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Hey, it’s almost the end of 2015, and we haven’t updated the site since mid-2014. That’s mostly because we haven’t had anything to say, however, we have recently begun to write new songs. They sound a little different than our previous albums, and I really believe that’s a good thing. Who wants to keep writing the same songs over and over? Not me, I think. We’ll see how it goes.
For now, check out this playlist we made on Spotify.
Charlie and Jonas (of the great Swedish pop band Starlet) have made a song called “Singing Pines” under the name The Grave Lobby.
You’ll find it on Spotify and iTunes.
The idea to do something together came up a long time ago, but it wasn’t realized until we signed up for a collaboration project at EardrumsPop. It’s called “Between Two Waves”. Our song is on The Second Wave, volume B.
At the moment we’re celebrating summer, but we’d like to do some more TGL songs. So, if you like the song, you might want to keep an eye on these places:
Two tracks: “Friends” b/w “Choosing Your Words”
Listen & download at iTunes | Spotify | Bandcamp
We released a four-song EP for our West Coast summer tour all the way back in 2007, and it’s been out of print since then. We are happy to report that you can now find it on Spotify, iTunes, and everywhere. It contains the original—and, some would say, better(!)—version of “Since I Met You,” which was later re-recorded and released on our Simple Machinery album.


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My husband and I will be in Vancouver till 18 March and then wanted to hire a car and drI've to L.A. We have 10 days. what are the best things to see and do and will it still be very cold?
Stop in Seattle and see the Space Needle and Pike Place Market to watch the fish mongers in action. The original Starbucks is also located near the market.
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The band-Kids These Days caught my attention! I havent been this excited about a band since the 90′s. I was up at an ungodly hour watching Conan and the music just started. That was it. I froze. Who are these kids?! The horns, the guitar, the keyboardist, the drummer and the rapper. A group of 7. Making REAL music. Sounding unique, uninhibited, untainted. Owning the stage. Progressive music. Maybe the audience didn’t know who they were, hell, I didn’t even know who they were.. But now I do. KIDS THESE DAYS. NOW I DO! I am listening.
Check out “Spottie” performed on Conan. Give it a chance.. It is much more than rap. Listen to the horns, the guitarist especially when he is on vocals.. The singer-keyboardist as she sings… Her voice almost angelic… The rapper.. so thought-provoking… the fluidity of his rhymes.. Just listen and enjoy…
If you liked Spottie, check out the new video for their rendition of Flashing Lights below.. JUST RELEASED TODAY!
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My anthem for today. This is one sick rapper/singer/everything. She was invited by Mugler to compose a track for their fashion show in Paris. Karl Lagerfeld wanted to meet her. She is followed by Kanye West and other celebs. She was at Coachella 2012 and killed her set! I am a true fan. Everytime I hear any of her songs especially this one, I just dance like I have no care in the world. It has that effect. Dont believe me? Here is the music video that started the Azealia Banks frenzy. It’s called 212. If this doesnt make you want to dance and get sexy I dont know what will. Happy Hump Day!
Mickey Mouse sweater and shorts. Who doesnt love that?!
Sorry loves, for the not posting for more than a week. I have been deathly ill for this past week. And who knew that Bronchitis could knock you down for so long, speed up your heart rate, give you aches & pains in places you never knew you had and damn near kill you! Rule of thumb, stay home when you are sick! Dont push yourself to go anywhere! I have had a hard time looking stylish while recovering. LOL. Especially having this sweet fever blister on my upper lip as my temporary tattoo as I heal. Sexy aye? LOL.
While in recovery, I heard this song, “I’m Gonna Dance” by Ayo. I love this song. I love new sounds and definitely people who don’t fit the mold of whats hot at the moment, but still hold their own. Ayo reminds me of Janelle Monae crossed with Santigold. Here is her music video. I hope you love it as much as I do, like it, share it!
Check out that Indian head-dress (Bible I have something similar in my closet from a few years back from Top Shop) and I LOVE the flamenco part of her video.


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When we are little, we spend so much of our time at home with our parents and families. So it’s no surprise that most of our children’s learning happens at home. And over the years, we have come to understand that for most children, play is the best way to encourage learning and consolidation of ideas.
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Play Time and Bath Time, Toddle Time - Your reader will love exploring these great door hanger books which can be carried with you throughout the house.
Funny Faces Animal Masks, Lake Press Books - Your reader will love this fun mask book with eye-cutouts, with 5 great animal masks to try out.
Book inspired play activities and crafts for your little reader:
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The engagement gifts for your little reader are a fun wooden puzzle, perfect for quiet time activities, and an A is for Australia magnet, perfect for hanging your artwork on the fridge! There's also a bonus mystery gift.
A delicious and fun fruit and veggie vehicle recipe.

