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By its nature, this site will constantly remain a "work in progress" and there will always be more to add, or sections to adjust and update, but I hope you find it a useful resource and will bookmark this page and return regularly to see it evolve. Any questions, comments or suggestions are very welcome via our Discussion Forums — or if you've already written a trip report about a stay at Port Orleans in the past, why not help out other visitors and post a version here too? Many thanks!
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Born: 23 September 1840 Württemberg, Germany
Died: Before 26 February 1864 when Henry Bauman remarried
Burial: unknown
Married: 28 February 1861 Spencer Co., IN Book 4, page 406
son of unknown
Born: 2 June 1839 OH
Died: 1 March 1873 Spencer Co., IN
Burial: Zoar Cemetery Spencer Co., IN
1. Charles F. Bauman + Sarah A. Roth
2. Catherine S. Bauman + Vincent Cline
"Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N2B2-J4F
: accessed 23 May 2012), Gottliebin Fröschla, 1840.
Name: Gottliebin Fröschla
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 27 Sep 1840
Baptism/Christening Place: Eltingen, Württemberg, Germany
Birth Date: 23 Sep 1840
Father's Name: Jacob Friedrich Fröschla
Mother's Name: Catharina Widmaier
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C91673-2
System Origin: Germany-EASy
Source Film Number: 1056706
Gottleibe came to America on the ship "Beejapore" with her parents and
she is
listed on the 1860 Hamilton Co., OH census. However, she is listed as a
male on the ship's passenger list and on the 1860 census.
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Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941
Name: Henry Bowman
Spouse Name: Cotleib Frisler
Marriage Date: 28 Feb 1861
Marriage County: Spencer
Book: 4 Page: 406
Year: 1870; Census Place:
Grass, Spencer, Indiana; Roll: M593_358; Page: 429A; Image: 87; Family History
Library Film: 545857.
Henry Bauman 32 [Henry remarried in 1864]
Anny Bauman 27 [second wife, married
1864][b. 11 December 1842]
Charles Bauman 9
Samuel Bauman 5
Margaret Bauman 3
Magdelene Bauman 1
Mary S Bauman 63
Year: 1880; Census Place: Ohio, Spencer, Indiana; Roll: 311; Family History
Film: 1254311; Page: 106B; Enumeration District: 047; Image: 0214.
Anna Bauman 37 widowed
Charley Bauman 17
Samuel Bauman 14
Margret Bauman 12
Mary Bauman 10
Ann E. Bauman 9
Sarah Bauman 7
Year: 1880; Census Place: Ohio, Spencer,
Indiana; Roll: 311; Family History Film: 1254311; Page: 115D; Enumeration
District: 047; Image: 0232.
Catharine Freshley 60
Charles Freshley 23
Louis Freshley 20
Catharine Bowman 16
A granddaughter, Catharine Bowman 16, IN OH OH lives in the home; sons, Charles
and Louis are living in the home.
Year: 1900; Census Place: Grass, Spencer, Indiana; Roll: 403; Page: 10A;
Enumeration District: 61; FHL microfilm: 1240403.
Charles F Bauman 38
Sarah A Bauman 33
Esther J Bauman 5
Mary Bauman 2
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I don't consider myself a portrait photographer
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Claire: And Leslie: Another one of Leslie - she's trying to make an announcement over a (very good) band we had playing. I know they look alike in these photos but they really don't look that much alike in different views. They do both have red hair, though. Thanks for looking. Ted Last edited by tkurkowski; Jun 22, 2013 at 6:25 PM. |
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Ted, More of candids than portraits
The first one is 'great' mainly because of the background and the natural way with her. Leslie's are just plain fun. Background isn't the best They both look like they've had a fine and fun day out.
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Yep, those are top notch candids. You caught them in perfectly natural, relaxed moments, where they were not even paying attention to the camera. Good timing. The results are very interesting candid captures and good exposure, focus, color, and contrast. You did good, Ted.
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Thanks, Steven. I think the reason I posted these is because I caught some photos of good friends, as I really see them. I don't have that happen very often.
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As Ken and Steven said, fun photos right there and done well. Phoooey on the background, the laughs get the attention in these.
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Very good candids you made, the mood, enthusiasm is included in the pictures.
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I'm going to say shots 1 and 3 are effective candids. Shot 2 is less so - with eyes closed and the body position. The other 2 shots do a much better job of conveying personality. Personally, given it's the same subject, I would keep shot 3 and ditch shot 2.
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I've used adb to move all the apps that can be moved to the external memory (everything but android market), yet I still only have 27 mb of data free out of 206 mb. I've removed all the Metro PCS bloatware, but I'm not sure what else I can do? Do I just have to accept the 27mb?
Download CacheMate for root users (in market), and AdvancedTaskKiller (in Market also) I had the same problem originally, my caches were overflowing with data, and I always had most of my apps open... To start, open the apps, then set your preferences in both apps, to clear the cache every 30 mins (CacheMate, oh and don't click power clear, it clears the cache for EVERYTHING) and ATK to kill apps every 30 mins( make sure in the settings --> to set kill level to crazy, and app security to low). After this, (to free up more memory, just go to settings --> applications --> running services, and you can stop Factory test, DRM protected storage, and Google stuff, and any other things your not using, like Facebook (don't worry, these services start back up when your using them). This should free up a large amount of memory. My phone is usually past 150mb free.. IF your not satisfied, download Auto Manager Memory (in Market), and when you start up the app, hit FAST MODE, and APPLY SETTINGS.
