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My last entry of 2002 - and I'm running late so it is going to be short! My nails are done, I got my eye-brows done, I still have to shower and wash my hair and get dressed.
I wanted to do an entry about everything that has happened to me this year, but after thinking about it a while I decided that in just five and a half hours 2002 is going to be behind me - so why start 2003 (which is going to be a great year) recapping all the things that went wrong this year!?!? First step to making 2003 a great year...not harping on 2002, right???
So, HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you - I hope you have a wonderful and safe time tonight how ever you choose to ring in the new year. As for me, I am celebrating with my closest friends, old and new - hope you are able to do the same!!


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I really had to pinch myself several times yesterday.
Karl Mikolka with Shannon Peters in the morning and a great ride with Lindsey and Lance in the afternoon. What an amazing day.
Karl and Shannon's work blew us all away. It was so wonderful to see Shannon's work in such broken down into concise detail. Shannon has been working with Karl for decades and works with his concepts and ideas everyday; in her own work with her horses and with her students and their horses. So watching Karl instruct Shannon was like watching Shannon ride (which we get to do most days) with subtitles…subtitles with an slight Austrian accent and lots and lots of details. What a morning!!!!
We had to leave Shannon and Karl at noon to head back to the show grounds for Lance's Grand Prix test. The warm up was so good and the ride was wonderful.
Lindsey and Lance, with Shannon's help, have found a new forward balance. It take a lot of new muscles to stay in this new balance for both Linds and Lance. And it takes a lot of brain power to concentrate to be able to sustain it throughout the whole test!!! Lindsey was right on, Lance tried really hard to think and think and think…he was thinking soooo hard he lost his way in a couple of lines. 66.4%, third place (the top four rides were 66%-67.1%). I am sooo proud of the both of them!!! They have made such big changes in balance and technique in 2 weeks!!! Amazing!!! Thank you, thank you Shannon Peters…
So today is more Karl and Shannon this morning and the Grand Prix Special with Lindsey and Lance at 1:36.
Time to fit in a shower and off to the show grounds to feed Lance!!!

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Hybrid promiscuous (Hypr) GGDEF enzymes produce cyclic AMP-GMP (3′, 3′-cGAMP)
Edited by Bonnie L. Bassler, Princeton University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Princeton, NJ, and approved December 30, 2015 (received for review August 3, 2015)
Cyclic di-GMP (cdiG) is an important bacterial signaling molecule because it regulates motility and affects surface colonization and biofilm formation. It has long been established that cdiG is made by GGDEF enzymes, which are named after five conserved amino acids in the catalytic domain. However, a major group of bacteria, proteobacteria, have a high abundance of these enzymes, which raises the possibility that some of these enzymes have alternate functions. This study details the discovery of GGDEF enzymes that can also make cyclic AMP-GMP (cAG), a recently identified signaling molecule that regulates surface sensing and attachment in pathogenic and environmental bacteria. This provides the first evidence to our knowledge that GGDEF enzymes can make alternative cyclic dinucleotides to cdiG and that cAG is more widespread in proteobacteria.
Over 30 years ago, GGDEF domain-containing enzymes were shown to be diguanylate cyclases that produce cyclic di-GMP (cdiG), a second messenger that modulates the key bacterial lifestyle transition from a motile to sessile biofilm-forming state. Since then, the ubiquity of genes encoding GGDEF proteins in bacterial genomes has established the dominance of cdiG signaling in bacteria. However, the observation that proteobacteria encode a large number of GGDEF proteins, nearing 1% of coding sequences in some cases, raises the question of why bacteria need so many GGDEF enzymes. In this study, we reveal that a subfamily of GGDEF enzymes synthesizes the asymmetric signaling molecule cyclic AMP-GMP (cAG or 3′, 3′-cGAMP). This discovery is unexpected because GGDEF enzymes function as symmetric homodimers, with each monomer binding to one substrate NTP. Detailed analysis of the enzyme from Geobacter sulfurreducens showed it is a dinucleotide cyclase capable of switching the major cyclic dinucleotide (CDN) produced based on ATP-to-GTP ratios. We then establish through bioinformatics and activity assays that hybrid CDN-producing and promiscuous substrate-binding (Hypr) GGDEF enzymes are found in other deltaproteobacteria. Finally, we validated the predictive power of our analysis by showing that cAG is present in surface-grown Myxococcus xanthus. This study reveals that GGDEF enzymes make alternative cyclic dinucleotides to cdiG and expands the role of this widely distributed enzyme family to include regulation of cAG signaling.
- ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: mingch{at}berkeley.edu.
Author contributions: Z.F.H. and M.C.H. designed research; Z.F.H., X.C.W., T.A.W., B.N., O.A., and J.Y. performed research; X.C.W. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; Z.F.H., X.C.W., T.A.W., B.N., O.A., J.Y., and M.C.H. analyzed data; and Z.F.H. and M.C.H. wrote the paper.
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After a very snowy winter, we are now in to March. There are signs everywhere that the City is starting to come out of the winter, I just wish the weather would go along with the statement a little more predictably.
It has been an odd few weeks to say the least, weather-wise. We have gone from -15 degrees to +9 degrees in the span of a day, and back down to -27 degrees a few days later. I don't know about you, but I could use a few more days on the warmer side of that equation.
Speaking of -27 degrees, on March 3rd and 4th, the Red Bull Crashed Ice event was held on the Rideau Canal locks by the Chateau Laurier. Over the two coldest days we have had this winter, Mother Nature was not cooperating. Not only was the event an exciting and amazing thing to see, it also happened to be the final downhill ice event for the year. The unbelievable effort put out by the athletes was inspiring to see.
I was proud to note that in both men's and women's fields of contestants, Canadians were the majority of the competitors. On the men's side, the Championship was won be Cameron Naasz. He became the first back to back champion in seven years, for the men. In an outstanding performance Jacqueline Legere became the first downhill ice competitor to win back to back championships and this was only the second year of women's competition.
This last Wednesday was International Women's Day. It is a day to celebrate the accomplishments and the efforts of women everywhere for the impacts, large and small, they have on the world and the people around them. I was honoured to have a chance to speak to a number of women Wednesday morning at an early morning event at City Hall. After some informal chatting and saying hello, we filled the Council chambers to standing room only and talked about women and where we see the need for more women to become involved in political life. Particularly with a City Council of 24 that only has 4 women, we need to have more women take interest and be supported in that decision. It was a pure pleasure to see so many engaged and active women in the group. I was also proud to have introduced an old Heritage Moment clip about the Edmonton Grads women's basketball team. From 1915 – 1940, the Grads played 522 games, winning 502 of them. The held on the title of Women's Champions until the team disbanded. They played as in the Olympics and swept the competition in 1924, 1928, 1932, and 1936. Unfortunately, women's basketball was not included as a medal event until 1976. The Grads still hold the record as the team with the best winning percentage of all time. At the time they disbanded, they held 108 local, provincial, national and international titles and were world champions for 17 years in a row. They were an amazing group of athletes.
This weekend was daylight savings, spring forward. I always have mixed feelings about that, it gives us an extra hour of daylight in the evenings at the cost of sleep last Saturday night and a few weeks of getting used to the change. I usually try to set most of my clocks ahead throughout the day o the Saturday, so it is less of a surprise Sunday morning.
Hopefully, with all that has been going on, daylight savings, and our unpredictable weather, Spring is actually just around the corner. As much as I love living in Ottawa and do enjoy winter, I have had enough. Remember to be safe as spring approaches, frozen creeks, rivers, ponds, and lakes will become less safe to be on.


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Hilton hockey hits the net with Movember fundraiser to honor dad who died of heart attack
Phil DeGrandis was the kind of guy who always put others before himself.
At home, at work, at play.
Samantha and Ethan, his children, always felt his loving presence at their many sports team and school events. But they weren't alone.
A product manager for Fujifilm, Phil was the Hilton High School hockey team's volunteer photographer, always having one eye on his son and the other on 20 other sons, snapping hundreds of pictures from his spot near the team bench.
