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I suspect Link may have a chance against either the animated or MCU one but no chance against the comics one, you can bet the actual comic version is going to be broken as hell or full of hyperbole or vagueness that can be interpreted as broken anyway.
Other than comics, most feats for MCU seem to be physical, this is where Links hax may shine. Also a composite link, especially if wearing Golden gauntlets is pretty strong, and not too shabby in speed too. I dont suppose outside of the comics version, the other versions have had to no sell all the sorts of magic (and polymorphs) that Link has in composite.


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Listen to Other Larry Michaels Highlight Shows
The Larry Michaels Highlight Show returns with a look back at the Washington Redskins loss to the New York Giants on Sunday Night Football.
This week features a special guest appearance by Thom Lowveroh during the halftime show.
The loss officially eliminated the Redskins from playoff contention and dropped the team's record to 3-9 with four games still to play.
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Poll: Will Mike Shanahan Be Back Next Season?
3 Redskins Defensive Starters Injured Against Giants
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We got out and did things in our new community. Found what we think might be our new church. Met a few people. Went to bed in really, really good moods!
- Went to Gelato Cafe and indulged in roasted almond gelato. Delicious.
- Explored SECCA (Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art), a free art museum in Winston-Salem. I love looking at art, and I really love watching my husband look at art. He reads every word of the artist statements and examines everything so closely. I really think he could be an artist.
- As part of the "paperless" exhibit, guests were asked to make paper boats. I had to look it up- I had never made one before. You can learn here.
- Stopped at a few antique stores to look around. Kyle and I could very easily become hoarders if we let ourselves. Such fun things with even better stories.
- Packaged a few orders. Dressing them up now with vintage candlewicking yarn and a custom stamp.
- I pulled out my cross stich again. This is only the second piece I've done, started it in January. Whoops. I want to finish it before starting on a little cross stitch project for the nursery
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Animal Feed
For the past 15 years, we have worked with the industrial sector in order to provide products for animal feed production. We offer two types of products: the materials required to make formulated feed and ready-made feeds. The first category includes a big variety of raw materials used for well-balanced feed formulations, whereas the second includes ready-made products that are fed directly to the animals.
Monocalcium Phosphate
Monocalcium phosphate is the main source of phosphate and calcium in animal feeds, mainly used for livestock (poultry, pigs and cows) and fish. Phosphate and calcium are fundamental elements in the animal diet, as they allow animals to develop a strong skeletal system and boost muscle growth. Phosphate is one of the three most important elements in the animal diet. The monocalcium phosphate that we provide is imported from the United States and its bioavailability is 98.5%-99.5%. Added to this, it is a granular product, which facilitates its inclusion in the animal diet and reduces waste when it's handled, as it is not produced in powder form.
Vitamin Enriched Bovitrin Forte
This is a mineral supplement for livestock that is ideal for the production of fodder and concentrates in Central America. Its constant use produces the following benefits: it corrects mineral deficiencies, it stimulates the consumption of fodder and concentrates, it boosts fertility in both male and female specimens, it increases milk production and it accelerates growth and fattening. It has been produced using first class ingredients with a high a high biological availability. It contains high levels of phosphate, copper, cobalt, zinc and selenium, which are often lacking in the region.


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We have been expecting VideoLan's video player VLC to hit the Windows Phone Store for some years now, and most recently by the end of August, according to a tip by ex-Microsoftie Nawzil.
We have even seen screen shots of the app (above) but it seems the app remains interminably Coming Soon.
Now Thomas Nigro, designer and developer for Videolan, has posted on twitter that there has been another delay in the development of the app.
He did not explain the nature of the delay, but has posted previously that there were some remaining issues with the ARM compiler which was delaying the Windows Phone app.
While there are other multi-format video players, when VLC does finally hit the Windows Phone Store the Universal App is likely to be a lot more full featured than any other, hopefully making the long wait worthwhile.


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Re: st: A command for a simultaneous model with an ordinal dependent variable?
Austin Nichols <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: A command for a simultaneous model with an ordinal dependent variable?
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:36:09 -0500
Eric Chiou <email@example.com> :
If you are willing to make some strong distributional assumptions
common in ordinal models, -cmp- on SSC is one way to go.
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Eric Chiou <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> Dear Statalsist members,
> I was wondering whether there is a command for STATA to conduct a
> simultaneous equation model when one (endogenous) dependent variable
> is an ordinal variable (e.g., 5 levels of hostility in MIDs) and the
> other is a continuous dependent variable (e.g., trade openness).
> I only find the "cdsimeq" command for a simultaneous model when one
> (endogenous) dependent variable is a dichotomous variable and the
> other is a continuous variable.
> It is highly appreciated if anyone could help. Otherwise, I have to
> start to learn R for the resolution.
> Thank you!
> Best,
> Eric
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'Floaters' are the little dots and shadows that float across your vision. Sometimes floaters will go through your eye and you won't even notice, because your brain is hard-wired to adapt your vision to environmental changes. Other times, floaters can be quite alarming. Dots and lines going across your vision might make it difficult to concentrate and cause confusion, and the rest of your vision can become blurry if you're worried and focusing on the floaters.
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The Poultry Club at Brymore, run and organised by the Brymore Boys (with a helping hand from Mrs Whyte) has inspired another Somerset school to set up a similar scheme.
The Brymore Poultry Club is a long established tradition at the school and is another way of the boys showing off their resourcefulness and responsibility by keeping their own chickens within a set-aside area of the school. There are chicken houses, runs and a free-range area and the boys can breed from the hens or sell the eggs, which encourages the entrepreneurial spirit.
Since September 2012 the Taunton Academy have been using Brymore's facilities as part of their enrichment programme and it was during one of the visits that a group of the Academy students and their teacher – Matthew Naum, were inspired into recreating this in some form at their school. The students researched poultry and found a suitable place in their school to build a run and shelter and along with guidance and chickens from Brymore they now have their own Poultry Club. Brymore Boys, James Kerry and Cyrus Dorrington recently visited the school to show them handling techniques, basics of poultry keeping and how to look after their chickens.


