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Welcome to the Canadian Transport of Dangerous Goods (TDGR) regulations training. Transport Canada is responsible for establishing transportation policies and programs to ensure dangerous goods are transported safely to, from and within Canada. There are a total of nine modules including the final exam in the TDGR Training program. Begin the course with module 1. Upon successful completion of each module you will be able to advance to the next module. Upon successful completion of all modules including the final exam, you will receive a certificate of completion by email. This course has been developed to provide training in the proper use of the TDGR regulations for the identification, classification, packaging, documentation, and carriage of dangerous goods intended for transportation to, from, and within Canada. The course includes the following modules: Introduction Classification Documentation Safety Marks on Small Means of Containment Safety Marks on Large Means of Containment Means of Containment ERAPs and Reporting Cross Border US-Canada Final Exam The course is fully animated and narrated and includes review questions throughout the course and a final student assessment to verify understanding of the material presented. Students will receive a certificate upon successful completion of the course. Run Time for Course: 3:10:00


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Alton Brown's Peanut Butter Fudge — Most Popular Pin of the Week
If you're looking for a fun and easy sweet confection to make with the kids between the holidays, look no further. This week's Most Popular Pin of the Week is the perfect choice. Alton's peanut butter fudge takes just four ingredients, 10 minutes to make and requires only the microwave to prepare, making it safe for kids to help with. The only tough part about the recipe is waiting two hours for the fudge to firm up in the refrigerator before cutting into squares. But if you — and your kids — have the patience, it's well worth the wait.
For more recipes from Alton, check out Food Network's Alton Brown board on Pinterest.
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Good honest report there Smudge. I tried for snapper over the coast briefly but struggled, weird thing was I caught a legal one inside the river while catching trevs, thats a first for me. The bugger fell off the hook when I went to lift him into the ski, spewed up a heap of crushed shells too
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Less a documentary and more an unflinchingly personal essay, director Arshad Khan's Abu: Father is moving and harrowing in equal measure. Utilising home video footage he has amassed since his childhood in Pakistan in the seventies, as well as scenes from the pop culture that played a pivotal role throughout the important stages of his life, Khan's film deals with his lifelong struggle with his own sexuality and his relationship with his religiously conservative family.
Every filmmaker will claim that their films are "personal" to them, but Arshad Khan has made a film so deeply integrated to his own identity, it frequently feels like the audience are bearing witness to a private home movie that was never intended to be shown to audiences. That he has the bravery to publicly display a lifetime of raw emotional trauma, with as many lovelorn highs as there are self doubting lows, makes this an utterly commendable achievement.
Abu is the Urdu word for "father", and although his struggle for acceptance from his Muslim father is a central, lifelong battle, Khan's film is significantly more comprehensive in exploring how a closeted gay man attempts to find acceptance within the whole conservative family unit – including from himself. He has managed to condense lifelong personal struggles regarding his culture, religion and sexuality in to a brisk eighty minutes, without ever diluting his self identity to fit the comprehensive running time. Even more impressive is that this is Khan's feature length debut. He's built up an entire lifetime of courage to tell his story, and it has paid off completely.
Countless coming out narratives are sold to their target audience based on how "relatable" they are. And it is partially true, as elements of Khan's life story will be recognisable to many – the idea of hiding yourself from who you perceive to be an unaccepting family, the trauma of sexual abuse, the pubescent suicidal thoughts that come hand in hand with recognising your own identity. Like everything in the film, he presents each element of his life with a sharp directness; he doesn't use unnecessarily long words to ponder a lifetime of suppressed emotions, instead relishing the opportunity to cut to the chase and speak bluntly about the feelings he spent a significant chunk of his lifetime hiding.
With the majority of the film presented via personal, unearthed archive footage and snippets of his beloved Bollywood movies, there is the sense that he's curating key moments from his own life in a way that's equal parts romanticising and merely documenting his backstory. As a teenager in Pakistan, falling in love for the first time only for the relationship to end via his lover's parents finding out, he found solace in lovesick Bollywood lyrics – and, oddly enough, Roxette's mid eighties power ballad "It Must Have Been Love".
The situations presented and the emotions within will surely be familiar to many viewers, but all with a cultural specificity that ensures it would be detrimental to ever suggest Khan's film possesses a relatability that's "universal". It's certainly universal in terms of the emotional power it leads the audience to feel – but aside from that, this can only be seen as a haunting, personal cinematic essay.
Abu: Father is an utterly moving documentary, with enough brutal emotional honesty to fill a thousand movies. It may have taken over forty years for this debut to reach the big screen, but let's hope it doesn't take another forty before we get a chance to see another of Arshad Khan's candidly honest and uniquely moving autobiographical efforts.
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Many good Samaritans want to help people in developing countries. Unfortunately these efforts often consist of a one time donation of hygiene kits or something similar. While well intended these efforts aren't sustainable because they rely on donations. Once the donations stop the relief stops. To top it off you might find out that this country had an overabundance of hygiene kits and all your hard work was wasted. So how do we help people in developing countries get the products and services they really need and want?
In a muggy pastel green house in India, engineers Charles and Amy Wood of BYU's Design Lab prepare for their day.
"A lot of engineers from America assume people in other countries want the things Americans have. Oh, they don't have clean water they must want a filter. Oh, they don't have electricity they must want that, said Amy Wood."
But, things are different in India then in America. For example having a philosophy degree in India is the American equivalent of being a doctor or lawyer.
In India running water and electricity aren't seen as a necessity and the Wood's were determined to discover what these Indians wanted and needed most.
In India the women cook outside on the street using cookstoves. Smiling and chatting, they talk about their families. While cooking outside works well for these women most of the year it isn't practical during the torrential downpours accompanying the rainy season.
Read more from the Woods on the blog.
"We watched a woman bring her cook stove into her house to cook while it was raining. The smoke from the cook stove filled her house, said Charles Wood."
Cook stove smoke blackens lungs and causes diseases that kill about 1.9 million people each year. The Woods began working with a woman named Lakshmi to design a cook stove shelter that would allow her to cook outside when it rained. Lakshmi is a single mother with a little girl and boy. She has flashing dark eyes and vibrant dark hair that she wears up in a ponytail. She travels from her village to the richer areas to work as a cleaning lady so she can provide for her children and give them a good home.
Lakshmi helped the Woods design and redesign their cook stove shelter. The shelter now allows her to cook outside during the rainy season and save her kids from the uncomfortable and dangerous smoke that normally fills her home.
Many engineers avoid designing products for people like Lakshmi because they assume it's not a profitable market. Charles and Amy Wood of Design Exploration aren't like most engineers and they disagree.
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When impoverished people are able to purchase affordable products that increase their quality of life it creates sustainable relief that isn't dependent on donations.
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Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl and his wife, Brandy, partnered with Children's Harbor for the inaugural Fore the Children golf tournament presented by Russell Lands, with all proceeds benefiting Children's Harbor. The tournament was held on October 27th at Willow Point Country Club in Alexander City. On Sunday, October 26th, the night before the golf tournament, Coach Pearl and his family graciously hosted a dinner and auction for the tournament players and friends at their home in Auburn.
"My wife Brandy and I are very excited about starting a new partnership with Children's Harbor," Coach said. "Helping children and their families with serious illnesses is something very near and dear to our hearts and something that we have a great passion for. It is my hope that our Fore the Children golf tournament can help ease the burdens of many families in need."
"I was very impressed with Coach Pearl's commitment to helping the families we serve," Myrle Grate, Chief Executive Officer for Children's Harbor said. "He uses his celebrity clout to raise awareness and support for our ministry. Children's Harbor is grateful for his generous support."
While in high school MK was diagnosed with a brain tumor requiring surgery and an autoimmune illness. Her hospitalization required weeks of treatment and when she could, MK and her family spent many hours at our Family Center which she termed her "no needle zone." MK and her family are so grateful for Children's Harbor and what we offer to hundreds of families each year.
A note from MK
I first met Coach Pearl in early August through a mutual friend. After we both realized we shared a passion for Children's Harbor, he asked me to work with the team he had put together for his charity golf tournament that was to be held in late October. I would see him at meetings or at the occasional basketball outing, but nothing that was "enough to write home about" until one day in September when I was hospitalized at UAB, when all of that changed.
"Hey MK, you awake? I wanna come see you for a few minutes before my meeting downtown. I'm about 10 minutes out."
I looked at my phone and quickly typed "See you soon" all the while sporting the biggest smile on my face. My parents then knew something was up, and I told them to get dressed because I had a visitor coming soon.
Sure enough, about ten minutes later, into my hospital room walked Auburn's Head Men's Basketball Coach, Bruce Pearl. He didn't come in with a team of "people" or security; he wasn't wearing fancy clothes; and he didn't carry himself like the celebrity that he is. For the twenty or so minutes that he spent visiting with my family and me, Coach Pearl was just that. Bruce Pearl, everyday man visiting a friend in the hospital. That made all the difference.
Even though I have only known Coach Pearl for a relatively short amount of time, I can honestly say that he is one of the most genuine and caring people that I have ever met.
Coach Pearl has made such an impact on my life just in the short time that I have known him. He has been MY Coach. He has shown me leadership, character, and support. He has shown me that he truly cares, and for that, I am forever thankful.
A note from Coach Pearl
There are so many things in life we cannot control. When you place your trust in God first you can handle anything. MK Fletcher inspires me! Her faith, attitude, courage and toughness inspire me. We met because MK is a senior studying at Auburn University. We will be friends for life because we have let each other in and we are carrying each other's mat.
Children's Harbor Night at Auburn Tigers Men's Basketball Game
On December 23rd, 2014, the Auburn Tigers men's basketball program honored Children's Harbor making it officially the "Children's Harbor Night" for the Auburn vs. Texas Southern game in Auburn, Alabama. Over 200 friends of Children's Harbor attended the game from patients and their families to donors to staff members. Coach Pearl graciously donated the tickets for anyone that would like to attend from the Children's Harbor family.
Before the game commenced, Coach Pearl presented Children's Harbor Co-Founder Ben Russell and Chief Executive Officer Myrle Grate a $233,000 check. The proceeds were from Pearl's Fore the Children Golf Classic last October.
"The kids had a ball! They were so excited to have the seats close to the court. Everyone also loved the fact that Auburn won that night! Auburn Basketball, Coach Pearl and his staff treated CH families like royalty that night," said Tammy Jackson, Children's Harbor Director of Fund Development and Community Relations South Alabama.
"The Auburn basketball game was a wonderful night for families who rarely have the opportunity to spend real quality time together away from the stressors related to their illnesses. Not only did Coach Pearl and his staff make a significant financial contribution to Children's Harbor but they also provided an impactful, tangible experience for dozens of ill children and their families," said Myrle Grate, Children' s Harbor Chief Executive Officer.
"I managed the patients and families registration for the event at the Family Center. The parents were just overwhelmed with joy for this once in a lifetime opportunity for their kids. All of the parents were so grateful Children's Harbor chartered a bus to go from the hospital to the basketball game. They all kept telling me how excited they were and that some of their kids had never seen a college basketball game," said Darby Calhoun, Children's Harbor Activity Coordinator.


