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Former Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie isn't talking about his name being linked to the job at Texas Tech.
Gillispie was at the Texas boys state tournament on Friday, but declined to answer questions from The Associated Press whether he was interested in the Texas Tech job or had interviewed with school officials.
"I'm just here to watch some games," Gillispie said about five times.
Texas Tech announced before the Big 12 tournament that coach Pat Knight would not return next season and Knight publicly endorsed Gillispie for the job.
Gillispie, who also coached at UTEP and Texas A&M, was fired at Kentucky in 2009 after two tumultuous seasons.
Texas Tech University System Chancellor Kent Hance also was at the high school tournament Friday, but said he did not know Gillispie was there and did not talk to him.
Hance said new athletic director Kirby Hocutt would be responsible for finding a candidate and presenting them first to school President Guy Bailey and then to Hance.
"He's going to give us somebody that's great," Hance said. "He wants to take the time that it takes to find the right person, the right fit."
Hance said he's never met Gillispie.
"I look forward to meeting anybody that comes along who has built their career in basketball because I love basketball," Hance said.


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The overnight top 5 is everything you missed as you slept. These are our top 5 picks from MCV UK overnight.
1. Twitch introduces content ID scheme for audio copyright. more
2. Once a game is added to EA Access' Vault, it's there for good. more
3. VIDEO: New BioWare IP teased for Gamescom. more
4. Library of Congress worker discovers unreleased Duke Nukem game. more
5. A digital board game service is coming to PS4 and Xbox One via a partnership between Hasbro and Ubisoft. more

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Family-Friendly Educational and Recreational Activities
SCIWAY, South Carolina's Information Highway
Museums, gardens, parks and more are listed and linked on this page of South Carolina's comprehensive online information and activity resource.
Moms Like Me columbia.momslikeme.com & upstatesc.momslikeme.com
Meet South Carolina moms like you in either the Midlands or the Upstate. Get advice, share stories, upload photos and connect in groups on your local momslikeme.com portal.
Know It All
Knowitall.org is ETV's educational Web portal, a collection of fun, interactive websites for K-12 students, teachers and parents.
South Carolina Prevention Resources
A Child's Haven (864) 298-0025
Provides intervention and prevention services for families and children ages 2 to 5 years who are victims of abuse and/or neglect, experiencing developmental delays, or behavioral problems. Services include: classroom instruction, home visitation, and parenting classes for those who desire a way out from the Juvenile Justice and/or Criminal Justice systems.
Anderson Interfaith Ministries (864) 266-2273
Provides assistance to low-income families and individuals, while encouraging and guiding them to function independently within their resources. Services include: child care programs, parent education and support programs, emergency assistance, food pantry, Christmas and Back to School programs, and minor home repairs.
Child Abuse Prevention Association (843) 524-4350
Mission is to prevent child abuse by providing integrated education, shelter and counseling services to schools, families and individuals within the community. Conducts outreach throughout Beaufort County by providing services such as public awareness about the child abuse cycle, school based educational programs for children, information and referrals, and a shelter for abused children.
Children in Crisis in Dorchester County (Dorchester Children's Center) (843) 875-1551
Provides prevention, foster care development, forensic, treatment, and case management programs for children in need.
Children's Place, Inc. (803) 641-4144
First therapeutic child care program in South Carolina. Provides services, treatment, and child care to children and families who experience difficult beginnings.
The Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center, Inc. (843) 723-3600
Mission is to reduce the incidence of child abuse and its impact on the child, family and community by providing a forum for concerned agencies and individuals to identify needs and respond through the development, coordination, and delivery of quality services.
Family Connection of South Carolina, Inc. (803) 252-0914
Family Connection is a support network for families who have children with special needs. Provides parent-to-parent connections, linking families to community resources, and sponsoring a number of educational and support programs.
Florence Crittenton Programs of SC (843) 722-7526
Mission is to provide and promote those comprehensive medical, educational and support services that will most effectively insure the well-being and self-sufficiency of single parents and their children in South Carolina.
Foothills Alliance (864) 231-7273
Provides a variety of prevention services throughout areas of Anderson County that include distribution of prevention materials at school, church, and community health fairs and prevention presentations and trainings.
Greenville Rape Crisis and Child Abuse Center (864) 331-0560
Works to stop child abuse and addresses the impact of this crime through prevention, investigation, collaboration, treatment and advocacy.
Greenwood Community Children's Center (864) 941-8105
Family support facility housed in the pediatric practice of Carolina Health Care, Inc. Provides services such as home visitation for families with young children, parent-to-parent support groups, family literacy, and parenting workshops and classes through collaboration with community partners.
Heritage Community Services- Healthy Marriage Initiatives (843) 863-0508
Mission is to strengthen the character of America's adolescents and our communities one individual, one family, and one institution at a time. The Heritage MethodSM is a systemic approach designed to saturate whole communities with effective resources to help young people develop good character, abstain from risky behaviors, and prepare for marriage and family life. This method, which is a character-based systemic approach to risk avoidance, has been developed on a foundation of sound theory and methodology.
Lighthouse Ministries (843) 629-0830
Lighthouse Ministries is a cooperative effort of the Florence Christian congregations to assist individuals and families in emergency situations.
Parenting Partners (803) 744-4600
Mission is to prevent child abuse and neglect and to strengthen families through intervention, education, and advocacy. Offers parenting classes through community centers, churches, and other organizations in response to a growing awareness that all parents are looking for ways to improve the parenting skills needed to provide a loving, nurturing and protective home for their children.
Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault (843) 669-4694
Prevent Child Abuse Pee Dee is a program of the Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault serving Florence, Darlington, Marion, Chesterfield, Marlboro, Dillon, and Williamsburg Counties. PCAPD is a comprehensive child abuse prevention program which includes school-based programs for children; training for teachers, leaders, and parents; direct services to at-risk parents; and a wide-spread public information and visibility endeavor designed to reach the entire community. PCAPD serves as the Pee Dee Chapter of Parents Anonymous South Carolina.
Spartanburg Family Care Council (864) 591-2273
Mission is to strengthen families through education, intervention and prevention. Provides quality education and prevention programs to all families in Spartanburg in order to contribute to a positive family environment and to reduce adolescent pregnancies and child abuse incidences. Is the lead agency in child abuse prevention month activities but collaborates with several others in activities and public awareness.
South Carolina State Agency Resources
Office of the Governor Continuum of Care (803) 734-4500
The Continuum of Care for Emotionally Disturbed Children was created in order to develop and enhance the delivery of services to emotionally disturbed children and to ensure that their special needs are met within this state to the extent possible. The basic philosophy is that children should be served in their families' homes whenever possible. If placed therapeutically, they should be returned home as soon as possible.
The Continuum provides intensive case management to assist the child, family, and other agency providers in developing an individualized plan of service for those children who have been selected. Assistance may also be provided on a limited basis to those children who have been referred to the Continuum, but have not been selected as a client yet. This assistance may include such activities as gathering background information needed to assess a child's degree of need for services and consulting with schools and agencies in planning and developing services for the child. It is expected that parents/legal guardians and other service providers will take an active role in the planning and providing of services.
Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS); 1-800-942-DIAL (3425)
DAODAS is the administrator of all state funds for Medicaid treatment services. A variety of services are offered in the treatment program.
Department of Disabilities and Special Needs; 1-888-DSN-INFO (376-4636)
The SC Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, as defined in the South Carolina Code of Law, serves persons with mental retardation, autism, head and spinal cord injury and conditions related to each of these four disabilities. The agency's mission is to assist people with disabilities in meeting their needs, pursuing their individual possibilities and achieving their goals, and to minimize the occurrence and reduce the severity of disabilities through prevention.
Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)
Services vary from county to county and may be received from satellite offices. Most baby services are found in all locations, including child health clinics, family planning, family support services, home visits, maternal health services, WIC, and others.
Department of Mental Health (DMH)
Local centers provide alcohol and drug abuse services, community support programs, consultation, day treatment, emergency screenings, case management, outpatient services, and more.