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It's the first day of NaNoWriMo and it's time to write. If you're a planner, you may have a story idea in mind and maybe a basic outline. If you're a pantser, you may not know where you're going, but you're probably typing away, sure that it's going to be a wonderful journey-
but whether pantser or planner, some of us are stuck. Staring at that blank page. Not sure where to start.
It's ok. Have faith. Things will happen.
In the meantime, some things you can do are
- if you haven't already done so, bop over to http://nanowrimo.org/ If you haven't already, set up your page and type a few ideas about yourself or your soon to be manuscript. Feel free to be outrageous – you can change it later on
- read some of the letters from Nano or cruise the forums to get yourself in a writer headspace or get some ideas
- think about what kind of thing you like to read. that's a good thing to write, you know. What kind of book would you like to read that you haven't seen out there yet? Write that
- most of all just put your butt in the seat, your fingers on the keys and write. even if you start with "I don't know what I'm going to write but I'm going to keep typing until something occurs to me" you're still writing- and many times I've found that technique has drawn amazing stories out of the mist and onto my pages
Just write. write. and then write some more. Make that word count.
And have fun. We're all here with you
Welcome to NanoWrMo 2016……
Catherine Kane
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My Mama's Best Gardening Advice
According to dictionary, the term Renaissance Man refers to one with many talents or many areas of knowledge. I am the child of Renaissance People. Whether I need to Facetime my dad to coach me through replacing my bathtub and shower faucet or call my mom in the grocery store to ask her how she makes freezer pickles, there is hardly a task my parents don't do themselves.
I am truly lucky when it comes to matters of the garden. My mama is not only a certified Master Gardener, she is also a writer, columnist, and author on the topic. Here is the part where I make a not-so-subtle plug for her bookPollinator Friendly Gardening: Gardening for Bees, Butterflies, and Other Pollinators, available at your local bookstore or Amazon.com.
Just this past week I sent her several texts while ambling around the outdoor section of Home Depot, where she tactfully talked me out of investing in any geraniums or herbs before the temperatures truly settled into a warmer groove.
WATCH: Conatiner Gardens for Every Style
Because not everyone has the advantage of Rhonda Fleming Hayes on speed dial this Spring, I've gathered some of her best advice for both beginners and long-time gardeners as we all prepare to freshen up our containers and beds under the new-found sunshine.
Drainage is Non-Negotiable
We all turn into our parents the older we get. How do I know I'm becoming more like my mother? I turn over adorable pots, planters, jars, and the like to see if there's a drainage hole, and then sigh loudly when I find that there isn't one. No matter how cute the container, if it doesn't have drainage, whatever plant you put in it will wither, mold, and die a slow death. Not cute. While some containers like galvanized pails can have holes drilled in the bottoms, it's best not to invest your hopes and cash in closed-bottom pots, even if they're marketed as the gardening vessel of your dreams.
Find the Light
Understanding the light requirements of certain plants is not unlike being able to understand the nutritional facts labels at the grocery store. Although a plant requiring full-sun might still grow in the shade, it won't live its best life, to paraphrase Oprah, unless it's put out in the sunshine. "Often a plant's appearance offers clues about the particular type of light it requires," according to my mama. "Shade-loving plants, such as hostas and ferns, often have large umbrella-like foliage, while sun-seekers may have smaller, even leathery or succulent leaves."
Give Your Garden Butterflies
Whether you want to help pollinators like Monarchs fuel up for their migration or you just want more pretty fly-bys in your garden, there's more ways than you think to help the cause of the butterfly. One way is to place the kinds of plants butterflies love to lay their eggs on and in turn host caterpillars throughout your garden. Swallowtails love parsley and Monarchs are obsessed with milkweed. Also noteworthy: many weeds are actually wonderful homes for butterfly eggs and caterpillars so don't feel so bad if your garden isn't perfectly manicured, pruned, and weeded.
Don't Get Hosed Up
When my grandpa gave my mama one of those As-Seen-On-TV pocket hoses, she was inclined to think it was a gimmick. But now, it's one of her favorite tools. It can easily reach long or akward distances, and quickly stow away in a corner where it doesn't detract from the garden's aesthetic.
Trust Your Trowel
Like a chef's knife is to the kitchen, the trowel is to the garden. My mama's favorite one, which she often gives to others as a gift, is the Corona Comfort Gel Trowel. It has indication marks that help measure the depth of soil, another important quality to take into account when planting new additions.
Fact Check Your Sources
Perhaps the most important piece of advice my mother has imparted in regards to gardening is to make sure whatever tips, tricks, or hacks you've found are grounded in actual, fact-based science. Much like cooking or cable news, there's a lot of malarkey out there and sometimes it can be hard to distinguish between the good and the kooky. Cross-reference and double-check when in doubt so you don't end up wasting time, energy, or money on a bogus claim.


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May 7, 2009
Professor Steve McCaffrey, one of the world's foremost authorities on water law, represented Nicaragua this spring in a case before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands.
McCaffrey was part of a Nicaraguan legal team that opposed Costa Rica in a dispute over control of the San Juan River, which forms a large section of the border between the two Central American countries. The case was heard from March 2-12, 2009, at the Peace Palace, seat of the court.
The dispute goes back to a treaty signed in 1858 between the two small countries, which granted sovereignty over the waters of the river to Nicaragua, recognizing at the same time certain rights for Costa Rica. An 1888 arbitral award later confirmed those rights. Nicaragua argues that it should regulate the navigation of Costa Rican tourist boats within the border waters.
Nicaraguan authorities prohibited Costa Rican police from conducting patrols along the river in 1998. After fruitless negotiation, Costa Rica filed an application instituting ICJ proceedings against its neighbor.
McCaffrey, the former International Law Commission chairman who drafted a major UN treaty on non-navigational uses of international watercourses, was retained by Nicaragua in 2005. He traveled to Managua to help prepare a counter-memorial and worked on the case for more than three years.
McCaffrey has been involved in numerous international water projects. As a consultant to the Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework, he has worked with 10 African countries for nearly a decade to form an agreement on the usage of the world's longest river. In 2007, he was awarded The White Dual Cross Order for his service to Slovakia in an ICJ dispute with Hungry over a Danube River dam project.
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To celebrate the launch of my next adventure (and if you're not yet aware of Mahaweli Challenge read on here), and with the summer taking a decidedly autumnal feel recently, it's maybe time to consider curling up with a good ebook.
To make your choice easier I'm having a summer sale. To stop reading and buy right now click here.
For the next 10 days only, until my departure for Mahaweli Challenge, the kindle edition of Encircle Africa: Around Africa by Public Transport will have the special price of just 99p (that's $1.68).
And here's what people have been saying so far:
"Overall, this is a fascinating journey" – Compass magazine
"Well written and engaging"
"Gripping read"
"A brave and fascinating journey"
"Extraordinary adventure" – reader reviews on amazon.co.uk


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Photovoltaic Safety for Firefighters - St Johnsbury
Location: St. Johnsbury School
Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Time: 1800 - 2200
Student Minimum: 15
Application deadline: August 17, 2016
Register by submitting a General Admission Application to the Vermont Fire Academy by the deadline indicated above.
Solar Photovoltaic (PV) systems are becoming more common on homes and businesses across Vermont. Building mounted PV systems present special considerations for firefighters when handling emergencies within these buildings and around these systems. This course will provide the participants with information about what firefighters need to know to safely deal with fires in buildings equipped with PV systems and other emergencies that occur around ground mounted PV equipment.
Topics include an introduction to photovoltaics and electrical theory, recognition of PV systems and components, general PV system operation, common safety labeling, tactical considerations, disconnecting means, fire suppression and ventilation issues, and the hazards associated with fire service operations in the area of a PV system.


