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For almost two years, Lisa Sokoloff was unemployed after the plant in Spotswood where she had worked shut down.
"I was told I was overqualified, or places just weren't hiring,'' she said. "Then I heard about this.''
Sokoloff recently landed a job as a fork-lift operator at Unitex, a commercial laundry operation that opened on Van Dyke Avenue in New Brunswick at the end of May. Unitex currently has 100 employees and plans to expand to a workforce of 250.
"The city of New Brunswick has a good understanding of how to attract business,'' said David Potack, one of Unitex's owners. "They were excited about the prospect of us coming there.''
Its success in attracting businesses is one of the reasons New Brunswick has one of the lowest unemployment rates among New Jersey's urban areas, according to data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In May, the Hub City's unemployment rate was 8.5 percent, federal reports show. Only Hoboken, at 5.5 percent, had a lower rate among the Garden State's 25 cities.
In comparison, Perth Amboy was at 17.2 percent, Plainfield at 11.2 percent, Trenton at 13.1 percent, Long Branch at 9.3 percent and Linden at 11.7 percent. The rates for the state's largest cities were far greater, including Newark, which was at 15.7 percent.
In June, for which only preliminary numbers are available, New Brunswick's rate seems to have climbed to 9.8 percent, which puts it fourth among New Jersey cities, with just Hoboken, Long Branch and Englewood showing lower rates.
The federal government on Friday announced the latest national unemployment numbers, which droped from 9.2 percent in June to 9.1 percent in July.
The national data is generally above a month ahead of local figures. New Jersey's June unemployment rate was 9.5 percent.
"New Brunswick has many jobs in sectors that have been holding very steady – education and health care,'' said Glenn Patterson, the city's director of Planning, Community and Economic Development. "You haven't seen major job losses in those areas as you have in other sectors in recent years.''
Patterson also said that health care and education provide a variety of jobs to match a wide range of education backgrounds and skill sets, which matches New Brunswick's diverse demographic profile.
"You're talking about everything from emptying bed pans to brain surgery,'' Patterson said.
Patterson said the city doesn't necessarily recruit new employers like Unitex, but tries to make it easier to relocate to New Brunswick by eliminating as much red tape as possible. Some of what the city does is as simple as putting its construction, engineering and planning offices in the same building so companies can navigate the municipal bureaucracy more easily.
Patterson also said transportation services between low-income neighborhoods and employment centers like Van Dyke Avenue also improve the city's job market.
But not everyone in New Brunswick can find a job. Folks looking for work at the unemployment offices on Jersey Avenue were surprised when told the Hub City had better employment rates than other urban areas in the state.
"I've been looking for more than six months and I can't find anything,'' said Deborah Mann, who lost her job when St. Peter's University Hospital on Easton Avenue revised its food services program last year.
Mann said part of her difficulty was that immigrants who have settled in New Brunswick are taking job at the lower end of the pay scale. "They're willing to work for less than us,'' said Mann.
Jerome Griffen, 44, says he has been unable to find steady work for the past three years.
"You can get something temporary, but nothing permanent,'' said Griffen. His unemployment benefits have expired and now he's on public assistance. For the past several weeks, he has had to report to workforce training office at Jersey Avenue to do computer job searches from 9 am to 4:30 pm every weekday.
"They make you jump through hoops for $140 in cash and $200 in food stamps,'' Griffen said of the workforce program.
Tina Robinson has been working full-time as a cafeteria employee for New Brunswick Public Schools for the past five years, but during the summer she stops getting paid. She doesn't qualify for unemployment benefits, Robinson said, but she can get public assistance.
"I look hard, but I can't find work in New Brunswick,'' said Robinson. "That's why I have to do this.''
Joe Raposo said he's afraid he'll become homeless at the end of the month when the house where he lives in a basement apartment goes under foreclosure.
Three years, he said he had made $30 an hour working at the Star-Ledger's printing plant in Piscataway. When he lost that job to cutbacks, Raposo said he was able to continue paying his rent with unemployment benefits. But those benefits ran out after two years, and with his landlord's foreclosure looming, he stopped paying rent.
"Now I can't even get a $7-an-hour job,'' he said.
Sokoloff said her unemployment benefits were ready to run out right before she landed the job at Unitex. Other employees interviewed during their lunch break at the plant indicated a variety of experiences. Several said they left part-time jobs to take positions at Unitex. The new company also took in a group of workers who had been employed at the laundry at St. Peter's hospital, which has been closed.
Unitex officials had come to the St. Peter's laundry before the closing to let them know the new company was willing to take on folks who losing their jobs, workers said. The wages and works conditions at the new place are pretty much the same as those at St. Peter's, employees said.
Unitex handles laundry for various medical facilities within a 66-mile radius, the owner said.
"New Brunswick's access to major roads was a significant factor in us picking that location,'' said Potack. "Also, we felt there was an excellent workforce in the area with a good work ethic, and it's turned out to be better than represented.''
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A new study sheds light on whether a growing political focus on religious liberty is helping or hurting Christians. - photo by Kelsey Dallas
Nearly two-thirds of Americans (63 percent) say that Christians are facing growing intolerance, but 43 percent say they're tired of hearing complaints about it, according to a new survey from LifeWay Research.
"Both of these facts will matter as Christians profess and contend for their beliefs without sounding false alarms around faux controversies. It won't be easy to strike that balance," said Ed Stetzer, executive director of LifeWay Research, in the organization's press release.
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The Manga Guide to Calculus
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Publisher: No Starch Press
Noriko is just getting started as a junior reporter for the Asagake Times. She wants to cover the hard-hitting issues, like world affairs and politics, but does she have the smarts for it? Thankfully, her overbearing and math-minded boss, Mr. Seki, is here to teach her how to analyze her stories with a mathematical eye.
In The Manga Guide to Calculus, you'll follow along with Noriko as she learns that calculus is more than just a class designed to weed out would-be science majors. You'll see that calculus is a useful way to understand the patterns in physics, economics, and the world around us, with help from real-world examples like probability, supply and demand curves, the economics of pollution, and the density of Shochu (a Japanese liquor).
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Use multivariate calculus and partial differentiation to deal with tricky functions
Use Taylor Expansions to accurately imitate difficult functions with polynomials
Whether you're struggling through a calculus course for the first time or you just need a painless refresher, you'll find what you're looking for in The Manga Guide to Calculus.
This EduManga book is a translation from a bestselling series in Japan, co-published with Ohmsha, Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan.
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Chapter 1: Let's Differentiate a Function!
Approximating with Functions (1/2)
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Calculating the Derivative
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Another day of another Kardashian controversy! Kourtney Kardashian faced major backlash recently. 'The Kardashians' star was brutally slammed for her parenting skills after Reign Disick, her son with ex Scott Disick, was recently photographed flipping off at the camera.
The photos were posted on a Kardashian fan account on Instagram. Reign, 7, showed his middle figure to the camera in two images while running errands with his mother Kourtney and her husband Travis Barker. Kourtney has received heavy criticism over her parenting style from netizens after the picture was shared on Instagram with the post captioned, "Reign is hilarious." Many slammed Kourtney in the comments section of the Instagram post.
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In 2019, Reign caused quite a scandal while meeting then-Armenian president Armen Sarkissian with his mother. The trip to the country had been largely overshadowed by Kourtney's son swearing at paparazzi while getting into a car.
