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The Big Bang Theory is a American television show about nerds and the woman they built.
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The Big Bang Theory is based on a 1787 treatise "Das Theorie der Bigus Bangus Boom" by Heinrich Henckel Poofterberg, a German scientist. In it, he speculated that there would come a time when the brain's functions would be set aside for television. The treatise contained detailed specifications, drawings, and schematic diagrams for said television. Unfortunately, this work was lost, along with many of his hit songs.
Then in 1913, Jerold "Pinhead" Carpentier, the founder of the Amalgamated Scriptwriters and Bass Gutting Union, acquired some of Poofterberg's letters. In one letter, Poofterberg seems to outline the first episode of the series. Carpentier did not understand what he was reading, however, and the series would have to wait 70 years more.
edit Cast
Sir Dr. Leonard Hofstadter, Ph.D, M.D., (played by Johnny Galecki): As the leader of this merry band of science thugs, he is one half of what it would take a waitress working extra shifts at the Cheesecake factory to pay the rent.
Sir Dr. Sheldon Cooper, Ph.D, M.D., D.D.S., D.V.M. (Honorary Member of Starfleet Academy (Played by Jim Parsons): He's, well, the other half. And he's quite annoying. I wouldn't sit in his seat if I were you.
Dr. Penny Van Peltenborg-Ramirez, Ph.D (Honorary Shotokan Degree from Online University)(Played by Kaley Cuoco-Unsweetened): She is the emotional glue that holds the unstable nerd nucleus together.
Dr. Howard Wolowitz, Ph.Oyvey (Played by Simon Helberg): The only Jewish scientist in America without a Ph.D, Wolowitz usually provides a witty repartee to many of the gang's sticky issues, like how does NASA let a man without a Ph.D board the space station? And when do we get to see his sexy mom?
Dr. Rajesh Ramayan Koothrappali, Ph.D (Played by Kunal Nayyar): As the only Indian astrophysicist in California, Raj later joined his father's gynecology practice in New Delhi, were he met a beautiful astronomy grad student. They got married and had 3.5 children. He's so happy now with his new wife, three lovely daughters, 0.5 of a boy and all those vaginas to play with at work. Just kidding. Actually he still sits on the floor at Leonard and Sheldon's apartment.
Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler, Ph.D, MBA, SAT (Played by Mayim Bialik): The second part of the autistic pairing that is Shelamy
Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz, Ph.D, DDT, WXYZ: (Played by Melissa Rauch) Ay, mama mia! What a spicy meatball!
Dr. Stewart Bloom, Ph.D of Nerdful Antiquities (Played by Kevin Sussman): As the original inspiration for Prozac, Stewart used the proceeds from his long stay at the research facility to build his vast collectibles empire. Although people still go to that other shop to buy comics...anyway, onward and upward!
Dr. Beverley "Nutcrusher" Hofstadter (Played Christine Baranski): Leonard's mother. Impaired by a moderately-high I.Q. coupled with mild autism, Dr. Hofstadter is single and unemployed, both conditions caused by the fact that she compulsively reduces her bosses and lovers to tears.
edit Season 11
Episode 1: The Big Backdated Theory: Leonard continues his apology tour; Sheldon and Amy are locked in a staring contest; Howard loses the Mars Orbiter. Special guest star: that girl from The Hunger Games...what was her name...
Episode 2: The Whore of Omaha Revision: Penny's friend, Christy, returns to Pasadena to wreak havoc on The Wolowitz marriage; Raj frets as he tries to find a bride for his wedding; Bernadette beats Howard with a hammer for no apparent reason. Special guest star former Mayor Giuliani as Jimmy from "South Park"
Episode 3: The Gorn Fishing Approximation: The gang goes fishing and catch several bubble-lipped bass; The Gorn and his family join the gang later for a fish dinner; Sheldon awakens from the coma to find the living room furniture rearranged.
Episode 4: The Shark Jump Effect: The gang assemble for their first annual Dune-a-thon, only to realize that Dune is real; Sheldon awakens from his second coma in time to watch the Dune-a-thon, already in progress
Episode 5: The Confliction Conundrum: Raj and Wolowitz are locked in Curtain Area 2, where they fall in love; Leonard and Penny argue about semantics; Sheldon and Amy go shopping but are ejected after revealing Victoria's Secret.
Episode 6: The Giant Squid Postulation: Leonard receives a visit from his favorite TV detective, Kojak (cameo appearance by Telly Savalas); The Gorn sues Sheldon for breach of contract; Gorn loses and so eats Sheldon.
Episode 7: The Quantum Basket Case: Raj is deported back to India where he joins his father's gynecology practice; Penny screams for no reason at all; Leonard flinches as Kurt moves in with Penny (maybe that's why she screamed, I dunno)
Episode 8: The 5-Sigma Guesstimation: Sheldon recovers from multiple Gorn abrasions to postulate a new theory; The laundry room catches fire causing Leonard and Penny go without fresh underwear; Raj awakens from his coma to find the Gorn sitting by his bedside.
Episode 9: The Nightmare Gorn Sequence: The Gorn reads the newspaper while drinking his morning coffee; The Gorn goes for a jog; The Gorn goes to work; The Gorn's wife cooks Leonard, Penny, Sheldon, Howard, Raj, Amy and Bernadette in a stew for her husband; The Gorn is late for dinner; The Gorn's wife finds racy Gorn emails in the Gorn's computer.


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My three year old cat is suddenly sneezing. Should i be concerned about his health and my childrens? Cannot afford vet!
bouts of sneezing, just come all of a sudden. our other cat seems fine. just started witht he one cat out of the blue. they are indoor cats and never go outside. they sit in the open windows at times. just concerned about his health and that of my children. it it contagious to them.
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There is nothing cats could have that would be contagious to your children. There are very few things humans and cats can both catch and URIs or other sneezy things are not a possibility. I am not sure what to say about the "can't afford a vet" part. I would not have my cats if I could not afford to properly care for them. If he gets more ill and begins to lose his appetite or become lethargic, he needs to see a vet. A little sneezy but everything else is fine, I would not be too worried yet as long as his vaccines are up to date.
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Sometimes kitties get kitty colds and maybe allergies to certain things. I don't think it is contagious either. If other symptoms arise he needs to go to the vet. Ask the vet if you can pay on a monthly basis. Also, call different vets, they charge differently. I never sneezed until my human took me home. She used to smoke cigarettes and I didn't like it. She quit 5 months ago and I still sneeze, but not as much. My brothers and sisters don't sneeze so I didn't give it to them.
