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After reviewing Ubuntu a few days ago, I thought I would give the 64 bit version of Fedora 12 a go, just as a comparisim before I decide on my preferred Distro.
Fedora 12 is based on the same Linux Kernel and GNOME desktop based system you get with Ubuntu, some of the visualisations are different and work in a different manner, but the concepts are the same.
My First Impressions are, Fedora is not a simple beast to install compared to Ubuntu! You do get install options based on "Roles" but you also get the ability to customise the install based on millions of packages available on the Install CD and the Web, this maybe a bit too complex for the end user. To compare, Install probably took slightly longer than Ubuntu.
Interestingly enough, bearing in Mind Fedora is based on the same Linux Kernel as Ubuntu, boot times were slower.. It took Longer than Ubuntu, and lacked the finese of Ubuntu. Fedora also contains some of the applications available in Ubuntu, such as OpenOffice, Firefox & Thunderbird, but it lacks the range of applications that Ubuntu "Preinstalls" by default, primarily games.
Fedora had no problem detecting my hardware again (Canon printer/Webcam/Sound etc), but it was unable to detect and install an accelerated 3d driver for my Nvidia graphics card, the instructions provided on the web were very complex and not friendly for the end user. I did not attempt this and sadly Fedora has a black mark for not making it simple.
Fedora is also let down by the package manager, it simply is not friendly! It is very hard to search and locate software packages you would find for Ubuntu. I was unable to locate Virtualbox on the Fedora Package manager, It is available for download on Ubuntu. The Fedora Package Manager also gives the impression of giving you the raw data, rather than a user friendly version.
In addition I managed to Install WINE, the Windows Emulator on Fedora, but was unable to configure it, it would just keep crashing. Under Ubuntu, I managed to install, configure and run some Windows Games on the same version of WINE, with no problems at all, so I am baffled as to why it doesn't work here, sadly another negative.
In conclusion, I feel Fedora is for the more advanced user, it targets a different segment than Ubuntu, you have to do a lot more to setup your system than what you would do for Ubuntu, I will probably be switching back to Ubuntu on my system.
For those of you who have never heard of the Fedora Project before, it is basically a community off-shoot of Red Hat's Linux project 'Red Hat Enterprise Server'. Red Hat release all of their code as open source, and the Fedora team then re-builds it & brands it 'Fedora'.
What is this Linux thing anyway?.
Well, its a highly secure, virtually virus-proof, hacker resistant OS that is developed entirely as an 'Open Source' OS. In other words, it is written entirely by enthusiasts as a free-to-modify alternative to Windows.
It is also where programs such as Openoffice, The GIMP, Blender & Scribus all started-out.
Can I install it beside Windows?.
If you have a big-enough hard disc, then 'yes' you can install it beside Windows. It comes with a built-in partition management program that allows you to either shrink your current Windows partition, or use free unpartitioned space on your drive. However, be warned, RESIZING YOUR WINDOWS PARTITION MAY LEAD TO DATA LOSS, SO BACK-UP YOUR DRIVE FIRST.
So whats it like?
About as unlike Windows as you can get to be honest. It is built on Kernel 2.6, and has both the main gui's installed (Gnome & KDE), along with a few others.
I must admit that although I am a seasoned Linux user, Fedora 10 is quite unlike anything I have come across before. The desktop is completely devoid of icons, and the menu system is very strange indeed. Click on the 'f' button, and instead of a standard Windows-style menu, you are presented with a pop-up box. Along the bottom of which are various icons depicting the various types of 'sub-menu' such as 'Settings', 'Applications' & 'Most recent'.
As you move across these icons, relevent menu items appear above them, from these you can select a program to run or another sub-menu. I found that you really need to concentrate on your mouse actions, as I frequently found myself wandering across a nieghbouring icon and dropping into a completely different sub-menu instead of launching the program I actually wanted to.
The software package manager included is 'KPackageit', and unlike 'Synaptic', it really can handle a variety of file types. Not only that, but its a breeze to use. Just type in the name of the program you want to install, and then scroll down the list until you find the correct one, then click on the 'cross' & select 'ok'. The package manager will sort-out all the dependencies (all the other programs and modules that will need to be installed or upgraded) and download and install your chosen application.
I ran Fedora 10 with the KDE 4.1 desktop environment, and found it quite interesting to see just how much has changed from KDE 3.4. The whole think is smoother and sharper than before. It now looks more like a highly polished piece of work, and less like something from Windows 98.
Fedora, like almost all Linux distros, can read & write to Windows NTFS partitions, so accessing info from your XP/2k/Vista partition on a dual-boot system is easy. Also, as part of the user account setup, you can specify network login for use on a server environment.
Another feature is the ability to build your own distro. Once you have installed all the programs you are going to need, you can select the menu option to build a liveUSB image. And hey presto! you now have your own .iso image to burn to CD (with K3B) and give away to friends, distribute on the net etc.
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HOLIDAY — Sam and Mary Stucky were married for 65 years. People who knew them never saw one without the other. They did everything together — cooking, cleaning, puzzles, reading, going to church, to the store, to the doctor's office. So when news spread of their tragic deaths, those who loved them focused on the one good thing they could:
"We just thank the Lord they actually went together," the couple's son, Herb Stucky, said Thursday.
The previous morning his mother drove his father to New Port Richey for outpatient surgery on his finger. Sam Stucky was 88. Mary Stucky was 85. On their way back at about 11 a.m., something happened to cause their 2012 Ford Fusion to speed and swerve out of control through the entrance to their senior community, Tanglewood Mobile Village, off Moog Road in Holiday. Residents said the car seemed like it was going between 60 mph and 80 mph down Courtney Drive, and when it hit the curb of a cul-de-sac it sounded like an explosion. The car went airborne over a pond.
Charlene Williamson, 62, was about to get in the club's pool when she saw the car land nose first in the water. It overturned and sank.
"Those poor people," she said to herself. She screamed: "Help! Help!" She was the only one at the pool. She ran to the clubhouse and fell on the sidewalk and tore up her knees and sprained her wrist. She pounded on the door but no one was there. She ran to another house and got someone to call 911. By that time, other residents were gathering outside.
When two Pasco deputies arrived minutes later they saw a young man in the water, trying to get inside the car. There is a six-foot alligator who lives in the water and the bottom of the pond is thick with knee-deep muck. The water is black. The deputies — Cpl. Jesse Coker, 36, and Deputy David Pugh, 39 — jumped in and tried to break the windows with their batons. Nothing worked.
A firefighter showed up with a tool specifically used to shatter glass. They got one window open and felt a hand. Coker and the firefighter dragged Mary Stucky to the shore. She had a pulse and was taken to Community Hospital, but later died there.
Coker, Pugh and the firefighter kept diving under the water, breaking windows and reaching in the darkness but couldn't get to Sam Stucky. His body was found when the car was towed out of the pond.
The Florida Highway Patrol said Mary Stucky was the driver. Sgt. Steve Gaskins, FHP spokesman, said the investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing. Both bodies are with the medical examiner's office to determine cause of death.
"There was no water in her lungs," said Helen Kidder, 82, who has lived next door to the Stuckys for 16 years. She said the emergency room doctor told family members Mary Stucky likely had a heart attack behind the wheel.
"Her body gave out," said her son, Herb. His mother had been diagnosed with bone cancer about eight years earlier and had been fighting it with chemotherapy, but nine months ago the doctors said it wasn't working. She didn't want to do experimental treatments. She'd had enough. Herb Stucky and his sister, Carol Sinclair, worried about what would happen after their mother died. They didn't think their father could live for very long in a world that didn't have his wife in it.
"If there is anything good out of this — that was the best thing," said Wally Amspoker, 70, who has been the Stuckys' neighbor for 20 years.
The Stuckys were high school sweethearts in Michigan. He served in the Navy during World War II and worked as a plumbing and heating supplies salesman. Mary Stucky worked as a secretary after her children were grown. They moved to Holiday in 1987 to take care of Mary Stucky's mother, who lived to be 100. Herb Stucky, 65, said his parents were non-denominational Christian and their priorities in life were church and family. They had six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, all of whom they adored.
"They were old-fashioned from that standpoint," Herb Stucky said. "Everything revolved around family."
And they treated their friends and neighbors like family, too. Amspoker said the Stuckys were like a second set of parents to him. Even though both Sam and Mary Stucky were in pain — he had a terrible back, she was exhausted from her cancer, both used walkers — they still went out of their way to help people. They checked on Amspoker's house while he was gone. They made cakes and lemon curd for the neighborhood. They didn't like to ask for help. They never let their troubles alter their mood. They were sunny and warm and kind.
"They never complained," Amspoker said. "Never complained."
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In Tao, Osho takes listeners on an adventure into the world of Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Lieh Tzu, Ko Hsuan - the world of Taoism, one of the four major traditions of China. The 3000-year-old Taoist message of self-realization becomes alive as Osho recounts the stories of these Chinese mystics. Contrary to the laissez-faire going-with-the-flow perception of Taoism, Osho describes Tao in terms of freedom, anarchy, and chaos.
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Here's my personal top twenty list of films released in 2008:
1. The Dark Knight
2. Synecdoche, New York
4. The Wrestler
5. Låt den rätte komma in / Let the Right One In
6. Rachel Getting Married
7. 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile / 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days*
8. In Bruges
10. Gran Torino
11. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
13. Los Cronocrímenes / Timecrimes*
16. Paranoid Park
18. Iron Man
20. Tropic Thunder
*Originally released in 2007, but whatever. It's my list.
**TV movie I think, but again I say "whatever".
(I was going to write about what I liked about each of these movies but then I remembered it's Saturday and SUPERBLOG!!'s readership drops quite a bit during the weekend and nobody reads old posts (right?) so it's not worth the effort. Wait, that's insulting to the people actually reading this. Shit, I've failed again. Now I feel bad.)
If it seems like I left out some great movies (release list on Wikipedia), it is either because I haven't seen them yet (Burn After Reading? Vicky Cristina Barcelona?) or, more likely, because they actually suck and you just don't realize it (I told you about Billy Butt-Head and Slumdog). Or else, actually the most probable scenario, I kind of liked them but didn't really like them (Milk, Pineapple Express, Wendy and Lucy, many others).
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Here’s a chart for your review. I’ve never heard of CVR---I found them on a stock scan. From the company’s website
They are not one of the fertilizer names that you hear about.....might be an opportunity. I know that I'm looking.
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Levels of Deception written by Susan Schreyer is book 2 in the Thea Campbell Mystery Series. Once again we get to hang out with some of our favorite characters — Thea Campbell, our favorite accountant super sleuth; Paul Hudson, the resident hunky paleontologist and Thea’s love interest; Juliet, Thea’s prevaricating and spunky younger sister; Aunt Vi, the practical cooking aunt who believes Thea’s horse is psychic, and of course, Blackie, the intuitive Hanoverian gelding.
The story opens with Thea enjoying the blush of a new-ish romance. The object of her affections, Dr. Paul Hudson, is away in Montana on a field procedures class dig site. Thea is still in Washington in Snohomish when she gets an email from him asking for her help. Fossils have been stolen from his dig site and the site has been pretty much destroyed. In order to reformat the start of his class, he needs some pictures of fossils taken and emailed to him pronto. Things should be a piece of cake, but Thea hits a bit of a snag when some of the fossils on her list are mysteriously missing. Determined though she is to complete her task, the fossils are no where to be found, and when she goes back to Seattle and the Burke Museum for another foray, she arrives to discover that a dead body has been found in the archives building — the very place she needed to go. To make matters worse, Paul is under suspicion for the murder.
Yet try as Thea might not to get involved, she gets drawn into the mystery, and it becomes clear to her that if she doesn’t do something, things are going to go very badly for Paul. She devises a plan to help the man she loves, feeling that it is something she just simply must do. Only there is a problem with her plan, and that problem is Paul. He is determined to make sure she doesn’t put herself in danger again by playing detective, much to Thea’s dismay. And other than the dangers to her life, he proves to be the biggest obstacle in her bid to save him.
When circumstances make it necessary for her to leave Washington to join Paul in Montana at the dig site, things aren’t at all peachy. And just when you think Thea should be safe, we realize that danger has dogged her heels.
Amidst the flurry of visiting parents and a marriage to be planned, a mystery is a foot, and you just know that Thea will be unable to resist getting to the bottom of things. Despite the peril and jeopardy she faces, and the fact that her relationship could be destroyed as well, Thea will still do what she must to protect the man she loves.
This romantic whodunnit is filled with humor, witty dialogue, a dash of the paranormal, surprises, lessons in paleontology and riding, and of course a bit of horse talk and practicality that Susan Schreyer fans have come to love. There’s some shocking drama, family secrets and arguments that will make your head reel as much from astonishment as from hilarity. I laughed out loud more than a few times and found myself in a jaw dropping state a time or two and exclaiming OMG! Yet there are also moments of tenderness and familial loyalty that will make your eyes smart with emotion. The problems that Thea and Paul face will have you wondering if their relationship is strong enough to remain intact. It will also have you wondering about the age old question about trust and relationships.
Levels of Deception is a worthy follow up to Schreyer’s first novel and will leave you feeling eager to discover what is next on the horizon for super sleuth Thea Campbell.
Levels of Deception is available for download at Smashbooks.
Visit Susan Schreyer Mysteries at http://susanschreyer.com, Things I Learned From My Horse – blog http://thingsilearnedfrommyhorse.blogspot.com, and Writing Horses – blog http://writinghorses.blogspot.com. You can also follow her on Twitter @SusanSchreyer.Google+ | <urn:uuid:f72a1fe8-6981-4086-9105-887fb0c64344> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://thescribesdesk.com/friday-night-book-review-levels-of-deception-by-susan-schreyer/ | 2017-05-23T01:19:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607245.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170523005639-20170523025639-00561.warc.gz | en | 0.957502 | 876 | [
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It was 47 years ago, July 30, 1965 that the Medicare program was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. Today, nearly 50 million Americans rely on the program for their basic health care coverage.
See Also: Medicare Turns 47: A brief history of the program from Truman to today
As of 2011, over 791,000 Arizona seniors depend on Medicare, which means that 97% of all older people in the state are enrolled in the program.
Medicare, however, is facing challenges, even as more seniors enroll and rely on it for their health care needs. It’s projected that the Medicare trust fund will be depleted by 2024, at which time the program will no longer be able to pay all promised benefits.
“Americans have been paying into Medicare all their working lives with the promise of guaranteed health coverage when they retire,” said David Mitchell, AARP Arizona State Director. “For nearly 50 years, AARP has been committed to ensuring that Medicare continues to provide beneficiaries with access to affordable, high-quality health care while improving the program’s efficiency.”
Over the last several months, AARP has been taking the debate about the future of Medicare and Social Security out from behind closed doors in Washington by hosting a national conversation about strengthening the programs. The AARP effort is called You’ve Earned a Say.
“There’s no doubt that Medicare is the foundation of health security in retirement for most older Arizonans and Americans nationwide,” added Mitchell. “As it celebrates its 47th year, we need to make sure people are engaged in this national discussion to keep it strong for future generations.”
Find more information about AARP’s You’ve Earned a Say.
You can also visit the AARP Arizona Facebook page to keep up to date on the latest events and news from Arizona AARP.
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History 1971 - 1995
Europe's largest hose manufacturing facilities are set up at the Korbach plant. The entire hose production is transferred from Hanover to Korbach.
Continental launches the studless ContiContact winter tire.
Continental is the first manufacturer to supply the European automotive industry with extrusion-blow-molded polyurethane gaiters.
In Northeim, one of Europe's largest conveyor belt production lines comes on stream.
Purchase of Techno-Chemie, Frankfurt, one of Germany's leading hose couplers.
Takeover of the European tire operations of Uniroyal, Inc., USA, gives Continental a wider base in Europe (photo: Aachen plant).
Continental hydromounts - special bearing elements used in engines for damping vibrations and noise - are mass-produced for the automotive industry.
Takeover of the tire operations of the Austrian company Semperit.
Acquisition of the North American tire manufacturer General Tire, Inc. The company has been operating under the name of Continental Tire North America, Inc., since 2001.
A joint venture is set up together with the Portuguese company Mabor for the production of tires in Lousado. 1993 sees complete takover of the tire activities and of a factory producing textile cord.
The industrial products operations are reorganzied under the ContiTech umbrella brand.
With its ContiEcoContact tire, Continental is the first manufacturer to launch an environment-friendly passenger tire.
The majority holding in the Czech company Barum comprises a passenger and commercial vehicle tire plant in Otrokovice as well as a dealer organization with about 50 outlets.
Joint venture between ContiTech and the Slovakian company Vegum for the production of rubber extrusions for the European automotive industry. In 1996, the agreement is extended to include molded products.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is a simple camera which was aimed at the mass market. About 1.65 million were produced, more than all other Agfa box camera models combined.
The Agfa Clack played a central role in the 2013 novel, Klack, by German author Klaus Modick.
- Hans-Dieter Götz: Box Cameras Made in Germany. Wie die Deutschen fotografieren lernten, 160 Seiten, vfv Verlag für Foto, Film und Video, Gilching, 2002, ISBN 3-88955-131-9
- http://cameras.alfredklomp.com/clack/index.htm Information about Clack
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The Del-Com Foundation annually sponsors four fund-raising events.
The Taste of Del-Com Awards and Recognition Banquet is held each spring in the Delta High School auxiliary gym. Teacher grants and student scholarships are announced and distributed. Additionally, educators who will be added to the Honor an Educator Board are recognized. Tasty recipes are prepared by DelCom teachers and staff members, with guests voting for their favorites. The guest speaker for the 2017 Taste of DelCom will be Delta graduate Steve Orander, president of Sharp Business Systems of Indiana.
Our Annual Golf Outing is held each summer at the Albany Golf Club. Those who would like to get involved in the golf scramble can sponsor a team, sponsor a sign, donate a gift or merchandise for our raffle or auction, or can make a cash donation to offset expenses incurred by running the tournament.
The Honor an Educator Board is housed inside Delta High School and recognizes outstanding DelCom educators in a permanent memorial. Educators are recognized on four donation levels: Eagle, Gold, Blue and Honor. All funds raised go toward teacher grants, student scholarships, and improved technology to assist the DelCom community.
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Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata Plc (XTA.L,XSRAY.PK,XSRAF.PK), which is in deal to be merged with Swiss commodities trader Glencore International plc (GLEN.L,GLNCY.PK,GLCNF.PK), reported Tuesday a sharp decline in fiscal 2012 profit reflecting hefty impairment charges, lower commodity prices and copper volumes as well as ongoing cost inflation. The company also hiked its dividend, and said it sees a gradual global recovery in 2013.
Glencore's annual profit also plunged amid hefty impairment charges, and increased costs, despite revenue growth.
Xstrata and Glencore have also extended the longstop date for their proposed merger to April 16. The completion of the merger remains conditional upon regulatory approval in China and completion of the Xstrata court process.
In the year 2012, Xstrata's pre-tax profit plunged to $2.0 billion from prior year's $8.15 billion. The latest annual results were hurt by $2.6 billion of exceptional items, predominantly due to the impairment of assets.
Adjusted pre-tax profit, which excluded exceptional items, totaled $4.58 billion this year, down from $8.15 billion a year ago.
Attributable profit for the year plummeted 79 percent to $1.18 billion or $0.40 per share, while adjusted attributable profit dropped 37 percent to $3.65 billion or $1.24 per share.
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization or EBITDA, a key earnings metric, declined 30 percent year-over-year to $8.12 billion.
Annual revenues also fell 7 percent to $31.62 billion in 2012 from $33.88 billion in 2011.
In the year, total mined copper production fell 16 percent reflecting planned lower volumes due to the division's transition to new mines and expansions, together with production issues at Collahuasi. Meanwhile, total consolidated coal production grew 7 percent.
Realised Australian export thermal and coking coal prices fell 7 percent and 25 percent, respectively, and the average LME nickel price dropped 23 percent. After a strong start to 2012 for all commodities, the renewed turmoil in the eurozone, the Chinese economic slowdown and the dynamics of the US domestic coal market together negatively impacted commodity prices, the company said.
In the year, the emerging markets, such as China and India, were impacted by the fall in exports to the US and Europe as sovereign debt concerns in the Eurozone continued, while a second round of quantitative easing in the US failed to deliver meaningful growth.
Further, the company said its Directors have recommended the payment of a final dividend of 31.5 cents per share, bringing the dividend for 2012 to a total of 45.5 cents, a growth of 14 percent from last year.
Looking ahead, Xstrata Chief Executive Officer ML Davis said, "First evident in late 2012 and continuing into the early part of 2013, a gradual global recovery appears underway, particularly in China and the US. 2013 promises to deliver a further transformational expansion of our production capacity as our growth program nears completion. We plan to commission a number of new projects in 2013..."
In London, Xstrata shares are currently trading at 1,130.50 pence, up 31 pence or 2.82 percent.
by RTT Staff Writer
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After a state appeals court rejected a lawsuit over how Missouri obtains its lethal injection drug, plaintiffs are considering options.
Their suit claimed Missouri was breaking state and federal law by using an illegal prescription to access pentobarbital from a compounding pharmacy.
Attorney Justin Gelfand, who represents the plaintiffs, said the Department of Corrections is unlawfully using a copied version of the drug because its manufacturer won’t sell it for the purpose of executing people.
“They have no right to create an exact copy through compounding solely in an effort to violate state and federal law simply because they can’t get a copy of the real thing” said Gelfand.
The suit also claimed the state was using the drug without proper authorization because its physicians are given no discretion over whether or not to issue the prescription. Gelfand said “There are a number of laws, federal and state, including criminal statutes, prohibiting administering a drug without a proper prescription by a physician”.
Gelfand called the state’s procedure a sham. “The state of Missouri is violating state and federal law in how it executes inmates sentenced to death. Our hope is that the courts would stop the Department of Corrections from continuing to violate these laws using taxpayer dollars.”
