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Featured video: If I were a panda...
(05/06/2013) A new powerful video by the conservation program, APES, highlights the threat faced by many species: not being cute enough. The creative short video was produced pro bono by Ogilvy & Mather Chicago.
'Suffering...without witnesses': over a quarter of a million people perished in Somali famine
(05/06/2013) A new report estimates that 258,000 people died in 2011 during a famine in Somalia, the worst of such events in 25 years and a number at least double the highest estimations during the crisis. Over half of the victims, around 133,000, were children five and under. The report, by the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), argues that the international community reacted too late and too little to stem the mass starvation brought on by government instability, conflict, high food prices, and failed rains, the last of which has been linked to climate change by some scientists.
Hibernating primates: scientists discover three lemur species sleep like bears
(05/02/2013) Bears do it, bats do it, and now we know lemurs do it too: hibernate, that is. Since 2005, scientists have known that the western fat-tailed dwarf lemur hibernates, but a new study in Scientific Reports finds that hibernation is more widespread among lemurs than expected. At least two additional lemur species—Crossley's dwarf lemur and Sibree's dwarf lemur—have been discovered hibernating. So far lemurs, which are only found on the island of Madagascar, are the only primates known to undergo hibernation, raising curious questions about the relationship between lemur hibernation and more well-known deep sleepers.
Endangered primates and cats may be hiding out in swamps and mangrove forests
(05/02/2013) What happens to animals when their forest is cut down? If they can, they migrate to different forests. But in an age when forests are falling far and fast, many species may have to shift to entirely different environments. A new paper in Folia Primatologica theorizes that some 60 primate species and 20 wild cat species in Asia and Africa may be relying more on less-impacted environments such as swamp forests, mangroves, and peat forests.
13 year search for Taiwan's top predator comes up empty-handed
(05/01/2013) After 13 years of searching for the Formosan clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa brachyura), once hopeful scientists say they believe the cat is likely extinct. For more than a decade scientists set up over 1,500 camera traps and scent traps in the mountains of Taiwan where they believed the cat may still be hiding out, only to find nothing.
Citizen group finds 30 toxic chemicals in air following tar sands oil spill in Arkansas
(04/30/2013) Independent air samples by locals have yielded "a soup of toxic chemicals" in Mayflower, Arkansas where an Exxon Mobil pipeline burst on March 29th spilling some 5,000 barrels of tar sands oil, known as bitumen. Chemicals detected included several linked to cancer, reproductive problems, and neurological impacts such as benzene and ethylbenzene. Air samples were taken by community leader and University of Central Arkansas student April Lane a day after the spill. However, the Environment Protection Agency (EPA)'s and Exxon Mobil's air samples have yielded chemical levels below harm except in the direct clean-up area, according to the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH).
Scientists discover new giant mole rat in Africa (photos)
(04/30/2013) Although the term "giant mole rat" may not immediately inspire love, the mole rats of Africa are a fascinating bunch. They spend practically their entire lives underground building elaborate tunnel systems and feeding on plant stems. This underground lifestyle has led them to evolve small ears, tiny eyes, forward-pointing teeth for digging, and nostrils they can shut at will while digging. Some species are quite social, such as the most famous, the naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber), while others live largely solitary lives. If that's not enough, the family of mole rats, dubbed Blesmols, may even help us find a cure for cancer.
Obama Administration to propose stripping protection from all gray wolves
(04/29/2013) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is proposing to end protection for all gray wolves (Canis lupus) in the lower 48 states, save for a small population of Mexican wolves in New Mexico, reports the Los Angeles Times. The proposal comes two years after wolves were removed from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in western states by a legislative rider on a budget bill, and soon after in the midwest. Since then hunting and trapping has killed over 1,500 wolves in these two regions.
Europe bans pesticides linked to bee collapse
(04/29/2013) The EU has banned three neonicotinoid pesticides (imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam) linked to the decline of bees for two years. The ban will apply to all flowering crops, such as corn, rape seed, and sunflowers. The move follows a flood of recent studies, some high-profile, that have linked neonicotinoid pesticides, which employ nicotine-like chemicals, to the widespread decline of bees seen both in Europe and North America.
What if companies actually had to compensate society for environmental destruction?
(04/29/2013) The environment is a public good. We all share and depend on clean water, a stable atmosphere, and abundant biodiversity for survival, not to mention health and societal well-being. But under our current global economy, industries can often destroy and pollute the environment—degrading public health and communities—without paying adequate compensation to the public good. Economists call this process "externalizing costs," i.e. the cost of environmental degradation in many cases is borne by society, instead of the companies that cause it. A new report from TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity), conducted by Trucost, highlights the scale of the problem: unpriced natural capital (i.e. that which is not taken into account by the global market) was worth $7.3 trillion in 2009, equal to 13 percent of that year's global economic output.
Top security official in Nigeria blames climate change for worsening insecurity
(04/25/2013) Climate change is in part to blame for rising conflict and crime in Nigeria, according to the president's National Security Advisor, Colonel Sambo Dasuki. Speaking to the House Committee on Climate Change, Dasuki said that the rise of Boko Haram insurgents, a jihadist group in northern Nigeria, and worsening crime was linked to climate change reports All Africa.
Emergency: large number of elephants being poached in the Central African Republic (warning: graphic image)
(04/25/2013) WWF and the Wildlife Conversation Society (WCS) are issuing an immediate call for action as they report that poachers are killing sizable numbers of forest elephants near the Dzanga-Sangha protected areas in the Central African Republic (CAR). The two large conservation groups have evacuated their staff from the area after a government coup, but local rangers are still trying to determine the scale of the killing while defending remaining elephants. In total the conservation groups believe the parks are home to over 3,000 elephants.
China to phase out super greenhouse gas
(04/24/2013) Some eight billion tonnes of greenhouse gases could be kept out of the atmosphere if China sticks to a deal with the United Nation's Montreal Protocol to eliminate the production of hydro-fluorocarbons (HCFCs). In return for phasing out HCFC production by 2030, the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol on Substances has promised China of funding up to $385 million.
Bizarre, little-known carnivore sold as illegal pet in Indonesian markets (photo)
(04/24/2013) Few people have ever heard of the Javan ferret-badger, but that hasn't stopped this animal—little-known even to scientists—from being sold in open markets in Jakarta according to a new paper in Small Carnivore Conservation. The Javan ferret-badger (Melogale orientalis) is one of five species in the ferret-badger family, which are smaller than proper badgers with long bushy tails and elongated faces; all five species are found in Asia.
Featured video: time to meet The Lonely Dodo
(04/24/2013) A new short animation (see below) highlights the plight of today's most endangered species by focusing on one which is already extinct: the dodo. The animation, produced by Academy award-winning studio Aardman, introduces the world to the last, and very lonely, dodo. The short was created for conservation organization, the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, which is striving to save a number of species from the dodo's fate.
The river of plenty: uncovering the secrets of the amazing Mekong
(04/23/2013) Home to giant catfish and stingrays, feeding over 60 million people, and with the largest abundance of freshwater fish in the world, the Mekong River, and its numerous tributaries, brings food, culture, and life to much of Southeast Asia. Despite this, little is known about the biodiversity and ecosystems of the Mekong, which is second only to the Amazon in terms of freshwater biodiversity. Meanwhile, the river is facing an existential crisis in the form of 77 proposed dams, while population growth, pollution, and development further imperil this understudied, but vast, ecosystem.
