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Water, organ parenchyma (tissues of the hydrous type) and fat are the main constituents of the organism. Their molecules contain many hydrogen atoms whose nucleus is useful for the NMR signal. In a multitude of situations it is important to differentiate between the signal coming from water and organ parenchyma, and that of fat tissue. MRI can provide an excellent contrast between soft tissues by exploiting the particular characteristics of hydrogen atoms, according to whether they are bound to water or to lipid molecules.
As fat tissues have a short relaxation time T1 they appear as a hypersignal in T1-weighted sequences.
The relaxation time T2 of fat is also short, but the fat still appears as a relative high signal intensity in multi-echoes T2-weighted sequences (TSE, FSE).
This fat high signal intensity can hide enhancement after Gadolinium injection in T1-weighted sequences, or an edematous hypersignal in fatty organs in T2-weighted sequences. It may be difficult to distinguish fat from other tissues with high T1 and T2 signal intensities (blood degradation products in a hematoma for example).
Furthermore fat is responsible for chemical shift artifacts and is also clearly visible in motion artifacts.
There are two families of techniques to reduce or even suppress the signal from fat tissue, whatever the signal weighting:
There are many applications of fat suppression methods: Identification of fat tissue, differentiation from blood clots, edema detection, enhancement after Gadolinium injection, reduction of chemical shift artifacts, MR spectroscopy, background suppression in MR angiography…


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My (draft) final project is live. All of the content is taken from the organization's site or mailing list. Because it's been based exclusively on h-net for so long, there were no images or illustrations for me to work with, hence the low number of images in the site.
Also, it's worth bearing in mind that the final site redesign, to be drafted up in May, will be a WordPress site.
With that said: SAWH site redesign (css and html), take one.
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Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says superannuation tax concessions for the well-off are "very, very generous" and need to be made sustainable over time.
But he dismissed as mostly inaccurate speculation the government would hike tax rates.
The government has been under fire over ongoing reports it wants to raise the tax rate on superannuation earnings for wealthy Australians - but so far has refused to say exactly what it will do to retirement savings in the May budget.
Fairfax on Wednesday reported that one option being considered is increasing the 15 per cent tax rate for high income earners, after last year's budget included a hike to 30 per cent for those on more than $300,000 a year.
Any changes would only affect the top one to two per cent of earners, it said.
Mr Swan refused to engage in the speculation, most of which was inaccurate, he said.
Instead the government would go about any reforms through its normal budget process.
However, he did say the superannuation system needed to be sustainable, pointing out that "tax concessions for those at the very top are excessively generous".
"We want to see more Australians having access to a decent retirement, with a decent level of support from their superannuation," Mr Swan told reporters in Canberra, adding that was the spirit the government was bringing to the discussion.
"It is also the case that concessions at the top are very, very generous and they do need to be made sustainable over time."
The federal opposition has accused the government of planning to raid superannuation savings to prop up its budget, so it can pay for costly reforms such as schools funding and the national disability insurance scheme.
But Mr Swan said any changes to superannuation would have no bearing on savings measures announced in the May budget.
"We do not approach this task of making superannuation sustainable as a savings task in itself for the budget," Mr Swan said.
"The fact is that we have a substantial savings task in this budget, and whatever changes are made in super will not be making a significant contribution to that savings task."
Mr Swan also said most of the speculation around what the government might do to super was "inaccurate".
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I recently connected over Microsoft® Lync™ to catch-up with TechNet Wiki Ninja Kim Ditto-Ehlert and interview her for the TechNet Wiki Ninja blog. The questions, answers, and commentary that follow are not a verbatim record of the conversation, but rather the gist of it.
What is your favorite TechNet Wiki article?
The PowerShell Survival Guide (now known as Automating IT Tasks with Windows PowerShell Overview). This shows a real collaboration of many different people to come up with a guide that is really helpful.
Another article that was really impressive was the TechNet Wiki article about Worm:Win32/Visal.B that CSS essentially used the TechNet Wiki to get out the early information. This was a real win because the TechNet Wiki was determined as the fastest means to write about and triage the issue. CSS could direct their customers to the article for more assistance.
What is a favorite article that you authored?
That is a tough one, but one of the notable ones is Troubleshooting Forefront Endpoint Protection, which the feature team helped to improve. Working on this article was a gratifying experience.
What do you want the public to know about the TechNet Wiki?
You don't have to post a complete article in order to contribute. You can contribute an edit or an idea. For example, people have put out what are called "stub articles" and other people have picked up on those ideas and created full articles. (Ed Price recently blogged about an article that he stubbed that was updated around the world in four days: The MSDN article on TNWiki: Around the world in 4 DAYS!!!)
I have heard you say that you really like being an MCT, what is it that is special to you?
I enjoy the MCT community because it is a group of people who have a shared passion for sharing with others the good and sometimes not-so-good things about a technology. I think that it is a great thing to deliver and redeliver information to people, essentially that is what I am involved in now working for Microsoft.
What are you doing now for Microsoft?
I am coordinating the release of PowerShell Help for all of the Windows® Server operating system role services and features.
What are you doing lately for the TechNet Wiki?
I lead the TechNet Wiki Community council of 4 Microsoft and 4 non-Microsoft TechNet Wiki members. Among other things, we help decide issues on what is appropriate and potentially inappropriate use of the TechNet Wiki. We determine whether we should adapt the guidelines to allow for new TechNet Wiki uses or if we should find a different place for content that may not seem appropriate for the TechNet Wiki.
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I will be at the MVP 2012 Summit part of the time this year. I also hope to be at TechEd 2012.


