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Just wondering, we all know that the rackets the men play with, in general are not the rackets we buy in the stores. They have "old rackets" with paintjobs and play with heavily modified rackets in terms of weight and balance. Except for some lucky few, we "the customer" will never play with a racket like that. But what's the deal with women? Is it the same as with men or do they play retail rackets? Do they modify their rackets in terms of weight and balance or what? I'm guessing the do, but I don't read much about it on these boards. Any info on WTA players' rackets?
I think there was an interview with Nate Feguson of P1 Tennis in which he addressed this. The women don't see the need as much as the men for customization/normalization of their frames. Players like Henin were known to keep the same frame and change paint, but I would guess Wilson's pro room handled her frames for her. Other female pros have been reported to buy their frames off the shelf. The two most prominent female pros, the Williams, have pretty much been all over the place with frames. They played with OS game improvement frames for a while and now play with more a players' frame. It was reported at the AO a few years ago when Serena played with a backed out frame that she played the entire tournament with one frame. The frame turned out to be a frame Wilson asked Federer to hit with and Serena loved it.
Specs I have seen on several women indicate there is a fair amount of customization for them too. Venus, Serena, Ivanovic, Huntachova, Knetsova, and a few others have specs on the web that are very different than their stock models. Usually higher SW and static weight. Search the web for WTA racket specs or pro racket specs and you will come up with a few sites. I think there is significant customization on WTA but maybe not quite as much as on the ATP.
Women are most of the time less intrested in the specs. When it feels good, they don't mind much about the specs or changing them. That's just common..
There's a female Japanese player (Date?) that plays with a 14 ounce racquet. The Williams sisters play with light Wilson frames but the swingweights are really up there. I think that Serena's SW is higher than Roger's. Sharapova plays with a YouTek Radical Pro with a Instinct MP PJ. A few of Hantuchova's frames were on sale at the string forums and you can go and check the specs there. > Except for some lucky few, we "the customer" will never play > with a racket like that. It's not that hard to get Pro Stocks. They are not magic either. The benefits are that XLs are available, pros can get matched frames to their weight, balance, SW specs. Pros can get molded handles and they can get frames that are out of retail production.
I used to experience the racquet claimed to be one of the Jankovic's. It was almost 400 gram. Not that difficult to swing and very stable.
Women can't play tennis properly so why would they even bother with specs, customization etc. It's not exactly going to help with double faults, absurd unforced errors and breaks of serve.


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Clio, the muse of history, can be quite fickle in bestowing her favors. Consider Aldous Huxley. It seems that nearly everyone who has ever been 14 years old has read his most famous novel, Brave New World . It has been in print for 70 years, and dozens of his other novels.
And yet, although he was world-famous, hardly anyone noticed when Aldous Huxley died. The reason is simple enough: He died on November 22, 1963, and another death that day—a far more violent, tragic, and unexpected one—seized the attention of the world.
A similar fate befell the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin. In 1871 it suffered one of the great natural calamities in American history, but hardly anyone outside Wisconsin even noticed.
The tragedy was a forest fire, a type of calamity much in the news these days. Last year forest fires consumed more than 7 million acres in the United States. That's over 11,000 square miles, about equal to New Jersey and Delaware combined.
Part of the reason for the devastation, to be sure, was a near-nationwide drought. But something else may have contributed greatly to the problem. Increasingly, two powerful constituencies in American politics have been at loggerheads over how to manage the country's forests: the environmental movement and the timber industry.
They are so antagonistic that whatever one side favors, the other seems to automatically oppose. Roads into national forests, for instance, would make it easier to fight dangerous forest fires. But environmental organizations oppose them because they would also make logging easier. The result has been a semiparalysis of forest management policy and, it is argued, far more damaging fires as the forests age unmanaged and dead wood builds up. What would be small fires—a natural part of the ecosystem—turn into devastating conflagrations.
One could say that timber was the very first American industry. After all, when settlers began arriving on the Atlantic seaboard, they were confronted with a forest larger than all Europe. Trees needed to be felled in order to build houses and to clear fields for agriculture. The resulting lumber supplied other early American enterprises, and the developing Industrial Revolution made timber one of the first industries to achieve national scope. Nearly uninhabited as late as 1820, by 1 896 the state of Michigan had shipped 160 billion board feet of white pine, leaving only 6 billion still standing.
Wisconsin, too, was covered with deep forest before settlement began. With Lake Michigan available to provide easy transport to burgeoning Chicago, a ready market for its lumber was nearby.
One of the main shipping points was Green Bay, the 40-mile-long finger of Lake Michigan that pokes into the Wisconsin coastline. A few miles inland from where the Peshtigo River flows into the bay was the town of Peshtigo. With about 2,000 permanent residents, it had 60 lumber companies operating nearby.
Virgin forest came up close to the edge of the town, and the white pines that were the dominant tree often stood 120 feet tall. Three of them would supply enough lumber to build a house.
Between January and mid-September of 1871, the mills in Peshtigo sawed 5,690,384 board feet of lumber. In the surrounding forests, piles of felled trunks waited for the next spring's runoff to be floated down to the mills. Slashings and brush lay everywhere, as did vast mounds of sawdust. It was a world made of wood.
It was also a world teetering on the edge of disaster. Except for a sprinkle on September 5, there had been no rain since July 8, and the air was so dry that one resident said, "If a man touched a match to it, it would burn."
Many separate fires smoldered in the humus of the forest floor. Smoke sometimes obscured the sun, which was often visible only at midday. On September 30 flames came within three miles of the town of Green Bay, consuming 1,200 cords of wood stored at a charcoal kiln.
The settlements in the area were becoming increasingly isolated from both the outside world and one another as railroad and telegraph lines burned. The fires seemed to wax and wane, depending on the wind and chance. On September 30 the Marinette and Peshtigo Eagle reported hopefully that "the fires have nearly died out now in this vicinity."
But the paper was wrong, and the fires were growing. By October 4 the smoke was so thick on Green Bay that ships had to use their foghorns and navigate by compass. On October 7 the paper, reduced to looking for any scrap of good news, noted that at least the smoke had greatly reduced the mosquito population and that "a certain establishment clown on the bay shore that has been obnoxious to the respectable citizens" had burned.
The paper's editor, cut off by the burning of the telegraph line, could not know it, but a large, deep low-pressure area was moving in from the west. The winds circling it would turn the smoldering forest of northeastern Wisconsin into hell on earth.
About 8:30 P.M. on October 8 the residents of Peshtigo heard a roar and saw a solid wall of flame advancing on them. The firefighters and the town's only fire engine went to meet it, but it was almost instantly obvious that they could do nothing but run for their lives.


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"The Christmas List"
Dorisann Anderson
Jon and Ponch stood outside the large Victorian style home, thinking of all the work that needed to be done on the old building. As he walked around to the back, Ponch sadly shook his head. "There should be things for the kids to play with instead of just an empty back yard."
"Yeah, Ponch, I agree, and I was thinking of it last night," Jon started towards the front door where he knew Melissa and Sue would be waiting. "I have an idea, but first I have to ask the girls about it."
