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When most people think about nurseries and plant propagation, they conjure up rows and rows of black pots and the smell of moist palettes of artificial fertilizer. But there is no natural law which dictates this to be the only, or even a preferable way in which to propagate plants. While in-situ propagation from seed… Read more »
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Design and Build a Low Maintenance Perennial Fruit and Herb Front Garden (UK)
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Here is an interesting and simple-to-manage technique that will promote better root growth for your potted plants. It can be applied to plants that will stay permanently in pots or for those that will end up in your garden. Those interested in this should also check out the 'Air Nursery' chapter of the Farmers' Handbook.
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Leaves of a different cut I love the tropics as a place for permaculture, specifically the ability to grow tropical fruits and the capability to plant stuff year round. I like the interplay between rainy and dry season, the way things get incredibly green and grow uncontrollably in the wettest of times, and all that… Read more »
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Jackson's hillside is still sliding slowly and Walgreen's parking lot is catching the brunt of it. Geologists say the ground is moving a quarter of an inch each day in the Budge Drive area. Local News 8 says the town of Jackson is still working on building massive walls, ground anchors and a toe key system at the bottom of the slide


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Boyfriend obsessed with family??
I've been dating my boyfriend for about a year and a half. He is 25 and lives at home with his mom, sister, and his sister's son. His dad passed away several years ago. I want to know that this relationship is going somewhere and that we are starting a life together, but he seems to be obsessed with his family. He rarely wants to spend time alone with me, and he would rather do something with his family that he lives with and with his other brothers and sisters and their children. I have my own place and would love for him to move in, but he thinks I should move in with him at his mom's house to save money. I'm not worried about saving money and don't want to live there because they have cats (I'm allergic), everyone smokes (I'm a non-smoker), and there's no privacy (there's always people over there). I just feel unimportant compared to his family. He is a priority in my life and I don't feel the same way to him. And on another note, he behaves in a way that I feel is inappropriate with the women in his family...he'll swim between his mom's legs in the pool then pick her up or put her on his shoulders. He lays on his mom's bed all the time to watch TV or to take naps. Him and his sister fight like they're ten years old and will lean on each other or touch each other in ways that I find inappropriate. I don't know if this closeness comes from the fact that they lost their dad, but it makes me uncomfortable. Sometimes I get the feeling that he confides in his mom more than me, and that upsets me because I feel like we should be closer. I don't like spending too much time around them, although I do get along with them. I don't know if I'm looking too much into this, but I just wanted to know if it's normal. Please give me your opinion because I don't know how I would be able to put up with this for a lifetime.
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It's so weird when I read this because everything you said is exactly the same as my boyfriend, except the bit of him wanting you to move in and Dad being passed away. After being together for 2 years it still really freaks me out. My boyfriend always prefers to spend time with his family then me, and he confides in his Sisters whom are younger then me and tells them everything about me which I HATE! He is my priority, but I feel like his family are his. I am not saying it's something bad, but I always feel second best. I told my Boyfriend once how I feel and he got really angry at me, accusing me of being jealous and selfish-Which is totally not true! I think if you question him or mention your feelings he will say the same thing that my boyfriend said to me, I have realized that all Men who have this sort of relationship with their family, react the same way. I am not meaning to be hurtful or anything, just realistic but he will never change and he will always put his family first. You have 2 options stay and put up with it (which is what I did) or if you find it too hard move on you deserve to come first. I know you probably thinking why don't I take some of my own advice, it's because I have low self esteem. And I love him so much that I put up with it. To many that may be wrong or stupid, but I made that decision, and no one should jugde me for that . I would also like to point out that if you do decide it's not something you can handle and leave you are not being selfish, because every women deserves love. Good luck ;)
I would also like to point out that the inappropriate side to this is also very scarey. Be very careful if you decide to stay also. It's a little to close for comfort if you ask me.
I want to spend time with him, but he always wants me to come over and me to do things with him and his family. I stick around because I do love him, but I want to come first in his life. And sometimes I think that the only time that would ever happen is when his mom dies, which is terrible to say. Anytime I try to talk to him about anything related to his family he get so defensive!!! I don't know if I'm stupid for putting up with it or just accepting of his ways despite feeling weird.
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I'm going to have to back him up on this. From my perspective, you want him to choose between you or his family and if I were him I would've kicked you out the door a long time ago. Family is there when a person is born and family (hopefully) is there for the rest of a life. A relationship can't exactly say the same. Especially when the family loses a central member (Dad) the family tends to either fall apart or become incredibly strong. He may be the new father figure for everyone and that's why he doesn't want to leave. I may not agree with him picking his mom up and don't exactly understand what is inappropriate about leaning on a sibling. What's wrong with laying on your mom's bed and watching TV or napping and doing the same on the sofa?
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Wow.. I mean at first reading this it sounded just like okay he's close with his family get over it, but Hun this is not normal.He could even have a mental disorder, caused by losing his father, leading him to be so inappropriately close with his family. You really do need to just talk to him about your needs. You obviously need more than he is giving. I can sense how annoyed you are getting with him, and I think you have the right to be annoyed.I think you should lay it on the line, maybe even give him an ultimatum. I mean, maybe not so clear cut as to "me or your family", but more like "give me what I need period". If he can't at least compromise, you may want to reassess the relationship.
I feel like I compromise and he just gets his way because I don't want to upset him. I feel like relationships are about compromise, but I'm the only one doing it!!! It bothers me to see some of these behaviors, but then I think...well I don't know what he's gone through with the loss of his dad. I just hate momma's boys!!!
