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This isn't necessarily going to be your typical 'review' post. After all, we all know what Clorox Disinfecting Wipes are and what they are meant to do, right? But what we don't know is why (or if) Clorox wipes are better than the others out there that you can buy. And that's what we're going to explore here.
What they are:
Just in case you aren't familiar with them, Clorox Disinfecting Wipes are disposable wipes that contain a cleansing and disinfecting solution that not only cleans your surfaces, but kills the germs that may be lurking on them as well. According to the manufacturer:
Clorox pioneered the breakthrough of disinfecting wipes made for hard, nonporous surfaces, and they've just re-engineered them so they are now thicker than ever and textured to cut through tough, sticky messes easily. Clorox Disinfecting Wipes are bleach-free and are safe to use on hard surfaces from glass and stainless steel to marble and granite. The new wipes also contain a streak-free formula that makes them ideal for quick cleaning of mirrors, windows, and metal fixtures. And, as always, the Clorox Disinfecting Wipes kill 99.9% of bacteria, including salmonella, E.coli and the flu virus.
Here's my take on them:
First of all, it's pretty much a given that kids and germs go together hand-in-hand. Especially kids who are in daycare and school, and who have a tendency to either suck their thumb or stick their fingers in their mouths. Yep, those would be my kids, I'm talking about. So any product which promises to kill bacteria, especially the flu virus, is something that I'm all over.
I'd used Clorox Disinfecting Wipes in the past and honestly hadn't been too impressed. They did not seem to hold up and it would take several wipes to go through one mess, or to clean an entire countertop. So I had changed to using a disinfecting spray and paper towels, and then over this past winter to a competing disinfecting wipe that I've been quite happy with. So when Mom Central asked if I would be interested in reviewing these new, improved Clorox Disinfecting Wipes, I was curious as to how they would compare to the brand I'd been using (we'll call it "Brand A").
The first test was the bathroom counter. This is an area which requires daily wiping (at least it should get it, not that it always does, but I do try – sometimes…) to get at the assorted toothpaste, and shaving cream smears inevitably left on it. One reason that I liked the "Brand A" wipes that I've been using is that I can generally clean the entire countertop – and sink – with just one wipe. So how did the new Clorox wipes that I'd been sent to try compare?
Yep, did the job with just one wipe. Tie score between the Brand A wipe and the Clorox wipe.
Next, I tested the other area in my house that needs to be wiped down on a regular basis (same disclaimer as above – what can I say, I'm a busy mom! :)). Namely, the kitchen countertop, sink, and stovetop. Even with my Brand A wipes, it's been taking me generally two or three of them to do this whole job. So how did the Clorox wipes do here?
I was actually quite impressed. On a similar 'mess-level' as to what I usually am dealing with, it only took me about 1-1/2 of the Clorox wipes. Slight advantage to Clorox.
After using the Clorox wipes several more times – and giving a few to the girls to clean up various spills of their own with – I am pretty sold on the 'improved' Clorox Disinfecting Wipes. Clorox is a brand name that I know and trust, and not only do their wipes come in a convenient pop-up canister, but they come in various scents as well (like Lavender).
The bottom line:
Clorox Disinfecting Wipes are a good solution to keeping our homes clean and virtually germ-free. As the Clorox website says, the improved wipes contain:
- Better cleaning in a thicker, textured wipe
- Low-streak formula for use on shiny surfaces like glass and mirrors
- Effective against common bacteria such as Staphylococcus (Staph.), Salmonella, and E.coli*
- Pre-moistened disinfecting wipes that kill 99.9% of germs including viruses that cause colds and flu (Rhinovirus and Influenza A2)*
*When used as directed on hard, nonporous surfaces. See label for organisms.
And here's a bonus as well – enter the 'Make a Clean Getaway' sweepstakes and you could win a luxury family getaway or other great instant prizes! Play daily at http://www.cloroxcleangetaway.com/.
Re-Visiting this review (January 2010):
I do still buy and use the Clorox disinfecting wipes on a regular basis – pretty much as often as I do the one competing brand that I also like. I'll buy either one – generally whichever is on sale when I'm at the store, whichever one I happen to have a coupon for, or both. One thing that I do definitely like better about the Clorox wipes though are the decorative canisters that you can get, so I can leave the canister of wipes sitting out on my counter, right where it's convenient, instead of hiding them away in a cupboard or closet. I'm still very happy with how durable the wipes are and how well they clean.


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Definition of alveolus in English:
noun (plural alveoli /ˌalvɪˈəʊlʌɪ/ /alˈvɪəliː/)chiefly Anatomy
1Any of the many tiny air sacs of the lungs which allow for rapid gaseous exchange.
Example sentences
- Scientists also suspect that air pollutants might dampen the growth of alveoli, tiny air sacs in the lungs.
- Holes in the lungs occur as the alveoli air sacs break down.
- As altitude increases above sea level, atmospheric pressure drops with a parallel decrease in the amount of oxygen available at the blood/air interface in the lung alveolus.
2The bony socket for the root of a tooth.
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- No preserved teeth or alveoli can be observed in the premaxilla and dentary bones.
- The tooth row is present throughout the entire preserved length of the jaw and possesses 16 teeth and empty alveoli.
- Only a few, fragmentary teeth are preserved, and judging by the fragments and the size of alveoli, the teeth were gracile.
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- The Siddall group addressed the molecular phylogeny of three, very similar, alveolate genera.
- Several workers have suggested that the entire alveolate clade is derived from a photosynthetic ancestor.
- One of them corresponded to an alveolate sequence belonging to the recently described marine.
Late 17th century: from Latin, 'small cavity', diminutive of alveus.
Words that rhyme with alveolusAeolus, bolas, bolus, gladiolus, holus-bolus, solus, toeless
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The Roadmap to Linux
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There's a ton of Vista sniping going on over on this post, talking about how Vista just doesn't have enough working software to warrant an upgrade yet, among other things. To compound the problem, XP channels are drying out, so shoppers like Doug (see the comments) is stuck: A Dell sales rep told him to buy a Vista machine, uninstall Vista, and install a separately purchased copy of XP, but really, who's going to do that? I've even heard (well, read) the words "Mac" and "Apple" floating around the comments board.
So the timing couldn't be better for IBM to publish the "Windows-to-Linux Roadmap", a very good, concise primer on what you need to know before making the switch. It starts off simple with a very useful article on "Thinking in Linux," and then gets more detailed from there. If you're thinking of making the switch, or just curious, check it outMaybe it'll plant a little open-source seed in your soul that one day will grow to be a strong Linux tree.
Or you could get a Mac.
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Europe's Pro-Innovation Agenda A Stark Contrast To The U.S.
Europe's Pro-Innovation Agenda A Stark Contrast To The U.S.
07.20.11 | By Kate Connors
We at PhRMA aren't the only ones who appreciate the value of jobs in the life sciences, including the biopharmaceutical research sector.
In fact, yesterday the European Commission (EC) announced an investment of nearly €7 billion "to kick-start innovation through research." Out of that amount, more than €650 million is intended for healthcare research.
According to a press release from the EC, the funding package is expected to create more than 170,000 jobs in the short-term, with nearly 450,000 jobs and nearly €80 billion in GDP growth over 15 years. The release also explicitly states that this investment is intended to make the European Union more competitive "with large, dynamic countries like the U.S. and China."
On one hand, it's gratifying to see a government body embrace the promise of the sector, both in terms of jobs and in terms of the breakthroughs that might follow. Ultimately, it is patients who benefit from this sort of commitment.
However, it's also a stark reminder that despite an avowed commitment to innovation in America, our policymakers have not taken similar steps at a national level to grow the life sciences sector on our soil.
Anyone who reads "The Catalyst" knows quite well about the threats facing our sector's jobs in the face of policies that undercut biopharmaceutical research companies.
But the EC announcement demonstrates the contrast between the two attitudes, with Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn affirming the EU's "commitment to putting research and innovation at the top of the political agenda for growth and jobs."
Imagine what could be accomplished - in biopharmaceuticals, in the life sciences, and in all innovative sectors - with that level of government support in the U.S.


