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We have had some ecologically-minded customers ask some questions about our use of plastic bottles for our chai concentrate. We share your concerns about plastic safety and waste. So we would like to let you know why we use them and what they are made of.
At Tipu's Chai, we package our concentrates in plastic bottles. But these aren't just any plastic bottles. The website www.earthodyssey.com provides this information on the #5PP bottles:
Properties: toughness, strength, resistance to heat, grease, oil, and chemicals, barrier to moisture. Density: 0.90-0.92 g/cc
Statistic: In 1999 PP accounted for 2% of plastic bottle resin sales.
Description: Polypropylene has the lowest density of the resins used in packaging. It is strong and is resistant to chemicals. Since it has a high melting-point it can be utilized in applications requiring that a container be filled with a hot liquid.
At Tipu's Chai, we use these bottles for a couple of reasons. They are designed to be filled with hot liquids and don't melt or break down when we bottle our chai at upwards of 195 degrees. We bottle at this high temperature to ensure the product is safe to be kept on the shelf unrefrigerated until you open it at home.
#5 PP bottles are also preferred because they have not been found to release BPA or phthalates, which are the subject of great debate due to suspected health risks associated with the leaching of BPA from other plastics, especially in baby bottles. For a very thorough article on the subject of the safety of plastic containers, go here .
In most places, #5 bottles are recyclable and they are remade into products such as signal lights, battery cables, brooms, brushes, auto battery cases, ice scrapers, landscape borders, bicycle racks, rakes, bins, pallets, and trays. Glass, on the other hand, is not recycled in all communities, especially in rural communities like ours! We encourage all of our concentrate customers to recycle their plastic bottles.
So for all these reasons, we think we have chosen the best way to package the freshest chai possible for you. But stay in touch! Tipu's Chai is about to launch an innovative new approach to chai that will ultimately make the use of so many plastic bottles and the shipping of water around the country obsolete! To be announced in our next blog! Stay tuned…
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Italian oboist and composer Alberto Cesaraccio will perform with members of the St. Mary's College of Maryland faculty at 8 p.m. Saturday, October 2, in Auerbach Auditorium of St. Mary's Hall. The musical evening is free and open to the public.
Cesaraccio, principal oboe of the Symphonic Orchestra of Sassari in Italy, has extensively toured throughout Europe. He will be performing with Jose Cueto on violin, Jennifer Rende on viola, and Suzanne Orban on cello. They will be playing Mozart's Oboe Quartet, among other compositions.
St. Mary's College of Maryland, designated the Maryland state honors college in 1992, is ranked one of the best public liberal arts schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. More than 2,000 students attend the college, nestled on the St. Mary's River in Southern Maryland.
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These guides showcase education and public outreach resources from across more than 20 NASA astrophysics missions and programs. The twelve guides - one for each month - contain a science topic, an interpretive story, a sky object to view with... (View More) finding charts, hands-on activities, and connections to NASA science. The guides are modular, so that educators can use the portions that are the most useful for their audiences/events. Following is the theme for each month: January - Betelgeuse, February - Orion Nebula, March - Pleiades, April - Pollux; May - Hubble Deep Field, June - Hercules Cluster, July - Ring Nebula & Veil Nebula, August - The Search for Habitable Worlds, September - Milky Way Galaxy, October - Upsilon Andromedae, November - Andromeda Galaxy, and December - Crab Nebula. (View Less)
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|Superpowers Arsenal are coming to Chatham to play Gillingham Ladies'
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Some of the top women players in the Country are heading for Kent in the next ten days, as both defending Women's Super League Champions and Women's FA Cup holders Arsenal, along with their West London Super League rivals Chelsea have both agreed to play what for them will be pre-season friendlies against Gillingham Ladies.
Chelsea were supposed to be first up at Chatham Town tomorrow evening, but sadly it has joined the ever growing list of postponements due to the Big Freeze, as in their squad, the west Londoners are some of the most exciting players in the Ladies game who will be using the game against the Gills as the start to their warm up campaign to the second Super League season which begins over the Easter weekend in early April.
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As part of the County Council's commitment to building strong and safe communities in Hampshire, accredited community safety officers are now patrolling the streets to combat low-level anti-social behaviour.
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The Straight Goods On Gold Mining Stocks
By Iain Butler - January 18, 2013 | See also: ABXKGCGLDABXK
The stunning rise in the price of gold has been very well documented. Historically, the only way that investors had to practically invest in this commodity was by purchasing shares of gold miners. For this reason, gold producing companies used to trade at premium multiples to both their mining peer group and the market in general. For instance, Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX,NYSE:ABX) sauntered through the 1990's, a period that saw the price of gold actually decline by 27%, with an average P/E multiple of 37.0. This compared to the S&P 500's (a better gauge of "the market" than the S&P/TSX Composite) average P/E multiple of 21.6 for the decade.
Barrick's world, along with its gold mining peers, changed forever on November 18, 2004 with the introduction of the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (NYSEMKT:GLD). The SPDR Gold ETF allowed investors to gain direct exposure to the commodity without having to worry about all the practical complications of holding physical gold. Investors suddenly had an alternative for their gold investing dollars.
