Mixed spice is an aromatic blend of sweet spices that you must really make at home. Not only will it add a sparkle to your fruit cakes but will also put you instantly into the Christmas mood! The festive spirit is on in my house at least and when I made this lovely blend at home yesterday the entire kitchen was filled with its aroma. Mixed spice is to cakes and puddings what garam masala is to most Indian dishes. It simply lifts the whole dish and adds that special something to it – a special aroma, a special kind of richness, not to forget the festive aroma.
The best part about making this spice at home is that you can not only tinker around with the quantities of the spices to make a small batch if you wish but you can also make it fresh and instantly to be used in the recipe of your choice. Save yourself the effort and expense of buying it from the store. Most commercially available spice blends are pretty expensive and come in quantities that last you longer than you require. If not stored properly (think humid weather) the blend can get mouldy and perhaps won't smell as fresh & aromatic. So I hope I have sold you my idea by now. Go make it!
This is my own recipe which I have arrived at after tinkering with it for many years. A bit of this and a pinch of that later this is what I have arrived at. There is no hard and fast rule that you must stick to the below mentioned quantities. Feel free to add or delete what you see in the list below. The list of ingredients is pretty much what is present in most mixed spice blends. You can skip the allspice if you don't find it. Do read my notes below the recipe to understand what allspice is. It is not garam masala as it is misunderstood to be.
You can use this blend in any of my Christmas cake recipes that call for mixed spice so I promise you that it won't go waste!
The perfect addition to Christmas cakes to give it that magical touch!
Store in an airtight container and use as required in the recipe. Mixed spice can be used in the preparation of cakes (rich fruit (x'mas cake), carrot, apple etc) puddings, cookies and pancakes.
The term 'allspice' is given to a kind of a spice that resembles peppercorns. Allspice, also called Jamaica pepper, pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, Turkish Yenibahar, English pepper or newspice, is the dried unripe fruit (berries, used as a spice) of Pimenta dioica. It should not be confused with garam masala powder which is a blend of all different kind of warm (cinnamon, clove etc) and hot (red chillies, coriander, peppercorns) spices. Down South India the allspice is cultivated as a crop. Since this spice gives you a combined aroma of the cinnamon, clove and nutmeg it is named as 'allspice'. The spice however is not very commonly stocked in most supermarkets and costs a bomb for a small bottle, so you may skip it in the above recipe. I picked up my bottle of allspice from Carrefour supermarket for AED 30.


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Worcester Business Journal: Bottled Up
Posted on 04/26/2010 by Team Eldridge
By Livia Gershon
To most Massachusetts residents, the Bottle Bill is simply a fact of life. Drink a soda, return the can for a nickel. Or hand it over to a Boy Scout troop or a homeless person in an effortless act of generosity.
But a new effort to extend the law to noncarbonated beverages like bottled water and energy drinks is reviving arguments from the early 1980s, when it was originally passed.
Proponents say the revision would keep plastic out of the landfills and incinerators, keep roadsides cleaner while bringing in as much as $20 million in new state funds.
But some retailers and bottlers say that complying with the current law is already costly, cumbersome and not that effective in protecting the environment. And, opponents say, expanding the bill's reach would only increase inefficiencies.
One argument for both the existing bottle law and its expansion is increased recycling. Janet S. Domenitz, executive director of the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group, says that, while only about 30 percent of the state's non-redeemable containers are recycled, 75 percent of redeemable ones are.
"It's the most effective recycling program that exists in our state," she said.
But Chris Crowley, executive vice president of Worcester's Polar Beverages Inc. and president of the Massachusetts Beverage Association, says the bottle bill's status as the "baby" of the environmental movement is thoroughly unjustified.
"Their baby in the crib is very ugly from an environmental standpoint," he said.
Crowley argues that the logistics of redeeming bottles with a deposit are far too complicated. Customers must bring their bottles back to grocery stores. The stores must rent reverse vending machines or set aside sorting rooms. And distributors like Polar have to pick up and haul the bottles off for recycling.
"The carbon footprint to recover these resources is very high," Crowley said.
He said the current redemption program covers less than two percent of the waste stream, and an expansion would budge that figure only slightly.
Crowley said municipal recycling programs are a much more efficient system, and initiatives like Worcester's pay-as-you-throw trash collection system, which encourage curbside recycling, make much more sense than redeemable containers.
Beyond its environmental significance, one of the major arguments for the original Bottle Bill – and its expansion – is its value as a money-making device for Massachusetts. When cans aren't returned, the extra nickels go to the state government.
State Sen. Jamie Eldridge, D-Acton, said the proposed expansion, which Gov. Deval Patrick has included as part of his plan for balancing the state budget, could generate $20 million. The money would fund other recycling efforts, including grants to help municipalities pay for their recycling costs, Eldridge said.
Different Times, Different Drinks
On both financial and environmental counts, Eldridge said, expanding the Bottle Bill simply makes sense because Massa-chusetts residents now quench their thirst differently than they did during the cola wars of the 1980s.
"What has happened in the past 10-plus years is that there's more and more glass and plastic bottles that are the sports drinks, the juice drinks, the bottled water," he said.
But to many retailers, a redemption charge is simply a 5-cent tax, and an inefficient tax at that. Crowley claims that the price to industry of collecting and recycling containers vastly outweighs the money that the state gets in unclaimed deposits.
Any sort of new state-specific cost tends to be particularly grating to those near border of New Hampshire, which has no bottle bill at all.
Darshan Patel, the owner of Ashburnham MarketPlace, a small grocery store, said many of his customers either buy their soda in bulk from club stores or head over the border.
A new deposit fee on water bottles and other drinks would probably dent his business more, he said.
"Always people try to buy in a cheaper and cheaper way," Patel said.
If Patel's customers are buying drinks in New Hampshire and redeeming the bottles in Massachusetts, that's fraud.
And it's not uncommon. Crowley said he knows of one case where a Central Massachusetts recycling hauler drove truckloads of bottles up to Maine, where noncarbonated beverage bottles have been redeemable since 1991, and made $1,900 every few weeks.
Hal Prince, director of Maine's Division of Quality Assurance and Regulations, which administers the state's redemption program, acknowledged that it's vulnerable to fraud.
While the general redemption rate for the state is 85 to 90 percent, he said, the rate in towns along the New Hampshire border often approaches 100 percent, almost certainly reflecting people turning in bottles bought out of state.
Prince said the state is working to crack down on fraud, levying high fines and making examples of some large-scale offenders.
Ultimately, though, he said Maine is happy enough with its redemption system.
"We've been dealing with the expanded Bottle Bill for years and years right now," he said.
"It's kind of second nature to us."
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The Ugliest Concept Cars of All Time
May 12th, 2014 by Paul Strauss
While concept cars are often thought of as futuristic objects of desire, often times the designs are so "outside of the box" that they just end up being awful. These cars may have innovative features or design attributes, but they all have one thing in common – they're so ugly that you'd need to tie a steak around their bumpers to get a dog to chase them. So without further ado, here are some of our top picks for the worst looking concept cars ever.
1999 Packard Twelve Concept
This extraordinarily unpleasant looking behemoth was designed to celebrate the heritage of the classic Packard Motor Company. Instead, all it did was scare children. It was the first and only Packard to be built since the late 1950s, and that's just sad. About the only thing going for this thing was its huge V12 engine. Best of all, this monstrosity could be taking up space in your driveway soon, as it's going up for auction this July.
1961 Chrysler Turboflite
Despite having the greatest minds from both Chrysler and Ghia working together on this vehicle, just about everything about this concept design missed the mark when it came to styling. It was designed as a nod to aircrafts and rocketships and the era's obsession with space-age stuff, but that didn't really work out so well. Technically, the car had some interesting features like a gas turbine engine, electroluminescent lighting, and a spoiler that wasn't designed to increase downforce, but to serve as an air brake. One positive thing that could be said for the Turboflite's design – it looked better going than coming.
Honda PUYO Concept
Given the ridiculous body design of Honda's 2007 Tokyo Motor Show subcompact city car, we think the name should be pronounced "P-U." The design intent was to provide a warm and friendly appearance, but we just think it looks silly. For some reason, we think this thing should be a cat toy, not a car. Plus, its body was covered with a soft-touch gel like the type you might find in shoe insoles. At least the car had one cool feature – its body glowed in the dark.
1958 Ford X2000 Concept
Yet another wacky "space-age" car concept, we can't decide what's more insane about this car's design – it's pursed-fish-lips grille, the protruding front fender air intakes, or the warp nacelles on the rear of the car. At least Ford had the good sense to never go beyond the scale model phase – but that didn't stop one fan from building his own real-world version of the car.
Nissan Pivo2 Concept
Since when did somebody come up with a rule that tiny urban commuter cars need to be hideously ugly? But that does seem to be the case more often than not when it comes to green subcompact concepts. At least the 2007 Pivo 2 had an excuse for its funky looks – it's body and wheels rotated so the car could squeeze itself into tight parking spaces, and provide easy entry and exit.
Also, it came with a robotic copilot. Take that Honda PUYO!
1977 Volkswagen Colani Concept
….and we have a winner. This godawful concept design from Volkswagen was designed as a successor to the Beetle, but looks one of those sticky green frog things you put at the bottom of the bathtub to keep from slipping. Guess that makes sense, because its grille looks like a drain grate. Maybe that's to let water into the engine to keep it cool.
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Bling bling! Michelle Demaree, a Beverly Hills based engagement ring concierge, sat down with Stylish to dish on all things rings. Demaree helps celebrities and high net worth individuals procure particularly unique rings and has seen many interesting things unfold during her time on the job.
In other cases, female celebrities are buying their own rings. "In today's modern age, not all A-list females are dating men who have as much money as they do, so the celebrity partner becomes more heavily involved in picking out her ring and spending her own money on it," she dished.
And for other couples it's a full-on last minute decision. "Some celebrities can be very impulsive and spur of the moment. I have had to fly across the country at a moment's notice with a selection of multi-million dollar rings to meet a famous athlete in a hotel room so he could propose the next day," Demaree revealed.