Ponch continued to walk around the yard, thinking of where one could put a swing, a slide, a sandbox, and maybe a basketball hoop or a volleyball net.
He thought to himself, "The older kids could play basketball, volleyball, or badminton. And the younger ones would enjoy the swings, the sandbox, a slide, or maybe a jungle gym."
Ponch went around to the front of the building and walked inside. There, Melissa met him.
"Hi, love," she laughed as she put her arms around him. "Oh, don't tell me you forgot to get me some lunch".
"No, I didn't forget. Jon and I ate at Taco Bell, so I picked up some tacos for you."
A small child came running up with arms wide open, wanting to be picked up. Ponch held little two-year-old Jennifer. "Hi, honey! Have you been a good girl?"
She shook her head yes, and smiled.
"I'm a good girl -- got candy?" She put her hand in Ponch's pocket, searching for the sweet treat she know would be there.
Ponch laughed, "Yes, but only one piece. We don't want to ruin your lunch."
"You and your partner are spoiling her," Melissa said as she watched Jennifer run off into another room.
"Hey, I know what it feels like to grow up poor," Ponch said. "We lived in a bad neighborhood, but we always had lots of love from our parents. These kids here only have the love that the workers give. Somehow, it's not the same."
Ponch walked over to the window and looked outside, thinking of how it could look with a few improvements. Melissa stood beside Ponch and put her hand on his arm.
"Ponch, the kids are loved very much here. They're happy and well taken care of," she said.
"I know, Hon, but there's so much more that they should have."
Ponch walked around the room again, noticing what needed to be done on the inside of the building. Melissa watched as Ponch inspected the walls -- walls that were in need of painting.
"Ponch, Jon and Sue are in the kitchen. Let's go join them."
Inside the kitchen, Jon sat talking to Sue. She smiled as she looked lovingly in the blue eyes of the man sitting beside her.
"I think it's a great idea, Jon," she said.
'So what's this great idea, Jon?" Ponch and Melissa walked over to Jon and Sue, then sat down. Jon began to tell them his idea.
"Look, it's already the tenth of August," he said. "We could get this place looking nice by December and give the kids here a special Christmas day. We could paint the rooms and fix up a lot of things, so the owner of this home won't have to spend any money. If Ponch and I worked overtime to pick up a little extra cash and came out here on our days off, we could do a lot."
"Yeah, and maybe we could get some things for the kids to play with outside," Ponch said with a smile across his face.
Melissa looked over at Sue. "I guess we could talk Mary Beth into it."
Before he walked out, Ponch took Melissa in his arms. "I'm going to ask Joe for some overtime. I want to get some things for the kids. I'll see you tonight for dinner, OK?"
"Sure, Ponch, I'll be there."
Melissa and Sue watched as Ponch and Jon left. They walked back inside, and Sue shook her head with a worried frown.
"I hope they don't overdo it," she said. "Those two would never tell any one if they were drop-dead tired."
Ponch sat in his apartment that afternoon on the phone with Jon. Together, they made out a Christmas list:
Paint and carpet the rooms
Toy and outfits for each child
Christmas tree
Swing, slide, sand box
Basketball and hoop
Volleyball and net
Badminton rackets
Jungle gym.
Ponch put the list down on the coffee table, then started to fix the steak dinner that he had planned for Melissa. Melissa arrived at seven o'clock, just as the steaks were almost done.
"Hi, love, come on in!" Ponch called from the kitchen. "Dinner's ready. We've got steaks, baked potatoes, salad, and some wine."
Soft music came from the stereo speakers, and Melissa smiled when she saw the lit candles. "Oh, Ponch, you made every thing so nice."
Melissa sat down on the couch and started to read the Christmas list that Ponch had made. "Ponch, do you know how much money you're talking about here? You couldn't work that much overtime."
"Sure, I can, love. I'm young, strong, and able," Ponch said with a smile that could light up all of L.A.
The next morning, Jon and Ponch walked into Sergeant Getraer's office. Jon stood in front of Joe's desk and waited until the sergeant nodded for him to go ahead.
"Sarge, both of us need some over time both of us," Jon said. "We'll work all the over time you can give us."
Getraer put down the paper that he had been reading, then looked up at Jon and Ponch and cleared his throat. "You two want to tell me what this is all about?"
As Ponch stood in front of Joe, he felt a little unsure of himself. "Sarge, it's for some kids that really need a nice Christmas. We just want to help them have it."
"Well, as it just so happens, I do have some overtime that you two could put in. But if I think that you're working too much and can't handle it, I'll put a stop to the extra hours," Joe knew the two officers would never admit that they were too tired to keep going. "Do I make myself clear on that?"
After that day, Jon and Ponch work many extra hours and always went to the Children's Home after work. Jon walked into the back of the building where a few small classrooms had been added on.
As he looked around the room, he thought of the best color for the walls, and he made a mental note to call a friend of his, an electrician who might rewire the house so that the lighting was better. He wrote down a list of the things the rooms needed, then talked to Sue.
"This place needs better light fixtures, a paint job, and some new chalk boards," he said. "We also need to clean the windows inside and out."
Sue smiled, "Well, it looks like that's going to be done today."
Jon turned his head and looked outside. Ponch grinned and gave his partner a thumbs-up as he and Melissa started to wash the windows.
Two weeks later, the classrooms were done. Each room was painted, and the windows had been cleaned. The floors had been mopped and waxed till they shone like new, while each desk and chair had been sanded and re-varnished. The rooms looked like new.
Ponch folded his arms across his chest and smiled. "We did a great job with these rooms, partner! So what should we do next?"
"Lets start on the downstairs rooms next. Then we can do the upstairs bedrooms right after the kids get up," Jon said to Ponch. "That way, they can be aired out before bedtime."
There was no answer, and when Jon looked up in annoyance, he saw that his partner had almost fallen asleep while standing up. Jon shook his head with a grin.
"Ponch. . .hey, Ponch did you hear me?" he laughed as Ponch slowly opened his eyes. "Wake up!"
Jennifer ran into the classroom and went to Ponch with little arms outstretched.
"Ponch. please paint my room next...please?"
Ponch slowly picked up Jennifer "OK, Hon, we'll paint the girls' rooms next. Now did you and the other girls decide what color you want?"
"Yellow! We want a yellow room," Jennifer said.
She put her hand in the pocket of Ponch's shirt. But when he saw her disappointed expression, he realized that he had forgotten the usual treat.
"No candy," little Jennifer said sadly in a soft, sweet voice. Ponch winced.
"I'll have some candy tomorrow when I come back, OK, sweetheart?" Ponch set the small child down. He looked over at Jon and rolled his eyes. "Maybe we could start on the bedrooms next?"
Jon laughed and shook his head. "You're such a pushover, Ponch!"
At that moment Jeff walked into the room. He stood in front of Jon and smiled hopefully.
"Mr. Baker, could you paint the boys' bedroom soon?" Jeff asked, then waited for an answer from Jon. "We'd really like it painted blue."
"OK, Jeff, we can do the upstairs bedrooms this week," Jon looked at Ponch and winked. "At least I don't have to bring in candy."
