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Industry News May/June 2016 Issue 1
OSRAM Upgrades LEDs
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors reports that it has increased the luminous efficacy of its white and blue high-power LEDs by 7.5% above the previous level of its products. This has been done by optimizing epitaxial growth processes, which are now being used in all OSRAM LEDs based on UX:3 chip technology.
Fig. 1: By making improvements to the epitaxy, OSRAM has achieved a 7.5 percent increase in luminous efficacy of white and blue LEDs compared to existing products.
Apple Introduces New 9.7-in. iPad Pro and 4-in. iPhone SE
Mobile devices have been growing ever larger, but Apple's most recent product announcements emphasized the small – a smaller iPhone and a smaller iPad Pro. The new iPhone SE looks like the iPhone 5S, Apple's last 4-in. phone released in 2014, but has the same processor and graphics performance as the larger and more recent iPhone 6S, as well as a 12-Mpixel camera and 4K video capture. The prevailing notion is that the new iPhone is designed to appeal to buyers who are reluctant to upgrade to bigger devices for reasons of convenience as well as economics. (Apple's pre-existing 4-in. phones continue to sell well.) The SE starts at $399, whereas the new, larger phones start around $650.
Apple also introduced the 9.7-in. iPad Pro, a diminutive version of its 12.9-in. iPad Pro. The new tablet weighs just under a pound and features the company's "pro" Retina display based on oxide TFTs, which offer a high contrast ratio and low reflectivity. It's designed to recognize ambient light to adjust colors on-screen to display the most natural hues – a feature that has not proved universally popular thus far, but can be disabled.
Apple says it made the smaller iPad Pro to cater to those who want a powerful but more commute-friendly device. No doubt it is also hoping to jump-start sales. According to CNet, though the iPad still leads the tablet market, sales went down by 25% in the holiday quarter ending 2015 December, continuing 2 years of decline.1
Fig. 2: The new 9.7-in. iPad Pros are designed to offer the power of the larger iPad Pro tablet in a smaller envelope. Image courtesy Apple.
Foxconn and Sharp Seal the Deal
Foxconn's off-and-on again takeover deal with Sharp has been approved at last by the boards of both companies, with Foxconn set to acquire two thirds of Sharp – including its thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal-display (TFT LCD) business – for $3.5 billion. The two companies had been poised to make the transaction earlier this year, with Sharp agreeing in February to accept a $6.2 billion bid from Foxconn. Then Foxconn received a list of "contingent liabilities" from Sharp, said by numerous unconfirmed sources to be in the area of $2.5 billion. At this point Foxconn put the acquisition on hold for further research, until announcing the new deal at the end of March. Presumably the new and lower price reflects the "liabilities."
Foxconn, the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer – perhaps best known as the maker of Apple's iPhones – stands to gain both IP and market share with this acquisition. According to David Hsieh, Senior Director at market research firm IHS, Foxconn is already a leading supplier of TFT-LCDs through its subsidiaries Innolux and Century. "The convergence of Foxconn's business with Sharp's TFT-LCD business and other innovative developments, such as active-matrix organic light-emitting diodes (AMOLEDs) and larger TV displays, creates a powerhouse with the largest TFT-LCD production capacity and research capabilities in the world," says Hsieh.
For Sharp, a 100-year-old company known for its innovative display products, some kind of acquisition seemed inevitable. Financially, the company has been struggling; it received two bank bailouts in the last 4 years. In the final 9 months of 2015, Sharp posted a net loss of about $960 million.
Sharp is not all alone these days. Around 2012, articles with titles like this one from CNET began proliferating: "The era of Japanese consumer-electronics giants is dead." The article began, "Once venerable names in consumer electronics such as Sony, Panasonic, and Sharp have been besieged by competition from rivals in the U.S., South Korea, and, increasingly, China."2 Oft-cited reasons for this state of affairs include a failure to react nimbly to changing markets, an emphasis on building machinery vs. writing code, and sometimes a lack of innovation.
This last reason does not apply to Sharp, which has in recent years introduced a number of display innovations, including a new indium (In), gallium (Ga), and zinc (Zn) (IGZO) technology that earned it (with co-developer Semiconductor Energy Laboratory) a 2013 Display of the Year award from SID. Hsieh offers a few ideas about why a highly innovative, well-regarded company like Sharp might fall on difficult times.
"First," he says, "Sharp is excellent at developing new technology but comparatively slower than its competitors to bring these technologies to market. Hsieh believes that Foxconn's skill with the commercial aspects of the display business (it has handled its key customer Apple well for several years) may be a positive addition for Sharp.
Hsieh also mentions that competition from Korean, Taiwanese, and Chinese companies who have been very fast to commercialize products and ramp up capacity put pressure on Sharp, as well as on other Japanese companies. Last, he adds, "Sharp's costs (due to the higher overhead in Japan) and organizational structure and culture hamper the company in terms of making fast reforms – even though they have great innovative technology development."
Hsieh reports that Foxconn's Innolux subsidiary is already in the process of increasing its production capacity with a Gen 8.6 TFT-LCD fab in Taiwan. It is also building three Gen 6 low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) TFT-LCD fabs in Taiwan and China. With the acquisition of Sharp, currently the leading maker of high-resolution LTPS TFT LC smartphone displays, low-power oxide-TFT LC tablet displays, and a-Si based TFT LC automotive displays, Foxconn is also probably eager to invest in an AMOLED fab for flexible smartphone displays, says Hsieh. In terms of TFT-LCD production capacity, the new company will account for 21% of the global capacity in 2016, surpassing LG Display, Samsung Display, and BOE, according to IHS's Display Supply Demand & Equipment Tracker report. •
M A R K E T B R I E F
Samsung Leads in Small-Display Sales, OLEDs Lead in Growth
Samsung Display led the 9-in. and smaller display market in 2015, with 23% of all revenue, followed by Japan Display at 16%, LG Display at 13%, and Sharp at 10%, according to a recent report from market research firm IHS. (April 20, 2016, Small/Medium Display Market Tracker, IHS).
The company's most recent report noted that while overall small-to-medium display unit shipments did not grow in 2015, AMOLED display unit shipments grew 54%, and low-temperature polysilicon thin-film-transistor (LTPS TFT) LCD unit shipments rose 10% over the previous year. As AMOLED and LTPS TFT-LCD shipments rose, amorphous-silicon (a-Si) TFT-LCD shipments declined 10% year over year in 2015.
1http://www.cnet.com/news/for-apples-iphone-se-new-ipad-pro-small-is-the-new-big/
2http://www.cnet.com/news/the-era-of-japanese-consumer-electronics-giants-is-dead/


