Detroit Bar when they could have sold out much larger venues.
To mark the decade, Detroit Bar on Saturday will host an intimate, invitation only celebration. It will feature performances by Peanut Butter Wolf, DJ Charles Feelgood, Danny Love, Cocoe, Scotty Coates and a special guest performance by Stones Throw recording artists Vex Ruffin. Guests will enjoy a hosted bar and complimentary Memphis catering for the special occasion.
"It is really just a big party to say thank you to our friends, family and the local music community who have supported the bar over the last decade," Detroit Bar founder Dan Bradley said in an e-mail. "Some have graduated on to family life, like myself, and don't get out much to see a show like they used to, which makes this milestone a great opportunity to get everyone together to reflect on some magical moments and good times that have been experienced at the venue."
Bradley's plans for the future include several facility upgrades to enhance the show-going experience. In the meantime, Detroit Bar will expand beyond the venue for a special series, "Detroit Bar Presents," featuring shows at the Yost Theatre in downtown Santa Ana.
However, as the prevailing digital age continues to revolutionize the way society consumes music, opponents argue that live music is becoming a thing of the past.
Bradley disagrees.
"Nothing can replace the experience of a truly great live performance in a small club environment," he said. "I think that if anything, the strongest outlook in the music industry today is the live music business. Live music has a very bright future because people still have a basic need to connect and come together outside of the online, digital world to have real-life experiences…."


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Detail from OSD 152 (Hampstead)
Surveyor: Hyett, William
Medium: Pen and ink on paper
Date: 1807
The individual settlements that make up this area of London are shown by red blocks, with boundary lines indicating the fields separating them. Shading and soft interlining indicate relief, neatly illustrated at Primrose Hill, the summit of which is left bare. The barracks at the edge of Hyde Park are illustrated at the very bottom of the map. The dark blue-black line running from West Drayton to Brentford and Paddington is the Grand Junction Canal. This was London's principal link to the rest of Britain's canals, allowing the passage of goods to and from the industrial towns of the North and Midlands. Hyett includes a ground plan of Kenwood House in Hampstead, showing a level of detail much greater than might be expected from a map with a scale of two inches-to-the-mile.


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Considering the heavy energy consumption of data centers, utilities usage became a major focus in trying to minimize BendBroadband's environmental footprint, while also reducing long-term operational costs.
To support an expanded business services portfolio designed to remain competitive in a world of ever-increasing IT business needs, BendBroadband required a new facility. The new data center, The Vault, was constructed in an existing shell space of a pre-engineered building structure, complemented by block wall construction and a fully developed site plan.
The scope of construction focused on taking an existing, 30,002-square-foot warehouse structure, and while completing significant site and structural upgrades, building out the interiors to create a new Tier III certified data center. Tier III classification is the second-highest of a four-tier certification by the Uptime Institute, which has established globally-accepted reliability guidelines for data centers. The building encompasses more than 23,000 square feet, including data halls, a network operations center, administrative space, functional space (including electrical and operations), and common areas (such as restrooms and utility support). This facility supports BendBroadband's new services, including equipment co-location; hosted and on-demand storage, cloud computing, and managed services offerings; virtual leased IT environments; and application and disaster recovery hosting. The facility primarily maintains a "B" occupancy rating. Construction had to be completed within six months, introducing a number of unique challenges related to team composition, weather, and commissioning.
Design priorities included security; LEED certification; local and regional participation in design, construction, products, and labor; energy efficiency; and environmentally-friendly construction materials. The building features 27% recycled and 30% locally-sourced building materials. Energy efficiency measures include a 152-kilowatt photovoltaic array that offsets energy, particularly during peak hours, and daylight-sensitive lighting controls and LED lighting. All power consumed that is not produced by the photovoltaics is offset by renewable (hydro- and wind power) energy credits purchased through Pacific Power's Blue Sky program. Whereas traditional data centers use uninterruptable power supplies (UPS) with battery storage, BendBroadband installed UPS units with no batteries utilizing flywheel technology, and therefore there is no battery-contained corrosive content in the building. Given the building's location in the dry, high desert of Oregon, water efficiency was an important priority, exemplified by the project's use of xeriscaping to eliminate the need for irrigation.
Committed to reducing data center dependency on the rarest regional resource – water – the project team felt it could be most innovative in cooling the data hall. Since cooling is the most expensive controllable cost in a co-location data center, this area also offered the single greatest opportunity to reduce ongoing operational costs and control power consumption. Alternatives to traditional evaporative cooling were considered and an air-to-air heat exchanger technology was ultimately selected. This technology significantly reduces water use, only needed in extreme conditions through the redundant direct expansion (DX) cooling backup module.
Much of the site was disturbed by new utilities, equipment areas, and loading dock construction. Pervious paving, vegetative filters, and bioswales were cost-effective solutions to reducing onsite stormwater runoff, an important design element that was heavily challenged by cost limitations and the goal to restore the site as best as possible to its native condition.
BendBroadband's intent to reduce its burden on the municipal water supply and wastewater systems influenced the project in such a way as to specify low-flow toilets and urinals, as well as sensor controlled bathroom and kitchen faucets. The result of these water savings strategies concluded in a 40% overall water reduction compared to a baseline model.
Site Context
The site is located in the high desert of Central Oregon. Formerly a building used as a tarp and liner manufacturing facility, the building stands one story high on a property zoned for light industrial use and regulated by the City of Bend and the County of Deschutes. It is a pre-engineered metal building sitting on a relatively simple site, making the aspect of adaptive reuse ideal.
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It's July 11, which means it's time once again for convenience store giant 7-Eleven's annual Free Slurpee Day. As usual, the chain's self-appointed birthday celebration means a complimentary slurpee for every customer, with a myriad of flavors to choose from: every conceivable type of fruit, a choice between Coke and Pepsi, and mystery concoctions like Alienade (?) and Snow Fruit (??).
Today's giveaway is even bigger than in previous years. Before, in strict adherence to the promotional theme, 7-Eleven's free Slurpees came in 7.11 ounce cups. This year, they'll come in the regular 12-ounce "Small" size.
The change stemmed from practical concerns: "Moms asked us for cups with lids," which the specially made promotional cups did not have. Laura Gordon, 7-Eleven's vice president of marketing, told USA Today. "That means less mess in the car."
The giveaway runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, or until the cups run out.
