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Thermal Conductance of solid-Solid and Solid-Liquid Interfaces
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The thermal conductance of interfaces is a key factor in controlling thermal conduction in nanostructured materials, composites, and individual nanostructures. We have recently advanced the state-of-the-art of time-domain-thermoreflectance (TDTR) measurements of thermal transport and are using TDTR to study heat transport across individual interfaces with extremely high and low thermal conductance; and heat transport in nanoscale W/alumina multilayers that circumvent the lower-limits for homogeneous materials imposed by the minimum thermal conductivity. The 3 μm spatial resolution of our TDTR measurements also enables rapid high-resolution imaging of the thermal conductivity of complex microstructures and combinatorial samples. Heat transport in suspension of carbon nanotubes and metal nanoparticles are studied by picosecond transient absorption. Most of the vibrational modes of a carbon nanotube are weakly coupled to their environment; by contrast, the thermal coupling of metal nanoparticles to surrounding water is surprisingly efficient.
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I'm very excited to announce that I've joined the amazing team at Enkitec! Enkitec is an Oracle centric software services and consulting firm headquartered in Dallas, TX. I didn't really know much about Enkitec until Scott Spendolini and Doug Gault joined the company in June of 2012. Since then I've come to admire the what Enkitec does in the Oracle space and the rock-star team they've amassed to get it done.
Fortunately for me I get to keep doing what I love: APEX consulting, training, and plug-in development. Speaking of plug-in development, stay tuned as some long overdue updates and new plug-ins will start rolling out in the coming weeks!


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Stata is a complete, integrated statistical package that provides everything needed for data analysis, data management, and graphics. Release 13 32-processor SMP is currently available at OSC.
Availability and Restrictions
The following versions of Stata are available on OSC systems:
You can use
module spider stata to view available modules for a given machine. Feel free to contact OSC Help if you need other versions for your work.
Only academic use for OSU users is allowed. Please contact OSC Help to get validated for using Stata.
Publisher/Vendor/Repository and License Type
StataCorp, LLC, Commercial
To configure your environment on Oakley for the usage of Stata, run the following command:
module load stata
Using Stata
Due to licensing restrictions, Stata may ONLY be used via the batch system on Oakley. See below for information on how this is done.
Batch Usage
OSC has a 2-user license. However, there is no enforcement mechanism built into Stata. In order for us to stay within the 2-user limit, we require you to run in the context of PBS and to include this option when starting your batch job (the PBS system will enforce the 2 user limit):
#PBS -l software=stata
Non-Interactive batch example
Use the script below as a template for your usage.
#PBS -l walltime=01:00:00 #PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=12 #PBS -l software=stata #PBS -N stata #PBS -j oe module load stata cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR stata-mp -b do bigjob
Interactive batch example
The following illustrates how to run Stata via an interactive batsh session. Please note that this requires an X11 server on the client system.
oakley01: qsub -X -I -l nodes=1:ppn=12 -l software=stata qsub: waiting for job 5860.oak-batch.osc.edu to start qsub: job 5860.oak-batch.osc.edu ready n0533: module load stata n0533: xstata-mp n0533: exit
Stata can take full advantage of our large 32 core, 1TB RAM node. Please see the Oakley documentation for information about how to access this node.


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Removable Media - Automount
This article Based on work by Myno, andre, mindbender, downlalaway, Thorongil, frontalot, and TcT. Originally by downlalaway at Linkstationwiki.org
This is a basic run through of USB devices connecting for Debian on an PPC LinkStation. See Murasaki LinkStation's USB hot-plugging system for information about removable Media with the original Firmware or OpenLink on, for example, the LS1 and LS2.
On the PPC LinkStation the USB hard drive is USB 2.0 at 3Mb/s (on a laptop HD). NB. This was based on using the original kernel #990 conversion of the LS 1 and not the Freelink project. It has been updated for use with Freelink 1.11 but requires run-throughs by others to check. USB and hotplug was/is a little flakey on 2.4 kernels in recognising devices. A reboot while the device is in should make things work. The 2.6 debian kernel is highly recommended if hot-swapping of usb devices might occur.
USB Removable Media: Automount
Note to kernel 2.4.17_mvl21-sandpoint #997 users (ships with Freelink 1.1.1): You need to move a few modules out of the way before you can continue:
mv /lib/modules/2.4.17_mvl21-sandpoint/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o /root/
mv /lib/modules/2.4.17_mvl21-sandpoint/kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.o /root/
mv /lib/modules/2.4.17_mvl21-sandpoint/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.o /root/
Reboot when done.
Note to Linkstation HG users: You may also need to do this; adjust the paths to your needs.
I found this to be the easiest way to automount removable USB devices:
apt-get install autofs gawk wget bzip2 make wget http://myy.helia.fi/~karte/linux/doc/automatic-mounting-autofs-files/mounttero-0.5.tar.bz tar -xjf mounttero-0.5.tar.bz cd mounttero-0.5 make /etc/init.d/autofs restart apt-get remove gawk # this step is optional
The devices will be mounted automagically in /mnt/auto/, for example, /mnt/auto/usb/ in case of a typical USB thumb drive, and unmounted automagically after four seconds when unplugged.
Edit /etc/auto.tero and comment out all /dev/hda? entries:
#hda1 -fstype=auto,nosuid,nodev,user :/dev/hda1
#hda2 -fstype=auto,nosuid,nodev,user :/dev/hda2
#hda3 -fstype=auto,nosuid,nodev,user :/dev/hda3
#hda4 -fstype=auto,nosuid,nodev,user :/dev/hda4
The default entry for usb devices shows a single entry for each partition:
usb -fstype=auto,nosuid,nodev,noexec,user,gid=100,umask=000 :/dev/sda1
To access a second device, create an entry for the partitions of the next device by using the next letter:
usb2 -fstype=auto,nosuid,nodev,noexec,user,gid=100,umask=000 :/dev/sdb1
Note (Valid for LS 1 Users): The first device plugged in, whether it use the front or rear plug, gets the first drive designation.
Kernel 2.6 (Power PC)
This will add USB Drive automounting and mount USB drives to /media/usb0,1,2,3 etc. symbolic links in /mnt/share will also be created usb0,usb1,usb2,usb3 so that they will be accessable via your samba share
apt-get remove hotplug apt-get install usbmount
You should change the lines in /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf to give you more universal access
- Line that starts FILESYSTEMS change to FILESYSTEMS="ext3 ext2 vfat"
- Line that starts MOUNTOPTIONS change to MOUNTOPTIONS="noexec,nodev,noatime"
- Line that starts FS_MOUNTOPTIONS change to FS_MOUNTOPTIONS="-fstype=vfat,umask=000"
These commands will create symbolic links will be into the shared filespace ( /mnt/share )
ln -s /media/usb0/ /mnt/share ln -s /media/usb1/ /mnt/share ln -s /media/usb2/ /mnt/share ln -s /media/usb3/ /mnt/share
Enjoy and please carefully comment if it doesn't work or changes needed.
dynamic symlinks
If you want a symlink to automatically appear in the Samba share when a device is mounted instead of always being present, you will need to edit the scripts in /etc/usbmount/mount.d and /etc/usbmount/umount.d. Note, use the path to your shared directory, it may be different from mine.
Edit the mount.d script:
nano /etc/usbmount/mount.d/00_create_model_symlink
Add the following to the symlink creation section of the script:
test -e "/mnt/disk1/share/$name" || ln -sf "$UM_MOUNTPOINT" "/mnt/disk1/share/$name"
Edit the umount.d script:
nano /etc/usbmount/umount.d/00_remove_model_symlink
Add the following section:
ls /mnt/disk1/share | while read name; do if test "`readlink \"/mnt/disk1/share/$name\" || :`" = "$UM_MOUNTPOINT"; then rm -f "/mnt/disk1/share/$name" break fi done


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From LinuxMIPS
NCR is a a former maker of SCSI devices and other computing equipment. The legal successor of it's SCSI business became Symbios Logic which in turn became part of LSI Logic. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) was making the AM53C94, a NCR53C94 clone.
- ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/doc/NCR/NCR53C9X.txt
- ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/doc/NCR/NCR89C100.txt
- ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/doc/NCR/NCR89C105.txt
- ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/doc/NCR/NCR92C990.txt
External Links
- http://www.lsilogic.com Homepage of LSI Logic Corporation
- NCR 53C9x article at Wikipedia


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I have implemented an application that creates a dynamic ext.direct api for different user groups.
