text: BUSINESS Cannes' late lineup causes headaches 10:01 AM PDT 5/13/2008 by Charles Masters , Scott Roxborough FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME 'Everything's late this year,' says one producer CANNES -- Cannes has introduced a new genre to this year's festival: the grumble flick.The lateness in announcing the full lineup has caused multiple problems for producers, distributors, publicists, party organizers and media outlets alike. "Everything's late this year. We didn't find out when our film was screening until just last week, which meant we had to rush like hell to arrange things -- flights, hotels, the party, everything," said the producer of one Competition film."They were late because they were very hesitant on some films," one French industry insider said. "As far as I can see, they could have replied very quickly on most submissions."Ironically, the first suspicion that things were running late came from the festival office itself, when the intial date for the lineup announcement of April 17 was pushed back a week. Festival de Cannes general delegate Thierry Fremaux denied that the revised date of April 23 was later than usual, pointing out it was exactly in line with the timing in previous years. The difference this year was that neither the opener, Fernando Meirelles' "Blindness," nor the closing film, Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened," were announced six days after.The last-minute scheduling of "Blindness" was, at best, a double-edged honor for the movie's French distributor Pathe. "We were told of its inclusion just a week before people were due to travel," a Pathe insider said. "It's ridiculous and has been a logistical nightmare. We've really had to scramble to organize things. I have no idea why it took them so long to decide to invite us to open the festival." Several observers suggested festival organizers were holding out for a different movie to open but plumped for "Blindness" when it became clear the alternative wasn't going to be ready. The filmmakers have been working "night and day" to get the film ready for Cannes. Levinson's closing-night offering is a recut version of the film that played to a tepid reception at Sundance. "We liked what we saw," Fremaux said. Its star Robert de Niro personally intervened to ease the movie's passage onto the Croisette.The inclusion of Clint Eastwood's "Changeling" also caused headaches for Universal. "We were looking forward to Cannes with no movies to worry about," one Universal source said. "Clint telephoned the festival organizers himself and told us it was going to Cannes." Eastwood's move means the picture will screen months before its scheduled international rollout.This year also has seen several top directors going to the wire to finish their films in time. In addition to Meirelles, both Eastwood and Wim Wenders were still in post on their films the week before the festival started, and Steven Soderbergh's 268-minute two-part "Che" was still a work in progress at press time ahead of its screening on May 21, when it will unspool with a short intermission.Stuart Kemp contributed to this report. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Charles Masters firstname.lastname@example.com @thr Scott Roxborough firstname.lastname@example.com sroxborough


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Less than a year ago, crude oil was $145 and everyone was wondering how fast the dollar would inflate into worthlessness. Could it be that today there's a shortage of dollars? The usual discussion centers around the supply of money, defined as the quantity (M1 or M2) times the velocity (how quickly a dollar gets passed around the economy). Over the last year the fed has roughly doubled the supply of money while the velocity has roughly fallen in half, keeping the real supply stable. But what about the demand for dollars?
First let's look at the domestic demand for dollars. For 5 years, homeowners have used their homes as piggy banks. When they wanted cash to buy something, they just took out a home equity loan. Stocks looked like an attractive investment, so people generally had little desire for money, everyone preferred to own stuff like houses and stocks. Companies held as little cash as possible because cash doesn't generate the aggressive growth that's so attractive to investors. As asset prices collapse, every seller demands money. After a foreclosure, banks try to sell the foreclosed home as quickly as possible; during bankruptcy, the court or debtors liquidate the company's holdings. Any potential buyers of homes or corporate assets need to sell other assets to free up money.
What about the international demand for dollars? Over the last decade, investors and banks rushed to send money to emerging markets for higher rates of return. For example, Eastern Europe had net foreign borrowings of $1.6 trillion at the end of 2008. Any foreign loan or investment requires a purchase of the foreign country's currency and a sale of your own (there are exceptions, but debt denominated in foreign currencies is relatively insignificant). As the world economy comes under pressure, we've had a flight to quality. Investors sought to sell their subprime loans to emerging markets and buy top rated US debt. So investors are selling their zlots and forints and even euros to buy dollar denominated assets.
As asset prices continue falling, inflation concerns wane, general economic conditions deteriorate, people hoard cash. Individuals fear unemployment and increase their savings. Companies find fewer attractive investments and financing costs rise, so they hold more cash. Investors worldwide flee all currencies but the safest. As people hoard cash, the velocity of money drops further and asset prices drop further, deepening the cycle. The fed can mitigate this by printing more money, but just about everyone consistently underestimates the deflationary effects of deleveraging, so the fed is too slow and the dollar shortage deepens. Eventually the cycle ends when there are fewer new foreclosures and new bankruptcies and enough debt is liquidated that companies and individuals start spending more.
Where does the deleveraging end? It's hard to predict in advance, but we can at least identify when asset prices have further to fall. Real Estate is stagnant in most of the country as sellers remain anchored to old prices and refuse to hit the "too low" bids of the buyers. California is the exception. After a 40% drop in median prices, the real estate market is starting to look healthy with plenty of transactions. Californian real estate may have reached equilibrium while most of the country obviously hasn't. Prices keep falling until sellers and buyers agree on prices. Another example is mortgage derivatives. With some derivatives, buyers are bidding $0.20 on the dollar while the banks that hold the derivatives are refusing to sell at less than $.80. Without massive subsidies, the result would be that eventually the banks would become realistic and lower their offers or go bankrupt and be forced to sell. The government and the banks are hoping that special programs can subsidize buyers to pay closer to $.80 or that the economy will improve enough for the buyers to pay $.80. History suggests that eventually it is the sellers who must compromise and lower their offers.
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The civic administration has planned a special drive to cross-check tree cutting done during various construction projects. A list of developers found violating replantation norms would be prepared based on a site survey.
If the replantation claims made by developers came out to be false, they would not be allowed to submit new proposals seeking building permission. The civic tree committee has also decided to halt the unapproved projects of the defaulters.
PMC has claimed that the deposits given by the developers while cutting the trees were not taken back. This testifies that replantation is being ignored by many.
The civic body has collected Rs 9.04 crore as deposits against tree cutting. These funds are used to plant new trees as a replacement to the ones cut down. Once new trees are planted, the money is given back to those who took permission to chop them down.
"Instructions have been issued to all the departments including garden and building permission department. They will start a survey this week. Notices will be issued if any irregularity is found," said Rajendra Jagtap, additional commissioner of PMC.
He said the list of defaulters would be given to the building department. They would keep a tab on the works proposed by these builders.
The PMC, in a written reply to the elected members had said that around 10,000 trees in the city had been "officially cut" in the last four years.
As per the data, permissions were given to cut down around 9,116 trees and to replant 5,875 of them. PMC does not have the exact information about the number of trees that were actually chopped on ground.
Shantilal Kataria, President of Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India, Pune chapter, said PMC's deduction is not accurate. "The builders are not taking the money back because the procedure to do it is very bureaucratic. So, developers prefer to let go of the money than keep running after the officials," he said.
Kataria said the developers are willing to plant more than required. Non-availability of land is an issue. The civic administration should provide space near riverbed for the plantation.
A PMC official said, "Another aim behind the verification exercise is to reduce the illegal tree-cutting. The development works that were carried out without proper permissions would be exposed with this drive."
According to PMC officials, steps have been taken to control illegal tree-felling. It started a high-tech tree census in April to keep track of location, type and other details of every tree in the city. PMC uses geographical information system (GIS) to effectively map and enumerate trees.


