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Year of Department establishment -1993
Year of Postgraduate beginning -2003
Number of staff Publications in Various National and International Journals-17
No of Submitted Dissertations: 14
No. of ongoing student projects- 8
Faculty have experience in various fields as Dental Trauma Management, Early Childhood Caries,Probiotics,Minimal Invasive Dentistry, Diet and Nutririon, Child Psychology, Lesion Sterilisation Tissue Repair,Chemomechanical Caries Removal,orofacialSyndromes etc.
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school dental health program in association with TVS motor company at Hosur, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Vellore in TN, Attibele and Mysore in Karnataka, from the year 1996 till date.Each year approximately 14000 school children were provided comprehensive oral health care. So far around 120000 children have received complete oral care free of cost.
3rdyear, final year, interns and post graduate students of RV Dental College had opportunity to have a massive exposure to the vast clinical material.Our students also had the opportunity to visit and treat the underprivileged children of rural and tribal areas. This exposure has helped our students a lot in pursuing higher education worldwide.
School Oral Health Program for needy children which has been recognized by World Health Organization and incorporated into their Bangalore Declaration. From the Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry we have conducted 538 camps for adults from 1994 to 2001 and more than 500 school oral health camps for more than 2, 87,000 children. In collaboration with Srinivasan Services Trust, the social services wing of TVS Motor Company, we have generated 11 lakhs.
Free dental health program for the poor, urban school children in association with BOSCH at Bangalore from the year 2010.
Tie up withSamarthanam Trust for treating the blind children free of cost in our department.
Tie up with FAME India for treating the mentally retarded children in our department.
Free treatment for the Gov. School children in and around Jayanagar and JP Nagar area, to improve the availability of clinical material to our students as per the DCI norms.
Unique portable equipment trolley is used to treat many children simultaneously to suit the rural India.
Indigenous technique to operate the scaler unit without an electric compressor.This equipment could support multiple scaler units simultaneously and provide oral complete oral prophylaxis for the children even in places where electricity was not available all the times.


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As CEO and Managing Director of SkyTeam, I am heartened to see our airline members' posts on social media celebrating the women in their workforces on International Women's Day.
From all-female crews to flights operated above and below wing by all-female teams, maintenance technicians working on engines, gate and ramp agents, and meteorologists…Across SkyTeam's global airline network, women work at every level in every field imaginable.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, aviation directly supported some 65 million jobs and US$ 2.7 trillion of economic activity worldwide, yet our industry is in crisis. The pandemic has grounded planes, shut airport terminals, and clipped the wings of thousands of hard-working airline employees, of all genders. It is crucial that we find a safe means, in partnership with governments, industry bodies and health authorities, to restart air travel, and support economic recovery soon.
That's why SkyTeam is advocating for scalable and reliable health pass technology, including testing, to give international governments the confidence to reopen borders. Letting our airline members get back to doing what they do best - connecting people across continents - will help to rebuild the global economy.
I started my own aviation career almost 30 years ago, fulfilling a dream that started as a small child, excitedly stepping into airports and watching planes soar into the skies. Joining the airline industry, I was told that I would either dislike my first six months working for an airline or be hooked for life. I am hooked for life.
We need a robust aviation industry to offer the career of a lifetime to the next generation of young girls who look up at those planes in the sky and say, 'that will be me one day.'
Happy International Women's Day,
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Large Crowd
Jesus leaves town and performs some miracles in Capernaum, then comes back as a guest preacher.
In Jesus' first sermon in his hometown, he preaches good news to the poor, liberty to the imprisoned, sight to the blind, freedom for the oppressed, and he proclaims the year of God's favour.
Then the people react. Luke 4: 21-30
From the text itself, what do we know about the characteristics of the people in the synagogue at Nazareth? They are a congregation of his friends and neighbours, who have heard about what he did. And they are of one mind.
Today we hear how the folk in the pews reacted: All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth.
They saw him as bearing grace. And that grace, they assumed, would be available to them.
The crowd wants Jesus to do the same miracles in Nazareth that he did in Capernaum. There may be some rivalry between the towns, but most likely the people of Nazareth feel that the hometown son should show them special favour.
But Jesus wasn't about to share that grace with them, and he told them so.
He wants them to see the other side -- 'Who do I mean when I say let the oppressed go free?' he asks.
I'm intrigued that the whole community acted as one. I must say, in my experience most communities don't ever act as one.
I am reminded about a worship survey I carried out early in my ministry. I asked people to rate some of our hymns: one person threatened to leave the church if we sang 'The Lord of the Dance' one more time. Another person wrote that she would leave the church if we didn't sing it more often!
I learned that whatever we did in worship, about one third of the people loved it, one third disliked it, and one third were somewhere in between. I suspect a lot of surveys produce similar results.
But in this instance, the congregation was of one mind: they loved him when they loved him ... and they hated him when they hated him.
They were homogeneous.
It's as if Jesus understood this and when everyone was saying 'great job,' he threw a spanner in the works on purpose.
And the spanner in the works? Jesus points out that in a famine, when there were many widows in Israel starving, Elijah only came to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon, and when there were many lepers in Israel, it was only Naaman of Syria who was healed by Elisha.
When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with rage. Not performing a miracle is more unlikely and more unacceptable to the people than performing one. They got up, drove him out of the town, to the Hill of Precipitation near their town, so that they might hurl him off the cliff.
So one minute, they were all speaking well of him and were amazed at his gracious words, and the next moment they were all enraged and dragged him to the top of a hill to throw him to his death.
Such a dramatic shift.
Can we put ourselves in the place of this congregation? Certainly we can see ourselves applauding Jesus' words, but can we see ourselves doing something as horrible as wanting to attack Jesus for his words? It seems unlikely.
But I am reminded of a sociology course I took on deviant behaviour.
I learned that mobs act as one, even though the individuals would not be provoked to violence on their own. I hope I could withstand the force of a mob, but I'm not sure. My grandmother was trampled by a crowd celebrating the end of the first world war. For the rest of her life two lines of gravel embedded deep in the skin of her face reminded us all of the destructive power of a mob.
Human beings have it in us to act badly in crowds. And Jesus makes the point that mobs are not what God has in mind for the human community. Homogeneity can be rather dangerous, as Jesus discovered on that hilltop.
Today's society has become much more homogenous than at other times in history.There is even a word for wanting what other people want: memesis. We want what everyone else has, we want everyone to agree with us.
The eugenics movement in the first third of the 20th century was a frightening attempt to purge society of difference.
I went back and forth between Canada and the UK a fair bit when I was a kid. When I was in school in Scotland, being Canadian was unique, and I felt really honoured. But having a Scottish accent in Canada set me apart, in not such a good way. I became very good at losing my accent. When my English mother heard people describing folk as being weird or even eccentric in Canada, she would say reassuringly, 'Oh that's English' -- hoping that would make them acceptable. Both of us recognised that there was a narrower view here of how much difference was acceptable.
In their new book, "In a Different Key", about the history of autism, John Donvan and Caren Zucker posit that autism is not a new phenomenon. In 15th- century Russia, for example, some autistic people were believed to be "holy fools," touched by God, and this divine connection conferred protected status. In the early 1900s in North America, however, society largely aimed to purge rather than protect people they decided were "mentally defective". Articles published at the time in the Journal of American Psychiatry suggested institutionalization, sterilization and mercy killing.
This very characteristic of uniformity of reaction is what Jesus walks away from.
Homogeneity is not what God means by healthy community. Jesus put himself in danger to force them to think outside of their comfort zone. He practically invented, "outside of the comfort zone" -- doing the unexpected throughout his ministry.
The brave suffering widow at Zarepath, the suffering Syrian -- they were necessary to the wholeness of community. The needs of the marginalized, the stranger, the foreigner were essential to the health of the community.
When Jesus encounters people whose reality is suffering, he throws a healing spanner in the works.
The people of Nazareth are surprised to learn that God loves people they don't. This is the first time his community realizes that Jesus' good news is not always what they want to hear.
In his hometown, he says, 'Guess what? Who I am for is not just you, I'm for the Syrian too.
The coming of God in the flesh becomes an intrusion into our safe place: it is judgement as well as grace.
The marginalised need to be returned to community for community to be whole. We aren't whole on our own. We aren't whole if we define community only as those like us -- even though we feel most safe, most secure, most comfortable with people who are like us.
God is not just my God or your God. God is God of everyone in the world. God loves every person in the world as much as God loves us.


