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USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) arrived in Haifa, Israel on December 5. The DART, which includes a National Incident Management Organization (NIMO) team with fire management experts from the U.S. Forest Service, is currently working alongside their Israeli counterparts at the command center at Haifa University. We wanted to be get necessary fire suppression […]
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Character Analysis of Dhaksha : Persons with the name Dhaksha feel compelled to build strong foundations for themselves and those around them, particularly family.
Love Life of Dhaksha : Persons are attracted by the strange things, unusual, quirky also want their sex life to be so.
Name Letter Analysis of Dhaksha
D : Persons are grounded and pragmaticH : Persons are a visionary, but they also tend to make a lot of money and lose it fastA : Persons are their own person: ambitious and freethinkingK : Persons are all about enlightenmentS : Persons are a real charmerH : Persons are a visionary, but they also tend to make a lot of money and lose it fastA : Persons are their own person: ambitious and freethinking
Acoording to vedic astrology , Rashi for the name Dhaksha is Dhanu and Moon sign associated with the name Dhaksha is Saggitarius.
The name Dhaksha has Fire element. Jupiter is the Ruling Planet for the name Dhaksha . The name Dhaksha having moon sign as Saggitarius is represented by The Archer and considered as Mutable .
Normally, people with the name Dhaksha are very active. Such people are filled with energy and optimism. They are good orators.
Other name options, having Saggitarius moon sign are name starting with : Ba, Be, Bha, Bhi, Bhu, Dha, Pha, Dha, Dhha, Bhe, Bho, Faa, Ddha, Bh, Fi, Fa, Fo, Fu, Rh.
The name Dhaksha is suitable for baby born in Purva Ashadha nakshatra
Purva Ashadha Nakshatra: "First of the aṣāḍhā", aṣāḍhā "the invincible one" being the name of a constellation
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A park a day…
We're increasingly stressed, and so are our kids. Their rates of anxiety have surged by 875 per cent over the past decade, and that's just for children under 14. But there's something that can help, and it's free.
Nature is good for us primarily because it acts on stress. Earlier this year, United States science journalist Aaron Reuben tallied more than 450 studies showing a positive connection between nature and human health.
You don't need a lot of it, either: a recent British study of 20,000 adults found that spending two hours per week in a park provided the same benefits as five.
But for those able to devote a weekend to the wilderness, nature appears to act like a deep-clean for the brain: people emerge better able to concentrate, problem-solve, and think creatively.
In other words, a research-approved remedy for our increasing rates of depression, anxiety and health problems costs us nothing extra. We simply need to use a resource that we're already paying to maintain for other purposes.
The Department of Conservation is a health provider, and its land—a third of New Zealand—a massive therapeutic facility. So how do we get people there? How do we teach them about it? How do we help them use it?
These connections are starting to be made. DOC's Healthy Nature, Healthy People initiative, a partnership with the Mental Health Foundation, is a step in the right direction—it's based on the pioneering Parks Australia programme that saw the concept of 'nature prescriptions' spread around the world. But it needs to be scaled up a thousand times. It needs funding, support and other partnerships.
Then there's Federated Mountain Clubs, its members overflowing with knowledge and goodwill, but facing an ageing membership and lacking connection with young people.
We need better connections between healthcare providers and the people who manage and advocate for our outdoor places. We need better infrastructure to help our diverse population, with its various needs, to access these places. And we need better information about how much our conservation land can help us.
Imagine if we designated areas 'therapy forests' or 'therapy beaches' or 'therapy valleys', and there was a subsidised bus that took you there on Saturdays, and once you got there, a track that was good enough for strollers and wheelchairs, too.
We can learn from the many successful initiatives overseas. In the United States, the non-profit Park Rx connects healthcare providers with park areas or non-profits that help improve access among groups of people who typically don't go bushwalking or tramping. Community group Unlikely Hikers provides support for people living with disability to access parks, as well as people who feel they don't fit in with traditional tramping clubs. Hike It Baby does the same thing for parents with young children.
We underestimate what can be learned and gained from time outdoors. On my way to meet the Rapsey family (see page 32), I hitchhiked to Nelson Lakes National Park with an high-school outdoor education instructor (the lack of transport between Nelson and its proximate national park is another story). She told me outdoor education was falling out of favour among students—the subject was perceived as a dead-end, as fun rather than useful, not the kind of thing that smart kids might do.
Nature shouldn't really be an option, but a default, like maths, like English, like eating five fruits or vegetables a day. Nature is the environment that our bodies evolved to fit, not the cities we've made for ourselves. Nature activates our parasympathetic nervous system, the 'rest-and-digest' process that's the opposite of the 'fight-or-flight' one.
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The regulator National Council and rating agency Big Data Ua have published their latest findings on the most viewed TV channels by users of IPTV and OTT services in Ukraine.
They show that in Q3 2018 the ten most popular channels included 1+1, Ukraina, ICTV, Inter, STB, Novy Kanal, 2+2, K1, Tet and NTN.
Looking at specific genres, 1+1, Ukraina, ICTV and Inter led in the entertainment and information sectors. Specifically in entertainment, STB and Novyj kanal were the most popular, while PlusPlus, Cartoon Network and Pixel TV led among kids channels.
Mega, Discovery Channel and National Geographic led in documentaries and 112, NewsOne and Espresso in information.
Fox, Creative Cinema+ Hit and Enter-film were the most popular film and M1, Music Box Ua and EUMusic music channels.
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Amy Lockhart is a filmmaker, animator and artist. Her animations have screened at festivals internationally, including the Whitney, NY, N.Y. Anthology Film Archives, Ann Arbor Film Festival, The Ottawa International Animation Festival, and Hiroshima International Animation Festival. Lockhart has received fellowship at the National Film Board of Canada and support from the Canada Council for the Arts. She has completed residencies at Calgary's Quickdraw Animation Society, Struts Gallery, and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her drawings, comics and paintings have been published by Drawn & Quarterly (Dirty Dishes, 2009), and by Colour Code (Looking Inward, 2016). www.amylockhart.ca
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Tax Code Mocks Federal Energy Intent
From 2002 through 2008, the U.S. federal government spent about $72 billion subsidizing fossil fuel industries, much of those benefits embedded in arcane tax codes written in another era, for a different kind of energy economy.
