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Energies 2012, 5(9), 3266-3278; doi:10.3390/en5093266
Performance of Thermosyphon Solar Water Heaters in Series
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AbstractMore than a single thermosyphon solar water heater may be employed in applications when considerable hot water consumption is required. In this experimental investigation, eight typical Taiwanese solar water heaters were connected in series. Degree of temperature stratification and thermosyphon flow rate in a horizontal tank were evaluated. The system was tested under no-load, intermittent and continuous load conditions. Results showed that there was stratification in tanks under the no-load condition. Temperature stratification also redeveloped after the draw-off. Analysis of thermal performance of the system was conducted for each condition.
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WBC light-heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins has ridiculed former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye's attempt at wrestling Wladimir Klitschko's titles from his possession earlier this month and believes he could beat the Briton in a fight, even if the 'Hayemaker' had a 20lb weight advantage.
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The two-weight world champion was then asked about the injury to Haye's foot, which the Londoner believes attributed to his defeat on the night.
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It is highly unlikely that Haye would accept a challenge from Hopkins as the former cruiserweight champion has reiterated his desire for a rematch with Klitschko or he may stick to his retirement plan and leave the sport in October this year.
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B_hop always has alot to say..all I know is both Klitchs and Haye would destroy him, regardless of in his prime or now.Comment by WladIsTheChamp on 07-29-2011
Ol Racist Popkins is right about Gayevid but Popkins is the biggest hypocrite because: 1) He was picking him to destroy the "boring robot" Klitschkos before the fight. 2) Popkins was just as pathetic against Calzaghe, you know that white…Comment by deuce_drop on 07-29-2011
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Skip to comments.Why China is No Longer a Communist Country
Posted on 07/25/2008 2:46:56 AM PDT by robertvance
While Maos body has been amazingly preserved since his death in 1976, it seems that his spirit has not survived the test of time. He may lie in eternal peace inside his Mausoleum but the world around him has changed considerably; China is no longer the gray and drab country that it was during Maos time. It is now a place where people can dream and then go out and make that dream come true. It is not like the old days. People other than just high government officials can drive cars. Chinese people can do business and store up wealth for themselves. Peasants can go to the university now; finding food to eat is no longer such a grave concern. Just around the corner from where Chairman Mao lies in State, the American restaurant chain McDonalds is full of Chinese people enjoying greasy food and a cool environment. Inside homes, people can watch Western movies on DVD and even occasionally on state owned television. The world is just a mouse click away for the millions of Chinese people who have access to the Internet. Friends and family are no longer afraid of discussing politics with each other. It is even acceptable to criticize the government behind closed doors. All this is happening as Chairman Mao sleeps peacefully at Tiananmen Square. If only he knew.
(Excerpt) Read more at teachabroadchina.com ...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Internet content is censored. Criticize the government behind closed doors? Is that a joke? When they can assemble publicly and criticize openly without the threat of another Tiannanmen Square incident, I'll believe communism is dead there.
Yes now they are National Socialist, Nazis.
You apologize to all those other Nazis, right now! LOL
Yea right.
Socially - Completely Communist
Externally - Economically Capitalist
Internally - Economically Communist
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I've been in China since mid-June. Even party members tell me that "Communist" is now just a brand name. China is more capitalistic than Britain, Canada, or just about any other major democracy.
I read with amazement the other day the main op-ed piece in one of China's government newspapers. The writer stated that the people of China must have the right to engage in civil disobedience as long as they don't try to overthrow the government.
This is not the China of 20 years ago. Satellite dishes are everywhere and they're pulling in uncensored TV from Taiwan and other democracies. One party member told me, "Thank God for America bringing capitalism to China."
Clearly the government still holds great authoritarian control, but the point has come where so many freedom "genies" can't be put back in the lamp.
"And only a fool or a fellow traveler suggests otherwise. "
This kind of argument just stinks.
> Why China is No Longer a Communist Country
I agree China is not a Communist country; its just a corrupt authoritarian one.
There is much more balance on the average China news channel than on MSNBC, without doubt. And now more and more Chinese are able to pull in news channels from Taiwan and the US.
The people who deny this without having looked into the matter are simply living in the past.
I made the same point a few months ago on a thread on the subject of unsafe Chinese imports. Since you are already being called a fool or a fellow traveler, you can imagine the reception. All the same, China isn't Communist. It has developed into a Robber Baron Capitalist state.
In the LONG run this is good news. This seems to be a necessary transitory stage in the development of a major state into a mature power. Dickens wrote of England's industrial growing pains, and Sinclair Lewis wrote of the US in the same stage.
The thing is in an increasingly wealthy state, the Robber Baron exploitation and disregard for the welfare and growing power of a growing labor class eventually leads to pushback. Labor unions, consumer safety regulations, and mainly an offset to centralized power.
We already see the first glimmerings of this in China but it's very early in the process. There are decades yet and many setbacks to go.
What you are describing is fascism. That is, state directed private ownership with a military/nationalistic twist. Communism typically disallows private investment, especially from foreign nationals ie US outsourcing.
"I agree China is not a Communist country; its just a corrupt authoritarian one."
Sadly, this is true. But the latter is one hellofa step better than the former, and I'm willing to bet we'll see more positive changes over time.
That's a good point, but one should also consider the relaxation that's occured in terms of public freedom. And as my favorite president used to say, freedom is infectious.
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There's getting to be a cottage industry in preserving the mummies of tinhorn communists. First Lenin, then Stalin, now Mao.
Who cares? They are still murderous scumbags that intend to go to war with us at their earliest possibility. And all the while we are emasculating our military by eliminating capabilities right and left, practically shuttering our Navy, not building new air forces and weapons, etc.
China is filled with murderers and they are our enemy.
So, who cares if they are still commie murderers?
What I would expect from someone living there.