Why free Slurpees? The most obvious reason is it's the dead middle of summer, and most of us would be hard pressed to turn down a free, icy treat. But the bigger reason, which we wrote about last year, is that ice is the very cornerstone of the 7-Eleven franchise, just as much as those two omnipresent numbers. Founded in Dallas 86 years ago, the original 7-Eleven location was attached to an icehouse, and its ability to store and sell perishables like milk and eggs within easy distance of customers was its chief draw. In the years since, the company has grown to into the world's largest franchiser (even bigger than McDonald's), with over 50,000 locations. The name comes from the store's original operating hours, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
The Slurpee, too, has been the chain's signature offering since it bought rights to ICEE machines in the 1960s. Of all of 7-Eleven's worldwide locations, residents of Manitoba, Canada, purchase the highest number of Slurpees, despite the relatively cold weather.
And while the free frozen drinks are a treat for customers, they've been a bigger boon for 7-Eleven. Though each 7-Eleven gives away 1,000 free Slurpees on Free Slurpee Day, actual sales of Slurpees tend to soar – in 2010, sales spiked 38 percent on July 11, according to the company. Customers also tend to spend more on other items, including snacks and gasoline. 7-Eleven expects to give away 7 million Slurpees total today, so actual sales could skyrocket even more.
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Very few details are known at this time, but according to the Syracuse Post-Standard, the Syracuse police department and district attorney's office are investigating Roger Springfield, a former sportscaster and current director of media properties and productions for the Syracuse University athletic department.
It's unclear what Springfield is being investigated for, but it appears that police were tipped off to something by officials from the university:
[District Attorney William] Fitzpatrick said today the investigation was touched off by SU officials who contacted law enforcement officials recently.
SU officials have been "very cooperative," the DA said.
The Post-Standard is also reporting that several marked and unmarked police cars were seen outside of Springfield's home on Dec. 12. The paper was also told by the SU senior vice president for Public Affairs that Springfield is no longer employed by the university.
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Atka Bol '16 Inspired Serving Overseas
Since graduating from Emmanuel College in 2016, Atka Bol has not only flourished in her commitment to service, she has let it take her across the world.
Our mindful and contemplative practices are rooted in the historic commitment of the Sisters of Notre Dame to serve as "contemplatives in action." Emmanuel faculty are encouraged to explore contemplative practices in higher education and its impact on students' learning through faculty development presentations and group discussions, and to discover ways to implement these practices in the classroom.
"My work explores the intersection between mindfulness and learning. How does mindfulness-cultivating awareness and attention in the present moment-impact academic achievement, satisfaction and regulation? I am also interested in the relationship between mindfulness practice and emotional health and the ways in which this relationship may be associated with learning in college students." - Helen Z. MacDonald, Assistant Professor of Psychology
"I have started incorporating a contemplative practice in my courses and I think it is beneficial to students and me. At the beginning of each class, I invite students to participate in a two-minute meditation; I simply ask students to listen to their breathing. Most students have reacted positively to this brief contemplation and found it a useful and creative way of getting ready and focused." - Katrin Kriz, Assistant Professor of Sociology
"My intention in starting a Yoga Club was to create an open environment where students, faculty and staff could take a break from the daily external demands they inevitably face. I hope to make contemplative practices accessible to everyone, and no prior experience is needed. The benefits of cultivating a mindful practice are limitless. Individuals are invited to turn inward to heighten their awareness of themselves and the world around them." - Hilary Skov, Class of 2015
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African civil society calls for unified resource mobilization for health
20 February 2013 - Geneva - In a landmark event, nine major global health organizations joined representatives of African civil society platforms on 19 and 20 February in a meeting - More money for health, more health for the money - at the offices of the GAVI Alliance. At a lunchtime session, Seth Berkley, CEO of GAVI; Lucica Ditiu, Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership; Philippe Duneton, Deputy Executive Director of UNITAID; Luiz Loures, Deputy Executive Director of UNAIDS; Linda Mafu, Head, Political and Civil Society Department at the Global Fund; and Thomas Teuscher, Deputy Executive Director of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership agreed with the assembled civil society organizations on a common objective: joint efforts for domestic resource mobilization for health in Africa must be harmonized.
The leaders of these global health partnerships highlighted the importance of speaking with one voice for a unified approach to achieving better health in Africa. Representatives of African civil society health platforms called for an end to fragmented action by agencies working on one specific disease or health issue.
African civil society agreed to:
- map what is needed and what is already present at country and regional levels
- articulate the value added and mandate of this health initiative toward civil society coordination.
The assembled global health partnerships agreed to:
- share mapping/analysis of partners they work with in Africa on health and start harmonizing efforts
- provide technical support to improve Africa civil society tools to be able to advocate more effectively for domestic resource mobilization for health
- speak in one voice - speak the same language.
There was also overall agreement to develop a draft mechanism to drive this initiative forward and produce a best practice document on how national civil society health platforms function.
Civil society participation at the meeting was supported by the six global health partnerships whose leaders spoke at the lunchtime session; IHP+; the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health and the World Bank.


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The Importance of Community Involvement in Conservation
Number 23 - December 2001
J.S. Ewane
Among the numerous things that are regularly exported from Cameroon to neighbouring Nigeria are food stuffs. Among these food items is a local vegetable called eru. Three days every week, the patient observer in Limbe can count as many as 45-50 eru buses on their way to Idenau. These are sixteen-seater buses, (with all the seats removed) filled, from bottom to top, with the green vegetable. About the same quantity is tied onto the top of the bus. Each bus transports between 1-2 tonnes fresh weight of eru per trip, bringing the total quantity to 90-100 tonnes per week. This is only what goes out through the port of Idenau. Other outlets of eru to Nigeria are Ekondo-Titi (by boat) and Mamfe (by road). Eru also leaves Cameroon through its southern and eastern borders to Gabon and the Republic of Central Africa.
All this is for export to Nigeria and further on to Europe and the USA. The eru trade is flourishing and there are all indications that it is going to stay this way, so long as the vegetable is available in the forest. But just as erosion moves top soil from one place to another, so do eru harvesters extract this vegetable from the wild to local and foreign markets. The consequence of such removal on eru populations in the wild is obvious. This threat has been signalled by different interested quarters for different reasons and with different degrees of intervention.
The Limbe Botanic Garden (LBG) is one of these institutions which is interested in the conservation of this species. Its intervention has been in the areas of research and the involvement of local people in the cultivation of eru. The rationale of this is that if people grow eru in their gardens, or on their farms, or on an even larger scale (plantations), pressure on the wild populations of the species will reduce.
Eru is a plant of the Gnetaceae family. It has two varieties and both occur in Cameroon: Gnetum africanum and Gnetum buchholzianum. It is native to West and Central Africa where it is variously called eru or kok in Cameroon, koko in the Republic of Central Africa, ntoumou in Gabon and afang or okasi in Nigeria.
