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Hair transplant is the most recent fever not just for the individuals who have lost their hair to unfavourable fall however notwithstanding for them who need to adjust their hairlines or procure an appealing mane. In any case, are hair transplants truly sheltered and fruitful? Is it an enduring procedure or does this methodology result in outlandish tissue changes in body?
Ventures for hair transplant
It is a surgical procedure that includes expulsion of hair follicles from any site in the body like face or legs and planting them on the smooth bit. This procedure is additionally utilized as a part of transplanting hair in lashes and temples. The most recent methods are lasting and they get follicular groups of hair. This procedure is called Follicular Hair Transplantation (FUT) which should be possible in two ways, strip collecting and follicular unit extraction (FUE).
In strip gathering, skin strips with great hair development are planted on thinning up top regions and in follicular unit extraction hair groups with their underlying foundations are physically expelled and planted at the smooth site.
Strip gathering is the thing that the specialists are for the most part embracing nowadays. It leaves a thin scar at the benefactor site and guarantees recuperation inside two weeks.
Fue Hair Transplant in Chandigarh should be possible in a solitary or a few settings. It is a manual and time taking procedure however gives extremely characteristic outcomes and deserts no imprints. Be that as it may, it is not a practical procedure and is tedious both for the specialist and the patient. However utilization of mechanical technology has diminished the time in this procedure and streamlined it colossally.
Here are the means:
- Readiness for the hair transplant In the underlying stride of the Hair Transplant Surgery, hair follicles from the back of the head are expelled and moved to the thinning up top ranges.
- Giver zone trimmed Prior to the surgery is begun, the hair in the giver zone are trimmed.
- Giver zone arranged for surgery Once the hair in the giver zone are trimmed it is given neighborhood anesthesia.
- Tissue in the giver zone evacuated and the Donor range sutured. The tissue in the giver zone that contains the bare safe hair follicles is then evacuated surgically and the contributor region is sutured.
- Looked around hair sutured giver territory The sutures in the contributor region are escaped the patient's hair that are searched over them. These sutures are evacuated very nearly ten days after the hair transplant surgery.
- Contributor tissue trimmed into follicular unit joins Magnifying instruments are then utilized by the surgical experts to see the contributor tissue for analyzing and get ready follicular units hair joins.
- Uncovered beneficiary range arranged Once the nearby anesthesia is given to the patient, the going bald beneficiary territory is set up for the surgical procedure No trimming/expulsion of hair is required at the highest point of the beneficiary region.
- Cuts made in the going bald territories Follicular Unit Grafts are put in the modest entry points that are made in an unpredictable example in the beneficiary region.
- Joins set by their densities The littlest unions (one and two) are set before the hairline and three and four (denser than one and two) are set behind.
- Promptly after the Hair Transplant Surgery After the hair transplant surgery, small cuts with short hair would be obvious on the patients worked region.
- Shutting of the Hair Transplant Surgery The entry point marks mend normally and the redness in the beneficiary region vanishes itself inside seven days.
Recovery time
Fue Hair transplant in Ludhiana is a non obtrusive system and is on a few events done on an outpatient premise. For the most part patients are permitted to cleanser following two three days in spite of the fact that the scalp should be shielded from sun and contaminations for some time after the surgery. The patients is by and large put on anti-infection agents for a couple days.
Must know actualities about hair transplant:
1) The transplanted hair acts like normal hair and sheds between two to four weeks of transplant. The roots from that point begin growing hair normally and keep on doing so for a lifetime.
2) Use of neighborhood anesthesia makes it an effortless method and the patient can go home that day.


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Image by HowardLake via FlickrSteve Dale pointed out to me that the Sunday Times started a social 'wealth' index earlier this year. The Social List is a development along the lines of the Rich List.
Well, not quite.
The list takes four of the big online social networks (LinkedIN, Foursquare, Twitter and Facebook) and calculates your 'connectedness' and activity. It expresses the result as an index of 'social worth'. I always thought social worth was what you gave back to your community in the shape of volunteering, charity work and the like.
The list will undoubtedly appeal to the narcissists, but I couldn't help pointing it at my social networks (I belong to 3 of them, but not Foursquare). Surprisingly, out of over 47,000 people registered, I came out 27,344th. I was surprised because I almost never look at my Facebook account and rarely Tweet.
There are some obvious omissions in the social stock that the list looks at. There is no way that prolific bloggers with huge followings (including Steve), and users of other microblog sites, Ning, Flikr etc can add their preferred channels. In my mind, the most significant omission however is Google+. Google Circles was touted as the next big thing in social connectivity, but is notable by it's absence from the Sunday Times Social List.

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Click above to view Subaru's 2008 WRC car in our high-resolution image gallery
Rally fans who were troubled by the rumors yesterday that Subaru was preparing to do the unthinkable and scrap its WRC team will be disappointed to learn that the speculation has proven to be true, as parent company Fuji Heavy Industries has announced it is pulling its participation effective immediately.
Not unlike its fellow Japanese automaker Honda, which has canceled its Formula One program, Fuji Heavy points to cost-cutting measures amidst the current global economic crisis as its reason for canceling its motorsport program. Still, it's a shocking move for the automaker that earned its reputation on the rally circuit, even if they haven't won a single stage since 2005. The move also means that Prodrive, the racing consultancy firm that has operated the Subaru WRC team for over 20 years, will need to find a new partner for next season and beyond as the WRC moves ahead with new regulations. But Prodrive may find the rally circuit a lonely place after Suzuki also canceled its participation, leaving Ford and Citroen as the only manufacturers fielding factory teams in the top level of rallying. Follow the jump for the official press release.
FHI to withdraw from FIA WRC after 2008 season
Tokyo, December 16, 2008 – Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the maker of Subaru automobiles, today announced the withdrawal from the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) at the end of the 2008 season.
FHI has participated in the WRC together with Prodrive, a motorsports and automotive engineering group in the UK, over the past 19 years to pursue its goal and philosophy in motor sports activities to enhance Subaru brand awareness by showing that Subaru vehicles offer safe, comfortable and pleasurable driving no matter the weather or road conditions, featuring Horizontally-Opposed engine and the Symmetrical All-Wheel drive system as its core technologies, and to transfer results of race-tested technical improvements into Subaru passenger vehicles.
Subaru has won three manufacturer's championship titles and three driver's championship titles in its history of rally racing. This has helped enhance the value of the Subaru brand as well as the sales expansion of Subaru vehicles all over the world.
FHI considers it has achieved its original target in WRC participation. However, while considering positioning the WRC activity in Subaru branding strategy towards the future, our business environment has been dramatically changed due to the quick deterioration of the global economy. In order to optimize the management resources and to strengthen further the Subaru brand, FHI decided to withdraw from WRC activities at the earliest timing.
As regards future involvement in rally activities, FHI will continue to support teams and drivers that participate in P-WRC or the Group N category.