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I’ll make this post really quick today. For those that don’t know, the month of March in the nutrition biz is national nutrition month. I figured that in honor of that, I’d go vegetarian for 31 days. I’m not taking it too far as I will be going lacto-ovo vegetarian, which is RD talk saying that I’ll include eggs and dairy products. So essentially I just won’t be having any meat or fish. I’ve already had a bunch of people say “but what about protein?!”. I’ll get plenty, no worries.
Anyways, I’m looking forward to seeing what cool new dishes I come across and I’ll update halfway through and then again at the end as I did with intermittent fasting.
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e-Drive system & electronic Specs:
- Motors : Bafang BBs02 350W – 500w and BBSHD 750w /48 V Planetary Gear Box Mid drive motor.
- Torque: 90nM ~ 140nM
- Technology : Pedelec and Throttle . Two-in-one system . Throttle if required to override PAS for emergencies.
- Frame-Fitting Battery : Samsung 48v/10.6ah light weight lithium battery .Easy slip on slip off with lock and key. Remove and charge anywhere with normal wall socket.
- Smart Charger – carry with you and easily charge your battery anywhere like a cell phone.
- Thumb throttle – if and when you want to over-ride the power assist and just throttle up to power . Helpful on steep hills when you first take off just to get going.
- LCD Digital console – Backlit light for night riding , display of the speedometer , odometer for trip recordings , power assist level indicator , battery power indicator, time and temp. New USB port for charging cell phone on your handlebars.
- USB Charging Port – charging LED Light , I-pad and phones .
- PAS / Pedal assist – Custom-Program to either 3 Levels , 5 levels or 9 levels of power assist to choose from. 1 being the least amount of power and 9 the highest and you can switch up or down as required depending on the steepness of the hill and the power you need.
Frame Size: 15”, 17”, 19”, 21”
Wheel Size: 29”
Frame: All New GT Speed Metal, Triple Triangle Double Butted Frame Construction, w/ Post Mount Disc Brake, Replaceable Derailleur Hanger, Forged BB, HT, Dropouts, 29 Design
Fork: RockShox Recon Gold TK 27.5 Solo Air, 100mm Travel, w/ Rebound Adjust, PopLoc Remote Lockout
Crank: FSA Afterburner Modular MegaExo MTB, 38/28T
Bottom Bracket: FSA BB-7100
Front Derailleur: Shimano SLX
Rear Derailleur: Deore XT Shadow Plus
Shifters: Shimano SLX, Rapid Fire
Cog Set: Sunrace CS-MS8, 11-42T, 11-Speed
Rims: WTB ST i19 TCS 29″”, Tubeless Compatible, 32H
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Travis Scott’s highly anticipated new single, “Highest In The Room” finally dropped this past weekend. Fans have been waiting on the track for months, ever since Travis started performing the track at his shows.
Cactus Jack’s fans have proved time and time again that they are one of the most loyal fan groups in all of hip hop. When he puts out merch, it sells out. When he collabs with brands such as Jordan and Reese’s Puffs, the resell value is through the roof.
Travis’s loyal fan group has showed their love to the Houston rapper again. His new single, “Highest In The Room” has broken a Spotify record! The track earned the biggest debut for a single released separate from an album in US Spotify History. Apple does not disclose daily streaming figures, but Spotify has confirmed that the track garnered a massive 8 million first-day streams worldwide, and 3.94 million in the US alone.
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* Commissions sensitive cleaning centre in Afam that saves ‘massive forex’ in power sector
* Says corporation plans to spread investment along power value chain
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Gas turbines from the Afam power plants would no longer be sent abroad for repairs. Now, millions of dollars would no longer be spent to send the rotors abroad.
Now, the 966mw Afam power plants (one to five) can now be reactivated, cleaned and overhauled in Nigeria, and this is likely save Nigeria what officials called ‘massive foreign exchange spending’.
This is the significance of the commissioning of the sensitive centre at Afam Monday, January 30, 2023.
Unveiling the new facility, Owen Omogiafo, president of Transcorp Group, said the investment would also save time and logistics needed to move gas turbine rotors abroad.
She mentioned huge logistics costs to move the rotors abroad and back, plus time lost, manpower that would have been developed in-country, and local labour lost.
Omogiafo inspected the entire complex and new facilities nearing completion, and later announced the readiness of Transcorp to invest across the power value chain.
Describing the Afam investment as a success, she said the group was encouraged by the acquisition of the Ugheli Power Plant many years earlier.
Transcorp acquired the facility when it was producing a mere 48mw 21 months ago. Giving details about capacity and output now available at Afam (1-5), Omogiafo said: “It’s on record that we recovered Afam V GT20 in September last year (2022). We have added another 138mw to the national grid (48 plus 138, total 188mw).
“We have four more gas turbines ready to operate as soon as we have gas. Discussions are on with stakeholders for gas to be provided.
I have just been informed that we are heading to Afam III Fast Power which is aerodynamics technology. This is expected to bring additional 240mw this year.” This is expected to boost the station to 428mw out of the 966mw installed capacity.
On Transcorp’s investment objectives in the power sector, the president said: “All over the world, transformation is powered by power, funny as it may sound. Our first investment in power was the Ughelli Power Plant in 2013 where we acquired it at the capacity of 160mw. As we speak, we are generating over 600mw. We are now contributing very strongly to Nigeria’s power sector.
“Our target is for us to be the leader in the power sector space and we are looking at the entire value chain. When we started we were looking at 25per cent. We invested billions upon billions of naira. It’s a very expensive venture.”
She said the group is looking ahead and would want to build local capacity. “Before now, to repair a gas turbine, we would have to ship it abroad but now, we have built and commissioned our own Gen Clean Room for the maintenance of these turbines. This is about fulfilling purpose which is improving lives and transforming Africa.”
Earlier in his explanations, Vincent Ozoude, MD of Transafam Power Limited, said the commissioning of the generator clean room would move repairs to the plant.
“We have saved the cost, time, logistics, labour and capacity development opportunities by having this clean room here.”

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The powerful thrust of ocean-spawned winds can zip a kite surfer across the sea's surface at up to 55 miles per hour. Engineers are now trying to harvest the power in that wind to generate electricity. The Wing 7 airborne wind turbine pictured here is a prototype of a leading contender for the job. The autonomous, lightweight device is tethered to land or to a floating platform; when wind speeds pick up, four rotors fly it up above 820 feet in a circle perpendicular to the wind. As the air rushes across the carbon-fiber wing, the rotors generate electricity by spinning permanent magnets. “The rotors are both propellers and turbines,” notes mechanical engineer Corwin Hardham, CEO and co-founder of Makani Power, which created the Wing 7. An onboard computer makes constant adjustments.


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Bovine anaplasmosis in Zimbabwe: spatio-temporal distribution and environmental drivers.
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Understanding the spatial and temporal distribution of Bovine anaplasmosis is crucial for identifying areas of high prevalence for targeted disease control. This research was aimed at modelling and mapping the B. anaplasmosis potential distribution, and identify hotspots as well as significant variables explaining the occurrence of the disease. The Getis Ord Gi* statistic for Hotspot analysis was used as well as MaxEnt ecological niche modelling. The effects of time, land-use, and agro-ecological regions on B. anaplasmosis occurrence were tested using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Results showed that several districts in Zimbabwe are suitable for the occurence of the disease for example Binga, Seke, Buhera, Kwekwe, Gweru, Mhondoro, Chegutu, Sanyati, and in the North: Mbire, Muzarabani, Mt Darwin, Shamva, Bindura, Zvimba and Makonde. Morbidity and mortality hotspots were detected in Gokwe-south, Kwekwe, and Chirumhanzu districts. Binga, Gokwe-south, Gutu, Hurungwe, Mazoe, Nkayi, Shamva, and Kwekwe districts also experienced high disease incidences. Temperature seasonality, precipitation seasonality, mean diurnal range, and isothermality were the most important variables in explaining 93% of B. anaplasmosis distribution. Unlike land-use and agro-ecological regions, time (months) had a significant effect on B. anaplasmosis occurrence with July and September having significantly (p < 0.05) higher cases and deaths than the rest of the months. The results of this study provide insights into the management strategies and control of B. anaplasmosis in Zimbabwe. It is thus concluded that geo-spatial techniques, combined with ecological niche modelling can provide useful insights into disease prevalence and distribution and hence can contribute to effective management and control of B. anaplasmosis in Zimbabwe.
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AITKIN – State Rep. Dale Lueck, R-Aitkin, urges agricultural workers to consider expanded U.S. Small Business Administration Economic Injury Disaster Loans that are now available to help them mitigate damages resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Historically, agriculture businesses have not been eligible to participate in SBA programs,” Lueck said. “Because of the unprecedented situation we are in today, that has changed. Traditional U.S. Department of Agriculture market-related crop insurance programs simply do not effectively address the severe issues our farmers and ranchers are facing today, so this is an excellent step forward.”
The SBA announced Monday that agricultural businesses are now eligible for SBA’s EIDL and EIDL Advance programs. The SBA’s EIDL portal is open as a result of funding authorized by Congress through the Paycheck Protection Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act. The legislation provided additional funding for farmers and ranchers and certain other agricultural businesses affected by COVID-19.
The SBA indicates it will begin accepting new EIDL applications on a limited basis only, in order to provide unprecedented relief to U.S. agricultural businesses. For agricultural businesses that submitted an EIDL loan application through the streamlined application portal prior to the legislative change, SBA will move forward and process these applications without the need for re-applying. All other EIDL loan applications that were submitted before the portal stopped accepting new applications on April 15 will be processed on a first-in, first-out basis.
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FWIW, the DART orange line to downtown is about 50 minutes (seems like it used to take longer); TEX Rail to the ITC should be around 48 minutes.
TEX Rail is commuter rail largely because of cost. Double tracking and overhead wires are expensive.
Expensive light rail isn't as practical where density is low and stations are far apart. The TEX Rail corridor isn't very dense.
DART's Orange line is only 19 miles from DFW to downtown Dallas as I estimate from.
Wiki suggests the entire Orange line from Parker Road in Plano to DFW is 37 miles.
by roughly estimating downtown Dallas splits the line in half.....
Doing the math once again, 19 miles / 25 mph average =- 45 minutes., which is pretty close to the 50 minutes you posted earlier. FWIW, It'll be interesting what the exact distance was from DFW to downtown Dallas, I only estimated.
Additionally, there are two sections of railroad where the Orange line has ~5 miles between train stations (#1 DFW property and #2 Crossing the Trinity River). 5 miles station spacing is more like commuter rail spacing than light rail, but in these two instances there's nobody living there for a station to serve.


