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November 22, 2006 (LBO) – The Colombo-Habarana Road is a military supply route. Those driving on it are likely to come across slow moving convoys of army containers guarded by soldiers going North and buses carrying soldiers and sailors going South on home leave. Yet, the recent rains washed away parts of this road between Alawwa and Kurunegala. It is obviously not a military supply route that is in the best shape. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse looks at a model of the second international airport of the island to be built at Weerawila in southern Sri Lanka. Rajapakse laid the foundation stone for a 125-million-dollar, 4,000-metre (13,200-feet) upgrade to a small airport at Weerawila, which is to become an international terminal by November 2009. Rajapakse marked his first year in office by launching work on a new international airport to handle the giant Airbus A380 airliner and pledging a major new port.Â (AFP PHOTO/Sanka Vidanagama) A war has been going on in the North and the East for over 20 years. But we have not built a high-quality highway to supply the front. Instead, the most progress has been made in building the Southern Highway and building dams to prevent the rainwater in the Seeduwa area flowing to the sea (this is also known as the Katunayake expressway). The one-year anniversary of President Rajapaksa's razor-thin victory in 2005 was celebrated in grand style in Weerawila in the Deep South of the country. The foundation stone was laid for the long overdue alternative international airport. Yet, from 2007, the only runway that can allow Kfirs of the Sri Lanka Air Force to land and take off is going to be closed for eight hours every day to allow for resurfacing, ensuring the LTTE a guaranteed eight hour respite from the air war, among other things. This also happens to be the only runway in the only working international airport this country has. Is there anything wrong with these pictures? Road to war As peace-loving infrastructure wonks, we don't like to admit this too loudly, but most infrastructures have military applications. A Sri Lanka army special motorcycle unit soldiers conduct a patrol through a flooded street in the capital Colombo. Heavy monsoon rains have flooded several parts of the island and caused the deaths of 45 people in three weeks, according to the Natural Disaster Management Centre. (AFP) The Roman Empire was defined by its roads; where the road ended, there ended the empire. "The Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" was held together by the "All Red Line," a system of undersea and overland cables that was completed in 1902. The Kandyan kings threatened to behead anyone who built roads; the British went on a road-building frenzy after they barely managed to beat back the Great Rebellion of 1818. The kings as well as their British successors knew that roads allowed troop movements and enabled easy supply of the front. After roads crisscrossed the former Kandyan Kingdom, there were no rebellions of consequence. When President Eisenhower was a young officer in the US Army, he spent 62 days on a military convoy trying to get to the West Coast from Washington DC. One of the greatest achievements of his presidency was the construction of the "National System of Interstate and Defense Highways" [note the name]. Now the full length of the United States can be traversed by car in a few days. Good roads have military significance. Controlled-access highways allow safe and fast transport of troops, ordinance and supplies. If such a highway connected Colombo to the North and East, the sailors who were massacred by the LTTE suicide bomber at Digampatana would still probably be alive. There would have been no need to park on the side of the road on a two hour drive; and no side to park on anyway. Good roads are not, of course, solely of strategic value. They have enormous social and economic benefits. But most of the world's major highways and railways got built because the economic and strategic rationales converged. The mystery is why that did not happen in Sri Lanka, and why the only decent highway that is being built after Independence is going South, away from the theater of war. Many decried the successful LTTE raid on the Katunayake International Airport as a despicable terrorist attack. The trouble was that it did not meet the criteria of a terrorist attack: it hit a military target.Forced air The destruction of half the SriLankan fleet and the driving up of war risk insurance, etc. were collateral benefits the LTTE gained by attacking the principal military airfield in the country. It has been five years since that nadir of the war was traversed. One would think that some action would have been taken to separate the military airfield from the only international airport this export- and tourism-dependent country has. But, no. We are building the alternative airport from scratch as far away from population agglomerations and the theater of war as possible, in the President's home district in the Deep South. There is a working airfield in Hingurakgoda, which meets the key criteria one looks for in an alternative airport: it enjoys drier weather than Katunayake; it is in a different weather zone. And it is most likely that the runway can be upgraded to handle Airbuses and Boeings once in a blue moon (which is all that is needed from an alternative airport) much faster than Weerawila can be constructed from scratch. It also has certain other advantages that should not be spoken of too loudly. Hingurakgoda is the location that has long been discussed as the logical headquarters of the Sri Lanka Air Force. And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that it would be a little more effective for running sorties over Kili than Katunayake. And if the airport gets done sooner, the shorter will be the Kfir holiday for Soosai. Why? Why do the economic and strategic not converge, like it does everywhere else, to give us decent infrastructure in this blessed island? Conspiracy? Whose conspiracy? It is possible, but naive, to think that we are not building a highway to the North and East because of the evil conspiracies of the foreigners who want to break up this blessed island. Roads and highways are the conspiracy. After all, it was the ADB, which is financing part of the Southern Highway, that pulled out all the stops to rebuild the A9 road during the ceasefire. Obviously a bad thing to do: rebuilding the road that reconnected Jaffna to the rest of the country is a frontal assault on the unitary state. The very fact that the present government is keeping A9 closed is proof that connecting Jaffna to the rest of the country is an evil separatist plot. We'll really bury this separatism when we stop the conspiratorial air and sea transport to Jaffna. The phones have already been shut down and the postal service is not working, even when it's not inundated with food parcels; cut all communications with Jaffna and separatism will be buried for good. Our leaders have deep strategic reasons for not building highways to the North and airports in the Northeast; the same kinds of reasons they have for cutting off communications with Jaffna. If we actually have decent highways connecting the North and East to the rest of the country, we will foster separatism. The reason we have crappy roads that take us three and half hours to cover 100 km on a good day and take us to the mortuary and the emergency ward on a bad day, is part of a great and good plan to safeguard the unitary state. If the A9 is open, it is good for the Tigers (and the ADB). If we can go fast and unhindered on the A1, it is good for the Tigers (and the World Bank). If we can't go to Jaffna, it's bad for the Tigers (and bad for Solheim too). The harder it is to get anywhere, the worse it is for separatism (down with yankee imperialism). Now you understand the reason for road closures in Colombo and the checkpoints. Only stupid people thought that they were intended keep people with guns and bombs out of Colombo. No one thinks that any more, not after Raviraj. The real purpose is to defeat separatism by making it impossible to go anywhere. This is the wisdom of the Kandyan Kings that has been neglected for too long. Once people stop going anywhere, all they can do is watch TV and listen to radio. The plan there is still being worked out (the kings didn't have TV and radio, so the purohitas have to think this stuff up from scratch; it's hard, especially when you're not used to thinking). But the planning is in progress; it will be explained in due course in a future column. First clue: Raja FM; second clue: Namal Rajapaksa, coming soon on Swarnavahini. We will cut off all transport and communication with Jaffna to start with. Then, based on the spectacular success of this autochthonous solution to the terrorist, separatist, Western, salmon-eaters' conspiratorial non-problem, we will enact new legislation to punish anyone who builds any new roads in any part of Sri Lanka by beheading. And the airport? What airport? The whole thing in Weerawila was a diversion to confuse the foreigners. We're not going to build any new airports; we're going to close down Katunayake too. That way, they won't notice our grand plan regarding the roads. Weerawila is the place where the people who build roads will be beheaded. Just kidding. I honestly can't understand why four different presidents and untold numbers of army commanders and joint chiefs over twenty plus years didn't get one decent highway to the North built; and why the fifth president is building an airport in Weerawila. Instead of saying they were stupid (I will be found guilty of the non-statutory offence of lese majesty by the Honorable Supreme Court if I say that), I came up with an alternative explanation. Good, no?