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These boots have been just sitting in my closet for a couple of years now. I know they look long, but they're only a size 9 (like THAT'S small). I bought them on sale for around $25 (marked down from around $100). Allow me to show you WHY these shoes have been in the closet.
See, before I bought the shoes, I tried them on and walked around the store to make SURE that I could walk in them. Even though they were on sale, I didn't want to waste money buying shoes I couldn't walk in. AND the shoes were marked "All sales final", so I couldn't return them after I bought them. I was quite impressed with how well I could walk in them.
But alas, walking on the carpeted floor for a couple of minutes DOES NOT COMPARE to walking on CONCRETE. I wore them the day after I bought them, ONLY WALKED TO MY CAR, and had to go back in the house to take them off. The balls of my feet were on FIRE. They've been in the closet ever since.
I couldn't just let these shoes hang out in the closet and not be worn, so I went on a mission a couple of days ago to find a solution.
What I REALLY needed to do was hang out with a pack of fierce drag queens. Yes, Honey. They could teach a girl how to walk in these boots. Put me through "Boot Camp".
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"The Ministry of National Education which made an important contribution to the fight against Covid-19 pandemic by producing various different products varying from disinfectants to masks and allovers, from ventilators to mask machines established 30 R&D centers in 16 cities of the country in an effort to increase production capacity and reinforce vocational training."
The Ministry of National Education has activated the production capacity of vocational schools during country's fight against Covid-19 pandemic and produced most needed products. Vocational education institutions have produced various different kinds of products such as disinfectants, masks, face shields and disposable allovers and aprons as well as ventilators and mask machines in a very short period of time and delivered especially to health workers. Some of these products were exported to foreign countries.
30 R&D centers
The Ministry of National Education has initiated an R&D period for the development of production capacity and reinforcement of vocational training. The Ministry has announced the establishment of 30 R&D centers in 16 cities. Within this framework, R&D centers were founded in 10 schools in İstanbul, 3 schools in Ankara, 3 schools in Bursa, 3 schools in Konya, 2 houses in Denizli, and schools in Düzce, Gaziantep, Hatay, İzmir, Kocaeli, Kütahya, Samsun, Sivas, Erzurum, Tekirdağ and Tokat.
"Products were exported to foreign countries"
Deputy Minister of National Education Mahmut Özer said that there is a new phase ahead of vocational training which increased its production capacity during the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Özer stated, "R&D centers established in vocational schools during Covid-19 pandemic produced many products varying from ventilators to mask machines and from video laryngoscope device to air filter devices. For the first time in vocational training, these products were exported. Reinforcement of training-production relationship will increase the quality of vocational training and employment rate of graduates."
Time for patent and brand
Stating that R&D centers were determined according to infrastructure and production capacity of schools, Özer went on to say: "We would like to make a contribution to the economic development of our country by associating each R&D center with prior research areas of our country. We will focus on patent, useful model, design and brand production and registration activities in these centers. We will support research capacities by making additional investments. Moreover, we are planning to organize vocational development training of vocational school teachers in these centers."
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313 THOUSAND AND 500 DELIVERED TO STUDENTS AS PART OF THE 4TH PHASE OF COMPUTER SUPPORT TO DISTANCE EDUCATION
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MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION REGISTERED 188 TRADEMARKS FOR USEFUL MODEL, DESIGN AND BRANDS
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Australia Australia - Tanja Ebert, 23, Roseworthy, SA, 8 Aug 2017
Discussion in '2010's Missing' started by Adrianna, Aug 16, 2017.
sleepinoz Well-Known Member
Jennifer17 said: ↑
The trustees would be legal entities with strict instructions about what the trust could be used for. I don't think the owner can be the trustee under the law. The trust takes it out of his legal obligations as a private person. Much like a limited company. You can sue the company but not the individual.
The trustee(s) (there may be more than one) of a trust may be a person or a company (the latter is known as a corporate trustee).
The trustee may also be a beneficiary, but not the sole beneficiary unless there is more than one trustee.
Under trust law, trustees are:
personally liable for the debts of the trusts they administer,
https://www.ato.gov.au/General/Trusts/Trustees-and-beneficiaries/
Trusts can be set up however you like (legally). Trustee's have to comply with the law and the 'Trust Deed', which can be different for every trust.
I'd still like to know who the trustee and beneficiaries are, maybe just Michael Tanja and the kids, could include the step-kids, either of the ex wives etc etc.
I don't think he would have set it up so Tanja would get much at all, seems his father didn't pass too much on to either of his wives as he still had the property.
Probably flogging a dead horse though.
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sleepinoz, Aug 20, 2017
It is possible that the father instigated the trust, being not 100% convinced of Michaels capacity to last the distance in the light of the first son's brief life. The dad may have also believed that at 36 , 37 Michael didn't have the experience or the wisdom which would come in time with an advisory board like the trustees...
The age of Tanja and her inexperience in station management would have been a huge factor if the trust was instigated by the father , as well.. Maybe the dad saw something in the union that concerned him, worried him , particularly if children came into being, he dying before they were born, but he would have foreseen that probability.. perhaps a trust was all he could do, nothing he could speak about but something he sensed about the combination of Michael and Tanja and Oulnina Park. ......
The Trust wasn't commenced until after the father passed. I imagine the father had his own trust prior to his passing, he has somehow managed to hold onto the property after 2 marriages.
Yes, but his estate would have been his personal belongings and his personal bank account. The trust removes him from ownership of the property. She would not have been entitled to that. There is probably a clause in the trust of how to deal with wives that don't last the distance or wives that need to be divorced. A decent settlement, but not one that puts the property in jeopardy. That is what lawyers are for.
I think she becomes stake holder in the pastoral lease, ie, the property upon marriage... the trustees would be obligated to assign her , upon divorce, say, or some incapacitation, eg, she takes a fall off the trail bike and becomes a paraplegic needing constant care, this would fall under the trust management, PLUS under her being signatory to the lease, being , in law, Mrs Burdon, even if she didn't call herself that. She comes under 2 jurisdictions, Family law and Pastoral law. That is what she is under AU law, the wife of Michael Burdon, regardless if she called herself Ebert.. ....
the courts in Au are full of this sort of delightful filigree embroidery tort law, and like Jarndyce and Jarndyce, it can , and does go on for generations....
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/578059-jarndyce-and-jarndyce-drones-on-this-scarecrow-of-a-suit
Trooper, Aug 20, 2017
Such a lonely death..well.... I suppose all deaths are, but ... out on the Barrier Highway, the immense darkness , such a long way from home for her, not just Oulnina Park,
