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Hi Fashionistas!
I hope you are doing fashionably well! The month of May is typically a busy month for my family and I. We celebrate Mother's day, my birthday and wedding anniversary all in the same month.
Typically, we take our annual trip around this time.. but honestly, this year it seems like we have just been taking it one day at a time. So given its my birthday month, I figured I would sew up a cute Little black dress.
The fabric is a textured double knit. I like that this fabric is sturdy like a ponte knit, but has more than a moderate stretch. I love the way this dress feels on! I'll be making my daughter a matching skater skirt soon!
If you want to make this, see the "Behind The Seams" section at the end of this post. I have included details of pattern, fabric, and how to draft the flounce.
For the makeup, I kept is simple yet bold. A red lip and dark eye makeup. That's it!
PATTERN: I used Mccalls M6886, one of the easiest and simplest patterns out there. I cut view C, shortened the sleeves, chopped off the skirt where I wanted to add the flounce. I self drafted the flounce. Drafting a flounce is exactly the same as drafting a peplum. So use my tutorial HERE and instead of using your waist measurement, use the circumference of wherever you chose to insert the flounce.
I have modified this pattern so many times before.. I have a hard time sewing a pattern out of the envelope. I am like that person who ALWAYS has to customize their meal at a restaurant.. 🙂 Here are the other garments I have made using Mcalls M6886
FABRIC: The fabric is a textured double knit that can be found HERE
SEWING: This is an easy project. If you don't like inserting sleeves in the round, you can use my tutorial HERE to add sleeves the easy way. I used my serger to sew this up. You can use a sewing machine with a ball point and a stretch stitch as well. I cover hemmed the neckline and sleeves and left the hem on the flounce raw as it will not fray. If you don't have a coverstitch machine, you can do a beautiful cover hem using a twin needle. See my tutorial on that HERE
I hope you enjoyed my DIY project and that this inspired you to sew 🙂


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Winter Calving Tips
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- Trail Boss
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Winter Calving Tips
I've got a couple ladies I picked up this year that are due to calve in the coming months. One should be in November and the other in January. Being from Michigan, it can be darn cold this time of year. I'm more concerned with the January birth, but what should I be doing to make sure the calf and mom survive? I have a barn with an east side 8' overhang that is protected from the west, and I am going to add some hay bales or plywood to protect it also from the north. Then I will put down a good bedding of straw in this area. This barn also has two 12x12 stalls that I used when we had horses. I could open one of these up as well for the first day or two, even close the cow and calf in one, but I'm concerned the cow might not like being closed into a space that small and hurt her calf. I've heard of people towel drying the calf soon after birth - is that something I should plan on doing if mom will let me? What else should I be thinking about?
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Re: Winter Calving Tips
Sounds like you have it mostly covered. Protection from the wind and any snow/ice during calving. I might lock her in if she isn't crazy, right when she is calving. If it is really freezing zero type weather, then drying off the calf will help get it's blood flowing through the extremities faster and get the skin dry so less chance of wind chill. Getting the calf up and on the teat asap is very important. Make sure the cow can get a drink of lukewarm water too, it will help her system.
If they are in this field/area before calving, open the stalls and see. They might surprise you and go in them on their own knowing there is protection from the wind and elements.
If they are in this field/area before calving, open the stalls and see. They might surprise you and go in them on their own knowing there is protection from the wind and elements.
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Re: Winter Calving Tips
Agree with Jan, you're on it! If you put out good bedding/straw the mama will generally cocoon her calf in it to keep it warm and either protect it by blocking all elements and providing additional heat by laying with her back to it or even under her neck/chin. I calve out 1st calf heifers in the barn and quite often they'll automatically come back to seek the shelter with subsequent calves. Good luck!
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Wow, first time she doesn't look like a porn star. Nice change, but I never thought she was something special.
Have you noticed that she is always hiding her bum from the back. Maybe the
implant hasn't settled in yet...
She could be so much more than what she is now but i guess whatever tickles
her derrière.
Great body. I find Kim very beautiful, PS and all.
Mischief. Mayhem. Tattoos. Soap.
she paid so much for her ass, yet she never shows it in a swimsuit.
It's Amazing....all along this board I see women writing, "I'm so glad she has some meat on her" or "I'm glad that she doesn't buy into the you have to be a size zero"....they say it about ugly ass Kate Winslet...why does Kim not get the same love? She is a beautiful voluptuous woman!
"The howling backwoods that is IMDB is where film criticism goes to die (and then have its corpse gang-raped, called a racist, and accused of supporting Al-Qaeda)" ----Sean O'Neal, The Onion AV Club
3. Kate Winslet hasn't been urinated on on film.
Would you please produce some evidence that this ever occurred because I've never seen it and to my knowledge neither has anyone else. It seems to be a rumor that has become Urban Legend. I'm sure you know someone who has a cousin whose roommate's brother-in-law actually saw it, but I've never known anyone who has been able to produce this evidence on tape.
^ As TMZ first reported, the tape was said to have featured certain explicit acts. Steven Hirsch, co-chairman of Vivid Entertainment, coyly told TMZ that the sex tape that they received and are currently marketing does not contain water sports nor anything along those lines.
So, if you think Kim is an overrated, plastic tranny-looking slutbag, you're a bitter jealous fatty?
she has a nice body. i don't really care about her personality/lack there-of because i am just here to judge people on how they look.
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sees people raised into who they really are: sons of God! Sons and Daughters who know who they are, who He is, what they have been given and their assignment. Children of God who rule and reign in love; who minister to a desperate world new expressions of His love, justice, power and forgiveness. Children who live in such a place of intimacy that their lives reflect His ways and heart in every moment.
"The Creator entered into the very world He created… Those who embraced Him and took hold of His name, were given authority to become who they really are. The sons of God!"John 1: 10, 12


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Architecture and Ceramics
The other week I was invited to join a group of potters who are getting together every month to discuss pots, watch videos and demonstrations and bring along precious pots made by potters they admire. I'm very new to the world of pottery, and have no training in either ceramic technology or ceramic history. In one way, this frees me from looking too much to the masters such as Leach and Rie, who cast a long and wonderful shadow over 21st century studio pottery. In another, more real way, it makes me look like a fool when I don't know who Isaac Button is, in front of a group of potters!
We watched a wonderful silent film of Isaac Button, who was the last owner and potter at the Soil Hill Pottery in Yorkshire. The pottery was rebuilt by Isaac and had a downdraft kiln, so performs double duty as a kiln, and the hot air from the firing dries the raw materials to provide the clay, before being expelled.
My amazing diagram
There are video excerpts on YouTube
There was even an original Isaac Button planter/large lugged pot that one lady had been given, it was wonderful. The lugs were so rustic, and not completely even, and there was a gallery for the lid to fit in, but no lid. From watching the film we thought that the gallery was actually for resting a temporary kiln shelf 'lid', to stand the next planter on, so it never had a lid at all. Pottery detective work!
I've been making a few platters lately, luckily they should stack when they're finished, so my flat won't be full of enormous platters. This is my favourite stage, when all the detail carving is done and I scrape back the coloured slip to reveal… all the mistakes I've made! Ha!
Lots on Mud Colony this week 🙂


