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Delma Santiago. Divers' watch with date. Stainless steel case and bracelet. Unidirectional blue anodized aluminum diver bezel. Blue dial, applied indexes with luminous markers. Silver hour, minute and red-tipped seconds hand with luminous markers. Water-resistant to 20 ATM / 200 m / 660 ft.
Mechanism: Quartz
Caliber: ETA F06.111
Batterylife: 68 months
Case material: Stainless steel
Case back: Stainless steel
Size in mm: 43
Height in mm: 13.3
Weight in grams: 190
Water resistance: 20 ATM / 200 m / 660 ft
Crystal: Sapphire crystal with AR coating
Bezel: Blue anodized aluminum, unidirectional diver bezel
Lug size in mm: 22
Bracelet material: Stainless steel
Bracelet color: Silver
Clasp: Deployment clasp with safety buckle
Clasp material: Stainless steel
Model: Santiago
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ABC News, July 3, 2012 by Ann Sanner
An anti-abortion group fell short Tuesday in its attempt to gather enough signatures to ask voters this fall to change the state constitution to declare that life begins when a human egg is fertilized.
Backers of the proposed constitutional amendment in Ohio, a key state in the upcoming presidential election, and elsewhere hope to spark a legal challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which upheld a woman's right to an abortion until the fetus is viable outside the womb, usually at 22 to 24 weeks.
The group had collected only about 30,000 of the roughly 385,000 signatures required to be submitted to state officials on Wednesday for a chance to appear on November ballots, said Patrick Johnston, the director of Personhood Ohio.
The group pledged to continue seeking signatures ahead of 2013, but the shortfall was another setback for what has become known as the "personhood" movement.
"I did not get enough (signatures) in the mail today," Johnston said Tuesday. "It's going to take a little longer."
Supporters fell short of the required number of signatures to qualify for the November ballots in Nevada and California. And in Oklahoma, the state's highest court halted an amendment effort there to grant personhood rights to human embryos, saying the measure was unconstitutional.
Voters have rejected similar proposals that made ballots in 2008 and 2010 in Colorado. They also defeated the initiative last November in Mississippi, which has some of the nation's toughest abortion regulations.
Organizers say a personhood amendment has a good chance to qualify for the fall ballot again in Colorado. The state has a lower threshold of required signatures than Ohio; about 86,000 signatures are needed by early August.
The measures vary in some details, but in general they define human life as beginning with fertilization and are intended to ban virtually all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest. Many physicians have said the measures could make some birth control illegal and deter in vitro fertilization.
Supporters in Ohio had hoped to alleviate those concerns by rephrasing their proposed amendment to say it wouldn't affect "genuine contraception" or in vitro fertilization procedures.
"These kinds of things are going to grow by increment," Johnston said. "We have to change people's minds one at a time."
The proposal hasn't attracted support from some traditional supporters of Ohio's anti-abortion measures.
The anti-abortion group Ohio Right to Life is not involved. And the Catholic Conference of Ohio, while it hasn't taken a formal position, is not encouraging its 785 parishes to gather signatures.
Johnston said reluctance from the two groups to help out with the personhood amendment in Ohio, whose constitution doesn't define life, created a challenge.
"We have a mission that's internal in some ways," he said.
The amendment also is trying to gain traction at the same time as the so-called Heartbeat Bill, which would outlaw abortions at the first detectable fetal heartbeat, sometimes as early as six weeks into pregnancy.
Activists from across the political spectrum say getting an issue on Ohio's ballots is a daunting task.
The We Are Ohio campaign, which successfully sought the 2011 repeal of the state's collective bargaining law, hired paid signature gatherers even though it already had the support of well-funded labor unions, the Ohio Democratic Party and thousands of volunteers.
Johnston said his group isn't drawing money from big donors, nor is it using paid circulators.
Leaders in Personhood Ohio planned to meet next month to discuss how best to move forward and what changes could be made to their strategy.
Ohio is expected to be a pivotal, hotly contested state in the Nov. 6 presidential election. But Johnston said he wasn't sure whether this fall's ballot was the best shot at getting the amendment approved by voters.
"We're really trusting in the Lord," he said. "We don't know what the future holds."


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The V-87 turbinehas been specially adapted by German manufacturer Vensys. The Indian market features mostly low or medium wind sites, with high temperatures and humidity.
The V-87 has an 85-metre tower and 43-metre blades and aims to deliver a 15% increase in annual energy production over ReGen Powertech's V-77 turbine, and a 5-7% increase in annual energy production over the V-82.
Madhusudan Khemka, managing director of ReGen Powertech, said: "The order for 279MW during the pre-launch of the V-87 is a testament to our customer's confidence in ReGen's technology and capabilities to execute large-scale wind power projects and our unrivalled experience in the Indian market."