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One of the most reputable accountancy firms in the UK are currently looking for a Senior Audit Manager to join their Bristol hub on a permanent basis.
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Just discovered another crack, this time on the C-More Serendipity red-dot that I have on the gun.
you can see the previous owner cut down the mount a little to ease with extraction but after John worked on the gun, that cut was unnecessary. Guess I'll have to get a new red-dot. 😦


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San Francisco 4th and King Street station
San Francisco
4th and King Street station seen from a I-280 off-ramp in 2019
|700 Fourth Street at King Street
San Francisco, California
|37°46′35″N 122°23′40″W / 37.77639°N 122.39444°WCoordinates: 37°46′35″N 122°23′40″W / 37.77639°N 122.39444°W
|Owned by
|Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
|Peninsula Subdivision (Caltrain[1]
|6 island platforms (Caltrain)
2 island platforms,
2 side platforms (Muni)[2]
|13 (Caltrain)
4 (Muni)[2]
| Flixbus
Muni: 10, 30, 45, 47, 81X, 82X, 83X, KT Bus, N Owl, N Bus
|Bicycle facilities
|180 lockers
22 racks
|Disabled access
|Other information
|Fare zone
|Fare Zone 1 (Caltrain)
|1975 (Caltrain)
1998 (Muni)
|Passengers (2018)
|15,427 (Caltrain mid-weekday average)[3] 1.5% (Caltrain)
San Francisco 4th and King Street, 4th and King[2] (previously 4th & Townsend), or Caltrain Depot is the north end of the Caltrain commuter rail line to the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley, and is a major area transit hub. It is next to a Muni Metro light rail station, which provides connections to downtown San Francisco and Bay Area Rapid Transit.
The station is in the Mission Bay/China Basin area, bordered on the north by Townsend Street, east by 3rd Street, west by 4th Street and south by King Street. It opened on June 21, 1975, replacing a station built in 1914 at 3rd and Townsend, one block away.
4th & King is one block from Oracle Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants. Caltrain runs extra trains on game days to shuttle fans to and from the ballpark.
The Muni extension to the station was opened in 1998.[4]
The Downtown Rail Extension project to the rebuilt Transbay Terminal includes the construction of an underground 4th and King station. The underground station will be next to the current station on the Townsend side.[5] Until that time, California High-Speed Rail trains may also utilize the existing station.[6]
Muni service[edit]
4th and King hosts a number of Muni bus lines, the E Embarcadero historic streetcar line, and Muni's T Third Street and N Judah lines run to Market St downtown. The N Judah station platform is located on the median of King Street immediately southwest of the 4th and King intersection, while The T Third Street station platform is located on the median of 4th Street immediately southeast of the intersection.[2]
N Judah service replaced the J Church on June 30, 2007, two months after the J Church replaced the N Judah on April 7, 2007, on the Caltrain connection to downtown following the opening of the T line. The nearest BART access is the Powell Street station, a 1-mile walk up 4th street then left on Market St.
Service to Chinatown via Muni's Central Subway will connect to this station in 2021 after a realignment of the T Third Street line's route.[7]
- ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 13.
- ^ a b c d San Francisco Municipal Railway Route Map (Map). San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. December 5, 2009. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
- ^ "2018 Annual Count Key Findings Report" (PDF). Caltrain. 2018.
- ^ Epstein, Edward (26 August 1998). "Brown Tries To Soothe Muni Riders / Service on N-Judah line has been abysmal all week". Hearst Communications. SFGate. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ Caltrain 2025 North Terminal Plan
- ^ "Caltrain/California HSR Blended Operations Analysis" (PDF). Caltrain.com. LTK Engineering Services. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ "Project Overview [Central Subway]". San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).
External links[edit]
Media related to San Francisco 4th and King Street station at Wikimedia Commons


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Kevin Costner has signed on to star in McG's next film.
Variety reports that the actor, who won an Emmy award two weekends ago for his role in History miniseries Hatfields & McCoys, will lead the untitled action thriller.
Costner will play a dying Secret Service agent, who is asked to come back in for one last assignment in exchange for an experimental drug that could save his life.
Taken co-writer Luc Besson and Adi Hasak co-wrote the script, which was previously titled Three Days to Kill.
Costner is currently filming a major role in Kenneth Branagh's thriller Jack Ryan opposite Chris Pine and Keira Knightley.
He will also appear in Zack Snyder's upcoming Superman reboot Man of Steel, a film which was at one stage to be helmed by McG and would have starred Robert Downey Jr.
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Culture of Milkfish Using Semi-Intensive System Part 2
Figure 6. Nutrient Requirements of Milkfish Feed
|Suggested level
|Typical source
|Crude protein
|Fish meal, soybean, corn, glutenmeal, ipil-ipil
|Crude fat
|Vegetable and fish meal
|Nitrogen Free-extract (Digestible carbohydrates)
|Yellow corn, cassava meal, rice and wheat bran, flour
|Crude fiber
|Vitamin, minerals mix
|Metabolized energy
|>3,200 kcal/kg
Figure 7. Water Quality Parameter (Paramater – Optimum Level)
- Dissolved oxygen concentration – 3-5 ppm
- Temperature – 22-35 °C
- pH level – 6.8 to 8.7
- Salinity – 18 to 32 ppt
- Turbidity – 0.5 m
Do's and Dont's in setting up and managing a fish pond.
- Avoid areas with problems of domestic, industrial, or agricultural pollution.
- Ensure sufficient supply of clean water.
- Put up independent water supply.
- Apply complete drying, and if indicated, liming of sediments.
- Always stock good quality fingerlings.
- Practice right stocking density according to management capability and environmental conditions.
- Maintain high quality water supply.
- Always ensure sufficient water exchange.
- Avoid adding large volumes of new water that may contain pollutants (setting of water in reservoir before use can improve its quality).
- Set regular water quality monitoring (e.g., turbidity, water color, dissolved oxygen, pH and temperature) activities.
- Anticipate adverse weather conditions. Sudden rain or thumderstorms during hot day may present dangers as well as sudden changes in water temperature which may also result in some fish kills.
- Observe extra precaution to minimize the possibility of dike wash-out flooding and the like.
- Apply controlled feeding and feed fish only with high quality food.
- Monitor survival rate, biomass, growth and health.
- Quarantine new stock.
Harvesting milkfish that have attained the marketable size can be done either through the current method locally called as pasubang or the total draining method. Total draining is the common method for harvesting milkfish. However, this lowers the quality of the fish because mud sticks to the fish.
To maintain fish quality, the pasubang method can be used. This takes advantage of the tendency of the fish to swim against the current. The method is carried out by draining water in the pond particularly during low tide to induce fish to swim through the gate.
Close the gate when all the fish have been impounded. Total harvest is done manually by collecting or picking the remaining fish from the pond bottom.
Packing for transport
Part of the business is transporting the goods to the market. To ensure that fish will remain fresh until they reach their destination, they must be packed with sufficient quantity of ice and loaded with care.
Methods of packing fresh fish for transport
- Wash the fish with pond water prior to icing and sort according to size.
- Pre-chill or immerse the fish in a chilling tank, box or banyera with ice water immediately after harvest.
- Dip the fish in ice water before packing to keep them from losing scales due to subsequent handling.
- Spread a layer of crushed ice 15 cm thick at the bottom of the transport box. Make sure the ice is compact to minimize thawing and to cushion the fish.
- Lay about 100 kg of the fish on top of the crushed ice. Arrange the fish heads pointing to the one direction only.
- Spread another layer of crushed ice 5 cm thick on top of the fish.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the last layer of fish is 15 cm below the top of the box.
- Place the last layer of crushed ice 15 cm thick on top of the last layer of fish. The bottom and the top layers of ice should always be 15 cm thick.
Note: If the fish will be transported by land, a 1:2 ratio of ice to fish (weight basis) is needed for 1 1/2 hours of travel, and a 1:1 ratio for 3 hours of travel. However, if transporting by boat or ship, do not remove fish from the styrofoam boxes. The fish can stay fresh in a styrofoam box for 12 hours.
Advantages of pre-chilling
Pre-chilling the fish will prevent excessive damage and will keep the fish looking fresh. It also removes blood, slime, dirt and bacteria from the skin of the fish, and slows down enzymatic activities, thus minimizing further deterioration.
Ecological considerations
If not properly planned or managed, fishponds may adversely affect the environment, e.g. by causing water pollution. To mitigate such problems, adopt appropriate safeguards to protect the environment. Likewise, avoid pond development in environmentally critical areas such as mangrove areas, marine parks, and reserves, and sanctuaries. If possible, use tea-seed cake/powder instead of strong chemicals in controlling pests and predators in fishponds. If chemical pesticide is used, count five to seven days before flushing pond water into the river to avoid polluting the river and poisoning other aquatic organisms. Furthermore, avoid overfeeding the fish with commercial feeds. Decaying uneaten feeds can pollute water and pond environment.
Plant mangroves or other trees on the dikes to strengthen them and to avoid erosion. Dikes can also be planted to cash crops, e.g. string beans, kamote, okra, and peppers.
Support services
Technical assistance can be requested from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-DA) and the Coastal Environment Program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (CEP-DENR).
For more information contact:
Jamboree rd., Brgy. Timugan, Los Banos, Laguna
Tel. No.: (049) 536-5578/5579/1574
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.pcamrd.dost.gov.ph
PCAMRD Liaison Office
2nd Floor, Rm. 205 PTRI Bldg.
Gen. Santos Ave., Bicutan, Taguig City
Tel: (02) 837-2071 up to 82 local 2430
BFAR – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Arcadia Building 860 Quezon Avenue, Q.C.
Tel No. : (02) 372-5043
Email : [email protected]
Web: www.bfar.gov.ph
source: da.gov.ph


