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Tammy Mulligan shares her quick thinking when students are bored with book clubs and reminds us all of the importance of offering playful choice for students to show their learning.
Bitsy Parks shares special events that help students widen their scope of acceptance and appreciation for the differences among us.
Bitsy Parks offers key end-of-the year activities that allow students to reflect and notice their identities, growth, and community as readers and writers.
Melanie Quinn shares a fun activity to help current students share advice for next year’s class.
Melissa Quimby shares online routines to strengthen the class reading community.
Tammy Mulligan shares small and mighty moves when assessing students online.
Matt Renwick shares creative ways teachers in his school celebrate authors.
Bitsy Parks shares the way a series study enriches the reading lives of students and serves as an intervention to help readers grow.
Tammy Mulligan finds shared writing is her go-to strategy for teaching young learners online.
Tara Barnett and Kate Mills write about the power of series books in helping young readers build skills and independence as they exit intervention programs.
Tammy Mulligan listens to students and adapts her small-group instruction as they share how they learn.
Mandy Robek learns a lot about worry from her daughter, and discovers a treasure trove of picture books to promote mental wellness and help students cope with difficult emotions.
Lora Bieghler facilitates a Socratic-style discussion among third graders.
Mandy Robek is a little nervous about setting her students loose to organize informational texts, but she couldn’t be more pleased by what they learned in the process.
Stella Villalba teaches young writers about writer’s craft. So how come evidence of learning from the minilessons isn’t showing up when she confers with her students? She decides to develop a plan to help students link craft lessons with their writing.
Tammy Mulligan shares how she introduces students to the process of interpreting literature at different grade and developmental levels.
Mandy Robek learns a lot about worry from her daughter, and at the same time discovers a treasure trove of children’s books to help students overcome worries.
Teaching comprehension skills can be a complex and overwhelming task. Tammy Mulligan shares a process for expanding and deepening student interpretations of text.
Kate Mills notes her own miscues in reading a bedtime story to her young children, and thinks about what that means for analyzing the running records of readers in primary classrooms.
Tammy Mulligan explains the process of having students analyze and create models of good writing and analysis for assessing themselves and peers.
Teaching the genre of tests can seem far removed from writing workshop. Matt Renwick explores how to teach constructed response in a way that is integrated with the tenets of good workshop instruction.
Tammy Mulligan explains how the use of the popular “reading mats” can help build reader confidence.
Whenever a tricky literary concept comes up, Tammy Mulligan finds herself returning to a favorite mentor text to guide students. She explains the value of shared simple stories for understanding complicated literary elements.
Dana Murphy finds it is best to teach conventions in small, targeted groups in her fifth-grade classroom. She explains how she designs and leads these groups.
The start of the school year is often all about building reader identities in classrooms. And then October comes, and many of the activities that help students celebrate their reading histories and preferences are forgotten. Tara Barnett and Kate Mills share ways teachers can continue to help students define, refine, and expand their reading identities all year long.
Franki Sibberson explains how carefully curated text sets can help students move beyond a “just the facts” exploration of nonfiction topics.
Finding time for writing share sessions may begin with trying out a few different options to see what works in your classroom. Melanie Meehan presents some of her favorites.
Heather Fisher explains how viewing excerpts from the same video multiple times can help students in book clubs hone their conversation and reflection skills.
Tammy Mulligan shares the importance of giving students choice and agency with book club tools to improve engagement and quality of the conversations.
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Gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV or “bloat”) is one of the most serious and deadly of diseases. It occurs when the stomach fills up with gas and then flips over, twisting on itself. Once flipped, the esophagus, intestines, and blood supply are all twisted shut. Gas and fluid can’t escape out of the stomach so it becomes larger and larger, while the tissue is also dying from lack of blood and oxygen. GDV kills dogs very quickly and requires emergency surgery to prevent death.
The stomach flips, twists, and then fills up with gas.
The gas-filled stomach fills most of the x-ray at right.
The risk of developing GDV over the lifetime of a dog is 21% for large breeds and 24% for giant breeds. The risk is worse for particular breeds, especially Great Danes, bloodhounds, and Irish setters, and it slowly increases with age. Although it’s not possible to eliminate the risk there are things you can do to reduce the threat.
1) The most sure way to prevent GDV is to have your dog’s stomach “tacked,” which means we suture the stomach to the side of the body so that it can never twist on itself. This can be done through an abdominal incision, which we can do here, or via laparoscopy by a specialist.
2) There is no difference in GDV risk if you feed your pet either canned or dry dog food alone. However, you can reduce the risk by feeding some canned food or table food along with dry dog food. This simple thing reduces GDV risk 59% in large-breed dogs and 28% in giant breeds.
3) Do not moisten dry food – this increases risk.
4) Feed several smaller meals a day. GDV risk is higher if a dog is fed one large meal per day. You also should prevent your dog from gulping down his food too fast. You can do this by spreading the food on a cookie sheet, adding rocks or a log chain to the food bowl that he’ll have to work around, or using a special bowl with lumps in it that does the same thing. Dogs often eat faster when they are competing with each other, so separate your dogs at meal times if this is a problem for you.
5) Larger kibble size reduces GDV risk. Don’t feed a small food nugget made for small dogs to a large one.
6) Risk of GDV increases with the speed of eating. Using a bowl designed to slow eating, or adding a log chain or rocks to your dog’s bowl that he has to eat around, reduces risk considerably.
7) Do not withhold water before or after feeding. Restricting water increases risk. Giving your dog Ice water does NOT increase risk, despite an internet hoax that regularly shows up online.
8) Foods listing a fat source among the main four ingredients – the first four listed on the label – are associated with higher risk.
9) Don’t feed your dog from elevated food bowls unless necessary for other health problems (neck pain, megaesophagus, etc.) Feeding from an elevated bowl increases GDV risk 51.9%.
10) It was once thought that restricting exercise after meals was helpful. It’s not harmful but it’s not been shown in studies to reduce risk either.
11) Thin pets are more prone. You don’t want to have an overweight or obese pet, there are many health risks associated with that. However, a pet that is too thin has more GDV risk than a normal or overweight pet.
12) Dogs with other gastrointestinal diseases, such as IBD, are more at risk. In one study 86% of dogs that had surgery for GDV had a history of digestive problems and 61% of them had inflammatory changes in their intestines when biopsied at the time of GDV surgery. Gastrointestinal disorders should be treated quickly when they occur.
13) Don’t purchase a puppy from a bloodline that includes a history of GDV. A dog with a sibling, parent or offspring that has had GDV is at much greater risk.

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Visiting The Hiphop Archive
Ben Horowitz at the Hiphop Archive and Research Institute prior to his Cutting Edge Series talk.
Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellowship Press Conference
From Left: Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Professor Marcyliena Morgan, Nas, & Christian Ramirez
Teen Voices Magazine Visits The Hiphop Archive
Teen Voices Summer Program members in front of the Hiphop Archive and Research Institute.
Author Meets The Critics - That's The Joint!, 2nd Edition
From Left: Murray Forman, Marcyliena Morgan, Mark Anthony Neal, Nicole Hodges Persley, Guthrie Ramsey, Jr., Joycelyn Wilson, Vijay Prashad.
Pete Rock, DJ Premier, and 9th Wonder on the HHA Turntables
Pete Rock, DJ Premier, and 9th Wonder at the Hiphop Archive and Research Institute before the "Digging" the Music of Hiphop: These Are The Standards event.
Visiting The Archive
Nas signing autographs for students after the Ask Nas: One Mic, One Question event at the Hiphop Archive and Research Institute
Katrina was a wake-up call to the Hiphop generation. And we didn’t even know we were asleep! But Katrina Knew. We knew about injustice, racism, class elitism and regional arrogance. We knew we had a president, congress and a country that seemed to be clinging to old school notions of the American dream, where the perfect America was one without cities, diversity and Hiphop...

