Project Goal: To Introduce warm season native grasses to the agricultural community.
Objective: To assess the potential use of warm season grasses as summer pasture and waterfowl nesting habitat.
On September 16, 1997 the field was sprayed with 2L/Ha of Roundup. A further application of 3L/Ha was done on May 13, 1998.
Because of the continued presence of other grasses and dandelions, the plots were resprayed in early May with Roundup/2,4-D. This did not seem to affect the warm season grasses as they were still dormant. It is also interesting to note that many of the trefoil plants also survived. Unfortunately, this also applied to the Canada thistle.
The mixed grass plot of switch and bluestem. Note how green the warm season grasses are when compared to the mature timothy and orchard in the background.
Switch grass after grazing. Most of the large plants in the background are thistles.
Aftermath of grazing big Bluestem pasture.
The cow herd pastured on the 6 acre demonstration plot from July 19 until August 1, a total of 13 days.
All three plots were clipped with a claas disc mower after pasturing .
On August 16, 1999 the plots were sprayed with 2.75L/Ha of Embutox for thistle control.
The above photo shows the regrowth as of mid September. It is important to note that warm season grasses store their winter reserves, not in the root system, but in the top 8 inches of the plant. The low regrowth rate of the Big Bluestem may create winter-kill conditions and low level clipping may not be a good practice for this grass species.
As seen in the photo above, left, the Switchgrass did provide a reasonable cover, suitable for duck nesting habitat. The green in the photo is black medic, a weed that seemed to persist inspite of the numerous sprayings of these plots. The above photo on the right shows the emergence of the Big Bluestem as the light green grass, again with the presence of black medic. The Big Bluestem failed to produce much regrowth after the clipping in 1999 and it was a worry that this warm season species would not have sufficient reserves to survive the winter and grow again in the spring of 2000. At this stage, in the spring of 2000, it appeared that the Big Bluestem had survived fairly well.
Note: there has been no fertilizer applied to these plots.
The results in the above table show how dramatically the Big Bluestem production has decreased (56%) from the previous year. One might also conclude, from the relatively high % utilization figures of the Switchgrass, that the increased presence of cool season grasses (mature at the time of grazing) and weeds in the other two plots contributed to the decreased consumption by the cattle. The Switchgrass has maintained a relatively thick stand while the other plots have shown a noticable thinning.
After the mid summer grazing, the warm season grass plots were untouched for the remainder of the growing season in order to encourage the grasses to build up their reserves for the winter.
There were only a few photos taken in 2001 and unfortunately no forage measurements were collected for analysis. 2001 saw a large difference in warm season grass population in the three plots with only a few specimens surviving in the Big Bluestem and the mixed plot. An estimate, by the author, of a 40% to 50% stand of Switchgrass remained in the first paddock in the fall of 2001. In a field immediately adjacent to the warm season grass plots a pasture mixture was sown in 1999 (orchard grass, timothy, alfalfa, trefoil, and ladino). To be fair, the soil and drainage conditions are superior in the pasture mixture field but, taking this into account, there is little doubt in the author's mind that the pasture mixture field surpasses the best of the warm season, switchgrass, production.
There appear to be two major disadvantages for warm season grasses in our location.
The first is related to the requirement for a warm season grass to enter the winter with at least 8 inches of top growth to survivie. The switch grass was able to do this but only if grazing was prohibited after mid August. The other warm season species did not appear to have sufficient regrowth time even if grazing was stopped at the end of July. As a consequence, the warm season plots have only been grazed once each growing season. The adjacent cool season grass field was grazed four times this summer providing many more days of production.
The second disadvantage may be related to the first. All of the paddocks have now been invaded by cool season grasses, clovers, trefoil, and weeds. It appears that the warm season grasses are not able to compete by maintaining a thick sward. This stand reduction may be due to winter kill of specific plants or it may be the result of early spring competion from these invading species that have the ability to far outpace the warm season grasses during the period. Warm season grass seed is not inexpensive. These fields were planted in 1998 with no forage grazed during that year. Production was good in 1999 and 2000 for the switch grass. 2001 warm season grass production appeared to be significantly reduced although no direct measurements were taken. The author would estimate that the best of the warm season grasses, Switchgrass, would only be productive for 4 years in the North Dufferin area of Ontario. When one compares a well managed cool season legume, grass pasture to Switchgrass pasture in this location, the majority of the advantages are with the cool season pasture.


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Before I sipped from snifters, tulips and Teku glasses, there was the humble pitcher.
It served me well early in my beer-drinking days, holding everything from Guinness to Yuengling Lager. I remember vividly my first taste of Highland Gaelic Ale, served from a pitcher in an Asheville billiards bar about 12 years ago. It's so vivid a memory because, quite frankly, I hated it.
I hadn't developed a taste for better beer at the time. But I look back on that pitcher and so many others fondly because it was less about the beer and more about the people I shared it with. Whether in dive bars, bowling alleys or chain restaurants, there was the pitcher and around it were good friends. Beer took a backseat to conversation.
That changed when I started drinking craft beer. With so many new styles and thousands of breweries, the name of the game was variety and individualism. There was no use for a pitcher when my friends and I were often after something new or different.
When the brewery is busy, it can be easier and quicker for a group to order a single pitcher instead of several individual pints. The trade-off, of course, is that everyone has to drink the same beer. Easy drinking beers with a lower ABV, like the Sun Grown Lager and Southern Girl Blonde, are popular pitcher choices, according to Brigham.
Pitcher prices at Sycamore Brewing vary depending on the beer, but the brewery often announces half-price pitcher specials and has Thirteen Thursdays, where certain styles are available for $13 a pitcher.
Lenny Boy Brewing left its home near Sycamore for a new brewery and taproom at 3000 S. Tryon St. last fall, and with this much larger space have come more visitors. The brewery has recently started offering pitchers on the weekends. It makes it easier for patrons to bring beers from the bar to the new patio, and relieves the bar staff as well. The brewery pours its flagship beers in pitchers for $18 each.
Pitchers are also popular on weekends at Blue Blaze Brewing — so much so that they are sometimes all in use. They're also popular on Thursdays, when the brewery welcomes groups in to play trivia. Beers most commonly served in the pitcher format include Yellow Blazer Kölsch, Pink Blazer Hefeweizen, Blue Blaze Altbier and Amber Blaze Amber Ale. Pitchers run between $13 and $16, which basically gets you four pints for the price of three.
At Legion Brewing, founder Phil Buchy says the length of the bar means it's rare for lines to get more than two deep. As such pitchers aren't as in demand, however the brewery does bring them out during big events like Carolina Panthers games and March Madness. While it's not something they advertise, pitchers fit right in with the brewery's "Friends + Beer" tagline.


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"In My Life" is a 1965 song by the Beatles.

In My Life may also refer to:

Film and theatre
 In My Life (1978 film), a Danish drama by Bille August
 In My Life (2009 film), a Filipino drama starring Vilma Santos-Recto
 In My Life (musical), a 2005 Broadway musical by Joseph Brooks

Music

Albums
 In My Life (Cilla Black album), 1974
 In My Life (George Lamond album), 1992
 In My Life (George Martin album), 1998
 In My Life (Judy Collins album), 1966
 In My Life (Kevin Kern album), 1999
 In My Life (Marian McPartland album), 1993
 In My Life: Greatest Hits or the title song (see below), by Stephanie Mills, 1985
 In My Life, by Ariel Rivera, 2001
 In My Life, by Patti Austin, 1983

Songs
 "In My Life" (Divinyls song), 1984
 "In My Life" (The Rasmus song), 2003
 "In My Life", by the Brian Jonestown Massacre from Take It from the Man!, 1996
 "In My Life", by Glen Campbell from Still Within the Sound of My Voice, 1987
 "In My Life", by Juvenile from Juve the Great, 2003
 "In My Life", by Kim Wilde from The Singles Collection 1981–1993, 1993
 "In My Life", by Nelly from Suit, 2004
 "In My Life", by the Real Milli Vanilli from The Moment of Truth, 1991
 "In My Life", by Stephanie Mills from I've Got the Cure, 1984
 "In My Life", from the musical Les Misérables, 1980

See also
 In My Lifetime (disambiguation)
 It's My Life (disambiguation)
 My  Life (disambiguation)
 The Story of My Life (disambiguation)
 This Is My Life (disambiguation)

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Exciting new evidence showing that kindness has a huge impact on our physiology, and can dramatically improve your life!
Dr David Hamilton worked in the pharmaceutical industry for four years after gaining his PhD. Now a bestselling author, he travels throughout the world, offering workshops to help people understand the power of the mind on the body.


