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Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS), Mumbai announces admissions in B.Sc. (Nautical Science) programme commencing from 1st Febrauary 2009. This programme of IGNOU has been developed in collaboration with the DGS and is aimed at orienting the cadets for the equivalent life at sea by providing vocationally oriented education and training so as to help them become officers in the Merchant Navy.
The Shipping Corporation Of India Ltd.
Shipping House, 245,
Madame Cama Road,
Mumbai – 400 021.
Tel. : 022-22026666, Fax : 022-22843331
offers Pre-Sea Training at our Maritime Training Institute , Mumbai [ID CODE: 1640P] followed by Shipboard Training as TRAINEE NAVIGATING OFFICER CADETS (TNOCs) to Unmarried Male & Female candidates Under the Indira Gandhi National Open University – Directorate General of Shipping (IGNOU-DGS) Project leading to B.Sc. (Nautical Science).
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) shall issue an advertisement announcing their admission notice regarding their offer of Diploma in Nautical Science (DNS) leading to B.Sc. (Nautical Science) in collaboration of Directorate General Of Shipping (DGS), Mumbai in leading newspapers.
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI) is the largest Indian ship-owner and ship-manager having the facility of imparting 18 months of structured shipboard training on board owned and managed ships, in addition to the 12 months Pre-Sea Training at its Maritime Training Institute (MTI), Powai, Mumbai. SCI proposes to select around 80 Trainee Navigating Officer Cadets (TNOCs) from amongst those candidates who are declared qualified in the All India Common Entrance Examination (OPENNET) conducted by IGNOU and in an Interview conducted by a panel of SCI officers for Pre-Sea and Shipboard training as TNOCs. The Pre Sea training is proposed to be conducted at our Maritime Training Institute, Powai, Mumbai from 2nd t February 2009
Admission in B.Sc. (Nautical Science) at IGNOU
As per the latest guidelines issued by the DG Shipping, Mumbai, it is now mandatory for all the candidates to qualify in OPENNET to seek admission in B.Sc. (Nautical Science) programme of IGNOU-DGS, irrespective of whether their candidature is sponsored by a Shipping Company or their Manning Agents or not.
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS), Mumbai announces admissions in B.Sc. (Nautical Science) programme commencing from 1st Febrauary 2009. This programme of IGNOU has been developed in collaboration with the DGS and is aimed at orienting the cadets for the equivalent life at sea by providing vocationally oriented education and training so as to help them become officers in the Merchant Navy.
The eligibility conditions are 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) with not less than 55% marks in PCM aggregate from a recognized Board OR with Physics as an individual subject in any one of the years of B. Sc with not less than 50% marks in the final year of B.Sc. from a recognized University provided that the candidate must have passed 10+2 examination with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) from a recognized Board OR B.E./B.Tech. Degree from I.I.T or from a college/ University recognized by AICTE/ UGC/ DEC. And (2) Should have passed with not less than 50% marks in English as a subject, at either 10th or 12th standard or in the Degree course, conducted by a Board or any University. Those appearing in educational eligibility qualifying examination are also eligible to apply provided they meet all the eligibility criteria on or before the commencement of the programme and produce the certificates to that effect.
Age as on 1st Febrauary, 2009 should not be more than 20 years in case of 10+2 pass, Not more than 22 years in case of B.Sc. Degree, Not more than 24 years in case of B.E./B.Tech. The age limit is relaxable by 2 years in case of female candidates. Age relaxation of 5 years to SC/ST candidates will be available as per the rules of Government of India. (C) Physical and Medical Standards: Medically fit as per the standards prescribed by M. S. Medical Examination Rules, 2000, and Eye sight: 6/6 in each eye without visual aids and normal colour vision.
Candidates will be selected on the basis of an Entrance Test (OPENNET). The Entrance Test will be held on 30th November 2008. Reservation in number of seats shall be as prescribed by the Government of India rules. For further details please refer to the Student Handbook and Prospectus.