The turbine was launched at the India Windpower event in Chennai India. Speaking to Windpower Monthly, general manager of marketing G Ravichandran said that the main customers for the new turbine are Tata Power and cigarette and cosmetic manufacturer ITC Group. The company plans to release 2.5MW and 3MW machines in 2013 and 2014, he added.


text: Every so often, wireless carriers take it upon themselves to push out their own branded, or at least sanctioned, applications and services to BlackBerry users in the form of "service book" updates--regardless of whether or not said users actually want them. AT&T seems to be particularly fond of the practice, and this weekend it not only pushed out a dozen or so new link-icons to its BlackBerry customers' devices, but also delivered a new version of its own "app store," Media Mall 2.0.\n\n\n\n\nAT&T \n\nSupplied BlackBerry Icons\nKeep in mind that with the recent launch of Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry App World mobile software store, it has never been easier to locate and obtain great apps for your BlackBerry device. Conversely, AT&T's poorly formatted, over-priced Media Mall, along with the completely random apps it occasionally delivers via service book updates, merely clutters customers' devices.\n\nWireless carriers push out service book updates to their BlackBerry users all the time, and those updates are often meant to improve the performance of your device; however, some carriers take the opportunity to distribute apps, or links to download full--and not always free--versions of programs, along with the legitimate updates. AT&T's not the only culprit, either, though it appears to push out more of these "updates" than any other U.S. carrier, at least in my experience. \n\nThankfully, there's a simple way to ditch apps that you don't want, though you need to repeat the process every time you reboot if you want to ensure all those apps remain deleted. Not up for deleting after every hard- or soft-reset? No problem; there's an even easier way to simply hide those pesky apps. Out of sight, out of mind, right?\n\nHow to Remove Carrier-Supplied Apps, Services\n\nThe new AT&T applications and services, which include such annoying exciting titles as Brain Challenge Vol. 2, Mobile Banking, Make-UR-Tones and WikiMobile, "magically" appeared in most AT&T BlackBerry users' Downloads folder last weekend.\n\n\n\n\n\nBlackBerry Advanced Options Menu\n\n\n\nTo delete them, open your BlackBerry Options, scroll to Advanced Options and click it. On the following page, scroll to Service Book and open that menu. \n\nOn the Service Book page, you'll see a variety of listings that start with a check mark and end with some text in brackets, like so: "Check Mark" WikiMobile VPL 9000 [BrowserConfig]. You'll note an individual listing for each and every carrier-supplied app or service that was pushed to your device. \n\nTo erase the carrier-supplied icons, simply delete the associated service book listing. To do so, scroll over the listing, hit your BlackBerry Menu key--located directly to the left of your trackball--and choose Delete.\n\nThe service book entry for AT&T's Media Mall looks like this to BlackBerry Bold 9000 users:\n\n "Check Mark" Mall VPL 9000 [BrowserConfig]\n\n\n\n\nBlackBerry Service Book Page\n\n\n\nDelete it and the Media Mall icon on your BlackBerry icon screen disappears. Follow this process for each and every icon you want to erase, and your device will be clean of unwanted carrier-clutter in no time. \n\nNote: As mentioned above, you'll need to repeat this process every time you reboot your device and whenever AT&T decides to "re-push" those service books--at least if you want to be rid of the carrier apps and services.\n\nThen again, you could always simply hide them....\n\n\nFREE CIO BlackBerry Newsletter\nGet better use out of your BlackBerry and keep up-to-date on the latest \n\ndevelopments.\n Sign-up \n\n\u00bb\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to Hide Unwanted BlackBerry Apps, Icons\n\nHiding unwanted or unused BlackBerry apps and services doesn't delete them from your device altogether, but it does put them out of sight. If that's good enough for your purposes, this could be the better option, since you won't have to hide the icons every time you reboot.\n\n\n\nBlackBerry Show All\/Hide Menu\n\n\n\nTo hide an icon on your BlackBerry simply scroll over it, click your BlackBerry Menu key and choose Hide from the list of options that appears. That icon will then disappear from view until you hit the Menu key again and choose Show All. This will display all "hidden" icons, though they'll still look "grayed-out" to signify that they're hidden. To hide all those hidden icons again, uncheck the Show All option in your BlackBerry Menu.\n\nFor more BlackBerry organization tips, read "Using Folders to Unclutter Your BlackBerry."\n\n\nProps to Giancarlo of GeekBerry.net


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As your one-stop shop for tattoo and piercing supplies, DPS Tattoo Supplies understands your business needs and strives to provide each customer with the best service and products available in the industry. Our knowledgeable customer service representatives are always available to assist customers with product questions, comments and orders and can be contacted by phone, email or online chat! In a rush and know what you want? Our user-friendly website layout and search engine feature make it easy to purchase our products quickly and easily from anywhere in the world!