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Mitsubishi eK Cross EV was developed primarily based on the mixture of two Japanese automakers, Mitsubishi and Nissan. That is the pure electrical model of the Mitsubishi eK Cross kei automotive mannequin at the moment being distributed within the Japanese market.
Mitsubishi eK Cross EV has total dimensions size x width x peak of three,400 x 1,480 x 1,660 mm, respectively, with a wheelbase of two,500 mm, in step with rules for kei vehicles in Japan. The entrance of the automotive is supplied with a grille with horizontal spokes, linked to the LED daytime working lights, surrounded by a chrome splint to kind the signature “X” form of the Mitsubishi model. In the meantime, on the two entrance corners of the automotive are vertical Halogen headlights, beneath is the entrance bumper of the identical shade because the physique, built-in with the central air cavity and LED fog lights.
The facet of the automotive is designed with embossed ribs, extending from the entrance fender to the hind lights. Set of alloy wheels, 15 inches in diameter, painted in 2 tones with the roof painted in a special shade than the physique. Behind the automotive is a roof spoiler and vertical taillights, surrounded by a black border.
The whole automotive seats are coated with artificial leather-based in a well mannered shade scheme. The three-spoke steering wheel is built-in with operate keys, in entrance is a full digital dashboard with a 7-inch LCD display screen. Mitsubishi eK Cross EV is supplied with a 9-inch infotainment display screen subsequent to the steering wheel, an easy-to-operate digital management lever. Under the middle console, there’s a handy storage compartment.
Mitsubishi continues to make use of a skinny 20 kWh battery pack an identical to the Nissan Sakura, serving to the Mitsubishi eK Cross EV to journey a distance of 180km after being absolutely charged. The battery cost time is about 8 hours when charging usually, and 40 minutes when quick charging for 80% battery.
Mitsubishi eK Cross EV is supplied with the automated parking system My Pilot Parking, which mechanically finds the parking place and assists the motive force in reversing, or parallel parking. As well as, there’s a lane holding help system, adaptive cruise management system.
The beginning worth of the Mitsubishi eK Cross EV within the Japanese market is from 1,848 million yen (equal to 334 million VND) and is predicted to be accessible out there from this summer time with a complete of 10 exterior paint colours.


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About 650 of Southern California's hardier athletes put themselves to a big test Sunday as the Orangeman Triathlon passed through Dana Point and San Juan Capistrano.
Competitors in the all-day event went for a 1.2-mile ocean swim off Doheny State Beach, a 56-mile bike ride east through San Juan Capistrano and back, and a 13.1-mile run along Coast Highway through Capistrano Beach. Athletes competed in age and gender divisions.
The triathlon is part of the Orangeman Running Series, which includes the San Juan Hills Trail Run in February, the Caspers Wilderness Park Trail Run in March, the Salt Creek Half Marathon in April and the Halloween Half Marathon, 5K, 10K and 1K Kids Run coming Oct. 28 on the Salt Creek Regional Trail.
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I mean, I wouldn’t have wanted to walk Augusta with anyone else on the final round.The 2015 NHL Entry Draft was one of their many successful drafts in recent years �?they picked up two key building block players: Ivan Provorov and Travis Konecny .These men and women pay the ultimate sacrifice so we can enjoy the freedoms back home.It’s a huge credit to our goaltending coach, Yelovich said.Take a moment to drink that in and enjoy it.
The seven-year veteran has at least one sack in all but two games this season, making him one of the best IDP plays out there.A quick scroll of ‘dandruff scraping’ on YouTube throws up more than 2K can’t-look-away videos of people hacking at their heads to remove their flakes.”We just made plays,” Tate said.AVALANCHE CONNECTIONS and Colorado defenseman Tyson Barrie were teammates with Kelowna in 2010…Jacob Josefson and Avs’ winger Gabriel Landeskog played together with Djurgardens during the 2008 season…Joseph Blandisi was drafted by the Avalanche in 2012 …Eric Gelinas was drafted 54th overall by the Devils in the 2009 Draft and spent two-plus seasons with New Jersey from 2012.Where we’re at, you have to be very careful with anything you do because anything that puts money on your cap and all that, it’s probably a bad move in some ways.
He’s important, coach Peter DeBoer said.Robert Curbeam currently holds the record for the most spacewalks during a single spaceflight.The 2019 edition of Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year competition attracted nearly 9 entries from over 77 countries, of which 802 were shortlisted.This is Liberty’s fourth all-time appearance in the tourney, the first since 2013 and its first as something other than a No.Williams, a pass-first point guard whose style is believed to fit with coach Larry Brown, has played in just five games for Chicago this season, averaging 1 points and 1 assists .With a goal in each of his last four games, Pacioretty has 12 on the season.
As for the Supreme Court, in 2009, Sonia Maria Sotomayor became the first Latina to serve as an Associate Justice.will visit with the Panthers on Monday, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.Waters scored 11 points and handed out 10 assists.He legit caught Durant some 30 feet down the court in stride leading to KD flushing it home.You know: the men and women who scale skyscrapers, hang off cliffs, stroll through lava, audaciously approach volatile wildlife, and remain overall unflinching in the face of mortally dangerous situations-so long as it results in a supremely like-worthy selfie.
The pair are often spotted together at the annual Royal Ascot horse races, as Warren is the son of the Queen’s horse racing manager.He started all but 10 games he played his first year, all 77 games in which he appeared last season and 27 this season.Witnessing a child being excluded by their classmates is incredibly painful.I should have sat out the ’99 season and then put myself on the market.This is why I moved to London, she explained.
You can only eat so much in one day.”I don’t think any one man can stay in front of me,” Waters said.West was released by the Chiefs in August after playing 49 games for the team from 2014 to 2017.
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Walkley Award-winning sports journalist Caroline Wilson delivered the 2018 Andrew Olle Media Lecture at our black-tie gala dinner on Thursday 1 November 2018 at The Westin Grand Ballroom in Sydney.
The evening was hosted by our own Richard Glover, with former Olle lecturers Helen McCabe and Kate McClymont in the audience.
Caroline Wilson's address was personal, compelling and often drew a laugh from the audience, and focused on the role of the media in holding institutions to account and her thoughts on unwinding male domination in the sports arena.
How to catch the Andrew Olle Media Lecture
About Caroline Wilson
Caroline Wilson was The Age chief football writer for two decades, stepping down from the role at the end of 2017.
