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Posted onRichard Drew Rasor Jr. of Larchmont, N.Y., who had a successful career in advertising sales for several magazines, including Yachting, died suddenly last Wednesday at the age of 48 while on vacation with his family.
He leaves behind his wife Kathleen Brustman Rasor, and children Drew, 13, Ryan, 12, Katie, 9, and Robbie, 6. He is also survived by his parents, four sisters, a brother and numerous nieces and nephews.
"We lost one of the good guys," said Ed Baker, publisher of Bonnier Corp.'s Yachting and Salt Water Sportsman. "I know of no one out there who could say anything bad about Rich."
Baker started working with Rasor at (then Yachting owner) Times Mirror Co. in 1990 and Baker says he watched his friend rise from a non-endemic ad sales rep to the director of the department.
Rasor was a longtime member of the Larchmont Yacht Club and a dedicated recreational boater who loved the on-the-water lifestyle. He owned a variety of boats through the years, Baker said, but his favorite was his 18-foot Boston Whaler.
"He was an avid boater, a true family man and he was a great friend to a lot of people," Baker said.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be sent to The Rasor Family Trust 2010, in care of The Golden Shoestring (Junior League of Westchester on the Sound), 149 Larchmont Ave., Larchmont, NY 10538.
A funeral Mass was held this morning at Saint Augustine's Roman Catholic Church in Larchmont.
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Minnesota State Mankato's Symphonic Band and Concert Wind Ensemble will perform a special concert Sunday, Oct. 23, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11/2001 attacks.
The special concert will be at 3 p.m. in Halling Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center.
The Symphonic Band, directed by graduate assistant Ben Druffel, will perform two movements from the "Second Suite in F for Military Band" by Gustav Holst. This is the 100-year anniversary of this band composition.
The Symphonic Band also will perform "Amber Waves of Grain" by James Curnow, a piece based on "America the Beautiful."
Band member and junior Music Industry major Rose Caswell said she is "enjoying the challenge" of preparing and performing for the concert. "This semester has been a lot of fun, but it's also been difficult."
The Concert Wind Ensemble, directed by Amy Roisum Foley, will perform Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man." The group will close with a hymn and requiem mass in honor of the lost and the living.
The concert "is a celebration of life and nature, along with the commemoration of the events of September 11," Foley said.
Concert admission is $9, $7 for students with a valid MavCard, and $6 for other students (K ¬ 12) and children. Those who wish to purchase tickets online may go to the Department of Music, and those who want more information may call the Performance Series office, (507) 389-5549.
Minnesota State Mankato, a comprehensive university with 15,649 students, is part of the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities system, which comprises 32 state institutions.
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Holder moves forward with prosecution and a note on Professor Yoo
A prosecutor has been appointed to investigate possible abuses by the CIA, and they are also looking into that little matter of destroying interrogation tapes. It looks like Professor Yoo will escape prosecution. But he continues to be harassed at his teaching position.
While Rightscounsel does not support Professor Yoo's position on torture, or any of the positions for which he has been so justly criticized, the move to try and strip him of tenure is deeply troubling. Remember that tenure is designed to protect those who espouse deeply unpopular opinions. While Dean Edley seems to support the idea of tenure, he seems to fall short of completely defending Professor Yoo's tenure.
It might be fun to hound someone you do not agree with. But just imagine if a future professor Obama was similarly were to be hounded by all those town hall crazies or birthers. Rightscounsel is reminded of a point that Professor once made in a public appearance in the early days of the Bush administration. The topic was compassionate use of medical marijuana. He pointed out that the doctrine of federalism cuts both ways — people who espouse liberal views in California often decry federalism, but they may seek shelter under that doctrine if a character like Alberto Gonzales is deciding who the federal government may want to prosecute. The same is true of tenure. While it may protect people and opinions we do not like, it also protects the voice of people who dare to speak out in more troubling times.
That brings me to another topic — word on the street is that Professor Yoo is an excellent teacher and one of the few professors at Berkeley who has gone the extra mile to help out students who need assistance securing clerkships or post-graduation employment. It would be a shame if Berkeley lost him.


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2. When a party of 5 or more people occurs, and police respond to a complaint for disturbing the peace, they can choose to 'tag' your house as having an 'unruly gathering', and the party host can be cited ($100). The owner of the property will also be notified by mail. If another unruly party occurs within 6 months, the party host can get a larger fine ($500), and the property owner can also be fined. Future offenses escalate the fines. Some landlords may choose to evict their tenants after the first unruly gathering posting.
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Early in Faithful, Stephen King and Stewart O'Nan's alternately obsessive, exhilarating, exhausting, hilarious, openhearted diary of the Boston Red Sox 2004 season, King defines his addiction to the Red Sox by comparing it to malarial fever and writes that, win or lose, he'll continue to follow the Sox as he has every year since 1967 when he felt said fever take hold. ''Which is pretty much addiction in a nutshell: doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.''
It's quite possible you have to be from New England (or Chicago, home of the other 20th-century Trophy Case for Baseball Futility) to appreciate not only how shocking the Red Sox World Series triumph is but how much it rattles the core of our region's collective identity. Without the chip on our shoulder, without the certainty that the gods dislike us, without the perverse solace of an annual wound-licking, and most importantly without our addiction to all of the above, how are we to define ourselves?
As Huns. Let's start there. Huns who've long peered into the empire of Rome and thought, ''One of these days, I'm gonna get me some of that.'' Think of the 2004 Red Sox team itself the scraggly, overbearded band of ''idiots.'' Then think of the look on Derek Jeter's face as game 7 of the American League Championship Series waned in the Gotham twilight with the Yankees down by a touchdown. Gone was that ferret-like Jeter smugness, and what replaced it was the uncertain look of a young emperor as he stared off across the river and thought: ''Jeesh. There's a friggin' boatload of Huns over there.''
If the Boston team are happy Huns, what are the fans? Judging by O'Nan and King, they're lunatics. Inspired addicts, constantly jonesing for the next fix. Of the two, King is the more famous junkie, but O'Nan is more perilously close to requiring detox. Consider the following entry: ''Two innings into the opener and the season's turning to s---.'' Two innings, people. O'Nan, a consistently daring novelist (his A Prayer for the Dying is, in my opinion, a new masterpiece of American literature), covers nearly every major play of every game of the season with a child's doe-eyed wonder. While King is far more likely to admit he switched channels or went to bed early during a groaner, O'Nan identifies with a bumper sticker that reads ''JOB WAS THE FIRST RED SOX FAN,'' looks for ''defining moments'' of the season as early as April, and, in an uproarious set piece, brings a fishing net yes, a fishing net to Fenway to catch batting-practice balls from his Green Monster perch.