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I admit this post is long overdue. I meant to write for Christmas and share my family recipe of "Bûche de Noël", which I know is a favorite for some of my readers. But this will have to wait until next Christmas unfortunately… You probably won't contradict me when I'll say that there is always a lot going on around this time of the year. Buying last minute gifts (even though I always swear to my myself this will be the last time), wrapping a mountain of presents (this takes me a lot of time because I am a perfectionist), visiting family members, cooking delicious Christmas treats…
However, you'll probably like to hear that my new year resolution is to be much more active on Stefinitely Yummy! Even if this is probably going to get a bit tricky at some point… (more explanation about that soon :-)). I have so many nice recipes I'd like to share!
Does the above snow man really looks freaky to you (so says my boyfriend Kjeld)? Vote for your favorite snow man!
Probably unlike many of you, but I don't blame you, I have been pretty reasonable during the end-of-year celebrations. Still, I really feel an urge for food that's good for my body and will give me the energy I need to go through this snowy Luxembourgish winter. All I feel like is fibers and vitamins. Nice fresh and colorful vegetables. I can't get enough of them! As I thought you might probably feel the same way after the "fois gras", turkey and Texas Taters(*) overkill, I decided to share my ultimate energy boost and feel good recipes!
My smoothie does not contain any salad, kale or any of the other usual ingredients in healthy green smoothies but it definitely reaches its objective in terms of freshness! I have prepared my second recipe, a carrot and sweet potato soup, countless numbers of times since I discovered it two years ago. It's got so much flavor! Finally, the salad contains some of my favorite ingredients and the way it combines sweetness, softness and crunchiness is incredible!
I wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Yummy New Year!!!
(*) Special reference to my dear American host-family. The Texas Taters is a recipe that Ann, the classy grand-mother, is required to prepare every Christmas. It is absolutely delicious but I don't dare figuring out the calorie count. It contains potatoes and a LOT of sour-cream and butter! But it's so GOOD…
Cucumber, lemon, mint and apple smoothie
(serves 2/3)
You can add more or less apple juice depending on the consistency you like.
1 cucumber (about 400 g), peeled and sliced
juice of 1 lime
1 tbsp fresh mint, chopped
20 cl / 7 fl oz organic or traditional apple juice
Combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth. Remove and serve immediately.
Carrot, sweet potato, coriander and coconut milk soup
(serves 4)
If you don't have the Thai red curry paste or the nuoc-mâm don't worry, the recipe also works very well without these ingredients. The coconut milk can also be replaced with any other kind of milk. On the other hand, the lime and the fresh coriander are essential! They give all its freshness to this smooth and comforting soup.
800 g / 28 oz carrots, peeled and sliced (about 9 large carrots)
1 sweet potato, peeled and sliced
1 onion, sliced finely
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp Thai red curry paste
50 cl / 2 cups chicken broth (1 chicken stock cube)
40 cl / 2 cups coconut milk
juice of 1 lime
2 tbsp nuoc-mâm (Vietnamese fish sauce)
2 tbsp fresh coriander, chopped
Place the carrots and the sweet potato in a medium pan. Cover with boiling water and let simmer for about 10 minutes. If you use a chicken stock cube, drain the vegetables on top of a large bowl so that you keep the water which is full of flavor and vitamins. Poor 50 cl / 2 cups in a measuring cup while still hot, immediately drop the stock cube in, let it soften for a few minutes, then stir until the cube is fully dissolved.
Sauté the sliced onion in a large pan on medium heat with the olive oil. When softened, add the red curry paste and stir for a minute or two. Add the drained carrots and sweet potato in the large pan, as well as the coconut milk, the nuoc-mâm and the lime juice. Stir and add the chicken broth. Bring to a boil, lower to medium heat, cover and let it simmer for about 10 minutes.
Remove from stove, add 1 tbsp of chopped fresh coriander and blend until smooth. Sprinkle with the remaining coriander before serving.
Energy boost salad
(serves 4)
4 handfuls fresh baby spinach
200 g / 1 cup quinoa
1 cauliflower
4 large carrots, peeled and grated
1 green apple
1 avocado
2 tbsp parsley, chopped
2 tbsp chive, chopped
4 tbsp pumpkin seeds
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 pinch of cinnamon
salt / pepper
For the sauce
2 tbsp low fat Greek yogurt or fromage blanc
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 tsp apple cider vinegar
2 tsp maple syrup
juice of 1 lemon
1 pinch of turmeric powder
1 pinch of cayenne pepper
salt / pepper
Cook the quinoa in 2 cups of water (two times its volume) with a pinch of salt until all the water is absorbed (about 15 minutes). When ready let it cool down for 10 minutes or so.
Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F. Prepare the cauliflower by removing the outer leaves and separating the florets. Place in bowl with 1 tbsp olive oil, cinnamon, season with salt and pepper and mix well. Transfer on a parchment paper covered baking sheet and bake for about 5 minutes. Turn the cauliflower pieces over with a fork and bake for 10 more minutes, until tender but still crispy. Remove from oven.
Prepare the sauce by beating all the ingredients together until smooth.
Place the spinach, the grated carrots and about half the sauce in a large bowl and mix well. Add the quinoa, the cauliflower, the parsley, the chive and mix well. Toast the pumpkin seeds a few minutes in a frying pan on medium heat. Peel and thinly slice the apple and the avocado.
Split the content of the large bowl between four plates. Carefully add the apple and avocado slices. Sprinkle with the toasted pumpkin seeds and serve immediately with the remaining sauce.


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Paul Thomas McKown, 61, of 225 Johnson�s Pointe Court, died Saturday, August 16, 2008, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 22, 1947, in Gaffney, SC, he was the son of Nadine Sparks McKown of Gaffney and the late Paul Patrick McKown. He was the former owner of McKown Custom Cabinets and formerly employed as an EMT with Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. McKown was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church, and a former member of the Civitans, the National Cabinet Builders Association, and the Army National Guard.
Surviving in addition to his mother is his wife, Bunny Brown McKown; four daughters, Krissy McKown (Michael) Meltzer of Mt. Pleasant, Hannah (Russell) Kowalczyk of Roebuck, Kim (Joe) Webb of Acworth, GA , and Jenny (Jason) Webb of Acworth; a son, Mason (Mary) Scruggs of Stratford, CT; Bear (his fur child); two grandsons; and five granddaughters.
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The time has come…
This is it, ladies and gents. My recruiter's driving me off to the hotel tonight, I'm going to MEPS (Military Entry Processing Station) tomorrow for my pre-ship check-up, and then on Tuesday I'm off to Parris Island. Which I have to say, I'm somewhat relieved about. I did a piss-poor job on my IST on Wednesday, but thank gods I'm shipping.
As for the documentary I'd mentioned previously, that didn't end up happening. Apparently, it was a legit documentary for the Discovery Channel and my recruiter told me it was "reality show status," meaning that a camera crew would be following me around for my last three days as a civilian. My recruiter told me that he honestly didn't really want me to do it, because he wanted me to be able to relax and not have to worry about saying something stupid, which was a valid point. Also, after my IST, I just wasn't feeling up for it, so in the end, I decided not to do it. I think it was the right move to make, considering it would have been awkward for all of the friends I'd hung out with, not to mention my roommate.
And good thing, because I didn't do anything that interesting. Mostly watched movies with friends and ate food. And worked out.
Last thing! Because I obviously will not have access to the interwebs while I'm at boot camp, I have enlisted the help of my roommate (soon to be former roommate, sadly…) to help keep my blog going. I'm planning on writing her letters, so I figured I'd get her to type of parts of those letters and post them up here. Huge thanks to ndjmom for suggesting the idea!
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One of the best junior sailing champions in the country, Paul Risseeuw passed away on November 27, 2015.
There will be a memorial gathering on December 5th, 2015, 11:00am, at Pettipaug Yacht Club in Essex, CT. All are welcome.
Obituary: Paul Risseeuw
- BORN: June 23, 1943
- DIED: November 27, 2015
- LOCATION: Ivoryton, Connecticut
On November 27, 2015 Paul Risseeuw 72; loving husband of Mary Risseeuw and devoted father of Reynolds Risseeuw passed away from Congestive Heart Failure. Paul was a 1965 graduate of Webb Institute and received his Masters from the University of Michigan in Marine Engineering. He worked for Electric Boat for 45 years in many different Managerial Positions.
Upon retirement he became Director of Pettipaug Jr. Sailing Academy. In addition he served as Commodore for Pettipaug Yacht Club 1979-80 after which he remained on the Board of Governors until his passing. A memorial service will be held at Pettipaug Yacht Club on Saturday December 5, 2015 at 11 AM. Contributions in Paul's name can be made to Webb Institute, 298 Crescent Beach Rd, Glen Cove, NY 11542 (www.webb.edu) or Pettipaug Yacht Club, P.O. Box 372, Essex, CT 06426. To leave a memory of Paul, please visit www.rwwfh.com. Arrangements by Robinson, Wright & Weymer Funeral Home, Centerbrook.
WindCheck had the opportunity to interview Paul several years ago. Since this interview, Paul became Area B Director for US Sailing, continued to lead thousands of kids through sailing programs, helped eager sailors get to national championships and was a kind friend to all.
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Paul von Maffei commented 2015-12-02 11:16:36 -0500I have worked directly with Paul for the last two years promoting junior sailing and the O'Pen Bic junior sailboats. To see the continued support for junior sailing increase was his main focus. He was great to work with. We will all miss him.
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Freddy Markham: I worked with Paul while organizing the PGSA years back. Great man. He will be missed indeed
Sean McQuilken: I had the pleasure of working for and with Paul for a couple seasons at Pettipaug, a very tough loss for the sailing community.