Brrrr. The thermometer on the deck registered minus 26 this morning when we sat down for breakfast. Even though the sun was out, I had no illusions about how frigid it was outside. For most of the night, I'd bolt awake when the wooden rafters or some the physical element of the house cracked like a rifle shot, contracting in the cold. At some point it sounded as if someone was stomping on the roof, but the only creatures above our heads are the audacious mice who refuse to die off, despite the trays and trays of warfarin we deposit for them.
Day three. I slept all right. Caved last night around 9 o'clock and microwave popped some raw popcorn, added a tablespoon of melted butter and some Keg seasoning. It tasted sort of good while I was eating it and reading Eating Clean magazine, but afterwards, I felt like I'd let myself down. I was still within my daily caloric envelope, but I should have had yogurt and fruit. Lesson learned.
As I was brushing my teeth this morning, I heard the announcer talking about Jane Seymour being on the cover of some magazine, in a bikini. At first I thought, you twit, but then I got annoyed. He (who could stand to lose a few dozen pounds) was marvelling (in a roundabout way) that a 62 year old woman could have a body she'd want to display in public. She shares 'simple, keep slim secrets'. Yeah, I have some of those, too – being born with skinny genes and not eating more than a few mouthfuls of anything at one time. I checked out the Huffington Post website and ironically, in the upper right hand corner of the magazine cover was a lovey-dovey Michael Douglas and Catherine Z-J. Now there's an aging actor who has taken manscaping to a whole new level. He reminds me of a shocked puppet in a nice suit.
I was reading some articles on Tom Venuto's Burn the Fat blog. ONe caught my eye – 'Top 10 Ways for Regular People to Get Motivated'. The first is to use a journal to track your progress, your food and your training. Doing that. I'm using the tracker on his website, but also Calorie Count, which features scary Jillian Michaels (she of Biggest Loser fame and abs you could knead bread dough on) and My Fitness Pal, for a start. Yes, having to be honest enough to write down every morsel can be very humbling. A taste of mashed potatoes? A sample of meatloaf? Over the lips, onto the hips.
I have to drink more fluids. Think I'll make a bottle of lemon juice, fresh ginger and honey water to add to water for a hot beverage so I don't have to think twice about mixing before imbibing. Then I'll sit upstairs in the sun and read, maybe write a bit. I'm grateful for today.
Snack – bowl of Iogo yogurt with mixed berries (thawed, sweetened with honey).


