.ChargeDr vs. ChargeDr Pro
There are two versions of the ChargeDr USB. The differences are about a dollar (as of the time of this writing) and that the Pro version allows for the syncing of data while plugged in.
The regular ChargeDr does not allow syncing of data while charging. While the Pro would seem the better choice, it too disallows syncing of data while charging. It instead has a switch that can be flipped to change from a charging mode to a data sync mode.
I had no idea about the Pro version until after I purchased the regular version. However, to enable syncing I just need to unplug my cable from the ChargeDr and plug it directly into the USB port. So, in essence, you can spend the extra dollar and save a couple seconds of work...
I wanted a fair comparison, so I performed a variety of tests. These involved charging with a Quick Charge adapter through an outlet, using a USB 2.0 port from my laptop, using the ChargeDr through a USB 2.0 port, using a USB 3.0 port, using the ChargeDr through a USB 3.0 port.
I was going to also charge from an outlet with an adapter that does not support Quick Charge technology, although the only adapter I had available has a quirk where it makes my phone think it is being continuously unplugged and re-plugged.
The only difference that may come from my findings and others (if others share theirs), is that my ChargeDr accidentally went through the washer and dryer. It seemed to function with no problems afterward, so I assume my experiments will still be valid.
I expect the device either works or it does not after a situation like this. However, it is possible that it works at a lesser capacity (but I am doubtful) and my findings could therefore be skewed as a result.
I did several tests in different variations just to see what results I could get and what provided the best results. Initially my tests began with my battery mostly charged. But because it should take longer to charge when the battery is closer to full, I eventually changed to running my tests from 9%.
The one thing that should be noted going into this is that I am using a LG G3, and therefore may have a different battery capacity than what others may have. It should also be said that because of this, gaining a single battery percentage will depend upon how big your battery is. Meaning, if I have a battery that is 2300 mAh, and another battery that is 4000 mAh, the percent scale is the same, 100%. But it also means that charging 1% on the 2300 mAh would be faster than charging 1% on the 4000 mAh (if charging draw is equal).
The good thing about this is because I have to find results by recording the time, it will give (somewhat) valid results. Please keep in mind that it is extremely hard to get accurate results because how can someone know they just reached a certain percentage? Interpreted easier, how do I know at what time the percentage was obtained and how long a new percentage will be procured? Put easiest, if it were to take a minute for each percentage of my battery, how do I know on what second I am currently on when recording the result? If I record at the 30 second mark, and the time changed during the 29 second mark, the findings I record will have a slight margin of error. So, remember that there is a margin of error to take into consideration in the following findings.
I did not want to waste these results so I am first including the higher-ended percentage results that I did make. For a frame of reference, there is an article that shows that it took 96 minutes for a LG G4 to charge from 80% to 100% (the longest periods when Quick Charge is being used). This equates to 4.8 minutes per battery percentage.
PC USB 2.0
90% - 100% = 10% @ 41min.
1% = 4.1min.
PC USB 2.0 (ChargeDr)
94% - 100% = 6% @ 21min.
1% = 3.5min.
Quick Charge 2.0
88% - 100% = 12% @ 25min.
1% = 2.08min.
The first Quick Charge 2.0 result seemed to good to be true, so I did another...
Quick Charge 2.0
87% - 100% = 13% @37min
1 = 2.85min.
From these results, using the PC USB 2.0 as a base we can tell that each method is a little more than about half-a-minute apart in terms of a single percent. That may not seem like much, but if we look at the amount of time it took to charge each to 100%, it tells a different story.
For only 10%, PC USB 2.0 took 41 minutes to charge to the full 100%! It took the ChargeDr 21 minutes to replenish 6%. A definite advantage over PC USB 2.0, but still time-consuming. And Quick Charge 2.0 took 37 minutes to gain 13% and reach 100%.
If we take the amount it took for the ChargeDr and multiply it by 2 for 12%, that would take 42 minutes. Subtract the Quick Charge's 37 minutes from that and we get 5 minutes, not forgetting 37 minutes is actually 13%, not 12%. 5 minutes does not seem like a substantial amount of time, but over a much larger percentage that number would grow to something much more impressive.
Unfortunately, this also means that the ChargeDr was not able to match Quick Charge 2.0 capabilities. Even by using the second result I took with Quick Charge, the ChargeDr was still .65 minutes, or 39 seconds, longer for each percentage. This stands outside the margin of error, which means when needing a top-off, the ChargeDr is still far better than regular charging methods, but cannot match Quick Charge 2.0 speeds.
Another reason I did not want to rely on these results is I find that from 99% to 100%, the time takes a lot longer than normal to gain that single percent...
This is the sweet spot for Quick Charge 2.0. It is where it should excel and get the best performance when needing a "quick charge".
As stated earlier, I did almost all these tests at 9%. Most results I recorded were from 9% until 14%, but there was one where I missed that marker. At this point I also decided to not do any tests using PC USB 2.0 (unless it was in conjunction with the ChargeDr) because it was already obvious that USB 2.0 would not be able to get results close to that of the ChargeDr. Instead, I performed some PC USB 3.0 tests.
The reason for this is that USB 3.0 (sometimes to referred to as USB 3.1 Rev. 1) can output more watts than USB 2.0, and therefore should provide better results when charging through said port.
PC USB 3.0 (Native)
9% - 14% = 5% @ 14min.
1% = 2.8min.
PC USB 3.0 (ExpressCard)
9% - 14% = 5% @ 11min.
1% = 2.2min.
PC USB 3.0 (ChargeDr)
5% - 14% = 9% @ 12min.
1% = 1.3min.
PC USB 2.0 (ChargeDr)
9% - 14% = 5% @ 11min.
1% = 2.2min.
*9% - 14% = 5% @ 7min.
1% = 1.4min.
Quick Charge 2.0
9% - 67% = 58% @ 48min.
1% = .83min.
9% - 14% = 5% @ 4min.
1% = .8min.
These numbers may be a bit confusing, so I will interpret them one at a time starting with PC USB 3.0. I did three different tests. The "Native" test is with USB 3.0 built-in to the motherboard. The "ExpressCard" was with USB 3.0 that is through an ExpressCard. The "ChargeDr" was done with USB 3.0 through the ExpressCard. Oddly enough, the slowest result was with the native USB 3.0, followed by the ExpressCard, and then the ChargeDr. The jumps are quite different between the three, with 48 seconds and 54 seconds respectively. The ExpressCard without the ChargeDr actually matches the first result I obtained with PC USB 2.0 using ChargeDr. Impressive, if that were the only result I had made for PC USB 2.0. By far, the ChargeDr was the best way to charge the LG G3.
PC USB 2.0 actually had three results. However, two of the findings were the same, thus the asterisks (*). I had created more than one because one of my laptops has multiple USB 2.0 ports on both sides, and I wanted to see if it had any effect on the charging. The last two results were almost the same as the fastest charging speed using the ChargeDr speed on USB 3.0. Enough to be in the margin of error and can thus be considered the same finding.
The Quick Charge 2.0 yielded amazing results, as expected. It took less than 1 minute to gain a single percent on both tries. In comparison to the best ChargeDr speeds I encountered, the ChargeDr findings were close to twice as long (12 seconds short) compared to Quick Charge.
Yet again, the ChargeDr lagged behind Quick Charge. Not only that, this shows us that the ChargeDr actually gets an average of 9 seconds slower when compared to Quick Charge at higher battery percentages. What this means is that the ChargeDr's performance decreases at higher battery percentages, which is expected, but at even a slower pace than what would be expected. In essence, it should be able to maintain its "slower" speed when compared to Quick Charge, but testing shows that it gets even slower!
It would have been better to make more passes for each test, but given the time it takes to set everything up and record results, my impatience got the best of me.
Again, I had an incident with ChargeDr that could have skewed results, but I honestly doubt it had any effect because I would think it would not have dipped in performance, but had no advantage at all (broken). I also was not able to properly use a regular charger without Quick Charge for testing, but I do not think that would have changed much of anything.