If the user logs in to the application the api is build via php on the server side.
Different users get different dynamic api's based on their rights to read, create, update, destroy data.
The model definition is the same for all users, example:
Code:Ext.define('Ibd.model.Config', { extend: 'Ext.data.Model', fields: [ {name:'id', type: 'int'}, {name:'key', type: 'string'}, {name:'value', type: 'string'} ], idProperty : 'id', proxy: { type: 'direct', extraParams: { task: 'ALL' }, api: { create: Config.createRecord, read: Config.dispatch, update: Config.updateRecord, destroy: Config.destroyRecord }, reader: { root: 'results', totalProperty: 'total', successProperty: 'success' } } });
In their dynamic api some users will not get the rights to "create" and "destroy" a record. So their individual api does not list this methods. Everything works fine up to ExtJs 4.1.3. The users can read and update data and cannot create and destroy data. The api-methods are evaluated at runtime, when the user tries to create or destroy a record.
In ExtJs 4.2.X the evaluation of the proxy api definitions seem to be handled earlier, because my form won't load with the error message:
" Ext.data.proxy.Direct.resolveMethods(): Cannot resolve Direct api create method undefined"
I would say:
"Yes, that's right the create method is not defined in the api because the user has no right to create a record, but so what, the user hasn't tried yet to create a record".
Is there a possibility to get the 4.1.3 evaluation behaviour of Ext.direct in the 4.2.X releases?
Or do i have to catch the error by hand and handle it, and how do i do it?
Or are their other suggestions for implementing a dynamic api based on user rights?
Thank you very much


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The Crew Leader is an elected sub-group youth leader in the Sea Scout ship.
Position description
The ship is organized into a sufficient number of crews so that each crew has between four and eight members. Every seaman except for the Boatswain and Boatswain's Mate shall be part of a crew. Each crew shall have a Crew Leader and an Assistant Crew Leader.
- Ordinary Seaman Rank
- Desire to be a leader in the Ship.
- It is strongly recommended that a candidate have experience as an Assistant Crew Leader.
Reports to
- Be responsible for the whereabouts and activities of all members of the crew during skills training on Wednesday evening meetings.
- Be responsible for the record keeping for members of the crew including skills training, points, and roll attendance.
- Encourage and discipline members of the Crew. It is the Crew Leader's responsibility to see that crewmembers are ready to perform well on the Ship events at AMR/Rendezvous.
The Crew Leader is a sub-group youth leader in its unit. Other sub-group youth leaders are:
- Patrol Leader - Boy Scouting
- Crew Leader - Sea Scouting
See also
- Positions of Responsibility
- Apprentice rank
- Ordinary rank
- Able rank
- Quartermaster Award
- Star Rank
- Life Rank
- Eagle Scout Rank
Ship Petty Officers and Officers
Youth and Adult Positions of Responsibility
Youth and Adult Positions of Responsibility
|Petty Officers:
|Boatswain • Boatswain's Mate • Crew Leader • Assistant Crew Leader
|Administrative petty officers:
|Yeoman • Purser • Storekeeper
|Other petty officers:
|Specialist • Media Specialist • Activity Chairs • Bugler
|Skipper • Mate • Ship Committee Secretary • Ship Committee Treasurer


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JD Corbin and Mike Keane
Littleton product and former University of Denver Pioneer J.D. Corbin is playing with the Avalanche's American Hockey League affiliate in Cleveland, the Lake Erie Monsters.
The Monsters recently played the Winnipeg-based Manitoba Moose, the Canucks' top minor-league club.
Mike Corbin, J.D.'s father, shared a picture of his son being chased against the boards by Moose forward Mike Keane, who came to Colorado with Patrick Roy in the trade with Montreal and won a Stanley Cup with Colorado in 1996.
Keane, a Winnipeg native winding down his pro hockey career, will be 41 in May.
"J.D. was 11 at the time and sitting in the stands with me watching him play," Mike Corbin said of the 1996 playoffs.
"After last week's game J.D. said it was surreal facing off against him during the game."


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Gladiator (person)
See all of Gladiator, there are 11 more in this node.
|Roman Naming Method
|Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
|Russell Crowe
|What we do in life... echoes in eternity
|Bread and Circuses
|Marcus Aurelius
|Battlefield Earth
|A yin yang with smiley faces where the dots should go
|Ridley Scott
|Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant!
|Alexander the Great and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good Very Bad Day
|The Piano Has Been Drinking
|Obviously, Doctor, you've never been a thirteen year-old girl
|Jennifer Love Hewitt
|Talking like a pirate is fun but annoys people
|The Last of the Mohicans
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Keras Children's Family LP, owner of the Jim Keras Chevrolet dealership at 2000 Covington Pike in Raleigh, has filed a $5.8 million loan on the property.
The limited partnership filed the deed of trust Jan. 16 through Memphis-based Independent Bank. Benjamin Reed Keras and James Joseph Keras signed the deed as general partners of Keras Children's Family LP.
Built in 1986, the dealership contains two buildings on 6.67 acres along the east side of Covington Pike, between Pleasant View and Elmore roads. The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2012 appraisal was $2.9 million.
The partnership bought the property for $7.1 million in 2008 from J. Russell Gwatney Sr.
Source: The Daily News Online & Chandler Reports
– Daily News staff
The commercial/multifamily division of Memphis-based community bank Financial Federal has arranged $6.5 million construction financing through U.S. Bank NA on the second phase of luxury The Orleans at Walnut Grove apartments.
The 18-acre site north of Walnut Grove Road between Gray's Creek and Houston Levee Road is now developed; the 180-unit first phase is 75 percent leased. The Phase II construction loan closed Jan. 8, allowing an additional 96 units to be delivered in May.
Wes Misenhelter, owner of Lakeland-based Wesscorp Communities, is the developer of Orleans at Walnut Grove apartments, filing under the entity Orleans Apartment Community LLC on the Shelby County Register of Deeds for the second phase financing. Wesscorp's $6.5 million mortgage matures Jan. 31, 2017.
Total project financing is $19.5 million for both phases of the $30 million project.
Amenities at the Orleans at Walnut Grove include a 3,500-square-foot clubhouse, a 2,200-square-foot fitness center, and a salt-water pool with palm trees and cooking area. A paved walking path will be added with Phase II incorporating the 20-acre lake to the north.
Jim Bogan of MNB Architects is the lead architect and Fisher & Arnold Inc. is the engineer.
– Sarah Baker
Dallas-based Hillwood Investment Properties, in a partnership with Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and the Hillwood-Brookfield Industrial Partners fund, acquired the 556,000-square-foot Airways Distribution Center Building D in the DeSoto County submarket.
The Class A facility, at 228 Access Drive in Southaven, is 100 percent leased by Kimberly-Clark Corp.
The purchase comes after Hillwood and Brookfield Asset Management bought five Class A buildings in Southpark Distribution Center for $37.3 million in July from TIAA Realty Inc.
That deal came on the heels of the Hillwood's acquisition of Pilot Distribution Center warehouse for $7.5 million, as well as its $13.5 million purchase of the former Mazda North America Inc. distribution center in Olive Branch earlier in 2012.
The December purchase of Airways Distribution Center Building D was one of eight industrial properties the Hillwood/Brookefield Partnership acquired during the month totaling 2.6 million square feet. The transactions increased the portfolio's size to 9.7 million square feet across markets in Atlanta; Baltimore; Chicago; Memphis; Indianapolis; Inland Empire, Calif; Orlando; and Philadelphia/South New Jersey.
The Medtronic Foundation has awarded $260,000 in grants to 11 nonprofit groups serving people in Memphis and the Mid-South.
A group of Memphis Medtronic Spinal employees review and award the funds. The 11 recipients are Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association, Emergency Services Program; Memphis Food Bank, Hunger's Hope Food Distribution; The Pink Palace Museum; Memphis Oral School for the Deaf, Sound Beginnings Family Training Program; Shelby Farms Park Conservancy, Summer Camp Program; Junior Achievement of Memphis & the Mid-South, BizTown; Porter-Leath Children's Center, Pre-School/Headstart Program; Craigmont High School, FIRST! Robotics High School Team; Hamilton High School, FIRST! Robotics High School Team; St. Mary's Episcopal School, FIRST! Robotics High School Team; and Horn Lake High School, FIRST! Robotics High School Team.
Since Medtronic was founded in 1949, the company has contributed $700 million in Medtronic Foundation grants, Medtronic cash contributions and medical device donations.