King, on the other hand, seems to have the deep-seated fatalism of a Red Sox fan sewn into his ventricles. While psychologists long ago posited a connection between Thanatos and Eros obsessions, King has hipped to a newer construct: the linkage of death fixations with Red Sox fandom. Because we acutely suffering fans have always accepted the basic tenet of both Christianity and RedSoxanity our reward is unlikely to come in this world.
What makes Faithful such an engaging read is not that the Red Sox won. It's that the entries retain a warts-and-all glimpse into the mentality of all fans. O'Nan and King play honest they don't excise early observations or opinions that could make them look foolish with the benefit of hindsight. They rag on manager Terry ''Coma'' Francona, make dire predictions for a midsummer team with no identity or passion, and fairly rage at the heavens when shortstop Nomar Garciaparra is traded. King writes eloquently and quite nakedly about the sense of inferiority a Boston fan feels toward New York (he even cops to wishing Boston drew the Twins instead of the Yanks in the ALCS, a wish I regretfully admit I shared at the time), and O'Nan, well hey, O'Nan left the fishing-net story in there.
And take what biblical symbolism you will from that, because Faithful is ultimately a quasireligious book about what all great religions should be founded upon: love in all its blindness and terror and euphoria and purity and, yes, addiction.
(Dennis Lehane, the Boston-based author of Mystic River and Shutter Island, is working on a new novel that begins with the 1918 World Series, the last time the Red Sox won it all.)


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Boys Swimming: Nothing little about Conor Lamb as Naperville Central takes title
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Naperville Central's Connor Lamb finishes first in the 200 IM with a time of 1:58.53 at the Sandburg Invitational. | Gary Middendorf/for Sun-Times Media
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The 53rd Al Gillberg Invitational at Sandburg was a swimming showcase for Naperville Central, which won the meet Saturday by 152 points over defending champion Marmion.
Naperville Central's Conor Lamb was first in the 200-yard individual medley (1 minute, 58.53 seconds), second in the 500 freestyle and contributed to second-place finishes for the medley and 400 freestyle relays.
But the 13-team invitational that included a few of the top programs in the state also was a productive day for Brother Rice senior Mitch Strahlman.
The two-time All-Stater won the 500-yard freestyle (4:49.93), took second in the 200 IM and anchored the 400 freestyle relay to a first-place finish (3:20.87) to end the meet.
That led Brother Rice, sixth at the Sandburg meet last year, to third place behind Marmion. The top five schools were Naperville Central (318.5), Marmion (166.5), Brother Rice (158), Fenwick (155) and Sandburg (113).
The 200 IM race matched two state finalists from last season. Lamb was seventh at the 2013 state meet and Strahlman was 10th. Strahlman placed 12th in the state 500 free.
Besides Lamb, Naperville Central also got a first place from its 200 freestyle relay (1:29.75) and from diver Peter Rusenas (425.45).
Oak Park's Mark Hallman was a double winner, taking the 200 freestyle (1:47.12) and the 100 free (48.55).
Fenwick's Mike Hill won the 50 free (22.31) and swam on the first-place medley relay (1:40.18).
Marmion's Jack Fergus took first place in the 100 backstroke (54.09).
Marmion, Oak Park and Fenwick were among the top 11 teams of the 45 schools that scored at last year's state meet.
Finishing just 8.5 points behind runner-up Marmion at Saturday's meet, the Strahlman-led Brother Rice squad should have the scoring potential to move up from last year's 36th-place finish at the state meet.


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'Gotham' Trailer: It Was All Pups, Chicks and Kittens Back Then
Movie News By Christopher Campbell on May 5, 2014 | Be the First To CommentRemember that scene in the middle of The Dark Knight Rises where Batman and Catwoman are riding in a horse-drawn carriage through Robinson Park? She says, "I wish we had met sooner. Just imagine: wouldn't that have been wonderful if we had known each other when we were little? Little Bruce-y and little Selin-y." And then there was the flashback dream sequence to when they were in a nursery as babies together. And now we've got a whole show spun-off from that scene. It's called Gotham, because "Batman Babies" wouldn't have been as cool. And it features a little Bruce-y and a little Selin-y, plus a little Ossie and a little Eddie and a little Pammy and a little Jimmy. At least that's how it feels. In reality, the upcoming series (which has just been picked up for a full season) that looks at Gotham City before Bruce Wayne grew up to be Batman is about a tradition and a trend. The former goes back many decades with comic books, as most popular characters have had "lil" and "baby" incarnations. Even Bat-Baby existed for an issue in 1962. The latter is the soon-to-be-over-saturated concept of giving movie villains their own prequel TV shows. There's Hannibal and Bates Motel already. Oh, and it fits in line with the already over-saturating idea of filling the TV channels with superheroes.
Should 'Argo' Have Been More Accurate? Minor Points About the Fake Movie and the Real Mendez Family
Discussion By Christopher Campbell on October 14, 2012 | Comments (8)Movies based on true stories are rarely — if even ever — 100% accurate. To make it an engaging story for an audience, obviously some dramatic license must be used. And for the time constraints of a feature, there has to be a good deal of condensing and abridging and in many cases exclusion. For the full accounts of real life, we may have nonfiction books or magazine articles or the Internet, and these more extensive and comprehensive tools are easily accessed after seeing the film in order to get at the greater truth. Movies based on true stories are more like teasers of true stories. And like most advertisements they have to stretch reality to pique our interest. Argo is certainly that kind of teaser. But are people giving Ben Affleck's latest too much credit in the accuracy department? I keep reading stuff about how the actor/director aimed for realism (see the post from yesterday about the film's sound design), which may be the case in terms of tone and technical accomplishments such as period costumes and production design. There is quality to the recreation of time and place, if not all facts. Meanwhile, many critics are calling this film "stranger than fiction," which is very misleading given just how much fictionalizing went into the script in order for it to have themes and a whole lot of suspense (too much, in my opinion, near the point of feeling like self-parody).