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DeSantis says Trump will be back in politically crucial Florida 'very soon'
Posted By Jim Turner, NSF on Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 3:38 PM
Photo via the White House
Gov. Ron DeSantis expects Trump to soon be campaigning in his adopted home state after quarantining in the White House because of a COVID-19 diagnosis.
"I don't have any firm details, but if I were a betting man, I'd bet you'll see him very soon in Florida," DeSantis said Tuesday during an appearance in The Villages.
Shortly before DeSantis' comment, President Trump tweeted he's "feeling great" and planned to be in Miami on Oct. 15 for the second presidential debate.
However, Trump's tone turned on Thursday when the Commission on Presidential Debates announced the debate was going to be held online "to protect the health and safety of all involved."
"I'm not going to do a virtual debate," Trump said in an interview on the Fox Business channel.
Trump had to scrub a rally last Friday in Sanford after testing positive for the virus. Vice President Mike Pence will host a "Latinos for Trump" event at 1 p.m. Saturday at Central Christian University in Orlando, and then will appear at a 3:30 p.m. event in The Villages retirement community.
Pence's visit will come after Donald Trump Jr. campaigns Thursday in Panama City Beach and Tampa and Eric Trump holds an event Friday in Jacksonville in support of their father.
Florida is widely viewed as a must-win state for Trump as he seeks re-election.
DeSantis has offered upbeat prognoses for the president and First Lady Melania Trump, who also tested positive for COVID-19.
"You know, if you look at how the disease affects different people in different age groups, I mean, I think Melania is somebody that is going to have like a 99.9 percent recovery rate. And when you get over 70, though, the rate's a little bit lower than that," DeSantis said last Friday while on the Drew Steele Radio show. "But I think someone like the president who doesn't have any significant comorbidities, I think he's going to be able to fight through it and be back for that second debate."
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Bollywood's one of the young superstars Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor starrer Befikre has passed its opening weekend on a good note at box office. Backed by the big banner Yash Raj Films, it has promoted on a high scale and registered year's 10th highest opening so far. The movie has been released with immense excitement of fans and received almost favorable response from audience across the country as well as overseas.
Because of its bold content, Befikre is the choice of only youth audience and also it received mixed reviews from critics. Despite this, the movie recorded good occupancy through out the weekend and reported continuous growth over weekend in its business. Already existing Dear Zindagi & Kahaani 2 are heading almost unaffectedly, because of different genre and target audience.
On the opening day, Aditya Chopra's directorial Befikre witnessed the occupancy of more than 50% on 2100 screens in India and did the business of 10.36 crores. Then on Saturday, it remained steady and raked the business of 11.60 crores with slight growth. On the last day of weekend i.e. Sunday, the movie reported higher occupancy and added the amount of 12.47 crores to its account.
With this, opening weekend total collection of Befikre has become 34.43 crores on domestic box office. Monday is a partial holiday, so the movie is expected to receive decent on its fourth day. From international market too, the movie has recorded quite good response of audience.


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Megan Kelso and Cody, 10, are planning to walk from Gibsons to Powell River to raise funds for solar panels on the roof of the Sechelt SPCA animal shelter. (Megan Kelso)
B.C. boy, mom trekking 115 kilometres to bring solar power to Sunshine Coast SPCA shelter
The 115-kilometre trek is estimated to take four days and will involved a ferry ride
Mar. 11, 2021 12:20 p.m.
A B.C. boy and his mom are getting ready for a very long walk for a very good cause this Sunday (March 14).
Cody, 10, and mom Megan Kelso will set off on a walk from Gibsons to Powell River to raise funds for a new solar panel roof at the at the BC SPCA Sunshine Coast Community Animal Centre in Sechelt.
"From a young age Cody has been actively involved in local charity events to help raise money for various organizations," said Kelso. "However, this year we wanted to think bigger."
Kelso said that the Sechelt shelter's location on Solar Road made it a no-brainer to put solar panels on the roof.
The 115-kilometre trek is estimated to take four days and will involved a ferry ride. Kelso and Cody hope to raise $20,000 for the Sunshine Coast SPCA and $10,000 for the British Columbia Sustainable Energy Association's "Cool It" program for kids.
"If we don't take care of the earth now, we won't have an earth to live on," said Cody. "I love animals because they are all cute."
For her part, Kelso, a pet guardian to rescue animals from the BC SPCA, said she loves "the joy an animal brings to us and the love they share with us all unconditionally."
Cody and his mom aren't the only animal lover excited for this adventure.
"We're very excited about the walk and we're very appreciative," said Marika Donnelly, manager of the BC SPCA Sunshine Coast location. "We're also equally excited that Cody and his mom are the ones to spearhead the fundraising. It's pretty amazing to see such passion for animals and the planet from such a young man."
To learn more about Cody and Kelso and to help them raise funds, visit https://climbforcc.org.
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In conclusion, you're Heimdallr/Christopher then? SawStron? Why are all your usernames so unique lol.
Hm weird. I do remember you saying that you're also know as Asch, eh, Heimdallr?
*throws masterball* you cant escape from that!!
ho ho wont let you run away!
Hi there. So. I saw your post about "RULES" in the mod section.
Did you maybe check out our rules? They are similar.
Also we have a system of sub sections. It is made to make a choice for people a bit easier and to make things clear.