Repeat the party line.
P. S. Did you sell your first born? How did you afford the tax for your second child you kept? Or are you childless as your government nearly forces.
P. P. S. Enjoy it now the Olympics will be over soon enough then protesters will once again be shot and the internet heavily censored once again.
It's very communist. They have just learned that controlled capitalism will make the leaders richer.
Check out their one child "program". Check out the killing of political prisoners for organ transplants. Get a heart there for $250,000.
People who closely read my post will notice I am not defending China. There are still major problems here. I am merely pointing out that the term communist cannot really be applied to China anymore. I like and agree with your term 'Robber Baron Capitalist State.'
I knew there would be some name calling from people who think that I am suggesting that all is now well in China. There is still alot of changes that need to take place here and I think that especially in this case, patience is needed. China is on the right track....
"Maos body has been amazingly preserved"
- - - and he is in Hell.
Right. And you obviously did not bother to look at even one of the 150 other odd posts that I have made about China in which I have criticized the government for bad policies like the one child policy
And what 'party line' are you talking about exactly? I wrote that the Chinese government still calls itself the Communist Party...they like the label. Take some time and read my article before you make assumptions about what I am saying.
P.S. As a foreigner living in China, I can have as many children as I want.
China's one child "program" does not make it a communist country. Nor does the killing of political prisoners for organ transplants.
Kind of sounds like Zimbabwe to me. Is Mugabe a Commie?
I prefer the term Chicap to the term Chicom to describe a large slice of the Chinese population.
The truth is of course neither. The current status is transitional but it seems the old ways are fading in the face of new opportuity.
The transition will take time, something many are not willing to admit, but the process is clearly underway. To rid the last vestiges, men must grow old and die.
A Duck is a Duck whatever you call it.
I am very happy that Nixon began the process that has helped China emerge from being Red China to Communist China. Even happier that China embraces some free market principles.
But there are no elections as with Socialist Countries. The Government maintains a police state mentality they are suspending some enforcement for the Olympics but few doubt this is temporary.
Dictatorships are Communist for the most part. Nasty word but accurate.
Only free elections with real parties will change this. Russia has returned to communism by many accounts, there is only one party allowed there now for all practical reasons. So China is not alone. Zimbawee has also become Communist.
Of course it does.
No democracy would put up with it. Completely against basic human rights that we all feel. Completely devalues life to such an extent it is hardly worth living. Suicides are sky high there because of it. Most girls are aborted or sold into the sex slave trade so parents can have a boy. Men have to buy brides.
China only does the minimum to keep the protest under control.
1. Very major companies (Haier, Lenovo) are OWNED by the Communist Red Chinese government.
2. The government presumes to tell people how many children they can have. If you try to get around it, reactions vary from being physically forced for an abortion and sterilization, to having your family or whole community fined a massive (for them) amount.
3. Catholics and other Christians have to meet state approval, the real Roman Catholic Church does not meet Red Communist Chinese tests because the Pope cannot cede spiritual authority to the Communist Party.
Whatever you want to classify the Red Chinese, they are just as bad as ever. Perhaps worse as they now have economic leverage over the entire world.
The Chinese have found a third way between Capitalism and Communism. With the fall of the Soviet Union they realized that Communism as an economic system is not viable. They formed a hybrid system where the totalitarian state is funded by limited capitalism and by using their vast work force to provide cheap goods to the West. The question remains whether they can keep it under control or if they have a tiger by the tail.
The ruling oligarchy will live in luxury, of course. They deserve it for, among other things, their good intentions, their benevolent rule, taking care of the peasants, etc.
There's nothing new about this. It's as old as history itself.
That's how Julius Caesar came to power--promising everything to the masses. His heirs, the Julian family, and their heirs, the Roman emperors who followed them, stayed in power by providing the masses with bread, circuses, etc. They themselves lived in opulent luxury, of course, as, in their opinions, they deserved to do.
The medieval nobility consisted of warriors, who "protected" everyone else. In return, they extracted anything they wanted--i.e. enslavement of everyone else, viz. the peasantry, including right to have sex with them, to kill them, to exploit them in any way they chose.
Contemporary Leftists have made themselves from the same mold. They promise protection, bread and circuses, welfare, and end to poverty, the establishment of a Marxist state. They also reserve the rights to liberty, the persuit of happiness, and lives of opulence and luxury for themselver--certainly not for the peasantry (that's you and I).
Take Obama, for instance. He makes over $500,000 a year, is a multimillionaire, lives in a multimillion-dollar house. You think he's got that in mind for you and me?????
China may have relaxed it's muscle against the average citizen. In truth, they learned the "carrot and stick" method of governing.
Let them chase the carrot and if they won't perform, then give them the stick.
China's financial foundation may have shifted to a more socialist ideal, but the fact is the state still owns everything, thus they are communist.
Nevermind the human rights abuses, the inability to speak against the political system, openly, etc, etc.
China is communist and you're a frigging moron for not recognizing it, and our government is frigging greedy for not bringing american business back to this country.
I mentioned most of those points in my article, especially regarding the human rights situation. I agree with you that the Chinese government has a long way to go but I still stand by my original point that China is no longer a communist country based on its economic transformation in the past 30 years.
"Dependency" you say? "Never" says I!
Where did I say that China is a democracy? There are a lot of human rights violators out there in the world that we do not label as communists. You don't have to be communist to be bad.
Here are two articles that I wrote about the one child policy in China.
Believe me...I do not defend the policy in the least bit.
It's still a strongly socialist country, but more of the nationalist type. Anything you own or do is still subject to state control at the whim of the rulers, which is pretty much the definition of fascism.
What we are seeing is a variation of Lenin's New Economic Policy. The Party is allowing free enterprise in order to create wealth. When there is enough wealth to harvest, the Party will take it and shoot anybody who says anything about it
Troll. You have no idea what you're talking about.
