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I last set foot on Koh Samet's white sands in 1988. Now the tiny island is filled with 5-star resorts.
Here is what I reported then. I feel like Rip van Winkle.
It was a scene straight from Agatha Christie.
A tropical island in a little known sea, cut off from the Thai mainland except for a lumbering South Seas packet that tied up to a rickety wharf once a day. A hotel with a thatched palm roof and a multinational clientele -- including the retired English colonel and his valet, a mysterious Swiss engineer, an aloof German couple, another pair effecting a windblown manner from Down East, and two Americans put on the ferry along with their marriageable daughter to recover from jetlag.
We took meals outdoors under a spreading maham tree. The bartender was convinced that its generous arbor spread to a greater extent than any other on the isle because it thrived on foreign languages wafting into the leaves. We roamed the deserted beaches—white as bleached whale bones--swam in the copper-green sea and snorkeled in the lee of the headlands.
This constituted our tiny band of castaways on Koh Samet, an obscure dot on the map in the Gulf of Siam. The major excitement came between 9 and 10 every morning when the engine of an ancient lugger—our link to the mainland—could be heard banging around the headland to deliver ice, beer and toilet paper—and occasionally another beachcomber.
"What if you miss the boat. Just stay here another day," philosophically noted the Swiss engineer, who worked 10½-hour days in a clock factory in order to put together two white-beach months on the other side of the world. Visitors come here for the long haul, not a three-day pass from the fast lane. The Germans have probed for eels and sea cucumber in the tidal pools for days, and the Down Easters with the mid-Atlantic accent that Peter Jennings made fashionable have been on the road for two months, although she still manages to look Fifth Avenue.
Koh Samet gets none of the crowd that frequents Pattaya on the mainland beaches where even the sharks fear to venture for fear of jet-ski attacks. Nor does our island have the go-go allure of Phuket, the jet-set destination on Thailand's west coast. Koh Samet has nothing but butterflies and a line of whipped cream where the sea meets the sand.
A string of rustic but comfortable bungalows hides in the palms behind the beach.
Hotel fare is as simple as the architecture: traditional Thai breakfast soup and exotic fruits in the morning, four different seafood dishes (with rice) for lunch and five different fish for dinner. The kitchen is not gourmet, but it abounds in local flavor.
While the lobbies of hotels in Honolulu and Bangkok may contain spectacular world clocks where light and shadow follow the sun across the international dateline, there's nothing in our gathering place but a simple hiking map of the island.
Time exists only to meet the packet in the morning and the generator, which goes off after dinner. Some of the cabins hang above the cove amid stands of hibiscus, bougainvillea and frangipani, but most hug the beach so that nights can be filled with the constant wash of wavelets rubbing against the sands.
The floor of the hotel lobby is made of empty beer bottles stuck tightly neck first into the sand, with only an inch or so of the bottom to walk on.
Why can't there be a Koh Samet for every case of jetlag?


Doomsday ‘preppers’ have revealed their plans to survive coronavirus, by staying at a camp complete with concrete bunkers, gun store, solar panels and a ditch where contaminated bodies can be incinerated.
The Fortitude Camp in West Virginia, two hours outside the capital Washington, will go into lockdown when its committee-of-five vote to declare a ‘catastrophic situation’, meaning all members will be asked to come to the camp. Access will then only be permitted via a secret password.
Survivalists pay $1,000-a-year for a space on one of its 500 bunk beds and access to its stores which the manager claims are filled with enough flour, rice and toilet paper to last the inhabitants for 25 years.
The camp, nestled in the Appalachian mountains, also has wells, radio equipment, greenhouses and a farm with chickens, goats and cows. It is protected by four armed lookout posts.
The Fortitude Camp in West Virginia, the Appalachian mountains, sells itself as a ‘real’ life insurance policy in the case of societal meltdown. Pictured above is one of the buildings members would stay in
Those wishing to sign up can pay $1,000-a-year for a guaranteed space on one of the camps 500 bunk beds (pictured)
Manager and former veteran who served in the 1991 Persian Gulf war Steve Rene, pictured above, explained that they are stocked with enough food to last them all for 25 years
The camp is also flanked by four lookouts armed with guns, so that other Americans don’t come and try to steal their food
‘It’s not a bunch of crazy people with this idea that tomorrow the world ends,’ said manager and former Operation Desert Storm soldier who participated in the 1991 attack in the Persian Gulf, Steve Rene.
‘We’re not militaristic. We have no ties with militias, anything like that. If you’re not prepared in some way, you have just no where to go, nothing to do. Everybody scrambles and lots of things get out of hand.
‘It’s like a life insurance policy that actually protects your life, rather than a life insurance policy that pays to bury you.’
The camp four lookout points are armed with high-calibre rifles, which are cable of stopping armoured vehicles in their tracks.
‘Desperate people do desperate things,’ said Mr Rene. The ‘survivalists’ view their main threat as other Americans rushing to steal their provisions. ‘Obviously that’s not very likely,’ said the former soldier, ‘but the possibility exists’.
Pictured above is one of several bunkers at the camp that members plan to use in the case of societal meltdown
This is one of the camp’s many food stores. They also have plenty of toilet paper and face masks – in the case of an outbreak
The camp has also been kitted out with a farm complete with goats (above), chickens and cows
Shown above is one of the camps buildings with solar panels, which will keep it illuminated in the case of disaster
In the case of an epidemic, camp policy dictates that new arrivals temperature will be checked with a no-contact thermometer before they are allowed in.
It was founded by a former military intelligence expert and Harvard University graduate, Drew Miller, who has established a separate branch in Colorado and hopes to build more across the US.
Since the coronavirus outbreak, Mr Rene said he has been receiving more and more enquiries from worried people across the country.
Worried people who already had the idea of survivalism ‘at the back of their mind’ are now seeing ‘there can be a need’, said Mr Rene.
A laptop open next to him shows an online map displaying the spread of the virus in real time.
There are no red dots in the vicinity of the survivalists’ ranch. As of Monday, West Virginia was the last state in the country not to have declared any cases of the disease that has shut down so much of the world.
Mr Rene smiles as he shows one of the guns that the camp would use to protect itself against other Americans. He also said that in the case of an outbreak, all new arrivals would have their temperature checked
Mr Rene showing a map tracking reported coronavirus cases in the US. There are none near the isolated camp at present
The gun pictured placed onto a kitchen work surface in West Virginia. The camp has four lookout points to protect it
The camp is also loaded with plenty of face masks (pictured) and toilet rolls in the case of a pandemic


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Majesty of the Sea
(Petrarchan Sonnet Form)
She keeps her secrets hidden deep and dark,
Mysterious in her fathoms unknown.
The poor damned souls of sailors she has thrown
To the dead eyes and white teeth of the shark.
In a storm of rage she shall take back the spark
Of life, given to men but in a loan.
Drowning always in waters cold as stone,
Are the sunken bones of ships, bleached stark.
Yet in her great temper is majesty,
And a challenge issued to those of men
Brave enough to embark upon her waves.
Like a bird who longs to be wholly free,
So their hearts long to set sail once again.
It is the beautiful sea their soul craves.
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The all-new 2013 Porsche Boxster has arrived at the Geneva Motor Show, and pure driving enthusiasts will be more than pleased to know that the German automaker has avoided the temptation to take the compact roadster upmarket. Instead, the new Porsche Boxster has stayed true to its original mission of providing lightweight performance and supernatural handling, while keeping sheet metal styling changes to an evolutionary minimum.
It's unusual in the modern era for a next-generation model to actually lose weight compared to the vehicle it replaces but that is the case with the 2013 Porsche Boxster, which drops 55 lbs (77 for the Boxster S) thanks to its aluminum body structure that is shorter at the front and the rear in order to reduce the vehicle's overhangs. The Boxster, which weighs just under 2,900 lbs when ordered in base form, also features a longer wheelbase and larger wheels which provide greater stability, as well as an electric power steering system. Handling is further enhanced via the availability of Porsche Torque Vectoring, which makes use of a locking rear differential as part of a system that can actively manage the engine torque sent to each of the Boxster's drive wheels.
The 2013 Porsche Boxster is powered by a 2.7-liter, 265 horsepower flat-six that represents a 10 horsepower upgrade over the 2012 model (on top of the 15 percent greater fuel efficiency that it also provides). The latter is accomplished through the inclusion of direct fuel injection as well as an engine automatic start / stop feature that reduces idling. The entry-level Boxster can be had with either a traditional six-speed manual or seven-speed dual-clutch automated manual transmission, and it offers a 5.4 second sprint to 60-mph from a standing start. For those who want to lop off nearly a second from that marker, the 2013 Porsche Boxster S makes available a 3.4-liter, 315 horsepower six-cylinder engine. Additional performance goodies are accessible through the Boxster's Sport Chrono package.
Although the exterior of the 2013 Porsche Boxster doesn't scream out any of its year-to-year differences, the vehicle's passenger compartment has been significantly upgraded, giving it more of a high end feel modeled after the changes seen on the most recent edition of the Porsche 911. The 911, in turn, gained its overall interior styling cues from the Porsche Panamera sedan, meaning that these three members of the Porsche family now share more than a passing resemblance from behind the wheel.
The 2013 Porsche Boxster is slated for sale towards the end of the second quarter of this year. MSRP for the two-seat convertible is expected to start at $49,500.


