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A few days ago I posted a forum topic, http://lumberjocks.com/topics/1657, on Coloring Pyrography and Thos. Angle gave me a good suggestion. However, given the scale at which I am working I thought I wanted more control over the point. So, dummy me decides to go with a water based marker system. Crayola or something to be exact. Now this may have worked had I sprayed the board with some type of sealer prior to color. As it is, it bled. Now back to the drawing board.
Respectfully submitted as part of the great learning experience of woodworking and a lesson for us all.
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#1 posted 12-16-2007 06:57 AM
Well practice makes perfect. When your perfect the first time, and then you fail you always wonder why.
So now you've got something else to try and perfect.
Great attempt. And try and practice on something smaller next time.
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#2 posted 12-16-2007 07:00 AM
Buck, it doesn't look that bad, at least in the photos. I think I'd hit it with a coat of shellac or something next time (but you already thought about that haven't you).
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#3 posted 12-16-2007 07:00 AM
Thank you Karson, I don't think I want to get any smaller. This board is 5×7 as it is.
#4 posted 12-16-2007 07:01 AM
Bill, certainly needs a coat of something before coloring, thanks.
#5 posted 12-16-2007 08:32 AM
I like it !
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#6 posted 12-16-2007 09:13 AM
Thanks Dan. The bleed is not that all that bad and in a way kinda looks cool. I may go on and put in the box.
#7 posted 12-16-2007 09:49 AM
You can't win em all Buckskin. But it looks OK to me.
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#8 posted 12-16-2007 02:04 PM
I thought it looked great as well.
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#9 posted 12-16-2007 03:05 PM
I think it looks good, Buck. You stayed inside the lines… and the bleed in the flames look natural.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
#10 posted 12-16-2007 03:29 PM
Morning, Buck,
-- Thos. Angle, Jordan Valley, Oregon
#11 posted 12-16-2007 04:00 PM
I think this is a nice looking pyro. I would hang it on my wall.
-- bryano
#12 posted 12-16-2007 05:06 PM
Thanks one and all. I did some more research last night and on Lora S. Irish's website, http://www.carvingpatterns.com/ she suggests using colored pencil as well as water color paint. But, alas still no mention of a sealer before using the water.
#13 posted 12-23-2007 07:47 AM
I know I'm late with this reply…I have always used oil colored pencils. You can find Walnut Hollow oil pencils in Michaels, and I think I've seen them in Walmart. First put a light spray of a sealer on your piece before coloring it..I use Deft Matt Finish. If you want it more transparent just lightly touch the wood with the color you want and then take a Q-Tip or a paper shading stub and dip it in a thinner for oils and go over the color and it will blend your pencil strokes and it will look like a wash. I also use Deft Spray Satin to seal my burnings with either colored or not. A spray sealer has less tendency to bleed. I always watched Cowboy U and they always said Cowboy Up. By the way…I don't think it looks bad at all…Hope this helps…"Keep burning and learning"…Dannie
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I think I have said this before, but I firmly believe that luck has a habit of evening itself out in football.
For that reason, when Liverpool have a player unluckily sent off, have a perfectly good goal disallowed, or are the beneficiary of some other misfortune during a game, then I try to grit my teeth and take it in my stride, firmly believing that the team will have some good luck to balance it out before too long.
One type of misfortune that is much less easy to predict happening than those mentioned above is conceding a goal as a direct result of a beach ball that has been thrown onto the pitch. Of course this is exactly what befell Liverpool at the Stadium of Light last season when Darren Bent's shot ricocheted off one such item, sending Pepe Reina the wrong way and finishing up in the net, giving Sunderland the three points.
Yesterday, with that lovely irony that often finds its way into football, the bad luck of conceding that 'beach ball goal' was arguably cancelled out against the same team at the same ground, when Liverpool were awarded a debatable penalty.
When Jay Spearing was brought down by John Mensah and the referee awarded a spot-kick on the advice of his assistant, Sunderland, and their manager Steve Bruce, were up in arms, claiming that the foul was outside the box.
Having watched the incident over and over again on replays, I must admit that I am inclined to agree, as is Liverpool's Jamie Carragher, who told Sky Sports: "I thought it was a penalty, but then I looked at half time and I don't think it was, was it? It was just outside."
Dirk Kuyt duly tucked away the kick, and the pain of the 'beach ball goal' was, for me, consigned to history. What made things even more satisfying was both that the hotly-disputed penalty was not the only goal scored by Liverpool in their victory, and that the second goal was one of sheer quality from Luis Suarez – scored as it was from the near post at an impossibly tight angle.
