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Google Foundation: Grants for Disasters and Refugees/
OVERVIEW: The philanthropic arm of tech giant Google awards grants to a number of humanitarian relief efforts around the world. Main points of interest include refugee and migrant populations, natural disaster response, and health-related crisis response.
IP TAKE: Google.org is not one of the most accessible funders. With its funding proclivities leaning toward large international organizations, smaller groups have some pretty big barriers to a Google.org grant.
PROFILE: Better known as Google.org, the philanthropic arm of tech giant Google dedicates some $100 million in grants annually and donates products worth around $1 billion. Google.org's funding comes in the form of traditional grants, seed funding, and impact investments.
The foundation's global giving programs award grants to groups "using technology to combat humanity's biggest challenges." While grantseekers may find luck getting their disaster response or refugee projects funded out of Google's global giving programs, most related grants are awarded through the foundation's Special Programs.
Google's Crisis Response program also offers contributions for disaster relief and humanitarian responses around the world. In both situations, the company and the foundation offer donations including grants as well as the company's technology tools, such as CrisisMap, Google Person Finder, and apps. Google.org's natural disaster grantmaking often prioritizes response efforts. The foundation also awards grants and offers product donations in response to global health crises.
The foundation's refugee and migrant crisis grantmaking is relatively new. In 2015, Google.org launched a public matching campaign to help UNHCR, IRC, Save the Children, and Doctors Without Borders with their humanitarian relief efforts. Since then, the foundation has awarded refugee and migrant population-related grants to groups such as Mercy Corps, NetHope, and Kiron.
Google.org grants can be substantial. While the foundation regularly announces open calls for proposals for its Global Impact and Global Challenge programs, it provides little information regarding how prospective grantees may apply. Grant seekers are advised to contact someone at the foundation.
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Open Source HDR Processing Alternative to Photomatix
September 19th, 2009
I came across this video (sorry about the ad… first time I've seen ads on youtube videos) by Patrick Norton and Roger Chang of Revision3 the other day that besides being a decent basic introduction to HDR talks about an open source HDR processing application called Qtpfsgui. This is the first time I'd heard of the application. It runs on Windows, Mac OS-X (Intel only) and Linux and I have to say that, after downloading it and installing it on OS-X, it works pretty good.
I tested it by processing a 7 exposure HDR series that I'd processed with Photomatix. I processed the same images with Qtpfsgui and with all the default settings the final image came out as good as what I'd done with Photomatix. It took me a couple of tries to produce a finished image mostly because it's a little different than Photomatix. I'm amazed by how well it works. There a a bunch of features that Qtpfsgui doesn't have, like blending, exposure fusion and a Lightroom plugin so I'm not going to say Qtpfsgui is as good as Photomatix, but For those starting out in real estate photography this could easily be a way to save some money. Qtpfsgui is donationware and If you use it on a regular basis I highly recommend that you make a donation to the authors.
I missed a step in the installation that took me a while to figure out. You have to download QT4 and install it before Qtpfsgui will work. Give it a try and see what you think.


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Indianapolis Dentist Discusses Probiotics
The body is incredible and is set up to protect itself from invaders. Probiotics are hard at work within your body right now fighting to keep bacteria down. They aren't just working in your digestive tract, but also in your mouth. With today's newest innovations, we can even add a little extra supplementation as needed to keep the process working smoothly.
What is a Probiotic?
Probiotics are microorganisms in numerous varieties that live within our body. Their main job is to work together with the healthy bacteria to fight off the dangerous bacteria. When the bad bacteria are allowed to grow and multiply, it brings destruction to our overall well-being.
Probiotics work in the same manner within your mouth. They prohibit the bad bacteria from overgrowing. When this bacteria runs freely, they consume more of the carbohydrates which are needed from your body for energy.
Ideally, you want to have more of the good bacteria in your body than the bad bacteria. This is especially important in the mouth because bad bacteria leads to cavities and gum disease.
Help Your Mouth
It is possible for you to give the body a boost of the good bacteria. This is done through supplementation with a variety of over-the-counter products. As you introduce more of this healthy bacteria to your body, you will starve the bad bacteria and they won't be able to multiply. Some of the most popular ways to increase your good bacteria colonies are through supplements, lozenges and rinses.
If you are using a rinse, be sure to look for the ingredients S. salivarius K12 and M18. If you prefer a lozenge, you'll want the products Streptococcus oralis KJ3, Streptococcus rattus JH145 and Streptococcus uberis KJ2.
Should Everyone Use Probiotic Supplements?
Probiotics are a natural part of your body functions, but anytime that you add more of something into the system; you should discuss the options with a doctor or your Indianapolis dentist. There are certain classifications of people that will thrive on probiotic supplements, like those with immune system disorders while others don't need them at all. Seek professional counsel before adding any new over-the-counter remedies to your daily routines.


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Online Reputation Management
Inspire Marketing helps local businesses and location-based organizations improve their online reputation and star ratings and grow their review base through specific marketing campaigns. These reviews on sites like Google, Yelp!, TripAdvisor, Facebook, HomeAdvisory, and Angie's List can help you generate more customers and sales opportunities. Online reviews build trust by using the testimonies of satisfied customers. You work hard to develop a good reputation with your customers. Why not let them help you tell your story.