Kourtney has also faced backlash over her co-sleeping arrangement with her daughter Penelope. The reality star had revealed that she still sleeps with her daughter, which sparked a debate among fans.
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How tall are Meghan Markle and Prince Harry?
With the royal wedding approaching, many people are asking questions about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's heights.
One of the common queries: how tall is Meghan Markle compared to Prince Harry?
Meghan Markle is about 5'7" and Prince Harry is about 6'1".
Wondering how Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will look when they stand next to one another at the royal wedding? If so, you're not alone.
Celebrity height is a subject of fascination for many people, mainly because seeing people on screens or in photographs can often warp one's perception of their height, which makes discovering their actual height a genuine surprise.
Here's how Markle and Prince Harry's heights stack up against one another.
Most sources — like Markle's IMDb page— say the soon-to-be royal is 5'7", though there are a few publications that have been making claims that Markle is actually 5'6".
Still, if you choose to go by the information that appears at the top of a search page — as many people do — Markle is 5'7".
A similar Google search reveals that Prince Harry is 6'1."
Prince Harry's height, according to Google.
This is corroborated by both Express UK and CompareCeleb.com.
The data for Prince Harry's height is much more conclusive than it is for Markle's height — all the same, there is still a slight amount of discord. According to some sites, such as TheLittleThings.com and OK UK, Prince Harry is 6'2". CelebHeight.com says that Prince Harry once "claimed" to be 6'2", but eventually comes to the conclusion that Prince Harry is actually 6'1 ¼". So, technically, the jury is out there, too.
But, hey, maybe this is a good thing — perhaps, the couple that inspires a similarly contentious internet debate about a very minute difference in their height together stays together.
Anyway, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are (probably) 5'7" and 6'1", respectively, which means there is about a six-inch height difference. This is also the same height difference between Kate Middleton and Prince William, who are 5'9" and 6'3," respectively. This could mean nothing, or it could mean everything. Only time will tell if Markle and Harry have a similar love story to Middleton and William.


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Elumelu: Negative media coverage keeps investors away
Oluwatoyin Amao
The chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, says the stereotypical image of Africa portrayed in the media is the continent's greatest challenge as it discourages investors from investing in the continent.
Elumelu made this statement while speaking at a gathering of policymakers and development experts hosted by UK's foreign policy institute at the Chatham House.
He said, "I believe that the greatest challenge Africa has as a continent when it comes to attracting investment is in the way it is portrayed. Information presented about Africa is neither holistic nor properly contextualized, and has led to the kind of narrative that we have had for so long on Africa.
"As an investor, when all you have heard about Africa is corruption, how would you pass a positive investment decision to go and invest in the continent? The result is that the vicious cycle of neglect continues and is even reinforced.
"We must reset the way we see and discuss Africa. People do business with people they are comfortable with. Investors who repeatedly hear horrible things about our people and the continent will never invest here.
"We will continue to host national gatherings and seminars to discuss unemployment, poverty and income inequality if we do not fix the existing information asymmetry, the poor quality of information that is put out."
Elumelu, who is the founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, encouraged public and private sector stakeholders to increase support to African SMEs, describing them as "the lifeblood of our economy".
He called for targeted support to grow small businesses into structures that are capable of becoming big corporations in the future emphasising that only 700 companies generate over $500 million in annual revenue, which is half the number in other regions of the world.
He said SMEs should be prioritised because of the relationship between security and prosperity, "when there is prosperity, security is not an issue, but when there are fewer jobs, insecurity heightens".
Elumelu urged multilateral institutions and developed nations in the West to rethink the effects of sanctions and other policies meant to serve as a deterrent to certain leaders as the masses bear the brunt.
"Developed nations must look at the efficacy of sanctions and who truly bears the brunt of these policies. You will find that the masses are the ones who suffer most," he said.
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I'm working on a few swatches today for a project I've been thinking about for a while. It's kind of a mesh-like stitch with some chocolately tweed, I'll let you know how it turns out! What are you working on this weekend stitchy friends?
Oh, and if you like this little birdie stitch marker, it's made from a bead, recycled jewelry, and toggle closure!
Click here to learn how to make stitch markers from recycled jewelry!
For one, I love your blogs and projects with the variety that you give! But I'm also working on a project, one for a friend. She'd always wanted a pair of wrist warmers, so I'm crocheting a pair for her in this black sparkly yarn. The first one looks so pretty!


Cleary Gottlieb was ranked among the top ten most innovative law firms by the Financial Times in its fourth annual U.S. Innovative Lawyers Report, a survey on the state of innovation in the U.S. legal industry. The firm earned two "highly commended" rankings in the inaugural Finance-Latin America category as well as a "standout" and a "highly commended" ranking in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution category.
The research for the report was conducted by RSG Consulting, a legal research group. The rankings were determined through RSG Consulting's independent research and interviews. RSG Consulting evaluated a record 355 submissions from 59 law firms and conducted 530 interviews with senior lawyers and business executives.
FT 40: The firm placed tenth in the FT 40 - a ranking of the top 40 law firms based on overall scores received in all categories.
Finance-Latin America: Cleary Gottlieb received a "highly commended" ranking for assisting Petrobras in its $11 billion SEC-registered notes offering. Cleary Gottlieb also received a "highly commended" ranking for representing Aerostar Airport Holdings in the leasing and financing in connection with the operation of San Juan Luis Marin International Airport.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution: Cleary Gottlieb's role defending HSBC Bank against $6.6 billion of Madoff claims received a "standout" ranking. In addition, Cleary Gottlieb's role arguing for the petitioners in Gabelli v. SEC before the U.S. Supreme Court received a "highly commended" ranking.


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Tesla Plans Monster Battery Factory
Tesla chairman Elon Musk last week revealed plans to build a $5 billion battery factory in the southwest United States. Scheduled to open in 2017, the plant should be capable of making batteries for 500,000 cars a year by 2020. The Albuquerque Journal reported that the Giga factory will be able to make up to 30 gigawatt-hours of storage capacity annually.
Potential partners in the venture are said to be Panasonic (which currently makes batteries for Tesla) and Samsung. The scale of the project suggests that Tesla expects to drive the price of lithium-ion battery packs down at least 30 percent.
In addition to serving the EV market, Tesla's investor newsletter said the factory will build units for grid storage. SolarCity has recently begun selling Tesla batteries into the residential market. Tesla appears to be laying the groundwork for mass defection of customers from the utility grid.


From studying law to feeding discerning Londoners some of the most delicious Indian food, Asma Khan has come a long way. What started out as a supper club in her own home grew into this Kingly Court space with a menu that pays homage to the Royal Mughlai and Nawabi school of cuisine (music to my ears!) through her upbringing in Calcutta. An all-women team runs the kitchen at Darjeeling Express, serving out finger-licking plates of Puchkas, Shikampuri Kababs, Prawn Malaikari and Mangsho.
And not forgetting Khan's legendary Biryani; this is one not to miss. This year sees the release of her debut cookbook, a Darjeeling Express delivery service and a breakfast menu on the cards.
With a cult following, the restaurant is packed most days of the week, so make sure to book your table in advance!