COVID tally to touch 46-lakh mark; govt to record data on post-recovery issues
India's COVID-19 caseload sprinted past 45 lakh and the death toll climbed to 76,271 with a record 96,551 infections and 1,209 fatalities being reported in a day, while the recoveries crossed 35 lakh on Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
India’s COVID-19 caseload sprinted past 45 lakh and the death toll climbed to 76,271 with a record 96,551 infections and 1,209 fatalities being reported in a day, while the recoveries crossed 35 lakh on Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The total number of cases mounted to 45,62,414, while the recoveries surged to 35,42,663, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The total number of confirmed cases is steadily heading towards the 46-lakh mark, with more than 90,000 infections being reported every day.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.67 per cent while the recovery rate was recorded at 77.65 per cent.
There are 9,43,480 active cases of COVID-19 in the country which comprises 20.68 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and it went past 40 lakh on September 5.
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 5,40,97,975 samples have been tested up to September 10 with 11,63,542 samples being tested on Thursday.
Health ministry to document data on post-COVID complications
The Union Health Ministry has initiated an exercise to document data on post-COVID 19 complications as part of which the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is likely to carry out a telephonic survey among recovered patients in the country using existing database.
The ministry has drafted a format for gathering the information on post-COVID-19 complications faced by patients from across states and union territories, sources said.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is concurrently working on developing a registry of post-COVID-19 sequelae to capture data on the same.
Instances of patients facing post-COVID complications like respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological problems, immunological reactions among children and fibrosis in lungs have come to the fore within the country as well as abroad.
A committee of domain knowledge experts, known as joint monitoring group under the health ministry is currently working on a guidance note on possible complications that may afflict recovered patients. The guidance note would be issued to the states so that they can share it with the health facilities in their areas for patients getting discharged.
The assessment of post COVID sequelae symptoms includes respiratory manifestations like chronic cough, breathlessness, impaired renal function, cardiac injury, psychological issues, loss of taste and smell, weakness and poor endurance among others. Experts from AIIMS recently have highlighted the need to have post-COVID clinics at all tertiary care hospitals where recovered patients facing health issues can be checked to understand the impact of coronavirus on various organs of the body.
States obligated to implement Centre’s procedures on COVID-19, says SC
The Supreme Court Friday said states are obligated to implement the Centres standard operating procedure (SOP) on various aspects of COVID-19 including transporting a suspected or confirmed case.
The top court, hearing a PIL filed by organisation Earth alleging that exorbitant rates are being charged for ambulances from suspected and confirmed coronavirus patients, however made clear that states should fix this charge.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has already issued the SOP in this regard and all states “will have to implement it”. “It is obligatory for all the states to follow the SOP and take appropriate measures with regard to augmenting the capacity of ambulances,” said the bench.


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May 12 is celebrated annually as International Nurses’ Day, as it is the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. Joyce The found her calling as a nurse, and shares her journey and experiencecaring for people physically, mentally and emotionally.
Caring for physical and mental wellbeing
The five-letter word ‘nurse’ is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as “a person trained to care for the sick or infirm, especially in a hospital.” However, many have regarded the position as just someone who cleans up after the sick. But, being a nurse is much more than getting your hands dirty.
Speaking to nurse Joyce The, she shared that nurses don’t just clean up after patient’s waste and merely change their diapers. “Nurses are not followers of a doctor, but a partner to discuss better care for our patients. We work as a team together to achieve a better outcome.”
In conjunction with International Nurses’ Day this year, Joyce hopes that more nurses will be empowered to lead, voice their opinions and be recognised. “I hope that many would listen to our needs, and to invest more resources for nurses to improve knowledge and skills.”
Passionate in caring for the sick, Joyce chose nursing as it aligned with her interest to care for people physically, mentally and emotionally. “I also like nursing for its daily human interactions, which I believe is a direct way to show care and love to my patients.”
Remembering her early days in nursing classes, she was content with what her lecturer’s definition of nursing. The 28-year-old knew then and there that she made the right choice, as she felt that her career and life goals matched perfectly. “It’s like I found my purpose in life.
Since then, my passion for nursing was ignited!”
Although she was always positive about her career, Joyce conceded that being a nurse is not always a walk in the park. Especially during the pandemic season, where she encountered the biggest challenge — her own health. “I have to maintain my stamina, health, and strong emotional and mental capacity to sustain the prolonged stress of working during the pandemic.”
According to Joyce, nurses today are overworked and most suffer from burnout due to the uncertainties of work. “Many people compliment nurses as heroes during this pandemic season, but a hero needs rest too.” Nevertheless, she sees the challenge as a catalyst for her to strive forward and be better in her profession. “I believe that God will never give us more than we can handle.”
Aside from that, she said that nowadays, nurses also need to keep up with the latest healthcare research and absorb new information almost on a daily basis. “It becomes a struggle as all of this can be overwhelming — the need to fulfil the high expectations from the hospital, patients and family members,” she added.
Despite the obstacles, Joyce continues to find motivation in her job. Watching her patients recover and giving her sincere appreciation were enough for her to soldier on. “A simple thank you can melt the heart. Even a small gesture can make the hardships disappear!” To her, nursing made her be a better person as it provides her with a chance for self-development.
“Besides being caring and patient, I learned to listen actively to fulfil my patients’ needs. I also learned to multi-task and work with precision.”
As nursing covers a vast field, Joyce anticipates a chance to experience working and living overseas. With endless opportunities, Joyce sees a chance to learn more and have better career development.
Covid-19 has indeed changed everything. Almost every sectors globally have to adapt to the new normal. While some sectors flourished, others deteriorated. One of the sectors that has been working non-stop since the pandemic started is the medical sector, where doctors and nurses are among the core frontliners.
As a nurse working in the frontline, Joyce had to take up extra burdens to handle the emotional and mental distress of patients. “Patients and family members are constantly feeling more anxious and distressed during this pandemic season. We need to be there to provide emotional support and consistent care to our patients.”
In addition, the pandemic also see the enforcement of standard operating procedures (SOPs) that needed to be adhered to. Nurses must wear personal protective equipment (PPE) when taking care of positive cases. “This has indeed increased our workload. As the cases keep increasing, we are requested to work longer hours too. I have been assigned to work 12-hour shifts when taking care of Covid-19 patients. Working long hours with full PPE has been very challenging,” she said.
Not one to easily give up, Joyce maintained a positive attitude throughout her work. When she is not at work, she focuses on self-care by ensuring she gets enough rest and maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle. As a spiritual believer, she also sees spiritual support as a vital component to overcome the trials and tribulations.
As the pandemic sees her spending more time at the hospital, she tries to open her mind to continue learning about the virus. “Knowing the ways to take care of Covid patients help me cope better. I also see that I am not alone on this battlefield, all health care providers have been working together to curb this pandemic. “This has given me the strength to continue serving. Hopefully all of our hard work will pay off soon!”
Experience is the best teacher
Joyce recalled a moment that kept her on her feet when she was a junior nurse. “During that time, I was taking care of a patient who was admitted for pulmonary oedema. She was on oxygen therapy, and in the middle of the night, she loses her breath and only relied on the accessory muscles to breathe,” she said.
Joyce said that she did not alert the physician and decided to only monitor the patient. “In reality, to excrete the excess fluid from the patient’s body required medication which can only be prescribed by a physician. Fortunately, my senior had taken immediate action to call up the physician to ask for the medicine.”
From there, she realised that her actions could have jeopardised her patient. It also dawned on her how crucial nurses are as the first responder. “After all, we are the ones that are actually by the patients’ side day and night, until they recover.” Joyce admitted that humans often make mistakes and as nurses, she needed to be vigilant in order to perform early intervention.
The caregiver also shared the moment she took care of a diabetic patient who suffered a slow-healing wound. “I remembered how demotivated I was with the slow process of recovery.
“However, amid the slow progress, my patient and his family members continued to put their trust in me, and that motivated me to provide the best care for the patient. Surprisingly, the wound recovered well and no further breakdown happened.”
Building a good rapport is important to Joyce and at the same time, she admitted that she was inspired by the close relationships she built with patients. “When you spend enough time with someone that they start to feel comfortable with you, they will start to open up and share more personal feelings and thoughts. Besides the medical treatments, this can also provide them with inner healing.”
Joyce is one of the many amazing individuals who dedicate their lives to caring for someone else. These ‘angels on earth’ spend the most time with a patient and look after every aspect of their mental and physical wellbeing, yet their contributions are often overlooked or taken for granted. Let us not forget these individuals who have put their lives on the line for us to survive during these unprecedented times. Happy International Nurses Day!