Because they had been the only game in town, gold miners were never all that worried about doing shareholder friendly things like paying dividends or protecting capital. As long as they were finding and producing gold, it was all good. The competitive angle introduced by the ETF meant that if gold miners wanted to remain as the go to vehicle for investors, they were going to have to pick up their game.
Guess what? They didn't. Gold miners continued to more or less behave as they always had. Overpromising and under delivering was (and continues to be) an issue that plagued the industry and investors were no longer forced to put up with it. Gold company stocks were exchanged for shares in the newly created ETF.
We can see this dynamic at work by simply looking at the returns of the gold companies and the ETF. Over the past five years the gold sub-sector on the S&P/TSX Composite has declined by 10.8% while the commodity has increased in value by 90%!
The issues
Two of the most significant issues that have nailed several of the world's largest gold miners have been cost overruns and a spare no expense, growth by acquisition strategy. There are no two better examples of these issues in play than Barrick, the world's largest gold miner, and Kinross (TSX:K,NYSE:KGC), Canada's third largest gold company.
Barrick has been working for years to bring a project located on the Chile/Argentina border into existence. The mine is known as Pascua Lama and although it holds a massive resource with 17.9 million ounces of gold, the logistics of building this project have basically brought Barrick to its knees. This came to a head in July 2012 when Barrick announced that they were adding another year to the Pascua Lama construction schedule and that the mine is now going to cost $8B to build. This compared to an estimate of an all in cost of just $3B in 2009! Talk about a cost overrun!
Kinross provides evidence of the problem with growth. In the summer of 2010 Kinross paid $7 billion to acquire Red Back Mining which was best known for its Tasiast mine in West Africa. Like Pascua Lama, Tasiast is going to be a big mine with proven and probable resources of 7.5 million ounces of gold, however, like Pascua Lama, bringing this mine to life has been nothing but headaches for Kinross. Because of the issues Kinross has had, they were forced this past fall to take a $2.5 billion writedown on Tasiast, two years after paying $7 billion for it!
This habitual ability to destroy capital has essentially left investors with no choice but to go the ETF route for their gold exposure.
Time well spent
A recent presentation by Nick Holland, CEO of Goldfields, a South African gold producer, indicates that finally the miners might be getting the message. At least he has. Holland does a fantastic job of openly and honestly detailing the issues that the industry has faced, and what can be done to turn the tide. He also makes it very clear what you as an investor need to believe if you are going to allocate a portion of your hard earned dollars to a gold miner. I only wish that all CEO's were as brutally frank as Holland.
Given the historically discounted valuations that exist in this space (Barrick's P/E is currently 10.2), if the gold mining industry is able to take Holland's advice and right the ship, this could be one of the market's hottest corners in the coming years. If you have an interest in gold, do yourself a favour and take the time to go through this presentation. It could potentially make, or save, you a lot of money!
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|I planted Table Queen Acorn and Waltham Butternut squash next to each other, and now where the vines intermixed the acorn shaped squash is a pretty light yellow color and not green.
Can I assume they did infact crossbreed and what are my chances if I saved seeds and planted them again they would be acorn shaped and yellow.
I thought the children of cross breed squash would look like the parents and the saved seeds would change their shape and/or color?
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- Posted by farmerdilla (My Page) on Thu, Oct 9, 08 at 15:48
|1. If this is your first planting with known quality seeds, no chance of crossbreeding showing up. Any crossbreeding only shows up when the seeds are saved for a new generation.
2. Acorns are C. pepo and butternuts are C. moschata. I have never encountered a cross between the two either naturally or engineered.
3. While Table Queen will turn yellow/orange when fully ripe, they should be dark green until storage. Is it possible that that you have a different acorn? They come in a variety of shades and colors. The other possibilty is that you have stress on vines that results in premature aging.
|I forgot to mentioned that the yellow ones were also the biggest of all of the Acorn squash I planted.
The only acorn yellow ones are exactly where they overlap with the Butternut plants.
Premature aging causes a the color to change from green to yellow?
- Posted by wild_forager 6b (My Page) on Thu, Oct 9, 08 at 16:31
|It's definately not a crossbreed. Maybe a golden variety got mixed in with the seed pack?
|I doubt it is a mixed up seed as the only yellow ones are exactly in the overlap area only, all my other non overlapped ones are dark green.
I might save a few seeds and see what I get next year.
I'm not sure you are understanding, if these are seeds from a true packet, and not something you saved from last year, it is impossible they are a cross breed. Especially if there are two fruits which look different on the same plant. That clearly indicates stress to a certain part of the plant, which caused the yellowing of the skin.
Forget the fact that you are talking about two types of squashes that cannot be crossbred.
|I doubt it is a mixed up seed as the only yellow ones are exactly in the overlap area only
As already mentioned these 2 varieties will not cross, cannot cross, and even if they could you wouldn't see it this year.
So the yellow ones you are seeing are simply a result of 1) stresses such as nutrient deficiency on that part of the plant, excess water pooling around that part of the plant, excess sun exposure, or some sort of root damage or pest affecting only that particular branch of the plant. And yes, as acorn age they turn yellow.