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|Super Mario, Super Mario All Stars
A part of Super Mario is remade into a stage in Super Smash Bros. Crusade
Stage Appearance
The stage is separated into two parts, a small platform to the left and a main in them middle. The general look of Super Mario from Super Mario All Stars is seen in the stage. In the background, some of a stage from Super Mario is seen. In the middle of the larger platform is a pipe, though players can not go through it like the original game. There are also breakable blocks, similar to the original game. There are a few coin blocks that can not be broken. Coins do nothing when you collect them from hitting a coin block. on the smaller platform, there is a large mushroom. If a player can reach high enough, they can see stars in the background. Breakable blocks do regenerate overtime.
Music Tracks
- Overworld
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Wildlife photography by John Devries, Kent UK. Inspirational images
from nature.
News 2013
brown bear 1
Coastal brown bear
Kodiak bear
Purple Emperors
The purple emperor butterfly, Apatura iris, is one of Britain's
biggest and most beautiful butterflies.
As it is rare (although not as rare as you might believe) plus
having a tendency to frequent the treetops, it is much sought
after by butterfly enthusiasts. I would count myself amongst them
and I can recall some crazy years where I have seen males coming
to paths right in front of me or to land on dung on the ground
in search of minerals and have even had them land on my shoe!
Unfortunately I have not been blessed with good sightings for
about ten years. Either I have been at the wrong time or the wrong
place I don't know. But this year has been different. I got to
hear of the emergence at a well known site in Surrey and was able
to visit a couple of days later. Purple Emperor watching has become
quite a social event and I recognised several familiar faces from
previous years.
The wood has lots of silver-washed fritillaries and white admirals
to amuse you while waiting for the main event.
At around 13:00 on the 11th July we were watching
two males chasing each other around the tree tops when one circled
around us and then landed on the ground amongst a collection of
horse dung. (I'm not sure what the collective term for horse dung
is !). He didn't actually decide to land on the dung but settled
on the path in between. Once he had settled and we could see his
proboscis probing the ground we moved in for our shots. I was
using a 300mm f2.8 L IS plus an extension tube . I chose this
combination as I could work at a distance and blur the background.
The extension tube enables you to get a bit closer which in turn
increases magnification. The IS is also useful as it was not possible
to use a tripod - just my camera bag.
There were about eight people taking pictures but
there was time for everyone to get some shots.You can see why
the butterfly gets its latin name - (both apertura and iris refer
to the large eye on the underside forewing). I didn't realise
it had yellow eyes and a yellow proboscis but these are both clearly
Next challenge was to get some uppersides and ideally some flashes
of the amazing blue/purple sheen that is only visible at certain
wing/light angles.
As the weather was very hot - around 28c the emperor was reluctant
to open his wings, but having heard a tip that casting a shadow
over it can cause it to open up we tried this. Fortunately this
gave us some opportunities for some hurried shots, but he closed
his wings again after about two seconds so you had to be quick.
So here are two of my best shots - they have bee a long time in
the making.- Ten years to be precise.
New tutorial - Posterization
Have you come across the problem of posterization - the
pesky banding in what should be smooth gradations of colour in
the background of your images ? Learn how to prevent it and fix
it in this new tutorial :
Firmware 1.2.0 update for Canon
40mm f2.8 stm (pancake lens)
This is not a new firmware update but I have only
just finally got around to carrying it out myself.
You may remember that in last year's News/Blog
I raved over this tiny lens. My opinions on it have not changed,
I still adore it - it is so sharp and contrasty at a price that
is as tiny as its size. However, I have noticed that on occasions
the autofocus seems to stop working on it which necessitates removing
and refitting the lens again. Apparently squeezing the sides of
the lens too hard when attaching it can cause this, so I thought
I would update the firmware to fix the issue once and for all.
Updating firmware sounds scary, but it is easy if you just follow
the instructions provided with the download precisely.
I think that this is the first Canon lens to have
updatable firmware. It was actually a lot simpler than I expected.
If you have updated camera firmware, this is almost identical.
One caveat, you can unfortunately only carry out the update using
a Canon 1Dx or 5DmkIII or Rebel T4i/650D.Otherwise it is back
to Canon to update as usual.
The update is available here : Update
firmware on Canon 40mm f2.8 stm lens . I run Windows XP64
bit and this is no longer supported but the Vista 64bit file option
worked a treat.
If you are curious as to how the update is carried
out, it is as follows:
You can download the .fir file from the Canon website to your
desktop, unzip it by right clicking on the zipped file and select
extract all. Once extracted you copy the file onto a cf card in
a card reader. The card must be formatted in a compatible camera
such as the 5DIII/1Dx so the file structure is correct.
It is essential that you don't copy the file into a subdirectory
on the card- it must be in the root directory. For those of you
to whom this is sounding like double dutch, if you are using a
Windows PC you should see something like this if you have done
it right:
Now remove the card from the card reader and insert it into the
camera with the pancake lens attached. Next you go through the
menus until you come to the spanner symbol and keep going until
you locate the firmware update. Normally when updating camera
firmware you will just see the camera firmware, but when you press
the set button now, you will also see the lens firmware appear.
It is now just a matter of selecting the new firmware from the
card with the set button and it will copy across. It is important
that you don't press any buttons while the transfer is taking
place and the camera must not power down so make sure you fit
a full battery before commencing any of this.
Canon 5DmkIII 1.2.1 firmware update now enables autofocus to f8
Canon has finally released its firmware update to the 5D
mkIII which now brings it in line with the more expensive 1Dx
camera and enables it to autofocus when certain lens and converter
combinations are used that previously had to be focussed manually.
