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MBA Pharmaceutical Management
The University offers MBA Pharmaceutical Management. This educational programme aims at developing trained professionals with requisite skills in planning and operating management techniques; diagnosing and solving management problems; and acquiring consultancy skills, with a view to preparing them to manage pharmaceutical industrial units.
As the programme has set high standards of management education in the pharmaceutical management sector. it has attained the status of a premier program in the country. Our students go for training and placement to a large number of pharmaceutical organizations.
Objectives of the Programme
The broad objective of the programme is to build knowledge and skills to perform as effective professionals in pharmaceutical systems, both in the public and private sectors. The syllabus and course contents are designed to meet the needs of fresh graduates and mid-career professionals.
- To help understand concepts and techniques of modern management and their application in making the managerial roles of the participants efficient and effective.
- To develop skills of analyzing, diagnosing and solving operational problems in the delivery of pharmaceutical services.
- To help learn the application of qualitative and quantitative analytical tools as applicable to pharmaceutical industry.
- To help understand and appreciate methodologies of pharmaceutical management training and develop skills with the focus on strategic responsibility for training and human resources development for pharmaceutical industry.
- To enlarge the outlook and vision of participants about the larger background and context of pharmaceutical management.
The Programme is designed to Enable the Students:
- To help learn about appropriate strategies for effective planning implementation and evaluation of policies in pharma sector
- To help learn the application of qualitative and quantitative analytical tool
Structure of the Programme(Duration 2 years)
First Year
Introductory Courses (Subject to Change)
The Introductory Courses are non-credit course
- Written and Verbal Communication
- Human Process Lab(HPL)
- Essentials of Computers and IT
Core Courses: TERM-1 and 2
- Principles of Management
- Bio-Statistics
- Organization Behaviour
- Human Resource Management
- Financial Management - 1
- Research Methods
- National and International Environment for Pharmaceutical Industry
- Essentials of Pharmaco-epidemiology
- Regulatory Environment for Pharma Business
- Pharmaceutical Marketing
- Managerial Economics
- Business Communication
- Introduction to Medical Pharmacology
- Intellectual Property Right
- Social Media Marketing
Summer Training
At the end of the first year, each student would work with an organization on a project for a period of a minimum of eight weeks. The objective is to allow students to have intense day-to-day interaction with organizations. Summer training would provide exposure to the student to the working of an organization in a real life setting. It would also help students to develop managerial skills, competencies, and facilitates an informed career choice by the students. At the end of summer training, they are assessed on the basis of their performance during the period by way of a report and poster presentation.
Core Courses: Term-3 and Term-4
- Strategic Management
- Management Information System
- Operations Research
- Project and Entrepreneurship Management
- Sales and Distribution Management
- Pharmaceutical International Business Management
- Pharmaceutical Production Management
- Market Research
- Total Quality Management
- Product and Brand Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Clinical Research and Development
- Consumer Behaviour
- Financial Management - 2
- Data Management and Analysis
Elective Courses (Subject to Change)
Electives are offered depending on current industry needs, students' requirements and their interest. These could cover subjects like
- Private Public Partnership
- Ethics in Hospitals
- Innovations Management
- Advanced Excel
- Data Analytics
- Health Financing
- Entrepreneurship
- Public Health Nutrition
- Urban Health
More of elective courses can be included depending upon their usefulness.
Dissertation and Internship
Each student is required to submit a dissertation involving personal research in his/her area of interest. The dissertation includes a critical review of literature pertaining to the specific area of interest, data collection and analysis on the selected problem besides other components of the dissertation. The dissertation must be completed in the Second year to qualify for the degree.


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Into the Wild with Kinfolk
November 28, 2012
We'll very likely be doing our annual family trek to the tree farm this weekend and I'm actually really excited about getting our house decorated for Christmas! I wasn't so sure that I would be after decorating at the shop (and un-decorating then redecorating again…but I'll fill you in more on that at a later date ;) and being surrounded by ornaments so early in the season. But I took the dog for a walk a couple of nights ago and the crisp chill, sparkling lights and smell of woodsmoke in the air were the perfect combination to get me in the holiday spirit all over again. Do you get a fresh tree each year like we do? These outdoorsy images I found over at Kinfolk made me think I could almost smell the fresh-cut scent of pine…
Photos by Parker Fitzgerald for Kinfolk
Photo by Young & Hungry for Kinfolk
Photos by Parker Fitzgeralk for Kinfolk
Whether it be the real deal or artificial, it doesn't quite feel like Christmas around here until the tree is up. My kids are excited about everything to do with the holidays, especially getting started on our advent calendar. I'll be sure to post some pictures and a list of the activity notes that I'll be tucking into each day. Hope your week is going well!
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- 1 Will @ Bright.Bazaar { 11.28.12 at 2:46 pm }
There is nothing like the smell of woodsmoke to get me feeling festive, reminds me of the open fireplace where my stocking used to hang when I was a kid! These shots from Kinfolk also remind me of where I grew up in the Cotswolds – I love it there.
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- 3 Rosa @ Flutter Flutter { 11.28.12 at 4:43 pm }
I switched to a fake tree a couple of years ago and I love it! Prelit and no mess… although I do miss the smell. So, instead, I always try and bring some branches inside to display. It's full on decorating mode at our house. Love it! :) Have fun on your tree hunt Lily!
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Kate's Place
Project HOME's supportive housing programs offer permanent, subsidized housing for individuals and families who had been homeless. Most residents come to Project HOME from a safe haven, a shelter or from the streets.
Project HOME also offers affordable housing based on income eligibility.
Kate's Place is a 144-unit, fully-furnished, permanent supportive housing residence for adults. There are subsidized and affordable efficiency apartments. Accessible units are available. Each apartment has its own bathroom and access to two community kitchens on each floor.
Residents are offered on-site service coordination and personal recovery services. Residents are encouraged to participate in recovery-oriented activities that lead to personal growth, well-being and self-sufficiency. Project HOME also offers health care, education and employment opportunities and social enterprise.
Kate's Place is on the National Historic Registry.
- Homeless upon entry
- Currently homeless and have a special need with written verification from a professional who is licensed by the state to diagnose and treat that condition.
- Serious mental illness
- History of Substance Use Disorder and currently clean and sober
- Commitment to a recovery lifestyle
- For income eligibility, please contact the property manager at 215-568-0304
- 24-hour reception
- On-site laundry
- Library and computer lab
- Chapel
None of us are home until all of us are home, and at Project HOME this means that we can all have a decent standard of living today without compromising our needs in the future. When thinking about the footprints – the waste, the greenhouse gases, the toxins – we leave behind through our daily living, we must recognize that the earth is our home.
This is why Project HOME has made sustainability a priority for current and future developments. Sustainability is based on a simple principle: everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Thus, our goal is to ensure that all developments reflect the shared values of economic, social, and environmental sustainability by:
- Decreasing energy usage
- Constructing all new buildings to meet Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certification guidelines
- Reducing fuel use of Project HOME vehicles
- Procuring more sustainable products
- Reducing waste
- Engaging Project HOME community members in sustainability efforts
- Supporting neighborhood sustainability
- Increasing access to healthy foods for residents and community members
Guided by these principles, we've taken sustainability from offices to residences, and even to gardens to promote energy and waste reduction, environmental education and justice, and health and wellness for all.


