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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzorHewOrd8Hc2eJe9qzC4OPPcQEuV7a25gwpqO5mIrIs8o0VOD-OfhcgECPXy-RM-Pegm1N6b4Vp940LOvCCPCkbFKkDXwkEwgRcsO0pErREIalOJgkAhdS5fvnUQ7zHrgRWw_JGMdN_/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzorHewOrd8Hc2eJe9qzC4OPPcQEuV7a25gwpqO5mIrIs8o0VOD-OfhcgECPXy-RM-Pegm1N6b4Vp940LOvCCPCkbFKkDXwkEwgRcsO0pErREIalOJgkAhdS5fvnUQ7zHrgRWw_JGMdN_/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Birthday celebration on the deck.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHPxekV8ETst-1R3yFUrmFzkwn8fToyZqKKTF-nRK_zN6sEYjbDUzLBTv4tv9iYq0qlyB0LXcOkcecssR1YWbampUGe8kokAN1HOXMPCrnuT2-nZtxoQskXLBoulA4GGjCNesCXXHTdN1/s1600/1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHPxekV8ETst-1R3yFUrmFzkwn8fToyZqKKTF-nRK_zN6sEYjbDUzLBTv4tv9iYq0qlyB0LXcOkcecssR1YWbampUGe8kokAN1HOXMPCrnuT2-nZtxoQskXLBoulA4GGjCNesCXXHTdN1/s400/1a.jpg" width="163" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>He brought flowers for his grandmother.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3XlfYOTpPQxp6qGLqYPg-RI_Mfy9NybScY7tpZitknfZ46o1EHerETS9mzoPX8xCvzjOy9J7CXnLPd1ZXZ600awQ_diSued9_rxCJqQif97qoTLdZttSm5IR0uo1VYqoSjGcu-V1NPl0/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3XlfYOTpPQxp6qGLqYPg-RI_Mfy9NybScY7tpZitknfZ46o1EHerETS9mzoPX8xCvzjOy9J7CXnLPd1ZXZ600awQ_diSued9_rxCJqQif97qoTLdZttSm5IR0uo1VYqoSjGcu-V1NPl0/s640/2.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mom with the beautiful flowers from cousins Lynn and John Osborne in Chesterfield.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbUaXJRojMov-ppJ4QZS9qS5Qa8FAGlcZo9BlAkT6X5ZIir8qCD0jgeu_YaZ8ElH95OE6_Zps8_R8V1aAq6UD8v_seH_gqPyZXRPYJTklP8VAJLbi7F2d_-RElH66inB3w-EQ_s9VLwa3/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbUaXJRojMov-ppJ4QZS9qS5Qa8FAGlcZo9BlAkT6X5ZIir8qCD0jgeu_YaZ8ElH95OE6_Zps8_R8V1aAq6UD8v_seH_gqPyZXRPYJTklP8VAJLbi7F2d_-RElH66inB3w-EQ_s9VLwa3/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSiG6pRjJn7L3j_P-wxJ-5nvfY-ixCVZqujVxjI5-4ax2f2rSqHLpTfBSgy6kMslb5W0j2XQAbPrL1GQ_cz9VFprMrNVUrXce6SHqgLVxNImr9icdEotdrrmhbqOBACKhwoS6DTick6BqT/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSiG6pRjJn7L3j_P-wxJ-5nvfY-ixCVZqujVxjI5-4ax2f2rSqHLpTfBSgy6kMslb5W0j2XQAbPrL1GQ_cz9VFprMrNVUrXce6SHqgLVxNImr9icdEotdrrmhbqOBACKhwoS6DTick6BqT/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUYWYs0emmlvK4qnSNEFekqfM3NTljJunoGLutNMxylf5ILmYJf7Hmu0_Umf1AmLcVLg4lG9XNEYlewtrG811NPh4zcWHAardNsXTv36qRvDb6yo8pGqMWzMk1fCDmfSBXIP5zS6vqiqG/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUYWYs0emmlvK4qnSNEFekqfM3NTljJunoGLutNMxylf5ILmYJf7Hmu0_Umf1AmLcVLg4lG9XNEYlewtrG811NPh4zcWHAardNsXTv36qRvDb6yo8pGqMWzMk1fCDmfSBXIP5zS6vqiqG/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Dinner was marinated pork chops and corn on the cob from the grill, boiled Yukon Gold potatoes and sliced tomatoes and cucumbers from the garden, strawberries, blueberries, peaches, and grilled flat bread. Summer eating is some kind of good with all the fresh produce.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuMvQlGre56lv0dJiat56_e6XYxAkA0sWuEpyihxKkdcAlErLKr0ZeC00Oa2F5COqORkfkxo4uBgMvgfwPKUc8GJHMog5NkOfzbQd9Yvj8NK9IV63P5LNstC0YTBuElvlDAtclRzKoSSO/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuMvQlGre56lv0dJiat56_e6XYxAkA0sWuEpyihxKkdcAlErLKr0ZeC00Oa2F5COqORkfkxo4uBgMvgfwPKUc8GJHMog5NkOfzbQd9Yvj8NK9IV63P5LNstC0YTBuElvlDAtclRzKoSSO/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Gourmet birthday cupcakes for the birthday folks ... both my parents and SWAC Husband.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUAOy6-pPoWtRdNrAiAh-aIpuPtJvKrXhr2ja5rCsFy8uWhTK2NmGt2olzMjIy1roQCnxp_ttTcSt7XiGoEn2X6hB4Peo6CBEJ3HzBw1Nu-fdnt5PPHToDUnAtfmedUf6mcFTyJgPi0Iyi/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUAOy6-pPoWtRdNrAiAh-aIpuPtJvKrXhr2ja5rCsFy8uWhTK2NmGt2olzMjIy1roQCnxp_ttTcSt7XiGoEn2X6hB4Peo6CBEJ3HzBw1Nu-fdnt5PPHToDUnAtfmedUf6mcFTyJgPi0Iyi/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>SWAC Son brought flowers for me, too, even though he and I are February babies.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWPMnCTgN5zyPLSytmMi49DrggXI5kuqwlBsMp6ezC0Iy8toE0vqPEIq1WW8oLb5X4sSR6r405B2lCfodRhPnNBl5wdvG6bK63OfFR4ZgxcavHbVPlGtQxGJWKEv87fksLmX6xjPF0hEN/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWPMnCTgN5zyPLSytmMi49DrggXI5kuqwlBsMp6ezC0Iy8toE0vqPEIq1WW8oLb5X4sSR6r405B2lCfodRhPnNBl5wdvG6bK63OfFR4ZgxcavHbVPlGtQxGJWKEv87fksLmX6xjPF0hEN/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My bookworm parents rocking and reading on the front porch.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUSwklR_qZWszUqKtYODYjP7eHPQCknvcKTprEOH66OvQIymupSiQwnhhZe_n9wlXoE1FXowDJjtqG1TSJb3VWR7FnosuKmIuSaWIdTK-YjXO41310D95lbNlHOy9WxcJgWjjdaICV_Y-/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUSwklR_qZWszUqKtYODYjP7eHPQCknvcKTprEOH66OvQIymupSiQwnhhZe_n9wlXoE1FXowDJjtqG1TSJb3VWR7FnosuKmIuSaWIdTK-YjXO41310D95lbNlHOy9WxcJgWjjdaICV_Y-/s400/2.jpg" width="167" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Stepping out in the back yard.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINo4_GuMbUBTyS3GtjcsOedZkyDIKW8b0AfkdTuCqR6bd72R_9YuGdSqmlGQkDL7v6GmUa0wrI-WNdKxKgtu6DjtfHy35UzlfttimPc9RjH8uqqmkgYub2WPxIwhRIDJQ79maICdDp2I5/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINo4_GuMbUBTyS3GtjcsOedZkyDIKW8b0AfkdTuCqR6bd72R_9YuGdSqmlGQkDL7v6GmUa0wrI-WNdKxKgtu6DjtfHy35UzlfttimPc9RjH8uqqmkgYub2WPxIwhRIDJQ79maICdDp2I5/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>They like to roam the yard and woods when visiting, checking out the plants, trees, and flowers they have passed along to us over the years. They like to check out the garden, too, and both love tomatoes so we sent them home with a load of freshly-picked produce.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AY84rFTSXCCa0HeFJxBsm83iLj4pvNAMRk7j4Om-kMXCs6UMrOnlLIvriAnrCnwUbk7rpkEUAkh_fF8fzKJrP5RqOy4GusUP20pgBBY3YO72KCKpeWEfexKb_f8WehG4zAAO5SABA9Bu/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AY84rFTSXCCa0HeFJxBsm83iLj4pvNAMRk7j4Om-kMXCs6UMrOnlLIvriAnrCnwUbk7rpkEUAkh_fF8fzKJrP5RqOy4GusUP20pgBBY3YO72KCKpeWEfexKb_f8WehG4zAAO5SABA9Bu/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I have a Country Mouse and a City Mouse for parents ... both grew up with different background experiences ... but both love the outdoors.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-H3lvpAvu-jMxmsTWkn163kY93e_asSGtWlT_XKAFbVwBI145SV-zJXdxBiEkaNiKreRnvomC8gMUH948XTYkRi8UfVV7M1M0U3U1XH2ZCVvWXmZUXbRsAwlU_E7t0fkp1etMuxSwMhW/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-H3lvpAvu-jMxmsTWkn163kY93e_asSGtWlT_XKAFbVwBI145SV-zJXdxBiEkaNiKreRnvomC8gMUH948XTYkRi8UfVV7M1M0U3U1XH2ZCVvWXmZUXbRsAwlU_E7t0fkp1etMuxSwMhW/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />My parents were in town this week for a visit. We were celebrating birthdays and family. They are in their 80s and still perking right along and, while visiting, they didn't really want to go anywhere but, rather, just talk, read, and enjoy the peace and quiet of the Shenandoah Valley. <br /><br />So that's exactly what we did. SWAC Son joined us as we celebrated the birthdays on Monday with dinner on the deck ... grilled pork chops and corn with goodies from the garden -- boiled Yukon Gold potatoes as well as freshly picked tomatoes and cucumbers, along with strawberries, blueberries, and peaches. Oh -- and gourmet cupcakes for the birthday kids -- strawberry-topped cupcakes for my folks and key lime-flavored for SWAC Husband.  And gorgeous flowers for Mom from SWAC Son and cousins in Richmond. It was a feast on the deck overlooking the back yard, woods, and mountain ridge, and so we lingered until dark, talking and enjoying the cool evening breeze.<br /><br />It was a good week and we were thankful that the weather cooperated with low humidity, low temps, and a breeze, and even the rain showers were gentle enough to sit on the porch and read. I set up the video camera and recorded Mom talking about family history, something we need to continue next time we're together, and took notes that will be added to our genealogy books.<br /><br />They are part of the World War II generation, a sad, fascinating time in American and world history, and each personal perspective of that time as teenagers is unique ... one graduating high school and going straight to work ... the other graduating high school and attending Virginia Tech before the Navy pulled him into the war. Victory gardens, ration coupons, gas shortages, loss of a sibling during the war ... they know it up close and personal. <br /><br />Family and the Shenandoah Valley. It doesn't get much better....<br /><br /><i>Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell</i><br /><i>August 2013</i>

