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A super tasty vegan alternative to chicken, egg or tuna salad. There are endless combinations to this salad. I like to serve it in pitas or tortillas with spinach and peppers, but you can alter this recipe to suit your needs. I used vegenaise, but you can use any other suitable mayo substitute such as nayonaise or even a non-vegan mayo. Submitted by ~MASJA~ Carbs: 30.3g | Fat: 5.9g | Fiber: 5.6g | Protein: 6.1g | Calories: 198.5
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Adapted from Carb-Conscious Vegetarian Cookbook Submitted by DEBBIEJOE1 Carbs: 23.6g | Fat: 3.6g | Fiber: 8.5g | Protein: 8.2g | Calories: 147.9
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Great with turkey sausage or chicken breast Submitted by KINI08 Carbs: 36.2g | Fat: 4.5g | Fiber: 10.9g | Protein: 15g | Calories: 243.9
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Submitted by DARTOL Carbs: 14.5g | Fat: 3.1g | Fiber: 2.8g | Protein: 25.2g | Calories: 185
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Vegan recipe that is a family favorite. (Non vegans substitue Sausage for Boca burger) Submitted by DINKALLEY Carbs: 31.9g | Fat: 0.8g | Fiber: 10.9g | Protein: 11.6g | Calories: 169.1
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Love tomato bruschetta, try this breadless version for a change of pace. Submitted by HYPATIAX Carbs: 7.5g | Fat: 8.9g | Fiber: 1.9g | Protein: 9g | Calories: 140.7
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Submitted by REVRACE24 Carbs: 5.9g | Fat: 1.8g | Fiber: 0.1g | Protein: 0.4g | Calories: 41.1
Great low-fat, low-carb side dish OR entree Submitted by DILBERTA Carbs: 14.4g | Fat: 1.8g | Fiber: 3.5g | Protein: 3.9g | Calories: 85
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These are an adaptation of a great recipe. Very addicting! For even lower calories you can use organic peanut butter, egg substitute and Brown Sugar substitute. Submitted by AZIAS_MOMMY Carbs: 13.8g | Fat: 7.4g | Fiber: 1.4g | Protein: 2.5g | Calories: 127.5
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This was my favorite snack in high school and to this day. My grandkids love it too. Submitted by CHAUNCYGARDENER Carbs: 9.5g | Fat: 1.3g | Fiber: 4.6g | Protein: 7.2g | Calories: 62.9
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Submitted by STARTINGOVER03 Carbs: 31.3g | Fat: 9.7g | Fiber: 0.4g | Protein: 3.1g | Calories: 221.3
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High in Protein, Calcium, Vitamin C and Omega-3, no bad fats and a boost of fiber Submitted by KGWINDER Carbs: 22.5g | Fat: 2.9g | Fiber: 5.5g | Protein: 12.2g | Calories: 150.9


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Definately wait until next spring to transplant it. For now, it will take bright, indirect light but gets it's best color in a least partially direct sun. Water when plant goes completely dry, which could be weekly or every other week depending on the sun, until the late fall and you will see your plant will start using way less water as it slows it's growth in winter. Then water monthly, maybe less, again when plant it completely dry. Fertilize monthly during active season, not at all in winter. I think that's about it! Very easy, just don't overwater. You may want to consider a clay pot for it(same size it it's in so you can just pop it out of the plastic and into the clay) and this will definately keep you from overwatering it. Good luck! |
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Although the roots are pushing this 3-inch plastic pot out of shape (so I don't think I can squeeze the plant into a clay pot of the same size) I will wait until spring to repot, in a pot only a tiny bit bigger. Brenda |
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Not only easy, but low in calories, too! Submitted by CAGRANNY Carbs: 2g | Fat: 1.5g | Fiber: 0.5g | Protein: 26.6g | Calories: 148.6
A mayo-free twist on a tuna sandwich! Submitted by PESKY47 Carbs: 25g | Fat: 10.2g | Fiber: 6.6g | Protein: 13.5g | Calories: 229.4
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This is my variation on a recipe in Kevin Mills' cookbook "Faster! I'm Starving!" It only takes about 20 minutes total to prepare and it's super yummy. The cauliflower is tender, but still firm -- not mushy like it gets when you boil or steam it. If you want to change the spice mix, just be sure you use other warm spices. Submitted by SELKIE1964 Carbs: 7g | Fat: 5.3g | Fiber: 2.4g | Protein: 1.9g | Calories: 77.4
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These adorable single-serving ham cups turn any breakfast into a special occasion. Feel free to jazz these up with your preferred seasonings. Submitted by NANALINDA5355 Carbs: 0.9g | Fat: 6.9g | Fiber: 0g | Protein: 14.1g | Calories: 125.6
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A tasty, healthier alternative to most eggplant parmesan. Submitted by SELVAGEEDGE Carbs: 22.4g | Fat: 8.6g | Fiber: 4.8g | Protein: 14g | Calories: 219.5
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My mom made what she called goulash with ground beef, tomato sauce, macaroni, kidney beans, and Velveeta cheese. It was gooey and rib-sticking. This fake one does it for me. Submitted by SHRINKING_JIM Carbs: 66.5g | Fat: 2.1g | Fiber: 13.9g | Protein: 15.4g | Calories: 350.2
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This recipe is really easy; it's really more of a process than a recipe. Rice paper wrappers, which are available in the ethnic sections of most larger supermarkets these days, are a great way to wrap your veggies and protein for a quick snack or light lunch. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 18.3g | Fat: 1.9g | Fiber: 3.8g | Protein: 16.6g | Calories: 156.4


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In October 1996 Telli's assistant, Pat Byrnes, asked Gent for authorization to spend $1160 for a going-away party for a staffer. Gent refused to authorize it, feeling the cost was too high for the hospice to justify. Telli spent the money anyway, says Gent, against her wishes and without authorization from anyone.
In May 1997 Gent discovered that Telli used hospice medical supplies for her own injured hand at a cost of $180. Gent billed her for it. Telli asked in a subsequent letter that about $75 of it be deducted and in so doing admitted to taking the supplies, which she noted were delivered directly to her Rio Vista house. To Ploutz and Gent, the incident constitutes inurement, and, though it may not seem like a lot of money, they say it goes directly against the principles of the hospice, which prides itself as a popular and well-regarded charity that attracts many volunteers.
"To Susan," Ploutz says, "the hospice was always her agency. But it isn't. It's the community's.... I know there are little old ladies out there on fixed incomes who gave just $5 believing it was going to do some good."
Both Gent and former hospice human resources director Jim Gallo say Telli also occasionally tried to persuade them to fire employees she wasn't pleased with, though that, too, was clearly spelled out by the IRS as being against the rules.
When Teeter left the structure of the hospice quickly collapsed.
At the time of Teeter's departure, Molinet, a Fort Lauderdale doctor, was serving as the president of the board. Set to take his place in July was Skiff. Gent says when Teeter left Telli remarked to her, without explanation, that "Hospicegate is about to end." Gent and other staffers say Skiff, who was set to take over the board presidency on July 1, began meeting on an almost-daily basis with Telli or her assistant, Pat Byrnes, "behind closed doors."
