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Author: Sawicki, Lisa
Citable URI: http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/21257
Advisor: Kloxin, April
Department: University of Delaware, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Publisher: University of Delaware
Date Issued: 2017
Abstract: Late recurrence of breast cancer within distant metastatic tissue sites is often difficult to diagnose and treat, resulting in poor prognosis for patients. It is hypothesized that cells may go dormant by interactions with or lack of adhesion to the extracellular matrix (ECM) within these tissues, which differs from native breast tissue. The metastatic ECM is a complex microenvironment, containing a mixture of mechanical and chemical cues to which cells respond. To investigate how the ECM regulates cancer recurrence, two-dimensional (2D, plates) and three-dimensional (3D, naturally-derived scaffolds) in vitro culture models have been used. However, lack of complexity (2D), mechanical property control (2D, 3D), and chemical property control (3D) makes it challenging to identify key factors involved in regulating dormancy or activation in these systems. The development of synthetic polymer-based scaffolds in recent years provides an alternate route to investigating cellular response to the presentation of microenvironmental cues in 3D. Initially bioinert, these scaffolds may be modified with chemical ligands to permit cell-matrix interactions and their mechanical properties may be precisely tuned to mimic different tissue sites. The goal of this dissertation is to develop and characterize a novel synthetic material for cell culture applications and to examine how physical and chemical factors in this microenvironment regulate breast cancer activation. ☐ Specifically, we have developed a novel poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-based hydrogel scaffold for in vitro cell culture. PEG modified with thiols and peptides containing alloxycarbonyl-protected lysines (containing a reactive vinyl) react rapidly upon the application of light in the presence of a photoinitiator, lithium acylphosphinate (~minutes). Scaffold mechanical properties are tuned by varying macromer concentration to mimic soft metastatic site tissue ECMs (Young's modulus ~ 600 – 6000 Pa). These properties remain stable during long-term culture (~weeks). We also demonstrate the covalent attachment and spatial presentation of peptides mimicking proteins found within metastatic tissue ECMs in these scaffolds. All cell lines remain viable (>70%) after encapsulation, with many at greater than 90% viability, indicating minimal negative effects of light and radicals on cell survival post-polymerization. ☐ While initially well-defined, the properties of synthetic hydrogel scaffolds change as cells secrete soluble factors that permit cell-cell signaling and synthesize new proteins that provide additional binding sites with which cells may interact. To investigate these chemical property changes, we developed a shotgun proteomics technique to isolate and identify large proteins secreted within synthetic, polymerbased hydrogel scaffolds. Metastatic niche cells (adult human mesenchymal stem cells, hMSCs) were cultured within hydrogel scaffolds and large proteins, including fibronectin and collagen VI were identified. Additionally, a bead-based multiplex assay identified several soluble factors secreted by hMSCs (VEGF, IL-8), which may play a role in regulating cell function and fate. ☐ Finally, the response and activation of estrogen receptor negative (MDA-MB- 231) and estrogen receptor positive (T-47D) breast cancer cells cultured within synthetic hydrogels with discrete mechanical and chemical properties was determined. The highly aggressive MDA-MB-231 cells demonstrated the greatest levels of activation and spread within these synthetic matrices, while T-47D cells, which have xx ix been associated with a dormant phenotype, exhibited only minimal response and formed multicellular spheroids. Specifically, hydrogels with high stiffness and matrix density restricted cancer cell growth, resulting in decreased spreading and smaller cell cluster volume. Individual and mixtures of peptides (GFOGER, RGDS, IKVAV) mimicking ECM proteins found within metastatic tissue sites and targeting cell surface receptors were also shown to affect response. GFOGER and RGDS, targeting integrin β1, among others, resulted in the highest levels of activation observed within microenvironments. Collectively, this work describes the development of a novel material scaffold with well-defined chemical and physical properties that may be used to identify critical factors in metastatic microenvironments that regulate breast cancer activation toward development of new treatments for recurrent cancers.