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Birthday celebration on the deck. He brought flowers for his grandmother. Mom with the beautiful flowers from cousins Lynn and John Osborne ...

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="padding: 7px 0px;"><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">Eat More Calories for Breakfast to Lose Weight :</span></span></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"><img alt="Eat More Calories for Breakfast to Lose Weight" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCW2RZjqReEIg1nHz9aAcZPjmyAqCfa5kpYUlwcwsAR2UzR8orOcw53wxzK6wziEuhDVSj4I5PRVAwBhdgoRlHQ6f4JVoTUD0VfmCvabADSEpIRDh-BuZumbXdinrWHHwZMtkJBplIWk/s1600/Eat+More+Calories+for+Breakfast+to+Lose+Weight.jpg" title="Eat More Calories for Breakfast to Lose Weight" /> </span></span></h1><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">A study by Tel Aviv University; 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The best thing about playing or<b> winning the Powerball </b>is that anyone can do it. You need not be a graduate or a diploma holder to win the Powerball.<br /><br />Look at the Minnesota Dad who won part of the big $448 Mn Powerball Jackpot. Richer by $86 mn, Paul White doesnt plan to work for a paycheck anymore. This Powerball winner played the lottery just once a month or so.And the prize is not bad for $2 lottery ticket.<br /><br />Of course there are loads of sad stories attached with winning the big bucks too.<br /><br />But how does one play the Powerball?<br /><br />The Powerball is drawn every Wedneday and Saturday night. 5 White balls and 1 Red ball is drawn out of drums.  The Powerball is played by matching the numbers in one's tickets with thedrawn balls. To find out the 9 ways to win the Powerball, <b>go to the official Powerball site at </b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.powerball.com/powerball/pb_howtoplay.asp">http://www.powerball.com/powerball/pb_howtoplay.asp</a><br /><br />See the <b>Powerball prizes, Powerball odds</b> and options before starting to play. It always makes sense to play the lottery sensibly. It is after all a <b>game of chance.</b><br /><br />

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Today's Teamster News 08.09.13