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The Ford Country Squire is what most people remember as the traditional station wagon. A true family vehicle, the Country Squire was produced by Ford from 1950 through 1991. It featured the ever present imitation wood panel. This feature earned it the nickname, "Woody" among the surfing subculture of Los Angeles in the 1960′s.
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Dive Philippines: Divers find 'deep joy' in Anilao
Overwhelming joy engulfs Victoria Liles as she finds herself amidst an entirely different realm each time she hits 40 to 60 feet deep underwater off the coast of Anilao, Mabini town, Batangas.
"When you see fish species you've never seen before. I can't exactly describe the excitement and energy that come with it. It's a great feeling," said Victoria, a 29-year old Marine biologist from Germany.
She and her husband Chris, of Portland, Oregon, own and manage the Granada Beach Resort in Boljoon, Cebu but were in town for the 4th Anilao Underwater Photography Shootout sponsored by the Department of Tourism (DOT) last November 23-27, 2016.
Also Read: Best Beach Resorts in Anilao, Batangas
DOT Secretary Wanda Tulfo Teo had directed Undersecretary Kat De Castro, head of DOT Public Affairs, Communication and Special Projects, to aggressively promote the Philippines' scuba-diving destinations, as well as advocate environmental conservation.
De Castro said the Liles couple competed with 131 divers from 17 countries, as well as, local aficionados from all over the archipelago, in the five-day underwater photo contest.
"We want to offer our visitors a Philippine experience beyond the usual fare ofsun-and-beach. There's an entirely distinct world to be discovered in deep-sea diving which is very enlightening and challenging," stressed De Castro, a certified diver herself.
At least 36 entries won awards in various categories, including DOT Photographer of the Year awards for Yoshio Osawa (compact class) and Dennis Corpuz (open class) for their originality and composition in showcasing the bursting underwater life.
Filipino actor Richard Gutierrez, who for 10 years has made diving his escape to find peace and quiet, topped 100 competitors in the marine behavior (open class) category and also placed third in the fish portrait category.
"It's really great meeting divers from all over the world and Filipino divers from the Visayas and Mindanao. I love exploring nature and seeing the beauty of the marine life here in Anilao, just two hours away from Manila. I can't wait till my children go diving with me," said Gutierrez.
"It's really surreal. I've had 6,000 dives in many areas around the world and I'm still finding animals I've never seen before. We couldn't be more thrilled," said veteran scuba-diver Chris Liles.
He noted the proximity of Mabini town to Isla Verde Passage, known as the Ground Zero for the diversity of marine subjects.
"The diversity of the animals found underwater at Verde Island is absolutely fantastic," Chris said of the area declared in 1999 as marine reserve by the Philippine Tourism Authority (now Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority).
In 2006, an international team of marine conservationists declared the Philippines the Center of Marine Biodiversity in the world, and the Verde Island Passage as the "Center of the Center of Marine Shorefish Biodiversity."
"I was quite surprised to see the differences with Cebu, which is a very pretty island but it's not as jungle-themed as it is out here. Though we have some great diving sites in southern Cebu, we don't have the critters that you find in Anilao," Chris went on to say.
Saori Arita, magazine editor for the Marine Art Center of Tokyo, Japan, said her first diving experience in Anilao has been fulfilling.
"You feel liberated. You feel peace and calm when all you hear is your breathing and the bubbles, and when the water is warm," said the youthful diving journalist.
Odd Kristensen, who represented the Underwater Macro Photographers Group, agrees that the Anilao diving sites are truly special.
The Australian retiree expressed optimism that more divers would come to find themselves enthralled by the Philippine deep, although there should be tight measures for conservation to protect this country's underwater treasures.


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It is through this Rite that we come to realize true selflessness. Every activity, including our thoughts, feelings, words and acts, becomes centered upon service and giving. You will learn how to serve as a true humanitarian, through sincerity and humility, and with a sincere attitude of love and goodwill towards all.