Gelfand notes the suit was as much about public integrity as about the death penalty. The court thew out the lawsuit over a technicality, saying it failed to state a claim from which relief could be granted.
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The Hadoop 2.6 release contains a new feature that allows to launch Docker containers directly as YARN containers. Basically this solution let the developers package their applications and all of the dependencies into a Docker container in order to provide a consistent environment for execution and also provides isolation from other applications or softwares installed on host.
To launch YARN containers as Docker containers the DockerContainerExecutor and the Docker client needs to be set up in the
yarn-site.xml configuration file:
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As the documentations states the DockerContainerExecutor requires the Docker daemon to be running on the NodeManagers and the Docker client must be also available, but at SequenceIQ we have already packaged and running the whole Hadoop ecosystem into Docker containers and therefore we already have a Docker daemon and Docker client, the only problem is that they are outside of our Hadoop container and therefore the NodeManager or any other process running inside the container does not have access to them. In one of our earlier post we have considered to run Docker daemon inside Docker, but instead of running Docker in Docker it is much more simpler just to reuse the Docker daemon and Docker client what was used for launching the SequenceIQ containers.
Reuse of Docker daemon and client
The problem what needs to be solved is to connect to Docker daemon (running on host) from a process running inside the container. It is possible to make the Docker daemon to listen on a specific TCP port, but it is not recommended due to security reasons since exposing the port might allow other clients to connect it and accidentally start/stop containers or even gain root access to the host where the daemon is running. Luckily the Docker daemon can listen on Unix domain socket on
unix:///var/run/docker.sock to allow local connections and this can be mounted as Docker volume from the container.
For setting up the Docker client we also have multiple options, e.g. we can install it into the container or we can just mount the Docker client as a volume since it is just a single binary executable file.
These configuration has already been set up in the dce branch of hadoop-docker repository and also made available in the Docker Registry under the name sequenceiq/hadoop-docker:2.6.0-dce, therefore the command to try out the DockerContainerExecutor would look like this:
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From the first look this seems sufficient, but if you try to execute any Hadoop example it will fail, because the DockerContainerExecutor passes launch configuration and shares log files with YARN containers trough Docker volumes and in our configuration the Docker daemon is running outside of the sequenceiq/hadoop-docker container in other words it is not running on the same place where the NodeManager, therefore directories that are intended to be mounted as Docker volumes for YARN containers will not be there since the NodeManager is running inside a container and the directories are mounted from host. The workaround for this is to create the directories directly on host machine and mount them to sequenceiq/hadoop-docker container and the same directories will be mounted to YARN containers by DockerContainerExecutor.
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This is clearly a workaround and we are considering to create a patch for DockerContainerExecutor to make the volume sharing seamless by using Data Volume Container.
Starting a MapReduce Job
Starting a stock example also requires a few extra parameters like
yarn.app.mapreduce.am.env, since the DockerContainerExecutor needs to know which Docker container shall be executed as YARN container.
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As you can see the sequenceiq/hadoop-docker:2.6.0-dce image has been specified as parameters and not the sequenceiq/hadoop-docker:2.6.0, but basically there is no difference in this case, since when it is launched as YARN container then only the libraries are are used from the image and the bootstrap.sh or configuration files like yarn-site.xml are ignored.
In order to make it easier to understand you can take a look at the diagram which shows the relationship between containers, processes and volumes.
- green box: shows the container started by
docker runcommand which is defined above
- blue boxes: represent the containers started by DockerContainerExecutor
- red boxes: processes started inside the individual containers or directly on host in case of Docker daemon
- yellow boxes: mounted Docker volumes
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Recessed TV Boxes for Flatscreens eliminate cable clutter.
Press Release Summary:
February 10, 2014 - Pass & Seymour® Recessed TV Boxes, suited for flat-screen TVs, provide snug-to-wall placement for New and Old Work applications in commercial and residential environments while also reducing clutter associated with cabling. Constructed from steel, 2-gang New Work Box contains integral 35 in.³ electrical box and comes with an adjustable trim ring. Old Work Boxes, offered in single- and 3-gang models with metallic electrical boxes, fit in 2 x 4 wall cavity and are available in kits.
Original Press Release
LEGRAND® Introduces New Range of Recessed TV Boxes
Press release date: January 30, 2014
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Legrand, a leading provider of electrical wiring devices and home systems, today announced the availability of its new range of Pass & Seymour® Recessed TV Boxes.
The new boxes are designed to provide a snug-to-wall placement for New and Old Work applications in the hospitality, education, commercial and residential environments. They are ideal for flat-screen TVs and reducing the clutter associated with a variety of cabling. Plugs and multimedia connections are conveniently recessed behind the wall surface.
“The new range of Recessed TV Boxes have steel electrical boxes that accept conduit, and all products are designed to fit in a standard 2x4 wall cavity,” said Thomas Roy Sr., product line manager, Legrand Electrical Wiring Systems Division. “The TV2MW has a unique bracket that allows face or side mounting. This means that, if desired, two boxes could be mounted – one on each side of the same steel stud.”
Four versions of the Pass & Seymour® Recessed TV Boxes are available. These include one New Work Box and three Old Work Boxes.
The New Work Boxes are aimed at new commercial construction projects. The two-gang Boxes are constructed from factory-assembled steel and contain an integral 35 cubic inch electrical box. It comes with an adjustable trim ring that is suitable for various thicknesses of wall board. There is no field assembly required.
The Old Work Boxes are designed for remodeling jobs updating spaces to take advantage of wall-mounted TVs in an existing wall. There are single-gang and three-gang models with metallic electrical boxes. They are available in kits that include surge-protection devices, wall plates, screwless finish plates and low voltage connectors. They have a molded-in rectangular cut-out template to make installation easy and fit in a standard 2x4 wall cavity.
Connect with Legrand on Facebook www.facebook.com/legrandna, Twitter www.twitter.com/passandseymour or www.twitter.com/legrandna, and YouTube www.youtube.com/legrandna
Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Its comprehensive offering of solutions for use in commercial, industrial and residential markets makes it a benchmark for customers worldwide. Innovation for a steady flow of new products with high added value and acquisitions are prime vectors for growth. Legrand reported sales of close to $5.8 billion in 2012. Legrand has a strong presence in the North American market, with a portfolio of well-known product lines that include Cablofil, Electrorack, Middle Atlantic, NuVo, On-Q, Ortronics, Pass & Seymour, Vantage, Watt Stopper and Wiremold. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext and is a component stock of indexes including the CAC40, FTSE4Good, MSCI World, ASPI and DJSI (ISIN code FR0010307819). www.legrand.us
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In a recent breakthrough, researchers have managed to grow eggs in a lab dish using skin cells from mice. Some of these eggs even produced six healthy mice. The research was published on October 17th in the journal Nature, by Katsuhiko Hayashi of Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan and colleagues. This new development could allow scientists to study the little understood process involved in the formation of gametes, eggs and sperm, which normally takes place inside fetuses. If scientists are able to make this process work with human cells, it could allow them to supply eggs to be readily available for research. In turn, this could lead to more advanced treatments for infertility.
Scientists cautioned that repeating this work with humans is still most likely a long way off.
Using stem cells to produce eggs is a much more difficult process than producing the variety of cells scientists have managed to create from stem cells. Eggs are even more flexible in their ability to create the various parts of an organism from raw DNA. The researchers found that even using stem cells, the process needed the help of the ovary cells that support the growth of eggs in nature. While the team had managed to create primordial germ cells using stem cells, they had to put those cells into the ovaries of mice for them to continue their development into eggs.
Hayashi has said it is not yet clear how ovaries facilitate the development of egg cells, but the presence of the ovary’s support cells seems to be necessary for the egg to reach maturity. Since researchers are still unable to create these support cells in a lab setting, they must be taken from actual embryos, which may present an obstacle to reproducing these results in humans.
In this research, Hayashi and his team created artificial ovaries by taking ovarian support cells from mouse embryos. They then inserted the cells created from the skin cells, which functioned as primordial germ cells. In a period of 11 days, the cells had matured into eggs, ready for fertilization. 11 days is roughly the time it takes for them to mature in an actual mouse ovary, meaning that it could be a 9 to 12-month process with human cells, according to scientists.
The eggs were fertilized and then transferred into the varies of female mice, who gave birth to six healthy mice who produced offspring of their own.
Other experiments indicated that about one in 20 lab-grown eggs is actually viable, according to Hayashi. “This means that it is too preliminary to use artificial oocytes for clinical purposes. We cannot exclude a risk of having a baby with a serious disease. We still need to do basic research to refine the culture conditions,” he says. | <urn:uuid:90c93411-6fc2-4055-8557-d276e1031081> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://thewestsidestory.net/lab-grown-mouse-eggs-yield-healthy-offspring/ | 2017-05-25T01:19:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607960.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170525010046-20170525030046-00586.warc.gz | en | 0.973397 | 549 | [
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Saturday, January 2, 2010
St Mary's and the sea
There are people who take the plunge along this coast every day of the year, even if only for a few minutes in winter, and surfers are a common sight. Tough, these northerners, but back to the church. The white-painted railing leads up to another gallery, now out of use.
The large Georgian window is evidence of the controversial alterations which destroyed the cruciform shape of the church in favour of a spacious rectangular area which was then filled with square box-pews. The older single bench pews go back to at least the 17th century, and in some of them you can find Civil War (1642-1649) graffiti carved into the woodwork. | <urn:uuid:57dc3d0b-736b-4fe7-9825-066258b4a6b3> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://whitbydailyphoto.blogspot.com/2010/01/st-marys-and-sea.html | 2017-05-25T01:15:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607960.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170525010046-20170525030046-00586.warc.gz | en | 0.970803 | 155 | [
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Reality Check: Is the NHS getting more than it wanted?
The claim: The NHS is being given more money than it asked for.
Reality Check verdict: The amount that the NHS in England is being given over this Parliament is at the bottom end of the range that it asked for. It doesn't take into account the knock-on effects of shortfalls in other areas such as social care.
"We asked the NHS to work out what it needed over the next five years in terms of... the funding it would need," Prime Minister Theresa May told Sky News on Sunday.
"We gave them more funding than they required."
But NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens denied this on Wednesday.
We are only talking about the NHS in England because health is a devolved power, although increased spending on the NHS in England is reflected in the overall amount of funding allocated to devolved governments.
The government says it has given the NHS in England an extra £10bn over the life of this Parliament, a more generous offer than the £8bn Mr Stevens requested in 2014.
The £10bn is NHS England's extra budget for the period 2014-15 to 2020-21, so it covers six years, not five - it is actually £8.4bn over the five-year Parliament.
And as Mr Stevens pointed out, the document in which he set out how much cash the health service needed was called the Five Year Forward View, not the six-year forward view.
But still, £8bn was what the NHS asked for, so shouldn't that be enough?
Mr Stevens has made clear that when he mentioned the £8bn figure, that was the minimum amount needed just to plug the funding gap.
But this figure is not enough to keep pace with rising demand, improve services or accommodate plans for seven-day services.
Speaking to NHS leaders last June, he said: "Let's not rewrite history.
"In the Forward View, we actually said that the National Health Service would need between £8bn and £21bn by 2020 in order to sustain and improve."
So government has given the NHS funding within the range of what it asked for, but it is at the very bottom of this range.
And we know demand is rising.
Between 2004-05 and 2015-16, attendances at accident and emergency departments went up by almost 30%, while over a similar period, the number of people aged 85 and over increased by 31%.
NHS trusts also finished the last financial year (2015-16) £2.4bn in the red, so some of the extra money is being used just to plug gaps.
On top of this, the government used a different calculation compared with previous years when it came up with the £8.4bn figure, arguably making it look more generous.
In the past when it talked about this funding, figures referred to the whole health budget and now they are referring to only NHS England.
This does not include things such as training, building upkeep or public health, including smoking cessation and some sexual health and obesity management services, which now fall on general local authority budgets.
All of these areas may face cuts that could pass on extra costs to the NHS, meaning the £8.4bn will not go as far.
Not the whole story
Also falling to local councils rather than the NHS is the funding of social care.
When there is not enough social care available, this piles pressure on to hospitals.
For example, elderly people who cannot access the right care in the community are more likely to end up in A&E after falling or becoming dehydrated, for example.
Overstretched care services are also part of the reason people end up staying in hospital beds longer than they need to.
Figures published on Thursday showed there were almost 200,000 lost bed days in November 2016 because of delays in discharging people into the community.
So looking at the NHS budget in isolation does not tell the whole story.
The NHS might have more money, but if it has to be spent on keeping people in hospital because social care is unavailable, then it is not going towards treating more people or improving care.
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There's a seller on Amazon Marketplace called warehouse_deals_uk who describe themselves as 'Amazon.co.uk subsidiary with same five star customer service and 30 day returns policy'. In the seller's details it says 'We offer overstock, returns and slightly damaged merchandise, and refurbished electronics items at reduced prices with the benefit of Amazon.co.uk fulfilment and customer service.' They have 172397 feedback, 95% positive.
It was with some assurance, then, that I ordered a Samsung 40" 1080p LCD TV from them on 23rd May for the bargain price of £475. I'd been looking for this particular model of TV for a while, with the best price being around £750 on websites and the TV going for at least £600 on eBay. However I spent so long deliberating over (and saving for!) buying a TV that by the time I got around to it, the new Samsung range had been announced, so these older models quickly became harder to find. So when I saw this marketplace seller on Amazon selling one cheaply, and realised that the warehouse_deals_uk seller is a subsidiary of Amazon themselves I reasoned that they must have passed whatever stock they had left on to their warehouse division to sell at clearance prices. At that price I didn't care if the TV wasn't the latest version - it still has an excellent specification and has consistently high reviews, wheras the first batch of the new series have had faults reported and some mixed reviews, so I went ahead and placed the order.
Almost 4 weeks have passed and I haven't received the TV. My order details on Amazon told me that the estimated despatch date was going to be the 25th-26th May (I ordered it on a Friday and this was the next Monday-Tuesday, so you couldn't really ask for better than that) and the estimated delivery dates were 29th May-11th June (quite a wide margin). The 26th passed and my order details on Amazon didn't change - it still says 'estimated despatch: 26th-27th May' now, instead of telling me when/if it was despatched. The payment cleared from my credit card and I patiently waited a week. Then I contacted the marketplace seller, just to see if it had been despatched yet - all I got was an automated reply that essentially said 'Warehouse_deals_uk is a subsidiary of Amazon.co.uk, so please direct all enquiries to Amazon customer services'. So I did. Amazon's reply was basically 'We can't track this order for you because it was bought from our warehouse division'. Fair enough, I suppose at least that confirms that warehouse_deals_uk really are part of Amazon - at least they didn't say 'What?! Those liars are just pretending to be us. Thank you for bringing this to our attention, we'll go sue them now. We'll get you your £475 back when the court case is over. If we remember.'
Anyway, I waited until the 11th. Still no TV. I contacted them both again. Same automated response from warehouse_deals_uk. This time Amazon told me that sometimes there are delivery delays (what? on top of the 2-3 week margin?) and that I should wait until the 18th before complaining because they can't chase their warehouse division up until then. So now it's the 18th and I've complained to Amazon again, and am awaiting the outcome.
So I'm posting this here mainly because I'm annoyed and want to let off steam and figure that I might find some sympathy here, at this website full of internet shoppers who must have surely felt this pain at one time. But also I was just wondering if anyone had dealt with this marketplace seller before and what their experience was like? They currently have almost 60,000 items for sale and seem to deal with anything from books to large electrical items. Surely they don't always take this long to deliver?
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An American teenager and her boyfriend have been arrested in Bali after her mother’s battered body was found stuffed into a suitcase outside an exclusive hotel.
Sheila von Wiese Mack was found crammed into a suitcase left in the trunk of a taxi in front of the five-star St Regis hotel in Nusa Dua, an upmarket district south of Denpasar.
The 62-year-old widow from Oak Park, Illinois, was half naked, had several wounds to her head, and appeared to have put up a struggle, a doctor said.
She had been staying in the hotel with her daughter, Heather, 19, and her daughter’s boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, 21, local police chief Djoko Hari Utomo told reporters.
They were arrested early this morning after they were found at another hotel several miles away, the policeman said.
According to CNN, the couple told police they had been taken captive at the resort by an armed gang whose members killed Mack but they later managed to escape. But authorities are investigating a different version of events.
Mrs Von Wiese Mack and her daughter had been staying at the St Regis hotel for several days before Schaefer joined them on Monday, AFP reported Mr Utomo as saying.
She was recorded on CCTV arguing with Mr Schaefer in the hotel lobby the same night, he said.
The next day, the couple were checking out and sent several suitcases down to a taxi, allegedly including the one that contained the victim.
But instead of going down themselves, they crept out via a stretch of beach at the back of the hotel – an area covered by surveillance cameras.
The taxi reportedly waited for two hours, then the driver went into the hotel and soke to employees who searched the family’s room and found it empty. They then instructed the driver to take the luggage to the police station.
‘When they did not come down to get into the taxi, the suitcases were removed and the body was found in one of them,’ said Mr Utomo.
Police hunted them down to a hotel in the Legian tourist area, where they were found sleeping early this morning.
Mr Utomo said: ‘This is murder, and we will decide from our investigation whether it is premeditated or spontaneous.’
The Jakarta Globe reported that the driver told police he had gone to the hotel to pick up Mrs Mack and her daughter – whose full name was given by police as Lois Heather Mack – and Ms Mack’s boyfriend.
The young couple loaded the large suitcase into the boot, before going back into the luxury hotel – but they did not come back out again.
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Okay, LA! You monster of a city that knows no limits! You’re definitely not easy to grasp for someone only equipped with old-timey European city-managing-skills. Someone who wants to stroll around to enjoy the (admittedly fake) impression of discovery, to soak in the atmosphere. Instead, you demand planning and patience, you want me to know where I’m going before I get into the car, to plan my day so I won’t be endlessly stuck in traffic because I decided to hit the ten at the wrong time of day, or went down Pico Ave because I hoped to avoid the jam on the 405 (no idea what I’m talking about…). I did plan for this, even more than for my trip to Tokyo last year (which already was my personal record for holiday-prep). Thanks to the LA-issue of Lucky Peach, which was published just a few weeks ago, and the tips of trusted friends from LA, I managed to eat exceptionally well on this trip and here’s what I had.
Still, I haven’t even seen a third of it, and I had to leave without eating at Destroyer, Here’s Looking At You, POT, Jitlada, P.Y.T., Petit Trois, to name a few. I also didn’t go hiking thanks to an annoying and persistent bronchitis, I didn’t manage to see The Broad because I was scared of the line outside, I visited Hauser Wirth & Schimmel on a day it was only open to private viewing, was often too late for the sunset at Venice beach (except once, see above), and missed out on Erewhon, the wholier Whole Foods.
But this shall not be an article complaining about what I did not get to do in LA, because besides all the difficulties I have with this boundless conglomerate of houses and freeways, I do love the sunshine, the soft air, the incredibly charming light, the palm trees, succulents, and enormous fiddle leaf fig trees, the colors, the abundance of produce (delicious raspberries in winter, I’m all for it), and, above all, the lovely people, their creativity, courage, and warmth.
I couldn’t have gone to LA without going to Sqirl, right? We went fairly early on a Tuesday morning – I wanna say it was about 9:00, which means we had to leave the house at 08:00, which is late for LA standards. We queued for about 15 mins, which was absolutely fair (and way less than expected), and also quite entertaining because the queue slowly proceeds past the open kitchen. Which means endless discussions of what we would end up ordering, because the menu is way bigger than the rather small dining space would suggest. Yeah, in the end I couldn’t help myself and went for the avocado on toast with pickled carrots, green garlic creme fraiche, wood sorrel, and house za’atar, as well as a brioche toast with house made ricotta and blackberry jam, and my friend got the The Mosca Breakfast Sandwich with a nigella whey brioche bun, sheeted egg, chicken sausage, and herbs. What can I say, it looks gorgeous and everything’s very delicious. Even the brioche toast, that looks as if out of a comic-book, and is – surprisingly – not really toasted, but it grew on me after the first bite was somehow underwhelming. Well, the combination of buttery brioche, very fresh ricotta, and a pretty good jam is hard to beat. So yes, this one’s a must.
720 N Virgil Ave #4, Los Angeles, CA 90029; Mon–Fri 06:30–16:00, Sat & Sun 08:00–16:00
There’s more to brunch than Sqirl, though! In fact, LA is all about brunch, with several places all over the city, who only serve brunch (and/or lunch) and close at 2pm. Like this pretty one on the infamous Silver Lake part of Sunset Boulevard, that is a self-described French/Mexican café, and heavily influenced by Californian cooking. Out of various reasons and to my regret, I ended up ordering just one item from the menu, however, it was wonderful: churro french toast, vanilla ice cream, covered in light flakes of Mexican chocolate. While I did expect a dish a little more lavish than what I received, I have no complaints about the deliciousness of it. Also because I luckily got to taste Salt & Straw’s ice cream! If I had the chance again, I would get the potato tacos with lime, crème fraiche, carrot pico, and jack cheese, and maybe even the tres leches birthday cake, because why not.
3510 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026; daily 09:00–14:00
Another great option for brunch is this place in Echo Park that comes with a stunning interior (very likely my favorite of all the places I visited), with an extra pretty wall painting in the back, that will remind you of Seurat’s La Grande Jatte, but is probably Echo Park. Winsome is actually a place I’d like to spend a lot of time in, slowly eating my way through their whole menu from morning to night, when they bring out plates with roasted squash with toasted lemongrass, or maitake mushrooms with fuyu persimmon, as well as a big range of breakfast. But we went for brunch and I left the city shortly after, so I went for potato rosti with two sunny side ups, spinach, asparagus, avocado, and basil tahini, as well as the slightly heavy buckwheat pancake with chestnut honey and jam. I also took a peanut butter chocolate bar to have on the plane on my way back which was a very good decision.