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The author served as the 2021 Hay and Forage Grower summer editorial intern. She currently attends Iowa State University where she is majoring in agricultural communications and agronomy.
Every farm has a story.
Like most stories, farms also have chapters. These chapters may be defined by one planting season, a production year, or perhaps a generation of ownership. Todd Malecha, president of Malecha Enterprises in Villard, Minn., and his wife, Louise, have been writing their chapter since 1989, and they are now inking the final pages. But their family’s farm story won’t end when they put down their pens.Todd and Louise are looking forward to passing down ownership of Malecha Enterprises to five of their seven children: William, Jonathan, Rebecca, Katelynn, and Robert. Their children are already involved on the farm, but now they are ready to write their own accounts. Although each of them oversees different parts of the operation, they all seem to be on the same page.
Malecha Enterprises is home to approximately 1,300 dairy cows and is surrounded by about 2,700 acres used to grow all of the herd’s feed. The Malechas also custom harvest forage, bale wheat straw, pump and spread manure, and own an aggregate quarry.
To ensure that each of these enterprises continued to grow during a time of change, Todd and Louise began working with a succession planning consultant. Rena Striegel, owner of Transition Point Business Advisors, started helping the Malechas six years ago. She is impressed with how the family members value the future of their farm and push each other to expand and improve the many businesses that make up Malecha Enterprises.
The first thing Striegel prompted the Malechas to do at their initial session together was define a vision and outline where they would like the farm to be in 10 years. Then the family began making more timely goals, considering what they wanted to achieve in three years, and then more specifically, in just one year.
The Malecha children determined leadership roles among themselves — each of them claiming the part of the operation they were most passionate about. The family also defined roles for the other approximately 40 full-time and seasonal employees working at the farm, creating their own handbook and a comprehensive accountability chart.
“The accountability chart tracks how employees are being allocated throughout the operation,” Striegel said. “It shows all of the workers, the jobs they have, and who they answer to. The Malechas have done a great job at developing that.”
Next, the Malechas set expectations for themselves as managers, as well as for current and future employees of the operation. They comprised a list of values everyone is expected to demonstrate. These include being responsible and trustworthy, having candor and integrity, and a commitment to never-ending improvement.
“This is where it all begins for us — it all begins with the values of who we are,” Todd said. “That way we know who we can work with. You need to possess at least three of these to become an employee.”
Taking on different roles and setting goals was an important part of the farm’s succession plan. Striegel believes these initial steps helped the Malechas structure their individual businesses and gain confidence when it came to overseeing them.
“Their leadership team has become more cohesive, and they have become more competent as leaders,” Striegel said. “I’ve seen their businesses go from being fairly small and modest to being robust and high-producing divisions of their operation.”
Highs and lows
Even though a change of hands is fast approaching, the Malechas are not slowing down when it comes to enhancing production. Those in management positions meet weekly — every Monday at 6:15 a.m. — to monitor and discuss measurable aspects of the operation. This allows them to identify what is going well and what could use improvement.
The Malechas keep track of their measurables by filling out a scorecard. They record data such as pounds of milk produced, number of acres chopped, and number of bales baled. Scores are based on expectations the Malechas have for themselves, and if a score is less than ideal, they must figure out why.
When an aspect of production scored low because of human error, family members trace issues back to the source and hold each other accountable. “Just because they are family doesn’t mean they can get away with being less than what they’re capable of,” Striegel stated. “The Malechas do a great job of supporting each other, but they are also quick to note when someone is not quite hitting the mark on performance.”
Confronting a family member can be challenging, especially on a farm when problems can occur frequently. Striegel attributes the Malechas professionalism as the reason for their early start to succession planning. With her guidance, they have been able to develop a communication style that fits their needs and lends itself to their success.
“They have used resources — people such as myself — to help diffuse frustration and make sure their conversations are being held in a low-emotional, highly intelligent manner,” Striegel said. “They don’t want to hurt each other, but rather are working to improve each other as a team.”
Communication is important to keeping everyone connected. Each day, the Malechas work in different buildings, on different fields, and even in different states from one another. As manager of the Malecha’s custom forage harvesting business, William finds himself in a remote location often.
William and his employees cut and chop hay and corn silage, either bagging or piling the product for their customers. Much of their work is done on farms in Minnesota and North Dakota, but they also travel to South Dakota, Colorado, and Montana.
The Malechas’ machinery line-up consists of a 32-foot Krone triple mower, a 34-foot Oxbo merger, a Vermeer wheel rake, and two 1100 Krone choppers. They also have five semis and three, 30-foot box tractor-haul units.
In addition to their custom work, the Malechas’ machinery is used to harvest forage and grain on their own farm. William establishes new alfalfa stands in the spring at a rate of 20 pounds of seed per acre and plants 75 pounds of oats and peas per acre to add forage yield during the initial year and compete against weeds. They have also started planting HarvXtra-traited varieties.
“This spring was our third year planting HarvXtra, and the goal is to have the entire farm be seeded with it at some point,” William said. “But we haven’t sprayed the alfalfa yet because we haven’t needed to. The oats and peas are keeping the weeds under control,” he added.
Alfalfa is cut every 28 days, but planting HarvXtra gives this harvest schedule a little leeway. William was interested in seeding HarvXtra for its higher nutritional values, which he said doesn’t decline as quickly as conventional varieties if harvest is delayed. When it is cut, alfalfa is chopped and bagged.
About 60% of the dairy ration is comprised of forage, and the Malechas also plant brown midrib (BMR) corn to harvest as silage. “In order to have the cows right, you have to have the forage right,” Todd asserted. “Forage — that’s what makes the milk.”
Grain corn is also included in the cows’ feed ration, as well as soybeans which are roasted on-site. The Malechas reduce costs by not having to haul their crop to be made into soybean meal.
The roaster also has another purpose. “We roast our own soybeans, and we dry manure solids for bedding,” William said. “The roaster kills all the bacteria, brings the moisture down an additional 10% to 15%, and then we put it back in the freestalls as bedding.”
Everyone has a roleJonathan is another important character to Malecha Enterprises’ story. He oversees the operation’s aggregate quarry, which yields sand, gravel, and rock products. Jonathan also runs the custom manure pumping and spreading enterprise, and in his spare time he oversees projects in the farm’s shop.
Rebecca cares for the dairy’s calves and works in concert with the herd manager, Ben Wuebkers. Wuebkers is not a part of the family, but he is valued as if he were. He delegates daily chores, keeps track of milk production, and monitors animal health. Louise oversees the dairy as a whole and leads human resources for the farm.
To advertise their custom work and dairy, the Malechas have created a website and social media accounts. Todd’s youngest daughter, Katelynn, and William’s wife, Emily, have teamed up to promote the family’s operation online and provide engaging content. Emily also assists with bookkeeping and finances in the office.
Robert, the youngest Malecha, helps on the farm during the summer and when his college schedule allows. After graduating, he plans on returning to farm full time.
A happy ending
Todd and Louise still own Malecha Enterprises and assist with every aspect of the business, but their involvement is becoming less and less. “If I wasn’t here, our farm would operate just fine,” Todd said confidently. “We have gotten to the point where we are not really needed.”
This is exactly where he and his family want to be. Striegel considers the Malechas a model family because of how well they have executed their succession plan. But the process doesn’t stop there. Todd and Louise’s offspring are already looking ahead to welcome the next generation to the farm.
“I know the Malechas are already thinking about what it will look like when the cousins start working together, and I anticipate our relationship is one that will go on to the next generation,” Striegel predicted. “They are committed to not only running a profitable business but making sure their family dynamic remains healthy as well.”
It is not always easy to transition a family farm to the next generation, but the Malechas have created a business model that will sustain their farm into the future. It is clear that this story is nowhere near finished.
This article appeared in the March 2022 issue of Hay & Forage Grower on pages 6-8.
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A brotherhood of valor : the common soldiers of the Stonewall Brigade, C.S.A., and the Iron Brigade, U.S.A. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, c 1999 Jeffry D. Wert Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade, United States. Army. Iron Brigade (1861-1865) Hardcover. 1st ed. and printing. 413 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. -398) and index. Clean, tight and strong binding with clean dust jacket. No highlighting, underlining or marginalia in text. VG/VG
This unusual and moving chronicle covers some of the most important battles of the Civil War — Sharpsburg (Antietam), Gettysburg, and Chancellorsville — through the stories of the two brigades who confronted each other on the bloody fields of battle.
Drawing on original source material, Jeffry Wert reconstructs the drama and terrors of war through the eyes of the ordinary men who became members of two of the most respected fighting units of their respective armies, the Stonewall Brigade of the Confederacy and the Iron Brigade of the Union. There are tales of grueling marches and almost unbearable deprivations; eyewitness accounts of ferocious fighting and devastating losses on both sides; and portraits of acts of courage and valor performed by soldiers and officers who, despite the difficulties they faced, remained dedicated to the cause for which they were fighting.


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Hi! Jen Matott here again...I have a project to share with you today! I have used Gelatos on many surfaces but when I saw this little wooden drawer set, I had my creative boundaries pushed. I decided to alter it with the Gelatos, gel medium, and the Stamper's Big Brush pens. I also threw in some modeling paste to create some raised areas.
First, I collage some papers onto the wooden surface with the gel medium as the adhesive. I tore some sheet music, book pages and other scraps. Once they were dry, I added blues and greens to the wood with the Gelatos. I was not too careful, I just scribbled them on and added water to blend. If I saw an area that needed more color, I added more while it was wet and blended. After I finished, it reminded me of Claude Monet's "Waterlilies" paintings.
Next, I added some Modeling paste over stencils from the Crafter's Workshop. I used a palette knife to scrap it over the stencil evenly and pulled the stencil off and it left a slightly raised image. I used a wash of gold watered down Gelatos over the dried paste to tint it. Finally, I added a nest on top with flowers and bling to create a bubbles and garden look. I'm ready to hid little treasures in the drawers or secret little notes.

