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The best opportunity for U.S. rice sales in Latin America could very well come from the country that is already the U.S. rice industry’s biggest export customer – Mexico, according to a panel of U.S. and Latin American experts speaking at the USA Rice Outlook Conference in New Orleans.
Mexico imports more rice, 594,000 metric tons, than any other country in the Latin American market, which consists of 14 countries south of the Rio Grande River. Todd Burich, with ADM Rice, Inc., says the United States has a significant opportunity to build the market because Mexico’s per capita consumption of rice has so much room to grow.
German Rosales Wybo, president, Productos Verde Valle, Mexico, added that Mexico “doesn’t have the right type of land or weather for rice production. We would rather grow another type of crop and export it to you.”
Wybo says that Mexican citizens may not be completely aware of how much U.S. rice they currently consume. In a recent survey, 92 percent of Mexican consumers “do not know that 70 percent of the rice they consume comes from the United States. Ninety-nine percent of Mexican consumers have heard about GMO rice on the Internet, even though much of the information they receive is inaccurate.”
Wybo says that generally, U.S. rice has a good reputation in Mexico. “We encourage you to keep promoting U.S. rice and improving its reputation.”
The survey showed that Mexicans placed the highest value on the appearance of rice, specifically regarding whole rice, followed by low price and favorite brand. However, the brand of rice that Wybo markets, Verde Valle, is both the best-selling rice in the country as well as the highest-priced rice.
Burich noted that most Latin American countries grow their own rice, and most trade that occurs through trade agreements or import permits. Most trade is now privatized, but there has been a consolidation of the destination rice industry in that not many new firms are getting involved in trade.
Burich said there is a demand for high quality rice, as well as a demand for risk management, credit and inventory control in Latin America.
Much of these characteristics play into opportunities for U.S. rice, Burich says. Strengths of U.S. rice include its high quality, which is similar to what is produced locally. “U.S. rice cooks up big, which is one reason why Haiti is such a good market.”
The U.S. rice market is also flexible – all types of rice are available for export, and the proximity of the market is also an advantage.
Other advantages for U.S. rice include the U.S. rice industry’s strong infrastructure which can often deliver rice within 12 days after purchase. “We have well-established banking networks for credit programs and negotiated trade agreements are already in place.”
Weaknesses include “antiquated trade restrictions still in place with Cuba,” Burich said. “And the increased volatility in the U.S. rice markets is having some negative influence on buyers.”
Opportunities for U.S. rice include increasing per capita consumption in both Mexico and Guatemala, a potential new market in Cuba, and opportunities in Central America.
On the other hand, several countries are developing rice infrastructure which could compete with the United States. This is taking place in Guyana and Suriname.
Other threats include the rise of anti-American sentiment in some Latin American countries, and non-tariff barriers to trade, such as GMOs, and phytosanitary and mycotoxin issues.
But the potential is great, according to Burich. “Half a billion people live there, making it an important market for U.S. rice.”
According to Nestor Gutierrez Aleman, National Federation of Rice Producers, Colombia, “Trade comes after you build confidence and develop relationships between the trading partners.”
Aleman noted that while rice exports are growing in Latin America, imports are growing faster. “This is an opportunity.”
Wybo noted that the financial crisis has had a significant negative impact on Mexican consumers, “but rice consumption is growing by 10 percent annually over the last three years, even though we are still a corn country.”

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Scottish start-ups lent more than £26m via Business Bank
Data published today by the BBB shows that its Start Up Loans programme has issued more than 3,500 loans to Scottish entrepreneurs, at an average of £7,200 each, since its launch in June 2012.
This amounts to a total lending facility of more than £26.6m north of the Border.
The government-backed scheme, run through BBB subsidiary The Start Up Loans Company, provides personal loans for business purposes of up to £25,000, along with free mentoring and support to recipients.
It has delivered more than £468m of funding through 61,000 loans nationwide. Entrepreneurs in Wales have received the highest average amount of all UK regions over the last six years, with 2,718 loans issued at an average of £8,835.
Around 39 per cent of entrepreneurs granted loans through the scheme were formerly unemployed or “economically inactive”, and the BBB credits the scheme for contributing to the creation of more than 60,000 UK jobs.
Among the recipients in Scotland was Mechelle Clark, founder of toastie maker Melt Aberdeen, who received a £20,000 loan to launch the city’s first grilled cheese sandwich shop in March 2016.
The firm now generates annual turnover in excess of £150,000. For the past year, Clark has also been operating a travelling “Meltmobile” and is due to launch a second store at the beginning of May.
Clark, who had been made redundant from her previous role working in the oil and gas industry, said: “I saw there was a gap in the market in Aberdeen to try something different.
“There have been challenges along the way, such as the collapse of the local economy hit by the struggling oil and gas industry, but the financial backing I received from the Start Up Loans Company has helped my business grow from strength to strength. The mentoring scheme they offer has also been a bonus.”
Jenny Donnellan, UK network director for the devolved nations at the BBB, said: “This is a landmark achievement for Start Up Loans in Scotland and it is a real testament to the hard work, commitment and entrepreneurship of business founders across the country.
“This national loans and mentoring scheme has enabled thousands of aspiring business owners across Scotland to start a business, grow it, and create jobs.”
In the November Budget, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced that the Start Up Loans scheme would be extended with a target of 10,000 additional loans being issued in the year to April 2021.

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Celebrate the city’s spectacular mix of music, theater, dance, and visual arts with the opening event of Minneapolis MOSAIC 2004.
Performance: Drogo, 11 am
Move your body to the sounds of Brazil and France when Drogo hits the stage.
Performance: X-team Yo-Yo Spinners, 12:30 pm
Watch and learn as the X-team dazzles us with their high-flying yo-yos.
Performance: Mu Daiko, 1:30 pm
The Japanese art of taiko (“fat drum”) drumming goes back thousands of years. Today this thrilling, powerful, athletic music is performed around the world.
Performance: Southwest High School Drummers, 3 pm
The world music class from Southwest High School, led by Douglas Ewart and Southwest teachers, plays drums created by Steve Rosenthal.
Art-Making for the Whole Family: around the Garden, 12 noon-4 pm
Build a giant sculpture with inventors from Leonardo’s Basement, draw outside the lines with a colorful sidewalk chalk project, and collaborate with other families to create magnetic poetry and a mural.
Garden Tour for Families: Treasure Hunt, 12 noon and 2 pm
Discover the Walker’s hidden treasures as you explore the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Tours meet at the main Vineland entrance to the Garden.

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Ford has conceptualized and designed a unique wearable that can help alert drivers if they happen to nod off while taking a long trip. The wearable safety device is essentially a cap that is meant to prevent them from falling asleep while at the wheel.
Called the Ford SafeCap, the Cap is the outcome of collaboration between the automotive manufacturer and the Sao Paolo, Brazil, office of advertising agency GTB. Ford developed the SmartCap to mark 60 years of truck production in Brazil.
Billed as a fatigue management tool, the SafeCap comes with sensors and a gyroscope that follow the head movements of a motorist, especially the relaxation of neck muscles. This is typically seen when a driver becomes drowsy or has fallen asleep. When the sensors are activated, the cap vibrates and generates sound and light.
Safe Cap still is in the prototype phase but it has already been modified over 30 times. According to Ford, the company is looking for interest from other partners in making the technology commercially viable so that the SmartCap can be made available to drivers around the world within a period of one year. Currently, the company is conducting tests in Brazil, and the goal is to introduce the SmartCap in other markets after the tests in Brazil are completed.
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Due to the lockdown, people are facing many problems in the ceremony like marriage and they are finding different ways to avoid problems. A similar case has come to light in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Rakesh and Deeksha from Madurai got married in an airplane. The DGCA has also spoken about taking action in this matter.
Rakesh and Deeksha rented a chartered plane and got married in an airplane. The flight also had 130 guests. Flight took off from Madurai. The flight was for two hours and during this time both were tied in the bond of marriage.
In the wedding photos, the guests are seen without a mask and no one seems to be following social distancing. However, the couple claimed that all 130 passengers were their relatives and their RT-PCR test was done and boarded the flight after the negative report was received.
The airport direct said that “a SpiceJet chartered flight was booked from Madurai. Airport authority officials were unaware of the Mid Air Marriage Ceremony ceremony.” Whereas, the DGCA said that the Mid-Air Marriage has started an investigation and the airline and The airport authority has asked for a full report. The flight crew is currently on duty for not following the social distancing rule.