It's not compromise if you're the only one doing it, that's just.. well.. giving him exactly what he wants without you getting your needs met in return! Maybe see a relationship counseler?
I thought it was just me who had this issue!! it is soooo unhealthy. i have a frighteningly similar situation and issues with my boyfriend, of one year, which i am trying my hardest to get to the root of the issue/my issue/ what is actually going on here. while i am searching for the answers he is seemingly unaffected by anything i have tried to speak with him about and has even called me insecure and jealous and that he will not apologize for 'loving' his family. I have taken a good look at myself and i am simply far from insecure or jealous. I dont even need or expect my partner to agree with me, acknowledgement in some way would be good. But i am doubting this is worth going on with considering he is not prepared to try to acknowledge this let alone understand my feelings about all this. he says 'they are my family! i love them' to which i have agreed we all love our families and suggested he considers how they actually became a family in the first place..ie a man and a woman met and forged a strong loving bond/relationship which then became what is now his parental family, how about thinking about developing his own relationships , maybe even creating his 'own' family some day rather than constantly living in his sisters and moms skirts and affairs. family is one thing, but i have the feeling that this is an unhealthy inability and disregard for the importance of forging a bonding relationship with a partner due to his clinginess to his birth family. the parental family crack on with their own lives and families yet he makes them the center of his life and while this continues to be the case i am left feeling like i deserve the chance of a healthy relationship to bloom with someone who healthily loves their family and is able to be present, close and engaging in their own personal relationships. the fact he is very able to give so much attention, care, intimacy, trust to a relationship, but just not in the direction of our relationship, cuts like a knife. :(


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Mote announces new trustee and advisory council chairman
Date: October 16, 2009
by: Robin Hartill | Community Editor
Mote Marine Laboratory announced that Penelope Kingman is its board of trustee's newest voting member, and Rande Ridenour has been elected as chairman of Mote's Advisory Council.
Kingman, a Longboat Key resident, has volunteered in sea-turtle care at Mote Aquarium since 2006. In the past year, she has served on boards of directors for Art Center Sarasota and the Longboat Key Democratic Club.
Ridenour has served on Mote's Advisory Council since January 2008. He has worked as a financial planner in Sarasota for 29 years, the past eight of which he has spent at UBS Wealth Management, where he is currently first vice president.
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Dr. Conrad Murray Blames Dr. Arnold Klein For Michael Jackson Drug Addictionby Free Britney at . Comments
Charged with involuntary manslaughter, Dr. Conrad Murray will likely argue that Michael Jackson killed himself with a lethal dose of Propofol.
Even if that were true (and it's a stretch), it still wouldn't get Murray off the hook. The treatment he gave MJ was suspect for myriad reasons.
To that end, Murray's lawyers just filed documents pointing fingers at none other than Dr. Arnold Klein - Jackson's longtime doctor and friend.
Murray claims that Klein addicted Jackson to Demerol and other powerful narcotics. It's part of his plan to establish Michael as a lost cause physically.
Murray's legal team claims Klein fueled MJ's addiction as recently as 2009 by giving him scores of Demerol injections in the months prior to his death.
He may have a point there. In the months before Jackson died, Dr. Arnold Klein gave Jackson 51 Demerol injections. But is it relevant to the case?
The docs claim it is for this reason: "Due to Mr. Klein's actions, Mr. Jackson became physiologically and psychologically dependent on Demerol."
Murray's team says Dr. Arnold Klein, who is also the rumored biological father of MJ's kids Paris and Prince, "is a relevant, highly material witness."
Dr. Conrad Murray ...
That kid(prince) looks just like Klein. What I don't understand is how in the heck did Klein and Debbie talk MJ into raising jewish kids that arn't his blood and leaving his fortune to them?Klein turned MJ into a junkie!
Naturally Harry Friedberg, a Jew, doesn't want Dr. Arnold Klein, also Jewish, to be charged EVER for his role in supplying Michael with drugs. Even though it was he who may have gotten the singer "hooked" on the mess. And, of course, everyone this side of the moon knows that Jews are all about money, and that Klein didn't care anything about Michael, but loved his money. Jackson, himself, said that Jews were "leeches" that were ripping him off for all of his money. --- Rev. George Brooks
Personally it doesnt matter whether or not Michael adminstered the fatal dose of Propofol himself. What matters is the fact that Dr.Murray was negligent in caring for Michael. If he knew that Michael was "addicted to" medications then why didnt he take it upon himself to closely monitor him instead of being a selfish a** b**ch and leaving him unsupervised. And how can you really be a doctor and not know that you can't adminster cpr on a patient while in bed. I just hope that justice is served in this case and those that are responsible for his death is put behind bars. REST IN PEACE MICHAEL AND YOU ARE FOREVER IN MY HEART!!! :'(
Question: Doc, did you or did you not kill michael jackson? All we need is simple yes or no. Gbam!
