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Menhirs, Stone Circles and Graves
23 June 2014
There is, it was reported, a series of menhirs (free-standing upright stones) and stone circles in the vicinity of Fort Munro, the hill in Dera Ghazi Khan trying so hard – and failing – to hit it off as a summer resort for southern Punjab. And so it was that my friend Khurram Khosa and I drove over the divide between Punjab and Balochistan at Fort Munro. We were on an ancient highway that has carried murderers, ascetics, traders and adventurers back and forth. Beyond the village of Rakni (busy bazaar and a police station with over a dozen brand-new smuggled cars waiting to rust to pieces) we drove on to Bawata.
Outside Bawata, to the south of the road hard by the Balochistan Levies checkpoint, were the menhir and stone circles – entirely unknown outside the area. To my untrained eye the stone circles looked like foundations of corrals and so far as I was concerned could be from two hundred to two thousand years old. The largest of these circles even had a time frame: an angular mehrab to the west told us that even if this was a prehistoric circle, something similar to Stonehenge, it had been appropriated at some point and turned into a mosque. Nearby there were several other sets of upright stone slabs that appeared to be the foundations of small rooms. Khurram said so far as he knew the Department of Archaeology had never investigated these puzzling stone relics.
Only this was no grave. While the Muslim grave is on the north-south axis this one was out by the perpendicular. Our guide did not know the legend concerning the place. But he did tell us that the slab resting against the menhir was for people afflicted with abdominal pains to climb on and rub their stomachs against the menhir. It was, he reported, a foolproof cure. I asked why it was necessary to climb up the single step instead of doing the rub from ground level. There was no answer, but then that is the way all superstitions must necessarily be.
The guide said there were three other similar megaliths. The one by village Tagha outside the town of Barkhan about thirty kilometres to the southwest; the second the same distance south of Bawata by village Checha, and the third some twenty odd kilometres northwest of Bawata outside village Mohma. All three, he said, were of similar material and shape.
If we didn't know a darn thing about our menhir, we were in good company: even megalith experts around the world have thus far been unable to assign any meaning to these mysterious stones. While stone circles like Stonehenge in England and our own all but unknown circle of village Asota (Swabi district in Pukhtunkhwa) may have religious or even astronomical significance because of their alignment with stars or constellations at certain times of year, free-standing menhirs have remained tantalisingly unexplained.
In Europe menhirs (the word, from the language of the ancient Bretons, means men, 'stone,' and hir, 'long') are sometimes associated with ancestor worship. Mostly, however, nothing can be made of them. Nonetheless, experts agree that they are the manifestation of a great diversity of beliefs. This stone, then, where men and women afflicted with abdominal cramps rub themselves could well be the seat of the earliest ancestors of the Baloch or of other tribes now long since lost and forgotten. Or of tribes that have migrated away, or indeed of peoples that paused here on their great trek into the Sindhu Valley. Alternatively, could these monuments have been erected by the inhabitants of the great cities of the Sindhu River Valley? This stone could have well been erected by traders, artisans and teachers that we know went west to take their crafts into Mesopotamia six thousand or more years ago.
But we do not know with any certainty. We must wait for the answers.
Done with the menhir, we turned north along a stony trail and were soon driving though one of the most desolate landscapes that I have ever been in. To our east and west ran two parallel ridges separated by the fifteen kilometre-wide valley of the Rakni River. Dry and barren, it afforded meagre pockets of cultivation only in the vicinity of the few hamlets that very likely grew around a spring. In the heat of the March afternoon, there were no people about and we passed only one man, rifle across his shoulders, leading a train of three camels.
Late afternoon found us in the remote village of Hinglun where we were to spend the night at the BMP check post. The village's claim to fame is the nondescript shrine of Muntoor Shah who admonished a passing lashkar of brigands for their waywardness. As thieving lashkars are, this bunch did not take very nicely to the homily, and one from this party struck off the man's head. Then, as it never fails to happen, Muntoor Shah picked up his severed head, tucked it under his arm and calmly walked into a nearby cleft in the rock. With his head under his arm, he obviously could not see which way he was going or he might not have bashed himself into the rock. The moral of the story, as I see it, is that it doesn't pay to lose one's head over another person's wickedness.
Those who believed in him built his shrine (a rude cubicle), tied some rags to the adjacent tree, a bell to the door jamb and the house was in business. But compared to some other similar business houses, this one does rather poorly for its remoteness prevents a regular and populous pilgrimage. No one was about to unlock the door of the shrine for us, or to explain the significance of the bell that is essentially an adjunct to a Hindu (or Jain) temple. I wondered if there would ever come a time that some shrine attendant would be irreverent and truthful enough to tell visitors that the bell of course was a reminder that the shrine was primarily Hindu (or Jain) converted at an unknown point in time to the true faith.
The village also had three school buildings. The largest one with a high compound wall served as the school master's residence. The others were deserted. The story was that the local politician (who lived in a town nearer the main highway) had machinated during the last democratic government to get these buildings sanctioned and built at official expense. Ostensibly to increase literacy in the area, they were meant only to be used as cattle pen by the politician. Moreover, in order to gratify a needy relative, he had also had that man employed as teacher. This shameless person now tended the big man's cattle, lived in a spacious school building and was home dry with a monthly salary to boot. So much for literacy and so much for the government's much vaunted nab-the-corrupt programme.
But I had come to Hinglun for the tales I had heard of old Khan Mohammed. About thirty-five years ago this man shot and killed another in a gunfight. He was locked up in the BMP post while outside a crowd gathered demanding justice. Then suddenly there rose above the commotion a single gunshot and a cry went up that Sobdar (Mohammed's brother) had been shot. Inside his cell, Mohammed pleaded with the sentry to let him out because outside his brother, very likely in the throes of death, had no assistance. But the man understandably wouldn't oblige. And then, much to the astonishment of all present, they had Khan Mohammed standing beside them outside his cell.
He was restrained by three men and put right back in. Meanwhile, it became known that Sobdar was alive and well and that it was only a rifle gone off accidentally. For people who do not understand the capacity of the human mind, there had to be some quasi-divine explanation and for them Muntoor Shah was at hand. Mohammed, it was said, invoked the saint's help who spirited him through the bars miraculously. But Dafadar Rehmat Khan the post commander showed us the slightly bent bars (an inch thick) and said they are reported to have required straightening after the incident. In a paroxysm of frenzy Khan Mohammed had bent, with his bare hands, the bars of his cell and squeezed himself out. A truly superhuman feat, if there were one – just the right recipe for saintly intervention. But the man would have required no supernatural help; this was only the local version of karate: in that one moment of frenzy he had forced his mind to accomplish what karate experts, having trained their minds, habitually practice by smashing their fists through piles of kiln-fired bricks.
On my request men were sent out to fetch Khan Mohammed. But they all returned to say that he had gone off into the mountains with his sheep. The good Rehmat Khan sent his own brother into the mountains and said that he would be back by dawn with our man. In the event, however, that did not come to pass for the brother returned unaccomplished. Khan Mohammed was elsewhere and we had to leave Hinglun without shaking the hand of this superman. As compensation, on the morrow we were to meet in the village of Barthi with Allah Baksh, the shopkeeper, who swore he was right there in the compound of the BMP post when all that had happened.
'One minute Khan Mohammed was inside his cell, pleading to be let out to assist his brother,' said Allah Baksh. 'The next he was standing right there with us. There was no mistake; I saw it all. He was like a man possessed and I helped restrain him.'
'But what of his invocation to Muntoor Shah that everyone talks of?' I asked.
'Horse feathers! He did nothing of the sort, he only let out an anguished howl like that of a wild animal and sprang out of the cell.' It was so swift that neither Baksh nor the others noticed him struggling with the bars.
Leaving Hinglun we passed northward through scenery of yet more desolation, pausing to examine the ruins on the knoll of Dishtak Sar in the hills of Krimar: stone foundations of an ancient settlement and a graveyard with a view. Below us a stream meandered and all around us looming hills frowned out of the blue midmorning haze. Believing I was an expert Khurram asked how old the ruins could be. I hadn't a clue.
The desolation gave way to the wheat fields of Saura: acre upon acre of swaying gold and scattered trees dwarfed under brown hills. Through the great cleft of the Saura Pass we went. I called for a brief pause for this was where every school child should be taken so that the phrase 'mountain pass' turns from mere phrase into geographical reality, but where, I know for sure, no teacher will ever resort to avail this unique opportunity. To Barthi did we go, yet another one of those straggling villages with school, stores and even a restaurant.
Sindhu River. Here, in the backwaters of southwest Punjab, we found yet more testimony to his theory.
We had reached the end of our journey. Having set out to walk the high peaks of the district, we had been denied the adventure by circumstances. The peaks would have to wait for another time. That would be another journey. Another story.
Excerpted from 'Sea Monsters and the Sun God' - the book is available at at Sang e Meel (042-3722-0100), Lahore
Excerpted from 'Sea Monsters and the Sun God' - the book is available at at Sang e Meel (042-3722-0100), Lahore
Labels: Balochistan, Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sea Monsters and the Sun God, Stonehenge
posted by Salman Rashid @ 00:00,
3 Comments:
- At 24 June 2014 at 10:45, said...
A great story with lot of knowledge. Now a days a teachers & students are only bookish, no one tried to visit the field for acuaring knowledge
- At 25 June 2014 at 11:20, Nayyar Julian said...
Amazing. I only knew of Stone Circles that came up in Sample photos of Windows OS. Great that they actually exist in Pakistan.
- At 26 June 2014 at 10:50, Salman Rashid said...
These are only two examples at Bawata (Balochistan) and Asota (K-P). There might be more to find if I were to travel deeper into remote parts of Balochistan.