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It's difficult for a lot of us to afford vet care for our animals during times like this, but it's a responsibility we take on when we make animals part of our family, even if when we bring them home times aren't quite so rough. Many vets will accept payment plans if you are a regular client. Shelters and rescues also know of vets who will treat at a lower cost. Many spay/neuter clinics also will do regular health care on animals. As the others have said, a few sneezes here and there doesn't indicate an illness and it isn't contagious to your children. But, definitely work something out if he becomes lethargic, stops eating or starts hiding.
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The Mavs are probably going to have to rely heavily on their aged starting back court of Jason Kidd and Vince Carter. Dominique Jones is the only other active guard on their roster. Pushing the pace tonight would be a good idea, as would pressing the Mavs whenever Kid is off the floor.
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Two really tough matchups on the defensive end for the Sixers, and they're both at PF. I actually like Iguodala on Dirk, but doubt Collins will use it much. It'll probably be Brand initially, which is a bad matchup. Thad hasn't had a ton of success in the past, but he's been a different defender this year so we'll have to see how that goes. Lamar Odom has always given the Sixers all kinds of problems, so I wouldn't put a ton of stock into his disappointing numbers on the season. He could definitely get healthy tonight.
The Sixers can't be surprised if Dallas goes to a zone. If they do, a big needs to flash to the foul line, the wings need to cut off him and the guys on the perimeter need to knock down their threes.
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In looking through various forums, there always seems to be a tendency toward and/or against "fear mongering". That is, there is the tendency to focus on disastrous stories, then leverage off those for the sake of the safety debate. Great examples of this are COB stories (which I've been really digging into lately). Then, there's the other end where it's about the fact that you can die stepping off the curb in front of a speeding meteor while getting hit by a lightning...so why worry about it?
The bottom line is that one can never "lose" the safety argument. Safety always wins. So I'm definitely not arguing AGAINST safety.
But, the question I have is this: when considering the type of sailing 99% of the people out there do, do the stats support a "fear mongering" approach to safety? Isn't this sport, all in all, really pretty safe in terms of hours put in vs. fatalities (compared to sports like rock climbing, mountain climbing, skiing, etc.)?
Oh man, I just looked through the numbers in the USCG report provided by k1vsk - and this is going to raise some hackles. First the numbers...then what "seem" to be the take-aways (up for discussion of course):
First, the Executive Summary
So what are the causes in these deaths?
Now let's look at the bodies of water and conditions that are most likely to lead to these fatalities (this is where it starts getting ironic - and I love irony):
And what about the type of vessel most likely to kill you?
[IRONY ALERT] statistically speaking, any sailor's best chance at survival is to get 10 or so hours of some informal training on how to sail, take a 40' vessel into the open ocean in rough to very rough conditions, wear a pfd, don't drink, stay on the boat (regardless of make or year), sail REALLY fast, and, in all probability, you'll be just fine?
It seems the most dangerous sailing out there is sailing a small boat on a sheltered body of water in calm conditions. Could that be right?
Surely that's not it.
I just want to make it known what we lake sailors have now been vindicated. We are truly the gnarliest sailors around. Those chumps that make fun of our "duck ponds" just don't have the numbers to back them up.
Interesting Question Smack,
Statistically, ...it's a very safe sport/activity
also, sailors are the least likely have a fatal accident.
Small boats power boats, 21 feet or less, alcohol use, no life jackets..and no safety training.....are the at risk groups.
Naturally 90% or more of the deaths are from drowning, and they occur on a clear sunny day.
If one stays sober, wears a life jacket, and sails...chances are you'll live a long .....but boring life.....( just kidding)
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My thought on it is that all of the things you mention are dangerous, so there is no good way to argue against the danger. You can get hurt rock climbing, and you can get hurt sailing, even die, it happens. I think it is best to just face that head on and not try to argue against it when people say it is dangerous, fine, it is dangerous, but we keep sailing anyway. :)
A friend of ours just lost the best man from his wedding in an avalanche. My comment (to my wife, not her friend) was it's better than dying in a nursing home.
If a person can't handle any danger, they ought to stay in bed.
Not a bad idea some days.
If its fun, it has risk.
How afraid should you be of sailing?
Less risky than driving to the mall and slightly more risky than walking around the block. Pretty much the same risk as eating fried snacks while watching TV from your couch.
Whatever doesn't kill you makes a good bar story.
I can say this, I'm a newer boat owner and I can safely say this. I've rarely been as terrified as I've been trying to navigate my boat down the New River. I know I'm insured and the worst case scenario is I'd sink or damage the boat and swim ashore...but not being in control and having the elements drive your fate is a terrifying feeling.
Safety is something you should take seriously, but not to the point that it prevents you enjoying your chosen hobby/sport. When I used to rock climb, I had proper training, I paid for quality gear and I made sure I knew how to use it. Never had an accident, never let an accident happen to someone else I was climbing with, but always had great fun. Same goes for sailing. As for fear, well, that's part of the fun isn't it? The first time you dunk a rail, the first time that the collision seems inevitable etc.
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Jamil, Nazia (2004) GENETICS OF NOVEL METABOLITE PRODUCED BY MARINE BACTERIA. PhD thesis, University of Karachi, Karachi.