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text: Joseph Cosby- Artist - Fine Art Photography | A View from the Street - la Habana Joseph Cosby- Artist - Fine Art Photography All My Photos | Recent | Featured | Clients | Search | Guestbook | About | Contact | The Artist Home»All Photographs»A View from the Street - la Habana Visitors 27 46 photos Cuba First Impressions Is Cuba more Caribbean, South American, Latin American or something else? Yes, it is something else. It's Cuba. Cuba is a country of contradictions. It has an energy that is unparalled in most Latin American and Caribbean countries. It appears to have little in the way of stocked shelves and consumer goods, yet the people on the streets are happy. From the 1940s and 50s vehicles in la Habana to horses and carts n the countryside. From a 99% literacy rate to few jobs available. The country seems to be, again, a contradiction. But, no. This is Cuba. They have been abandoned by the Spanish, the French, the US and by Russia. Yet, they have no resentment toward any. They are not necessarily what one might call a success story, yet they see themselves as a work-in-progress. New chapters continue to unfold. The images herein are from La Habana, which some say is the pulse of the country. It is an unusual experience to walk only a few moments in this city and realize that that small journey encompasses four centuries, as though one were in a time warp. The people are not. They are in the moment. Viva la Revolución Joseph Cosby 2016 Categories & Keywords Category:Travel and Places Subcategory:Caribbean Subcategory Detail:Cuba Keywords:Castro, Cuba, Havana, habana Joseph Cosby - Artist User Agreement Cancel Continue


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Americans work longer than anyone else in the industrialized world.
When we let work take over our lives, we face burnout, depression, and poor productivity. This is why it's so important to create a good work life balance.
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The Jerusalem Post reports: Lebanese television reporter Maria Maalouf took to Twitter on Saturday night to urge Israel to make good on past threats and take out Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
In two different tweets Maalouf published on her official Twitter handle late Saturday night, the reporter turned to the State of Israel and said that if the latter really wanted to see peace in the region, it ought to arrive at some sort of agreement with the Shi'ite terror organization.
"If Israel really wants peace, then it should prove it and sign on agreements with Hezbollah. Because, to this day we have not gotten rid of Hassan Nasrallah, who is deluding us in his fight against Israel," Maalouf wrote in her first tweet.
Shortly after, Maalouf tweeted again, this time taunting Israel and claiming that it could not really deter its enemies if it didn't take more extreme measures. "If Israel sees Hassan Nasrallah as its enemy, why doesn't it carry out an air strike that would rid us of him, thus gaining our faith and protecting itself?"
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Robert Louzon, China: Three Thousand Years of History, Fifty Years of Revolution, Socialist Platform, London, 1998, pp149, £5.00
ROBERT Louzon was one of the leading lights of twentieth century French revolutionary Syndicalism. A founder member of the French Communist Party, he left in 1924 when his comrades Alfred Rosmer and Pierre Monatte were expelled for their opposition to Stalinism, and he remained an anti-Stalinist revolutionary for the rest of his life. In his 50s, he fought with the CNT militia in the Spanish revolution, and after the Second World War he resumed publication of the Syndicalist paper La revolution proletarienne at the age of 65. He died in 1976.
This book, which first appeared in French in 1950, was one of his last works. It is an ambitious and impressive work: nothing less than an attempt to provide a Marxist summary of 3000 years of Chinese history in 130 pages. To summarise so much so briefly runs the risk of being dull, but Louzon avoids this pitfall completely. He is thought-provoking, incisive, idiosyncratic and at times infuriatingly wrong-headed. He also tears down blind alleys at top speed, and writes in a convoluted style that takes some getting used to — but he is never dull. If most of what I have to say below is critical, it is because I believe that this project should be judged against the standards that Louzon clearly set himself.
The book falls into two roughly equal halves: the first from the earliest recorded history to the Opium Wars, and the second up to Mao's victory in 1949. The first half is much the better of the two. Louzon begins by drawing attention to 'the two principal factors in the history of China: the constant presence of nomadic barbarians at the gates of the country... and the presence of a people who... are always ready for revolt once the situation becomes intolerable' (p12). It is the link between these two factors that is important here.
Mass class struggles were a constant feature of ancient Chinese society in a way that was not true (as far as we know) of other societies at similar stages of development. Sometimes they could overthrow a dynasty; more often they simply threw society into a state of collapse. It was typically that collapse prompted the nomadic invasions, rather than the other way round. Following the pioneering work of Owen Lattimore, we now know that the nomadic societies based to the north and north-west of China were more complex and advanced than Chinese historians would admit. It is now generally accepted that many of these societies evolved sophisticated systems of extracting tribute from successive Chinese dynasties, and that their invasions were often attempts to shore up a system that would otherwise collapse, and not just simple smash-and-grab raids.