One great test that I was unable to perform was using MSI's Super Charge. On certain MSI motherboards they have a red USB connector called JUSB1. Setting this up properly will (supposedly) allow you to have Quick Charge speeds with a USB 3.0 port. Maybe one day...
Interpreting the Results
The obvious conclusion is that while the ChargeDr is a lot better than just a USB port, it does not live up to Quick Charge 2.0 expectations. Quick Charge through an outlet simply outperforms anything available as an alternative
During times of low battery life, the ChargeDr will be more than 2x as fast using a USB port. This is nothing to snuff at. And while diminished, at higher-end charging the ChargeDr will be slightly more than 1/4 faster than a USB port.
Should I Buy the ChargeDr?
This depends. If you are near an outlet most of the time, then it may be best to save your money. But if you are at a computer all the time and rarely get up, then it is a great buy. For myself, I have found it very useful, and have used it multiple times. I would normally just plug in my phone to my laptop if I needed a charge, even if I was close to an outlet. But now I can plug in my phone to my laptop and know that it will charge much faster.
But consider this, while you can buy Quick Chargers for the car, that Quick Charger normally only works for the car. It can be cheap, but has a solitary use. Maybe if you get lucky you can find a car charger that has an adapter for a wall outlet, but that will cost more, and you probably still have the manufacturer's Quick Charger that came with your phone or tablet. Even if not, it would still mean you have multiple adapters to look after. Or what about an airport? Sure they have charging bays for the most part, but what if only the USB ports are open and you need to make sure that your phone is fully charged when you step off your flight? Or in a similar fashion, what if you have no outlets available for the moment and you need your phone charged? Maybe even your USB ports are taken up with whatever peripherals? But you do have a USB hub that provides power output, that could be your saving grace!
The ChargeDr is a small simple unit, with a flush-sitting cap, and can be used in your car or anything else that has a USB connector. It will work on your laptop when you are on the go. It even makes for a great backup in case your Quick Charger goes faulty or missing. Not to mention it can survive a wash and still operate!
So while it is not necessary to get the ChargeDr, and it will not charge as fast as a Quick Charger, it could be a very (small and) useful tool that could end up saving you some headache when no other resolution is available.
The ChargeDr is a neat device. I never really needed it, but it was a splurge item that has come in quite handy on occasion. I was upset when it got washed, but it seemed to make no difference, which also conveys how sturdy the device actually is. I did test before it got into the wash, and it did seem just as fast. I have washed a USB flash drive--by accident--before, and it did not fare as well. It eventually did work, but for how long afterwards I do not know as I had already moved on.
It is disappointing that it does not give true Quick Charge 2.0 performance as advertised, but I presently know of no other solution that does what it does.
One final mention, I did want to test this with an iOS device that has rapid charging, but unfortunately I do not have any iOS device that does. It would be interesting to see if the ChargeDr does have any affect since really it just acts like a mini power inverter to provide more power to devices.


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Today we received a heartfelt message from John Bliven Morin a fine poet living in Hawaii who best describes himself and his style of writing as a 19th century poet in a 21st century world. We love his regular contribution to the Fairies World poem pages .
Thank you John your message is appreciated
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(6/10) Baja Lobster Tacos
Home-made flour tortillas, house escabeche, rice & black beans “al coco.” This dish includes two lobster tacos that were moderately filled. The lobster was very tender and cooked nicely. The sauce was mild in flavor, but this allowed the natural tastes to come through. Be careful though, the sauce is watery and leaks out the back of the taco! The side of rice and beans were coconut flavored and served cold. The flavor was interesting, but pair well with the tacos. We thought the price was a bit steep for this dish given the portion size.
(9/10) Aguacate Relleno
Mexican chorizo, sweet pepper and mushroom filled avocado with arroz blanco & black beans. The creativity and flavor of this dish wowed us! The avocado was fresh and creamy, and the chorizo that was stuffed inside was very flavorful. Their spicy sauce gave this dish some heat and blended perfectly with the black bean paste. The avocado was topped off with chunks of queso fresco that gave this dish some extra oomph. Just looking at the photo makes us want to go get one right now!
(9/10) Cajeta Crepes
Crepes with goat milk and caramel, hazelnut whipped cream, and frangelico. You haven’t had heavenly crepes like this before! The dish came with three crepes smothered in a mixture of goat’s milk and caramel. This made the crepe creamy and sweet, but without being too rich. It was then topped off with frangelico (hazelnut liqueur) whipped cream and fresh strawberries for some extra pizzazz. The crepes were garnished with sliced almonds. This was a beautifully plated and delicious dessert.
We dined at Zandunga for dinner on a weekday. We did not know what type of crowd to expect, therefore had made reservations. This was not necessary since there were plenty of tables available. When we arrived, the hostess greeted us and led us to our table. Almost immediately, our waitress came to introduce herself and drop off a complimentary basket of chips and salsa. Since it was our first time here, we asked her several questions regarding the menu and she was very helpful and personable. Our water glasses were refilled throughout the meal without us asking. The service was efficient and our only complaint is that at the end of the meal, we had to track her down to pay the bill. Overall, it was a fantastic experience!
Zandunga is located in a newly constructed, mixed residential and commercial building in East Austin. The interior of the restaurant can be described as generic-modern. They could have been selling pizza out of this place and it would have felt the same. The inside consists of a large open room with table and half-booth seating options. There was also a moderately-sized bar area. Part of the ceiling was unfinished with pipes exposed, hence contributing to the modern look. The walls were colorful and large paintings of local art were on display. There was a tiny “lounge” area in the middle of the restaurant that had a couple leather couches. We noticed that they attached some pieces of foam to the bottom of the tables, probably to absorb sounds. This place could get loud when it is more bustling, perhaps during their happy hour. Outside, there are a handful of tables in the front of the establishment. One big plus is that you won’t have to struggle to find street parking to eat here. There is plenty spots in the back lot and across the street. This place is good for both small and large groups. The food is a smidgen overpriced, but we’ll be back because the food is fabulous and the staff is great.

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The Irish clothing and accessories company, Primark , will open the doors of its new store in Lanzarote on Thursday, June 22nd . Located in the Open Mall shopping centre in Arrecife , it is the first Primark store in Lanzarote and number 58 in Spain.
The opening of this establishment with 3,100 square meters of commercial space will mean the creation of 100 new jobs .
Carlos Inacio, Director of Primark Spain and Portugal, said: “We are looking forward to welcoming our customers and employees to our fantastic new store in Lanzarote. This is another exciting time for Primark as it continues to expand its presence in Spain."
From the Open Mall Lanzarote shopping centre they point out: "We are very proud that such a prestigious international brand has trusted Open Mall Lanzarote to open its first store on the Island, multiplying the added value of the shopping centre, which will facilitate the achievement of the goals we have set for ourselves.
"From Open Mall Lanzarote we continue to work on attracting the best operators for the shopping centre and, therefore, for the Island of Lanzarote. The upcoming opening of Primark at Open Mall Lanzarote is proof of the commitment to provide consumers a different commercial proposal, where its visitors will be able to get everything they are looking for in a unique, innovative space adapted to the needs of the clients", they conclude.

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Alameda County Sheriff's deputies are searching for an inmate they say walked away from Santa Rita Jail after returning from court.
Sgt. J.D. Nelson tells the Contra Costa Times that 21-year-old Ismael Cesda, also known as Ismael Ramirez, was discovered missing during a head count around 11 p.m. Tuesday.
He had returned from the Fremont courthouse a few hours earlier. Nelson says Cesda somehow managed to get into the area of the jail where inmates are released.
Sheriff's officials are now trying to determine whether that was the result of human error or a flaw in the jail's design.
Cesda is facing stolen vehicle and pursuit charges. He is described as 5-feet-6 inches tall and 140 pounds. He was last seen wearing a grey sweat suit.