Coastal regions correspond to the interface between terrestrial and marine life. These coastal zones serve as a rich repository of marine organisms among which bacterial flora in these marine environment forms an integral part of this unique ecosystem. To investigate the biodiversity of bacterial flora of Karachi coast, attached and free bacteria were isolated and studied. A total of 36 bacteria (25 attached and 11 free) were isolated from seven different beaches of Karachi, Pakistan (Clifton, Sandspit, Dockyard, Manora, Capmounze, Gadani and Layari out fall). Highest EFUs were observed from sample (Dockyard) using 2216E medium. All the strains were designated as CMG601-CMG635 and one strain was labeled as CMG607w. Among the purified strains most common genera were Bacillus (19%) Escherichia (17%) and Pseudomonas (17%). Most of the strains showed multiple metal and antibiotic resistances. Highest resistance percentage was observed for copper (88%) and ampicillin (86%). Presence of plasmid among free living and attached bacterial were 27% and 36% respectively. Three strains were selected for analysis of metabolite production which were CMG607w; it showed 88% homology to Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain BHP (AY162139), CMG617 showed 90% homology to uncultured Staphylococcus sp. (AF467429) and CMG634 showed 87% homology to Alcaligenes sp (AY346137) for 16S ribosomal RNA gene When CMG617 was analyzed for metabolite production by non-specific extraction method, four compounds were purified; their molecular formula and mass were calculated. SMHS1 was purified from hexane extract of BHI medium with Rf value 0.6, while its molecular weight was 368.34 amu for C22H44N2O2. From chloroform extract of 2216E medium a compound designated as SMHS3 molecular weight 168.08amu calculated for C8H12N2O2 was purified, while CMG617 also produced fatty acids in the supernatant which were Oleic acid (C17H33COOH; 282.47amu) and plasmatic acid (C15H31COOH; 256.4amu) in presence of 2216E medium A hygrosopic biopolymer was extracted from CMG34 it absorbed water 4.3 times more than its own weight. Chemically it was found to be glycoprotein. Bioplymer appeard as slime layer and micro fibrils under electron microscope The third bacterial strain which selected was CMG607w. Metabolite production was analyzed in the supernatant of fermented broths of ASW (supplanted with different carbon sources), it was revealed that in presence of these nutrient conditions CMG607w possess metal binding activity, which may be due to the presence of a compound MW 349 and 41.11kDa protein in the supernatant, detected by GC/MS and phast gel analysis respectively, while EPS production was also observed in presence of different carbon sources Bioplastic (medium chain length polyhydroxylakanote) was extracted and purified from CMG607w. PHA synthesis was substrate depended in CMG607w. In the presence of 1%sodium gluconate mol-Pha was synthesized at the rate of 42% cell dry mass. In presence of sodium gloconate spherical PHA granules were extruded from the cells, while in presence of sodium acetate, PHA granules were in form of crystals which make the cell fragile and releases from the cell by lyses of the cell membrane. Under highly enriched conditions, co production of polysaccharide and blends of PHB/PHA were observed PCR based strategy was used to amplify Pha biosynthsis operon from chromosomal DNA. In CMG607w Pha biosynthsis operon has PhaCIZC2D (polymerasel, depolymerase, polymerase2 and hypothetical protein) genes orientation. Conserved sequences were observed in polymerase C1 and C2. All genes of Pha synthase operon were cloned and sequenced. Pha biosynthesis operon of CMG607w has PhaCIZC2D genes and have 98% homology to P. aeruginosa (AE004919, X66592), 87% to P. oleovorans (AF318050) and 77% Burkholderia caryphylli (AF394660) Genbank accession numbers for Pha biosynthesis locus present in CMG607w are ORF1(AY596791), PhaC1((AY5996788), PhaZ (AY596789) PhaC2 (AY5967790) and PhaD (AY596791)
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Sep. 4: Asian session
USD/JPY edged up to 104.90 after declining yesterday. US dollar is stronger versus Japanese yen ahead of the data forecast to show a pickup in U.S. employment, supporting bets the Fed will raise interest rates. The Bank of Japan kept its record stimulus unchanged at today's meeting.
AUD/USD attempted to push higher following a strong "bullish engulfing" candle on Wednesday, but met resistance at $0.9360. As expected, Australia retail sales growth slowed from 0.6% in June to 0.4% in July. Trade deficit lowered to 1.36B. NZD/USD consolidates around $0.8310, slightly above the yesterday's $0.8285 low.
EUR/USD edged down to $1.3440. GBP/USD is trading on the downside in the $1.6455 area.


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This purpose can then be translated into marketing objectives and goals, which should be:
Typical objectives are sales, profitability, sales growth, diversification and market share improvement.


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Bihar Assembly Polls 2010
Is Rahul Gandhi's charisma overrated?
The Congress has had a disastrous showing in Bihar, winning just 4 out of 243 seats.Sagarika Ghose, November 26, 2010, 7:18 am explore: Politics
CNN-IBN-The Week verdict on Bihar hits bullseye
CNN-IBN-The Week post poll survey conducted by CSDS gave an absolute majority to the Nitish Kumar lead JD(U)-BJP.test sharma, November 25, 2010, 11:24 am explore: Politics
A new era for BJP-JD(U) in Bihar
The results this time has also showcased a strong BJP, wining a considerable number of seats themselves.test sharma, November 25, 2010, 8:36 am explore: Politics
Landslide victory for JD(U)-BJP in Bihar
Nitish Kumar is back with a bang in Bihar assembly polls. He sweeps to power in Bihar again.Sagarika Ghose, November 25, 2010, 7:52 am explore: Politics
Has Nitish revolutionised north Indian politics?
Historian Ramchandra Guha called him the Obama of India. Rajdeep Sardesai unravels the enigma called Nitish Kumar.test sharma, November 24, 2010, 11:15 pm explore: India
Cong routed, Rahul's magic fails in Bihar
The party recorded its worst-ever performance in assembly elections in the state in the last 10 years.test sharma, November 24, 2010, 8:43 pm explore: Politics
Is this the end of Lalu era in Bihar?
Pundits are already writing political obituary of Lalu Yadav. But was there a Nitish possible without Lalu?test sharma, November 24, 2010, 7:05 pm explore: Politics
Alliance with BJP stays: Nitish
Buoyed by the massive victory, Nitish Kumar said that people have given their mandate in favour of development.test sharma, November 24, 2010, 5:44 pm explore: India
Bihar results are mysterious, says Lalu
RJD Chief Lalu Prasad congratulated Nitish Kumar for the victory of the (JD-U), BJP combine in the assembly polls.test sharma, November 24, 2010, 4:03 pm explore: Politics
Nitish Kumar: Bihar's man of the moment
Since Nitish Kumar became chief minister in 2005, Bihar has entered a new era of economic development.test sharma, November 24, 2010, 3:58 pm explore: Politics
It's a victory of development politics: Modi
Narendra Modi congratulates the BJP and the JD(U) leaders in Bihar for the victory.test sharma, November 24, 2010, 3:50 pm explore: Politics
Nitish, the Chanakya who wins Bihar hands down
Beating the anti-incumbency factor, the Janata Dal (United) leader romped home with a massive mandate.test sharma, November 24, 2010, 3:04 pm explore: Politics
Development has won in Bihar: Nitish Kumar
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar thanked the people of the state for giving him another chance to serve them.test sharma, November 24, 2010, 2:22 pm explore: Politics
Left disappointed by Bihar poll results
CPI and CPI-M have so far drawn a blank in the Bihar polls which have been swept by the JD(U)-BJP alliance.test sharma, November 24, 2010, 1:17 pm explore: Politics
We have to start from scratch in Bihar: Sonia
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday admitted that the party has been routed in Bihar.test sharma, November 24, 2010, 1:12 pm explore: Politics
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Patric brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 106 Designs von 27 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
the company name is Prioritera AB, which, in loose translation to english means prioritization. My company is a consultancy/ prototype studio for social media, startup interrim management and angel investments.