And like all those deaths that husbands bring to their wives, the haunting thing is, how the hell would they know she was dead, before they leave her?.. Allison, hurled off a bridge into the muddy swamp, Karen, half buried in a tree stump on a cold mountain, who the hell are these men to imagine they can pronounce death? .. Tanja, left somewhere off the bitumen in the freezing desert night , maybe the hum of a very few cars, about 1 every 5 hours that travels down there keeping her helplessly alert, or somewhere on that vast parcel of sheep run, a few moments of consciousness, knowing she is about to die..
It is the terrible callousness of him driving off, rugged up , probably with gloves , whether it was on the property of off the highway,, he drove off back to the homestead, he left her out there, alone, fatally injured, perhaps dead, perhaps only dying, it is the Australian nightmare, lost in the bush, come to haunt us all.
How does a person do this?... he goes back and looks into his sons eyes... what does he tell them?...... what does he tell himself?...
MelmothTheLost Well-Known Member
that archery hobby has haunted me ever since it was mentioned here on websleuths.. I think by you, TGY...... it crossed my mind that one of the reasons he didn't want her body found was because of the manner of death, eg, the bow and arrow, hunted across the spinifex plain in the dusk.....
Then, because he shot himself, it occurred to me that he probably shot her, but that presupposes a terrific premeditation, ie , he packed the gun secretly in the car before the journey commenced.... murder well and truly on his mind.
Whatever method he used, it is mostly certain that she didn't get a chance to fight back, no one has mentioned any damage to him... which makes the swift and silent arrow probable.
In years past I did some archery. With the exception of bow hunting, which I think is mostly a US thing, all archery in the west is at static targets. Target archery does not prepare you to bring down a moving target, especially if it is dodging around and trying to hide in the bush.
MelmothTheLost, Aug 20, 2017
Oona Active Member
This statement from Superintendent Bray made me think:
"It's actually quite rare for people to commit a murder and not to tell somebody," Superintendent Bray said."We encourage anyone with information to contact police."
Who might he have told? His mother?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-19/tanja-ebert-search-scaled-back/8823242
Oona, Aug 20, 2017
Oona said: ↑
Maybe not so much as 'told' his mother, but perhaps things were said that put her antenna up and it was her that rang the police.... certainly a relative did, , I assumed it was a relative of Tanja , ( her brother was very close to the pair of them, and spent 6 months of the year working at Oulnina Park during the lambing season, then back to Germany doing other stuff ) ...
That property is where her son, Mark, Michael's elder brother , had committed suicide 20 years ago, ( he was employed at the station, the father didn't own it at that time ) where her ex husband died 3 years ago, and now where her remaining son shoots himself after murdering her daughter in law.... she would see Oulnina Park in a different light to most, I would think....
behind a paywall in the Adelaide Advertiser, it says that Tanja left her job at the pub to work on the property.... that Burdon went to high school in Port Lincoln ( which is where I think his mother lives , travelling from Port Lincoln up to Mannahills....long haul ,) that he then did a university degree in Management at Flinders U, ... that she had many friends who visited and stayed, her brother being a regular for the last 5 years , for long periods of time, working as a station hand...
Maybe he was one of those rare ones, who don't tell anyone anything. .. he looks sort of closed in, to me, in pics, but hey, what do I know, maybe his silence alerted his mother, or the fact that he called her in to help with the children on what would be very short notice..... .. right out of the ordinary..
Maybe he was fending off calls from Germany from the brother in a weird manner...... .. ... we'll know when the coroner does his inquest... I cant see that being a closed inquest... the mother would have a say in that, but crime , being public and in the public arena , I don't think it would have much of a go at being shut down .....
those poor mothers of both of them...
Pi Thoughts Well-Known Member
It's 2 weeks today since Tanja went missing.
This may be a moot point however the video clip of her and the family at the Museum show Tanja wearing orange/mustard colour jeans and black jacket..
[video=youtube;isknd6pCCzo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isknd6pCCzo[/video]
Whereas the description provided when she was reported missing stated that she had Purple jeans and a blue cardigan???
Tanja Ebert is Caucasian appearance, slim build, 165 to 170cm tall, blue eyes, blonde hair and a German accent. She was last seen wearing purple jeans and a blue cardigan.
https://www.police.sa.gov.au/sa-pol...ersons/missing-woman-tanja-ebert#.WZvt22eQyUk
Pi Thoughts, Aug 22, 2017
Pi Thoughts said: ↑
I noticed that discrepancy too. Maybe the person (husband) that described what she was wearing was not aware that the cctv from the museum would emerge?
I've been wondering if she actually was murdered the next day when she was dressed in purple jeans? I feel there is some significance here however we may never know unless her remains are found.
kelynn Member
In regards to Michael claiming they stopped at a service station on Main North Rd - Police confirmed this, Michael exited the vehicle and went into the shop, bought 2 energy drinks and 2 milk drinks, and got back in the car and they left. CCTV footage captures the vehicle but the windows are tinted too dark to see in.
I've tried to find a source but I can't, I'm sorry - maybe it was a police press conference I watched live, but I definitely saw a police officer confirm specifically Michael went into the service station and bought 2 energy drinks and 2 milk drinks, and the tinted windows meant they couldn't see who else was in the vehicle with him.
kelynn, Aug 22, 2017
That property is where her son, Mark, Michael's elder brother , had committed suicide 20 years ago,
As a matter of interest, how did Mark die?
Is there any possibility that his death wasn't suicide?
ediethedog Well-Known Member
hello all...it's been a long time... the trust thing is super complex. it is also extremely expensive and specialised.....I was left a "testamentary trust" by my late father, hugely complicated and the trust had its own tax file number etc.....all trusts are slightly different but all have the same result in the end.......tax breaks and protection of any assets or property that fall under the trust. Mine was over 20 pages of legal jargon. I guess what I'm saying is that it is a web that is hard to comprehend even with all the documents . Having said that, I'll ask around and see what I can find. Good to see some old friends......once again , it's a heartbreaking and horrible case .........
ediethedog, Aug 22, 2017
MelmothTheLost said: ↑
I couldn't find , on the web, the coroners finding about Mark Burdon's death , it occurred in 1997 and the web records don't go back that far but some one in Adelaide could sashay into the Cor. Office and peruse it at their leisure... ( hint ) ...
Michael Burdon would have been 21 at the time, I don't know how much older his brother was, but at the time, he ( Mark ) was employed as a station hand on the property Oulnina Park, ( and while I am at this point, does anyone else feel that it is a bit creepy that the dad bought the property where his first son killed himself, then lived on it, then put his second and remaining son in charge of?.. odd or what? Myself, I'd buy clear across the continent, but sheep folks have their odd outlooks )
So without knowing the manner of death, it's difficult to allow oneself to follow that thought... I , from a small episode of big station experience, would presume rifle. Or single inexplicable car or trailbike accident. I cant find anywhere if Michael was on the property, he was doing a Uni degree in Management at U of SA ( I wrote Flinders U before but I was wrong) at about that age.... .....
But of course, it wouldn't need Michael to actually be there at the place to be involved in the death... phone, letters, all could play a part, and was a love interest involved?.. the people around Manna Hill and Oulnina Park , the old timers, they would know......
kelynn said: ↑