Eru is a climbing rainforest vine which grows well in forest gaps and in fallow farms. Though it can survive in volcanic, sandy and even clayey soils, it cannot grow in marshy areas. The plant needs shade to grow well; direct sunlight will scorch its leaves. In the wild, the support of stronger stems and branches is imperative for the climbing eru vines.
Eru: the Young Vine and Mature Leaves and Stem
Eru is a very important plant, and in Cameroon, the recognition of its different qualities keeps spreading everyday. It is one of the commonest vegetables eaten in Cameroon today. Its protein content is high and can greatly reduce malnutrition in areas where meat (or other sources of protein) is scarce.
In the South West Province of Cameroon, eru was previously associated with a particular tribe (the Banyangs) as it was their staple meal. But in recent years, almost all ethnic groupings, especially those from the South West and North West Provinces have learnt to cook and eat eru in the Banyang fashion. Its popularity has spread to attain national dimensions. There are few parties at which this dish is not served. There is hardly a restaurant that does not have eru on its menu.
Mobile eru restaurants have provided employment for thousands of men and women who in turn support numerous households. In almost all traditional feasts or parties today, eru is sure to be one of the main dishes whether the people celebrating are Banyangs or not. The social, cultural and economic value of eru cannot be overstated.
Eru also has medicinal qualities; it can be used in the treatment of enlarged spleens, sore throats and nausea. It can also be used as an antidote to poison, especially arrow poison common with the Pygmy. The leaves, used as dressing can accelerate the maturation of furuncles and the stem can be taken as a tisane to ease childbirth.
The most significant change in the fortunes of eru is the recognition of its economic value. Trade in this vegetable has become very big business. In Cameroon, local consumption, common as it is, is insignificant compared to the quantity that is exported, first to Nigeria and then to Europe and the USA.
The economic value of the vegetable is very high, increasing progressively as it goes further from the source (Bokwe and Ngatum, 1994). In Cameroon, a kilogram of eru costs CFA 400F (about 40p) in the market. When it is exported to Nigeria, the price rises to CFA 4.000 F (about £4.00), in the UK and Europe to CFA 8.000 F (about £8.00) and in the USA up to CFA 30.000 F (about £30.00).
It is this economic use of eru that presents the greatest threat to the future of the species. In the quest for rapid financial benefit, people harvest enormous quantities. The issue here is that there is no tradition, amongst the people in Cameroon and other parts of West and Central Africa, to cultivate this plant. It is not like banana or cocoa which is widely cultivated. So of all the eru that is harvested and eaten, nothing goes back in the form of planting to replace the harvested stock. It is important for conservation measures (such as increasing available stock or creating gene banks) to be taken now because if things continue at this rate, the existing stocks of the plant may be wiped out.
Added to this issue of quantities harvested, is the way in which the harvesting is done. Because the plant is a climber, the choicest leaves are often high up in the canopy, entwined with the leaves and branches of the trees which give it support. The harvester usually stands on the ground to pull on the vines. More that half the leaves (the part of the plant which is eaten) remain at the tree tops and only a small fraction comes down to the harvester; there is a lot of waste. So, if a harvester brings out two bus loads of eru from the forest, they have left about three bus loads to dry up in the forest. If the harvester wants to collect all the leaves, then they have to cut down the supporting tree, and this tendency has been on the increase. Sometimes the eru plants are simply uprooted – another unsustainable harvesting method.
The facts stated above are the findings of a study carried out by LBG where the uncertain future of the species provoked research. The Garden's 'Conservation Through Cultivation' programme is centred around a number of plant species that have been identified to be threatened and which have economic or socio-cultural value (Prunus africana, Gnetum africanum, Rattan spp for the moment). These are plants whose wild populations are threatened for different reasons (mainly economic) and which local people do not traditionally cultivate.
The applied research goal of the programme is to identify appropriate cultivation methods for these species and encourage local farmers to grow them. It is hoped that this will deviate pressure from wild populations. This programme constitutes a major contribution on the part of the Limbe Botanic Garden to the goal of the Mount Cameroon Project (MCP) which is to maintain the biological diversity of Mount Cameroon.
Community Involvement
LBG contribution to MCP's conservation goal necessitated a solid outreach programme. The people needed to be informed of research findings and be involved actively in the implementation of their recommendations. This has been the case with the Eru Project.
Public Awareness
The findings and results of the 'Conservation Through Cultivation' (CTC) programme have been brought to the knowledge of the public both at the local and national level. At trade fairs and exhibitions in the South West Province and at a national level, live samples of eru, rattans and Prunus africana have been displayed. General information, the conservation status and the research going on in the garden about these species is provided for visitors at the LBG stand.
Local and national radio have also been used to inform the public on the CTC Programme and the possibility of cultivating plants like eru. In the garden, an information panel has been set up for the eru trial plot for visitors to consult. There is a CTC poster at the Visitor Centre explaining the process and potential in cultivating Prunus, rattans and eru.
The public also benefit from the eru manual that was used at a training workshop organised by the garden. It will be updated with information, to be contributed by farmers, and published.
The garden set up two strategically located eru trial plots and one gene bank within its premises. The two plots illustrate different soil types and financial implications in cultivating eru with regard to the kind of material used to provide shade for the plant. Adequate interpretation has been provided by the Education Unit. For all people who come to the Limbe Botanic Garden, and who know eru, it is a great old myth that has been broken – its domestication.
The Eru Manual
For the benefit of some institutions and those farmers who can read, the Limbe Botanic Garden has produced the Eru Manual. The technical information received from the Conservation Through Cultivation Unit was transformed into an illustrated manual, easy enough to be used by anyone who can read. It provides all information and advice needed by anyone who wants to begin an eru farm. The manual was designed in such a way that the farmers can contribute to its evaluation and review.
Farmer Training
In addition to the displays in the garden and the manual, community participation was encouraged by a free training workshop on the cultivation of eru. The workshop was held at the Garden's Visitor Centre and it lasted 6 working days (12 to 19 July 1999). It involved farmers from the Bimbia-Bonadikombo area, one of the Mount Cameroon Project's field divisions, where the eru farm extension scheme is limited to for now.
The training was both theory and practice. The practical part took the participants through the different steps involved in the cultivation of eru. Participants had the opportunity of visiting and even planting the crop on farms in the Bimbia-Bonadikombo farmland area. The entire workshop was facilitated by staff of the Mount Cameroon Project; technical information was provided by the Conservation Through Cultivation Unit. The participants went through the following necessary activities: preparing plant material, selecting the right site, digging the hole, planting, staking, taking care of the plant and harvesting.