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- 4 cups cubed peeled butternut squash (about 1 pound)
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 package (6 ounces) fresh baby spinach
- 2 cups coarsely chopped iceberg lettuce
- 1/2 cup shredded fat-free cheddar cheese
- 6 tablespoons reduced-fat poppy seed salad dressing, divided
- 1/2 cup seasoned stuffing cubes
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted
- 4 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
- Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, toss squash and onion with honey, salt, garlic powder and pepper. Transfer to a 15x10x1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake 20-25 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring once. Cool slightly.
- In another bowl, combine spinach, lettuce, cheese and squash mixture. Just before serving, drizzle with 4 tablespoons dressing and toss to coat. Divide salad among eight plates; top with stuffing cubes, cranberries, almonds and bacon. Drizzle with remaining dressing. Yield: 8 servings.
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"I made a version of this salad using some leftover roasted butternut squash with onions. I tossed the squash with romaine and radicchio lettuces because I didn't have spinach or iceberg lettuces. With the sweetness of the butternut, I just drizzled the salad with red wine vinegar. It was delicious, and I would use roasted butternut squash in a salad again!"
"This is absolutely delicious! I didn't tell my husband what I was making because I was sure he wouldn't like even the sound of it. But I was wrong! We both loved it! I left out the bacon and made my own poppy seed dressing. We are trying to lose some weight, so I made this a plate salad and that was our supper. Very filling and delicious."
"I didn't expect to like this. The squash in it made me nervous, but I had some to use up so I gave it a try. I am SO glad I did! This was a fantastic salad, and even my kids and father-in-law loved it! The sweetness of the cranberries was a nice touch. I made my own poppy-seed dressing instead of buying a bottle, and it was definitely something I would make again!"
"This salad is surprisingly fantastic, with brilliant combinations of flavors, textures, and even temperatures with the warm squash on the cool greens. I liked it so much for lunch that I had it again for dinner! I added a little oil to the honey mixture for roasting the squash, and I prepared a homemade poppyseed dressing (not fat-free) rather than make a trip to the store. Wow."
"Tried this for the first time last night as a meal. I really didn't expect it to be so good. I halved the onion and it was delicious and filling."
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Entertainment makes the world go around, and nobody can imagine their lives without TV nowadays. Since the technology is leaping ahead with blazing speed now, even the consumption of linear channels is undergoing a lot of change. The process of launching linear channels on cloud is increasing in popularity, and in case, you are still wondering about the benefits of the same, here is a little primer for you: –
Meet the World
The whole world and their grandmother are online. The traditional methods of consuming entertainment are alive, yet a large part of the global population is shifting to online channels for various activities, be it shopping or watching channels. Even today, people love sitting and watching live direct TV, just that they are doing so increasingly through the net rather than through the cable TV subscription model. Since the global population is online and globalization is at its peak, it is also easier to upload global channels and programs on the cloud. This way, the process of uploading linear and on-demand channels on the cloud serves multiple purposes. It increases your customer base as well as improves your product portfolio.
Flexibility Is the Key
Whether you are planning to start with a pre-packaged program bundle or go for channel expansion down the line, or working with LIVE events transmission, cloud model gives you the flexibility and scalability for the same. Even if you need a platform for pop-up channels or special programs that stretch through only a few weeks or months at a time, the cloud is ready to accommodate them. This level of agility is near impossible to find in traditional linear content delivery architecture.
Easy Back-Up Mode
Easily create back-ups of your channel, especially for disaster recovery situations. There is no safer alternative to keeping content ready for consumption anytime. Set up the channel, compress and encrypt it, insert ads, keep content ready for spinning through a loop, or upload events as they happen, the cloud helps you make an impact without the constraints of traditional linear channel transmission.
Save The Moolah
Most importantly, the physical setup of linear channels transmission costs a lot more than the cloud alternative. And if you add the desire to expand your footprints into the global market, you need to double or triple the amount. Also, you need to add costs for setting up of contingency infrastructure in case of any disaster or parallel feeds to keep the content running even in an emergency. The sheer cost of all this may be prohibitive enough to make the cloud option look like a bargain in the long run. Let us not forget the kind of flexibility and ease-of-use that cloud platforms bring, especially when it comes to expansion or reconfiguration options, near-impossible to replicate in traditional content delivery platforms.
Your World, Your Choice
As your customers shift to newer platforms, you ought to have the complete freedom to move ahead with them. When it comes to onboarding linear channels onto the cloud, the process begins with a bunch of advantages that include remote deployment and management options, better financial remedies, and unprecedented flexibility.


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June 28, 2010, 5:49 pm
A Bigger Pension Borrowing Plan
By DANNY HAKIM
ALBANY — The state’s plan to borrow from the pension fund is potentially growing by billions of dollars.
About two weeks ago, Gov. David A. Paterson and lawmakers reached a tentative agreement to allow the state and municipalities to borrow $6 billion from the state pension fund over the next three years. Now the Legislature, acting on its own, has scrapped that in favor of a more aggressive plan that would allow for borrowing from the pension fund in perpetuity. Each plan would help balance the budget this year.
The new plan, which would allow borrowing in the tens of billions of dollars over time, closely matches one proposed by Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Mr. DiNapoli, however, has cooled to the whole idea in recent weeks after it was criticized by budget watchdogs, and Harry Wilson, a Republican challenging his re-election.
The comptroller’s office said in a statement: “The ability for local governments particularly to deal with volatility and spikes in pension fund contribution has become increasingly difficult.
“Comptroller DiNapoli’s plan would give local governments an option, just like with a homeowner’s home utility bill, to do balanced billing.”
The pension plan is included in the Legislature’s revenue bill — the portion of the budget in which new taxes, fees and other revenue-raising initiatives are laid out — and is expected to be taken up and passed by both houses on Tuesday. However, the bill would need Mr. Paterson’s signature.
The idea behind the plan is that it would allow the state and local governments outside of New York City to essentially borrow money from the pension fund to pay a portion of their required annual contributions to the pension fund.
This budgetary sleight of hand has been decried by fiscal conservatives.
“What you’re really saying is you don’t want people to see what these benefits really cost, because if you did, there would be pressure to reduce and reform them,” said Edmund J. McMahon, director of the Empire Center for New York State Policy, a conservative-leaning research group.
“It’s basically the equivalent of rolling over debt in perpetuity, if the markets don’t cooperate with a return to double-digit annual returns,” he added.
The plan would also force those governments that opt in to contribute more money to the system during bull markets; the money would then be set aside in a reserve fund to help during bear markets.
Assemblyman Peter J. Abbate Jr., the chairman of the Assembly’s Labor Committee, defended the measure.
“The pension system is going to be fine if the market does fine,” Mr. Abbate said, adding, “The reason to do this is to help counties and the state out — not to enhance pensions, not to borrow to balance the budget. The main purpose of the legislation is to smooth out the amount people have to pay.”
1. Great idea!
Tomorrow I am going to do the same.
I am going to borrow money from my home equity line of credit to PAY my home equity line of credit.
That sounds like it will really work out great for me.
— Roland Wu
2. ………….The legislature and its supporters don’t want us to see what these pension benefits really cost, because if we knew — now I shift to my own wording — we would not only demand reform for the future, we would reduce previously granted benefits to the extent legally possible, and, most especially, we would get rid of this current legislature and its leadership.
Throw them out, every single one of them. They have done no good at all; they have done nothing but harm to the State of New York and its citizens.
3. Every state where Democratic Socialists are in power is in dire financial straights. Does that not tell voters something? If not there will be no hope for those states as this near depression Obama has created grows deeper and deeper. These folks dont have a clue how to manage anything having never managed anything execpt dipping into the taxpayers wallets to steal more money. Vote Republican if you want you kids to have a decent life. With all their faults they are light years ahead of the Democratic Socialist when it comes to managing the folks business.
— Bob Davis

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Gritty, powerful and a natural leader, Tigers skipper Matthew Wade is synonymous with Tasmanian cricket. Making the return to his home state in 2017 after years with the Victorian Bushrangers, Wades’ ferocious batting style and keeping abilities have made him one of the best keeper/batters in recent memory.