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Late in 2013 I was excited to learn of Restless Books, a new electronic-only publisher of world literature with a special emphasis on work in translation. I was familiar with Hamid Ismailov from his work as a translator—we had paneled together at 2012's Poetry Parnassus in London—but I hadn't had the opportunity to read his own fiction until Restless Books' publication of The Underground ($9.99), the story of a half-African, half-Siberian child growing up in the fast-changing Moscow of the 1980s. Ismailov and I corresponded by email, he on his phone somewhere between London and Budapest, me at molossus HQ in Los Angeles. —DS
The Underground features an unusual protagonist: a half-African, half-Siberian child in 1980s Moscow. Who is Mbobo, and how did his character occur to you?
The process of finalising the character of Mbobo was a lengthy one and one which lasted a couple of decades. It was akin to a flower bud slowly turning and fully blossoming into a rose.
During the 1980s I have spent nearly ten years living with my family in Moscow. It was both a sweet and bitter time of our lives. On the one hand we lived at the very centre of the Soviet cultural, literary and political life, but on the other hand, as we were the so-called "natsmens"—ethnic minorities, we faced lots of difficulties in trying to root into the daily life of Muscovites. Just one example from that time—my daughter, who was of the same age as Mbobo, had consecutively attended four different schools in her first form, because we were constantly moving from place to place, unable to find a permanent job or permanent accommodation.
Yet we loved Moscow and didn't want to return to Uzbekistan. Because of our nomadic and unsettled life in Moscow we got the chance to live in various areas of the city and explore an increasing number of underground lines and metro stations. At some point I realised that nearly every station of Moscow underground bore some traces of our life: to one I would bring my daughter to sing in a choir, the other one was where we came when my wife was hospitalised, I had read my poetry at yet other… Every station meant something to me and was somehow linked to my existence. During those years I wanted to write a book of poems called The Underground featuring names of each station as the poems' titles. But somehow, it just never happened.
In winter of 2005 I was in Moscow once again and on one snowy sleepless night at our flat, where nothing ever changed, although the life of the country outside was being turned upside down, that old idea came back to my mind so compellingly that upon returning to London I began to frantically write about our Moscow life throughout these underground stations. I wrote some 50 pages, but the tone of that piece so reminded me of another novella of mine that I ceased writing in despair. Then it occurred to me that I ought to rewrite it from my daughter's perspective—so innocent was our experience. But again something didn't add up. It was too straightforward. I find that very often fiction is the only way to describe the reality of things: it's more real than a straightforward account.
So something clicked in my mind telling me I should take the ultimate Russian muscovite literary figure—Pushkin, who was partly of Ethiopian origin, and give him the voice of my daughter, of my wife, of myself and of our Moscow life. So Mbobo, the ultimate answer, was born.
As an established translator yourself—and as a fluent speaker of English, what is it like to be translated? How did the process work for The Underground?
My decision to stop translating was a conscious act of despair and failure. I spent quite a lot of my time comparing the systems used in different languages and understood that it's impossible to translate ABC as ABC. Take for instance Uzbek, which is an agglutinative language with the strict syntax of Subject-Object-Verb. So in Uzbek, the verb comes at the very end of the sentence and until the sentence is fully uttered you don't know whether it's a question or a call, or a wish, or an order… You are unaware of the tense, case, modality and so on. You can't have a Big Bang at the beginning; you save the Big Bang for the very end. The same goes for Persian. Compare it with, let's say, English, where you can put a verb immediately after the subject, or even before it.
These differences cause lots of mishaps in translations. I explain the chronic failure to render the unimaginable beauty of Hafez's verses into European languages by that very fact. So I gave up on translation and to this day I try not to interfere with the work of my translators. I'm like a tennis wall: if they need my participation they hit the ball and I return it—no more than that.
You haven't lived in Uzbekistan for over thirty years. Is there an Uzbeki diaspora writing community? What is happening in contemporary Uzbeki writing today?
Luckily, because of my work for the BBC Central Asian service I'm in a daily contact with the world of Uzbek news, culture and literature. Then everything including the Uzbek literature has moved into a web space. I'm also lucky that my BBC Uzbek colleagues are mostly men of writing—poets, screenwriters, essayists and not just any ordinary ones, but leaders in their respective fields.
As for the current situation with Uzbek literature, I must say that Uzbekistan is one of the most closed countries, where freedom of speech, though acknowledged on the paper, equals a subversive activity in real life. Many poets and writers are imprisoned because of their writing. Therefore what appears on the surface is a conformist, sometimes heavily coded literature. On the other hand émigré literature is getting increasingly stronger and I'm sure that in Uzbekistan there are many talented writers who write as they say "into the drawer," in expectation of better days.
I must also say that even with my Uzbek hat on, I don't confine myself just to the Uzbeks in Central Asia. For instance my novella The Dead Lake which is coming out in Britain next February is a work about Kazakhstan and Kazakhs coping with daily life next to the ominous Soviet nuclear site in Semipalatinsk. Central Asia is a crossroads of different cultures and civilizations and I don't want to deprive myself of that richness.
Do you consider your work to be more in conversation with contemporary Uzbeki literature or with a wider literary community?
It depends on the different types of my writing. When I write in Uzbek it's mostly a conversation, dialogue or discussion with the wider Uzbek community. When I say "wider" I mean not just the contemporaries but our literary ancestors and possibly our descendants too. I'm working in the space of the Uzbek language, Uzbek literature, culture and history. But obviously it's not isolated from the rest of the world. My last Uzbek novel, The Dance of Devils, is a novel about the life of a great Uzbek writer Abdulla Qadyri. In 1937, Qadyri was going to write a novel, which he said was going to make his readers stop reading his previous iconic novels Days Bygone and Scorpion from the Altar, so beautiful would it have been. The novel would have told of a certain maid, who became a wife of three Khans—a kind of Uzbek Helen of Troy. He told everyone: "I will sit down this winter and finish this novel—I have done my preparatory work, it remains only to be written. Then people will stop reading my previous books." He began writing this novel, but on December 31, 1937 he was arrested. All manuscripts were confiscated and later burnt. Not a single word was left of the novel. On October 4, 1938, Qadyri was executed by firing squad, along with Chulpan, Fitrat and many other prominent figures of Uzbek culture…
This novel is about that particular period; when Qadyri, an arrested writer, is in prison and obsessed with his novel which reflects both his prison life and his literature. The Dance of Devils is about this unwritten novel, which unfolds in the mind of the writer. Qadyri once said that when he was busy writing a novel nothing else could distract him, as if his very own work possessed him.
The novel takes place in a prison environment where people who are imprisoned alongside him are not only the participants but are also co-authors of his novel. It's not just a novel about the greatest of Uzbek writers, but also a novel which recreates his unwritten work. And as such it's placed at the very core of Uzbek-ness.
But right now I'm considering writing an Uzbek novel without a single Uzbek character in it.
What's the relationship between Uzbeki and Russian literature, historically? What about for you personally? Who do you admire? Who do you hate?
I have a theory that any literature becomes fruitful after some grafting. The same goes for Uzbek literature. It is its cross-pollination with the Persian literature that produced a period of blossoming during the medieval times; the next time of flourishing came at the end of the 19th century when Uzbek literature met its Russian counterpart.
I have a history-based fatherly feeling towards the Russians because they are mostly children of the Great Steppe. Nearly all the famous Russian literary names—like Chaadaev, Aksakov, Turgenev, Nabokov—are of Turkic origin. So it is with their literature. The first old-Russian literary work—A Word about the Igor's Regiment—was apparently written by a son of the steppe.
But at the same time I have a son-like love of the great Russian literature of modern times. I was brought up with it, I live inside it, I consider myself a part of it.
What I do not hate but feel uneasy about is the modern day Russian literary establishment, those who are running the publishing industry, who are sitting in on the boards of literary magazines, on the juries of literary awards… The majority of these institutions were formed during the Soviet times when the ultimate feature of good quality literature lay in its overcomplicated, heavily coded character: not saying what you mean, but alluding to it using entire systems of hints and guesses. Unfortunately for modern Russian literature, they have maintained the same criteria to this day. So in order to be recognised in Russian literature you have to satisfy this outdated criterion. It skews modern Russian writing towards the over-symbolic, extremely conceptual, often made-up, which therefore is not widely read in the West.