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This is a photo of a bird I heard in Tuchekoi National Park near Pomona. I am sorry I did not get a good photo of it as it was extremely hard to catch a glimpse. But he was making a wood-pecking sound in the tree and very fast. Can anybody locate what bird it is as could not find it using the bird finder? Thanks Adam.
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Can someone help with this bird?
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Where would Pomona be, Adam?
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Google tells me it is on or near the Sunshine Coast Queensland, but I can't help with an ID.
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Looks like a White-throated Treecreeper
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Looks like a White-throated Treecreeper
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Agreed. It is also called a woodpecker!
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Ths mood board gives me an essential insight into your taste, which I translate into looks and labels you might like, but not yet know. Each board gives me that lovely 'sense' of a person that words can't describe or that you may not be conscious of, but that shine through when you instinctively gather images together. True style is always authentic.


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After we left the coast, we drove into Portland for a night on the town. Which consisted of yummy Thai food for dinner, some shopping downtown, a walk on the waterfront, and ended the evening at the movie theater!
Besides making memories with my boys, spending time adult time with my Husband and our best friends is high on my list of favorite things. This time away was MUCH needed!
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Chance the Rapper and Chicago Bulls star Jimmy Butler are the subjects of a new feature on The Undefeated. In the interview, Chance responded to Donald Trump's tweet where he threatened to "send in the Feds" to Chicago. "I hope he's coming in to do some type of federal overturn of our state and city budgets in terms of schooling and housing," Chance said. He continued:
I'm tired of n—–s talkin' about Chicago like it's a Third World country. Like, that it's not a place of booming business with a very successful downtown and all types of new development. It sounds like he was announcin' he was going to war with Chicago.
In an accompanying video, Chance added, "I can only expect that he means he's gonna, from a federal level, help out with, you know, the teachers' strike and the union issues. I don't like to think that he, you know, said what he meant or meant what he said." Read the full story here, and check out the interview video below.