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Man Released 17 Years After Being Wrongfully Convicted of Murder
LOS ANGELES – A man whose murder conviction was overturned after 17 years behind bars was released Tuesday from a Los Angeles jail.
Family members screamed and cried when Obie Anthony, 37, walked out of the Twin Towers jail at about 7:40 p.m., four days after the judge's decision.
After his release, Anthony told reporters he read self-help books during his incarceration and kept his faith in God. He said he had no anger and believed the justice system worked.
Anthony struggled to express his emotions about his newfound freedom.
"It's really overwhelming at this point," said Anthony, surrounded by his family and team of lawyers. "It's going to take a couple of days before everything really sets all the way in.
Anthony was convicted of fatally shooting a man outside a South Los Angeles brothel in a 1995 trial and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. But last Friday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kelvin D. Filer overturned Anthony's conviction after determining that the prosecution's star witness, a pimp, lied to the jury.
Anthony said he wasn't at the scene and has maintained his innocence.
Laurie Levenson, who helped secure Anthony's release, said the witness has since admitted that his previous testimony was wrong and that he never saw the shooter.
"It's good to come to the truth even if it's a bit late," Levenson said.
Student members of the Project for the Innocent team at Loyola Law School and the Northern California Innocence Project at Santa Clara University School of Law worked on Anthony's case for three and a half years, and appeared at a September evidentiary hearing.
Anthony thanked his legal team for "coming to my rescue and giving me life again and making it possible for me to be home and away from this place."
Anthony said he longed to attend a Los Angeles Lakers game and eat real food. He also vowed to pay it forward by helping others in similar situations.
"I knew from the very beginning that justice will come," he said. "I never once wavered in my faith."
The 1994 shooting death was featured prominently in "The Killing Season," a book about two Los Angeles Police Department homicide detectives by former Los Angeles Times reporter Miles Corwin.


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No, superdelegates do not deserve more power as party leaders, because superdelegates are very controlling, and they take away power from the people. The voters should decide who is nominated for president, not a small number of people who have concentrated powers. Superdelegates are power hungry and take too much away from the small voters.
No,, superdelegates do not deserve more power as party leaders. They already get to place a vote for the presidential candidate they want to represent the party (Democratic or Republican) and they do not have to follow popular opinion. Therefore, if superdelegates had more power, the power of the people would be diminished.


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If you have a clock that needs service, bring it to Hammond Jewellers where our experienced watchmaker can repair it.
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Blue Moon Pale Moon
- Overall 71/100
- Appearance 20/25
- Aroma 17/25
- Taste 16/25
- Finish 13/25
This Belgian Style Pale Ale is brewed by the Coors Brewery out of Golden CO. It is available year-round and it has a 5.4% ABV.
This beer pours out a nice amber color with a decent head that laces the glass. The aroma was rather mild and contained hints of caramel malt, as well as some oranges, and clove. This beer had a sweet malty front that balanced well with the oranges, and clove found in the aroma however it did leave much to be desired. I found this beer to have a medium body and that it left somewhat of a weird aftertaste in my mouth that I cannot describe.
This is a decent beer but when it comes to Belgian Pale Ale's I think this one falls short. I have a large place in my heart for Belgian beers and felt somewhat disappointed. I do however think that it would be a good starting point for a beginning beer drinker to get an idea at what this style could taste like without spending a lot of money.
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Singur: When Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee took oath for a second term in 2006, one of his first decisions was to sign a deal with Rata Tata.
The Nano plant at Singur would have helped him retain his image of being the Left's poster boy for reforms.
Now, almost 5 years later, the silence around the abandoned Nano factory at Singur perhaps best explains what's gone wrong for the Left.
NDTV visited Singur but was stopped from entering or filming the Tata plant at Singur, located on the Kolkata-Delhi highway.
The guards told the NDTV team that the land still belongs to the Tata group even though all the machinery were taken out long back.
NDTV found the man who was the first to challenge the Tata group: Becharam Manna, a former jute mill worker and now a Trinamool candidate from Haripal, Singur's adjoining constituency.
Manna says if Trinamool comes to power, 400 acres of land from the Nano plant site would be returned to its owners. But what about the thousands of jobs that the project was expected to create?
"The Railway Ministry will build a factory here and give jobs," said Becha Ram Manna, leader Trinamool Congress.
Dr Udayan Das, a CPM supporter who runs a nursing home in Singur, says the Nano project was an opportunity that was lost.
Bengal's loss was Gujarat's gain.
The Nano project was meant to create over 10,000 jobs, both direct and indirect employment.
More importantly, for Bengal, it would have improved the investment climate.
"I run a nursing home here. It has taken 4 kathas of land to build to set up that nursing home. But we provide jobs to 50 families. In case of an acre of land only 4-5 persons can get employment," said the CPM supporter Dr Udayan Das.
Udayan, the son of three-time CPM MLA from the area, is part of a pro-industry group who have written to the Tatas to come back to the state.
In August 2008, Mamata Banerjee sat on a dharna that not only made the Tatas leave Bengal but could well alter the course of the politics in the state.


text: I currently use a Carvin R600 with a SWR Goliath 4x10 bottom. I bought the amp after trying out an Eden amp of similar power (but much higher cost) together with an Eden 4x10 cabinet. I noticed a distinct warmness and sweetness in the Eden, which does not appear to be present in the Carvin. What in amps causes the differences in sound. Is it wattage, head room, parts? Further, what amps out there are known for their super warm sound?