Department of Social Security; 1-800-772-1213
This department helps people access their social security and Medicare benefits. The department also issues important documents connected to these benefits.
Department of Social Services (DSS); 1-800-768-5558
Services include adoption, child support assistance, foster care, SNAP (supplemental nutrition assistance program), transportation assistance, day care assistance, and more.
One of the options or choices that is available to you and the baby's father is to place your child up for adoption. Adoption is the legal process by which permanent custody of a child is transferred from birth parents to adoptive parents. The Division of Adoption Services at DSS or other licensed adoption agencies can help you. For more information, call the DSS state office at 898-7561 or 1-800-922-2504. At licensed adoption agencies, you will receive helpful, supportive services. You will be counseled about what is best for you, your baby and your family. You may have a part in the adoptive parent/family selection process. The final decision about adoption is yours to make, and the information you share with an agency is confidential. At the DSS Division of Adoption Services, counseling services are free and may include the baby's father. You may receive help with hospital expenses and maternity home fees. Your questions will be answered.
The CARE LINE is a toll-free statewide helpline. The CARE LINE provides information about health care for pregnant women, infants, and children. The CARE LINE also links callers to resources that are available in the community. If you or someone you know needs help finding a doctor, getting transportation to a doctor or health department, or finding services for children, the CARE LINE is here to help. We also have resources for families with children with special health care needs.
Child Support in South Carolina, (803) 898-9210 or 1-800-768-5858
The South Carolina Department of Social Services' (DSS) Child Support Enforcement Division (CSED) provides services to obtain child support money. These services include finding the parent who is not supporting the child, establishing and enforcing child support orders and establishing the identity of the father. Problems about property, custody and visitation cannot be handled by the CSED.
Employment Security Commission
This agency helps find jobs for people and provides unemployment benefits to those people who have lost their jobs. They also offer job training programs.
South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department
South Carolinians who have a physical or mental impairment that interferes with their ability to work may be eligible for vocational rehabilitation services. Applicants must be able to benefit from Vocational Rehabilitation services that would lead to permanent employment. Job training and support programs are offered.
Selected National Resources
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
AAP is committed to attaining optimal physical, mental and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. The section on child abuse and neglect provides an educational forum for the discussion of problems and treatments relating to child abuse and neglect and its prevention.
Safe Kids USA
Safe Kids USA is a nationwide network of organizations working to prevent unintentional childhood injury, the leading cause of death and disability for children ages one to 14. More than 600 coalitions and chapters in all 50 states bring together health and safety experts, educators, corporations, foundations, governments and volunteers to educate, provide safety devices to families in need and advocate for better laws to help keep children safe, healthy and out of the emergency room. Safe Kids USA is a member of Safe Kids Worldwide, a global network of organizations with a mission of preventing unintentional childhood injury.
Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America)
PCA America provides leadership to promote and implement national and local prevention efforts.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Child Welfare Information Gateway, a service of the Children's Bureau, promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families by connecting child welfare, adoption, and related professionals, as well as concerned citizens to essential information.
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
CWLA is an association of over 800 public and private nonprofit agencies that assist over 3.5 million abused and neglected children and their families each year with a wide range of services.
This information was compiled by Sunindia Bhalla, and reviewed by the Program Staff of The Children's Trust.


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Issue No. 03 - July-September (2003 vol. 9)
pp: 273-282

Abstract—The depiction of time-dependent vector fields is a central problem in scientific visualization. This article describes a technique for generating animations of such fields where the motion of the streamlines to be visualized is given by a second "motion" vector field. Each frame of our animation is a Line Integral Convolution of the original vector field with a time-varying input texture. The texture is evolved according to the associated motion vector field via an automatically adjusted set of random particles. We demonstrate this technique with examples from electromagnetism.

Line integral convolution, time-dependent, time-varying, vector fields, field lines, streamlines, electromagnetism.
Andreas Sundquist, "Dynamic Line Integral Convolution for Visualizing Streamline Evolution", IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics, vol. 9, no. , pp. 273-282, July-September 2003, doi:10.1109/TVCG.2003.1207436


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Preparation and Characterization of Silica-Coated Magnetic–Fluorescent Bifunctional Microspheres
- Qi Xiao1Email author and
- Chong Xiao1
© to the authors 2009
Received: 11 December 2008
Accepted: 24 May 2009
Published: 20 June 2009
Bifunctional magnetic–fluorescent composite nanoparticles (MPQDs) with Fe3O4MPs and Mn:ZnS/ZnS core–shell quantum dots (QDs) encapsulated in silica spheres were synthesized through reverse microemulsion method and characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, vibration sample magnetometer, and photoluminescence (PL) spectra. Our strategy could offer the following features: (1) the formation of Mn:ZnS/ZnS core/shell QDs resulted in enhancement of the PL intensity with respect to that of bare Mn:ZnS nanocrystals due to the effective elimination of the surface defects; (2) the magnetic nanoparticles were coated with silica, in order to reduce any detrimental effects on the QD PL by the magnetic cores; and (3) both Fe3O4MPs and Mn:ZnS/ZnS core–shell QDs were encapsulated in silica spheres, and the obtained MPQDs became water soluble. The experimental conditions for the silica coating on the surface of Fe3O4nanoparticles, such as the ratio of water to surfactant (R), the amount of ammonia, and the amount of tetraethoxysilane, on the photoluminescence properties of MPQDs were studied. It was found that the silica coating on the surface of Fe3O4could effectively suppress the interaction between the Fe3O4and the QDs under the most optimal parameters, and the emission intensity of MPQDs showed a maximum. The bifunctional MPQDs prepared under the most optimal parameters have a typical diameter of 35 nm and a saturation magnetization of 4.35 emu/g at room temperature and exhibit strong photoluminescence intensity.
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have been widely explored as biomedical labeling agents [1–4]. However, the small-ensemble Stokes shift of intrinsic QDs can cause self-quenching. In addition, experimental results indicated that any leakage of cadmium from the QDs would be toxic and fatal to biological system [5], and cadmium-containing products can be environmentally problematic. Recently, Peng et al. [6–8] reported that doped QDs could not only replace cadmium in CdSe QDs with zinc, but also overcome a number of intrinsic disadvantages of undoped QDs emitters, i.e., strong self-quenching caused by their small-ensemble Stokes shift (energy difference between absorption spectrum and emission band) [9] and sensitivity to thermal, chemical, and photochemical disturbances [10]. Mn2+-doped ZnS QDs have been extensively investigated for use in various applications other than biomedical labeling, such as displays, sensors, and lasers [11–13]. In addition, the luminescence lifetime of Mn2+-doped ZnS QDs is ~1 ms. Such a long lifetime makes the luminescence from the nanocrystal readily distinguishable from any background luminescence. Therefore, Mn2+-doped ZnS QDs could be potential candidates as fluorescent labeling agents, especially in biology [14]. Magnetic nanoparticles of iron oxides (MPs) also show many advantages in biological applications. One unique feature of magnetic nanoparticles is to respond well to magnetic control, which has led to several successful applications, including biological separation, protein purification, bacteria detection, and drug delivery [15, 16]. Highly luminescent QDs could serve as luminescent markers, while magnetic nanoparticles could be easily manipulated under the external magnetic field. Therefore, combination of QDs and MPs to get fluorescent–magnetic bifunctional composite nanoparticles (MPQDs) has attracted intense attention in the past decade due to its appealing applications [17–25]. Surface modification of QDs and MPs with silica has led to improved stability, lower toxicity, and higher biocompatibility, and protection of the QDs against corrosion by the biological buffer. In addition, the rich and well-known surface chemistry of silica makes bioconjugation more convenient. However, it was still a challenge to obtain magnetic, multicolor barcoded nanospheres with controllable size and tunable readout.