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These are stories Report on Business is following Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013.
A new filing from BlackBerry Ltd. highlights how the erosion of its once-mighty business is spreading to areas that had still been strong even as it declined elsewhere.
The embattled smartphone maker, now in the midst of an auction for all or part of its operations, also said it expected fat restructuring charges.
Last Friday, BlackBerry posted a second-quarter loss of almost $1-billion, taking a massive hit on inventory of its new Z10 models.
In new documents filed yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, BlackBerry said it also expects a hit of $400-million in restructuring charges as it begins to slash 40 per cent of its work force and take a knife to operating expenses. The comments are similar to those in a lengthy earnings document posted on BlackBerry's website.
The company also plans a retreat from the consumer market to focus on business customers, where it first made its mark when it ruled the industry.
In the SEC documents, BlackBerry paints a fascinating picture of its rise and fall since its founding in Waterloo, Ont., in 1984, describing how it "revolutionized the mobile industry with the introduction of the BlackBerry solution in 1999."
Now, though, it's suffering in the key U.S. market, and its troubles are spreading globally, eating into what had still been an area of strength.
"The smartphone market is maturing, resulting in lower growth rates, particularly in the high-end segment of the market," BlackBerry said in its regulatory document.
"The company has experienced a decline in demand for its products and in its overall market share," it added in the filing.
"The intense competition impacting the company's financial and operation results that previously affected demand in the United States market is now being experienced globally, including in international markets where the company has historically experienced rapid growth."
BlackBerry's rivals are now jumping into those global markets with high-end wireless devices and with "lower end Android-based devices that compete with the company's lower cost devices."
The company also talks about the growing number of apps available on competing systems.
"The decline can also be attributed to consumer preferences for devices with access to the broadest number of applications, such as those available in the iOS and Android environments," it said.
BlackBerry was referring there to the operating system for Apple Inc.'s iPhone and for devices running Google Inc.'s wildly popular Android.
It also noted a "continued decline" in services revenues.
Analyst Steven Li of Raymond James noted today that services revenue is now down 28 per cent from a year ago, and is projected to decline by a further 12 per cent in the third quarter, a greater fall than he had projected.
Around the world, BlackBerry cited declines in revenue of $454-million in North America, largely because of the United States, $401-million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, $324-million in Latin America, and $109-million in the Asia Pacific region.
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. has struck a tentative deal to lead a consortium that would acquire BlackBerry for $4.7-billion, after several weeks of due diligence that end in early November.
Markets, however, question whether the deal will be done, at least at the proposed $9 a share, which is why BlackBerry's stock price is far below that figure.
Fairfax's chief executive officer, Prem Watsa, has said, however, that he's confident of taking BlackBerry private.
"We note the board (who has significantly more information than we do about the state of affairs at BBRY) has approved the $9 offer," said Mr. Li, referring to BlackBerry by its U.S. stock symbol.
"Fairfax is expected to complete its due diligence by Nov. 4. We are not expecting a higher offer and maintain our market perform rating."
The ADP jobs report in the United States disappointed markets today, coming in below what had been expected in terms of employment in the private sector.
The report showed job gains at 166,000 in September, less than the 180,000 projected.
Some economists believe the report will stop the Federal Reserve from easing its stimulus program this month.
The U.S. government had been scheduled to release its key jobs report on Friday, but that's now unlikely given the shutdown.
"If the Labor Department remains shuttered on Friday, it will postpone the release of the nonfarm payrolls report," said senior economist Sal Guatieri of BMO Nesbitt Burns.
"This means the ADP report might be our best guide to actual job growth in the month," he added in a research note.
"Its track record is far from perfect, but the picture it paints is one of still-lacklustre job creation."
There's a nifty amendment to the U.S. Constitution that effectively says you can shut down your business and still get paid. Unlike the people you're throwing out of work. If you're one of the 533 members of Congress.
Which begs the question: How might the shutdown of Washington have unfolded in the absence of the 27th Amendment?
The amendment says this: "No law, varying the compensation for the services of Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened."
What it means is that members of Congress can't not be paid the $174,000 (U.S.) salary due those who aren't leaders. Nor can they set their pay.
It's ironic because the amendment was meant to block the members from hiking their own salaries before an election.
It dates back to the late 1700s, though wasn't ratified, and thus not part of the Constitution, until 1992.
And what's happening now in Washington doesn't sit well with some of the members themselves.
"That is disgraceful, in my view, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Hawaii Democrat, told CNN.
"Basically the only people who get paid in a shutdown are members of Congress, and that is irresponsible," she added, saying she's going to give back the money.
About 65 lawmakers from both parties say they'll either donate the money to charity or refuse to be paid during the shutdown.
Rep. Suzan DelBene, a Washington Democrat, for example, issued a statement yesterday pledging to pay back the money.
"For as long as this unnecessary shutdown occurs, hundreds of thousands of public servants will be working without pay," Ms. DelBene said.
"When sequestration began earlier this year, I returned 8.2 per cent of my salary back to the Treasury, and for the duration of this shutdown, I will return the remainder of my personal salary as well."


For any sports team, you don't like to have a team that has your number. You know, the team who constantly beats you no matter how good your team is or how bad their team is. It becomes a bit of a mental handicap when playing that team, causing you to over think what is going wrong and trying hard to fix it. Well, for the past year and a half, the Chicago Sky was that team for the Storm. The Sky had handed the Storm three straight defeats, sweeping the team last year, and being one of only two teams to beat the Storm this year. So the game against the Sky on Friday night had more riding on it than getting another win. Seattle needed to get the Sky monkey off of their backs! And they did so in an emphatic fashion, with a 80 to 60 thumping of the Windy City team.
Friday's game was all about teamwork. There is no place where this was more evident than on the 24 assists on 32 buckets made. The numbers are even more amazing in the first half, when the team was building its lead and the game was in question. The Storm assisted on 19 of their 22 first half buckets and 10 of their 11 second quarter ones. The Sky was trying to take away the paint so the Storm needed to swing the ball around to the open player, and on Friday, that player was hitting the open shot as the Storm shot 46.4% for the game.
Defensively, the team had the task of defending Sylvia Fowles, who dominated them in the game in Chicago earlier this year. To do this, they double and even triple teamed her whenever she got the ball, forcing her to to pass to teammates or turning the ball over, which she did three times in three quarters of action. Her 13 points and 5 rebounds were well below her MVP caliber season. The Storm's defense was ravenous, eating up ball handlers and cutting off lanes quickly. It was a huge team defensive effort of championship caliber!
The scoring was evenly dispersed for the Storm, with Swin Cash leading the field with 16 points, followed by Jackson's 14, Abrosimova's 13, Bird's 11, Little's 10 and Willingham's 9. Seattle made it a point to play unselfishly, passing the ball to the open player and letting them make a play. Once again, it was a pick your poison night for the opposing team, which makes the Storm very hard to guard on a given night.
Now the Storm has to head on a two game road trip, starting Sunday night against Minnesota and then Tuesday night at Tulsa. These teams are currently at the bottom of the WNBA standings, so hopefully the Storm takes them seriously and steamrolls them like they did the Sky on Friday.


Question from Barbara E.: Rick, my two year old laptop wouldn't come on the other day so I took it to the Geek Squad to have it checked out. Long story short, they said the motherboard was bad and that it wasn't worth fixing, so I bought a new laptop.... The steps that follow will take you through some basic tips and recommendations for optimizing your PC for gaming so that you can get the most out of the hardware and get your games running smoothly again. It is useful for both those that have an aging PC that just meets the minimum requirements as well as those that have the latest and greatest graphics card, CPU, SSD and more.
When some printers sense that they are out of ink, they may refuse to print at all until a new cartridge is installed. But in many cases, there is still ink to be used in the old cartridge. Depending on your type of printer, you may be able to trick it into printing again. If your cartridge has a sensor built into it, cover the sensor with a piece of dark electrical tape to trick your printer... A PC can get outdated very fast because newer, faster and more advanced computer components are released every month or so. It is not possible for everyone to buy new hardware in such a short time and keep your desktop PC in check with the latest hardware because it is a very expensive matter.
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Both types depend on special fuels. The combustion chamber is sealed to form the charge. Which means there will be Thermal Energy transfer without the transfer of heat or mass. So there is no change in the entropy. The engine depicted in the 2 stroke engine animation and diagrams is known as a loop-scavenged two-stroke because the incoming mixture describes a circular path as shown in the picture below.
The following year, produced a four-stroke engined automobile that is regarded as the first car. Stroke The compression stroke is when the trapped air-fuel mixture is compressed inside the cylinder. This is the power stroke. In this article we have learnt about valve timing diagram of two stroke and four stroke petrol and diesel engine. The working of the Carnot Engine is explained in this article with all the different processes involve in it. Which means the valves in the cylinder head will be in opened condition, which means the cylinder head will act as the Perfect Conductor.
In this Carnot Cycle there are two and two Carnot Engine Working Principle The engine based on the Carnot Cycle is called the Carnot Engine. To learn more about this behavioral advertising practice or to opt-out of this type of advertising, you can visit or. The increased intake volume causes increased exhaust and spins the turbo faster, and so forth until steady high power operation is reached. Please note that this only applies to sensitive information, as defined above. The straight section of pipe between the two cones exists to ensure that the positive waves reaches the exhaust port at the correct time. What is not readily apparent in the picture is that the primary portion of the mixture is directed toward the cylinder wall opposite the exhaust port this reduces the amount of mixture that escapes out the open exhaust port, also known as short-circuiting : Mixture transfer continues until the piston once again rises high enough to shut off the transfer ports which is where we started this discussion. Automotive systems figure 27strokes and events in a twostrokecycle diesel engine cylinder.
On engines with mechanical valve adjustment, excessive clearance causes noise from the valve train. As engine rpm rises, the speed of the flame front does not change so the spark point is advanced earlier in the cycle to allow a greater proportion of the cycle for the charge to combust before the power stroke commences. Notice that this cone has a sharper angle than the diffuser, so that a larger proportion of energy is extracted from the already weak pressure pulse. As the piston returns to top dead center, the exhaust valve closes and the intake valve opens and the 4-cycle engine process repeat. The discussion is not complete. During this combustion stroke, the cylinder walls and the cylinder head are acts as the Perfectly insulated.
At some Bonnier sites and through certain promotions, you can submit personally-identifying information about other people. The increased droplet surface area exposed to the ignition flame allows more complete burning of the charge in the combustion chamber. The energy needed to compress the charge is substantially less than the gain in force produced during the combustion process. As in the 2 stroke engine animation and diagram, in this case, the cycle would begin at approximately mid-stroke when the piston is rising, and has covered the transfer port openings: As the piston moves upward, a vacuum is created beneath the piston in the enclosed volume of the crankcase. This cycle was introduced by Dr.
The problem is that some unburned fuel leaks out each time the cylinder is recharged with the air-fuel mixture. Bonnier only collects personal information that is relevant to the purposes for which it will be used. Step 4: Exhaust Stroke When the piston reaches bottom dead center again, the exhaust valve opens. This means that a diesel two-stroke engine suffers from none of the environmental problems that plague a gasoline two-stroke engine. The types of personally-identifying information that we collect about other people at pages like these may include the person's name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number. The design typically allows higher engine speeds because it provides the most direct path between cam and valve.