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The 20 Biggest Baddest Bears of All Time; #5 Ed Sprinkle
No. 5 Ed Sprinkle
Ed Sprinkle (photo courtesy of fanbase.com)
Ed Sprinkle was known as “The Claw.” Sprinkle’s nickname came from an arm rip he used to discard blockers, ball-carriers or QBs. Sprinkle was known by many as “the meanest man in pro football.”
Doug Buffone didn’t disagree.
“Ed Sprinkle has to be on that list,” Buffone said. “I didn’t play with him, but you heard about him as a player when you came into the league and played for the Bears. He RUINED people.”
He was a member of the 1940s All-Decade team as a defensive end and is in the Bears’ Ring of Honor.
George Halas said of Sprinkle, “the greatest pass-rusher I've ever seen" and "a rough, tough ballplayer, but not a dirty one.”


According to Porter, these strategies are mutually exclusive and the firm must select one approach to the exclusion of all others. Firms that try to be all things to all people can present a confused market position which ultimately leads to below average returns. Any ambiguity about the firm's approach is a recipe for "strategic mediocrity" and any firm that tries to pursue two approaches simultaneously is said to be "stuck in the middle" and destined for failure.
Meta keywords are different from usual keywords since they are only in the source code of your web page, instead of the living, visible web page. Anyway, meta keywords can be filled out later on if you need to, but focus on the things that matter first. Integrate keywords for the meta description tag. Do this just for the page description that comes up in search engines.
Although it differs from spyware, adware often uses the same methods and technologies. Merchants initially were uninformed about adware, what impact it had, and how it could damage their brands. Affiliate marketers became aware of the issue much more quickly, especially because they noticed that adware often overwrites tracking cookies, thus resulting in a decline of commissions. Affiliates not employing adware felt that it was stealing commission from them. Adware often has no valuable purpose and rarely provides any useful content to the user, who is typically unaware that such software is installed on his/her computer.
Some advertisers offer multi-tier programs that distribute commission into a hierarchical referral network of sign-ups and sub-partners. In practical terms, publisher "A" signs up to the program with an advertiser and gets rewarded for the agreed activity conducted by a referred visitor. If publisher "A" attracts publishers "B" and "C" to sign up for the same program using his sign-up code, all future activities performed by publishers "B" and "C" will result in additional commission (at a lower rate) for publisher "A".
A quick and inexpensive method of making money without the hassle of actually selling a product, affiliate marketing has an undeniable draw for those looking to increase their income online. But how does an affiliate get paid after linking the seller to the consumer? The answer is complicated. The consumer doesn’t always need to buy the product for the affiliate to get a kickback. Depending on the program, the affiliate’s contribution to the seller’s sales will be measured differently. The affiliate may get paid in various ways:
E-Marketing (Electronic Marketing) are also known as Internet Marketing, Web Marketing, Digital Marketing, or Online Marketing. E-marketing is the process of marketing a product or service using the Internet. Emarkerting not only includes marketing on the Internet, but also includes marketing done via e-mail and wireless media. It uses a range of technologies to help connect businesses to their customers.
Another way to find this information is to do a simple Google search. For example, one could place the following phrase into Google Search: “(product name) + affiliate program”. (Replace “product name” with the name of the product you are promoting.) There is an interesting chrome addon called Affilitizer is available which makes this process easy.


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Deepika wrote a letter for her fans via Elle India magazine in which she spoke of her struggle with the disease.
Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone, once revealed that battling and recovering from depression has been one of the most powerful experiences of her life. Days before her wedding, she penned a note about depression.
Deepika wrote a letter for her fans via Elle India magazine in which she spoke of her struggle with the disease. She told that how her support system helped her and how she is now helping others in similar situations to seek help. To help create awareness about mental health in India and build paths for those seeking help, the gorgeous actress also founded The Live Love Laugh Foundation (TLLLF) in 2015. TLLLF aims to reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness, spread awareness and change the way we look at mental health.
Elle India shared Deepika’s letter on their Instagram page, which states that a few days before her wedding she wrote a letter addressing her struggle with anxiety and depression. Her letter is full of empathy and kindness, a reminder that (in the words of Stephen Fry) “it will be sunny one day”.
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A few days before her wedding @deepikapadukone wrote a letter addressing her struggle with anxiety and depression, for our 22nd Anniversary Issue. By publicly talking about her own battles, she empowered many to reach out and seek help. Her letter is full of empathy and kindness, a reminder that (in the words of Stephen Fry) “it will be sunny one day”. Swipe through to read the full letter. . Link in bio. @tlllfoundation . ????: @errikosandreouphoto . #deepikapadukone #mentalhealthawareness #ELLEvate #BeMoreELLE #ELLEDecember #anniversaryissue
A report by the World Health Organisation showed India as the most depressed country in the world, with every sixth Indian suffering from mental illness. It said that India has the most number of cases of anxiety, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Unfortunately, mental health concerns are still mostly misunderstood in many parts of the world today, including our country.
Depression, if left untreated, can take a terrible toll on the physical and mental health of the sufferers as well as their families. Meanwhile, TLLLF, which focuses on three mental health concerns – stress, anxiety and depression – has launched several campaigns, programmes and initiatives over the last three years.

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I recently upgraded my dogs canned food to a holistic, organic brand. My finicky Titan and I were impressed when simply opening the can made us both salivate. The chunks of meat, recognizable vegetables, hearty sauce and yummy scent made me want to toss it in some pasta and go to town. I was really tempted to try it. I had to remind myself that it was dog food.
While Titan indulged, I stood at my kitchen counter, reluctantly spooning non-fat Greek yogurt into my mouth and wondering why my dogs dinner was more flavorful and nutritious than my own.
Since the change, Titan is very happy with his higher quality food. He eats it right up and never lets his best friend, Sox, steal it like he used to. Titan had better not find out what other dogs are eating, though, because hed be back to his critical ways and Id be back to the drawing board or worse, in the kitchen.
I have a friend who is married to a chef. Their dog, Russell, was on regular kibble for a very long time until he started to show signs of food intolerance. With the advice of their veterinarian, they decided that Russell needed a healthy, homemade meal to sooth his sensitive belly. Before long, Russells food upgrade became permanent.
That lucky dog now eats food specially made for him with lean meats, fresh eggs, seasonal veggies, whole grains and love. Russell gets so excited at feeding time that he hops around on his hind feet.
Do you blame him? Ive had meals that made me want to jump for joy too just not on a daily basis.
Many of us are trying to improve the way we live and our focus on nutrition is making its way into the choices we make for our pets. We are going out of our way to indulge them with healthy feasts because we know a well-fed pet is a happier, healthier pet. Most of us, however, are not chefs and either dont have the time or the desire to prepare homemade meals for anybody, including our fur-friends.
Do not fret, my fellow lazy humans! You dont have to make food from scratch to be a good pet parent. More healthy and affordable retail pet food options exist today than ever before. Pet supply super stores and local shops carry what seems like a million specialty brands that cater to many nutritional needs. All we have to do is spend some time doing our research to determine what brand and diet is going to give us the biggest bang for our buck.
Get on the Internet, find a shop with knowledgeable staff and ask your veterinarian, friends and colleagues what they are feeding their pets and why. Dont just assume that the most common brands are where its at; many popular lines offer mediocre quality when compared to other similarly priced products but continue to make their way into our homes merely out of familiarity. Feeding your pet quality food doesnt have to break the bank if you consider all your options.
A word to the wise: changing your pets food should not be done when youve run out of their usual grub; it takes planning and time. Animals bellies have to adjust to new food. Most products will recommend that you incorporate the new stuff into the existing food over a certain period of time. Rushing the process can cause upset stomach, bloating, gas and general discomfort for all involved.
Doing my homework when it comes to my dogs food really has paid off. My pups are healthy inside and out; their digestive systems are in tip-top shape, their coats are shiny and their teeth are strong. I guess that just leaves the question of what Im having for dinner tonight.
You know youve hit rock bottom when youre the one begging at feeding time.

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Last October, the annual Leaders’ Retreat that was supposed to be held in November was postponed due to scheduling constraints on the Malaysian side.
Prior to this, the 8th edition of the retreat was held Singapore on 16 January this year between former premier Najib Razak and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
A Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson confirmed with Channel NewsAsia via email that the proposed date of the 9th Singapore-Malaysia Leaders’ Retreat will be taking place on 8 and 9 April 2019 in Putrajaya.
“Singapore has agreed to Malaysia’s proposal,” the spokesperson added.
This would be the first Leaders’ Retreat hosted by the Pakatan Harapan government after they won the general election held in May last year.
On Tuesday (26 March), Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah announced the dates of the retreat in parliament; in response to the current status between Malaysia and Singapore in light of the recent airspace and maritime disputes, brought up by Selayang Member of Parliament William Leong.
Mr Saifuddin said that the Leaders’ Retreat is an “important mechanism” for strengthening bilateral cooperation and resolving issues for mutual interests between the two countries. He also affirmed that “priority will be placed on finding peaceful solutions through discussion and negotiation”.
He also referred to previous exchanges by the countries that displayed their close relationship, including his visit to Singapore in January as well as other government ministers’ visits such as those by Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali and Transport Minister Anthony Loke.


