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Funds Through Private Debt Placement Crosses 2-Trillion Mark
Mumbai: Private placement of listed debt securities seem to be gaining traction among Indian companies for raising funds, with the total amount raised through this route crossing 2 trillion mark since the beginning of the current fiscal.
The Indian companies have raised a total of 2,11,308 crore till October 31 in the current financial year 2012-13 -- marking a sharp increase of 56 percent from the year-ago period, as per the data compiled by capital market regulator Sebi.
In private placements of debt, companies issue debt securities or bonds to institutional investors to raise capital.
In the April-October period of the previous fiscal, the total amount raised through this route stood at 1,35,590 crore. The number of such placements has also grown to 1,288 from 976 in the previous fiscal.
Market experts believe that domestic bond market saw greater demand for funds compared to a year ago because of little borrowing done through international routes.
"Many Indian companies are turning to the bond market to raise funds because overseas money through foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCB) and External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) route is not available. Besides, many firms default on their FCCB so private placement of debt is the only viable option," CNI Research CMD Kishor Ostwal said.
The situation seemed to have improved in the current fiscal, with an increase in the number of debt issues in comparison to year-ago period likely because companies were finding it difficult to raise funds from other routes.
In the entire fiscal 2011-12, companies had raised a total of 2,61,282 crore through debt on a private placement through 1,953 issues.
Most of the funds raised in the current fiscal were mainly in the month of July, when companies had raised 57,745 crore followed by August (34,892 crore).
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As seen on Etsy.com today!
2010 is almost here. How can you improve your business operations? One simple yet incredibly important financial step you can take is to separate your personal and business bank accounts. No more comingling of accounts, no more gray area, no more personal checks for business expenses.
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Back in 2006, around tax time, I remember it taking me three days' worth of effort to separate my Quicken report into personal and business expenses. Opening a second bank account is pretty easy and, even better, free. Okay, so you have to buy checks. But the time it will take you to separate data "after the fact" is ugly. Think of it as time that you could be using to sell or make your services or products.
When Your Business is More than Just a Hobby
When you're first starting out, it makes no sense to go overboard with new accounts or a dedicated credit card. It's just a hobby, right? Wrong! Sales will start rolling in, and before you know it you'll have orders to fill and more raw materials to purchase. Suddenly, you need a website, an accountant, business cards and more supplies –- you even buy ad space on a few key websites. Do yourself a favor and open a bank account specifically for your business expenses.

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June 30, 2016
An idyllic Swedish country house
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Labels COUNTRY HOUSE , INTERIOR , SCANDINAVIAN , SWEDEN
June 29, 2016
The summer retreat of a French family in Trancoso, Brazil
...the sophistication of Paris and the peace of the Brazilian exotic atmosphere.
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June 28, 2016
Beach Bungalow in Cape Town
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Labels BEACH STYLE , BUNGALOW , COASTAL HOUSE , INTERIOR , SOUTH AFRICA , SUMMER
June 27, 2016
Laurence Doligé's sublime bungalow in Goa, India
A haven of peace, almost surreal and sophisticated among the tropical nature.
Inspired by the freewheeling energy of Goa, India, a fashion designer creates a hippie-chic seaside retreat where most of the living takes place outdoors
Inspired by the freewheeling energy of Goa, India, a fashion designer creates a hippie-chic seaside retreat where most of the living takes place outdoors
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June 26, 2016
Papaya Playa Project, The simplicity of luxury
Tulum, in the Mexican Caribbean, is one of the most coveted beaches in the world. Transformed into an ecological reserve whose boutique hotels aim to respect the environment and integrated into the landscape, today we look at Papaya Playa Project. Walk barefoot to beach and hide into the jungle. The complex consists of rustic cabins and cottages whose simplicity is its the main attraction. Sand, wood, beach ... who needs anything else? All construction has been built with local materials, preserving the architecture of the place, plus some bioclimatic precepts: facing east to harness sunlight and at night the entrance of fresh air, thatched roofs, bamboo frames cabins , wooden walls and plaster, materials that breathe ...
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by Susan Hemphil
The Chestnut Hill Holiday House Tour is the perfect way to get into the holiday spirit. For many residents, the Holiday House Tour has become an annual tradition.
This year's Holiday House Tour will be held on Saturday, Dec. 1, from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. This year's tour features five Chestnut Hill Homes.
Two of the homes on the tour feature a charming Cotswold-style design by architects Gilchrist, McGoodwin, and Duhring. Legend has it that in the early 1900's Chestnut Hill developer George Woodward sent the architects to England and France to study the local country architecture for inspiration.
The third home is a dramatic Queen Anne by G.W. & W. D. Hewitt, primary architects for Henry Houston and George Woodward in their carefully planned development of Chestnut Hill.
Also on the tour is a handsome Colonial Revival home built in 1906; attendees may remember the property as the longtime home and office of a well-known Chestnut Hill physician.
Finally, a beautifully constructed modern property will round out the tour; although respectful of its Chestnut Hill surroundings, the house will be an interesting departure from the more traditional homes.
Architecture styles aside, the real stars of the show are the holiday decorations. From the creatively decorated Fraser Firs and Scotch Pines to sparkling tables set for a New Year's Eve dinner, decorating ideas abound. The Chestnut Hill House Tour attracts the region's finest designers, florists and merchants and they pull out all the stops in making sure that the tour is Philadelphia's finest.
In the spirit of the holidays, attendees can expect to see styles that include Victorian ornate, classic country, and festive fancy, and vibrant international as well modern interpretations for a contemporary home. There will be something for everyone.
As part of your tour, attendees will receive a program book, which provides descriptions of all the houses, and highlights the designers in each home.
Reservations are $30 for Chestnut Hill Community Association members and $35 for non-members. Groups of 10 or more enjoy a 10 percent discount. Wristbands, booklets and maps of the tour will be available Saturday morning beginning at 10 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m. (although the Tour itself ends at 4 p.m.) Registration in advance is encouraged. Attendees will also receive a list of participating restaurants that are offering a special "House Tour" discount for that day only. And to top off the day, Woodmere Art Museum invites tour attendees to a wine and cheese reception from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
All proceeds benefit the Chestnut Hill Community Association.
For information or to make reservations, call Noreen Spota at 215-248-8810 or visit www.chestnuthill.org.