Jacksonville man, 62, charged with attempted murder after attack of 2 people at home
A 62-year-old Jacksonville man is in jail after officers found two injured victims early Wednesday, one inside and the other outside a home on the Westside, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Mengistab Haile Zere was charged with two counts of attempted murder, plus aggravated assault and battery, and remains behind bars on $360,000 bail, jail records show.
Officers were called to the Spring Time Lane home off Normandy Boulevard just after 3:30 am. after a report that someone had been cut, the arrest report said. They arrived to find one woman lying on the grass in front of the home with a blood-soaked shirt, undetermined injuries and a handgun on the road by her feet, the report said. An officer saw a witness climb out of her bedroom window to escape the house.
She told officers that another person was in the home alone, then began screaming that someone was “inside the house shot,” the report said. Officers started to force their way in, only to see Zere leaving through an open garage. He was stopped and arrested after questioning by detectives.
The report has redacted the names, ages and relationships of the victims or their injuries, other than stating that a handgun and a knife were the weapons used.


Russia on Thursday expelled two German diplomats in what it called a standard diplomatic response to a similar move by Germany last week and said it hoped a dispute over the killing of a Georgian citizen in Berlin would not damage ties further.
Berlin announced the expulsion of two Russian diplomats last week over what it said was Moscow's refusal to cooperate in the investigation of a murder in which German prosecutors suspect Russian or Chechen involvement. The Russian government has denied connection with the killing.
Russia's Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned the German ambassador in Moscow to issue Berlin a formal protest over the expulsions and gave two German diplomats seven days to leave the country, it said in a statement.
"These measures were unavoidable after two of our diplomats were expelled. We consider the move by Berlin to be absolutely unfounded," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
"We expect and hope that this will not become a negative factor for the further development and broadening of our constructive dialogue," he told reporters on a conference call.
Tensions between Russia and Western countries including Germany, which is heavily reliant on Russian gas and oil, have resurged since the poisoning last year of a former Russian spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter on British soil.
Germany traditionally has close business ties with Russia and the diplomatic row came as Russia is building a major natural gas pipeline to Germany, Nord Stream 2, despite U.S. opposition.
Germany's Foreign Ministry said it regretted the move by Russia to expel the German diplomats.
"It sends the wrong signal and is unjustified," it said.
Georgian citizen Zelimkhan Khangoshvili was shot dead in Berlin in August as he was heading to a mosque.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week Khangoshvili himself was a killer who had carried out bloody acts on Russian soil and that Moscow's requests for his extradition had not been heeded.
Germany contradicted that on Wednesday, saying it was not aware of any extradition requests made by Moscow.
On Thursday, the Kremlin insisted it had sought Khangoshvili's extradition. "There were requests. The man took part in acts of terrorism and mass murder," Peskov said.


Bhojpuri actress Rani Chatterjee took to her social media to share that she has been suffering through severe depression and is now losing hope. The actress was also seen performing daring stunts on Khatron Ke Khiladi and has now sought help from Mumbai Police for a certain man would not stop harassing her. Rani Chatterjee wrote a long note along with a few of the accused’s posts from Facebook which she says are directed towards her.
She writes that she has been suffering from depression for a few years now and she is losing hope because the man would not stop making vile posts about her. People around her have asked her to ignore them but she can’t stay quiet anymore. Rani even threatened suicide and said that the accused is to be held responsible if that happens. She had filed a complaint in Cyber Cell but that did not fall through either.
Take a look at her post.
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As the battle for the state of Karnataka reaches its peak, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and BJP’s candidate to be chief minister BS Yeddyurappa seem to have been relegated to the background.
Saturday’s election seems poised to become a fight between state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Siddaramaiah’s confidence is high after his Congress party reshaped itself as a “regional” outfit under him, prodding regional nationalism and forming a rainbow coalition with the disadvantaged, Muslims, Dalits and even a section of Lingayats.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, on the other hand, seems to be struggling to find a definitive narrative to take on Siddaramaiah’s regional sub-nationalist and populist image.
Riding on welfare
The Congress is heavily banking on a series of social outreach programs the Chief Minister has rolled out for the AHINDA group (a Kannada language acronym for minorities, “backward” classes and Dalits).
According to an estimate, the Siddaramaiah government spent 55% of its budget on various welfare schemes over the last five years. A recent survey by the Association of Democratic Reforms said more than half of people were happy with the Anna Bhagya scheme – a welfare scheme to provide subsidized grain to the financially disadvantaged.
The Congress has also been vowing to enact the Karnataka Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan Act, which envisages allocating funds in proportion to the minority population. After enactment, the state government’s spending on these communities went up nearly four times.
Banking on these achievements, the Congress is hoping to win all 51 reserved constituencies this time.
Hoping to yield a rich electoral dividend, the party has asked its cadre to highlight these schemes extensively during the campaign.
Speaking to Asia Times, Siddaramaiah said: “My government has touched every single household in the state with one or other program. We have practiced sabka saath, sabka vikas (together with all, development of all). We have made Karnataka a hunger-free state. We will win again.”
“There is no anti-incumbency factor and this is also our achievement,” he added.
BJP’s corrupt candidates
The BJP suffered a crushing defeat in Karnataka in the 2013 elections, after then chief minister BS Yeddyurappa left the party due to alleged “ill-treatment” and floated his own party the Karnataka Janata Paksh.
Friends again with BJP, Yeddyurappa has re-entered the fray with renewed vigor. But the absence of a strong sense of anti-incumbency against the Siddaramaiah government has made the ballot a tough one for the BJP.
Yeddyurappa’s projection as BJP candidate to be chief minister has also weakened Modi’s image of an anti-corruption crusader. The selection of Yeddyurappa, who has been accused in several corruption cases, has given a handle to the Congress to question Modi’s moral right to use graft as a poll issue against Siddaramaiah’s government.
Similarly, BJP selected Somesakhar Reddy — one of the controversial brothers accused of illegal mining and corruption — as its candidate from Bellary. These choices have undermined Modi’s stand against corruption.
Politics of pride – Modi style
Siddaramaiah, it seems, will not only manage to cut Yeddyurappa’s chances short, but he could also succeed in projecting himself as the tallest leader in Karnataka state.
While the BJP and RSS remain focused on nationalism and the Hindu-Muslim divide, Siddaramaiah has focused on the Kannadiga (people who speak Kannada) regional identity to blunt the Hindutva card.
For the last four years, Siddaramaiah has fashioned himself as a regional leader. He has countered every move of the BJP with his own “Kannadiga pride” — like Modi did in Gujarat during his tenure as chief minister. Demand for a state flag and use of Kannada language in metro trains and in malls, instead of Hindi, is being seen as an assertion of local pride.
Siddaramaiah has projected himself as the sole protector of Kannadiga interests and should ensure that even voters wear his Kannadiga identity on their sleeve.
Siddharamaiah has even turned social media into a potent weapon, beating the BJP at a game it mastered in 2014.
To counter Siddaramaiah, Modi has described former prime minister and chief of the Janata Dal (Secular) party HD Deve Gowda as the greatest Kannadiga leader. Modi’s praise for Gowda is a virtual admission of the BJP’s fear it could lose the election.
Like every election after 2014, the BJP is betting on Modi magic yet again to claim victory.
But as local factors become relevant in the Karnataka election, ‘Modi magic’ no longer enjoys the same spell that could make everything else irrelevant.
The PM also recognizes the challenges the BJP faces in Karnataka, which has led him to increase the number of rallies he leads in the state. His campaign comprises talking points of his own development agenda and a sharp attack on CM Siddaramaiah.
Karnataka is the only southern Indian state where the BJP has won assembly elections. In 2004 it was the single largest party in the state, and in 2008 it finally formed a government on its own. Karnataka is wishfully seen by the BJP as its gateway to the south.
If the BJP wins Karnataka — either through an alliance with the JD(S) or by itself — Narendra Modi and Amit Shah will become more powerful in the party. A win would also pave the way for the party to expand into the south.
As for Congress, Karnataka is one of the last few states it holds. If the party loses, the BJP will breakthrough a major bastion that would help them a lot in the 2019 general elections.
Congress must win here if it wants to stay politically relevant. A win in Karnataka would also make the party a natural claimant to lead anti-BJP forces in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.