For example this means that a 400mm f5.6 lens now retains autofocus
on a 5DmkIII fitted with a Canon 1.4x converter or a 500mm f4
will retain autofocus when fitted with a 2x converter. This is
great news for bird photographers! 1 series cameras have always
had this ability i.e. to autofocus to f8 with the centre cross
type Af point only but this is a first for anything other than
a 1 series camera. You can't select other autofocus points but
hey - beggars can't be choosers.
Just to clarify this a little, if you fit a lens with a maximum
aperture of f5.6 to any Canon camera it will autofocus for you.
Now fit a 1.4x converter and the maximum aperture will reduce
by one f stop to f8 as the lens is further away from the camera
sensor and the light has a longer distance to travel. The camera
will not autofocus as the maximum aperture has now become f8 unless
the new firmware is fitted. Fit a 2x converter to the same f5.6
lens and it will decrease the light reaching the sensor by 2 f-stops
and the widest maximum aperture becomes f11. This will not autofocus
on any current Canon camera. However fit a 2x converter to an
f4 lens e.g. a 500mm f4 and the maximum aperture will become 2
stops less i.e. f8 and autofocus will be possible with the new
I tried the new firmware on a 400mm f5.6 fitted with a 1.4xIII
converter and it now autofocuses accurately and quite snappily.
This is significant news for bird photographers as they
now can effectively have a compact and light weight 560mm f8 lens
on a pretty lightweight camera body to travel or hike with.
If only this superb budget lens had image stabilisation it would
become a real giant killer (probably why Canon will never fit
it !)
For video users (not me) there are other significant improvements
in the new firmware such as output of uncompressed HDMI video.
To download the firmware download it here:
Canon 5DmkIII firmware update 1.2.1
Incidentally, this downloaded just fine onto my old PC which runs
a Windows XP 64 operating system despite the Canon website advising
that there is no firmware available for download with this OS.
Additional bonus:
I have just discovered that the Canon Press release also makes
the following statement:
If AF point expansion is selected with an f/8 maximum aperture
lens/extender combination, the four AF points surrounding the
center point will act as AF Assist points. This option effectively
expands the size of the AF detection area to enhance autofocus
performance with subjects that appear small in the viewfinder
and difficult to track, such as small animals and birds in flight.
AF points above and below the center will be sensitive to vertical
contrast, while points to the left and right will be sensitive
to horizontal contrast.
Otters in Norfolk
I was kindly invited by my friend Andy Vidler to accompany
him on a trip to Norfolk as he had heard rumours of some obliging
wild otters in a river that are being seen regularly during daylight
hours. This is quite unusual as they are usually nocturnal, although
the coastal otters in Scotland are also often seen in the day.
We had seen otters on the Isle of Mull but had not returned with
any good images as we could not get very close to them, so I was
very interested in a chance of getting something better.
Distant otter on Mull
We just had a rough idea of their location near a Norfolk town
centre but no precise instructions so we were very pleased to
be given some directions from local people walking along the riverbank.
After half an hour we had found a group of photographers with
long lenses so we guessed we had located our quarry. The photographers
were smiling and chimping their images on the backs of their cameras
so we guessed that we had just missed some activity. This proved
to be the case as an otter had just emerged from its holt , caught
a fish, devoured it and had returned to sleep it off. So encouraged,
we settled down to wait for it to emerge again. We waited until
1pm and were getting hungry so we returned briskly to the car
to retrieve our sandwiches and on our return - you guessed it,
the otter had performed again and had once again returned to sleep.
After a further hour wait and much cursing and gnashing of teeth
for not having brought our lunch with us, there was a plop in
the water and - wow, at last a male otter appeared and started
swimming up the river.
It was fascinating to watch the animal's behaviour as it repeatedly
dived after fish but also after anything that it encountered.
A moorhen and a woodpigeon had a very narrow escape as it leapt
after them. Finally the otter caught a roach and started eating
it on the opposite riverbank.
Otter eating roach
It then set off up the river again and we followed it as it caught
more small fish and ate them on the move. We were rewarded with
over an hour of great photo-opportunities and at the end of the
day we agreed that this had probably been our best day's nature
photographer ever in this country ! We feel that we were extremely
privileged to witness a wild otter hunting at close range and
in decent light for photography too.
I returned twice more to photograph the otters and obtained shots
of the male eating a big roach, a pair playing in the water, and
even a tug of war with an eel. Here are some of the highlights...
Another roach is dispatched
The otter frequently came out of the water to see if there was
anything to catch
Wild otters playing - it doesn't get better than this !
Poor old eel !
It's mine !
Otter porpoising through the water
Star of the show
March - Moving House
I have been busy moving house this month. Only about 7 minutes
by car from my last place but with 26 years of gear to shift this
has been quite an upheaval. I was supposed to be downsizing the
two acres of land to reduce the amount of gardening I am doing
but somehow or another I have now ended up with 3 acres ! I have
had to dismantle my bird hide so I cannot run photo tuition for
birds at the moment. However, the new location looks very promising
for wildlife in the future. Already I have seen a pair of migrating
black redstarts and there are resident green woodpeckers, a pair
of mallards, a splendid male pheasant with a harem of 3 females
and a pair of very tame robins are currently raising a brood of
four babies in an old shed. In time I would like to fit an owl
nestbox as the habitat looks ideal for them.