:greetings: excellent point and working on the plan that this service station is in Roseworthy, was he bright enough to play this for the camera>?..... 4 drinks, instead of 3?... it isn't improbable, .... that she was dead before Roseworthy, but removed and hidden after........ ..
ediethedog said: ↑
:goodpost: I agree , all trusts are tailored specifically to the situation, but the end goal is the same, generally speaking.
Perhaps the Mum did it to protect the two little boys, since at the time the trust was instigated, there was no marriage. to make sure those boys retained not just the name but the heritage, so to speak.. And, perhaps, who knows, in the light of her other sons' suicide, perhaps Mum had one of those moments where you cover all the bases while mentally confronting the very worst circumstance... .. although I don't think she could have foreseen this outcome in her worst nightmare.
Trooper , I couldn't agree more. The more I look at what little info of the trust and pty ltd , the more probable that is. A lot of info on the actual station and its history etc is public , however finding the trusts......another story. Frustrating as hell.......I know that Michael Hutchence mum and sister are still looking for his trusts .....all these years later. He was a friend of my husband, back in the day......that money is god knows where.
My son is doing law ... only 2nd year, so far from a solicitor, but he said that any old suburban solicitor can draw up standard trusts.....he told me off for over simplifying things....and also he said I inferred that ALL trusts were complex, this is not true I'm told.
My Dad had an extremely detailed Testamentary trust drawn up for his estate, even though I am his only child.....major big kahuna probate lawyers , why I will never know.
I guess my point is any old Tom Dick and Harry can hide money in trusts, but what issues was she anticipating? That poor woman. Was she divorced from Dad/ grandpa? I can't find that bit of info again...Things look grim on the station, times are tough from the look of pics.... It seems from public records that there are multiple people ( unrelated?) living on the station too.............which is normal , but they seem to have a common surname.....
when my very own Saul Goodman gets home I will pick his brains more.
I had a friend who worked for ASIC but he's left now.....damn it. He was handy. I do have access to some cool law sites of previous cases thanks to my son, but only when he is feeling generous....or doesn't change the password.....
Interesting article from someone who had met Tanja
It seems increasingly likely that Tanja Ebert was murdered by her husband Michael Burdon, who then took his own life. However, instead of framing this as a most extreme act of domestic violence it has been portrayed more like a preordained romantic tragedy, writes Elke Wakefield.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2017/08/24/tanja-ebert-murder-domestic-violence/
It is time people stopped making excuses for farmers and rural men that murder their wives and families. IMO
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The Trustee and Guardian will do everything from Powers of Attorney, wills and property management among many other things.
If someone is incapacitated they will practically do everything to management their welfare and property.
I do believe once they take over a property the family has Buckleys of getting anything back from them. I was told after an aged owner died it took 3 years for the the property to be sold and the 5 years for the beneficiaries to get their money which wasn't much after all the costs were taken out.
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Chef's Hilarious 'Chick-fil-Gay' Sandwich Pokes Fun at Chain's Anti-Gay Views (VIDEO)
Maressa Brown July 20, 2012 at 1:32 PM
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Lots of Chick-fil-A fans in this country are facing a serious conundrum after the chain's president Dan Cathy confirmed what we've suspected all along: The company is vehemently anti-gay marriage. Although the chain recently posted on their Facebook page, "Going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena," customers can't be confident that the cash they're forking over for their combo meal isn't going to end up supporting anti-gay organizations like Exodus International and the Family Research Council, given the company's track record!
But if you're pro-gay and you still can't stop being koo-koo for Chick-fil-A's signature fried chicken sandwiches, what are you supposed to do to get your fix?! Make your own alternative version ... coined the "Chick-fil-Gay" by hilarious YouTube chef and comedian Hilah Johnson!
Top three reasons why the Chick-fil-Gay beats the "real thing":
As Hilah points out, the best time for a fried chicken sandwich is Sunday morning. But who is closed on Sunday morning? Chick-fil-A! But you can eat the Chick-fil-Gay anytime!
The copycat version has "less sugar, less salt, and less funding for anti-human-equality organizations." Plus, instead of being prepared with MSG -- ick -- this chicken is marinated in pickle juice!!
It'll probably even satisfy the cravings of these fierce, Chick-fil-A lovin' drag queens. (Remember them?! Amaaazing!)
You can check out Hilah's video, with full instructions for a DIY Chick-fil-Gay sandwich here:
I have two words for you: "Yum!" and "LOL!" Someone give this woman her own Food Network show!
Would you rather make the "Chick-fil-Gay" than patronize Chick-fil-A?
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al-Mukhayzin
al-Mukhayzin — المُخَيْزِن
Distance from Al Ramla
1944/45 200 110 310
1944/45 10942 1380 226 12548
Non-Cultivable 6 226 232
6 226 232 (2%)
Cereal 10936 1380 12316
10936 1380 12316 (98%)
The village stood on flat ground on the southern coastal plain of Palestine. A tributary of Wadi al-Sarar passed through its eastern half. A 3-km dirt path linked it to the Jerusalem-Gaza highway, and other dirt paths linked it to nearby villages. The village was first established as a cluster of grain storage houses by a group from the al-Wuhaydat tribe; its name is the diminutive of the Arabic word for storehouse. Al-Mukhayzin consisted of a small number of houses, most of which were built of adobe, although a few were made of stone and cement. The village plan was rectangular in shape and extended towards the northwest. AI-Mukhayzin was classified as a hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazetteer. The villagers were predominantly Muslim, and worked in rainfed, agriculture and cultivated grain, vegetables, and fruits. In 1944 they planted a total of 10,936 dunums in cereals. The village was built over an archaeological site that included a well, a pool, architectural fragments, and pieces of pottery.
Although the exact circumstances are not known, the village probably was occupied during one of the operations that followed Operation Nachshon (see Bayt Naqquba, Jerusalem sub-disctrict) in the Jerusalem corridor. Israeli historian Benny Morris gives the date of occupation as 20 April, in which case it would have fallen within the scope of Operation Har'el. Although al-Mukhayzin lay at some distance from most of the other villages in the occupied area, it may have been captured during the attempt to control the road from Jerusalem to the coast. Most villages in the corridor were destroyed shortly after capture since, according to Morris, there was a 'decision to destroy villages in strategic areas or along crucial routes regardless of whether or not they were resisting Haganah conquest.' He does not mention what happened to the villagers.
The settlement of Chafetz Chayyim (131133) was built in 1944 on what was traditionally village land. Later, in 1948, the settlement of Revadim (132131) was added, as were Yad Binyamin (133134) and Beyt Chilqiyya (132133). The latter two settlements were established on village land in 1949 and 1953, respectively.
The village has been completely levelled so that only flat, cultivated fields can be seen. There is a mound of stone and debris, about 2.5 m high, at the southern edge of the site. An orange grove has been planted next to the mound, also at the southern edge.
Operations Nachshon and Har'el to Open Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road
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Q: How does a stack-allocated vector expand in c++? If I declare a vector like so:
int main() {
    vector<string> names;
    int something_else_on_the_stack = 0;
    names.add("John");
    names.add("Annie");
}

