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Derwood Hodgegrass appears to be back to his old ways.
The eccentric billionaire hosted a massive "Party at Stubby's" bash at his Southampton mansion in honor of his favorite film, The Breakfast Club, on Saturday. And in typical Hodgegrass style, he flew in Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, John Kapelos (Carl the janitor) and "Mr. Vernon" actor Paul Gleason for the event. Ally Sheedy was also invited, but unable, or unwilling, to attend. She responded with a brief text, explaining only, "When you grow up, your heart dies."
Friends held an intervention to snap Hodgegrass out of his recent "shamanic stupor" last week after learning his so-called spiritual advisor—celebrity ayahuasquero Don Julio Luiz Pedena—wasn't playing by his own rules and using the billionaire's wealth to enjoy all the Hamptons' excesses, while telling Hodgegrass to cast off material wants and "frivolous pursuits."
Though resistant at first, friends said Hodgegrass is "no dummy" and that he made a quick turnaround after being presented with the evidence about Luiz Pedena.
"He was pissed," pal Howard Sneed said, barely containing his glee over the outcome. "As soon as Don Julio got home, Derwood slapped him in the face and stripped him of his suit, cell phone and watch, right there on the spot." Luiz Pedena was not allowed to return to Hodgegrass Mansion, but it is rumored he remains in the Hamptons this week.
On Saturday, Hodgegrass was in rare form, friends said, describing his Party at Stubby's as "better than Russell's Apollo in the Hamptons, Diddy's White Party and The Hampton Classic combined."
Guests said all six Breakfast Club actors dressed and acted their parts at Hodgegrass' behest. "Gleason was wearing that ridiculous suit, and he spent half the party with toilet paper dragging from his shoe," Sneed said. "Derwood was giggling uncontrollably every time the guy walked by," he added. "And he kept doing the 'Mess with the bull, you'll get the horns' and 'I've got my eye on you' bits—it was hilarious."
Servers handed out small cartons of milk, sushi and, despite Sheedy's absence, Captain Crunch-and-white sugar sandwiches on vintage Wonder Bread that Hodgegrass had put aside after Hostess closed last year. A few guests noted in confidence that their host placed orange lockers around Hodgegrass Mansion and hid brown paper bags filled with "party favors" inside them. "The chicks can't hold the smoke," one visitor recalled.
Around 3 a.m. Sunday morning, Hodgegrass revealed that Kapelos had been collecting guests' secrets throughout the evening and the actor began to share them while encouraging people to guess who said what.
True to his theme, after sunrise the billionaire served a cornucopia of breakfast delights. The feast comprised fast food egg sandwiches from every major restaurant chain, including Denny's "Moons Over My Hammy" and stacks and stacks of pancakes and waffles, and "just about every sugar cereal you could imagine," one server said.
By noon the party was finally over, though many guests slept in Hodgegrass Mansion or outside on its expansive grounds. A local family reported seeing Nelson, still dressed as John Bender, bouncing a basketball and singing Army cadence while walking unsteadily in the middle of Jobs Lane some time around 1 p.m. He has not resurfaced since.


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Publication Date: 7/11/2010
Citation: Coblentz, W.K., Jokela, W.E., Bertram, M.G., Hoffman, P.C. 2010. Yield Potential of Eastern Gamagrass in Central Wisconsin. Journal of Dairy Science. 93:56.
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Technical Abstract: Recently, perennial warm-season grasses have received considerable interest, largely through bioenergy initiatives, but their suitability for limiting caloric intake by developing dairy heifers has not been explored. Our objective was to assess the yield potential of eastern gamagrass [Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.] for potential incorporation into dairy heifer diets offered throughout the north-central US. Replicated field plots of 'Pete' eastern gamagrass were evaluated within 9 harvest systems and 4 N fertilization regimes. Harvest systems included one-time harvests on 1 June, 15 June, 1 July, 15 July, 1 August, and 15 August, plus 3 two-cut harvest systems with harvests spaced at 45-d intervals (1 June/15 July, 15 June/1 August, and 1 July/15 August). Nitrogen fertilization was applied as ammonium nitrate (34-0-0) at rates of 0, 67, 134, or 202 kg N/ha annually. For 1-cut harvest systems, yields of DM increased across harvest dates, reaching numerical maximums of 7192, 9764, and 7554 kg/ha by mid-August of 2007, 2008, and 2009, respectively. During each year, there was a strong linear (P < 0.001) effect of harvest date; however, higher-ordered effects varied within year. Relatively large yield increases (= 1812 kg/ha) between 1 and 15 August during 2008 and 2009 suggest that improved yields could be achieved by delaying 1-cut harvests beyond 15 August. Yields of DM from 2-cut harvest systems were not competitive with 1-cut harvest systems timed in mid-August. Nitrogen fertilization rate affected (P < 0.001) yields of DM, but did not interact with other treatment effects (P = 0.082). Overall, yields of DM increased with N fertilization, exhibiting both linear (P < 0.001) and quadratic (P = 0.027) effects of rate, but efficiencies were reduced at the greatest application rates. Current recommendations for eastern gamagrass generally adopt a conservative philosophy concerning growth-reserve status; therefore, delaying a 1-cut harvest closer to first-frost may further improve yields, but also could negatively affect persistence. This approach for further increasing yields of DM might be viable, but it needs to be evaluated critically.


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Daniel "Danny" King, 38, passed away Nov. 28, 2018, at his residence.
Danny was born Oct. 6, 1980, in Nashville, Tenn., the son of Doreen Lewis and the late James Robert King.
He is survived by his mother, Doreen Lewis; brother William "Billy" King; sister Alicia (Bobby) Privett; nieces Annabella King and Ella Privett; and nephew Brannan Privett.
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Cold 2nd half dooms Grove City
LATROBE, Pa. -- The Grove City College women's basketball team dropped to 9-15 overall Wednesday night with a 62-57 setback at Saint Vincent in a matchup of Presidents' Athletic Conference teams at the Carey Center.
Grove City led 34-26 at halftime but shot just 22 percent (8 of 37) from the field in the second half. Meanwhile, Saint Vincent shot 52 percent (13 of 25) from the field over the final 20 minutes. For the game, Grove City shot 23 of 58 (34 percent), including a 5-for-23 effort on three-point goals.