Or 2) if you planted multiple seeds in the hill then the there is a slim possibility that one of the seeds was from one of the yellow acorn varieties and that is the branch you are seeing.
The most likely is #1.
Save the seed if you wish and what will grow from it next year, assuming no other problems, will be green acorn squash. ;)
Thank you for the clarification, that makes more since to me now. I still might save a couple seeds just to see what I get, but you are probably right.
|Dean, just a note about saving seeds for C. pepo. The species includes a wide range of types (zucchini, patty pan, spaghetti, hard-necked pumpkins, acorns, ornamental warted gourds). Because pumpkins & summer squashes are so popular, it is the most widely-grown of all the squashes... so it is the most likely to cross-pollinate with something grown by your neighbors. Squash flowers are outstanding pollen sources, and bees will fly great distances to feed on them.
As an example: My garden is at least 1000 feet from the nearest neighbor, so I felt safe growing squash for seed without isolation. For all but C. pepo, this has been the case. I grew bush acorns for seed two years ago, hidden within a large corn planting (to discourage borers - it helped). This year I did a mass planting of that seed, thinning down to the 18 strongest plants.
Of the 18 plants, 15 were normal. One still looked like a green acorn, but was round, not pointed. One was a semi-vining plant that bore a heavy crop of small orange acorn-like squash, also more rounded than normal (good tasting, though). The third oddity was a massive vining plant, that formed several pumpkins.
So the bottom line is... unless you hand-pollinate C. pepo squashes in urban or suburban areas, the seed is not likely to be pure. If you only save seed for yourself, this may not matter - it could even be interesting. But if you save seed to share with others, or if you really want to keep a variety pure, then isolation & hand-pollination is required.
|I forgot to mention that I planted some zucchini green and yellow crookneck squash not more then 30 feet away. The Acorn color matches perfectly the yellow crookneck.
So can I assume the yellow crookneck squash crossbreed and gave color to my acorn squash?
It doesn't matter what you grew this year. That does not affect the way your squash looks this year.
Did you buy your seeds that you are growing this year, or did you save them from last year's garden?
If you bought the seed(I'm assuming you did,) a few things could of happened. One, it is possible that a seed for a white(yellow acorns are called white for some reason) acorn squash got mixed into your seed pkt. It seems that the squash looks yellow(see pic on link below) to you and not like it is mottled or old so it is possible a white cultivar. If you planted a few seeds together, it could give the impression of vine making 2 color types of squash when in fact it is 2 vines intertwined and one is making green and one is making yellow.
If you saved seeds from last year, you could experience all kinds of variations. If your seed saved was from a hybrid acorn or just plain old crossed in the garden seed, many colors and/or shapes could occur.
If you end up saving seed from this season, you will most likely see all kinds of variation since you grew squash in the same C. pepo family. They cross breed quite readily. So even if you did have a true white acorn appear(from a stray seed or mutation) in your garden, it will not come true next year being the flowers from it probably cross pollinated with one of your other squash like the crookneck or most likely the green acorns it was growing with anyway.
I hope I explained this well enough,
Here is a link that might be useful: White Acorn Squash Pic
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The International Longshore and Warehouse Union elevated its battle with the electrical workers' union and terminal operator ICTSI Oregon a notch by filing a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Oregon.
The ILWU joined the Pacific Maritime Association, the employers' group on the West Coast, in seeking a temporary restraining order and injunction prohibiting ICTSI from hiring members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to handle refrigerated containers at the Port of Portland's Terminal 6.
The National Labor Relations Board's regional director last weekend filed an unfair labor practices charge against the ILWU, charging the union over the past two weeks has slowed operations at the port to force ICTSI, which operates Terminal 6, to cease using IBEW workers.
The NLRB scheduled a hearing for Aug. 14, which could clear the way for a temporary restraining order and possibly an injunction against the dockworkers union.
The ILWU-PMA lawsuit in U.S. District Court pits the dockworkers union and their employers group against the Port of Portland and ICTSI over enforcement of the coastwide Pacific Coast Longshore and Clerks Agreement, the master contract between the PMA and ILWU covering all West Coast ports.
The dispute is unusually complex because it is playing out on several tracks and involves charges and countercharges by both parties.
The Port of Portland in 2010 contracted with International Container Terminal Services Inc. of the Philippines to operate its only container facility, Terminal 6. According to the port authority, the IBEW for years has been performing the work of plugging, unplugging and monitoring reefer containers at Terminal 6.
ILWU labor had been performing all other work at Terminal 6, and ICTSI has continued to employ ILWU dockworkers for the other functions. According to the ILWU, the union and the PMA brought the matter of the reefer containers through the waterfront contract's grievance machinery, and the ILWU and PMA "obtained final and binding contractual rulings that the work currently in dispute at Terminal 6 must be assigned to the ILWU."
ICTSI is a signatory to the PCL&CA contract. The ILWU and PMA said ICTSI "is blatantly ignoring its obligations" under the coastwide contract.
Concerning the NLRB's ruling, ILWU Coast Committeeman Leo Sundet charged the labor board "has no jurisdiction over cases involving public port employees."
