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It seems like open season on leopards. Over the last month, leopards accused of attacking people in states as far apart as Haryana, Maharashtra and Orissa, have been killed by hysteric mobs.
On the afternoon of Dec 18, 2010, a leopard is said to have attacked three farmers in a village near Gurgaon, Haryana. Panicky villagers hammered it with iron rods and lathis and finally, one of them shot it dead.
Another midday drama unfolded on Jan 9, 2011 in the town of Karad, Maharashtra. A child is reported to have spotted a leopard sitting atop a house. When a crowd of people gathered, the cat snuck into an empty building. Instead of trapping it inside by barricading the doorway, the mob stoned it. With no secure place to hide, the cat charged out and in the ensuing melee, six people were injured. The police chased it with lathis and fired in the air. A man stepped out of a bar, collided with the fleeing leopard and down they went. A police official rushed forward and shot the leopard dead before the man was seriously injured.
A couple of days later, on Jan 13, 2011 a leopard was spotted in a forest plantation about 5 km from Bhubaneswar, Orissa. But before forest officials could arrive, a mob beat it to death reportedly instigated by a local television reporter who wanted dramatic visuals.
Conservationists have urged the National Board for Wildlife, the National Tiger Conservation Authority and the Ministry of Environment and Forests to take action against the people involved. But why do such incidents occur?
In virtually all the cases reported by the press, the leopards were provoked to attack; left alone, they would have quietly skulked away. But how does one prevent an excitable mob from harassing a cornered animal? Imposition of curfew until the animal is safely out of the way is one option. The other is for the Police and Forest Departments to start working in tandem. The former controls the crowd providing the space for the latter to either trap or tranquilize the animal. However, the local Forest Department outpost has to have the skilled personnel and appropriate tools handy for the success of such an operation.
Why do such situations arise in the first place? It is often surmised that leopards are "straying" into villages and towns because infrastructure projects such as dams and mines are depriving them of home and prey. To prevent more such tragic episodes from occurring, some activists have called for the restoration of connectivity between forest fragments and a stop to all further forest loss. While these are inherently sound conservation goals, the question is: can they prevent the collision between people and leopards?
In order to manage conflict, you need to know what is causing it. Fortunately, we've learned a few lessons from studies conducted by the leopard researcher, Vidya Athreya in the agricultural fields of Junnar and Akole districts in Maharashtra.
Contrary to widespread belief, here, where there is virtually no forest at all, it is not the absence of prey inside forests but the abundance of feral animals in the countryside that encourages leopards (and other carnivores such as wolves and hyenas) to live with humans. It is futile to manage leopards in this kind of landscape without first cleaning up the garbage, controlling the numbers of stray dogs and feral pigs and securing livestock in paddocks for the night (which the Akole people do and there is no conflict). Elsewhere, when villagers report that leopards are prowling through their fields, the Forest Department hauls the animals away to a forest. Randomly picking up big cats from villages and dropping them in forests actually causes a very real threat to human life.
In Junnar, in the early 2000s, when leopards that had not hurt anyone were preemptively captured and relocated, they began attacking people. We do not yet fully understand why a seemingly benign action should have such a dramatic consequence. Despite evidence, relocating leopards still remains the management tool of choice.
Forests are finite repositories of big cats. As juvenile leopards reach adulthood, these highly territorial animals need to find new land to claim as their own. It is only natural that they explore adjoining agricultural areas where there is food and shelter. If left unmolested, they may settle down to live with humans without causing a problem.
The irrigation projects of the mid 1980s changed cropping patterns in this part of Maharashtra; tall, dense sugarcane stands began to dominate the landscape. This is also the time when the locals say that leopards began to live amongst them. Yet, over the last twenty years, the people suffered little anxiety. Astonishingly, leopards are even hunting in Akole town because of the concentration of stray dogs and feral pigs. Studying situations such as this, we've learnt that leopards are quite at home in the absence of forest and wild prey. Further insights into the lives and needs of these cats that live with humans will enable better management of leopard-man conflict in the future.


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ANNOUNCING: Change is part of life, and apparently, it's part of blogging, too. As of September 5, 2013, I'm merging The Virtual Goody Plate with Disco Mom Takes on the World and whatever else may henceforth spill from my fingertips (and kitchen), into one great new blog. I hope you'll join me there in exclaiming, "THIS IS AWESOMELAND."
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
My kids love chocolate chips thrown into most muffins and breads. And I am happy to oblige. Why not? Especially with these - hello, whole wheat flour! Whole wheat flour, and cinnamon chips (optional but amazing!), and chocolate chips and either rum or coconut extract?! So awesome. Either one adds a very subtle but yummo flavor everyone you know will love.
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins (print recipe)
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
2/3 cup sugar
1 cup mashed bananas, about 2 medium
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/8 to 1/4 butter rum or coconut flavor, optional
1/3 cup milk
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat or white whole wheat flour
3/4 cup chocolate chips
1 cup chopped toasted walnuts or pecans, optional
1 cup cinnamon chips, optional
1. Preheat the oven to 350. Lightly grease 12 to 14 standard muffin cups.
2. Beat the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the banana, then the egg, flavorings, and milk. Add the baking powder, baking soda, salt and flours, stirring until smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips, nuts and cinnamon chips.
3. Heap the thick batter into the prepared muffin cups, mounding them quite full; you'll make 14 muffins if you've used all three add-ins. Bake the muffins 20 to 23 minutes, until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove the muffins from the oven and transfer them to a wire rack to cool. Makes 12 to 14 muffins.
Recipe from King Arthur Flour
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Can High Heels REALLY Make You Fat? [VIDEO]
I hate to be the bearer of bad news on a Monday. I mean, the Bills lost, it rained on and off all weekend, and, worst of all, Buffalo Fashion Week is over for another year. Then again, there's that disturbing headline up there, and one of the medical TV shows asking the serious question. I guess we need to look into this.
The show in questions is The Doctors, and here's their look at the question:
On one hand, there seems to be a lot of medical evidence. Then again, Dr. Masterson, as required by law, admitted that she had a type of shoe that just happened to solve the problem. So, do high heels really make you fat? The judges' decision:
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Well... I feel bad that I haven't posted anything for any of the comics I'm involved with because I was on my last legs with a terrible flu (even though I didn't get it half as bad as my sister did). I'm feeling loads better even though I still have the coughs and hacks and wheezes. I'm also still mostly deaf but I promise that I will catch up on stuff and try to post a comic for each and every comic I'm in. This will probably happen sometime this week (if I work myself to death) but I strongly think it will most likely happen this weekend (school still takes precedence over everything else).