Featured video: Earth Day message from indigenous tribes in the Peruvian Amazon
(04/23/2013) A new video by Alianza Arkana includes an Earth Day message from the indigenous peoples in the Peruvian Amazon who are facing the existential threats of logging and fossil fuel development on their traditional lands.
Malaysia may be home to more Asian tapirs than previously thought (photos)
(04/23/2013) You can't mistake an Asian tapir for anything else: for one thing, it's the only tapir on the continent; for another, it's distinct black-and-white blocky markings distinguishes it from any other tapir (or large mammal) on Earth. But still little is known about the Asian tapir (Tapirus indicus), including the number surviving. However, researchers in Malaysia are working to change that: a new study for the first time estimates population density for the neglected megafauna, while another predicts where populations may still be hiding in peninsular Malaysia, including selectively-logged areas.
Rhino horn madness: over two rhinos killed a day in South Africa
(04/22/2013) Rhino poachers have killed 232 rhinos during 2013 so far in South Africa, reports Annamiticus, which averages out to 2.1 a day. The country has become a flashpoint for rhino poaching as it holds more rhinos than any other country on Earth. Rhinos are being slaughter for their horns, which are believed to be a curative in Chinese traditional medicine, although there is no evidence this is so.
Despite unseasonable cold in EU and U.S., March was tenth warmest on record
(04/22/2013) While the month of March saw colder-than-average temperatures across a wide-swath of the northern hemisphere—including the U.S., southern Canada, Europe, and northern Asia—globally, it was the tenth warmest March on record in the last 134 years, putting it in the top 7 percent.
Last 30 years were the warmest in the last 1,400 years
(04/21/2013) From 1971 to 2000, the world's land areas were the warmest they have been in at least 1,400 years, according to a new study in Nature Geoscience. The massive new study, involving 80 researchers from around the world with the Past Global Changes (PAGES) group, is the first to look at continental temperature changes over two thousand years, providing insights into regional climatic changes from the Roman Empire to the modern day. According to the data, Earth's land masses were generally cooling until anthropogenic climate change reversed the long-term pattern in the late-19th Century.
Bison return to Germany after 300 year absence
(04/18/2013) Earlier this month, officials took down a fence allowing the first herd of European bison (Bison bonasus) to enter the forests freely in Germany in over 300 years, reports Wildlife Extra. The small herd, consisting of just eight animals (one male, five females and two calves) will now be allowed to roam unhindered in the Rothaar Mountains as their ancestors did long ago.
Unidentified toxin caused the deaths of Borneo elephants
(04/18/2013) After three months, officials still don't know for certain what killed at least 14 Bornean elephants (Elephas maximus borneensis) in the Malaysian state of Sabah. However tests do indicate that the herd perished from a "caustic intoxicant," possibly ingested accidentally or just as easily intentionally poisoned. A distinct subspecies, Bornean elephants are the world's smallest with a population that has fallen to around 2,000 on the island.
Judge halts military-backed dam assessment in Brazil's Amazon
(04/17/2013) A federal court in Brazil has suspended the use of military and police personnel during technical research on the controversial São Luíz do Tapajós Dam in the Brazilian Amazon. The military and police were brought in to stamp down protests from indigenous people living along the Tapajós River, but the judge decreed that impacted indigenous groups must give free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) before any furter studies can be done on the proposed dam. However, the decision is expected to be appealed.
Featured video: local communities successfully conserve forests in Ethiopia
(04/17/2013) A participatory forest management (PFM) program in Ethiopia has made good on forest preservation and expansion, according a recent article and video interview (below) from the Guardian. After 15 years, the program has aided one community in expanding its forest by 9.2 percent in the last decade, while still allowing community access to forest for smallscale logging in Ethiopia's Bale Mountains.
Civet poop coffee may be threatening wild species
(04/16/2013) Popularization of the world's strangest coffee may be imperiling a a suite of small mammals in Indonesia, according to a new study in Small Carnivore Conservation. The coffee, known as kopi luwak (kopi for coffee and luwak for the civet), is made from whole coffee beans that have passed through the guts of the animal and out the other side. The coffee is apparently noted for its distinct taste, though some have argued it is little more than novelty.
Yangtze porpoise down to 1,000 animals as world's most degraded river may soon claim another extinction
(04/16/2013) A survey late last year found that the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) population has been cut in half in just six years. During a 44-day survey, experts estimated 1,000 river porpoises inhabited the river and adjoining lakes, down from around 2,000 in 2006. The ecology of China's Yangtze River has been decimated the Three Gorges Dam, ship traffic, pollution, electrofishing, and overfishing, making it arguably the world's most degraded major river. These environmental tolls have already led to the likely extinction of the Yangtze river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer), or baiji, and possibly the Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius), which is one of the world's longest freshwater fish.
Double bad: Chinese vessel that collided with protected coral reef holding 22,000 pounds of pangolin meat
(04/15/2013) What do you do when you're smuggling 22,000 pounds of an endangered species on your boat? Answer: crash into a protected coral reef in the Philippines. Last Monday a Chinese vessel slammed into a coral reef in the Tubbataha National Marine Park; on Saturday the Filipino coastguard discovered 400 boxes of pangolin meat while inspecting the ship. Pangolins, which are scaly insect-eating mammals, have been decimated by the illegal wildlife trade as their scales are prized in Chinese Traditional Medicine and their meat is considered a delicacy.
Future generations to pay for our mistakes: biodiversity loss doesn't appear for decades
(04/15/2013) The biodiversity of Europe today is largely linked to environmental conditions decades ago, according to a new large-scale study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Looking at various social and economic conditions from the last hundred years, scientists found that today's European species were closely aligned to environmental impacts on the continent from 1900 and 1950 instead of more recent times. The findings imply that scientists may be underestimating the total decline in global biodiversity, while future generations will inherit a natural world of our making.
How many animals do we need to keep extinction at bay?
(04/15/2013) How many animal individuals are needed to ensure a species isn't doomed to extinction even with our best conservation efforts? While no one knows exactly, scientists have created complex models to attempt an answer. They call this important threshold the "minimum viable population" and have spilled plenty of ink trying to decipher estimates, many of which fall in the thousands. However, a new study in Conservation Biology shows that some long-lived animals may not need so many individuals to retain a stable population.
New insect discovered in Brazil, only third known in its bizarre family (photos)
(04/15/2013) A new species of forcepfly named Austromerope brasiliensis, was recently discovered in Brazil and described in the open access journal Zoo Keys. This is the first discovery of forcepfly in the Neotropics and only the third known worldwide. The forcepfly, often called the earwigfly because the male genital forceps closely resemble the cerci of the common earwig, remains a scientific enigma due to the lack of information on the family.
Saviors or villains: controversy erupts as New Zealand plans to drop poison over Critically Endangered frog habitat
(04/10/2013) New Zealand's Department of Conservation (DOC) is facing a backlash over plans to aerially drop a controversial poison, known as 1080, over the habitat of two endangered, prehistoric, and truly bizarre frog species, Archey's and Hochsetter's frogs, on Mount Moehau. Used in New Zealand to kill populations of invasive mammals, such as rats and the Australian long-tailed possum, 1080 has become an increasingly emotive issue in New Zealand, not just splitting the government and environmentalists, but environmental groups among themselves. Critics allege that the poison, for which there is no antidote, decimates local animals as well as invasives, while proponents say the drops are the best way to control invasive mammals that kill endangered species like birds and frogs and may spread bovine tuberculosis (TB).