Then on March 23 came a strange meeting. Ruth Gent says she was led by Ned Skiff into a meeting of the financial committee. There she sat down with Skiff, Molinet, and three other board members: Marti Mehallis, Jose Pagan, and Frankie Thomas. Molinet, Gent says, had a piece of paper in his hand with five names on it. It would come to be known within Hospice Care as the "hit list."
On the list were five high-ranking employees, including human resources director Gallo; Marguerite Rowe, the admissions coordinator; Eric Storch, the administrator of quality assessment and education; Irene Wittnebert, a nursing supervisor; and Gent's administrative assistant, Jeanne Lawrence. Molinet did the talking, asking Gent to explain what each of the five employees did. He also asked if they were needed.
In Gent's 15 years at the hospice, it was an unprecedented act by board members, who never got involved in hospice personnel matters, at least not without being briefed on the matter by Gent, Gallo, or some other department head. She left the meeting "feeling terrible. I felt as if I'd just been through the Spanish Inquisition."
The burning question was where the list had come from. Gent, Ploutz and others have come to believe that it originated from Telli and reached Molinet through Skiff. But no one can prove it. Molinet failed to return repeated calls to both his medical office and his home from New Times.
Frankie Thomas, the only active board member who agreed to comment on the matter, says she had nothing to do with forming the list. She says that Skiff generated the list but added that other board members also seemed to be involved in it. She also says the list, as she understood it, was nothing more than the product of an effort to downsize Hospice Care and save money -- not some kind of political conspiracy.
Former board member Mehallis says she didn't generate the list either, but she also says she doesn't know where it came from. She resigned shortly after the meeting. She says she quit the board because her close friend Teeter had left and she wanted to spend more time with her grandchildren.
Suspecting that the board had suddenly lost confidence in her and suspicious that Telli was maneuvering behind the scenes, Gent resigned a week later. She says that moments before she turned in her resignation letter, Telli called her on the telephone, wanting to know if she were going to fire two employees -- who weren't on the list. For Gent it provided one more reason to walk down the hall and resign, which she did.
Skiff refused to answer questions about the list. Teeter says he can't understand how Molinet or Skiff or any other board member could know enough about specific employees at the hospice to imply they should be fired. Mehallis says she doesn't think it's a board member's place to hire or fire anybody -- that was Gent's job as director of operations -- and she felt that the list, wherever it came from, was misguided.
Teeter says he feels that the loss of Gent -- who now works as a vice president at another hospice, which she requested not be named -- bodes poorly for Hospice Care, about which he says he still cares deeply. "I worked very closely with Ruth [Gent], and I, along with several if not all members of the board, had extreme confidence in Ruth," he says. "It would be almost inconceivable that in such a short amount of time there would be a 180-degree turn."


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Ken Rosenthal is confirming Ignacio Serrano's report that Victor Martinez, who will turn 32 next month, has agreed to a four year contract worth $50 million with the Detroit Tigers, pending a physical.
Martinez has been the very model of a modern major (field) general at the catcher position for long stretches of the last seven years. While there's little to suggest that this is going to change in the immediate future (he still played 102 games at catcher for the Red Sox this past season), it's expected that V-Mart will begin taking more and more at bats as the Tigers' designated hitter as the four year contract goes on.
Martinez's stellar numbers while playing catcher (4.0 WAR last season) suddenly begin to look rather ordinary as a DH, and verging at almost atrocious as a $12.5 million a year DH. For my fellow Ontarians, it's a bit like the hottest chick in Timmins moving to Toronto, while being funded by believers in her beauty.
The signing seems to match the gross amount of dollars that Dave Dombrowsky already wasted on the Tigers' three year $16.5 million deal for right-handed reliever Joaquin Benoit.
In case anyone was still wondering, it appears that the Tigers will be "going for it" this coming season, because God knows they're not going to be in a position to do so in 2013.
In all seriousness, I think that the Boston Red Sox get the most out of this deal. If you'll recall, Boston originally traded Justin Masterson, Nick Hagadone and Bryan Price to Cleveland for Martinez. Essentially, the Red Sox now receive the Tigers' first round, 19th overall pick, in addition to a supplemental round pick, for their three prospects and a year and a half of Martinez. Not a bad exchange at all.


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Safer Waters for Sharks
Masters of the underwater universe for millions of years, the much-persecuted shark may finally have a fighting chance thanks to friends in surprising places.
To catch a shark, stick close to shore. That's Tom Reutter and Brandon Naeve's philosophy on a hot, bright May morning in the Gulf of Mexico, off Boca Grande, Florida. While other competitors in the weekend-long tournament have motored out to deeper depths, the sportfishing guides' boat is rocking in chest-deep aquamarine saltwater, a stone's throw from a white sand beach. The nearby "No Swimming" signs hint that they might be on to something.
Yesterday, using dead fish as bait, they enticed a seven-foot bull shark to bite. Today when the line goes taut, Naeve fights to reel in an eight-foot lemon shark. Surfacing, it thrashes and bites the side of the boat with its razor-sharp teeth. Named for its yellowish-green coloring, the blunt-snouted shark will eat just about anything in the near-shore waters it inhabits: stingrays, crustaceans, smaller sharks, even seabirds. Its broad appetite, however, doesn't extend to people: The International Shark Attack Files report only 10 unprovoked attacks ever, worldwide, by lemon sharks on humans, none fatal.
Even so, it's not a creature you'd want to dally with. Reutter quickly secures the shark with a tail gaff beside the boat while a trained observer looks on. It snaps at the measuring rod as Naeve calls out its length, and he hustles to implant an ID tag beside its dorsal fin before setting it free. Once unleashed, it disappears back into the ocean.
Thirty miles away, in Punta Gorda, the drama streams live on a jumbo screen. Hundreds of people in shorts, sundresses, and flipflops watch with rapt attention, breaking into applause as the shark slips away. Then they turn back to the onshore activities. There's an impressive collection of Jaws movie memorabilia, including gruesome life-sized dummies used as shark-bite victims, and a Mote Marine Laboratory mobile aquarium. A dozen kids wait to have sharks painted on their cheeks by a mermaid with a sparkly pink fishtail and gold pasties covering her otherwise bare breasts. One night Jaws shows under the stars; the other, a rock band plays at a street party.
This is the Guy Harvey Ultimate Shark Challenge--a new twist on an old sport that's being replicated from Florida to Long Island. In traditional catch-and-kill tournaments, anglers haul their catch to shore, where the dead behemoths are weighed, measured, and strung up side-by-side, like contestants in a bloody beauty competition. In new science-based catch-and-release tournaments, everyone wins: Scientists collect data about these poorly understood predators, anglers enjoy the thrill of the chase and vie for cash prizes, spectators watch the action live, and sharks swim away with their lives.
"Rather than killing these large sharks, we want to track them," says Robert Hueter, the tournament's scientific director and head of the Center for Shark Research at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida. Learning where they feed, breed, and raise young, and identifying particularly destructive fishing hotspots, is vital to developing sorely needed science-based management plans. "We're still largely blind, reaching in the dark, trying to figure out what's going on."
As apex predators, sharks have been masters of the undersea universe for millions of years, helping keep the ocean ecosystem healthy. But humans have relegated them to one of the sea's most vulnerable residents, thus disrupting the entire marine ecosystem, from corals to seabirds. Of the more than 400 shark species in the world's oceans, nearly one-third are threatened. Populations of scalloped hammerhead and tiger sharks have declined by more than 90 percent in some areas. The commercial fishing industry kills an estimated one in 15 sharks a year globally, though recreational fishing takes a toll, too. Catch-and-release shark tournaments are the latest effort to help stem the decline and shift public attitudes from fear of sharks to fear for them.