– Andy Meek
Nike Inc. will hold two construction symposiums Feb. 7 and Feb. 8 at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 1 N. Front St., to inform locally-owned, small, women-owned and minority businesses of the construction opportunities that will come from its $301 million distribution campus expansion in North Memphis.
Businesses will hear from Nike officials on the scale and timing of the project and how local companies can take advantage of chances to submit bids.
In addition, representatives from Economic Development Growth Engine, the Mid-South Minority Business Council Continuum, the Black Business Association, Memphis Office of Resources & Enterprise, National Association of Women Business Owners, The Memphis Minority Contractors Association and others will be available to provide information on how their agencies can assist in the project.
This construction/contractor symposium is only for persons and entities in the construction industry.
The two symposiums will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on both days. Those interested in attending either symposium should contact Brenda Montgomery at 543-3500 or firstname.lastname@example.com to reserve a spot.
The Peer Power Foundation is conducting a national search for a development director for the nonprofit organization that seeks out high performing high school and college students to tutor other students.
The eight-year-old effort started by Memphis commodities trading firm founder Charles McVean at his alma mater, East High School, has a goal of raising $350,000 to $500,000 annually. The fundraising effort to be led by the development director will support the existing efforts by Peer Power and fund an expansion into other schools and even other school districts.
The foundation's board of directors has set a March 15 deadline for applications for the position.
– Bill Dries
After a long career at Ernst & Young LLP, where he served as a partner since 1986, William "Bill" Drummond has joined the Memphis-based Marston Group PLC as a principal.
The wealth of corporate accounting experience Drummond brings will be used to focus at the Marston Group primarily in the retail, manufacturing, transportation and distribution industries.
Drummond was an Ernst & Young managing partner from 2005 until 2012, and his past responsibilities included oversight of certain regulatory filings and initial public offerings, secondary offerings, debt offerings and merger/acquisition filings. In addition, Drummond was the manager of Ernst & Young's talent development and deployment process, as well as an educator and instructor for the firm's technical education courses.
The Marston Group is a certified public accounting and financial consulting firm that's served individuals and businesses throughout the U.S. and abroad since 1985.
Demolition contractors began work on the old dairy building at 1039 S. Bellevue Blvd., Thursday, Jan. 24, for the South Memphis Alliance Inc.
The alliance is raising $6 million to build a center for several nonprofit agencies on the site and last summer kicked off the effort by removing the enormous milk bottle structure on the roof.
The structure will be refurbished and become part of the Children's Museum of Memphis.
The alliance, which focuses on social services to foster children, wants the center that replaces the dairy to become more of a gateway to the Soulsville neighborhood to the west of Bellevue.
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SILC is a National Science Foundation Science of Learning Center
The Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center is a National Science Foundation Science of Learning Center. The NSF Science of Learning Centers (SLC) program supports large-scale, long-term projects to extend the frontiers of knowledge of learning and to create the intellectual, organizational, and physical infrastructure needed for the long-term advancement of learning research. All SLCs share a science of learning research focus and incorporate diverse, multidisciplinary environments through partnerships with academia, industry, education, and other related public and private entities. SLCs seek to understand what learning is and how it is affected at all levels. The SLC enterprise emerges from the intersections of diverse disciplines across the biological, cognitive, computational, mathematical, physical and social sciences, engineering, and education. Each SLC is awarded NSF funding to meet the goals of:
- Advancing the frontiers of all the sciences of learning through integrated research;
- Connecting this research to specific scientific, technological, educational, and workforce challenges; and
- Enabling research communities that can capitalize on new opportunities and discoveries and respond to new challenges.
Other current NSF Science of Learning Centers
- The Learning in Informal and Formal Environments (LIFE) Center, University of Washington
- Center for Learning in Education, Science, and Technology (CELEST), Boston University
- Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center (PSLC):Studying Robust Learning with Learning Experiments in Real Classrooms, Carnegie-Mellon University
- Science of Learning Center, Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2), Gallaudet University
- Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center (TDLC)


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Amelia Earhart Home
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By: Sam W.
Virginia, Age 11
When Amelia was a child, she was growing up to be a tomboy. She liked boy stuff. She acted like a boy. She even played with boys things. She loved to climb trees. She belly slammed her sled just to make it go down a snowy hill. She also hunted rats. She shot them with a
.22 Rifle.
When Amelia was ten, she saw her first
plane at a state fair. She didn't like it at first. When a plane flew over her head,
she wasn't scared like a normal girl. On December 28, 1920, Frank Hawks(a pilot)
put her in a plane, and got her 2 or 300
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Thread: The Plot To Get Rush
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The Plot to Get Rush
By JEFFREY LORD on 3.27.12 @ 6:12AM
Hannity, Palin next targets: Who is Angelo Carusone?
It was a set up.
From start to finish.
A quite specific, quite detailed plot to get Rush Limbaugh, ruin his career, and drive him off the air.
Next targets? Sean Hannity and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
Lots to cover here.
Let's start with Mr. Angelo Carusone.
Who is Angelo Carusone? Today he is now the "Director of Online Strategy for Media Matters for America."
But a few years back? He was just your basic left-wing law student with a standard left-wing passion. That passion? Totalitarian-style censorship.
Let's stop here for a moment for a brief bit of historical background -- not a detour but a very necessary context.
It is a big mistake -- a really big mistake -- to dismiss what's being done to Rush Limbaugh as just some crazy guys at Media Matters.
When we work our way through what Angelo Carusone and his Media Matters comrades and others are doing when they target Rush, or went after Glenn Beck, or plan to do in targeting Sean Hannity and Sarah Palin and who knows who after that (Levin? Laura?) remember: this is the way the Left -- the global left throughout history, not simply the American Left today -- has always behaved. A fanatical intolerance is part of the leftist DNA.
The late Austrian free-market economist Ludwig von Mises described the leftist method of operation as "fanatical and intolerant." It works, he said, this way:
Socialism works on the emotions to stifle the voice of reason by awakening primitive instincts.
Primitive instincts.
And that most primitive of human instincts? You got it.
The skillful, clever use of fear (not to mention hate) is the defining trait of leftists throughout history. Fear is the primitive emotion the left feeds on like a junkie needs drugs. It is a trait repeatedly manifested in history by the use of intimidation or bully-boy tactics to assert raw power. It is the vividly identifiable scarlet thread of intolerance that has shown itself in one leftist movement after another on down through the centuries, regardless of nationality.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Anthony Swarzak, for an afternoon at least, was a starter again.
He pitched like he didn't want to go back to the bullpen. The rest of the Minnesota relievers picked him up with a strong performance in his honor.
Swarzak pitched five sharp innings in a short-notice start, Oswaldo Arcia homered and the Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 3-1 Wednesday.
''I missed that. That was fun,'' Swarzak said.
Danny Santana scored after two of his three hits for the Twins, and five relief pitchers totaled six strikeouts over four scoreless innings. Glen Perkins finished up in the ninth for his 24th save in 27 tries.
When Kyle Gibson developed a sore back the day before, Swarzak (2-0) was summoned from the bullpen to fill in. He threw 75 pitches, 15 over the limit the Twins had in mind, but the right-hander allowed just two hits and one walk while striking out three. He was only in trouble once. The Twins were worried about his stamina, but he still hit 93 mph on the radar in the fifth.
''When you're in as good a shape as him, and the hard work that he does in that training room and everywhere else in running and throwing, he can handle those things,'' manager Ron Gardenhire said.
Swarzak has made 29 career starts dating back to 2009, but this was his first since Oct. 2, 2012. Such a surprise assignment can be a challenge for a pitcher, less than 14 hours after finding out, but that can also work against an opponent that hasn't fully prepared to face him.
''Our hope would be to get the pitch counts up, give him a couple long innings and make them use their bullpen. We couldn't,'' Indians manager Terry Francona said.
Four of Swarzazk's five innings were perfect.
''I felt like I might've had a little bit more in the tank,'' Swarzak said. ''I've always been a guy when I've started to get stronger as the outing goes forward and have the best stuff in the last inning I've thrown.
In the third, Jose Ramirez poked a perfectly placed double down the third base line to drive in a run. Shortstop Eduardo Nunez made a slick diving stab of Michael Brantley's sharp line drive up the middle, ending the inning with runners at second and third.
''Play of the game, hands down. That's why we won,'' Swarzak said.
How the Twins needed this performance by Swarzak. They gave up 14 runs over the first three innings combined during the first five games of his homestand, losing four of those. After a recent return to respectability, the rotation has begun to backslide toward the level of those rough last three seasons.