International Paper commits to working with longtime foe to protect endangered forests
(04/10/2013) In another sign that the global paper industry may be steering toward more sustainable practices following years of bruising activist campaigns and pressure from buyers, International Paper (IP) has committed to identifying and protecting endangered forests and high conservation value areas in the southern U.S. The company, which is the world's largest paper maker, will be partnering with its tenacious NGO critic, the Dogwood Alliance, in order to map out forests in the region and, furthermore, move away from converting natural forests into pine plantations.
Landowner who allegedly ordered Amazon murders acquitted
(04/10/2013) Jose Rodrigues Moreira, a Brazilian landowner who allegedly ordered the killings of Amazon activists Jose Claudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife Maria, was acquitted this week due to lack of evidence. But, the two men who carried out the assassinations, Lindonjonson Silva Rocha and Alberto Lopes do Nascimento, were found guilty and sent to 42 and 45 years of jail respectively.
Beautiful striped bat is the "find of a lifetime" (photos)
(04/10/2013) Scientists have uncovered a rare, brilliantly-striped bat in South Sudan that has yielded new secrets after close study. Working in Bangangai Game Reserve during July of last year, biologist DeeAnn Redeer and conservationist Adrian Garsdie with Fauna & Flora International (FFI) came across an unmissable bat, which has been dubbed by various media outlets as the "badger bat" and the "panda bat."
Amur leopard population rises to 50 animals, but at risk from tigers, poachers
(04/09/2013) In the remote Russian far east, amid pine forests and long winters, a great cat may be beginning to make a recovery. A new survey estimates that the Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) population has risen to as many as 50 individuals. While this may not sound like much, it's a far cry from the a population that may have fallen to just 25 animals. Sporting the heaviest coat of any leopard, the Amur leopard largely hunts hoofed animals, such as deer and boar, in a forest still ruled by the Siberian tiger.
Air pollution killed 7 million people in 2010
(04/09/2013) Seven million people died from air pollution in 2010, according to new data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010, published in the medical journal Lancet. The research found that indoor air pollution killed 3.5 million people in 2010, outdoor air pollution 3.3 million, and ground level ozone pollution 200,000 people.
Featured video: stemming human-caused fires in the Amazon
(04/09/2013) A new series of 5 films highlights how people use fire in the Amazon rainforest and how such practices can be mitigated. Collectively dubbed "Slash & Burn" each film explores a different aspect of fire-use in the Amazon. In recent years the Amazon has faced unprecedented droughts, possibly linked to climate change and vast deforestation, making the issue of human-started fires even more important.
Norwegian Pinot Noir?: global warming to drastically shift wine regions
(04/08/2013) In less than 40 years, drinking wine could have a major toll on the environment and wildlife, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study finds that climate change will likely force many vineyards to move either north or to higher altitudes, leading to habitat loss, biodiversity declines, and increased pressure for freshwater. Some famous wine-growing areas could be lost, including in the Mediterranean, while development of new wine areas—such as those in the Rocky Mountains and northern Europe—could lead to what the the scientists describe as "conservation conflicts."
Sumatran rhino population plunges, down to 100 animals
(04/08/2013) Less than 100 Sumatran rhinos survive in the world today, according to a bleak new population estimate by experts. The last survey in 2008 estimated that around 250 Sumatran rhinos survived, but that estimate now appears optimistic and has been slashed by 60 percent. However conservationists are responding with a major new agreement between the Indonesian and Malaysian governments at a recent summit by the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC).
Greener neighborhoods have less violent crime
(04/04/2013) Turn your neighborhood green and it may prevent violent crime in the long run, according to a new study in Landscape and Urban Planning, which found that violent crimes (assaults, robberies, and burglaries) occurred less often in greener areas of Philadelphia. The connection between greener neighborhoods and less violent crime even stood up after researchers accounted for education, poverty, and population levels.
Tar sands oil spill: ruptured pipe pours 200,000 gallons of oil into suburban neighborhood (photos)
(04/04/2013) Last Saturday, an oil pipeline carrying tar sands oil from Canada ruptured in Mayflower, Arkansas spilling between 3,500-5,000 barrels of crude (at most 210,000 gallons) into neighborhood streets and lawns. Families from 22 homes have been evacuated while clean-up crews have scrambled to contain the spill. ExxonMobil, which runs the 65-year-old Pegasus pipeline, has stated it will pay for any damage, however critics say the oil spill is more evidence that the Obama Administration should turn down the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
New giant tarantula that's taken media by storm likely Critically Endangered (photos)
(04/04/2013) Described by a number of media outlets as "the size of your face" a new tree-dwelling tarantula discovered in Sri Lanka has awed arachnophiliacs and terrified arachnophobes alike. But the new species, named Raja's tiger spider (Poecilotheria rajaei), is likely Critically Endangered according to the scientist that discovered it in northern Sri Lanka.
An insidious threat to tropical forests: over-hunting endangers tree species in Asia and Africa
(04/04/2013) A fruit falls to the floor in a rainforest. It waits. And waits. Inside the fruit is a seed, and like most seeds in tropical forests, this one needs an animal—a good-sized animal—to move it to a new place where it can germinate and grow. But it may be waiting in vain. Hunting and poaching has decimated many mammal and bird populations across the tropics, and according to two new studies the loss of these important seed-disperser are imperiling the very nature of rainforests.
Featured video: in-depth look at Madagascar's Ranomafauna National Park
(04/03/2013) A new film Nosy Maitso takes a look at the people, researchers, and wildlife connected to Madagascar's Ranomafauna National Park. Apart of a World Heritage Site, the park was established in 1991 after a new species of lemur, the golden bamboo lemur (Hapalemur aureus), was discovered in its forests in the 1980s. The golden bamboo lemur is currently listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List.
Scientists discover new wasp species in a field box from the 1930s (photos)
(04/03/2013) Searching through materials at the Natural History Museum in Paris, Simon van Noort recently came across a long-neglected field box of wasp specimens. Collected 80 years earlier by André Seyrig in Madagascar, the box contained several specimens of wasp in the Paramblynotus genus. The big surprise: wasps in this genus had never before been seen in Madagascar.
U.S. Republican voters want action on climate change
(04/03/2013) A new poll by the Center for Climate Change Communication (4C) at George Mason University finds that a majority of U.S. citizens who identify as Republicans or Republican-leaning independents want the government to do more to tackles climate change. Sixty-two percent of those polled said that the U.S. government "absolutely should" or "probably should" takes steps to address climate change. This goes against the views of many Republican congressmen—as well as the party platform—who largely oppose action on climate change.
Sumatran rhino found in Kalimantan after unseen in region for 20 years
(04/02/2013) Conservationists working to save the Sumatran rhino—one of the world's most imperiled mammals—heard good news this week as WWF-Indonesia has found evidence of at least one Sumatran rhino persisting in the Indonesian state of Kalimantan, located on the island of Borneo. Small populations of Sumatran rhinos (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) survive on Sumatra and on Borneo (in the Malaysian state of Sabah), but this is the first time scientists have confirmed the presence of the notoriously shy animal in Kalimantan in over two decades.
By 2050 much of the Arctic could be green
(04/01/2013) Warming about twice as fast as the rest of the world, the Arctic is already undergoing massive upheavals from climate change: summer sea ice is thinning and vanishing, land based ice sheets are melting, and sea levels are rising. Now a new study in Nature Climate Change predicts that vegetation cover in the Arctic could expand by over 50 percent by 2050. Although increased vegetation would sequester additional carbon, this would be more-than-offset by the loss of the albedo effect, whereby sunlight bounces off white (snow and ice covered) parts of the Earth.