'Argo' Trailer Is The Best Bad Idea Ben Affleck's Had as a Director
Movie News By Scott Beggs on May 8, 2012 | Be the First To CommentRemember when Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Richard Kind, Scoot McNairy, Chris Messina, Michael Parks, Kerry Bishe, Kyle Chandler, Rory Cochrane, and Tate Donovan all got together to make a movie about a fake movie being made in order to rescue hostages being held in Iran? This trailer is one more slice of proof that Affleck knows what the hell he's doing behind a camera, especially when it comes to the slightly funny world of serious issues. Instead of crime-riddled Boston, this time it's the Iranian Hostage Crisis, a fake script called Argo and a crazy attempt at rescuing 6 people. It's Ocean's Eleven except the stakes are real, and they're life-or-death. Check out the trailer for yourself:
Ben Affleck's 'Argo' Fills Out the Rest of Its Cast, Begins Shooting
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on September 2, 2011 | Comments (3)I've already written a couple of different stories about the casting process of Ben Affleck's next film as a director, Argo. His CIA drama includes an impressive list of names like Alan Alda, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Kyle Chandler, and Affleck himself; and it tells a globe-hopping story that should push the limits of what Affleck can do as a director like nothing else he's made up to this point. I'm really looking forward to it. So I'm pleased as punch that Warner Bros. has sent out a press release which not only states that filming is set to begin, but also confirms a few more interesting last minute names to fill out the cast. Joining that bevy of powerful presences up top will be veteran character actor Michael Parks, who recently has been used by directors like Kevin Smith in Red State and Quentin Tarantino in the Grindhouse movies, Clea Duvall, who's been in movies like Zodiac and 21 Grams, Richard Kind, who you'll recognize from things like Curb Your Enthusiasm and the Coens' A Serious Man, and Tate Donovan who has done, well…uh, not much that I've liked. Still, add them all together and that's a seriously awesome group of actors. I've done the plot synopsis thing on this movie before, but for the sake of posterity, let's take a look at Warner's official word on what this movie is about after the break:
Kevin Carr's Weekly Report Card: October 22, 2010
Features By Kevin Carr on October 22, 2010 | Be the First To CommentThis week, Fat Guy Kevin Carr puts on his ghostbusting gear to take on the two big spiritual flicks in the theaters. He suffers through a tsunami in Hereafter and struggles even more to get through Clint Eastwood's latest Oscar-bait flick. Then he sets up a stationary video camera to capture any strange goings-on while he sleeps. He plans to sell the film to Paramount as Paranormal Activity 3: More Shots of Nothing Happening.
The sort of movie for which the critical cliché "tone poem" was invented, Clint Eastwood's Hereafter evokes an eerie serenity in the face of death. With three interlocking storylines centered on our awareness, perceptions and ultimate acceptance of the afterlife, on what the notion that you start dying the moment you're born really means, the picture ought to cast a particular, carefully controlled spell. Yet Eastwood, an adept handler of "meat-and-potatoes" narratives and more naked emotions, fails to transform the precise, melancholic sensibility at the heart of Peter Morgan's screenplay into an affecting cinematic experience. Long-winded, ponderous and without much in the way of compelling drama, Hereafter sputters across three countries, filled with haunting imagery but never offering the visceral, subtle transcendence of a film by a more adept chronicler of spiritual sensations.
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text: The Story Behind 5 Banned Toys and Games Mom always said, "It's all fun and games until somebody gets hurt." Once that happens, she failed to mention, the Consumer Product Safety Commission steps in, bans the malicious game, and orders that all existing copies of it be destroyed. The CPSC certainly means well, but its declarations often lead to debate: Is the game of lawn darts, for instance, a beloved backyard diversion or a malevolent impaler? That particular game may be poised to make a safety-conscious comeback in summer of 2010. In anticipation, PM revisited several other notable game and toy recalls in recent history that, for better or worse, meant playtime was over. By Harry Sawyers Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery 3 of 5 Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab (1951-52) Called "the most elaborate Atomic Energy educational set ever produced" by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities, this sophisticated science kit contained four types of uranium ore, its very own Geiger counter and a comic book called Learn How Dagwood Splits the Atom. A form on the back of the instruction manual allowed a burgeoning Ernest Rutherford to send a note to New Haven, Conn., bearing the message, "Gentlemen: I need replacements for the following radioactive sources, (check which): ALPHA____, BETA _____, GAMMA ______ or CLOUD CHAMBER SOURCE____." Mechanical engineer and inveterate tinkerer Bill Gurstelle fondly recalls the Atomic Energy Lab, saying, "everybody wanted that kit." Nowadays, he adds, "science kits are just sugar and salt." This kit appeared 21 years too soonthe as-yet-nonexistent CPSC never got a chance to ban it. In the meantime, here are the results of our recent experiments with eight new, and decidedly less radioactive, science kits. Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery View Thumbnails Return to Gallery Return to Gallery 0 SHARES 0 TWEET Return to Gallery Back Next Return to Gallery Return to Slideshow Related News Return to Slideshow


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After nine months of planning and a lifetime of waiting, my trip to Japan is finally here. I will be flying from New York City to Tokyo tomorrow and will stay in Japan for the next three weeks. Andrew and I planned this trip when we both had full time jobs, and had no idea we would both be in the middle of starting our own companies during this time. We set our trip dates in stone and said that no matter what happens, we are going. So, I'm putting my baking aside for three weeks and will finally be able to enjoy watching others do the work. We'll travel between Tokyo and Kyoto, stopping in small cities along the way. I plan to go in every bakery I see, taking in all the different flavors, designs and everything else that makes Japanese products so unique. I'm especially excited to see the department stores I've heard so much about, with their sprawling food halls and interesting packaging. I expect to come back refreshed and inspired.
Since it is Japan, the technology capital of the world, I assume I will have plenty of opportunities to get online. I will post as often as I can, but the blog will be unusually quiet until I return at the beginning of December. To help keep you going during November, I compiled a few topics into one post. You can read them all at once, or pace yourself and read each one on a new day (see, it's like I haven't left).
The Great Pumpkin
Looking for a fun cake for your Halloween celebrations or Thanksgiving feasts? Pick up a festive pumpkin cake at Polka Dot Cake Studio.
Same Thing, Different Block
I just found out that the co-owner of Baked in Brooklyn is one of the former owners of the Chocolate Bar, Matt Lewis. It seems that Matt Lewis and Alison Nelson, current owner of the Chocolate Bar, separated and Matt opened up Baked in Brooklyn. This sad news explains why Baked looks exactly like Chocolate Bar, with orange and brown colors and a retro theme. I understand he probably played a key role in developing the initial concept for Chocolate Bar, but why does the new place have to look so similar? When partners split, like Buttercup and Magnolia and now Chocolate Bar and Baked, why do partners essentially copy the old theme from the original store? The original experience can never be recreated, and I don't understand why a store owner wouldn't want to differentiate themselves more with a new shop. I guess it's to be expected in a town now filled with Grey's Papaya, 14th Street Papaya, Papaya Dog, Ray's Original Pizza, Famous Ray's, Famous Original Ray's…
Back to Business
I thought learning to bake like a pro would be enough to get my bakery business started, but it's just the tip of the iceberg. You have to be able to create a product that people actually want to buy (as opposed to just gobble up for free) and that you can easily mass produce. Perfecting a recipe at home is just one step, but scaling that recipe to make large quantities, with commercial equipment, and get consistent results is quite another. The owner of Polka Dot Cake Studio, Ayse Dizioglu, has been gracious enough to let me use her kitchen at night to work on my recipes. I plan to debut a few products during December and January, and start the business early next year. We're still picking a name, putting together packaging and perfecting products, but will be looking for help from Lovescool readers to taste-test and provide feedback. If you are located in New York City and are interested in participating in a taste-test session in December and January, please e-mail me at kelli at lovescool . com, with "Taste-test" in the subject line. We will also begin selling a few items at the end of the year, so save room for more dessert this holiday season.