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I write suspense and light fantasy/paranormal set in the beautiful country of New Zealand. A land of myths and magic, Aotearoa (Maori for Long White Cloud) has always been a storytelling nation and it is my pleasure to share mine with you.
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Monday, February 7, 2011
A Flawless Jewel of a Story
How long did you give yourself to write "Flawless"?
I wanted to give myself a good six months to write the story. But when I first saw the call go out for submissions to the series back in October 2009, I couldn't think of a thing to write about. I did a little research on blue diamonds, but no inspiration lightning bolts hit me. By Christmas I had pretty much resigned myself to the thought that I would not be submitting a story to "Jewels of the Night".
Then over the Christmas holidays my husband and I were watching a TV show about World War II. I've always found WWII a fascinating period in history. We started throwing around ideas and finally inspiration struck! The germ of the idea was born.
After consulting with some friends on the plot at the beginning of January, I took time off work to participate in my writing group's "Book in a Week" and I wrote the majority of the first draft. After some critiques and revisions, I submitted the story to TWRP, just before the March 31, 2010 deadline. This was probably the fastest story I've ever written, from idea to first draft!
What was it like writing for a series?
It was great. The parameters for this series were wide open, so as long as the story featured a blue diamond and it was a romantic suspense, I was good to go! Any time period could be used, and there were no continuing characters, landmarks, or other conventions that needed to be used from book to book. So I was pretty much able to write the story I wanted to write, no holds barred.
How smooth was the publishing journey and was it different to others because of the tighter deadline?
I don't want to give the impression that this journey was without its bumps. The initial writing went quickly, but I had to complete two major rewrites before "Flawless" was accepted for publication. And then after that there was still plenty of revision to do. My wonderful editor Nan Swanson from the Vintage Rose line of TWRP certainly made me work for it! But I think her suggestions were exactly what the book needed.
As far as the tighter deadline, I think it helped me. When I have a deadline it really motivates me to work hard to be finished in time.
Favourite part of the book/favourite character? Why?
I love my heroine Madeleine. Her bravery awes me. If I had lived in her time, in France under Nazi occupation, I don't know if I would have had the courage to join the Resistance and essentially act as a spy, right under German noses. It's hard to believe how many women were just like Madeleine during WWII.
My favorite part of the book? That's like asking me which of my children I love more! But I have to admit that one of my favorite parts is when Hunter arrives at the Chateau to begin work as gardener. He arrives just in time to rescue Madeleine from being raped by the Nazi General Klaus Dietrich. He tells Dietrich that he and Madeleine are married. Furthermore, he drops the little bombshell that Madeleine is pregnant! This comes as rather a surprise to Madeleine, but she gamely plays her part. But now that Hunter has made this announcement, they are forced to live together as husband and wife. And that's how their love story begins.
Anything else you'd like to add?
Just that I'm very pleased to be part of this series, and happy to be a Wild Rose Press author. They are a great group to work for. And thank you very much, LaVerne, for having me guest on your blog today.
France, 1942. The world is at war. The Nazis have stolen the infamous blue diamond, Le Coeur Bleu, intending to barter it for weapons that will destroy the Allies. Jewel thief Hunter Smith is given a choice; help the French Resistance steal back the diamond and avenge the death of his best friend, or stay locked up in an English prison. He chooses revenge.
Resistance fighter Madeleine Bertrand's husband died when he was betrayed by Hunter Smith. How can she now pretend to be married to the arrogant American? How can she betray Jean Philippe's memory by her passionate response to Hunter's kisses? Neither is prepared for the maelstrom of attraction that erupts between them. To survive they must uncover the mysteries of the past and conquer the dangers of the present. But first Madeleine must decide if her loyalties lie with her dead husband and the Resistance or with the greatest love of her life.
"From now on you will be known as Jacques Lemay, Monsieur Smith."
Monsieur Gagnon filled his pipe, dropping bits of tobacco onto his wife's immaculate floor. Madeleine sat off to one side of Monsieur Gagnon's kitchen, watching as Madame Gagnon prepared breakfast for her husband and their "guest." Madeleine silently seethed as Smith—non, Lemay—helped himself to another piece of bread. Did he have to eat so much? Didn't he know that food was scarce here in Lille, just as it was all over France?
She listened as Smith handed over the new two-way radio to Monsieur Gagnon and explained its use.
"It's supposed to have a clearer and stronger signal than the radio you're using now," Smith said. He flipped a few dials to illustrate. "They also told me it is easier to scramble the signal to avoid detection."
"Bon." Monsieur Gagnon beamed in pleasure. "Good communications are essential to our work. Thank you for bringing it."
"No problem. What else can you tell me about my cover here?"
"You are to work as a junior gardener at the chateau. I wrote to the head gardener, as if I was you, inquiring about work. He's desperate for help. The Germans have rounded up many young Frenchmen and shipped them east to work in factories in Germany, so there are few able-bodied men available. You start tomorrow."
He paused as his wife set a bowl of porridge in front of him. Monsieur Gagnon could not be connected with Jacques Lemay in any way; their comings and goings to this house had to be done with the utmost discretion. Madeleine knew the importance of keeping Monsieur Gagnon and his wife safe. He was the heart of their operation, their connection to the outside world through the radio he operated. If something went wrong and Hunter Smith was captured, it was crucial that no trails led back to Monsieur Gagnon. The safety of their réseaux, their Resistance network, depended on it. She hoped Smith understood the danger.
"I said in the letter that you had not worked as a gardener before, so he is not expecting you to know the difference between a delphinium and a dianthus." Monsieur Gagnon poured milk onto his porridge. "But he is expecting you to work hard. If you don't, you could be fired, or your cover could be blown."
"I can manage."
"The job might require a little more than sticking a shovel in the ground occasionally and spreading a bit of manure," Madeleine said. The others turned to stare at her.
She immediately regretted her sarcastic remark, regretted throwing his words in his face. She shouldn't let this man get to her, but she couldn't seem to stop herself. They needed to work together for the sake of the mission. But she hated him. After what he'd done to Jean Philippe…
Hunter's gaze locked with hers, and the heat of his anger scorched her clear across the room. She refused to back down from the challenge in his stare. She'd be damned if she'd let him intimidate her.
"Madeleine, enough." Monsieur Gagnon spoke sharply. "Regardless of your feelings, we need him. He is our only hope for getting the diamond out of the hands of the Nazis."
He was right. If they couldn't steal Le Coeur Bleu, Jean Philippe would have died for nothing. She couldn't let that happen.
She inhaled deeply and looked away. "All right. We'll work together."
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Jana Richards has tried her hand at many writing projects over the years, from magazine articles and short stories to paranormal suspense and romantic comedy. She loves to create characters with a sense of humor, but also a serious side. She believes there's nothing more interesting then peeling back the layers of a character to see what makes them tick.
When not writing up a storm, working at her day job as an Office Administrator, or dealing with ever present mountains of laundry, Jana can be found on the local golf course pursuing her newest hobby.
Jana lives in Western Canada with her husband Warren, along with two university aged daughters and a highly spoiled Pug/Terrier cross named Lou
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Jana- Flawless sounds fantastic, I'll have to check it out!ReplyDelete
I like the way you say your editor made you work for it, but it was worth it. Flawless sounds fantastic. I've already added it to my TBR list. Good luck with sales, Jana!ReplyDelete
Hi Sarah,ReplyDelete
Thanks for your support! I hope you like the book!
Hi Kat,ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by and for the good wishes. I've been very lucky to have had talented editors to work with. It's really great to have someone who can look at your work objectively and tell you where you can improve. Being open to an editor's suggestions can make the book so much better.
Your story sounds wonderful. You've gotta love an editor who will take a risk on something with a few flaws and help turn it into a jewel!ReplyDelete
Hello Jana and LaVerne,ReplyDelete
It's interesting how one story, be it fiction or non-fiction, can lead onto firing our imaginations as writers. I've been fascinated by the Resistance movements, during World War Two, since my teenage years and this inspired me to write my Vintage Rose novel FRENCH KISS. I'm keen to read Flawless now, and wish you all the best with sales, Jana. Maybe we'll encourage a fan club of WW2 story collectors! Perhaps we should form one?
Thanks Jannine. Having a few flaws in my manuscript seems to be the story of my life! I've learned to expect rewrites before being offered a contract. I'm definitely grateful to my editors for having the patience to stick with me and pointing me in the right direction.ReplyDelete
Hi Cherie,ReplyDelete
A fan club for WW2 stories? Sign me up!
I honestly hadn't considered writing a story about the Resistance until "Flawless" hit me, although I've been interested in WW2 forever. I was more interested in the events of D-Day. I'm working on another manuscript called "Twice in a Lifetime" in which an old man, a veteran of D-Day, is given the chance to go back in time to 1944, when he first fell in love. That's a fascinating time period as well.
Thanks for stopping by.
Enjoyed learning about the writing of the book almost as much as I enjoyed reading it! Nan was my editor for my first two books--she's great! Hope you have another "jewel" in the works!ReplyDelete
Judy, thank you so much for the wonderful review of "Flawless" you wrote. I appreciated more than you can know. And yes, Nan Swanson is great. She is very meticulous; she really made me dig deep to find the story inside me.ReplyDelete
I hope I have another "jewel" in the works. I just learned that my story "The Girl Most Likely" has been contracted for the Class of '85 series. This series is about a group of graduates from the fictional town of Summerville, NY who head home for their high school reunion. I'm really excited to be part of this terrific series!
To read Judy Nickles lovely review of "Flawless", please go to her blog at http://judythewordplace.blogspot.com/2011/01/review-jana-richards-flawless.html Thanks again, Judy!ReplyDelete
Better late than never - Hey, Jana, followed you over from your blog. Great background to FLAWLESS, although I knew much of it already. Like others, I'm impressed with an editor who is willing to take a chance on a story that is, at heart, wonderful. Congrats!ReplyDelete
And congrats on getting the news for your reunion story. Glad to hear the rewrites were successful :)
Hi Janet!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for stopping by. And thanks again for all your help with "Flawless". Couldn't have done it without you, kid.
And I'm really pleased about the reunion story. I pretty much ripped it apart and rewrote chunks of it. I'm just glad the editor liked it. Whew!
BTW, I commented on your Friday blog about "The Gargoyle".