This is also the second time in the past year the ILWU has been engaged in a jurisdictional dispute with another union. EGT, a grain terminal operator, attempted to employ members of the International Union of Operating Engineers at its new facility in Longview, Wash. The ILWU challenged the company. After a year of dockworker demonstrations and legal disputes with the ILWU, EGT contracted with the ILWU to perform the work.
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Muay Thai (Thai Boxing) is what the Thai people call their own martial art. The art of Muay Thai has been the country's most popular spectator sport for hundreds of years.
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Triad concert to benefit HandyCapable Network
Disabled individuals will take center stage this week — literally — but the emphasis will be on ability rather than disability.
Justin Hines, a disabled singer/songwriter who has performed at venues throughout the world, will give a benefit concert Wednesday evening at Greensboro's Temple Emanuel. Proceeds will go to the HandyCapable Network, a Triad nonprofit that helps developmentally disabled individuals find meaningful work.
"This is part of Justin's 'Vehicle of Change Tour,' which he started back in the spring," says Barbara Davis, HandyCapable's executive director. "He raised money to do a series of concerts for free for nonprofits like ours."
Davis points out that Hines has made a big splash in the music world, and it's a privilege to have him in the Triad.
"He's played in Dubai, he's played at the Beijing Olympics, his song 'Say What You Will' was number one in South Africa, and now he's coming right here to Greensboro," she says. "We're very fortunate to have him here."
Hines, who is Canadian, has Larsen syndrome, a congenital joint dislocation condition that will require him to use a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
"The reality is, I don't really look at my situation as that big a deal," Hines says on his website. "We all have things that challenge us, just some people's are a little more visible in the forefront. Mine is very apparent, whereas others wear it on the inside."
Hines has been performing professionally since he was 14, after winning a vocal competition to sing the Canadian and U.S. national anthems at a Toronto Raptors basketball game. Since then he has performed across the globe and has recorded several albums. He has also been featured on a PBS special and on a "CBS Sunday Morning" segment.
One of his songs, "Tell Me I'm Wrong," climbed to No. 21 on Billboard's adult contemporary chart, and the video has garnered hundreds of thousands of hits online.
HandyCapable, which is based in Greensboro but serves all of the Triad, trains developmentally disabled adults to refurbish donated computers, which are then placed with low-income families and other nonprofits.
"All of our HandyTechs, as we like to call them, are people with developmental disabilities," Davis explains. "We train them to refurbish used computers that have been donated to us, which gives them a chance to fulfill their potential and give something back to the community."
For example, Davis tells the story of Carl, a HandyTech who has cerebral palsy but has learned so much that he serves as the nonprofit's web developer.
"He lies on a mat on the floor and loads software with a head pointer," she says. "We just try to focus on their abilities and what they would like to do, and then we give them the skill set they need to accomplish that."
According to Davis, HandyCapable has refurbished and distributed more than 4,300 computers to homes and nonprofits across the Triad, with the goal of every home having a computer.
"We call that program 'A Mouse in Every House,'" she says, "because that's what our goal is."
Wednesday's concert is an important fundraiser for the nonprofit, Davis says.
"Grant funding is down, individual funding is down and corporate funding is down," she says, "so something like this is extraordinarily important and critical for a nonprofit as small as ours."
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Justin Hines will perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Temple Emanuel, 1129 Jefferson Road, Greensboro. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. An additional $10 donation will purchase a ticket for a disabled person to attend the concert.
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Bust your gut laughing at Kim's Convenience, muscle car your way to World of Wheels, or visit wildlife ambassadors in Birds Hill -- that's just a taste of the fun you can have this weekend in Manitoba.
Kim's Convenience at MTC
Mar 13 to Apr 5 | The John Hirsch Theatre, Winnipeg
Laugh and cheer at the "Stomach-hurtingly funny" comedy Kim's Convenience! Thoroughly funny and engaging, Ins Choi's award-winning play has delighted audiences all across Canada and has picked up quite a few awards along the way.
World of Wheels
Mar 14 to 16 | RBC Convention Centre, Winnipeg
Rev up your engines, 'cause the 40th annual Piston Ring World of Wheels returns this weekend! Enjoy three days filled with Manitoba's best hot rods, coolest rides, customs, trucks, muscle cars and motorcycles.
Wildlife Haven presentation
Mar 16 | Interpretive Workshop, Birds Hill Provincial Park
Join in on a FREE presentation by Wildlife Haven and get up close and personal with their live wildlife ambassadors. You will find out how you can help protect Manitoba's wildlife and what to do if you encounter orphaned or injured animals. After the presentation, enjoy hot chocolate and marshmallows around a campfire outside. Event runs from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 204-654-6739.
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Lakeview Hecla Resort
Give your family a a winter pick-me-up by planning a quick getaway to the gorgeous Lakeview Hecla Resort. You can cross country ski, snow shoe, skate, ice fish and toboggan. Or stay inside and swim and slide at the pool or relax at Salka Spa.
See what a few of our friends had to say about their winter staycation in Hecla.
Maple syrup workshop
Mar 15 | Oak Hammock Marsh
Find out the basics of maple syrup making at Oak Hammock Marsh. Learn how to recognize maple trees, properly tap the tree, harvest the sap and transform the sap into syrup.