Programme will be offered through selected Training Institutes approved by DGS and IGNOU. The Prospectus can be obtained from IGNOU headquarters, New Delhi on weekdays during working hours on payment of Rs.100/- in cash . It can also be downloaded from IGNOU website i.e. http://www.ignou.ac.in. The filled-in Application form (Form-A) along with the requisite fee of Rs.500/- (Rs.600/- in case of downloaded forms) in the form of Demand Draft drawn in favour of IGNOU payable at Delhi should reach in an envelope super-scribed "Application form for B.Sc. (Nautical Science)" to the Registrar (SR&ED), Block-12, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110068 on or before the last date of submission of applications.
The candidates, employing shipping companies and their manning agents, Training Institutes can ask their questions on All India Toll-Free no. 1800-11-2345 (from MTNL and BSNL landline). The other Direct Phones in the Studios are 011-29532844/45 and 011-29536131 and fax number in the Studios is 011-2953613.
Important Date:
LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION OF APLICATION FORMS TO IGNOU is 07th November 2008.
DATE OF COMMON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (OPENNET) BY IGNOU is 30th November 2008
Procedure for Selection to the Maritime Training Institute of SCI for Pre-Sea Training.:
Information to be obtained from and submitted to IGNOU.
1)Candidates to check and verify that they fulfill the eligibility criteria in all respects as specified in the IGNOU Prospectus for the course. Reception and scrutiny of Application Forms, conduct of written Entrance examination shall be undertaken by IGNOU. The Entrance test is proposed to be held by IGNOU on 30th November 2008.
2. Candidates opting for Pre-Sea Training at MTI will be selected on the basis of the results of OPENNET examinations conducted by IGNOU and an Interview conducted by SCI. Candidates successful in the OPENNET examination and desirous of Pre Sea and Shipboard Training with SCI are tentatively advised to report to SCI at its Head Office for interviews at 10.00 am from 29th December 2008 to 1st January 2009. Confirmed dates shall be displayed on our website.
3)Apply to IGNOU as required vide their advertisement in various newspapers. The entire OPENNET selection program and schedule shall be as instructed by IGNOU in their advertisement/prospectus. The tentative dates mentioned in our advertisement must be confirmed from IGNOU. All dates mentioned by us are only tentative and we shall not be responsible for any changes in the same since the schedules are finalised by IGNOU.
4)The Prospectus and Application form for the Course/Programme can be obtained from IGNOU headquarters or any of its Regional Centres /sub-Regional Centres/approved Training Institutes during working hours.
5)If the Application form is to be obtained by post, a request along with Demand Draft of amount for Prospectus and Application Form fee in favour of IGNOU payable at Delhi should be sent to the Programme Coordinator (IGNOU-DGS Project), School of Engineering and Technology (SOET),Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068.
6)The Prospectus is expected to be available from IGNOU from around 07th October 2008. The Application form can also be downloaded from the IGNOU website: www.ignou.ac.in. The filled-in Application form along with the requisite fee in the form of Demand Draft in favour of IGNOU payable at Delhi should reach the Registrar (SRED), Post Box No.2, IGNOU, New Delhi – 110 068 on or before 07th November 2008.
Pre-Sea Training.
The Candidates opting for undergoing Pre Sea Training Course at our Maritime Training Institute are required to appear for interviews tentatively proposed to be held from 29th December 2008 to 1st January 2009 with a copy of their IGNOU OPENNET Examination results as proof of their having been successful and all other documents in originals.. (The exact dates and address of place of interview in Mumbai shall be displayed on our website www.shipindia.com) . The candidates selected for Pre-Sea Training at MTI shall be informed by SCI through our website display after the interviews. The offer of admission to candidates for Pre-Sea Training Course at Maritime Training Institute, Powai, Mumbai shall be at the sole discretion of SCI.
Reference: http://ignou.ac.in/
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We held another VSP [1] workday this week and tackled a few VSP bugs and feature requests. Most of the changes are minor and I'll list them below. We did not get to everything on the list. Our next workday will probably be in a couple of months. Feel free to submit feature requests or bug reports to aavso at aavso.org. [2]
As always, thanks to Michael Koppelman and Chris Watson for taking time out of their day to help us!
* The "Reset" button at the bottom of the UI now resets all of the form variables back to their default value. Previously, it reverted to the settings of the last chart you printed.
* The variable star designator cross hairs are darker.