Just had an issue with the MYMETRO app go into applications and see if its over 2.5 mbs. if it is clear the data
Are you talking about the usable internal storage memory? or the memory available for the running apps? Because my only real complaint is the lack of space on this phone for apps. I had a rooted lg optimus m with the sense rom and the a2sd stuff and I had endless space so I'm thinking its more a rom limitation right now. That phone did have more memory as stock but I never filled even half of it with more apps than I have on the admire.
Yeah I had issues after removing/freezing the MyMetro app. It seems to be something you need to keep. Good thing I had Titanium Backup otherwise I'd be screwed.
Right now I have around 18 mb of 206 mb of internal memory. I've cleared the cache and removed the data from as many apps as possible, yet, I can't get above this now. I can't even install updates to the apps I have because I don't have enough internal space to install them. What's eating 190 MB of internal space on the phone. I've axed all the metro pcs stuff, moved every app I have to the SD card. Do I just need to wait until a new ROM is available to actually do anything?
If you're phone is rooted, you can use Link2SD and Script Manager and a decent SD card to extent the memory. The full apps will go on the card. Just be sure not to move apps that you require at bootup. This is so that in case you need to remove the card or the card glitches, you still have those apps running.
You must have a shit ton of apps to only have 18 mbs left. Only thing you can do is delete the apps that's saved on your phone.
I finally fixed it. I did a factory restore and it reset everything and gave us tons of space. The weird part is the phone came with only 30 mb of free space, and I deleted all the metro bloatware. I don't know what was eating the space.
Really? I removed the MyMetro just fine. Granted, I had the phone continually tell me that there was a process that kept having to be force stopped before I had rebooted. Afterwards, though, I had no issues.
To be honest I'm not sure. I was just happy to free up space. I'm holding off on the root until we get a recovery and ROM.


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Ayurvedic medicinal plants
There are many medicinal plants in Kerala, some of which are also referred to as ayurvedic medicinal plants or ayurvedic plants in Kerala. Kerala ayurvedic plants have been used in Ayurvedic practice for centuries now, and have helped many who have received the ayurvedic treatment. Medicinal plants of Kerala constitute of roughly 900 plants out of 4600 plants, and some of the common medicinal plants in Kerala include: Karinechi, Piper longum, Psuedartheria viscida, Asparagus racemosus and Desmondium gangeticum.
Below is a list of medicinal plants in Kerala, including ayurvedic medicinal plants in Kerala and the ayurvedic medicinal plants in Malayalam/ medicinal plants in Malayalam.
Kerala ayurvedic plants / Kerala Medicinal plants / Names of medicinal plants in Kerala |
Ayurvedic plants Malayalam names / Ayurvedic medicinal plants Malayalam (medicinal plants in Malayalam language) |
Scientific names of medicinal plants in Kerala. |
Medicinal plants in kerala Wikipedia - A |
Triangular Spurge |
Tridhara plant |
Euphorbia antiquorum Linn |
It is a plant consisting of a shrub and has the potential to grow to a height of around 5 metres. |
Balloon plant |
Uzhinja plant / valli uzhinja |
Cardiospermum halicacabum |
This plant has antidiarrhoeal properties and is commonly used in hompeopathy. It is also part of 'Dasapushpam' |
Thumba |
Thumba chedi |
Leucas aspera |
This plant has medivicinal properties to relieve: throat pain, tonsillitis, diabetes and jaundice. |
Trailing eclipta |
Kayyoni |
Eclipta Prostrata |
Can grow up to 36 inches tall. Medical properties include treating nasal problems. |
Honey tree |
Puvaam |
Schleichera oleosa |
Has an aromnatic smell and pink or red flowers. Useful for treating skin diseases, malarial fever and cholera. |
Parpataka pullu |
Hedyotis corymbosa |
Helps provide immune support, inflammation responses, colds, fevers, and temperatures. |
Nettle leaf |
Nettle leaf in Malayalam: |
Dendrocnide sinuata |
One of the common herbal plants in Kerala used for its general medicnal properties. |
Garden cress seeds |
Garden cress seeds in Malayalam: aasaly |
Lepidium sativum |
Used in cooking for its peppery tangy taste. But this plant is useful to prevent postnatal compications in ayurveda. |
Rhubarb |
Rhubarb in Malayalam: triputa |
The Indian rhubarb plant can be used in treatments of jaundice, , skin diseases and fevers and colds. |
Stevia / Sweet leaf plant |
Stevia in Malayalam: |
Stevia rebaudiana |
This plant can be used to lower blood pressure, hypetension, infections, tiredness, depression and renal problems. |
Here are some more of the medicinal plants in Kerala with pictures:
Castor oil plant
Holy Basil


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I don't know if this has been done lately but everytime I go downtown I want sandwiches. I love sandwiches (and I hate most sub type rolls) The perfect bread is a sliced toasted sourdough or rye... looking for special sets of sauces and ingredients... I'm picky and don't eat that much cheese or over-processed deli meats.
Sandwiches I have liked so far:
Cafe Artigiano- panini
Sunterra- turkey and mango chutney!
Peppinos- Vegetarian sandwhich, no cheese, add chicken(has roasted red peppers and eggplant)
And the sanwiches I make:
Big Fish: order the butterlettuce and lobster salad with toast on the side, buttermilk grapefruit dressing, sprouts a squish of lemon and pepper. I'm sure at least someone is offended by my reworkings but it's my favorite 12$ sandwich/salad right now. mmm
What kind of sandwiches I'm looking for(fancy ones):
Vegetarian with organic ingredients(and maybe cream cheese!)