"Spitalfields has a new Indian place you must try!" A friend mentioned sometime back. With a menu that reflects Indian home cooking, this is family-run space by Harneet Baweja, a passionate restaurateur who already has got his eye on his fourth restaurant, which is due to open in a few months.
Gunpowder's dishes are reflective of Baweja's childhood memories in Calcutta. From the Aloo Chaat, Sigri Grilled Broccoli with a delicious mustard sauce classic to Bengali cuisine, and the Karwari Soft Shell Crab, every bite is a medley of stunning flavours and spices. And with a menu that includes a variety of Indian street food and home cooking, Gunpowder holds its own effortlessly within the East London dining scene. Here's a small restaurant with big flavours!
My meal at Hoppers in Soho was the perfect introduction to Sri Lankan cooking. So with a brand new space at St Christopher's Place (and might I add much bigger space seating 85 covers!) it's fair to say I couldn't wait to go back. I wasn't disappointed. The menu includes all the Hoppers favourites from a variety of chutneys, sambol and dosas. Alongside the divine Bone Marrow Varuval, and a selection of delectable karis including Lamb Shank, Crab Kari and Prawn Kari. We also enjoyed a feasting menu of Jaffna Lamb Cutlets, Buriani and Cucumber Mooli Sambol.
Chef Suresh Pillai and chef Renjith are making these south Asian flavours more mainstream, creating an identity that stems from everyday meals hailing from the region of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. If there is one place that's redefining how we view these flavours, it's here.
All the buzz for this Mayfair restaurant and the Michelin star in 2017 are much deserved. Jamavar is a culinary delight in every way and brings together a celebration of Indian cooking on one menu: Chandni Chowk Aloo Tikki, Malai Stone Bass Tikka served with a swoon-worthy Avocado Chutney and of course a nostalgic Dal Chawal Achar. These plates will make for the perfect introduction to a memorable meal. There are too many small plates on Jamavar's menu for me to choose a favourite!
The main dishes are where I reminisce about my childhood meals at Jamavar Mumbai, with the legendary Jamavar Dal, Old Delhi Butter Chicken, Nalli Biryani and Macher Jhol. All hearty, rustic and full of flavour. Reserve Jamavar for a special occasion and discover the Michelin-worthy food that is giving the cuisine a global platform.
A few years back, one balmy summer's afternoon across the streets of colourful Columbia Road in London, yours truly posed and pouted alongside the stunning Ravinder Bhogal for a Vogue feature. What struck me (apart from how chic and elegant she is!) was her tenacity and determination. Fast forward 2016 and all this came into play as she opened her stunning restaurant Jikoni.
Jikoni (Swahili for 'kitchen') is a culmination of Bhogal's upbringing, travels and heritage. And I say what a stellar way to represent all of it through her cooking on the menu. A heritage that speaks volumes of East African, North Indian and British cooking.
Expect to be surprised with dishes at Jikoni, such as Prawn Toast Scotch Eggs with Banana Ketchup and Pickled Cucumber, Lamb and Harissa Sausage Rolls, and Chicken Skewers with Peanut Sauce and Papaya Achar. Leave some space for the big plates at Jikoni; for me that's where Bhogal really shines. From the seriously good Mutton Keema Sloppy Joe, Green Bean and Cashew Thoran to a divine Lobster Khichdee with Lemon Rice, Moilee Sauce and Coconut Chutney, it's all worth the praise this Marylebone restaurant is receiving. Where interiors go, Jikoni has to be top of my list for the peach, light-toned space and table linen andfurnishing that makes you feel like you're in a family home.
Led by chef Sameer Taneja; Talli Joe has created a medley of flavours and textures while celebrating the vibrance of communities that are a prevalent part of the menu. Expect small plates but a menu that truly gives you a taste of regions within one meal. Given Taneja's experience, this shouldn't come as a surprise. There are so many fun elements on the menu including the chaknas, cocktails, half plates and the 'talli' element of it all. Talli Joe is pushing boundaries in Indian cuisine and deserves recognition for it.
If there is one thing most definitely making a trip for, it's the Truffle Ghee Kulcha; this buttery beauty is stuffed with cottage cheese and topped with truffle ghee.
Also the Bengali Gol Baari Kosha Mangsho served with Luchis, Goan Sorpotel with Sanna and a delectable Konkani Fish Curry are all mouth watering and truly outstanding. Leave some space to taste the Black Gajar ka Halwa served with Crushed Peanut Jaggery Brittle.


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The advent of Islam in Arakan and the Rohingyas
Oct 22, 2006 | Rohingya History
The advent of Islam in Arakan and the Rohingya presented at the Seminar organised by Arakan Historical Society at Chittagong Zila Parishad Hall, Chittagong, on December 31, 1995, with Co-operation Chittagong University.
Dr.Mohammed Ali Chowdhury
Arakan is one of the states of the union of Burma adjoining Bangladesh. It comprises of a strip of land along the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal from the Naf river on the border of Chittagong to the cape Negarise. It lies between the Arakan Yuma range and the Bay of Bengal. As a natural Physiographic unit-the whole region of Arakan is separated from the rest of Burma by this Yuma range running north to south. The total area of Arakan is over 13,540 square miles and its population almost 20, 00,000.1
The Arakanese chronicles claim that the Kingdom was founded in the year 2666 B,C,2 For many centuries Arakan had been an independent kingdom due to its geographical location with occasional short breaks. It was ruled by various legendary Indian dynasties and they made their capital at Dinnawadi (Dhanyavati), Wesali, Pinsa, Parin, Hkril, Launggyet and Mrohaung along the river Lemro.3 in the 8th century A. D. we come across a ruling family with the surname 'Chandra'. The rule of the kings is believed to have often extended as far as Chittagong -Wesali infact has been described as an "Easternly Hindu Kingdom of Bengal" from a study of the coins and foreign relations, M.S.Collis came to conclusion that,
"The area known as North Arakan had been for many years before the 8th century the seat of Hindu dynasties; in 788 A.D. a new dynasty, known as the Chandras, founded the city of Wesali; this city became a noted trade port to which as many as a thousand ships came annually; the Chandra kings were upholders of Buddhism,…their territory extended as far north as Chittagong; — -Wesali was an easterly Hindu kingdom of Bengal -"Both government and people were Indian."4
In support of the above fact D.G.E. Hall also mentions, "The Burmese do not seem to have settled in Arakan until possibly as late as the tenth century A.D. Hence earlier dynesties are thought to have been Indian, ruling over a population similar to that of Bengal. All the capitals known to history have been in the north near modern Akyab."5
The ruins of old capital of Arakan – Wesali show Hindu statues and inscriptions of the 8th century A.D. Although the Chandras usually held Buddhistic doctrines, there is reason to believe that Brahmanism and Buddhism flourished side by side in the capital.
The Arab Muslims first came Into contact with Arakan through trade and commerce during the 8th century A.D. and since then Islam started spreading in the region. After the advent of Islam in Arabia, the Muslims followed the footprints of their fore-fathers in trade and commerce. These Muslim Arab merchants made contact with Arakan. In those days the Arabs were very much active in sea-trade, they even monopolised trade and commerce in the East. As Dr. Rahim rightly remaks.6
"In the 8th and 9th centuries of the Christian era, the Arabs were foremost sea-faring and maritime people of the world and the Arab merchants sailed across all waters to far off countries of the east and the west….. The eastern trade of the Arab merchants flourished so much so that the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal turned into Arab lakes".