Hudson Bay Quest Sled Dog Race
Mar 13 to 17 | Gillam to Churchill
Dog teams will test their mettle through forest and tundra, following a 330 kilometre course spanning the edge of Wapusk Park (home to the western Hudson Bay's polar bears) from Gillam to Churchill.
I On The Sky at MTYP
Mar 10 to 16 | Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Winnipeg
Be lead into a world of movement, imagery and music, where poetry sways reality at I On The Sky! This bold show will challenge kids to blend their own imagination with those of the performers.
St. Patrick's Day Celebrations
Mar 15 | Shamrock Centre, Killarney
Put your "kiss me, I'm Irish" pins on and make your way out to Killarney to join in on their St. Patrick's Day Celebrations! Enjoy a fun-filled day of entertainment and FREE activities for the kids.
Over the Top: Art auction and cupcake party
Mar 16 | Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA), Winnipeg
Celebrate MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women's Art) with artwork and dessert at the Over the Top art auction and cupcake party! This year Over The Top will also be celebrating MAWA's 30th birthday.
WRAPPED: The Mummy of Pesed
Oct 25 to Apr 6 | The Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg
For the first time in 45 years a real Egyptian mummy will be on display in Winnipeg! The Manitoba Museum's temporary exhibit, WRAPPED: The Mummy of Pesed, showcases Pesed, "The Shining One", a mummy and her coffin, and includes over 60 ancient Egyptian antiquities, CT scans and forensic facial reconstructions of Egyptian mummies.
Early Days of Passenger Travel tour
Mar 16 | Western Canada Aviation Museum, Winnipeg
Take an in-depth look at the early days of passenger travel in Canada, when Trans-Canada Airlines (now Air Canada) was headquartered in Winnipeg. View TCA headquarters' first airplane (a Lockheed Electra 10A), board the historic Vickers Viscount, and experience a trip back in time.
The art scene
Various locations across Manitoba
Spend an afternoon or evening enjoying some of Manitoba's diverse arts offerings. Here's a handful of great exhibits you don't want to miss this month.
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Today it's time for Shaun White to have his day. After the two-time gold medalist pulled out of the slopestyle event last week, he was bashed by fellow competitors, even called scared. His event headlines primetime tonight.
White will try to win gold for the third straight Olympics. No American has won gold in the same event in three consecutive games.
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Did you buy way too many buns for your last backyard barbecue? Don't worry! We've got a bunch of easy, delicious recipes that will help you use up all that leftover bread before it goes bad.
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Microsoft Doubtful of Win XP's Netbook Future
It seems the OS from two-generations ago is on its way out.
Windows 7 is here and it's pretty good. If you're a road warrior armed with a netbook, however, it seems that Windows XP is still the choice for those who demand the longest battery life. But Microsoft doesn't foresee that Windows XP will be living much longer on those tiny little laptops.
With Windows 7 being the main product now that Microsoft, it sees little reason to market and push Windows XP as the operating system of choice for netbooks. In fact, instead of pushing the low-cost Windows 7 Starter for netbooks, Microsoft is giving it the full treatment with Home Premium.
The director of netbook PCs in Microsoft's Windows client group, Don Paterson, told The Register in an interview, "We will continue to make Windows XP available for those devices [netbooks], but it doesn't make sense to put marketing effort behind those devices. As much as we make Windows XP available for a year, we won't see it last in the market that long. We will get through the holidays. My gut [feeling] is we will walk away from the holidays and see that it's not worth keeping it in market."
Paterson added that those who "do their homework and understand the value proposition [of Windows 7 Home Premium] will migrate," while those who choose Windows XP are just looking for "absolutely the lowest cost device" or are just resistant to change.
From here on out, it seems that Windows 7 Home Premium is that main choice for nearly all consumer PCs.
Create a new thread in the UK News comments forum about this subject
1ukgooey , 13 November 2009 06:40So what about the battery life? Dual boot with some variety of low power using mini Linux OS and only use Windows for Windows apps. Startup time will be quicker too and it really isn't that complicated to use. It's ideal for a netbook and free.
-2Anonymous , 13 November 2009 13:33Obviously M$ does not want to sell XP - they want us all to buy their latest OS. But XP works fine, it has unrivalled driver support, is as solid as a brick, and gives you the very best battery life. I won't buy '7' until I have NO option.
1Hiniberus , 13 November 2009 14:32XPforeverObviously M$ does not want to sell XP - they want us all to buy their latest OS. But XP works fine, it has unrivalled driver support, is as solid as a brick, and gives you the very best battery life. I won't buy '7' until I have NO option.
That is true and with 7 still being somewhat new, there are still all the device drivers still yet to come out. Along with gaming compatability, some of the best games are the older ones and with 7 strolling along, those games will not be playable with ease, though at least it is releaving that Vista isn't going to be used on these netbooks. That was a failure of an OS
1AW-Levi , 13 November 2009 15:43Just as stated by XPforever, XP still seems to be a good choice for both those who have up to date hardware as for those who are more than outdated. And of course , being part of the strategy that MS holds against XP to make users change to Windows 7 sounds a bit selfish.
Everyone has the right to choose...Whether people stay or upgrade to a newer version of Windows.