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Its that time of year when we all have to pull our best gift ideas out of our hats. This list is compiled of some reasonably priced gifts as well as some that may just stay on your own list for years to come. All are great ideas to give as gifts to your design friends or to even sneak them into your own stocking.
Hit the jump to see the items on the list and to share your gift ideas!
1. Ugmonk Garments from $24-48
Now is the best time because there is a 15% Promo code on the site (ends December 31st). For the longest time I've wanted to snag one or the other of these. Check out more at the Ugmonk store.
2. Swissair T-shirt for $32
On the count of three lets say awesome together. I've longed for this shirt for nearly a month now and I'm sure you can realize why after reading this post.
3. Coda Development Tool for $99
While the tool's price is pretty steep its very handy. I've referred many people to using this application because of its ease of use. You may not be a developer but this app makes editing your personal portfolio a whole heck of a lot easier.
4. Rado Watches from $1,600 and up
Every wish list has to have at least one extremely high priced item. These watches by Rado Switzerland are those items. Rado I'm looking at you to be the filler of my stocking.
5. G-TECH 2TB Hard Drive for $289
If you know your friend isn't doing their routine backups or always complains of hard drive issues, you might consider treating them with this G-Tech drive. It's a guarantee that you won't have to listen to them complain any longer. The drive has all the necessary inputs and most importantly it is fast and reliable.
6. Art & Copy Film for $24
Art & Copy is a film about advertising and inspiration. It reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time, people who've impacted our culture. This film is another great stocking stuffer
7. Helvetica Notebook for $22
Which side of Helvetica are you? This book lets you choose your love/hate relationship with Helvetica. This two-sided notebook features a loving quote in Helvetica Std on one cover, then flips to reveal a darker intent.
8. Transmit FTP Tool for $34
Never before have I used a more consistent FTP application. Picking two great things about this would be that you can bookmark specific sites and search for files.
9. The Slight Edge Book for $15
The Slight Edge is a really powerful concept that focuses on achieving all aspects of your life—your health, your finances, your personal relationships and your family life. It's available on audiobook format and in print. Definitely a book that you can't do without.
10. Paul Tebbott Posters from $10-40
Paul Tebbott is a visual artist and excellent electronic musician performing under Horizon Fire. Mosey on over to his shop to choose from a larger selection of his work.
11. Düller Sketchbook for $22
This sketchbook includes 24 sheets of heavy. The font and back covers are made of cardboard stock with debossed black foil lettering. This is a sketchbook you'll want to keep.
12. Slim Calculator from $25-35
Created by the in-house design team at IDEA International, Japan, the Slim Calculator (a mere 1/4″ in thickness) features a tactile rubbery skin and a subtle, soft keypad. Available in two sizes, for the desktop or your book bag.
13. AIAIAI TMA-1 Headphones for $200
The TMA-1 headphone is a well liked headphone used by Ghostly's own Matthew Dear and Seth Troxler. The headphone was designed by the Danish design-firm KiBiSi. See specs here.
14. Helvetica Forever book for $49
This publication retraces Helvetica's fifty-year history, compares it to the well-known sans serif fonts of the twentieth century, and examines the phenomenon of its unparalleled spread. The documentation is based on the achievements and archive of Alfred Hoffmann, the former director of the Haas'sche Schriftgiesserei (type foundry), where, in conjunction with Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann, Helvetica was developed. I'd really love to get my hands on this book.
15. Pantone Color Bridge Swatch Book Set for $209
Lately I've been asked quite a few times if I had a set of Pantone swatches. I find they're super useful when prepping files for print, if you get the right guide—the formula guide isn't the one you want. I made the mistake of buying that one.
You're probably looking for the color bridge set which includes RGB and CMYK equivalents. You can also find these swatch books on eBay for much cheaper.


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Less than two months after opening up shop on Rugby Avenue, a food stand serving up breakfast and burgers is on the move.
Green Eggs and Burgers will reopen tomorrow at 7725 Old Georgetown Rd., a closer-to-downtown location the family-owned business hopes means more visibility.
The new location, at the corner of Fairmont Avenue and Old Georgetown Road, is at the recently shuttered BP gas station.
Property owner Jay Hellman said creating space for a group of food trucks on the property is one possibility.
In the past, food trucks have expressed reservations about coming into downtown Bethesda because of difficulty finding street parking and concern from the brick-and-mortar restaurant community.


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Thursday, May 15, 2014
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Southwest Airlines, the US airline that launched a low-cost air travel revolution four decades ago, is expanding its horizons for the first time to international service.