That number is more striking, according to a study released today by the nonpartisan Environmental Law Institute, when paired with the subsidies government has funneled toward renewable energy. Only $29 billion was directed to renewables over the same period, and more than half of that toward corn ethanol that many scientists now think may do more harm than good to the environment.
Traditional renewables — wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and biomass energy — received just $12.2 billion of government nudging, a figure that hardly jives with stated policy goals of the U.S. to "green" the country's economy.
"Part of the reason we picked this time frame is that 2002 is after people were well aware of the need for the development of renewable energy," said Daniel Schramm, an ELI fellow who contributed to the study. "And government was on notice, at least in its public pronouncements, claiming that it was now going to be focusing on renewable energy."
As for whether or not that has happened: "Well," he added, "the graph speaks for itself."
The ELI project, presented at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, attempted to corral the federal government's myriad explicit and hidden subsidies into a single graphic (also shown below) translating broad energy priorities into dollar bills.
"Definitely the data that we quantified is meant to ask that question: Should we allocate resources differently going forward?" asked Lisa Goldman, an ELI staff attorney. "And how should we do that?"
The study stopped short, though, of recommending what policymakers should do about the question. The most obvious answers — but the most difficult to execute — may be found where the ELI researchers traced the largest subsidies: to decades-old U.S. tax provisions.
The largest single subsidy in the report involves the Foreign Tax Credit and a provision dating to the early 1950s that allows oil companies to claim royalty payments made to foreign countries as income tax paid to those countries, and therefore tax credits back home — "an accounting fiction," according to the report. The FTC is meant to ensure that corporate and individual taxpayers aren't taxed twice on the same income both overseas and in the U.S.
To promote the development of foreign oil, the State Department encouraged state-owned oil and gas outfits overseas to reclassify royalties as income taxes, thus allowing U.S. oil and gas companies to pass on the cost to the U.S. government in the form of a tax credit. It's a minor distinction in terms but a significant one, in dollars, from a tax deduction, which logic suggests it actually is. U.S. oil and gas companies are now paying "income taxes" abroad that are dramatically higher than standard tax rates oil-rich countries set for other businesses. Saudi Arabia, for example, charges U.S. oil and gas companies an income tax of 85 percent; the non-petroleum income tax rate is 20 percent. (And the royalty regime in the U.S. is a little goofy too.)
"In fact, they are taxing the way we told them to," said John Pendergrass, an ELI senior attorney. And the way we told them to back in the 1950s.
Over the 2002-2008 period, that policy amounted to a subsidy of $15.3 billion — money essentially paid by the U.S. government to bolster the very foreign oil officials say we want to wean ourselves from.
Other tax benefits included in the study date as far back as the 1910s.
"At the beginning of the 20th century, it may have been a wholly appropriate public policy to do everything possible to encourage investment in oil and gas and coal," Schramm said, "because at that time, you have the dawn of the age of the automobile and the development of the electrical grid for the country. Of course we wanted this stuff, and no one had a full sense of the environmental externalities that were associated with these types of fuels."
The climate — literally and figuratively — has changed dramatically since, suggesting the government may be applying a carbon-based tax code to what many hope will become a carbon-free economy. The ELI report also found that most subsidies benefiting renewables stem from energy bills initiatives with expiration dates, while those benefiting fossil fuels are written into tax code as permanent provisions, making them that much harder to dislodge.
"There's this idea that once something is put in the tax code, it's very difficult to take it out; it becomes accepted as part of the normative baseline of what tax law should be," Schramm said. "So especially these provisions that have been around for 100 years, they're entrenched, and they have an entire sector of the economy that is entrenched with them. Pulling it out is like removing an organ."
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Teeth whitening strips are ultra-thin strips of plastic film that can be stretched over the teeth to deliver a tooth-whitening agent directly to the surface of the tooth. One side of this film-like substance contains a whitening agent, usually hydrogen peroxide, and the other side has no whitening agent. The side with the whitening agent is placed on the teeth, with the opposite side facing out. The whitening strip is folded over the tooth and pressed into place until it adheres firmly to the surface of the tooth. Clear whitening strips allow a person to lighten his or her teeth virtually at any time without being obvious.
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Facebook marketing is a channel that is truly misunderstood for many businesses, and the wine industry, in particular, has been late to adopt this platform as a marketing vehicle that generates sales.
And even those who have found a place on Facebook finally made a common mistake that made them unsuccessful with the platform as a channel for marketing and sales. You can Facebook group post for effective Facebook marketing.
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Now it's important to emphasize that Facebook fans carry a much heavier burden in the past than they are now, but with the right fans there, you can use your fan base in a very sophisticated way use the Facebook advertising platform.
2. Involve your audience, and keep them involved. This is one of the biggest weaknesses of wineries, and most businesses, on Facebook in this regard. Getting your fans to become participants in your social media activities requires certain skills, but once you get used to it, you will wonder why you didn't start doing it this way before.
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Dalton Utilities add the Fuel & Emissions Adjustment to electrical customers' bills as a fluctuating cost to recover fuel and environmental compliance costs associated with electric generating facilities of which Dalton Utilities owns a percentage. The price of energy and environmental compliance costs dictate the fuel and emissions cost passed along to customers. Rising energy prices compounded with rapidly increasing clean air regulations that are required of energy-producing plants have caused Dalton Utilities' cost of electricity to escalate. These costs are passed along to the Utility and are out of the Utility's control.
To comply with this ruling of the Clean Air Interstate Rule and Georgia's Multi-Pollutant Rule, owners of coal-fired electrical generating plants must upgrade plants to comply with new environmental standards aimed at reducing emissions. Dalton Utilities owns interests in two coal-fired plants (Plant Wansley and Plant Scherer). This percentage ownership in two coal-fired and two nuclear plants provides Dalton Utilities with the bulk of power they need to serve their electrical customers.