U.S. book industry using 24 percent recycled paper on average
(04/01/2013) From 2004 to 2010, book publishers increased their use of recycled fiber by nearly five times, from 5 percent to 24 percent on average, according to a new report by the Book Industry Environmental Council (BIEC) and Green Press Initiative. The report, which depends on voluntary statistics from the book industry, also found that nearly all (89 percent) of book publishers have environmental policies.
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I like strolling through small town bazaars.
Raipur in Pali, Rajasthan was no exception!
Agreed – lots of stories to seek in those narrow lanes.
You frame your shots very well. Narrow streets are wonderful places to explore.
Nice click. I too love the narrow alleys of the small towns. It takes you to an all together different world.

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Mini Pineapple Meat Loaves
18 Mar 2010
|Canned crushed pineapple
|15 1⁄4 Ounce, juice pack (1 Can)
|Soft bread crumbs
|1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs)
|Chopped onion
|2 Tablespoon
|Chopped green pepper
|2 Tablespoon
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|Ground beef
|1 1⁄2 Pound
|1 Tablespoon
|Prepared mustard
|2 Teaspoon
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Soy sauce
|2 Tablespoon
|Bottled hot pepper sauce
|4 Drop
Drain crushed pineapple; reserve juice.
Add water to juice, if necessary, to make 1 cup; set aside for use in sauce.
In bowl combine eggs, bread crumbs, pineapple, onion, green pepper, salt, and pepper.
Add beef; mix well.
Form into five 4x2-inch loaves.
Place meat loaves in wire grill basket.
Grill over medium-hot coals for 20 to 25 minutes.
Turn and grill till done, about 20 minutes more.
Meanwhile, in small saucepan blend together cornstarch and mustard.
Stir in reserved pineapple juice, catsup, soy sauce, and hot pepper sauce.
Cook over medium-hot coals, stirring constantly, till thickened and bubbly.
Pass with the meat loaves.
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Published 1:11 am Mon, Jun 6, 2011
Gadgets, Technology
Published 1:11 am Mon, Jun 6, 2011 Gadgets, Technology
Published 1:11 am Mon, Jun 6, 2011
Gadgets, Technology
That's right, stop the short wave broadcasts and put it all on internet radio.
That way, people in countries who are subject to torture and imprisonment if found listening to "subversive" broadcasts in the relative privacy of their own home on their commonly-available short wave radios need now simply pop into their local uncensored, "no records of your activities kept unless required to do so by the relevant law agencies", internet cafe and listen amongst a group of complete strangers which won't include any government informers.
Marvellous brainwave!
exactly what you said there. Thank You.
This is also happening to the BBC World Service. I guess it makes sense, given these stations are basically means of distributing propaganda, to move to more modern/effective ways of spreading the message. But it's a shame nonetheless.
I hate this sunsetting of quality shortwave content. While I find VOA to be reasonably boring with terrible music selection but it follows in the footsteps of the BBC which is great for hourly news updates, I don't like the trend. There have been episodes of jamming in the past but like old school numeric paging or wired pay phones it is a technology easily made available even to the poor that is robust and requires little infrastructure for the impact it can have.
Also I don't want my great customized shortwave travel radio to become obsolete, it is brilliant for bicycle tours in non-English countries.
I guess we can all just rely on CRI China Radio International for as long as we need shortwave.
Wait isn't this the same gang who gave us Radio Free Europe back in the 50's? When they decided that the Hungarian rebellion against the USSR wasn't worth even mentioning at all because the rebels had red flags over their heads?
I mean its shit that its going… but it was the west information-version of the KGB. To me I think we could just as well make a blood rose of it.
Coming to light a few days after internet access from Syria was effectively blocked because of political unrest, this report does look a bit idiotic.
Yes, issues in the IT dept. should be addressed (I suspect they're not much different from what you get in your average bureaucracy anyway), but completely renouncing such a resilient propaganda and communication tool would be extremely short-sighted.
Looks like our Empire cannot afford to send regular messengers to its most remote outposts anymore… quite a sign of decadence.
Wait isn't this the same gang who gave us Radio Free Europe back in the 50's? When they decided that the Hungarian rebellion against the USSR wasn't worth even mentioning at all because the rebels had red flags over their heads?
As someone who's lived in Hungary for many years, I find your version of history to be completely at odds with what really happened.
Hungarian-language Radio Free Europe, far from not mentioning the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, talked incessantly about it and in fact made promises to the rebels that American assistance would be coming if they continued to fight the Soviets, despite the cautioning of RFE bosses against this type of talk. Since this did not happen, many Hungarians even today hold this against us, as I myself have found out on occasion.
As for your comment about rebels with "red flags over their heads," I have no idea what you mean. I've never heard anything like that. The only thing the rebels did with their national flags was cut out the hammer and sickle in the middle, as it was a symbols of Soviet dictatorship. So the Hungarian tricolor flag with a hole was a symbol of the revolution.
While living in a rural community as a Peace Corps Volunteer, VOA on shortwave was at times my sole connection to home. Listening to it was where I found solace after hard days working in a strange country, speaking a strange language, and longing for a little taste of home. When you are the only American for miles, let alone the only foreigner, VOA is invaluable to maintaining sanity. Furthermore, I worry how many students of English in those same rural communities will suffer as a result of limited exposure to English broadcasting. VOA still is part of our foreign policy toolbox. Before we shut down VOA, perhaps we should take a closer look at the useless radio/TV MartÃ.
This is a great idea – give up the shortwave radio, which worked if you have an untraceable and unblockable cheap radio which would work on batteries or a hand crank in return for internet radio, which requires a more expensive computer, connected to a more expensive power grid which might not be reliable, a costly internet provider which can be closely monitored, throttled or shut down completely by the very governments who this station is supposed to broadcast propaganda against.
"Its authors anticipate "political pressure" to continue widespread use of shortwave radio broadcasts."
Political? No, in this sense just common sense shows you that changing to internet broadcasting will gut the effectiveness of the stations – but than, maybe that's what this group wants to do :)
Exactly! The Technopoly must go forward! If oppressed people around the world now and in the future want to surrepitiously gain access to sources of outside information, let them first build a chip making factory, develop code-breaking software, and construct and connect to their own electric grid. If they aren't capable of those things, well then they deserve to be oppressed, right?
But isn't that the way all things are heading now? People buying walled garden devices that can be remotely deactivated, cloud computing… we're turning over our keys to others and hoping for the best.
Some people consider amateur radio to be obsolete… things Hams could only do a few decades ago anyone with a decent internet connection and PC can now do. This is a GOOD thing of course.
But if the internet somehow fails, Ham & shortwave radio still works.
I think it's stupid: as others have noted, if you are spreading news and/or propaganda you want it to be heard or at least be available. With countries making internet firewalls to block off huge numbers of sites they find dangerous, shortwave is still simple enough to find even with jamming atttempts. I doubt many North Koreans even have access to the internet, but radios can be hacked to pickup SW bands.
By all means, let's switch over all of our rapid, long-distance communication to a technology that can be switched off by the government at an injunction's notice. What could possibly go wrong? If we have nothing to hide we have nothing to fear, right?
Now if you'll excuse me I have some Morse code to study.
Ending shortwave broadcasts is absurd. Shortwave is not dependent on infrastructure; it gets through to places where infrastructure is nonexistent or where the local government is hostile to the information presented. Back in the day VOA penetrated the Iron Curtain with American culture, unbiased news, and our views on international affairs. It is still needed, to present this information in places where firewalling or logging is a threat to the listener. The target audiences have changed, but the need has not. If we lose this resource we will not be able to re-create it easily or quickly when needed. The expense of international broadcasting is a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of the military misadventures which have *lost* us hearts and minds all over the world.