Playa del Carmen, Q.R. – More than 300 workers and 60 garbage collection vehicles have collected 700 tons of garbage prior to the beginning of the summer holiday season.
In an attempt to provide quality public services, the municipal government strengthened the work of garbage collection, street lighting, median cleaning and park cleaning, among other areas, so everyone can enjoy a clean Solidaridad.
“It is our duty as authorities to give tourists and Solidarenses the public services and quality to improve the areas that are essential for Solidarenses, as well as build a prosperous Solidarity that benefits everyone so the cleanliness of the city is essential. Also, we have the best team spirit and enthusiasm every day that give their best to serve the population, ” said Mayor Gongora Escalante.
The cleaning fleet of 300 workers and 60 trucks worked six days a week along 42 routes collecting an average of 500 tons of garbage a day. During the start of the summer months, those figures climbed to 700 tons per day.
At the request of the general population mostly through the citizen service number 072, municipal authorities also instructed workers to ensure all street and public lighting functioned properly to provide greater security for citizens. In response, 99 percent of street lighting is now operating properly.


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Sally tells us about herself with a simple Q&A
Q1. Who is Sally?
My name is Sally Farr. I am a designer, art director, and illustrator.
Q2. Where do you get your inspiration?
I get inspiration from having time to myself, but that is very rare, so, in no particular
order...also from my kids, seeing friends, going for walks, travelling, drawing and
observing, people watching, reading and language, music, and sleeping - believe it
or not! Some best ideas and problems solved have happened in dreams, or half-sleep
when your mind is still working things out.
Q3. Did you have any formal training?
I have a degree in Illustration from University of Westminster, Harrow, where I trained as an illustrator. It was quite a fine art course, so we explored a wide variety of media, but I leant strongly towards printmaking. It also had a strong Art History department, which I made the most of!
Q4. How would you describe your art?
My art work is grounded in drawing, line and shape, but also language, and influenced by my experience as a designer. It's usually conceptual, but often playful, witty and anecdotal, with a slightly naive style, but sharply observed.
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There are so many artists that have inspired me along the way, past and present, well-known and not, and as an art director it was part of my job to keep a lookout for up-coming illustrators and photographers, as well as commissioning those more established. But, here are some I return to often, for how they deal with line, colour, ideas, and humour, and also a few I currently like. In both instances they never fail to provide that little dose of daily joy really...
Saul Steinberg, Picasso, Andy Warhol, Ben Shahn, Bruno Munari, David Hockney, Peter Blake, Sister Corita Kent, Irving Penn, Ben Hassett, Tim Walker, Wendy MacNaughton, Marion Deuchars, Shonagh Rae, Cristiana Couceiro, Tina Berning. And if musical artists count, donʼt get me started...will just stick with David Bowie and Prince for now.
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Editorial - Journal of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (2021) Volume 5, Issue 7
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance(NMR) and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Byung Se Choi*
Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
Byung Se Choi
Department of Radiology Seoul National University
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Republic of Korea
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Accepted date: 22 July, 2021
Attractive reverberation imaging is a clinical imaging procedure utilized in radiology to frame photos of the life structures and the physiological cycles of the body. X-ray scanners utilize solid attractive fields, attractive field angles, and radio waves to produce pictures of the organs in the body. X-ray doesn't include X-beams or the utilization of ionizing radiation, which recognizes it from CT and PET outputs. X-ray is a clinical use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) which can likewise be utilized for imaging in other NMR applications, like NMR spectroscopy.
X-ray was initially called NMRI atomic attractive reverberation imaging, yet atomic was dropped to stay away from negative affiliations certain nuclear cores can retain radio recurrence energy when set in an outside attractive field; the resultant advancing twist polarization can prompt a RF signal in a radio recurrence curl and consequently be identified. In clinical and research MRI, hydrogen molecules are regularly used to create a plainly visible polarization that is identified by radio wires near the subject being analyzed. Hydrogen molecules are normally bountiful in people and other natural life forms, especially in water and fat. Consequently, most MRI filters basically map the area of water and fat in the body. Beats of radio waves invigorate the atomic twist energy change, and attractive field slopes confine the polarization in space. By shifting the boundaries of the beat succession, various differentiations might be produced between tissues dependent on the unwinding properties of the hydrogen particles in that. X-ray has demonstrated to be a flexible imaging strategy. While MRI is most noticeably utilized in indicative medication and biomedical examination, it likewise might be utilized to shape pictures of non-living items. Dissemination MRI and Functional MRI stretches out the utility of MRI to catch neuronal parcels and blood stream separately in the sensory system, notwithstanding nitty gritty spatial pictures. A specific developing subset of interventional MRI is intraoperative MRI, in which a MRI is utilized in a medical procedure. Some particular MRI frameworks permit imaging simultaneous with the surgery. All the more commonly, the surgery is briefly hindered with the goal that MRI can survey the achievement of the method or guide resulting careful work. It requires some investment to accumulate MRI information utilizing successive uses of attractive field slopes. In any event, for the most smoothed out of MRI groupings, there are physical and physiologic cut-off points to the pace of inclination exchanging. Equal MRI goes around these cut off points by social occasion some part of the information at the same time, as opposed to in a conventional successive style. This is refined utilizing varieties of Radio Frequency (RF) identifier loops, each with an alternate 'perspective on' the body. A diminished arrangement of slope steps is applied, and the leftover spatial data is filled in by joining signals from different loops, in light of their realized spatial affectability designs. The subsequent speed increase is restricted by the quantity of loops and by the sign to commotion proportion which diminishes with expanding speed increase, yet two-to four-crease speed increases may normally be accomplished with appropriate curl exhibit designs, and significantly higher speed increases have been shown with specific curl clusters. Equal MRI might be utilized with most MRI successions.


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“Of course you’re probably just too nice.”
Scalding tea streams from the spout of the pot as the milk floats greasily to the surface.
“I don’t doubt that.”
The cups slide ominously on the tray.
“You can’t deny it.”
I shake my head, agreeing.
You’re mostly wrong about everything though.
Crumbs have gathered at the corner of your overly pink mouth. There’s no napkin, and I’m not inclined to fetch you one.
Behind the grimaced smile a flicker of carapace, click of wings. Averting my eyes to gaze at fly-blow on the window, outside it has begun to snow.

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On today's edition of Newz of the World we begin in Lebanon where Syrian war related violence broke out this week. In related news, the EU embargo on supplying weapons to the Syrian rebels has now ended. Over the weekend there was a worldwide protest against Monsanto, with a particularly large turn out in Mexico where people around the country and demanding the government halt the expansion of GMO corn use.
Concern has been expressed by Egypt and Sudan as Ethiopia pushes forward with its Millennium dam project that will divert at least part of the Nile's flow. Just as it seemed former Guatemalan leader Rios Montt was convicted of genocide, the Constitutional Court as overturned the verdict and ordered a do-over.
In the world if Vine videos the DMCA has been issuing take-down notices to the 6 second video application insisting those with concert footage are copyright infringements. This week's Newz source is the Latin American Monitor, an initiative of the Christian Science Monitor.
Topics: Fighting in Lebanon — Corn in Mexico — Ethiopian Dam — Guatemalan Court Decision — Vine Video Copyright — LA Monitor Duration: 00:38:23 Team: Mark Fonseca Rendeiro, Tim Pritlove
This week we look at Saudi Arabia's big plunge into nuclear energy. UN releases first undersea mining guidelines for licenses to be issued in 2016. Nigerian president declares operations against Boko Haram a success. Motherboard story reveals who makes money on private prisons in the US and how they are tied to pension funds. This week's NEWZ source: Motherboard by Vice Magazine.
Topics: Saudi Nuclear Plans; Undersea Mining; Boko Haram Nigeria; Candidates Rejected in Iran; Pension Plans American Prisons; Motherboard Duration: 00:43:52 Team: Mark Fonseca Rendeiro, Tim Pritlove
After a few weeks off Tim and Mark are reviewing some of the major stories that we missed recently starting with the factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed 1100 people. In Libya there have been various protests against the government and militias related to a new law regarding former Qaddafi government workers. The US continues to debate getting involved in Syria and what their involvement should be. Over in Pakistan the latest elections have brought back the once ousted Nawaz Sharif as president. Iceland's latest votes have kicked out the center left, brought on the center right, and set back hopes of a new constitution. In keeping with politics, Flattr and Piratebay cofounder (and friend of this show) Peter Sunde has announced he will run for European Parliament in 2014 as a member of the Pirate Party in Finland. Our NEWZ Source for this week is a very old and very useful scientific research magazine - NATURE.
Topics: Bangladesh Factory Accident; Libyan Unrest; US-Syria Debate; Pakistan Elections; Iceland Elections; Peter Sunde Announcement; Nature Magazine Duration: 00:56:42 Team: Mark Fonseca Rendeiro, Tim Pritlove
This week Mark and Tim are looking at various newz around the world: Human Rights Watch has published a report accusing the Syrian government of war crimes. Close by in Lebanon a "power ship" is extending daily power supply of the country by two hours a day. The Malian government announces elections to be held this year. Novartis loses a drug patent case in India. The US supreme court ist about to decide if the Human Genome can be patented at all. Facebook guy Mark Zuckerberg starts a political action group in the US.
We close by providing another NEWZ source: opensecrets.org and giving an update on upcoming travels and talks by Mark and Tim.
Topics: Syria War Crimes; Turkish Power Ship in Lebanon; Mali To Hold Elections This Year; Generic Drugs Win in India; US Supreme Court on Human Gene Patens; Zuckerberg Starts A Political Action Group; NEWZ Sources: Opensecrets.org. Duration: 00:43:16 Team: Mark Fonseca Rendeiro, Tim Pritlove
Unlike the rest of the internet today, we at Newz of the World are sticking with the facts, mostly. Starting with the riots in Myanmar that have killed dozens and displaced tens of thousands. Meanwhile a very complex list of proposals is being disputed for the Southern European gas pipeline route. Doctors in the UK say a new health policy that starts today will dismantle the public healthcare system. Down in Egypt, divers were caught snipping cables in the Mediterranean. Today's Newz Source is a one stop shop for policy and society news on the European Union level: Euractiv.com.
Topics: Riots Myanmar; Southern European Gas Pipeline Race; Tibet Landslide; Privatization of the NHS; Undersea Cable Damage Egypt; Euractiv.com Duration: 00:28:48 Team: Mark Fonseca Rendeiro, Tim Pritlove