How are you actually able to "add" elements to the names vector? If names is stack-allocated, shouldn't "something_else_on_the_stack" be right after it on the stack? Then how can you add names to the already allocated vector?

A: Internally, a vector<string> will most likely consist of a string* pointing at the actual data and probably two more size_t members indicating occupied and reserved memory. All the rest will be on the heap. Therefore, sizeof(vector<string>) is fixed, and the allocation on the stack won't change.

A: std::vector internaly maintains a pointer to heap allocated space that is resized as necessary. The footprint on the stack doesn't change.

A: The size that a vector<string> occupies on the stack is fixed, and will typically be equal to the size of 3 pointers (this is implementation specific). The pointers point to beginning of storage, vector capacity and vector size. These pointers point to free store memory (or heap, if you want to call it that) that the vector allocates as needed to hold objects you add to the vector.

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The Greenhouse Production certificate will allow students to earn recognition for work completed in the area of greenhouse production. This certificate will provide students with the opportunity to develop specific skills related to horticulture chemicals, botany and greenhouse production techniques.
For more information about the Greenhouse Production certificate, please visit our website at www.dmacc.edu/programs/ag.
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Students may start any semester
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Complete an application for admission.
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To earn a Greenhouse Production certificate, a student must complete all coursework as prescribed and maintain a 2.0 grade point average.
Semester 1 (Spring)
AGH 106 - Introduction to Horticulture Credits: 3
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AGH 133 - Greenhouse Production I Credits: 3
AGH 283 - Pesticide Application Cert Credits: 2
Total Credits Required to Complete this Certificate -18
These credits are applicable to the AAS degree in Horticulture .
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It's never been cheaper
The cost of solar installations has continued to fall while the expertise and number of local and regional contractors has continued to climb.
Tax credits and exclusions are still available
For those who purchase a solar system, a federal tax credit offsets up to 30% of the installation cost through 2019. This percentage will fall by 4% every two years until the end of 2021. The state of California provides a property tax exclusion up to 100% though 2024.
Paying in cash makes a lot of sense. You own the system and with the cost of solar declining, you can expect to fully recoup your up front costs within 5 to 10 years with an internal rate of return of 15 to 25%. Even if you don't pay cash, your PG&E bills will likely be much lower right away.
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Davis gets it done!
The City, local contractors, and local organizations have supported the installation of over 2,000 solar systems. Our community is now well practiced in this process and is ready for you!
IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO
Produce your own power
Renewable energy in the form of a solar photovoltaic array on your rooftop has the potential to fully power your home as well as provide excess power.
Protect future generations
Energy independence is a critical step in the journey towards a stable and secure future for our children.
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Work with your contractor on your system plan to power an electric vehicle. You will live and drive solar!
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Temperatures are rising but solar energy deployed across our community will contribute to a cooler planet and a better quality of life for all.
DOUBLE UP ON ROOFTOP SOLAR BY 2020!
In May of 2016, our City Council adopted a cumulative goal of 4,500 single family household solar installations totaling 21 megawatts capacity by the end of 2020.
Is solar right for me?
Do you plan to stay in your home 3 to 5 years?
If you plan to live in your home for 3 to 5 years or more, installing a solar system could pay for itself depending on the financing you choose and your electricity usage.
Is retirement in your future?
Some homeowners view solar systems as a solid financial investment as well as an effective way to downsize their monthly bills. PPAs can ensure a set monthly bill amount for those on fixed incomes, create a buffer against rising electricity costs, and allow those without tax liability to benefit indirectly from the federal tax credit. Folks thinking about their grandchildren see solar as a way to invest in a bright future and show a hopeful way forward for the younger generation.
Looking for the most effective way to reduce climate impacts?
A well designed and functioning rooftop solar system can help you tackle both energy and transportation impacts if you couple it with an electric vehicle purchase.
Does your roof face south, west, or east?
The ideal rooftop faces south or west and has a 7/12 pitch (7 inches rise for every 12 inches run). East facing roofs may still have potential. Panels can also be installed on flat roofs facing upwards or on frames tilted toward the south. If a rooftop cannot be used, other potential surfaces include carports, detached garages, window awnings, and roofed patios.
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Don't be shy to ask about the number and type of installations including rooftops. Check out their license with the state and look for online reviews.
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If possible, try to get a general idea of the system you want before asking for a formal bid, then ask each of the three to bid on a similar system so it's easier to compare. View our Solar: Hire the Right Contractor Cool Solutions page for details about warranties.
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Solar systems usually last about as long as a roof, at the same time sections of roof can often be repaired to accommodate a solar system. Remove and replace clauses can protect you if the roof fails before the solar system.
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Comparing your bid to the average and calculating total system cost per watt can give you an idea of whether your bid is in the ballpark.
Paying in cash has benefits but so does a no money down lease
If you have the funds, paying in cash is certainly an attractive option. But leases help you get in the door with no out of pocket costs and no responsibility for monitoring or maintenance. PPAs come with contract details that define what you pay for electricity and what happens if you move.
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Download our Solar Planning Guide to learn more about PPAs and PACE financing.
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Richard, South Davis
"I think it's a really good investment and especially if you can actually pay less per month for utilities. . . . In December I would get into the third tier but this year I never got into that tier. By having solar, it kept me in that first tier even though I was using a lot from PG&E."
Chrissy, Birch Lane in East Davis
Neighborly Support Aids 'No Brainer' Decision to Go Solar Getting solar was "pretty much of a no-brainer. It was the right thing to do. Environmentally, solar is the best form of energy we have. We were happy to move towards greener energy."
Tim and Karen, West Davis
Local Family Produces More Energy Than They Consume "We want to walk the walk. We want to use very little water and as little energy as possible… Efficiency is always the beginning point. We would like a car with a couple of hundred miles range. The idea is to be self-sufficient with the house and the car from the solar on the roof."
Steve, Village Homes
Saylor Slashes Energy Costs with Solar Following Energy Retrofit "Energy independence is not going to be driven by fossil fuels."
Don, West Davis
Local Businessman Saves Money by Installing Rooftop Solar "When my energy bill comes, instead of a few hundred dollars a month, it's now three bucks."
Mike, South Davis
They Waited Forty Years for Solar to Be Affordable – Now It Is Paula likes "the idea of a movement, an increasing national consciousness. The fact it is in the national agenda and that there is a local movement we could join was a motivation. Our individual contribution is not going to have a lot of impact; but, if we all step it up, there may be a chance to reduce the worst impacts of climate change."
Craig and Paula, West Davis
Sue's electrical costs are approximately $2500 per year. Her system offsets about $1500 of that, which totals $12,000 over 8 years. Since her out of pocket cost for the system, after tax credits and rebates, was approximately $33,000, the system has saved her approximately 36% of the initial investment. With rising electrical rates, the system could pay for itself in another 14 years or less.
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Solar Tax Credit
Taxpayers may claim a credit of 30% of qualified expenditures for a system that serves a dwelling unit located in the United States that is owned and used as a residence by the taxpayer. Expenditures with respect to the equipment are treated as made when the installation is completed. If the installation is at a new home, the "placed in service" date is the date of occupancy by the homeowner. Expenditures include labor costs for on-site preparation, assembly or original system installation, and for piping or wiring to interconnect a system to the home. If the federal tax credit exceeds tax liability, the excess amount may be carried forward to the succeeding taxable year. The maximum allowable credit, equipment requirements and other details vary by technology, as outlined below.
Solar-electric
30% for systems placed in service by 12/31/2019
26% for systems placed in service after 12/31/2019 and before 01/01/2021
There is no maximum credit for systems placed in service after 2008.
Systems must be placed in service on or after January 1, 2006, and on or before December 31, 2021.
The home served by the system does not have to be the taxpayer's principal residence.
Solar water-heating
Equipment must be certified for performance by the Solar Rating Certification Corporation (SRCC) or a comparable entity endorsed by the government of the state in which the property is installed.
At least half the energy used to heat the dwelling's water must be from solar in order for the solar water-heating property expenditures to be eligible.
The tax credit does not apply to solar water-heating property for swimming pools or hot tubs.
IRS Form 5695 https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f5695.pdf
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Understanding Home Heating and Cooling
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Commonly Used Terms
Solar Energy Basics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
EnergyKIDS: Solar Basics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contractors State Licensing Board, State of California
Solar Investment Tax Credit, US Department of Energy
Federal Tax Credits: Solar Energy Systems, EnergyStar
Solar Energy Property Tax Incentive, California Board of Equalization
"California property tax exemptions for PV systems extended to 2025," PVTech
PG&E NEM Monthly and Yearly TrueUp Bill
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Programs, Center for Sustainable Energy
"City protects your right to let the sun shine," Preston Morgan, Esq.
Shade Issues No Problem for This Solar System, Cool Davis Solar Story
When Going Solar Does Not Make Sense, RepowerYolo
Living the EV-PV Dream, Personal journey by Berkeley-based blogger
Energy Upgrade California
UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center
Community Choice Energy, City of Davis
Davis Energy Group, Energy Consultancy
Rebates and Incentives, Cool Davis website