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- enter in Box 8 the words 'Simplified Procedure'.
Disposal of completed forms
When the form is completed:
- send the top copy to the consignee
- file the duplicate copies in serial number order, and
- keep the duplicate copies for at least three years.
Retrospective issue
If you wish to issue a certificate after the goods are shipped, in addition to completing the form in the usual manner you should also:
- insert the words 'issued retrospectively' in Box 8.
Duplicate issue - the simplified procedure cannot be used because it is a legal requirement that A.TRs must be authorised by HMRC, the British Chambers of Commerce or the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
If a certificate is lost and you require a duplicate you will need to submit a completed duplicate form to one of the above authorities for authorisation:
- the new movement certificate is to be checked against the file copy, be given the same registration number and completed in identical terms, including the date, as the certificate originally issued
- insert the word 'duplicate' in Box 8
- make a note in your record, cross-referring to the original certificate together with a brief note as to why a duplicate was required and to which authority the application was made
- the application must be accompanied by the file copy of the original certificate with a written explanation for its loss and an undertaking to surrender it immediately if it is found, and
- if satisfied the authenticating office will authorise the duplicate A.TR. They will retain the file copy of the original certificate, a copy of the duplicate certificate and the written explanation.
Forms completed and not used or spoilt
If you make a mistake filling in the form:
- mark the spoilt certificate 'cancelled'
- file the spoilt certificate in the duplicate copies file, and
- issue a fresh certificate.
Visit by an officer of HM Revenue and Customs
Periodically an officer from HM Revenue and Customs will visit you to inspect the duplicate copies and to check that you can account for all the certificates that have been issued to you, that is to say they are either:
- filed unused
- are in the course of preparation, or
- any duplicates are in their appropriate file.
Checks will also be made to see if the goods are in free circulation. Checks may also be made at the request of the Turkish authorities. These checks will include a comparison of the original and duplicate copies of the certificates to confirm that they match.
Continuing approval for Simplified Procedures
This is dependent upon:
- strict observance of the rules set out in this leaflet
- correct completion of the movement certificates
- the goods meeting the criteria
- notification to your local office if the need for certificates ceases, or
- you change your trading style or address.
If you have any queries regarding your approval, or the issue of pre-endorsed certificates you should contact your local Business Centre.


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Spring garden is going strong at Larrapin thanks to the wonderful light table! I've been able to start with seedling vs seeds and the immediate gratification factor has been exquisite. The pics above are a row by row walkabout a couple of days ago. (If you are reading on email and the pics don't show up, click to the actual post here to see them…)
Starting with the top left and moving across is the most recently dug bed with little rock piles still nearby. Don't be fooled, those handfuls represent about the third rock-clearing sweep. At least rocks don't grow back right away…. Anyway there are potatoes under the soil in the trench, planted quite late…like, um, a few days ago vs the traditional St. Patrick's day planting. The next two beds are peas, kale, broccoli and collards—yum. I'm crazy for cole crops, as you'll soon be able to tell. In the top-middle pic there is the happy accident of using large tomato cages turned on their sides as a makeshift pea trellis. Will use this again.
Second row, starting on the left: garlic!! I love garlic. Why did I plant so little last fall? What was I thinking? Note to self, plant about 3X that much this fall! Middle pic: not done. Those beds have to be rearranged to run in wide rows so the irrigation t-tape will work. Oh, I love t-tape and it saves SO much time come summer, not to mention water and the plants just love it. Well, heck, spring too since there hasn't been much rain. That's a huge pluffy bed of chickweed going to seed in back. Don't laugh, I love chickweed and make wonderful salve from it. It's actually kind of rare on our rocky terrain so collect the seeds and plant little beds of it wherever there's enough soil to support it. Also a great salad green, though I've never tried it. Finally, more cole crops. You can see the t-tape down in this bed..
Third row, starting on the left: Spinach and onions (red and texas super sweet). That's my very favorite spinach "Monstreaux de Viroflay," a heritage variety from Baker Creek that I LOVE since we can't grow any faint-hearted spinach around here during Spring planting. The leaves of this will get as big as your head and it's vigorous. Love it. Middle pic: that enormous green mass is what will happen if you don't cut down your cover crop of Austrian Winter peas in time! But will make compost when I clear it and meanwhile it's provided chicken greens for weeks now. Lastly, that bare looking row has cilantro, parsley, beets and other stuff. The blank spots are from the banty hen flying over the fence and eating the chard, which apparently was her favorite and she clearly doesn't care for cilantro. Wing feathers clipped: check.
Fourth row, far left: new strawberry bed, all June-bearers so we can net them while the berries are green…otherwise the squirrels eat them green. In the middle, the old Ozark-beauty strawberry row, which I'll be pulling out after they bear (which they will if I go out and put the net down!). They are ever-bearers which means they keep putting out berries a little at a time, which doesn't work if you have to net them for squirrels! So I've switched to June-bearers which come off in one big burst. I refuse to grow more strawberries for the squirrels than we already have… Lastly, the 'bad' row. Plants don't like this row, haven't figured out exactly why. Will probably just cover-crop it for the season (with bee forage of course) and see if it gets better… As you see, the garden overall is not mulched yet, and it needs to be. See: to-do list.
Bottom row left: this is one way to kill bermuda grass: weighted tarps for many weeks. This is actually a wide path (made necessary by a tree stump) right beside the new asparagus bed. Asparagus hates weeds, hence grass killing in progress. Will mulch this in a few weeks with wet cardboard covered with straw. Boards are nice way to walk over the tarp without disturbing the snakes beneath. (Just kidding, kind of!) Next is the new Asparagus bed in it's second spring. Asparagus key: Year one-take none. Year two-take a few (but I don't). Year three: W00-Hee!! Made that last one up, but you get the point. If you can be disciplined those first two years, you'll be rewarded with really strong plants that third year. We've eaten Asparagus all month from the three-year old bed (not shown here) and it's nearly time to let it grow and recover too. MMMMMMM, it's been delicious!
And finally, last pic on the bottom right — blackberries! They have been covered with blooms and I'm nearly drooling at the thought of berries to come. The bees have been all over them too. Thanks for taking a walkabout in the veggie patch! What's going on in your garden about now??
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wow! soooooooooooo impressive! you go girl! i didn't have much luck w/ my starts from seeds this yr. i started in my greenhouse (not heated but it was warm enough) but then one nite it got down to 30's so i brought them all inside into my bedroom in front of the french doors. i also have window there so they got tons of light.but i think i should have gotten a grow light for extra warmth/light. i kept them inside a few wks and then outside to harden off. not many worked out :<( but i did do some direct seeding and also got some starts.i'm still gettn kale/chard/mustard greens/brocolli from my fall garden. just pulled out the arugula today, too spent now but i enjoyed for mos! i have cherokee and sugar orange cherry tomatoes, peas, beans, corn, japanese eggplants, cukes, jalapeno, serrano and cayenne chilies.basil, parsley, cilantro, rosemary, oregano, thyme, tarragon, marjoram, sage.the past 2 yrs my squash (zuke, yellow, acorn) all looked lush, full of flowers and then died. i think it was those squash borers that start out flying even thou i didn't see them. didn't wanna deal w/flying row covers or bt so i'm growing zuke/yellow in my greenhouse. it's not sealed so technically they could still get in but i'm hopn they don't notice ;<). i also have 3 volunteer squash growing out of my compost pile! one has huge leaves, hoping it's acorn or butternut!