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Month of Horrors / Hell is Adaptations: Hannibal Rising
To say that Hannibal Rising is the worst of the Hannibal Lecter films is not necessarily a derogatory statement. After all, the Lecter films range from surreal and thrilling (Manhunter), to profound yet action-packed (The Silence of the Lambs), to baroque and experimental (Hannibal), and finally to popular yet solid (Red Dragon). While Hannibal Rising seems like the least necessary film in the series, it's easy to forget how much call there was for this story to be told. After the hints of Lecter's past in Hannibal the novel, there was suddenly a market for a Lecter prequel of some sort, but especially one that fleshed out the horrific experiences of the doctor's early childhood.
For those who haven't read the novel, Hannibal delves deeply into the cannibal's psyche, showing us that he makes use of a classical-medieval mental technique known as the Memory Palace. First explained by Cicero, the Memory Palace is a mnemonic device that associates facts and memories with a physical structure that one creates within his mind. (The BBC series Sherlock makes use of this device, as well.) This is to help explain Lecter's superior intellect and mental capacity, but also to give the reader hints of his formative years. While walking through his palace in search of a memory, Lecter has to be careful to avoid certain places that contain memories that can harm him, especially memories of his young sister Mischa, who died under grotesque circumstances during World War II. These come to a head at the climax of the novel, when he attempts to brainwash Clarice Starling into becoming his sister, and he can't help but remember that Mischa was eaten by Nazi deserters trying to survive a harsh winter while avoiding Soviet forces.
Month of Horrors / Hell is Adaptations: Red Dragon
Considered at the time to be the black sheep of the Hannibal Lecter cinematic family, Red Dragon retells the story of Thomas Harris' first Lecter novel. That's not quite fair though, because Dragon wasn't Lecter's story, but Will Graham's. It's an important point to make, because even though Lecter would quickly take over as the most interesting character in this shared fictional universe, Red Dragon the novel is the story of Will Graham, an FBI agent and profiler who excels because of his ability to empathize with just about anyone, even serial killers.
Unfortunately, his special abilities are put to use in solving the Chesapeake Ripper case, where the killer has apparently been removing random organs from his victims. Except that these organs were actually being chosen with great care to prepare various dishes. And when the trail leads Graham to Dr. Lecter's office, he is nearly disemboweled before managing to shoot Lecter and call for help.
Month of Horrors / Hell is Adaptations: Hannibal
After establishing a solid crime thriller formula with Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs, novelist Thomas Harris took a chance and tried something entirely different with his wildly popular Hannibal Lecter character: he set him free. Harris' fans had been wondering for some time what the cannibal psychiatrist would be like in the wild, as it were, out of captivity and free to roam as he pleased. Written eleven years after Silence the novel and eight years after the film, Hannibal is the gory, violent, and disturbing followup to his increasingly popular series. Did it live up to its promise?
It's hard to say. The next Lecter novel had two very difficult tasks: to tell a story centered for the first time around Dr. Lecter that did justice to everything his readers had learned about him in Dragon and Silence, and to write something that would please the many fans of the film. Even the choice to write a novel with Lecter as a main protagonist must have been a difficult one. It would have been much easier to keep him as a secondary character with Clarice Starling or another FBI agent in the foreground. Harris had built up the mystery and abilities of Dr. Lecter so greatly that it would seem impossible to actually write a story that lived up to what it was claimed he could do when not imprisoned.
Month of Horrors / Vampire Manga 101: Dance in the Vampire Bund
Glenn Hough (gallyangel) is a nonpracticing futurist, an anime and manga otaku, and is almost obsessive about finishing several of the lists tracked on WWEnd. This is the first in Glenn's new series on Vampire Manga, a companion piece to his excellent SF Manga series, which will be accompanied by separate series for Horror and Fantasy.
The Japanese love, love, love, the supernatural. Their folklore and native religion of Shintoism foster a worldview that is positively bursting with gods, demons, and beings of all shapes and sizes living alongside Humanity. When Stoker unleashed his Count Dracula upon the English speaking world, Vampires and European Vampire lore found especially fertile soil in Japan. Like a sponge.
It's not a surprise then, that Vampire related Manga is prolific enough for it's own category blog. So we start.
One of the best – number one as far as I'm concerned – is a relative newcomer to the manga scene. It debuted in 2006. What gives it top of the heap status for me? Two words: Mina Tepes.
Princess of the Vampire Clans and Ruler of the Night: Mina Tepes.
Anyone who knows Stoker and the saga of Vlad the impaler should appreciate how deeply entwined her name is in all the Vampire lore which has gone before. How deeply right that name sounds for a Vampire: Mina Tepes.
Month of Horrors / Hell is Adaptations: The Silence of the Lambs
"Memory, Agent Starling, is what I have instead of a view."
It's easy to understand how Manhunter and its source material Red Dragon lost much of its staying power after the release of The Silence of the Lambs in 1991. This is the film that made many people ridiculously famous: Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Ted Levine, Jonathan Demme, and Thomas Harris, among others. It won five Academy Awards in one swoop, beating out The Prince of Tides (for Best Picture), JFK (Best Director), Cape Fear (Best Actor), Thelma & Louise (Best Actress), and Fried Green Tomatoes (Best Adapted Screenplay).
Unlike Harris' novel, Silence the film is a standalone piece that makes no reference to the earlier story, ignoring the novel's many reference's to Red Dragon's protagonist Will Graham, now living as a disfigured drunk somewhere in Florida, and inferring that Graham's boss Jack Crawford was the one who caught the notorious cannibal psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter. For the purposes of adaptation to a new medium, it's understandable that many changes would need to be made, but it's actually fascinating how well the finished product works both as a standalone piece of art and as an adaptation.
Book Gift Suggestions: Horror
It's been a while since we created our suggestion list for Fantasy, and the Month of Horrors seemed like the perfect time to cobble together a list for Horror. Been looking for some good genre book recommendations you can pass along to non-genre or genre-beginner readers? Here are some works of fiction that will blow their minds and make them addicts just like you.
Today's list contains half a dozen Horror books to knock the socks off the people who don't have good genre taste… yet.
The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories, by H. P. Lovecraft
Arguably, you could hand a reader any collection of Lovecraft stories, and the effect would be just about the same. The master of weird fiction rotated regularly through just a few variations on his theme of supernatural terror: from intrusions out of the dream world to beautiful symbolic visions, from unnatural resurrections to polar-dwelling Elder Things, you can be sure that at least somebody will be losing his sanity, if not his lunch. Many of the stories in this volume also tie in to Lovecraft's popular Cthulhu Mythos, so there's plenty of temptation here to find more to read.
Perfect For: People who like old-timey scares and wish their steampunk novels had more unnatural geometry.
20th Century Ghosts, by Joe Hill
One might shy away from Hill's collection of short stories in favor of his more popular novels, but 20th Century Ghosts has something for everybody to enjoy. As I wrote in my longer review last year, the stories that especially stand out are "20th Century Ghost" (about a dead girl who loves the movies too much to leave the theatre), "The Black Phone" (a terrifying tale of kidnapping and phone calls from the dead), "The Cape" (a spooky story of a… different kind of superhero), and "Voluntary Committal" (wherein one might easily be lost amidst the cardboard maze in the basement). Don't miss out on Hill's sequel to Dracula and his personal take on Kafka's Metamorphosis, either.
Perfect For: Anyone who likes disturbingly surreal tales.
Dracula, by Bram Stoker
By far the most obvious recommendation on this list, you might be surprised how many people have never read the novel that sparked the popularity of the "romantic vampire" subgenre. Told entirely as an epistolary novel, Dracula follows the ever-shifting fortunes of a small group of English aristocrats as an ancient Transylvanian vampire decides to hitch a ride to their homeland from the old country. It's both a look at the fragility of Victorian mores, and awe at the power of the mysterious foreign "other." Arguably also a yearning for a spiritually-enriched world that the Enlightenment cast aside, Stoker's novel offers a great deal even for a jaded, modern audience.
Perfect For: That friend who's watched every Dracula movie.
House of Leaves, by Mark Z. Danielewski
Danielewski isn't well known for his fiction outside of this novel, partly because he hasn't written much else, but mostly because his other work is so rarified and abstract that it only appeals to a niche audience. However, House of Leaves was his first and most popular work, despite some aspects that a popular audience might find pretentious. This is a story told from the perspective of a young tattoo artist Johnny Truant, writing about a found manuscript detailing a documentary that does not seem to officially exist, The Navidson Record. It's a narrative within a narrative within a narrative, copiously (and often erroneously) footnoted. The documentary concerns a preternaturally-shaped house, which may or may not be haunted, and which frequently changes its inner layout and dimensions. It's hard to be both scary and erudite, but Danielewski manages.
Perfect For: Someone who's ready to make the leap into metafiction.
The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes, by Neil Gaiman
Although Neil Gaiman has long had a reputation as a Horror writer, much of his fiction is simply Fantasy with a slight twist of Horror. Even most of his run on the Sandman comic series was more about Fantasy than Horror. But the first volume of this popular set definitely shows off Gaiman's talent at writing Horror, albeit the sort influenced more by old Horror comics than novels. As he introduces the character of Morpheus, the King of Dreams, he is at great pains to remind us that Morpheus is also the King of Nightmares. The series found a larger audience after this first storyline, but I will always have a soft spot for this mash-up of Gothic and old-school comic book scares.
Perfect For: Wannabe goths and people wondering how Neil Gaiman got his start.
Inferno, by Dante Alighieri
Ok, this one might be pushing it a little. There's no doubt that much of today's Horror fiction simply could not exist without Dante, but his medieval epic poem does not easily fit into the genre as we know it today. It also does not provide the thrills-n-chills normally associated with Horror. It is rather a more intellectual look at the horrors of the human spirit, and a sober acknowledgement of where they lead us. That being said, I would stack up the story told by Count Ugolino in the ninth circle of Hell about his betrayal by an archbishop to a slow and very cruel death against anything written by Stephen King or Clive Barker. You can also learn how Hell actually froze over a very, very long time ago.
Perfect For: Poetry lovers and those curious about ancient cosmologies.
Have anything you'd like to add to the list? Let us know in the comments!
Month of Horrors / Hell is Adaptations: Manhunter
Watching Michael Mann's Manhunter is something like watching a now-famous actor in a commercial filmed at the beginning of his career; except that here the actor is a character, and the character is Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Yes, this year's Month of Horrors will feature a crossover with our Hell is Adaptations series in an overview of all the films adapting the Hannibal Lecter novels.
What is especially noticeable to fans of later Lecter films is the scarcity of the popular cannibal in this 1986 crime thriller. It seems a little silly to assume that anybody would need an introduction to the character of "Hannibal the Cannibal," but perhaps a quick overview is in order for the few newcomers. Originally created for Thomas Harris' 1981 crime novel Red Dragon, Dr. Hannibal Lecter is an extremely intelligent serial killer from Eastern Europe who ate his victims and avoided detection and arrest for many years before being caught almost by chance by FBI agent William Graham, a man who has the ability to empathize with killers and figure them out from the inside. Dr. Lecter worked both in an emergency room and later as a psychiatrist, and used his medical knowledge to commit and hide his violent crimes. In many of the media adaptations of the Lecter novels, the cannibal doctor often serves as a guide to help the FBI apprehend other serial killers, though usually with the intention of playing both sides of the game.
Month of Horrors Wrap Up and World Horror Convention Grand Master Award
Well, it's Halloween and our second annual WWEnd Month of Horrors has come to an end. I think it's been a pretty good month for horror on the site with many great reviews and some huge updates. Since this is our last post of the month, I thought I'd sum up how things went.
Jonathan kicked things off with a nice Month of Horrors 2012 introduction where he talked about the human need to explore fear through fiction, and mentioned some of our goals for the MoH. We followed that up with our first big enhancement: inclusion of The Shirley Jackson Award which was "established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic." This is our second horror award after The Bram Stoker Award which we added during last year's MoH.
This year we posted a bunch of horror book reviews from many of the WWEnd regulars:
- 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill – Jonathan
- The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland – Valashain
- It by Stephen King – Jonathan
- Horror Books in Brief: Sharp Teeh, November Mourns, Lullaby and Mr. Shivers – Charles Dee
- Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan – Allie
- The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker – Jonathan
Add to those reviews excellent posts on the origins of some seminal horror works:
- Frankenstein's Forefathers – Rico
- Foray's into Fantasy (and Horror): Bram Stoker's Dracula and the Origin of the Vampire – Scottlaz
I did a post about some of the Horror Magazines that are out there for your spine tingling pleasure including a brand new one that launched on October 1st called Nightmare Magazine. Speaking of which, we contacted the publishers at Nightmare and talked them into helping us develop a new horror list for the site which resulted in the Nightmare Magazine's Top 100 Horror Books list.
And finally, we end the month with another new award for the site. We've been having a great time with the Grand Master Reading Challenge all year, and when we realized there was a Grand Master award for horror we knew we had to add that as well.
The World Horror Convention Grand Master Award is a yearly distinction given to an author who has contributed greatly to the field of horror literature. Nominees must be alive at the time of voting, and cannot have previously won the award. The award is given at the annual World Horror Convention. Even though the MoH is over, we'll still be adding new books by these authors as well as others, so you can keep finding all the thrills you crave right here on WWEnd.
Well, that's it. I hope you've enjoyed the series and the improvements to the site. I'd like to thank everyone for pitching in to help us pull this off so handsomely. It was a lot of fun. The Month of Horrors will be back again next year, same bat-time, same bat-channel!
The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker
"The doorway was even now opening to pleasures no more than a handful of humans had ever known existed, much less tasted—pleasures which would redefine the parameters of sensation, which would release him from the dull round of desire, seduction and disappointment that had dogged him from late adolescence."
It's not often one picks up a modern splatterpunk book and finds within it a morality tale, especially a tale so opposed to the moral atmosphere of the day. At least, I assume this doesn't happen often, since The Hellbound Heart is the only splatterpunk story I can ever remember reading. The quote above is about the novella's antagonist Frank, a hedonist who has spent all of his adult life in search of the most extreme pleasures. One can only enjoy so many drugs and prostitutes before the pleasure becomes dull and repetitive, so Frank seeks out new avenues through the occult. He hears of the Lament Configuration, a puzzle box which, if opened, will open a door to the world of the Cenobites, a perverse religious order dedicated to unworldly pleasure. After performing numerous favors for unsavory individuals, he finally gains possession of the box, and brings it home to England to open it. Unfortunately for Frank, when the Cenobites finally appear, their mutilated bodies indicate that their "pleasure" is actually found in pain, that they are demonic sadomasochists who intend to subject Frank to an eternity of flesh-destroying fun. The rest of the story follows his brother's family and social circle as Frank attempts to return to Earth by corrupting those he left behind.
Review: Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan
Guest Blogger, Allie McCarn, reviews science fiction and fantasy books on her blog Tethyan Books. She has contributed many great book reviews to WWEnd and has generously volunteered to write some periodic reviews for our blog.
Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan
Published: Harper & Row, 2009
Awards Won: 2009 Stoker Award
The Book:
"Built on the Upper West Side, the elegant Breviary claims a regal history. But despite 14B's astonishingly low rental price, the recent tragedy within its walls has frightened away all potential tenants . . . except for Audrey Lucas.
No stranger to tragedy at thirty-two-a survivor of a fatherless childhood and a mother's hopeless dementia, Audrey is obsessively determined to make her own way in a city that often strangles the weak. But is it something otherworldly or Audrey's own increasing instability that's to blame for the dark visions that haunt her . . . and for the voice that demands that she build a door? A door it would be true madness to open . . ." ~WWEnd.com
It's October again, and that means I'm branching out, once again, to horror! Audrey's Door is the October reading selection for Calico Reaction's Theme Park book club, so it seemed like a good choice for a Halloween-themed review.