Trevor Bauer (4-5) struck out seven in six innings, but he lost for the first time in five July starts.
Bauer gave up a triple to Santana in the third, followed by an RBI single to Sam Fuld. In the fifth, Brian Dozier drove in Santana with double. Then in the sixth, Arcia hit his two-out solo shot into the right field seats.
''It was a fastball, exactly where I wanted to put it,'' Bauer said.
That was Arcia's second homer in his last 35 games.
The Indians have only one error over their last 10 games. Their hitting with runners in scoring position has been productive lately. Their starting pitching has, too. But they still lost two of three to the Twins, after winning a four-game series at division-leading Detroit to close in on the Tigers in the AL Central race.
NOTES: The Twins plan to slide Gibson back into the rotation Saturday if he's ready. ''That's just a hope. You never know with a back,'' manager Ron Gardenhire said. ... The Indians move on to Kansas City Thursday for a four-game series, with RH Corey Kluber (10-6, 2.95 ERA) starting opposite LH Danny Duffy (5-10, 2.66 ERA) of the Royals. Kluber has allowed only 10 earned runs over his last six turns, totaling 44 strikeouts and only seven walks in 43-plus innings. ... The Twins begin a four-game series here Thursday against Chicago, with RH Phil Hughes (10-6, 4.05 ERA) pitching and RH Hector Noesi (4-7, 5.21 ERA) taking the mound for the White Sox. Hughes and Kevin Correia are the only Twins who have made every start this season. ... Bauer finished six innings for the 11th time in 14 starts this season.


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The workplace is full of silly myths that have somehow found a way to withstand the test of time. You've probably heard of some of them before:
"It's all about who you know." (Reality: it's all about who likes you and who respects you.)
"The customer is always right." (Reality: no one is always right, including customers.)
And worst of all: "We're not at work to make friends."
The reality? Of course we are. In fact, making friends at work is one of the most important things we'll ever do in our careers. The Gallup organisation thinks so, too, and through their polls, they discovered a real link between workplace friendships and overall business results. Gallup interviews also found employees who have a best friend at work are seven times as likely to be engaged in their jobs.
We can slice it however we want, but the stats say it loud and clear—having friends at work is definitely a big deal.
Unfortunately, even in the face of all of this evidence, some people still believe friendship and work mix as well as tequila and strawberry milk.
Usually, that's because the people who are in the "I'm not here to make friends" crowd have a flawed idea of what it means to be a friend at work. That's why we need to begin by clearing up some common misconceptions about workplace friendships.
Being a friend at work doesn't mean that you have to share your deepest, innermost personal secrets with your coworkers. It also doesn't mean having someone at work who you can slack off with by watching YouTube videos all day and taking extended lunches. And a work friend isn't someone who will cover for you while you take a nap in an empty storage room.
Having friends at work is all about three simple but incredibly important things: staying productive, staying happy and staying sane.
Even more significant is the fact that failing to do those three things could eventually kill your career. To understand why, let's take a closer look at why it's so important to make friends at work:
1. Staying Productive: Friends Always Have Your Back
There's no doubt that independence is a fantastic quality, but at the workplace, independence is incredibly overrated. Unless you have absolutely no human contact during your workday, being overly independent—or worse, pulling the "I'm not here to make friends" routine—will get you nowhere in a hurry. Eventually, you will need help or a favour from a coworker, and it's during those times that having friends is critical—especially if you want to be as productive as possible.
Friends are there to put their own work on hold to help you pull together the presentation for tomorrow's department meeting. Friends stay late to help you with the quarterly budget report because you're terrible with Microsoft Excel. Friends will cover for you and take on some of your work while you're laid up at home with a brutal flu bug. Friends always have your back when the going gets tough.
Wait, I know what you're thinking.
No, you don't have to be a friend to do those things for a coworker—in fact, you may even be forced to do those things for a coworker who you can't stand. But if you're interested in lasting career success, you don't want to be the guy/gal on the team who people work with and help out because they have no other choice. You want people to work with you and help you because they want to do it. There's an important difference there.
Working well with others in a team setting is a critical workplace skill, and if you want to get the best from others when they are working with you, it helps if they genuinely like you and want to work with you.
On the other hand, having coworkers who don't want to work with you or help you can be absolutely devastating to your career, forcing you to take steps back instead of forward.
2. Staying Happy: Friends Make Mondays Feel Like Saturdays
Besides sleep, do you know the one thing you'll likely do more than anything else in your adult life?
You guessed it: work.
One study calculated that the average American will spend 122,400 hours at work during their lifetime. That's a lot of hours. Shouldn't it be priority number one to ensure that a large portion of those 122,400 hours are spent with people whose company you actually enjoy? I hope so.
No one likes to work in a joyless job. I don't, you don't and no one you know does, either.
It's nice to go to work and see people smiling back at you. It's nice to have people you can go to lunch or happy hour with and sincerely enjoy their company while doing so. It's nice to have people with whom you feel socially connected while you're spending those 122,400 hours at work and away from your loved ones. It's nice to work with amazing people who can make Mondays feel like Saturdays.
The simple pleasures of friendship have the ability to increase your workplace happiness and overall engagement—and it's easy to agree that happy and engaged employees are good for everyone.
And if all of that happy talk wasn't enough, consider this: having friends at work could help you to live longer, too. Yes, seriously.
So, chew on this for a moment: not having genuine friendships at work could not only kill your career by making you less engaged in your work, but it could also literally kill you sooner than necessary.
If that's not a reason to make a new friend at the office tomorrow, then I don't know what is.
3. Staying Sane: Friends Keep You From Losing Your Mind
Remember those 122,400 hours you'll spend at work in your lifetime? Sadly, there is little doubt that a good chunk of those hours will be spent working alongside people who drive you crazy.
You may be stuck sharing a cubicle wall with a coworker from hell, or worse, you may have to report to an insufferable bully boss—neither of which is helpful for your long-term sanity.
In those cases, if you want to keep from losing your mind, you are really going to need a friend at work.
Venting to your significant other or your non-workplace friends about your workplace issues is cool, but since they're not in the trenches with you to experience the insanity for themselves, it will be harder for them to truly empathise like a friendly coworker can. Without a friend at work to share your frustrations with, your workplace challenges may end up getting the best of you and start having a negative effect on your attitude, both inside and outside of work.
The negative effects of stress in the workplace are scary, but fortunately, talking with friends at work who you trust can help to keep the stress in perspective and keep you feeling mentally healthy.
In reality, it would be naive to believe that we can be friends with everyone in the office, and we don't need to be. However, choosing to neglect the critical importance of making genuine friend connections in the workplace should never be an option.
Unless you want to slowly kill your career, that is—and none of us wants that happen. I want you to enjoy your career to the fullest and to feel sincerely happy at work. That's what friends are for.
Shola Richards is a corporate trainer, incurable optimist and workplace blogger who is committed to changing the world by helping as many people as possible to enjoy their work. You can find him on his blog, Cubepiphany (pronounced kyoob-pif-un-nee), working passionately on his personal mission to rid the world of all of the things that make your job and your life less than epic.
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Ogle Earth discusses the API at More early adopters of the Google Earth plugin.
The Thematic Mapping Blog has information about geobrowsers in general and specific material about the Google Earth API with links to examples.
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EarthSwoop uses maps based on the Google Earth API to enable people to share and view collections of interesting sites around the world, rendered in 3D with the terrain layer.
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Video Earth has links on a map to videos taken in many parts of the world.
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St Patrick's Day blouse
Added Mar 17, 2012
by schnui
Brisbane, Australia
Several months ago I found this green fabric at The Fabric Store in Brisbane and thought this would be great for a blouse to wear to a St Patrick's Day party I attend each year with my Irish relatives. I used Burda pattern #128, 9/2011. It was very easy to construct and as it was quite long in length, I decided to add vents in the side seams in case I wanted to wear it out over my pants. It was a very hot and humid night and this blouse was very cool and comfortable to wear. I am very happy with it and will make this pattern again and have a request from my daughter for one as well.
Material Notes
Cotton sateen. Vintage buttons from my button collection.
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Jul 4, 2013, 01.44 PMby eliseanna
Love this! Much better than my st patrick's day attempt this year!
Sep 4, 2012, 10.18 AMby marnieann
You have inspired me. I have looked straight past this pattern before until saw you delicious version. I love everything about it and you look so good in it!