During that time she broke numerous stories, including Carlton's systematic salary cap cheating; the AFL's plan to introduce new clubs on the Gold Coast and in Greater Western Sydney; and reported the Melbourne tanking scandal. She also revealed numerous coach sackings; gained the first exclusive interviews with key AFL players suffering serious mental health issues at a time when depression was stigmatised; and has been a passionate advocate for women across all levels of the game.
A dual Walkley Award-winner in 2013 for her coverage of the Essendon Football Club drugs scandal, Caroline was named the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year in 2014 and the Harry Gordon Australian Sports Journalist of the Year in 2016.
Caroline is the only woman to be inducted into the Melbourne Cricket Club's media Hall of Fame and in 2015 was inducted into the Victorian Media Hall of Fame. She received the Australian Sports Commission's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, and among dozens of awards across newspapers and radio she has also won the AFL's Gold Media Award three times.
Caroline has covered three Olympics and three Commonwealth Games and remains a columnist for The Age. She has been a panellist on the ABC's Offsiders program for 12 years and a commentator on Channel Nine's Footy Classified for 11 years. She is also a commentator on Melbourne radio 3AW and Adelaide's 5AA.
About Andrew Olle
The lecture is held in honour of one of the ABC’s iconic broadcasters, Andrew Olle. Following his death from a brain tumour in 1995, the Olle Fund for Brain Cancer Research was set up. The money raised at the lecture goes directly to the Cure Brain Cancer Neuro-oncology Group at UNSW, which is now a world leader in personalised medicine for this type of cancer.
Caroline Wilson follows a long line of distinguished Andrew Olle Media Lecture speakers, including Joseph Kahn, Waleed Aly, Helen McCabe, Kate McClymont, Lisa Wilkinson, Mark Colvin, Laurie Oakes, Ray Martin AM, John Hartigan, John Doyle AM, Lachlan Murdoch, Kerry Stokes AC, Jana Wendt and David Williamson.


Call it what you like — “Chicago style,” “Fifty-Second Street,” “small-band swing.” Perhaps you’d prefer to name the heroic echoes heard — traces of Bud Freeman, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Rowles, Jess Stacy, Dave Tough, George Wettling, Marty Marsala, Max Kaminsky, George Lugg, Vernon Brown . . . the list could continue.
But I prefer to admire the music for itself.
This little band, an impromptu aggregation, has a wonderful nimbleness. Although its repertoire, except for the 1937 SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN, predated Goodman at the Palomar, there was nothing archaic about their session of the 2011 Sweet and Hot Music Festival (September 2, 2011).
The players: Dan Levinson (clarinet, tenor sax); Chris Dawson (piano); Hal Smith (drums); Corey Gemme (cornet), and the Mystery Guest for the last two performances, trombonist David Sager.
SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN, for many of us, recalls the 1944 Commodore record by Muggsy Spanier’s Ragtimers. Dan and friends took a lighter approach:
THEM THERE EYES was a hit record in 1930 and continues to be one of the tunes all the musicians in the world love to play:
CHERRY harks back to McKinney’s Cotton Pickers and the wonderful shouting yet polite vocalizing of George “Fathead” Thomas:
MY MONDAY DATE (or A MONDAY DATE) comes from Earl Hines, whose playful spirit imbued the proceedings:
SORRY owes its endurance in our memories to Bix Beiderbecke and Don Murray:
THERE’LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE brought on the agile David Sager:
And the set ended with the 1925 classic, DINAH:
“Excuse me, sir, can you direct me to the Commodore Music Shop?”


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Jackboot Jacko? New York memorabilia seller claims king of pop kept hoard of Nazi films
Secret interest: Michael Jackson, who used to wear military-style clothing, allegedly had a hoard of Nazi films
Michael Jackson had a secret stash of Nazi documentaries that he kept at his Neverland home, it's claimed.
He allegedly had a collection of memorabilia and hunted down specialist video sellers who could discreetly sell him hard-to-find films and documentaries, according to the New York Post.
The troubled pop star seemed obsessed with Adolf Hitler's regime as well as a selection of movies and TV specials which focused on troubled young boys in abusive or dysfunctional families.
Nazi memorabilia seller Norman Scherer claims to have helped Jackson form 'a really good collection', supplying him with titles such as Nazis: Of Pure Blood, Oasis of the Zombies and Hitler's Children.
Scherer goes on to claim in the Post that Jackson didn't even try to hide the videos, displaying them on the walls of his video vault at his Neverland Ranch.
But clearly Jackson, who often wore military-style clothing, was not comfortable sharing his Hitler obsession with other people.
Scherer explains that he was approached by a New Yorker in 1995 who was trying to make orders for a 'big client' who insisted on discretion and privacy.
And he was warned that the deal couldn't happen if Scherer, who owned a videotape distribution company in the Nineties, wasn't discreet.
Despite having first-hand knowledge of Jackson's secret obsession, Scherer doesn't think that Jackson's interest in Hitler had any worrying connotations.
Scherer says he assumed that the singer just loved the military uniforms and the goose-step marching.
'Michael Jackson was a very special client to me,' said Scherer.
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A development agency of the West Bengal government is setting up a tourist circuit connecting Digha, a coastal town in Purba Medinipur district, with another popular seaside resort Mandarmani along the 29.5 km-long Marine Drive route, an official said.
The Digha Shankarpur Development Authority is executing the project and the work for it is almost complete, he said. “Due to lack of an integrated circuit connecting Digha, Shankarpur, Tajpur and Mandarmani in the district, it is difficult for tourists to explore the entire stretch in one visit. Hence, people come to one spot only and return. “The Marine Drive will help them visit all these spots for a three-four day tour and explore the beauty of coastal areas of Purba Medinipur,” (Also read: West Bengal gears up to develop tourism, 10-day Durga puja package and trip to Sundarbans will be on offer)
DSDA Executive Officer Manas Mondal told PTI. Tourists can start from any of the four spots and cover the entire circuit, he said. The project, which began in 2018, entailed an investment of ₹173 crore, and three bridges have come up at Nayakhali, Jalda on the Champa river and Soila on the Pichhaboni river in the Marine Drive route to make communication easier. “Due to some ongoing work at Tajpur and road repairing in around one-km stretch there, the entire Marine Drive cannot be opened immediately. It will be done very soon,” Mandal said.
The Marine Drive will reduce the travelling distance by around 10 km for any visitor if one wishes to explore multiple tourist destinations in this coastal belt, he said, adding that one km-long Nature’s Trail with butterfly Park and bird aviary in New Digha will also come up. The DSDA also plans to beautify a large water body, around 500 metres away from the old Digha coast and make it a nesting ground for migratory birds, Mondal said. “We have seen four-five species of migratory birds come to the lake which has been formed by sea water through a creek. We are developing it in such a way that more migratory birds will come, and this spot can become a tourist destination,” the official said.