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The McIninch Library is happy to announce that we have purchased, through our own library funds, a new PC laptop for faculty lending, and a new document scanner.
The Lenovo laptop is wi-fi enabled, has all Microsoft Office products loaded on it, with DVD playing capacity with great sound. It will be loaned out to faculty and staff who need to use it in their classrooms with their students, or for their own use.
The HP Scanjet Scanner will be kept in the library. It will not be used to copy and print, but it will produce PDF scans which the user can then send to one of the two high speed, large capacity networked printers in the library. .. an economical way to print scanned documents.


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As you may have noticed, there is a massive Pink Floyd campaign underway — deluxe reissues, box sets, etc. As such, appreciations, re-appreciations and other ancillary pieces are popping up on various publications both online and off. Rolling Stone has dedicated its most recent cover to taking a look back at the creation of the band's opus, Dark Side of The Moon. In the cover story David Gilmour is quoted, noting how the public's attention span has changed in the four decades since the LPs original release. In short, folks largely do not sit around with their friends, in front of the hi-fi, taking in albums wholesale at a time. Conversely, Dark Side was created to be taken in in just this very way. Reading this got me thinking about 'the perfect side.'
In the days of the vinyl long-player it was common for artists to labor extensively over the flow of sides A and B. The record's atmosphere, mood and energy were all largely dictated by the disc's running order. Because of this, the perfect side became an artform unto itself; albeit one that flirted with extinction upon the arrival and proliferation of compact discs beginning in the 1980s. The 80 minute CD quickly became the norm and with it arrived a whole other array of sequencing intricacies, nuances and issues. But throughout the various format changes and conversions a small cadre of artists continued to sequence for the individual sides.
Last month Megafaun released their second proper full-length, the eponomously titled Megafaun. From the outset of their formation it was clear this was a group that had little interest in staying within the pre-defined lines of any one genre. On their debut EP the trio's music veered from the 16 Horsepower-like death-howl of "Lazy Suicide" to the harmonic mini-suite of "Find Your Mark." Over the course of three years and as many releases the band has gradually honed their craft and in turn have developed a highly identifiable sound, one that embraces and celebrates 19th and 20th century Americana and beyond. Continuing where last year's mini-album, Heretofore, left off, 2011's Megafaun is the most explicit expression of the band's growth, dexterity and maturity to date. Here, folk, country, ambient field recordings, jazz fusion, pop and and rock all coalesce into an eclectic brew, a brew none more exemplified than the LP's A-side.
Like all great sides the magic is often found in the pacing and transitions. Beginning with the Garcia-like "Real Slow" the album slides into a west coast canyon vibe reminiscent of the Dead's lightening-in-a-bottle live work from the early 70s. Fading out to the sounds of laughing water we encounter the first of the album's stylistic shifts, the polyrhythmic and electronic "These Words" — a song that employs field recordings collected from North Carolina to Bali. The platter culminates in the eight and a half minute "Get Right," a true slice of vintage Megafaun if such a descriptor can be used for such a young band. If a great side can be defined as the sum total of the whole taking on an added depth from its individual components, then Megafaun's A-side surely qualifies.
Discussion: What are some of your favorite vinyl sides? Chime in below in the comments.


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Lluís and Carl met almost 20 years ago at the Boogie Woogie Festival in LaRoquebrou, France, considered one of the most important festivals of this piano style. Serious connoisseurs of the Blues piano language and related genres, these two pianists are regulars at Jazz and Blues festivals on the international scene, where their paths have crossed numerous times. After several years of mutual admiration, they decided to record an album with the prestigious record label Fresh Sound Records.
From a very young age, both were touched by Rock & Roll. Initially drawn to the piano by the fascinating rhythms of Boogie Woogie, they were then compelled to explore the more obscure Blues styles that lead back to the origins of that genre. From here, their repertoires expanded to include Ragtime, Barrelhouse, and Stride Piano, including the regional styles of New Orleans, Chicago, Kansas City, and other significant locales.
Concerning their own musical language, Lluis & Sonny like to fuse styles, respecting tradition but incorporating new elements in a truly organic and natural way. Each are composers and individually have a very defined and personal sound.
The duets of Leyland and Coloma contain a great dose of creativity, spontaneity, virtuosity, improvisation, and musical dialogue, transporting the listener to unexpected places full of magic and complexity. The result is an innovative mix of tradition and modernity.
Carl Sonny Leyland – Piano & Vocals
Lluís Coloma – Piano
Rhythm section optional:
Manolo Germán – Bass
Arnau Julià – Drums


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What better way to kick-off the fall season than sipping on locally made cider? The Rosslyn Cider Fest will take over Central Place Plaza for one evening only on Thursday, October 17th from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Hosted by the Rosslyn Business Improvement District, a handful of invited cideries will bring their goods for samples throughout the event and there will also be a bar area serving up beer, wine and of course, cider. If you're feeling a little competitive, sign-up to participate in the epic pie-eating contest that will begin at 6:00 p.m. You'll have only one-minute to eat a pie in its entirety. If you win, you'll get a super swag bag of fun Rosslyn gifts!
General admission for the event is $15 and can be purchased online, and then when you arrive at the event you can purchase tastings as well, 8 for $10. The event may sell out, so don't wait to get your tickets!