To their joy, parents and players had free images to look at on the team's website they never would have had. And at the end of the season, "P.J.,'' who put special touches on everything he did, turned them into professionally made posters and giant banners for each senior on Senior Night.
"If I had to pick one word to describe him it would be 'caring,''' said Johnathan Zajac, a senior forward on this year's club and a neighbor. "No matter what was going on with him or what he was in the middle of, it seemed like he was always looking out for others. No matter what someone asked, he'd do it. He was just a really good person.''
As another hockey season gets underway, the Hilton Cadets have picked up their sticks and put down their razors to take part in Movember, the annual global mustache mission that grows money and awareness for men's health issues.
Their razor rejection is in memory of Phil DeGrandis, a beloved hockey dad who died suddenly in August of heart-related issues, and other men dear to the team.
Coach Chris Monfiletto's father, Peter, died of non-smoker's lung cancer in 2017 and Richard Zajac, Johnathan's grandfather, is fighting stage 4 prostate and liver cancer.
You know us men.
If there's no blood, there's no foul. If something hurts, we go to bed and hope it goes away by morning. If there are 10 things on a list of things to do, preventative health care comes in at 11.
The Movember Foundation seeks to change that mindset — and save lives.
The movement was started in 2003 by two mates in Melbourne, Australia, Travis Garone and Luke Slattery, who wondered if they could bring back the mustache as a fashion statement, have fun, and raise money for an important cause.
That year, 30 people signed up raising exactly zero dollars. But their message spread like stubble and to date, more than 5 million people in 20 countries have been mo-tivated to "Grow a Mo to Save a Bro,'' raising $800 million to fund 1,250 men's health projects.
They include research for prostate cancer, which will affect 1 in 9 U.S. men; testicular cancer, the world's most common cancer in males ages 15-39; and mental health (suicide claims one male every minute worldwide).
Movember is also "move-ember,'' encouraging men to exercise.
Darek Zajac, Johnathan's dad, presented the Movember idea to Hilton's coaching staff, which jumped on board in boycotting their bristles. Even "Crimson'' the Hilton mascot is sporting a 'stache.
"We're trying to help Johnny and his teammates understand what this is all about, how it's important to give back to your community and help improve the lives of others,'' Darek Zajac said. "It's also about making them aware of men's health in general. Men, we tend to shut up about things, push through it, and that's when it's too late. The boys have really bought into it and people have been so good about giving.''
Have they.
The Cadets' original goal was to raise $1,000 but, starting with a $50 donation from the team's booster club, blew past that like a slap shot through a goalie's 5-hole. Entering the final week of November, their website was closing in on $5,000.
Chris Monfiletto said the loss of Phil DeGrandis shook the entire Hilton community to its core. Movember is a way to support Ethan, help the team heal, and grow tighter with each whisker.
"This event has galvanized us as a family and as their coach I could not be more proud,'' he said. "It has made these young men recognize how much a group can accomplish when they work together for a common goal.''
Darek Zajac's hope is that Movember can be an annual event involving other Section V teams.
"We're opponents, yes, but in the end we're all hockey brothers, we're all men,'' he said.
Now when it comes to growing mustaches, the Hilton team isn't exactly making anybody forget Calgary Flames legend Lanny McDonald, whose lip ornament could house a family of squirrels. Baseball's Rollie Fingers, wrestling's Hulk Hogan, football's Mike Ditka, sportscaster Ron Burgundy and actor Wilford Brimley, all safe.
But this Thanksgiving, we can give thanks for the power of peach fuzz.
"I was excited that we were all able to do something together for a good cause, bring us together as a team and bond over it,'' Johnathan Zajac said. "I didn't know how the team would react, but when they all found out, everyone was really pumped.''
The follicly challenged aren't backing down, but the leaders in the locker room are Tyler Koster and Blake Squire. It's all made for some hair-larious ribbing.
"We have a younger team this year, just six seniors, so a lot of the guys aren't really growing too much, but I'd say we have about seven or eight of us going pretty good right now,'' Zajac said.
Movember embodies the giving spirit of her husband, a grateful Christine DeGrandis said.
Phil suffered an acute myocardial infarction — a heart attack. He had begun an exercise program but faced many triggers, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stress and a family history of heart disease.
"I think it's great what they're doing,'' she said. "I do think that men, definitely, don't do as much of the preventive health things as women, and don't think it's ever anything serious. P.J. was your typical guy who had so much going on and he loved it, and he figured he'd be fine.
"Everything in his life came before his health, but you do have to put your health first. Could this have been prevented? You just don't know. But if just one guy goes to the doctor to get himself checked out, if one (tragedy) can be prevented, then what the kids are doing is worth it.''
In addition to Movember, a team of Phil DeGrandis' co-workers at Fuji ran a 5K race at Halloween in his memory. Ethan's travel team wore helmet stickers with his initials. Neighbor and Hilton senior Jack DiBitetto, with hosts Ana Rivera and Austin Holley, raised $1,000 for the American Heart Association in his name through their "Everything Geek'' podcast. Phil helped with their basement studio and made posters for the show.
Phil DeGrandis always told his kids to "dance like nobody is watching.'' The same applied to doing acts of kindness. His is a legacy no razor can touch.


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May 29, 2019
As students began scheduling their classes for next school year, many of us noticed that the school is beginning to offer new cyber languages after the addition of cyber German when Frau Simpson retired last year. As Mrs. Prestash states, "After the retirement of our German teacher, we were not able to find a qualified teacher to fill the position after an extensive search. While we still wanted to provide current German students with the opportunity to continue on in their study of German language and culture, we also wanted to provide the option for new students to take German."
The program we utilize is called Lincoln Interactive and after the success of cyber German the school decided that they would begin to offer the opportunity for students to take all the languages that are offered through Lincoln Interactive such as, Mandarin Chinese, French, Latin, and of course German.
Mrs. Prestash also adds, the majority of students taking cyber German are earning good grades and it's set up so that there is a teacher on the other side that can be contacted via email or Blackboard Collaborate sessions, which is web conferencing. Lessons are organized in a cohesive manner of units and lessons consisting of videos, audiotapes, online textbook, and both written and verbal assignments. It's definitely much different than a normal classroom, as it involves a lot more self-reliance and discipline, but it is a very effective way of learning if the students apply themselves.
The school is offering all the languages that Lincoln Interactive has available to us, which brings us up to 5 different world languages that students have the opportunity to take. These include Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, French, Latin, and German. Not many schools in our area can say that and it gives students a more interesting array of options that we haven't had in previous years.


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How to properly change default timezone for nodes
Hi. Had a problems with changing timezone for nodes. Installed with wrong timezone and to see data in correct timezone need to manually set local time.
Tried to fix it using setting local NTP servers and got troubles:
[root@thoughtspot]# timedatectl Local time: Thu 2019-10-17 19:42:15 +07 Universal time: Thu 2019-10-17 12:42:15 UTC RTC time: Thu 2019-10-17 12:42:14 Time zone: Asia/Bangkok (+07, +0700) NTP enabled: yes NTP synchronized: no RTC in local TZ: no DST active: n/a
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But when I tried to setup local network NTP server (default centsOS are not accessible), local time and UTC became normal but cluster died:
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[Thu Oct 17 12:14:17 2019] START Diagnosing postgres
[Thu Oct 17 12:14:22 2019] FAILURE Suggestion: Run command: pgtool lookup
[Thu Oct 17 12:14:00 2019] START Diagnosing sage
[Thu Oct 17 12:14:00 2019] WARNING on localhost: status: None[Thu Oct 17 12:14:00 2019] FAILURE Suggestion:
pgtool lookup fails also
Returned to default NTP now it works.
In documentation I see that to change timezone we need contact support
How to make it manually, maybe someone already done it?
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tscli cluster get-config > config.json
edit config.json and add NTP_SERVER_NAME to "NTPServers" TAG
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By Kay BrownKates Garden Gate I looked out the front room window this morning (Monday), and there were 10 Canada Geese standing along the bank of the pond. I havent seen more than two to four at a time all summer. Could this be a sign of an early fall? I had talked to my youngest son about not spraying the milkweed because of the Monarch butterflies. I had seen one of the caterpillars on a milkweed out by the mailbox, but couldnt find any more in the pasture where most of the milkweed plants are.