Experimental Section
All chemicals used were of analytical grade. Zn (CH3COO)2·2H2O, Mn(CH3COO)2·2H2O, Na2S·9H2O, FeCl2·4H2O, FeCl3·6H2O, Na2SiO3·9H2O, and thioglycolic acid (TGA) were obtained from Shanghai Chemical Reagents Company, tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), ammonia (NH4OH, 25–28 wt%), ethanol (95%),n-hexanol, cyclohexane, and acetone were obtained from Tianjin Hengxing Chemical Preparation Company; and TritonX-100 was obtained from Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Company. All chemicals were used as received. High-purity water with a resistivity of 18.2 MΩ/cm was used for preparation of all aqueous solutions.
Synthesis of Mn:ZnS/ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dots
Mn:ZnS/ZnS core/shell QDs were synthesized according to our recent reports [26]. Briefly, the stock solution was prepared by adding Zn(CH3COO)2·2H2O and Mn(CH3COO)2·2H2O into 100 mL 0.12 M TGA aqueous solution respectively. The Mn/Zn molar ratios in the four samples were fixed at 1%. Then the TGA–manganese solution reacted with Na2S aqueous solution at 80 °C for 20 min to form small-size MnS core. In order to obtain Mn:ZnS/ZnS core/shell QDs, the TGA–zinc complex aqueous solution was injected into the MnS core solution at two-step. At the first step, 75% of TGA–zinc solution was injected into the MnS core solution under vigorously stirring and heated at 80 °C for 10 h. The remaining TGA–zinc solution was then injected into the mixture and heated at 80 °C for another 2 h. The Mn:ZnS/ZnS core/shell QDs were obtained by adding excess ethanol to the solutions and then dried in vacuum.
Synthesis of Fe3O4Nanoparticles
Fe3O4 nanoparticles were synthesized as reported by Massart et al. [28]. A mixture of 5.406 g of FeCl3·6H2O and 2.780 g of FeCl2·4H2O dissolved in 100 mL of high-purity water was placed in a 250-mL flask, following by the quick droplet-addition of 15 mL of 25% NH4OH. The mixture was irradiated with high-intensity ultrasound (600 W, 20 kHz) at room temperature in ambient air for 1 h. After irradiation, the precipitate was centrifuged and washed using distilled water and ethanol for several times. It was then freeze-dried at 223 K for 4 h in vacuum.
Synthesis of Core–Shell Fe3O4@SiO2Nanoparticles
The core–shell Fe3O4@SiO2nanoparticles were synthesized as follows: 1 g of Fe3O4nanoparticles were added to 100 mL of 2.84 wt% sodium silicate solution and ultrasonically dispersed for 30 min. Then, 2 wt% H2SO4was used to adjust pH value of the solution to 9. The mixture was irradiated with high-intensity ultrasound (600 W, 20 kHz) at room temperature in ambient air for 1 h. Twenty-five milliliters cyclohexane, 3.2 mLn-hexanol, 8 mL TritonX-100, 1 mL of the as-prepared magnetic sol, and 1.5 mL of TEOS were added in a flask in turn under vigorous magnetic stirring. Thirty minutes after the microemulsion was formed, 1 mL NH4OH (25 wt%) was added to initiate the polymerization process. The silica growth was completed after 10 h of stirring. The final product was denoted as FS.
Synthesis of Silica-coated Magnetic–luminescent Bifunctional Nanocomposites
One milliliter of Mn:ZnS/ZnS aqueous solution (10 g/L), 1 mL TEOS, and 1 mL NH4OH (25 wt%) were in turn added into the above-mentioned FS and allowed to stir at room temperature for 5 h. Acetone was used to terminate the reaction, and the resultant precipitates of MPQDs were washed with water and ethanol for three times, and then dried in vacuum.
The XRD patterns of the synthesized samples were obtained by a D/max-γA diffractometer using CuKα radiation (λ = 0.15418 nm). The size and morphology of the as-synthesized products were determined by a XL30 S-FEG SEM and a JEM-3010 high-resolution TEM. The PL spectra of the samples were recorded with a Fluorescence Spectrophotometer F-4500. The room temperature magnetization in the applied magnetic field was performed by model JDM-13 vibrating sample magnetometer.
Results and Discussions
Structural and Morphological Characterization
Optical Properties
Agekyan [30] reported that the interaction between the Fe3O4 and the QDs would influence the PL properties of the nanocomposites. Hong et al. [31] reported that the PL properties of the magnetic–luminescent nanocomposites (Fe3O4/PE n /CdTe) were very sensitive to the distance between Fe3O4 nanoparticles and CdTe QDs separated by the polyelectrolyte multilayers. The interaction between the two particle types was suppressed only after having deposited 21 layers of polyelectrolyte between the magnetic and the luminescent nanoparticles. In this paper, a dense silica shell was deposited on Fe3O4 nanoparticles in order to prevent quenching of the QDs by the magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles. Hence, control of silica coating on the surface of Fe3O4 nanoparticles is an important consideration. With this in mind, we investigated several experimental parameters for silica formation with the aim of optimizing the resulting MPQDs fluorescence.
The Effects of the Ratio of Water to Surfactant
The Effect of the Amount of TEOS
The Effect of the Amount of NH4OH
Water-soluble bifunctional MPQDs with Fe3O4MPs and Mn:ZnS/ZnS core–shell QDs encapsulated in silica spheres were synthesized through reverse microemulsion method. The effects of the parameters for the silica coating on the surface of Fe3O4, such as the ratio of water to surfactant (R), the amount of NH4OH, and the amount of TEOS, on the PL properties of MPQDs were studied. It was found that the silica coating on the surface of Fe3O4could effectively suppress the interaction between the Fe3O4and the QDs under the most optimal parameters, and the emission intensity of MPQDs showed a maximum. The bifunctional MPQDs prepared under the most optimal parameters have a typical diameter of 35 nm and a saturation magnetization of 4.35 emu/g at room temperature, and exhibit strong photoluminescence intensity. In a few words, the PL, magnetic, and water-soluble properties of the MPQDs would allow them to find a large range of applications for biolabeling, bioseparation, immunoassay, and diagnostics.
This work was supported by the Provincial Excellent Ph.D. Thesis Research Program of Hunan (no. 2004-141) and the Graduate Educational Innovation Engineering of Central South University (no. LB08083).
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From bustling Beijing to the Hermitage in St Petersburg, travel halfway around the world in three incredible weeks. Board one of the world's great trains and ride the rails on this once-in-a-lifetime trip across the grassy steppes of Mongolia and through the taiga forests of Siberia. Share train carriages with locals, overnight in a Mongolian ger and in a cozy Russian guesthouse. Not only does this trip provide the perfect blend of comfortable accommodations and plenty of activities, but also free time to explore this fascinating region at your own pace.
Arrive at any time.
There are no planned activities until the group meeting in the evening.
Ride the rails through China and into Mongolia. Watch as the landscape changes and make friends with neighbours.
While on board, settle in and enjoy impressive views of the Great Wall as the train tackles the mountains before descending to the arid lands of Inner Mongolia and continuing into the heart of rural Asia.
In the evening, reach the border post of Erlian. Here, the train's wheels will be changed to accommodate a different gauge rail. Opt to stay on board and watch it happen.
Arrive to Ulaanbaatar and start exploring. Choose to take in a local cultural show or enjoy real Mongolian barbecue.
Awake to the stunning landscapes of the south Gobi. The classic image of Mongolian horses and gers (yurts) dot the scenery from horizon to horizon. The occasional nomad encampment appears mirage-like through the carriage window.
Enjoy an included city tour with a local guide to learn more about the rich history and culture of Mongolia. Later, leave the metropolis and travel into Mongolia's Terelj National Park. Enjoy a night in a traditional ger camp.
Discover one of the most important Mongolian temple complexes, the Gandan Monastery. Learn about the history of Buddhism in Mongolia and hope for the chance to see chanting monks. If lucky, a local fortune teller may be around to share some wisdom. After the Monastery, the tour will continue in the Winter Palace of the last Mongolian King (the only King's palace that survived the revolution). At the end of the tour, visit Zaisan Hill, a great viewpoint with a monument dedicated to Soviet soldiers.
Spend the night in a ger camp learning about traditional life.
Walk through the valleys, visit nomadic families, and live simply while overnight in a traditional ger camp.
Head back to Ulaanbaatar for a few hours before boarding the train to Siberia.