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And when the bodies are incinerated and the families have taken away the ashes of their loved ones, the men sweep the residue into the Ganges River.
The detritus of death, mingling with life.
Devout Hindus regard cremation as an essential rite that frees the soul from the body, enabling its journey to the next level. But with India's Hindu population of about 800 million ensuring a massive number of open-air cremations, there is a growing awareness that this adherence to religious orthodoxy carries a toll for the temporal world.
It takes a lot of wood to burn a body: The demand for funeral pyres strips the country of more than 50 million trees annually, according to some estimates. Cremations also release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. And the body parts sometimes dumped into rivers and streams add further toxicity to water that is already badly polluted.
"We have come to a stage where if we don't come up with a solution for dealing with the dead, we are going to affect the survival of the living," said Anshul Garg, director of Mokshda, a nonprofit group in New Delhi that is campaigning for an environmentally friendly approach to cremation.
In traditional Hindu cremations, the body is placed atop a pile of wood. The corpse is then covered with more wood and burned in the open air. Mokshda says this method requires as much as 880 pounds of wood to burn a single corpse (though the wood porters in Varanasi say the amount is closer to 600 pounds), a process that can take as long as six hours.
Mokshda's alternative is the "Green Cremation System," a cremation bier it developed 15 years ago and has been tinkering with since. The organization believes it has perfected its design, saying it can burn a body using a mere 220 pounds of wood in a third of the time.
Wood is integral to Hindu cremation rites, a symbolic connection between the body and the earth, which is why the first layer of wood is laid on the ground. The Mokshda system's innovation is to place that first layer of wood on a raised metal grate, allowing for better air circulation. A chimney is placed over the pyre to cut heat loss.
"We have improved the flow of air and where there is a proper flow of air, your combustion efficiency increases," Garg said. "This is not a new technological gizmo. It's a simplicity, like improving the efficiency of a wood stove."
Mokshda's system has made only tiny inroads so far. It has 12 units of its latest model, which on average costs about $30,000, in operation, with orders for 80 more in the pipeline. But the potential demand is enormous. Mokshda says it has identified 800 crematoriums across India as possible users. The Delhi metropolitan area alone has about 350 crematoriums, their flaky residue occasionally drifting over nearby neighborhoods.
But the Mokshda system faces two big obstacles to acceptance. For one thing, improving cremation methods is a low priority for cash-strapped municipalities facing a host of public health issues. An even greater obstacle is the resistance of traditionalists who don't want to mess with a matter as sensitive as the fate of a loved one's soul.
"We have changed other rituals -- marriage, eating habits, clothing -- but rituals around death are the hardest to change," Garg said. "People are hesitant to talk about death; there is a fear. So they say they'll stick with what they've been following through the ages."
The government also has largely failed to get Hindus to sign on to environmentally friendly cremations. Beginning in the 1960s, municipal governments began installing electric or gas-fueled crematoriums, offering to dispose of bodies at a fraction of the cost of traditional cremations, which can be $50 to $75, depending on the quality and amount of wood used.
But most Hindus have balked at this option, saying that oven-like crematoriums prevent them from carrying out important rituals such as the mukhagni, in which a fire is lighted in the body's mouth, and the kapal kriya, in which the corpse's skull is shattered by a blow from a bamboo stick to release the soul.
It is mostly unclaimed corpses that are burned in electric and gas crematoriums, stigmatizing them as being for the poorest of the poor. "It's a good method -- there's less pollution because you are not dumping lumps of flesh into the river -- but we don't get many bodies," said Panchdev Singh, 47, the operator of Varanasi's electric crematorium. There are no bodies awaiting Singh's attention. One of his two machines is out of order, and business has fallen off since 2000, when the municipality raised the price to about $12.
"Now the only people who come here are the very poor or the ones brought in by the police," Singh said.
Mokshda says its system can succeed where the electric one failed because it allows Hindus to perform traditional rituals. The challenge is to convince devout Hindus that using less wood does not break with orthodoxy. Even Garg acknowledges that it will be a while before Mokshda's cremation bier is welcome in a place such as Varanasi.
"I doubt it would be a hit here," said Dinesh Yadav, 21, who has taken over the family wood business, running a gang of 10 porters for cremations on Varanasi's ghats, or riverside steps. "People want to do it the Hindu way. Older people, especially, will never settle for being burned with less than the required quantity of wood."
Yet the realities of the outside world intrude even on this holiest of Hindu cities. Yadav recalled the wood shortage of 2005, when scarcity meant the bodies backed up on the ghats while they waited for supplies. The price of wood is 50% higher than it was five years ago.
"A time will come when we'll probably have to move to a new way," he said.
And in his office on Varanasi's back streets, Kameshwar Upadhyay, a Hindu scholar known for his strict views, looked thoughtfully at photographs of the Mokshda system and didn't dismiss it as heretical. He acknowledged that India is groaning under the stress of an expanding population. And if he was not about to welcome the Mokshda system in the spiritual center of Varanasi, he thought it might not be a bad idea in big cities.
"There is a provision that after death, a person needs to be completely de-linked from this Earth, and fire helps in that goal," Upadhyay said. "But there are changing situations that come to us on Earth and we have to work out compromises for that. As long as mukhagni and kapal kriya can be followed, there should be no problem.
"Fire," he said, "is fire."