Show me a public assembly criticizing the gov't without being run over by tanks, and I'll start to believe you.
I think there have been numerous demonstrations out west in the past couple of months. When they remain peaceful, they get little attention. When they turn violent, they get reported in the news.
It is quite true that they won't allow any demonstrations in Beijing during the Olympics. But I've seen no tanks.
I've seen numerous examples of art exhibits protesting for more freedom in China. They don't get shut down and lots of people visit them.
It's no "Shangri-la" here, but it's not like 1989 either.
You're right, of course. I suspect that most of the anti-China folks here haven't been there or haven't been there recently. People do speak out, not "against the government," but against government policies. This seems to be tolerated as long as you don't touch one of the "third rails" — e.g., Taiwan independence, overthrowing the party, etc.
As long as we're being provocative, I'll go a couple steps further:
1. There is more freedom in China today than there was in the American south up to the civil rights movement.
2. China moves toward more freedom for its people while nations like England and Canada often seem to be moving in the opposite direction.
3. If Ayn Rand woke up today in Shanghai or Beijing and took a walk around, she'd ask in amazement, "When were the Communists defeated?"
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Skip to comments.Maureen Dowd: BUSH 'BOY EMPEROR'
Posted on 10/19/2002 10:01:38 AM PDT by The Raven
NY TIMES op-ed queen Maureen Dowd is planning to rip President Bush like she has never ripped before in a dispatch set for Sunday publication, sources close to the columnist tell DRUDGE.
Dowd, courting controversy, declares: "The Boy Emperor picked up the morning paper and, stunned, dropped his Juicy Juice box with the little straw attached. 'Oh, man,' he wailed. 'North Korea's got nukes... 'Get me Condi!' the boy yelled. 'And a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.'"
Dowd refers to Bush as a "boy" no less than ten times in the column she's planning to file.
"'Huh?' the Boy said."
Dowd mocks.
"Boy Emperor was starting to feel bamboozled."
Dowd stabs.
'"Why are we mad at North Korea for flouting its international agreements when we flout our international agreements?' the Boy wondered."
Dowd pops.
"...the Boy pressed."
Dowd punches.
"The Boy Emperor was more befuddled than ever."
On and on Dowd goes until she hits 711 brutal words, and finally comes up for air.
NY Times Dowd Daschle
That's exactly what this is all about. The news is out that the NYT's two heros, Clinton and Carter, made the biggest foreign policy error (act of treason) in the history of the United States with the full support of the NYT and they're lashing out to deflect attention. They're irresponsible scum liars.
I have seen your column in which you attempt to refer to President Bush as the "Boy Emperor". I don't know the back of which cereal box you plucked this monicker from, but it is instantly recognisable as being symptomatic of your continuing spouting of utter nonsense at the President. The President is not an Emperor, nor does he behave as if his trappings are imperial. Rather, that sort of behaviour can be ascribed to Bill Clinton, whose philosophy of government apparently was "L'etat c'est moi", and bent the offices of that state accordingly.
I don't know if this odd behaviour on your part comes from the fact that Bill Clinton apparently sent Michael Douglas to "distract" you. Once Clinton was out of danger, indeed, Douglas dropped you for Catherina Zeta Jones. No, dropped is too mild a term: he ditched, abandoned, dumped, rejected, discarded, put in the toilet bowl and flushed you. I would suggest that in spite of what logic may occur to you as a liberal (and that is indeed minimal), bashing President Bush will not bring him back, nor will it fill the barren Sahara of your womb.
Indeed, it is getting to the point where your epithets may even turn off New York Times readers, at least those who are not bored to sleep by the Pretentious Grey Bimbo by the time they reach your blatherings. In which case, you may be deprived of your sole form of psychological release, littering published materials and the internet with your brain droppings.
In other words, get a grip Maureen.
London, England
Dropping Dowdy for Catherine Zeta-Jones? Talk about trading up!
Considering the difficulties I have had finally getting everything right in my present flat in London, I can't really consider going anywhere for a while. ;)
My sincere thanks for the kind offer however. ;)
Regards, Ivan
"Ah Miss Secretary, thank you for the billions in cash and the two new nuclear reactors,
I promise North Korea will never ever touch a nuclear program again... ever!"
What a bitter twisted dried up hag of a broad this typist is.
Probably can skip her column tomorrow as well, eh????
ROTFL. Gotta add that one to my collection.
Which just goes to show you why socialism fails both bitterly and miserably everywhere it's tried.
And after a few more years of printing such pablum as that which Dowd pens, one wonders how we'll be able to differentiate between the old Gray Lady and a common supermarket tabloid...
Also a smart woman would not be comfortable sleeping with the same person who slept with Sharon Stone, I should imagine.
Not without having seen him getting a huge dose of antibiotics, anyway.
Regards, Ivan
Congressman Cussin' Mad Over Clinton-Korea Charges
Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-NY, blew his stack during a radio debate with Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., on Thursday over charges that ex-President Clinton gave North Korea the bomb - growing so agitated at one point that his cursing had to be bleeped from the air.
I was going to say 'bitch and MOAN' but I think that would make her even more jealous of Zeta-Jones.
And here's a candid photo of her replacement
Wow, that was a tough choice, Michael!
My sincere thanks. But Maureen Dowd is an easy target.
Regards, Ivan
LOL!! Good letter Ivan.
"The Boy Emperor picked up the morning paper and, stunned, dropped his Juicy Juice box with the little straw attached. 'Oh, man,' he wailed. 'North Korea's got nukes... 'Get me Condi!' the boy yelled. 'And a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.'"
Meaning, she woke up alone in her New York apartment, looked in the mirror, found to her horror she was a little older and didn't have a man in her life. She then went into the kitchen for some comfort food.