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Sep 4, 2012, 10.57 AMby schnui
Thank-you again for more lovely comments. I would not have made this blouse either if I hadn't found BurdaStyle online. I look through my Burdas and often don't like what I see and then on this site, I see someone else's take on a pattern and then I am inspired. I have made several things lately (which I am yet to post) that I wouldn't have made if I hadn't viewed them through this site.
Mar 23, 2012, 06.47 PMby Irina Schwab
Ha ha! I missed St Patrick's Day on Burdastyle! But I know all about it, my in laws have Irish roots :-) Nice top!
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Mar 24, 2012, 12.00 AMby schnui
Thanks Irina!! My Irish relatives are a hoot and we have a fun time each year. I haven't made anything special before but now they all want me to sew for them for next year. I will have to be on the look out for emerald green fabric!!
Mar 19, 2012, 06.20 PMby Binita Shrestha
So festive and perfect for the celebrations. Hope you had a great time!
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Mar 19, 2012, 09.16 PMby schnui
Thank-you Binita, I did have a great time. My Irish relatives know how to put on a party. They all want me to make them green tops for next year, so I will be out hunting for Irish green fabric.
Mar 19, 2012, 01.36 AMby buddingnaturalist
Nice. You will be well camouflaged (in style) among the revellers. And congratulations on getting a mannequin. Its on my list too right after knitting machine ;D
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Mar 19, 2012, 09.14 PMby schnui
Thank-you; yes I did look like I could hide well among the revelers or even a rain forest. The mannequin has not arrived yet; due any day!! A knitting machine will be fun. My Mum had one years ago and loved it, but when she moved to Australia (Brisbane), she left it behind and at 83, still knits by hand the most beautiful things. Fancy tea cosies are her thing at the moment.
Mar 18, 2012, 06.40 AMby Liora Litman-Cohen
I really love the blouse and the fabric.good work!
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Mar 18, 2012, 07.44 AMby schnui
Thanks Liora, how sweet of you. You look like you are still so busy with your beautiful family. I love seeing the photos of your dear little children. Happy sewing when you have time!!!
Mar 18, 2012, 11.27 AMby Liora Litman-Cohen
You certainly got the picture right! time… I wish I had more of it… Thanks for being such a supportive freind.
Mar 18, 2012, 03.08 AMby poppykettle
Yay! Happy St Pats day to you! Green is my favourite colour to wear, so I never need an excuse. Your blouse looks lovely! :)
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Mar 18, 2012, 05.01 AMby schnui
Thanks Poppykettle. Did you wear your beautiful Marfy top yesterday??? I have the pattern for that top now, so I will be making a muslin this week. I think I am a little larger than the pattern but will make all adjustments to fit as I cannot stop thinking of yours. In fact I copied and printed your photo to my pattern so I will be inspired.
Mar 18, 2012, 02.29 AMby patti-r
Love the Blouse, looks lovely on you, Great Job and Happy St Pat's Day!! Hugs , Patti
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Mar 18, 2012, 04.57 AMby schnui
Happy St Pat's day to you too and thanks so much for your lovely comments.
Mar 18, 2012, 01.28 AMby ronnielee
Ah! the luck of the Irish. You have a winner there! Thank you for always giving nice comments also!
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Mar 18, 2012, 02.15 AMby schnui
My pleasure Ronnielee; everyone on this site gives me inspiration so the least I can do is give encouragement and praise.
Mar 17, 2012, 11.08 PMby jennyrecorder
Lovely Marjorie, happy St Pat's Day :)
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Mar 17, 2012, 11.50 PMby schnui
Thanks Jenny. Boy, it was a hot and humid night here in Brisbane for St Pat's day, but had a fun time.
Mar 17, 2012, 11.01 PMby libra-s
This top is very pretty and suits you well!
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Mar 17, 2012, 11.49 PMby schnui
Thank-you, I am very happy with it.
Mar 17, 2012, 09.53 PMby merche
Very nice blouse! You look great in green!
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Mar 17, 2012, 10.22 PMby schnui
Thank-you so much for your kind comment. I don't normally wear green but it may become my new favourite colour.
Mar 17, 2012, 09.15 PMby julib
So pretty and festive! I love the fabric you picked!! :-)
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Mar 17, 2012, 10.21 PMby schnui
Thank-you for your kind comments. The fabric was lovely to sew as well and so nice to wear. I did have to wash it first as it had a strong chemical smell on it and that always worries me.
Mar 17, 2012, 07.25 PMby apfelbluete
The blouse you made is so beautyful! This green color suits you well! I love this pattern, I wish I had it too.
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Mar 17, 2012, 10.19 PMby schnui
Thank-you for your lovely comments. As you know, I greatly admire your work, so I really appreciate your kind words.
Mar 17, 2012, 05.23 PMby fashionfreek
Happy Patricks Day! Nice Blouse.x
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Mar 17, 2012, 10.17 PMby schnui
Thank-you and a very Happy St Pat's day to you too.
Mar 17, 2012, 04.14 PMby blueartisan
Gorgeous colours and looks fabulous on you! Hope you had a great time at the party!
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Mar 17, 2012, 10.17 PMby schnui
Thank-you for your very kind comments. Yes, I did have a lovely time at the party with my Irish relatives; they are always fun and the Irish stew was delicious.
Mar 17, 2012, 03.19 PMby step-van-b
I'll make this blouse soon in a plane color. Your version is great!
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Mar 17, 2012, 10.15 PMby schnui
Thank-you and I look forward to seeing your top when you have made it.
Mar 17, 2012, 02.17 PMby zsyzu
Very cute! I"m going to have to try this pattern out. Well done!
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Mar 17, 2012, 02.21 PMby schnui
Thank-you so much. It really is quite easy. Check the length from under the arm to the hem; you may not want it to be so long and it is a waste of fabric otherwise.
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Earth : Asia : South Asia : India : Plains (India) : Madhya Pradesh : Jabalpur-Sagar Division : Khajuraho
Khajuraho[2] is a small town located in the Bundelkhand region (Chhatarpur District) of Madhya Pradesh and is famous for groups of Hindu and Jain temples. These temples are a UNESCO World Heritage Site for their beautiful and erotic rock carvings.
Khajuraho has the Vindhya range of mountains as its beautiful backdrop. This makes Khajuraho a more fascinating destination to visit.
Khajuraho's art is a manifestation of the essence of the philosophy of Indian aesthetics. The erotic sculptures of Khajuraho depicting Kama Sutra are unique in the world. These sculptures representing the Indo-Aryan architecture, congeal in stone a lyrical paean to love and passion and reflect the Chandela dynasty's passion and immense appreciation for the forbidden art, paradoxically, in the land of Kama Sutra. They cannot be passed off as just erotic sculptures, the temples have some of the most revered Gods of Hinduism.
The temples of Khajuraho were built between 950 to 1050 A.D. during the Chandela dynasty of Central India (These rulers claimed descent from the moon, hence the name Chand-ela). After the decline of the Chandela dynasty in 13th century, the temples were left under the cover of dense date palm trees for many years, which gave the city of Khajuraho its name, Khajur in Hindi means a date. In the ancient times it was known as Vatsa.
In 1838, a British army engineer, Captain T.S. Burt rediscovered them. By that time only 22 of the original 85 temples had survived.
Khajuraho's climate is quite extreme, with wide variation in day and night temperatures along with minimal rainfall. Summers are hot at 45°C and winters pleasant at 27°C. Rainfall of 114 cms annually. As summer is too hot, winter is a good time to visit. A good time to visit is March, when the annual Dance Festival takes place. So the best time to visit Khajuraho is from September to March.
Hindi is spoken widely, English should not be a problem for the tourists. Dutch, French are also spoken by the guides and at the restaurants/hotels.
Get in
By plane
Khajuraho Airport (IATA: HJR) Tel:+91 7686 740-415 is located 5 km from the city, and is served by Air India (fomerly Indian Airlines) [3] offering flights from Delhi, Varanasi and Mumbai, Jet Airways [4] offering flights from Delhi and Varanasi and Kingfisher offering flights from Varanasi. If one is not prepared for a 5-6 hours bumpy ride from Jhansi to Khajuraho, then the plane is the best mode.
By train
A train station was finally opened in Khajuraho in 2008, linking it to Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh) (175km) on the Delhi-Chennai/Bangalore/ Trivandrum mainline. NOTE: You can not buy train tickets at the Khajuraho train station! You must go to the BUS station, about 1km walk out of town, to buy train tickets (much cheaper than buying tickets through your hotel). Train tickets can also be booked online at [5] or [6] with credit cards/ Debit cards or Indian bank account.