By Kay BrownKates Garden Gate The tomatoes started rolling in; everybody had some at their stand. I sold green tomatoes. I figured if they werent going to get ripe, Id sell them green and they did sell. People wanted to fix fried green tomatoes. My daughter-in-law tried them but didnt like them. I have fixed them for myself but probably wont since its just me. The coons are getting all of my corn, so after all that hard work hoeing, etc., were not planting corn next year. Well just buy it at market like everybody else. My melons were getting ripe and something is eating them as well. Just a big bite out of the top and side. We think its probably the deer. Im not sure Ill get any to market. I did pick six blackberries Saturday, but theyre not getting ripe very fast. Our asparagus guy said he had dug up a row to plant spinach and down six inches the earth wasnt warm. Im guessing that is the problem.
By Kay BrownBehind the Garden Gate We had a fairly good week with enough rain. I didnt have to water anything except put the drip system on the Blackberries. There is a fair amount of berries but theyre not ripening. That's just like the tomatoes, lots of them, just not turning very fast. I heard from some report on T.V. that the ground down a few inches is not as warm as it should be. It must have to do with the weather change were having. Ive chosen a ground cover to put on the garden before too long.
By Kay BrownKates Garden Gate It sure was nice to have 70 degree weather for a while. Those temps dont let the veggies ripen very well, and customers at market are really wanting those home grown tomatoes. One vendor this past week had some tomatoes, but they were shipped in and the vendor has to declare anything that is not home grown as being such. Customers were still buying them. There were potatoes, melons, and more green beans, along with too much corn. I quit growing corn for market two years ago because the bigger growers were taking over the market. I just grow the corn for family and the freezer now. My cabbages are almost done and I might have small sweet melons this coming Friday. The blackberries are coming along really well but there wont be a big crop this year. We have been picking lots of cherry tomatoes, but just for the family. There are a few bigger ones turning red, but it sure is slow. Maybe the heat that's suppose to be coming will be a good thing to ripen them, but not to have to be out in.
By Kay BrownKates Garden Gate What a nice weekend, the Fourth turned out to be. We havent had family here for the Fourth in many years. My oldest son from Missouri was here with his fiancee and her children and grandchildren. His daughter and her son came also. My daughter and her husband had been staying but went to his familys party for the weekend. My second oldest son came from Macomb, and my third son came from Beardstown along with his wife and oldest daughter. Her husband and daughter were here too. She has passed her boards for Physicians Assistant so its off to work in August. Congrats Granddaughter!!
Kids want to keep the homestead in the family
By Kay BrownThe Garden Gate It sure was a busy weekend with all the kids home. We got some chores done even though it was too hot. For our family confab we must have talked for three hours with several breaks. I wanted everybody to be completely honest about what they wanted to see happen on the homestead, and they all want it to stay in the family. I want to live here until otherwise, and of course they never want to talk about that. Its been too soon since they lost their Dad, and they want me to be around a while. Im certainly going to give it my best shot. Its Monday morning, and my oldest son and grandson just left to go back home to Missouri. Theyll be back this weekend. My daughter and her husband are still here and might be here for the rest of the month. It depends on when the new grandbaby comes, which is due the 22nd of July.
By Kay BrownKates Garden Gate We certainly have had some nice days. In past years it rained a lot on Friday, and didnt make market day very pleasant. This year its rained a lot but seemed to miss Friday. Business is not what it used to be. There are not as many customers and some of the ones that used to come havent been back. We still have a good variety. It has been hard to have something to sell each week, because of the rain and cooler temps, but not many of the same vendors we used to have. Maybe that has made a difference. I dont really know what the answer is.
By Kay BrownThe Garden Gate Its Monday morning, and the temp is already 81. Im certainly not looking forward to this week of higher temps. I havent turned on the air yet, but this just might be the week. I had company all weekend and did more cooking than I have for the past two weeks. For last Fridays Farmers Market, I cut cabbages to sell, and only sold a few. I cooked a big slow cooker of cabbage, potatoes, carrots, and kielbasa for my company along with a pecan pie out of the freezer that was left over from the Friday before. For Fathers Day, I made lasagna, salad and French bread. Everybody enjoyed the meal, except my daughter-in-law who is still not feeling well. Pray that she gets better soon...thanks!
By Kay BrownThe Garden Gate This is a tribute to my friend; gone but not forgotten. I got to know Kathleen when we were both in the earlier theatre group. She was friendly, but not too talkative about her life. We both loved flowers and to garden, loved antiques, so could talk on that subject, and found out we shared the same birthday. I didnt know for a long time she had a son, or a sister or a cousin. She shared with me that her husband came from an Indian reservation before they were married, but not until just a few years ago when he got sick, did she tell me about his passion for jazz, how they had performed together in California, and my husband played with him several times along with his cohorts.
By Kay BrownKates Garden Gate After watching Dr. Wayne Dyer on PBS, I got to thinking about the classmates who come back for Alumni and the Friday night parties. Dr. Dyer was talking about our ego and that in order to get rid of it, we need to become compassionate.


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- Open Start-kit box; which includes: 1-Hub, 1- Smoke, 1-Gas, 1-Water Leak, 1-Motion sensors.
- Install Hub next to the main entrance door close to a wall power socket and connect power.
- Insert batteries on Water Leak and Motion sensor. Detail is mentioned in the manual of the box.
- Install Hub next to the main entrance door close to a wall power socket and connect power.
- Install Water Leak sensor, motion sensor, smoke sensor and gas leakage sensor to the hub and enjoy the service.
Mobile Apps Installation
- Go to play store and download the app named "Smart Home"
- Before Registration please check if the HUB is turned ON.
- Complete registration by providing the email address, contact no. and password.
- Add the hub to the application by scanning the QR of the box
- Type in the location of your sensors.
- After completing the registration, you can login to the application.
Device Installation:
- Connect all the sensors with the hub according to the manual.
- Add location in the app of each device to recognize the rooms where the sensors have been placed
- Sensors will send an alarm message to the reregistered contact no.
Installation Video
Smart Solutions
- What is Grameenphone Smart Home Service?
Grameenphone Smart Home is an intelligent system of connected devices, which you can easily manage with our App on your compatible smartphone or tablet with internet connectivity. This allows you to receive alerts on your mobile when a motion is detected or if there is any smoke/gas/water leakage when you are away from home.
- What about the after sales service?
You will get the privilege of Grameenphone call center and technical backup.
- Warranty period?
It comes with 1-year replacement warranty period
- How to setup the host?
To setup the host first we have to insert the sim in the sim slot. Then power up the device. If the GSM Light of the device blink once every 3 seconds, it means the device receive the GSM signal successfully.
- What is the use of CDDE button in the Host?
The CDDE button is used for adding the physical remote control and sensors to the host.
- How to add sensors to the host?
For adding sensors to the host, you have press the CDDE button twice, after that a voice appear "ADD ZONE 1",then you have press the test button any of your sensor, it will be added and a voice will appear "successful". If you press the CDDE button again then you will able to add the second sensor in zone 2. This way you can add maximum 10 sensor to the host system in 10 zone.
- What type of sensors supported in Smart Home Security?
There are many kind of sensor which are supported by our system,
- Smoke
- Gas Leak
- Water Leak
- Motion
- And many more.
- How to use the app?
You can easily download our app from play store. For using Smart Home System you need to open an account in our mobile app by sign up. For Sign-up as a new user you need to scan the QR code .After that you have to provide sensor info which you already added to the sensors. Make sure you maintain the same sequence of the sensor which you have already added to the host system.
- How to add Host number?
The host number will automatically add when you do the registration.
- Why we need the Host?
The host manages all of the sensors and send notification to the user.
- What is the usage of remote control?
By using the remote control you can active and deactivate your host System.
- How to active the host system?
You can active the Host System from mobile app and you can also do it from physical remote. If you are outside then you can use the mobile app.
- How to receive notification from smart home device?