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I've added a new "play through" video to this blog about my 2012 Christmas single. I hope you enjoy it!
Merry Christmas!
Mike 12/24/2013
Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year. As a child, growing up in New England, I was always singing in the church choir, concert choir at school, caroling, performing in Christmas Pageants and plays. So many wonderful memories and experiences with my family and friends and just doing my active part in my hometown.
I have often been asked about recording some Christmas music, and this year (2012) the time was finally right for me to make an offering to the Christmas catalogue!
I chose to pull together this arrangement from some of my favorite spiritual Christmas carols. As much as I enjoy the fun of all of the secular traditions, imagery, shopping and gift giving it felt right to make this first one reflect a bit more of my own humble and personal sentiments for "The Reason for The Season". (I was raised Catholic. What can…
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'The Man Who 'Speaks' Nature' - a film by Dhritiman Kakati and Raktim Hazarika, along with Prabal Bora as the production head, has been invited to be a part of the International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő, Hungary.
The Man Who 'Speaks' Nature is a short documentary film providing a glimpse into the life and work of Manoj Gogoi, a conservationist based in Kaziranga, who has dedicated his life towards the rescue and rehabilitation of snakes and birds in particular. The documentary attempts to seek the reasons behind his plunge into conservation work and exhibits a peek into the daily work schedule of Gogoi that comes with being a self-styled naturalist known to have rescued and rehabilitated over 4000 species of flora and fauna.
As Gogoi dwells on the reasons that motivated his work and how it has affected his personal life in the documentary, the film is an effort, therefore, towards showcasing, delicately, the elaborate view of the intersection of the personal and the professional space of the determined naturalist.
It has been a mission of the International Nature Film Festival to raise the awareness of the public regarding the protection and conservation of biological diversity, natural resources, values and beauties of the world with a special emphasis on Europe and the Carpathian Basin through the display of films connected to the topic. The festival brings a good opportunity for filmmakers, professionals and the public to meet and initiate conversation on these important issues through different meetings and conferences within the framework of the event and to enjoy nature films at the same time. The festival will host its 5th edition this year from May 24 to 26, and the awards will be announced on May 25.
Last year, nearly 1,500 films and thousands of guests visited the festival from 104 countries.
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My Garage: Suzuki Bandit GSF1250 & Kawasaki Ninja 1000 Z1000SX
Hello Friends ! Happy New Year 2013.
I would like to share my experience of having a Super Sports in my garage with all the fellow bhpians.
Little bit of History first:
Bikes, Cars , Machines etc etc have always been in my mind since the school & college days. Surfing the net for wall papers of superbikes and super cars during those days was my favorite timepass (oh yeah as i had no gf to waste my time & money with). Always wanted to go in for engineering or the technical field after school but the lack of funds pushed me back to Commerce stream, never mine Sindhis are too good at hisaab kitaab lol.
Slowly gradually saving pocket money and community scholarship prizes etc etc made up my budget in 2003 to go in for a Used 1993 Kinetic Honda for 10K (ah a nightmare to maintain, specially when you are running in crises). Graduated joined a freaking call center managed some bucks and got a 1993 Maruti 800 in 2005 for 42K. Had a small accident on my kinetic bending the forks chassis and a total write off. Not a single scratch on my body believe me not a single. Sold the trash out for 3K to a Bhangar wala. A friend was moving abroad for job assignment to Dubai and was willing to sell his 1993 (yeah again 1993) Rx100 for 6K. Some how managed the funds and got it. Oh Man nothing in this world matches the fun or riding a Rx. Enjoyed bloody high speeds and pop up wheelies, the sound etc etc.
Well the same friend called to Submit my resume to a placement agency as there were some opening in Saudi Arabia for Accountants.
Went in for the interview got selected and the pay was tempting enough to kick the freakin call center and pursue my career in the finance field. had to sell of the Maruti for 39K as there was no point letting it rot in the rains and sun. The love for the Rx did not allow me to sell the Rx100. Kept it back home as i was uncertain about my leaves and vacation what the schedule would be. Fortunately i used to get 30 days off after every 5 months of work. Then in 2007 got my 1997 Esteem souped it up with almost everything that i could buy from Saudi for cheap. Be it exhausts MSD ignitions , NGK iridiums etc etc. Please to read my thread on the Matte Red Esteem.
Finally i got transferred to Iraq in March 2011 with a rotation of 35 days on and 35 days off schedule with a 1X5 times pay raise & double step promotion. Well oh Well now i can afford to have some thing decent and nice to ride. Bought a 6 months used Suzuki Access for 44K in August 2011 & a 6 months old Chevy beat LT in Dec 2011 for 3.6L.
Maintained the Rx very well for about 7 years you can say! Finally the time came to say good bye to the almighty Rx100 in 2012 July. Sold it for 25K to a friend who stays nearby and then the mental brain of mine started thinking kinky things like i need to go in for a Superbike, ohh naa parents would not allow , wife would say waste of money this that and all. But no chance of changing my mind at all.
Started my search for SBK's within a budget of 1.5Lakhs and was not lucky enough to get one in that budget. Daily messages to forum member Straight6 asking him to send some references of people selling 90's SBK's at cheap rate. Came across to many dealer and middle men dealing in used SBK's . The world of SBK's believe me its something different. The dealer quote exorbitant prices to the buyers.
Took a test ride of the NC23/NC29 the legendary 400 RR's. But i would say that these bikes are not comfortable to ride on daily basis. Riding the NC's with a pillion is a PIA for the rider as well as the pillion. Wifey straight away said nope go in to for RE 350 or TB 350 ZMR (yeah she knows the names properly) I was like no no no no. I don't want any Indian bike at any cost.
Was in touch with the previous owner of the CBR for quite sometime asking help and advices to find a low budget used SBK's and one fine day ended up buying his 1993 CBR 600 F2
Was in touch with this guy for almost a month and never met him nor called him , only the emails we used to exchange. One fine day spoke to Straight6 and told him bro i am going to Armeet's place tomorrow morning to buy his F2. tried to find out some details of the bike thru his friends and Kunal's friend Amit Gidwani who had recently acquired a CBR 600 F3. All positive fixed up meeting time with previous owner and went to his place early morning and picked it up on full cash.
FINALLY oh yeah FINALLY got home a Super Sports INLINE 4 600CC from the Honda Stable. The 19 year beast is still as young as a 1000 year old vampire lol.
Riding a superbike for the first time in life was a great experience on the whole. Riding back home from Chembur to Koparkhairane on s Superbike was a dream come true for me. People starring at you and ZMR fellows trying to chase and look at what you riding was making me feel oh yes i don own a superbike now.
OHH too much of story for now. Will be posting time to time updates and experiences with the big boy.
Here is the pic of the big boy posing in his stable with the pony Access 125
Would like to add some like and dislike points which i felt when i bought it.
1)Great feeling
2)Powerful Engine
3)Exhaust Note
4)Ride Comfort
5)Big Seat, can easily accommodate 2 full sized adults.
6)High number of units sold by Honda globally
7)Parts are easy to find.
1)Poor Paintjob.
2)P220 Mirrors modded to fit.
3)Leftside footpeg from local bike
4)Busted left fork oil seal.
5)Baleno Airfilter fixed on the OEM filter plate
6)Shortly Adjustable Levers.
7)Rear turn signals from Pulsar.
8)Broken & M sealed fuel petcock.
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re: My '93 Honda CBR 600 F2
Congratulations. The 600F's are wonderful to ride and even better to own. A popular model across the globe so parts aren't a problem. You are right a lil sprucing up and you're raring to go.
A few years back I was looking for the F's but couldn't gather enough dough to buy one :-)
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Congrats on the buy yogi.
These inline4 are always a pleasure to drive compared to V twins.
Can you share the milage and history of the bike and some more picture please.
Where in KSA are you placed?
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The Odo reads close to 25K kms and bought it from a friend here in Mumbai.
More pictures after it gets a mid life make over soon.
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25K is a very low milage for a bike of this age, Or may be it was well kept and hardly ridden.
All the best for the make over, Will wait for the pictures.
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|7th January 2013, 17:39
Back with updates
Back with some update on the big boy.
Ordered most of the stuff required to bring the ride back to perfect running condition. Below are the parts which I ordered from all round the world.
UK stuff:
1)Fork oil seals and dust seals (delivered and fixed on the bike)
2)Used battery box. (still in UK, should have it in March)
3)Spare rectifier regulator. (still in UK, should have it in March)
4)Stage 1 dynojet jet kit. (still in UK, should have it in March)
5)Tapered steering upper and lower bearing cone set with seals (delivered and fixed on the bike)
US stuff:
1)K&N air filter. (still in US, should have it in March)
2)Ape manual cam chain tensioner (CCT). (still in US, should have it in March)
China/Hong Kong/Ebay stuff:
1)New fuel petcock. (delivered and fixed on the bike)
2)Iridium wind screen. (delivered and fixed on the bike)
3)CF theme rear view mirrors with led indicators. (delivered and fixed on the bike)
4)3D rubber tank pad. (shipped from Hong Kong)
5)CBR handle bar grips. (shipped from Hong Kong)
6)Tank gas cap CF themed sticker 2 pcs. (shipped from Hong Kong)
7)Brake and clutch levers. (shipped from Hong Kong)
8)Brake and clutch lever sleves. (shipped from Hong Kong)
9)Front and rear brake pad set. (shipped from Hong Kong)
Locally purchased stuff:
1)8K HID Hi Lo for head lamp. (fixed on the bike)
2)Rear indicators from CD 100 ss. (fixed on the bike)
3)Misc oil, nut bolts, coolant etc etc. (fixed on the bike)
4)Rear brake pads matching with dazzler. (fixed on the bike)
Unplanned stuff:
1)Front and rear wavy brake rotors. (Later in 2013)
2)Chain and sprocket kit. (Later in 2013)
Finally after coming back from my work hitch we stripped him down to the bone and gave it to painting to a local painter who used to do the touch up works on my esteem. He and I spent 3-4 days and got all the painting thing sorted and back home the mechanic (ex 7th gear mechanic) was working in my parking area on the technical stuff of the bike. Yes the mechanic is competent enough and he is willing to come to your home and work. Moreover his charges are nominal.
Attached are the pics of the of the beast without clothes. Some pics of the parts which I had ordered & some pics of the boy after all the work was done.
Did not find much time to get the stickers and rims painting done this time, hopefully once I am back home in the last week of January will get this stuff sorted asap.
Paint polishing then stickers and a clear coat will also be done by the end of the month and beginning of the next month.
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Here are the pics when he was exposed to public in Naked and after he got his new clothes.
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Purely my opinion, but the all white paint coat isn't doing the legendary F2 any justice, the all white should mostly just be left for the cars really. The F2 would have looked a world better in its OEM paint scheme, or even the later Red/Black or Blue/Black 600RR schematics.
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Hey Yogi!! I still can't believe my eyes. This is my bike from back in college. I owned her briefly after giving off my Kawasaki Ninja. But had to give her off cuz on one of our club bike rides to Mahableshwar a friend of mine met with an accident and expired! He was on a Yamaha Thunder Cat. Since then I haven't ever been allowed to touch any super bike till date. But 'those were the days'!! And I miss them.
When I gave off the bike the next owner painted the bike black, as you see in those pics. Haven't ever seen or heard of her until now when I got to this thread!! Good to know its in good hands now, and will well taken care of! Lemme find and post a pic of the bike when I had it..
Another picture. This ones from the front. I got more from the rides but I can't find them.
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I had to pay Rs 398 duty on the mirrors last month.
As you can see the front indicators have been flushed and the fairing is altered, may be a fall or crash in the past could be the reason for it.
What was the kilometer reading when you sold it off.
One last question, these supertrapp superlight end cans come with adjustable plates right? Do you know how to tune it.
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Re: My '93 Honda CBR 600 F2
Yogi, I dun remember the kms off hand, but it could have been close to 10k. I may have some pictures of the speedo on my laptop. If I find them, I will update you with the info. I owned this bike in 2001/02'ish, a year here and there. The bike was in original spec when I owned it. I never fiddled with anything on the bike, so I'm the wrong person to ask for advise on end cans!!
I would advise you to try and get the body from Thailand. A round trip and hand carrying the main faring would cost you less than spending on graphics and body repair works.
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First off, congrats Yogi. Wishing you many happy and safe miles with the CBR. Hope you have invested in good quality riding gear.
In your first post you mentioned that you did not like the shorty adjustable levers. Any specific reason? Asking as most people swap original levers for aftermarket ones.
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Yes I did not feel comfortable with the shorty levers, some how felt its slipping out of the fingers. So ordered a set of OEM looking ones.
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Origin : Dominican Republic
Format : Grand Corona
Size : 6 3/32 x 43
Wrapper : USA Connecticut Shade
Filler : Dominican Republic
Binder : Dominican Republic
Price : $15 each
The Davidoff brand, founded by Zino Davidoff, has been in production since 1946. As far as I remember, I read somewhere that this brand is among the top 5 best-selling cigar brands in the United States. As most of us are aware of, Davidoff cigars carry a large price tag in comparison to other competitor brands. Lets see how the Grand Cru No. 1 measures up to the test.
The pre-light ceremony for the Davidoff Grand Cru No.1 was outstanding. The golden brown, sand colored wrapper was covered with lots of smooth veins.
The band was an elegant creamy off white with gold lettering and the smell gave way to barnyard and dry hay. Pre-light, cold draw was sweet and spicy and gave a perfect resistance.
Pre-light score: 9 pts.
The opening notes showed a sweet toastyness that was accompanied by lots of lush white smoke and the settling aroma was a coffee/cappuccino.
The Davidoff Grand Cru No. 1 had an impeccably straight burn with a wonderful gray ash. The cigar was burning fast, however, I was mostly paying attention to the delicious blast of sweet butter that covered my palate at the end of the first third.
About half way through my Davidoff Grand Cru No.1 the sweet buttery goodness turned into rich dark chocolate with hints of cabernet. This cigar was most certainly thus far an absolute pleasure to smoke and would be classified as medium bodied.
The beginning of the final third showed hints of vinegar which was a little less pleasing, but it soon smoothed out and revisited that toastyness I experienced at the beginning. The end of the final third really hit the spot with woody and honey notes on my palate. Wow! This along with the pristine burn and draw made this cigar a real treat.
Smoking score: 9 pts.
In the past I have not had great experiences with the Davidoff brand however the Grand Cru No. 1 hit a grand slam. I would most certainly pay the heavy price tag for this cigar again and highly suggest it to those who may have not given it a chance. It truly is a fantastic experience!
Overall Experience score: 9 pts.
Davidoff Grand Cru No.1 Rating
Pre-Light: 9 pts.
Smoking: 9 pts.
Overall Experience: 9 pts.
TOTAL: 27 pts.
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This is a truly magnificent cigar. The quality of Davidoff is without equal! This smoke holds an esteemed place in my Humidor.
I was recently given one to try. Unfortunately, the wrapper unraveled, perhaps the result of the cigar's long journey overseas. I saved what I could, leading me to agree with this review. I look forward to another.