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TORONTO (Reuters) - Manulife Financial Corp (MFC.TO), Canada's largest life insurer, said on Monday it plans to expand its private asset management business, allowing clients its such as pension funds to invest in timberland, farmland, real estate and private equity assets.
Toronto-based Manulife, which manages money for pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and midsized insurers, said the expansion will open up a range of new investment opportunities for such clients and institutional investors.
The company has funds under management of some C$575 billion ($549.11 billion), of this, roughly C$265 billion is managed on behalf of such third-party clients.
Kevin Adolphe, who will head Manulife's new private markets asset management segment, said the move comes as institutional clients are allocating more of their money in such assets.
"It has been a challenging five years for institutions, and when you take a look at private market assets, they have offered a good stable source of yield, and relatively lower volatility than a lot of public market assets," he said in an interview.
The insurer has a long history of investing in private placement debt, commercial mortgages, farmland, timberland, real estate and private equity, along with energy and infrastructure assets. But until now it has largely used funds from its own general account to invest outside of public markets.
The firm has C$74 billion of private market investments and only $14 billion of this comes from third party investors.
Adolphe said the vast majority of the $14 billion is now in its Hancock Natural Resource Group, which invests in timberland, farmland and renewable energy projects.
"What we're going to be doing is expanding the offering for institutional clients," he said, adding that the firm plans to allow clients to put money into commercial real estate lending, commercial mortgage lending and private placements.
BlackBerry Ltd (BB.TO)BBRY.O last week disclosed that Manulife was among the firms investing in its $1 billion convertible notes offering. The embattled smartphone maker stunned many investors when it abandoned plans to sell itself, named a new interim chief executive and outlined its debt financing plan.
In a regulatory filing, Waterloo, Ontario-based Manulife said four funds are investing a total of $70 million in the notes offering after two initial investors, Brookfield Asset Management Inc (BAMa.TO) and Markel Corp (MKL.N) opted to pare the size of their initial investments.
Adolphe declined to comment on the BlackBerry investment.
Manulife has spent the last few years working to reduce its exposure to financial market volatility after falling stock prices and bond yields led to massive quarterly losses following the 2008 financial crisis.
Last week, Manulife reported a quarterly profit that topped analysts' expectations, driven by strong wealth and mutual fund sales and higher bond yields.
The company, which traces its roots back more than 125 years, was once headed by Canada's first prime minister, Sir John Macdonald. Besides its Canadian operations, Manulife owns U.S. insurer John Hancock and it is also growing in Asia, where it is present in about a dozen countries.
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This particular piece has been part of my household ever since I can recall. My family and I travel to Morelos, Mexico almost every December to spend the holidays. I am pretty sure that this figure came home with us after one of those annual visits; I have seen it around for so long that it never really caught my attention, but last semester I took a Humanities class and there we learned about the different types of calendars, and it was not until then that I got more interested in learning more about the Aztec calendar.
The artist carved the Aztec calendar stone in 1479; it had naturally been dedicated to the sun god. The carving was 3 feet thick, almost 12 feet across, and it weighed almost 25 tones. The stone it is carved on is from basalt, it is solidified lava, an area where volcanoes were common. After many years, it was lost and it was buried under the central square of Mexico City for over 300 years. In 1790 the renovations began on the central square of Mexico City. On the 17th of December, this massive carving was unearthed, renewing interest in Mexico's ancient cultures. It was the Aztec Calendar Stone. For a long time it was on display in the Western Tower of the Metropolitan Cathedral, and then in 1885 it was moved to the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico where it is still to this day.
What caught my attention the most out of the entire thing would have to be what is called "the pointer" of the Aztec Calendar, which is the center of the entire thing. At the center of the pointer of the Aztec Calendar, there appears the face of Tonatiuh, the Sun. For this particular reason, the commonly-known Aztec Calendar has been identified as La Piedra del Sol, or the Sun Stone. So really, it should be called the Sun Stone and not the Aztec Calendar. The center of the stone is what gets me every time because it reminds me of an empire, but it is also kind of scary to look at it, if you look closely the sun god is holding a human art in each hand, and his tongue is a ritual blade for sacrifice. It is said that the sun required blood to remain strong, and human sacrifice were often offered. Also, it is unsure of how the stone itself was used, but it may have been simply a monument or possibly a sacrificial altar.
The following links break down the calendar to help you better understand it:
You guys can visit this following link and type in your birthday or a special date and it will give you information about what that day means in the Aztec Calendar!
- Is there anything else you know about the Aztecs?
- Why do you think this stone was to important to the Aztecs?
- Are there any other things you can think of that may have been used as a sacrificial monument?
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Daily Archives: November 21, 2012
A Twilit Diatribe and Other Sordid Stories
Because it fits the time of year AND rather appropriately wraps up with the arrival of Breaking Dawn Part II, I thought I would share this post from last November. Feel free to sound off in the comments!
This post has been milling around in my brain like a school of directionless fish for the past several weeks. I thought about re-reading the entire series before writing it and then decided it wasn't necessary. So here I am to tackle one of the literary phenomena of this decade:
Before I get started, I want to make plain and clear that I am in no way attempting to demean Stephenie Meyer or her work.
I've read all the books. I will begin with that. And I wanted to read them. I picked up Twilight in the hot, humid Tennessee of 2008, and after plowing through the first volume, went out and bought the second and third. And then I went to the midnight release of Breaking Dawn at the Nashville Borders where I used to have my writing group. I even went to a book discussion group about it. Through all of that, I wouldn't call myself a Twi-hard. I read them again a little while later, and things started to bother me.
I had just gotten out of a bad relationship. Suffice it to say that this man wouldn't take no for an answer. Re-reading Twilight, I started to ask how it was okay for a man (one ultimately decades older) to sit in a high school girl's bedroom and watch her sleep. Any man. As their relationship progressed, I wondered why Bella put up with the fact that Edward seems to think any decision she makes is stupid, and that he knows better always.
Let me interject here that I do not think any of that was Stephenie Meyer's conscious intention.
The fairy-tale lover inside my head at this cries, "But he loves her!"
The part of me who has dealt with abuse both first and second hand responds, "Controlling, boundary-crossing love is not love."
I get the forbidden love thing. I do. It's enticing and seductive. But there's a lot of wisdom in throwing that kind of love out the window from the get-go. Because even though Edward and Bella got one, in the real world, happy endings don't exist. I actually said this in my wedding vows: Anyone can get on a shiny horse and trot westward, but it takes a truer and more perfect love to be there when the sun comes up, or when the sun is obscured by clouds, or when life happens. True love is only found on the other side of the sunset.
As I re-read the books a couple times, I began to be a bit irked by the writing. Lots of passive voice, some inconsistencies (one moment Charlie's eating one thing, the next something else entirely). From a literary standpoint, the books are far from perfect. This is something I blame a lot more on Meyer's editor than on herself. The books also improve in quality as the series progresses, as well they would.
I stumbled across a blog once devoted to ripping Twilight to shreds. Line by line. Impressive endeavor — that's a lot of lines to rip apart. At first, I felt like someone had torn scales away from my eyes. "Really?! That happened?" But after a while I began to feel pretty bad for Stephenie Meyer. If anyone took that much time out of their lives to put my book through a wood chipper, I would probably be a sobbing mass of snot and tears.
Which got me to thinking. Yes, there are some things wrong with the series. I don't think that Edward and Bella have a very healthy relationship, and Jacob isn't any better with his rape-y kisses. I've always hated romance novels that begin with a big strong man stealing a woman and raping her into loving him. It's a big, sick exercise in Stockholm Syndrome, and it perpetuates some very, very nasty myths about women. All that said, for all you can pick apart Meyer's books until Edward's old and gray, there is one vital little fact that Twilight critics miss.
She did something right.
In spite of all the nit-picky (and some glaring) things, Stephenie Meyer accomplished something that just about every writer yearns for. She wrote four books that not only set her up for the rest of her life, but forged an intensely loyal and devoted fan base. She branded herself. Very few authors ever achieve that. Millions of fans around the world love her books, and I have a feeling that although the literary critics might hang themselves at the prospect, her books are going to stick around for a long time. More than the money, she has fans who adore her. Her pages grabbed hold of millions of people and dragged them through her story.
No matter what you think of Twilight, you have to admit that she did something very, very right. You can't fabricate the kind of response she has gotten. Yes, she's had some seriously good marketing and publicity, but face it: the response of her readers is genuine. And you can pour as much money into books as you want, but you can't buy that. She found a bit of magic, and she communicated it to her readers in a way that keeps them coming back for more. Begging for more. Hysterically crying at the thought of having more. Twilight fans are so rabid that I can't go see the movies in the theater unless I find a time all the kids are in school and I'm the only one there — I can't stand all the screeching every time Robert Pattinson or Taylor Lautner shows his face.
While I don't expect my books to take over the world like Stephenie Meyer or J.K. Rowling did, having even 10,000 readers like theirs would pretty much make my life. Having a readership that thinks of your characters as friends, who thinks about what they would do, who gets to know them and the story to the point that they have whole conversations about it — that is the dream, gentle viewers.
So as we trundle through NaNoWriMo and frantically try to achieve our word counts for the month, I'll be thinking about a woman who has inspired both undying love and virulent vitriol. I'll be pondering Stephenie Meyer and what she did right, trying to figure out what my magic is.


