text:
Plantain:Pharmacology and Applications.
- Basic Botanical Information of Plantain.
- Botanical Description of Common plantain.
- What is Plantain Seed?
- Functions of Plantain Seed.Semen plantaginis.
- Indications,Combinations and Administration of Plantain.
- Phytochemicals and Constituents of Plantain.
- Plantain:Pharmacology and Applications.
- Plantain:Psyllium seed,Psyllium husk,The Amazing Fiber!
- Rearch Update:Plantain Seed.
Plantain:Pharmacology and Applications.
Uses in General:
The Plantain contains Ascorbic-acid, Apigenin, Baicalein, Benzoic-acid, Chlorogenic-acid, Citric-acid,
and Ferulic-acid, Oleanolic-acid, Salicylic-acid, and Ursolic-acid are beneficial for human body.
Traditionally used for the treatment of:Respiratory Complaints.Coughs.Inflammation.
Plantain leaves and seed are used as:Antibacterial.Antidote.Astringent.Antiinflammatory.Antiseptic.Antitussive;Cardiac.
Psyllium has three major uses that have been well documented by modern scientific research. These include the treatment of diarrhea, the relief of constipation,and the lowering of serum cholesterol levels. Psyllium also has other uses in folk medicine that have not been scientifically documented.
Psyllium seed is high in dietary fiber, making it a good bulk laxative for treating chronic constipation. It is also used to soften stools and ease bowel movements after operations involving the anus and rectum, when hemorrhoids or anal fissures are present; or during pregnancy to lessen the strain of bowel movements.
Psyllium seeds are coated with a substance called mucilage that swells or "bulks up" when exposed to water. This extra volume stimulates the movement of material through the bowel. In addition, the moist, gummy mucilage lubricates the lining of the intestine. Both United States health authorities and the German Federal Health Agency's Commission E, established in 1978 to independently review and evaluate scientific literature and case studies pertaining to herb and plant medications, approve the use of psyllium to treat constipation.
Although it may at first seem contradictory, psyllium is also used to treat diarrhea and bouts of irritable bowel syndrome, a condition in which periods of diarrhea alternate with periods of constipation. As psyllium passes through the intestines, it absorbs water. This reduces the amount of fluid in the bowel and helps to control diarrhea. Both United States health authorities and the German Commission E have approved the use of psyllium to treat diarrhea.
German health authorities approved the use of psyllium to reduce serum cholesterol levels in the early 1990s, while the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not permit health claims to be made for psyllium content in foods until 1997. In that year, the FDA reviewed several scientific studies indicating that a daily intake of 10.2 grams of psyllium seed husk, combined with a diet low in saturated fats, consistently lowered blood cholesterol levels. A recent Canadian study confirmed the FDA's daily intake recommendation. Moreover, an improvement in the ratio of high-density lipoproteins (HDL, or "good" cholesterol) to low-density lipoproteins (LDL, or "bad" cholesterol) occurs when psyllium is used on a daily basis. The beneficial effects of psyllium on blood cholesterol levels, however, are somewhat affected by sex and age. Other surveys have found that wellness programs in which psyllium intake is one component of personalized behavioral change recommendations are more effective in lowering blood cholesterol than simply taking psyllium by itself.
In addition to these approved therapeutic uses, psyllium is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat stomach and intestinal ulcers, heartburn, and to help manage non-insulin dependent (type 2) diabetes. One Western study showed that psyllium taken before meals reduced the rise in blood glucose that occurred after eating, suggesting a valid role for psyllium in diabetes management. Additional studies are being undertaken.
In Ayurvedic medicine, psyllium is used to cleanse the body by absorbing toxins in the large intestine so that they can be eliminated from the body. Some herbalists believe this action helps reduce the risk of colon cancer. Psyllium is also used by Ayurvedic practitioners to treat urethritis.
Historical Use:
Plantain has long been considered by herbalists to be a useful remedy for cough, wounds, inflamed skin or dermatitis, and insect bites.Bruised or crushed leaves have been applied topically to treat insect bites and stings, eczema, and small wounds or cuts. It was considered by herbalists to be a gentle, soothing expectorant, and additionally to have a mild astringent effect said to help remedy hemorrhoids or bladder infections with mild amounts of blood in the urine.
It is thought to have been a European herb originally, but nowadays, it can be found growing throughout the world. Plantain seeds have even been found in Egyptian tombs, so you know it's been around a LONG time.
Traditional/Ethnobotanical uses:
Plantain has long been associated with agriculture. Certain species have been spread by human colonization, particularly that of Europeans. As such, North American Indians and New Zealand Maori refer to plantain as "Englishman's foot," because it spread from areas of English settlement. P. lanceolata and P. major have been used in herbal remedies and sometimes were carried to colonies intentionally for that purpose. Psyllium seed has been found in malt refuse (formerly used as fertilizer) and wool imported to England. It has been commonly used in birdseed. Pulverized seeds are mixed with oil and applied topically to inflamed sites. Decoctions have been mixed with honey for sore throats. The seeds and refined colloid are used commonly in commercial bulk laxative preparations.
Miscellaneous uses:
The psyllium in plantain has been used as GI therapy, to treat hyperlipidemia, for anticancer effects, and for respiratory treatment. In human studies, plantain has been effective for chronic bronchitis, asthma, cough, and cold. Clinical studies show that psyllium seed is useful as a bulk laxative. Many reports on psyllium have concluded that it can be helpful in treating various hyperlipidemias. A polyphenolic compound from P. major leaves was found to exhibit cholesterol-lowering activity. In addition, the mechanism by which plantago reduces cholesterol also may include enhancement of cholesterol elimination as fecal bile acids. Research reveals no information regarding the use of plantain as an anticancer agent.
Edible uses:
Plantain is very edible, though a little strong. It is best before flowering since the leaves begin to get really tough after that. I still use it throughout the year; just slice the leaves across the fibers and cook well. It has an interesting and hearty taste, and it's very good for you, with lots of calcium and vitamin C and a good amount of vitamin A. The flower shoots can also be eaten when tender and provide you with some B1 (thiamine).
Plantain (plantago) carries the old label of waybread. This term usually refers to a hard bread that you can take traveling. It keeps for a long time and will sustain you on a journey.Now where plantain fits into this definition, I don't know. I did find mention of an herb that you could eat that would sustain you for 12 days. That begins to make some sense, because plantain is a very nutritious and medicinal herb.
Anti-inflammatory effects:
Plantain Seed can significantly decrease capillary permeability in the skin and in the abdominal cavity, and decrease red blood cell membrane's permeability.Experiments on the adherence of Neisseria gonorrheae to human urethra epithelial cells show that Plantain Seed can significantly decrease the number of NG adhered to the surface of human urethra epithelial cells, and help keep the host organism relatively intact.
Anti-aging effects:
Experiments show that administered to mice, Plantain Seed can significantly increase the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), decrease the lipid peroxide level, increase the median hemolytic concentration (HC50), lengthen the subjects'swimming time, and enhance their anti-hypoxic capability.
Effects on gastrointestinal movement:
Plantain Seed can increase the water content in the intestine, improve peristalsis and bowel movement, and relieves diarrhea.Plantain Seed gelatin, however, has a lapactic effect, and helps ameliorate constipation.
Effects on the joint capsule:
Experiments show that injected to rabbits' knee cavity, 5%Plantain Seed solution can promote the proliferation of join capsule synovium's connective tissue, thereby recovering the normal tension of relaxed joint capsules.
Effects on intraocular pressure:
Experiments show that administered to rabbits by endogastric perfusion at 2.5g/kg for 3-6 days, Plantain Seed can slightly lower the subjects' intraocular pressure. The treatment can not counteract water load-induced increase in intraocular pressure in rabbits, however.
Fast acting bulk laxative:
Psyllium is a natural fast acting bulk laxative that is high in fiber and mucilage. It helps restore normal bowel functions, promotes healthy colon function, cleanses the large intestines, expels toxins, and may be beneficial for constipation, intestinal inflammation, stomach and duodenal ulcers. irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, and cholesterol levels. Studies at the University of Kentucky and the Veterans Affairs medical center in Lexington Ky showed that Serum total and LDL-cholesterol concentrations were 4.7% and 6.7% lower in a 24-26 week time span after being given psyllium.
Astringent,anti-toxic,antimicrobial,anti-inflammatory,as well as demulcent, expectorant, styptic and diuretic:
Plantago spp. are often used as herbal remedies. The herb is astringent, anti-toxic, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, as well as demulcent, expectorant, styptic and diuretic. Externally, a poultice of the leaves is useful for insect bites, poison-ivy rashes, minor sores, and boils. In folklore it is even claimed to be able to cure snakebite (but at least for actually dangerous snakebites this is certainly untrue). Internally, it is used for coughs and bronchitis, as a tea, tincture, or syrup. The broad-leaved varieties are sometimes used as a leaf vegetable for salads, green sauce, et cetera.
Plantain seed husks expand and become mucilaginous when wet, especially those of P. psyllium, which is used in common over-the-counter bulk laxative and fiber supplement products such as Metamucil. P. psyllium seed is useful for constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, dietary fiber supplementation, and diverticular disease. Recent research is also showing it to be promising in lowering cholesterol and controlling diabetes.
Psyllium supplements are typically used in powder form, along with adequate amounts of fluids. A dose of at least 7 grams daily taken with adequate amounts of fluid (water, juice) is used by some for management of elevated cholesterol. There are a number of psyllium products used for constipation. The usual dose is about 3.5 grams twice a day. Psyllium is also a component of several ready-to-eat cereals.
In India, mucilage from (Plantago ovata) is obtained by grinding off the husk. The mucilageis sold as Isabgol, a laxative which is used to control irregular bowel syndrome and constipation. It is also used in cereals as a treatment of mild to moderate hypercholesterolemia and for reducing blood glucose. It has been used as an indigenous Ayurvedic and Unani medicine for a whole range of bowel problems including chronic constipation, amoebic dysentry and diarrhoea.
In Romania and Bulgaria, leaves from Plantago major are used as a folk remedy to preventing infection on cuts and scratches because of its antiseptic properties.
Uses of Plantain leaf and Seeds:
If use externally a poultice of the leaves is useful to cure insect bites, poison-ivy rashes, minor sores, and boils if taken internally its useful for coughs and bronchitis, as a tea, tincture, or syrup.
Taken internally, common plantain is diuretic,expectorant, and decongestant. It is commonly prescribed for gastritis, peptic ulcers, diarrhea, dysentery,irritable bowel syndrome, respiratory congestion, loss of voice and urinary tract bleeding.
The seeds are closely related to psyllium seeds and can be used similarly, a tablespoon or two soaked in hot sweetened water or fruit juice until a mucilage is formed and the whole gruel drunk as a lubricating laxative.
The fresh juice can be made into a douche for vaginitis by combining two tablespoons and a pint of warm water with a pinch of table salt.
Proteolytic enzymes found in the fresh leaf and the fresh or dried root make plantain useful as a gentle internal vasoconstrictor for milk intestinal inflammation.
The fresh juice or dried leaves in tea can help bladder inflammations.
The fresh juice can be preserved with 25% vodka or 10% grain alcohol.
Take one teaspoon in warm water one hour before every meal for mild stomach ulcers.
For bed-wetting plantain leaf can be given as a beverage-strength tea throughout the day (but not right before bedtime).
Staunches blood flow and encourages the repair of damaged tissue:It may be used instead of comfrey in treating bruises and broken bones.
Drawn the poison:
Once, a friend of my daughter was bitten by a brown recluse spider. After several trips to the doctor and a referral to a surgeon, he put some macerated plantain (plantago majora) leaves on the bite. That night, a lot of black liquid came out. The plantain seemed to have drawn the poison.
The next morning the bite was much improved and he could actually walk. When he went back to the surgeon later that day, there was just a deep hole where the bite had been. There's something really gratifying about seeing the surprised look on a doctor's face when he doesn't understand what has happened.
Pliny the Elder once said that you could put plantain into a pot with pieces of flesh, and the pieces would join back together. This herb is well-known as a natural remedy for wounds and bites.
Uses of Plantain lotion:An ointment or lotion may be used to treat hemorrhoids, fistulae and ulcers.
Summary:Medicinal uses and health benefits of psyllium
Psyllium seed consists of soluble and insoluble polysaccharides (cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin). The seeds contain protein, triglycerides, starch and a fixed oil. Psyllium husk contains a high proportion of hemicellulose. Psyllium is astringent, antitoxic, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, demulcent, expectorant and diuretic. Psyllium contains mucilage which is used in common over-the-counter bulk laxative and fiber supplement products for constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, dietary fiber supplementation, and diverticular disease. Psyllium seed is high in dietary fiber, making it a good bulk laxative for treating chronic constipation. Psyllium has hypocholesterolemic effects. Psyllium is effective in lowering total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol levels in some with hypercholesterolemia. In the intestines, psyllium may stick to cholesterol contained in foods, keeping it from being absorbed by the body and forcing it to be eliminated. Psyllium may also trap and eliminate bile acids. Psyllium may be recommended by a physician to help soften stool and reduce the pain associated with hemorrhoids. Psyllium speeds the passage of stool through the digestive tract by softening the stool and attracting water thereby producing more bulk. Mucilage in psyllium acts as a soothing lubricant to the intestinal walls and may benefit to people with medical conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome. Externally, a poultice of the leaves is useful for insect bites, poison ivy rashes, minor sores.
Active constituents:Polysaccharides (cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin), protein, triglycerides, starch and a fixed oil.
Health benefits:Effective in lowering total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol levels in some with hypercholesterolemia.
Cosmetic Uses:Plantago Lanceolata Leaf Extract (Plantago) is derived from Plantago Leaves,it has anti-inflammatory and healing effects on damaged skin, astringent properties.
Pharmacological effects of Plantain Herb.
1.The impact of the urinary system: plantain have a diuretic effect, can make dogs, rabbits and human water discharge increased, and increased discharge urea, uric acid and sodium chloride. Plantain ethanol extracts inhibit the horse kidney Na + -K + -ATP enzyme activity, and dose-dependent, 50% inhibition of Na + -K + -ATP activity amount (IC50) was 16.0μg / ml. Plantain water extraction and alcohol precipitation solution to 0.5g crude drug / kg intravenously to dogs, causing a significant increase in urine output, and ureteral peristalsis frequency enhancement, ureteral intraluminal pressure. Pressure variations showed motility, short (15-70 seconds) and long tension (70 seconds or more) tension pressure. This synergistic aspects, which will help ureteral stones down, which may be one of the mechanisms plantain diuretic row of stone.
2.Cough,asthma,expectorant effect: decoction of plantain in high and low doses to cats orally, can make the cat cough induced by electrical stimulation of a significant increase in the threshold, and increase with dose, plotted strengthened. Mice fed 30g / kg Plantain decoction can significantly inhibit the ammonia-induced cough. A significant increase in the outflow of lung plantain decoction 2.0 × 10 (-2) g / L can Rabbits bronchopulmonary specimens. Plantain decoction can significantly histamine, acetylcholine-induced contraction of isolated guinea pig trachea, trachea smooth muscle relaxation, have asthma. Rabbits fed psyllium decoction, make rabbit tracheal secretion increased significantly, there is a certain expectorant effect. Plantain decoction fed to cats, cats can anesthetized tracheal secretions increased significantly expectorant effect, but the effect is not as bellflower. 3-6 hours after administration peak effect can be maintained for 6-7 hours. Glycosides In addition to the vehicle in front can promote the secretion of the trachea and bronchial mucus, but also can inhibit the respiratory center, deepens breathing slow, and there are some antitussive effect.
3.The original microbial resistance: plantain flooding agent in vitro for concentric Trichophyton, wool-like small spores rubrum, star slave card bacteria have different degrees of inhibition. Tablet burrow Prove Staphylococcus aureus plantain highly sensitive, moderately sensitive Song Shigella, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi mildly sensitive. Plantain alcohol extract 15mg / ml are killing leptospirosis role.
4.Stomach,intestinal effects:to stomach and stomach illness before Pavlov small dog drenched grass extract or vehicle infusion 0.5g / kg, for a two-way regulation of gastric secretion; to pilocarpine-induced gastric secretion and adrenaline caused by excessive secretion of gastric juice is too small, have antagonism. Plantain working condition of the stomach are inhibited, the quiet state of the stomach but no action. Plantain is also a temporary increase in intestinal fluid secretion, no significant effect on the bowel motion. Plantago major leaf water before extracted pectin can lower the car 95 percent of rats with gastric ulcer index, promote dog gastric secretion,reduce rabbit isolated intestinal contraction amplitude, and barium chloride and contraction against histamine.Plantain pectin brake on mouse gastric ulcer, gastric ulcer caused by aspirin, phenylbutazone-induced gastric ulcer model have a good preventive effect. Plantago leaves fruit powder can also extend the gastric emptying time in rats.
5.Anti-inflammatory effects: Rat oral vehicle pectin 0.5g / kg or 1g / kg, inflammatory edema caused by the formaldehyde or dextran, significantly inhibited.
6.Other effects: plantain extract on Ehrlich ascites carcinoma and sarcoma S180 in mice have weaker inhibition. Before the car glycosides (plantaginin) small doses can make rabbits slow heartbeat, increased amplitude, high blood pressure, high doses can cause a heart attack, blood pressure is lowered. It also makes breathing becomes deep and slow increases, promote the secretion of bronchial and digestive tract and promote bowel, uterine movement. Aucubin whole plant contains a purgative effect on the mice, taking six hours after the start of diarrhea, its median effective dose of 0.39g / kg. Aucubin can also protect the liver against carbon tetrachloride and α- Amanita Tan virulence factors, it is Amanita lamb (Amanita phalloides) such poisonous mushrooms antidote. Obtained from the car in front Phenylethanoid glucoside compound (phenylethanoid glycosides) has antioxidant effects in rat liver microsomes with ADP and NADPH-induced lipid peroxidation in, IC50 plantain glycosides D is 0.36μmol/L.
- 1.Plantago asiatica,the Plantain Herb and Plantain Seed,a traditional herb for diuresis promoting and stranguria ,its introductions and applications.
Article Information:
♥The article and literature were edited by Herbalist of MDidea Extracts Professional.It runs a range of descriptions about the titled herb and related phytochemicals, including comprehensive information related, summarized updating discoveries from findings of herbalists and clinical scientists from this field.The electronic data information published at our official website https://www.mdidea.com and https://www.mdidea.net, we tried to update it to latest and exact as possible.
♣ last edit date:


text:
Navy Federal CU Takes PR Online, Ranked a Tech-Savvy Lender
VIENNA, Va. - Navy Federal Credit Union has simplified its media relations by revamping its Public Relations Web site. Navy Federal uses the site to deliver timely news and information to the media The latest feature is the credit union's "commentary on the issue", including commentary letters to NCUA, other federal government agencies and credit union trade associations. The site also covers such information as the credit union's corporate background and current operating statistics. In other news, Navy FCU was ranked ninth by Mortgage Technology among the magazine's 2002 list of online retail lenders. The annual list includes the top 25 mortgage lenders who best leverage technology - online and off - for retail and wholesale lending and back-office operations, as well as for various user interfaces. Navy FCU was the only credit union included in the ranking. Navy originated $2.4 billion in online mortgage loans in 2002, more than double what it did in 2002 - $1.1 billion. The magazine cited the $19-billion credit union's electronic mortgage technology, specifically Navy's electronic lien (`eLien) release program to transmit lien releases electronically to County Recorders. In June 2003, Navy FCU sent 800 eLien releases to four county recording offices throughout the U.S. Mortgage Technology wrote of Navy FCU that, "With a significant number of its members at sea aboard warships at any given time, offering those members the ability to complete loan transitions electronically is not a minor consideration." Other mortgage lenders on the top 25 ranking list included banks, mortgage brokers, and online mortgage lenders.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Students involved in the Coweeta Schoolyard LTER program are engaged in real and relevant research through citizen science. Citizen science, simply put, is the involvement of non-scientists in the scientific process. It is accomplished through projects ranging from tagging Monarch butterflies in the fall as part of the University of Kansas's Monarch Watch program or collecting stream water from a local creek to assess phosphate levels as part of an assessment on local water quality..
Theme by Danetsoft and Danang Probo Sayekti inspired by Maksimer


text:
It's now called Med Kitchen. But the oakwood floors are the same. You walk into the hall where Frank Doel came back from his buying trips; to ship Newman's first edition and Latin Vulgate to Helene. And you climb down the solid wood stairs to the cellars (now restrooms) that held long tables with their precious treasures.
I was sombre over my starter of olives with Pimms. By the time I finished my entree of Penne Arrabita, I was close to tears. I could not order dessert for the fear I'd burst out crying.
For gone are the display windows. And the upstairs room where Helene scooped up the white lettering. Also long gone is the Poole's at 86 where Pat Buckley showed up to get his copy autographed.
But how about this Helene - I finally made it!
PS: I wrote this in July 2007, but it is such an integral part of my London memories that I just had to post it...If you don't know what I am talking about, go read 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff!
PPS: Contrary to my fears, London weather is holding up beautifully. Five days, and it's still sunny!
Monday, September 22, 2008
2 comments:
- Shreya said...
Interesting post! Hope the weather holds beautifully for more days to come:-)
- September 23, 2008 at 1:28 AM
- bonaaaann said...
i've just read The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street and i'm wondering what pat buckley looks like. i guess i'll never know now.
- January 9, 2010 at 7:50 PM
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Carol Perdue
Found 10 Records, 10 Photos and 248,071 Family Trees
Born. Carol married Arnold Steinbis and had 4 children.
Family Members
Ready to discover your family story?
Simply start with yourself and we'll do the searching for you.
Potential photos and documents for Carol PerdueView All 10 Images
Top record matches for Carol Perdue
Surname meaning for "Perdue"
English and Irish: from Old French par Dieu 'by God', which was adopted in Middle English in a variety of more or less heavily altered forms. The surname represents a nickname from a favorite oath. According to MacLysaght, the surname in Ireland belonged to a French Protestant family who settled in County Cork.