By going off the air they are promoting the internet, my internet. With this newly opened Bandwidth they can force services up the bands down to shortwave and give out the upper frequencies to cellphone companies. All of this so I can keep up on the Hollywood celebrity gossip on my hand held wireless device. Progress.
Goddammit, internet.
I was really shocked at how empty the shortwave bands were when I got out my shortwave radio last year and ran a wire out the window to a tree.
I used to be able to tune in the world. Now it's mostly static, except for Latin and Christian stations. :-(
the beauty of radio, it doesn't recognize the political boundaries on the map. It goes however far the ether will carry it.
For the people at the other end, radio is simple, needs very little infrastructure, just a few batteries or a hand to crank it. It brings news, music, views, stories into places that aren't even wired for electricity. Heck there are a humber of places I can't even get cellular telephone services here in the states, usually that means wireless internet, too, but will certainly here all sorts of things via AM, FM and shortwave radio.
so it seems BBC, VOA, DW, just to name a few of the Big Gun shortwave stations are going to scale back or eliminate their services because of the internet. It just doesnt seem wise, especially after the "Middle East Spring" we had with all the dissent and political changes. BBC did say they would turn services back on if ME Spring services were to happen again, but I seriously doubt that, once closed, it will probably stay closed.
What a sad, sad day.
Not good
Internet can be monitored
Radio can't
Internet can be controlled or shut down MUCH MORE easily
But it cost a lot to broadcast
It is just no comparison
New technology is good but it can't match Old Radio and perhaps it never will.
As a IBB/VOA IT insider, let me say that this report is over a year old and numerous improvements have been made both to personnel and infrastructure. While there is still a long way to go, numerous single points of failures have been identified and corrected and the IT posts decent numbers when it comes to reliability.
Concerning the email system which is supposedly "outmoded". The system has been globally replaced in the past two years and while the author of the report may be unhappy with the choice of software, the fact is that the new system is extremely robust and has operated at the 99.99% reliability level for the first six months of 2011.
I'll echo one of the anons: I just bought a shortwave radio, first I'd had since I was a kid, and the only English-speaking stations I can get are Christian broadcasts – admittedly some from exotic locations, but what difference does that make if they're all discussing the Bible and nothing else? There are also many Latin-sounding stations but I don't speak Spanish or Portuguese so I can't comment on their content.
I remember picking up English-language newscasts and topical discussions of all sorts from Moscow, Johannesburg, even Canberra, all kinds of places. Of course it isn't as if I can't get news from those places via the Internet, as the report says, but even for a relatively wealthy New Worlder like myself with Internet access and all, there's something to be missed in not being able to tune in those kinds of programs any more.
How much do these things really cost to run? From looking around, it seems like we're probably talking about an average of 200kW, although they can apparently get a lot higher. Even assuming full American residential electricity rates, that comes out to around $30 an hour.
Seems like the only thing I'll get to listen to on shortwave broadcast is Radio Havana and religious wing-nuttery. All the big broadcasters are shutting down shortwave broadcasts, one by one.
Good thing there's always ham radio. :)
Its tragic that shortwave is dying, many people in the world are poor and cannot afford, or have access to, the internet.
Terrible idea. Especially considering all the unrest (the good kind) going on in many places in the world. Places like Syria, China, Libya, North Korea keep strict watch over the internet and limit what sites may be accessed. Furthermore, many people do not own computers and if they do, they certainly will not be working during critical times. Look at what happened in Cairo, everything was effectively shutoff. However, you cannot shutoff a radio signal (you can jam it sure, but then the freq. must be changed). It is a shame that the BBC stopped its shortwave broadcasts and it will be a shame when VOA did. Its much easier to listen to a radio station than an internet feed. Plus the radio is portable and not dependent on internet connections.
Close Radio Marti first. Its a cash sucking station that is ineffective. Nowadays it only appeases a small segment of American's (Cubans). Cuba is not a threat to us anymore, if we really want to start having a cultural influence on the country, maybe we should stop the embargo and allow travel there. The problem is that Cuban American's vote (as we all should) so nobody wants to upset them.
If more American's voted than this wouldn't be much of an issue.
Hmm… I wonder if the "numbers" stations will start to disappear as well.
During the time since 1972 until now, when I lived and worked outside the US, I depended on the BBC World Service for news and radio entertainment. Recently, the BBC has largely discontinued its SW broadcasting and, instead, 'borrowed' local AM and FM stations for news and infrequent general interest programs. I am disappointed in this change but recognize the budgetary and listenership reasons for it. I now find the VOA doing the same thing and am equally disappointed.
I must confess that I seldom listen to the VOA because of its 'Special English' and its blatant emphasis on US news and policy. (Hey, that's its job!) The BBC, on the other hand has sought to inform curious listeners about current events and and other items of general interest while, at the same time, subtly educating listeners in the advantages of a democratic and open society.
As an educator and a communication professional, I believe the service-providing professionals are better in tune with the administrative and technological aspects of broadcasting and less familiar or concerned with the circumstances of the listeners: age, location, habits, interests, access and familiarity with newer forms of communication and the necessary equipment for listening. The administrators seem to be mostly interested in the newest technological fix and fail to appreciate the long and admittedly 'thinning tai' of faithful listeners.
The latest developments in listening technology may excite the international broadcasters, but the potential listeners are still – I believe – more comfortable with older, traditional technical systems of listening. The VOA, and the BBC, were very effective and I believe their traditional methods still have a place in international broadcasting and should not be completely replaced by new, and more expensive means of listening.
I can't say I have ever listened, but this thread makes me nostalgic for the cold war.
See also shutdown of DW (Deutsche Welle) stations! Discussed here: http://bit.ly/lu5O4K
It is a worldwide strategy to shift information from free sources to the internet to have more control on the contents. So my opinion.


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SUWANEE -- There's no place like home rings true for a member of the 2012 Atlanta Falcons.
Rookie punter Dawson Zimmerman, a Brookwood grad, was signed by his hometown team this offseason as an undrafted free agent after graduating from Clemson University.
"It's a great blessing," said Zimmerman, who took part in the Falcons' Friday Night Lights scrimmage on Friday at Peachtree Ridge. "Out of all the teams to be picked up by the home team, I consider myself really fortunate to be in this position."
Although the punters weren't necessarily the main attraction during the scrimmage, Zimmerman is living a Falcons fans' dream just being in training camp this summer.
"I was a Falcons fan growing up especially when they were making that Super Bowl run, and as they started getting into this new era with Matt (Ryan) and the other guys, I definitely went to some games," he said. "That's what's so great about playing is I'm still (thinking) 'That is Matt Ryan. I'm a huge fan of his.'"
Being within an hour's drive of home is a luxury Zimmerman gets to enjoy, even as a rookie in his first training camp and is excited for the first preseason game against Baltimore on Thursday.
"I'm fortunate enough to have my parents be able to drive up here and watch me," Zimmerman said. "It (Atlanta) is just a great place to play. I got a lot of friends who are going to be able to make it to some of the preseason games, so I'll definitely have some supporting fans (at the Dome),"
In the early portion of the of Friday's scrimmage, Zimmerman took snaps holding for his fellow kickers as well as working on his hang time during special teams drills. The 22-year-old Lawrenceville native was booting his punts 40-50 yards downfield as fans filed into the stadium. It wasn't that long ago when Zimmerman was one of those fans who used to watch from the stands.