In the following weeks, Jon and Ponch worked all day at Central and put in as much overtime as they could. After their shift was over, they went to the Children's Home and spent the rest of the day painting.
Several weeks later, Joe walked by the break room, only to find two of his officers asleep. He stepped inside, then cleared his throat loudly to wake the sleeping officers.
"All right, you two -- as of today, your overtime is finished," he said. "In the last few weeks, your activity has been down. And right now, both of you look as if you could fell asleep in the middle of the freeway. During rush hour!"
Jon started to ask for a second chance from Joe, even though he knew that it was probably hopeless. But at that moment, Bear, Grossie and Bonnie walked into the break room.
"If you two would ever tell us what you're doing, maybe we could help you," Bear said as he sat down beside Ponch.
Ponch shook his head, and when he spoke, his voice was full of exhaustion. "We're trying to fix up the Children's Home where Melissa and Sue work. It needed painting. It still needs new carpet, and the kids could use a playground."
"Ponch and I wanted to give the kids a great Christmas," Jon added. "After all, they have so little."
Ponch looked around the room at his fellow officers and saw their questioning expressions, but he was too tired to understand why the others seemed upset. "Why are you all looking at us that way? We're doing it for the kids."
Grossie spoke first. "We can understand that. What we can't understand is WHY you two didn't ask us for help! We're your friends, and we would've loved to help the kids, too, if you'd given us a chance."
Bonnie stood with her hands across her chest, tapping her foot on the floor. "Yeah, why didn't you two ask us for help? Instead, you worked yourselves into exhaustion!"
She paused, then added with a playful smile, "Or maybe we're not your friends any more?"
Jon slowly walked over to Bonnie and gave her a hug. " Yes, you're all our friends. So, if you're still interested, want to go with us tonight?"
"Frank, you said they needed some new carpet," Joe was deep in thought. "I think I can help there. My wife's brother lays carpet, and he might know where we can get some cheap. He might even be willing to help put it down for us."
That night, Joe, Bear, Grossie, and Bonnie painted and helped to fix the Home up.
Melissa and Sue walked into the living room and found Jon laying on the couch. Ponch was sprawled on the Lazy Boy chair, and little Jennifer was between them on the floor, coloring in the new coloring book that Ponch had just given her.
Jennifer held her little finger to her lips and whispered to Melissa, "Shhh. . .they sleeping!"
In a few days, Joe's and Grossie's wives began to make curtains for the windows. Jon's sister sewed matching bedspreads, and soon the Home began to look cheerful.
On December fifteen, Bear and Grossie walked in as Jon and Ponch were finishing their paper work. Bear smiled shyly as he handed a large manila envelope to Jon.
"Jon, we all got together and gave part of our Christmas bonus for the kids' playground," he said quietly.
Grossie grinned and held out a glass jar that was filled with ten dollar bills. "I asked the dispatchers give their extra change for the playground. Some 'extra change,' huh?"
Ponch took the money from Bear and Grossie, and his voice cracked when he spoke. "Thanks, guys...you're the best! Now, let's go get that playground."
Early on Christmas morning, the officers from Central arrived at the Children's Home. Their arms were loaded down with brightly wrapped gifts and plates of treats.
As he put the presents under the tree, Ponch looked up and saw a large truck pulling into the driveway. "Hey, guys, the playground equipment is here! The truck just pulled in."
After they placed their gifts under the tree, each of the officers then went outside to help with the playground. Within a few hours, the playground was ready for the children to enjoy.
Mary Beth watched from the window as the CHP officers worked. Tears ran down her face as she thought about everything that they had done for the children.
She looked up at Melissa and Sue. "We need to get the children to do something special for the guys. They've already given us so much help, and now they're here with us instead of being home with their own families. We need to think of a way to show them our thanks."
One by one, the officers came back inside. At that moment, ten young children ran into the room...then suddenly came to a stop. There, by the large tree, stood the friends they had come to know and love. Under the tree were many gifts.
"OK, kids, let's all sit down, and Ponch and Jon will give you your gifts," Mary Beth said.
The children obeyed with whispers and giggles. Jon handed Jeff his presents, then laughed when Jeff yelled happily, "Look, I got a fireman's hat and a fire truck, just like I wanted!"
Jeff held up his precious gifts for all to see, and there were "Ooohs and ahhs" of admiration. After the others opened their gifts, Ponch gestured at the back yard.
"Santa left one more present for everybody to share," he winked at Melissa and the others. "Take a look outside for yourselves!"
Ten voices chorused, "Can we go out and play?"
The CHP officers followed the children outside and joined in the happy, noisy games. But as he helped Jennifer with the slide, Jon saw Jeff standing in a corner of the playground. The little boy clutched his precious fire truck in his hand, and tears silently streamed down his face.
"Hey, why is my buddy so sad?" Jon knelt down to Jeff's level, then tried to make him laugh. "I'm pretty sure that it's illegal to be sad on Christmas Day. You don't want me to have to write you a citation, do you?"
"I...I want to be a firefighter when I'm grow up. But I can't," Jeff whispered between gasps. "But I can't be one 'cause I'm just an orphan."
"Look, Jeff, that has nothing to do with it," Jon spoke softly, calming the child down with his voice. "You can be any thing you want to be. And you won't be alone all your life, either. Someday, you'll have a wife and a family of your own to make holidays special."
Jon put his hand on Jeff's shoulder, then spoke with quiet authority. "No matter what happens in your life, Jeff, I want you to remember what I'm going to tell you. Never give up on your dreams."
Reassured, Jeff smiled at Jon, then ran to rejoin the others for a game of volleyball. But before he followed the little boy, Jon stood by himself in one corner of the playground for a moment.
He watched the happy children and his laughing fellow officers as they hit the volleyball back and forth to each other. No doubt about it...this had definitely been the best Christmas ever!
Twenty years later:
Jeff shook his head as he surveyed the remains of the old abandoned Children's Home. He stood there for a moment with a fire hose still in his hand, and memories flooded his mind.
"Hey, Jeff, you OK?" Captain Paul Wright asked as he walked into the gutted building.
"Yeah, Cap, I'm OK. I was just remembering. I...well, see, I grew up here."
Just then, another firefighter entered the room with a poster board in his hand. "Hey look what I found! Can you believe it? This survived, even though the rest of the place is trashed."
As Jeff looked at the list of CHP officers, a smile spread across his face. "I remember this. All the kids help make it. We had the officers sign it. They gave us kids a great Christmas that year. They worked hard every day after work and on their days off, just to get this place fixed up for us."
One name in particular seemed to stand out, even in the poorly lit room. And when Jeff spoke again, his voice was barely above a whisper. "Officer Jon Baker. He helped me that day, more than he ever knew. He told me never to give up on my dreams. He made me see I could be a firefighter, even if I was an orphan."
Captain Paul Wright put his hand on Jeff's shoulder and smiled. "Then I'm especially glad Officer Baker talked to you that day. You're one of my best firefighters. And remember, Jeff, you're not an orphan any more. You have a family now."