text:
The two side's European fortunes could not have been more contrasting this season, as Harlequins were rampant in their group, while the Irish side scraped into the quarter-finals as the second-best runner-up.
The fixture, due to be played 5-7 April, is a highlight as Munster's European credentials will severely test the entertaining London side.
The winner will have to travel to France to face the winner of Clermont and Montpellier after the semi-final draw was announced on Sunday evening.
After a bonus-point victory at the weekend, Saracens were rewarded with a home tie against Ulster. The Irish side have been imperious domestically this season but have stalled slightly in Europe.
Sarries, who seem to have found a cutting edge in this competition, will fancy their chances at their new stadium, Allianz Park, in April.
Leicester, who triumphed in their must-win match against Toulouse in snowy conditions, face a daunting trip to the French "Galaticos" Toulon, in what is guaranteed to be a thriller.
It is a clash of mentality as the Tigers pride themselves on their team unity and collective might, while the French side can draw on pure inspiration and individual brilliance from any one of their superstars.
If both English sides get through then they will face each other in a semi-final to be played on 26-28 April.
Harlequins v Munster
Clermont Auvergne v Montpellier
Toulon v Leicester
Saracens v Ulster
(Ties to be played on the weekend of 5-7 April)
Saracens or Ulster v Toulon or Leicester
Clermont Auvergne or Montpellier v Harlequins or Munster
(Ties to be played on the weekend of 26-28 April)
MORE: Africa Cup of Nations 2013: Zambia held by 10-man Ethiopia
MORE: The latest football news
MORE: The latest tennis news
BIOGRAPHY: Cesc Fabregas


text:
Rep. visits Hampton
By Patrick Cronin
HAMPTON -- First District Congressman Jeb Bradley spoke to local business owners on everything from rising gas prices to what he can do to help them to succeed on the federal level while on a tour of the downtown business area in Hampton.
Wednesday's political stop was one of many the congressman has made this summer through the 80 towns he serves while on the campaign trail to get re-elected in November.
Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce President Doc Noel guided Bradley on his tour as they stopped in at several businesses including Zesto Pizza, Hampton Vision Center and Custom Travel.
While on the walk the duo discussed the state of local businesses in the area and what is being done to revitalize the area since the departure of several longtime businesses from the downtown.
The closings of Colt News Store, 7-Eleven, Bib N Crib and Funny Bones this year had some people worried the downtown is not what it used to be -- a shopping destination.
Midge Dawes, of Naturally Silk Custom Plant and Floral Designs, told Bradley numerous business owners are banding together to try revive the area.
"If we don't do it, no one will," Dawes said. "I've been in business here for 21 years and I'm staying here. We need to join together and do things as a group to let people know that we are down here."
They are currently working on a project in September to bring music to the Gazebo to attract people back to the downtown.
Noel told Bradley while several businesses may have closed, several new ones are on the way including a new Starbucks where a Shell Gas Station used to be located.
When asked what he could do to help small business succeed, Bradley said he would like to see additional tax incentives for small business.
"I would also like to see a federal initiative that would allow small-business owners through a chamber of commerce to group together with other chambers of commerce around the country and get the benefit of greater buying power with insurance," Bradley said.
"This is a reform that is long overdue. It passed the House a couple times, but it's been blocked in the Senate. I'm hopeful when we get back in September we will find a way to get that passed because that will offer relief in health -care costs for small business."
Several business owners wanted to know what can be done about the high gas prices.
"My biggest problem is that I'm paying too much at the pump for gas," said Jerry Sterrit, of New York Life Insurance.
"We all are," Bradley responded.
The "proud owner of a Ford Escape hybrid SUV," Bradley said he co-sponsored legislation to increase tax credits for fuel-efficient cars.
"I don't think we should be telling you that you can't buy a minivan or an SUV," Bradley said. "But at the same time, if we encourage people through tax credits to buy hybrids, then that's a better way to go."
Bradley said he also supports repealing the tax and tariff on imported ethanol in hopes of increasing availability to keep gas prices down.
Bradley said he enjoyed his tour of the downtown, especially his new favorite coffee shop, Caffé Fresco.
"I think there is a vibrant retail community here and people are working to expand," Bradley said. "Talking to most of the business owners they seem to be optimistic with the direction of the economy is going.
"A big part of my job is to try and reflect New Hampshire values in Washington," he said. "That's why I think it's so important to do these types of things where people have a chance to talk to me and tell me what's on their mind. Tell me what they like and maybe what they don't like."


text:
Where I work we have several DVD recorders, this particular case refers to two Pioneer DVR-530H ones. We went to two live events, the cameras were plugged to a switcher board, which then was plugged to one DVD recorder to record the whole event (originally the cameras were supposed to record, but to make a long story short, they didn't).
Back at the office a co-worker checks two DVR-530H from the events, sees that both are there, so he proceeds to download one of the events to DVD, checks them, makes copies (for archival and for the client), then starts deleting the tracks one by one the from the DVR to make room for future events.... then he goes to do the same on the other DVR... and finds that all the files are deleted there as well (our guess was that the second DVR was also picking up the remote control signal from the first one as he was deleting the tracks). After the obligatory yelling fit from the boss (he wasn't fired) now we're faced with a dilemma.... can the video tracks be recovered somehow?
The DVR was unplugged and hasn't been used since then (well, after a bit of frantic searching looking for the files), we recovered some bits of video here and there from other sources, but the main one was there and the client wants it... help?
Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker or buy PlayOn and record Netflix! :)
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker or buy PlayOn and record Netflix! :)
+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 2 of 2
The Pioneer 530 series does not have an "undelete" function for HDD recordings, only dvds. Once you erase a video from the HDD, there is no way (none) to recover it using the recorder controls.
If these lost event recordings will cost you an important client, you will have to try and recover them using a PC. You'll need to carefully remove the HDD from the recorder and attach it to the internal IDE/PATA and Molex power connections of a desktop PC. The Pioneer HDD is formatted with a variation of the Linux file system: reading it will require a Windows-Linux utility (or booting the PC from a Linux CD/DVD). Identifying the files that comprise the lost event recording, and stitching them together into a single video that you can process into a standard DVD, will likely entail additional utilities. This sort of file recovery has rarely been reported or documented for Pioneer recorders, but the procedure for Panasonic file recovery should be roughly similar: try googling various A/V forums for "Panasonic DVD/HDD recorder file revovery" until you find a strategy you feel comfortable trying. If no one in your organization has ever done anything like this, and the client is valuable, I would suggest consulting a HDD file recovery specialist: they might be able to reset the file flags to "not deleted" (at significant $$$ expense).
Note the Pioneer recorders use proprietary methods to mate the HDD to each individual unit. Once the HDD is removed, the recorder may be rendered inoperable when it is put back in. There are many versions of the DVR-530, designed for various countries: some versions will not notice the HDD was removed/reinstalled, while others will not reboot correctly without first using the Pioneer Service Remote and Service DVD to reset a code number in the firmware.
Unfortunately there is no easy, quick, inexpensive solution to this dilemma: good luck to you!
Last edited by orsetto; 15th May 2014 at 00:41.


text:
Search Results
Entries tagged with "
Digital Spaces"
November 16, 2011 8:55 PM
Legacy Thinking tagged "Digital Spaces"
It's easy to post to Twitter or update your Facebook status. Not much to think about, right? Just because something is easy, it doesn't mean you shouldn't think about it. In my last Blog post, Liar's Remorse, I wrote about... Read more
April 21, 2011 3:24 PM
Defensive Branding tagged "Digital Spaces"
Should brands respond to all negative comments? The common held response to a question like that is usually a stern and obvious, "yes!" In theory, it makes perfect sense. In practice, what do you think is really going on? From... Read more