Salads that make good sandwiches
Unique produce and condiments(quinoa? pea shoots? GRAINY mustard, chutneys pestos and tapenades)
All local sourced ingredients
Breadless sandwiches (think thai lettuce wraps, crepes etc)
(mostly parisian, fusion, or european I know where to get viet subs! :) )
Lets make a list for a hungry sandwich searcher/s??
To try #1: Crouque monsieur(from?)
Le Perigord Sandwich at L'Epicerie. Duck Rillete with Cornichons and grainy mustard.
Their Croque Monsieur is not bad either.
re: worldwidestuff
I was a little disappointed when I went there last, the sandwich was bland(I ordered the smoked salmon with caper with grainy mustard but there wasn't a lot on there) I didn't try the Croque but it came out bubbling, I don't really like cheese but I'm willing to try it because its a classic
check jetgirly's mention of the buddha burger in the thread on cafe koi.
Caffe Rosso (on Stephen Ave, Convo Centre block across from Glenbow) has gorgeous sandwiches.
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Yeah I had a look at the menu, looks interesting. Cafe sandwiches are good but usually they are pre-built, I heard Deville Cafe has sandwiches and pastry? Perhaps I am looking for either deli's that make sandwiches or restaurants that serve a good variety of them, more gourmet-ish
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Not pre-built- or pre-made if that's what you mean.
re: John Manzo
good to know, I just hate those dead puck-looking sandwiches in display cases like you would buy at 7-11 or something
re: crigg
Nope, all made to order.
Montreal Bagels offers a couple of bagel sandwiches. the lox/cream cheese/red onion/capers is good. they have another one too, i think, but i can't remember what it is.
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If you like the panini at Caffe Artigiano, you'll probably like the panini at Rise Bakery. Try their cream of mushroom soup on Wednesdays, too.
I'll second the sandwiches at L'Épicerie, especially the ones with paté.
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This may not be entirely up your alley, but Smokee Lee, in the shack at 6th Ave and 4th St SW does a smoked beef panini called the Mikey. She smokes her own Alberta beef, and the sandwich also includes onions and some sort of a mustardy sauce. I actually like it better than her Montreal Smoked Meat, and the MSM is awesome. It's a takeout joint, so choose your weather carefully. Hmm... it's been a couple of months; I need to revisit soon.
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I'll have to try it! Mustardy sauce... onions, smokey :D


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When a product is titled Egyptian Cotten 650 thread count you don't expect it to be 40% polyester and 600 thread count. I'm sure it's fine, it's just not what I expected. Title should be cotton blend so everyone is clear on what they are buying. I could have found better at a department store for the same price.
I ordered these and another set of pillowcases from Overstock at the same time. I needed new ones that would accommodate my new thicker pillows, so picked because they had a stated width of 21 in. The other pair are great, but these are barely 20 in. and I had to wrestle my pillows into them. Also disappointed that the collor is much darker than indicated in picture.
When these arrived they actually were 650 thread count, so I just knew they would be soft and comfortable. Wrong. They are not at all soft and I washed in cold water and ironed them to increase the comfort, with no improvement. The package they arrived in and the interior label, state that they are 100 % Egyptian cotton, 650 thread count, but the quality of workmanship is not great. I would not order these again, even though the price is excellent.
For years I have purchased pricey "luxury" sheets from a linen warehouse store, but they can't compare to these. Soft as can be, and these really don't wrinkle much. Best of all, they truly DO fit an extra-deep mattress that is topped with a 3-inch memory foam--no more struggling with that fitted sheet! Not only are these better than what I had been using--they're also cheaper! An excellent value.
love these pillow cases.the color is rich and they do not wrinkle badly when dried
This is a great buy for the price! I needed these pillow cases to add to a set I purchased which only included two pillow cases, I was worried the colors wouldn't match but the grays were spot on. The fabric is very soft and has a pretty sort of dull sheen to it.
Great color, feels cool all night and very pretty.
Very good quality and a bargain. Bought similar pillowcases from a store at 4 times the price I paid for these.
These were extra pillowcases that I bought to go along with sheets I bought. As far as Egyptian cotton feel they are only okay but hopefully will get better with more washings. They are a little on the light side for 650 thread count.
The actual color of this set is almost white, not light blue. The quality is good but I was disappointed to find the same thread count sheet sets at Macy's for half the price.
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Rotadata need a completely new logo and new strapline. It is time to rebrand Rotadata, to give the company a new look and feel. The new logo and strap line need to help us look more global, corporate and 21st century.
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Microsoft Store just cut the prices of three tablets running on Windows 8.1 because of poor sales. As a result, the 32GB Dell Venue Pro's price is now down to $229 from $299, while the 32GB Lenovo Miix 2 and Toshiba Encore's price tag is lowered to $249, also from $299.
With the price cut, the Venue Pro is now a competitor of the $229 Google Nexus 7, and with double the storage capacity to 32 GB while the Nexus 7 only has 16GB.
The lowered-price tables are powered by the Intel Bay Trail Z3740D, which is the same chip found inside the Asus TransformerBook 1100. Besides being more expensive, the T100 offers a bigger display of 10.1 inches, has a removable dock and up to 64GB storage.
While the Venue Pro8 does not have a 1920x1080 display like the Nexus 7, its 8.1-inch screen has a PPI of 186, higher than a standard desktop monitor.