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It is often quoted, 'if you do a job you love you'll never work a day in your life'. Being an artist, however, is not a job, it is a way of life and the decision to be a self-supporting artist in any economic climate is a brave one by any measure. For most artists, this means an existence that fluctuates between times of feast and times of famine. However, to be a pioneer in your chosen field takes an inordinate amount of self-belief, plenty of time to allow for professional growth, and finally, dedication to delve deeper into uncharted waters.
Creativity is like a child, it has to be nurtured and cherished. We all have something unique to contribute to the creative pool, but not all of us are destined for greatness. I believe there are many creatives out there who are working away in a very quiet corner achieving great things but who will never receive the recognition they probably deserve. Indeed, not everyone wants fame and fortune…for some it can be seen as more of a hindrance than a help leading to a 'fear of public ridicule or failure' situation. (See posts: Risk Assessment; Global Madness). Just reaching your highest potential could be enough.


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Whip Game Proper
Twista, Lil Wayne
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[Chorus] Whip game proper, whip game proper You know my whip game proper, whip prop-proper You know my whip game proper, whip game proper You kn' a package on the way you know my whip game proper You know my whip game proper, whip-whip game proper You know my whip game proper, whip game proper Whip game proper, you know my whip game proper With my package on the way you know whip game, whip proper Uh, Twista and Weezy F. Baby, ya dig Whip game proper like behind the wheel, behind the stove (uh) It don't matter (uh) check it out Whip game proper, cocaine chopper Don't offer me reefer unless you know the flame proper You know I'm in somethin' sick when you see the Twista pop off Fucked up off juice and Vodka and high as a helicopter In the grape jelly Jag or peanut butter Bentley Or ruby Hummer cause a few bitches is comin' with me Or break down slowly I'm stallin' off in the stick shift (whoo) Mwah! Give my rims a kiss, they got big lips Now tear the guts out, bricks'll get served Like ostrich interior, because I'm sittin' on the biggest birds Vocalistic cataclysms, I spit the biggest words F*ck you and yo' bitch-ass crew, I spit the sickest verbs Yo' life is secondary, I f*ck my secretary My life is legendary, keep a gun in every Chevy My trunk knocker, watch how I beat the block up A paper chopper cause on my tip, the flame pop up, cause my [Chorus] Yes sir, uh, I'm up in it like dope dick And I'm physically fine, but my flow's sick Yosemite Sam, two holsters Two pistols, can't be too cautious Yes, human crack, Young Carter I perform better in hot water Yeah, and my whip game straight On a bad day I could turn a two into a eight And when I smile, it look like a bag of coke I gets high, I'm twisted like a bag of ropes And I come from the jungle I'm like Peter, I ride for my animals, ya dig? Ha ha, now get money, or get the f*ck So much ice, I need the stick with the puck And if the work ain't big enough I could whip it up, watch me whip it up, because my [Chorus] Whip game proper, watch how I stir the pot up Thuggin' like I will pack up my five and go blaka-blaka Do anything a nigga gots to do to protect my product When you call the cops up I'll be gone before they search through my Prada Because I don't want the drama, don't wanna holla at Your Honor So under the seat I'm a carry the llama and then I peel off in my Impala I'm a (what) Jeff Gordon slash chef, sorry I gots ta peel sharp Behind the wheel or the stove I whip it real hard To lick it real hard, give the shorties real jobs Not from Georgia, I'm from Chicago but I got a (Field Mob) They all be proper, at the top of Da Carter Cuttin' work at the table like a D-J go aw-err-aw-err All of us poppin' tags, all of us ridin' Bentleys All of us ridin' bikes so you know we all poppin wheelies I'm a C-note rapper, good, dope shopper Clique gon' make dollars, spit, game proper, cause my [Chorus]
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DENVER | A proposal to shore up public school coffers won final approval in the Colorado House Thursday.
The two bills aim to start refilling Colorado school budgets decimated during the last recession. The measures now head to the Senate.
The funding measures are the Legislature's response to the fact that voters last year rejected an income-tax hike to fund schools.
The package includes money earmarked for students learning English and to help school districts pay for full-day kindergarten. Combined the overall state budget, K-12 public schools stand to gain about $492 million next school year.
House Bill 1292: https://bit.ly/1jL7TDE
House Bill 1298: https://bit.ly/1kKYsm9