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We are half way through our semester and I have great students, one from Mongolia, another from India and two from Asia: China and Japan. The last student has an interesting background, his grandfather went to Japan from his home of Korea. I asked this student if he doesn't consider himself part Korean…like we Americans think of our Nordic background or Italian or French ancestry. No…he feel 100% Japanese which is puzzling to me. I suppose because the Koreans and Japanese don't like each other, especially after WWII, then you have to be distinctively one or the other, not a mix. I love this student's laugh, he is also a big guy for an Asian.
The Mongolian student is very quiet and is not too strong of a writing student. Based on where she has come from, I can understand why writing would not be her strongest suit. She had a GREAT story about her grandparents. Her grandfather fell in love with this woman but then he had to go serve in the Sino-Mongolian war. He left behind this woman who had been promised in an arranged marriage to someone else. She slipped away just before the wedding and lived in Ulan Baator for several years until she could meet up with her lover, my student's grandfather after he had served his three years. Her grandmother, as it turns out, had not let her family know where she was so she could marry the man she loved and NOT the one who was arranged for her.
I have another student from several years back who had a grandfather who fought in the Navy during WWII in the Pacific Ocean. He took sick and was brought over to a hospital ship but meanwhile when he was gone from his original fighting ship, it was attacked. Every single person died that he knew because of an explosion, he was the only person to survive that attack. He lived with survivor's guilt all his life but he did end up marrying the nurse who took care of him on the hospital ship.
Yes, I have wonderful students who are trying to learn APA formatting so that they can write more academic papers. The first assignment is always the easiest because I am asking them to describe someone they love and respect. Some don't know their grandparents but have heard a LOT about them from others. I feel privileged to be able to see into these lives of the GREAT Generation, no matter what country they come from.
The spring weather is very tempting to go out with not as much wraps on, I've been getting some great photos of sunsets and sunrises. I'll show off some of MY grandparents instead. I have reason to be proud of both sides of my family. They were farmers and hard workers. These are both of my grandpas and my Dad on Father's Day.