Suarez is rapidly proving that he may be worthy of the legendary number 7 shirt he wears, and he showed the creativity and flair that his side badly missed in the Europa League game against Braga on Thursday night. Watching him, I have that tingle of excitement of feeling 'oh wow, he plays for US'.
Suarez' was not the only impressive performance; Jay Spearing, handed a start by Kenny Dalglish, was superb in midfield, and Dirk Kuyt, now Liverpools's leading goal scorer this season, kept working and working and working, as usual. He and Suarez work well together; maybe it is a 'Dutch thing', given that Suarez speaks Dutch, learned during his time at Ajax!
That's 19 points from the last 24 in the League for Liverpool now. They have established a five-point cushion above a clutch of teams behind them, and Spurs, now only four points ahead of the Anfield club (albeit with a game in hand), may be starting to look anxiously over their shoulders.
As for bad luck in football, well after the beach ball goal last season, Steve Bruce said, calmly: "Well, sometimes these things happen in football". Yes, they do, but not nearly as often as teams having harsh decisions, like debatable penalties, given against them.
Needless to say, after his side was on the receiving end of one such decision yesterday, Bruce was not nearly so philosophical. When it comes to luck, what goes around comes around, Steve.
Disclaimer: The views in this article are that of the writer and may not replicate those of the Professional Footballers' Association.


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After working in various companies, you realize that eventually it's quite feasible that you'll perceive your employer as the enemy.
Sure they pay you for work, but COME ON! How bad is work that they have to pay you to do it? This means that although you may have a good run, the vast majority of people will get to a point where they will get fed up with their current situations and start searching… that's when things finally get fun.
Why you ask? Because when you're actively looking for a new job, you start to find the surrounding circumstances funny. What used to frustrate you to no end suddenly becomes a joke… because pretty soon, you'll drop this problem, return it to sender and add to their pile the act of having to find a replacement for you.
Suddenly you start to become more efficient, things run smooth and you quite possibly start producing your best work, because you're finally able to ignore the tidbits of every day office bullshit that boil your soul to no end. That's when you start smiling.
The best part is when people ask why the hell you're so happy and you answer with an "oh nothing" and start skipping away. It's because I may be taking your order and getting you a full blown meal… but you're getting an extra something you don't know about. It may be because you may be sending me more work I hate, while doing it with an attitude worthy of a güido bitch slap… and I'm still smiling.
And the closer your dessert gets to you, the more I smile... until you're going to take your second bite. That's when I tell you my little secret technique, hand in my letter of resignation and skip away like a giddy devil child.
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat twenty-four 1-3/4-inch muffin cups with cooking spray; set aside.
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NWSB Insider and Washington Huskies blogger Chris Hall predicts the staring lineup for the 2012-13 Washington Huskies. Andrew Andrews, CJ Wilcox, Desmond Simmons, Shawn Kemp Jr. and Gilles Dierickx all make the cut on Hall's list. Nigel Williams-Cross, Darin Johnson, Mike Anderson, Jernard Jerreau and Perris Blackwell are the challengers for Lorenzo Romar's squad.
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Lorenzo Romar will do what it takes to get UW back on track!
NWSB Inside and University of Washington Huskies Insider Erin Acacio breaks down the 2012-13 season for UW head coach Lorenzo Romar. Despite the disappointment of missing the NCAA Tournament the last two years, Lorenzo Romar wants to stay at Washington as long as he can. With a potential starting lineup of Andrew Andrews, C.J. Wilcox, Hikeem Stewart, Shawn Kemp Jr and Desmond Simmons, there's a lot to like about the future of this program.
Overachievers and underachievers for Washington's basketball team
NWSB Insider and UW hoops writer Clinton Bell tells us his over and under achiever for the 2012/2013 University of Washington Huskies men's basketball team. The easy, and even obvious choice for over achiever is CJ Wilcox. Leading the team in scoring, he was the man who needed to step up his game more than anybody else with the departures of Tony Wroten and Terrence Ross to the NBA after last season. Aziz N'Diaye is another overachiever.
Pac 12 Preview: Washington Huskies strengths and weaknesses
NWSB insider and resident hoops man Steve Lee brings us his thoughts on the 2012/13 Washington Huskies basketball program's strengths and weaknesses. The top Dawgs are gone, and Lorenzo Romar may be left with his worst squad since his arrival in Seattle, but UW do have some strengths held over from last seasons regular season Pac-12 champions. The starting 5 Aziz N'Diaye, Abdul Gaddy, Desmond Simmons, Shawn Kemp Jr., CJ Wilcox.