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Baba Ramdev has Congress a lot to thank for. From being lost as a whimper amidst the uproar on corruption caused by media due to the virtual Pandora Box of cases exposing government's venality and fever pitch campaigns run by Anna Hazare, the Ramlila ground fiasco suddenly resurrected him as a messiah willing to sacrifice himself to save the nation.
That his fast had an oxymoronic end is a different matter. His transformation as a Baba who teaches yoga 'asanas' to a 'Crusader against Corruption' to a 'Damp Squib' desperate for a sip of water – all within a span of a fortnight should hold lessons for Ramdev.
First and foremost, the business of yoga and politics are two very different ball-games. Undoubtedly, Ramdev has an astute business cerebrum. It is not easy for a penniless pauper to own multi-crore assets in a matter of a decade. But acumen to convert opportunity and talent into money does not give you the shrewdness needed to negotiate political curvatures.
The pervasive lack of trust in politicians has made people like Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev overnight heroes. The rise of the civil society is welcome. But their representatives must have the maturity to deal with seasoned politicians as well as credibility to hold ground against those who will look for the first opportunity to pull the rug.
This is where Baba Ramdev has blundered.
By first giving a written assurance to the government about abandoning his campaign plans and then pretending to be taking on the Centre, Baba Ramdev lost trust. And the opportunity to genuinely engage in a dialogue with the government on issues which he claims to feel strongly about. In the din raised by the debacle, the focus moved away from real issues like black money or encouraging higher and technical education in Hindi and other vernacular languages to give students from rural areas better opportunities.
Even if Ramdev bungled first, government's midnight swoop gave his cause oxygen. The Baba could have bowed out head held high – victimhood always gives the tormented an upper hand.
But the red carpet welcome and then the ignominious ouster gave him wrong notions. He plunged into the fast without a forward strategy or an exit plan. When the government did what it could have done in the first place - give him the cold shoulder, Ramdev had neither anticipated the fizzle-out nor was he prepared for it.
Thinking that millions would join him wherever he was, the Baba had to contend with just 200 odd people heaped together at his ashram.
Then came the second disaster - his 'call for arms'. Even Anna, who had the previous day held a day-long fast at Rajghat in support of Ramdev's hunger strike ended up calling him "immature".
Next came the clamber of saffron leaders to Patanjali Yog Peeth for a photo-op with the Baba, wasting away without a morsel. Seeing Sushma Swaraj, Ashok Singhal, Mohan Bhagwat and Sadhvi Rithambara singing paeans about him, Ramdev lost the sympathy of the neutral citizen in one stroke. However much the Yoga Guru may call allusion to his RSS links a "Congress conspiracy", his saffron leaning is amply clear. In fact, it is a well known fact that Ramdev nurtured the aspiration to float a political party, but his plans were nipped in the bud by the RSS who were not ready to abandon the BJP.
To lead a civil movement, neutrality is a must. Else, people start perceiving you as a pawn in the wider political game.
By the end of the ninth day of the fast, it was obvious that the Baba and his followers were in desperate search for a face saver. Something to break the impasse so that Ramdev, who had not the slightest of intentions to give himself up at the altar of his cause, was not forced to make the ultimate sacrifice. Worse, his reputation as a Yogi who could easily survive without victuals needed for endurance by the ordinary folk took a thorough beating.
By the end of it all, Baba's stature was severely stymied.
Importantly, the lesson that Baba Ramdev needs to learn from the clumsy episode is that people living in glass houses should not throw stones at others.
He may have put up a brave front by declaring his assets, but the more discerning citizen would have noticed that what has been made public are the holdings of only four trusts! Baba Ramdev has not even clarified the number of companies he holds - numbers between 32 and 200 are doing the rounds - leave alone declaring their turnover.
He has previously been embroiled in controversies related with forceful eviction of farmers and land grab allegations related with 40 bighas of land in Haridwar. A minor stir had also been caused by accusations related with surreptitious inclusion of human remains and animal bones in his 'herbal' medicines.
The one I disapprove the most – his alleged offer of the 'Putravati' drug – one which promises to help a woman bear a son. Not only is sex selection illegal in India, the medicine propagates a very negative belief that sons should be preferred over daughters. Whether or not his drug worked, I don't know, but it did play with sentiments of many gullible women who are constantly under pressure to produce a male heir.
If all this doesn't help hold up the mirror, Baba Ramdev should see his pictures dressed in a salwar kameez and running for his dear life.
Traps of Yoga antics
Baba Ramdev has Congress a lot to thank for. From being lost as a whimper amidst the uproar on corruption caused by media due to the virtual Pandora Box of cases exposing government's venality and fever pitch campaigns run by Anna Hazare, the Ramlila ground fiasco suddenly resurrected him as a messiah willing to sacrifice himself to save the nation.


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As of 2014, sheet music for "Taps" for the trumpet can be found on the U.S. Army Music website. The sheet music is also available on the Wikipedia page for "Taps."
"Taps" is a musical piece for the trumpet or bugle that is played at military funerals. It sometimes goes by the names of "Butterfield's Lullaby" and "The Day is Done." The song is also often played at the close of Boy Scout, Girl Scout and Girl Guide meetings. It played at dusk to signify the end of the day. This musical piece has become the hallmark of most military funerals and memorial services in the United States.


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This hardy little warbler is widespread in the North and West but scarce in the East. it inhabits brushy undergrowth in a great variety of habitats, from boreal forests to chaparral, winters in thickets and tangles across the southern states into Mexicco, farther North than most warblers.
This species is confused with Tennessee and Yellow warbler though it tends to forage lower and more deliberately than those other species.
Orange-crowns vary from rich greenish yellow with blurry streaks to strikingly pale overall. Individuals differ according to age, sex, and subspecies.
VOICE Song a listless, choppy trill, trailing off at end (similar to Yellow-rumped Warbler) Call a distinctive, sharp stik
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HARLEM Ga. -Christina Pruitt entered into rest on Wednesday June 29, 2011. Funeral services will be held 2PM Friday July 1, 2011 at The Life Center, 114 North Belair, Rd, Evans GA 30809 with Pastor J.E. Ohmes officiating. She will lie in repose one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in Bellevue Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Pruitt was a wife and homemaker. She was a member of Life Center of Augusta. An art and painting enthusiast, graduate of Toile Painting, Karlsruh, Germany. Survivors include her husband James L. Pruitt; daughters and son-in-law Angelika Pruitt Roberts and Steve Roberts , Johanna Bibee; son James Frank Pruitt ; grandson Anthony Pruitt and her beloved Yorkies Dolla, Charlie and Talula. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 PM on Thursday evening at Elliott Sons Funeral Home, 4255 Columbia Road, Martinez, GA Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com/obits
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LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Holders Spain and 2011 runners-up France set up a mouth-watering European basketball championship semi-final clash after enjoying contrasting wins in the Stozice Arena on Wednesday.
France, led by San Antonio Spurs playmaker Tony Parker, beat hosts Slovenia 72-62 in front of a capacity 12,000 crowd after Spain had crushed Serbia 90-60 thanks to guards Rudy Fernandez and Sergio Rodriguez.
Croatia take on underdogs Ukraine (1545 GMT) and Lithuania lock horns with Italy (1900 GMT) on Thursday and the winners will face each other on Friday in the other semi-final after Spain meet France.
Parker, who helped the Spurs to three NBA titles and last season's final which they lost to Lebron James-led Miami Heat, won his personal battle against Slovenia playmaker Goran Dragic after he scored a game-high 27 points to silence a vociferous home crowd.
Phoenix Suns guard Dragic, who led the Slovenians with 18 points, had made the brighter start but the 31-year old Parker showed his class and pierced the home team's defense almost at will, netting with blistering lay-ups and long-range shots.
A 10-2 run early in the second half gave France a 36-26 lead and although the Slovenians fought hard to turn the tide, they had no answer to Parker or Nicholas Batum, who added 14 points.
In the day's opening quarter-final, holders Spain romped to a 21-5 lead in the first quarter against a young and injury-hit Serbian team to stay on course for their third successive European title.
Fernandez scored 22 points and Rodriguez chipped in with 19 for the rampant Spaniards, who produced their best performance of the 24-team tournament after playing in fits and starts through the two preliminary group stages, where they lost three games and flirted with an early exit.
A Ricky Rubio three-pointer gave the holders a staggering 69-29 lead midway through the third quarter and although Serbia restored some respectability to the scoreline late on, their biggest defeat as a single nation left coach Dusan Ivkovic fuming.
"My players were selfish and did not stick to the game plan, which is why Fernandez and Rodriguez were able to get into their stride seamlessly and control the match from start to finish," he told reporters.
"Our defense was also very poor and I can only apologize to Serbian fans who made the trip to come here and support us for what was an awful performance. I take the blame for the fact that we were ill-prepared for a clash against a much better Spanish team."
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Great white shark bites chunk out of another great white proving the ocean is terrifying
GREAT white sharks have a fearsome reputation as one of the deadliest creatures in the sea – and it's not hard to see why.
While diving off the coast of the Neptune Islands, videographer Agnes Yip-Fa struck gold by capturing an incredibly rare interaction between two giants of the deep.
A 12ft "white pointer" can be seen circling a diver in a metal cage inquisitively.
Suddenly, an even larger specimen appears from off-camera and delivers a nasty-looking bite to the face of the innocently-circling shark.
The victim writhes in pain, slamming against Yip-Fa's diving cage before darting away back into the blue abyss.
More than 125,000 people have seen the clip since it was posted on YouTube.
"I'm aware of studies which suggested age/size was, on the whole, the determining factor in White Shark hierarchy," one viewer said.
"Looks like the little guy just got a nasty reminder."
There have also been a spate of fatal attacks on humans in recent years.
In 2014, while diving off the coast of Adelaide, Australia, teacher Sam Kellet was swallowed whole by a 16ft great white shark.
His body was never found and the shark responsible was never identified.
And last year, footage emerged online purporting to show the biggest great white shark ever caught on camera.
The shark, named Deep Blue, was observed off the coast of Mexico's Guadalupe Island, measuring more than 20ft in length.