"I'll remember, Cap," Jeff looked down at the poster board, and his eyes were full of distant memories. "Just like I'll always remember the best Christmas ever and the people who made it happen. The men and women of the CHP."
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Ring in the new year safely
New Year's Eve is upon us, and many will ring in 2007 with parties, champagne and noisemakers. The Bellevue Police Department encourages residents to avoid another seasonal activity – driving under the influence of alcohol
If you plan on celebrating with alcohol Sunday night, plan ahead how you will get home safely. A designated driver, a taxi, calling a sober friend or staying where you are overnight are all preferable to being arrested or worse, causing an injury or fatality on the road. If all else fails, consider not drinking at all.
The rate of violent crime in Bellevue is so low that traffic fatalities are the most common type of untimely death here. Rigid enforcement of the DUI laws reduces both injuries and deaths from wrecks, so Bellevue Police make every effort to remove offenders from the roads before they can cause irreparable damage.
To that end, Bellevue Police will join other police departments around the region in bolstering patrols over the weekend. Additional officers, assigned solely to DUI enforcement, will take to the streets. This task force's efforts pay off, with increased arrests and, therefore, safer streets.
It only takes one short-sighted, bad decision to bring about a lifetime of regret. With freezing weather and sometimes treacherous road conditions, no driver can afford to reduce their reaction time and reflexes by drinking before getting behind the wheel.
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Kelly Ripa proved, once again, that she does blonde best when stepping out at the the Broadway Opening Night Performance of It Shoulda Been You in New York City.
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It happens every summer: You pack your family in the car to head for the beach, or hit the highway to start a vacation, or decide to visit one of the region's many attractions, when OH NO! - orange traffic cones appear on the shoulder, flashing lights warn of construction ahead and you're stuck in a monumental jam.
Unfortunately, the height of travel season coincides with optimal road and bridge repair conditions - yet the aggravating delays always seem like a slap in the face to those who have slogged through the winter, eagerly anticipating a carefree getaway.
Here in southeastern Connecticut, construction projects are angering not just motorists, but merchants and mariners.
Shopkeepers in downtown Mystic are particularly fed up with the ongoing streetscape project on West Main Street on the Groton side of the river, and have implored officials to halt work during the tourist season.
Long delays caused by lane closures have kept customers from visiting Mystic, or made it difficult to find parking places, the merchants complain.
In one of the region's other popular destinations, Niantic, big boat owners are beside themselves because Amtrak says it needs to close the new Niantic River Bridge for 48 hours in July for adjustments.
The good news, at least, is those whose boats require less than 16 feet of vertical clearance won't be affected, but charter fishing vessels will have to stay high and dry when equipment to raise the new span is moved half an inch to accommodate an unanticipated shift.
On Interstate 95, much of the repair work is being done at night, but in virtually every town crews are busy filling in potholes, repaving roads and replacing storm drains, and it's impractical to expect all that work to take place after dark.
We sympathize with all those inconvenienced by construction but remind people that in the end it's necessary. Mystic will be even more attractive once the work is finished. The Niantic Bridge will open and close more efficiently. Cars will hit fewer potholes.
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If you go to New York's Times Square in part to gaze at the never-ending display of over sized billboards featuring lingerie ads, celebrities gleaming down at you, and skinny sullen teenagers hawking perfume, you're in for something different.
Starting today, the FBI will display an enormous billboard in Times Square near the TKTS Booth on 47th Street. The digital board will display a rotating list of New York fugitives as well as the number of an FBI tips hotline. Images of missing children will also be displayed. In addition, the board will take advantage of the number of international tourists by featuring information about criminals from abroad.
The billboard is being provided free of charge by advertiser Clear Channel Outdoor.
The nationwide project was launched in December of 2007. It's now active in 20 cities, and features more than 1,000 billboards across the country, including many on major highways.
Believe it or not, at least 14 criminals have been apprehended through the use of the billboards, including those whose crimes have included money laundering, armed robbery, and kidnapping.
It's hoped that the sheer number of people who pass through the Time Square spot, one of the most crowded corners in the city, will lead to some good tips.
In Albuquerque, NM, a mother and son were driving by a billboard when the mother noticed that the image on the board looked like her son.
It was. She took him into the local police station.
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text: 10 Decaying Giants That Still Guard the Spirit of the Soviet UnionAttila Nagy11/07/13 9:20amFiled to: collectionsocialist realismmuralkazakhstankaraganda362EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink When the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ceased to exist in 1991, propaganda art began to disappear, and once-grand social realist murals, reliefs and all manner of mosaics have dwindled. But in the Republic of Kazakhstan, locals still walk the streets under the watchful eyes of five-story tall cosmonauts, workers, engineers, scientists. Advertisement The Kazakh version of Esquire recently published an amazing set of photos from the country's largest province, Karagandy—an area probably best known as the landing site of Russian spacecraft. According to the article, some of these monumental works are decaying, because they aren't protected by cultural heritage laws.At the same time, some of these murals are still excellent condition—commemorating a now-void vision of a heroic Soviet future. Unity of the working class, a large-scale mosaic on the wall of the House of Unions in the center of Karaganda, the capital of Karagandy Province. Photo: Esquire KazakhstanBattleship Aurora leads the working class, a nice combination of mosaics and bas-relief in Karaganda. Photo: Esquire KazakhstanMerry cosmonauts of the Soviet Union, presumably Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky (members of the Vostok-5 and Vostok-6 joint mission)—a relief on the facade of the administrative center of Karaganda. Photo: Esquire KazakhstanA miner gestures into the future in this mural made of colored glass and ceramic tiles at the entrance of the Dolinskaya mine, in Karaganda. Photo: Esquire KazakhstanA mosaic depicts the harmony of peoples and science in this mural, on the side of the House of Culture in Karkaralinsk. Photo: Esquire KazakhstanA glittering glass mosaic shows a miner in Aktas, Karaganda. Photo: Esquire KazakhstanThis heroic bas-relief sits on the wall of a former water plant in Karaganda. Its sculptor, Yury Hummel, now lives in Germany. Photo: Esquire KazakhstanSeveral years ago, this mosaic of Yuri Gagarin—the Soviet Union's first cosmonaut to enter space—was completely painted over during the restoration of this building, in Karaganda. Photo: Esquire KazakhstanFortunately, this artwork was later recovered and restored. Photo: Wassily/Wikimedia CommonsA red and blue mural decorates the facade of the Stanislavsky Karaganda State Russian Drama Theatre. Photo: Wassily/Wikimedia CommonsBuilders of the future: These mosaics on the wall of the House of the Unions and the Tsentrkaznedra building in Karaganda are still in excellent condition. Photo: dcwpughReply36 repliesLeave a reply


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State officials have given the green light to the University of Rochester Medical Center's application for a Brockport ambulatory surgery center, URMC officials said Thursday.
A state Department of Health's Public Health and Health Planning Council vote approving the surgical center leaves some details to be worked out with the department. A date for the ambulatory center's opening is at least several months away, said Betsy Slavinskas, UR Medicine director of ambulatory care.