"'Huh?' the Boy said."
She perhaps can't get the song "Mad About the Boy" out of her head, and was looking at Michael Douglas' photo.
"Boy Emperor was starting to feel bamboozled."
Which she must feel every day: a late middle aged, not too bright, lefty writer who is unmarried and with no family. Where could life have its meaning for her, except in the perpetuation of malice and bile?
'"Why are we mad at North Korea for flouting its international agreements when we flout our international agreements?' the Boy wondered."
"But Michael promised he'd love me forever!"
"...the Boy pressed."
No comment on what she wants pressed.
"The Boy Emperor was more befuddled than ever."
Obviously she saw Catherine Zeta Jones is pregnant.
And so on.
Regards, Ivan
Yep, that would save us all a lot of trouble and discomfort. :-)
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I get a lot of:
No public Twitter messages
on my site. No all the times though.
And trust me there are public Twitter messages on my twitter (they all are)
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I get a lot of:
No public Twitter messages
on my site. No all the times though.
And trust me there are public Twitter messages on my twitter (they all are)
Same thing is happening to me. I just installed it and used the php code, not the widget and I get that there are no public twitter messages.
Me too! Same problem.
What's up?
PS. Was working fine...and then just stopped working...no changes to WP or Twitter settings...
When you write out the tag... instead of putting in your Twitter username ex. "lhuber" use your twitter ID # ex. 10856102
To get your Twitter ID #...
Log into Twitter
Click on your username so that you get to the page of just your tweets
Mouse over the RSS feed link.
You will see the RSS feed link uses TWITTER_ID.rss now, not USERNAME.rss
Even after that it doesn't work. Looks like this plugin works with WP 2.7 but not with 2.7.1
Can someone confirm on that?
Even using my ID# can't get it to work. Using 2.6.5
Using the twitter supplied feed and its working great. Just uses javascript.
Find it at twitter.com/widgets then click 'other'.
Im getting the same error! Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt sayinf no public twitter messages?
ist there a fix for this?
Same problem here using 2.7.1
yeap! same here on 2.7.1 with buddypress... any ideas? Twitter API limits?
The problem appears to be with the fetch_rss() function which apparently works via Magpie.
Both the plugin and a manually constructed rss fetcher work fine on my localhost test machine, but fail to grab the feed on the server.
I'll post more if I find any solutions.
Alright, I have it working — at least momentarily.
You can add this line to the plugin or a functions.php
define('MAGPIE_FETCH_TIME_OUT', 5);
Feel free to change the time out to something shorter (in seconds).
Boo! I posted too soon
Now it's back to not working. Even with greater time outs it's not grabbing the feed. I wonder what made it work then decide not to.
Hopefully I'll post a new solution soon.
Just to add to this, I am seeing the same thing. The other weirdness is that I will see one page, say the homepage, with my tweets and then I navigate to an archive page and it shows "no public posts". Completely weird. I am running super-cache and cleared the cache and then the problem reversed itself. ("no public posts" on the homepage and normal tweets on the archive page.) Very odd. I have temporarily switched to twitter tools, but liked the simplicity of Twitter for WordPress.
Just to clarify, this is not this plugin's error. I've used Twitter Tools with similar errors and even wrote a function using SimplePie to get the Twitter RSS feed instead of Magpie and it comes up with intermittent feed-grabbing errors.
The problems all seem to be server based as I have no issues whatsoever from the localhost. I've checked up and down Google, phpinfo(), and PHP setting changes to no avail.
I'm going to try the RSS widget next, but in order to get the feed the way I like, I'm going to have to customize this as well. I'd much rather use a simple plugin like this.
It looks like there is a bug (seems to be related to this issue) on line 158 of the plugin (twitter.php). It fetches the messages using the standard fetch_rss, but the url passes in an unset $username variable. I don't believe this line is needed, and it returns an empty feed obviously as there is no username. With this removed, the widget is now only making the request once, and I haven't had any issues so far, even with magpie cache enabled (the twitter widget disables it by default). I'd like to hear if removing line 158 fixes the issue for anyone else.
that didnt do it for me.
the 1.9.4 upgrade fixes the issue
I am using 1.9.4 and am still experiencing this. I've tried the other fixes noted above to no avail. The plugin works for a while, then it doesn't and displays "No public Twitter messages." Anyone else have any insight?
the "158" fix worked for me (altough it seemed more line 160 in 1.9.4)
by commenting the line the tweets started again...
All this on a wp 2.6.3 heavily modded. I hope this might help :)
I deleted line No. 160 in 2.7 and it doesn't fix the problem.
I need to correct it.
I've successfully devised a function that has reliably grabbed the latest Tweet for the last several days for me.
For those of you who have been getting this problem and want a no-frills function that grabs only the most recent tweet, you can find the function here.
It uses the Atom feed instead of RSS. My server has had no problems with it.
I think it clearly has something to do with the MAGPIE_CACHE feature.
When the cache expires (by default, 180 seconds), the plugin works, otherwise it does not retrieve the feed. In fact, I think that magpie is not able to write the cache file, so it doesn't return anything.
I'm trying to define another MAGPIE_CACHE_DIR to see if it has anything to do with permissions, but I'm still failing.
I have a question does this plugin just add feeds from your twitter account to your blog or does it also take posts from your blog and feed them into twitter. If it does not post your blog post in twitter then is there a plugin that does this?
@Amthomas: http://www.twitterfeed.com will do what you want.
I think I found a solution to this problem.
If you edit the 'twitter-for-wordpress/twitter.php' in line 54 (think that was the line) to
$messages = fetch_rss('http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/yourtwittername.rss');
everything should work just fine...
at least it does for me.
NOT, sorry people
I'm using 1.9.6 and WP 2.8.1 and I still get the error from time to time.