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EW Views Season 2 Deleted Scene; Kim Dickens Interviewed by Wetpaint
This week, Entertainment Weekly spotlights a deleted scene from Season 2, while Kim Dickens is interviewed by Wetpaint. Plus, Lorenzo James Henrie talks to ComicBook.com about Chris's death. Read on for more:
• Entertainment Weekly spotlights a Season 2 deleted scene where Madison tries to warn Travis about Chris "after he straight up murdered one of the guys that they had taken prisoner — who, granted, had tried to kill them. But Travis isn't ready to hear it."
• Kim Dickens tells Wetpaint about playing Madison, explaining, "I love the fact that I get to play this resilient woman who's completely flawed and she does everything. Fight, cry, get drunk, have sex."
• Lorenzo James Henrie, interviewed by ComicBook.com about Chris's death, says, "It was a fun day. It was tough 'cause I barely had a lot of pads on so I was actually getting cut up on the street. But it worked, 'cause I was using all that emotion."
• ComingSoon.net features a Season 2 commentary clip that features the "awesome" Kim Dickens and Dave Erickson and calls Fear a show that's "started to develop a rhythm and flavor all its own with a diverse set of complex characters and sunnier, more oppressive locations."
• CraveOnline checks out a deleted scene where "Alicia's attempt to escape is put on hold when she sees Alex (Michelle Ang)."
• Melty watches Episode 5 of "Passage" and wonders if "the person who shot the walker is a friend or foe?"
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Italians do it standing up, like the French.
Australians do it in laneways and at the beach.
Americans do it on the go.
The Turkish do it with delight.
The Spanish do it solo.
I do it at least four times a day.
But it is no longer what it used to be and to be fair, it has lost much of its innocence.
On the upside, coffee is good for us. A potent source of healthful antioxidants, coffee fights inflammation, boosts our short-term memory, protects against cognitive decline, curbs depression, promotes heart health and enhances our exercise performance.
On the up-upside, not one, not two, but three to five cups of coffee a day potentially reduces type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's and liver cancer.
Cream and sugar however might compromise these health benefits which should not concern the perfectionalist but merely the aficionado faux-fan and frankly, when talking coffee, we do not deal with those. No sir ree bob.
Coffee is serious business.
We all have our ways of and reasons for drinking coffee…
Most of us drink it first thing in the morning to give us our early morning kick, then after lunch to prevent digestion fatigue and once again in the afternoon to fight off the nap-time slump. But nothing is ever that simple.
Coffee is more, like less is more but only more so and from a dark brewed pick-me-up, coffee has become a lifestyle. Part of our social fibre, we wallow in its prestige. Promoted by the stars, we luxuriate in its aura.
Coffee drinkers, snobs? Connoisseurs you mean. And the barista is their hero. Procurer of the black nectar – never bitter but rich and velvety, complex and lingering, smooth and full, result of the perfect blend of the best beans, masterly roasted, expertly ground – the barista is to coffee what Homer is to the Iliad. D'oh!
With independent cafe's more likely to match our needs, Starbucks bashing is 'de rigueur', unless you are standing at a crossroad whilst on a road trip through the US but … I digress.
Coffee, the social lubricant of our time however has a conscience.
Frailty, thy name is Fair Trade.
Started as what at the time seemed the best way to empower growers of one of the world's largest commodities, Fair Trade calls to mind the anti-slavery campaigners of the late 18th century, urging consumers to boycott sugar from the West Indies produced by slave labor in favor of the 'free' Indian crops. But the world has moved on and increasingly coffee growers, roasters, and importers believe that due to a lack of sufficient data showing positive economic impact on coffee farmers, Fair Trade-certified coffee is not living up to its chief promise to lift its producers out of poverty. Furthermore, and of the utmost importance to the consumer, Fair Trade does not audit for quality.
Solidarity does not come in a cup and easing one's conscience by following a certified label is not moral, it is lazy. Lady Fairness like Lady Justice, wears a blindfold. Her scales are balanced, no matter what lies in them.
For I have known them all already, known them all
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons
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A Cause For Courage
New Internationalist Issue 274
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The Great Escape
What on earth is inducing ordinary Tibetans to cross - on foot and at night - the highest, bleakest, most perilous mountain paths in the world ? Vanessa Baird begins her investigations in Nepal.
It's monsoon time in Kathmandu. Heat and torrential rain alternate, mud and dust just compete. I'm heading for Ichango village. So, over the years, have many thousands of refugees who have escaped Tibet since the Chinese invaded their country in 1950. They approach it from a different direction and in a rather different way though - over the highest mountain range in the world.
At Ichango is the Tibetan Refugee Reception Centre, a collection of ramshackle buildings which have sprung up in the midst of the brilliant green paddyfields that lie between the city and the mountains. I have just heard that 31 escapees from Tibet arrived the previous day.
For six weeks they trekked across the mountains, moving by night to avoid detection. They arrived exhausted, wet, hungry, dirty, with swollen feet and covered in insect bites. To add to their misery they had been beaten and robbed by Nepalese border guards - an increasingly common occurrence.
I'm sitting in the clinic with Sonam, a Tibetan nurse who looks after 'new arrivals'. Four small boys - aged six to eleven - suddenly appear. Sonam gives them a pair of nail-clippers and they set about attending to each other's toes.
'Are these refugees?'
'Did they come with their parents?'
'Oh no, their parents sent them off by themselves.'
I hadn't expected this. How can presumably loving parents send their tiny children alone on such a perilous journey? 'It's quite common,' says Sonam. 'I had a four-month-old baby arrive last year. The mother just gave him to the guide and asked him to take him to the Dalai Lama. The parents think they are doing the best thing for their children, for their future.'
I start to interview the boys, one by one. 'Six,' replies Wangdu to my second question. He's a skinny, fidgety, big-eyed, mousey little fellow, with a heart-wrenchingly small husky voice.
How was the journey? 'It was difficult,' he replies. 'There was so little food. Sometimes we didn't get any for two days. And it was difficult trying to keep up with the others.' It is not uncommon for guides to abandon 'stragglers'.
Wangdu comes from a fairly poor background. His mother washes dishes in a restaurant in Lhasa, his father is unemployed. Wangdu goes to school but it is a Chinese school, he says, and the Chinese teacher ignores the Tibetan pupils. That is why his parents have decided that the best thing for him is to come over to India.
Wangdu's situation is typical. The other boys have also come 'for their education'.
The journey sounds hair-raising. For seven-year-old Tsering the worst thing was when he nearly fell off the mountainside while they were walking at night. I ask the eldest boy, who like the nurse is called Sonam (Tibetan names are not gender specific), how it felt to get over the border into Nepal at last. He says he felt nothing. 'The guide had lied to us so many times before, saying we were nearly in Nepal, that I just thought he was lying again.'
Sonam, who seems to look after the younger boys, is the only one who allows himself to shed a few tears as he is talking. Only when a nurse is bandaging little Wangdu's wound - sustained during a police beating - does he look as if he might cry but he quickly stops himself. It makes me wonder what psychological damage has been done in the past six weeks.
Clipped toe nails and a safe haven for Dawa (8), Sonam (11), Wangdu (6) and Tsering (7). (right)
The nurse and I cross the fields and make our way to the dormitory to find some of the other refugees. On the way we meet a group of them who are heading for the nearest stupa - a Buddhist dome-shaped structure with a peaked top. One of them - a nun - has been badly beaten by border guards. But they seem otherwise to be relaxed and in good spirits.
We arrive at the dormitory, a simple barrack-like building, quite inadequate for the needs of all the refugees who turn up here. They stay for about a week, during which time they are interviewed by officials from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and are given food, clothing and medical treatment. Many arrive suffering from frostbite, and have to have toes amputated. They are then bussed off to the northern Indian town of Dharamsala, home of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile. Conditions in the camp may be spartan, but compared with nights near Everest it probably feels like a five-star hotel.