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Hindenburg Research Shorts Chinese Bitcoin Mining Maker; Ebang Continues its Fundraising Spree
Short-seller Hindenburg Research is shorting Chinese Bitcoin mining machine producer Ebang International Holdings. This sent the shares of the company (EBON) down 20% to $5.53. EBON shares have lost 63% of their value since the mid-March high. Ebang made its debut on Nasdaq in June last year, and during this period, it has made three fundraising rounds, one in November and two in February this year alone, raking in $170 million in the last two. According to Hindenburg, Ebang "claims" to be a leading bitcoin miner maker, but their research "indicates no evidence backs this extraordinary claim." It further goes on to the point that ever since releasing its final miner in May 2019, its sales have been dwindling to near-zero, "delivering only 6,000 total miners in 1H20." The ongoing bull run has fueled a surge in fundraising in the crypto sector, which raised $2.6 billion in just three months, more than the amount raised in the entire last year. Hindenburg has also been short on another Chinese blockchain company and took short positions in electric vehicle companies, including Nikola Corp, Lordstown Motors, insurer Clover Health, and Kandi Technologies Group Inc in the past year. According to the firm, its research revealed that instead of using the capital proceeds to develop its business, Ebang has been moving the cash out of the company through "a series of opaque deals with insiders and questionable counterparties." Interestingly, this week, Ebang also announced the closing of its previously announced best-efforts follow-on public offering for the sale of 14 million units at a purchase price of US$6.10 per unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately US$85.4 million. The company intends to use its net proceeds to expand its crypto mining business and for the establishment and operation of the mining farms, crypto exchange, and general corporate purposes. As we reported, Ebang announced the launch of its cryptocurrency exchange just this week, which Dong Hu, Chairman, and CEO of the company, said, "will not only expand the revenue sources from our cryptocurrency business but also optimize the development of our blockchain industry chain."
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Canku Ota
(Many Paths)
An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America
May 17, 2003 - Issue 87
Interesting Sidelights on the History of the Early Fur Trade Industry (Part 5)
From The Eau Claire Leader - Sunday August 15, 1925
credits: submitted by Timm Severud (Ondamitag)
Minn. May 12, 1925,
have been married twice. Duncan Stuart lived two years. I have one daughter
by him. I married again in three years to Mr. Spears. He lived seven years
and by him I had two children. Two years after his death the village of
Swan River was destroyed by fire. It was supposed to have been set by
Indians. That was in 1863.
A. Spears
On the reverse side of the letter Mrs. Alice Mee, a daughter of Mrs. Spears, and with whom Mrs. Spears was making her home, made a notation to the effect that her mothers health was very poor, she was confined to bed, and that the above letter was probably the last one she would ever write. She did however right a few lines later, only a few days before her death. With her last letter she sent a typewritten account she had prepared several years earlier of a trip she made from the Chippewa River to Northern Minnesota. No further explanation is necessary.
Mrs. Spear's Story
1850 (she was 18) my brother William W. Warren was appointed to conduct
the male Chippewa Indians from the Chippewa River country to Sandy Lake,
to which place the Government Agency had been removed. The agent sent
word for the Indians to all come at the same time with my brothers and
see the country. If they liked it they would all be removed the next year.
My brother was in poor health and my mother urged him not to go, fearing
the trip would be too hard on him, but he said he had started and did
not wish to turn back. I then told my brother to let me go. Then if he
got sick I could help take care of him and I could cook for him and I
told him he would not be sorry. He was afraid I could not stand the walking;
but finally consented to let me go. There were a great many Indians on
the Chippewa River at that time. In September we started from our Uncle
James Ermatinger's home at what is now Jim Falls, went first to Lac Courte
Oreilles walking through the woods, the Indians packed canoes on their
backs, some others with big packs of provisions and other things. My brother
had two men hired to pack our canoe and tent. We walked all day and did
not come to any lake or river to cross. We traveled in what were then
the dense woods of Northern Wisconsin. We came to the St. Croix River
and stayed for two days, then started for the mouth of the St. Louis River,
near Lake Superior and camped near the sand bar near were the City of
Duluth now stands. Some more Indians were waiting for us there. Altogether
there were then about 800 in our party. We were now ready to start for
Sandy Lake. That night my brother was taken sick with hemorrhage of the
lung, and was unable to travel for four days, and then we started up the
river to Fond du Lac. Just before we started my brother told the Indians
he wished to say a few words, then pointing to where Duluth now stands,
he said, that in this most desolate place will some day be a very great
city, with a big harbor and many ships and pointing to the present site
of Superior he said there would be another city there. He said he would
not live to see it but that some of the younger ones would. We all thought
he was losing his mind. From there we traveled towards Sandy Lake, and
that was the hardest part of our journey, as we had to walk for about
six days. Then the Indians went ahead of us and we camped altogether on
this side of the lake. All the Chippewas, with their families, were waiting
for us. In all there were several thousand, waiting to receive their payments.
We had to wait three weeks for the money to come. It was then in the late
fall. The measles broke out and many children died and some of the grown
folks as well. It was a sad time for all us all.
Watrous held a council with the Indians in his front yard. I was there
and heard every word. He urged the Indians to move and join the Mississippi
Indians so they would be together on the same reservation and the government
would move them the next year. The head chief of the Chippewa River, whose
name was Kichi Makigan, Big Wolf, stood up, and he was a fine looking
Indian. He said they would not move. They would not leave their homes,
where their dead were laid, also they would never go to Sandy Lake again
for their payments, so the removal at that time was a failure.
A. Spears.
already noted Mrs. Spears died only a few weeks ago at her daughter's
home in Detroit, Minn.
Her daughter, Mrs. Alice Mee, sent a copy of the Detroit Tribune of June 25, containing the obituary given below. In the view of the connection of the Warren family with the early history of the Chippewa Valley we feel assured this will be of interest to residents here.
Passing of Julia Warren Spears
Julia Warren Spears, who has been a resident of Becker County for the
past fifty years and who for many years has made her home with her daughter,
Mrs. Alice Mee, died at her home Sunday morning, aged 92 years, 9 months
and 18 days. Death was caused by the infirmities of age complicated by
a mild attack of cerebral hemorrhage.
Spears, whose maiden name was Julia Warren, was born September 3, 1832,
at La Pointe, Madeline Island, Wisconsin, the daughter of Lyman Marquis
Warren and Mary Cadotte. Through her father she traced he ancestry to
Richard Warren, the Mayflower pilgrim and through him to William the Conqueror.
Her mother, Mary Cadotte Warren was the grand daughter of Jean Baptiste
Cadotte, the first white fur trader at Sault St. Marie, the daughter of
Michael Cadotte and the grand daughter of White Crane, a Chippewa Chief.
At six years of age she was taken to live in the family of her grandfather,
Lyman M. Warren, until 1848, when she return to La Pointe, where she was
placed in the family of Charles W. Borup, a well known fur trader and
where she went to a private school and completed her education. In 1850,
her brother, William W. Warren, was commissioned by the government to
conduct the male Chippewas in the vicinity of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin,
to Sandy Lake Minnesota. As he was in poor health, his sister accompanied
him. The journey was made by canoe up the Chippewa River to Lac Courte
Oreilles, across to Lake Superior, up past the present site of Duluth,
up the St. Louis River to Fond du Lac and thence to Sandy Lake. There
were over 800 Indians and Miss Warren was the only woman in the party.
A short time after she removed to Gull Lake. In 1852, she was united in
marriage to Duncan Stuart at Swan River and one child, now Mrs. Mary Stuart
Lambert was born. Mr. Stuart died in 1854 and in 1856 Mrs. Stuart married
Andrew J. Spears of Swan River and of this union two children were born.
Mrs. Alice Mee of Detroit and William R. Spears deceased. Mr. Spears died
in 1861 and in 1862; incendiary fire destroyed the town of Swan River
and Mrs. Spears was employed as a teacher at the agency seven miles from
Crow Wing. This was closed in 1885 and she was given the position of matron
of the school at Leech Lake. It was at this time that Hole-in-the-Day
was murdered near Crow Wing and the next day the murderer appeared at
Leech Lake. One of them who claimed to have fired the fatal shot, offered
the dead chieftain's watch to Mrs. Spears for $5.00, but she refused and
the watch disappeared. In 1890 Mrs. Spears removed to White Earth and
in the fall began to teach school there, thus being the first schoolteacher
in Becker County. This she continued for a few years until failing health
obliged her to retire and make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Mee, with
whom she has lived since that time.
a number of years she has been in feeble health but has been active in
mind and her reminiscences of early days, written from time to time, will
be a valuable contribution to the history of the White Earth Reservation
and of Becker County. Last week she suffered a paralytic stroke and the
end came peacefully last Sunday morning at 10:30. Funeral services were
held at the Episcopalian Church at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Reverend
H.N. Tragitt officiating and interment was made in Oak Grove Cemetery.
sisters survive Mrs. Spears, Mrs. Mary English, of Cass Lake, who was
prevented from being present at the funeral by infirmities; and Mrs. Sophia
Warren of White Earth, who was present. One sister Charlotte, died many
years ago, one brother William W. Warren died in 1853 and another brother,
Truman A. Warren, died in 1888. Two daughters mourn her departure, Mrs.
Isaac Lambert, of Ogema, and Mrs. C.W. Mee, of Detroit, besides whom there
are eighteen grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren.
Spears was a confirmed member of the Protestant Episcopal Church by Bishop
Whipple at Little Falls in 1868 or 1869 and remained so till the time
of her death. She was the oldest communicant of that church in Becker
County and one of the oldest in the state. Her life was lived in conformity
of the teachings of the great head of all churches and she was universally
loved by all who came to know her.
Out of town attendants at the funeral were Mrs. Margaret Decorey, Valentine, Nebraska; Dudley Fairbanks, St. Paul; Dr. Oscar Davis, Minneapolis; George Stillwell and family, Brainerd; B.S. Fairbanks and family, Mrs. Grace Hull, George Warren of White Earth and Martin Blanchand of Waubun.
William Whipple Warren
connection with these letters incidental reference has been made to William
Whipple Warren, but something further is due him. In the writer's opinion
he was the most notable and interesting product of the fur trade in these
parts and a really remarkable character. As already noted Lyman Warren
in 1821 married Mary, a daughter of Michel Cadotte and his Ojibway wife.
Michel Cadotte was himself of part Ojibway blood, so that the daughter
Mary was about three-fourths Ojibway. William Whipple Warren, their oldest
son, was born at La Pointe in 1825. He learned to talk the Ojibway language
from playing with the Indian children. His father gave him a good English
education, sending him to the mission school at La Pointe and later at
the summer of 1836, his grandfather came from New York state on a visit
and on his return took his young grandson William back to New York where
he attended school two years at Clarkson and later three years at the
Oneida Institute, near Utica. He then returned to his father's home at
La Pointe. He was a great favorite with all and developed an unusual interest
in the history and traditions of his mother's Indians ancestry and spent
much of his time interviewing the chiefs, medicine men, and aged members
of the tribe and making notes. While only a boy he was chosen to serve
as official interpreter for the government in its dealings with the Indians.
Hon. Henry Rice says of him 'In the Treaty of Fond du Lac made by General
Verplanck and myself in 1847 William Warren was our interpreter. He was
one of the most eloquent and fluent speakers I ever heard. The Indians
said that he understood their language better than themselves. His command
of the English language was remarkable, in fact musical.'
1842, at the age of 18, he was married to Matilda Aitkin, the daughter
of a prominent fur trader. As already noted Lyman Warren, during the latter
30's and early 40's, had a trading post near Chippewa City, and the son,
William spent some time in the valley. James Ermatinger, at Jim Falls,
was his uncle, and it was from there that he started, in 1850, with the
Indians to Sandy Lake, Minnesota, as described by his sister, Mrs. Spears.
1845 he had moved to Minnesota and in 1850 was elected a member of the
legislature, from a district, which comprised about one half the present
area of the state. He took his seat in the legislature in January 1851.
A St. Paul newspaperman, Col. D.A. Robertson, had become acquainted with
him and writes as follows, 'I had shortly before established in St. Paul
The Minnesota Democrat newspaper. Someone introduced Mr. Warren to me
and I wished to learn what I could in regard to the customs, belief and
history of the Ojibways. I questioned him on these points and he very
lucidly and eloquently gave me the desired information. I was amazed at
his information in regard to the Ojibway myths as well as please with
his style of narrative, so clear and graphic, which with his musical voice,
made his recital really engrossing.'
Mr. Warren took his seat in the legislature I renew my talks with him
about the Ojibway legends. Then asked him to write for me some articles
on this subject, to which he consented, and began to prepare them during
his leisure moments when not engaged in the legislature. The first article
appeared February 25, 1851, and was followed by others. These sketches
took well and seemed to please all who read them.'
Robertson goes on to state that realizing the value of the articles he
urged Warren to put them in a book form. This he began to do, but by reason
of his increasing ill health and lack of funds the publishing was delayed
until too late as in June 1853, he died at the age of 28. Some years after
his death his manuscript came into the possession of the Minnesota Historical
Society and still later was published in Volume 5 of the Society's historical
collections. The Warren article comprises the greater part of this volume
and constitutes the best story of the Ojibway, or Chippewa Indians ever
the preface of the story Warren states that it was his purpose, 'if his
precarious health held out,' to follow this work with two and possibly
three others, on different phases, which he enumerates, of Ojibway life.
Probably no writer that ever lived has been so qualified as William Whipple Warren to present these topics, and his early death meant much to those interested in Indian life.
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This sample configuration demonstrates how to set up a Layer 3 (L3) EtherChannel, without VLAN trunking, between a Cisco router and a Cisco Catalyst 6500 switch running Cisco IOS® System Software. EtherChannel can be called Fast EtherChannel (FEC) or Gigabit EtherChannel (GEC); the term depends on the speed of the interfaces or ports you use to form the EtherChannel. In this example, two Fast Ethernet ports from a Cisco router and a Catalyst 6500 switch have been bundled into a FEC. Throughout this document, the terms FEC, GEC, port channel, channel, and port group all refer to EtherChannel.
This document includes only the configuration files from the switch and router, and the output from the related sample show commands.
Before you attempt this configuration, ensure that you meet these requirements:
Catalyst 6500/6000 and 4500/4000 series switches running Cisco IOS Software:
Catalyst 6500/6000 and 4500/4000 series switches running Cisco IOS Software support both Layer 2 (L2) and L3 EtherChannel, with up to eight compatibly configured Ethernet interfaces on any module. All interfaces in each EtherChannel must be the same speed. All must be configured as either L2 or L3 interfaces.
EtherChannel load balancing can use either MAC addresses, IP addresses, or the TCP port numbers.
Note: The selected mode applies to all EtherChannels configured on the switch.
Catalyst 6500/6000 Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1E or later and Catalyst 4500/4000 Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(8a)EW or later.
Cisco routers:
IP traffic distributes over the port channel interface while traffic from other routing protocols sends over a single link. Bridged traffic distributes on the basis of the L3 information in the packet. If the L3 information does not exist in the packet, the traffic sends over the first link.
A wide variety of Cisco routers support EtherChannel. To find a platform or version of code that supports EtherChannel on a Cisco router, use the Cisco Feature Navigator II (registered customers only) . A list of routers and Cisco IOS Software releases that support EtherChannel is found under the FEC feature.
For hardware and software requirements for EtherChannel on other Cisco products, refer to System Requirements to Implement EtherChannel on Catalyst Switches.
The information in this document is based on these software and hardware versions:
Catalyst 6500 switch running Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(8b)E10
Cisco 7500 router running Cisco IOS Software Release 12.1(21)
The switch configuration in this document applies to any Catalyst 6500/6000 and any Catalyst 4500/4000 series switch running Cisco IOS Software.
The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.
Note: Use of the write erase command cleared the configurations on all devices to ensure that they had a default configuration. Make sure to reload the devices after you issue the write erase command to flush all the nondefault configurations.
Refer to Cisco Technical Tips Conventions for more information on document conventions.
If you initially issue the channel-group command under the physical interface, it automatically creates the port-channel interface. If you configured the port-channel interface before you channeled physical interfaces, remove the port-channel interface first. This is only relevant on Catalyst switches. The order of configuration changes on the 7500 router. You must configure the port-channel interface before you configure the channel group under the physical interface.
The order of configuration of a port channel in Catalyst 6500/6000 and 4500/4000 Cisco IOS Software is important. It is best to issue any switchport command before you issue the channel-group command in a physical interface.
When you issue the channel-group command prior to the switchport command on a physical interface (interface Gigabit Ethernet 1/1), the port-channel interface is created automatically and becomes a L3 interface. If you then issue the switchport command under the physical interface, the physical interface becomes a L2 interface. Also, the port-channel interface that you created earlier has no physical interface associated with it. Notice that the channel-group command is absent from under the physical interface. In this case, you must first issue the switchport command under the newly configured port-channel interface. Then, the physical port accepts the channel-group command again. In this case, the port channel has changed from a L3 interface to a L2 interface.
Consider, in contrast, if you issue the switchport command first on a physical interface and then add the channel-group command. In this case, the port-channel interface is automatically created and inherits all the configured switchport commands.
On a Catalyst 6500/6000 switch running Cisco IOS Software, all ports are L3 ports by default. On a Catalyst 4500/4000 switch running Cisco IOS Software, all ports are L2 ports by default.
In this section, you are presented with the information to configure the features described in this document.
Note: Use the Command Lookup Tool (registered customers only) to find more information on the commands used in this document.
This document uses this network setup:
This document uses these configurations:
Note: Comments and explanations appear in blue italics.
|Catalyst 6500 Switch (Without VLAN Trunking)
Building configuration... Current configuration : 5869 bytes ! version 12.1 service timestamps debug uptime service timestamps log uptime no service password-encryption ! hostname cat6500 ! boot buffersize 126968 boot system flash slot0:c6sup11-jsv-mz.121-8b.E15.bin boot bootldr bootflash:c6msfc-boot-mz.121-8b.E15 enable password ww ! redundancy main-cpu auto-sync standard ip subnet-zero ! ! no ip finger ! ! ! ! !--- In this example, you configure L3 EtherChannel. !--- For more details, refer to this document: !--- Configuring EtherChannels. !--- A logical port-channel interface is automatically created !--- when ports are grouped into a channel group. interface Port-channel 1 ip address 188.8.131.52 255.255.255.0 duplex full speed 100 !--- If you specify the speed and duplex setting at the port channel !--- level, these settings pass down to the physical ports. !--- In other words, the physical ports inherit the same speed !--- and duplex settings as the port-channel interface. hold-queue 300 in ! interface GigabitEthernet1/1 no ip address shutdown ! interface GigabitEthernet1/2 no ip address shutdown ! interface FastEthernet3/1 no ip address duplex full speed 100 !--- Port is a member of channel group 1. Routers do not support !--- EtherChannel negotiation (Port Aggregation Protocol [PAgP]), so PAgP !--- needs to be disabled. On a Catalyst 4500/4000 switch, all ports are !--- L2 ports by default. Convert this port from a physical L2 port to !--- a physical L3 port with the no switchport command. channel-group 1 mode on interface FastEthernet3/2 no ip address duplex full speed 100 !--- Port is a member of channel group 1. Routers do not support !--- EtherChannel negotiation (PAgP), so PAgP needs to be disabled. !--- On a Catalyst 4500/4000 switch, all ports are L2 ports by default. !--- Convert this port from a physical L2 port to a physical L3 port !--- with the no switchport command. channel-group 1 mode on interface FastEthernet3/3 no ip address switchport switchport mode access ! !--- Output suppressed. ! ip classless no ip http server ! ! ! line con 0 transport input none line vty 0 4 ! end
|Cisco 7500 Router (Without VLAN Trunking)
!--- Output suppressed. ! interface Port-channel1 ip address 220.127.116.11 255.255.255.0 full-duplex hold-queue 300 in ! interface FastEthernet0/0 no ip address full-duplex speed 100 channel-group 1 ! interface FastEthernet0/1 no ip address full-duplex speed 100 channel-group 1 !--- Output suppressed.
This section provides information you can use to confirm your configuration is working properly.
Certain show commands are supported by the Output Interpreter Tool (registered customers only) , which allows you to view an analysis of show command output.
show etherchannel channel-id port-channel —To check port channel in a Cisco IOS switch.
show interfaces port-channel channel-id —To check port channel in a Cisco IOS router.
show etherchannel channel-id port-channel
Router#show etherchannel 1 port-channel Port-channels in the group: ---------------------- Port-channel: Po1 ------------ Age of the Port-channel = 01h:56m:20s Logical slot/port = 10/1 Number of ports in agport = 2 GC = 0x00010001 HotStandBy port = null Passive port list = Fa3/1 Fa3/2 Port state = Port-channel L3-Ag Ag-Inuse Ports in the Port-channel: Index Load Port ------------------- 0 55 Fa3/1 1 AA Fa3/2 Time since last port bundled: 01h:55m:44s Fa3/2 Router#
show interfaces port-channel channel-id
Router#show interfaces port-channel 1 Port-channel1 is up, line protocol is up Hardware is FastEtherChannel, address is 00e0.1476.7600 (bia 0000.0000.0000) Internet address is 220.127.116.11/24 MTU 1500 bytes, BW 400000 Kbit, DLY 100 usec, rely 255/255, load 62/255 Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set, keepalive set (10 sec), hdx ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00 No. of members in this fechannel: 2 Member 0 : FastEthernet0/0 Member 1 : FastEthernet0/1 Last input never, output never, output hang never Last clearing of "show interface" counters 10:51:55 Queueing strategy: fifo Output queue 0/40, 0 drops; input queue 0/300, 0 drops 5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec 5 minute output rate 98281000 bits/sec, 8762 packets/sec 4545 packets input, 539950 bytes, 0 no buffer Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants 0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort 0 watchdog, 0 multicast 0 input packets with dribble condition detected 342251216 packets output, 3093422680 bytes, 0 underruns 0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets 0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred 0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier 0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
There is currently no specific troubleshooting information available for this configuration.