It was playing up for me too (displaying tweets from November last year!) but I just upgraded to WP 2.8.2 and it's working...
And almost an hour later it's still okay.
Might just need to upgrade WP guys. :D
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Refueling in Style in Bali
By ALIDA BECKER
Published: August 25, 2002
WE could have blamed it on the rain. (The monsoon season was inching its way out.) We could have blamed it on fatigue (a marathon of long-haul flights). But if my husband and I became food-obsessed slackers in Bali, we really had only ourselves to blame — and the kitchens at two hotels where we spent a week in early April.
Yes, we straggled out for bursts of sightseeing and shopping and a few restaurant meals, but they never measured up to what we could get just steps from our room. Then again, maybe the room had something to do with it.
Encouraged by some tempting discounted rates, we had booked three nights each at the Chedi, in the Ayung Valley, outside the central hill town of Ubud, and at the Serai, a beach-front affiliate on the eastern coast near Candidasa. (Just recently, we learned that these two hotels and their management group parted company. They have new names, but the local staff, we were told, remains the same — and so, of course, do their prime locations.)
The Chedi was very chic and very private, the Serai more open and expansive, so together they promised a yin-yang contrast.
The Chedi seemed designed for the world weary (a single television in a corner of the library, a well-stocked bar near the infinity pool, a full-service spa), while the Serai, although nicely laid out for serious loafing, also catered to those for whom the world is never enough (mountain bikes for rent, an outrigger canoe on call and an itinerary of guided treks that included a four-hour climb to the summit of Mount Agung, departing at 2 a.m. to catch the sunrise). We were more interested in sunsets.
An hour north of the airport and the multilane highways and modern sprawl of southern Bali (a good chunk of which, an Australian acquaintance had suggested, is to her countrymen what Tijuana is to Californians), the Chedi is tucked into the side of a steep, jungly gorge and resembles a secluded stone-and-thatch village — admittedly, a pretty upscale village. Mossy and misty and low-slung, it's the sort of place that manages to be both elegant and cozy.
The two-story main buildings burrowed into the hillside in an arrangement that could have produced a honeycomb of dank caves but instead yielded a series of shady lairs. Our room was small, but nicely fitted out with wooden paneling and built-in cabinets, rather like a well-designed stateroom — except for the teak-ceilinged outdoor shower at the back, with its own grotto of a garden, and the little terrace out front, surrounded by waist-high, ivy-covered walls. In other words, an ideal den for high-end hobbits.
Breakfasts (included in the room rate) were lavish. Here Continental did not, as it so often does, translate as mingy. In fact, this Continental breakfast was almost too generous: a gigantic fruit plate, a big bowl of granola with yogurt and fruit, an assortment of pastries, a large custom-blended fruit drink (pineapple, orange and ginger was a favorite) and ample refills of excellent coffee. Also on the Chedi menu was a breakfast sandwich with a fried egg, smoky ham and Jarlsberg cheese with pepper, coriander and chili relish. My husband, John, who won't get within 10 feet of a McMuffin, ate two of them.
To fill in the time between meals, we took the free van service (which runs from midmorning until about 10:30 p.m.) into Ubud, about 20 minutes away. Strung out along a surprisingly long and sometimes steep main road, the town is packed with museums and temples and galleries — and more shops than even the most dedicated browser could cover ( I tried), as well as a crafts market for those who don't have the time or inclination to explore the neighboring villages, each of which has its own particular specialty.
In Ubud, you can buy tickets to performances of traditional dances and gamelan music and book excursions to farther-flung temples and tourist sites. Or you can hire a car and driver from the hotel, as we did on another day, for $15 an hour. We set off on a whirlwind tour, but (perhaps fittingly) just as we finished exploring Pura Tirta Empul, a temple with a 1,000-year-old sacred spring, the rain began in earnest.
Luckily, the Chedi has a soothing wine list. Import duties send most wine prices skyward, but the hotel offers a few specials: a nice 1999 Alexis cabernet sauvignon, for example, was about $14. We further consoled ourselves with minced prawn and lemongrass brochettes, lacquered duck breast, roasted sea scallops with barbecued prawns, and a parfait of caramelized banana, honey and almond praline.
The rain continued on and off, so we had plenty of time, the next night, for a Balinese version of the traditional Indonesian rijstaffel, a kind of smorgasbord of rice, meat and vegetable dishes, and for lunch a stir-fry of chicken, shrimp and egg noodles in a spicy coconut and yellow curry sauce and another of Hokkien noodles with five-spice chicken, black beans and asparagus. Is it any wonder that when I wandered over to the spa, I wound up being scrubbed first with coconut and then with shredded carrots?


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Jamison will introduce the textual sources for women and law in ancient India and suggest some ways in which they can be used to produce a fuller picture of women's roles in this period.
In particular, she says "we will examine the apparent paradox: that acknowledging more agency on the part of women is accompanied by a more and more misogynistic attitude towards them. The legal provisions about adultery, with their sometimes-colorful punishments, provide a useful focus for this investigation."
Jamison was trained as a historical and Indo-European linguist, but for many years has concentrated on Indo-Iranian, especially (Vedic) Sanskrit and Middle Indo-Aryan languages and textual materials. She works not only on language and linguistics, but also literature and poetics, religion and law, mythology and ritual, and gender studies in these languages, and she is interested in comparative mythology and poetics, especially with Greek materials.
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Vodafone Group finally may be getting closer to a sale of its hugely valuable 45% stake in Verizon Wireless to Verizon Communications, vz 0.41880830001903674% Verizon Communications Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD52.75 0.22 0.41880830001903674% /Date(1472158811104-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8342720 AFTER HOURS USD52.75 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 337347 P/E Ratio 14.901129943502825 Market Cap 214128139186.643 Dividend Yield 4.2843601895734595% Rev. per Employee 732217 More quote details and news » the 55% owner of the top U.S. cell-phone operator.