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By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Seth Clarke, U.S. Navy
SINGAPORE – Capt. Douglas J. Smith relieved Capt. Kevin M. O'Day as commanding officer of U.S. Coast Guard cutter Morgenthau (WHEC 722) during a ceremony at Sembawang Wharf, Singapore, July 29.
Smith assumed command of Morgenthau following an assignment in Washington, D.C. as the executive director of the federal interagency group interdiction committee.
Although Morgenthau's home port is in Alameda, Calif., Smith traveled Singapore to assume command because the cutter is in the region taking part in annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercises.
Vice Adm. David P. Pekoske, commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, said Morgenthau's participation in this year's CARAT exercises has done both U.S. and partner nations' forces a great service.
"I consider Morgenthau in the top tier of the highest quality cutters," Pekoske told the assembled Coast Guardsmen and Sailors. "For CARAT, you've already visited five host nations. You are imparting on them Coast Guard excellence, Coast Guard expertise."
Pekoske added that CARAT has provided an even more familiar partnership to grow closer.
"You've been able to conduct joint operations with the U.S. Navy. That is more important now than it has been in our recent history."
In October, 2007, the leadership of the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps unveiled a new "Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower" that calls for greater cooperation and interoperability between all the U.S. sea services.
Lt. Jennifer Runion, a Coast Guard tactical action officer, first participated in CARAT exercises in 2002. She said the forces have continued to build on their ability to work together as well as with other countries.
"It just continues to be better and better every year," Runion said. "I'm sure Captain Smith will continue to be an active participant and show both the foreign nations and the Navy just what Morgenthau can provide to the event."
O'Day also turned the attention away from himself to focus on just why he said Morgenthau would continue to set a high standard for Coast Guard vessels: her crew. O'Day asked those present to give him credit for one action above others.
"I am proud of the fact that 'thank you' is the phrase I used most often on Morgenthau," an emotional O'Day recalled. "I meant each one of them sincerely. To all the crew members, past and present: thank you all."
In addition to Morgenthau, U.S. ships participating in CARAT exercises include the dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46), the guided-missile frigates USS Jarrett (FFG 33) and USS Ford (FFG 54), and USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50).
CARAT is an annual series of bilateral military training exercises between the United States and several Southeast Asian nations designed to enhance the operational readiness of the participating forces.


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Excited about tomorrow? I mean really excited? You know – butterflies, dreams, stomach-clenching anticipation?
I can't speak for you but I feel none of the above. Looking forward to it? Certainly. Aquiver? No.
We are about to play a Wembley Final against a wonderful team and potential Champions. Surely this is enough to get the blood coursing?
Why am I not exhilarated?
Could be any of the following or most probably a blend of all:-
- It's not a proper Cup. Can you name who won it two seasons ago? I think MU won it last year. Apparently Spurs won it 10 years ago and even they don't mention it as sliverware. On the other hand, it would look fine in the trophy cabinet.
- The continual change of name. This year it is the Carabao (ridiculous). It was the League Cup when it meant something. Littlewoods, Milk, Carling , Rumbelows, Coca Cola, Capital One, Worthington etc etc. takes some of the shine off.
- Wembley has lost it's sparkle. Started with the FAC semi-finals being played there. Now it is The Miscreants home ground. The great stadium has sold it's soul.
- The PL clubs play their reserves until the semi-finals which gives an indication as to how highly even Stoke value it.
- This is The Big One for me. The final is too early in the season. Finals are for sunny, warm days not a ball-shrivelling February Sunday afternoon. It is not May.
Come kick-off time BR will have his loins girded (writing the PM will help), be totally involved and I guess, so will you.
written by BR


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Vegan Comfort Food: Skillet Cornbread from Veganomicon (plus Short Cut Beans and Collards)
So, I totally felt like crap yesterday. I started watching the documentary Earthlings and got to the end of the "Pets" section and had to stop. I seriously think it's affecting me physically. That or it's coinciding with some sort of strange illness that makes all your muscles sore, and makes you feel depressed and stuffy. Maybe I'm just stuffy because I'm crying a lot over it.
I don't know, but I will tell you that I spent yesterday in bed and when I finally felt like emerging last night I did not feel like cooking. I felt like some short cuts. And I felt like some comfort food. So I grabbed a can of navy beans and a can of collard greens and started searching online for a cornbread recipe.
I'm pretty partial to cornbread (or anything else for that matter) made in a cast iron skillet. It's how my step-mother cooked a lot of her food and it's how my sister cooked a lot of her food, so the skillet is as much comfort to me as what comes out of it. Plus, it's always in the back of my mind as a weapon in case of an intruder. I added "skillet" to my search terms and started down the list and saw Veganomicon listed as a source.
Duh, why didn't I just check my own books first? I have that book and I haven't even made a single thing out of it, yet. The recipe called for a 9-inch pan, but I only have a grill pan, dutch oven (that possibly would have worked), 6-inch (my baby!) and a 12-inch. I cut the recipe (which appears here on Rebecita's recipe blog) in half and it worked perfect. I did the double corn version. My kid is allergic to corn and he was with his dad last night, so I felt like I needed to just blow it out. It's such a rarity around here.
Here's how much batter filled the 6-inch pan:
The beans I get are just Bush's. They don't have a lot of crap in them (no meat flavoring, watch out for that) and the salt isn't too bad when you figure it's feeding me and boyfriend, plus leftovers for boyfriend tomorrow. Some canned beans I end up rinsing to get some of the salt out, but these don't need it. I actually ended up adding a little more salt and I'm historically NOT a salter. I didn't drain the fluid at all because I wanted some bean "gravy." I added a little bit of Earth Balance, some black pepper and just the tiniest smidge (like, less than 1/8 of a teaspoon) of Wright's liquid smoke (so far the only brand of liquid smoke I like AT ALL despite the picture of the steak on the front. I'll just cover that with some masking tape).
Canned collard greens are a label-reading game, too. Many of them have meat in some form. Some have stuff like MSG and loads of other questionable bits. I've found that those that are seasoned are super high in sodium and I don't really even like the taste anyway. So, what I do is get the blandest can I can find. Just collard greens and water? Hell yeah. I use Margaret Holmes unseasoned. They make kale greens and others, too. Super bland but I like a blank slate.
So, I fry up half an onion in some canola oil and add red pepper flakes and garlic to the oil and stir for about 30 seconds to a minute once the onions are done. Then I add like 2 tablespoons of dark brown sugar to that and stir it around till the sugar is all melted. Add black pepper and a little salt and dump the can of greens in and stir well. Add a smidge of liquid smoke and stir, then cover and let simmer very low until the cornbread is done (or about 15 minutes). Don't drain the collards so you'll have some potlikker.
When the cornbread was done and had rested a few minutes, I cut it into wedges and then smothered it with beans. Next time, I may just bake the cornbread right on top of the beans. You just heat the beans and season them how you wish, pour them in the skillet and then pour the batter right on top. It takes about 5-10 minutes longer to cook and you get a bready layer on top and a sort of tamale-like layer in the middle. Super yum!
My first recipe from Veganomicon has been a complete success and was a vegan replacement for what used to be a pretty pork-laden dish all my life. Comfort food. Saturdays at the American Legion Children's Home. Sweet, predictable comfort made so much better.
Update 4/11/2011: I made the "basic" version of this and it turned out yummy, too (see pic below). Cutting this recipe in half and using the small skillet is the way to go for us, though. I don't know what I would do with all that cornbread if I made the whole batch.