There are direct trains from New Delhi Station (Hazarat Nizamuddin Railway Station),Agra and Varanasi. Train departs from Delhi everyday except Wednesday at 20:15 and reaches 06:15 next morning at Khajuraho Railway Station.
Khajuraho Nizamuddin Express (Train number 22447) runs from Delhi Hazarat Nizamuddin to Khajuraho 6 days a week except Wednesday. If you have to go back towards New Delhi from Khajuraho then try to book this train's tickets as its very convenient to go from khajuraho by train than by bus. It departs from khajuraho (train no 22447) at 18.20 and reaches Delhi at 05.30 in the morning. For coming to khajuraho the train(train no 22447)departs from H. Nizamuddin at 20.15 hrs and reaches Khajuraho next day morning at 06.35 hrs.
An alternative station is Satna (Madhya Pradesh) (117km) on the Allahabad-Mumbai main line. Another option is Mahoba station on the Varanasi- Jhansi Route.Alight at Mahoba and catch the 11:00AM Passenger(Train No:229A) to Khajuraho.
The Western Temples group is about 5 kms away from the railway station , infact the airport is much closer to the temples than the railway station. There is no bus service from the railway station to the town at present and you will have to travel in a "Vikram"/ Diesel Auto , you can join a group of passengers for Rs 10 or hire one for yourself which will cost between 100 - 150 Rupees one way.
By taxi/bus
Satna and Jhansi both are connected to Khajuraho by regular bus service. It takes around 3 hours to reach Khajuraho from Satna or Jhansi by taxi, and 5-6 hours by bus. There are daily bus services with Satna, Jhansi, Harpalpur, Chhatarpur, Mahoba, Sagar,Jabalpur, Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Panna, Agra, Allahabad and Varanasi. From Jhansi railway station catch a rickshaw to Jhansi bus station which is 5Kms away. It is very difficult to get a bus to Khajuraho from Jhansi after 5PM. So try to reach Jhansi by afternoon if you want to catch a bus to Khajuraho from Jhansi. Khajuraho to Bandhavgarh (225km, 5hrs), Satna (117km, 4hrs), Harpalpur (94km), Jhansi (172km)and Mahoba (61km). Khajuraho is located 600km (11hrs journey) south-east of Delhi. There are bus services from Agra (12 hrs), Gwalior (9hrs) and Jhansi.
Taxis are recommended because the condition of buses and roads are not good, and the ride is gruelling.
Get around
A good way to get around and see the temples as well the village life in Kharujaho is by bicycle, which you can easily rent in the bike shops near the main temple complex, or bicycle rickshaw. They charge Rs.20 per day.
Beware of the fake school teachers, principals and students who are too much interested in your dollars as donation, which hardly goes to the school itself.
There are many car rental companies available.
In every temple, there is the depiction of royalty, armies, wrestling, kinship, war, courtship, marriage, lovemaking, music and dancing, spiritual teachings, union, meditation, bliss, gods, goddesses, plants, animals and an abundance of all human forms.
Audio Guides
Effective 1 August 2011, the Archaeological Survey of India introduced an official self guided audio tour facility of international standards for visitors. The tour allows visitors to experience the Khajuraho Group of Monuments at their own pace, with authentic and factually accurate information. Visitors may avail of the audio guide facility from the official audio guide booth near the monument ticket counter. Prices for audio guide services are Rs. 100 (+ taxes) in English & Foreign Languages or Rs. 60 in Hindi & Indian Languages
Western Group of Temples
There is a entry fee of Rs. 10/- (for Indians) and USD $ 5 (for foreigners) to enter the Western Group of temples. (If you have a ticket from Taj Mahal, you can use it here again.) All the temples are open from sunrise to sunset. These are the richest and largest of all temple groups
Eastern Group of Temples
Southern Group of Temples
At Arhanta Yoga Ashram ,Classical Hatha Yoga classes can be followed in a traditional ashram lifestyle.
Some star hotels like Jas Raddison and Chandela offer use of their swimmining pool for Rs 300 onwards, which is a popular activity during summers.
The Annual Dance Festival of Khajuraho happens from 1st Feb to 7th Feb. The same date goes for 2012 year also.
Madhya Pradesh cuisine. The area offers a good opportunity to try some local MP delicacies. The region is famous for its desserts, which are mainly sweet though there is also a spicy variety called namkeen. Popular deserts are cashew burfi, jalebi, lavang lata, kusli, khurma, moong dal ka halwa (a pudding made from green lentils), sabudana ki khichadi and shikanji.
Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board Hotels
Address: opposite:-Shivsagar lake,Khajuraho - 471606(M.P.)INDIA Tel.No.0091-7686-274120;0091-7686-272370 Mob. No.0091-9425143675;0091-7869176133 E-mail address: [email protected];[email protected] Rates: From Rs.500 to Rs.1400, check in from 10 a.m. and check out 10 a.m. .
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Stay safe
Emergency Numbers
The dialing code for Khajuraho is 07686. When calling from overseas, dial +91 7686 XXXX XXXX. If you have a non-working phone number with only 5 digits then try using '2' as prefix.
Mobile Phones
Internet is available at most of the tourist locations, with around Rs.25 per hour. The western group of temples has one of the highest density of internet cafes. Don't expect broadband speeds.
Hotel Surya Has also Internet services and they have a Travel Agency here you can book your train/flight and other travel.
Post Office
India Post, Govt-run, office is located near the Bus Stand. Tel: (+91)-(07686)-274 022 Pincode/Post code is 471606
Try not to give any money to children or beggars who swarm at all the major tourist spots as this will only encourage them to make it their livelihood. They will try all the tricks of the trade to get money off you. Even a dollar or fifty cents given by the foreign tourists is big money here in MP.
Money Changers
Banks are better for changing foreign exchange. You won't get good rates at the airport or the hotels.
Things to carry
A torch light/flash light and a Map.
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Syrian government forces launched withering air and ground assaults against rebel positions on the outskirts of Damascus Friday, while anti-government forces targeted a military post near the capital with a car bomb, activists said.
The uptick of violence in the capital came as U.S. troops began arriving in Turkey to man Patriot missile batteries against threats from Syria, amid concerns the escalation in violence from Syria's civil war would spill across the tense border.
Northeast of the capital, fighter-bombers hit Douma and artillery shelled the southwestern Daraya neighborhood, which rebels have held against regime assaults for weeks.
Troop reinforcements were being sent to Daraya, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Daraya has become one of the bloodiest battlefields in Syria's civil war. In August, the district was the scene of the worst massacre of the conflict when more than 500 people were reportedly killed.
Al-Watan, a pro-regime newspaper, claimed that the army had "won the battle against the terrorists in Daraya and destroyed their last positions."
It said that several members of the jihadist Nusra Front rebel group had been killed, wounded or surrendered and that Daraya should be fully secured later Friday.
As with many of the claimed victories put out by the regime or the rebels, there was no way of verifying the situation. Many of the supposed triumphs have later turned out to be empty boasts.
Assad's regime routinely describes the insurgents as "terrorists," claiming many are foreign and backed by money and arms from Gulf states and the West.
The rebels acknowledge a minority of foreign fighters in their ranks, but say their struggle is one of Syrians for a Syria free of President Bashar Assad. They reject any negotiations as long as Assad remains in power.
The latest offensive was being waged a day after a car bomb in the north Damascus neighborhood of Massaken Barzeh, mostly inhabited by members of Assad's Alawite minority, killed at least 11 people, the Observatory said. Two children were among the dead, it said.
They were among at least 191 people who were killed Thursday, including 99 civilians, the Observatory said, adding that fighting around Damascus accounted for 87 of those deaths.
The Observatory added that a car bomb blew up outside a military intelligence building in the northern Damascus suburb of Nabk Friday but had no immediate word on casualties.
Nationwide Friday at least 27 people died – 16 civilians and 11 rebels – according to preliminary Observatory figures. Figures routinely rise dramatically overnight and have recently exceeded 150 on a near-daily basis.
In ongoing conflict in the north of the country rebels resumed a week-old offensive against regime-held airbases.
Activists said there were battles around the military air base of Taftanaz in the northern province of Idlib close to the Turkish border and near the international airport of Aleppo.
Fadi al-Yassin, an activist based in Idlib, said the rebels had killed Thursday the commander of Taftanaz air base, a brigadier general.