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Friday, December 30, 2011
Do I Dare Say It Out Loud?
Seems like when something good is happening or about to and you say it out loud the powers that be go "uh uh. Not this time". So before I start this blog I am going to knock on wood, virtually. KNOCK KNOCK!
Unlike last year when we had unheard of snow in November and off and on through the end of April (also unheard of) we have had nary a flake this year. We have had a few days of hard frost in the 20's but mostly the weather has been averaging between 35 and 45 at night and 45 to 55 during the day. That's not to say we couldn't still get a snow fall in January but that would be TOO normal. January is when we normally get at least one snowfall. However today I saw a robin out in the yard. Now around here you usually don't see robins until early March which makes this guy 2 months early. To top it off grey whales have been seen in the hundreds off the coast of California (a full two months early) and we have had a couple surfer shark attacks in southern Washington, also unheard off. I think one was even a great white. My seed potato are sprouting eyes already (almost two months early) another harbinger of spring and I actually have an old sweet potato that has sprouts on it. Can you say global warming?
I never did get the garlic planted but it has been out in the garage (so it has had the required cold time) so if I plant it soon there may still be a crop this summer. The garden is a mess because I didn't have the time to clean it up but with reasonable weather perhaps I will get the chance.
The ducks are laying eggs better than the chickens and Jezebel keeps trying to hide a nest from me. I think she is going to be a problem. I noticed that the geese are acting strange and that concerns me since I have two males and two females and the males could fight with devastating results. I love Sebastian but he is not the Alpha male. Alphie is and he is the biggest. Hopefully breeding season for them will be short. As much as I love babies in the spring I don't like the resulting fights that seems to go along with bird breeding.
So you are probably wondering about the cold frame. I have been adding leaves, manure from the birds and
So now that I have said it lets see what mother nature decides to throw at me in the new year. If she does get bitchy I always have my unread stack of books, my garden planner and seed catalogs, and the never ending projects in the house.
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As winter comes I check the kids stuff to make sure they have coats, snow pants, boots, mittens, and hats to keep them warm. More often than not we are set on everything except hats. I am a thrifty person & we go to several city-wide garage sales every spring. We stock up on clothes, boots, books, and a limited number of toys. Then I put everything in a neatly labeled box in the basement so when the kids grow – they have a box full of clothes & shoes for that next size.
But I dont' like to buy hats. I like to make fun hats for the kids that match their personalities & interests. Hats are a quick knit & a great way to keep up my knitting skills. There are LOTS of free knitting patterns online and I've gotten good enough to tweak and update patterns to my liking or sizing needs.


