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Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) Sunil Gavaskar is known for his impregnable defence against the all-time-great West Indies pace battery, but the former opening batsman, who turned 67 yesterday, had a weakness - glucose biscuits from Amchi Mumbai. This was revealed by his younger sister Nutan at a function organised to mark his birthday by the Legends Club at the Cricket Club of India. "He used to like those biscuits...Parle G gluco biscuits. West Indies was a long way off and (it was a) long tour, so he would like to have those biscuits for his tea or coffee, so whoever was travelling there, we would try and send those packets of biscuits for him," Nutan Gavaskar told reporters. "He would pack (the biscuits before the tour), they often used to get over in three weeks or a month." "Wherever he travelled, and whoever travelled to that place...some journalist, or someone we knew, or relatives, some friends (we used to send biscuits with them)," she added. "Now he is a little worried about diabetes and those biscuits are little sweet, so he tries and avoids them, (but) he still likes them," she said. Former Mumbai opener Shishir Hattangadi recalled how the formidable West Indian pacers respected the Little Master. "It was at Ravi Shastris house where during some tournament (for charity)... all the fast bowlers had come in, and they were having few beers at Ravis place. "Sunny (Gavaskar) walks in his pyjama-kurta, little late, the moment he walked in through that door, all four (bowlers), over six feet, got up saying hi master, how are you," he reminisced. "I mean that (is the kind of) respect and reverence the four great bowlers (had for Gavaskar) and they were all great - (Micheal) Holding, (Joel) Garner, (Malcolm) Marshall, (Andy) Roberts," he said. Former India cricketer Madhav Apte and Mumbai cricketer Vasudev Paranjpe also shared their memories about Gavaskar. PTI NRB KRK GK AH AH
When biscuits followed Gavaskar on Caribbean tour!
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.


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How many steam traction engines, miniature models, automobiles and people can be crowded onto ten square acres already containing' house, barn, outbuildings, sawmills, and two tents? The answer to this mathematical question was worked out at the seventh annual reunion of the National Threshers' Association, Inc., held June 29-30, July 1, on the LeRoy Blaker farm near Alvordton, Ohio, where over 10,000 people viewed the large and small engines, saw wheat threshed, lumber sawed and engines worked on the Prony brake.
Mr. and Mrs. Blaker, president and secretary of the association, were hosts to people from far and near. Registration showed early arrivals to be Milford Rees of Franklin, Illinois, Arthur S. Kauffman of Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania, C. J. Butler of Baxter, Iowa. Following in close succession were S. J. Spurgeon of Birmingham, Alabama, H. H. Baker of Pekin, Indiana, Melvin Lugten of Hamilton, Michigan, William M. Jones of Winchester, Kentucky, E. J. Hill of Farbington, Kansas, Alex Lulloff, Kiel, Wisconsin, John M. Somers, North Hollywood, California. Some of the many notables attending were Dan Zehr, Arthur Young, Ray Ernst, presidents of the Zehr, Young and Ernst reunions.
The program began Friday with the customary early morning shower, which dampened the grounds, but not the spirits of the crowd. Opening prayer was offered by the chaplain, Rev. Elmer Ritzman, Enola, Pennsylvania, (editor of THE IRON-MEN ALBUM); and the divine protection and blessing invoked was evident in the truly remarkable fact that not one individual in the crowd (which included hundreds of children was injured in any manner. Since the engines had to be moved to be put on the Prony brake, the fact that this seventh reunion continued tile safety record of the previous six, was the more remarkable in view of the larger crowd.
A. D. Baker of Swanton, Ohio, (90 years old), one of the two living steam traction engine manufacturers, was photographed with LeRoy Blaker before 'Old No. 1′, built in 1898, still in running order. Another man enjoying this excursion into the past was Charles Heacock, centenarian of West Unity. Ohio. Both Mr. Baker and Mr. Heacock are honorary life members of The National Threshers' Association, Inc.
Small Models included the 1/8 scale J. I Case complete threshing outfit, of John J. Van Baren, Newton, Iowa; the miniature railroad by Emery Ohlenkamp of Chicago, Illinois; H. H. Bawer's faultless Aultman-Taylor model; Dike Baldwin's 1/8 scale Port Huron with '1 mouse power'; stationary models by Carlton Weisel, a German model owned by A. Gaeke, and a number of other excellent models which space does not permit mentioning-. The saw mill, male and operated by F. W. Bloom was a chief attraction; also the hay baler by John, Eby, and the complete small model by J. D. Bowers.
Big engines pulling on the brake were the J. I. Case engines, Port Huron, Russell, Rumely, Gaar-Scott, Huber Minneapolis, Baker and Frick. Harry Marsh's 25-80 Case and John Harper's 65 Case, were both in charge of the best Case engineer in the country, Gilbert Enders. Michigan fans were proud of the fact that the 32-100 Port Huron pulled 120 hp. One of the smoothest running engines was the 23-90 Baker on rubber, owned and patriotically decorated by Forrest Williamson, with a rubber-mounted water tank likewise red, white and blue. More beautiful than new was Homer Holp's 16 Gaar-Scott and William Benner's 25 Russell, Irel 'Ashbaugh's 20 Minneapolis gave creditable performances. The 20 Rumely formerly owned by Emery Brindle, has a fond new owner, J. H. Whitbey, who has added a locomotive bell to his beautifully kept engine.
The 16 hp Huber is owned by the scientist, E. G. Plasterer, who presented his marvelous 'Bubbles Concerto' in the large tent Saturday evening. Slides were shown Thursday night, movies on Friday night, and Sunday afternoon a crowd of about 400 heard Perry Hayden, 'Quaker miller' of Tecumseh, give, his stirring story of tithing. Music was presented by Wright Township Men's Chorus, Mill creek Women's Chorus, and the male quartet from Huntingdon College. The reunion ended on a religious note Sunday evening with the showing of Perry Hayden's 'God Is My Landlord'.
A heavy rain during Friday night prevented the scheduled parade, but new wheat brought from Cincinnati by Roscelle Raiseh, William Raisch, and Homer Holp, was threshed both Friday and Saturday afternoons using Carlton Felger's separator and Elmer Egbert's 10 hp Prick. Gil Cowden's 6-18 Case portable also ran the 28-46 grain thresher with blower and feeder.
Although the parade had to be cancelled due to circumstances over which man had no control, nevertheless, the Alvordton Band presented a short march and program. The Alvordton Band Boosters Club and Mothers Club provided excellent meals Friday and Saturday, and the West Franklin W. S. C. S. took over the cafeteria Sunday.
The National Thresher women (T. N. T.), the women's auxiliary group, attracted hundreds of visitors to their Hobby Lobby, which was crammed with every conceivable type of fancy work, souvenirs, antiques, etc., etc.
The reunion next year will be held the last Friday and Saturday of June at the Blaker farm.
I have been wanting to let you know what I think of the ALBUM. It is a great little magazine. I have been a steam fan all my life. Built my first engine (a little oscillator) when I was 12 years old.
Have quite a, collection of small engines at present. I hope to establish a small private Museum in my humble way. I have 15 engines at present ranging from 7x10x15 Lake Tug Compound to popcorn engine.
So you can understand what a lot of pleasure I get from your swell little Magazine with all the, news about what others are doing in steam.
Samuel Sheler, 950 36th Street S. W. Grand Rapids, Michigan


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Coronavirus: What next in the UK coronavirus fight?
By Nick Triggle
Health correspondent
- Published
Coronavirus is spreading in the UK and the government is seeking ways to minimise its spread.
Without drastic measures - which could be in place for weeks, or even months - it is feared that more than 250,000 people could die.
What steps should I take?
All members of the public should reduce the time they spend with others:
- Everyone should stop non-essential contact with others. This is particularly important for people over 70, those with underlying health conditions and pregnant women
- People should work from home if they can
- Cafes, pubs and restaurants are being closed from Friday night - except for take-away food - to tackle coronavirus
- People should stop all unnecessary travel
- Those most at risk - about 1.5 million who've had organ transplants, have severe respiratory conditions or some cancers - should not go out for 12 weeks, and will be given essential supplies if they don't have a support system of their own
Everyone should continue to regularly wash their hands and avoid contacting the NHS unless it's essential.
The strongest warnings are in place for those who are ill and the people close to them:
- Anyone with a fever or persistent cough should stay at home for seven days
- Anyone who lives with someone displaying coronavirus symptoms should also stay at home for 14 days. People who have to isolate themselves should ask others for help
How has the UK's strategy changed?
The government's thinking has changed quickly.