The Ultimate Chocolate Event
The 8th Annual Chocolate Show will be held in New York City from November 10-13, 2005 (the Gala Fashion Show, featuring wearable chocolate, will also be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2005.) I recommend you go as early as possible since lines quickly grow around the block and you can wait up to 2 hours to get in. I'm relying on you to find some of this year's best vendors for me since I'll be out of town. Have fun and please e-mail me with your findings!
I look forward to reporting back my adventures in Japan and hearing about everything that happened in good old New York while I'm gone. But for now I must say (in my terrible Japanese), dewa mata, or as they say in America, see you later!


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AirTouch will launch bundled mobile services using the LightSquared network
The phone manufacturer, which makes telecom devices that work with voice, data and video, looks set to become the first newly created MVNO to use LightSquared's 4G goodness.
RESTON, Va. and NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., – LightSquared™, a wholesale carrier building a nationwide wireless broadband network that will create consumer choice and drive industry innovation, has signed a wholesale agreement with AirTouch® Communications (OTCBB: ATCH), which develops telecommunications products that can converge various services including voice, data, video and even traditional landline.
Using the LightSquared network, AirTouch will offer its own branded wireless connectivity, opening up an important new revenue stream for the company. Consumers and businesses who purchase AirTouch products can now conveniently sign up for accompanying AirTouch wireless connectivity for those devices. AirTouch will also offer its devices through LightSquared's other wholesale partners.
AirTouch has a rich history of providing next generation high-performance, consumer friendly cellular cordless telephone technology and wireless signal amplification products to businesses and consumers. These include its cell@home, HomeConnex, UFO and FocalPoint products which are and will be sold through various channels.
LightSquared has now signed 15 partner agreements with companies that are eager to develop innovative mobile services, devices and applications on LightSquared's open network. AirTouch represents the first device manufacturer that will sell wireless connectivity over LightSquared's network combined with its communications devices.
"With LightSquared's wholesale-only business model, we can not only provide wireless connectivity to existing customers, but we are now able to tap new revenue streams while generating additional value for our customers and shareholders," said Hide Kanakubo, CEO, AirTouch. "This agreement will help us energize our business model to deliver a much broader range of innovative new products and services."
"We're proud to add AirTouch to our increasingly diverse partner portfolio," said Sanjiv Ahuja, chairman and chief executive officer of LightSquared. "In addition to cellular voice and data products, AirTouch can now add a new source of revenue by delivering a bundled wireless offering to their customers. This represents the true spirit of LightSquared's wholesale-only business model, and we look forward to AirTouch using our network to develop next-generation products and services, and forge new strategic alliances."
About LightSquared
LightSquared's mission is to revolutionize the U.S. wireless industry. With the creation of the first-ever, wholesale-only nationwide 4G-LTE network integrated with satellite coverage, LightSquared offers people the speed, value and reliability of universal connectivity, wherever they are in the United States. As a wholesale-only operator, LightSquared will deploy an open 4G wireless broadband network to be used by existing and new service providers to sell their own devices, applications and services – at a competitive cost and without retail competition from LightSquared. The deployment and operation of LightSquared's network represent more than $14 billion of private investment over the next eight years. For more information about LightSquared, please go to www.LightSquared.com, www.facebook.com/LightSquared and www.twitter.com/LightSquared.
About AirTouch Communications
AirTouch Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: ATCH), is engaged in the development and marketing of patented telecommunications devices capable of converging multiple services and applications such as voice, data, WiFi bridging, video, security and entertainment into one hardware platform. AirTouch holds several patents that enable its products to enhance cellular signals within the home and office.
For more information, please go to www.airtouch.com.
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4 large artichokes
1/2 cup dry breadcrumbs
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons chopped flat-keaf parsley
1/4 pound prosciutto, finely chopped
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions Prepare artichokes for stuffing.
In a bowl, combine breadcrumbs, Parmesan, garlic, parsley and prosciutto. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil to the mixture just to moisten. Combine well.
Cut stem of each artichoke to make an even base so they will stand upright i the pot. Stuff an equal amount of the breadcrumb mixture into each artichoke. Place artichokes in a large pot to hold then upright (and touching) Add about 1/2 up of water to the pot. Drizzle remaining olive oil evenly over the artichokes. Sprinkle on the lemon juice. Place the pot over medium heat and cook, covered (but leave the cover open just a bit) at a bare simmer, for 40-45 minutes or until the leaves are easy to pull away. Add more water to the pot if necessary. Serve warm.


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West Walk is an ideal wood for a complete day out for all the family with walking trails, cycling, picnic spots and adventure play areas.
West Walk at 350 hectares is the largest remaining fragment of the former Forest of Bere.
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The Great Big Food Company is now operating in West Walk car park.
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This thread is long overdue. There is so much to cover, but since this year marks Kylie's 25th year in music I'll start us off with this fabulous mix.
I hope everyone will help contribute, and remember to enjoy yourself.
This thread is long overdue. There is so much to cover, but since this year marks Kylie's 25th year in music I'll start us off with this fabulous mix.
I hope everyone will help contribute, and remember to enjoy yourself.
No Kylie thread is complete without this video
Kylie's biggest hit ever so far, #1 in more than 40 countries! And one of my favorite dance songs of all time.
It makes me sad that this song wasn't a huge hit.
Well Cupid who didn't see this thread coming
She is quite amazing and a great entertainer. Classy and cool. Her latest album, "The Abbey Road Sessions" is quite an accomplishment and a little gem. You go get it!
One of my many favs.
OK, who'll admit to remembering this?
Excuse me whilst I go and throw up.
You may get to love her if you listen to more. I'm not certain where to start, but I could give you some suggestions. I know you like Madonna and Xtina. If you like Madonna's Confessions On A Dancefloor you'll probably enjoy Kylie's 2001 album Fever.
I'd suggest these songs:
Love At First Sight
Can't Get You Out Of My Head
In Your Eyes
Love Affair
If you enjoyed Christina Aguilera's album Bi-on-ic you may find Kylie's 2007 album X appealing.
X I'd greatly suggest for Americans especially.
If you have any questions you can always ask me.
@ BreakTheIce - Indeed, it's definitely her signature song.