<a href="http://www.sunjournal.com/news/oxford-hills-river-valley/2013/08/07/oxford-deputies-vote-new-union/1404301" rel="nofollow">Oxford deputies to vote on joining the Teamsters Union</a>  Oxford Hills Sun Journal   ...Oxford County Sheriff's deputies in Maine are set to begin voting on whether to drop their current bargaining agent and become members of Teamsters Local 340...<br /><a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/business/economy/Talks+break+down+between+Ikea+striking+workers/8760537/story.html" rel="nofollow">Talks break down between Ikea and striking Teamster workers</a>  Vancouver Sun   ...The union representing Ikea workers in Richmond, British Columbia has rejected the company’s latest offer, including an automatic wage increase, as talks ground to a halt in the four-month labor dispute...<br /><a href="http://www.peacearchnews.com/news/218750591.html" rel="nofollow">Little Campbell train trestle talks on track</a>   Peace Arch News   ...Meetings between BNSF and Semiahmoo First Nation are planned later this month to discuss replacing the Little Campbell River railway bridge that union leaders, including Bill Brehl, President of Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Maintenance of Way Employees Division, have voiced concerns about safety...<br /><a href="http://www.prwatch.org/node/12205" rel="nofollow">ALEC at 40: Turning Back the Clock on Prosperity and Progress</a>   PRWatch   ...The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) released a new report: "ALEC at 40: Turning Back the Clock on Prosperity and Progress." The new report identifies and analyzes 466 American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) bills introduced in 2013 that reflect corporate agenda...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/08/alec-meeting-in-chicago_n_3728213.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago" rel="nofollow">ALEC Meeting In Chicago Draws Conservative Lawmakers, Protesters</a>  Associated Press   ...As meeting participants handed out awards and dined at a meal sponsored by the Texas Oil and Gas Association, picketers denouncing "corporate greed" paced the sidewalks and clogged the street in front of the Chicago hotel hosting the conference...<br /><a href="http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10550" rel="nofollow">Wisconsin Capitol Protesters Defiant Despite Growing Crackdown</a>  The Real News   ... In the past two weeks alone, more than 100 demonstrators have been arrested during the weekly held Solidarity Sing-Along protests, with this most recent wave of arrests taking place on Tuesday, August 6...<br /><a href="http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/08/08/jp-morgan-under-criminal-and-civil-investigation-over-mortgages/" rel="nofollow">JPMorgan Under Criminal and Civil Investigation Over Mortgages</a>  firedoglake   ...JPMorgan Chase & Co. disclosed in a SEC filing that it was under criminal investigation and had already been notified by the Department of Justice’s civil division that it had violated federal securities laws in offerings of subprime and Alt-A residential mortgage securities during 2005 to 2007...<br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/bank-of-england/10230186/Bank-of-England-governor-calls-for-change-in-banks-culture.html" rel="nofollow">Bank of England governor calls for change in banks' culture</a>  The Telegraph   ...There must be a change of culture in “socially useless” banks that disconnect themselves from the real economy, the Bank of England governor Mark Carney has suggested...<br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/aug/07/walmart-fine-safety-rochester-new-york" rel="nofollow">Walmart pays $190,000 fine and agrees to improve safety at 2,800 stores</a>  The Guardian   ...Walmart has agreed to improve safety conditions at more than 2,800 stores in 28 US states after inspectors discovered "repeat and serious" health and safety violations at a store in Rochester, New York...<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/08/opinion/fast-food-fight.html?hp&_r=2&" rel="nofollow">Fast-Food Fight</a> (opinion)  New York Times   ...As measured by the federal minimum wage, currently $7.25 an hour, low-paid work in America is lower paid today than at any time in modern memory...<br /><a href="http://www.tradereform.org/2013/08/enormous-humongous-trade-deficit-shrank-in-june/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=enormous-humongous-trade-deficit-shrank-in-june" rel="nofollow">Enormous, Humongous Trade Deficit Shrank In June</a>  TradeReform   ...The enormous, humongous, vast, staggering, unbelievable, job-sucking, economy-sucking US trade deficit shrank to “only” $34.2 billion from a revised $44.1 billion in May. Exports of US goods and petroleum were up, imports of petroleum and consumer goods were down....<br /><a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2f20130808%2fNEWS0107%2f308080369&nav_category=" rel="nofollow">Chasing costs, a ‘sweatshop locator’</a>  New York Times   ...Disasters at garment factory buildings in Bangladesh, such as the collapse of this building earlier this year, have the clothing industry looking for new locations to place factories. To find such places, it turns to Li & Fung, a company most American shoppers have never heard of...<br /><a href="http://www.eveningsun.com/nationworldnews/ci_23823823/bart-management-unions-resume-contract-talks" rel="nofollow">BART, unions resume talks as senators add pressure</a>  Associated Press   ...Bay Area Rapid Transit's management and employee unions resumed contract negotiations Thursday as California's two senators urged the parties resolve the labor dispute and head off a crippling transit strike...<br /><a href="http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/hearing-reveals-huge-gap-between-bart-management-u/nZHm2/" rel="nofollow">Hearing reveals huge gap between BART management, unions</a>  KTVU News   ...A fact-finding panel appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown heard firsthand Wednesday how far apart BART and its labor unions remain even though they've been bargaining since April 1...<br /><a href="http://constructioncitizen.com/blog/tennessee-takes-bite-out-worker-misclassification/1308081" rel="nofollow">Tennessee Takes a Bite out of Worker Misclassification</a>  Construction Citizen   ...<a href="http://www.constructioncitizen.com/blog/workers-comp-reform-tennessee-great-news-law-abiding-contractors/1305291" rel="nofollow">A new law in Tennessee</a> gives the state’s Department of Labor (DOL) sharper teeth with which to take a bigger bite out of workers’ compensation fraud in the construction industry... <br /><a href="http://www.tribtown.com/view/story/d65af94bdf494cfd96e90567a7b4e261/OH--Payday-Loans" rel="nofollow">Ohio payday lenders keep loaning under other laws 5 years after effort to limit such business</a>  Associated Press   ...Payday lenders targeted by Ohio legislation that banned short-term, high-cost loans five years ago are skirting that crackdown by offering high-interest loans under other laws...<br /><a href="http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/08/07/new-wisconsin-voting-bills-target-elderly-early-voters/" rel="nofollow">In a state with high voter turnout, a GOP bill targets elderly, early voting</a>  MSNBC   ...While voting rights advocates have zeroed in on North Carolina where the governor is getting ready to sign a controversial <a href="http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/07/25/north-carolina-green-lights-restrictive-voting-law/" rel="nofollow">voting law</a>, Republicans in Wisconsin are readying their own voting overhaul...

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Oxford deputies to vote on joining the Teamsters Union   Oxford Hills Sun Journal   ...Oxford County Sheriff's deputies in Maine are set...

