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How do you make nitrogen for plants?
Here are some options to try if you need to add nitrogen to the soil in your garden beds.
- Add Composted Manure.
- Use a Green Manure Crop.
- Plant Nitrogen-Fixing Plants.
- Mix Coffee Grounds in the Soil.
- Use Fish Emulsion.
- Spread Grass Clippings As Mulch.
- Use an Actual Plant Fertilizer.
How do you add nitrogen to water for plants?
Fill a watering can or spray bottle with no more than one-quarter manure liquid, and fill the rest of the container with plain water. Some gardeners use a ratio of one part manure liquid to nine parts plain water to create their nitrogen solution. The diluted manure tea should be light brown.
How do you add nitrogen to soil?
- Mulching with compost adds nitrogen and other minerals whilst improving the soil. Jerry applies a four centimetre deep layer and prevents the compost from touching the base of plants.
- Foliar feeding with seaweed is a quick fix because plants take up the nourishment directly through their leaves.
How do you make nitrogen fertilizer at home?
What is the best fertilizer for nitrogen?
Types of Nitrogen Fertilizers
Nitrogen is the nutrient that’s most essential to plant growth, and it’s possible to buy fertilizers that contain only nitrogen as the active ingredient. Fertilizers that supply the most nitrogen include urea (46-0-0) and ammonium sulfate (21-0-0).
What is the best homemade fertilizer?
Here are 8 of our favorite DIY fertilizers for a variety of needs.
- Grass Clippings. If you have an organic lawn, make sure to collect your grass clippings to use on your gardens.
- Kitchen Scraps.
- Tree Leaves.
- Coffee Grounds.
- Banana Peels.
Are tea bags good for plants?
This is also good for houseplants, so add old tea leaves to their water. When potting plants, place a few used tea bags on top of the drainage layer at the bottom of the planter before adding soil. The tea bags will help to retain water and will also leach some nutrients into the potting medium.
Are banana peels good for plants?
In fact, banana peels have the highest organic sources of potassium. Potassium aids plants in moving nutrients and water between cells. Potassium strengthens plants‘ stems and also fights off disease.
Is baking soda good for plants?
Baking soda on plants causes no apparent harm and may help prevent the bloom of fungal spores in some cases. It is most effective on fruits and vegetables off the vine or stem, but regular applications during the spring can minimize diseases such as powdery mildew and other foliar diseases.
Is vinegar good for plants?
Though vinegar can be fatal to many common plants, others, like rhododendrons, hydrangeas and gardenias, thrive on acidity which makes a bit of vinegar the best pick-me-up. Combine one cup of plain white vinegar with a gallon of water and use the next time you water these plants to see some amazing results.
Is milk good for plants?
The beverage isn’t just good for the human body, but it’s beneficial for plants, too. Milk serves as a fertilizer for your garden to help plants grow, as well as has antifungal and pesticidal attributes.
Is coffee grounds good for plants?
To use coffee grounds as fertilizer, simply sprinkle them onto the soil surrounding your plants. Summary Coffee grounds make great fertilizer because they contain several key nutrients required for plant growth. They can also help attract worms and decrease the concentrations of heavy metals in the soil.
Can coffee eliminate plants?
Caffeine, a chemical stimulant, increases the biological processes in not only humans but plants as well. Studies involving the use of caffeine on plants have shown that, initially, cell growth rates are stable but soon the caffeine begins to kill or distort these cells, resulting in a deceased or stunted plant.
Is Epsom salt good for all plants?
If the soil becomes depleted of magnesium, adding Epsom salt will help; and since it poses little danger of overuse like most commercial fertilizers, you can use it safely on nearly all your garden plants.
Is human urine good for plants?
Human urine provides an excellent source of nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium and trace elements for plants, and can be delivered in a form that’s perfect for assimilation.
Can I sprinkle Epsom salt around plants?
Epsom salts are pH neutral and gentle on plants, including potted houseplants. To boost nutrient intake, mix two tablespoons of Epsom salts with one gallon of water and spray onto leaves, rather than onto the roots, for maximum absorption.
What can you add to water to help plants grow?
Homemade Plant Food Recipe
- 1 teaspoon baking soda.
- 1 tablespoon epsom salts.
- ½ teaspoon of ammonia.
- 1 gallon of water.
Is sugar water good for plants?
It seems logical to assume that if we add sugar when we water, we would increase the growth of the plant. However, too much sugar can actually cause reverse osmosis to occur, making the plant lose water and eventually die.
Does watering plants with sugar water help them grow?
Water is only of one of the components necessary in the life of a plant. The combination of air, water and soil initiate a process called photosynthesis in which sugar is produced and used to feed the plant. Speeding up the process of photosynthesis by adding sugar to their water can help your plants grow faster.
What is food for plants called?
Their roots take up water and minerals from the ground and their leaves absorb a gas called carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. They convert these ingredients into food by using energy from sunlight. This process is called photosynthesis, which means ‘making out of light’. The foods are called glucose and starch.
What are the 6 basic needs of plants?
Plants, like all living things, have basic needs that must be met for them to survive. These needs include: light, air, water, a source of nutrition, space to live and grow and optimal temperature. There is an easy acronym to help remember basic plant needs, these are the things that plants need to survive and thrive.
What is difference between plant food and fertilizer?
Fertilizers are not plant food. Plant nutrition refers to the plant needs and uses of the basic chemical elements. Fertilizers are materials containing plant elements or nutrients. Generally, they are added to water or soil, but some can be added to water and sprayed on leaves.


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The Famished Craving
Reflections on the Role of Fame in Human Affairs
History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors
And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions,
Guides us by vanities. Think now
She gives when our attention is distracted
And what she gives, gives with such supple confusions
That the giving famishes the craving
T S Eliot – Gerontion
It has been said that a “celebrity is someone who is famous for being well known”. It is a definition that underscores one of the most curious aspects of contemporary life. As uniquely modern as it is however, fascination for those whose chief distinction is that large numbers of people are fascinated by them goes all the way back to the dawn of human culture.
With each passing day, however, it is becoming clearer that the evermore vertiginous ‘fame, fad, fanfare’ phenomenon that has come to dominate popular culture is a symptom of a deepening spiritual, social and psychological crisis. In order to understand this crisis and to appreciate how uniquely Christian spirituality and Christian discipleship address its underlying malaise we will undertake an historical survey of the anthropological and psychological role that fame has played in human affairs.
Using this survey as a backdrop Gil Bailie rethinks our social and psychological presuppositions and ponders anew the anthropological and psychological implications of Christian conversion.

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Parking Our parking lot is located on the south side of the church off Sherman Avenue. You may park in the lot at any time, whether for church events or for shopping or other errands in downtown Evanston; weekdays, see the church office at the Lake Street entrance to get a parking pass. On Sundays, additional parking is available across the street at the Holiday Inn or in Lot 6 on Lake Street across from the Police and Fire Headquarters. Parking meters are free on Sunday! The parking lot entrance is an accessible entrance. An elevator is located just inside that door.
Public Transit The nearest CTA elevated stop is the Purple Line Dempster stop. Once you exit the station, you are 2 blocks south of Immanuel. The Metra north Line train stop at Evanston (Davis Street) is two blocks north and a block west of Immanuel. Exit the station to the south at Davis, walk one block east (under the el tracks) to Sherman, and then walk two blocks south to Lake Street.


DSI’s Robotic Dredging Services fulfill the gap between “Large-Scale Dredging Services” and “Diver-Based Dredging Services”. Many Indian industrial setups, dams & ports face severe siltation problems with their marine assets like submerged pipelines & tunnels, reservoirs, tanks, water pipelines, product pipelines, et cetera, wherein they face problems in the inspection and maintenance works because,
- Open-sea dredging solutions cannot access these assets
- The only alternate is to use diver based inspection and desilting services which have severe limitations and very high risk of human life.
DSI has tried to address this problem by using its vast experience in the field of underwater and wastewater robotics to indigenously design and develop robotic solutions for dredging of difficult-to-access marine assets. DSI has designed and developed a series of work class robots specifically for underwater dredging of inaccessible areas, where regular off-the-shelf dredging methods cannot work. These robots can be customized to the needs of the client and accommodate different types and volumes of solids to be dredged.
Application scenarios: Desilting/dredging of marine assets like tanks and reservoirs in industrial setups, hydroelectric projects, thermal power projects, dams, ports and harbours. Desilting of Canals and culverts in irrigation systems. Desilting of Shiplift Systems. Active Desilting of water reservoirs and settling tanks without stopping the water supply.