* The letters in the chart IDs are now capitalized (to make them easier to read).
* Two changes to the format of the photometry table when plotted using the "printable" option:
- The header info (star name, field size, etc.) is now at the top instead of the bottom
- A comment was added reminding people where they can find the source reference table
* A handful of bugs regarding using the chart<->photometry table links (as opposed to the GUI) have been fixed.
* You can now plot an object by its AUID.
* We discussed the option to plot VSX stars that do not have AUIDs and decided against it for a number of reasons. If you would like to do plot a object without an AUID, you can plot by its coordinates or request that we assign an AUID to the star.
* The maximum field size that can be plotted has been increased to 1200 arc minutes.
* The magnitude range now includes the bandpass of the magnitude (when that bandpass is also specified within VSX). So if the bandpass is in "B", a "B" will appear in the magnitude range. Ex: "Range: 9B - 13.1B" means it varies from 9 - 13.1 magnitudes in B. This is the same behavior as the old, hand drawn AAVSO charts.
* When using the GET method to plot a chart it was returning the chart in the text/html MIME type. That is now "image/png". This will help those using the API with their own software.
* The behavior of the tool used to plot a quick chart from the www.aavso.org [3] homepage has changed. Previously, it used values taken from the last time you plotted a chart on our site (making it inconsistent). It now always uses the same default values that are used in the GUI. This means you always get the same parameters (field size, limiting magnitude, etc.) when plotting from the home page.
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ReMotion Knee, a low cost prosthetic knee joint, is the latest winner of the Cool Idea! Award from Proto Labs (NYSE: PRLB), the world's fastest manufacturer of CNC machined and injection molded parts.Proto Labs launched the Cool Idea! Award in 2011 to give product designers the opportunity to bring their innovations to life by presenting up to $250,000 worth of prototyping and short-run production services to award recipients. D-Rev, designer and manufacturer of the ReMotion knee, is 2013's first Cool Idea! recipient. Proto Labs is providing D-Rev with injection molded parts to fulfill its next round of testing. The ReMotion Knee project started in 2008 as a project in a graduate bio-medical engineering class. The class collaborated with the JaipurFoot Organization, India's largest provider of low cost prosthetics, and later teamed up with San Francisco based designer Vinesh Narayan. In 2010, D-Rev, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health and income of people living on less than $4 per day, continued the project with Narayan, who was hired on as a product manager. "About 10 million above-the-knee amputees live in developing countries, and the ReMotion Knee allows them to walk stably on uneven or unpaved terrain typical of the developing world. It also helps them return to work, and remain independent," says Narayan. "Current low-cost knee joints are mostly single axis joints. They operate similarly to a door hinge, and although they are inexpensive, they are unstable. ReMotion uses a polycentric mechanism, similar to anatomical knees, to provide greater stability." Today, more than 4,600 amputees have been fitted with a ReMotion Knee. As part of the Cool Idea! Award, 100 knee joints will be injection molded and used in field testing to ensure performance as manufacturing transitions from CNC machining to injection molded parts. The shift is important for maintaining quality while serving large numbers of people.
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Tigers happy with consistent running game [VIDEO]
Thursday, October 3, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Heading into the season there were a lot of questions about which of Missouri's top three running backs would emerge from the pack and take over as the starter.
With Southeastern Conference play starting, that question still hasn't been answered, at least not technically.
Four games into the season, the Tigers, who play at Vanderbilt on Saturday (6:30 p.m. KQFX-TV), have gone with a running back by committee.
So far so good for the Tigers who have found a consistent running game behind Marcus Murphy, Henry Josey and Russell Hansbrough.
"You could say they are all starters, they do a great job," Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel said.
The Tigers three-pronged attack has worked much better so far than last season. This year Missouri is averaging 262 rushing yards per game, good for 16th nationally. Last year Missouri trudged through the season at running back and averaged 138 yards per game, 88th nationally and 12th in the SEC.
The three are averaging at least six yards per carry and have between 30-40 carries this season.
Hansbrough leads the way with 335 yards, Josey has 238 and Murphy has 224.
You also can add quarterback James Franklin into the mix, who has 215 yards rushing and a team-high 41 carries.