We stand for a message that cuts the fuzz, get to the point and act responsibly. We provide expertise and proven skills in launching new companies, new technologies and thorough research.
Also, our advice and written materials are read by some of the leading investors in the world.
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I like the exclamation point. Also, like helvetica. Stilistic and minimal is better than bold and flashy.
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"Nature does nothing uselessly." Aristotle
Novel, perhaps, but I don't want to have to be the one to get that hive apart. The bees are going to build comb between the boxes like crazy -- the main reason the top bar is so wide is to keep the bees from making continuous comb!
He must have propolis deficient bees, too -- I don't that that spliced frame is going to survive getting pried out of my hives.
What a nightmare to uncap.
Some beekeepers seem to have too much time on their hands. I do, but i waste it on forums rather than inventing wrinkles.


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Off my feet
September rainfall: 12.96"
I spent the weekend lying low with foot pain that Geoff pinpointed as a likely case of plantar fasciitis. Basically, it's excessive wear of the tendon-like tissue that stretches across the bottom of the foot. The common term is "policeman's heel." Between that and my "runner's knee," I'm feeling a bit bogged down with overuse maladies that supposedly have nothing to do with my lifestyle.
I think this effectively ends my hiking season, not that the downward-creeping snowline wasn't already threatening to do so. I keep trying to convince myself that it's just as well. It's time to leave the unhindered days of summer behind; time to return to the bike and the more regimented lifestyle of training I have been known to say I miss. But I believe a larger part of me still clings to the hiker's high - the carefree zeal in which I attacked elevation and hoisted myself to the craggy tundra that seemed worlds apart from my home, mere miles away.
And now it's gone. I'm more than a bit annoyed. I'm hobbling around like Gimpy McStiff at work, yet again; and the frequency of my limping, I'm sure, has my associates questioning my basic competence as a bipedal human. You can call me whiny, I don't care, but I think my body is being wholly uncooperative and unreasonable. When my knee cried overuse and decided to stamp out cycling for a while, I re-evaluated the virtues of cross-training. Now that the foot has nixed the cross-training (because pretty much all weight-bearing activities fire up the pain), I guess it's cycling or nothing again.
It seems we can't win, in this battle everyone shares, when age is our enemy and experience our friend.


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Have you always wanted to speak with Chris Tysh about translation, but never have been in the same place at the same time? Look no further than this interview with Tysh at Entropy which is no substitute for an in-person convo but comes close enough to the hello you've been hoping for. From Entropy:
When did you first become aware of Translation? How did that realization impact your understanding of literature?
My keenest awareness of translation dates back to my lycée days, when we had to translate roughly a page a day of Latin (Caesar, Ovid, etc., the standard French regimen of yore) with the trustworthy Gaffiot dictionary as our only help; true, you could buy crib sheets down the street in a small bookstore, but even then I was beyond such cheap shortcuts. The truth is I enjoyed the intense corps à corps, that mental clash, word for word, source and target language tussling through the maddening maze of the Latin syntax, which yielded its nature with mind-boggling resistance, really, obstinacy of the worst kind. I'd emerge from these bouts astonished by the strangeness of my text, secretly doubting I'd transferred the goods—was Ovid speaking of a caryatid's arms lifted high as in a plea or malediction—and yet somehow pleased with myself; the pleasure of that con/version, a pale omen of things to come, having to do with words.
Another image that jumps up has to do with my discovery of Ginsberg's Kaddish, the elegiac poem written in memory of his mother, interned at the insane asylum of Pilgrim State Hospital on Long Island, where she died. I remember feverishly reading a few lines to my mother as she stood in front of the sink and then as feverishly doing an impromptu paraphrase in French, all the while protesting that I wasn't even coming close to the emotional force of the Beat poem. Again we find that sense of an écart, a gap, a drift—the essential characteristics of écriture as one will later learn from Derrida—already in place and pointing to that irreducible shard of untranslatability, which undergirds any such operation.
Finally, Paris the City of Lights should be dubbed the city of polyglots, since it is not uncommon to hear the sons and daughters of immigrants juggling two, three, four languages, passing from one to the other as if skipping rope, their rhetorical and linguistic fluency somehow taken for granted, like knowing one's multiplication tables. What I'm trying to say is that born and raised in such a transcultural and multilingual metropolis has been the ground, the sine qua non condition of my awareness of translation. I know you're speaking of literary translation here and that's the reason you give the word an uppercase letter, to specify its unique status, not to be confused with simple instructions written in foreign tongues—es peligroso no asomarse al ventana—but awareness of translation, any translation, one's ability to hear the tongue of the other, begins with that street din of foreigners, their accented French, the polyphonic tumult of voices in the city. […]
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10gaOkie wrote:I have both the old type (made in USA) and the special edition version which is china made, both Stanleys. After using the new made one all season long, I cant tell the diff in how they keep my coffee hot all morning long. As far as I am concerned, there is no diff between the new and old. So I would have to dissagree with the chinese version being crap.
don novicki wrote:I'm surprised Yeti doesn't make or offer a thermos for a couple of hundred bucks..........
aunt betty wrote:don novicki wrote:I'm surprised Yeti doesn't make or offer a thermos for a couple of hundred bucks..........
Imagine a huge five-gallon bucket that holds 32 ounces of coffee and that is your yeti thermos. :D
luie b wrote:I think you guys were right.
10gaOkie wrote:I got my special edition Stanley at Walmart on a black friday special price of $14.99. I couldnt pass it up. I more than got my money's worth as it does what its supposed to.
KillerKowalski wrote:I would buy one.
luie b wrote:I think you guys were right.
KillerKowalski wrote:Mike's is nice though. Flat black custom made handle and prob stained black inside.
RustyGunz1960 wrote:I had to buy a new thermous recently and was disappointed that I could not find a US-made one off the shelf, but as far as previous posts are concerned, I do not think the quality problems are simply because they are made in China rather than here. The company still designs them. Sadly, most everything is being cheapened these days to maintain profit margins.