Conrad Murray will be blaming everyone else except himself for the clearly avoidable & preventable death of Michael Jackson. It is up to the DA & the jury to put the blame squarely where it belongs... on Conrad Murray's shoulders.
well it's a good thing this site is colored pink and titled hollywood gossip because that's just what this piece is, hollywood gossip. not a shred of evidence to support anything printed here. just innuendo and distortion. where is your evidence for the 51 demorol injections? why wasn't demerol found in Jackson's toxicology report? why is TMZ the only source for this info? and how in the world does this diminish Murray's responsibility? he still failed to monitor his patient while administering a drug that requires constant patient monitoring. had he properly resuscitated his patient, there would not have been an issue. can't you make money off of justin bieber instead of spreading gossip about a homicide victim????
what's this rumor of who's the father of michael jackson kid's has to do with murray pointing the finger at klein of mike's death he refuse to take an DNA test y b/c his not the father i don't care what anybody says


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Per my last comment, this appeared on Bloomberg on 7/12-
""Irrespective of Chavez's fate, Chavism is highly unlikely to go away," Zurich-based UBS said in the note. "Even in post- Chavez Venezuela, we think a large enough cadre of supporters would vote for Chavista candidates no matter what, just as Argentina has continued to vote for Peronist candidates after their leader passed away more than 35 years ago."
In the same article, Chavez was filmed doing the following:
"He was filmed reading passages to his two daughters from "Thus Spoke Zarathustra," in which the 19th-century German philosopher broached the concept of the "ubermensch," or superman, who is able to transcend normal human attributes."
In case anyone disputes Chavez's dictatorial credentials, we have a mini Stalin on our hands. His Cuban father (Castro) is truly instructing this man on the finest example of personality cults.
Perhaps CNN is right, that the best way to deal with this megalomaniac is to ignore him. Let Venezuela fall into poverty, let them follow the ways of Pol Pot. The smart ones will leaves, the dumb ones will follow and die- social darwinism at its best ladies and gentlemen. Why waste good money after bad, especially when we have our own problems.
Under all of the jokes ( I hope they were jokes) from Sikko and Lev.D., the problem is that Venezuela has lost 12 years. The problem with regimes such as Venezuela is that well tuned institutions for finance, health, infrastructure, and commerce disappear if not tended. When Chavez leaves, all of the above mentioned sectors will be thrown into disarray, and Chavez chronies will have the opportunity to say that things worked better under their system. Unless the world is ready to step in, there will be a problem with one of the largest suppliers of oil in the world.
@ Lev. D.- lets sing "The International" together. Maybe Chavez's buddy Castro (Raul and Fidel) will kick the bucket the as well- a two for one deal- yay Capitalism.
For the first time in over a decade Venezuelans began imagining what the country would be like without Hugo Chavez.
Venezuela's problems are mounting. The economy has taken a two-year dive, its home to the highest inflation in the continent, and crime and violence is rampant.
Chavez is not only the pilot of the Bolivarian Revolution but also its vehicle. He not only controls the government but also most of its independent organs. With no clear replacement in sight an ailing Chavez faces a stronger opposition. In previous occasions the opposition has lacked a cohesive platform to challenge the President. This time around it seems as though the often fractured opposition has finally learned its lesson, promising to back a single candidate following primaries.
Chavismo without Chavez is much like a car without wheels: it has nowhere to go. Let's hope the opposition doesn't muck it up. Democracy is at stake and Venezuelans deserve to live freely and safely.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
LOL thanks for the laugh lev.d.
Not sure why you had to shout it in capital letters though and not even sure what a "SUPERNOVIC IMPLOTION/EXPLOTION" is..... but it sounds scary.
But I'm afraid that even China is capitalist these days, workers of the world....... unite in prosperity!
Unfortunately the workers of Venezuela are getting less and less prosperity each year - hence the reason they are leaving to work elsewhere.
Absolute dictators seem to last forever, and Hugo Chavez has clearly made himself the abolute dictator of Venezuela. Whatever, he underwent in Cuba he likely has many years of absolute dictatorship to impose on the Venezuelan people, and he clearly got advice and orders from his masters in Cuba. I wonder how the Venezuelan people like being ruled remotely through Chavez by Cuba?
It would be rather ironic that Fidel Castro, concerned at the prospect of his political heir´s disability and ths potential for his regime´s demise in the process, might be compelled in reaching out at center left opposition groups in order to secure a measure of continumm of oil supplies. Its going to be quite an interesting transitional process indeed.
Look Guys,
Chavez is a kind entertaining leader. Without him, the world will be rather boring!
Guys it is obvious sikko6 doesn't know what he is talking about..... here is a copy of the my reply to him on another forum:
aaah sikko6 as per usual showing how little you actually know! Anything to be a contrarian.
You again comment on something that you only have the most superficial knowledge of.... and it REALLY shows through!
"Chavez is not a dictator. I don't know where you got such information. At least you guys don't understand what democracy is. If he's a dictator, he would have been ousted long time ago".
First off, it seems that you truly have no idea what democracy is. Democracy is not just about counting votes and declaring a winner, it is about a system that lets people vote freely, without fear and able to make a decision with all the facts available. That includes letting parties and politicians operate freely without fear of imprisonment, harassment or interference.
You cannot seriously and with a straight face say that elections in Venezuela operate thus. Because if you do, then I you surely consider Singapore, North Korea and Zimbabwe to be democracies. Holding a vote does not a democracy make.
"He's no different from Europe's socialist leaders"
An extremely shallow comparison that has no basis in fact. Last time I checked no modern European leader has nationalised foreign and domestic companies, imprisoned judges (Maria Lourdes Afiuni), created a separate militia answerable only to himself or been given the power to rule by decree for 18 months only a fortnight before a new parliament (with a smaller government majority) was due to start.
So, yes I stand by my comment that Chavez is a cancer on Venezuelan society. You may think this is because I have some "unsubstantiated biased hatred against Chavez".
But it is not unsubstantiated nor biased. The facts are there for anyone to see if only they will look. Which it is clearly obvious that you haven't.