The largest carrier of domestic passengers in the United States began selling seats on its first-ever scheduled international flights to three Caribbean beach destinations – Aruba, Nassau in The Bahamas, and Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Beginning on July 1, Southwest will operate daily, non-stop flights from Atlanta, the Baltimore/Washington airport, and Orlando to those destinations.
The expansion comes with Southwest's integration with AirTran Airways, which it acquired in 2011. Southwest expects to complete the integration and retire the AirTran brand by the end of the year.
By the end of 2014, Southwest plans to be operating the former Air Tran flights to Mexico's Cancun, Los Cabos, and Mexico City, and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.
Chief executive Gary Kelly said the opening of bookings marked "the final lap in the journey to make possible our international future".
"Today's milestone enables us to reach new territory, new customers, and build upon a four-decade foundation of doing right by the travellers who trust our value and our people," said Kelly.
Southwest, which has been in service since 1971, has bucked the airline industry trend of added fees, notably refusing to charge for the first two bags of checked luggage.
Based in Dallas, Texas, Southwest ended 2013 with full-year earnings of US$754mil (RM2.452bil), up from US$421mil (RM1.369bil) in 2012. The company has posted 41 consecutive years of profitability. – AFP Relaxnews


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A HOWTO cannot describe everything, some times the user has to venture out on the net to get more information or just updates. Here is the place to tell where and how. Again examples from my HOWTO, replace as needed. There is wealth of information one should go through when setting up a major system, for instance for a news or general Internet service provider. The FAQs in the following groups are useful:
Some of the most interesting news groups are:
Most newsgroups have their own FAQ that are designed to answer most of your questions, as the name Frequently Asked Questions indicate. Fresh versions should be posted regularly to the relevant newsgroups. If you cannot find it in your news spool you could go directly to the FAQ main archive FTP site. The WWW versions can be browsed at FAQ main archive WWW site.
Some FAQs have their own home site, of particular interest here are
These are low noise channels mainly for developers. Think
twice before asking questions there as noise delays the development.
Some relevant lists are
linux-scsi and
Many of the most useful mailing lists run on the
vger.rutgers.edu server
but this is notoriously overloaded, so try to find a mirror. There are some lists mirrored at
The Redhat Home Page.
Many lists are also accessible at
and the rest of the web site is a gold mine of useful information.
If you want to find out more about the lists available you can send a message
with the line
lists to the list server at vger.rutgers.edu (
If you need help on how to use the mail server just send the line
to the same address.
Due to the popularity of this server it is likely it takes a bit to time before
you get a reply or even get messages after you send a
subscribe command.
There is also a number of other majordomo list servers that can be of interest such as the EATA driver list ( firstname.lastname@example.com) and the Intelligent IO list firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mailing lists are in a state of flux but you can find links to a number of interesting lists from the Linux Documentation Homepage.
These are intended as the primary starting points to
get the background information as well as show you how to solve
a specific problem.
Some relevant HOWTOs are
SCSI and
The main site for these is the
LDP archive
at Metalab (formerly known as Sunsite).
There is a a new HOWTO out that deals with setting up a DPT RAID system, check out the DPT RAID HOWTO homepage.
These are the smaller free text relatives to the HOWTOs.
Some relevant mini-HOWTOs are
Large Disk,
ZIP Drive .
You can find these at the same place as the HOWTOs, usually in a sub directory
mini. Note that these are scheduled to be converted into SGML and
become proper HOWTOs in the near future.
The old
Linux Large IDE mini-HOWTO is no longer valid, instead read
/usr/src/linux/drivers/block/README.ide or
In most distributions of Linux there is a document directory installed, have a look in the /usr/doc directory. where most packages store their main documentation and README files etc. Also you will here find the HOWTO archive ( /usr/doc/HOWTO) of ready formatted HOWTOs and also the mini-HOWTO archive ( /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini) of plain text documents.
Many of the configuration files mentioned earlier can be found in the
directory. In particular you will want to work with the
file that sets up the mounting of partitions
and possibly also
file that is used for the
md system to set up RAID.
The kernel source in /usr/src/linux is, of course, the ultimate documentation. In other words, use the source, Luke. It should also be pointed out that the kernel comes not only with source code which is even commented (well, partially at least) but also an informative documentation directory. If you are about to ask any questions about the kernel you should read this first, it will save you and many others a lot of time and possibly embarrassment.
Also have a look in your system log file (
to see what is going on and in particular how the booting went if
too much scrolled off your screen. Using
tail -f /var/log/messages
in a separate window or screen will give you a continuous update of what is
going on in your system.
You can also take advantage of the
file system that is a window into the inner workings of your system.
cat rather than
more to view the files as they are
reported as being zero length. Reports are that
less works well here.
There is a huge number of informative web pages out there and by their very nature they change quickly so don't be too surprised if these links become quickly outdated.