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This past Friday, we celebrated the end of the semester and the end of the academic year with our UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter party.
The officers and members have done an outstanding job this year bringing speakers, two from Europe, from both academia and industry, to share with us the latest on the challenges in the electric power industry, disaster management, healthcare and electronic records, cybersecurity workforce optimization as well as community-based operations research. In addition, the students, who come primarily from our doctoral program in Management Science at the Isenberg School of Management as well as the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in the UMass Amherst College of Engineering, also organized several social events.
This has been such a great year - and as the chapter's Faculty Advisor since 2004 I can attest to that - that we needed a special celebration at our party.
To honor this year's chapter officers whose esprit de corp, positive energy, innovations, plus logistics knowhow, which allows for such great parties (but, then again, these are operations research and management science students who practice what they preach), I presented the officers with a special award. Last Fall the chapter was honored with the Summa Cum Laude Award from INFORMS another truly memorable accolade.
Below is a photo of the group of officers with their award plaques, to which I also attached personal notes of appreciation for their hard work.
Below are photos of several of the individual award recipients.
And one of my favorite photos is the one below, which truly captures the spirit of this great group!
Best of luck to all those who are graduating - the class of 2016!


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Classes resumed Monday at universities in Niger after teachers suspended a month-long strike over pay and academic management, two trade unions in the West African country announced.
"Our members are disciplined and will obey this" decision, the secretary-general of the National Union of Teacher-Researchers in Higher Education, Nabala Adare, told AFP.
"Courses began again in faculties but many students are waiting for the schedules of their activities," said Idder Algabid, leader of the Union of Nigerien Scholars, a union of students.
The SNECS first announced the suspension of its strike order "while waiting on the outcome" of mediation with the government undertaken by rhe National Commission on Human Rights.
The government had agreed to "postpone the implementation" of new regulations on the management of universities, which include the appointment of deans by decree, according to a statement signed by the two sides and the rights commission.
The SNECS strongly opposes the selection of top university staff by official decree and pulled 505 teaching and research staff off the job on September 3, the first day of the new academic year.
The union wants a backlog of salaries and bonuses paid to the staff concerned. Strikers are also demanding health insurance and the payment of costs incurred for supervision and development duties.
Higher Education Minister Yahouza Sadissou said in mid-September that the wage backlog had been cleared and that "the few cases of arrears" of bonuses would shortly be settled.
Sadissou added, however, that he would not bow to pressure to have the dean and deputy head elected — rather than named — at the University of Maradi in southern Niger, which is a key issue for the SNECS.
The minister also warned that deductions would be made on staff salaries for the strike days.


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Price: $1800
Total Days: 18
Best Season: Sept-Nov in Autumn and Mar-May in spring
Max Altitude: 4919
Transportation: Private Transportation
Tilicho Lake Trek is one of the most challenging trekking routes in Nepal which carries out through the highest altitude lake in the world, Tilicho Lake. Tilicho Lake is a Trans located in the Manang district of Nepal at an altitude of 4,919 meters (16,138 ft) in the Annapurna range of the Himalayas. Tilicho Lake Trekking is truly exciting and thrilling trekking in Annapurna region which displays magnificent views of eastern side of the epic world famous Annapurna circuit along with glorious natural beauty, cultural and traditional people, waterfalls, moving clean water streams and varieties of floras and faunas.
Tilicho Lake Trek with The Himalayas Trekking and Expedition Pvt. Ltd begins with a capital Kathmandu, and then we will drive from Kathmandu to Chamje crossing, villages, rivers, and farm land. We start our trek from Chamje and reach to Manang. In Manang we will wait for acclimatization and exploration of the surrounding areas. Next day we follow the path to the North West route and heads towards Tilicho Lake Base Camp and Tilicho Lake. Tilicho Lake, a high Himalayan lake gives an opportunity to visit the most beautiful lake surrounded by huge and stunning Himalayan peaks. By conquering some of the difficult challenges of Tilicho Lake Trekking, you will get an unforgettable experience in the Himalayas.
Day 01: Greetings at Kathmandu Airport
Day 02: A full day recreational tour of Kathmandu (The capital valley)
Day 03: Drive Kathmandu to Syange/ Jagat (1330m)
Day 04: Syange/Jagat trekking to Dharapani (1960m): Walking distance 6-7 hours
Day 05: Dharapani trekking to Chame (2630m): Walking distance 5 hours
Day 06: Chame to Pisang (3210m): Walking distance 5 hours
Day 07: Pisang to Manang (3540m): Walking distance 6-7 hours
Day 08: Acclimatization day at Manang (3540m)
Day 09: Manang trekking to Khangsar village (3734m): Walking distance 5-6 hours
Day 10: Khangsar Village Trekking to Tilicho lake base camp (4150m): Walking distance 5-6 hours
Day 11: Base camp trekking to Tilicho Lake (4920m): Walking distance 6-7 hours
Day 12: Tilicho Lake trekking to Yak Kharka (4000m): Walking distance 4 hours
Day 13: Yak Kharka trekking to Phedi (4420m): Walking distance 3-4 hours
Day 14: Phedi to Muktinath (3800m) crossing Thorog la pass (5,416m): Walking distance 7-8 hours
Day 15: Muktinath trekking to Jomsom (2713m) via Kagbeni (2810m): Walking distance 6-7 hours
Day 16: Jomsom to Pokhara, 20 minutes flight
Day 17: Pokhara to Kathmandu, take a 25 minutes flight or 6-7 hour drive.
Day 18: Final Departure