President Mori commented that reaching this decision has been an extremely difficult task, not least with regards to the countless Subaru fans that for many years have cheered the legendary Subaru blue liveried Impreza World Rally Car; "We would like to express our sincere appreciation for our fans' strong and loyal support worldwide. They will remain an invaluable treasure for us."
Capitalizing on the priceless experience gained throughout the history in the WRC field, FHI will continue to offer Subaru customers products that integrate sheer excitement, safe, comfortable and reliable driving, respect of the global environment and peace of mind based on its philosophy of "Customer comes first."
About Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the maker of Subaru automobiles, is a leading manufacturer in Japan with a long history of technological innovations that dates back to its origin as an aircraft company. While the automotive business is a main business pillar, FHI's Aerospace, Industrial Products and Eco Technologies divisions offer a diverse range of products from general-purpose engines, power generators, and sanitation trucks to small airplanes, crucial components for passenger aircrafts, and wind-powered electricity generating systems. Recognized internationally for its AWD (all-wheel drive) technology and Horizontally-Opposed engines in Subaru, FHI is also spearheading the development of environmentally friendly products and is committed to contributing to global environmental preservation.


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How Coffee Can Prevent Dementia
Certainly, you've always heard it said that drinking coffee isn't good for your health, although this is something that studies have disproved time and time again. Coffee, if you drink it the right way, throughout adulthood, is great for protecting your body against many illnesses and helping your mental ability.
How can coffee help?
Coffee is ideal for:
- Giving you energy: The main component of coffee is, obviously, caffeine, which can help stimulate your nervous system. This can help to improve your coordination, resistance to illness, fluidity of movement, concentration, and it'll also allow you to feel much less tired in your everyday routine.
- Fighting cancer: Coffee is great at helping you prevent colon cancer and rectal cancer, since coffee inhibits the secretion of bile, which can cause the development of cancer in these areas.
- Reducing the risk of neuro-degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. It's been demonstrated that drinking coffee can help reduce your risk of suffering degenerative mental diseases up to 5 times.
- Diabetes: Caffeine helps stimulate the pancreatic cells, which are the cause of this illness.
- Allergies and asthma: Coffee helps you improve all of the respiratory problems that you have, since caffeine is one of the best nutrients to improve respiratory function.
- Depression: Coffee, since it is a stimulant, can help you reduce the effects of this illness.
- Helps your sense of alertness and improves your memory.
- Reduces headaches: In the same way that caffeine helps you with allergies, it can also be beneficial in reducing head pains.
- Prevents the formation of blood clots: It has been shown in many different studies that coffee doesn't actually increase hypertension or heart rhythm.
- Possesses a large amount of antioxidants that slow the deterioration of your body's cells.
- Helps give you relief from constipation.
- Is one of the best sources of potassium and magnesium.
Important properties of coffee
Coffee contains many nutrients, but the most important ones are the antioxidants that coffee provides for your body, along with the minerals. These can help you maintain a balance of water in your cells, prevent degenerative illnesses and cancer, and also help your muscles and bones function the best that they can. Additionally, coffee is a good source of vitamins for your body, which can help your immune system become much stronger.


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PoliticalBetting.com and Jon CruddasPoliticalBetting.com has this graphic of the odds on different Labour deputy leadership candidates. The clear trends, after the Newsnight hustings, are the odds shortening on John Cruddas (he's doing well) and lengthening on Peter Hain (he's doing badly). Alan Johnson and Hilary Benn are on a different graphic as their odds are much shorter - between 1.7 and 2.
Certainly, Cruddas has improved and Hain is generally seen as being in a weak position, but I have the impression that Political Betting functions as part of the blogosphere and so the information it gives reflects the mores of that section. I don't know whether it's represenative or not, but a few things are certain. Jon Cruddas does (it seems to me) have a clear advantage in the blogosphere (with some notable exceptions), but you can't blog if you don't have access to the internet. The wonderful people at National Statistics have this release on internet access by region, with this chart:
Hazel Blears, for instance, represents the North West of England, which has rather lower internet penetration that London, where Jon Cruddas hails from. If it is right (and I'm not saying it is) that there is either a London or a blogger bias (or both) towards Cruddas, this would explain the success on PoliticalBetting.com.
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|December 27th, 2012, 04:14
Join Date: Sep 2012
New player, gear help
Hey guys, I've played Airsoft once before and I really enjoyed it so I think I want to take the next step and get some gear so I can play on a regular basis.
My question is what do you guys recommend for "kit" (clothes,vest etc), if possible if someone can give me a list of possible things I would greatly appreciate it.
The next question is what AEG should I get, money isn't an issue and I want something that is going to last and work well.
I have heard good things about the VFC H&K 416 so I am leaning towards that as my first gun. I was wondering if anyone has other suggestions as I really like the look of the D-boys RDW (shorter barrel) is there a specific brand for AEG that I should purchase. Thank's again guys.
Also, is there a good place to buy certain gear/guns that you can recommend, Ive been looking at a few. Any places that build "custom AEG's"?
Btw, I applied already to be age verified, haven't gotten a response in 3 months
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|December 27th, 2012, 05:28
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Vancouver, BC
What type of weather/environment will you be playing in? That will really dictate what type of clothing/camo you will wear.
As for "kit", take a look at the Gear Discussion section.
The Second Line Kit Gallery shows a huge variety of different set "vest" setups.
You may also wanna read up or go on youtube and look up what Molle is.
|December 27th, 2012, 06:26
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Orillia, Ontario
There is quite a few threads in both the newbie tank and the gear discussion section that will be of help. This thread > http://www.airsoftcanada.com/showthread.php?t=135234 is about bigger milsim events but it may give you some ideas for kit that you will need.
If money is no issue and you are looking for a high performance gun out of the box you can't really beat a Fight Club Custom. Sure they are expensive but they are hard to top in terms of quality and performance. I don't know if I would suggest one as a first gun but the review thread for them might be of some interest to you. http://www.airsoftcanada.com/showthread.php?t=145014
I would suggest you contact another av rep in your area. It might also be of some help to set your location and maybe some other information on your account.
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|December 27th, 2012, 09:46
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Join Date: Feb 2007
I don't think anyone is dropping over $5000 on a gun package after just one game lol
More in your price range, check out the KA M4
Try to stick to G&G, marui, G&P, VFC, and systema if you've got lots of money to thrown down
|December 27th, 2012, 13:13
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: In my man cave
When it comes to which AEG/GBB/GBBR? the answer again depends on what you want, you can start with a cheap clones and there are two types of clones out there when it comes to AEG, Good and shitty essentially all AEG with the exception of a couple are derived from Tokyo Marui design so you can start with a $250 AEG or you can go all out and get a Systema or FCC PTW. The term you get what you pay for can never be more true when it comes to Airsoft toys.
There are a few guntech or shop here in this board that I would trust wholeheartedly when it comes to custom build if you are going the PTW route guys like MacGuyver, Kevorkian, Chris at Double tap tactical are the ones to go to. For GBB Illusion is your guy, for AEG there are a few here that have the necessary skills to do so. As far as your AV situation three months is a bit too long I would suggest you find another.