Ahead of the curve? Washington Huskies hoops preview
NWSB insider and resident hoops man Steve Lee brings us his thoughts on the 2012/13 Washington Huskies basketball program. With the loss of both Tony Wroten and Terrence Ross to the NBA, the Huskies are definitely a team without a star. Incumbant big time point man C.J. Wilcox will have his hands full trying to carry the bulk of the scoring. Abdul Gaddy will have to step it up during his senior year to take over this team as the floor general.
Washington Huskies hoops: The 2012/2013 roster breakdown Ver. 1.0
NWSB Insider and UW hoops writer Clinton Bell tells us that the Washington Huskies are going to have a very hard time repeating as conference champs this season. With the departures of Tony Wroten and Terrence Ross, this leaves the leadership roles up to Abdul Gaddy and C.J. Wilcox. There are not a lot of imcoming players as of yet either, only two to be exact: Mark Mclaughlin and Jernard Jerreau.
South Dakota St. vs. Washington College Hoops Preview | Prediction
Free College Basketball Betting Odds & Picks for the the South Dakota St. Jackrabbits vs. Washington Huskies Sunday matchup. Last game out was more like it for coach Lorenzo Romar's UW Huskies. A nice win over the UCSB Gauchos. C.J. Wilcox, Darnell Gant, Abdul Gaddy, Terrence Ross, Tony Wroten and Desmond Simmons will all surely be on their game Sunday and get it done versus the Rabbits.
UCSB vs. Washington Betting Odds & Handicapping Preview | Dec. 16
Free College Basketball Betting Odds & Picks for the the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. Washington Huskies Friday matchup. Despite 3 consecutive losses, there is no need for concern or panic with coach Lorenzo Romar's Huskies. Their last decade has proven December has little to do with February and March. C.J. Wilcox, Darnell Gant, Abdul Gaddy, Terrence Ross, Aziz N'Diaye, Tony Wroten and Desmond Simmons will get it done.
Huskies College Basketball Recap: UW loses 79-77
Steve Lee weighs in with the good, the bad, and the ugly last night on the 79-77 Washington Huskies loss to the Marquette Golden Eagles last night in NYC. Jae Crowder's 3-pointer with 6.3 seconds remaining lifted to a wild victory over Washington at the Jimmy V Classic in New York. Terrence Ross led the Huskies in defeat with 19 points.
Let the games begin: UW Huskies win season opener
Insider Steve Lee starts the much anticipated Washington Huskies basketball season off with good news about their opener. The Huskies won their opener behind C.J Wilcox, Terrence Ross and Tony Wroten's off-the-bench performance.


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Our handymen require a minimum of 4 hours per appointment, except in certain circumstances. For the odd job that will take less than 1 hour, we have a service call rate of $99.
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PHYSICAL and verbal attack is all part of the curriculum for teachers in Merseyside schools.
A shocking new report from the National Association of Schoolteachers and Union of Women Teachers reveals that serious violence is on the rise in schools.
The findings of a two-week survey in 304 schools showed that on average 12 teachers are physically assaulted every day. As there are 600 schools in Merseyside schools, that figure would be 24.
Teachers also faced a barrage of more than 800 cases of verbal abuse during that time.
John Mayes, Knowsley NASUWT secretary and member of the union's national executive, said: "It is a big problem for teachers, from out and out aggressive and violent behaviour to verbal abuse.
"This is happening on a daily basis in Merseyside schools."
The problem is not restricted to pupils attacking teachers - parents can lose control and hit out too.
The survey earlier this year asked teachers in 304 schools in the north west - including some in two Merseyside local education authority areas - to record every instance of abuse, verbal or physical, over a two-week period. Nearly 1,000 attacks were reported.
Yet over the same period the LEAs received reports of only 12.
Mr Mayes said: "It just doesn't get reported and schools are not very good at monitoring the problem."
Since September Mr Mayes has been working on five cases of serious assault in Merseyside schools but there are many more being dealt with by union school representatives and other teaching unions.
In the 2002/2003 school year in Liverpool the education authority says there were 28 assaults on teachers which resulted in a pupil being temporarily excluded and five leading to permanent exclusion.
Mr Mayes said: "We have had some violent attacks on teachers and in 90% of cases the way the schools deal with this is pretty good so most incidents would not come to me unless there was a problem with the way the school is dealing with it.
"Things like inclusion means there are children in mainstream schools who years ago might have stayed in the special needs sector.
"Teachers need to report every case, schools need to monitor the situation more closely and society as a whole needs to take responsibility."
The grim facts . . .>
IN the two-week survey period by the NASUWT covering 304 schools there were:
126 physical assaults.
838 cases of verbal abuse.
Of these, 62 were sexual insults or threats.
9 were cases of racist verbal abuse.
15 were in nursery or reception classes.
Applying these findings to Merseyside's 600 schools shows the chances of 250 physical assaults a fortnight.