You will receive notification when a sensor will alarm. You can also receive notification of your device status, such as device is active or deactivate. You can also see the alarm history of each sensor from the mobile app.


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Dianne and Royce are such a cute couple. They did a great job of planning their Hello Kitty themed wedding at 3660 on the Rise in just a month! Congratulations and we wish them all the best!


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When a customer wants a logo embroidered on camo caps, we're always intrigued. Camouflage hats are an interesting choice for logo wear. The designed purpose of camouflage clothing is, of course, to make the wearer more difficult to see in a given environmental setting. Guess what? The camouflage patterns do a superb job of concealing certain types of logos. Go figure! So when someone wants embroidered camo logo wear, we always want to have some verbal discussion with the buyer about expectations and presentation options.
In the featured photo at the top of the page, the camo caps make a ton of sense for the buyer. WapitiTalk is a hunting forum, so a camouflage pattern is a desired choice in that arena. What makes the logo work nicely is the choice of red thread against the greens and khaki. In this case, it is the contrasting red color that breaks the pattern and allows the eye to focus on the logo.
The digicamo beanie here with the pink logo works the same way. The color is what most obviously draws the eye to the logo. What is also working for the logo here is its size. A large pattern will break up the digicamo background. Here is another example.
What does not work well against camouflage backgrounds is a logo with thin lines or thin text that is in the same color hues as the background. What we recommend in those situations is to first embroider a circular or rectangular base color to visually break up the camo background, and then place the logo atop the base. Here's an example of a logo with thin elements for which we recommended a visual "base" to break up the camo pattern and focus attention on the logo.
If you're looking for custom embroidered camo caps, Outdoor Cap Co has a very extensive collection of offerings in this arena. Just go to our Shop for Custom Embroidered Caps page and click on the Outdoor Cap logo to start your search.


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Melanie Gagnon, CIPP/E, CIPM, CISA
Data protection and information security senior consultant
Mélanie Gagnon has more than 15 years of experience in information security and data protection. With her multidisciplinary experience and expertise, she implements a comprehensive and cross-cutting approach to data protection that takes into account both strategic objectives and the company's risk profile.
Her expertise:
- Legal and regulatory compliance vis-à-vis data protection
- Privacy by design
- Internal and external IT audit
- Information security governance (ISO 27001 implementation)
- Information security risk analysis (according to ISO 27005) and Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
Mélanie is a member of the APDL Board of Directors.
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The key sections of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, as ratified on January 16, 1919, read as follows:
"Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
"Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
The 18th Amendment was a response to the political power of the temperance movement in the United States, which began in the early 19th century. At that time, many Americans were concerned about the adverse effects of drinking, and began to form temperance societies dedicated to the closing of saloons and the elimination of alcohol from American society. The 18th Amendment was enforced by the Volstead Act, which was passed over President Woodrow Wilson's veto on October 28, 1919. The Volstead Act created a special Prohibition unit within the Treasury Department which, in its first six months of operation, destroyed thousands of illegal distilleries (stills) operated by the makers of bootleg liquor. Despite their best efforts, however, federal agents and police did little more than slow the flow of booze, and organized crime boomed across the country to fill the demand for alcohol. Large-scale bootleggers like Al Capone of Chicago built criminal empires out of the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol, and federal and state governments lost billions in tax revenue. In most urban areas, and particularly in blue-collar neighborhoods, the individual consumption of alcohol was largely tolerated and drinkers gathered at saloons known as "speakeasies" (because of the requirement to whisper a password to the guard at the door to gain admittance) or brewed often-poisonous "bathtub gin" at home.
Prohibition - a well-meaning attempt to resolve a societal issue through legislation - was a flop. But at least Congress recognized its mistake and repealed it. One has to wonder if anyone in Congress today would have the legislative cojones to admit disaster and move to repeal an ill-considered law.
Being a Member of Congress means never having to admit you're being stupid.
Anyhow, for those of you who are keeping count, because the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment, technically there have only been 25, and not 27 amendments to the Constitution. And you are able during this holiday season to enjoy comforting libations like Hot Buttered Rum, the German Feuerzangenbowle (concerning which I have a funny story to tell if you are interested), hot cocoa spiked with Peppermint Schnapps, and the delightful White Christmas (one ounce each of vodka, amaretto, and heavy cream shaken with a handful of ice, strained into a martini glass, and garnished with a bit of grated nutmeg).
Bottoms up!
Have a good day. Enjoy all things in moderation. Including moderation.
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- Arguably NZ's greatest war hero alongside Sir Charles Upham – even though he fought for the French Foreign Legion. But, as Paul Charman writes, the life and times of secretive Gallipoli hero James Waddell are celebrated more overseas and are proving difficult even to make into a book.
- An Anzac Day Story:
- A French Foreign Legion officer laying a wreath to commemorate Kiwi war hero James Waddell.
Photo / SuppliedHe was a pint-sized Kiwi warrior who commanded French Foreign Legion troops at Gallipoli and became one of the most decorated combat soldiers of the Great War. However, efforts to showcase James Waddell's incredible exploits are so far being frustrated.
Film-maker Jasmine Pujji says few New Zealanders know anything about Waddell's remarkable story – but it's high time they did.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?http://peter-petterson.blogspot.com


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A good quality mechanical keyboard lasts long. However, the main enemies are dust and grime take golden life away from the keyboard before it gives away or the electronics starts to die. Another enemy that threatens the life of the mechanical keyboard is spills. Thus, maintenance or preventive maintenance are the key to the long life of mechanical keyboards. The cleaning process may be divided in to four steps:
- Preventive cleaning.
- Differed cleaning.
- Advanced cleaning.
- Cleaning spills.
Preventive cleaning
The keyboard should be cleaned lightly on a regular basis. One of the main cautions is not eat or drink next to the system. Prevention of grime on the surface is also to be carried out. Dust and food particles over a period fuse the metal plate supporting the key switches. The steps to carry out preventive maintenance are listed below:
- Unplug the key board.
- Use a non-rotating vacuum cleaner to pull out the dust from the keyboard. Hover the vacuum cleaner brush down on to the key caps of each key to get the best result.
- Wipe the keyboard with a damp microfiber cloth.
- Use a dry delicate cloth to wipe the keyboard of the dampness.
- Do not use paper towels to wipe since small paper particles shredded from the towel may create problems.
Differed cleaning
In spite of the vacuum cleaning and wiping, grime builds up on the keys after some period of time. Further the key cap surfaces also get covered with fingertip oils gradually. Steps to remove the grime and fingertip oils from the surface are listed below:
- Unplug the keyboard.
- Using a key cap puller, pull all keys from the keyboard especially the bigger and longer keys such as space key, enter key etc. with due care.
- Wipe the key caps with a delicate moist microfiber cloth.
- Put the keys into a bowl of water with denture cleaning tablets that will remove the grime and oil from the key caps.
- Soak the key caps for at least six hours and then take them out and put upside down.
- Use a q-shapes brush to remove the grime and dust binding on to the caps from the key caps carefully.
- Vacuum clean the caps with a non-rotating vacuum cleaner to get rid of the particles.
- Wipe the key caps with a moist microfiber cloth.
- Put the keyboard upside down so that any remaining particle will drop out.
- Reassemble the key caps onto the key board.
- Wipe the keyboard with a dry cloth.
Advanced cleaning
Some times the keyboard is jammed up with food particles and can not be cleaned properly with a vacuum cleaner or a cloth, it is extremely difficult to remove such particles struck up to the key plates. Below are the steps to clean it:
- Unplug the keyboard.
- Suggest using an ultrasonic cleaner available in the stores to remove grime and rugged food particles struck to the keyboard.
- Soak the keys with water covering them.
- Pop couple of denture cleaning tablets into it.
- Once the kay caps are washed off, put them on to evaporate residue water from it.
- If possible open the keyboard with the help of a screw driver.
- Vacuum clean the parts followed by wiping with a damp microfiber cloth.
- Wipe with a dry cloth.
- Reassemble the keyboard.