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By: A.G. Howard
A highly acclaimed and anticipated debut with a beautiful cover!! It's a take on Alice in Wonderland in which a girl (whose ancestor is the original Alice from the book) thinks she may be mentally ill like her mother. But then she finds out that the story of Alice in Wonderland is in fact true and now she's finding out that Wonderland is a little different than what was written. From what everyone's been saying, it sounds great!
By: Robin Mellom
Justina is a girl who never wanted to go to prom... until her best friend Ian asked her. But when he ditches her on prom day, she has to figure out how this happened. I love stories like this!! I love books about popularity, mean girls, and prom... no clue why, I'm just weird.
By: K.M. Walton
It's about a girl named Dell who's overweight and going through a lot of emotional stuff... alone. I like the idea of it, but I've not heard impressive things, so we'll see.
By: Hannah Moskowitz
I'm not gonna lie, the name of this book gives me the creeps! It's about a boy whose family moves to an island in an attempt to save his sickly brother. At first he's depressed and lonely, but then he meets Diana and Teeth. But Teeth has secrets and well with a name like Teeth why not? PS- Invincible Summer was awful so I'm more than a little concerned about this book.
By: Lisa Schroeder
It's about a girl with an abusive stepfather who becomes involved with a possessive boyfriend. Then she lands in the ICU somewhere between life and death, and somehow she needs to fight for the love that she wants and needs. I like it!
By: T.E. Sivec
A New Adult book, which I'm loving this genre right now!! He saw her first, but his friend made the move. She settled for the safer choice, but her heart knew the truth. They love, they crave, they lie. Love that blurb!
By: Kim Harrington
Jade moves into a new town and quickly realizes her house is haunted. Haunted by a ghost of a girl who used to be the queen bee of her new high school, and she wants answers and maybe even revenge? Sounds like a cool murder/mystery/paranormal. I love it!
By: Sara Shepard
A Prequel to the Pretty Little Liars books. It's told from Alison's POV in the weeks leading up to her murder. Damn Ms. Shepard, I can't keep up!
By: Jennifer Rush
A Sci-Fi, Dystopian about a girl who falls for a genetically altered boy who is in her father's lab. When they come to take him away, the pair ends up on the run together. It sounds interesting and the guy on the cover is definitely reason enough for me :)
By: Deb Caletti
An anthology of WILD ROSES and THE NATURE OF JADE. I haven't read either books, but I have really enjoyed every Deb Caletti book I have read!
Other Books Out This Week:
- The Essence by Kimberly Derting- The next book in The Pledge Series
- Zom-B Underground by Darren Shan- Cool title!! The sequel to Zom-B and is about... ZOMBIES!
- Pretty Little Secrets by Sara Shepard- Out in paperback this week. This one features each girl in a short story... and each story is Christmasy/Wintery.
Wow lots of great books to start off 2013 with!! And if you think this list was good, wait until next week.... there are a ton of books coming out on 1/8, and I can't wait to do that list :)
So what do you like from this week?? I'm into Splintered and Ditched!