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Trump and the Goldbugs – Clutching at Straws
Many moons ago I headed a thinktank, in fact it was THE thinktank for Supply-side Economics, and it was buried deep in the heart of New Jersey. This organization had as its guru in residence one Jude Wanniski and used to style itself as having invented/guided/inspired the Reagan Administration's tax cut policies which were one of the most visible manifestations of Supplyside Economics. This school of thought is not given much airtime these days, but it was really just an Americanisation of the Austrian School of Economics with a few added bells & whistles (and ad libbing). One of its chief tenets was a desire to return to the gold standard though this did not feature anywhere prominent in Reaganomic discourse.
I was led to think about this work experience (which was bittersweet indeed) in recent weeks for it was ten years since Hurricane Katrina, a rather cataclysmic event that coincided with the demise of Jude Wanniski. Further prompt to these thoughts was the rising "star" of Donald Trump, a character representing one of the more bizarre mainstream candidacies for the US presidency in living memory. Indeed, while Reagan was an actor turned politician (a rarer commodity), Trump is a "businessman" turned wannabe politician (theoretically a more conventional segue from one activity to the other). Indeed in this he most resembles Herbert Hoover, though fans of Hoover would reel in horror. We might add that Herbert Hoover was a geologist who had much to do with developing the Zinc mining industry in Australia, amongst other things, while The Donald's interaction with precious metals is largely linked to the global demand for gold faucets.
So I pondered what Jude Wanniski might have thought of the Trump campaign. Ever one to live in hope that a post-Reagan candidate would pick up the sword of Supplyside to march into battle he might initially have been thrilled. He had adopted Steve Forbes in 1996 as a standard-bearer but that had gone nowhere. If the Sage of Parsippany found it tough to micromanage Steve Forbes, then steering Donald Trump towards orthodoxy would be like directing the marabunda, the great Brazilian army of leaf-eating ants. One is reminded of the Mother Superior's plea of despair in Sound of Music, "How do you solve a problem like Maria?", just replace Maria with Donald, and the problem multiplies by an order of magnitude. He is a veritable economic and policy "Shower Scene form Pyscho". Thus far though he has not had to do much more to glean support than fire off wild and wooly soundbites on immigration, women and anything else vaguely in the firing line. Economics has been, putting it politely, a sub-theme.
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It is said that patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, but Dr Johnson had clearly not meet the goldbugs. The chatter in these circles is now that The Donald may be the Knight in Shining Suit for whom that they have long sought. He combines in one candidate the two things they most cling to… a character with no regard for running up debt whatsoever and yet at the same time a discourse on returning to the gold standard to counteract monetary debasement. As a headline in the National Review Online put it "Donald Trump Loves Gold, as a Matter of Home Decor and Monetary Policy" and then went on to quote him saying ""There is something very nice, about the concept of having a "solid" country filled with money backed by bullion". Simultaneously he combines the malaise and the cure.
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Politicians before have moved their lips in service to the concept of a gold standard and then wimped out when a partner of Goldman lands at the Treasury and he, and the head of the Fed, hit the White House to straighten out such erroneous thinking. We wonder though whether Goldman were pushing an aluminum standard when they owned all the warehouses in the world to store the stuff.. That we shall never know..
But back to the gold faucets.. I mean the gold standard.. while the gold bugs may be destructively testing their adult diapers with enthusiasm at the prospect, they fail to grasp that having yet another candidate who is a few sandwiches short of a picnic espousing their beloved credo actually casts it further into the outer darkness only inhabited by flat-earthers, birthers and the Palin family. Could one imagine Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises sharing a stage with The Donald to give credence to his economic policies? Would they even be allowed in, representing as they do "foreign elements"?
The broader public do not share the goldbugs affinity for the gold standard and indeed would probably prefer a more updated version of the old political saw, "a chicken in every pot" manifested as "a gold faucet in every bathroom". Those with more bathrooms get more gold faucets! A gold standard, in theory does not need any more gold to be mined (it would just result in less proliferation of paper money) while a gold faucet in every bathroom would indeed create a phenomenal boom in demand for the output of gold miners and send the price of gold soaring (sounds inflationary to me, but what do I know!?).
Frankly in putting their faith in Donald Trump, the goldbugs are clutching at straws. It seems that every Presidential round since the dawn of time has to have one candidate that catches the imagination of the goldbugs and then fizzles and burns leaving mainstream thinking dominating the conversation. Indeed William Jennings Bryant in the 1880s spoke of the Cross of Gold, which is certainly more evocative that Trump's plumbing fixtures. This phenomenon of pseudo gold hysteria is very much a US thing because I cannot think of any country where this appears in the campaign dialectic. It's somewhat ironic though considering that it's now over 40 years since the US left the gold standard. We could go all misty eyed over those decades before the final surrender in the Nixon years, but one might also recall that the concept of enough gold "backing" the currency was as illusory as the asset backing of certain casinos and resorts that shall go unnamed.
Isn't it novel that no-one says "cobalt must have a savior" or that "zinc will soar if such and such is elected president"? If gold needs a Messiah (and we are not persuaded it does) then he (she?) will not come disguised with a frizzy comb-over. Messiahs should be made of sterner stuff..
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Applications need to programmatically access CAS. Generally, proxying works for this. However, there are cases where an application needs to access a resource as itself, in which case proxying doesn't make any sense.
At Rutgers, we've implemented a relatively "heavyweight" SOAP based service via Axis. We're now looking at complementing that with a lightweight resource-driven architecture. This page details that proposed work.
This API works to expose a way to RESTfully obtain a Ticket Granting Ticket resource and then use that to obtain a Service Ticket.
The RESTful API follows the same basic protocol as the original CAS2 protocol, augmented with some additional well-defined resource urls (though the protocol doesn't change so it should be just as secure).
Ticket Granting Ticket
The Ticket Granting Ticket is an exposed resource. It has a unique URI.
Request for a Ticket Granting Ticket Resource
Response for a Ticket Granting Ticket Resource
Successful Response
Unsuccessful Responses
If incorrect credentials are sent, CAS will respond with a 400 Bad Request error (will also respond for missing parameters, etc.). If you send a media type it does not understand, it will send the 415 Unsupported Media Type
Request for a Service Ticket
Response for Service Ticket
Successful Response
Unsuccessful Responses
If parameters are missing, etc. CAS will send a 400 Bad Request. If you send a media type it does not understand, it will send the 415 Unsupported Media Type.
Logout of the Service
To log out, you merely need to delete the ticket.
By default the CAS RESTful API is configured in the restlet-servlet.xml, which contains the routing for the tickets. It also defines the resources that will resolve the URLs. The TicketResource defined by default (which can be extended) accepts username/password.
To turn on the RESTful API, add the following to the web.xml:
Note, that in the above configuration example, we are explicitly versioning the RESTful API, so things would be accessed via /cas/v1/tickets/*, etc.
In the pom.xml file include the following:
Please take note that there might be dependencies on Spring 2.x. Make sure to exclude them.
NOTE: In the 3.5.1 version these are the dependencies for integrating RESTful API cas-server-integration-restlet-3.5.1 (you can find them at this url: http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jasig.cas/cas-server-integration-restlet/3.4.11-RC1):
An issue caught while integrating all these jar in the the cas-server-webapp 3.5.1 is that the presence of cglib-full-2.0.2.jar ( deployed with cas-server-webapp 3.5.1.war) rises the following error on Tomcat server:
GRAVE: StandardWrapper.Throwable
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- Coming into the Genome Age Part III: The Molecular Genetic Basis of PTC Tasting This experiment links genotype to phenotype and puts a contemporary spin on an old standby of classical genetics. View »
- Coming into the Genome Age Part II: Exploring Human Variation and Evolution This article introduces an experiment that allows students to use their own DNA differences (polymorphisms) to explore human variation, relatedness, and evolution. View »
- Coming into the Genome Age Part I: The Challenge to Science Education Explore resources and activities from the Dolan DNA Learning Center. View »
- Coming into the Genome Age Part IV: Detecting Transgenes in Genetically Modified Food Molecular genetic techniques have been used to add transgenes into the genomes of a number of important food plants. View »
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Asthma FAQ
How is Asthma Treated?
Although there is not a cure for asthma, the symptoms can be with medications and trigger avoidance. New medications make it possible to lead a normal life. There are quick-relief medication to help short-term asthma symptoms and controller medications that help treat and control asthma in the long-term. A high percentage of asthma patients suffer from allergies. Controlling allergies can be the first step to controlling their asthma.
What Happens if my Asthma Goes Untreated?
It is extremely important to seek medical attention for asthma. Airway inflammation is more likely to occur and become more severe the longer asthma is left untreated. Asthma is not a medical condition that goes away. Not treating airway inflammation and constriction may cause you to lose lung function and prevent you from being able to do your normal daily activities. For those individuals with allergic asthma, identifying and treating your allergies is instrumental in treating your asthma. An allergist can help you determine your allergies and prescribe an effective treatment plan.
What About Children and Asthma?
Asthma is the most common chronic illness among children. If a child's asthma is left untreated, it can result in loss of sleep, exercise limitations, missed school days, emergency room visits, and, in a few cases, death. The good news? Just like adult asthma, a child's asthma can be effectively treated with medications and "trigger" avoidance. Again, receiving medical help for asthma is essential!