During the practical part of the workshop, three eru farms were set up in the Bimbia Bonadikombo area. For the farmers who participated at the workshop, they each had to construct their own propagators in their villages and carry on with the propagation of their own eru cuttings. After this, they will plant on their farms. At the end of the workshop, participants agreed on roles and responsibilities for joint monitoring with feedback and consultation happening every month.
The Next Step
After this workshop and considering the results that the first trial will give, the Eru Programme will extend to train other farmers in the Mount Cameroon Project area, the South West Province and, hopefully, other parts of Cameroon. This will depend largely on the availability of funds for this activity. Already the programme has caught the attention of the Minister of the Environment and Forestry and he has requested the Limbe Botanic Garden to set up a demonstration farm in a village in the Centre Province, about 500km from Limbe. This might be the beginning of the spread of the Limbe Botanic Garden Eru project to other parts of the country.
Some Lessons Learnt
LBG studies and experience indicate that it is profitable to grow eru on one's farm. Not only does it provide easy access to the vegetable and eliminates the difficulties of going far into the forest for it, but it also presents impressive economic benefit. For an eru farm of 100 square metres, yielding a average of one kilogram per plant with each plant harvested three times a year, the following estimates were made for the benefit of workshop participants:
- Total expenditure for the different items (plant material, digging of holes and planting, staking, weeding and harvesting) will be CFA 70.000 F.
- Selling at CFA 400 F per kilogram, the farm will give 300kg x 400 F = CFA 120.000 F.
- Income from water leaf (a complementary vegetable which can be planted with eru in mixed cropping) will be CFA 60.000 F.
- The net benefit in the first year will be 120.000 F + 60.000F – 70.000 F = 110.000 F.
- In the second year, the expenditure will drop to CFA 20.000 F and the net profit will be 180.000 F – 20.000 F = 160.000 F.
The Ideal Situation
To get participants for the farmer training workshop, LBG staff conducted a farm survey of the Bimbia-Bonadikombo forest area. On one of the farms, a woman, Rose Teke, was practising in-situ cultivation of Eru. When the forested area was transformed into farmland, she came across some eru plants which she left to grow, in their natural habitat. She nurtured them and spread the seed some of which actually germinated and grew. Though it takes approximately nine months for the seed of Eru to germinate, this presents the ideal situation; unfortunately, cases like hers are rare.
The farm is about three hectares large, one third of which is estimated to be eru. She harvests the vegetable from her farm but she has never kept any records of what she harvests or how much income she gets. With the training she received at the workshop, she can easily increase the quantity of eru on her farm and monitor the income.
Eru and Agro-Forestry
The cultivation of eru, both in-situ and ex-situ, promotes agro-forestry. Because the plant needs shade to grow well, farmers are likely to either leave trees standing on their farms or plant new ones to provide the shade. They will also benefit by providing live stakes for the vines because they will not need to change them every season. All these are environmentally positive practices.
It is certain that the Limbe Botanic Garden has done a lot of research on eru and has arrived at some impressive conclusions. But there are still some information gaps in the domestication of eru which can be filled by farmers, especially with regard to the results to be obtained on the farms away from the garden. For this and for the sake of its extension programme, LBG needs to maintain a strong link with the farmers who are involved in the cultivation of the crop.
LBG has been involved in institutional partnerships which has been important in the eru extension programme. The garden has had to work with staff from the Cameroon Ministry of Agriculture for support in extension, and socio-economists from a local World Bank (GEF) surveys unit to provide a grounding to the on-farm extension support.
Implications for LBG
The Limbe Botanic Garden until recently, has been research dominated with little experience in extension work. The field work is done by the Mount Cameroon Project staff who are not part of the Limbe Botanic Garden, though the work they do might be a direct result of Limbe Botanic Garden research. Garden staff have not been involved in extension work with local farmers. The Eru Project is the first instance where the Limbe Botanic Garden staff have been directly involved with extension activities. This has necessitated the shift of staff from MCP to LBG. The need has now been identified to recruit an agricultural extension worker.
The role of the Garden's Education Unit has also broadened to support the effective delivery/communication of extension messages to local farmers. The target audience of the unit has now increased to include the people whom the 'Conservation through Cultivation' programme is trying to reach. The unit, working closely with the agricultural extension worker, will design appropriate methods to communicate messages to farmers. This will include visual aids like posters and illustrated manuals (the current eru manual being the first), workshops and even documentaries on video.
The role of education and communication is very important at this point because, though a good number of people have heard of, or shown interest in, the cultivation of eru, many local people still consider it a vegetable that can only be got from the forest; not grown on farms. Environmental education should not end with simple information or sensitisation but should go on to provide the learner with skills necessary to take positive action for the environment. The Eru Project is doing just this.
The fact that LBG is getting directly involved in extension work will greatly improve its status with regard to the conservation work going on in the Mount Cameroon Region. The Mission of the Garden is to provide facilities and services for long term collaborative research, education and training in support of the biodiversity conservation in the Mount Cameroon Region and beyond. The Eru Project is a step towards the fulfilment of this mission.
In addition to playing the conservation role, the garden will be actively involved in providing direct tangible benefits to farmer livelihoods and alleviating poverty beyond the Garden walls. If the Eru Project becomes fully operational and is accepted by the people, it will be contributing to the economic growth of the area. Considering the high economic value and the ever-increasing demand for the vegetable, local farmers would better their livelihoods if they engaged in eru cultivation and trade.
L'importance de l'Implication des Communautés Locales Pour la Conservation
Eru (Gnetum africanum et Gnetum buchholzianum) est l'un des légumes le plus communément consommé au Cameroun. Il est riche en protéines et est prescrit comme médicament dans toute une série de troubles: pour la gorge, les nausées et comme antidote dans les cas d'empoisonnement par flèches. Cependant l'Eru est sérieusement menacé en raison de sa sur-exploitation. De grandes quantités sont exportées chaque semaine au Nigeria voisin et transitent de là vers l'Europe et les USA. Le jardin botanique de Limbe s'intéresse à la conservation de cette espèce et a été largement impliqué dans des programmes de recherche et a incité les communautés locales à cultiver l'Eru. Cet article détaille l'importance de l'espèce, les menaces qui pèsent sur elle et explique comment le jardin botanique de Limbe contribue à sa conservation, ceci grâce expositions et foires, l'utilisation de la radio locale et nationale, la mise en place de cultures d'essai, la formation des fermiers à la culture de l'Eru et la mise au point d'un manuel sur l'Eru.