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The high-strung senses of a gobbler make taking a turkey the zenith of hunting endeavors.
When early settlers and colonists arrived in what is now the United States, they mentioned the incredible numbers of turkey broods sunning along riverbanks. They claimed turkeys were so unwary, even the poorest hunter had no trouble bagging one.
Fast forward to the modern sport, some say art, of turkey hunting. When I first began hunting turkeys during the early 1970s in western North Carolina, the season had been closed for years. When it reopened, a hunter could use a rifle or shotgun. A couple of years later, rifles were prohibited, leaving short-range shotguns the only firearm of the turkey hunter.
A heavy load of No. 6 shot was preferred. The dense pattern provided by such small shot was just the ticket to bag a gobbler out to a range of 40 yards. As turkey ammo improved, so did the wariness of turkeys. Today, the high-strung senses of a gobbler have evolved to the point that taking a turkey is considered the zenith of hunting endeavors.
Ammunition also advanced, with high-energy gunpowder, plastic wads and granulated buffers that protected the shot's roundness during firing assisting the hunter with tight-patterning loads. Shot alloys were hardened with tungsten and coatings such as nickel and copper.
Even 12-gauge ammo advanced to 10-gauge volumes, with 3�-inch, 12-gauge turkey guns now the norm. Nevertheless, effective shooting range evolved quite slowly in comparison to gobblers' senses due to rules of ballistics engineering. Simply adding velocity does not compensate for a small shot's shedding of energy beyond 40 yards. A larger shot size is better, such as a No.5 or No. 4. However, the pattern density suffers so much that an adequate number of pellet strikes might not guarantee taking the bird 100 percent of the time.
Hunters search for the perfect turkey load like the Holy Grail. Like many others, I test the latest loads, decoys, blinds and other gear annually. A technique known to old-timers as "waxing" the shot to hold patterns together recently received a new lease on life in Winchester's Longbeard XR ammo. After the shell has been loaded, a liquid polymer is added that hardens to encapsulate the shot. I read some reviews and a fellow hunter showed me a target shot with the new ammo that had adequate pellet strikes at extreme range.
Achieve the energy of a No. 6 shot at 40 yards requires a No. 5 shot at 50 yards. I found some of the scarce new ammo and took it to my range. Shooting it through two different shotguns with several chokes was necessary to discover which combination the new loads preferred. While all of them consistently put enough No. 5 pellet strikes on the target at 50 yards, I will still prefer my gobblers to be within 40 yards before shooting. Prior to these new ammo developments, even the best turkey loads could leave occasional gaps in the pattern even at 40 yards. Now, the new loads have made shooting at 40 yards 100 percent effective, as long as the hunter does his part. The downside of such tight patterns is that the hunter must develop his marksmanship skills, possibly having to add optical sights to his shotgun to use them effectively.
Over the seasons, I admit to downing a couple of gobblers beyond 40 yards, due to my error at underestimating the range, an event that can occur easily across the terrain and through the vegetation of the budding woods. The margin of error a tight pattern provides gives an extra degree of confidence at making the shot good when a strutting gobbler is not going to tolerate a hunter reaching into his turkey vest for a rangefinder to check the amount of airspace between the shotgun bead and his eye.
To contact Mike Marsh or order his books, visit mikemarshoutdoors.com.