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my hydrangeas need help

Gardeners, l need your sage advice. I think the soil in my front beds is...unsavory. And I don't know why.<br /><br />Let's take a walk outside and I'll show you.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFL2SXBP_QBeGTNg4hfe7s6zrhlB5pbyo5HcqkYk_MGSQ-mnc17d4Hp8c2RJ_Qwo8cHLmB0rUino4l2co1hp0KG_pvVmMQ5_5FsfVGPkHmDjHSX_ttx7gxRZcOd-cZe19TLLGAuXpJnzaH/s1600/ExteriorNew.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFL2SXBP_QBeGTNg4hfe7s6zrhlB5pbyo5HcqkYk_MGSQ-mnc17d4Hp8c2RJ_Qwo8cHLmB0rUino4l2co1hp0KG_pvVmMQ5_5FsfVGPkHmDjHSX_ttx7gxRZcOd-cZe19TLLGAuXpJnzaH/s640/ExteriorNew.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I used to have nice healthy plants.  We planted all of this our first spring in the house (7 years ago) and  for a long time they grew like champions. (tear)<br /><br />We always had a problem with that big bush on the far left - it would start to die, we'd transplant the half dead bush to the backyard and replace it with something new. The new bush would be fine and the half dead bush would perk right up and grow like crazy in the back. Very weird.<br /><br />Then last summer we had a wicked drought and a crazy number of days of 100+ temps. All my bushes started to look a bit sad and I tried my best to keep them watered and happy but they went down hill fast. By the end of the summer there were firewood.<br /><br />We dug them up, had a moment of silence to honor their years of service and waited for spring to plant something new.<br /><br />I planted some lovely hydrangeas and for most of the summer they did pretty well. They didn't flourish as I had hoped but they were happy, alive and blooming. All you can ask for with a first year planting.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_ixtzd62GGIXceeQa4KdZAX5a6fisI3COPtGChPOI1vmGUiReUGzuvF8i-VDKMZtiXxwBOa2YU3Pj9HJImJmdmhlymmHS1VhIVVlMfV-032yICCBjXFcKabkcC1FDGJaXO9UARSAxchN/s1600/deadhydrengea2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_ixtzd62GGIXceeQa4KdZAX5a6fisI3COPtGChPOI1vmGUiReUGzuvF8i-VDKMZtiXxwBOa2YU3Pj9HJImJmdmhlymmHS1VhIVVlMfV-032yICCBjXFcKabkcC1FDGJaXO9UARSAxchN/s400/deadhydrengea2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Then I came home from vacation to see this. Not good people.<br /><br />They were starting to look a little funny right before we left but I thought they would hang in there. Our dear house sitter did her best to keep them watered but these suckers look worse than Amanda Bynes.  Look at that poor little thing, you can hardly tell it was even a hydrangea plant at one time.<br /><br />What's weird is that they still have lots of green leaves on them. It's almost like they were burned or something? I have no idea what has happened to them or what to do. Gardening is not my strong suit and I can ill afford to have this yard looking like poo. Some things are going down at Chez Baumgartner and dead plants are not apart of the plan.<br /><br />Any ideas? Are they salvageable? Anyone?

my hydrangeas need help

Gardeners, l need your sage advice. I think the soil in my front beds is...unsavory. And I don't know why. Let's take a walk outside...

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Green Machine- Intelligent Robot for Recycling Waste

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZzJJIl0ejMtY6X_vW8iH9Ytok0rw4IUYMBTBbq7F_RfQ08HarGcWT63lt78vrEBCof9VJLzcFLJivPo_o1hGFeL5ngSWCXeMOoiUeskpXrBaoyB5CgEg5S3TMnjNc041RvBgDMZSNZfO/s1600/130604155853-the-zrr-recycling-robot-horizontal-gallery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZzJJIl0ejMtY6X_vW8iH9Ytok0rw4IUYMBTBbq7F_RfQ08HarGcWT63lt78vrEBCof9VJLzcFLJivPo_o1hGFeL5ngSWCXeMOoiUeskpXrBaoyB5CgEg5S3TMnjNc041RvBgDMZSNZfO/s1600/130604155853-the-zrr-recycling-robot-horizontal-gallery.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />According to Finnish Technology company ZenRobotics, A robotic recycling system could help in eliminating global waste problem.<br /><br />The ZenRobotics Recycler (ZRR) is an intelligent robotic system which separates  construction materials on a conveyer belt, plucks out recycle materials and deposits them in bins for collection. The system is designed to replace manual sorting, which is dangerous and more expensive.<br /><br />The construction and demolition sector contributes over one third of all waste. The U.S. alone contributes 325 million tons of waste every year, and the UK produces around 120 million tons waste. A not-for-profit sustainability organization based in UK suggests that over 80% of all human waste that can be recycled currently falls in landfill.<br /><br />ZenRobotics founder Jufo Peltomaa says that: "In the EU alone there's 900 million tons of construction and demolition waste. If we were to convert that to the average sized car, then the queue would go 45 times around the globe.<br /><br />The ZRR identifies different types of waste using a process called "sensor fusion".  By analysing the data, the sensors sort through objects on a conveyor belt and distribute them into surrounding chutes. The sensor fusion system  uses advanced technologies including weight measurement, 3-D scanning, tactile assessment and spectrometer analysis, which measures how much light reflects from various different materials.<br /><br />Peltomaa says- "Currently construction and demolition waste is handled by manual pickers that is good but hazardous for the health. there are many poisonous materials, sharp and heavy materials, plus asbestos etc. in that waste".<br /><br />ZenRobotics believes that its creation will help and ease the burden of the repetitive and dangerous job of waste filtration, which is currently done manually.<br /><br /> The ZRR's sensor fusion system works through a complex analysis procedure conducted once items are put into the conveyer belt. The system's sensors gather data, and is sent across to the bespoke artificial intelligence system, christened by the team as the "ZenRobotics Brain".<br /><br />The brain assesses each object's material (wood, metal, stone, etc. ) and decides what to do with it. Commands are then given to the robotic arm, which picks up the objects and deposits them in the appropriate bin.<br /><br />Renowned industrial designer Stefan Lindfors believes that robot could contribute to global efforts to improve recycling, but the real problem is something significantly more fundamental: "there should be less waste for us to have to sort to begin with."<br /><br /><br /></div>