Victim of abuse pays the price>
FOUR weeks ago a teacher with 16 years experience was violently attacked in a Merseyside playground.
The teacher has asked not to be named .
A student was seen misbehaving during lunchtime and asked to "come here."
The teacher repeated his request several times but only received verbal abuse in response so he told the boy he would have to be sent home because of the way he was speaking to a teacher.
He said: "He walked off so I followed him.
"He was about a yard away so I stood in his path with my hands spread to stop him."
In the violence that followed, the teacher was kicked several times over his body, including in the groin area, bitten so hard that it drew blood, headbutted, and spat at in the face.
The teacher was left with bruises, a scar from the bite and a twisted arm from blocking the blows.
The boy has been permanently excluded.
The teacher added: "It made me feel humiliated because the attack happened in the school yard in front of lots of students but I was proud of the way I dealt with it because I was professional and calm.
"I am sad it happened because I didn't know the child well, there was no history between us and the situation did not need to spiral in the way it did.
"A minor infringement of school rules was blown out of proportion by this student's over-reaction to being asked to 'come here'.
"I am happy with the support I have received from the school and other members of staff but this is a growing problem in society, not just in schools.
"I think inclusion is a big problem, too, because for too many years, education has been under funded, which leaves authorities trying to be inclusive on the cheap.
"There are some students in schools who are unable to cope with mainstream education and schools that do not have the resources to cater for the needs of these students.
"Unless inclusion is funded properly, and there is a change in emphasis in youth culture, we will continue to see these sort of problems."
HEADLINE: 'Temporary refuge' idea for pupils and teachers
AN EDUCATION professor at Liverpool University says that when students cannot cope with a mainstream classroom it can be impossible for teachers to keep control.
Professor Terry Russell also has a background in psychology and agrees there is a serious problem in schools with violence.
He said: "The issue is really how society as a whole copes with the range of pupils that schools are required to accommodate."
Prof Russell says some schools cope better than others and that depends on the type of intake they are used to dealing with.
"Over the years education has really striven to accommodate the widest possible range of pupils," said Prof Russell.
"It's about the fit of an individual into a social context and inevitably there are times when that fit doesn't work and it breaks down.
"Having also been a teacher myself who taught pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties, situations do arise that are abusive and threatening to teachers and you need some sort of safety valve.
"It's virtually impossible at times when things erupt to maintain the normal social composure of the classroom and when there are individuals who can't cope with it and become emotionally explosive.
"You need some kind of refuge, at least temporarily and preferably built into the education system, for both pupils and teachers."


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Gord Miller is Ontario's Environmental Commissioner (ECO). Each year he takes a look at applications made by Ontario residents for government ministries to "review an existing policy, law, regulation or instrument if they feel the environment is not being protected or to review the need for a new law, regulation or policy."
This one caught my attention.
Applications R2007005 and R2007006 requested that two ministries (the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) review the need for new legislation or amendments to the Provincial Policy Statement, 2005 (PPS) under the Planning Act for the protection of bicycle couriers and cyclists in general.
The applicants claimed that:
*cyclists' civil rights of mobility, safety and health have been compromised and overlooked.
*all levels of government are responsible for the due care and protection of residents' right to security and right to life.
*not implementing cycling transportation plans has contributed to thousands of bicycle collisions in the past decade.
* the road network can be considered an unhealthy work environment for bicycle couriers.
There were other valid points but the thrust of the argument was that since municipal governments (in this case Toronto) promote cycling they ought to be responsible for providing good cycling infrastructure. Further, it was contended that a new provincial law should be enacted, under MMAH jurisdiction, to enhance safety and reform the system of tort liability, and particularly the mechanism known as "contributory negligence."
I'm a blogger not a lawyer but this is how I understand the tort issue:
Municipalities should have liability since they are partly at fault for the damages or suffering of cyclists involved in a collision with a motor vehicle, for not providing reasonably safe cycling conditions.
Makes sense, right?
The Result
The MOE said the application was outside its mandate.
The MMAH denied the application but only looked at aspects related to the Provincial Policy Statement (i.e., not the liability issues.) The PPS was strong on cycling and had a lengthy consultation said the Ministry. Besides "creating and regulating cycling lanes" is a municipal matter. (Check out the Municipal Act, 2001 if you need clarification.)
The Commish's Comments
The ECO agreed that MMAH had grounds for denying this application. However, he noted that 2,400 Ontario cyclists are injured and 10 to 15 killed each year on the roads. Many smaller incidents likely go unreported.
Miller questions how strong an environmental document the PPS is. A comment from his 04 - 05 annual report "that some land uses are given clear priority over others" and that the focus "of transportation planning in Ontario has traditionally been the expansion of the road network primarily for motor vehicles" captures his concerns.