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CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) today announced the two Jacksonville-area winners of the CenturyLink Clarke M. Williams Foundation's Teachers and Technology grant program. The program, which has been offered since 2008, awards grants to schools in CenturyLink's local service areas on behalf of teachers who have developed specific plans to innovatively implement technology in their classroom.
"We are very pleased to be a part of providing innovative technology in the classroom that enhances the learning experience for students in these schools," said Rondi Furgason, CenturyLink vice president and general manager for central and eastern North Carolina. "It is exciting to see teachers implement creative teaching techniques that assist students in hands-on learning."
More than 65 teachers applied for grants, with 20 winners selected by a review committee comprised of community members and CenturyLink representatives. The winning teachers' schools each received a grant to be used by the teachers to purchase technology to benefit students in the classroom:
- Hunters Creek Middle School in Jacksonville was awarded $5,000 to purchase Samsung tablet computers for students to create, digitally manipulate, and explore the Visual Arts. Media and Instructional Technology Coach Kelly Mitchell submitted the project.
- Dixon Middle School in Holly Ridge was awarded $2,000 to purchase a Chromakey Green Screen Kit, 5 iPad minis, and Green Screen Movie FX application allowing students to develop technical skills required to produce a video as well as improve research, writing, collaboration, and speaking skills. Instructional Technology Facilitator Crystal Durham submitted the project.
About the CenturyLink Foundation
CenturyLink's vision is to improve lives, strengthen businesses and connect communities by delivering advanced technologies and solutions with honest and personal service. CenturyLink extends this vision through the CenturyLink Clarke M. Williams Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to contributing to endeavors that improve the well-being and overall quality of life for people throughout CenturyLink's communities. Named after CenturyLink's founder Clarke M. Williams, the Foundation is endowed by CenturyLink to support community initiatives that encourage our employees to use their time, talents and resources to strengthen the communities in which they live and work.


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Lenovo ThinkPad Casual BackPack. Material: Twill, Colour of product: Beige, Brown, Maximum screen size compatibility: 39.6 cm (15.6"). Width: 305 mm, Depth: 165 mm, Height: 470 mm
The Casual line of ThinkPad carrying cases offers a look that is relaxed and carefree, yet undeniably professional. The line includes a tote, a messenger, a backpack and a topload, each made of high-quality twill that is soft to touch and durable enough for everyday use. These lightweight cases have protective compartments to safely store your ThinkPad computer and tablet, as well as additional pockets and pen loops to organise all your travel essentials. The shoulder straps and carry handles are soft to touch and provide a comfortable way to carry all your important gear, whether your meeting takes place in a conference room or a café.Constructed from durable soft-touch twill, in complementary contrasting colours- Designated, protective compartments for computer and tablet storage- Zipped pockets and pen loops keep travel essentials organised- Unique drawstring closure provides quick access to travel essentials- Convenient front pocket for additional storage- Comfortable, soft-touch shoulder straps and carry handle- Compatible with all ThinkPad notebook computers up to 15.6" wide (380.6 x 270 x 36.6 mm) (15" x 10.6" x 1.4")


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University of Illinois at Chicago
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Postdoc 1973-74 Biophysics University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D. 1973 Physics (Biophysics Program) Northwestern University
M.S. 1970 Physics Northwestern University
B.S.(honors) 1968 Physics University of Wyoming
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies of protein and peptide 3D structure, macromolecule-ligand interactions, computer-aided design and structural bioinformatics. Applications to sickle hemoglobin, the coagulation proteases, structural studies of the cytosckeletal protein, spectrin, and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance. Computer-aided molecular design of potential therapeutic agents. Current projects include NMR structure determination of spectrin domains, QSAR analysis of bacterial antibiotic potentiators, design of inhibitors for the coagulation cascade enzymes thrombin and factor Xa, and design of antisickling agents.
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Dr. Mahesh Tipirneni likes to go grocery shopping with his patients.
There's no buying, other than the buying-in of people willing to change what they eat to improve their health. Tipirneni, partner in Vitality Medical and Wellness with his wife Dr. Deepali Rastogi, guides those patients on a label-reading, alternative-seeking tour of Albertson's at La Cholla and Ina, near his office.
"I like to be more hands on, and I find that anything that requires a lifestyle change requires more involvement from the health care provider," said Tipirneni, a member of the Healthiest Town in America committee. "It's not as simple as prescribing a pill."
Before you make any dietary changes, it's important to consult your physician. And if you're really interested in monitoring calories, fat, sodium, protein and everything else in food, you've got to become a more discerning label-reader.
Don't shop when you're hungry, Tipirneni recommends. He also suggests people shop the periphery of any grocery store, rather than the more processed middle aisles.
He goes to Albertson's, rather than a health food store, to demonstrate "people can go to any general store and realize there are healthy options there." For that matter, Tipirneni adds, "you can go to McDonald's and find healthy options."
Tipirneni starts the trip in the bread aisle, and a comparison of the relative virtues of white and wheat bread. Wheat wins, but not by much.
He points out "healthy fats," which are monounsaturated, not polyunsaturated, not trans fats, not saturated fats. Monounsaturated fats can contain the Omega 3 and Omega 9 essential fats, which can improve immunity and cell function.
Trans fats give products longer shelf lives. Trans fats can accelerate arthrosclerosis and inflammation.
He's an advocate for things that spoil quickly, be they fruits, vegetables or meats. "Unfortunately, processed foods tend to be less expensive," he said.
The fewer ingredients, the better. He picks up a jar of organic peanut butter. "Peanuts and salt, that's it," he said. The more ingredients, the more processing. Watch out for partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, high fructose corn syrup, and sugar substitutes. Too much of the latter may give you a headache. Beware of all these "fruit" juices, and what's in them. Go for extra virgin olive oil. Eat white cheese, not the colored cheese.
While each individual is different, in general terms Tipirneni recommends people not eat more than three to four grams of sodium a day. Watch those soups; they're high in salt.
Insoluble fiber is preferable to other fibers, aiding with regularity. It can help lower blood gluco se and cholesterol, too.
Many people look at total carbohydrates on a label. That's good. But it's important to know the source of carbohydrates. "Where's the quality of the calories coming from?" he asks. Sugar? Fiber? Remember from high school chemistry that starches turn to sugars.
When you eat carbs, couple them with a healthy protein and/or a healthy fat. An apple a day (with the skin) is great; an apple a day with a handful of nuts may be better. Nuts are "very energy-dense." They're great for you, but in moderation. People tend to eat more roasted nuts than unroasted, because of the taste. Just don't overdo it.
To keep blood sugar in check, fruits with skins are preferable to fruit without skins. Citrus is an exception to that rule. That means more berries, and less melon.
Do you enjoy canned fruit? Look at the volume of sugar in it. "Generally, stay away from anything that's canned," he suggests. He likes bags of tuna. Dried fruits are generally sugar-laden; apricots less so, in comparison to other dried fruits.
"Make sure you get a lot of different colors" from vegetables and fruits, he suggests.
"Organic" foods may be better for you, even if they "tend to not look as nice." Consider the processing, the application of pesticides and anti-fungals, and recognize that at least a little bit of those substances moves forward with that shiny, bright apple. He's also a believer in cage-free, free-range eggs.
Chocolate? Sure. "Dark chocolate, once in a while," he suggests.
Pop, soda, whatever it may be called, is "the biggest source of calories for so many people," Tipirneni said. If you must have a carbonated beverage, try carbonated bottled water with carbonic acid, not phosphoric acid.
Tipirneni is an advocate of a "free day" once a week, or even a free meal once a week. For that day, or that meal, a patient can eat whatever his or her heart desires. Eat a whole cake, if you'd like, one day a week, and be disciplined the other six. "Free days are very, very important," he said. "It's all about lifestyle change."
It often takes a few weeks to learn how to eat smart, and many patients do not feel it is overly restrictive, Tipirneni said. "We work closely with our clients to build a realistic, customized, healthy lifestyle. Our philosophy is to optimize health through good medicine. It's a partnership between patient and doctor."
Reactions to the grocery store begin with surprise that a doctor would go to such length, and end with gratitude. Tipirneni schedules close follow-up appointments to see how people are doing with their diet modifications.
"People feel they have to be accountable," the doctor said. "It also encourages that they stick on the program. They are very excited with the results."
At the end of the excursion, Tipirneni hands over a $5 gift card to the La Cholla and Ina Albertson's courtesy of Chris Duncan, one of the store managers.
Both Tipirneni and Rastogi may be reached for a "mini" consultation at 461-1717, and they both take patients to the grocery store. His office is located at 7448 N. La Cholla.
Fall Healthy Expo
Saturday, Oct. 23
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Oro Valley Hospital
Free health screenings, exercise and activities, a healthy dog tent, activities for kids, dispose-a-med, free pedometers to the first 200 people, free health bags to the first 200 people.
Presented by Healthiest Town in America