But as I said in the beginning I'm sure that the cross-fertilisation of both Uzbek and Russian modern writing with world literature will bring about some unexpectedly delicious fruits.
In one of their manifestos, the Russian Futurists spoke out against the "still-creeping old fogies of Russian literature like white-marbled Pushkin dancing the tango." In terms of the book itself, I wonder if the latest generation of publishers, many of them working online, are doing the same thing: challenging the old fogies, broadening literature's reach, and expanding the form of the book. With The Underground's publication by Restless Book, an electronic-only publisher, I wonder if you see yourself as part of that physical revolution. Of course I'm also interested in how you might be expanding "Russian literature" in your writing, too!
Some 15 years ago we hardly used the internet, even at the BBC. Now it is omnipresent and ubiquitous. I'm answering your questions on my smartphone while flying from Budapest to London. The internet gave me the tools to be heard from any place in this "furious and beautiful world." Though The Underground, like all my literary work, is written with a fountain-pen (I find that writing with pen allows the thoughts to flow incessantly, whereas typing each letter is a discrete act.), I'm amazed by the dynamism and drive of Restless Books to bring The Underground to life.
Someone said that all of our lives we are writing just one book—the book of our life. Now with linking, inter-linking, hyper-linking it's much easier to create this Book of Books, and I'm thinking of one where my Uzbekness won't impede my Russianness, and the latter will enrich my Frenchness, Persianness, and Britishness, or, in short, my worldliness…
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DEAR AMY: I entered into a relationship with a married man. At first I was OK with it because I believed his explanation of why he's still married -- immigration purposes.
We have had some great times that are filled with activities we enjoy, including intimate relations.
As time has passed, I have learned that his marriage isn't as he described it to me. It's not so much a marriage of convenience as he said it was.
I'm worried that our relationship is icky, especially when I think about it now. I spend a lot of time in his home eating meals his wife has cooked for him.
I want to ask him about this, but I don't want to risk losing this guy, who is caring and attentive.
Should I walk away, ignore his texts and find someone else?
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DEAR OTHER WOMAN: If you can spend time at the house this man shares with his wife and eat meals she has cooked -- and it only occurs to you later how "icky" this is -- then I'd say you need to adjust your ick-o-meter. The idea is to be icked out by things in advance of doing them.
Your guy is a liar and a cheat. Walking away sounds like a good idea.
DEAR AMY: I hate to work and always have. I have a responsible professional position, dealing with an issue I care about. I work with wonderful people. I fulfill all of my responsibilities, but I have to force myself to do everything. The same is true for work around the house.
I get it done, but I can only think of how fast I can get it over with, and how, if possible, I can avoid it. I resent expending effort. I know I must work; I feel that I need to pull my own weight and contribute, but I just hate it.
My question is: Does everyone feel this way? Does everyone have to take a deep breath and force their way through every minute of every day? What advice do you have?
Don't Like Being Lazy
DEAR LAZY: There's the saying, "If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life." People (like me) who truly love their work generally look forward to doing it, even if we have to take a deep breath before starting a task. Most people don't need to deep-breathe their way through every effort, the way you report you do just to get through the day.
My first suggestion is for you to get a full medical checkup to see if you have a medical problem that might cause you to simply have low energy. You should also be evaluated for depression. If so, treatment would literally lift the veil, give you more energy and improve your outlook.
Otherwise, thinking of tasks in small bites might help you to get started -- and will also create a satisfying sense of accomplishment.
You don't say if there is anything in the world for which you do enjoy expending effort. If so, you can use activities you enjoy (even if your activity is actually inactivity) as motivators to get through the day.
I'll run additional suggestions from readers.
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EFSA to discuss re-authorisation of transgenic Mon810 maize
Paris/Parma – Agrobiotech-sceptical France wants the European food watchdog EFSA to restart its current review of marketing re-authorisation of transgenic Mon810 maize, which is at present the only GM crop allowed to be planted in the EU on a commercial scale. According to EU insiders, the initiative is backed by 18 member states, who signed a letter sent to the EFSA. As a reaction, the EFSA now invited the EU member states on May 21 to name two experts per member state to discuss the topic with EFSA representatives on May 26.
In mid-April, German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner had prohibited planting of Mon810 referring to studies presented by Luxembourg that had forbidden Mon810 cultivation only two weeks before. The studies suggest that there might be a fatal effect of the Bt-toxin Cry1Ab, which is used in Mon810 but also in organic farming, on non-target organisms such as ladybugs. The studies however had been critisised within the scientific community because the toxic effect observed was stronger at low and medium concentrations than at high concentrations, which is not in line with any known toxicity model. GM proponents said, that not one case of negative impact of Mon810 cultivation has been reported since the crop has been planted on a commercial scale in Spain (since 1998). They now fear that France will start a politically-motivated campaign against the Mon810 line, that is backed by a majority of the EU member states.


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It's little wonder that Michael Curry, of the Cowtown Computer Congress, was the recipient of an Awesome Award at this year's Detroit Maker Faire for showing off his Mario Cart racing cars (with remotes!), Christmas Lego men, Bathtub U-Boat, and a Portal sentry turret.
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I hope the manufacturer will make improvements and create thicker chews like in the past.
MY dogs love them. Keeps them busy for a while, plus helps to clean their teeth. I'd recommend this product.
I ordered two bags of these. One for a big dog and one for a smaller dog. Smaller dog simply turned up her nose. Year old german shepherd absolutely loves them. He waits each night now for his treat to take into his crate with him. I trust Revival not to have products that are bad for my dogs and this is just one more.
Dogs love them. Seem to be helpful in keeping their teeth clean. Both dogs have serious gas after chewing them - just acword of caution.
Every night at bedtime, my Chinese Crested Powderpuff seems to expect his C.E.T. Chew.
He takes the treat to his bed and eats it right down.
I believe he enjoys the stick-like shape.
I hope this will help maintain clean teeth.
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Flower-Visiting Insects of Enchanter's Nightshade in Illinois
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen; wasps and most flies suck nectar; some flies feed on pollen & are non-pollinating; observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata sn cp fq, Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn cp, Lasioglossum fuscipennis sn cp fq, Lasioglossum imitatus sn, Lasioglossum macoupinensis sn cp fq, Lasioglossum obscurus sn cp, Lasioglossum pectinatus sn cp, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp fq
Chalcididae: Conura debilis
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua sn, Ocyptamus fuscipennis sn, Toxomerus geminatus sn, Toxomerus marginatus sn; Bombyliidae: Anthrax oedipus fp np, Hemipenthes sinuosa fp np
Foodplant / parasite
cleistothecium of Erysiphe circaeae parasitises live leaf of Circaea lutetiana
Remarks: season: 9-10
Foodplant / sap sucker
adult of Metatropis rufescens ssp. rufescens sucks sap of Circaea lutetiana
Foodplant / spot causer
scattered pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph of Phyllosticta lutetiana causes spots on leaf of Circaea lutetiana
Remarks: season: 8
Foodplant / parasite
telium of Puccinia circaeae parasitises live stem of Circaea lutetiana
Other: major host/prey
Foodplant / parasite
hypophyllous telium of Pucciniastrum circaeae parasitises live leaf of Circaea lutetiana
Other: minor host/prey
Foodplant / spot causer
hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph of Ramularia caduca causes spots on live leaf of Circaea lutetiana
Foodplant / open feeder
nocturnal larva of Tenthredo colon grazes on live leaf of Circaea lutetiana
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Circaea lutetiana
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Circaea lutetiana
Public Records: 7
Specimens with Barcodes: 9
Species With Barcodes: 1
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
Circaea lutetiana
Circaea lutetiana, known as enchanter's-nightshade,[1] is a plant in the evening primrose family, Onagraceae.