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Many mechanical dryers have been developed for rice but only very few did get commercialized successfully. This page provides some information about some dryers that became popular in Southeast Asia. It does not constitute a comprehensive overview of all possible drying technologies. The dryers featured here are not necessarily the best technical solution but, because the users accept them, they seem to offer a good compromise between drying cost and benefits in terms of higher quality and weather risk avoidance in their specific settings.
Note: This is a design from the 1970s. Thousands of units were installed over the years but the design is outdated. It can still be used for drying seeds or demonstation purposes since it can be made portable.
Note: This is a prototype seed dryer for very small seed samples. The IRRI design uses a rice husk stove as heat source but that is very labor intensive. A coal stove using brickets is more appropriate.


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The inline four-cylinder engine series M271 appeared in 2002. The new generation engine has utterly new cylinder block, which cats from aluminum alloy with cast iron sleeves. There is a balancing mechanism inside the cylinder block. The M271 cylinder head is also made from aluminum; it has two camshafts, four valves per cylinder and hydraulic lifters. The engine has variable valve timing system on both camshafts.
The M271 1.8L engine has two types of cylinder heads for KE and DE versions (indirect injection and direct injection fuel system). Also, KE and DE pistons are different. The diameter of the intake valve is 30.5 mm, exhaust - 27 mm. Connecting rods are from M111 EVO. The engine has a timing chain and small supercharger Eaton M65 (Kompressor).
In 2009, the M271 series was upgraded, and the main feature of these engines became the turbocharger IHI Al 0065/0066 instead of the supercharger. Also, the engine control system was changed to Siemens SIM4 LDE.
The broad power range of M271 1.8 liter engine allowed to replace all M111 series engines. M271 series has 1.6-liter engine version also. The next four-cylinder family the M274/M270 appeared in 2011 and started the replacement of M271 series actively.
1. Power loss. That is one of the most common problems with the M271, which caused by soot on valve stems.
2. Engine noise during fired-up. The engine had an unreliable single-stand timing chain and stretched chain produces a lot of noise.
M271.820 (2009 - present day) - EVO modification. Compression ratio is 9.3, power - 184 hp, torque - 199 ft lb. This motor was designed for Mercedes-Benz C 200 BlueEFFICIENCY W204, SLK 200 BlueEFFICIENCY R172, E 200 BlueEFFICIENCY W212, E 200 Coupe BlueEFFICIENCY C207.
M271.860 (2009 - present day) - another EVO modification with 202 hp and 228 ft lb of torque. This motor is for Mercedes-Benz C 250 BlueEFFICIENCY W204, SLK 250 BlueEFFICIENCY R172, E 250 BlueEFFICIENCY W212, E 250 Coupe BlueEFFICIENCY C207.