A japanese page is publishing a project for a pic18F2550 based usb blaster jtag programmer (non smd).
After seeing circuit details I discovered it used some pic18F2550 as was almost compatible with dangerousprotypes IR Infrared Toy (also they used same xtal frequency), so I downloaded firmware and programmed succesfully this device easily without modifiying firmware source code.
Quartus software recognised it as a USB Blaster JTAG programmer natively, but they also provide an USB Blaster Unofficial driver which let them to use a custom JED Programmer software (but it's incompatible with Quartus, so you have to choose)
They demostrate a Lattice CPLD but I only have Xilinx CPLD (XC9572) so I'm still giving a try to that jtag application, but it seems promising.
Also I have see other site that claim it could be compatible with OpenOCD.
More information on those sites: japanise site 1 and japanise site 2 (use google translator or similar for reading somenthing). Google also "18picblaster".
According to that site, you have to download:
- Firmware and sources for 18F2550 (japanise site 1)
- Firmware and sources for 18F2550 and openocd patch (japanise site 2)
- XP JED Programmer v0.53 and Modified usb blaster driver for Windows (japanese site 1)
- XP JED Programmer v0.54 (for Lattice CPLD's at least) (japanese site 1)


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Superconductors.ORG herein reports the discovery of the first room-temperature superconductor to require only 4 elements to synthesize. A small amount of the compound ZrBa9Cu10O20+ has been found to produce a critical transition temperature (Tc) near 49 Celsius (120F) both resistively and magnetically. It is the 27th room temperature superconductor (RTS) discovered to date.
All 26 prior RTS formulations were based on either the X212 or X223 structure and required 5 to 7 different elements. This new discovery - dubbed Zr19A - is based on the F212C structure, which is an elongated version of the YBCO structure. It has a long copper-oxygen chain along its C1 axis and a long barium chain in the C2 axis (see graphic below left). The colinear barium atoms create a high planar weight ratio (PWR) across the oxygen layers interposed with zirconium. Previous research has found a high PWR to be an essential component of high temperature superconductivity.
At page top are two plots showing sharp resistive transitions near 49C that were produced by this compound. And below is a companion magnetization plot showing a Meissner transition of about 10 milliGauss - also near 49C. Though the volume fraction of the superconductive phase is low, the resistive transitions are strong, due to the non-superconductive bulk being near a Mott transition. (The straight lines represent the average of the data points.)
The best performing RT copper-oxides all use a metalloid with a +4 oxidation state in the anion (the "light" region of the graphic). Those metalloids have included silicon, titanium, and manganese. Now that zirconium has also proven viable, hafnium, germanium, selenium and tellurium anions may have the potential to produce room-temperature superconductors as well. This suggests there may be literally hundreds of new RTS combinations awaiting discovery.
The below graph of known copper-chain superconductors illustrates the correlation between planar weight ratio and Tc in these materials. It also confirms the strong influence that dielectric constant (K) has in promoting Tc. Yttrium-oxide has a Kappa of 10 to 15 and tellurium-oxide is between 10 and 25. But tantalum-copper-oxide is an order of magnitude higher at 125, raising its position well above the curve.
In order to maximize formation of the F212C structure, ZrBa9Cu10O20+ was synthesized using the layer cake method, as shown below. The pellet had approximately 100 interference layers. And, even using this layering technique, the volume fraction is low, requiring very sensitive test equipment.
Stoichiometric ratios of the below chemicals were used for the ODD layers:BaCO3 99.95% (Alfa Aesar) 9.66 grains (decomposes to BaO during calcination, releasing the carbon as CO2)
...and the below ratios for the EVEN layers.BaCuO 99.9% (Alfa Aesar) 3.03 grains
The chemical precursors were pelletized at 60,000 PSI and calcined for one hour at 760C and then sintered for 9 hours at 880C. Lastly the pellet was annealed for 10+ hours at 500C in flowing O2. Temperature was determined using an Omega type "T" thermocouple and precision OP77 DC amplifier. The magnetometer employed twin Honeywell SS94A1F Hall-effect sensors with a tandem sensitivity of 50 mv/Gauss.
RESEARCH NOTE: The copper-oxides are strongly hygroscopic. All tests should be performed immediately after annealing.
RE-PUBLICATION NOTICE: Elsevier Publishing, dba Elsevier Science, as well as Morris Communications, both print and broadcast divisions, are specifically prohibited from re-publishing any part of this news story.
E. Joe Eck
© 2015 Superconductors.ORG
All rights reserved.
1. Testing temperatures are believed accurate within ± 0.5 degrees C.
2. X is a variable representing integers ranging from 11 to 29.

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Carlin has confirmed today that Charlie Kimball will return to race with them in the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series, but only on a part-time schedule. The American will race in five of the seventeen races, including the 2019 Indianapolis 500 in May.
Kimball initially confirmed the news of his Carlin return via Twitter in January, but the team confirmed shortly thereafter that the American would not be competing in every race. It has taken until today for official details of Kimball’s part-time deal to be announced by the team.
The first of Charlie’s five races in 2019 will be at the season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in March. He will have to wait over two months for his next outing, which will come at the Indianapolis 500 at the end of May.
Kimball’s third race will come at Texas Motor Speedway in June, ahead of another long wait for his penultimate race at Pocono Raceway in August. His last race of 2019 will come at the season-finale at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in September.
Following today’s announcement via social media, Kimball tweeted that he was “excited” to be back with Carlin and his sponsors Novo Nordisk US and Race with Insulin. However, many may be surprised to see Kimball not on a full-time deal based on his performances last season compared to team-mate Max Chilton, who has re-signed a full-time contract for 2019.
In what was a tough first season for the IndyCar debutants, Carlin managed to show flashes of great potential on numerous occasions. The team took six top ten finishes over the course of the seventeen-race season, with all six of those results coming from Kimball in the #23 car. Kimball even managed to put in a great drive amidst the chaos of the race on the streets of Toronto to take a fifth-place finish; a great result in the team’s first season.
Chilton, on the other hand, did not manage to secure a top ten finish during 2018. The British driver came painstakingly close with an eleventh place finish in Detroit, but ultimately he would trail his team-mate by sixty-four points by the conclusion of the championship.
It has yet to be confirmed as to whether Carlin will be running a third car in 2019. Kimball’s part-time deal makes this opportunity more likely, though the team may choose instead to hire another driver to compete in the races that Kimball isn’t; similar to the scenario employed last year by Dale Coyne Racing with Pietro Fittipaldi and Zachary Claman De Melo.
Carlin’s boss, Trevor Carlin, has long spoken of his desire to run a third car in the NTT IndyCar Series, but the potential third car and the identity of its driver have so far been unconfirmed as we near closer and closer to the season-opening race in March.
“I have a scenario where I’ve got a budget and a partial budget, and I want to run two full-time cars.” Carlin told RACER last year, “Ideally, having two cars fully committed is what we’re after, and after that stage, adding a third car would be the goal.”
So far, the only driver known to have tested with Carlin in an IndyCar recently is RC Enerson. The twenty-one-year-old Floridan driver has had one previous start in IndyCar with Dale Coyne Racing in 2016 at Mid-Ohio.
Enerson tested with the team at the Circuit of the Americas at the end of October. It is understood that Enerson was undertaking a rookie orientation test, but nothing else is known as the team chose to keep much of their running under wraps.
An announcement regarding the potential third entry is expected within the next few weeks in the lead up to the first race of the season. The opening round of the 2019 IndyCar Series, the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, will be held on Sunday, March 10.