The genus name comes from the enchantress Circe of Greek mythology and the generic designation is derived from Lutetia, the Latin name for Paris. Paris at one time was known as the "Witch City". Despite its name it is not especially toxic, but contains a lot of the astringent tannin.[2]
Circaea lutetiana is a perennial herbaceous plant with opposite, simple leaves, on slender, green stems. The flowers are white, borne in summer. It grows 20 cm to 60 cm, rarely up to 75 centimeters high.[3]
The leaves are rounded or slightly notched at the base, they narrow gradually to the pointed tip and are not strongly toothed, but have sinuate edges. The leaf stalks are equally hairy all round.[4]
The flower has 2 notched petals, 2 stamens and a 2-lobed stigma. The open flowers are well spaced along the stalk and there are no bracts at base of individual flower stalks. The fruit consists of 2 equal cells, and usually sets seed. The flower stalks become angled downwards before fruiting.[5]
In winter the aerial parts die off leaving an underground rhizome.
The plant is native to Europe, Middle Asia and Siberia. They grow in woods in deep shade and moist environments on nitrogen-containing clay.
It is only rarely used as a garden plant, one variety is known as 'Caveat Emptor', has leaves that are heavily mottled pink.
Circaea lutetiana herb has been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea, or externally as cold maceration in ethanol, for treatment of rheumatism, gout, infections, and fever.[6]
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Would The World Miss You?
KEVIN COLLERAN: Here's some input from a few of my CEO friends on the three things you need to ask yourself to make sure you have what it takes to attempt a startup:
Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com and Partner at DowntownProject.com
1) Are you so passionate about what your startup is doing that you'd be happy doing it for 10 years, even if you never made any money from it?
2_ If/when your startup succeeds, would the world miss you if your company disappeared?
-3) Can you be true to yourself and scale the company at the same time?
Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder of Warby Parker1) Do you have enough conviction to move forward with your startup even if you ask 100 people for advice and they all tell you it's a terrible idea?2) Will you still feel fulfilled/happy if your startup has an impact but you never make any money from it?3) Are you as passionate about recruiting and building a team as you are about your business idea?Randi Zuckerberg, CEO of Zuckerberg Media & Former Director of Marketing at Facebook1) (similar to Tony) Make sure you LOVE what you are doing. If you're starting a company just because "there's a gap in the market" or because "the breakfast cereal industry is so ripe for disruption" you'll find that what you're doing is just another job. But if you're so passionate about what you're doing, that you'd still do it even if you never got paid a dime…then even if you fail, you succeed.2) Get ready for a roller coaster ride. Starting a company is full of incredibly high highs and incredibly low lows, often within the same day! Somebody once gave me the advice, "if you don't feel like you want to vomit from anxiety at least once a day, then you're not a real entrepreneur." And it's true. I've definitely been there. Make sure you have good support in place — whether that's your family, a close group of friends, or other entrepreneurs who understand what you're going through.3) You need thick skin. When you start a company, you really put yourself out there. You'll likely hear a lot of no's from potential investors, you'll get criticism from your users, and the more successful you are, you'll have things written about you in the press. If this kind of thing gets you down, you might want to think twice about starting a company. But if you can hold your head up high no matter what, rock on.


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The past two days have been a blur with flurries and much slush brought on by storm Nemo. Of course, that didn't stop fashion week from continuing! It was amusing to see the permanent snowplow on site circling the Lincoln Fountain, getting rid of any snow to allow those braving heels to get to their shows safely.
It brought out the best furs, headpieces and most fashionable outerwear I've ever seen under one roof. My hat certainly saved me from having an awful hair day!
We started off our day with watching one of the biggest shows I've seen so far by Rebecca Minkoff. It was an incredible experience, and part of the excitement was seeing the room fill up and figuring out who was in the room with all the paparazzi frenzy. Rebecca Minkoff's show brought out the likes of Ashlee Simpson, Nicky Hilton and Jamie King and the top bloggers including Bryan Grey Yambao (Bryan Boy), Rumi Neely (Fashion Toast), Kelly Framel (The Glamourai) and Leandra Medine (Man Repeller) were also amongst the front row. The show kicked off with a live band and seeing the models sashaying their way down the runway was exhilarating! The pops of neon seen on coats and dresses throughout the collection were uber refreshing. We have so much to look forward to this fall season!
Rebecca minkoff fall collection complete with a live band #mbfw #nyfw vine.co/v/bnVDpwK2uKr
— Christine Lu (@lu_christine) February 8, 2013
Following the show, we edged our way to the front and found ourselves within earshot distance of Bryan and Rumi, and this happened. Still so happy that we had a chance to meet them in person!
Later that night, I came back to the Lincoln Centre to see Charlotte Ronson's Fall/Winter Presentation in the Studio. Her collection was made up of many different prints with a very earthy and natural feel. Definitely wearable and can see myself in some pieces this coming September!
Finally, the last show I've seen was by Alon Livne, a talented young fashion designer from the Middle East, showcasing the eight season of his line. It was really interesting to learn that he had trained at Alexander McQueen and was also appointed to the eveningwear and couture division of Roberto Cavalli. You can definitely feel the other designer's presence in his work.
This collection in particular was one of the best that I've been able to see so far this season. Inspired by the concept of a beautifully bleak post-apocalyptic world, his models were figures transformed through crystallization (featuring Swarovski Elements) whom are now frozen jewels imprisoned in a world hung between day and night. You can also see how challenging it was for the models to hold their still poses for the duration of the show; kudos to them!
Unbelievable works of art by Alon Livne. So amazing to see @swarovski Elements used! #client #mbfw #nyfw vine.co/v/bvm9qnmJTpA
— Christine Lu (@lu_christine) February 9, 2013
This collection is leaving me breathless #alonlivne #mbfw #nyfw #seaofblack vine.co/v/bvmVX6qzjvM
— Christine Lu (@lu_christine) February 9, 2013
For live updates on the go, you can follow me on Twitter, Instagram and Vine (search for Christine Lu). Till the next runway!


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Even with negative weekly charts, the ETFs for U.S. Treasury bonds, gold and utility stocks continue to outperform stocks year to date.
There's nothing boring about George Soros' investing -- at least not for those who follow his stock picks each quarter.
Homebuilders, REITS and commodities plays are all being looked at through the lens of an imminent rate rise.


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"Safety comes first at the plant," said Roger Neumeyer, plant manager. "Our record low of safety incidents is a tribute to how seriously our employees take safety and use the training they receive."
New Madrid's 2007 rate of 3.19 "recordable incidents" is its best ever. Recordable incidents are injuries resulting from a workplace injury or illness that requires some type of medical treatment beyond first aid. The rate, as calculated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, is an approximation of the number of injuries per 100 full-time employees.
New Madrid's low rate was a major contributor to the cooperative's companywide recordable incident rate of 2.3, which is lower than the national average of 3.9 in the utility industry. The 2007 rate was an improvement on AECI's previous all-time low of 3.91 in 2006.
Neumeyer said a number of factors explain the continued improvement in safety experienced at New Madrid Power Plant. The number-one reason is that employees are taking more personal responsibility for their own safety and that of co-workers. The plant's Safety Training Observation Program (STOP) in which supervisors observe employees in their work settings and offer suggestions for safety improvements also has helped improve safety awareness. Promoting and planning safety into all aspects of work is a third reason for the improved safety rate. The plant's wellness program, which provides incentives for employees to take care of themselves physically, also contributes to improved safety.


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Why Do You Stand With J Street?
October 14th, 2009
J Street asked pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans why they stand with J Street as we work to achieve a two-state solution and secure true peace for Israel and the entire Middle East.
"My children were born in Jerusalem during the bus and cafe bombings
of the second intifada. J Street's powerful voicing of the majority
opinion that strong US leadership is required to achieve a peaceful
two-state solution gives me hope that Israeli children won't have to
live through a time like that again."
- Janette, Massachusetts
"I stand with J Street because as an American-born Jew whose father
fought in WWII, I love Israel, and believe passionately in its right to
exist, and also think that the path to guaranteeing a future of
prosperity, peace and hope involves a two-state solution and reaching
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Grandparents Day Contest Winners Announced!0
We were truly touched by all the loving words we read while going through all the "What Makes Your Grandparent So Grand?" Contest Entries!
Thank you for sharing all your sweet stories with PersonalizationMall.com … don't forget to share them with your grandparents on Grandparents Day, which is coming up on September 9th.
It wasn't easy, but we were able to select our 3 contest winners! Congratulations to Ryan Zahara, Maria Mahaffey and Brittany Addison who have been selected as our 1st, 2nd and 3rd-place winners!