The touchdowns have seemed to balance out too. Josey and Murhpy have four touchdowns each, while Hansbrough has three.
The Tigers are the only team in the country with four players with at least 215 rushing yards.
"We try to balance out the plays, we try to balance out the carries as best we can," Pinkel said.
The decision to go with three running backs early this season also may help the Tigers stay fresh in the long run. That's especially important since all three are considered small running backs at less than 6-foot, 195 pounds.
"As a running back, you want to get a lot of carries, but at the same time, you know if you get 20 or 30 carries a game, it's easy to get banged up," Murphy said. "You stay fresh, you stay ready to go at all times. (If you are) out there tired, someone is there to fill your spot for you. It's good."
So far, at least publicly, there have been no spats about playing time or the amount of carries each of the backs is getting. The three say their friendship off the field has helped make the situation easier.
But it's still a competition, not matter how close the three are off the field.
"It's the biggest competition ever going on around here," Josey said. "We're all going against each other every day. And that's what's helping us on the field. We're transferring all the competition to the field."
Missouri had a similar situation in 2010 when De'Vion Moore, Josey, Kendial Lawrence and Blaine Gabbert split carries.
But that season seemed more out of necessity where the Tigers couldn't seem to find a consistent ball carrier. This year, the Tigers seem to have too many consistent ball carries.
"It's very competitive, they are good friends," Pinkel said. "They all want the ball all the time. We think it's a pretty good situation to have."
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The Global Hawk was originally produced in 1998 as an unmanned military airplane. Today, NASA will use the first demilitarized Global Hawk to study "atmospheric disturbances" such as hurricanes, lightning and pollution. To learn more about the specific features and futures plans of NASA's Global Hawk, read "That's Professor Global Hawk" in the May 2011 issue of Air & Space Smithsonian.
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Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus)
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|boreal flicker, common flicker, Cuban flicker, gilded flicker, gilded woodpecker, golden-winged woodpecker, Guadalupe flicker, Malherbe's flicker, Mearns' flicker, northwestern flicker, red-shafted flicker, red-shafted woodpecker, San Fernando flicker, San Pedro flicker, southern flicker, yellowhammer, yellow-shafted flicker
|Colaptes (1)
|Length: 30 - 35 cm (2)
|105 - 167 g (2)
The northern flicker is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1).
The northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a beautiful North American woodpecker with a charming appearance (3). It is the third largest woodpecker in the region after the ivory-billed (Campephilus principalis) and pileated woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus), and has a powerful, stocky build, a slim, rounded head, a long, flared tail that tapers to a point, and a robust, downward-curved bill (3) (4) (5). The brown plumage is richly pattered with black spots, bars and crescents, and is whitish on the underparts, grey on the head, with a red patch on the rear of the neck, and pinkish on the cheeks (3) (6). The appearance of the northern flicker varies greatly across its range, but the populations in the eastern parts of the species' range can be loosely grouped into a 'yellow-shafted' form, while populations in the west can be grouped into a 'red-shafted' form. The key difference between these two forms is the colour of the feather shafts, which are either a lemon yellow or rosy red. The yellow-shafted form also has a tan coloured face, with a grey crown and red crescent on the throat, and a black 'moustache' on the male bird. The red-shafted form also has a gray face, but with a brown crown, and no throat-crescent, and a red moustache stripe on the male (2) (3) (4). The identification of these two forms is further complicated by hybrids, which have an intermediate appearance and are common along the border of the two forms' ranges (3).
The northern flicker ranges from the tree line in Canada and Alaska, south and eastwards across the North American continent, generally east of the Rocky Mountains, to the Gulf of Mexico, Central America and the Northern Antilles (2) (6). The red-shafted form is largely restricted to the western half of the United States, while the yellow-shafted form is found in the eastern half, with a broad zone in the centre of the country where the two forms interbreed (4).
As a broadly distributed species, the northern flicker occupies a diversity of habitats. It may be found in almost any habitat with trees and access to open ground, preferring open woodlands, savannas and forest edges, although it tends to avoid the densest forests (2) (3) (4) (7).