In the family history of the Arakanese kings Ra-dz-Wang, it is recorded that during the reign of Arakanese king Mahat-y-ing Chandayat (780-810 A.D.) several Kula or foreign ships were wrecked upon the island of Rarnree, and the people who boarded on them were said to be Muslims. These ship-wrecked Muslim sailors settled in the villages of Arakan as the Arakanese king ordered when they were taken before him.7 This is an important piece of evidence in support of the assumption that the Arab traders had contact with Arakan, just adjacent lo Bengal, as early as the 8th century A.D.
There are frequent references to the Arab Muslims settlers in coastal regions of Arakan from the 8th century onward. On the basis of the various Arab and Persian sources Mr.Siddique Khan states as follows: 8
"To the maritime Arabs and Persians the various ports of the land of Burma and more specially the coastal regions of Arakan……were well known. Naturally, therefore, when from the 8th century onwards, Muslim traders and navigators were spreading over the eastern seas from Egypt and Madagascar to China and forming commercial settlements at points of vantage, the coastal regions of Burma were not overlooked. Originally, the intention of these traders and sailors had not been to establish permanent colonies, but owing to peculiar circumstances these acquired the nature of permanent settlements."
Dr. Mohammad Enarnul Haque introduces another Arakanese chronicle which informs us of an Arab settlement in the tenth century A.D. extending from the mouth of the Meghna to the North of the Naf river in the East.9 The Arab chief was the Thuratan in the Arakanese utterance whom the king of Arakan Tsula-Taing Tsandra (951-957 A.D.) claimed to have defeated in his Invasion of Chittagong in 953 A.D. In memory of his victory the Arakanese king set up a stone trophy in the conquered land inscribing on it the Burmese word," Tsit-ta-gung" meaning "there shall be no war" and from this remark of the monument, according to Burmese tradition, the district took its name.10 But there is no direct evidence to prove that the early Arab merchants and traders established a Muslim colony in Chittagong.11 We may at best say that the Arabs made the port of Chittagong either a halting place or a commercial station, convenient to the purpose of trade in the neighbouring areas. It is obvious that if the traders had trade contact with Chittagong, then of course, the Arakanese coast was not excluded.
With the passing of time, the number of Muslims in Arakan began to increase. Gradualy these Muslims have established very good and cordial relations with the local people and intermixed by marrying local women. It was a long established custom that foreign residents and even visitors to Burma and Arakan, either by shipwreck or for commercial reasons, were encouraged to form matrimonial alliances with the women of the country, but on the strict understanding that when they left the country their wives and children might not be taken away with them.12 "They differ but little from the Arakanese except in their religion and in the social customs which their religion directs; in writing they use Burmese, but amongst themselves employ colloquially the language of their ancestors.13
In collaboration with the Muslim traders and adventurers some Muslim saints played the dominant role to preach and consolidate Islam in Arakan. The official view,as projected in the East Pakistan District Gazetteer- Chittagong is that, 14
"Muslim merchants from Arabia, Iraq, Persia and other region of central Asia had started coming to Chittagong from the 5th century, and some of them had settled there for commercial purposes. Along with them Muslim preachers and saints, who penetrated deep into the country and proceeded down the coast to Arakan, which also had a Muslim settlement."
It is known that hundred of saints and their followers came, in different times, to Bengal and the Arakan region, from Persia and other Muslim lands along the old established sea- route and spread themselves in towns and remote villages.
These Sufi saints used to call the masses to the fold of Islam and their influence in this region is deep rooted. The Arakanese chronicle gives reference to the traveling of Sufis in that country at the time of the king Anawarhta (1044-1077 A. D.) during Pagan period. The chronicle states,
"When he (one attendant of the king) entered the forest he found a fakir, Possessed a mystic wisdom, dead with the marks of violence upon him."15
This is an important piece of evidence that some sufis are believed to have come to the region of the coast of the Bay as early as the 11th century. Even, a Russian merchant, Athanasius Nitikin, who traveled in the East (1470) mentions regarding activities of some Muslim Sufis of Pegu. The Merchant pictured Pegu as "no inconsiderable port, inhabited by Indian dervishes. The products derived from thence are manik, akhut, kyrpuk, which are sold by the dervishes."16 It is quite probable that these dervishes were mainly Arabs and that at this time some Indian Muslim might have settled in these places.
Moreover, the legendary Hanifar Tanki and Khayafurir Tanki (both are shrines) in the Mayu territory between the rivers Kaladan and Naf, the shrines of "Babazi shah Monayam of Ambari" and "Pir Bader Shah" (Badr-al-Din Allamah), situated on the coast of the Bay of Bengal at Akyab, all bear evidence of the arrival of Musim saints in Arakan in the early period of history.l7 So they have played a very important role in the growth of Muslim population and in the development of a Muslim society. Besides their shrines have become places of pilgrimage to the local people and are continuing as such to this day.
However, Islam made its first major political and cultural impact during the early 15th century through Narameikhla, king of Arakan. In 1404/1406, the king of Arakan Narameikhla (1404- 34) was forced to driven out by the Burmese invasion.l8 The expelled king fled to Gaur, capital of the Bengal Sultanate, and had taken refuge In the court of the Mohammedan king in Bengal. The dethroned king was received very courteously and allowed to stay there, "where he served as an officer in Ahmed Shah's army fought in his wars."19 Accordingly the Arakanese king had to spend a good portion of his life in Bengal, leaving his country in the hands of the Burmese. At last in the year 1430, he was restored to the throne of Arakan with the help of a Bengal army, sent by Sultan Jalaiuddin Mohammed Shah.
The restored king, Narameikhia, took the title Solaiman Shah20 and established a new dynasty, known as Maruk-u-dynasty, with its capital at Mrohaung.21 With effect from the year 1430 the kingdom of Arakan became tributary to Bengal and the kings assume a Muslim name and struck coins with Kalima.22
As the Mohamedan influence was predominant, the Arakancese kings though Buddhist in religion, became some what mohamadanised in their ideas. G.E.Hervey rightly points out that,
"It is common for the kings, though Buddhist, to use Mohamedan designations in addition to their own names, and even to issue medallions bearing the Kalima, the Mohamedan confession of faith, in Persian script." 23
This practice was prevalent among the Arakanese kings till the first half of the seventeenth century. This was because they not only wished to be thought of as sultans in their own rights, but also because there were Muslims in ever larger numbers among their subjects. A.P.Phayre observes that the practice of assuming Muslim name and inscribing Kalima in their coins was probably first introduced in fulfillment of the promise made by Mung-Somwun but was continued in later time as a token of sovereignty in Chittagong.24 He also mentions that "these they assumed as being successors of Mussalman kings, or as being anxious to imitate the prevailing fashion of India.25
So the Muslim influence in Arakan may be said to date from 1430, the year of NarameikhIa's restoration. During his reign an unexpected development took place, which paved the way for a period of Muslim domination in the land of Arakan. "From this time onwards the relation of Muslims with the Arakanese became more intimate and for about two centuries Arakan was united in a bond of friendship with Islamic lands. As a result of the impact of the civilization of the Muslims, Arakanese culture also progressed and thus began the 'Golden Age' in the history of Arakan." 26
After regained the throne Narameikhala have taken some major administrative measures.