Es Importante Involucrar a la Comunidad en la Conservacion
El eru (Gnetum africanum y Gnetum buchholzianum) es la hortaliza mas comida hoy en el Camerun. Es una importante fuente de proteinas y se utiliza medicinalmente para una gran gama de dolencias, incluyendo el dolor de garganta, las nauseas, y como antidoto al veneno de las flechas. Pero aun asi el eru esta en peligro por razon de su sobre-explotacion. Grandes cantidades son exportadas semanalmente a la vecina Nigeria y de este pais a Europa y a los Estados Unidos. El Jardin Botanico de Limbe se interesa en la conservacion de esta especie y se ha dedicado energeticamente a la investigacion y a involucrar a la poblacion local en el cultivo del eru. Este articulo detalla la importancia del eru y los peligros que le afrontan, y explica como el Jardin Botanico de Limbe contribuye a su conservacion. Entre otras cosas se celebran exposiciones y ferias para fomentar el conocimiento publico, se hace uso de las emisoras de radio locales y nacionales, se establecen zonas piloto para cultivar el eru para el interes de los visitantes, se desarolla la ensenanza a los granjeros sobre su cultivo y se esta preparando un manual del eru.


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120821 – The Real Dough
Adapted From Cook's Illustrated
- 3 cups (16 1/2 ounces) bread flour, plus more for work surface
- 1 teaspoons sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon rapid-rise yeast
- 1 1/3 cups ice water (about 10 1/2 ounces)
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, plus more for work surface
- 1 1/2 teaspoons table salt
- In food processor fitted with metal blade, process flour, sugar, and yeast until combined, about 2 seconds. With machine running, slowly add water through feed tube; process until dough is just combined and no dry flour remains, about 10 seconds. Let dough stand 10 minutes.
- Add oil and salt to dough and process until dough forms satiny, sticky ball that clears sides of workbowl, 30 to 60 seconds. Remove dough from bowl and knead briefly on lightly oiled and floured countertop until smooth, about 1 minute.
- Shape dough into tight ball and place in large, lightly oiled bowl. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 24 hours and up to 3 days. I strongly recommend making the dough 2-3 days in advance of baking. That way it will give you a nice and bubbly crust (like the photo!).


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A special seminar, "What a difference a year makes — energy and agriculture," will be a highlight of this year's Mid-South Farm & Gin Show, to be held Feb. 29-March 1 at the Cook Convention Center, Memphis, Tenn.
The seminar will examine the challenges and potential for growth in the next decade as the emphasis on agriculture's role in energy security continues.
The nation's focus on alternative energy sources resulted in dramatic shifts in acreages and commodity markets last year — and farmers attending this year's show will have the opportunity to learn how these ongoing trends may affect their businesses.
"Farmers continue to adapt and change as they evaluate the impact of markets, energy demands, and other key influences," says Tim Price, executive vice president of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association and Foundation, which sponsors the annual event, with Delta Farm Press as co-sponsor.
The show has been a must-attend event for years, with more than 20,000 decision-makers participating, but Price says this year's program roster has been beefed up "to give farmers the best, latest information available as they go into the new cropping season."
And as always, they'll have two days to wander through more than 200,000 square feet of exhibit space, featuring the latest in equipment, inputs, and other products and services.
"Every year we welcome new and different attractions," says Price, who is show manager. "We're excited about the number of new products - both from traditional exhibitors and those who are new to the show."
Of major interest at this year's show, Price says, will be the opportunity for attendees to learn about the latest developments in cotton harvesters with on-board module builders, and the newest precision ag technologies, along with inputs and a host of other products and services.
"Biotechnology continues to have a major impact on our industry, as will be reflected in all the exhibits related to crop seeds, agrichemicals, and all the related products and services," Price says.
"We're going to have the biggest lineup of new products in several years," Price notes. "This will be a great chance to see everything firsthand and to talk face-to-face with representatives from the companies."
The show's popular Ag Update Seminars, to be held Friday and Saturday mornings at 8:30, will focus on the outlook for crops and legislation. Already slated to speak at the Friday session are Carl Brothers, senior vice president of Riceland Foods, and Joe Nicosia, chief executive officer of Allenberg Cotton Co.
Richard Brock, president, Brock Associates, will conduct his popular grain marketing outlook seminar Saturday morning, offering strategies and projections for 2008. Brock will also discuss agriculture issues and bio-energy.
The show exhibit halls will open at 9 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. Friday, with 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. hours Saturday. There is no charge to attend, but registration is required for admittance to the exhibit halls.
In addition to the show and Ag Update Seminars, members of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association will be holding their annual meeting during the week. A complete schedule of all the events connected with the show will be made available later.
"It's going to be a great show," Price says, "and we hope everyone will mark their calendars and plan to bring the family for an informative, fun-packed weekend in Memphis."
Additional information on the show is available at southerncottonginners.org, or Google Farm & Gin Show.


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(Updates with comments from House Speaker John Boehner and Vice President Joe Biden.)
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday each left the door open to striking a deal over taxes as a way of avoiding the impending "fiscal cliff." But hard bargaining lies ahead if the U.S. is to avoid the automatic spending cuts and the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts set to take place in January.
Senate Democrats are sticking to their guns on raising taxes on the wealthy as part of a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, even as markets were badly spooked on Wednesday.
But look a little closer at statements from Reid, and there's the possibility those higher rates will apply at a different income level than sought by the freshly re-elected President Barack Obama.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Reid said he is "not for kicking the can down the road" in the lame-duck session of Congress and that any fiscal cliff solution should include higher taxes on "the richest of the rich."
Obama has sought to raise rates on household income above $250,000 — a number omitted from Reid's remarks on Wednesday. Boehner, whose Republican Party held the House on Tuesday, has said he wouldn't accept a $1 million threshold.
So will they meet in the middle? Wednesday morning, Reid said he wasn't going to draw lines in the sand and that he's willing to negotiate with the GOP. How much so remains to be seen, especially since Boehner said that the re-election of a Republican majority meant there was "no mandate for raising tax rates" on Americans.
He stuck to that in comments on Wednesday afternoon, but did say Republicans are willing to accept "new revenues" in exchange for reduced spending and changes to entitlement programs. He didn't say where those new revenues would come from if not from higher rates.
With the election over, official Washington was busy confronting the cliff. "I've been talking to a lot of people, made a lot of phone calls," Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday. "I think people know we've got to get down to work and I think they're ready to move," he told reporters.
Most analysts expect some sort of fiscal-cliff compromise. But some believe that taxes on the wealthy are almost certainly going up anyway, as Goldman Sachs's Jan Hatzius says.