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MONTREAL—A proposed high school history course being tested in some Quebec schools reflects a rigid nationalist ideology and diminishes the role of the province's non-francophone communities, historians and teachers who have seen the details say.
The two-year program, called History of Quebec and Canada, was created by the Pauline Marois' Parti Quebecois government but is being rolled out by the Liberals, who are currently piloting the course for secondary three students in a handful of high schools across the province.
Critics say the program is a departure from the current course, which gives teachers the space to discuss personal histories of the province's diverse communities.
The new program focuses on a political history with a chronological series of facts while largely ignoring Quebec anglophones and the contributions of other minorities, said John Commins, a history teacher at Perspectives II High School in Montreal.
The longtime history teacher said the proposed program represents French Canadians as a united, homogenous group in perpetual conflict with the rest of English Canada.
Commins said the problem with the new structure and content of the program is that students who aren't from the francophone, European model will feel left out.
"Allophones are not present at all in this (new) document," said Commins, who sat on a 2003 committee that helped write the current Quebec history curriculum. "There is no reference to Italians, Greeks or anyone else. There is just this vague body of immigrants."
The new program is shrouded in secrecy and those who've read details are reportedly sworn to secrecy, Commins said.
Bryan St-Louis, spokesman for Quebec's Education Department, said the government won't discuss the program or how many schools are currently involved because it's still being tested.
The program is scheduled to be fully implemented in September, but changes could be made and the entire rollout still needs to be confirmed by Education Minister Sebastien Proulx, St-Louis said.
Jack Jedwab, the executive vice-president of the Association for Canadian Studies, says the teaching of history is often contentious. That's no different in Quebec, where battles pitting moderate and more hard-line nationalists seeking influence over history curriculums has existed for decades.
"I think the moderates have lost on this one," said Jedwab, who is familiar with the proposed program. "You would think the current (Liberal) government would be more inclined to be closer with the more moderate expression of nationalism."
Jedwab agrees with Commins that the proposed curriculum doesn't make all Quebecers feel included in the story.
The program is the result of a 2014 report published by university professor Jacques Beauchemin, who was a civil servant at the time.
Neither Beauchemin or the PQ returned calls seeking comment.
Commins said Quebec Anglos have a rich history and once made up the majority populations in Montreal and Quebec City.
He said it might be time for the English community to demand the right to have a separate history course in certain schools in Quebec, similar to what Franco-Ontarians receive or members of certain First Nations communities.
"I think at one point as a community we need to come together," he said. "This (history) isn't enough."


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Stewardship Saturday, Peddocks Island
National Park Service Natural Resource Partnerships Team
Saturday, February 24, 2018 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM (EST)
Event Details
Come join other park stewards to enhance native ecosystems and natural processes by studying and influencing changes in park plant biodiversity. We will explore the local flora and fauna and discuss the ecology, natural history, and cultural significance of landscapes in the park as we work side by side to improve habitat for the native birds, bugs, trees, and flowers of the Boston Harbor Islands.
Directions: Please meet the NPS Staff at the Ferry Center at Long Wharf North, near the Marriot Hotel and the commuter ferry.
What to wear: Long-sleeved shirts, long pants, socks, and closed-toe shoes. Conditions can be unpredictable so please monitor the weather in the days leading up the event and dress appropriately.
What to bring: Please bring a lunch and reusable water bottle. Sunscreen and a hat are always recommended. Tools will be provided.
Event will run rain or shine, however, may be cancelled due to severe weather.
*NOTE: Work consists of natural or cultural resource field stewardship. Potential hazards include transit by boat, the use of hand tools, carrying moderate weight, working in varied terrain, dense brush, thorns, poison ivy, and/or ticks. Tasks may include data collection, clearing vegetation, debris, and/or trash, consolidating cut material into bags or piles, carrying materials, planting, trail clearing and/or light maintenance. Work may be conducted in extreme heat or cold.
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Saturday, February 24, 2018 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM (EST)
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The mission of the Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park is to make the Boston Harbor Islands system—with opportunities for education, recreation, and restful solitude within an urban area—an integral part of the life of the region and the nation by protecting the islands and their associated resources while at the same time improving public knowledge and access.
The Natural Resource Partnerships Team is directed to maintain, restore, and/or preserve the cultural and natural resources of the park. To that end the Resource Stewardship Team plans projects that incorporate a robust cadre of local volunteers to help manage and protect important natural and historic features with the park.