"The battles now are at the gates of the airport," Yassin said via Skype. He added that it had become very difficult for the regime helicopters to take off and land at the base. He said warplanes taking off from airfields in the central province of Hama and the coastal region of Latakia were participating in attacking rebels around Taftanaz.
The Syrian Army General Command said troops directed "painful strikes" against the "armed terrorist groups" of the Nusra Front.
Aleppo airport has been closed since Monday. A government official in Damascus said the situation was relatively quiet around the facility, adding that it was up to civil aviation authorities to resume flights.
The conflict has worsened in the past six months as Assad has increasingly resorted to airpower to try to flush out the rebels.
The escalation in violence prompted the decision to deploy the NATO Patriot missiles along the Turkish-Syrian border in coming weeks. The next step in that deployment came Friday with the arrival of the U.S. personnel specialized in the six Patriot systems.
Cross-border fire has already erupted on several occasions in recent months from combatants in Syria into Turkey, Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
The U.S. military's European Command said Friday that the troops being sent to Turkey's Incirlik air base would swell to 400 within days to support the two U.S. Patriot batteries being supplied by America.
Germany and the Netherlands will supply the four other Patriot batteries under the NATO agreement struck at Turkey's request and described as a purely defensive deployment.
"The forces will augment Turkey's air defense capabilities and contribute to the de-escalation of the crisis along the Alliance's border," the EUCOM said.
A political resolution to the conflict now looks increasingly out of reach, with international powers at odds over intervention and deadlock over the role, if any, Assad could play in any transitional government.
Nonetheless, a top U.N official said Friday talks may resume next week between U.S. and Russian officials and the international envoy tasked with negotiating a peaceful solution to the conflict, Lakhdar Brahimi
The president of the U.N. Security Council Masood Khan told reporters Thursday that Brahimi was trying to pave the way for a diplomatic breakthrough and planned to follow up talks in Moscow last Saturday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with new three-way talks.
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Signing your name on the dotted line heightens your sense of self and leads to purchase behavior that affirms your self-identity, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. But signing can reduce engagement in consumers who don't identify strongly with a product or category.
"Although there are numerous ways in which people may present their identity to others, signing one's name has distinct legal, social, and economic implications," write authors Keri L. Kettle and Gerald Häubl (University of Alberta). The act of signing also has implications in the marketplace.
In one experiment, consumers were asked to either sign or print their name (in an ostensibly unrelated task) before visiting a sporting goods store to purchase a pair of running shoes. "For consumers who closely associate their identity with running, compared to printing their name, providing their signature before entering the store caused an increase in the number of running shoes they tried on and in the amount of time they spent in the store," the authors write. Signing their name had the opposite effect on people who did not associate their identity with running; they spent less time in the store and tried on fewer shoes.
In another study, consumers were asked to make a series of product choices after either signing or printing their names. Consumers who signed were more likely to choose an option that was popular with a social group they belong to. The tendency was stronger when consumers chose in a product category that signaled their identity to others (a jacket) than when they selected in a category that does not signal their identity (toothpaste).
The study has implications for retailers and consumers, the authors explain. For instance, a retailer might ask shoppers to sign their names after completing a survey, to enter a prize drawing, or enroll in a loyalty program, since it is likely to lead consumers who identify closely with the stores' products to become more engaged. "However, such signature interventions should be used cautiously, as signing tends to reduce engagement in consumers who lack such identification.
"Although a signature does not necessarily imply commitment, it does always represent one's identity. Because consumers sign (or can be asked to do so) in many consumption contexts, it is important to develop a deeper understanding of how producing one's signature influences behavior," the authors conclude.o


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Seafood Pasta in Pink
The reason why I call this color "springy" is that this light pink color reminded me of typical spring flowers we see in Japan: peach and cherry blossoms. Can you imagine what gave this pasta dish the lovely color? It was mentaiko (marinated pollock roe).
It was the restaurant where I had the lettuce fried rice the other day. Here I bumped into a friend of mine who was having lunch with her son. Maybe they thought I was weird, because I was shooting photos of my lunch so enthusiastically. ;)


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Adding private schools to the school choice debate
When Michigan debates "school choice," the discussion is typically limited to public education. From assigned public schools to inter-district public school choice to charter schools, the question for the past quarter century has been how much freedom parents should have to choose one or another public school for their children.
But in other states, "school choice" is a much broader topic. Fifteen states offer one or more tax credits, tax deductions or publicly funded scholarships or vouchers that can be applied to private schools and private school costs, including religious schools. Oklahoma joined the list just last month with a scholarship program directed at children with disabilities.
Supporters say that such programs recognize the primary role of parents in choosing the best educational setting for their children, and that they make education funding more equitable. Beyond that, they argue that supporting private school choice — as public policy — makes sense academically and financially.
Michigan does not have either a tuition tax incentive program or a publicly funded scholarship program. The state Senate in January passed a modest proposal to establish tax credits for donations to either private or public K-12 school foundations, but that bill has not been taken up by the House.
Introduced by Sen. John Pappageorge, R-Troy, Senate Bill 38 would grant up to a $50 or $100 credit to individuals or joint filers, respectively, as well as up to $2,500 for an estate or trust. The money would have to be used for "nonessential supplies and assistance."
"All our school systems are having trouble," Pappageorge told Michigan Education Report. "The point is, if citizens want to help a school, we ought to give them some incentive. This is not a big, complicated thing."
"I just think that it is patently unfair for me to pay double for my child's education — once through my property taxes (for the public schooling that we don't take advantage of) and again for the parochial school tuition that we do pay," Mike Czuprenski, a Warren parent, told Michigan Education Report in an e-mail.
The biggest obstacle to a K-12 tax incentive program in Michigan is language in the state Constitution that bans direct or indirect government assistance to nonpublic schools. (Transportation is specifically exempted from the ban, and "shared services" — cases in which public schools offered certain elective courses to nonpublic school students — is also allowed.)
"The language in our state Constitution is impairing our ability to serve these kids," Brian Broderick, executive director of the Michigan Association of Nonpublic Schools, told Michigan Education Report in an interview about the state of nonpublic schools in Michigan.
Other states also have language barring state assistance to private schools, but Michigan's is generally considered the most prohibitive.
"If the courts don't think it's a good idea, they'll tell us," Pappageorge said of potential legal objections to Senate Bill 38, which passed on a 24-13 vote.
Adding a tax incentive or publicly funded scholarship program is often an incremental process, according to a model of policy change called the Overton Window. Named for Joseph Overton, late vice president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the individual who developed the model, the Overton Window suggests that the process of change begins with ideas.
When society embraces new ideas — including new ideas in education — it makes it more acceptable for politicians to support those ideas as well, thus shifting the window of possibilities.
"Michigan has seen significant change in school choice in the past 30 years, generally driven by parents who want more freedom to make educational choices for their children," said Michael Van Beek, director of education policy for the Mackinac Center. "We've moved toward more freedom in home-schooling and added limited public charter school choices, but we've done nothing to expand and support private school options for parents."
(The Mackinac Center publishes Michigan Education Report and has long supported policy change in favor of a universal tuition tax credit in Michigan.)
Recently the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of an Arizona program that allows taxpayers a credit against their state income taxes for money they donate to private school scholarship organizations — a program that raised about $55 million in 2008. But that isn't the only program making headlines in the school choice community.
- In a high-profile case in Illinois this spring, state Senator James Meeks pushed for a pilot voucher program targeted at Chicago Public Schools that would have allowed as many as 30,000 students to leave the worst-performing schools and attend a private school instead.
Meeks, also a minister at one of Chicago's larger churches, said that giving each child up to a $4,000 voucher would give them a better education and save the state money, since the Chicago school district spends more than that on each public school student. Meeks' legislation passed the Illinois Senate, but was rejected in the House.
- Florida recently expanded its Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, in which corporations receive a tax credit for donations to organizations that offer private-school vouchers to low-income families. At the current growth rate, the number of participating students could reach 70,000 by 2015.
- In New Jersey, a Senate committee recently approved a bill that would create scholarships for some low-income children to attend private or out-of-district public schools. The Opportunity Scholarships, designed to aid students in failing schools, would be funded by contributions from companies in exchange for dollar-for-dollar tax credits.
- Finally, the Oklahoma Legislature adopted a measure in late May that will create publicly funded scholarships for students with disabilities to attend any public or private school that meets state accreditation requirements.
There's little question that a tax incentive program would help make private school a more viable option for some parents in Michigan, and also that it would help nonpublic schools financially at a time when the weak economy means parents have less disposable income to pay tuition.