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Lagercrantz Group AB has appointed Remium Securities as its liquidity provider
Lagercrantz Group AB has appointed Remium Securities as liquidity provider for its share, which is listed on the O-list of Stockholmsbörsen (the Stockholm Stock Exchange). The purpose is to promote the liquidity in the share within the framework of Stockholmsbörsen's system for liquidity providers. The appointment starts 17 October, 2005. Stockholm, 17 October 2005 Lagercrantz Group AB (publ) For further information, contact: Niklas Enmark, CFO, Lagercrantz Group AB, telephone +46 8 700 66 70. Louise Grünthal, Remium Securities, telephone +46 8 454 32 41 Lagercrantz Group, which is listed on the O-list of Stockholmsbörsen (the Stockholm Stock Exchange) has revenues of approximately SEK 1.5 billion and has approximately 550 employees. Within well-defined niches and in partnership with customers and producers, the Group offers products and solutions in electronics and communication that contribute to the competitiveness of customers. Lagercrantz Group is a leading player on the Nordic market and also has operations in the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Switzerland and Hong Kong. Lagercrantz Group consists of the parent company Lagercrantz Group AB with its two divisions Electronics, Production Services and business areas Digital Image Transmission, Communication, HeathComm and Software.

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Blackpool driving test centre to stay open as DVSA axes move to Kirkham
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The test centre in Warbreck Hill Road was due to close today (March 30) after the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) was served notice by the landlord of the site.
It had planned a temporary move to the HGV Test Centre in Kirkham but after talks with the landlord the agency has extended its lease until May 31.
It is not clear what will happen after May as the DVSA continues its search for a permanent site elsewhere in Blackpool. It has not confirmed any potential locations at this stage.
A DVSA spokesperson said: “After talks with the landlord, our lease at Blackpool driving test centre has been extended until Wednesday, May 31.
“DVSA is committed to finding a permanent location for driving tests in Blackpool.”
All tests booked in Kirkham will now be relocated to Blackpool for the same date and time. The DVSA says learners will receive confirmation of this in the coming days.
It will be welcome news to learner drivers and instructors who had criticised the decision to relocate to Kirkham, 9 miles away.
Some had expressed concern that the move would make it more difficult for learner drivers from areas such as Blackpool, Fleetwood and the rest of the North Fylde area to get there.
After being informed of the move to Kirkham, driving instructor Ron Strangwick, of the Towerdrive School of Motoring in Hawes Side, Blackpool told the Gazette: “What a disgrace, this means of course additional time and money for the driving pupils living in Blackpool and Fleetwood areas .
"It will necessitate a two hour round trip just to learn the area and a three hour trip on their test day.
“It was bad enough moving the theory test centre to Preston, now it would seem they are turning the screw even tighter.”
The theory test site in Blackpool shut down last September leaving learners with a 32-mile round trip to Preston.
Driving test backlog to be tackled by changes to booking system
The DVSA also announced changes to its booking system today (Thursday, March 30), as it aims to tackle its tests backlog.
The agency said it is altering the system to discourage drivers from booking tests before they are ready, which will free up slots for those who are.
Tests were banned over lockdown, with the resulting backlog forcing drivers to wait months before getting the chance to lose their L-plates.
According to the DVSA’s data from February 2023, around 53% of tests are failed, and examiners are having to physically intervene in more than 12% of tests for safety reasons.
The DVSA plans to extend the period that those who fail their test have to wait before booking another test from 10 to 28 days, and extend the notice period during which a cancelled car test will result in a lost fee from three to 10 days.
The measures aim to discourage learner drivers who are not ready to take a test from booking one, and will come into effect in the summer.
Loveday Ryder, chief executive of the DVSA, urged learner drivers to check the agency’s website for advice before booking a test.
She said: “With more than half of people failing their driving test, it is clear more needs to be done to make sure learner drivers only take their test when they are fully prepared.
“These new measures will help make sure test-ready learners find appointments and give those who fail more time for more practice.
“I also urge learners to check out our Ready to Pass? website to make sure they’re ready – and delay their test if they’re not.
“This will help make more tests available and prevent them having to pay to retest.”


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Psychiatric Disorders, Disease, and Drugs Psychiatric Disorders, Disease, and Drugs Psychiatric or psychological disturbances atomic number 18 disorders of sufficiently severe psychological function as to stomach to treatment by a psychologist or psychiatrist (Pinel, 2009). Examples of psychiatric disorders imply dementia praecox, emotional disorders such as feeling or mania, anxiety disorders, and Tourette syndrome. Each of these disorders has developmental theories and drug treatments. dementia praecox is a complex disorder defined as the split of psychical functions or the breakdown of integration between emotion, thought, and action. The complexness of dementia praecox symptoms often overlap with other disorders and often diverge during disorder advancement. Some of the more common symptoms of schizophrenia include delusions, distant affect, hallucinations, incoherent thought, and odd behavior. Although different genes have been cerebrate to schizophrenia, on that point is no single cause. Some theories prep atomic number 18 forth that complications from birth, earlier infections, autoimmune reactions, toxins, traumatic injury, and stress are indicative of schizophrenia development. dopamine theory is the most upstart and current theory, in spite of the various gaps in answers.
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Performance of "lights 3" by Colin Helb. The performances of the "lights" series feature a three-voice oscillator built on a prototyping "breadboard" to allow for mid-performance manipulation of parts and wiring. The pitch and timbre of the three voices are controlled independently by light-sensitive photocells. All signals are run into a four channel mixer which feeds a series of effect pedals and are run back into channel four of the mixer. The performance incorporates several light sources (both fixed and movable) and a ceiling fan which doubles as a stand for the overhead camera. This performance was recorded directly to a Fostex eight track with video recorded with an iPhone and the iSite camera on a MacBook. Version 1 does not incorporate the transitional montages of Version 2.