Discussion in 'Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures' started by raiderbabe239, Aug 7, 2009.
I've been putting iodine on his comb every day and vitamins/electrolytes in the water as a couple people on here suggested but it seems to be getting worse. the orange bumps are spreading and getting bigger and turning black, swelling then popping open and bleeding.does it get worse before it gets better? is there anything else i can do for him? he doesn't seem in pain but it just looks awful. so far its only him that's got it.
I'm wondering if the iodine is too strong and making the spots bleed. Have you tried to get his appetite going and making sure he is eating well? Make a scrambled egg, cool it and add a tablespoon of cottage cheese. Looks gross but contains a lot of protein. Give a teaspoon twice a day. Purchase plain yogurt and mix a little with some cheerios. They like this treat and it will get good bacteria into his system.
What are you feeding him? Is he separate from the other birds so he can rest and recover? Try putting him in a confy box with an old towel to lay on. make sure he has water nad food at all times.
Let me know what happens. I hope the little one gets better soon.
You might want to consider consulting a vet.
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Woven Skirts of the Outer Islands of Yap, Micronesia
In the West, the artistic value assigned to cloth is often "secondary:" in the Pacific "however, social, political, and spiritual meaning are attached to cloth in its material, iconography, and use." 2 The woven textiles produced in the Caroline Islands may be the Pacific's foremost example. Skirts woven on a back-strap loom, or lavalavas, are both a daily worn item, as well as a rich symbol integrated into traditional belief and practice.
Likewise, lavalavas have emerged as a defining symbol of islanders and their traditions in the eyes of outsiders. "It is for loom-weaving that Micronesian textiles are best known… they were strong with a continuous spiral wrap that encircled a warp-beam attached to a frame and a second unattached warp-beam… The breast-beam was tied to a strap that encircled the waist of the weaver, whose body tension held the warp taut." 3
While the lavalava, and similarly crafted belts, were once produced across the Caroline Islands, today the practiced is limited to Western and Central Caroline islands and atolls, comprising today's Outer Islands of Yap State. 4 The skirts' traditional significance "far exceeds their function simply as items of daily wear." The lavalava is nothing less than a "highly condensed visual expression of social and economic relations, ritual affairs, and the aesthetic ideals of Micronesian society." 5
Among these Caroline Islanders, loom weaving is "highly developed" and weavers have long demonstrated "singular ingenuity and resourcefulness" in their weaving. 6 The lavalava, or wrap around skirt, is the most evident and "singular" example. 7 Even today, the lavalava remains the customary daily dress throughout the Outer Islands of Yap." 8
Migration of Outer Islanders into district centers such as Yap, as well as US territories such as Guam, has added further to the symbolism of the lavalava, affording migrants a highly visible and instantly recognizable symbol connecting them to each other and their past.
Hear about the importance of weaving from Outer Island Women.
2 D'Alleva, Anne. "Art of the Pacific." Orion, London. 1998.
3 Kaeppler, Adrienne. "The Pacific Arts of Polynesia & Micronesia." Oxford University Press, Oxford. 2008.
4 Matsumura, Akira. "Contributions to the Ethnography of Micronesia." Imperial University of Japan. Tokyo. 1918; see also LeBar, Frank. "The Material Culture of Truk." Yale University, New Haven. 1964
5 Ibid Feldman and Rubenstein, pages 45-56
6 Kjellgren, Eric. "Oceania: Arts of the Pacific Islands in the Metropolitan Museum of Art." Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York. Page 274; and Martin, Lynn. "An Approach to Central Carolinian Aesthetics," Masters Thesis, University of Hawaii, July 1981. Pages 36-49
7 Ibid Martin, page 36
8 Rubenstein, Donald. "Cultural Preservation of Traditional Textiles on Fais Island in Micronesia, Problem and Paradoxes." Paper prepared for the second ASEAN Textile Symposium, Manila, Philippines. February 2-3. 2001.


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Girls' Adam Driver Cast In Star Wars Episode VII!
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According to a hot, hot exclusive report by Variety, your favorite weird, unwashed boyfriend and ours is in very late contract talks to join the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII.
The trade mag's "sources" say: "Exact details are unknown, but the character is said to be in the vein of iconic Star Wars villain Darth Vader."
Indeed, we discussed the possibility of Driver being cast in J.J. Abram's sequel to the gigantic sci-fi franchise just hours ago. And, we said the 30-year-old actor was an unlikely choice. Apparently, we were dead wrong. Sorry, guys.
It does make sense, however. Driver has a growing list of credits (that aren't all comedic) and, at 6-foot-3 with muscles to spare, he certainly has the physical presence to pick up where Darth Vader left off. Plus, as we've all seen on Girls, he does scary rage quite well. Finally, just look at him in this photo wearing a black suit and incredibly unimpressed glare. Are you feeling the power of the Dark Side? We are. To our earlier concerns, Variety says Driver has worked out his schedule so he can continue to appear on Girls.
The much-anticipated, still-unnamed sequel is due out in winter 2015. If this is all true, Driver would be the first official member of the cast. Could Pussy Riot be next? (Variety)
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Q: MVC routing if page url is stored in database I have kind of CMS application that allows to create content pages and specify urls for them.
I'd like to let users enter any url, like:
/Documents/Forms/MyForm
/Documents/Manuals/MyManual
/Events/BBQThisWeek

Then I need to create a route that will check if a content page with the given Url exists in the DB and if yes, will route to controller that handles content pages. If not it'll continue with default route.
How do I approach this?
Thanks
V.

A: You will probable have to set-up a custom handler. Take a look at option three on here
You could read from database on action invoker.