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Since 1994 I have had an on-going association with the city of Galway in Ireland. Initially this was through the Cois Cladaigh Chamber Choir which presented a concert of works of mine in that year, and has subsequently performed and recorded other pieces. Another choir in the city that has included my music in their repertoire was the NUIG Choral Society under the direction of Peter Mannion. This university choir had sung my Nunc Dimittis at a competition in 2005 and the conductor was keen to have something new for their next year's repertoire. He asked if I might consider a new setting of the Lord's Prayer ('Our Father who art in heaven...'), but setting the text in Irish.
The opening section, marked 'serenely, with great spaciousness', establishes the tonic key of D major securely. The music unfolds from an initial unison D, through simple tonal chords set against an on-going D in the 1st altos. The remainder of the work is largely chordal, using relatively simple tonal chords centred on the key of D major.
Commissioned by Peter Mannion for the NUIG Choral Society
Text from an Irish translation of the Lord's Prayer


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The following is adapted from summary report to UN in the aftermath of the SE Immediately following a natural disaster, the first priority must be the safety and. Natural disasters are catastrophic events with atmospheric, geological, and A summary of research studies conducted between and in both.
Learn more about these natural disasters, such as their cause, where they occur, and how to stay safe. Test your knowledge! Play the Disaster Master game!. Natural disasters are events caused by forces of nature that cause destruction of life and/or property. Well known natural disasters include avalanches.
May 14, Natural disasters fall into three broad groups: 1. Those caused by movements of the Earth. These occur with the minimum amount of warning. Natural disasters also cause a huge economic burden. From to , natural disasters caused $ billion in damage worldwide (Kellet and Sparks.
Here is a compilation of essays on 'Natural Disasters' for class 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 . Find paragraphs, long and short essays on 'Natural Disasters' especially. Free Essays from Bartleby | Natural disasters in Australia Natural disasters are events that occur naturally such Words | 9 Pages .. to some kinds of natural disasters, such as earthquakes and volcanoes that I learned in Geology class.
A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples are floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or damage property, and typically. A natural disaster is a major bad event caused by the natural processes of the Earth. Examples include floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions.
Natural disasters bring with them a host of issues, including humanitarian, public health, environmental and infrastructural problems. Natural disasters affect millions of people every year. From the destruction of buildings to disease, natural disasters can devastate entire.

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As America turns its attention to the upcoming midterm elections, a new national poll from the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics shows that only about half of American adults surveyed believe U.S. elections are fair and open.
The poll, which was conducted in partnership with research organization Ipsos, also comes on the heels of the indictments of 12 Russian intelligence officers – issued Friday by special counsel Robert Mueller’s team – for alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election.
In the Ipsos poll, which surveyed more than 1,000 American adults on July 5 and 6, 51 percent of the respondents agreed with the statement that “American elections are fair and open.”
Agreement was higher among Republican respondents – 68 percent agreed – than Democrats (43 percent). Couched opinions – those who just “somewhat” agreed or disagreed with the statement – were more common than strong opinions from both parties and from independents.
"American elections are fair and open."
The poll also revealed deep skepticism about big money in politics and across-the-board interest in the disclosure of donations. However, as the Senate considers President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, it offers mixed signals about judicial intervention that could either tighten or loosen the law concerning money in politics.
Americans largely agreed with several other statements dealing with mandated disclosures of who paid for televised or online political advertisements and whether interest groups should follow the same campaign and election laws as candidates. Unlike the statement about fair elections, there was little difference among partisans on support for transparency among advertisers and interest groups.
For example, 87 percent of respondents agreed that political television ads should be required to disclose which individual or group paid for the ad; and 86 percent agreed that online ads should be required to do the same. Seventy-five percent believed interest groups should follow the same campaign or election laws as political candidates.
Respondents also expressed concern about a recent $24 million anonymous, legal donation made to an outside political group closely aligned to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, a story that broke in May. When asked which of two statements was closer to their views, nearly three-quarters of respondents agreed more with a statement that the donation is an “invitation to corruption,” while a little over a quarter of respondents agreed more with an alternative statement that “People should have a right to give as much as they please, and do so anonymously.” Democrats (78 percent) and independents (76 percent) were more likely than Republicans (62 percent) to agree with the first statement expressing concern about the large donation.
Finally, respondents were asked whether the Supreme Court should intervene to either tighten or loosen campaign finance laws. The results indicate mixed feelings about judicial action.
Slightly more than half – 52 percent – agreed that the Supreme Court should require disclosure of donors to nonprofit political organizations, while 48 percent said there should be limits on the amount of money super PACs can raise and spend. Only 21 percent said the court should place more limits on corporate speech, and just 16 percent said the Supreme Court should eliminate donation limits and thereby loosen campaign finance laws. Democrats were generally a little more supportive of the first three suggestions, while the fourth item attracted little support across the board.
For the survey, a sample of roughly 1,006 adults age 18 and older from the continental U.S., Alaska and Hawaii were interviewed online in English. The full results, methodology, and crosstabs are available here.
This poll represents the latest collaboration between UVA’s Center for Politics and Ipsos, an international, independent marketing research firm, over the last year and a half. The Center for Politics and Ipsos released two polls on Americans’ attitudes toward recent presidents, and the center and Ipsos, along with Reuters, released a poll on Americans’ racial attitudes in the wake of the neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville last year.


RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -Tracy Smith had 20 points and eight rebounds to help North Carolina State beat New Orleans 69-52 on Sunday.
C.J. Williams added a season-high 12 for the Wolfpack (5-0), who built a double-digit lead in the first 5 minutes and maintained control the rest of the way. N.C. State led by 10 points at halftime, then used an 11-0 spurt midway through the second half to turn away the Privateers' best run to get back in the game.
Javi Gonzalez hit 3s on consecutive possessions to start that spurt, then fed Smith inside for a hook that made it 50-35 with 11:18 left. Dennis Horner closed the run with a midrange jumper off an inbound pass and a free throw, pushing the lead to 18 points with 9:44 to play and effectively sealing the win.
Charles Carmouche scored 16 points to lead New Orleans (3-2), which shot 35 percent.
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Tuesday's MEDICINE BALL CARAVAN rocks the late morning off with the sounds of King Tuff, Black Box Revelation, Those Darlins, The Black Keys and MC5. Also: we go Space Crazy with classic tracks by David Bowie, The B-52s, Yes, Raymond Scott, Lucia Pamela, Frank Sinatra and Sun Ra.
Every morning, thousands of Cajun French music lovers tune in to KRVS to start their day with Pete Bergeron and "Bonjour Louisiane." Like morning coffee, "Bonjour Louisiane" gets you up and going with traditional Cajun French favorites and the latest releases from talented newcomers. Brush up on your French, find out about the fairs and festivals, and share the "joie de vivre" of French Louisiana.