This year's designers, florists, and nurseries will include: Bone Appetite, Bredenbeck's Bakery , Cafette, Cottage Designs, Elite Florals, El Quetzal, Falls Flowers, LLC, First Impressions, From Bali to Bala, Greene Countrie Garden Club, Green Design , Hannah Dee Interiors , Haven, Interior Design, The Hill Company, Jeffrey Dean, Ltd., Kim McCarthy, Interiors, M & M Interiors, Maple Acres Farm, ML Willcox Home and Personal Accessories, Night Kitchen Bakery, Oxford Circus Toys, The Paperia, Private Gardens, Robertson's Flowers, Roeder Design Group, Rothe Florists, Scarlet Begonias, Seasonal Sisters, A Taste of Olive, Ten Thousand Villages, Zahra's Floral Studio
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Last month, Bartow Firm A-C-T took delivery of an all-electric Nissan Leaf and installed a 240-volt rapid charging station on their property.
BARTOW | Rob Kincart must feel pretty good when he passes a gas station these days.
Kincart's firm, Bartow-based A-C-T Environmental and Infrastructure, is getting a jolt of electric car technology. Last month, the business took delivery of an all-electric Nissan Leaf and installed a 240-volt rapid charging station on their property.
The charging station is the first of its kind in Bartow, but also notable is the fact that A-C-T appears to be a rare example of a company with a Leaf in its fleet.
"We were just voted the Green Business of the Year in Bartow, and we are in the environmental business, so we thought it appropriate to investigate the use of electric vehicles," Kincart said. "Obviously with the price of gasoline looking at $4 per gallon, I thought it would make sense to try one."
It's a relatively cautious experiment for A-C-T, which does environmental science, engineering and industrial cleanup work. The company will lease the Leaf for $214 monthly over a two-year period; the quick charge station — which replenishes the Leaf's battery in roughly 30 minutes — cost about $2,000 to purchase and install. The device will add an estimated $50 to A-C-T's monthly power bill.
The Leaf can travel more than 70 miles on a full charge and Kincart said the vehicle is primarily being used for driving to local job sites and running errands. He said he opted to lease instead of buy the Leaf because he expects electric car technology to improve in the coming years and become more feasible for longer trips.
"I would like to see them with a range of a couple hundred miles, which would allow us to go into Tampa or Orlando without fear of knowing where a charging station was," Kincart said.
Considered the world's first mass-market electric vehicle, the Leaf has sold more than 50,000 units globally (20,000-plus in the U.S.) since its launch in 2010. Domestic sales have lagged, however: Nissan only sold about 10,000 Leafs nationwide last year, half of what the automaker projected. The 2013 Leaf retails for a base price of $28,800 — $6,400 less than the previous model — and buyers can qualify for a $7,500 federal tax credit.
It doesn't appear that many businesses have adopted the Leaf.
"While we have worked with a few corporate partners ... Nissan has focused LEAF sales on the retail side," said Nissan spokesman Travis Parman. "As with many new vehicles — especially ones with innovative technology like Leaf — we find that fleet managers first purchase smaller numbers to evaluate them, and we anticipate being in that mode for 2013."
According to a forecast from Pike Research, worldwide fleet purchases of plug-in electric vehicles will grow from approximately 37,000 vehicles this year to more than 291,000 vehicles by 2020.
The City of Lakeland's fleet includes a single Chevy Volt — an "extended range" electric vehicle that uses a gas engine for backup power.
One problem for plug-in cars is the scarcity of rapid charging stations (a Leaf takes several hours to charge using a 110-volt outlet or standard charging station). Approximately 160 fast charging stations exist in the U.S., though Nissan recently announced an initiative to install 500 of the stations nationwide during the next 18 months.
Polk County has a handful of public charging stations, with one each at the two Kohl's stores in Lakeland and Lake Wales, and one at the Main Street parking garage in downtown Lakeland. Jenkins Nissan in Lakeland and Hill Nissan in Winter Haven also have convenient charging stations.
Though the technology is still proving itself, Kincart said he has no major qualms with the Leaf thus far.
"I don't think you can go wrong with one vehicle for around-town traffic," he said. "Especially at the $200 price."
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Sunday, August 8, 2010
Galway's Back Streets
At the corner of Eyre and Woodquay, the shops don't cater as much to the visiting trade, and appearances aren't kept up too carefully.
In places like this, the city displays the history of human ingenuity, as its exterior skin is retrofitted for new ways of living. You can trace how the old houses adjusted from coal to electricity, and how they strapped plumbing pipes on the outside.
The utility poles are made not from wood but from steel pipes of graduated thickness. They support automobile traffic signs, electric lights, Internet and television cables, and security cameras.
One lady, perhaps expecting a more postcard view, stopped and said, "It's a lovely drawing, but I wouldn't think of making a picture of it."
But for the next couple hours, three or four guys saw my wife and me painting, looked at the view, decided it was "artistic," and took out their cameras to snap a photo.
11 comments:
- Dorian said...
Gorgeous texture on the top left Jim!
Is this all colored pencils?
- August 8, 2010 at 3:33 AM
- Dorian said...
(the water soluble ones?)
started playing with them! fun!!
- August 8, 2010 at 3:34 AM
- James Gurney said...
Dorian, yes, it's a combination of regular watercolor (yellow ochre, burnt sienna, and ultra mainly) with water-soluble colored pencils in a 8x11 inch "folio" Moleskine watercolor book.
I've also tried using the water-soluble crayons or whatever they call them for things like rough textures. They're held together with gum arabic, so in a way it's like drawing directly with a cake of watercolor pigment.
- August 8, 2010 at 4:07 AM
- David Teter said...
Oh boy I've heard comments like that... "that's a beautiful painting of an ugly subject.." and "oil barrels?, why would you want to paint oil barrels?". To which I replied "Why not?"... the look on her face then, was priceless.
Like you said the subject does not have to be a postcard pic (to be fascinating).
Love your composition featuring the least touristy object as the focus of the watercolor. You could have done the more obvious quaint house/village/street scene.
- August 8, 2010 at 4:50 AM
- BROD WONG said...
That is so awesome. You have such control over water colors. Love the color palette you chose. Very well done. How long did it take you to do this James?
- August 8, 2010 at 5:15 AM
- donalfall said...
The pub just to the left of your picture (McSwiggans) is where we hold our Galway 'Pub Scrawl' every second monday. Not tomorrow, sadly.
- August 8, 2010 at 6:01 AM
Paintings like this are why I really like your art. :) You really have a knack for making the incredibly mundane into something of beauty.
- August 8, 2010 at 11:23 AM
- Sketching Artist said...
I enjoy drawing unusual or complex scenes like this. I feel like an investigator recording and making sense of the chaos.
I saw your work exhibited at The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach yesterday. Exquisite! Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to see your amazing body of work.
- August 9, 2010 at 2:30 PM
- T Arthur Smith said...