As well, while the 2005 PPS says that streets "should be planned to meet the needs of cyclists (it) does not require municipalities to provide safer cycling networks."
But if municipalities understood they could be liable for not doing enough for cyclists it would provide "sufficient incentive for municipalities to begin allocating appropriate amounts of road space to cyclists and installing protections to increase the safety of cyclists on city streets."
This would require the action by another ministry - the Attorney General.
You'll see the Summer Olympics in Milton before Environment, Municipal Affairs and your local government take any action on this one.


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Just wanted to tell you all how much I'm enjoying reading this book. I've been folloring Margaret Roach's blog for about a year. It's fun to read about her gardens and her life. Her photos are gorgeous and her cat is a hoot.
But the book…oh my. The writing is stunning. She's going to win every prize out there. It's thoughtful, intelligent, interesting, colorful and so descriptive that when I'm reading, I'm right there with her. The story, in a nutshell, is that Margaret was a woman with a great job (we're talking bigwig) in NYC and a tiny, old weekend home where she gardens. She leaves the big job behind and is now living full time in that tiny house, gardening and writing.
This is the kind of book that I can read at night, right before bed. It puts the busy-ness of the day out of my head. I'm only reading a couple of pages a night because I don't want it to end. For me, that's the sign of a great book. I often laugh out loud while reading and there's always something to think about. Loving' it!


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This year marks the 15th annual "Hooked On Fishing" Opening Day Trout Derby on Lake Wilderness. This is actually an event that spans generations of opening day enthusiasts. The Maple Valley Lion's Club originally sponsored the derby decades ago until 1994. In 2003 when the City of Maple Valley acquired the park from King County, a partnership was forged by the chamber, Maple Valley Rotary, and The City to bring the traditional opening day celebration back to Lake Wilderness. Where else can you go so close to home to camp out all night, enter a derby, and eat a ham and egg breakfast with all you can eat pancakes at midnight under the stars?
This is definitely an event for all ages. There is fishing of course, from the shoreline, from boats, from the dock; and a fish pen for young anglers under the age of 9, but there's more. Fred Meyer will host kid's games on the beach Friday evening and there are open fire pits for roasting marshmallows. NEW this year is the addition of an outdoor family movie on Friday night. Sit back and relax while watching Finding Dory. Special thanks to Black Diamond Maple Valley Kiwanis Club for sponsoring this event. And remember there is a tagged fish released in to the lake and if caught before noon on Saturday, is worth $300. It's been caught twice in the history of the derby; once in 2003 by the legendary Nathan Cairns and in 2007 by Nathan Geringer. We will also have a special recognition to honor our long time friend and The Most Supreme High Head Weighmaster, Gerry Day, who passed away at the end of last year. We will miss hime terribly
So gear up and get ready. Purchase your Washington State fishing license right here in Maple Valley at Fred Meyer and get your camping and fishing gear at Fred Meyer and Johnsons Home & Garden! Camping set-up begins at 3 pm Friday, April 21st and the derby and breakfast begin at midnight and conclude at noon on Saturday, April 22nd. (All campers must register when arriving in The Park and agree to the rules and regulations of this event.)
To help alleviate the back-up at the boat launch, plan on launching your boat early and leaving it on the beach until derby time. Complete fishing rules and regulations, safety tips, the up-to-date parking plan, and schedule of events are on our website at www.maplevalleychamber.org and www.blackdiamondchamber.org. Please note: This year, prior to launching you boat into Lake Wilderness you will be required to sign a form stating your boat has not been out of WA waters in the last 30 days. If so, you will have to sign another form stating you have decontaminated it properly. Sorry but it's the State's rules and we have to follow it.
This event is made possible by many, many local businesses along with the collaboration of the Greater Maple Valley - Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce, Maple Valley Rotary and the City of Maple Valley. A special thanks goes to our Big Fish Sponsors:


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The pink bollworm.
- n. See corn earworm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. The larvae of any of various species of moth that are pests to some agricultural crops
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The larva or caterpillar of a lepidopterous insect of the family Noctuidæ, Heliothis armigera, very destructive in some seasons to the cotton-crop on account of its attacks on the bolls.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
Sorry, no etymologies found.
(From Chittenden, U.S. Department of Agriculture)] = The tomato fruit worm = (Fig. 40) known as the bollworm of cotton and the ear worm of corn, is frequently the cause of serious trouble to tomato growers, especially in the southern states, due to its pernicious habit of eating into and destroying the green and ripening fruit.