Despite being adept at climbing up the trunks of trees and hammering at wood to extract embedded insects, unlike other woodpeckers the northern flicker prefers to forage for food on the ground, hopping or running short distances between prey (3) (4). Ants may comprise as much as 75 percent of its diet (2), which it captures by hammering and digging at the soil, before darting out its long, barbed tongue at the end of the bill to snare its prey (3). The northern flicker also eats beetles, flies, butterflies, moths and snails, and often forages amongst other birds including sparrows and blackbirds, either alone, in pairs, in family groups, or in flocks of up to 15 birds (2) (3). When startled, unlike most other woodpeckers which quickly clamber up a nearby tree trunk, the northern flicker alights upon a thin horizontal branch and sits in a characteristic erect posture. It flies in a smooth rising and falling motion as it alternates periods of flapping with gliding (3).
The northern flicker is monogamous, with pairs mating for life, and produces two broods of chicks per season (2). The timing of breeding depends on the location but generally occurs between April and July. A territory is vigorously defended around the nesting site, which is usually a cavity excavated over 5 to 20 days by both the male and female bird in a dead tree, or a dead branch of a live tree (2). Pairs defend this territory by drumming loudly against a tree and also by confronting rivals in displays called a 'fencing duel', in which two birds face each other with the bills pointed upwards and the head rapidly twisted and bobbed (2) (3) (4). These displays also serve to reinforce the bond between breeding birds (4). The nest cavity has a narrow entrance but widens at the bottom to make room for the eggs and the incubating bird, which lies upon a bed of wood chips (3). A clutch of 4 to 9 eggs is usually laid and then incubated by both adult birds for 11 to 12 days. The chicks are fed on regurgitated food, largely by the adult male. They fledge from the nest at around 25 to 28 days old, but remain with the adult birds for an additional 15 to 20 days before becoming fully independent (2). The northern flicker first breeds at one year of age, with the oldest known bird having lived to nine years and two months of age (2) (3).
The northern flicker is also unusual for being one of few North American woodpeckers that exhibits strong migratory behaviour (3). Those populations in the southern and central parts of the species' range may remain in the same location all year round, but those at more northerly locations tend to travel southwards before the onset of winter (2) (3). Typically, they leave the northern breeding grounds from the end of august to late October or November, with most birds departing in September. Whilst migrating, the northern flicker flies low over the ground, often in large flocks, and does not return to the breeding grounds until early March to May the following year (2).
Although still widespread and relatively common, northern flicker populations have been in decline for several decades, estimated at around two percent per year. The principle cause of this decline is unclear, but it may be due to competition for nest cavities with other birds, reduced availability of nest sites, or the application of pesticides (4). Competition with introduced European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) is often evoked as an explanation for dwindling numbers of the northern flicker, but while some studies have found evidence to support this notion, others have not (4) (7). Similarly, the policy of removing snags, dead limbs and diseased trees from urban areas and managed forests may be limiting the availability of nesting cavities, but it is still unclear how significant a factor this is. There is also some limited evidence to suggest that the northern flicker is susceptible to ingesting pesticides used on golf courses, agricultural fields and suburban fields (4). In Cuba, deforestation is the greatest threat to the species, while it is now thought to be extinct in Guadeloupe as a result of habitat destruction by feral goats and predation by cats (2).
Conserving the northern flicker is of critical importance if biodiversity in North American forests is to be preserved as it acts as a keystone species by excavating a large proportion of the nest cavities used by many other cavity-nesting bird species. Despite this, there have been few conservation actions targeting the northern flicker, and conducting further studies into determining the main cause of the species' decline is of paramount importance. It is also recommended that snags should be left in managed forests to prevent the loss of nesting habitat (4). The northern flicker is also protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which has been ratified by the governments of Mexico, Canada and the United States and prohibits the killing or harming of the northern flicker, including its nests and eggs (6).
To find out more about bird conservation in the Americas, see:
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- Feral: previously domesticated animals that have returned to a wild state.
- Hybrid: the offspring produced by parents of two different species or subspecies.
- Incubate: to keep eggs warm so that development is possible.
- Monogamous: having only one mate during a breeding season, or throughout the breeding life of a pair.
- Territory: an area occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.
