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UK-India joint observational campaign to study monsoon variability
Dr Harsh Vardhan and Dr Alexander Evans boarded the UK's Atmospheric Research Aircraft to study monsoon variability in Lucknow.
The Indian Minister for Science, Technology and Earth Sciences Dr Harsh Vardhan commended the growing UK-India research partnership, as he participated in the UK-India observational campaign to study monsoon variability in Lucknow on 11 July 2016.
Dr Harsh Vardhan boarded the UK's Atmospheric Research Aircraft at Lucknow airport, to understand how the UK and Indian scientists have teamed up to use this state-of-art aircraft through a large-scale observational campaign in India, to gather data that will improve understanding of the physical processes of the South Asian monsoon and their improved representation in weather and climate models.
This campaign is part of the UK-India research programme on the Drivers of Variability on the South Asian Monsoon, a collaboration between the Earth System Science Organization (ESSO) of the Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and the UK's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the UK Met Office.
This aircraft is managed by the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) which is a collaborative operation between NERC and UK Met Office.
This is one of the most ambitious campaigns started in May 2016 for a period of two months and for the first time this research aircraft has undertaken a flight in India. Some of the early outcomes of this flying campaign include:
- seasonal survey of the monsoon regimes in northern India
- surveys of the monsoon winds associated with Western Ghats rainfall and the southeast Indian 'rain shadow'
- analysis of land-atmosphere interaction over a variety of climatic zones in India
- analysis of air-sea interaction in the Bay of Bengal
- pollution interactions with the monsoon
- assessing air quality over regional scales
The project has received combined funding from NERC (£3.5 million), Newton Fund (£1.5 million), and UK's Met Office (£0.7 million) with matched resources from MoES.
This research programme complements the National Monsoon Mission program launched by MoES in 2012 with an aim to improve monsoon prediction at all temporal and spatial scales through joint efforts of national and international scientific communities.
Dr Alexander Evans, British Deputy High Commissioner, India; Dr Madhavan Nair Rajeevan, Secretary MoES; officials from Research Councils UK India and researchers from the UK and India, accompanied the minister.
Dr Harsh Vardhan and Dr Alexander Evans along with officials addressed a joint press conference sharing their experience on board the research plane and the data being gathered. Dr Harsh Vardhan said that the UK and India share a strong research collaboration and it is growing from strength to strength. This large scale observational campaign involving the UK's research aircraft and India's Sindhu Sadhna research ship are identifying new methods to understand monsoon and its predictability.
Dr Alexander Evans, British Deputy High Commissioner, India said:
The Monsoon is crucial to people across India and South Asia – and so is understanding how it functions and varies. This vital joint research initiative shows India and the UK working together to improve scientific understanding through our growing research collaboration. I am very grateful to the Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, for his commitment and support, and look forward to the Tech Summit in November 2016 which will further deepen UK-India cooperation.
RCUK India has facilitated a very strong collaboration between ESSO-MoES and the NERC over the last 5 years. Under this thriving partnerhip, several other major research programmes have taken place, such as: Changing Water Cycle; Atmospheric Pollution and Human Health in an Indian Megacity; Sustaining Water Resources for Food, Energy and Ecosystem Services and UK-India Joint Centre on Water Security.
Further information
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC): NERC is the UK's main agency for funding and managing research, training and knowledge exchange in the environmental sciences. Our work covers the full range of atmospheric, Earth, biological, terrestrial and aquatic science, from the deep oceans to the upper atmosphere and from the poles to the equator. NERC co-ordinates some of the world's most exciting research projects, tackling major issues such as climate change, environmental influences on human health, the genetic make-up of life on Earth, and much more. NERC is a non-departmental public body and receives around £370m of annual funding from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
Earth System Science Organization (ESSO) - Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES): ESSO-MoES is mandated to provide the nation with best possible services in forecasting the monsoons and other weather/climate parameters, ocean state, earthquakes, tsunamis and other phenomena related to earth systems through well integrated programmes. The ministry also deals with science and technology for exploration and exploitation of ocean resources (living and non-living), and play nodal role for Antarctic/Arctic and Southern Ocean research. The ministry's mandate is to look after atmospheric sciences, ocean science and technology and seismology in an integrated manner.
Research Councils UK (RCUK) India: RCUK India, launched in 2008, brings together the best researchers in the UK and India through high-quality, high-impact research partnerships. RCUK India, based at the British High Commission in New Delhi, has facilitated co-funded initiatives between the UK, India and third parties that have grown to over to £200 million. The research collaborations are often closely linked with UK and Indian industry partners, with more than 90 partners involved in the research. RCUK India is actively involved in co-funded research activities with seven major Indian research funders on a wide array of research themes addressing global challenges such as energy, climate change, social scineces, health care and life sciences.
Drivers of Variability in the South Asian Monsoon: This joint effort is part of the implementation agreement signed between MoES and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK on 'Predicting the Variability of the South Asian Monsoon' under the existing memorandum of understanding (MoU) between MoES and UK on Collaboration in Earth System Science. Three research projects involving the Indian and UK scientists will study different aspects of physical processes affecting the monsoon. These projects are:
South West Asian Aerosol Monsoon Interactions: Dr S. Suresh Babu (Indian Space Research Organisation) and Prof. Hugh Coe (University of Manchester)
Monsoon dynamics and thermodynamics from the land surface, through convection to the continental-scale: Prof. G. S. Bhat (Indian Institute of Science) and Dr Andrew Turner (University of Reading)
Impact of ocean-atmosphere processes in the Bay of Bengal on the South Asian monsoon: Prof P. N. Vinayachandran (Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences) and Adrian Matthews (University of East Angelia)
Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM): FAAM is the result of a collaboration between the Met Office and the Natural Environment Research Council and has been established as part of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) to provide an aircraft measurement platform for use by the UK atmospheric research community on campaigns throughout the world.
Newton Fund: The Newton Fund is an initiative intended to strengthen research and innovation partnerships between the UK and emerging knowledge economies.
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Tell Me a Story: Sharing Stories to Enrich Your Child's WorldBy: Elaine Reese (author)Hardback
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DescriptionContemporary research shows that parents who tell and read stories in a rich and responsive way have children with advanced language, memory, and emotional development. Many parents and educators have relied on reading books out loud to children as a way to strengthen their literacy skills, but what they may not know is that family storytelling may be just as important for children's development as reading books. In Tell Me a Story Dr. Elaine Reese explains how storytelling is valuable for children's language, emotional development, coping, self-concept, and sense of belonging. Based on solid research evidence collected over the last two decades, this book shows parents how to maximize these benefits with storytelling techniques that work with children of all ages, from toddlers to teens, and all kinds of children, including children with ADHD, difficult temperaments, and language delays. Reese identifies the most effective ways for strengthening children's language, cognitive, and coping skills and addresses the following questions: How can parents tell stories that matter to children and adolescents? How is storytelling with daughters different than storytelling with sons? How can parents and grandparents share stories that teenagers will want to hear? Why is it a good idea to tell children stories in addition to reading them stories from a book? Parents and grandparents will enjoy Reese's narrative excerpts and storytelling tips and be eager to apply their newfound skills to promote their children's and grandchildren's development and enhance their time together.
About AuthorElaine Reese, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. She received her PhD from Emory University and has over 20 years of teaching experience. Dr. Reese is Editor of the Journal of Cognition and Development and also leads the Education Domain of the longitudinal birth cohort study of over 6,500 New Zealand families, Growing Up in New Zealand.
Contents1. What is Story Sharing? ; 2. Sharing Stories with Your Toddler: Ages 1 - 3 ; 3. Sharing Stories with Your Preschooler: Ages 3 - 5 ; 4. Sharing Stories with Your School-Aged Child: Ages 5 - 8 ; 5. Sharing Stories with Your Preteen: Ages 8 - 12 ; 6. Sharing Stories with Your Adolescent: Ages 12 - 18 ; 7. All Kinds of Children, All Kinds of Families ; 8. Practical Tips for Sharing Lasting Stories ; 9. The End of the Stories?
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ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 29, 2016)–A close fourth with a troubled early trip in her most recent start, English-bred Miss Sugars added blinkers and was up to win Thursday's $75,000 Blue Norther Stakes at Santa Anita by a head under Tyler Baze as she stopped the clock for one mile on turf in 1:36.24.