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Beloit resident 34 year old George Duke Thomas III is facing charges including 1st degree recklessly endangering safety, child abuse recklessly causing harm, criminal damage to property, intentionally pointing a firearm at a person, and operating a firearm while intoxicated after an incident that occurred on April 27. The case was officially filed last week. On June 10 a $5 thousand bond was set, and he was ordered to have no contact with six involved victims, their residence, place of employment, vehicle, or elsewhere. He must also maintain absolute sobriety and not possess any firearms. Thomas has an upcoming court appearance on June 20 at 10:45 a.m.
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Love is in the air and in the water and on land!
What a lovely looking spot to cast a miniature Hula Popper with my fly rod! It was a windless location on a little strip mine pond in Vigo County with some floating white fluff creating temporary cover. It had to hold fish! It probably did, but my popper was immediately gummed up with the white stuff, and three casts later, so was my weight forward floating fly line! I cleaned off both with my handkerchief and tried again, but it was no use! The stuff kept the fish under it safe and me helpless! Then I started sneezing! The cottonwood fuzz that is really the male flowers were coming from a nearby tree, and the pollen that was coming from the plants next to the pond where I was trying to fish was the same stuff that forced me to give up mowing grass to make extra money and the same curse that forced me to carry a bottle of Super Anahist in my back pocket to help me to be somewhat sociable on my dates with Claudia, whom I wanted to propose to if I could stop sneezing and blowing my nose long enough to say the words!
Claudia, who is my bride of 50 years and three weeks, is now dealing with her own set of allergies thanks to the woods and fields where our house is nestled.
The woods are full of love now too. Fawns are starting to show up as are baby rabbits and juvenile squirrels. We have a litter of half-grown gray squirrels that play chicken in our driveway and another just up the hill at my son’s place and they are having a ball pestering our dogs! Pileated and Red Headed woodpeckers are working the trees overtime collecting bugs for their offspring. Last week Darren and I saw a nest of Ospreys down at Lake Monroe and the parents were giving each other fits! I suspect the male was not bringing in vittles fast enough for the momma and her hatchlings. Last week while fishing at a local pond the spring peepers, toads, green frogs and bullfrogs were singing their hearts out in an effort to impress the local girls.
The reptiles are getting into the act too. One of my grandson’s friends showed up at my door last week with an eastern box turtle. I told him a little about it and that he couldn’t keep it because they are protected in Indiana. I told him to put the turtle back where he found it and try to point it in the same way it was going. My guess was that the turtle had a date lined up or was looking for one! This is also the only time I see snapping turtles on land as they are laying eggs now too, and often cross roads to find suitable nesting locations. Painted turtles are also showing up on land for the same reason.
Fish are all breeding now too or are looking for good bedding spots.Crappie all breed in the same areas and are probably about done now but are still hanging out together in brushy places. Most bass are done bedding as the females are mostly gone from the beds and leaving the males to guard the fry until they get too hungry and dive into their families eating the slowest, dumbest or just unluckiest of the bunch. The rest scatter into cover and if two of the fingerlings survive to reproduce, the population will remain at steady numbers.
Last week I found evidence that two other species are getting into the romance mood. Since Claudia and I just celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary she got me a fishing rod that is ridiculously expensive, but is as it should be, the nicest rod I ever owned! Darren picked it out for me and if I were Catholic I would need to go to confession over its price tag! But it is sweet, really sweet! Darren and I went to practice for a bass tournament we were going to fish and the first fish I caught on my new rod was 3 pound catfish. I had also caught one the week before, both while I was bass fishing with a small jig. When tournament day began and we learned soon enough that there was a crappie tournament also going on. The first fisherman we met was crappie fishing and we asked how he was doing.
“I don’t know!” he replied.
“I can’t keep the catfish off my bait!”
Sure enough, when we started to bass fish a nice catfish hit my spinner bait right next to a stump. When our day was over we were idling down the lake and saw two guys fighting something big, one manning a light spinning rod and the other with a net. As they boated what looked like a very nice 4-5 pound channel cat we gave them a thumbs up and a big smile. One of the guys held up five fingers and mouthed the words that we couldn’t hear because of our motor noise,
If you like to catch catfish the bite is definitely on at Monroe! They spawn in wood, particularly in hollow stumps. Darren has sight fished for them and done great with a heavy bass rod to horse them out of the wood.
Before we left our bass fishing to head to the weigh-in, I had a really good bite which was exciting because we still needed a fish to fill out our limit and this felt like a “kicker” (read: a really big bass)! It was “big” but not a bass, or catfish! It was giving me all the battle my stiff bait casting rod and I could handle. It finally surfaced next to the boat and it was the largest soft shell turtle I have ever seen! It was easily the size of a wash tub and very unhappy about the 5/0 worm hook stuck under the skin of his left leg! Darren grabbed the needle nose pliers and tried to work the hook loose while dodging attempts by the turtle to bite him, the pliers, the line, and the air! . We finally got disconnected. I have since read that soft shells may reach 2 feet across the back of the shell. I would say this one definitely reached! I couldn’t guess the weight but what I read said big ones can be dangerous. This one certainly seemed to be that! Love is indeed everywhere presently in the wilds of Indiana’s woods and water! Until next time, Ken

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I'd like summer to last a little longer.
I forgot to post the photos of the August decorations on my seasonal tree.
It's one of my favorite trees. I used handmade shell ornaments, tags and ATC's that I made or were gifts that I received over the years from some of my blogging friends. I purchased a few ornaments at AC Moore's on a clearance rack this summer and at a local Christmas shop that were perfect for my tree. I also purchased tiny sand buckets and shovels to hang on the tree and I had tiny pink button sun glasses that I wired to hang on the tree.
Sadly, this Labor day weekend, I'll be taking down my beach ornaments.
September decorating begins...
August Seashore Tree
One of two flip flop tags from my friend Marcia.
My sweet helper.
Happy Labor Day!
Linking to Pink Saturday.

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From Monday, July 1 2019 to Wednesday, July 31 2019
Dates to be confirmed.
A festival which was set up in order to raise awareness of the local culture the Kuala Lumpur Festival takes place throughout the month of July.
Dedicated to culture, the festival covers all the performing arts, from theatre to music through dance and visual arts. Activities for visitors are organised, while themed events focus on tradition and heritage.
The audience can appreciate contemporary as well as traditional Malaysian shows, immersing visitors in this multi-faceted culture.
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The Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku has presented over Seventeen Million Naira in cheques to eleven communities in the State.
The governor made the presentation during the project launch of gender and vulnerable groups components additional finance by the Taraba State Community and Social Development Program.
Speaking at the ceremony which took place at the Banquet Hall of the Taraba Motel Jalingo, Governor Darius Ishaku appreciated the CSDP for initiating viable programs for the poor in various communities.
He said his administration had not relented in paying counterpart funds for the CSDP and pledged to always support them to cover more communities.
The Governor remarked that CSDP had reached over One Hundred and Forty Nine Thousand, Seven Hundred and Eighteen people and groups covering water, health, education, electricity, transport and socio economic aspects.
He advised the beneficiaries to sustain the project in their domains tasking the people of the various communities to also act as watchdogs.
Commenting, the General Manager of the CSDP, Irimiya Danjuma revealed that the CSDP had sunk ninety three boreholes, constructed seven health centers, eighteen classrooms, thirteen culverts, eight skills acquisition centers and two electricity projects which have been completed and put to use in six communities in the State.
He stressed that groups from Gassol, Yorro, Gashaka and Takum were yet to benefit from the first tranche of the World Bank assisted program as they await the second approval to accomodate more communities.
On her part, the Chairperson Board of the CSDP, Patricia Kumbo advised the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the money for the betterment of their communities.
There were goodwill messages from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Saleh Kakah and the Coordinator of the Ngada Special Development Area, Joseph Nagombe.

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Third in a series of dreamy images inspired by Pablo Neruda's poem, ”I Need the Sea”.
Thanks for visiting my shop. I've curated this collection of ocean-minded images from my years of work as an illustrator. For assignment work, please contact me through my website. Find me on instagram for updates of my latest sketches, projects and ramblings: @jingjingtsong.
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This is a well loved recipe! I have an old, small crumpled piece of paper with this recipe hand written out from some years ago, not sure where it came from! I have my own scribbles and scratches on it, so I must have changed it somewhere in time, but this is how I have been making it the last 10 years. It is our favorite pancake recipe. So light, a little tangy, and very satisfying. Perfect with some fresh blueberries or strawberries.
Preheat a griddle to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) or place a non-stick skillet over medium-low heat.
Stir ricotta cheese, milk, and egg yolks together in a bowl until combined.
Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; stir in ricotta mixture.
Whisk egg whites in a bowl until frothy; fold into ricotta mixture.
Oil preheated griddle with about 1 teaspoon canola oil; pour 1/4 cup batter onto hot griddle for each pancake. Cook until evenly golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes; turn and cook until evenly golden on other side, 1 to 2 minutes more. Repeat with remaining batter, oiling griddle between batches.
Per Serving: 86 calories; protein 4.8g; carbohydrates 7.8g; fat 3.9g; cholesterol 38.4mg; sodium 98.5mg.
Eat good breakfast to continue the day had become a good habit. It’s a best way to start my 24 hours off healthfully. The sweet hit from the pickle tree wakes me up and gives me power to take on the morning. The sweetness is more vilified as the root of all disease, but fruit is also loaded with fibre, which is best for your digestive system and helps keep you feel full longer, and less likely grab a side food out of the street food before lunchtime.
Making fruit a at 7.00 clock habit is easy . Easy as put the sweetness in your fridge next to the sweet drink or on the table next to your grain pan , or move your coffee maker or tea kettle — about anywhere where you’ll find it. Before you eating the rest of your food , eat your fruit. If you’re not usually a breakfast person.

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In this article, it is argued that the more than 170 school-based health centers (SBHCs) in West Virginia, as well as the more than 2,500 school-based health centers in the United States serving over six million children and adolescents (about 12% of the 50.8 million students), can and should play a key role in supporting adolescent health as students begin returning to school this fall, whether online or in person. Based on pertinent literature and their first-hand experience, the authors provide several recommendations related to school-based health centers that could benefit adolescent health during the return to school.
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Arcadia man faces robbery charges
An Arcadia man has been arrested and charged with robbing two men early Saturday morning at a Spartanburg convenience store.
James Leroy Sherman, 35, of 2 Manning St., was charged with strong armed robbery. He was being held at the Spartanburg County jail overnight. On Saturday at 12:50 a.m., two 17-year-old Lyman men, Jason Travis Edwards and David Shannon Johnston, were using pay phones at the Speedway gas station, 1808 Asheville Highway, according to the incident report. Sherman approached the men and asked if they wanted to see his gun and began to unzip his jacket, the report stated. Sherman told the men that he liked their gold chains and tried to jerk them of their necks, the report stated. That act prompted Edwards to fight him, and Sherman was able to take three of the chains before running away, the report stated. Law enforcement officials later found Sherman and one of the gold chains. The lost chains were valued at $1,310, the report stated.