News what news ?
It has been a struggle finding much to write about
this month as the weather has literally put a damper on photography.
Rain, rain and more rain has meant that I haven't got out with
the camera much. I have done a couple of waxwing twitches as there
has been quite an influx into the country this winter. Unfortunately
there are very few berries remaining for them and they tended
to move on too quickly from each site that I discovered. So no
pics this year.
Water rails and egrets
A trip to my favourite spot for photographing water rails came
up trumps though. I hadn't seen a rail there for a couple of years
but one had returned and responded to a burst of song from a recording
on my mobile phone. Also there was a kingfisher present, a grey
wagtail and a pristine white little egret that was fishing very
close to me. This featured in this month's
Image of the Month.
The path by the small stream that the rails frequent is very popular
with walkers and folks with dogs so the birds become used to people
enabling a close approach. The water rail is usually a very shy
bird but it is often quite obliging at this spot without resorting
to a hide. This rail popped out from the reeds, scuttled around
at breakneck speed and then disappeared back into its hiding place.
This required yours truly to be pretty quick on the draw to capture
the moment.
Want to extend your wireless Broadband
I have recently discovered a great and simple way to extend wireless
broadband around the house by utilising the house electrical ring
main. For years I have been unable to achieve a decent wireless
signal in my lounge as the router is located in my upstairs office.
This is positioned on the other side of a roof filled with foil-backed
insulation which effectively acts as a near total barrier to the
The solution to the problem was refreshingly simple and came in
the form of Devolo
Home plugs. They require absolutely no technical knowledge.
All you have to do is link the smaller Devolo homeplug to the
router (BT Home hub in my case) via the ethernet cable that comes
with the kit and then plug the Homeplug unit directly into a mains
socket. (Use of extension leads - particularly those with mains
spike protection is not recommended).
Then you plug the larger homeplug into a mains socket in the area
where your wireless signal is absent or poor. The incredible thing
is, the second plug doesn't have to even be on the same ring main
- all that is required is that the two units are on ring mains
connected to the same house consumer unit (fusebox). Within a
few seconds of plugging in these babies you will have a full wireless
signal in the problem area. If you have more difficult to reach
areas then you can add more plugs. To make the extended system
secure you just press the buttons on each of the units within
2 minutes and they will communicate with each other and make a
secure WEP2 connection. There is a network key code on the back
of one of the Homeplugs and when you start up your laptop, PC
or other wireless device for the first time you must enter this
code to access the secure network and Bob's your auntie.
The software disk that comes with the kit is not necessary unless
you want to change the names of the networks etc.
I can't get over how easy this all was - literally plug and play.
I usually find that this kind of thing usually entails much pain,
wailing and gnashing of teeth, but this was literally childsplay.
For £86 I now can use the internet in the comfort of my
lounge at last - hoorah.
AS if this wasn't already enough, as an added bonus I bought another
ethernet cable and plugged one end of this into the bottom of
the larger Devolo unit and the other end into my Humax Freesat
HD TV set top box. I can now watch BBC and ITV iplayer on my TV
to watch programmes I may have missed. I wish I had discovered
these things years ago and would recommend them to anybody.


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Jazz Sunday
Come and join us for Jazz Sundays at The Quay Hotel and Spa . Performance by THE QUAYNOTES.
The Quaynotes are a new North Wales based jazz quartet whose set list includes some great jazz standards and also some more unusual jazz arrangements based on songs you already know and love. They are all accomplished musicians who have played in bands and on the stage for quite a while.
Performing at the Quay in the Terrace Bar from 3pm on the following dates;
- March 11th
- April 8th
- May 13th
- June 10th
- July 22nd
- August 19th
- September 23rd
- October 14th
- November18th
why not come a little earlier and enjoy a lovely lunch or afternoon tea to finish the sunday off.


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These past few weeks have seen hundreds of students take the stage at Woodland Community College, Woodland Adult School and UC Davis.
And starting tonight and tomorrow we will see several hundred more students wearing robes of blue, white, orange and black march into Woodland High School's stadium, the Pioneer High School stadium and at the Yolo County fairgrounds to receive a thin piece of paper that shows they've completed 12 years of education.
Woodland High, Pioneer High and Woodland Christian students will all be marching into arenas before doting parents, grandparents, siblings and other family members.
For each student, each proud parent and friend, graduation is a special event and the culmination of many years of effort. For each teacher, counselor and administrator in the district it is also a memorable occasion and a proud fulfillment.
We want to remind our students — and their parents — about a visit paid to the Woodland Joint Unified School District earlier this year by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson because he said Woodland High in particular represented a model where career readiness programs have helped the school reach a graduation rate of 94 percent.
That graduation rate is a remarkable achievement. Statewide, just over 83 percent of the students finished in four years, up about 1 percentage point from the prior year. And Torlakson noted that Woodland High's rate is continuing to climb. Specifically, he said Woodland was "better than 11 percent over the statewide average. So, that's awesome."
Woodland High graduation rates have been rising steadily — as they have across the state — in recent years, moving from a graduation rate of 82.8 percent during the 2009-10 school year to 94 percent for 2015-16.
Pioneer High School also places well above the state average with a graduation rate of 94.3 percent for the 2015-16 school year. The average graduation rate for Woodland Joint Unified School District is 90 percent, which includes Woodland, Pioneer and Cache Creek high schools.