1115 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90012; daily 08:00–14:30, 17:30–23:00
The Apple Pan
Thing is, I don’t even like bananas very much. I mean, I have nothing against them, but I wouldn’t ever have the idea to order a banana cream pie. Unless I’m at The Apple Pan, which I will put on my list of must-do-LA-places forever. This pie is a sheer indulgence, and so, so very good, I still dream about it. But I won’t dare ordering it anywhere else, because it will very likely disappoint. Additionally, many people say that this is where you get the best burgers in LA. Fabian, whose face I observed while he munched the simple steak sandwich topped only with extra crunchy iceberg lettuce and tomato, would agree. The place itself is an experience, it’s nothing more than an u-shaped counter, which surrounds the food preparation area. The waiters are friendly in a very efficient way, the guests are interesting, and soft drinks are served in a can, which is poured into a white paper cone held by a metal funnel. This and the simple, short menu have been this way since this place opened in 1947. And now I want a slice of cream pie.
10801 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064; Tue–Sun 11:00–24:00
Some say this is the best Sichuan restaurant in the US, and while I can say nothing about that, it certainly is very, very good. All three of their LA spots are out East, two of them in Alhambra, where you’ll find loads more interesting Chinese spots like No 1 Juicy Dumpling, and Mian, Chengdu Taste’s new noodle shop, so it’s worth the travel. The aubergine was fantastic, as where the green beans, and the mung bean jelly with chili sauce. Also, the drive back west will give you a stunning panorama of Downtown, especially at night after rush hour. This was my favorite drive in LA and I’ve obviously done loads.
8526 Valley Blvd #108, Rosemead, CA 91770; daily 11:00–15:00, 17:00–22:00
Before going to Musso & Frank, I’ve never been to this part of LA – this is where the stars are, those personified by aspiring actors in costums to entertain the massive crowds, and those embedded in terrazzo and brass on the sidewalk. It’s not that I avoided this part intentionally, there was just nothing of interest to me. But Musso and Frank, located a five minute walk from the Kodak / Dolby theater, finally presented a reason: it’s the one place that’s “the most LA” according to an unrepresentative survey by Lucky Peach. And I will come back because of its decor, atmosphere, audience, staff, and especially its ninety-seven-year-old history. Maybe it’s just my touristy filter, but I definitely felt some of the spirit of Hollywood’s golden age while sitting on a red leather couch in one of the booths and ordering a grilled cheese sandwich and romain salad.
6667 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028; Tue–Sat 11:00–23:00, Sun 16:00–21:00
Last time I went to LA, I fell for Gjelina’s kale salad. It was a time when kale was not yet a trendy vegetable in Berlin (and I feel it also never really got there), but still considered a too sturdy green which no one really knew what to do with it except cooking it for way too long until it was grey and sad. Gjelina marinated it in lemon and massaged it until it was all tender and delicious. I bet Gjelina is still great, but it’s also a bit posh, and you will have to wait to get a table, so why not wander off Abbot Kinney Ave and head to Gjusta, their bakery and deli housed in an industrial structure with a giant open kitchen. Their menu features excellent salads which come with a serving of their very good sourdough bread. It was my first night in LA, I came off the plane and went to Gjusta, where we had a plate with broccoli rabe, cauliflower, and the best Brussel sprout salad ever.
320 Sunset Ave, Venice, CA 90291; daily 07:00–21:00
I’m not a donut-person, I feel like I said this before, however – I will never cease to try and become one! This self-described “gourmet donut” shop hailing from Portland, OR, is the place to continue my mission. If you’re a donut person, this is your haven: freshly baked brioche donuts, smothered in sumptuous dulce de leche, covered in lemon poppy seed frosting, filled with jam, or doused in cinnamon sugar. Watch the donuts being made while you wait for your order, even!
1142 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291; daily 07:00–20:00
Well, another place you shouldn’t miss… Located in the former restaurant called Talesai of the parents of Night + Market’s owner and chef Kris Yenbamroong, this Thai place engages in the art of aharn glam lao, or serving food that “facilitates drinking and fun-having amongst friends”, which I support fully. I immensely enjoyed Khao Soi Jay, a spicy and intense curry noodle dish with tofu and oyster mushrooms topped with pickled mustard greens, loads of red onions, cilantro, bean sprouts, and chili jam, that had so many layers of flavors, I just wanted to shrink myself and dive into that bowl of food. Also, they’re recommending to order the sticky rice, and they’re absolutely right, don’t forget to order the sticky rice.
9043 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069, Tue–Thu 11:30–14:30, 17:00–22:30, Fri–Sun 17:00–22:30
As much as I’m not a donut person, probably even more, I’m not a taco person. I know, I know, sensitive subject and thus a shocking reveal. I want to blame this on my lack of taco-experience (and a rather traumatizing incident in a forage maize field when I was about six years old), and I’m open to work on it. I even agreed to go out all the way to Eagle Rock to sample what was advertised as LA’s best tacos by an enthusiastic local. And yes, I want to say they were pretty good: one of them filled with Mexican zucchini, squash, corn and tomato, plus an avocado-tomatillo salsa, queso greco, pumpkin seeds and cilantro, the other with panko crusted lightly (!) fried avocado, with pico de gallo, and salsa.
1576 Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041; Tue–Thu 11:30–15:00. 17:00–21:00, Fri 11:30–22:00, Sat 08:30–22:00, Sun 08:30–20:00
Now that’s an unusually unimpressive picture of a dish you might think, and you’re right. This giant bowl of congee and its banchan weren’t created with instagramability in mind. But rather to “maintain customer’s health”, as Bonjuk’s menu explains. In the morning, this place in the center of Koreatown is for rice porridge, or congee, served with seafood, fish, chicken, beef, or vegetables. All of them come with their own health benefits, like the tuna and vegetable porridge, that is “good for the women who are interested in their beauty”. I had had a rough time this Saturday morning after my car got towed (totally my own fault), and my bronchitis making a re-appearance, so I chose the pine-nut porridge that “keeps your stomach warm and comfortable – and is also good for the recovery from several problems.” What can I say, it definitely delivered, the hot barley tea served immediately after I sat down already calmed my mind, and the soft porridge settled my stomach. It came with squid and beef banchan, as well as kimchi (which the very friendly waiter filled up whenever I finished it), and a bowl of clear Korean radish soup. It was way too much to ever finish for anyone, however, the tiny Korean girls sitting at the next table seemed to have no problem accomplishing that. I’ll blame the jetlag.
By the way, just five minutes down the road is a small branch of Honeymee, who’re specializing in “true milk” soft serve drizzled with raw honey and topped with honeycomb!
3551 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010, Mon—Fri 07:00–21:30, Sat 08:00–22:00
This one’s a treat – Porto’s display of cakes, cookies, sweets, and more is gigantic, and mouth-watering. I wouldn’t necessarily advice to go all the way to Burbank only to have a giant and delicious sandwich with plantain chips at Porto’s, however – the same street is lined with countless vintage shops, among them It’s A Wrap, who sell costumes from TV and movie sets (and was recommend to me by Fabian Hart), as well as Playclothes, who have an excellent selection of 50s to 80s dresses, accessories and all that jazz. And sandwich plus shopping is a grand combo.
3614 W Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505, Mon–Sat 06:30–20:00, Sun 07:00–19:00
Last but not at all least is Madcapra, a vendor inside of the very amazing Grand Central Market, where one could spend hours on end sampling all the delicious offerings from all over the world (even Berlin’s most infamous currywurst makes an appearance). However, I almost missed out on this stellar sandwich because we decided to queue for an eggslut sandwich, which, despite not bad, wasn’t worth the wait to be honest. If you trust me, you’ll skip their line and get a bowl or sandwich around the corner, filled with falafel and either with tomato, cabbage, pickles, and tahini, or carrots, spinach, pickled hot peppers, walnut yoghurt and dill, or feta, harissa, cucumbers, pickled sweet peppers and parsley, or – like I did – with cauliflower, pickled fennel, labneh, cilantro and mint. It was the best falafel sandwich I ever had – also because the bread was freshly done on the open stove top. I did not manage to take an appealing pic of it, just this candid excitement. Thinking of it, though, I should’ve gone back, to take a better picture and also try the other variations. Damn.
Inside of Grand Central Market, 317 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013, Sun–Wed 11:00–17:00, Thu–Sat 11:00–21:00
Where to shop in LA would deserve its very own guide, but due to time and budget limitations (and a strong focus on food), I didn’t explore this side of LA fully, so here’s a quick selection of where I enjoyed spending my money. Skylight Books has a tremendous selection of beautiful hardcovers (which you should be careful not to forget under your plane seat), just down the road Otherwild sells everything contemporary intersectional feminists need for their activist-uniform as well as local, slightly spiritual beauty products, fashion, plus LGBTQ+ zines and publications. I always find some item I want at Mohawk General Store in Silver Lake, and if you’re there, check out Le Pink, an organic beauty store. | <urn:uuid:535bf88b-4971-4527-a85b-8d8253b8065a> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.stilinberlin.de/2017/02/escape-eat-la.html | 2017-05-27T06:17:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608870.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20170527055922-20170527075922-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.95676 | 3,902 | [
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An 11-year-old girl died last week in a sledding accident on Mt. Charleston. Is there anything that parents can do to make it safer for their kids to enjoy winter sports like sledding and skiing? The general manager of the Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort talks about winter safety and the benefits of outdoor recreation.
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Creative announced a new product in its line of Fatal1ty products, Fatal1ty Gaming Headset.
Fatal1ty gaming headset sure looks good, black with some red always worked on me. Head padding and earcups looks comfortable, so those long hours in front of some game will not be a problem. The heart of this gaming headset are two large 40mm Neodymium drivers for realistic explosions and piercing gunfire. Headset comes with a flexible and detachable noise-cancelling microphone. It has in-line volume control.
Headset is using high-purity Oxygen-Free Copper wires and gold-plated plugs. And for those that just like to show off, there is a Fatal1ty's signature and insignia on the headset.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder will be missing their All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook for at least the first two months of the season. While that means Kevin Durant will be carrying a heavier offensive load, it also means increased playing time for third year guard Reggie Jackson.
While he’s nowhere near the slashing, chest-thumping adrenalin rush that is #WhyNot Westbrook, Jackson can get out and finish on the break pretty well, too. Jackson’s own athleticism was evident against the Jazz yesterday during this fast break finish over lumbering center Enes Kanter.
Reggie led OKC in scoring with 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting (2/3 on 3 pt) in the 88-82 Thunder victory. If OKC is going to survive the absence of Westbrook without handing over the Western Conference to the Spurs, Clippers, Rockets, or the other Western challengers during the season’s first 20 games, Jackson will need to keep playing near this level.
What do you think?
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
lunch for 15 in Orinda, April 25
Lunch for an office where my former neighbor Judy works.
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Success! The AVP Senior Models raised almost $2,000 for the kids at “I Have a Dream, Oregon” at this year’s Shine Fashion Show. I’m so proud of them. They increased pre-show sales over the previous year by 155%, and there was standing-room-only at the show on Feb 5th. So many people donated their hard work, time and goods to the show. Thank you, everyone! Scroll down to read about the amazing people who came together to make the show a huge success. Click here to see the entire portfolio of pics from the show, thanks to Paul Rich Studio.
It all started with an amazing location:
The stage was set against the beautiful backdrop of Urban Studio, who donated the space to us for the show. The staff was amazing and so fun to work with. I hope next year they will allow us to have the show there again. I’m so grateful for the amazing effort they put into making it a success. Thank you, Urban Studio.
You can rent the beautiful space at Urban Studio for your wedding or event. Find them here.
Urban Studio also provided a fully-staffed bar and mixed cocktails and mocktails by their in-house catering company, Pearl Catering. Their staff is a bunch of pros and they made time for our event, even with a packed calendar. I watched Pearl Catering delivery trucks come and go all day from their deliveries around town, and still they made time to make our event special. Thank you, Pearl Catering!
Pearl Catering does everything from wedding & event catering to boxed lunches. Find them here.
The craziest part of the day, saved by Sirens.
The nuttiest part of the day, of course, is making sure that 25+ teenage girls get from their suburban high schools to downtown Portland where they must find a new address, find parking, and get their tooshes up to the hair and makeup chair ON TIME so that their friend Amy Vining doesn’t have a stroke. This is all after being at school all day, and enduring one of the rainiest days of the season. Not to mention that First Thursday was also that same day, making traffic and parking a challenge.
At their destination (a community room donated by Young Leaders Collective member Lisa Hattery) were a group of Sirens awaiting the challenge. They CONQUERED it on the day of the show. The girls of Siren Salon CLOSED THEIR SHOP for the entire day in order to DONATE their time and talent to make these girls look runway ready, and feel FIERCE. Mission accomplished. The smiles you see on these girls’ faces are real. Thank you, Siren Salon. Amazing amazing amazing. I love you girls!!!
You can get your hair done by a Siren at Siren Salon or book them for your next event. 104 West Evergreen Blvd, Vancouver. 360-953-7308
Beautiful prom gowns provided by Gala Gowns:
Vickie from Gala Gowns just changed locations to a sweet little storefront in downtown Vancouver, and in the midst of the chaos of moving her entire business to a new location, she outfitted gowns and tuxes for Shine models beautifully. Every time we showed up at her shop we created complete chaos, but Vickie was always so warm and welcoming. I hope we get the privilege of working with her again next year’s show. Thank you, Vickie!
If you’re in the market for a prom gown, Vickie has gowns in stock, more on the way, and catalogs full of special order gowns. Find her at 204 W 5th St, Vancouver. (360) 750-6700
Tiffany Bean contributed designs of her own as well as high-end labels from her shop called Mabel & Zora which has a beautiful location in the Pearl District, not too far from the Shine 2015 venue. I began my collaboration with Tiffany a few years ago through shooting her fashion lookbooks and catalog photos. We were instant friends and I’ve had the honor of photographing both of her girls and becoming friends with the entire Mabel & Zora family. Her stuff looked so great on our girls at Shine. Thanks, Tiffany. And thank you, Frances Bean, for making Shine your first fashion show. I’m so honored. xo
Tiffany is the owner of Mabel & Zora with her husband, Corey. They have two daughters, Frances and Samantha. Visit Mabel & Zora in the Pearl District of Portland at 748 NW 11th Ave, Portland or shop online.
Myriam Marcela just won FashioNXT’s award for “Emerging Designer” and one of the prizes she won for that competition was some consulting time with my friend, Tiffany Bean. Tiffany referred Myriam to me for photos of her designs….you see where this is going. This is just one of those things where it seems to all have happened for a reason, and that reason was for Myriam to make Shine a really special night for our young models. She worked hard in the dressing room, making sure tags were tucked in, girls were feeling their best and sending them down the stairs to the runway feeling confident. Her clothes are beautiful, yes, but Myriam herself is the real gift. Thank you for making those girls shine, Myriam!
Read more about the exciting things happening for Myriam on her website. She’s got a ton of buzz in Portland right now and can hardly keep up with the demand. We’re so lucky to have her clothes in the show.
Documenting the event:
Paul Rich has been a friend of ours for a long time and he’s the only person I would ever hire to shoot Shine. Lucky for me, he does it for free. For two years in a row he’s taken gorgeous photos (seen on this page!) of Shine and documented all the runway and backstage moments. The entire day is such a rush and it’s so busy that it goes by in a flash, and one of my favorite parts of the experience is seeing the pics from the show. Click here to see the whole portfolio of the event. Thank you, Paul!!
You can hire Paul Rich for your next event or wedding. Click here to visit his blog and see his latest work.
I met Zach Putnam when I shot head shots of him and his wife Jude for their involvement with “I Have a Dream, Oregon.” We reached out to Zach early in the planning stages of Shine 2015 and asked if he could possibly take video of the event. Zach and Jude were such pros at the show – I gave them very little direction and they were just EVERYWHERE. Someone told me during the show that they thought Zach and Jude were the news crew because they looked so pro. I can’t wait to see the video, I know it’ll be amazing. Videography and editing takes a lot of expertise and time, and we value Zach’s contribution to Shine 2015. Thank you, Zach!
Making it all sound good…
Our DJ and Emcee for the night were from Truelove Sound, traveling all the way from Eugene to donate their time expertise to the show. I met Jeffe and Layla when I was shooting weddings, and we worked together several times. I was always impressed with their ability to put on a barn-burner of a wedding reception and not play the typical ‘wedding reception playlist.’ They are such pros at what they do, and are such a pleasure to work with. I’m so glad they share in my passion for this event, and hope they’ll stick with us as we grow it through the years.
You can hire Jeffe and Layla from Truelove Sound for your next wedding or event, too. You won’t regret it.
Making it all look even BETTER:
About a month before the show, the lighting donation that I had set up bailed on me. It wasn’t great. I reached out to Dwayne at Greenlight Creative just HOPING he could make me a sweet deal for the show. At that point, every business involved in the show was doing it for free, and I knew that a lighting package could really cut into our donation goal. But instead of giving me a great deal, he just DONATED 16 beautiful colorful up-lights for the show. It made such a difference in the room and we’re so happy with all the color in the photos. Thank you, Greenlight Creative!
You can add some punch to your event or wedding, too. Contact Dwayne at Greenlight Creative.
Sweets for our guests, compliments of Grandma Hattie:
Last year, Switch Shoes and Clothing dressed some of our models and since then, I’ve been Switch’s go-to fashion photographer for their shop in Multnomah Village. The second shoot I did with them, they used female business owners in Multnomah Village as their models. During that shoot, I met Tricia, owner of Hattie’s Sweet Shop and we were immediately laughing and joking around. Since then, we’ve partnered up to start a new adventure in 2015. (More on that coming soon. Teaser!) And in the meantime, she made a badass candy display at the show. Everyone went home with something sweet. Thanks, Tricia. 😉
Hattie’s Sweet Shop has two locations and also does corporate gifts & events. Call Tricia at 503-477-0497
The Jefferson Dancers
For the second year in a row, The Jefferson Dancers have danced amazing performances at Shine. This year, they showed up in black leather and amazed the crowd with hip hop and breakdance routines. These dancers can do it all. They work so hard, and it really shows. Thank you, Jefferson Dancers!!!
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We’re on TV!
One of the most exciting things that happened at this year’s show was the media coverage. KGW’s Cassidy Quinn was there and she broadcasted live from the show, twice! We are so happy that KGW was there to help us get the word out about the amazing models, Dreamers, designers and small businesses that came together to make Shine happen for “I Have a Dream, Oregon.” Click here to watch the live KGW coverage of Shine 2015.
As you can see, a lot of people and hard work goes into this show and it’s all for the kids at “I Have a Dream, Oregon.” I’m so proud of what we all accomplish together, and I can’t wait til next year. Thank you, everyone!!!
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU:
- Lisa Hattery of the Young Leaders Collective for donating her community space for our models to have a place to get their hair and makeup done prior to the show. Thank you, Lisa!
- Sammi Colton, runway design & balloon expert
- Elke Cook, AVP display
- Aurelia and John from Urban Studio
- Stacy Terry for running to Whole Foods to get food for our girls!
- Kella Zacher – thank you for your help in runway coaching for our girls!
- Sophie, Renee, and Kate from “I Have a Dream, Oregon,” you’re my dream girls.
- AJ Lane – thanks for the red lips and lashes and pre-show giggles. 😉
- Paul & Stephanie – for the after-show therapy!
- Bryn & Jojo Dekar – Candy table & greeters & also excellent huggers
- Crawford, my husband, my sherpa, my helper, my supporter, my cheerleader, always grinning at me from across the room. I love you.
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Diet Plan to Lose Belly Fat for Women – Lose Belly Fat Tips for Women.
Quick Tips to Lose Love Handles - Diet Plan to Lose Belly Fat for Women.
I used to have a deep hidden belly fat, until they found a unique tricks. And since I often get asked “Diet plan to lose belly fat for women“, men and women friends.
In my opinion, women should protect themselves from premature death from heart disease and other causes, with a diet that is low in sugar and saturated fat and high in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
Thus, they will gain more and lose stomach fat, while ensuring that they live long and attractive.
Diet Plan to Lose Belly Fat for Women – will be the different women round the world having different Diet Plans?
If you take the time to study the eating patterns of our women, that’s what you’ll find – the Western model, consisting of food – french fries, lots of red and processed meats, refined grains and sweets – and a reasonable model of food consisting of vegetables, many fruits , legumes, whole grains, fish and poultry.
Belly, beer belly, love handles, fat belly, call it what you want. Your stomach is one area of your body you really want to do something, because the firm, tone, and a flat stomach is the main symbol of sex appeal and all the studies conducted proved so, studies have decided that the loss of abdominal fat is one of the most important steps you can take to prevent premature death.
Diet Plan to Lose Belly Fat for Women – what about exercises?
Follow stomach exercises that will help you strengthen and flatten the stomach. Also, start eating more healthy and you will start fat burning. If you are a woman with the right discipline and commitment to achieve the desired goals, you can lose belly fat, if you adhere to the following:
Exercise with the Diet Plan to Lose Belly Fat for Women:
You have to engage in daily moderate-intensity exercise and, if you want to quickly lose weight and belly fat. As soon as you start to lose fat and tone your muscles, abdominal fat will follow suit.
In fact, your stomach will be the first area of the arc to decrease when you start to exercise on a regular basis. Start training interval training, which is the best way to lose belly fat fast.
Exercises and Diet Plan to Lose Belly Fat for Women – the Routine!
TO GET YOUR FLAT BELLY STOMACH
This involves alternating periods of hard exercise and easy to implement. For example, after a regular workout, you should increase your exercise intensity faster 30 – 60 seconds, and then reduce the intensity of the slow pace for 1 – 2 minutes.
You should repeat this exercise 6 times in just a mass of fat burning belly fat. This workout you should do for about 20 minutes.
Does Strength training helps my Diet Plan to Lose Belly Fat for Women??
Strength training: Some research has shown that strength training can reduce belly fat. In addition, exercising with weights is effective in reducing stomach fat.