It started off trying to contain coronavirus by isolating people who tested positive and asking anyone who had close contact with them to self-isolate too.
Ministers then introduced policies to delay and reduce the peak, when the most cases are expected.
The idea was that by pushing it back to the summer it would allow the NHS to cope.
But modelling from Imperial College London prompted a change in approach.
It warned the policy of a managed spread could lead to more than 250,000 deaths, with hospital intensive care units getting overwhelmed.
Ministers are now seeking to suppress the spread completely.
They hope this will keep deaths below 20,000.
How long could the restrictions be in place?
We are in uncharted territory - so it is impossible to tell.
However, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suggested that "we can turn the tide within the next 12 weeks".
But the problem with trying to suppress the virus is that as soon as you lift those measures the fear is it could quickly return.
One option from experts advising the government is to go through a cycle of lifting and reapplying restrictions, using demand on intensive care as a guide.
There will be close attention paid to China, which is now looking at how it lifts restrictions.
It is not realistic to think that if you temporarily break the spread of coronavirus it will go away.
Then you have to consider the social and economic factors at play.
Businesses are going to struggle and people are going to lose their jobs.
And how long are the public going to put up with being told they cannot go out, need to work from home and can no longer watch sport or go to festivals?
It leaves the government with some very difficult decisions to take.
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The whole of the NHS has been put on an emergency footing. From mid-April all routine operations, such as knee and hip replacements, are being cancelled for three months.
Hospitals have plans to keep coronavirus patients separate and supply staff with protective masks and suits.
All hospital patients with flu-like symptoms are being tested.
Patients with mild symptoms - a high temperature or new and persistent cough - are being asked to self-isolate at home. Community teams will keep an eye on them if need be.
But people are being advised not to ring NHS 111 to report their symptoms unless they are worried.
How will the NHS treat seriously ill patients?
Currently there is no treatment or cure, so hospitals are trying to relieve the symptoms.
Specialist ECMO breathing equipment is at five units for patients whose lungs fail.
There are between 4,000 and 5,000 intensive care beds.
But NHS officials said they can effectively increase that to between 11,000 and 12,000 by using ventilators reserved for planned surgery and those available in the private sector, Ministry of Defence, new ones being made and old stocks that are no longer used.
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Here's another recipe from the Blue Elephant Cooking School. This is not a dish I was intimately familiar with by name. However, the flavors are instantly recognizable. This dish would be perfect accompanied by an ice-cold beer while sitting out on the beach at sunset
The ingredients to this one are more straightforward than some of the other Blue Elephant recipes… not that those recipes are difficult, just that the ingredients can be a bit harder to source fresh outside of Thailand. I would say any large grocery store should have canned longan and if not most large cities have an Asian foods market. Since it's a canned fruit you can prepare this dish year round.
Koong Saam Rod (Spicy, Sweet & Sour Stir Fried Prawns)
Ingredients (portion for 1 serving)
5 Pieces Prawns
40 G Canned Longan (5-6 pieces)
30 G Pineapple (cut into small pieces or diced pieces)
20 G Bell Pepper (cut into squares)
30 G Sweet Onion (bite size pieces)
5 G Ginger (julian)
1 Stem Spring Onion (cut 1cm long)
1 Stem Coriander (small pieces)
Ingredients for Paste Making
8 G Big Clove of Garlic
6 G Coriander Root (1 Stem)
1/4 TSP White Pepper
Ingredients for Cooking and Seasoning
1 1/2 TBS Vegetable Oil
1 TBS Fish Sauce
1 TBS Sugar
1 TBS Chilli Sauce
1 1/2 TBS Ketchup
1 TBS Tamarind Juice
1/2 TBS Rice (white) Vinegar
4 TBS Chicken Stock
In a mortar, pound the ingredients for paste making together. Heat up the wok and add Oil. Add the paste from the mortar. Add prawns, stir fry until the prawns are a bit cooked. Add the sweet onion, ginger, pineapple, & bell pepper. Add chicken stock and continue to stir fry. After a moment season with fish sauce, sugar, chilli sauce, ketchup, tamarind juice, & rice vinegar to taste. Add canned longan. Just before turning off the heat add spring onion and chopped coriander.
Recipe courtesy of Blue Elephant Cooking School in Bangkok. Read about my experiences of a morning program class here.
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See the DOD website for photos. Note their joker card has an Iraqi SURNAME explanation
|Terrorist Scorecard
|CENTCOM's New Iraq Scorecard
|Iraqi Government's Most Wanted Scorecard
|Saudi Arabia's Most Wanted Scorecard
|This page was assembled with the help of many contributors. If you have information to add to the scorecard or a correction please email me
|Saddam Hussein
|President of Iraq/CINC of Military
|Qusay Hussein
|SSO, SRG & RGFC Commander
|Uday Hussein
|Saddam Fedayeen Commander [the older "crazy rapist" son]
|Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti
|Presidential Secretary (WMD Release Authority)
|Captured 6/18/03
|Ali Hasan al-Majid [aka: "Chemical Ali"]
|Pres. Advisor, Fmr South Reg Cmdr
|Captured 8/21/03
|Izzat IBRAHIM al-Duri
|Vice Chair of the RCC, North Reg Cmdr
|Reportedly captured, reportedly killed but still at large
|Hani Abd Latif Tilfa al-Tikriti
|SSO Director
|At large** $1 Million Reward
|Aziz Salih al-Numan
|BP Regional Cmdr/Cmdr BP Militia Reg Cmd
|Captured 5/22/03
[Earlier reports of his death were bogus]
|Muhammad Hamza al-ZUBAYDI
[aka Saddam's "Shiite Thug"]
|Central Euphrates Reg Cmdr
"One of Saddam's most ruthless war criminals" -Clinton Admin
|Captured 4/21/03
|Kamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti
|RG Secretary General
|In Custody 5/17/03
|Barzan Abd al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid al-Tikriti
|SRG Commander
|Captured 7/23/03
|Muzahim Sa'b Hasan al-Tikriti
|Air Defense Force Commander
|Captured 4/23/03
|Ibrahim Ahmad Abd al-Sattar Muhammad al-Tikriti
|Armed Forces Chief of Staff
|Captured 5/12/03
|Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hassan Taha al-Rawi
|RGFC Chief
|At large(?)**
[or maybe dead? see note2]
$1 Million Reward
|Rafi Abd Latif al Tilfah
|DGS Director
|At large
$1 Million Reward
|Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti
|IIS Director
|At large**
$1 Million Reward
|Hamid Raja Shalah al-Tikriti
|Air Force Commander
|Captured 6/14/03
|Latif Nussayif al-Jasim al-Dulaymi
|Dep Chmn Baath Party
|Captured 6/10/03
|Abd al Tawab Mullah Huwaysh
|OMI Director (WMD Production)
|Captured 5/02/03
|Taha Yasin RAMADAN al-Jizrawi
|Vice President
|Captured 8/19/03
|Rukan Razuki abd al-Ghafar al-Majid Sulayman al-Tikriti
|Chief of Tribal Affairs
|At large
$1 Million Reward
|Jamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti
|Deputy Chief of Tribal Affairs
[Saddam's son-in-law]
|In Custody 4/20/03
|Mizban Khadr Hadi
|RCC Member, Reg CDR Central Euphrates Region
U.S. Army's V Corps headquarters said Mizban Khadr Hadi, ... was captured Thursday [5/01/03] in the area of Baghdad controlled by the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division.