None of the new arrivals are overtly political refugees. Most have left to pursue their education - this often means their Buddhist education and so it counts for asylum purposes as an escape from religious oppression. We find 17-year-old Khatup Tso sitting smiling on the grass with her 14-year-old friend. They are wearing clean clothes - the yak skins and other heavy garments that protected them on the journey are lying drying on the grass nearby.
It doesn't take long to realize that Khatup Tso is a very determined young woman. This is her second attempt to get out of Tibet. Her first ended in failure a few months ago, when she was sent back and had a spell in a Lhasa prison. Once released she worked, saved and tried again. She comes not from Lhasa but from the Eastern province of Amdo. Why is she so determined to leave Tibet?
'Because I want to learn English.'
'Because once I learn English I can go back to Tibet and I can do anything.'
'Where did you get this idea from? Do you know anyone who has done this?'
'No. I don't know anyone. It's my idea.'
'And what does your family say?'
'They say, 'Go and study well'.'
I'm thinking there might be easier ways of getting English lessons. I am also wondering if this meets the conditions for seeking asylum. But this girl's decision is indicative of at least one of the forms of oppression Tibetans are experiencing in their own country.
One of the most common complaints is that there are no opportunities for Tibetans in their country. Education and employment are tilted in favour of Chinese migrants - now reckoned to outnumber Tibetans. I wonder what is going to happen when Khatup realizes that things are not as she thinks, that life is not hunky dory for Tibetans in exile; and that knowing English may not be the key that opens all those closed doors when she gets back. Then I think of the setbacks she has already experienced and how she has coped with them. I fancy her drive and energy may change direction, but it's not going to go up in a puff of despair.
'Tibetans are very determined people,' comments Sonam. A couple days later I make a return trip to the camp and find more of the refugees washing their clothes and relaxing. This time my interpreter is Tashi, a former Tibetan resistance fighter who now co-runs the Potala Tourist Home in Kathmandu. He's a warm man with a big smile and a wicked sense of humour.
Lying under a tree is Rinchen Dolma. From a distance she looks like a daydreaming teenager, elbows on the grass, her chin cupped in her hands.
She sits up to greet us as we get nearer. I realize that in fact she is an elderly woman and the lines of her face tell a story that is hardly the stuff of daydreams.
Born into a fairly well-to-do rural family 60 years ago, she became an obvious target of Chinese Communist 're-education'. She was sent to various labour camps for a total of 20 years, and was eventually released 10 years ago. Her parents died in Chinese jails. Both in the labour camps and in her village the Chinese authorities vilified her as a 'class enemy'.
After her release she was not allowed to leave her village, but was eventually granted a visa to go on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailas, one of Tibet's holy mountains. As this mountain is not far from the border with Nepal she - together with her husband and son - took the opportunity to join a group of escapees. Once over the border she was arrested, beaten and stripped by Nepalese guards, who took all her money. She finally arrived here five days ago, having walked through 25 nights.
She tells her story without anger or bitterness. But she is very certain of one thing: she doesn't want to go back to Tibet. 'I don't want to die under the Chinese.' To a Buddhist this is more than just a turn of phrase. The conditions under which you die can affect your reincarnation.
We leave them there, crossing the sweet-smelling basmati ricefields. This place feels like a welcome haven, a pause for the refugees before the long bus ride to Dharamsala, where they will get a blessing from the Dalai Lama. 'That will make everything all right,' says 17-year-old Khatup.
These refugees are the lucky ones. No- one knows how many are being turned back at the border - some even get as far as the immigration centre at Kathmandu before being turned back.
This is not meant to happen. Since April this year border guards - and sometimes the police - have been sending back refugees or physically handing them over to the Chinese in exchange for 'gifts'. This goes against Nepalese Government policy - and its understanding with UNHCR, according to whom 227 refugees were deported in the first half of this year. These are only the reported ones: the real figure is likely to be much higher.
I talk with Tashi Namjyal, the Tibetan Government-in-Exile's representative in Nepal. He's particularly worried about two former political prisoners who were sent back. Both were imprisoned for their part in the 1987 demonstrations in Lhasa - one is a 70-year-old tailor called Tsewang and the other is Thuptren Tsering, a 63-year-old monk from Sera monastery who was also imprisoned between 1959 and 1979.
There is mounting pressure on the Nepalese Government - especially from the US and the Netherlands - to control its border guards. But Nepal is also under pressure from China, not just a powerful neighbour but a major investor and donor of aid.
The UNHCR is offering practical help to Nepal, including training for border officials on how to treat refugees. Listening to the refugees' stories it sounds as if they could do with it.
Leaving the camp I wonder whether I shall see any of these refugees in Dharamsala, at the end of my own journey. What will have happened to them?
'They don't begin to realize the difficulties of exile,' Tashi sighs. 'But they are enjoying their first taste of freedom now. I don't want to spoil it for them.'
©Copyright: New Internationalist 1995
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During a trial of L.A. gang members this week, a music producer admits there once WAS a sex tape of former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal but that it no longer exists. Robert Ross says the tape was erased.
Ross testified that he was kidnapped, beaten and threatened by seven gang members who are now on trial. He claims the men threatened him if he didn't deliver the Shaq sex tape. Ross had been in a finacial dispute with Shaq and his manager over a commission upon delivering the musician Ray J. Shaq's people refused to pay Ross. He retaliated by threatening to leak the tape of O'Neal having sex with a woman who was not his wife. Shortly after the dispute, the gang members allegedly kidnapped Ross.
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Fast forward to today. I haven't asked my family for money probably in the better part of a decade. I can't even imagine starting that conversation. But the truth of the matter is, I've been struggling. Between the hassle it took to get into my new place after leaving my husband (the week I'd planned to stay at a friends house turned into a month) and a change in pay schedule at work, I have been emotionally and financially exhausted.
I mentioned to my husband that I may have to quit therapy for a while. It was down to either that or not eating for a couple weeks, since rent and deposit on the new place cleaned me out. My therapist is an incredibly kind woman who takes barter as well as cash – I've paid for therapy in pickles and hand-knit scarves before – but I have enough of a struggle just dealing with that bit of generosity. I'd honestly rather just pay the lady. Plus, I can't pay my student loan or rent in pickles, so there's only so far that can carry me anyway.
Well. I found out earlier this week that my husband went and did something amazing. He sent a quiet message to as many of my friends as he could reach, explaining my situation, and asking for donations. He told them not to say anything to me, that this was without my knowledge and that I would probably kill him if I found out.
I won't put any numbers down here, but I now have enough to pay for a month of therapy in advance and still buy bus fare this week. I'll be able to make it to next payday without overdrawing my account or maxing out the meager bit of credit I have left on my credit card. And I can eat.
This is what true love looks like. It's not necessarily romance. It's not flowers and chocolates and wine.
My husband – the husband I left, the husband whose heart I broke – was willing to find me the help I couldn't bring myself to ask for. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to thank him enough. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to thank my friends enough. I don't even know who pitched in, or how much – and honestly, I don't want to. It's all I can do to just accept this gift gracefully and humbly say thanks.
Love is in the sandwich, and in the eating of the sandwich.