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I have always loved candles. There is something so relaxing about striking a match or turning the wheel of a lighter and putting the flame to a wick, then filling your space with a warm, ambient glow and beautiful fragrance. I used to be one of those people who bought $3 candles from the dollar store and collect millions of them, but I have come to understand the scents I truly love and now stick to buying a select few good quality candles. I hope you enjoy my collection as much as I have enjoyed collecting it!
Sweet, Vanilla Scents
-Merry Cookie (Bath & Bodyworks)
-Vanilla Bean (Bath & Bodyworks)
-Vanilla Snowflake (Bath & Bodyworks)
-Warm Apple Pie – Mini (Bath & Bodyworks)
Merry Cookie – Mini (Bath & Bodyworks)
Floral Scents
-Honolulu (Dusk) – Franjipani Scented
-Fresh Cut Lilac (Bath & Bodyworks)
Fresh Scents
-Light My Fire (Typo)
-Dusk Candle (unnamed, smells exactly like the Typo one)
-Relaxation (Dusk)
Musky Scents
-Manhattan – Little Black Dress (Glasshouse)
I keep all my candles in my bedside table shelf, so they don't get too hot.
What's your favourite candle scent?
Check out my recent posts; September Favourites & October Bullet Journal
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'The Epic 4G is a surprisingly thin slider phone at 4.9 by 3.5 by .56 inches (HWD) and 5.46 ounces. '
'This Android 2.1 phone comes ready to battle the powerful Evo 4G with it gorgeous Super AMOLED display and one of the most comfortable physical keyboards we've used on a mobile device.'
'The Samsung Epic 4G is one of the best phones we've tested to date, and it's certainly the best Galaxy S model. '
'Out of the Galaxy phones I've tested, the Epic 4G is definitely the best, and it's certainly one of the top Android phones available. '
'The Nokia N900 includes Skype and Google Talk clients integrated into the phone application and the messaging interface is excellent.'
'The smartphone will also be capable of video and audio playback, and offers up to 32GB of internal storage as well as a microSD memory slot capable of holding 16GB cards.'
'Its bulk combined with its black body gives the impression of a serious, serious phone and not one that will draw attention with flashy colors or cute design. '
'The Cliq, with Motorola's Motoblur software for gathering information from social networks, is a decidedly consumer-friendly phone that makes the Droid feel deadly serious in comparison. '
'The keyboard is decent-- a good thing for a social networking and messaging oriented phone.'
'reliable mobile Web experience'
'And despite the sliding keyboard, the phone still feels fairly slim. '
'For such a groundbreaking device, the N95's looks, at first glance, are that of an ordinary Nokia slider phone.'
'the Nokia N95 is one smart phone that just doesn't measure up, especially if you consider all the features in its minute size.'
'The keypad is very well designed, with a nice hump to each row of keys that made them easy for multi-tap typing.'
'5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss autofocus lens, a 2.6" QVGA display and a two way slider'
Solidly constructed
A full QWERTY keyboard
Solid performance
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|Nigel Daniels, product manager for Waratek, is a Java application expert. Mr. Daniels has held key technical positions at the IBM Hursley Software Development Laboratory, was Head of the Innovation Technology Centre at Design London, and founded consulting firm Routes to Value. He holds an MBA from Henley Management College, an MSc in Object-Oriented Software Engineering from Brighton University and is a PRINCE 2 Practitioner.
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|Traditional approaches to application protection including static code analysis, application best practices and network devices such as web application firewalls are unable to keep up with Java threats. A new approach is needed that provides what analyst firm Gartner calls Run-time Application Self Protection or RASP. In this session Mr. Daniels will present a new model for protecting Java applications from the inside out by putting security in the Java Virtual Machine. He will explain how this method can detect and block external attacks like SQL Injection, protect against zero day vulnerabilities in application code and provide virtual patching until critical security patches can be applied.
|2014 JVM Language Summit, Oracle Corporation, Santa Clara Campus
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|Wednesday, July 30, 2014, 2:45 PM PDT
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About JVM Language Summit
The 2014 JVM Language Summit is an open technical collaboration among language designers, compiler writers, tool builders, runtime engineers and VM architects. The conference will feature three days of technical presentations and conversations about programming languages and the JVM. As well as talks by numerous visiting language experts, OpenJDK engineers and other Java luminaries.
About Waratek
Waratek makes Java enterprise applications more secure and easier to manage. The Waratek Application Security for Java platform provides transparent, run-time application self-protection against business logic and network layer threats. The Waratek CloudVM enables organizations to deploy multiple Java apps on a single server within Cloud or datacenter environments to dramatically reduce operating costs. Waratek is a SWIFT Innotribe Top Global Innovator and Gartner Cool Vendor in Application and Integration Platforms. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with offices in London, New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Taipei and Seoul. For further information please visit www.waratek.com.
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The Loyola Meralco Sparks may have settled for a 2-2 draw against Myanmar club Kanbawza FC Sunday night, but it was still enough for the United Football League squad to book a semifinals ticket in the 2012 Singapore Cup at the Jelan Besar Stadium.
The Sparks won the two-legged quarterfinals on an aggregate score of 5-3 after notching a 3-1 victory in the first leg last Thursday.
Team captain James Younghusband scored a goal at the 25th minute before midfielder Jake Morallo hit the back of the net at the 37th minute to give the Sparks a comfortable 2-0 lead at halftime.
But Kanbawza clawed back in the match, as Samuel Hanson sank a goal at the 60th minute.
Loyola star striker Phil Younghusband then subbed out because of an injury at the 64th minute, enhancing Kanbawza's chances.
But the Myanmar side had a difficult time attacking the Loyola's defense, with midfielder Anto Gonzales disrupting Kanbawza attacks in the midfield. But Kanbawza finally buried another goal at the 93rd minute to force a draw, which was not enough to keep them from elimination.
The Sparks will face defending S.League champion Tampines Rovers FC led by Singapore football star Aleksandar Duric in the semis.
The victory marks a historic feat for Loyola, which became the first Philippine club to join and reach the semifinals of the annual Singapore Cup, which features S.League squads and foreign teams.


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I knew I was an adult when I started to save for stuff. Pah to the feather allergyReplyDelete
Home furnishings will always get you in the end. I am currently saving for a rug!!! I use dermalogica as I have very sensitive skin and this is the only thing that works for me.ReplyDelete
This sounds amazing xReplyDelete
Oh no, that's rubbish that your pillows did that. I adore my duck down pillows. I've just bought the Bioderma Micellar water, but haven't tried anything else from the range. I suffer from really dry and dehydrated skin, so I would be tempted to try this when I run out of my current cleanser. I'm guessing it can be used on the body too which would be helpful.ReplyDelete
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I have allergies too and can't use feather bedding. I'v not heard of this brand before so will try it. I usually use Clarins as it doesn't make my skin react, but it's quite pricey.ReplyDelete
I had a similar issue with feather pillows, I found out in a hotel (feather pillows & comforter), I woke up the next day broken out in hives & all stuffed up. Now every time I go to a hotel I have to make sure that they replace all the feather items! I definitely need to look into this for my super sensitive skin!ReplyDelete
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Oh I love a good feather pillow I did not know that could happen :-( hope it is 100% gone now xReplyDelete
Hope the reaction has gone down. Always great to find a good alternative to aqueous as it can be greasy and thick.ReplyDelete
Nice Review, thanks! :)ReplyDelete
i only tried the classic micellair water but this one sounds so lovely. my skin is quite dry and i'm on the hunt for a more gentle cleanser and this one sounds lovely.ReplyDelete


text: I'm a big fan of Japanese artist Mari Inukai for her colorful and imaginative characters who are so adorably drawn with a nice bite. Does that even make sense? It does. Trust me. Munky King is offering her AKUMA TENSHI piece ($400) from the gallery's DIY Pusher Show, which featured custom designed and original pieces based on Thomas Han's PUSHER toy.


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Sunday, April 30, 2006
2 Comments:
- Ansku said...
Ich wünsche dir auch eine gute Walpurgisnacht!
ps: what was the picture you had earlier on this post? It was interesting. I like the current one too.
- Tapio Kotkavuori said...
Hallo Ansku,
The previous picture was Bosch's painting on death. I thought it captured pretty well what "Vappu" can look and feel like at times, but I decided to put something more traditional in the blog, after all :-)


text: Long before its namesake Flyte Tyme Productions- spearheaded by Jimmy Jam Harris and Terry Lewis- handled high-profile albums for Janet Jackson, New Edition, and Mariah Carey, there was simply Flyte Tyme. The pliable Minneapolis outfit, originating in the early '70s as Wars of Armageddon, did more that just morph into the Morris Day-fronted rival band to Prince's Revolution in 1984 concert film sensation Purple Rain. Years earlier, Flyte Tyme's machinations had given voice to "Funkytown," in loosing talented St. Paul native Cynthia Johnson to her turn with hit-fabricating studio concoction Lipps Inc.