Louzon is similarly good on geography and how it has shaped Chinese history. The nomadic peoples were a permanent threat because there is no natural boundary on the north China plain between arable land and the grasslands that could only support nomadic societies. Hence the critical importance of the walls that early city-states built, later linked up to form the Great Wall. Hence, too, the permanent tendency for the centre of gravity of Chinese society to move south to the more fertile (and more defensible) lands around the Yangzi river. (Incidentally, Louzon persistently refers to the Yangzi as the 'Blue River', a term I have never seen before, and a rather confusing one.)
Finally, Louzon is sharp on the seeming contradiction between the essentially unchanging basis of the Chinese economy — small-scale peasant agriculture — and the immense dynamism of China's social and political history. He argues:
'Commerce continually transforms everything that it touches, it is the supreme factor in the progress of communities. Periodic repetition is the law of cultivation, but constant renovation is the essence of commerce. It follows that if the history of China shows a permanent substratum, from the fact of cultivation predominating in it, overlaying it is a history of frequent revolutions and experimentations due to the importance of commerce.' (p33)
So far, so good, and there is much here from which anyone can learn. But a Marxist history of imperial China needs to engage with two fundamental questions posed by that history. Why did Chinese society reach the highest levels of technology and urban development anywhere in the world, and then stagnate? What was the underlying mode of production in imperial China? It is not that Louzon fails to come up with definitive answers to these questions (we still lack those); it is that he does not pose the questions.
Actually, Louzon does see a variety of the first question, but he poses it wrongly, arguing that Chinese society reached its highest point of progress under the Tang dynasty (618-907). Now it is true that the Tang era was one of the most dynamic, innovative and outward-looking periods of Chinese history, and it saw fundamental advances in technology, trade and urbanisation (the Tang capital of Changan was the first city in the world to have a population of a million people). It is also true that in cultural terms, the Tang had a frontier vigour and dynamism which produced an explosion of creativity. In poetry, painting and architecture, the Tang was a golden age. But it was also a deeply unstable society, marked by continual wars with nomads and military rebellions. By the 850s, the dynasty had effectively ceased to have any control over China.
By any useful yardstick — industrial production, urbanisation, trade, population growth — the highest point of imperial China's development was reached under the later Song dynasty, particularly the Southern Song (1126-1279). The Song capitals of first Kaifeng and then Hangzhou grew to become even bigger than Changan. Under the Song, the technological advances of the Tang became the basis of industrial factory production: iron and steel making, shipbuilding, paper-making (the Song was the first society ever to use paper money in daily transactions), glassware, porcelain and munitions, to name only a few. Curiously, Louzon notes the immense prosperity of the Song era, saying that 'the Song does not appear to have been troubled by great popular risings' (p60), but he does not ask why this was so.
Chris Harman, in his recent book A People's History of the World, argues that the nascent Song capitalist class was both too weak and too dependent on the imperial bureaucracy to fight for its distinct class interests. This seems to me to be an essential starting point, above all for understanding why it was that Chinese industry and technology stagnated, rather than regressing or collapsing. It is certainly preferable to Louzon's argument that technological advance peaked under the Tang and thereafter declined, which is demonstrably wrong.
On the question of modes of production, Louzon merely writes: 'Socially, China was to experience all the property forms: feudal, capitalist and peasant. A complete system of individual property was to be found there, as well as that of simple right of use, with all the forms of ownership in between.' (p60) The editor praises this formulation, but it reminded me of the old joke about the perfect parliamentary answer: it's short, it's true, and it contains no useful information. The question is surely which forms predominated, and at which times?
Something very like feudalism certainly evolved in China during the Warring States era (fifth to third century BC). That system, and the economic and political power of the nobility, were comprehensively smashed by the Qin dynasty (221-208BC). Nothing like a feudal nobility ever held political power in China after that, except in periods of social collapse between dynasties. On the other hand, capitalism did not become the dominant mode of production until the end of the last century. So what was (or what were) the dominant mode (or modes) of production in the intervening 2000 years? Where did the dynamic of Chinese economic development come from? For all the weaknesses of Marx's historical description, his notion of the Asiatic mode of production still seems to me to be the best way to answer these questions.