Ryan has won the 12×18 Photo Sentiments Canvas with the following entry that he wrote about his grandparents, Zeke and Charlotte Clark:
"A grandparent is a special gift. The memories of countless books read, racing Hot Wheels on the carpet for hours, running through the grass with Papa's dog, baking cookies with Grandma, having sleepovers so Mom and Dad could have a break, drawing lessons from Papa and endless encouragement. Grandparents are like second parents, your second home away from home, with two people that love you just as much as your parents do, with added experience."
Maria Mahaffey won a Photo Sentiments Table Top Canvas for Josephine and Anthony Pisoni with the following creative entry:
"G-ive me unconditional love
R-est my head on their shoulders to comfort me
A-re there to play with me every day to make sure I'm safe while Mommy and Daddy go to work
N-eed nothing but smiles to make me happy
D-on't waste a single moment with me because they know nothing is as important as family"
And finally, Brittany Addison is the winner of the Photo Sentiments Coffee Mug thanks to the following entry that she wrote for her Patricia Addison:
"My grandma is grand because she is FUN! Grandma played waitress with us even though we asked for the same sandwich every day (cut into "fishy" shapes). She let us put barrettes in her hair and even went in public with her new 'do! She played spinning tops and even made up her own games for us. We love her!"
Congratulations to all our winners and thanks again for everyone who entered the contest. Make sure you keep checking back here for new contests and enjoy your Grandparents Day!
Contest: What Makes Your Grandparent So Grand?0
Grandparents Day is on September 9th this year and we thought – what better way to celebrate than bragging about how amazing your grandparents are and winning a personalized gift from PMall.com just for them that they'll treasure forever?!
That's why we're having a Grandparents Day Contest and we're asking our fans … "What Makes Your Grandparent So Grand?"
To enter the contest, send an email with the subject line "Grandparents Day" to firstname.lastname@example.com with the following information before the contest ends at midnight on Tuesday, September 4th, 2012:
- Your full name and email address that we can use to contact you if you win
- Your grandparent's full name
- In 60 words or less, tell us what makes your grandparent so grand!
The PMall.com staff will select the top three most unique entries and determine the first, second and third place winners. We will post the names of the winners here on the A Personal Touch Blog on Wednesday September 5th.
We bet you want to know what you can win, huh!? Well, the first-place winner will win a 16" x 20" Photo Sentiments© Canvas which will be personalized with a picture of the winner and their grandparent and the winning text they submitted so that they can let their grandparent know just how much they mean to them with a special gift!
Second place will win a Photo Sentiments© Table Top Canvas with their own picture and submission and third place will win a Photo Sentiments© Coffee Mug that will be personalized with their picture and submission.
So don't forget to get your submissions in before the contest ends September 4th! Good luck to everyone and we can't wait to read all your entries!
Make It A Curious George Birthday Party!0
Curious George is making a comeback!
The adorable mischievous monkey is capturing the hearts of a whole new generation and PMall.com is here to help you throw the perfect Curious George birthday party that your little ones will love!
Thanks to this incredible theme cake we found on Pinterest and our new line of Curious George® Personalized Gifts, we were inspired to put together this party theme and share some ideas for party accessories, birthday gifts and some cute party tricks to help you plan a successful party!
Whether the party is for your baby who loves watching the Curious George cartoons or for your older child who likes to read the Curious George books – we've got great ideas that Curious George fans of all ages will love!
Before you start working on making a masterpiece cake like this one have to start planning the party and the first think you need to do is send out party invitations!
Our Curious George® Personalized Invitations feature the title "Calling All Curious Monkeys" and can be personalized with your child's age and six lines of text which can include all of the important details including the name, date, time and location of the celebration and any other optional details you choose! These cute cards are sold in sets of 24 and include coordinating crisp, white envelopes for mailing.
Once the special day finally arrives, decorate your home or party location with the Curious George® Personalized Party Banner so you can continue the party theme and let guests know exactly where to go for the party! The banner can be personalized with their age and name and is made from heavy duty vinyl so it can be used whether it's an indoor or outdoor party!
Outside-of-the-gift-box Party Tip: The banner can also be used as a unique guest book! Leave out a permanent marker and have guests sign their names and leave messages for the Birthday Boy or Girl. It makes a great keepsake that they'll love looking back at for years to come!
Another great way to keep the party theme alive is to incorporate George's friend The Man With The Yellow Hat into the place settings like they did in this photo (at right) that we came across on Pinterest.
These place settings are easy to put together, won't cost you anything extra (since you'll already need plates and cups for the party) and are perfect for the Curious George theme! After you've purchased yellow cups and plates, take the yellow cups and tape or glue a line of black construction paper around the top of the cup. If you'd like, you can even write down each guests name on the black "belt" so they know where their cup is at all times! Flip the cup over and place it in the center of the plate and that's it – you have the yellow hat!
As for the food, prepare their favorite meal (after all, it is their birthday!), but we also suggest incorporating bananas. This is a great way to stick to the theme while also offering your guests a healthy snack! Either place one banana at each of the place settings or hang a bunch and use as a centerpiece for your table and have guests take them as they please!
When it comes time for your little one to open their birthday presents, make sure you've wrapped up one of our Curious George® Gifts, such as a personalized sweatshirt, pillowcase, growth chart, picture frame and much more!
When the party starts to wind down and your guests are starting to leave, don't let them leave without their goodie bag!
Personalize a Curious George® Poster for each of the kids to take home and hang up in their rooms! You get to choose from 4 different Curious George designs (George riding a bike, playing on his ball, flying a kite or hanging out in his room with toys) and personalize the posters with each of the guests' names in 1 of 3 sizes! They will have had so much fun at the party and love the personalized touch to their goodie bag so much they won't want to leave!
And there you have it – the perfect Curious George Birthday Party!
Don't forget to use proper party etiquette and thank your guests – the Curious George® Personalized Thank You Cards would be perfect! If you have any tips or ideas for throwing a Curious George Birthday Party we'd love to hear them so please be sure to comment below.
We Have A Summer ParTEA Recipe Contest Winner!0
The Summer ParTEA Recipe Contest may be the PMall.com Staff's favorite contest yet!
We received several recipes and we couldn't believe how unique each of them were and how delicious they sounded – we have enough recipes to keep our taste buds happy for the rest of the summer!
Thank you to all who participated in our contest, we can't thank you enough for sharing all your recipe secrets. While all of your entries had our mouths watering, there was one particular recipe that stood out from all the rest.
Congratulations to Liga Gorrick for winning our Summer ParTEA Recipe Contest with her recipe for Rhubarb Ice Tea!
Thanks to Liga's special recipe, she has won her very own Personalized Beverage Server with Stand that she can use to serve her Rhubarb Ice Tea for many summers to come!
Here is Liga's winning entry for all of you to enjoy:
My name is Liga Gorrick and my favorite drink in a hot summer day isn't the regular ice tea everybody serves. It's the amazing Rhubarb ice tea with its freshness and the beautiful pink color. As I grew up there always was plenty of rhubarb in my mom's garden during summertime. Mom was really good making something yummy out of it. One of my all-time favorites is this rosy ice tea (especially accompanied with rhubarb tart or pie). It tastes like summer and childhood to me. My mother made it just with rhubarb alone, but I've been "playing" with the ingredients over the years and have discovered that I like it best with a little bit of ginger or with hibiscus tea.
- 8-10 large rhubarb stalks
- 8-10 cups of water (1 cup for each rhubarb stalk)
- 1 small ginger root (about 2 inches long)
- Honey (sugar, Splenda or any other sweetener)
Wash and clean the rhubarb (do not peel- the peel is what gives that lovely pink color), cut into about 1 inch chunks. Wash, peel and cut the ginger in thin slices. Add the rhubarb and ginger to the water in a large saucepan and bring it to boil, then simmer covered for 15-20 min. Take the saucepan off the heat and let it cool for a while. Strain the tea; add honey (sugar/Splenda) to the desired sweetness. Chill the tea completely and serve with plenty of ice. I like large pieces of ice that doesn't dilute the drink so quickly.