Freshman forward Christine Slater (Aliquippa, Pa./Center) led Grove City with 17 points and eight rebounds while senior guard Shannon Overdorff (Eighty Four, Pa./United) added 13 points and four assists. Senior forward Brittany Anderson (Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Chagrin Falls) pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds, helping Grove City own a 48-33 rebound edge. Twenty-five of Grove City's 48 rebounds came at the offensive end.
Janelle Reed led Saint Vincent (9-15) with 21 points. Saint Vincent committed 20 turnovers while Grove City turned the ball over 27 times.
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He was admitted into a beautiful new Center for handicapped people, having his own room with en suite bathroom and lovely ladies who look after him day and night. Of course he will have to adapt, just like us, and it made me feel guilty, but I had the conviction deep down inside from God that it was the right step to take. I have looked after him for 22 years! A big empty space came to the surface in his absence, and he had only been gone for four days... I will have to deal with it slowly and surely, asking the Lord to fill in that space. The blessing in all of this is that he is not too far away - yesterday I picked him up for the weekend, and he will return again on Monday morning. We hope to have him with us in the weekends just seeing how it goes. He was looking good and had a smile on his face! I think he can handle more than I think he can! He is the second son to leave the nest and we feel like we are in a transition period - a twilight zone. Having left the old state of things we are waiting for what the future will bring, the Plans the Lord may have for us.
Our prayer is still every day for him:
The Lord bless you and keep you;
25 the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
26 the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. (Numbers 6:24-26)
The memories I will treasure of him
Life is not always how we want it, but it is very important to stay thankful to God and to see the blessings amidst the sorrows. He has promised that ALL THINGS WILL WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM AND ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSES! Rom.8:28
There are many people who are suffering in the world at the moment and I am thinking of those who lost their homes in Sandy - then I feel that my suffering is so small compared to what other people have to go through in life. I want to remain a thankful woman and count my blessings daily, giving thanks to God who is a Helper in times of need!
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Man builds roller coaster in his backyard
The dad of the year award might go to a man in San Francisco. He's reminding us all that with a little hard work anything is possible.
"A San Francisco dad built a roller coaster in his backyard ... Pemble said it took about six months to build the 180-foot ride."
It might be the best DIY project we've seen in a while. It took 300 hours of work and about $3,500, but the coaster is now fully functional. The coaster started with one 10-year-old's big dream.
KNTV reports Lyle Pemble came up with this idea after riding his first roller coaster over the summer. When he asked his dad if they could build their own ride, Will couldn't think of a reason to say no.
Will told KPIX it turns the worksheets Lyle had to do at school into something a little more tangible.
'There needs to be something on the other side of that math that's worth slogging through the math. So if there's a coaster at the other side of how many feet of track do we need...then suddenly the word problem gets done really fast.'
But "Fox and Friends" anchor Brian Kilmeade says this invention is raising the bar for dads a little too high.
"Congratulations dad you made us all look terrible. If you can't snap it together, it's not going in my backyard."
Be on the lookout, though. There's a chance you might ride on a roller coaster designed by Lyle in the future. He told KPIX he wants to become a roller coaster designer.


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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Top of Utah Marathon Playlist
I've got my playlist for those last eight miles. Here it is, with commentary. It's about 90 minutes, hopefully way more than I will need. I know I'm really nerdy when it comes to music, but it works for me. I'm not sure about the order yet. I'll probably play with that some.
"Take Me Home Country Roads"--John Denver (always have to start with this song)
"Private Conversation"--Lyle Lovett
"Down By the Water"--Decemberists
"Let It Will Be"--Madonna ("just watch me burn")
"(Let Your Mind Be) Free"--DJ Quicksilver
"Sandstorm"--Da Rude
"Roses Are Red"--Aqua
"Can't Let Go"--Lucinda Williams
"Rox in the Box"--Decemberists
"Lift Me Up"--Moby
"Roll Away Your Stone"--Mumford & Sons
"I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again"--Chumbawamba
"Americano"--Brian Setzer Orchestra
"Goody Two Shoes"--Adam Ant
"Wild Wild Life"--Talking Heads
"Learning to Live"--by Unknown (I got this alt-country sounding song off a mix CD that Will & Ruth got as a party favor at a 5-YO birthday party; I need to ask Zander's mom about it; couldn't find it on YouTube; it's awesome though)
"The One I Love"--David Gray
"The People's Limousine"--Elvis Costello (Dan loves Elvis Costello and I know thinking of Dan at this point will give me a lift)
"Lost in My Mind"--The Head & the Heart (new song I just heard on the radio the other day; sounds like a road trip song)
"Africa"--Toto (more 80s; it's just who I am)
"Sloop John B"--Beach Boys (my dad loves this song; thinking of my dad will give me a lift too; I need a song my mom loves next time; Mom, if you're reading, send me a song!)
"Telephone Road"--Steve Earle (this is about a road in Houston; thinking about Houston....)
"Gabriel's Message"--Sting (yeah, this is a Christmas song, but it's beautiful and it's about submitting to the will of God, which is what I need to do in this race)
"Rock This Town"--Stray Cats
One song I did not include, because it's a little too mellow, is the Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling." But I think that's the theme song for me for this race. It's my first marathon since my pregnancy five years ago. Yes, I want to BQ, and I'm going to do my damnedest to do that, but I know it's not the end of the world if I don't make it this time. I have another chance in Houston in January. And no matter what happens Saturday, I will have a much better idea of where I am, what I can do, what I need to work on, after this race is over.
So as the Eagles say, "I got a peaceful easy feeling/And I know you won't let me down/'Cause I'm already standing on the ground."
See you all in Utah!!
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Good luck! I will be thinking of you on Saturday! I have never heard of Decemberists I may have to check it out. I love the Eagles, and that is a great song! You can do this!ReplyDelete
Have fun!!! And any playlist that starts w/ John Denver has "winner" written all over it :)ReplyDelete
Excellent list! May I recommend some pre-run zen tunes?ReplyDelete
My favorites to calm an excited mind the night before ...