These percentages may sound boring to teens but they are important. They mean you've been working hard to make something of yourselves by getting an education. It doesn't mean you know everything of course, only (we hope) you've learned how to learn.
Because, you see, your real education starts the day after you get your diploma. From this point on you start making decisions. They won't be easy.
Going to college or a university? Great! Do you have the money for it? What school? What courses? What are your goals? It's all up to you now.
Traditionally fancy words graduates are likely to hear include "follow your dreams" or get a high-paying job. It's easy to tell others how we want them to live their lives, or offer advice.
We remember the words given a young Dustin Hoffman (whom we remind our much younger graduates is an actor). Many decades past, Hoffman played a role in the movie "The Graduate." It's a classic film that was made in 1967. A middle-aged businessman took him aside and said: "I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Plastics." Today, the "word" is probably "drones." We can laugh, but it's serious stuff. What, after all, do you want to do with your life.
In one form or another, ever since, commencement speakers have told graduates to go for trendy career choices or at least find themselves a fun job. But today's young people can see through that kind of simplistic advice. There is increasing evidence that our graduates today agree that a life with a genuine purpose is one which will bring about the maximum satisfaction, rather than accumulating the biggest bank account or the biggest house.
These days the choices remain a lot more with the young person as opposed to a path delineated by those of an older generation. In some ways that can be scary and there can be uncertainty as the initial steps are taken.
Each of us has the potential to find that worthwhile purpose in a life's effort. Graduation is a good time to define and shape the goals and the direction that will get you there.


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Joint venture for Lasco, United Cannabis and CRD
Lasco Manufacturing Ltd has entered a joint venture valued at US$103 million ($12.8 billion) with US-based company United Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research and Development (CRD) for the manufacture of cannabis-infused water among other cannabis medicinals.
Founder and executive chairman of the Lasco Group, Lascelles Chin, on Wednesday announced that the company has also formed a new company, Lasvac, to manufacture medicinals in the form of capsules, sublinguals, roll-ons and balms for export to the English-speaking Caribbean and Central America.
While tight-lipped on the details, Chin told the Jamaica Observer that the company has secured land "close by" its White Marl facilities and will be able to begin manufacturing in nine months as the required equipment has already been identified.
Lasco has earmarked US$100 million for the manufacture and distribution of the products. Another US$3 million will be provided by United Cannabis, which brings to the project the intellectual property and its long-term experience. CRD will be responsible for growing the cannabis plant locally.
Lasvac is now in the final stage of receiving approval from the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA). Once approved, Lasvac will be importing the raw material for both the water and medicinals from Europe.
"It is therefore important that we start growing in large quantities in Jamaica not only to make the business more profitable, but so that Jamaican farmers can earn a good living," Chin said.
"Already potential purchasers have visited us from Australia, interested in placing large orders not only for the CBD water, but also for the medicinal products. Enquiries have started to come from several territories including Canada, Italy, Europe, Ukraine. They want the authentic product with the 'Made in Jamaica' label," he reasoned.
Chief executive officer of United Cannibis Earnest Blackmon told the Caribbean Business Report that the 'Made in Jamaica' label on the products will go a long way for the company — based on the country's culture in growing cannabis.
"The products that we source on the island will come through CRD, but it takes time to get the correct genetics here and you can't bring them in until you have your licence. So, in the meantime we will access high CDB isolates and distillates, which is what goes into our hemp products from licensed manufacture in Europe," Blockmon said.
Lasco is now urging the CLA to move quickly in approving its application so as to capitalise on the opportunity before the business is lost to other countries. The Ministry of Health has already approved a range of cannabis products from United Cannabis and CRD.
CEO of CRD Kenyama Brown said through its research programme, the company wants to develop strains adaptable to the environment and will engage the College of Agriculture Science and Education, among other institutions and retirees across Jamaica, to breed strains suitable for the business model.
"I'm not saying that they don't exist, but they are not existing in sufficient quantities for us to distribute it. The law empowers you to have five trees, but part of the difficulty is that when you don't have the right strain it's a task, because the specie is not accustomed to our environment and doesn't yield the best quality," Brown said.
"From this partnership we can now give the seeds to retirees — six months later we collect, we pay. We see this as creating a lot of employment for Jamaica," he continued.
Medical cannabis is said to be highly effective in pain management, dementia, seizures/epilepsy, cancer, insomnia, multiple sclerosis, among other illnesses.
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554 hangs on to her intermediate screen, displaying Limited Stop for her X33 run to Mayfield
570 on an X29 is worthy, even though it's a mediocre snap.
573 started life as a SkyLink vehicle then was loaned to Lothian Country in advance of their Londoner deliveries
553 with Scotty Meikle
558 looks strange on a 23 but is now standard fare
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Haley is the younger sister no one really wants to be. Her sister, Serena, is a selfish sneak who knows how to never get caught. While Serena has everyone (including their parents) eating out of the palm of her hand, Haley suffers in silence – until she receives a mirror that shows her everything she's ever tried to hide. What will happen when Serena comes to claim the mirror as her own, too?
Mirror, Mirror is one of six stories in the Mirrors short story collection. Written for and originally posted on the Cat Pollock Writes blog, each story is a reflection on how different each of our lives are and how each person reacts to the circumstances around them in different ways.
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"In a class of its own"
"Over the years I've read—and reviewed—many local books. But this project really is in a class of its own."