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Editor's Note: We know nothing about making a commercial shoe polish or floor polish from banana peels or leaves. Sorry.
Add the banana peel with the hair dye. (09/07/2007)
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Going back to your basic organic chemistry. They contain organic substances known as esters.(search google as web search engine, use keyword esters. There you would fine the complete explanation about esters and ethyl) It is similar to the term fats and oils, there are good fats and oils and bad fats and oil.
Going back to your banana peel. The peel or skin gets its natural color from the sun and soil minerals producing natural skin oil like your skin. This essential oil is called in science as ethyl buterate, like your ethyl alcohol made from sugar cane (hydroxy groups) another is distillation process see also distillation keyword and essential oils.
One could synthesize oils and flavoring from just about any fruits, trees, or even leaves. There are boundless resources and derivatives in nature that already been discovered yet undisclosed to us in public. Source Naturally Occurring substance. See also National Geographic and Discovery Channel and Wonders of science and the Scientific world. See also encyclopaedia. Ok. Average_avg-widgets (03/15/2008)
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It takes different people different amounts of time to move on. I have concluded that moving on from a relationship can be amazingly easy or devilishly difficult depending on your emotional connection at the time of its conclusion.
Often you leave a relationship because you are suffocating but you may leave a relationship because you feel you are drowning in totally unchartered emotional waters. I have never been a strong swimmer, physically or emotionally, however, when I love people but I know that right at that point I cannot be with them then I will even swim away from them to save both of us despite the fact that every stroke is breaking my heart and making my arms heavier than lead. The constant love makes me move in ungainly strokes that may just achieve my objectives.
It does not matter how far away I get, I will never forget them. And those memories must remain private. Intrusion into their current life is not an act of love.
I know that time and circumstances change people, however, I believe that some attractions remain true despite the distance or the time. The important thing is to know if they are valid for both people in the relationship, otherwise it really is time to complete the moving on exercise.
Sometimes, even when we cannot see the way out, we have to step away from where we are and keep moving forwards. I have done this. It was not without pain, but it was easier than I had imagined for all the time I was emotionally disabled and over compromised. I stepped forward and found a window that led to happiness.
This is an extract from some of my thoughts once I was free to be myself … to be different to whom I was pretending to be and to accept that I wanted something different in my life. I wanted the pleasure of love and desire. I wanted to be free from emotional disability; I wanted to be able to express all of me – if I wanted to.
Like dormant volcanoes you can stay silent for so long but the eruption into life will come eventually. When a person is continually denied self-expression they will either give up and die or stand up and fight for their life: I chose to fight.
I experienced living in an oasis of self-belief when I was alone with my friends or some members of my family. The travelling time to them was blissful. That should not have been the case. The return journey always saw tension stabbing its way into my neck and shoulders as I anticipated my cold welcome back.
One day I just said that it was over and I needed 'something different' in my life.
An unsent letter to … my ex.
When I told you of my decision to end our relationship it was almost as much of a shock for me hearing it out aloud as it must have been for you hearing it at all. Although I know that we both knew for a long time that neither of us was happy. I have lacked honesty in dealing with my feelings towards you and for that I'm sorry. You deserve better. You deserve to know the facts.
… My desire is to desire and experience the desire … It was though I had been voluntarily drugged (I craved simple and mutual love and desire and I found it elsewhere) and each time my fix started to wear off I went back for more.
Everything has its due time and our partnership has run its course. The good times were there in the past but now 'I need something different.'
I need to be me.
So, this is my advice to you, dear reader – these things I have learnt from plenty of experience: don't become lost in your own life. If you ever feel the desperation for change make sure you address it because you could, like me, deny yourself so much that you empower other people to take control over you. Then you will never have the experience of peace, and love is no longer an element of the relationship. The only thing that you are sharing is a sense of suffocation in a daily nightmare.
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Tawny Frogmouth trio.
These three birds were in a gum tree in our yard all day Saturday. We don't know when they arrived, as they don't make any sound, so they could have been up there for a day or two. We wouldn't have known because they blend into the tree bark so well, but Ken spotted a lot of bird droppings in one spot on the path, looked up to see where it came from, and saw the owls! I took my photos from the only available angles; it was bright sunshine and I could only really get on one side of the tree. Unfortunately the neighbours were having a rowdy party that didn't end until 10pm, and when we looked out that night, the owls had gone, and they didn't come back on Sunday.
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The phase begins by including 'database.inc', which is a database abstraction layer allowing developers to use different database servers with the same code base. One of the functions defined by this library is the db_set_active() function, which is invoked by the bootstrap database phase. This function is used to activate a database used by queries in later phases or during page building and rendering. The function begins by checking if the global variable $db_url is empty. Recall that in the phase #1 - DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_CONFIGURATION, this variable is set to the value specified in settings.php unless it is still set to the default string of 'mysql://username:password@localhost/databasename'. In that case, $db_url is simply set to empty string ''. This would indicate a first time installation, and as a result the 'install.inc' file would be included and user redirected to install.php.
Assuming installation had been previously completed, the function proceeds to set $db_conns associative array and initializes a connection to the database specified by the URL. It first determines the connection URL based on the named connection provided to the function as an argument. For the bootstrap phase, no argument is provided and consequently the named connection is set to 'default'. It is interesting to note that an array of connections can be defined in settings.php by defining $db_url as an associative array of key values where the keys are the named connections and the values are the connection URL's. This would be the case where multiple database servers are used to manage content for a site. Drupal expects one of the key values to be named 'default', however. The database type is then extracted from the URL and stored in $db_type global variable. For this example, you can assume that MYSQL is the specified type and therefore 'mysql' would be stored in the variable. Based on the type, the appropriate handler code is then included (again, for this example it would be 'database.mysql.inc'). This file contains the actual code to interface to the specified database.
A connection to the database is then initialized using the handler's db_connect() function using the URL as an argument. This function parses the URL into an array of components (i.e., scheme, host, username, password, and path). It then validates that the specified database type is supported by PHP. Finally, if the given URL contains URL-encoded info, it is then decoded.
A new connection is then opened using the parsed information previously extracted from the URL. If connection to the database was not successful, or if database name not present then Drupal redirects to an error page and terminates.
If everything was successful up until this point, utf8 character encoding support is enabled for this database connection. The connection resource type is then returned to db_set_active() to be assigned to $db_conns static associative array for the specified named connection ('default' for bootstrap phase). The $previous_name variable is set to the name of the previously active connection. In our case this is set to false as there is no previously active connection at this stage of the bootstrap process. The static $active_name is then set to the name of the current connection. Next the global $active_db variable is set with the current connection resource type identifier, which can then be used to execute various DB queries to handle the page request. Finally, the $previous_name variable is returned to the bootstrap function. This return value would be useful for situations where there was a pre-existing DB connection and one wanted to switch to another connection to perform certain actions and then restore the original one once completed. For the bootstrap phase, there shouldn't be a pre-existing connection and the return value is simply discarded.
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Where are the directions?
Do you feel like you're waiting for your "real" life to begin? I know a lot of people feel like this. There are countless books, songs, poems, and blogs about this. I know I feel like this. As a graduate student for, well, for forever, I always thought my life would start after I graduated. Only, I never graduated with my Ph.D. I got married. Some probably think their life starts when they get married. Only, this was my second marriage. And my husband is in the navy. Which means he's gone all the time. So now, I'm waiting for my life and my marriage to really start. I realized I'm going to turn 34 years old this year. That used to be mid-life. Now, I plan on living to 120, but still, the fact that still have no idea what is going on this late in the game, it is sobering. I want to do something, but I honestly have no idea what. I can't even manage to get a decent job (stupid, healthy teachers). When I was very young, I wanted to be a writer. But this blog has proven, pretty clearly, that this was just a mis-guided dream. So what now? Thoughts? Suggestions? Maps? Anyone?
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- Paul Pincus said...
Trust me, life does not start when you get married!...if anything, it bloody ends! Seriously, I have friends who are 38 years old and still "can't decide," on what to do...you've just got to do something and if that doesn't click, do something else.
Your posts are funny and insightful.
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Postcard From Tom: In Mexico City, restaurants favor the authentic approach
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Here's what three recent days in Mexico City taught this food lover: Some of the top restaurants are open only for lunch.
Tourists are the only ones who tend to eat dinner before 9 p.m. ("Seven-thirty doesn't exist here," jokes Nicholas Gilman, the author of the well-regarded "Good Food in Mexico City" and a generous guide during my stay.)
If you like to debate, bring up the subject of pork tacos. Everyone seems to have a favorite source and is quick to defend it. (My pick of the pack: the always-hopping El Califa, at Altata 22 in Condesa.)
You can eat extraordinarily well for very little money. Zingy with red chili, cool with pineapple and served on a just-made corn tortilla, that pork taco at El Califa, one of many treasures I encountered in 72 hours, set me back 85 cents.
That snack illustrates the beauty of the culinary scene. "It's authentic in the sense of traditional food untouched by trends and recent outside influences," says Gilman, "and it's available here in infinite variety and at many different levels," be it a street cart or a fancy dining room. Though Mexico City has plenty of tempting trendsetters that explore other parts of the world, it differs from other great dining destinations in that globalization has yet to significantly affect the way people cook or eat here, adds the critic and blogger.
The evidence, please:
The contrast couldn't be greater: Outside Casa Mexico in the Zona Rosa sit a McDonald's and a 7-Eleven. Inside the spare white restaurant, open only since December, are dishes that rely on organic ingredients, revel in freshness and embrace the whole of the country. Dinner starts with a snack that takes me back to Oaxaca: juicy citrus segments alongside crunchy golden grasshoppers.
Over the course of the next few hours, chef Enrique Briz, 29, will repeatedly tickle my guests and me with his cooking. I recall a soup made haunting with huitlacoche, the prized corn fungus. Small tacos stuffed with wild greens and oozing fresh goat cheese. Brains nestled in a quesadilla. Shark cooked Veracruz style, fried and spiked with red chilies. Chicken, sassy with capers and tempered with raisins.
But most of all, I remember Briz's way with bone marrow, because it's the best I've ever experienced. Simply fried in olive oil and sprinkled with salt, the cubes of near-liquid fat exploded in my mouth, releasing a torrent of wicked decadence.
The joys of a meal here run through dessert. My favorite finish is a chocolate cake shot through with my preferred way of sipping through a meal in Mexico. Mezcal, it turns out, is as good on a plate as it is in a glass.
Genova 70 (in Zona Rosa); 5255-4997. Entrees $7-$12.
If you go to only one restaurant in Mexico City, make it the original El Bajio, one in a family of six like-named establishments watched over by the esteemed cookbook author Carmen (Titita) Ramirez Degollado and located in the working-class neighborhood of Azcapotzalco. Insiders claim that the oldest establishment, now in its 38th year, is the best.