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The most favourite tea time snack across the country, Samosa(Matar/Allo) are Indian starters with delicious pockets of dough stuffed with Matar and Allo.Samosa(Matar/Allo) is a crispy and spicy Indian snack which has an crisp outer layer made of maida and rich filling of mashed potato, peas and spices.
Whether it's a short get-together at home or a grand dinner party, an Indian household are always brimming with aromatic food, no matter how big or small the occasion is. Elaborate courses of meal is a part of every party in India, from small plates of finger food along with welcome drinks, followed by huge portions of Indian starters, extensive range of main course along with side dishes and finally, delectable desserts. Let's just admit it, Indians have a penchant for snacks, or starters or appetisers. We like to munch on almost all the time. No wonder we have a variety of street food across the country. While eating all of it might take very little time, preparing the starters can even take a large chunk of your time. Indian starters are full of spicy and succulent tikkas, crispy pakodas and chaats that go along with refreshing and chatpati chutneys.From a game night, to house party, to Diwali party and to family get-together, there are the Indian Starters for all occasions. Bursting with diverse flavours of Indian spices, these Indian Starters are spicy, tangy and crunchy, all at once.


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Nicole and Josh drove over from portland and met me at the Inn at Cape Kiwanda. The hotel was a perfect location to get ready, just steps from the beach. They both have strong ties to Pacific City. They got engaged here a few years back and they had their engagement photos taken here as well. Being able to be a part of their story meant a lot to me. Early spring is always a toss up when it comes to the Oregon Coast weather, but we got lucky. High sixties on the beach with a sunset that brought tears to my eyes. I even got sun burnt.
While the sun sunk below the horizon we walked up the sand dunes to capture the last of our session atop the cliffs of Cape Kiwanda. A perfectly calm evening with just a slight breeze to lift the bottom of Nicole's dress up in the most surreal ways. It was incredible.
This styled elopement is one of my favorites as it is a refreshing dose of rawness paired with true love. No fancy decor, no fancy dresses; just the two of them, a low key table setup and their love. Nicole's dress, found at Lulus, was simple but elegant. Josh wore a black pair of Levis and a button up from Portland's Bridge and Burn. They ran around barefoot all evening and it felt so authentic being in their presence.
I am so thankful we were able to spend the time shooting, and thankful they volunteered for this session.


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|Dear Readers,
|Is every text a kind of pretext? With each effort to write something down, my brain is flooded with waves of alternate phrasing, grammar and vocabulary. What seemed significant is washed away. Everything ends up abandoned. Nothing is a keeper.
|I've never stayed the same, always forgetting feelings, motivations and evaluative criteria, as if they were creatures without time, always in the present, never knowing how they've changed since the last time I tried to write.
|Maybe you'll understand what I'm trying to get across, in your own way, after reading this. What does it matter if I'll soon be considering other ways of putting it and better things to write about? This process is not a part of something else. The process is all there is.
|I used to wonder if everything I wrote was pointless, or at best an evidence of failure, an absence of surety, coherence and understanding. It often felt as though I were tracing a compounding sequence of mistakes — that I was searching for someone already lost in the wilderness for years and presumed dead.
|The archive I'd accumulated (and continue amassing) was a growing heap of ruins. The internet became an ever-expanding dumping pit. All the books in the world dissolved like wet toilet paper. There seemed to be nowhere left to go but the beginning, a place pre-existing abstractions and representation (if only, with bitter irony, in theory).
|I've tried to imagine it while pretending not to pretend. It's never lasted long. I've needed to consider us, Dear Readers. Every text could be the grounds of our rebuilding. Each encounter might change all there is, was, or will be. Do we exist without each other?
Texts will always be pretext. It has to be this way for the future to remain unwritten.


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The Impact of ActiveWatch
The direct beneficiaries of our rapid intervention, notification and advocacy work are minorities and vulnerable groups, journalists, citizens, media consumers and users and the business environment.
We have influenced the EU policies regarding Romania in the pre-accession period by:
- Submitting open letters, reports and reviews to the structures of the European Commission;
- Involvement in working groups for the amendment of national legislation – for example, the Block of anti-corruption laws and laws for the functioning of Justice, Penal and Civil Codes.
We have contributed in the writing and completion of national legislation to guarantee freedom of expression and access to information:
- Law 544/2001 on free access to information of public interest;
- Law 52/2003 of Decision-making transparency in the public administration;
- Law 504/2002 – the Audiovisual Law;
- The Code for the Regulation of the Audiovisual;
- The Penal Code.
We have consolidated the freedom of expression and media freedom by means of:
- The legal and technical support granted to the hundreds of journalists and newsrooms and the dozens of rapid responses for the breach of the right to freedom of expression;
- The annual publishing of the FreeEx Report – a review of the situation of the Romanian media. The report is constantly quoted in the documents of national and international organizations;
- The publishing of relevant studies in the European and international case law regarding the freedom of expression and the access to public interest information to help Romanian journalists, magistrates and attorneys in their work;
- Training courses and seminars with journalists, students, lawyers, judges, public officers and media managers;
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- The support granted to media trade unions in the negotiation of the first employment agreement at a branch level;
- Producing the first TV program dedicated to the life of Romanian media - Of, Presa mea! (during 2002 and 2006).
We have been promoting the media responsibility by means of:
- Projects for the information and promotion of the media consumers' rights;
- Preparing media review reports by means of which we outlined deviations from the ethical and deontological norms;
- Drawing up the Unique Deontological Code passed by the Convention of Media Organizations, the provisions of which have also been taken over by other media organizations in the country;
- Organizing meetings and seminars and writing letters addressed to the media in the event of deviations from the ethical norms;
- Providing assistance to the National Council of the Audiovisual to improve their media monitoring methods;
- Ongoing media monitoring during election campaigns. The media monitoring reports have become reference tools for the journalists, the collegiate environment, students, politicians and the NGOs.
In the field of media education, we have brought changes to the school curriculum for high school education by means of:
- Publishing the first textbook in Romania dedicated to media education, in two editions;
- Organizing training courses in the media education field for Romanian teachers ( e.g. the MediaSIS course);
- Conducting studies and workshops with students and teachers in secondary schools in the media education field;
- Publishing supporting materials for the teachers interested in promoting media education among students.
We have supported disadvantaged groups in Romania by means of:
- Promoting the rights of people with disabilities;
- Promoting the importance of integrating people with disabilities into the workplace;
- Promoting an fair media reporting with respect to minorities;
- Coordinating rapid responses in the cases in which police officers, dignitaries, politicians or opinion leaders have offended or delivered speeches that risked endangering the minorities' rights;
- Organizing training courses for members of the Roma organizations in order to become PR specialists and to be able to effectively and responsibly promote the actions of their own organizations;
- Initiating and influencing legislative modifications and blocking several initiatives that risked threatening the status of the vulnerable groups in Romania;
- Contributing to the establishment of the National Council for the Prevention of Discrimination (CNCD);
- Notifying the CNCD in many discrimination cases;
- Drawing up the first guide dedicated to government and non-profit institutions in order to effectively prevent discrimination in Romanian society;
- Producing the most long-lasting TV program dedicated to the issues of the Roma group: Rom European (from 2004 till the present).
- We have been promoting the citizen's rights by means of:
- Instructing journalists, non-government organizations and trade unions with respect to methods of measuring the level of corruption in the Romanian public administration, and with respect to methods of active intervention;
- Drawing up anti-corruption guides for citizens;
- Organizing coalitions and campaigns that followed the fairness of the European funds spending in Romania (Coalition 112 for Structural Funds; The Transparency of European funds in Romania etc.) and of the legislative processes in Romania (Coalition for a Clean Parliament, Stop the Codes Campaign etc.);
- Promoting the principles of good governance and stimulating the citizens' participation in the cities' life ("You are the city!" Campaign, The governance criminal record etc.);
- Information and awareness campaigns of the general public regarding the importance of environment protection.


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Here are a few of my images from the 2013 Dukeries Rally. Held in and around Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, it brings together a mixture of classic and modern rally cars to tackle gravel and mud tracks.
Although some of the cars may be getting on a bit that doesn't mean they're mollycoddled. It's a great opportunity to witness 50 year-old Escorts flying by at full speed and power-sliding around corners followed by ex-WRC Focuses, Imprezas and Evos.
The eventual winners were Charlie Payne and Paul Spooner in their 2006 Focus WRC, 17 seconds ahead of Stephen Petch and Ian Windress in their 2008 Focus (car 4 pictured below). For full results from the various classes visit the official results page.


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Began a new project just recently, a mural installation called "Creator' based on a vision that sparked my imagination. The process is a lot of work, a lot of hustle and bustle, late nights, mixing paints, drawing, cleaning, running, music, drink water, look, step back, never look back, eat, drink, spray, brush, clean, sleep when the legs turn to jello…just one more session, okay and maybe another. This is the thing that makes me happy, I put a lot of care an attention into my murals, some take 3 months to do, some a day or two, it just all depends on mood, constitution, atmosphere, nerve, intuition, flow, and juice. When these elements are aligned it is magic in its purest form, and so far this project is all of the above. It is dedicated to a friend named Scotty who moved onto the next life and whose words of encouragement helped me to carry on, Eddie and Clyde Aikau (so inspiring), all other surfers and ocean lovers, and to people of Earth, as we all are here because Creator, who ever that is to you, made this existence and this planet, and the Cosmos and what a tremendous gift it is to be able to be a part of it all. Many thanks to New Age Calgary, Rebecca, Nicole, my family, Yvan, John, Guy, Mark, Leigh (who lent a projector, very cool and fun), Sunnyside Art Supply, the Roasterie, Sunnyside Market and all the folks who have contributed in one way or another, couldn't do it without your help, love, food, coffee, smile, hug, laugh, thumbs up, and positivity. More coming soon my friends, if there is any questions or comments please let me know and I will do my best to get back to you. Until than I have a few more sessions on this beauty, and I am excited to say that I am making a movie which I will hopefully be completed sometime in March, I will post more on that soon. I leave you with some pictures and a few more words.
Keep working on your dream, if you have been thinking about it for sometime it is never too late, it is there waiting for you to begin at any moment. You will not be sorry you did.