In Custody 7/09/03
|Taha Muhyi al-Din MARUF
|Vice President and RCC Member
|Captured 5/02/03
|Tariq Mikhail AZIZ
|Deputy Prime Minister
|In Custody 4/24/03
|Walid Hamid Tawfiq al-Tikriti
|Governor of Basrah Governate
|In Custody 4/29/03
|Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi
|Dep Prime Minister, Economics & Finance Min.
|Captured 4/19/03
|Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai
|Minister of Defense
|In Custody 9/19/03
|Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad
|Minister of the Interior, He was previously reported CAPTURED on July 9th by Centcom
In Custody 8/09/03
|Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi
|Al Quds Force Chief of Staff
|Captured 6/05/03
|Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib
|DMI Director
|Captured 4/23/03
|Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi
|Presidential Scientific Adviser/NMD Dir Gen [chemical and biological programs]
|In Custody 4/12/03
|Amir Rashid Muhammad al-Ubaydi
|Former Oil Minister [aka "Missle Man" married to "Dr. Germ"]
|In Custody 4/28/03
|Husam Muhammad AMIN al-Yasin
|National Monitoring Director
|Captured 4/27/03
|Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih
|Minister of Trade
|Captured 4/23/03
|Sabawi Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti
|Baath Party, Saddam Maternal Half Brother
|Captured 2/27/05
|Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti
|Baath Party, Saddam Half Brother
|Captured 4/13/03
|Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti
|Baath Party, Saddam Half Brother
|Captured 4/16/03
|Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash
|Party Youth & Trade Bureau Chairman
|In Custody 5/05/03
|Abd al-Baqi abd al-Karim Abdallah al-Sadun
|BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Baghdad
|At large
$1 Million Reward
|Muhammad Zimam Abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun
|BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Ta'mim & Ninawa Gov
|Captured 2/15/04
$1 Million Reward
|Samir abd al-Aziz al-Najim
|BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Diyal Gov.
|Captured 4/17/03
|Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur
|Min of Higher Education & Scientific Research
|Captured 4/20/03
|Yahya Abdallah al-Ubaydi
|BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Basrah Gov.
|At large
$1 Million Reward
|Sa'd Abd al-Majid al-Faysal
|BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Salah ad Din Gov.
|Captured 5/27/03
|Sayf al-Din al-Mashhadani
|BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Muthanna Gov.
|Captured 5/27/03
|Fadil Mahmud Gharib (aka: Gharib Muhammad Fazel) al-Mashaikh
|BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Babil/Karbala Gov.
|Captured 5/13/03
|Muhsin Khadr al-Khafaji
|BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Qadasiyah Gov.
|Captured 2/09/04
$1 Million Reward
|Rashid Taan Kazim
|BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Anbar Governate
|Captured July 2006
$1 Million Reward
|Ugla Abid Saqr al-Kubaysi
|BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Maysan Governate
|In Custody 5/20/03
|Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi
|BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Wasit Gov.
|In Custody 5/07/03
|Adil Abdallah Mahdi
|BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Dhi Qar Governate
|Captured 5/15/03
|Nayif Shindakh Thamir
|BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Salah ad Din Governate
Long ago, an Iraqi TV report said he was KILLED in the battle for Najaf. - - - Apparently, Centcom now believes he is dead. NO Jan'04 reward was issued.
(Centcom status page still lists him as no status)
|[Believed DEAD]
As of 1-14-2004, Central Command began quoting Iraqi TV that he was killed.
|Khamis Sirhan al Muhammad
{ He was first reported captured on August 8th: per FoxNews: "Senior defense officials said Monday morning that No. 54 of the 55 most-wanted Iraqis has been taken into custody -- Khamis Sirhan al Muhammad, a Baath Party chairman and commander of the Baath militia in the Karbala Governate. Muhammad was captured in raids over the weekend, along with another on the wider list of 200."}
|BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Karbala Governate
{ CENTCOM never updated him on their website, then in January offered a $1Million reward, and then reported he was captured 1/11/2004.}
Captured 1/11/04
{this time for SURE!}
|Husayn Al Awadi
|BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Ninawa Governate
|Captured 6/10/03
|- - - Additions - - -
|Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi born: Jordan
|*was named as the link between Iraq and Al Qaeda.
*believed to be a close associate of Usama Bin Laden and Saif Al-Adel.
*A poisons expert; ran a poison and explosives training camp
$25 Million Reward.
|Farouk Hijazi
|#3 in Mukhabarat Iraqi intelligence ["biggest fish so far" -CIA]
|Captured 4/25/03
|["unnamed associate of"]
Abu Musab Zarqawi
|a leading Al Qaeda operative
|Captured 4/29/03
|Abu Abbas
|Convicted Terrorist/Murderer - Leader Palestine Liberation Front
|Captured 4/15/03
|Ahmed Walid Raguib al-Baz
|Terrorist - 1st Lieutenant Palestine Liberation Front
|Killed 3/20/03
|Khala Khadr Al-Salahat
|Member of the Abul Nidal terrorist organization
|In Custody 4/18/03
|Moqtada al-Sadr
|"Cleric" leader of the Mehdi Army
|At large
|Saif Al-Adel born: Egypt
|*thought to be affiliated with the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, and a high-ranking
member of Al-Qaeda.
*Al-Adel is wanted in connection with numerous 1998 bombings of US Embassies.
|At large
$25 Million Reward.
|Hassan Ghul born: Pakistan
|a facilitator known in terrorist circles as "the Gatekeeper" who moved money and people around the Middle East, Africa and possibly beyond. Officials said that Ghul has extensive contacts in Al Qaeda and wider terrorist communities
|Captured 1/23/04
|Husam Al-Yememi
|a top deputy of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi who is believed to link Iraq directly to Al Qaeda.
|Captured 1/22/04
|Abdul Rahman Yasin born: Bloomington,IN(US citizen)
|Indicted fugitive from 1993 WTC bombing. Has a long history with Iraq
|At large
$5 Million Reward.
|Ahmad Khalil Ibrahim Samir al-Ani
|former Iraq Consul, met with Mohammed Atta in Prague shortly before 9/11
|Captured 7/02/03
|Ahmad Hikmat Shakir
|an Iraqi national and al-Qaeda operative, with connections to the 1993 WTC bombing, a Jan 2000 al Qaeda summit in Malaysia, the Oct 2000 USS Cole bombing, and the 9/11 mass murder. (Newsweek) Shakir fled back to Baghdad just before the war.
|At large
three months after he was detained in 2002, Shakir was "inexplicably" released by Jordanian authorities - and he promptly vanished
|Ali Hussein Habib
|Iraqi airforce general
|Killed by the regime ~3/20/03
|Khaled Abdallah
|a senior official of Saddam's Mukhabarat secret police
|In Custody 4/20/03
|Major Khalid Hmood
|Head of Iraqi intelligence during the war and one of Saddam's top bodyguards,
|In Custody 4/20/03
|Salim Sa'id Khalaf al-Jumayli
|former Chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service American Desk
|Captured 4/23/03
|"Son of Ham"
[apple falls close to the tree]
|Son of Hamza (Q-of-Spades - one of Saddam's most ruthless war criminals)
|Captured 4/21/03
|Luay Khayrallaha
[Saddam's brother-in-law]
|#152 on the top 200 most-wanted list. Iraqi intelligence and security leader
|Captured 5/19/03
|Mulhana Hamood Abdul Jabar
[Saddam's brother-in-law]
|caught with $300,000, three AK-47 rifles, and a rocket-propelled grenade
|Captured 5/25/03
|Jaffar al-Jaffer
|physicist & father of Iraq's nuclear WMD program
|In Custody 4/13/03
|Imad Husayn Abdallah al-Ani
|former VX nerve agent developer
|In Custody 4/18/03
|Rihab Taha [aka "Dr. Germ"]
|architect of Iraq's bio WMD program
|In Custody 5/12/03
|Mohammed Saeed Kazim al-Sahaf [aka: "Comical Ali"]
[aka: "Baghdad Bob"]
|Minister of Information
[wanted for DNC spokesperson]
|Captured 6/25/03
[reportedly questioned by U.S. forces and released]
On Administrative Leave
|Taha Ahmed Kalif
|Anti-Iraq forces cell leader
|In Custody 8/2/04
|Ali Ahmed Hamdoosh
|Bomb maker with American blood on his hands
|In Custody 8/2/04
|Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed aka "Khadr al-Sabahi"
|Hussein aide, now Ba'athist leader of insurgents
|At Large
| **
Note2: Also, Al-Rawi (J-of-clubs) was reported by an Islamic newspaper as murdered by Saddam
and Qusay on 4/08/03... one day AFTER the bombing of Saddam at the restaurant.
[IMO, this is MUCH more believable now that we KNOW both Saddam and Qusay survived that restaurant blast]
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Magnum Research is reintroducing the long 10″ barred version of the Desert Eagle. The Desert Eagle has a fixed barrel with a picatinny rail for optics, making it a good handgun hunting platform. The 10″ barrel will increase the velocity of the .50 AE or .44 Magnum rounds it fires.
From the press release …
USA based Kahr Arms and the family of firearms that also includes Magnum Research and Auto Ordnance, re-introduces the Desert Eagle Mark XIX .50AE pistol with a 10" barrel.
The DE5010 is a .50AE gas-operated, rotating bolt semi-automatic pistol. It is constructed with a high-quality carbon steel barrel, frame and slide, and a full Picatinny rail system on the barrel. The DE5010 also features fixed combat-style sights. The pistol is finished in black oxide, but, other custom finishes will be available in the future. The Desert Eagle Mark XIX with the 10" barrel is also offered in a .44 Magnum model.