Return back to Ulaanbaatar with enough time to buy some souvenirs and snacks for the ride before boarding the next train.
This leg is 2 nights on board, crossing into Siberia and continuing on to Irkutsk.
Spend a full day on the train heading deeper into Russia and watching the landscape change.
Travel to Listvyanka on the shores of Lake Baikal. Opt to visit Baikal Limnological Museum, enjoy a 'banya' (Russian sauna) or take a boat ride on the lake.
Head back to Irkutsk for an included city tour of one of the most beautiful cities in Siberia. Take some time to shop like the locals at the Central Market to stay well-fed on the voyage.
Continue on from Irkutsk to Yekaterinburg. Drink with locals in the dining car, buy homemade food on the platform from "babushkas" (Russian grandmothers), read, relax, play cards, meet your fellow passengers, watch the taiga forests go by — this is what the experience is all about!
Continue on and arrive to the soviet-style city in the Ural Mountain region.
Enjoy a guided tour of Yekaterinburg, including the Church of All Saints on Spilled Blood and the Black Tulip monument.
With free time, opt to see a performance at the Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre, visit the fine art gallery or spend some time at the military museum.
Cross from Asia to Europe on this 24hr train from Yekaterinburg to Moscow.
In the morning, board the Trans-Ural Railway. Say farewell to Asia while crossing the Urals into Europe.
Arrive to Moscow and start exploring. Take an orientation walk of the metro then opt for a Moskva River boat trip or a visit to Lenin's Mausoleum, the Tretiakov Gallery or St Basil's Cathedral.
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Since a woman in La Plata County tested positive for bubonic plague last week, the San Juan Basin Health Department investigators has raced to identify the origin of her disease.
The Health Department announced Thursday its team of investigators had discovered the likely source: a burrow of prairie dogs in western La Plata County ridden with plague-positive fleas.
Joe Fowler, an epidemiologist with San Juan Basin, said health officials could not name the burrow's location, citing the patient's right to privacy.
The last time a human came down with bubonic plague in La Plata County was 2006, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The woman was treated and released Aug. 8.
Whenever there are outbreaks of dangerous infectious diseases such as bubonic plague, smallpox and Ebola, containment only partially depends on infected patients' receiving adequate medical care. To prevent further transmission, public health officials also have to do old-fashioned detective work to ascertain the disease's etiology, tracing the path of infection it blazed - traveling from host to host, jumping between species - back to its earliest origin.
In a phone interview Thursday, Fowler said almost 10 San Juan Basin Health employees had worked to track down the vector of last week's report of bubonic plague with help from experts and laboratories at the Colorado Department of Health and Environment. Working with information provided by the plague patient, investigators eventually narrowed in on the burrow of plague positive, flea-infested prairie dogs as probable exposure source.
It's impossible right now to determine the number of infected prairie dogs, Fowler said.
But he said humans had to be cautious.
"The main message here is that in summertime in Colorado, plague can occur at any place and time. Plague is endemic to our area, and everybody in La Plata County - no matter where they live - has to take precautions," he said.
Since 1957, Colorado has seen a total of 64 cases of human plague: In nine cases - 14 percent - the disease proved fatal.
This year in Colorado, four other cases of human plague have been identified in Adams County. Two rodents, a dog and a dozen flea samples also have tested positive for plague, according to San Juan Basin Health Department.
According to Joe Lewandowski, of Durango Parks and Wildlife, prairie dogs have failed to develop any resistance to plague.
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I'm impressed. Really nice flowers shot. Like the soft lighting.
Keep it coming.
I'm impressed too, Chiue.
As you know I have been trying to get Kodak colors with my Z990 applying different settings including RAW. But I "developed" this RAW files with Irfanview or RawTherapee and I didn't like the output.
I now open the RAW file with Picasa and save it inmediatly with the "save as" command. It will be safed automatically in JPG keeping the original colors. Then I do minor changes (if any) like add contrast or sharpening with FastStone.
If you want to get similar (but not the same) output shooting jpg, you have to set sharpness, contrast and colors to low, and the WB mostly set to "daylight".
I will post the original pics (RAW and JPG) in an other thread.
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An earthquake is rumbling in the American state of Connecticut. Its fault line could soon swallow Hillary Clinton's presidential chances. The man who used to be the next vice president of the United States, Senator Joe Lieberman, is in grave political trouble. At the beginning of August he could well be beaten in the primary for his own Connecticut Senate race.
Much has been written in the American media about how Lieberman's current pickle reflects a mix of his support for the Iraq war, his closeness to President Bush, and the new-found power of leftwing bloggers. All of this is true. Democratic activists are so riled about the president and his war that their tolerance of moderate leaders is perilously thin. And internet activists have managed to combine their anger with fundraising nous sufficient to do serious damage.
The result? Being a centrist has rarely been less popular. We saw this yesterday. So rattled is the incumbent senator - who won his last race without airing a single television ad - that he yesterday announced today that he might do a Ken, and run as an independent. The consensus among people I spoke to today was that the move is a calamitous mistake - the last gasp of an entombed politician reaching out of the half-closed casket only to bang the few remaining nails into his own coffin.
Regardless, Lieberman isn't the issue here. The real problem for the Democrats is that what is happening to "Jumpin' Joe" might soon happen to Hillary Clinton. All of the things that annoy Democrats about Liebermann annoy then about Hillary too. She is aggressively centrist. She supported the war, and still does. She cosies up to some of the odious Republicans in Congress. And she has recently, and often a little clumsily, moved defensively to the centre on election-torpedoing issues such as abortion.
In the coming months and years, this sort of behaviour is, on present form, bound to attract the ire of the Democratic base, and its blogging cheerleaders. These tooled-up adolescents want someone who can take the fight to the Republicans; to show some balls and backbone. Instead they run the risk of lumbering the Demoncrats with an unelectable donkey like Russ Feingold, a leftist Senator from Wisconsin.
Hillary Clinton has a much stronger chance of becoming America's first female president than most commentators think. Against John McCain her chances don't look great, but against anyone else the Republicans choose - Bill Frist? Mitt Romney? - she has a better than fighting chance. The irony is that Liebermann's predicament clearly shows that for Hillary the enemy is not going to be Karl Rove and the Republicans attacking from the front. It will be steely, angry and newly tooled-up malcontent Democrats attacking from the back.


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The University of Florida plays for its second football national title in three years on Thursday. And, like many students, sophomore Anna Steiger plans to party all night in Gainesville if the Gators win. She also has an 8:30 a.m. class Friday. Will she make it? "Definitely not," she said. "You can't pay me enough [to go to class on Friday]." Her empty classroom seat could have plenty of company. But students who choose celebration over studies might not be excused. UF Provost Joseph Glover sent an e-mail to faculty after the Gators earned the berth in the championship game that classes would not be canceled and the academic schedule would not be changed. Faculty can decide how to handle the students' absences. UF junior Heather Bernardy said her teacher canceled class because of the game, as other faculty have done in years past for bowl games or championships. Others are strict. Journalism professor Mike Foley considers missing the first day of class reason enough to drop a student in some instances. Some professors have sent pre-emptive e-mails to students to let them know missing class will affect their grade. "The thing is, the vast majority of students, faculty and staff will not be going to the game, so it makes far more sense to accommodate them than to shut down to accommodate those who are going," UF spokesman Steve Orlando said. UF President Bernie Machen instituted the same policy for Thursday's game that he did in 2007: Classes weren't canceled, but "we urge our faculty and staff to make it easy for them [students] to make up any missed work," he wrote. Some students have been scared enough about grades to make sure they attend. UF senior Patricia Gibbs said she will go to classes Friday, but she's "not that crazy about it." Others will play it by ear. "If I wake up at 1 [p.m.] with only a little headache then I'll go [to my 1:55 p.m. class]," UF junior Ian Ciesielski said. In Gainesville, the game will be simulcast on big screens in the O'Connell Center and two locations in the Reitz Union: the Grand Ballroom and the Orange & Brew. Doors open at 4 p.m. in the O'Connell Center for the UF women's basketball game and only students, faculty and staff with Gator 1 cards will be admitted after 5:30 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the Grand Ballroom. Rabid Gator fans also can be found at the University of North Florida, but UNF Provost Mark Workman said he doesn't expect too many students to miss class. "You can root," he said, "but you can root on your own time." firstname.lastname@example.com, (904) 359-4247 amanda.warford@jacksonville. com, (904) 359-4019
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From Snowshaft to Rainshaft
Virga, the word for precipitation extending down from a cloud and not reaching the surface, is not due to evaporation of the cloud droplets as they fall. Rather, it is an optical backscatter problem.