Anglers had little interest in sharks before the mid-1970s. Then Jaws hit movie theaters in 1975. In the blockbuster thriller a great white shark terrorizes the people of Amity, a fictitious New England island, playing on the dread of unseen monsters lurking in their midst. After its release, droves of fishermen took to the ocean almost as if on a crusade.
They were wildly successful. Within a few years sport fishermen had caught hundreds of thousands of sharks, and kill tournaments proliferated. By the mid-1980s commercial fisheries joined the pursuit, taking sharks for their fins and, to a lesser extent, meat (high levels of urea require that it be handled properly so it doesn't spoil).
Today an estimated 100 million sharks die annually as bycatch, target catch, or for their fins, prized as a delicacy in China and as a supposed aphrodisiac (despite evidence that they're full of neurotoxins). Once fishermen slice off the fins, they typically drop the wounded animal in the water, where it suffocates or becomes shark food itself. Sport fishing isn't nearly as destructive, but it still makes a dent in dwindling populations: In U.S. waters, sport fishermen killed about 200,000 sharks in 2011, according to NOAA.
"Recreational fishing was responsible for the early declines," says Hueter. Anglers took the largest animals, which also happen to be the older, sexually mature individuals of the slow-growing family. "By the 1990s sharks were becoming harder and harder to catch, and they decreased in size."
Yet kill tournaments live on. Dozens of competitions with names like Mako/Thresher Mania on Long Island hand out hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes each year and send the message that the only good shark is a dead one.
To help change public attitudes, brothers Sean and Brooks Paxton dreamed up the idea of transforming kill tournaments into a spectator sport. They fished with their grandfather on Chesapeake Bay whenever their family--a band--wasn't on the road. "We saw Jaws and wanted to get closer to sharks," says Sean, explaining their fascination with the apex predators. Combining their entertainment industry experience and a practical conservation ethic, they launched Think Out Loud Productions, which organizes events that support science, education, and sustainability.
While some of the 50 Ultimate Shark Challenge participants, mostly the younger ones, have only ever practiced catch-and-release, others have had to come around to the sport. Take fishing guide Bucky Dennis. In 2006 he landed a record-setting, 1,280-pound, 14.5-foot hammerhead in Boca Grande Pass. During the five or so hours it took to reel her in, she towed the fishing boat 12 miles. He donated the carcass to the Mote Marine Laboratory (which doesn't encourage killing sharks), where a necropsy revealed one reason she was so big: She was pregnant with 55 pups, all dead.
"Catching a world-record shark helped my business, but I got a lot of flack for killing it, too," says Dennis, 43. "Now I live-release everything I catch. I want sharks to come back and keep healthy."
Tracking sharks in the vast ocean isn't as easy as, say, following caribou migrations or even the routes of migratory birds that summer, winter, and stop over in huge numbers. To gain some insight into their movements, for the past half-century biologists have been tagging sharks, as ornithologists have long done with birds. Hueter's team alone has tagged more than 20,000 since the 1980s. NOAA estimates that more than 221,000 sharks of 52 species have been tagged in Atlantic waters. About six percent have been recaptured, allowing biologists to make inferences about which species occupy a given area, and revealing that while some species appear to stick close to home, others, like blue sharks, travel thousands of miles. One sand shark was recaptured nearly 28 years after it had first been caught.
Yet conventional tagging doesn't provide enough of the hard data needed to convince policy makers to put protections in place. New devices that allow scientists to spy on the secret lives of sharks remotely are starting to fill the gap.
In the Ultimate Shark Challenge, anglers affix conventional tags to every shark they catch longer than five feet. But if they bring up a species scientists want to follow closely--say, a hammerhead or a tiger shark--they alert the science boat. It speeds over so the researchers can attach a satellite tag as quickly as possible. Stress and strain cause a buildup of lactic acid--too much, and the shark might swim off only to die hours or days later.
Satellite tags record data, including depth and location, for months, then pop off, float to the surface, and beam the information directly to scientists' computers. They're providing a wealth of information. For example, great white sharks undertake 6,200-mile round-trip transoceanic migrations. Whale sharks dive more than a half-mile deep, likely in search of food. Basking sharks don't hibernate, as long thought, but head south for the winter. Moving forward, combining satellite tags with other cutting-edge technology could uncover even more secrets. Mote biologists have actually pinpointed when two nurse sharks were mating; devices called accelerometers (used in Wii remote controls) showed that the female was upside down beneath the male, indicating that they were making whoopee. Pairing the technologies could provide data on when and where mating takes place.
Neil Hammerschlag, a marine ecologist at the University of Miami, is collaborating on a game-changing tag. Currently in the prototype stage, it beams information every few seconds with the help of a solar-powered battery, and could last for years or even decades. If successful, it should provide unprecedented information about life cycles and identify nurseries and hunting grounds--all critical for meaningful policy and management. "You can't protect these animals wherever they go," says Hammerschlag, who has done extensive tagging. "But you can have a big impact if you protect areas where they aggregate to feed or give birth."
Oceans cover more than two-thirds of the planet, but less than 1 percent is currently protected. Hammerschlag is optimistic that marine protected areas based on sound science and with strict regulations will continue to develop, albeit slowly. "It's working for birds," he says. "Some birds make 10,000-kilometer migrations between breeding and overwintering habitats, but protecting small patches that are critical works."
Meanwhile, since March, five species, including porbeagles and scalloped hammerheads, now fall under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which could save these threatened species from total collapse. As Audubon went to press, New York was poised to join California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Illinois, and Maryland in banning the fin trade. And since 2010, 142 of the country's more than 10,000 marinas have joined the Shark-Friendly Marina Initiative, agreeing to ban killing or landing sharks.
On the fishing front, repellents might help cut down on the tens of millions killed as bycatch each year by longline operations. Releasing a chemical based on extracts from dead sharks has been shown to work in laboratory tests. Also under investigation are magnets, which repel sharks by overwhelming their electrical sensors--gel-filled pores called ampullae of Lorenzini. (In hammerheads, the sensors are spread over the animal's wide, mallet-shaped head, enabling it to detect stingrays buried in the sand and aiding with navigation.)
All these breakthroughs are occurring while studies are teasing out sharks' role in marine ecosystems. Mounting evidence indicates that there are cascading ecological effects when top-level predators decline. A recent investigation looked at four reef systems in the Pacific Islands, ranging from hosting a robust shark population to having few, if any, because of overfishing. Where sharks were abundant, other fish and coral thrived. When they were absent, algae choked the reef nearly to death and biodiversity plummeted.
Overfishing sharks, such as the bull, great white, and hammerhead, along the Atlantic Coast has led to an explosion of the rays, skates, and small sharks they eat, another study found. Some of those creatures, in turn, are devouring shellfish and possibly tearing up seagrass while they forage, destroying feeding grounds for birds and nurseries for fish.
"To have healthy populations of healthy seabirds and shorebirds, we need a healthy marine environment," says Mike Sutton, Audubon California executive director and a Shark-Friendly Marina Initiative board member. "We're not going to have that without sharks."
Back at the marina, competitors gather with friends and family, awaiting the final results and sharing tales of luring sharks from the deep--intentionally and not.