As for "his economic record is not worse than Bush-Clinton-Bush era US economy which is a catastrophy" - again you obviously have no idea what the economic conditions in Venezuela are like. In the midst of the one of the world's largest resources boom, Venezuela, which has one of the largest oil reserves in the world has only managed negative growth over the last two years. And now can't even generate enough electricity - they have to ration it.
It's economic growth this year will match Germany's, only after it has had the lowest growth and highest inflation in Latin America. And even with high oil prices, it is is forecast to run a fiscal deficit of more than 10% this year and next. The US's economy might be having problems but Venezuela should be booming.
But it isn't is it.
"At least, you should know better"..... exactly - you should!
It angers me to see this half-bred,narcissist clown make an ass of himself giving a pitiful speech from the "Balcony of the People" to followers brought in on buses for the occasion. This so-called communist implores to God, Saint Jose Gregorio, Virgin Mary and half a dozen other saints, to help him survive his cancer. Meanwhile, my university colleague Mechanical Engineer Alejandro Pe~a Esclusa rots in jail as a political prisoner deprived of justice and treatment for his cancer. May this subnormal Tropical Furher die a slow and painful death.
Better the evil you know that the one you don´t know. If Chavez is no deposed a much worse form of "Revolution" (Robolución) could ensue.
It looks like the best scenario for Venezuela is for an ailing Chavez to take power for a few more years a let this soviet-cuban styled neo-socialist pseudo dictatorship madness slowly fizzle out to have a decent democracy re-instated.
Will Fidel outlive Chavez?
It is definately true that only the good die young! I wonder what potion those cuban doctors have been giving them both, but it seems to work miracles.
We all know the reality about Chavez's illness, please do an article with the reality that faces the country in the economic area, such as in the social area.
Democracy is not only about free election.
It is about minorities rights, individual rights, free media, equality before the law and much more.
I am sorry: Chavez is not and never will be a legitimate Democrat.
Well, I do not want anything bad to happen to Mr. Chavez. But the truth needs to be told: he represents what is most mistaken in Latin America.
What makes me particularly unhappy is to watch he call himself a legitimate Democrat.
12 year in power? Media controlled by the the state? No way, Mr. Chavez. You are not and never will be someone who stands for democracy. Venezuela deserves something better.
Sikko, you are really SICK if you think Venezuela is a democracy! Would you call "democratic" redistricting municipalities ahead of the National Assembly elections to ensure he maintains majority in Congress despite losing the popular vote? Would you call "democratic" congress giving him special powers a few days before the new "more balanced" congress took over? Would you call "democratic" having a biased supreme court, electoral body, army and militias at his beck and calling? Clearly, YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT A DEMOCRACY IS!!!
Well, rather than turbulence, let us hope that Venezuela experiences a microburst, hurtling Chavez and his fellow scorpions straight down from their lofty position to dash them against the jagged rocks.
Your use of scare quotes around the word "democratically" is appropriate. You delude yourself when you infer that Chavez is not a thug, incipient dictator and a wanna-be totalitarian. He's used increasing force against political foes including political arrests and imprisonments, arbitrary seizure of property, goods, and the media, and the incitement of violence against his legitimate political opposition. Courtesy of Hugo Chavez, terrorists trying to overthrow the legitimate democratic government of his neighbor Colombia, find sanctuary in Venezuela and, because of endemic corruption, so too do big-time narcos, who ship massive quantities of drugs through Venezuela to Europe (via west Africa). His brother's call for violence if need be to keep the family grip on power is only an escalation of preexisting dictatorial behaviors.
Even all of this would incite little more than moral condemnation from foreigners like myself, if Chavez was only concerned about peddling his mischief in Venezuela. But he has a pathological hatred of the United States and has chosen to strongly link himself with this countries enemies, North Korea, Libya and especially Iran, and potential enemies China and Russia. He's provided banking facilities to Iran to facilitate money laundering and support its nuclear weapons effort, and even more worryingly he's allowing Iran's Revolutionary Guards to set up "companies", "mines" and "factories" (at the same time he's nationalizing other foreign mines and factories) in Venezuela as well as allowing them to travel throughout Latin America using Venezuela as a base of operations. In this last Independence Day celebration, Chinese and Russian army units marched in the main parade. It doesn't seem to occur to Chavez that these dictatorships have modern imperial ambitions powered by their own versions of nationalism and fascism, or "corporatism" (a better word in my opinion) and they would be quite willing to use Venezuela as a foil to further their ambitions.
With respect to China, Russia and to a lesser degree Iran, Chavez is a little dog trying to run with the big dogs here. He should ponder the fate of Mussolini in this regard.
Look, guys! Chavez is not a dictator. He's a *democratically* elected president. As long as majority Venezuelans support him, he won't be going nowhere. Forget your delusional dreams!
Succession planning is counter intuitive to a dictator, since they spend their entire lives dreaming about being the center of power. More worryingly for Venezuela is his state of mind, many a dictator has turned increasingly arbitrary and violent after illness, the mind following the body down its natural path. Its why we need to rely on institutions and processes, not personalities. As you say, Chavez has already weakened these.
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Types of Indian climate are varied due to India`s unique geography and geology that strongly influence its climate. This is particularly true of the Himalayan Mountain in the north and the
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- Most of Northeast India and much of North India are subject to a humid sub-tropical climate. They experience hot summers, temperatures during the coldest months may fall as low as 0 degree Celsius. In most of this region, there is very little precipitation during the winter, high wind speed and summer rainfall with powerful thunderstorms associated with the southwest summer monsoon; occasional tropical cyclones also occur.
