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  "FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE" INS TEG- THE STEALTH FRIGATE HELLO FRIENDS GOOD NEWS TO ALL INDIAN CITIZENS AND SAILORS!.. ANOTHER LANDMARK IN THE HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVY.WELL OUR NAVY IS BEING STRENGTHENED ALONG WITH INDO-RUSSIA TIES.  A NEW STEALTH FRIGATE NAMED  INS TEG  A TALWAR CLASS WARSHIP HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE INDIAN NAVAL FLEET ON FRIDAY- 27/04/2012. INS TEG WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE VICE -ADMIRAL OF THE SOUTHERN NAVAL COMMAND  K N SUSHIL  AND WAS FLAGGED OFF AT YANTAR SHIPYARD, KALINGRAD, RUSSIA. THE FORMIDABLE WARSHIP IS OF CONTEMPORARY DESIGN AND IT " has been built to meet the specific command and control needs of the NAVY for coordinated surface,air, underwater mission." INS TEG MIS SI LES :  LENGTH OF THE SHIP:125 METRES GROSS TONNAGE: 4000 GT POWER: GAS TURBINE PROPULSION SPEED: 30 KNOTS IT CONSISTS OF THE BRAH-MOS SURFACE TO SURFACE MISSILE SYSTEM ALONG WITH A MODERN SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE SYSTEM. IT ALSO CONSISTS OF 100 MM MEDIUM RANGE GUN...

  In the last post I listed some of the herbaceous and small woody native plants that I have been using as ground covers. Sometimes you want that grassy look. There are a number of options for low maintenance grasses as alternatives to the  Non-Native  Kentucky Blue Grass and Perennial Ryes commonly used in residential lawn grasses. One option to the conventional lawn is the use of fine fescue grasses.  These have a silkier appearance and tend to be a lighter shade of green than KBG.  Two commercially available seed mixes based on blends of fine fescue grasses are ‘No-Mow’ Mix from  Prairie Nursery  and Eco-Lawn from  Wildflower Farm . These mixes contain a blend of creeping and clumping fescues, some of which are native to North America, which will tolerate a range moisture and light of conditions. Lawns of these grasses are reported to require very little mowing (1-4 times/year), little additional water and no fertilization. Another option ...