The barrel length on the DE5010 is 10" making the overall length 14.75 " in either caliber. The bore diameter is .495" for the .50AE, .429 for .44 Magnum, height is 6.25" and the slide width is 1.25". Total weight with an empty magazine is 4 lbs. 12 oz. Magazine capacity is 7 rounds for the .50AE and 8 rounds for the .44 Magnum.
They are not cheap. The MSRP of the .50 AE model is $1,683.00 and MSRP of the .44 Magnum model is $1,650.00


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What does it fix?
Improve the help file description about sending files to another device.
Manual installation instructions
1. Exit all running programs.
2. Download this update and save it to your hard drive.
3. When the download is completed, locate the downloaded file inthe location you specified.
4. Double-click EP0000600929.exe to run it.
5. Wait while the wizard updates your software.
6. When the installation is complete, restart the VAIO.
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Nome del file
- EP0000600929.exe
Struttura del file
- 64 bit
Dimensioni file
Data del rilascio
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For services like, for example, spare parts management, additional documents often must be sent to the customer along with the invoice. These might be security data sheets, customs documents, drawings or other specifications. Not all of these relevant documents are always linked directly to the invoice – the challenge lies in that the referenced documents are not connected with the actual object (the invoice) but rather with various other objects. In the area of service handling, for example, documents concerning modifications, repairs, maintenance or TÜV inspections are often connected with the service order. Data recorded by employees on site, such as time logged and activities carried out, are also normally linked there.
These documents must also be sorted in a certain sequence for printing, and must be able to be manually corrected or controlled before actual output. Since the invoices are often printed and inserted in envelopes by a print service provider, the invoices are in this case to be prepared also as PDF with marking of folds and enveloping, and enhanced with a margin stamp containing the document number.
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O'ville welcomes largest solar array on Cape
Oyster Harbors Marine unveils new facility with green and clean power
Osterville is now home to the largest private solar-power producing photovoltaic system on Cape Cod and if you want to see it, it's on the roof of Oyster Harbors Marine's new and impressive 20,000-square-foot repair and office facility at 122 Bridge St., on the east shore of North Bay.
The solar panels – 276 of them - were installed by Nexamp, Inc., of North Andover, a clean-energy solutions company that has helped Boston Mayor Thomas Menino win the "Green Business Award" for the 109kw solar system installed on the Boston Sand and Gravel building.
Five Massachusetts companies collaborated on the marina's renewable energy project, said Ron Silvia, marina president. They are Silvia and Silvia Builders and Hy-Line Cruises, sharing a "50" ownership stake in Oyster Harbors Marine; the marina corporation, Encamp, and solar inverter manufacturer Solectron Renewable of Lawrence. Federal and state tax credits to spur investment in clean energy also entered the mix, which helps reduce the $500,000 cost of the panel system by roughly a third, Silvia said.
The facility was explored by U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt and town officials yesterday (Aug. 13) at an unveiling and tour where Silvia said he was "thrilled" about the marina's "green approach."
Walking through the nearly completed $4 million project, Delahunt said it "represents what can happen when you have enlightened business leaders who look to the future." He said the solar panel system will not only reduce the company's costs, but help combat global warming, help the country inch closer to energy independence and, as a byproduct, improve national security and provide future jobs.
He recently was in Russia as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, he said, noting that country is in need of technology that the United States with its intellectual capacity can provide. "The opportunities are incredible," he said of the emerging green power industry.
Barnstable Town Council President Fred Chirigotis and Tom Lynch, assistant town manager, brought greetings of the town.
The south-facing, rooftop solar array is expected to produce from 30 to 50 percent of the full-service marina's power needs. Silvia estimated the panel system will pay for itself in power savings within five to seven years. "We use a lot of electricity here," he said.
The project had been in the planning stage for several years. Construction began last August, first with the demolition of an older boat storage building and construction of the "green" multi-function facility by Silvia and Silvia Builders on almost the same footprint.
The building also has radiant heat and enhanced insulation to reduce energy consumption, which complement the solar system that will product 57.96 kw, enough electricity for 7.5 homes.
"The panels are designed to last 30 years," Silvia said. "They cover 4,417 square feet of the roof. Had there been more roof, we would have installed more panels," he said while also noting the roof of the original portion of the building that wasn't demolished could take a few more panels should circumstances dictate.
Solar panels harvest sunlight, or solar radiation, (which is why they were placed on the south-facing roof for maximum exposure to the sun and thus efficiency) and convert the sun's radiant energy into electricity via photovoltaic cells that are arranged in grids on the panels. The more cells, and the better quality cells on a panel, the more the electrical output.
How the conversion actually occurs shrinks down to atomic science and has to do with energy from photons striking the solar panels and knocking electrons out of orbit. Once free, the electrons are pulled in a directional current toward metal contacts in the cell that generate electricity. It is called the photovoltaic effect and unlike generators requiring fuel and moving parts to produce electricity, the panels have no moving parts and no emissions, hence, clean power.
The building's interior, expected to be completed by the end of September, has two floors and storage mezzanine above. It has two large doors, 30-by-33 feet, that allow the yard's travel lift to efficiently deposit yachts into the work stations for mechanical, hull and electronic repairs and maintenance.
The second floor, accessible by elevator and steps, harbors the electrical control room where inverters transform direct current from the solar panels to alternating current. There are dedicated spaces for other utilities and a ramp leading to the second floor of the original building. The multi-functional building along with the connected original building also house sales offices, parts department, retail outlet for accessories, and employee lunchroom, dockmaster and yard manager's office.
"Not only does the system reduce the carbon footprint," Silvia said, "it blends the idyllic charm of the harbor with the contemporary style of the panels, thus bringing the marina into the environmentally conscious 21st century."
Silvia said he first connected with Nexamp while building a carbon-neutral home in Truro.


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All moms out there I bet you can agree that Band-Aids are your best friend. Especially when the spring and summer time come. I know in my house hold every time I let my children go outside to play. I better have the wash cloth, band aids and the Neosporin on hand. It seems like every time they go outside it never fails that one of my children falls and scrape their arms or knees.
I know as a parent I never want to see my children hurting when they get hurt. Although I know if they get hurt I want the best products out their, so when I do clean up their scrapes and cuts I want to prevent them from getting infected. Johnson and Johnson Band-Aid brand has provided me their latest Band-Aids and Neosporin products for review.
I received Neosporin which is one of my personal favorite products. Every time one of my children or myself gets a cute I always use Neosporin. A few quick facts when using Neosporin is that you always want to apply after cleaning the scrape or cut. The one question that I was curious about is how many times can you apply Neosporin to the affected area? The answer is you can apply up to 3 times a day. I have always had great luck with Neosporin and helping my cuts and scrapes heal faster.
I also received several different packs of their Band-Aids. These would make great Easter Basket fillers! Knowing the kids are going to be outside more what a great filler. I know what your thinking boring. Band-Aid has new trendy Band-Aids just for kids and not the plain old ones. We received a variety of kids Band-Aids. We received TMNT, Winnie The Pooh, Barbie, and scrapbooking kind. I know they have a wide variety of kid friendly character Band-Aids. Each pack has a 20 variety bandages inside.
I am quite impressed with their variety of different character Band-Aid offers. I know when getting hurt it is nice to pick out a cool looking band aid than a regular plain one. This makes kids feel a little better when they get hurt. You can find different variety of Band-Aids at your local store.
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Dr. Hayward offers a wide variety of conservative and minimally invasive treatment options for lumbar problems, including disc herniations and degenerative disc disease. For example, he performs minimally invasive surgery for spinal stenosis, minimally invasive lumbar fusions and both endoscopic and laser spine surgery.
Any condition that causes pain in the lumbar spine for more than a few days should be treated as soon as possible.
Endoscopic & Laser Spine Surgery
Endoscopic spine surgery is a minimally invasive spine surgery technique that utilizes an endoscope to treat herniated, protruded, extruded, or degenerative discs that are a contributing factor to leg and back pain. The endoscope allows the surgeon to use a "keyhole" incision to access the herniated disc. Muscle and tissue are dilated rather than being cut when accessing the disc. This leads to less tissue destruction, less postoperative pain, quicker recovery times, and earlier rehabilitation. The excellent visualization via the endoscope permits the surgeon to selectively remove a portion of the herniated nucleus pulposus that is contributing to the patients' leg and back pain.
Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion
Ever since laser spine surgery has been advertised nationwide by one large organization the words fusion have become a four letter word. However the truth is spinal fusion is still necessary. Traditionally spine surgeons would make a large open incision to visualize what they are doing. Now with technology and great skill, Dr. Hayward is able to perform spinal fusion through smaller incisions. Spinal fusion is the process of stabilizing the spine and allowing the spine to fuse or grow bone in the disc space therefore stabilizing the spine. Not all minimally invasive spine surgery is equal. Dr. Hayward has spent a lot of time training across the country to learn and provide patients the smallest incision possible.
When is spinal fusion necessary?
- Spondylolisthesis: A condition where abnormal movement of your vertrabrae cause pain
- Iatrogenic Instability: A condition where instability or abnormal movement may be caused when it is surgically necessary to remove bone that is causing stenosis or narrowing of the path where your nerves lie.
- Discogenic Pain: Pain that is originating from disc material.
- Spinal Stenosis: Narrowing of areas in the spine where nerve roots and the spinal cord must travel.
For more information about advanced treatments or an appointment, call Heartland Spine Institute at 877.331.5763. For your convenience, you can use our online Appointment Request form.


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If you have never been to Hungary before, here are some tips about getting here and having fun!
You can reach our country with every kind of transportation.
1 euro is around 310 HUF, you can check the daily rates here:
ATM locator map of the biggest Hungarian bank OTP:
By rail
There are 3 main international railway stations in Budapest: Eastern (Keleti), Western (Nyugati) and Southern (Déli). More than 50 trains a day provide direct links between Budapest and 25 other European capital cities. Trains to Vienna run every 3 hours, 7 times a day. There is also a popular network of InterCity trains linking Budapest with the main Hungarian towns. All three international railway stations are part of the Budapest Underground system, the Metró. The Déli and Keleti are stops on the Red (Number 2) line and the Nyugati is on the Blue (Number 3) line. Kelenföld (which is the last station previous to Déli) has the initial underground station of line Number 4, which ends at Keleti station and where you can change to line Number 2.
By plane
It's very easy to get to Budapest by plane – several low-cost airlines and also the national airline have great offers and services.
Budapest International Airport is sixteen kilometres south-east of downtown Budapest. From the Ferihegy Terminal 2A is within the Schengen borders, Terminal B to countries outside the Schengen Convention depart airplanes.
Getting into town:
- All major car rental companies have offices in the arrivals hall of Budapest Ferihegy Airport.
- The Airport minibus is a popular and reasonably priced means of transport between the airport and the city.
- The public airport bus, BKV bus number 200E goes to M3 station Kőbánya-Kispest (blue line), about 20 minutes away. From here, the metro takes passangers straight into the city centre.
- A taxi to the centre of Budapest will cost anything between 3.500 HUF and 8.000 HUF..
- Trains also commute between the airport and Nyugati Railway Station, 51 times daily on weekdays and 38 times a day on weekends and holidays. The train ticket price is about HUF 370-615 per person.
By coach
International and domestic buses depart from and arrive to the Népliget Bus Station. Other domestic bus stations are at Árpád híd, Stadionok station in Pest, and Etele tér in Buda.
Volánbusz Rt. has scheduled passenger coach services to and from the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.
Online tickets: www.volanbusz.hu
By car
Hungary has 5 motorways and 4 main roads, eight start from Budapest (exception: main road No. 8). For using the following motorways you have to buy a motorway sticker: M1, M3, M5, M6 and M7 (available at border crossing points and at petrol stations).
The Hungarian Highway Code (KRESZ) is based on the Vienna and Geneva Convention, and as such traffic signs and road markings are similar to those found in other European countries.
However, it is important to highlight a few important traffic regulations that visitors to Hungary must observe at all times: use of seatbelts in the front and rear seats are compulsory; only mobile phones fitted with loudspeaker or headset microphone may be used in cars, and it is recommended that drivers making or receiving a call pull over to the side of the road in a safe area; drivers may not consume any alcohol before driving, and drunk drivers can be fined upwards of HUF 300,000 (€ 1000); the speed limit in built-up areas is 50 km/h, outside built-up areas 90 km/h, on main roads 110 km/h and on motorways 130 km/h; use of the horn in towns is only permitted in moments of danger.
Caution: as of January 2008, drivers caught drinking ANY amount of alcohol will have their driver's licences confiscated on the spot, regardless of whether the driver is a local or a foreigner.
Information on roadworks in progress, diversions, motorway vignette prices and other useful information:www.motorway.hu


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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:29:12 -0400
This is my first post on this list, and I am learning the Curl APIs.
I am trying to run the example code (simple.c), where it tries to read from
a website. However, it fails to open with the below error.
curl_easy_perform() failed: Couldn't connect to server
Then I tried to do a wget on the same web site - wget http://gmail.com, but
it also failed with following reason.
--2013-03-14 18:23:58-- http://gmail.com/
Resolving localhost (localhost)... 127.0.0.1
Connecting to localhost (localhost)|127.0.0.1|:8080... failed: Connection
1. What is the reason of 'simple.c' program failing.
2. Is there any connection between the two results above? How do I make
this 'simple.c' program work?
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23oct15 STATUS QUO
When your home is a steady influx of people, it is hard to be in the status quo.
Visitors keep you out of the rut. That's why I love them. Especially if they don't think like me or believe like me. I think the rut and status quo go hand in hand. That's why it isn't a prerequisite for the visitors who come down to be Christians. I've had lots of people come down here on Christian teams who weren't Christians. Some said they were, but they weren't. Who knows. Who cares. As long as they follow our loose guidelines, and are safe around children and women I am fine with anyone visiting us..
I always have wondered about words, where they come from. We had the opportunity to have a visitor this week who taught me that there is actually a word for that. Etymology. I have been having a blast with google now that I know there is an actual word for that. I like etymology. I wouldn't have ever learned that probably if I hadn't received a stranger *NOW FRIEND* into our home.
Status quo is the theme of the week. Status is condition. Quo means nothing changes . Status Quo… a condition that never changes. Every one seems to want to live in the 'status quo' zone. It's comfortable. Status Quo actually is mediocrity… who wants that? I think it is the polar opposite of true Christianity. I think status quo comes when our eyes are on ourselves and on our neighbors. The problem is that it is prevalent in the american churches of today. When you are living in the status quo, you begin to think everyone else is in the status quo as well. You see a picture of a boat coming in from Syria *built for 100, holding 1000*. As a religious person you see problems. You are a citizen of the world. You are not thinking as a peculiar person just passing through a strange land *by definition, a true Christian*. World citizens, status quo people, the religious say,,, Oh no, here comes another 1000 problems. That is corporate church status quo thinking. It is not Jesus thinking. The church, and government can only see Haji Terrorists, Jesus' eye is on the sparrow. He sees that one salient father defending his little girls on that boat. He sees the grieving parent. He sees the 1 Christian, standing for his faith *Jesus' faith actually*. on that boat, 1 in a 1000.
Status quo is synonymous with Happy Endings. Therefore the concept of status quo is a myth. There is NO happily ever after, except for heaven. Yet people strive for status quo because they think they will have it when we get there. We all wish for it. We want to be like the Jones'. Even missionaries, who supposedly have sold out and are living their lives as a flame for Jesus, often find themselves doing the same thing that hundreds before them had done, because it is the safe way of doing things. Have you every wondered why country roads are so deeply dug in? The sides go up 2 or three meters! It is because those roads used to be Indian paths. Indians hacked their way through the woods,, then trampled the grass and brush until it was dead. Then the path turned in to dust and mud, and as the dust was blown and washed away, it started going down inches or feet every year. Years & centuries later, that trail became a rut, then a road. Now it's paved, but it used to be just a path through the woods or fields. Those paths and roads are fun to walk down but deadly.. Once a mad cow tried to horn me, and I literally was trapped in by those high sides of that 'safe path'. Snakes expect you and will bite you, because they've seen humans before. In war, we learned to NEVER walk down a path because that is where all the booby traps are. Complacency, mediocrity, status quo KILL. If you are guided by the Spirit of God, *because we are children of God* we will NEVER walk down the path of mediocrity. We will never be status quo. God does call us His Peculiar people. It is impossible to 'fit in' if you are truly following God and His spirit.
The story of the prodigal son is the biggest example of ASSUMED status quo.The son thought he was missing out on life. Everyone else was disobedient, so he wanted to party with the bad boys. He wanted to be in the rich kid 'status quo' club. Then when he was with the pigs, the Spirit of God led him out of there. We all assume that it is a happily ever after story but it isn't. It is NOT a static story. Who knows what happened to the prodigal son 5 years later? Maybe the self righteous son was coming back, after doing his time in the pig pens, and maybe the prodigal son might be standing there in righteous indignation?