An ideal budget to get everything from battery to boots to guns you'll need is around $1000 and up, but over the years if you loved it like most of us old farts the cost can skyrocket to a price of a Ferrari or more for some, It also helps if you have a Black Ops slush funds hidden away from your wife like most of us it helps in the long run.
Have fun
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|December 27th, 2012, 13:18
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Toronto
OP: Figure out what type of gun you want and read as many reviews as you can. If you find yourself choosing one specific gun over another over a small price difference, save up for a bit more. Whatever you do, don't forget the ancillary products you will require to keep your purchase running.
|December 28th, 2012, 09:53
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Strathroy, ON
This is not so much of a response to OP's question but I thought I'd ask a quick one instead of starting a whole new thread on the same topic; what is that pouch that I see players wearing at their side to drop empty mags into? I looked around on some websites in the tac gear but I really don't know what I'm looking for. And do these big pouches hang from a belt? And can I get one in black since my entire kit is black.
|December 28th, 2012, 10:00
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Location: Toronto
|December 29th, 2012, 22:21
Join Date: Sep 2012
I just want to say THANK YOU to all the Airsoft Canada members for the amazing response. I received numerous PM's in regards to great resources which gives me a lot of options and things to consider. The posts have been nothing but helpful and it makes me feel like I made a good decision coming here. Thank's again.
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In the aftermath of Sunday's shooting spree by an alleged American soldier in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of 16 people, many are calling for an accelerated withdrawal of U.S. forces from the war-torn nation. Speaking with Greenwood affiliate WLMA, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a member of the Senate Arms Services Committee advised against a quick withdrawal. He said the mission in Afghanistan is near completion and the safety of the troops is an issue.
President Barack Obama said Wednesday he did not anticipate any "sudden" change in U.S. plans for the speed of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. Graham says the commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, General John Allen, has a detailed plan for the controlled withdrawal of American forces. General Allen also serves as commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.
Graham says Afghan President Hamid Karzai has not always been cooperative in the mission of ridding his nation of terrorists. Shortly after the incident, Afghan President Karzai has called the killings of the civilians by the U.S. soldier an unforgiveable crime. More recently Karzai has called for U.S. troops to leave the rural villages and go back to the main military bases in the country.
The unnamed soldier is accused of gunning down nine children, three women and four men in a 90-minute rampage early Sunday. It has been reported that the solider, who turned himself after the shootings, suffers from a traumatic brain injury. Graham says while the incident is very unfortunate and have no doubt strained relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan, he thinks the Afghan people view Americans as helpful and friendly.
AUDIO: Graham insists that the mission in Afghanistan is near completion (1:37)
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by Lindsay Schaefer
When we reveal the true identity of our soul the artistic spirit within can fly as if we are a Mariposa in flight. As my followers know my love for words and poetry can be felt within every movement of choreography that I create. Some have even said in the past that my movement reminds them of a painter who is painting his canvas but I do so with my body.
Dance is my way of communicating my spirit and my love for film is just one more way to communicate it to a wider audience. Project Mariposa has been a piece of art that I have been slowly building on for the past couple of years. I would see images of a woman revealing her true heart and the impure and pure thoughts that she may be feeling. I would see images of this woman struggling with identity as an artist and in ways the images would create choreography that spoke the artist of future years. It was almost like Mariposa choreography and images came to me before I could define myself and my work as my own and who I am as an artist today.
The canvas has been painted through the film work of Angelo Vasta. My choreography is happily laid out in a story that has filled my brain for many years. I can say the collaborative process for Mariposa couldn't have been pulled off any smoother. Two days in with filming and collaboration, editing days and discussion over a total of two weeks, and a film that is now part of AIU that carries a very avant- garde feel to it for our audience to see.
My work over the past year has been taking a whole new approach as an independent artist. I find at times it is no different than those past NYC and west coast days when I was needing to hit pavement to express and create. It has been a wonderful, hard-working, and creative year for me as Artistic Director of AIU and for my personal journey as an artist. I am grateful for the new collaborative energy that is coming into the mix for AIU. The change of direction that is happening. And for dreaming of the next year of creating that stands in front of me with dance and film.
I place intention today and as always for my creative heart, creative energy, and my creative soul to always have time, sacred space to work out of, artists to collab with till my final breathes, and for my audience to accept the work for what it is. My work may be different. My work may be me and the creative soul that is within. But, if society can learn just one element from every abstract artist that comes before them then the art that was made broke barriers. Every artist matters. Every thought matters. Every eye watching this work matters and in ways those eyes are who make companies like Artists in Unity step into the next phase and connect independent artists like myself to more.
I thank all of my AIU followers for their love and support. Keep watching all of our work in dance and film. Be sure to share our website with others. To keep small artistic companies rolling and growing it takes a village. Be part of the AIU village! Much love and I hope you all enjoy watching Mariposa.
I would like to sincerely thank with much love the following supporters and collaborators on this project-
Angelo Vasta
Katie Burkhardt
Jessie Crafts Stevens
Sevin Ceviker
Brian Schaefer
All AIU donators to Fractured Atlas over the past 6 months. Your constant support financially helps AIU to pull off more collabs with artists around the globe.


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Appendix A
The Media and the Three Gorges Dam
Since 1989, China's rulers have barred adverse domestic media reporting on the Three Gorges Dam, touted as the world's largest hydroelectric power project and a major element in China's flood-control efforts. The story of this ban--which has not been entirely effective--demonstrates both the strengths and the growing weaknesses of the State in muzzling the media.
The Three Gorges project on the Yangtze River was initially conceptualized in the 1950s. It was approved for construction in an unprecedented split vote by the National People's Congress--China's national legislature--in 1992; one-third of the delegates voted no or abstained. This project is expected to take 20 years to complete. Estimates of the cost have ranged from $12 billion to $100 billion.
The government says Three Gorges eventually will have an electricity-generating capacity of more than 18,000 megawatts--about twice that of the Grand Coulee Dam in the United States. Over the years, critics have focused on the environmental damage the project is likely to cause, on the anticipated displacement of an estimated 1.1 million people from along the construction site, and on numerous unanswered questions about wastewater treatment, silting, and financing.
Between 1985 and 1990, People's Daily carried only six articles on this massive project. All these stories were centered around the official results of feasibility studies.(1) By contrast, the nonofficial media ran at least 40 articles, most of which opposed the project or were neutral about it. Qunyan, a journal of one of China's nine authorized non-Communist parties, was the most outspoken media organ on the dam project.
Dai Qing, a journalist with the Communist Party-operated Guangming Daily, sought to run an article in that paper that would be critical of Three Gorges, but was told there was an unwritten directive against using anything other than Xinhua material on the project. Using borrowed funds, she compiled a book, Yangtze! Yangtze! composed of 22 articles by--and interviews with--scientists and specialists who took part in the feasibility studies but who disagreed with the State's decision to build the dam. When the book was published in March 1989, more than a dozen newspapers, including People's Daily, Guangming Daily, and the World Economic Herald, reported the event despite directives from above not to do so. The Tiananmen Square crackdown brought an end to further publication of critical views on this subject, and Dai Qing was arrested and imprisoned.