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Recent media attention concerning chemicals in baby products has caused much concern and alarm. The No More Toxic Tub report from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a non-profit agency whose goal is to bring attention to harmful chemicals in our skin care products, informs us that many of the baby products that we know, love, and have used for many years contain cancer-causing (carcinogenic) chemicals, specifically, 1,4-dioxane and formaldehyde. In addition to these two harmful chemicals, parents have to worry about the presence of phthalates and parabens in their personal care products as well as their baby's. These chemicals are not federally regulated here in the United States, but have been banned in other countries. 1,4-dioxane has been banned in Europe and formaldehyde is banned in Japan and Sweden. The U.S. and Europe have banned three phthalates (DEHP, DBP, and BBP) from children's toys.
1,4-dioxane is not a product added intentionally, but instead is considered a contaminant and therefore is not required to be listed on product labels. This chemical is used as a foaming agent and found in many of the products that we use today, such as shampoos, liquid soaps, deodorants, laundry detergents, toothpastes and much more. 1,4-dioxane is readily absorbed into the bloodstream potentially causing damage to the central nervous system, liver, kidneys and may even result in death.
Formaldehyde exposure occurs everyday in the air that we breath and from some of the foods that we eat. Formaldehyde is a gas which can cause throat, nose, skin, and eye irritation. Exposure can cause coughing, wheezing, watery eyes, itching, and skin irritations. Formaldehyde exposure has been linked to allergies and asthma in children. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency classifies formaldehyde as a carcinogen and high levels of this chemical have been linked to the development of nose, lung and brain cancer as well as leukemia.
Phthalates are another man-made chemical found in many of our personal care products. Phthalates are used to make plastics flexible and used in many fragrance oils to help prolong the fragrance's scent. A study conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics concluded that many young infants are frequently exposed to phthalates in common baby lotions, powders, and shampoos thereby making them more vulnerable to the developmental and reproductive adverse effects of these chemicals. Phthalates have been linked to hormonal changes, birth defects, reproductive abnormalities in baby boys (i.e. low sperm count, testicular cancer, deformities of the penis), and damage to the liver, kidneys, and lungs.
Parabens are used as a preservative in many cosmetics, foods and pharmaceutical products. Parabens can mimic the hormone estrogen and when absorbed through the skin, parabens have been linked to breast cancer and male reproductive abnormalities.
Even natural and organic products have been shown to contain these worrisome chemicals. How can you tell if your products contain harmful ingredients? Read the label. Be sure to visit the Skin Deep database to find out the safety rating of your products.
Manufacturers of these baby products argue that their product only contains a small amount of these chemicals and are below acceptable levels. Sure, they may be "below acceptable levels", however, repeated exposure over our life span can negatively affect our health.
By becoming more informed and making better choices in the products that we use, the food that we eat and the water that we drink, our choices will influence manufacturers to produce products that are safe, non-toxic and healthier for our families.


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Thomas Lindner - Schandmaul
Cheerful folk and vigorous rock enhanced with fabulous stories.
Band Website - Schandmaul
Instrument - Electric Guitar
Schandmaul is a German medieval folk rock band from the Munich area.
As well as using modern instruments such as the bass and electric guitar, the band also utilizes instruments typically used in Medieval folk songs such as the bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy or shawm, to produce their trademark folk rocksound.


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Diesel prices show no signs of going down, but a new bipartisan bill introduced by Congressmen John Shimkus, R-Ill., Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md., and Steve Israel, D-N.Y., aims to change that in three years by offering more fuels at the pump come 2014. Coined the Open Fuel Standard Act (HR 1687), the proposed legislation is focused on driving innovation, bringing a variety of fuels to the pump and encouraging investments in research to find cheaper fuels to diesel.
Specifically, the OFS would require that 50 percent of new automobiles in 2014, 80 percent in 2016 and 95 percent in 2017, would be warranted to operate on nonpetroleum-based fuels, in addition to or instead of petroleum-based fuels. Compliance possibilities include an array of existing alternative fuel vehicles—such as flex fuel, natural gas, hydrogen, biodiesel, plug-in electric drive and fuel cell—and a catch-all for new technologies. The CEOs of the Big Three automobile manufacturers have repeatedly gone on record stating their willingness to commit to making 50 percent of new cars flex fuel vehicles or warranted to operate on biodiesel blends above B5 by 2012.
For retail owners like California-based Propel Fuels, the proposed legislation falls in line with the company's mission of providing more alternative fuel choices at its pumps in the state, according to CEO Matt Horton.
"We'd love to see more vehicle manufacturers come out with stronger support for blends of at least B20," Horton tells Biodiesel Magazine. "We're hopeful legislation like this, especially for diesels, will raise awareness of the issues around education of the public and OEM support for biodiesel."
While the proposed legislation supports the diversification of fuels that retailers can supply, it fails to mention at what cost, if any, would be going to the retailer to build out the infrastructure necessary to install the equipment required to make those fuels available at the pump.
"We're advocating for an extension and an expansion of the existing infrastructure tax credit to make it easier for retailers to install this very expensive equipment," Horton says. "Addressing the vehicles is certainly an issue, but it doesn't matter if we got a lot more vehicles on the road if we still don't have the infrastructure to deliver the fuel."


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Servant Seekers Children's Program on Wednesday Nights
In conjunction with Financial Peace University, PVUMC offers children's activities for elementary school children in 1st-6th grade. "Servant Seekers" meets across from the Childcare Center in E13, 9/23-11/18/15.
Explore being God's hands and feet in this nine-week program as we participate in kid-friendly service projects at the church. Children younger than 1st grade may be taken to our Childcare Center. Please call Kathy Ratliff at 602-840-8360, ext 134, at least 48 hours before the day you need childcare to make a reservation for your child(ren). If you need to cancel, even at the last minute, please call the number again.
Questions about the adult learning classes? Contact Rev. Eve Williams.
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How you play this depends on your overall orientation to things. If you are bullish, Friday was a buy opportunity above Thursdays high. You can see a quasi exhaustion move in the momentum indicator on the downside with price holding up pretty well. This could very well have been a great buying opportunity. If you are more oriented to thinking the market is due for a correction ( yours truly ), you would be looking to short the rally here. It was a no brainer that the PPT was never going to allow this thing to roll over on a Friday. They are well aware of the history of Mondays following very weak Fridays, when a market is on the verge of rolling over. This was a good spot for them to draw a line in the sand. Whether or not they were behind the rally on Friday, I cannot say. It was not an obvious PPT save in my view, the market was strong right from the get go and did not have any mysterious buy programs that I could see at suspicious times.
The one thing that has me a little concerned is the similarity to 1987 that we have going on here.
You can see that we had the same type of scenario brewing, stocks going up on light volume, creeping up day after day, while bonds crashed. You can see we then broke the uptrend, moved sideways for about a month, then boom. I doubt we will see anything like this, but I keep coming back to his for some reason. I think it is mostly because the big bond selloff got me worried a bit about the stock market. At the very least, we are taking a breather here and valuations are very high now, so it is not time to be aggressive on the long side.
If the Fed's plan is truly working we are going to 20k or more in the Dow in the next several years, so there will be plenty of time to get a piece. If this thing can really run on it's own after they back away, we will truly have confirmation of the biggest bull market of all time. I have my doubts to say the least, but never want to be close minded. I could easily be long from Thursday's high on Friday, but chose not to take that trade. Time will tell if that was wise or not.
I am flat except for a few stock shorts I put on last week, and do not see a futures trade anywhere on Monday. I am going to be traveling next week through Wednesday, so my posts may be brief. I will try to post regularly, but the times might be off a bit from my normal. I also have different software on the laptop, so the charts may not be quite as good.
In general, I am looking for Crude to come back in a bit. I am also watching the metals closely to see if Gold and Silver are setting up buys or are rolling over. Copper also, I am looking for a short on this bounce, it has already bounced back up to where I shorted it and it is the weakest metal here. I am also watching the Grain markets for sell signals on this bounce.
This will serve as Monday's post.
Good Trading to everyone next week