Planned at the Strong West urgent care facility, the surgical center has been on hold while state officials weighed whether to let the university convert the urgent care facility—opened last summer, under Strong Memorial Hospital's license, in the former Lakeside Memorial Hospital building on West Avenue—to a freestanding emergency department.
The freestanding ED application was split from the surgery center request and is under separate consideration by the state. The concept of an ED not directly connected to a hospital building is relatively new and state officials are taking time to consider all the ramifications, Slavinskas said.
The surgical center will use the former hospital's operating rooms as surgery sites, but further modifications to the former hospital building would be needed before the center can open.
State officials are reviewing plans for those modifications, which would add an undetermined amount to the surgery center's originally projected $1.9 million cost, Slavinskas said. UR Medicine's expects to start work on the project in April.
Unlike the Strong West urgent care facility, which is open seven days a week from noon to 8 p.m., the freestanding ED would offer care 24 hours a day, she said. It also would treat a wider variety of conditions and accommodate patients for short-term, observation stays.
The observation stays would be shorter than observation stays in hospital EDs, however, Slavinskas said. Patients under observation in the freestanding ED likely would stay only as long as needed before being transferred to a hospital—as rule less than 24 hours and in many cases for no more than a few hours.
If the Brockport facility is converted to a freestanding ED, it would no longer function as an urgent care center, Slavinskas said.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Chicago Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley has been charged with abusing his estranged wife and faces up to 13 years in jail if convicted.
Los Angeles city prosecutors charged Bradley on Thursday with 13 misdemeanor counts, including assault with a deadly weapon.
Prosecutors contend he threatened and assaulted his wife at least five times in 2011 and last year. Bradley remains free pending a scheduled Jan. 24 arraignment.
Bradley's attorney, Harland Braun, says his client denies the charges and contends that his wife made up the allegations.
The couple, who have two children, are separated and in the middle of a contentious divorce.
Bradley played 11 years with several teams. He's been a free agent since the Seattle Mariners released him in 2011.
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As America celebrates her 238th birthday bash, and fireworks light up the sky, fun foods will certainly be on the menu. This red, white and blue day calls for a dessert that shows off those colors. Serve a dazzling dessert that incorporates our patriotic colors. Make a 4th of July Poke Cake.
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text: All about the revival of Merce's landmark 1983 "Roaratorio." We begin with a section of Merce himself discussing revivals. Guests include stager Patricia Lent; designer Mark Lancaster; and Neil Greenberg, who danced in the original, and saw the revival's premiere. See archival film of Merce and the original cast; archival photos of composer John Cage and the Irish musicians who joined him in performance. Finally see excerpts of the revival premiere filmed by the Mondays with Merce team at the Los Angeles Music Center's Disney Hall; Frank Gehry, architect.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A deciduous tree (Oxydendrum arboreum) of the eastern United States, having drooping terminal panicles of small, white, urn-shaped flowers. Also called sorrel tree.
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- n. A North American deciduous shrubby tree, of the genus Oxydendrum, having deep fissures in its bark, and sour tasting leaves
- n. An Australian tree, of the genus Hibiscus; the sorrel tree
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- n. The sorrel tree.
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- n. See Oxydendrum.
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- n. deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves
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Beekeeper-the sourwood is my favorite is there more where that came from?????
Nor are those who have a "sweet tooth" forgotten, for on the west side of the French Broad river, where the sourwood is the thickest and the wild flowers most varied and luxuriant, an apiary has been placed.
"The things they left out were trash trees like the sourwood, which is never going to be a straight, beautiful tree."
The sourwood honey crop is often affected by rain and gloomy weather.
The sourwood and blackberry are flavors new to me and likely the best I ever tasted.
He did tell me today the sourwood and blackberry is all gone but he still has a good supply of some of the other flavors.
Tonight with dinner I had 2 big cat head biscuits buttered with a large amount of Beekeeper's honey.
I plan to take all the sourwood and blackberry he has left for immediate disposal.
Tonight with dinner I had 2 big cat head biscuits buttered with a large amount of Beekeeper's honey.
"Some of the people who think they've been buying sourwood all these years have actually been buying corn syrup, and they have no idea what they're missing," Ambrose said.
"You can go to roadside stands throughout the western part of the state and they'll try to sell you Karo syrup and swear it's sourwood honey," said Charles Heatherly, a North Carolina beekeeper.
That is one of my favorite paths, there is a shady spot under the nearby sourwood tree where I can stand or sit and contemplate.


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text: Chicago's Marty Turco Uses Bench Time To Place Bets With Fans, Write "Turco Rules!" On $5 BillsEmma Carmichael4/06/11 12:15pmFiled to: BetsMarty TurcoChicago BlackhawksMontreal CanadiensHabsNhlHockeyPatrick Kanepk subban34EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Marty Turco signed a one-year contract with Chicago last summer and expected to start in net for the Blackhawks. But for much of the season, he's served as Corey Crawford's back-up and has gotten well-acquainted with the pine. He hasn't started a game since Feb. 11. So Turco's now looking for new sources of entertainment from the sideline, and on Tuesday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal, he actually accepted a casual bet from a Canadiens fan. How nice and totally benign! Until, of course, the NHL inevitably rains on this perfectly harmless parade. Robert, a Montreal season-ticket holder, called into Team 990's Game Points to tell his story. With his Habs up 1-0 in the first period, he leaned over to the Chicago bench and told Turco he'd wager that the Blackhawks wouldn't score again in the game. When Half-Man-Half-Alcohol Patrick Kane tied it up, Robert scribbled "Habs Rule!" on a $5 bill and handed it over. The two carried the bet throughout the game: double-or-nothing in the second, triple-or-nothing in the third, and in OT, Turco accepted "5-to-1 odds that the Canadiens would win the game." When Montreal's P.K. Subban ended the game in overtime, Turco handed over the cash and Robert's original bill — with an edited note. The Sun-Times points out that the NHL set a bit of a precedent for this kind of incident back in January, when it fined Ron Wilson for offering his players a cash reward for a game-winning goal. But this is wholly harmless. This is an idling veteran bored enough on the bench to joke with a fan. Advertisement Advertisement And with enough of a sense of humor to write that he, veteran back-up, still "rules."UPDATE: From TSN's Darren Dreger: "There was no 'wad of $5 bills' exchanged between Turco and a fan last night. Turco says he gave back the original $5. Good, clean fun..." (H/T Mike)Bill photo via Puck Daddy, Turco photo via @MoeKhan19.Reply34 repliesLeave a reply


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Nutritional Therapy For Diabetic Retinopathy?
How eating right can help you keep your eyesight.
By A.Paul Chous, MA, OD, FAAO
Diabetic retinopathy, damage to the smallest blood vessels lining the light sensitive film at the back inside wall of the eye, is the leading cause of severe vision loss and blindness in Americans of working age. Both the landmark Diabetes Complications and Control Trial (DCCT) and the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) demonstrated that tighter control of blood sugar significantly reduces the chances of developing or worsening diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, respectively. The UKPDS also demonstrated that tighter control of any high blood pressure greatly reduces the risk of vision loss in patients with type 2 diabetes. Even with tighter control of blood glucose and blood pressure, however, many patients still lose vision to diabetic retinopathy.