Between December 1991, when the leadership apparently decided to go ahead with Three Gorges, and April 1992, when the National People's Congress gave its less-than-unanimous approval, the government made a concerted effort to push the project forward. Some 30 articles lauding Three Gorges ran in People's Daily, most of them signed by party leaders and specialists. Only one nonofficial individual, a villager living along the Yangtze, had any articles on the subject in People's Daily during this time. In the few instances in which criticism of the project appeared in the major media, it was unsigned.
In both the dominant pro-dam media and the anti-dam nonofficial media, quotes from the late leaders Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai have been used to justify positions. Pro- and anti-dam media organs agreed that the party leadership had the right to decide the matter, while disagreeing over the wisdom of the decision itself. Dai Qing's book was an exception, questioning the legitimacy of such a decision by the party. As a result, her book was banned.(2)
A Chinese researcher who has closely followed the Three Gorges issue notes that, in the past four years, criticism of the project in the Chinese media has been limited and moderate.(3) Moreover, such negative reporting has been published in relatively obscure publications located far from Beijing and from powerful provincial party organizations. It has focused on mismanagement of financial or technical aspects of the project by local officials, and has mostly been couched in elliptical language--for example, through references to the problems of earlier Chinese dams and to uncertainties about the effects of major construction on the ecosystems of neighboring countries.
(1) Correspondence with a former Chinese journalist now living in Canada, March-September 1996.
(2) Interview with a Hong Kongbased Chinese media specialist, June 1996.
(3) Correspondence with a Chinese scholar living in Japan, May-July, December 1996.


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Is DisplayLink the Missing Link (to an easy presentation)?
InFocus is on the move with some great new projector technology in their latest line of portable projectors. The IN3100 line (see short list below) includes one of the cooler new technologies to come to projectors in years – DisplayLink. You might also hear this referred to as "content over USB". So why is this technology cool and how is it the Missing Link to easy presentations? Read on… or watch our video with Benjamin Joy from InFocus discussing DisplayLink.
Watch and learn about InFocus DisplayLink technology.
Travel Lighter
If you travel with your projector, you know that while cables are small, they can still add some bulk and weight to your carry bag. And the largest cable most Road Warriors have to travel with is the old standard VGA cable. It may not weigh a full pound, but it's pretty bulky as cables go. With new DisplayLink technology, you can leave the big VGA cable at home and replace it with a much smaller and lighter USB 2.0 connector. It's the same kind of USB cable you use for many digital cameras or PDAs with the smaller end connecting to the projector, and the larger end coming out of your computer.
Even More Pluggier and Player
Beyond traveling lighter, you also get some improved usability with DisplayLink products. When you plug in your USB cable into the computer and projector, the DisplayLink technology is smart enough to determine the best matching resolution automatically. It also magically determines how to mirror the content on laptop and projector when possible. That question alone, according to Ben Joy, InFocus Product Manager, accounts for about 80% of their tech support calls. And here at Projector People, we get that question all the time too. So, if you're a projector rookie, this is a feature that will spare you some first-time frustration.
Is It Tricky to Set Up?
It doesn't seem to be. The software for the DisplayLink technology is loaded on the projector, so all you do is plug in the cable and the software comes directly off the projector to your laptop. You can get the software on as many computers as you want, there is no limit as there sometimes is with wireless software. And, with multi-display capability, you can connect up to six projectors at once from one computer. This feature also allows users to present content from multiple sources during meetings, making it very handy for videoconferences and collaborative meetings where two or more inputs need to be shown simultaneously.
Now Mac Compatible!
In January of 2009, InFocus announced that their DisplayLink technology is now Mac compatible. That's a good thing since many tech support teams don't know how to troubleshoot for Apple computers.
[ See all InFocus Projectors here» and a selection of InFocus projectors with DisplayLink below ]
So, DisplayLink looks to be about as Plug and Play as you can get. And since it's built-in to the new line of InFocus portable projectors, just about any new InFocus portable should have it. Ask your Projector Expert for details.


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Bike Shop investor
Last summer, I saw an advertisement on Craigslist for a local bicycle shop that wanted to sell its business. The price listed for the business surprised me, as it wasn't that high. I emailed the ad to my friend Charles, who has worked in bike shops for over 20 years and struck me as someone who would do great with his own shop.
He looked into it, decided that the business for sale wasn't a good deal. But the whole process made him think seriously about opening a bike shop himself. He and his wife started researching things, found a good location, wrote up a business plan, etc., and have now opened under the name Passion Trail Bikes.
Passion Trail Bikes is specializing in high end mountain bikes. To the average person, the bikes are very expensive. But for people who have a passion for mountain biking, the brands that he carries (Intense, Maverick, Turner, Specialized S-Works, Giant, etc.) are the types of bikes they would buy. And the service level they provide matches the quality of the bikes. Last August, he wrote a Blog posting about his vision for the shop.
Funding for any start up is hard, particularly for a guy who has worked in bike shops for his whole life. But he found that many people believe in him and his vision and was able to come up with money. I also believe in him enough that I am now actually a part-owner (a minority stake - just a little piece) of the business.
I am excited. In many ways this is going better than I expected - I knew Charles would be great. But I found that he and his wife complement each other amazingly well business-wise (along with marriage-wise). She is managing the books, along with doing many of the artistic things like designing the logo. And they hired another very good friend of mine, and an avid cyclist, Berry, to work in the shop, and his skills in construction have been instrumental in turning an empty building into a bike shop (all well above and beyond what a bike shop employee would normally do), helping keep the start-up costs low.
As with any new business, there is always a risk that it won't make it. But they have made great progress and things are looking good so far.
去年の夏にCraigslistによると売り自転車屋のアドだそうだ。 希望価格は安いと思ったので、びっくりした。そのアドをチャールズさんという友だちにメールした。 チャールズさんは20年以上自転車屋で働いているし、いい自転車屋の持ち主になると思う。
チャールズさんは調べたが、その店はちょっと。でも新しい店を始めることにした。奥さんと場所を調べたり、経営計画を書いたり、して、Passion Trail Bikesという自転車屋を始めた。ハイエンドのマウンテン・バイクの販売とリペアを専門とする。
色めき立っている。予想以上に良い。 勿論チャールズさんはいいだろう。でもチャールズさんと奥さんは互いに助け合い補い合う。 奥さんは帳付けしたり、芸術活動したり、する。私のいい友だち、ベルイさん、を雇った。ベルイさんは店の建設工事しながら自転車社員する。建設労働者を雇わなくてもよいので、建設費は安かった。
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Photo by Kenny Brown.
Producers: Jazmine da Costa with Julia DeWitt
When you are from a tough neighborhood, and you get a job in law enforcement, enforcing the rules on your childhood friends can be tricky.