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Televes certifies commitment to Germany by taking part in ANGA Cable 2011
Televes Deutschland GmbH, Televes Corporation's subsidiary in Germany, increased its sales by 8% in 2009 and 12% in 2010, and this year the goal is to consolidate this rapid pace of expansion.
Boosting exports
Growing in Germany also implies moving forward in Televes Corporation's internationalisation plans, with the purpose of balancing domestic and international sales 50/50. Exports currently account for 41% of the company's turnover. It has subsidiaries in nine countries (Portugal, France, Germany, the UK, Italy, Poland, the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates) and enjoys commercial presence in over 80.
The growth strategy in Germany includes a transition plan to stop using the Preisner brand, which was the company's rst in this market, and use the Televes name on all company products. This plan has been met 70% up to now.
One of the initiatives developed by Televes Corporation to strengthen its corporate image in the German market was Passion for Quality tour, which was launched in the city
of Oldenburg last September. From there it travelled through much of German geography.
Avant-garde equipment
Among the Televes products presented at ANGA Cable 2011, we can highlight the following:
T0X distribution head-ends. The result of Televes engineers' eorts to develop a solution for maximum eciency in terms of energy consumption per service distributed. They are prepared for the distribution of any of the modulation standards currently available and incorporate innovative features that facilitate the work of professional installers and enable them to carry out fully customised congurations.
H45 eld meter. This revolutionary equipment was Televes' rst step in digital processing in portable measuring equipment and has now
been fully updated with measurements in DVB-T2, the full interface for measurements on bre optics and an advanced spectrum option of up to 3 GHz.
New line of QSD dishes. Antennas for the reception of high quality satellite television signals and prepared to withstand the harshest environmental conditions, thanks to a meticulous hot dip galvanising process for components
High Quality Dishes
These new High Quality Oset Antennas, 750 and 850 mm sizes, are made of aluminum and are the solution to the environments in which the corrosive activity is very pronounced. Lowerquality antennas made of steel and with a layer of paint undergo fast mechanical degradation in such areas (the degradation rate depends on the treatment applied to the steel and on the thickness of the paint); this leads to failures in the satellite signal reception and can even pose an hazard if they fall from their support.
The High Quality antennas we oer are featured by:
1. Aluminium dish with LNB holder made of diecast
2. Preassembled support and arm
3. TÜV license validation
4. Robust xation support. Hot dip galvanized
5. Foldaway support for quick and easy installation
6. Cable xing inside the LNB arm
On the other hand, the robust structure of the bracket and the fact supplied pre-assembled with no other task but to open the LNB arm which is folded over the dish, ultimately contributes to reducing costs, both assembly and maintenance.
The articulated arm of the LNB is not only easy to install in its nal reception position; it also includes an inner xing system for the coaxial cable through various tabs distributed longitudinally which, once folded over it, avoid it to move, as well as helping to improve
the aesthetic of the whole.These antennas are TÜV approved, undergoing rigorous tests of safety, quality and environmental compatibility to obtain the attesting certicate for our customers.
Taking into account its excellent electrical performance and the already mentioned qualities of mechanical stability, these antennas are especially recommended for all installations of SMATV made in aggressive environmental conditions, and as a replacement product for those users who have had repeated experiences of oxidation in the antennas oered by satellite operators
Nowadays, with the crisis hitting us and the rise in energy prices, more and more users take care of the consumption of their appliances, including the DTT adapter.
Within the range of DTV receivers that can be found in the market, apart from its technical specications to receive the TV signal, there are a wide variety noted for its high power consumption.
Wetook a sample of 4 DTT receivers, and madean assessmentof theirconsumption,
considering a very conservative average running time(4.5
hours/day), andtherest of thetimeinstand-bystatus(19,5 hours/day).
Taking our zAs HD ref. 5124 as the reference, three others have been
analyzed, considering that their low power consumption is advertised by them on their low prize.
The result is:
Receiver 1 consumes 6.56 times more than the HD ZAS
Receiver 2 consumes twice the HD ZAS
Receiver 3 consumes 1.18 times more than the HD ZAS
Summarizing, the electricity costs during the receiver's lifetime are quite more expensive than its purchase price
Boss DAT HD antenna in a small eucalyptus ...
To install a DAT HD Boss antenna on a small eucalyptus and wait for it to grow to get better reception, should not be, presumably, the aim of this installer.
In any case, the installers should already know by now that only the DAT HD Boss antenna is able to receive in the worst conditions, neutralizing the signal fluctuations and becoming independent on the growth of the xing system
The real coverage
The DTT coverage depends directly from the electromagnetic eld that covers certain area, but it also depends from the reception system and the receiver installed. The reception quality in a certain area between a DTT PEN receiver and a reception system with external UHF antenna can not be compared.
Therefore, the coverage in certain areas depends largely on the quality of reception and tuning system.
For areas of low or good coverage, the antenna DAT HD Boss, ref. 1495, automatically adjusts its signal output to a
correct value for the DTT receiver.
Another factor that depends on receiving DTT or not, is the dynamic range of the receiver. The zAs HD ref. 5124, features an input dynamic range (range of levels from which the recipient can work) between 45 and 90 dBuV, assuring the DTT reception in pretty extreme conditions of signal level. Moreover, eld tests have demonstrated the possibility of receiving DTT with signicantly lower levels (see figure).
In conclusion, in a certain area, it may be impossible to receive the DTT with certain receivers, while with others, it is possible. To determine whether there is really DTT coverage, try with a DAT HD Boss antenna and with a DTT zAS HD receiver according to the figure!.If in these conditions you can not receive DTT, then there is really no coverage in the area.
The parabolic dishes belong to our High Quality range of dishes designed for harsh environments as in this case, where its proximity to the sea requires its use, as they are made of aluminum and with galvanized mounting accessories. The arm that holds the LNB enables the passage of the coaxial cable through it, oering a set while aesthetic, sustainable over time and rustfree
Most common types of connectors:
Below you will nd a short despription of the most commonly used connectors; they will be classied according to two basic characteristics:
According to its physical structure: ST, SC, FC, LC connectors
According to the bre polishing type: PC, UPC, APC connectors ST (straight tip)
This type of connector is an AT&T trademark. It features a bayonet mount with a long ferrule (ceramic, metal or plastic) that holds the ber. They are spring loaded so they must t perfectly.
When they cause much losses, it has to be separated and bound again.
SC (Straight Connection)
It is a snap-in type connector, very popular due to its excellent performances.
It latches by means of a push-pull action. It also exists in double version.
To avoid these problems the ber is cut in angle thus reducing the reflection.
PC (Physical Contact) type
When this angle was "handmade" having approximately 30º and featuring 30 dB ORL (optical return loss).
UPC (Ultra Physical Contact)
When the cut was polished with a machine obtaining a super/ultra nishing featuring 40/50 dB ORL respectively.
APC (Angled Physical Contact)
When more rejection is required this polishing features a 8º angle which guarantees more than 60 dB ORL.