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Lavender panna cotta with peaches and wine, and almond, maple and streaky bacon florentines
1) Place gelatine sheets in iced water and allow to bloom, about 3 to 5 minutes. In a saucepan over medium heat, add the cream, caster sugar, vanilla pod and seeds, lavender and vanilla essence and bring to a boil, whisking regularly.
2) Whisk the gelatine into the cream mixture, to dissolve, and season with the vanilla salt. Strain through a chinois (fine mesh sieve) and pour into the desired mould. Refrigerate for at least 45 minutes. Unmould and serve cold.
Serve with the peaches and wine, and the florentine biscuits.
Peaches and wine:
1) Place all of the ingredients except the peaches into a large saucepan. Bring to a boil.
2) Turn down the heat to a simmer. Reduce by two-thirds or until the mixture becomes a syrup, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and transfer into another container. Let cool. Add the sliced peaches.
Almond, maple and rasher bacon florentines:
1) Preheat oven to 180C/Gas 4.
2) Mix all of the ingredients together in an electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment. Form the dough into small balls and bake on a baking sheet lined with greaseproof paper for 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from oven. Let cool to warm. Remove from the sheet and form into the desired shape.
This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore we cannot make any representation as to the results.

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Find several cardboard boxes.,
Cut a couple doors.,
Tape on additional boxes.,
Make it cozy and fun.,
Keep food, water, and litter outside the house.
For an indoor play house, a cardboard or Styrofoam box makes an especially easy house. You can build your own from corrugated cardboard, poster board, or any other lightweight material, but an existing box will be much sturdier. If the box is smaller than 2 x 3 feet (60 x 90 cm), you’ll need multiple boxes to make the house big enough.
Cats may chew the cardboard or Styrofoam, so don’t use anything you want to reuse.
, Use a utility knife to cut through one of the cardboard boxes. Each doorway should be 6 inches (15 cm) high to fit the cat comfortably.
Cut a couple small windows or viewing strips if you want to watch the cat while it plays inside.
Glue rags or spare fabric over the doors and windows so you can give your cat some alone time.
, Add a couple rooms to your cat’s home with the additional boxes. To make a second story, cut a 6″ (15 cm) hole in the ceiling and tape another box upside-down over it. There should be enough of a floor left for the cat to walk on.
Use packing tape, duct tape, or another sturdy tape.
, Add a small blanket or a cat bed inside. A scratching post or rough towel gives your cat something to scratch. And of course, what cat doesn’t like a cat toy?
If you have a multistory cat house, put an extra-fun toy on the highest level, so the cat has fun working out how to reach it.
, Keeping them in the house usually leads to a mess, which might even collapse the cardboard. You can move them nearby, but show your cat their new location to make sure he doesn’t return to his old bathroom spot.

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Who is Isobel Barnett? She is a female celebrity. She was born on Sunday June 30th 1918, in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Isobel Barnett is a born leader, with extra-ordinary drive and determination. Insisting on her right to make up her own mind, she demands freedom of thought and action, and does not let anything or anyone stand in her way once she is committed to her goal.
Always seeking the forefront and the limelight, Isobel needs to feel in command of important undertakings, and resists supportive roles. She can become irritated and even domineering when important things do not go her way. Lady Barnett can be impatient with her shortcomings and those of others.
Isobel Barnett is very concerned with her status and fosters the appearance of success and self-satisfaction. Interestingly, that very same need to appear well-off can be the fuel that propels Isobel to strive for growth, success and the finer things of life.
Isobel Barnett assumes the responsibility to be the protector and provider for those she loves, but demands their respect and attention in return.
Exceptionally creative and original, Isobel possesses a touch of the unusual. Her approach to problems is unique and she has the courage to wander from the traditional templates of thoughts and deeds. More...
More flavors to Isobel's personality
Isobel Barnett has a good memory, is highly intelligent, well balanced and with strong mental abilities. Her thinking process is logical, and her problem solving skills are outstanding.
While intellectual, creative and with good judgement, Isobel should avoid being impatient with others who are less gifted in the intellect and mental-strength department, or worst yet - looking down on them.
Lady Barnett is more intellectual than emotional or practical and her quick analytical brain is capable of abstract thinking, so solves problems quickly and easily.
Intellect-driven that she is, it is important for Isobel to keep her brain stimulated and to challenge herself mentally throughout her life with ongoing learning and study, however - she might also glitch into mental laziness due to lack of interesting triggers in her career and workplace, or in the people that she surrounds herself with.