We STRIVE to make the ranks of status quo, but it is a vain gesture. NOTHING is static. Except for God's love. Instead of striving for status quo, we should be relaxing in God's love.
Working with children here in Managua is NEVER static nor boring. Things change. FAST. The kid loves you and is obedient, hangs on your every word, prays 'the prayer', etc etc. you use him as an example, or her. You put them up on a pedestal.. then WHAM…. their biochemistry changes, their home lives change, and one day the perfect kid is in utter chaos and you don't know who you are talking to. ALL your efforts and work have been destroyed by one bad event…or so it seems.
Working with the less than perfect, praying and hoping things work out… almost ALWAYS ends in disaster…… that is where faith comes in… we have NO IDEA what the future holds. Maybe they have to be in prison and remember the words of God, or on their death bed. One thing is for sure, if you don't leave the mediocre rut of the status quo, you will never have the chance to impact that life.
Our only goal and certainty is everlasting life for these children You can only do that by teaching them to be led by the Spirit of God and not by the status quo. Speaking of pedestal,, here is our little praise and worship leader David,, I love this little boy so much,,, look at him working the crowd as we are waiting for the rest of the kids to get there. Pray that his little life isn't thrown into chaos. We get out of the rut when we have to help others to get out of theirs. Can;t do that from the ranks of the status quo.
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Might Military Schools in Jefferson City Missouri Turn Around Your Troubled Son? Perhaps, But There is Another Solution.
Are you looking because your boy is spinning out of control, rebellious, self-destructing, dabbling in drugs, or in trouble with the law? If so, Agapé Boarding School can help, and probably better than military schools in Jefferson City, Missouri.
Agapé is NOT A MILITARY SCHOOL. It is a more complete solution for your boy, and without the intimidation of drill sergeants. We provide a secure campus and military-like discipline and structure, but Agapé also provides vocational training, mentoring and spiritual help for troubled boys. Our boarding school includes team sports on a sprawling campus and a fully accredited school.
We are different from military schools in Jefferson City, MO, because Agapé also offers mentoring and life direction, without screaming and intimidation like military schools do. We're not a military school, but Agapé is a more effective solution for helping turn around boys who are struggling!
Agapé Boarding School for boys helps struggling teen boys turn their lives around in a caring Christian environment. Parents from Jefferson City, Missouri and throughout America have trusted Agapé Boarding School with each and every individual boy to help him to become a respectful, responsible young man.
Agapé Boarding School provides a superior training program for teen boys from Jefferson City, Missouri with a surprisingly low cost. Please look into it even if you are looking for military academies in Missouri.
Make a comparison of Agapé Boarding School to Jefferson City Missouri military schools for troubled boys, and you will see that we offer an advanced program and outstanding facilities at a much lower rate. We especially work with boys who lack motivation at home or in class, those acting out in defiance or disregard for authority, and teenagers who have ADD, ADHD, RAD, ODD or depression.
Agape's beautiful campus and facilities are worthy of a closer look, even if it isn't a military school program.
Situated on 200 acres of ranch land in the nation's heartland, we have extensive recreational facilities, athletic fields, and an amazing variety of exotic animals throughout the campus. Unlike military boarding schools, boys experience a rich variety of activities and learning experiences while they stay healthy and have fun during their stay. The unique setting of this extraordinary campus and our low cost draws families from Jefferson City, Missouri and beyond.
Like many military schools, our outstanding school helps troubled boys graduate and prepare for the future.
With our accredited educational program, boys work on their junior high and high school classes at their own rate, while also assisted by tutors and certified teachers. Plenty of individualized attention ensures that boys at every capability master their coursework. Most students realize that they quickly make up for lost time and gain new confidence in their academic abilities. Our college-prep program prepares boys for college entrance testing and applications. Teenage boys graduate from Agapé Boarding School well-prepared for their entrance into the workplace or going to the college classroom.
While Agapé is not in Jefferson City, Missouri, a fresh location away from peers can offer your son a fresh perspective for a new start in life without the harshness of a military school setting.
While you might be searching for military school options in Jefferson City, Missouri, many boys tell us that a move out of state was the perfect way to allow them to get a fresh start. With familiar peers and places left far behind, old habits can more easily fade away. A fresh location eliminates distractions for boys who need to reevaluate their choices. Furthermore, the expansive outdoor surroundings and also the rhythms of ranch life on our beautiful Missouri facilities speak strongly to the hearts of teenage boys.
Agapé Boarding School serves at-risk teenage boys from Jefferson City, Missouri, and from throughout America with a highly disciplined, military-like program.
|More about military boarding schools in Missouri:
Jefferson City is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Cole County. Located in Callaway and Cole counties, it is the principal city of the Jefferson City metropolitan area, which encompasses the entirety of both counties. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,079. Jefferson City was named after Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.
Jefferson City is on the northern edge of the Ozark Plateau on the southern side of the Missouri River near the geographic center of the state, in a region known as Mid-Missouri. It is at the western edge of the Missouri Rhineland, one of the major wine-producing regions of the Midwest. The city is dominated by the domed Capitol, rising from a bluff overlooking the Missouri River to the north. Lewis and Clark passed beneath that bluff on their historic expedition upriver before Europeans established any settlement there.
Excerpt about military boarding schools for boys near Jefferson City, Missouri, used with permission from Wikipedia.
While Agapé is not a military school nor a boot camp, we invite you to read the remainder of information on our website to learn how we are a better option for troubled boys, then please give us a call.


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Looks like we will continue our tour of low places as we plow ahead in the New Year. Squat and Hover has a tour of another part of Bako's ample underbelly planned for us.
Squat has insidious plans to Occupy Vu on this run. The girls promise games and prizes so bring your big bottle of Purell.
Come prepared for anything on this one. Pub crawl involved, so no under-age folks, please.
Event: Bring Your Purell Hash
Date: Monday, January 9, 2012
Hare: Squat & Hover plus friends
Entrance Fee: $8.00 bring singles
Time: Normal Hash Time 6:30pm
Meeting Place: Sam Lynn ball park,
Chester Ave. just south of the mighty Kern River.
Map to the A:http://g.co/maps/n23mp


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Home Posts Media Indian paint industry estimated to reach Rs.70,000 crores by 2021-22: IPA
Speaking on the occasion, Abhijit Roy, President - IPA said, "The Indian Paint Industry currently valued at around Rs. 50,000 Crores is poised to grow at a healthy rate and is expected to reach around Rs.70, 000 Crores by 2021-22. There is a strong co-relation between the Indian Paint Industry and the GDP growth of the country. It has historically surpassed India's GDP growth by 1.5 to 2 times."
The 29th Indian Paint Conference, the largest trade-show of the estimated Rs. 500 billion (Rs. 50,000 crores) Indian Paints and Coatings industry was organized in Agra from 11th to 13th January 2019.
The 3-Day Conference organized by Indian Paint Association (IPA), the apex body of the Indian paint industry was inaugurated by Sumit Sawhney, CEO & MD - Renault India and Jayant Krishna, former Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) in presence of stalwarts from the Indian paint industry and senior officials from industry bodies like CII.
"Although the implementation of GST regime came in as a challenge initially; the reduction of GST rates from 28% to 18% has come in as a breather for the paint industry," he further added.
During the Conference; Paint & Coatings Skill Council (PCSC), a body affiliated with IPA announced the launch of an Apprenticeship Training Programme in association with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) for developing skilled manpower for the industry.
"Skill development has always been one of our prime focus areas. The paint Industry spearhead by the IPA and PCSC has taken big strides in skilling across the country and today our painters have been exposed to not only national but also international painting best-practices," elaborated Mr. Roy.
The theme of the 29th Indian Paint Conference was 'Paint Pe Charcha - Naye Aayaam' signifying in-depth deliberations (Charcha) to discover new dimensions (Naye Aayaam). The Conference witnessed knowledge sharing sessions from leading paint industry stalwarts from India; in addition to select global speakers.
Dignitaries Present at the Media Briefing for the 29th Indian Paint Conference
• Mr. Abhijit Roy, President - IPA (MD & CEO, Berger Paints India Ltd.)
• Mr. S Mahesh Anand, Vice President - IPA (President Decorative, Nippon Paints India)
• Ms. Nita Karmakar, Secretary General IPA & Regional Director CII
• Mr. K B S Anand (MD & CEO, Asian Paints Ltd.)
• Mr. Anuj Jain (Executive Director, Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd.)
• Mr. P K Khanna, Convenor - 29th Indian Paint Conference (Director, Punjab Paint Colour & Varnish Works (P) Ltd.).