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Document Retention for the Home
We are often asked by people "how long do I have to keep these documents?" The papers pile up and the space to keep them seems to disappear. This problem is especially true when people downsize from a house to smaller dwelling or apartment.
What to keep, and for how long
Tax returns – generally the IRS will only ask for up to three years of information if they conduct an audit. However, if they suspect that was fraud involved, then they can go after six years. This time period is from the later of when the tax return was due or actually filed. So if you didn't file your 2009 tax return until 2011, the time period doesn't start until the actual filing date. We recommend that you keep copies of your tax returns for at least seven years before you get rid of them.
Receipts – You don't need to keep every receipt that you get, but the ones that pertain to deductions claimed on your tax returns, for example, business expenses or charitable donations, should be kept for as long as you keep your tax returns. We recommend that you keep these receipts with the tax return. This ensures that if you do need to prepare for an audit, everything is where you need it to be.
W-2 forms- the W-2 forms you receive from your employer provide information to compute your taxes. The information is also used by the Social Security Administration in calculating the amount of Social Security you will be entitled to. Do not get rid of these forms until you have verified that the Social Security Administration (SSA) has correctly recorded this information (do not assume anything). The SSA has stopped mailing annual statements, but you can check on line to verify that all earnings have been properly recorded.
Contracts –It's important to hold onto contracts for at least the time that the contract is in effect. What does this mean? If it's an employment contract, don't get rid of it before you leave the job, and all of the restrictions included in the agreement for after you leave the job are complete. If it's a contract for repairs being done to your house, hold onto it until your repairs have been completed and the time period for any warranties or guarantees given have expired. However, it is a good idea to hold onto these contracts for an additional six years after it ends. If a claim is going to arise after the fact, those six years make up the longest statute of limitations period. Contracts (and proof of payments) for repairs and improvements to your home (or condominium or co-op), should be kept for as long as you own the dwelling. They will be needed to compute the final cost basis when you file your tax return for the year of sale. When you sell your home, these documents should then be kept with the tax documents for the year of the sale.
Deeds – It is important that you keep the deed to any property that you buy, for as long as you own the property. However, if the deed is recorded in the County Clerk's office, you can request a new copy if it is lost. You should also keep a copy of any surveys, title insurance, certificates of occupancy that pertain to the property for as long as you own the property.
Last Wills and Testaments, Health Care Proxies, Powers of Attorney, Living Wills, Trusts – These documents should be held onto for as long as they are in effect, and destroyed the minute that you revoke them. In addition, other people should know how to find these documents in case they are needed. A document location sheet, listing important documents, and where to find them, along with other important information is a good idea. Family members and the individuals named in these documents should have copies of this sheet so they know where they can find what they need.
An important note about Powers of Attorney, Health Care Proxies and Living Wills: a copy is just as valid as an original, so if you have given copies to anyone, be they a doctor, or the person named in the document, you want to ensure that when you create new versions, you get the old ones back. An attorney can assist you in ensuring that you notify prior holders of the revocation.
As a general rule, consider the "Rule of Seven." When in doubt, keep it for seven years and then destroy it.
Where to keep documents
A good file cabinet is enough for most documents. Tax returns and contracts are safe in a locked cabinet where you can both organize them and secure them. You can, but it's not necessary to, purchase a fireproof file cabinet. Most documents do not need to be kept in a bank safe deposit box.
Estate planning documents, such as your Last Will and Testament, should be kept in a fire-proof lockbox or safe. If you do purchase a fireproof file cabinet or home safe, they can hold these documents as well. Often the original Last Will and Testament is kept for safe keeping by the attorney who drafted the document. Copies of your Will and documents needed upon death, such as cemetery plot location and final instructions, should be kept in a place that is easy to find, and appropriate parties should be aware of their location.
Destroying Documents
Any Estate Planning documents, once revoked, should be destroyed. Most office supply stores offer shredding services. It is important to make sure that you are not keeping older documents around because of the potential for confusion.
It's also important to destroy (shred), instead of just throw away, old tax records, because these documents hold personal identifying information, such as your social security number and birthdate. Old bills and unwanted credit card invitations should be shredded; as they contain account information that you do not want to make public. Ensuring that these documents have been destroyed will help keep you safe from identity theft.