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Shrimp, scallops, and crab sautéed with vegetables in our chef's white sauce.
Shrimp, beef, and chicken sautéed with green and white onions and garnished with rice noodles.
Whole shelled prawns and sirloin beef sautéed with broccoli and bamboo shoots in a brown sauce.
A seafood combination of shrimp, scallops, crab, and chicken sautéed with vegetables in a light brown sauce.
Whole shelled shrimp, chicken and pork tenderloin batter fried, served in sweet and sour sauce with green peppers and pineapples.
Hot! Jumbo shrimp, scallops, beef and chicken sautéed with vegetables in our spicy Kung Pao sauce and topped with peanuts.
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Hot! Calamari with vegetables stir-red in a spicy Szechwan sauce.
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The First Penis Transplant Will Force Men to Rethink Ownership of Their Junk
There won't be any penis transplants unless there are penis donations.
By Yasmin Tayag
Filed Under Biology
Thomas Manning is officially the first American to receive a penis transplant. After losing his penis to cancer, the 64-year-old underwent an experimental surgical procedure last week at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital, which used an organ from a deceased donor.
If his successful recovery continues — physicians believe he'll be able to urinate normally within a few weeks, and he should regain sexual function within months — penis transplant surgery could soon become as commonplace as kidney, liver, or eye transplants. But it won't become a medical norm unless there are penises to transplant. Organ donation programs don't usually ask donors (or their families) to consider donating genitalia unless there is a specific request and the donor presents an immunological match for the would-be recipient. Those conversations are rare. But as the penis transplantation procedure becomes more streamlined, they could become part of the norm.
Manning's surgery, carried out by Dr. Dicken Ko and Dr. Curtis L. Cerulo of MGH, was the first in a series of 60 experimental procedures announced by researchers at Johns Hopkins University earlier this year. While the surgical technique is being developed in order to help war veterans that suffer genitourinary injuries in action, Manning's case illustrates how a much wider subset of the population could benefit as well.
It's hoped that all recipients of penis transplants will not only benefit physically but also psychologically. Penis injuries often make it impossible to urinate normally or have sex; it's perhaps no surprise, however grim, that among soldiers with severe damage to the genitals or urinary tract, the suicide rate is much higher than normal. Penis transplants could offer these (often young) men a second chance at a normal life — provided healthy American men will be willing to help.
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Before one can figure out how to to fix a problem, you first have to figure out what is causing the problem.
For most issues in WordPress, my first point in the debugging process was to deactivate all my plugins, revert to the default theme, and try the process again. When this didn't work, I knew it was an issue with the .htaccess file.
Is Your .htaccess file working?
The .htaccess acts as a gatekeeper on Apache servers, doing all manner of things including redirects, setting up permalinks and so on. While I'm unlikely to touch the file on a day to day basis, a plugin might corrupt it without my knowing.
Other times it's possible that one might delete the file completely by accident or make changes to it that break your permalinks.
Normally this means that somehow your .htaccess file has gotten corrupted somehow, and just needs to be reset. To do that one would normally just use the usual technique of turning the permalinks off and back on in the wp-admin>settings>permalink page. Next, if your standard permalink structure is set to Day and name for instance, change it to Numeric and click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the screen. Don't rush to refresh your site yet, there is one more step. Next, select your original permalink structure (i.e. Day and name in our case) and hit the Save Changes button once more. Now you can reload your site and check your posts/pages.
Is the .htaccess file writable?
When this still isn't working, I need to confirm that the .htaccess file is writable by the server. Bring up the .htaccess file via ftp or ssh. Change the permalinks settings and see if anything in the file has changed. If it hasn't, check to see if the file permissions are good. According to the codex, 644 is normally required and recommended for .htaccess files.
If you've modified the permissions, and running the settings reset hasn't resulted in any changes to the file, go ahead and TEMPORARILY set the permissions to 777.
If you are now able to write to the file, then you know there's a permissions issue between the user that controls your WP install, and the files it's supposed to be able to touch.
In my case it was fine, I saw changes occuring to the file, but there wasn't a change in the front end permalinks working. This indicated to me that the .htaccess file just wasn't being used by the server. A real rudimentary way to test this is to put some bad code at the top of the file.
The simplest way to test if apache uses your .htaccess file, or if it otherwise ignores it, is to intentionally break it.
If you got this screen, that's a good sign. That means Apache is parsing your .htaccess file correctly. So when I didn't get a broken 500 page error, I knew that the .htaccess file was just getting ignored all together.
First, let's confirm that the apache mod_rewrite module is enabled.
Access this file from your browser.
There are a number of ways to enable mod_rewrite, in case it's not yet enabled on your setup. See this Stack Overflow thread for various ways this may be done on different setups: How to enable mod_rewrite for Apache 2.2.
If you are still with me on this journey, the next one is going to be the least familiar and most technical of the steps. Don't be intimidated but you're going to need to roll up your sleeves and get into the command line via the browser based SSH built into your Google Cloud Platform Instance.
2) Check your virtualhost configuration in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and make sure that it is configured with AllowOverride All instead of the default AllowOverride None for your web root directory. This tells apache it is ok for settings in .htaccess files to override settings. Use this command to modify the file.
Once you're in there, find the right spot and change it.
Now, your .htaccessshould work. You can also make this change inside a virtual host, which would normally be preferable, but that depends on the way Apache is set up.
Finally I found you dear. After 3 days of trying to figure out the catch. I hope this one is going to work definitely.
I'm so glad this is able to help you. It drove me quite crazy myself for quite a few days.
I spent hours digging through this until I came across your post.
You're probably aware of this, but just to make sure, you're not actually typing the "$: " in your commands, right? That's just the stand in representing that you should run the command (without the $) as a regular user, as opposed to running it as root.
I was so happy that I could have fixed it with this article, but in my case – it didn't.
I am running a clean wordpress instance on google cloud (instance is a google cloud marketplace instance wordpress already installed) ; totally fresh vm (at least 5 times).
Did you follow through with enabling Apache AllowOverride? The last (and only time) that I installed a fresh WP install on Google Cloud this was the final step I had to go through.
This is so awesome. Thank you for saving me what looks like it took other readers days to figure out.
Thank you! Crikey, I had tried everything that I could think of doing to get my desired permalink structure to work, and got absolutely no where except the awful 404 page. Your solution worked!
.. in every directory i attempted.
Does this also apply to appengine projects? I cant seem to reroute permalinks.
Sorry Charles, I am not familiar with the App Engine side of Google Cloud. It's a really dense platform with so many technical possibilities.
thanks for the great tutorial, still it did not work for me, I've followed every single step but .htaccess is still getting ignored.
I'm not using WordPress, it's a Expression Engine installation, but still the root proble is the same, google computer engine ignoring .htaccess.
Alas, I'm very ignorant as to the logic of Expression Engine, so I'm not so qualified to answer. sorry.
sure, I understand, although the problem at the end of the day is that the .htaccess is gettign completely ignored. I tried breaking it to get a 500 as you suggested but it did not work anyway. still, thanks for the great tutorial, it was really easy to follow!
Your are monster, Fantastic article bro, keep the good work going, solved my problem of one week.


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MICHAEL HUMIDING
Michael Humiding is a Partido Federal ng Pilipinas candidate running in the upcoming Philippine elections. Humiding is campaigning for a post in Baguio City as a member of the Sangguniang Panlungsod. Humiding is set to appear on the ballot as "21 HUMIDING, MICHAEL (PFP)" on May 9.
This candidate is running for the position of Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Council) Member. A city council member is responsible for approving ordinances and passing resolutions for an effective city government, generating resources and revenues for the city's development plans, program objectives, and priorities, enacting ordinances that grant franchises and authorizing the issuance of permits or licenses, regulating activities in relation to the use of land, buildings, and structures, and approving ordinances for the delivery of basic services and facilities.
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In one of Wednesday's most intriguing second round matches, Alize Cornet will take on 2013 quarter-finalist Daniela Hantuchova. Cornet will be looking to break a string of four consecutives losses to the Slovakian.
Alize Cornet made a strong start to her 2014 US Open campaign, comprehensively defeating Amandine Hesse 6-1 6-2 in just over an hour. Cornet was in control of the match from start to finish, her backhand was particularly commanding. Cornet will need to be on top of her game if she is to defeat Daniela for the first time since 2009.
Daniela Hantuchova has a significant amount of points to defend over the next couple of weeks, the Slovakian will be desperate to avoid an early exit and a massive rankings drop. Hantuchova came from a break down in the third set to defeat Romina Oprandi 4-6 6-2 6-3.
Hantuchova has a 6-3 head-to-head record over Alize. However the two have gone in separate directions since their most recent clash, which took place at the London Olympics in 2012. Both ladies struggled during the US Open series, however Alize has been much more impressive throughout the season. Hantuchova hasn't had any notable victories this season; I can't see that changing here.


Fix-it Mick is a small landscaping business owned and operated by Mick Azar.
With in excess of 12 years experience pruning, pinching and planting, Mick's vast experience in the landscaping industry shows with every garden, backyard or pot plant he tends to.
From laying grass to lying in a hammock, Mick can create a unique garden experience as an extension of your home by designing a space to be enjoyed by family and friends (and even jealous neighbours).
Because every block is different and every house has its peculiarities, Fix-it Mick will design, build and maintain a garden to suit not just any home – but your home.
With a bespoke garden customised to your lifestyle and personality, your home will take on a new meaning in the life of your family, truly becoming a sanctuary in a modern jungle.
From new gardens installed on a new block of land to old gardens needing a little TLC, all renovation work and general maintenance will be gladly taken care of by Mick and his team of eager green thumbs.
Mick is a self-confessed perfectionist and and always adds a loving personal touch to his horticultural work, with quality service and attention to the finest of details.
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How far would you go to pursue an idea? Why do we do incredibly difficult things that have no practical application? Is there a parallel between geographic and artistic exploration?
Fram is a documentary and travel film about two friends journeying to the end of the earth, in order to make a dance film in the arctic wilderness of Svalbard. En route, they explore the history of our ideas of the Arctic, along with the grand questions of life, art and our place in the world. Sharing their love of discovering new geographic and artistic frontiers, choreographer-dancer-filmmakers and outdoor enthusiasts Thomas Freundlich and Valtteri Raekallio take the viewer on an engaging journey to a place where few have been and even fewer have danced.
Co-production: Northern Movement / Raekallio Corp.
A short movement film utilizing ultra-high-speed cinematography; an exploration of dreams, wakefulness and the brevity of time.