Such a sale, which could reap more than $100 billion, probably would provide a nice lift to Vodafone (ticker: VOD) shares and a potentially smaller boost to Verizon stock (VZ). Shares of U.K.-based Vodafone, now around $28, might rise into the mid $30s, while Verizon, now at $49, could appreciate into the low $50s.
Verizon Wireless is the biggest wireless operator in the U.S., with 98 million subscribers. Karen Bleier/Newscom
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Verizon Wireless had 98 million subscribers at the end of 2012 and is expected to generate $81 billion in revenue this year. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, or Ebitda, could come in at $33 billion, according to Citigroup analyst Michael Rollins, with $23 billion of free cash flow after capital expenditures. With the country's most robust network, Verizon Wireless has captured more than 100% of the industry's net additions of so-called post-paid subscribers in seven of the past eight quarters. Post-paid subs get traditional monthly bills rather than prepaying for service.
What's Verizon Wireless Worth?
|Est Value (bil)
|2013 Sales
|2013 Cash Flow
|Estimated Value*
|Vodafone's 45% Stake
|Verizon's 55% Stake
|E=Estimate *Assumes a cash-flow multiple of eight
In a report last month, Rollins put the chance of a deal this year at 55%, noting that Vodafone probably can pull off the sale with only a modest tax payment of $5 billion. Favorable conditions in the capital markets would allow Verizon to finance a $100-billion-plus deal—which could be the second largest transaction ever based on Dealogic data—with a mix of debt, preferred stock, and equity.
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Both Vodafone and Verizon shares have rallied this year on hopes for such a deal. Vodafone's U.S.-listed shares are up 12% to $28 after hitting a high of $30 at midweek. Verizon shares, at $49, have gained 14% this year.
Vodafone's stock, which has lagged behind Verizon's in recent years, looks like the better bet. It trades for a lower price/earnings ratio than Verizon and has a higher dividend yield. Vodafone, which has wireless businesses throughout Europe, fetches about 11 times projected profits in its fiscal year ending in March 2014 and yields 5.4%. Verizon trades for nearly 18 times estimated 2013 profits and yields 4.2%. The P/E discount of Vodafone relative to Verizon is near its widest point in the past nine years.
In a note last month, Citigroup analyst Simon Weeden stated that "the low-interest-rate environment, strong operating performance from Verizon Wireless, improved balance-sheet flexibility at Verizon, strong dollar relative to sterling, and the increase in U.S. telco valuations are all favorable factors" for a deal. He carries a $32.50 price target on Vodafone shares. If Vodafone gets a top price for its stake, he thinks the shares could reach the mid to high $30s.
One Vodafone fan is Greenlight Capital chief David Einhorn, who wrote in his annual investor letter that there is a "huge valuation disparity between what the market thinks Verizon Wireless is worth to Verizon…and what it ascribes to Vodafone."
What's Verizon Wireless worth? The Citi analysts value it at seven to nine times estimated 2013 Ebitda, or a range of $236 billion to $303 billion. At a multiple of eight, it would be worth $269 billion, or about $116 billion for Vodafone's stake after estimated taxes. That's almost $24 per Vodafone share. Vodafone's core business, mostly European wireless, generates about $20 billion in annual pretax cash flow. That means Vodafone, ex Verizon Wireless, would be valued at just three times annual cash flow, reflecting its $35 billion in net debt.
The Bottom Line
Vodafone's shares could climb 20% or more if it sells its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless to Verizon Communications. In the meantime, investors collect a rich 5.4% dividend yield.
Verizon, excluding Verizon Wireless, appears to be valued at seven times annual cash flow of about $9 billion, reflecting its net debt of $40 billion, pension and health-care obligations. Citigroup's Rollins argues that a deal could boost earnings by more than 50 cents a share annually.
Vodafone needs to weigh the huge financial benefit from a Verizon Wireless sale with the risk of exposing itself more fully to the tough European wireless market, where competitive and regulatory pressures are strong. That's not an easy call, but the potential proceeds from a sale may be too much for Vodafone to pass up.
The deal of the century could be getting nearer.
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Italian Lentil Ball Submarine Sandwiches
Total Time
Prep 30 mins
Cook 45 mins
I got this recipe from the Vegan chef website and it is delicious!
Ingredients Nutrition
- 3 cups water or 3 cups vegetable stock
- 1⁄2 cup lentils, sorted, and rinsed
- 1⁄2 cup brown rice, rinsed, and drained
- 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1⁄4 cup onion, finely diced
- 1⁄4 cup green pepper, destemmed, deseeded, and finely diced
- 1⁄4 cup red pepper, destemmed, deseeded, and finely diced
- 2 tablespoons green onions, minced
- 2 tablespoons freshly chopped parsley
- 1 tablespoon tamari or 1 tablespoon soy sauce or 1 tablespoon Braggs liquid aminos
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- safflower oil
- 2 -3 cups marinara sauce
- submarine rolls (or hot dog buns) or other soft roll (or hot dog buns)
- shredded vegan soy mozzarella cheese (optional)
- Begin by placing the water in a medium saucepan and bring it to a boil. Add the lentils, brown rice, and dried herbs, cover the saucepan, reduce the heat to low, and simmer the mixture until the lentils are tender, about 30-40 minutes. If there is any liquid remaining in the pan, drain it off.
- Add the diced onion, green pepper, red pepper, green onion, parsley, soy sauce, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper to the lentil-brown rice mixture. Using a potato masher, mash the mixture well to combine all of the ingredients. Taste, adjust seasonings, as needed, and set mixture aside to cool slightly.
- Using a little safflower oil, lightly oil a non-stick cookie sheet, and set aside.