C.J. Wickersham, 23, a first-time participant, knows what it's like to be shark bait. As he drinks a beer with his mom in the bar, his shorts hide a scar covering his upper left thigh--a 15-inch semicircle imprint of a bull shark's bite. While spearfishing the previous autumn, a 10-foot shark clamped down on his leg (Mote biologists estimated its size by the bite marks). He punched its nose, and his friends pulled him out of the water onto a boat, tied a tourniquet around his leg, and took him to shore, where he was airlifted to a hospital and received 800 stitches. "I love fishing," he says with a shy shrug. "I'm not going to be afraid of the ocean."
In the end, Reutter and Naeve's lemon shark put them over the top, and they take first place. "We'll definitely be back next year," says Naeve, grinning as he holds the oversized check for $8,450.
Team Budweiser, which finished first in 2011, didn't place at all. But team members Chris Slattery and David Hutcherson, both tanned, 30-something sportfishing guides, take it in stride. "This is the only shark tournament we've fished, and we'll be back," says Slattery, explaining that the conservation angle is what hooked him.
"There's no reason to do kill tournaments," adds Hutcherson. "If you're killing what you're catching, you're ruining your business, not to mention the overall ocean."
This year Hueter and the Paxtons tweaked the tournament. Rather than a weekend-long event, they stretched it over the prime shark-fishing period, from mid-May through summer's end. "The competition continues," says Hueter, "but this will allow us to put more resources and focus on better meeting the scientific goals--particularly putting satellite tags on the species we want to learn more about, like hammerheads." It might also shed light on post-release survivorship, something both Hueter and Hammerschlag are studying because so little is known about how sharks fare once they're set free.
In the meantime, catch-and-release shark tournaments with a science component continue to catch on elsewhere, with a half-dozen scheduled this summer. For the first time, a large-scale competition is taking place in Montauk, Long Island, in July. "To get those guys to accept a catch-and-release tournament is a huge step," says Hueter. "That area up there--Montauk, Martha's Vineyard--that is a true epicenter of traditional shark kill tournaments."
In fact, Martha's Vineyard residents voted to make its 27-year-old Monster Shark Tournament catch-and-release for the first time ever in 2014, though there's no plan to do satellite tagging.
You have to think Jaws author Peter Benchley would approve. He set his book on Long Island, and the movie was filmed on Martha's Vineyard. Benchley later used his fame to help promote marine conservation. "I couldn't possibly write Jaws today," he wrote in Audubon in 1998, eight years before his death. "We know so much more about sharks--and just as important, about our position as the single most careless, voracious, omnivorous destroyer of life on earth--that the notion of demonizing a fish strikes me as insane."
The tide is surely turning--perhaps even fast enough to ensure that these ancient creatures remain kings of the ocean for millennia to come.
This story ran in the July-August 2013 print issue with the headline "Safer Waters."


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Although not in every part of the city, Providence has two siren systems. The campus siren system installed at Brown University was installed in the spring of 2008 and the second system at the Port of Providence was installed in the spring of 2009. Both systems consist of strategically placed sirens that will be used to warn Brown, the Port, Johnson & Wales and surrounding community in the event of a life threatening emergency.
If an emergency is identified, the Brown University Public Safety Department activates the campus sirens and the Providence Fire Department activates the Port sirens. The activation of both systems consists of an alert tone and a voice message regarding the nature of the emergency. Additional warning methods, such as the national Emergency Alert System will more than likely be utilized as well.
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Hi all, I had a few questions about citrus root growth. First, I know that most citrus will halt root growth with temps under 50F. I have a greenhouse that my citrus stay in during the winter (and most of the year). During the winter, my general minimum temps at night could go down to 40F, although on a few rare nights in deep of winter, it may go down to the high 30's but as of this date I have had no ill issues with them getting that cold. They seem to handle it just fine. So my question is, with my citrus being in temps very warm for about 2/3rds of the day, can roots grow during that time? Or because it does reach below 50F at night, does that stop root growth altogether throguh the winter? My main reason for asking is because I did a large amount of transplanting on several of my citrus at the end of the summer, into 5:1:1, but for some reason, my mix stayed too wet and several of my trees suffered root damage/rot. I have since transplanted most of them into Fafard 52 heavy weight mix along with some extra coarse perlite just to make sure they will drain well. So, being so late in the season I was wondering if there was still enough time for them to get some new root growth before winter gets here and less light is available. Also, do any of you have any suggestions on how to get some quick growth? I am just hoping there was not too much damage done and want them to star some new rot growth fast. Thanks! Christy |
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- Posted by Tcamp30144 7b (My Page) on Thu, Nov 14, 13 at 18:07
Don't really know full answer to this I made my deck a greenhouse with heating pads and heater with greenhouse film. My trees do not drink no where near as much water now. They do have new growth and are blooming so I assume the roots are still growing. However my heating pads make a huge different in soil temperature 20 to 25 degrees on really cold nights. So with out heating pads I would say very slow. It would help if u take ure soil temps at night mooring and 2pm so see how much heat holds at night. Growth stops at 50 degrees and doesn't start back until it is 65 degrees again in roots. I hope this helps this is all I know still learning. |
- Posted by meyermike_1micha 5 (My Page) on Thu, Nov 14, 13 at 18:12
I can tell you from experience and from being here for years that they will grow once the temps go above 55 dgrees.. The same goes for figs and anything else that would normally go dormant..That is why it is mandatory that any of my dormant trees are not exposed to temps above 55 for any amount of time.. They will grow and stop, grow and stop, but will be fine... It is not too late to transplant as long as you used a good mix and do not over water...:-0) Quick growth and great/superb growth at that, will happen if temps are consistently kept above 55 dgrees..No way around that.. I would have no quams about letting them just sit idle or rest, until the true growing season..They tend to push better growth and more fruit when given their space or time to recoup.. Mike |
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An instant read thermometer... something that every serious cook has in their kitchen, can tell you what the soil temperature is in the root zone. Air temperature for brief moments of the day does not indicate soil temperature; and it is the soil temperature that will determine root growth. Remember always, first the roots must grow; and after that the leaves and branches will grow. |
- Posted by hoosierquilt z10a/23 Vista Calif (My Page) on Thu, Nov 14, 13 at 19:04
Exactly what MeyerMike said. RIght now for me this is exactly the case. We just had a weird heat wave come through. Temps WERE in the high 60's/low 70's, with nighttime temps dipping as low as the high 40's. Pretty typical for fall here where I live in the middle of "citrus country". Yesterday it was 94 for a high, and don't think it was below 65 last night - very balmy. It has been warmer over the last few days, and I am seeing small flushes here and there with my citrus. Which also means root growth as John has mentioned (you cannot have leaf flush without first having root growth). But, temps will drop back down this weekend, which is normal. So, over the winter we see grow and stop, grow and stop. Pretty normal for citrus, so your citrus would experience the same thing as citrus growing in-ground. Perfectly normal through the winter months. Patty S. |
- Posted by bonechickchris 7A/6B NJ 08731 (My Page) on Fri, Nov 15, 13 at 9:07
Thanks guys! I am just worried because some of my trees the roots took a real hit, and after taking off all the rotted roots, there is not much left. Although, some I am suprised they still have not lost all their leaves, although the leaves do have some cupping. I assume from the root damage. Maybe I can take a pic of one of my trees, although I am trying to leave some. Of them undisturbed. |
"An instant read thermometer... something that every serious cook has in their kitchen, can tell you what the soil temperature is in the root zone." quoting John here. This was the best investment I made. I check the roots zone of my plants in the greenhouse all the time. I do what ever it takes to keep them above 55 and really above 60 makes me feel better. Mike |
- Posted by poncirusguy micro(Z-6.8; AHS-8) (My Page) on Fri, Nov 15, 13 at 10:47
Thanks John & Mike I am off to get one Steve |
- Posted by Tcamp30144 7b (My Page) on Fri, Nov 15, 13 at 12:41
The old Digital kitchen thermometer best investment Mike and Steve are right. |
- Posted by bonechickchris 7A/6B NJ 08731 (My Page) on Sat, Nov 16, 13 at 7:58
What is so funny is that I just broke my meat thermometer this week making a roast, LOL! So I have to go out and get another, I will get 2 instead. Wondering if they have probe thermometers that you can read from other locations, like the temp reader I have in the greenhouse. May check that out. CHRISTY |
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About 18m ago we had a perimeter drain installed in our house to deal with a wet basement. It works great.