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Lutheran churches urged to pray for Honduras
San Pedro Sula, Honduras, February 15 (ENInews)--The Christian Lutheran Church of Honduras (ICLH) has urged sister churches around the world to pray for an end to the wave of violence that continues to plague the Central American country.
Sunday, 13 February was a day of prayer and fasting and the Honduran church's president, Rev. Jose Martin Giron, asked for the solidarity of churches in the global Lutheran communion.
In a recent letter addressed to church organizations, including the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), the Honduran church described the current environment: "Children don't go outside to play, neighbors rarely visit each other and women spend their days trapped inside their humble homes."
Honduras has been torn by political turmoil since a 2009 coup ousted then-president Manuel Zelaya. Last year, a report by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights cited numerous human rights violations, including murder, kidnappings, arbitrary detentions and illegal searches, mainly aimed at opponents of the coup and human rights activists. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists last year said the Honduran government's failure to investigate the killing of seven journalists had "fostered a climate of lawlessness."
The church said the violence is affecting its pastoral care with some congregations unable to offer services in affected regions. La Colonia La Union community of San Pedro Sula is particularly affected. One congregation was unable to celebrate Christmas services because of killings that took place on the street where the church is located, forcing church members to close the building.
"These are areas where every day is one of death and survival. That reality is hitting various neighborhoods of San Pedro Sula really hard, where [organized] groups continue to control individual blocks or entire groups of streets. Everyone who lives there knows what is happening. They see it but don't speak up out of fear for their lives," the ICLH stated.
LWF member churches in the Latin American and Caribbean region and the ecumenical family have expressed solidarity with the ICLH by offering prayers and support and visiting with the church.
The ICLH has expressed gratitude to the Episcopal (Anglican) and Reformed churches in San Pedro de Sula for inviting the Honduran Lutheran church to use their premises for worship. "The ICLH is thankful for this offer," said Giron.
The ICLH has 1,500 members in 10 congregations and five mission points. It works with marginalized groups in the country, utilizing a community-based approach. The church's work is focused on lay leadership development, children and youth ministry, preventative health care, HIV and AIDS awareness, micro-enterprise projects for women, environmental education and disaster prevention and response. The Honduran church joined the LWF in 1994.


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Ojai, California | Third Talk in The Oak Grove, 1946
Most of us here are making an effort to understand; such effort is the activity of will, which only creates resistance, and resistance is not overcome by another resistance, by another act of will; such effort actually prevents understanding; whereas, if we were alertly pliable and aware, we would understand deeply. All effort we now make issues from the desire for self-expansion; only when there is an effortless awareness can there be discovery and understanding, a perception of the true.
When we see a painting we first want to know who the painter is; we then compare and criticize it or try to interpret it according to our conditioning. We do not really see the picture or the scenery but are only concerned with our clever capacity for interpretation, criticism, or admiration; we are generally so full of ourselves that we do not really see the picture or the scenery. If we could banish our judgment and clever analysis, then perhaps the picture might convey its significance. Similarly, these discussions will have meaning only if we are open to the experience of discovery, which is prevented by our clinging obstinately to beliefs, memories, and conditioned prejudices.
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2017 Bordeaux Pre-Arrival
Much of the discussion surrounding 2017 in Bordeaux will no doubt revolve around the devastating late April frosts that devastated many properties. It was the worst seen in 25 years, and while many recorded losses of roughly 40% in yields, for some it was a terminal blow and they won't be releasing any wine from the year. But as with a lot of these weather events it was more localised than first reported, and many properties had no ill effects at all. It also highlighted the element of terroir and its importance in producing the very best wines. Some properties from the lower slopes in Saint-Emilion for example were badly hit, while others on the plateau enjoyed a stellar year.
"I can say with confidence that this is a good to very good year where some brilliant wines were made." - Jeb Dunnuck
Stylistically many are referring to the wines as being similar to 2014 but with more; more richness, more tannins, more longevity. There will no doubt be some stunning wines to come from 2017, but not all properties, and especially some with big reputations, were able to produce at the levels they are often associated with. So in 2017 we have chosen to offer wines that excelled, those that navigated the challenges of the year and produced something worth hunting down and adding to your cellars.
Conditions of Pre Arrival Offer:
- There is no minimum order unless stated.
- All wines are 750ml unless indicated otherwise.
- Once received, all orders will be confirmed with suppliers and then an invoice issued - payment will be due on receipt of this invoice.
- The wines are being shipped in refrigerated containers and are due to arrive in late 2020.
- Nicks Wine Merchants reserve the right to pass on any changes in Government duties and taxes and delivery charges from the date of order to the date of final delivery of the wine.
- Errors and omissions excepted.
- Delivery charges may apply - these can be determined by visiting the Freight Rates page.


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Stata's exlogistic fits exact logistic regression models and provides more reliable statistical inference with small-sample datasets. The dependent variable can be Bernoulli (0 or 1) or binomial (the number of successes in n trials). Exact joint hypothesis tests can be performed, and predictions with exact confidence intervals can be obtained.
Stata's exact logistic regression provides better coverage in small samples than does standard logistic regression.
It also provides parameter estimates and confidence intervals where standard asymptotic methods cannot.
Such cases include small-data problems with binary regressors for which the outcome is 1 whenever the regressor is 1.
In the example below, every treated patient exhibits a positive response. Standard logistic regression cannot estimate the treatment effect. Stata's exlogistic can:
. exlogistic response treatment x2 x3 Enumerating sample-space combinations: observation 1: enumerations = 2 observation 2: enumerations = 4 (omitted) observation 57: enumerations = 1659 observation 58: enumerations = 900 note: CMLE estimate for treatment is +inf; computing MUE Exact logistic regression Number of obs = 58 Model score = 13.87402 Pr >= score = 0.0020
|Odds Ratio Suff. 2*Pr(Suff.) [95% Conf. Interval]
|2.101107* 16 0.5277 .2616515 +Inf
|.5183876 13 0.7180 .0690557 4.336805
|.11389 7 0.0068 .0172465 .6023146
Parameter estimates, standard errors, and CIs are calculated on the basis of permutation without recourse to asymptotic assumptions and results.
Not only is the treatment effect estimated, but tests of significance and reported confidence intervals are based on exact methods.
Stata also includes exact Poisson regression for count data.