In focusing on these central questions, I have missed out many of the strong points of Louzon's analysis: the central importance of irrigation, the power and resilience of the imperial bureaucracy, and the importance of China as an empire. I have equally missed out some of the worst absurdities, such as his argument that 'the Chinese are the only people who are atheist as a whole' (p8), or that neo-Confucian reforms in the Song dynasty were 'none other than the key concept propounded by Lenin when he wrote State and Revolution' (p60).
When he gets into the twentieth century, however, Louzon loses his way even more. His account of the revolution of 1925-27 is muddy, neither straight chronology nor thematic analysis. Astonishingly for a Syndicalist, he says nothing of the flowering of workers' organisations during this period, and gives less than half a page to the Guomindang's massacres of 1927. There is in his account no understanding of the scale of the working class' defeat, let alone any analysis.
His account of Mao's rise to power is no better, though here at least the fault lies mainly in Louzon's sources, or rather source. Mao's interview with Edgar Snow in Snow's Red Star over China was practically the only available account of Mao's actions in the 1920s and 1930s. Louzon repeats all the standard lies from this account: that Mao was opposed to the alliance with the Guomindang in the 1920s, that Mao had a clear strategy of guerrilla warfare when he first took to the mountains, and that Mao led an authentic peasant rebellion. Louzon likewise repeats what most revolutionaries then believed about the anti-Japanese alliance with the Guomindang: that Stalin forced it on Mao. In fact, whilst Mao took care to dress up his decision in the Comintern's language, the decision about an alliance was made for perfectly sound nationalist reasons.
The tentative closing pages have at least the merit of recognising Mao's new regime as a form of state capitalism, in which he was in advance of most revolutionaries at the time. They also carry an odd prophecy of the future Sino-Soviet split, though his reasoning for it is curious, to say the least.
It is difficult to sum up such a contradictory and inconsistent book. For all my criticisms, anyone with an interest in Chinese history will find much of value in it. Even where Louzon is clearly wrong, he is often thought-provokingly so. It is a valiant and committed attempt to write Marxist history on a grand scale — even if ultimately an unsuccessful one. It would be a pity if this were to be the only legacy in English of such an important revolutionary figure.
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The following is written by Ron Kurowski of the South Suburban MoveOn Council.
It is not unusual for a company if it is in financial distress, faced with outrageous demands or is unable to compete in a tough economy to play hard-ball during contract negotiations with a union. However none of these apply to the strike by Local 851 of the International Association of Machinists at Caterpillar's hydraulic manufacturing plant in Channahon, IL. That is what makes this work-stoppage so troubling.
Caterpillar is a very profitable company. It reported second-quarter profits of $1.7 billion, up 67 percent from a year earlier; a year in which Caterpillar earned $4.7 billion in profits. Despite its profitability and the fact that Caterpillar workers had their wages frozen during the previous six-year contract, the company is demanding the wage freeze be extended for its 780 union members for six more years, that workers pay a greater share of health care costs and that major changes be made to the seniority provision in the contract.
Caterpillar instituted a two-tier wage system in the previous six-year contract with some employees starting as low as $12 per hour. With wages frozen and with new workers replacing senior workers as they retire the Channahon plant will eventually be manned by workers whose average wage is slightly over the poverty line for a family of four.
In contrast, all the union is asking for is a cost of living increase each year of the contract.
What is happening in Caterpillar's Channahon plant is a microcosm of what has been happening to the middle class over the last thirty years. Stagnant wages, soaring health care costs, loss of pensions and other benefits, attacks on unions and the continuing outsourcing of jobs overseas are occurring at the very same time productivity per worker has soared and company profits are at record heights. Simply put, workers no longer are sharing in the benefits of their increased productivity.
With consumer spending accounting for 60% to 70% of GDP the continuing assault on the middle class is not only devastating to the individual, but also to the economy on a national and local level. Every dollar earned but denied to a worker is one less dollar that gets back into the economy. It is one less dollar the worker has with which to buy a new car or flat screen TV, or to pay for his children's education and more and more frequently one less dollar to feed his family. That dollar denied the worker does nothing to help the economy if it sits in the coffers of corporations who currently hold over two trillion dollars in cash.