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Student Work: see gallery here
Digital Extension: Create it digitally
I wrote up a post already about how you can do this whole lesson on the iPad with the help of Wooden Doll app. See the post and much more here.
This 2nd grade lesson introduces students to the artwork of Keith Haring. He made colorful painting with figures in action poses. I use this artwork to teach very basic figure drawing, complementary colors, primaries and secondary colors, action/ movement, positive/negative space, line pattern, and shape pattern. We begin by drawing poses using the help of a template students cut out and assemble by themselves. This template allows them to play with poses then trace the ones they like. Download the template.
Student Work: see gallery here
Digital Extension: Create it digitally
Digital Extension: Make and Move
Students can use the template over a piece of construction paper and animate the figure against a complementary color background to demonstrate movement dynamically. I use the free app iMotion HD and have student make a short video. 30 images makes a 2 second video at 15 frames per second. I collect the individual videos for one class video.
Graphic designers, videographers, and web content creators have a BIG role to play in creating "selling" a candidate and their message during an election. I thought it would be an excellent challenge for student to design their own campaign graphic and slogan. What would they offer our country if they ran as a public servant (slogan) and what visual would help people remember their name (graphic).
This assignment would only focus on first names since the results would be published online. Here is my example. Can you tell what play on words I'm trying to achieve?
I used Comic Life app to find an interesting font. I drew the graphic in Keynote (desktop version) using the vector line option. See this post for a tutorial of how to draw with keynote. Then put the whole composition together in Keynote as well.
I chose RED, WHITE, and BLUE for the design to represent the USA. I made a compact fluorescent bulb instead of the incandescent to suggest my energy saving plans. I tried to make my name look like the word "Electrician" to tie into energy and reinforced it with my slogan implying that I have bright ideas which is usually depicted visually with a light bulb.
LESSON EXTENSION: Since the whole design was assembled in Keynote, I used the animation tools in that program to visually enhance my message through movement. Then I exported the animation as a quicktime movie and converted it using ezgif.com.
View my Bobblehead tutorial using:
Student Examples and Work:
View the gallery of finished caricatures on Artsonia here.
View all their Bobblehead Gifs HERE
This science and art lesson designed for 1st graders teaches:
The lesson (a step-by-step powerpoint) is available for download on TpT. Here is a link. You can also view students' finished examples from our online art gallery on Artsonia here. Here is a post from Mrs. Gutterman using Henri Matisse's Goldfish painting as inspiration.
Optional books for a literacy connection:
And here is our Monochromatic Fugleflick to quickly introduce to your students the concept of a one-color painting with tints and shades to create contrast:
Variation on this Lesson (Rainbow Fish):
Instead of using a monochromatic paint palette, students could use a combination of metallic paints and paint markers to make their fish much like Rainbow Fish. View the gallery of first grade fish paintings here.
Add the correct terms for the parts of the fish to reinforce vocabulary and science concepts. Use this sheet as a reference.
After the first graders made their fish paintings we erased the backgrounds and saved them as PNG (to retain the transparency of their backgrounds). Then students put them in the DoInk Animation app to make them swim.
The animation begins by drawing to objects in the DoInk Animation App.
Both objects need to be a complementary color pairs (red/green), (purple/yellow), (orange/blue)
1. The first object is a circle with lines that converge at the center. I used a spiral, but the lines could also radiate out/in with straight, jagged, curving, bumpy, (whatever) lines.
2. The second object is a figure drawing in the style of Keith Haring. This figure is a solid color with a shape pattern in the complement. I used circles but you can use squares, diamonds, hearts, ovals, flowers, leaves, (whatever) shapes.
The two objects are then layered in the composition mode of the DoInk app. I stretched them both out to 6 seconds and set opposite direction rotations on each.
Then I altered the size of the figure so that it began full size and ended almost so tiny that it disappeared.
The lesson is designed to help students see that complementary colors are extra vibrant in your eyes. The rotation of the lines as they converge into the center create an optical illusion that adds depth to the image. The shrinking of the figure creates the illusion of depth as if he/she is falling. Below is my vine video:
Variation of the idea:
This was my first attempt at this animation idea. In this animation I used the Kaleido Free app to draw lines converging to the center. The app allows you to save your drawing as a movie. To layer the figure and the movie I used the Green Screen App by DoInk.
Hypno Bot (another variation)
Pretty much anything can fall, rotate, and shrink away. Here is a 5th grader's robot falling over two layers of images. One layer is a semi-transparent rotating spiral and the other is a geometric patterned design.
The Quick Version:
Since you can animate photos using the DoInk Animation App, I think this variation on the idea may be the fastest one. Students will pose as if they are falling (in front of green screen). Then they will draw an optical illusion circle (like a spiral design). This will be photographed also.
I experimented with one group of 4th graders today to try out my green screen stop motion animation monster idea. Now that we have 6 iPad document stands in the art room (thanks to a grant from ABC/25 foundation) we can easily set up animation stations under them. We tried using simple green construction paper and movable monster figurines under the document stand using the iMotion HD app. We moved the figure, took a picture and repeated. After 20 photos students saved a finished 2 second animation at 10 frames per second. We made a ditty (see my ditty post here) and watched the creatures dance over the music video using the green screen app by doInk.
Parents and students are going to give this lesson a try on the evening of May 19th. I modified the lesson so that it's a bit more streamlined now that Ditty allows you to import your own video. we no longer have to have a green screen step to overlay the ditty music/text to our animation. Here are the directions: download this pdf
Five young animators met with me on Friday after school for one hour to learn to fly. Second grader, Max, won the iPad animation party prize offered through the Dryden Fundraising Raffle before spring break. He and 4 friends learned how to turn themselves into superheroes that fly across the sky using 3 different apps on our art room iPads.
Animate over a photo of clouds in DoInk Animation App.
View the whole group's animation video below.
Students used a photograph of Chicago to create a contour line drawing of the city skyline. Then they created a new layer and colored it from underneath. See the gallery of cityscapes on Artsonia here.
Flying Movies (Class Collaborations)
Last year I was out of the swing of things since I had to take time off tohelp my husband in his recovery from a serious injury. He and I both went back to school this year and with that came my desire to present at the National Art Education Conference in Chicago. Fortunately, my district supported the entire art team when we expressed our interest in this amazing professional development opportunity.
iPad Animation iDeas
The last time I did an elementary carousel I had a cozy little group around my table for each rotation. This time it was a ridiculously large group. My 50 handouts ran out after my first two rotations so I posted them below.Use this link to my ever increasing collection of digital art lessons online to find each iPad animation idea numbered below.
I hope this doesn't look like bragging, but I wanted to create a visual that shows the awards I've won in my career. If you knew my story of how I struggled all my life with painful shyness and was almost fired my first year due very much to my inability to step into the role as leader in the classroom then you too would see this image as an encouragement. I started to bloom as a teacher as soon as I took a step outside of my classroom. The sunlight of community and water of encouragement helped me grow in the soil composed of students who keep me firmly grounded.
Presentations I attended
On Friday morning I woke up at 5am to commute again into the city hoping to arrive in time to catch Janine and Cassie present on Leaving a Legacy. Their presentation was so inspiring. I was particularly touched when I saw that Janine included two slides that gave me and my students a shout out. So honored! But, I must say the whole experience was sweetened by sitting next to Cathy Hunt from Australia. I've been following her for years online and was thrilled beyond belief to finally meet her face to face.
View our Entry for the What's Your Story
Internet Safety Contest
(Won the 2nd Place Prize)
View this musical tribute to the hard working teachers at Dryden and the students they love to teach.
Tricia Fuglestad, NBCT 07
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.


By: Andrew Bruss
Prior to the release of Deer Tick's sophomore studio album, Born On Flag Day (released June 23 on Partisan Records), frontman John McCauley III talked backstage at Boston's House of Blues about the expectations for his new album, the band's heightened presence in the press and where he hopes things will go from here. When asked about the prospect of fame, McCauley joked, "If it ever gets to a point where I can't go anywhere without being recognized or if folks are taking my picture... I've always said that if I was faced by paparazzi I'd just pull my dick out [laughs]. If I keep doing that every time someone takes my picture, the value of my photo will go down to the point where nobody will want to deal with me. I'm not going to be punching photographers in the face... but I will show them my dick."
The above statement wasn't anything more than McCauley having a sense of humor, but he added with a serious tone, "I don't know that I'll ever change my lifestyle. I'm always going to be a guy who goes to neighborhood bars and do my own grocery shopping and shit like that. I don't think fame could ever faze me."
The guys in Deer Tick were opening for Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley fame on a stretch of her current tour, and they came through Boston on a helluva night. Born and based out of Providence, Rhode Island, the group seemed stoked to be performing across the street from Fenway Park on a night that found the Boston Red Sox wrapping up the second game of a three-day sweep against arch rivals the New York Yankees. The win amplified the affect of Deer Tick's pseudo-homecoming crowd in Boston, and after the performance, while the greater Deer Tick crew was cutting loose in their dressing room, guitarist Andy Tobiassen stormed in, amped-up over a t-shirt he'd gotten with the Red Sox logo on the front and the album cover for Flag Day on the back. When drummer Dennis Ryan asked in amazement "Where'd you get that?" Tobiassen replied that he'd be getting his soon.
That was the vibe brewing around Deer Tick in Boston. During the conversation with McCauley following the set, he commented, "Tonight really almost felt like we were playing to a hometown crowd. Just to play for fellow New Englanders and see them get excited and applaud for us and to entertain them and to see they were even paying attention, it was really flattering and put me in a good mood. As soon as we started the first song I knew it was going to be a good night."
Their set clocked in just under an hour and featured a handful of tunes off their freshman debut, War Elephant (JamBase review here), as well as a solid run through their more recent material. They humored hecklers with a tease of Skynyrd's "Free Bird," as well as an impromptu "Day Man" from FX's It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, before wrapping their set with an ass kicking cover of "La Bamba," leaving an impressed crowd for Jenny Lewis. Follow she did, making it clear to anyone in the house who the people came to see. However, based on the crowd's response and the nothing-but-rock-n-roll performance they gave, there was no doubt that Deer Tick left Boston with a bunch of new fans.
For as impressive of a frontman as McCauley is on stage, you wouldn't recognize the blonde haired, mustached singer when he's in a social setting. Sporting a tattoo of a Deer Tick on his left bicep, his singing carries an almost Southern accent that appears through his gritty howl on tunes like "Not So Dense" and on Flag Day tracks like "Easy" and "The Ghost." But in person, McCauley is soft spoken, near whispering answers to questions while barely moving his lips. Even when surrounded by friends and bandmates, McCauley was more inclined to slouch into his chair, sip on a beer and mellow out, rather than strive to be the center of attention like many other frontmen. Before the group took the stage, Liz Isenberg, Providence-based singer-songwriter who performs with the band, spoke about McCauley's duality. "He's a completely different person on stage," she said, "but he's a very quiet guy. The first time I saw him on stage I thought he was very energetic and charming; he was talking way more than he used to, and I thought he was a great entertainer."
Continue reading for more on Deer Tick...