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We're closing in the Rocky Mountain Civil War Roundtable's symposium. As I've mentioned before we've got good slate of presenters:
James Lee McDonough providing a Western Theater overview
Timothy Smith covering Shiloh
Kenneth Noe talking about Perryville
Matt Spruill discussing Stones River
Sam Davis Elliott presenting Alexander Stewart
We've been busy this past few weeks with last minute details. I've been pleasantly surprised with the increase in phone calls and emails about the event. I'll admit that a month ago I was starting to wonder if this might be a huge flop, but this past week I've fielded a ton of questions about the symposium. And its been questions like "where can I send my money?" These people will be there. And some of them are coming a great distance. I think some people are driving upwards of 12 hours to come to this. Now I hope it does well enough that we decide this will be an annual event. If the recent batch of new registrations is any indication this just might be an annual event.
If you're interested send me an email or a comment and I'll get some info out to you. Some forms are available on this blog, look at the right side of the screen in the section called files.
Hope to see you there.
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Our newest sock goblin from Wendy Leach…be still my heart. Larry is ready for a day at the office, can't you tell?
Larry is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 5 stamps and will sell for $9.00.
Would you like to win the new? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter's blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter's blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the 'it' blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter's Blog Hop Challenge post.
You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, April 27th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.
Last month you all fell in love with our newest line of Sock Goblins from illustrator Wendy Leach. Well this month, we are introducing you to Larry! How cute is he?? I love his little tie! The Sock Goblins are so much fun to color and can be used for any type of cards.
I had a nice little break from my colored pencils for the last few projects but it sure feels good to break them out again :)
Stamp set used: Larry (to be released 4-27-13)
Paper: Hot Fudge from MFT, Very Vanilla, DP is Year.O.Graphy by Simple Stories
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, crochet ribbon, twine, button from MFT, SU border punch, corner rounder, dimensionals, edge distressor
Thanks for coming by to meet Larry but now it's time to see what the other Trendsetters have made using this new stamp set!