Digital technologies are key enablers of successful marketing strategies. Customers in Asia Pacific in general, and in Singapore in particular, are always connected and empowered by technology to access the right information in their moments of need. They increasingly value — and do business with — organizations that provide them with experiences that are effective, easy, and emotional across all customer touchpoints. It's not a surprise, then to see marketing professionals — just like their colleagues in sales, product management, and customer service — source digital technologies to enable such experiences.
The tech management department hinders their business success. This is the more worrying part, but if you take a step back, as a technology management professional, you understand why. You work with technology life cycles that are oriented toward core business, back-end systems like enterprise resource planning and therefore are risk-averse and slow. However, marketers need tech management professionals who are open to innovation, experimentation, and moving toward a risk-tolerant, agile life cycle that supports digital experience delivery.
But letting marketers purchase digital technologies on their own is a bad call for Asian organizations. Not only does it discredit the CIO and her team, but this sourcing behavior also leads to siloed technologies, data, and customer insights, which eventually leads to a poor customer experience.
What should CIOs do about this? On August 19, I will present a session on "Understanding Digital Customer Experience Technologies" at Forrester's Summit For CIOs: Singapore. I will argue that the fast-rising importance of digital experience technologies represent a major opportunity for CIOs and their teams to build the rapport and the trust they currently lack with marketers. By understanding the evolution of the digital customer experience technology landscape, brokering and overseeing these technologies, they can position themselves as key partners for the CMO and her team. I will also provide recommendations on the five things that the tech management department must do to build a conducive and collaborative relationship with the CMO and her team. I look forward to discussing these trends and recommendations with you at the Summit!


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If Hickenlooper runs for president, he won't do it the Jimmy Carter way
May 30, 2013 By Peter Blake
To many Coloradans, the governor is like a son away at college. The only time he writes is when he needs money.
Which John Hickenlooper does, even though he's still 17 months from re-election. It's never too early to start raising cash.
In a recent mass e-mail headlined "Unsung Victories," the governor listed several achievements produced by lawmakers "in the salt mines," including school finance reform (which depends upon a $1 billion tax vote in November), the annual state budget (required by the constitution), the "advanced industries acceleration act" (a state subsidy program for favored businesses) and a child abuse reporting hotline.
"I want to continue being part of this progress by continuing to be your governor," he concludes. "Will you help out by chipping in $250, $100 or $50 to my re-election campaign?"
The letter includes a profile photo of the candidate, head up, gazing optimistically into the future against a horizon of snow-capped peaks.
It was sent May 23, the day after he had decided to put the life of mass murderer Nathan Dunlap on indefinite hold. But that decision, which upset many on both sides of the death penalty debate, wasn't among the unsung victories he mentioned.
Photo from recent Hickenlooper campaign solicitation
So far, the campaign is without a manager and is being run out of the state Democratic Party headquarters. But Mike Melanson's OnSight Public Affairs team is advising the staffers.
Melanson managed Hickenlooper's 2010 campaign under the eye of chairman Alan Salazar, now Hickenlooper's chief strategy officer. In 2008 Melanson managed Mark Udall's successful Senate campaign, also with Salazar as chairman.
Since both Hickenlooper and Udall are up for re-election next year, Melanson and Salazar will have to choose which one to help, if either. On the other hand, if the Republicans can't come up with strong candidates for either race, maybe the pair can handle both Democratic campaigns.
Neither Melanson nor Salazar returned calls for comment.
Apparently Hickenlooper is not so beguiled by the recent New Yorker profile about him that he's going to pull a Jimmy Carter. That is, leave the governor's office after a single term and spend the next two years campaigning full-time for the presidency. After his term ended in early 1975, Carter toured the country holding news conferences with mystified local reporters ("Who is this peanut farmer who thinks one term as governor of Georgia can propel him to the White House?"). His tour included a stop in Denver. A few days later, he wrote thank-you notes to the reporters who covered his press conference, an aide having collected their names and addresses. We knew then he was serious. But at least one of those reporters (no names mentioned here) didn't even bother to save a signed personal note from a future president.
It's an old political axiom that when your re-election is in trouble, run for a higher office. And if the opposition were stronger, Hickenlooper might be in trouble. But though he looks vulnerable thanks to gun laws, election laws and Dunlap (with a few more controversial vetoes or signatures to come) there don't seem to be any Republicans with fewer negatives than he has. So there's no reason not to run for the presidency while still in office. Colorado is a weak-governor state and there won't be much to keep him from campaigning nationwide starting in 2015, if he chooses to do it.
The New Yorker subhead said, "Colorado's governor finds himself leading his state to the left." In fact he's not so much leading as being led to the left by the committed ideologues who occupy all the legislative leadership positions. It would be just as easy picturing Hickenlooper being dragged to the right by Republicans if they controlled the legislature.
Even if Hickenlooper isn't "leading" his state to the left, it's good to look like a liberal if you want to win the national Democratic nomination.
Former Gov. Dick Lamm got started in politics fighting anti-abortion laws and the Winter Olympics — big, tough issues. The non-ideological Hickenlooper's first campaign was to keep "Mile High" in the Denver Broncos' stadium name. But there are many paths to the governor's mansion and even the White House.
He won't be the only Democratic governor seeking the White House now that Hillary Clinton's prospects have dimmed in the wake of the Benghazi attack. One of them is New York's more openly ambitious Andrew Cuomo. They present an interesting contrast in several ways.
For instance, the Catholic Cuomo lives with his girlfriend, television foodie Sandra Lee, in a relationship that a Vatican consultant called "public concubinage." Meanwhile Hickenlooper has a wife but is not living with her, having agreed to separate. Since he's not a Catholic, the Vatican hasn't accused him of "solo marriage." Wife Helen Thorpe did say before the separation she'd stay with him if he ran for president. Some first ladyships are worth more than others, apparently.
Could a presidential campaign save a marriage? Do voters even care about marital status anymore?
Longtime Rocky Mountain News political columnist Peter Blake now writes Thursdays for CompleteColorado.com. Contact him at pblake0705@comcast.net You may re-publish his work at no charge and without further permission; please give full credit to Peter Blake and www.CompleteColorado.com
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An Intrinsic Calculation For Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) Suggests It's 29% Undervalued
October 31, 2022, 12:44 PM ·6 min read
How far off is Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) from its intrinsic value? Using the most recent financial data, we'll take a look at whether the stock is fairly priced by estimating the company's future cash flows and discounting them to their present value. We will use the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model on this occasion. Believe it or not, it's not too difficult to follow, as you'll see from our example!
We generally believe that a company's value is the present value of all of the cash it will generate in the future. However, a DCF is just one valuation metric among many, and it is not without flaws. If you want to learn more about discounted cash flow, the rationale behind this calculation can be read in detail in the Simply Wall St analysis model.
View our latest analysis for Church & Dwight
We are going to use a two-stage DCF model, which, as the name states, takes into account two stages of growth. The first stage is generally a higher growth period which levels off heading towards the terminal value, captured in the second 'steady growth' period. To begin with, we have to get estimates of the next ten years of cash flows. Where possible we use analyst estimates, but when these aren't available we extrapolate the previous free cash flow (FCF) from the last estimate or reported value. We assume companies with shrinking free cash flow will slow their rate of shrinkage, and that companies with growing free cash flow will see their growth rate slow, over this period. We do this to reflect that growth tends to slow more in the early years than it does in later years.
Generally we assume that a dollar today is more valuable than a dollar in the future, and so the sum of these future cash flows is then discounted to today's value:
10-year free cash flow (FCF) forecast
Levered FCF ($, Millions)
US$818.6m
US$1.03b
Growth Rate Estimate Source
Analyst x8
Est @ 2.09%
Est @ 2%
Present Value ($, Millions) Discounted @ 5.7%
("Est" = FCF growth rate estimated by Simply Wall St)
Present Value of 10-year Cash Flow (PVCF) = US$7.8b
After calculating the present value of future cash flows in the initial 10-year period, we need to calculate the Terminal Value, which accounts for all future cash flows beyond the first stage. The Gordon Growth formula is used to calculate Terminal Value at a future annual growth rate equal to the 5-year average of the 10-year government bond yield of 2.0%. We discount the terminal cash flows to today's value at a cost of equity of 5.7%.
Terminal Value (TV)= FCF2032 × (1 + g) ÷ (r – g) = US$1.2b× (1 + 2.0%) ÷ (5.7%– 2.0%) = US$32b
Present Value of Terminal Value (PVTV)= TV / (1 + r)10= US$32b÷ ( 1 + 5.7%)10= US$18b
The total value, or equity value, is then the sum of the present value of the future cash flows, which in this case is US$26b. To get the intrinsic value per share, we divide this by the total number of shares outstanding. Compared to the current share price of US$76.4, the company appears a touch undervalued at a 29% discount to where the stock price trades currently. The assumptions in any calculation have a big impact on the valuation, so it is better to view this as a rough estimate, not precise down to the last cent.
The calculation above is very dependent on two assumptions. The first is the discount rate and the other is the cash flows. If you don't agree with these result, have a go at the calculation yourself and play with the assumptions. The DCF also does not consider the possible cyclicality of an industry, or a company's future capital requirements, so it does not give a full picture of a company's potential performance. Given that we are looking at Church & Dwight as potential shareholders, the cost of equity is used as the discount rate, rather than the cost of capital (or weighted average cost of capital, WACC) which accounts for debt. In this calculation we've used 5.7%, which is based on a levered beta of 0.800. Beta is a measure of a stock's volatility, compared to the market as a whole. We get our beta from the industry average beta of globally comparable companies, with an imposed limit between 0.8 and 2.0, which is a reasonable range for a stable business.
Although the valuation of a company is important, it is only one of many factors that you need to assess for a company. The DCF model is not a perfect stock valuation tool. Rather it should be seen as a guide to "what assumptions need to be true for this stock to be under/overvalued?" For example, changes in the company's cost of equity or the risk free rate can significantly impact the valuation. What is the reason for the share price sitting below the intrinsic value? For Church & Dwight, there are three essential items you should assess:
Risks: For instance, we've identified 1 warning sign for Church & Dwight that you should be aware of.
Future Earnings: How does CHD's growth rate compare to its peers and the wider market? Dig deeper into the analyst consensus number for the upcoming years by interacting with our free analyst growth expectation chart.
Other High Quality Alternatives: Do you like a good all-rounder? Explore our interactive list of high quality stocks to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!
PS. The Simply Wall St app conducts a discounted cash flow valuation for every stock on the NYSE every day. If you want to find the calculation for other stocks just search here.