First of all, the capital of Arakan was shifted from Longyyet to Mrohaung near to the frontier of Bengal and where he established a new dynasty which known as Mrauk-u-dynasty. The Muslim soldiers, nobles and servants, who came from Bengal, accompanied by Narameikhla, settled down at Mrohaung. These new settlers by the relative ease in life, the richness of living of the local women, have established permanent colonies in Arakan and its adjoining coastal areas as far as north as in Chittagong. They built the famous Sandi Khan Mosque at Mrohaung. Gradually a mixed Muslim society and culture developed and flourished around the capital. There exist some Muslim settlements in Northern Arakan till now; such as: Rowama, Nedanpara, Muallempara, Sampuchik Kuyipara, Kamarpara etc.'' 27
Secondly, he established one more military post of Gaudian soldiers at Sandway and Rarnree (under Chawpiu) in the south Arakan to protect Burmese aggression by strengthening frontier integrity. These Gaudian soldiers lived there for centuries with the local inhabitants with peace and amity. There also exist some Muslim settlements which known as Showyejubi, Chanbi, Nazabi, Chandayek, Thadey, Sayadow, Sinbin under Sandway district and Chawknemu, Chaney, Jaiiyapara and Meherbun of Chawpiu district. 28 T
Thirdly, in accordance with the Muslim tradition like Gaur and Delhi, Narameikhla reformed judicial system of Arakan. Accordingly the whole kingdom was divided into some judiciary unites, each of which was provided with a set of officials by the imperial order. The head of officials was known as Qazi. Some of them were prominent in the history of Arakan. They are Daulat Qazi, Saia Qazi, Gawa Qazi, Shuja Qazi, Abdul Karim, Muhammad Hussain, 0sman, Abdul Jabbar, Abdul Gafur, Mohammed Yousul, Rawsan Ali and Nur Muhammed ete.29
Localitiss round the Mrohaung (Capital of Arakan) along the river Lemro were important centres of commercial activities. As a result the entire river line and sea trade of Arakan ultimately fell into the hands of the Muslims. 11 had a far reaching consequence on the trend of Muslim settlement on either side of the major rivers of Arakan. So major Muslim settlements in Arakan developed along the rivers of Lemro, Mingen, Kaladan, Mayu and Naf, Hundreds of village flourished in these settlements. (Please see, Appendix-A)
We know that for nearly a century, from about 1580 till 1666 A.D. Chittagong was under almost un interrupted Arakanese rule and while the Arakanese held these possessions in Bengal, they appear to have sent numbers of the inhabitants into Arakan as agricultural labour. Moreover during the 16th and 17th centuries the Arakanese, (were known in Bengal as Maghs) who, in alliance with the Portuguese adventures constituted a plundering party. By dominating the reverie tracts they plundered and devastated large parts of southern and eastern Bengal.30 They carried a large number of men, women and children from the coastal districts of Bengal 31 as captives and the Maghs (Arakanese) employed them as agricultural labour, it is well known that the kingdom of Arakan was a sparsely populated area, which required huge amount of human labour for agriculture. With this intention the Arakanese employed a large number of captives in the tillage of land on the bank of the Kuladan river to the Naf. This Kula population of the country form about 15 percent of the whole population. A.P.Phayre mentions, "the Kolas or Mossalmans, are of an entirely different race. They being of Bengalee descent." 32
The next and last event was the flight of Shah Shuja, the brother of Aurangzeb, to Arakan in 1660, which brought a new wave of Muslim immigrants to the kingdom of Arakan and also caused political changes. Defeated and pursued by Mir Jumla, Prince Shuja had to leave Bengal for Arakan. Among those who accompanied the prince were his entire family and a body of his faithful soldiers. The prince was given a cordial reception at Arakan and was allowed to stay there under the royal protection. But as days rolled on it seemed that the attitude of the Raja was becoming colder and ultimately became hostile to the refuge prince. Later on the prince and some of his soldiers were murdered on Feb., 1661.33 But "who escaped the massacre were later admitted into the king's bodyguard as a special archers unit called Kamans or Kamanci,"34 From 1666 to 1710 the political rule of Arakan was completely in their hands, during which the Muslim Kaman units played a decisive role of king makers and king breakers. Their numbers were increased from time to time by fresh arrivals from upper India. 35 Their descendants still survive in Ramree and in few villages near Akyab. Their language is Arakanese and their customs are similar to Arakan customs in everything except religion Islam.
Now I would like to trace the ethnic identity of the Ruhaingya Muslims:
The Muslims in Arakan are the direct progeny of the early Muslim as an ethnic race. They are the descendants of the Muslim Arabs, Moors, Persians, Turks, Mughals and Bengalis who came mostly as traders, warriors and saints through overland and sea-route. Many settled in Arakan and mixing with the local people developed the present stock of people known as "Rohingyas".
Some people say that the term 'Rohingya' is derived from the Arabic word 'Raham' meaning sympathy. They say that it was during the reign of king Mahayn-at-chandra some Arab ships were wrecked along the shores of Arakan and the ill-fated people who boarded on them, begged for help by uttering Raham, Raham, Raham. Gradually it changed from Raham to Rhohang and finally they were named Rohingyas. Hence the Muslim populations around Mrohaung, the capital of Arakan, are known to be Rohingyas.
This view was first expressed by a Rohaigya writer Mr. Khalilur Rahman in his paper "Tarik- i-lslam Arakan & Burma." 36 But it is rejected by Jahiruddin Ahmed and Nazir Ahmed, former president and Secretary of Arakan Muslim Conference respectively. They argued that,
"We met a few hundreds of Muslims along the sea-shore near Akyab, known as 'Thambu Kya' Muslims meaning ship wrecked Muslims………….
This Thambu kya Muslims do not claim to be Ruhaingyas nor are they known by others as such. Had Ruhaingyas been derived from the Arabic word 'Raham' these "Thambu kyas" would have been the first group to be known as Ruhaingyas" 37
According to them the Ruhaingyas are the descendant of the inhabitants of Ruha in Afganistan. As they observe:
"The Muslim conquerors of Bengal, including Bakhtiyar Khilji and the Muslims deputed from Bengal to Arakan were originally the inhabitants of Ruah, a district of Ghore in Afganistan.These Muslims named Arakanas Ruhang or Roshang. In the dialect prevailing in Chittagong and Arakan 'Ha' and Sha' ar interchangeable
… So Ruhang and Rosang are different pronunciation of the same word. The Muslims themselves were known as the Ruhains meaning the offsprings of Ruha."38 This view is also untenable.
It is true that the term Roang / Rohang / Roshang is the corrupt form of the old name of Mrohaung, the capital of Arakan. Later on, the inhabitants who lived in Rohang or Roshang are treated as Roshangee or Rohingya. Among the Muslim population of Chittagong two distinct groups are found; one is known as 'Chatganiya' and the other is 'Rohai'. Even the latter form half the total population of Chittagong, who trace their origin to Arakan or Mrohaung.
Since Chittagong was an integral part of the Arakanese kingdom till the first half of the seventeenth century39 the natives of Chittagong had to live in the capital to serve the kings in various capacities, such as: nobles, merchants and workers etc. As the south Chittagong is close to Arakan, the inhabitants of this area are called Rosangi or Ruhaingya by the people of north Chitttagong. In course of time these Rosang (Rohang) and Rosangi (Rohingya) are treated for Arakan and people of Arakan respectively.