A: Create a class that extends Route
public class CustomRoute : Route
{

    public override RouteData GetRouteData(System.Web.HttpContextBase httpContext)
    {
        var routeData = base.GetRouteData(httpContext);
        if(routeData != null)
        { do some stuff on routeData... }
        return routeData;
    }

    public override VirtualPathData GetVirtualPath(RequestContext requestContext, RouteValueDictionary values)
    {
        // Do the opposite of the first function
    }
}

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The easiest way is to extends Route and use base.GetRouteData then just change the data tokens 'controller' and 'action' to what you want


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We're helping a local authority procure an innovative district heat network.
Tackling climate change often means helping our clients navigate the unknown, embrace innovative solutions and understand how they can make the most of government funding.
A good example is our work with a local authority creating a development for living, playing and working. The client wants to build it with the environment in mind – the area will be powered by sustainable energy and home to healthy habitats for people and nature. Not only will this space benefit the local community now, but it will help preserve the planet for future generations by reducing carbon emissions.
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The local authority turned to us for help to procure a new type of district heat network, the first of its kind in the UK. To make it happen, they also needed to make use of funding from the Department for Business, Enterprise & Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Our team has the expertise and experience to help them do exactly that.
The client secured £3.5 million for this project and was one of only nine projects in the UK to gain BEIS funding.
Taking advantage of natural hot springs, the district heat network will extract warm water from below the ground via a series of boreholes. This water goes to the energy centre, and from there, a warm water supply will be directed through a pipe network to heat homes and businesses. The result? Fewer carbon emissions will be generated than from standard gas boiler systems.
Being the first to do something so innovative creates its own challenges. From ensuring funding is spent compliantly to producing all legal documents, there have been a number of hurdles. Anthony Collins Solicitors (ACS) have helped the council navigate the unknowns and provided fast-paced legal support with work often being turned around within 24 hours.
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The hunger of war: The Somali famine of 1991-92.
A trope sometimes used by people who deny anthropogenic climate change is that "man's activities can't fundamentally change the environment." Of course, educated people know this is completely false. History is replete with environmental disasters that are significantly or entirely man-made–examples include the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, the great Russian famine of 1921, and some of the terrible droughts of the 1980s in North America. One particularly awful episode stands out in the list of human-caused environmental catastrophes, and it's one that had profound effects on subsequent world events: the great famine in Somalia in 1991-92, which was caused almost entirely by war.
The story of this disaster is extremely complicated and is bound inextricably with the bizarre history that has made Somalia possibly the worst place on planet Earth for the last quarter-century. Today we think of Somalia as a blighted desert wasteland with little in the way of functioning government, a haven of bandits, terrorists and pirates, the very definition of a "failed state." It has gotten better in recent years but this describes Somalia for much of the 1990s and 2000s. It wasn't always like this, of course. Somalia came out of colonialism at least not significantly worse off than other countries in East Africa, but its government was unstable. In 1969 it was taken over by military dictator Siad Barre, and the roots of the disasters of the 1990s reach back to him.
This video (silent) contains archival footage showing the terrible effects of the 1991-92 drought in Somalia. The human cost of this disaster was staggering.
As an arid country inhabited by simple farmers and nomads, much of Somalia's society is clan-based. Its politics under Barre reflected that. Barre was a member of the Darod clan, and in the 1970s after he got Somalia involved in a disastrous war, another clan called the Majeerteen decided to try to get rid of him. Barre cracked down with a paramilitary group called the Red Berets. Their weapon against the Majerteen was environmental: they destroyed the reservoirs their people depended on in the arid region where they lived. In 1979, thousands of them died of thirst. Then two more clans rose against Barre, especially after he was injured in an auto crash in 1986. By the 1980s Somalia was largely in a state of civil war with clans fighting each other and the government. In early 1991, after losing support of the United States, Barre went into exile after failing to retake the capital from Mohamed Farah Aidid, a warlord who emerged as the most powerful man in the country–though he had plenty of enemies.
By the summer of 1991 Somalia was a hopeless patchwork of conflicting armies, warlords, clan alliances and bandits. Although Barre was gone, the tactics he'd introduced in the 1970s were adopted by various factions fighting for control of the country. The armies of various warlords went around to villages destroying water sources, burning crops and killing livestock. In a county whose arid climate means it's almost always teetering on the brink of bare subsistence, these activities were enough to trigger a disaster of incredible proportions. The country's agricultural sector couldn't bring in enough to eat during the harvest season of 1991. With less land under cultivation, desertification occurred rapidly. With no food and livestock destroyed, people in the countryside villages began starving. Over the next year, an incredible 300,000 people died, and Somalia became the desiccated wasteland, studded with dried-up wells and bleached skeletons, that many of us have seen in pictures from that time.
Somali women await the drop of grain from an Australian helicopter, 1992. Nearly 100,000 lives were saved by Western intervention, but at considerable cost.
During 1992 the famine began to attract world attention. The United Nations tried to help by sending personnel to distribute food aid. Unfortunately, warlords like Aidid were both able and willing to disrupt food shipments to prevent aid from reaching their enemies. UN aid could have saved many of the 300,000 who died, but warlord and clan armies often wouldn't allow the food to reach the people in the interior who needed it, or they simply stole it as soon as it came to the distribution centers mostly in Mogadishu. UN observers are diplomats and humanitarians. It became clear that what was needed in Somalia were soldiers–a lot of them, to force Aidid and the others to let the aid supplies in.
Troops from many countries, not just Americans, participated in the Somali rescue effort. These Saudi forces are awaiting deployment to guard food shipments.
American troops began to land in significant numbers on Somali shores on December 9, 1992. By this time Bush had been defeated by Bill Clinton who would soon inherit the mission as one of the earliest challenges of his new administration. Many people forget that this was actually a shooting war. U.S. Marines and other military personnel had to fight warlord armies to secure beaches, drop sites and other infrastructure. The United States had 43 troops killed in fighting between December 1992 and May 1993. Italy, Australia and three other countries also lost soldiers. The results of the operation were mixed. In the short term, food aid did get through, and observers estimated that 100,000 lives were saved. But the security situation in Somalia didn't improve permanently. The civil war dragged on and Western intervention couldn't stop it. By the spring of 1993 the famine was largely over, but now Western forces, especially the United States, were deeply involved on the ground. The restructuring of the U.N. military mission in May ultimately escalated the conflict; the "Black Hawk Down" incident of October 1993 eventually took place under this changed mission.
There have been many brutal famines in the world in the last 100 years. Some have been caused by purely environmental factors, but even these are almost always exacerbated by some sort of human action (or inaction). The Somali famine of the early 1990s was a sad example of an environmental catastrophe on a vast scale that was committed more or less intentionally. In a place like Somalia where life is very hard at the best of times, destroying a few reservoirs and burning a few fields has a tremendous effect, environmentally and in human terms. Unfortunately we probably haven't seen the last of this sort of thing. Another terrible famine struck Somalia in 2011. As climate change increases the challenges facing developing societies, war and conflict–and their environmental consequences like droughts and famines–are ever more likely to result.
The photo at the top of this article was taken in 2011, not the 1990s, but is evocative of conditions in Somalia at that time. The photo is by Oxfam East Africa and used under Creative Commons 2.0 (Attribution) license. Other photos are public domain.
A very moving and power article Sean.
I remember that with disgust an horror. A terrible catastrophe. Beautifully written post Sean.