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Semperit AG, österrikisk gummitillverkare, f.d. däcktillverkare Semperits däcktillverkning (varumärket Semperit) ingår sedan 1985 i Continental AG.

Historia

Semperit skapades genom flera fusioner i början av 1900-talet där det äldsta bolaget var Vereinigte Gummiwaren Fabriken Harburg - Wien. Det bolagets rötter gick går tillbaka till 1824 och grundades av Johann Nepomuk Reithoffer (1781–1872). Namnet Semperit har sitt ursprung i det av Josef Miskolczy 1898 grundade Gummiwarenfabrik Miskolczy. Miskolczy valde varumärket Semperit som på latin betyder "fungerar alltid". Fusioner skedde under 1910-talet där flera gummitillverkare i Österrike blev en del av Semperit. De olika fusionerna ledde till att Semperit 1925 hade nio olika produktionsorter och 9000 anställda.

Under Österrikes tid som del av Tyskland 1938-1945 blev Semperit samordnat med Continental AG. Efter andra världskriget monterade Sovjetunionen ner maskiner och fraktade iväg som krigsskadestånd. En återuppbyggnad tog vid och Semperit växte till att bli ett av Österrikes största företag.

Semperit inledde på 1960-talet ett samarbete med Sava i Slovenien där däck tillverkades på licens av Sava. Bolagen bildade sedermera ett gemensamt tillverkningsbolag.

Under 1970-talets oljekriser drabbades Semperit av sämre ekonomi och under 1980-talet följde omstruktureringar av koncernen och man omstrukturerade och sålde av delar, bl.a. däcktillverkningen, Semperit Reifen AG, som 1985 blev en del av Continental.

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You might probably be planning on spending a long weekend in Cincinnati in preparation for your move, but you don't know what to expect from the city. We have listed some places and activities that will keep you entertained in your stay in the city. Hopefully, after reading this, you will be convinced that a long weekend in Cincinnati is what you need for a fun time.
It is safe to say that Cincinnati is the most German-influenced city in the U.S. With that being said, you can expect the city to be big on beer. Spending time in Cincinnati means you can have time to explore the beer scene in the area. We are not talking about just any kind of beer here, but probably one of the best-tasting brews you can ever taste in your life. Some of the most famous breweries in Cincinnati include Madtree Brewing which offers a wide selection of craft beer flavors, Rhinegeist, Urban Artifact, and the Braxton Brewing Company.
If you find yourself in Cincinnati, make sure to visit the Over-the-Rhine district and learn about the stories that shaped its culture and history. You can join a tour led by an expert to help you learn more about the neighborhood.
Downtown Cincinnati boasts of its green surroundings as well as the parks, museums and some restaurants that can be seen in the area. You can see the view of the city from the Carew Tower, or maybe you want to catch a game in two of their sports venues.
The Roebling Bridge was built in 1866 and connects Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. It may have a similarity with the Brooklyn Bridge, but one significant difference is the beautiful color of Roebling which is in blue.
Whether you are traveling alone or with your family, it is highly recommended to visit the Cincinnati Zoo. You can see different wildlife in the zoo which you and your kids will find amusing. Don't miss the chance to visit Fiona, the baby hippo, or feed the adorable giraffes. You can also watch how extremely fast cheetahs run.
If you think Cincinnati offers a full variety of food, you are undoubtedly wrong. Although the food offered in most restaurants can be seen in other food houses in other states, Cincinnati made sure they don't go behind when it comes to the taste. You can try Forno Osteria + Bar's truffled cream corn or head to Quan Hapa Asian Street Food for your Asian food cravings.
There are guided tours available to help you explore the American Sign Museum. The museum features historic signs from different establishments such as hotels and churches. What is more interesting is that you can learn how they make neon signs in their workshops.
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The planet calls for us humans to evolve or perish. It's quite a clear choice really.
We who know Postures need to speak up. Those of us who have experienced our brains wholing, our body/mind integrating, whose consciousness has expanded because of this practice, who live everyday with a felt sense of spiritual companionship, we need to share our stories. I'm calling here, now, for those of us who know the power of Ecstatic Postures to bring this remarkable practice into recognition and acceptance in every way we can.
It's good medicine for humans and a contribution to evolution.
Almost forty years ago, anthropologist Felicitas Goodman, PhD, discovered the power of combining rhythm with a posture based on ancestral artifacts to expand our consciousness in a reliable and safe way. She protected the integrity of the practice by purposefully keeping quiet about its existence. The demands of our economy, the crisis to our habitat, the need to change dominant cultural paradigms to ones that nurture earth, this evolutionary moment all force us to share this practice widely.
At about the same time Felicitas was making her discoveries, Edgar Mitchell was walking on the moon. On the long journey home, he experienced an epiphany: Separation is an illusion. He says, "I was overwhelmed with the sensation of physically and mentally extending out into the cosmos. The restraints and boundaries of flesh and bone fell away." He experienced the "ecstasy of unity," and his life ever since has been guided by that knowing. He established the Institute of Noetic Sciences in the early 1970's to provide multidisciplinary support for research and exploration of the worlds beyond our ordinary means of knowing, to study expanded awareness and the nature of mind.
We don't need to be astronauts to experience that "ecstasy of unity." We have Ecstatic Postures. This practice is fundamental to nurturing wise, digital natives and indigenous urban humans.
I hear the planet's call to bring our Institute and the Cuyamungue Method ( Ecstatic Wisdom Postures ) into greater service for the evolving human…Do you?