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The Uganda Peoples Defense forces (UPDF) have captured eleven Congolese soldiers suspected to have defected from the army and crossing into Uganda.
The UPDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda says that the UPDF also captured a Congolese colonel who was commanding the eleven-man force that had crossed to Kiraru parish in Kitholhu sub-county.
He identified the captured commander as Col. Eric Bisamazi.
Lt. Col. Ankunda says that the captured Congolese soldiers who have been disarmed are now detained at a UPDF unit in Kiraro as contacts with the Congolese counterparts as made to discuss their fate.
However, the Congolese combatants first resisted arrest by firing at the UPDF soldiers who eventually overpowered them. But there were no casualties in the Tuesday evening exchange.
The UPDF has recovered eight short machine guns, a pistol and two Rocket Propelled Grenades while disarming the Congolese combatants.
The gunfire that rocked the borderline on Tuesday evening caused anxiety in the area forcing hundreds of people from Kiraru parish to flee their homes.
They reportedly spent the night in the bush before camping at Kathembo Catholic church about 3kms from the border.
The Kasese district chairman Lt. Col. Mawa Muhindo said he was working hand in hand with the UPDF to make sure the situation is calm.
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Last Sunday we concluded our three year training course with a week long stint in Deolali. The atmosphere though festive was unavoidably tinged with sadness at the thought of three years of togetherness seasoned with occasional bouts of verbal sparring, pretty much the way a bunch of older querulous siblings is prone to do, three intense years of learning from and with each other, slowly drew to an end.
The first couple of days of Deepak's culinary efforts (the young cook who had been hired this time round) left us a bit depressed at the thought of having to battle our way for seven days, through food drowned in masala, chilli and oily gravy. Until we could no longer stomach his fare, and protested by more or less by going on a hunger strike. Sudha then diplomatically got him to cook with less oil and spices, though the very thought made him cringe. However the delighted look on our faces and extravagant compliments he received, at what he labelled "tasteless food" seemed to compensate for this sacrilege.
Maruti, our Man Friday in charge of the guest house, was his usual warm, calm, helpful self, perpetually bustling around getting things done and tending to our needs.
Evenings we would pile into the two cars we'd brought along and drive up to Temple Hill where we spent a pleasant hour gazing at the hills and the sky before returning for dinner.
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Thierry Carrez is the VP of Engineering at the OpenStack Foundation, helping ensure the long-term health of the OpenStack upstream open source project. He has been a Release Manager for the OpenStack project since its inception, coordinating the effort and facilitating collaboration between contributors. He is an elected member of the OpenStack Technical Committee, which is in charge of the technical direction of the project.
Thierry spoke about OpenStack, open innovation and open source project management at various conferences around the world, including OSCON, LinuxCon, and FOSDEM. A Python Software Foundation fellow, he was previously the Technical lead for Ubuntu Server at Canonical, an operational manager for the Gentoo Linux Security Team, and an IT manager in various companies.


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Here is the second part of one of the most useful article for a garden planning. We know that is a difficult activity which requires knowledge and professionalism, but first of all requires passion. If you have already a big amount of it, well.. you do not need so much out of it. Start by focusing and get the best tips for the workplan.
Three: one step at a time
Start step by step!
Do not imagine to apply the same transformation you have just seen on the television or internet. Industries and landscape companies have access to professional tools and knowledge and just that environment can achieve projects with high quality standards in a short time. This does not mean you cannot get the same results, but it would require time and passion. What we suggest is: get inspired!
Secondly, after the planning and inspiration you can start with the first creations, for example a flower bed, which is often used for some areas as a beginning structure above which other things could be implemented, whether you think of a solid element like a fountain or an artificial pound surrounded by colorful plants.
The construction process usually follows a calm and constant rhythm, the same one of nature, because if you do not know really well the outcomes of the vivid elements you can create huge problems in the hole project. Plants, water and wood can change dimension, the way the extend and shape and the ground. Fountain and water need a proper settlement otherwise you could have lack or infiltration problems.
Following those rhythm, working with patient and passion will avoid you to get bored or disappointed before the results will come. Creating an ecosystem requires quite long time, according to the dimensions and location of your peculiar area.
Four: Find you focal points
Every garden and every landscape area has at least one focal point a natural hill or a big tree, a statue or a fountain which often are catching the eyes attention. Yet, one of the best practice is starting your constructions around the focal point, as we said before, you can start by drawing a draft and follow your eye, which will surely tell you how to balance the elements in your space.
When you are selecting your shrubs and plants you should check the colors carefully, but you must also pay attention to the dimension and fitting the plant with compatible shrubs and other elements. You can play with any proportion, do not be too much didactical, play with contrasts.
And do not create a jungle, gardens should transmit us harmony and a relaxing atmosphere, which is usually generated by the balance of the elements contrasts, proportions and colors, but also the amount of them.
Six: Welcome Changes
Be always disposed to change your place with your new colors, new plants and elements. You need to maintain the balance in all of the place, but you should not keep it forever! The nature offers so many possibilities. It is challenging and sympatric to change periodically the way you want to make to appear.
Seven: Be Patient
Patience is a virtue!
Landscape designing and implementation is such a huge work process, you have to consider the fragility and the complexity of the nature. Designing different drafts, create a pleasant area not only for yourself, but also for the people which will use that piece of paradise. Because is usually what we want to achieve!
The solutions you choose need also to consider the timing they take to get done and the price you need for buying a product and then implementing. These aspects are not usually quite reliable. We just get to know the initial price of a peculiar element, but the implementation a gravel zone or an artificial lake could consist much more costs and unexpected works.
Sometimes it could even happen that you are expecting a peculiar result with some elements which they were looking so fine on the book or on television but they are looking so bad on your garden. Well, do not worry and be patient.
If you are enough passionate for your garden and if you want to get high results then it is just matter of time before you will achieve it. Do not get disappointed or demotivated, you are not alone!
We can help or even suggest you any time by providing professional tools and elements for your garden, a combination of technical and experiences with lot of inspiration is the real mixture which will allow you to create an haven just behind your front door.