A good starting point is of course the Linux Documentation Project home page, an information central for documentation, project pages and much, much more.
Please let me know if you have any other leads that can be of interest.


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An Adventure to Warren Dunes & St. Joseph, Michigan
With weddings and events most weekends throughout the summer, it's been a goal of mine to take a bit of time to exploring summer with The Fonz when I can. Our latest adventure found us climbing around giant sand dunes and enjoying the waters and shoreline around Lake Michigan on the Michigan side.
Some photos by me, some by The Fonz.
Have a bitchin' summer. Stay cool. See you in the fall.


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Prepare for the mighty future battle between the Starmen and the Reegs! Another production company has gobbled up the rights to yet another Philip K. Dick book. By our count, that makes it about eight PKD films currently in development.
In this story, the good people of future Earth have decided to align themselves with the alien species known as the Starmen in a war against another alien race titled the Reegs. Variety reports that Lila 9th & Electric Shepherd Productions have optioned the rights to adapt the novel with producers Barrie M. Osborne (Lord of the Rings), Cameron Lamb, and PKD's daughter, Isa Dick Hackett (who is currently working with Michel Gondry on the adaptation Ubik among many, many others).
Only one question remains: what sort of fabulous hats will they be adding to this adaptation? We hope it's magical berets. In all seriousness, it's high time for a serious PKD adaptation, but is this the right novel for Hollywood? Here's bit more detailed run-down of the novel from Amazon:
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In an attempt to escape his doomed marriage, Dr. Eric Sweetscent is caught up in all of it. But he has questions: is Earth on the right side of the war? Is he supposed to heal Earths leader or keep him sick? And can he change the harrowing future that the drug has shown him? Now Wait For Last Year plays with all of these questions in a way that only Philip K. Dick can.


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Submitted by John Renjillian on behalf of the C.H. Booth Friends of the Library
Beginning on July 9th and continuing through July 13th the C. H. Booth Friends of the Library are holding their annual book sale to raise money for the library. This year the marquee item is a hand-written whaling journal that dates to the early 19th century. This and other books in the rare book room will be sold at fixed prices on a first in basis. Admission is in number ticket order and tickets go on sale at 7:00 am on the first day of the sale. In prior years it has been necessary to line up the previous night to get an early number. The show/sale opens at 9:00 am.
About the book, about the sale.
You never know what will come in the door when a library friends group collects items for a book sale. Most items are mundane, an occasional rarity crosses the threshold, and once in a great while a mind-blower arrives. Such was the case at the C. H .Booth Library in Newtown, CT, where the Friends collect for the annual summer book sale throughout the year. A month or so ago, an item arrived with seemingly no connection to any other books in the donation, a hand written journal of a whaling voyage. It arrived in an otherwise unremarkable box, so unremarkable, in fact, that no one can even remember which donation it came in with. It was passed along to the "specials" department, where it was quickly determined to be a journal of a Pacific Ocean voyage in the whale ship Samuel Wright, of Salem, MA, from 1833-1836.
The journal was kept by the second mate, William E Percival. Percival was a native of Sandwich, MA, 30 years old, five feet, ten inches tall, with light complexion and hair. He did not make an entry for every day, but he did cover the entire voyage of 39 months.
John Pitman, a whaler of longstanding who commanded several ships over his career, was the captain of the Samuel Wright. Directly under Pitman was the first mate, Thomas Nickerson. Nickerson, born on Nantucket, also had a long career as a whaler and merchant mariner, beginning at the age of 14 when he shipped out on board the ill-fated whaler Essex. In 1820, the Essex was rammed by a giant white whale and sunk, providing the inspiration for Herman Melville's classic story of Moby Dick. Young Nickerson had the good fortune to be placed in the boat of first mate Owen Chase, which was rescued after an open-boat ocean voyage of 90 days. The Samuel Wright was later wrecked on another voyage off Bunbury, Australia, and its timbers were salvaged for a building that eventually became St. Mark's Church, the second oldest church in Western Australia, which still stands.
As mentioned, the voyage recorded by Percival was a successful one, but it was not all an easy voyage. Rounding Cape Horn was always difficult, and the ship lost considerable rigging and a whale boat in the transition. Other storms while patrolling the Pacific for its prey also caused frequent damage to the ship, and all sails often had to be reefed, a dangerous process requiring sailors to climb the masts, crawl out on the yardarms, and roll up and tie the sails down to prevent complete destruction, usually while the storm was raging.