- India`s northernmost lands are subject to a montane, or alpine, climate. Climates ranging from nearly tropical in the foothills to tundra above the snow line can co-exist within several dozen miles of each other. Sharp temperature contrasts between sunny and shady slopes, high diurnal temperature variability, temperature inversions, and altitude-dependent variability in rainfall are also common. The northern side of the western Himalayas, also known as the trans-Himalayan belt, is a section of barren, arid, frosty, and wind-blown wastelands.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) designates four official seasons in India, namely the winter, summer, monsoon and post monsoon. Winter occurs between January and March. The year`s coldest months are December and January, when temperatures average around 10-15 degree Celsius in the northwest. Summer or pre-monsoon season, lasts from March to June (April to July in north-western India). In western and southern regions, the hottest month is April; for northern regions, May is the hottest month.
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Denard Robinson isn't near the quarterback he used to be. That's a good thing.
Michigan's senior leader played sparingly in the Wolverines' spring game in front of 25,000 Saturday. Robinson attempted just three passes. That was by design, though. Robinson has made such progress this spring, according to offensive coordinator Al Borges, that it was more beneficial for coaches to get a closer look at Robinson's backups, Devin Gardner and Russell Bellomy.
"You didn't see much of Denard today but if you could have I think you'd appreciate this a little bit more," Borges told the Detroit Free Press after the final day of 15 spring workouts. "The two things that have gone away in Denard's game are falling off throws, off your back foot, and indiscriminate decision-making.
"He had very few interceptions this spring. He had cut his interceptions from last spring to this spring four times."
His backups weren't spotless. Gardner was sacked on his first snap, threw an interception on his second—on a poor pass across the field that cornerback Blake Countess stepped in front of—and he recovered his own fumble. Bellomy was more successful, leading a drive that ended with Thomas Rawls breaking a tackle for a 21-yard touchdown run. Bellomy's second drive set up a field goal. Still, coach Brady Hoke said Gardner is the No. 2 today. Bellomy isn't backing off.
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Neither, of course, will wrangle it from Robinson, who has been entrenched since his freshman season. It's hard to believe that he's now a senior. Borges says, too, he's a much better version of his old self.
If Robinson's jump—by this we mean his improvement, not his jumping throws—is as pronounced as Borges claims and as evident as Michigan's defensive growth last season, the Wolverines could be primed to match or improve upon last year's 11-2 record.
One of the nation's most pathetic defensive units finished the 2011 season ranked 17th in the country. It was the defense that dominated in the spring game.
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Awesome guide. Quick question though. You give a couple second and third choices on a few pieces, for the weapon, I am having a hell of a time getting Rimefang's Claw to drop (Pally), but Falric's Wrist Chopper dropped. Would that be fine to use as a back up for now? Or is it crap for pallies & I should stick to the mace I have (old sun).
Quick Generic Note for Bears, who didn't get much love.
In general, but not always, Tier Gear is better than offsets. There are a few exceptions, like Duskstalker Shoulders over Feral T9 Shoulders.
For weapons, Marrowstrike from H ToC is a good option, replace it with Orca Hunter's Harpoon from Heroic HoR.
You can craft a lot of gear. Bracers of Swift Death, Footpads of Impeding silence (or the crafted Ulduar versions), Ulduar crafted belt, Knightbane Carapace is better than Tier IMO, etc.
For Idols, pick Idol of the Corruptor over Idol of Mutilation until you can afford your Idol of the Crying Moon (Frost badge).
Before I start a new thread is there anything around for what to do after this? I kinda feel like I'm at a Tank glass ceiling. I can tank all the 5man Heroics but can't get any groups for ICC. Where do I go from here?
I just got my warrior alt to level 80. One thing to consider is using a few more pieces of PVP gear. You mentioned the cloak, but the wrathful bracers for honor are pretty solid pieces too and the neck is decent considering the lack of alternatives. The Wintergrasp shoulders are an acceptable stand-in until you get the emblem ones. Even the rings (wrathful or WG) fill a gap. The gear is good for effective health, threat and really trivialises being crit immune. What it lacks is avoidance, but you should be ok for heroics and in ICC avoidance is not that crucial. I've used crafted and PVP gear to get ICC ready with almost no emblem gear (only got the gloves and ring so far).
PVP gear is particularly accessible if you have a main who has a lot of stone keeper shards or Wintergrasp marks. Turn them into Wintergrasp commendations and send them to your new level 80 alt tank to buy wrathful pieces for honor.
Oh, and with brewfest on, new tanks should get the stamina trinkets. Tanks who miss out could consider buying the tankard as a weapon - threat is a major issue for new tanks nowadays and the tankard will last you until you get a ICC 5 man drop. Should be pretty cheap on the AH for a while.
Hey, thanks for the guide. Just came back to WoW and this is just what i was looking for, straight to the point.
Also what theodisius said, the 3 trinkets (i guess the souvenir is not bad if you don't have anything else) AND the 2 extra frost badges from Coren are really helpfull for anyone starting to get geared up.


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The Halls of Stormweather, a novel in seven parts, is the first book in a series that explores the mean streets of a city where everything has its price and even the wealthiest families will do anything to survive! Ed Greenwood - the creator of the Forgotten Realms begins the tale with the capable but embattled patriarch of the Uskevren family. Clayton Emery - the heir to the family fortune is brought to life by the author of Star of Cursrah and the Netheril Trilogy.
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Erevist Cale, the loyal servant of the Uskevren family, has a terrible secret. Now, when a ruthless evil is unleashed on Selgaunt, the butler's ties to the underworld may have put the Uskevren in jeopardy. Erevist must finally prove his loyalty - to the city and to the Uskevren. He won't get a second chance.