In the medieval Bengali literary works the name Rosang is frequently used instead of Arakan. In colloquial Chittagong dialect the country is called as Rohang where 'Sh' being replaced by 'h'. Among the Bengali poets of Chittagong like Qazi Daulat, Mardan, Shamser Ali, Quraishi Magan, Aminuddin, Syed Nasir, Abdul Gani and the immigrants poet Alaol, they all are make references to 'Rosanga Sahar' meaning the capital in their literary works,40 Even Alaol some times uses Rosanga and Rosaga Desh in his writings 41 Another poet, named Abdul Karim Khondakar of the 18th century, calls the people as Moraung and the king of the country as described as 'Moraung Rai".
So it is clear that Rosanga is infact, a corruption form of Mrohang> Rohang> (H>S) Rosang or Rosanga.
The history of the Rohingyas reveals that they developed from different stocks of people who concentrated in a common geographical location. They have a more then 1200 years old tradition, cultural, history and civilization of their own expressed in their shrines, cemeteries, sanctuaries, social and cultural institutions found scattered even today in every nook and corner of the land. Moshe yegar notes that "the Rohingyas preserved their own heritage from the impact of the Buddhist environment, not only as far as their religion is concerned, but also in …. their culture." 42
Language is the main foundation of culture and the Rohingyas have developed a language of their own from Arabic, Sanskrit, Bengali and Urdu which serves as common source of contact with in the Rohingya community. They have also songs and music of their own.43
In the 1911 census, the Rohingyas were included with the Indian population as an ethnic group Indian origin. The reason given was that they looked more like Indians than like Burmese. On the other, the census of 1921 mentions the Rohingyas as really Arakanese. But so close to Indians that "the phenomenon is as much an annexation of India…. 44 However, these census anomaly of counting the Rohingyas as Indians no doubt contributed to the present controversy over the Rohingyas origin in Burma. But the Rohingyas claim that in terms of their culture they are neither Indian nor Burmese. A British army officer, who served in the Arakan front during the Second World War remarked about the ethnic character of the Arakan Muslims as follows:
"to look at, they are quite unlike any other product of India and Burma that I have seen. They resemble the Arab in name, in dress and in habit. The women and more particularly
the young girls, have a distinctive Arab touch about them." 45
So the ethnic orgin of Ruhingyas is traced as far back as the later part of the 7th century A.D., When the first Muslim settlement was established in Arakan.
1. Sahabuddm, M., Arakan in Historia! perspective, MonMy Builetine of the Bangladesh institute
of Law and iniernaiional Affairs, voi .1, Apri!, 1978, No. 4.
2. A. P. Phayrs, History of Burma London, 1883, PP. 293-304.
3. Ahmed Sharif, Chaftagramerithihas, lihihas Parishad Patrika, Dhaka 1975. P. 169.
4.M.S.Collis, Arakan's place in the civitization of the Bay. Journal of the Burma Research Sociefy.
50th Anniversary pubiications No.2, Rangoon, 1960, P. 486.
5. D.D.E .Hall. A History of the South East Asia, New York, 1968, P. 389.
6. Muhemmed Abdurahim Social & Culturai History of Bengal, Vol. 1, Karach, 1963, P. 37.
7. A.P.Phayre. Journal of the Asitic Society of Bengal, vol. X!l. part, 1, 1844, p. 36.
8. M. Siddique Khan, Muslim Intercourse with Burma, Islamic Culture, Vol. X. Hydrabad. July,
1936. P. 418.
9. Muhammed Enamul Haque, Purba Pakistane Islam, Dhaka, 1948, pp. 16-17& Enamul Haque
O Abdul Karim Shahitya Bisharad, Arakan Rajshabhay Bangla Shahitya, Calcutta, 1935, P. 3.
10. A.P.Phayre, cp. cit; P. 36.
11. Abdul Karim, Social History of the Muslim in Bengal (Revised edition), 1985, pp. 226-35.
I2. D.Q.E.Hall, Studies in Dutch Relations with Arakan, Journal of the Burma Research Society, Vol.XXV!, 1936. P. 6.
13. Mr.R.B. Smart, Burma Gazetteer-Akyab District, vol. A., Rangoon. 1957, p.
14. East Pakistan District Gazetteer-Chittagong, Government of Pakistan, 1970, PP. 110-111.
15. Pe Maung Tin and C.H. Luce, The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma, London, Humphrey, Milford, 1913, P. 75.
16. G.E.Hervey, History of Burma, London 1925, P. 121.
17. Rohingvas' Outcry and Demands, Rohingya Patriotic Front, Arakan(Burma),October,1976,P.
16. The kinq of Ava, Mainkhamaung, sent his son Minye Kyaw Swa, the heir apparent to the throne of Ava, to invade Arakan.
19. Moshe Yegar, The Muslims of Burma, Hebrew University, Jerusalem,1981, P.18. &Collis,op.
cit. p.
20. A.S.Bahar, The Arakani Rahingyas in Burmese Society, M.A.Thesis, University of Windsor,
Ontario, Canada, p.27.
21. Moshe Yegar, Op. cit.; P. 18.
22. M.Fiobinson and L.A.Shaw, The Coins and Banknotes of Burma, England, 1980, P. 44.
23. G.E.Harvey, Op. cit.. P. 140.
24. A.P.Phayre, History of Burmarn 1853, P. 78.
25. A.P.Phayre, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1846.
26. M. Siddique Khan, op. cit, P. 249.
27. Mahabubul Alam, Chattagramer ithihas (Purana Amal), Chittagong, 1965, P. 57.
28. ibid., pp. 55-56.
30. For defails: J.N.Sarkar : The Feringhi Pirates of Chatgaon; Journal of the Asiatic Society of
Bengal. vol. lit, 1907. pp. 419-25. and P. Bemier: Travels in the Mughal Empire. Delhi, 1968. P.
31. District Gazetteer – 24 Pargana. P. 39.
32. A.P.Phayre, Account of Arakan Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. X, 1841, P. 681.
33. For details, Please see, G.E.Hervey, The fate of Shah Shuja 1661. Journal of the Burma
Pasearch Society, part 1. 1922. pp. 107-115.
34. M. Siddique Khan, op. cit., p. 253.
35. G. E. Harvey, History of Burma, London 1925, P. 148.
36. Mohammad Khalilur Rahman, Tarik-i-lsiam Arakan & Burma (Urdu version), Quoted by Abdul
Haque Chowdhury.
37. Zahiruddin Ahmed and NazirAhmed, The Maghs & the Muslims in Arakan, P. 7.
38. Ibid., P. 5.
39. J. N.Sarkar (ed) , History of Bengal Vol. 2., Dhaka University, 1972, pp. 377-381 and D. G. E.
Hall, op. cit" pp. 329-342.
40-41 these references in the language (Text) with Bengali .
42.Moshe Yegar. The Muslims of Burma. A study of Minority groups, Weesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1972, P. 25.