In turn, Intel is expected to also benefit from the hefty price cuts made by Microsoft of these three tablets because it will boost faster adoption and will earn the processor maker more profit as more consumers purchase these Intel-powered tablets.


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I would try Shakeology from BeachBody. It's safe for nursing mothers as well. There are 3 different flavors and they are all pretty good. Curbs my appetitie most of the day! It also gives you a ton of energy which is great with a young one! Here is my website: www.teambeachbody.com/AndreaRD. If you have any question just let me know!
Start each moring with the Master's Cleanse 1 32-64 oz glass of the lemon mix and use Skinny Fiber, there is a member in the group that promotes it she has a post up. I do as well but my link isn't working right now. You might want to check with your doctor about starting B12 shots or pills. I use this as well, right now I get the B12 vitamin pills that desolve under your tounge. These help curb appetite.
I struggled with my weight and finally lost 100 pounds. I hear what you are saying but I found diets dont work and if I want to weigh less, I must eat less. I eat anything I want but just not as much and as often as I want. :) good luck to you. I wish you success!
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Experts: FGCU violated open records law when short-listing bidders for solar project
ESTERO - Florida Gulf Coast University didn't follow state open records law or its internal bidding procedures when selecting a firm for the school's highest-profile project, experts said.
But the university insists it did nothing wrong during this summer's short-listing process to choose a company for its $17 million solar energy farm.
At a September public meeting, FGCU's eight-member selection committee narrowed the 10 firms that applied for the project by oral vote alone. There were no minutes taken during the meeting and committee members didn't rank the firms.
Both were required, experts said.
"One of the procedural requirements of the Sunshine Law is that you have minutes," said Adria Harper, a director at the First Amendment Foundation, a Sunshine Law watchdog group financially supported by media, including the Daily News.
"Everything seemed to be set up for having this ranking system, and they didn't do it," said Joseph Goldstein, a procurement attorney with Fort Lauderdale firm Shutts & Bowen and a frequent lecturer on government contracts and procurement issues.
FGCU's 16-acre solar farm, which includes a $7.5-million state earmark for its construction, is considered the epitome of the university's commitment to environmental sustainability. At two megawatts, the farm will be the largest university site in Florida and among the five largest in the country, according to a sustainable energy advocacy group.
In October, FGCU selected California-based Regenesis Power to construct the solar farm, scheduled for completion this summer. Regenesis' partners in the project include financial giant Citigroup and Naples-based Kraft Construction.
None of the other nine firms formally protested the bid results. But they could have, Goldstein said.
"This one would have been a slam dunk to challenge," Goldstein said.
Among the public records requests' other findings:
-- Half of the solar farm selection committee knew "little or nothing about selecting companies" for solar projects, according to an internal university memo.
-- One firm, Chevron, wasn't short-listed because it is "primarily an oil company and in academic circles those companies are not held in high regard these days," an FGCU administrator wrote in a Sept. 16 e-mail to the company.
-- FGCU President Wilson Bradshaw told a firm in a letter that he conducted an internal review of the short-listing process and found that "the university did adhere to its rules" in the bidding process. That review consisted of a conversation with a university vice president and attorney and didn't have any notes or documents associated with it.
The university defended its actions.
Joe Shepard, university vice president for administrative services and finance and chair of the solar project committee, said he was satisfied with the selection process.
"It's a process we've been using for quite some time and it yielded what I thought were three very good firms," Shepard said.
He denied the committee violated the state's Sunshine laws, saying the committee's work didn't fall under statutory requirements for needing minutes. Numerous similar committees, including at the county government level, do not take minutes, he said.
"I'm strongly in belief that you're in error," he said.
Harper, the First Amendment Foundation director, said the state open records statute applies to the university's committee. Any discussions not only would have to be open and publicly noticed, but also recorded via minutes.
"There's no exception for the different types of discussions," Harper said.
Shepard also maintained that nothing in the university's request for solar project proposals implied firms would be ranked to make the short list. Rankings, Shepard said, applied only to the final selection.
He also took issue with Goldstein's statement.
"Every company had an ability ... to protest the bid and they all chose not to," Shepard said. "I don't know why they chose not to, but if it was a 'slam dunk' you'd think that at least one of them would have chosen to."
Goldstein formed his opinion after reading the university's selection procedures at the request of the Daily News.
Under the heading, "Project Team Selection Process," it reads: "The committee will review the qualifications of all teams, score, and identify a short list of a minimum of three (3) teams based upon that score."
Goldstein said he was "surprised" no firm challenged the selection.
"These guys had clear grounds to challenge this process," he said.
After FGCU announced the results from the short list meeting, four firms contacted the university in writing requesting more information about the process.
Two firms specifically asked for bid rankings.
An executive vice president of one of the firms and Marco Island resident, Monte Lazarus, sent a series of e-mails and letters to the university.
Lazarus' firm United Energy Technology is a new company and it wanted a debriefing from FGCU about its bid, Lazarus said in an interview. Failing that, the company wanted to know where it stacked up against other firms.
"It cost us many hours of hard work," Lazarus said. "For that, we feel we were entitled to some information. We don't claim that we were entitled to win the bid."
Lazarus said his company didn't protest the result because it had, "no interest in a dispute with the university."
Following the short-list decision, an executive at Chevron Energy Solutions, which is a subsidiary of oil conglomerate Chevron Corp., wrote a lengthy e-mail to Shepard and FGCU Director of Facilities Planning Jack Fenwick when Chevron didn't make the cut. The executive, Tracie Lampton, wrote she was "deeply disappointed" the company wasn't selected because of its affiliation with oil products.