A. B. Fraser of Penn State Explains. "Consider a snowflake falling into warmer air (>0 C). It melts and there is a transition in the precipitation shaft. It switches from a snow shaft to a rain shaft. Optical cross section can be reduced by a factor of about 2. And because drops fall faster than crystals the optical cross section is reduced even more as they speed up on passing from snow shaft to rain shaft. Put the two together and the reduction in optical density is 10X. Dendrite or star flakes have higher optical densities than drops made from the said crystal fall very slowly and so dendritic snow shafts are very dark and when they fall and melt the optical density declines a whole lot, like 20X. You can see right through the rain shaft below the snow haft. If there were a grauple shaft extending down from a cloud and the grauple melted there would be almost no observed virga because the drop size and fall rate of grauple and the resulting rain drop are nearly the same."
The take-home (thinking about it all message is that virga is real, however the traditional explanation of evaporation at the bottom of the shaft is not. Think radar. Radio-wave out, measure the optical back-scatter of the return. Weather radar "sees the hydrometeors" (size and fall rate).
Fraser is a professor emeritus at Penn State. He and his website are major assets.
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Discussion Questions
1. What does Wiesel's new preface convey about the timelessness of this novel? How do his voice and outlook compare to those of DAY's narrator?
2. By reading the initial scene, what were you able to discern about the relationship between the narrator and Kathleen? How do they resolve their conflicts? Are they good communicators? Is their relationship unusual or typical?
3. Dr. Russel probes Kathleen, trying to determine the depth of her commitment to the narrator because "Love is worth as much as a prayer. Sometimes more." Is the narrator's life proof of this? Or has love harmed him? What kind of love does Dr. Russel prescribe?
4. What was the narrator's time in Paris like? What do his memories indicate about this chapter of his life? In what way did it serve as a bridge to his life in the United States? Does he describe any locale as being a place where he truly felt at home?
5. What is your interpretation of the stranger Eliezer meets on board a ship bound for South America? Why is it dangerous for them to feel mesmerized by the sea? Why does the Englishman end the conversation by repeatedly saying, "I'm going to hate you"? Why is Eliezer grateful to hear those words?
6. In what way did the narrator's grandmother affect his impressions of God and death? What did she want him to believe? Did she prepare him for such a devastating tragedy as the Holocaust?
7. The narrator tells us that when he first met Kathleen, he instantly felt as if they were kindred souls, so much so that their friends think they had met previously. What is the source of Kathleen's emptiness? Does she understand him as well as he understands her? Could anyone fill the narrator's emptiness?
8. When the narrator meets with his lawyer, he expresses relief that a large corporation, rather than an impoverished cab driver, would have to pay a hefty sum as compensation for the accident. What trait does this signify in the narrator? Why is he not a vengeful person?
9. Why is it so difficult for Dr. Russel to comprehend the narrator's suicidal feelings? What does the existential conversation between doctor and patient represent in terms of everyday life? What contemporary chasms exist between the deeply wounded and their zealous but misguided healers?
10. How did you react when the narrator revealed his name as "Eliezer, the son of Sarah"? Is it appropriate to view him as a version of the same protagonist featured in NIGHT and DAWN? If so, what does his past seem to predict about his future?
11. Discuss the role of the two Sarahs in the novel: the narrator's beloved mother, and the young girl whose capacity for love was extinguished by a brutal Nazi officer. What is the effect of reading about these two women in sequential scenes?
12. Will Eliezer be able to live up to his agreement with Kathleen, in which she will accept his help if he will accept hers?
13. What accounts for Eliezer's bond with Gyula? Why was he the only one able to guess the truth, that Eliezer had indeed seen the cab coming? What is Gyula trying to achieve by burning the painting in the novel's final scene?
14. In light of the ending, reread the novel's epigraph from Nikos Kazantzakis. Is its message about the pain of love and loss sustained throughout DAY? Besides regaining his physical health, does the narrator experience any other degree of recovery?
15. There are several parallels between Elie Wiesel and the protagonist in DAY: they share the same first name and hometown, and both were involved in a serious car accident in New York during the 1950s. Yet only one of the books in the trilogy, NIGHT, is a memoir. What distinguishes the experience of reading a novel? How was Wiesel's Holocaust remembrance enriched by his blending of memoir and fiction across these three books?
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Yes. You could usefully search the rules for each ship/shipping company and in the questions and answers here. Each cruise company has different rules.
Many ships have stricty non-smoking, except on a promedade deck.
Go onto all your prospective cruise lines and see if they are a non smoking ship. Many cruise lines allow smoking somewhere. All are now non smoking in cabins. But allowing for the fact that most ships are in International waters (Therefore not restricted by U.K laws. } You will probally find that smoking is allowed somewhere. i.e . on open decks. Someone out there will tell me no doubt that such and such cruises are non smoking. I would think that there are not many that are totally non smoking. Wish you luck to find the cruise line that totally bans smoking. You will obviously have to pay a premium price. I look forward to the replies that you will get, be very interested to find out who is totally non smoking! You will be missing out on some great company on open decks. But that is your choice! Good luck and enjoy your cruise.
Agree fully with stevens comments, but even if they find a non smoking ship they must always be downwind of the funnel. Because that always smokes!
Quite right, and upwind from my daughter who also does and seems to attract people who have an opinion!


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Bought Dragon Age II? Bioware Wants to Give You Mass Effect 2 for Free
Bioware is celebrating the success of Dragon Age II by offering those who purchased the game a PC version of Mass Effect 2 for free. The offer simply requires DAII owners to activate their online pass, log into their website, and click "submit" to claim their copy. The download is immediately available, so this isn't one of those lame 6-8 week waits.
While the offer can't be redeemed for the 360 or PS3 versions of Mass Effect 2, those who bought Dragon Age II on those platforms can still get the PC version of Mass Effect 2. While the game practically sells itself at this point (the price is down to $20, and sales are everywhere), it's still a nice gesture by Bioware. With so many people disappointed with Dragon Age II, it's possible this deal is less a celebration and more of an apology to fans.
Dragon Age II has already sold over one million copies, and Bioware says it's selling faster than the original. While reviews have generally been positive, the game has been criticized for repetitive environments and rushed content. Some very vocal fans have echoed this sentiment, adding in a bit of profanity and a ton of vitriol.
I wouldn't be surprised if this offer, though very cool on Bioware's part, isn't a reaction to some of that anger. At the very least, the deal will give them some good press to balance out the negative. Still, most people playing Dragon Age II have probably already bought Mass Effect 2. If you do happen to be one of the few who haven't experienced the game, then Bioware just did you a really nice favor.


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David Farrier of New Zealand's 3 News conducted an interview with AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd ahead of the release of Rudd's solo debut, "Head Job". You can now watch the chat at this location.Asked about AC/DC's current status and plans for the immediate future, Rudd said: "I can't really offer anything official, but I'm pretty sure something's gonna happen in the not-too-distant future. 'Cause we're all getting on a bit. It's either do it now or do it posthumously." Rudd last week said that AC/DC's new album is better than its predecessor, 2008's "Black Ice", even though founding guitarist Malcolm Young was not present for the sessions. In an interview with Australian radio station Triple M, Rudd called the record "stellar," adding, "I hope it's as good as I remember when I came away from the studio. It's pretty damn good." Although some music news sites erroneously quoted Rudd as saying that the album was recorded in 10 days, he actually said that he was done with his drum parts in that time, adding, "I've never played better." According to The Pulse Of Radio, Rudd, who releases his debut solo album "Head Job" on Friday (August 29), recently confirmed during an appearance on Australia's "Today Show" that AC/DC will play live again. He explained, "There will be another tour, and I'll be on it. And when there's another one, I'll be on that. And another record, I'll be on that. It'll go until it dies. We'll probably all have to be dead before it stops, you know what I'm saying? You'll never stop Angus [Young], mate." AC/DC announced earlier this summer that Malcolm Young was stepping down from the group after 40 years due to unspecified health issues. The band recently completed recording on its 16th studio album, with Malcolm and Angus' nephew Stevie Young filling in for Malcolm on guitar. The disc is due out before the end of the year.