43. A. S. Bahar. Op. ct.. P.
44. S. G. Grantham, Census of India, 1921, Vol. X, Burma Rangoon, 1923, P. 220.
45. Anthony lrwin, Burmese Outpost, London, 1945, P. 22.


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Re-Animator (1985)
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Herbert West is a young medical student who is attending Miskatonic University in Arkham, Massachusetts after carrying out horrific experiments in Austria in an attempt to bring the dead back to life. At Miskatonic, he continues his experimentation along with his roommate, Dan. However, Dan's girlfriend Megan is shocked by the work they are doing, and when her father, the dean of the medical school finds out about the experiments, he does not believe their success and kicks them out. Dan and Herbert continue their experiments in secret, with even more horrifying results.
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The Pont du Gard is a Roman monument built halfway through the 1st century AD. It is the principal construction in a 50 km long aqueduct that supplied the city of Nîmes, formerly known as Nemausus, with water. Built as a three-level aqueduct standing 50 m high, it allowed water to flow across the Gardon river.
In essence, the bridge is constructed out of soft yellow limestone blocks, taken from a nearby quarry that borders the river. The highest part of the structure is made out of breeze blocks joined together with mortar. It is topped by a device designed to bear the water channel, whose stone slabs are covered with calcium deposits.
In designing this three-storey bridge, which measures 360 m at its longest point along the top, the Roman architects and hydraulic engineers created a technical masterpiece that stands today as a work of art.
As a result of numerous scientific studies, we now know that an impressive volume of rock was needed to complete the construction.
Moreover, archaeologists also uncovered evidence of how well organized the project was. They found numbering on the stones, points of support for scaffolding, and evidence of the use of hoists.
Port Ginesta
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Port Ginesta is located in Castelldefels, Catalonia, Spain. Just 10 minutes from Barcelona International Airport and 75 minutes from the French border, this modern marina offers 1442 moorings for boats up to 30 meters in length. This marina has the necessary infrastructure to meet the technical needs of the boats who moor there as it has covered dock, paint booth, 75Tn travelift and 8 tons crane. It also provides cleaning, antifouling, repair, winter storage, maintenance and repair of any type of boat, between others. Notably, other services such as 24 hour security, seamanship, gas station, laundry and WiFi. This marina has international certificates according to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, which supports good environmental practices related to the sea and the environment.
Bouzigues Oysters
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Languedoc-Roussillon: Home to France's best oysters
The Bouzigues oyster is famous for its flavour and freshness. It is produced in the Thau lagoon using a method unique in France. I invite you to come over and discover this extraordinary local product that combines affordable price with very good quality.
It is in 1925 in the Thau pond of Bouzigues that the oyster culture began when a bricklayer named Louis Tudesq invented an authentic technique called oyster collage. His way involves sticking the little oysters one by one, attaching them with cement on a rope that is suspended in water and then letting them grow this way until they reach the ideal size to get harvested and eaten.
Being the cradle of oyster culture in the Languedoc region, Bouzigues is an attractive little village of a population of 900 inhabitants that principally rely on tourism generated by oyster and mussel breeding to live. Interestingly enough, the place has succeeded in keeping its traditions and charm as a small typical Mediterranean village of fishermen intact for generations.
More about Bouzigues oysters
The Thau pond is made up of 5 big oyster sites : Bouzigues, Loupian, Mèze, Marseillan and Sète. In total, around 12'000 tons of oysters are produced every year.
The "Bouzigue", although essentially commercialized in its original region, is a hollow oyster yet famous and revered by connoisseurs almost everywhere in Europe. An oyster fair takes place every year in Bouzigues on the second weekend of August. Around 800 oyster growers from the Thau pond come to showcase their product which tastes quite peculiar, slightly salty with a hazelnut flavour.. The texture is very fleshy, crispy and tender at the same time.
Oysters are known as being low-calorie food (60 calories per 100 grams) and for their nutritional value (proteins, mineral salts, vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B12, C and it is the only animal source of vitamin C, D, E, iron, calcium, magnesium, iodine, zinc, copper, phosphorus).
What's more, oysters contain antioxidant properties that can prevent cancer, ageing and cardio-vascular diseases.
Useful things one should know before eating oysters
The oyster should not be consumed if :
It is open or half-open.
A bad smell emanates from it.
The shell contains a sort of second intern lining.
Always remember that oysters have 3 fatal enemies: freezing, heating and your knife.
Traditionally, this delicacy is best enjoyed with friends, family and loved ones. Bonne dégustation!
How they grow
Growing delicious oysters is a process that takes up to four years. It starts with a few million fresh oyster seeds. We get our seed, or larvae, from a hatchery further up the Oregon Coast when the larvae are only two weeks old,. They're delivered to Umpqua Aquaculture overnight and maintained at a temperature of about 40 degrees F, which keeps them dormant during the trip.
The seed arrives in a lump about the size of a golf ball, which is divided among three large containers maintained at our processing plant, and dispersed in buckets of cold water. Warmer water is then incrementally added to reanimate the seeds and bring them up to the proper incubation temperature of 80 degrees F.
The food-grade tanks are filled with warmed incubation water from the Umpqua Estuary at high tide, rich in algae and phytoplankton. The tanks, into which the new seed is added, contain nets filled with empty recycled oyster shells.
For about two days, the seeds swim freely, then permanently attach themselves to the shells with an adhesive they excrete. After the young oysters are attached, the temperature of the incubation tanks is gradually lowered to match the temperature of the bay. The young oysters, now called spat, are moved in their nets to the triangular breakwater to grow. After a couple of months, the shells filled with baby oysters are attached to long lines and suspended for longer-term growth in the Triangle
After the oysters have grown for at least two years for the smaller sizes and up to four years for the larger, they're ready for harvest. We use a custom-made barge with a motorized boom to raise the oyster lines, now weighing about 150 lbs. each. The oysters are cut free from the float line, placed in totes and hauled back to the plant, where they're tracked by number for quality control and processed for shell-stock or shucking.
Shell-stock oysters are cleaned and sold in the shell in sizes jumbo, medium, small and extra small. Shucked oysters are sorted and sold as large, medium, small, extra small and yearling. Throughout, ice keeps the oysters fresh at a temperature of about 33 degrees F. until they reach your palate!
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Celles is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.The original village sits on the bank of Lac du Salagou. The French authorities are allowing this village to decay and all buildings except the town hall and the church are in ruins. It is a popular place for fishing and picnics.
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Frontignan Beach Languedoc-RoussillonThe small town of Frontignan is built along the western edge of the Ingril lagoon at the foot of the massif de la Gardiole north of Sète and the surrounding area offers pretty Mediterranean scenery, including roughly 800 hectares of vineyards where the famous Muscat de Frontignan wine has been made for over 2000 years. Numerous biking and walking trails allow visitors to discover the massif de la Gardiole and enjoy the views of the coastline from its summit, and a pleasant morning can be spent visiting the nearby village of la Peyrade. The 7km beach itself is quite urbanised and a mix of pebbles and sand which is regularly awarded for its cleanliness, and the lagoon is very popular with kite surfing enthusiasts. Close by, the marina is the starting point for cruises for fishing or scuba diving parties.
Grand Site De France. Saint -Guilhem de -Desert
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In the South of France, in the heart of Languedoc and the Hérault gorges, the 'Grand Site de FranceSaint-Guilhem-le-Désert – Gorges de l'Hérault' main tourist attraction is one of Languedoc's gems. It is thus no surprise that it has been awarded the 'most beautiful villages of France' label.