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Updated March 29, 9:12 p.m.:
The beam is lit.
The Sacramento Kings ended the longest playoff drought in NBA history Wednesday, clinching a spot with a 120-80 win over the Trail Blazers in Portland.
The Beam Team put an end to its infamous 16-year long playoff drought, which was the longest active streak of any major sports team in the nation. The last time the Kings appeared at a playoff game was in 2006, and the team hasn't won a playoff series since 2004.
The Kings entered this season with low expectations — the 538 website gave the team just a 13% chance to make the playoffs before the season began. Instead, the Kings under first-year coach Mike Brown have already won 46 games and sit third in the Western Conference as of Wednesday.
And their success on the court wasn’t the only thing that set the team apart this season: The Kings added a massive set of LED lasers atop the Golden1 Center, shooting a giant purple light into the sky whenever the team wins, at home or away. “The Beam,” as it’s been lovingly named, has captivated Kings fans and Sacramentans alike, sparking memes and nicknames like “The Beam Team.”
Though the historic win happened in Portland, many Sacramento Kings fans were seen inside the Trail Blazers home court, the Moda Center. Tickets to catch this game started at $6 — before taxes and Ticketmaster fees — and some fans seized the opportunity to see the Beam Team clinch in-person.
The Kings have had several shots to secure this spot in the playoffs, most recently on Monday night. The Kings fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Golden1 Center, delaying their playoff drought by several more days. The loss was taken hard by fans, many of whom were hoping to see the team break this historic record at home, some gathering outside the arena.
Playoffs calculus is somewhat complicated, but: The NBA divides its 30 teams into two conferences — western and eastern — and eight teams from each conference make the playoffs. Though the season hasn’t ended yet, the Kings have so many wins that other teams cannot statistically catch up to them, which is how they’re able to clinch this spot with more than six games remaining.
The Kings are the third team in the West to land a guaranteed spot in the playoffs, joining the Denver Nuggets and the Memphis Grizzlies.
The first round of the NBA postseason begins on April 15. The Kings franchise also has the longest championship drought of any NBA team, last winning in 1951 as the Rochester Royals.
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I would have thought it would be difficult to make cotton candy cones without it since the dome is sold separately. In addition to allowing us to shape our cones more easily, the dome also prevents cotton candy from falling onto the ceiling and walls at times!
Yes, of course! Whenever I do fundraising, school events, or birthday parties, I use mine.
There is probably going to be something you need help with from the factories. The unit needs to be unplugged before using. Put the tub in the sink. Wires should be checked for broken connections. Make sure your brushes are in good shape. It is thanks to these that heating power is transferred. It is important to ensure the area they touch is clean when they touch the head. Please let me know if you are ok with that. If you want to get any further, you will need an Ohm meter. If you compare each brass bar of the heating head with 13 Ohms, then you should be fine. It is OK if it is a little higher, but if it is much higher, the heater must be opened. You can also get parts from Great Northern. WHEN DOING THESE CHECKS AND TESTS, ENSURE THE UNIT IS OFF THE POWER SUPPLY. Hope you have a good day
You refer to mesh and retaining clips, but I am not sure what you mean. The device does not come with a cover, but it comes with everything else necessary. The program is very efficient. The amusement park served as a venue for Oktoberfest, running from noon until 9 p.m. The problem is solved without a Cotton candy made by this machine is awesome. The product is very user-friendly and easy to
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It was ordered for work in order to thank employees for their hard work and to raise funds I was able to use it for the first time with no problems. I used it a second time and found it to be completely different. During the second half of the batch, I noticed a burning air smell and sparks were emanating from In accordance with the instructions in the manual, I let the machine cool down before starting it up again. It was sure enough that as soon as it started spinning, sparks started flying. It was reported online that this machine has a history of ejecting When I took the cone off around the floss, I found that two of the wires were damaged as the bare metal had been rubbed down to that point. I contacted the warranty company who said that they would replace the product. It was on June 13th that I received my first email informing me that new wires would be sent out to replace the device. A message from Heather M. was received. I waited until today, July 28th, but there was still no response. We still have no wiring or cotton candy machine working after calling them last week on Monday the 17th. The reason was that the second cotton candy machine I had bought for another work center was having the same issue. As I asked about the first machine, the agent over the phone helped me process the order for the second machine. I was told they would send the wires, as to why they hadn't sent them before I cannot explain. I was also told I would receive an email confirmation of my order. We have not gotten any information about the status of the needed parts since almost two weeks ago. In addition to the second machine, a spark was also being produced. The process of calling and emailing in order to get a replacement was tedious. turned out the second one had to be returned due to a problem with the machine. I found the device to be a waste of money in the end.
As I have bought a second machine, I would like to point out that I returned the first one because the inside plate turns a black color in a matter of minutes and it is shaky and unbalanced. The quality of what you pay for goes hand in hand with the cost. We're going back to the first machine. The machine is designed to make cotton candy easier to make for me as I am in the cotton candy business. The situation is not the same. Because I saw reviews and I thought I would try this one, I thought I would try it. I am very, very disappointed in it. I have 10 machines. Essentially, there are exposed wires in this machine and it might be possible to trap Bree inside of it. In addition, it was unbalanced and made a terrible noise. There were also bent wires in the foot. Despite being bent, the box was intact however, one part of the machine was bent.
I have gone through three of these. During my 3 years of use with the first one, it was the best. Because I was pleased with the operation of the original one, I bought a new one when it broke. In my experience, the second one rattled and was loud, but it also worked for a short time. Eventually, it broke down. GNPC replaced it with a new one after I made contact with them. It seemed like a cheaper version of the replacement came in relatively quick, and customer service was good. I find that manufacturers are becoming cheaper and cheaper when it comes to making products. There is a bit of difficulty getting into the bowl that attaches to the base. During the first use, the welded hooks that connect it to the base suddenly snapped It was my old bowl from another bowl I already had, so I tried to use it. The old bowl cannot come close to fitting the new one, so they must have completely revamped it. The thing is, I have already had too many unhappy customers because of this machine. Do not recommend it.
For the past six years, I have purchased nine of these cotton candy machines. Since I purchased my first machine years ago from this manufacturer/seller on Amazon, I have noticed that the quality has decreased. There were a lot of events and functions that were held at that original one. It served thousands of cotton candies. Having been so pleased with it, I was forced to purchase another after the first one finally gave out after many years. Despite the amount of use I put on the other products I purchased since then, none lasted more than six months. I purchased four completely useless machines in the last few months. The machines that I returned were faulty when I received them, so I had to replace them. No one at these machines was able to turn them It hurts so bad to be Machines such as these should be subjected to stronger quality control. The products I normally buy will no longer be available to me and I am looking for alternatives.
The experience of the reviewers is similar to those of Like you, I bought the $40 "Cotton Candy" maker and was totally disappointed with its performance. My commercial unit is nice, but it costs twice as much as this one, so what I have to do now is to try it I received the unit packed well, but it had been damaged during The carton had a hole in it. A deep dent has formed in the bowl due to the pressure of being pressed up against the steel of the unit. The metal strap that connects the feet to the bottom of the shoe was also dented I would not expect RMAing it due to its unbalanced condition on a flat surface, since I believe it does not affect operation. This sugar spinner will spin sugar fast once you get it going. It's about 30 seconds per cone once you get it going. I used this at a block party in our neighborhood and kids did not have to wait very long for a When spinning the wheel, I found that shutting off the heat made the smoke and burning go away. Although regular table sugar can be spun, I found that it had an odd taste. Before serving, I will run regular sugar through the first batch once to clean up the head. In addition to the plastic dome, you should get the tripod. Whenever you finish a cone, there will be a few loose threads that will likely get on your body due to the machine throwing floss vertically up into the air. There is a problem with the edge of the dome. If you don't take extra care, you will snag the cotton candy if you are not.