Trained by Jeff Mullins, Miss Sugars was closer to the early pace with the equipment change and was three-wide turning for home while third behind pacesetter Princess Roi, who dug in tenaciously to finish second in a three-way photo for the win.
"In England, they don't have anybody with them in the gate and since this is only her third start here, they load me and then we're on our own," said Baze. "She broke great today and the trip we got worked out just the way we wanted it to. We were up closer and able to save ground early and around the far turn I took a look back and just decided to let her kick before the others did.
"She tries really hard and Jeff's been a big part of my career. It's great to end up the year winning a race like this for him."
Off at 6-1 in a field of 10 juvenile fillies, Miss Sugars paid $14.60, $7.00 and $5.00.
Owned by Red Baron's Barn, LLC and Rancho Temescal, LLC, she improved her record to 8-2-3-1. With the winner's share of $46,800, she increased her earnings to $71,985.
"Well today, we didn't have to go through the steeplechase deal," Mullins said, as he laughingly referred to a weather related obstruction that caused Miss Sugars to lose some ground into the first turn of the Grade III Jimmy Durante Stakes at Del Mar on Nov. 26. "The blinkers helped her lay closer to the pace today and it made Tyler's job a little easier. We'll keep her on the grass."
Ridden by a comebacking Corey Nakatani, Princess Roi was pressured throughout by eventual third place finisher Tap It All, but dug in resolutely at the rail to nab the place by a nose. Off at 15-1, Princess Roi paid $15.00 and $12.00.
"I love this filly," said Nakatani. "We got pressure and for her to fight back like she did, shows her class. I really want to thank Richard (trainer, Baltas) for putting me on her. I've been working horses for him and this was a good opportunity."
Ridden by Mario Gutierrez, Tap It All broke from post position eight and vied for the lead with Princess Roi throughout and just missed winning. Off at 28-1, Tap It All paid $12.00 to show.
Fractions on the race were 23.49, 47.67, 1:12.35 and 1:24.29.
Racing resumes at Santa Anita on Friday, with first post time at 12:30 p.m. Admission gates open at 10:30 a.m.


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Motherhood has changed me in many deep ways .
One of the aspects that has changed the most in me, hand-in-hand with the fierce will to protect our daughter, is an almost fundamentalism when it comes to food.
I've read, I've watched documentaries, I consider myself well-informed. We try to eat healthy food most of the time, but we also love our sugar, our salt, our dairy products, our meat.
We do get organic products whenever possible and we are on a mostly (70%) vegetarian diet. We do not buy pre-cooked or frozen meals and we try to avoid fast food. There is no ketchup in the house (at this moment).
And yet, when it comes to the child I have the tendency to become extreme.
We do not give her products that contain sugar. At some point the health center recommended "baby cookies" but I still refuse to give her those because they contain high fructose syrup. I make all of her food at home, we avoid salt (as her kidneys are still immature and can't process it yet); we do not, except on very rare exceptional situations, get her baby food in pots. I haven't dared to give her ham or other curated meats yet because nitrates are a known carcinogenic factor. She has had some yoghurt and cheese, but in small quantities. I still have trouble getting my head around the new tendencies that say dairy products, and particularly milk, are not the perfect product I was taught (The Harvard school of Public Health and Medical School have excluded dairy products from their daily dietary recommendations). Breaking paradigms is hard.
I know very well I can not protect her from everything, and that very fast she will be exposed to all kinds of risks and dangers. It is life. I can not attempt to keep her pure, perfect and sheltered. And while I have all these strong feelings regarding food, particularly, I sit there with her eating cake while she eats her vegetables, oh the hypocrisy.**
Has motherhood changed you in ways that you did not expect?
**(while at the same time my feeling of self, of who I am, remains intact).
** (I won't be able to do that for long though, because these days she tends to steal whatever it is I am eating. Which I guess is a good thing because she is forcing us to make better choices).


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Category Archives: Games
Pufflescape Trailer
Pufflescape is Club Penguin's latest new game at the Pet Shop and Happy77 uploaded a trailer of the cool new puffle game on Club Penguin's You Tube channel.
So if you haven't played it yet, go check it out now!!
Waddle On!
Yellow Crown
Pufflescape Sneak Peek!
Pufflescape is the upcoming game on the works of construction at the Pet Shop coming on November 5. Yet Club Penguin Help tutorials already released a Pufflescape tutorial days before it is released. Few things about the game is given away though.
It looks like it is basically the same game we tested on the Beta Team with new stuff added, plus you can choose which puffle you'd liek to play with just like in Puffle Launch! 😀
Waddle On!
Club Penguin Card Jitsu Snow coming in November? Card Jitsu Phone app!
Topps already leaked Club Penguin's Card Jitsu Snow coming November 2011! Here's the Collecter's Tin of Card Jitsu Snow coming soon:
The watermark says 'concept' so it might not be official and might change. Check out the poster of Card Jitsu Snow:
I'd like to highlight this from the poster. Take a look again:
Look out for more exciting Club Penguin news in the months ahead including:
- New Card-Jitsu mobile phone app
- Animated shorts on the Disney Channel and much, much more!
Card Jitsu is coming to MOBILE PHONE APP! That means iPhone/iPod Touch for sure but I'm hoping it will come to Android and less likely Ovi Store for Nokia phones! Imagine yourself playing Card Jitsu on your school bus, or maybe waiting in a queue! Awesome right?
I'm also looking forward to the Disney Channel animated shorts!! As soon as they appear on TV and You Tube we'll let you know! 😉
Waddle On!
Yellow Crown
Join the Club Penguin Beta Team to play Rollerscape!
Rememebr when Happy77 posted a video of the Beta Team testing a Rollerscape? Well now you too can join the Beta Team!
Here's how:
Go to the latest Reviewed By You post on the What's New blog, and click on the word Team.
or simply click here to go to http://authorized.clubpenguin.com/
Log on to register to the Beta Team:
When you log on you see this:
Now type in 'ls' to see the list of things you can test.
For now only Rollerscape 1.0 works, you can play the first 6 levels:
I must say I like this game, and it clearly looks like it's going to be the new game at the Dance Lounge! 😀
Also did you notice Puffle Hat ideas on the list? But when you click on it nothing comes up! 😐 You think Club Penguin still has to finish up things to the Beta Team and announce it to the public? You think they will add more stuff to the Beta team soon? Only time will tell!
Waddle On!
Yellow Crown
New Game Stamps!
With the games' screen changes came 2 new pages of new stamps!
The new stamps are of Ice Fishing…
and of Pizzatron 3000!
Also don't forget that last Friday came new stamps of the Treasure Hunt multiplayer game! Be sure to get them all because they're easy, fun and for limited time until Rockhopper departs!
What's you favorite stamp of them all?
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Books about Air Travel for New or Nervous Flyers
Flying for the first time can bring a mix of excitement and trepidation for children. (Parents traveling with young children may feel the same way!). Reading about flight, planes and airports can help prepare your kids for what they are going to see and experience.
Your children's librarian can surely point you to some great books to take out (and many libraries loan books longer over the summer) and we've put this list together for you to explore. These are geared toward young children from toddlers to kindergarten.
Top Row
• The Little Airplane by Lois Lenski
• Airplane Flight!, Lift-the-Flap Series by Susanna Leonard Hill
• Going on a Plane by Anne Civardi
• My Plane Trip by Dover Coloring Books
• My First Airplane Ride by Patricia Hubbell
Bottom Row:
• Busy Airport (interactive) by Rebecca Finn
• The Noisy Airplane Ride by Mike Downs
• Lisa's Airplane Trip by Anne Gutman and Georg Hallensleben
• Amazing Airplanes by Tony Mitton
• Planes by Byron Barton


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Development-led care home operator, New Care Projects, has sold part of its portfolio of homes for an undisclosed sum to HCP, a specialist California-based health care investment REIT.
The operation of the two homes, Allingham House Care Centre in Timperley (left) and Manorhey Care Centre in Urmston, has been taken over by Maria Mallaband Care Group.
The multi-million pound deal allows New Care to exit with surplus funds to fuel their ambitious expansion plans designing, constructing and operating 'new generation' purpose-built care homes across the UK.