— Robert Schroeder
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Single Electron Switching with Nano-Electromechanical Systems and Applications in Ion Channel Transport
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Taking classes in physics always starts with Newtonian mechanics. In reducing the size of the objects considered however the transition into the quantum mechanical regime has to occur. The 'mechanics' of quantum mechanics is best studied in nano-structured semiconductor systems often termed nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS). I will review recent results on combining single electron devices with NEMS, which are useful as detectors and for limited displacement detection. If time permits, I will branch out into combining NEMS with biological transistors, such as ion channels in cell membranes.
Robert Blick received his PhD from the Max-Plank Institute for Solid State Physics in Germany in 1996. His PhD thesis title was `Artificial Atoms and molecules: "Single Electron Transistors ". He graduated with distinction. Dr. Blick joined the California Institute of Technology as a research fellow in 1996, where he worked on Nanomechanical resonators. In 1997, he became Assistant Professor at Ludwig-Maximilians University. In January 2003, he joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an Associate Professor. In 2002, Dr. Blick co-founded Nanion Technologies, a company building tools for screening single ion channels. In this research, he is concentrating on three areas: Nanoelectronics, Nanomechanics and Ion Channels.
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Wildlife, family pets, insects
rock garden
Rabbit through Glass
Redtail @ Nature Center
Non-Macro Bug Shots
harbor seals
Milky Way
Image Posting in threads - Please please, please.. try to keep your images at 1000 Pixels or less on the longest or highest side, this will cut down on load times for those who are on Dial Up and so members who do not use a wide screen monitor can see the whole photo without having to scroll.
Here's a picture of my little hiking partner, she's a 1 1/2 year minature Dachshund, so full of energy and keeps up with me even with those little legs.
What type of light do you recommend for light painting buildings, large objects?
Lot of people recommending the Brinkmann Q-beam spot light. I have looked at it and the internal rechargeable battery fails often.
Do you have any recommendation?
Thank so much!
I wee little baby frog hopping around our lawn.
Just a lil encouragement for you folks that have had Winter Cabin Fever!
Photographed this Morning down in my backyard....Plum Tree.
Which I might add is at least a week early for Booms here in Upstate NY.
The Male House Finch is starting to look all pretty for His future Lady! :D
The Butterfly Place in Westford, MA has been rebuilt. I
It is planning on reopening Sunday the 21st of March.
Glad to have it back.
Here's a link to the local paper's announcement: http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_14677797
I took these all playing around with the new Sigma 150-500mm.... pretty good lens, I'm liking it so far...
my tree spirit visits with me at lunch time and only on sunny days!
I seem to be the only person at my place of employment to see him ~ so, I took his picture and put this as my desktop background on my work computer... and one guy still didn't see him! gah.
I was going through some shots from the beginning of the season and found a day I didnt do any processing.... so heres a couple from that day at 5-Rivers...
OK, I couldn't wait to try out the new 40D. So what do I shoot at night? The moon of course! I broke out the Celestron Super C8+ telescope (2,000mm focal length, f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope) and got a couple shots using Live View (I'm really going to love that feature!)
This is exactly...
Out of probably 100 shots I got these few good ones. Its like shooting skeet.
Here is a sunset shot from this evening.
I am loving the ISO50 capability. Looking at the original size and the 100% crops, it is super smooth.
Original 14MP image here: http://brittonx.smugmug.com/gallery/4805506_8rJ7f#313249527_sTKie-O-LB
Here is a 100% crop of the 14MP image
I took a drive up to Hope Falls, just outside Northville looking to shoot the waterfalls. I got a little side tracked by the salamander. I reached into the bag, grabbed the macro, and .... the poor thing.... he got hit by the paparazzi!
I was all over the Adirondacks this weekend. I drove up to Lake Placid on the Northway I 87, and then took the scenic route back home via Rte 30 through the Adirondacks. I see alot of posts from that area, so for those of you who are familiar with that area know about the beautiful wilderness...
Since I'm new here, I don't know how meet ups are organized, ie... who can organize them etc... However, I just got back yesterday from being out in the Adirondacks... Anyone ever been to Middle Lake up in Benson? It's a pretty good warm up hike for the season. It gets you kind of conditioned...
I did a little reprocessing on a few of my favorites from last year... C&C welcome!!
I'm starting to really get spring fever! I can't wait to get out and get some real nature and macro shooting in... all this house hunting is really putting a cramp in my FREE TIME lol
Hello, everyone... I'm a beginner here, but here's my first offering of the Taconic Crest along Rt 2 in Eastern NY...
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Dennis Sullivan necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 45 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
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SCORE, Inc. is a back-office service that handles disputes for credit repair companies' clients who are trying to get get negative items off their credit reports and improve their customers' credit score. SCORE stands for (Strong, Consistent, Outsourcing Results Everyday). Many credit repair companies are very good about selling their services but handling the disputes and working with the credit bureaus and creditors can be a very tedious and painstaking process. Our company handles the dispute process for credit repair companies on behalf of their clients. Our goal is to free business owners from these tasks so they can concentrate on growing their businesses.
Credit repair companies who want to outsource the dispute process.
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Isaac was born to his parents, Reed and Holly Lytle, on March 28, 2003. He was named after his two grandfathers, Isaac "Lynn" Bahme and Dennis Lytle. He was a happy baby who brought immense joy to his parents and older brother Jared. At approximately 15 months of age, Isaac began becoming withdrawn, stopped responding to sound and began exhibiting symptoms of anxiety. His parents immediately sought help and were told that Isaac exhibited "red flags" for autism. Isaac immediately began receiving intensive early intervention therapies such as speech, occupational and DIR/Floortime therapies. At approximately 18 months old, Isaac received his official diagnosis of Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), under the umbrella of autism spectrum disorders.
The months and years following Isaac's diagnosis was a mixture of joyous progress and frustrating setbacks. Isaac's parents quickly discovered that not all health insurance plans provided therapy intervention benefits to children diagnosed with autism. Because of insurance limitations for Isaac's therapy needs, Isaac's mother began working from home and paid therapists to teach her the therapy techniques needed to help Isaac fight autism. After months of hard work and hours of home therapy with his parents, Isaac began to improve. He began making eye contact, started to enjoy school and interact with classmates, siblings and cousins and most importantly he began to speak.
Not realizing that their time with Isaac would tragically be cut short, Isaac's parents kissed their beautiful, bright eyed boy goodnight and in the wee hours of the morning on February 8, 2007, Isaac quietly passed away in his sleep from an undetected genetic heart defect, not related to autism. Isaac was just a few weeks from celebrating his fourth birthday.