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Antananarivo äntänänärē´vō [key] or Tananarivetänänärēv´ [key], city (1993 pop. 675,669), capital of Madagascar. Antananarivo is Madagascar's largest city and is its administrative, communications, and economic center. It is the trade center for a productive agricultural region, whose main crop is rice. Railroads connect Antananarivo with Toamasina, the country's chief port, and Antsirabe. Its manufactures include food products (especially meat), beverages, cigarettes, and textiles. Antananarivo was founded c.1625 as a walled citadel. In 1797 it was made the fixed residence of the Merina rulers. The conquests of the Merina king Radama I (reigned 1810–28) made Antananarivo the capital of almost all Madagascar. The city was captured by the French in 1895 and incorporated into their Madagascar protectorate. The city is built on the slopes of a ridge that rises to c.4,700 ft (1,430 m). At the top of the ridge is the former Merina royal residence (destroyed by by fire in 1995); below, in descending order, are the administrative and financial areas and the commercial quarter. The Univ. of Madagascar (1961) and the Collège Rural d'Ambatobe are there as well as a Pasteur Institute and an astronomical observatory.
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The globalization of maritime commerce is changing ports from traditional interfaces between land and sea to intermodal megaports which require deepwater docking, easy access for trucks and rail services, massive material handling equipment, and a complete logistics network based on computer and Internet technologies.
The globalization of maritime commerce is changing ports from traditional interfaces between land and sea to intermodal megaports which require deepwater docking, easy access for trucks and rail services, massive material handling equipment, and a complete logistics network based on computer and Internet technologies.
With containership volumes set to grow 6-8% by 2015, port terminals are facing pressures to improve productivity and efficiency, especially to accommodate Panamax and Post-Panamax containerships. Established ports like Rotterdam (Europe's largest) have been undergoing expansion on reclaimed land, while completely new facilities are being built from scratch, like Shanghai's Yangshan. In fact, there is a flurry of expansion and "Greenfield" projects in Russia, Brazil, India, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, all of them multi-billion dollar projects.
Meanwhile, a number of other trends are shaping the industry. Significant investment is going into cruise terminals, especially in the Caribbean and even in the Far East to accommodate new tourist patterns. Also, oil-producing countries are investing heavily in energy terminals, like Ras Laffan in Qatar which processes and transships liquefied natural gas.
Sustainability is also an important driver of change. In California ships are now obliged by law to turn off engines to reduce CO2 through shore-to-ship power supply ("cold-ironing"), and cranes are being refitted with electrical motors instead of polluting diesel motors. Since 9/11, security is also an important issue, calling for new telecom-based systems for management, surveillance and control.
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"(Philosophy is) the yelping hound howling at her lord (poetry) [...] " --Plato, The Republic
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Suffixes with the common part -phil- (-phile, -philia, -philic) are used to specify some kind of attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something. They are antonymic to suffixes -phob-.
Phil- (Philo-) may also be used as a prefix with a similar meaning.
Philia (φιλία) as an ancient Greek word for love refers to brotherly love, including friendship and affection. This contrast to the ancient Greek terms Eros, or sexual/romantic love, and agapē, or detached, spiritual love. English usage differs in some cases from the etymological use, and several of these words refer in English not to brotherly love but to sexual attraction.
The suffix "-phile" (or, in a few cases, -philiac) applies to someone or something with one of these attractions.
The suffix "-philic" describes the property of being attracted to something.
The less common suffix "-phily" is synonymous with "-philia".
There are five major areas of usage of this suffix: biology, sexology, chemistry/physics, hobbies, and attitude to specific nations, with occasional coinage in other areas.
- acidophilia / acidophile: Preference of acidic conditions
- alkaliphilia / alkaliphile: Preference of alkaline environments.
- anthophilia / anthophile / anthophilic: Attraction to flowers.
- anthrophile / anthrophilic: Attracted to humans (e.g., parasites).
- anemophily: a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.
- cryophilia / cryophilic / cryophile: Preference for cold environments, climates, objects and low temperatures; e.g., Protea cryophila (Snow Protea).
- dendrophilia / dendrophilic / dendrophile: Preference of trees or other plants.
- entomophilous: Adapted for pollination by insects.
- extremophilia / extremophile: Preference of living extremal conditions for some microorganisms.
- geophilia / geophilic / Geophile Referring to organisms that prefer the soil.
- halophilia / halophile: Attraction/attracted to salt or salt-water.
- heliophilia / heliophile: Attraction/attracted to sunlight.
- hydrophilia: Attraction to water.
- hyperthermophilia / hyperthermophile / hyperthermophilic: Describing organisms that thrive in extremely hot environments.
- limnophilia / limnophile / limnophilic: Preference of ponds or marshes.
- lithophilia / lithophile / litophilic: Preference/affinity to stones.
- mesophilia / mesophile: Preference of moderate temperatures in microorganisms.
- microaerophilia / microaerophile / Microaerophilic: of organisms that can tolerate or require environments containing low levels of oxygen.