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This is a piece of extra strength clay sewer pipe with the bell shaped end exposed. This pipe was specifically manufactured with more durable properties than the regular vitrified clay pipe (VCP).
Here is a VCP sewer pipe installation being connected to a PVC plastic sewer pipe cleanout. Usually, on private property, sewer pipe is converted from clay to plastic material. You will notice that the sewer pipe has two different ends.
This VCP sewer pipeline installation is connected to a blue plastic PVC cleanout pipe and is in the process of shading over with crushed rock.
Pipeline construction crew installing extra strength vitrified clay pipe (VCP) for a new residential construction project.
A Catch Basin is part of a storm drainage collection system. There two main type of catch basins: 1) curb inlet (a.k.a. curb opening) and 2) drop inlet catch basins. This is a Cal Trans-specific modified curb inlet catch basin,
Public works projects usually take place in the public right-of-ways, in street or highways, and in this case involve excavation for storm drain installation. Traffic control measures are necessary to maintain healthy flow of traffic and prevent backups.
Sand shading is a term used to indicate a process where sand, often imported, is poured over the top of a pipe several inches, per specifications, in an area called the "pipe zone."
This 48" reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) is being transported on a public works construction site for installation in the street to upgrade a city's current storm drainage systems.
Construction shields are used in pipeline construction to hold up the sides of a trench prior to pipe installation. This will ensure the safety of construction pipeline workers by preventing a trench to cave-in.
This is a close up view for comparison purposes of the asphalt grindings produced from using an asphalt grinding machine, used to chomp through a street's asphaltic road surface.
Kana Pipeline is grinding asphalt for a public works project in Riverside, CA. This can be a cost-effective way to cut the asphalt rather than cutting with a saw cutter, prior to excavation. Another term synonymous for grinding asphalt is
New large 120-inch reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) being hoisted for installation on a residential project for storm drainage purposes.


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More than a year after the tragic tsunami and earthquake in Japan, it may surprise you to see that there are still sobering reminders of the devastation.
Peter recently traveled to Sendai, an area that was hit hard by the tsunami. Throughout Sendai, you can see evidence of the natural disaster. From the economic loss of junkyards filled with submerged cars to the personal loss of cemeteries that have become stone and marble scrapheap, watch as Peter walks through the residue of the massive destruction as well as the country’s rebuilding efforts.
For more information on the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, keep reading:
- Voluntourism Spotlight: JEN in Tohoku, Japan
- Travel Advice on Dealing with the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
- 8.9 Earthquake in Japan: Assessing The Damage, Death Toll
Video by filmmaker and photojournalist Mark Wexler. Edited by Alyssa Caverley.


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HTC 5800 Fusion Review
The HTC 5800 Fusion could be considered the CDMA counter-part to the GSM HTC S710 Vox. The 5800 Fusion has currently only been released by Qwest, but it is also rumored to be released by Verizon Wireless within the next few months. The 5800 is a smartphone, which uses the newest Windows Mobile 6 Standard operating system, but unfortunately is lacking a touch-screen. The device is targeted to business professionals, which are looking for a full-featured Windows Mobile smartphone with an integrated QWERTY keypad that allows for easy text input.
The Retail Package includes the HTC 5800 Fusion smartphone, 1050 mAh Battery, Wall Charger, miniUSB Data Cable, Stereo Earbuds, miniUSB Splitter, 2.5mm Splitter/Adapter, Leather Carrying Pouch, Installation CD, and User Manual. The first splitter connects to the phones single miniUSB port, and splits it into 2 miniUSB ports. The second splitter also connects to the phones single miniUSB port and splits it into one 2.5mm headset jack and one miniUSB port. These accessories allow for maximum flexibility when you are required to connect several different devices to the phone at the same time.
1. Stephen (unregistered)
I have had the fusion for 1 week and have been trying to give it a good test with in my first 30 days. I have been running it side by side with a smartphone on the t-mobile network. Here are is my assesment thus far. Battery life is horrible. I am testing with a data plan and the longest standby time I have received is near 10 hrs. I have made only 3 voice calls on it, so most of the testing is on the results of the data. I have tried to change the power management functions where emails only download every two hours rather than 15 min, and it does not seem to make a difference. The original charge on the battery was about 15 hrs and I let it drain down before recharging. If anyone has any ideas on how to improve the battery performance that would be great to hear. I have been impressed with the data deliverability, but I am very concerned with the battery performance.
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hey man...u cant expect a phone to have a battery life span of more than 10 hrs when ur running apps. or programs and also receiving email at the same time...i mean come on...not even someone that knows everything about the phone and has an enterprise to run, would be on their phone for 10 hrs straight...and even if they did that is more than enough.
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Hayward Field, The University of Oregon, Eugene, OR — July 2, 2021
Senior Sprinter Brandon Miller was instrumental in leading his Fenton High School Tigers to a State Title in the Michigan Track and Field High School Division 1 Championships. Brandon posted 2nd place finishes in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash events.
With an opportunity to compete in the National Scholastic Athletics Foundation (NSAF) Outdoor Nationals, Presented by Nike, on Hayward Field at the University of Oregon, Brandon showed his blazing speed. As the announcers commentating on the event’s two favored athletes, Brandon blew them away with a time of 20.49 in the 200 meters final.
For Miller, it added validation to his National Championship earned at the Adidas Indoor Nationals this past February
Sarah Marvin from Byron Michigan, competing at the same NASF event won the Girl’s Shot Put title with a distance of 50ft.-7.5in.


The slow-arriving warm weather appears to have the Copper River salmon a bit confused.
The Copper River District's commercial fishery is closed as of noon Tuesday, and there was a 12-hour subsistence fishing opening Monday. The sonar count through Sunday was 73,130 fish, far short of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's anticipated count of more than 211,000 fish.
"With the Copper River fishery on hold to allow the fish to get up the river and spawn we have had to look other places for fresh sockeyes," said Dannon Southall of 10th & M Seafoods in Anchorage.
The good news, Southall said, is that other fish aren't being as finicky as the Copper River salmon.
"The salmon are starting to show up around the state, allowing the fisherman to target these cold-water beauties," he said. "King salmon are the name of the game this week and will fit on top of any grill top perfectly. We will have net-caught kings in house all week long."
Southall said the kings are $10.95 per pound for headed and cleaned fish and $16.95 per pound for fillets. Troll-caught kings from Southeast are $21.95 per pound for fillets. Sockeye salmon also will be available headed and gutted or as fillets.
Read the full story at the Anchorage Daily News>>
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PORTSMOUTH, NH - The New Hampshire Fish and Lobster Festival, known locally as Fishtival, invites the community to Portsmouth's Prescott Park each September to honor, celebrate and rediscover the proud tradition of small-scale, local commercial groundfishing in New Hampshire and its valuable contribution to our local food system, local economy and local culture. Now, the mission continues with the announcement of small grants available from the proceeds of the 2013 event.
In this year's Alaska Symphony of Seafood new-product contest, a distinguished panel of judges, composed of industry chefs and experts, bestowed the grand prize on Tilgner's Specialized Smoked Seafood Products for their Ruby Red Ole World Scottish Style Cold Smoked Sockeye Salmon.Read more...