@ penayforay - It is a shame, Aphrodite was a wonderful album, wish it could have got more recognition in America.
@ maklaar13 - I cannot wait for the next album!! November 16th in America I believe.
@ BENDERBOY - you can confide in ME Bender.
@ unloadonme - that song was written for me and BENDERBOY, tbqh.
So excited about this thread.
Can't wait for the new album.
This is an old article, but worth posting.
http://m.idolator.com/pl/6875941/kyl...sessions-albumThe rumors are true Kylie Minogue's unreleased X era song "Flower" will finally see the light of day, at least as it was performed by the Aussie singer at London's Abbey Road Studios last year. Kylie hit up the famed establishment for a gig in late 2011 that saw her past songs getting an orchestral makeover. (She also spent several weeks recording there for a proper release of the new versions.) Sixteen of those tracks including "Flower" and Minogue classics like "I Should Be So Lucky", "Can't Get You Out Of My Head", "Confide In Me" and "All The Lovers" have been rounded up for LP The Abbey Road Sessions, which has an October 29 release overseas. UPDATE: The album now has a US release date of November 6.
As an added bonus, Kylie's official site notes that she's set to perform the bulk of the tracks on the upcoming album with the BBC Orchestra this Saturday, September 8, at London's Hyde Park.
Kylie Minogue, The Abbey Road Sessions
1. All The Lovers
2. On A Night Like This
3. Better The Devil You Know
4. Hand On Your Heart
5. I Believe In You
6. Come Into My World
7. Finer Feelings
8. Confide In Me
9. Slow
10. The Locomotion
11. Can't Get You Out Of My Head
12. Where The Wild Roses Grow
13. Flower *so happy she recorded it finally*
14. I Should Be So Lucky
15. Love At First Sight
16. Never Too Late
I'm glad Never Too Late is included on the album. It's an oldie and one of my favourites.
The greatest electro pop song of all time.
One of my favourite songs. Just brilliant.
Love this song from Aphrodite. Sexy guy in the video too.
This one is so old. I used to play it endlessly at the time. Memories.
Also really, really love this song off Aphrodite
^ forgot Come Into My World!!! That video won her a grammy.
By the way, 25 years ago in this month (October) Kylie was busy recording I Should Be So Lucky
The song, released in December that year would perform extremely well in 1988.
#1 in: Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, UK, & Switzerland.
Year end charts: #5 for Australia (1988) and #3 for UK (1988)
^ I think it was her breakthrough song outside of Australia?
I don't think so, she broke into the US and UK top 10 with The Locomotion which was released before this.
Impossible Princess is my favorite Kylie album, but I'm not one of those snobby Impossible Princess fans who feels that Kylie is some helpless maiden being held captive by Parlophone and forced to make "stupid" music for the albums after IP. Aphrodite and Light Years round out my top three. <3
Here's a cute pic of Madonna performing while wearing a shirt that says Kylie Minogue
And let's not forget this song boys
Classic Kylie.
And this is one of my favorite Kylie performances
Epic entrance!
That's the only Kylie album I don't have, still looking for it every chance I get. I am familiar with the songs , very different from the rest of her work.
Idk what my favorite album is, it varies from time to time depending on my mood. Lately I've been listening to Aphrodite a lot.
Great contributions guys.
Can't Get Boombox Out Of My Head
The Abbey Road Sessions is out on the 6th. Her next ALBUM album will be out next year sometime.
Did you like X?
I Should Be So Lucky
Love it!
I don't know all of Kylie's music, but I do love her. I think that as it stands today my favorite Kylie song is All the Lovers. Just love that song! And the video is great too. Red Blooded Woman is a good one too.
I would like to hear more Kylie tracks as I only really know the singles. I want to hear albums from cover to cover.
Here's the cliff notes for anybody looking to get into Kylie:
Clips and samples from all of her videos in order, except for Timebomb and Flower.
^Everything Spinning Around and onward I just love! I like some of her older stuff too but my favorites start at the Light Years era.
Only a few more days until I can get this album.
So excited!
Distant child, my flower, are you blowing in the breeze?
Kylie Minogue is love personified.
^ I am loving your new avatar
^ bless you sweet child.
In Kylie's name we pray, amen.


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Every semester ITLS invites its new logistics and transport graduate coursework program students to attend a half day orientation. The orientation provides valuable guidance on what new students can expect at ITLS and helps to ensure that their studies here are both enjoyable and successful. It is also a great opportunity for new students to meet ITLS staff and their fellow students. The orientation program includes tips on preparing assignments and using the web as a research tool, as well as introducing the units of study on offer at ITLS, and the employment opportunities for logistics and transport graduates including the Graduate Work Placement Program.
Orientation is held in Lecture Theatre 2, Level 1, ITLS. ITLS is not on the main campus, it is located at St James Campus, 173-175 Phillip Street, Sydney CBD.
Using the web as a research tool
Logistics management units of study
Transport management units of study
Orientation Semester 2, 2012
Feedback on Orientation
Students who have attended the orientation have made the following comments on what they found the most useful about the day:
- Meeting people and building networks and relationships
- Learning about the facilities at ITLS
- How to prepare assignments
- Details of the units of study
- How to use the resources to help prepare assignments
- It was helpful learning about resources available online to help prepare for successful study e.g., template for assignment, virtual drive etc.
- Fundamental concept of report writing and references
- Opportunities to join postgraduation work experience program and work for leading companies in the industry.
- Experiences shared and suggestions by former ITLS students.
- Shared experiences with excellent graduates.
- Meeting people and getting familiar with the faces of the ITLS academics and staff
- The team is so friendly and helpful
- Warm welcome speech by the Director, opportunities to encounter former ITLS students and future employers.
- Get to know a lot more about logistics management. Great chance to meet all the academic staff and classmates.
- It was really fun and friendly
- Welcome from Professor Hensher was very good and contained relevant and interesting content.
- The friendly welcome of Professor Hensher and the fact itself that your Discipline offers an orientation.
- The possibility to ask questions, the friendly welcome of Professor Hensher and the nice and friendly staff.
- Meeting academic staff and classmates.
- Listening to the faculty and getting so much of knowledge on the first day which proves very useful later on.
- Being given the resources to take charge of own development.
- Meeting with actual businesses and hearing what is important, everybody gave a realistic view of the road after graduation.
- The information of working opportunities in Australia.
- The questions and answer session.
- Grateful for the general overview and a bit of a clue about peers and peers' backgrounds and aspirations.
- The brief introduction of each course.
- The whole day was very good and useful.
- Very helpful and informative, great value.
- Gives a lot of information about the library, blackboard and study related issues in concise manner.