Cleaning spills
Spills are the most dangerous enemy of the keyboard. When a spill is detected on the keyboard, it should not be used with a computer. Although the keyboard can be wiped out with a dry or moist cloth, spill might have entered in to the switches and other parts. Try differed cleaning process. If not cleaned properly, advance cleaning may be attempted. If required, a little bit of soldering may be used.
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Matt Nolan
Fort Worth
Matt Nolan is a registered respiratory therapist with more than 13 years of clinical experience with all age ranges of patient populations. His specialties include neonatal intensive care, pediatric intensive care, Level 1 intensive care, research and sleep medicine as well as management/leadership.
Currently, Nolan is the director of the Cardio-Pulmonary and NeuroDiagnostics Department for two acute care facilities and one surgery center within the Texas Health Resources hospital system located in Fort Worth. Previously, he was director of respiratory therapy for Central Texas Medical Center in San Marcos where he worked closely with hospital senior leadership and the San Marcos City Council to institute a smoking ban in public places.
Nolan has a bachelor of science degree in respiratory therapy from Texas State University, and earned a master of business administration in healthcare leadership from the University of Texas at Tyler.


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As a writer I've had the pleasure of working for many online dating sites and online publications, writing about dating. As such, I've learnt a lot about the perfect date. Thankfully, it doesn't take much. The main thing is to make it personal. So let's have a look at what you can do to make Valentine's great last minute.
Let us not forget the day begins with breakfast! If you live with the person you're dating, this makes it easier for you. All you need to do is wake up fifteen minutes before your date, whip up their favorite cup of beverage (make sure to note beforehand what they prefer drinking — being served a cappuccino when you like it plain black is no hit, nor is coffee if you prefer green tea…) and serve it in bed with a note telling them you love them. If you're a poet, make it poetic (or find a poem online). If not, a simple "I love you" will suffice.
If you have a flower handy, you can pop it on the tray too. A single red rose is easy enough.
If you have the time you can prepare a full on breakfast — waffles, an omelette, pancakes, heart shaped toast…whatever your date likes (really, it's about what they like, not what you like…).
There's nothing like receiving an unexpected gift. It can be a greeting card, it can be a poem, it can be a rose, or something much more elaborate. The trick here is to hire a courier and ship it to them during the day, as it's something unexpected.
If you want, you can simply courier over the invite to the date in the evening…or the weekend if you're busy on Valentine's.
Can't afford a courier? Send an email with a card. It's something. And if it's well written, it can mean the world to them.
Now it's time to get creative.
There's the dinner option. If you do go for this, make sure it's a restaurant your date loves. If s/he loves Thai, you can find a Thai restaurant. If s/he loves the ocean, find an ocean themed restaurant. You get the gist.
Valentine's means winter in the northern hemisphere. A packed picnic of mulled wine or hot chocolate and fancy sandwiches, taken to an ice skating rink, or sledge riding excursion is playful and easy enough to do.
In the Southern hemisphere, a picnic by the beach, or a lake, in the forest, or a park, a rooftop, or in the back of the truck…can work wonders for romance. Traditional picnic food would include a bottle of wine (at least where it's legal to drink in public), cheese, cold chicken, baguette, grapes and possibly some pears and potato salad. Things that are easily eaten in the great outdoors. Chocolate for desert.
Raining? Have the picnic at home on a large rug that you toss the blanket over…or why not in bed?!
The home spa is another classic — toss rose petals and some essential oil blend in the bath, serve champagne and offer a massage.
The Gift
Want to buy a gift? The key thing is to make it personal.
If it's jewelry, make it symbolic of something in your relationship, or something they love. Such as buying something representing their love of the ocean.
If you go for chocolate, or roses, then try to add a personal note. Something that shows your love for them, or why you like them, if it's a new relationship. And make sure the chocolate is a kind you know they like (i.e. buying raspberry flavored chocolate makes sense if they love raspberries, you don't have to know their favorite brand, it's more the idea that you took enough time to figure out what they like!). If you opt for something other than red roses, make it a flower you know they love.
Any other gift — focus on what they love and what has meaning, like a memento for something you've experienced together.
Engravings are a great way of saying something too (like engravings on jewelry, watches, etc.), as are dedications (like writing a dedication in a book, or diary).
The main thing to remember is their personality (making it personal) as well as showing your love (making it symbolic, or adding a note of some kind). The same thing goes for dates — you want to show you cared enough to remember what they love. It's not about making it big, but making it personal.
In Closing
Valentine's, or any other date, doesn't have to be a big deal. The main thing is that you show you care. That you show you want to do something special, or give something special, to the one you are dating.


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This Banco De Oro (BDO) foreclosed property is included in their latest list of properties that are for negotiated sale, updated as of September 14, 2018, with additional properties added last October 4, 2018. More details below.
Property details
- Property Type: Residential – Vacant Lot
- Vicinity: Concepcion, Tarlac
- Property Address: Lot 2381-J, Brgy. Café / Sta. Cruz, Concepcion, Tarlac
- Lot Area (sqms.): 2514.00
- Floor Area (sqms.):
- Indicative Price (Php): PHP 1,257,000.00
For more information or clarification you may call or visit BDO's office:
Mila Dioneda / Sales Officer
(02) 7026000 local 27024 / 09564920261 / 09223724522
BDO Asset Management Group / Sales Department
25/F, Pacific Star Building, Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., corner Makati Ave., Makati City
For lease offers, please call:
(02) 702-7033 / 702-7825
You may view details of these assets through the bank's intranet site or go to
- Sale shall be on "as is where is" basis.
- All offers are subject to Management approval.
- Availability of units and prices are subject to change without prior notice.
- Misprints should not be construed as misrepresentation of the property.
- Lease offers welcome for all condominium units listed except those under "With Authority to Sell". Please call for price.
- Where applicable, prices are exclusive of VAT
View / Download the complete list of BDO foreclosed properties
To view / download a copy of all BDO foreclosed properties in this update, you may visit the following page:
==>BDO Foreclosed Properties for sale
- All foreclosed properties are for sale on an "AS IS, WHERE IS" basis. Interested parties are reminded to conduct proper due diligence prior to the purchase of any foreclosed property.
- Availability, prices, and property status are subject to change without prior notice.
- Misprints should not be construed as misrepresentation of the property.
Last updated on: 2018-10-15 with file BDO-SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER-2018, which can also be downloaded from the link above.
Source: Mila Dioneda, Sales Officer – BDO Asset Management Group
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Some "sassy" cows are changing lives for special needs students at Riverview High School and Pepin Academies.
"It's really fun to do it," said Simeon, a ninth-grade ESE student from Pepin Academies.
The program challenges Exceptional Student Education (ESE) kids to take on something they typically wouldn't try: raising cows and showing them at places like the Florida State Fair and the Florida Strawberry Festival.
"It's for special needs kids that teaches skills in Agriculture," said Zoe, a fourth-grade ESE student from Pepin Academies.
Riverview High School Agriculture Teacher, Karen Hamilton, started the program several years ago and was inspired by a special needs student named Joshua.
"I had a student who had Down's Syndrome, and he showed a rabbit, but he wanted to show a cow. So, we got him a bottle baby. He bottle-fed it and named it "Sassy," Hamilton said.
Joshua had several cows over his eight years in the Riverview FFA – all named… you guessed it, "Sassy."
"So, we became "Sassy Cows," and we added to it the "Sassy Cows 4 Savvy Kids. When we moved to the high school, we also extended our invitation to the Pepin Academies special needs students," said Riverview High School Agriculture Teacher Karen Hamilton.
"I love to hang out with animals, so getting to hang out with a cow is super fun," Zoe said.
But students are tasked with more than just paling around with the cows. "It teaches me responsibility of taking care of an animal that when it gets older it produces milk," said Nicolas, a Pepin Academies ESE seventh-grader.
The "savvy kids" have assigned days after school and on weekends that they have to care for the cows.
"You've got to walk your cow, feed it," Simeon said.
"Give her some water and she'll be okay. As long as you talk to her, she'll be okay," Nicholas said.
"It teaches you life skills that you need to learn to take care of yourself and your own animals when you grow up," said Zoe.