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India hands over two trains to Nepal, rail services between the countries to begin from December
The track has been built in three phases and the 35 kilometres long Jaynagar and Kurtha rail link is a part of the first phase
Train services between India’s Bihar and Nepal’s Dhanusa will begin from mid-December this year, with India handing over two modern trains to Nepal. A PTI report carried by LiveMint has suggested that the train service will be the first such broad-gauge railway service in the Himalayan nation of Nepal.
The report said that the two modern Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) trains which will run between Jaynagar in Bihar and Kurtha in Nepal’s Dhanusa were handed over by the Konkan Railway.
The railway line will cover a distance of 35 kilometres to benefit citizens of both the nations. The trains have been designed by Integrated Coach Factory in Chennai with the latest AC-AC propulsion technology to provide modern amenities to the passengers.
According to the report, the Nepalese media has informed that the track has been built in three phases. The 35 kilometres long Jaynagar and Kurtha rail link is a part of the first phase while the second phase includes the 17-kilometres long Kurtha-Bhangaha link. The third phase includes a rail link between Bhangaha to Bardibas, also 17 kilometres long.
The 69-km Jaynagar-Janakpur-Bardibas railway is being built at a cost of Rs10 billion with support from the Indian government.
The construction on the lines was completed last year but the test run of the trains started on Friday due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, thousands of people gathered at various locations to welcome the trains.
The report quoted Senior Divisional Engineer Devendra Shah saying the service on the lines will begin in December as the border between the two nations are likely to remain closed till then.
Due to the pandemic, the report said, the trains have been parked at the railway station in Jaynagar for maintenance and safety.
“The trains are expected to go into regular operation around the Ram-Janaki marriage ceremony in mid-December when the situation is likely to improve,” said Nepal Railway Company Engineer Binod Ojha.


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The world appears to one step closer to confrontation. The U.S. administration of President Donald Trump has announced the first Missile Defense Review (MDR) in nine years since 2010, revealing a plan to establish a missile defense (MD) system utilizing space that far exceeds the capabilities of Russia or China.
The United States, China and Russia are all developing hypersonic missiles capable of flying at speeds exceeding Mach 5, and Russia revealed the hypersonic glider Avangard with a top speed of Mach 20 or higher. The new weapon is said to be able to penetrate existing MD systems.
In an apparent response to such a move, the United States delayed the announcement of the MDR, which was originally scheduled to be due out last year. In announcing the review, President Trump explained six changes in the missile defense policy, saying, "We must pursue the advanced technology and research to guarantee that the United States is always several steps ahead of those who would do us harm."
In the last of the six policy changes, President Trump demanded "fair burden sharing" by "wealthy countries" the U.S. is protecting. As the 108-page MDR includes many references to cooperation with Japan, it is certain that Washington will strengthen its demands for Japan's burden sharing, including financial contributions.
In the review, the U.S. changed its target from ballistic missiles to missiles in general and reflected it in the naming of the review report. This revision shows a realization that not only ballistic missiles but other categories such as cruise and hypersonic missiles pose dangers requiring responses.
The U.S. will consider the deployment of a space-based missile detection sensor network and interceptors to counter hypersonic missiles that are difficult to catch using ground-based radar. It is still in an experimental stage, but it reminds us of the massive "Star Wars" Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) conceived during the administration of President Ronald Reagan.
We should remember, however, that the immensely expensive SDI essentially remained on the drawing board. Beefing up military spending does not make countries safe at all. The Cold War gave us countless lessons about the futility of an arms race. It's ridiculous that the three powers -- the U.S., Russia and China -- are rushing toward a military buildup in a game of chicken.
The Trump administration maintains the posture of dumping the Intermediate-range Nuclear Force Treaty, arguably an historic agreement from the Cold War era. But a fundamentally rational and wise action for Washington to take is making trilateral disarmament efforts with Moscow and Beijing, not trying to outpace the two countries in expanding military arsenals. The missile review indicated strong concerns toward North Korea and Iran, but efforts should be made to create an atmosphere toward disarmament globally, in a bid to prevent missile proliferation.