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The pick of your letters to the December 26 issue of The Buteman includes thank you messages to supporters of Cancer Research UK, Macmillan Cancer Support and Mount Stuart's Christmas fair as well as thoughts on the living wage and 'joined up government'.
To see your views in print in a future issue of The Buteman, email firstname.lastname@example.com or click on the email address at the top of this story.
Please keep your letters as short and to-the-point as you can, and remember to include both your name and postal address for publication, as well as a daytime phone number in case we need to contact you at short notice to check any details (though the latter will not be published).
The deadline for submissions to our print edition is Monday at 5pm - though please note that due to the New Year holiday period, the deadline for our January 2 issue is Monday, December 29 at 12 noon.
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Thanks to Macmillan event backers
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our friends and neighbours from Bute for their generous donations and support for our Macmillan Festive Afternoon, held at our home on Thursday, December 4.
Money was made from the sale of donated Christmas items, mince pies, mulled wine and an incredible effort made by Elizabeth Willcock selling raffle tickets at Rothesay Golf Club for items kindly given by Diane's Hair and Beauty, family and friends.
A big thank you also has to go to the captain of Rothesay Golf Club, Stan Gaston, for allowing us to sell raffle tickets for donated prizes at the club, and to the steward of the club for letting us finish selling the tickets at their annual children's party and for allowing us to draw the raffle there.
A massive total of £300 was raised for Macmillan Cancer Support, and we are now looking forward to our next 'open house' at Easter 2015 for coffee and hot cross buns!
Brian and Michaela Nicholson, 14 High Road, Port Bannatyne
Cancer charity whist drive raises £445
On behalf of the local committee of Cancer Research UK, I would like to thank everyone who contributed towards the success of our recent whist drive.
We are hugely indebted to our ever-efficient cardmaster, Robert McKirdy, to those who contributed prizes for the winners and the raffle, to all who provided the lovely food, and most of all to everyone who came to play.
Thanks to them, the wonderful sum of £445 was raised on the night.
The main prizewinners were Brian MacKillop (first gent), Nan Reynolds (second gent), Lorna Price (third gent), Betty Morrow (first lady), Susan Lyon (second lady) and Jean McIntosh (third lady).
The following donations have also recently been received by the committee:
Remembering Lyndsey (£20); Someone who is remembered never dies - Helen and Georgia (£20).
Fiona Martin (Donations secretary, CRUK Bute branch), 4 Caledonia Walk, Rothesay
Mount Stuart event success was team effort
On behalf of the Mount Stuart Trust, I would like to thank everyone who supported this year's Christmas Fair at Mount Stuart on Sunday, December 14.
I have had some very kind comments from the community and I was very impressed with the number of visitors that chose to brave the weather and join us.
Firstly may I thank all the exhibitors that took the time to bring their stalls to the event. It was great to see such a wide variety of products on display.
Thank you to Calum's Cabin for another successful Santa Dash.
A big thank you to all the entertainers that created a spectacular atmosphere in the Marble Hall; Beth Swan, the Bute Schools Community Choir, Tony Spencer and the Ballianlay Choir.
Thanks also to Ed Clark for playing the role of Father Christmas.
Thank you to The Kingarth Hotel for providing fantastic food and drink for everyone, to both Rothesay Pavilion and the Bute Shinty Club for kindly lending their tables, and to Bute Tiddlers for very kindly lending us their soft play.
Finally I would like to thank all the staff at Mount Stuart for their support in the organising and running of the Christmas Fair.
So much work goes into an event of this size and without such a great team this would be impossible.
Ricky Harrison, events co-ordinator, Mount Stuart
Mobile phone found - thanks to CalMac
On Wednesday, December 17, I was returning on the 5.30pm ferry from Wemyss Bay to Rothesay when, unbeknown to me, my mobile phone dropped out of my pocket.
Blissfully unaware this had happened, I arrived at my friends' home, where they had been looking after my Molly-Collie in my absence, to find that they had had a call from Caledonian MacBrayne to tell them it had been found and was safe.
Cleverly, whoever found it looked at my phone log and called the last person I'd rung!
So this is just to say a huge thank you to the honest and conscientious CalMac staff member who found my mobile and handed it in.
I'm so very grateful that even today, when we are bombarded continually with negative news and behaviours, there are such wonderful people in the world - and especially in our part of the world. Precious indeed!
Jude Dallas, 2/4, 10 The Terrace, Ardbeg
A knight in shining armour
Can I thank, through The Buteman, 'Gingy', who came to my assistance on the morning of Friday, December 19.
My car was parked in Guildford Square, and another vehicle had parked so close to me I could not get into my car.
The only way in was through the passenger side. Fortunately, George Hanson's men are working in the square, and 'Gingy' came to my rescue. What a true knight in shining armour.
Mary Carroll, Sy Lodge, Millbank, Ascog
More than £1,800 raised for Matthew
May I, through The Buteman, thank all those who helped raise funds to assist the family of Matthew McCabe with the expenses surrounding his trip to hospital for life-saving treatment.
A grand total of £1,827.74 was raised from the following sources:
£792,03 from people pledging online on the 'Yimby' page; £771.71 from bag packing at the Co-operative supermarket; £200 from Bute Youth Football Coaching; and £64 from people who didn't have access to a computer to donate.
The money raised will help Matthew's stay in Birmingham and Glasgow Sick Children's Hospital a little easier.
Janey Jardine, 1 Kames Terrace, Port Bannatyne
Living wage: a 'systems thinking' view
Hugh Moodie's account [My Tuppence Worth, The Buteman December 19] of the indirect advantages to small and medium enterprises, the UK Treasury and others of paying the living wage is an excellent illustration of a 'systems thinking' analysis.
Systems thinking solutions take account of wider and indirect effects. An example in the Scottish Government's independence White Paper was the proposal to 'invest" in early years education and nutrition with a subsequent pay-back in many ways, including less crime and better health 20 and 50 years on.
Our previous Argyll and Bute MSP, Jim Mather, is the principal advocate for 'systems thinking' in Scotland.
Those of us who have had to implement ill considered 'dangerous dog' legislation with adverse unintended consequences have often deplored the lack of a 'systems thinking' approach - or 'joined up government', as it is usually called.
Similarly to road equivalent tariff (RET), which is also a 'systems' solution, as things stand all the costs of raising the minimum wage to the Living Wage would fall on the Scottish Parliament, but the additional tax income or reduction in welfare costs would accrue to the UK exchequer.
It is possible that changes following the Smith Commission will resolve this problem.
John B. Dick, Glendaruel, Ardencraig Rd, Rothesay
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Everyone at CRUK wishes to thank Mr & Mrs Robertson of Croc-an-Raer for their kind donation of £30. They would like to wish all their friends and family a very happy Christmas.
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Insignia: Mark of the Least
By Brendan I. Koerner
I trust I'm not alone in dreading my semi-regular trips to Best Buy. The haphazard selection of products can be truly maddening, and many of the blue-shirted sales clerks need to get with the program. Don't get me started on the nightmare that was Christmas 2003, when I ordered my girlfriend's digicam online then tried to pick it up at a Best Buy outlet. In the time it took three different "sales associates" to locate my Sony DSC-P32, I could've built my own. Out of toothpicks and bubblegum, MacGyver-style.
Best Buy's been suffering the consequences of its skeeviness as of late, however, as it scrambles to keep pace with Target, Wal-Mart, and Costco. Let's face it, America's a pretty lazy nation, and if we can pick up a progressive scan DVD player while simultaneously purchasing a five-pound bag of Doritos, heck, we'll do it. So Best Buy has to compete on price, and that means pushing its low-end, in-house Insignia brand ever harder. Just last week, the chain announced a whole slew of new Insignia dreck that'll be ready for the holidays.
The upshot? If you've got a cheapskate uncle who knows you're into gadgets, expect some of the following goodies come December. Should you curse your fate, or is "Insignia" synonymous with "low-end quality"? An answer (of sorts) after the jump. PLUS: More surplus goodness!
Before I sat down to tap out this column, I did the requisite check of what the Gizmodo-ers have previously written about Insignia. Turns out that it hasn't exactly been a favorite topic of discussion; there was a matter-of-fact news item when the brand debuted last October, then nothing really since (except for a brief shout-out in a previous Low End Theory). Makes sense, as the brand isn't designed to excite us gadget nerds. As Best Buy vice chairman Brad Anderson quipped when introducing the brand, "We're trying to go wherever there is a value proposition." In non-execspeak, that means, "Yeah, it's cheap-ass stuff made by contract factories. You wanna fight about it?"
Some of the most touted Insignia products are flat-panel TVs, which obviously fall beyond Low End Theory's purview. (Note to first-time readers of this space: If it costs more than two bills, it ain't low-end enough for Low End Theory.) But there are also some cheaper units to be peeped, starting with the Sports Armband AM/FM Radio (pictured above). Not a bad looking product, but I don't get the $26.99 price tag. It's a shade too expensive to be an impulse buy, and there's not much of a price difference when compared to last-gen Samsung YEPPs (now Froggleable for around $30). True, the YEPPs don't offer the AM band on their tuners, but I refuse to believe there's that many folks who jog along to bad talk radio.
Slightly more impressive are Insignia's 10-mile, 22-channel radios. True, you'll need an FCC license to operate on GMRS channels, and I sorta doubt the typical Insignia customer possesses that level of radio nerdiness. But at $69.99 for a two-handset pack, this is a much tastier deal than the armband radio. And that stated 10-mile range is a lot better than what a comparable amount of scratch will buy you at Radio Shack.
The latest additions to the Insignia lineup are a range of portable DVD players, including a basic model with an impressively large seven-inch screen. It's currently on sale for just $119.99, which sounds like a nice deal until you check out the specs. Progressive scan? Nope. Playback time? A piddling three hours, if you're lucky. S-Video output? You're kidding me, right?
Okay, granted, cruddy specs are the norm for low-end merchandise. And I'll give Insignia some mild props for their PCs, which at least have the decency to feature Pentium 4 chips instead of eMachines' lousy Celerons. But if Best Buy thinks that Insignia's gonna help it compete with Wal-Mart and Costco, they could have another thing coming. They don't seem to get that the future of bargain hunting isn't in specialty stores; consumers see Cobys and jWins everyday at the local CVS or Rite-Aid, after all, and I'd bet the farm that neither of those budget brands is any worse (or better) than Insignia. Heck, I bet some of their products are even made in the same factories.
I get what Best Buy is doing here: they're trying to snag those customers who walk into the store, realize that they can't afford the name-brand product, and then are relived to discover that, hey, there's an equivalent Insignia product available for 40 percent less. But will that be enough to save Best Buy over the long haul? Already, the company seems to be making some dicey, possibly desperate moves to shake itself out of its funk, like partnering with Geek Squad and AuctionDrop.com. Here's a better idea: how about dealing with your customer-service woes instead? (Even better ideas to fix Best Buy? Lemme know, champ.)
Obviously, I'm all for low-end merchandise. But I'd much rather buy my $15 radios from the Gem Gem Gem Value Store on 125th Street than descend into the chaotic bowels of the nearest Best Buy. Unless, of course, Insignia starts a Willy Wonka-inspired "golden ticket" promotion. I'm sure the factory that makes those cheap-ass portable DVD players is a magic place, indeed.
A SURPLUS OF COMMENTS: Gigantic reaction to last week's column on Army surplus stores. Most folks wrote in to chastise me for not understanding that "Japanese watch movement" simply means "Japanese gears are inside the watch." A few kinder, gentler souls, however, sent along recommendations on other surplus options. The most popular suggestion, by a country mile, was American Science & Surplus—not military stuff, by and large, but how can you not love a site that sels 3,200 RPM motors for $15 each?
Also, one vote was cast for Col. Bubbie's, based in Galveston, Texas. Couldn't locate any good electronics on the site, but "the Colonel" apparently accepts faxed wish lists. Oh, and if you've been looking for a World War One practice sword, he's got you covered.
Brendan I. Koerner is a contributing editor at Wired and a columnist for both The New York Times and Slate. His Low End Theory column appears every Thursday on Gizmodo.