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08:48 | 11/06/2015 Cooperation
An Indian delegation comprising executives from six major leather companies that supply the footwear, furniture and automotive industries met around 20 Vietnamese counterparts in HCM City on June 9 to explore business opportunities.
Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the event, D Gokulakrishnan, officer on special duty for the Council for Leather Exports of India, said Vietnam was one of the world's largest footwear exporters while India was also one of the world leading exporters of leather, leather products and footwear.
"Vietnam and India can cooperate in many areas: for instance, Vietnamese companies can come to India to procure leather, leather upholstery, finished leather for shoes, and footwear components.
"On the other hand, Indian footwear companies can come here to establish their units and tap the huge market potential here because Vietnam is going to sign agreements like the TPP and an FTA with the EU."
Tran Doan Dong, Director of Dong Thinh Shoes Joint Stock Company, said he came to the event to source good leather to make shoes for export.
Gokulakrishnan said India's leather exports to Vietnam remained modest because of certain issues like transportation.
But with frequent exchanges between the two countries, the bilateral leather trade was expected to increase by at least five to six times in the years to come, he said.
The event was organised by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry's HCM City office and the Council for Leather Exports of India./.
Source: VNA
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When you look at the details of a picture, you see how its illusion is created. The image above is a detail of one section of the flower bouquet. It zooms in on the flower patterns of the cloth that's piled up against the vase of flowers. From this vantage, much of the expression of three dimensions is lost to sight. The shadows and the lights appear to exist on the same plane. In the detail, one realizes how much the third dimension of this particular drawing was created by the motif as a whole since without the whole motif we cannot see distinctions of figure and ground.
These "textile" flowers are as impressionistic as were the "real" flowers in the vase. Both are abstractions: shapes that appear in masses whose details consist of lines, hatchings and scribbles. So, for instance I began some of the flowers of the textile's pattern as rough, smeared shapes of red crayon. And afterwards I went back into that red with lighter or darker shades to begin the process of imitating the tonal differences within the flower. The irony is that is so doing one makes a "picture of a picture" since another artist designed the textile that I use in my still life.
The character of the drawing materials is hard to conceal, and I made no effort to hide it. The visibility of the drawing is what attracts me to the use of crayons. But it makes the illusion of the subject harder to achieve. The tonal qualities of light passing over objects — the light and shadow of the cloth and its folds, or the diffusion of light around the contours of the vase, or the contrasts of light and shade amid the masses of flowers and leaves — all these effects have to be created through either hatchings or smudges and are refined by careful positioning of light or dark or warm or cool tones.
The visual qualities that pass before your eyes, the numbers of choices available to sight, are staggering in potential complexity. From among all these possibilities one chooses a path that is your rendering of the picture.
It's as though you confront a vast field thick with flowers and wild plants. You see a prospect you want to reach, and you ponder what direction to take through the brush to reach your destination. If you follow something you learned from an old master, it's as if you have found a path that you can walk for a distance. And when that path wears away and returns to the full wilderness of the meadow, from that point onwards you must walk your own path.
And this fact is not a difficulty. It is freedom.


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It seems I don't get to review power metal all that much these days, though it was one of the reasons I was originally recruited by AMG in the first place (my official title was Assistant Chief Power Metal Weenie). Instead, it's Rogga Johansson this, retro death metal that, yadda yadda yadda. Maybe that's why it feels so refreshing to hear some genuinely solid power-prog from long running Aussie act Vanishing Point. Distant is the Sun is serious, prog-tinged power in the same vein as Vanden Plas and Anubis Gate, mixed with the hard rock ethos of bands like Cloudscape and Allen/Lande and adding the occasional touch of symphonic bombast. It's super polished, mega melodic, slick, accessible and strives to be as catchy as possible without sounding too poppy. I've always liked these guys, but found them a bit uneven, but here they seemed to have upped their game and crafted a pretty uniform set of quality songs, with a few real powerhouse killers guaranteed to impress and earn oodles of replay value. It's far from a perfect power platter, but they know how to charm the listener and keep them coming back for another spin, which I've been doing for several weeks.
Upfront I'll concede this is a very front loaded opus, with the best five tunes running almost consecutively. "King of Empty Promises" is a clinic on how to do prog-power correctly, with first-rate playing, memorable writing and hook layered upon hook. It's proggy but still linear, and designed to pull you in like flypaper. The title track is more of the same with a high emotion quotient and another big, addicting chorus. "When Truth Lies" is heavier, a bit more aggressive and in-your-face, but so catchy it practically has a butterfly net attached to it and Silvio Massaro's slick, powerful vocals hit like a hammer, especially during the chorus.
"Deliverance Denied" shifts gears and sounds almost exactly like the recent Evergrey output, and Silvio sounds eerily like Tom Englund, especially come chorus time. The hits keep coming on the somber, moody "Let the River Run," the brooding "Story of Misery" and the regal, grandiose "Pillars of Sand."
Oddly, the only real dud is "Circle of Fire," on which they managed to rope Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica) into contributing vocals. It's such a flat, generic song that even Mr. Kakko's considerable talents can't make it interesting. Better, but still underwhelming is "Era Zero," which is the fastest track on offer, but feels a bit too wishy-washy. Another issue is the overall length of the album, which runs slightly over an hour. As good as much of the material is, it feels too long. If they had chopped the weaker stuff out and kept it around 45-50 minutes, it would feel so much more vital and impressive. You simply don't gain anything by padding the album length with weaker tunes.
As with their prior albums, the strength of Vanishing Point is Mr. Massaro and his pipes. He possesses a very versatile voice that sounds like a mix of Ray Alder (Fates Warning), John West (Royal Hunt) and yes…Michael Bolton (check out his belting on "Walls of Silence" for proof). He's adept at morphing his vocals to fit the varying moods of the material and he always sounds impressive without having to force his mid-range up into the stratosphere.
He's got some top-notch support from long time fretster Chris Porcianko and new axe James Maier, and together they dole out plenty of the melodic riffs, leads and harmonies we all crave. Though they excel at the melodic side of things, and never take the music into truly heavy waters, they wisely keep enough muscle in the riffing to keep things metal. Also standing out is the performance on the skins by Christian Nativo. Though he isn't meant to be the focus of the music, his playing catches the listener's attention and he's always doing something interesting in the background. Tight stuff.
Probably the most consistent release of their career, Distant is the Sun is a rock-solid dose of melodic metal with a smart balance of prog and heaviness. This serves as a great appetizer for the upcoming Anubis Gate album and makes me want to hear a lot more of these guys in the near future. Good on ya!
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Label: AFM Records
Websites: vanishing-point.com.au | facebook.com/vanishingpointaustralia
Release Dates: EU: 2014.21.02 | NA: 03.04.2014


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The New Yorker, August 8, 1994 P. 24
Talk story on the New York Police Department and its undercover Italian- bread bakery that was located at 327 West Eleventh Street in the West Village. The bakery is now a Seattle-esque coffee place run by Austin and Company, (a catering operation next door) called Brewbar. For five months, six policemen put on white aprons and pretended to bake bread each day. This story broke three weeks ago with an article in the Times detailing the success of the police in exposing the activities of a group called the Association of Independent Bakers and Distributors of Italian Bread, which is alleged to have attempted to corner the Italian-bread market, jack up prices, and outmuscle the competition. A key component of the case against the indicted association members is described confidently by Robert Morgenthau, the Manhattan District Attorney, as better-tasting than the higher-priced competition, but it appears that this claim may be difficult to prove in court. On July 13th the D.A. held a press conference and served two dozen loaves--each wrapped in the faux bakery's distinctive paper sleeve.