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When I think about a snack, if I don't have chips or things like that in the house, I often run to the refrigerator in pursuit of something to eat. Yes, you know how it is, you just have to have something, or you will blow away with the breeze the next time the A/C kicks on. Not really, at least not in my case.
Snacking is a big problem for me, but I have found a small solution that works most times. Especially when I don't have a choice in the matter, which I actually consciously try to make that the case. You know, in quest of the perfect body!
I keep baby carrots from Trader Joe's on hand almost all the time, so will be assured that I have something to snack on at home. Sure, I like chips, cookies, or anything that there is a measure to eat, like Trader Joe's Trail Mix. However, if I bring those types of things in the house, they don't last long in my house.
You see carrots are pretty good in most food categories I have heard. They are a vegetable which is a good thing right?! Also, they have good vitamins for your eyes and such (think rabbits), are low-calorie, and I assume they have a fair amount of fiber. They are also packaged in a bag, so you can treat them like a bag of chips, and carry them around the house snacking away. At least, I do, but like I said, I do have a snacking problem!
Anyway, next time you are in Trader Joe's pick up a bag or two. They are pretty inexpensive, last a long time, and my understanding is that even kids like them. Maybe a great snack for them too!
So, what other snacks do you like from Trader Joe's? Doesn't need to be a healthy item necessarily, but something that you love to snack on. Maybe you have a favorite exotic flavored chip, or pita crisp, which Trader Joe's has many? If so, drop me a line in the comment section below.
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A little helping hand - Birds & Animals need you this summer...
Summer is at its peak.
Many Animals/Birds die in
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Place water bowls for
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Save Them !!!!
Its summer time and we all can feel the heat, the HEAT of climatic change, the HEAT of Global Warming, the HEAT of Summer's .
We don't want to go outside and prefer staying in our cool home or office.
All the outside related work are being postponed till evening.. Every minute we need something cool to drink.
However, have we ever thought of the birds and animals who live outside, who don't have facilities like ACs or Coolers for cool air and refrigerator for cool water.
Every year a large number of birds and stray animals die due to the ill effects of dehydration. It is mainly the result of the so called development and beautification drives, which are drying up the natural sources of water.
It is not only during hot summer days that animals need drinking water. Like humans, they need it everyday, throughout the year. But it is nowhere there. If you have seen the stray cows and dogs desperately licking the foul-smelling water seeping out of a gutter, you can well imagine their plight.
Every one of us can make a dramatic change in this sad situation by a simple act of kindness - put up water bowls.
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Soon your water bowls will attract many thirsty cows, dogs and cats, birds of different species, squirrels, chameleons, honey bees, wasps and grasshoppers and many.
You will then realize that a small effort on your part is saving hundreds of innocent lives. It is so simple and so satisfying.
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"Once everyone started wearing blue jeans, I knew it was time to get out of the business.What happened to the days when a woman could turn heads in a restaurant by the way she was dressed?''
~James Galanos~
Simone D'Aillencourt in a dress by Galanos, 1959
James Galanos died this morning of natural causes at his house in West Hollywood, according to his friend, the designer Ralph Rucci. He was 92.
Rucci said Sunday, "He's a touchstone, like [Cristobal] Balenciaga. He really didn't like to give interviews. He believed the clothes spoke. He worked. He had integrity; he had great humility. Sometimes that was misinterpreted as snobbism. No – there was a great intensity to his craft. He could see in three dimension."
James Galanos was born in 1924 in Philadelphia, PA. After graduation from high school in 1942, Galanos enrolled at the Traphagen School of Fashion, in New York City. He completed two semesters before leaving to gain experience as a designer at the firm of Hattie Carnegie.
He established Galanos Originals in Los Angeles and went on to create a successful ready-to-wear business. In 1947, Galanos went to Paris, where he secured a position as apprentice designer at the House of Robert Piguet. Galanos stayed for just one year, yet the lessons in French fabrics and couture construction he learned at Piguet's, had a lasting impact on his later career.
Galano's evening dresses emphasized finesse and luxury. During his career he explored many different silhouettes, including full bell-shaped skirts and dropped-waist; "ballerina" dresses in the 1950s; miniskirts and caftans in the 1960s and 1970s, and off-the-shoulder sheaths in the 1980s and 1990s. His trademark silhouette, however, is a columnar sheath shape, featuring wide shoulders and a long, slim skirt.This simple, understated form offers the perfect foundation for another of Galano's trademarks, exquisite embroidery. Nancy Reagan, the former first lady of the United States, often wore Galanos' gowns at formal functions.
James Galanos won his first Coty American Fashion Critics Award in 1954, followed by awards from Neiman Marcus, Filene's, the Fashion Group, the Sunday Times, and the Council of Fashion Designers in America. Galanos' designs are represented in the permanent collections of many major museums, and he has been the subject of retrospective exhibitions organized by such institutions as the Los Angeles County Museum of art (in1975), the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York (in 1976), the Smithsonian Institution, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Ohio State University, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (in 1996). He was inducted into Seventh Avenue's Fashion Walk of Fame in July of 2001.
Evening Dress James Galanos, 1987 The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Galanos sequinned crepe evening gown, c.1951
James Galanos Dress, 1980
Cocktail dress by John Galanos 1955