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All drivers are advised that the Jefferson Street Viaduct will be closed to traffic Monday, July 8 through Friday July 11 for regular structural engineering inspection required by the Iowa Department of Transportation. Motorists will need to seek alternate routes during this time.
The inspections must be completed in order to be in compliance with state regulations and to qualify for repair funding. A portion of the inspection will be conducted using a specialized â??snooper truckâ?? that lifts inspectors over the railing and allows them to view the underside of the bridge.


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UPDATED 11:28 EDT: Ten people were shot Friday morning at the famed Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan during the midmorning rush hour.
The shooter killed his ex-boss Steven Ercolino of Hazan Imports and then opened fire on seven others near Empire State Building.The disgruntled former employee now id-ed as JEFFREY JOHNSON, 58, wore a grey suit as he sprayed bullets along 34th St. and Fifth Ave. by the iconic Midtown skyscraper.
NY MAYOR BLOOMBERG has confirmed that some of the passerbys were shot by New York police as they pursued the killer.
PREVIOUSLY: A young woman — an innocent victim — was killed when police chased down Johnson and shot him dead.
One witness had told media that the gunman — possibly carrying a sawed-off shotgun — started firing randomly at tourists lined up in front of the iconic landmark around 9am EST Friday. He was evidently mistaken.
Some of the victims were found inside the lobby of the Empire State Building while some were found on the street.
One of the security guards at the Empire State Building — who was reportedly not armed — chased after the suspect up Fifth Avenue after the shooting began.
The FBI was among the massive law enforcement presence on the scene, but authorities quickly ruled out terrorism as a motive.


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YOUR TAXES; Money From Somewhere
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
Published: February 11, 2007
DON'T expect to hear much from the Democrats in Congress this year about rolling back President Bush's tax cuts.
Do expect to hear a lot about narrowing the ''tax gap,'' which essentially means cracking down on tax cheats, and about cracking down on exotic tax-evasion schemes. And expect more attacks on the big oil companies.
But make no mistake: Democrats want to generate substantially more tax revenue, and much of that is likely to come from closer to home than a tax haven in the Caymans.
Hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes are owed to the government each year but are not being collected, said Representative Charles B. Rangel, Democrat of New York and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. ''It's like somebody saying, you're in the will, but you're not going to get the money anyway,'' he said. ''We're still going to go after it.''
The Democrats in control of Congress need to raise revenue for at least two basic reasons. The first is their own decision to reimpose ''pay-go'' budgeting rules. Aimed at instilling fiscal discipline in lawmakers, the pay-go rules require Congress to pay for any new spending programs or new tax breaks with savings elsewhere in the budget.
The second reason, in some ways, is more startling: the Democrats' own tax-cutting agenda. Lawmakers want to reduce or repeal the alternative minimum tax, a nightmarish parallel tax that was originally aimed at the very rich but is now engulfing millions of moderate-income families.
Freezing the A.M.T. at last year's levels would cost $40 billion, just for 2007. Repealing it would cost $70 billion this year and well over $1 trillion over the next decade.
Where might all the money come from?
The most alluring idea right now is to narrow the ''tax gap,'' a euphemism for cracking down on tax cheats. Based on an analysis of 46,000 audited tax returns from 2001, the Internal Revenue Service estimates that the government loses about $300 billion a year from people who either underreport income or underpay taxes. Of that, I.R.S. officials have said, as much as $100 billion a year could be fairly easy to recover.
Who could be against going after tax cheats? Millions of people, if I.R.S. research offers any indication.
The vast bulk of the missing $300 billion, officials estimate, is lost through garden-variety cheating by people who simply do not report everything they earn: self-employed painters and plumbers, small family businesses (from local florists and dry-cleaners to restaurants) and the growing legions who sell things over eBay and other Internet auction sites.
Another big part of the ''tax gap'' comes from millions of people who cash in stocks each year but fudge on their capital gains.
And while no lobbyist would ever defend tax cheats, proposals to track down the missing money have already met resistance from small-business lobbying groups.
In December, before Democrats had formally taken control of Congress, the United States Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent Business started the Coalition for Fairness in Tax Compliance. Its mission is to fend off proposals about the tax gap that might overly burden small-business owners.
''Honest small-business taxpayers are especially at risk of being subjected to needless and unwarranted regulatory burdens in an attempt to capture the few 'bad actors,' '' said John S. Satagaj, the Small Business Legislative Council president, at a Senate Budget Committee hearing in January.
But the tax gap is about far more than a few bad actors. Rather, the data suggest that most of those who can cheat, do cheat. And that means millions of people. In its analysis of audited 2001 returns, the I.R.S. estimated that the government lost $109 billion from individual taxpayers who underreported business income.
Little of this money had been hidden in exotic tax-shelter schemes, and none of it stemmed from corporate machinations. This was income from sole proprietors -- mom-and-pop businesses -- and family farmers. Indeed, the overarching theme of the I.R.S. research is that the most pervasive underreporting occurs among people whose revenues are hardest to verify.
THE I.R.S. estimates income reporting is more than 99 percent accurate for people whose employers withhold taxes and report their earnings to the government.
The accuracy rate is almost as high -- 96 percent -- for people whose taxes are not withheld but whose income is reported to the I.R.S. by third parties, like businesses that file Form 1099s for payments to other companies.
Compliance is similarly high for income from bank interest and dividends, which is reported to the I.R.S. by banks and investment firms.
By contrast, the compliance rate plunges to just 43 percent for people whose income is not reported by either an employer or a third party.
In practice, that means cheating is most pervasive among self-employed people who earn money from retail customers. Unlike businesses, retail customers do not inform the I.R.S. about payments to people they hire -- electricians, plumbers, lawn-mowing services -- or payments to stores and restaurants.