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Discover the inner life of life through dozens of unique video clips of living cells in full color and motion. This DVD takes a deeper look at the motion and beauty of life as made possible by the technological advancements of the real-time microscope (RTM3) developed by Richardson Technologies, Inc.
It was produced with a revolutionary half a million dollar microscope which presents living cells at 12,000-15,000 times their actual size, and in greater detail with more precision and contrast than previous moving images.
This astonishing DVD now allows us now to strengthen our understanding by actually showing us life the way it is in full color and real movement. It shows, with great clarity the workings of living tissue samples in full color and motion. It gives the opportunity to explore "the inner life of life."
You can see movement of mitochondria, the wobbling of red corpuscles, changes inside the nucleus, the making of genetic material, DNA releasing proteins. You can see the cell membranes moving. There's no dye, no dehydration. When you see it you'll have a hard time finding words to describe it. It's such a breakthrough."
The DVD is divided into six main parts:
Cell images range from that of a diatom, flower, and tadpole heart to mitochondria, neurons, heart, muscle, blood cell, and pathology such as asbestos, malaria, mycoplasma and cancer.
- The Secret of Life
- Plant Kingdom
- Animal Kingdom
- Human
- Pathology
- The Microscope.
A Miniature Universe: Matter, Motion & Mind aids by giving a more multi-dimensional understanding of the body inner dynamics. "we get a very real sense of the inner rhythms and movements that takes place deep within our bodies on a cellular level"
Narrated by Alaya Chikly, LMT, and developed in collaboration with Richardson Technologies and Francis H.Y. Green, MD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Calgary, Canada.
"This video is amazing. The delicacy and care of the preparations
allow us the rare opportunity to view the varied rhythms of movement
found in the microscopic world. The live images illuminate the same
rhythms and richness found in the inner world of our bodies."
Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Founder of Body-Mind Centering, author of "Sensing, Feeling, and Action".
"Never before have I seen such beautiful and close up details of the mysterious microscopic world in which we live. The live action movies gave me a greater appreciation for the wondrous design of nature. Thanks to the authors for changing the way we can see our world and appreciate the truly miraculous phenomenon of life all around us from the tiny to the very tiny."
Steve Davidson, D.O., C-SPOMM
The DVD, "A Miniature Universe: Matter, Motion, & Mind", is a brilliant and breathtaking piece of work that illuminates the metabolic processes of cells right before your very eyes.
Rita Moran, PT


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I have the same ideas about the GPS and the way that it is done.
I think that this way he gets down the overall sales. I am not going to pay 200 more for GPS and more mixels that I do not need.
aramkostanyan, pleae note that this is Sony's current entry model . You do not get all the top model features in an entry level model at a low price point.
This looks to me to be quite a potent camera at a reasonable price.
With regard to bfitzgerald's point
DPR's preview again reads like a marketing brochure for Alpha (I wish they would be a tad more objective)
I seem to remember that certain members of this Forum used to complain about DPReview that they were too CAN/NIK oriented in their treatment of Sony. You cannot have it both ways. Maybe they just have a higher regard for Sony's innovations than bfitzgerald does.


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Common Searches
Core Faculty and Post-Doctoral Instructors List
Faculty provide the educational and instructional content for Information Assurance courses.
The faculty members are categorized into Full Graduate Faculty and Allied Graduate Faculty.
Full Graduate Faculty members are those who are ranked by Idaho State University. For example, all tenture track faculty members are in this category.
Allied Graduate Faculty members are those who are affiliated with Idaho State University but are non ranked. For example, non-tenure tracked faculty members are in this category.
IRI | NIATEC | Version: 220.127.116.11 | | 6 Mar 2019


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Driver bio
Jack Doohan has been making his own way through the karting world and into the world of open wheel formula cars. He does come from a motorsports family but it was two wheels that took father Mick to legend status. "My dad was a five-time MotoGP World Champion so it's in the blood and ever since I can remember I was riding or driving something."
It is not just the engines and wheels that are in the family psyche; "Dad and I are competitive in everything we do which keeps the fighting spirit going even when I am not racing."
Jack's aim is to be no less successful. "I want to become Formula One World Champion."
He knows very well that it is a long road and from his first year in British Formula 4 he has realistic expectations; "To gain as much experience as possible andf hopefully be in a position to win a race or two."
He already has a good deal of rkart ace experience and success to his name. "My best race was last year in the CIK FIA European championship Round 5. I had a lead of three seconds and was under pressure from a closing competitor."
"I love the racing itself the overtaking and the defensive driving with the urge to win."
As for his favourite drivers: "Michael Schumacher and Max Verstappen." And race tracks: "It's the undulating and blind apex corners that I like, they give a roller coaster feeling."
When he is not racing he loves, "Wake boarding, Surfing, Rugby, Cycling." hardly surprising having been brought up on Australia's Gold Coast. At school he likes Art and Maths.


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About the Talk
May 22, 2010 5:00 AM
University of Portland, OregonUniversity of Portland, Oregon
Arnie will present how to create rock solid and efficient T-SQL stored procedures, functions, and triggers. He will demonstrate the 'best' way to handle input and output parameters, how to deal with return parameters, how to make sure that errors are properly handled. Sometimes overlooked, yet simple coding can make the difference between 'mostly OK' and 'without a doubt' confidence levels in your SQL code objects. Just one tip from this packed session will make your Code Camp experience worthwhile.


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JAAB Helps Women Upcycle Waste
She said that utilities used in the bedroom, kitchen and toilet such as soap case, toothbrush holder, mobile hanger, pencil holder, spoon holder, and funnel were made during the training.
What is Upcycling?
It is a process whereby used goods or waste material are re-used to produce something that is better than the original. They can become functional items such as pencil holders or decorative household items.
To create awareness on pet bottle management, the JICA Alumni Association of Bhutan (JAAB) trained 25 women on producing household utility and decoration items from pet bottles.
The three-day training ended on 1 Feb 2018.
Aims of the training programme
JAAB's training coordinator Pema Gyelpo said that the training would help create awareness, impart ideas and to develop skills.
"The programme was targeted at housewives and young women to realise their potential in recycling pet waste."
The programme also aims to create awareness on waste management and to generate income through waste management.
He said that after the training, women would help lead their community to reduce pet bottle waste.
Upcycling plastics and its impact on the environment
Plastics have become an essential part of our lives and its disposal causes environmental problems, he said.
"Pet bottles had been increasingly used especially through food items such as fizzy drinks and mineral water bottles, among others."
A 31-year-old Tshewang Lhamo living in Paro is one of the participants. "I have always been interested in making household utility out of pet bottles but did not know how to experiment," she said.
Useful decorative objects made during the training programme
She said that utilities used in the bedroom, kitchen and toilet such as soap case, toothbrush holder, mobile hanger, pencil holder, spoon holder, and funnel were made during the training.
JAAB is an independent organisation formed by participants of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) training programmes in the country.
By Rinchen Zangmo (This article has been edited for the Daily Bhutan)
This article first appeared on Kuensel.