IUCN Red List (October, 2010)
- del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (2002) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 7: Jacamars to Woodpeckers. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology – All About Birds: Northern flicker (October, 2010)
Wiebe, K.L. and Moore, W.S. (2008) Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus). In: Poole, A. (Ed.) The Birds of North America Online. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca. Available at:
- Perrins, C. (2009) The Encyclopedia of Birds. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Alabama Department of Archives and History – Northern flicker (October, 2010)
South Dakota Birds and Birding – Northern flicker (October, 2010)


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Amused Moose finalist 2010, stand-up, actor, writer and one third of comedy group Sheeps, Liam is one of the most talented new comics working today.
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Winning over critics and fans alike, James Acaster has earned himself a reputation as one of the most hotly tipped acts of 2012. Effortlessly confident, James's appreciation for the whimsy and detail of everyday life are a breath of fresh air. His laid back style, playful wit and appetite for the unconventional make for an evening of mirth and hilarity, and a night in his company is a treat to behold.
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Not the late star of British World War 2 classic The Dambusters, but winner of the Amused Moose Laugh Off 2012.
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Unlike other Accelerator programs in the area, TA2 does not want an equity stake within your company. Instead of equity, TA2 wants portfolio companies to progress through the Accelerator and/or Incubator Program and to become future Branded Partners.
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Companies accepted into TA2's Accelerator Program will take part in a business boot camp. Unlike many Accelerator Programs in the area, the program at TA2 is not conducted during a rigid timeframe, but rather is completed at the company's own pace over a series of months. Companies can enter the program on an ongoing basis and work with expert mentors to meet the milestones of the program. Topics covered during the accelerator program include; market analysis, product development, and operating practices more broadly. In addition to these topics, companies will have access to TA2's Branded Partners for concept validation and testing.
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The National Weather Service said a tornado with a quarter-mile long path and winds of 90 mph knocked down trees and damaged a house near Beaufort in Carteret County.
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Heat a nonstick 12-inch saute pan over medium heat. Add butter and oil and swirl around the pan until melted. Add the country ham and saute until it begins to brown, about 3 minutes. Turn heat to low. Stir in roasted red peppers and beaten eggs. After the eggs begin to set, stir slowly from edge to edge with a heat-resistant rubber spatula until large curds form. This will take 5 minutes or so. When eggs are still moist and slightly runny, fold in the grated cheese and season with salt and pepper.
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You've been given the evidence about what Palestinians really want and you thumb your nose at it and continue spewing baseless BS from the Zionist crockpot. The evidence doesn't matter to you. Fantasies about what one "side" wants are so much easier to manufacture to prop up one's love of Zionist tyranny.


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Campus- Community, Jazz Bands to perform March 9
March 2, 2007
The Dordt College Jazz Band and Dordt's Campus-Community Band will present a concert Friday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the B.J. Haan Auditorium.
The 53 members of the Campus-Community Band will present five selections under the direction of Dr. Henry Duitman. Their program includes "Flashing Winds" by Jan Van der Roost; "If Thou Be Near" by J.S. Bach; "Held Still in the Quick of Grace" by Jack Stamp; "They Hung Their Harps in the Willows" by W. Francis McBeth, and "A Celebration of Spirituals" arranged by Warren Barker.
The Dordt College Jazz Band, directed by Norman Gaines, will present Big Band tunes, including "Strike Up the Band" by Gershwin; "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You" by Morgan (vocal soloist Becky Lancaster); "City Dock" by Ragsdale (trombone soloist Jander Talen and tenor sax soloist Steve Oswald); "Mr. Lucky" by Mancini; and "Smack Dab In the Middle" by Calhoun (trumpet soloist Matt Koelewyn).
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Death with dignity bill to get public hearingBy PETER HIRSCHFELD
Vermont Press Bureau | January 28,2013MONTPELIER – A bill that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients takes its first step on a preordained path through the Senate when lawmakers host a public hearing in the chamber of the House Tuesday evening.
While no one can guarantee whether the controversial legislation will win majority support in the Senate, advocates have been promised a vote on the body's floor. And Senate leaders have charted in advance its course though the legislative process.
To proponents, the legislation will enable suffering patients to choose "death with dignity." To its detractors, the bill establishes a dangerous precedent they say could diminish the value of human life.