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Whitney Houston: I Remember When
As a model was how I first remembered seeing her. There weren't too many black models, but she was a regular and I always looked forward to seeing her. She was so pretty and wore great clothes and make-up.
At the end of one of the issues, I remember reading that she was leaving modeling to pursue a career in singing. At the time it seemed odd. Could she actually sing? I wondered. Well, I figured if she could sing, then I'd eventually hear about her again.
Well, she could! The next big moment I remember about her is hearing that she was going to marry Bobby Brown. It seemed so unlikely, so I figured that either he was not who I thought he was or she was not who I thought she was. I guess it was a little of both.
But I guess we really never know celebrities. We see them from afar. We admire them. We enjoy their performances and how they make us feel. Whitney Houston brought a lot of joy to my life.
Remember her in Waiting to Exhale? There had been recent talk about a sequel. I was so excited to hear that and looking forward to it. My mind is spinning thinking about her being gone. How can this be? So much music. So many songs.
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People who slept the last three plus years thinking the hope and change Obama would do them well, now see those promises have evolved into lost freedoms. Check with your own research to see these five are just the beginning of what has happened.
See if you observe the hope and change you expected within these pages.Just highlight the link and begin reading. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/DCPD-201200327/pdf/DCPD-201200327.pdf
Your reading is necessary to fully understand what is happening since the date of the EO (executive order) and to fully know what will transpire in the future too.
Executive order by Obama in January 2011 is very precise as to this document bringing Global economy into a primary focus and The Constitution and the laws of the United States of America to an end.Who ever thinks America will remain sovereign for many more years, on the present path, has not been following the events of the United States.
No one person, even the president can't accomplish all the dealings that the great country of America requires. The czars are the people Obama determined will carry out the most important roles he gave them to do keeping the Constitution intact and the people free from domestic and foreign harm. Surprise! So far I have not noticed Eric Holder in his vital role in the administration keeping anyone safe. In fact he is only one I can cite that has done just the opposite. If the normal person in any supervisory position was found to have been in charge during the death of anyone, they would have been held accountable and at least put on administrative leave, probably fired. Holder states he did not know anything about anything and is still the Attorney General of the United States.
Lost freedoms have stemmed from top to bottom with this present administration. Through public records it is easily discovered the privacy of all citizens is diminished at the home front when the latest appliances have been chipped so spying on everyone can easily be done. This is not done in the name of security, but to allow the powers that be to come into the homes of Americans and rob them of their privacy.These spy devices are placed in refrigerators, dishwashers, televisions, computers and all electronic devices so they can transmit information that is eliminating the right to privacy.In the event you don't know this information you might be watching too many main stream media networks that keep you out of the loop.
Schools are not exempt of all the losses of freedom in the United States. Food police dressed as administrators watch school lunches packed by mothers and fathers. When the kinds of food is not according to government regulations, the food is confiscated, the child is given the school lunch items and the parents are billed for the food. What part of this is freedom to choose and select what a child wants to eat? None!Vaccines are mandatory to attend school in the United States. There are means that parents and guardians can regulate those vaccines, but they certainly have to be diligent to reach those personal goals.
Just in case you were not aware,CISPA was a take off of SOPA and PIPA to govern the Internet. The personal computer is no longer an selection of what you wish to view without someone knowing what it is that you are seeing. It seems to be ok to view pornography to openly have some dealings with children in an illegal manner, but going against the present administration or standing up for the Constitutional rights is not longer acceptable. You might even be on the NO FLY list without you knowing it. TSA makes sure you have no freedom of any sort when they pat you down at airports and other scheduled places where ever they want to in the name of security. Look closer because it is done to remove your freedom!
This is indeed frightening. Good list.
Yup, as years go by we loose more and more freedoms. The plans for the loss of these freedoms have been in the works for a long time. Of course the loss of most of these goes right back to 9/11 which set things in motion. I remember living in Michigan and watching Canadian TV at the time, seeing things broadcast on the Canadian stations that were banned from being aired in the USA.
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Today in the food business, Girl Scouts are partnering with DoorDash for on-demand cookie deliveries, and Just Eat Takeaway is leveraging its size to outlast its competition. Additionally, food delivery services in the United States are struggling to become super apps.
Square adds on-demand delivery to Canada
Square launched Square Online order delivery in Canada through DoorDash Drive, DoorDash’s white-label order fulfillment platform, making Canada the first international market to offer on-demand delivery after launching the service to States United in 2020, according to a Wednesday (Jan 12) press release.
Food delivery services in the US struggle for super app status
Food delivery services have the potential to quickly become essential. Yet while some apps around the world have managed to transform this relationship into other categories – becoming super apps that meet the bulk of consumers’ digital needs – none in the United States have been able to keep up. their traces.
Just Eat Takeaway aims to leave “no more oxygen” to competitors around the world
All over the world, in the competitive food delivery category, the winning condition is changing. While in 2020 and 2021, the goal was to capture the largest market share, now the stakes are increasing. On a call with analysts on Wednesday, Jan.12 to discuss its fourth quarter 2021 financial results, delivery giant Just Eat Takeaway said its goal now was to outperform its competition to the point of pulling out altogether.
For on-demand cookie delivery, Girl Scouts ditch Grubhub for DoorDash
With the door-to-door model proving questionable at best amid widespread contagion issues, the Girl Scouts are once again taking a hybrid approach to selling cookies, this time with a new digital ordering partner.


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I could not help but post pics from a very recent June Wedding for such an awesome couple. The talented Joseph Marks Team captured some amazing shots on their blog starting with amazing shot of the gorgeous bride.
The couple were married on June 12, 2009 at Highland Park United Methodist Church followed by an elegant seated dinner at The Belo Pavilion. Jessica chose a classic color palette of all white floral accented with minimal splashes of chartreuse.
She carried a stunningly simple bouquet of all white peonies perfect for a summer wedding.
I love that Jessica chose some of our favorite blooms to showcase throughout the wedding including Dutch hydrangeas, white phaelonopsis orchids, ivory peonies and fluttery dendrobium orchids. Her altar arrangements were so ethereal ~ perfect for a romantic ceremony!
The reception was a beautiful combination of traditional crystal candle sticks and mercury glass vessels blended with modern displays of orchids, peonies and hydrangeas.
Absolutely LOVE this shot of the newlywed couple.
This couple could really GET DOWN!
The cakes were equally stunning and true to Texas roots.
We feel very lucky to have been able to be a party of such a special day and wish Jessica and Justin the very best for the future. Such an awesome couple!
Ceremony:Highland Park United Methodist Church
Reception: Belo Mansion - Pavilion
Photography: Joseph Marks
Cake: Frosted Art
Floral and Design: Bella Flora of Dallas
Wedding Planner: Events by Hala
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A Bug's Life is a video game adaptation of the hit Pixar movie by the same name. It tries to appeal to a very young audience with its extremely simplistic gameplay and bright, colorful graphics. It was released on the PlayStation, Nintendo 64, PC, and Game Boy Color.
Gameplay (PSX, N64, PC)
Each game level begins with either a still or clip from the movie depending on what version of the game is being played. The player is then given control over the main character ' Flik' and the level begins. The general purpose of the levels are to collect items, avoid or fight enemies, and use the seeds and plants around the environment to navigate the way to the end.
The game features a unique seed mechanic where players were able to move around seeds and change their color, effectively influencing what grows from the seed allowing access to hidden items and previously unreachable areas.
The items collected are not needed for the player to continue to the next level, however they usually grant the player benefits such as extra lives if all four of the letters that make up Flik's name are found.
Flik has two main attacks in the game. While jumping in the air, he can stomp the ground similar to the attack in Mario 64. As well as that, he has a limitless supply of berries that can be upgraded and changed throughout the level. Some enemies can simply not be harmed and have to be avoided. An example would be the bird which in one level, as in the movie, chases Flik through a labyrinth series of cracks in the dirt.
All versions of the game except for the Game Boy Color version are the same game apart from some cosmetic differences.
No version features in game cut scenes choosing to instead use clips from the movie to set up the premise for each level.The Nintendo 64 version did not feature these however due to its cartridge based format. Instead they relied on a still from the movie before each level with a short sentence describing what was happening.
The Game Boy Color version was a simple 2D platform game that offered a little more challenge to the older audience than its 3D counterparts did.


In 1970, a breakthrough was achieved when optical fibres were developed. Fibre optics denotes a means of transmission of information in the form of light signals through a transparent medium e.g. glass or plastics. It works under the principle of total internal reflection.
Optical fibre offer many advantages to the telecommunications:
1. An extremely wide bandwidth, permitting several times larger volume of information than is possible through conventional means. It is possible to encapsulate several hundred fibres in one single cable.
2. The higher channel capacity, larger repeater distance and extremely low maintenance cost make the system very cost effective.
3. Optical fibre communications are free from radio frequency interferance and are immune to electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic pulses. This results in unprecedented high fidelity.
4. Power consumption is extremely low.
5. The communications are almost error free.