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Up-coming Conferences/Exhibitions
Due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) around the world, many of the major up-coming events have been cancelled or postponed. These include, CORROSION 2020 (NACE) conference and expo in the USA which is now schedule for June 14-18, 2020. In Europe, Eurocoat in France, PaintExpo in Germany, and Surface World and Surfex in the UK, have all been postponed until later this year.
A Journey into the World of Corrosion Science
Blogs, Cathodic Protection Blog, YEP
The timeline for innovation in corrosion prevention is evolving
Corrosion is a factor within all industries, and left unchecked corrosion has catastrophic effects on infrastructure and transport. With its potential to cause widespread damage across multiple economic sectors, corrosion has spawned an entire sphere of scientific study, innovation, and engineering.
Corrosion science is interdisciplinary in nature, involving organic chemistry, microbiology, electrochemistry, metallurgy, and more. However, it is also a relatively new field, dating back only a few hundred years. In this article, we take a brief look at the history of corrosion science.
Observations of corrosion in history
Throughout the centuries, we can observe actions taken against corrosion. For example, we know that the Romans covered copper utensils with a thin layer of tin to prevent corrosion.
Counterintuitively, there appears to have been little investigation into corrosion until Robert Boyle published two papers which served to introduce corrosion science in 1675. These papers – Of the Mechanical Origin of Corrosiveness and Of the Mechanical Origin of Corrosibility – detailed notes of experiments, mostly undertaken with Robert Hooke between 1654 and 1668 and beyond when Boyle moved to London.
However, despite Boyle introducing corrosion as a science, it wasn't until the 1830s that the economic consequences of corrosion became apparent. Consequently, in 1837, the British Association for the Advancement of Science offered grants to those studying the action of water and temperature on wrought iron. It was around this time that the potential for profiting from anti-corrosive processes and coatings was first established.
Advances in corrosion protection
Largely because of the financial potential of lengthening the life of corrosive metals, anti-corrosive inventions flowed reasonably quickly in the ensuing years. These included:
1837: Galvanisation of puddled iron, invented by H. W. Cranford in England
1840: Silver electroplating, invented by George E. Elkington and H. Elkington
1869: Nickel electroplating, invented in the United States
1878: Hit-dip tinning, patented by Morewood in England
1906: Phosphating, invented by T. W. Coslett
1923: Anodised aluminium, invented by Guy D. Bengough and J. M. Stuart in England
The rise of corrosion resistant alloys
As well as protecting corrosive metals, corrosion science sought to develop new corrosion-resistant alloys. This branch of corrosion science – the deliberate addition of elements to steel to enhance resistance to corrosion – was pioneered by Michael Faraday in 1819.
Faraday was inspired to find a non-corrosive alloy by the observation that meteorites did not rust. These meteorites contain 8% nickel.
However, Faraday's main conviction was in the research of electromagnetic induction, and so he did not continue his alloy experimentations. It wasn't until 1931, when Robert Hadfield was examining Faraday's notes and experiments, that the scientific community realised that the steel alloy age could have started half a century earlier – if only Faraday had pursued his findings.
The timeline of corrosion-resistant alloys includes these two significant discoveries/inventions:
1905: Albert Portevin observed that steels with a chromium content of more than 10% are resistant to attack by common reagents
1912-1914: Stainless steels were developed in England and Germany
Electrochemistry, hydrometallurgy, and corrosion science
The electrochemical nature of corrosion is one of the most experimented and discussed aspects of corrosion science. The first record of this theory is found in a paper published by French chemist Louis Jacques Thenard in 1819. Developments after this came as follows:
1824: Humphrey Davy first proposed cathodic protection principles.
1830: Swiss physicist Auguste de la Rive attributed rapid attack by acid on impure zinc to the electrochemical interaction between the zinc and the impurities.
1834: Faraday provided evidence of the connection between chemical action and electrical currents.
1907: The function of oxygen as a cathodic stimulator was recognised by Walker, Cederholm and Bent when developing theories of corrosion by neutral liquids.
1908: In Germany, Heyn and Bauer found that attack on iron is stimulated by contact with a nobler metal, while contact with a baser metal offered protection against corrosion.
1924: Whitman and Russell discovered that corrosion is often intensified when a small anode is connected to a large cathode.
The connection between corrosion and hydrometallurgical processes was first made in the late 1880s, when John Stewart MacArthur discovered the cyanidation process for leaching gold from its ores. However, it wasn't until many decades later that the process was shown to be an electrochemical one. In 1947, P.F. Thompson demonstrated that by developing a galvanic cell on a gold particle, oxygen on the surface was reduced. This acts as a cathode, while the gold dissolving away acts as an anode. Thus, many hydrometallurgical processes are, in fact, electrochemical processes.
Acid is replaced by oxygen as a main protagonist of corrosion
It wasn't until the early 1900s that oxygen's status as a main protagonist of corrosion was established. Until then, it was generally held that acidic conditions were mostly responsible for corrosion of metals. This was specifically assumed in the corrosion of iron, which was assumed to only take place when carbonic acid was present.
In 1905, this false assumption was disproved when it was found that iron exposed to water and oxygen, without the presence of carbon dioxide, was subject to corrosion. Though the presence of acid does accelerate some types of corrosion, it is now understood that water and oxygen are the chief corrosion agents in most natural environments.
This advance in understanding wasn't entirely revolutionary, however. Many scientists had noted the effect that different concentrations of oxygen have on corrosion. These observations by scientists included:
1830: Marianini, in Italy
1845: Aldi, in England
1889: Warburg, in Germany
1908: Kistiaknwosky, in Russia
Further experimentation confirmed that oxygen concentration is an important factor for corrosion scientists to consider. These included experiments by Aston in the United States in 1916, and by U.R. Evans and others in England between 1922 and 1934. U.R. Evans in particular played a key role in establishing contemporary understanding of corrosion processes and is often referred to as 'the father of corrosion science'. An award in his name is presented annually by the Institute of Corrosion.
Inhibiting corrosion
As corrosion science improved and developed, it was discovered that covering the anodic or cathodic parts of a metal with certain soluble substances stopped corrosion. These substances came to be called inhibitors. Polish scientist Chyzewski classified these into anodic and cathodic inhibitors.
Much of the experimentation in this area has helped to develop inhibitive paint, mechanically-excluding paints, and zinc-dust coatings. The need for different types of coatings was established by John Samuel Forest in England in 1930.
As with all branches of corrosion science, our understanding of coatings is continually evolving and this is reflected in the continuous development of coating and inspection training.
Corrosion science – a rich history with an exciting future
Like the spectrum of scientific knowledge, corrosion science continues to develop and advance. The brightest and most innovative minds will help all industries to accommodate corrosion in their long-term strategic thinking and everyday plans.
The Institute of Corrosion was specifically set up in May 1959 with the objectives to "disseminate technical information about corrosion matters and to develop by means of social activities, the free interchange of information among members." Further, the objectives included to "progress towards the establishment and acceptance of suitable qualifications for corrosion engineers, and a promotion of standardization in the terminology and techniques of corrosion control."
These objectives remain encapsulated in our core values today.
One of the aims of our Young Engineer Programme (YEP) is to ensure that early career members of the Institute of Corrosion benefit from prestigious training initiatives. To learn more about the Young Engineer Programme, visit our YEP pages or email the Institute of Corrosion at admin@icorr.org.
Midland Branch
Latest News, Midlands Branch
The February meeting was held at Impalloy's new manufacturing facility in the West Midlands, with Impalloy also sponsoring the food for the event, and Prafull Sharma of CorrosionRADAR, gave a very interesting talk on the monitoring of Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI), Latest Developments and Trends.
Prafull provided with an enlightening presentation into the trends of monitoring CUI and oil and gas inspections in general. Hidden corrosion such as CUI continues to be a big challenge for the asset integrity management of industrial facilities. Industry still spends a huge amount of their maintenance budget on routinely opening up the insulation to inspect the pipes and equipment. There is a growing trend to remotely monitor corrosion in accessible locations using the wireless connectivity and battery powered devices. A new innovative sensor system for monitoring CUI has been developed by CorrosionRADAR. The sensing principle uses Electromagnetic Guided Radar (EMGR), which uses a permanently embedded sensor into the insulation. The data is transmitted wirelessly onto a cloud or on-premises platform and visualization is performed using a remotely accessible dashboard.
The presentation also detailed the latest developments in remote monitoring technology for Corrosion and CUI.
The company have produced a very comprehensive monitoring database utilising 3D models of the plant requiring monitoring. Discussions followed about modification of the system to cover many other aspects of the corrosion dictionary, which Prafull said would be possible! Watch this space!
Following the presentation, a branch meeting was held, with Paul Segers taking on the chair. Detailed discussions followed about future events, membership etc. The branch is looking for new committee members from outside of the CP discipline, in coatings, research, monitoring, etc. If you would like to be involved please contact Paul via via the ICorr office.
Latest News, London Branch
The February talk was given by George Winning, Technical Service Manager for Clariant Oil Services in Africa, a Fellow member of ICorr and London branch committee member. George explained in his presentation why the corrosion inhibitor injection systems are required, and reviewed typical systems and corrosion control options, both mechanical and chemical. This was an excellent talk which produced significant discussion amongst those attending.
Within oil and gas operations there is a need to maintain and optimise production through life. One of the most common options to achieve this is the use of water injection to maintain reservoir pressure. With the use of these systems comes issues regarding corrosion as the presence of oxygenated water, scale and microbial growth can lead to premature failure unless efficiently mitigated.
The above corrosion threats were outlined in the presentation, followed by discussion on how the various systems used, amongst seawater, aquifer water, river water and other systems such as PWRI and water and gas (WAG), determine the most suitable mitigation methods.
This led onto the need for the fit-for-purpose design of the system, the maintenance of any mitigation measure and the required monitoring to ensure safe and efficient operation.
This brought up a discussion on many subjects covered. These included microbial monitoring of the system and identification of the most reliable methods, which opened up a philosophical debate on whether any method is truly reliable and led to a conclusion that a number of methods, Serial dilutions, ATP, qPCR or even H2S monitoring should be used in conjunction with trend mapping to ensure the system is running at its optimum level. Other questions revolved around reliability of systems, particularly the deoxygenation system, with the conclusions that effective maintenance and monitoring of the system to identify problems at an early stage are imperative to allow changes to the operation to be made and the system optimised. It was also highlighted that water injection systems are regularly overlooked, as they are not seen as the sales point in oil and gas production, and leaks are not of high environmental concern. This is a mistake as these systems are the most important measure taken to maintain oil production in the secondary oil recovery phase of a project and overlooking these in the short term will affect the economics of the asset in the long term.
The talk was well received being described as 'Master Class' and well delivered with clear and relevant arguments made. It was closed with a vote of thanks and a presentation to the speaker.
Aberdeen Branch News
Aberdeen Branch, Latest News
The branch held its 5th event of the 19/20 season at RGU Aberdeen, with a paper entitled "Structural Integrity Issues: under-deck, air-gap, splash zone assessment / deterioration / repair mechanisms, (for corroded / fatigued conductors, caissons and risers)" by Chris Tierney, SETS. This was a highly successful 1st joint presentation with EI – The Energy Institute, with 75 attendees.
The first part of the presentation considered, conductor integrity, hidden risks and corrosion mitigation, and in the second part Chris discussed new platform-launched technologies for repair of caissons and conductors subsea on ageing assets. After a decade in the subsea engineering sector with Technip, Chevron Upstream Europe, and Pro Dynamic Lifting (PDL), Chris founded SETS in 2011 as a subsea engineering and consultancy specialist. A platform splash zone is an area of multiple risks to production due to the high likelihood of mechanical damage to elements running through this area, cracking and in some geographical locations, very high corrosion rates. SETS provide innovative, engineering and tooling services to deliver efficient conductor management and repair solutions. The company have continued to innovate, learn and produce solutions for this difficult work zone and have been at the forefront of the design and development of technically advanced subsea tooling for conductor cleaning and inspection, clamp repair and shim installation. Unusually, their technology is remotely operated from topside, eliminating the requirement for diver support, and dramatically reducing time and cost. Their success in this area has resulted in the recent acquisition of the company by AquaTerra ( Kintore, Aberdeenshire).
The SETS presentation concentrated on conductors but the technology is equally applicable to caissons and risers. Conductors run from seabed to wellhead, providing environmental protection to the most vulnerable well components. A conductor should be considered a complex system, and its integrity managed accordingly, spanning wells, structural and operational functions. The condition of conductor and guide frames at the spider deck reflect the condition of these at the first elevation subsea. These are the most highly utilised areas in a conductor system, subjected to the greatest environmental loads and generally where majority of defects present themselves. The presentation discussed in detail, marine corrosion, fretting, fatigue, damage mechanisms and progression rates affecting conductors on ageing assets. Chris explained how different marine environments worldwide impact on conductor, caisson and riser integrity and following this, there were many thoughtful questions from the audience.
A full house, attended this first IE/ICorr joint event.
Branch chair, Stephen Tate, closes the event with Certificates of Appreciation to Roy Milne (Vice Chair of EI – Energy Institute and Chris Tierney, Managing Director of SETS.
The February 2020 evening meeting with 55 attendees opened with a discussion of the new ICorr logo and re-branding of the Institute to provide a much needed re-start and more professional focus, with the key being firmly on corrosion prevention by all available means. Following this introduction, there were very informative twin presentations by DNV-GL on risk based inspection activities, covering both PSVs (Pressure Safety Valves) and FPSO's (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading) units.
The first presentation, by Dr Chris Bell discussed how data analysis of servicing has helped reduce cost and improve safe interval servicing of PSVs. PSVs are installed in process and utility systems to prevent build-up of internal pressure, or external effects such as fire. Over pressurisation of any vessel, or other equipment item, with energy released from the pressurised fluid, or the hazardous or flammable nature of the contents, can have significant consequences on a platform. Valves can block through build-up of wax, gunk or corrosion products within the system and the PSV will fail to lift. For this reason, PSVs are classed as safety critical when protecting hydrocarbon containing equipment and must be safety tested on a regular basis. The testing cannot generally be done in-situ, and valves most usually have to be taken onshore, tested, refurbished and refitted. Typically there are over 100 PSVs on a platform so it is worth optimising the maintenance interval. This can be done by data analysis to find the appropriate time to service the valve based on previous history and ensure a safe practice whilst minimising costs, and the inspection interval can be set so that the residual risk of failure is acceptable.
0.5 billion hours of service data for PSVs have been analysed from 10,311 tests and 544 failures by DNV-GL to allow optimisation of maintenance intervals and manage the inspection of PSVs. A methodology was developed that combined qualitative and quantitative RBI analysis. This multi-layered assessment gained the most information possible from the data, and as an outcome, the average maintenance interval was changed from 37 to 44 months and the test failure rate dropped. So, for an average PSV maintenance cost of £1000, total cost has now reduced by £ 1.1m from £6.5m to £5.4m per year.
The second presentation was by Dr Madhu Parlapalli, who presented a paper on risk based inspection (RBI) of FPSO Cargo Tanks. Risk based inspection in the oil and gas industry of piping, pressure vessels and other critical equipment has been used more recently for planning structural inspections. For floating structures like FPSOs where there are additional requirements to satisfy in the form of Classification Society rules, although risk based approaches are allowed under these rules there are relatively few examples of where this has been applied to plan structural inspections on FPSOs, for items such as cargo or ballast tanks.
It is operationally quite inconvenient to carry out inspections of these tanks on a fixed 5-year interval in line with a standard Class schedule. A risk based inspection schedule has to take account of all relevant degradation mechanisms and the corresponding means of inspection. For FPSO cargo tanks the main degradation threats are fatigue cracking and corrosion / coating degradation and of course general inaccessibility for inspection. The RBI process involves developing a structural hierarchy of 'accessible' elements, identifying the relevant 'failure modes' and damage mechanisms then evaluating the 'probability' ranking for the relevant mechanism. The 'consequence' ranking for safety, environment or business impact is then added, and the risk level is evaluated using an agreed risk matrix with the client/owner. An inspection plan can then be developed for different inspection activities to form an optimised inspection schedule. Case studies were presented for 'hotspots' identified on an FSPO and RBI analysis used to look at the fatigue degradation mechanism and a coating degradation mechanism. An extensive Q&A followed these 2 excellent papers.
Branch chair, Stephen Tate with Dr Chris Bell and Dr Mahdu Parlapalli of DNV-GL.
Full details of future branch events can be found on the diary page of this magazine and on the website, or by contacting: ICorrABZ@gmail.com. Copies of the majority of past branch presentations can be found at: https://sites.google.com/site/icorrabz/resource-center, and a photo gallery for all Aberdeen events can be found at: https://sites.google.com/site/icorrabz/event-gallery
A special reminder is drawn to the August 2020 Annual Corrosion Forum (ACF), which unfortunately has now been cancelled owing to the Covid.19 outbreak and knock-on financial effects.
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Hercules the liger – putting the 'very very big cat' back in 'big cat'
Tom PhillipsWednesday 27 Jan 2010 5:15 pm
Is it a lion? Is it a tiger? Actually, it's both – and Hercules the liger is the biggest of his kind in the world.
Hercules the… liger: why the big paws?
At a massive 12 feet long, and weighing over 900 pounds, Hercules has a whole page devoted to him in the Guinness Book of World Records.The lion/tiger crossbreed has inherited traits from both his parents – and the appetite of both combined, consuming 25 pounds of meat and gallon of water each day.'Hercules is a prime example of hybrid vigour, which he gets from his lion father and his tigress mother,' said Dr Bhagavan 'Doc' Antle, the founder of the wittily named The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (T.I.G.E.R.S) in South Carolina, who has brought up eight-year old Hercules since birth.
Ligers (which are always the result of male lions and female tigers crossbreeding) are larger than either lions or tigers – unlike tiglons (male tiger/female lion crossbreeds), which are the same size as their parents – due to sex-linked genes that are only expressed in the hybrids.There have been other, obsese ligers who weigh more than the fit and healthy Hercules – but Guinness World Records lists him as the largest living cat on Earth.Hercules is thought to have been the result of an accident on the part of his parents, who lived in close proximity at the Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, in Miami, Florida, rather than a grand cross-species romance.