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Population 524
Despite being the chief centre of the Break O'Day Plains, St Marys is a small town overshadowed by the magnificent St Patricks Head in the eastern highlands. The roads to and from St Marys venture through picturesque forests or down through the valley.
Visitor Information
St Marys Coach House Restaurant, 34 Main St; (03) 6372 2529.
Nearby national parks
Douglas–Apsley National ParkSituated between the Douglas and Apsley rivers, this national park spans rugged hills of superb dry sclerophyll forest. Its tranquil...more
Ben Lomond National ParkBen Lomond National Park, enclosing the largest alpine plateau in the state, is a mountain environment with extensive and dramatic dolerite...more
Freycinet National ParkFreycinet National Park protects a whole peninsula of rugged mountains fringed with sea cliffs and picturesque white-sand beaches including...more
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FingalPoet James McAuley wrote of Fingal's 'blonding summer grasses', 'mauve thistledown' and the river that 'winds in silence through wide blue...more
St HelensAt the head of Georges Bay, St Helens is the largest centre on Tasmania's east coast. Excellent sport fishing, aquamarine water,...more
BichenoBicheno (pronounced 'bish-eno') has a chequered history. It was set up as a whaling and sealing centre in 1803, predating the official...more
In Town
Rivulet Park: platypus, Tasmanian native hens and picnic and barbecue facilities; Main St.
St Marys Railway Station: restored with cafe, Woodcraft Guild and Men's Shed giftshop; Esk Main Rd.
St Marys Hotel: iconic building; Main St.
St Patricks Head: challenging 1 hr 40 min return walk to top of rocky outcrop for great 360-degree views of coast and valley; 1.5 km E.
South Sister: an easier lookout alternative to St Patricks Head, a 10–15 min walk leads through stringybarks and silver wattles to spectacular views of Fingal Valley; 3 km NW.
Cornwall: miners wall and Cornwall Collectables shop; 6.5 km W.
Falmouth: small coastal township with several convict-built structures, fine beaches and good fishing; 14 km NE.
Scamander: holiday town with sea and river fishing, good swimming, and walks and drives through forest plantations; 17 km N.
Douglas–Apsley National Park: see Bicheno; 25 km SE.
Fishing spots near town
St Helens 29 kmMost mainlanders once regarded Tasmania's east coast seaport of St Helens as a gamefishing destination, and little else. Anglers came here to head offshore in search of marlin, tuna and sharks. However, the... Find out more
Eco-friendly activities around town
Diving and snorkelling along Tasmania's east coast 34 kmAlthough diving might not be your first thought when you head south to Tasmania, the temperate waters usually provide much greater visibility than tropical waters, and offer a surprisingly rich and diverse range of flora... Find out more
Freycinet Adventures 61 kmOne of the best ways to experience the Freycinet environment is a morning paddle with Freycinet Adventures. You glide across Great Oyster Bay to a beautiful secluded beach, indulging in a scrumptious morning tea with... Find out more
Bay of Fires Walk 62 kmA deluxe four-day walk along the magnificent north-east coast at the edge of Mount William National Park, staying in solar-powered accommodation designed for sustainable living, is one of the newer ecotourism treats in... Find out more
Forest Ecocentre, Scottsdale 73 kmThe uniquely designed building is probably the key attraction here. Designed to use 20 per cent less energy than conventional structures, it has a building within a building, with a central funnel and large fan. Learn... Find out more
Cafes & restaurants around town
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Nearby eco-friendly places to eat
Purple Possum Wholefoods and CafePurple Possum is in the great little town of St Marys, midway between St Helens and Bicheno. The cafe is wholly vegetarian, and you can take away a range of organic fruit and vegetables and locally grown supplies.... Find out more
Nearby breweries
Iron House Brewery 10 kmWhen White Sands Resort came on the market a few years ago it proved too tempting for Devonport businessman John White, who already runs several companies bearing his surname. Rebranded as White Sands Estate, the... Find out more
Campsites around town
Lagoons Beach camping area 12 kmBetween a long lagoon and a beautiful white beach, this extensive camping area has enough sites to accommodate everyone and is rarely full. Although it is very popular with families, the beach is wide and you will still... Find out more
Trout Creek camping area 16 kmThis leafy camping area beside Trout Creek has perfect spots to set up your deckchair for an afternoon's fishing in comfort. With a bit of luck you will have a nice bream, trout, mullet or cocky salmon to throw in... Find out more
Leeaberra Track (walk-in camping) 17 kmThis moderate-grade 28 km walk to waterfalls, lookouts and gorges is named from the Aboriginal word for Douglas River. There is walk-in camping at Heritage Falls, 2 hours from the trackhead, and at Tevelein Falls on the... Find out more
Shelly Point camping area 17 kmThis camping area has sheltered sites which suit smaller caravans and campervans. There are not many facilities, but this beautiful place is well worth a stopover to soak up uninterrupted ocean views and explore beaches... Find out more
Paddys Island camping area 22 kmWith white-sand beaches stretching to the horizon north and south, this camping area between the highway and the sea is ideal if you love long beach walks. All along this coast there is evidence of Aborigines having... Find out more
Dianas Basin camping area 25 kmThis lovely camping area has a lagoon on one side and Beaumaris Beach on the other. Swim, surf, fish or head north or south along the beach for hours of beachcombing. You may bring your dog to the camping area but not to... Find out more
Griffin camping area 31 kmAlong the banks of the South Esk River are pleasant, grassed camping sites close to a network of tracks heading into the North East Forests, so this place is ideal if you are into trail bikes or ATVs. There is good trout... Find out more
Apsley Waterhole camping area (walk-in camping) 31 kmFor camping spots in dappled shade a short walk from the delightful Apsley River swimming hole, in the south of the park, turn inland from the Tasman Hwy (A3), 4 km north of Bicheno, onto Rosedale Rd. Drive 7 km to the... Find out more
Moulting Bay camping area 34 kmThere is space here under the trees for the biggest of big rigs and, with the convenience of a boat-launching place, this is a fantastic spot to set up camp close to the excellent fishing in Georges Bay. Bring water and... Find out more
Dora Point camping area 35 kmThis delightful camping area looks out over the Georges Bay narrows to St Helens Point. There are plenty of sheltered sites next to a safe swimming beach, and the kids will love exploring the rockpools at low tide. Come... Find out more
Caravan parks around town
BIG4 St Helens Holiday Park 28 kmThis is a good quality establishment 1.5 km south of town. The park is a popular holiday destination and bookings are required in peak periods; a minimum-length stay applies at Christmas, Easter and long weekends.... Find out more
Bicheno East Coast Holiday Park 34 kmThis is a good quality tourist park with a larger number of sites. Bookings are required in peak periods and a minimum-length stay applies over public holidays.... Find out more
Hotels, motels & B&Bs around town
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Ivory Fields Spa Retreat and Herb FarmExpect much more than just a herbal tea at this country retreat. The cedar lodge overlooking an organic herb farm has all you'd expect at a spa – outdoor hot tub, sauna, banana lounges and a choice of... Find out more
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Eco-friendly places to stay around town
Rainbow Retreat 3 kmThe owners of this 30-hectare nature reserve at St Marys are wildlife carers who rehabilitate then release wildlife on the property, so there are plenty of their old friends wandering around, including wombats,... Find out more
Rest areas around town
Little Beach camping area 12 km
T/O 32km N of Bicheno (R) or 25km S of Scamander (L)
Well off the highway and near the beach.
Lagoons Beach camping area 12 km
T/O 29km N of Bicheno (R) or 28km S of Scamander (L)
Well off the highway with numerous secluded sites in the scrub between the lagoon and the beach.
Scamander Forest camping area 16 km
T/O at Beaumaris
Among trees on the banks of Trout Creek 11km west of Beaumaris via Skyline Dr.
Shelly Point Camp Area 18 km
4 km N of Scamander (R) or 14 km S of St Helens (L)
Small camp area located just off the highway in the scrub near the foreshore.
NOTE: Campervans only.
Paddys Island camping area 22 km
8km N of Scamander (R) or 10km S of St Helens (L)
Just off the highway surrounded by scrub.
Dianas Basin camping area 25 km
T/O 10km N of Scamander (R) or 8km S of St Helens (L)
Well off the highway with numerous secluded campsites located in the scrub between the basin and the beach.
St Helens park area 27 km
At St Helens
On the foreshore on the south side of town. Adjacent to the highway.
Denison Beach rest area 28 km
6km N of Bicheno (R) or 51km S of Scamander (L)
Very small secluded area surrounded by scrub near the foreshore and adjacent to the highway.
Bicheno park area 34 km
At Bicheno
On the foreshore on the north side of town.
Moulting Bay camping area 34 km
T/O at St Helens
In scrub near the foreshore 7km north-east of St Helens via Binalong Bay Rd and 1km (unsealed) south via Moulting Bay Track.
Dora Point camping area 36 km
T/O at St Helens
In scrub near the foreshore 8km north-east of St Helens via Binalong Bay Rd and 5km (unsealed) south of Binalong Bay via Dora Point Rd.
Grants Lagoon camping area 37 km
T/O at St Helens
In a natural bush setting 10km north-east of St Helens via Binalong Bay and Garden rds.
Jeanneret Beach camping area 39 km
T/O at St Helens
Surrounded by scrub on the foreshore 12km north-east of St Helens via Binalong Bay and Garden rds.
Swimcart Beach camping area 40 km
T/O at St Helens
Surrounded by scrub on the foreshore 13km north-east of St Helens via Binalong Bay and Garden rds.
Cosy Corner South Camp Area 40 km
T/O at St Helens via Binalong Bay Road
Large camp area in the scrub on the foreshore 14 kilometres north-east of St Helens via Binalong Bay Road and Garden Road.
Cosy Corner North camping area 40 km
T/O at St Helens
In the scrub on the foreshore 15km north-east of St Helens via Binalong Bay and Garden rds.
Friendly Beach Camp Area 47 km
T/O 34 km NE of Swansea (R) or 9 km SW of Bicheno (L)
Small camp area located 14 kilometres south of the highway on the foreshore.
NOTE: Access road part unsealed.
Moulting Lagoon camping area 57 km
T/O 34km NE of Swansea (R) or 9km SW of Bicheno (L)
On the foreshore surrounded by scrub 22km south of the highway via Coles Bay Rd.
Derby park area 58 km
At Derby
Adjacent to the highway on a riverbank. Town's north side.
Coles Bay Camp Area 61 km
T/O 34 km NE of Swansea (R) or 9 km SW of Bicheno (L)
Large camp area located 29 kilometres south of highway near the foreshore. Limited shade.
NOTE: Powered sites available.
Swansea park area 62 km
At Swansea
On the south side of town via the esplanade.
Cressy Beach park area 66 km
44km NE of Triabunna (R) or 5km SW of Swansea (L)
Secluded in scrub just off the highway on the foreshore.
Spikey Beach park area 68 km
42km NE of Triabunna (R) or 7km S of Swansea (L)
Just off the highway and on the foreshore.
Conara rest area 68 km
At Conara
Just off the highway at the turn-off into town.
Campbell Town rest area 70 km
At Campbell Town
On the banks of the river on the south side of town.
Scottsdale rest area 72 km
At Scottsdale
Just off the highway. On the east side of town.
Sideling Lookout park area 73 km
17km SW of Scottsdale (L) or 45km NE of Launceston (R)
Adjacent to the highway with good views over the surrounding countryside.
Myrtle Park camping area 75 km
T/O 31km SW of Scottsdale (R) or 31km NE of Launceston (L)
Well off the highway on the banks of St Patricks River.
Mayfield Bay camping area 75 km
34km N of Triabunna (R) or 15km S of Swansea (L)
Just off the highway among trees on the foreshore with excellent coastal views.
What's on around town
New Year's Day Races: Jan.
Winter Solstice Festival: June.
Car Show: June.
St Marys to Fingal Bicycle Race: Oct.