A memorable 2018/19 Sheffield Shield campaign saw Wade amass over 1000 runs at an average of 60, Including two centuries and a high score of 127. Though international commitments have at times limited his availability, Wade can turn any game whenever he wears the Tasmanian badge and averaged 57 in his four appearances last season.
A Hobart local with strong family ties to local Tasmanian cricket, Wades’ return to the apple isle has been fantastic for cricket in the state. A recent world cup winner and with 36 test appearances for Australia, his wisdom and experience at international level can only serve the Tigers well in future endeavors.
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Are overnight mutual fund schemes a good choice for ultra conservative investors?
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At the time I grabbed a quick photo on my cell phone and uploaded it to facebook. I made a mental note and over the next few months I thought about how to capture it in a compelling photo. My idea was to get out there at sunrise or sunset, and hopefully everything would line up for something good.
Fast forward to May and a lazy Saturday with the kids. The day had been overcast since dawn, not very conducive to my style of shooting, but still I had the urge to get out and shoot. As evening started to approach there were some small breaks in the clouds; an opportunity I could not resist. Using my 20mm 2.8 I bracketed my shots with the anticipation of creating HDR images.
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Boldly flavored turkey meatballs cook up perfectly juicy and tender nestled in a skillet of creamy coconut rice in this quick and easy one-pan meal. We packed the meatballs with cilantro, scallions, and ginger for fresh brightness and added...


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This story was originally published on June 29. We have updated it to reflect Dylan Crews being drafted No. 2 overall by the Nationals.
The little girl did not speak. Did not say “Mommy” or “Daddy” or “I love you.”
Aubrey White was 7 years old and born with non-verbal autism. Her parents, Crystal and Robbie, had consulted with many experts who could offer no assurances that they would ever hear her sweet voice.
So imagine their shock when, one day in 2021, Aubrey looked at a player on the TV screen during a Louisiana State baseball broadcast and opened her mouth.
“Dylan Crews!” Aubrey said. “Dylan Crews!”
As LSU alums living in the Baton Rouge, La., area, Robbie, who pitched for LSU Eunice, and Crystal had a vested interest in what looked to be a loaded LSU baseball team. But they had no idea that a highly touted freshman outfielder named Dylan Crews would suddenly unlock something inside their daughter.
Sitting nearby on the couch, they silently turned their heads and met eyes.
“We looked at each other,” said Robbie, “like we had seen a ghost.”
Not wanting to disrupt this baseball-aided breakthrough in their child’s development, Crystal slyly retrieved her cell phone and recorded video of the magic moment. Later, she posted it privately to her friends on social media. Somehow, the video made its way to Crews himself, and thus begins a heartwarming story of friendship, generosity and hope.
Now that he’s been selected by the Nationals with the No. 2 pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, you’re going to know the name Dylan Crews. You’re going to hear about the athleticism, quick stroke and power he used to propel the Tigers to a national championship. You’re going to see him prominently displayed on prospect lists, his every move up the ladder tracked closely.
But Crystal and Robbie White want you to know there’s so much more to this player than what you’ll see on the field.
“If you took everything baseball away with Dylan,” said Robbie, “he’s still a remarkable human being.”
Maybe Aubrey somehow had an inkling of that the day she surprisingly said Crews’ name. Because ever since, the two have had a close bond that has inspired Crews to make an impact on the lives of other children with special needs.
“She’s a special girl,” Crews says of Aubrey. “When I’m going through [struggles], I think of her and the other kids I support. It reminds me that things aren’t so bad. They truly impact not only my career but my life.”
Crystal did not intend for her video of Aubrey to be seen outside of her circle of friends and family and still prefers not to show it publicly. But once Crews saw it, he instructed his parents, Kim and George, to find the White family and invite them to an LSU home game at Alex Box Stadium.
“Not only that,” says Crystal, “but he asked her to come to batting practice before the game so that she could come in before the crowd comes in. She had never been to Alex Box, so we didn’t know how this was going to go down. We didn’t know if it was going to be too much for her.”
The thoughtful early invite allowed Aubrey to get settled in her seat and adjusted to her setting.
She wound up having a terrific time at her first ballgame.
“Then, as a parent,” says Crystal, “you start looking up more things about Dylan Crews. Who is this guy? Does he have family members with disabilities? How is he so kind as an 18-year-old to know how to get to her level? It turns out, it’s just natural to him. Just like baseball. Aubrey picked a great one.”
The day they met, Aubrey gave Crews some bracelets, which he began wearing every day to honor his new pal. And the friendship only grew from there.
When Aubrey turned 8 that June, she had a Dylan Crews-themed birthday party. Because of his baseball schedule, Crews himself could not make it. But he made sure to FaceTime the little girl while he was getting off the bus at the Super Regional in Tennessee.
Aubrey became a big baseball fan that day she met Crews. She wound up participating in the sport herself, in an all-abilities, adaptive baseball league called Team of Dreams in Gonzales, La. The field is about a 30-mile drive from the LSU campus. When her games lined up with LSU off days, Crews would show up.
“That’s just Dylan,” Crystal says. “He’ll just come support her. There’s nobody who knows he’s coming, he’s not out there with media. He’s just there, sitting there watching.”
Says Crews: “I love going out and seeing all the kids play. It’s just a great feeling, seeing her laughing and running around the bases.”
Had the story ended there, with the up-and-coming professional prospect and the young child with a developmental disability forming an unlikely but unmistakable friendship, it would be plenty heartwarming.
But Crews and his family didn’t let it end there.
When Aubrey had a great experience at her first game, Dylan, and his parents George and Kim Crews decided to purchase four season tickets for LSU home games to donate to children with disabilities. The friendship they formed with the Whites became a partnership, with Crystal as the point person finding takers for the tickets within a tight-knit, state-wide community of special needs families.
The program bears no official name, but it remained in effect for the remainder of Crews’ time at LSU and is going to continue even as he embarks upon his pro career.
“It’s hard for me to talk about it and not get choked up,” George Crews says. “All these families have told us it’s about inclusion. They never would have even thought about going to a baseball game because of the difficulties that arise when you have a special needs child. But to see these kids’ faces light up when they see all the people there and cheering, man, it’s such a wonderful, wonderful thing.”
Crystal said the families contacted about the tickets typically have the same reaction she did when Crews first invited Aubrey to a game.
“They worry, ‘I don’t know how it’s going to go, I don’t know if my kid can go,’” she says. “But we tell them, ‘You know what? You’re invited, and it doesn’t matter if you stay or leave. You can try.’ That’s what Dylan has taught all of us as parents is to try, because you’re going to be surprised. And 100 percent of the time, every kid has had a blast and stayed. It eases the families’ mind to know you’re invited, you’re wanted to be there by Dylan.”
After the games, Crews met with kids with many different kinds of disabilities, be it autism, cerebral palsy, or spina bifida.
“He’s so patient and so naturally aware,” Crystal says. “Dylan just has this natural way of adapting to every single kid he meets and gives them all his attention, whether they won or lost the game.”
When Crews played his final LSU home game this spring, the community of newfound baseball fans his generosity created came together to salute him. Crystal and Robbie organized a huge tailgate before the game for many of the families -- around 100 people in all -- who had received tickets over the years, with some driving up to four hours from their homes in northwest Louisiana to be there.
“It was pretty emotional,” Robbie says. “His last at-bat, we were in the grandstand watching, and he ripped a three-run double. It was just him out there at second base, and that was almost more fitting than a home run, because all eyes were on him at second base, and he was able to kind of soak it in and everybody was able to appreciate him for what he’s done.”
In addition to continuing the ticket program at LSU, Crews has designs on eventually expanding it in his pro career.
“Hopefully I’ll start my own foundation one day and keep this thing rolling and make it grow,” he says. “I hope to do that in the future. And I know Aubrey and her family are going to help me out.”
Aubrey is 10 years old now. She loves swimming, dancing and, of course, attending LSU games. She is still unable to vocalize her thoughts and feelings. She uses spelling to communicate.
But when Aubrey shockingly said her first words a couple years back, she created a lasting connection and sparked an idea that has positively impacted many families and will continue to impact many more.