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CHARGE syndrome is a constellation
of congenital malformations. The name of the condition
is an acronym of some of the
most common features:
C = Coloboma of the eye and Cranial
H = Heart malformation,
A = Choanal Atresia (blockage of the nasal passageways),
R = Retardation of growth after birth
and Retardation of development,
G = Genital hypoplasia (underdevelopment) in males
and urinary tract malformations,
E = Ear malformations and/or deafness.
In addition, there may be cleft lip or palate;
small chin; facial palsy; and esophageal atresia.
Other problems reported in children with CHARGE syndrome
include abnormally small head,
drooping of the eyelids, trouble breathing (due to
the choanal atresia), feeding problems in infancy, omphalocele,
anal stenosis or blockage, and
deficiency of growth hormone. Children with CHARGE
syndrome may die in the newborn period or later in
childhood. Children who survive usually show some degree
of mental deficiency. The range of the mental handicap
Most children with CHARGE syndrome have no family
history of the disorder.Very few people with CHARGE will have 100% of its known features.
Mutations on the CHD7 gene (located on Chromosome 8) have been identified in patients with CHARGE syndrome
Methodology: Fluorescent in Situ Hybridization (FISH) Analysis
Purpose: Confirmation of Clinical Diagnosis
ICD-10 Code Q89.8
Test Requisition: Cytogenetics Requisition
Turn-around-time: 10-14 days
1. Pagon RA, Graham JM, Zonana J, Yong SL (1981). "Coloboma, congenital heart disease, and choanal atresia with multiple anomalies: CHARGE association". J. Pediatr. 99 (2): 223–7.
2. Hall BD (1979). "Choanal atresia and associated multiple anomalies". J. Pediatr. 95 (3): 395–8.
3. Vissers, L. E., van Ravenswaaij, C. M., Admiraal, R., Hurst, J. A., de Vries, B. B., Janssen, I. M., et al. (2004). "Mutations in a new member of the chromodomain gene family cause CHARGE syndrome.". Nature Genetics 36 (9): 955–957.
4. Zentner GE, Layman WS, Martin DM, Scacheri PC (2010). "Molecular and phenotypic aspects of CHD7 mutation in CHARGE syndrome". Am J Med Genet A 152 (3): 674–686.
5. Janssen, N; Bergman, JE; Swertz, MA; Tranebjaerg, L; Lodahl, M; Schoots, J; Hofstra, RM; van Ravenswaaij-Arts, CM; Hoefsloot, LH (2012). "Mutation update on the CHD7 gene involved in CHARGE syndrome.". Human mutation 33 (8): 1149–1160.


Before the election, I wrote a piece describing why, despite his radical deviation from conservative orthodoxy on many policy issues, Donald Trump’s rise and triumph as a candidate of the right bore an uncanny sort of logic. The Tea Party movement, whose nominal candidate in the Republican primaries had been the upright Christian constitutionalist Ted Cruz, smoothly transferred its support to Trump, the sybaritic populist who said that Cruz’s dad was linked to John F. Kennedy’s killer, and this, somehow, seemed about right. Why not? What’s the difference? This fit with the scheme laid out in Corey Robin’s book “The Reactionary Mind”: the substance of conservative doctrine is secondary to a deeper, perennial force in conservative politics, which is the spirit of reaction itself.
But Robin’s book begins with Edmund Burke and conservative philosophy. Reaction, Robin argues, is typically high theory as much as demotic practice. The signal reactionaries are writers and intellectuals, but in Trump’s case the conservative intelligentsia strayed from the script. Yes, conservative pundits were eager to claim the Tea Party as their own, despite the statist heresies of its members and the populist urges it expressed, but most of those pundits opposed Trump, sometimes bitterly, even after he won the Republican nomination.
It’s important to note how remarkable this is: conservative pundits publicly declining to support the Presidential nominee of the Republican Party. They are a notably partisan bunch, partly by the nature of their political enterprise, and partly because the American electoral system does a decent job of meeting their ideological wants—as it doesn’t for progressive intellectuals, who can often be seen at election time casting wistful glances to the left horizon. But it’s even more remarkable still, because this Republican was running against a Clinton. Though some conservatives still define themselves as Reaganite, the conservative movement as it functions today was formed not in the eighties of Ronald Reagan but in the nineties of Bill Clinton—the nineties, that is, of Whitewater, the Gingrich revolution, the Fox News Channel (founded in 1996), the Starr Report, and the Clinton impeachment.
If you understand conservatism in Robin’s terms—that is, as fundamentally reactionary—this makes sense. The right enjoys its years in power, but conservatism is much closer to its essence when it finds itself out of power, in opposition. Today’s conservatism was forged in Clinton hatred, and, as much as conservatives hated President Bill, they hated his ambitious but unelected wife, the Wellesley feminist Hillary, even more.
And yet with Hillary Clinton running for President as the Democratic nominee, the brain trust of the conservative movement could not bring itself to support her opponent. Progressives are currently insisting that we not normalize a Trump Presidency, because Trump is not normal. But, if anything testifies to the not-normality of Trump, it’s the opposition that he faced from conservative pundits as he ran for President against Bill Clinton’s striving feminist wife.
So how would these pundits react when Trump won the election? Their opposition, like everyone else’s, was formed on the firm assumption that he’d lose. But the stakes were different for them, since American conservatism is as much a communal network of institutions and personal relationships as an ideology—and this network, this community, normally comprises the White House when a Republican has won it. And now a Republican had won it, but a distasteful one whom they had disavowed and denounced. It was like a bunch of kids airing their honest feelings about a bully who was supposed to move out of town over the weekend, but then he shows up in homeroom on Monday morning. His pop kept his job after all.
The days and weeks after Trump’s victory were bound to be a little awkward for them, in other words. But these were writers, not politicians, and, anyway, they’d already marked out their distance from the politicians, who, with few exceptions, had caved well before Election Day. Even if you hadn’t expected quite the level of despondency and anger vented by liberals and progressives, you might have expected one of the many conservatives who had declared candidate Trump a demagogue, simply unfit to be President, to write some straightforwardly gloomy post-election piece saying, “Welp, I guess we have an unfit demagogue for a President now. That sucks.” I actually expected this, because these conservatives had expressed such umbrage, such high-toned disapproval, in such impressive numbers, ahead of the election. But I have been disappointed.
During the Republican primaries, the _Weekly Standard _editor William Kristol described Trumpism as “two-bit Caesarism” and called Trump “the very epitome of vulgarity.” The Commentary editor and New York Post columnist John Podhoretz derided Trump as “the politicized American id” and went on to declare, “Should his election results match his polls, he would be, unquestionably, the worst thing to happen to the American common culture in my lifetime.” The editors of _National Review _wrote, “Donald Trump is a menace to American conservatism who would take the work of generations and trample it underfoot in behalf of a populism as heedless and crude as the Donald himself.”
Since the election, though, few, if any, blog posts or articles have appeared in the main conservative outlets straightforwardly arguing, conceding, or lamenting that the election of this unfit demagogue is a bad thing. This man they’d execrated and denounced had shocked the world—not just by being his shocking self but by winning; nobody expected him to win!_—_and yet from them this evoked no reaction. No articles about the Caesarist threat. No articles about a Trump-defiled common culture. No articles about how our ship of state will soon have at its helm the notorious Captain Id. With everyone else flung into various states of surprise and alarm, the conservative magazines went meta. They reacted to other people’s reactions, mainly those of “the left.” If you read _National Review _in the days after the election, you’d have thought that the big news of the week wasn’t the world-jolting victory of a candidate whom the magazine had itself denounced as “a menace,” a man so foul that it would not endorse him against Hillary freakin’ Clinton, but that liberals were upset enough about this outcome to do some post-election protesting.
But we know they have their misgivings, or did. We know the folks at _The Weekly Standard _think Trump’s current business entanglements pose troubling conflicts, because in April the magazine ran an article arguing, convincingly, that such conflicts—contrary to Trump’s recent claims—would put his Presidency in legal as well as ethical and political jeopardy. Since the election, though, with these conflicts becoming a bigger and sleazier story every week, The Weekly Standard (like _Commentary _and National Review) has had little to say on the topic.* And we know that the folks at _Commentary don’t like General Michael Flynn, Trump’s choice for national-security adviser, _because, in a post-election podcast (18:40), Noah Rothman offhandedly said, “Oh, he’s awful,” and the other podcasters, Podhoretz and Abe Greenwald, agreed. But what you won’t find on the Web site of The Weekly Standard or National Review is an article or blog post saying “Michael Flynn is awful.” (Rothman, writing for Commentary, called his selection “deeply unsettling.”)
_National Review _did run a piece by Tom Rogan admitting that Flynn is the “wrong pick” for national-security adviser, but its gentle, equivocal, occasionally laudatory language cut weirdly against the evidence it contained—which added up to a portrait of, well, someone awful. It read like a damning, incontrovertible takedown of Flynn given a vigorous line edit by Flynn’s best friend. Rogan outlines a record of lying and résumé-padding as well as terrible management and scary judgment, and then summarizes it as “a complex picture” of someone who “evidently served the nation with honor.” The title of the article, by the way, is “Why Mike Flynn is the Wrong Pick for National-Security Adviser.” Mike. Buddy.


CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has strengthened its wildlife enforcement efforts by enhancing the skills and knowledge of at least 100 DENR field personnel and partner enforcement officers from other national government agencies, private institutions and the academe.
Arthur Salazar, deputy director for Technical Services, stressed wildlife law enforcement plays a crucial role in ensuring the conservation and sustainable use of wildlife resources since illegal wildlife trade remains to be one of the primary threats to the region’s abundant biodiversity.
“In Central Luzon, we have strengthened our effort to stop illegal wildlife trade by upholding our policy improvements and forging partnerships with other government agencies and organizations,” he explained.
He said, last March, the DENR has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) to operationalize a Wildlife Traffic Monitoring Unit (WTMU) that will effectively monitor and address the cases involving the transport or trading of wildlife resources.
“Our WTMU is a fundamental element to combat illegal wildlife trade in the region. Apart from sustaining our ecological balance, it is likewise important to our national security, since more often than not, wild-caught animals in trade are also known vectors of diseases which pose risk to human health,” he added.
Amid the region’s rich natural resources and strategic location, Central Luzon has emerged as among the “hot spots” for wildlife trafficking in the Philippines.
In fact, by year 2016, seven vulnerable wildlife—including four pangolins and three spitting cobras—both under the “Red List” of animals threatened with extinction by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), were turned over to the DENR after a successful operation with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Clark International Airport against a suspected Chinese wildlife smuggler.
“Since 2016, a total of 69 wildlife was surrendered to the DENR, primarily composed of Philippine eagle, reticulated python, grass owl, soft shell turtle, and among others,” Enforcement Division Chief Fred Sadueste reported.
The three-day learning activity held recently, centered on the enforcement of Republic Act 9147, otherwise known as the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act of 2001. This provided participants the standard operating procedures on monitoring, surveillance, confiscation of wildlife specimen, evidence-gathering, case-building, and apprehension of law violators.
The participants were also taught of the salient points of the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) law, fisheries enforcement protocol, procedures on wildlife permitting, wildlife handling and safety management, and the legal bases used for environmental cases.
The newly trained participants from the other government agencies will now be deputized by the DENR as wildlife enforcement officers (WEO) that will help in enforcing the various laws, rules, and regulations involved in the protection and conservation of wildlife species.
“Having WEO from our partner agencies will help DENR to score more convictions against wildlife criminals and attain our ultimate goal of abating illegal collection and trade of wildlife resources,” Salazar ended.


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Thursday, October 12, 2017
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Please join us for the movie premiere of MARSHALL on Thursday, October 12, 2017 at AMC Star Southfield.
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Well, I don’t normally do this, but I’m posting about a meal I didn’t make, or even watch being made. Last night, I had to work late, and therefore the meal fell to Theresa to cook, as well as take pictures of the meal. This meant that I packed myself a makeshift dinner consisting of Boston Brown Bread which I had made the day before.
If you must know, I ate it with Sofia’s Yogurt for dinner. 🙂
Theresa, on the other hand, made a tasty Lentil, Rice, and Butternut Squash Curry for dinner for herself.
She told me that she had cooked the rice and lentils in water on the stove. She baked the butternut squash in the oven until mostly done, and then she added onion and canned tomato and broiled it all until toasty. She added that to the rice and lentils, along with spinach and spices, and voila, dinner.
The result (of which I sampled when I arrived home) was pretty tasty. Theresa said she felt like she added too much turmeric, which I can believe. She loves turmeric… So it turned out a little bitter, but not too bitter. I am going to eat my leftovers with some yogurt and lemon juice, which I think will complement it quite nicely.
I have to take Theresa’s word on this recipe, since she did not take any pictures of the actual process. Truth be told, she only took three pictures, which all looked very similar to the one above…….
Another perspective on kitchen, or more specifically, camera dynamics: So, I happen to be the photographer most of the time. I take pictures of lots of things, the process of cooking, produce, lovely ingredients that happen to be in opportune lighting…. In other words, my head is more often than not glued to the camera, and Theresa has to pry it from my hands in order for us to eat dinner sometimes…
Though Theresa does like taking pictures of pets.
Alas, I cannot post on the blog with only one food picture. So I will share my morning pictures of dinner prep. I’m planning to make chicken spelt soup for dinner, so I’m making stock, and soaking spelt.
Speaking of sunlight. It was sunny this morning… imagine that!
One really great thing that we do is freeze vegetable discards that could make a yummy broth, like leek tops and old celery, kale stems and other bits, as well as poultry carcasses. When we run low on our frozen chicken stock, we pop these frozen buddies into a pot, and simmer until delicious. We strain it, and if we have extra, we boil it down to concentrate it, and freeze it for further use. I have to say I really appreciate the lovely chicken soup smell infiltrating our whole living space from this process.
Sunny day, the smell of chicken soup….. although we’re only in the beginning of February, it still feels like things are on the upswing.
To me at least. I hope that’s the case for everyone else! Happy Friday!