But the guys who installed it did a half-arsed job in some places when it was time to put new cement down & make it level with the existing floor. In some places it's good, but in many places it isn't a smooth transition. There's 1/8" to 1/4" difference, with the new area being higher (and it's not tapered down to the existing slab). Someday we want to put vinyl or linoleum on the floor down there (whichever is least likely to support mold/mildew). But I know we'll need to fix this discontinuity first. Is it best to use some kind of textured hammer to knock down the edge of the high spots & smooth over with a self-leveling compound? Or ...? I thought we might have to level the whole floor to the new patched areas But it's only the 12" of floor around the perimeter, it seems like a waste to raise the whole floor to the highest point, doesn't it? We're not going for a finished basement, just want something less dusty on the floor to make it easier to vacc down there. It's used to store tools & for exercise equipment & laundry. We don't need a bonus room or anything in the basement. So, perfection isn't the goal but I know if we just slapped vinyl on the floor as it is the shine of the vinyl would really highlight the lumps & bumps along the seam where new meets old floor. Thanks in advance!
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Vinyl directly on concrete is a poor choice as in most basements there is a constant pressure of water vapour that will lift the tiles or create mildew/mould problems. Ditto linoleum with a natural jute backing. Concrete grinders can be rented that will smooth the concrete or even polish the whole thing like a jewel. Or you can just smooth it and cover in a latex concrete floor paint. |
- Posted by bus_driver (My Page) on Thu, Nov 24, 11 at 18:13
To get an idea of the price to smooth your floor, contact a terrazzo contractor. They can wet grind concrete very smooth with no dust. |
That never occurred to me - to see what a pro would charge to smooth out the edges (even the whole floor). Thanks! I thought vinyl was good for basements (or at least okay to use there) b/c of watching too many home improvement shows where they've put the vinyl "wood" strips on the floor, saying it was a better option than laminate flooring. I think smoothing + epoxy paint will be a good solution. Thanks! |
Make sure they use water when grinding, cement contains silica and is not meant to be breathed in ( it never leaves your lungs) Have them shop vac the water as they grind it will be messy till they are done |
I thought vinyl was good for basements (or at least okay to use there) b/c of watching too many home improvement shows where they've put the vinyl "wood" strips on the floor, saying it was a better option than laminate flooring. I want to scream every time I see this hunk from Canuckistan finish a basement using fiberglass insulation and a vapour barrier. Vinyl in a basement over a proper underlayment such as Delta FL is unaffected by moisture and resistant to mould. |
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These guys are the marketing gem of the industry. ONE PENNY each way for $9 Club members. Slightly higher for non members. It seems like every week they are giving away flights. I wish I lived in a Spirit City.
A couple of posts ago, my comments on the Marriott Rewards program may have seemed less than favorable. I will reassure you that it has nothing to do with customer service. Here is my tale.
I have had two 7 day free night stays in the last two months. The first at the Marriott Waikoloa in Hawaii and my current stay here in St. Thomas. Somehow, someway the Marriott in Hawaii got BOTH of my reward certificates which left me with none for here. I checked in and got a call several hours later saying that I did not have enough '"points" in my account, and the rate would be $359 per night. Well I about fell over. I was contacted by guest relations here as the typical courtesy welcome call and I explained my plight. They said they would look into it and I provided information to guest relations here.
In the meantime, I emailed the person that gave me the award certificate as he was on the mainland and he spoke to Marriott Elite services for over 2 hours trying to find my award certificate. They located it in Hawaii, as they did grab two awards, and had it forwarded here to clear up my ever mounting bill.
After all was said and done I contacted Marriott Guest relations to explain what had happened, how embarassing it was and the effort the member on the mainland put in to get it straight.
Marriott did "the next right thing" and awarded me 50K Marriott points for the embarrassment and the member on the mainland that originally gave me the cert, the same consideration for his time and effort.
My point is, it is worthwhile to let people know about your travel problems and in the case,
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Identification of Metaphase-II (M-II) chromosomes in living human oocytes is very important when performing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) or nuclear transfer as has been reported in several studies and registered in some recent patents that we reviewed.
However, until now studies of the M-II chromosomes have been substituted by studies of the M-II spindle because of lack of visualization of the M-II chromosomes. We developed a new method for the visualization of the M-II chromosomes that has a success rate above 90% without the use of any stains or optic devices. It is now possible to perform ICSI with a lower risk of damaging M-II chromosomes. This technique increases the potential for embryonic development resulting in a better clinical outcome, and is expected to contribute to the rescuing of the advance oocytes and mitochondrial disease following the nuclear transfer.


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Trinidad and Tobago Carnival: Part 2 – Soca Music
Posted By Sarina On February 25, 2014 @ 10:30 am In articles,Featured,multimedia,Trini Scenes | Comments Disabled
It is hard to imagine Carnival without music. And the definitive music of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival is soca. So what is Soca Music?
Well, why not let Soca Superstar Machel Montano say it in his own words?
From Caribbean Music 101 (the original link no longer works unfortunately):
What is Soca?Soca is a modern form of calypso [10] with an up-tempo beat. There is a popular misconception that soca is a fusion of American soul music and traditional calypso. Hence the name "so-ca," soul/calypso. Though this sounds plausible, it is simply not true. Soca music originated as a fusion of calypso with Indian rhythms, thus combining the musical traditions to the two major ethnic groups of Trinidad and Tobago.
Unlike calypso music [10] (which revolves around social and political commentary), soca is usually about partying, escapism and feel good vibes. Unlike reggae and dancehall music, soca and calypso have not made an imprint on the international mainstream the way that many think they should have. Whether this is due to poor marketing or a cultural barrier is something that no one can really agree on. However there are some soca tracks that have been breakout hits in North America and Europe. Most notably,
* "Hot Hot Hot" – Buster Poindexter (originally recorded by Arrow)
* "Follow the leader" – Soca Boys (originally recorded by Nigel and Marvin Lewis), a more recent version by S.B.S.