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My quick response is that prevention through, for example, public education wherever possible is a very effective tool for the tool box. There are many tools from the tool box that are required to successfully address this very large nationwide problem associated with both aquatic and terrestrial invasive species. Use as many of those tools as possible, in the most efficient and most cost-effective manner. Public education is one; regulation is another, as Mr. Farrant referred to.
From where we sit, in the province of Ontario, it's illegal to import live Asian carp. That's very good. The federal government, in cooperation with the province, DFO, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and the Canadian border security services, is having success in enforcing that law at the border between Ontario and the United States. But—my gosh—these critters could be imported into Montreal and then just trucked down the road to Toronto. Hypothetically, they could come in from Winnipeg to Thunder Bay, etc. That's what Mr. Farrant is alluding to.
We understand that the federal government and DFO are currently working on perhaps those very types of regulations, so let's get on with them. But in addition, as Mr. Farrant said, this is not only about money; there are other things that particularly the Government of Canada can be doing. We have recommendations specifically with reference to Asian carp prevention. To their credit, the United States of America have a federal law that forbids the interstate movement or interstate transport of injurious harmful species. Asian carp is on the list. So why are Asian carp still reaching the Canadian border at Windsor and Sarnia? Perhaps, diplomatically speaking, the Government of Canada could ask the Government of the United States of America to fully enforce the Lacey Act.

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Gareth Wigan has made a career of expanding Sony’s horizons — especially overseas.
The eminence gris of Hollywood’s international production community, Sony’s strategic adviser to its international division launched local production operations for Sony more than a decade ago, including ops in Germany, the U.K., Spain and Asia.
In 1997, he brought on Deborah Schindler to share the increasing load, as Sony expanded its activities into Russia and India, where it released its first Bollywood production this year, to add to its longer-standing operations in China, Mexico, Spain, France and Germany. With longtime Asian exec Barbara Robinson in Hong Kong, Sony was an early entrant into the Chinese market, and enjoyed notable hits, including “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Kung Fu Hustle.”
“Almost single-handedly, Gareth built up our international film business, making him a real pioneer in our industry. He recognized early on the power of the global market,” said Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO and chairman Michael Lynton in April, when Wigan stepped back from day-to-day duties as Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group vice chair to take on a more supervisory role.


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- Priyanka Chopra shares an epic picture with ‘The Rock’, Tom Hanks and Jennifer Lopez
Priyanka Chopra is the girl of the moment. The actress looked like a million bucks in her Sally LaPointe attire at the People’s Choice Awards 2017 and to top it off, she even walked away with the trophy for the Best Dramatic Actress (TV). That’s not where it ends.
- Height of voyeurism: 55-year-old peeping tom has a 20-feet fall
In her complaint to the police, the 50-year-old woman, whose husband passed away three months ago, said she was in the shower around noon when Ramesh, suspected to be drunk, climbed up the drainage pipes to reach her first-floor bathroom window, about 20 ft high. When she found him peeping and tried to close the window, Ramesh loosened his grip to save his fingers and fell down.
- India has enough money for tennis but AITA has no will: Chidambaram
Tamil Nadu Tennis Association Vice President Karti Chidambaram says raising money for tennis players is not a problem in India provided AITA shows the will even though he admitted that cricket is the only "commercially viable" sport in the country.
- CPM campaign for Father Tom's release
KOTTAYAM: A CPM campaign will seek to bombard PM Narendra Modi with letters asking him to take steps to secure the release of Father Tom Uzhunnalil who was kidnapped in Yemen. CPM members in Kottayam district will post 50,000 letters to Modi. CPM district secretary V N Vasavan said the campaign will begin at the district head post office in Kottayam at 10am on January 2 and that letters will be posted from all the 404 post offices in the district. A protest meeting will be held at the Old Police Station Ground in the evening which will be inaugurated by LDF Convener Vaikom Vishwan. Father Tom, a native of Ramapuram in Kottayam, was abducted in March this year by unknown terrorists from an old-age home run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charty in Yemen.
- Former world number one Ana Ivanovic retires from tennis at age 29
Ana Ivanovic announced her retirement from tennis because she no longer feels fit enough to compete at highest level. Ivanovic became the first Serbian woman to win a grand slam when she beat Russian Dinara Safina in the 2008 French Open final. She married footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger this year.
- Fr Tom went against official advisory
New Delhi: Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who has been in captivity since March, was denied permission by Indian authorities to travel to Yemen last year, keeping in view the deteriorating security situation in that country. Late in 2015, Father Tom approached Indian officials in Djibouti, where the Indian mission had moved after hostilities broke out in Yemen. He asked Indian authorities for permission to travel to Yemen. The security scenario being what it was, Indian officials refused to give him an all-clear for the visit. However, a few weeks later, it emerged that the Catholic priest had gone ahead with his visit regardless. He was kidnapped from a Missionaries of Charity retirement home in March. On Tuesday, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted, “I have seen the video of Father Tom. He is an Indian citizen and the life of every Indian is most precious for us. We got Father Alex Prem Kumar and Judith D’Souza released from Afghanistan. We have spared no effort and we will spare no effort to secure Father Uzhunnalil’s release from captivity.” According to sources familiar with the developments, India believes the priest has not been taken out of Yemen and is possibly still being held there. The only available destinations would be Saudi Arabia or Oman, but security officials say it’s unlikely he is in these countries. India has asked for assistance from Saudi Arabia, a country with which India now has a ramped up security relationship. But this has not resulted in any solution, which has led Indians to now believe that Father Tom may be held by the Houthi rebels. It has never been established exactly who has kidnapped the priest. But the fact that he is still alive and reading out messages might mean his captors are holding out for a ransom deal. Father Tom’s predicament is not unique. Across West Asia where multiple wars are raging, Indians continue to live and work, often going against the advisories issued by the government. Earlier this year, India made plans to evacuate 600 Indian nationals from South Sudan, which collapsed into chaos. However, when the huge C-130 aircraft landed in capital Juba, there were only about 250 Indians ready to journey back home from the troubled country. The government had run into similar problems while trying to persuade nationals to leave war-torn Libya, or even Iraq and Syria. Many Indians prefer to stay back in these countries. Until, of course, they run into severe trouble. In his video message, Father Tom was as critical of the Catholic Church as the Indian government. “Several months have gone by, my captors have made many contacts with the government of India to get me released. Honourable President and Prime Minister, I am very sad that nothing has been done seriously in my regard. Reports have been coming that everything is being done to get me released quickly but in reality, nothing seems to have happened,” he said in the video. Then he made an appeal to the Christian community. “My dear fellow Christian people, I as a priest worked in Yemen and have been kidnapped and nothing has been done by Pope Francis or by bishop of Abu Dhabi to get me released, in spite of contacts being made by my captors. I am sad that this is the situation. If I was a European priest, I would have been taken more seriously by authorities and people would have got me released,” he said.


(contact Mark Hostetler firstname.lastname@example.org)
The purpose of this Web site is to gather solutions that have been tried and were somewhat successful in solving a natural resource issue. The idea is to make various solutions known to other areas of the state and to identify which people are knowledgeable about the solution and could help other cities/counties to implement.
We are at the gathering phase of this project and I am asking people to fill in solutions and key people involved. Eventually we will pilot a team of folks to help out with implementing the proposed solution in another locality.
The solution may be something that is replicated in a relatively short period of time (e.g., educational signs for neighborhoods that help spread best management practices throughout a neighborhood) or the solution may be a process that is started but takes time to mature (e.g., consultation with a developer to create a green development).
Please propose the solution in the exact format (keep it short!) as below and feel free to send to anybody and have them fill out their solution and send to me. I'll copy and paste to Web site document. The vision is that we will have a menu of solutions that people around the state can review; then, if certain people want to try a solution, they could contact identified key players and discuss a plan of action. This may be a site visit, a conference call, or some combination of actions that will help facilitate implementation.
- Title: Pinellas County - No Mow Zones in County Parks
Situation: It is often costly and difficult to reestablish natural habitats on county property. The end goal is to conserve and restore biodiversity on public lands.
Primary Targeted Stakeholders: County and city planning staff and policy makers
Solution: (http://www.pinellascounty.org/park/no_mow.htm) Located in various parks in Pinellas County, this no mow zone policy has reestablished natural habitats, saved the county money, and has seen the return of butterflies and fireflies. Essentially areas are identified for “no mowing” and the money saved is used to restore habitat.
Key Contacts: Mary Beth Campbell (Pinellas County CED, email@example.com)
- Title: Green Developments
Situation: Urban areas have huge impacts on natural resources but green developments can conserve natural resources and minimize impacts on surrounding lands.
Primary Targeted Stakeholders: Developers and built environment professionals
Solution: Extension folks associated with the Program for Resource Efficient Communities have consulted with various developers to create green developments (see - Town of Harmony green development https://wec.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/gc/harmony/). We can visit with identified developers to create such sustainable communities from the ground up or to retrofit existing neighborhoods.
Key Contacts: Mark Hostetler (firstname.lastname@example.org), Pierce Jones (email@example.com), Eleanor Foerste (firstname.lastname@example.org)
- Title: Educational Kiosks in Neighborhoods
Situation: Many natural resource impacts stem from homeowner actions on individual lots. Some homeowners adopt sustainable practices but these do not spread throughout a community. Communication
Primary Targeted Stakeholders: homeowners, HOAs, and developers
Solution: Educational kiosks have been placed in Madera (Gainesville) and Town of Harmony (near Kissimmee) and have helped homeowners to adopt sustainable practices. These kiosks with educational panels are formatted to be easily adapted for new neighborhoods or retrofit established neighborhoods (see example at https://wec.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/gc/harmony/documents/wildsidewalk.pdf). One idea is to place these kiosks near a “green” yards and homes and showcase practices, creating a communication pathway with a local environmental steward.
Key Contacts: Mark Hostetler (email@example.com)
- Title: Residential Irrigation Restrictions: Inspections of High Water Use Neighborhoods
Situation: water withdrawals for public water supply and domestic self-supply account for large proportion of freshwater withdrawals in almost every location. Up to 60% of residential water use is attributed to outdoor irrigation, and many of the homeowners irrigate in excess of the plant water needs. To reduce residential irrigation water use and to better match irrigation to plant water requirements, residential irrigation restrictions are used by Water Management Districts, but it is up to local governments to monitor and enforce the compliance with the restrictions. Local governments approach this task differently.
Primary Targeted Stakeholders: homeowners
Solution: Alachua County Environmental Protection Division (ACEPD) has been successfully monitoring and enforcing compliance with irrigation restrictions. ACEPD has been inspecting high water use neighborhoods in Gainesville to ensure the compliance with the irrigation restrictions. Those households that were not in compliance have received receive warning letters or citations from ACEPD. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the inspection program shows that ACEPD targeted high water users within each neighborhood expected. Moreover, household water use drops after the receipt of the warning letter (the reduction is statistically significant).
Key Contacts: Stacie Greco (sgreco@AlachuaCounty.US ) and Tatiana Borisova (firstname.lastname@example.org )