Originally I was just going to ask how you fit so much detail into a sketch from life - with every little line and color on the telephone pole to the people walking in the distance, etc. Then I see you used watercolor pencils, which I guess explains it in part, but how do you get them to such a fine point? And then brush over them without ruining the detail? Please tell me this took at least two hours. Do you use a variety of brushes with this? Does the brand of pencils matter?
- August 10, 2010 at 10:28 AM
- Mike Bear said...
I really quite like this one, James. Inspiring, I need to get outside and sketch!
- August 10, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- James Gurney said...
T Arthur, Yes, the watercolor pencils help a lot with this kind of linear detail. I do them after blocking in the main masses in traditional watercolor.
Brod and Donal: The picture did take about 3 hours.
Dorian, yes, I used the pencils for that rough texture, good eye!
Donalfall, that's incredible that you've got a sketch group at McSwiggan's. You're right--that's the name, I just forgot to paint it on there.
- August 14, 2010 at 5:58 PM


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The number of women connected to Tiger Woods could topple a dozen by week's end, according to several sources familiar with Woods' behavior during his frequent trips to Las Vegas.
Over the course of the weekend, Las Vegas-based Jamie Jungers, New Yorker Cori Rist and Florida-based Mindy Lawton have all been identified as having extramarital connections to Woods, bringing the total of named women up to six. According to British tabloids, Lawton might be Woods' first mistress; the two met at a Perkins restaurant near Woods' home where Lawton was a waitress, just two years after Woods married Elin Nordegren.
As for other women who have yet to come out, several prominent Las Vegas-based nightclub managers say that although Woods had women he had a "relationship" with, there were definitely others.
"He wasn't one to send away someone who was interested. There was a revolving door of women with Tiger," said one. "I can think of half a dozen off the top of my head. But if you want his business — and you do — you make sure it's kept as discreet as possible."
Another person who lives near Woods' Windermere, Fla., home said that rumors of Woods' infidelity was nothing new.
"Locally, there were always rumors of women in the community that he'd taken up with," said the source. "You just never believed it because it seemed insane that he'd risk everything he has to sleep with women who were basically in his backyard. And with Tiger, you just didn't want to believe it, either."
Expect G-rated Lambert 'View' performance
The ABC ban imposed upon Adam Lambert after his risqué American Music Awards performance seems to have been lifted. Lambert will perform on "The View" on Thursday, and the performance is guaranteed to be safe for all audiences this time around. ABC says it will be pre-taped.
This is absolutely a good thing: According to a member of the AMA production, Lambert's rehearsals gave no indication that he would incorporate any scandalous elements into his live performance. "What he did was a total surprise to everyone," said the source.
A Blinding weekend box office
Sandra Bullock's feel-good flick, "The Blind Side," played like the University of Alabama this weekend, toppling the previous No. 1, "New Moon," with a weekend take of $20.4 million. "New Moon" earned $15.7 million. Unlike the Florida-Alabama game, this showdown was a little more predictable. Bullock's film has been gaining buzz since its debut three weeks ago. That said, next weekend, when "Invictus" and "The Lovely Bones" are released, another No. 1 looks doubtful.
"Brothers," with Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Toby Maguire came in No. 3, with $9.7 million. That might sound like a decent take for a smaller film, but the per screen average is only $4,646 — not great news for a film that is hoping to gain Oscar attention.
Courtney Hazlett delivers the Scoop Monday through Friday on msnbc.com. Follow Scoop on Twitter @courtneyatmsnbc


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Pacers try to regroup for Game 2 of East Finals
LeBron James led the Miami Heat to victory in Game 1 and on Friday, the defending champions will try for a 2-0 lead over the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals.
With 2.2 seconds on the clock, James got the inbounds pass, streaked by Paul George and cruised in for the winning layup in overtime. The Heat survived, 103-102.
"I peeked over my left shoulder. I saw Paul George was a little out of place. So I just took off," said James, who had a remarkable triple-double of 30 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on Wednesday.
George over-played and made things much easier on James. But much of the discussion about the play centered around Pacers' coach Frank Vogel's decision to not have shot-blocker Roy Hibbert on the floor.
Hibbert, who received votes for the All-Defensive team, was on the bench when James streaked to the hoop for a lay-in with 10 seconds left, then Vogel did not re-insert him after George buried three huge free throws to give the Pacers the lead.
Miami had the ball out of bounds on its sideline, but Indiana called timeout, once again, giving Vogel a chance to check Hibbert into the game. He didn't. George, another member of the All-Defensive team, botched the defensive assignment, as James glided to the rim and the Heat won.
Vogel explained his decision to keep Hibbert on the bench.
"That's the dilemma they present when they have Chris Bosh at the five spot and his ability to space the floor," said Vogel. "We put a switching lineup in with the intent to switch, keep everything in front of us and try to go into or force a challenged jump shot."
And would Vogel have Hibbert in there if the situation presented itself again?
"We'll have to evaluate and see what we'll do the next time," he said. "I would say we'll probably have him in next time."
On Thursday, Vogel addressed the criticism, which came from everyone with an opinion and an outlet to express it.
"It's natural," he said. "When you make a coaching decision and it doesn't work, you're going to be second-guessed. Part of the business.
"All I can say is, it was a sound plan. When you have five 3-point shooters on the court, you need a switching lineup out there with five guys who are great ball containers."
George made the critical mistake, but was outstanding for four quarters and 4:50 of overtime. He drained a long 3-pointer to tie it and force overtime, then, the first-time All-Star sank three free throws to give the Pacers a one- point lead.
"I made a bonehead mistake of pressuring up on LeBron," said George. "We're all a young team. Coach is a young coach. We'll all grow together. So that's something that we have to learn from."
George paced Indiana with 27 points, followed by 26 from David West and 19 from Hibbert. Tyler Hansbrough added 10 off the bench as the awesome Pacers front line did its part.
The back court did not. George Hill managed only five points in almost 45 minutes and Lance Stephenson had seven, although he did pull down 12 rebounds.
James was his typical MVP self, but Miami got great efforts from almost everyone.
Dwyane Wade, who fouled out, scored 19 points, and Bosh netted 17. Mario Chalmers chipped in 10 points and Chris Andersen was amazing with 16 points, on 7-for-7 shooting, in just 18 minutes.
Both teams know improvements can be made, especially since both had 20-plus turnovers.
"We know we can get better. We watched the film. We had 20-plus turnovers, which is uncharacteristic of us," said James. "That's why each game is its own, and you try to learn from your mistakes in the previous game."
Game 3 will be in Indianapolis on Sunday night.