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Tuition and Fees
|Basic Tuition 2018-19
|Toute Petite Section (TPS), preschool (PS) and prekindergarten (PK) - 5 half days
|Toute Petite Section (TPS) through kindergarten (K) - 5 full days
|1st-5th grade
|6th-8th grade
Each year, the Board of Trustees and Finance Committee discuss and propose a tuition increase for the following year that is as low as possible but will also ensure the ongoing excellence of our academic program and the teaching that supports it. Many years we are able to keep the percentage increase considerably lower than other independent schools in the area. However, as Portland grows and the cost of living rises, keeping our teachers' salaries in pace with the average rise in personal income and with the salaries at other independent schools is critical to the quality of our program. We invite all families to contact our Business Office about financial aid and payment options.
Check Payments
All checks should be made out to the French American International School.
Credit Card Payments
Payment in Full to FAIS
FAIS accepts credit card payments for tuition payment in full only. There is a 3 percent credit card processing fee assessed on the total amount due. FAIS accepts Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.
FACTS Payment Plans
FACTS is a tuition management company that administers a direct debit system for FAIS tuition payment plans. FACTS charges a yearly administrative fee of $10 for semi-annual payment plans and $45 for quarterly and monthly payment plans. If you choose to pay by credit card via FACTS, please be aware that there is an additional 2.85 percent processing fee. Tuition payments in full may also be made via FACTS; there are no administrative fees for this option. FACTS accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover cards.
|Capital Fee*
|Full payment (per family)
|Deferred plan of three annual payments of $850 (per family)
*This is a one-time mandatory fee for all new families.
|Extracurricular Fees (optional)
|Early Arrival (before-school care)
|Arts and Cultural Enrichment Weeks (ACE Week and Arts Week)
|$75/day preregistration or $95/day drop-in*
|FASCA (after-school care)
|$10.75/hour (yearly and semester plans also available)
|FAIS Plus (special activities during In Service days)
|$75/day preregistration or $95/day drop-in
|Tutoring, sold in 4-hour increments
|PM Classes
|Summer Programs
*Additional fees may apply.
Tuition Refund Plan
FAIS is pleased to offer an optional tuition refund plan through insurance company A.W.G. Dewar. It will not only provide an allowance of tuition and fees in the event of withdrawal of a student for medical causes but also in the event of withdrawal for other reasons or dismissal by the School. Annual tuition charges, both prepaid and outstanding, are insured. For more information, please download the Tuition Refund Plan brochure or contact Director of Finance Paul Mallon at (503) 292-7776 x311 by August 1 of the upcoming school year.