These are the words of Trevor Heaton, the Books editor of the regional daily newspaper the Eastern Daily Press in the first book review of The Diary of Mary Hardy (Weekend supplement, 8 June 2013, page 21).
"Possibly the greatest single piece of scholarship on a Norfolk topic since Blomefield"
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"Margaret Bird's exhaustively-researched side notes tease out the meanings from these otherwise rather cryptic entries. And the author has not finished yet: four volumes of commentary and analysis will follow . . .
By the time she's finished all that then surely the spirit of the Rev Francis . . . will have to nod its head to Norfolk's most remarkable feat of historical dedication."
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**MST3K FAN EXCLUSIVE**Opening Sequence and Theme Song "Fan Based Remake" In Honor of the 30 Year Anniversary. I Hope All Of You MSTies Enjoy It!
A movie about a British spy trying to stop an Asian supervillain's plot for world domination? Hmm. Let me see. The first Christopher Lee Fu Manchu film was 1965. The first James Bond film, Dr. No, was 1962. Both characters had existed for decades prior, but 1965 was the first Fu Manchu feature film. I wonder if the success of the Bond movie had anything to do with it.
I'm more than half an hour into watching this experiment for the first time. I just watched a 3 or 4 minute scene filled with dialogue. I have no idea who they were or what they were talking about. Mighty Jack was more coherent than this...
This movie has a link to a KTMA episode.
Fu Manchu was created by Arthur Ward under the pen name Sax Rohmer. According to Wiki:
Sax Rohmer, without any prior knowledge and understanding of Chinese culture, decided to start the Fu Manchu series after his ouija board spelled out C-H-I-N-A-M-A-N when he asked what was the most dangerous competition to the white man. During the time period, the idea of the Yellow Peril was spreading in North American society.
The character was pretty popular for a while. Enough so that popular demand forced Ward to revive the series even after he got tired of it. Eventually, though, people started to realize how casually racist it all was. Fu Manchu dropped in popularity. So Ward created a new, equally incomprehensible series about a maniacal exotic evil mastermind, Sumuru. They made several Sumuru movies, one of which is shown in season 0 episode 18. If you think this movie is bad, check out that one.
There is no sense to be made out of this movie" it's that bad, and so much worse.
Is that really the late Christopher Lee?
At 10:45 Servo applauds and cheers as the ship sinks. He APPLAUDS... But his arms don't work. (And no, it wasn't Joel) Perhaps Fu Manchu knows the answer to: What is the sound of NO hands clapping?
http://sharetv.com/watch/1063317 Working link.
Fu Manchu's lost technology could be helpful in dealing with global warming and rising sea levels.
There seems to be something wrong with the second link. But if you go directly to shout factory TV you can find it. Not sure if I was the only one with problems
I added a metacafe link, but I think you'll have to go to the site to watch it (and based on the fact that I had 11 ads blocked just by going onto the site, a good ad blocker might be necessary).
Love the Bob Hope scenes, but where are all the hi-keeba's ?? ??
This episode is on shout factory!!! just go to their website...
I love the floppy, rubber bayonets on the rifles of those Turkish guards.
AH, the eternal question: is this, _____, truly the worst movie ever made? There's truth to Tom Servo's famous observation, and it is true that I have not seen every movie ever made, nor have movies stopped being made.
But. I doubt I can state my feelings about this turgid, flaccid, murky, bitter, nasty little wad of ichorous phlegm better than "Slamdance Cosmopolis" lower in this discussion thread, so I refer you to that pithy gem of an assessment.
There's just nothing to grasp hold of. Hell, even Manos had Torgo and his haunting theme, and some striking photography. Well, striking to me. Even Cave Dwellers had the sheer ludicrosity of the plot shenanigans and the fabulous puppet monster. Even Red Zone Cuba had the wretched anti-aesthetic of Coleman Francis mesmerizing the audience with its aggressive stance against human decency. Even Monster-a-Go-Go had the abrupt finale to provide amusement around the water cooler the next morning.
Bad movies can be oh so good, but this movie is just--and thoroughly--bad. IN a way what makes it so bad for me is that it was made by professionals and was expected to deliver a ROI.
Worst movie ever? Difficult to determine, Captain. Least watchable movie I have ever tried to watch? You betcha!
I couldn't believe that this was the fifth Fu Manchu movie. It's probably even worse than Manos simply due to it's length. Feels like a slog through 4 hours of random footage.
I realize I'm in the minority here, but I like this episode. The riffs make it so worth it. Yes, this movie is bad in so many ways, but aren't ALL of the movies they riff bad in many ways?! Hooray for this episode!
i agree with the bots, clowns suck.
...it hurts...
Clicking the little link won't work; copy/paste the address into a different browser window. Enjoy, won't you?
I hope Crow addresses whitewashing again in the reboot!
Almost impossible to watch this one... Frank's pompadour has collapsed into some kind of mullet. That's what happens when you run out of mousse and use your kid brother's LA Looks hair gel, happened to me once. Oh, and the movie is pretty bad too.
That gal in the striped suit and fez is such a mega babe.....
IMO, the worst movie of this entire series.
Neither of the links work :( gutted!!
OMG, seriously, do they have to pay people to own a copy of this movie since Christoper Lee is in it? I still think Manos is worse, but man, I would rather sit through three viewings of Mighty Jack than watch this ever again.
"Well, doctor, thank you for coming."
JOEL: "I didn't mean to, but the new seat covers ..."