Hamilton couldn't be prouder of what the students take away from the program.
"Good work ethic behind that. They all do record books. They speak to the public, so they're learning to communicate," said Hamilton.
Simeon knows showmanship is also key, "You've got to keep the head up straight and smile."
Regular education agriculture students, who also have an interest in raising and showing cows, are paired up with the ESE students as "Buddies" and act as mentors.
"Sometimes it's the students who have cattle already that they're showing, and they partner up with the special needs students. So, when they go out into the show ring, if they sometimes get distracted by what's in the audience, and they wave to mom and let go of the cows, somebody's there to help," Hamilton said.
Allee, a Riverview High School Junior, teaches the students how to clip, clean and walk the cows on a halter.
"I enjoy working with them. I feel like it's a great opportunity for them to learn about the animals. I enjoy teaching them, and watching them understand new concepts as they learn," said Allee.
"Having a buddy, when I get lost thinking, it helps me think of what I really need to work on," Nicholas said.
The program operates off grants and donations to cover the feed, hay, medical expenses and veterinary bills.
The school leases the calves from dairy farms across the state. The cows arrive in September, and the students work with them through the Strawberry Festival. Then, the calves go back to the dairies and students get new animals to care for in the fall.
The students compete for money and ribbons.
"You can be in first place, or second place, or third place," Simeon explained.
But for Hamilton and participants, the true rewards are the lessons learned and the bonds formed.
"I just love working with them and seeing the progress they make," said Hamilton.
"I love doing it, and I wouldn't have it any other way," said Allee.
"And also, I think they're really cute," Zoe said as she hugged her cow, Cupcake.
For more information on the Sassy Cows 4 Savvy Kids Program or to donate: https://sassycows4savvykids.weebly.com/
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text: Why does my 67 year old mother make up ridiculously transparent excuses for everything? She shows no signs of dementia. It's pointless and frustrating for others and she gets enraged when confronted with it. For example, she ate a sampling of fairly rich foods when I gave a cocktail party and gave herself an upset tummy. After hearing the toilet flush all night, I asked if it was all the food and she agreed. Then when she went to make cocoa, I suggested tea and she responds that it was having a cup of tea after the party that made her sick, not the rich food. When I laughed and asked why she had to try to bull me and make excuses instead of just saying she'd rather have cocoa, she went ballistic. It was quickly followed by threats to leave and screaming about what a horrible person I am. Just to note, she has nothing and is entirely supported by me and squeezes my funds like her personal sugar bear. She's never had it so good so we both know she isn't leaving. But why the constant silly excuses?


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Getting ready to mix!
We were busy with the J's this past weekend and laid down two Pink Floyd songs. These along with the Beatles stuff done earlier give us enough stuff to start the final mix down process. The band and I are really happy with the way this project is turning out.
Updates from the studio.
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10 Jan 2012
SEAP Quarterly Newsletter 2012-01
|In this Issue
|Oil palm research activities in SEAP
|IPNI Program Updates
|Oil palm research activities in SEAP
2012 IPNI Scholar and Science Awards
Wanted: Oil palm consultant
News From the Region
Coffee harvest in Indonesia poised for highest in three years
Vietnam coffee crop seen dropping 20% as rains damage flowers
Coffee grounds great for start-up
Malaysia's palm oil exports hit RM80 Billion in 2011
Belgian palm oil market pledges to become sustainable by 2015
Plantation company PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations beef up its R&D unit
Indonesia rice surplus target date delayed
Thailand to fall behind in rice exports
IRRI and RDA developed ANMI, a rice variety that can withstand brown planthopper
Soil microbiologists discover microbe of global agricultural significance
|Dr. Thomas Oberthur, Director, Southeast Asia, together with Dr. Joska Gerendas of K + S and Pak Pahala of Meroke PT (K + S business partner in Indonesia), travelled to Kalimantan in March to join the work in the Nutrient Efficiency BMP Project in Oil Palm plantations (SEA 05). This project, which started in October 2011 in collaboration with Sampoerna's Sungai Rangit PT plantation, looks into issues associated with nutrient use efficiency of oil palm grown in coarse-textured soils.
Plantation companies commonly apply fertilizer seven times a year: N and K twice a year; P, Mg, and B once a year. Applying fertilizer at high doses could result in high nutrient leaching in sandy soils. It is hypothesized that a more frequent fertilizer application should improve the fertilizer use efficiency of oil palm, by either increasing yield at a given fertilizer rate or reducing fertilizer input for a given yield level.
In this project, two BMP treatments where fertilizer is applied as N-P-K-Mg-B-S mixture in 4 splits at the recommended (BMP 1) and at a reduced rate (BMP 2), are tested against two reference treatments (i.e., at normal and reduced fertilizer rates) following current standard practices of fertilizer application. These treatments are replicated three times within 2 estates of the plantation, totalling 12 commercial blocks. Additionally, each block has embedded omission plots for for -N, -P, -K, -Mg, -B, -S, each with 36 palms to determine fertilizer use efficiencies.
Weighing and mixing of fertilizer.
Dr. Oberthur's visit coincided with the second application of fertilizer blends. Mixing of the bulk blends using Korn Kali, granular urea and amophos proved to be challenging, as well as the simultaneous application of fertilizers in the general blocks and in the omission plots. The estate's fertilization crew applied fertilizer in the main block and the SR research team took care of the omission plots where individual small bags were prepared in advance for each individual palm.
A Standard Operations Manual for the fertilizer blending procedures was developed in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
|2012 IPNI Scholar and Science Awards
|The International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) is once again offering its IPNI Scholar Award to honor and encourage deserving graduate students, and the IPNI Science Award to recognize and promote distinguished achievements by scientists.
"We are proud to continue to offer these awards as they clearly have many positive benefits," explained IPNI President Dr. Terry Roberts. "For students in the middle of, or just beginning, their research programs the Scholar Award provides a well deserved nod of encouragement, while the Science Award shines light on the accomplishments of established scientists. These awards are made possible by our member companies and are evidence of their respect for science."
The Scholar Award requires students who are candidates for either a M.S. or Ph.D. degree in agronomy, soil science, or related fields to submit an application and supporting information by June 30. Individual graduate students in any country where an IPNI program exists are eligible. Only a limited number of recipients are selected for the award, worth USD 2,000 each. The application process is available on-line only. Recipients are announced in September.
The Science Award goes to one individual each year, based on outstanding achievements in research, extension, or education which focus on efficient and effective management of plant nutrients and their positive interaction in fully integrated crop production, enhancing yield potential and/or crop quality. It requires that a nomination form (no self-nomination) and supporting letters be submitted by mail before September 30. The Award announcement is December 1. It includes a monetary prize of USD 5,000.
More information about past winners of these awards, plus details on qualifications and requirements for both awards can be found at the IPNI website: >http://www.ipni.net/awards<
|WANTED: Oil palm consultant
|The International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI), a scientific research organization dedicated to responsible management of plant nutrients in agriculture, has a job for a junior Oil Palm Consultant who meets the following criteria:
Interested applicants are invited to email detailed resume and a recent photograph to email@example.com.
|News from the Region
|Coffee harvest in Indonesia poised for highest in three years
|The coffee harvest in indonesia, the third-biggest grower of the robusta variety used in instant drinks and espressos, is set to climb to the highest in three years, potentially capping a 12% rally. Production may increase 20% to 10 million bags this year from 8.3 million bags a year earlier, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey. That's the most since 2009, according to U.S. government figures, and more than the 9.1 million bags predicted by Volcafe, a unit of ED&F Man Holdings, Ltd.
Robusta futures jumped to a five-month high in February as Vietnamese growers, the world's biggest, held back supplies. Global coffee exports fell 9.9% to 7.99 million bags in January from a year earlier, according to the International Coffee Organization. Shipments from Vietnam fell 19% to 292,000 tons in the first two months, according to the General Statistics Office in Hanoi. Farmers withheld beans after prices plunged 14% last year, forcing roasters to tap European stockpiles.