First quarter market update, filmed and broadcasted live on April 9th, 2019, featuring Erik Brenner, Matt Aurenz and Bill Davis.
Meet the Hilltop Wealth Solutions team and watch this tour of our office to learn a little about how we serve clients as fiduciaries.
Hilltop Wealth Solutions: Why Choose an RIA?
Erik Brenner, CEO and President, outlines the benefits of working with a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA). Brenner explains why it's important to understand the business model of the advisor who is working with you and recognize any potential conflicts of interest.
Read more about Hilltop Wealth Solutions: Why Choose an RIA?
Erik Brenner, CEO and President, and Matt Aurenz, Director of Wealth Management, recap the markets for the fourth quarter of 2018.
Erik Brenner, CEO and President, and Matt Aurenz, Director of Wealth Management, recap the markets for the third quarter of 2018.
Erik Brenner, CEO and President, and Matt Aurenz, Director of Wealth Management, recap the markets for the first half of 2018, discuss asset allocation strategies and the firm's outlook on the remainder of 2018.
Matt Aurenz of Hilltop Wealth Solutions discusses catering to the client experience and closing up the disconnect between advisors and clients at Morningstar Investment conference.
Erik Brenner, CEO and President, updates clients on the recent move to establish Hilltop Wealth Solutions as an independent registered investment advisor (RIA).