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Schiavo Library: August 2014 Newsletter
NEW This Summer
A Smart new tote bag is the featured Schiavo Library accessory this summer. You'll want one to use for the beach, shopping, everything. Just $10!
August Events
*August 6 11:00am Meet the Author: Susan Hausman
*August 7 7:00pm Family Scavenger Hunt
*August 12 10:00am Canning Program (at the fire hall) SIGN UP SOON!!!
*August 14 2:00pm Jewelry Making (earrings) Workshop
Five Year Anniversary
The winner of our "I Love My Library because…" raffle drawing was Kate Doyle. Come in and check out our poster – find out why we LOVE OUR LIBRARY!
The weather was beautiful, so we held our BIRTHDAY PARTY for the library outdoors on
Thursday evening, July 31st. Attendance was small, but everyone enjoyed the face painting by the "Fairy Grandmother", games, refreshments, chalk painting, and door prizes.
Turtle Program
If you were here on Thursday evening, July 17th, you know how wonderfully attended this year's turtle program was. We had great weather and we all enjoyed walking to the back bay to release the small terrapins. Thanks for the donations; hopefully this will remain an annual event.
Raffle Drawing
Our next raffle drawing is for a beautiful painting entitled "Buoy." Tickets are only $1.00. You still have plenty of time. Winning ticket will be drawn September 19th.
Christine Rohrman, Library Director


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Bench confirms CATHIC will return to Turkey in May
Organisers of the Turkey & Neighbours Hotel Investment Conference (CATHIC), Bench Events, have confirmed it will return to Turkey for the third year running in May.
The now-annual conference is scheduled in Istanbul from May 29th-30th 2013.
The event, the leading hospitality investment conference in central Asia, is expected to attract more than 350 industry movers and shakers to discuss opportunities and challenges facing investors and operators in the region's burgeoning tourism and hospitality sector.
According to Mehmet Önkal, managing partner of BDO Hospitality Consulting and the co-organiser of CATHIC, tourism and hospitality is set to play a key role in the country's economic growth.
He noted that towns, cities and resorts nationwide are already experiencing a steady increase in domestic tourism, as well as an increasing stream of inbound visitors.
Önkal cited a recent Ministry of Culture & Tourism report from Turkey that suggests that the country expects more than 50 million international visitors every year and this trend will continue for the next decade.
He went on to share that these numbers will generate tourism-related revenue in excess of US$50 billion per annum.
"Now is the time for investors, developers and operators to take a serious look at Turkey and the greater region.
"The opportunity is in the development of destinations and new tourism hubs.
"This year's CATHIC provides the perfect venue for serious players to discuss the investment roadmap, together," Önkal added.
The organisers confirmed that CATHIC's agenda will present insights into the key success factors for development, such as the role of government, regional air travel trends and understanding the sentiment of international investors.
The programme will also address issues like hotel development, hotel branding, financing and operations.
CATHIC is co-organised by Bench Events and Questex Media, who also organise the Russia and CIS Hotel Investment Conference, Arabian Hotel Investment Conference, International Hotel Investment Forum Asia Pacific, and the International Hotel Investment Forum Berlin.
In addition to the conference programme, CATHIC offers many networking opportunities including an exhibition where delegates have the opportunity to meet the key players in the industry.


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Ohio early voting concerns were raised when a citizen pressed the Mitt Romney button on the touch-screen and a ballot was allegedly cast for Barack Obama instead. Similar concerns were also voiced by some voters in North Carolina and Kansas, according to The Examiner.
Joan Stevens noted her frustration at attempting to cast her vote for the chosen candidate during an interview with the Marion Star. The incident was initially believed to be voter error prompted by not hitting the button directly. Stevens maintains that she knows how to do the touch-screen voting and wanted officials to check the machine.
She reportedly informed Marion County Board of Elections member Jackie Smith about the problem she was having with the machine. She reportedly had to try pressing the screen three times before her vote was properly cast. Stevens maintains the Smith told her they had been experiencing issues with the voting machine all day. Smith declined to comment when asked about the matter by the local newspaper.
Stevens had this to say about her voting mishap:
"Upon selecting Mitt Romney on the electronic touch screen, Barack Obama's name lit up."
State elections officials reportedly had the problematic machine inspected. Similar review measures were reportedly taken in North Carolina to ensure that the desired choices were logged properly.
Marion County Board of Elections Director Sophia Rogers had this to say on the Ohio early voting incident:
"Because of her issue, we had that machine recalibrated. I am certain the equipment works properly."
Rogers also noted that the voting machine used by Stevens worked without issue when she tested it and that no one else had reported any malfunctions. The director also added that, for residents concerned about using the electronic touch-screen machines, paper ballots are still available for use.


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Is anyone out there still? I doubt it, but why not try...
Things are going wonderfully with Munchkin. If you can believe it, he is approaching his 2nd birthday. He is truly the cutest kid in the world and I know you think I'm biased about this, but I am telling you it is a verifiable fact. So there. He talks constantly about puppies and buses and trains and owies. And mommy and daddy of course. He can actually throw a football with one hand (not well, but hey), kick soccer balls (quite well), and recognize the letters 'O' and 'I' and 'E'. He has the biggest smile with these precious dimples you can stick dimes into.
I am so glad we had the opportunity to adopt him. I marvel at how amazing it is that in today's world, a childless couple can be matched with a family-less baby boy, and that together they become this wonderful family.
Adoption Rules. Whoever invented it is a freakin' genius.
Believe it or not, though, we're still working on all that adoption paperwork! We're getting toward the end though.
After his adoption finalization hearing in December 2007, the court officer sent put in the paperwork for him to get an official birth certificate from the State of California, with T's and my names listed as his parents.
Getting a new birth certificate is very odd to me. I'm sitting here reading the birth certificate and it totally looks like I gave birth to him --, hence the "BIRTH CERTIFICATE" printed on the top -- while on vacation in Korea on his actual birthday. No mention of being adopted or of his biological parents. The paperwork is deliberately misleading in other words, and I can't see why we do this in the year 2008.
Anyway, this birth certificate did not arrive for 4 months, in April. The State of California is super speedy, wouldn't you know.
Once the birth certificate arrived, within 24 hours I sent off his application to US-CIS for a N-600 Certificate of Citizenship. Now, some people go get the social security number first or the passport, but I figured it would be much easier to get those other two pieces of identification with the N600 in hand. Plus I could just mail in the N600 and the passport and social security card processes require I wait in line at an office for a bit while trying to entertain a baby.
Anyway, said N600 form is a bit of a bear, and there is some debate as to how much supporting documentation you need to send in. I sent it all in so there would be no way they could reject it. I'll list it here because I know people will end up on this page via a google search for "What documentation do I need to send it with N-600".
- N600 form filled in and signed
- 3 passport photos of Munchkin, with name and alien registration number in PENCIL on back
- photocopy of child's green card
- photocopy of child's new birth certificate (as issued by State of California)
- photocopy of Adoption Order as proof of the adoption finalization, issued by our county court
- photocopy of mother's birth certificate
- photocopy of father's birth certificate
- photocopy of child's foreign passport, in our case the one-time use "Travel Certificate" issued by South Korea.
- photocopy of the IR4 visa stamped within the child's passport
- Photocopy of parent's marriage certificate
- Photocopy of driver's license of mother
- photocopy of father's driver license
- A personal check drawn on a US bank for $420, payable to Dept. of Homeland Security.
- A cover letter telling them to find child's original foreign birth certificate and certified translation in the original immigration file already in US-CIS's possession.
4 months later, we received the N-600.
So then this weekend we applied for the passport.
Once that arrives, I'll apply for a name and citizenship change for Munchkin's social security number (he is listed as Korean and under his Korean name in the SSN database currently).
And then, at long last, we'll be done with the paperwork. It'll only take 3 years.
Hope you are all doing well. I am thinking of making a come back and writing about adoption again. But this time for from a "how to adopt" informational perspective rather than a mommy blog. What do you think of this idea? Or maybe there are plenty of other sites that fit this need by now (there weren't back in 2005 when I started writing).