The one constant that held for generations of middle class Americans was the unshakable belief that if you worked hard and played by the rules your life would be better than your parents and that your children would have a better life than you. And for generations this was generally true. That fundamental belief that the American Dream works for everyone is now being shredded by the reality of our national economic condition.
A food drive to support Caterpillar workers will be held on Saturday, August 11 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the parking lot of the Universalist Unitarian Church at 3401 W. Jefferson St. in Joliet, IL.
Food may also be dropped off for the duration of the strike Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Teamsters Local 710, 9000 W. 187th St. Mokena, Il.
The food drive is sponsored by Friends of Cat Workers, the South Suburban MoveOn Council, Universalist Unitarian Church and Teamsters Local 701.
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I had an uneventful departure from Ards once we cleared the drive of barriers from virgin media. J deposited me at the europa bus centre and after a coffee I was on my way to Dublin airport. The coach journey was pleasant and my companion was a young lady who was acquainted with my nephew David and his wife Gloria so we chatted about the Derry area. She is studying teaching and in the middle of a placement in Madrid. I finished the latest v stitch crochet blanket I planned to do on the plane.
I was so so looking forward to this visit even more so than August as I value my alone time. The checking in was fast as already done online, I tagged my case and sent it off on its journey down the conveyor belt. I hope it knows the way. Just when I thought I had time to relax I got a message from J stating the virgin media crew had wrecked our mail box with their digger, demolished beyond repair. It was only in place one week. They paid up front for replacement and he stated as he spoke (as I had now phoned him) they were removing the concrete to replace the post. I haven't even left Ireland yet and straight to my iPad and ordered a new mail box via Amazon.
I got a snack and then realised, as I travel so often I pay little heed to fine details, that I would be arriving in Hartford in daylight so we could go to vernon pizza for supper, soup though rather than pizza on this occasion. Customs and border clearance was immediate with not even one person in front. These new flights from Dublin to Hartford are steadily raising in my opinion so I hope they stay. A lovely snack in the coffee shop and some water purchased for the flight. My flight left on time and I had three seats to myself. I sprawled out and finished reading the book Karen gave me "journey of hope" stories of courage and faith from Africa by Jean Gibson which brought me back to my own visits there. I wonder will I ever be back? I can't honestly say.
Beef stroganoff as good as any restaurant with a glass of wine and lemon mousse for dessert. Coming to mind is J's comment about me missing the gym for a week and now bringing any exercise wear with me, mental note to walk plenty. Stretched out again to start another v stitch crochet blanket using blue toned scraps and plan to listen to a movie at the same time "miss Peregrines home for peculiar children"
The flight arrived 30 minutes ahead of schedule so we were home not long after the original arrival time. Quick cage over then out to Vernons pizza for supper with Karen and Bruce. Doing my best to stay awake!!


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The 104th Psalms by John Adams
John Quincy Adams wrote a letter to his wife based on the book of psalms. This is important because by using the Bible to write to his wife he was most likely influenced by it. It also shows his beliefs in God and the importance of God in his life.
President Lincolns letter
In this letter president Lincoln says it is the governments duty to protect their citizens god given rights. Not to discriminate against anyone because of their skin color but treat them as equals.
The American Bible Society
The American bible society was the first national bible study group founded in 1816. It included members from every branch in the government and signers of the US constitution. This shows that many people in the government were Christians and included there beliefs in the creation and management of our country.
Sermon of the battle of Lexington
Jonas Clark was a pastor who graduated from the university of Harvard and lived in Lexington. When the British were marching toward the city he gave a sermon Samuel Adams was staying with him during this event. Samuel Adams was one of the founding fathers and most likely was influenced by his beliefs when helping create the constitution.
George Washingtons funeral
Peter thatch was a minister who graduated from Harvard and gave the sermon when George Washington died. He was also chaplain for the legislative branch for 15 years. This proves that our government was founded on Christian beliefs because there were chaplains in the branches of our government.
The Christian patriot
Rev. Mellish Irving Motte was a Harvard graduate and a pastor who encouraged Christians to engage in there community and also in the political world. He said that politicians acted out of self interest and greed. He believed that politics would benefit from religious morals.