Farm and agro-processing workers: Climate change will make water scarce and more costly, spread pests like the Mediterranean fruit fly and the bollworm, increase plant-and-animal killing heat spells, reduce winter chilly spells many plants need, and raise the price of fuel and fertilizer.
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We have an emergence of resistance in the bollworm in India, she said.
Shiva sees the latest news about Bt cotton's inability to combat the bollworm as a ploy by Monsanto to win support for its next generation of Bt cotton "It's like the pesticide treadmill … when you have resistance to [one type of GM seed] you use a more lethal pesticide," she says.
Reports coming in from four districts of India's Gujarat state indicated that the company's seeds had not been able to prevent a pest called the pink bollworm from attacking cotton crops.
Bt, which introduces a gene into seeds to disrupt the bollworm insect that plagues cotton crops, has lifted India's cotton production from 190 million bales in 2003 to 310 million bales currently, according to Satish Kagliwal, managing director of Nath Biogene, a seed-manufacturing company in Maharashtra's Aurangabad city, which sells a Bt cotton seed called Fusion and so-called "hybrid" seeds for a variety of other crops.
"Bt cotton, even though promoted as resistant to the bollworm, has created new pests, and to control these new pests, farmers are using 13 times more pesticides then they were using prior to introduction of Bt cotton," she wrote in the Huffington Post article.
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In India, an indigenous seed company, Navbharat Seeds Pvt.Ltd. of Gujarat brought a bollworm-resistant seed, Navbharat-151, to market in 1999.


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Dear Cool Spring Families,
I am humbled by the opportunity to partner with you as the principal of Cool Spring Primary School. As a former graduate of King William County Public Schools, I am deeply invested in the successes of our students within this division, and I am committed to ensuring our students receive a high-quality education. Our mission is to build relationships and to lay the foundation for life-long learning. Each day, we reiterate our school motto to mold our young students' minds and behaviors:
Cool Spring is a learning place.
Cool Spring is a caring place.
Cool Spring is a safe place.
Cool Spring is a learning place: We feel a heightened responsibility to ensure students have a solid groundwork in the core content areas, specifically reading and math. We recognize that reading paves the way for future academic achievement, and our teachers work diligently to ensure students are immersed in a balanced literacy program. We capitalize on opportunities for learning to be meaningful and relevant, and our teachers challenge themselves to continue their development as ongoing learners as well.
Cool Spring is a caring place: Cool Spring is known for the positive relationships our teachers and staff develop with our students and families. Our students are enthusiastic about learning, and our teachers provide a nurturing environment where students are supported and challenged. We appreciate parental involvement and support as we work together to make this year meaningful and successful for your child.
Cool Spring is a safe place: Safety of our students is a priority at Cool Spring, and we hold our students to high behavioral expectations. We welcome parental involvement, and we encourage you to seek opportunities to volunteer and show your child that you are jointly invested in his or her education. We appreciate that you respect our policy of checking in with the office when visiting our building. We know that in order for learning to take place, our students must first feel safe and supported at school.
We welcome your feedback and look forward to working with you and your child. Feel free to contact me at (804) 769-3434 or email@example.com for more information.
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We've all had them – those 'light bulb' moments when you suddenly realise the solution to a tricky issue in your story, or when a character reveals something about themselves that you didn't know before.
Occasionally those 'yes' moments come when you're sitting at your computer, but, in my experience, many tend to happen when you're doing something completely different. Some people say they get their best ideas in the shower, but mine tend to come when I'm washing the dishes – so there's an advantage to not having dishwasher! Other times, a sudden idea can come into my mind while I'm driving, and I really think I should invest in one of those voice-activated recorders to capture those thoughts, in case I forget them before I have a chance to write them down. The same applies to those amazing 'yes' moments that always seem to happen as you are about to drop off to sleep. 'I'll remember that,' you tell yourself in your last waking moment, but of course by next morning you've forgotten.
I'm lucky in that I have a 'brainstorming partner' who, although, or maybe because, she is a reader, not a writer, knows exactly the right questions to ask to turn my mind away from the tramlines on which it is stuck, and start thinking in a different direction. With Irish Intrigue, she did it with four words, "Or with the children", at which point I raised a clenched fist with a rather loud response of 'Yesss!' which made everyone else in the pub restaurant where we were lunching looking round at us. A similar thing happened with Irish Secrets, my current WIP, when I needed someone to 'find' an important item. We discussed various possibilities while we finished our lunch, but it was that evening when she called me with an idea she'd thought of. At least this time I was in the privacy of my own study when I let out that yell of 'Yesss!'


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An outdoor multimedia musical comedy, this story is based on the internet symbol of the firefox and its counterpart, the Japanese folktale trickster fox, Kitsune.