New Care Projects' ceo, Chris McGoff, says: "We are very pleased to see this deal conclude, as not only did we take comfort in the fact that our excellent reputation and legacy was being transferred to suitable custodians, but it also acts as a catalyst for the future growth of the New Care platform which we hope will become synonymous with raising standards in elderly health care provision."


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Mexico Trips
About Mexico City, Mexico
Find great rates on Mexico vacations, Mexico packages, and other Mexico vacation deals
Country in North America
Mexico is a country between the U.S. and Central America beaches on its Pacific and Gulf of Mexico coastlines and a diverse landscape of mountains, deserts and jungles. Ancient ruins such as Teotihuacan (Aztec) and Chichen Itza (Mayan) are scattered throughout the country, as are Spanish colonial-era towns. In capital Mexico City, upscale shops, renowned museums and gourmet restaurants cater to modern life.
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WestJet has announced it is adding Mexico City from Calgary and Vancouver. Nonstop, year-round flights will start March 2018 and are vital to further expanding trade and tourism between the two countries.
You will visit the following 6 places:
San Miguel de Cozumel
Cozumel is an island in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen, and close to the Yucatán Channel. The island is covered with mangrove forest which has many endemic animal species. Cozumel is a flat island based on limestone, resulting in a karst topography. There are a number of visitors to the island's balnearios, scuba diving, and snorkeling. The main town on the island is San Miguel de Cozumel. The islands belongs to Cozumel Municipality of the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta is a Mexican beach resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas. The 2010 census reported Puerto Vallarta's population as 255,725 making it the fifth largest city in the state of Jalisco, and the second largest urban agglomeration in the state after the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area. The City of Puerto Vallarta is the government seat of the Municipality of Puerto Vallarta which comprises the city as well as population centers outside of the city extending from Boca de Tomatlán to the Nayarit border (the Ameca River). Around the Bay, marvellous beaches, lush jungles and sparkling waterfalls offer many opportunities for the adventurous while five star resorts, world-class shopping and gourmet restaurants satisfy even the most sophisticated traveller. Stretching from the south end of Old Town to central downtown, a newly extended and refurbished boardwalk along the ocean, called the Malecon, passes by any number of shops, restaurants, and hotels, and often plays host to mimes, break-dancers, clowns and artists.
Cancún is a coastal city in the popular vacation destination called ''The Mexican Caribbean'', more officially known as the state of Quintana Roo, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Cancún is the municipal seat of the Benito Juárez municipality and a world-renowned balneario and tourist resort. It is composed of fourteen miles of pristine white beaches shaped like a number "7", home of the Mayan archaeological wonders, turquoise seas, a bountiful underwater world, and world-class vacation amenities. It is still considered the gateway to the Mayan World (El Mundo Maya). Mayan temples and ritual sites are everywhere, some smothered by lush jungle, others easily accessible. The Cancun hotel zone is almost entirely built around the tourist industry. It abounds with all-inclusive resort hotels.
Acapulco de Juárez
Acapulco (officially known as Acapulco de Juárez) is a resort city in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico. It is located on a deep, semi-circular bay and has been a port since the early colonial period of Mexico's history. It is a port of call for shipping and cruising lines running between Panama and San Francisco, California, United States. The city of Acapulco is the largest in the state, far larger than the state capital Chilpancingo. Acapulco is also Mexico's largest beach and balneario resorted city. The city is best known as one of Mexico's oldest and most well-known beach resorts, which came into prominence in the 1950s as a getaway for Hollywood stars and millionaires. Acapulco is still famous for its nightlife and still attracts many vacationers, although most are now from Mexico itself. The resort area is divided into two: The north end of the bay is the "traditional" area, where the famous in the mid-20th century vacationed; and the south end is dominated by newer luxury high-rise hotels.
Riviera Maya
The Riviera Maya is a stretch of Caribbean coastline on Mexico's northeastern Yucatán Peninsula. The Riviera Maya is a tourism and resort district in Mexico. It straddles the coastal Highway 307 along the Caribbean coastline of the state of Quintana Roo, located on the eastern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula. Historically started at the city of Playa del Carmen and ended at the village of Tulum, the Riviera Maya was originally called the "Cancun–Tulum corridor", but in 1999 it was renamed as the Riviera Maya with the aid of Lic. The Riviera Maya is famous for its large scale all-inclusive resorts and a historical tourism base of smaller boutique hotels as well as the many fine-dining restaurants available along the highway 307 and on or near the beaches. Luxury travel entities have been instrumental in increasing luxury villa rentals and yacht charters in the area however these only represent a small fraction of the total tourism accommodation available. A major attraction throughout the Riviera Maya are coastal and reef aquatic activities dependent on the coastal water and the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (also known as the Belize Barrier Reef) which begins near Cancun and continues along the whole length of the Riviera Maya continuing southward to Guatemala. This barrier reef system is the second longest in the world. Activities at the most visited locations include jet-skiing, snorkeling, scuba diving, swimming in cenotes, swimming with dolphins, zip-lining, horse riding, sailing, and guided jungle tours.


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2010 Volkswagen Golf R20 – Click above for high-res image gallery
Volkswagen R32 News
New VW Golf R20 (GTI-R) may come to America
2010 Volkswagen Golf R20 - click above for high-res image gallery
Nissan Skyline GT-Rs seized in California over possible illegal importation
The importation of the Nissan Skyline GT-R to the United States has been a Hollywood-sized epic spanning ten years. For a while, the only game in town was to go through Motorex for a crash-tested, USDOT and EPA-approved Godzilla. Unfortunately, the company owner let his fondness of Japanese hostess clubs take precedence over delivering cars. Since Motorex shut its doors in 2005, enthusiasts have been scouring each and every loophole in US Customs laws to keep the supplies flowing. In 2006 ,a com
REPORT: VW recalls all 5,000 2008 R32 hot hatches, some CC sedans
Volkswagen has two unrelated recalls underway, both for issues that pose safety risks. All 5,000 2008 R32s are being called home to replace a valve in the evaporative system. Left unchanged, the fuel tank vent valve may creep open when ambient temperatures are high, and driving conditions are just right. The misbehaving valve could lead to fuel winding up in the evaporative emissions system, possibly even getting into the charcoal canister, which could lead to driveability issues. The fix is a n
Spy Shots: Volkswagen Golf R20 snapped on the 'Ring
Volkswagen Golf G20 - Click above for a high-res gallery
Volkswagen dropping Scirocco R32 in favor of Scirocco R20T
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Volkswagen Scirocco
No 2009 Volkswagen R32 for the U.S.
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Volkswagen R32
Noodle vs. Strudel: WebRidesTV pits MS3 against R32
Everyone loves a good shootout and it's even better when the two vehicles duking it out are actually attainable. Enter the WebRidesTV crew who setup shop at our new favorite road course, the Horse Thief Mile at Willow Springs, to run the Mazdaspeed3 and Volkswagen R32 through their paces to see which vehicle provides the best bang for the buck in the hotter-than-hot hatch segment. While the performance and price discrepancy is rather high – the R32 is packing fewer ponies but comes in with
VW R32: So fast you'll need shorter songs
To emphasize just how quick its new Golf R32 hot-hatch really is, Volkswagen has mailed out a CD to potential customers and dealers containing some very short road-trip songs. The album, simply titled 'Short Car Songs,' contains three short classics, such as 'One Green Bottle,' 'It's a long way to Tip,' and 'She'll be coming around the mountain,' and is aimed at grabbing attention for the new car and getting people into showrooms to check it out.
Snatched! VW R32s selling quickly before hitting dealerships
The last R32 was a favorite of tuners and VW enthusiasts alike, and from the looks of the early orders, the 2008 MK V R32 is going to be in hot demand. The kind folks over at Volkswagen gave current GTI and R32 owners first dibs at the 2008 model, and the VW loyalists didn't disappoint. Of the 5,000 R32s destined for the US, nearly 1,000 have already been spoken for.
Spy Shots: VW Golf R36
For those following the development of Volkswagen's hottest of hot hatches, it's common knowledge that the automaker has been hard at work adapting the engine from the R36 Passat to fit within the confines of the new Golf. Hans Lehmann and his clandestine photogs were able to catch this new breed of hatch undergoing cold weather testing, but according to the shooters, those R32 badges on the deck lid don't tell the truth about what lies beneath.