* "Who Let the Dogs Out" – Baha Men (originally recorded by Trinidadian Anslem Douglas)
* "Sweet Soca Music" – Sugar Daddy
* "Turn Me On" – Kevin Lyttle
* "Tempted to Touch" – Rupee
* "We Not Givin' Up" – Machel Montano and Xtatik (Trinidad)
The best places to see, hear, experience soca and calypso are the numerous fetes, reviews and tents that pop up over the Carnival season. Growing up there really was only competition that mattered, that was the one to be named Calypso Monarch on Dimanche Gras night. However nowadays, as the genre has grown and splintered, numerous concerts and competitions have popped up to meet the demand for musical expression and recognition.
Additional Soca/Calypso Links:
• TriniSoca.com: Trinidad and Tobago Calypso, Soca, and Carnival [11]
• Muriel's Treasure [12] (a virtual encyclopedia of calypso links!)
• Trinidad and Tobago: National Geographic World Music [13]
Nowadays Trinidadian Soca music (itself a sub-category of calypso music [10]) has spawned 3 distinct sub-categories.
1. Rapso : Trinidad dialect 'hip-hop' with smooth calypso melodies and bold socially conscious lyrics
Rapso Artist Brother Resistance – Cyar Take That (classic tune!)
2. Chutney-soca: A fusion of traditional Indian percussion and style of singing and Calypso; Tempo usually around 154 BPM
3. Ragga Soca:
Ragga Soca Artist Ragga – Violate
Soca has been experimented with in Bollywood films, Bhangra, and new Punjabi pop. It has also been utilised by Japanese singer Minmi [14]!
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URLs in this post:
[1] Trinidad and Tobago Carnival: http://www.trinigourmet.com/index.php/series/trinidad-and-tobago-carnival/
[2] Trinidad and Tobago Carnival – A Brief Overview: http://www.trinigourmet.com/index.php/trinidad-and-tobago-carnival-a-brief-overview/
[3] Trinidad and Tobago Carnival: Part 3 – Steelbands and Panorama: http://www.trinigourmet.com/index.php/trinidad-and-tobago-carnival-part-3-steelbands-and-panorama/
[4] Trinidad and Tobago Carnival: Part 4 – Fetes!: http://www.trinigourmet.com/index.php/trinidad-and-tobago-carnival-part-4-fetes/
[5] Trinidad and Tobago Carnival: Part 5 – Dimanche Gras: http://www.trinigourmet.com/index.php/trinidad-and-tobago-carnival-part-6-dimanche-gras/
[6] Trinidad and Tobago Carnival: Part 6 – J'Ouvert & Ole Time Mas: http://www.trinigourmet.com/index.php/trinidad-and-tobago-carnival-part-7-jouvert-ole-time-mas/
[7] Trinidad & Tobago Carnival: Part 8 – Road March: http://www.trinigourmet.com/index.php/trinidad-tobago-carnival-part-8-road-march/
[8] Trinidad and Tobago Carnival: Part 7 – Carnival Bands: http://www.trinigourmet.com/index.php/trinidad-and-tobago-carnival-part-5-carnival-bands/
[9] Trinidad and Tobago Carnival: Part 9 – Ash Wednesday: http://www.trinigourmet.com/index.php/trinidad-and-tobago-carnival-part-10-ash-wednesday/
[10] calypso: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso_music
[11] TriniSoca.com: Trinidad and Tobago Calypso, Soca, and Carnival: http://www.trinisoca.com/
[12] Muriel's Treasure: http://www.wfmu.org/irwin/muriels_treasure/index.html
[13] Trinidad and Tobago: National Geographic World Music: http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/country/content.country/trinidad___tobago_865?fs=www3.nationalgeographic.com&fs=plasma.nationalgeographic.com
[14] Minmi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minmi
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This sounds really appealing to me. Honestly makes Rengar a much more interesting and less binary character. Get to play some "cat and mouse" now. Pardon the awful pun.
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does he still have the ability to leap and have vision of enemies while stalking?
loving this idea for the new ultimate when do we get a chance to test it? how long do wait on the in between times of cast 1-2 secs. will this new stealth last less than 5 secs? when we take action under stealth any other bonus?
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First of all, welcome back Mr. Scarizard. Seems like the DevTracker still considers you to be a Dev :P I'd like to say that this certainly feels better than before. I would really want to hear your take on the following: 1. What do you think of Rengar being able to switch through modes until taking offensive action or duration ends? 2. Is Rengar going to have any other tools to re-leap on his target once he's been kited? 3. There's a problem with the current itteration of battle roar that limits itself to the subgroup that battle roar should affect. Can you please at least let us know if you'll hold a discussion with us about our concerns? Thanks in advance if you decide to respond (please? )
Awesome idea, I actually see this as an improvement to his current ult, since this makes it more interesting. Brilliant idea, please don't rescind this.
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I have yet to post on this thread, but I have been following it since page 70 or so. First of all, I want to thank Scarizard, I think you have been doing a great job on here, and it astounds me how positive you are able to stay with all of the venom that was in the posts for a while. Honestly, I was good with every change you were making, sure it was a messing with some core mechanics, but as has been stated, stealth is a bit abusive. As for the Ult you have just shown. To me it would make sense if the order were switched. Start out in Stalk mode, and then toggle Hunt. One stalks their prey until that right opportunity, and then the Chase happen. That being said, I would understand if there was some gameplay reason for it to be ordered the way it is. I also really like the Idea of empowering his Ult as well. What would make it truly awesome for me is the empowered version gives him one extra leap he can use within a time limit of using the first one. number balancing is beyond me, but it would give him at least some ability to either stay on his target during an assault, or jump in, get some damage, and jump out. Kind of follow the mentality of a wolf pack, darting in to nip at the preys heels, and darting back out. And yes I know Rengar is a Lion, not a wolf. But he is also a sentient hunter, and would use different hunting techniques depending on the prey.


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Azerbaijan tourist visa
The Azerbaijan tourist visa is date-specific, meaning you have to enter after a set date and leave before the set expiry date. It is single or double entry, and valid for 30 days. Prices are around 100$ for the visa.
At all embassies, you will need to hand in an official letter of invitation (stamped and signed) from a licensed Azeri travel agency to get a visa.
Some embassies require a special MFA approved, mega-expensive LOI (100$ to 250$ for express service). Avoid them if you can! See the embassy reports for more details.
A letter of invitation is also costly: around 60$ usually. You can contact a reliable Azerbaijan travel agency through our contact form to get an Azeri LOI.
Furthermore you will need:
- application form
- two passport size (3×4 cm) photos
- your passport (with at least 6 months after the expiry date of the Azerbaijani visa)
A regulation exists saying that travelers need to be registered within 3 days of their arrival in Azerbaijan. In the past, this was not enforced. Now, however, it is. Make sure you get registered by a hotel or hostel within 3 days and that you have a registration slip to show for it! Otherwise, a fine of 300 manat is waiting for you when exiting the country.
You can also register at the post office.
We are not sure who can be checked, only people with e-visas or everyone, but it seems the e-visa is singled out.
From March 2013, Azerbaijan has started issuing e-visas. It should have made things easier.
Does it makes things easier?
No. Or wait, perhaps.
Advantages of the e-visa
- Lower cost than application with LOI (around 120$)
- No need to waste your time at embassies
- You can keep your passport and will just be e-mailed your visa as a pdf. You can enter Azerbaijan at any border entry point with this type of visa.