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Jane gets a call from her high school boyfriend who had dumped her 9 years earlier. He says he has lost his memory and doesn't know who she is, but... he needs her help.
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Workshop 'Academic leadership and gender' by Ariëlle Brouwer & Linda van der Wal
April 13, 13.30 – 16.00 in Conference Hotel Drienerburght, room B or C
Academic leadership and gender –developing inclusive leadership skills
In this workshop we start from the perspective that women can play a crucial role in the future of academics, not only by developing their own career, but also in creating an inclusive culture in academia. The workshop will focus on the development of personal leadership skills such as:
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Ariëlle Brouwer & Linda van der Wal provide professional training and coaching for Universiteit Twente and FFNT since 2005. They have extensive experience in consultancy and development of specific training programs for women, both in academia and at companies and nonprofit organizations.
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She was worried she would never find love again after her split with footballer Frank Lampard, but it appears Elen Rives was wrong. The Chelsea player's former fiancée was spotted out on a date in London with 21-year-old footballer Lawrie Wilson.
The sportsman plays for non-league Stevenage FC, which is a lower profile team than her former love's side, but 34-year-old Elen was clearly enjoying the handsome young player's company.
"Elen has found someone she really likes and has fun with," a pal tells a British newspaper. "It's early days but they laugh together which is exactly what she needs."
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Family of Jerusalem School Terrorist: We Are Proud & Happy
Death cult family is very proud.
Their son gunned down 8 innocent 15 and 16 year-olds in a lunchroom.
…Very proud indeed.
A relative holds up a picture of Alaa Hisham Abu Dheim, a Palestinian suspected of gunning down eight students at a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem. The Islamist Hamas movement has claimed responsibility for an overnight gun attack which killed eight Jewish teenagers at a Jerusalem religious school. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
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Alaa Abu Dheim, the terrorist who murdered eight students at Merkaz Harav Yeshiva Thursday night, had been transfixed in recent days by the news from Gaza, claimed his sister, Iman Abu Dheim.
"He told me he wasn't able to sleep because of the grief," she said. His family last saw him when he left for evening prayers Thursday, she said.
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Israeli police raided the home of Alaa Abu Dheim last night after he slaughtered the school children.
Alaa Abu Dheim had previously been arrested by Israel for having ties with Hezbollah.
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From Totti to Neymar in Paris: ESPN FC writers pick their moments of 2017
With 2017 coming to an end, it's worth noting that it's been another remarkable year in football with no shortage of memorable, dramatic moments. We asked some of ESPN FC's writers to share the one moment that stood out most for them this year.
Farewell to Francesco Totti
It may well be that we'll remember 2017 as the year of the retiring legend, from Frank Lampard Jr. to Xavi, from Andrea Pirlo to Kaka, from Phillip Lahm to Dirk Kuyt, from Xabi Alonso to Ronaldinho. But the moment that will stick with me is Francesco Totti giving his farewell speech on the pitch at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
Totti gave thanks for the ultimate privilege: playing for the club he supported as a boy in the city in which he was born and doing it for his entire career. Here was a guy who had turned down moves to Milan and Real Madrid because winning in his city, with his club, meant far more than amassing silverware elsewhere. Inject him with a truth serum, and he might even tell you that the one Serie A title with Roma brought him more joy than winning the World Cup five years later.
That day, in front of his people, he said he was grateful to have been granted the privilege of youth -- the kind that comes from playing a game for a living -- for so long. And he admitted that he was frightened of what comes next.
If you had a pulse, that day and those words gave you goosebumps.
-- Gab Marcotti
Ranieri's incredible run comes to an end
Sacking Claudio Ranieri was the right thing to do, but that didn't mean that it felt right. When the news broke on that cold February evening, the Leicester City fairy tale -- a story I'd covered closely for ESPN FC -- was officially over. I'd been there when they turned over Manchester City and we all started to wonder, I'd been there for the run-in, I'd been there in the city when Chelsea equalised and thousands partied in the streets. And now it was all over.
We'd been hearing rumours for months that Ranieri had lost the players, that people were shouting over him in the dressing room, that it had all gone horribly wrong. And we could see for ourselves that the performances had nose-dived. They had been nine games without a win when the axe fell. I went to watch Leicester's first game without Ranieri; they blew Liverpool off the park. They won six in a row from there.
Evidently, they were right to make the change. But it was all so profoundly sad.
-- Iain Macintosh
Neymar arrives in Paris
Monaco winning the league for the first time in 17 years while also being amazing in the Champions League was certainly a big highlight of 2017, as was Kylian Mbappe's incredible rise to the top of the game at only 18 years of age. However, the biggest and most memorable moment for me has to be Neymar joining PSG.
The French top-flight has had great players before. I remember being there when Ronaldinho and Zlatan Ibrahimovic were unveiled in Paris, but the Brazil international has taken it to another level. This is the third-best player in the world; he's just 25 years old, a superstar and a global icon in his own right. It meant so much to PSG and to French football that he was attracted to Ligue 1. His transfer, for the highest fee ever (€222 million), had been a long saga with a happy ending, and you could sense something special was happening when he was presented at the Parc des Princes.
There was magic in the air and the magician has not disappointed so far.
-- Julien Laurens
Iceland make history
Flying out to Iceland for their decisive World Cup qualifier with Kosovo in October was the most last-minute decision I made all year, and probably the best. On the Friday night, I'd been on a train north for a weekend with friends when I noticed that Finland had scored an improbable equaliser in Croatia, meaning suddenly that Iceland would book their ticket to Russia with a win against the bottom team in Group I three days later. By the time I had reached my destination, the flight was booked; on Monday morning I found myself in Reykjavik, with Iceland gearing up for one of the biggest parties it had ever seen.
Later that evening I stood there in Laugardalsvollur, their windswept national stadium, as almost 10,000 jubilant Icelanders swayed to the impossibly melodic local folk song, "Eg Er Kominn Heim" ("I have come home"). The tune had been a feature of their incredible run at Euro 2016, which I had been privileged to cover from the start. Before that tournament I visited Iceland, spent time with their coach Heimir Hallgrimsson, and made friendships that have endured since; to see the players and entire FA staff out there on the pitch after their 2-0 win, arms around one another and moving from side to side together with the fans, was lump-in-the-throat material.
One of football's most remarkable stories of recent years had an unexpected new chapter, and as the team celebrated alongside the public later that night amid the kind of scenes unheard of in larger countries, the sense persisted that I was once again witnessing something truly unique.
-- Nick Ames
Wayne Rooney's still got it
Football is everywhere nowadays, with every goal broadcast over and over again to the point that great moments are often taken for granted and greeted with a shrug. But sitting in the press box at Goodison Park in November, the sight of Wayne Rooney scoring his hat trick goal for Everton against West Ham from inside his own half was a real "wow" moment.