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"Sorry Toby and Donna couldn't help me put you to bed," Josh says with a half-smirk.
"That's never been my thing," Sam mutters.
"Good to know." He helps him to the bed, swaying himself until he plops onto the mattress. "Sam...I know things have.....you're okay, right?"
He knows Josh wouldn't be able to handle any answer but "I'm fine," so that's what he grants him. Kissing him, Sam does his best imitation of happiness.

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I didn't think I was really affected by the weather here until today felt like the happiest sunniest day in years. Please bless that it isn't a trick and winter is coming back for another month(s) before it really is nice.
Look - it made everyone so happy.
We went to Point Defiance Park and walked along the water front and through some of the gardens. I didn't realize the park is so beautiful (or maybe it was just the day) - it reminded me of the National Arboretum, my favorite place in DC.
On the way home we stopped by the Fort Nisqually Museum - which is a remake of the original fort with weird people pretending they still live in that time period.
Curt, Ian and David climbed to the top of the look-out.
Ian and James sharing.


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Michael Eastman's large-scale color photographs of Havana explore the decline of the majestic architecture of Cuba's capital. Through Eastman's strong sense of color and elaborate compositional rigor, these images transport the viewer to the streets and interiors of a decaying urban landscape resonant with the stories and echoes of the city’s inhabitants and culture.
Michael Eastman: Havana at the Sheldon Museum of Art
Michael Eastman solo exhibition at the Sheldon Museum of Art
17 May 2018


Scheduled international passenger flights have remained suspended since 23 March, 2020. Overseas flights are being operated now under bilateral air bubble arrangements with various countries.
On 8 March, the civil aviation ministry announced that regular overseas flights will resume from March 27 amid a decline in coronavirus cases.
On 26 November last year, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had announced the resumption of scheduled international passenger flights from 15 December, 2021, but a few days later, the decision was revoked following a surge in coronavirus cases due to the Omicron variant.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital, which is also the country’s largest airport, expects international flight departures to witness a significant jump in the first week of April after the resumption of regular international operations.
While Indian carriers are prepared for normal international services, various foreign airlines, including Emirates, Virgin Atlantic and LOT Polish have also announced plans about their services to and from India.
Government declared relaxation in Covid curbs
The Centre has announced several relaxations to the existing Covid-19 regulations at airports and on flights.
The new rules by the ministry of civil aviation say that, cabin crew members are no longer needed to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) kits and security personnel at airports can resume pat-down search of passengers, wherever needed.
Airlines also need not keep three seats vacant on international flights for medical emergencies, the government announced.
The Centre has relaxed these rules to facilitate a “smooth conduct of air operations” as the number of coronavirus infections continue to dip along with high level of vaccinations, read a recent ministry order.
However, wearing of protective face masks and maintenance of hand hygiene/sanitiser is still mandatory at airports and on flights, the Centre said.
“Airlines may carry a few additional PPE protective gears, sanitiser and N-95 masks, to handle any respiratory infections related to cases on air, for passengers as well as the crew,” the ministry further noted.
International airline companies
In a statement on Saturday, IndiGo Chief Commercial Officer Willy Boulter said the airline is keen on resuming international operations back to pre-Covid levels but that will also depend on factors like arrival guidelines of various countries.
“We certainly have plans to open new destinations in the near future as well as pump up capacity on our existing routes as travel further opens up. Reaching economies of scale in such a dynamic environment where ATF and other fixed costs are constantly going up, becomes challenging,” he said.
On Friday, a DIAL spokesperson said, “Post resumption of commercial operations, South East Asia and Europe are expected to be the main drivers of further international passenger growth”.
DIAL, the operator of IGIA, expects to connect to over 60 international destinations after the resumption of regular overseas flights.
IGIA is the country’s largest airport and handled around 1.8 lakh passengers per day during pre-COVID times.
The spokesperson had also said the number of international Air Traffic Movements (ATMs) is likely to increase from 165 per day to 300 per day in summer 2022.
The total weekly departures of international flights are expected to increase 66 per cent in the first week of April once the regular overseas flights commence, according to the spokesperson.
This is in comparison to the flights that operated under bilateral air bubble arrangements during winter 2021.
On Friday, Gulf carrier Emirates said it would re-introduce pre-pandemic service frequency across its destinations in the country from April 1.
Prior to late March 2020, when the scheduled international services were stopped by India, Emirates was operating 170 weekly flights to nine destinations, including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.
All these flights are being restored now, starting from 1 April, as per the airline.
These 170 weekly flights include 35 services to Mumbai, 28 to Delhi, 24 to Bengaluru, 21 each to Chennai and Hyderabad, 14 to Kochi, 11 to Kolkata, nine to Ahmedabad and seven to Thiruvananthapuram.
SriLankan Airlines, on Friday, said it would start operating up to 88-weekly flights to India to match the pre-COVID flight schedule. The airline flies to nine cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Chennai and Bangalore.
British carrier Virgin Atlantic would start a second daily service between Delhi and London starting from 1 June. Coupled with its service from Mumbai, Virgin Atlantic will offer three daily flights from India, it said on Friday.
“American Airlines is proud to serve India with daily service between New York (JFK) and New Delhi (DEL). As India resumes international flying, we look forward to expanding our presence in the country as we deepen our partnership with IndiGo and plan to launch new service between Seattle (SEA) and Bangalore (BLR) later this year,” Rhett Workman, Managing Director – Europe, Middle East and Asia Operations at American Airlines, said in a statement on Friday.
Poland-based LOT Polish Airlines, on Thursday, said it would commence flights to Mumbai from 31 May and resume services to Delhi from 29 March.
Aviation industry in India post pandemic
The aviation sector in India is still recovering from the Omicron-led slump that suppressed the travel demands in January.
In February, around 76.96 lakh domestic passengers travelled by air, approximately 20% more than in January.
Flights were resumed again in July that year by means of a so-called air bubble arrangement with 37 countries through which flights were allowed in a limited manner.
The government had also allowed full domestic flight operations from 18 October 2021.
India recorded 1,660 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday and 4,100 fatalities, including backlog deaths. The country has been recording less than 2,000 cases and 100 deaths in a day for nearly a week.
Meanwhile, new threats of a highly transmissible variant have started emerging after a fresh increase of infections in China and several European countries.
(With inputs from PTI)
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It’s been a while since I’ve updated this blog. It is a joy for me to write and it some ways it’s how I process everything that is going on around me! I write so that I may remember and learn from the providence of God. I have been keeping a journal since the early age of 10!! Yet, writing has always been a way I process and I’ve missed writing here on this blog!
Honestly, in this new season it’s hard to find the time to write my thoughts out. Right now my kids are out back playing and I can see them running around and for this moment enjoying each other. Though I don’t know how long that means I have to actually finish this post. But in this moment, Praise the LORD that they are playing with each other and from the window I can see them having fun with dirt, side walk chalk, sand bucket and a bunch of random toys that end up outside in our toy box!
What should I say?
Should I describe how the Lord is daily making a way for us? How He is showing Himself to be tender to me in my grief? How He continues to be faithful when often at times I am not? His grace truly is my standing place? Even when my circumstance is not what I was hoping for, He is giving me grace to take one day at a time, even one moment at a time. It doesn’t always look pretty, but by His grace He is Keeping me.
I am seeking to train my heart in thankfulness! We are not born with this, if you haven’t noticed! Oh and I have a journey ahead of me to learn the art of gratefullness! This “tune my heart to sing Thy grace” is a plead for the Lord to work in our hearts and teach us! He is willing and promises to lead the humble in His way! And Jesus example of humility with joy is amazing! “Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:2).
“Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.”
He is providing fellowship for me, two Bible studies to be a part of, help with my children, and even some evenings off to go run at my favorite park (thanks to my sis in law!)! He is providing. I don’t know how it will look in the future. Yet RIGHT NOW, God is providing. And I am even now reminding myself this truth right now as I type. He even led a family in our church to want to pay someone to come and clean my home twice a month! Friends, this shows the heart of God towards those who suffer. Though He has bruised me, He promises not to crush me! Praise Him for His mercy!
God truly gives me reason to rejoice! My greatest need has been met in Christ! I have been forgiven!
Thank you for ALL your prayers for me and my 3 littles! Please continue to pray! I know the Lord is using the prayers to sustain and strengthen us in this sorrowful time of missing my beloved Marky and my dear Momma. Thankful they are in Glory with Jesus!
Here’s a couple of pictures of the kids near the end of Summer! So very thankful for these three!
Here we are. My family. At a red light. I turn my head because I hear them laughing with each other and smiles for all 3; which is not always the case when you are working with 3 kids that are 4 years and under! …continue reading
These precious family members have been the hands and feet of Jesus to me! I thank my God for you each daily! The support truly is a gift from the LORD! On good days and harder sad days they have been here! They have cried, prayed, …continue reading
Hello Dear Friends, First, I wanted to say THANK YOU for ALL the kind letters, cards, generous gifts, and prayers y’all have given to me and my precious children upon the passing of our dear Mark! We see the Lord’s kindness through y’alls love you …continue reading
“And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen.” ~ 1 Peter 5:10-11 …continue reading
He is greatly missed, but always will be remembered in our hearts. Thankful for the Godly Legacy Mark leaves. Forever changed & grateful.
Mark has been in Heaven for over 48 hours as of right now. Two days in Glory with His beloved Jesus, our Savior. Can you believe it? I’m still trying to catch my breath and believe this is best. This little life is so …continue reading
Thankful in days like these that we do have a Shelter to hide in. This song speaks great truth about our Lord. Hope it encourages the down casted, as it has me. Wanted to give a little update. Mark had his first seizure yesterday morning. …continue reading
“I believe in a peace that flows deeper than pain That broken find healing in love Pain is no measure of his faithfulness He withholds no good thing from us No good thing from us, no good thing from us.” ~’Open my Hands’ by Sara …continue reading
Happy Mother’s Day, dear Momma! You have given us a godly legacy that is worth repeating! We miss you so much our hearts hurt! But, by God’s grace, we want to follow in your footsteps of a life well spent for our King Jesus! You loved and shined brightly …continue reading