text:
New to PoetrySoup? Introduce yourself here. Tell us something about yourself.
Can't find a poem you've read before? Looking for a poem for a special person or an occasion? Ask other member for help.
Ways to improve your poetry. Post your techniques, tips, and creative ideas how to write better.
For poets who want unrestricted constructive criticism. This is NOT a vanity workshop. If you do not want your poem seriously critiqued, do not post here. Constructive criticism only. PLEASE Only Post One Poem a Day!!!
Ask PoetrySoup Members how to do something or find something on PoetrySoup.
These Tragic Love poems are examples of Tragic poems about Love. These are the best examples of Tragic Love poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
If you don't find the poem you want here, try our incredible, super duper, all-knowing, advanced poem search engine.
The Sad And Tragic Death Of Emily Hope
That night flew roaring Wind- a mighty gale
over hill and dale through windows left up
Had I then known its fruits, I'd have turned pale
for its destruction was a bitter cup!
Yet I, pen in busy hand onward wrote
verses quite dear, to my romantic love
Thus in writing fever, I took no note
of great black wrath descending from above!
Alas! How could I, her sad Fate have known
how dark winds, her dearest life with Fate sealed
Foul and wicked Wind's evil had thus blown
tragic death, no prayer could have repealed!
Her home blown into badly broken heaps
her fragile body under massive weight
My soul cried out, in greatest depths sad weeps
for evil often works with Hand Of Fate!
Then destroyed, my once so happy belief
in love's magic and promised paradise
From this darkened world, I found no relief
just enough bread and water to suffice!
Once thinking of death by gun or short rope
in love-lost grief life, nothing came around
Then I recalled, hope, her last name was Hope
in that word, my recovery was found!
Robert J. Lindley, 1-18-2017
Syllables Per Line: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Total # Syllables: 240
Total # Words: 186
Note- A sad one , because life with its joys , often brings in tragic and sad events..
We that survive such must learn to live with it and always have hope in future happiness and love of family...
Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2017
How would we define the difference between magic and tragic
Your first kiss under a big bright yellow moon is definitely "magic"
Or maybe in later years when you pull out a ring
And ask her to marry you and she says, "Yes oh yes, my darling Fred"
When your actual name is Anthony!!!
WOW! That's not what I would call "magic"... that's more like "tragic!"
It's "magic" when your first wee one comes along
But has a strong resemblance to your friend Howard
You question your dear wifey poo about it
And she confesses to an affair with not only Howard but with six others
That's tragic... oh yeah
Then you tell her you forgive her, it's all in the past
That's magic!
Life is filled with "magic" and "tragic" events
When "magic" wins you'll have a warm loving relationship!
© Jack Ellison 2014
Copyright © Jack Ellison | Year Posted 2014
She gave him her heart
But he went and tore it apart
She gave him her world
but he did everything to change it
She gave him happiness and joy
but his happiness was in her pain
She gave him forever
but forever means nothing to him
She was there for him
but he was never there for her
She gave him her life
but he took it from her
Nows she's six feet under
wondering where she went wrong
While he's happy with some different girl.
Without an inch of pain or regret In his soul
You know he never cared!
All he wanted was another heart to break
Another soul to scar
Another life to take
She meant nothing to him
but he meant the world to her
Behind the eyes of the once lover,
held the lies and deception of his plans,
his looks are deceiving
But even the devil fooled most
He abused her and used her
But she was too blind to see
That his plans where meant for an unhappy ending
He stalks in the middle of the night
Never making a single sound
Ready to take another soul forever
He was once human
Until things got to hard for him and he turned to P
He was the first of his kind
On his last day of his life
He has hoped to go to a
better place, but instead he got something much different
He watched his soul leave his body and lay for dead
He nearly cried out as his mother burst into the room
realizing what happened
He wanted to comfort her and tell her he was okay
But it was too late
He was gone
His main goal complete
But he never realized who he hurt in the process
His mother cries everyday on his birthday
His friends remain quite on his favorite days
Copyright © Jamesa Love | Year Posted 2015
They made their camp across the tracks upon the edge of town.
Their colored wagons in a circle, anchored to the ground.
Each night their music could be heard drifting through the air.
Their singing and their dancing, a tradition that they shared.
They cooked their food by fire and they bathed inside the pond.
But none would cross the railroad tracks or venture much beyond.
'No gypsies, tramps or thieves allowed,' written on a sign.
'No crossing back and forth, in either way across the line.'
But there were two who crossed the line at midnight every night.
Their burning love ignited underneath the starry light.
No wooden sign or words of hate could separate the two.
Their passion was undying, and their love was strong and true.
Sadly, the two lovers did not know the strength of hate.
Until they were discovered and they met their tragic fate.
Now their ghosts still meet at midnight underneath the moon.
Two lovers bound forever, their love was gone too soon.
April 26, 2012
Copyright © Samia Ali Salama | Year Posted 2012
Cold and frigid,
just like ice
I really should have
thought twice
About falling in
love with you
Doubting all the
stories were true
About the way you
treat women
If I could do it all
I wouldn't be so
blind and careless
Letting my heart be
so fearless
Falling for each
word and gesture
That you would treat
me much better
Than past loves and
never cheat
Making me feel
For a while you were
The chance I took to
make you mine
I thought would be
worth every minute
A happy life when
you are in it
Days, weeks, months
then our first year
Celebrating so much
AN anniversary I
wont forget
But not one I'll
ever let
Leave my mind as
long as I
Keep it there, my
heart won't die
From mistakes like
this anymore
Cause when I opened
up the door
Presents in my arms
for you
You gave me a
surprise too
Wrapped up in your
arms so tight
A secret lover in
the night
That was just as
shocked as me
Two victims of a
love story
With a sad ending
that is cruel
Because of a lying
That doesn't care
who he hurts
He just likes to
hunt and flirt
Copyright © robin davis | Year Posted 2014
Oh, how he struggles through storm swollen seas,
lost in the thought of his lover and he.
His toil made clear as he searches the night
for the flickering promise of her candle light.
Tossed by the waves as his muscles fatigue
in his grasp, a gift for his true love's intrigue.
Kept safe in the wrap of a soft silken veil
are fragrant white flowers, their scent to inhale.
Step by steep step she traverses each flight
to the top of the stairs to wait by the light.
From the cusp of the spire she hopes and she craves
to see her Leander arise from the waves.
He yearns to be near her on the distant land
and to touch her smooth skin with his calloused hand.
To hold her so gently and caress her soft breast
with his cheek pressed against her his body will rest.
His legs become heavy, his arms become weak
and he knows to attain his desire is bleak.
"Oh, Hero, my sweet I have lost you this night,"
the waters embrace him, he surrenders his life.
In the top of the tower above the tall trees
she waits for Leander to emerge from the sea.
Through the mist she can see him, dead on the sand,
the white petals upon him and strewn 'cross the land.
"Oh, Leander my love I have waited for thee,
but now you are gone, killed by the sea.
Never again to kiss your sweet lips,
I will join you," she spoke, as her foot she let slip.
Copyright © James Inman | Year Posted 2015
And in my dreams he sings to my young soul,
he is darkness, passion, lust,
and he is beautiful.
He is obsession, danger and desire,
hiding in labyrinth catacombs his disfigured face,
a scar I do not see.
He lives his shadowy existence,
feared by all
behind a mask he hides.
He is the Phantom of the Opera,
the grand Paris Opera House.
He has taught my voice to sing, sweet and strong,
while terrorizing all who care for me,
yet, I cannot resist his love.
He has created an underground palace, dazzling.
Yet, there is another who offers me romance,
he is handsome and has a quiet safety to offer me,
so, I must turn away, my love.
He is the Phantom of the Opera,
the grand Paris Opera House.
Go, forget me, let me go, it is over.
Inspired by The Seeker's contest, Phantom Lyrics
November 13, 2016
Inspired by the song, Phantom Of The Opera(it made me weep)
and the book written by Gaston Leroux, 1910, Horror Novel
Sixth Place
Copyright © Broken Wings | Year Posted 2016
If your hearts a brutal storm, I will walk right through.
If your hearts on fire, I will bare that pain too.
Theres not a thing, I wouldnt do for you.
I'd give my life, just to the see the one smile.
Not one hiding a victom, but one ensuring that she will stay for a while.
Not the one baring the girl who's insane, not the one who wants her life to end,
but the one who knows in me, she can depend.
All before the tragic end.
Copyright © Charles Jefferson | Year Posted 2012
Do you ever find yourself starving
eating the words you just said.
Or that thing you did,
that makes you hang your head in shame.
This is my reality!
I never wanted my life to turn out this way.
Had things not slip from the track I placed us on,
you'd never been gone.
Course maybe I'm wrong.
Things could have been destined for failure all a long.
In that case I was screwed either way.
Yet that doesn't ease the pain,
that I face on a day to day basis.
I miss looking in the mirror at our faces.
Their are those times when all my thoughts are gathered.
Placed in one small unit.
Their shut off to hear your laughter.
is the only conversation I'm after.
I could be struck dead in that moment,
and know I died happy.
Maybe this is the best thing that could happen for me,
I'm scared of a complete loss of you.
I'm like a baby boy,
still needing to be held & feed then tucked into bed,
a sweet dream and a kiss on the forehead.
I'm beginning to think I never was alive,
till this moment.
Reflecting back;
I cringe at those thoughts that put me where I am today.
I think about you crying,
or those times we fought,
and this puts me in a sad way.
Especially those times you begged me to stay.
Now I walk for miles in those shoes,
begging just the same.
Tragic Irony,
Everyone around can see,
but me.
Karma, definitely.
This is coming in 10 fold.
Teaching me what it feels like not to have the one you love
To hold.
If this were a card game Id understand why you'd fold.
Playing these cards to bold.
Right now I'm in the darkness, butt ass naked and cold.
You're looking down to say
How's this feel Jay?
Copyright © jay o'neal | Year Posted 2011
Up the steep wall Scotty climbed, soon he would be out of time
The ravine stood proud and tall, death was waiting if he'd fall
Down below they snapped their jaws, flung and threw their angry claws
Their eyes, they swirled round and round, hoping supper would be found
Scotty looked up, up above, he longed just to save his love
Lucy stood, tear in her eye, her face showed pain and she cried
Lucy wore a belt of rope, not by choice, not by her vote
A bandit had tied her there, took her purse, left without care
Scotty did put up a fight, Scotty fought with all his might
He got pushed over the edge, the bandit laughed from the ledge
Two hearts beat for each other, hoping not for another
Several more steps tot he top, love would not let Scotty stop
He huffed and puffed, pressing on, his strength was weak but not gone
Almost there, a few more feet, upon his face the sun beat
Then the edge found his bare hand, finally! the thought was grand
One more heave, Scotty was up, he stood, he held the golden cup
He ran straight for Lucy's side, happy they were, smiles wide
"Lucy, Lucy, I love you!" they were safe, their love was true
The day had been filled with fear, but that has now past, joy is here
The sunset now danced with glee, sadness was gone, jubilee
Copyright © Kimberly Clarke | Year Posted 2006
I've never felt like this before,
I've never loved a man.
I've never felt completely safe
Just by holding someone's hand.
I can't believe we lasted so long,
What do you have there?
I can't believe you're on your knee
So this is how much you care.
I love you so my dear,
Enough to say yes.
I love you to the ends of the earth.
So much, I'll even wear this dress.
Why are we fighting like this?
Won't you please sleep next to me?
Why don't you come home on time?
I'm too scared to face reality.
How did this happen?
I can't believe I was so stupid.
How could I not have seen?
I though it had been the work of Cupid.
Now my heart is shattered.
While your heart is just fine.
Now I'm all alone again,
Knowing you were never mine.
I'll never fall in love again.
You've destroyed me.
I'll never trust another man.
Seeing as you're left with ALL our money.
I must thank you though.
You've taught me a lesson I hold quite dear.
Never fall in love.
And never believe the words that you hear.
Copyright © whitney wilson | Year Posted 2013
Romeo is dead and juliet has followed
left me in tears and my heart do hollowed.
Jack has died and rose has dried
making my eyes watery
with no one to have them dried.
Paris triggered the fall of troy
stealing Helen, farest of sparta's toil
this nursed the war of trojan
inevitable, dem no fit dodge am....
Orpheus and eurydice
-it has a tragic end-
cleopatra and mark Anthony
-it has a tragic end-.
Tristan and iseult
- it has a tragic end-.
Napoleon and josephine
-it has a tragic end-.
Bonnie and clyde
-it has a tragic end-.
Even that broken hearted reading this
knew that now love always has a tragic end.
Copyright © Edoja Faith | Year Posted 2015
(This is a true story)
While a small chested lady was having breast enlargement surgery, she died.
Her boyfriend wanted her to have the surgery because he wasn't satisfied.
This poor lady's death was very sad and tragic.
She died because the doctor accidentally gave her too much anesthetic.
Because of her boyfriend, she's no longer around.
That jerk is enjoying life while she's in the ground.
If he couldn't love her for who she was, he should've set her free.
That wonderful lady deserved to be loved for her personality.
Copyright © randy johnson | Year Posted 2007
It's the course of every love song.
It's the tempo of every good bye.
The tone behind "I'll love you forever",
And the reason behind a midnight cry.
Maybe she's the girl who never noticed
Or he's the boy who never cared.
Regardless we stay awake night after night,
Wishing they were there.
It really makes no sense
For us to wish for more pain,
But it's better to pretend they know and care
Than sit alone, remembering yesterdays.
But once the fog has cleared,
And they are gone from our lives,
Are we freed from a curse
Or were they a blessing in disguise?
It's a stupid thing called life,
Filled with wonder and magic,
But it has an insane need
To turn everything beautifully tragic.
**For any poem wizards out there, if I ever label my poems incorrectly please tell me. I am terrible at categorizing and just put everything pretty much as free verse or I don't know. So if you know that it belongs elsewhere please let me know, it wouldn't be rude and you'd actually be doign me a huge favor. Thanks!**
Copyright © Nichole Parker | Year Posted 2015
We thought our love was magic
It turned to be tragic
We thought we were one soul
When neither had one
We hid the heart God gave us
We ran away from ourselves
The passion in my heart that burnt like flames
Turned to the rage of a fire
The sugar in my soul would never ease the vinegar in your heart
The stings of my heart never could play to your song of sour grapes
When the windows of my soul cascaded like a waterfall
My tears became the rapids of a river
When all I wanted was to be dipped in the moonlight
You dropped me in hell
Copyright © Susan Thoms | Year Posted 2006
These days have faded
Your nights are dead
Mush together
Inside her head
The act is so selfish
Her lips quiver in fear
She knows it's over
She senses you're there
She won't blackmail you again
Her mental wounds you can't mend.
Juliet however still reaches
For your hand.
She still loves you.
And wishes you'd understand
Why won't you hold her anymore?
He screams still echo
As you slam the door.
She stands alone
It was your mistake too.
Yet you blame her.
Have you forgotten
That it was you?
You stole her innocence
You didn't think twice
So why is it only
Her paying for the crime.
She kept your letters
She remembered those date's
But you forget her
It's her that you hate
She stands alone.
Skin pale
Knife in her hands
She gets on her knees
Ready to meet her fate.
You turn down the corridor
Run back to the door
Sweet Juliet
She's lying dead on the floor.
Copyright © Michell Reddy | Year Posted 2008
Love is tragic
With a harmful feeling
Of intense pain
Never fading
love is numb
With no feelings
Love is sorrow
With a broken heart
Shattered to pieces
Then torn apart
Love is blue
With no repairs
Love is misery
With constant company
So completly alone
Consumed by loneliness
Love is empty
With no fillers
Love is saddness
With a weeping soul
Inside crying always
Endless tear drops
Love is falling
With no tissues
Love is harmful
With a throbing pain
So distracting
So hurtful
Love is aching
With no soothers
Love is worthless
Love is pointless
Love is meaningless
Love is nothing
Love is love
With no happy endings
Copyright © mandy klein | Year Posted 2012
Brakes squeal
Metal smashes
Glass shatters
Hearts breaking
Bodies shaking
Dreams destroyed
Pain rips through me
As I fly through the air
All things leave me
Eternal sleep is what I do
Weep many not
Brief sadness only
Nevermore is love
Not even missed
Forever more I salk
Spirit weeping
All alone I am now
Replaced by another I am
Ment nothing to many
Trash thrown out
No ones treasure
No one soulmate
One weeps in pain
Sitting on the ground crying
I wipe tears away
My presents felt
Smile on ones face appears
My spirit clings to this one
Lost and confused am I
What happen?
Why am I here?
Questions fill the air
Bandages cover him
A light shines but I ignore
Pain stricken is he
A name that is not mine
A man that is hurt
Memories all gone
Days go by
He still weeps
Still broken and crushed
I attempt to comfort
Healing of wounds
I can no longer
He feels but cannot see
Eyes shut peacfully
Terror attacks in dreams
A loss no one senses
A pain he wont express
Comfort he wont seek
External wounds heal Internally never to be fixed
A ring he grasps tightly each and every night
My picture underneath his pillow
A face that cannot be replaced
A mask to cover up his pain
A face to hide his sorrow No smile to brighten his face
Death of me haunts him daily
Scatter brained at the sound of my name
Tears flood his eyes with memories
I speak softly but he no hear
I hold tightly with every tear
His love truer than true
Deeper than most express for many
A bed half empty
Death is his only escape
Slowly I lift his spirit to be with mine
Our love continue even after death
Love stronger than life its self
Love the greatest feeling that we share
Two names share a stone
Two souls at rest
Copyright © Cassandra Shafer | Year Posted 2014
Tragedy walks to the beat of tone deaf tears...
falling waywardly onto shifting shores,
unsure of anything around him.
He wonders why it hurts to walk on something
as soft as your cheeks;
and steps as if he might fall through
each bruise his unsteady feet conquer.
His breath burns.
His chest heaving under the weight
of epidermic ridicule he doesn't understand.
Why does love feel so much like hate?
Every footstep sends a longing coursing through her veins,
that makes every kiss bittersweet.
The fire keeps them honest I suppose,
reminding every lover the difference
between joy and pain.
Suffering together.
A blessing that no one seems to understand
until death shudders down our throats.
In spite of it all, beauty stands still under the light that shines
down upon us all;
Showing the truth of why...
the breath of tragedy gives life to love.
Copyright © James Kelley | Year Posted 2013
He saw her,
Standing next to him...
With a peaceful smile
He ran towards her,
Listening to his first words...
With great interest
He offered upon her,
Accepting on his relationship...
With destined happiness
He recited to her,
Thinking of his brave story...
With endless wonder
He comforted her,
Crying hard upon him...
With emotional tears
He confessed her,
Hearing about his painful past...
With an honest understanding
He danced with her,
Following with his footsteps...
With an imaginative melody
He promised her,
Assuring for his own happiness...
With sealed hands
He kissed her,
Knowing upon adored and loved by him...
With a quiet feeling
And then... he grieved for her,
Knowing she was lost forever...
With a tragic death of the heart
Copyright © Nileisha Giselle Deliz Diana | Year Posted 2015
(pt 1)
We seem so indifferent
Like we just don't feel
We've got cuts on our hearts
That will never heal
Beautiful as a train wreck
In that confusing way
Stuck in reverse
Living on yesterdays
We fall into the darkness
And drown in the sea
No love has ever been so tragic
As the love between you and me
(pt 2)
Your gorgeous as you always are
So beautiful no one could believe
That you could find such beauty
In someone like me
But we paint a pretty picture
We make it look so nice
With hearts hard as stone
And eyes carved from ice
Seperated only by distance
Our beauty envied by the stars
Our story so original
The tragedy of what we are
(pt 3)
Pick me up and carry me
Through our sweet abyss
Shroud me in your fantasy
Its not like I'll be missed
Give me all your heart
Your perfect in my imperfections
Look in the mirror and see it
That beautiful reflection
So we'll dance our way to freedom
We'll dance until we die
Forever framed in beauty
The tragedy of you and I
Copyright © Jasmine Hollar | Year Posted 2006
She loved him
With all the passion
she was bestowed with,
surrendered her wishes
like a firefly to the darkness
she counted all the stars, twice,
in the starry night
she followed each wave
that touched the shore
yet his man never returned to her
He who promised her
To love from dawn to dusk
To change the flow of his life
To mend his ways for the sake of love
To shower all his emotions
On her smiles
To stop the time
Within her two eyes
To measure the distance of his emotion
Between her two arms
To count the years of his life
Between the two alphabets of her name
And she believed him
Undoubtedly and unconditionally
Who fooled whom it is for you to decide?
But the tragedy of this queen is certainly
Written on the sky with the stars
Pearl lying 20,000 leagues under the sea
Pain buried in broken pieces of heart
On the dried fallen leaves and the tears
I know she will never bloom
She will never rise like phoenix …
My heart will go on to knock on the door…….
Copyright © M Asim Nehal | Year Posted 2016