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02/07/2018 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/09/2018 11:04
HyperSolar Announces Impressive Catalyst Stability for Solar Hydrogen Production
Company's proprietary low-cost 3D oxygen electrocatalyst maintains stability for over 190 hours with no loss of efficiency
SANTA BARBARA, CA - February 7, 2018 - HyperSolar, Inc. (OTCQB: HYSR), the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, announced today a significant improvement of its proprietary low-cost 3-dimensional oxygen catalyst.
The amount of hydrogen produced by water splitting is fundamentally limited by the slower oxygen half reaction. Developing an efficient and stable oxygen catalyst is an important milestone in the Company's effort to split water molecules for the production of renewable hydrogen. Recent catalyst optimization and performance testing by HyperSolar and the University of Iowa demonstrated its high efficiency oxygen catalyst working for over 190 hours, and still running without loss of efficiency. In comparison to existing state-of-the-art photo-electrochemical technologies, this represents a significant advancement in terms of stability for catalysts made of entirely inexpensive earth abundant elements.
'Solar hydrogen production is challenged by the efficiency of the catalyst and the solar cell, and the risk of their instability in the harsh water conditions of photo-electrochemical reactions,' said Dr. Joun Lee, CTO of HyperSolar.' 'This successful development of the 3D catalyst is an important milestone for achieving high hydrogen production efficiency for a long period of operation, which contributes to lowering the hydrogen production cost. We are now in the process of further proving the stability of the 3D oxygen catalyst in a fully integrated solar-to-hydrogen device. We expect the device-level stability to be over 190 hours as well since the oxygen reaction is the primary limiter of device-level performance.'
This catalyst is designed for the Company's first generation hydrogen system that uses commercially available and inexpensive amorphous triple junction silicon solar (a-Si) cells.
Tim Young, CEO of HyperSolar, commented, 'Our goal with the a-Si system is to demonstrate at least 365 hours of stable hydrogen production under intensive operating conditions. By doing so, we will have simulated one year of operating life of our technology, which we believe will make our technology commercially attractive in various hydrogen markets. We believe that 1 year of stable operation can make conventional electrolyzer-based renewable hydrogen obsolete, and open up new markets due to our lower cost.'
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Baltimore City police say they are investigating a shooting late Saturday in the Dudley Avenue area.
Police said that at 10:47 p.m., they responded to the 3300 block of Dudley Ave. for a report of a shooting and found an adult male, shot in the back and lower body.
He was transported to an area hospital.
Police did not identify the man, and there was no immediate information on his condition.
Police said detectives are investigating.
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South Bend firefighters say a person or group of people is to blame for setting several fires, causing thousands of dollars in damage and putting firefighters' lives in jeopardy.
Â?WeÂ?ve been very busy with fires ever since the first part of April," said South Bend Fire Department Battalion Chief David Maenhout.
The most recent fire Â? early Sunday morning Â? is one of more than 12 suspected arsons in the last two months.
"If there is a single person doing it or a group of people doing it we really don't know at this time,Â? South Bend Fire Chief Howard Buchanan said. Â?But we're looking at everything right now and trying to add it all up."
In April, on South BendÂ?s southwest side, fire destroyed two vacant houses with flames so intense, they also damaged a third as fire crews once again put their lives on the line.
"They go in risking their lives trying to put this fire out when somebody's having fun trying to do whatever they're trying to do to burn it up," Buchanan said.
Including, in some cases, intentional efforts to hurt them.
Â?Sometimes there are little traps that are possibly set for you to just to hurt you in certain ways,Â? he added.
Since 2006, 12 firefighters have been killed across the country in fires set on purpose. Buchanan is asking for the public's help to make sure that doesn't happen here.
"I want the neighbors to start watching the vacant houses that are in their neighborhoods and the garages and stuff to maybe see any kind of activity that they see, can give us a call and call the police that we can get somewhere and possibly catch these people," he said.
Investigators say they aren't talking specifics about any of the cases because they don't want to jeopardize their investigation.
Firefighters say they usually see more arson cases as the weather gets warmer. They are asking anyone who has any information on any recent fires in the area to call police.
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Equities in Asia were in the red after today's close following the mixed corporate earnings with some major US companies missing their forecasted earnings despite the decline of the Australian Dollar.
The Australian stock market index ASX 200 fell by 1.42 percent or 82.12 points to settle at 5,702.81 as the market's shares were mostly losers dragged by losses from its key sectors such as Banking and Mining.
In the banking sector, Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, ANZ Banking and Westpac are lower in a range of 1.1 percent to 1.4 percent.
Moreover, Cochlear and CSL were down by two percent and Ramsay Healthcare lost near two percent in the health care sector.
The mining sector also witnessed some losses with, BHP Billion down by 0.6 percent, Rio Tinto dropping nearly one percent, Newcrest Mining falling by 0.5 percent and Evolution Mining losing almost 1 percent.
Meanwhile that oil prices are near their eight week's high, Oil Search and Santos lost almost 1 percent, while Woodside Petroleum edged slightly higher.
Japanese equities were lower following the key disappointing earnings from Wall Street as well as the mixed economic data and the stronger Yen.
Retail sales for June rose by 2.1 percent below the 2.3 percent expected on its yearly basis. Meanwhile, the core consumer prices gained 0.4 percent on its yearly basis in June in line with its expectations.
Japan's Nikkei 225 dropped by 0.6 percent, or 119.8 points to end at 19,959.84.
Over the disappointing earning report that came below its forecast, Nissan settled down 4.11 percent after announcing a 12.8 percent on-year fall in operating profit for its fiscal first quarter.
The major exporters were mostly mixed with Sony down by 1 percent, Panasonic up by 0.1 percent and Canon gaining 1 percent.
Toshiba fell by almost eight percent over the speculation that the company is at a great risk of being delisted following a delay in the sale of the company's flash memory unit, in time where it has agreed to pay 2.168 billion Dollar to SCANA to exit from two incomplete nuclear projects undertaken by Toshiba subsidiary Westinghouse.
In the banking sector, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial fell by one percent and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial was mostly unchanged, while the automakers were slightly lower with Toyota down by 0.1 percent and Honda losing 0.1 percent.
Equities in China were mixed with, the Shanghai Composite closing higher by 0.13 percent, or 4.34 points at 3,254.12 and the Shenzhen Composite finished mostly flat line, up 0.129 percent, or 2.41 points, at 1,868.37.
Despite the rising oil prices Chines major energy companies' PetroChina and China Shenhua shed about 0.8 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively.
Moreover, the technology giant Tencent Holdings fell by 1.2 percent but to remain 60 higher for the year.
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Footage has been released of police teams raiding a Southport home as part of an international cyber crime probe backed by the FBI .
Bags of seized equipment can be seen being hauled from the house - one of two targeted in last night's double raid.
The images came as both 21-year-old men arrested on suspicion of supplying software to hackers were released on bail.
The one-minute video shows officers from the Titan organised crime squad examining a computer before wheeling out a case and bags of equipment from one of the two houses targeted at 7.30pm.
* Read more Southport stories here
The video appears to be from the Moreland Drive property, where one of the suspects was held as police searched the building.
The other home targeted was on Old Park Lane, in the High Park area of the resort.
Neighbours have since told of their shock at the raids taking place.
Both men were taken to separate police stations across the North West for questioning but have now been bailed pending further police enquiries.


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- Once you find a good supplier of EOs, stick with them. :) It'll be a long and happy (and healthy!) relationship.


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Grand Canyon West makes America's Got Talent appearance
Grand Canyon West has seen its profile skyrocket after the location was used as the backdrop for the introduction of America's Got Talent's first Las Vegas boot camp episode.
The episode saw 100 of the most talented performers are narrowed down to 48.
During the introduction sequence, host Nick Cannon stood atop Guano Point and said: "It's America's Got Talent and I'm here at Grand Canyon West, where the spirit of America rises, with a powerful sense of purpose and destiny."
Seven weeks ago, the seventh season premier introduction was also filmed at Guano Point.
Guano Point is one of three viewpoints at Grand Canyon West, which is owned by the Hualapai Tribe and home of the world-famous Grand Canyon Skywalk.
The first boot camp episode originally aired Monday, June 25th, 2012 from 21:00, attracting ten million visitors.