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TPCA, the car-making joint venture between Toyota and PSA Peugeot Citroen in the Czech Republic, said 2010 profits were flat compared with 2009 despite a drop in both sales and output.
The company based in Kolin, about 60km (38 miles) east of Prague, made profits of 1.4bn koruna (EUR57m, US$81.5m), although its sales of Toyota Aygo, Peugeot 107 and Citroen C1 A-segment hatchbacks fell 14% year on year to 44bn koruna.
According to AFP, TPCA president Satoshi Tachihara told a news conference the company maintained good profits despite an 11% drop in output caused by swings in demand in the past two years.
Output at the factory, which employs 3,600 people, fell to 295,712 units in 2010 from 332,489 the previous year.
The company exports most of its products, mainly to France, Italy, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands.
Czech-based carmakers including Volkswagen’s Skoda Auto and Hyundai raised combined passenger car output by 9.5% year on year to 1,072,263 units in 2010, topping the 1m mark for the first time.


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|Title||Virtual Clay Modeling using Adaptive Distance Fields
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|in||Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology (CISST 2002)|
Peer Timo Bremer, Serban D. Porumbescu, Falko Kuester, Bernd Hamann, Ken Joy, Kwan-Liu Ma |
H. R. Arambnia, et al. |
|Publisher||Computer Science Research, Education, and Applications Press|
This paper describes an approach for the parametrization and modeling of objects represented by adaptive distance fields (ADFs). ADFs support the construction of powerful solid modeling tools. They can represent surfaces of arbitrary and even changing topology, while providing a more intuitive user interface than control-point based structures such as B-splines. Using the octree structure, an adaptively refined quadrilateral mesh is constructed that is topologically equivalent to the surface. The mesh is then projected onto the surface using multiple projection and smoothing steps. The resulting mesh serves as the ``interface'' for interactive modeling operations and high-quality rendering.