"If you closed down all of the private schools in the state ... where is the state going to come up with the money for these children to go to public schools?" Broderick asked.
"I don't know if they (the public schools) could afford all of our kids," agreed Superintendent Bernadette Sugrue of the Archdiocese of Detroit. The archdiocese is home to 80 elementary and 22 high schools, though the number of schools and students is shrinking. Sugrue attributes it to families leaving the area, unemployment and the inability to pay tuition, and the growth of charter schools.
"Families that come here pay twice for school. Any time there's an increase in the public school sector, they pay more," said Eric VanDerhoof, the administrator of Midland Christian School.
A father of four, Czuprenski said his children have attended both public and parochial schools and that he sees the benefit of each.
"I understand that each type of school has a different mission, different audience, vastly different financial priorities and a unique set of governing rules. While public schools aren't for everyone, neither are parochial," he said.
Lorie Shane is the managing editor of the Michigan Education Report, the Mackinac Center's education policy journal. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is hereby granted, provided that Michigan Education Report is properly cited.


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THE reduction of inpatient hospital care for children in Pembrokeshire will be delayed until October, the health board has confirmed.
The stalling of plans to move full, overnight paediatric services from Withybush Hospital comes following requests from senior children's doctors who had objected to the proposals.
Questions had also been raised about the safety of A&E overnight without access to paediatric doctors.
The service had due to be moved to Glangwili hospital in Carmarthen in August when changes to neonatal, maternity and gynaecological services will also be made.
A Hywel Dda University Health Board spokesman said: "Changes to neonatal, maternity and gynaecology services in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire are still on course to take place on 4 August 2014.
"Following requests from our senior children's doctors and nurses we have agreed to postpone the changes to hospital based children's services (paediatrics) until October 2014.
"This will provide us with additional time to recruit the new doctors and nurses needed to deliver the new services and to put the required policies and protocols in place.
"Paediatric services will be provided on a 24/7 basis at both Withybush and Glangwili Hospitals for this short time. Further information about the changes to paediatrics services now planned for October will be widely shared as soon as it is available."


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Language Barrier to Blame for Tyson Foods Poisonous Leak Last Year, CDC Says
Little Rock, Arkansas – A chlorine gas leak that sickened nearly 200 people at a Tyson Foods plant in Arkansas last year happened because a worker who couldn't read the English-language label on a barrel of chemicals inadvertently poured bleach into it, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released Thursday.
Tyson Foods disputed the report, saying federal investigators misidentified the worker who caused the accident. Company spokesman Gary Mickelson told The Associated Press the worker who mixed the chemicals is a native English speaker and was able to read the label, but didn't.
In its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC said a Spanish-speaking worker poured sodium hypochlorite — which is bleach — into a 55-gallon drum that had been left in the wrong place and that contained a residual solution of an acidic antimicrobial agent, creating chlorine gas.
"The worker who mixed the sodium hypochlorite with the leftover acidic solution told investigators he knew such a mixture was dangerous but did not recognize the drum and could not read the label to ascertain its contents," the CDC wrote of the June 2011 incident.
The CDC noted that while more than two-thirds of the plant's workers spoke Spanish as their primary language and 12 percent primarily spoke Marshallese, a language spoken in the Marshall Islands. Material safety data sheets are written in English at a college reading level.
"To help overcome language and literacy obstacles, employers should actively engage workers in hands-on training," the CDC said, citing a 1992 study that explored safety education for workers with limited English skills. It also supports the use of symbols and simple text to highlight chemical hazards.
Workers scurried from the poultry plant after being exposed to the poisonous gas. Of the 600 workers present, the CDC said investigators from its National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health interviewed 545. Of those, 195 said they sought medical help and 152 of those were hospitalized. Three workers developed irritant-induced asthma, the agency said.
"This chlorine release and its resultant health effects were preventable," the CDC said. It noted an earlier study that said Hispanics are killed on the job at a higher rate than other workers and that training programs should ensure employees understand hazards. "All communication, training, and signage in the workplace should be easy-to-read and provided in languages understood by workers."
Tyson Foods said the report was based on a false premise — that a Hispanic worker who couldn't read English caused the accident — but that corrective measures were already in place.
"Since mid-2011, we've put additional controls in place to limit access to chemicals in the plant and we've continued to emphasize training for those authorized to handle such chemicals," Mickelson said in a statement.
He said NIOSH "incorrectly identifies the employee who accidentally mixed the chemicals as being Spanish-speaking. The worker responsible is not Hispanic and his primary language is English. In addition, this employee had previously received hazardous chemical training."
Mickelson said later Thursday that the worker's primary language was English.
"We believe he failed to look at the label on the drum," he said.
The CDC referred calls for comment to NIOSH, which could not immediately be reached for comment.
Acidic solutions of antimicrobial agents are used throughout the food industry to prevent or retard spoilage. According to the CDC report, an acidic solution at the Springdale plant is normally stored in larger containers but that a sample drum had been inadvertently left in the area where sodium hypochlorite is kept.
Based on reporting by The Associated Press.
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Sr. Hilda Frost OSB - "Reflections"
The Prologue is addressed to each one of us personally. It is an invitation to the beginner (and all of us) to follow Christ. Like any other invitation one is free to accept or decline. It is a matter of choice. If we decide to accept the challenge, it means a total commitment of our whole life to God. 'Is there anyone here who yearns for life and desires to see good days? If you hear this and your answer is 'I do' then God directs these words to you' (RB Prologue).
The very first word of the Prologue 'Listen' is probably the most important word in the whole Rule! The Latin word 'obsculta' implies a command. 'Do it, and do it now!' Benedict continues: 'Today if you hear God's voice, harden not your hearts' (Ps. 95).
He says we are to 'Listen with the ear of the heart'. This is no superfluous listening, but from the very depths of one's being. At the beginning of the spiritual journey each person is invited to a personal renewal: 'Return to God by the way of obedience'. So the whole idea of listening, and obedience go together.
In the remainder of the Prologue Benedict spells out how we are to do this. Trusting prayer is always the first step...then we are to watch how we speak; we are to seek peace..renew our faith..and in all things live 'with the gospel as our guide'. From the very beginning Benedict always points to Christ. The Rule is entirely Christ-centred.
To anyone who responds to God's invitation Benedict offers these reassuring words: 'My eyes will be upon you and my ears will listen for your prayers; and even before you ask me, I will say to you: 'Here I am'...And he continues 'What is more delightful than this voice of the Lord inviting us. See how the Lord in his loving kindness shows us the way to life.'
Benedict refers to the monastery (or the home of the monastic person) as a 'School for the Lord's Service' in which there is to be 'nothing harsh, nothing burdensome'. That is the criteria throughout the whole Rule. Benedict's teaching is always leaning towards mercy, compassion, concern for the person. The humanness of Benedict which is apparent here at the beginning is reflected throughout the entire Rule. People are important! People matter!
At the very end of the Rule Benedict invites all of us to follow this 'Little Rule for Beginners' (RB 73). That was all he set out to do - to write a 'little Rule' that is within the reach of everyone. His teaching is as relevant today as it ever was. Our call as Benedict's disciples its pages gems of wisdom that will encourage us, sustain us in our struggles, give us joy and peace, and lead us day by day to a deeper union with Christ.
Listen to the words of John Main:
The genius of the Rule of St. Benedict is that it is written for weak human beings who bear within themselves all the faults, all the weaknesses of an enfleshed existence. The genius of St. Benedict is that taking very ordinary material, he puts it forward as a perfectly realizable aim....He ends the Prologue when he tells us that the final aim of the monk is seeking to serve the Lord with joy, to follow Christ with faith. (Community of Love. p 56)
Wishing all Oblates, Novices and friends a truly grace filled Advent and blessed Christmas.
With love to you all,
Sr. Hilda is a Benedictine Sister at St. Benedict's Monastery, Winnipeg Canada. She comes from a very ecumenical background: with a Methodist father, a Congregationalist mother, who attended the Anglican Church in England. After attending a convent school Sr. Hilda became a Catholic, and entered the cloistered Benedictines in England. When the community became diminished and eventually had to close she came to Canada in l981. Sr. Hilda has a background in Scripture, monastic history etc. and has been a meditator for more than 20 years. She has given retreats and workshops on the Rule of Benedict, the mystics, as well as on Christian meditation. She is coordiantor of the WCCM Oblates in Canada, and also leads a meditation group in her own monastery.


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