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Warlords do pretty well with Glowing Guardian early on - assuming you're saving your mana potions for the boss - as they are one of the best classes to take advantage of Humility (being not nearly as reliant on BURNDAYRAZ, HALPMEH, or health regeneration to get high level kills) and can build piety fairly well with courageous kills as a result (and can also take Absolution without having to worry as much about the lost exp). For the boss, you'll generally want to convert to Mystera or Taurog (he doesn't penalize magic use very much, and you aren't casting a large number of spells which is where he nails you) and that usually means foregoing Enlightenment because building up enough piety to convert afterwards is quite difficult.
Dracul actually works reasonably well for Warlords in the endgame, depending on your strategy and available resources, either as a conversion from someone else or even as a brand new worshiper. You can freely give him most of your max HP in exchange for sky high max MP. Again, though, you'll generally want to convert to someone else afterwards (which shouldn't be too hard, since at level 10 you can easily obtain over 200 piety from him via sacrificing HP).
Mystera -> Tikki Tooki -> Mystera should also work reasonably well. Build your piety up to 100, ignoring low level monsters as much as possible, then switch to TT and take his exp and/or dodge boons, kill a bunch of low level monsters, then convert back so you can avoid being penalized for death protection.
I do wish there were more viable ways to stick with one diety the whole way through, but if you're willing to shop around there are a lot of workable combinations. I think it's mainly Halflings (and Priests) who are really lacking in options at the moment (other than Taurog).


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Summerlander wrote:Just the other day I tried to explain to my eight year-old son that there is no highest number because you can always add more to it. Likewise, there is no smallest number either if you imagine that there is always the half of something.
On expansion... the universe expands, our consciousness evolves, and we are taller today than we've ever been.
Go back a couple of millennia and you'd see that the short folks of today would be considered tall.
Go back even further and the world is a different place.
Back even further and eventually we come to realise that dust is playing with funny forms to a level of complexity where, eventually, with the passage of time, it is safe to say that the forms are now playing with the dust.
It's a circus and we are the clowns.
Well, in truth, there are no numbers at all Humans created numbers, so they only exist to us. If we say there is no highest number, there won't be. (Well there is the infinite sign ∞, which in mathematics, is considered a number) If we say numbers go on forever, they will. Do you believe that there was a start, or do you think there simply always was a form of something, which we were built off of? And if we're clowns, who's the audience?


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Norwich housing problem unresolved
Norwich - Inspectors have in the past three years visited one or the other of two West Thames Street houses for an overflowing septic system, a smoking furnace surrounded by illegal basement bedrooms and a blocked main entrance.
Each time, they found illegal wiring and wall dividers and far more occupants than the houses can legally hold. Three times since December 2008, building and health inspectors have condemned the ranch houses at 718 and 724 W. Thames St. for dangerous overcrowding conditions.
"We're worried that the fourth time is coming," City Code Enforcement Officer George Gardner said last week.
Renters in the houses typically have been Asian workers from the nearby Mohegan Sun casino.
City health, building and housing inspectors want criminal charges filed against the property owners, Robert Eldridge and Lin Feng Eldridge, of 18 Old Fitchville Road, Montville.
But months after they referred their complaints to the housing prosecutor at the state's attorney's office, the inspectors are still waiting and the houses have received their new certificates of occupancy. A "For Rent" sign hangs on the door at 718 W. Thames St. and a "For Sale" sign sits on the lawn at 724.
Dating back to 2008
Inspectors first visited the houses when neighbors complained of pollution from a failed septic system at 718 W. Thames St. in late 2008. An Uncas Health Department official inspecting the repairs saw smoke emanating from the basement. When building inspectors responded, they discovered illegal bedrooms in the basement and the main floors of both houses.
Gardner ordered the illegal temporary walls and electrical wiring removed and the houses restored to single-family conditions.
Responding to a neighbor's complaint, Gardner returned in August 2010 and found four bedrooms in the basement and five on the main floors of each house. Temporary wall partitions and illegal wiring that had been removed were back. Another illegal bedroom was found above the garage.
Gardner condemned the houses for the second time and the owners again removed the bedrooms.
On Oct. 24, 2012, inspectors were alerted anew to violations after firefighters were called to 718 W. Thames St. for a medical emergency and found a large statue on the outdoor front steps blocking the entrance. Gardner said the front entranceway had been converted into an illegal bedroom.
Fire Lt. James E. Fear Sr. wrote a letter to city inspectors describing three basement bedrooms, one in the garage and six on the main floor at 718, built as a two-bedroom house. Next door at 724, also a two-bedroom house, inspectors found two basement bedrooms and four on the main floor. In both houses, all bedrooms had locks and were rented separately to tenants, Gardner said.
In December 2012, Robert Eldridge once again applied for city building permits to remove the wall partitions and electrical work and restore the houses to single-family status. He applied for and received a permit to create a legal third bedroom at 718.
Criminal charges sought
Zoning, code enforcement and health inspectors met with prosecutor Rafael Bustamante at the site on Dec. 12, but since then city officials said they have received little response to their request for help in seeking criminal charges.
City Planning Director Peter Davis will meet with Judith Dicine, supervisory assistant state's attorney for housing matters, on Friday.
"The individual has willfully and repeatedly placed unknowing and vulnerable people in extremely dangerous living conditions without any regard for their safety or well-being," Davis wrote in his initial email to Dicine on Nov. 28.
Robert Eldridge did not respond to a request for comment.
Uncas Health District Director Patrick McCormack said a Waterbury case he heard about last year involving a fatal fire in an illegal bedroom was the catalyst for seeking strict enforcement in the Norwich cases.
"We saw this as a similar case, and using that as a precedent, this might be an opportunity to engage the state and develop our own precedent on how to deal with these cases in the future," McCormack said. "Our goal is to prevent people from getting sick, disabled or dying."
"We met with the prosecutor at the site so they can physically see the building," McCormack said of the December meeting with Bustamante. "We're concerned about the people who live there because there are language barriers and they might not seek help."
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Last of the Bootheel Swamps
Last of the Bootheel Swamps
Last of the Bootheel Swamps
Jim McCarty
With a well-practiced
flip of his wrist John Stanard launches his lure in a lazy arc that
lands with a soft plop at the swollen base of a cypress tree. The lure
disappears into water the color of strong red tea. From the murky depths
a fish takes the offering. A quick battle ensues which ends with a
small but healthy looking chain pickerel thrashing from the hook.
catch proved to be the only one of the day for this angler. Yet he
positively beams in the early morning light of an unseasonably cool
August day. Great blue heron keep pace with the canoe. Barred owls
call their greeting from the tree tops. Fat water snakes slide into
the water as he passes inches away. The occasional bellow of a bullfrog
adds to the symphony of the swamp.