text:
FG and FF abandon civil war politics to control mayoral jobs
FIANNA Fail and Fine Gael put aside their political differences to agree who will hold the top positions on councils around the country.
After months of mud slinging on the campaign trail, Civil War politics was put aside as councillors took up their seats at 31 new local authorities.
In many councils the two parties made voting pacts, with Fianna Fail taking many of the positions of Cathaoirleach and Leas Cathaoirleach – the new titles for mayor and deputy mayor.
And in some councils the pact ensured that Sinn Fein was kept from the mayoral job, with one councillor describing the move as "sleeveen".
On Louth County Council Sinn Fein holds a majority, with 10 out of the 29 seats.
However, Fine Gael councillor Oliver Tully – who was nominated by party colleague Colm Markey – secured the seat yesterday with 17 votes from Fine Gael (7 votes), Fianna Fail (5), Labour (2), the Greens (2) and one of the three Independents.
Sinn Fein had nominated Tomas Sharkey but he was only supported by his party colleagues. The Green's Marianne Butler was voted to the position of vice chairman.
The pact prompted the "sleeveen" comment from SF's Imelda Munster, adding that it was "a car park coalition".
There was similar criticism in Limerick where a coalition between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael ensured that FF's Kevin Sheahan was elected Cathaoirleach and his party colleague Joe Crowley as Leas Cathaoirleach.
Speaking at the inaugural meeting held in the University Concert Hall last night, they described the partnership with Fine Gael as a "new departure" for politics in Limerick.
"People were negative and said it couldn't be done but it has been done... We are putting politics aside in favour of what is right for the city and county," the leader of the Fianna Fail group Michael Collins said.
"Collectively we have a responsibility to make this city and county council work."
But newly elected Anti-Austerity Alliance councillor Cian Prendiville hit out against the negotiations that took place in the past fortnight, claiming councillors were more concerned with who would have "nice offices and nice chains".
"The negotiations have not been about what they can do for the people who elected them but rather what they can do to serve themselves," he said.
Around the country, similar pacts were made.
* Galway County Council nominated a Fianna Fail Cathaoirleach, Mary Hoade, with Fine Gael's Niamh Byrne as Leas Cathaoirleach.
* Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have joined forces for the first time on Offaly County Council with FF's Sinead Dooley named as Cathaoirleach and her party colleague Frank Moran named as her deputy.
* Clare saw a power-sharing agreement between all parties with Fine Gael's John Crowe nominated to the top position
* Mayo named Fianna Fail's Damien Ryan as the new Cathaoirleach and Independent Richard Finn as deputy .
* Fine Gael's Michael Fitzgerald became the first mayor of Tipperary after the two councils – North and South – were amalgamated.
However, Ireland's largest local authority area – Cork County Council – saw a breakdown in negotiations between Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein. Instead a new multi-party alliance agreed that veteran politician Alan Coleman (FF) serve as mayor for 2014/15 while independent Tim Collins (Ind) was elected as deputy.
Additional reporting by Ralph Riegel, Caroline Crawford, Elaine Keogh, Eoghan MacConnell and Kathryn Hayes
Irish Independent