Fenwick replied by writing, "In the case of Chevron it is probably more a perception that is related to your being primarily an oil company, and in academic circles those companies are not held in high regard these days."
Shepard defended Fenwick's e-mail, and Chevron's exclusion. It was legitimate because branding and marketing concerns are substantial for this project, Shepard said, especially since the contract includes a 20-year agreement to maintain the solar farm.
"The issue of branding and marketing and so forth did come into the conversation," he said. "What was desired, because it was a 20-year partnership, was to have a 20-year partnership where we were comfortable not only with the product, but also felt comfortable with our association and brand name for renewable energies."
In an interview, Lampton said she wished she had done a better job of informing the university about Chevron's alternative energy efforts, including installing what is currently the second largest solar farm at a university in the country.
"We just thought it was a lack of education on who Chevron is," Lampton said.
Chevron never thought of protesting the short-listing process, either.
"We applaud their vision," Lampton said. "We would never want to do anything that would detract from it."
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Itsa, you hit the nail on the head with that analysis. tomorrow, big selling off the open, probably more selling through Thursday. I think we might see 12.50 by noon depending on futures.... buy on weakness for long term hold.
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Medical billing services are available to almost all medical specialties. Accurate and timely medical billing services help healthcare practitioners to concentrate on the health of their patients.
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Oracle after Hours: Gathering StatisticsOctober 11, 2006 Do you know what your database is doing after dark and on the weekends? What happens between 10 P.M. and 6 A.M. on weekdays, and all weekend? Would you be surprised to know that Oracle, by default, schedules a job to gather optimizer statistics upon creation of a database? The name of the job is GATHER_STATS_JOB. Referencing the Performance Tuning Guide, this job is created automatically at database creation time and is managed by the Scheduler. The Scheduler runs this job when the maintenance window is opened. By default, the maintenance window opens every night from 10 P.M. to 6 A.M. and all day on weekends. Let's take a quick look at the Scott schema because that is typically created when a database is created. The first stop is to look at analyze information found in DBA_TABLES. select table_name, to_char(liast_analyzed, 'DD-MON-RR HH24:MI') "LAST DATE", num_rows, sample_size from dba_tables where owner = 'SCOTT' order by last_analyzed; TABLE_NAME LAST DATE NUM_ROWS SAMPLE_SIZE ------------------------------ ---------------- ---------- ----------- DEPT 10-MAY-05 23:00 4 4 EMP 10-MAY-05 23:00 14 14 BONUS 10-MAY-05 23:00 0 0 SALGRADE 10-MAY-05 23:00 5 5 When was this database created? Assuming that this particular invocation of the Scott schema has not been touched or modified since it was created, does the date in LAST_DATE match the creation date of the database? SQL> select name, to_char(created, 'DD-MON-RR HH:MI:SS AM') "WHEN" 2 from v$database; NAME WHEN --------- --------------------- PROD 10-MAY-05 10:35:22 AM In this case, the answer is yes. If this job runs every night, then why is the LAST_DATE for Scott's tables showing 10-MAY-05 and not something closer to today's date (early October, 2006)? The reason is that Oracle considers Scott's table data to be current (not stale), that is, less than 10% of the data (by table) has changed since the last time statistics were collected. The specific mechanism or process which drives GATHER_STATS_JOB is What does the GATHER_DATABASE_STATS_JOB_PROC do? Unfortunately, the package body is wrapped, so without access to the original source code, the implementation details are obscured. The DBMS_STATS package is created via the dbmsstat.sql script, and the package body (wrapped) is created via the prvtstat.plb script. Both scripts are found in the RDBMS/ADMIN directory under ORACLE_HOME. Now that we know what is going on when, the next question concerns how, that is, how has the job been performing? The answer to this (and applies to other jobs as well) can be seen in DBA_SCHEDULER_JOBS. JOB_NAME START STATE COUNT COUNT LAST START RUN TIME -------------------- ------------------ ----- ----- ------- ------------------- -------- PURGE_LOG 11-AUG-04 03:00 AM SCHED 513 0 05-OCT-06 03:00 AM 00:00:00 GATHER_STATS_JOB SCHED 194 0 04-OCT-06 11:00 PM 06:23:54 ADV_SHRINK_1988719 SCHED 152 0 04-OCT-06 11:00 PM 00:00:04 ADV_SHRINK_2709655 SCHED 151 1 04-OCT-06 11:00 PM 01:39:04 MY_JOB 18-FEB-06 12:00 AM SCHED 244 24 05-OCT-06 04:00 AM 00:41:57 ADV_SHRINK_2457725 SCHED 151 0 04-OCT-06 11:00 PM 00:58:33 ADV_SQLACCESS2599661 SCHED 148 148 04-OCT-06 11:00 PM 00:00:00 The PURGE_LOG job has run 513 times since 11-AUG-04 and GATHER_STATS_JOB has 194 runs. The number of days does not add up, as the number of days between August, 2004 and October, 2006 is on the order of 770 plus days. One set of days which is fairly accurate is for MY_JOB at 244. At time of this article, there have been 230 days since 18-FEB-06, so the extra runs (both good and bad) are probably due to manual invocations (testing, ad hoc, etc.) of the job. Recall that the nightly maintenance window is only eight hours, and the RUN TIME column shows that more than eight hours are required. It is possible that some jobs do not run because they are lower in priority (as determined by Oracle). There is an attribute/setting which may be the culprit of why a particular run count may off. As explained in the tuning guide:
The view also is telling in that it identifies jobs with serious problems (read as does not work at all) such as the SQL access advisory job at the bottom. If you don't have alerts setup to notify you when a job succeeds (or fails), it is probably worthwhile to periodically inspect the STATE of a job via DBA_SCHEDULER_JOBS. Another question related to how is how to enable or disable the automatic collection of statistics. The management of enabling/disabling the job is performed through the DBMS_SCHEDULER package. Chapter 27 of the Administrator's Guide, Using the Scheduler of contains usage information. Disabling a job, for example, is as simple as executing (in a PL/SQL block if you want) dbms_scheduler.disable(Enter_Job_Name'); in a SQL*Plus session (qualify with owner name if necessary). To disable the forever-failing ADV_SQLACCESS2599661 job (this is owned by SYS): SQL> set serveroutput on SQL> exec dbms_scheduler.disable('ADV_SQLACCESS2599661'); PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. No need to keep running a bad job, and the next steps are to find out who created it, is it necessary, and so on. The same step can be used on the GATHER_STATS_JOB if desired. Are you stuck with the 10-6 and weekend schedule for GATHER_STATS_JOB? Let's look at some of the details of the job via DBA_SCHEDULER_WINDOWS. WINDOW_NAME NEXT_START_DATE COMMENTS ---------------- --------------------- ------------------------------------- WEEKNIGHT_WINDOW 05-OCT-06 10.00.00 PM Weeknight window for maintenance task WEEKEND_WINDOW 07-OCT-06 12.00.00 AM Weekend window for maintenance task The attribute that cannot be changed is WINDOW_NAME. Also included in Chapter 27 is information about altering a window. It is possible to increase or decrease the amount of time for the maintenance window. You alter a window using the When a window is altered, it does not affect an active window. The changes only take effect the next time the window opens. All windows can be altered. If you alter a window that is disabled, it will remain disabled after it is altered. An enabled window will be automatically disabled, altered, and then reenabled, if the validity checks performed during the enable process are successful. In ClosingSo now you know something about what your database is doing after hours. What else is going on that you may not know about, and how do you ensure that higher priority schemas (as opposed to what Oracle selects) always get analyzed in a maintenance window? The GATHER_STATS_JOB can be a valuable aid in optimizing performance if fed the right information, but you also have the option of creating your own (non-wrapped) gather statistics type of job and have it run in your own window. |


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Blueberry is a Cannabis indica-dominant hybrid strain. It was first bred in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Its genetics originated in a 3-way cross between a landrace Highland Thai known as "Juicy Fruit," the Oregon Purple Thai, and an Afghani male.[1] There have been several reworkings of the genetics by the original breeder, as well as over 100 hybrids and crosses produced.[2]
Known for its purple and blue coloring on both fan leaves and flowers and its very fruity aroma and blueberry taste, it is a unique strain. The effects are generally euphoric and mellow, and most users do not report tiredness and a mellowed relaxed feeling.[3] It has won the Cannabis Cup.[4]
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Blueberry is used for anxiety and stress related medicine, pain relief, and muscle relaxation as well.[5]
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- ^ "On the origins of Blueberry". CANNABIS CULTURE MAGAZINE. August 31, 1999. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ "DJ Short's Blueberry Lineages : Crossings & Hybrids". Seedfinder. en.seedfinder.eu. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Blueberry". kindgreenbuds.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ Hager, Steven. "Cannabis Cup Winners". High Times. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ "Blueberry (Herbal Connections Cherry Creek)". KindReviews Cannabis Education. pp. September 7th, 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2012.


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The diocese of Maliana serves three districts located in the border areas between Timor Leste and Indonesia. These districts are Bobonaro, Covalima and Liquica. These areas are 3,141,78-square-kilometers wide.
As of 2011, a total of 230,175 people lived in the territory. Of this number, 228,741 were Catholics and the rest were Muslims, Protestants and animists.
Bobonara district is occupied by people from Kemak and Bunak ethnic groups. Meanwhile, Liquica and Covalima districts are occupied by people from Tokodede and Tetun Terik ethnic groups respectively.
The different ethnic groups have their own languages.
Maliana is the youngest diocese in Timor Leste. This diocese was erected based on the Holy See's official letter dated Jan. 30, 2010.
Within the Indonesian archipelago with its more than 13,000 islands, Timor, which is divided into West and East Timor, is the biggest among the Small Sunda Islands. From 1586 till 1975 East Timor was a Portuguese colony. In the vast Portuguese colonial empire East Timor always played only a modest role as provider of coffee, coco products and sandal wood.
During the Pacific War (1941-1945) West Timor was occupied by Japan. After the end of the Pacific War in 1945, the Portuguese returned. In July 1975 when the first elections were held in East Timor, the "Liberation Movement For the Independence of East Timor" (Frente Revolucionaria de Timor Leste), better known in its abbreviated form as Fretelin, achieved 55 percent of the votes and thus was the clear winner of the elections.
In August 1975, civil war broke out in East Timor, and Lemos Pires, the last Portuguese governor, hastily and without any farewell ceremonies left the island. His departure marked the ignominious end of 400 years of Portuguese colonial rule in East Timor, during which the island, with an illiteracy rate of 95 percent and a rate of baby deaths as high as 50 percent, as well as endemic tuberculosis and malaria, had become one of the poorest countries in the world.