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"Let us come together around the key issues of prosecution, protection and prevention, and thereby build a future without human trafficking," he added.
The Secretary-General outlined a number of UN tools that exist which can be used to punish human trafficking, and to prevent it in the first place. Among them is the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and its Protocol, which includes the first internationally agreed definition of the crime of trafficking in persons and provides a framework to effectively prevent and combat it.
He noted also the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions and the complementary Global Plan of Action on Human Trafficking. Approved in 2010, the Plan aims to better coordinate national responses to this scourge, and includes a UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children.
In his speech,Guterres called on Member States to strengthen intelligence-sharing and other law enforcement, while also addressing the underlying vulnerabilities of victims, such as educating girls, respecting the rights of minorities, and creating safe paths for migration.
He also called for engagement with the private sector, and cautioned that any support needs to incorporate the voices and views of the people effected.
"For organised crime networks, human trafficking is a low-risk, high-reward criminal business, a perception reinforced by the inexcusably low conviction rates still reported around the world," told the Council Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of UNODC via video conference from Vienna.
"As conflict displaces countless people, as the rule of law breaks down, as cooperation between countries falter, criminals see a clear business opportunity," he noted.
The best way to counter trafficking and protect the most vulnerable is to fully implement and make sure of the frameworks already in place, Fedotov underscored.
"I hope you will take advantage of this opportunity," Fedotov told the Council.


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Tag: Jazz
Song of the Day: Charles Mingus, "Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me"
Charles Mingus, Oh Yeah, Atlantic (1961)
Charles Mingus was my first jazz obsession. For a kid that grew up more focused on The Beatles, Jazz seemed aloof to me – at first. My brother had taken up Miles Davis and John Coltrane rather quickly, and I therefore had to be opposed in my formative years, as siblings do.
There is something so exciting and human about Mingus, he's a cataclysmic character–one of my favorite stories involved his interactions with the famous film director John Cassavetes:
"John Cassavetes, another raging iconoclast, despised "cuteness" from his performing actors. Though he pretended to know a lot more about jazz than he actually did, he had the good sense to approach Charles Mingus to score his first feature, Shadows. Mingus said he'd do the score on one condition: that Cassavetes and his cohorts came to his apartment and cleaned up all the cat shit that was littering his piled-up scores. He did so, then was notified by Mingus that it was too clean in there now, that he was unable to think, that he had to wait for some cat shit to accumulate again before any progress could be made. (The score ended up arriving about two years late.) From this anecdote we can derive one thing about Mingus' psyche: it is perennially untidy."
Larger than life in many respects, his personality burned brightest on record. There's very few Mingus records where you can't hear Mingus exhorting his bandmates in the background, shouting and growling. Mingus had idolized Charlie Parker and how, "sometimes, he could make the whole room feel like he did". If there could be any defining mission of Mingus– that is probably it.
He played bass, and played it exceptionally well, but his skill was most manifest as an arranger. Nobody charted horns like Mingus and it was no small thing that his bands included the likes of horn luminaries Eric Dolphy and Roland Kirk. His ability to make order out of disorder is the quality that makes him so exciting to listen to, and makes his works sound so human.
It's particularly hard to note any record as out of the ordinary for Mingus, because there hardly seemed to be an ordinary, but Oh Yeah stands apart from the '59 triumvirate of Blues & Roots, Mingus Ah Um, and Mingus Dynasty as well as later works like Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus, and The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. Mingus plays piano instead of bass, something he would revisit with Mingus Plays Piano and even sings on a couple tracks, "Oh Lord Don't Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me" included.
Predating both the Cuban Missile Crisis and Doctor Strangelove, "Oh Lord" manages to foreshadow the humanism and absurdity of both, a ballad with wonderful piano flourishes and Mingus's direct emotional appeals.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/05-oh-lord-dont-let-them-drop-that.mp3
Sadly, the article from which that Cassavetes quote is sourced is no longer available online, but exists as an excerpt in a comment on a blog here. It was written for Stylus Magazine by Chris Smith.
The whole album is fantastic, though I find myself torn between "Oh Lord", "Ecclusiastics", and "Eat That Chicken".
"Eat That Chicken" is probably Mingus at his most fun, it's a touching tribute to Fats Waller, another great jazz musician who is responsible for one of my favorite songs ever
An Argument With Instruments: On Charles Mingus found in the October 7, 2013 issue of The Nation by Adam Shatz, is a great overview of Mingus's character and relation to his jazz contemporaries.
Posted on March 13, 2018 Categories Song of the DayTags Charles Mingus, Eat That Chicken, Fats Waller, Jazz, Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me, Oh YeahLeave a comment on Song of the Day: Charles Mingus, "Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me"
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/sposin1.mp3
"S'posin I should fall in love with you
Do you think that you could love me too?"
An unheralded classic from one of the greatest early jazz musicians. While Fats didn't possess the voice that made Louis Armstrong so identifiable, Fats is quite a character and every bit Armstrong's equal as a musician.
S'posin- Fats Waller
Format AudioPosted on February 26, 2012 July 25, 2016 Categories UncategorizedTags Fats Waller, Jazz, mp3, S'posin, Stride Piano, The Joint Is JumpinLeave a comment on
Getting To Know Billy Brooks
It's very uncommon to find someone who actually knows Billy Brooks, ask people around, even musical people and they'll probably respond with "Who?" This is nothing new in music, there have been countless talented musicians littered along the path to fame. Yet his impact on music should not be put to waste.
Billy Brooks had mostly gained notoriety as a sideman among fellow musicians, having played for the likes of Ray Charles and Tina Turner and also pioneering his own patented double barreled trumpet giving him a wide range of sounds that he could produce from the horn.
His album, Windows of the Mind would come out in 1974, boasting a jazz-funk groove that many before and after had tried in failed. The genre had seemed doomed to fail, jazz purists would cast off the funk influence as too simple, and those who liked funk didn't like the jazz fusion involvement. Somehow Billy Brooks manages to meld the best of both worlds.
Take "C.P. Time" a slow burning jazz burner for the purists out there with some great horn and lead guitar work along with Brook's fantastic trumpet improv.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/08-c-p-time.mp3
There's also "The Speech Maker" who's soaring horn lines and moving rhythm beg for it to be cast in a soundtrack for an old school caper, or a Bond film.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/04-the-speech-maker.mp3
Then there is the rollicking funk of Rockin' Julius, with its pounding bass and foot-tapping rhythm.
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/01-rockin-julius.mp3
Then of course, there is "40 Days" a song which was by far Billy Brooks lasting influence, a perfect jazz-funk meld that would later be sampled to perfection in A Tribe Called Quest's Luck of Lucien, it's a shame that ATCQ only brought attention to the song's great groove, because the solos on here are sublime. I also made a remaster of this track to give it a more live sound, it's up to you whether you dig the gritty 7o's production or one that gives the horns some air to breath:
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/09-fourty-days.mp3
Remaster:
https://dupes34.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/days.mp3
Overall, Billy Brooks proves to be a great arranger and this is a must have album for anybody who likes jazz or funk. All the downloadable tracks above, plus some bonus ones, including a fantastic remix of "40 Days" are all here after the jump.
Continue reading Getting To Know Billy Brooks
Posted on February 2, 2011 Categories UncategorizedTags A Tribe Called Quest, Billy Brooks, Funk, Jazz, mp3, Windows of the MindLeave a comment on Getting To Know Billy Brooks


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About Jason and His Fam!
After high school, I started pursuing acting and comedy and then focused on sales and video production. I soon entered the tech world and was caught in the dot.com bust.
At that point, I was married and my wife was pregnant with our son, Corbin. I quickly realized my job was to take care of the house and that meant figuring out how to feed my family – meals that made them really happy after a long day! So I started talking to other dads about the meals they like to make and an idea was born: Create a community of like-minded dads who love to cook and want to share their ideas.
Now, I'm on a mission: I'm going around the country – and even sometimes, the world – looking for dads who know how to cook and create incredible meals for their families. I want to be in the kitchen with these dads… cooking, laughing and learning new recipes that will inspire me and other dads to create amazing meals for our families too.
What can I say? My wife Michelle and my son Corbin are the best part of my life. I can't imagine my life without them. We love to laugh at each other's jokes (mostly mine), travel together, try out new sports, go to a beach any chance we get, listen to music, and of course hang out in the kitchen together. When I see their smiles after I finish cooking up some good grub, it's the best feeling. I would do anything to make sure they're happy campers at the dinner table!
Michelle is one of the hardest workers I know. She is smart, caring and loving and will go to the ends of the earth to help you when you need it. She has so much to give when it comes to her family. She's been working in the corporate world and then as a consultant since before we met and eventually wants to be a full-time novelist and screenplay writer. Corbin, our son, is such a great kid and I just love him so much. He's so caring (just like his mom) and he works hard too! Can you tell I'm a proud dad? He continues to master the violin – acoustic and electric – and has been speaking Mandarin since he was little. I really can't believe college is only a few years away!