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Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a new way of storing energy from sunlight that could lead to ‘unlimited’ solar power.
The process, loosely based on plant photosynthesis, uses solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases. When needed, the gases can then be re-combined in a fuel cell, creating carbon-free electricity whether the sun is shining or not.
According to project leader Prof. Daniel Nocera, “This is the nirvana of what we’ve been talking about for years. Solar power has always been a limited, far-off solution. Now, we can seriously think about solar power as unlimited and soon.”
A fungus that lives inside trees in the Patagonian rain forest naturally makes a mix of hydrocarbons that bears a striking resemblance to diesel, biologists announced today. And the fungus can grow on cellulose, a major component of tree trunks, blades of grass and stalks that is the most abundant carbon-based plant material on Earth.
“When we looked at the gas analysis, I was flabbergasted,” said Gary Strobel, a plant scientist at Montana State University, and the lead author of a paper in Microbiology describing the find. “We were looking at the essence of diesel fuel.”
While genetic engineers have been trying a variety of techniques and genes to get microbes to create fuel out of sugars and starches, almost all commercial biofuel production uses the century-old dry mill grain process. Ethanol plants ferment corn ears into alcohol, which is simple, but wastes the vast majority of the biomatter of the corn plant.
Using the cellulose from plants — the stalk instead of the ear, or simply wood from poplars — to make liquid fuel is a long-held dream because it would be more environmentally efficient and cheaper, but is far more difficult.
Chemists at Ohio State University say they have produced a next-generation material that not only absorbs the full spectrum of sunlight, but also make makes the electrons generated more easy to capture.
The hybrid material — a combination of electrically conductive plastic and metals like molybdenum and titanium — is the first of its kind to capture the full solar spectrum, according to Malcolm Chisholm, one of the authors of the paper describing the research, which appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Solar panels in use today capture only a small fraction of the energy contained in sunlight.
The material is years from being made into a commercial product, but is another example of how innovations in the field of solar energy could make vastly more of the sun’s energy available for human use. Recent action by Congress to extend industry tax incentives should keep companies investing in new technology research and development. And according to the Department of Energy, “Under the ongoing global financial crisis, a lack of available credit is causing projects to be delayed or canceled, but the clean energy sector is continuing to attract substantial amounts of investment capital.”
If coupled with new battery technology, solar energy technology has the potential to revolutionize the way we generate electricity. Millions of homes could be outfitted with their own power sources, and they could store enough electricity — if efficient enough — to eliminate the need for power plants in the residential sector.
That’s been the promise of solar energy for a long time. Breakthroughs like this one announced by Ohio State brings the vision that much closer to reality.
Ohio State University chemists have created a new material that could revolutionise photovoltaic solar panels.
Today’s solar cell materials are sensitive to only a limited range of frequencies, so they can only capture a small fraction of the energy contained in sunligh.
The new hybrid material – an electrically conductive plastic combined with metals including molybdenum and titanium – is the first that is sensitive to all the colours in the rainbow, allowing it to absorb all the energy contained in visible light at once.
Not only is the hybrid material more sensitive than normal solar panels, it also generates much more charge (more free electrons) than the researchers were expecting.
“This long-lived excited state should allow us to better manipulate charge separation,” said Professor Malcom Chisholm, chair of the Ohio State’s Chemistry Department.
To design the as-yet-unnamed hybrid material, Chisholm explored different molecular configurations on a supercomputer before synthesizing molecules of the new material in a liquid solution.
However, he warns that it could be years before high-power hybrid solar panels find their way onto our roofs. Until then, we’re stuck with today’s traditional silicon panels – and hopefully the more efficient thin-film technologies coming soon.
There are many new forms of alternative energy but maybe none as interesting as the Cool Earth Solar “Balloon.” The concept behind this design is that they create an “inflatable plastic thin-film balloon (solar concentrator) that, upon inflation, focuses sunlight onto a photovoltaic cell held at its focal point.
The design produces 400 times the electricity that a solar cell would create without the company’s concentrator.” Cool Earth has already began construction on a power plant in Livermore, CA that will utilize this new technology. The plant is modest in size, creating only 1.4 Megawatts but if this plant works as well as they expect it to, they plan on launching a full sized plant next summer. One great thing about this device is that it’s made up of a very common and cheap material. “Plastic thin film is abundant and cheap,” said Cool Earth Solar CEO Rob Lamkin. “It only costs two dollars for the plastic material necessary for our solar concentrator.”
Combining solar and robots could never be bad (Wall-E!), but at the Solar Power International convention it wasn’t about solar-powered robots as much as it was robotics that can help with the manufacturing and production of solar gear. There were at least four booths touting robotics for stacking solar panels, assembling products and inspecting systems.
We took this short 15-second video of the solar robotic solution from Adept. In the video the Adept Quattro quickly picks up and places the solar products into exact locations, which the company says maximizes productivity and minimizes breakage.
Ten years ago, graduate students at Harvard University found a way of making silicon more responsive, by blasting the surface with a wafer, using a brief pulse of laser energy, along with dopants. They called the result “black silicon”, which was a much improved silicon and was able to absorb protons and release electrons much better. Now a company went official and said that they have been working for three years on this technology and are going to commercialize this process.
The company that will develop the “black silicon” is called SiOnyx and is confident that their technology is able to help manufacturers build much more efficient photovoltaic cells and sensitive detectors, without using anything else than the silicon-based process they currently use.
Black silicon could revolutionize some of nowadays technologies, like solar energy generation, medical imaging and digital photography.
“You’ve never been able to detect light the way this stuff detects light. It means that you solve a clear and obvious pain point for a very large number of customers,” says Stephen Saylor, SiOnyx CeO.
Researchers at the Oregon State University College of Engineering have discovered an efficient way to produce hydrogen from different types of biowaste, including municipal sewage.
The process uses 75% less energy than the traditional water electrolysis method of producing hydrogen, and can be done at a much lower cost, making it a good candidate for hydrogen fuel production. In the lab, researchers are already close to the Department of Energy’s goal of $2 to $3 per gasoline gallon equivalent for hydrogen fuel.
The university describes the process like this:
“In these systems, naturally occurring microorganisms from sewage attach to the surface of an anode and degrade the waste in the sewage, in a device that is something like a battery. The waste decomposes, eventually leaving protons that migrate to the cathode, combine with electrons and generate hydrogen.”
Last week Spectrum Online ran my profile of Andasol 1, a solar thermal power plant that’s set to startup in Andalucia with the largest installation built expressly for storing renewable energy: a set of molten salt storage tanks that will hold enough heat energy to run its 50 MW steam turbine for 7.5 hours after dark. This week brought decisive evidence that another solar thermal design that makes even better use of energy storage — a so-called ‘power tower’ whereby sunlight is focused on a central tower — will also have its moment in the Andalucian sun.
The project, dubbed Gemasolar, will employ sun-tracking mirrors covering an area equal to 40 soccer fields to focus light at the top of a roughly 120-meter-high tower. There the sunlight will heat a solar receiver full of molten salt. In contrast, Andasol 1 (like most of the solar thermal plants under construction in the U.S., Spain, North Africa and the Gulf) uses thousands of square meters of trough-shaped mirrors to focus light on a synthetic oil; energy is stored via heat exchangers that transfer the synthetic oil’s heat to a molten salt.
One advantage of the power tower is thus obvious: heating salt directly eliminates the need for heat exchangers, reducing installation and operating costs. Another lies in the fortuitous thermodynamics of heating molten salts, whose maximum safe temperature of 565 C is about 165 C higher than the synthetic oil’s.
Sandia National Lab researchers verified these power tower advantages in the second half of the 90s, but also suffered through a series of operational difficulties. Five years ago the European Commission provided funding for the Gemasolar project (then known as the Solar Tres) to demonstrate that the difficulties could be overcome, but the project foundered on legal issues and changes in Spain’s renewable energy law. But engineering continued and this March the project sprung back to life when its lead proponent, Spanish engineering firm Sener, clinched a solar thermal joint venture with Abu Dabi’s alternative energy program.
A new invention could revolutionize solar energy – and it was made by a 12-year-old in Beaverton.
Despite his age, William Yuan has already studied nuclear fusion and nanotechnology, and he is on his way to solving the energy crisis.
It all started with Legos – after he learned nanotechnology to make robots take off. The seventh grader then got an idea inspired by the sun.
“Solar it seems underused, and there are only a few problems with it,” Yuan said.
Encouraged by his Meadow Park Middle School science teacher, the 12-year-old developed a 3D solar cell.
“Regular solar cells are only 2D and only allow light interaction once,” he said.
And his cell can absorb both visible and UV light.
“I started to realize I was actually onto something,” Yuan said.
At first, he couldn’t believe his calculations.
“This solar cell can’t be generating this much electricity, it can’t be absorbing this much extra light,” he recalled thinking.
If he is right, solar panels with his 3D cells would provide 500 times more light absorption than commercially-available solar cells and nine times more than cutting-edge 3D solar cells.
It’s amazing that you can make this sort of discoveries in calculations only.
Just like Einstein, this kid couldn’t believe the outcome of his own calculations.
Einstein’s calculations turned out to be correct. Let’s hope this kid will have the same destiny.


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Well, this is the best news I’ve read all month. All year? Maybe all year. In a recent interview with Allocine (via The Playlist), writer/director/actor Ethan Hawke revealed that he, Julie Delpy and Richard Linklater have been talking and are hoping to start writing a third film in the Before Sunrise/Before Sunset saga that has a poignant, much-loved following in the indie film community. Sunset earned the trio (along with Kim Krizan) an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay back in 2005.
“Well, I don’t know what we’re going to do but I know the three of us have been talking a lot in the last six months,” Hawke said, in regards to the third film.
“All three of us have been having similar feelings that we’re ready to revisit those characters. There’s nine years between the first two movies and, if we made the film next summer, it would be nine years again so we’re really started thinking that would be a good thing to do. We’re going to try write it this year.”
Hawke has had a career-long relationship with Linklater, starring in both the filmmaker’s smallest pet projects (the brilliant Tape, Waking Life) and some of his more noticeable studio missteps (The Newton Boys).
The actor spoke on the progress of Boyhood, his “one short film a year for nine years” project he’s been working on with Linklater, in which he plays the father of the lead character, a character who starts as a boy in year one and grows into a young man by year nine: “It’s a movie about time. You’ll watch us all age in the movie, it’s about growing up – I can’t wait for people to see it.”
Both Boyhood and a potential third Before film represent a surviving relic of the late 80s/early 90s American indie movement; call it the maturation of the GenX generation, slackers wearing ties and having kids.
Let’s all hope small, passionate, personal films like this never go away.
Have you seen the Before movies? Should they become a trilogy?
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A cafe owner in Tunisia has been fined and given a one-month suspended sentence after staying open during the hours of daylight this Ramadan.
Human Rights Watch has described the sentence as an arbitrary use of criminal law.
The group says that Imed Zaghouani was detained for ten days in prison before appearing in court.
There are no laws in Tunisia requiring cafes to close during Ramadan.
The Tunisian authorities say that Mr Zaghoauni was arrested when he became verbally abusive towards police – he says that he has been harassed in previous years for keeping his cafe open during Ramadan.

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CHILLI Black Pearl - 7 Seeds
Heat Level: 4 out of 15
Black Pearl Scoville heat units (SHU): 10,000 to 30,000
Jalapeno reference point (SHU): 5,000
Chilli Black Pearl is one of the most beautiful chilli plants around. It's a jewel plant and a treasure worth seeking. This is a stunning ornamental pepper plant – incredibly one of the most beautiful plants of any kind on the planet – and its chillies contain a surprising pop of heat.
It's so beautiful that All America Selections (AAS) awarded it for its beauty in 2006.
The leaves range from a deep purple to an onyx black in hue, and the plant blooms beautiful purple flowers. The chilli fruits are tiny, closer to chiltepin or pequin peppers in size than typical long chillies. Unripened Black Pearls take on a similar onyx black colour, and as they age, they turn shades to a sultry crimson red. There's no other way to say it – this is a stunning plant. No wonder it's such a favourite for ornamental landscaping.
How to Germinate Chilli Seeds
First, do not forget that chillies are subtropical to tropical vegetable plant and love the heat. You MUST ensure that the chilli seeds' soil temperature MUST remain between 28 - 30 °C, 24x7 – Day & Night. So if you live in Australia's cool & temperate climate zone, you need to invest in seedling heat with a thermostat without any doubt. If you don't want to invest in seedling heat mat & thermostat, then you need to wait until summer to start the Chilli. Simply keeping seeds in the greenhouse (which may have a temperature drop below 10 °C on many nights even in late Oct to late November to the many parts of Australia), may yield poor germination result.
Patience is a virtue! It can take up-to minimum 2 weeks to 4 weeks maximum before first seedlings will sprout.
It would be best if you made sure to measure the heat of the soil by putting the thermometer inside the soil of the seedlings. Make sure that soil does not dry out, but make sure they are not too wet either because this will make the seeds susceptible to fungal pathogens
We suggest storing our seeds in the refrigerator in the given plastic clip lock until seeding them up. Please make sure that you do not get any moisture in the bags
And last but not least, the ultra hots chillies are very temperamental and take a great amount of love and care + CONSTANT and EXACT warm soil (28 - 30 °C), 24x7 – Day & Night!
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CHATEAU DE BERNE
A 1,705-acre natural paradise, Château de Berne promises astonishing wine tourism experiences, including wine tasting and cellar tours, fine dining, a spa and hiking & mountain bike trails... The perfect gateway to the charms of Provence.
An astonishing designer domain in the vines. Designed by architects, this ultra-modern vineyard offers a fun and trendy getaway off the beaten track, complete with on-site DJ and a relaxing terrace. A must-do!
CHATEAU DES BERTRANDS
Set inside a Natura 2000 protected area, Château des Bertrands is a country escape par excellence, home to a reputed equestrian centre offering magical treks over the Maures plain, coupled with the promise of exceptional wines.