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A Pick-Me-Up for German Pharma
It promised to be a lengthy takeover tussle between two of Germany's leading drugmakers. But two weeks after launching its $17.4 billion hostile bid for Schering (SHR), drug and chemical giant Merck (MRK) threw in the towel.
Merck might have persevered if not for the emergence of a rival with deeper pockets. On Mar. 24, Berlin-based Schering accepted a $19.6 billion cash offer from compatriot Bayer (BAY). The deal unites Schering, the world's largest maker of birth control pills, with Bayer, one of the country's last remaining pharmaceutical and chemical conglomerates.
With combined health-care sales of $18 billion a year, the new company, Bayer-Schering Pharmaceuticals, will be Germany's largest drugmaker. The goal, according to Bayer Management Board Chairman Werner Wenning, is to create "a health-care heavyweight of international standing."
At the very least, the merger should restore some luster to Germany's pharma sector. It was Bayer, after all, that invented the modern drug industry, with its discovery of aspirin more than a century ago. But after sitting on the sidelines during the last two decades of consolidation, Germany's once-thriving drugmakers have been overshadowed by behemoths such as Pfizer (PFE), Britain's GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), and Switzerland's Novartis (NVS).
Bayer has also suffered in recent years. In 2001 it was forced to pull from the market its cholesterol-lowering drug Baycol, which has been linked to more than 100 deaths. With growth stalling, Wenning embarked on an aggressive restructuring program in 2002. He cut costs and spun off a good chunk of the company's chemical assets into a separate company, Lanxess, last year.
Although earnings have improved, Bayer's drug business is, like Schering's, too small to compete against the massive financial and marketing muscle of the global giants. By sales, Bayer is currently ranked the 15th drugmaker worldwide, while Schering is 20th. Bayer has three main areas of business: prescription drugs and consumer health care, agrochemicals, and a chemicals and plastics division called Bayer Material Science.
Prescription drugs, along with over-the-counter standbys such as Alka-Seltzer and One-A-Day vitamins, now account for 36% of annual revenues, which were about $30.5 billion last year. With the acquisition of Schering, Bayer will bolt to the No. 12 spot in the world. "It will significantly improve Bayer's strength and global reach," says Sven Dopke, an analyst with M.M. Warburg in Hamburg.
Together, the new companies will focus on cancer, cardiovascular disease, and a handful of other specialized therapeutic markets. Schering brings Yasmin, the world's top-selling contraceptive, and Betaseron, a treatment for multiple sclerosis, which is expected to pull in $1 billion in annual sales.
Wenning hopes to use Schering's specialist sales force in the U.S. to market its own potential blockbuster, Nexavar, which the U.S. Food & Drug Administration approved as a treatment for kidney cancer at the end of 2005. The drug is also being tested to treat liver, skin, and lung cancers.
The new entity, which will be headquartered in Berlin, will boast a much richer pipeline, with four drugs filed with the FDA and 19 in late-stage testing. Bayer also predicts the merger will lead to annual cost savings of $842 million by 2009. The company has estimated that as many as 6,000 jobs are likely to be eliminated.
But if Bayer-Schering is to compete successfully in the big leagues, it will need to do more. To keep its labs churning out promising new compounds, the new company will need to hike spending on research and development as well as acquire promising new compounds from biotech outfits.


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Worship begins at 10:00
We're happy you found us! We've been waiting to tell you our story and to show you what Pilgrim Church has to offer.
You may be looking for a community who welcomes you as you are. You may be asking how a 2,000 year-old religion could still feel vibrant and be relevant.
You may be looking for a church community to help nurture your child. There are many reasons to visit Pilgrim. There are even more reasons to stay.
Pilgrims don't all look alike or think alike or act alike. Here you are not required to leave your questions at home or come whole and happy. You are simply invited.
Come…and listen to the words of Jesus. Come…and know God's welcome. Come…be a part of real life solutions to real life problems.
No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here…at Pilgrim.
Welcome to the website of Pilgrim Congregational Church! Hopefully this is the first step towards your own faith journey with us. As a member church of the United Church of Christ, we are a congregation that believes in justice, equality, and faith development for all of God's children.
Pilgrim was started in Oak Park, IL in 1874, and has been a vibrant part of Oak Park life since then. While we are a moderate sized congregation, we are very active both inside and outside of our walls. Inside our walls we have many social, educational, and musical programs that are of interest to adults and children. We also are home to the Pilgrim Community Nursery School that provides affordable, quality care for preschool children. Outside our walls we try to be in partnership and service to the many individuals and organizations in our local community that are seeking the same things we are. However, we don't stop locally, as we also perform service projects and support mission activities across our country and around the world.
Youth have a special place at Pilgrim. We provide many social activities and opportunties for them to learn about God's love for them and others. We engage both the hearts and the minds of our youth as we try to guide them along a path that's right for them.
Uniquely, because Pilgrim comes from the Congregational tradition, congregants are active in steering the direction of the church and acting as its governing body. If you are interested in engaging your mind, harnessing your talents, and putting your faith in action, you need look no further for a great faith community. I encourage you to explore our website and learn more about what we do and who we are.
Bruce Cox, 2016 Moderator
CONNECT – This unique worship experience entitled CONNECT will take place each Sunday following the Children's Message beginning September 18th during our morning worship at 11:00. Our goal is to continue the worship experience that has already begun in the sanctuary in a more engaging way for all of our youth (Ages 4-18) utilizing the Seasons of the Spirit worship material that is used in our worship service. We want the morning worship experience to be enriching and engaging for all of our church family so join us as we stay Connected with God thru story, art, music and service each Sunday.
All Age Event!
Saturday, May 6, 2017
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Cost: $22 per person includes 2 games of bowling, shoes, unlimited cheese pizza, dessert, and soft drinks.
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Pilgrim Congregational Church United Church of Christ practices radical hospitality making room within the life of this faith community for people of differing ages, races, abilities, orientations, faith practices, political persuasions. We engage each other, lift each other up, and challenge each other to be better at what God has called each of us to do.
We practice passionate worship, involving many people in planning and leading worship that touches the mind and the heart and the senses. We explore our faith traditions and consider how the world in which we live requires us to be just and merciful and humble.
We are intentional about our faith development and offer a range of opportunities for members, friends, and the wider community to join us for worship, for meditation, for small group discussions, and for Sunday school for children, teenagers, and adults.
We are committed to the wider community in risk-taking mission and outreach, supporting a wide range of organizations that make a difference in people's lives. We participate in the United Church of Christ, a progressive Christian denomination. We are involved in the Oak Park River Forest Community of Congregations. And our Donut Ministry supports and empowers the work of sixteen donut partners.