Green Machine- Intelligent Robot for Recycling Waste

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font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style><![endif]--> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpB_6dGU3NCNPsWzgX6ci7-6hu449OEkGOulIdXTaa_y7PImFcPp6c63juBj8mm6f9NiWst7QpJ4VpYOmgtFXH9-fClJ3HWShFjddBnvNbgPY3CEBDmaz1MjHJCIg1WzKwzRNbT07iuEHs/s1600/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpB_6dGU3NCNPsWzgX6ci7-6hu449OEkGOulIdXTaa_y7PImFcPp6c63juBj8mm6f9NiWst7QpJ4VpYOmgtFXH9-fClJ3HWShFjddBnvNbgPY3CEBDmaz1MjHJCIg1WzKwzRNbT07iuEHs/s320/phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpg.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">DUPONT BETS ON AFRICA’S GLOBAL FOOD ROLE WITH PANNAR SEED DEAL</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">By Shannon Sherry via BDLive </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MULTINATIONAL DuPont’s acquisition of a majority stake in SOUTH AFRICA’S Pannar Seed signals the increasing pace of the new race for AFRICA as the continent’s role in feeding a global population of more than 9-billion by 2050 becomes clear.</b></span></div><br /><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"><div style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Background Information: </span></b></div><div style="border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><b><span style="color: blue;">OUT OF AFRICA ……AND BACK IN</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/africa-forgotten-and-underestimated.html"><span style="color: blue;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/africa-forgotten-and-underestimated.html</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></div></div><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AFRICA HAS BY FAR MOST OF THE WORLD’S UNUSED LAND AVAILABLE FOR AGRICULTURE</b>. </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In addition, as DuPont Pioneer president Paul Schickler put it: "AFRICA represents a significant opportunity for improved productivity. AFRICA is the new frontier, with 1-billion people to be added to its population by 2050, an expanding middle class and natural assets such as soil and climate."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">AFRICAN average grain yields are less than two tonnes a hectare, "about one third of what is achieved in other developing regions and only one fifth of yields in developed countries. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">With 35-million hectares available</b> for maize production, AFRICA represents a significant opportunity for improved productivity."</div><div style="text-align: justify;">DuPont Pioneer is a subsidiary of DuPont and the world’s leading developer and supplier of plant genetics. It provides agronomic support and services to farmers seeking to raise productivity and profitability.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdnrBY3J_FfmrMImRLAPIG1k6xn_ATFjhEGENNvS-C0Z0oeRlhKAm6W-77qap2Br_rxWn6Kv0nu2Dy1mML_ciBcArQr12C9yCF2pv4laQT7MsuFlukSdmt9I0IW99-hZ7JRR_NP3AX5Y-G/s1600/africa-photo_pannar3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdnrBY3J_FfmrMImRLAPIG1k6xn_ATFjhEGENNvS-C0Z0oeRlhKAm6W-77qap2Br_rxWn6Kv0nu2Dy1mML_ciBcArQr12C9yCF2pv4laQT7MsuFlukSdmt9I0IW99-hZ7JRR_NP3AX5Y-G/s400/africa-photo_pannar3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Greytown-based Pannar Seed is one of AFRICA’S largest seed breeders, producers and suppliers with operations in nine countries on the continent. The cost of the acquisition has not been disclosed but Mr Schickler said it was "one of the biggest transactions in DuPont’s history and the biggest" it has made in AFRICA.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The deal follows on a joint venture announced in September 2011 between leading SOUTH AFRICAN agribusiness Senwes and Bunge EUROPE, one of the world’s "big four" food companies, to develop grain and oilseed operations in SOUTH AFRICA for the domestic market and export to the rest of AFRICA.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In a joint statement Pioneer and Pannar said they "are partnering to increase the scope of research and innovation in the AFRICAN seed industry, bringing farmers in SOUTH AFRICA and throughout the continent more product choices and better products, faster and more efficiently than either … could do on its own."</div><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA</b></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To this end Mr Schickler announced Pioneer’s investment of R62m in a "world-class" technology hub to serve the region. It is similar to the company’s facilities in BRAZIL, INDIA and CHINA and will consist of a network of research and testing facilities across the continent, with its centre at Delmas.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is just the seventh centre of this kind in the world — three are in the US. Mr Schickler said he saw South Africa as a "significant contributor to food security in AFRICA and other export markets". He was excited about merging the "unique and distinct germplasms" and characteristics of "subtropical" SOUTH AFRICAN and "temperate" NORTH AMERICAN maize. "The two germplasm pools together can develop more than either on its own. The breeding systems are advanced and can only be brought to market with a global partner," Mr Schickler said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NEW TECHNOLOGY WILL LEAD TO JOB LOSES ON FARMS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN</b></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Pannar’s small and unprofitable but important wheat-breeding programme will be continued. "Pioneer has a similar programme and we see this as a great opportunity to make a more successful business out of wheat," he said.SOUTH AFRICA is a net importer of wheat and local farmers struggle to make wheat growing profitable. Last year SOUTH AFRICAN farmers planted the smallest area of wheat in more than 100 years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mr Schickler said although the increasing use of technology will lead to job losses on farms — SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN countries employ vast numbers in agriculture, in contrast to modern agricultural economies such as the US and BRAZIL — he is confident that "a whole set of new employment opportunities" will be created in a plethora of related industries, including banks, transport and all sorts of agribusinesses.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYV8Vymd3EgN8O-DBjAjYWP7zdWN5TZgZvBhhBJWZcmYhlrkh7tmZIcDSMRYtOQ-E49WHxyqPhmHX_5CIvkr1GAHuj29A3M9zftt1tJMPUffxlAFnG36E83TnUpBd5F6mj7uSc8fA5zFY/s1600/agriculture-africa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYV8Vymd3EgN8O-DBjAjYWP7zdWN5TZgZvBhhBJWZcmYhlrkh7tmZIcDSMRYtOQ-E49WHxyqPhmHX_5CIvkr1GAHuj29A3M9zftt1tJMPUffxlAFnG36E83TnUpBd5F6mj7uSc8fA5zFY/s1600/agriculture-africa.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"These jobs are admittedly not for unskilled labour, but we are also looking forward to playing a role in improving education through partnerships with NGOs, governments and academic institutions."</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He pointed to a $20m agreement with the Limpopo provincial agriculture department to improve smallholder maize productivity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We believe the SOUTH AFRICAN smallholder farmer will play an increasingly crucial role in the nation’s food security and we aim to give them the tools and skills to do that through this effort," DuPont Pioneer director for AFRICA Pamela Chitenhe said.</div><br />

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Elysium: District 10?