- I appreciated the mix of speakers and Faculty. It helped to give me a full bodied concept of the Institute and the resources available to students. I also though the step-by-step approach to the website was incredibly helpful, as most students would not think to mine the Institute website for a quarter of the information it has.
- Lots of important information.
- Knowing how to use the web effectively.
- How to learn and manage myself through the course.
- Preparing and formatting assignments.


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Featured Download: Wrath Downloader [Update] {WoW}
Nov 13th 2008 1:21AM not sure Brian, I'd like to know the same thing. That whole trial thing sounds alot more enticing to me right now that getting in my car and driving down to best buy....would rather do it tomorrow during work hours lol
Featured Download: Wrath Downloader [Update] {WoW}
Nov 13th 2008 1:08AM Mine "stopped" at ~140mb, speed read zero...so I hit the stop button, and restarted it. Now it's back to 100mb, still speed=zero, but my router is going crazy and obviously downloading something. Wonder if it's just a bug in the DL'er UI. I'll probably just leave it overnight and see if it gets the whole thing by morning.
Authenticator fails, removed from account without user's permission {WoW}
Jul 24th 2008 3:10PM I'm sure these support reps are being paid decent amounts, and really care about each and every one of the hundereds of accounts they have to deal with everyday.


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If you want customers in your Magento Go store to acknowledge special terms or conditions before purchasing products, you can enable a Terms and Conditions checkbox that they must check before completing checkout. The Terms and Conditions message and checkbox is positioned between the Totals section and the Place Order button, and appears during Order Review. The transaction cannot be finalized unless the customer agrees to the conditions of the sale by selecting the Terms and Conditions checkbox.
Setting up Terms and Conditions for your Magento Go store is a two-step process. First, you must enable Terms and Conditions to appear during checkout, and then you must describe the terms and conditions of the sale.
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Saturday morning hundreds of local special needs athletes will tryout for League of Dreams
Special needs athletes start new baseball season
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Saturday morning hundreds of local special needs children will flood the field at Fruitvale-Norris Park to tryout for the 2013 season of League of Dreams.
The League of Dreams is a non-profit sports league for special needs athletes 5-22 that want to play baseball or basketball free of charge.
23ABC spoke with the director of the league, Jessica Mathews, about the significance of the program.
"They get a chance to participate on a team, make friends, have their parents watch and cheer them on", Mathews said.
The league has been going strong for five years now and a special field built last year with handicap modifications has made it even easier to play America's favorite pastime.
Mathews said any athletes interested in joining the league must come to Saturday's tryout 9am-1pm at Fruitvale-Norris Park,


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I've selected the paint color for our Master bath re-do and went to buy a pint to double check the color. But when I asked the guy at the BM store about the finishes in Aura vs the regular BM paint, he said I should use the Pearl finish in the bathroom. Now I'm confused. I've always used the Flat or Matte finish with no problem but have never used the Aura paint. Any suggestions from those of you with recent experience? Thanks! |
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We used Aura Matte/Aura Bath and Spa Matte on the walls in our bathrooms, and Aura Satin finish on the base molding (Pearl is not available in Aura). So far (a few years), it's holding up well. |
- Posted by outsideplaying (My Page) on Mon, Dec 9, 13 at 19:15
Thanks, cat mom. I don't know why I was so stressed over paint of all things. I normally use matte everywhere. This pearl finish thing threw me. I slept on it and looked at the matte finish sample again today and will be likely be using Aura Matte. I have not used Aura before but being a BM user forever, I don't think I can go wrong. |
I think the Aura bath and spa is specifically formulated to tolerate the damp condition of a steamy bath. I love it in my bathroom. I went to Sherwin Williams and their bathroom paint suggestion is a shinier finish. They were advising against a matte finish for a bathroom. I told them about BM Aura Bath and Spa and they hadn't heard about it. Traditionally, in my bathrooms and kitchens, I have always used a glossier finish than the matte. With the Aura Bath and spa I tried it and have been very happy. I have just painted my second remodeled bathroom in Horizon. It is a lovely light gray/blue/white. |
- Posted by still_lynnski (My Page) on Mon, Dec 9, 13 at 23:06
I used the Aura bath & spa in a bathroom recently and was very pleased. It deals with steamy conditions well, and is far superior to the previous (Pratt & Lambert) in hiding the miserable condition of the very-not -smooth walls. I forget the name of the color, but it's a blue-toned medium gray. |
When we did our guest bathroom, the Bath and Spa Aura paint hadn't come out yet (or was in use process of being released?), so we just used the regular Aura matte In that bathroom. The satin finish on all of our baseboard molding, bathrooms and otherwise, is regular Aura satin finish paint, since the Bath and Spa Aura paint only comes in matte finish (I think). We love the Aura matte finish. It has a beautiful velvety texture/finish. |
- Posted by outsideplaying (My Page) on Tue, Dec 10, 13 at 21:55
Thanks, enduring and still_lynnski. More data points for the Aura bath and spa. I believe that's what we'll be using. I'm still puzzled why this salesman was trying to suggest the Pearl finish. I have dealt with this store for years and they usually have good advice. |
Call the tech department at BM and ask your questions. Then post what they say here, please :) I am interested too. |
Had to look this up, as I've never heard the term Pearl finish before. "Uses Just finished first coat of Aura paint in my BR, and have now realized that he sold me the plain Aura, not the Bath and Spa...arghhh...even had the girl plug into the computer that it was going in my BR (though that was after it had been mixed). Oh well, we have addressed moisture issues with a ceiling fan and pocket door and towel warming rack, so should be OK. Good news is it looks so pretty! |
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Norah Jones must really dig living in Cobble Hill, because the nine-time Grammy Award winner hasn't released a new album since moving to the neighborhood in late 2009. That's about to change with "Little Broken Hearts," Jones' fifth full-length disc, coming May 1 on Blue Note Records/EMI.
The project is produced by Danger Mouse (a.k.a. Brian Burton), with all 12 cuts co-written by Jones and Burton. "Hearts" will be preceded by single "Happy Pills," which you can listen to here.
Jones first emerged on the world stage a decade ago with No. 1 album "Come Away With Me," which fostered the mammoth hit single "Don't Know Why." The disc ultimately sold 25 million copies worldwide. Follow-up albums "Feels Like Home" (2004), "Not Too Late" (2007), and "The Fall" (2009) were all also platinum-plus sellers.
In 2009, Jones paid $4.9 million for a 4,100 square foot Amity Street Greek Revival townhouse in the Cobble Hill Historic District. She immediately rattled preservationists with a request to cut 10 windows into the side of the home, which was eventually downsized to seven. Later attempts by neighbors to do the same were deemed "pulling a Norah Jones."