"It's just really interesting because from an outside point of view, you hold (the players) up on a pedestal," Zimmerman said. "When you get around them, they're not action heroes they're real people. It's really cool to be able to interact with those guys and be in the same locker room."
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Representatives from City Harvest will visit the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and ring The Closing Bell® on Tuesday, Jan. 22 to highlight National Poverty in America Awareness Month.
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Since Hurricane Sandy, City Harvest has delivered 2.7 million pounds of food in direct response to the hurricane, with targeted deliveries to communities that were hardest hit, including Red Hook and Coney Island in Brooklyn, the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Breezy Point and the Rockaways in Queens, and Midland Beach, Cedar Grove, and South Beach in Staten Island. More than 1,000 of City Harvest's individual and corporate volunteers played a big part in the response, preparing tens of thousands of pantry bags from bulk food donations at City Harvest's Food Rescue Facility. City Harvest also helped provide prepared meals through relationships with the restaurant community. Partners in the food industry were asked to prepare meals that could be distributed to those impacted and they responded enthusiastically, helping City Harvest deliver some 30,000 meals.
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This year, City Harvest will collect 42 million pounds of excess food from all segments of the food industry, including restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers, and farms. This food is then delivered free of charge to nearly 600 community food programs throughout New York City using a fleet of trucks and bikes. City Harvest helps feed the more than one million New Yorkers that face hunger each year.
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IUD after twins?
Mommy to four little princes; Zachary 2/08, Matthew 11/09 and our mo/di loves (born early at 34 weeks 2days) Nathan and Ethan 2/13
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Loved my Mirena IUD (the 5-year one), hated my Paraguard (the 10-year one).
They were both great because I never had to remember birth control. The biggest pro and con are both about periods: I loved not having one on the Mirena, but the Paraguard made my already heavy cycles ridiculously heavy, so I had it removed after about 9 months. I used the Mirena after my twins and the Paraguard after my youngest.
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I had the Mirena and I loved it. Best part was no period for the 4 years I had it in (had it taken out this past Nov, 1 year early to TTC). I know many people who have it and they love it as well.
C 8/4/06, E 10/31/08, and twins J & J arrived @ 33w6d 7/25/13
I had mine BEFORE the twins. I would not recommend them. Mine migrated into my abdomen and I was told it had 'fallen out'. It took my RE oredering an abdominal xray to find out it was in my abdomen. I had severe pain with it which I was reassured that it was my 'body getting used to a foreign object'. I know people that have had great luck with them. I will try and steer away people from getting them though. Surgery was not worth it!
A married to J since 12-27-2008
R born 1-9-10! She is my JOY!
Abigail/Gauge born spontaneously at 35 weeks 1-21-13
I had the Mirena and it wasn't great for me. I had 24-48 hours in the middle of my cycle then made my periods worse then they already were without any birth control. After these twins are born I'm planning on getting the 10yr IUD to see how that works. DH is also getting the big V sometime over the next 6 months. But i'd feel better about having double birth control cause we are super fertile.
Mom to C, L, R and E
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Jeremiah & Jasmine-May 2013
There are several IUD groups here on Babycenter, including one dedicated to just the Mirena. I'd probably start there. HTH!
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I still had periods with Mirena but they were light. It also hurt like a bitch going in and I continued to have major cramping the 9 months I had it in. Nothing bad enough to take it out though. I took it out to try for a second kid. With this paragard I didn't feel a thing going in and I don't have any cramping either. My periods are way heavy but nothing I can't manage. With the paragard my OB put it in but the NP put in the Mirena. I think that's why the experience are so different for me. When OB was putting it in he mentioned that I have a retroverted uterus but he never mentioned that before. So I guess I had problems with Mirena because it wasn't inserted correctly. OB said he put paragard in tilted backwards and I bet Mirena was put in the normal way tilted forwards.
Also I questioned OB several times about the failure rates. He laughed and said he didn't want me to get pregnant again either haha. Said failure rate is from it falling out and that's only because it was inserted incorrectly. He promised mine was in correctly and my failure rate would be .01% which is same as getting your tubes tied. Of course bad things happen sometimes but for most people the benefits of an IUD out weigh the very small risks rate. My OB said ok ill see you in 2022 to switch it out lol. I said so by 10 years do you mean like 9 years and 6 months just to be sure I won't get pregnant? He laughed and said no I mean 10 years. That is so worth it for me
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June 7th, 2015
ATP/WTA Previews: Nadal Helps Debut Stuttgart Grass Event
Notes: The tournament makes the switch to grass as part of the tour's extended grasscourt season…Tough starts for (1) Nadal against the Baghdatis-Rosol winner, and (8) Troicki vs. Coric…Wildcards went to Germans Tommy Haas, Maximilian Marterer and Alexander Zverev…Pulling from the event were Julien Benneteau and Jiri Vesely…The Bryan brothers are the top seeds in doubles…Nadal (2007,'05) is the lone returning former champ in the field.
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April 5th, 2015
WTA Previews: No Williamses in Charleston; Aggie in Poland
Not a lot of floating talent in the field, with a potential tough start for (16) Watson vs. the riser Vekic; (1) Bouchard could face Stephens in the 3rd rd…Wildcards went to Bouchard and Americans Varvara Lepchenko, Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sachia Vickery…
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March 2nd, 2015
Wozniacki Heads Kuala Lumpur, Ivanovic Monterrey; WTA Previews
(8) Goerges vs. Alla Kudryatseva…Wildcards went to Chinese Taipei's Hsieh Su-wei, Malaysia's Jawairiah Noordin and Germany's Sabine Lisicki…Donna Vekic beat Dominika Cibulkova in last year's final…Hsieh Su-wei (2012) is the lone returning champion in the field.
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October 19th, 2014
Beck, Berdych, Ciic, Murray, Pavlyuchenkova Win WTA/ATP Titles
The Spaniard led 5-3 in the third before losing the final four games. "I have reached the final, so it is positive," Ferrer said. "Andy played more aggressively than I did in the crucial moments and he deserved to win."
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July 27th, 2014
Serena Leads Stanford, Men and Women in Washington; ATP/WTA Previews
Notes: Solid field with four Top 10ers and two unseeded Slam champs…The Top 4 seeds receive opening round byes, with tough starts for (5) Ivanovic vs. Lisicki, (4) Azarenka after a bye likely vs. (WC) Venus, (3) Kerber likely vs. Vandeweghe, (7) Suarez Navarro vs. Puig, and (2) Radwanska likely vs. Garcia…Wildcards went to Americans Kristie Ahn and Venus, and Azarenka…Pulling from the tournament were Sara Errani and Petra Kvitova…Cibulkova beat Radwanska in last year's final…Venus is 2-4 in Stanford finals…Martina Navratilova (5-4) has reached the most Stanford finals in the tournament's history…Returning champs in the field are Cibulkova (2013), Serena Williams (2012-11), Azarenka (2010), and Venus Williams (2002,'00).
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July 13th, 2014
WTA Previews: Wozniacki, Cornet Headline Istanbul, Bastad
Notables withdrawing from the event were Americans Serena Williams and Vania King, Flavia Pennetta, and Carla Suarez Navarro…Serena beat Swede Johanna Larsson in last year's final…Hercog (2012-11) is the lone former champ in the field.
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February 8th, 2014
No. 1s Nadal, Serena Williams Pull; ATP/WTA Previews This Week
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal pulled from the event citing a stomach virus…Ferrer shooting for third title in a row…Wildcards went to Ferrer and Argentines Facundo Arguello and Guido Pella…Returning champs in the field are Ferrer (2013-12), Almagro (2011), Robredo (2009), and Monaco (2007).