Although laser treatment of severe diabetic retinopathy has been proven to greatly lower the risk of severe vision loss, much attention is now focused on preventing and minimizing this common diabetes complication with drugs that are used to treat other medical conditions, including blood pressure medicines like the so-called angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), statin drugs that lower cholesterol (e.g. Lipitor), diabetes drugs like rosiglitazone (Avandia) and various nutritional supplements (e.g., benfotiamine, curcumin and pine bark extract). It is interesting to note, however, that relatively little attention with respect to diabetic eye disease has been paid to the one substance every single person with diabetes ingests — food. In my view, this is a major mistake because day to day dietary choices may dramatically impact our health, including the health of our eyes.
A recent paper appearing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, for instance, showed that non-diabetic patients with age-related macular degeneration (the leading cause of severe vision loss in the U.S.) were much more likely to have severe vision loss if they consumed diets having a high overall glycemic index, that is, diets containing higher amounts of refined carbohydrates that are converted rapidly by the body into glucose. Although use of the glycemic index in diabetes care is somewhat controversial for a number of valid reasons, it is interesting to note that high glycemic-index foods like potatoes, white bread, and rice are known to simultaneously raise blood glucose levels and levels of inflammation in body tissues — and that presence of inflammatory proteins within the retina is one of the first and most consistent features of both diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.
Perhaps more to the point is a post hoc nutritional analysis of DCCT patients showing that the rate at which diabetic retinopathy worsens was directly correlated with total calories consumed, the total amount of fat consumed (especially saturated fats and monounsaturated fats), lower intake of dietary fiber, and cigarette smoking. The positive correlation of saturated and monounsaturated fat, and the negative association of dietary fiber with retinopathy progression and other well established retinopathy risk factors (like high blood pressure and glycosylated hemoglobin) in this study suggest but do not prove that animal-based food products promote retinopathy much more than plant-based products. Animal products are high in saturated and monounsaturated fat, and have no dietary fiber.
So what should we eat to avoid vision loss from diabetes? My recommendation is to eat an anti-inflammatory diet that emphasizes low glycemic-index vegetables, nuts and whole grains, with a minimum of 25 grams of dietary fiber daily. There is much evidence that this so-called 'Mediterranean Diet' aids in weight loss and maintenance, prevents atherosclerosis and heart disease, and helps stabilize blood glucose levels – so it is very well-suited for patients with diabetes. Avoiding foods containing refined carbohydrate, high amounts of (especially animal) fat, and limiting total calories consumed will not only reduce the risk of severe retinopathy, but other small and large blood vessel complications of diabetes. Finally, please remember to do whatever it takes to stop smoking cigarettes and talk with your eye care specialist about dietary choices that promote healthy eyes and good vision.
For more information on diabetic eye disease, consult Dr. Chous' book Diabetic Eye Disease: Lessons From a Diabetic Eye Doctor, Fairwood Press, Seattle, 2003.
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NOTE: The information is not intended to be a replacement or substitute for consultation with a qualified medical professional or for professional medical advice related to diabetes or another medical condition. Please contact your physician or medical professional with any questions and concerns about your medical condition.
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CSIR - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology , Palampur. Ultimate destination for research on bioresources
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MoU signed with State Medicinal Plant Board (SMPB), Shimla, H.P.
CSIR-IHBT, Palampur signed MoU with State Medicinal Plant Board (SMPB), Shimla, H.P. on 28th February, 2017 for establishment of high altitude rare and endangered medicinal plants nursery at Centre of High Altitude Biology (CeHAB) of CSIR-IHBT in Lahaul valley of district Lahaul- Spiti.
Dr. Upendra Sharma,Scientist got first prize at 4th International Congress of the Society of Ethanopharmacology
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Dr. Upendra Sharma,Scientist got first prize at 4th International Congress of the Society of Ethanopharmacology
closeFirst prize awarded to Dr. Upendra Sharma, Scientist in Oral presentation at 4th International Congress of the Society of Ethanopharmacology held at UKA Tarsadia University, Surat, Gujrat during February 23-25, 2017 for his talk entitled "Efforts Towards Characterization of Bioactive Molecules from Medicinal Plants."
Expression of Interest (EOI)
closeCSIR-IHBT invites Expression of Interest (EOI) for following technologies :
- Technology for Preparation of Ready to Serve Instant Teas
- Technology for Preparation of Tea Wine
- Evaluation of Socio-economic Impact of technologies developed by CSIR-IHBT
- Technology for Preparation of Herbal Teas
- Technology for commercial production of Value Added Buckwheat Products
- Technology for commercial production of ready-to-eat Crispy Fruits
- Technology for commercial production of ready-to-eat ethnic food especially Kangra Dham (Rajma ka Madra,Taliye Dal,Khatta Chana,Raita(Mithri) etc.
CSIR Technofest bags Gold Medal Award at Trade Fair
CSIR Technofest bags Gold Medal Award at Trade Fair
The pavilion of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)'s adjudged First (Gold Medal) for excellence in display in the category, 'Ministries & Departments' at the 36th India International Trade Fair (IITF)
The Gold medal was presented by the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) Chairman, Mr. L.C. Mittal.1. Also, CSIR-800: Societal Interventions received CSIR Platinum Award and Generics & Healthcare bagged CSIR Gold Award. CSIR-IHBT actively participated in both the sections.
Dr.Girish Sahni, Director General, CSIR said: "Getting recognized for what CSIR is doing is indeed exciting. Everything happened because of the hard work put in by the entire CSIR family. The outcome of the last 75 year journey of the organization was on display and people liked it. We tried to portray our technologies in an aesthetically appealing way and we succeeded, as we stood first. This will boost us to continue the good work in the future."
Talking about the mission and vision of CSIR, he added: "A number of projects are in the pipeline to take our mission projects further. More than 10 projects are being undertaken, including menthol mint production, enabling leather industry and new improved high-yield crop varieties for farmers which will increase their incomes."
After receiving the award, Dr. Daljit Singh Bedi, Head USD and Coordinator of CSIR Platinum Jubilee Technofest expressed satisfaction, saying it was the most appropriate recognition of the teamwork of CSIR, depicting its contribution to the nation in its journey of more than seven decades in the most effective manner."
The Technofest kicked-off on November 14 and each day was dedicated to different themes on various technologies, innovation and products developed by the CSIR laboratories. A total of 14 theme-based pavilions were set up in the Technofest. Beginning with the theme of 'Aerospace & Strategic sector', the event witnessed other theme-based activities focusing on 'Generics & Healthcare', 'Engineering & Infrastructure', 'Energy' and 'Leather', Mining, Minerals & Materials, Chemicals & Petrochemicals, 'Ecology & Environment', 'Water', 'Agriculture & Floriculture', 'Food & Nutrition', 'CSIR for Societal Interventions', CSIR 800 and IP and Entrepreneurship.
CSIR, with its motto of 'Touching Lives', is leaving a remarkable imprint upon its technology partners and technology users
CSIR Pavilion won Gold Medal in the Ministries and Department categories at India International Trade Fair ITF 2016.