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Trust is a big thing. We all know this. Some people trust easily, some don't. I usually fall into the don't category, but this time I trusted someone right away and it's kind of bitten me in the ass. We'll see how bad the consequences are, but I probably won't know for about 6 months...when I can get tested for HIV.
So I had the condom talk with my new man-friend about a month ago. During the process of that conversation I told him that my usual M.O. is to require condoms for 3 months and then both of us get tested and we can have sex without them. It's a rule that's worked well for me in the past. He told me he hadn't had sex since he was with his son's mom...which was 3 years ago. I asked him how/why he would go so long and he told me he was involved in a long-distance relationship for a while and they never had sex. I told him since it had been more than long enough for symptoms to show up if he had anything and since STI screenings are so expensive, that all I would ask of him is an HIV test. He agreed.
Then I became really irresponsible. I've felt guilty about this for the last several weeks.
The night before he went to jail I was so worried about him that I just wanted to feel close to him. I know it sounds stupid. But I knew he didn't like condoms (although he did agree to use them) and I wanted to feel him. Really feel him. Without the latex barrier. So we did it. Then he got back and we had unprotected sex a few more times (that's the funny thing about condoms...once you stop using them, it's hard to go back). But I trusted him, so I wasn't worried.
Then last night he told me that he had in fact had sex with people after Joey's mom. He had sex with men. I reacted badly. I know how hard it was for him...a straight-identifying man...to tell me (or anyone) that. I should've been re-assuring before I launched into a paranoid lecture about sexual health. He said he used condoms 100% of the time...funny how he insists on using them with men but doesn't want to use them with me.
It was a totally straight reaction. I don't usually give those. I wish that I'd played the whole thing better and been mindful of his feelings instead of thinking only of myself. I apologized for being insensitive. But the thing is, him having sex with other men increases his risk factor...not cause AIDS is a gay disease, but just because of the nature of anal sex. And my having unprotected sex with him increases my risk factor.
I couldn't sleep last night and I'm still worried. I'm worried for myself. I'm hurt that he didn't trust me to handle the truth (even though he knows I've had sexual relationships with women). I'm angry that he flat out lied to me about being with people since Joey's mom...even when I questioned him incredlously. And I'm annoyed that he's still resistant to getting tested. That's how people spread disease: they're too scared to find out the truth.
He's not respecting himself and he's not respecting me.
The thing that's the most frustrating is that I really don't care who he's had sex with. I have absolutely no problem dating someone who has had sex with men...or even relationships with men. It doesn't bother me. What bothers me is that I made a bad choice based on what I thought was the truth and turned out to be a lie.
The first time I went to the gynecologist to get birth control she gave me a lecture about condoms. I told her that I had only been with Ron and that he'd been tested and that we were monogamous. She said, "It doesn't matter what he says or how much you trust him. Men lie. You need to make sure you're always protected."
At 19, I thought she sounded like a bitter old woman. Turns out she was right. I should've been protecting myself.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Losing Sleep and maybe a whole lot more.
Posted by Colleen at 9:49 AM
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So when is the time for 'pills' sex... when you know you can trust?
- June 18, 2007 at 6:30 AM
So when's the time when you can trust? Test each other every 3 months? That seems like a very 'cruel' solution
- June 18, 2007 at 6:31 AM
- Colleen said...
I wouldn't insist on testing every 3 months. I don't think it's bad to trust people, but in the first 3 months it's not a trust issue. It's a "we've both had sex with other people and we should respect each other enough to make sure we're being safe" issue.
careful is good.
and by 3 months, you generally know if you should trust someone to be monogamous. people still fuck you over sometimes, but you're not a moron for trusting someone.
- June 18, 2007 at 3:48 PM
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Release Note for Vigor3900 Series
Firmware Version: 1.3.0
Release Type: Normal
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Applied Models: Vigor3900
Due to the firmware size limitation, for devices using firmware version 1.0.5 or earlier, it is
suggested to upgrade to firmware version 184.108.40.206 first before upgrading to version 1.0.8.x and later.
New Features
Support IKEv2 for IPsec
Support Central Management for AP.
Support Central Management for Switch.
Add additional web (responsive version) pages for mobile device.
Support DNS Security in Applications.
Support Server Load balance feature.
Improved: Support Xauth for IPsec remote dial in VPN connection.
Improved: Support "Auto adjustment to make the best utilization of available bandwidth"
in bandwidth limit function.
Improved: Support TLS 1.2.
Improved: Improvement for Fail to Ban / Access Barrier.
Improved: Support User Object/Group and LDAP GRP in Bandwidth
Management>>Sessions /Bandwidth Limit page.
Improved: Add the notification sending mechanism when detecting another DHCP Server.
Improved: Add manual switch button for HA hot-standby mode.
Improved: Support Auto Timezone settings.
Improved: RADIUS page design.
Improved: Add guest profile to firewall.
Improved: Add VPN Mail Alert Delay option in Notification settings.
Improved: Traffic Graph >> CPU Usage diagram display.
Improved: Support dynamic prefix for IPv6 LAN.
Improved: Add an option to disable User Login Mail Alert.
Improved: VPN Profiles is allowed to be renamed.
Improved: Support VPN status (online/offline) shown on profile list page.
Improved: Allow to set gateway address for DHCP settings.
Improved: Support вҖңUsing SSLвҖқ to encrypt LDAP.
Improved: Support вҖңDomain MainвҖқ instead of "LAN IP" for Web Portal Redirect page.
Improved: Support вҖңOpenDNSвҖқ in DDNS.
Improved: Add вҖңLogin HistoryвҖқ for web portal access.
Improved: Turn on WAN DHCP Client Mode by default.
Improved: Support schedule reboot only on weekdays.
Improved: Support wildcard in LAN DNS.
Improved: Support GRE tunnel for establishing VPN with Cisco router.
Improved: Support USB modem WeTelecom WM-D300.
Improved: Add an option вҖңblock all incoming trafficвҖқ for firewall default policy.
Improved: Support вҖңEmail AlertвҖқ for WAN status change.
Improved: Add вҖңWAN IP AliasвҖқ in Ping/Trace Route.
Improved: Support STARTTLS for Mail Alert function.
Improved: Allow to view certification information in web user interface.
Improved: Support to modify the service provider option in DDNS setup page.
Improved: Add "Search" feature for IP/Service objects, groups, firewall rules, NAT, VPN
Improved: Add a Priority Graph hint button in Policy Route Priority field.
Improved: Add "Apply Settings to APs" in System Maintenance >> TR-069.
Improved: Add a button to clear the dead line time for guest user account.
Improved: Support updating DDNS by HTTPS and add вҖңdomains.google.comвҖқ as one of
the service provider hosts.
Improved: Support SSL VPN in Central Management for VPN.
Improved: Support SHA2 for SSH connection.
Improved: Add maximum login number option for guest users.
Improved: WAN interface can be specified for SSL VPN services.
Improved: Add source IP address for choosing in Port Redirection.
Improved: Add service object option in policy rule.
Improved: Support SPF/TXT DNS Record for WAN Inbound Load Balance feature.
Improved: Support вҖңChange Default RouteвҖқ to IPsec VPN (without GRE) by вҖңApply
NAT PolicyвҖқ.
Improved: Add the schedule option in user profile for remote dial-in VPN connection.
Improved: WAN interface can be specified for PPTP remote dial-in VPN connection.
Improved: Change default IPsec proposal DH Group from G2 to G5.
Improved: Support policy route with time schedule profile.
Improved: Support more local subnet on VPN IPsec profile.
Improved: Add Search Button in LDAP to allow users to see and select the Base
DN/Group DN
Improved: Support enforcing HTTPS management.
Improved: Support conditional DNS forwarding in LAN DNS (Type: FORWARD)
Known Issue
VPN Trunk tunnel doesn't work well when the profile name is more than 15 characters.
You need to disable "Force IPsec with L2TP" options for pure L2TP tunnel in VPN and
Remote Access >> PPP General Setup.