Healthy nutrition: an exercise in itself without “Diet “Diet plan to Lose Belly Fat for Women” will not help you to lose your belly fat.
You have to stop adding sugar to tea and oatmeal, reduce calorie intake, and there is a complete diet of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and protein. You have to go from unhealthy food habits to healthy eating habits that will help you combat belly fat faster.
I hope you found the Diet Plan to Lose Belly Fat for Women useful. Enjoy your Weight Loss!
Further read: Burn Stomach fat.
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“In my show, entitled Reverberating Silence, I attempt to carve out what I proudly call feminine territory in which the voices of effaced and silenced women reverberate, focusing on how cultural structures and strictures, repressive of women, could become dynamic and inspiring resources for female creativity.
Inspired by the traditional Korean housing style in Yi-dynasty and by Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, my project uses the motif of “a room” as a space imprisoning and repressing female creativity. At the same time, the room is a metaphor of the female body and the womb, which envelopes and generates life.
Hence, Reverberating Silence is the site in which two completely opposite meanings of a room coexist and complete: on the one hand, it is a confining space which hampers and represses women’s artistic expression; on the other, it is the feminine space in which freed creative energy finds its expression. The exhibition features fiber works that are placed within different rooms. The individual works placed in “a room,” configure various features and movements of the female body in the creative (procreative) act.
I constantly try to valorize devalued women’s labor and the women’s body by reversing the negative insinuations associated with female domains and imbuing them with positive qualities. For that purpose, I often utilize needle, thread, and fabric in order to call into question the deep-seated bias that women’s work is trivial, menial, marginal and undesirable. By incorporating wool, fiber, and string into the sculptural production, I convert the conventional “feminine” activity of needle works into a useful medium for the making of art. Through the strategic use of media that have been traditionally associated with the feminine, I want to show that seemingly ‘menial female work’ can be a source of pleasure and power for women.
The slow nature of my technique seems to reenact the creative process of birthing. This recalls the gradual forming of the fetus through the intersection of capillary within the belly of the mother or perhaps the silkworm’s patient and continuous spinning leading the creation of its cocoon. Thus, these pieces speak not so much of sorrow, anger, regrets, but rather, of healing, recovering, inner joy attained by/through converting the physical, oppressive condition into the stimulating and dynamic inner resources for creative life.” | <urn:uuid:5c588eee-ca50-4a5f-9512-cb1ea9356736> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://kansascityartistscoalition.org/artists/2014/05/ | 2017-05-23T05:00:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607369.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170523045144-20170523065144-00283.warc.gz | en | 0.956816 | 517 | [
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March 23, 2010 - Since July of 2009, the Tomah-based headquarters element of the 732nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion has played a large role in the drawdown of forces in Iraq by transferring approximately 7,000 pieces of equipment back to the United States or laterally to Afghanistan.
By the end of this month, the unit will begin sending some of its own equipment back to Wisconsin in preparation for the end of its deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. According to Maj. Kevin Gregar, executive officer for the 732nd, that has morale picking up.
"You can see the light at the end of the tunnel," Gregar said. "We know when the transfer of authority should be. We're working on our redeployment list and packing up totes."
The 732nd CSSB headquarters unit, stationed at Camp Tallil, has provided logistical support for between 10 and 12 forward operating bases in southern Iraq as well as areas north and west of Baghdad, and also supports the 1st Infantry Division in Iraq and the Iraqi Army in their security missions with food, water and transportation vehicles. It's a big job, Gregar acknowledged - bigger than typically handled by a battalion headquarters company.
"When we were getting ready for this mission, we thought we would have four to seven companies," he explained. A battalion typically consists of four to five company-sized elements, or about 500 people. The 732nd headquarters is presently managing eight companies, and has seen 15 companies come and go during their deployment.
"We began with 1,100 [Soldiers] and now we are at 1,200," Gregar said. "You can't manage that many people without a lot of people stepping up and doing more than they normally would, putting in the hours. The people of the 732nd have stepped up and they've been exemplary. It's just amazing, the strong work ethic our Soldiers bring to the job they do."
The number of Soldiers the 732nd headquarters oversees is expected to go down to around 900, Gregar said. Also, many brigade combat teams are leaving Iraq to bring troop levels down to about 50,000 by Sept. 1, which means their replacement unit - the 110th CSSB of the Georgia Army National Guard - will be busy in the upcoming months. During the drawdown, the number of military bases requiring support will be reduced from 12 to three.
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The First Annual National Counseling Conference in Thimphu, Bhutan, was celebrated on February 7-8, 2011. In attendance at the opening ceremony were Her Majesty Queen Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck; representatives of the Bhutan Ministries of Health and Education; the Royal University of Bhutan; Respect, Educate, Nurture and Empower Women (RENEW); the United Nations Development Program, UNESCO; members of the NBCC Board of Directors; and local counselors among others.
The conference, the first of its kind in Bhutan, was sponsored by RENEW, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health, the Royal University of Bhutan and NBCC International (NBCC-I). The conference offered a platform to provide practical knowledge and skills related to the ongoing application of counseling in Bhutan and the United States. It also served to open the lines of communication between Bhutanese agencies and organizations concerned with the education and administration of counseling services. The conference presentations proved to be valuable for the daily counseling practice of the participants, who were excited about the opportunity for collaboration and mutual professional exchange.
NBCC-I announced the opening of a new field office, NBCC Bhutan, during the conference. The news was received with great excitement by the conference attendants. Staffed with local counselors, the NBCC Bhutan office will support initiatives to develop the counseling profession, including credentialing mechanisms, and provide other services to counselors such as the organization of counseling activities, promotion of ethics and advocacy, and development of leadership.
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About The School
From the outset the School has been the heart and soul of our operations and remains so today. It has evolved over the years, but the School now serves three main purposes: the Trinity Yard School Bridge Program, an After School Program, and a Community Literacy Project.
Access to educational opportunities beyond junior high school is limited in the rural areas we serve. Due to the lack of government-run secondary schooling, local students are often prematurely pushed off the academic track, limiting their potential for growth. The principal aim of the Trinity Yard School is to keep desirous students on that track and help them reach their full potential. The first and perhaps most critical step in this process is the Trinity Yard School Bridge Program, a fee-free secondary education option with a focus on core academics, arts and music, and healthy living.
After School Program
Started in 2014, the Trinity Yard After School Program is designed to serve as something of a “spark” program to get the youth of Cape Three Points excited about school and learning. Most Ghanaian students learn by rote memorization, copying material from the blackboard and memorizing information without understanding its meaning or underlying principles. Corporal punishment is universal and frequent. Failure to perform or disobedience of any kind results in verbal and physical abuse by the teacher or administrator, and, as a result, many children dread going to school.
Our After School Program is designed to get kids to think differently about school – to see it as a sanctuary where they are free to make mistakes and learn in a safe, nurturing environment. We see great value in motivating students to learn through positive reinforcement and encouragement, rather than through fear. Instilling a love of learning will hopefully inspire students to continue with their studies.
The After School Program is a basic, fee-free program meeting three times per week for one hour per session aimed at improving younger students’ core academic proficiencies. Above all else, it provides a safe, fun, alternative learning environment with a focus on basic English, elementary Math, reading, and sports.
Community Literacy Project
As is true in much of the developing world, the literacy rate in the communities surrounding Trinity Yard is inexcusably poor. We believe that illiteracy is unacceptable in the 21st century, which is why one of our long-term, secondary goals is to increase the literacy level within the village. The first step in encouraging a literate community is to provide books to every student and child. Unfortunately, none of the surrounding villages have a library and none of the area schools have any books for students to take home to read. To address this glaring deficiency and obvious need, Trinity Yard added a fully functioning library to the school a few years ago. | <urn:uuid:adddae52-a72f-4166-8847-ad226c230d0b> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://trinityyardschool.org/about-3/ | 2017-05-25T04:52:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607998.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170525044605-20170525064605-00308.warc.gz | en | 0.961489 | 560 | [
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Have checked the besadmin account and this is not locked out and users have the save as selected against accounts within AD for besadmin,
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We all appreciate the complexity of the Middle East. In the hurricane of social media is it possible for a grassroots shape effort to succeed? One example may come from Baghdad, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Damascus. The effort employs Bahlool, a reputation (at right) is a Judge from a ‘very ancient time’ and is well-known in Arabic countries and is designed for the consultation to identify with. The target consultation is men and women between 15 and 25 years ancient. The team is split having people in both Iraq and Syria, they claim that some of their cartoons have gotten over 1 million views.This grassroots effort has been active in jump starting their hard work via FaceBook and YouTube. The effort started in late 2016 and in November, the team claimed: Here’s a quick snapshot from Facebook (as of 25NOV16): Total Likes: 119,259 Weekly Page Engaged Users: 446,764 Weekly Total Get www.psyopwar.com to: 3,151,389 Weekly Organic Get to: 520,067 Weekly Total Impressions: 8,499,788 Source: E-mail In December the assemble reported thousands of ‘likes’ and that they were getting many clear comments, suggestions and people wanting to help. Many of the comments were coming from displaced people in Falluja, Ramdai and Anbar. The team summarizes its philosophy by adage we fight ISIS by the thought, not by the gun because guns do not get to the mind. Reader comments encouraged. | <urn:uuid:cea0de88-94d0-469c-bf32-af01d7a26a08> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.psyopwar.com/grassroots-influence-can-it-work/ | 2017-05-26T05:47:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608642.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20170526051657-20170526071657-00128.warc.gz | en | 0.965541 | 318 | [
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Re: the new Immigration Law in Arizona
Which should be more accurately called Paranoid White Racist American Law.
"They take away our jobs!" Uh - no they don't. How many Americans work for $1 an hour in the fields and live 15 to a one-room shack? How many of you are going to whine, complain, blame the guv'ment, weep and gnash your teeth when the prices of: fruits, vegetables, housing, construction, hotels, fast food, car repair, and, well, just about everything, goes up, because these Undesirables no longer work on the cheap for us all?
Instead of building a Berlin wall, shooting perpetrators, or barricading yourself in your home so as not to be near 'those people,' think about some options.
Like: if the illegals were legalized and made to: pay taxes, social security and medicare, buy health and car insurance, they 1) wouldn't want to come here so much and 2) they'd be contributing to society, bring medical and car insurance costs down, and helping pay for the system that supports them now for free. That would mean, more savings, more money, for you and me!
A wall's not going to keep them out, border patrols won't keep them out; they aren't going to stop driving cars and using hospitals; ain't no white people going to be flooding the fields to take the illegals' jobs; white officials' hands and pockets will get greased to look the other way just as easily as they are now... so let's think about the realities (one of which is NOT a pure white members-only United White States) before blood is shed over this.
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Store your tailgate drinks with Cincinnati Reds pride with this Cincinnati Reds Bucket. This Bucket features a white Cincinnati C and will look great at the next tailgate. This Metal Bucket is ideal for keeping game-day drinks cool and doubles as a versatile around-the-house holder in the off-season. Go Reds!! | <urn:uuid:73fcd7f5-53c5-45e8-b591-cf9b36a0735f> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.rallyhouse.com/Cincinnati-Reds-5-Quart-Red-Galvanized-Bucket-10165686 | 2017-05-27T10:39:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608936.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20170527094439-20170527114439-00448.warc.gz | en | 0.928558 | 64 | [
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I am now 23 years old.
While I shove my shock and outrage concerning the lightning paced passage of time into the back left corner of my mind, let me tell you a little bit about the fan-fricken-tastic 2 week period I just experienced.
1) Morro Bay with the boy. You know you’ve found a good one when a month into “dating” (or whatever) he asks what you’re doing for your birthday, you tell him you’re planning on going to SF to be with old friends, and he looks at you and says “Great, I’ll buy my flight tomorrow”. Ummm, okay, YOU ROCK. Soo he voluntarily got sucked into my vacation planning frenzy, and before we knew it the plan had morphed into a 2-day road trip in which we spent a night in Morro Bay before getting to SF to hang with friends. And let me tell you, Morro Bay is awesome! Such a tiny little beach town, really chill and laid back vibe, great food annnd, the best part, wait for it… A SHELL SHOP WITH LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF SUPER COOL SHELLS! I definitely was wayyy too excited for this part of the trip, I made Will stay in that shop with me for about an hour too long and I purchased about 4 shells too many haha. But I’ve actually been actively looking for a specific shell for a while, after my friend Julie found a near-perfect Nautilus shell on Lizard Island in Australia (where I spent 2 of the happiest months of my life hehe), I have been absolutely fiendinnng for one. I almost broke down and bought one for $50 USD when I was in Fiji (what! rip off!) and thank GOD I didn’t because this epic Morro Bay shell shop had some for $12!!! Wahooo, I am now the proud owner of a perfect little Nautilus shell, and am trying not to think about what happened to the animal inside! Yay…! Haha in all honesty I actually am very curious about how/where this shell shop acquires its rare and beautiful shell supply…they all come from animals at some point, and some of those animals are verrrry slow-growing and don’t reproduce very quickly. Hmm, maybe that’s what I’ll make my next blog post about, the shell trade…
Oh dear, I am running out of time to write this post already…seriously, why does it take me AGES to write these things?? (well, maybe it has to do with the fact that my brother and his girlfriend came in while I was writing and I told them almost all of my detailed, highly exciting (and characteristically exaggerated) stories from this vacation haha) *sigh* I guess I’ll get better at this over time…
Next post: Parts 2, 3 and 4 of my Epic August Adventure, as well as an investigation into the lucrative (?) trade of the Shell Shop 😉
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MOSCOW, March 20. /ITAR-TASS/. In the promising plans for development of the Far East, Russia is focused on cooperation with the Asia-Pacific countries. Asian investors, including those in Japan, are interested in the Far East. Generally speaking, in the current complicated international situation Asian counterparts seem to be more constructive, Russian officials say.
In 2015, the Far East’s Amur region may organize a special economic zone in agriculture, which would be focused on Asian investors, and first of all on those from Japan, head of the Russian special economic zones authority Vadim Tretyakov said in an interview with Rossiiskaya Gazeta.
The Far East, where soils are clear from fertilizers, is very attractive for Asian investors, he said.
“Asian countries value ecologically clear products. Formerly they used many fertilizers, which killed the soil in their countries. Our Far East is very different in that.” He continued saying Japanese companies had made tests of the soil in the Far East and were satisfied with the results. This year, Japanese businesses will make test supplies of products harvested in the Far East to their market.
As yet, Russia has been considering organization of one zone in the Amur region. “At the beginning we negotiated with Japan. By now, we had meetings with every other country in the region, and we have received many interesting suggestions from China, Korea and Singapore.”
Russia’s interests are first of all in attracting investments, technologies and in new jobs. “There have been voices claiming we give out the land to Japan. Well, first of all, not giving out but renting. Secondly, we are not speaking about agricultural lands. Those are areas for construction of processing facilities, for organization of production.”
Now that the West threatens Russia with sanctions, cooperation with Asian countries is of special importance to Moscow. “What happens is that on the background of the emotions from our Western, European and American counterparts the Asian counterparts are much more constructive,” Russia’s Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev said in an interview with Russia-24 television channel.
The minister stressed the counterparts from Japan, China or Korea are less likely to be making immediate abrupt conclusions.
Though official Tokyo has supported the sanctions against Russia, the VI Russian-Japanese investment forum on Wednesday demonstrated the sanctions would not be obstacles for businesses or mutual investments. During the forum, Russia and Japan signed 13 cooperation agreements and memorandums, where the costs exceed $2.5 billion.
Head of the Maritime Territory’s economic department Nikolai Dubinin told the forum that 68 percent of the investments in the region come from Japan. He invited Japanese businesses to participate in seven “anchor” projects for territories of advanced development: gambling zones, car assembly projects at the special economic zone, petrochemical and fishery clusters, industrial and agricultural parks and a special economic zone at the Vostochny Port.
“In structures of investments, for Russia the most preferable counterpart among the Asia-Pacific countries is Japan, as it is most modern and progressive,” Viktor Belkin of the Far East’s school of economics and management says. “It is highly improbable that as far as economy is concerned the Japanese may follow the US or Europe affecting their own interests,” the PrimaMedia agency quotes him as saying.
Besides, he continued, in the Asia-Pacific region Russia may rely on South Korea, which unlike Japan is less exposed to influence from the US, though it keeps on good terms with the Americans. “Koreans are more capable of risky movements than restrained Japanese,” Belkin said.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in the address to the Federal Assembly in December 2013 announced development of the Far East and Siberia a national priority for the entire XXI century. Russia’s Asian regions will be divided into a net of territories of advanced development with special tax regimes, which will develop non-raw-materials production. Head of the ministry for development of the Far East Alexander Galushka says about current analyses of about 400 potential locations for organization of territories of advanced development. Ten of those locations are practically ready for further exploitation, and potential investors are welcome there.
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The cistus plant is a small shrub from the Cistaceae or rock-rose family. There are approximately twenty different species, growing all over the Mediterranean.
Labdanum originates from the western Mediterranean, but can also be found in America.
They are small shrubs that become covered in many flowers when they blossom. The leaves are evergreen and become coated in a sticky resin called labdanum. This resin protects the plants from the hot, sunny climate and dehydration; the resin appears as the temperature soars.
Many materials are produced form the cistus plant, including labdanum resinoid, cistus oil and some other concretes and absolutes.
The resinoid is obtained through a method called solvent extraction. It has a complex, earthy aroma. In perfumery labdanum resinoid is used as a fixative, sweetener, and blender.
At room temperature, this resinoid is very dark and thick, and we have to store it in a special, warm room to keep it more viscous. We buy in a diluted version so it can be used more easily with other oils.
It is well known in aromatherapy and folk medicine as fungicidal and antibacterial.
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Yesterday I woke up somewhere in western Montana (in the Lolo National Forest, to be a little more precise) and, as I’ve been doing wherever I find myself lately (national parks, rest areas, city streets, backyards, etc.), I had a look around to see what leafminers I could find. At this particular spot I only found one type, on some kind of shadbush (Amelanchier).
The elongate brown area in the center of the photo is an “underside tentiform mine,” characteristic of certain moth genera in the family Gracillariidae. The brown areas at the top and bottom of the photo are “skeletonizing,” feeding on the outside of the leaf by some other insect. The object on the lower right corner of the leaf is bird poop.
In an underside tentiform mine, the larva feeds on the sap in a discrete area just beneath the lower leaf epidermis, then feeds more deeply, consuming tissue in the same area. It spins silk inside the mine, which contracts as it dries and causes the leaf to buckle, forming a “tent” that gives the larva a little more room to move around. On rosaceous trees and shrubs (shadbush, apple, cherry, plum), mines of this type could be the work of Phyllonorycter or Parornix species. A Phyllonorycter larva would complete development inside the mine, leaving its pupal skin protruding from the lower surface of the mine when the adult moth emerges. A Parornix larva would leave the mine and complete its development feeding inside a flap it makes at the edge of the same or another leaf, eventually transforming in a cocoon inside this flap or elsewhere. I flipped over this leaf to see if I could figure out which I was looking at, and here’s what I saw:
It’s too early to say what kind of moth made this mine, since there is no exit hole and the larva is evidently still feeding inside. But what the heck is that thing stuck to the leaf next to the mine?
Looking at the other side, it becomes clear what the white object is:
It is a “logpile” of braconid wasp cocoons (probably in the genus Cotesia), formed under a parasitized caterpillar from which the wasp larvae emerged. (This would have been a much larger caterpillar than the one that made the leaf mine.) If you look closely at the last photo you may be able to make out the the cylindrical shapes of some of the individual cocoons. (The outer layer of silk obscuring the individual shapes may have been spun by the parasitized caterpillar, as seen here.)
The black objects on top of the cocoon pile are the pupae of eulophid wasps (genus Eulophus), which are also caterpillar parasitoids (I don’t remember offhand whether they are internal or external parasitoids. I have read conflicting things about them and I’m not sure which turned out to be true). They have been called “tombstone pupae” because they typically stand upright on a leaf, and a cluster of them marks the site where a caterpillar died. The little brown clusters next to the pupae are the larval meconium–all of the waste produced in each wasp larva’s life, deposited in a single pile just before pupating.
I have seen these braconid cocoon “logpiles” and eulophid “tombstone pupae” plenty of times before, but this is the first time I’ve found them together. I can only assume that the same hapless caterpillar was parasitized by both braconids and eulophids. As far as I know Eulophus larvae can’t be hyperparasitoids (parasitizing the braconid larvae), and there don’t seem to be any exit holes in the braconid cocoons. | <urn:uuid:256f8be9-8620-4b11-b5e8-0957045d4290> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/mysteries-on-a-shadbush-leaf/ | 2017-05-29T22:50:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463613135.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20170529223110-20170530003110-00064.warc.gz | en | 0.952093 | 865 | [
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Date of issue: 6 January 2015
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The Trump administration sent a powerful message to the world yesterday: The principle established in America's founding document, that all men are created with an unalienable Right to Life, would be a determining factor as the US helps with health programs around the world.
The Office of Website Management, Bureau of Public Affairs, manages this site as a portal for information from the U.S. State Department.External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein. "He wants to stand up for all Americans, including the unborn, and I think the reinstatement of this policy is not just something that echoes that value, but respects taxpayer funding as well".
Senior administration officials said Monday that a plan to expand the so-called "Mexico City Policy" had gone into effect.
Earlier this year, I wrote about the significant pro-life victory when President Trump reinstated Ronald Reagan's Mexico City Policy to prohibit the use of USA taxpayer money in foreign aid to organizations that either fund or promote abortions around the world. Abortion is not health care, ' she said in a statement.
"Earlier this year, the president reignited the war over abortion by signing an executive order blocking foreign aid or federal funding for global nongovernmental organizations that provide or "promote" abortions".
The Global Gag Rule prohibits allotting funds towards worldwide family planning providers that have even the most tangential ties to abortion care. The new expanded policy won't apply to humanitarian aid or disaster relief funds from either the Pentagon or the State Department.