The confluence where the Champa river meets the sea is also being developed to make it another tourist attraction and the spot is next to the Marine Drive road, he explained. Mondal said a 300-year-old Kali temple in Shankarpur and the under-construction Jagannath temple in Digha will also be two other attraction points of the circuit.
The open-air live performance on the sea beach in Digha and beautification and illumination in the area has already attracted visitors. To a question, another DSDA official said around 20-25 lakh tourists used to visit Digha from January to December in pre-Covid time. In the past two years, not more than 2-3 lakh came in 2020 and 2021 each, the official said. With improvement in the COVID situation, tourists are flocking in high numbers to the coastal town in recent months, and the DSDA is expecting a 30 lakh turnout this year, he said. Once the Jagannath temple is completed and opens for devotees, the annual tourist footfall is expected to exceed 35 lakh, the official added.
This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.

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Great India Tour
Day 01: Chennai (Arrival)
Arrival in Chennai followed by assisted transfer to the hotel pre-booked for your stay. On reaching the hotel, check into our room and retire for the day. Overnight stay in Chennai.
Day 02 : Chennai - Mahabalipuram (Mammalapuram)
On the 2nd day, after breakfast, embark on a sightseeing tour of Chennai covering Fort St. George, San Thome Cathedral and some museums housed with a fine collection of stone sculptures and bronze sculptures.
In the afternoon, leave by road for Mahabalipuram. On reaching Mahabalipuram, check into the hotel for overnight stay.
Day 03 : Mahabalipuram - Kanchipuram - Mahabalipuram
Post a scrumptious breakfast in the morning, embark on a sightseeing tour of Mahabalipuram covering the 7th century architectural marvels- Arjunaâ€™s Penance, Five Rathas and Shore Temple. Later, return back to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 04 : Mahabalipuram - Tanjore (300 km / 6 hrs)
As part of the Great India Tour with Indian Today, in the morning, take a road trip to Tanjore. On reaching Tanjore, venture out of your hotel and visit the famous Brihadewswara Temple, a famous UNESCO World Heritage Site. Stay overnight in Kancheepuram.
Day 05 : Departure
Today, in the morning, you will be transferred to the international airport/railway station to board flight/train for onward journey.


Members of the Legislative Bush Caucus were told last week in a “Lunch and Learn” session on rural sanitation almost a billion dollars is needed to build, replace, and maintain rural sanitation systems. But, the gap between the level of need and funding is widening.
State and tribal representatives told members of the Bush Caucus it would take about $900 million to do what’s needed to bring modern sanitation to all Alaskans.
Last year the state put about $9 million and federal agencies put $51 million toward rural sanitation in Alaska. The combined $60 million is less than half of allocations 10 years ago.
David Beveridge, the director of project management at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, or ANTHC, says Alaska is competing with other states for its share of a shrinking pool of federal funding.
“If you look through the village safe water program, it gets matched with federal dollars on a 25-75 percent ratio,” Beveridge said. “So for any 25 dollars the federal government will kick in the 75 dollars. So that’s been a big component of the funding in Alaska and that’s gone down.”
The issue is one of public health, according to Bill Griffith, the Facility Program Manager for Village Safe Water with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. He told Legislators recent studies show Alaskans without clean water and flush toilets experience dramatically higher rates of hospitalization for respiratory diseases such as pneumonia.
“Those rates were anywhere from 5 times greater to 11 times greater in villages in Alaska with less than 10 percent of homes served,” Griffith said.
And Griffith says, a significant number of Alaskan communities are un-served or under-served.
“There’s about 30 villages around the state that don’t have running water and sewer to any homes, coupled with about a dozen or so communities that have what we call small haul systems where they use trailers to bring water to homes and then they use different trailers to pick up sewage,” he said.
Climate change is adding to the magnitude of the issue.
“We’re at Noatak right now where part of the ground under the water plant is frozen and part of it is becoming unfrozen,” Gavin Dixon, who manages a Rural Energy Initiative for ANTHC, said. “There’s 15-inches of differential in the facility. So the building is cracking, and falling apart. So it’s an issue that’s happening now and it’s happening in a lot of different communities.”
Dixon says energy audits show that investments of an average of $80,000 per community for little fixes would return much more in energy cost savings in just four or five years. He says those savings in energy costs would boost local economies and cut state spending for power cost equalization subsidies.
Rep. Neal Foster, of Nome, says improving rural sanitation would boost the state’s economy. And he says Legislators would create an uproar if they experienced the same conditions.
“Boy, if we ever took every toilet out of this building, you know it would be a revolution we wouldn’t stand for, people, essentially living in a third-world type situation,” Foster said. “So I think it’s something that needs to be made a priority. I think that we have to bring people at the lowest rungs up before we can move forward as a state.”
Agencies and tribes are collaborating to improve operator training and reduce operation costs. And they working with the private sector to create innovative designs well suited to Arctic conditions.


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Fort Worth enjoys the best collection of young barbecue joints of any city in Texas. Just look at our most recent Top 50 list. But the city is missing in our just-published list of the best new barbecue joints in Texas. Fort Worth’s new Hurtado Barbecue is an Arlington transplant, Jefe’s Tex-Mex BBQ closed, and we’re still waiting on F1 Smokehouse to land. Because Brix Barbecue’s brick-and-mortar opened in late July, it narrowly missed our deadline for the new list, but it’s certainly the best new joint in town. Aside from the closing of the old trailer, dubbed the SmokeStream, so much has changed at Brix since I last reviewed it, in 2020.
The new restaurant had been in the works for a painfully long time for owner Trevor Sales. He and his investors closed on the property in 2021, and they secured construction permits in January 2022 to convert the former manufacturing facility for tiny homes into a barbecue joint. A new roof over the outdoor patio kicked in a requirement for a fire-sprinkler system that ended up adding a year to the construction schedule and $175,000 to the project costs. “It was the most disheartening, anxiety-driving process of my entire life,” Sales told me.
I’m sure he’d be happy to fill you in on all the frustrating details over a cold pint of Lone Star, the only beer on draft at Brix. There are plenty of other brews in cans, along with a full bar with many bourbon options and a carefully selected wine list. On Sales’s suggestion, I sampled a glass of Etiqueta Verde, an albariño from the Spanish winemaker Granbazán. The grapes are grown near the sea and take on the salinity of the ocean air. Sales described it as “a margarita in white wine form.”
Brix has expanded its hours from its trailer days, and it’s now open Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., though Sales said it’s been selling out of barbecue as early as 3:30 p.m. He’s added a second thousand-gallon smoker, and the aroma of fat dripping onto coals inside the direct-heat BQ grill permeates the air on the patio. That cooker is where co-pitmaster Jeremiah Jemente gets the sausage-link casings so taut—each bite snaps so clearly, it’s like a Hollywood sound effect. The jalapeño-cheese links are considered the house sausage and live on in my memory as one of the best versions in Texas; new flavors will be added on a rotating basis every month, starting in September.