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- Kilburn has been in the market for a couple of years now and is the second most popular variety behind Mulika. Certainly capable of high yields for a spring wheat it seems to be best suited to the traditional spring drilling window. It is a hard feed wheat but does produce grain of a good Hagberg, specific weight and protein level.
- Slightly later to mature than other spring wheats and also a bit taller so will need a good management programme.
- Disease scores are pretty good with decent resistance to Yellow and Brown Rust and also Septoria. But it is not Midge resistant unlike Mulika and KWS Chilham.
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The data presented here is a partial abstraction from the AHDB Recommended List. The complete data set is available on the AHDB website here


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Last summer, I gave up sweetened creamers for my coffee. I know, crazy, right?? (Disclaimer: this does not include the occasional Starbucks, Dunkin, or Sheetz coffee treat.). I knew I needed to lower the amount of sugar I consumed and this was a step in that direction.
I also was trying to lower my dairy intake to reduce inflammation. Please hear me loud and clear…I have nothing against dairy! A dear friend of mine is a dairy farmer. I still eat some dairy…I mean cheese is just too good to give up altogether! But I knew I needed to moderate my intake.
So I started looking at unsweetened almond milks in the grocery stores. They are probably fine, but some of the things added to them just made me a little uncomfortable, and I researched how to make homemade almond milk.
It turns out it is rather simple. A blender, some almonds, and water, an occasional flavoring, and that’s it! I do not know if this is how big companies make their almond milk, but it works for me!
First, I soak the almonds in water in the fridge for at least 12 hours. I’ve watched videos and read that this process makes the milk creamier and begins the sprouting procession the almonds. I cannot say with certainty that’s the case, but it would make sense!
Then it’s time for action. I usually use a 1:4 ratio of almonds to water. I usually only make 1 cup at a time, because I don’t know how long it actually keeps in the fridge. So, that means I use 1/4 cup of almonds and 1cup of water. Lately I’ve been making more because I started using this almond milk in oat pancakes and overnight oats as well as coffee.
After the almonds have soaked, I rinse them in cool water and put them, along with distilled water, into a blender. I’ve flavored my almond milk several different ways. I usually just pour in about 1/2 tablespoon of vanilla extract. In the fall, I added a sprinkle of cinnamon and some raw ginger. Around Christmas, I used peppermint extract and unsweetened cocoa powder. (The cocoa powder was a little tricky because it made the milk too thick to be strained.). If you have any other ideas of how to flavor almond milk, I would love to hear your suggestions!
I do not sweeten this almond milk at all, as that would defeat my purpose of limiting sugar intake. If you prefer a sweeter milk, I’ve seen people use dates and grind them up in the blender with the almonds. I would probably use maple syrup personally, but there is always stevia and honey too.
The next step is just to blend everything up. I usually let the blender run for about 30 seconds or so. Once the bits of almond skin flying around look very small, then I know it is finished.
I have a mesh strainer with a handle that fits perfectly on top of a two-cup measuring cup, which I line with 2 paper towels. I then pour the contents of the blender through the paper towels and strainer. Some of the other instructional posts and videos I have checked out talk about using a nut bag. Well, I don’t have one of those, so I improvised. And, if you’re careful, it works just fine!
Most of the liquid filters through the strainer with no problems, but once it gets down to the end, the remainder needs squeezed out. This is when things could get a little tricky. I’ve found that I can’t just squeeze the paper towels any old way. I need to be gentle and careful, squeezing slowly at one end, and just working the liquid out rather than forcing it.
And sometimes (ok, many times) the paper towels tear, but I just squeeze around the tear and try not to make it bigger.
And that’s it! I just pour the almond milk into a mason jar to keep it, put a plastic lid on, and place it in the refrigerator until I need it. I like to store it in mason jars because there are already measuring marks (1/4 cup) on the jars, so I don’t need to worry about dirtying a measuring cup when I go to use the milk.
I’ve found this almond milk to be a great replacement in some foods and drinks where I would use regular milk. Give it a try sometime! It’s really not difficult, it just takes a little bit of time!

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation will now use the Law Enforcement National Data Exchange when performing background checks for gun purchases. The FBI started the Law Enforcement National Data Exchange, or N-DEx, back in 2008.
“N-DEx was one of the FBI’s answers to the 9/11 Commission’s report calling for greater information sharing between all levels of law enforcement,” said FBI unit chief John C. Quinlan.
According to the FBI, these records would keep known criminals from buying guns, potentially preventing crimes across the country. The FBI first considered adding these records to NICS background checks in 2015 after an internal review showed that they could have halted the sale of guns to the Charleston Church shooter.
By adding the N-DEx info to current background checks, the agency is doing what many gun rights advocates have called for a long time: enforcing existing laws, don’t add new ones. Still, the N-DEx is relatively new and unknown and people will have personal security and privacy concerns.
The FBI conducted a study comparing one million standard background checks versus N-DEx checks and found that N-DEx was more accurate. Out of the million checks N-DEx caught two dozen more prohibited persons than NICS alone.
N-DEx allows criminal justice agencies to pool their files and search and share local, state, tribal and federal records — information that might not be on file with NICS. For example, N-DEx contains incident, arrest, and booking reports; pretrial investigations; supervised released reports; calls for service; photos; and field contact/identification records.
Department of Justice deputy assistant attorney general Frank Campbell approved the move. “The idea that the FBI would have info in a database that would prohibit a gun transaction — but not make it available to the background check examiners — just doesn’t make sense,” he said.
NICS advisory board vice chairman Ross Loder also supported the decision to use both, but cautioned against using N-DEx in place of NICS.
“I think everyone recognizes that it could be a valuable and powerful tool, at the same time recognizing that there is the potential for significant consequences, and it would be premature to proceed too aggressively or too quickly,” said Loder.
“N‑DEx receives data from more than 5,200 agencies,” reads the FBI’s N-DEx page. “It contains approximately 260 million records and facilitates an average of 50,000 searches per week. As new users become authorized, searches of the system continue to increase, and new success stories indicate the investigative effectiveness of N‑DEx.”
The N-Dex can also be used by states that don’t use the NICS system. While the bulk of states use the existing national background check system, several states use internal background checks.
NICS has many critics for failing to identify people who aren’t legally allowed to own guns. Earlier this year President Donald Trump signed the “Fix NICS” Act into law. The Fix NICS act penalizes government agencies that fail to report records to the NICS system.