- Using your hands or a small scoop, shape the cooled lentil-brown rice mixture into 24 - 1 1/4-inch balls, and place them on the prepared cookie sheet. Using your fingers, rub a little safflower oil over the top of each lentil ball.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 25-30 minutes, or until the lentil balls are dry to the touch and lightly browned on the outside. Remove the cookie sheet from the oven.
- To assemble each Italian Lentil Ball Submarine Sandwich: split open the submarine roll, if needed, spoon a little of the Easy Marinara Sauce in the bottom of the roll, place 4 of the baked lentil balls in the roll, top with some additional Marinara Sauce, and if desired, sprinkle a little shredded vegan soy mozzarella cheese over the top. Serve immediately. The baked lentil balls can also be served with pasta as a main dish.
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We didn't make the sandwiches, I just made the meatballs and my kids absolutely loved them! So easy to make, and healthy too! Thanks for this recipe.
These were very tasty! I used all green pepper as it is what I had on hand, but otherwise followed the recipe. I was pleasantly surprised that the balls held up well enough to be put on bread like a sandwich; this hasn't been my experience with lentils as my veg patties usually turn out to be more like sloppy joes! That said, I would love to try these with BBQ sauce and cheddar cheese next time. My 2 y/o DS chowed down on these, which is what takes this recipe from four to five stars :). We enjoyed these stuffed in pita halves, and I think it helped keep the sandwich together fairly well. Thanks for posting! Made for PAC Fall 2009.


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Just found this site surfing google and I have to say this is a very well designed website. Just wondering how do I customize my profile like an avatar and a signature?
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You can customize your profile by going into your UserCp, located at the top of the forum index, and then selecting either the "Edit Signature" or "Edit Avatar" options listed on the top left.
Well, the people who design the skins and such for this forum are simply dedicated members and staff who happen to be pretty darn good at making graphics. Glad to hear that you like it; I'm sure the creators surely appreciate the compliment.
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Seems a lot of people are finding this site without even meaning too!
And yes, what Hallucination said is correct. Your avatar and sig options are in the User CP. They're also located in the Quick Links near the top of the page.
I gonna take a shot in the dark and say you design websites? Maybe? I just figured since you joined and said what a nice layout PC has.
I jump to conclusions alot ^^'
If you do, then the Webmasters Discussion (http://www.pokecommunity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=38) would be a great place for you. If not, well..That's fine then!^_^
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We waited for 2 months to get the part, but eventually found out it was back-orderd indefinately. The local repairman advised that I contact RCA directly as they were non-responsive to the local repair shop's inquiries about the back ordered part. I was referred to Thomson Inc by RCA as their consumer relations company.
Thomson Inc informed me a couple weeks later that the part is no longer available for this TV, which sounds odd for a 2 year old TV, as this part..a color wheel...seems to be the main part that makes the DLP TV work. Thomson Inc/RCA informed me they would do an exchange for us because they could not provide the part needed. This was quite a relief, until I was informed just recently that they want us to pay them $1209 to send the replacement TV.
It seems totally rediculous to me to pay $1209 to replace the TV that they admit could be fixed for less than $300. Any other reputable company would make this 'right' for the $300. I feel problem is their fualt because the TV is obviously not durable enough to last more than 2 years, and they no longer provide the main part of the DLP HD technology that makes the TV work. I was more than willing to pay for the repiars, instead they want 4 times that amount because they claim our TV which cost around $2100 is only worth $900 because it is 2 years old and broken.
I'd have more respect for RCA and their service co., Thomson Inc if they just told us they sell an inferior product and have no intent on servicing it. Instead they chose to insult our intelligence by offering to put the screws to us again. It has taken over 3 months to even get this far with them, and now it seems as there will be no reasonable offer on their part.
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The first to be available are Darwin's monographs on barnacles (1851, 1854), Owen & Bell's on Tertiary Reptilia (1849–58), and Arthur Smith Woodward's on Chalk (1902–12) and Wealden and Purbeck (1916–19) fishes. For each of these works the relevant parts have been combined into a single publication, making them extremely convenient and excellent value.
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Set in the heart of Peterborough, just 5 minutes walk from the Peterborough Cathedral, the Regional Fitness & Swimming Centre offers the convenience of a city centre location, combined with fantastic facilities for all the family.
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Please look on the sessions and activities pages on the left for further information on our term and half term activities.
Children using the pool under the age of eight must be accompanied and supervised by a parent/guardian or a suitable, responsible adult who is at least 18 years old. The responsible adult must be in the pool at the same time as the child. Children under the age of 5 must be accompanied by at least one adult. An adult may accompany up to two children between 5 and 8 years old.
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COMMUNICATING ABSENCES- Players are allowed to miss training sessions, but it is in their best interests to attend as many sessions as possible during the State Pool Training Phase. The sessions are designed to not only allow the coaching staff to evaluate players on their abilities, but to also teach within the US Soccer Curriculum. If a player is going to miss a State Pool Training event, please use this link here to leave your information and it will be communicated to the appropriate coaching staff. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Y35KCJB
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Text ALODP16 to 84483 to receive ASA ODP State Pool 2016-2017 alerts from Alabama Soccer Association.
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2003 Girls ODP Mini-Camp Info Document (Location, Schedule, Registration Link, Hotels/Lodging, CLICK HERE
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Fifteen State Select Teams from Alabama participated in the US Youth Soccer Region III Olympic Development Program Region Trials from June 28-July 17. The 12 different state associations from Region III participated in an opportunity to be selected for Regional and National pools, as well as to receive quality training and matches against different states. The girls participated in the Region Trials in Montevallo, while the boy's camp was held in Tuscaloosa. All Alabama teams had full rosters and did not have to merge with other states for the experience.