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The second wreath I made for my grandmother was a foam board letter. I was given the task to make a wreath for her front door that has a screen door over the front and is not a wide door. I saw plenty of inspiration on Pinterest and decided on a monogram. I went to the local craft store and couldn't find any great pre-made letters in a font or size I wanted. (I am a font snob, by the way.)
-One foam board
-White acrylic paint
-Exacto knife
-Sketch or print out a letter you'd like to cut out. I hand sketched a letter from a font I found online that I loved. I was doing the letter R.
-After sketching, use an exacto knife to cut out the letter. This part can be tricky so make sure your knife is REALLY sharp!
-After the letter is cut out, I used sand paper to smooth out the edges (my knife wasn't sharp enough)!
-Paint the letter the color you'd like. I went with white to really pop on the front door.
-Add ribbon and hang on your wreath hanger!
Happy Crafting!


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During the Halloween seasons in 2011 and 2012, I wrote a series of articles for Torontoist on the city's cemeteries. This year I'm mixing those pieces with updates and new stories. This piece, which led off the series, was originally published on Torontoist on October 25, 2011.
As Halloween approaches, we are surrounded by images of death. Most focus on the ghoulish aspects, from bony skeletons to creepy tombstones with punny names for the deceased. But the mock graveyards decorating residential lawns bear little resemblance to Toronto's real cemeteries. Instead of depressing, scary final resting places, these spaces are full of life. There are tantalizing hints amid tombstone epitaphs of our forebears' fascinating stories. Informational plaques and thoughtfully designed monuments attest to the importance of historical figures and business tycoons (or the amount of money they had to toss around). Lovers of flora and fauna can enjoy manicured gardens, vibrant fall colours, or spot specimens of urban wildlife. Park-like atmospheres lend themselves to cycling, running, walking, or other forms of exercise meant to delay a permanent move to the graveyard.
Our series begins with a trek out to the east end to wander around St. John's Norway Cemetery at Kingston Road and Woodbine Avenue. While other local burial grounds have attracted grand, ego-boosting monuments, St. John's has always been humbler in fulfilling its role as a place where average Torontonians can remember loved ones in a low-key setting.
The cemetery dates its beginnings to 1853, when local landowner Charles Coxwell Small (whose middle name lives on in a nearby avenue) deeded three acres to the Anglican church. The new religious institution was intended to serve the growing village of Norway, which was centred at the present-day intersection of Kingston and Woodbine. Bishop John Strachan consecrated both the cemetery and the original church building on July 1, 1855. Both spots were alternately known as St. John's Norway and St. John's Berkeley—some accounts note that Small tried to enforce the latter name for the community rather than the enduring one, which was inspired by the local Norway Pine harvesting industry. The cemetery underwent major expansions in 1905 and 1925. Though the cemetery has always been administered by the St. John's Norway Anglican Church, it is considered a non-denominational burial ground. The grounds have been used as a set for films like To Die For and The Virgin Suicides.
Walking through St. John's feels like a stroll through a small-town cemetery. There aren't the massive monuments to millionaires that dot Mount Pleasant, nor the plaques that accompany notable historical figures in Cabbagetown's graveyards. What you will find among St. John's 35 acres are row upon row of tombstones on the higher elevations of the cemetery, and flat, nearly grown-over markers in the lower area. Roads within the cemetery are well-marked, though two-way traffic is impossible even for bicycles through the narrowest stretches.
Notable Names
Beyond families who left their names on local landmarks, such as the Ashbridges, the most recognizable figure buried in St. John's Norway is Roland Caldwell Harris. During his reign as Toronto's Commissioner of Public Works from 1912 to 1945, Harris supervised the construction of much of the city's infrastructure, including the Prince Edward Viaduct and the water treatment plant that bears his name. His epitaph: "No ostentation mark'd his tranquil way. His duties all discharged without display.
Others buried here include architect Frank Darling and athlete/journalist Ted Reeve.
Favourite Spots
The area devoted to those who fell during the World Wars is undergoing refurbishment by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to provide legible, uniform markers. The war memorial, installed by the Royal Canadian Legion in September 1967, is an intriguingly abstract representation of a soldier standing guard over a steep hill.
What the grounds lack in glossiness they make up for in human interest stories. After reading a number of the tombstones, we felt as if there were more heartfelt epitaphs than average. The final messages range from favourite hymns and notes of regret upon a loved one's passing, to humorous pop culture references (such as the marker in the cremation garden that reads "Beam me up Scotty").
In the nervous laughter department, we discovered the resting place of a couple who bore the last name Death. The epitaph reads "Some day we'll understand."