For Stanard, catching
fish is secondary to the glory of spending time at Mingo National Wildlife
Refuge, 21,676 acres that include most of the state's
remaining bottomland hardwood swamp.
From his home in
Poplar Bluff, Stanard is within striking distance of Current, Black
and St. Francis rivers. Nearby Clearwater and Wappapello lakes probably
offer better fishing odds. Yet on any given day you can find him paddling
a battered aluminum canoe up the Mingo River.
"I absolutely
love this place," he says. "The swamps aren't
creepy to me. They are the most diverse environment we have. We are extremely
fortunate to have Mingo in our backyard in southeast Missouri."
a teenager Stanard, now 64, was fascinated by stories his grandfather
and great uncle told of camping trips to the Mingo area, located near
Puxico in Stoddard County.
Stanard recalls when
roughly one-third of the area was bottomland hardwoods where the rivers
overflowed to form swamps. Today that landscape is all gone, the trees
logged off and the swamps drained to create valuable farmland. Where
once cypress, black gum and giant oaks spread their canopies, corn,
soybeans, milo and, increasingly, rice grows.
Mingo is
the last of the great Bootheel swamps, the largest piece of swampland
that remains in Missouri. "Once there was about 2.5 million acres
of bottomland hardwood forest in the Bootheel," says Kathy Burchett,
Mingo's refuge
manager. "Now Mingo has about 15,000 acres in a contiguous
tract and that's
Giant cypress trees
attracted lumber companies that turned the area into the state's
most productive timber region.
When the great trees
were gone drainage districts formed to turn the area into farmland.
The Mingo Drainage District spent more than $1 million to clear the
area. But nature had different ideas. Mingo refused to drain, despite
seven north-south ditches dug to channel water away. During the Depression
the Mingo Drainage District went bankrupt.
When the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service bought 21,676 acres of Mingo Swamp in 1945, the
land was in terrible shape. Clear cutting, wildfires, overgrazing and
the half-hearted efforts to drain the swamp had left it a burned and
eroded wasteland.
Through careful management,
much of the natural flora and fauna has been restored. After the passage
of the Wilderness Act in 1964, residents of the area lobbied hard to
get part of Mingo set aside as a wilderness. "Even though Mingo
was protected in the form of a refuge it wasn't managed
from a preservationist standpoint," says Stanard.
still harvested timber and there was pretty heavy ag use from
leases. A small group of us saw an opportunity to further protect
the true swamp area."
Their efforts resulted
in nearly 8,000 acres being set aside. Here no new roads can be built,
no timber will be harvested and the area will return to a
place "where
man himself is a visitor who does not remain," in the
words of the Wilderness Act.
A trip through the
refuge today reveals little of the past abuses, although the area will
never be quite the same, thanks to a huge diversion channel
that keeps the Castor River from overflowing into the swamp.
deer stare back at visitors. Muskrat and otters play in the water.
Wild turkey graze the food plots planted by the Friends of Mingo
Swamp, a group formed to help the nine-member refuge staff. Thousands
of birds — waterfowl
like teal and ducks, snowy egrets, prehistoric looking great blue
herons and even bald eagles — call the refuge home.
Mingo is
one of the few places where swamp rabbits and alligator snapping
turtles remain. Most prolific seem to be the snakes, some water moccasins
but mostly fat water snakes that rest on fallen logs in the river.
Mingo is also home
to thousands of unusual and even rare plants. The flora includes trees
like cherry bark oak, flowering plants like spider lily and mallow,
not to mention the countless cypress and tupelo trees. Three state
record trees — Carolina
buckthorn, devil's walking stick and water locust — grow
About 18,000 years
ago this land was underneath the Mississippi River. The river carved
bluffs that today are the eastern edge of the Ozarks. When the
river broke through Crowley's Ridge south of
Cape Girardeau it abandoned the old channel.
can literally have one foot in the swamp and the
other one on the edge of the Ozark escarpment," says
Stanard. "Just in the matter
of a hundred yards you can go from a cypress-tupelo
swamp to an Ozark upland habitat with oak-hickory
forest on it."
Three distinct ecosystems
come together at Mingo, and the result is an incredible
diversity of plants and animals. "We call
it a hidden gem," Burchett
says of the refuge. "I think the neat thing
about Mingo is it's not
easy to find but when you find it you will never
forget it. The lack of development has allowed
it to remain a special and unique place."
says the refuge, served by Ozark Border Electric
Co-op, gets 133,000 visitors a year. That's from people. The numbers
of waterfowl and other migratory species that find Mingo far outnumber human
visitors. The migrants peak from late November to mid-December, depending on
how cold it is in the north. By the time the snowbirds leave, it's time
for the spring migrants to return.
In the fall the snakes
stage their own migration, moving from the swamps into the hills for
hibernation. Some parts of the refuge are open to hunting, with
a special muzzleloader and archery hunt for deer.
A boardwalk, recently
rebuilt to be more handicap-accessible, takes visitors into the swamp
to see firsthand what makes it so special. Several scenic overlooks
equipped with spotting scopes let visitors bird watch.
Fishing is always
popular, with Monopoly Marsh, the Mingo River and several small lakes
available to anglers. More opportunities are coming thanks to the
Friends of Mingo Swamp, which has already raised $22,000 to fund projects
like butterfly gardens, benches, food plots and interpretive signs.
manager has made cleaning out the ditches a priority, which should
restore the massive crappie and bluegill locals remember taking from
the refuge ditches. Another project will be the reintroduction of
alligator gar, a rough fish that used to grow as long as 9 feet. Mingo
will serve as a hatchery for the gar, which will then be released into
the rivers.
While the refuge's
purpose has always been to provide habitat for waterfowl and other
migratory birds, opportunities abound for any outdoor enthusiast able
to get past their fear of snakes.
"Mingo is special, it's
beautiful, it's esthetically pleasing," says
Burchett. "Maybe out here you
recognize how little we are. Man
is part of the landscape and always
will be but sometimes we need to
go back to where we naturally fit."
For more information call (573) 222-3589 or visit the refuge Web site
at http://midwest.fws.gov/Mingo/index.html.


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David Bernstein has stressed the importance of the Respect campaign
Bernstein is ready to roll out a new Code of Conduct, possibly in time for England's friendly with Sweden in Gothenburg on November 14.
"I came into this position as chairman with five things I'd identified, one of which was respect, in its wider sense," he said. "Not just towards referees but player-to-player, the whole respect agenda. I'm beginning to think it's the most important thing I've got to deal with as chairman of the FA."