Whatever issues I had with Brix in that three-year-old review have been ironed out. The beef-belly burnt ends that were chewy are now melt-in-your-mouth tender. A slice of fatty brisket was about as perfectly executed as it can get, with well-rendered fat, a stout bark, and a good dose of smoke. Spareribs were tender, with a sweet glaze, and the burger, which used to be reserved for Sunday evenings, is now on the daily menu. It’s a double-patty smash burger made with ground brisket and topped with melted cheese and Brix’s signature Dank sauce, which is like a thicker, more herbaceous ranch dressing.
More fresh herbs transform a simple pork belly into what Brix calls Texas Porchetta (pronounced “por-ketta”). The belly meat is seasoned with thyme, parsley, lemon zest, and Calabrian chile oil before being rolled and tied for smoking. The dish brings an Italian flair to the menu, but it’s simpler than the traditional version, which usually includes loin, rib, and belly meat rolled inside crispy pigskin. This interpretation has a fat layer on the exterior with a stout bark covering a well-rendered fat cap. The long roll is sliced to order into spirals and can be eaten directly off the tray or in a sandwich. I loved the combination of rich, fatty pork, the bright flavor of lemon, and all those herbs.
A hearty new side has some Italian influence as well. “I make pasta at home a lot, and very rustic pasta dishes are my style,” Sales said, so he wanted to add a barbecue pasta to the Brix menu. The brisket ragù starts with Campari tomatoes that the cooks roast with fire in the pit room and then cook down for hours with chopped, smoked brisket, thick carrot slices, red wine, and parmesan. A hearty scoop of the ragù is spooned over cavatappi pasta and garnished with grated parmesan and basil. The deep-roasted tomato flavor goes well with the shreds of brisket, and a sweetness comes along with each bite of carrot. A single side of the dish could make a light lunch. The old butterfly pasta salad has been lightened up with a generous amount of shaved cucumbers, fresh parsley, and finely diced red onion. The elotes each get a dose of Dank sauce, cotija cheese, fresh cilantro, and Valentina hot sauce to bring some warmth to the roasted corn.
The team is still trying to figure out how much barbecue to cook each day at Brix, but it’s producing at least triple the amount it served at the trailer, Sales said. It’s also doubled the size of the staff, added the bar, and will soon add an evening menu that’ll be familiar to those who enjoyed “Brix After Dark” on Sunday evenings at the old trailer. That menu will feature the smash burger, the Funkytown Hot Chicken sandwich (which is also on the regular menu), smoked and fried chicken wings, and rib baskets with fries.
There isn’t anything I can find about the new Brix that isn’t an improvement over the old one, except the loss of the half chicken, which I hope is temporary. The chimichurri and the crisp skin the bird got with the direct-heat cooker made it stand out. One thing I certainly won’t miss is the parking enforcement at the old lot, which once nabbed me with a $50 ticket. The street parking on either side of the new building is free, but get there early if you don’t want to walk a ways in the Texas heat to the hottest new barbecue destination in Cowtown.

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In a move that will make it more difficult for the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) administration to achieve its revenue targets for the next financial year, the PMC Standing Committee on Thursday rejected its proposal to hike property tax by 12 per cent. The committee, however, accepted the proposal to hike water charges by 15 per cent, as has been done every year since 2017.
Earlier, the civic administration had tabled a draft budget of Rs 6,229 crore for FY 2020-21, with the proposed property tax hike. In its proposal seeking the hike, the civic administration had said it needed the additional revenue for emergency works as well as the expenditure incurred by ward offices.
“The committee has decided to retain the present property tax rates for 2020-21 financial year… it has rejected the civic administration’s proposal for a 12 per cent hike…,” said PMC Standing Committee Chairperson Hemant Rasane. “We have directed the civic administration to plug leakages in the tax collection process instead of burdening regular tax payers,” he added.
This was the same statement made by the committee last financial year, when it had rejected the civic administration’s proposal seeking a hike in property tax and asked it reduce leakages in the tax collection system.
The PMC may face a shortage of as much as Rs 2,000 crore in its Rs 6,765-crore budget for the current financial year.
Rasane said the civic administration’s proposal to hike water charges by 15 per cent was accepted as this was necessary to implement the 24 x 7 water supply project in the city. The civic body had, in 2016-2017, decided to hike water charges by 15 per cent every year till 2020-21 to raise funds for the water supply project.
But Pune residents will still have to pay more in taxes as the PMC has already decided to remove the 45 per cent concession in property tax granted to “self-occupied” residential properties for the last 49 years.
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In this article, we’re going to cover an extensive list of move in silence quotes that will motivate you to embrace the solo grind towards success.
We live in a pretty noisy world nowadays, and it can be tempting to add to that noise by telling everyone about your goals and dreams.
However, it’s not always beneficial to be so vocal about your plans.
If you just stay quiet and put in the work every single day, eventually your results will speak for themselves.
That’s how you become one of those successful people that just “comes out of nowhere,” when the reality is you’ve been building in silence for years.
So without further ado, let’s get into these move in silence quotes that will motivate you to stay focused and avoid the noise.
Powerful Move In Silence Quotes
- If you want to achieve success, make your move in silence. Eventually, your success will break that silence.” ~ Vinayak Chauhan
- “Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.” ~ William S. Burroughs
- “You are free if you can withdraw from people, not having to seek them out for the sake of company, love, glory, or curiosity, none of which can thrive in silence and solitude.” ~ Fernando Pessoa
- “Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.” ~ Epicetus
- “When you connect to the silence within you, that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you.” ~ Stephen Richards
- “To be an artist, you need to exist in a world of silence.” ~ Louise Bourgeois
- “Chasing after your dreams is lonely. No one will understand your struggles. Such sacrifices are silent and without rewards. You must be content with your own being.” ~ Crypto Seneca
- “Change is often a silent inside job that requires patience and courage. Courage to be yourself. Courage to go beyond your boundaries. Courage to take responsibility for your own life.” ~ Gordana Biernat
- “There is nothing I enjoy more than minding my own business, finding new ways to grow, and making moves in silence. You say antisocial, I say at peace.” ~ Morgan Richard Oliver
- “Successful and ambitious people move quietly. The talkers are the ones holding them back.” ~ Machiavelli
- “Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.” ~ Muhammad Ali
- “You need a peaceful silence to achieve something important because right thoughts and right plans require attention and noise is the enemy of attention, crowds are the enemy of attention!” ~ Mehmet Murat İldan
- “You can win the world by two ways; either by your speech or by your silence.” ~ Jagadeesh Kumar
- “The reason that the world is a noisy place is because there are far fewer people who seek silence than those who love noise.” ~ Mehmet Murat İldan
- “Silence has all the powerful answers you are looking for. Give it a chance to flow through you.” ~ Hiral Nagda
- “A seed grows with no sound, but a tree falls with huge noise. Destruction has noise, but creation is quiet. This is the power of silence. Grow silently.”
- “Don’t waste words on people who deserve your silence. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all.” ~ Mindy Hale
Short Quotes About Moving In Silence
If you just wanna keep reading, then here’s some more short move in silence quotes.