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Xerosis cutis is the medical term for abnormally dry skin. This name comes from the Greek word "xero," which means dry.
Dry skin is common, especially in the elderly. It is usually a minor and temporary problem, but may cause discomfort. Your skin needs moisture to stay smooth. As you age, retaining moisture in the skin becomes more difficult. Your skin may become dry and rough as it loses water and oils.
Dry skin is more common during the cold winter months. Modifying your daily routine by taking shorter showers with lukewarm water and by using moisturizers can help prevent xerosis cutis.
Dry skin is linked to a decrease in the oils on the surface of the skin. It is usually triggered by environmental factors. The following activities or conditions may lead to dry skin:
Xerosis cutis is worse during the cold winter months when the air is very dry (low humidity).
Older people are more susceptible to developing the condition than younger people.
Symptoms of xerosis cutis include:
Treatment is aimed at relieving your symptoms. Treating dry skin at home includes regularly using moisturizers on the skin. Usually, an oil-based cream is more effective at holding in moisture than a water-based cream. Look for creams that contain the ingredients lactic acid or lactic acid and urea. A topical steroid medication, such as hydrocortisone one percent cream, can also be used if the skin is very itchy. Ask a pharmacist to recommend a moisturizing cream or product that will work for you.
If your skin is oozing, has large areas that are peeling, has a ring-shaped rash, does not improve within a few weeks, or gets much worse despite treatment, see a dermatologist. A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in disorders of the skin. You may have a fungal or bacterial infection, an allergy, or another skin condition. Excessive scratching of dry skin can also lead to an infection.
Dry skin in younger people may be caused by a condition called atopic dermatitis, commonly known as eczema. Eczema is characterized by extremely dry, itchy skin. Blisters and hard, scaly skin is common in those with this condition. A dermatologist can help determine if you or your child has eczema.
Dry skin cannot always be prevented, especially as you age. However, you can help avoid or reduce the symptoms of xerosis cutis by simply modifying your daily routine.
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Clippers vs. Thunder, Blake Griffin vs. Kendrick Perkins…Big Perk may never be the same. Blake Griffin just may have the dunk of the year. What LeBron did to John Lucas III was cool, but this thrown down here is brute force with some destruction, terror and mayhem on the side. Word to LL Cool J.
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Can anyone tell me how to download an entire blog and save it?
Now is the time to copy and paste or save any articles you want. I have to figure out how to copy this whole blog. I am going to leave things open for a time and will still respond to comments and the like for a period of time. You can still email me as well at email@example.com.
I think it's best to go on a blogging break now. I am not sure yet if this is the end of the road or if I will come back to write more, but I haven't been posting as much here in months as it is. As some can tell, in my latest articles, this is a period of examination for me. Sometimes a blogger can run out of things to write about, I certainly wrote about a multitude of topics. Around last year, my writing faded and a couple years earlier then that, I didn't have time or energy for as much research as I used to put into articles. This blog went for seven years and I wrote about a lot of topics. It was a great learning experience. I do hope I was helpful to others spiritually and this blog was a source of support to you.
I've been doing this blog for seven years, that is a long life span for any blog. It has been quite a learning lesson. I never spoke of numbers but this blog peaked out at 75,000 page views per month at one point and has had over 3 million views.
This has been a learning lesson in posting here, and I am glad I got to do for so long. It was great to explore many areas and study the bible with many of you via the blog context. For years I did expose a lot of corruption in Christianity and exposed a lot of false teachings, I hope I was able to help people in doing this. I want to thank all the good people here I had excellent conversations with, and will remember many of you who offered encouragement with fondness. Thank you.
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48 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan, 10 surrender
At least 48 Taliban militants and a key commander were killed in Afghanistan in cleanup operations against the militants in parts of the conflict-ridden country.
Kabul: At least 48 Taliban militants and a key commander were killed in Afghanistan over Tuesday and Wednesday in cleanup operations against the militants in parts of the conflict-ridden country even as 10 militants laid down arms before authorities.
The Afghan Interior Ministry in a statement released here on Wednesday claimed killing four dozen Taliban militants over the past 24 hours across the country.
"Afghan National Police backed by the units of national army and the coalition forces conducted several joint clearance operations in Nangarhar, Baghlan, Kandahar, Helmand and Nimroz provinces over the past 24 hours which left 48 armed Taliban rebels dead, 38 wounded and six others were arrested," Xinhua reported citing the statement.
It did not mentioned any casualties among security personnel
Meanwhile, a key commander of the armed outfit was also killed in Herat province Tuesday night, Naqibullah Balouch, an Army officer said on Wednesday.
"Acting upon intelligence report, the security forces operations in Adraskan district late Tuesday night, killing Taliban famous commander Mullah Isa and arrested two of his bodyguards," Balouch told Xinhua.
The elimination of Mullah Isa is a big blow to the Taliban militants in the western region, he said.
Taliban militants fighting the government and NATO-led forces were yet to make comment.
Afghan security forces had also launched a big operation against a Taliban bastion in Ghorband district of Parwan province 75 km north of Kabul on Tuesday morning and the operation would continue till Taliban militants are swept out and viable security could be ensured in the mountainous area.
In another development, a 10-member group of Taliban fighters laid down arms and resumed normal life in the western Herat province Wednesday, as security forces mounted pressure on the armed outfit.
"Today we are the witness of giving up fighting by 10 dissident brothers in Chasht district of Herat province and resuming normal life within society," Herat provincial governor Sayed Fazlulah Wahidi said in his speech in a ceremony to welcome the former militants.
The former fighters also handed over their weapons to the local authorities, he added.
Wahidi also called upon anti-government militants to follow their step and contribute to the rebuilding process of Afghanistan.
In a separate incident, Taliban militants abducted a government employee in Farah province and killed him on Wednesday, spokesman for provincial government Abdul Rahman Zhawandon said.
"The Taliban rebels kidnapped an employee of rural development department in Farah province this morning and shot him dead after keeping him in captivity for a few hours," Zhawandon told Xinhua without giving more details.


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October is National Apple Month, and while the rest of the country celebrates by harvesting, we San Diegans can celebrate by considering — and pre-ordering — apple trees to plant in January.
Selecting apple varieties to plant in Southern California takes just a bit of homework. You can't simply plant (as you might elsewhere) your favorite supermarket apple. Apples need a minimum number of chilling hours to bear fruit, and San Diego doesn't provide the cold required by most apples found in produce departments.
Fortunately, there are "low-chill" apple varieties for temperate climates. (Chilling hours are defined as nonconsecutive hours of winter temperatures below 45 degrees.) As a general guide, if you live on or near the coast, your garden gets only 100 to 200 chilling hours. Inland San Diego gardens get about 400 to 500 chilling hours — still considered "low chill."
That leaves only a handful — but very flavorful — apple types for San Diego. The top three choices for coastal San Diego are Dorsett Golden, Ein Shemer and Anna apples. All three flower early and ripen in June. Dorsett Golden and Ein Shemer are sweet yellow apples, and Anna is green with a red blush. Don't let them stay too long on the trees or they lose their crispness.
For Inland San Diego, you can add a few more choices. Fuji, is a very popular, great-tasting, crisp apple from Japan that bears fruit with 400 hours of chilling, as does Gordon, a longtime Southern California favorite.