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The death of actress Jean Alexander at the age of 90 inevitably evokes memories of the character she played in Britain’s most popular TV programme for 23 years, a character that those of us who weren’t there when it started found it inconceivable to imagine the show without. Hilda Ogden was for most of us the first cast member we pictured whenever we heard the name ‘Coronation Street’; that a staggering 27 million viewers tuned in to her final farewell at Christmas 1987 speaks volumes as to the impact Hilda made on the pop cultural landscape, the kind of impact no single television character will probably ever make again.
The instant power of television in the two-channel world it occupied when ‘Coronation Street’ debuted in December 1960 imbued the show’s strongest characters with iconic properties that ironically threatened to overshadow the groundbreaking realism that it was initially acclaimed for. Ena Sharples in her hairnet and Albert Tatlock in his flat cap were authentic archetypes of the environment Tony Warren strove to recreate onscreen in the beginning, but within a few years both characters were in danger of assuming the larger-than-life qualities of comedic caricatures that the programme’s critics labelled irrelevant relics of a bygone age bathed in sepia-tinted northern nostalgia. The rough edges, they claimed, had been softened by success. The writers responded to such criticism by presenting viewers with a fresh challenge.
‘Coronation Street’ was already four years old by the time Hilda Ogden set up home in Weatherfield, but the character eventually became as intrinsic to the show’s mythology as the ones that had been introduced at the very beginning. The street’s resident nosy parker with her trademark curlers grew into such a crucial ingredient of what made the programme work so well that it’s interesting to note the negative reaction to the arrival of the street’s ‘problem family’ in 1964, albeit one it’s not difficult to understand when viewing their first scenes via DVD.
The Ogden clan were perceived as not just common, but criminal – almost a forerunner of the Gallagher family from ‘Shameless’ forty years later. Stan was an idle skiver with a hint of a past sometimes spent detained at Her Majesty’s Pleasure; son Trevor was a devious tearaway; daughter Irma was so ashamed and embarrassed by her parents and sibling that she distanced herself from them in public; and Hilda herself (who initially speaks in a broad Scouse accent) was regarded as the worst kind of gobshite fishwife. On one occasion, when Stan mistakenly thinks he’s won a fortune on the pools and spends a night buying every round in the Rovers to celebrate, his discovery that Hilda failed to post his coupon in time leads to him giving her a shiner, a bit of domestic abuse not one single character reacts to in the way they would now. There are also references to other Ogden children in those early episodes, one of whom is apparently in a mental institution, though they were quickly forgotten about and never mentioned again. It seemed the writers at the time were determined for the Ogden’s to embody every antisocial aspect of the mid-60s.
However, as the Ogden’s were slowly trimmed down to solely Stan and Hilda, Stan’s skiving gradually became less despicable and transformed him into a loveable laughable layabout, whilst Hilda’s incurable habit of poking her nose into her neighbours’ business – not to mention her ongoing feud with Elsie Tanner – made for some of the most entertaining moments in the show’s history. There was no more pretence to realism, but it didn’t matter; ‘Coronation Street’ had entered its own reality, one where the likes of Hilda Ogden could survive into the 1980s in the same way that men in tights can fight crime in Gotham City or Metropolis without anyone thinking it remotely odd or unrealistic.
As Stan Ogden approached retirement age (an eventuality he’d seemingly been preparing for throughout his time in the programme) actor Bernard Youens was clearly not a well man, and Eddie Yeats was introduced as Stan and Hilda’s lodger in order that Hilda might have a younger layabout to engage in banter with; but when Youens died in 1984, Hilda’s other half was naturally killed-off, leading to perhaps Jean Alexander’s finest performance when she had to unwrap Stan’s belongings that she had collected from the hospital he died in. Alexander admitted she was crying real tears during that scene, but seeing Hilda as a real human being for once seemed to suggest the character had exhausted all her comic possibilities; Alexander lasted for just three years as a Weatherfield widow.
Having spent her apprenticeship (like many of her original ‘Coronation Street’ co-stars) in regional rep, Jean Alexander had made an early TV appearance in the first series of ‘Z-Cars’ in 1962, and after a cameo playing Christine Keeler’s mother in the 1989 movie ‘Scandal’, the small screen was where she stayed after exiting the Street, eventually joining the cast of ‘Last of the Summer Wine’, where she remained for 18 years. She finally retired from acting at the age of 86, never having married or had children. Sensible woman.
Over the last decade, the writers of ‘Coronation Street’ have belatedly realised it is the unique comic characters that the viewers warm to more than the interchangeable teenagers or young couples that could essentially appear in any soap opera; and it is the superlative dialogue they utter that lingers longer than whatever spectacular siege, fantastical crash or murder whodunit the programme-makers believe will keep viewers watching. The likes of Norris, Mary, Dev, Steve and Liz MacDonald could only really reside in Weatherfield. It is in this context that they, as with their predecessors Jack and Vera Duckworth, Fred Eliot, Bet Lynch, Reg Holdsworth, Percy Sugden, Ena Sharples and Albert Tatlock, belong; but it was the success of Hilda Ogden that really established this essential key to the longevity of ‘Coronation Street’ – and for that, the programme owes Jean Alexander big time.
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Hazard insists he will stay at Stamford Bridge for at least one more year, but admits he could leave after that.
The Belgia international star has been strongly linked witha move to Spanish giants Real Madrid over the summer. Hazard hinted he may leave Chelsea after the World Cup, but the playmaker no longer wants to talk about that.
“You know what I said after the World Cup. I’m happy here, I do not want to talk about that yet,” he told RMC Sport after Chelsea’s win over Arsenal.
“Many things have been said – nonsense and everything.
“For now, I’m happy. I still have two years of contract [left] and we’ll see what happens. I will not leave [this year].
“The transfer window in England is already closed. We can sell but we cannot sign players.
“It would be a bit strange for [Chelsea] to let me go and not recruit another player.
“We could see [against Arsenal] that the fans like me a lot. I feel good here. We’ll see what happens in a year or two years.”


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Blockbusters in waiting: Clarivate's drugs to watch in 2023
New drugs for immunological and inflammatory diseases feature prominently among new product launches this year that could top $1 billion in annual sales by 2027 or be clinical "game changers," according to Clarivate.
This year's list reflects pharma's increasing focus on treatments that are targeted to a specific biomarker, a strategy that aims to ensure greater efficacy and less time lost searching for a drug or biologic that will arrest or reverse the progress of disease, according to the report.
1) Bimekizumab: UCB's first-in-class dual IL-17 A/F inhibitor was approved in the EU last year as Bimzelx but turned down by the FDA only to be refiled last month. It is expected to make rapid inroads into the market for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis therapies thanks to superior skin clearance and infrequent dosing compared to current drugs, despite entering a crowded market;
2) Capivasertib: AstraZeneca's pan-AKT kinase inhibitor for breast cancer, which has shown efficacy in patients with hormone receptor positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer – regardless of their PIK3CA/AKT1/PTEN mutational status – and is now in phase 3 testing;
3) Daprodustat: GSK is vying to become the first drug in the HIF-PHI inhibitor class to reach the US market with daprodustat, which is already approved in Japan as Duvroq where uptake has been impressive. The drug offers an oral alternative to injectable therapies for anaemia associated with chronic kidney disease;
4) Deucravacitinib: Bristol-Myers Squibb looks set for a winner with this first-in-class oral TYK2 inhibitor, which according to Clarivate has the potential to fill a gap in the treatment armamentarium for moderate to severe psoriasis. It was approved by the FDA as Sotyktu last September;
5) Foscarbidopa/foslevodopa (ABBV-951): Developed by AbbVie, the drug is a reformulation of a standard Parkinson's treatment (carbidopa/levodopa) delivered by subcutaneous pump for hard-to-treat patients with advanced disease, and is in the latter stages of FDA review. It offers better efficacy than orally administered carbidopa-levodopa, dosing flexibility and a more convenient pump than existing and upcoming competitors;
6) Lecanemab: Clarivate delivers a vote of confidence in Eisai and Biogen's anti-amyloid antibody lecanemab for Alzheimer's disease – just approved by the FDA as Leqembi – after the debacle of their first effort Aduhelm (aducanumab). The report also says late-stage rivals from Eli Lilly (donanemab) and possibly Roche (gantenerumab) may follow suit pending the results of ongoing trials;
7) Lenacapavir: Gilead Sciences' first-in-class capsid inhibitor makes the grade for its potential to transform the treatment of HIV thanks to a twice-yearly dosing regimen. It is approved in Europe as Sunlenca and under evaluation by the FDA as a therapy for people with HIV whose therapy is starting to lose effectiveness, and also has significant potential for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP);
8) Mirikizumab: Eli Lilly's second candidate on the blockbuster list is a monoclonal antibody targeting the p19 subunit of IL-23, heading for a first-in-class approval in ulcerative colitis and third place for IL-23-targeting drugs in Crohn's disease after Johnson & Johnson's Stelara (ustekinumab) and AbbVie's Skyrizi (risankizumab);
9) Pegcetacoplan: Sold as Empaveli/Aspaveli by developer Apellis Pharma, pegcetacoplan has launched already in the US and Europe for rare blood disorder paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) but the big payoff is expected to follow an anticipated approval and launch for geographic atrophy (GA) or 'dry' age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which has no approved drug treatment;
10) Ritlecitinib: Pfizer's JAK3 inhibitor makes it onto Clarivate's list thanks to its first-in-class status as a therapy for alopecia areata, an autoimmune form of hair loss, coupled with a rapid onset of action and expected label for both adults and adolescents. At the moment the only approved therapy – for adults only – is Lilly's JAK 1/2 drug Olumiant (baricitinib);
11) Sparsentan: Travere Therapeutics' first-in-class, orally active, drug is an antagonist of both endothelin type A (ETA) and angiotensin II subtype 1 (AT1) receptors, which are associated with progression of kidney disease. It's in late-stage development for IgA nephropathy and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) with initial data suggesting it may halt disease progression;
12) Teclistamab: Another drug already approved for marketing in the EU, J&J's Tecvayli is the first bispecific antibody targeted to BCMA for multiple myeloma, with ongoing phase 3 trials expected to provide confirmation of its benefit as later-line treatment setting and support use earlier in the treatment pathway both alone and in combination with other therapies;
13) Teplizumab: Provention Bio's anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody teplizumab – partnered with Sanofi – became the first immunotherapy to launch for type 1 diabetes after it was approved by the FDA as Tzield last November. It has been highlighted by Clarivate for its potential ability to preserve the function of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas and delay the need for insulin treatment;
14) Valoctocogene roxaparvovec: BioMarin's gene therapy for haemophilia A was approved in the EU as Roctavian last summer and is poised to become the first gene therapy for the bleeding disorder in the US. The one-shot therapy is expected to provide long-lasting effects, reduce the number of bleeds experienced by patients, and reduce the need Factor VIII replacement therapy.