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Republicans Spread the Holiday HATE By Trying to KILL MEDICARE for Christmas
- " In fiscal cliff negotiations, the only specific proposal Republicans have made to date is demanding $600 billion in Medicare cuts over ten years by denying Medicare coverage to Americans during their first two years of eligibility by raising the eligibility age to 67. Because the elderly are prone to chronic conditions like cancer and diabetes which can be treated more effectively, and less expensively, with early diagnosis and intervention, it makes little fiscal sense to deny coverage to people aged 65 and 66. The result will lead to more severe infirmities, higher Medicare costs, and early death which may be the Republicans ulterior motive and another means of cutting Medicare costs over the long haul.
If Republicans are serious about cutting Medicare costs, they should look at expenditures for unnecessary care, and fraudulent billing for care that is given. Of course, that means Republicans will have to address overtreatment that boosts corporate profits, and especially unnecessary procedures that can lead to pain, disability, and even death in older Americans. Republicans have rejected attempts to rein in unnecessary treatment in the past, and ironically, they used the government-imposed death panels argument to ward off attempts to control excessive treatment when the reality is seniors often suffer ill-effects of profit-driven overtreatment.
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Medicare needs adjustments to account for the certain rise in participants as the population ages, but there are other means than raising the eligibility age. Since Medicares inception in 1965, the survival rate for older Americans increased by 13%, and if more Americans are forced to fend for themselves between age 65 and 67, the death rate is sure to rise with the eligibility age. As it is now, senior citizens participating in the Medicare program spend on average $4,600 per year in out-of-pocket medical expenses which is a major outlay for seniors surviving on meager Social Security retirement income. That amount is significantly higher for older Americans who are severely or chronically ill, and their numbers will explode if they put-off early detection and treatment by waiting two extra years before they are eligible for Medicare enrollment. One fact that is lost on Republicans is that by age 65, Americans bodies are worn out after working at physically demanding jobs that makes postponing medical care a tortuous proposition.
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Americans already are more productive, work harder, longer, and are paid less than their counterparts in most industrialized nations, and yet the Republican remedy to deficit reduction is forcing them to go without medical care until they are 67 and choose between overpriced healthcare or food and shelter. A couple of weeks ago, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein said Americans would have to work longer and entitlements have to be slowed down, and yet if Blankfein spent a lifetime doing manual labor and then two years without healthcare when he most needed it, he may have an entirely different outlook.
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Response to Segami (Original post)
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 12:39 PM
macwriter (65 posts)
1. And the math doesn't make sense, either
One thing that is overlooked in the discussion is that younger seniors -- 65-67 -- in the system makes it more financially solvent since seniors need more health services as they age. If we reduced the Medicare age to 55 as was discussed during the health care debate Medicare would be financially sound for generations to come. This move by the GOP is simply -- as Nancy Pelosi said -- a trophy to compensate for caving on tax hikes. Shame on all of them.
Response to macwriter (Reply #1)
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 12:50 PM
tryingtounderstand (4 posts)
3. I don't understand
How does adding millions of american to Medicare make it more financially stable? I am not trying to be sarcastic jusy trying to understand. That sounds like a totally painless solution and if it works I am not sure why everyone wouldn't be for it.
Response to tryingtounderstand (Reply #3)
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 01:15 PM
macwriter (65 posts)
4. I could be wrong but...
I have watched some debates on this and the argument is younger people paying premiums to buy Medicare coverage before age 65 would not only bring in income to the Medicare Trust but also cost the system less per person because they are healthier. At least that's the theory.
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Tue Dec 11, 2012, 03:48 PM
tryingtounderstand (4 posts)
7. better check how the system works
I am not sure that's how the system works. People pay into medicare through payroll deductions and start receiving benefits later. Lowing the eligibility age would make matter worse.
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Tue Dec 11, 2012, 02:19 PM
DURHAM D (26,888 posts)
5. Are you making the claim that Paul Ryan wants to lower the Medicare age to 55?
ETA: "What's wrong with Paul Ryan's idea. Everyone 55 and older get's the deal that a 65 year old gets today?"
Response to DURHAM D (Reply #5)
Tue Dec 11, 2012, 03:45 PM
tryingtounderstand (4 posts)
6. no I am not
I am saying Ryans plan to keep the status quo for those 55 and older while giving thouse under 55 time to plan to work a little longer before they receive benifits makes sense. I haven't heard any other idea that doesn't eventually bankrupt medicare.
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Tue Dec 11, 2012, 03:51 PM
forestpath (3,102 posts)
8. And no REAL Democratic Party push back against them, why?


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See the above tabs for direct information, or the slideshow to the right for some recent pictures of the brotherhood, including many from our Parents Formal at Farmington Country Club on April 8th, 2016.
A Word from current Beta President, Chase Ciotti:
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Saints Row: The Third Discussion
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It is basically just a package containing the base game + DLCs.
No special version, the latest trainer should work just fine.
I think the problem might be that people like myself have the low violence version. And others have the uncut version which might explain why the trainer may not work. Caliber are you able to look into this problem.
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The game always crashed when I was using the latest version of the trainer, but it works fine if I use the trainer "10. SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD TRAINER (DX9+DX11)" for the unpatched version. WTF!?
UPDATE: Well, but the trainer options don't seem to work for whatever reason. This really sucks!!!
[Edited by TenshiRyu, 1/20/2015 5:35:13 AM]
Still might be something on your end. Other posters reported it working in 2013 (a few posts back) and there is no reported update by Steam since early 2012.
Make sure your AV and firewall are disabled or it's added to your Exlusions and run the trainer As Admin. If it is a different version, it will not work. Steam lists patches for it in 2012 and the trainer worked when I last played it early last year.
Might also take a look at the Troubleshooting list here:
EDIT: reduced violence version is the problem. I don't post a link here so the admins won't getting upset, but look on steam for a post named "SR3 missing game executable's fix!!!!! + no saves fix!" and problem will be solved ...
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So I have gone and tried 1 that was suggested, but it don't like Windows 10 at all even if setting it's version
So far Number 10 back to 6 crash when try to launch them, now for no:5
Now I have tried them all.
All crash on execute, bar Number 1.
No matter the windows version and so on.
So will try a couple of things in hope.
On the Version issue, The Low Violence ones are Aus Ger and those types.
US, US and the like are the full version.
My EXE is 18.104.22.168 And it's the steam pack, Everything SR3.
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It was a mixed day for the Miami Dolphins on Sunday after they defeated the visiting Arizona Cardinals but lost Ryan Tannehill for an unclear amount of time after injuring his knee.
Dan Le Batard thinks Miami's season is over, however he was also operating under the assumption Tannehill had a torn ACL and was done for the season as of his show's airing this morning. A recent update by Adam Gase indicates it was ACL and MCL sprains but that he's out indefinitely.
"One of the issues with him becomes… you cant get rid of him until you have someone better and you can't have someone better until you get rid of him," Dan Le Batard said on his radio show this morning (beginning of local hour). "That's the place where they're stuck. It's kind of where the Bengals are with Andy Dalton because you're going to now see how much you need that quarterback and its going to be unpleasant for the rest of the season and the season's over. The season ended yesterday.
"So I can't think of a way for a Dolphins win to be more debilitating… You know it's over right? You know it's over. You're not clinging to it may be a bounce here, maybe a bounce there, and Gronk… you know it's over, right?"
While Tannehill's injury certainly makes them worse, Matt Moore is among the more experienced and capable backups in football. They certainly can still make the playoffs and the season isn't over even if Tannehill's is.
Moore ruined our Suck for Luck campaign during his last stint as starter in 2011, when he threw for 2,497 yards and 16 touchdowns in 13 games, leading Miami to a 6-6 record as a starter. He ranked 15th in the NFL in Total QBR that year.
The bad: He's way more turnover-prone than Tannehill, tossing nine interceptions and fumbling nine times that same season, with a career interception percentage of 3.6 percent compared to Tannehill's 2.5 percent.
Playing into Miami's favor is the remaining schedule, with games against the lackluster Jets and Bills on deck, although they're both on the road. Then it's a Week 17 clash against the Patriots, a team that could be in rest mode by then.