Bad brakes lights lead VW to recall 790,000 vehicles
Volkswagen has discovered that a previous recall of 362,000 vehicles (1999-2002 Jettas and 1998-2002 New Beetles) for a defective brake light switch actually affects a much larger range of vehicles. The German automaker is extending the recall to an additional 790,000 vehicles that include 1999-2006 Golf and GTI models, 2001-2005 Jettas, 2001-2007 New Beetles and the 2004 R32. The possibility exists that brake light switches in these vehicles may have been installed wrong, which could lead to th
High performance R-badged Touareg on its way
According to AutoTelegraaf, a loose-lipped V-dub employee spilled the beans that the German automaker is developing an R-badged high-performance version of the Touareg SUV. Unlike current gas-powered R variants such as the R32 Golf and upcoming R36 Passat, the R-badged Touareg will likely be based on the 4.9L V10 TDI model. Motor Authority reports that aftermarket tuners have gotten this engine to produce upwards of 625 ft-lbs. of torque and 365bhp, which bodes well for this SUV's potential. Acc


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Digital Audio Recorder Review
There are many different types of recorders out there for people to purchase, whether it be a regular tape recorder, a digital recorder, or just a plain'ole voice recorder. People want to see what kind of experience other people have had with a product before they go out, and spend their hard earned money on something that is not going to give them the quality they want. That is why their are many reviews out there for many different products, and here is a review on the digital audio recorder, for our readers here, hopefully it will give you the insight you need to make the right purchasing decision.
Digital audio recorders are great recorders for many different jobs whether it be for a high school student wanting to remember his/her teacher's lesson, or a business person wanting to memorise the conference their boss just gave them. These recorders come in all different types of shapes, and sizes as well, you can have big bulky digital audio recorders, or you can have handheld recorders as well, for many different situations. These little devices come in handy whenever you need to record an important conversation, it is always a good idea to have one on you, or somewhere where you can get ahold of one. The digital audio recorders also don't even need a tape to record the sound you want to record in some cases, you can just record the sound right to the device, and listen to it later.
So if your reading this article, and you still dont know if the digital audio recorder is the right recorder for you, then by all means browse around the internet, and find even more digital audio recorder reviews out there. There are many different websites around on the internet that offer many different reviews on a wide range of different products. Many businesses even allow their customers to write a review on the products after they purchase it off of their website, so that other customers can come and look at the review and see if that product would be right for them or not.


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Find your way around with help from the iPhone and one of a number of navigation apps. We pick the best.
Supplier: ApplePrice: FreePros: Included on your iPhone or iPad already; Good turn-by-turn navigation; Works well offlineCons: The maps have been reported to be inaccurate at places; not something that's particularly useful for navigation
Launched at the same time as iOS 6, Maps was released as the new default mapping solution for the iPhone and iPad; replacing the long-favoured Google Maps. Apples stated aim was to provide a product that improved upon the user experience from Google Maps and then added a tonne of new features. Unfortunately they failed.
It's not a bad mapping solution; far from it. Type into the search bar where you want to view and it'll take you straight there. Using the 'arrow' you can find yourself on the map.
To navigate anywhere tap the 'Route' button then enter where you want to go by either car or foot. The app then opens up the directions as either a list or you can follow them in the veign of turn-by-turn satnav. If the experience of the turn-by-turn seems familiar this may be because it is supplied by TomTom.
Macworld.com has a nice Hands on with iOS 6: maps feature here.
Google Maps
Supplier: GooglePrice: FreePros: The best mapping experience; Superb turn-by-turn navigation; Instantly familiarCons: Can cache map data for offline use, but limited to the local area of your map
Google Maps version 2 was recently released bringing with it full support for the iPad and iPad mini.
In addition to a dedicated iPad design, it includes the new 'explore' feature, bringing local restaurants, bars, cafes, and more to investigate further. Also new is the addition of live traffic updates and incident reports to the maps and indoor maps for a selection of shopping centres and airports.
The turn by turn navigation is superb. So long as the data is correct on Google it's correct within Google Maps and you can either be driving or walking. If you are walking though consider keeping your phone in your pocket and just following the audio directions.
Google Maps for iPhone is reviewed here. A review of Google Maps 2 for iPhone and iPad will appear shortly.
Google Maps can be downloaded from here.
Supplier: NavMiiPrice: Free (in-app purchases allow upgrades)Pros: Easy to use; Streetview; Can search through Google as well as by location or postcode; Optional add-ons such as additional voices availableCons: Nothing significant
NavFree operates just as a TomTom or Garmin SatNav would: you enter a postcode, or an address and it provides a quick and effective route to get you where you need to be. Additionally, you can also carry out a Google search for a business name then navigate to that business based on the results fed back to the app.
You've got a choice of two voices - Kate and Dave - within the UK/Ireland version, and they fulfill the traditional SatNav direction voice well.
A number of upgrades are available including additional voices, the removal of the advertising, additional maps for other countries, the speed camera database and the updated postcode database. Some upgrades come at a price, others are free.
A full review of NavFree is here. Since the review was written, Streetview has been added to the app.
NavFree can be downloaded from here.
CoPilot Live HD Premium
Supplier: CoPilotPrice: £34.99Pros: clear maps; offline maps save data costs; integrated weather and Local search; Coordinates view optionCons: not always clear how to get back to return to main menu; no option to report mapping errors
CoPilot Live HD offers both offline maps; ideal for those looking to save data costs. This app makes full use of the iPhone 5 display and offers the ability to select how much space on your smartphone you'll devote to the maps. This allows you to keep your mapping data up to date without compromising the other apps on your iPhone.
Transport options cover everything from walking to biking and driving. You have the option to avoid toll roads and ferrys.
Nice additional touches include the ability to find a friends house based on your contacts list; to search for points of interest and PhotoNav - if location services were active when you took a photo the app will show you where it was taken.
A full review of CoPilot Live HD is here.
CoPilot Live HD Premium can be downloaded from here.
GPS Navigation 2
Supplier: SkobblerPrice: £1.49Pros: true turn-by-turn navigation, online navigation, map node, category search, portrait/landscape displayCons: not always as clever as it thinks; installable maps are a chargeable option
Skobbler's GPS Navigation 2 opens with five categories - Navigation, Map, Category, Upgrades and Share/Help.
Tap Navigation to be able to enter your destination address as postcode or street and house number. The app searches then takes you to the map here a blue arrow indicates your direction. The usual robotic voice tells you how to get where you're going. You can add favourite destinations such as your home address, recent destinations or any within your contact book.
From the Map option you can download maps of individual countries, continents or the world for offline use. Nice way to save money on 3G data roaming costs if you're on holiday.
The Category button lists by category the amenities close to you. It's a little on lacking side, and you may be better off using Google Maps for that.
It's a nice application, not overly expensive and one that improves while you use it thanks to the incorporation of community-based data with a quarter of a million people creating and updating maps. The ability to remove those maps you don't need is also welcome.
GPS Navigation 2 can be downloaded from here.


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Rifugio Prategiano
Rifugio Prategiano lies 750 metres above sea-level on the slopes of the "Poggio di Montieri", minutes from the village of the same name, Montieri. At this altitude one enjoys a refreshing climate, even in the hottest summer months. The warm rose color of the rock faţade, the terracotta statues and floor tiles of our swimming pool terrace evoke the earthy tones of the surrounding Tuscan countryside. Would you like to experience the comfort of a well-kept, rustic Tuscan house? Then you would especially enjoy the high-ceilinged salon and comfortable bar of our 3-star hotel. Telephone, television, shower and toilet in all 20 rooms ensure a comfortable stay. Our cook, spoils us with typical Tuscan meals accompanied by excellent wines of the region. Also, do not not miss the midday picnics. They are the central meeting point for bike riders, horse-back riders, hikers and others who would like to make the most of our picnic bus. An international, and in part English-speaking, team will help with these open air lunches of appetizers, a main course, cheese, wine and coffee.
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Ted Koppel's "Nightline" focuses on the Web Wednesday night as it chronicles the fortunes of business-to-business Internet company Bizmetric of San Francisco. A second segment of the documentary. "Goldrush dot-com", is scheduled to air Thursday night. A message on Bizmetric's Web site invites viewing. "Though we fully expect ABC to add a little drama to our story, our current status is that of a successfully funded startup company with revolutionary technology currently in trial use by several Fortune 500 companies," the statement says.