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Many websites act as relying parties (RPs) by allowing access to their services via third-party identity providers (IDPs), such as Facebook and Google. Using IDPs simplifies account creation, login activity, and information sharing across websites. However, different websites use of IDPs can have significant security and privacy implications for users. Here, the authors provide an overview of third-party identity managements current landscape. Using datasets collected through manual identification and large-scale crawling, they answer questions related to which sites act as RPs, which sites are the most successful IDPs, and how different classes of RPs select their IDPs.
The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) was not designed with security in mind and is vulnerable to many attacks, including prefix/subprefix hijacks, interception attacks, and imposture attacks. Despite many protocols having been proposed to detect or prevent such attacks, no solution has been widely deployed. Yet, the effectiveness of most proposals relies on largescale adoption and cooperation between many large Autonomous Systems (AS). In this paper we use measurement data to evaluate some promising, previously proposed techniques in cases where they are implemented by different subsets of ASes, and answer questions regarding which ASes need to collaborate, the importance of the locality and size of the participating ASes, and how many ASes are needed to achieve good efficiency when different subsets of ASes collaborate. For our evaluation we use topologies and routing information derived from real measurement data. We consider collaborative detection and prevention techniques that use (i) prefix origin information, (ii) route path updates, or (iii) passively collected round-trip time (RTT) information. Our results and answers to the above questions help determine the effectiveness of potential incremental rollouts, incentivized or required by regional legislation, for example. While there are differences between the techniques and two of the three classes see the biggest benefits when detection/prevention is performed close to the source of an attack, the results show that significant gains can be achieved even with only regional collaboration.
Many modern websites offer single sign-on (SSO) services, which allow the user to use an existing account with a third-party website such as Facebook to authenticate. When using SSO the user must approve an app-rights agreement that specifies what data related to the user can be shared between the two websites and any actions (e.g., posting comments) that the origin website is allowed to perform on behalf of the user on the third-party provider (e.g., Facebook). Both cross-site data sharing and actions performed on behalf of the user can have significant privacy implications. In this paper we present a longitudinal study of the third-party authentication landscape, its structure, and the protocol usage, data sharing, and actions associated with individual third-party relationships. The study captures the current state, changes in the structure, protocol usage, and information leakage risks.
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This paper considers the problem of providing users playing one streaming video the option of instantaneous and seamless playback of alternative videos. Recommendation systems can easily provide a list of alternative videos, but there is little research on how to best eliminate the startup time for these alternative videos. The problem is motivated by services that want to retain increasingly impatient users, who frequently watch the beginning of multiple videos, before viewing a video to the end. We present the design, implementation, and evaluation of an HTTP-based Adaptive Streaming (HAS) solution that provides careful prefetching and buffer management. We also present the design and evaluation of three fundamental policy classes that provide different tradeoffs between how aggressively new alternative videos are prefetched versus the importance of ensuring high playback quality. We show that our solution allows us to reduce the startup times of alternative videos by an order of magnitude and effectively adapt the quality such as to ensure the highest possible playback quality of the video being viewed. By improving the channel utilization we also address the discrimination problem that HAS clients often suffer from, allowing us to in some cases simultaneously improve the playback quality of the video being viewed and provide the value-added service of allowing instantaneous playback of the prefetched alternative videos.
The Internet is highly susceptible to routing attacks and there is no universally deployed solution that ensures that traffic is not hijacked by third parties. Individuals or organizations wanting to protect themselves from sustained attacks must therefore typically rely on measurements and traffic monitoring to detect attacks. Motivated by the high overhead costs of continuous active measurements, we argue that passive monitoring combined with collaborative information sharing and statistics can be used to provide alerts about traffic anomalies that may require further investigation. In this paper we present and evaluate a user-centric crowd-based approach in which users passively monitor their network traffic, share information about potential anomalies, and apply combined collaborative statistics to identify potential routing anomalies. The approach uses only passively collected round-trip time (RTT) measurements, is shown to have low overhead, regardless if a central or distributed architecture is used, and provides an attractive tradeoff between attack detection rates (when there is an attack) and false alert rates (needing further investigation) under normal conditions. Our data-driven analysis using longitudinal and distributed RTT measurements also provides insights into detector selection and the relative weight that should be given to candidate detectors at different distances from the potential victim node.
Security has become recognized as a critical aspect of software development, leading to the development of various security-enhancing techniques, many of which use some kind of custom modeling language. Models in different languages cannot readily be related to each other, which is an obstacle to using several techniques together. The sheer number of languages is, in itself, also an obstacle to adoption by developers. The authors have developed a modeling language that can be used in place of four existing modeling languages: attack trees, vulnerability cause graphs, security activity graphs, and security goal indicator trees. Models in the new language can be transformed to and from the earlier language, and a precise definition of model semantics enables an even wider range of applications, such as testing and static analysis. This chapter explores this new language.
The cross-site information sharing and authorized actions of third-party identity management can have significant privacy implications for the users. In this paper, we use a combination of manual analysis of identified third-party identity management relationships and targeted case studies to (i) capture how the protocol usage and third-party selection is changing, (ii) profile what information is requested to be shared (and actions to be performed) between websites, and (iii) identify privacy issues and practical problems that occur when using multiple accounts (associated with these services). By characterizing and quantifying the third-party relationships based on their cross-site information sharing, the study highlights differences in the privacy leakage risks associated with different classes of websites, and provides concrete evidence for how the privacy risks are increasing. For example, many news and file/video-sharing sites ask users to authorize the site to post information to the third-party website. We also observe a general increase in the breadth of information that is shared across websites, and find that due to usage of multiple third-party websites, in many cases, the user can lose (at least) partial control over which identities they can merge/relate and the information that is shared/posted on their behalf.
Third-party identity management services enable cross-site information sharing, making Web access seamless but also raise significant privacy implications for the users. Using a combination of manual analysis of identified third-party identity management relationships and targeted case studies we capture how the protocol usage and third-party selection is changing, profile what information is requested to be shared (and actions to be performed) between websites, and identify privacy issues and practical problems that occur when using multiple accounts (associated with these services). The study highlights differences in the privacy leakage risks associated with different classes of websites, and shows that the use of multiple third-party websites, in many cases, can cause the user to lose (at least) partial control over which information is shared/posted on their behalf.
Mutation-based fuzzing is a popular and widely employed black-box testing technique for finding security and robustness bugs in software. It owes much of its success to its simplicity; a well-formed seed input is mutated, e.g. through random bit-flipping, to produce test inputs. While reducing the need for human effort, and enabling security testing even of closed-source programs with undocumented input formats, the simplicity of mutation-based fuzzing comes at the cost of poor code coverage. Often millions of iterations are needed, and the results are highly dependent on configuration parameters and the choice of seed inputs. In this paper we propose a novel method for automated generation of high-coverage test cases for robustness testing. Our method is based on the observation that, even for closed-source programs with proprietary input formats, an implementation that can generate well-formed inputs to the program is typically available. By systematically mutating the program code of such generating programs, we leverage information about the input format encoded in the generating program to produce high-coverage test inputs, capable of reaching deep states in the program under test. Our method works entirely at the machine-code level, enabling use-cases similar to traditional black-box fuzzing. We have implemented the method in our tool MutaGen, and evaluated it on 7 popular Linux programs. We found that, for most programs, our method improves code coverage by one order of magnitude or more, compared to two well-known mutation-based fuzzers. We also found a total of 8 unique bugs.
Dynamic program slicing is widely recognized as a powerful aid for e.g. Program comprehension during debugging. However, its widespread use has been impeded in part by scalability issues that occur when constructing the dynamic dependence graph necessary to compute dynamic slices. A few seconds of execution time on a modern CPU can easily yield dynamic dependence graphs on the order of tens of gigabytes in size. Existing methods either produce imprecise slices, incur large time overheads during slice computation, or run out of memory for long program executions. By carefully designing our method to take advantage of locality, we are able to efficiently use secondary storage for dynamic dependence graphs, thus allowing our method to scale to long program executions. Our prototype implementation runs directly on x86 executables, eliminating problems with e.g. Binary-only libraries. We show in our experiments that graphs can be constructed for program runs with billions of executed instructions, at slowdowns ranging from 62x to 173x. Our optimized format also allows graphs to be traversed at speeds of several million dependence edges per second.