On Nov. 28, 1975, the Fretilin declared the independence of East Timor and the foundation of the new "Democratic Republic East Timor". In reaction to this development, the Indonesian government began to invade East Timor on Dec. 7, 1975. After a short military campaign Indonesia occupied East Timor in totally. Half a year later, on July 17, 1976, Indonesia unilaterally changed the international status of East Timor and made it the 27th province of the Federation of Indonesian states.
The period 1975-1999, during which East Timor was occupied by Indonesia, was marked by a continuous resistance from among the Timorese population against the Indonesian occupation. To break the resistance against Indonesian rule thousands of Timorese people were displaced from their villages and concentrated in closed settlements, young women were sterilised, and attempts were made to destroy the local culture by prohibiting the use of local languages as well as of the Portuguese language and at the same time enforcing the Indonesian language (Bahasa Indonesia) as the only officially recognised language and teaching medium in all schools. The accusation that Indonesia has committed a crime of genocide against the population of East Timor, often voiced in the international media, therefore, is not unfounded, if one considers the fact that during the period of Indonesian occupation of East Timor 1975-1999 more than 200,000 people lost their lives, equivalent to one third of the total population of the island.
During the nearly 400 years of Portuguese colonial rule (1596-1975), the Catholic Church proved to be a reliable partner of the Portuguese colonial rulers. But the Church made only modest efforts to adept itself to the cultural traditions in East Timor. As regards the architecture of churches, the liturgical services and the expressions of popular religiosity, all were completely following Portuguese examples. In addition, nearly all priests and religious leaders working in East Timor were expatriates, mostly Portuguese and Italians. The number of indigenous vocations to the priesthood or to religious life was rather small. When in 1975 Portuguese colonial rule ended, the Catholic Church was not prepared to fulfil a prophetic mission or to make active contributions to the development of the new era.
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It came therefore as a surprise that the Catholic Church, nevertheless, was able to play such a decisive role during the political upheavals of the 1970s. The brutal measures taken by the occupying Indonesian military forced the Catholic Church willy-nilly to take a position against the injustices and to engage itself in the struggle for the human rights of the Timorese population. For the clergy and the religious leaders responsible in the Catholic Church it was not easy to take up commitments beyond the sector of the strictly pastoral activities and to enter into a sector, which, even if the Church institutions denied it, could only be called "political". After all, the Catholic Church turned out to be the only force in a position to defend the human rights of the entire population during the political upheavals and the military oppression following the Indonesian Invasion of East Timor.
During this sad period in the history of East Timor, during which the Indonesian military and police committed countless violations of human rights, the Catholic Church acquitted admirably of its role to act as critical observer, to be the advocate of the people and to reprimand the Indonesian military and civil authorities.
Immense growth of Catholic population
The Indonesian occupation forces introduced also in East Timor the regulation, valid everywhere in Indonesia, that every citizen has to belong to one of the five religions acknowledged by the government, namely Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism and Hinduism. Pressured to choose from among one of these five acknowledged religions, most members of the traditional religions opted for the Catholic faith, because Islam, as the religion of the occupying Indonesian military, was no eligible alternative for them. The implementation of this administrative regulation, therefore, resulted in a huge wave of conversions to the Catholic Church. Consequently, the number of Catholics grew from 30 percent of the population at the beginning of Indonesian rule in 1975 to 85 percent at the beginning of the year 2001.
It was not only the aversion against Islam as the religion of the oppressors which played a role in these conversions. There was the additional element that some Catholic ceremonies and rituals were close to or similar to those practised within the traditional religions of indigenous peoples in East Timor, thus facilitating the transition to Christianity for the members of the old traditional religions.
In 1983, the Roman authorities relieved Bishop da Costa Lopes of his office as Apostolic Administrator of Dili Diocese, by giving into pressure exercised by the Indonesian government and military, who had insisted on the removal of this "troublesome personage". Bishop da Costa had become a "persona non grata" for the Indonesian government, because again and again he had condemned in public statements the violations of human rights and unrestrained use of force exercised by the Indonesian military against the population of East Timor. At the same time, he had denounced the fact that the Catholic Church in Indonesia and the authorities in Rome did not condemn the atrocities committed by the Indonesian military and thus failed to show solidarity with the Catholics in East Timor.
Rome replaced Bishop da Costa Lopes and appointed in his place Carlos Ximenes Belo SMB, a young Salesian priest, Apostolic Administrator of Dili. The appointment of Carlos Ximenes Belo came as a surprise because he was particularly unknown in East Timor and had returned to the island after lenghty studies in Rome and Portugal only in 1981. When in 1983 Bishop Belo took over the administration of Dili Diocese, then the only diocese in the island, the 700,000 Catholic faithful were divided into 30 parishes which were administered by just 71 priests. During the following years the Indonesian security apparatus took great strains to observe and to control closely Bishop Belo's pastoral activities, especially his activities in the field of human rights.
Papal visit
During his one-day visit to East Timor in October 1983, Pope John Paul II touched on the question of human rights during his sermon at a mass in the capital Dili which was attended by more than 200.000 faithful, but he avoided all harsh condemnation of Indonesian human rights violation and demanded from the East Timorese Catholics to forgive their oppressors. The liturgical highlight of the papal visit was the consecration of the new cathedral in Dili on Oct. 12, 1989. At the time of its consecration, the cathedral in Dili with its 2,000 seats was the biggest church in the whole of South East Asia.