- “Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.” ~ Leonardo Da Vinci
- “Silence is a great source of strength.” ~ Lao Tzu quote
- “Make moves in silence and let your work speak for you.”
- “Choose peace over attention; thrive in silence.”
- “The smarter you get, the more you appreciate silence.”
- “Work hard in silence, let success make the noise.” ~ Frank Ocean
- “When I am silent, I have thunder hidden inside.” ~ Rumi
- “Move in silence, only speak when it’s time to say checkmate.”
- “You don’t have to explain your dreams, they belong to you.” ~ Paulo Coehlo
- “When you build in silence, people don’t know what to attack.”
- “Have more than you show, and speak less than you know.”
- “Never assume that loud is strong and quiet is weak.”
- “The closer you are to the truth, the more silent you become inside.” ~ Naval Ravikant
- “Build in silence, move in silence.” ~ Reyna Biddy
- “Make more moves and less announcements.”
- “Move in silence and execute relentlessly.” ~ Marc Ecko
Work In Silence Quotes
Many people like to brag about how hard they’re working and all of the wonderful things they’re going to achieve.
Yet, very few of them end up having anything to show for it. And usually, it’s because their mouth is way ahead of their actions.
It’s easy to talk about how ambitious you are, but it’s much harder to follow through on the grand intentions you have for your life.
Like everything else in life, it’s the stuff that no one sees that makes the difference.
So on that note, here’s a list of quotes about moving in silence and letting your results speak for themselves.
- “You don’t need to explain yourself, your actions will.”
- “Professionals don’t brag about success; they move in silence on their success journey.”
- “Don’t tell people what you’re about to do, show them after it’s done.” ~ Eddie Conor Jr.
- “On the road to your target, move cleverly and silently. When you’ve reached your target; be humble and silent.” ~ Mehmet Murat İldan
- “Too many of you can’t move in silence because you want applause from an audience who doesn’t even care about you.”
- “Don’t mistake silence for weakness, smart people don’t plan big moves out loud.”
- “The ideal person is he who, in the midst of the greatest silence and solitude, finds the most intense activity, and in the midst of the most intense activity finds the silence and solitude of the desert.” ~ Swami Vivekananda
- “Out of silence is born concentration, and from that comes learning.” ~ Stephen Hough
- “Work in silence. It is the silent work done purely in principle and conviction driven by a force of purpose that separates men.” ~ Max Panzer
- “If you hear a voice that says, “you cannot paint” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh
- “Work in silence and let them sleep on you. The noise from your success will wake them up in due time.” ~ Tony Gaskins
- “When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person that walked in. That’s what the storm is all about.” ~ Haruki Murakami
- “Mind your business, crush your goals, and make moves in silence. You don’t need an audience to achieve greatness.” ~ Morgan Richard Oliver
- “Never announce your moves before you make them. Move in silence and shock them with your success.”
- “People want peace above all, they want pure freedom that allows them to do their business serenely.” ~ Mwanandeke Kindembo
Bosses Move In Silence Quotes
Let’s wrap up this article with some powerful move in silence quotes that highlight what it means to move like a boss.
- “Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.” ~ Charles De Gaulle
- “The good and the wise lead quiet lives.” ~ Euripides
- “Those who talk don’t know. Those who know don’t talk.” ~ Tao Te Ching
- “The ego gets what it wants with words. The soul finds what it needs in silence.” ~ Richard Rohr
- “Real gangsters move in silence. Actions speak louder than words.”
- “Speak only if it improves upon the silence.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
- “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
- “When you have an inner calmness, then you automatically succeed at what you do. The more silent you are from inside, your thoughts and actions become more powerful.” ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
- “Confidence is silent, insecurities are loud. Remember that.”
- “Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt and remain silent.” ~ Napoleon Hill
- “Don’t give them the privilege of knowing everything about you. Just because it’s not posted on social media doesn’t mean it’s not happening.”
- “Never tell everyone everything, you might be educating the enemy.”
- “A confident person moves in silence, their aura will speak for themselves.” ~ Dark Secrets
- “There are occasions when the silence speaks, and the speech is silent.” ~ Tamerlan Kuzgov
Why Is Moving In Silence Good?
Now that we’ve covered some powerful move in silence quotes, let’s talk about why it’s a good philosophy to adopt into your life.
First off, most people have a limited view of what’s possible. So if you come to them and tell them your goals, their first instinct will be to doubt your ability to achieve them.
It’s not because they don’t like you, or don’t believe in you. It’s because they don’t think they can achieve those goals themselves, and they’re projecting those insecurities onto you.
So if you want to improve your chances of achieving success, you shouldn’t be giving other people the opportunity to fill you with self-doubt.
Another good reason to move in silence is because talking too much is a slippery slope that can lead to reputational damage.
We all know people who have an abundance of ambitious ideas, but rarely put any of them into action.
- The friend who has been “working on getting in shape” for two years
- The family member who has been “trying to get their business off the ground” for five years.
- The partner who’s been saying for months that they’re going to “start putting more effort into the relationship.”
If you keep your goals quiet, it’s impossible to garner a reputation as someone who is “all talk and no-action.”
This is one of the worst labels that can be placed upon you, so why risk it if you’re not confident in your ability to deliver?
Start small, take baby steps, and build in silence. Embrace the solo grind and start gaining some forward momentum towards your goals.
Once you possess the confidence and self-assurance to back up your words with action, then it doesn’t matter what you tell people.
Your daily habits will carry you towards success regardless of what you say.
Hope you enjoyed this list of move in silence quotes!
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In lieu of having a full blown panic attack, I’m just going to tell the truth. So goes the story of my life. It’s Thursday, and I’m on my period. I’m sitting in the corner of my kitchen where I created a writing/reading nook. I’ve never read a book here, nor have I ever written anything here. I’m pretty sure I looked at pictures of reading nooks online all day and decided that I couldn’t be taken seriously as a writer if I didn’t have one. After five years, I’m taking her on her maiden voyage. My legs are propped up on a thrift store coffee table and my stomach is cramping like the dickens. For months, I’ve been toiling over a promise I made to Kelly McCartney and the reckoning is upon me. We were standing backstage at an Amy Ray show when she mentioned she was organizing an Indigo Girls tribute. Before the words spilled fully out of her mouth, I screamed with the glee of a school girl, “I want to do ‘Ghost’!!!”
Damn Emily Sailers and her Asus7 Bm C# diminished minor chord finger-picking wizardry. Damn her haunting yet calming melodies that melt like butter on the ear. Damn Amy Ray’s gravely, heart-stopping tone and her unmatched, unhinged low harmonies. Damn them both for writing and recording complex, profound songs that are hellishly hard to cover. Jesus Christ, what have I gotten myself into?
I was introduced to these two bitches in the back seat of a 1992 Mustang LX. A few friends and I had scraped up enough money for a road trip, and we were heading to New Orleans where the legal drinking age was still 18. Jackie was the girl that every girl needed on such an adventure. She was a no nonsense, straight-talking teenager who could read a map, keep up with a purse, and pass for a 20-something. Her taste in music was indelible. Without knowing that it would change the course of my life, she popped in [Indigo Girls’] Rites of Passage and began to sing along. By the end of the journey, I not only knew every word on this album, but I had come to really, finally know God.