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Nurses, particularly those working in operating rooms and surgical care units, need to have a well-developed skill set. Thus, when seeking a job in such a department, you can count on your competitors for the position having skills similar to yours. One way that you can set yourself apart from them is by creating a resume that effectively shares your skills and experience with prospective employers prior to ever actually meeting them in person. Doing so ensures that recruiters remember you when they start selecting candidates to interview.
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Erica Lopez
123 Fake Street | City, State, Zip Code
Cell: 000-000-0000
Professional Summary
Detailed Perioperative Nurse with solid experience in operating room preparation, sterilization and sterile environment maintenance throughout surgical procedures. Capable of thorough patient surgical preparation and able to provide comprehensive support to the patient during operative procedures. Strong delegator to CNAs as appropriate, yet able to provide full spectrum of perioperative services without assistance.
Core Qualifications
- Scrubbing and Circulation
- Patient Surgical Readiness
- Sterilization Techniques
- Effective Communication
- Vitals Monitoring
- Surgical Treatment Planning
- BLS/PALS/ACLS Certified
Perioperative Nurse, April 2009 – PresentCompany Name – City, State
- Prepare four surgical suites for an average of eight procedures per day.
- Complete incoming patient assessments, prepare for surgical procedure, administer medications, measure vital statistics and initiate IV.
- Assist surgeon during operations and maintain sterile environment of operating venue throughout surgical procedures.
- Ensure patient comfort and privacy throughout surgery.
Perioperative Nurse, April 2004 – April 2009
Company Name, City, State
- Ensured patient readiness and paperwork completion prior to all surgical procedures.
- Administered medications and tests as required by surgical plan.
- Provided post-operative patient support, education, medications administration for pain and assisted in recovery and discharge process.
- Prepared operating theaters for surgical procedures and maintained sterility during operations.
2004 Bachelor's of Science, Nursing
University of California – City, State2004 Registered Nursing Certification
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Levitra Online
Everybody knows that choosing the right medication for treating erectile dysfunction is not really that hard – all in all, there are only three main drugs that everyone uses. These are sildenafil, tadalafil and vardenafil, each sold under a variety of different brand names. What might be a problem, however, is choosing the right place to buy these meds from – there are dozens of land-based pharmacies and thousands of online ones, all with their very attractive perks and special offers. In today's article we will talk about the latter – online pharmacies selling ED meds. Moreover, we will mostly focus on one of these meds – vardenafil, more commonly known as Levitra.
Where to buy Levitra online?
Basically, you can buy vardenafil online from any point on the world's map. There are countless sites offering you to purchase this medication and get it shipped straight to your door in virtually no time at all. However, there are a few things that you need to remember before you go out shopping for Levitra on the Internet. This part of our article will give you a quick overview of these.
First of all, if you are based in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada or most of Europe, buying Levitra online will probably be a pretty time-consuming process for you if you decide to go for local Internet-based drugstores. See, Levitra is considered to be a prescription medication in these countries, so you will need to go to your doctor's office and obtain the prescription. This process might include answering quite a few questions about your sexual life and health as well as taking quite a few tests to check if Levitra is right for you or you should choose a different medication.
Besides, US citizens will most probably have to go and pick up their online order of Levitra from the nearest brick-and-mortar pharmacy belonging to the chain they are purchasing from. As far as we know, bigger US-based pharmacies don't offer mail or courier delivery, so door-to-door shipping is not an option there. In other countries, it their turn, this should not be an issue at all.
If you decide to go for an international online pharmacy operating from abroad, you most probably won't need a prescription to buy or collect your order. However, if Levitra is considered to be a controlled medication in your country, you might have to have the papers in place to get your order cleared at the customs. Of course, this mostly applies to large Levitra orders, which have higher retail potential while customers ordering Levitra for their own personal use (no more than 3 months' worth of pills) are less likely to be asked about the prescription.
Is buying Levitra online legal?
In most countries of the world buying Levitra from either local or international Internet pharmacies is as legal as buying it from that land-based pharmacy you have around the corner. However, in countries like the United States there might be certain rules and regulations that you need to be aware of when purchasing Levitra online and follow in order to make your purchase 100% legal.
First of all, importing or re-importing meds like Levitra is considered to be illegal in the US, per se. But how is it possible that around 75% of Americans have already purchased or are planning to purchase their meds from abroad then? The answer is simple – even though the law is still there, it is only enforced in cases when your order from abroad has high retail potential. In other words, if you are purchasing pills for your personal use and in reasonable amounts, your mail order will most probably pass the customs check without any problems. Larger amounts of ED meds, however, always attract lots of attention and are usually withheld at the customs unless the person ordering them has got enough proof that they are not intended for sale to other people.
The current statistics also turn in the favor of those ordering or planning to order pills from abroad. Even though US citizens have been buying prescription meds intended for treating ED or other health conditions online for two dozen years already, there has never been even a single case when a person ordering these meds for their personal use was prosecuted for it. Needless to say, it doesn't apply to those cases when people were purchasing forbidden narcotics online – the owners of such orders are definitely going to face charges even when the pills are intended for their personal use.
Pros of buying Levitra
Of course, the main benefit that people buying meds online and from abroad have in mind is the better price. Judge yourself – the meds in the US are overpriced so heavily you can save up to 90% when purchasing from another country. For instance, even brand-name Levitra sold in Canada or Mexico costs two times less than in the US. While you're likely to pay at least $30 a pill in the States or even up to $40 in some locations, 1 tablet of original Levitra will only set you back $15 or $20 to the south or to the north of the border.
And those are the prices of brand-name Levitra manufactured by Bayer Pharmaceuticals or GlaxoSmithKlein. If you go for generic Levitra from alternative manufacturers, you will be able to save even more as such meds usually sell for $1 or $2 a pill. And the funny part is that they are actually not any worse than the name brand in terms of drug quality, duration of action or response time. They are made from exactly the same vardenafil that is used in the production of Levitra and will help you to treat erectile dysfunction just as effectively.
Besides, buying vardenafil online from countries where it's not considered to be a controlled substance saves you from all the prescription hassle. For instance, since Levitra is sold over the counter in countries like Mexico or India, you don't have to bother about all the paperwork when shopping at Mexican and Indian pharmaceutical sites. There is a faint chance you will be asked to present your prescription when your order is held up at the customs but that is extremely unlikely to happen. And even if the customs officers ask you for your papers, you can simply go to your doctor and get those. If the worst comes to worst and you end up without a prescription, your order will simply be withheld and returned to the sender, no legal problems for you. Once again, let us remind you that there hasn't been even a single lawsuit against the online buyers of Levitra, Viagra or Cialis in the United States so far.
And the last, though definitely not the least: just think about how buying Levitra online helps you keep your privacy. You won't have to discuss your sexual problems with your doctor, you won't have to worry about meeting someone you know at the pharmacy when picking up your ED pills… The only people who will be aware of the fact that you are taking Levitra will be you and some guy accepting and packing up your order on another side of the globe. All Levitra orders are sent out in discreet packaging, so even the delivery people or exceptionally nosy neighbors will have no clue.
Cons of buying Levitra
The only real problem that you risk to face when ordering Levitra or any other ED medication on the Internet is running into a not really reliable supplier. There are thousands of sites selling meds online and it's only natural that not all of them are as good as they claim themselves to be. There are some sites where you risk getting low-quality pills that don't work as well as the ones you are used to or even don't work at all. And, of course, there are sites that simply take your money and don't send anything in return. Fortunately, it's fairly easy to avoid those and we will tell you how exactly to do that in the following part of our article. Read on – this information is extremely valuable.
Buying Levitra online safely – how to choose the right pharmacy?
First of all, it's incredibly important to check, what country the online pharmacy you are planning to order Levitra from is based in. As a rule, the pharmacies based in the US, Canada, UK and Europe are the safest. However, all of these require that you present your prescription when ordering from them – either in person when collecting your order or by submitting a scan or a digital version of it on their site.
If, however, you decide to go for the no-prescription option, we strongly suggest that you stick with Indian, Mexican, Thai or South African online pharmacies. While Levitra is available over the counter there, these countries are already developed enough to ensure very decent quality of their pharmaceutical products.
What is very important, however, is making sure that the online pharmacy really operates from the country where it claims itself to be based. Sites that don't state their real street addresses and phone numbers on the Contacts page are an absolute no-no.
Even if the pharmacy you're planning to purchase from looks reliable enough, you just have to check its background before you buy. It's fairly easy to do, by the way – there are numerous online pharmacy directories that run site checks regularly and post the ratings of Internet-based drugstores based on their performance, the quality of their products and the feedback from their customers. Taking a look at the things people post in different forums and message boards can also be useful – if the positive reviews prevail over negative ones significantly for the pharmacy you're interested in, you should be safe to buy from there.
Summing up everything we said in this article, we can come up with the following conclusions: buying Levitra online can be 100% safe if done the right way. Just follow the guidelines laid out here and you will have the chance to return your sexual performance to peak levels at lower price and without any risks or problems with the law. While we recommend you to stick with brand-name Levitra whenever that is possible, we can say that 99% of its generic alternatives work just as well and are just as safe as the name brand. If you're going for generics, try to choose more popular brands that have enough positive feedback from the customers and you will be just fine.