“There was no saying ‘mama’ or ‘dada,’” says Crystal. “It was, ‘Dylan Crews.’ If we have to share that honor with someone, we’re so thankful it’s Dylan. We are not jealous; we are so proud. This is who she chose to be her friend, and she picked the right person.”


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Penicillium marneffei actin expression during phase transition, oxidative stress, and macrophage infection
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Penicillium marneffei is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that exhibits thermally regulated dimorphism. At 25°C, this fungus grows vegetatively as mycelia, but at 37°C or upon invasion of a host, a fission yeast form is established. Yet, despite increased numbers of molecular studies involving this fungus, the role of P. marneffei stress response-related proteins is not well characterized. Actin is one of the proteins that have been proposed to play a role not only in cell transition, but also in thermo-adaptation. Here, we report the isolation and characterization of the actin encoding gene, actA, from P. marneffei. Examination of the deduced amino acid sequence of the ActA protein revealed that it is closely related to Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus clavatus. Northern blot analysis of actin expression during the mycelium to yeast phase transition of P. marneffei showed that the actA transcripts were initially upregulated soon after shifting the incubation temperature from 25°C to 37°C, but subsequently decreased slightly and did not change during further growth or under stress conditions. When cultures were started with conidia, upregulation of actA gene was found to correlate with germ tube production at either 25°C or 37°C. However, the relative expression level of actA transcripts again showed no significant differences in different cell types (conidia, mycelium, and yeast cells) or during macrophage infection. These results suggest that actin may play an important role in the early stages of cellular development, but not in environmental stress responses.
KeywordsPenicillium marneffei Dimorphic fungus Actin Stress response Macrophage infection
This work was supported by a Royal Golden Jubilee PhD research assistant fellowship to AK from the Thailand Research Fund, the “National Research University” Project of the Thai Ministry of Education, and the Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University. Additional support was provided by the University Research Council and the Office of Student Affairs at Youngstown State University. We thank Ms. Karen Stangl for critically reviewing the manuscript.
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The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.
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Just in case you have been wondering, though, Friday marked the one-year anniversary of the disgraced Democrat’s incarceration. Blagojevich’s family says that he has been whiling away his time in the hoosegow by teaching history to other inmates, reports the International Business Times.
“He teaches a class on the Civil War,” Blagojevich’s wife, Patti, told the world on her Facebook page on Friday.
“He is surviving — trying to make the best of an untenable situation,” she also wrote.
Patti Blagojevich explained that her husband’s absence has been especially hard on the couple’s two daughters. Birthdays, music recitals, driving tests and even mundane moments can be trying.
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Patti Blagojevich added that Blagojevich’s nuclear family has visited him “many times” over the past year.
The former governor’s home away from home while he serves his 14-year sentence is the Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood, a low-security federal prison for male inmates located some 15 miles southwest of Denver.
Provided that he doesn’t win an appeal currently in the works, Blagojevich must serve at least 85 percent of his term. That works out to almost 12 years.
In addition to his newfound role as a pokey professor, Prisoner No. 40892-424 stays in shape by running extensively on the quarter-mile track inside the prison walls.
As so many prisoners seem to do, Blagojevich has also picked up the guitar, according to his wife.
Other notable prisoners at FCI Englewood include Enron’s former president Jeffrey Skilling and Orange County, California’s former sheriff Mike Carona. Skilling is serving a 24-year sentence related to securities fraud and insider trading. Carona is serving a 66-month sentence for witness tampering.
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Fig 1: The Badja Project area overlain on aeromagnetics (TMI)
The Badja Project, previously known as The Gnows Nest Project is located 32km southeast of the township of Yalgoo and covers a total area of ~870 ha. The Project tenement holding comprises a central granted Mining Lease (M59/739) of 7.3 ha, a surrounding Mining Lease application (M59/763) of 279.3 ha and granted Exploration Licence (E59/1735) of 590.3 ha (Figure 1). Additional prospector licenses were acquired by EMU in 2021 extending the lease boundaries along strike to the northwest.
EMU has drilled in excess of 28kms of reverse circulation and aircore drilling since September 2020. A comprehensive soil survey has been conducted along with a gradient array geophysics survey. Drilling has returned significant high grade gold quartz vein hosted intercepts with the historic Gnows Nest, Monte Cristo, Water tank Hill and flying Emu prospects all remaining open to depth and along strike. High grade tungsten has reported from the Monte Cristo prospect which EMU is following up with multi element assay analysis. Only 3 holes have so far been tested which have reported significant economic high grades however, the presence of broad scheelite zones extending all the way along strike to Flying Emu (indicating strong fluorescence under black light (UV) testing) suggests the tungsten halo could be significant. EMU will report to the market during 2023.
The Project tenements overlay a complex structural flexure within the Archean Yalgoo-Singleton greenstone belt, which is bound by the Badja and Walgardy intrusive granitoid batholiths of the Youanmi Terrane (Figure 3). The greenstone stratigraphy in the Gnows Nest area comprise mafic and ultramafic intrusive volcanics with intercalations of banded iron formations, banded cherts and an argillaceous sedimentary sequence. The greenstones have a general NNW trend but are flexed northward in the Gnows Nest mine. The rock sequences generally dip steeply to the west.
At Gnows Nest, historical gold workings occur over a 380m strike length, hosted within a 345o trending shear zone, dipping 57o west and averaging ~10m in width, characterised by talc-chlorite schists hosting individual mineralised quartz veins varying between 0.5m to greater than 5m, but typically ranging to 2m. The shear zone is interpreted as a dextral strike-slip fault separating gabbro to the west from metasediments, Banded Iron Formations and cherts to the east.
Historical gold production from Gnows Nest was mostly via the main shaft system (Figure 3), however significant production shafts were sunk 100m (Shaft B) and 120m (Shaft A) to the north and 150m (Shaft C) and 210m (Shaft D) to the south.
Underground mining extended to 5 levels (~135m deep) exploiting a central, steep-plunging ore shoot over a strike length of 80m in the main shaft area. More recent surface alluvial/colluvial mining was carried out in the northern and southern areas of M59/739.
Mines Department (DMIRS) records indicate that between 1923-1941, 39,746t of ore was treated with 868.566 kg (~27,925oz) gold produced at a recovered grade of 21.85g/t Au.
Historic RAB, AC, RC and DD drilling totals over 11,000m mainly within M59/739. Recent, (2018-2019) close-spaced resource definition RC drilling by Coruscant at the Gnows Nest mine returned the following significant intercepts:
- 18GNRC001: 5m @ 5.04g/t Au from 29m incl 2m @ 9.94g/t Au
- 18GNRC002: 6m @ 9.52g/t Au from 40m incl 4m @ 13.2g/t Au
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- 18GNRC035: 5m @ 4.06g/t Au from 23m incl 1m @ 10.67 g/t Au
- 18GNRC026: 4m @ 5.51g/t Au from 44m
- 19GNRC091: 4m @ 4.01g/t Au from 2m incl 2m @7.80g/t Au
- 19GNRC120: 8m @ 7.01g/t Au from 42m incl 4m @ 13.62g/t Au
- 19GNRC071: 5m @9.69g/t Au from 48m incl 1m @ 34.29g/t Au
Further drilling completed by EMU at Gnows Nest, Monte Cristo, Watertank Hill and Flying Emu prospects has returned the following gold assay results:
Gnows Nest Mine Area
- 4m at 20.40g/t gold from 51m including;
- 1m at 57.41g/t gold from 52m and
- 1m at 16.86g/t gold from 54m
- 4m at 18.32g/t gold from 95m including;
- 1m at 17.53g/t gold from 95m; and
- 1m at 51.66g/t gold from 96m
- 3m at 42.18g/t gold from 77m including;
- 1m at 89.57g/t gold from 78m; and
- 1m at 32.64g/t gold from 79m
- 2m at 26.88g/t gold from 60m including:
- 1m at 53.05g/t gold from 60m
- 6m at 6.42g/t gold from 116m including;
- 1m at 30.19g/t gold from 118m; and
- 1m at 47.12g/t gold from 63m
- 7m at 10.12g/t gold from 131m including**;
- 1m at 40.38g/t gold from 131m and
- 2m at 12.62g/t gold from 121m including;
- 1m at 18.57g/t gold from 121m and
- 2m at 11.43g/t gold from 208m including;
- 1m at 17.53g/t gold from 208m; and
- 1m at 6.83g/t gold from 144m; and
- 1m at 5.11g/t gold from 53m
Monte Cristo Prospect
- 4m at 9.74g/t gold from 32m (composite sample);
- 4m at 3.02g/t gold from 100m (composite sample);
- 7m at 2.18g/t gold from 173m including;
- 1m at 4.09g/t gold from 173m, and
- 1m at 2.30g/t gold from 175m
- 3m at 2.73g/t gold from 124m including;
- 1m at 3.86g/t gold from 124m, and
- 1m at 4.09g/t gold from 125m;
- 3m at 2.51g/t gold from 126m including;
- 1m at 4.28g/t gold from 126m.