Looking back, Isaac's parents prefer to remember all of the good times they shared with him. His family fondly remembers Isaac's passion for music. His favorite songs were by the Wiggles. Isaac had the pleasure of seeing the Wiggles in concert here in Spokane TWICE!!! He also enjoyed almost every song performed by Johnny Cash but was particularly fond of "Ring of Fire" and would often sing along.
His favorite movie was "Finding Nemo" but would hide in his room during the opening scene of the movie (when Nemo's mother Coral is attacked by the Barracuda Fish). He just couldn't watch the loss of Nemo's mother. Isaac was also a huge fan of Mickey Mouse and had a stuffed Mickey that he would give lots and lots of hugs. Isaac also left behind an extensive car and train collection which his parents cherish to this day.
As with all children, Isaac loved his junk food. His particular favorites were popcorn, any kind of soda, milkshakes and ice cream of any flavor, popsicles, pizza and any candy he could get his hands on. His most favorite food of all time was McDonald's French Fries. Isaac's parents laugh as they remember his instinctual knowledge of every McDonald's location in Spokane – and he paid close attention anytime he was in the car! If you passed a McDonald's without stopping for french fries, he would yell in protest from the back seat.
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|System: 3DS
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|Release: August 31, 2011
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by Amanda L. Kondolojy
I'm all for handheld game remakes. Though you get the occasional cash-in, games like Chrono Trigger and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time have found new life on handheld ports. However, when you remake a game from two years ago that was already on a handheld platform, add almost no new features, and port it to a 3D system while forgetting to add 3D, the effort feels cheap and lazy. Is Devil Survivor Overclocked still an awesome game at its core? Yes. But if you've already played it, this 3DS port is probably not worth the extra investment.
If you haven't played Devil Survivor on the DS, you don't need to worry about missing anything here, as the experience includes all the content of the original. You lead a team of up to four characters as you navigate your way through what seems to be the end of the world. Rolling blackouts grip the metropolitan areas of Japan, demons patrol the streets, and an evil of biblical proportions is silently growing in the background, getting ready to destroy modern life as we know it.
Though the story is a little reminiscent of The World Ends With You at first, it quickly grows into its own and becomes quite the epic adventure. The gameplay takes the form of an old school grid-based RPG that allows you to catch and breed demons. The demon creation system in particular is fairly deep, and maximizing stats while preserving certain elemental strengths takes a fair amount of time and practice. Battles aren't exactly fast, but the game is absolutely true to its form as a tactics-based RPG. Fans of this genre will be sure to love its depth and format.
I was definitely hooked when I first picked up the game two years ago, and even though only a small amount of time has passed, I was ready to launch headlong into it once again. But looking forward to playing though the same story again wasn't what excited me most about Devil Survivor Overclocked. I wanted to check out all the new features. Unfortunately, that's exactly where this game lost me completely.
Let's start with the basics. There is no 3D. At all. There is an opening cinematic that shows 3D panels of character faces, but after that, it's all the standard 2D of the original. What you are left with is an experience you could just as easily get from popping the 2009 version into your 3DS. I can imagine those with little to no knowledge of the original DS game looking for a good RPG for the 3DS and being completely disappointed by the game's complete lack of a 3D option. I have to wonder why this game was re-released on the 3DS platform at all. Why not re-release it on the DS? The game doesn't have any 3D, and it doesn't use StreetPass or SpotPass.
Unfortunately, the port doesn't get any better. I suppose a big selling point might be that the game now features fully-voiced dialog. And when you've got a game that can easily play 20 hours or more, that does sound like it would be impressive. But the sad fact is that the voice acting just isn't that good. The performances sound wooden at best, and I couldn't really listen to the voice acting for any long period of time without turning the sound back down. This is actually pretty sad, as the game does have a pretty cool soundtrack. But if you're like me and can't deal with the voice acting, you'll have to miss out on all the great music.


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Find Out Where Facebook Is Hiding Your Important Messages
Did you know that any message sent to you on Facebook which isn't from a friend or a friend of a friend gets filtered into an "other" subfolder?
Most people don't, and this means you probably have dozens of messages sitting on your Facebook page that you've never looked at before.
While it's true the overwhelming majority of these notes are invitations to parties you don't want to attend from folks you don't know or other things you've opted out of, occasionally something important will find its way into this more or less hidden folder.
For example, over on Slate, writer Elizaberth Weingarten tells a sad tale of losing her laptop and then not getting the Facebook message from the guy who found it because the considerate note was filtered into her "other" folder.
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In the cool, early hours, before the unrelenting sun rises over the Sahara, humanitarian workers leave Niger's capital, Niamey, and set off for an assessment mission to the border village of Sinegodar, which is close to the Mali-Niger border.
The village is a four-hour drive on a bumpy, desert road from Niamey. Until recently, only 1,500 people lived in Sinegodar. Today, conflict between rebels and Government forces in northern Mali has forced tens of thousands of people to flee across the border and into a country facing a humanitarian crisis of its own.
Across the Sahel, a region-wide drought threatens more than 10 million people with food shortages this year, and in Niger more than 5 million people are struggling to find enough to eat. The arrival of thousands of Malian refugees is making life even more difficult.
Most of the refugees are staying in temporary sites in areas that are badly affected by drought and poor harvests, exacerbating water and food shortages. The 7,000 refugees, who have settled into make-shift camps in Sinegodar, urgently need food, shelter, water and sanitation.
In the village, an inhospitable desert area where water is scarce, UNICEF is providing drinking water through water tanks and bladders.
"The refugees arriving from Mali have added to the number of people relying on scare food stocks in Niger," says Olivier Eyenga, OCHA Humanitarian Affairs Officer.
But in these hard times, the people of Sinegodar have welcomed their new guests. For this, Agaly Alkassoum is grateful. Agaly is an English teacher from the Malian town of Menaka. He arrived with his wife, children and extended family after rebels destroyed their property and forced them to leave their homes.
"I never thought that one day I would be a refugee," he says. His wife, Amina, gave birth to a boy in the camp just over a week ago. The family of eight has since moved into a two-room dwelling in Sinegodar, but life is still difficult.
Despite the generosity of its villagers, Sinegodar is not home for the Malian refugees. Agaly feels lost without his job. As he dusts the desert sand off his little girl's face, he says: "We wake up and we have nothing to do."
The OCHA-led assessment mission includes representatives from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). It will listen to people such as Agaly, find out how they are coping and what they need to survive.