However, Suyanto Hussein, Chairman of the Indonesian Coffee Exporters Association (AEKI) expressed doubt that the country's coffee production in 2012 could rise as high as 9.1 million bags as predicted by Volcafe. Suyanto said that although weather condition has improved, the effect of the extreme weather condition last year would still undermine the local coffee production.
Pranoto Soenarto, Director of coffee producer and retailer PT Excelso Multi Rasa, expressed a similar pessimistic view. He expected that a significant jump in the country's coffee production could be realized starting 2014 after the replanting program sponsored by the government has been realized.
Source: Agroasia, March 2012, www.agroasianews.com
|Vietnam coffee crop seen dropping 20% as rains damage flowers
|Robusta coffee production in Vietnam, the world's largest grower, may decline as much as 20% next year after rains damaged flowers and aging trees trim output, the Vietnam Coffee & Cocoa Association said.
Rains in the Central Highlands during the flowering stage hurt crop prospects and early blossoming coincided with the harvesting of the 2011-2012 crop, according to the organization known as Vicofa. The number of trees older than 20 years, which are half as productive as young trees, will rise to 30% of the total next year, it said.
"Due to abnormal weather developments, coffee trees have been flowering during harvesting and continuous rains caused difficulties for flowers to become fruits," Vicofa said. "It will have a negative impact on the yield and output of the 2012-2013 crop."
Production will rise to 20.6 million bags in the 12 months to Sept. 30 from 18.75 million a year earlier, a unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. A bag weighs 60 kilograms. Vicofa did not forecast the output for the 2012-2013 season.
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek, February 27, 2012, http://www.businessweek.com
|Coffee grounds great for start-up
|A business that recycled the coffee grounds thrown away by cafes was an idea that seemed so simple, Mark Henderson was sure someone was probably already doing it. Fortunately for the Canberra entrepreneur, this was one idea that no one had previously cottoned on to as the premise for a company.
It was only last year that the former IT consultant was told by a barista in a Civic cafe that the shop threw away 10 kg of coffee waste a day. ''If that shop opens seven days a week for 50 weeks a year, you're talking about a significant amount of waste - about 3.5 tonnes,'' Mr Henderson said.
He and former colleague Geoff Howell spent three months researching what that waste could be used for and found there was strong anecdotal evidence to suggest coffee grounds could be used as a slow-release fertilizer. The pair discovered there was no company anywhere in the world manufacturing fertilizer from coffee waste and, after seeking advice from business contacts, they quit their well-paid jobs to establish Espressogrow in late last year.
The company, which will purchase coffee waste from cafes and turn it into fertilizer, was just named one of the top 10 start-ups of 2011 by BRW magazine. The business is in its final funding stages and plans to manufacture the fertilizer in Australia, the US and Europe. Mr Henderson hopes the product will hit retail shelves in the second half of this year.
Mr Henderson says the organic fertilizer will be sold in pellets and it will smell like coffee, rather than having the unpleasant smell of animal fertilizers. He hopes that by giving a commercial value to coffee waste, Espressogrow will encourage recycling practices in the coffee industry.
''In the US, per head of population, 4.2 kilos of coffee is consumed a year,'' he says. ''By purchasing the coffee grounds, it instantly becomes a valuable commodity to a retailer so we're actively encouraging them to be sustainable.''
Source: Canberra Times, February 12, 2012, http://www.canberratimes.com.au
|Malaysia's palm oil exports hit RM80 Billion in 2011
|Palm oil is Malaysia's biggest commodity exports, registering RM80 billion (US$ 26 billion) last year. In second place was rubber with RM20 billion, according to Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainudin. He said the country's total commodity exports were RM130 billion last year. Other commodities exported included cocoa and kenaf.
He also said efforts to promote Malaysian commodity products would continue in both new and traditional markets such as Japan, China, United Sattes, West Asia and Europe. Meanwhile, Hamzah said his ministry was encouraging cocoa cultivation due to high demand for the commodity in the world market.
"The ministry organized the People's Cocoa Programme last year to encourage people to use idle land near their houses for cocoa cultivation. "The ministry will provide quality cocoa seeds hoping that cocoa output will increase in the next few years," he said.
In the 1990s, Malaysia was among the world's major cocoa producers. Cocoa cultivation area in the 1990s was 420,300 ha compared to only about 20,000 ha now.
Source: BERNAMA News, February 09, 2012, http://www.bernama.com
|Belgian palm oil market pledges to become sustainable by 2015
|The Belgian Alliance for Sustainable Palm Oil has launched its charter, which pledges that by the end of 2015, all palm oil designated for the Belgian market will be produced based on the sustainability criteria of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
"The establishment of the Belgian Alliance for Sustainable Palm Oil is a highly commendable and progressive initiative undertaken by organisations towards 100% cent sourcing of Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) by 2015," the Secretary General of RSPO, Darrel Webber, said in a statement.
He said the Belgian initiative demonstrates strong commitment and leadership in promoting sustainability among European product manufacturers, continuing the positive trend initiated by the Dutch national industry commitment in 2010. The charter was signed by several parties in the palm oil supply chain -- from processors and product manufacturers to industry associations.
Today RSPO CSPO represents 11% of all palm oil produced globally. To this end, RSPO looks forward to working closely with the Belgian Alliance for Sustainable Palm Oil and its members to raise consumer awareness of sustainable palm oil.
Vice-President of the RSPO and Senior Policy Officer for Food and Agriculture World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Adam Harrison urged all companies using palm oil to set ambitious time-bound targets for procuring certified sustainable palm oil, both in Belgium and in the other countries they are active, and begin buying it as soon as possible.
RSPO said it recognises that initiatives like the Belgian and Dutch National Commitments are of crucial importance in order to boost the uptake of CSPO and should be regarded as best practices in Europe. It added it eagerly awaits the next national industry commitment to 100% sourcing of certified sustainable palm oil by 2015, and urged other European countries to follow these examples and solidify Europe's leadership in responsible supply chain practices.
Source: BERNAMA News, January 31, 2012, http://www.bernama.com
|IPNI partner PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations beef up its R&D unit
|Major plantation companies are beginning to develop their own research and development units to anticipate tougher competition in the global market in the future, as industry players lament the government's lack of attention and support.
Jakarta-listed and IPNI partner PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations, for instance, is starting to strengthen its R&D unit, called Bakrie Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), through cooperation with leading research institutions to capitalize on their experience and vast resources.
On March 2, BARI signed MoUs on research cooperation with state-owned Oil Palm Research Center (more popularly known under its local abbreviation of PPKS) and the Indonesia Rubber Research Center. PPKS is the country's oldest research institution for oil palm and the largest producer of oil palm seeds. The Indonesia Rubber Research Center is also one of the oldest research centers, in existence for 20 years.
The cooperation is expected to help BARI to be more productive in developing new technology to support the production process at Bakrie Sumatera, which operates rubber and oil palm plantations as well as producing downstream palm oil products. BARI headquartered in Kisaran, North Sumatra, was officially launched in July 2011 with investment of about Rp 12.5 billion (US$ 1.4 million).
Source: Agroasia, March 2012, www.agroasianews.com
|Oil Palm Upcoming Events
|4th Palm Oil Summit
9 – 10 July 2012
Bali, Indonesia
Hotel to be advised
Theme: Sustainable Yields and Downstream Processing
Key highlights:
Palm Oil Africa
5 – 6 Sept 2012
Accra, Africa
Hotel to be advised
Theme: Reviving the Palm Oil Industry in Africa - Challenges & Opportunities
Key highlights:
|Indonesia rice surplus target date delayed
|Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture said that Pres. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's target for the country to achieve a 10 million-ton rice surplus by 2014 looks increasingly impossible to be realized.
Vice Minister of Agriculture Rusman Heriawan said that due to various lingering problems such as poor infrastructure facilities, and difficulties faced by farmers in obtaining fertilizer and seeds, as well as the spread of diseases, the target must be delayed.
The Office of the Coordinating Minister for the Economy has approved the request for a delay, and decided a new target of 2015. Under this new scenario, rice production growth in 2012 is expected to reach 3.2% and 4.15% per year from 2013 to 2015.