For variety you can serve it with a little bit of fresh peppermint, substitute the ginger for a few strips of lemon peel or use rhubarb alone. You can also brew a few bags of hibiscus or green tea in the rhubarb tea while it's still hot. Hibiscus tea makes it brighter pink or even red. It also gives a stronger, more sour taste. Enjoy!
Best regards,
Right away we knew we loved the recipe, but when we saw how tasty and refreshing the Rhubarb Tea looked in the picture Liga included, we knew we had a winner! Congrats again to Liga and thank you to all who participated in the PMall contest.
Make sure you keep checking back here for more contests and tips and tricks to make your parties and personalized gifts extra special!
Below are some of our other favorite fan entries for you to enjoy. They may not have won the contest but they've won a place in our hearts and cookbooks!
Katie Kitterman's Pineapple iced tea
- 1 quart water
- 7 tea bags
- 1 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 2 tbl sugar
Brew tea, stir in the rest then let it sit (overnight if possible).
"It's delish!"
Jennifer Jonas's Ice Tea Recipe
- 3 Family Sized Lipton Tea Bags
- Pot of water
- 1 1/2 cups of Sugar
- 1 Can Frozen Lemonade Concentrate
- Cold water
Place tea bags in pot of boiling water & steep about 10 minutes. Put sugar in gallon tea pitcher. Pour warm tea over sugar & stir to dissolve completely. Pour lemonade concentrate in & top off with cold water. Stir well & refrigerate for delicious sweet tea (makes 1 gallon).
"What I love most about it: This recipe has been shared with me by my mom. We love this Lemonade Sweet Tea on hot summer days here in Texas. It's very thirst quenching & refreshing (especially when it's 107 degrees here)."
Juliet V's Blended Masala Iced Tea
- 6 to 8 tea bags
- 4 cups water
- 4 cups cold water
- 3 pods cardamom
- 1/4" ginger diced
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 6 cloves
- 1/2 cup sugar or 1/4 cup honey (optional)
- Lemon/lime to garnish (optional)
Combine all ingredients except honey or sugar and cold water. Boil for 10 minutes. Strain. Put the cold water into a pitcher. Pour the hot tea over the cold water. You put the cold water in first, because the hot tea could melt the pitcher because it is hot. Add sugar or honey to sweeten it, stirring till dissolves. Put the pitcher into the fridge to cool. You can add slices of lime or lemon to the pitcher to give it a refreshing taste.
"I love this tea because it gives me the essence of different spices and soothing/calming effect, which embodies the full flavor of a tea."
Share Your Recipe For The Perfect Summer ParTEA & Win!0
There's nothing better than a nice, refreshing sip of chilled ice tea on a hot summer's day!
But after that heat wave we just had, we're in need of a fun new tea recipe to help us get through the rest of the summer!
Whether it's a concoction of tea and lots of other ingredients or regular tea with a new twist you've added to help spice it up, share your favorite tea recipe and you could win PMall.com's Summer ParTEA Recipe Contest and take home your very own Personalized Beverage Server with Stand so you can serve and enjoy your delicious tea in personalized style at your next party!
To enter the contest, send an email with the subject line "Summer ParTEA Contest" to firstname.lastname@example.com before the contest ends on August 1st, 2012 with the following information:
1. Your full name and email address where we can contact you if you've been selected as the winner.
2. Your favorite Ice Tea Recipe and what you love most about it.
And it's as easy as that!
The PMall Staff will read the entries and select their favorite recipe and the winner will be announced here on the A Personal Touch Blog on August 2nd.
So start trying out new tasty combinations or pull out your recipe book and find that trusty recipe you've loved for years – just make sure you do it before the contest ends!
We can't wait to read all your entries – our mouths are watering just thinking about it!
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Miffed Prakash Jha lodges complaint against imposter
Miffed by the imposter, who claimed to be his son, director Prakash Jha lodged a complaint in police stations in Kolkata and Patna. The person, called himself Presenjit Jha, as he tried to draw money from sponsors for a grand promotion of Prakash Jha's upcoming movie 'Satyagraha' in Kolkata and Patna.
The fraud falsely promised people of organizing a grand promotion of 'Satyagraha' on 14th August. He drew money from people for this promotion. The imposter told people that a promotion would be organized in a five star hotel and would be attended by Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Manoj Bajpai andPrakash Jha.
It was also revealed that the imposter also roped in a few sponsors for the alleged promotional event.
When Praksh Jha was contacted, he revealed that he has got only one daughter and has no son. He confirmed that the imposter was actually cheating people. He said, "I have asked my officials to lodge police complaints in Kolkata as well in Patna."
The complaints are lodged at Bhawanipur police station in Kolkata and at Shri Krishnapuri police station in Patna.
The complaint said that a person claiming himself as Prakash Jha's son had announced to organize an event on 14th August for the alleged promotion of 'Satyagraha'.
The sources said, "But, due to timely intervention the fraud was detected and everybody warned of the cheating and the so-called event was cancelled on August 14."
In order to win the trust of people, the imposter also revealed few facts related to the movie and the personal life of Prakash Jha. He said that Prakash Jha was planning to advance the date of the release of the movie as Jha's mother was not keeping well. But the truth is that Prakash Jha's mother passed away two decades back. The imposter also used the letterhead of Jha's TV channel 'Maurya TV' in order to generate and collect funds for advertisement.
An annoyed Prakash Jha said, "in fact the person has also hired a PR agency and has been picking up funds in my name. It is a case of harming my reputation."
incident was quite shocking for the entire crew of the movie 'Satyagraha'. It
is a political thriller movie starring Amitabh Bachchan, Arjun Rampal, Ajay
Devgn, Manoj Bajpai, Kareena Kapoor and Amrita Rao. The movie will hit theaters
on 30th August. The
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A new avenue of the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu has been found! Archaeologists have just uncovered this hidden section of the trail, cloaked in vegetation for over 500 years.
The new path begins in the Wayraqtambo area, behind Machu Picchu's mountain, among the archaeological sites of Winay Wayna and Intipata, and leads to a platform that overlooks the famed Incan site, offering a breathtaking view of the ruins from a completely different angle.
A portion of the discovery is a 16-ft long tunnel, built after 20 ft of dirt and stone collapsed over the main road. An excellent example of the engineering prowess of the Incan Empire, the tunnel's ceiling is lined with carved stones, using a technique designed to bear weight and prevent the tunnel's collapse. It remains structurally sound still 500 years after construction.
The road, once excavation is complete, could offer an alternative route for travelers into Machu Picchu, says Fernando Astete, who, as leader of Machu Picchu's archaeological team, has worked with Wilderness Travel on numerous symposiums. "This road ought to be restored as soon as possible due to its great value as cultural heritage, " he says.
-Text by WT photoblog editor Sommer Antrim, photos from Ministerio de Cultura de Perú, Inca Trail to Machu Picchu


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U.S. President Barack Obama says Ukraine does not need additional military assistance to help fight pro-Russian separatists but an invasion by Russia would raise "a different set of questions."
Obama's comments came after NATO said on August 6 that Moscow had increased its forces along the border with eastern Ukraine to some 20,000 troops.
Obama said Ukraine is fighting separatists "who can't match the Ukrainian Army."
Ukrainian officials have urged Washington to provide lethal aid to Kyiv.
NATO said that some Russian military vehicles on the border have been marked as "peacekeeping" or "humanitarian," causing worry Moscow might use a humanitarian pretext to invade.
Meanwhile, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke via phone with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who said Moscow is already involved in the conflict, firing artillery at Ukrainian forces from Russia.
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RingTV.com will do a live round-by-round update of tonight's sixth-round technical knockout by RING and WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis "Superman" Stevenson over mandatory challenger Tony Bellew, who was dropped once in the final round at The Pepsi Colesium in Quebec City. Quebec, Canada, on HBO.
Stevenson (23-1, 20 knockouts) scored his 11th consecutive KO against Bellew (20-2-1, 12 KOs), who entered the bout having gone 4-0-1, with two knockouts since falling by majority decision to then-WBO beltholder Nathan Cleverly in October of 2011.
There have been some questions about the chin of Stevenson, who scored a sixth-round stoppage against Darnell Boone in March, avenging his second-round knockout loss to the journeyman from April of 2010.
Stevenson weighed in at 174.4 pounds compared to 175 for Bellew, who was stopped at the 1:50 mark of the final round.