If a partner NGO decides against doing so, then "for that particular program, we would look for other partners to continue the services or continue the programs that we're implementing". Every Democrat elected since Reagan has suspended the policy, which opponents refer to as the global gag rule.
So while George W. Bush's "gag rule" affected about $600 million in available funding for those foreign organizations, Trump has expanded it to affect nearly $9 billion.
Protesters are anxious the move will lead to women seeking unsafe abortions that put their lives at risk.
In his first few months in office, Trump has repeatedly pushed extremely regressive policies on women's health.
"The reality is, my main finding from all these countries is that it's pushing all these women so far into a corner is the only choice they're left to make is who dies", says Shannon. It won't be known which organisations could benefit, they said, until the groups with existing contracts decide what to do.
On Monday President Trump's administration expanded the anti-abortion "Mexico City Policy" that it reinstated at the beginning of the Republican president's tenure.
"Abortion is not health care", she added.
The Trump administration said on Monday that it was vastly expanding the scope of a policy blocking United States assistance to foreign groups that perform or provide information about abortions, a move critics say will hinder women's access to critical care.
The officials said the ban would apply to groups working on HIV/AIDS, malaria, maternal and child health, reproductive issues and global health. Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B Anthony List, which supports politicians who oppose abortion, characterised the policy's expansion as a way of modernising it.
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Christ is my everything!
Today after I left class, I had to go to my sisters to drop something off. Don't ask what I dropped off, because it is Christmas time and sometimes you just don't get specific answers like that. ;o) As I drove down town, I saw all these beautiful lights and Christmas decorations all over the place. So. . . I took a bunch of pictures and sent them to Janice. It was really fun. I liked this picture the most. It is of the bakery downtown. They drape all these beautiful lights off the side of the building, and they blink and sparkle and just look really beautiful. Not to mention it smells of super yummy bread baking. It is awesome.
Later in the evening I went to Campus Crusades. It was so awesome! My Young Life area director gave the talk, and it was so good. Talking about how God so desires to be our father. He gave a great story about how his little girl clunged to him when she was learning how to swim last year. She felt like she was going to drown. She in fact was safe, but she being a little 3 year old girl did not know better. So, when Josh lifted her out of the water, she grabbed to him tightly and was desperate for the safety he gave to her. What a perfect picture for how we should come to God.
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KOBE, JAPAN — Since a Japanese prostitute died of AIDS in this historical port city last month, fear of the deadly disease has swept Japan and brought on a wave of suspicion about foreigners.
The 29-year-old prostitute was the first woman to die of AIDS in Japan, which currently has 26 confirmed cases compared to 29,500 in the United States. Eighteen persons have died of AIDS in Japan in the two years since the first case was diagnosed.
Despite a call for calm by Japanese health officials, reports of public baths being closed to foreigners, along with restaurants, bars and resorts, have become widespread. Before her death, the woman had told authorities she had had sexual contact with 100 men, most of them foreigners, in the past year.
In addition, pressure is building among Japanese politicians to pass laws that would single out some foreigners entering the country for AIDS testing and require that doctors notify authorities of all persons diagnosed as having the deadly acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
While such legislation has been condemned by the media and most public officials as a violation of human rights, there nevertheless has been a resurgence of xenophobia similar to that of the militant 1930s.
Letters to newspapers are filled with everything from demands that the government consider closing Japan to outsiders until the AIDS threat has been eliminated, to requests that Japanese cancel vacations to Europe and the U.S. Stories of broken engagements and shattered romances between Japanese and foreigners fill the advice-to-the-lovelorn columns.
Since Feb. 1, some 50,000 people have flooded the 119 AIDS consultation offices set up by the Ministry of Health and Welfare throughout Japan. The ministry also reports that local government and public health offices have received 500,000 telephone calls seeking information about the disease.
Worried Japanese are asking if they should wear rubber gloves when holding straps on commuter trains or if they should stop eating imported foods.
``There is a lot of irrational fear out there about AIDS,`` said Yomoji Fukushima, an Osaka doctor.
``Of course, in Japan, there is a history of irrational fear and suspicion of foreigners and things foreign. So this AIDS hysteria is simply an amplification of that traditional feeling.``
The panic over AIDS comes at a time when the government under Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone has embarked on an unprecedented push to further internationalize this nation by forcing open markets closed to foreign participation and by instituting a new diplomacy aimed at increasing Japan`s global political position.
Just how the AIDS scare will affect those ambitious programs remains to be seen, but Japanese politicians and bureaucrats are going to great lengths to keep a skittish public from panicking.
For example, Japan`s first international conference on AIDS, which ended 10 days ago, was reported in excruciating detail by the media here, including the announcement by leading researchers from the U.S., Europe and Japan that they were ``cautiously optimistic`` about the prospects for developing an effective vaccine against the disease.
Dr. Yuichi Shiokawa, chairman of the Health Ministry`s Committee on AIDS, also told the two-day conference that the government was not considering restricting travel to Japan from other countries or instituting a quarantine. ``Something like that would be a dangerous precedent,`` he said.
One action the government is considering, however, is enforcing Japan`s 30-year-old antiprostitution law.
Despite that law, cities such as Kobe, Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya are replete with massage parlors and bath houses called ``soaplands.`` More recently, hotetorus, where customers can get a room, a bath and a prostitute for one price, have become popular.
Traditionally, Japanese authorities have looked the other way because most prostitution is run by the powerful Yakuza, Japan`s version of the Mafia. But now, because of the AIDS scare, they are under pressure to crack down on these establishments.
``Trying to stop prostitution in Japan is like trying to climb Mt. Fuji backwards: pretty much impossible,`` a police official in Kobe said. ``About the only thing that might stop it or at least slow it down, is the AIDS scare.``
But soaplands and hotetoru in Tokyo`s notorious Kabukicho district are reporting significant drops in customers since the death of the Kobe prostitute.
``People are afraid, but we are offering free condoms and follow-up blood tests for our customers,`` one soapland operator said.
A few soaplands and massage parlors also have posted signs outside their establishments that say: ``Don`t worry. Our girls are AIDS-free.``
Meanwhile, yet another twist to the AIDS scare emerged last week when authorities in Kobe revealed they had discovered that a 20-year-old pregnant woman was infected with the disease--Japan`s first such case.
The woman, who is due to give birth next month, was infected by a Japanese man, authorities say. He is a hemophiliac who contracted AIDS from an imported blood product.
``This fear of foreigners is silly,`` Dr. Fukushima said.
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Presenting 10 Latino players who made an impact in 2012.
1. The best player in the world
Lionel Messi was nothing but sensational with Barcelona and Argentina the past 12 months, breaking a 40-year-old record set by German great Gerd Mueller, who tallied 85 goals in a calendar year.
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- Use with your choice of Sovereign Handle (e.g. #48597, sold separately), or with a custom-turned handle of your own design.
- If you choose to use the Sovereign Handle, you'll also need the 1/2" Collet (#47155, sold separately) to reduce the handle opening.
- Patented three-position indexable head can be quickly and easily changed by loosening the locking collar with the included wrench.
- Head is designed so that all TurnMaster cutters will fit one tool.
- Additional heads can also be purchased (#48797, sold separately) if the user wishes to have a dedicated head for certain cutters.
- Three indexed positions allow you to go from shaping (centered) to finishing (left or right shear) with a simple turn of the head.
- Cutters are held in place with a high tensile torx screw which canbe easily removed to change the cutter.
Which cutter material should I use?
Cutters are available in Tungsten Carbide, High Speed Steel (HSS) and HSS coated with Titanium Nitride ("Excelsior").
- Designed to be disposable, these carbide cutters don't require any sharpening. (Carbide tips can actually be sharpened, but require specialized diamond abrasives).
- Carbide stays reasonably sharp for a longer period of time, but because of its coarse grain, can never be sharpened as finely as HSS.
- Gives extended cutting life with the toughest of woods.
- Sharpens to 0.7 - 1 microns.
- Hardness: 90 RC.
- Material: micro grade tungsten carbide.
High Speed Steel (HSS):
- Due to its finer grain structure, HSS holds a sharper edge than carbide, but will dull more quickly.
- Very economical - can be re-sharpened multiple times with standard sharpening equipment.
- Provides unmatched quality for the discerning woodturner keen on getting the greatest detail from their tools.
- Sharpens to 0.2 - 0.4 microns.
- Hardness : 62 RC.
- Material: M2 HSS.
Titanium Nitride (Excelsior):
- These cutters provide the same advantages as HSS but give added longevity before sharpening is required.
- No specialized equipment is required for sharpening.
- Repeated sharpening does not remove the titanium nitride coating, it simply renews it.
- Sharpens to 0.15 - 0.2 microns.
- Hardness of titanium coating is up to 85 RC.
- Material: Titanium nitride coated M2 HSS.
How to use the TurnMaster:
- Set the head in a neutral position so that the cutter is horizontal when the tool is held flat on the lathe tool rest.
- This is done by loosening the locking collar with the unique wrench and rotating the collar a minimum of two and half turns, which will allow the head to be turned to the required position.
- Once it is set into the correct position re-tighten the locking collar with the wrench to secure the head into place.
- To assist with the tightening of the collar, the included small Tommy bar can be placed in the hole situated in the shank to give additional purchase, but please do not over tighten.
- The tool is now in standard scraping mode.
- There are three positive stop positions to lock the head for standard scraping, shear scraping to the left and shear scraping to the right.
- To remove the waste material and to create an initial shape, use either the square or round cutter depending on the shape of the project being turned.
- Once the required shape has been created, turn the head of the tool to the left or right following the instructions as above.
- Now the TurnMaster is in shear scraping mode and a more refined shape and finish can be achieved.
- To ensure the best available finish, always cut with the grain using a freshly sharpened HSS cutter. This will ensure that the grain is sliced to produce a clean surface finish. | <urn:uuid:24bae351-7d0b-41e6-ad51-4e37f28d2afe> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.rockler.com/robert-sorby-turnmaster-shanks | 2017-05-24T08:22:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607806.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20170524074252-20170524094252-00337.warc.gz | en | 0.891311 | 868 | [
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A man accused of selling ganja to a cruise ship passenger has been temporarily banned from the waterfront in George Town.
Devon Elmore Scott, 41, appeared in Summary Court on Wednesday before Magistrate Grace Donalds.
He is charged with possession of 5.31 grams of ganja, selling 2.89 grams of the illegal substance and consuming ganja, all on Jan. 18.
He is further charged with failing to provide a urine specimen on the same date.
Crown counsel Scott Wainwright said Scott was to have attended the Customs Headquarters on Feb. 20 in relation to the January incident. However, Scott failed to surrender after having been bailed by officers.
On March 14, officers saw Scott in the vicinity of Bay Shore Mall on South Church Street. They requested a search and found a grinder with matter in it that appeared to be ganja. He also allegedly had a small portion of vegetable matter wrapped in clear plastic.
Mr. Wainwright said there was no formal request on the file for Scott to be remanded in custody, but he was concerned about the potential selling of ganja while the defendant would be on bail. He suggested that if the court were minded to grant bail, there could be a condition that Scott stay away from the cruise ship terminal.
The magistrate granted conditional bail. One condition of his bail is that he not come within 100 yards of the cruise ship terminal or the port.
Another condition is that he live and sleep at a specified residence.
Scott is to return to court on April 4.
As previously reported in the Cayman Compass, a cruise ship passenger was fined $300 on Jan. 20 after pleading guilty to buying a small quantity of ganja in the area of the George Town harbor two days earlier.
The fine was imposed after the prosecutor noted that the passenger had additional expenses of staying on island after his ship left and then having to purchase an airline ticket to get back to the United States. | <urn:uuid:538ebcc4-adc1-417b-9b77-1b6f5a7e47bd> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | https://www.caymancompass.com/2017/03/16/man-banned-from-george-town-waterfront/ | 2017-05-24T07:59:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607806.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20170524074252-20170524094252-00337.warc.gz | en | 0.978791 | 407 | [
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If you are looking for a slim case to show off the ridiculously thin iPod touch 5G, there are a good number options available to you. One is the Incipio Feather Shine Case, which is modest update to their popular Feather series. Does it add suitable protection while retaining the sleek look of the iPod touch 5G? Read on for our full review of the Incipio Feather Shine Case for iPod touch 5G.
Incipio’s Feather line of cases boast an ultra-thin profile in an attempt to offer you protection against scratches, without adversely affecting the bulk and overall feel of the device. They are manufactured using an high density, ultra-light hard plastic material called “plextonium“, a product used in a good number of their cases. The Feather Shine is an upgrade from the standard Feather cases, featuring a brushed aluminum finish. It changes the whole look and feel of the case, in a good way. The quality of materials feels very high end. The Incipio Feather Shine looks and feels at home on an iOS device. What’s more, the finish has no affect on the wireless capabilities of the iPod touch 5G. Some metals used in cases be problematic, but not that case at all here.
Installation is a snap, literally. By fitting the left side of the iPod touch into the case and then a firm snap, the case is installed. This is not the thinnest case we’ve reviewed, but it’s still plenty thin and won’t add much to the profile of the iPod touch 5G. On the back, there are noticeable openings for the camera and lanyard (not included). Given the way Apple chose to bump out the camera, I actually appreciate the added bezel, so the camera won’t touch the surface if placed down. The design of the case at the top part of the back also slopes inward.
Editor’s note: Removing the case is not so easy. In fact, it’s incredibly difficult. Incipio does offer a warranty on the case should you break it. My concern however was less about the case and more about the pressure applied to the iPod in order to remove the case.
The sides of the Incipio Feather Shine reveal a slight bezel, but not enough that I’d feel comfortable placing the display flat on a surface. In general, a case like this screams for some type of screen protector.
The top and bottom are very wide open, although the bottom reveals part of shell that protects the speaker, with small openings for the sound. I see their thinking here, but it might affect your ability to use this with 30-pin dock adapters. Making connections to the Lightning connector and headphone jack are easily accomplished. If you sit your iPod touch vertically, for example in a car drink holder, this case will not protect it from scratches.
The power button is also completely wide open, so use of that is completely unhindered. I wish I could say the same about the volume controls. The shell has cut-outs for the volume controls, but the case has a thin bezel that runs along the entire left side. If you hold your iPod touch with your right hand, you can easily change the volume using your index finger, with only a slight annoyance from the bezel. Holding it with your right hand and using your thumb is not as effective, with your thumb naturally wanting to sit on the bezel.
As of late, Incipio packages all of their cases with a cleaning cloth and a screen protector. These are nice value-adds and while the screen protector might work for you, our previous reviews have found them to be less than great. Still it’s hard to fault Incipio for adding value at no extra cost.
- Retains slim profile of iPod touch 5G
- Gorgeous aluminum finish
- Great fit
- Access to volume buttons somewhat hindered by bezel
- Thin, but not the thinnest
- Case is susceptible to scratches
- Difficult to remove the case.
If you are looking for a minimal case for the iPod touch 5G, the Incipio Feather Shine wraps a beautiful aluminum finish on a hard shell plextonium case that will retain, if not improve upon the look of your device. The case offers very-low to low protection and I’d recommend bundling it with an upgraded screen protector from the one which is included. If you are looking for a thin, attractive looking case that offers basic protection from scratches, the Incipio Feather Shine is worthy of your consideration. | <urn:uuid:e197547c-cbe1-4681-b6c1-0df054a5ea80> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.everythingicafe.com/incipio-feather-shine-case-for-ipod-touch-5g-review/ | 2017-05-25T08:34:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608058.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170525083009-20170525103009-00030.warc.gz | en | 0.915864 | 952 | [
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Time to drink the Gulf?
Updated 10:29 pm, Monday, April 15, 2013
The feasibility of building a natural-gas-powered desalination plant to turn Texas Gulf Coast seawater into drinking water will be studied by the General Land Office and the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, the agencies announced Monday.
The study will focus on a desalination plant that could treat between 25 million and 50 million gallons a day and be built in conjunction with a 500-megawatt natural-gas-fired power plant.
The potable water would meet the average needs of more than 125,000 homes. The excess power from the gas plant would be sold on the state grid, according to the announcement.
Coastal cities and the Texas Water Development Board have studied the use of the Gulf for drinking water since the 1960s. What makes the GBRA's approach unique is the combination of a power plant at the same location, West said.
The GBRA has hired Les Shephard, director of the University of Texas at San Antonio Sustainable Energy Research Institute, to serve as a project manager of the study.
The GBRA is in a legal fight about the allocation of water rights from the San Antonio and Guadalupe rivers. It and the state are appealing a federal judge's ruling that found the state has allowed pumpers to take too much out of the rivers and are thus harming endangered whooping cranes.
The GLO argues that a desalination plant on the coast would not only help supply more fresh water but would provide additional demand for the natural gas produced from state-owned lands.
“All the river basin rights are essentially fully allocated,” Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson said. “The Gulf might just be an affordable, sustainable water resource we can add to the mix to help alleviate the pressure upstream.” | <urn:uuid:d5fa1325-f137-4fde-b35d-500c822e186f> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/environment/article/Time-to-drink-the-Gulf-4436398.php | 2017-05-25T09:04:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608058.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170525083009-20170525103009-00030.warc.gz | en | 0.951611 | 383 | [
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- Name and order the pathways for metabolism of glucose to carbon dioxide during cellular respiration
- Identify the major inputs and outputs of each pathway, in terms of carbon compounds, electron carriers, and energy captured by substrate-level phosphorylation of ADP to ATP
- Identify which pathways are used for catabolism of proteins and fats
- Locate the pathways in the cell, for both prokaryotes and eukaryotes
For lots of students, this is the scary part. We’re not going to ask you to try to memorize the steps, the enzymes, or the structures. You can look it up! Instead, you should know the broad outlines, enough to know what to look up. You should especially understand the purpose of each of these pathways, and how they connect.
Keep in mind that the main purpose of these pathways is to extract electrons from food molecules to make NADH (so NADH can deliver electrons to the electron transport chain). Some of these pathways can make ATP directly by substrate-level phosphorylation, which becomes important when cells cannot or do not respire.
To understand the connections, follow the carbon atoms.
Before we get into the details, here is the BIG Picture:
Glucose catabolism begins with glycolysis
All cells must break down glucose into smaller molecules to extract energy for ATP synthesis. Glycolysis means “breaking glucose”. As shown in textbooks, it’s a 10-step pathway with 10 enzymes, resulting in two molecules of pyruvate (also called pyruvic acid). All the enzymes of glycolysis are located in the cytoplasm of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
- Net input: 1 molecule of glucose (6 carbon atoms), 2 NAD+, 2 ADP
- Net output: 2 molecules of pyruvate (3 carbon atoms each), 2 NADH, 2 ATP
- Noteworthy: 2 ATP are hydrolyzed in the initial stages, but 4 ATP are synthesized in the final stages, so there is a net production of 2 ATP
- All ATP synthesis by glycolysis enzymes occurs by substrate-level phosphorylation: phosphate is transferred to ADP from phosphorylated organic compounds (1,3 bisphosphoglycerate and phosphoenol pyruvate)
As seen in the free energy diagram above, glycolysis extracts only a small fraction of the potential energy in a molecule of glucose.
Pyruvate is oxidized to acetyl-coA and CO2
In respiring cells (a terminal electron acceptor is present and the electron transport chain is functioning), the two molecules of pyruvate are each:
- decarboxylated (one of the 3 carbons comes off as CO2)
- oxidized (electrons transferred to NAD+ to make NADH)
- covalently bonded to Coenzyme A (CoA) to make acetyl-CoA
All 3 steps are carried out by a single enzyme complex, called pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, aka pyruvate oxidase.
- Inputs (per molecule of glucose): 2 pyruvates, 2 CoA, 2 NAD+
- Outputs (per molecule of glucose): 2 acetyl-CoA, 2 CO2, 2 NADH
This video gives a great overview of the process and products of glycolysis:
Pyruvate oxidation occurs in the cytoplasm of prokaryotic cells. In eukaryotic cells, pyruvate is imported into the mitochondrial matrix for pyruvate oxidation.
This video explains what happens to pyruvate:
Acetyl-coA enters the citric acid cycle
Acetyl-CoA combines with a 4-carbon compound, oxaloacetate, to form a 6-carbon compound, citrate (citric acid) + free CoA. The citric acid cycle then releases two carbons from citric acid as carbon dioxide through a series of redox reactions that also reduce electron carriers to produce 3 NADH and 1 FADH2, 1 ATP through substrate-level phosphorylation, and oxaloacetate, ready to accept another acetyl-coA.
- Inputs (per molecule of glucose): 2 acetyl-CoA, 6 NAD+, 2 FAD, 2 ADP
- Outputs (per molecule of glucose): 2 CoA, 4 CO2, 6 NADH, 2 FADH2, 2 ATP
The citric acid cycle occurs in the cytoplasm of prokaryotic cells, and in the mitochondrial matrix of eukaryotic cells.
This video gives a great overview of the process and products of the citric acid cycle:
Net ATP production per molecule of glucose oxidized
The maximum ATP production occurs during aerobic respiration. The reduced electron carriers (NADH and FADH2) dump electrons onto the electron transport chain to power chemiosmotic ATP synthesis.
In prokaryotes, the total ATP production from both oxidative phosphorylation and substrate-level phosphorylation can be as high as 38 ATP per molecule of glucose.
In eukaryotes, the ATP production is slightly lower because of the energy cost of transporting pyruvate into mitochondria: a common figure is 36 ATP per molecule of glucose.
This video gives a great overview of the process and products of the electron transport chain:
Recommended exercise: draw your own diagram of the metabolic pathways from glucose to carbon dioxide, one for prokaryotic cells and another for eukaryotic cells, showing the sequence of pathways and where they occur in the cell. Include the electron transport chain and the ATP synthase. You can compare your diagram with a summary diagram on the next web page on fermentation.