The goal was stunning in its execution, with Rooney's technique keeping the ball on a low trajectory, but the moment was also about the man himself. Rooney, dismissed as yesterday's man after his return to Everton from Manchester United, showed himself to be the Comeback Kid with that goal and that hat trick.
-- Mark Ogden
An ode to Mertesacker
It was the first start of the season in the last game of the season for Per Mertesacker, and plenty of people were sure it would be a disaster. Much to the mirth of Chelsea fans, the 32-year-old was named in the starting lineup at Wembley, having missed the entire campaign with a knee injury. Would it be 2-0, 3-0 or 4-0?
Many felt a win for the champions of England, with the irresistible duo of Diego Costa and Eden Hazard up front, would be a formality against such feeble opposition. But the underdog was to have its day in glorious fashion.
Mertesacker, who had last played in a back three as a 12-year-old at Hannover 96 and had only found out about his involvement one day ahead of the final, superbly marshalled the Gunners' back line to pull off a surprise 2-1 win. "Not many expected that from us, perhaps we didn't expect it ourselves," the German World Cup winner said.
Arsenal's triumph stands as a lesson to never underestimate football's propensity of delivering an upset and to be careful not to write off players in the twilight of their careers too easily. They might only muster one game all season, but it could be the one that truly counts.
-- Raphael Honigstein
Messi wins the game, Ronaldo wins the league
What an outright privilege it is to cite not a moment in a match, not a brilliant quote in a press conference or a training ground insight as my highlight of 2017, but a "moment" in the seemingly endless and "exhilarating" battle between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for world supremacy. A battle where one "moment" can last one magical month.
When, on Apr. 23, Barcelona mounted a superb, pitch-long move so that Messi could score a 91st minute winner in the Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu, notching his 500th club goal in the process, I thought I'd seen not merely a season-defining moment but one for all times. What happened next was that his rival, furious and frustrated on the night, used the following 28 days to fight back in the most remarkable form.
Ronaldo reacted with six league goals in his next four La Liga games to make sure that the three-point gap between the sides wouldn't be closed. Thanks to him, Madrid were champions for the first time in five years.
Almost as impressively, Ronaldo immediately produced a hat trick to win the Champions League semifinal against city rivals Atletico and two cracking goals to beat Juventus so that Madrid became the first club ever to win consecutive Champions Leagues. And it was all sparked, I like to imagine, by the impotence and anger of being so badly upstaged in his own backyard by his nemesis, Leo Messi. Sheer beauty, sheer chutzpah. A magical month as a "moment" of 2017.
-- Graham Hunter
A goalkeeper's moment of brilliance
Imagine winning back-to-back promotions and playing in the top flight then turns out to be a miserable experience. Benevento lost their first 14 games, marking the worst start to a season ever in Europe's top five leagues. Unsurprisingly behind in stoppage time to AC Milan, goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli went up for one last chance, a free-kick on the edge of the area. The last man in the last minute for the team dead last in the table.
As the ball curled into the penalty area, he closed his eyes and says he dove like a keeper. When Brignoli opened them again, he couldn't believe what he saw. The ball was in the net. He had beaten Gianluigi Donnarumma, Italy's goalkeeping wunderkind, and claimed Benevento their first-ever point in Serie A. It sent the Vigorito delirious.
To have one point in the table, and for it to come from a player whose position is associated with preventing goals instead of scoring them, was just magical. Brignoli became only the fifth goalkeeper ever to score in Serie A and when people look back on this season in Serie A they won't remember Benevento for being historically bad. The first thing that will spring to mind will be Brignoli and his leap of faith for a team written off as the Damned United.
-- James Horncastle
Arsenal won't be bullied anymore
The much-maligned FA Cup was rather entertaining in 2016-17: Sutton reached the fifth round, Lincoln made it to the quarterfinals and we enjoyed two excellent semifinals, with Arsenal beating Manchester City 2-1, and Chelsea overcoming Tottenham 4-2.
Then came the final, with Chelsea as strong favourites. They had just clinched the Premier League with the second-highest number of points ever while Arsenal were facing a huge selection crisis at the back. Laurent Koscielny, Shkodran Mustafi and Gabriel Paulista were all out and so Wenger was forced to hand Per Mertesacker his first start of the season, slotted between youngster Rob Holding and Nacho Monreal. Up against their old foe Diego Costa, they didn't stand a chance.
Yet Arsenal, buoyed by coping Chelsea's 3-4-3 system, genuinely outplayed the champions. They were superior in defence, midfield and attack; more than anything else they simply looked up for the fight, so often their problem against Chelsea. This was typified by an exchange between Costa and Holding in the early stages: after a tangle between the two, Holding screamed in Costa's face, calling him "a nutter." It said something about Arsenal's approach that day: for once, they would not be bullied, and they eventually prevailed in a fantastically entertaining Cup Final.
-- Michael Cox
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text: Just like an electrical switch allows the flow of electricity into electrical circuits, relativistic transparency in plasma can act like a fast optical switch allowing the flow of light through otherwise opaque plasma. An ultrahigh intensity laser pulse at Trident interacting with a molybdenum target to produce a proton beam with energies greater than 50 million electron volts, as well as an intense burst of X-rays lasting a few picoseconds. (Image: Joseph Cowan, Plasma Physics) Modern day lasers, such as the Trident laser in Los Alamos National Laboratory delivers a 200 terawatt power pulse (roughly 400 times the average electrical consumption of the United States) in half a trillionth of a second (picosecond) time. As shown in Fig. 1, when the laser power reaches a threshold limit, relativistic transparency in plasma turns the initially opaque plasma transparent in less than a tenth of a picosecond. Powerful lasers are used to drive plasmas in next-generation particle accelerators and x-ray beams. One shortcoming of these beams is that they typically have a range of energy, caused by the gradual rise of laser power from zero to its maximum level. Using an optical switch, this ramp up time can be reduced to less than a tenth of a picosecond, delivering peak laser power to the plasma on a faster time scale. Fig. 1: So, how does this relativistic transparency happen inside plasma? When a laser beam is incident on (or strikes) plasma, electrons in the plasma react to the laser to cancel its presence inside the plasma. But when the laser is powerful enough to accelerate electrons close to the speed of light, the mass of the electrons increases, making them "heavier." These heavier electrons cannot react quickly enough; hence the laser beam propagates through the plasma. Now, for the first time, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Ludwig-Maximilian University (LMU) in Germany have been able to make a direct observation of relativistic transparency in thin plasmas using a Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating (FROG) device. The discovery was made possible by two key capabilities: the ability to fabricate carbon foils a few nanometers thick to produce thin plasma, and the elimination of optical noise preceding the Trident laser pulse on a few picosecond timescale. Fig. 2: Simple schematic of experimental setup (a), Incident Vs transmitted laser pulse thorough plasma due to relativistic transparency, measured (b) and computer simulated (c). The sharp turn on time in measured transmitted pulse is lost due to propagation effects. Initially, the researchers observed pulse shortening due to relativistic transparency and consistent spectral broadening. Later, they also measured the shape of the laser pulses incident on and transmitted through the plasma to directly observe the transparency as shown in Fig. 2. The transmitted laser pulse is roughly half the duration of the incident laser pulse, with a transparency turn on time around a fifth of a picosecond. The experimental results are well consistent with that of computer simulation, except the loss of fast turn-on time due to propagation effects arising from diffraction. Efforts are currently underway to eliminate diffraction limitations to observe the true turn-on time. For more information, visit: www.lanl.gov


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Introducing: Chris Shee, 2017 Head Coach
This season, AFL Quebec will be highlighting some of the key figures in our club. This first piece introduces an AFL Quebec member who will be one of our most visible this year – and for good reason; he is our league's Head Coach for the 2017 season, Chris Shee.