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The Little One
I've been going through my stack of finished quilt tops and dividing them into two categories: quilts I for sure want to keep and quilts I could probably stand to give away. I know I can't keep ALL THE QUILTS.
Now I'm slowly, one at a time, asking friends and family if they would be interested in giving any of them a good home. Each quilt can take a few weekends to finish (and sometimes I don't feel like quilting and I set it aside for a while) so the process is slow but steady.
We had our good friends Ruth and Jason over the other day and they picked out their favorite quilt tops from the stack. And their (almost) 5 year old daughter picked out "the little one".
I started this quilt way back in 2009 with a different block layout in mind. I don't remember when I finished this top or why I changed my mind but I love how it turned out. It is little, just 36"x36".
It has some of my very favorite (and very first!) quilting fabrics. Remember Sandi Henderson's Ginger Blossom and Farmer's Market? She was my absolute favorite designer and I bought EVERY print I could find/afford. (Looks like she has a new fabric line coming out after all these years, omg!)
I like to back smaller quilts in flannel with no batting. It makes them soft and warm and easier to wrap around little shoulders. I remember the night I got that pink Folksy Flannel in the mail. 2009 seems like a lifetime ago!
I'm looking forward to finishing up a few more quilt tops over the next couple of months. Slowly, I will finish all the quilts!


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by Shaelyn
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It only makes it worse that my parents abused me. I've always come to wonder when would be the right time to end this madness.....end it all.
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The Gateway Center for Giving celebrates the work of our St. Louis area grantmakers through our Excellence in Grantmaking Awards by honoring donors who fund programs, efforts, or initiatives that have made a significant impact in the region. Over the the next few weeks we will share with the community both the winning nominations as well as some of the other great nominations that will be considered for an award in 2012. Awards will be handed out at our 2011 Annual Meeting PhilanthroPLAY which will take place at The Magic House on January 30, 2012. Click here to register.
The Giving is ON GOING award recognizes a grantmaker who created a lasting change. There is no better way to leave a legacy than by changing the future. This category includes either giving that spans multiple years in order to demonstrate systems change OR a grant that allowed a nonprofit to institutionalize a program that is now self supporting and providing a revenue stream for the organization.
The winner of the 2011 Giving is ON GOING award goes to The Saigh Foundation from three different nonprofit organizations. Yes, The Saigh Foundation was nominated by a record three organizations this year including the Saint Louis Zoo, Webster University, and Wyman Center.
Saint Louis Zoo's Nomination
The Saint Louis Zoo is proud to nominate the Saigh Foundation for the Gateway Center for Giving Excellence in Grantmaking Award in the Ongoing Giving category. In its relatively short giving history, the Saigh Foundation has a truly made its mark in the St. Louis community and particularly at the Saint Louis Zoo.
The Saigh Foundation first became involved with the Saint Louis Zoo in 2002 with a $250,000 gift to the Saint Louis Zoo 2004: Gateway to the Animal World campaign for the African Wildlife Conservation School in the River's Edge. The Foundation then gave a major gift in May 2007 to the Saint Louis Zoo Endowment Trust which established the first endowed position at the Saint Louis Zoo, appropriately named the "Fred Saigh Curator of the Children's Zoo". Alice Seyfried currently serves in this inaugural position and is a wonderful ambassador for the Zoo as well as the Saigh name. The Foundation's tremendous generosity and leadership has inspired others to support the Zoo, its endowment, and The Living Promise Campaign, an initiative to raise $120 million in capital and endowment dollars. The Saigh Foundation is a stellar example of philanthropy at its best. The relationship between the Foundation and the Zoo continues to grow and we are pleased to have them as part of the Zoo family.
The Saigh Foundation was created by Fred M. Saigh to serve as a legacy of the gifts he gave throughout his lifetime to the community of St. Louis, Missouri. Fred Saigh was known as an extraordinarily generous man. He touched the lives of many people he barely knew by sensing their need for assistance and offering help at critical times in their lives. He often gave anonymously, without a thought of seeking anything in return. Some have described him as a lifesaver. Mr. Saigh saw many acquaintances become life-long friends, friends who believe he changed their lives for the better as a result of his generosity and care.
The Saigh Foundation mission is to enhance the quality of life in the St. Louis metropolitan region through support for charitable projects and initiatives which primarily benefit children and youth through education and health care. They have certainly done so with their gifts to the Saint Louis Zoo. Many thousands of children are transformed each year by visits to the Saint Louis Zoo and the Children's Zoo in particular. The Saigh Foundation is ensuring that this gift of education for the St. Louis community will continue on for many generations to come.
Webster University's Nomination
The timely and generous support of the Saigh Foundation has created lasting change at Webster University by allowing us to institutionalize our Student Literacy Corps and position the program to broaden both its capacity and its base of philanthropic support.
Through Webster University's Student Literacy Corps (SLC), faculty from the School of Education train University students to tutor struggling readers at schools and social service agencies throughout the region. The mission of the SLC is to assist readers with low literacy levels and to provide University students with a sense of the difference they can make in the lives of others.
In 2003, the Student Literacy Corps was not well known to the trustees of the Saigh Foundation. At our initial meeting however, it became evident that, through the Foundation's long involvement with issues impacting the lives of children, JoAnn understood only too well the challenges faced by students who struggle to read. She recognized immediately the effectiveness of a program model that places college students one-on-one with struggling readers for an entire school year, allowing them to develop strong bonds of trust that elicit extraordinary levels of effort from young readers.
At this time, the SLC program was at a critical point in its development. It was operating at maximum capacity, with one part-time director to recruit, train, and supervise upwards of 25 students each semester at 10-15 different sites. While demand for SLC tutors continued to accelerate, we could not place more students without endangering the program's overall quality.
The Saigh Foundation made an extremely generous first-time grant to the SLC in the 2003-2004 academic year that allowed us to improve the training regimen for our tutors and expand the director position into a fulltime, annual appointment. This grant increased the program's impact and positioned it to garner a federal funding commitment which covered the program's expenses from 2005 -2007. During this time, the Foundation remained engaged with the SLC's progress.
In 2008, when federal funding came to an end, the Saigh Foundation stepped back in – this time with funding for tutor stipends and teaching supplies. The program's ability to demonstrate that the Saigh Foundation, its primary supporter in the private philanthropic community, remained committed was instrumental in cementing its future at the University. In 2009, Webster institutionalized the SLC Director position, transforming it from an annual appointment to permanent fulltime status. The position is now funded jointly through the School of Education and the office of Student Affairs in recognition of the value that the SLC experience provides for Webster students.
Today, the Saigh Foundation continues to partner with the Student Literacy Corps by providing funding for student tutors. Among those tutors are a number of Webster's international students. These international tutors often choose to work at schools with high numbers of immigrant families where they serve as role models as well as reading tutors. Through their experience, each of our tutors learns about themselves and the difference they can make in the lives of children; in this way they advance the mission of Saigh Foundation and honor the legacy of Fred Saigh.
The support of the Saigh Foundation has sustained and helped to shape the Student Literacy Corps over the course of eight years. Webster University is privileged to partner with them and proud to celebrate the impact of their enduring commitment to the children of St. Louis through the Student Literacy Corps.
Wyman Center's Nomination
Since 2005, The Saigh Foundation has provided consistent and substantial support to young people in St. Louis through an endowment gift to Wyman. This gift provides perpetual scholarships to two young people through Wyman's Teen Leadership Program (TLP) from eighth grade through high school graduation and established the Fred Saigh Young Leaders Award which provides a $1,000 aid scholarship, each year, to a young person in TLP who has most consistently demonstrated over the program the following attributes: determination and hard work to achieve goals, outstanding service to others, and commitment to personal responsibility in life.
Also from the endowment, in 2010, The Saigh Foundation and Wyman held the first Saigh Symposium – an annual event dedicated to sharing the knowledge and expertise of nationally recognized youth development experts with parents, practitioners and community leaders in the St. Louis area. The goal is to raise awareness of youth development on a broad scale, drawing attendance from national as well as regional and local organizations. Topics may include an update on the latest research on adolescent brain development, best practices in the field of youth development or the importance of the quality supports and opportunities that we as a community need to provide in order to successfully develop the potential of our young people.
Additionally, the foundation's most recent contribution in 2011, will go to provide college access programming, called Wyman Prep, for the over 450 young people in Wyman's Teen Leadership Program.
Congratulations to The Saigh Foundation and thank you to the Saint Louis Zoo, Webster University, and Wyman Center for taking the time to nominate them!