text:
About the Author
When she moved to Florida, Dellani Oakes had no idea the history was so rich and fascinating. Visiting St. Augustine for the first time, she felt the allure of the country's oldest city. She decided then to write a story based there. It wasn't until nearly twelve years later that Indian Summer took its final form. Dellani is a happily married mother of four, substitute teacher and former English teacher. When she isn't being one of the above, she is an avid writer, spending every possible moment immersed in her other worlds. She has also written a series of futuristic romance novels, contemporary romances and short stories. Dellani's interests include reading, going to the beach, listening to all kinds of music and cooking.


text:
|Property type:
|4 persons
|Puerto Rico > Anguilla > Anguilla
|Contact person:
|Rhon Connor
|Phone no.:
|264 581 3332
|Advertised here since May 2010
|The contactperson speaks the following languages:
English Frensh
|More rentals from this owner:
|Use this symbol to mark your favourit vacation homes to your own personal list of favorites.
|View/edit my favorites
**Our Motto: "Come as Guests...Leave as Friends"
This vacation unit was created with you in mind - basically as an alternative to resorts- but more importantly, to offer you a home away from home and a place to relax in peace and comfort!
Best points
Your Home away from Home !! An ideal and Cozy vacation Apartment just for you ! Located next to the powdery white sand Rendezvous Beach-which stretches over 1.5 miles. The unit is fully furnished with living room/dining room set; also includes refrigerator, microwave, coffeemaker, etc; Spacious bedroom; Quiet and private surroundings; Spacious storage areas; Laundry station equipped with washer; Cable Television and Free internet access(walk with Laptop); Landscaped surroundings;
** Only 5 minute walk or 20 seconds drive to beautiful Rendezvous Beach; Ideal location for walking /jogging/biking; 2 minutes to Temenos Golf Course;
* Monthly rates available upon request
* Come and enjoy beautiful Anguilla
* US$150 per night for the apartment click on contact owner and Sign up with this website(it's free) to contact us today!
*You can also ask about our 1 bedroom unit
Tel # 264-584-3332 (Anguilla) or 443-320-5044 (USA)
|Construction year:
|Living room1 :
|1-Bed-Appartement, Bed, Ability to Cook, Couch Corner, Dining Nook, Tiles, Tv,
|Kitchen :
|American Kitchen, Oven, Microwave Oven, Kitchenware and Tableware Available, Refrigerator, Toaster Oven, Freezer, Coffe Maker, Gas Stove,
|Kitchen :
|4 seats, American Kitchen, Oven, Microwave Oven, Refrigerator, Toaster Oven, Freezer, Coffe Maker, Gas Stove,
|Bathroom1 :
|Bath Tub, Shower Stall, Wash Basin, Hairdryer, Mirror,
|Bedroom1 :
|Bedroom2 :
|2 Double Beds, TV, Reading Lamp/Light, Bedside Table,
|Miscellaneous :
|Terrasse, Veranda, Lawn, smoking not allow,
|Pets allowed:
|Musical :
|Moonsplash @ Bankie Banx Bar
|0 km
|Golf :
|Temenos Golf Course
|0 km
|Sonstiges :
|Rendezvous Bay Beach
|0 km
|Electricity, Gas, Water, Towels, Bedlinnen, Internet, Parking, Cleaning,
|Mastercard, Visa, Cash,
|Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,


text:
Photographer's Note
Here is a picture of the National Culture Palace in Sofia again. This time this is the main entrance of the building. As i told you in my previous note, the place is full of skaters and not only.
Here are some of them.
Nobody has marked this note useful
Photo Information
- Copyright: Svetoslav Petrov (svetoslav) (318)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2005-09-11
- Categories: Daily Life
- Exposure: f/2.7, 1/350 seconds
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2006-05-22 4:06
Viewed: 1375
Points: 2


text:
← Revision 4 as of 2009-09-20 23:35:27 → ⇥
converted to 1.6 markup
|No differences found!
Implement one machine learning algorithm (including demo and docs) using Hadoop for the Mahout machine learning project.
Philip Ramsey
Student e-mail:
goal.oriented.design AT gmail DOT com
Student Major:
Computer Science; Computational Linguistics
Student Degree:
1st Bachelor's Degree
Student Graduation:
Spring 2012
Apache Lucene Mahout-Machine-Learning
Currently I am engaged in research that explores word sense disambiguation via co-reference resolution. Much of the work thus far has involved computing syntactic similarity of words using weighted distance measures between the probability of their occurrence in a given bi-gram. I've been using Hadoop to implement these similarity measures, with the goal of generating sets of syntactically-similar words from which phrasal/part of speech categories can be abstracted. This research has primarily been based on the results of (Lee, 2001), with the next step looking towards an abstraction of these similar sets for the purpose of grammar induction, as explored by (de Pauw, 2004). My interest in exploring Mahout as a platform for this abstraction began earlier this year, although I have not yet begun working with it. Building off of the work of (De Pauw, 2004) and (Lankhorst, 1994), I propose to implement an evolutionary algorithm framework specifically geared towards inferring grammars over a large dataset using the Watchmaker implementations currently available in Mahout. The intended consequence of this proposal is to work as a use-case test, providing patches and resolutions as needed to the near-release-ready GA package currently available in Mahout. The benefit of this test-case is that, due to the robust representation needed for NLP, a more precise example for variable optimization strategies can be explored, potentially resulting in unobserved bug-fixes and a more diverse implementation library.
Detailed Description: Using Hadoop, we have been able to generate sets of similar words, and have begun work on linking these sets via the occurrence of a bi-gram, given that a subset of similar words occupies a specific location within it. In this scenario, the training/test data will be broken into parts such that a fitness measure can be computed based on the degree to which the results of a given generation mirror the relative frequencies observable in the data. As such, the goal will be to generate, from the training data, word co-occurrences that have an actual probability in the testing data that do not, however, occur in the training data. As sets of similar words, the generated co-occurrences will work as an inference engine for defining the rules of grammar over the dataset. Prior to May 23rd, I intend to familiarize myself with the currently-available GA packages in Mahout, using them as-is to develop an implementation for this specific test case. As the coding quarter begins, I intend to develop new classes that provide for a more robust utilization of Watchmaker within the Mahout framework. As is most likely clear, the details of this outline are very open for change/revision. Currently I am not familiar with the needs of the community in regards to the GA package. Thus, I intend to work specifically where I may be most useful to the project, as regards the Watchmaker/GA implementation.
Draft Timeline
week 1-3: Successfully implement GA test case using current Mahout tools as-is;
week 4-6: generate tests using the various evolution engine classes available in Watchmaker, finding an optimal approach using their tools for multi-threading, splitting, etc.;
week 7-8: based on the results of the previous tests, rework/append to the org.apache.mahout.ga.watchmaker package;
Week 9-10: debug/make modifications as needed to successfully complete the GSoC commitments.
Additional Information:
My experience in this field is not vast. However, I am very comfortable with Hadoop, and working with Mahout is the direction that I am moving in. The research that I have been doing, and will continue to do, relies on my ability to optimally integrate machine learning algorithms with a distributed framework. To have the opportunity to work hands-on with the Mahout platform would be absolutely amazing. I'm 21 years old, living in Olympia, Washington, attending The Evergreen State College.


text:
Enter your Username and Password
Fill the given fields for singing up
Home › Forums › Community › General Brickfilming › Terminator :: Rise Of The Blocks
This topic contains 53 replies, has 18 voices, and was last updated by HappyFace 14 years, 4 months ago.
well… your normal voice!only be serious and that will be ok! i will send you the lines in on week aproximately
ok i'll pm you my voice
I'm stupid! i forget something! I need other voices for the friend(girl) of sarrah and his boyfriend!…
so IF SOMEONE WANT TO DO VOICES!!
I need 2 men voices for the boyfriend of sarrah's friend and for some bums…
and a girl voice for sarah's friend… i will ask brick witch for that… but for the men voices… just PM me !
I moved this topic, because it doesn't post or review a film.
Also, to prevent this topic from growing too long, please contact your actors through e-mail. A general announcement that you need actors will do, with an e-mail address for those interested.
I'll do a voice!!!! Just give me a part and I'll do the best impression of whoever I have to do.
Well, if you give me a basic idea of what to say as the bums with guns, I can probably do it!
Only 2 or 3 lines, like :
something like this…
Oh and Tub-O-Lego dont want to do the homeless guy so if someone is able to say: This son of a block stole my pants ! HIC!
well pm me
k, happyface, i sent u an email containing testvoices
Well… I need MATURE voices for my movie
I have some voice… but i need some others ::
An Homeless Guy ::
The Police Men ::
Sarrah Connor ::
Sarrah Connor's Friend (girl)(dont remember the name) ::
The boyfriend of Sarrah Connor's Friend (dont remember the name) ::
I need these voices… hey bob, can you help me? Or anyone!? Please i really need voices…
If you want to test my voice, just send me some lines via e-mail, as well as a description of what the character is like, and I'll send them back to you in whatever sound format you like.
You must be logged in to reply to this topic.