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On Friday 24 May we were all packed up and ready to go again… this time to Tso Moriri Lake. The cost for 3 days and 2 nights was 14,000 Rs (£158) and once again we had Nobu driving us!
Tso Moriri Lake is at an altitude of 4522m, so it was a fair ascent from Leh which is only 3500m. The drive was really lovely. We left at 9am and arrived around 4pm. I knew that the altitude would be a bit of a push for Tiger, but she had already been over the Khardung La twice so I thought we’d be ok and were already well acclimatised.
There is a story behind Tso Moriri too for me. Robin and I had been there before on our Pulsar 150cc motorbike and had joined forces with Graham and Grant Davis who had come up from Manali on Enfields. It was a crazy journey to Tso Moriri and I particularly remember the last bit going through sand on our little bike. So it was fabulous to be back.
We looked at a few places to stay but I can’t say the offering was great. We spent the first night at Paradise Hut which was a kind of pre-fab hut. Before going to bed we walked right down to the edge of the lake for sunset. It was pretty cold though and despite one snow suit and two sleeping bags whilst Tiger did go to sleep like normal at 8pm she woke up around 11pm and I surmised it was because of the cold as there was no other reason so for the first time ever she slept in my bed!
The next day, I decided we had to move as it had really just been too cold so we moved to Camps of Ladakh which was a bit better… more like a brick house so I felt that would be warmer and for a cost of 3000 Rs (£34). We then went for a long walk to the lake and I could really feel the altitude myself. Tiger was fine, but fairly grumpy this day which must have been down to the altitude. Our new home was definitely warmer, and had a great restaurant and impeccable service. We even got hot water bottles to take to bed and again Tiger ended up in bed with me.
On Sunday 26 May we drove back to Leh and as soon as the altitude dropped, Tiger was absolutely fine. We visited Nobu’s family home and met his wife and kids on the way back to Leh. It was great (again!) to be back as we had our first shower in three days!


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I bought a ham for Sunday, and an injector thingy. I'm wanting to do a maple syrup and ground cloves mixture to inject into the ham prior to baking. I was also thinking of adding yellow mustard, but I can't quite wrap my tongue around how that will taste with the maple and cloves. Obviously, I've never done this before. :0)
Can anyone tell me what ingredients you have injected into a ham and what your thoughts were on the recipe?
I have never injected a ham before. I did cook a ham last week in the crock pot and it turned out great. I poured a bunch of orange juice in the bottom. Then put in the ham. Then I sprinkled brown sugar, cinnamon, and cloves over the ham. Then let it go all day. You could actually taste the orange juice in the ham. It was yummy. My mom used to use dry mustard powder on her ham. She mixed it with brown sugar, put it on the ham, studded it with whole cloves, and baked it in the oven.
I studded a ham with cloves at Christmas time, and I didn't care for it that way. I'm thinking I want something on the sweet side, and I want it to go all through the ham, not just on the outer crust.
My BIL once injected a ham with mustard before cooking, and it turned out really good for sandwiches. I think I'll try the maple syrup and cloves concoction and leave the mustard out of this trial run.
Oh, forgot to say that I'm going to use pure maple syrup, not the pancake syrup.
What I ended up doing was injecting the ham with just maple syrup and ground cloves, and it was wonderful! It smellled so good when it was baking. Next time I make it, I think I'll also pour the same mixture over the ham as a glaze the last 15 minutes or so.
Glad it turned out for you. However, I would think that's a lot of unnecessary sugar carbs and also think the maple flavor would overpower the flavor of the ham. I would opt for a glaze only over a clove studded ham and baste periodically throughout the heating process. Just my opinion.
MaVie's Bone In Ham
10 lbs Farmer's John boiled boned in ham leg
1 tall can pineapple juice (about 49.5 ozs.] any cheap one will do.
1 small pkg. pickling spice** [if not available use the following:
1 stick of cinnamon
2 pcs. bay leaf
1 tsp. whole cumin
1 tsp. fennel seeds
1 tsp. dried thyme
1 tsp. whole black pepper corn
1 tsp. coriander seeds
1 tsp. allspice
1 cup brown sugar
** all herbs & spices: i normally go to the Latin products. a small bag of pickling spices cost only 79 cents.
if u have a spaghetti or pasta cooker, place the ham inside the slotted basket.
place all herb & spices inside the pot plus the whole can of pineapple juice. boil & simmer the ham over the juice mixture for 45 mins. place the steamed ham on a foil container. set aside.
strain the juice, discard of herbs & spices. reduce the remaining juice to about 1/2 a cup. once juice is reduce, add 1 cup brown sugar. watch carefully so sugar will not burn. u just want to make a nice glace.
once juice becomes thick, pour glace over ur steamed ham. cut nice and thin to serve. watch out! nothing will be left!
u can use the ham bones to make nice macaroni soup with the stock u boiled the bones in. stir fry some carrots, celery and u have a tasty macaroni soup. add a little milk on the soup.
Mike's friends claimed this recipe out of necessity turned out to be much tastier, juicier than the regular honey baked ham they have ever had.
to add a special touch to ur glace, add i tsp. dried mustard powder, and 2 tbsp. butter.
Most hams we buy in the supermarket are labeled “fully cooked.”
That means that we heat them to develop flavor, also, of course,
because we want to serve them hot or warm. A rule of thumb is to
allow about 8-10 minutes per pound, in a preheated 350 degree oven,
to heat the ham throughout. The internal temperature, measured
using an instant-read thermometer inserted in several places near the
center of the ham (not touching bone), should be just over 130
degrees. Allow the ham to rest for 20 minutes or so after removing it
from the oven.
Here are some beautiful and flavorful glazes for brushing over the ham
as it bakes, along with some sauces for accompaniment. If the ham
is very large, (therefore requiring a long baking time), begin applying
the glaze only during the last 45-60 minutes of baking time, to avoid
its scorching or becoming too brown. These glazes also work very
well on pork roasts.
For Glaze, blend together:
1 cup, brown sugar
1/4 cup, honey, OR maple syrup OR cider vinegar
2 teaspoons, dry mustard
For Basting, blend together:
1 cup, orange juice
1 cup, brown sugar
2 teaspoons, dry mustard (or prepared brown mustard)
Rub the top and sides of the ham with the blended glaze mixture
(stud ham first, if desired, with whole cloves). Place in preheated
oven. Baste several times during baking with basting mixture.
2 cups, apple cider
[optional: substitute 1/2 cup, bourbon for 1/2 cup of the cider]
1/4 cup, brown sugar
1/2 cup, golden raisins
1/8 teaspoon, salt
8 whole cloves
1 cinnamon stick (about 3 inches long)
1 1/2 tablespoons, cornstarch
3 tablespoons, water
Gently melt the preserves in microwave or saucepan. Brush the
preserves over the ham (reserving the warm preserves not used).
Brush the mustard over the preserves on the ham, then pat the brown
sugar into the mustard.
Pour the cider into the roasting pan and bake the ham, basting with
the cider, for about half the estimated baking time. Add the reserved
apricots to the cider in the pan, and continue basting and baking until
ham temperature reaches 130 degrees.
To make the sauce: In a heavy saucepan, gently heat the 2 cups,
apple cider with 1/4 cup, brown sugar, the golden raisins and the salt
until the sugar has dissolved and the sauce is hot. Add the cloves
and cinnamon stick.
In a cup, blend together the cornstarch and water until smooth, then
whisk this mixture into the cider mixture. Cook over very low heat -
stirring constantly - until slightly thickened. Remove the cloves and
cinnamon stick before serving.
ORANGE-HONEY: In a saucepan, combine 1/4 cup, honey with 1/4
cup, orange juice and 1 cup, light brown sugar. Blend well, and warm
mixture to dissolve sugar. Genrously brush over ham during baking.
CURRANT JELLY: Gently melt 1 cup, currant jelly in saucepan or
microwave. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon, dry mustard and 2 tablespoons,
prepared horseradish. Generously coat ham during baking.
CRANBERRY: Blend together, 1 cup, cranberry jelly and 1/2 cup,
light corn syrup. Warm mixture gently, then brush over ham during
APPLE: In a saucepan, gently heat 1 cup of undiluted apple juice
concentrate, first reserving a few spoonsful of the melted concentrate.
Into the reserved spoonsful of concentrate, stir 1 tablespoon of
cornstarch, blending well - then stir the dissolved cornstarch mixture
into the rest of the apple juice concentrate in the saucepan. Add 1/2
lemon, sliced thin, and a pinch of ground cinnamon and/or ginger to
taste. Heat until thickened, then brush over ham during baking.
QUICK ORANGE SAUCE:
2 tablespoons, sugar
1 tablespoon, cornstarch
1 teaspoon, ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon, salt
1 1/3 cups, orange juice
1 tablespoon, lemon juice
2/3 cup, hot water
In a saucepan, mix together the sugar, cornstarch, ginger and salt.
Stir in the orange and lemon juices and hot water. Turn on heat to
low, and cook - stirring constantly - until sauce thickens and comes
to a boil. Serve hot with ham. Makes about 2 cups.
1 jar, currant jelly
grated zest of one small orange (the colored part of the peel -
1 tablespoon, fresh juice from the orange
2 tablespoons, Port wine (or to taste)
In a saucepan, melt the currant jelly, and stir in all other ingredients.
I have not had a good ham in years. Ever since they started 'special' trimming the hams. To score the hams and stud them with the cloves, you need fat to do that, you cant cut into the rind, unless you want dried ham. I have searched FL high and low, but no ham with fat. I tried again this year, put the ham on the grill, just not the same. It could have used alot of injuecting. The butcher, in the past, has given me fat trimmings to lay on top, better, but not the same. I guess people are just whiggy over fat, even tho its not like its getting in the ham, or your eating it.