"Most people feel very strongly about it one way or the other," Sen. Claire Ayer, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare said Monday.
Ayer's committee plays host to what promises to be an emotional night of testimony in Montpelier, where citizens will make cases for or against the bill. The event, which begins at 5 p.m. and will be broadcast live on Vermont Public Television, will be followed by committee hearings on Wednesday and Thursday and a committee vote sometime Friday.
Ayer's committee has the votes to pass the bill, which will then head to the Senate floor sometime next week. That's where things could get interesting.
Ayer has agreed to postpone a vote on the floor, and instead refer the bill to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where one of the legislation's chief opponents, Sen. Dick Sears, will put the legislation through its paces. Sears, a Bennington County Democrat, said Monday that he has "dozens" of problems with the bill, ranging from the practical – like criminal liability for doctors – to the philosophical.
Adding to the intrigue is that fact that the bill has almost no chance of winning a favorable vote from Sears' committee.
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WASHINGTON D.C.—OK, so what is marriage anyway? Well, it depends on whom you ask. There are two right answers here. If you ask a Catholic priest, he will say that marriage is the sacrament of matrimony, a union between a man and a woman for the purpose of procreation and mutual support, or love. It is a union between a man and a woman before God.
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|Efficient priming of CD8+ memory T cells specific for a subdominant epitope following Sendai virus infection.
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|The relationship between the primary effector CTL response to viral infection and the subsequent pool of memory CTL precursors (CTLp) is poorly understood. Here, we have analyzed the induction of both effector CTL and memory CTLp to dominant and subdominant epitopes following Sendai virus infection of C57BL/6 mice. A single peptide derived from the Sendai virus nucleoprotein (NP(324-332)) binds to both H-2 Kb and Db MHC class I molecules, generating both immunodominant (NP(324-332)/Kb) and subdominant (NP(324-332)/Db) epitopes. Following intranasal Sendai virus infection, NP(324-332)/Kb-specific CTL dominated the primary effector CTL response in the lung and were present at high frequency in the memory CTLp pool. In contrast, NP(324-332)/Db-specific CTL were not a detectable component of the effector response to primary Sendai virus infection. However, memory CTLp specific for this subdominant epitope were induced at frequencies approaching those of CTLp specific for the immunodominant epitope. These data indicate that memory CTLp specific for subdominant epitopes can be primed by Sendai virus infection in the absence of a detectable effector response. To determine whether CTLp memory to subdominant epitopes is functional in the context of Sendai virus infection, memory CTLp specific for a subdominant epitope were selectively primed by vaccination. These cells dominated the subsequent effector CTL response to Sendai virus infection, demonstrating that memory CTLp primed against subdominant epitopes can participate in an immune response and effectively compete with T cells specific for immunodominant epitopes. These data have implications for the development of vaccines designed to emphasize cellular immunity.
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Amish horror! I always knew they were up to something, with their button-less clothes and their horse-drawn carriages. That's why I fear Pennsylvania. Cinema has taught us that Pennsylvania is filthy with both the Amish and with zombies. And Scott Weinberg. If you're a horror nut, you're always seeking to fill in those gaps in your knowledge, trying to get your hands on some obscure 70's giallo or see some of the lesser known fair by your favorite directors. Whether it's Tobe Hooper's Eaten Alive or Romero's There's Always Vanilla, there's always some little piece of film that escapes your grasp. I realized recently that Wes Craven has quite a few of those (and with good reason, I would learn). Back in 1981, after Craven had introduced us to irradiated mutants and psychotic rapists, but before he birthed Freddy, he gave us Deadly Blessing.
The isolated farming community of Our Blessing is the playground for our Hittite horrors. Having fled Los Angeles, Tom and Martha are trying to build a simple life for themselves. Tom plows the fields with his various mechanized devices while the monochromatic Amish neighbors watch and judge. They're all around, working the fields by hand and leering at the outlanders from beneath their wide-brimmed hats. The two primary Amish folks are played by Ernest Borgnine and early Craven stalwart Michael Berryman, whose presence never leads to anything good. Berryman is predictably creepy and stupid, a hulking man-child who spends his time peeking through windows and screaming, 'Incubus!' at Martha. Borgnine, as the de facto leader of the Amish clan, is equally inhospitable. You see, Tom was once a member of the clan. Instead of embracing the family's ways, he ran off to California, forsaking the Hittite path and generally whoring it up. When the prodigal son returned with his not-Amish-approved wife, he wasn't exactly welcomed with open arms.