MP3.com sued by songwriters
Randy Newman, the band Heart, and Tom Waits are suing MP3.com MPPP for copyright infringement. They claim damages of $40.5 million against the company which they say illegally copied their music from CDs to give listeners access to the songs through its My.Mp3.com service. "Unless the major artists band together to do this, everyone else is taken advantage of as well," plaintiff's attorney Henry Gradstein said, according to the Associated Press. A spokesperson for MP3.com declined comment.
WebMD prescribes health content for AOL
WebMD HLTH, +4.36% said Wednesday it will become the primary provider of healthcare content across several America Online AOL services including AOL, AOL.com, CompuServe and Netscape.com. This will include information on diseases and conditions and question-and-answers from experts. One feature will allow users to add reminders about their healthcare to AOL's calendar services. The first content will appear this month. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, although the companies said they will share some revenue from advertising on AOL's health channels.
Free Net phone calls disconnected
Phone calls on the Web are going the way of free Internet access: away. Last week, Microsoft MSFT, -1.88% began charging two cents a minute for U.S. calls placed through its MSN Messenger service, and this week Yahoo YHOO followed suit. AOL charges one cent a minute. The companies' phone service provider, Net2Phone NTOP said free was too good a deal, and demand overwhelmed its capabilities. Net2Phone reworked its deal with Yahoo, for instance, and raised rates, according to PC World. Dialpad Communications, is one Net2Phone competitor still offering free domestic PC-to-telephone calls.
President ask for Net tax ban
President George W. Bush Tuesday night said, in essence, "No new taxes" on the Internet. At the Electronic Industries Alliance's annual government/industry dinner, the chief executive said "We need to ban Internet access taxes, and understand how powerful the Internet can be for commerce and growth." He also asked for a prohibition on taxing Internet access services. The President made his plea in the context of said the government should encourage and support the success of entrepreneurs.
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This workshop explores the emotional dimension of property transfers that accompanied expulsion and ethnic cleansing in Europe and other regions of the world in the mid-20th century. While much ink has been spilled over the fate of displaced people, the property that was left behind has attracted little attention. It is common knowledge that the property of displaced people – be it evacuees, refugees or expellees – was subject to confiscation, looting and destruction. Much less is known, however, about the emotional impact that losing and acquiring such belongings had on individuals and societies. The aim of this workshop is to investigate how emotions triggered by mass property transfers shaped the reconstruction of the social order in the affected states among the displaced and dispossessed people, and among their successors.
24 May 2018
Venue: Universität Leipzig, Strohsackpassage, Nikolaistrasse 6-10 (5th floor: SFB 1199 Verräumlichungsprozesse unter Globalisierungsbedingungen)
12.30-13.15: Arrival, registration and finger food lunch
13.15-13.30: Welcome and introduction:
Stefan Troebst (GWZO Leipzig)Kornelia Kończal (Hannah Arendt Institute, TU Dresden) Ewa Stańczyk (University of Amsterdam)
13.30-15.00: Keynote and discussion:
Alice von Bieberstein (Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin): In Search for Trees and Treasures
Chair: Elisabeth Gallas (Dubnow Institute, Leipzig)
15.00-15.30: Coffee break
15.30-17.00: Affective Regimes of Ownership
Chair: Stefan Troebst (GWZO Leipzig)
Olga Sezneva (University of Amsterdam): Pride and Property: Emotions, Justice and the Changing Regimes of Ownership in Kaliningrad, the Former Königsberg
Olena Sobolieva (National Research Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Kyiv): Collective Memory, Moral Economy and Land Disputes after Repatriation of Crimean Tatars
Comment: Kerstin Brückweh (Center for Contemporary History, Potsdam)
17.00-17.30: Coffee break
17.30-19.00: Exhibiting Material Feelings
Chair: Paulina Gulińska-Jurgiel (Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg)
Jakub Gawkowski (CEU Budapest): Displaying the Loss of the National Heritage on the Example of Warszawa Oskarża [Warsaw is Accusing] Exhibition in the National Museum in Warsaw (1945)
Sanja Ivanov (University of Toronto): Trinkets and Magpie's Treasures: Material Objects in Dubravka Ugrešić's The Museum of Unconditional Surrender
Comment: Ljerka Dulibić (Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb)
19.30: Dinner
After-dinner presentation of the project TransCultAA: Transfer of Cultural Objects in the Alpe Adria Region in the 20th Century (https://www.transcultaa.eu) by Ljerka Dulibić (Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb)
25 May 2018
Venue: Konferenzraum at the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO), Reichsstraße 4-6, Specks Hof (Eingang A), 04109 Leipzig
9.00-11.00: Personalizing Dispossessed Objects
Chair: Ewa Stańczyk (University of Amsterdam)
Cathleen M. Giustino (Auburn University): Emotions of a Dispossessor in the Bohemian Borderlands: The Passion and Fury of Josef Scheybal before and after 1945
Aneta Stępień (Trinity College Dublin): Strangeness and Resentment in Poland's Post-German Territories
Natasa Simeunović Bajić (University of Belgrade): Colonization of Rural Vojvodina – Facts, Representation and Family Emotions
Comment: Michael Schwartz (Institute of Contemporary History, Munich – Berlin)
11.00-11.30: Coffee break
11.30-13.30: Objects and Homemaking
Chair: Kornelia Kończal (Hannah Arendt Institute, TU Dresden)
Nora Schmidt (University of Erfurt): Readings Beyond Politics of Memory: Stefan Chwin's Affecting Little Things
Marko Milosev (Historical Society of Kikinda, Serbia): Remembering Home – Old and New Tenants of the Jewish property in Banat
Anna Holzer-Kawalko (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): Home Away from Home? Polish Expellees and German Property in Lower Silesia, 1945-1947
Comment: Maruška Svašek (Queen's University Belfast)
13.30-14.30: Final discussion over lunch
This workshop is supported by the Leibniz ScienceCampus Eastern Europe – Global Area. The workshop is open to the public. Admission is free. Please register with Ewa Stańczyk (email@example.com).
Dr. Ewa Stańczyk
University of Amsterdam, Department of History Oost Indisch Huis, Kloveniersburgwal 4 1012 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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The Audio Multitasking (Default: Enabled) setting can be found in the settings menu, accessible through Sena Device Manager or Sena Smartphone App.
Audio Multitasking allows you to have an intercom conversation while simultaneously listening to music, FM radio, or GPS instructions. The overlaid audio is played in the background with reduced volume whenever there is an intercom conversation and will return to normal volume once the conversation is finished. If this feature is disabled, any incoming or outgoing intercom will interrupt your audio channel.


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Mood: happy, relieved
In the last few days, I've been running some function approximation experiments that, in a nutshell, have given me exactly the results I needed!
I wasn't happy with the paper that I submitted to Complex 2004, because I thought I had a good idea but it just didn't work. The results I got from the experiments I included in that paper were statistically inconclusive and I was left grasping at straws to justify the worth of the paper.
Well, I've done two more experiments based on what I've learned recently, and both of them have given excellent results!
I couldn't ask for more conclusive data - it shows that (for fully specified fuzzy logic rulebases) multi-dimensional representations are better than single-dimensional representations. That statement comes with an iron-clad statistical significance of 0.001 - for anyone who doesn't know stats, anything under 0.05 is acceptable and lower is better.
This comes at the perfect time, because I have the opportunity to edit my paper to include the new results, and submit the new version as the final submission. I am quite satisfied with the way things have turned out. My paper is worthwhile, and my intuition has been vindicated :D
Friday, 1 October 2004
Woo! Good results, finally.
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good job nick!! behold the power of the purple line on your graph!
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Throughout the city centre, attempts are being carried out to inspire pedestrianisation and the use of bicycles as a greener transportation method.[260] Rental bicycles are actually launched and promoted by numerous corporations inside the UNESCO World Heritage Internet site, when devoted cycling lanes are increasingly being marked through the entire city.
The northeastern plains sort a triangular promontory in which George Town is centred. This densely populated city centre is the administrative, business and cultural centre of Penang.
George Town has created a few of Malaysia's sporting greats. Nicol David, thought of by some being the whole world's biggest woman squash player of all time, was born in George Town and experienced educated at Gelugor in a younger age.