I always believed in God. When I was a kid, God was a robed man with a beard and a bow staff. I said my prayers every night — not to feel closer to him, but rather, to feel less afraid. He was a man who, on more than one occasion, wrecked his own masterful creation with flood and famine. He was a man who turned a woman into a pillar of salt for merely looking in the direction of sin. I remember one particular Sunday school lesson that was based on the Prophesies of Nostrodamus. I was only 8. Upon dismissal, my teacher said, “See y’all next Sunday … maybe.” He was convinced that the world was going to end, and I left that day believing the same. I slept at the foot of my mom and dad’s bed all week and waited for this all powerful, cantankerous, controlling man to rain down fire and vanquish the earth. I wondered if I had accidentally taken the mark of the beast. I had a real thing for Cracker Jack tattoos and thought maybe I had licked and rubbed one too many times. My sister and brother were babies, and I looked around my house and yard for places to hide them. I didn’t want them to burn.
The Bible Belt put many a whelp on my little mountain soul, but that day, in that car, on that Southern stretch of highway, that sound penetrated my indoctrinated notions and those wounds began to heal. Mortality, brutality, unrequited love, forbidden love, reincarnation, gravity, chicken men, ego, the dream-sucking underbelly of commercial Nashville, paper tigers, truth, justice, Jonas and Ezekial … the weight of it burst into my heart like a live wire on a downed power line, electrocuting my sheltered ideals, shocking me harder than any Nazarene horror story ever had. My murderous image of the man upstairs died in that car in the blinding light of this record and, boy, was I glad. That dude was scary.
In the years to come, I would listen to and study every nuance of Rites of Passage, as though I had stumbled upon some heavenly relic. I bought the official tablature book from my college record store. I used it to try and learn to play “Ghost” and, in the process, accidentally taught myself to finger-pick. I hung a giant poster of Emily and Amy above my bed in my dorm room. I waxed poetic about ideas they introduced me to and I sang a novice version of “Closer to Fine” around bonfires. I saved up and bought tickets to see them play at the EKU Alumni Coliseum. My boyfriend at the time was a student/artist liaison. Right before the show started, he came to my seat desperately searching for a safety pin because one of the girls was having a wardrobe malfunction. I happened to have one on the overalls I was wearing. They were so worn out that one of the buttons had fallen off the bib. A safety pin was literally holding one side of them onto my body. Without a second thought, I gave him the pin and watched the show half-naked so that an Indigo Girl didn’t have to be. My boyfriend got them to sign my tab book and I nearly died. Twenty years later, I would find myself writing a song with Emily, secretly starstruck and in awe of how she effortlessly played those damned major seventh and diminished minor chords that my collegiate fingers could not master.
And that brings me full circle. When I squealed, “I want to do ‘Ghost’!!!” what I meant was, “Hey, I learned to play the intro and first two verses of ‘Ghost’ in college and, although there’s no way I could possibly learn the whole thing and actually pull it off on some stage, the sheer excitement of being a part of an Indigo Girls tribute has seemingly hijacked my common sense. Moreover, the adrenaline that I feel pulsating through my veins is tricking me into believing that I surely could learn that song and perform it in front of an audience.” Well Kelly, I am, in fact, a charlatan. I am an Indigo Girls super-fan who follows in their footsteps yet dares not to try and fill their shoes. They mean the world to me because they helped me define my place in it.
I know lots of Indigo Girls records by heart but Rites of Passage literally introduced me to my spirit. I honestly didn’t know I had one. The God I know now is a tender, forgiving, infinite source of light and energy that is available to every living, breathing thing. Not something to fear, but something to lean into and trust. My friend Jackie has since passed away, and I can’t help but think about her being on the other side, having all the answers, having exposed me to the very thing that challenged me to ask the hard questions about religion, love, life, and past lives. I’m grateful for having known Jackie. I’m grateful for road trips and Southern women who sing about whatever the hell they want. I’m grateful to God for blessing this earth with music and I’m grateful that Kelly McCartney has the patience of Job. In honor of full transparency, I’ve wiggled out of about six deadlines and changed my mind 100 times about what I was going do to pay homage to two people for which my gratitude is beyond measure. It’s definitely beyond some butchered rendition of a song as beautiful and articulate as “Ghost.” So, this is my offering … a psychotic fan rant brought to you from the confines of a professional songwriter’s virgin reading nook.
Amy and Emily, thank you so very much for opening doors, for raging against the machine, for vamping harmonies that give goosebumps, for being brave beyond words, and for spouting philosophy with twang enough for a little girl in Kentucky to understand that she doesn’t have to be afraid anymore. I love you both. Now, I have to go change my tampon and down a bunch of ibuprofen before I decide to delete all of this and try to sculpt some shit or something.


Transfer To Galaxy Smartphones With Samsung Smart Switch
When switching phones it can be a pain having to transfer all of your data. This can be especially frustrating when moving from one platform to another, such as iOS to Android.
Having personal data on different accounts and services can make the prospect of a move daunting. With this in mind, Samsung now have an intelligent system to help almost anyone move over to a Galaxy smartphone.
The all new Smart Switch system allows people to easily transfer important data to a new Galaxy handset.
There is support for other Android devices and iOS, as well as older Windows and BlackBerry products. The platform can also operate wirelessly, with a direct USB connection or with an intermediary computer. They’ve thought of pretty much everything!
What can be transferred?
Some switching services struggle to port everything across, especially unique details such as calendar events. Samsung Smart Switch will do its best to get all of the following information across:
- Calendar events
- Device settings
If moving from an earlier Samsung model or most recent Android handsets, all of the above should be found. You can select which options to find and copy. This will let you quickly carry on with the new phone where you left off.
Should you be coming from an older Android or different operating system, then apps and other system-level settings will not transfer for obvious reasons.
How does Samsung Smart Switch work?
There are three main ways in which to use Smart Switch. All have their benefits and you can use the option you are most comfortable with.
You can perform Smart Switch with a direct USB connection, over a Wi-Fi network or with a computer. Please note that depending on the phone you transfer from, not all of these options will be available.
The direct USB connection and Wi-Fi options require the Android app. This is pre-installed on newer Samsung phones and can be downloaded from Google Play for other devices.
There are several transfer options for Android and iOS. These include
- Android to Android Wired Transfer
- Android to Android Wireless Transfer
- iOS wired transfer
- Android to Android via PC or Mac
- iOS to Galaxy S8 via a PC or Mac
- iOS to S8 via Wireless (iCloud transfer)
For a full list of FAQs you can visit the Samsung Support website.
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If you have an older Samsung device which is not Smart Switch compatible, then you still have an option. You can use the Kies program to connect the phone to a PC.
Within Kies you can perform a backup of your personal data. When a newer Galaxy Device is connected, relevant data can be transferred to it from Kies.