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David Maraniss explains why the City of Detroit was great. He does not explain why Detroit became massively depopulated, why all large urban renewal projects in Detroit failed, or why Detroit has failed to recover from financial ruin.
I would rate "Once in a Great City" at only 3.0 stars.
A fascinating and compelling read about Detroit, and the US, in the early sixties.
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In order to treat this problem correctly, we must make thorough analysis to it. First, we have to figure out what the nature of the prostitution. In my opinion, the nature of prostitution is just a deal. We can take a look around those prostitutes, and most of them are living at the bottom without any skill for living, and they only depend on selling their vagina to survive, what is just natural resource given by God. According to the lesser of two evils principle, frankly speaking, choosing to rent the vagina is rational choice between itself and death. Of course, their choices also conform to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and survival is most important. In nature, prostitutes are as same as those, who are blue-collar workers depending on skills for living, or who are professors depending on their mind and knowledge for living in famous universities, or who are great players depending on strong bodies and superb skills on basketball court or football field to get 10 millions dollars in pocket a year. The reason why they can get good pay is that the tangible or intangible assets they have can not be replaced, such as superb skills, wise minds or height, but the reason why prostitutes suffers so cheap is every female has a same cheap body asset – vagina. We can imagine that one day there is only one woman left, and how much is it if you want to have a sex with her. I think she will be priceless of the world. Prostitution is as same as other profession, just pays something out in order to get something back.
Why does prostitution suffer so serious criticisms? I think there are two main reasons:
1, due to people has not a very real understanding of sex, and we also link prostitution and sex together and think prostitution as immoral, evil and dirty.
2, in some male chauvinists or shameless scholars' eyes, prostitution is an unfair thing, because they claim that women can get double harvest both on physically and money, but men not only need to pay the money, but also have to work hard in vagina sweatily for women. This statement is very outrageous and absurd. I can give you an anti-example here: what if a man gets on an inflatable doll or a dead female body replaced a living woman, the man also will work hard on the top of them, and do you think male only work hard for the inflatable doll or dead body? The point that male work hard in vagina on bed just for women's benefit is nonsense. Males are only for their own benefit to work so hard, of course the benefit is orgasm about 7 seconds shudder as return.
Every coin has two sides, costs and benefits. In fact, this theory just can be understood through mathematics in middle school. In my opinion, any sciences are connected, and start with one or two laws, and you can deduce everything just according to different areas.
We can define a formula like this:
B is the benefit what your want.
C is the cost what you have to pay in order to get the benefit B.
When C = 0, the formula of
is meaningless or undefined.
Apparently, from mathematical point of view, we can deduce that the game only with benefit you want, but without any cost you should pay does not exist. Since division by zero is unbounded, it has no meaning, and so is not interpreted mathematically. So mathematicians say that, 'Division by zero is undefined.'
It means that in any game, whatever you do or pay, you always can't get your purpose from this game. You always get nothing, and then what should you do now? Mathematician will tell you only one way: make C also equal to zero, because in mathematics,
is called indeterminate form. Apparently, it
tells us you can't waste any cost in any game, if you can get nothing from it.
A classical example is "Not in my backyard". In
, early NIMBY campaign under the slogan "chicken shit stayed in my backyard, the egg is in someone else". Intelligent and rational people always don't like to pay for the benefit of others. Taiwan
The hierarchy of interests of every person is like an onion layers. The central interest is the core interest which person could give up anything to defend. Every rational person would give up the interests of the outer layer, in order to get the interests of the inner layer.
This onion theory is very similar to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, but there are still some differences between them.
1, Maslow's theory is in two-dimensional, he just put the basic needs in the bottom, but onion theory is three-dimensional, I put it in the middle.
2, Maslow's theory didn't show the relationship between the two needs in the same level, but onion theory can show every need's position in a person's value.
3, Maslow's needs are stable, not variable, and it can't explain why somebody can sacrifice him/her self for a great aim, such as art, science or for special person, but onion theory thinks that every body has different hierarchy of interests in different situation, the hierarchy can be alterable under special case, and it also means the sequence can be changed by different case.
4, Maslow only told us people' needs, but didn't tell us the cost people would pay. Onion theory not only tells you the hierarchy of every one's desire, but also the logical relationship between them.
On the issue of prostitution, the onion theory can explain it well.
According to the onion theory of prostitutes, living is in the center of every thing, more important than orgasm, and they can accept to rent her vagina to make living. So the deal is female get money to survive from male, but need to pay vagina out.
According to the onion theory of clients, having an orgasm on a woman is more close to the center than paying money. So the deal is male get a vagina to ejaculate from female, but need to pay money out.
I think money is the cheapest in people's hierarchy of interests, because money is only used to satisfy the various needs of the people. I dare to say that if the client relies on the money to survive, he would never spend money on prostitutes, because he can masturbate to achieve orgasm.
About hard working in woman's vagina is another deal, there is necessary and sufficient conditions between working hard and obtaining orgasm, in short, rubbing hard on his penis is sufficient condition of orgasm. I think one day women can figure out what is real female orgasm and how to get it, they also need hard working on her clitoral shaft to get the last shudder about 7 second.
Let's go back to the onion theory. I wrote that in my blog North Korea would never give up its nuclear test, regardless of whether U.S. gives food aid or not. In the eyes of that fat, his reign is the core interest of his onion, he didn't care about nationals' survival or death at all. In other words, food aid from
only benefits general public, but not him, the only one thing which can benefit him is nuclear threat. So if you want to have a deal with someone, you must have to know firstly what most important thing he cares. Wake up some ignorant people in the mind is rather more important than give them food. When whatever you pay, you always can't get your purpose, there is only one rational decision you should make: make C also equal to 0. I think U.S. should take some more effective ways, not only just exercise in futility. U.S.
Finally, I just want to say, if you are a female, please don't despise prostitutes, because you are a more unfortunate prostitute in some sense, but without pay. Maybe you are not lucky enough to be a female dung beetle, who only watch the males agonize over rolling the ball over to the hole while the female rides relaxed, just prepare to plant her eggs inside it (according to the Global Problems of Population Growth from Yale open course).
A famous Japanese AV girl called Aoi Sola once said that "The only purpose I am lying naked in front of a camera is just for living, but someone standing in front of a camera with well dressed is only for his lust and desire."


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Sunday, September 30, 2012
Global CCS Institute Pleads for Less Renewables Support
In a recent address before the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy, Brad Page, CEO of the Global CCS Institute, made the case that public support for renewable energy is working against CCS development. Speaking before the energy office's "CCS Roundtable: Addressing the Short-Term Challenges for the CCS Demonstration Program," Page asserted that "government action to encourage renewable energy is distorting the operation of otherwise efficient energy markets. It also distorts the development of new and emerging technologies often favouring ultimately more expensive alternatives. Increasingly CCS appears to be a victim of this reality." He continued: "In our view, government policy to support the development and deployment of low and zero emission technologies ... should move back from favouring particular technologies. Policy settings need to be more neutral." The Institute is not simply an interest group active in European energy policy, but serves as the official secretariat for the European CCS Demonstration Project Network, so it will be interesting to see what repercussions if any follow from this speech.
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Happy St. Patrick's Day! What are you making today?
Irish Stew
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Irish Stew
from Dinner Tool
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil or unsalted butter
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 3 pounds boneless lamb stew meat, cut into 1-inch cubes, or 3 pounds lamb shoulder chops (I just used beef stew meat)
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves, or 3/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 2 medium boiling potatoes, peeled and sliced
- 3 cups chicken stock or water
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 4 medium potatoes, peeled and halved
- 8 medium carrots, peeled and cut diagonally into 1/2-inch slices
- 1/4 cup pearl barley
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
- Chopped fresh parsley
Preheat the oven to 325°F.
Heat in a Dutch oven over medium heat:
Add and cook without browning, until softened: the vegetable oil (or unsalted butter) and onions.
Stir in the meat, thyme leaves and salt and pepper. Mix in 2 potatoes, chicken stock and Worcestershire sauce.Add 4 potatoes.
Cover tightly and bake for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and add the carrots, pearl barley and heavy cream. Stir well.
Cover and return to the oven. Bake until the meat is fork-tender and barley is softened, 45 to 60 minutes more.
Season with: salt and black pepper to taste.
Serve sprinkled with: chopped fresh parsley.


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The Mayo Clinic states that there are a number of ways to calm oneself when agitated, anxious or angry. Relaxation techniques include autogenic relaxation, progressive muscle relaxation, visualization and a variety of other methods. Deep breathing, tai chi, yoga, meditation and music or art therapy are all effective relaxation techniques.
Autogenic relaxation techniques focus on repeating calming words, visualizing images or practicing calm breathing techniques to reduce agitation. Other techniques such as yoga may also use breathing techniques. Progressive muscle relaxation involves tensing and relaxing various muscles within the body in order to become more aware or your physiological symptoms of agitation. Visualization involves imagining peaceful visual images to promote the feeling of a relaxing environment