Posted by Staff @ 2:59 pm in Tennis | 6 Comments »
February 3rd, 2014
Pavlyuchenkova, Makarova Capture WTA Titles
The unseeded Pavlyuchenkova won the Open GDF Suez in Paris, in the final upsetting No. 3 seed Sara Errani 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. En route to the final the Russian also ousted Top 10 players Angie Kerber and Maria Sharapova.
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May 3rd, 2013
Serena Williams Leads Insanely Tough Field at WTA Madrid
Notes: Insane field with two former No. 1s and an additional Slam champ all unseeded…The Top 3 seeds are current or former No. 1s…Tough opening-round matches are (5) Na vs. Tamira Paszek then the winner of Venus and (WC) Medina Garrigues, (3) Azarenka vs. Pavlyuchenkova, (11) Petrova vs. a qualifier then likely Kuznetsova, (16) Ivanovic vs. a qualifier then likely her Serb countrywoman Jankovic, (9) Stosur vs. the clay-savvy Suarez Navarro, and (2) Sharapova vs. a qualifier then likely Peng…No blue clay this year…Former champs in the field are Serena Williams (2012) and Kvitova (2011).
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April 2nd, 2012
WTA Charleston Day 1: Seeds Bail, Americans Fail
"We didn't announce Maria (had entered) because we knew she wasn't going to play, and we didn't want to disappoint the fans (again)," Family Circle Cup General Manager Bob Moran told the Charleston Post and Courier. "Sharapova officially withdrew on Friday…We knew she never had any intention of playing this year."
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Menino: Sad day, but I'm excitedUPDATED 9:04 AM EDT Mar 28, 2013
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We used to have a pool outside, until Doug decided to drain the water & this happened:
Yes, that is a large caping crack with vegetation growing out of it, in the wall of our pool.
At the time, I did mention that I thought it was not the best idea to drain the pool, but who am I to argue with an engineer? Now we just have a hole in the ground. As it turns out, this is a good thing, since it gives us a great big space for a greenhouse & veggie garden.
Only problem is that I'm quite the novice when it come to gardening. I have been known to have succulents die in my care. As a result, I thought, maybe start out small. Have a few container gardens & see how that goes. I've bought some books & I'm feeling inspired & motivated to make a trip to the nursery & get planting. I'm thining something like this:
Small container plants perfect for the kitchen window.
Large container filled with edible goodies.
Or maybe try my hand at succulents again? With any luck, if armed with a bit more knowledge I'll succeed in keeping them alive this time?
Selection of potted succulents.
White container succulents & black trough collection.
Any tips for a budding gardner?
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Where Our Pool Once Was
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- suzette said...
succulents in the naki - i don't think so! with all that rain! just go edible on everything you plant throw it all together and forage - that's the way gardening goes - and don't forget the worm farm and compost heaps!
- January 19, 2011 at 7:01 PM
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Players finding ways to push fashion envelope
Wimbledon has long conformed to the all-white dress code. But red knickers and man-bags have defied this tradition. Bonnie DeSimone takes a walk down the 2007 fashion runway.
WIMBLEDON, England -- Show a tennis player an all-white clothing rule, and she'll show you a million and one ways to push the fashion envelope.
"We're one of the few sports that doesn't have a uniform per se, so we can explore that, and it sets us apart," said Minnesota-born Bethanie Mattek, who has sailed her spaceship to the outer limits of the athletic apparel universe with a few self-assembled outfits.
Mattek ditched her 2006 Wimbledon tomboy look -- which ...
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June 25-July 8
Women: Venus Williams
Men: Roger Federer
• Wimbledon Central
• TV schedule
Day 14
• Fifth straight title for Federer at Wimbledon
• Six straight in 2008?
• Garber: Federer closing in on Sampras
• DeSimone: Nadal closing gap on grass
• Clement, Llodra upset Bryans for doubles crowns
• Serve saves Federer
Day 13
• Venus wins fourth Wimbledon crown
• DeSimone: One determined Williams
• Men: Federer vs. Nadal in final
• Garber: Federer focused on five in a row
• Top 10 stats on Venus
• Notebook: Americans reach finals in junior event
Day 12
• Men | Women
• Bjorkman fined for lambasting umpire
• DeSimone: Missed opportunity for Roddick
• Garber: Bartoli shocks No. 1 Henin
• Notebook: Inclement conditions help Nadal
Day 11
• Men | Women
• Referee up a break and not apologizing
• Garber: Temperance never a virtue for Venus
• Notebook: Federer feeling the anxiety
• Blog: Djokovic ready for Big Dawgs?
Day 10
• Men | Women
• DeSimone: Five days for Nadal-Soderling match
• Garber: Venus rises to occasion
• Williams sisters pull out of doubles
• Notebook: Independence Day
• Doubles team sets Wimbledon record
• Roddick on serve, on set
Day 9
• Men | Women
• Garber: Blame it on the rain
• 'Organized chaos'
• Notebook: Teen takes out Mauresmo again
• Who wins: Justine or Serena?
Day 8
• Men | Women
• DeSimone: No cramping Serena's style
• Garber: Teeming with teens
• Davydenko bored by Wimbledon
• Chat wraps : ESPN.com | Todd Martin
• Notebook: Venus best when back's against wall
Day 7
• Federer into quarters on walkover
• Security tightened amid terror threats
• Martin: Bottom of draw at disadvantage
• Garber: Doubles doing just fine, thank you
• DeSimone: Goals simple at Evert academy
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Prayer, positive attitude help decathlete excel as leader, example
Throwing a javelin can be dangerous, so an official escorted decathlete Sam Tabor to his warm-up spot and told him to aim at a cone 30 yards away.
"So I throw it, stick it in the cone and put a hole through it, and he yelled at me for it," said Tabor. "I couldn't stop laughing."
That wasn't the first time Tabor had been on target.
As a junior and senior at Evangelical Christian School, Tabor won the Division 2 decathlon state championship. In 2010, he won the decathlon national championship at the AAU Junior Olympic Nationals in Virginia.
Winning two straight state championships in the grueling two-day, 10-event competition -- which includes 110-meter hurdles, 400-meter dash, 1,500-meter run, high jump and javelin -- is "extremely rare," said Tabor's coach, Kris Whitfield. "He is an incredible athlete."
Whether Tabor is sky-high on the pole vault or in the pits after the long jump, his faith keeps him grounded.
"There is no way I could finish the decathlon without praying throughout it," said Tabor, now a freshman at the University of Tennessee and a member of its track team.
Tabor is more than a track star to a lot of people.
"He is just a tremendous example to everyone around him because he is such a leader," said Whitfield, an independent coach who trains Memphis-area athletes. "A lot of kids want to be like him. It's amazing to me what an impact he has had on so many kids. The funny thing about that, he doesn't know that."
In high school, Tabor prayed with teammates before meets. He was a mentor to ECS middle-schoolers, taking them to work out with him in the school's weight room. He was involved in the ECS servant leadership institute and did service projects in Memphis. A biomedical engineering major at UT, Tabor maintained a 4.0 GPA at ECS.
He also was part of The Huddle, a group his father, Eric Tabor, started when Sam's older brother, Eric Tabor Jr., was in middle school.
Eric began to notice that his oldest son valued the advice of 11- and 12-year-old friends over his, so Eric got with other fathers and established a curriculum for "man training."
The Bible-centered curriculum focuses on equipping fathers to address topics such as sex, choosing a girlfriend and later a wife, and dealing with other concerns that the "church has historically struggled with," Eric said.