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Day 37
Leviticus 16-18
Chapter 16
Verse 8 Depending on which version you are reading, this verse may refer to either a 'scapegoat' or to Azazel. The direct-from-Hebrew translation uses Azazel, but the KJV translated this as 'scapegoat'. Some of the modern translations have reverted back to the original Azazel. So who is Azazel? There's a lot of fascinating background on him, but he seems to be some sort of 'fallen angel' who appears in the Apocryphal book of 1 Enoch.
Chapter 17
17:10-14 are the verses used to prohibit 'eating blood', interpreted by JW's as prohibiting blood transfusions.
Chapter 18
I looked up a couple of points in this chapter-
Verse 21: "Do not permit any of your children to be offered as a sacrifice to Molech" (NLT). Molech was a god worshipped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites, who had associations with a particular kind of propitiatory child sacrifice by parents (Wikipedia).
Verse 23: the KJV refers to sex with animals as 'confusion'. Huh? The NLT and NIV call it 'perversion' which in context makes more sense than 'confusion'. I checked the Hebrew-English translation and it says 'perversion'. I wonder why the KJV translators found this passage 'confusing'.
And then there's verse 22 – it deserves special mention for its infamy (and hypocrisy).


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Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Another section
I finished the larger center flower. I beaded and added sequins to the center. I also did more of the yellow and gold background spikes, and did a couple of the bubbles. They are at the bottom and one is pink and one is red.
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- The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure said...
This is so spring-like! It's perfect winter stitching.
- December 28, 2016 at 4:23 PM
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Education traditionally focuses on knowledge acquisition and retention. However, it usually misses a key element. That's the element of speed. In other words, of fast can you recall information and how fast can you apply it.
While there is usually a time limit on tests, it's usually not at the speed of rapid recall. You usually have ample time to think of the answer or to figure out the answers based on how the test is written.
If you really want to know who knows their stuff, try cutting the time you have to take the SATs in half. Try cutting the time allowed for a multiple choice test to the time it takes to read all the questions and circle the answers.
So why the concern for speed? If you have a fluent knowledge of something, it shows itself in terms of speed. Think of learning a foriegn language, you have to get to the point where you know all the words well enough to keep up with a conversation especially when others start to speak quickly. In fact, keeping up with a conversation is a good measure of how fluent you are in a language. The same can and should hold true for other subjects. With speed comes competences or vice-versa.


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Finding the right songs for the ceremony and the right dress to wear is only a couple of the few hundred details you need to plan in order to have a great wedding. Do you even know everything that goes into planning a wedding ceremony? If not, make sure you read up on the tips provided below.
An outdoor wedding has its own natural beauty but you should still check on the place where your wedding will be held right before your wedding. Check to make sure that the grass has been mowed, leaves have been raked, and it is clear of debris. If you notice something that you do not like, make sure it is taken care of before your wedding day.
When planning your wedding, try picking out a theme for your big day. When you have a wedding theme, you will be focused on what you need for that theme. It can make your wedding decisions a bit easier since you know what theme you are going with. Having a theme can also make your wedding more memorable.
If you would like to save money on your wedding, you may want to consider having the ceremony and reception in your own home or a family member's home. In addition to saving money, your wedding will feel more personal this way. For summer weddings, you could have it in a large backyard.
You should avoid smoking or drinking beer from the bottle while at your own wedding reception. It's just gauche and tacky to be seen doing something so pedestrian, so try to live up to the classy theme of your wedding. After the reception you can go home, light up a stogie and get wasted, if you so desire.
As the top of this article mentioned, there are hundreds of details that go into pulling off a great wedding. Some of these details are minor and others are major. Regardless, don't neglect even the smallest detail. Use the tips you've just read here to ensure that you're planning a perfect wedding.


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Just got back home from my first swap market ever – called Byttemarked in Danish, whereas Loppemarked is translation for flea market. I was there with another eco-blogger friend of mine. It's very nice going to this sort of places with a friend, as she can tell you straight away the "leave-it"or "take-it" word. We have different styles and fashion preferences, so it was perfect as long as we were looking for different stuff. But at some point we came across a famous eco-fashion brand T-shirt (A Question Of).
There the fight began.
Finally I got it :). Together with a few other nice clothes and accessories.
I have a rule though. Think three times before taking something home, even if it's for free. Plus, think again two times after you've tried it on. Or you'll end up with a lot of clothes in your wardrobe you don't really want to wear. If eventually this happens, you know what you have to do…
Just swap!


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RenderingTo render mixed image and text in ExtJS grid, I found the following two approaches
- Implement custom renderer, return a value like this
- Use CSS to add background image to the cell (see Reference)
Problem: misaligned columns in the first approach
However, when I examine a grid with "locked" columns, I starting to see problem in the first implementation. Often times, the locked columns and floating columns are misaligned. Turns out image tag in the cell will cause grid to adjust row hight. However, ExtJS does not adjust fixed columns and floating columns together. So, if there is image in fixed column only, it will frequently make it taller than the floating columns, thus causing misalignment. To solve this problem, I added the following style to the image tag:
margin-top: -4px;
margin-bottom: -4px;
Event HandlingThe image in the cell is usually an active component. In order to intercept the click event, I found two good approaches, again.
- In JS code, hookup event handlers to the image component, and fire event from there. Refer to implementation of ActionColumn (ExtJS source grid\column\Action.js)
- Change the selType of grid to 'cellmodel', and add select event listener