text:
After many months of hard work, version 4 of the Cheremosh website was released on February 13, 2013.
Much like the art that Cheremosh creates, this project was an international collaboration of talent between Canada and Ukraine. The website was designed by Derek in Winnipeg, Manitoba, programmed by Roman in Lviv, Ukraine and coordinated by Cheremosh Dancer, Stephan Bociurkiw in both Kyiv, Ukraine and Edmonton, Alberta.
Central in the design is a stylized wave representing the Cheremosh River from which Cheremosh is named after.
Visitors are invited to come back often, as the site has been developed in a way that allows for more frequent posting of news and events. As a result of Cheremosh's blogging success in Bulgaria in 2011, a new travel blog feature has been integrated into the site which will be put to the test during Cheremosh's upcoming tour to Ukraine in May2013. A media gallery has been added to share our countless breathtaking photographs and videos.
Cheremosh has always been at the forefront of online communication technologies since its first website was created by Peter Onyshko in 1997-98. Version 2 was created by Joanna Sexhauer in 2003-04 and version 3 was created by Michael Kennedy, in 2008.
We'd love to get your feedback on the site so please leave us a comment below.


text:
At Gemvara, we believe that the jewelry you wear should be as unique as you. Every beautiful Gemvara rose gold solitaire marquise september birthstone jewelry design will be made just for you. It's jewelry for all life's occasions, from a wedding or Mother's Day to your own personal milestones and celebrations. Gemvara uses only the highest quality materials to craft your rose gold solitaire marquise september birthstone jewelry with meticulous attention to detail. Our precious metals are recycled or responsibly mined. September's birthstone is sapphire, the ultimate blue gem. Gemvara also offers pink, yellow, and white sapphire for September birthstones to match every outfit. Marquise cuts have two arched sides meeting in delicate points. Rose gold adds a touch of sweetness to traditional gold. Gemvara offers a choice of 14k rose gold, the most popular variation or 18k rose gold, which has a higher gold content. Our wide selection of rose gold solitaire marquise september birthstone jewelry by Gemvara Essentials, Jessica Behzad, Just Like You Designs, and other talented designers means you can find rings, earrings, and necklaces that are exactly your style. You can also shop by style, choosing our Delicate, Our Picks, or Celebrity Style Collections. Our solitaire styles have exceptional brilliance: the center gemstone is perfectly proportioned to dazzle. When our work is done and you open that box, you'll see your design is even more beautiful when brought to life in the finest precious materials.
We can help right away. Chat with a jewelry expert now!


text:
10 Up-And-Coming US Housing Markets To Watch In 2015
Shutterstock.comFirst-time buyers will make a comeback into the housing market next year.
That's according to Realtor.com, which forecasts strength in the US housing market in 2015.
"The residual financial effects of recession-driven job losses and subsequent unemployment have impeded millennials' entry into the home-owning market," writes Jonathan Smoke, chief economist for Realtor.com. "In 2015, increases in employment opportunities will empower younger buyers to return to the market and fuel the continued housing recovery."
Realtor.com recently released its list of "Top 10 Markets for Housing Growth in 2015." These cities have a great deal of new construction, and their job markets are attractive to young professionals. They range from large metros like Los Angeles, forecast to see increased home sales, to small and affordable cities like Des Moines, Iowa.
Click here to see the top 10 housing markets for 2015 »
Markets Emails & Alerts
Get the best of Business Insider delivered to your inbox every day.Sign-Up


text:
TORONTO - All eyes may be on the Olympics in London but at the Phoenix on Saturday night, one of that city's finest musical exports - minimalist electro-pop trio The XX - were the focus of attention.
That is, when you could actually see them.
The smoke started billowing onto the stage and filing up the sold-out venue even before singer-guitarist Romy Madley Croft, singer-bassist Oliver Sim and multi-instrumentalist Jamie Smith (playing drums, synths, piano, etc.) began their short but oh so sweet sounding 70-minute set.
It was a show big on atmosphere: plenty of strobe, back and multi-coloured lighting but little in the way of movement or banter from the three musicians.
"This is our first show in Canada in about two years," said Sim, in a rare moment of interaction with the crowd.
By the time The XX opened with the new song, Angels, from their highly anticipated forthcoming sophomore album, Coexist, due Sept. 11, you could only see Croft and Sim, and basically just in silhouette.
Smith, a DJ, producer and mixer to such fellow British stars as Adele, Florence and the Machine, Radiohead and Toronto rapper Drake, eventually became visible and provided the much needed boost for The XX's live show.
He was the band's heartbeat, if you will.
Croft and Sim possess two of the softest and sexiest voices - both apart and together and write deeply romantic, moody songs. But they are hardly huge stage presences, preferring instead to remain in the dark (literally) and let their music - driven largely by Croft's ghostly guitar and Sim's thudding bass - do the talking.
Thankfully, Smith's big beats kicked the proceedings up a notch, particularly during older songs like Infinity - which slowly built to an exciting climax and was maybe the best song of the night - and striking new songs like Reunion with him on steel drums.
Meanwhile, for Islands, Crystalised and Basic Space - all from The XX's much ballyhooed 2009 self-titled debut and Mercury Prize winner in England - the crowd heartily sang and clapped along, adding to the dynamics.
Also good were the older songs Shelter, VCR, Night Time, and the instrumental and crowd favourite, Intro, which began the encore.
The XX are expected to return to a larger venue in Toronto in the fall after Coexist is released and they've already announced shows in Vancouver and Quebec City in early to late October.
Heart Skipped A Beat
Basic Space
Night Time
Swept Away


text:
Catalog > Specific Dog Breed Jewelry
Specific Dog Breed Jewelry
Dog Breed Jewelry at For Love of a Dog
Our handmade dog breed jewelry pieces are barking good representations of AKC or UKC dog breeds in alphabetical order. Dog breed jewelry includes bracelets, earrings, necklaces, pins, pendants, plus some dog lover breed gifts. Each piece is handmade, ususally one of a kind, and includes a pendant or charm in a specific dog breed.
Be sure to check the Mutts Dog Jewelry category for artisan lampwork dogs that just might look just like yours. Plus don't forget to check for coordinating earrings. Especially our dog bone jewelry earrings.
If your dog breed is listed, but there are no jewelry or gift items showing on its page, that means that we are sold out. Since we are closing there will not be more. If your dog breed is not listed, we suggest you check a dog breed that is similar in looks to yours. For example, our Shih Tzu dog breed jewelry could easily look like your Lhasa Apso dog; our Greyhound dog breed jewelry could easily look like your Whippet dog. Depending on the dog charm used, our Doberman Pinscher dog breed jewelry might be used for a Miniature Pinscher dog.
Click below on any thumbnail photo or item title for detailed information and more photographs. Please note that all prices include free standard shipping


text:
"ATTENTION EVERY ONE!!! this is my real and only twitter @hollagiovanna all others are fake please follow me and rt this picture we need to get #report@itsgiovannap that fake troll needs to go! Following all who follow back."
"EVERY ONE I NEED YOUR HELP!! theres a fake twitter of me called @itsgiovannap! THAT IS NOT ME AT ALL and there starting up a bunch of drama in the hollywood circles! PLEASE REPORT HER AND UNFOLLOW IF YOU DIDENT.and follow my real twitter @hollagiovanna!!! Im following every one back who does!"
Athena Loove: ol All You Do Is Talk Shit Act Like Your Famous For Eating Your Own Tampon Your Fucking Disgusting Ugly And Fat Lay Off The Bloody Tamps You Tramp And Keep Your Mouth Shut Pretty Fucking Dirty To Be Talking Shit. Miley Is Succesful Your Just Nasty . N...See More
Max Muir: Ughhhh just when I hear your name I gag!!