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Alexander V Kolesnikov, Akiko Maeda, Peter Hao Tang, Yoshikazu Imanishi, Krzysztof Palczewski, Vladimir J Kefalov; Essential Roles of RDH8, ABCA4, and Rods in Modulating Dark Adaptation of Mammalian Cones. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2015;56(7 ):1704.
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Rapid recycling of visual chromophore and regeneration of the visual pigment are critical for the function of mammalian cones in daylight. Retinol dehydrogenase 8 (RDH8) and ATP-binding cassette transporter (ABCA4) play important roles in the clearance of chromophore from rods and its recycling by the RPE. However, the role of these proteins in modulating the supply of chromophore to cones and cone dark adaptation is unknown. Another unresolved issue is the identity of enzyme(s) responsible for oxidation of 11-cis-retinol in cones. Finally, the impact of rods on dark adaptation of cones also has not been determined. We sought to address these questions.
The expression of RDH8 and ABCA4 in mouse M-cones was confirmed by IHC. M-cone dark adaptation following a >90% pigment bleach was tested by in vivo ERG and ex vivo transretinal ERG recordings. The recordings were carried out in two-month-old control Gnat1-/- mice lacking rod signaling, Rdh8-/-Gnat1-/- and Abca4-/-Gnat1-/- double knockouts (DKO), and Rdh8-/-Abca4-/-Gnat1-/- triple knockout (TKO) lines. The impact of rods on cone dark adaptation was evaluated in one-month-old Rho-/- animals that retained robust cone function.
Both DKO lines had normal cone responses. However, the RPE-driven (but not the retina-driven) phase of their cone dark adaptation was compromised. In contrast, despite their normal morphology, TKO cones had reduced photoresponse amplitudes. Notably, cone dark adaptation driven by either the retina visual cycle or the RPE visual cycle was suppressed in TKO mice. This delay was caused by two separate mechanisms: a direct involvement of RDH8 and ABCA4 in cone chromophore processing, and an indirect delay in the RPE visual cycle due to slow release of spent chromophore from RDH8/ABCA4-deficient rods. In contrast, cone dark adaptation was accelerated in Rho-/- mice suggesting that under normal conditions competition with rods for recycled chromophore delays cone pigment regeneration. Finally, we found that in contrast to control cones, bleached TKO (but not Abca4-/-Gnat1-/-) cones lacked the ability to dark-adapt by oxidizing exogenous 9-cis-retinol.
Efficient processing of chromophore by RDH8 and ABCA4 is essential for the rapid and complete dark adaptation of mammalian M-cones. RDH8 can contribute to the oxidation of cis-retinoids in cones. Competition with rods modulates the rate of cone dark adaptation.
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Canada is teeming with tasty burger joints from coast-to-coast, and it’s next to impossible to choose just one. And why should you? If you’re up for a cross-country burger tour, check out these 10 delicious burger spots that’ll hurl you straight into hamburger heaven.
Moderne Burger (Vancouver, BC)
There’s nothing basic about Moderne Burger, a 1950s-style diner in Vancouver that’s been dubbed a “burger Mecca” by diners. It’s no wonder; their juicy patties are made from grass-fed local AAA black Angus beef, warm buns are baked in-house, and toppings and sauces are customizable. Best enjoyed with “OMG” fries and a thick milkshake topped with cherries and whipped cream.
Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers and Poutinerie (Dartmouth, NS and Oromocto, NB)
Overseen by a former navy chef, boatloads of burger lovers flock to Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers and Poutinerie to savour their “off-the-charts” creations. If you can wrap your mouth around it, try the Legendary CC Porker: two hefty patties oozing with cheese curds, bacon, golden onion rings, and a drizzle of honey that You Gotta Eat Here’s John Catucci calls “stupid good.”
The Burger's Priest (Toronto, Hamilton, & Guelph, ON; Edmonton, AB)
You may need to confess your burger sins after eating at The Burger’s Priest. Considered by some to be the Holy Grail of burger joints, patrons worship their crumbly beef patties garnished with indulgent toppings (or stuffed with 18 types of cheese), as well as the cheeky Biblical-inspired menu. A must try is the legendary Vatican Burger: a double cheeseburger squeezed between two grilled cheese buns that’s (almost) too divine to eat. Ask about the secret menu to access a congregation of burgers of Biblical proportions.
Bin 4 Burger Lounge (Victoria, BC)
Featured on You Gotta Eat Here!, Bin 4 Burger Lounge takes the burger biz very seriously, using ethically-raised, hormone-free meats and fresh local ingredients. This Victoria joint packs unorthodox but tasty combos onto their brioche-style buns, such as guacamole and bruschetta or sesame crusted Ahi tuna and olive tapenade. The Dirty Bourbon is a knock-out: certified BC beef patty teetering with a crispy onion ring, chorizo, sautéed onions and peppers, chipotle bourbon barbecue sauce and aioli.
Flipburger (Halifax, NS)
It’s called Flipburger for good reason. This Halifax eatery slings local, premium burgers that’ll send you swooning into a food coma. Locals rave about the Three Little Pigs, a big-time burger loaded with pulled pork and double-smoked bacon, or the Big Fat Greek, a meaty chicken breast doused in tzatziki. If for some insane reason you’re still hungry, munch on some truffle fries or buttermilk onion rings, or slurp up a crazy shake like the Peanut Butter Banana Bacon.
Jukebox Burgers (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec)
Featured on You Gotta Eat Here!, you can’t help but overindulge at Jukebox Burger, a 1950s-style diner in Dollard-des-Ormeaux that breaks the burger bar. Start with the Marciano Burger: a jumbo number with smoky bacon, jalapeños and cheese cooked right into the patty, or for some fare with Montreal flair, order a Poutine Burger. For ambitious eaters, there’s the JBB Challenge: a gargantuan 2lb beef patty squeezed between Belgian waffles layered with pulled meats, chili, roast beef, bacon, onion rings, a trio of cheeses and a half pound of chicken wings. Mon dieu!
After a successful stint in Toronto’s food world, husband and wife team Michael and Paula Cipollo launched Hambrgr, a Hamilton eatery known for its boss burgers. Patrons gravitate here for the mouthwatering menu of more than a dozen burger combos and frothy pints of craft beer. Sink your teeth into a “Go Back to T.O.” burger loaded with peameal bacon, fried egg, cheese and sweet mustard sauce.
Burger Bar Crescent (Montreal, QC)
Featured on You Gotta Eat Here!, Burger Bar Crescent is Montreal’s hamburger haven, famed for their adventurous AAA beef burgers and comfort cuisine like smoked meat poutine. Here, the burgers are stacked mile-high with extravagant toppings like foie gras, Brie, Montreal smoked meat and seared tuna. Try the signature burger, “The Big Blue,” a ground beef patty stuffed with blue cheese and topped with confit tomatoes, a port reduction and homemade ranch dressing.
Ace Burger (Saskatoon, SK)
Sometimes the tastiest things come from the back of a truck. Locals hungrily chase Ace Burger Truck as it roams Saskatoon, serving hefty patties loaded with eclectic toppings such as fried egg, bacon, caramelized onions, cheese and Sriracha mayo. Best paired with a side of duck gravy poutine!
Lisa Jackson is a food and travel writer based in Toronto who loves sinking her teeth into new flavours across Canada and abroad.


Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs Central Florida Knights Preview
Central Florida Knights vs Southern Miss Golden Eagles Odds
Reed Green Coliseum will host Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs. Central Florida Knights action on Saturday as both teams try to pay off for bettors in NCAA basketball betting action.
Southern Miss battles the Knights, currently sitting with a 20-10 mark (11-11-1 ATS). The OVER/UNDER records, always important for totals bettors, are 12-11 for the Golden Eagles and 10-8 for the Knights.
Sportsbooks such as BetOnline had set the Golden Eagles as 10-point favorites on the opening line for this contest. It may have moved, check for updates.
Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 17 (Golden Eagles) and the No. 89 (Knights) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 80-73 result in favor of the Golden Eagles has been projected by the scores prediction engine.
How They Match Up:
In the paint, the rebound battle will feature Southern Miss's No. 132-rated squad against Central Florida's No. 99-rated roster. And in long-range shooting, Southern Miss rates No. 98 in the country with 6.9 per game, while their foes tonight rank No. 84 nationally with 7.1 per match.
Defensively, Central Florida features the nation's No. 261-rated defense on the road, allowing 73 points per game. Southern Miss, meanwhile, comes in at No. 22 nationally in scoring at home.
Central Florida was a 74-70 winner in their most recent outing on the road against UAB. They covered the 4.5-point spread as underdogs. Isaiah Sykes scored 21 points and added 11 rebounds for a double-double, leading Central Florida over UAB, 74-70, on Wednesday at Bartow Arena.
Southern Miss lost its last outing, an 88-84 result against Marshall on March 5. They failed to cover in that game as a 5-point favorite. The Golden Eagles got a huge 35-point effort from Dwayne Davis but still lost 88-84 against Marshall on Tuesday at Cam Henderson Center.
Central Florida Knights Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
After playing UAB are 4-6
After a win are 6-4
Southern Miss Golden Eagles Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 2-8
After playing Marshall are 6-4
After a loss are 6-4
A few Knights at Golden Eagles trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Central Florida's last 7 games on the road
Central Florida is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games on the road
Central Florida is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Southern Miss
Southern Miss is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Southern Miss's last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Southern Miss's last 5 games at home
Southern Miss is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Central Florida