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>Elysium</i> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>(2013) • <a href="http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/elysium/" style="color: #27a9c5; text-decoration: none;">View trailer</a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>3.5 stars. Rating: R, for profanity, gore and strong bloody violence</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>By <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/12885694730612878577" style="color: #27a9c5; text-decoration: none;">Derrick Bang</a></b></span></b></span></span></span><br /><br /> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Based on the evidence thus far, filmmaker Neill Blomkamp has only one story to tell.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Elysium</span></i><span style="font-weight: normal;"> feels much like his previous film, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://derrickbang.blogspot.com/2009/08/district-9-enthusiastic-10.html">District 9</a></i>, writ larger: another saga of oppressed “aliens” seeking a way to rebel against their cruel and privileged overlords. The setting and opposing teams have changed slightly, and Blomkamp clearly has a bigger budget this time at bat, but the key plot points are essentially the same; even the hardware and weaponry look familiar.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6cn8Ok9CVI7HtLVOOe37VNtYP6oUKS-u6M5XChLzu0jhsHbsMU6YKb6RvOuwISWmRHu4Mz58v3XiXFQK3mhoGNI2ghh7wI8-XuHcFQMW96HFaAl7OtZwOOus6Haf2lC1jGHAay5u1UqM/s1600/Elysium+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6cn8Ok9CVI7HtLVOOe37VNtYP6oUKS-u6M5XChLzu0jhsHbsMU6YKb6RvOuwISWmRHu4Mz58v3XiXFQK3mhoGNI2ghh7wI8-XuHcFQMW96HFaAl7OtZwOOus6Haf2lC1jGHAay5u1UqM/s400/Elysium+blog.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">His impulsive plans having failed yet again, Max (Matt Damon) finds himself trapped on<br />a medical table, while the coldly arrogant Delacourt (Jodie Foster) orders some<br />purloined computer data stripped from his brain ... not at all bothered by the fact that<br />this process will kill him.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That said, political oppression has been a big-screen sci-fi staple going all the way back to 1927’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Metropolis</i>, and it often produces great drama. So we can forgive Blomkamp the familiarity ... this time. (He would be wise, however, to move in a different direction henceforth.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The South African-born filmmaker has a solid eye and ear for social strife — no surprise, given his homeland — which contributed, in great part, to the narrative power of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">District 9</i>. Now embraced by the seductive lure of Hollywood, Blomkamp has turned his disapproving eye on the United States, and its dysfunctional immigration policy; the results aren’t likely to be embraced by red staters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The year is 2154, and the entire Earth has become an environmental wasteland, ruined by industrial excess, land mismanagement, resource depletion and various other unchecked global horrors we currently practice, with no eye toward future consequences. Every country, in turn, has become part of a planetwide ghetto, the 99 percent left to scrabble and squabble among themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But not entirely. Movement and behavior are monitored by android peacekeepers that employ computer-chip tracking to maintain a veritable police state bereft of basic human decency. And humor: Just as it isn’t smart, in our here and now, to crack wise when stopped by a traffic cop, it is sheer folly to act smug with one of these gun-toting “law officers.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">George Orwell’s influence weighs heavily, and his vision has come to pass: Big Brother really <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is</i> watching, and doing so from a massive orbiting space station dubbed Elysium, where the very wealthy have fled in order to enjoy a life of pleasure and privilege among lush gardens and sparkling architecture. Automated med-bays can repair, reconstruct or eradicate anything, from broken bones to cancer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Blomkamp knows his science-fiction, Elysium being a verdant cross between the domed forests of 1972’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Silent Running</i>, and the technological wonders of Larry Niven’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ringworld</i>novels.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><a name='more'></a><br /> <div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Travel takes place between Elysium and the surface, but only under carefully monitored conditions, and only involving the elite. One such individual is John Carlyle (William Fichtner), who supervises a massive industrial plant in the Spanish-speaking wasteland of greater Los Angeles. His employees include Max (Matt Damon), an orphan who grew up tough, flirted with car theft and other minor crimes, and now is trying to stay out of prison.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Desperate civilians, many of them ill and injured, routinely attempt to reach Elysium’s life-restoring embrace in shuttles stolen by Spider (Wagner Moura), a revolutionary-cum-human trafficker who knows Max from back in the day. It’s a perilous trip, particularly since Elysium’s Secretary of Defense — Jodie Foster, as Delacourt — deals with such incursions by blasting the shuttles out of the sky.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Any allusion to desperate Mexican migrants attempting to crash American borders is, of course, completely intentional.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Max has two staunch friends, although both relationships are compromised. Julio (Diego Luna) is a buddy from Max’s larcenous past, the life he’s trying to leave behind. Frey (Alice Braga) is the girl who left Max behind; although inseparable as children, she grew up to become a nurse — a respected occupation, even in these harsh surroundings — and Max simply wasn’t part of that career path.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One horrific industrial accident later, everything changes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now having nothing to lose, Max must — simply <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">must</i> — get to Elysium. He allows Spider’s men to bolt him into a strengthening exo-skeleton, complete with a computer port wired directly into his brain: necessary in order to clone an Earthbound Elysium official’s all-important ID and tracking data. Indignant fury prompts Max to choose Carlyle as his target, little knowing that the industrial magnate and Delacourt have their own sinister plans for Elysium’s future.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Max gets far, far more than he bargained for, and suddenly is fleeing for his life: not only from every peacekeeping android in the city, but also from Kruger (Sharlto Copley), the psychopathic mercenary Delacourt has hired clandestinely, to do her Earthbound dirty work.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Copley will be remembered as the hapless protagonist of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">District 9</i>: the low-level office wonk suddenly beset by dangers he scarcely comprehended. That’s the role Damon plays here, his Max trying to survive from one moment to the next, and having absolutely no idea how to improve his chances, or deal with revelations beyond his understanding.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s a solid heroic archetype, and Damon plays it well, making Max an essentially noble blue-collar type turned reluctant warrior. He’s certainly no superhero, even when outfitted with the exo-skeleton; he remains vulnerable, and we feel every trauma inflicted upon his increasingly scarred body.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Foster’s Delacourt is a chill piece of work: refined and elegant in the public eye — goodness, she even speaks <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">French</i> — and coldly ruthless behind the scenes. She’s every bit as evil as the feral Kruger; the only difference is that she can “pass” for gracious, when necessary, whereas he’s a berserker monster. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To my knowledge, Foster hasn’t played any outright villains until now; she does so here with considerable panache, every inch a conniving, soulless Lucrezia Borgia. She’s well-matched by Copley, whose Kruger is the stuff of nightmares: a sarcastic maniac who taunts his victims to their deaths, his heavy Afrikaner accent somehow making him even scarier.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fichtner is equally lethal, but in the calm, unruffled manner of a Gestapo general blandly sending another trainload of Jews into the ovens; human life simply has no value in Carlyle’s eyes. Luna, alternatively, deftly makes Julio the best of all possible loyal comrades.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Braga is every inch the woman worth fighting for, particularly when Frey is revealed to have a young daughter (Emma Tremblay) who is dying of leukemia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the other end of the acting spectrum, Moura badly overplays the excitable Spider, making him more of a cartoon than a plausible character. Granted, Copley’s Kruger is a similar exaggeration, but we accept that in a heinous villain. It’s harder to get a bead on Spider, whose emotions swing as wildly as his motives ... and, let’s just say, he’s got impressive hacking skills.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Blomkamp and his editors — Julian Clarke and Lee Smith — move the story along at an impressive clip; this is a fast-paced 109 minutes, which helps build tension and excitement. But those who remember <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">District 9</i> definitely will experience <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">déjà vu</i>: in the broader sense, in terms of how the first act progresses to the second, and then the third; and also with respect to details such as Max’s exo-skeleton and the body-shattering weapons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And, as with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">District 9</i>, the action here is very, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">very</i> gory.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Production designer Philip Ivey does superlative work in contrasting Elysium’s pampered “haves” with the have-nots left on Earth. Establishing shots in Mexico’s poorest communities echo the Johannesburg slums of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">District 9</i>, whereas Vancouver’s lush suburbs double for Elysium. Special-effects coordinator Cameron Waldbauer does wonders with Elysium’s massive, wheel-shaped interior: a realized architectural miracle on par with the imaginative vistas within <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://derrickbang.blogspot.com/2010/07/inception-bad-dream.html">Inception</a></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would like to know, however, how Elysium retains its essential atmosphere, since visiting ships simply “slip inside” the wheel, with no need for airlocks or similar details.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ultimately, Blomkamp’s scripted reach badly exceeds his grasp; he builds to a fairy-tale climax that’s simply absurd, raising far too many fresh questions that can’t possibly be answered. In that respect, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">District 9</i> was tighter, better plotted and more satisfying, its resolution completely reasonable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So while <i>Elysium</i> certainly doesn’t represent a sophomore slump, I hope Blomkamp has gotten this particular socio-political harangue out of his system, and can move on to something fresher next time.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><!--EndFragment-->