When Shamur Uskevren, the matriarch of one of Sembia's oldest and most powerful merchant families, is tricked by an angry wizard into an assassination attempt on her own husband, her family is thrown into turmoil. Once the truth is discovered, she and her husband must struggle to save their family and stop the sorcerer. But in her anger, she has forgotten one thing: in the world of intrigue and deception, of shadows and lies that is Sembia, nothing is ever what it seems.
Talbot Uskevren, the second son of one of Selgaunt's most powerful families, fights a deadly battle within himself. Like most men of his station, Talbot spends his days honing his sword fighting skills, and unlike others, practicing the art of acting. Now, Talbot will put both of these talents to the test when a rival House comes looking for blood. The only way for Talbot to survive against the Black Brotherhood is to let the inner wolf loose, and the only way for him to live in Selgaunt's society is to keep the wolf chained.
Larajin, the unacknowledged daughter of Thamalon Uskevren and a half-elf, finds herself embroiled in a bitter war between elves and humans. In an effort to bring peace to both Sembia and the Dalelands, Larajin must confront the twin brother she doesn't know and save a half-brother whose fate hangs in the balance.
An exciting series, especially for readers new to the Forgotten Realms! Thazienne Uskevren, the only legitimate daughter of the wealthy Uskevren family, has suffered blow after blow to her body and spirit. Even as she struggles to mend her fractured soul, Tazi finds herself on a journey that will take her far from the safety of Selgaunt and into the deadly heart of the Calim Desert. There the shifting sands hide an old foe, who holds the key to Tazi's salvation - or the doom of Sembia.
Thamalon Uskevren II, the heir to Stormweather Towers, never expected to inherit so much so quickly. When his parents and Erevis Cale vanish without a trace, Tamlin must rally what's left of his family and try to solve a mystery whose roots lie deep beneath Stormweather, before a deadly assassin ends the Uskevren line forever.


text: Denial: Washington Post's 'Hating Breitbart' Review Says Mainstream Press Not Liberal Print article Send a Tip by Christian Toto 19 Oct 2012 post a comment The Washington Post gave "Hating Breitbart" one and a half stars. Surprised? You shouldn't be. Conservative films routinely get trashed by movie critics, who may be even more Left leaning than traditional journalists. No small measure. The review itself is critical of the film without the kind of ugly details that would warrant such a puny star rating. But the article's biggest howler deals with liberal media bias. To critic Mark Jenkins, it just doesn't exist. But mainstream American journalism, with its devotion to official sources and conventional wisdom, is no more popular on the left than on the right. And Breitbart's Web sites specialized in showing people behaving stupidly, which is (or should be) a relatively small part of what professional journalists do. So says the paper which turned "Macaca" into a weaponized gaffe that all but killed George Allen's senatorial hopes back in 2006. Or what about the outlet's absurd "N" word story that helped derail Gov. Rick Perry's presidential aspirations. The Washington Post's list of biased reportage would fill dozens of articles. And let's not forget how the media just this week turned Mitt Romney's "Binders" non-gaffe into a multiple day story designed to ding his growing clout among women voters. All the while, those "mainstream American journalists" are in the process of ignoring a sitting president calling the death of four countrymen "not optimal." Yup. No bias here. Move along, dwindling readership. "Hating Breitbart," a film which decimates modern journalism with facts and Andrew's pugnacious spirit, is now playing in select theaters.


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Happy New Year!!!! For the New Year all of my IT Pro teammates across the country wanted to get together and talk about 31 things we love and want to teach about having Servers (VMs) in the Cloud. Throughout this month we are going to be talking about Windows Azure IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service). Windows Azure now offers a new feature currently in customer preview called Virtual Machines & Virtual Networks. This new functionality provides Windows Azure with an IaaS (Cloud) platform for you to deploy your own virtual machines. In Windows Azure IaaS you can easily deploy and run Windows Server and Linux virtual machines in Windows Azure. In this 31 part series we will teach you most of what you need to know about cloud computing and Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service.
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The 3rd International Internet of @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that its Call for Papers is now open. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the biggest idea since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago.
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Cultural, regulatory, environmental, political and economic (CREPE) conditions over the past decade are creating cross-industry solution spaces that require processes and technologies from both the Internet of Things (IoT), and Data Management and Analytics (DMA). These solution spaces are evolving into Sensor Analytics Ecosystems (SAE) that represent significant new opportunities for organizations of all types. Public Utilities throughout the world, providing electricity, natural gas and water, are pursuing SmartGrid initiatives that represent one of the more mature examples of SAE. We have s...
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The security devil is always in the details of the attack: the ones you've endured, the ones you prepare yourself to fend off, and the ones that, you fear, will catch you completely unaware and defenseless. The Internet of Things (IoT) is nothing if not an endless proliferation of details. It's the vision of a world in which continuous Internet connectivity and addressability is embedded into a growing range of human artifacts, into the natural world, and even into our smartphones, appliances, and physical persons. In the IoT vision, every new "thing" - sensor, actuator, data source, data con...
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How do APIs and IoT relate? The answer is not as simple as merely adding an API on top of a dumb device, but rather about understanding the architectural patterns for implementing an IoT fabric. There are typically two or three trends: Exposing the device to a management framework Exposing that management framework to a business centric logic Exposing that business layer and data to end users. This last trend is the IoT stack, which involves a new shift in the separation of what stuff happens, where data lives and where the interface lies. For instance, it's a mix of architectural styles ...