Across the Universe (The Beatles)
End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys)
I'll Fly Away (Alison Krauss)
Man On the Moon (REM)
Ripple (Grateful Dead)
I know a few of those songs, not many though. I'll assume they are alternative, which I used to listen to before moving back home to Maine. Not a lot of alternative stations here. Anyhoo--I may check some of them out. Good luck with your race!ReplyDelete
I had "I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again" on a playlist once, it was one of those I played repeatedly until I was sick of it. haha. Great, great song for a marathon though! You're gonna ROCK this race, you are!!! Woohoo!!!!!ReplyDelete
I'm sitting here so excited for you I have chills! You're going to be SO great out there. Just keep your wits about you and run your plan.ReplyDelete
Good luck, have fun and tell me how I can track you!
Oh yay! A new playlist to steal songs from.ReplyDelete
I've no idea on the 3.50 or 3.40 pace group start. I read the comments from the other post and can see both sides.
I'm so excited for you! I know you'll have a blast -- and can hardly wait to read the race report.
Good luck!!!! Have fun and kick A$$! :)ReplyDelete
Wow, lots of stuff I've never heard of! I was hoping for some Pixies, but maybe that's reserved for weddings . . .ReplyDelete
Have a great run. Will be thinking of you this weekend.
Yay! I can't wait to hear about it, girl. You're gonna be awesome. Remember to enjoy it :).ReplyDelete
Oh so excited for you! Good luck and be sure yo enjoy it!ReplyDelete
Peaceful Easy Feeling is one of my top 5 songs all time! Good luck this weekend ... enjoy Logan!!!ReplyDelete
All the best to you!!!!!ReplyDelete
no fear!
you can do this!!!
one fast step at the time!
Hi Terzah - I just found this post while searching for running playlist inspiration. Thanks for sharing, I hope that your race went awesomely!ReplyDelete


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The Brexit vote put our national identity under the microscope like never before.
Now a Lancaster pensioner wants to take things one stage further by campaigning for a national holiday to celebrate England.
Barry Haughton has launched a Parliamentary petition to have the August Bank Holiday Monday renamed 'England Day'.
"Given the rich and illustrious history of England, I find it amazing that we do not make more fuss about our English way of life," says a proposal by Mr Haughton and a group of like-minded friends.
"I am aware that we already have St George's Day but this has never been a public holiday. Flags will be raised on April 23 and some pubs mark the occasion with a special dinner but in the main celebrations are quite muted.
"I can see why governments sought to 'play down' ourEnglish identity. Presumably this is in deference to the other three nations of the UK and aimed at protecting the bonds that join us together.
"I am not calling for the Household Cavalry charging up Whitehall or the Red Arrow s zooming over Buckingham Palace, nice though these would be, but a day to immerse ourselves in all things English.
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- Research article
- Open Access
Oily wastewaters treatment using Pseudomonas sp. isolated from the compost fertilizer
- Abooalfazl Azhdarpoor1,
- Bagher Mortazavi2Email author and
- Gholamreza Moussavi2
© Azhdarpoor et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014
- Received: 19 November 2012
- Accepted: 16 April 2014
- Published: 28 April 2014
Discharging the oily wastewater in the environment causes serious problems, because of the oil compounds and organic materials presence. Applying biological methods using the lipase enzyme producer microorganisms can be an appropriate choice for treatment of these wastewaters. The aim of this study is to treat those oil wastewaters having high concentration of oil by applying lipase enzyme producer bacteria.
Materials and methods
Oil concentration measurement was conducted using the standard method of gravimetric and the wastewater under study was synthetically made and contained olive, canola and sunflower oil. The strain used in this study was Pseudomonas strain isolated from compost fertilizer. The oil under study had concentration of 1.5 to 22 g/l.
The oil removal amount in concentrations lower than 8.4 g/l was over 95 ± 1.5%. Increase of the oil's concentration to 22 g/l decreases the amount of removal in retention time of 44 hours to 85 ± 2.5%. The best yield of removing this strain in retention time of 44 hours and temperature of 30°C was achieved using Ammonium Nitrate as the nitrogen resource which yield was about 95 percent.
The findings of the research showed that Pseudomonas bacteria isolated from the compost fertilizer can degrade high concentration oils.
- Pseudomonas
- Oil
- Wastewater
- Lipase
- Bacteria
Oily wastewaters produced in oil factories provide various environmental problems, because of having different pollutant compounds [1, 2]. Reduction of the surface water's oxygen and its effect on the aquatic organism strains are among the problems [3]. Various physical, chemical and biological methods have been used to remove such compounds [4, 5]. Cheryan and Rajagopalan show that the conventional treatments such as gravity separation, air flotation, coagulation are not efficient to solve this problem, especially when the oil droplets diameters are less than 20 μ. Fischer et al. worked on a combination of gravity separation and a downstream microfiltration. Sarakulski et al. proposed to treat oily wastewater by a combination of ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis processes. However, for real wastewaters is observed a membrane fouling or a high regeneration frequency [6].
In biological methods, the microorganisms with high enzyme activities can degrade oil. Lipase is an enzyme which can degrade fats into glyceride and fatty acids [7]. Many microorganisms including fungi, yeast and bacteria are able to produce lipase enzyme. They have been studied in many researches. Penicillium, Yarrowia, Geotrichum, Bacillus, Acinetobacter and Serratia are samples of these microorganisms, among which bacteria are more applied in oily wastewaters treatment [8–10]. Dongzhi et al., worked on construction of a whole-cell catalyst displaying a fungal lipase for effective treatment of oily wastewaters. They declared that 96% of oil (5 mg/l oil) and 97% of COD were removed [11]. Lan et al. investigated biodegradation of oil wastewater by free and immobilized Yarrowia lipolytica. Their results showed that immobilized Y. lipolytica might be applicable to a wastewater treatment system for the removal of oil [12]. Bacteria which are able to produce lipase can be found in various places, including dairy industries and oil wastes, hot springs and soils contaminated with oils [13, 14]. Hasanuzzaman et al. separated a novel, oil-degrading bacterium from a hot spring in Japan. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed it as a new strain of Pseudomonas[15]. Selva et al., examined isolation of lipase-producing Bacillus strains from the soil sample of coconut oil industry. Results indicated that the lipase activity was maximum (2.2U/ml) for Bacillus sp. in 1.5% concentration [16]. Adding lipase-producer bacteria into the biological treatment units can increase the yield of oily wastewater treatment systems [17]. In fact, these bacteria speed up the treatment process through fat degradation. In this study, strains were isolated from compost fertilizer obtained from a solid waste disposal plant. Various researches have shown that compost fertilizer is suitable for isolating the resistant bacteria with a high ability to decompose organic compounds. Anna et al. (1998) showed that methanotrophic bacteria isolated from compost successfully converts CFCs into simpler products [18]. In other experiments, Ghazifard et al. (2001) reported the isolation of heat resistant microorganisms from a composting mass [19]. Since the compost fertilizer is suitable for the growth of various microorganisms which are able to degrade resistant compositions and since the related bacteria have been in contact with various oil combinations (edible and industrial) and on the other hand, there has not been any similar research on degrading the oil combinations by the lipase-producer bacteria isolated from compost fertilizer, we decided to conduct such an experiment. In this research a Pseudomonas strain was applied to treat oily wastewater whose removing oil capability was much more than that in other researches. Particularly interesting is the residual oil that oily wastewater contains in variable quantities, thus making this waste a potentially suitable growth culture for lipolytic bacteria. The interest of this study is to show that isolated Pseudomonas sp can be a strong and appropriate strain for bioaugmentation of aerobic treatment of oily wastewaters with high oil levels. In addition, optimal conditions of the degradation process were identified and proposed.