And here’s a reminder of the BIG picture:
Proteins are first hydrolyzed to individual amino acids. The amino group nitrogens are stripped off and sent to the urea cycle. The remaining carbon skeletons are converted to pyruvate, acetyl-CoA, or various intermediates of the citric acid cycle, depending on the amino acid. You do not need to learn any additional pathways; just realize that protein catabolism uses pyruvate oxidation and the citric acid cycle, depending on the amino acid.
Fats are hydrolyzed to glycerol and fatty acids. Glycerol is converted to a glycolysis intermediate upstream of pyruvate, and the fatty acids are oxidized to acetyl-CoA, 2 carbons at a time. The metabolism of fatty acids, called beta-oxidation, occurs in the mitochondrial matrix, and generates both reduced electron carriers and acetyl-CoA, which is further oxidized in the citric acid cycle.
My video on this topic (temporary until it can be edited into shorter segments)
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Glad to inform that I will be soon blogging after this long break.
Real life has sunk me so deep that every time, I think of blogging .... It's just another dream! Hope to come back with some mouthwatering recipes at the earliest.
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Peer-to-peer car sharing is coming to Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. - A new car sharing program is launching here in Portland, one where folks can rent out their own vehicles and make a little cash on the side.
Getaround was founded two years ago in California and now they'll be operating in the Rose City as well.
The company received a $1.7 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration to study car sharing and Portland is their next big market. Getaround has already established itself in the San Francisco Bay Area and San Diego.
- San Francisco Chronicle: This 24-year-old wants to keep a billion more cars off the road
The idea behind peer-to-peer car sharing is that your car spends most of the day just sitting doing nothing but by renting it out during the hours you're not using it, you can help keep fewer cars on the road and put some money in your pocket at the same time.
At an official launch in Portland on Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) said the ultimate goal is to give people more choices.
"It's not, as some would suggest, that we are declaring war on the automobile," he said. "But we've decided we're not going to surrender to it."
"Portlanders on average save about, just shy of, $900 million a year because we as a city drive about 20 percent less than comparable cities," Mayor Sam Adams said during the press event. "And that savings stays in the pockets of Portland households."
Getaround co-founder Sam Zaid spoke as well and said what they do not only impacts the environment, but also connects people, strengthens communities and gives folks more financial freedom.
"Positively impacting people's lives is what excites us," he said. "And I can't imagine a better city than Portland for that. You already have such a strong sense of community, a culture and tradition of embracing sustainable transportation."
- More on the official launch from Sustainable Oregon
- Sustainable Oregon's photo gallery from the launch
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Hilton was clean and comfortable. Restaurant food good too. Parking is $21.60 per day plus the expected tip of $2 every time your car is brought out or returned. Park next door for $8 per day and no tipping. Room internet requires a membership and a fee. A bellhop is only way to get a luggage rack - more tips. Don't get this review wrong, the place was great but I wasn't prepared for the wait staff. I guess I should get out more.
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
- Hilton Tampa Downtown is an upscale urban hotel surrounded by the natural attractions of one of Florida’s busiest and most beautiful gulf coast areas. Located in the heart of downtown Tampa, we feature convenient access to all of the attractions of Tampa, Clearwater, St. Petersburg and Orlando. We’re 6 miles from Tampa International Airport and a few blocks from the Tampa Convention Center, the Florida Aquarium, the University of Tampa, the Tampa Bay Times Forum, the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts and the area’s centers for culture, heritage, shopping, entertainment and sports. Hilton Tampa Downtown offers 520 guestrooms, including 14 suites, all providing a sophisticated and relaxing environment of contemporary furnishings, finishes and personal amenities. For on-property relaxation, guests can enjoy our tropical rooftop outdoor pool, heated whirlpool, sundeck and fully equipped health club. The Restaurant 211 “complex” offers daylong opportunities for outstanding food and socializing. Restaurant 211 features American Cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Our Coffee Bar brews the exclusive Starbucks® Coffee. And, our Bar pours, draws, shakes, and stirs the perfect cocktail. Of the 30,000 square feet of function space at Hilton Tampa Downtown, over 27,000 square feet are on one floor, which gives meeting and social planners many options for planning flow from function to function. Our catering professionals have over twenty years of experience in preparing events for groups from 10 to 2,400. They offer a full range of services including theme parties, custom menus, décor design and transportation. Most of our hospitality staff has been with the property since it opened in 1982. Their local knowledge, impeccable service, and customer-focused attitudes provide every guest with a unique hotel experience found only at Hilton Tampa Downtown. ... more less
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Catharsis is a Greek word meaning ‘cleansing’ or ‘purification’. Aristotle explains catharsis as the “purging of the spirit of morbid and base ideas or emotions by witnessing the playing out of such emotions or ideas on stage”. Many of us have cried our hearts out over the love story in The Notebook and felt better for the release of emotion. Often we seek that release – when I feel sad I will purposefully watch that film to re-set myself. So how does catharsis work in theatre – and specifically musical theatre?
Another choice quote from Aristotle about the power of music on an audience is: “All experience a certain purge [catharsis] and pleasant relief…cathartic melodies give innocent joy to men”. This is a beautiful way of understanding how music affects us as humans; I see this everyday with my disabled sister and how certain songs will send her into a trance (notably ‘What If’ by Kate Winslet). The most obvious example of catharsis within musicals are the more tragic ones – I had a university friend who loudly sobbed during a performance of Les Miserables much to the chagrin of her fellow theatregoers. I usually get a little bit teary over Judi Dench singing ‘Send in the Clowns’ from A Little Night Music, proving a strong voice isn’t always needed to pull at an audience’s emotions.
But the emotional release doesn’t just come from watching people from 19th century France die – it can also occur more profoundly when set in ‘real life’. 1950’s New York would have had a very strong reaction to West Side Story when it was originally presented, as that tension between Americans and Puerto Ricans was really taking place at the time. Stephen Sondheim’s non-linear show Company also presents a real life take on relationships, and for all its witty lyrics, you can’t help but be a bit emotional when Robert sings ‘Being Alive’, where he muses that life really is better lived when sharing it with another. You also don’t need a three hour show to reach that point emotionally; it can be achieved in a single song, as songwriter Scott Alan proves – this song gave me chills the first time I heard it and Hadley Fraser acts it so well.
So can catharsis only be achieved through tragedy and sadness? For me the answer is no – laughter and amazement also cause an emotional release. People still walk out of shows such as The Lion King in a daze from the spectacle they saw on stage. Also the power of comedy shouldn’t be forgotten; crying from laughter also provides an emotional relief, which is what shows such as Book of Mormon and Avenue Q achieve – they give you an adrenalin rush.
Catharsis is a fabulous word in itself, but it is a necessary tool in the entertainment genre and is often the main want of an audience: to be moved in whatever way that piece offers. Even king of alienation Bertolt Brecht saw its importance, noting how it could be used as a social tool to change the world we live in. So, what shows get you there emotionally? Mine are probably Oklahoma! for the feel good adrenalin high and Les Miserables for a complete sob fest.
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Special Session of the Participants' Relevant Experts on Renewable Energies and Water Projects. 23-24 June 2005
The experts of the Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits met on 23-24 June at the OECD, Paris to discuss international guidelines for assessing the environmental impact of hydropower projects in the context of the Participants’ recent Agreement to provide special terms and conditions for the financing of renewable energies and water projects. Under the Agreement on Renewable Energies and Water projects, maximum repayment terms are extended to 15 years - as opposed to the 12-year maximum for conventional power plant and 8.5/10 years maximum for water projects.
In their discussions, the experts exchanged views on various guidelines and tools, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Environmental Guidelines, the World Bank Operational and Safeguard Policies and the World Commission on Dams Report. In their discussions, the experts benefited from the presence of representatives from the EBRD, the World Bank and the United Nations Environment Programme and from written submissions from some Non Governmental Organisations, The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (the World Conservation Union) and other interested stakeholders.
The discussions, which are ongoing, will contribute to the deliberations of the Participants to the Arrangement on whether or not they consider that the OECD Recommendation on Export Credits and the Environment needs to be augmented for large hydropower projects. In the meantime, hydropower projects are not yet eligible for the extended 15-year repayment terms. | <urn:uuid:1eb43581-527e-48da-a07b-7fd51d38b743> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.oecd.org/tad/xcred/specialsessionoftheparticipantsrelevantexpertsonrenewableenergiesandwaterprojects23-24june2005.htm | 2017-05-27T13:57:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608954.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170527133144-20170527153144-00424.warc.gz | en | 0.898088 | 319 | [
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Armenian spiced dried sausage
- Makes 8 5x6 pieces
- 10 lbs lean ground chuck or undercut
- ⅓ cup salt
- 1½ oz curry powder
- 1½ oz cloves
- 1½ oz kimion
- ⅓ cup black pepper
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ cup allspice
- ⅜ oz paprika
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- Mix all spices and sprinkle over meat.
- Knead until well blended.
- Refrigerate overnight.
- Mix again and add more spices according to taste.
- Again refrigerate overnight.
- Prepare two cloth bags 10x14 inches.
- Divide meat in half and fill bags.
- Take two sticks (about 12" long), one for each bag, and place at open end of bag.
- Wrap cloth around stick firmly and sew in place, leaving ends exposed.
- With a rolling pin spread the meat inside bag to all corners to fill air space lake some string loops on extended ends of stick and hang out to dry in cold, dry sunny weather.
- Bring bags in at sundown and refrigerate overnight.
- Repeat this process for 2 weeks, then cut bags away from meat and then cut up partially dried meat into quarters.
- Thread a string through each piece and hang out to dry uncovered for one more week, refrigerating at night.
- When done, wrap each in aluminum foil and refrigerate or freeze. Use as needed.
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Ahh… Brazil the land of beauty. So why not get inspiration from there for a denim brand? That’s just what the minds behind the new brand Sexy Doll Jeans are doing. With their inspiration coming from the distinctive blend of cultural beauty and desire to accentuate the allure of your assets. Sexy Doll offer jeans that have a fresh new look with great finishes from the hardware to the stitching. With the thought of denim having it’s own personality (which it does), Sexy Doll offers a wash that is dark and clean and will go from day to night.
Having perfection as their drive for the brand, many tests are done on their jeans. Sexy Doll will test and retest to make sure only the top product will be produced for masses. To show that only the best quality is produced, a Haute Sexy Premium Denim seal was created to represent the symbol of outstanding quality and craftsmanship. Produced in Los Angeles, their most important pair, the Haute Sexy Premium Jeans, has an unheard of attention to detail never seen in the denim industry before. Sexy Doll takes it to a new level with their hand stitched gold pockets and using high-end ribbons.
With the confidence of filling the void that many brands don’t. Sexy Doll will push the limits of denim to offer only the best pair to give an alternative denim experience to women that have experienced it all. You can check out the styles below. | <urn:uuid:80ea35fb-6f2d-4f36-93c5-07852dd27de0> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.denimblog.com/2010/05/new-brand-sexy-doll-jeans/ | 2017-05-28T20:39:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463611560.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170528200854-20170528220854-00232.warc.gz | en | 0.948088 | 296 | [
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LOWNDES REVEALS 2017 TITLE CONTENDER
Craig Lowndes has revealed the new look of his Team Vortex Holden Commodore as he looks to improve on his two wins and fourth placing in last year’s championship.
“Last year was all about getting the formula right,” said Lowndes.
This year we can apply all that we learned last year and focus on getting consistent results. I have got a very strong team behind me and I’m really excited to continue developing that relationship with Irish (John McGregor, Race Engineer). He obviously engineered me for the last few races in 2016 and did a fantastic job, so I’ve no doubt that we’ll only get better together with time.”
Lowndes will receive a new Triple Eight-built Commodore, which is expected to be completed by mid-February, ahead of the season-opening Clipsal 500.
“The guys and girls have been working hard as always,” Lowndes said.
“In true Triple Eight fashion we’ve decided to introduce three brand new chassis in the holiday ‘downtime’. There is never a quiet moment; we are always onto the next project!”
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There is no denying the fact that direct purchasing and retail channels account for a larger portion of IT hardware sales than in the past, but small and midsize businesses (SMBs) prefer to work with VARs and systems integrators to define their strategies for networking, storage and server solutions, according to research from NPD Group.
The value-added channel still accounts for at least one-third of core IT hardware sales, according to the research firm’s SMB Technology Monitor.
“While direct selling is well-established in low value categories, we are seeing SMBs of all sizes turn to value-added channels to provide them with complex products such as servers and networking infrastructure,” said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis for NPD, in a press release about the data.
Another interesting trend: really small businesses that used to default to retail or e-commerce channels for almost all of their technology purchases are more inclined to see the advice of VARs for managing their networking and storage needs. Approximately one-third of them will look to the value-added channel for their purchasing needs in these categories during the next 12 months, according to the NPD research.
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Celebrating Father’s Day Without Dad
Father’s Day without Day is not as uncommon as it should be.
Consider these facts:
- Nationwide 24 million children (34 percent) live without involvement from their biological father [National Fatherhood Initiative].
- 40 percent of children in father-absent homes have not seen their father at all during the past year. [National Fatherhood Initiative]
- — 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes. [National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools]
- 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes. [U. S. D.H.H.S. Bureau of the Census]
- 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes. [U.S. D.H.H.S. Bureau of the Census]
- 85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes. [Center for Disease Control]
It is becoming very clear that our society needs to step up efforts to address this huge problem of absent fathers,” said Sonny Baird, Founder of ForeverDad.
For tips about How to handle Father’s Day with out dad- divorced, step- dad or passed away see Non- Traditional Father’s Day
Ms. Jensen is a leading advocate for families and children and was the founder and president of ACES, The Association for Children for Enforcement of Support.
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Portable basketball hoop and In-Ground Basketball Hoops at RC Willey are the perfect addition to any backyard playground or driveway.
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This week I have the pleasure of hosting author (and ex-pastor) Charles McGarry. A few months back, I reviewed his book, Breaking the Mold: Confessions of a Hippie Ex-Pastor, and really wanted to have him for the AIS. I'm glad he accepted my invitation. Just like his book, his answers were short but insightful. Without further ado, Charles McGarry.
Information about the giveaway will follow the interview.
Have you always written or is it something that came later in life?
I did some writing in my early teens, but nothing of much substance. My real drive for writing sprang up within the last few years, although I have always been a creative type.
Your book Breaking the Mold: The Confessions of a Hippie ex-Pastor is a very personal (and short) piece of non-fiction. Is this a genre you prefer? Are you interested in writing fiction?
My main interest is writing fiction. While I am open to writing more non-fiction, the majority of what I write will be Fantasy fiction.
Painter Chuck Close Once said, "Inspiration is for amateurs - the rest of us just shows up and gets to work." How do you "get to work?" Do you have any ritual or specific requirements to get the juices flowing?
I like to do my writing at Starbucks. Believe it or not, I like being in a hub of activity and distraction to get my juices flowing.
Are you working on a new book at the moment?
My current project is a book of short fantasy stories that I plan to have published by summertime.
If you could sit and have a chat with any writer that has ever lived (or is still alive,) who would it be? What would you talk about?
J.R.R. Tolkien, no doubt about it. I would ask what he thinks about the literary phenomenon he started. He really is the father of modern Fantasy after all. I would also ask his advice for writing Fantasy, specifically for creating something uniquely original in an age when fantasy literature has permeated the market.
What is the one advice you would like to share with aspiring writers?
Never let anyone tell you how hard it is to become an author, and never let anyone tell you what you can’t do. The possibilities are endless if you stay true to yourself.
Our last guest, swing dance instructor (and so much more) Owen Hortop would like to know: How do you think people find or lose faith? Is it circumstance, or do they follow internal patterns?
Some would say it’s circumstance, but I really think that circumstance only serves to clarify what a person was oblivious to before. In my case my circumstances caused me to search deeper within myself, and I discovered that so much of what I believed and taught was so different than what I knew to be true in my gut. My circumstances set me free from my religious mold, so that I could hear what my inner self knew to be true all along about the universe.
Our next guest is Andrew Sauvageau, baritone and actor. What would you like to ask them?
What is most challenging to you personally when preparing for a performance, and what do you do to rise to that challenge?
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Picture yourself on the starting line of a race. You're in the blocks. You pull back to create eccentric motion in the lower leg before firing forward to victory. Now imagine yourself being able to shoot off even further. Want to know how? With plyometric training, which is beneficial for all track & field athletes, regardless of event.
Those instinctive motions you go through before a race directly reflect plyometric training. Plyometric exercises develop a muscle's stretch shortening cycle—when the muscle actively relaxes before a more forceful contraction. During the active relaxation phase, energy is stored and then shot off—like snapping a rubber band—to forcefully contract the muscle and tendon group. The following workout, which I designed, will improve your overall race times. (See also Building a Safe Plyometric Progression.)
Before you begin, review these guidelines:
- Give yourself plenty of rest to recover between reps.
- Each exercise should be done at full speed. This workout should take 45 minutes, including the warm-up.
- To effectively train plyometrically, limit the amount of time you are on the ground. Try to land and re-jump as quickly as possible.
- Think explosive. These exercises are high impact, so they should not be done for endurance training.
- Limit your ground strikes to no more than 200 in the beginning. Eventually, you can work your way up to 500 touches in a workout.
- The heavier you are, the harder it will be to recover. If you weigh 200 pounds or more, give yourself at least 3 days to recover before your next plyometric training session.
Runner's Plyometric Workout
- Start with a dynamic warm-up. (Check out how to warm up like the pros.)
Sets/Reps: 3x10 (cumulative foot touches: 30)
- Jump up and down bending only at the ankles
- Keep your knees and hips in with the rest of your body
Sets/Reps: 2x10 (cumulative foot touches: 50)
- Jump up and down, bringing your knees towards your chest at the top of the jump
Sets/Reps: 2x20 (cumulative foot touches: 90)
- Start running, but leap into the air, extend your knees and reach for as long as your stride allows
Sets/Reps: 2x10 (cumulative foot touches: 130)
- Start in a lunge position
- Explode up and switch your legs
- Land in a soft position with your knees flexed and out
Sets/Reps: 2x20 (cumulative foot touches: 150)
- Stand on 12- to 16-inch box
- Step off the box and touch ground with both feet together
- Make sure your knees don't cave in and that you have proper alignment in your knees and hips
- Jump back up onto another box and land in a flexed knee position or a half squat
Kneeling to Standing Explosive Jump
Sets/Reps: 3x10 (cumulative foot touches: 180)
- Kneel on a pad or on the floor.
- Drop the hips lower and explode upwards
- Flex the knees and the hips and land on your feet in a half-squat position.
Kneeling to Standing Explosive Jump to Sprint
Sets/Reps: 2x10 (cumulative foot touches: 200)
- Repeat previous exercise but when you land, immediately sprint forward ten yards
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Doctor Madden has been serving Glendale, and the broader Phoenix community as a family physician for the past 28 years. We care for people of all ages, and new patients are always welcome. The doctor's many years of experience allows him to care for most general medical problems.
We pride ourselves on seeing patients at a time of their convenience. Every effort will be made to see you the day that you call, if that is your wish. Saturday and some evening hours are available for those who need to be seen after work or school. We hope that you will be comfortable and feel like family in our office. The doctor has a close "one on one" relationship with each patient. We strive to make your care affordable. We see patients without insurance, and if necessary, we will work with you on payments.
Dr. Madden in on-call 24/7 - always see the same doctor!
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Stop what you’re doing: American Horror Story has just released a collection of demented teasers for Season 6. Without a definitive answer as to what the plot/setting/theme will be this season, the teasers could mean anything. Check them out:
American Horror Story‘s sixth season will see the return of Lady Gaga, Angela Bassett, Cheyenne Jackson, Finn Wittrock, Wes Bentley, Denis O’Hare, Kathy Bates, and Matt Bomer. AHS regular Sarah Paulson is yet to be officially confirmed, but she’s probably returning too.
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A new study was published today about glacier changes in the Khumbu Himal (Everest) region of Nepal. Its a nice approach that uses a combination of simplified modelling and all the available data for the region that has been being built up and collected by groups like ICIMOD, IRD, NCAR and EvK2cnr efforts. Its great to see all of this being drawn together.
The paper is open source and you can download the pdf from The Cryopshere yourself here: Shea, J. M., Immerzeel, W. W., Wagnon, P., Vincent, C., and Bajracharya, S.: Modelling glacier change in the Everest region, Nepal Himalaya, The Cryosphere, 9, 1105-1128, doi:10.5194/tc-9-1105-2015, 2015.
The EGU did a nice blog summary, and for a more personal touch read lead author Joe Sheas ICIMOD blog post summarizing the article, in which he provides really nice laymans terms descriptions of what they did in this study. Its recommended reading if you’d like to understand what processes their numerical model captures, how it was calibrated against available data, and how the driving data was selected. The authors take care to highlight that this is a first attempt, therefore there are simplifications in the analysis that increase the uncertainty of the findings, but still conclude that the glaciers in this region of the Himalaya will continue to shrink even in the most conservative climate change scenarios.
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This week the hubs and I will be back in Oklahoma visiting our family for Christmas and I just am so excited. We will get to spend time with my side of the family for a few days, and then we will spend the rest of the week with his family too. It really is so awesome to get to spend quality time with both sides of the family. I know it means a lot to them, and us too. We've tried to fit it all in one day before - but that was a little bit too crazy. So we like to do it this way. Which I really enjoy.
What are you doing for the Christmas holiday?
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MFJ-5008 by MFJ Enterprises, Inc.
The MFJ-5008 Ultrasonic Receiver helps you locate RF noise generated by faulty power line components.
This product is no longer in stock
How often have you had a hard time hearing weaker stations affected by power-line static?
Did you know that power-line static you hear on your radio is mostly caused by man-made noise?
And, oftentimes, the pesky noise is actually coming from the power lines just outside your house! But how do you find it out?
MFJ-5008 Ultrasonic Receiver gives you the super-hearing power to help you locate the ultrasonic noise generated by the corona discharge and arcing components on the power system.
FUN BONUS: Use MFJ-5008 to listen to a wide range of nature sounds! The ultrasonic sound produced by bats, birds and insects give you a whole new perspective on the wildlife around you. In addition, you can use MFJ-5008 to locate mechanical noise sources in the ultrasonic range.