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I've seen two discussions regarding the layout of headers on the article pages:
- First discussion - how/why the sub-headings are done on articles. I've tended to do them however the existing article was marked up, but I don't really understand why each sub-heading includes the full name (and more) of the article. Surely that is redundant information that just adds to the bulk of the page. It also makes it more difficult to use the headings in the "Contents" list as anchors on the page to direct links in from outside as a link could be something like Zhodani#History & Background (which only takes you to the top of the page as the subheading is not complete) but instead would have to be Zhodani#Zhodani (Sophont) History & Background (Dossier)(which will take you to the desired location on the page).
- Second discussion - I don't think it's a good idea to introduce a new article format without discussing it first. I, for one, would not have approved. The basic idea is that we try to keep articles so like actual in-setting library data as we can (subject to various practical limits). The multiple headlines and parentheses makes the articles seem overly busy and quite disquieting to me. It also makes them stylistically different from the 7,000 previous articles. Rancke (talk) 21:24, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
I tend to agree with both of these points. I would like to come to a good agreement about the size and scope of the headers in the article to allow clear delineation of topics without over specification. Tjoneslo (talk) 19:56, 27 April 2015 (EDT)
- Hi Rancke, I think you make excellent points. I did not act alone and Tjoneslo liked some of the layouts I helped pioneer enough to make a template out of them. I am very open to discussion and cooperation as part of the community. Please note that there was and still is discussion. I am not a lone wolf and I am a very reasonable person. Thank you. Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 20:12, 27 April 2015 (EDT)
- Hi Rancke, please also note that these layouts are not a brand new thing. They have been around for nearly four months now and vetted by the community of active users, many of whom like them and have begun to use them. This being a new occurrence to you coincides with your last contribution (before the last few days) being nearly four months ago. At any rate, I do not want to pick a fight. I admire you and your work. Thanks for all of your hard work over the years. Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 20:15, 27 April 2015 (EDT)
The heading system, which is very much a work-in-progress, works as following:
SUB 2 hierarchy -- ARTICLE (category) [2-word title such as 'History & Background'] (clarification) --
SUB 3 HIERARCHY --- ARTICLE (One of the two word titles) [area title] ---
[area title] ----
There are four SUB 2 HIERARCHIES common to most articles:
- Synopsis
- Description
- History & Background (Dossier)
- References & Contributors (Sources)
The above four SUB 2 HIERARCHIES govern most articles, but specific layouts exist for articles, which benefit from other categories.
So, for instance, publications use two different version of the basic SUB-2 HIERARCHY:
- [Book title] (Book) Synopsis
- [Periodical title] (Periodical) Synopsis
They both add a category for: [Book title] (Book) Credits
And that's it in a nut shell.
The system was originally developed by intelligence agencies such as the MI6, CIA, KGB, GRU, etc. Hence, the word "dossier." I'm a former military guy and I used similar systems in the two militaries I had experience serving.
It is now also used in many Wikis, particularly those for younger readers (I have worked on the "Five Nights at Freddy's" Wiki), who grew up with electronic information devices, "Handcomps" in Traveller parlance, and do not have the willingness to read long tracts of expository writing.
This system breaks down those expository "whales" into smaller, more digestible pieces and allows readers to pick out what they are most interested in... (such as militaries, synopses, etc.). This often leads to the reader deciding to read the rest of the article.
It also makes it easier for active users to see what's missing from an article and could be added to, such as "History & Background", a GURPS World Paragraph, or other "holes" in what's available.
Since the system has been implemented in January 2015, I have been non-scientifically monitoring the articles and their access counts. Pages with the layout schema are overwhelmingly being read more. This could be due to many factors, but I think at least one contributing factor is that the pages are more organized and it's easier to access the information.
I don't know what the community will, in the end of ends, decide to go with, but I do very much think that the pages could use some kind of an organizational schema.
That's my two cents! Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 13:47, 28 April 2015 (EDT)
- As one more aside, I am a former public school teacher and have exposed hundreds of young people over the years to Traveller and other games ("Lunch-time Game Club"). I meet very few young people who have the patience to dig through the canon of dozens or hundreds of Traveller books that now exists. Every time I run games with groups of young people, I refer them to the Traveller, which has been far more successful at getting those same young people interested in Traveller lore and the Traveller OTU storyline. It works. Wiki technology, when well-organized can be one of the best tools we older grognards have for getting the younger generation interested. I see that idea in action all the time. Some of my friend's children and former students get the Traveller bug from a site like this. Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 14:07, 28 April 2015 (EDT)
- Such an organizational scheme isn't needed for old grognards like many of us, folks like User:Jmattera, User:Ronald B. Kline, Jr., User:OGuutan, User:Tjoneslo and many others. We grew up with Traveller when it consisted of an easily-countable number of books. The newer generation hasn't had that experience and never will. They need help. Plus, as a generality, they are not as literary, as many of us were. They are far more apt to text, surf the Internet, use a computer than to read an old-fashioned Mk. I book. Collecting some of the lore in this Wiki, making it easy to access, and having it organized is a boon toward the goals of getting more young people interested in Traveller. In summation, the older generation of Traveller fans doesn't need much of any of the articles on the Wiki, we are already dedicated fans. The younger generation needs a project like this very much. Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 14:07, 28 April 2015 (EDT)
- And one more aside: Rancke mentions 7,000 articles. When I use the toolbox app named "special pages" under the "statistics" option (Wiki data and tools), I see the following: 11,418 content pages. In just over 4 months, I have been able to edit well over 5,000 pages and probably many more pages. Whatever the community decides, we can match up everything and make it all look sharp. It's possible. I am not the only ultra-productive editor and contributor to the community. We can make this happen. I've really enjoyed working with some of the many users here already and I'm very much looking forward to working more with an old grognard and valued member of the community like Rancke. Let's make this happen. Not to be lurkers. Not to argue about OTU, ITU, and all that, but come together to make this site even better. Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 14:07, 28 April 2015 (EDT)
- I'll add my thoughts here as well. (Since adding it I have made minor edits of "you" to "we" to make clear I was not intending this to be an attack on an individual but was using the word "you" in a more impersonal third person style (which is not always clear).)
- I don't have any problem understanding the benefit of subheadings. The point I find odd is the fact that every subheading has the name of the article in front of it when that is obvious from the fact that it is on that page. A set of subheadings that are individually concise are still helpful in subdividing the bulk of an entry (although they can still be a bit much in something that is only going to be a sentence or two long anyway). So using subheadings (with further subdivisions as appropriate) in the fashion:
- Synopsis
- Description
- Meta-History & Background
- Credits
- Contents
- makes a lot of sense to me. But when this is added to the article GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 4, as an example, and then we use:
- GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 4 (Book) Synopsis
- GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 4 (Book) Description
- GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 4 (Book) Meta-History & Background
- GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 4 (Book) Credits
- GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 4 (Book) Contents
- we have massively increased the word content in the subtitles with no benefit, and we have reduced the effectiveness of the subheadings as navigation link anchors. About the only useful bit to my mind might be the (Book), which could be added as a single line at the start of the article to indicate the category it falls into if it was felt necessary to do so.
- How an individual looks at categorisation of information probably depends on their experience. I have worked for a long time in technical marketing, writing detailed technical data sheets, product performance recommendations and technical papers. In all those cases, short, concise subheadings clarify the divisions in the document without adding unnecessary overhead.
- I'm happy to implement whatever is agreed as a method, but given a vote I would go for simplicity as an aid to clarity.
- OGuutan (talk) 16:12, 28 April 2015 (EDT)
- Your point about my lack of recent contribution to the wiki is well taken, and if after a thorough discussion the current main contributors reach a consensus decision to change the standard format, so be it. I'd be sorry to see it, because I consider your scheme quite unsuitable to something that emulates a Traveller library data collection, but I wouldn't object any further to it. I'd probably just stop contributing altogether, which, considering how much I've seen fit to contribute lately, would probably not be any big loss.
- I don't want to pick a fight either, but I do want to put the kibosh on this new format if I can. I have no problem understanding the format. I just think it's inappropriate for the Traveller wiki. I'm not a former military guy, and the original developers of Traveller and the wiki did not use this format. You can break up walls of text quite adequately with traditional headlines without adding those IMO completely superfluous article name repetitions and, again IMO, likewise superfluous and jarring words in parentheses.
- It's unfortunate that I didn't notice this new scheme right at the start so that I could have spoken up before you'd used in 5000 instances (very impressive, BTW), but the fact that I didn't isn't going to make me shut up and go away now that I have noticed, though being told by Thomas that this is an official format change will.