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By Sheridan Voysey
I know. I’ve felt it—felt each stinging cut.
For ten years my wife, Merryn, and I dreamed of starting a family. Our journey in pursuit of that dream included special diets, courses of fertility-boosting supplements, healing prayer, and chiropractic sessions (yes, chiropractic sessions—you’ll try anything). The journey included numerous rounds of costly IVF treatment, and a year of assessment as potential adoptive parents followed by an agonising two-year wait for our hoped-for adoptive child.
We pursued our dream with all the energy we had. But our dream never eventuated.
Exhausted from a decade in the wilderness of infertility, we brought our dream of a baby to an end on Christmas Day, 2010, after doctors had told us, just days before, that our final IVF round had been successful. They’d been wrong.
I feel the loss of that hoped-for child today. I feel it when I see a father tickling his giggling daughter, or as I watch a family celebrate the birthday of their teenage son, or as I see a proud father walk his radiant, veiled daughter down the aisle. I hear a little voice at these moments that says, “You’ll never have that,” followed by a jolting sense of injustice. “It’s just not fair,” the voice says, “when we tried so hard to have a child.”
Yes, infertility can cut a man up.
It cuts a man up in more ways than the loss of fatherhood, though. Having written a book about Merryn’s and my experience of starting again after infertility, and sharing our story through speaking, I regularly have men confidentially email or pull me aside at conferences to share feelings they rarely share. “I can’t talk about this to my friends,” one guy told me. “I have low sperm count. I can’t father a child. That’ll hardly impress my football buddies.” For many men this threatened masculinity is the most difficult aspect of infertility.
The lost opportunity of fatherhood. Threatened masculinity. Infertility can bring a third kind of pain to a man too—a pain born of empathy.
Try watching your wife’s bottom lip quiver as the doctor delivers the results of those first fertility tests. Watch the sadness grow in her eyes—a sadness that may last for years.
Watch your wife’s face contort in pain as the needle extracting the eggs for your first IVF round goes in. Watch as she later recovers from the trauma in shocked silence.
Watch your wife wait in hope for the results of the blood test—for the phone call with the good news that you pray for. Watch time and again as her hope falls to the floor.
Watch as she waits, and waits, and waits for the phone call from the adoption agency. Any day now it could come—the call to collect our child. But the call never comes.
Watch as she sits on the bed, a circle of tissues around her and her eyes rubbed red. Watch as she cries night after night. Feel her body shake as you hold her.
Watch as she enters an identity crisis, wondering if she’ll ever become the person—the mother—she longs to be.
And watch as she struggles with the faith that once sustained her. Watch as she wonders if the God she prays to cares. If he cared, surely he’d give her a family.
Watch all this—watch and try not to be cut up. When the one you love most suffers so much, how can your soul not be ripped to shreds?
Over three years have passed since my wife and I brought our quest for a child to an end. We’re in a different place now—we’ve started life again. And our story is helping others who need their own new beginning after a broken dream.
But please know this: childlessness isn’t just a “female thing.” Infertility cuts a man up too. In more ways than you may know.
Sheridan Voysey is a UK-based writer, speaker, and broadcaster. His latest book, Resurrection Year: Turning Broken Dreams into New Beginnings, chronicles his and his wife’s journey to start life afresh after ten years of infertility. Follow him on Twitter @sheridanvoysey, Facebook, and get his articles and podcasts at www.sheridanvoysey.com.


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1/2cupchopped green onion tops
1Tfresh sage - minced
1Tfresh thyme - minced
1lbmedium shrimp - shelled & deveined
3cupscooked white rice
In a large soup pot, heat oil over med-low heat. Gradually add in flour and stir, not allowing the mixture to burn. Let it cook until it's light brown, stirring, about 10 minutes. Pour in the broth and mix until blended.
In a non-stick skillet over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon of oil and heat until hot. Add celery, garlic, green pepper, onion, and green onion tops, and cook until vegetables are tender.
To the roux-thickened broth add the stewed tomatoes, chorizo, herbs, salt, black pepper and the vegetables.
Add 4 cups of water and heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 40 minutes. Skim off any fat that comes to the surface.
Add the shrimp and cook, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until the shrimp turn opaque.
Serve with a simple green salad. Enjoy a Chenin Blanc or dry Riesling or opt for a pale ale.


Try to imagine designing a robot the size of the circle placed above. To put it simply, building a complete sub-mm robotic system capable of sensing, actuation and computation in an autonomous manner creates challenges which are several orders of magnitude greater than the envisioned robot size. Not to mention energy issues when the smallest batteries in the world are around 10 times bigger than the desired robot.
At the root of BioMicroRobotics, Nelson has taken the leap from imagination to reality with his microrobot for retinal surgery. Pushing the principle of "embodiment" to the extreme, he's by embedding the intelligence of his robot within their physical body. In the end, their shape, material and physical properties allow them to interact with the environment and subsequently harvest energy, perform sensing, and navigate through the human body.
Using similar principles, Nelson's lab won the 2007 RoboCup Nanogram Competition, the first year the event was held. The goal was to use autonomous microrobots smaller than 300μm to perform a series of soccer related tasks (a video of a microrobot dribbling a gold disk can be seen below).
So, just how far are we from the movie "Fantastic Voyage" and its miniature submarine and on-board crew, shrunken to microscopic size to navigate the blood stream of an endangered diplomat?


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Factors affecting soil erosion within tea fields
In a study of factors affecting soil erosion within a tea estate, using an experi-mental design to give quantitative information on run-off and soil erosion, it was found that within a given field of tea with a uniform slope of ten per cent, rainfall intensity, run-off and percentage ground cover were the major factors affecting soil erosion. Multiple regression and correlation analyses showed that these three factors accounted for as much as 86 per cent of the variability in soil erosion. There was no soil erosion when the ground cover provided by the tea canopy exceeded 65 per cent.


A saxhorn is a member of a family of brass instruments invented by Adolphe Sax (inventor of the saxophone), having a generally conical bore, a cup-shaped mouthpiece, and valves or rotors. The original family ranged from the Eb soprano to the Eb contrabass. The most common member of the family still in use today is the baritone saxhorn in Bb, commonly called simply "the baritone."
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If you’re a bonafide foodie, hunting down all of the best places to eat when you travel may be — just as if not more— important as sightseeing on vacation is. It’s not just about taming a growling tummy, either. It’s about experiencing the rich culture of a destination, one bite at a time. From exotic street food to hometown dishes to Michelin-starred restaurants, there’s something for everyone no matter where your travels take you.
So, if you’re more into moo shu pork than museums, we’ve rounded up 12 vacation ideas (in no particular order) for foodies in some of the best food cities in the world. Bon appétit and bon voyage!
New York City, New York
With more than 8,000 restaurants to choose from, the most challenging part of taking a New York food vacation is deciding where to go. Between an incredibly diverse food scene and some of the biggest names in the biz leading the kitchens, there’s plenty of opportunities to be wowed. Even so, don’t dismiss staples such as bagels and lox, enormous pastrami sandwiches, potato knishes, black-and-white cookies, a Waldorf salad, and a foldable NYC slice of pizza.
San Sebastián, Spain
San Sebastián is well-known for its Basque cuisine (think fresh seafood, local ingredients and produce, etc.), which has been internationally recognized, thanks to the chefs who put this Spanish city on the map. Along with being home to some of the best seafood in the world, the city boasts a total of 18 Michelin stars combined. It’s also one of the best food vacations for pintxos, culinary bites ranging from the original slice of bread piled with various toppings to more elevated miniature Haute creations.
While Chicago is known for having some of the most exclusive restaurants run by award-winning chefs devoted to local and sustainable ingredients, it also has a reputation for its stick-to-your-ribs staples. We’re talking about deep-dish pizza, seasoned Italian beef sandwiches, and the iconic Chicago dog — an all-beef hot dog on a steamed poppy seed bun topped with yellow mustard, relish, tomato wedges, chopped onions, a pickle spear, hot peppers, and celery salt (never ketchup!).
The birthplace of mezcal, Oaxaca, is known for various moles and satisfying stuffed street food, including memelas, tetelas, tacos, empanadas, and tamales. Carnivores with more substantial appetites will appreciate the region’s famous carne asada, which could be beef or pork. Jicama dusted with chili powder and salt is the perfect complement to a cold cerveza.
One of the best food vacations is Kyoto. For starters, the waterfront neighborhood of Gion (the former geisha district) is made up of several bustling narrow streets filled primarily with restaurants of all price points. Don’t leave without experiencing kaiseki ryori, a multi-course haute cuisine you’ll find in this ‘hood. It originates many centuries starting with simple meals served at the tea ceremony but later evolving into an elaborate dining style popular among aristocratic circles.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Great jazz and Mardi Gras isn’t aren’t the only reasons to visit The Big Easy. Foodies flock to New Orleans for its mouth-watering Cajun and Creole specialties such as gumbo, jambalaya, crawfish, red beans and rice, beignets, muffulettas, and po’boy sandwiches. Of course, you’ll also find several high-profile restaurants specializing in top-notch fusion cuisine.
You can’t have a list of the best food vacations without mentioning the City of Light. While gastronomic options abound (seriously, the French practically invented the sauce concept), some of the best things to eat in France (including Paris) are the simplest. Think flaky croissants, fluffy omelets, rotisserie chicken, a crusty baguette, and (of course) a good glass of vin to wash it all down.
San Francisco, California
San Fran spearheaded the farm-to-table movement back in the 70s, and it hasn’t skipped a beat since. The restaurant scene is chock-full of farm-fresh cuisine made with fresh, local, and organic products. Many food critics and connoisseurs consider San Francisco the capital of food and wine in the States. Some defining dishes include cioppino (a shellfish stew cooked with tomatoes, herbs, and white wine), crab Louie salad, and the “Hangtown Fry,” an egg omelet stuffed with fried oysters and bacon.
Chiang Mai, Thailand
If you’re into Youtube travel videos that cover street food, then chances are you wish you had smell-o-vision when watching all of the tempting options found in Chiang Mai — a destination known for its street eats. But despite being “fast food,” don’t expect any shortcuts when it comes to taste. There are copious favorites, including khao soi (egg noodle curry), sai oua (grilled spicy herb sausage), sticky rice, pad thai, kaeb moo (crispy pork rinds), quail eggs, som tam or som tum (green papaya salad), and grilled meats on a stick. For the adventurous foodie, you’ll find exotic bites like crickets, silkworms, ant eggs, bats, dried lizards, and more.
Dry rubbed but never dry, Memphis has one of the most straightforward yet most distinct versions of American barbecue. Sauces with various bases (vinegar, tomato, or mustard) are served on the side, and the ribs are cut St. Louis style and caked with rub. You’ll find both old-school joints who put Memphis barbecue on the map, as well as newbies offering a more contemporary version.
In general, Italy has some of the most popular food in the world, and the city of Florence is no exception. While you’ll find all of the Italian staples here, some authentic Florentine foods include crostini neri (liver paté on toasted bread), crespelle alla Fiorentina (a typical stuffed pasta dish), Florentine steak, and baccalà — salted codfish. Don’t leave the table without trying a slice of zuccotto, thinly sliced cake and filled with sweetened ricotta cheese and candied fruit (especially lemon peel), and almonds.
Honolulu has its fair share of traditional Hawaiian restaurants serving up staples such as kalua pig, Lomi Lomi salmon, poke, and poi. However, its gateway location as an international nerve center has drawn cuisines from around the world. How about kimchi from Korea, teriyaki beef from Japan, and chicken long rice from China, among other global dishes.
Ready to eat some of the best food in the world? Then get ready to pack your bags! Whether you need a suitcase with extra room for all your food-related souvenirs or the perfect backpack for toting around your market finds, Briggs & Riley will be there to help you with all of your food vacation needs. That’s why we offer a lifetime guarantee that comes with each piece of our luggage.