"We wanted to know how they feel about the situation," says Djanabou Mahonde, who heads UNICEF's child-protection programmes in Niger. "The children say they haven't made a lot of friends here. They would like to go back to school; they would like to play football."
Security is a major concern, and UNHCR is working with the Nigerian Government on plans to move the refugees to safer locations away from the volatile border. However, some are reluctant to move and hope to return to Mali when the situation improves.
For now, Agaly shelters from the hot sun and dreams of a better future for his newborn son. "We, one day, want to return to our country," he says. "One day."
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Straight from the editor's desk: Here are five luxurious beauty products that are totally blowing my mind this week. There's one super-retro skin tonic that's one of the most beautiful beauty goodies I've seen all year; there are some ultra-luxe false eyelashes that'll save you a trip to the salon; a trio of supermodel-endorsed products-for-good; a fantastic new DIY nail art kit; and more!
Shiseido's Eudermine Revitalizing Essence, $60 in the 140th anniversary limited-edition bottle: Housed in a stunning retro-inspired bottle, Shiseido's 140th anniversary Eudermine Revitalizing Essence is one of my favorite new launches this week—it's just so beautiful. Eudermine Revitalizing Essence was the company's first-ever cosmetics product, introduced in 1897. It's a beauty water that has skin-softening, moisture-retaining, and toning properties. While supplies last, customers who purchase this limited-edition product will receive free Limited Edition Oil-Control Blotting Papers from Shiseido—these papers are ordinarily only available in Japan (I remember stocking up on them when I traveled to Tokyo years ago).
Ciate Caviar Manicure, $25, has just become available for purchase on Sephora.com this week—and if you're a DIY nail art fanatic, like we are, you'll definitely want to snap up a kit (or three!). The manicurist-developed kit comes with a base shade and tiny, caviar-sized iridescent pearls (choose from multi, white, or black).
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Skindinavia No More Shine Makeup Finish, $29—does your face sweat or get shiny really fast? Mine does. Sometimes I carry blotting papers around with me, but, according to the folks at Skindinavia, I won't have to do that anymore. The company's new No More Shine Makeup finishing spray promises to control shine and keep makeup in place for longer. They've even tested the product under steamy conditions and while exercising—check out the video here.
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Things I'll usually willingly fork money over for: Supermodel-endorsed beauty products. Back in the day, I babysat for a maaajor supermodel. The first time she left me alone in her apartment, the first thing I did was check out what kinds of beauty products were in her bathroom. I figured, models know what works—after all, looking gorgeous is their full-time job.
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Five Things You Only Eat During Thanksgiving + Christmas
The holidays are known for their abundance of food. We prepare ourselves all year for this time of the year. It is as if the amount of food for those fortunate enough never ceases to stop. But, after this time the food we stuffed ourselves with will not show up on our plate until the following year. What foods are you looking forward to this year?
When the weather gets colder, we all punch an extra hole in our belts preparing for the holiday food season. We are headed towards the mass quantities of Turkey and the like. But after the feasts are over, what will you not see again until Thanksgiving the following year? Here is a list of food I haven't seen since November last year.
1. Stuffing Though, I love the stuff it never seems to be in a meal outside of the holidays. The fluffy and yummy stuff is piled high over Thanksgiving and Christmas and forgotten after the New Year.
2. Sweet Potatoes I know plenty of other folks that love this stuff enough to enjoy it every night for dinner the rest of their lives, I am not one of those people. Two days out of the year I will devour these sweet treats, and never think about them until the next year.
3. Green Bean Casserole Crispy onion topping and creamy warm green beans baked to perfection is a wonder of this world. Perfection was reached when this dish was invented, but it is only chowed down through a couple of months of the year. Why we avoid this casserole the rest of the calendar year bewilders me.
4. Cranberry Sauce This tart goodness is enjoyed from the can or handcrafted. Either way is it prepared, it is sure to please the taste buds. Being so fitting for the time of year, I can almost understand why it is kept as a Thanksgiving dinner staple.
5. Pumpkin Pie I am not one to buy Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte or the real deal more than during the holidays. This one I keep as a once in a while delicacy. The rich filling topped with lots of whipped cream and flakey crust is too good to be true. I believe if it is consumed more than during Thanksgiving and Christmas its magic might be lost in over use.
So what are your holiday foods that are only seen during the season? Are you right along with me in my five? Let us know below.


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Plan W2759 - Bayberry
This cottage is also very welcoming with its beautiful porch, complete with wide stairs, and the two doors that open into a large entrance foyer with abundant closet space.
Inside, the first level offers a well organized kitchen complete with pantry and a central island. The open floor plan has a fireplace that separates the dining room from the spacious living room, with a computer corner, along with a separate laundry area in the powder room.
Upstairs the size of the bedrooms, of which the smallest is 10' x 11', and the ample closet space in the master bedroom and the separate corner bath and shower in the second floor bathroom are pleasantly surprising features that enhance the comfort of this home
2nd Level: Master bedroom with walk-in closet, 2 secondary bedrooms, full bathroom.
Illustrations and photos may differ slightly from the plan that you will receive. They may include modifications to conform with new building codes, suit homeowners' preferences or site requirements.
Jan 6 September 2011
I was just wondering what the average provincial cost to build this home in New Brunswick would be. Also, is it possible to decrease the square footage?
Customer service 6 September 2011
Dear Jan,
Thank you for your interest in Drummond House Plans.
Because construction costs vary greatly from region to region, we have not calculated construction costs for our house plans. We suggest that you contact a builder in your region and show him the information available on our website concerning this plan. The builder will be able to provide you with an estimate of the cost, or at least, a dollar amount per square foot. You will also obtain a more accurate estimate.
The square footage of this house can be decreased. All of our plans can easily be modified. To receive a Free Cost Estimate, you can visit the "Plan Customization Services" section of our website or contact our Modification Department at 1-800-567-5267.
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wendy whyte 22 February 2011
I was wondering if some changes could be made to the plans what would be the final cost to get the plans
Customer service 22 February 2011
Dear Mrs Whyte,
Thank you for your interest in Drummond House Plans.
All of our plans can easily be modified. To receive a Free Cost Estimate, you can visit the "Plan modification services" section of our website or contact our Modification Department at 1-800-567-5267.
Do not hesitate to contact me again if you need further information.
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Jim Bishop 27 June 2010
I'm a little surprised that such a nice house, well laid out, does not have a private bathroom off the master bedroom. I shoould think that with today's busy lifestylye, sharing a bathroom with teenagers, and the inconvenience of having to be fully clothed when going to the bathroom, is just a tad retro.


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