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The Internet of Things is tied together with a thin strand that is known as time. Coincidentally, at the core of nearly all data analytics is a timestamp. When working with time series data there are a few core principles that everyone should consider, especially across datasets where time is the common boundary. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Jim Scott, Director of Enterprise Strategy & Architecture at MapR Technologies, discussed single-value, geo-spatial, and log time series data. By focusing on enterprise applications and the data center, he will use OpenTSDB as an example t...
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An entirely new security model is needed for the Internet of Things, or is it? Can we save some old and tested controls for this new and different environment? In his session at @ThingsExpo, New York's at the Javits Center, Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, reviewed hands-on lessons with IoT devices and reveal a new risk balance you might not expect. Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, has more than nineteen years' experience managing global security operations and assessments, including a decade of leading incident response and digital forensics. He is co-author of t...
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The Internet of Things will greatly expand the opportunities for data collection and new business models driven off of that data. In her session at @ThingsExpo, Esmeralda Swartz, CMO of MetraTech, discussed how for this to be effective you not only need to have infrastructure and operational models capable of utilizing this new phenomenon, but increasingly service providers will need to convince a skeptical public to participate. Get ready to show them the money!
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The Internet of Things will put IT to its ultimate test by creating infinite new opportunities to digitize products and services, generate and analyze new data to improve customer satisfaction, and discover new ways to gain a competitive advantage across nearly every industry. In order to help corporate business units to capitalize on the rapidly evolving IoT opportunities, IT must stand up to a new set of challenges. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director of THINKstrategies, will examine why IT must finally fulfill its role in support of its SBUs or face a new round of...
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One of the biggest challenges when developing connected devices is identifying user value and delivering it through successful user experiences. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Mike Kuniavsky, Principal Scientist, Innovation Services at PARC, described an IoT-specific approach to user experience design that combines approaches from interaction design, industrial design and service design to create experiences that go beyond simple connected gadgets to create lasting, multi-device experiences grounded in people's real needs and desires.
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Enthusiasm for the Internet of Things has reached an all-time high. In 2013 alone, venture capitalists spent more than $1 billion dollars investing in the IoT space. With "smart" appliances and devices, IoT covers wearable smart devices, cloud services to hardware companies. Nest, a Google company, detects temperatures inside homes and automatically adjusts it by tracking its user's habit. These technologies are quickly developing and with it come challenges such as bridging infrastructure gaps, abiding by privacy concerns and making the concept a reality. These challenges can't be addressed w...
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The Domain Name Service (DNS) is one of the most important components in networking infrastructure, enabling users and services to access applications by translating URLs (names) into IP addresses (numbers). Because every icon and URL and all embedded content on a website requires a DNS lookup loading complex sites necessitates hundreds of DNS queries. In addition, as more internet-enabled 'Things' get connected, people will rely on DNS to name and find their fridges, toasters and toilets. According to a recent IDG Research Services Survey this rate of traffic will only grow. What's driving t...
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Connected devices and the Internet of Things are getting significant momentum in 2014. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Jim Hunter, Chief Scientist & Technology Evangelist at Greenwave Systems, examined three key elements that together will drive mass adoption of the IoT before the end of 2015. The first element is the recent advent of robust open source protocols (like AllJoyn and WebRTC) that facilitate M2M communication. The second is broad availability of flexible, cost-effective storage designed to handle the massive surge in back-end data in a world where timely analytics is e...
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Scott Jenson leads a project called The Physical Web within the Chrome team at Google. Project members are working to take the scalability and openness of the web and use it to talk to the exponentially exploding range of smart devices. Nearly every company today working on the IoT comes up with the same basic solution: use my server and you'll be fine. But if we really believe there will be trillions of these devices, that just can't scale. We need a system that is open a scalable and by using the URL as a basic building block, we open this up and get the same resilience that the web enjoys.
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We are reaching the end of the beginning with WebRTC, and real systems using this technology have begun to appear. One challenge that faces every WebRTC deployment (in some form or another) is identity management. For example, if you have an existing service – possibly built on a variety of different PaaS/SaaS offerings – and you want to add real-time communications you are faced with a challenge relating to user management, authentication, authorization, and validation. Service providers will want to use their existing identities, but these will have credentials already that are (hopefully) i...
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"Matrix is an ambitious open standard and implementation that's set up to break down the fragmentation problems that exist in IP messaging and VoIP communication," explained John Woolf, Technical Evangelist at Matrix, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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P2P RTC will impact the landscape of communications, shifting from traditional telephony style communications models to OTT (Over-The-Top) cloud assisted & PaaS (Platform as a Service) communication services. The P2P shift will impact many areas of our lives, from mobile communication, human interactive web services, RTC and telephony infrastructure, user federation, security and privacy implications, business costs, and scalability. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Robin Raymond, Chief Architect at Hookflash, will walk through the shifting landscape of traditional telephone and voice services ...
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Explosive growth in connected devices. Enormous amounts of data for collection and analysis. Critical use of data for split-second decision making and actionable information. All three are factors in making the Internet of Things a reality. Yet, any one factor would have an IT organization pondering its infrastructure strategy. How should your organization enhance its IT framework to enable an Internet of Things implementation? In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, James Kirkland, Chief Architect for the Internet of Things and Intelligent Systems at Red Hat, described how to revolutioniz...
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Bit6 today issued a challenge to the technology community implementing Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC). To leap beyond WebRTC's significant limitations and fully leverage its underlying value to accelerate innovation, application developers need to consider the entire communications ecosystem.