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2010 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 11. TAXATION
ARTICLE 14B. INTERSTATE FUEL TAX AGREEMENT.
The tax commissioner may adopt rules for the implementation, administration or enforcement of an international fuel tax agreement. These rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.
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Liam Lawson took his second victory of the season at Silverstone, the young Red Bull Junior denying Oscar Piastri in a race that ended behind the safety car after a big crash for Olli Caldwell and Lukas Dunner.
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Speaking to The Checkered Flag, Dennis Hauger wants to write his name in history by becoming the first Norwegian Formula 1 driver.
The Renault and Ferrari academy drivers were more than pleased with their work across the three-day test.
The experienced Italian showed his trademark speed to head into the opening round as the man to beat.
Testing heated up on the second day as Red Bull junior Lawson blew the field away.
We’re yet to see the true pace of many after a late red flag halted any potential glory runs.
Hitech Grand Prix complete their 2020 Formula 3 lineup.
Renault Academy Sport Driver Max Fewtrell will be joining Hitech GP for the 2020 FIA F3 Championship as part of a 3 car team.
Reigning Asian F3 champion Ukyo Sasahara wins pole position for the first round of the 2019-2020 Asian F3 championship.
Richard Verschoor took victory in the Macau Grand Prix, with Jüri Vips and Logan Sargeant completing the podium.
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The Checkered Flag looks back at the race weekends of Super Formula, Formula Renault Eurocup, F3 Asian Championship and ADAC Formula 4.
wins the final race of the season


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How do you measure Successful Parenthood? - Page 7
You're a great parent when you did your best. We all have different circumstances and can only make the best of it. With that said the irony in this for me is that the best parents are the ones who aren't parents yet but prepare themselves to be the best parents when its time, makes sense? Getting a good education, financially sound, etc. Will go a long way so you aren't worrying over those issues after having children.

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(Edinburgh, Indiana December 1, 2016)
An Indiana motorist suffered injuries and extensive damage to his vehicle at about 7:00 A.M. Thursday after the 2010 Dodge Journey SUV was struck by a northbound Louisville & Indiana freight train.
James Haddix, 47, of Columbus, IN was transported to Columbus Regional Hospital for treatment after the train rolled the vehicle over on its drivers side after dragging it more than 100 yards. It was one of the eight trains operated daily by the L&IRR at top allowable speeds of 29 mph over the dangerous and unguarded road/rail intersection.
The accident blocked numerous roads for over 90 minutes as it delayed school buses carrying students to Taylorsville Elementary School for morning classes by blocking both primary and alternate bus routes, and also negatively affected traffic on the parallel CR 800 N, which, according to Captain Dave Steinkoenig, road division commander for the Bartholomew County Sheriffs Dept., carries significant cross-county traffic due to the location of the Edinburgh Premium Outlets Mall adjacent to the wreck site.
Reporter Mark Webber for The Republic newspaper of Columbus, IN, pointed out that A similar accident in November, 2005 at the same intersection claimed the life of Jeffrey Martin, 19, of Edinburgh.
Captain Steinkoenig evaluated the L&IRRs crossing of CR200W by saying the railroad crossing still does not have illumination, railroad lights or stop arms (crossing gates) that may have helped prevent both accidents.
In addition, according to the Federal Railroad Administrations grade crossing inventory web site, the danger of the crossing was demonstrated when another, non-injury accident occurred to the 19-year-old female driver of an auto at the same crossing on September 13 of this year.
The Louisville & Indiana Railroad is one of six U.S. railroads operated in seven states by the Anacostia Rail Holdings Company, headquartering in Chicago, IL.


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Courtesy of the Wilson Center, Kennan Institute Director Matthew Rojansky and Silverado Policy Accelerator Co-Founder Dmitri Alperovitch held a press briefing yesterday morning on the topic of Russian and Chinese cyber mischief and the Biden Administration’s response.
Staging malware in the power grid; using ransomware with economic effect.
Alperovitch opened by noting the “striking” divergence between the Administration’s rejoinders to Holiday Bear’s targeted, restrained romp and Hafnium’s reckless, untargeted campaign, which left “everyone literally on the planet who was running a vulnerable Exchange Server” exposed. He called the tepid response to China a “glaring oversight” and a “clear double standard,” given past sanctions against Russia, North Korea, and Iran.
Russia’s norm-violating behavior, in Alperovitch’s view, includes the following:
- prepositioning malware in the energy grid


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It’s no secret that medical treatment can be expensive, often leaving those who need extended care in debt. As such, being involved in an accident can land you in the hospital for a few days with numerous follow-up doctor’s visits. When injured at the hands of a negligent party, you may incur astronomical medical bills you cannot afford. However, you can find that you can recover different kinds of damages to help pay for the damages you’ve sustained with the help of personal injury attorneys in Baltimore County. Keep reading to learn more about what you can seek compensation for.
What Kinds of Damages Can I Seek Compensation For?
When you file a lawsuit against a negligent party for the injuries they’ve caused you, you can seek various forms of compensation for the injuries you’ve suffered. These include the following:
Economic: Also referred to as special damages, these represent calculable, quantifiable damages incurred by the injured party. For example, these can be the sum of all medical expenses, rehabilitative measures, and income lost as a direct result of the injuries the plaintiff has sustained.
Non-Economic: Sometimes called general damages, these do not have a direct monetary loss connected to them. In most instances, these represent things like the loss of enjoyment of life, pain and suffering, and disfigurement or scarring. Because these have no direct monetary loss tied to them, it is up to a jury to determine what the compensation for these damages should be. Generally, they will consider the severity of the injuries and how they have impacted the injured party.
Punitive: Punitive damages are more rare. Instead, these are used to punish the negligent party for their actions and deter others from committing the same act. Generally, for punitive damages to be ordered, it must be shown that the defendant shows egregious disregard for the lives of others.
How Can I Prove My Injuries?
To prove the extent of your injuries for non-economic damages, you’ll need to gather evidence to help illustrate the severity of the injuries you’ve suffered. This includes your medical records, journal records, and testimony from your friends and family. They can speak about your life before and after your injuries.
Similarly, to ensure you can recover the economic damages you deserve, you’ll want to collect all bills related to your injuries. This includes medical bills, rehabilitation expenses, and income lost while you were out of work healing.
Finally, you’ll want to contact an attorney from the Law Offices of Markey & Orsi as soon as possible. Filing a lawsuit is a complex legal process, so enlisting the assistance of an attorney is essential to helping you achieve the best possible outcome for your circumstances. Contact us to learn how we will fight for you.


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Systems performance of crops under drought stress
The aim of WP1 is to investigate the complex interactions between molecular pathways of signalling drought stress and those controlling cell and organ growth and to compare the responses of selected clones at different levels of complexity from the cell to tissue quality and plant architecture. There is variation between clones in the allocation of biomass to roots. The expected trade-off is lower aboveground biomas (wood) production. Because of the wide natural range of poplar in particular, ecotypes with adaptation to wet and dry habitats are found. We are exploiting these different adaptation strategies to investigate the molecular basis of traits involved in adaptation to drought-stressed environments and to explore the range of acclimation by studying genotypes with contrasting drought tolerance. This provides knowledge on key pathways and their potential regulators as a basis to selecting poplar that can maintain high biomass production under mild drought stress or genotypes that will survive severe drought spells with low trade-off in biomass production when water is not scarce. The process of wood formation competes with root or leaf formation. Therefore, it is crucial to understand plant internal allocation processes of carbon to different sinks, including defence compounds and volatiles.
Preparing the field site at Savigliano in northern Italy where 6,000 trees representing 672 poplar clones are tested for tolerance to drought
A similar approach is being taken to investigate key regulators in miscanthus and arundo in a set of core material subjected to moderate, but highly controlled drought stress as well as strong stress. The core experiments are complemented by a set of in-depth studies related to signalling with the overarching goal to dissect molecular pathways at tissue and cellular level.
The core experiments examine the response of a number of clones of poplar (4), miscanthus (5) and arundo (2) to drought stress. They are each grown under three levels of stress in the field. In addition to monitoring growth, photosynthesis and water use, the research is examining the transcriptome (RNA-Seq.) to identify genes that play a role particularly in drought response. In addition, we are examing effects on secondary metabolites and wood properties in poplar.
The glasshouse experiment at INRA (Nancy) examining the response of poplar to drought
Complementing the core experiments grown in the field, 6 satellite experiments are being conducted under heavily controlled greenhouse conditions. These are examining hormone kenetics, root growth, stomatal regulation and isoprene emissions.