- 3m at 13.35g/t gold from 67m including;
- 1m at 19.90g/t gold from 68m
- 6m at 6.51g/t gold from 120m including;
- 1m at 22.77g/t gold from 121m
- 4m at 3.29g/t gold from 120m including;
- 1m at 5.97g/t gold from 121m
Water Tank Hill Prospect
2m at 9.94g/t gold from 51m including;
- 1m at 19.35g/t gold from 51m
- 2m at 3.77g/t gold from 51m including;
- 1m at 6.01g/t gold from 52m
- 6m at 1.12/t gold from 29m including;
- 1m at 2.30g/t gold from 32m.
The maiden drill programme at Flying Emu Prospect returned the following gold intercepts**
- 9m at 3.44g/t gold from 39m including;
- 2m at 10.14g/t gold from 39m
Significant high grade tungsten values which are associated with gold mineralisation at the Monte Cristo prospect include;***
- 12m at 0.12% WO3from 58m (21MC001) including;
- 1m at 0.64% WO3from 59m
- 6m at 0.18% WO3from 58m (21MC002) including;
- 1m at 0.44% WO3from 59m
- 4m at 0.14% WO3from 28m (21MC003): composite sample
EMU’s priorities Iinclude the advancement of the Gnows Nest Mineral Resource as a near-term production opportunity via a simple shallow open cut gold operation for possible toll treatment.
The Project, which encapsulates a historic gold mining field, will also be the subject of ongoing exploration to grow the resource base. The potential for further high-grade gold discoveries associated with other dilational zones within tenement package is considered high and this has been demonstrated with EMU’s discoveries at Monte Cristo, Water tank Hill and Flying Emu.
Drilling has highlighted the strike and depth potential of the Gnows Nest shear zone outside of the historically mined area with numerous high-grade intercepts reported within the 400m long resource envelope.
The Gnows Nest shear zone has been traced further south into Mining Lease application M59/763 with only wide-spaced drilling completed.
The geological setting of the Project is also considered favourable for VMS base metal mineralisation, being located along the same greenstone belt that hosts the world-class Golden Grove copper-zinc mine and near several VMS discoveries announced by Venture Minerals Limited (ASX: VMS).
EMU’s initial exploration program completed IP and gradient array geophysical surveys centred on Gnows Nest to trace the mineralised shear along strike and explore for structural repeats. EMU has also completed more than 28,000m of RC and AC drilling at Gnows Nest, Monte Cristo, Water tank Hill and Flying Emu.
High grade tungsten has been recorded from the only 3 holes tested for tungsten at Monte Cristo. Abundant fluorescence from UV light testing indicates the tungsten halo maybe far more significant and EMU is awaiting assays to confirm this development.
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By Jillian Ogawa
SALT LAKE CITY – When the Delta Center is covered with dirt and sprinkled with the smell of hay and manure, you know it”s rodeo season in Utah.
Dubbed as the original extreme sport, the rodeo has a modern flair with a rich past.
“Rodeos go with the pioneer heritage with Utah,” said Kelly Christensen, co-chair of the Days of 47 Rodeo. “Utah was a cowboy country at first, and there is a lot of land here that cowboys operate.”
The word “rodeo” comes from the Spanish word, rodear, meaning “to surround.” When the West was Spanish territory, the cowboys, or vaqueros, used their horsemanship and herding skills to manage the open rangelands. American cowboys soon adopted the same way of life, but it was short-lived because cattle drivers were soon replaced by railroad conductors.
But there were always informal competitions among cowboys to determine who was the best at roping a cow or riding the bull. These competitions began to develop-more money was waged, the events had more organization, and soon the rodeo became what we know it as today, an event drawing the same kind of “awes” heard when witnessing a motorcycle stunt.
“Rodeo itself isn”t really a sport, but a way of life,” said Dave Burnett, co-chair of the Days of 47 Rodeo. “Most of the events you”ll see out in the arena are actual working events that still happen on cattle ranches today.”
This week, Utah is hit hard with three rodeos along the Wastach front: The Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo, Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Rodeo, and the Days of 47 Rodeo.
The Days of 47 Rodeo is considered the biggest because of its central location, and the large prize money, said Burnett.
Although there are rodeo participants who do it as a hobby, there are others who compete year round. Burnett noted at least one cowboy who competed in the Days of 47 Extreme Bulls competition on Thursday and will hit four other rodeos before he comes back to Salt Lake City on Tuesday night, July 22.
“It”s all about the dollar, every dollar is a point, every point counts toward the national finals; more bang for your buck if you will,” Burnett said.
The Professional Rodeo Cowboys” Association, or PRCA, sanctions most of the rodeos in Utah. This year, they will sanction 24 rodeos in Utah, with prize money amounting to around $500,000. Last year, the combined prize money was around $14,000, said Ann Bleiker, senior public relations coordinator at PRCA.
Each day different cowboys compete in the individual and overall events in the Days of 47 Rodeo. The seven competitions are the all-around title, bareback riding, calf robbing, steer wrestling, barrel racing, saddle bronc riding, team roping, and bull riding. The judging criterion is different for every event, but all are timed events. Perhaps the most famous event the rodeo is known for is bull riding.
The bull riding participant has to stay on the bull for eight seconds before being qualified. If one rides the full eight seconds, the participant receives a score on how the animal reacted, how they did on the animal, and if they followed proper style, meaning the cowboy has to have one arm up and back arched, said Kelly Christensen, a co-chair from the Days of 47 Rodeo.
“It”s the most dangerous, and obviously the hardest to do, and the highest paying as in the reward money and prizes,” Christensen said, noting the bull-riding prize money is around $50,000.
Lisa Bryant, a resident from Dallas, said she”s been going to rodeos for about 10 to 15 years.
“It”s something new every day even with the same people,” Bryant said. “Each night is a new match-up with a cowboy and a bull.”
The Days of 47 Rodeo, the Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo and the Fiesta Days Rodeo in Spanish fork continue through July 24.


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As the car slowed down I was aware of a small brown head moving in the ivy of the nearby hedge. A pair of bright eyes stared at me for a second, then the female blackbird continued feeding on the berries, her body completely hidden by the leaves.
Two large untidy buzzard nests are being refurbished in the beeches above the Hampshire village. A red kite is also building or repairing a nest, resting for a brief moment on a fence with a beakful of large twigs.
The ivy grew thickly in another roadside hedge, and was seething with blackbirds, mainly females, as they fed on the berries.
Large flocks of sheep were clustered together in the middle of fields, either nibbling the greens or unearthing the roots of the winter crops. A solitary grey figure stood in the centre of a sodden pasture, a heron waiting for the frog bonanza brought out by the rain. Round the edge of the nearby fields deer slots in the muddy tracks showed that large numbers had been out grazing as soon as the rain let up.
The wind and rain have scattered leaves and twigs over the surface of my backgarden pond. But a heaving of water beneath them revealed a flash of bloated speckled frog belly as a female swam down into deeper water, a smaller male on her back gripping her firmly round the body.