Australia's top postgraduate careers guide!
Launched in 2016, Postgrad Futures showcases those go-getters who study the most exciting degrees, undertake stellar internships and grad programs and ultimately rise to the top of their professions. They may not always end up in STEM – plenty of great careers are forged through a background in engineering, like Karen Andrews, the Assistant Minister for Science, or our covergirl Preethi Jeeva, who took her technology skills to big business consultancy Deloitte.
Postgrad Futures celebrates the best in Australian achievement in STEM – whether that's combining STEM with business skills or focusing on soft skills to stay agile in the workforce. It's about equipping women in STEM, supporting international students, and is filled with lists of Australia's top STEM workplaces, our biggest employers and the most innovative new degrees.
With inspiring stories, corporate grad programs and internship opportunities, and an in-depth interactive directory of Australian postgrad options, Postgrad Futures gives students the tools they need to make the decision that suits them best.


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Tajikistan (TJ), Dushanbe (TJ) — Russia (RU), Simferopol (UA), Krasnodar kr. (RU), Rostov reg. (RU), Moscow (RU)
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Almaty (KZ), Tashkent (UZ), Ashgabat (TM), Dushanbe (TJ), Bishkek (KG) — Zaporizhia (UA), Kharkiv (UA), Kyiv (UA), Odessa (Port) (UA)
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Dushanbe (TJ), Termez (UZ), Tashkent (UZ), Fergana (UZ), Taraz (KZ), Talas (KG) — Minsk (BY), Polatsk (BY), Mogilev (BY)
Dushanbe (TJ) — Kyiv region. (UA)
Kazakhstan (KZ), Kyrgyzstan (KG), Tajikistan (TJ), Turkmenistan (TM), Uzbekistan (UZ) — Belarus (BY), Ukraine (UA), Turkey (TR), Iran (IR)
Dushanbe (TJ) — Berlin (DE), Sofia (BG), Belgrade (RS), Sarajevo (BA), Istanbul (TR), Kosovo (RS), Warsaw (PL), Скопье (MK)
Number of machines: 3 belts: 16 (length=13,6m width=2,55m height =2,75m)
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Dushanbe (TJ) — Kyrgyzstan (KG)
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Dushanbe (TJ) — Tashkent (UZ) ~ 472 km
Dushanbe (TJ) — Nur-Sultan (KZ) ~ 2079 km
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Khujand (TJ), Uzbekistan (UZ), Russia (RU) — Lithuania (LT), Ukraine (UA), Russia (RU)
Khujand (TJ) — Odessa (UA) ~ 4001 km
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Sword-wielding jewelry store employees fend off would-be robbers in Canada
Employees at Ashok Jewelers were captured on surveillance video fending off would-be robbers with swords.
(Peel Regional Police)
Employees at a Canadian jewelry store took matters into their own hands and fended off would-be robbers with swords during a midday burglary attempt, police said.
The employees at Ashok Jewelers in Mississauga, about 15 miles southwest of Toronto, were captured on video on Nov. 21 confronting four people who attempted to force their way into the store just after 12 p.m., Peel police said. The would-be robbers smashed a store window and one person was spotted trying to climb inside when employees charged at him with sabre-style swords.
"When we saw them coming in, that's when we really took action and we rushed them," the storeowner's son told CBC News. "They had a gun, but my main concern was, I wanted them to not get into my store."
"I was willing to do anything to keep them out. Even if it meant me getting shot, not a problem," he added.
The four men fled the store in a dark-colored SUV empty-handed. Police said none of the employees were injured in the incident.
The storeowner's son said the swords were gifts from a family friend. He added that the weapons were "good luck" for the store.
Authorities are still searching for the four suspects and urged the public to think about safety first before confronting attackers.
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This coming Market is around the corner, bringing with it the first bounties of Spring!
We have a diverse group of wonderful producers whom you can get all your meat, veg, bread, booze and preserves from and a bite to eat while you find them!
Bream Creek Market Garden – fantastic seasonal, locally grown vegetables for your table!
Fork It Farm – Pastured Rarebreed Pork from Lebrina, Daniel and Kim come all the way to our market ladden with Sausages, Chops, Charcuterie and MORE!
Highcroft Granola – seasonal, local, handcrafted breakfast cereal that tastes great!
T&D Curries – award-winning Curry pastes made by a father and son team right here in Tassie!
Jesse James Coffee – barista made coffee – bring your Keep Cup!
Cheeky Devil Coffee Roasters – beans, beans, the musical fruit! Buy a bag to have great coffee at home!
Combi Coffee – Coffee to keep you going from 9am til 1pm on your October Market Day!
FlameCake – German style pizza using local, seasonal ingredients and baked in the portable wood fired oven!
Formosa – vegetarian, vegan and GF hot food to go! + Seasonal Fresh Cherries!
P&F – support your local school!
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South Memphis community garden expands services with $250K donation
By Sydney Hawkins
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Green Leaf Learning Farm, owned and operated by Knowledge Quest in South Memphis, is celebrating two new greenhouses to help its operation.
The greenhouses were built after a $250,000 donation from several partners including $100,000 coming from the City of Memphis, according to Knowledge Quest Executive Director Marlon Foster.
"Our greenhouses were supported by the City of Memphis, Valero Energy, the AARP, and our Tennessee NICS Division," Foster explained.
According to the USDA, food desert communities are low-income areas more than one mile away from a grocery store. Cash Saver is the closest grocery store to the Knowledge Quest community, nearly three miles away.
Officials said the two greenhouses will contribute to the ways they help feed their neighbors.
"They are really going to make for a lot of season-extension on the farm. They're really going to expose our students to all the forms of indoor agriculture, and all the ag-tech and ag-innovation that will come from these new environments," Foster explained.
Heavy Lakeland condo fire brought under control in less than 10 minutes, SCFD says


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The Community Recorder: Pet Supplies Plus opening in former Kroger
Amy Scalf, reporter with The Community Recorder, reported today that Pet Supplies Plus will be one of three businesses opening in part of the former Kroger space in Independence, KY. The new 8,500 square foot store will be the second in the region for Livonia, MI-based Pet Supplies Plus, a privately held company with 300 stores in 23 states.
Scott Saddlemire of Cincinnati, OH-based OnSite Retail Group, LLC brokered the deal in cooperation with Brian Kerr of Pittsburgh, PA-based Langholz Wilson Ellis, both on behalf of Pet Supplies Plus. For the full article, please click here: Pet Supplies Plus opening in former Kroger