The characters in F.C.S.S.T.L. dance and sing their way through a large-scale dog park in the desert. In this landscape, the firefox confronts its identity while exploring mythology, folk tales, chat rooms, feng shui, dialogues of revolution and authentic movement. The costumes are based on the anthropomorphism of domestic animals and the characterization of animals in traditional musicals. The musical composition derives from various music making platforms throughout the age of the computer.
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Samsung has announced that two models in its much-anticipated Galaxy A-Series range, the Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5, will be coming to the UK from February 12. The Galaxy A-Series represents Samsung's new commitment to quality design, as each phone is clad in an all-metal bodyshell - these are also the thinnest smartphones Samsung has brought to market.
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The Samsung Galaxy A3 is the smaller of the pair with a 4.5in Super AMOLED display and a bodyshell measuring 130.1 x 65.5 x 6.9mm - it also weighs a mere 110.3g and has a 65.5% screen-to-body ratio. The display resolution is qHD - that's 960 x 540 pixels at 245 pixels-per-inch (ppi). So far so good, not the best display on the market but not too shabby either.
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Are you gain a Samsung Galaxy A3 or Galaxy A5? And do you taking photos with your Samsung Galaxy A3 or Galaxy A5 all the time? To be sure, there are a large number of photos stored in your Galaxy A3 or Galaxy A5, all of them are recorded every moment of your life, and some of them are very important to you. With the growing number of stored photos, the risk of data loss also increases. The most common is mistakenly deletion. You can imagine what kind of mood when your beloved phones on your Samsung Galaxy A has been deleted, terrible! So, is there any effectively method to recover deleted text messages from Samsung Galaxy A3 or Samsung Galaxy A5?
Have your ever heard data recovery tools? Android Text+Contacts Recovery is such a data recovery program that enables you to directly recover data from Samsung Galaxy A5, such as photos, contacts, text messages, videos and more from any Android devices. To recover sms,contacts from Samsung Galaxy A3 or Galaxy A5, you just need to install the trial version and follow the simple steps below.
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Attention: Please do not use your device since your deleted data from, or the new data will overwrite the deleted data which may making the lost data unrecoverable.
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When the installation is finished, the recovery program will automatically launch and asking you to connect your device to computer by using a USB cable. In order to increase the likelihood of recovery, it is recommended to connect only one device at a time.
Note: For the device that have never enter USB debugging, you need to follow the steps showing on the pop-up window to enter USB debugging for your device. According to different operating system version, there is few different, but it's very easy, just follow suit.
Step 2. Analyzing to scan data on your Samsung Galaxy A3 or A5
If the program has identify your device, please click "Next" to jump to the next step to select the type of files you want to recover.
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You can also choose the scanning mode of Android Photos Recovery before recovering your data. There are two modes for you to choose, Standard Mode and Advanced Mode. In the Standard mode, you are allowed to choose "scan deleted files" or to choose "scan for all files". To save your time, you can keep the default mode, then click "Next" to let the program analyze and scan the select type of files on your device
Step 3. Previewing to recover the deleted contacts,sms on Samsung A5/A3
The scanning process will spend some of your time, please do not disconnect your device. As soon as the scan completed, all the scanning result will be shown on the window, you can preview them one by one, and mark the photos you want at the same time, after that, click on "Recover" button to save them back to your computer.
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Life has been crazy and busy (and there may have been some excessive Netflix involved in all these months that I've been MIA) but I wanted to stop by and say hello 🙂 but mainly to let you know that September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month.
In the United States alone, 16,000 kids are diagnosed each year. That is WAY TOO MANY kids! Childhood cancer is one of the most underfunded types of cancers. Nobody wants to talk about cute little kids with cancer so it is an out of sight out of mind situation that we have going on.
This year, rather than just make my annual donation and wear my gold ribbon in support, I decided to take a little extra step because really, it's the least I could do. (I hate to think of all the poor children feeling sick with their parents looking on helplessly while I watch Netflix and complain about traffic and having to deal with annoying people at work. Horrifying!) This is the first September that my Etsy Store exists & I will be donating 50% of all September sales to CURE Childhood Cancer so please stop by and have a look, make a purchase, no matter the amount and if there's nothing that you like, it's ok, but please consider making your own direct donation anyway so that by the time that we're old and gray Childhood Cancer will be a thing of the past. ❤


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Muck And Sharvari
A story I wrote some years back, which I am posting thanks to Mehr's urges.
Sharvari was a beautiful child. At the age of eight she had everything going for her. Loving parents, adoring teachers, seven best friends, dozens of toys, a yellow bicycle (yellow was her favourite colour), cute dresses, posters of power-puff girls and Muck, who was the world's best puppy. There you go; we have all the ingredients to make a happy eight-year-old. Sugar and spice, and everything nice (without the chemical X).