Penang Island is becoming One of the more vital economic powerhouses in Malaysia. Bayan Lepas, property to several multinational corporations, is An important production centre, while George Town may be the country's major professional medical tourism hub.[five][six][7] Also, George Town serves because the money centre of northern Malaysia, with several international banks based inside the metropolis centre.
Considering that then, the road art scene has blossomed. Cultural centres such as the Hin Bus Depot are now curating fascinating exhibitions and inviting Worldwide artists to visit and paint murals, building on the present name town has as a lively arts and culture centre.
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Penang is definitely the birthplace on the Chingay procession, which commenced with its to start with parade in 1919.[235] Though Chingay parades are held all over Malaysia and Singapore, Penang's Chingay is unique in the balancing of gigantic flags on just one's forehead or palms is A vital component.
RapidPenang [39], the local bus assistance, capabilities new buses. All bus stations and bus stops which happen to be serviced from the RapidPenang buses are labeled with proper signboards to ensure consumer-friendliness. Buses are rather Regular on the primary artery to Batu Ferringhi.
International faculties have also been founded to cater on the expanding expatriate populace. These schools supply Most important to secondary training approximately A Concentrations and International Baccalaureate.
Pulau Kendi is a small inhabited island located to the south-western tip of Penang Island. Available by way of boat experience from Gertak Sanggul, it's the farthest with the few islets around Penang Island and the one spot for snorkelling and swimming with out the chance of finding stung by jellyfish.
The rickshaw was consequently penang hotel near beach was speedily superseded through the trishaw starting in 1941. Until eventually today, trishaws however ply the streets of George City, principally catering for visitors.[250]
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Last week I had to have my dog, Molly put down. I have had her for over 15 years. It was devastating. Two years ago she was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure. Two months ago she started coughing real bad with some other problems. I took her to the vet fearing the worst. The fluid had started building up around her heart and in her lungs. The vet gave her some meds to help the cough. We talked about what was about to come. I started preparing myself. Then one day she stopped eating and became weak. I called the vet and took her in. By then she had stopped coughing all together and was so weak she could not stand. The vet told me it was time.
Molly was a wonderful dog. She was a lap dog. She would sit in my lap or at my feet. She would follow me from room to room. She was around 18 years old. In human years she was 88. I will truly miss her.
This past weekend I went to a crop and scrapbooked these two layouts celebrating my Molly.
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Cooking For One
One lonely Sunday afternoon Silkie was starring blankly at his ICQ list when suddenly He had an idea!
Should I, after all this time, do some content for the website? Fuck it why not... Being in the house ALONE was a perfect chance to piss around without anyone thinking I'm some kind of nutcase in leather biker boots, so i put some clothes on and got to Work, but what to do.........? I thought first of all to opt for some brain food. After scouring my cupboards I couldn't find anything to satisfy my hunger, while walking back into my room to stare blankly into my ICQ list again I rest my hand upon my mouse and suddenly something clicked?
hmm a fusion of rodent and technology in one easy snack?? This could be the one thing to up stage Spooky's Blavod and Dr Pepper. Grilled Cheese on mouse!! My mouth was watering at the prospect!! As any good chef knows only fresh food is to be used, so I had to capture the beast.
Here are a couple of shots of my formidable opponent and now my diner showing it's underbelly!
As the beast is now incapacitated I thought it best to give it an honourable and quick death, Yeah like fuck I did.... I grabbed the mouse (at this point the bastard woke up!) and while it was thrashing around in my hands, I had no choice but throw it into the bath and proceeded to shower the hell spawn rodent from the armpits of hell (No not Birmingham) in pistachio nut shells.
Just to be sure the raging beast was out cold the mandatory swinging it by the tail had to commence.
Right, Now the food was ready to be prepared. As I've seen many TV chefs do with top quality red meat I proceeded to tenderise the newly dead flesh. But what could I hit it with? hmmmmmmmm what do we have here.....? an Index catalogue!! Great.. come to pupa..
FUCK! the little shit is fighting back (again......) and it broke
my Index catalogue with it's powerful exoskeleton!! =0(
No more fucking about...
Now the little bastard 'as 'ad it, please note : the button (eye) hanging out.
Now the (cough) "meat" is ready it's to cook. Place one freshly tenderised PS/2 Mouse onto a grill tray.
and set the grill to gas mark 5 (even though the grill was electric but what are you going to do?)
Insert into grill, Now wait.. and wait..
sniff sniff, hmmmmmmm somthing smalls good!!
Please note the "bubbly" back, please adjust the amount of "crust" to your taste.
Now sprinkle some finely granted cheese over your mouse and serve.....
I recommend a nice can of John Smiths to help this delicate dish down
But I can never stop at one.
Two cans & a bottle of Pernod is more my cup o? Tea!!
Mmm, well there you have it. A lovely PS/2 mouse with grilled cheese. Please enjoy creating your own dishes and just remember, I used a dolphin friendly mouse, I suggest you do the same.
Or summink.
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Ward of Sige and Cuxsa, petulant, flighty
Malanna: Female Human Wizard ?, CN. Str 7, Dex 13, Con 10, Int 16, Wis 8, Cha 17. Malanna has blonde brown hair and and stunning eyes. She wears lavender robes and wields a dagger, which she keeps tucked away, lest one of her "brothers" get too frisky. Malanna has an animal companion, a sand lizard named Wyna.
Malanna was found by Sige on one of his trips for magical components ten years ago. He said he found her smeared with blood and left in an ancient cavern. Sige brought the child home and Cuxsa has raised her as her own daughter since.
Malanna has a fickle and flighty nature that exasperates Cuxsa, but her keen intellect and grasp of the arcane has delighted Sige over the years, although her firey temper and lack of discipline have brought him great exasperation. Malanna sees herself in competition with Sige's and Cuxsa's children and they have fought and bickered over the years.


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The cold season is over in Bangalore. My roses slowed down their blooming sometime in December except for the yellow master performer. It had a strong basal cane and was producing flowers pretty well. But aphids attacked it and its vigor went down. A strong spray of water helped in getting rid of the aphids but the plant was looking like a mess. All my other roses were also collecting pests. Here is one of the rose plants covered by a web made by who know what. So I decided to start pruning them all. I noticed that some of the other plants that I pruned recently had started showing buds(Jasmine, Bougainvillea etc) and that made me more confident about pruning the rose plants. Most of them are reduced to a couple of small branches now.
In this post I am going to focus on the pruning and after effects on the yellow rose which is the best and my favorite rose plant in the balcony.
I cut of most of the basal cane and left a basal stem that was about ¾ ft long, and I pruned several other branches. Last year I did the same thing to this plant though there were no basal canes at that time. It seemed to take it pretty well and also grew well in 2010. Here is a snapshot of how the plant looks after pruning. This was around the first week of February.
Within a couple of days I saw new branches sprouting out and vigorous growth in the plant. In about 10 days, this was how the rose plant looked.
About 3 weeks from pruning the plant looks like this.
Now that there is sufficient foliage, I added a good dose of compost(handful) and commercially available organic rose mix(a few spoonfuls). In a week I am going to apply some banana peel shake(ues you read it right) to see if that is going to help the flowering. I had written about Pachagavya earlier and how it was helping the roses. I have not used it for more than a quarter and can see significant difference in the growth and vigor of the plants. The panchagavya was definitely helping. Right now I have no stock so I am living with what I have.
This is probably the best time to prune the roses in Bangalore/Chennai as the weather is not too hot to dry or damage the young leaves. Infact I should have pruned them in the middle of January. Anyway these are roses and they will definitely grow back. I also kept an eye on any suckers that arise during the growth process as they will "suck out" the energy of the productive part of the plant. They typically look like this(Rose experts, correct me if I am wrong).
This was one of the few rose plants from the garden that was not grafted when we got it from the nursery. I think it was rooted from a cutting(if that works well for roses) or propagated by some other means but definitely not grafting. The basal cane comes right from the bottom of the plant(almost under the soil) and that is why I am assuming that it was not grafted. Also as a sapling it did not have any signs of tape on it.
The remaining rose plants which are grafted are also doing well after pruning but this guy just races ahead like a rocket in comparison. Don't know if that determines anything about the way the roses perform.
Hopefully I start seeing flowers in a couple of weeks time. I will keep updating
I will update pictures of flowers which I hope should show up in the next week or so.
Roses are definitely not EMG in comparison to the other plants I have written about. Coming to the topic of EMG, now that we have about 6 posts on that topic it is time for those of you who are still looking at building your garden to put a plan together and create your own space. Next post will start working on that.