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SS7 (Signaling System 7) separates the information required to set up and manage telephone calls in the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) onto
a separate packet switched network (Signaling Network). It uses Message Signal Units (MSUs), Link Status Signal Units (LSSUs), and Fill-In Signal Units (FISUs)
as signal units. The main protocols include MTP (Message Transfer Part - Level 1 to 3), SCCP (Signaling Connection Control Part), and ISUP (ISDN User
As a result of introducing new IN services there is a demand for increase in SS7 network capacity. SS7 High Speed Link (HSL) is defined to meet this requirement which uses entire T1 (or E1) bandwidth instead of just 56 kbit/s or 64kbit/s to carry SS7 signaling. The HSL technology can be implemented either using unchannelized HDLC (over MTP2), ATM (ATM layers replace MTP1 and 2), or SIGTRAN. Traditional LSL links will have up to 24 or 31 links per T1or E1, respectively, while HSL and ATM both have only one link per T1 or E1.
GL's SS7 Analyzer supports decoding different SS7 layers like MTP2, MTP3, ISUP, TUP, SCCP, INAP (CS1, CS2), IUP, BICC, BISUP, BTUP and many application layer protocols from GSM/GPRS/UMTS network like MAP, CAMEL(CAP), and so on. The SS7 Analyzer supports decoding of both Low Speed Links (LSL) of 56 kbps or 64 kbps DS0 links or high-speed 1.544 Mbps or 2 Mbps unchannelized T1/E1 High Speed Signaling Links (HSL).
Both real-time and off-line analysis present information in four layers:
Different SS7 layers like MTP2, MTP3, ISUP, TUP, SCCP, INAP (CS1, CS2), IUP, BICC, BISUP, BTUP and many application layer protocols from GSM/GPRS
network like MAP, CAMEL(CAP), IS 41 etc are decoded according to ANSI/ITU/ETSI/CHINA/UK standards and displayed in an organized fashion.
GL Communications supports the following types of SS7 analyzers:
Also, visit GL's SIGTRAN protocol decode web page for a description of SIGTRAN - used to carry Q.931 or SS7 ISUP messages
between IP nodes such as a Signaling Gateway and Media Gateway Controller or Media Gateway.
In addition the following SS7 application is supported that further help in emulating SS7 protocol
GL's SS7 Analyzer supports the following ANSI/ITU/ETSI/CHINA/UK protocol standards:
Click here to view the protocol glossary page for more information
The SS7 analyzer application is invoked from the main menu of GL's T1/E1 Analyzer for real-time analysis. The Remote/offline analyzer is invoked from the
installation directory of the remote/offline SS7 analysis. The analyzer displays Summary, Detail and Hex dump Views in different panes. The Summary View
displays Direction, Frame Number, Time, Length, BSN, BIB, FSN, DPC, OPC, CIC, SSN, Called and Calling number and various types of SS7 messages for all the
frames. User can select a frame in Summary View to analyze and decode each frame in the Detail View. The Hex dump View displays the frame information in
HEX and ASCII format.
Screen Shot of Summary, Detail and Hex dump View
Users can capture and analyze SS7 frames in real-time and can record entire traffic or filtered traffic into trace file. The recorded trace file can be used for
offline analysis or exported to a comma-delimited file, ort ASCII file. The raw data capturing requires user to specify timeslots, bit inversion, octet bit reversion,
user/network side, and hyper channel selection options. The captured raw data can then be transmitted using HDLC playback file application.
Screen Shot of Real-time and Off-line Analysis
Users can record all or filtered traffic into a trace file. Filter and search capabilities adds another powerful feature to the SS7 Analyzer. These features isolate
required frames from the captured frames in real-time/remote/offline analysis. In real-time capturing, filter based on length of frames can be set. The frames can
be filtered after completion of capture based on BSN, BIB, FSN, FIB, Status Field, OPC, DPC, SSN, CIC, Called and Calling party number and types of different SS7
message. Similarly, search capability helps user to search for a particular frame based on specific search criteria
Screen Shot of Filtering and Search
Screen Shot of Real-time Capture Filter
Important call specific parameters like Call ID, Call disposition, Call duration, Mobile ID, Called/Calling Number, Status of each call (i.e. active/completed along with the messages), Call type (SMS/PDP/Setup/Location update etc) are displayed for SS7 (ITU/ANSI/ETSI/China) standards in the Call Detail Records View. Call Detail Recording feature includes data link groups that help in defining the direction of the calls in a given network and form logical groups comprised of unidirectional (either 'Forward' or 'Backward') data links. Additionally, users are provided with the option to search for a particular call detail record from the captured traces.
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Statistics is an important feature available in SS7 analyzer and can be obtained for all frames both in real-time as well as offline mode. Numerous statistics
can be obtained to study the performance and trend in the SS7 network is based on protocol fields and different parameters.
Screen Shot of Statistics and Call Detail Records View
Users can control the captured trace files by saving the trace using different conventions such as trace files with user-defined prefixes, trace file with
date-time prefixes, and slider control to indicate the total number of files, file size, frame count, or time limit. This feature also allows the captured frames to be
saved into a trace file based on the filtering criteria set using display filter feature.
Screen Shot of Enhanced Trace Saving Options
Protocol Configuration window provides a consolidated interface for all the important settings required in the analyzer. This includes various options such
as protocol selection, startup options, stream/interface selection, filter/search criteria and so on. All the configuration settings done in any of these options can
be saved to a file, loaded from a configuration file, or user may just revert to the default values using the default option.
Screen Shot of Save/Load All Configuration Settings
The below table depicts the performance monitoring of SS7 in different scenarios for a PC configuration with Pentium 4 processor, 2 GHz clock speed and
256 Mb RAM.
GL's MAPS™ SS7 is an advanced protocol simulator/tester for ISUP simulation over TDM (E1/T1). MAPS™ SS7 can simulate Service Switching Point
(SSP). The ISUP Signaling specification conforms to ITU-T and ANSI standards. MAPS™ SS7 functionality covers the ITU and ANSI variant of SS7 implementing
MTP2, MTP3, and ISUP protocols. For more details, click here.
GL�s MAPS™ MAP (Mobile Application Part) Emulator is an advanced protocol simulator to simulate MAP messages and Signaling over D & H interface in
GSM/UMTS networks as defined by 3GPP standards. For more details, click here
DCOSS SS7 utilizes a user-friendly GUI in which the complex SS7 configuration can easily be created, thus allowing DCOSS SS7 to be fully functional within a
few minutes. DCOSS SS7 also incorporates the flexibility to modify SS7 parameters, both at the MTP and ISUP/TUP layers as well as the ISUP/TUP message
content. For more details, click here.
Please Note: The XX in the Item No. refers to the hardware platform, listed at the bottom of the Buyer's Guide, which
the software will be running on. Therefore, XX can either be ETA or EEA (Octal/Quad Boards), PTA or PEA (tProbe Units),
UTA or UEA (USB Units), HUT or HUE (Universal Cards), and HDT or HDE (HD cards) depending upon the hardware.


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According to an LAPolitics report, right-wing activist and former Louisiana state representative Tony Perkins is considering running for Congress in Louisiana's 6th District, a seat that is currently held by Rep. Bill Cassidy (R).
Even by the far right-wing standards of this House of Representatives, Perkins — who is best known as the president of the Family Research Council, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has classified as an anti-gay hate group — is too extreme to serve as a representative in the people's House.
Here are five reasons why Tony Perkins is unfit for Congress.


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By Angela Smith, HEAL Coordinator
I-1351 is a deceptive and misleading bill that funds staff to rubber stamp institutionalizing youth in fraudulent and abusive residential programs while claiming to "reduce class size". The reduction in class size does not come from hiring more teachers and building more classrooms. It comes from taking poor and minority students out of their homes and communities and placing them in private detention centers.
While the arguments for and explanatory statement mislead voters, the bill itself is quite clear on this point, it says:
"Except as required for class size reduction funding provided under subsection (4)(f) of this section and as may be required under chapter 28A.155, 28A.165, 28A.180, or 28A.185 RCW, or federal laws and regulations, nothing in this section requires school districts to use basic education instructional funds to implement a particular instructional approach or service. Nothing in this section requires school districts to maintain a particular classroom teacher-to-student ratio or other staff-to-student ratio or to use allocated funds to pay for particular types or classifications of staff." Source: http://sos.wa.gov/_assets/elections/initiatives/FinalText_578.pdf
If you read the entire bill, the money is not going to hire more educators or improve school buildings. It is going to hire social workers, parent coordinators, and counselors. It clearly states that allocations for Special Education are not to be used in the district and/or are not required to be used by individual districts to hire proper special education support staff to work in the district, but, to cover outside placement costs for students they wish to deny a proper public education.
The above portion of the bill is omitted from most public "complete texts of the bill". Spokane and Tacoma are the two worst offending school districts in Washington State for using aversive and abusive behavior management techniques. And, those are the ones behind this initiative. They stand to lose millions of dollars in kickbacks from fraudulent and abusive private detention centers if the current laws hold to prevent this gross misuse of Washington resources and horrific abuse of Washington families.
This initiative is an attempt to overturn legislation that was signed into law in July, 2014 to protect all Washington school children from the abusive misuse of IEPs.
Please vote no on I-1351 and tell everyone you know to do the same.


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