Disadvantages of the e-visa
- Up to 15 working days processing timeline (currently average processing time is 3 weeks, and seems it can be even longer)
- The need to book a hotel for the whole duration of your visa; E-visa is issued strictly for the number of days the hotel booking is confirmed for (most hotels outside of Baku accept bookings via phone only).
- No control of the number of days you will get (reports have been made of the MFA giving less days than you ask for)
You can apply for Azeri E-Visa through our contact form with a reputable tour company based in Azerbaijan.
NOTE: The ministry is processing e-visas very slow, serious delays are taking place. Apply for e-visa well before your travel, to avoid disruption of your travel plans. There is no way to speed up or update you on the status of e-visa. Once documents are submitted to MFA one can only wait and hope the visa will be released on time.
Transit visa and visa on arrival
Azerbaijan transit visa
A single or multiple transit visa is valid for 5 days within a 1 month window from date of issue. Cost of a transit visa is $20/40 for single/double entry. Proof of onward travel might be required(plane/train tickets, or onward visa). You only need an application form, passport photo and photocopy of your passport.
Meaning no LOI!
Azerbaijan visa on arrival
Visa on arrival in the airports of Nakcivan and Baku is no longer possible. Foreigners without a visa are being sent back. Visa on arrival on land borders or at the sea port of Baku is also not an option.
Embassy reports
Embassy reports
Costly MFA approved LOI is required only for non-residents at these embassies
- UAE (Abu Dhabi & Dubai) – though sometimes even standard LOI for non-residents might be OK
- Latvia (Riga)
- Kuwait (Kuwait City)
- Ukraine (Kiev)
Costly MFA approved LOI is required for all nationals at the following embassies
- China (Beijing)
- Czech Republic (Prague)
- Georgia (Tbilisi) since February 2013 after new consul was appointed
- Hungary (Budapest) MFA approved LOI is required for all
- India (Delhi)
- Italy (Rome) unless there is also a hotel confirmation
- Morocco (Rabat)
- Pakistan (Islamabad)
- Poland (Warsaw) All applicant are now advised to obtain E-visas
- Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) – though sometimes standard LOI might be OK
- Turkey (Ankara, Istanbul & Kars). Those with permanent residence in Turkey don't need any support docs to get AZ visa.
- Turkmenistan (Ashgabat)
- Uzbekistan (Tashkent) – MFA approved LOI is required for all
Consulate of Azerbaijan in Aktau
Address: The embassy has moved and the address on their website is no longer correct. They are now located at Mikrorayon 15, building 30k-1. Telephone: +7 729 242 23 00. It's in the northern part of the city. Get there by bus 5, then walk for 10 minutes or take bus 2 north along the promenade to the very last stop and keep walking north along the shorefront, then take the 2nd road going up to your right. The bank where you need to pay is also on bus 5′s route. 25 tenge. A taxi shouldn't cost more than 200-300 tenge.
Opening hours: 10:00 to 13:00.
May 2013: 3 Forms, one passport photo and one photocopy. Transit visa 20USD, one week processing time. You do not have to pay, or even give your passport over, till the day it is ready. Pay at a bank 20 minutes walk away where have to find someone with an Kazakh national ID card.
March 2012: For a tourist visa you need a letter of invitation. It seems they do not ask for the special LOI with MFA approval. Without a letter of invitation, you can only obtain a transit visa for 5 days. A tourist visa costs 60$, transit visa costs 20$. 3 to 5 business days processing time. You can call them to ask if your visa is ready, so you are spared a potentially useless trip.
Embassy of Azerbaijan in Tashkent
Address: Sharg Tongi, 25. Telephone: (99871) 273 61 67 www.azembassy.uz
Opening hours: 10-12 and 15-16 pick-up Mon-Fri.
May 2013: Transit visa for German passport holder. Went to Embassy with neither LOI nor inbound/outbound transport confirmation. Had a hotel booking (via booking.com) for Baku. Arrived around 10.30 and had our names added to visitor list. No other people in line, but friendly front desk staff made us wait outside the embassy for 45 minutes until the consul was ready.
Consul issued the visa straight away. We only had to fill out the application form, hand over one passport photo and the visa fee of €60 per person. He didn't even want to see our hotel booking confirmation.
April 2013: Tourist visa for New Zeland passport holder. Obtained invitation letter and voucher from the web-agency stated on this site, however the visa application was rejected intially, as the new consul requested approval from the Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (went back to the same agency, who charged USD250 for express service). Went back a second time with invitation from the ministry, and the 30-day tourist visa was issued on the spot for USD50.
Embassy opens officially at 1000-1200, and again 1500-1600, Mon-Fri. In actuality, the lady at the front desk arrives at 10, cleans up and makes herself a cup of tea, so really, it opens at about 1030. Then, she writes your name in a book, and asks you to wait under the bus stop-like shed outside, while she calls to consul. In actuality, she stares at her finger nails… Documents needed: photocopy of passport front page, application form filled out, the elusive invitation, 2 photos and money. There is a book the consuls refers for cost of the visa.
June 2012: British passport- initially wanted transit visa but needed onward plane tickets. They were happy to issue me a 30 day tourist visa, no loi, express (1 day issue) $187/ standard (10 days issue) $118. When declined – express too expensive, standard too slow – they offered to issue standard in 3 days – leave passport, fill in application form, 2 photos, photocopy of passport that they stamped and signed to say passport at their office. Was given Azeri tourist brochure from which to get the name and address of a hotel in Baku. Pick up in 2 days. (official consular hours 10-12, but opened a little earlier, 9.45 first day and 9.35 on second day. Paid at embassy.
March 2012: The helpful consul might ask you for a hotel booking for Baku, you can get a temporary booking from some travel agency. Cost of the visa varies, seem to be around 90$, takes three working days.
Embassy of Azerbaijan in Bishkek
Address (updated January 2013): 183 Феликса Дзержинского, Pervomaysky District, Bishkek (in the district north of the main street Chuy Avenue). The old name address is 183 Dzerzhinsky near the corner of Leningradskaya. Taxis and local people tend to use the old name address. The new name address (if using Google maps) will be 183 Felix Dzerzhinsky near the corner of Bayalinov.
Coordinates to the front door +42° 53′ 38.22″, +74° 36′ 25.80″
How to get there (from the Sovietskaya end of Leningradskaya): turn right off Leningradskaya onto Dzerzhinsky (there is a huge red brick fence on the corner) and the Embassy is 100 metres along on the right.You can't miss the guard house and the flag.
Opening hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10am to 1pm. But phone him if you need to apply, he may open for you anyway. He's a real gentleman! Telephone: 376471 for questions, the consul speaks very good English.
November 2014: Still as before, but you need to write a letter declaring your intentions. 1 week processing.
February 2013: ended up costing $118 without LOI in 4 days for British passport holder. No need to have Hotel Reservations, Confirmations, or emails from the Hilton Baku. When asked I gave the address of a Baku guesthouse (which I had randomly pulled of WikiTravel) and this sufficed. May 2012: Processing for tourist visas 4-5 days. You can keep your passport while processing if you ask. Not a busy embassy. British traveler got 30-day tourist visa for 20$ with LOI (without LOI 116$), Japanese traveler free without LOI. You need a hotel booking directly through a hotel, not a hotel booking site. The Hilton in Baku allows booking without credit card. Make a booking through their website, then ask for a confirmation letter stating full names of all in party and if they are male or female. That should do it.