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[211] Insulin-Like Growth Factor Receptor in Breast Cancer
Lauren A McLendon, Cynthia Cohen, Samip Patel, Roberto Diaz, Stephen Schmechel, Amy Adams, Gabriela M Oprea-Ilies. Emory University, Atlanta, GA; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Background: Insulin-like Growth Factor Receptor (IGFR) plays a fundamental role in cell growth and malignant transformation and is an important inhibitor of apoptosis. While cells lacking IGFR have prolonged cell cycle kinetics, cells overexpressing this tumor marker demonstrate a decreased susceptibility to apoptosis in vitro. IGFR is a membrane-bound heterotetramer with intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity and multiple downstream targets including Ras and Raf. Prior studies have shown that IGFR plays a role in proliferation of breast tissue and is over-expressed in some breast cancers (BC).
We studied the expression of IGFR in BC by immunohistochemical (IHC) methods in a large series of hormone receptor positive and triple negative tumors (TNT). IGFR may be of interest in BC as a target for additional adjuvant treatment.
Design: Invasive mammary carcinomas (IMC) diagnosed during a 7-year period were reviewed. The IMC markers ER, PR, and Her-2 scored by the new CAP standards were included. The tumors were studied as Her-2 positive, TNT, and hormone receptor positive, which includes ER and PR positive cancers. Tissue microarrays (TMAs) were constructed with two 1 mm representative cores from each IMC and were stained with IGFR monoclonal antibody. The scoring of the IHC results was semiquantitative, using 0-3 for intensity and a percentage of tumor cells staining. Tumors that scored 2-3 for intensity with ≥10% of tumor cells staining were considered positive.
Results: Of the 350 IMC tumors stained for IGFR, 327 are positive (93.4%). The age at diagnosis varies from 24-90 years, and the relationship between IGFR positivity and age is not significant. IGFR positivity is lower in TNT than non-TNT (92.2% vs 94.2 %; p = 0.01). IGFR positivity was more prevalent in hormone receptor positive IMC than in hormone receptor negative tumors (97.4% vs 88.5%; p <0.001). Positivity of IGFR in Her-2 positive/hormone receptor negative IMC is significantly lower than in combined TNT and hormone receptor positive tumors (60.0% vs 93.9%; p = 0.01). Of African American patients, 198 of 218 (90.8 %) were positive for IGFR, while Caucasian patients had IGFR positive tumors in 107 of 109 (98.2%) with p <0.001.
Conclusions: 1. There is differential expression of IGFR among breast cancers, and this expression is related to the tumor markers: ER, PR, and Her-2.
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3. There is no correlation between the age of diagnosis of IMC and IGFR positivity.
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Hi, A California gold banana is available on ebay for $20.00.I got one last year and it is a fast growing banana.There not available that often. john |
Here is a link that might be useful: ebay auction
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- Posted by bananalover GA z7b (My Page) on Thu, Aug 11, 05 at 17:55
I saw that. Can someone tell me how large they get and more about them? |
Here's from that link: "A bit about the California Gold Banana The California Gold Banana is believed to be related to Orinoco. I grow both Dwarf Orinoco and California Gold. The California Gold get's a bit taller (6-7ft) than Dwarf Orinoco(5-6ft) and yields more hands of fruit. Cold hardiness seems to be the same. California Gold is a bit Tastier." and here's from pitangadiego's site: CALIFORNIA GOLD DESCRIPTION: TYPE: Probably it is a type ABB |
- Posted by Casa_Del_Gatos z8 AL (My Page) on Thu, Aug 11, 05 at 19:46
Posted by jon1949 z7 north tx. (My Page) on Thu, Aug 11, 05 at 14:42 Hi, A California gold banana is available on ebay for $20.00. Not anymore! (Grin) I couldn't resist! |
That is a very good deal! There are non-edible musa rojos for sale at Home Depot, and are about $30 and the same size as that California Gold from Mike. A couple of years ago, the Ca Gold sold by Jeff, fetched for more than $100 at eBay. |
Hi, below is a picture of C.hardy,C.gold and Texas star side by side.john |
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Guys ... Guys... GUYS! I read the above description of the CalGold banana. Better than half of it was made up by god knows who... All that I can say is...The banana is a very good eating banana to try for marginal climates... say down to the lower 20's as an extreme. ( it may freeze to the ground below about 25f to 23f depending on the the duration... I had the main trunk survive 22.9f one year but it was looking bad until the spring. As for the question that keeps popping up... Is this plant the same as Dwarf Orinoco? Side by side.. CalGold seems more vigorous, more stout and the fruit is less square. My Calgold plants also seem to start growing first in the spring. I will say that I believe that CalGold is is in the Orinoco family. As I think Ice Cream, Cardaba, and Blue Java. Other than that... we'll have to leave the genetics up to trained botanists. |
Are these the real deal or a product of creative huckstering, looking for a fall guy? If the real thing, I would be interested in one at a reasonable price. Interested in a Musa Texas Star as well. Thanking you in advance, Mick -- Abilene, TX |
- Posted by microfarmer z9 Sac-o-tomato (email@example.com) on Tue, Jun 12, 07 at 17:38
Hi all. I have a CA Gold from Jeff Earl that I went to Modesto to pick up in person. I found Jeff to be a very nice host and very proud of his CA Gold bananas. He has a small plantation of about a dozen plants, and can prolly sell only about 6-12 pups a year. They grow about 5-7 ft tall at the top of the P-stem, with 3' long leaves. He is not in it for the money, or these would be selling for what an AEAE sells for, TC'd, (or he would have many more mother plants to pull pups from). He just wants to share this particular variant so it'll be preserved thru diversity and geography. The descriptions of the plant are his own and he states just that in his ads, along with the history of his original plant as he knows it. I have seen the conditions he grows in and these are not wrapped up and protected thru the winters. They are left to their own and do very well. They are not fawned over or babied. He provides them with loose Modesto dirt (of a clay like nature, not blended mixes), plenty of water and ferts, and an occasional pruning and pup removal. The rest is up to the plants. Whether the history is accurate or not is debatable and can never be proven short of a dna map, but the authenticity of his claims to it being very cold hardy are true. I am growing a CA Gold, a Dw. Orinoco, and Manzano. I will need some time to tell if they are the same, similar, or completly different. I'll post my personal findings on the forum in the future, but for now, I'd be happy to get just a single bunch of bananas from any of my plants. Tell me I don't have to wait for next year... Just my 2 cents...not affiliated with Jeff Earl (other than a couple emails and a visit to pick up my pup) nor do I get a kickback for every plant sold...yada...blah de blah blah... Only the first name is similar... Thanks for listening... Jeff (Conestogaman) Soucek |
Hi! I've been researching on the likeness/differences of the Texas Star and Cali Gold banana's. Thanks! ~Cheryl |
I have banana trees up in NorCal, 3 or 4 different varieties and they fruit constantly up here. I do not protect my banana's either. They get freezing temps and come back in march. |