Fallen tree branches are often twisted and weathered into animal shapes. This one lay across the grassy edge of a ploughed field, and looked just like a sitting deer, head up, ears pricked, watching me pass. I know this route well, and suddenly realized there was no fallen branch there. This was actually a deer sitting quite calmly watching me pass by only a few yards away.
Flocks of birds were busy in fields lining the road to Devon. The heavy rain must have brought out slugs and snails, and exposed lots of grubs, and the birds were on a feeding bonanza.
Their species changed as we travelled west. First it was flocks of wood pigeons that were busy among the green crop shoots. Then it was pheasants. And last of all it was crows.
There have been sturdy lambs around in the Devon fields for some time. But today I saw lots of newly born ones. A pair came shakily towards me as I stood at a field gate, their bodies fragile, their legs unsteady and their great, slightly unfocussed, eyes staring with amazed interest at the world around them.
In the Dartmoor woodland shrunken and still, ants’ nests have suddenly come back to life. The warmer weather and sunlight has brought masses of newly emerged ants out of the depths of their pine needle coated earthen mounds. They mainly cluster close together at the top, but a few more determined individuals move sluggishly over the surface, choosing and bringing back new pieces of building material to start the spring rebuilding.
The far west of Cornwall is heralded by broad yellow stripes in the fields as we turn down towards The Lizard peninsula, and there are patchwork squares of the same bright yellow in the distance. The daffodils have come out in full force, and have been early this year, so outside village shops and farm gates there are buckets with cut bunches of several varieties for sale.
Cauliflowers have done well too, so there are fields and fields of white globes in neat lines nestling in greenery, like a huge infant’s rows of marbles. These come for sale in small, medium, large and giant sizes.
As the tide goes out from the Cornish cove in the early morning there are regular visitors. Three little egrets stand close together on a rocky promontory, just above the sea, while on the far side of the bay a fourth solitary little egret wades through the shallow water. The latter’s approach is favoured by the visiting heron, who stalks slowly through the water’s edge, just below the rocky beach. The only sound track, apart from the gentle shushing of the waves, comes from a skirling flight of oystercatchers flying low above the tide line and over the promontory to the stony beach beyond.
There are still elms in the Cornish woodland, slender saplings reaching up to the sky. But sadly these are suckers, so they only grow to a certain height and age before succumbing to disease.
The sun sparkled from a clear sky over the Cornish beach. Seagulls were moving white curves against the blue of sea and sky. Sanderlings ran busily along the edge of the waves creeping up the sand. Lark song throbbed over the dunes beyond the beach, the notes falling from the sky without a sight of the birds.
A line of rocks protrudes like a broken barrier at one end of miles of sandy Cornish beach. Exposed by the retreating tide, the rocks reveal the different sea life that they host. One is thickly covered with mussels, another by thick masses of seaweed, some of its tendrils splayed decoratively over the sand. And one rock bucks the trend for almost exclusive colonies on each weathered hunk of granite by providing a home for both mussels and seaweed, although with a distinct parting line between the two species.
The ilex oaks in the avenue create a tunnel of sheltered darkness. Beyond their trunks, the field is brightly lit by moonlight, and primroses glow with a soft radiance on the outer banks of the avenue. Tawny owls call from a distant woodland, and close by a fox screams.
A man cycled slowly down the green lane, a bucket with a collection of paraphernalia balanced over his handlebars. He was off to the mud flats of the Helford river, to collect winkles while the tide was out – and expected to gather forty kilos. He’d leave them in sacks to be collected later by boat when the tide came in again.
When I first saw a little egret in Cornwall it was a rare and exciting sight on the mud flats of the Helford river. Now I spot them in small groups in almost every part of the Helford that I visit.
A fluttering in the cottage lamp caught my attention, and there was a long-tailed tit trapped behind the glass, trying frantically to batter its way out. My companion eventually managed to use a stick to open the catch and release it. How it got in we couldn’t imagine.
Daffodils are persistent plants, and continue to grow sporadically in Cornish fields where they were once planted as a spring crop. It’s still possible to trace the rows that were once there, from the flowers that still bloom brightly in small clumps along the original lines.
The Cornish cottage garden rises steeply outside the bedroom window. The opening of the bedroom curtains in the mornings briefly startled a large rabbit, who was happily grazing only a couple of feet away.
The river Bovey tumbled and rolled over large rocks as it made its way below the wooded Dartmoor slopes. A small round bird undulated its way through the air above the water, a dipper making its way down the river’s course to another perch. The only other movement apart from the water was also from a bird, a grey wagtail that dipped over the pools to perch briefly on a rock in mid river.
A fishing boat off Dartmouth came to an unexpected halt when a humpback whale became entangled in its nets. The fishermen managed to cut the nets, releasing the boat, and divers came out to free the whale from any remaining rope.
The whale has been sighted in the area for about three weeks, presumably having come off its usual course between its wintering grounds north of the Orkneys and its summer breeding grounds in the Caribbean.
Thunder and lightning raged over the Dartmoor cottage during the night, hailstones battered the windows. The next morning the brook water was brown, roiling rapidly over the rocks on its bed, almost hiding them from sight.
The first of the local Dartmoor lambs had just been born when I want out with the dog on Monday. I watched it stagger to its feet, and stand wobbling in the open field, dazed by all the space and light. By this morning, the fields around the cottage were hosting several lambs, often twins, and their mothers, and the air was full of their bleating.
Beekeepers always look slightly like displaced spacemen to me. This one was no different, a strange figure all in white and helmeted, half glimpsed through the trees as he, or she, checked the cluster of hives in the parkland by the river Bovey.
The Dartmoor woodland may host oil beetles with their iridescent carapaces. These beetles are parasitic on solitary bees, with the beetle larvae lurking on flowers to hitch a bee lift back to the bee’s nest where they then feed on the bee eggs and nectar and pollen stores until they become adult beetles.
The wind was getting stronger in the Hampshire woodland, ratchetting up the sound until our footsteps were unheard. A young fallow hind startled out of the bushes, only a yard ahead of us, her white tail bobbing as she darted away. Her movement startled a buzzard into silent flight just above our heads.
Further ahead I could see dark shapes moving slowly through the silvery grey beech trunks, and paused to watch five more deer pass through the copse. They were quite undisturbed by us, and took their time, silent in the oncoming storm.
My back-garden pond has sprouted two lots of frogspawn, which are almost disguised by the litter of leaves and twigs blown down by the wind.
The slope of beech and oak trees in the Hampshire woodland has seen new badger activity. Close to the field path, a fallen tree partially screens a newly excavated hole with a smooth slide into and out of it that indicates frequent use. Higher up are more extensive excavations, betrayed by the large heap of shining white chalk that has been piled up outside the entrances.
A crow flew steadily over the trees towards the rookery, a large round object gripped firmly in its beak. Presumably a large nut, or a piece of bark for nesting.
Closer to, a red kite circled low, a couple of twigs in its beak, as it considered us. It almost felt as if we, and particularly the dog, were being sized up.
A male pheasant, iridescent in gold, foraged among the gleaming yellow celandines, pecking off the flower heads.
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On 4 November 2015, Multisource completed its acquisition of WBS – the parent company of iBurst and Broadlink – following approval from the Competition Commission and Icasa.
Duncan Simpson-Craib has been appointed as Group CEO, while Phumlani Moholi will head up the company’s network.
Multisource said it is planning to “develop the existing businesses and network to leverage the valuable spectrum licence that WBS holds”.
Simpson-Craib told MyBroadband they plan to spend the coming months testing a small LTE network, and defining a strategy going forward.
The network will make use of the company’s 1,800MHz spectrum, which is suitable for LTE networks.
Simpson-Craib said it would be ideal to move the current iBurst subscribers to an LTE network. However, it is not a certainty at this stage.
He said a full pricing review will happen before any decisions are made regarding the existing iBurst customers. “We will obviously try and look after the existing customer base,” said Simpson-Craib.
Broadlink, which is a profitable part of the WBS stable, will continue to be run by Mike Brown.