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Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter
CHINESE company, Livetouch Investments, has commenced cement production at its 400 000 tonne a year capacity plant in Redcliff, near Kwekwe.Construction of the $30 million cement plant, the fourth such facility in Zimbabwe, which is part of Phase one of the firm’s project, started in June last year. Managing director and co-shareholder Dongning Wang told The Herald Business that the plant had started operations, at 70 percent of capacity, on a trial basis.
Livetouch Investments becomes the third cement producing company in the country after forerunners PPC Zimbabwe, Lafarge Zimbabwe and Sino-Zimbabwe.
PPC, which produced from Bulawayo and Gwanda, doubled its production capacity to 1,4 million tonnes after recently commissioning a new plant in Harare, its third in Zimbabwe. Lafarge has a 450 000t plant in Harare while Sino-Zimbabwe’s plant in Gweru can produce about 250 000t per year. The plant, sited adjacently near Steelmakers to the north and a few kilometres diagonally opposite mothballed Zisco to north west, has brought a refreshing feel to the deathly silence and faltering industrial face of Redcliff.
Zimbabwe currently consumes about 1,14 tonnes of cement per year. Producers have to secure markets in the region for the excess production.
Livetouch’s production is currently being distributed to potential customers to give the potential consumers a feel of the quality of the products.
“This is only phase 1, which is 85-90 percent complete. Major aspects during this phase were setting up the plant and related facilities to get it running.
“The capacity is 400 000 tonnes per year. Phase 1 is officially complete, what is left are final touches on roads and offices,” Mr Dongning said.
“We are now negotiating with the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development for limestone deposits. Under phase 2 we will set up another factory close to the deposits to produce clinker, a key ingredient of cement.
“Right now we are buying (the clinker) from other producers, but we hope one day we can produce (the clinker) ourselves,” Mr Dongning added.
Acting finance manager Ignatius Mbudaya said discussions were already in progress to create distributorship with large retailers for their cement products.
“It is going to be one of our key strategies in terms of establishing long term relationships with wholesale distributorship so that we can push our products through those branches for them to be known all over the country,” Mr Mbudaya said during an interview at Livetouch in Redcliff last week.
He said the company was confident of the quality of its cement brand, Diamond Masonry, and believes it will withstand the stiff competition in the local market.
About 200 people will be employed when the plant start running at capacity. It is expected the number jobs created will double under phase 2.
Phase 2 of the projects, is planned to be much bigger than the initial investment and should get underway in 6 to 9 months after deposits are secured.