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Focusing on body alignment in fitness classes is great, but ideally, that awareness would not be confined to just workouts. SunstoneFIT's vision is to become one of the world's most influential fitness associations who transforms the very idea of fitness from isolated physical activity into an integrated body, mind and life practice.
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Giallo • Thriller, Drama
In the post-war years, the proliferation of transnational European co-productions gave rise to a cross-pollination of genres, with the same films sold in different markets as belonging to different movements. Among these, Riccardo Freda's ('I vampiri', 'The Horrible Dr. Hichock') 'Double Face' was marketed in West Germany as an Edgar Wallace 'krimi', while in Italy it was sold as a giallo in the tradition of Mario Bava's Blood and Black Lace, combining elements from both genres for a unique and unforgettable viewing experience.
When unfaithful wife of wealthy businessman John Alexander (the legendary Klaus Kinski, giving an atypically restrained performance), Helen (Margaret Lee, 'Circus of Fear') dies in a car crash, it initially looks like a freak accident. However, the plot thickens when evidence arises suggesting that the car was tampered with prior to the crash. And John's entire perception of reality is thrown into doubt when he discovers a recently-shot pornographic movie which appears to feature Helen, suggesting that she is in fact alive and playing an elaborate mind game on him... Psychological, psychedelic, and at times just plain psychotic, Double Face stands as one of the most engaging and enjoyable films in Freda's lengthy and diverse career - a densely-plotted, visually-stunning giallo that evokes much of the same ambience of paranoia and decadence as such classics of the genre as 'One on Top of the Other' and 'A Lizard in a Woman's Skin'.
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Killer Nun
Aging blonde-bombshell Anita Ekberg ('La Dolce Vita', 'Pick-up Alley') gives a full-bodied performance as a sex-crazed sister with some seriously bad habits in the lurid cult classic 'Killer Nun'. One of the most notorious 'nunsploitation' films, 'Killer Nun' tells the sordid story of Sister Gert...
Strip Nude For Your Killer
A spate of highly sexualized murders is rocking a prestigious Milanese fashion house. Ambitious photographer Magda (Edwige Fenech, Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key) and her on-off boyfriend, love rat Carlo (Nino Castelnuovo, The English Patient), team up to crack the case. But, ...
Who Saw Her Die?
Sculptor Franco Serpieri (Lazenby) welcomes Roberta (Nicoletta Elmi, 'Deep Red') - his young daughter from a failed marriage - to Venice, unaware that a disturbed child-killer is stalking the city's canals. When Roberta's body is found floating face-down in the river, the lives of Franco and his ...


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Even with a fleet as extensive and comprehensive as Ardent's there will occasionally be a requirement for plant equipment to hire that we do not stock as standard. Thanks to our excellent relationships with major plant equipment suppliers, Ardent Extra is able handle special requests with the same industry leading standards and service as our own equipment. A scissor lift is not something we stock as standard, but we will go the extra mile to hire you a scissor lift to the highest specification.
A scissor lift is one of the most common types of aerial elevating work platforms (AWP) used in various industries across the country. Featuring a large moveable platform, a scissor lift allows personnel to reach the highest areas of a building or structure to conduct work and repairs.
Platforms vary in size, but most are designed to hold several people, tools, and equipment needed for working at heights. The platform sits above a large network of criss-cross supports, allowing significant weights to be held on scissor lifts, with the supports being pulled together by a motor to reach the required height.
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I've lost count of all the houses where I've lived. I think of those birds that always move into nests abandoned by other birds. Moving has always run in the family. I can't even imagine living a whole life in one house, though plenty of my childhood friends' parents are still at those same address I know by heart–Davis Street, Conway Drive. . .
Since Daddy was a preacher, we moved to a new preacher's home every time he changed churches. One had a cow in the field just over the fence. One house–where my sister Amy and I sat on the back porch eating watermelons in our undies, faces planted into the sweet melon–had a rat living behind the kitchen stove. The house on Alabama Street had the best trees for climbing, the best neighborhood streets for riding bikes, the most kids our ages. We always heard from the church folks about the families who'd lived there before us. Fern, the last preacher's wife, was a hard act to follow, especially for my mother with a new baby–her fourth–and no car. The next folks we followed hadn't believed in decorating for Christmas, never opened the curtains on the windows. We were a blessed relief.
I was a young teenager by the time my parents bought a home of their own. We lived there twice. It's the home I left when I headed to college, the one where my husband picked me up for our first date. In between, we had the farmhouse–bees living between the walls, leaving sticky honey, toilets that ran brown when we flushed.
After I married, we continued the pattern, building our first house, and selling it by our first anniversary, to build another. Not until we moved to North Carolina did we stay in a house for my lifetime record–twelve years. Now we're looking at pulling up roots and moving again. I love this house, and I dread the winnowing process, the packing–before that, keeping the house ready to show potential buyers. The good news, though, is that a house has always been just a house. Home is where I live with the man I married thirty-eight years ago. When I move, he'll come along. He'll have his recliner. I'll have my books. We'll have music–and when we get closer to them, the next house will echo with the sounds of our grandchildren.
Most of the things that make my house a home aren't things at all. They aren't things that money can buy at least.
We're close again in topic. I wrote about Hotels I Have Known . . . sort of like houses or homes. Love this one!!
Love this, although I don't envy you moving. Winnowing and packing are the worst.


To make the marinade combine the chillies, garlic, olive oil, salt, lemon juice, and lemon zest in a bowl and mix together.
Remove the abalone meat from the shell.
Remove the abalone guts from the shell and throw them out.
Cut the frill off of the abalone meat, then slice in half, horizontally, so you have two thin discs.
Give the thin discs a bash with a meat tenderizer.
Slice the discs into thin pieces, then put the pieces into the marinade, and mix.
Clean out the abalone shells.
Put a pan on high heat and pour in the marinade.
Sauté the abalone marinade for 2 minutes or until soft and caramelized.
Pour the cooked abalone back into the cleaned out abalone shells.


What keeps Realtors up at night? Intriguingly, the No. 1 threat to agents — ahead of declining commissions, dwindling relevance or a repeat housing collapse — is other agents.
NAR counts more than a million members, and hundreds of thousands more agents hold state licenses but aren't members of NAR. The Danger Report, sponsored by NAR and authored by real estate consultant and author Stefan Swanepoel, notes the modest training needed to earn a real estate license.
Agents are worried about commissions, too. That threat places second in the Danger Report.
While NAR scrupulously avoids publishing average commission rates, Realogy, the nation's largest broker, has reported for years that its average commission is about 5 percent. NAR's report notes that agents in other countries charge less; the typical commission in Britain is 1 percent to 2 percent.
Consumers are "placing increased pressure on real estate agents to reduce their commission rates," the report says.
The Danger Report also looks at the possible perils faced by brokers, Realtor associations and multiple listing services.