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We Are The Enemy
Our righteousness shattered
The cause torn a'shred
Values once noble
Long gone and dead
Led by the mindless
War crimes the call
The hand of the sword
Is grasping our fall
What do we win
If the cost is the soul
Freedoms have vanished
Down a bottomless hole
A beacon of virtue
Now symbols to hate
Of cowboys and cowards
How sad is our fate
Won't learn the lessons
Mindlessly act
Extremism's flourish;
To ignore every fact
Adrift with no compass
Awash in the crime
We are the enemy
The past was our time
Copyright SGW 2006
Wingnuts will say, "See another liberal who loves every country but his own. Another liberal who would weaken America." That would be a typical response based on the fearmongering tendencies of the right and the insecurity they consistently show when anyone questions the idiocy of the Bush Administration's foreign policies and domestic tearing apart of our constitutional rights.
Sorry, wingnuts, but this poem is not about hating America. It is how our rudderless leadership in Washington has squandered our world position, weakened our security, caused terrorism to spread to places it had not previously existed, had a hand in countless and unnecessary death and destruction, violated the U.S. Constitution over and over again, narrowed our freedoms, and ... taken the United States of America and made it much less than the idealistic and exalted place I believe it once was and wish it to be again.
This is not a poem that hates America. It is a piece that despises those who have disgraced this country and made it something less. "We Are The Enemy" is a statement about George Bush and his Administration.
Friday, August 11, 2006
Poem: We Are The Enemy
We Are The Enemy
Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Sam Phillips - I Need Love
This song has been around for awhile, but I felt like putting it up today.
I Need Love
I left my conscience like a crying child
Locked the doors behind me put the pain on file
Broken like a window I see my blindness now
I need love
Not some sentimental prison
I need God
Not the political church
I need fire
To melt the frozen sea inside me
I need love
Driving into town tired and depressed
Like a flare the streetlight bursts an S.O.S.
Peace comes to my rescue I don't know what it means
I need love
Not some sentimental prison
I need God
Not the political church
I need fire
To melt the frozen sea inside me
I need love
Sam Phillips 1994


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To my knowledge, as of this writing, it isn't. Over the last seven or so years it has been linked in various places on craigslist and the links have been changed around repeatedly. At one point they were on every page and there were a whole set of links in the flaghelp forum.
Where have they gone, and why? Beats me. I always thought it a bit odd that a site would link to another site that provided user written documentation that it itself was lacking. But I figured CL staff just wanted to help some people out. Perhaps now they don't want to help some people out. Or they are embarrassed (I would NOT be surprised, they oughta be). Or they think This document might give the bad guys an edge (somebody tell me they can't be that stupid....but I have underestimated stupidity before, more often than not in fact). Anyway, it doesn't matter. This document has had way over 10 million visitors, mostly due to those links. It was getting 9000 hits a day at one point (about 50 now). Judging by how much time people spent on the site (20 minutes of reading and anyone should be able to get something out of it) it was (hopefully) helping about 350-400 people a day. In my little world, that's a lot. And I'm rather proud of it too. I hope if any of the old gang stops by and reads this they will also be proud of it.
Anyway, back when it was last linked, the text below was the answer to this FAQ item. I'm leaving it here because it makes one point that still stands: Don't quote us, we may be wrong.
Craigslist staff links various public sites for their own reasons. We suppose it is an endorsement of sorts (and are flattered) and we assume we aren't too off base on the general content. But this is still an unofficial user effort and it changes periodically. What you read here today might not have been here when staff linked it. So don't hold it against them, O.K.?
Back to the top (long way, huh?)
Go to the Unofficial Flag FAQ Home
This document or any part of this document may be linked as desired. If anyone wishes to link to a portion of the document that does not contain a convenient link please contact the authors, links can and will be added.


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King County promotes full and open competition. Only use waivers when necessary.
How to request a waiver
- Log into the Procurement Administration portal.
- Select "Service Requests" in the left-hand menu.
- Select "Waiver" in the center menu.
- Fill out the form and submit to your Agency Approver.
Informal Waivers ($10,000 - $50,000) can be approved by anyone in your agency, in keeping with your internal policies.
Formal Waivers (over $50,000) must be approved by your agency director.
- Your Agency Approver will submit the waiver request to the Procurement & Payables Section for review.
Print this handy Waivers Field Guide to keep at your fingertips
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Types of Waivers
Waivers let you skip the competitive procurement process. They may only be used in these circumstances:
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Single source waivers may be issued when there is only one contractor or supplier capable of providing a product or service.
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Special facilities waivers may be issued when a particular contractor or supplier has a unique approach to satisfying the County's need.
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A special market condition waiver may be issued when unusual conditions make a waiver advantageous to the County. This type of waiver may not be used for Public Works projects and is applicable only to Goods and Services.
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Stock cover, forearm and sling made to match for guns listed below, in "rough rider" leather and cream bullhide. Lacing in tri-color throughout all items. No-drill included. Thick gold and silver concho added to the back side away from cheek placement with lanyard. Shown here on Henry Golden Boy with stitch instead of loops on cover.
**This cover combo can only be made for the Henry Golden Boy, H001, H010B, Bigboy (except Big Boy Steel), Marlin 1894/1895, Winchester 94/9422/92 (EXCEPT MIROKU) and Rossi 92. All must have straight factory stocks (no pistol grips) and factory rear sight.