- One final thing, somewhat unrelated to the rest of the format differences: The distinction between canon and non-canon is quite important, and IMO worth lessening the resemblance to a real library data entry to emphasize. Hence the occasional top division into first a canon section and then a non-canon section. Rancke (talk) 16:37, 28 April 2015 (EDT)
I love you guys :)Ronald B. Kline, Jr. (talk) 16:56, 28 April 2015 (EDT) ALL of my stuff is non canon, or cannon (look out!) as I have often mispelt it. I just make junk up to suit myself. I try to avoid stepping on toes and try to pick fringe items, so no one minds what I write about. I need all the edit help I can get. I freely admit it. I have never seen some one add as much as fast as brother Maksim. I have frequently written some random, non-sensical blurb about some wandering bit of detritus, and wham bang there are thirteen additional sub categories w/ n/a under them. So for the sake of completeness, I have gone back and tried to fill in the missing pieces. Templates are great. Organization is great. I am not skilled in either. It is funny that we think we are emulating a hand computer, that is cute all by itself. I am simply here to amuse myself.
- Rancke, I think you leaving would be a real loss. I wouldn't want to see that, large or less large amount of contributions. What you have done is very impressive, and I'd love the chance to work with you. Please don't leave, your creative mind would be a real loss. I'd be happy to part of the team modifying the current schema if it would help.
- Your point about it not being Traveller has obvious merit, but Traveller will need to change with the times or the current batch of older fans won't be renewed by younger generations. That would be a tremendous loss. Of course, Traveller started with 1970's ideas about gigantic ENIAC-like computers that took up entire rooms. Times changed.
- Your other point about what Traveller or future computers look like is an interesting one. I can tell you that many current databases, use a very similar format to this one. The Dewey Decimal model of library entries is dead. Everything is online and saving a few characters of space in system that handles gigabytes or Terrabytes (...or more) isn't really a prime consideration. It seems wiser to bank on bringing in new blood than preserve the simple "look" of the 1970's. The content is what really matters and you are a master of that, Rancke. Thank you again for all of your cool contributions. Please stay on with the Wiki and add to its richness. Come up with something better. You have the mind to do it. Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 17:38, 28 April 2015 (EDT)
I should probably add one more thing: I am more concerned with adding to the richness of the site than I am about exactly how that adding happens. Content beats out format every time. I would rather have a site with Rancke and as many other contributors/authors as possible than not. And optimally, I would rather see him working with the rest of the team to devise something better than leave over what I think is a minor disagreement. I feel that a policy of inclusion is optimal, not exclusion, whether it's a personal choice or not. We all have preferences for game versions, TU's, and what not, but, in the end of ends, we're all sci-fi and Traveller fans. Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 17:58, 28 April 2015 (EDT)
- I would like to make a specific proposal for the the page layouts. I'm also going to refer to our Manual of Style and the Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Manual of Style. In the absence of a specific formatting requirement in the former page, I've usually assumed the latter is the guide for articles. We are, in theory, sort of like the Wikipedia of the 57th century.
- The sections we've been using for the pages are good, but the titles are too long. The sections should not include the page titles. Or, to quote from the Wikipedia manual of style: Headings should not refer redundantly to the subject of the article, or to higher-level headings, unless doing so is shorter or clearer. As User:OGuutan points out, the section headers are also used as link anchors. So using the above suggestions I recommend something shorter as a default, and to be made longer with warranted. For example.
- Synopsis
- Description
- History
- Credits
- The sections we've been using for the pages are good, but the titles are too long. The sections should not include the page titles. Or, to quote from the Wikipedia manual of style: Headings should not refer redundantly to the subject of the article, or to higher-level headings, unless doing so is shorter or clearer. As User:OGuutan points out, the section headers are also used as link anchors. So using the above suggestions I recommend something shorter as a default, and to be made longer with warranted. For example.
- This is my suggestion for resolving this, and not a decision handed down from on high. I would like to hear if you (anyone) think we be more specific about this, and if so, how.
- To get the number of articles you have edited you can look at Special:Contributions page. For example, querying for user: Maksim-Smelchak and I get 2470 individual articles edited since 10-Jan-2015, and probably about 3-4 edits for each article, puts you into the range of 10,000 edits. Which is impressive.
Hi Tjoneslo, sounds fine to me. I am more than willing to go with that option, especially if it will help keep the peace and persuade valued users to stay. Thank you for putting that into words. Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 07:03, 29 April 2015 (EDT)
Hi Tjoneslo, how do you get the Special:Contributions page to give you numbers? Mine just gives me a listing and I can't get it to give me a total count. I have to manually count the pages, 500 listings, at a time. Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 07:05, 29 April 2015 (EDT)
- I cheated. I copy the entries from each page and paste them into a spreadsheet. When I get to the last page, I see how many rows are in the spreadsheet. You can also go to Special:ActiveUsers which gives you a count of edits made in the last 30 days (For you: 5,086). Tjoneslo (talk) 07:15, 29 April 2015 (EDT)
Sometimes, Tjoneslo, I almost feel like I'm getting to know you despite being electronic acquaintances. I ad a feeling that you had a spreadsheet somewhere to track all of this. Now, I know where to go to get the numbers! Makes me chuckle. Please let me know where I can be of the most use in contributing to the blog. I am working on the updated Allegiance Code/alphabetical information today. I finished updating sectors yesterday. Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 11:41, 29 April 2015 (EDT)
I also wanted to note that OGuutan is doing an amazing job updating various publications and bibliography articles and deserves all of our praise and encouragement. That's hard and sometimes thankless work. I really appreciate his initiative and hard work. Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 11:41, 29 April 2015 (EDT)
Hi Tjoneslo, your suggestion seems fine to me: concise subtitles, appropriate to the subject matter, used to break up and enhance the basic text in an article, avoiding repetition and redundancy. OGuutan (talk) 14:45, 29 April 2015 (EDT)
I likewise agree with Thomas. I will add three small suggestions. Templates are fine, as they provide a skeleton to build our articles on. But the synopsis shouldn't be headlined. The first paragraph(s) of an article is either automatically a synopsis or the article is too short to warrant a synopsis. Instead, have the template put something like: '[Synopsis: Start with a synopsis if the article is long enough to warrant it; substitute it for this bracket.]'. Secondly, empty headlines should be deleted. Thirdly, the credits do not need to be headlined. They always go at the end of the article. Rancke (talk) 11:17, 30 April 2015 (EDT)
It's been almost two months since we had this exchange, which I thought had led to the decision that the templates in question should be simplified in the manner outlined above. And yet the templates still feature all the repetition and redundancy. What gives? I'm reluctant to do change the templates on my own, partly because I think it's something only an admin is entitled to meddle with and partly because I've never mucked about with templates before. But every time one of these overloaded templates are used means one more article that will have to be corrected by hand. So, loath as I am to appear pushy, isn't it about time you fixed them, Thomas?
Or am I completely mistaken here? Was no such decision made? Rancke (talk) 17:47, 16 June 2015 (EDT)
- We have come to an decision to follow the Wikipedia manual of style. The Template: World Layout has not been updated because I'm the only one who (apparently) uses it. All the rest of the templates have been updated. The challenge here is there are many articles who don't follow the agreed upon layout and need to be updated, manually. Tjoneslo (talk) 09:05, 19 July 2015 (EDT)
I wasn't aware a decision had been made. The communication broke down somewhere. I would be happy to follow the template. I am the most prolific updater and uploader of worlds. I have watched several different people use several different formats. Ultimately, it would make sense to standardize and switch over to automated formats. Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 09:11, 19 July 2015 (EDT)


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One of the most exciting things about the Halo series are the varied enemies. Each enemy is unique in appearance and behavior, from the cannon fodder of the Grunts to the charging ferocity of the Brutes. It's a trademark of the franchise and something other games just can't quite nail. When 343 Studios took over the reins, some fans were concerned that they wouldn't be able to live up to the strong legacy set by Bungie.
Well, this gallery of Promethean enemy classes, brought you by All Games Beta, shows those concerns just might be unfounded. The different classes and behaviors, not to mention weapons that are showcased in the gallery, lead me to believe that 343 is on point with Halo 4. The Knight alone sounds scary enough, but the Knight Commander seems like an uber-powerful version that might make me wet my pants the first time we meet. Hopefully, Master Chief can snag some of those bad-ass weapons and do some damage himself.
What say you? Do the Prometheans look like they carry on the Halo tradition or do they look generic to you? Hit the comments!
Source: All Games Beta


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