Chris joined AFL Quebec in 2015 but his football career started in 1994 in South Australia with the Onkaparinga Valley Football Club. (And we can't omit his first Premiership win at the age of 14…) But it didn't end at U14 – winding up in Adelaide years later, he also played three seasons with the North Adelaide Roosters in the SANFL, a league often ranked as the strongest outside the AFL. Upon returning to Onka Valley, he captained/vice-captained his A-league for six years before "retiring" and moving to Canada. The same year he came to AFL Quebec, he joined the Quebec Saints for their Division 2 Premiership at the US National Competition in Texas. With his incredible skill, game knowledge, sportsmanship as well as a patient and determined commitment to teaching the game to those new to the sport, he has helped bring the Montreal Demons their first AFL Quebec premiership win in 2016. Now he has taken on a new and challenging role as Head Coach for our league.
After leading the first training of the season this past Sunday, February 26th, Chris shared his thoughts with us. What are his first impressions of this season's league membership? "The vibe was really good, there was a lot of willingness to learn." And he plans to keep this energy rolling forward!
But coaching for a league with players ranging from beginners to national champions is not without challenges.
"What I can offer as a coach is a balance – our club has people who are aiming to play at the most elite level in Canada […] but our league mainly consists of people who start out as newcomers who've never hand-balled or kicked a footy in their life and are coming to learn a new sport and meet a whole bunch of new people." Chris reiterates, "It's important for the veterans to keep improving and keep working towards their goals. For the new players, working on mastering the basic skills is the priority." But since mastery of basic skills as well as fitness are always key to better game-day performance for rookies and veterans alike, this will be a main focus for the indoor training season. While rookies may sometimes be given extra time with some of our league coaches, expect rookies and veterans to be participating in the same drills in no time at all. "Everybody will be involved in the drills, no matter what."
If you're new to Australian football, nobody will tell you it's easy! The ball is unlike that of any other sport in Canada and the skills take practice, time, patience, and sometimes a couple of bruises to learn! For newcomers to Australian Football, Chris suggests that you ask questions as soon as you find yourself confused or concerned about a certain drill or skill; "New players should feel at ease in approaching the coaches and asking questions. No question is too dumb! Asking questions - It's the most important thing."
"If you're going to have fun playing this sport - the sooner you get your questions answered, the sooner you can get to kicking and passing the ball, then you can enjoy playing […] Then once you're enjoying playing, you can enjoy the comradery and culture that surround Australian Football." And that's the priority in AFL Quebec.
Whether you're a rookie or a veteran, getting to indoor training to improve your fitness and skill in Australian football is about getting as much out of our game as possible and enjoying friendly competition with your clubmates.
"At the end of the day, it's really just everybody running around with everybody."
Next training is this Sunday, March 5th, 2pm at College Andre Grasset. Open to women and men, no experience necessary. Go to aflquebec.ca or check out AFL Quebec on Facebook for details and to register.
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March at Coyote Hills is all about the changing of the guard. Winter's ducks will be gathered up in preparation to fly to their breeding grounds. Great Horned Owls are on the nest. Early spring migration will be underway with dwindling numbers of crowned sparrows and great numbers of incoming swallows. The tules will be full of the sound of singing Common Yellowthroats and chattering Marsh Wrens. Come out and see what we can find! Scopes are helpful. Be prepared to walk a couple of miles on paved and gravel paths. Bring insect repellent. Heavy rain cancels. Pre-registration is not required, and all are welcome. $5 parking fee payable at kiosk, free to East Bay Parks annual pass holders.
Directions: To reach the park from I-880 take SR-84 towards the Dumbarton Bridge. Exit at Paseo Padre Parkway, turn right on Paseo Padre and go about one mile. Turn left on Patterson Ranch Road to enter the park.


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H.R.2767 - Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2013113th Congress (2013-2014)
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The short answer is 6 to 8 weeks before you regularly have fifty degree nights in your area. There are some basic questions to consider that will help you time your plantings.
When to Start Tomatoes Indoors & Plant Outdoors
by Gary Pilarchik LCSW-C
Some Basic Tomato Information
Tomatoes should be started indoors 6 weeks before last frost. That is a true statement but you want to make sure you also have warm nights. Tomatoes won't really establish themselves and begin to significantly grow until the nights in your area are regularly in the fifties. They are a warm season crop. I also know from experience you can start tomatoes 8 weeks before they go into the ground. The problem is that they get quite a bit larger indoors during that extra 2 weeks from 6 to 8 weeks.
Tomatoes also come with a maturity date. On the back of the seed packet it will say 55 days to maturity for some determinate type plants or 75 days to maturity for many indeterminate type plants. The key to this number is understanding that this "starts" when the plant actually goes into the ground. If you grow tomatoes indoors for 6 weeks, you won't have tomatoes in 2 to 3 weeks once planted. You probably save about 1-2 weeks of time by starting plants indoors.
The number of days to maturity is also dependent on the night time temperatures. If you put a plant out and the nights aren't warm, well the tomato plant just sits there. The maturity number on the back of the tomato seed packet is basically the number of days to maturity under warm nights. Confusing a bit but basically you gain 1-2 weeks time toward picking tomatoes by starting seeds indoors. The maturity timer starts when the nights are in the fifties and the plants are in the ground.
Some Basic Questions to Ask Yourself
You have to decide how you are going to maintain you tomato seedlings indoors. Do you want to just get them started in small seed trays and go from there into the ground? Do you want to grow them in 6 inch pots or 8 to 12 oz styro-foam cups and grow larger plants? When do you get fairly regular fifty degree nights in your area? A dip into the mid forties is okay but you have to make sure the warmth is there.
I start my seeds in 9 pocket cello trays and put 3 to 4 seeds in each pocket. I end up with about 25 to 30 plants in one 9 pocket tray. I transplant them when the are 2 to 4 inches high into 8 to 12 oz styro-foam cups. The tomatoes in the cups can grow up to 12 inches by the time I transplant them. This takes a lot of work. I also sell my plants. The final question is how many tomato plants do you want to grow? You probably don't need as many as I do.
When Do I Start Them Indoors and Put Them Outdoors?
1. Do you want to start them in 9 pocket cello trays and transfer them directly to the garden?
Yes: Start them 6 weeks before you have warm nights.