In an age when women's emancipation and the rights of the girl child are of utmost importance , PMM Jalda is particularly privileged to have been imparting higher education to the socially and economically backward women of Lathikata, a predominantly Tribal Block in the district of Sundergarh Orissa. Complete commitment to social economic and intellectual progress of these women is our motto.
The need of the present age is to remove the traditional rigid boundaries of disciplines. The subjects need to be divided and subdivided into smaller units that criss-cross and mix together to form new interdisciplinary ideas, close association of members of different faculties are required to facilitate them to take full advantage of this effect. I hope in near future, the untiring effort of the faculty members and staff and enthusiasm of the brightest students will catapult the college to the top rank in learning and teaching in the state.
As the principal of this college I am entrusted and committed towards achieving excellence in all our activities by providing easy and accessible leadership for an efficient management system and to enhance the infrastructural facilities in the college, thereby increasing the efficiency of the college. I am sincere to motivate and rejuvenate every department of this college to be shining as outstanding units of Higher Education.


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Today is December 22, 2018*… the day following the Winter Solstice. For many reasons, phenological events associated with the ebb and flow of time hold great meaning for me. The long nights and short days inspire introspection and reflection of the year that was and the one that will soon be. This year was a year defined by political, economic, and environmental chaos that continues to be unsettling. In many ways, the chaos in Washington has sapped a bit of joy from the little things in life. Disrespect for culture, for friends, and for the environment now trumps (pun intended) the common courtesy that once was considered acceptable… if not appropriate. This shortest of days coincides with a governmental shutdown designed to acquiesce to the will of a minority voting block rather than the larger populace of our nation.
I am not sure I know what any of this has to do with photography and the twenty images displayed here, however I think that I can tie it all together. My year in photos was one that included three publications, two workshops, travels to Iceland, Canada, and transcontinental drives across the United States. I visited many new destinations, made images under extreme environmental duress, photographed a few new species, and sadly, became obsessed with the gear I used rather than the images being made. Much like a government which seems to have lost its way, I continued to push the shutter release without giving much thought to the work I was producing. My productivity without focus seems to parallel the workings of a government without a conscious… something a little less than what it could have been.
*Note: While Posted on December 23rd, I began writing the blog on the evening of December 22nd.
While this photo blog focuses more on the process of photography and the ethics of being a nature photographer, every year or so I get the itch to write a gear head / photo geek essay. Years ago, prior to the introduction of the D500, I was inspired by the capabilities of the D7200 (see link) and that seemed to have been a useful post to those who stumbled upon my blog. Today, I've decided to share information about a select group of Nikon telephoto lenses with the hope that my experiences may be valuable to present and future readers.
For the sake of disclosure, it is important for you to know that I am not a full time professional photographer who makes a living that is exclusively tied to image production. I am a teacher. I teach high school biology, I teach photography, and I lead photo workshops and seminars in and around Minneapolis Minnesota. I have authored numerous articles, and my work has appeared in books, magazines, and throughout the web. Most significantly, I have a modest income, and my expenditures on photographic gear need to be tempered by what my budget can support. As such, I tend to be a bargain hunter. I am always looking for the best functional performance in new or used gear that can meet the demands of the weekend warrior nature photographer.
The impetus for today's discussion correlates with the introduction of Nikon's new AF-S 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens. At just over three pounds and less than ten inches long, the thought of shooting and owning an "affordable" super telephoto prime has become something just short of an obsession. So, when my new lens arrived a little more than a week ago, you can only imagine how excited I was. While the 500mm f/5.6PF is not a cheap lens at $3600, it is about $7000 less than Nikon's premier AF-S 500mm f/4E FL ED VR lens. While I do not own a 500mm f/4 optic, I do have and shoot two other high quality Nikon super telephoto lenses. The lenses I currently own have served my needs in wildlife photography for the past few years, and were used for the majority of wildlife images displayed throughout my galleries on this site.
In 2014 I sold my Canon system and replaced it with Nikon. At the epicenter of my wildlife kit is the AF-S 200-400mm f/4G VR. While the design of this lens dates back to around 2006, it continues to be an extremely versatile and relatively affordable professional tool. The fast f/4 aperture, professional weather sealing, and overall build makes it one of Nikon's premier lenses. Retailing for around $6500 for the latest model, I bought my lens used for about $2400 at KEH camera. I consider this lens to be one of the greatest bargains for photographers with a modest incomes who want to add a professional lens to their bag. My second wildlife lens actually belongs to my wife and resides within her bag of tricks. The Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR zoom is what I call the "gateway drug" into the Nikon system. We bought this lens new for $1400, and it is the bargain of new designed OEM (original manufacturer) super-telephoto zooms. Exceeding its price point by a mile, the 200-500mm f/5.6 is nearly as sharp as my more expensive 200-400mm f/4, and is more versatile, as it reaches all the way out to 500mm. While not weather-sealed to the degree of other Nikon super telephoto optics, this lens has endured days of salt spray in the Salish Sea, winter snowstorms in Yellowstone, Icelandic rains, and the tropical extremes of Costa Rica. Nikon appeared to cut costs by relying on a more modest design, however they seemed to spare little when it came to using high quality glass in an innovative optical formula.
So, with the delivery of my new 500mm PF lens, I wanted to know how its overall optical performance compared to my tried and true lenses. With this goal in mind, I borrowed a stuffed screech owl (circa 1958) from my biology classroom and set it up on a fence that surrounds a local ball field. I then positioned a pair of tripods about 40 meters from the target. I mounted the new 500mm PF with a D500 camera to one tripod, and placed my wife's 200-500mm f5.6 with matched D500 on an adjacent Gitzo (see set-up picture below).
The second series of images followed the exact same protocol, but rather than being 40 meters from the target, I moved the cameras closer to the bird at a distance of 20 meters. In addition to the 500mm PF and the 200-500mm VR, I also repeated the protocol with my 200-400mm lens set at 400mm and f/5.6. The series of 6 images are labeled with each lens so you can be the judge of how they all performed.
I deliberately divided this look at my photographic exploits into two distinctly different posts. The first, published on September 1, was a bit of travel update as I was reflecting on the joys of my rare extended summer break. In contrast, this post might be interpreted as a minor brag about recent publications, updates to the website, and upcoming opportunities to participate in my photo workshops.
It's been a while since I have authored a photography related article, but the long drought has finally ended. Nature Photographer Magazine published my article about keystone species in their 2018 Summer/Early Autumn issue. With a focus on the role of beavers in wetland communities, this article includes a number of photographs taken throughout the last few years.
While lightning rarely strikes twice in the same spot, I, evidently, can get more than one piece of work published in a season. In fact, the Grinnell College journal, Rootstalk, with its focus on "prairie culture, science, and the arts," used my grassland sunrise photo for their cover art as well as an image of a summer bison within the pages. Much credit belongs to my former student Tim Brennhofer, who recommended my work to the managing editor of the journal.
As for website updates, I have finally published a new gallery of work that has taken nearly a year to edit. What was once 8500 pictures is now 54. If you have some time to kill, check out "The Wild BC Coast." This series of images were made during the summer of 2017 when Tamy and I spent over a week on a small sailboat cruising channels and investigating rocky islands between mainland BC and Vancouver Island. If you likes marine mammals like whales, sea lions, otters, and foggy landscapes, you may find this body work interesting.
Workshops?…. yes, I actually use my teaching skills to help photographers too! Are you interested in picking my brain? Are you looking for some insight on ways to improve your nature photographs? Are you struggling with your camera and want to learn how to use it in a more deliberate manner? Well if this is you, or just want to hang out with fellow photographers, you can join me on one of two instructional workshops that I am teaching in October. The first, hosted by the Hardwood Creek Library in Forest Lake, will begin with a seminar on Friday October 5th followed by a morning of in the field instruction on Saturday October 6th. If this sounds interesting to you, please check out this link for information about how to register.
Finally, I will be co-hosting a destination wildlife photography workshop with my good friend and fellow photographer Brian Collins. The workshop, to be held at Crex Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary in Grantsburg WI, will be all about improving your skills as a wildlife photographer. Crex Meadows is a critical wetland habitat used by migrating waterfowl and sandhill cranes. Renowned for its autumn migratory spectacle, as many as 5000 cranes roost within the sanctuary's boundaries. This will be a great opportunity to photograph birds in flight as we hope to capture take-offs at sunrise and landings at sunset. In addition to cranes there are always opportunities to photograph Canadian Geese, migratory flocks, and the occasional predator looking for a meal. Brian and I will teach you techniques of capturing wildlife, discuss key pieces of gear for making wildlife images, and will share our insights about where to be when the cranes are flying throughout the park. This workshop is being offered by West Photo in Minneapolis, MN, and is sponsored by Sony, Fujifilm, Manfroto, Tamron, and Blackrapid. Tuition is $75. If you are interested please check out the following link.
Kirkjufell on the Snæfellsnes peninsula, near the town of Grundarfjörður.
To say that it has been a busy summer would be one large understatement. Construction at the high school where I teach allowed for a two week early release, so Tamy and I did whatever we could to take advantage of the extra time. With 10 contiguous weeks away from work, I managed to spend 17 days driving west with the goal of reaching the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. We packed a lot of photo gear, two golden doodles, and some food into the Jeep and dragged the RPod through Theodore Roosevelt NP, Glacier NP, Banff NP, Kootenay NP, and Olympic NP. Other than a nasty heat spell in North Dakota, we managed to spend most of our time photographing landscapes and wildlife as we made our way to the Pacific Coast. Shortly after our return home, we restocked the trailer and pointed the Jeep north where we spent 5 days along Minnesota's North Shore. A respite from the 5000 plus miles of driving, this was a more leisurely way to pursue a bit of landscape photography. With our tiny trailer parked on the edge of Lake Superior, we had countless opportunities to photograph the varied moods of this Great Lake. Following a brief recovery period, we hit the road again, but this time in "The Cooper." Like squeezing sardines into its tin, we drove East to New York where I visited family and photographed elk in foggy landscapes across Northwest Pennsylvania. Not one to embrace long stretches of nothingness, I managed to find some inexpensive airfare to Iceland, so Tamy and I decided to explored the Northwest in a Happy Camper Van that served as our base of operations.
To say we've had some fun would be like claiming that ice cream is cold. It's been a great summer and the fall promises to be as exciting photographically and educationally as every autumn seems to be. This teacher and photographer is definitely refreshed. I have great plans for my students and my small business... stay tuned, and happy shooting!