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Cigars came into history with the smoking of tobacco for thousands of years. There are plenty of interesting things about it and you might not be aware of. Read this article to know these interesting things about cigars and drop some knowledge on your cigar friends. This article will give aficionado brownie points!
Cigar is an English world, derived from the Spanish world 'Cigaro'. The origin of this Spanish word is 'siyar', which is the Mayan word for tobacco.
Cigar Tobacco production
Brazil, Cuba, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, the United States and Philippines are some of the countries where cigar tobacco is grown.
Mainly, there are three types of tobacco leaves of which cigars are made. The differences in these leave have a major effect on the smoking and flavor characteristics, specifically –fillers, binders, and wrappers.
Cigars have different names based on their length and size. Some common names are Cigarillo, Lonsdalem, Robustom, Corona, Panatela, Torpedo, Toro, Churchill, Perfecto, Giant, and more.
· Giant: Giant is the largest of all the cigars. It is 9 inches in length with a ring size of 52.
· Figurados: Besides these names, there is one Figurados, which is irregular in shape. Making this cigar is a challenge. The manufacturing process takes a lot of difficulty. Figurados is said be superior in terms of quality.
· Parejo: There is one more cigar named, Parejo. It is the most common shape of a cigar. The cigar comes with a cylindrical body, straight sides and an open end. The other end has a round tobacco-leaf 'cap' that needs to be cut off before smoking.
Oliva Cigar
The term 'Oliva' traces its roots to patriarch Melanio Oliva. Melanio Oliva was the first person to grow tobacco in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. The Oliva Cigar is believed to provide full body taste while sustaining its unparalleled smoothness.
Puro is a Spanish word. It means 'Pure'. When a cigar is completely made from the tobacco produced in only one country, it is called 'puro'.
There are different categories of cigars and they are classified based on size, shape, strength, their country of origin, and the way they are made (machine or hand-rolled). The most adopted way to categorize a cigar is by size (cigar's length and diameter).
Cigars that come with darker wrappers are made to be sweet, whereas those that have light wrappers have a 'drier' taste.
Rolling a Cigar
It is said that an experienced roller can easily produce more than 100 cigars a day.
Size of Tobacco Seed
The size of Tobacco seeds is very small. The seeds are not larger than the size of a pin prick. A lot of care is taken when sowing seed. The aim is not to grow thick tobacco. A thimble can accommodate a thousand tobacco seed inside it.
Famous Cigar Fan
Mark Twain was an American writer, humorist, publisher, entrepreneur, and lecturer. It is said that he gave up cigars on the request of his wife. He then restarted smoking. Normally, he used to smoke 300 cigars in a month and wrote a book in three months without any difficulty.


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Local students are researching Africa. Two websites worth visiting:
Africa South of the Sahara. An annotated directory of websites related to Africa.
Searchable, and browsable by country, and topic. Maintained by Karen Fung of the Stanford University Libraries. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/
Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent . Database of over 3,500 digitized visual images and 50 hours of sound files from 45 African countries (searchable). May also be browsed by collections of images (artisans, buildings, cities, education, landscape, religion) or sounds (greetings, rites, ceremonies, songs, drums). From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/AfricaFocus/
New audio books are: "The Hollow" by Nora Roberts; "Corsair" by Clive Cussler; "Waking With Enemies" by Eric Jerome Dickey; "The Associate" by John Grisham; "What I Did for Love" by Susan Elizabeth Phillips; "Difiance" by Nechama Tec; "One Day at a Time" by Danielle Steel; "The Grand Finale" by Janet Evanovich; "Running Hot" by Jayne Ann Krentz; "The Second Opinion" by Michael Palmer; " The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman; "The Tourist" by Olen Steinhauer; "Redemption CD Collection" by Karen Kingsbury; "Firstborn CD Collection" by Karen Kingsbury; "Horrorland: Say Cheese-And Die Screaming" by R. L. Stine; "Road Rage" by Richard Matheson.
New non-fiction books are: "The Accountant's Story: Inside The Violent World Of The
Medellin Cartel" by Roberto Escobar Gaviria; "Called Out Of Darkness: A Spiritual
Confession" by Anne Rice; "John Wooden: An American Treasure" by Steve Bisheff; "Cooking for Baby" by Lisa Barnes; "Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism" by Jenny McCarthy "Southern Belly: The Ultimate Food Lover's Companion To the South": by John T. Edge; "Grilling with Flavor", no author; "Garden Rooms: Complete Guide to Stylish, Comfortable Outdoor Retreats".
New fiction books include: "Luke's Story: By Faith Alone" by Tim LaHaye; "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer; "Montana Creeds: Dylan" by Linda Lael Miller; "A Whisper of Danger" by Catherine Palmer; "What I Did For Love" by Susan Elizabeth Phillips; "Handle With Care" by Jodi Picoult; "Christ The Lord: The Road To Cana" by Anne Rice; "One Day At a Time" by Danielle Steel; "Very Valentine" by Adriana Trigiani; "The Leisure Seeker" by Michael Zadoorian.
For more information, renewals, reserves, or to submit memorials, please contact the Public Library at 613 Quitman Street, Pittsburg, Texas 75686, 903-856-3302 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Browse through new additions to the collection by visiting the Library Catalog.


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Do you have Alien Mind: a 'Visitor' in you?
I have found most Westerners have an alien mind: a visitor, firmly embedded in them. How do you know if this is you? Here are some questions that will quickly reveal the case:
Do you
A: like to visit nature (as compared to seamlessly experiencing yourself AS nature).
B: refer to 'indigenous people' without referring to yourself?
C: view the 'earth' (mud/soil etc) as being 'dirty,' or to be avoided, or not trodden on without 'footwear'.
Where is one speaking/thinking from if this is the case?
These are not the behaviours of a native entity to this planet. I am NOT saying 'an actual alien is in you'. I AM saying that your mind IS behaving like a visitor, a disembodied observer, an 'alien', if the above is true for you.
Some of you may even consider yourself a 'visitor here' and consider it a position of 'spiritual' knowing, achievement or wisdom, just waiting for the next escape route, ride off or 'cosmic travel.'
I believe this is a pandemic mental disease of epic proportions in the West. That of mental disembodiment and in my Shape Shift/Character Development work I deliver the cure: Conscious healing of the aspects of mind that this 'visitor' dwells in.
The Toltecs Are On It
The Toltec teachings were a foundation in my life, in my teens. I don't mean just Carlos Castaneda, but Theun Mares, Don Miguel Ruez, Ken Eagle Feather and others. I have been a practitioner, not a rhetorical theoriser of this immense path, and I respect it greatly, though I now have my own body of work on Character Development and The Word.
There were mysterious titbits in a few books that got my attention years ago, and it is only when I realised the above that I realised I was coming from the same place as these warriors, but from my own perspective and foundation.
Don Juan mysteriously once referred to 'the flyers' as 'feeding on the awareness of man,' and that the work of discipline of the warriors path was to enable a man to hold his power. When quizzed by Castaneda about what the 'flyers' DID to man, Don Juan replied that 'they gave man their mind.'
Don Miguel Ruez refers to something similar, but takes greater personal responsibility (not that DJ ever shirked that,) with his writing on 'the parasite' in the mind of man.
The others make either little or no mention of it in the writings I have read, but I have not read ALL the works of these great authors.
This is my contribution to that body of work, I call it 'the Visitor' or the 'Alien Mind' but the qualities match both what Don Miguel Ruez refers to in his Four Agreeements and The Fifth Agreement, and in Don Juans mysterious allusions.
Don Juan and Don Miguel Ruez were right in my opinion – this 'non-entity' IS feeding on the awareness of man – your awareness by taking your time, your attention and by influencing your behaviours.
Other indicators that you have a 'visitor' in you:
Do you sometimes talk to yourself as 'you'? 'why did you do that' 'you didn't handle that so well, did you' and so on?
And the final clincher – were you taught that triangles, circles and squares were the basic shapes? If ANY of the above applies to you, then you have 'visitor' consciousness in your mind.
A (potentially inherited) portion of mental consciousness that is unable to integrate with the rest of body, emotion, experience and the remainder of mind.
It is the wrong shape. It is a part of mind that is non-indigenous, a distant observer, and, like a square peg trying to be crammed into a round hole, it can NEVER fit while it is in it's current shape.
Just about every mental wellbeing tool in the world is a COPING STRATEGY to ease the impact of the Visitor. We get told to 'silence mind,' 'quieten mind' or 'leave the mind out' as if it were fundamentally flawed, when really, it is desperate to integrate, to participate, to stop being disembodied as it is. This is why it spasms and lashes as it does.
Yes and No.
No because everyone is used to living with LOTS of 'visitors' around them, so there is no ADDITIONAL danger to what you already know.
Yes because it is deadly. Literally, for all of us. It is only a visitor/'alien' consciousness that can make decisions that are of serious detriment to self or otherlife on earth or its habitats and ecosystems. No native or indigenous species does that. Only a fool or a non-native can make decisions and take actions that endanger or destroy the very thing one is dependent upon for survival.
A 'visitor' is not so concerned, and as a 'parasite' it has little knowledge or connection to the survival and wellbeing needs of its 'host.'
The behaviours of truly indigenous tribes compared to those that Host the 'visitors' around us shows this difference quite obviously:
Natives make decisions, build and live in harmony with their environment and resources. compare this to 'visitors' who use resource indiscriminately, trample and impose their structures over what is naturally present, often 'converting' healthy native environments and materials into unhealthy, seemingly 'unnatural' ones.
This danger cannot be overstated – many behavioural indulgences, fixations, obsessions and addictions in those affected with a 'visitor' are just because of an inability to embody, feel embodied or feel PART of the world. Change and action that has been decided will be beneficial, progressive or desired/desirable is not taken due to the hijacking of that embodiment energy by 'the visitor' and it's decisions.
Who Cares? You came to earth, natively and indigenously! Your body is of the earth, will always be of the earth, and will return to the earth when you 'finish' with it. That means you came to BE native, so you could be effective.
If you were truly a 'visitor' you would have come in 'Craft' or some 'lightbody' and been unable to stay very long, or be very effective here.
The fact your consciousness is 'visiting' is being confused with what I am referring to here, which is a disease (parasite) of mind.
Learn coping strategies like meditation to mitigate the impact of this 'parasitic visitor'. Don Miguel Ruez has published what is probably THE most distilled widely available beneficial work on the subject. It's not the most thorough, but it IS the most distilled you'll be able to get.
Or you can learn to CURE and HEAL this part of your awareness, by changing its shape for good so it CAN integrate and your mind, experience, emotions and spirit will flow seamless, in-the-now, as you will already experience in moments of dance, lovemaking, a good walk, meditation and suchlike.
This is a service I believe is uniquely offered by me, in the form of Shape work and Character Development. Look for work on this site on the basic shapes or character development for more information or an event to attend or course to book onto.
If one is not available, connect with me for 1-2-1 work or to go on my mailing list. This website will be updated with more material on the subject, but over time.