Kimm Slater, above, is counting on advanced technology for cutting steel plate to propel Steel 21 toward a bright future. Photo by Mike Buck
The “21” in Steel 21 stands for the 21st century, and if its first two months in business have been any indication, it’s going to be a very busy century for the people at Steel 21.
Steel 21 is an Algoma Township company supplying steel plate to industry. The 30,000-square-foot plant opened its doors in early February this year and now has 22 people employed on two shifts, often six days a week, according to Kimm Slater, founder, owner and president.
“Our slogan is ‘burning into the future,’” said Slater, and the small company’s big investment in advanced technology is aimed to do just that.
“Burning” is a steel industry term for cutting heavy steel plate into shapes and sizes for stamping dies used by stampers and tool-and-die companies. The dies and molds are used by manufacturing companies that make everything from steel automobile parts to plastic injection-molded toys.
“Burning” steel plate is no cinch. The sheets of steel are at least three-quarters of an inch thick, but can be as much as 13 inches thick. At Steel 21, the standard sheet of steel plate is 6 inches thick and weighs almost 40,000 pounds, according to Slater.
Weight is an issue because the plates have to be “flipped” repeatedly by machinery in some of the processes entailed in preparing them for use.
The industry has two ways to cut heavy steel plate. One is “oxy fuel,” a mix of oxygen and natural gas used in a cutting torch. The other is plasma, in which a gas is blown at high speed out the nozzle of a cutting torch, with an electrical arc in the middle of it from the nozzle to the plate surface. Plasma can cut about three times faster than oxy fuel.
“We have the latest in plasma technology,” said Slater. The company invested in a new plasma machine rated at 400 amps, with the power to cut through 3-inch plates at a rate of 40 inches per minute.
Another technological advancement Slater is particularly proud of is the Steel 21 process for making plates flat and parallel without the use of grinders.
“Parallel” is an industry term that means the thickness of the plate will be absolutely uniform throughout — sometimes down to a thousandth of an inch. The use of grinders to achieve parallel is “a slow, tedious process,” he said, and very messy. It also requires flipping the sheet as many as three or four times because the grinding heats the steel, causing it to warp if it isn’t flipped periodically to grind the other side.
Slater can’t reveal his proprietary process, but it requires only one flip of the steel. He worked with an Italian company and later an American company in designing and building the machines he uses.
“Nobody else is doing anything like this,” he said, but his decision to try it was “a roll of the dice” because if it had not worked as intended — to provide Steel 21 with a productivity advantage — the significant investment in the new technology would have been a serious waste of money.
Slater also has a patent pending on a self-leveling system for another part of the process of making the plate flat and parallel. It’s complicated, to say the least.
He said he has invested about $2.5 million or more in technology. According to The Right Place Inc. in a news release it issued last spring, Slater is planning to invest $4.5 million in his new steel plant, with a start-up plan that could require up to 90 employees within three years.
One year ago, the Algoma Township Board approved a tax abatement for the Steel 21 plant as an incentive to locate there. Construction on the factory started in June 2014.
The plant went into production in early February so he can’t yet be sure what his sales will be, but he guesses they could go as high as $5 million to $6 million in the first year.
Slater, 51, was born and raised in Rockford, and his entire career has been in the steel industry. His father started Maco Steel in Belmont, which Slater took over in 1987. In 2006, he sold the business and made his first half-hearted attempt at retirement. It didn’t last long: In 2008, he started Steel Craft Technologies.
“That business grew very quickly,” said Slater. It started with three employees, and when he sold it in 2012, it had nearly 90 employees. That was during the Great Recession, and it is still in business today.
“I’m not a retirement guy,” Slater acknowledged. He did volunteer work for a couple of years, but came to the conclusion that “I’m better suited to earning money,” which he then can share with nonprofit organizations doing work he values.
The economic recovery is helping, along with the recovery of the auto industry, in particular. The company does a lot of work related to the auto industry — “probably a good 75 percent automotive,” he said.
As members of the tool-and-die industry know well, the 50 percent cut in U.S. auto production during the recession was a very challenging period in U.S. industrial history. Slater said that “tough period” eliminated the less efficient and less effective suppliers in the auto industry.
“The lower level just disappeared,” he said. “What’s left is the cream of the crop.”
Now that U.S. industry is coming back strong and order volumes are high, there aren’t enough employees and machines among its suppliers to meet demand. Now many companies like Steel 21 are working six or seven days a week.
Advances in technology also have added to the pressure because, theoretically, a company can do far more today, and that is what customers have come to expect. For example, Slater said that 20 years ago it took several months to produce stamping dies. Now an order may be completed within a couple of weeks.
“The technology —in particular the computer and the die simulators — make a big difference,” he said.
The heavy industrial manufacturing arena in the United States is “a real good rollercoaster ride is how I put it. You’re either going up or you’re going down, and very rarely are you riding level.”
His philosophy is that a business is either growing or it’s dying. He tells his employees that when it comes to investment and equipment, and business in general, a business can’t be allowed to stagnate, “or the world will pass you by. You really have to stay on the cutting edge with your investment.”
The United States, in Slater’s opinion, is still on the cutting edge in industrial technology in some areas.
“Not all areas,” he added. “What I’m seeing now is people finally starting to make the investment in some of this technology.”
Originally posted by the Gand Rapids Business Journal.


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Poker Lesson 04
|Who wins the showdown? – Another example|
The rule that a poker hand (with some rare exceptions among the offbeat forms of poker) always consists of five cards sometimes leads to consequences which the beginner may find strange.
Imagine for example that player A has A-10 in hand, while player B has A-3 in hand. If we assume that the flop is A-6-J, the fourth card another 6, and the fifth card a 2 – who wins then?
First of all, both players have two pairs, A-A-6-6 (they both have an Ace each in hand, while the other Ace and both Sixes are on the table). Here, then, is clearly a case (see lesson 02) where the fifth card, the kicker, decides.
A beginner in Texas hold'em will instinctively say that of course player A with A-10 in hand should win over player B with A-3, since player A has a higher card in hand, but the fact is that there is an even higher community card on the table – that Jack which fell on the flop! The effect of this is that the highest possible five-card hand for both player A and player B is A-A-6-6-J. Both the 10 and the 3 in the respective hands are lower than the Jack, and therefore do not count. In this case, the players will therefore split the pot.
Let us now instead assume that the two players still have the same hole cards, A-10 and A-3 respectively, but that the board (the cards on the table) is A-6-9-6-2. Now who wins?
Now player A wins, since her best hand is A-A-6-6-10. The best possible hand for player B is instead A-A-6-6-9, and he has no use for his 3 in hand.
Thus, if there are higher cards on the table than any player has in hand, it may lead to two or more players having equally high hands, and a split pot, as in the above example.
Another example is if one player has A-K, and the other only has J-10. If the flop, the turn and the river now produce Q-10-A-K-J, there will be a straight on the board which will be the best hand for both players, and they will split the pot between them also in this case – even though player A has higher cards in hand than player B.
The basic principle for the showdown thus goes like this: each player "indicates" his or her best possible five-card hand, and then these hands are compared with one another – and the highest five-card hand wins the pot. If two or more five-card hands are equally good, those players will split the pot. In this case it does not matter whether one of the players has a higher "sixth card" than the other, it does not count.

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Cook County a deadly place for pedestrians
Illinois experienced 125 pedestrian deaths in 2013. Cook County was the location for 53 of those fatalities.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration maintains details information about traffic accidents around the nation. Its records show that 991 people died in motor vehicle accidents in 2013. Cook County was the location of 251 of those deaths. Moreover, 125 of the 991 statewide fatalities were pedestrians. Out of the 125 pedestrians that died, 53 of them lost their lives in Cook County.
To further understand how serious these numbers are, one only need look at the corresponding data in other counties around Illinois. Winnebago County had the second most number of pedestrian fatalities that year. A total of 11 pedestrians were killed in automobile accidents compared to 53 in Cook County.
Multiple news reports confirm the stark realities
It takes but a moment to conduct an online search that returns multiple stories about serious pedestrian accidents in Illinois. Following is an overview of some recent incidents:
- A 52-year old pedestrian and a 27-year old motorcyclist both died when the motorcycle driver struck the pedestrian. The Chicago Tribune report indicates that both people were from Plainfield. The accident shut down Illinois Route 59 for several hours. Speed was believed to have been a contributing factor in the deadly crash.
- Another pedestrian died in McHenry on a Thursday evening also after being hit by a motorcycle. In this crash, the Chicago Sun-Times notes that a driver and passenger on the motorcycle were taken to a local hospital for treatment but no details on their condition were available. An investigation was launched to learn more about the cause of the wreck.
- A Chicago Tribune story told of a deadly scene in which a Chicago Transit Authority bus killed a pedestrian in Canaryville. The accident occurred on a Monday night. No further details are known about how the bus came to hit the pedestrian.
- A 23-year old driver of a semi-tractor truck was ticketed for not using appropriate care related to a pedestrian. His truck hit and killed a 62-year old woman on a Friday morning in the Belmont Cragin area according to the Chicago Sun-Times article.
Clearly, pedestrians are at risk of being injured or killed from any type of vehicle from a motorcycle to a large commercial truck.
Staying safe and getting help are important
Utilizing designated crosswalks, wearing bright clothing, following traffic signs and more are all some ways that pedestrians can improve their safety on the road. However, some accidents are simply not able to be avoided, leaving foot traffic highly vulnerable.
When these accidents happen, victims or their surviving family members should always seek the help of an attorney.
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