HBO's broadcast begins at 10:15 p.m ET/PT.
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Referee: Michael Griffin
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Bellew enters the ring first and is heavily booed, followed by Stevenson, who is lustily cheered.
Michael Buffer: LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!!!
Round 1: Intense stare down. Fighters do not touch gloves. Stevenson appears to have broken a sweat, while the taller Bellew appears slightly more dry. Southpaw Stevenson is stalking, the rangy Bellew, retreating and fighting from a distance. Bellew is trying to time the counter right, and takes a left from Stevenson. Stevenson's having ro reach with his left over the jab. Grazing straight left by Stevenson after a right to the body by Bellew. Another left by Stevenson. Jab, left and jab by Stevenson. Bellew's being cautious. Obviously Bellew's trying to land a solid right, and reaches with that punch twice over the final seconds. Stevenson, 10-9.
Round 2: Stevenson out-landed Bellew, 12-5, in Round 1. Stevenson grazes with a left. Bellew lands a right. Stevenson's more aggressive behind his jab, spreading his stance in an attempt to blast with the left. Stevenson fires two lefts to the midsection. Two right hands by Bellew, each grazing but fired with melevolent intent. Stevenson's jabbing and landing the left to the body, but is reaching. Stevenson lands a left, Bellew, a right. Double-jab by Stevenson. Stevenson, 10-9; Stevenson, 20-18.
Round 3: Bellew is standing tall and, in retreat, forcing Stevenson to take risks and to almost leap in to land his left after the jab. Bellew is trying to land a potent right. Stevenson's bleeding from the nose. Stevenson jabs and lands a left on the forehead of Bellew. Another left lands for Stevenson, as does another. Two lefts to the body by Stevenson. Left, right and left by Stevenson. Two head-swiveling lefts by Steveonson. Stevenson closes with a double-left hand after having forced Bellew to the ropes. Stevenson, 10-9; Stevenson, 30-27.
Round 4: Steve Weisfeld has it, 30-27, for Stevenson. Bellew is taking more jabs and left hands, and misses a wild right. Stevenson's starting to load up on the left. Stevenson GOES DOWN, but it's ruled a slip. Bellew lands a right and a left that seem to stun Stevenson and send him to the ropes. Big left by Stevenson regains momentum. Three more lefts by Stevenson, and another. Stevenson lands a left, and takes a right from Bellew just prior to the bell. Stevenson, 10-9; Stevenson, 40-36.
Round 5: Solid left early by Stevenson. Stevenson's pawing more with the jab, and appears anxious to land the left with more intent. Bellew continues to retreat, more from the pressure, but also, perhaps in an attempt to set traps. Three lefts by Stevenson, who takes a right and gives ground. Counter left by Stevenson. Right and left land for Bellew. Three more jabs by Stevenson, who is talking with his hands at his sides. Bellew lands a right, takes a left, and then, lands another right. Stevenson, 10-9; Stevenson, 50-45.
Round 6: Weisfeld has it for Stevenson, 50-45. Stevenson's trainer, Sugar Hill, is not completely comfortable with his fighter's tendency to lunch. Counter left by Stevenson and another. BIG LEFT HAND DROPS BELLEW FOR THE EIGHT COUNT. HE RISES, BUT GETS DRILLED INTO THE ROPES FROM YET ANOTHER LEFT, REFEREE MICHAEL GRIFFIN STOPS THE FIGHT!!!


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Events all over Paducah have food.
However, very few events are about food.
On April 12, 2014, The Charity League of Paducah will host Shine and Dine – the premiere event for foodies in our community. Local chefs and food artists will not only create spectacular cuisine for this special event but will share their talents and expertise throughout the evening.
Taste a delicious cupcake from a local baker and then learn how to put a beautiful icing swirl on your next batch of cupcakes!
Gobble up Powerhouse BBQ's one-of-a-kind barbecue meatloaf and then learn how to perfectly smoke a pork butt from your own home!
Or sip a perfectly mixed cocktail from an area bartender then learn how to create your own signature cocktail for your next party!
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Poland Intervenes to Boost Zloty
WARSAW — The Polish government and central bank intervened in the currency market Friday to boost the zloty, pushing it away from a level that would trigger austerity measures.
Before Friday's intervention, the zloty had been weakening since July as investors exited emerging markets over euro-zone sovereign debt concerns and worries about the global economy. A weak zloty inflates the country's debts denominated in foreign currencies.
The central bank sold an undisclosed amount of foreign currencies to buy the zloty, it said in a statement. The government appeared to be back in the spot market Friday also selling euros, traders said. Both moves came after a series of unsuccessful government and central-bank verbal interventions in recent days that showed their discomfort with the weak zloty.
The zloty rose nearly 3% against the euro in less than 30 minutes Friday afternoon when Polish state-owned Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego and the central bank intervened. At 1332 GMT, the zloty traded at PLN4.38 from PLN4.52 earlier in the day. That put the Polish currency back at Wednesday's levels, which were still about 6% below the exchange rate of Sept. 1.
Before the zloty began weakening, Poland's public debt was around 53% of gross domestic product, well below the European Union average. But as the zloty weakens, debt swells. And if it crosses the crucial 55% threshold at the end of the year, Polish law requires the government to balance the budget or have a surplus.
That is a situation the government would like to avoid because public discussion of the possibility of automatic austerity measures could undermine its chances of getting reelected for a second term when Poland elects its new parliament on Oct. 9.
Poland's debt is still at a safe distance from the 55% threshold, Finance Minister Jan Vincent-Rostowski said late Thursday, and the country has three months until debt measurements are taken, in line with the domestic methodology that excludes certain categories of debt and produces a result about two percentage points lower than what is reported to the European Commission.
He and Marek Belka, governor of the National Bank of Poland, said Thursday the zloty is very much undervalued and its exchange rate no longer reflects the fundamentals of the Polish economy, which they called healthy. The Polish economy grew 4.3% on the year in the second quarter of 2011.
But economists said a zloty at pre-intervention levels leaves little wiggle room for the finance ministry, which has regularly been selling its euros in the spot market since April. Verbal interventions from the government and the central bank "show growing discontent of the authorities with trends in the foreign exchange market," said Piotr Kalisz, economist at Citigroup.
Public debt will be above 55% of GDP if the zloty weakens to around PLN4.66, according to BRE Bank, or PLN4.70, according to Citigroup.
The government is likely to sell more euros in the coming days and weeks to raise zlotys that are paid to farmers, said Rafal Benecki, economist at ING. In his view, public debt will cross the 55% threshold with EUR/PLN at 4.60.
The government may reach for both its own euros and a $30 billion Flexible Credit Line from the International Monetary Fund, which is hasn't yet tapped, to backstop the zloty, BRE said. The finance ministry had foreign currencies worth EUR6.1 billion at the end of August. Poland's official foreign currency reserves were at EUR64.4 billion.
The country's finance minister Thursday said the funds available to his ministry were tiny in comparison with those at the central bank's disposal. He said on Sept. 9 that the ministry will sell its euros "when it's most inconvenient for markets, who are testing us, not when it's most convenient for them." His boss, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, said on Friday that the government will "use our existing tools," but Poland won't be drawn into "constant intervention." A day earlier, he said the government will respond calmly to what he called "speculation."


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Water Drop. by ~dizbat depicts a perfectly executed little creature, fitting perfectly into a charming scene. ( Suggested by Sha-X-doW and Featured by joannastar )
This is very cute!
Beautifully made model, gorgeous lighting, textures and colouring.
Beautifully made model, gorgeous lighting, textures and colouring.
looooove that!
its really amazing!
you created that charakter in zbrush or c4d?
its really amazing!
you created that charakter in zbrush or c4d?
Love the light effects, the sparkling in the drops, nice work!
rs, very cool !
OMG!! Beautiful job! Well done! Love it!!
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I'd never step on an ant again if they all looked like this...
Great animation!
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veery cool. congratulation
Just fantastic!!
This was much better than A Bugs Life,
Love ur whole gallery!!!
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holy crap the hairs.
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good job i lov it , i want to ask it`s high poly ? you can animatied ?
Hi)))) it`s a high poly and low poly mash)) Z-brush model with displacement or normal bump. We have movie with this character))
so cute!