The implementation of the Code of Conduct will mark the end of a process that began in January, since when the FA have lost the services of Fabio Capello and John Terry, and found themselves bearing the brunt of Ashley Cole's outrageous Twitter rant which cast a shadow over Tuesday's landmark opening of the National Football Centre at St George's Park.
And whilst Bernstein is anxious to spell out no connection should be made to the code and the actions of Cole and Terry, who has still to decide whether he will appeal against his four-match ban for making a racist slur at Anton Ferdinand at Loftus Road in October last year, it is clear its publication cannot come quickly enough.
Cole sought out Bernstein on Monday night to personally apologise for labelling the FA "a bunch of T***s" on Twitter last Friday.
It was a reaction no-one could possibly excuse - and one it is hard to imagine being aired within a club environment where there is no such blurring of the lines between team selection and overall discipline.
Bernstein thinks so, not least because he gets the strong sense England's players actually want to be there.
"These guys share a desire to play for England. They really do value it," he said.
"But the FA is a complicated organisation. Having the whole regulatory side alongside Club England has created a degree of confusion. There has been a lack of clarity and the fact we haven't sat down with them has led to a bit of fuzziness."


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Author Notes: My dad, an ex-chef, loves to set things on fire and we developed this recipe together. Use grass-fed beef, if possible. - WinnieAb —WinnieAb
Food52 Review: What a lovely twist on a classic sauce. The white miso that gets added at the last minute adds a dimension to peppercorn sauce that I've never before experienced. Next time I make it, and there will certainly be a next time, I would add 1/2 cup of cream as I like my sauce to drape nicely over the meat. - thehappycook —Victoria Ross
Serves: 4
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
2 (2 inch-thick/24 oz. each) rib-eye steaks (approximately 3 pounds total)
olive oil
coarse sea salt
Whiskey Peppercorn Sauce
4 tablespoons butter, divided
1 tablespoon black peppercorns, crushed with a rolling pin (or purchase crushed black peppercorns)
2 large shallots, peeled and chopped
1/4 cup whiskey
1/3 cup heavy cream
1-2 tablespoons white miso
- Preheat gas grill to medium-high (or prepare charcoal grill for cooking over moderate direct heat).
- Pat steaks dry. Rub with olive oil and then season both sides with course salt.
- Grill steaks for approximately 4-6 minutes on each side, until thermometer registers about 120°F for rare.
- 5. Transfer steaks to a cutting board and let stand 5-10 minutes before slicing. (Internal temperature will rise to 125 to 128°F while steaks stand.)
- Slice steaks across the grain and serve with peppercorn sauce.
Whiskey Peppercorn Sauce
- Heat peppercorns in a skillet over high heat for 1-2 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons of the butter and shallots and cook over medium heat until shallots are soft, about 4 minutes.
- Remove pan from heat and pour the whiskey into the skillet.
- Return pan to heat and allow flame to burn off the alcohol, if desired.
- Add cream and any liquid that has come out of the resting steaks to pan. Bring to a boil and cook for 1-2 minutes, so the sauce thickens.
- Turn off the heat and whisk in the remaining two tablespoons of butter and 1-2 tablespoons of the miso.
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Stay Tuned: Changes coming to off-roadweb.com SoonPosted in News on July 19, 2013
If you're reading this, then you're probably already a fan of Off-Road magazine (thanks!) and a fellow enthusiast. So we wanted you to be the first to know about a slate of new and exciting changes we're planning for the online version of www.off-roadweb.com aimed squarely at folks just like you.
What will it mean? More entertaining and informative editorial features from across our portfolio of like-minded brands, along with a host of other updates designed to create a unique online experience centered on the hobby we all care so deeply about.
Starting on August 1st, off-roadweb.com will become part of a network of sites all tailored specifically to the off-road community and experience. No, off-roadweb.com isn't going away entirely. Instead it will become part of a group of six publications, including: FourWheeler, Petersen's 4Wheel & Off-Road, Off-Road, 4Wheel Drive & Sport Utility, JP, and Mud Life. While the network will carry the FourWheeler banner, each publication will have its own unique landing page with the same great stories and personalities you've come to expect.
From the FourWheeler.com home page, you'll be able to experience unique offerings from all six publications updated multiple times a day, along with the latest news about what's going on in the off-road world and other words, photos, and videos we think you're going to like.
Click on a story, and you'll find a much cleaner and streamlined experience designed to eliminate the clutter, with bigger and better photography. We've also dramatically simplified the site navigation, allowing easy access to stories and one-click access to each brand's main page. And you'll be able to learn more about each publication's editors, who are eager to share more of what they know with you -- from what they drive to the trails they drive them on.
And that's only the beginning. Our goal is to get out of your way and give you the tools you need to become an integral part of an ever-evolving community of like-minded enthusiasts. In the near future, you'll be able to create your own profile, allowing you to share photos and videos of what you drive and where you drive it, with mapping features and more. Users with the coolest stuff will be showcased on FourWheeler.com. In short, we want you to be the story as much as the stories you'll find from our publications.
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Great post, Rey.
The weak point you indicated in your kite is the same area I see more in 3-strut kites than 5-struts, especially when boosting.
The pressure situation with your bladder is a challenge. Because the tension on the wall equals the pressure times the radius (LaPlace's Law), you can't put as much pressure in a kite with a fatter leading edge. However, a fatter leading edge gives more support, so there's a trade-off. Perhaps making the leading edge fatter at the weak points, but keeping it the same elsewhere would help.
How about reinforcing the leading edge at the weak points with a baton like in a sail? It would add minimal weight, although it would make storage less optimal.


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First Look: Kate Moss for Longchamp Handbags
>> Just last week, it was announced that Kate Moss is working on a multi-season handbag line for Longchamp. Now, courtesy of the February 2010 issue of Vogue Paris, we get a look at the goods — which hit stores Feb. 11 — and Kate elaborates on the first collection and her inspirations (loosely translated from French):
The emerald green pochette, whose color I love, I wanted to be very simple, based on the shape of an envelope. I would wear it with all black or all navy. Because I love to wear dove grey, I wanted a bag in that color to go with my grey jeans. The zebra was inspired by an old pony printed valise from the '70s that my boyfriend [Jamie Hince] brought back from San Francisco, very dry, very trashed, without any glamour, and which I loved. As for the bags in cognac leather, it's a color and a very supple leather that we found in equestrian accessories stores, and we unfortunately can no longer find.


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One-Minute Review: Flir's Thermal Camera for iPhone
The Flir One case turns an iPhone into a thermal imaging camera. WSJ's Nathan Olivarez-Giles shows you what you can do with "Predator"-like heat vision.