Visit of Dr. Harsh Vardhan
closeVisit of Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon'ble Union Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Vice President, CSIR
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon'ble Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Science, and Vice President of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) visited CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology located at Palampur in Himachal Pradesh on 18 October, 2016. Hon'ble Minister was shown the major research facilities and was briefed on the scientific, societal and industrial achievements of the institute. Director apprised the Hon'ble Minister of the recent transfer of technologies/consultancies to various entrepreneurs and industrial partners. Hon'ble minister was also apprised of signing of MoU for transfer of tea wine technology to representatives of tea industry at Mozambique.
The Hon'ble minister inaugurated Pilot Plant facility for nutraceuticals, Academy & Technology Extension Block and Hydroponic & Aeroponic facility. Having visited the research laboratories and field facilities of the Institute, the Hon'ble Minister's interacted with scientists and students of the Institute. Later he also interacted with large number of entrepreneurs and farmers, who had taken technologies, advice, and consultancies from the institute in the area of floriculture, tea, medicinal and aromatic plants, food, sweeteners, and enzymes. He appreciated the efforts of entrepreneurs and farmers for adopting the lab technologies. The Hon'ble minister drew attention of the local entrepreneurs to develop industries around local bioresources of high commercial values. Since land holding size in Himachal Pradesh is small, farmers could form societies and approach the institute for technical knowhow, improved cultivars. Information technology should be used for marketing of their produce.
He highlighted that wide climatic diversity in Himalayan region offers unique opportunities to develop range of products and technologies such as low calorie sweeteners, enzymes and microbial based products of societal and industrial significance. He advised that adoption of green technology should be preferred as far as possible. Application of nanotechnology for enhancing efficacy of bioactive compound and metabolites for effective utilization should be rewarding. He noted that the Himalayan region has a vast bamboo resource which should be exploited for the development of various industrial products such as wooden board, textile yarn, activated charcoal and other industrial products.
Observing that Himalayas are highly suitable for cultivation of high value medicinal, aromatic and other crops of commerce, he suggested that the institute should develop a network of entrepreneurs for cultivation, processing and marketing of the produce in an organized manner. It will not only address the issue of increasing menace due to rising populations of monkeys, wild boar and ungulates in Himachal Pradesh, but will provide higher returns to the farmers as well. Promotion of wild marigold, damask rose, valeriana, stevia, violoa, lavender, large cardamom, Artemisia and rosemary by the Institute is a right step in the direction to strengthen farmers' income. Similarly, he appreciated the support given to floriculture growers in terms of improved cultivars and agrotechnology that has boosted their income by about 3 times. For this the institute should ensure supply of quality planting material to the farmers and provide scientific back-up for the success of the industry. Similarly, for tackling the current issues of labour shortage and rising cost of tea production, promotion of tea farm mechanization, and development of value added product from tea viz., high value antioxidant molecules tea catechins, is a welcome step since global market of catechins is expected to grow from current value of 4400 tonnes to market 9200 tonnes by 2020. Similarly, tea based wines and ready-to-serve teas also have global demand. He was happy to note that institute has promoted the ready-to-serve local cuisine 'Kangri Dham' which is preservative free with longer shelf life for wider marketability.
He applauded the institute's initiative to establish a research centre in the high altitude location in Lahaul valley to cater to the technological needs of the natives in cold desert area of the state, and appreciated the development made in promoting floriculture industry, particularly lilium cultivation that achieved an annual turn-over of Rs. 4-5 crores, by a group of 150 farmers. The Hon'ble Minister urged the scientists of the institute to popularize other relevant crops and use of biotechnological tools for conservation of rare, endangered and threatened plants of the Himalaya. He emphasized the need to develop skilled manpower around such technologies for sustainable utilization of bioresources. Scientists should develop novel technologies to prevent post harvest losses of commercial crops.
Hon'ble Minister highlighted the need to develop deep scientific understanding on fundamental research for which young scientists and research scholars need to play a greater role. Bioresources in Himalayas should be used for identification of new bio-molecules of therapeutic importance, and developing crop varieties to withstand increasing biotic and abiotic stressed in face of changing climate conditions. He said that nation has high expectations from young scientists who have to think out of the box to take forward the national missions, and emphasized on addressing the need of mountain communities to evolve into Samarth Bharat-Sashakt Bharat. He reminded the message of our Hon'ble Prime Minister to connect with common people of the country through application of science and develop people centric technology in a time bound manner.
The visit of Hon'ble Minister to the institute was highly motivating to the scholars, scientists and staff, farmers and entrepreneurs.
Hon'ble PM released new varieties
closeHon'ble Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi released new varieties of Calla Lilly (Him Sumukh & Him Sweta) and Gerbera (Him Aabha, Him Apoorva, Him Gaurav, Him Keerti & Him Saumya)
- Internationally gerbera ranks fifth among top ten cut flowers with market trade of 134 million Euros with 570 million flower sticks (2012). US and China are the major producers of Gerbera cut flowers.
- Currently, in India gerbera is cultivated in 2250 acres. Being a three-year crop with 30,000 plant density in an acre, the annual demand of this crop is 23 million plants costing Rs. 57.5crores (price per plant is Rs. 25/-).
- Presently, all the cultivars of gerbera in trade are imported and subsequently mass multiplied through tissue culture.
- CSIR-IHBT is only Institute developing Gerbera varieties.
Varieties Released
- CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur has developed five new varieties of gerbera namely, Him Saumya (light yellow colour), Him Gaurav (pink colour), Him Aabha (yellow orange colour), Him Apoorva (Red bicolour) and Him Keerti (bright yellow colour) through ongoing hybridization and selection programme. The varieties were selected for unique double / semi-double flower shapes and bright colors which find preference among consumers and are as per the requirements of market demand. A controlled hybridization programme was carried out using characterized gerbera parental lines and selecting the promising hybrid genotypes based on morphological and floral attributes. The selections were evaluated for agronomic performance under protected cultivation for two years and found superior to the parents. The varieties have good tissue culture response, nursery performance, vigorous growth and suitable for protected cultivation.
Calla Lily
- Internationally calla lilyhas market trade of 25 million Euros with 63 million flower sticks (2012). New Zealand and US are the major producers.
- Presently the crop is in trial mode as a future floriculture crop and the Institute will be promoting it as a new crop for commercial cut flower production as well as pot culture.
- This floriculture crop is a new introduction and the commercial cultivation of this crop is yet to commence in India. Some of the tissue culture firms have imported the planting material of calla lilies for conducting demonstration trials in India for establishing market and consumer demand.
Varieties Released
- The Institute has also developed two varieties of Calla lilies, Him Sumukh (yellow colour) and Him Shweta (white colour) which are very attractive because of their exotic blooms and glossy foliage. Calla lilies are new introduction as floriculture crop and have potential both as a cut flower as well as flowering pot plant.