“Current Broadlink services will remain, but we will be doing full business reviews for all group companies which will hopefully lead to new and exciting offerings,” said Simpson-Craib.
iBurst also has 2,600MHz spectrum, but there are currently no plans to make use of this asset.
Simpson-Craib said they are not talking to any mobile operators regarding a spectrum sharing deal. “Regulations do not allow for spectrum sharing.”


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After having earlier in the month’s attempts at signing Enzo Fernandez from Benfica denied, Chelsea is prepared to reopen negotiations.
The club’s desire to resume negotiations has revived the potential of a January transfer for the 21-year-old midfielder, who is one of the club’s top objectives.
Argentina’s World Cup-winning playmaker is a target for Chelsea, but there are Financial Fair Play (FFP) issues with meeting his £105 million buyout clause.
The Blues have already spent £420 million on moves this season alone, but they have dispersed the costs over historically long contracts, sometimes going as long as eight and a half years.
However, in Fernandez’s situation, Chelsea would have to pay the money up front if the clause is fully satisfied, which might cause problems.
Chelsea has engaged in frustrating negotiations with the Portuguese powerhouses, trying to lower the price, use exchange agreements or postponed payments.
Roger Schmidt, the manager of Benfica, declared the negotiations “closed” on January 9 and accused the Blues of driving their star player “crazy” by forcing him to skip two training sessions.
Despite the fact that Chelsea has already made 15 new signings for this season, Graham Potter is still eager to add a senior midfielder to his side. Another top target is Moises Caicedo of Brighton, but the Blues’ most recent £55 million offer was turned down last week.
They might decide to borrow a midfielder in January and wait until the summer transfer window to reopen negotiations for Fernandez or Caicedo. In the attack, Chelsea has already chosen to follow suit, loaning Joao Felix from Atletico Madrid and bringing in Christopher Nkunku from RB Leipzig in the summer.
Malo Gusto, a 19-year-old defender for Lyon, is preferred by Chelsea above Inter Milan’s Denzel Dumfries, who was previously a target for them in their search for a right-back.
The adjustment was made to allow younger players to stretch out the expense of the deal over a longer period and to require them to comply with squad registration regulations. Chelsea might make a sizable offer to force the French club to sell, even though they are currently unwilling to do so.


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If your cat got sprayed by a skunk, there's no mistaking that horrible odor. Fortunately, there are some things you can do to get rid of the smell. Cat expert Wendy Nan Rees offers practical advice to clean up your cat and your home.
Tomato Juice May Not Work for Skunk-Sprayed Pets
You may say, "I have an indoor cat, so why should I worry about my cat getting sprayed by a skunk?"
You never know what can happen and it only takes a few minutes of outdoor activity for your pet to be skunked. Your cat could walk off the porch, startle a skunk, and immediately get sprayed. The immediate thought after a cat is sprayed by a skunk is often, "Help, what do I do, use tomato juice?"
Yes, you can try tomato juice, but this will not work. Contrary to popular belief, tomato juice doesn't work on most pets. Nevertheless, people still try it and some swear by it. Here are a few other tips to try if your cat should get sprayed by a skunk.
Remove Skunk Smell From Your Cat
Before you use the following tips to clean your cat, review these bathing tips:
- Put cotton balls in your pet's ears to protect the inner-ear tissue from the cleaning mixture, which could easily drip in.
- Apply a drop of olive or baby oil to their eyes to prevent irritation.
- Make sure to use rubber gloves to protect your hands during the bathing process. Start with your pet's head, taking care not to get the solution into their eyes, ears or mouth.
- Rub the cleaning mixture evenly into your pet's coat. It will probably be more pleasant to do this outdoors, weather permitting.
- Rinse the coat well with clean water.
The above steps can be repeated if the smell persists.
To get rid of that awful odor:
- Mix one quart of 3-percent hydrogen peroxide with 1/4 cup of baking soda and one teaspoon of mild dishwashing detergent (make sure it doesn't contain bleach or ammonia).
- Rub this mixture into your cat's coat. Don't allow any to drip into your pet's ears or eyes.
- Next, bathe with a mild pet shampoo and rinse well.
White vinegar or hydrogen peroxide counteracts the natural oil in skunk spray. You need to clean with something stronger than water -- something that can remove oil instead of just spreading it around. Try this popular and highly recommended mixture:
- 1 liter (or quart) white vinegar, or 3 percent hydrogen peroxide (be aware: peroxide may cause bleaching)
- 1/4 cup baking soda
- 1 teaspoon dish detergent (also a de-greaser)
Remove the Smell From Your Home
Use commercial sprays designed to deodorize and neutralize any smells your cat may leave behind on your furniture. Household cleaning sprays and products, such as Febreeze, Simple Green, or an organic product called Cedar Green Mist (TM), can be effective against skunk smell on fabrics and furniture. "Skunk Off" is a spray designed specifically for treating skunk-sprayed pets. Bleach can remove that skunk smell from outdoor structures. Use a mixture of 10 percent bleach and 90 percent water (or detergent and water), to clean sprayed areas (such as a porch) that aren't in danger of staining from the bleach.
Get a 4-cup (or larger) microwave-safe bowl and pour 1 cup of vinegar inside. Add several cloves and a bit of cinnamon. Put this mix into the microwave for a minute or two. Use caution: This mixture will be extremely hot, so let it sit in the microwave for 15 minutes to cool before you remove it. Now, set the bowl where you need to eliminate the bad smell. This will also help deodorize your microwave.
Wash all sprayed clothes and fabrics as soon as possible. The faster you get those smelly things in the wash, the better the chance that the skunk odor will actually wash off. Using your regular laundry detergent is fine, although treating the fabrics with an additional cleaner beforehand may help, as well.
Here are a few things you might want to keep on hand. You just never know when you may need them. It's better to be safe than sorry.
- Cotton swabs
- Baking soda
- Liquid dish soap (many animal rescuers use Dawn)
- Rubber gloves
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Garden hose and spray attachment
- Dog grooming sprays
- Shampoos and conditioners
- Commercially prepared skunk odor removers
Many groomers use Massengill powder douche as a pre-bath rinse. Make sure to check with your veterinarian if you have any questions.
Preventing Your Cat From Being Sprayed
Skunks, like many other pests, are attracted to available food, such as pet food or scraps in the garbage. They are also attracted to possible nesting places such as sheds, wood piles, or crawl spaces around the house and yard. So, keep your garbage tightly closed, and keep your home and yard clean and sealed against unwanted furry visitors.
It is also important to remember that skunks are nocturnal animals, so it is likely that your dog or cat will be sprayed at the most inopportune time, such as on a chilly spring evening just as you are about to go to bed. These late night encounters mean that your local pet store that carries skunk odor removal products will probably be closed.
The best way to help prevent your pet from being sprayed is to use a leash and harness when you are in the woods or the country. Skunks can carry rabies, so make sure your pet's vaccinations are current before you visit areas frequented by skunks.
Wash Your Pet As Soon as Possible
The sooner you wash your pet, the easier it will be to remove the musk. Take care not to get any of the bathwater into your pet's eyes or ears because it can really burn. A small amount of Vaseline applied to the eyebrows is effective for protecting the eyes. If you must pick up your animal to wash them in the sink or bathtub, use a towel to avoid getting skunked yourself. Don't let your pet touch anything inside of your house unless you want it to smell like skunk. If it happens, though, here are some tips for getting skunk smells out of the house.

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|This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows collapse pits and troughs on the lower northeast flank of the giant martian volcano, Ascraeus Mons. Layers of volcanic rock are evident in some of the pit and valley walls, and boulders the size of houses and trucks that were liberated from these walls by gravity can be seen on the floors of the depressions.|
|Location near: 13.6°N, 102.6°W|
|Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)|
|Illumination from: lower left|
|Season: Northern Autumn|
Malin Space Science Systems and the California Institute of Technology built the MOC using spare hardware from the Mars Observer mission. MSSS operates the camera from its facilities in San Diego, California. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars Surveyor Operations Project operates the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft with its industrial partner, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, from facilities in Pasadena, California and Denver, Colorado.


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