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So, in recent days both the LG G Watch and the Samsung Gear Live have gone on sale in the uk at Google Play. Both are the first wave of devices using Android Wear – Google's foray into the smartwatch market – and to be honest, they all look pretty nifty!
Given that I normally struggle to choose yoghurt flavours, how can I decide on which device to buy? What staggering differences are there between them? Well, first impressions say that actually, there's not that much between them at all. They both run the identicle, vanilla Android Wear experience, they look *kinda* similar and they both last about a day on battery (although the G Watch has a slightly more powerful battery and can manage 1.5 days at a stretch). That makes choosing between them a lot harder – Let's try to break down some stats and see what comes out on top
LG G Watch
- £159.99
- Processor: CPU 1.2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB internal storage with 512 MB RAM
- Display: 1.65" IPS LCD
- Battery: 400 mAh
- Weight: 63 g
- Dimensions: 37.9 x 46.5 x 9.95 mm
Pros: Slightly cheaper, Slightly better battery life, Slight bigger screen, nicer charging cradle than the Gear Live, comes in two colour schemes
Cons: Screen suffers ever-so-slightly in bright conditions from banding.
Samsung Gear Live
- £169.99
- Processor: CPU 1.2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB internal storage with 512 MB RAM
- Display: 1.63" 320 x 320 SuperAMOLED (278 ppi)
- Battery: 300 mAh
- Weight: 59 g
- Dimensions: 37.9 x 56.4 x 8.9 mm
Pros: Beautiful screen
Cons: None.
So. Both devices are incredibly close in terms of performance and all of the pros and cons are so tiny, it really makes hardly any difference. Even battery life isn't a factor because both devices are designed to be charged overnight on their cradles and once you're into that habit, the extra oomph from the G Watch won't figure in at all.
I would honestly base my decision on the most basic factor – which one you prefer the look of. Both devices can swap out their standard straps for any 22mm strap on the market, so each one is customisable to a certain degree. I think with that in mind, I'll be looking to snap up a nice custom band for an LG G Watch in the very near future!


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I'm trying to come up with a statistical indicator to favor Atlanta, and I'm drawing a blank. Orlando has home-court advantage, led the NBA in point differential and crushed Charlotte in four games in the first round despite having "Foul On You" nailed to the bench for all but 26.5 minutes a game. Meanwhile, the Hawks did little to encourage supporters by struggling past an injury-depleted Milwaukee squad in Round 1.
Moreover, the head-to-head history over the past two years is pretty one-sided. Atlanta won at Orlando on opening day of the 2008-09 season by 14 points, but since then it has been all Orlando. The Magic have won six of the past seven games, including wins by 17, 18, 32 and 34. Atlanta's only win in that span was by two points at the buzzer.
As a result, all 10 of our experts have the Magic winning, and only Chad Ford has the series going the distance. The glass-barely-wet view for Atlantans is that at least they aren't down 1-0 yet, unlike the Jazz and Celtics. I would strongly suggest the Hawks win the opener Tuesday, especially since that's probably their best shot to steal one given the rust Orlando should have from an eight-day layoff.
And Hollinger makes this point in the context of an article in which he describes the fact that teams with the homecourt advantage have a terrific record in the second round of the playoffs. So, with pretty much every factor pointing to a Magic victory, Mark Bradley is predicting glory:
My first inclination was to take Magic in six, but something about this matchup leads me to think it'll go the distance. And where would the weight of expectation in such a Game 7 fall? Not on the Hawks.
The Milwaukee series was strange: The Hawks went from too loose to too tight to almost gone. But they made it through, and they see real opportunity in Round 2. So do I. Hawks in seven.
Bradley, who normally has a good sense for basketball match-ups, does not make a compelling case. His argument is that the Hawks can defend Dwight Howard without doubling him because Al Horford is an above-average big man. However, Bradley completely misses why Howard is a great player. Howard has a negligible offensive game. The Magic didn't have the second-best record in the NBA because of Howard's 18.3 points per game; they had it because they are the best defensive team in basketball and Howard's shot-blocking and rebounding are the largest reason why. Horford's skill is not going to prevent Howard from owning the glass or stopping the Hawks from scoring in the lane. Moreover, Orlando's success at shooting the three doesn't come only from opponents doubling Howard in the post, as evidenced by Howard's meager 1.8 assists per game and his reputation as a poor passer. Orlando gets open threes because they run a good offense, they have multiple threats, and they have a point guard who can find shooters. Who thinks that Mike Bibby can keep Jameer Nelson out of the lane? Right.
If Horford's presence gave the Hawks a match-up advantage against the Magic, then why have our friends in Orlando owned us for the past two seasons? Methinks Bradley is succumbing to his tendency to be too positive about the local teams. The Hawks' appearance in the Eastern Finals is going to go right next to the Braves' 2008 division title and Georgia's 2008 national title on the mantelpiece.
Two other thoughts on the local professional basketball collective:
1. With LeBron looking gimpy and the Lakers looking old, the stakes for the Hawks have gone up if they can somehow win this series. An upset over the Magic and "why not us?" will be a legitimate sentiment.
2. I still feel conflicted on the Hawks' rally against the Bucks. I'll freely admit that I gave them little chance to stave off elimination last Friday night. Instead, the team responded with two comfortable wins. The Hawks showed some serious backbone in coming back from what looked like a season-crushing loss in Game Five. Full marks to the team for doing so. On the other hand, if they were capable of beating the Bucks with such ease, then how the hell did they allow themselves to be pushed to the brink in the first place? Did Milwaukee come back to earth and give the Hawks the space to rise from the grave? Is this team capable of being great when they focus, thus making their wandering eye the reason why they aren't a true title contender?