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NCRR Rail Forum March 5-6 Highlights Partnerships PR Newswire RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 26, 2013 RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- North Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary Tony Tata and Norfolk Southern Chairman President and CEO Wick Moorman will headline What: Progress in Motion 2013: Partnerships for Growth, a two-day forum sponsored by the North Carolina Railroad Company March 5-6 in Raleigh, N.C. The Rail Forum will highlight ways partnerships contribute to effective transportation systems and help grow our state's economy. The program focuses on how communities, businesses and rail interests work together to maximize the value of rail to serve people and commerce. Day one features remarks from Mr. Moorman followed by a networking reception at the innovative North Carolina Nature Research Center in Raleigh. On day two, the forum moves to the Raleigh Convention Center where the program will focus on partnerships that serve citizens, grow freight and create commerce. Secretary Tata's luncheon remarks will close the event. When: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 (Day One) & Where 4:00 -7:00 pm N.C. Nature Research Center 121 W. Jones Street, Raleigh, NC Wednesday, March 6, 2013 (Full Forum) 8:00 am – 2:00 pm Raleigh Convention Center Ballroom 500 S. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC Who: Wick Moorman: Chairman, President & CEO, Norfolk Southern Corporation (seating is limited) Hon. Tony Tata: North Carolina Secretary of Transportation Angie D. Harris: Director of Government and Media Relations, Ward & Smith, P.A. Tony Almeida: Senior Advisor, Economy and Jobs, Office of the Governor Noel Perry: Managing Director & Senior Consultant, Freight Transportation Research Assoc. Jeannette Goldsmith: President, J. Goldsmith & Company John Muth: Deputy Director for Development and Chief Development Officer, CATS John Edwards: General Director of Passenger Policy, Norfolk Southern Corporation Paul J. Ballard: CEO, Nashville Transit Authority & Regional Transportation Authority John Atkins: Chairman, NC Railroad Company and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, O'Brien/Atkins Associates Scott Saylor: President, North Carolina Railroad Company View the full agenda by visiting www.ncrr.com. SOURCE North Carolina Railroad Co Website: http://www.ncrr.com Contact: Teri Saylor, +1-919-954-7601, email@example.com
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SHINee is a contemporary band that is made up with five high school students. The contemporary band means that they suggest the trends of music, dance, and fashion to lead people. In future, SHINee will show their contemporariness in music, dance and fashion. Also, the group name SHINee is the neolo...
Romantic scandals, renewed recording contracts, and forced graduations from girl groups – these are just a few of the breaking news stories that K-pop fans around the world are most passionate about. What did Kwon Jung Yeol say about Wheein that made everyone take notice? What does leading lady and...
- [Photo] SHINee’s Minho Flashes His Smile for ‘To the Beautiful You’ 2012.08.13 17:15
- F(x)’s Sulli, SHINee’s Minho and other cast members of the SBS drama To the Beautiful You appeared at the drama’s press conference held on August 13 to answer any questions the press had. To the Beautiful You is a drama about how a girl dressed as a boy survives her school days at an all-boy phys..
- Infinite’s Woo Hyun Thanks SHINee’s Key for Attending Infinite’s Concert 2012.08.10 11:20
- There’s nothing greater than the support of a friend and Infinite’s Woo Hyun had to show his gratitude publicly. On August 9, Woo Hyun tweeted, “Always cheering me on, my fans and friends… Special people who I will always keep inside my memories.” ..
- New Sulli-Minho, Sulli-Lee Hyun Woo Couple Drama Posters Released 2012.08.10 10:36
- New couple posters of Sulli, Minho and Sulli, Lee Hyun Woo have been released, but who looks better together? The new posters for the upcoming To the Beautiful You were revealed on August 10 showing the lucky Sulli paired with Minho on top, Lee Hyun Woo on bottom. ..
- [Photo] SM Artists Drop by for ‘S.M.Art’ 2012.08.09 15:42
- A few SM Entertainment artists appeared at the photo session for S.M.Art Exhibition in Seoul, held on August 9, to pose for the cameras. The S.M.Art Exhibition in Seoul is the world’s first interactive entertainment exhibition. It brings together cutting-edge digital technology with SM’s premium c..
- Girls Day’s Yura Joins ‘To The Beautiful You’ as Minho′s Obssessive Fan.. 2012.08.09 11:13
- Girls Day’s Yura has joined the cast of SBS’ To the Beautiful You and her eyes set on one person and one person only. Yura will play high school student Lee Eun Young who is a die-hard, obsessed fan of Minho’s character, gold medalist Kang Tae Joon. ..
- SHINee’s Minho Cries and Films for 3 Hours for ‘To the Beautiful You’ Funeral Scene 2012.08.09 11:05
- Playing the role of the high jump gold medalist Kang Tae Joon in SBS’ To the Beautiful You, SHINee′s Minho is taking on a prickly and stoic character. However, in new preview still cuts for the show’s second episode, Kang Tae Joon is standing in the rain for a funeral. The normally stiff characte..
- SHINee’s Minho Films in Front of 105 Cameras in a ‘Matrix-Style’ Format for ‘To the Beautiful Yo.. 2012.08.06 15:34
- Some of Minho’s action scenes for his upcoming drama are being shot through special, never-before-attempted techniques. Dubbed the ‘Matrix cameras’, a total of 105 high-function cameras were set up over the course of 8 hours for Minho’s recent high jumping scene on July 20, in a stadium in Daegu..
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Some days back I wrote about a WIP of The Book on Aura
It got some attention and pull requests.
Akihito Koriyama have already started to convert the documentation to Japanese.
And today I am happy to announce that it is officially going to the manuals.
Fork https://github.com/auraphp/auraphp.github.com and contribute to the manuals.
The manuals are in different languages. Currently
Akihito Koriyama is working on Japanese translation.
We are aware some parts of the manual needs a rewrite / more explanation. If you are interested to learn and contribute get in touch via http://groups.google.com/group/auraphp.