- myrmecophilia: in names of orchids of genus myrmecophila, "love of ants"
- nemophilia: Love of the woods/forests, in the name of the genus Nemophilia of flowers.
- necrophilia necrophile: attraction to the dead
- nyctophilia: A preference for darkness or night.
- ombrophilia / ombrophile: Affinity/affined to large amounts of rainfall.
- petrophilia / petrophile / petrophilic: Preference of living or spending time in rocky areas.
- photophilia / photophile / photophilic: Preference of living or spending time in lighted conditions.
- psammophile: A plant loving sandy areas (psammophyte).
- psychrophilia / psychrophile: Preference of cold temperatures.
- rheophilia: Preference of living in running water.
- rhizophilia: Preference of living on roots.
- sciaphilia or skiaphilia: Preference of living in shady or dark areas (as opposed to photophilia).
- thermophilia: Love of high temperatures; thriving in high temperatures (e.g. microbes).
- tropophilia / tropophile / tropophilous: Preference of seasonal extremes of climate.
- xerophilia: Love of living or spending time in very dry conditions.
- xylophilia: Love of wood.
- zoophily: a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by animals.
Chemistry and Physics
- chromophilous: Staining easily
- electrophile: A substance having an affinity for electrons or negative charge
- lipophilic: (of a substance) attracted to lipids, as in cell membranes.
- litophilic: (of a substance) In microfluidics, enriching on channel walls instead of in the middle of the channels. (e.g. air bubbles)
- nucleophile: A substance having an affinity for positive charge; antonym of electrophile.
- hydrophilic: (of a substance) having a tendency to interact with or be dissolved by water and other polar substances
- audiophilia: Love of high-fidelity sound reproduction
- arctophilia: Love of teddy bears; especially, an interest in collecting teddy bears
- bibliophilia: Love of books
- cinephilia: Love of cinema and film
- glossophilia: Love of languages
- horolophilia: Love of timepieces, specifically wristwatches.
- icthyophilia: Love of fish
- logophilia: Love of words - Logophiles may be interested in word games, such as crosswords, or Scrabble, and in the extreme, derive enjoyment from reading things commonly given less notice, such as labels
- metrophilia: Love of the metro rail or subway systems
- neophilia: Love of the latest novelties and trends
- oenophilia: Love of wine
- ornithophilia: Love of birds
- schediophilia: being attracted to cartoon or animated characters.
- taphophilia: Love of graves, cemeteries and funerals
- technophilia: Love of technology
- turophilia/turophile: Love of cheese / connoisseur of cheese
- Americophile: rarely used, but Americo- is the combining form according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which gives Americomania, Americophobia as examples.
- Anglophile: a non-English person who is extremely fond of all things English. Antonym: Anglophobe
- Cymrophile: a fan of Welsh culture (alternative: Cambrophile). Antonym: Cymrophobe
- Francophile, a fan of French culture. Antonym: Francophobe
- Europhile: a person who wants to increase cooperation between governments within the European Union. Antonym: Eurosceptic
- Germanophile or teutophile, a fan of German culture. Antonym: Germanophobe or teutophobia
- Hellenophile, a fan of Greek culture
- Hibernophile: a lover of Ireland or Irish culture.
- Indophile, a fan of India
- Islamophile, a fan of Islam and Islamic culture
- Japanophile: a non-Japanese person with a strong interest in Japan or Japanese culture. Antonym: Japanophobe.
- Lusophile: a fan of Portugal or Portuguese things. Antonym: Lusophobe
- Russophilia: love of Russia and/or Russians. Antonym: Russophobe.
- Pakophile, a fan of Pakistan
- Semitophile, love of Jews and Judaism. Antonym: Anti-semitism
- Sinophile: a non-Chinese person with a strong interest in China or Chinese culture. Antonym: Sinophobe
- Suecophile (alternative spelling: svecophile), a fan of Sweden, Swedish culture or the Swedish language, cf Svecoman movement of Finland
- Turkophile, a fan of Turkish culture. Antonym: Turkophobia
- biophilia hypothesis
- haemophilia: A disease relating to blood clotting
- See List of paraphilias
- Potterphile a person obsessed with harry potter
- retrophilia: Love of things of the past
- theophilia: Love of a god
Prefix "phil-"
- Philately
- Phillumenism
- Philosophy
- Philology
- Philomath
- Philanthropy
- Philanderer
- Philadelphia
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EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) Butler County Community College leaders are considering a proposal to ban smoking and tobacco on all its campuses.
A task force created last year to consider the proposal presented its findings last week to the college's Board of Trustees, which could vote on the issue in March.
KAKE-TV reports Butler currently bans smoking inside campus buildings but smoking is allowed outside 25 feet from the buildings.