I live in the Pacific northweat area. I've got dwarf orinoco and Cal Gold. Last winter I left one of my Cal Gold out with protection. We had one of the worse winter (about 20 or a little lower) so it died and didn't come back. I grow the other one in the ground the same time as dwarf orinoco, and it's very obvious that Cal Gold isn't doing as well. I noticed that it grows slowly as compared to orinoco. I don't think Cal Gold is as hardy as it was led to believe. But I know that a lot of people said otherwise. |
Thank You us marine & winsorw! us marine, what are the varieties that you have that are doing so well, if you'd be willing to share? winsorw, I have heard many good things on the DO. I have seen the Cali Gold on EBay...will wait & research some more! Has anyone experienced the Dwarf Namwah yet?? |
I believe one is a dwarf variety that you can buy from home depot or walmart. Another variety gets tall, like 13ft+ tall, but grows the small apple bananas. I have lady finger variety, and a few orinoco's. I noticed many other places that have many different varieties, and sizes. |
Thanks Everyone! :) ~Cheryl |
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Hello everyone! I do pages of my one grandson Little John first car,second car,well now he has his third car and I did help on a title,and a layout all together? They are hang me down cars so they do not last to long before he needs another one or one that needs work on so give me some good ideas?It is a pick-up dark blue almost purple in color with a stripe like design on it. Of course like all boys his stero equipment looks better then the car but hey that's a different topic all together if you know what I mean?So, I'm looking for a title for sure and any other ideas on the page layout?See you later swamp thing |
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- Posted by adellabedella (My Page) on Tue, Feb 21, 06 at 17:43
How about a page like this with the title "WHEELS" http://scrapbook-bytes.com/newsletters/01-05nl/files/fp/holly/Holly_jacquel_Wheels.jpg and some of his stereo pix in the smaller circles and him and the car in the big circle. Tis might also be cute. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.scrampingcentral.com/product-review/july2005-Kreative%2520Kaleidoscopes/scrapbooking/newwheels.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.scrampingcentral.com/product-review/july2005-Kreative%2520Kaleidoscopes/kreative-kaleidoscopes-scrapooking.html&h=494&w=500&sz=51&tbnid=FrCfF1HG-rkh2M:&tbnh=125&tbnw=127&hl=en&start=23&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwheels%2Bscrapbooking%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3DGGLD,GGLD:2004-40,GGLD:en%26sa%3DN |
- Posted by swamp_thing (My Page) on Wed, Feb 22, 06 at 13:11
Hey! I liked the title Wheels and the circles are good ideas too,thank you so much that was easy now I got a title. what kind of stickers or color of paper if any should I use?Bye |
- Posted by adellabedella (My Page) on Thu, Feb 23, 06 at 11:22
I don't think you would need stickers if you went with the first idea. All of the Circles are embellishment enough. As far as colors, I like the bright primary colors, orange, purple and black. That may not fit into your style and it all depends on the pictures. This page might look good in a black, white, and greys. You could throw in a punch color like blue or purple if it works withe picture or you might try to incorporate the color of the design on the side. |
- Posted by adellabedella (My Page) on Thu, Feb 23, 06 at 12:10
I hope this isn't offensive....After typing my last message I started getting the Aaron Tippin song "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio" in my head. If your nephew has a sense of humor about his vehicles, you might include some of the lyrics to the song on his pages. In my family, a page like that would be funny. I know in other families it would be considered extremely tacky. Use your own judgement. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Song Lrics
- Posted by swamp_thing (My Page) on Thu, Feb 23, 06 at 14:25
hey! our whole family is crazy and we joke all the time so song lrics will be good here I have a small album 4x6 size and it is called funny faces and girl you would laugh if you could see the faces the family has made? At Christmas time the kids when I take the pictures will say can we make funny faces and I said no not yet let me get one that has no funny faces then you can do one for me?Good idea thank you again!! |
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Giving Bangladesh's Shrimp Sector a Competitive Edge
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The aquaculture industry is an important driver for the economic growth of Bangladesh. It generates more than US$500 million in export sales each year and employs more than 1 million people. Nonetheless, there are still significant opportunities to help the industry maximize its growth. For example, the shrimp sector in the country is unable to achieve its full potential due to poor quality shrimp and low yields that have created a gap between the demand for and supply of shrimp to local processing factories.
GHERS: Greater Harvest and Economic Returns from Shrimp. 2011.
The dynamic shrimp sector in Bangladesh is facing several challenges, particularly low yields and poor quality. Regardless of the high demand for this product, shrimp farming is still characterized as being traditional and having low productivity. The Greater Harvest and Economic Returns from Shrimp (GHERS) has been initiated to narrow the demand and supply gap by increasing farm productivity and vertically integrating the value chain to comply with quality requirement. |
Increasing shrimp yields
The Greater Harvest and Economic Returns from Shrimp (GHERS) project has been initiated to help develop the shrimp sector's competitive stance in the global market while contributing to pro-poor economic growth. The WorldFish Center has partnered with Chemonics Incorporated to achieve this goal by narrowing the demand and supply gap through increased farm productivity and better coordination between all actors in the value chain to comply with government quality requirements. This USAID project builds on two previous USAID initiatives (Shrimp Seal of Quality implemented by Agro-based Industries and Technology Development Project II, and the Shrimp Quality Support Project implemented by WorldFish). The project's financial goal is to increase shrimp sales by more than US$50 million over five years.
Integrating value chain actors
The project is piloting a scheme to integrate value chain actors and build greater consensus among them. Development of more than 30 shrimp depot owners as "entrepreneurs" is central to the approach. The project directly supports depots with technologies and technical staff to build capacity, particularly through the transfer of technical knowledge and skills to farmer groups. Indeed, more than 21,000 farmers will be trained and organized into more than 800 farmer groups, to apply the improved technologies and synchronized harvesting techniques developed by WorldFish and partners. The adoption of such technologies is predicted to increase farm productivity by 20%. Farmers' group leaders are also being trained as local extension agents.
The GHERS project will also link depots with hatcheries to ensure supply of screened quality post larvae to farmers, and organize synchronized intra and inter farmer group harvesting and bulk supply of shrimps to depots and processors. In addition, project staff will work with government agencies to encourage better quality assurance processes to meet the demands of international markets. The project researchers' objectives include assessing the environmental issues in the shrimp and fish aquaculture sectors and identifying environmental mitigation and management measures for these sectors. A gender-sensitive approach to value chain analysis has been introduced to maximize equitable returns, with women as the priority beneficiaries.