In some cases XP still proves to be beneficial ( as mentioned with battery life ) although it lacks some security enhancements as well as some basic components that make it even faster on latest hardware they can be all dealt with.
In my opinion, if MS wanted DirectX10 or 11 on XP they could have done it. That is if they wanted to stick to it. But it seems the more XP was on the market the more it has to disappear nowadays. (Bad policy) Maybe because it was one of those OS-s that not only out-shined but also had been good choice for more than 8 years.
Though using Win 7 will be beneficial as we cannot undo what has been done. Hopefully it won't end up as Vista or XP when Win 8 gets on to the shelves.


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The Ultimate Game-changer for the Persevering Souls
After being blessed with a second girl-child, when my mother held me in her arms as a new-born, all she thought of was that the biggest tool she could gift me to fight the odds of life was a decent education. Little did she know that this was going to be a herculean task. I was sent to an English convent school along with my elder sister for my primary education. I was in the second grade when communal violence erupted in our region. My worried father applied for our admission to a local school with poorest teaching standards near our home. By then, the riots had abated and the region was limping back to the normal. But my father's rigid stance was hard to break. This left my mother crestfallen who was reliving her dream of education through her girls. She kept on coaxing my father to rethink over his decision. Finally he yielded and we were shuffled back to the old convent. During my high-school years, I started disliking the current school due to the scarcity of good teachers and deteriorating academic environment. "I am through with this school. The syllabus, the faculty suffocates me," I blurted out to my parents. The endless toil I used to put into my study hours after school, slogging under the dim light of oil-lamp surrounded by swarm of mosquitoes made them buy my point-of-view.
For the first fifteen years of my life I had lived with my family in a town where supply of electricity was pathetic. All these years it never occurred to me that kids in this world have access to bright light on dark evenings.
A better school meant family-relocation. We were aiming at one of the best school of Eastern India and getting there was tough. Being not a local applicant made it tougher. It took two years and countless parents' visits to the school head-office that I was finally called in for the written test. By grace of Almighty, I cracked it and got admitted. This school took brilliant care of my studies till I graduated from the senior high-school. Hailing from a conservative background, it took quite some time to convince my father and his family to allow me to move to New Delhi for my higher studies. This was financially and emotionally taxing decision for my parents. For her peace of mind concerning security, my mother moved along with me to see me through. Had not been for her sacrifices, higher education wouldn't be possible for me.
Calling education a fundamental right is one thing and exercising this very right as a girl in developing country is another, as one has to overcome many hurdles one after another. Despite of coming from a well-educated family, I had to fight battles at home turf to assert my right to good education. How hard it must be for my other counterparts belonging to the underprivileged sections.
At school, we did a literacy survey of the rural population exploring the reasons for the abysmally low attendance rates of female students in government schools. "My daughters are the natural nannies of the babies in the family and take care of the domestic chores. Who will vouch for their safety as they commute to and fro from the school?," retorted one of the women during the survey. Many were of the opinion that education would pollute their daughters and make them disobedient. These responses reflect the regressive mindset that hasn't changed much even after years later. Female education in rural India remains a distant dream for many and so does the women empowerment. Impediments in achieving an absolute female literacy are many.
i.) High population growth leads to unequal distribution of scarce resources among sons and daughters in
patriarchal families
ii.) Cultural sanctions imposed on females keep them confined within the domestic boundaries
iii.) With rise in gender-based crimes, safety concerns keep many girls away from attending school
iv.) Absence of motivation and guidance from family and community
To micro-manage the dire need of education among the downtrodden women, my school's initiative of each one teach one has proved effective. Here, each educated individual takes the responsibility of educating an illiterate female besides contributing in cash/kind to an education fund dedicated to providing them with other utilities.
The first and foremost war that a female fights on route to her education is in her mind. To overcome the "ifs" and "buts" that society places on her head is not easy. To endure the insecurity of people around her about her declaration of attaining intellectual freedom demands perseverance of highest degree. Once these mental barriers are crossed, the physical ones appear scalable. "Where's the will, there will be a way".
This story was written for World Pulse's Girls Transform the World Digital Action Campaign.
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Each One Teach One
You've expressed and written this so well. I especially love the idea of "each one teach one." It's the first time I've read about it and wow, this could really work for so many less privileged to get some education that otherwise would give them so much difficulty in achieving. Your journal also shows how much sacrifice your mother went through to give you an education. She did well and you certainly made her realize her dream for you. You are even doing more than she probably dreamed for you...you're uplifting other women in your community and even beyond. Keep doing great!
Parents really do make the difference
Hi Amina,
Thank you for your story. I agree, parental support really does make all of the difference and helping a child achieve their full potential. I would love to hear your ideas of how to foster parental support for girl's education.


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DS will be on a the same schedule for a few days and then if we are not home and are out somewhere, he will be thrown off.
Just in the last 2 days, all of his naps have been about 1 hour. His morning nap used to be at least 2 hours...but you never knew how long it was going to be. So that made it hard tp have a set schedule.
If he keeps doing the 1 hour nap, 3 times a day, I think we can work on it. However, the thing that causes a problem is that he can still only be awake for 2 hours before needing a nap.