the geordie times online (newcastle united archive fanzine): "WE'RE ALL GOING ON A SUMMER HOLIDAY!"
News that 'The Fat Controller' iz NOT sellin NUFC (just a week ago it woz for sale?) and that he will take the players on an exotic summer holiday IF we avoid relegation, were some of the things taaked aboot in Wedinzday's 'Come Dine With Me' meetin' with Rafa and hiz 'gang' in a Pon-tee-land Italian Restaurant!
If hiz skinflint transfor policy iz anything to gan by, then Whitley Bay or Seahooses looks to be hiz favourite choice of 'exotic' holiday resorts!---but don't forget to take your brollys, lads!
MEEENWHILE!---we have a 'do or die' leegue meetin with anothaa 'crisis club' tomorrow, when we travel to 'The Theatre of Muppets' to take on Moanrihno's Moan United side tomorrow teatime!
The difference between the 2 'crisis clubs' iz that 10th position, (where Moan U find themsels), iz NOT good enough for them---BUT! would be greeted with open arms by NUFC fans!
A full 'Geordie Times' match report on wor players 'goal' to get to the 'holy grail' of safety and a promised weeks holiday to the above destinations, will appear here sometime on Sunday!


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Ramdev Predicts 300 Seats for NDA in Lok Sabha Polls
Published: 14th February 2014 10:16 PM | Last Updated: 14th February 2014 11:47 PM | A+A A-
Predicting a "historical" change in the next Lok Sabha elections, yoga guru Ramdev today said his support to BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was 'issue-based'.
He was supporting Modi since the BJP's policy was in consonance with his anti-corruption crusade, including fight to bring back blackmoney stashed outside the country, he told reporters.
Replying to a query, Ramdev said "I will not be in the fray in Lok Sabha election" adding he expected the BJP-led NDA to get around 300 seats.
To a query on Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Ramdev said "I realise that I had made a mistake in supporting him during the stir".
Ramdev is here to participate in the 'somayagam,' (a vedic ritual).


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On our website, visitors are given the opportunity to provide information including name, e-mail address, telephone number, and postal address in order to receive our specialized services (i.e. welcome to the community, programs for brides-to-be, new and expectant parents, pre-retirement, retirement or new grandparents, new businesspeople and executives). This information is relayed to Welcome Wagon personnel in the city/town where you live or do business. Where our specialized service is available, you will be contacted by a local Welcome Wagon Representative who will provide information about our specific local programs.
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4-Chlor-3-methylphenol (oft auch nur Chlorkresol) ist eine chemische Verbindung, die zur Gruppe Chlormethylphenole gehört und hauptsächlich als Desinfektions- und Konservierungsmittel eingesetzt wird.

Chemische Eigenschaften
4-Chlor-3-methylphenol ist ein chloriertes Kresol (oder Methylphenol) und gehört damit in die Gruppe der Chlormethylphenole. Es ist damit wiederum ein Phenol-Derivat.

Antiseptische Wirkung
4-Chlor-3-methylphenol hat ein breites mikrobiostatisches und mikrobiozides Wirkspektrum. Mikrobioastatisch wirkt es zum Beispiel auf Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans und Aspergillus Niger. Es hat auch eine Hemmwirkung gegen Bakteriensporen und Viren.

Hautverträglichkeit
4-Chlor-3-methylphenol wird als "gut hautverträglich" beschrieben. Es ist ein schwaches Allergen und besitzt geringe akute Toxizität. Es gibt keine Hinweise auf Mutagenität.

Verwendung
4-Chlor-3-methylphenol findet trotz seiner sensibilisierenden Eigenschaften (allergieauslösend) als Desinfektionsmittel vielfältige Anwendung. Zusammen mit anderen phenolischen Wirkstoffen kommt es in Präparaten zur hygienischen Händedesinfektion vor. In pharmazeutischen Produkten und Kosmetika dient es als Konservierungsstoff.

Bei der Konservierung von Leder wird es als Ersatz für das seit 1989 verbotene Pentachlorphenol verwendet. Es kann aber auch in Textilien, Leim, Farben, Klebstoffen und Tinten vorkommen. Weiterhin dient es als Zwischenprodukt zur Herstellung von Herbiziden.

In der Medizin wird es auch bei tumorbedingten Schmerzen zur Neurolyse im Wirbelsäulenbereich eingesetzt.

Sicherheitshinweise
PCMC ist Haut- bzw. schleimhautreizend und sensibilisierend (allergische Kontaktdermatitis). Beim Verbrennen können stark giftige Substanzen (Phosgen) entstehen.

Literatur
 Zeitschrift Gefahrstoffe 03/2002, S. 95.

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Weblinks

 Overview of toxicology (PDF; 291 kB)

Alkylphenol
Chlorphenol
Toluol
Arzneistoff
Kosmetischer Inhaltsstoff
Pharmazeutischer Hilfsstoff


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