Materials and methods
Isolation and Inoculums preparation
Oil degrading bacteria were isolated from different locations included (1) hot spring, (2) oil wastewater treatment system, (3) refinery and (4) compost fertilizer. A 10-mL sample of the oily wastewater (or supernatant derived from 5 gr compost fertilizer) was added to an Erlenmeyer flask containing 100 mL of olive oil 2% and KH2PO4 0.2% and ammonium chloride 0.4% (OPY), at 35°C and shaked (100 rpm) for 48 h. Samples were serially diluted, plated onto tween 80 agar and incubated at 35°C for 72 h. Its lipase activity was distinguished in Tween 80 culture [17], which composed of peptone (1%), Tween 80 (1%), sodium chloride (0.5%), calcium chloride (0.1%), sodium chloride (0.5%), calcium chloride (0.1%) and agar (1.5%). The bacteria had a white halo around the colony. The strain was distinguished using biochemical tests and the bacteria's morphological characteristics [20]. The bacteria were kept on the YPA culture (peptone, 0.5%, yeast extract, 0.3% and agar 1.5%) at 4°C temperature.
Enzyme assay
The bacteria's lipase activity was measured using polyvinyl alcohol and olive oil emulsion as substrate at 35°C. Cells were separated from the cultivation medium by centrifugation at 6000 rpm for 30 min and the supernatant was used as the source of extracellular lipase. Oil emulsion prepared by mixing 25 ml of olive oil and 75 ml of poly vinyl alcohol 2% solution in homogenizer for 3 min at 5000 rpm. The reaction mixture containing 5 ml of olive oil emulsion, 4 ml of 0.1 mol Tris buffer (pH = 8), 1 ml of 0.1 mol CaCl2 and 1 ml of the culture supernatant was incubated at 37°C for 20 min through orbital shaking. The emulsion was immediately disrupted after incubation by the addition of 15 ml of acetone–ethanol mixture (1:1 v/v), and the liberated free fatty acids were titrated with 0.05N NaOH. One unit of lipase activity was defined as the amount of enzyme required to release one micromole of fatty acid per minute under the test conditions [21].
Biomass concentration
The cell mass was calculated through measuring the amount of culture's absorbance in wavelength of 600 nm (OD600) by the spectrophotometer. Then it was calculated based on g/l by the cell mass and the absorbance amount [22]. Cell concentration was equal 0.48 OD600. Three factors indicated the survival the Pseudomonas in synthetic and real wastewater: 1) Survival of Pseudomonas was investigated using re-culture (subculture) of samples after 44 hours. 2) Also, no bacteria growth was observed in the control sample (without Pseudomonas). 3) The medium color changes from clear to milky color indicated the viability of the Pseudomonas.
Synthetic and real wastewater
Characteristics of oily wastewater supported from Behshahr factory
Concentration (g/l)
26000 ± 500
20 ± 5
300 ± 10
5500 ± 100
Oil and grease
Oil concentration measurement
Oil concentration measurement was conducted using the standard method of gravimetric, during which the oil was extracted three times using the Hexane and transferred to a distilling flask with a specified weight. Then the Hexane was evaporated at 85°C temperature, and then the flask was reweighted. The oil concentration (g/l) was calculated through dividing the first and the second weight difference by the sample volume [23].
Results and discussion
The ability of 3 strains, which presented the highest lipolytic activity or predominated to growth and degrade an oily wastewater medium, was studied. The selected strains were identified as belonging to the Flavobacterium (oily wastewater), Pseudomonas (compost), and Acinetobacter (refinery) genera. The bacteria originating from compost showed highest removal of oil. Oil removal efficiencies were 30, 47 and 95% by Flavobacterium, Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas, respectively. The strain which belonged to a special kind of Pseudomonas sp. was applied for the next stages. Lipase activity of the strain was obtained 1.7-2.2 ± 0.1 U/ml in medium supplemented with 2% olive oil and in 21–68 hours after inoculation. All the Erlenmeyer flasks were incubated at 30°C temperature and oil removal rate was monitored in 24 to140 hours. The effect of different nitrogen resources is among the parameters which must be studied for degrading oil biological combinations. This has been usually ignored in similar studies. Seven materials (each sample was 4 g/l) were used as the nitrogen resource in the synthetic wastewater.
The findings of the research revealed that Pseudomonas sp. which was isolated from the compost fertilizer can degrade the high concentration of oil. The Pseudomonas sp. as a lipase producer is able to remove such oils at mesophilic temperature range in a short retention time; and the increase of the oil concentration and the oil type do not affect the yield. Therefore, this strain may develop the biological treatment in processes of the oily wastewater treatment.
This work was supported by the environmental and safety health department, medical college, Tarbiat Modares University.
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1. Just My Luck by Rosalind James
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War veteran Kennedy O'Brien is in the business of sticking it to the man—or at least any man who tries to cross a woman. After she returned home from Afghanistan and caught her husband in bed with the nanny, Kennedy lost her faith in men and started Fool Me Once Investigations with her two best friends. After all, there's no better bounty hunter than a woman scorned.
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She consoles herself by spending time with her group of close girlfriends. She's with all of them one night when she picks up Fortune magazine's "America's Toughest Bosses" issue with macho CEO Brandon Brock on the cover.