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A livelihood in a risky environment: Farmers’ preferences for irrigation with wastewater in Hyderabad, India
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Most cities in developing countries fail to treat their wastewater comprehensively. Consequently, farmers downstream use poor-quality water for irrigation. This practice implies risks for farmers, consumers and the environment. Conversely, this water supply supports the livelihood of these farmers and other stakeholders along the value chains. Linking safer options for wastewater management with irrigation could therefore be a win–win solution: removing the risks for society and maintaining the benefits for farmers. However, in developing countries, the high investment costs for the required treatment are problematic and the willingness of farmers to pay for the water (cost recovery) is often questionable. Using a choice experiment, this paper gives insight into farmers’ preferences for wastewater use scenarios, quantifying their willingness to pay. The case study is Hyderabad, India. Farmers there prefer water treatment and are prepared to pay a surplus for this. Considering the cost-recovery challenge, this information could be valuable for planning small on site wastewater treatment systems.
KeywordsAgriculture Choice experiment India Wastewater
Field research for this paper was supported by the International Water Management Institute and Ghent University. The authors thank Dr. Priyanie Amerasinghe for facilitating contacts and fieldwork in Hyderabad; Dr. George Danso and Dr. Krishna Reddy Kakumanu for their comments on the choice experiment and the questionnaire. We also thank many interviewees who generously shared information. Finally, we thank two anonymous reviewers whose comments helped us to improve this paper.
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Former Olympian Jason Statham Carries the Torch for Yesterday's Action Heroes
In the ’80s, there was no shortage of Hollywood he-men, guys who regularly toppled small armies and rescued whoever seemed worthy of rescuing. Stallone. Schwarzenegger. Seagal. Their names were synonymous with action, but not necessarily acting.
Times have changed. The musclebound enforcers of yesteryear have given way to caped crusaders and masked mutants, and the actors who play the new breed of superheroes are not reformed bodybuilders but plausible Oscar hopefuls: Robert Downey Jr, Edward Norton and the like. Yet here, as if to prove there’s still room for an old-fashioned big-screen brawler, stands Jason Statham.
Statham, 43, whose remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson thriller The Mechanic opens Friday, is built like a battering ram, and often plays the part. Does he secretly yearn to expand his résumé to include, say, romantic comedy? The bulky Brit seems to bristle, ever so slightly, at the notion that what he does isn’t enough.
“We can only do what’s in front of us, and most of the offers that come my way are driven by action,” he says. “If I get a movie that really rings all the bells, that’s something I’d want to do. But I don’t think I have to prove anything to anybody by doing a comedy or a romance, just to say I can.
“Action movies have given me a good life. It’s definitely better than what I was doing before.”
Statham is referring to his days as a black-market street hustler, selling jewelry on London street corners. It was his experience there that earned him a meaty role in Guy Ritchie’s 1998 underground-crime thriller Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Ritchie, it seems, was looking for someone who “lived the lifestyle.” Statham was happy to oblige, just as it pleases him to do his own stunts.
In The Mechanic, Statham plays a veteran hit man opposite Ben Foster, star of last year’s The Messenger, who is more in the mold of Norton than Stallone (with whom Statham will soon shoot a sequel to The Expendables.) Foster is intense and wiry, but thanks to a nagging case of vertigo, fearful of heights.
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“He’s got a certain-sized ego that will push him beyond the limits he’s normally used to,” Statham says of Foster, who plays his apprentice assassin. “We did an accelerated fall from 300-plus feet. For someone who doesn’t like to throw himself in the saddle and go for it, putting himself in that kind of situation is very brave indeed.
“We sat down for a couple beers and discussed what was necessary, and there was an easy chemistry. I think one day, if he ever wanted to do more than acting, he’d be a brilliant writer and director. Whether I’d want to direct, I don’t know. I make a point to be hands on with everything, involved in every step of the process. I start recognizing stuntmen and production assistants at [the airport]. You learn a lot that way.”