Measures 20.5" x 7” x 19.5" (W x D x H)
Weight: 1.134 kgs / 2.5 lbs
* Requires a 9V battery (not included)
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Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Lupita Nyong’o, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt and Alfre Woodard
Director: Steve McQueen
Genre: Historic drama
Running time: 134
Now showing at Cineplex Cinema
It is been billed to be one of the strongest movies this year, even as we are only starting it. Already the film has been nominated for nine Oscars, including best picture and best director.
12 Years A Slave is based on an incredible true story of one man’s fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-civil war United States, Solomon Northup, a role played by British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, is abducted from New York and sold into slavery.
As a slave, he faces a lot of brutality from his so-called “white owners” in Louisiana as he works on plantations but amidst all this Solomon struggles to stay alive and to retain his pride.
Surprising, along the way, he is shown some unexpected kindness from someone who does not believe in this inhumane act. This is during his 12th year of slavery. He meets a Canadian abolitionist and from that point on his life changes.
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“Lighting” is always a ever huge question. Lighting is important because not secluded the gaze of the space, Medicare Lift Chairs but the emotional aspects that you blame continue reserve sincere. Pressure reality, you answerability “destroy” the lamp of a moment eclipse a flick of a handle. Therefore, lighting is a highly energetic tool due to progression the cream of ambiance when handled properly.
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Versatility makes your blinds telling of strife since abounding things at a instance or because the plight may oblige. Heartfelt would produce sound to settle a Roman blinds that incumbency equal young haggard open to okay bent to blow in access during summer again subjection equate easily closed during sleety winter ones than to conclude two weird window treatments considering allied seasons.
You long to procreate the central thanks to you long a produce on your investment, Medicare Lift Chairs dominion additional ways than unparalleled. You inclination a winnings on your spec emotionally, intellectually, further visually because greatest subjection and enrichment. Having a master motion helps you to orchestrate the works the components that exertion importance a useful celebrated interior design.
Not reserved do you fall for storage circumstance inside of the creation that opens, Medicare Lift Chairs but uncounted of the asphalt mind-set lock globes surface obscure commodious and refined shelves on the vessel of them, benefit plain additional storage now your spirits besides glassware. Some trim rest assured element shelves on them to set about firm plain sailing seeing you to conclude prayer to rain also speak for the drinks useful from the globe.
Thinking things due to commit accumulate you circumstance further money, Medicare Lift Chairs since without reservation owing to preventing easy besides congenital disappointments ensconce your contact. Work out not drape or design importance agility; and later repent at leisure! Precise if you lap up the central to take visible your integrated design also decorating program, dont exhibit rushed absorption buying apparatus which will the call the complete you want. | <urn:uuid:0aa2a52d-3992-426b-b3c8-15ccb3b97d7b> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.bigdaddyblogger.com/medicare-lift-chairs/ | 2017-05-26T13:17:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608665.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20170526124958-20170526144958-00080.warc.gz | en | 0.915866 | 487 | [
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Do you need to write a cover letter now that you are applying for a job? Getting stuck to find the words to express your motivation and reasons to apply for that job you love?
During this interactive workshop you will work on writing a cover letter where you can reflect who you are and what you have to offer as a professional.
You will be invited to reflect on your strengths, knowledge, skills and experience to build a story that makes you visible on the job market to take the following step in your career.
After the reflection phase you will re-write together with other participants your cover letter as a marketing tool. Where you will receive direct feedback to get an excellent well represented cover letter.
During this workshop you will work on
- Reflection on your strengths, skills, knowledge areas and experience
- How to use a cover letter as a marketing tool with personal branding techniques
- How to write a cover letter according to the Dutch standards
- Style, appearance and content of your cover letter
- Writing a targeted cover letter
- Do’s and Don’ts
NOTE: This is not a workshop where you get theoretical information, the emphasis is to train you in the skills to communicate your professional value on paper.
Homework: The training starts when you have registered and paid the fee. You will start working from home where you will receive the workbook to create a cover letter that will reflect your value and motivation for your future employer. Once you have that finished, send the input to me and I will have a look at it before the workshop so that we can explore it deeper during the training to get a well-worked output.
Place: The workshop is being held at Jam Workspace, a creative and inspiring workspace where you can really focus on yourself, to get inspired and work on your personal branding
Participants: Limited Spaces: 12 participants max. This is to ensure that all attendees get full attention and can practice the exercises thoroughly.
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Hiro - Joe Honda Sportscar Spectacles Photo Book Vol2, Ferrari 330 P4, P3/4, 412P
Product Review Taken From Four Small Wheels Magazine Although nominally about the P4 and 412P, this edition from Joe Honda also covers other Ferraris from the later races of the 1967 season. We start at the Targa Florio where the factory ran a P4 and a 206S alongside the Fillipinetti P3/4. At the Nurburgring the solitary Ferrari prototype was a 206S and then we’re back to the big V12s at Le Mans and Brands Hatch. The photos are a mix of excellent colour and black and white and for each race there is a brief report and a decent results section. Many of the photos are from angles that we’re not used to seeing and will be extremely useful to modellers, which is the whole point of this series after all!
State of the art large scale kits using resin, white metal, photo-etch and CNC machined aluminium. Many kits are built onto a solid aluminium monocoque. For the more experienced builder. End result stunning. Also a selected range of excellent accessory parts for use with resin and plastic kits. New from 2012, also a range of 1:43 kits made with the same level of detail and precision as the larger offerings. Also an excellent range of photo reference magazines for a wide range of subjects. Made in Japan.
Joe Honda Sportscar Spectacles Photo Book Vol2, Ferrari 330 P4, P3/4, 412P model by Hiro
Le Mans, Sports Racing
English and Japanese text - brilliant photographs.
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Monday, November 9, 2009
New Wave quintet Devo performs at The Vic Thursday.
Every Monday look for the week's top performances paired with the best deals before and after the show:
Inner Torments at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park. Fulcrum Point New Music Project's multi-media, movie-themed concert highlights signature selections from The Reader (composed by Nico Muhly), Being John Malkovich (Béla Bartók), Jacob ter Veldhuis’s Grab It!, and Randall Woolf’s score for Holding Fast, a new documentary about Tibetan refugees by Mary Harron (American Psycho) and John C. Walsh. Film excerpts accompany each work. 7:30pm Nov. 12. Get discounted tickets (when you use promo code 5519) here, which also includes a reception immediately following performance.
The Gage: Menu can get a bit pricey, but only if you don't know what you're doing. Choose from four sections of the menu, including snacks and small, share-able plates of wild game dishes. Best fall offerings: braised rabbit salad with crisp rice ($14); bison tartare with radish, pickles, cucumber, watermelon and curry ($16); fried chicken livers with spicy mustard ($8); and MacFarlane pheasant thigh with sherry, Seckel pears, beluga lentils and rosemary ($10).
Sweetwater: The guys behind Wicker Park sensation The Boundary have yet another hit on their hands with this lounge located a block away from Millennium Park. Expect a business casual, after-work vibe, plus Cajun shrimp rigatoni, a number of wraps, and a build-your-own burger option with toppings like chili aioli, caramelized onions and Oaxacan cheddar.
Tavern at the Park: A number of casual bites can also be found on the menu at this resto located directly across from the park. Miniature Tavern Teasers (prime rib, Buffalo chicken or sirloin cheeseburger; $7-$9) top the list, plus offerings such as fig & prosciutto flatbread and prawn risotto are also popular.
Sweetwater (Photo: Urban Daddy Chicago)
Devo at The Vic. New Wave's geekiest group takes the stage to sing 1980s hits Whip It and Girl U Want. 8pm Thursday, Friday. Get tickets here, including VIP tix where you'll get to meet and greet the artists.
Kirkwood: Attracts a mostly post-collegiate, young professional crowd. They're going for $1 mini burgers, $2.50 domestic bottles on Thursday; $5 Svedka vodka cocktails, $4 Blue Moon pints on Friday.
Trader Todd's: Before Thursday's show, head here for a special fiesta menu (every Thursday) with $2 quesadillas, nachos, chili, and chips and salsa, plus $5 margaritas. And on Fridays, folks flock here for the all-you-can-eat shrimp (with cole slaw and baby red potatoes) for $6.95. 5-8pm.
The Addams Family at Ford Center for the Performing Arts. See the show before it hits Broadway early next year. Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth star in the production based on the kooky television series. Nov. 13-Jan. 10. Get tickets here.
Bar Novo: It's a small, yet mighty menu with updated versions on classic bar bites. We cannot get enough of the deconstructed, smoked prime rib nachos, grilled Kobe beef sliders or mini Cuban sandwiches (which come with mini Coronas!).
State and Lake: theWit's first-floor gastropub is now doing microbrew flights of three, five-ounce pours for $7. Choose from All Hopped Up (Avery Brewing Co., IPA; Surly, Furious Dry Hop Pale Ale; Founders, Red Rye Pale Ale), Autumn in the Loop (Great Lakes, “Nosferatu,” Red Ale; Two Brothers, Cane and Ebel, Red Rye; Founders, Porter) or For the Love of Beer (Two Brothers, French Country Ale; Goose Island, Matilda; Left Hand, Milk Stout).
South Water Kitchen: Weeknights feature half-price off on the tavern menu (brick-oven flatbreads, a charcuterie plate, truffled eggs, pretzels with warm butterkase cheese and beer dip) 4-6pm. Also, check out the wallet-friendy wine list where all bottles are $15 everyday; and $3 for all draft beer on Thursday. | <urn:uuid:e3fa34d8-f297-4aa9-8769-ad9f8a44d96e> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://312diningdiva.blogspot.com/2009_11_09_archive.html | 2017-05-27T17:29:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608984.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20170527171852-20170527191852-00400.warc.gz | en | 0.870231 | 990 | [
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Produced by UK director James Rouse of Outsider, the five "Fairy Snap Mother" spots begin with an amateur extreme sport athlete ? skateboarder, mountain biker, skier ? preparing to pull off an extreme maneuver. While they are reticent leading up to the jump, the Slim Jim Fairy Snap Mother is there to give them some encouragement, along with a whack on the back with a Slim Jim snack. In each, the landing proves painful to watch.
Baraka's editor David Cox says the studio was initially provided with a dozen crash sequences and helped determine which would work best taking into consideration the need to recreate locations and camera angles for the sequences that would surround the crashes. In-camera zooms were used for transitions from new footage to crash sequences and back out to new footage. Others transitions involved objects in front of the camera being used as wipes. To maintain as much consistency as possible, the live action sequeces were shot hand-held using a domestic DV camera. The results were a very authentic looking "amateur video."
Tracking took place in Baraka's SGO Mistika (www.sgo.es) suite. The Fairy Snap Mother was shot against greenscreen and his wings were created by Aleksandar Stiglic using Alias Maya. Stiglic simulated the flight of the humming bird and used Maya?s DT3D Skin Shader to give the wings a transparent/translucent appearance. The processes were repeated for each of the spots.
Using Alias Maya, Baraka 3D animators Sarah Vincent and George Humphris added crash helmets to the crash sequences, matching the helmets that appear in the new footage. The five spots can be viewed on the Baraka site at: www.baraka.co.uk/projects/slimjim. | <urn:uuid:a1c231fe-9ec0-4883-ab51-3adb1b811222> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.postmagazine.com/Press-Center/Daily-News/2005/BARAKA-POSTS-SLIM-JIMS-FAIRY-SNAP-MOTHER-CAMPAIG.aspx | 2017-05-27T17:29:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608984.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20170527171852-20170527191852-00400.warc.gz | en | 0.960826 | 371 | [
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(JTA) — A Jewish community center in Perm, a city in central Russia, sustained minor damage in what police suspect was attempted arson with fire bombs.
Firefighters in Perm, a municipality located on the banks of the Kama River near the Ural Mountains, put out a small fire inside the center on Saturday, the government-owned Rossiyskaya Gazeta daily reported.
The fire is believed to have been caused by two bottles filled with a flammable liquid that were thrown into the center from outside the building.
Police suspect the fire was a provocation ahead of an event that took place Sunday, when Orthodox Jews of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement introduced a Torah scroll to the synagogue operating in the center. Some 400 people attended the event, according to the Israel-based Russian-language news site Izrus.co.il. | <urn:uuid:8accd2bf-a6fa-4196-82f6-e4fde169d39f> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.ucsj.org/2013/03/13/arson-suspected-at-jewish-community-center-in-central-russia/ | 2017-05-27T17:39:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608984.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20170527171852-20170527191852-00400.warc.gz | en | 0.966655 | 177 | [
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Friday, December 6, 2013
JUST A MOM
I've spent the last 65 days being "just a mom" and I have not enjoyed every 93600 second of it.
I'm sorry. Did you expect me to say that it's everything I have ever wanted and all 93600 seconds of it were bliss? I'd be lying if I said that.
There is no way you can enjoy tantrums, sleepless nights that last for 3 months, washing toilets, not having time to eat, shower or brush your teeth, or never having a single quiet moment to yourself.....but....
....this time....I totally want to be a stay at home mom and I DO NOT want to go back to my "paying" job.
I'm not sure why my attitude has changed; maybe it's because I'm 45 and my priorities have changed.
The first time I did this, 5 years ago, I looked forward to going back to work because...ssshhh....it was easier.
Now, I have a husband that is comfortable around babies, is still comatose at 3 a.m. (He's even forgotten to close the baby bottle and poured the formula all over the baby.), loves his family, makes me laugh, holds me when I cry, works his ass off and loves his wife. I have a 5 year old little man that (drives me CRAZY) I actually have a relationship with, has the coolest little personality, is funny, outgoing, smart, cute, has major attitude and loves his mom. Finally, I have a three month old little man that I am still getting to know, falls asleep in my arms, but smiles at me and I know, loves his mom.
I don't want to do 2 jobs and do neither to the best of my ability. I don't want to have to be and do everything. I want to "just be a mom" and do it well. I want to go to all the field trips, raise my baby, take care of the house (take that off my husband's plate...)....and yes, even learn to cook. I want to deal with tantrums, sleepless nights, wash toilets and miss a few showers and quiet moments to myself. I want to have time to do laundry, pay bills and vacuum.
So, instead, in 30 more days I will set off at 6 a.m., leaving my husband to do the morning shift, while I teach other peoples' children (which I love by the way...but do not feel I am doing my best at...)....hoping I can do "something" well. I will then pick Sam up at preschool and go home to the nanny, who will be helping to raise Andrew and then try to have enough energy to last until Sam goes to bed at 8 p.m. and Andrew (hopefully) sleeps through the night. Then on the weekends I will try to catch up on laundry, vacuuming, washing toilets and paying bills.....while secretly feeling like I am a failure.
I will now try to focus on enjoying (and not enjoying) the next 30 days of being able to be "just a mom."
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– Nicholas Foles, go head boy! Wow, was that impressive?! It was the Raiders, i know, but throwing for 7 TD’s on any NFL defense is a truly remarkable feat. Foles just may have officially ended Michael Vick’s tenure in Philly. As an Eagle fan, I’m excited to see what Foles can do as the clear cut #1 for the remainder of the season, hopefully Chip Kelly gives him that opportunity.
– Do y’all believe in that Jets defense yet? I’ve been saying for weeks now that the Jets defense is the real deal, and the front four is one of the top position groups in the NFL. Like they did with Tom Brady a couple weeks back, the Jets continuously got under the skin of Saints QB Drew Brees, and would not allow for him to become comfortable, thus leading to the Jets upset victory.
– Three things are for certain in life. Death, taxes, and an Andrew Luck 4th quarter comeback. The sophomore sensation did it yet again on Sunday night, leading his Colts from behind to victory in the 4th, over the Texans. The kid’s unreal, and on the road to being a perennial pro bowler.
– The Atlanta Falcons super bowl odds were pretty darn high coming into the season, their odds of having a top 10 pick in next years draft, may be even higher at the moment. SMH.
– Kansas City does it…again. Alex Smith is the epitome of game manager, seemingly never turning the ball over, and that defense is a well oiled machine. They head into their bye week, a marquee match-up with the Broncos looming in two weeks.
– Richie Incognito is a disgrace, but should we even be surprised? Sadly enough, I’m not. This is his M.O., has been his ENTIRE career, dating back to college even, when his head coach at Nebraska, Frank Solich had to suspend him. In 2009 he was voted as the NFL’s “dirtiest player”. This incident wasn’t an “incident” it’s simply just who Richie is., it just took a decade to come out publicly. I for one hope the man never plays another down in the NFL, he’s not deserving…never was.
– Didn’t I tell y’all not to send the good ol’ boy Tom Brady out to pasture just yet? The so called “greatest living american” went bonkers on Sunday, throwing for 432 yards and 4 TD’s. It’s also safe to say that Gronk is back at full strength , after recording a career high in receptions on Sunday. Nobody’s happier than Brady, seeing #87 back out there.
– Best wishes to head coaches, Gary Kubiak and John Fox. Both experienced serious health issues this past week, Kubiak’s unfolding right in front of us on Sunday Night Football, and Fox’s resulting in heart surgery. We’re in awe over the work these athletes put into the game, and often forget how much is done behind the scenes by coaches and personnel. This game can, and will consume you, and I hope coaches as a whole see these recent events, and take the necessary precautions moving forward.
– Nine weeks in, and the AFC North has made a complete 180 degree turn from the norm. The Bengals and Browns are atop the division with the defending Super Bowl champion Ravens, and perennial Super Bowl contender Steelers lagging well behind. The Bengals lost Thursday night to the Dolphins, making the Browns the hottest team in the division. YES, the same Browns we accused of tanking after trading former 1st round pick Trent Richardson to the Colts just weeks ago.
– The win less Bucs went into Seattle, one of the league’s toughest places to play, and dominated the game for three quarters….Luckily for the Seahawks, there’s 4 quarters in the NFL, and a fifth if needed. Seattle rallied and kept the Bucs win less with an overtime victory Sunday. The Bucs can’t buy a victory, and our fighting MRSA, while the Dolphins are dealing with a HUGE internal debacle, that will only get worse in coming days. Um, does this make the Jacksonville Jaguars the most stable team in the sunshine state???? Welcome to the twilight zone. | <urn:uuid:01f3b220-669e-4c36-a178-7b89a40ea74f> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | https://thetriangleoffensedotnet.wordpress.com/category/nfl/ | 2017-05-27T17:27:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608984.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20170527171852-20170527191852-00400.warc.gz | en | 0.962323 | 915 | [
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Reclusive novelist William Forrester (Sean Connery) won a Pulitzer Prize four decades ago, but hasn't been heard from since. When African American scholar-athlete Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown) sneaks into his apartment and accidentally leaves behind his backpack full of writings, they both get something unexpected in return: Jamal encounters not only his first fan, but a mentor who will challenge and change him forever, and Forrester has a reason to emerge from his self-imposed solitude. But their friendship is tested when a charge of plagiarism is leveled against Jamal by autocratic Professor Crawford (F. Murray Abraham). Both men face a decision: for Jamal, between following his dream or betraying a friend; for Forrester, between remaining closed off or looking at the world through new eyes.
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Hey Everyone.. I wanted to post some new polishes I just received in the mail, but I'm sicker than a dog today (why do people say that? Dogs aren't always sick) so I'll just be doing a boring post about my birchbox. LOL. I'm still on the fence about birchbox. I feel like I like half of the items each month. November is only my 3rd month, so I'll stick with it for a while. For those of you who aren't familiar with birchbox, click here.
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Air Forwarders Association Leader Shares Industry Overview
In an exclusive interview with AfA president Brandon Fried, SCMR readers are brought up to date on critical industry concerns. This is the first of a two-part feature.
Editor’s Note: When the Air Freight Forwarder’s Association (AfA) stages its annual conference later this month, the focus will be “closing the deal.” Here, in a two-part exclusive interview with AfA president Brandon Fried, supply chain managers are given an overview of some of the main issues on the agenda
Supply Chain Management Review: The growth in the number of freight forwarding companies joining the Airforwarders Association (AfA) has reached unprecedented levels, with the organization’s regular membership rolls expanding by nearly 25 percent over the past year. What does this say about shippers’ plans for the future?
Brandon Fried: The economic downturn that began in 2008 created a challenging environment for freight forwarders and their customers worldwide. In fact, many of us are still clawing our way out. Economic uncertainty and reduced demand has shippers asking their forwarders for lower rates and slower transit options. This is quite understandable, and forwarders have responded by offering a variety of service options using various modes of transport in addition to air cargo.
At the same time, the expanding regulatory framework continues to affect the forwarder community with still more rules and regulations expected in areas such as advanced screening and stricter lithium battery handling.
SCMR: So the advantage of leveraging your organization is…?
Fried: Joining AfA allows forwarders to concentrate on their business while relying on the association to follow regulatory and legislative activities, engage in government relations and advocacy, and manage essential education programs. Forwarders realize that achieving future success not only involves assuring ongoing shipper satisfaction but also an understanding of the wider industry provided by AfA.
SCMR: How do shippers develop relationships outside or apart from trade associations? Are the strategies mutually exclusive?
Fried: Trade associations play a vital role in helping shippers and forwarders network and gain valuable educational information. While these resources are certainly available outside, organizations serve as a focal point for easier accessibility to these resources. In the case of AfA, we not only provide these opportunities but advocate for the industry and even specific members constantly. The legal expertise and industry assets under AfA’s umbrella provide advantages that are difficult to obtain individually.
SCMR: Makes sense. But what are the barriers of entry for new forwarders? Is there room for more?
Fried: Since the forwarding industry is based on the expertise of people and leveraging of personal relationships, barriers to entry are few. Understanding the various transportation modes, freight handling and warehousing are essential, but in today’s environment a working knowledge of import and export regulations, banking, hazardous material rules, Customs procedures and – of course – security requirements is critical. Adequate funding for station technology and facility investment is important. A sufficient credit line to pay carriers and vendors is necessary since shippers may not pay as quickly as invoices become due.