As punishment for his inequities, Tom is killed under mysterious circumstances, a farming 'accident'. Rather than flee Amish-land, Martha digs her heels in, determined to fulfill Tom's wishes of raising their coming child on the farm. To stand by her side through the grief, her two Los Angeles sophisticate friends, Vicky and Lana (Sharon Stone), join her on the farm. The murders escalate, as do all sorts of cryptic dreams, ill omens, and generally bad stuff. There's a guy that turns into a spider, an unseen assailant with a giant knife, and further warnings of the dreaded incubus. This all culminates in a shotgun blast of and ending that was all over the place. Multiple twists will leave you both cold and puzzled, trying to piece together exactly what happened.
Despite a somewhat original premise and being one of the only Amish horror films I can think of, Deadly Blessing has little to offer. Something about it feels very 'made for tv'. Sure, there are breasts and blood and so on, but it's all very bland. Aside from a few squirm worthy moments involving spiders crawling into mouths, the film is without any thrills. It spins its wheels with an uninteresting "forbidden love" subplot and has so much going on by the time it ends that none of the threads it sets out weave together in any satisfying way. You're never quite sure just what is going on. The ominous hints are enough for momentary intrigue, but you're never given a concrete boogeyman to grab onto. By the time it barrels to its eventual conclusion, its just a mess. They killed one of the characters with the most potential early on and the rest of them give little reason to invest yourself in their fate. And Borgnine pulled a Razzie nomination for this one!
If you're a completist, wanting to check off every single box on your list, then sure, seek out Deadly Blessing. I don't think it's been released on DVD, so you may have a rough time tracking it down. Don't bend over backwards for it, though. Just rent Witness and Children of the Corn and pretend they exist in the same universe.


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Topic: Serious Discussion / Is Conservipedia a joke?
It appears to be funny, but they are serious. It's conservative propaganda.
Your example in mind I think most republicans would agree about that.
Since it's a wiki, many people have tried to influence the articles or write some satire, but the core users ban everyone who smells liberal.
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Growing on the kitchen windowsill: cherry tomatoes, basil, beefsteak tomatoes, and red and green peppers.
I'm reorganizing my son's room to shift the bookcase to a spot under the window. The seedlings will move there where they'll be able to get more sun and not strain so hard.
This is the first year I've been on the ball enough to start seeds indoors. It helps that our winter has been super mild and it's practically spring like out there now. Usually we're shivering under heaps of snow this time of year and I have a really difficult time wrapping my head around planning for the garden.
But mostly I owe credit to the fabulous Sprout Robot! I pinned it a while back, and have been using it ever since. It's really so simple and perfect. Enter your zip code and it'll tell you what to start planting and when for your location; it'll even email you so you don't forget. This week we're starting leeks and broccoli (it kept the peppers and tomatoes on there from the weeks previous):
Now, if we can just keep everything alive until it's time to plant outside. Fingers crossed!
I can't remember what our little seed trays are called, but they had pellet things like this that we rehydrated with water and watched as they expanded and grew. Then we planted our own seeds in them, covered them with plastic lids for a greenhouse effect and waited.
We've also been collecting toilet paper and paper towel rolls so we can try this as well.
I'm also eyeballing DIY incubators, or maybe we'll just spring for one? Our rooster is pretty frisky out there, so we're pretty sure all the hens are loaded.
Pushing publish and praying I haven't jinxed everything. Watch, tomorrow it'll snow four feet and all my weenie little plants will perish next to the frosty windowsills.
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"In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman," a new series launching
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Chicago this week. In addition to a lot of "can they talk about
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get back to "before we had kids" sex.
Couples do not need to be married, but "must be committed to
making a change and be willing to appear and discuss
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Any takers?
Berman, who has risen through the Oprah media scene to be one of
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