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The definition of IoT is not new, in fact it's been around for over a decade. What has changed is the public's awareness that the technology we use on a daily basis has caught up on the vision of an always on, always connected world. If you look into the details of what comprises the IoT, you'll see that it includes everything from cloud computing, Big Data analytics, "Things," Web communication, applications, network, storage, etc. It is essentially including everything connected online from hardware to software, or as we like to say, it's an Internet of many different things. The difference ...
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Cloud Expo 2014 TV commercials will feature @ThingsExpo, which was launched in June, 2014 at New York City's Javits Center as the largest 'Internet of Things' event in the world.
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Basmati (Hindi: बासमती, Urdu: باسمتی, Telugu: బాస్మతి، Persian: باسماتی) is a variety of long grain rice which is traditionally from South Asia.
Basmati is a Sanskrit word meaning "fragrant". Basmati rice has been cultivated in the Indian Subcontinent for thousands of years and originates from North India and present day Pakistan. Basmati was introduced to the Middle East by various Indian traders. Through cultural exchange, it remains not only an important part of various Indian cuisines but now is also used extensively in Persian and other Middle Eastern cuisines. India continues to be the largest cultivator of this rice.
The areas of basmati rice production in India are in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. India's total basmati production for the 2011/12 crop year that ended June was 5 million tonnes.[1] In Pakistan, 95% of the basmati rice cultivation takes place in the province of Punjab, where total production was 2.47 million tonnes in 2010.[2][3] In India, Haryana is the major basmati rice cultivating state, producing more than 60% of the total basmati rice produced in India.[4]
Basmati rice has a typical pandan-like (Pandanus amaryllifolius leaf) flavour caused by the aroma compound 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline.[5]
There are several varieties of basmati rice. Traditional Indian types include basmati 370, basmati 385, and basmati Ranbirsinghpura (R.S.Pura). Pakistani varieties of basmati rice are PK 385, 1121 Extra Long Grain Rice, Super Kernel Basmati Rice and D-98.
Scientists at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi, genetically modified basmati to produce a hybrid semi-dwarf plant which had most of the good features of traditional basmati (grain elongation, fragrance, alkali content). This hybrid was called Pusa Basmati-1 (PB1; also called "Todal", because the flower has awns); crop yield is up to twice as high as traditional varieties. Fragrant rices that are derived from basmati stock but are not true basmati varieties include PB2 (also called sugandh-2), PB3, and RH-10.
Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Safidon, Haryana, Kasturi (Baran, Rajasthan), Basmati 198, Basmati 217, Basmati 370, Bihar, Kasturi, Mahi Suganda, Pusa.
Basmati 370, Super Basmati, Basmati Pak (Kernal), Basmati 385, Basmati 515, Basmati 2000 and Basmati 198.[6]
A variety of Basmati called Pishori or Pisori is grown in the Mwea region of Kenya.[7]
A variety of Basmati called Texmati is grown in the United States of America.
Difficulty in differentiating genuine basmati from other types of rice and the significant price difference between them has led fraudulent traders to adulterate basmati rice with crossbred basmati varieties and long-grain non-basmati varieties. In Britain, the Food Standards Agency found in 2005 that about half of all basmati rice sold was adulterated with other strains of long-grain rice, prompting rice importers to sign up to a code of practice.[8] A 2010 U.K. test on rice supplied by wholesalers found four out of 15 samples had cheaper rice mixed with basmati, and one had no basmati at all.[9]
A PCR-based assay similar to DNA fingerprinting in humans allows adulterated and non-basmati strains to be detected, with a detection limit from 1% adulteration upwards with an error rate of ±1.5%.[citation needed] Exporters of basmati rice use "purity certificates" based on DNA tests for their basmati rice consignments.[10] Based on this protocol, which was developed at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, the Indian company Labindia has released kits to detect basmati adulteration.[11]
In September 1997 Texas, USA company RiceTec was granted U.S. Patent No. 5,663,484 on "basmati rice lines and grains." The patent secures lines of basmati and basmati-like rice and ways of analyzing that rice. RiceTec, owned by Prince Hans-Adam of Liechtenstein, faced international outrage over allegations of biopiracy. It had also caused a brief diplomatic crisis between India and United States with India threatening to take the matter to WTO as a violation of TRIPS which could have resulted in a major embarrassment for the United States.[12] Both voluntarily and due to review decisions by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, RiceTec lost or withdrew most of the claims of the patent, including, most importantly, the right to call their rice lines "basmati."[13] A more limited varietal patent was granted to RiceTec in 2001 on claims dealing with three strains of the rice developed by the company.[14]
According to the Canadian Diabetes Association, basmati rice has a "medium" glycemic index (between 56 and 69), thus making it more suitable for diabetics as compared to certain other grains and products made from white flour.[15]
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SAN ANTONIO–On day three of the Ducks trip to Texas for the Alamo Bowl, longtime Oregon assistant and defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti announced that he will retire after the Ducks face the Longhorns. Jake Zivin and Erik Elken anchor KEZI 9 Sports' coverage and have more on Aliotti, Ifo-Ekpre Olomu's NFL decision, and the Ducks … Continue reading »
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Courtesy: Oregon Sports Information BOULDER, Ore.– Marcus Mariota threw five touchdown passes and ran for two scores as No. 2 Oregon brushed off some early trickery to rout Colorado 57-16 on Saturday. The Ducks' sophomore connected for two touchdowns each with Josh Huff and Bralon Addison, and played only 2 1/2 quarters. The Buffaloes had … Continue reading »