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If it's not surprising enough that Jaithirth Rao, popularly known as Jerry Rao, switched from banker to real estate developer at 56, he adds that one of the reasons he did this is because he didn't want to travel overseas.
Rao, 60, is the founder of Value & Budget Housing Corp. Pvt. Ltd (VBHC)—a real estate firm that primarily builds homes which cost less than Rs.20 lakh—that he set up with P.S. Jayakumar, his colleague at Citibank for many years.
Rao spent over two decades in Citigroup Inc.—with a two-year sabbatical in 1980-81 for further studies—and his job as a banker took him across the globe. He went to Beirut, Lebanon, for six months' training after he joined Citibank in 1973, spent a couple of years in Saudi Arabia and then was in the US for a number of years, before returning to Mumbai.
"I don't like travelling overseas. Jet lag, food, all these things bother me. I like going to Goa, Calcutta, Madras or anywhere within the country," he says. His youngest son, Raghav, who studies in the US, loves wildlife, and the two take off to the forests. "So he and I go to Kaziranga, Mudumalai…," Rao says. Rao has three children—Vijay, the eldest, lives in Gurgaon; his daughter, who is media shy and doesn't like to be named, works with an NGO in Bangalore.
In 2008, Rao approached Jayakumar for his new housing venture, after selling a majority stake in IT services firm MphasiS Corp. "I asked him, are you interested? It was as simple as that," says Rao. "He took his time, about two-three months, did his own R&D and came on board." Jayakumar left Citibank in 2009, which is when they launched VBHC.
I meet Rao on a busy weekday afternoon at a Café Coffee Day, where he orders a cappuccino and I opt for Darjeeling tea.
He is dressed in semi-formals, and a cigar peeps out of the pocket of his brown jacket. He loves cigars. "Dominicans mostly, Cubans are expensive. Maybe, once in a while".
For someone who worked in Citibank till 1998, started MphasiS and then sold a controlling stake in the company to EDS Technologies Pvt. Ltd for $380 million (around Rs.2,050 crore now) in 2008, getting into real estate—largely a family-led business tradition in India—was an unusual and brave choice.
"I didn't want to go back to IT as I had done my bit. I didn't want to go into anything that involved exports because of travel. I was sick and tired of travelling. I wanted to do something domestic, something that was scalable, big, and preferably at the base of the pyramid. I looked at healthcare and education but real estate seemed to be an area without too many national players," says Rao.
The timing seemed perfect too. The economic slowdown of 2008 had toned down the exuberance of the preceding years when prices hit the roof and the middle-class homebuyer suddenly had nothing to buy. Big developers saw sales screeching to a halt, and capital drying up. In 2009, when Rao set up VBHC, everyone was talking about low-cost or so-called affordable housing.
During 2009-10, Tata Housing Development Co. Ltd, a group company of Tata Sons, announced 1,500 homes under its low-cost Shubh Griha brand in Boisar, near Mumbai, and buyers lapped them up in weeks. Ramesh Ramanathan's Janaadhar (India) Pvt. Ltd in Bangalore—a firm dedicated to building budget homes—launched its first project in 2010 near Attibele, an industrial town near Electronics City, headquarters of companies such as Infosys Ltd.
In 2010, Rao launched Vaibhava, VBHC's first project near Attibele, which would build 1,900 homes priced at up to Rs.10 lakh each. This January, VBHC launched a new project in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan. It already has projects in Bangalore and Chennai, and on the outskirts of Mumbai. It plans to launch another one near Mumbai, and one more in Rajasthan.
Though in the same league, VBHC experimented and employed a range of different building technologies. It shipped lightweight aluminium beams from Kansas City, US, and used them instead of concrete, employing a cast-on-site technique that gave flats a durable structure. This would also reduce the per sq. ft cost of homes by Rs.35-40 and construction time by more than one-fourth, giving real estate the economies of scale and the pace of a manufacturing business.
In the three years since the launch of the first VBHC project, has Rao been able to stick to his philosophy? "We haven't scaled up as much as we would like to. We would have liked to have 15-20 projects by now and be between Rs.5-15 lakh for the flats. Where we are right now, is between Rs.8-20 lakh," says Rao, attributing the price rise to compounded inflation, material costs, delays and land costs, among other reasons.
He says he knew real estate development would be difficult, but didn't expect the regulatory environment to be so tough. "The good news is we have been able to create a business model that works, gives a decent product to the customer and reasonable returns for us. The bad news is it should be working faster," says Rao.
"IN PARENTHESIS: These days, 80% of Rao's time is spent on VBHC, and 10% on Home First Finance. The remaining time, he says, is for a bunch of miscellaneous activities. He teaches a course in international business at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He is also chairman of the Nasscom Foundation, the social development arm of IT-BPO trade body Nasscom, and writes a number of columns for various publications. An avid reader of historical fiction, Rao is currently engaged in doing a bit of research on some of Mahatma Gandhi's writing, particularly in the area of trusteeship and governance."History continues to be of great interest to me," he says. "
"It's almost as if the government has decided that they don't want affordable housing. Because it's easy to get approvals for a Rs.5 crore villa in the country."
Born in Bangalore, Rao never really lived in the city, moving with his father wherever his government job took him. He went to Loyola College in Chennai, graduated from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and through placements, got a job in Citibank in 1973. Probably some of his banking knowledge came in handy in 2010 when Rao and Jayakumar set up Home First Finance Co. India Pvt. Ltd, a housing finance start-up that offers small loans to low-income borrowers for homes priced at Rs.5-15 lakh. Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), a century-old venture capital fund, bought a stake in it for an undisclosed sum in early 2011.
For VBHC, the focus will be on building two-bedroom apartments because they sell well, and one-bedrooms that sell reasonably well. Smaller studio apartments are not a great success, adds Rao. "The Indian consumer doesn't like their kitchen looking into their living space, no matter how cleverly you design," he says.
Over the next three-five years, VBHC will focus on Bangalore, Mumbai and the National Capital Region (NCR), while doing the odd project in Vadodara, Ludhiana or Chennai. Experiments with technology will continue, and the company may look at a new German prefabricated technology too. "We are looking at completely pre-done toilets assembled in factories here. Tiling of toilets sometimes causes the biggest time delays," says Rao.
Ask him to recount the hits and misses, and you realize that he has, on most occasions, got it right. Except perhaps, the one time when he went to The University of Chicago to do a PhD, which he didn't complete. "I was bored, ran out of money as a student," he says. "Finally, I took a master's (degree) and left, rejoining Citibank in New York," says Rao.
The last few years have not been an easy ride, but Rao says he has no regrets. "I'd like more people to come into real estate, because then the whole space will get great legitimacy, more transparency. With more professional and well-run companies, the kind of anti-developer attitude may start disappearing and there may be more pro-industry positioning," he says.
So where does he go from here?
"I am 60, I am not going to do anything more. This is it. At 65-70, one should call it a day, although these days, people keep working," he says


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Thanks to the many winter flowering plants available, it is possible to have a few colourful rays of hope even during the cold season. Most of these plants are not only nice to look at, they also smell good and help make the wait for spring seem more pleasant and shorter. But even if you haven't already thought of planting winter flowering plants in your garden, it's not too late to make a move. Since there is such a wide variety of plants available, we would like to point out a few particularly nice varieties with attractive flowers and scents here.
Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles Japonica)
Chaenomeles or flowering quinces grow virtually anywhere, except perhaps the tropics. They love the sun, they'll also tolerate semi-shade and they're incredibly water-wise, once established. The flowering quince is related to the edible quince and is part of the Rosaceae, or rose family, originating from China and Japan. They were formerly known as japonicas and a lot of people still know them as flowering japonicas. The flowers appear on bare stems from early winter till early spring, when the foliage reappears. The flowers are mostly single, with a boss of golden yellow stamens in the centre, but there are also a few semi-doubles. The colours are gorgeous too. There's 'Nivalis', which is pure white, 'Apple Blossom' that's soft pink and white. 'Columbia' is deep red. 'Falconet Charlet' has semi-double salmon-pink flowers. 'Vermillion' is orange and 'Winter Cheer' has scarlet-red flowers on a lovely compact bush. After flowering they produce a small fruit, which is a bit quince-like, and as these ripen they have the most exquisite, sweet, quince-like aroma. The fruit can actually be used to make a jelly or paste.
Wintersweet (chimonanthus praecox)
Bad weather, snow, and cold temperatures do not prevent the wintersweet from gracing us with its beautiful flowers and pleasant scent during winter. It is frost-hardy up to a temperature of -28°C and prefers fertile and porous soil. The flowers are approx. 2.5 cm long, with a creamy yellow colour and a red eye in the centre. They can start to flower in June, but the main flowering season is in August and September. The leaves appear after the flowers and turn a white to yellow in autumn. Since it has flowered rather sparingly in recent years and is somewhat more delicate, it should be planted in a protected and sunny location. Once wintersweet has settled in and becomes established, it is a fantastic winter flowering shrub which can grow to a height of 3 to 4 metres. It should be pruned very carefully, as wintersweet flowers on wood which is only two years old. The pleasant scent of its flowers can also be enjoyed indoors as its branches can easily be kept in a vase for a few days. This winter flowering shrub is endemic to China and unfortunately is largely unknown in Germany.
White forsythia (abelyophyllum distichum)
White forsythia does not belong, as the name suggests, to the forsythia family. Its namesake blooms in the spring and has different flowers. Whilst the forsythia which flowers in late spring has yellow flowers, the white forsythia has beautiful white or delicate pink star-shaped flowers. This winter flowering plant is a genuine rarity. The 1.5 cm long flowers appear between July and October and may have white flowers one year and pink the next. It is thought that this is due to the differing absorption of trace elements or other active substances in the soil. White forsythia can grow to a height of 2 metres in a protected, sunny position and is ideal for smaller gardens. In a favourable location it is really easy to look after and extremely hardy. Even when cut and put in a vase, this elegant plant can be enjoyed indoor for several days. This handsome shrub originates from Korea.