2. Do you want to start them in 9 pocket cello trays and transfer them to 6 inch pots or cups?
Yes: Start them 8 weeks before you have warm nights.
3. Do you want to start them directly in 6 inch pots or cups and grow larger plants indoors?
Yes: Start them 8 weeks before you have warm nights.
Some Basic Tomato Seed Starting Information
This Knol answered a specific question. I have detailed information in my other Knols on seed starting. I recommend you grow the plants in a starter mix that has fertilizer. If you are planning to grow larger plants over 8 weeks, you should give them a drink of water soluble fertilizer. Tomatoes will suck the nutrients out of starter soil quickly. I highly recommend watering the plants from the bottom.You can find a lot of information in my Knols below on growing and starting tomatoes.
How to Grow A Salsa Garden
How to Plant a Tomato an Tend to Its Needs
Cool Weather Vegetable Gardening
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This fashion collection from Noa Raviv takes its inspiration from classical art, and it certainly shows. The pieces are intricate and extravagant, with certain items turning the model into a butterfly-like individual.
What's also interesting about this collection is how the images were made. Raviv used computer software to digitally manipulate each one, which makes each piece look like viewers are starting at a rendering image on a screen. According to the designer, "these objects cannot be printed, nor produced in reality. They exist only in the virtual space. The tension between the real and the virtual, between 2D and 3D inspired me to create this collection," as stated on DesignBoom.
For a fashion collection, while some of these pieces are not the most wearable for everyday life, they certainly make a statement. Photo Credits: designboom, noaraviv
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Nobody wants to slap on an American flag T from Old Navy and call it a day. Don't phone it in for the 4th, make all your friends jealous with these hella stylish outfits and make sure the fireworks aren't the only thing making people go ooh and aah.
1. Just The Accessories
Okay, if you don't want to go all Uncle Sam Overkill, then you should invest in this option: adding hints of old glory into your every day chicness will add some flare and fun to your 4th.
2. Balls Out Patriotic
Get kitschy with an all-out look. The only thing that you have to be careful with, with this look is that the reds, whites and blues are all the same shade. If you mix shades of blue it'll end up looking messy. Also, don't overdo it with the accessories, but get creative.
3. All American
There's nothing more American looking than a T shirt, jean shorts and a pair of Chuck Taylors. Play up the simplicity of this look with a pair of subtle red, white or blue earrings to keep it simple and classic.


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Just like business opportunities, the opportunities in the Commerce Department are plentiful! No matter what students do or where they live in the world, principles of Commerce will affect their daily lives. The Commerce Faculty will equip students with the ability to process legal and financial information and to creatively engage and effectively communicate economic, legal and business ideas, models and scenarios. With a focus on the ever-evolving technologically driven world the entrepreneurial ideas and abilities of students will be evoked and developed. Through hands-on experiences, engaging topics and real-world applications a love and passion for the world of Commerce will be evident through students from Year 7 right through to Year 12.
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This weekend Frank and I had lots of fun together. First, on Saturday morning, we went to my football club where we watched a match together with my family. I did not play the game because the night before I went to bed very late and so I was a bit tired.
In the afternoon Frank and I went to the birthday party of my friend Simon, at an adventure park in the mountains. There, Frank watched me go on very high zip lines, climb trees and walk over suspended bridges. My favourite part of the adventure was when my mum made a video of me going on a zip line with Frank sitting on a tree beside me.
On Sunday I had fun in the pool although the water was very cold.
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As the two parliamentary constituencies in Meghalaya, Tura and Shillong go to polls on Wednesday, the glare will be on Tura constituency where former Lok Sabha Speaker and eight-time Lok Sabha member Purno A Sangma, 66, of the National People's Party is fighting the most crucial election in his life against Congress greenhorn Daryl Williams Ch Momin, 27, in a straight contest.
Daryl who is the grandson of Meghalaya's first chief minister Captain Willamson Sangma, is cutting his teeth in electoral politics that too against a veteran like Sangma known for his acumen in grassroots campaigning.
Will young Daryl be able to stand up to Sangma's vast experience as a parliamentarian?
Congress leader and Meghalaya chief minister Dr Mukul Sangma has an answer: "Young age is always an advantage as people remain receptive to new ideas at this stage and capable of bringing about positive changes at a fast pace."
He also said, "Daryl's selection at a party candidate is in tune with Congress party's policy to infuse young blood so that a new generation leaders crop up. The party has identified some potential' educated and talented young persons for the purpose and Daryl is one of them," Mukul Sangma said. He is believed to b the main strategist for Daryl's electioneering.
The Congress hopes that Daryl will sail through against formidable Purno Sangma on the strength that out of the 24 MLAs under Tura Parliamentary constituency 13 belonged to Congress while six more independent MLAs support the Congress in the state assembly.
It is a challenging task to pose a challenge Purno Sangma in Tura which elected him to Parliament for eight times, and given the credentials of the veteran politician in winning polls irrespective of whichever party he contests from.
All along the people of Tura have respected Sangma's stature and given him the mandate to represent them repeatedly whether at the state assembly or the Lok Sabha. However, during the last assembly election in Meghalaya in 2013, Sangma's NPP, a political party formed ahead of the last presidential elections, managed to win only two seats.
Daryl who joined Congress in 2012 after completing his MBA from Bond University in Australia, will find it hard to match P A Sangma's ability to mingle with grassroots voters in rural areas with an unparallel ease.
"One has to start somewhere in life and the younger you start is better. When a new person enters an arena he/she brings along some new ideas that may be useful for bringing about positive change. I may be young and pitted against a formidable rival, but I am not alone as the entire Congress party is behind me," Daryl said exuding confidence that the people especially young voters will back him in the polls.
"I fought nine elections from Tura. You know the results of the nine times and do your assessment," Purno Sangma expressing his characteristic confidence of winning polls this time too. Sangma has harped on his support to Garo tribe people's age-old demand for a separate Garoland state to be carved out of Meghalaya in the campaign trail. He said Garoland state demand had become more relevant now after creation of Telangana.
Sangma's foray into politics began in 1977 when he won the Lok Sabha elections from Tura on a Congress ticket. He went on to win the Lok Sabha elections in 1984, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004 besides the by-election in 2006.
While it is a straight contest between Purno Sangma and Daryl Momin in Tura, there are eight candidates in the fray in Shillong parliamentary constituency in the hill state. In Shillong, the contest will be mainly between the sitting MP and Congress candidate Vincent H Pala and United Democratic Party candidate Paul Lyngdoh who has been supported by the NPP.
Other candidates in the fray include BJP's Shibun Lyngdoh, CPI 's Richard D Shabong, Aam Aadmi Party's Armerington Kharshiing, and independents P B M Basaiawmoit, Denis Siangshai and Ivoryna Shylla.
There are 36 assembly segments under Shillong Parliamentary constituency out of which 13 are under the grip of the Congress. So the Congress candidate is facing a challenge there to retain the seat.