2013 action Alice Braga Diego Luna Emma Tremblay Jodie Foster Matt Damon Neill Blomkamp Sci-Fi Sharlto Copley Wagner Moura William Fichtner Elysium: District 10?

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Simmtronics launched its Sleek and Stylish Tablet XPAD Mini: Made-in-India Device.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Indian manufacturer group Simmtronics Semiconductor step in market with its first home made tablet. The name assign to device is Xpad Mini. Simmtronics Semiconductor designed this to aim the commercial buyer. Two tablets “Xpad-XQ1” and “Xpad X-72” of same corporation, are also running successfully in market.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Xpad mini tablet is running on Android4.2 (Jelly Bean) and powered by Quad-Core 1.0GHz (4 Core @1 GHz) processor. The IPS screen can play full HD song videos of resolution 1920-by-1080 with support of HDMI, so you can share your photos and videos on a display of PC or TV. The design and manufacturing of this device has completed in India. For capture the picture 5MP rear and 2MP front camera is provided by Simmtronics in the tablet. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6ePzdTLxU_c/UgSUeBUu98I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/yhD23GJonl8/s1600/XpadMini.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6ePzdTLxU_c/UgSUeBUu98I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/yhD23GJonl8/s1600/XpadMini.jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">source:times of india</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> According to Mr. Indrajit Sabharwal, Managing Director, Simmtronics Semiconductor Ltd. “<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We are very enthralled with the introduction of this new tablet, which is especially designed for corporate. The newly launched intricately designed XPAD Mini, with a 3G support is a smarter adaptation of other designed technical models containing Business Suite. This customized tab is designed for corporate and is enriched with a quad-core processor</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">.”<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.45pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">You will find a plenty of apps in this tablet like Web Browser, Super-HD Player, Music, , Skype, Gtalk, Latitude, Maps Calculator, Email, Gmail, Calendar, Play Store, PDF File viewer, Documents To Go, Sound Recorder, Messaging, People, Phone, one browser, Stick cricket, Bigflix, 3D Gallery, Clock, YouTube, Camera. </span><span style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mr. Indrajit not forgets to add that “I am sure; this device will enrich user’s experience with its great technology and features”. All this you can get in just under ten thousand. The other technical specifications are written below.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Storage space</strong>: RAM 1GB DDR3 with Internal NAND flash 8GB with 32GB expandable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Connectivity</strong>: 3G Support, USB Dongle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Camera</strong>: 5MP rear, 2MP front.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Battery</strong>: 3.7V/4000 mAh.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Display</strong>: 7.85” IPS screen with touch panel.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Image format</strong>: JPG, JPEG, BMP, PNG.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Price</strong>: Rs. 9,999.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/100638775997274345522" rel="author">Anil Swami</a></div></div>

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Pre-Installed eBook Store App on All Upcoming Windows Phones and iOS Tablets

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Flipkart is an Indian e-commerce company focused on online sales of books, electronics goods, healthcare, movies & music and other type of products. It provides some path-breaking services like COD, 30-day replacement policy, EMI options and the great prices of the products.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwmfTVuKUqi5P_64TipkiVIPwPxV5twrLjGjdoqloFp7YXKKd4xM7QU7dKV4wxmlgTQMiSL4xcz8k09G2tkaY2A219AYBd5wnEeA0O6cNP5uhg3O4rG0aeyjaeKIEBfDIUzJiejE2lU4/s1600/flipkart-ebooks+store.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Flipkart launches its eBook store in Windows phone and iOS phones" border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwmfTVuKUqi5P_64TipkiVIPwPxV5twrLjGjdoqloFp7YXKKd4xM7QU7dKV4wxmlgTQMiSL4xcz8k09G2tkaY2A219AYBd5wnEeA0O6cNP5uhg3O4rG0aeyjaeKIEBfDIUzJiejE2lU4/s1600/flipkart-ebooks+store.jpg" title="" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">source: ndtvGadgets</td></tr></tbody></table>Flipkart had provided its eBooks store with an Android app in November 2012 through which Android users can easily view or purchase eBooks from the Flipkart store. Widening its scope, Flipkart has now provided its eBooks store for other platforms like iOS, Windows Phone. Respective users can download and install this freely available app from these app stores.<br /><br />“Flipkart is a clear leader in the Indian books market with 40-45 percent share of the organized books market in India. Providing seamless content, regardless of platforms, will be a big part of our strategy to further strengthen this position and extent it to the digital space”: said by Ravi Vora, Senior Vice President – Marketing.<br /><br />According to the Head – Digital media, it is all about to make the things better and easier. He said that no matter the device the user use, our books titles are now accessible to all readers. Flipkart already have 2.5 lac titles on its site and aim to increase this to 10 lac by year-end. All the titles can now be read through any smartphone, tablet or PC.<br /><br />User are well known to Nokia in the sense of launching the Lumia series with Windows phone OS. All the new upcoming Nokia Lumia phones will launched with pre-installed eBook store app of Flipkart because Flipkart has tied up with Nokia. The store has also an option to read first 10 % of the book to decide whether to buy the Book or not.<br /><br />As in other reader applications user can bookmark pages, highlight the text and some new options like eBook recommendations, reading modes are also included in the app.</div>

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Lemon Herb Chicken Pasta Recipe