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love it so muchhhh
It's cute as well
It's cute as well
awww.. the tongue is my favourite part
Wow. The leaf textures and the 'slimy' appearance of the bug are amazing. How did you achieve this? Also, is the background a flat image or 3D objects?
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Wonderful charming character, and excellent work with the light reflexes!
Excellent Work
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This is creepy but so cute at the same time! Really amazing attention to detail, you must have put a lot of love into this image. Great job!
This is fantastic! I love the overall idea. Nice work! And if you don't mind me asking, what parts were made in Cinema 4D? I've recently obtained that program and I've been looking for other art created in it.


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The Stanford football staff will gather before dawn Wednesday to begin monitoring what it hopes will be an epic day -- the day Stanford signs the highest-ranked recruiting class in school history.
Fueled by back-to-back appearances in the Bowl Championship Series, the Cardinal has locked up a top-20 group regardless of last-minute developments.
But if a handful of uncommitted prospects select Stanford -- and there is good reason to believe they will -- then coach David Shaw could end the day with one of the 10 best classes in the country, as determined by the major recruiting services.
All this from a program that used to have the most uneventful signing days imaginable.
"It's one thing to get a pretty good player who meets your academic requirements, but their mindset now is that that's not good enough,'' ESPN recruiting analyst Tom Luginbill said. "That's a reflection of why they've been able to sustain success."
It wasn't long ago that Stanford had its recruiting classes up days, if not weeks, before national signing day. Approximately 20 prospects dead set on attending Stanford would fax their letters of intent to the football office before heading off to high school -- and that was that.
The 2007 class was signed and sealed by 10 a.m., with so little drama that then-coach Jim Harbaugh was able to squeeze in an early morning workout.
That is no longer the case. The Cardinal is now in hot pursuit of elite prospects -- prospects who are weighing scholarship offers from the likes of USC, Oregon, Michigan, even Alabama.
With so many choices, the best of the best often prefer to wait until the final days and hours to declare their intentions.
Stanford is now a full-fledged participant in the signing day chaos -- not that it's complaining, mind you.
It picked up a major commitment over the weekend when Joshua Garnett, one of the nation's best guards, picked the Cardinal over Michigan and Notre Dame. And it's a finalist for at least four other coveted prospects planning to name their school Wednesday:
Aziz Shittu
The four-star defensive tackle is reportedly considering USC, UCLA, Texas A&M, Cal and Stanford.
Andrus Peat
Ranked as one of the top-10 offensive tackles in the country, Peat is also mulling scholarship offers from USC and Nebraska. The 6-foot-7 prospect, who's from Tempe, Ariz., attended a Stanford practice before the Fiesta Bowl.
Jameis Winston
Considered the No. 1 run-pass quarterback in the country, Winston committed to Florida State last summer and has resisted a strong push from his in-state school -- Alabama.
But Winston was recently admitted to Stanford and is strongly considering signing with the Cardinal, according to ESPN. He told Scout.com that he is planning to delay his decision for a few days.
Kyle Murphy
The second-best offensive tackle prospect in the west, Murphy has narrowed his choices to Stanford and USC. He's from southern Orange County, a Trojan stronghold, but has shown consistently strong interest in the Cardinal.
Stanford probably would secure a top-15 class by signing one of the aforementioned prospects, but it has a chance to land two or three of them.
That could vault the class into the top 10 -- uncharted territory for the Cardinal.
"It will be interesting to see how it unfolds," Luginbill said.
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Everquest II implementing self-publishing in-game
I've never played EQ, but this is pretty rad. How long, do you think, until it's used for porn or spam or copyright infringement?
Essentially the process is simple: nip to your local crafter and buy a blank book. Once you start writing, that book becomes tied to you the author. According to Rothgar, there's no limit to pages but there is to words. For example, this screenshot shows 16% of the book has been used up which probably means around four pages of text.
But once you've written your masterpiece, what do you do with it? Well you can easily copy the book to another blank tome, then you can give out copies to your friends or even sell them via a broker so the entirety of Norrath can read your tales.


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Of late, it seems that we have been surrounded by messages about sustainability in almost every aspect of our lives. But what does it all mean? Firstly, we at APSCC believe that sustainability is always evolving and has a personal flavor, since the success of each and every citizen automatically ensures the success of the community. Our main agenda is to integrate social, economical, ecological and environmental aspects of sustainability into the practices of the next generation of leaders, in the hopes of creating a holistic prosperity.
The strength and the potential of APSCC lie in the expertise of its members who show willingness to eagerly collaborate and demonstrate the technical know-how to everyone. For instance, this Association will be represented in various states of India with 1000's of active and participating members including educationalists, business leaders, scientists/ professionals across many disciplines, economists and various others.


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- Melt the chocolate.
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- Use your hands to make little balls out of the mixture.
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A flag flown on combat missions in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom will be dedicated at Shawnee Mountain as a part of its Military Appreciation Weekend, which started Friday and runs until Sunday.
The 4-foot-by-6-foot American flag and a commemorative plaque will be officially presented to Shawnee Mountain Ski Area by former U.S. Army pilot and Shawnee Ski Patroller Chris Joyce.
The presentation will be made during a short ceremony at 2 p.m. today in the Hope Ski Lodge. Several other "Shawnee Family" area veterans, including three World War II vets and a Vietnam vet who flew Army helicopters, will be recognized during the ceremony.
All active military and their immediate family (spouses and children 18 years and under) will receive free lift tickets and ski or snowboard rentals for any of the three days.
Group and SKIwee Children's Lesson Programs will be made available at a 50 percent discount. A valid active military picture ID is required and valid dependent cards are required. All branches of the armed forces are eligible.
All retired military and reservists and their immediate family will receive a 50 percent discount off lift tickets. Valid active military picture ID is required and valid dependent cards are required.
A Costume Carnival Day and Parade is also taking place at Shawnee Mountain at 1 p.m. Sunday.
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This has reference to "Reform affiliating-varsity model" (ET, Sept 30). The author advocates greater freedom to the colleges to frame curriculum, conduct of examinations and evaluation, etc. It is not true that the teachers of affiliated colleges have no say regarding syllabus and evaluation.
The board of studies of the university is composed of subject teachers in which teachers of colleges are also represented on a rotation basis. The belief that without some centralisation, the quality of education will suffer, is not unfounded. There are enough examples to show that wherever autonomy has been given, it remains either unutilised or misutilised.


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The trough of low pressure bringing the snow set up just offshore of Southern Maine and Seacoast New Hampshire reducing the chances for measurable snow Tuesday.
According to News 8 meteorologist Matt Zidle, because it is farther east, any snow will be light. Accumulations will generally be under an inch. A few spots along the coast of York County may see an inch or two.
After the storm moves through, bitterly cold temperatures will replace the snow.
Highs on Wednesday will be between 0-10 degrees.
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Grateful Dead tribute band Dark Star Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. today at Penn's Peak, 325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe.
The band consists of Rob Eaton, rhythm guitar and vocals; Dino English, drums; Rob Koritz, drums; Lisa Mackey, vocals; Kevin Rosen, bass guitar and vocals; Rob Barraco, keyboards and vocals; and Jeff Mattson, lead guitar.
Touring for nearly 15 years, Dark Star Orchestra performs the Grateful Dead just like the original band did during its 30 years of touring. One show may duplicate the set list from a Grateful Dead tour, while another may feature original songs and often-played covers.
Tickets are $29. To purchase tickets, visit ticketmaster.com, a Ticketmaster outlet or the Penn's Peak ticket office. Penn's Peak ticket sales are walk-up only, no phone orders.
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Though popular songstress Mzbel was billed to perform at the Keri Hilson and Bow Wow concert last Saturday, she simply did not turn up on stage when she was called by MCs for the night, actor James Gardner and actress Tonto Dikeh.
Mzbel was dolled up for the concert and was backstage waiting to perform but simply did not appear on stage when it was her turn to rock. This made the audience go wild as they yelled her name, just wanting to see her do her thing.
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Milo U-13 African Championship: Zogbeli L/A primary School begin camping
A nineteen member contingent of the Zogbeli L/A primary School arrived in Accra from ...
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