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Germans get surprisingly wacky about their health, spending a lot of money and time on alternative cures like Kneipp and Schroth. And for chronic conditions, they may well be the answer.
Cobble-stoned lanes, half-timbered houses and a fabulous Christmas market: Esslingen near Stuttgart is a medieval gem of a town and wine lovers will not be disappointed either …
The name may not make it sound very appealing, but the Black Forest is Germany's biggest single tourism destination for holidaymaking Brits.


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Time, then, for the Government to seek a boost by telling small and medium-sized businesses that haven't ventured abroad to seriously consider doing so. And for once there is some money behind a government-led exports drive, thanks to Chancellor George Osborne's pledge to provide £45m over three years.
There's little doubt that SMEs need a push in the right direction. "The UK has 3.4pc of the imports of Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation countries but only 1.2pc of the imports of UKTI's 19 designated growth markets," says Nick Baird, a former UK ambassador to Turkey who became UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) chief executive last September
"If we can close that gap, that would wipe out the trade deficit and turn the UK into a trade-surplus economy again and there's no reason why that shouldn't happen.
"As those growth economies advance, their middle classes increase in size and their pattern of consumption changes more towards that of a developed country, we should have the same share of exports as we have in developed markets."
The figures are persuasive. UKTI, which defines a mid-sized company as turning over £25m to £500m, reckons there are 8,962 such UK companies, of which only 3,500 to 3,600 export.
Ireland famously accounts for more British exports than Brazil, Russia, India and China combined, while Germany and France are both ahead of Britain in exporting to the BRICs.
The challenge, set by the Confederation of British Industry and taken up by Prime Minister David Cameron, is to get another 100,000 British companies exporting by 2020, taking the proportion that export from 20pc to 25pc – the European average.
Why do British SMEs fare so poorly in exporting? Mr Baird cites access to finance, a need for UK processes to be "de-risked more effectively for SMEs" and a deficit in management time, expertise and confidence.
"The strength of the domestic economy over the last 20 years has meant too many of our companies have become reliant on debt-fuelled domestic demand and UK public sector procurement," he says. "They have delivered enough in terms of growth for them to be happy but that's not going to be the case anymore."
UKTI has identified a management capability challenge for mid-sized firms as they make the transition to larger companies with corporate structures and more diverse boards.
"That's got big implications in terms of exports," says Mr Baird. "If they're not opening up their boards and management teams to expertise from outside, it's no surprise they're not intensifying export capability or maximising all the opportunities."
Inspired by the export successes of Triumph Motorcycles and CPL Aromas – a Bishops Stortford-based fragrances house that impressed him on a trade visit to Colombia – Mr Baird says the government funding will finance 50 new international trade advisers and double the number of companies it helps each year from 25,000 to 50,000.
The advisers will contact all 8,962 mid-sized companies to ask what help they need to start or increase overseas sales. Then, UKTI will focus on the 500 UK companies each year it believes have the greatest potential to grow globally, staging intensive programmes to develop export strategies.
"We'll start by working to identify which markets they ought to focus on and get some really strong research working with our teams in the embassies over demand for their products in those countries," says Mr Baird.
"We'll work with them on what the right business model would be in those countries, whether they need a distributor or joint-venture partner and what regulatory and legal issues there will be. Then it's about introducing them to relevant customers, distributors and joint-venture partners and promoting their products."
One complexity is that 40pc of mid-sized companies based in the UK are foreign-owned so UKTI plans to strengthen its teams in British embassies in growth markets to liaise with head office management.
UKTI's priorities are Brazil, India, China and Turkey, the latter being deemed more easily accessible than Russia. However, it is also targeting other parts of south-east Asia and Latin America. In Mexico and Colombia, for example, Mr Baird
says UK mid-sized companies are "not nearly as active as they need to be".
"The demand for British products is very high," Mr Baird says. "The issue is a failure to supply that demand. It's not that
British companies are uncompetitive. It's about not being ambitious enough."


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The Longhorns went in to playoffs hoping to get a victory to keep their season going, but they couldn't pull through, losing to the Independence Blue Devils, 20-38. Turnovers were a key factor to the loss and the shots just weren't falling, with Abby DeSimpelare having the team high of 7 points. The Longhorns end the season at 9-14.
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Acts 3:6-8 I don't have much, but what I have I give to you: In the name of Jesus-Walk! The man jumped up leaping, dancing and praising God!


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Sun City Events & Entertainment
Throughout its history, Sun City is best known for showcasing the most spectacular events in South Africa. Having hosted some of the biggest names in entertainment - from Elton John, Sarah Brightman, Queen and Michael Bublé - Sun City events span the gamut from family entertainment to sporting and lifestyle events.
Whether you're up for music concerts or beach parties, dancing to the hypnotic beats of South Africa's hottest DJs or treating the kids to a movie, there's always something to do at Sun City.
Sun City Entertainment for Families
As South Africa's favourite family destination, there's no shortage of Sun City entertainment available for kids to enjoy. From outdoor adventures to indoor activities, movies and ten-pin-bowling at Sun Central, it's easy to find your fun at Sun City.
- Two levels of family entertainment await at Sun Central.
- Grab your popcorn, slush and sit back for blockbuster magic at Sun Cinemas.
- Dig for treasure at the General Mining Store and Scratch Patch.
- Take the kids on a railroad adventure around the Waterworld Lake on the Stimela Train.
- For four-wheeled family fun, head to our mini quad-biking track.
- Make a beeline to The Magic Company for arcade games and ten-pin bowling.
- Enjoy water sports at Waterworld Lake.
- Animal World will delight the kids with free educational up-close encounters with birds and animals.
- Discover the amazing world of crocodiles at Kwena Gardens.
- Get lost together in the Maze of the Lost City, the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
Sun City Events for Sports Enthusiasts
From trail runs to triathlons, the Dis-Chem Swim and mountain biking, Sun City offers a range of outdoor sporting events all year round. Partnering with the best fitness and wellness brands in South Africa, Sun City sports events are the perfect excuse for you to plan a healthy holiday or family fitness weekend both in and around the resort.
- The annual Nedbank Golf Challenge is a not-to-be-missed event on the sporting calendar.
- The Citizen Trail Run is a great challenge for seasoned trail runners and those new to the sport.