If you live where you get cold canyon air settling down from higher elevations, try Pink Lady, from Western Australia with crisp, sweet-tart fruit that keeps well; Red Fuji, another good keeper that's crisp and flavorful; or Mutsu, a favorite of connoisseurs that's picked when green or slightly yellow. All need a bit more chilling — 500 hours.
Apples, like most fruit trees, need full sun, well-draining soil and infrequent, but deep watering. For that reason, they're not suited to planting in lawns. Give them regular water during fruit formation. Most nurseries sell trees that are grafted onto a dwarfing rootstock that produces trees better suited to urban yards.
There's no need to wait for your own backyard harvest to celebrate great tasting apples, however. Cooler October temperatures seem to call out for apple pies, tarts or apple betty. Here's a favorite old recipe to celebrate National Apple Month.
Backyard Orchard Apple Crisp
4 crisp baking apples, peeled and sliced (about 4 cups)
½ cup butterscotch or caramel topping
¾ cup packed brown sugar
½ cup white bread crumbs
½ cup oats (quick cooking or old-fashioned)
1/3 cup butter, softened
¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¾ teaspoon ground nutmeg
Heat to 375 degrees. Spray bottom and sides of an 8-inch square pan with cooking spray. Toss apples and topping in a large bowl. Spread apples in pan. Mix remaining ingredients well (in a separate bowl) and sprinkle over apples.
Bake 40-45 minutes or until topping is golden and apples are tender when pierced with a knife. Serve warm or cold with ice cream.


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King Abdullah II of Jordan, which hosts tens of thousands of Syrian refugees, urged Wednesday "a political solution" in the neighbouring country, saying he is "worried" about the violence there.
Meeting with a US congressional delegation, the king said he is "worried about the developments in Syria," a palace statement said.
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"He stressed the need to end violence in Syria and to find a political solution," it added.
The UN refugee agency UNHCR has said that the number of registered Syrians in Jordan had reached around 12,500 in April, adding that the number is expected to rise.
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Grandmaster Flash is an international legend. The man helped break hip-hop ground in the mid-´70s from a street corner in the Bronx. Back then, it was an entirely new and progressive cultural movement. Of course, hip-hop would go on to reach the farthest corners of the earth.
Today Flash will be closing out the wildly popular Starbucks Music Series that has showcased Jean-Michel Basquiat's street-art exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston since November.
"Although New York is a mecca, it's good that so many other places around the world have come along and added subcultures to the culture, musically speaking," says Flash. "In order for something to last, it has to constantly keep reinventing itself."
When Flash started out, he didn't have it so easy as today's DJs. Not only was the technology in its earliest stages -- back then, there were no portable mixers or turntables that could take a beating -- but finding records required a whole lot of time. "I was a small fish in a very big record pond," says Flash. "It took weeks, going into lots of shops and playing lots of records just to find that one song that the audience would come to hear. It kind of made the DJ shine for a minute."
Though hip-hop didn't bump from the block parties of New York to the world until the advent of MCs like Kurtis Blow and the Furious Five, it was Flash's idea to "cut" pieces of old disco and funk tracks and lay them down with heavy-handed drum beats for an MC to rap over. Hip-hop stars the world over have Flash to thank.
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Flash has deejayed New York's hottest radio stations, the hippest celebrity parties and the top awards ceremonies. His music still resonates around the world week after week on the uncensored Sirius Radio show The Flash Mash. "I have a story to tell, and I have a lot of records to play," he says. "I'm actually going to reduplicate my struggling years, when it was just me, trying to make something happen on the dance floor. A great DJ is considered a rarity these days."
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Video images are capable of expressing various kinds of information; however special knowledge and techniques are required for authoring quality video content. In order to represent impressions, proper camerawork is required for delivering understandable content. However, amateur users often have difficulties in shooting images which appropriately reflect their expressive intentions. In this paper, the authors propose an incremental interaction model which supports the user's shooting activity and aims to take shots that fit the expressive intention.
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Home Depot - Lack of customer service and lying
Dear wonderful Home Depot :
To who it may concern I would like to share my concern with your customer service at the Home depot in the Missoula city. I am a General contractor from California and work with your customer service as well as the store manager on issues at my home store in San Luis Obispo, Atascadero and as well in Santa Maria. I have to tell you I have never meet such an individual as the store manager you have in Missoula , Orrion French who flat out lies to your face and tells you he will do anything to please you. His actions and the lies he tells you provide the proof he is not customer service oriented.
I am telling you this information first so you will understand what I have been dealing with for the last three weeks. I am in the town of Annaconda working on a one and only master bathroom for my aunt, with my dad, and his two other brothers. This required installing new drain lines, new copper lines, new flooring new framing, new insulation, new bathroom fan, new cast iron Kholer bath tub and new Swanstone surround. All of these materials were purchased at Home Depot with no hesitation. Now the fun starts. The tub was ordered along with the Swanstone tub surround on 9th of August 2010 with your sales associate Greg Bennett at your Missoula Home Depot. We asked for a time frame for delivery Greg at that moment said let me call and ask, he call your distributor on the phone who stated that 5 – 7 days it would arrive as its destination. The Swanstone tub surround would arrive 2 weeks later. Ok Greg asked so it may arrive by Friday but possibly by Monday, but definitely would arrive on Monday. The distributor on the phone said yes that is correct. The order was placed and the time frame seemed to be working with the timing on the bathroom work. Greg did not post on the order under notes who he talked, when the time or the date when he talked with them, big mistake.
Friday came and went, Monday, Tuesday then on Wednesday 18th of August 2010 at 1:35pm we called Home Depot and asked where was our tub that was supposed to be delivered. They, fist Phill who was working in the department and later Orrion French asked for the order number to check on the order and to talk and ask the distributor about the order. Now I would assume that they would pull up the invoice and read the entire invoice – especially the notes at the bottom that stated ship the tub as soon as possible. It was in stock when we ordered and was still in stock when Phill and Orrion French called and inquired. We were told by your store manager Orrion French that the tub was placed on hold waiting for the delivery of the tub surround and that they are going to ship just the tub it and it will take two weeks to reach us now. Now I have dry wall installers asking if they can start work, and I have no cast iron tub to install – to finish drywall down to continue with the progress of the bathroom. I was told by Phill and by Orrion French that there is no way that Home Depot can get the tub any quicker than two weeks. I asked and inquired no you can overnight, expedite or express ship anything you want – please help me out and get it expedited so I can continue my project. Again your representatives told me there are no way they can get it any quicker than two weeks.
On Thursday, mad about the situation that the project is in – since in two weeks my vacation / work helping my aunt would be over my dad and I drove 120 miles 1:45 mins to get to Missoula to confront your representatives who were pushing me off. Orrion French and Phill of coarse are unreachable at the moment so at 8:15 am we start the scenario over with a new representative Tanya Kuhl. Who after a little bit of time actually has a good head on her shoulders and is very will to help customers in the store. Big help – she tells us let's call the vender and find out what is going on. So she calls and finds out that they did send it out regular shipment- no express or no send this out rush. Nice Phill and Orrion French you did me a big favor. She asked if the tub could be returned and shipped faster, the distributor stated that it was just put on the truck and the truck had not left but was still being loaded. She was also informed we could overnight ship it, rush or expedite ship it to the store in Missoula and was amazed that Phill or Orrion French did not offer this to us.
For the next 4hrs, yes my dad and I stayed there in the Missoula Home Depot to get this tub – it was that important. We worked asked questions, inquired and waited for responses from the distributor and from Tanya kuhl the Home Depot representative on the availability of the tub getting shipped faster. So from 8:15 am until 12:15pm my dad and I worked with Tanya to get this tub. Orrion French realized that Tanya was helping us with our order, 9:30am in the store, that he messed up and told us "oh good Tanya is helping you, she will do right by you and get your tub quickly – no worries". What in the world does Orrion French do in Home Depot besides hide out and just walk around? Placed and expressed over night order with your vender made possible through Tanya and Jill in your ordering and express shipping department. No at 12:15pm the order was in, it was approved and agreed by Home Depot that the distributor would pick up a large portion of the cost to ship the tub since they made the mistake and did not read the paperwork to send the tub. Home Depot would pick up a small portion of the cost to ship the tub. No the really fun part - 15 minutes later ( after we did some banking) while going for some lunch thinking that the tub issue was resolved and that we received a call from Orrion French the store manager that he personally canceled the order and that the tub would arrive 5 – 7 days from today. I told him you have to be kidding do you understand how much work we did to get the tub by Friday. He told me, you will just have to wait – that is the best we can do, but we could refund you money and give you +10 % and you could go order from Lowe's. Let me understand this correctly first you mess up my order, don't help me when you are at fault then you are paying me to go to your competitors' because your unable to fulfill an order, interesting. I really wonder how often Orrion French does this because he was sure quick to offer this.