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How exciting is it to be in the field of education right now? While I'm still in the first half of my career, never before can I think of a time where the possibilities and potential for amazing work exist like they do now. Some fear the change and turbulence swirling around the profession but it's in this type of atmosphere that allows innovation and creativity to flourish. It's not easy though. There will be false starts, dead-ends, U-turns, but these are the side effects of innovation and designing a new set of educational experiences by teachers for students.
In order to create the innovative culture that our schools so desperately need, I would like to advocate for a tight but loose approach. Tight in the sense that there are specific supports put in my place by stakeholders to allow schools, administrators, and teachers to have a universal language. A step in this direction has been achieved in Kentucky by the shift from 'professional development' to 'professional learning'. While on the surface this seems like simple semantics, in reality it entails a cultural shift in the profession that would revolutionize how teachers and administrators work toward the goal of student achievement. Paramount in this work is the establishment of professional learning standards. These standards outline the types of experiences educators need in order to grow and refine their craft. The responsibility of professional learning rests not only with the individual educator to reflect about their own practice, but also the school and district administrators to create a culture and vision, and even more importantly time and space, for this type of professional learning. Learning Forward's "Learning Design Unit" provides the 'tight' framework that allows teachers and administrators to have a universal language, but there are enough of the learning designs to create freedom and flexibility for teachers to work on the portions of their craft that need the work. Until each and every one of us possesses the desire and ability to grow and do that difficult introspective look in the mirror, our kids will continue to only achieve "despite the system, not because of it". I am convinced that this type of 'professional learning' is a learned skill and many of the great teachers in our schools are already leading the way.
The second piece of the "tight but loose" shift comes through the adoption of professional processes that work for other fields, specifically the design method. My friends at Business Innovation Factory, @THEBIF, have begun research that is trying to create models for how the design concepts we often see in the business world can be used to improve education. As they say on their website, "building a real-world, collaborative innovation platform to help education transform itself". Asking teachers to leave the isolation of the profession that has dogged us for much too long is frightening and intimidating to some, but until the profession adopts the mentality that nothing is ever a finished product, that includes our instruction and our students, we will be stuck with the same system of education that we have now. In order for our students to become innovative and creative, we as the practitioners of learning must lead the way. One aspect of BIF's work is the notion of teacher feedback and how that process has been non-existent for quite some time. BIF has created a model that shows educators the potential of applying the design process to teacher feedback. The concept of the critique, feedback, and refinement are crucial to building 'professional learning'. What's the most powerful piece of this innovation is that students learn best when they are engaged in the design process as well. BIF has worked with students across the country in demonstrating this and incorporating student voice into the process of learning. We can't ask students to design until we apply it and use it ourselves.
By embracing the maelstrom that surrounds us and seeking the potential of the now, we can reinvigorate and rebuild a system that needs it best and brightest working on the work. Don't stick your head in the sand, waiting for the commotion to dissipate, but run out in front of it. Be the one that seeks out, adopts, implements, guides, and reflects on the path that we must trail blaze. The good news is that you are not alone. There are already some of us out in the rain.
I plan on continuing the conversation and in the spirit of the design process refining my own thinking. Please reach out and critique the work. You can find us on Twitter at @the_explicator (me) or @kastidham (Kelly).


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I always wonder what is the best produce to buy during each season, so I have started a monthly post that lets you know what is the best fruits and vegetables to be buying for your season.
I just picked up a great looking cabbage this week at the store, but don't have a specific recipe for it set aside. We'll see what comes up!
February in season vegetables:
Broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, cabbage, brussels tops, salsify and shallots.
February in season fruits:
Oranges, grapefruits, lemons, papayas
Here are some recipes to try with your seasonal produce:
Roasted Brussel Sprouts
Vegetable Cream Cheese
Cauliflower, White Bean and Feta Salad
Vegetable Deluxe
Potato & Cauliflower Soup
Pork Orange Kabobs
This is vaguely for the whole USA, so your region might have other veggies that are in season.
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Gospel: (Luke 1:39-45)
Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled."
The gospel for this Fourth Sunday of Advent presents us with the meeting of two pregnant women, one older but no wiser about such things than the other quite young mother-to-be, for this was the first child for both. Such a meeting! The infant in Elizabeth's womb gave a mighty kick when Mary greeted her, and Elizabeth recognized the baby of Mary's womb as her Lord. Jesus, the Son of God Most High, became incarnate—took on human flesh—as a necessary step to salvation. Jesus's body was "prepared" as the fruit of Mary's womb. He came to "do God's will." Mary believed and it was fulfilled. She didn't count the cost. Neither can we. (Living Liturgy, p.18)
Vincentian Meditation:
The mystery of the Incarnation was the permanent inspiration of St. Vincent's life. It must be ours, too. We shall only fully see Christ in the poor when we have fully seen God in Christ. That is why all that we do and say will have meaning only if it is born of our relationship with Jesus Christ, truly God and truly man. What we bring to the poor must be more than a program for the betterment of their material and economic condition. We must bring something of the peace, the joy and the spiritual freedom which we ourselves have experienced from being present to Jesus Christ through prayer and the sacraments of the Eucharist and Penance. I hope that through giving some time this Christmas to the poor and lonely—often a listening heart is of more value than money— you will have enriched the lives of some of those millions of people who have so much less to eat than we have, and so much less to live for. (McCullen, Deep Down Things, p.49-50)
Discussion: (Share your thoughts on the readings after a moment of silence)
How have we brought peace and joy to the poor this Advent?
Closing Prayer:
As we prepare for Christmas we pray for those who live in doubt, -may our lives be a sign of faith. We pray for those who live in fear and oppression, -may our lives be a sign of hope. We pray for those who do not experience God's love, -may our lives be a sign of charity. Amen


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Political Campaigns: How PDP Made A Difference In Akure
EXCEPT for a terse statement by Vice-President Namadi Sambo describing President Goodluck Jonathan as a well-read candidate contesting election with some candidates "who are struggling to bring out their school certificates," the presidential campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akure, Ondo State capital, was entirely issue-based unlike those before it that were full of mud-slinging and character assassination.
Although the PDP could not be said to be the only culprit in this act of narrowing down the very serious business of soliciting for votes to personality clashes, which greatly reduced the value of the campaigns, equally guilty is the party's main challenger, the All Progressive Congress (APC).
The Akure outing was an example of what a party desirous of convincing the electorate for another mandate should use a campaign platform to do; showcase what it has done in the past to develop the land and its people and enumerate what it plans to do with a fresh term of office.
Another factor that stood the Akure campaign out was the manner the occasion was packaged with all the allures of a first class event where no effort is spared in making the invited personalities and political figure as comfortable as possible while the aesthetics of the whole scene was discernible to all present.
The Ondo Director-General of the Jonathan Campaign, Tokunbo Modupe, a very successful entrepreneur and event promoter, who few hours before the outing told The Guardian that the state was going to witness a grand campaign, actually did a marvelous job with the seamless organisation where every little detail was taken into consideration.
The tone of the well-planned campaign with the trappings of modernity in the use of current technology and breathtaking construction of the canopies was set by the state governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko who welcomed the dignitaries to Akure.
The governor who dwelt on the virtues of an average Ondo State citizen in their principled stand over the years against military dictatorship and other anti-democratic forces and showcased their exploits in the field of education in Nigeria said the people of the state were proud of their resolve to support Jonathan for a second term of office.
He thanked the president for "expanding access to education in the establishment of more tertiary institutions in the country, with Ondo as a beneficiary of a new Polytechnic at Ile-Oluji, and the expansion of opportunities for Nigerians in the transportation sector, which manifested in the revival of the railway system and provision of adequate healthcare delivery."
The governor who expressed delight at the massive turn-out of supporters of the PDP and a cross section of non-partisan people that were mobilised from various sectors of the societies, told the visitors that "Ondo is a PDP state and we promise to deliver this state to the president on march 28 and return all the candidates of the party from the National to the State Assemblies."
The Deputy Director-General of the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organization in the southern states, former Anambra state governor Peter Obi, who has a sizable number of admirers in Ondo that he cultivated during the two occasions he had visited the state as a governor, described the president as "the best thing to have happened to Nigeria."