- For a fun family day out, the Dis-Chem Swim is a challenging open-water event at Sun City.
- The Eleven Global Triathlon is considered Africa's toughest Olympic-distance triathlon and caters for all age groups.
- The BestMed Cycle4Cansa Mountain Bike Classic is an exciting race that takes riders into the neighbouring Letsatsing Game Park.
Sun City Lifestyle Events and Entertainment
From concerts and cabaret to discos and DJs, it's easy to find your style of entertainment at Sun City.
- The Sun Arena (Superbowl) is home to the annual Miss South Africa pageant, South African Music Awards (SAMAs) and regularly hosts big-name acts.
- Experience Sun City's new Sports Bar, Vibes, and stylish night club, Encore - both located inside Soho.
- Be counted among legends and race against the greats at the South African Hall of Fame at Sun Central.
- Catch all the crooners and latest live music at Legends, situated inside Soho.


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The late president discusses the cases with his adviser, John Ehrlichman (Warning: this is off-the-record Nixon, so it is as profane and abusive as Nixon was in private):
Nixon: But I do not mind homosexuality. I understand it. [Fourteen seconds mysteriously deleted] But nevertheless, the point that I make is, God damn it, I do not think you glorify on public television homosexuality. The reason you don't glorify it John is the same as you don't glorify whores. Now we all know that people go to whores, and we all know that people are just do that, we all have weaknesses and so forth and so on, but God damn it, what do you think that does to kids?
Ehrlichman: Yeah.
Nixon: What do you think that does to 11 and 12 year old boys when they see that? Why is it that the Scouts, that the Boys Clubs, we were there, we constantly had to clean up the staffs to keep the God damned fags out of it. Because, not because of them, they can go out and do anything they damn please, [unintelligible] all those kids? You know there's a little tendency among them all. Well I can tell you by God it outraged me. Not for any moral reason. Most people are outraged for moral reasons, why, it outrages me because I don't want to see this country go that way.
Ehrlichman: You know there are…
Nixon: You ever see what happened, you know what happened, to the Greeks? Homosexuality destroyed them. Sure, Aristotle was a homo, we all know that, so was Socrates.
Ehrlichman: But he never had the influence that television has.
Nixon: Do you know what happened to the Romans? The last six Roman emperors were fags. The last six. Nero had a public wedding to a boy. And they'd [unintelligible]. You know what happened to the Popes? It's all right that Popes were laying nuns, that's been going on for years, centuries, but when the Popes from the Catholic church went to hell, three or four centuries ago, it was homosexual. And finally it had to be cleaned out.
Ehrichman: Uh-huh.
Nixon. That's what happened to Britain, it happened to France earlier. And let's look at the strong societies. The Russians, God damn it, they root them out, they don't let them around at all. I don't know what they do with them.
Crudeness aside, Nixon highlights exactly what it is about same-sex marriage that frightens its opponents so much: the message it sends to young people. I have long thought that it is important to challenge the monopolization of marriage by straight couples, precisely because of the implicit message it sends to young people, some of whom will find that they are gay or someone they know is. Official recognition of gay couples' relationships encourages tolerance and discourages bullying.
When I was young, it was evident quite early that to be homosexual was a horrible, shameful thing, an awful curse to be lamented even if it were tolerated. It was thought that harassing them, insulting them, and even beating them was, if not right and proper, at least not repugnant. It usually took years for people who were gay to acknowledge the fact publicly. In a world where the state recognizes marriages of homosexuals as equal to marriages of opposite-sex couples, this public shaming becomes much less convincing, and probably less satisfying to the perpetrator. Already, gay teenagers who are taunted with the epithets Nixon uses above can take comfort in the fact that numerous judges, the voters of several states, and the president of the country have sided with them and against the bullies.
And this is why the question is important, and also why halfway houses like "Civil Unions" — which continue to convey that there is something different and hence shameful about gays — are not acceptable.
Because the other theory Nixon voices, the idea that allowance of homosexuality is inextricably linked to social decline, is laughable.
Any good historian, hearing the case, laughs out loud at it, which was also the response of the audience at the hearing on Propositon 8 in California's supreme court. This was replicated in the supreme court's hearings on the same measure. When the learned counsel in support of Propostion 8 asserted that marriage was institutionalized in law only to further procreation, he was challenged with the proposition that many persons too old to reproduce are routinely married, under all auspices of the law, the counsel then answered that in such cases, "at least one" party to the marriage still held the power of reproduction, and he supposed this to settle the question. The questioning justice quite reasonably countered that for a straight couple, the reproductive powers of one party could not be confined to one party, and that if one party of this heterosexual and legitimate marriage were sterile, so too would be the bond. The courtroom–normally a quiet and sober place–erupted in laughter.


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Project Innovative Parenting: A Model for Serving Parents with Physical Disabilities.
Project Innovative Parenting: A Model for Serving Parents with Physical Disabilities. - Download this document for free, or read online. Document in PDF available to download.
This report uses a question and answer format to describe Project Innovative Parenting (P.I.P), a model project to provide assistance to parents with physical disabilities. The program offers such parents assistance in locating appropriate assistive technology, help in finding educational programs to teach and enhance parenting techniques, reinforcement of parenting skills already learned, and assistance with the linkage between parents and pertinent community services. Among questions addressed are the following: (1) What kind of parent does P.I.P. serve?; (2) How should this type of program be staffed?; (3) How did people learn about P.I.P. and what the program offered?; (4) How did P.I.P. establish positive relationships with community agencies?; (5) What happens after an interested parent contacts the program?; (6) What kind of issues might I expect to encounter while working with parents with special needs?; (7) Where did P.I.P. find recourses?; (8) What is assistive technology, and what kinds of technology might be helpful to a parent with a disability?; (9) Did P.I.P. buy assistive devices for parents? and (10) Did you get feedback from parents about the program and its effectiveness for them?. Brochures, forms, a family needs scale, an independent living assessment measure, an individual habilitation plan form, and handouts for parents are appended. (DB)
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Community Information Services, Demonstration Programs, Parent Education, Parenting Skills, Physical Disabilities, Referral, Social Services
Physically Impaired Association of Michigan, PAM Assistance Centre, 601 W. Maple St., Lansing, MI 48906 ($5, limited supply).
Author: Michigan State Developmental Disabilities Council, Lansing.