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Sunday, June 10, 2012
Master Bedroom: Before..
We're getting a new bed in a few weeks!! So excited!
The carpet, fittings and other assorteds will come later, but I just took a couple of quick pics today before AB dismantled the bed so we can compare later :)
We haven't done much to this room since we moved in ( in 2007 ) .. in fact, here's a pic I took after we just moved in ... showing of the fabulous carpet, and with old-lady curtains..
Typical of the era, we also have no storage in this room .. no wardrobes, no nuffin'
What you can't see in this pic is the total mountain of crap behind me .. mounds of shoes, chairs loaded with discarded clothes, paintcans from the recent painting, paperwork, receipts, books, mags .. the usual debris you'd find in the house of the not-so-tidy and very-busy-and-tired type peeps that describes us.
So, AB is out in the garage atm sanding back the varnish from our marital bed.
We're painting it bright red and it's going in the boy's room.
Yes, they are going to share a bed for a while, they do anyway.. squooshed into a KS single. I don't care if you think it's weird, it works for us.
I'll be "de-baby-fying" their room and am going with a red & teal theme.
Red Bed, Teal bedside tables, a teal map of the world and little airplanes i've sourced to stick on the map places they have visited in the world.
I'm hoping I might get back into blogging for ME again, and feel very enthused about house things again, so at the very least i'll be updating on the before&after front. Babysteps :)
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Labels: bedroom, decorating, home, house, master bedroom, renovating
5 comments:
- Melody said...
Gosh! A post. And now I get the whole 'gonna paint my bed red' thing. Nice one.
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- Janet Palmer said...
I want your new/ old bed lol
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- h&b said...
It's a bit .. um .. creaky .. after too many housemoves Janet .. ha ha .. will be fine for the kids though ;)
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- Mary said...
So happy you are back !
And love that the boys share a bed - love.
- 4:01 pm
- Aprill said...
Can't wait to see the final result. Also looking forward to getting a bit of you on the blog, too. :)
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Name Change From Federated Department Stores, Inc. Requires
Shareholder Approval
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2007--Federated Department
Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FD) (NYSE Arca:FD) and NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE:NYX)
today announced that Federated shares will begin trading under the
ticker symbol "M" on the New York Stock Exchange, effective June 1,
2007, assuming shareholders approve a corporate name change in
association with Federated's Annual Meeting on May 18, 2007.
Given the availability of the simplified, single-letter ticker
symbol, Federated's Board of Directors will ask shareholders to
approve a corporate name change to Macy's, Inc. instead of Macy's
Group, Inc., as previously announced.
"Macy's and Bloomingdale's are leading brands known worldwide,"
said Terry J. Lundgren, Federated's chairman, president and chief
executive officer. "Changing the parent company name to Macy's, Inc.,
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simple and clear for all investors to understand we are a brand-driven
and consumer-oriented company. Macy's represents about 90 percent of
the revenue of our corporation, and this is another important
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Federated's shares have traded under the ticker symbol "FD" since
About Federated
Federated, with corporate offices in Cincinnati and New York, is
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Canadian chanteuse Alanis Morissette and actor Woody Harrelson arrive together at the free Paul McCartney gig on Wednesday at Amoeba Records on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles, Calif.
Currently, McCartney is promoting his new album "Memory Almost Full," which debuted on the U.S Billboard chart at No. 3.
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Kolkata: At least 12 people went missing after an overcrowded boat capsized in the Hooghly River in West Bengal's Burdwan district, while search operations continued late into the day, officials said on Sunday.
The incident happened late Saturday night near Kalna in Burdwan when the boat was on its way to Shantipur in Nadia district.
Alleging delays in rescue operations, local people resorted to rioting and set afire at least five boats and stoned policemen resulting to at least two of the security personnel sustaining inquires.
"So far we have received reports of 12 people missing, five from Kalna in Burdwan and seven from Nadia. Some more people have been claimed to be missing. We are verifying those claims," said Nadia District Magistrate Vijay Bharti.
Bharti attributed "overcrowding" behind the boat capsizing.
Locals, however, claimed over 50 have drowned.
"The boat had over 100 passengers including many children. The boat capsized around 11 p.m. but police came only in the morning and the rescue operation started late in the afternoon. Over 50 people have drowned," claimed a local man.
Angered by the delays in rescue work, people set on fire several boats in Shantipur`s Nrisinghapur Ghat jetty and stoned policeman, injuring at least two security personnel.
Police fired several tear gas shells to disperse the crowd and detained at least 20 of the protestors.
The administration denied any delay.
"There was no delay in the rescue work and the law and order situation that arose was due to some other reason. The administration acted swiftly to restore peace. Two policemen have sustained injuries," added Bharti.
A 54-member team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) too joined the rescue operation.
State minister Swapan Debnath too denied the charge of delay.
"Rescue operation began as soon as the administration got the news. Already several people have been rescued. At the behest of their political masters, some people are making false accusations," he said after visiting the accident site.


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`Beefy' Botham is bowled over by his knighthoodNovember 14th, 2007 - 2:02 am ICT by admin
Sir Ian Botham said his investiture by the Queen was 'mind blowing'
However, according to the Daily Mail, he revealed that he has yet to be addressed as Sir Beefy after the nickname he acquired during his career as one of England's greatest Test cricketers.
The all-rounder captained his country and finished as England's leading Test wicket-taker with 383 victims and more than 5,000 Test runs.
Now 51, he was honoured for his services to sport and to charity, having raised millions of pounds for Leukaemia Research through long-distance walks.
Sir Ian, who was joined by his wife Kathy and grandchildren Regan, 13, and nine-year-old James, said: "The Queen does like her cricket, but we just talked about the Leukaemia Research Fund."
"I've had some great moments in sport and other walks of life, but nothing matches this," Botham was quoted as saying after receiving his knighthood. (ANI)
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