On that note I am still waiting for my tub that should have arrived 5 – 7 days and thinking that Orrion French needs to be fired from Home Depot and that Tanya needs to be promoted. I mean all Orrion French did is tell us lies in the store and on the phone. The following picture's show the work order and the order number (note also the notes at the bottom of page) and a picture of the bathroom minus the glorious tub.
At this point I wish to show my concern with others visiting your store. First I will have to give them this letter and they can read the following instructions .
#1. Ask the person you are dealing with how long they have been in the department. In Missula they move people around to cover the different departments. I personally watched ten individuals from other departments work in the kitchen area taking orders and answering questions.
2. Ask the person you are dealing with how long they have been working in the department – more so how long have they been training. A lot of Home Depot employee's get a shotgun introduction to work in the department they are working in – in other words the guy your ordering from may only have 4hrs experience training in their department.
#3. Ask about their name and department number – there may be several phill's in the store and remember that may not be his regular department he works in .
#4. Ask if he or she is going on vacation or what days and hours he or she works. You want to reach them since you have spent hours placing and deciding on your fixtures and their color scheme.
#5. Find out if Orrion French is the store manager or works there or worse your in the Missula Home Depot – if he does run for the hills , your order is going to get messed up and he will stump any progress in you getting your fixtures on time. Go to Lowe's – learn from my recent mistake.
T. Edwards Construction
Credit card holder, Pro products purchaser – how much longer ?
P.S. Maybe others can buy pass Home Depot and go directly to Lowe's and eliminate the headaches that I am having. Maybe even order from their home town building supply shops, which I should be looking in to once I get back home.
If I can find a way to add pics I will add a jpg of the order and the condition of the drywall showing how the bathroom sits now for two weeks ..
Monetary Loss: $200.
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Dear : George Watts ~ since you sincerely think I slam~ed the wrong guy ~ interesting enough.
You wrote "I have been to home depot and the assistance Manager Orrin French has always helped us in every way. He is very smart and has never lied to us! Way to slam the wrong guy."
So lets pull this apart, Uhmm when I first talked with Orrin French his statement to me was he was the store Manager of the Home Deopt (first lie). I never did say anything to the effect that Orrin was not smart ~ quite the contrary ~ if he can bully customers to waiting for their product for longer periods then they were first told ~ he is very smart and persuasive.
If you read through my passage that I wrote ~ he did try to help us in every way he could ~ until we left (very smart) do not say no to a customers face ~ say it over the phone after they have left ~ and when you are going on lunch break (give customer 1 hrs to settle down)
Hey do me a favor, Print out what I wrote and show it to him ~ and watch his face. As he lies to you and denies it. Then for proof go talk to Tanya and get the real story or better yet talk to their accounting office behind the customer service who worked on this problem for 2hrs as well.
As for slam~ing the wrong guy. I would have to tell you about supervising is that you are responsible for everyone around you, this really does suck but it is the way it is in the business world. Now but your response I would have to assume... you do not think Orrion French should be held to his word ? that he should not be held to his actions ? that he should not be held to his promises ?
Read through my passage again and think ~ would and regular person ~ see this as a reasonable requirement ~ can Home Depot possibly do such a request ?
Biggest and best question for you George Watts ~ why would a contractor white such a lengthy report on individuals and in details and time lines ? If it was not true ..
But the way George ~ if your looking for more horr stories on Orrion French and that Home Depot ~ you dont have to look far, I have 24 reports on that Home Depot that people sent to me as far as complaints.
I hope that all your Home Depot experiences are wonderful and fruit full ~ that is that way it should and suppose to be. But tell me ~ have you special ordered anything ?Show more
I have been to home depot and the assistance Manager Orrin French has always helped us in every way. He is very smart and has never lied to us! Way to slam the wrong guy.
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Hmm where to start ? #1 you need to get your facts straight ~ the names and positions I posted are correct ~ I have their home depot cards with their position titles if you do not believe me . Ok , next question is why are you talking with the home depot Store manager already ~ have problems your self ??
I later learned the individual who was the store manager (as he represented him self and handed me a business card that stated so) was the acting store manager (who the store manager posted while he was on vacation and approved of himself)very poor decision ~ as he turned out out to be the worst customer service individual in the store. The question is why he would post this man instead of Tanya (who runs the entire store it seems) is anyone's guess. May be he is afraid of loosing his job.
So what happened , hmm the tub finally arrived in Butte MT.on Aug 26 by air freight, was sent to distribution center the next day in Butte Mt. From Butte it was shipped to Whitehall on the Aug 27. On the 30th is was shipped to Bozeman to the distribution center. On the 31th we inquired and were told that the tub was being shipped to Missoula for delivery on the 7th or 8th of Sep , your kidding . Great, Home depot realized we really needed this tub but we are the only ones inquiring about the tub. On the 2nd we personally picked up the tub. On the 3rd the original store manager returned and talked with dealing with the situation. Yes... we were compensated on the tub for the ordeal ~ to the tune of $300 bucks. Hmm , very nice in dead ~ only it set the project back two weeks and as of the 15th of Sep ~ no tub surround that was stated in order and once again checked by home depot associates on delivery time of the 30th of Aug . No maybe two weeks is nothing for time for you , but when your on vacation or you have a contractor dealing with time frames, its a big deal .. Now have I been ordering through Home Depot since I have been home ~ no I avoid it like the plague .
Just my two cents , hopefully your experience is better ...Show more
Did HD take care of the issue?I was in the Missoula Home Depot and the guy listed in this complaint is not the Store Manager!
Way to drag the wrong guys name through the mud.The SM in Missoula has always taken care of me and especially the community.
Must be a Montana thing. Manager in Billings "may be" a liar, too, and the district manager who appears to operate out of the Helena store is no better. Need to get his name and post it on here.
If either one of them loses their jobs because enough of us stop shopping at HD, neither one of them deserves another job, in my opinion!
About six years ago I purchased several thousand dollars of hardwood for a repo house I had purchased, was renovating, and going to live in.When I purchased the flooring I asked the sales accociate helping us if there was anything we could use as a protective coating that would also make the hardwood shine.
He said sure, Polyurethane. So we put hardwood throughout the livingroom, dinning and kitchen and returned to Home Depot (in Summerville, SOuth Carolina)and purchased the poly as well as got instruction from the flooring department on how to apply it. Unfortunately the sales associate was a dumb a$$ and told us to apply the poly with a roler. When we applied the poly you couldn't see anything was wrong, but when it dried, there where small bubbles covering the floor, the floors where ruined.
We went back to Home Depot and told the manager what his sales associate directer us and the flooring that we had just purchased was ruined.
The manager told us there was nothing he could do, but refend our money for the poly.
I had to end up taring up the floors and put down carpet in the living and dinning are and tile in the kitchen, because there was no way I could afford more hardwood.
I haven't been back since.It will be 6yrs in November..
I have issues with Home DEpot, but they have always gone out of there way to correct the issue.
Tinzley and Stephanie are totally worthless with their stereotypical responses.
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Review for Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
My husband volunteers at Second Harvest,and I have become involved, also. The backpack for kids program is awesome! I am a nurse, and what a wonderful way to "pay it forward"!
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feeding hungry children!
What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
The great spirit of staff and volunteers!
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
People who really care!
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
Feed alot of children!
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More people had participated!
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About every six months
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Role: Volunteer & Helped with the Irish Festival and the Chili Cook-off!.