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal">Holaaaaaaaaa Foodies!! Chef Jayman here from Chez Jay’s Fine Dining Pub to share with y’all one of my favorite all time recipes. Tonight we’re serving <i><b>Lemon Herb Chicken with Whole Grain Pasta Noodles</b></i>. Let’s get right to it …. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">First thing you do is go to Walmart and cough up $1.25 for this cause walking around the place looking for all the ingredients is bullshit… <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8tVSTp1RXOwK3vgRTVgFKgCwdBtrGPAqTwHA86lOuDGcm7OKGz3BFyM8Z_oiDrGZcZQbYvqwmVZjMxqn0FZuRD_gVdQpA5dtnl5PpW-0rACiyoGEFSTtqz_AyswVM6FLdo0rEC_KgMc6/s1600/chicken+Helper.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8tVSTp1RXOwK3vgRTVgFKgCwdBtrGPAqTwHA86lOuDGcm7OKGz3BFyM8Z_oiDrGZcZQbYvqwmVZjMxqn0FZuRD_gVdQpA5dtnl5PpW-0rACiyoGEFSTtqz_AyswVM6FLdo0rEC_KgMc6/s320/chicken+Helper.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">You already have the chicken tenders in your freezer, right? I mean seriously, who doesn’t have frozen boneless, skinless chicken tenders in their freezer at all times? Anyway, put two tablespoons of butter in a medium hot skillet and let it melt. Then put about one pound of chicken tenders in the pan to cook in the butter. Put a lid on it so you can keep the chicken moist. Once the chicken is thawed, you then pour some of the seasoning over the chicken, turn them over, pour the rest of the seasoning on them and cook them all the way through. Don’t be shy about throwing some more butter in there either if needed. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNgX95HdG7H3f6ELdxJKXPWeehoTSCHtGbj5NZToBN6RF1oJopyg2u9lC4H5q9RFec2MA0VFcS_RUlu5G7OL7WISOZFXA0JX8zXov4DGsSD9VrXSNrLlmn3hgZhFrslOndagXPzFITXVCx/s1600/chicken.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNgX95HdG7H3f6ELdxJKXPWeehoTSCHtGbj5NZToBN6RF1oJopyg2u9lC4H5q9RFec2MA0VFcS_RUlu5G7OL7WISOZFXA0JX8zXov4DGsSD9VrXSNrLlmn3hgZhFrslOndagXPzFITXVCx/s320/chicken.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">If you thought ahead you could cut up your tenders, throw them in a bowl and pour the seasoning over them and mix it all up and rub the seasoning in. PLEASE WEAR FOOD SAFE GLOVES IF YOU DO THIS. *shudder* <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Okay, while that’s happening pour two cups of water in a pot and bring it to a boil. Then toss in the packet of pasta and dried up nasty-ass peas and carrots. Once the chicken is done, cut it up and add it to the pot with the pasta and maybe scrape up as much as the seasoning in the pan you cooked the chicken in at too high a temperature and add it too. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsGLTrwwEItycMgguDtGJwzNeRfQxhWSnGGCHqySjQhg9TK0mnBRFd0Vws-huT0eiArMJogvGSiGWq4PiWX9s-HZml0pwevxbdGHNMuXnbR7p70obLkBAs03-yus3trpddPKofrUkAw-S/s1600/Helper+Done.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsGLTrwwEItycMgguDtGJwzNeRfQxhWSnGGCHqySjQhg9TK0mnBRFd0Vws-huT0eiArMJogvGSiGWq4PiWX9s-HZml0pwevxbdGHNMuXnbR7p70obLkBAs03-yus3trpddPKofrUkAw-S/s320/Helper+Done.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Once the pasta is nice and tender and ready, sprinkle in the glaze making sure you cover the entire pot with it. Don’t stir it in just let it simmer with a lid on the pot for five minutes or so until everything is really thick. Don’t burn it man! Once it’s all congealed (gross right?) it’s ready to be plated. Be sure to forget to take the pic when you first put it on your plate and have to take a more artistic one with just a few bites left. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5xvV1ddbrJf8Zg_X29gbC6hJJM-DySe3VTL93PXi2-uzP2mnEXeF6BJfsbIcY4ESA0KkJhCUhnUWk8qppquo92uKnsPZkYEhk067hOIWq4B2t1tVnSX51OuzriStN-qWM119ozH40Xom/s1600/Lemon+Herb+Chicken.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5xvV1ddbrJf8Zg_X29gbC6hJJM-DySe3VTL93PXi2-uzP2mnEXeF6BJfsbIcY4ESA0KkJhCUhnUWk8qppquo92uKnsPZkYEhk067hOIWq4B2t1tVnSX51OuzriStN-qWM119ozH40Xom/s320/Lemon+Herb+Chicken.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">If you like, you can have a few croissants. <i><b>PRO TIP:</b></i> Turn your croissants upside down to butter them. It’s much easier to spread the butter on the flat smooth bottom. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOZkN9XeE_AKVH8d6zAyJuNMSVWomZVgWLt3KKhJVpO4eAhfaZNtFFLNhtr10drxxsbDjfDbzaq8vU36-hrYQVbwIitAOB43tmrfP-MxEWoRNZqBPbW9RPAZVNVlac-QmZ7FYXOaj4VI7/s1600/Croissants.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOZkN9XeE_AKVH8d6zAyJuNMSVWomZVgWLt3KKhJVpO4eAhfaZNtFFLNhtr10drxxsbDjfDbzaq8vU36-hrYQVbwIitAOB43tmrfP-MxEWoRNZqBPbW9RPAZVNVlac-QmZ7FYXOaj4VI7/s320/Croissants.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Okay, there you have it. Chez Jay’s <i><b>Lemon Herb Chicken with Whole Grain Pasta</b></i>! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Oh! I almost forgot. For dessert I recommend Yarnell’s Lemon Ice Box Pie Ice Cream. Deeeeeee-Licious! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQAhhDljD0RH7VzGwjMy3V2Dq02EAH86gM2ZzQyzjr-VwXNGmaz8l_0coobcacKMG8PHojryNyJ_vAn5mIIX6MHDip83doy7M11Y2QKBYAbt0bgRIj03nFAg_1AxxJSLit9N_0Lm7JWwC/s1600/Lemon+Box+Pie+Ice+Cream.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQAhhDljD0RH7VzGwjMy3V2Dq02EAH86gM2ZzQyzjr-VwXNGmaz8l_0coobcacKMG8PHojryNyJ_vAn5mIIX6MHDip83doy7M11Y2QKBYAbt0bgRIj03nFAg_1AxxJSLit9N_0Lm7JWwC/s1600/Lemon+Box+Pie+Ice+Cream.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Bon Appetit! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/jayman68">Facebook.com/Jayman68</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws">@Jayman_IWS</a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>Be sure to check out the I’m With Stupid podcast! 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Lemon Herb Chicken Pasta Recipe

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