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On September 17, 2021, the special gathering and oath-taking of news officers in Palapag, Ecclesiastical District of Northern Samar, Philippines pushed through.
Brother Isaias Antinew, district supervising minister, officiated at the holy occasion. Through a Bible-based lesson, he reminded the brethren of how great a blessing it is when one is a Church officer. He also exhorted them to actively perform their duties.
The new officers promised to treasure their duties and fulfill them with devotion. Other Church officers, who were also present in the gathering, were inspired all the more to uphold their duties for the glory of God. — With reports from INC News Section


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The Right to Safe Motherhood for Every Woman, Everywhere
In this Summer 2013 edition of Pathways, we explore our global work in safe motherhood, sharing the inspiring story of Grace and Benson, a couple living with HIV who were able to keep their baby free from the virus with the help of the Pathfinder-led APHIAplus Nairobi-Coast program in Kenya. The issue also explores Pathfinder's "continuum of care” approach to preventing and managing postpartum hemorrhage in India and Nigeria, with assistance from the non-pneumatic, anti-shock garment.
This issue of Pathways explores Pathfinder's SCIP project and our success in reaching over four million Mozambicans with sexual and reproductive health services.
This issue of Pathways explores Pathfinder's ongoing commitment to addressing the urgent needs of pregnant women and how we are improving their chances for a safe delivery—from India, to Nigeria, to Pakistan.

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TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
> Software Documenters:
> Do you put quotation marks around a reference to a system-generated message?
> If not, how do you set it apart from other text?
We use a monotype font, generally Courier New. Since our normal
documentation font is a serif font, Courier generally sets the
computer-generated messages apart in our documentation format. If we need
to do more
We'll generally drop the message onto its own line. Like this.
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Alliance Data Systems, Inc.


Nigeria: 71 Dead in Two Explosions
At least 71 people were killed in two explosions that rocked a bus station in the outskirts of the capital of Abuja, Nigeria.
The police said that 130 others were injured in the explosions, which occurred when the bus station was packed with travelers.
The President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, who visited the scene, blamed the Islamic Group Boko Haram.
However, the insurgent group has not claimed responsibility for the attack.


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The Teton Range basks in the golden glow of sunrise while the remaining landscape is still unlighted and foggy
The Teton Range gets a golden glow as the sunrise paints the mountain tops, while Snake River is covered by fog.
Lamps hanging unevenly from a ceiling create a glowing cascade of light
A strikingly designed lampshade creates an unusual glow of light
Artisan lampshades create glow of light in various colors and designs
Light filaments viewed through a decorative bulb create a colorful glow
A lighted pole lamp is no match for the glow created by natural light filtering from an ancient window
Lighted candles create a diffused glow through designs in the glass
This week the theme for our blog is glow of light from electricity. Here is an image of glowing lamps on a chandelier.
The sun sets over the bridge at Lake Hickory, North Carolina; lighting up the clouds and water in a golden glow
Early morning sunrise casts a golden glow on the pier as clouds reflect off the beach water at Isle of Palms, South Carolina
Pre-sunrise glow at Isle of Palms, South Carolina
We end this series of images with light glow on a bridge along the river walk in Greenville, South Carolina
The glow of moss on a rock and tree trunk at Roan Mountain
The unusually “atomic” glow of the sun almost mesmerizes these two people on the beach
Even a black and white image or clouds can suppress the bright glow of the moon on a pond
We end our series on Florida sunsets with an image of the glow after the sun has set at Estero, Florida
The colorful glow in the sky and lake post-sunset at Estero, Florida
The bright sun casts a golden glow around the pier at Naples, Florida
Glow of sunset at Murrells Inlet harbor …..


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Photographs from the LAPD archive
This book of photographic archives on a morbid subject turns out to be, as well as a sociological archive, an illustration of the murky world of police novels and films noirs of Hollywood circa 1930 to 1950.
With a cover combining black and white with blood red, the use of typewriter font in the style of police report, the book invites the reader into the aesthetics of film noirs. It distils a romantic idea of the city Los Angeles in that era; a mix of glamour, mystery and sleazy.
The quality of the photos – through composition, light, the elegance of people and cars, the architecture and interior design – creates a retro cinematographic atmosphere. This distance with the reality of the pictures enables the reader to admire them for their sheer artistic beauty. Could the key to the investigation be there right in front of our eyes?
These crime scenes may inspire curiosity, the fear of violence and solitude or a feeling of frustration over the unsolved crimes, but they are also a historical introduction to the mythical LAPD.
Accompanying the images are a foreword by James Ellroy (novelist) a specialist of these dark ambiances, and an edifying reflection by Tim B. Wride (Curator of the photography section of the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts) on our perception of these pictures: originally taken to objectively document a place and a time, but of which we make an artistic and therefore subjective analysis today.

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Pearl of the Orient -Penang
Penang, an island and mainland known as Seberang Perai ( Province Wellesley ) located up north of Peninsular Malaysia. It is the first British Settlement in Malaysia. It is known as the Straits Settlement alongside with Malacca & Singapore. Georgetown is the capital city of the State of Penang. The origin of the name came from the areca nut known in Malay as " Pinang" eventually corrupted to become "Penang" as in English Language. When Francis Light founded Penang, it was named "Prince Of Wales Island" in commemoration of the English mornarch. It was also known as Pulo Kesatu or "single island". The island initially was uninhabited, but since it's founding, it had been the busiest port in the region. The most prominent trade is spices. Penang is best known as a melting port for many ethnic groups, which mainly consist of Malay, Chinese, Indian, Javanese, Japanese, Arabs, English, Dutch, Germans, French, Thai, Armenians, Jews and many others. The Jewish Cemetery is the only one that is found in S. East Asia.
Fort Cornwallis / Esplanade / City Hall & Town Hall / Logan's Memorial
Visit the Peranakan Museum better known as Baba & Nyonya( A mixed culture of local & Chinese )better known as Straits Chinese culture. ( Entrance fees included)
Visit to Streets of Harmony ( St George Church, Goddess of Mercy Temple, Sri Mariamman Temple, Kapitan Keling Mosque)
Lunch ( On own expenses- recommendation if requested e. g. Local Cuisine/ Asian Cuisine)
Sun Yat Sen base Centre.
Wat Chaiyamangalaram ( Reclining Buddha) & Wat Dhammikarama ( Burmese Temple) & Batik Factory ( to see how batik design is made)
Visit Kek Lok Si (Temple of Supreme Bliss)
Jewish and/or Protestant Cemetery
Chew Jetty/ Clan houses & heritage buildings.
4. 00 p. m. - Back to Pier ( Tour concluded )
Kindly take note that the suggested tours above may not be fully materialised in event of the following situation:
1. Ship docking late
2. Short tour duration( 4-5 hours)
Meeting Location + Tour Duration
Meeting location: I will be waiting at the sea Terminal ( Port) , or Airport - bearing a placard of the guest's name.
End location: Penang Port Swettenham /Penang International Airport or hotel in special case where it applies
Duration: 5 hours
In event of rain and traffic congestion
A licensed SUV van of 12 seaters approved by MOTAC ( Ministry of Tourism And Culture) or car depending on the number of persons.
Entrance fees to Peranakan Museum ( a unique Straits Chinese Gallery), Sun Yat Sen base Museum, Teo Chew Puppet & Opera Museum are also included in the tour .
Complimentary drinking water will be provided for.
Estimated Local Cash Needed
250 MYR - Lunch expenses for a maximum of 4 persons . Prices of food varies from different cuisine.
You may need a hat, cap or umbrella. If you do have your own, please do bring along as the weather is hot and humid especially during beginning of the year .
I hold a Blue badge issued by the Ministry of Tourism of Malaysia, a City Guide.
I am unable to guide in National Park except Botanical Gardens, Penang.
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Gim Seng did a wonderful job leading us and having us experience the unique things, sights, food and culture. His knowledge of this location was complete, and had a wonderful personality. He was truly interested in our needs and feelings. Was a complete pleasure to work with him.