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In this beautifully written novel, Burroway uses a woman’s personal loss, coincident with 9/11, to explore race, territory, and renewal.
Dana, the widow of a Pennsylvania senator, buries her husband the morning of 9/11, only miles from the United 93 crash. After months of paralysis, she sells her house and heads south in an effort to pick up the lost strands of her youth.
Finding that her grandmother’s house is now gone, replaced by a strip mall, she phones an old acquaintance. Cassius Huston is black, separated from a harridan of a wife, and devoted to his three-year-old daughter.Much to their surprise, Cassius and Dana fall in love. But when Dana is threatened by Cassius’s family, she flees to the Gulf Coast, where she finally finds herself, and her life, in a place and culture she never could have anticipated.
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Read information about the authorJanet Burroway is the author of seven novels including The Buzzards, Raw Silk (runner up for the national Book award), Opening Nights, and Cutting Stone; a volume of poetry, Material Goods; a collection of essays, Embalming Mom; and two children's books, The Truck on the Track and The Giant Jam Sandwich. Her most recent plays, Medea With Child, Sweepstakes, Division of Property, and Parts of Speech, have received readings and productions in New York, London, San Francisco, Hollywood, and various regional theatres. Her Writing Fiction is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and a multi-genre textbook, Imaginative Writing, appeared in 2002. A B.A. from Barnard College and M.A. from Cambridge University, England, she was Yale School of Drama RCA-NBC Fellow 1960-61, and is Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Emerita at the Florida State University in Tallahassee.
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We have covered Romans 1 through 8. We may consider chapters nine through eleven as a parenthesis and chapter twelve as a continuation of chapter eight. In the sense of the life process or life practice it is correct to say this; however, I do not think that in Paul’s concept these chapters were parenthetical, for in them are some elements which are a continuation between chapters one through eight and twelve through sixteen. Therefore, these three chapters, in a sense, are a parenthesis, but, in another sense, they form a continuation between Romans 8 and 12.
God’s selection is our destiny. Our eternal destiny has been fully established by God’s selection. This selection and destiny are of the very God who calls, not of those who work. Our selection is absolutely of God who calls. In order to grasp this point we need to read 9:1-13.
“In Christ I speak the truth, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit.” This verse proves that the conscience is a part of the human spirit. We have seen that the Holy Spirit witnesses with our spirit (8:16). However, in this verse we are told that our conscience bears witness in the Holy Spirit. Therefore, since the Holy Spirit witnesses with our spirit and our conscience witnesses with the Holy Spirit, our conscience must be part of our spirit.
Paul’s conscience testified that he had great grief and unceasing pain in his heart (v. 2). This was the pain Paul suffered for his kinsmen that they might be saved.
“For I was praying that I myself would be a curse, separated from Christ for my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh” (v. 3). This is a serious prayer. Paul prayed in such an earnest way because of his desire for Israel to be saved. To pray that Israel be saved was necessary, but to pray that he be a curse was too extreme. Regardless of how spiritual we may be and how much in our spirit we may be, it is still possible for us to utter a prayer in a way that is not of the Lord. When Paul was praying that he might be a curse, separated from Christ, I do not believe that it was of the Lord. Do you believe that the Lord compelled Paul to pray that he become a curse, separated from Christ? I do not think that the Lord required this of him. Then what motivated him to pray this way? Paul’s intense desire. He prayed that way because of his great love for his kinsmen.
Many times we have an intense desire for a certain thing and that desire causes us to utter a prayer in an extreme way. A brother may pray for his wife who is seriously ill, praying desperately in every way, even with fasting. The Lord may answer his prayer, but not according to his way. Such was the case with Paul’s prayer in verse 3. He prayed with a great desire that God would put him aside and make him a curse that his brothers might be saved. God answered his prayer, but not in his way.
“Who are Israelites, whose are the sonship, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises” (v. 4). Sonship means the right of inheritance. What is the glory mentioned in this verse? The glory of God was manifested at least twice to the people of Israel: in the wilderness when the tabernacle was erected (Exo. 40:34) and in Jerusalem when the temple was built and dedicated (2 Chron. 5:13-14). On both occasions the Israelites saw the glory of God. The covenants are those God made with Abraham (Gen. 17:2; Acts 3:25; Gal. 3:16-17) and with the children of Israel at Sinai (Exo. 24:7; Deut. 5:2) and at Moab (Deut. 29:1, 14). These covenants are treasured by the Israelites (Eph. 2:12). The giving of the law refers to the law (Deut. 4:13; Psa. 147:19), which is precious to the Israelites. The service mentioned in this verse is undoubtedly the priestly or Levitical service, for all the service related to the tabernacle was under the hand of the priests and Levites. The promises are those God gave to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David (Rom. 15:8; Acts 13:32).
Verse 5 says, “Whose are the fathers, and out of whom according to flesh is the Christ, Who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.” The fathers were Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and others. Also, according to His human nature, Christ came out of the children of Israel. Paul says that Christ is “over all, God blessed forever.” When Paul came to this point in his writing, he was so filled with the glorious Person of Christ that he poured out what was in his heart—“Christ is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.” We all have to be deeply impressed with and fully realize and appreciate the fact that our Lord Jesus Christ is the very God who is over all and blessed forever. Though He came out of the Jewish race in flesh, He is the very infinite God. Thus, Isaiah 9:6 says, “Unto us a child is born and his name shall be called The mighty God.” We praise Him for His deity and we worship Him as the very God forever.
“Not, however, as though the word of God has come to naught. For not all are Israel who are out of Israel” (v. 6). In verse 3, Paul prayed out of his desire for his kinsmen to be saved. As he came to verse 6 he spoke of God’s economy. In verse 3 he uttered a prayer out of his desperation, even willing to be “a curse, separated from Christ.” In verse 6 he said, “Not all are Israel who are out of Israel.” God’s economy is that not all who are out of Israel, that is, all who are born of Israel, are the true Israel. All Jews have been born of Israel, but not all of them have been selected by God. All of them are of the Jewish religion, but not all are saved even though outwardly they have all the good things, including Christ, promised by God in His Holy Word.
“Neither because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children, but, In Isaac shall your seed be called” (v. 7). In verses 6 and 7 Paul is in the light of God’s economy and sees things clearly. Only that part of Abraham’s seed which is in Isaac is called. Besides Isaac, Abraham had another son named Ishmael. Though Ishmael was born of Abraham, neither he nor his descendants, the Arabs, have been selected by God. They are the children of the flesh and cannot be reckoned as the children of God. Only Isaac and a part of his descendants are selected by God and reckoned as the children of God.
Verse 8 continues, “That is, Those who are the children of the flesh are not the children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned as the seed.” According to God’s economy, it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise who are reckoned as the seed. Not all the seed of Abraham are the children of God. The natural birth is inadequate to make them children of God; they need to be born again (John 3:7). The phrase “children of the promise” denotes the second birth, for it is only by the second birth that they can be the children of the promise and thus be reckoned as the seed.
“For this is the word of promise, About this time next year I will come, and Sarah shall have a son. And not only so, but Rebecca also having conceived of one, Isaac our father, the children not yet being born, nor having done anything good or bad, (that the purpose of God according to selection might remain, not of works, but of Him Who calls,) it was said to her, The greater shall serve the less; as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated” (vv. 9-13). These verses unveil to us the fact that God’s selection is not according to man’s work, but absolutely according to His choice. We are told that of the one man Isaac Rebecca conceived and brought forth two sons, Esau and Jacob. Before the children were born and before they had done either good or bad, God told Rebecca that the greater, who was Esau, would serve the lesser, who was Jacob. This proves that God’s selection depends upon His likes and dislikes. Thus, God said, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated” (Mal. 1:2-3). This word is very strong. We think that God only loves and that He never hates, but here it says that God hated. “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” Only those who are loved and selected by God are reckoned as the seed. God’s selection depends upon Himself who calls according to His likes; it does not depend upon man’s works. Though God said, “in Isaac shall your seed be called” (Gen. 21:12), yet only one of Isaac’s two sons was selected by God. This reveals the fact that God’s selection is also not according to man’s birth. God does not select people according to anything other than Himself.
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This morning, the Johnnycakes requested another vegan breakfast. And since I was in a rather accomodating mood, I obliged… Therefore, I now bring you…
Vegan Breakfast Number 2!
INGREDIENTS (serves 2):
- 4 frozen hemp waffles
- 2 Tbsp vegan butter or margarine
- 1-2 peaches, chopped roughly
- 1 handful pitted bing cherries
- 1 handful blueberries
- 2-3 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- a bit of soy milk to make icing… 2-3 Tbsp?
- dash of cinnamon, and nutmeg might be nice as well…
- Vegetarian sausage patties
- Preheat oven for sausage patties and heat according to directions on package. Or nuke them. Whatever floats yer boat…
- Heat up a small saucepan and melt butter/margarine.
- Throw in fruits and cook until soft. Or until thawed, if you are using frozen fruits.
- Add cinnamon and whatever other spices you want to throw in.
- Add white wine and reduce.
- Add brown sugar and stir.
- Put powdered sugar into small bowl. Slowly add tiny amounts of milk, and whisk until it’s the consistency of thin icing.
- Put them into a toaster and wait for them to pop up.
- Stack 2 waffles on plate per person. Add sauteed fruit mixture, and drizzle with icing. Serve with sausages.
Icing is yummy on sausages too!
If there is one thing that I do rather well, it’s CHILI! I love to make beef chili, turkey chili, venison chili, and the other night, I made vegetarian chili! (This is the kind with TVP as a sort of meat substitute. If you are copying this recipe, you can sub black beans instead. But I’m sorta diggin’ the TVP…)
Ingredients for TVP Chili:
You will need:
- 1 cup TVP (textured vegetable protein) granules
- +/- 1 cup boiling water, to reconstitute TVP
- 1 can chopped/diced/stewed/whatever tomatoes
- 1/2 can corn, drained (Use the other half for the cornbread below.)
- 1 can tomato sauce or tomato paste
- 1/2 bottle of beer
- 1 onion, diced
- 1-2 cups frozen mixed veggies (optional)
- chili seasoning of your choice, in the amount of your choice. I used 3 Tbsp of a really nifty chili seasoning that I got in Terlingua.
- 1 can kidney or pinto beans, drained and rinsed
- 1-2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
- whatever secret ingredients you use for your chili. I have mine, and no, I’m not sharing.
ABOUT 10-20 MINUTES BEFORE MAKING CHILI:
- Add boiling water to TVP and let it sit there and reconstitute for 10-20 minutes. Add some tamari or worchestershire sauce for flavor if you want.
TVP and H2O
ON WITH THE SHOW:
- Get out your favorite chili-making pot/pan, and fire that sucker up!
- Add olive oil, and saute onions and garlic until clear.
- Add veggies, tomatoes, and beans, and warm through.
Pretty, isn't it?
- Add tomato sauce/paste, and TVP
TVP in chili...
- Add THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT:
(Add 1/2 of the bottle. The rest is for the cook!)
- Add the chili seasoning and the rest of your secret ingredients and warm though…
- 1 box Jiffy or Martha White cornbread or corn muffin mix.
- 1 small can of evaporated milk.
- 1/2 can whole kernel corn, drained (split with chili recipe above)
- 1/2 small onion, diced and sauteed
- 1/2-1 cup shredded cheddar or mexi-mix cheese
- 1 aig
- Preheat your oven according to cornbread package directions.
- For the onion, an easier way to go would be to saute the whole onion from the chili recipe above first, and then take out about 1/3 of it for the cornbread.
- Put onion and corn in mixing bowl.
- Basically, you will be following the directions on the package of cornbread, but adding other ingredients and substituting the evaporated milk for the regular milk called for on the package.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and stir.
- Pour into 8×8 square pan, or cake pan, and bake according to package directions.
- …And after!