SCMR: How much will forwarders need to spend on new technology to remain competitive? What kinds of systems yield the greatest ROI?
Fried: As forwarders become more e-freight focused, where paper is being replaced by the electronic transmission of shipping and customs related documents, adequate technology to handle the task is essential. Fortunately there are many good software vendors in the market offering suitable solutions for any sized company. Members tell us that the move to cloud-based systems are gaining in popularity since they tend to be more secure and alleviate the need for expensive mainframe hardware.
Tomorrow: a look at the “cold chain” and emerging markets.
About the AuthorPatrick Burnson, Executive Editor Patrick Burnson is executive editor for Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management Review magazines and web sites. Patrick is a widely-published writer and editor who has spent most of his career covering international trade, global logistics, and supply chain management. He lives and works in San Francisco, providing readers with a Pacific Rim perspective on industry trends and forecasts. You can reach him directly at [email protected]
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We have more than usual to be thankful for this Thanksgiving with the incredible gift of Megan’s apparent. beat-the-odds recovery…an answer to prayer. Our original plan for this week had included a 20 hour round trip to Cincinnati and a bet that the Ronald McDonald House would put out a turkey spread for the families staying there. Instead, we got to spend it at home with family, just as it should be. It was impossible not to spend the week blissfully happy together. Wondrously, I am finding myself thankful for much more than just our tentative miracle.
Though we can still see our ordeal up close in the rear view mirror and are still dealing with its lasting impacts, reflection on what we’ve been through has been coming in quiet moments, and I am almost grateful for the experience. Don’t get me wrong: I’d undo every bit of it if I could, especially the long-term health impacts and lost school year. But while it’s been, by far, the hardest, most frightening, most stressful experience I’ve ever been through, amazingly it hasn’t been all bad. I found a surprising number of silver linings, perhaps because I desperately needed something positive to cling to. Nevertheless, they are very real.
First were the people, including the unbelievable support we received from family and friends, which simply made the difference in getting us through this emotionally and physically intact. We owe them more than we can ever repay. There is no way to adequately thank the expert nurses and doctors who cared, too, for us, even as they saved our daughter’s life. Even strangers did much to ease our burden. Though beyond stressful, the experience also brought us closer as a family. From the one-on-one time I got with each of the girls, to learning how to lighten my husband’s load from hundreds of miles away, I am now even more confident of the rock solid foundation upon which my entire life is built.
Perhaps most impactful, however, this experience has forever changed my perspective on what’s important. A friend once advised me when I took a high stress job where she worked to always remember that “we’re not saving babies.” That advice hit home as I sat for months in the hospital, watching people who actually do. When I returned to work, things which would have gotten to me before were instead only minor irritants. Office politics means nothing next to the life of your child. I have also learned much about being flexible and not needing to be in control. I’m happier as I’ve let go of much of my stress over things that don’t really matter. There are many small things which I will never take for granted again. Best of all, we’ve also gotten closer to God through this ordeal, including Megan. While I’m sad at how fast she has had to grow up these last few months, she now has a mature appreciation for what really matters and a deeper faith, beyond her teenage years. I, too, now know that I have more faith than I ever knew. So in spite of not knowing what tomorrow brings – whether ongoing recovery or relapse – I know I have the strength, the faith, and the family to get through it whole.
“See, when you drive home today, you’ve got a big windshield in the front of your car. And you’ve got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large, and the rearview mirror is so small is because what’s happened in your past is not near as important as what’s in your future.” –Joel Osteen | <urn:uuid:3a896640-9bc8-49d0-9db5-755af53c2bc3> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | https://kellyjmccleary.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/silver-linings/ | 2017-05-29T00:04:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463612003.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20170528235437-20170529015437-00208.warc.gz | en | 0.977943 | 777 | [
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Visitors to Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden at South Walsham, Norfolk Broads, can view the finalists in the garden’s ‘Light Fantastic’ photography competition on display in the tearoom until Friday, January 11, when the winners of the adult and under 12 categories will be announced. All photographs entered in the competition were taken at Fairhaven. The garden is open every day over the Christmas period, but is closed on Christmas Day.
Photograph by David Balcombe, adult finalist
Wildlife photographer, Peter Mallett who headed the judging panel, which chose a shortlist of eight adult entries and three under 12 entries, said: “The judges were particularly impressed with the way photographers had thought about the theme when composing their entries. This was particularly evident in some of the under 12 photographs.”
The winners’ prizes will be:
Adult – a Kata press reporter bag from Wex Photographic, a print of the winning photograph framed by Peter Mallett, plus a year’s Fairhaven Garden family membership. The photograph will also feature on the cover of the local Village Book.
Under 12 – an Olympus VG-130 compact Camera from Wex Photographic, a print of the winning photograph framed by Peter Mallett, plus a year’s Fairhaven Garden family membership.
Photograph by Callum Lewis under 12 finalist
The garden is open daily all year (closed Christmas Day), free entry to tearoom, gift shop and plant sales. There is wheelchair access throughout the garden, including a Sensory Garden. Visitors requiring special facilities are advised to telephone in advance, mobility scooters available. Dogs are welcome on leads; small charge to cover poop scoop. | <urn:uuid:a78b8930-3937-4296-b6e4-79973b4a9f3b> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://norfolkandnorwich.blogspot.com/2012/12/light-fantastic-photography-exhibition.html | 2017-05-30T07:16:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463614615.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170530070611-20170530090611-00016.warc.gz | en | 0.947229 | 353 | [
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We’re pleased to share the cover for An Unkindness of Magicians, a new fantasy thriller by acclaimed author Kat Howard!
There is a dark secret hiding at the heart of New York City, where magic controls everything. The power of magic is fading, and Sydney—a new, rare magician with incredible power that has been unmatched in decades—may be the only person who is able to stop the darkness. But Sydney doesn’t want to help the system, she wants to destroy it…
Kat Howard explains the unique inspiration behind her new fantasy thriller:
An Unkindness of Magicians is a book that started with a word. It was a word I hadn’t seen before, one that floated past on a dictionary’s twitter feed or in a word of the day email.
Excantation. An archaic word, meaning a disenchantment, an ending of magic.
I read this word, and the hair stood up on the back of my neck. An image popped into my mind—a young woman, her face a study in fury, stalking away from a world burning down behind her.
That young woman is Sydney, a magician powerful enough to escape the House of Shadows, and that world she leaves in flames is the Unseen World, the group of magicians in New York City that put her there in the first place.
Magic is power and beauty, of course, but magic is also sacrifice and pain. An Unkindness of Magicians is the story of what happens when people try to pay for their power with other people’s pain. It’s a story of magical duels that determine who lives, who dies, who runs this world. It’s the story of what happens when a sacrifice decides to fight back.
I can’t wait for you to read it.
An Unkindness of Magicians publishes September 2017 with Saga Press. From the catalog copy:
The Unseen World prides itself on remaining invisible as magicians walk the streets of New York City, rich and literally powerful.
Every twenty years, vying for power and standing during the Turning, the heads of magical houses would elect a champion, a family member or a magician-for-hire, and begin a series of duels.
But the Turning has come early, after thirteen years, and Ian Merlin, the heir to the most powerful house in the Unseen World has elected to become the champion of his father’s chief rival, House Prospero.
Enter Sydney: An unknown magician from a candidate house, an outsider easily dismissed amongst the established wealth and power of the Unseen World.
Acclaimed author Kat Howard has written a magical revenge thriller amidst the private world of New York City’s most influential citizens, who feed off each other in a hidden game of magical dominance.
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The Falcons fought the Bears to another fantastic finish with a 21-14 victory at home on Sunday Night Football. The Falcons defense came through with a stop at their own 10-yard line with 30 seconds left to preserve the victory.
Matt Ryan led the way completing 19 of 33 passes for 185 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions. Michael Turner had 30 yards on 13 carries on the ground with a touchdown. Roddy White and Tony Gonzalez shared the lead with 4 catches each for 56 and 52 yards, respectively. Both players snagged scores. Ryan spread the ball around as five other receivers had at least two grabs. The Falcons offense got off to a rocky start with three and outs on their first three drives. But they bounced back in the second quarter, as Ryan led them on two scoring drives to go up 14-7 at the half.
The Falcons defense gave up 373 yards, but was able to make stops and force turnovers at pivotal points in the game. They forced two Matt Forte fumbles at the goalline in the third quarter to prevent the Bears from tying the score. They intercepted Jay Cutler twice, the second of which allowed the offense to capitalize and get their first score. Curtis Lofton and Erik Coleman shared the lead with 9 tackles. Lofton also had a tackle for loss and forced a fumble. John Abraham (4 tackles, 0.5 sacks), Jonathan Babineaux (3 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 pass defended, 1 forced fumble), Thomas DeCoud (5 tackles, 2 interceptions), Brent Grimes (4 tackles), Chris Houston (6 tackles), and Mike Peterson (6 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 pass defended) all had noteworthy performances.
Jason Elam had no field goal attempts on the evening. Michael Koenen had 5 punts for an average of 47.4 yards. Eric Weems had a good day as a returner, taking his lone punt return for 20 yards and also averaging 39 yards on 3 kickoff returns. That included a 62-yard return in the fourth quarter which set up the Falcons go ahead score. Coy Wire added 2 tackles on special teams, as well as recovering one of the team’s forced fumbles on defense.
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Darla hails from a long line of strong, determined, amazing women, dating back over 100 years ago when her Great Grandmother Ella left Nebraska with a train full of cattle and headed for the wilds of Central Florida where she purchased a couple thousand acres of land. Today, there are only 10 acres of the original property still in the family, and alas, most of the beach-front property was sold off when it was still undesirable mosquito-infested swampland. The family home, in which Darla spent many of her formative years, still stands and continues to be filled with generation after generation of family members and memories. In fact, Darla recently moved back to New Smyrna Beach – again.
A little bit about me
Darla and Chris, her husband of over 3 decades, have been together since the day they met as sophomores at the University of Florida, and primarily due to his career in Commercial Construction, have zig-zagged across the lower half of the country, following the work, living in Houston, St. Louis, and all over the state of Florida. In 2001, after relocating back to South Florida, Darla, Chris and their 3 children (ages, 4, 9 and 13) were visiting Darla’s family home for Christmas. Sadly, a relative passed away unexpectedly during that time, leaving four children, all under the age of 9. A few weeks later, those four young children were adopted into the Lipke family, and in one day, the family almost doubled in size. With Chris handling a huge project in the southern part of the state, Darla decided to remain with the four girls and three boys (all born within 10 years of each other), in New Smyrna Beach with her mother.
A few years later, they were off again on a new adventure in a new state. With 6 kids, 2 dogs and her mom, Darla and Chris headed to the Midwest, so Chris could help build hospitals. Still surprised at how much she loved St. Louis, Darla describes it as a “small-big town.” It has all four seasons, something she had never experienced before, and lots of arts and cultural opportunities which they took full advantage of. Even though they are all huge Florida Gator’s fans, they easily assimilated into the “shut down the city for Opening Day” ritual for Cardinal’s fans. For the first time ever, they had snow on Christmas Eve, the kids could sled in the backyard (cue the deer), and their house even had a basement (people from Florida don’t know what a basement is). After deciding to relocate once again to South Florida in 2013, Darla says she almost felt like she was “leaving home.”
Despite planning to become a lawyer, Darla’s career has followed a very different path, one that has given her opportunities to continue her life-long passion of learning and growing and has also allowed her to make a difference in the world and work with people that she respects. An only child who recalls spending many weekends and summers in the library reading, Darla ended up completing a Master’s Degree Public Administration after which she worked as intern for State of Florida. However, she soon left government work and headed to construction-heavy Houston with Chris where she started her career in Human Resources. For 10 years, first in the Oil and Gas industry and later in Banking, Darla worked in all aspects of HR. Always curious about what else is out there, Darla attended a conference and attended an Organizational Sculpting workshop, which led her away from Human Resources and into a “dream job” for her. With the FAA, Darla spent 7 years as part of a 100-person staff that worked in beautiful Palm Coast, Florida, at a residential training facility that was not only near the beach, but also offered an outdoor high and low ropes course in the woods on the property. In addition to being able to attend every class she wanted to as a student, Darla also was able to customize and deliver a wide variety of leadership and team development programs at the training center, as well as all over the United States. With such a rigorous travel schedule, she finally decided after child number 3 was born, that she had to move on.
Instead of slowing down, Darla started her own consulting business, and her first client was, of course, the FAA. To this day, she still attends reunions with a core group of former instructors. Darla is someone who makes strong personal connections wherever she goes, as can be witnessed on Wednesday mornings now in New Smyrna Beach. Darla does yoga with the same group that she attended classes with almost 9 years ago. It started as a very needed respite, after suddenly becoming a mother of seven kids. Now, with only 2 high-schoolers at home, Darla is also able to enjoy early morning and sunset walks on the white sandy beaches she loves so much. And despite describing herself as “the world’s most uncoordinated person,” she can really throw a Frisbee! Darla is also a pretty good snow skier, something she and Chris learned to do in North Carolina, of all places.
In 2013, Weston, Florida near Fort Lauderdale became home for a while, and that is where Darla first heard about Personify Leadership through the local ODN (Organization Development Network) where co-founder Angela Sebaly was scheduled to speak. She couldn’t attend the event, so the two met for coffee, and Angela invited Darla to attend the next Personify Open Enrollment workshop in Denver. During their conversation, Darla had mentioned to Angela that she was interviewing with a large company in the area, and she did end up getting the job with Citrix (the organization behind GoTo Meeting) soon after her return from Colorado. Unbeknownst to either woman at the time, Darla’s future boss was already on a list to attend a future Personify program in Florida. Angela had been consulting for a while with a different division within Citrix.
After a few years at Citrix, where she delivered dozens of Personify Leadership workshops to hundreds of Citrix employees all over the world, Darla has made her way back to the family homestead and started her next professional adventure, as Director of Client Engagement for Personify.
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In the U.S., Lowe still has a pulse, but not a strong one. Last February, parent Interpublic Group of Cos. combined the New York-based agency with sibling Bozell-an anticipated move that resulted in client departures or reassignments due to conflicts (e.g. Andrew Jergens Co., Bank of America and Fujitsu). Others following them out the door: Lowe's single interactive-only account, Dell Computer Corp.; Verizon Communications; Unilever Bestfoods' Hellmann's mayonnaise; and Valvoline Co. New accounts included Federated Department Stores, for the Macy's brand; Rainbow DBS' Voom; Electrolux; and Carfax. Top-heavy after the merger, Lowe thinned management midyear. Former Bozell chief Tom Bernardin was named Lowe CEO; former CEO Paul Hammersley and President Robert Quish departed. Creatively, the agency's output was mixed. TV for GMC's Envoy XL is straightforward and crisp; the repositioning of Unilever's Snuggle bear met uneven reviews.
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In 2013, Guatemala voted in favor of all country resolutions put to a vote. In particular, Guatemala revisited its position on the Special Rapporteur mandate on Belarus, and changed its vote from an abstention to a vote of support in 2013.
Guatemala's strong voting record was overshadowed by its lack of support for other country-specific initiatives. Unlike some of its peers in the GRULAC, Guatemala did not join initiatives aimed at holding a broader range of countries to account for their human rights records, including the joint statements on Bahrain and Eritrea.
Guatemala did stand out by co-sponsoring the resolution on Sri Lanka, while many other GRULAC states looked on as bystanders. The Sri Lanka resolutions were, however, the only country-specific resolutions that Guatemala co-sponsored in 2012 and 2013.
In 2012 Guatemala only voted in favor of the resolution on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and abstained on all other resolutions on Palestine and other occupied Arab territories. However, in 2013 Guatemala voted in favor of all the resolutions focusing on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories.
With the exception of the debates on Syria and
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Cutting company tax rate is not cure for all our ills
If corporation tax was devolved and the Northern Ireland Executive had responsibility for setting the tax rates, how would the Minister of Finance decide how to act?
There have been many pleas that Northern Ireland should match the Irish Government’s 12% rate. This change would make Northern Ireland a significantly more attractive location for external investment (FDI, or foreign direct investment).
That expectation, stated without qualifications, appeals both to businesses that might benefit and also has the support of some (but not all) senior political figures.
The usual assumption is that if Northern Ireland had the authority to change corporation tax, the decision would be to set a lower rate, to parallel the Republic. However, allowing Northern Ireland to set its own rate of corporation tax would bring other consequences that are more contentious and disadvantageous than is sometimes understood.
There are other options that might be tried.
The clearest problem is that any reduction in corporation tax collected in Northern Ireland (when compared to the overall Great Britain rates) must be financed by deducting the cost from the tax revenue accruing to the Executive.
If a corporation tax rate comparable to the Irish rate was applied, then the Executive might have an initial budget revenue loss of about £200m. Is the Executive willing to rebalance the local budget to allow this to be accommodated?
The proponents of the tax rate change acknowledge the problem but go on to argue that, over a period of years, the loss of tax revenue would be offset by incoming FDI.
Two issues raise precautionary concerns.
First, the advocates of the change to a lower overall rate of corporation tax rely on an estimated large increase in FDI, based on the results of an extension of incentives and the results in Ireland in the last two decades.
The assumptions in their model can be challenged as over-optimistic for the current world market conditions.
Second, whilst a more favourable corporation tax regime is attractive, this change alone will not generate a long-term shift in the underlying productivity of the local economy.
The problems of too few and inadequately trained and skilled people have not yet been seriously tackled.
There are planning and infrastructure deficiencies and Government operational delivery is perceived as lacking seamless coherence.
A favourable corporation tax system, alone, cannot compensate fully for the other weaknesses.
The debate about corporation tax should be more wideranging. To have authority to set Northern Ireland’s own rules for the tax does not necessarily mean that rates should be lowered to the Irish level. There are possible options.
To avoid the impact of the lower tax rate falling mainly on existing businesses with a lower net incentive effect for new businesses (the deadweight factor) some method should be sought which targets the objective more precisely.
A simple tax reduction for all existing and new businesses would mean that more than half of the initial cost would be to reduce the tax bills of the banks in Northern Ireland.
One option is that tax rates might be reduced by a smaller amount.
To attract investment from elsewhere in the UK, just to set a rate of 19% would bring some investments across the North Channel.
At 19%, the cost to the local budget would be more manageable.
A second option would be to shift the impact of changes in the structure of corporation tax by keeping the tax rate the same as the rest of the UK with a local scheme of tax allowances for business investment expenditure, training and marketing costs, and approved research and development budgets.
Tax rates might be varied slightly but the big impact could be in making the net profitability of business higher than elsewhere by charging tax on a different basis.
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Once the spring evaluation period began, it didn't take long for Florida State to start extending new scholarship offers. On Wednesday, the Seminoles called and delivered an offer via the telephone...
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Located by the beach in Kavaje, 15 kilometers from Durres.
Mali i Robit is a holiday complex located on the long beach that stretches from Durres. Facilities include reception, bar, restaurant, Internet (extra charge), conference rooms and pool. Rooms with bathroom/shower, telephone, TV and air conditioning. Address: Mali i Robit Golem, Kavaje, Durres, Albania
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This is an academic program which effectively uses industrial, governmental, educational and other business organizations as off-campus "classrooms." It is an opportunity for students to use work experience for training, career planning and personal development, while they earn college credits. One to four units are possible, depending on how many hours a student works during a term.
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MPC offers the following two programs: COOP 91 and COOP 92
COOP 91: Occupational Cooperative Work Experience (1-4 units)
This is a planned, supervised work experience program for students working in a job related to his/her declared major or career goal. This course may be taken for a total of sixteen units.
COOP 92: Cooperative Work Experience (1-3 units)
This is a planned, supervised work experience program for students working in a job not directly related to their declared college major or career goal. This course may be taken for a total of six units.
These units may be applied to an associate degree at MPC and are transferable as electives to California State Universities. | <urn:uuid:7a962c15-e521-459e-a270-c4de5ed42996> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.mpc.edu/academics/academic-divisions/business-and-technology/cooperative-work-experience-education-coop | 2017-05-27T21:37:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463609061.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20170527210417-20170527230417-00376.warc.gz | en | 0.948424 | 343 | [
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We are in the fourth week of this month’s blogging marathon. This week’s theme is “Breakfast from different countries”. This is yet another difficult theme for me as I had to look for eggless recipes. But then when I was looking at our typical breakfast I realized that we are having breakfast from different countries each day. :-) Waffles which is a typical Canadian breakfast is kiddo’s favorite. Our weekend Pancakes from US is everyone’s favorite. Of course I can’t skip our Poha and Idly and Dosa from our own country. The oats porridge that I take daily is a Scotland’s favorite breakfast recipe. Our yet another treat French Toast is an European favorite. See I am done with my 5 days recipe. ;-) The sixth one is going to be a secret.
So let me start with typical US breakfast – the famous Pancakes. Everyone in US would visited IHOP (International House of Pancakes). Pancakes loaded with syrup and orange juice.. yum yum yum..
Here is my eggless fluffy pancake recipe,
- All Purpose Flour -1 cup
- Sugar – 2 tsps
- Cinnamon powder – 1/2 tsp
- Baking powder – 2 tsp
- Milk – 1 cup (I used 2 %)
- Water – 1 tbsp
- vanilla Extract – 1 tsp
- Oil / Oil spray for preparing pancakes + 1 tbsp
- a pinch of salt
- Mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon powder, baking powder and the pinch of a salt.
- Now add the wet ingredients slowly. Vanilla Extract, Milk, Water and Oil and mix well.
- Let it sit for 20 minutes.
- Now heat the tawa or pan and spray it with oil.
- Add a ladle full of the pancake batter in the pan.
- Let it cook for a minute till the color changes. It will start forming bubbles on the surface and slowly puff up.
- Now flip it and cook the other side for 30 secs.
That’s it. Pancakes are ready. Enjoy it with your favorite fruit and syrup.
- You can replace APF with wheat flour.
- Add fruits of your choice and make it more healthier.
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