Switching to a new phone is a cause for anxiety in many people, regardless of your technical experience. Samsung Smart Switch offers an advanced solution with a simple interface that almost anyone should be able to follow.
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It's a galaxy?
In the radio vision is clearly visible the radiation but in infrared the aparent source looks so weak, it is a galaxy?
Welcome to RGZ, meztli!
That faint IR source could be a galaxy. There's nothing at that location in the SDSS image. As the radio source itself is quite faint, there's a faint IR source, and no optical one (from SDSS), it's possible - even likely? - that this is a 'high-z' AGN ("z" means redshift; here in RGZ 'high-z' means >~1-1.5)*. Could it be something else? Yes! 😮 But what?? I'll leave that to a SCIENTIST to answer 😛
Happy hunting! 😃
*that's my guess; from reading what the SCIENTISTs here have written, and the various RGZ GZ blog posts, it seems reasonable


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Mrs May told a National Housing Federation summit in London: “Some residents feel marginalised and overlooked, and are ashamed to share the fact that their home belongs to a housing association or local authority. On the outside, many people in society – including too many politicians – continue to look down on social housing and, by extension, the people who call it their home.”
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Click come see complete answer. Accordingly, exactly how long have the right to blue crabs live out of water?
exactly how long have the right to you eat crab after that dies? Blue crabs will certainly taste the best if cooking alive, yet they deserve to still it is in eaten and taste great after they"ve died, as lengthy as you ice cream them down, castle are an excellent for 24-36 hours max.
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likewise to know, can crabs breathe the end of water?
just how is it possible for these significant crustaceans to breathe above and listed below water? part crabs live nearly exclusively top top land and most can endure out the water for remarkable stretches the time. As lengthy as a crab"s gills continue to be damp, oxygen will diffuse native the setting into the water on your gills.
How lengthy do crabs live for?
The Dungeness crab stays up come 10 years, and the horseshoe crab lives up to 20 years or more. Red king crabs live as much as 30 or more years. Crab life expectancies also vary follow to habitat. Crabs kept as pet can live longer than crabs in the wild once they are correctly cared for.
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What component of a crab can"t friend eat?
An old wives" tale states crab lungs are toxic, yet they"re actually simply not digestible and also taste terrible. Now scrape out the gooey stuff in the facility of the crab"s body"s 2 equal hard parts. The greenish ingredient is the liver, dubbed the tomalley. You can eat it and also many love this part of the crab.
Is it OK to eat the yellow stuff in crabs?
Tomalley corresponds to the hepatopancreas in other arthropods. It is considered a delicacy, and also may be eaten alone however is often included to sauces for flavour and as a thickening agent. The hepatopancreas the a crab is additionally called tomalley, or crab "fat"; in crabs the tomalley is yellow or yellow-green in color.
Is the yellow stuff in crabs poop?
mustard Yellow substance discovered inside a cook crab. Contradictory to popular belief, the "mustard" is not fat, rather it"s the crab"s hepatopancreas, the body organ responsible for filtering impurities indigenous the crab"s blood.
Do crabs dice on ice?
Live crabs deserve to die ~ above ice if you are not careful. They would for among two reasons: lock aren"t getting enough oxygen or they space exposed come standing water.
Can ns freeze live crabs?
Yes. It"s finest to freeze crab in the shell, or in prepare such together crab cakes or casseroles up to three months. Without the security of the covering or other ingredients, frozen crabmeat loser its tender texture and becomes stringy. Chef whole crab prior to freezing, and also never thaw and then refreeze.
Why do you usage vinegar when cooking crabs?
When you steam crabs, adding some vinegar come the water helps to keep the meat from difficult to the shell. As long as it doesn"t influence flavor, I"m good. What"s the normal relationship between water and also vinegar once steaming.
How do you save crabs alive once crabbing?
You desire to preserve a dark, cool and moist atmosphere to keep the crabs alive. Just keep in mind the the crabs require air too. Execute not placed them in a sealed container or a cooler with the lid shut. You can keep the crabs in a cooler, just remember come keep the lid cracked open up so castle can gain air.
Can dead crabs be cooked?
although the bacteria are eliminated when girlfriend cook the crab, the toxins they produce as waste products can make you sick. More often, the crab enzymes make the meat mushy and also taste bad, however wouldnt do you sick. Once crabs die, the meat starts to decompose if not cooked quickly.
Do Crabs feel pain?
Crabs feeling pain. Plunge a live crab into a pot of boiling water, and it"s most likely to shot to scramble out. Numerous scientists doubt that any type of invertebrate (or fish) feels pain since they lack the areas in the mind associated with human pain.
Do crabs have actually blood?
But castle don"t have veins. Their blood sort of sloshes about in your bodies moving oxygen to assorted organs, together our blood does. Our blood is red due to the fact that we usage hemoglobin to move oxygen around. Horseshoe crabs usage a copper-based molecule dubbed hemocyanin to distribution oxygen.
How do crabs breath in sand?
Crabs breathe underwater by drawing water (which consists of oxygen) over their gills utilizing an appendage referred to as a scaphognathite, i m sorry is situated on the crab"s underside, near the base of the claws. The water passes over the gills, i m sorry extract the oxygen.
Where do crabs sleep?
Hermit crabs go inside your shells and also hide when they sleep. Not always do lock sleep as soon as they room inside the shell, periodically they might simply walk inside and sit around.
Can you put live crabs in the refrigerator?
They can be preserved alive for about 2 job max in a fridge. When their gills dry the end they will suffocate & die. If you steam the staying live crabs today, lock can be maintained after cooking for a few more days in the fridge.
Can you heavy steam dead crabs?
Assuming your crabs were kept below the 45f mark, they are not walk to injury you if cooked thoroughly. That addresses the peril side. As far as taste, crabs that have actually died, also just prior to being placed in the pot, usually finish up mushy. That"s why it"s so crucial to fight them w/ high steam ideal away.
How can you tell if Blue Crabs are bad?
How come tell if Crab is bad, rotten or spoiled? Crab have to smell fresh choose the sea. Only purchase totality crabs that space either still completely alive or cooked. A cooking crab of any kind should have a shell that is some shade of red in color (yes, also blue crabs).
Why need to crabs it is in cooked alive?
Lobsters and other shellfish have actually harmful bacteria naturally current in your flesh. When the lobster is dead, this bacteria have the right to rapidly multiply and release toxin that might not be damaged by cooking. You as such minimise the possibility of food poisoning by cooking the lobster alive.
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Why is my crab meat mushy?
From my suffer there space two things that reason crab meat to become mushy. Either the crabs were over cooked or the crabs died and also the bacteria began breaking the meat down before steaming.
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How long does uncooked crab meat critical in the fridge?
Raw crab meat should also be kept refrigerated and used in ~ 24 hours. Thawed, previously frozen cook crab should be supplied within the same day of purchase. Vacuum-packed crab can it is in stored in the refrigerator for up to one month and used within four days of opening.
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