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Sunday Results
Sunday's round two of this weekend's eMotoRacing Varsity Challenge at New Jersey Motorsports Park took on a different look than Saturday's event. The student built prototypes held their own against the private teams on their production based ebikes.
Although round one was exciting, it settled into 2 distinct races within the 6 lap affair. Collegiate Teams battled each other, but could not keep up with the wild battle up front among the private teams on production based ebikes.
Round two showcased the real progress being made by the innovative engineering departments of Rochester Institute of Technology and University of Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Sunday's Round Two Race Report…
RIT graduate, current Cornell faculty member, and IOM veteran Karl Smolenski on the RIT collegiate entry battled early with Canadian Expert road racer Samuel Proulx on the U of Sherbrooke prototype.
On lap four Proulx began to pull away from Smolenski, and eventually caught Berbeco for an impressive second overall finish behind winner Kowitz. Smolinski's RIT entry maintained a strong and competitive pace but could not catch Berbeco.
Hanni Berger, a veteran AHRMA Vintage Superbike rider, finished fifth with an impressive performance in her eMotoRacing debut.
For their excellent finish, the University of Sherbrooke was presented the balance of the Woodcraft Technologies $1000 scholarship, awarded to the top placing collegiate team. The 25 member strong Canadian student team had earlier treated the crowds at NJMP by following the opening invocation and Star Spangled Banner with their rousing rendition of the Canadian National Anthem.
Other student teams that could not make this year's event can now set their sights on the 2017 Varsity Challenge at NJMP.
Arthur Kowitz Brammo Empulse TTX Ormond Beach FL
Samuel Proulx * U of Sherbrooke Prototype Sherbrooke, Quebec
Bob Berbeco Brammo Empulse R Indianapolis IN
Karl Smolenski * RIT Prototype Ithaca NY
Hanni Berger Brammo Empulse R Atlanta GA
Pete Nicolosi Brammo Empulse R Daniel Island SC
*Collegiate entrants


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I have been playing guitar since i was 13 off and on. I am now 37. I have the ability to play just about anything but i do not have a huge list of songs i know i have spent alot of time with theory and scales. I am looking to get some time in with other musicians. I have never played in a band and would love to finally give it a shot. I can sing and play guitar and could pick up Bass if needed
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An examination was scheduled as per the noticeable aspects are given in the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology academics. The update JIIT Results 2019 have made into the official announcement section of the website. They have issued an interest of the students and this news might be for the people who will be anxiously waiting on to know the status of their performances through JIIT Results 2019. The exam was conducted for the courses Biotechnology, Computer Science and IT, Electronics and Communication, Mathematics, Physics and Material Science and Humanities and Social Science, and now its results are out in the format of JIIT Results 2019.
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About The University
The Jaypee Group of Companies has consistently displayed full awareness of its social responsibilities through the Jaiprakash Sewa Sansthan (JSS), a 'not for profit' Trust. The Group believes that Education is the cornerstone to economic development and which alone can assist build India into a developed nation. The Jaypee Institute of Information Technology Declared deemed to be University Under Section 3 of UGC Act. 1957 vide Notification No. F.9-27/2000-U.3 dated 1st November, 2004 of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and further extended vide their letter of even No. dated 01 Oct 2008. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT) was the first amongst three Institutes raised by the Jaiprakash Sewa Sansthan (JSS). Location JIIT is situated near the Electronic City Noida in the area meant for educational Institutions as provided for by the Noida Authority.
Jaypee B.Tech 2019 Results:Jaypee Institute of Information Technology JIIT seeking admission in various B. Tech courses based on the JEE Main 2019. Candidates must be qualified in JEE Main 2019, they are only eligible for applying for this admission. Jaypee B.Tech 2019 Results announced by exam authority declared and released merit list for shortlisted the candidates and they are only allowed for a further level of the admission process. The admission will start in the month of March 2019 tentatively. candidates are advised to read the below article and collect more information.
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Other university results also you can check it out on our website, Here we have mentioned all Himachal Pradesh state university results & announcement for your references. Even more, if you want to check any other state university updates, you can send a message on Whatsapp, We will inform you throw that, Whatsapp number detail you can find in on the right side of this website page.
State Universities in Himachal Pradesh
- Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry in district Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India is the first university of its kind in Asia with an exclusive mandate of education, research and extension in horticulture and forestry.
- Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) is a public non-profit university at Summer Hill about 5 km from the world-renowned hill-station Shimla, in the vicinity of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study
- Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur-176 062 – Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya or CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University is an agricultural university at Palampur in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
Central Universities in Himachal Pradesh
Central University of Himachal Pradesh (CUHP) of Himachal Pradesh is a university operating from the Temporary Academic Block which is established at Shahpur, Himachal Pradesh.
Private Universities in Himachal Pradesh
- Chitkara University, Punjab is an University Grants Commission recognized Private University in India with its campus in Punjab.
- Jaypee University of Information Technology (JUIT) is a state university in Waknaghat, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Eternal University is the second private university of Himachal Pradesh established by an Act of the state legislature of Himachal. It is located in the 450-acre educational campus popularly known as Baru Sahib- The valley of divine peace.
- Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences is committed to excellence in all aspects of graduate and postgraduate learning, the transmission of relevant knowledge and skills, and free thinking needed to address the challenges of the modern world.
- Indus International University (IIU) (Formerly Indus Institute of Higher Education) is a University in Pakistan. It is chartered by the government of Sindh and ranked with the top most category "A(W)" by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC).[4] In 2013 CIEC (Charter Inspection and Evaluation Committee) of Pakistan placed Indus University in list of 5 Star Universities of Pakistan.
- Arni University is located in Kangra Himachal Pradesh, India. Arni University is founded by K D Education trust. Courses offered include B.Tech, M.Sc, M.Tech, MBA, M.Phil, Ph.D, BHMCT, M.A, etc.
- Manav Bharti University (MBU) is a State Private University in Solan in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, situated at a village near Kumharhatti.
- Baddi University of Energing Science & Technology (BUEST), formerly the Institute of Engineering and Emerging Technologies, is a private technical and professional higher education institution located at Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, India.