Ha, wow... fairly risquée joke for mst3k
how do i mark this as a broken link?
Who the heck is egeda?!
Anyone have a link to the full MST3K version? Current one has been removed :'-(
In the last two days I have turned this movie on 3 times i keep falling asleep I still have not seen the end of this movie
Added a new full video link
One of the riffs that I noticed the last time I watched this one is pretty much impossible to just write out and have it make any sense.
During the dam-breaking scene, the camera keeps cutting back to Fu Manchu, over and over again. Fu Manchu, more water flowing, Fu Manchu, more water. And quietly, every single time it flashes back to Fu Manchu, Servo says, "Fu." That's it. Every cut. "Fu." "Fu." "Fu." And it's hilarious. To me, anyway.
RIP Christopher Lee.
The only good thing about this movie is that it serves to break up those two steaming cans of vomit that we call Master Ninja I and Master Ninja II.
While only a masochist would actually watch the original movie, the one currently linked here at least has the advantage of being colour-corrected. Now I know more about Professor Heracles's nosehairs than even Joel.
one of my personal favs when i started watching this show again. Toms singing through the opening credits always makes me die laffing.
The NyQuil of movies. In fact I'm starting fade away right now.
Fu Manchu damn near killed the boys.
"He's not dangerous,...he's just dull " A great line I think Mike repeats in a movie later.
The Castle of Fu Manchu. A film that leaves one intimately acquainted with a trapped animal's desire to chew off its own limbs.
What the heck is Servo saying?
About 8 minutes in.... I won't do it! *mumbling* "I WON'T DO IT! I WON'T DO IT!" It's (no idea what servo says here) all of a sudden.
What did he say?
Move along, now; there's nothing to see
Even if you love Christopher Lee.
This horrible slog
Should be thrown in a bog
For inspiring such bad poetry.
42:50 Michael Moore!
Man that sweaty heart problems-guy looks like Burt Young
The riffing is awesome for this one. Stinker of a film, but the gags are perfect.
Love Servo's song at 11.... his singing just makes these films perfect
My fave was the end of this episode and watching Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank do horrible riffs! heh
who is watching this right now?
The master-key quip for this movie is probably" "Why are we watching this?"
another movie to help me sleep
Between this and Mighty Jack, it would seem that there's some sort of curse on movies about Asian villains attacking the world with crazy water-freezing technology whereby no such movie can have a remotely coherent plot.
I think Servo read his line wrong when he said '...personally, I would have worn sling backs with those shoes'. Slingbacks are a style of shoe, and Joel seems to notice the mistake. I am impressed with the insight the boys have on women's apparel though...makes me wonder who advised them on such matters?
Another one some dingus decided to DCMA so that people in North America can't watch.
The Victor/Victoria girl is hot, much more so when they capture her and her long hair is revealed partially.
Third time watching this one. I'm starting to believe the rumors that I'm a masochist.
Doctor Petrie is also Dr. John H. Watson from the 1954 Sherlock Holmes series. =D
I'm surprised Servo didn't reference Cat's Cradle when Fu Manchu announced his plan to turn all the water on Earth into ice (unless he did and I didn't notice...)
Castle / Fu Manchu = Orthanc / Saruman. Christopher Lee as merciless evil villian wanting to take over the world. What a difference a director makes.
Whenever I hear the name Petrie, I think of the little pterodactyl from The Land Before Time. Yup, yup, yup.
So much robot weeping! Those poor bots (and Joel, valiantly trying to keep it together) have suffered so, so much!
Who chloroformed Christopher Lee and made him do this movie at gunpoint???
Somehow going in I knew Christopher Lee would be in this movie.
This movie is so incoherent it actually is mind numbing. I can watch Manos knowing the back story of how and why it got made. This I don't care, I don't want to know. The Castle of Poo Manchu
Forget about Manos, monster a go-go, or hobgoblins this is the worst movie MST3k ever tried to riff on and definitely the least fun. On the DVD they actually talk about how hard it was to make up any riffs on this beyond terrible boring movie.
Worst Christopher Lee movie ever? You be the judge!
My Carefully Studied Comprehensive Observations and Relevant Questions on The Castle of Fu Manchu
1) What did the sinking of the Titanic have to do with a British guy inappropriately camping it up as a Chinese bad guy in a Turkish castle located in Spain? (You don't have to answer that question. No one can).
2) At least Rosalba Neri (Lisa) was HOT and appeared in some "interesting" Italian movies like AMUCK (You might like to Google Image her in that, but only if you are over 18).
3) What, uh…did the…um…iceberg…fishing trip...uh…Fez wearing…you know that thing…then…um…dam break…surgery…and the guy with the…uh…yeah…no.
Ok, never mind, sorry, that's all I've got.
The Castle of Foo, man-- Phew! Watch this one for the host segments, though. Bots, Joel, I feel your pain, gentlemen.
I will now try to watch this experiment from start to finish. This will be my third attempt. Will post results in the replies. Here goes nothing...
Y'think they could have gotten away with that crack on Roger Ebert nowadays? Given his health problems and all?
So we're supposed to buy the whirlwind jailhouse tryst between Dr. "Kinda Looks Like Roddy McDowell If You Squint" and Nurse Whatshertits?
The man's clearly gayer than a tree full of parrots! He makes Nathan Lane look like Chuck Norris, and HE'S the one they choose for their "Romantic" scenes?
Stupid movie :P
This movie is like a hundred tiny papercuts on my soul.