"Basically, it's taking your faith and putting shoes on it and applying it to life. We started with Sam in the sixth grade and used the same topic for three years. We took the gloves off by the eighth grade. To keep treating them like boys is disingenuous. We tell them they are men, and the rest of high school they need to continue The Huddle and be leaders."
Eric Tabor continues to lead a group of ECS seniors, although the group is not sanctioned by ECS and does not meet there.
Eric Tabor, a pole vaulter in high school, became a Christian when he was a sophomore in college. When Sam was baptized at First Evangelical Church, Eric applauded.
"He is a very positive person," Sam said of his father. "I can be doing the worst ever, and he can find something good to say, kind of like the silver lining.
"People don't realize how much an attitude will affect the decathlon since it is a mental battle. Having a positive attitude really helps. That is one of my biggest advantages. Your attitude makes or breaks it."
Tabor's favorite Bible verse, Hebrews 12:1, couldn't be more appropriate: "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance that race marked out for us."
The athlete hopes his race will help others.
"If God has given me the gift to excel at track, I need to use it and take it to college as a platform, to be a light on campus," Tabor said. "I feel like at a campus, if you are an athlete, people look up to you, so that gives me a little more of an influence."
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Look for oriental sesame oil in the Asian foods section of the supermarket. Pasta or crusty bread are good accompaniments.
YIELD: Makes 8 appetizer or 4 main-course servings
Preheat broiler. Mix first 6 ingredients in small bowl until well blended; season to taste with salt and pepper. Brush 13x9x2-inch metal pan with some of seasoned butter. Arrange shrimp in single layer in prepared pan; sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Spread all of butter mixture over shrimp, dividing equally. Broil shrimp just until opaque in center, about 2 minutes. Transfer shrimp to plates. Spoon butter from pan over shrimp. Serve with lime wedges.


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Third-graders at Jefferson Elementary School released blue balloons into the sky Wednesday afternoon in an effort to raise autism awareness. Autism is a developmental brain disorder that impairs a person's ability to communicate and interact socially.
The event was organized by Jennifer Cabezas, who has twin boys, Ethan and Shelby, in the third grade who have autism. Wednesday is World Autism Awareness Day, and Cabezas wants the community to know how many people are affected by the disease.
More in Thursday's Times-Record.
Mother Nature played a cruel April Fool's prank by dumping more than a foot of wet, heavy snow to dig out from under on Tuesday. Throughout Valley City and Barnes County, snow blowers and plows could be spotted while vehicles spun and fishtailed through snow-packed streets.
A hearing to determine the legality of unilateral contracts that the Valley City Public School Board issued to Valley City teachers has been rescheduled for Wednesday, April 16 at 1 p.m. at the Barnes County Courthouse.
More in Wednesday's Times-Record.
Meeting Tuesday, Barnes County Commissioners met Doug Kiefert, who becomes the newest road officer for the Barnes County Sheriff's Department May 9. More in Wednesday's issue of the Times-Record.
Hi-Liner Scheduling Updates
1. All EDC outside events through Saturday are postponed
2. Junior High Track will be going to Wahpeton for the Indoor meet on Friday
3. Varsity and JV Track is off to NDSU for the Indoor Meet on Friday
4. Varsity and Junior High baseball vs Devils Lake on April 4
has been moved to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. May 8 at Devils Lake
5 Practices times and locations may change due to the snow;
changes will be communicated to students via coaches
April 1
Fairhill Properties won all four games from Dirty Johnny's
Bettin's Greenhouse won 3 of 4 games against Farmers Union Insurance
Wesley Acres won 3 of 4 from Dacotah Bank
High Team Game
Dacotah Bank 721
High Team Series
Wesley Acres 2,121
High Indiv. Game and Series
Cheryl Olson 192 & 532
High Averages
Cheryl Olson 161, Doris
Weller 156, Mary Tangen 152
Bettin's 32-24
Farmers Union 32-24
Dirty Johnny's 27-29
Fairhill 27-29
Dacotah Bank 26-30
Wesley Acres 24-32
March 27
7 p.m.
Boomer's Corner Keg swept Bitz Tire and Service, 3-0 (25-19, 25-11, 25-4)
Service Master swept Centrol, 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-18)
7:30 p.m.
Centrol defeated Bitz Tire & Service, 2-1 (25-14, 25-19, 18-25)
Boomer's Corner Keg defeated Outsiders, 2-1 (25-16, 25-19, 22-25)
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Outsiders defeated Service Master, 2-1 (25-20, 25-23, 17-25)
Boomer's 5-1
Service Master 4-2
Outsiders 3-3
Centrol 2-4
Bitz 1-5
Valley City State head football coach Dennis McCulloch announced
on Tuesday the addition of four more student-athletes.
Quarterback Kiefer Langan from St. John, N.D., linebacker Isaac Yturralde from El Paso, Texas, linebacker Chanzce Jones from Houston, Texas and projected wide receiver Antoine Griffin from Patrick AFB, Fla. have signed Letters of Intent to attend VCSU and play football for the Vikings this fall.
Read this story in Wednesday's Times-Record.
Valley City State sophomore right fielder Brady Anderson is the NAIA Baseball National Player of the Week, the NAIA announced Tuesday.
Hi-Liner softball debuted with 7-3 and 18-15 wins in 59-degree weather at Bismarck on Saturday before Monday's blizzard froze the schedule for at least the next week.
"Both teams looked better at the plate as both also started their No. 2 pitchers, so the hitters had a little better luck although the defenses looked like it might have been their first games as errors were easy to come by," said Hi-Liner head coach Jason Lindgren of the later game that featured eight errors from either side.


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St Maarten Catamaran Snorkel Sail
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Reviewed by: Mom of 4, USA, June 2014
My husband and I were originally scheduled to do this tour on Tues, June 10th, but I came down with a 24 hour bug and we couldn't make it. My husband met the driver at the designated spot and told him we wouldn't be going and we didn't think anything more of it. I figured we were just SOL on the money I spent. About an hour later we got a call from the company asking if we wanted to reschedule for Friday! I couldn't believe it and we of course said yes. That was so nice of them and we really enjoyed the trip. The crew was great and the snorkeling was awesome. The open bar was a plus and we were out all day with numerous stops around the island. I would recommend this tour group to everyone who wants a good time with "Quality Time"! Thanks again for a great vacation.
Reviewed by: Dahlia K, January 2014
A great day. The snorkeling that day was not clear and the captain truly did his best to find a few spots. I got to see several different beaches not seen before. We have been going to The island for several years so this was a treat. Last beach stop was Orient. The boat wasn't too crowded , still enough to make it enjoyable. Definitely worth taking again!
Reviewed by: tkmandy, December 2013
We really enjoyed out day on the Catamaran. We had a group with varying swimming abilities - some swam very well, others could not swim at all. Everyone had a good time on the boat, in the water, and at the restaurant. The crew was extremely helpful and friendly. The restaurant food was excellent. We had a great day of sailing, sunning, making new friends. Definitely recommend this to anyone who wants to spend a day on the water.
Reviewed by: Jill L, June 2011
This is our third trip to St, Martin. The Golden Eagle Cruise was by far the most enjoyable guided excursion we have encountered. The 2010 59 foot catamaran was a beautiful boat, the captain and crew were exceptional, and they way the day was organized made it fun, exciting and relaxing. I would recommend this cruise to anyone--a great value.
Reviewed by: Yale E, USA, August 2010
Reviewed by: Bill M, USA, July 2010
Reviewed by: James P, USA, June 2010