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Classes taught at The CrucibleThe Crucible's woodworking courses teach you to use hand tools and power tools, to carve and turn wood, and to apply this knowledge to your own projects. Students become familiar with different types of woods, appropriate techniques for working with them, and gain an understanding of basic furniture-making and cabinetry design.
Adult Classes
Fundamentals of Woodworking
Begin your woodworking experience in this 2-day introduction to tools and techniques. We will cover the basics of wood technology, what tools to use, how to use them, and how to care for them. Bring a notebook and comfortable shoes, as this will be a fast-paced, hands-on overview.
Hand-Cut Dovetails
Cutting dovetail joints by hand is a milestone in the path of a fine woodworker. Students learn how to use chisels and saws to cut dovetails precisely, getting feedback on how to improve their work with hand tools. This class is appropriate for beginners and those with some woodworking experience who wish to further their hand tool skills.
Introduction to Timberframing
Timberframing is a traditional technique for building large and small structures using only wooden joinery. Prized for its structural integrity and beauty, as well as reliance on hand skills, timberframing is regaining popularity in modern applications. We will start with an overview of the different styles and aesthetics involved, and move into the specific tools that are used to lay out and cut the strong joints. Each student gets guided practice time making sample joints. We will all work together to make a small structure that can be raised on the final day of class.
Spoon Carving By Hand
Learn basic principles of working with wood while making your own carved wooden spoon. Topics covered include different types of wood, grain direction, carving, shaping, and food safe finishes. Through short demonstrations and lectures, we will use a combination of power and hand tools, exploring the material for its functionality as a creative medium. At the end of the workshop, students leave with a unique spoon, ready to use! All materials included.
The Bandsaw Box
You don't need a fully equipped shop to enjoy woodworking! In this class, you will learn to design, make, and finish a unique wood box. With an emphasis on tool safety and material exploration, we will use a combination of power tools and hand tools to make boxes of all shapes and sizes. Beginning with a solid block of wood, you will learn how to lay out, cut, sculpt, and reassemble the block into the form of a box. Demonstrated techniques will include hidden hinges, small drawers, pull knobs, and fitted lids, as well as texturing, carving, burning, painting, and finishing. Suitable for beginning and intermediate students, all materials provided.
Woodturning I
Use a lathe to turn a rough piece of wood into a beautifully shaped spindle or bowl. In a jam-packed, 2-day class, you will learn the basics of the turning process. The class will cover tool usage and sharpening, as well as wood selection, preparation, and finishing.
Woodturning II
Explore more advanced projects, now that you are comfortable using the lathe and understand basic tool usage. This class gives students more time on the machines with the guidance of the instructor. Demonstrations in additive sculpture will be emphasized. Bring your own materials and project ideas! PREREQUISITE: Woodturning I
Woodworking I
Learn how to use power tools, as well as traditional and modern hand tools, safely and effectively. Class assignments introduce basic concepts and techniques, to give you the skills needed for many woodworking projects such as mill board flattening and straightening, creating strong joints for connecting wood, and gluing boards together to make a panel. Students leave with a strong foundation for more advanced wood classes and a small end table. All tools for learning are provided.
Woodworking II
Explore advanced woodworking methods, now that you are comfortable in the woodshop. You will use hand-cut dovetails or a variety of machine-cut joinery, and learn about the use of jig and fixtures to speed your workflow. Apply your newly learned skills and techniques to furniture making and other projects. Bring your own materials and design ideas! PREREQUISITE: Woodworking I
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Youth Woodcarving & Sculpting
Learn the history, cultural significance, and process of woodcarving and sculpting, including design and carving approaches. Through hands-on demonstration and approach, students get expert guidance through every step of the carving process, from brainstorming to adding fine detail. You'll create a unique 3-D project of your own.
Youth Woodturning
Using a lathe, you can turn a rough piece of wood into a beautifully shaped spindle or bowl. In a jam-packed, 5-day class, you will learn the basics of the turning process as you explore small bowl turning and spindle turning. The class will cover tool usage and sharpening, as well as wood selection, preparation, and finishing.
Youth Woodworking
Learn to use hand and power tools to shape wood into objects that will last for decades. You'll learn about the properties of lumber, safe tool use, measurement and layout, and fundamental woodworking joints. At the end of this week-long course, you'll leave with an end-grain cutting board, a mitered corner box, and the skills to build an unlimited range of wooden objects.


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On April 20th 2011 over 200 students from the Pomona, Inglewood and Los Angeles School Districts filled the Clive Davis Theatre inside the GRAMMY Museum® to attend the launch of In The Lab Hip Hop Sessions, a music arts program that aims to inspire and educate youth on the early roots of hip hop and its positive contributions to mainstream culture.
The inaugural program, hosted by radio veteran Felicia "The Poetess" Morris, featured Hip Hop & Technology: The Art of Turntablism which consisted of a brief presentation acknowledging pioneer hip hop DJ's, Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa and Mixmaster Spade. The Scratch DJ Academy was on hand to demonstrate turntable techniques and provided lessons to all willing participants. The capacity crowd enjoyed classic hip hop music as students took the stage and showed off the latest dance moves.
Parents and teachers joined in the fun by giving an impromptu performance to the Aretha Franklin classic R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
Just as the program was coming to a close, the audience was pleasantly surprised when platinum producer and rapper DJ Quik arrived and shared words of inspiration and wrapped up the event with a special performance. After the session ended, guests were invited to tour the current exhibit, Hip Hop: A Cultural Odyssey that features artifacts such as hand written lyrics from rappers Eminem and the late Tupac Shakur as well as clothing items from Outkast and the late Eazy E amongst other treasures. The Hip Hop A Cultural Odyssey leaves the GRAMMY Museum on May 4th 2011. In The Lab Hip Hop Sessions will continue throughout the summer starting June 2011.
Special thanks to sponsors: The GRAMMY Museum, Ruthless Records, Black College Expo, National College Resource Foundation and The Scratch DJ Academy for making the In The Lab Hip Hop Session free to the community.
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Doug Lamborn is no Boy Scout — that much we know.
The three-term Republican congressman proudly proclaimed Monday that he would boycott President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech, explaining that he does not agree with the president on broad spectrum of issues.
On the same day (!!!) Lamborn was grandstanding thusly, he sent a representative to a special ceremony held by Boy Scout Troop 187, which was honoring one of its own for life-saving courage — 11-year-old Eric Jordan Evans, who will join eight other Boy Scouts from around the country in meeting Obama in the Oval Office in February.
Watch a video of Barry talking about Lamborn and Eric Jordan Evans.
In 2010, when he was only 9, the stalwart Scout saved his grandmother's life when she was struck by a huge limb that had been blown loose from a cottonwood tree. She suffered a severe gash to her head, but Jordan, as he likes to be called, took off his shirt, staunched the wound and summoned emergency help. Doctors later said she would have died without her grandson's clear-headed response.
Jordan will help deliver to the president the Boy Scouts' annual Report to the Nation.
Modest and poised beyond his years, Jordan told The Gazette, "I did what anybody could do and what anybody would have done."
As for his visit to D.C., he said, I am looking forward to representing all my brothers in uniform." He's clearly excited about meeting the president, as many of us would be, and said "I'm a big fan."
Lamborn's press secretary, Jarred Rego, was on hand to say, "On behalf of Congressman Lamborn and his entire staff, I would like to congratulate Jordan on this extraordinary opportunity. This is something that will surely be a life-changing event for Jordan, and we are all proud to have a young man from the great state of Colorado represent us on a national stage."
At 57, the sophomoric Lamborn clearly has less good sense than Jordan has. He congratulates a Boy Scout on his opportunity to meet the president while dissing the same man.
As we disagree with a president, we still respect the office. Lamborn wants you to respect his, for sure.
"There is a decorum, as a patriot, that is required," said Robert Blaha, who wants to face Lamborn in a primary this year. "Even if you don't respect the person, you have to respect the office. It's not about being liberal or conservative, it's about being an American."
The U.S. Constitution requires the president to make a report to congress annually. This has evolved into the State of the Union message, which has become a big political opportunity for every president.
Our congressman is proud to be AWOL, but don't worry — a heroic Boy Scout will represent us well next month.
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Tummy Troubles? Could Be Gluten
Gluten is in everything. From bread, to pasta, to cookies, to crackers, and even soy sauce - it's hard to get away from it.
Gluten is the protein in wheat, rye, oats, and barley. Some people are born with a genetic disorder called Celiac disease (CD), and eating anything with gluten in it can cause major bodily problems.
The thing about CD is that you won't necessarily have symptoms starting at birth. It can be triggered by emotional events, like going away to college, or physical changes like pregnancy or puberty.
Well, whatever sets it off, there is no cure. In order to avoid knife stabbing stomach cramps and other tummy troubles (use your imagination on this one), a person with CD has to steer clear of anything containing those offensive glutinous grains.
If you think you might have CD, talk to your doctor about getting screened for the condition.
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NATURE-lovers were up bright and early to catch a glimpse of some of the county's early birds.
A group set out to investigate the feathered friends of Hereford Nature Trust's Doward reserves in Ross-on-Wye last week, where they spotted more unusual birds, including woodpeckers, nuthatches, song thrushes and tree pipits.
The event was part of a year-long programme called Discovering the Doward.
Organised by the trust, the programme aims to highlight the area, which sits within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Eight expert-led walks are planned to take place around the Doward up until November.
These include a family bug hunt, an orchid walk, a tree and shrub identification walk and an archaeology and history tour.
Walks will be restricted to 20 people per walk and there will be a charge for events.
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AS a native-born Tynesider, resident in Scotland for 60 years, I have often crowed about the remarkable musical resources in my adopted land.
For all the size of our country and its population, our strength, especially in Glasgow, lay in the fact that we had one of everything, unlike London, where five big premier-league orchestras battle for public attention, to say nothing of myriad chamber orchestras and specialist ensembles, choirs and chamber groups, all clamouring for acknowledgement.
In Scotland, things were easier to identify and define. We have a full-size symphony orchestra in the RSNO, an increasingly elite and world-acclaimed chamber orchestra in the SCO, and a broadcasting orchestra in the BBC SSO, which hauled itself back from the brink of extinction some 30 years ago to become the mighty and fearsome outfit it is today.
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Scottish Opera, much depleted now in musical staff, is no longer the force it once was, and it must do the best it can with its few remaining resources. The smaller ensembles – including groups such as the amazing Scottish Ensemble, Cappella Nova, Dunedin Consort, the rigorous Hebrides Ensemble and more – have fleshed out Scotland's musical profile and added their respective layers of excellence to the country's musical pedigree.
The RSAMD, now the Royal Conservatoire, has itself added lashings of variety and quality to the Glasgow and Scotland rich-mix, turning itself into a performance factory and an assembly line for producing superlative young composers, standing proud alongside contemporary greats in all walks of music, from James MacMillan and Sally Beamish to the film and TV soundtrack magicians John Lunn and Craig Armstrong.
Then along came Svend Brown, who, as artistic director of Glasgow's Concert Halls, threw several spanners into numerous works by announcing that, in Scotland's busiest city, he proposed to identify gaps and fill them. Hence the appearance, in recent years and sometimes in unexpected venues, of groups as diverse as the Academy of Ancient Music, the Kronos Quartet and the London Sinfonietta; from the Tallis Scholars and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir to a vast survey of minimalism, and of festival-type composer portraits and intensive focuses such as offered in last month's piano festival.
So is that it, then? Does our mantra of musical Scotland as having one of everything extend to having one of absolutely everything? No, it does not. There is still a glaring gap in Scotland's resources: we do not have a professional period band in this country; or we should describe it properly as a band that gives historically-informed performances? There are two arguments here. You might suggest that we actually do, with a Scottish Ensemble that has turned its hand, its wrist and its gut strings towards the issue of an "authentic" style of performance. And we have a Scottish Chamber Orchestra which, with the flick of a wrist or the attachment of a crook, can turn itself into a vibrato-free band.
I expect that correspondence from anyone with the remotest attachment to early music performance styles will follow. But I reiterate: we do not have in Scotland a professional, dedicated period band playing in historically-informed style. Does that matter? In this age, with all the early scrapes and splodges excised, and genuine and staggering virtuoso bands and soloists proliferating all over the world, yes it does. Are there specialist courses in the conservatoire? I'm unaware of them. Are there regular concerts in the idiom anywhere in Scotland? If so, please tell me, as I do not know of them.
Is there any contemporary relevance to this? Yes there is. The absence of any such ensembles means we risk missing the chance to celebrate musical occasions marking anything significant from the Baroque period; and there is one such significant moment just around the corner with the tercentenary of the death of composer Arcangelo Corelli. More on this, and Corelli, next Saturday.