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... I ... on ... if you're one of their more vigilant competitor you know have that with the flair one thermal camera the Ifo ... the three or fifty or phone keys can spot source of heat that anytime a day or night ... as you can see the effect is really cool ... does anyone actually need this ... well yes and no ... for I phone accessory this is terribly expensive ... fois going to be doing a few headshots and thermal selfies ... it's not worth it ... but as the old it's actually reasonably priced as if you will stand alone thermal cameras start around a thousand dollars ... homeowners and handyman use it to spot overlooking circuits ... Dieter Seahawk pipes water and mold under forward's ... even sidewalks ... campers consult their campfires really snuffed out where that's only heard the dark was right to for awhile ... we're going to have to commit to the board of the clear one ... it's definitely not talk to friends ... and if we're ignoring puts his five different functions in single serving pass ... one for Panorama is one for close ups when the time lapses ... all of these features should be rolled into one ... four there still play a software issues work out the clear what is the cheapest way to get into their mortgage ...


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Spencer Robinson was one of the early pioneers of Glendale, arriving here the same year Glendale became a city. He later served as the city's first mayor.
Robinson brought with him an illustrious history. Not only was he descended from old American Colonial stock, he was an accomplished singer who had often appeared in concert.
A native of Illinois, he was born to Dean and Julia (Spencer) Robinson. His mother was descended from a prominent English line, according to one of Robinson's relatives, Steve Hunt. Hunt and his wife, Susan, who live here in Glendale, have done extensive research on Robinson.
"Spencer Robinson shared ancestry with Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales and with Winston Spencer Churchill and also with Queen Elizabeth II, by way of her mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon," Hunt said.
Robinson's Spencer ancestors left England for Massachusetts in the early 1600s. His grandfather, John Winchell Spencer, was among the first settlers at Rock Island, Illinois; serving as the first county judge and donating the land and funds to erect a Methodist Church in that city.
His mother, Julia Spencer, was a founding member of the Rock Island chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and was also a member of the Colonial Dames. In 1859, she married Dean Tyler Robinson, a lumber dealer, and member of another old colonial family. Their son, Spencer, was born in 1868.
As a young man, Spencer Robinson worked on riverboats. After graduating from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania in 1891, he became a traveling salesman for the Rock Island Plow Company, covering the state of Iowa, all the while developing his tenor voice and considering a career as a professional singer.
Three years after graduation, he made the decision to concentrate on a singing career. He moved to Chicago to study voice and began performing in concerts. Then he embarked on a concert tour that included Great Britain and Europe, studying, performing and later teaching.
According to the Glendale News-Press, March 19, 1955, Robinson sang on the opera stage in Chicago and also on the Chautauqua circuit and with several prominent evangelists of the day, including Billy Sunday. He was in his early 30s by 1900 when he made his first trip to Los Angeles to perform at the Hazard Pavilion on Hill Street with evangelist Bob Burdette. He also appeared at the First Methodist Church, where his uncle, Reverend Romaine S. Cantine was the minister, according to Hunt.
Robinson was so impressed with this area that he returned and, in 1906, purchased a 12-acre tract in the Windsor Road area. He and his wife, Bertha (Sonntag) and their children, Julia, Jean and Dean, lived at 1234 East Windsor Road. He soon purchased additional acreage and then sold them as residential lots. In 1912 he turned to real estate, with an office at 612 East Broadway.
He and another real estate agent facilitated the change of Sixth Street to Colorado Street, so the street name would conform to Colorado Boulevard, which ran through Eagle Rock and Pasadena, according to "Glendale Area History." At one point, he was also a partner in a car dealership, the Tupper-Robinson Company.
An advertisement in the Glendale Evening News, March 15, 1912, describes a Maxwell Messenger, a new two-cylinder,16-horsepower roadster that was said to cost less than a four-cylinder car and go just as far and almost as fast. The cost? $675.
Robinson was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1919 and served for three terms. During that time, a city charter was adopted and he was elected as the first mayor under the new charter.
Readers Write: George Ellison of Special Collections answers a query (Verdugo Views, July 10, 2011) regarding the origin of Willard Avenue in Northwest Glendale. "Willard Avenue, from 6200 San Fernando Road, was laid out through a subdivision handled by Willard Fry and was given his name." Willard runs between San Fernando and Glenoaks Boulevard.


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Designers van over de hele wereld zenden creatieve ontwerpen in voor Sino in logo ontwerpen - custom.
Sino Merchants
Need a professional logo design for a Trading Company based in Malta (Europe) dealing internationally with the following products to wholesalers, importers and retailers:
- electronic items (i.e.: TVs, music players, game console, navigation system)
mobile phones
- IT products (i.e.: CPUs, memories, notebook, monitors, peripherals and consumable)
- call termination
Logo must be unique, something never seen before.
Logo must be designed on a white background, please do not put anything like table wood or other that usually get sidetracked from the main point "the logo".
We strongly like, sketch design watercolor painted like:
Logo could be technological and media driven (IT IS NOT MANDATORY, BASICALLY FEEL FREE TO CREATE ANY OBJECT LOGO EVEN NOT TECHNOLOGICAL), but please think about sketch watercolored design again.
We do not like currency symbols (i.e.: $, £, €, etc.)
We don't want something already seen millions of times
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Weekend with survival expert provides lessons for life
Greenwich business Northcamp School teaches wilderness preparedness on weekend retreats
GREENWICH -- Countless people have been lost in the wilderness and never returned. Perhaps if they had someone like Steve Lancia with them, they might have survived.
Since starting Northcamp Wilderness Survival School out of Greenwich in 2008, hundreds of graduates have learned that they can survive if they are lost and without food, water and shelter.
"We start with survival psychology. Keep calm," said Lancia, who offers a three-hour class, as well as a weekend overnight experience. "It's primitive skills. Survival is primitive living. It's learning survival skills -- enduring survival hardships."
Lancia, a Norwalk resident, has an impressive resume.
Besides a forestry degree from SUNY Morrisville, Lancia's bio includes being a member of a search and rescue team in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia, a professional with the National Ski Patrol, a licensed New York state guide, an American Red Cross instructor and a licensed emergency medical technician and wilderness technician.
Taught on large, privately owned tracts in Litchfield County and in the area of New Paltz, N.Y., weekend sessions typically enroll up to 10 participants who spend weekend nights in tents. Rates are $65 for the three-hour class and $395 for the wilderness weekend. The classes can be customized, Lancia said.
`Club Med of survival skills'
"Everyone stays in tents at base camp. I'm the Club Med of survival skills. I have a cook," said Lancia, 58. But that doesn't mean his students are coddled. "We spend a lot of time talking about first aid and finding shelter and water."