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Iris June 17, 2011Posted by Roger's Eye in Photography.
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Iris a photo by Roger's Eye on Flickr.
More macro goodness. I am amazed with this lens. This relatively cheap (non-L) Canon 100mm macro lens is sharp as a tack.
The Iris in my front yard has seen a lot of attention from this lens.


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Our Riga Meadow Story
Riga Meadow Equestrian Center was started in May, 2004. Linda Bushnell, a long time horse professional and Jackie Merwin, a long time business woman joined together to start Riga Meadow. Together, with many devoted horse owners, friends and supporters, on such an incredible property, Riga Meadow was born.
Linda Bushnell - Managing Partner, Trainer & Instructor.
Linda is Riga Meadows primary trainer and instructor. Linda has been an owner and instructor of an equestrian facility for over 30 years, most recently the spectacular Riga Meadow Equestrian Center.
As a junior rider, Linda competed in the Hunter and Jumper A circuit, and evented through training level. Among her accomplishments, she has students that have risen to Grand Prix Jumper and high level eventing. Linda is most well known for her riding programs for children and adults, a great teacher helping riders achieve ambitious goals as well as teaching safe riding and quality horse care.
For most of her professional career, Linda has been an officer and dedicated member of the Lakeville Pony Club, part of the USPC.
Linda is a life-long lover of horses and is committed to quality horse care and making Riga a fun, happy place to be for horse and rider! She supervises and coordinates the care of horses and is responsible for overall barn management. She provides daily lessons to adults and children, and exercises and trains horses on behalf of their owners. Linda is always accompanied by her German shephard,.
Becky Daddona- Barn Manager
Horse crazy from a young age, Becky started working with horses at nine years old. She later joined the Litchfield Pony Club where she graduated with her C-2 rating. She pursued horses through college, taking courses in equine sciences and equestrian facilitated therapeutics.
At the age of twenty-two, Becky bought her first Icelandic horse. Because of her fascination with the Icelandic horses and the culture, she traveled to Iceland where she learned the language.
Becky has been at Riga Meadow since April 2007 and is responsible for the day-to-day care of the horses including, feeding, medical care, and some teaching and riding. She and Linda work closely together to ensure the horses have the best care possible. Becky lives on the property with her husband Mike, their two dogs, a cat and two Icelandic horses,
Dave Hubert- Farm & Facilities Manager
Dave is Rigas Farm & Facilities Manager, responsible for maintaining the beautiful grounds and repairs. Dave joined Riga in 2006, and is loved by all, fellow professionals, riders, boarders and horses! Dave lives on the property.
Dean Davidson- Facilities Management, Course Design and Construction
Dean Davidson manages the facilities at Riga, maintaining the barns, paddocks and equipment. He designed and constructed the cross country course and fences, including the water complex. Deans primary business enterprise is Dean Davidson Construction located in Salisbury.
Jackie Merwin - Partner
Jackie is the business partner, one of the USEA event coordinators, party / event planner, and flower arranger. She too, is committed to supporting Rigas fabulous atmosphere, supporting Olympian-level clinics, and professional events. Jackie is involved in business located in the town, and has served on several Town Committees and Boards. Her favorite horse, Copper, resides at Riga.


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Around my house Christmas is all about food, and while Mrs. Claus doesn't spend all her time baking cookies that doesn't mean she doesn't know her way around a kitchen. Over the next few days I'd like to share some of Mrs. Claus' favourite recipes with you! Each one of these recipes is written in the voice of one of the incarnations of Mrs. Claus from my latest anthology, Mrs. Claus: Not the Fairy Tale They Say.
Myra's Beastly Christmas Butter Balls
A recipe by Myra of "Red to Hide the Blood" by Hayley Stone
"Not sure what you want me to say here, they're butter balls. Small sugary cookies covered in powdered sugar. They taste best with fudge."
- 1 cup butter (the good stuff—you know, from a cow, none of that low-fat, goat milk nonsense; stop by if you need to borrow some proper butter)
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 ½ cups flour*
- ¼ tsp. salt (that's teaspoon, Olli)
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- ¾ nuts (if you like that kind of thing)
- Preheat oven to 345 degrees.
- Cream butter and sugar. If your arm's not hurting by the end, you haven't done a good enough job. Crank that spoon a couple more times. Won't hurt to work that arm a bit, especially if you plan on helping Nick with his sleigh repairs later.
- Add remaining ingredients. (Except the nuts. You should just skip those. Yes, I know Nick likes them. I don't hold it against him. Might if he ever makes me eat them though.)
- Roll into balls and arrange on a baking sheet an inch apart. Bake 10-12 minutes.**
- Remove from oven and let sit a moment. We're making balls, after all, not thumbprints.
- Using a sifter, sprinkle the powdered sugar over the warm cookies.
That's it. You said you wanted simple. It's not hunting a waheela, so you shouldn't have much trouble. And like I said, the best way to improve the recipe is by serving the cookies alongside fudge. You need a recipe for some proper fudge, you know where to find me.
Oh, and make sure you have some milk at hand. Nick gets so fussy about dry cookies.
* If you want the dough to hold together better, reduce the flour. If you like your dough crumbly as all get-out, then by all means, do it the hard way.
** These puppies can be a bit dry. I like to bake mine for 8-9 minutes to keep them more moist.
Excerpt from "Red to Hide the Blood" by Hayley Stone:
When I finally got up the courage to peer inside the cave, the beasts saw me before I saw them. Large, hulking shadows flexed within the dark—coming toward me fast. I barely managed to sight my rifle before the first monster charged, and my shot went painfully, embarrassingly wide.
So much for getting the drop on them.
The waheela knocked me back into the failing light, pinning me to the icy ground. Wind rippled the fur over its massive shoulders, while the last remnants of the sun sloped down its enormous snout and its nose glistened with blood. Beast must've been the size of a small pick-up truck. Damn near felt like it, too.
I wheezed, struggling to dislodge the waheela.
Its lips pulled back from its teeth in an angry wrinkle, spit hanging to its canines from its lower lips like webbing. I waited for it to growl or snarl.
Instead, the bear-dog spoke.
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