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The day you receive your tax refund feels like Christmas morning as a seven-year-old — gifts galore! Unfortunately, many people will spend their tax refund as a windfall and it's out the door before you know it. Take the time to learn about all of the options you have when considering how you will spend your tax refund.
- Emergency Fund – Certain situations will arise where you will need a large sum of money fast. Your car could need repair, you could be admitted to a hospital, or you could need to hire an attorney; all of which do not come cheap. A proper emergency fund has at least $1,000 dollars should be established before anything.
- Clear a Debt – Using a tax refund to lower a credit card bill is is good, however, paying one completely off is better. Clearing a complete debt will leave you with one less bill due at the end of the month.
- Planned Purchase – Letting the money sit in your checking account might be too risky because it could entice you to buy something on a whim. Instead, put the money aside for a purchase you will need in the near future. Use it to purchase a new furnace, washer, dryer, down payment for a car, etc.
- Experiences – Studies show that people who spend their money on experiences rather than material possessions will be happier in the long run. So if your current financial situation isn't looking so bad, spend your new found money by travelling like you've always wanted to.
- Half n' Half – It's hard to spend your money 100 percent responsibly when there's so many places you want to go and things you want to buy. Take your money, split it down the middle; responsibly spend one-half, and go to town with the other! Being half-responsible is better than not being responsible at all.
Spending your tax refund should be done wisely with a few factors kept in mind. If you haven't finished filing your taxes just yet, contact the accountants at Berkow, Schechter & Company LLP. To learn more, or to schedule an appointment, give us a call at (203) 356-1061.
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- What is object-oriented programming (OOP)?OOP is a technique to develop logical modules, such as classes that contain properties, methods, fields, and events. An object is created in the program to represent a class. Therefore, an object encapsulates all the features, such as data and behavior that are associated to a class. OOP allows developers to develop modular programs and assemble them as software. Objects are used to access data and behaviors of different software modules, such as classes, namespaces, and sharable assemblies. .NET Framework supports only OOP languages, such as Visual Basic .NET, Visual C#, and Visual C++.
- What is a class?A class describes all the attributes of objects, as well as the methods that implement the behavior of member objects. It is a comprehensive data type, which represents a blue print of objects. It is a template of object.
A class can be defined as the primary building block of OOP. It also serves as a template that describes the properties, state, and behaviors common to a particular group of objects.
A class contains data and behavior of an entity. For example, the aircraft class can contain data, such as model number, category, and color and behavior, such as duration of flight, speed, and number of passengers. A class inherits the data members and behaviors of other classes by extending from them.
- What is an object?They are instance of classes. It is a basic unit of a system. An object is an entity that has attributes, behavior, and identity. Attributes and behavior of an object are defined by the class definition.
- What is the relationship between a class and an object?A class acts as a blue-print that defines the properties, states, and behaviors that are common to a number of objects. An object is an instance of the class. For example, you have a class called Vehicle and Car is the object of that class. You can create any number of objects for the class named Vehicle, such as Van, Truck, and Auto.
The new operator is used to create an object of a class. When an object of a class is instantiated, the system allocates memory for every data member that is present in the class.
- Explain the basic features of OOPs.The following are the four basic features of OOP:
- Abstraction - Refers to the process of exposing only the relevant and essential data to the users without showing unnecessary information.
- Polymorphism - Allows you to use an entity in multiple forms.
- Encapsulation - Prevents the data from unwanted access by binding of code and data in a single unit called object.
- Inheritance - Promotes the reusability of code and eliminates the use of redundant code. It is the property through which a child class obtains all the features defined in its parent class. When a class inherits the common properties of another class, the class inheriting the properties is called a derived class and the class that allows inheritance of its common properties is called a base class.
- What is the difference between arrays and collection?Array:
- You need to specify the size of an array at the time of its declaration. It cannot be resized dynamically.
- The members of an array should be of the same data type.
- The size of a collection can be adjusted dynamically, as per the user's requirement. It does not have fixed size.
- Collection can have elements of different types.


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In this photo taken on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, Florin Catanescu, 41, walks through the ruins of the state orphanage that was his home between 1988 and 1997 in Busteni, Romania. (Photo: AP)
Whenever he returns to the orphanage where he grew up, Florin Catanescu is overwhelmed by sad memories.
"I remember families showing up and visiting other kids, but nobody came for me," said Catanescu, now 41.
Walking through the ruins of what was his home between 1988 and 1997 in the mountain town of Busteni, in central Romania, he pointed to where the bread cabinet used to be in the mess hall. Back then, it was a cherished site for the kids.
"We wouldn't quench our hunger at lunch, so we ate bread to fill our stomachs," Catanescu recalled. "The only good times were when foreign aid workers would come over and spend time with us."
After Romania's revolution overthrew its communist regime in December 1989, news media from around the world focused on the appalling conditions of Romania's state-run orphanages. Testimony from survivors and documented evidence revealed frequent beatings, emotional abuse, children tied to their beds and some even kept in cages.
With an estimated 100,000 children in state care at the time, only a few were lucky to be adopted by families abroad.
Most of them, including Catanescu, stayed in the orphanages, suffering beatings and going hungry until Romania decided to shut down the institutions and move orphans to foster families or smaller homes with specialized staff. The change came slowly but has led to better conditions overall, although reports of abuse still occur.
"Almost all orphans dream of having a family. Those that don't (have one), are trying to improve the system," said Catanescu, who is leading by example and turning trauma into commitment.
He now runs a transition home for youngsters who are coming out of state care homes at 18 with few life skills or job prospects. The home is funded by donations of money, equipment and supplies from at home and abroad. His center, currently with room for 18 boys, offers social services, counseling, advice on writing resumes, coaching for job interviews and further education.
The effects of Catanescu's work, however, stretch beyond those immediately in his care.
He is a big fan of "Pay it Forward," the 2000 film about Trevor, played by Haley Joel Osment, a young boy who launches a goodwill movement. It inspired Catanescu to ask the boys he cares for to do their own charity work and help those in even greater need.
Some of the boys, for example, have taken food packages and gifts to families living in deep poverty, like they did this year before Christmas.
Andrei, 19, came to Catanescu's center three years ago. He's not an orphan, but he came from a broken home and was involved with a "bad entourage," Catanescu said.
"The first time I went to a poor family to bring them some gifts, I cried," Andrei recalled. "It made me realize that there are people far less fortunate than I am. I was taught to appreciate what I have and the good people around me lending me a hand."
As Catanescu deals with the present, Romania is also taking steps to settle its past, trying to bring some semblance of justice for the children who suffered so deeply.
Based on available records, as many as 20,000 children may have died in the communist-era orphanages.
Researchers at the Romanian Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes (RIICC) have documented the deaths of 771 children at just four state-run homes during the communist era. They have also filed criminal complaints against those considered responsible, such as orphanage officials and staff, with the Attorney General's office.
Prosecutors will now investigate as well, gather additional evidence, file charges and seek guilty verdicts in court.
"When the first convictions start rolling in, we wish the Romanian state will recognize these children as victims of the communist regime and thus provide some help plan for them to lead a normal life," said Florin Soare, an RIICC researcher.
Plans by Romania's late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu to increase the country's population included banning abortion. His scheme, however, increased both child mortality as well as the number of children suffering from birth defects. Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, were executed after a show trial on Christmas Day, 1989.
Back in Catanescu's home, the boys, assisted by volunteers, have learned to cook a traditional Christmas meal.
Sitting all together for a Sunday lunch, Catanescu envisioned celebrating next Christmas with an even larger group — he is renovating a building with space for 30 more boys.
"It's hard for me to help myself. I find it much easier to help others," Catanescu said. "Since my life was tossed aside (by my family), I might as well dedicate myself to lending these kids a hand."


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One of the best benefits of working for Dell for the eleven that I have is the generous vacation time. With that and the holiday break they give us, today was my first day back at work in almost 3 weeks. It was great to be off, but it was also a good to be back at work.
I've been blessed in my career so far, and right now I am in one of the best roles I will ever had. I get to use my knowledge of the tech world and trends and my years of experience at Dell to help a group of very smart people figure out the right path forward for our IT team. Then I get to use my writing and communications skills to articulate and sell it. In many ways this is the perfect job for me.
Going back to work today prompted me to pause and reflect on our life together. Lindsey and I are very, very blessed and fortunate. I don't use the word lucky because I don't think that's what it is. We have a God that loves us and has given us good lives and each other. For that, I am thankful.


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The chameleon is best known for its ability to blend in with its surroundings by changing color, but a study by scientists at Arizona State University demonstrates that the lizard also uses color change to intimidate its rivals. According to behavioural ecologist Russell Ligon (pron: Liggon), the outcome of most chameleon fights can be predicted on the basis of color change and intensity in the lead up to combat.
TEMPE, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (RUSSELL LIGON) - When two male Veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus) confront one another, the stand-off triggers changes in color that behavioural ecologist Russell Ligon says, serve as reliable predictors of who will win the fight.
Ligon points out that during the course of their research, the scientists did "everything within our power to minimize the risks chameleons actually face during these interactions."
The experiments were revealing. When one male wants to fight, he'll turn side-on to his opponent and display his coloration in contrasting, yellow, lateral stripes, as a way to communicate his willingness to do battle, according to Ligon. As the lizards approach each other and their heads become more prominent to one another in their fields of vision, a second show of color is triggered. Ligon says he thinks the lizard's head coloration display serves as a final warning to the aggressor of its motivation to win the fight, before
actual combat begins. Ligon says the chameleon with the brighter head coloration usually wins the fight.
To the Veiled chameleon, Ligon says motivation to win as indicated by color change may be more important than strength in determining the outcome.
"Males that achieved brighter stripe coloration were more likely to approach their opponent, and those that attained brighter head coloration were more likely to win fights; speed of head color change was also an important predictor of contest outcome," said Ligon.
Different color change signals he says, may evolve to communicate different information, in this case, motivation and fighting ability. He says they may also be a determining factor in attracting a mate.
Ligon says the study is "the first to document the use of multiple, behaviourally accentuated color-change signals to communicate different information."
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Last Bank Holiday Monday, I ran a shadow puppet workshop, for Wonderful Beast's 'Storm of Stories', based in Aldeburgh. Here are some of the pics we took.
We worked around the story of the Wild Man of Orford, following a performance of Martin Bonger's "Return of the Wildman'. It all took place in the fabulous Pumphouse in a beautiful marquee. Working with the technician, we set up a magical stage where people could perform their own version of the story, using their character 'shadow puppets'.
All ages came and everyone got stuck in. Magical moments were had by all.