Bill Rinkenbaugh, a vice president at the school, says if the policy was approved, it might be implemented in the upcoming fall semester.
He estimates the college would spend between $25,000 and $30,000 to implement the ban, for signs and educational materials.
So far, about a dozen small colleges in Kansas have banned tobacco.


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T-Mac has left the league he excited, dominated, disappointed, and called home for over a decade. He's headed to China, and in that decision comes a departure from the NBA which he has been a part of the tapestry of his entire career. McGrady took to FaceBook recently to thank some people and some fans. From his FaceBook posting:
There are times in life that a new road presents itself and it appears this time has come for me now. I am so proud of what I have accomplished these past 15 years playing in the NBA. It was a dream entering the league as I just turned 18 years old. I worked hard and poured my heart and soul into this game. I consider myself a student of the game as I have watched, studied and played with and against the best players in the world. The NBA was my University and I learned so much. The gratitude I feel is really immeasurable. I have experienced the best moments a player can experience and have had some dark ones too. Both equally important in helping shape me into the man I am today.
As I leave the league for now, there have been so many profound people who inspired me along my way. I have to say thank you for guiding me and having an enormous influence on the way I played basketball. Isaiah Thomas, Rich Devos, Leslie Alexander and John Gabriel, you believed in me and I thank you. Jeff Van Gundy, you exemplified the brilliance of what a great coach is. Steven A. Smith, you gave us players a voice and for that I thank you. Doug Christy, Charles Oakley, Dee Brown, Mugsy Bogues, Antonio Davis, Dell Curry, Kevin Willis, you all showed a young kid from Auburndale Florida how to be a better player. Kobe, you made me work harder and it was an honor to play against you. And Yao, we shared an experience together that will always be with me, thank you. Sonny & Pam Vaccarro showed me how there is loyalty and genuine friendship in this business. Arn Tellem and Tim Hoy, 15 years and you are still my agents. Thank you for guiding me throughout my career. When all is said and done, there is so many that made an impact on my life. I am one blessed man to have the love and never ending support of my wife CleRenda and the best 4 kids a man can ask for. But most important, I give glory and thanks to God. It is thru Him that I have been so blessed and I am forever thankful.
As I enter this next chapter, I am excited to play for Qingdao Eagles in China. I have been to China several times in the last few years and I love the people and the country. It will be an honor to play for them. Thank you to every fan that has followed me and believed in me. Injuries and all, I wouldn't have changed a thing. I am proud of the mark I left on this game and am grateful to have been a part this league. It was a dream to play in front of all of you, each night, in every stadium. Thank you.
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Pretty classy by McGrady, and the fact that Isiah Thomas remains such a positive figure in players' lives should say something about his influence on the league.
McGrady is going to be a monster star in China, he already had a huge following there based off the Rockets' popularity during the Yao Ming era. There are already photos on his Facebook page showing a crowd welcoming him. It's a different world but not a bad way to make a living and expand his business prospects. But it doesn't change the loss of McGrady from a historical perspective. He was a huge part of this league for much of the early 00's and while he'll be most remembered for the playoff humiliations of the Rockets teams, his MVP-caliber time with Orlando shouldn't be overlooked.
Either way, McGrady's gone, for real, and finally.


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Cozy Comfort at Tart Restaurant
Tart Restaurant on Fairfax had been around do a while but I've always looked over it. Upon walking in for the first time I was pleasantly surprised at how cute the place is.
Owl lampshades!
Biscuits and butter to start
From the appetizer (they're rather big appetizers) we tried the Shrimp 'n grits (beer braised white shrimp with andouille sausage, okra, cheddar grits, topped with sunny side up egg - $12)
They flavor is pretty different than the usual shrimp and grits, but mmm... cheddar grits and runny egg!
I really wanted some red meat, so for my entree I ordered the Hanger steak with salsa verde ($24). At first glance the entree prices seem a little high, but they actually each come with your choice of two sides!
As I said, the entrees come with your choice of 2 sides. For mine I chose Black eyed peas with slow cooked collard greens and bacon, and Mac n cheese (white cheddar, garlic cream sauce). Oh I also tagged on some purple potatoes.
Some more sides: Crispy fried brussels sprout tossed in chili vinaigrette. Grilled asparagus in hazelnut sage brown butter.
Shop Eat Sleep who came with me got the Meatloaf (recipe from the chef's mom - $16)
I thought the meatloaf was ok but Shop Eat Sleep enjoyed it. The flavors were good but I like my meatloaf more moist.
We also tried a couple of cocktails which were ok but nothing special. I'd stick with wine and beer. Tart is a nice neighborhood restaurant with really charming decor, good food, and reasonable prices with big portions to share.
115 S Fairfax Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 556-2608