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Goldcrest Valley 17 by wopito v1.3.1
On Goldcrest 17 by wopito, edited the map from the original game map.
Farm holidays in a different place and the animals of the farm.
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Draftstars review – How to play daily fantasy sports for money
Draftstars is a new Australian fantasy sports betting platform that allows users to enter a daily competition and play for monetary rewards. Still in its infancy, the Draftstars fantasy concept is only available on selected AFL matches.
Draftstars Pty Ltd is a joint venture between NewsCorp's Fox Sports and bookmaking brand CrownBet. Whilst wagering on fantasy competitions may be new to Australia sports fans, it has proven to be a commercial hit over in the United States where entry fees totalled $3.2 billion in 2015. It appears to be another coup for proactive betting operator CrownBet, who through their exclusive partnership with the AFL, is able to offer their members: free live streaming of AFL matches and enter them in the official AFL footy tipping competition.
How is it different to other fantasy games?
Fantasy competitions are not new to the Australian sporting landscape, AFL fans will be familiar with the DreamTeam and SuperCoach competitions. There are a few major differences with the new Draftstars game: competitions are much shorter, some last only one game; there are financial rewards up for grabs and in most cases entrants must pay to enter a fantasy contest. It is a form of betting, hence where CrownBet's expertise comes in, the Draftstars licence is provided by the Northern Territory Racing Commission.
How it works
After registering an account and depositing funds, go to the 'lobby' interface to see what contests are open and available to play. Remember, only AFL games are in operation for the time being. There will be a range of contests for you to choose from: for example, you can choose to enter a different contest on a selected AFL match.
Entry fees and prizemoney
For each match, there is a range of games you can enter. Some contests cost $2 to enter and there are only 10 players, whilst some contests cost $15 to enter but are open to up to 750 players. The difference is the prize pool, the smaller contest carries with it a purse of just $18, whilst the larger competition has a total prize pool of $30,000. You get to choose the contest you want to enter.
Organiser's cut
Similar to the machinations of a totalisator system, the Draftstars fantasy betting operation takes a cut from each contest, usually something in the vicinity of 11-12%. All other monies are distributed amongst the winning participants.
The scoring for the AFL fantasy game is similar to that for other reality-based competitions. Every kick scores 3 points, a handball 2, a goal 6 and a tackle earns 4 points. The image below shows the full scoring breakdown for AFL matches.
Selecting a team
Unlike season-long fantasy sports competitions that require you to fill every position on the AFL ground, the Draftstars daily sports fantasy game only requires you to select 9 players to into your team for the match. This has been dubbed a 'salary contest' by the organisers. The salary cap for the 9 players is capped at $100,000, hence where the skill comes in from entrants to select the best 9 players within the cap restrictions.
Turbo contest
There is even a 'Turbo' format where you only need to select 6 players. The Turbo contest is designed for ease of use and efficient selection. With this format, you only need to select one player from the lists provided.
How to Enter
- You need to 18 years or older in order to play
- You need to sign up for a Draftstars account, you can click this link.
- You then need to make an initial deposit in order to enter contests
- You are now ready to choose a contest from the 'lobby' interface
- Use your knowledge to select your fantasy team
- Watch the contest live or follow scoring on the Draftstars app
In summary
It's going to be interesting to see how Draftstars' daily sports fantasy platform is accepted in Australia. The format has proven to be a success in the North American market, and Australian sports fans already have experience with reality-based selection competitions. The missing ingredient, until recently, has been the wagering component. True to their innovative approach, CrownBet has stepped up to the plate. It's going to be interesting to see how Australia's other leading wagering providers respond and counter CrownBet's ascendancy in the fantasy sports betting space.


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Even with a criminal case pending, Chris Brown and Rihanna are making music together.
Brown, 19, who is charged with two felonies in the alleged beating of Rihanna, recently recorded a duet with her, the song's producer, Polow Da Don, tells PEOPLE. "My heart goes out to both Chris and Rihanna for what has happened in the past," says Polow. "They are both great artists to work with, and I wish them well."
To the shock of friends and family, the pair reconciled days before Brown's court appearance and have now spent time together recording a song that, a source tells PEOPLE, is "sweet and sentimental" and "expresses the challenges of a love relationship."
• 2005: Country singer Mindy McCready speaks out on domestic violence
• Rihanna tops PEOPLE's Best Dressed list!
• Chris & Rihanna jet set to the Caribbean


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Located on the "South Side of Louisville", this well-liked property offers tremendous convenience and warm accommodations. Churchill Downs is 22 miles down the expressway and downtown is less than that, so it's a quick trip to the nightlife at Fourth Street Live! or hipster food in NULU.
Fresh, cozy and modern rooms include microwaves, refrigerators, coffee makers, as well as a business desk area, flat-screen TVs with cable and also free WiFi. In addition, the hotel has a year-round, heated indoor pool and well- equipped fitness center. Guests may also use the Business Center and on-site laundry facilities.
Each morning a complimentary hot breakfast is served in the hotel Breakfast Room as well as free newspapers and coffee in the lobby.


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