We are a generous congregation supporting the work of Pilgrim as well as the wider church and community organizations. We contribute to Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Cluster Tutoring, Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry, The Night Ministry, West Suburban PADS, Prevail (Walk In Ministry), Chicago Theological Seminary, and many other organizations.
Come for a visit or join us for the journey. No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome at Pilgrim Church.
Blessings to you,
Rev. Sally Iberg, Senior Pastor
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DOC Redux – Bound and Fucked by Deen – McKenzee MilesWednesday, October 19th, 2016
The sly, young James Deen is back for more bondage romping at the dungeon. He asks us to find him a cute little blonde and we recruit Mckenzee Miles to be his fuck-bitch for the day. James enters the steel dungeon and meets the Pope. Mckenzee is hanging in a hogtie, high in the rafters and the Pope lowers her down to a more appropriate hieght. James takes his time getting to know his slave as he tells her how it is and gropes her very fine, pink pussy. He uses the magic wand to make Mckenzee cum before putting his cock… Read More


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Australia's car manufacturing industry is in a state of irreversible decline and
While state economies in SA and Victoria are reeling from Holden's decision on Monday to cut production and 500 jobs across its two operations, rival Ford is likely to be the first to announce is it pulling out completely, says Matthew-Wilson, the editor of car review site dogandlemon.com.
"It's going to happen a lot quicker than people think," said Auckland-based Matthew-Wilson, whose site has been running for 16 years. "My guess is that Ford has already decided to close down and will probably announce that this year. Without Ford, most of the major components manufacturers in Australia will struggle to survive and after that, the rest (of the manufacturers) will be gone within three years."
The issue is a vexed one. While Australia cannot cope on volume or cost terms with rival industries around the world, governments on both sides of the divide have until now decided that propping up the industry - to the tune of $2.2 billion over the past 12 years - was worth it for the sake of jobs and the wider spread of industries that were supported by car manufacture.
Questions have been growing about the overall benefit to Australia, especially given speculation that the new Holden VF Commodore SS, due to be exported to the US and sold as the Chevrolet SS later this year, will be at least $10,000 cheaper for American consumers than for those at home.
This year would be the year Australia decided if it wanted to have a car industry, Labor Senator and former industry minister
The company had breached the obligations of that agreement by its decision to sack 400 workers from the assembly plant at Elizabeth, north of Adelaide - a fifth of the 2100 it employs there - along with 100 of the 900 workers from its design and engineering operations at Fishermens Bend in Melbourne South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill said yesterday.
"I'm not prepared to accept a unilateral variation. There will have to be further discussions. I need to reflect upon this,'' he said.
Without a large domestic market, a large export market or low production cost base to exploit. However, efforts to produce motor vehicles in Australia were on a hiding to nothing, Matthew-Wilson said on Tuesday.
"No amount of bailouts from the state and federal governments can solve this basic problem," he said. "It's not a matter of whether these factories will close down but when. They're losing so much money on every car."
Ford, which last year said an upgraded 2014-model Falcon model would take production in Australia "through to at least the end of 2016," declined to comment.
"We haven't got anything to share on any speculation over the company's operation," Ford Motor Co Australia Brand Communications Manager Neil McDonald said.
Toyota Australia spokeswoman Beck Angel also declined to comment on speculation.
General Motors-owned Holden did not immediately respond to request for comment.


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From my perspective, this is the worst I've seen it this time of year, in my lifetime ... and I've been around for a while. I know it's hard to explain, because fallow wheat yields reported in the 80-bushel range during this years' harvest, were not that uncommon.
Rainfed crops, that's right! University agronomists started using the term rainfed rather than dryland, are beyond the point of no return. Perhaps we should use the term un-rainfed or non-rainfed, but dryland works just as well for me.
Summer has just begun, and it already resembles conditions as they generally appear in late August. Much of this can be attributed to the fact that many locations have received less than an inch and a half of rain during all of May and June, and thus far, July.
Drought has taken hold as the corn crop goes into pollination -- a critical time for water.
Much of the dryland corn won't even tassel and silk to give it the opportunity to pollinate.
With the non-stop high temperatures, high winds, high solar radiation and low relative humidity, the combination makes it hard to keep up with corn's moisture demands, even with irrigation.
A huge factor, along with record setting temperatures almost every day for the last month, has been the relentless wind. Wind demands moisture, causing corn plants to start rolling their leaves to conserve moisture. According to Al Dutcher, state climatologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, "A 10-mile-per-hour wind can usually be offset by the corn's canopy," "But anything faster than that increases the airflow through the full canopy and subsequently increases surface evaporation and transpiration."
"When ET values get above .40 of an inch, it is difficult for corn to physically move that much water through its leaves."
All of our crops, pastures, and even trees started their growth far ahead of the normal growing season and have been using water for an additional month causing late summer conditions to appear during June.
"The Climate Prediction Center's 30-day forecast indicates all of Nebraska should experience above normal temperatures. They also are indicating below normal precipitation for the eastern two-thirds of Nebraska, east/southeastward through central Illinois," Dutcher said.
"The highest probability of below normal precipitation has been assigned to the eastern one-third of the state. Even though, Western Nebraska has not been assigned a precipitation tendency for July, the U.S. Drought Monitor outlook for the next three months shows little relief. It also indicates areas currently depicted as experiencing normal conditions, will likely experience drought conditions within the next three months."
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) obviously had a source inside the Julien Macdonald camp, because the three protesters who ran on to the catwalk knew the precise time in the running order when the first fur coat would appear.
It is a trick that Peta has mastered well. Last November, it gained international coverage by hijacking a fashion show with banners that read "Gisele fur scum" just as the Brazilian model took her turn in the spotlight. The invasion at yesterday's Macdonald show achieved its short-term effect, killing the atmosphere of decadence fuelled by a champagne reception.
Two of the celebrities sitting on Macdonald's front row have links with Peta. In 2001, pop star Christina Aguilera signed one of its campaigning petitions, while singer Pink spoke out last year about about fur wearers in Peta's magazine Animal Times.
But there are some who argue that catwalk invasions do the designer more good than the humiliation the protesters want to inflict. Images of the show will now have a wider circulation than if the protest hadn't happened.
It doesn't matter that the story is negative, since it will also fuel defiance among the growing number of people who are willing to wear pelts.