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Designed for all sizes and shapes, the slim-cut silhouettes are tailored to the custom fit you've always wanted, ideal for informal, semi-formal or formal occasions.
Bradshaw Forbes is proud to offer you a clothing line that is designed with your unrivaled tastes in mind.


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With the improvement of our living standards, people are paying more and more attention to the health and safety of drinking water. The water purification industry has developed rapidly in China, and has a potential 100 billion market scale and many well-known brands of water purification products. .
1.Transportation and loading
During transportation, activated carbon filter must not be dragged with iron hooks. It should be prevented from being mixed with hard materials. It must not be strongly vibrated, rubbed, stepped on, or smashed. It is strictly prohibited to be thrown.Storage
Activated carbon blocks should be stored in a cool and dry place to prevent the inner and outer packaging bags from breaking, to prevent moisture and to adsorb other substances in the air, which will affect the use effect. It is strictly forbidden to mix with toxic and harmful gases or volatile substances and store away from pollution sources.
3.Prohibition of water reach
Activated carbon filter cartridge is a porous adsorption substance, so it must be absolutely protected from water during transportation, storage and use.Before the activated carbon filter cartridge is officially used, once it is soaked in water, the water will fill the pores of the activated carbon block, reducing the direct contact between the specific surface of the activated carbon and the gas, and affecting the use performance.
4.Tar-like substances Prevetion
During use, we should prohibit tar-like viscous substances from entering the activated carbon filter, so as not to block the pores of the activated carbon block or cover the surface of the activated carbon, causing the activated carbon block to fail to exert its original performance.
5.Fire prevention
When storing or transporting activated carbon filter, it should be prevented from coming into direct contact with the fire source to prevent fire.


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Of all the culinary conundrums, the one that plagues me the most is the difference between a calzone and a stromboli. Growing up I thought the main difference was that stromboli is typically rolled and made with cold cut-type meat, while a calzone is folded over and made with anything else. Then I went to college and experienced a place called Stuff Yer Face, where I was introduced to fishbowls and 'bolis. I remember being confused as I realized my 'boli resembled more of a calzone -- it was not rolled, and there was not a luncheon meat to be found. So, what the heck is the difference?
For years, I've received conflicting information, like "stromboli always contain marinara, while calzones always have ricotta," but experience has taught me not to believe these lies. I've also heard that calzones are authentically Italian, while stromboli are a product of either Washington or Philadelphia and named for the film Stromboli starring Ingrid Bergman.
I'd planned to research this question until I could define each accurately and completely. But then I got really hungry, and, well, the quest for truth is having some minor setbacks. Whatever you want to call it, here is my recipe for a quick and easy strom-zone or cal-boli that is perfectly delicious no matter the name.
Strom-zone or Cal-boli
- Take any type of sausage (one per person) out of its casing and cook through in olive oil.
- I typically use sweet Italian sausage or turkey sausage, but feel free to get creative with hot or specialty sausages like HEB's feta and spinach chicken sausage.
- Remove the sausage and sauté one sliced onion, one sliced red bell pepper and a few garlic cloves until tender in the pan drippings and Italian seasonings.
- Flour and roll out pizza dough onto a baking sheet. I used one tube of Pillsbury's refrigerated classic pizza dough (love this stuff!).
- To assemble, make a thin layer of marinara, along with an Italian blend of cheese and fresh spinach leaves, across the whole surface of the dough, leaving a small border. I have never mastered the stromboli roll without creating a mess, so for this reason I loaded up the rest of my toppings on just one side of the dough, folded the other side over, pinched the ends together and molded into a neat little package. Roll at your own risk.
- Once the whole thing is brushed down with olive oil, given a few slits in the top and sprinkled with garlic salt for good luck, it is ready for the 400-degree oven for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
If that's not challenging enough for you, here are a few other, slightly more sophisticated stromboli recipes to try: Thanksgiving Stromboli; Spinach, Feta and Kalamata Olive Stromboli; and Traditional Stromboli according to Emeril Lagasse.
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