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Nelson Riddle - arranger (1921 - 1985)
Nelson Riddle was one of the greatest arrangers in the history of American popular music. He worked with many of the major pop vocalists of his day, but it was his immortal work with Frank Sinatra, particularly on the singer's justly revered Capitol concept albums, that cemented his enduring legacy. He was a master of mood and subtlety, and an expert at drawing out a song's emotional subtext. He was highly versatile in terms of style, mood and tempo, and packed his charts full of rhythmic and melodic variations and rich tonal colors that blended seamlessly behind the lead vocal line. He often wrote specifically for individual vocalists, keeping their strengths and limitations in mind and pushing them to deliver emotionally resonant performances. This is evidenced certainly in his work with Sinatra in the following quote from Charles Granata's book "Sessions with Sinatra,": "It quickly became apparent that Riddle, of all the arrangers the singer had worked with, complemented Sinatra's talents better than anyone else."
Born June 1, 1921 in Oradell, NJ, Nelson Smock Riddle studied piano as a child, later switching to trombone at the age of 14. After getting out of the service, he spent 1944-1945 as a trombonist with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, also writing a couple of arrangements ("Laura", "I Should Care"). By the end of 1946, with the help of good friend, Bob Bain, he secured a job arranging for Bob Crosby in Los Angeles. He then became a staff arranger at NBC Radio in 1947, and continued to study arranging and conducting with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Victor Young.Read more
Nelson Riddle: 'Changing Colors'
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LEGO Minifig Torso Plans
Here are the plans for the Torso of the 10X Scale Minifig Sculptures.
These plans will allow you to build a solid colored torso. To build another torso design the color and sizes of many of the bricks will need to be different. I am not generating full plans for other torso designs, but here are the Torso Designs. Using these plans and the designs together you should be able to recreate any of the minifig torsos seen on this website without too much effort.
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Gondola Ride in Venice: How To'sAugust 2011
This summer Condé Nast Traveler's Consumer News Director Wendy Perrin set off for a gondola ride in Venice and came away with a few great tips for travelers looking to tour through the city's ancient canals.
Tip #1: Timing is important! "The price for a half-hour gondola ride increases from 80 euros before 7 p.m. to 100 euros afterward, so go at 6:30, when sunset is close enough and the crowds and heat of the day have died down." Go to Condé Nast to find out what else Wendy has to say about gondola rides in Venice.
Wendy Perrin's Adriatic Cruise Trip: Venice Gondola Ride from Condé Nast Traveler on Vimeo.


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Looking for results? We deliver. We use technology to deliver field-proven results. More traffic. More leads. More sales. All of it based on a decade of actual sales generated by leads coming from online sources.
Insurance Squared's online marketing services resulted in high rankings for our website. Those rankings resulted in the sale of thousands of policies over the last 10+ years.
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As a non-face to face insurance agency, I've relied on Insurance Squared's lead generation tools for over 10 years now. I've tried others, nobody else has Insurance Squared's level of expertise or their abilty to produce long term results.
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We were Insurance Squared's first SEO client well over 10 years ago. That initial service resulted in top rankings spanning years. A good portion of our current client base (and resulting renewals) came from that one contract.
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Our aim at Adventure Alternatives is to inspire individuals to drive their own learning, to challenge their concept of the norm, their comfort zone, their beliefs of other's and their own ability. We want individuals to explore, discover the marvel at the environment we adventure in and find comfort in the unknown.
We do this through Outdoor Education, a platform which allows individuals to explore and discover aspects of their personal development through adventure based activities in a natural environment.
These experiences are delivered in a manner which best matches the needs of the individual groups with carefully sequenced age appropriate activities. During these experiences they will be exposed to an array of experiential adventure based activities which will push their comfort zone, will make them laugh… and cry, will challenge their resilience and will encourage their independence and interdependence.
Winner 2016 Queensland Outdoor Recreation Federation – Achievers Award
Silver Winner 2016 Queensland Glasshouse Electorate Business Awards, D'Aguilar Region
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Blake Morgan's Intellectual Property experts recognised as among world's best
Law firm Blake Morgan has been recognised as a global leader in trade mark and copyright law with a listing for its intellectual property specialists in a highly-respected international directory.
The firm's Intellectual Property group has been ranked in the eighth edition of World Trademark Review 1000 – The World's Leading Trademark Professionals.
The publication focuses exclusively on trade mark practices and practitioners, identifying the world's leading professionals in the field.
The guide recognises Jill Bainbridge, Partner and Head of Intellectual Property at Blake Morgan, who is praised for her "dextrous handling of sophisticated UK and EU trade mark issues" and is cited by one source as "the most knowledgeable and professional of all foreign associates we know".
Her colleague, Ben Evans, a Senior Associate and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, is praised for having "a deft touch on complex trademark registry proceedings" and noted for his "creative solutions".
Both are based at Blake Morgan's Southampton office.
The guide highlights the firm's expertise across a range of sectors, commenting: "Blake Morgan stands out for the strength and depth of its IP offering and its distinctive focus on brands. The team sustains an excellent reputation in the retail sector and advises Wiggle – alongside many others – on worldwide trademark protection. The side strikes the right tone in its representation, possesses a well-rounded skill set and has carved out a niche for itself in the charities sector. Evans, Bainbridge and the rest of the Blake Morgan team represent excellent value for money."
Jill said: "This directory is the benchmark for excellence in the trade mark sector and we are delighted to have been ranked so highly."
Ben added: "This listing underlines the strength of the firm's IP practice and reinforces our commitment to going above and beyond the expectations of our clients to provide an exceptional service."
Blake Morgan's Intellectual Property team has a wide range of expertise to include advising on the selection and clearance of trade marks, the protection of trademarks and designs to include all aspects of registration and intellectual property infringement and disputes.


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Saw Palmetto's Amazing Anti-Cancer Potential
Did you know that aside from skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men? In fact, 1 in 6 American males will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime. Taking a saw palmetto extract may help protect your prostate from cancer. In addition, a substantial amount of research has shown that this herb can be used to improve your quality of life if you have BPH, and unlike certain pharmaceuticals often prescribed to relieve BPH syptoms, there are no known drug interactions associated with saw palmetto.
Most men would find it hard to imagine that saw palmetto extract, which has been touted for its prostate health-promoting properties, comes from a tree that could easily be part of the landscaping of a desert resort home. But the effects of saw palmetto on prostate health have been researched widely, and recently, its power to protect against prostate cancer has been clinically tested.
Chinese researchers recently reported that saw palmetto inhibited the growth of prostate tumor cells in mice. (Int J Oncol.; 31(3):593-600, 2007.) While the conclusions drawn from results of this study are limited, because it was done on animals, they do give researchers some insight into how the supplement may behave in to the human body. The anti-cancer potential of saw palmetto has also been observed in studies performed on human subjects. A 2007 Swedish study found that saw palmetto extract had a stop-growing-and-multiplying effect on prostate cancer cells in humans. (Anticancer Res.;27(2):873-81, 2007.)
These latest additions to the long list of scientific studies done on saw palmetto confirm its positive effects on prostate health. In the most notable of these studies, men who took 160 mg of saw palmetto extract twice a day for a year experienced a decline in benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) symptoms. Several studies have found that saw palmetto may work synergistically with other herbs, including pygeum and stinging nettle, to lessen BPH symptoms.
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CAMPAIGN RESULTS: NextRadio Listener Count: Up 25% month-over-month NextRadio Monthly TSL: Rose from 33 minutes in Sept to 46 minutes in Nov Re-Cap: Large bumps in TSL and NextRadio listeners, soundly beating the NextRadio average YOY increase of 17% 2016-2017. Comparable net … Continue reading »
CAMPAIGN RESULTS Total Weekly Count of NextRadio Listeners: Up 12.6% All Dayparts over campaign period Up 21% AM Drive vs same 4-wk period 2016 Listener Counts peaked on Thursdays followed by Tuesdays NextRadio Weekly Avg TSL: Down 3.4% AM Drive vs same period 2016 … Continue reading »
When a radio station engineer cares about how your stations appear in the NextRadio app, here's what happens: Listeners tune in and get a great visual experience – right on their phones Sales creates new revenue opportunities from in-app advertising campaigns Programming has an additional … Continue reading »
CAMPAIGN RESULTS: NextRadio Listener Count: Up 17% in July vs 2016 overall average NextRadio Weekly Avg TSL: Increase of 3 minutes TSL Aug vs June Re-Cap: This "quick-hit" event showed immediate growth in both Listener Count and TSL. Brand awareness … Continue reading »
TagStation Content enables a deeper level of engagement with your broadcast audio in NextRadio. It increases listening, impacts the growth and retention of FM smartphone listeners, and is the cornerstone of an interactive ecosystem that is valuable for advertisers and … Continue reading »
Check Out Tracking Results on what Listeners can Hear, See and Interact with on NextRadio Over the past several months, NextRadio has been conducting beta tests on select radio stations to gauge the interactivity response rate within the app. Interactivities measured … Continue reading »
In NextRadio, an average listening session reaches up to 21 minutes during weekdays. 10.3 minutes in traditional radio1 8.9 minutes in music apps2 21 minutes in NextRadio "Double the average listening session in NextRadio provides broadcasters with a great message to share with advertisers … Continue reading »
Average Session Length increased by 14.3% – from 19.9 minutes to 22.7 minutes, among the stations analyzed. We recently analyzed 12 million minutes of NextRadio listening across 100 radio stations that switched from displaying only their logo to delivering enhanced content … Continue reading »