The theme for the Region Trials experience was the 10 Principles of Possession soccer, which our teams trained on during the 2014-2015 State Team phase. Players worked on the simple technique of peeling off to create space and look to be proactive in their attack by having possession with a purpose. Although the ultimate measure of success is not in the win/loss records, our teams did a very good job of competing and as a state our W/L record was well over .500.
Furthermore, as the smallest state player registration wise in Region III, Alabama placed a record 42 players into the Region Pool. 28 boys were placed into the Region Pool, which ranks 4th out of 12 state association and only behind Florida, Georgia, and South Texas. Overall, Alabama ranked #6 out of 12 state associations; this shows that the Alabama ODP State Program is on the right track to continue to develop players. This number is up from 22 from the previous year. Success was achieved by:


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Gigi Nicole "The Diva" Adams, 39, a native and resident of Raceland, died at 3:35 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, 2010.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to funeral time Saturday at St. Hilary of Poitiers Catholic Church. Mass will be 1 p.m. Saturday at the church, with burial in St. Mary's Nativity Catholic Cemetery.
She is survived by her parents, Irvan Joseph Jr. and Manuella Sampey Adams; two brothers, Cory Adams and Dondi Adams; two godchildren, Benjamin and Kaden Adams; three nieces, Emily, Arwen and Annalise Adams; and three nephews, Benjamin, Kaden and Gaven Adams.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Irvan Sr. and Ethel Falgout Adams, and Elvans and Lorita Dufrene Sampey.
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Independent Health made a mistake in a letter it sent to WNY Immediate Care, prompting the health insurer to delay a deadline -- by a full year -- it had imposed to settle a dispute over fees.
That means the threat of much-higher costs to Independent Health members who use WNY Immediate Care centers has been put off for the next year, as the two sides continue to work on an agreement.
Independent Health on Friday had announced that WNY Immediate Care would be considered a "nonparticipating provider" for all lines of business unless an agreement was reached by Dec. 31.
On Monday, WNY Immediate Care released a copy of a letter its executives received from Independent Health, dated June 1, stating Independent Health was formally giving "notice of nonrenewal" of the agreement, effective 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 31, 2012 -- not 2011. The letter was signed by Dr. Michael W. Cropp, Independent Health's president.
Joseph P. DiVincenzo, vice president, general counsel and compliance officer, said Friday he was "shocked" by the deadline Independent Health had set for the end of this month, because he said the June 1 letter indicated the contract would be honored until the end of 2012. (WNY Immediate Care had declined to release a copy of the letter on Friday, but decided to release it Monday.)
Independent Health called the Dec. 31, 2012, nonrenewal date a "typographical error," but said it would honor that date as its new agreement-renewal deadline. As a result, WNY Immediate Care will remain a "participating provider" through the end of 2012.
"Since beginning discussions in April and issuing the letter in June and throughout our subsequent negotiations, we were explicit with our intention to non-renew our agreement if they remained unwilling to accept our community fee schedule for 2012," Independent Health said in a statement. "The letter does not change our position that WNY Immediate Care's fees are excessive and need to be in line with our community fee schedule for all other urgent care centers."
WNY Immediate Care has five urgent-care medical centers in Buffalo Niagara, and eight altogether. They are managed by the Exigence Group, a health care management organization based in Amherst.
Independent Health said only about 1.5 percent of its members, or about 5,000 subscribers, have used a WNY Immediate Care center this year.
Independent Health says it wants WNY Immediate Care to agree to a contract that would place its reimbursement in line with other urgent-care centers.
WNY Immediate Care said it has not asked for any rate increases despite "yearly and significant increases in the premiums (Independent Health) has demanded of its subscribers during the same period."
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Lazard, Banks Among Losers as Hastie Appoints Administrators
A "substantial number" of Hastie Group creditors are unlikely to get their money back, the Australian engineering group's administrators said Monday.
Virtually all of Australia's banks had involvement with the company, Ian Carson, a representative of PPB Advisory said at a media conference in Melbourne, adding that Hastie's debt may have amounted to 500 million Australian dollars (US$492 million).
Lazard Private Equity invested around A$50 million in 2011, a person familiar with the matter said.
Hastie entered voluntary administration Monday, putting thousands of jobs at risk in Australia and the Middle East where some operations will be suspended immediately.
Hastie operates in Australia, New Zealand, the U.K., Ireland and the Middle East, with a total of around 7,000 employees, including 4,000 in Australia.
Its mechanical, electrical and plumbing businesses, known as MEP businesses, in Australia and the Middle East–which comprises 33 of the 44 subsidiaries placed into administration–will be suspended while their finances are assessed, administrator PPB Advisory said.
"There are insufficient funds to enable the administrators to operate the MEP companies," PPB said in a statement. The MEP businesses employ about 2,700 Australian workers and 2,000 workers in the Middle East.
The U.K. and Ireland divisions are profitable stand-alone operations and will continue to trade as normal as attempts are made to sell them as going concerns, PPB added.
Hastie's troubles surfaced late last week when the company found accounting "irregularities" in its Services Group – Northern Region business while in negotiations with banks and investors to extend its loans.
"Based on limited investigations, these accounting irregularities will give rise to a charge to profits for the current financial year in the order of A$20 million," the company said at the time.
Among its other operations, administrator Ian Carson said PPB will be "urgently" assessing Hastie's existing construction contracts. In February, Hastie said it had recently been awarded new major projects by companies including Multiplex, John Holland and Hansen Yuncken.
Advisory firm McGrathNicol has been appointed as the receiver for 11 companies across Hastie's refrigeration and maintenance services divisions in Australia. These include Hastie's Spectrum Fire and Safety, Hastie Services, Gordon Brothers Industries and Austral Refrigeration businesses.
Partner Peter Anderson said the firms will continue to trade on a "business as usual" basis as they are prepared for sale. "We do not expect to make any significant structural changes to the businesses or their work forces," Anderson said.
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