So, he just woke up from his 3rd nap (it is 4 PM here). So, by 6 he will be sleepy again. The problem is that I can't let him nap that late b/c then he will not go to bed until 9 (if he naps for 1 hour). Yesterday, he woke up at 5:15 from his last nap, but we were out grocery shopping, so his 2nd nap was a little later. That worked out good b/c we started bedtime routine around 7. (we usually start it b/t 7 and 7:30)
If he could stay awake for more than 2 hours it wouldn't be a problem!
I have the same problem with DS. He will only stay awake for 1.5-2 hours at a time. We did Ferber and now he is FINALLY sleeping through the night. Since we have that down we started doing a lose schedule with him. I nurse him after he wakes, then he plays, then naps.
Yesterday and today his last nap will end at an awkward time (he'll wake around 5 and sleeps around 8). That is a really long stretch for him. What I do is just keep playing with him. Making him laugh, sing, dance, play with the dogs, anything to keep him entertained as long as possible so he will last that last hour. When I know he is getting too tired I will start his bath routine. It worked great yesterday and we'll see how it goes today. Good luck!


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It wouldn't be the most cost-effective solution... but it may
just be the best possible hope for peace in our time, at least when
it comes to the US Air Force's problematic call for a new
generation of aerial refueling tankers.
The chairman of the House appropriations subcommittee,
Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha, renewed his call Monday for
the Pentagon to consider splitting the $35 billion KC-X contract
between Boeing and a consortium made up of EADS and Northrop
Grumman. "I'm trying to figure out a way to convince the secretary
of defense to at least look at two airplanes, or both of them,"
Murtha told Reuters following a tour of Boeing's widebody aircraft
production facility in Everett, WA Monday.
Murtha's statements are direct affronts to the Pentagon, which
has been adamant that one aircraft would be the most cost-effective
solution for taxpayers.
Alas, two previous rounds of bidding -- the first awarded to
Boeing, the second won by EADS -- failed to reach fruition. Last
year's contract was pulled by the Department of Defense over
GAO concerns about miscalculation of true operating
costs for the EADS-sourced KC-45A, while the original
2002 Boeing win was retracted after revelations of a full-on
procurement scandal came to light.
In the meantime, over seven years of indecision on KC-X have
left Air Force leaders with little alternative other than to
continue flying their aged KC-135 tankers... and possibly sticking
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Darleen Druyun dolls.
The Congressman's solution to split the deal may not be the most
elegant way to resolve the KC-X quagmire, but it might score points
for being the most pragmatic. "My decision is not where the
contract goes, but to come up with the money to pay for the
contract once the Air Force makes a decision," said Murtha. "We are
trying to come up with ways to get the military to make a decision
Murtha called for a contract split last month, when he visited
the Northrop/EADS facility in Mobile, AL where final assembly would
take place on the Airbus A330-derived KC-45A, alongside the
A330-200 Freighter. Boeing's KC-767 would be built in Everett, with
final outfitting being done in Wichita, KS.
The Congressman concedes other decisions must be made before the
DoD tackles KC-X... specifically, whether the Pentagon will
continue funding for the F-22 Raptor advanced fighter aircraft.
As ANN reported, President Obama is expected
to make that decision sometime before March 1.
Dealing with the KC-X mess would be easier, Murtha said, "If we
can get the F-22 out of the way. I don't mean to cancel the
program... We fund it or get rid of it, one way or the other."
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Recent Changes Have Reduced the Use of Continuing Contracts, but Management Processes Need to Be Improved
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has had the authority to award multiyear contracts--continuing contracts--without having received appropriations to cover the full contract amount. In 2006, Congress limited the Corps' use of such contracts by prohibiting obligations made in advance of appropriations. In response, the Corps developed a new clause that stopped work once funding for a fiscal year was expended. GAO was mandated to examine (1) the accuracy of the Corps' fiscal years 2007 and 2008 quarterly reports to Congress about continuing contracts that included the new clause, (2) the extent to which the Corps' use of continuing contacts with the new clause may have affected its execution of the Civil Works program during this time, and (3) the extent to which the Corps followed legal procedures in implementing the new clause. To conduct this work, GAO reviewed Corps documents, such as its quarterly reports and bid protests, federal procurement laws, and interviewed officials.