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Is the transportation easy or difficult? Is the transportation is cheap or expensive? We will try to answer all these questions in this article for you. Here we will give information about only buses for public transportation in Barcelona city.
Buses in Barcelona city are the main option for public transportation. People in large quantity prefer buses to travel around Barcelona as buses have massive local and interurban network. All buses serving in Barcelona Metropolitian Area are organized by Autoritat Del Transport Metropolita ( ATM). Local bus services are organized by Transport Metropolitans de Barcelona ( TMB). Apart from these, there is night bus service called Nitbus and it's still being set up for a rapid bus service called Retbus which is intent to serve for rapid bus network in Barcelona city.
Bus transport system in Barcelona is organized very well. We will give information about both daytime and night buses separately on tickets and methods of Barcelona travel.
Daytime Buses:
Barcelona daytime buses connects more than 80 districts and offer comfortable trip for people who have reduced mobility. There is a bus route map plan in the buses and it's hard to say which buses going from A to B. We will give a map about buses route map but you should ask which bus you should take according to your stay in Barcelona city. Beside, route, schedule and prices may change. Many buses serve from 5 or 6 am to 10 or 11 pm and these buses pass through Plaça de Catalunya and Plaça de la Universitat.
The Barcelona card offers you cheaper and unlimited on all over the means of transportation in Barcelona city. With these travel cards you can access any other transport systems such as metro, tram, suburban train. There is a travel card called T-10 card which offers day passes ( 2,3,4 or 5 days) or ten journeys.
If you would like to buy a single ticket the fare is 2,15€
T-10 card fare is 10.30€
Transport Pays 2 days: €14,00
Transport pays 3 days: €20,00
Transport Pays 4 days: €25,50
Transport Pays 5 days: €30,50
T-Dia ( one day pass) : €7,60
Here you can find Barcelona bus transport official web-site that you can have a look for exact bus route.
Here below some card types that you can choose according to your Barcelona Travel. I hope we are able to be your Barcelona travel guide.
Below cards are available on all integrated transport system.
A multi-person travel card allowing 10 journeys.
T-Mes (Monthly travel card)
A holder-specific travel card allowing unlimited journeys.
T-Jove (Young person's travel card)
Under 25s can use this travel card to make unlimited journeys over 90 days.
An individual travel allowing an unlimited number of journeys to be made in one day.
An individual travel card allowing 50 journeys to be made over 30 days.
A holder-specific travel card allowing unlimited journeys to be made over 90 days.
A multi-person travel card allowing 70 journeys to be made over 30 days.
Night Buses:
Barcelona night buses start to serve between 10.40 and 11.40 pm until 5.00 and 6.00 am in the morning. The Nitbuses pass through Plaça de Catalunya. These buses are yellow. Here is a map of nitbuses in Barcelona city.


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The construction industry has historically been deemed a high-hazard industry by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and, as a result, home builders are frequently the subject of OSHA inspections. OSHA is authorized to conduct inspections of construction job sites to determine whether employers are complying with OSHA safety standards and inspections, and investigations are conducted by OSHA compliance safety and health officers.
This Web page provides builders and trade contractors important information on dealing with OSHA's stepped-up enforcement and increased penalties.
Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Violations in Construction (for year ended Sept. 30, 2018)


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FreeUndelete restores deleted files, including those removed from Windows Recycle Bin. In case of accidental removal of files on a NTFS (1.0 and 2.0) (default for Windows Vista, XP, 2000 and NT), FAT32, FAT16 or FAT12 file systems this is the utility to help.
Supported file systems:
NTFS 1.0, NTFS 2.0, FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32
The recovered files are saved into a new user-selected location to prevent overwriting the deleted files on the original media.There is no charge, direct or hidden, to download and use a fully functional copy of the program. The program does not install any spyware or adware along with it. It does not populate user's desktop with pop-up ads or forcefully subscribe user to mailing lists.
Additionally the is a Proper Usage Guide that suggest and describe the installation steps for this utility.
Here is the Direct Download link for the FreeUndelete. We have already successfully tested this by installing it into a Pen drive for portability and this also helps to recover the files on HDD where you cant install this software directly.


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This native understory tree or large shrub grows 15-20' tall (sometimes to 30') and occurs … Continued
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This native understory tree or large shrub grows 15-20' tall (sometimes to 30') and occurs … Continued
Diospyros virginiana
Rounded oval crown, grows to 35-60' tall. Edible persimmon fruits up to 2" in diameter … Continued
Ficus carica 'Brown Turkey'
This classic, all-purpose fig is delicious fresh and in preserves, and dried figs make tasty … Continued
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A vigorous grower with improved resistance to cold, it produces small, purplish-brown figs with extra … Continued
One of the most favored grown or eaten anywhere, 'McIntosh' apples are soft, sweet and … Continued
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'Belle of Georgia' produces good yields, hardiness and disease resistance. Rosy-pink peaches with juicy white … Continued
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Crisp texture and good to eat as soon as harvested or for several months after … Continued
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Apricot 'Moorpark' is the best red apricot with large firm fruits that are a favorite … Continued
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Who is this procedure for?
What happens before the procedure?
That area that is to be treated is numbed with local anesthesia. After that the gum is flapped back so the dentist can visualize the type and amount of bone loss, as well as the tartar that may be on the roots.
What happens during the procedure?
First, the existing tartar is removed from the tooth. Then the bone around the teeth is smoothed to more natural, healthy contours. This helps the pockets to be either reduced or eliminated. The dentist may use a bone graft to repair areas that are missing too much bone. Then the gum is placed back and held in place with a stitch. Finally, some putty material may be placed over the whole area to protect the area while it heals.
What happens after the procedure?
The patient will return within a week to check their progress.