Visit of Sh. R.S Tlau, Hon'ble MP
closeVisit of Sh. Ronald Sapa Tlau, Hon'ble MP, Rajya Sabha (August 14-18, 2015)
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International Yoga Day
closeInstitute celebrated International Yoga Day (21-June-16)
CSIR-IHBT celebrated the International Yoga Day with great enthusiasm. A yoga expert, Ms. Ruchika Chauhan from Himalayan Research Institute for Yoga and Naturopathy (KAYAKALP) Palampur was invited as the resource person. She briefly highlighted the benefits of yoga in context to the present day life style. Thereafter, she held a practical session of one and half hour and demonstrated various asanas, wherein staff and students participated. She also addressed to several queries raised by the participants. Everybody felt relaxed and energetic after the session. The programme was organised in the conference hall and telecasted live in the lobby and corridor for greater participation.
closeTraining programme organized on "cultivation of medicinal and aromatic crops" at high altitude (Lahaul)
Call of Proposals
closeInvitation for proposals from MSEs/Innovators for working in the CRTDH established at CSIR-IHBT, Palampur


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C&G Studio Lana Chun The Cupcake Land
Lovelies, you're gonna want to sit down for this one…it's the sweetest, most thoughtful, most creative proposal I've ever seen, and Minnow Park was there to capture every perfect moment. This future groom pulled out all the stops when popping the question to his misses by setting up a makeshift art gallery filled with personal Polaroids and custom art work representing them as a couple. After all was said and done, the stunning sparkler was simply the icing on the (cup)cake! If you haven't had your fill of engagement heaven, you're in luck – love is overflowing in the full gallery!
Think you couldn't possibly cry one more tear over all of that overwhelming sweetness? Think again. Check out the amazing video of the proposal shot by über talented Fred Lee.
Click here for the FULL Gallery!
From the Bride: I thought I was joining a small group of friends for a day of painting at our friend's studio space in Brooklyn. When we arrived at the studio, I opened the door and immediately saw a vase full of paintbrushes and a beautiful display of photos hanging by clothespins (later I learned these were album cover photos of every concert we've been to together), lit candles in flower petals and bouquets of flowers including dried arrangements and hydrangea in mason jars. I was instantly cooing at the creative and welcoming set up our friend had arranged for our painting session, but as I opened the door all the way and stepped inside the room expecting to see a handful of friends, I was greeted by the clicking away of a photographer and a videographer.
My ears registered that Temper Trap's 'Sweet Disposition' was playing in the background and I looked around the room to see a wall of poster sized photos of Dave and me along with various pieces of artwork including paintings and dried flower petals on canvas. The room was filled with oversized vases of outstretching cherry blossom branches, flowering quince, willow, jars and metal buckets filled with bouquets of lavender, hydrangea, yarrow, artemisia, on the floor and propped on wooden ladders. Varying sized candles were lit around the room and the lighting was romantic with hanging orbed lights. The middle of the room was divided by a fantastic mobile of hanging polaroids of photos of us. There were old Google chat conversation snippets printed on foam board all around the room reminding us of early chats we had online when we were first getting to know each other. Dave took me around the room 'curating' everything there. One wall represented the 'Seasons of Love' with pictures and paintings depicting Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer.
The other side of the room had a large beautiful canvas painting hanging on the wall. Our artist friend Lana Chun, the one who was hosting this 'painting day,' created customized paintings for us all over the room. The main piece features a masculine feather-like shape and a smaller feminine and playful complimentary shape that represents us. The painting hung over a dessert table with a bouquet of hydrangea, bucket full of champagne, tiers of cupcakes and cookies.
We sat down on two chairs and the lights were lowered and a video started that was a montage of pictures of us. Towards the end of the video, there was a list of the many dozens of nicknames Dave has for me and led to the next name he'd like to call me 'his wife'. He was then down on his knee next to me proposing and trying to put the ring on my right hand! After giving him my left hand and lots of crying and hugging, he handed me a small metal pail filled with letters in envelopes. The first couple letters were written individually in unique cards by my parents, siblings and 95 year old grandmother all living in California. The rest of the letters were titled by each of my nicknames from Dave and inside was a cute, humorous and sentimental note about the origin of the nickname and the context in which he likes to call me that name.
Dave set up a video chat for my family to join us, virtually, all over the country from California to New Jersey, I was able to greet all those who couldn't be there with us. Shortly after, a group of our friends and family came in and they had been hiding downstairs during the proposal. We popped the champagne and dug into the desserts and danced away to the playlist Dave put together of all of our favorite songs, including our song 'You're My Best Friend' by Queen.
Location: C&G Studio / Artist/Illustrator: Lana Chun / Photographer: Minnow Park / Videographer: Fred Lee / Dessert: The Cupcake Land


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HARVARD– The Harvard football team's punishing drives were too muchfor Marengo in their 35-13 Big Northern Conference East Division victory.
The Hornets (5-0 overall, 2-0 BNC East) captured their 12th straight win in McHenry County's oldest rivalry, dropping the Indians (0-5, 0-2) to their 13th consecutive loss.
Harvard's offensive line of Dakota Trebes, Adam Freimund, KylePeterson, Juan Carbajal and Anthony Milanko helped pave the way for307 yards on the ground, and three scoring drives of more than 10 plays.
"It's the best feeling," Trebes said of blocking on the long drives."It's just hard work. We come off the ball and we're very consistent.It's very blue-collar."
Fullback Jose Mejia scored three rushing touchdowns to go with 125yards on 27 carries, with Ben Platt adding 148 yards on 12 carries anda touchdown.
"It's a team effort," Mejia said. "I feel like we can do a lot withthe line blocking that way."
Tailback Christian Kramer made his return to the Hornets' backfieldafter missing last week's game with a shoulder injury. Kramer only hadthree carries for nine yards, but did his damage on the Hornets' firstscoring drive of the game.
Kramer converted a fourth-and-two, and seven plays later punched it infrom two yards out. The touchdown ended a 15-play drive where theHornets converted a fourth down and two third downs. The Hornetsstarted the second half by putting together a 13-play, 75-yard scoringdrive with Mejia rushing seven times and Platt adding five rushes toend with Mejia scoring from two yards out.
Harvard coach Tim Haak said the plan was to get Kramer a few carries this game.
"He's getting better every day," Haak said.
The Indians were held to only 43 yards on the ground, but foundsuccess in the air. Marengo quarterback Zach Knoblock went 14 for 18 for189 yards and two touchdowns and an interception.
"He did a real nice job stepping up, staying composed and being in themoment," Indians coach Matt Lynch said.
Marengo answered Harvard's first score with a five-play scoring drivethat ended with Knoblock finding wide reciever Dustin Rondorf on aplay-action rollout for a nine-yard touchdown pass. Knoblock added a46-yard touchdown to Jarrell Jackson in the third quarter afterHarvard put 21 straight points on the board.
Jackson finished with 42 rushing yards on 12 attempts with six receptions for 70 yards. Rondorf added 81 yards on four receptions.
Harvard answered both of the Indians scores with touchdowns. TheHornets had a 10-play, 85-yard drive, featuring a 38-yard reception byJustin Nolen, that ended in Mejia's first touchdown. Nolen had 68 yardson four receptions. After the long pass to Jackson for the Indians,Harvard went 10 plays and 67 yards for Platt to score.