In his address to the enthusiastic crowd who came from the 18 local councils of the state, the national campaign DG and former PDP chairman, Ahmadu Alli who was introduced as the pioneer head of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and former Education Minister and an example of the party's commitment to youth development, said he was now sure that Jonathan would win the votes of the South West geo-political zone.
Speaking smattering Yoruba to the delight of the crowd, Alli thanked the leadership of Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation who at a meeting with Jonathan the previous evening in the Akure home of Chief Reuben Fasoranti, its octogenarian leaders, endorsed the PDP candidate for the 2015 presidential contest.
He said, "I want to, on behalf of the Jonathan campaign organisation and the entire PDP family, thank Chief Fasoranti and the Afenifere for accepting us yesterday. I also thank Gani Adams whom I met this morning and who also accepted us. With the Oodua People's Congress (OPC) and Afenifere on our side, the whole of the South West is for us."
Special Adviser to the president on Niger Delta Affairs and Chairman of Federal Government Amnesty Programme, Kingsley Kuku who hailed from the Ijaw-speaking rverine area of the state, dwelt on the renewed strength of the PDP in Ondo with the merging of the party and the previously ruling Labour Party (LP) saying the victory of Jonathan is assured in the election.
According to him, "in those days, the LP and the PDP used to slog it out but now the LP has fused into the PDP and we now have a super mega party that is too formidable to beat by any opponent. In the coming election, we will vote and vote and vote for the president and all our candidates."
The Chief of Staff (COS) to the president, Brigadier-General Jones Arogbofa (rtd), reeled out what he called the dividends of Jonathan's presidency to Ondo State in the last six years.
He listed these to include 589 different projects embarked upon by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) of which the state is a member by virtue of its oil-producing status, the presidential approval for the establishment of the College of Medical Technology for the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) and of course the establishment of the Ile-Oluji Federal Polytechnic.
Arogbofa also mentioned the rehabilitation of the Ipele-Idoani road, the construction of the 2/60 133/33 KVA substation in Ose and other electricity projects, the numerous Sure-P projects in human and infrastructural developments, which he said were part of the administration's Transformation Agenda which he said targeted at taking Nigeria to the next level.
He said despite being the president of the largest and most powerful black nation in the world, "President Jonathan is so humble and so committed to the advancement of humanity that we can't but allow him to continue in office for us to continue to reap the fruits of his good works."
A chieftain of the party and candidate in the 2012 governorship election in the state, Chief Olusola Oke who was initially against the defection of Mimiko to the party, assured the crowd in his address that the PDP was now a formidable platform with focus on winning the state for Jonathan.
Apparently referring to the issues that had divided the leadership of the party in the past, Oke who got a loud ovation from the crowd said "I have spoken with Mr. President and he has promised us that in the next dispensation, Ondo State is going to be given the right attention. I have worked with the President for many years. He is going to promote us and elevate us and he is going to strengthen our party in Ondo State."
It was however the Vice-President that illuminated the minds of the crowd with the successes of the Jonathan administration particularly in the power sector when, as the chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Power Reform, he reeled out the achievements of government in the sector as he addressed the people.
Sambo, who started his speech by saying the Nigerian public is in the dark about how much efforts the government has put in place to lighten up Nigeria, said "I was watching television this morning and was surprised how less our people know about our efforts in the power sector. One respondent said our generation capacity has not increased. This is a lie.
"When we came in, only 2000 megawatts was being generated in the country, but now it has been more than doubled and has reached 4,500 megawatts. We have also constructed 3,500 kilometers of transmission lines, a great improvement over what we had before.
"As I am talking to you, the Zungeru and Mambilla Hydro power stations, with total installed capacity to produce 4,000 megawatts have been approved by the Federal Government.
"In the road infrastructure sector, this administration inherited only 5,000 kilometers of paved roads across the country but with massive investment in that sector, we now have 25,000 kilometers of paved roads in Nigeria, while in the rail sector, 3,500 kilometers of rail lines have been refurbished."
The climax of the campaign was the speech of the president who focused on his blueprint for the growth of Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (SMEs) as the panacea to reduce unemployment and develop the national economy.
He recounted how, as a Deputy-Governor of Bayelsa State, he was drawn to go on vacation to Malaysia to see what the Asian country did to turn the palm seedlings it took from Nigeria in the sixties, to a great foreign exchange earner.
According to him, "I was surprised when I got there to find out that all the industries processing palm products in Malaysia are small holdings, in fact family-owned small concerns that litter the entire country. That is the way to grow the economy; focus on small entrepreneurs.
"It was because of this that we set up the YouWin programme where small scale industries are getting support in grants to our youths and I am happy to tell you that a new crop of industrialists are already being groomed by this initiative."
The president also appealed to the gladiators in the PDP leadership tussle in the state to sheath their sword and work in harmony to win the state because failing to do so might give undue advantage to the opposition "the result of which none of us will be happy about."
With the massive crowd that attended the rally, if the presidential advice is heeded, victory for the PDP would be an easy venture.
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Good morning from the Bibliotheca! Powerpoints are being uploaded and we are nearly ready to start our morning session - which will (as yesterday) start with prehistory!
Ptolemy II also greeted us to the library this morning in the glorious Alexandrian sunshine - and we'll be with you for the duration of the day!


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Roma and Palermo among others are the latest clubs to have been involved in calling referee designators after more evidence from Tuesday's Calciopoli trial in Naples was published by the Italian media.
Of the 75 calls that Luciano Moggi's defence team presented to the court, a number included the newcomers, meaning that 11 of the 20 clubs who participated in the Serie A championship at the time were involved to some extent in calling the ex-designators Paolo Bergamo and Pierluigi Pairetto. Those 11 teams are Bologna, Cagliari, Fiorentina, Inter, Juventus, Lazio, Milan, Palermo, Reggina, Roma and Udinese.
Juve, Lazio, Milan, Fiorentina and Reggina were already punished during the 2006 sporting trial.
Tuttosport claims 43 phone calls of the 75 presented involved Inter, and some of those were played out at the hearing yesterday. Nine calls involved Milan, but the latest evidence involves Roma and Palermo to as well as Udinese, Cagliari and Bologna.
In one call dated April 14 2005, the then Rosanero director Rino Foschi speaks with former referee Massimo De Santis, one of the alleged plotters.
Foschi: Am I disturbing you?
De Santis: No, no, I have just finished training.
Foschi: The other day I spoke with V... It was a personal thing, but not one that I want alone, do you understand? When are we going to see each other?
De Santis: What, and you tell me now... you think.
Foschi: It's all easy for me... for me it's difficult, difficult.
De Santis: Look, we will organise something.
The other calls involve Cagliari, Bologna, Reggina and Roma. Reggina were already penalised by the 2006 sporting trial.
Roma's call involved Daniele Prade and Innocenzo Mazzini, the former FIGC vice president. Both Tuttosport and La Gazzetta dello Sport claim the call was before the Lupi's trip to Atalanta in which Antonio Cassano scored the winner.
Prade tells Mazzini: "We are counting on you." a day before the game.
In relation to the phone calls involving Palermo, Maurizio Zamparini insists his club did nothing wrong in calling the ref chiefs and he was quick to defend his position.
"I don't have to calm anyone because I am not worried at all. I called three times to complain about referees, but it's one thing complaining, and another trying to gang up on others. The fans shouldn't worry," Zamparini is quoted as saying on Goal.com Italia.
Earlier, Moggi's legal team were accused of falsifying evidence in court by Gianfelice Facchetti, the late Giacinto Facchetti's son. He argued his father, who at the time was presdient of Inter did not ask for specific referees.
But, Bergamo who spoke to Facchetti at the time, offered a contrasting view. He maintains that Facchetti did in fact ask for Collina in one of the calls.
"It was Facchetti who nominated Collina, not me," Bergamo told Rai.
Tuesday's court session revealed a call in which Facchetti had invited Bergamo to go to Moratti's offices because there was a gift waiting for him.
"I cannot remember going to Inter's offices to pick up a present. But, at the time it was Christmas and we received presents from everyone. In looking at this there needs to be some good sense," he added.
"It was my last year as a designator and so I had dinner with old friends including Moggi and [Antonio] Giraudo.
"Moratti never came, but he did invite me to go to Forte dei Marmi."
The trial in Naples resumes next Tuesday.
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