The Corps' quarterly reports to Congress for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 about continuing contracts with the new clause were inaccurate. According to the reports, the Corps awarded 21 new continuing contracts during fiscal years 2007 to 2008: 9 for construction and 12 for operations and maintenance, ranging in value from $2.1 million to $341.5 million, for a total value of about $811 million. However, GAO found that some continuing contracts were double-counted, while others were missing from the reports. GAO also found other types of errors, such as a fully funded contract that was incorrectly included in the quarterly report as a continuing contract. These errors raise questions about the accuracy of the reports. GAO identified similar inaccuracies in the Corps' quarterly reports during its 2006 review and at that time recommended that the Corps develop a tracking system to monitor its use of these contracts. While the Corps believes its system of asking divisions to provide information on a quarterly basis is sufficient for tracking continuing contracts, GAO disagrees. Without a tracking system supported by sufficient internal controls to ensure accuracy, errors can persist in the information provided to Congress. The Corps' use of the new clause has generally not affected the agency's ability to execute its Civil Works program. The Corps decreased its use of continuing contracts beginning around the time that the new clause was initiated. However, while acknowledging that the transition to the new clause created some initial difficulties that have since been overcome, Corp officials did not provide any examples of work being stopped on a project because funds were not available. The Corps did not comply with a legal requirement in implementing the new clause, resulting in some districts' reluctance to use it. Section 22 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (OFPP Act) generally provides that no procurement regulation that has a significant effect beyond the internal operating procedures of the agency or a significant cost on contractors or offerors may take effect until 60 days after the procurement regulation is published for comment in the Federal Register. This requirement may be waived in urgent and compelling circumstances; however, the regulation must still be published in the Federal Register stating that it is temporary and providing for a public comment period of 30 days. Although the Corps has requested approval since 2006 from the Department of the Army and the Department of Defense, as it is required to, the clause has never been published and the Corps has continued to use it. GAO believes that the Corps' argument that its pursuit of publication satisfies the statute is unpersuasive. Moreover, GAO spoke with Corps officials from districts and divisions who expressed concern about using the clause prior to its publication. Specifically, they are concerned that using the clause could subject the Corps to legal challenges, such as bid protests, and that such potential challenges could delay projects and increase their costs.
Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Directorate annually publishes Engineering Circular 11-2-205, Execution of the Annual Civil Works Program. This document provides for review and approval of all new continuing contracts. As outlined in the circular, the Corps requires the development of a business case for the use of all continuing contracts which addresses the (1) availability of full funding, (2) description of contract acquisition strategy, (3) contract earnings and expected funding stream, and (4) evaluation of contract alternatives. The business case format also contains a section devoted to the discussion of management controls which requires the Corps to provide a description of the management controls in place to ensure that the contractor has adequate notice of exhaustion of funds and is positioned to conclude work before funds are exhausted.
Recommendation: To ensure that the Corps provides accurate and reliable reports to Congress on its use of continuing contracts and complies with federal procurement law, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to establish adequate internal controls to ensure accurate and complete information is collected and reported to Congress on the use of continuing contracts.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: The Department of Defense published the new continuing Contracts clause (Continuing Contract for Civil Works Project Managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers Clauses) in the Federal Register on January 15, 2010 as a proposed rule. The Corps is currently evaluating comments received.
Recommendation: To ensure that the Corps provides accurate and reliable reports to Congress on its use of continuing contracts and complies with federal procurement law, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to suspend the Corps' use of the new continuing contracts clause until it has been published in the Federal Register, in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 418b.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: After the close of each fiscal year, the Corps, following its standard operating procedures, develops a table of its continuing contracts with obligations in that fiscal year or expected in future fiscal years. The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works transmits the table to the Chairs of the Subcommittees on Energy and Water Development, Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.
Recommendation: To ensure that the Corps provides accurate and reliable reports to Congress on its use of continuing contracts and complies with federal procurement law, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide regular updates to Congress on the progress of these actions.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense
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Did anybody ever see one pass by an old hat on the sidewalk, without giving it a kick? We do not believe such a thing ever happened. Well, a wag seized upon this characteristic, out of which to make a little amusement, on all fools' day. He procured a boulder of some twenty pounds or more, and laying it on the sidewalk, placed it over an ancient weather beaten hat. The first person who passed that way was a jolly, rollicking young man, who went whistling "Jordan is a hard road to travel;" as he came opposite the hat, so temptingly in his way; he gave it a rousing kick, expecting of course to see it go skiving into the street. But it didn't move, and he picked up his toe in both hands, hopped about, and became emphatic in his language, in a manner that made the perpetrator of the joke dodge around the corner. A moment after a gentleman came that way with a cricket club on his shoulder; he brought it down with a swoop against the hat, expecting to see it take a hoist over the lamp-post on the adjacent corner. But it didn't, while the cricket club as it run against the stone, flew half way across the street, and the striker fell to dancing about, blowing his fingers as if they were cold, and using a good many words not found in any religious work of the day. We staid long enough to see a dozen or more assaults perpetrated on that old hat that concealed the boulder, and every time the attacking party got the worst of the bargain.
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A number of rites and devotions focus on the Eucharist. They help us to become closer to Jesus and to desire to celebrate the Eucharistic liturgy. Examples include Benediction and Forty Hours Devotion. During these periods of adoration, the Blessed Sacrament is exposed on the altar in a monstrance, a special vessel in which the Eucharist can be viewed and adored.
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The practice of exposition and benediction began in the Middle Ages. People did not receive communion very often, so adoration of the Blessed Sacrament was they way in which they connected with Jesus in the Eucharist. The feast of Corpus Christi, or the Body and Blood of Christ, began during this time. On that feast day the Eucharist was placed in a monstrance and carried in procession. Eventually a custom arose in Germany of keeping the Eucharist exposed to view for a certain period of time in church. In France and elsewhere it became the custom to gather in church after work to sing songs to Mary. Over time the two services merged: songs and chanted prayers accompanied the period when the Eucharist was exposed.
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