Dr. F (to Joel): "Weenie Buns." "Crazy Guggenheim." o_0
1:13:38 - Also, I'm sad that we never find out how the bio of Fu Manchu turns out...
I can't believe it, I finally made it thru this movie. I would have to say it's DOWN RIGHT AWFUL. I had to try to watch it 3 times and I kept falling asleep, and/or walking off and forgetting that I was watching the movie..... probably because the plot lasted for a whole minute two or three times. The riffing was great as usual, however even they were crying at the end. I probably would have to if I actually watched the whole thing at once the first time....... enjoy (if you can, hahaha)
Regarding the end credits: If I were in this movie--I'd want MY name to be practically illegible, too!
0:50:35 - "All is clear." No, it really isn't.
Damn, that stuffed pesto pizza sounds good right about now.
The last host segment is so awesome....Forrester and Frank got their asses handed to them there. I verily believe that Joel trolled them. Successfully.
WOWEE, some thing remains remotely popular on youtube, charge people to watch it. This ams dildos.
It's back on YouTube... and it costs $2.99. :(
All three are down =(
Did TV's Frank just have a hear attack? 0:23:50
1 and 2 are down. 3's fine.
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I have this idea that I should focus on a single passion and write only about that, but anyone who has known me for more than five minutes will know that will never work for me. Still, I do have a number of topics that I do intend to post about: urban gardening, education, career changing, cooking, dining and restaurants, working out, news, organic farming, quilt making. Maybe a little bit about technology - at least a posting about why I love my new iPad, anyway.
* * *My house in Toronto is a narrow three-story Victorian in an established area downtown. It has quite a large deck off the third floor (about 11x17') that has great sun exposure and, as far as I can tell, no bugs. So, I decided to experiment with what I might be able to grow in containers. I decided to start small - 14 containers (plus three additional tomato plants) and about 25 bags of dirt.
Since I have no idea what will grow up there, I decided to plant a little bit of everything. I thought this year I could see what did well and next year, I could be more focussed.
So I have fava beans (my favourite!), two types of eggplant, peas, various herbs, five kinds of tomatoes, parsnips, onions,corn, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, carrots, beets, potatoes, three kinds of cucumber, and kohlrabi.
In the picture, three vats haven't sprouted yet. I decided I could fit a few more vats and added the carrots, beets and potatoes earlier this week. It's late planting for them, but if things go so late they are endangered by frost, I can just pull them inside and put them under the skylight.
I'm also experimenting with the tomatoes. I read an article about terrace gardening that suggested tomatoes could be planted "over the edge" - so that they grow down on the outside of the terrace. In the article, the writer said she grew her tomatoes from the the top of her roof, and they just ran down the slope. My rooftop would be reasonably assessable by ladder from the third floor deck, but I don't think I'm quite that obsessed yet! It's too high and too sloped for me to ever feel safe up there! However, I am looking out the back window and the roof of the garage actually looks kind of promising. It gets good sun and it is gently sloped. And it isn't too high. Maybe next year! Seriously. But I think I'll wait to break this plan to Jeff until after the deck garden is a huge success!
I ran out of containers, so I just planted the tomatoes directly in the bags of dirt. Then I taped the holes up so the plants wouldn't fall out. It isn't very elegant, but the plants seem to thriving anyway. There is a small corner shelf where I set the bags. If all goes well, I'll put a shelf in along the whole length of the deck next year. There would likely be room for 15-20 tomato plants. More than enough to can a bunch of tomatoes and tomato sauce, which is my goal.
So far, though, the tomato plants in the vats on the deck are the big winners. The Roma tomato is leading - it already has 14 tiny green tomatoes starting on it. No other tomato plant has more than 3 or four.


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During excavations in China archaeologists have discovered objects of gold and jade
Chinese archaeologists, who conducted excavations in the area of known archaeological site of Sanxingdui, located in the southwest of China, Sichuan province, were found numerous gold and jade jewelry, according to news Agency Xinhua.
The archaeological site of Sanxingdui is a place of careful work of archaeologists has been for at least three decades, but the finding of similar values are able to detect extremely rare — the last one of gold was found here in 1990-ies.
"The product was found, the approximate age of 3 thousand years, indicate the high social status living here once people. Gold and jade attest to the prosperity of the settlements here," says lei Yu, an archeologist from Sichuan Institute.
Yu adds that the portions of the ancient walls, was found here earlier, could apply to two small towns.
The area is known Sanxingdui finds a variety of objects of antiquity from the beginning of the twentieth century, however, full excavations began in 1986, after the discovery of working pits for sacrifice. Continue reading
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At the beginning of July in the taiga happened unusual natural phenomenon. Forty kilometers from the town of Vyazma, near the river Podkhorenok, in the forest was felled a few hectares of forest, as if someone swung a huge Mace on the ground, breaking, twisting with the root of ancient trees. As explained in the far Eastern regional emergency center of Russia, only the tornado is capable of that. The wind force was so incredible, and the emergence for these latitudes siphon so strange and rare that many researchers were already going to the place of the epicenter and find out what brought about the winds of change…However, the scientist-researcher Mikhail Efimenko's ahead of the curve. He had just returned from an expedition and hastened to the editor to share their discoveries and show the finds. Some of their artifacts he found in the garden of a local resident of the village Sheremetyevo Vyazemsky district, which he gathered in the woods and put on display for the kids.
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