Sharvari was five when Muck had been given to her. Oh, that moment when she saw him for the very first time, she can never ever forget it. A golden carpet of fur, eyes the colour of chocolate milk. He had a wet nose that was very soft. When she had touched his nose she had squealed, "Eewh! Poor baby, you've got cold", and when she had measured him with her six-inch ruler, she had exclaimed, "Mom, look, he is as tall as my roo-laar!"
Five minutes later, she was a wiser child. Mum had explained it all to her. "No child, Muck does not have cold at all. All dogs have wet noses."
"Why" she asked.
"Um, that's because, well, dogs just love their noses. And so they keep 'em wet so that it shines and is clean all the time."
"Ohhh! But why is he so small? He isn't even bigger than my roo-laar."
"Oh child. Muck is a puppy, a baby. He'll grow tall as he grows older."
So no longer worried, Sharvari set about being friends with him. And so strong was their bond that they ended up being the best of friends. Inseparable, they were like peas in a pod. On the door of Sharvari's room, "Sharvari" was inscribed in big, elegant handwriting. And beneath it you could spot in innocent childish letters the words "and Muck". That's not all, Sharvari had also drawn a trophy with her crayons next to Muck's name. And the trophy proudly proclaimed "World's best puppy". Sharvari's parents were really cool too. They did not raise a hell when they saw the beautiful teak door stained with crayons and markers. They had rather smiled with joy. "Look, how beautifully she writes!" they had gushed.
Both started growing, together beautifully and beautifully together.
Then one day Sharvari died. In a bomb blast.
She had gone to the main market with a friend to get candies. Mum and dad were home. And Muck was busy digging in the backyard. Sharvari had gone never to return again. The only consolation that Sharvari's parents had was that their dear, dear child had died with sweets in her mouth.
As soon as they had seen the news on TV, Sharvari's parents had rushed like a storm to the deceased place. Frantically searching, tears blinding their eyes, throats going sour from shouting. An hour passed, no sign of their daughter. After another two hours, outside the burnt toy shop, Sharvari's father caught a glance of a red shoe. Yes, it did belong to Sharvari. A great wave of sorrow passed over the father. The unspeakable had come true. The shoe was filled by a tiny plump leg, there was but no accompanying body. A shriek escaped him, and the mother was alarmed. She followed his gaze and she saw what she was praying so hard not to see. Her child in front of her, lying there all alone in pieces on the dirty ground, while she was still there, alive and complete, breathing shamelessly and showing all signs of life.
She broke down. Tears of such intensity that you would have never seen before. Both husband and wife, clinging on to each other, letting the sorrow of their heart wash over them.
After a while that seemed like an eternity, they held themselves together and went over to where their daughter lay. They found the rest of the body some thirty feet from the shoe.
The face all covered with precious blood. And she was wearing the t-shirt that featured Buttercup on it, her favourite of all three power-puff girls. One small hand was holding the lollipop that was still in her mouth. In the other hand, the parents found clutched, a packet of colourful candies and an anniversary card. It was their anniversary tomorrow, which they would now on have to celebrate without their daughter.
For the parents, the world had fallen apart. As far as Muck, he just didn't know what was going on. On the first day that the terrible news had come, Muck saw the parent's crying inconsolably all day long. Unlike other deaths, there were no visitors offering sympathy for this insignificant death, because they themselves had suffered great irreparable losses.
Muck could sense a very sad wave throughout the house. So strong, he could almost touch it. And Muck was very worried. He was longing to play with Sharvari. It had been so long and she was not back yet. Maybe she'd been sleeping over at some friend's. Thinking so, he consoled himself and waited.
On the second day, he was almost running out of patience. It was like he would just burst with anxiety. Usually Sharvari would come running early morning whenever she would sleep over. But today was different. No running Sharvari, and now no newspaper boy to chase after. His wet soft nose could sniff that something was wrong.
By afternoon, he had no more strength to wait any longer. He did not even eat his food. He promised himself, he would throw Sharvari a lot of attitude when she would come back.
In the evening he went over to the main gate and sat there. Waiting for Sharvari so that they could go to the park to play, just like every day. But today was different.
When it was , he went inside "their" room and brought Sharvari's school bag in his mouth to the dining table, so that "they" could do homework together, just like everyday. But today was different.
On the seventh day, Muck too died. Out of starvation. I did not tell you before, but he was in the habit of eating only when Sharvari would give him food. No matter how hard the parents would try, they could not get him to eat. And the days that had remained to him, he had spent sitting besides Sharvari's bed because it had still held her smell.
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