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Adele, Kanye West Clean House At The 2012 Grammy Awards
The 2012 Grammy Awards showed us a few things tonight. For starters, the Best New Artist category award still goes to the artist who you'd least expect to win, as Bon Iver managed to edge out Nicki Minaj, J.Cole, and even dubstep's poster child, Skrillex. It also showed us that hard work and pure talent was definitely the trend this year as Adele and Kanye West each ran away with a sackful of Grammy statues tonight.
Scope the winners of the biggest categories below, and see the complete list on the official Grammy website.
- Album of the Year: "21," Adele
- Record of the Year: "Rolling in the Deep," Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth
- Song of the Year: "Rolling in the Deep," Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth
- Pop Solo Performance: "Someone Like You," Adele
- Pop Performance by a Duo or Group: "Body and Soul," Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
- Pop Vocal Album: "21," Adele
- Alternative Album: "Bon Iver," Bon Iver
- Rock Song: "Walk," Foo Fighters
- Rock Album: "Wasting Light," Foo Fighters
- Hard Rock/Metal Performance: "White Limo," Foo Fighters
- R&B Song: "Fool For You," Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim & Jack Splash
- R&B Performance: "Is This Love," Corrine Bailey Rae
- Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: "Fool For You," Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona
- Rap Album: "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy," Kanye West
- Rap Song: "All of the Lights," Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West
- Rap/Sung Collaboration: "All of the Lights," Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
- Dance Recording: "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites," Skrillex
- Dance/Electronica Album: "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites," Skrillex
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#3996 closed defect (duplicate)
segfault on ipkg install
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|ipkg segmentation fault
When trying "ipkg install libopenssl", ipkg segfaults. Verbose output:
ipkg -V 3 install libopenssl
pkg_info_preinstall_check: updating arch priority for each package
pkg_info_preinstall_check: update file owner list
best installation candidate for libopenssl
adding libopenssl to providers
libopenssl arch=mipsel arch_priority=10 version=0.9.8e-1
Found a valid candidate for the install: libopenssl 0.9.8e-1
arch mipsel (priority 10) supported for pkg libopenssl
Installing libopenssl (0.9.8e-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/7.09/brcm47xx-2.6/packages/./libopenssl_0.9.8e-1_mipsel.ipk
best installation candidate for zlib
adding zlib to providers
zlib arch=mipsel arch_priority=10 version=1.2.3-4
using latest matching zlib 1.2.3-4 mipsel
archival/libipkg/pkg_depends.c:181: satisfying_pkg=(nil)
best installation candidate for zlib
adding zlib to providers
zlib arch=mipsel arch_priority=10 version=1.2.3-4
Found a valid candidate for the install: zlib 1.2.3-4
archival/libipkg/pkg_depends.c:215: satisfying_pkg=0x53fd60
arch mipsel (priority 10) supported for pkg zlib
Installing zlib (1.2.3-4) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/7.09/brcm47xx-2.6/packages/./zlib_1.2.3-4_mipsel.ipk
Running script /tmp/ipkg-Eicevr/zlib-atEaC1/preinst
Replacing pre-existing file /usr/lib/libz.so owned by package zlib
Replacing pre-existing file /usr/lib/libz.so.1 owned by package zlib
Replacing pre-existing file /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3 owned by package zlib
installing maintainer scripts
Segmentation Fault
Platform is WRT54GL v1.1. Code is the generic 2.6 kernel mipsel trx image.
If I don't get a seg fault right away, the system locks up after a short while.
This definitely happens whenever I install a large package. Small packages don't have this problem.
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comment:1 Changed 9 years ago by agb
- Resolution set to duplicate
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Appears to be a duplicate of #2702 which has been resolved by moving to opkg


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24L x 18D x 72H Single Mudroom Bench
Shown in Reclaimed Oak. Metal finish in Natural Steel with brass highlights. Standard with 8 hand-forged hooks.
Due to the nature of our reclaimed lumber, knots, nail and worm holes, multiple grain patterns, finish variances and other natural characteristics are completely acceptable and add character to the pieces. Due to the live edge treatment, table depths may vary within 1-2 inches.


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Thursday, Dec. 15 Ramona Unified School District, 6 p.m. closed session, 7 p.m. open session, Wilson Administrative Center, 729 Ninth St. Among agenda items are first interim budget report, identified budget reductions for 2012-13, board's annual organizational meeting, reports from employee unions, Olive Peirce Middle School "Schools to Watch" recognition, Ramona Reads golden bell award, Barnett Elementary report of 21st century learning, student achievement plans for three schools, board policy revisions. More information: ramonausd.net.Ramona Design Review Board, 7 p.m., Ramona Community Center, 434 Aqua Lane. Presentation by county on review and approvals process; site plan reviews of solar farm for Warnock and Ramona streets, and Starbucks at Bank of Southern California; signage for Body Works by Jerry; board positions; and village design update.
Wednesday, Dec. 21 Ramona Town Hall Board, 729 Main St., 6:30 p.m. More information: ramonatownhall.com