Embassy of Azerbaijan in Dushanbe
Address: Parkharskaya 1. Consular section telephone: (992 37) 227 11 92 June 2012: A UK national tells us: Azerbaijani visa requirements in Dushanbe. Lovely ambassador, very friendly. However they require an actual letter from Azeri ministry of foreign affairs rather than LOI from tour operator (i.e. the uber expensive option). he suggested trying in Tashkent as they have different requirements. November 2011: 2 British travelers got a transit visa on the spot for 101$ each.
Consulate of Azerbaijan in Batumi
Opening hours are erratic and not advertised. Mon-Fri seems sure. Has started operating some days at 9.45, other days only at 11.30. Consul seems to be there until late-ish afternoon. You will need 2 application forms (picked up at the Consul), 2 photos, 2 copies of passport.
November 2014: Visas without LOI issued once again, but processing time 2 weeks. Express Service is available (how long?) for 100$
June 2014: no more visas in Batumi! Earlier in June they did not offer visas without LOI, now it seems they do not hand out visas at all anymore.
Before: Everyone is really friendly here, English, French, Russian spoken. Prices: British 210 Lari, EU 150 Lari, Australian 100 Lari. Visa issued same day to 3 days processing time, depending on nationality and how convincing you can be.
But here's the catch: The visa works with quotas, he can only give so many in a given month. 24th of June 2013: still had visas. When we came on the 28th of April, it was not possible to get a visa. Come back 1st of May, no problem. So don't come at the end of the month to avoid having to wait.
Consulate of Azerbaijan in Kars, Turkey
May 2013: A simple LOI issued by an approved travel agency would have been sufficient and we would have got our visa in 2/3 hours. If you have an LOI of a private person you would need additionally an approval of the MFA.
May 2013: visa applications after 2:30pm. Wanted letter of invitation even for Turkish residency permit holders. Was told that it would take 10 days for processing with a letter.
Embassy of Azerbaijan in Ankara
Open 9am-12 Mon-Fri. The man who runs the gate is delightful and friendly, the man who gives the visas is not. Also demanded letter of invitation (did not need to be MFA approved). Wanted to keep my passport, but settled for a copy — only color, not black and white (you can get color copies at the shopping mall down the hill). Refused to consider tourist voucher discount. Applied Wednesday with application, 3 photos and visa support. Told to come back Monday, but Monday morning was told to come back "tomorrow… or the day after". After protesting, was able to receive my visa 4pm Monday. $160 + visa support for 30 days, single entry, date specific.
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Visited the Azeri Consulate in Batumi and got the visa in 1 hour with no LOI needed. I needed to push the consul to issue it on the same day, he is puzzled as for why people think you can get it on the same day. Told him I had a friend who got it in a day and that if I cannot get it today, I would get it in Tbilisi instead.
British citizen: 210 lari. 2 photos and visa application forms needed (can be obtained at embassy)
P.s. I have a Hong Kong passport as well, he said I needed an LOI for my HK passport. Seems like the LOI is not needed for only EU and citizens of other wealthy nations.
Hello Steven,
I made the mistake of not checking on the Visa situation before booking my flight back home from Baku on the 13. June 6 am. I have a nighttrain ticket from Tiblisi to Baku on the 11/12 june. It seems that I might be able to get a transit visa? What do you think, and if so, how would I do that? Im on my way to Georgia right now from Turkey, so im on the road. Any chance I could get a transit visa at border crossing to az?
I do hope you have time to give some feed back… I desperately need it.
Kind Regards
Jens Louis
Do you have any info about getting an Azeri transit visa in Bishkek?
Thanks for this very helpful website.
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hi steven,
we tried yesterday the consulate of azerbaijan in kars (turkey) to get a tourist visa. unfortunately we didn't get one on the spot as the LOI was missing. a simple LOI issued by an approved travel agency would have been sufficient and we would have got our visa in 2/3 hours according to them. if you have an LOI of a private person you would need additionally an approval of the MFA. the problem was that they couldn't provide us an address of an azeri approved travel agency in kars nor erzurum. we try now batumi and hope that we will arrive before the monthly quota is fulfilled…
best noelie
Just picked the Azeri visa in Batumi. Hassle free!
2 application forms (picked up at the Consul)
2 photos
2 copies of passport
Picked the visa up the following working day. 30 day, single entry. 100GEL. Australian passport. -
Tourist visa for New Zeland passport holder:
Obtained invitation letter and voucher from the web-agency stated on this site, however the visa application was rejected intially, as the new consul requested approval from the Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (went back to the same agency, who charged USD250 for express service). Went back a second time with invitation from the ministry, and the 30-day tourist visa was issued on the spot for USD50. Emabssy opens officially at 1000-1200, and again 1500-1600, Mon-Fri. In actuality, the lady at the front desk arrives at 10, cleans up and makes herself a cup of tea, so really, it opens at about 1030. Then, she writes your name in a book, and asks you to wait under the bus stop-like shed outside, while she calls to consul. In actuality, she stares at her finger nails… Documents needed: photocopy of passport front page, application form filled out, the elusive invitation, 2 photos and money. There is a book the consuls refers for cost of the visa.-
Sorry, this was the embassy in Tashkent Uzbekistan.
Aahh the joys of visa applications! It is a lot easier with all this excellent information. But as I travelling West to East on bicycle -fixed date visas are a bit difficult for me to arrange. Everyone has advised me to organise as many visas as possible in advance but this is creating the risk of setting myself impossible time constraints and distances. Do you know anything about the reality of getting visas along the way in the country before. i.e Azerbaijan visa in georgia, kazakhstan visa in azerbaijan etc. I am a UK passport holder currently in İstanbul – so there's lots of relevant embassies here but the dates are a problem.
Thanks in advance.-
Im also currently travelıng West to East on my bıcycle and I agree wıth Steven–the best way ıs to calculate the dates (thats how Im doıng ıt). Check out the vısa sectıon on my websıte. Im gettıng most vısas here ın Ankara.


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I am trying to rename a Printer Device and cannot see how to do it. In XP it was easy?
Easiest way - right click on the device, open "Printer Properties" and then type in the name you prefer in the top section of the dialog box. Click OK, it should disappear very briefly then reappear with the correct (new) name for you. |
neither of the above two answers worked for me. selecting the printer properties gave me a read-only dialog box. instead I had to double click the printer to "open" it. then a load of buttons/icons appear one of which is called "customize your printer". that brings up the proper printer properties dialog box this was for a samsung ml-1910 printer. I couldn't find any way to rename a samsung ml-1630w |
-> Open Devices and Printers by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, and then, on the Start menu, clicking Devices and Printers. -> Right-click a printer, and then click Printer properties. -> Click the General tab, and then type the new name in the text box. Please make sure "To rename a printer, you must have permission to manage the printer." |
I had a scanner named "Brother MFC-8440 #2", so it must have kept some legacy settings after a re-install. The printer was named "Brother MFC-8440". So I used regedit.exe to edit the registry. I used the "find" function to search for my multi-function device by name, "MFC-8440" and where I saw #2 I renamed it and deleted the 3 extra characters. I figured that if it went wrong, I'd just re-install the device and perhaps end up with #3. To my relief, the scanner no longer carries the suffix #2. Yay! You can always create an image of your main hard drive before trying this. |