An "open house" sign is displayed in the front yard in Columbus, Ohio. A recent survey showed homebuyers younger than 45 are more likely than their older counterparts to start the loan process online. (Bloomberg photo by Ty Wright, 2017).
If you're a move-up buyer looking to purchase your second home, you might be pleasantly surprised by changes in one aspect of your experience: You can apply for your mortgage completely online, rather than having to deal with all the onerous paperwork of yesteryear.
In recent years, numerous lenders have streamlined mortgage applications to allow borrowers to have more control of the process, with a lot less hassle.
The speed and ease of online and app-based shopping have raised expectations for all consumer transactions, including mortgage approval.
Competition is heating up in the digital mortgage arena, as big and small companies refine and expand their offerings.
The other side of the equation is creating a user-friendly experience and providing guidance for potential borrowers to make sure they are comfortable with such a huge endeavor.
Sammie Jones of Hampton, Georgia, has bought three homes through the long and complicated traditional process. Obtaining a mortgage this year through an online lender has made him a believer in digital lending.
After Jones visited his lender's website in April, he received a call from a representative, who discussed what to expect in the mortgage process. Once Jones was prequalified to see how much he could borrow, he shopped around for a home based on his budget.
Jones decided on a ranch-style home with a basement for his family, and the loan process resumed in May.
Kapfidze said the key is helping borrowers get to a point where they feel that they are well-informed and making the best decision.
"We try to create a lot of educational content that helps borrowers understand the various types of mortgages that exist, the way that they can prepare to position themselves as well as possible to make sure that they are getting the appropriate mortgages for themselves, that they are getting the best deal that they can get, and that they are financially prepared for this very significant obligation that they take on when they get a mortgage," he said.
Not everyone feels comfortable yet applying for a mortgage online.
A recent poll conducted by Branded Research of 7,200 potential new homebuyers found that men are more likely than women to contact lenders online. New homebuyers younger than 45 are more likely than their older counterparts to start the loan process online.
Moreover, the process has not met expectations that using algorithms to analyze a consumer's financial picture would make a digital mortgage colorblind. A new study conducted by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, raises questions about statistical discrimination and pricing disparities.
Indeed, Kapfidze points to a study by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that found more than 30 percent of borrowers do not comparison-shop, and more than 75 percent apply for a mortgage with only one lender.
Dan Gilbert, chairman of Quicken Loans, the nation's largest retail-mortgage lender and an early adopter of digital mortgages, said he is skeptical of the study's conclusions about algorithmic lending, including research that found financial technology companies offering mortgages online charge creditworthy minorities higher interest rates than white applicants.
A silver lining in the report is that online lenders do not discriminate in application rejections, instead catering to those discriminated by face-to-face lenders.
Despite digital mortgages' potential to save time and money, Thomas Hahn, 24, an apartment dweller in West Bloomfield, Michigan, is not keen on starting a mortgage process online. He said he would rather talk to a loan officer face to face.
Hahn said he thinks homebuyers might overlook important details in an online mortgage origination.
"A person guiding you through the loan process can point you to the things that really matter and sort out the fluff," he said.
In 2015, Quicken Loans launched Rocket Mortgage as an online-only mortgage lender. Quicken Loans chief executive Jay Farner said that although technology has automated the loan process, human interaction remains a robust feature of transactions.
Now another paperwork-heavy aspect of home buying is moving to the internet: the closing or settlement. Technology is automating the day when all involved parties gather around a table to make the transaction official by signing stacks of paper.
Digital brokerage Redfin and online notary platform Notarize have teamed up to let customers close a property purchase entirely online.
In November, Redfin real-estate agent Art Cisneros and a California couple who were moving to Austin, were involved in the brokerage's first digital closing.
"Traditionally, we close at title companies here in Texas and sign the documentation at the title company," Cisneros said.


There has been much written about the reporting and misreporting of the parliamentary vote on Caroline Lucas' amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, but as far as I am concerned the raising of the profile of animal sentience is a very useful fallout and may in the long run prove beneficial for animal welfare - as long as all those who care about animals maintain political pressure on the topic. The risk is that if such pressure is not maintained, the key concept of animal sentience lost from UK animal welfare legislation will not be reinstated due to the sheer weight of parliamentary time taken up by Brexit. Animal sentience must not be 'kicked into the long grass' in the UK. This would be a deeply shameful outcome for a country which once led the improvement of animal welfare in Europe.
A Happy and Interesting New Year for Animals!
The turning of the year is a good time to review significant animal welfare events in 2015, and to look forward to the future. This blog considers events in foxhunting, trophy hunting and the Grand National steeplechase in 2015, and looks forward to 2016 by considering how an 'animal interests' approach could help improve animal welfare in the coming years.
What does the outcry over the killing of Cecil the Lion tell us about changing attitudes to the hunting of animals for sport and how the media and the global public respond to issues of animal ethics, conservation and animal welfare? This blog attempts to distinguish the anthropocentric, conservation and animal welfare arguments which arose from the killing of this famous lion.
Making the World a Better Place for Animals: Animal Rights or Animal Welfare Science?
Are the animal rights and animal welfare approaches really contradictory in our work in animal protection?


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by Adabanija Kamorudeen April 21, 2021
written by Adabanija Kamorudeen April 21, 2021
IPEDI FESTIVAL
Ipedi is an Annual Festival which take place in July of each year. It is associated with the arrival of the new yam. In the olden days. Ede was walled and it had four gates to protect the people from invaders and marauders. It was the duty of Chief Jagun to guard the gates and protect the city when Time and Balogun went to war. In addition, the jagun protect the shrines, referred to as " Yara" making sacrifices as may be required. Today, it is the tradition in Ede that any reigning Timi must go round the city on his horse and get to the city gates, located at Bode popo, Bode ojoro, Bode sagba. Bode sagba, however, is usually not visited because it was at the gate taken into the when the first Timi founded the present Ede. Sacrifices are usually offered to OGUN, the god of war, whose special function is to protect the city. Timi's processing during this festival includes his chiefs led by jagun, the chief priests, drummers women and towns people.
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talkington wrote and produced the tv movie "brave new girl," which premiered on abc family in april, 2004.
based on the book "a mother's gift" by britney and lynne spears (who also produced), "brave new girl" is about holly lovell (lindsey haun), a small town texas girl with modest means but big dreams. we follow holly as she struggles at the prestigious haverty music conservatory in philadelphia, far from home and feeling very much a fish-out-of-water. and as if her musical education was not enough of a challenge, her flamboyant mother, wanda (oscar-nominee virginia madsen), takes a job at student cafe hangout and temporarily takes up residence in holly's dorm room.
"brave new girl" was directed by bobby roth.
for more about the movie, goto the abc family website for "brave new girl."
trt: 2 hours; 35mm; © 2003.


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Morgan and Destiny's Eleventeenth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo is a short romantic silent film directed and edited by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and starring himself, Lexy Hulme and Channing Tatum. It is the second installment in the Morgan M. Morgansen series. The first film, Morgan M. Morgansen's Date with Destiny premiered at Sundance in 2010 and the positive response spurred the makers to continue the saga.

Plot
Morgan (Gordon-Levitt) and Destiny (Hulme) pay a visit to an ornate zoo aboard an airship, where they find the old foodpenguin, now costumed in a giant panda outfit, has attained a job selling zoo-related souvenirs. At the zoo, Morgan is suddenly faced with tough opposition: the advances of Destiny's ex-boyfriend, Lionel (Tatum). When Destiny's cat, the cartoonized Madame Ballafur, suddenly disappears aboard the airship, a scramble ensues for Destiny's affections, with Morgan and Lionel both seeking the "purrpet" in hopes of returning her to Destiny in triumphant victory. Neither Morgan nor Lionel, however, can find the cat until the foodpenguin directs Morgan's attention to Madame Ballafur, sleeping comfortably in the cage of a huge lion; but Morgan's further progress is obstructed by the reappearance of Lionel. The two men engage in a buffoonish fistfight which is only ended when the foodpenguin hurls a food skewer toward Lionel, upon which he trips and falls. Morgan, clearly the weaker of the two men, now sees his chance to flee from Lionel and enter the lion's cage in order to grab up Ballafur and carry her back to Destiny. Lionel, however, tries to thwart his opponent by whistling loudly and startling the lion. Picking up Ballafur, Morgan runs away from the enraged lion and escapes at the last moment by vaulting himself over and out of the cage. Lionel tromps away, defeated, and Morgan and Destiny walk off with Ballafur, both relieved.

Cast
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Morgan M. Morgensen / Narrator
Lexy Hulme as Destiny
Channing Tatum as Lionel
Lawrie Brewster as Food Penguin

Production
Gordon-Levitt directed and starred in the piece which was, once again written by Irish screenwriter Sarah Daly. The visual effects were created and conceived by Scotland's Lawrie Brewster with illustrations from principal artist Jenyffer Maria and the contributions of online collaborators. Nathan Johnson composed and assembled the score, again using pieces contributed by musicians at hitRECord.

Premiere
Morgan & Destiny's Eleventeeth Date: The Zeppelin Zoo premiered at the South by Southwest festival in 2010.

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2010s romance films
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