How ineffective the integration policy of the Indonesian government really was, became obvious in the bloody event in November 1991 which became known as the "Dili Cemetery Massacre". On Nov. 12, 1991, Indonesian military opened fire on a huge crowd of mourners assembled in the cemetery in Dili for the burial of a student who had been killed by Indonesian security agents. According to the official figures published by the government 50 persons were killed, whereas independent observers and journalists present at the scene put the number of people killed as high as 500, with several thousands wounded.
By that time Bishop Belo already had become an internationally highly respected personality for his fight for human right, which he contined undismayed in the face of the many threats and repressive measures by the Indonesian authorities. It came not as a great surprise, when in October 1996 Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize together with Jose Ramos Horta, the speaker of the "National Council of the Maubere Resistance", the umbrella organisation of the resistance against the Indonesian integration policy in East Timor, who was living and working in Australia at the time.
As regards the future political developments in East Timor, awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to the two representatives of the cause of the people of East Timor played a very important role. After a period of political struggle, President Suharto was finally forced to resign on Aug. 30, 1999, after having been in power for 32 years. On the same day, a referendum was held in East Timor in which the Timorese people opted for independence by a vast majority of 78 percent. Violent actions taken by Indonesian army and militias in September 1999 forced more that 500,00 East Timorese, that is over 60 percent of the population, to leave their homes and to flee to West Timor or into the mountains and forests to escape from the violence and from the chaos that follwed. Many churches were burnt and many Catholic faithful together with some of their priests were killed.
On May 20, 2002, after 400 years of Portuguese colonial rule, 25 years of Indonesian occupation and and interim-administration by the United Nations, East Timor achieved full independence. During the thanksgiving mass on this occasion, Bishop Belo promised that the Catholic Church would continue to play the role of acting as advocate of the people and to work for reconciliation within the population of East Timorand with Indonesia. During the first period of independence another major challenge the new government had to tackle was to bring back the thousands of refugees and displaced persons. The Catholic Church contributed much to solve this national task by making use of its many organisations in the field of development assistance, health care and charity.
New situation
When national independence had been achieved, the ecclesiastical structure in East Timor had to be adjusted to the new situation. Till 1996 the Diocese of Dili with over 700,000 faithful had been the only diocese in the island, inspite of the spectacular growth of Catholics in East Timor. Finally, in 1996 the Holy See reacted and created the new Diocese Baucau as new ecclesiastical entity. On Jan. 6, 1997 Basilio do Nascimento was consecrated bishop and nominated Apostolic Administrator of Baucau. The plan, however, to create in 2002 another new diocese, the Diocese of Same, which was to be carved out of from Dili Diocese, did not materialise. Instead, on Jan. 30, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI erected the Diocese of Maliana, headed by Bishop Norberto do Amaral. The realisation of this plan to establish three dioceses has enabled the Catholic Church in East Timor to become an ecclesiastical Province and to form its own bishops' conference. This enabled the new Church province of East Timor to become a full member in the Federation of Asian Bishop's Conferences (FABC).
On Nov. 26, 2002 Bishop Carlos Belo suddenly resigned as Bishop and Apostolic Administrator of Dili for health reasons. (After recovering his health, Bishop Belo did not return to East Timor, but took up missionary work in Maputo, Mozambique in Southern Africa.) For nearly two years Bishop Basilio do Nascimento administered Dili Diocese in addition to his own Diocese of Baucau. On March 6, 2004, Alberto Ricardo da Silva was appointed as new Bishop of Dili and consecrated on May 2, 2004.
Many people use public transportation like buses to get to places they want to go to. But the number of buses is small, and the condition of many roads is not so good.
The climate in the territory is humid.
The currency used in this diocese as well as other dioceses in Timor Leste is US dollar.
By planting (e.g. coffee) and breeding, such as cows, goats and pigs, people make a living. The coffee etc and cattle are being sold at traditional markets. All three districts have fertile soil, where rice can be planted. Bobonaro district is also known for its pea and bean, such as cowpea and soybean. Meanwhile, Liquica and Covalima districts are known respectively for their coffee, banana and cassava.
The Internet access is very low. Every district only has at least one Internet caf?. Many people tend to use USB modem sticks to connect to the Internet, which is costly.
The only Internet provider is Timor Telecom, which also manages telephone connections. This company, however, has built cooperation with a private company from Indonesia to provide wider Internet access and telephone connection.
There is a television channel and radio station operating in this diocese and the other two dioceses. It is called Radio Timor Leste and Televisao de Timor Leste.
Liquica and Covalima districts respectively border on the northern and southern sea of Timor Island, while Bobonaro district is located in the middle of these two districts.
Bobonaro district's capital is Maliana, which is a mountainous area.
In general, Timor Leste is in process of finding a suitable curriculum system since this country has no fixed curriculum system yet.
This diocese has a close cultural relation with Indonesia.
There are also traditional dances which are popular in the districts, namely Likurai and Tebe.
Construction work of a retreat house
Bishop Nascimento
Baucau Diocese -
Bishop do Amaral
Maliana Diocese


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Zwilling J.A. Henckels Twin Cuisine Gadgets Silicone Slotted Turner - H37463100
Part Number: | H37463100 |
Manufacturer: | Zwilling J.A. Henckels |
Zwilling J.A. Henckels
For lifting to serve, turn or flip, this Slotted Turner performs beautifully. Greasy foods can drain through the slots. The silicone surface stands up to high heat from baking pans or skillets, so you can use it during cooking without waiting for cool down. Nonslip handle has a hole for hanging next to your stove or cooktop.
Stainless Steel knife handles provide strength and durability while using chromium oxide to create a rust-resistant barrier.