There were some in the audience who even believed it was a hoax organised by Macdonald, but last night Peta confirmed responsibility for the action.
With the ensuing tension in the room, the clothes passed by without much thought, but the outfits showed an interesting twist in the influences on Macdonald's work. As well as designing his own label Macdonald also works for Givenchy, where he has struggled to find an appropriate style.
His recent u-turn at the French label was abrupt, drawing blatant inspiration from the work of the house's founder, Hubert de Givenchy. As if Macdonald was claiming the ideas of Givenchy as his own, last night he showed little black dresses clearly taken from the Audrey Hepburn look.
A more palatable approach than his usual gaudy affairs, but not one with the originality that someone of Macdonald's inflated stature should be showing.
· Paul Smith was again one of the few big names to be showing in London yesterday, where his clothes are said to sell more than those of all the other designers combined.
But his style is so decidedly English that it's hard to imagine him showing in any other country.
In his show yesterday, there were clothes for every female member of the most proper of English families. For gran, there was a long coat with a brightly coloured jigsaw of geometric shapes. Mum might be tempted by the leather trousers with embroidered flowers, and a long velvet dress in a solid colour such as black or fuchsia, for dinner.


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Germany's former foreign minister, Joschka Fischer, accused the ex-head of the CIA of being a liar. George Tenet had claimed a few days ago that he discovered, "too damn late," that Curveball(Iraqi defector who claimed there were WMD) might be a "fabricator." Fischer said German intelligence, the BND, consistently told the CIA that Curveball was not a watertight source. "Our position was always (Curveball) might be right, he might not be right. He could be a liar but he could be telling the truth." In such cases, the BND insisted that at least three reliable sources were necessary before reaching a conclusion. Fischer said he was concerned when the CIA wanted access to Curveball the man would be used to justify a decision for war. The CIA was told the man was a deserter "and we had not verified or substantiated" his claims.
Isn't it about time George Bush admits he never had any solid evidence from anyone that proved Saddam had WMD? Isn't it about time George Bush apologized to those who lost sons, fathers, brothers and relatives in the search for the always elusive WMD?


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North Korea has reportedly launched an Unha-3 rocket from its Sohae-ri launch facility and ostensibly carrying a satellite on board, with early signs indicating the launch could have been a success. Then, on late Tuesday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command — which oversees the U.S. and Canada's air defense — released a statement noting that North Korea appears to have successfully launched an 'object' into orbit.
"North American Aerospace Defense Command officials acknowledged today that U.S. missile warning systems detected and tracked the launch of a North Korean missile at 7:49 p.m. EST," noted the statement. "The missile was tracked on a southerly azimuth. Initial indications are that the first stage fell into the Yellow Sea. The second stage was assessed to fall into the Philippine Sea. Initial indications are that the missile deployed an object that appeared to achieve orbit. At no time was the missile or the resultant debris a threat to North America."
Note these are still initial indications. Early South Korean and Japanese media reports indicated that the rocket appears to have roughly tracked with coordinates Pyongyang provided earlier to the International Maritime Organization, in a standard move to warn ships and aircraft to stay out of areas where rocket debris would be expected to fall. Now with a potentially successful satellite launch, it'd be a major success for North Korea, especially when compared to the last time North Korea fired a rocket. That launch, in April, failed after the rocket blew up after only 90 seconds, and never entered its second stage.
What was partly unexpected is the launch time, but only partly. The North Koreans originally gave a launch window between Dec. 10 and 22. On Monday, that launch window was extended to Dec. 29 and the rocket was reportedly pulled off its launch pad, according to the Yonhap News Agency. North Korea's state-run news agency KCNA also cited troubles on Monday with the rocket's first-stage engine as the reason for the extended window. That led to speculation that Pyongyang was grappling with unresolved technical problems leftover from a failed launch seven months ago. Perhaps not.
That report indicated Pyongyang's Unha-3 multiple-stage rocket — which was being readied for launch as recently as last week — had disappeared. A South Korean official told the agency that Pyongyang moved the rocket back to its assembly line in order to fix unspecified "technical problems." Previously, Pyongyang admitted on Monday there was something wrong with the rocket's engine. According to North Korea's state-run news agency KCNA, "scientists and technicians … are pushing forward the preparations for a launch" but they "found technical deficiency in the first-stage fire control engine module of the rocket."
South Korean media had previously reported that the rocket had been assembled and ready for fueling before it was taken down. But satellite images released late last week and dissected by North Korea observer Nick Hansen showed only a partially completed first-stage rocket, fueling speculation the Pyongyang was bogged down by snowfall. But then, that can happen when you try and launch a rocket in North Korea in the winter.
None of those were initially good signs for Pyongyang, which is attempting its fifth try at launching a satellite into orbit — the four previous attempts have all ended in failure. Or Pyongyang at least claims it's a satellite program: The United States believes it's actually a cover for a military weapons program, and moved four Navy guided-missile destroyers into position in case the rocket threatens Japan or the Philippines. (There's now no indication the U.S. or Japan tried to shoot the rocket down.) And days before, North Korea was assuring the world that it had fixed the technical problems that caused a much-hyped rocket launch in April to fail after 90 seconds and crash into the Yellow Sea.
It's impossible to know exactly what caused that previous rocket to fail, but one running theory has it being a problem with either the guidance system or first-stage engine. Earlier this month, Japanese news agency Kyodo News (alas, behind a paywall) reported that U.S. and Japanese officials had completed analyzing telemetry data from the April launch, which indicated one of those two culprits, or even a structural failure.
"The Kyodo report is interesting in part because if U.S. and Japanese experts were poring over the data until October or November to understand the failure, it calls into question whether North Korean engineers could have identified and remedied the problems in time for a December launch," wrote David Wright, a missile expert with the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
That also tracked with what Victoria Samson, a rocket expert with the Secure World Foundation, told Danger Room last week: The time frame between launches may just be too short for North Korea to have made significant upgrades. But Adm. Samuel Locklear, the U.S. Pacific Command chief, sounded a little freaked out over the possibility that North Korea has "progressively gained better technology over time."