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text: Knitters have knitted and crocheted many rows while staying at the Ibis, with happy balls of yarn rolling under the couches while knitters revealed the secrets of finding and using the best yarns. One knitter could not fly to Florida without her knitting, at a time when knitting needles were prohibited at security checkpoints. Always the resourceful knitter, she took her circular wood needles and strung them with two dozen brightly colored beads and wore it as a necklace!!!! No problem in security and getting on the plane…….then once onboard, she unstrung the beads from the needles and resumed her rows of knitting across the thousand-mile flight to Florida.


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BP agrees to $20 billion fund for gulf oil spill claims
Thursday, June 17, 2010
The much-anticipated showdown Wednesday at the White House between President Obama and top BP executives turned into no-nonsense business meeting in which the oil giant agreed to pay $20 billion into an escrow account to cover claims associated with the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
There were also apologies from BP's chairman of the board, Carl-Henric Svanberg -- to the president in the Roosevelt Room, and then to the American people when Svanberg and his grim-faced fellow executives went before the cameras in the White House driveway.
Both sides got what they wanted out of the encounter. The administration, under fire for how it has responded to the environmental calamity, can boast of creating a huge pot of money for easing the pain of Gulf Coast residents. BP, though poorer on paper in the short run, got some much-needed clarity on its long-term liability, plus an explicit statement from Obama that the administration doesn't want to see BP driven into bankruptcy.
"BP is a strong and viable company, and it is in all our interests that it remain so," Obama said in remarks to reporters in the State Dining Room. "This is about accountability. At the end of the day, that's what every American wants and expects."
The morning meeting, which ran several hours longer than expected, was Obama's first face-to-face encounter with BP executives since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in a fireball April 20. Although their partnership of necessity has been strained by the continuing spill, which, according to recent estimates, has dumped upward of 85 million gallons of oil into the gulf, the administration and BP officials hammered out the key details of their agreement over several days prior to the White House session.
Under the deal, BP will pay $5 billion annually over the next four years into an escrow account for damage claims from the gulf, setting aside an equivalent amount of U.S. assets as collateral until the fund reaches $20 billion. The figure is not a cap on the potential damages, and the company received no liability waiver as part of the agreement.
The thorniest issue in recent days, however, appears to have been resolved with a compromise. Since last week, administration officials have said that BP should pay the lost wages of oil industry workers sidelined by the administration's six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling. That stance put BP's stock price in a nose dive, and BP officials made clear that such claims would be beyond the pale.
Instead, the president Wednesday asked BP for a voluntary contribution to a foundation that will support unemployed oil industry employees. BP agreed, offering $100 million.
"We made clear that we do not think this is a liability for the company. The president said he's concerned about those workers. He asked if there was something we could do as a voluntary gesture," said Jamie Gorelick, a Washington lawyer who serves as an adviser to BP and sat in on the White House meeting.
Asked if BP had requested a statement from Obama affirming that BP should remain strong and viable, Gorelick did not answer directly, saying: "We know what it looks like when a company is driven into bankruptcy. The claims that come first are the creditors, then the employees, then the environmental claims, and then the likes of shrimpers. This would not be a good result for anyone. . . . I don't think the administration needs persuasion of this."
'Words are not enough'
Obama participated at various times in the discussions, which senior administration officials described as a "negotiation," and met alone afterward with Svanberg. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. also participated in much of the session, a sign of the potential criminal liability the oil company may face.
"We have made it clear to the president that words are not enough. We understand that we will and we should be judged by our actions," Svanberg said when he faced the cameras after the meeting. He added, "I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to the American people on behalf of all the employees of BP, many of whom are living on the Gulf Coast."
He said BP for the rest of this year will not pay dividends to shareholders.
The new fund will be administered by Kenneth Feinberg, the Washington lawyer who oversaw a similar fund for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and who more recently was the Obama administration's special master for executive compensation at firms receiving federal bailout money. Coast Guard Adm. Thad W. Allen, who is managing the federal response to the spill, said Wednesday that BP has already paid $81 million in claims, exceeding the $75 million cap on damages established by federal law two decades ago after the Exxon Valdez disaster.
"The president's goal, as he said in the meeting, is to make sure there are adequate funds to help the people of the gulf get back on their feet," said Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, who attended the meeting. "Those are his shareholders, and that's who he's trying to protect."
A new technique
As the two sides were meeting in Washington, BP announced that it had begun using a second containment system to capture oil leaking from the well, which according to the latest scientific estimate is gushing between 35,000 and 60,000 barrels a day (1.5 million to 2.5 million gallons).
The new technique pulls oil and gas from the blowout preventer and up to a surface rig called the Q4000, using one of the lines that had been employed to pump heavy drilling mud into the well during the ill-fated "top kill" attempt last month. BP did not reveal the quantities involved. At best, the new process can handle 10,000 barrels a day, the company has said.
BP's controversial chief executive, Tony Hayward, made no public statement after meeting with Obama, but he will testify Thursday before a House subcommittee. In prepared remarks released in advance, Hayward says he is "deeply sorry" and adds, "I fully grasp the terrible reality of the situation."
Congress received from the White House on Wednesday a $15 million request to fund the commission Obama has appointed to study the future of offshore drilling. Its work is supposed to conclude in six months.
Wednesday's Obama-BP meeting came a day after the president's fourth visit to the gulf, a two-day trip that took him to Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. His experience seemed fresh in his mind. He said he told Svanberg in their private meeting that "for the families I met with down in the gulf, for the small-business owners, for the fishermen, for the shrimpers, this is not just a matter of dollars and cents."
"A lot of these folks don't have a cushion," he said. "They were coming off Rita and Katrina, coming off the worst economy that this country has seen since the Great Depression, and this season was going to be the season where they were going to be bouncing back."
Svanberg, a Swede who is not a native English speaker, said afterward of Obama: "He cares about the small people. And we care about the small people." Later he issued a statement apologizing for speaking "clumsily."