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Josh Hall’s horrendous run of luck at the helm of various Gartmores has struck once again and the Finot Open 60 is currently limping towards St Malo minus the port rudder and sections of the surrounding hull
Gartmore was making 14-17 knots towards St Malo in the fifth leg of the EDS Atlantic Challenge at 0400 this morning when she struck something very solid. With the aid of jackets, lifejackets and a braced hatch cover, the ingress of water can now be dealt with by half hourly bursts on the bilge pumps. Josh Hall takes up the story:
“Last night we struck something in the water and it completely broke off our port rudder. Being on starboard gybe, the port rudder was the one in use and the hole in the bottom of the boat that was left immediately allowed a huge amount of water into the lazerette.
“We immediately gybed and went close hauled to lift the hole clear of the water. Plugging the 15cm (6”) diameter hole, which was actually the rudder bearing with no rudder shaft in it, was the primary concern. First I stripped off my Musto jacket and shoved it in, and shortly after Javier had the great idea off inflating a lifejacket in the hole.
“This bought us the time to pump and bail the water out. Then we could sort a more watertight solution. We found a carbon inspection disc in the engine bay that luckily fitted the inside the flanged bearing exactly. This is now Sikaflexed into the bearing with half of our boat hook wedged between it and the deckhead to keep it in place.
“Now we can only sail very conservatively on starboard gybe as we have to keep the windward rudder in the water. Whenever we can sail on port gybe or tack we should be able to sail normally, but we are way under-canvassed right now as the wind is in the southwest still.”
Although Hall and his crew are “quite simply gutted” by the accident, they have decided to continue racing. The ridge of high pressure that has slowed the leaders will make it difficult for Hall and his crew to keep the damaged section clear of the water but by the time they reach that point, a more watertight solution should be in place.
It’s atrocious luck for Hall and his crew and no doubt the fleet’s sympathies are being tapped out to Race HQ at this moment.


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This transcript was recorded during a
seminar in Poland by Martyn Carruthers about helping people
resolve deep conflict . A portion of this
transcript was cut and posted at
How children create complex conflict.
People suffering obsessions or compulsions often
find a predictable structure of underlying conflicts ... a sense of
cognitive dissonance and unaligned emotions. Here is an example of
coaching a person to explore a deep conflict.
Jan is a businessman about 45 years old.
Martyn agreed to explore a conflict about Jan's
Conflict Resolution Transcript Part 4
Part 5 becomes Conscious
Now we can explore the second level of integration and, who
knows, maybe we will find a fifth part that is not yet conscious. A fifth
part would become conscious by objecting to parts 3 and 4 cooperating.
The first conflict was about smoking versus not smoking, and the second conflict looks
like outer joy versus inner joy. Lets go back to Jan [turns to Jan and
observes him for a second].
[To Jan] Jan, can you imagine again that you can see the white birch and the
clown working together, so that you can have harmony and joy simultaneously
in your life. Of course, there is this side of you that says, "Hey, there
can be harmony and joy inside too, and not only in the world." Jan,
imagine what would happen if you find harmony and joy inside and outside
simultaneously. Imagine you can live life with internal harmony and joy and
external harmony and joy. What would that be like?
Jan: It looks like my main life goal.
Martyn: [To class] This conflict may lead to "What is the meaning of
my life?" I said earlier that a conscious conflict is rarely
so important: for example "Do I smoke - or do I not smoke?"
is a detail compared to "What is my main life goal?"
[To Jan] What does this side want to tell you about the your main life goal?
Jan: That it is important to live life in balance. Inside and outside
balance [part 5].
Martyn: I wonder what the birch and the clown working together would
say about the part of you that wants inside and outside balance simultaneously?
Jan: The birch says "There is health inside harmony",
and the clown adds, "And joy!"
Martyn: Imagine you can live your life with harmony and joy
inside, and with harmony and joy in the outside world. Fantastic! Perhaps
you begin to realize what your purpose in life is: to live life,
harmoniously and joyfully inside and outside. Nothing else is so important.
Wonderful - yes?
Part 6 becomes Conscious
[At first, Jan shows signs of exaltation, then surprise,
then doubt, after a few moments his posture drops; and then he shows an
expression as if of a sudden realization.]
Martyn: Bonnng! Looks like part 6 is showing its head! [laughter in
class] Something important may still be missing. What do you think,
Jan? Is something still missing?
[Jan closes his eyes and
his face muscles become flaccid]
Chronic Conflict Explained
[Martyn to class] The relationship dynamics underlying
chronic conflict usually fit into my family maps that I taught earlier.
When we help people manage the first level of conflict, a client
often says something like, "Everything that I've ever wanted
is possible now!" while signaling "No!" non-verbally. You
can manage these and similar objections using the Yes/No and Yes, but skills
that we taught earlier in this course.
Jan started with a conscious conflict, then found
unconscious conflicts. Often, the conscious parts are
like voices: one may urge, "Smoke! Yes! Smoke!"
and the other, "Don't smoke! No! Don't smoke!" Imagine how it
would be to make decisions from in-between two loud inner voices.
Student: I can think of many people who live their
lives like that.
Martyn: I'd guess between 15% of Europeans and
maybe 20% of North Americans, based on my clients, workshops and talks,
although perhaps my work attracts people in conflict.
explains Complex Conflict
[Martyn watches Jan as he talks. After a few minutes, Jan
makes some small movements and opens his eyes; Martyn immediately turns to Jan.]
Martyn: Anyway, that's too much theory; right Jan?
Can I check if any of this makes sense?
[To Jan] Hej Jan, dzien dobry - jak sie masz? [Hi Jan,
good day - how are you?] Remember the clown on your right. The clown (part 1)
said that smoking will give you more fun and joy in life. And on
your left was the beautiful white birch (part 2) which may represent your
peaceful health. And if the clown and the white birch are together in
front of you, you experience cooperation with the outside world (part
3). That looks great: you can express joyous motivation and peaceful beauty
during life. And on your right was a Chinese scroll (part 4) that seemed to say,
"No! It is more important that you experience cooperation inside."
Perhaps you can say, "Thank you" to the Chinese scroll. And
feel the conflict between the Chinese scroll and the cooperation between
the clown and the white birch. And imagine, Jan, the possibility to have
cooperation inside and cooperation outside at the same moment. Imagine that you
can live your life with full cooperation inside, and with peace and fun
in the outside world. What would it be like, if you can enjoy both of
Jan: I feel a strong inner need to find such life.
Martyn: Imagine that you can see future Jan who can enjoy full internal
peace, while cooperating with the outside world.
What might you call a state when you have full cooperation
inside and full cooperation outside?
Jan: I don't know why, but I see the symbol of a cross in front of me.
Martyn: Great, look at that symbol of the cross in front of you,
perhaps it represents Christianity - perhaps a symbol of two parts
working together - perhaps peaceful
fun in life and inner cooperation - perhaps something more spiritual -
perhaps some or all of these. What name would you give to this cross [part 5] that
may somehow represent the integration of the second level of conflict.
Martyn: Consider living life with harmony, with full inside
harmony and full outside harmony. Maybe that would be perfect!
Maybe nothing else is wanted or needed. Maybe that would be the
end of the path, there would be nothing else to do.
Jan: [hesitates] I ... need to contact
others as well ... I need to see my harmony in a context.
Martyn: Good. And enjoy feeling your need to contact
others. A part of you wants to live in full harmony, and perhaps another
part of you says, "Something important is still missing!"
What is this part like - that wants you to contact others?
Jan: Like a sunflower. [Part 6]
Martyn: Look at the sunflower that represents contact with
others, and also at the cross, which represents harmony inside and
outside. And when you consider contact with people, who is the
most important person to be in contact with?
Jan: With my mother.
Martyn: And look at that sunflower with the idea of full contact
with your mother, and with other people. With the cross you may find
harmony, inside and outside. Consider the possibility of living your
life with full harmony inside and outside, and with full contact with
people, especially with your mother. How would it be for you to
experience both of these together in the same moment?
To readers: thank you for reading this far. Your attention is a real compliment.
Please email us some of your experiences and contact us to resolve conflicts.
Online Systemic Coaching, Counseling & Therapy
Plagiarism is theft © Martyn Carruthers 2002-2018
All rights reserved. Transcribed by Dr Ana Pejcinova

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