Source: Agroasia, March 2012, www.agroasianews.com
|Thailand to fall behind in rice exports
|Thailand might lose its leadership in rice exports to Vietnam very soon because of the government's rice mortgage scheme, according to Thai Rice Exporters Association president Korbsuk Iamsuree. She said Vietnam may surpass Thailand within five years.
According to the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry, both countries would each export 6.5 million tonnes of rice this year. Thailand and Vietnam together provided the largest share of the rice volume traded in the global market last year. However, their market share slightly declined from 2010 due to the rising demand for Indian rice.
Ms Korbsuk said Myanmar is another strong competitor in the long run as the country, known as the rice bowl of Asia, is trying to boost its rice exports.
"The government has promised that it will buy the largest volume of rice at high prices that it can in order to satisfy the farmers. This has raised domestic rice prices and caused the export price to increase," she said. The total export of Thai rice had plunged 50% year-on-year. The country exported only 700,000 tonnes in the first two months of this year.
"The Free On Board (FOB) price for rice in Thailand is set at US$550 per tonne, higher than India by $100, but the government still plans to raise the FOB price to $800 a tonne," the rice official said. She said the government will likely achieve its rice export target for this year of three million tonnes but Thailand can actually export 10 million tonnes of rice a year. The government has been buying rice from all farmers since October but it has yet to be sold to foreign countries or the private sector, she added.
Source: Bangkok Post, Feb. 24, 2012, http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/281393/thailand-to-fall-behind-in-rice-exports
|IRRI and RDA developed ANMI, a rice variety that can withstand brown planthopper
|In 2002, South Korea had four major problems in rice: blast, bacterial blight, cold stress, and brown planthopper (BPH)—the country's most destructive rice insect pest. The job of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) was to breed a new rice variety that is tolerant of these problems yet safe to the environment and for consumption.
BPH damages rice crops every year in many Asian countries, with estimated annual losses of 2–3 million tons across the region. The pest not only brings viral diseases but also sucks the rice plant to death. Serious infestation causes hopper burn in rice fields and often results in complete yield loss.
Rice plant resistance is the best strategy to control BPH, not the use of pesticides. The pest has evolved and become virulent to resistance genes that were introduced 15 years ago into rice varieties. Thus, scientists are in constant search for genes that can withstand BPH.
In 2005, Kshirod K. Jena, IRRI senior scientist and plant breeder, and his Korean team then discovered a major resistance gene, Bph18. The tricky part is that this gene is from an indica rice (IR65482-7-216-1-2), a rice variety that is popular in tropical countries, and not from the japonica rice greatly preferred by the Koreans. Discovering the gene is a success in itself, but transferring the Bph18 gene and the Bph18 gene alone from indica to japonica is yet another large hurdle to jump.
Luckily, in 2005, IRRI, in partnership with Japan, completed the rice genome sequence. The vast information from the sequence enabled the team to find the main traits of the new gene, which Dr. Jena identified for BPH resistance. It also helped develop a DNA marker, which will be 100% associated with the BPH resistance trait of the plant. He then introduced Bph18 to the elite japonica variety Junambyeo.
Thanks to marker-assisted breeding and background genotyping, the usual 10 to 14 years of conventional breeding can now be completed in 6 years. In the case of Korea, it took only 2 years to identify the kind of rice plant [line IR83261BC3- 3-3-3-B (SR30071BC3-3-3-B)] that is suited for a local adaptability test. Replicated trials in different regions of the country were done in 3 years.
Dr. Jena and his Korean team of scientists took only 5 years to breed and release a new rice variety, ANMI, which is a Korean word for safe and delicious rice. Officially released in South Korea on 6 December 2010, ANMI is highly resistant to BPH, blast, bacterial blight, and cold stress. This variety is also high yielding, very palatable, and looks glossy with a stickiness that is just right.
Source: Rice Today, January-March 2012, http://irri.org/knowledge/publications/rice-today
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|Soil microbiologists discover microbe of global agricultural significance
|Scientists at the University of Aberdeen in the UK have shed new light on a century-old gap in the understanding of how ammonia-based fertilizers are inactivated by microorganisms in soil.
Organisms that oxidize ammonia were first discovered in 1890. Although a natural process, a major consequence of the activities of such organisms in soil is the transformation and loss of nitrogen fertilizers used to improve crop production, resulting in groundwater and atmospheric pollution.
Over the past hundred years, all the strains cultivated have only grown in standard laboratory conditions at higher, neutral pH, and not in acidic conditions.
However, the majority of Scottish agricultural soils - and 50% of the worlds agricultural soils - are acidic, so the mechanism by which loss of fertilizer occurs in these soils has remained a mystery until now.
In two separate papers published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, research performed at the University of Aberdeen has identified a novel organism, named Nitrosotalea devanaterra, which performs the process of ammonia oxidation in acidic conditions, and has also demonstrated that this organism is abundant and globally distributed in acidic soils.
The research team has now been awarded a 0.5 million, 3.5-year research grant by the Natural Environment Research Council to investigate the highly unusual physiology of Nitrosotalea devanaterra and to find out more about its potential role in the loss of ammonia-based fertilizers and nitrous oxide gas emissions from soil.
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A Scandi-inspired eatery, a dessert cafe and a new rooftop bar – find out what's opening in Leeds over the next few months.
Three weeks ago, we told you about five new openings coming soon to Leeds – and now we have another five to add to the list. There's a new cafe from a renowned chef, a new dessert parlour the kids will absolutely love and a new rooftop bar with a view of Leeds Town Hall. You can even pick up a few new skills at the city's new pay-as-you-feel college…
East Parade Social
There's a brand new rooftop bar opening in Leeds this August and it'll have stunning views of Leeds Town Hall. East Parade Social is the first of six new hospitality spaces from Avenue HQ in their new home at 10-12 East Parade. This is an all-day venue, so you can start the day with a hearty breakfast, grab a sandwich at lunch or head by after work for drinks and small plates. With a menu of craft beer and cocktails, this is set to be one of the city's hottest bars.
East Parade Social will open at 10-12 East Parade on Friday 24th August 2018.
Cultural Community College
The Cultural Community College is the latest venture from Slung Low. They noticed that there weren't many opportunities for adults to learn new skills in Leeds, and the ones that did exist were really expensive, so they decided to launch their own college. Their programme is incredibly diverse, with classes on everything from Indian cooking to CPR, documentary filmmaking and blacksmithery. Just like their shows, it'll be run on a pay-as-you-feel basis, so you won't need deep pockets to learn a new skill.
The Cultural Community College will open at The HUB on Wednesday 12th September 2018.
Harewood Food & Drink Project
The Harewood Food & Drink Project is a-changing. They're still doing their signature tasting events in the grounds, made with produce grown in the gardens, but now they've revealed plans for a new cafe in the village. It'll have the same focus on homegrown ingredients, but the menu will be more conventional – think full English breakfasts and gourmet sandwiches. In the future, they may even open in the evenings to showcase the full breadth of their culinary skills.
Harewood Food & Drink Project will open in Harewood village by the end of Summer 2018.
Icestone Gelato
Stampede has closed, but the unit won't be empty for long. Icestone Gelato has already spread across the North and the Midlands, but now they're bringing their proper Italian gelato to Leeds. From pistachio to salted caramel, banana and bubblegum – they've got every flavour under the sun. But it's not just ice cream. This is a one-stop dessert shop – you can get crepes stuffed with Nutella, waffles smothered in peanut butter and cookie dough topped with Ferrero Rocher.
Icestone Gelato will open in St John's Centre in Autumn 2018.
Grön Kafe
Matt Healy isn't hanging around – fresh from opening his new restaurant at The Foundry, the former MasterChef: The Professionals runner-up has got a second opening coming at the end of August. Grön Kafe is a Scandinavian-inspired, vegan-friendly cafe in Oakwood. Grön translates as 'green' from Swedish to English, and that's the ethos behind the place. Expect a cool, modern venue where you can tuck into an array of healthy but tasty dishes, from pancakes to buddha bowls.
Grön Kafe will open in Oakwood at the end of August 2018.