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Situation Update | K'Ser Doh Township, Mergui-Tavoy District (November 2016 to January 2017)
The following Situation Update was received by KHRG in January 2017. It was written by a community member in Mergui-Tavoy District who has been trained by KHRG to monitor human rights conditions. It is presented below translated exactly as originally written, save for minor edits for clarity and security.[1] This report was received along with other information from Mergui-Tavoy District, including 9 photographs.[2]
Arbitrary Land Confiscation by the Pyi Phyo Htun Company
Pyi Phyo Htun Company has been arbitrarily confiscating local villagers' land since 2005-2006 [for a rubber plantation project]. The company's owners U Hla Than and U Su Su came to the project site when all the villager's trees and plantations were being cut down to grow rubber plantations. The land that the company confiscated is located in C--- and D--- villages, Kleh Mu Hti village tract, K' Ser Doh Township, Mergui-Tavoy District. Land confiscation impacted over 40 villagers. The [confiscated] plantation land consisted of over 500 acres and plain lands without plantation - from over 800 and up to 1000 acres.
The land of the villagers who lived in the east part of the road was confiscated entirely and they were forcefully relocated [told to move] to the west part of the road. Some affected villagers were compensated but some were not. The compensation that the villagers received was not requested by them; instead, the Pyi Phyo Htun Company forced or/and threatened the villagers to accept the offer [because accepting compensation was seen as providing consent for the confiscation of land]. Villagers received compensation money after they signed the [agreement] papers and their photos were taken [which represents the evidence of compensation provided].
The compensation for the confiscated land was less than its estimated value. Each acre of plantation land was compensated for only 200,000 kyats (149.73 USD)[3]. [Though the villagers have acted against land confiscation] the company did not take any action to resolve villagers' concerns.
[Due to this rubber plantation,] here are over 40 villagers who faced landlessness and/or homelessness due to land confiscation. Prior to the land confiscations, betel nut, coconut, cashew, rubber and other plantations were cultivated by the villagers for their livelihoods. After villagers' land was confiscated, they encountered many difficulties in terms of accommodation and livelihood. They were unable to raise the livestock. If villagers' animals wandered onto company's lands, they were slaughtered and eaten. Therefore, they [the villagers] faced food insecurity and were unable to send their children to school. This is a big issue that the villagers have been facing [land grabs and livelihoods].
On Saturday, January 13th 2017, a villager named Saw G---, from E--- village, K' Ta Klo village tract, Ta Naw Th' Ree Township, Mergui-Tavoy District reported that Y.A.T (53) commander U K'tay Htay, a Major, and ten soldiers of Tatmadaw came to their village and notified the villagers that they will come to treat the ill villagers in the ship that is set to arrive in K' Tah Kloh sea port on January 17th 2017. They planned to address the health needs of 15,000 villagers. The ship's name is Pin Lel Thwa Say Yone Thin Baw Than Lwin. In addition, 500 kyat (0.37 USD)[4] was provided for each [sick] villager. Nevertheless, the interviewed subjects expressed the belief that the administered treatments were ineffective.
Water Resource Confiscation
On January 10th 2017, a villager from La Baw village, Kleh Mu Hti village tract, K'Ser Doh Township, Mergui-Tavoy District reported that the village head and township joint secretary cooperated and sold a river-stream to a Mon ethnic person in 2016. The area of the river-stream that was sold is located between La Baw Hta [La Baw river mouth] and a Mon village. The stream was sold for 600,000 kyat (449.44 USD)[5]. Out of the 600,000 kyat, transportation costs of over 100,000 kyat (74.90 USD)[6] and an extra 100,000 kyat were given to town joint secretary [the leftover money was kept by the village]. The villagers did not agree with this action because some the villagers were not informed of the sale. The La Baw villager said that the village head just did what he wanted to do [regarding the sale]. Consequently, the sale will have an impact on the villagers' livelihoods that depend on fishing.
Drug use
There are many drugs users in Mergui-Tavoy District. The increase in alcohol use is causing annoyance in the neighborhood. On January 2nd 2017 a villager called Saw H--- from I--- village, Kleh Mu Hti village tract, K' Ser Doh Township, Mergui-Tavoy District reported that Tee Saw Hkwah Hkwah, from E--- village, was drunk and quarreled with his family and expressed his aggression in front of his neighborhood. When a neighbor confronted him about his behavior, he responded "I am not afraid of anyone because I have [KNU] leaders [as my friends who will protect me] and I am a Kaw Thoo Lei[7] soldier (KNLA soldier)". He brought a M16 [assault rifle] and over 10 bullets with him, which was given by a [KNLA] Company Commander. After he got drunk, he told to people that he would "give a drink of bullets to them".
At the night of January 3rd 2017, Saw Hkwah Hkwah got drunk and quarreled with his wife and children. While arguing, he held a knife with the intention of stabbing his son. His son panicked when Saw Hkwah Hkwas was about to throw his knife at him [he ultimately did not do it]. After that, he stabbed his knife into the table in front of someone's house. Meanwhile, a ten-months-old baby was playing on that table. After he was done quarreling with his son, he then tried to quarrel his wife who fled away and slept in a betel nut plantation. The heavy alcohol use bothered neighborhoods and created problems in his [Hkwah Hkwah] family as well.
The aforementioned events happened in Mergui-Tavoy District. According to our researchers present in this district, compared to the previous reporting period, there were some improvements in the life conditions of the villagers, yet some have worsened. Land and other resource confiscations continue in Mergui-Tavoy district. Substance abuse and violence remain prevalent. The described events created difficulties to Karen people and contributed to poverty rates.


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Verdil Spinach
3211- Verdil Spinach 50 days very cold-tolerant, fast-growing large leaf variety with pleasant aromatic flavor. An excellent choice for overwintering and early spring crops. Direct seed as soon as soil can be worked in the spring, and again in the late summer-early fall. Seed germinates best when soil temperatures are 32-60°F and achieves the best quality when air temperatures are 55-60°F. Sow every 7 days for a continual harvest.


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Communication is important in the area of finance. Communication is intended to inform and motivate. Motivation is the result of many exchanges between the financial advisor and the customer and is seldom produced by written documents alone. Some key points to remember when the financial advisor communicate to motivate are:
- Try always to look at the situation through the other personís eyes (you may not agree with what you see, but you will understand it) ' practice empahty
- Listen at least as much as you talk. Listening is the only way to learn of the other personís attitude. It requires concentration and discipline. It is the positive act of encouraging the other person to talk by being friendly, calm and receptive
- Talk to make people feel more capable, more necessary and more useful rather than make them fell small by a demonstration of your own superiority. Look up with them, not down to them
- Be patient, enthusiastically,