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F1 Colours is a blog launched in 2007 to fill a niche previously unsatisfied by the internet in general – detailed discussion of Formula One team, car and driver liveries, colours and sponsorship. While the message boards, comment sections and social media accounts of general interest F1 sites often buzz with discussion of liveries around the launch season each year, F1 Colours was the first site dedicated solely to this topic.
Although most active with news, rumour, speculation and commentary during those launch months of January to March each year, the site tries to remain active all year round with updates during the racing season itself, and throughout the year we also publish historical features such as individual team Livery Histories, or other general pieces spotlighting liveries old and new.
We also accept content submissions, so if you have an article about any aspect of liveries/team branding/etc. that you're desperate to get off your chest, then feel free to write in and we'll look at publishing it. Please note, however, that we generally don't publish material that doesn't relate to liveries and sponsorship. Also, the site does not make a profit of any kind, so we don't have a budget to pay for material (which is why we don't actively solicit content from others!)
F1 Colours is not affiliated with or in any way endorsed by Formula 1, Formula One Management, Formula One Administration, Formula One Licensing BV, Formula One World Championship Ltd or any other organisation or entity associated with the official Formula One governing organisations or their shareholders. All text content is © F1 Colours and Seb Patrick, and all images are © the respective rights holders and used for illustrative/review purposes. No rights infringement is intended by any use but if you are the owner of an image and wish to request its removal, please contact us.
F1 Colours is grateful to Jonathan Capps for hosting and technical assistance!
Seb Patrick has been a fan of F1 since the mid-90s, and has been interested in liveries for roughly the same amount of time – his fascination largely sparked by countless hours spent painting real and fantasy cars for the games Grand Prix 2 and 3. His favourite era of the sport is the early '90s, he supports Williams (but was previously a Benetton fan before the Renault buyout), and his driver heroes include Ayrton Senna, Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher, Martin Brundle and Jenson Button. His chosen race number would be 5, 12 or 52.
Outside of F1 he mostly writes about comics, television, film and football for websites and magazines including Den of Geek, When Saturday Comes, BBC America and Film4. He also co-hosts the comic book movie podcast Cinematic Universe and is the editor of the official Red Dwarf website.
Come and see us at http://www.pitboard.co.uk to discuss colours, cars, drivers, teams, other motorsports and pretty much anything else
I have to admire the whole idea and frankly can't wait for an article on Durex's sponsorship of the Surtees team in the 70's. Surely there's the opportunity for a plethora of puns about burning rubber.
I do enjoy the "livery countdown" very much. Are you planning something similar with drivers' helmets? That'd be lovely.
love the whole concept. been looking the web for a site like this for ages
hi, we have just finished restoring a 1950's vanwall type grand prix car. its total mechanics are e type everything inc a v12 donk. we want to paint it in 2000 F1 jag green. what is the name of the green and is it metallic? i can email you some pics if you want . thanks ray
Hi Seb,
My name is Anuj Agarwal. I'm Founder of Feedspot.
I would like to personally congratulate you as your blog F1 Colours by Seb Patrick has been selected by our panelist as one of the Top 100 Formula One Blogs on the web.
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Total área 64.000 sq. Mt
House with three bedrooms all with private bathrooms, two of the bedrooms are fully furnished
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Since its inception over ten years ago, Open House Melbourne has gone from strength to strength.
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| NASA release 12-409. Relevant to Climate Change chapter 8. Excerpt: …An international team of 47 researchers from 26 laboratories, Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise (IMBIE) supported by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) has combined data from multiple satellites and aircraft to produce the most comprehensive and accurate assessment to date of ice sheet losses in Greenland and Antarctica and their contributions to sea level rise, published … in the journal Science. … the combined rate of melting for the ice sheets covering Greenland and Antarctica has increased during the last 20 years…losing more than three times as much ice each year (equivalent to sea level rise of 0.04 inches or 0.95 millimeters) as they were in the 1990s (equivalent to 0.01 inches or 0.27 millimeters). About two-thirds of the loss is coming from Greenland, with the rest from Antarctica. …Combined, melting of these ice sheets contributed 0.44 inches (11.1 millimeters) to global sea levels since 1992. This accounts for one-fifth of all sea level rise over the 20-year survey period. The remainder is caused by the thermal expansion of the warming ocean, melting of mountain glaciers and small Arctic ice caps, and groundwater mining. "Both ice sheets appear to be losing more ice now than 20 years ago, but the pace of ice loss from Greenland is extraordinary, with nearly a five-fold increase since the mid-1990s," Erik Ivins of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said. "In contrast, the overall loss of ice in Antarctica has remained fairly constant with the data suggesting a 50-percent increase in Antarctic ice loss during the last decade." …. Read the full article: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/nov/HQ_12-409_Ice_Sheet_Sea_level.html
See also A Reconciled Estimate of Ice-Sheet Mass Balance - Science 30 November 2012: Vol. 338 no. 6111 pp. 1183-1189 DOI: 10.1126/science.1228102
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Content for Saturday, May 17, 2014
News & Stories
City can't drag its heels any longer
Residents to get reimbursed for illegal maintenance assessment district
It was a long time coming for attorneys and volunteers in Golden Hill and South Park to get reimbursed, at least partially, for their time and money spent to fight the city over their illegally ...
Lazy afternoon in a lazy coffeeshop
Café Lily about as exciting as Old Poway Village gets
I honestly don't know what I was doing in Old Poway Village. It's a cute enough place, with old-timey storefronts that might be charming except for the fact they house businesses along the lines of ...
Unimpressed by "road stop bathroom"
Architectural design for pedestrian border-crossing criticized
The San Ysidro Smart Border Coalition (SYSBC) held a forum on May 14 in the Willow Elementary School auditorium to discuss the anticipated spring 2016 opening of a new pedestrian border-crossing at Virginia Avenue. The ...
Prepkitchen adds New English to its vernacular
Local brewery crafts IPA to celebrate eatery's five-year anniversary
I remember it like it was yesterday, sitting on the tiny patio of the first Prepkitchen (7556 Fay Avenue, La Jolla), my calves burning, the soles of my feet a mess. Back then, I would ...


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By day7t - Mon Jun 10, 2019 5:29 pm
- Mon Jun 10, 2019 5:29 pm #1117508
We have struggled with a gas boiler for long enough, the water never stays a constant temp despite numerous attempts to cure it so we are going to invest in an electric water heater. There are quite often 4 of us and Leroy Merlin recommends a 150 L boiler, the local hardware shop despite selling 150L recommends 100L, if you have one and can offer any advice that would be great. Thanks


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Qaeda suicide bombing kills nine Yemen soldiers: military source
A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into a Yemeni army checkpoint on Friday killing nine soldiers, a military source said, blaming Al-Qaeda for the attack.
The attack was mounted near the city of Qoton in southeastern Yemen's vast desert province of Hadramawt where Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operates.
The military source said the dead soldiers were members of an army division loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.
Hadi was forced out of the country after Shiite Huthi rebels last year seized the capital Sanaa and challenged the government's authority.
In March, a Saudi-led coalition launched an air campaign against the Huthis and allied forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in a bid to restore the authority of Hadi, who has taken refuge in Riyadh.
AQAP, considered by Washington to be the extremist network's most dangerous franchise, announced the death in June of its Yemen commander, Nasir al-Wuhayshi, in a US drone strike.
The group has taken advantage of the chaos gripping Yemen to make territorial gains in the south, including the seizure of Mukalla, capital of Hadramawt province, in April.
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What is "print-on-demand"?Posted: October 22nd, 2010 | Author: ASC Team | Filed under: Print-on-demand | Comments Off on What is "print-on-demand"?
Self-publishers do not need vast resources, storage facilities and a shipping department if they use print-on-demand (POD) services.
Once your project is beautifully prepared, you have carefully checked the final proof copy for errors, and it is ready to go to print, the tedious part is over. Now a print-on-demand agency will print your book and fill orders for you.
When an individual or bookstore orders your book, it is printed, bound, shipped and delivered within days.
Print-on-demand is a wonderful way to have your books printed and orders filled without interrupting your creative flow.