Set between vertiginous cliffs and stretching out along winding streets, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert originally developed around Gellone Abbey, just a few kilometres from the Pont du Diable (Devil's Bridge). Both are UNESCO World Heritage sites by virtue of their being on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. The Saint-Guilhem mountains and the Pont du Diable, are much appreciated by hikers and are perfect for discovering fantastic views and rare botanical species.
Abbaye de Gellone – Hérault, le Languedoc Photothèque Hérault Tourisme – Julie Noclercq The 'Grand Site de France Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert – Gorges de l'Hérault' (Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert – Hérault Gorges Major Tourist Attraction) is best-known for Gellone Abbey, founded by Charlemagne's cousin, Guilhem. Extolled by troubadours during the Middle Ages, Guilhem became famous for his military campaigns against the Saracens. The hero of the siege of Barcelona in 803, he eventually decided to lay down his arms to become a monk. In 804, guided by Saint-Benoît d'Aniane, he founded a monastery in the isolated Gellone valley.
From the 10th century onwards, Guilhem was known as Saint-Guilhem and the spiritual importance of Gellone was further strengthened. The monastery became a privileged stopping place
along the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.
At the beginning of the 11th century, reconstruction of the Abbey began. It is a symbol
of early Romanesque art in Languedoc.
The Abbey is also classed as a UNESCO World Heritage site by virtue of its position on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, as is the nearby Pont du Diable bridge, considered to be one of the oldest medieval bridges in France. It is situated at the extreme southern end of the Hérault gorges, at the point where they suddenly open out onto the plains of Languedoc.
The gorges offer a spectacular, steep and plunging rocky landscape. Reaching a depth of between 200 and 300 metres in places, they are home to a wealth of uniquely Mediterranean flora and fauna. When the weather turns warmer, kayaking down them is great fun, and the St-Guilhem mountains above make an equally great day out for hikers. From the village square, you can head off to discover some of these exceptional panoramas, as well as some rare botanical species, such as the Salzman pine.
For all these reasons and more, the 'Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert – Gorges de l'Hérault' site has been awarded the 'Grand Site de France (Main Tourist Attraction) label. In 2012 the French people voted it their second favourite village.
Sete,France:the perfect brake
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Sète is the most fascinating small town on the French Mediterranean coast precisely because it doesn't go out of its way to be charming. It doesn't have the time. This is an attractive – but serious – port full of working people with stuff to ship out and turbot to sell.The site is wonderful. Sète encircles a lone hill, the Mont St-Clair, on the otherwise flat Languedoc coast. And it is all-but an island. There's the sea out front, of course. Behind, though, is the Thau lagoon – a vast expanse of salt water, colonised by oyster- and mussel-beds. Between the two, a network of canals brings the scramble of port and fishing activity right into the town centre.
The canals both define the town and provide the current that energises the place. Many townsfolk have their own little boats to take them shopping. Anglers with apparently unlimited time on their hands line the banks and, come summer, the main Canal Royal is the theatre of Sète's famous water-borne jousting. Sète is, in short, a swirl of a spot, with constant movement on land and canal.
It helps, of course, that Sète has the finest unsung beaches of the French Med – eight miles of them stretching along the spit of land separating the lagoon from the sea. An enormous scheme to tidy up access and the shore-side promenade is under way. But don't wait. Go now to find the unfiltered boisterousness of the real Mediterranean. I wouldn't have it any other way.


Relationship between microbial diversity and nitrogenase activity of Stipagrostis pennata rhizosheath.
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Nitrogen is the key factor for plant survival and growth, especially in the desert. Stipagrostis pennata, a sand born drought-resistant plant, could colonize pioneerly in Gurbantunggut Desert during revegetation. One strategy for their environment adaptation was the rhizosheath formatted by root-hair, mucilaginous exudates, microbial components, and soil particles, for which not only provides a favorable living microenvironment but also supplies essential nutrients. To understand the relationship between microorganisms living in rhizosheaths and the nitrogen nutrition supply, the microbial diversity and nitrogenase activity was estimated during the growth of S. pennata. Five samples of the rhizosheath, which based on the development periods of the plant, regreen, flowering, filling, seed maturating, and withering period, were collected. The nitrogenase activity was estimated by acetylene reduction and the microbial diversity was analyzed by 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing. The results showed that the nitrogenase activity was increased slowly during regreen to flowering, while reached a peak rapidly at filling sample and then decreased gradually. A total of 274 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were identified and significant differences in community structure and composition at each growth period. Among them, the main phyla included Actinobacteria and Proteus, which were the most abundant phyla in all periods. In addition, the microbial diversity in the grain filling period was higher than other periods in view of the analysis of alpha diversity and beta diversity. Furthermore, principal component analysis (PCA) analysis showed that the microbial communities in the filling period was low in similarity with other periods. Most importantly, the OTUs associated with nitrogen fixation is the most during the filling period, involving Phagecidae and Fucoraceae. Overall, the study not only revealed the differences in nitrogenase activity among different developmental periods in S. pennata, but also explored the potential bridges between it and community structure and diversity of bacteria.
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Q: The principles of beautiful web design vs Desktop software design I'm about to embark on my first attempt at Desktop Software Design and I wanted to know any similarities behind the core principles of Web design that i can take with me or differences or books or articles etc?
Any help greatly appreciated.

A: As mentioned many times here on SO, "Don't Make Me Think" by Steve Krug is an invaluable resource when it comes to usability and UI design.

A: I'm just going to throw one tip out there for you to keep in mind that I've found different: desktop apps should be responsive. Users on the web are somewhat acclimatized to wait for seconds for their action to take effect (well, not we SO readers, cause we're using the good stuff :-), but you know what I mean). On a desktop application, that wait can seem interminable, and especially unforgiving is if you lock up the main event loop while processing data for several seconds. Even repeated delays on the order of hundreds of milliseconds can make your app feel sluggish. Use threads to keep the UI snappy, and make sure scrolling and loading operations are crisp. Load lazily or incrementally if necessary.

A: I've been told that one of the most important things to keep in mind in web development is that you cannot rely on the user viewing your application in any particular browser.  In particular, different browsers handle different window-sizes and screen resolutions differently.
For example, fixed-width versus variable-width pages are a constant concern in web development because of how different machines and browsers handle them.
Moving on to desktop software design (WinForms?), you will have much more fine-grain power to control the appearance and user-interface of your software.
But remember, young Peter Parker: With great power comes great responsibility!

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Out of work, out of money, and out of ideas, a gay writer entering his 60s finds himself the reluctant caretaker for two of his upstairs neighbors – Shelley, a gregarious lesbian in her 80s with encroaching Alzheimer's-related dementia, and Shadow, her longtime canine companion – in the commissioned world premiere of Canadian playwright Brad Fraser's hilarious and touching "Shelley's Shadow", coming to Catskill's Bridge Street Theatre for a two-weekend run September 8-18. Based on only slightly fictionalized events, the play charts the three characters' attempts to navigate the ups and downs of Shelley's disease with wildly varying results – some funny, some infuriating, some absolutely heartbreaking. Virtually unique in its depiction of older gay and lesbian lives, "Shelley's Shadow" will be presented Thursdays thru Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2:00pm on BST's "Priscilla" Mainstage, located at 44 West Bridge Street in the Village of Catskill, NY. For more information and ticketing, visit bridgest.org/shelleys-shadow/.
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