A weekend several years ago in the woodlands of upper New York state with Lancia was something Greenwich resident Rob Brodsky, 57, and his children, Jake and Olivia, have not forgotten.
"Within 15 minutes, all of us were having fun and laughing. I've done things with Steve since then individually because it was terrific," Brodsky said. "My idea of roughing it is slow room service. This was huge."
Lancia, the owner of Nightec, an outdoor lighting systems business, credited his father, Armand, a Marine who fought on Iwo Jima and Guam during World War II, for being his mentor and teaching him the wilderness skills he passes on to his students.
"I love sharing my knowledge with others. We all have a common interest. We're the same sort of people. My job is to hone the skills that they have and don't know. Bonds are formed when you spend a weekend with someone."
Team-building exercise
One of them was Pat O'Rourke, who with six coworkers from TC Facilities Services in Stratford recently spent a weekend with Lancia in Litchfield County.
"We looked at it as a team building thing. It was back to basics," said O'Rourke, who learned fire starting, protection from the elements, identifying hazards, edible plants and orienteering.
The goal is to avoid panic, conquer fear, function as a team and find the solutions essential to survive on land and water, according to Lancia, who often refers to a quote from Charles Darwin which states, "It is not the strongest or most intelligent who will survive but those who can best handle change."
That was a lesson Ed Fitzwilliam, 53, of Stamford, learned early in Lancia's weekend wilderness class in the Adirondack Mountains of New York.
"As soon as you know you have no health issues, look for water and shelter and start a fire. You also should look for some means of signaling. You have to maintain a perspective of calmness," he said. "I've always been interested in the outdoors. I went to school in Colorado."
There is a growing interest in living in the wilderness and programs like Northcamp, Lancia said.
"I think it's because of all of the hype and excitement on TV, in the news, magazines, social circles and prepper communities," he said. "Folks want to be a part of what's going on, learn to be more prepared and hone their skill sets."
For those who have no desire to rough it in the wilderness, Lancia has started a new urban preparedness class, which focuses on urban disasters and the societal impact.
To learn more about Northcamp, visit www. northcampsurvival.com


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In 1986 when we purchased Elmwood we began to establish gardens on the property. There are now extensive areas planted with spring bulbs, perennials, many varieties of hosta, iris, day and Asiatic lilies, peonies, flowering shrubs, mosses and ferns, a shade garden, a green garden and new trees are being added to the Hawthorn, Yellow Plum, flowering Crabapple and others to further naturalize the perimeters. Carol brings the outside in with her beautiful arrangements and when our own blooms don't suffice, her main supplier becomes Isobel at the local Farmer's Market.
In one of the prettiest parts of Charlottetown, set well back from the street, sits Elmwood . . . filled with fine period furniture and hosted with grace and warmth.Upper Valley Magazine, New Hampshire
All SeasonsEach season offers a special treat on the grounds beginning with the shaded hidden entrance drive under the century old elm trees. Spring brings early bulbs, the flowering ornamental trees, our extensive perennial gardens, the shade garden, and open lawns through late summer to the explosion of golds and reds and rust in fall, followed by winter's magical contrast of minilights reflecting in snow-covered walks and trees. Elmwood is a wonderful destination for all seasons and for all reasons.


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IUCN has launched two new publications on alpha ecosystems and dunes that aim to contribute to a better understanding of the dynamics of these vital ecosystems to the Mediterranean region.
After months of teamwork with experts from both sides of the Mediterranean, the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (IUCN-Med) has presented two new publications on dunes and alpha ecosystems that aim to contribute to a better understanding of the dynamics of these ecosystems and provide recommendations for restoration and sustainable management.
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Just wondering how they handle 1080i/60 and 1080p/24 video.
Sandy Bridge initially showed only 24 frames per second instead of the 23.976 it's supposed to but in the Windows world, you have to turn off UAC to get it to the right speed.
I think Llano has the right frame rates, but was hoping someone could confirm they're running MythTV w/ either...
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Dug for a while on the mythtv site and came to this conclusion:
- the atom/ion2 is a much better front end for MythTV because it uses nvidia drivers (aka VDPAU support for MythTV)
- nvidia drivers are the best for deinterlacing
- sandy bridge's built-in graphics isn't as good at deinterlacing and lots of bugs right now
- AMD Llano works only if you don't do deinterlacing (MythTV won't use VAAPI until version 0.25 and even then, it doesn't have as many deinterlacing options as the nvidia VDPAU drivers), however you can get tear-free playback by using this guide:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... rs-786335/
Looks like the best thing to do is to use nvidia graphics for MythTV, but there aren't any motherboards
Not sure if I'm going this route yet, but this looks like the only real HTPC option for a Sandy Bridge processor (nothing for AMD AFAIK):
And Zotac has a reputation for really crappy QC
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there's no reason to put sandybridge in an htpc. have a look at System76's Meerkat Ion NetTop [
]. It's not as much fun as part building, but it's got hdmi and an optical tos link and is more than capable of proper 1080p playback, ie perfect for an htpc running mythtv.
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it'd be a combo mythtvbackend and frontend and a backup virtualbox server, so that's the reason for a bit of overkill
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then I'd suggest: test sandy bridge - if it doesn't work as you expect you can switch off the intel-gpu, buy a cheap nvidia-card (gt520) and use vdpau
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intel isn't intel and sandy-bridge isn't sandy-bridge… It like saying you have an nvidia card. Is it one from ten years ago or a recent extreme edition?
Have a look here for starters:
HD is what classifies mostly as sandy-brigde. A bit deeper down on the page you can find a table which is more specific.
My new bugdet-laptop is powered by a i3-2330M as its only graphic card and i can life very well with that (to be fair, i explicitly wanted an intel card because i prefer worry-free operation). I don't believe in benchmarks and i am not a highpower-user for graphics, but if you can tell me what you need to know i might be able to test it for you…
Some comments nontheless:
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- my multimedia taste might be misguided for you as i don't get the current fuzz about blueray/HD/3D… Maybe i am wrong, but i am watching a film usually because of the story and not because an actor throws a ball and it feels like the ball is going to hit me now…
- the same is true for my gaming style, so the most recent game i tried is GTA3 nine years old… but playable in full-details
(okay, that's not really a game with a great story, but i like free play & being the bad guy -- or a taxi driver)
- Yes, intel cards have bugs as well, but i only had occasional crashes from DRM in 3d games with wine and that isn't the most bugfree setup anyway and newer kernel/intel/drm/mesa combi seems to improve it so these bugs are here to get fixed. Not like the nvidia/radeon card-bugs in the closed blobs which are included to make you buy a new card…
MfG. DonKult
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