Still, rocketry is an extraordinarily difficult engineering task. It's not uncommon for developed countries with advanced rocket programs to fail at it. Fixing one problem could create unintended faults to pop up elsewhere. Worse, North Korea uses old Soviet rocket parts and cobbles them together, and lacks the technical expertise and manufacturing processes needed for rockets to work well. Even if a rocket successfully launches a satellite it into space, it doesn't mean it can hit the United States, or carry much of a payload — let alone a nuclear one.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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The story of Rama
Indian miniatures from the National Museum, New Delhi
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22 May – 23 August 2015
Orde Poynton Gallery
A tale of love, loyalty, betrayal and the victory of good over evil, the Ramayana is one of the world's great epics. It is ubiquitous in Indian life and culture as popular entertainment and moral guidance. The best known form of the story is attributed to a transcription by Valmiki, a poet of the fourth century BCE, but the Ramayana has as many variants as it does narrators. In the extraordinary exhibition The story of Rama: Indian miniatures from the National Museum, New Delhi, the Ramayana is told through one hundred and one paintings, each illustrating a key moment from the narrative. It begins with a painting of the sage Narada asking Valmiki to write the story.
The Ramayana takes its name from the hero Rama, an exemplary prince and ideal man, admired for his honour, valour and compassion. Rama is an avatar of the great Hindu god Vishnu, preserver of peace, who takes an earthly form when he is needed to restore balance to the world. Among Vishnu's other avatars are Kurma the turtle, boar-headed Varaha and the much-adored Krishna, all of whom are depicted with distinctive blue skin of varying intensities.
In legend, Vishnu was resting atop Shesha, king of the serpent gods, in his heavenly abode when woken by 3333 gods calling him to Earth to vanquish Ravana, the destructive demon king of Lanka. At the same time, King Dasaratha of Ayodhya was engaged in sacrifice in the hope of being granted a son. He was astounded when Vishnu, in the form of a beautiful young man holding a bow and arrow, emerged from a burst of flames and announced himself as Rama, eldest son of Dasaratha. Rama's three younger brothers were born of two of Dasaratha's three wives: Bharata was the son of Kaikeyi and Lakshmana and Shatrughna were Sumitra's twin boys.
Good, handsome and extremely strong, Rama won the hand of the virtuous Sita, an incarnation of Vishnu's consort Lakshmi, goddess of beauty and prosperity, in a contest of strength and skill. Rama easily lifted and shot an arrow from the bow of the god Shiva, accurately hitting a tiny, moving target. The weapon had proved impossible for the other suitors to even budge. Among them was the demon king Ravana, who swore revenge after learning of Sita's amusement at his failed attempt; in another version of the story, Ravana's wrath is instead incurred when Rama rejects the advances of the demon king's sister.
Afraid that Rama would become king ahead of her son Bharata, Kaikeyi manipulated King Dasaratha into exiling Rama for fourteen years and making Bharata heir to the throne. Rama dutifully complied and, with Sita and Lakshmana, went to live in a forest. Dasaratha died heartbroken and Bharata, loyal to Rama, reluctantly ruled as regent. While in exile, Sita was enchanted by a golden deer and asked Rama to catch it for her as a companion. As the elusive deer (Ravana's evil uncle Maricha in disguise) led Rama further and further away, Sita was abducted by Ravana. The deer chase is represented in a fine and sparse early seventeenth-century painting depicting the beautiful animal leaping away from blue-skinned Rama who, with one foot in the air, stands ready with his bow and arrow.
With the help of the monkey general Hanuman and his army, Rama and Lakshmana searched for Sita. The many adventures and obstacles along the way are dramatically played out through the miniatures. An image from the modern state of Himachal Pradesh in the foothills of the Himalayas is one of three paintings in the exhibition representing the mighty final battle between Rama and Ravana.
The clash, involving the monkey army and the demon forces with bulging eyes and fangs fighting alongside the primary hero and villain, is illustrated in lively and gruesome detail. While multi-headed Ravana is graphically decapitated, his heads regrowing each time, heavenly beings in floating boats scatter blossoms on Rama, who kneels astride the white horses of Indra, king of the gods. The style of the painting is described as Guler after the previous name of the state in which it was created. Guler is one of several painting schools, including Kangra, Basohli and Mandi, which are also categorised under the wider term Pahari (from pahar, meaning 'hill' or 'mountain').
Another Pahari painting depicts Sita, once rescued, undergoing a trial by fire to prove she has been faithful to Rama. In a lush green landscape, Sita emerges from the flames unscathed and is shown on the left side of the painting seated beside Rama and receiving the gods, including Shiva, wearing a tiger-skin cloth, four-headed Brahma and Agni, the god of fire, as well as the monkey allies. After all the drama, tension and violence associated with Sita's rescue, Rama, Lakshmana, Sita, Hanuman, the monkey king Sugriva and attendants return victorious to Ayodhya in a flying chariot rich with floral ornamentation. The chariot, one of the spoils of Rama's victory, had been stolen by Ravana from his own brother to whom it was a gift from Brahma. The return of the heroes to Ayodhya was marked with great joy, the city resplendent with the light of oil lamps. Their homecoming is the origin of Divali, the festival of lights held each autumn to celebrate the triumph of goodness, knowledge and light over evil, ignorance and darkness.
Created between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries from across India, the paintings not only present the fantastic story of the Ramayana but also the diversity of regional painting styles that developed over time. Most of the paintings were originally created as illustrations to written manuscripts that have long since dispersed. A key image is a painting of Rama seated cross-legged on a large lotus blossom and holding the bow and arrow that are his identifying attributes. For all the extraordinary detail and complexity of so many of the paintings in the exhibition, this Basohli-style portrait shows Rama in profile against an unadorned background of pure, rich orange.
It is a great pleasure to be able to display these one hundred and one paintings from the National Museum, New Delhi, and to share the excitement of the Ramayana with visitors to the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. The exhibition marks an important collaboration between these two premier national institutions.


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Dovre Group Plc (DOV1V), a Finnish project management services provider, bought a minority stake in Sararasa Biomass Pte. Ltd. to expand into renewable energy.
Dovre will invest about 1.4 million euros ($1.9 million) in Sararasa's first project, an Indonesian plant making pellets from wood waste materials, the Espoo-based company said today in a statement. Stahl Capital Ltd., a financial investor, also owns the plant.
Sararasa, based in Singapore, makes pellets made from waste such as sawdust or shavings for use in power plants in Asia. The waste material is compressed under high pressure to form pellets that are a "virtually carbon dioxide neutral" source of energy, according to the company's website.
"Our intention is to work together with Sararasa on other biomass-to-energy projects in the future," Janne Mielck, chief executive of Dovre, said in the statement. The company, which had net sales of 73 million euros last year, is studying developing, financing and managing renewable energy projects with local developers, according to the statement.
Terms of the transaction weren't disclosed.
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