text:
BAMAKO, Mali -- Malick Sidibé's ancient studio is nestled in a row of low-slung houses in the middle of this city where Sidibé, considered one of Africa's greatest portrait photographers, welcomes visitors he has never seen as if they were long lost friends.
Sidibé's work is exhibited all over the world. But in Bamako, the sprawling capital bisected by the Niger River and with more than 1 million inhabitants, you can find him simply by taking a taxi to the Grande Mosque and asking directions from there.
''Here, we take photos of everything, people with their sheep, with their motobikes, with their bracelets," Sidibé, 70, says gently, leafing through a box of dozens of portraits spanning the last 40 years. ''In Mali, it's not only the person, but what the person possesses that counts."
With the intimacy of a large village, yet most of the modern conveniences available in the United States, especially if you stay in one of the city's ultramodern hotels, Bamako is a study in contrasts.
As in many African capitals, you can veer through several hundred years of images in minutes, passing herds of grazing goats in the highway median on your way to the Mandé Hôtel, where there are signs advertising pickups by DHL and
Mali is safe, hospitable, and avowedly democratic, with a free and lively press and respected leader of 10 years, Amadou Toumani Touré, better known as ''ATT." It also has a number of internationally known artists, including Sidibé, musicians Salif Keïta and Ali Farka Touré, and filmmaker Souleymane Cissé.
Three times the size of California, but with just one third the population, Mali's 12 million people live in one of the few Islamic democracies in the world. Though its colonial history, like much of the vast Sahelian region, is French, it has strong diplomatic and military ties to the United States.
''In Mali, you can get to know the soul of the country," says Aminita Dramane Traoré, former minister of culture, now owner of the Djenné. She is chatting one morning with visitors in the hotel's sun-filled breakfast room. She says she has discovered a key to attracting Western tourists: ''They want clean toilets that work."
Visiting Mali is not always easy, even when you stay at the Grand Hôtel. You have to have some tolerance for the smell of diesel fumes and the buzz of flies. In some of the most heavily touristed areas it's impossible to walk very far without being accosted by a guide looking for work, or a taxi driver in search of a fare. It helps to know at least a little French.
Still, the solicitations are less aggressive than in other countries, according to people who have traveled through the region. The flies always disappear, at least at night, and English, stripped to its most rudimentary level, almost always manages to communicate essential information.
You can also learn a few words of Bambara, the most widely spoken African language in Mali, with its elaborate greeting rituals that ask about the health and well-being of every member of the family. No matter how bad your pronunciation, a quick hello will always elicit smiles.
Malians have one of the continent's richest histories. Unlike most sub-Sarahan African countries, whose boundaries were largely established by Europeans with no regard for ethnic or religious factors, Mali was an integral part of three famous empires: the empire of Ghana, from the fourth to 11th centuries; the empire of Mali, which reached the peak of its power in the 14th century; and the Songhai empire, which ruled until the beginning of the 17th century. The country gained independence from France in 1960.
That's good news, because it means Malians do not kowtow to foreigners, or stare as if you have just landed from another planet. You can travel by public bus, eat in a local restaurant, and shop in a weekly market, all without becoming a tourist attraction yourself.
Hiring a driver for $50-$100 a day is as simple as talking to the hotel concierge. On the other hand, cruising down a well-paved road toward Ségou, 150 miles northeast of Bamako, in one of the cast-off German buses now used by Mali's private long-haul bus companies, the latest Sekouba Bambino cassette wailing lyrically from the bus stereo, is a five-hour ride you are not likely to forget.
Monday morning is market day in Ségou, a town on the Niger, and after a hard rain just before dawn, the red dust has been battered into a patchwork of wet mud.
Dozens of donkeys, each pulling two-wheeled wooden carts, make their way down the main road, disappearing into the market tributaries with bags of rice, dried calabashes the size of pumpkins, crudely forged steel plows, and brightly colored textiles. Fruit sellers display apples and mangoes by stacking them in rows of low-lying pyramids.
''Here, you can buy anything a Malian might need," said Camara Tiemoko, manager of the Papeterie du Grand Marche bookstore.
Any teenager will be happy to serve as a guide to the market. Simply agree on a price beforehand (about $1 is more than enough), or you can ask the 11-year-old shoeshine boy, Cheick Keïta, who works the crowd in front of the Djoliba Hotel, by far the best place to eat in town. Make sure to see the weaving house, where half a dozen men sit hunched behind looms, producing roughly yard-square pieces of untinted cotton fabric, which Malians (and tourists) use as blankets or wall hangings.
It's a bit longer bus ride to Sévaré, a suburb, really, of the river port city of Mopti, but the music is just as hypnotic, the road just as smooth. The architecture has by now shifted from wooden shacks with corrugated tin roofs to classic Sudanese mud architecture, a grayish straw-and-mud combination caked onto huts and village mosques as well.
The landscape also has changed, becoming sparser, with more desert and less vegetation, a great plain of rocky vistas on either side of the highway interrupted by the occasional baobab tree or herd of white-haired goats.
The driver's assistant serves small cups of heavily sweetened tea, prepared from water boiled on a small, charcoal brazier; the low flame in the front of the bus is of no apparent concern to anyone, even though the assistant's seat is a spare can of gasoline.
Sévaré is small and easily navigable. It is a great place to arrange an excursion to the medieval city of Djenné or to the Dogon country some 50 miles to the south.
The Dogon have a complex system of myths based on the Sirius star cluster. They also produce art that includes elaborate granary doors, crocodile carvings, and indigo-dyed fabric available for sale.
They live in villages that line the foot of the Bandiagara escarpment, a 150-mile-long sandstone cliff. Above the villages, the Dogons' original homes from 100 years ago still remain, remarkably preserved, rectangular, mud-covered buildings tucked into the folds of the rock.
For hikers, the Dogon villages, anywhere from two to 10 miles apart, are perfect trekking destinations. There are rooftop accommodations in some of the villages, and excellent meals of chicken and spaghetti. If you would rather travel by four-wheel drive, you can approach the escarpment from the north, south, or west.
No matter how you go, you will need a guide, if only to make sure you are following the local customs and paying respects to the proper village elders. Guides are also useful for discovering the village market days, which in many cases are at five-day intervals. They also can lead you to the top of the cliffs, where the reddish countryside stretches before you.
T.R. Goldman is a freelance writer in Washington.


text:
Palestinian Claims Shin Bet Forcing Him to Become Collaborator
An administrative detainee says the Shin Bet is trying to force him into becoming a collaborator by branding him as one - and are thus endangering his life.
The Shin Bet incarcerated Iyad Milham, 29, with Israeli and Palestinian criminal prisoners, including a Shin Bet collaborator.
They declared him a person "requiring protection" as part of the pressure to turn him into a collaborator, Milham said.
In the last six months, Milham has petitioned various courts to imprison him with other administrative detainees.
Although he has confessed to security offenses, he has not been charged with any. Instead, his administrative custody has been extended.
Milham said a Shin Bet interrogator has told him explicitly that holding him in administrative custody without charging him, while his cell mates are indicted, will make them think he is a collaborator.
Milham said he feels threatened among the criminal prisoners. He rejected the Prison Service's offer to lock him up with security prisoners requiring protection.
In an unusual move, Milham decided to disclose his name and grievances against the Shin Bet in a petition to the High Court of Justice, which held an open-door hearing on the case on June 9. Palestinians who report Shin Bet attempts to enlist them as collaborators prefer not to expose themselves, for fear of being suspected as collaborators.
Attorney Tamar Peleg, of Hamoked Center for the Defense of the Individual, who represents Milham, asked in court how a detainee defined as "endangering the region's security" could be defined at the same time as being in danger from other administrative detainees.
She asked how he could be held with criminal prisoners against his will and against the detention regulations, stipulating that an administrative detainee should be held apart from convicted prisoners and from prisoners awaiting trial.
Milham, a laborer and father of two from Qalqilyah, was arrested on December 11, 2003. Since January 28 he has been held in administrative custody.
Milham told the military judges several times that he admitted security offenses - two fire extinguishers with explosives in them were found in his house; three years earlier, he fired at a tank in Qalqilyah and recruited others to the Al Aqsa Brigades.
In his statement, he said: "An interrogator called Herzl said they want me to work for them. I told him I won't and can't, I'm from a good family and it is not appropriate. I was asked to work with the Shin Bet several times during the interrogation. Every time I refused Herzl said, `If you don't want to do it voluntarily, we will force you, we will make your friends think you're a collaborator, they will be charged and you will be administrative.'"
"I also understand they put me with people who need protection for this purpose," he added.
The High Court judges accepted the arguments, which were made behind closed doors and are confidential, to keep Milham in administrative custody, although Judge Ayala Procaccia said it was grave that under these circumstances no charges were brought against Milham.
District Court Judge Zvi Gurfinkel received the classified arguments to define Milham as "requiring protection" on June 23 and rejected his petition.
"The information is sensitive and cannot be detailed ... but the reports show there are grounds to define the petitioner as requiring protection ... although usually administrative detainees should be imprisoned with others who committed the same kind of crimes and certainly not with criminal prisoners, since the petitioner requires protection, he must be kept where he is being held." Despite the ruling, administrative detainees are not imprisoned on the basis of offenses they allegedly committed.
On June 10, a day after the High Court hearing, military commander Colonel Roni Numa extended Milham's administrative detention order by another six months.
However, on June 22, the military prosecution asked the military appeals tribunal to approve an extended detention of only one month, during which it will examine pressing charges against Milham.
It is extremely rare for the military prosecution to ask the appeals tribunal to shorten an administrative custody.
Want to enjoy 'Zen' reading - with no ads and just the article? Subscribe todaySubscribe now


text:
Advance Valves
Butterfly Valve
Dual Plate Check Valve
Balancing Valves
Zoloto Valves
Zoloto Globe Valve
Zoloto Butterfly Valve
Zoloto Dual Plate Check Valve
Zoloto Butterfly Valve With Actuator
Forged Brass Ball Valve
Bronze Hex Type Gate Valve
Pressure Reducing Valve
Non Return Valves
Cast Iron Non Return Valve
Gun Metal Non Return Valve
Cast Iron Sluice Valve
Sant Strainers
Pot Strainer
Y Type Strainer (Fe)
New Age Fire Fighting Equipment
Safeguard Fire Fighting Equipment
SM Strainers
Beta Ball Valve With Strainer
Nitrile Rubber Insulation
Fire Extinguishers
Fire Sprinkler
Globe Fire Sprinkler
Newage Fire Sprinklers
Mobile : +91-9871244377, +91-9871244377(Mr. Pradeep Goel)
Phone : +91-11-41539849 / 45019401 / 45019402
Home › Products › Zoloto Valves
We are engaged in domestic trading and distribution of high performance Zoloto Globe Valves. They are fabricated of premium raw materials and offer long service life. They are suitable for retaining physical properties even under high pressure. Buyers can get Zoloto Globe Valve from us in bulk and expect timely delivery of all
Buy precision-engineered, high performance and corrosion resistant Zoloto Butterfly Valve at competitive prices from us. They are available with us in varied specifications and render long service life. Buyers can get Zoloto Butterfly Valve from us in bulk. We guarantee to make delivery within the stipulated time. Our Zoloto
We are counted among renowned Suppliers of a comprehensive assortment of Zoloto Dual Plate Check Valves. They are reckoned for their high mechanical strength, easy installation and long service life. We offer Zoloto Dual Plate Check Valve in bulk and at market leading prices. Buyers can obtain Zoloto Dual Plate Check Valve from
Wish to purchase Zoloto Butterfly Valve With Actuator at market leading prices, contact us. We are reckoned Supplier of Zoloto Butterfly Valve With Actuator. We offer them in bulk and cater to unique requirement by offering them in varied specifications. Our Zoloto Butterfly Valve With Actuator are the best in the market. They
We offer superior quality Ball Valves, which is appreciated for their quality and performance among the clients. Ball Valves cater to varied industries such as chemicals, construction, petroleum, etc. We are positioned at apex for supplying Ball Valves. Salient Features
We are into Supplying of Gate Valves that are manufactured by leading brand name and widely demanded for their qualitative features. We offer Gate Valves in different sizes and designs to meet the requirements of the clients. Salient Features
We bring forth top quality Pressure Reducing Valve that is sourced from trusted manufacturers that ensure high quality and longer working life. We are counted among the top notch Suppliers of Pressure Reducing Valve from Delhi. Salient Features
We source and supply the best quality Sluice Valve that ensures uninterrupted flow of water. Available in different sizes, Sluice Valve caters to the different requirements of the clients. Sluice Valve can be availed at reasonable prices. Salient Features


text:
Restitution ordered in bank fraud
A man convicted of bank fraud has been directed to pay restitution of $334,024 by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced Thursday.
Darryl Glasco, 55, of Pendleton, a licensed real estate appraiser, also was ordered to serve six months of home detention and four years supervised release.
Prosecutors said Glasco submitted a fraudulent appraisal as part of a mortgage fraud scheme with a borrower, James P. Vasiliou Jr. They admitted to inflating the value of a property in Lockport in order to get a bigger mortgage loan from JP Morgan Chase Bank.
Glasco also admitted to giving false appraisals for nine other properties. Vasiliou, 48, of Lockport, has been convicted of bank fraud and will be sentenced in August.