Benjamin Franklins letter
In his letter to Thomas Paine he discusses religion. Thomas Paine often advised Benjamin franklin on political topics. He probably gave advice to him from a Christian perspective.
Historical Address of 1835
This was written by Edward Everett who was americas first phd and a professor at Harvard. He talks about the martyrs who fought for independence and religious freedom. He was also the governor of Massachusetts and was the most celebrated orator in the nineteenth century.
The dissertation of 1804
This document was written by Simon Backus. It detailed the importance of the government to interpose religion into politics. He believed that government should be held to certain virtues and morals.


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Wanted: savvy hunter, tolerant of bloodthirsty mosquitoes, immune to muggy heat, able to traipse through razor-sharp sawgrass and — most important — unafraid of snakes.
Florida wildlife officials announced Monday the return of the "Python Challenge," a monthlong hunt that in 2013 that was wildly successful — at least in terms of drawing out-of-town reporters and TV crews who helped raised the profile of one of the state's most destructive and wily invaders. The hunt itself did not put a major dent in the Burmese python population, with 1,600 hunters bagging 68 snakes.
The hunt is scheduled for early 2016, when seasonal cold weather should bring out the cold-blooded reptiles. Details are still being ironed out, said Florida Fish and Freshwater Fish Commission spokeswoman Lisa Thompson.
Since they first appeared in the 1980s, Burmese pythons have taken over as South Florida's top predator, with an appetite for nearly everything in range, from egrets to deers. They are blamed for wiping out a host of small mammals in the Everglades and have so far eluded all attempts to contain them, including Judas snakes sent to rat out lairs and snake-sniffing dogs.
The biggest threat so far to the snakes? Freezing weather. In 2010, a historic freeze killed the most ever recorded.
Wildlife biologists have almost universally given up on ever getting rid of the snakes, but they still hope to contain them. And anything that raises awareness increases the odds, said University of Florida wildlife biologist Frank Mazzotti.
The challenge "gives the public the opportunity to get involved in solving the problem or at least thinking they're solving the problem," he said.
While the first challenge, which offered prizes up to $1,500, drew hunters from 38 states and Canada and landed the biggest take ever in a month, Mazzotti said only skilled hunters typically bag snakes.
"There's an old saying that 10 percent of the fisherman catch 90 percent of the fish," he said. "The same is probably true of pythons."


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Jonathan from Tanzania message
I'm very glad too to be among the competitors of the Japanese used cars.I have chosen Japanese cars because they're durable their spare are easy found in all over the world. Also I would like you to pick me as a winner of this competition as I can represent you well in you my country during your business of selling your other cars of a new models. In our country most people need trasport in order to run their business but due to expensive they can't not afford to buy them. Let's you make a discount of your car's price this will enable people to buy and use Japanese cars. Also Japanese cars use small amount of fuel (petrol ). I hope I gonna be a good and honest ambassador of your business in our country,


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Many times we get asked "Why are you helping dogs in another country whilst there are many dogs in rescue here that need homes. Well, the answer to that is quite simple really.....because their need is far greater! These animals are in grave danger of being killed by not only passing motorists who seem to think it's the national sport to aim for and run over the many dogs that roam the streets but also from dog catchers who are notoriously brutal in their handling of any dogs they catch.
The local pounds are full of captured dogs, each fighting to survive for themselves, each starving to death, each being denied the basics like water and food, beaten, flogged, you name it, it happens to these poor souls. Well here at HOPE Dog Rescue feel that these dogs deserve as much chance as any dog to live a normal happy life. No dog should have to suffer the terrible fates that these dogs are likely to and this is why we work tirelessly with many individuals in Romania in an attempt to offer reprieve to as many of them as we can.
Below are a few questions we have been asked and the answers we have given. This may help when selecting the dog you may wish to adopt.
Q. How do I apply to adopt a Romanian dog?
Q. Will I have to go through being Home checked?
A. Yes. We home check every potential adopter to make sure that we are placing our dogs in the right homes.
Q. Do you re-home to people living in flats?
Q. Do you re-home to families with children?
Q. What is your adoption fee?
A. The adoptions fees are £xxx no matter what the age of the dog is. The dog co-ordinator will discuss this with you once we have received your adoption application.
Q. How do we pay the adoption fee?
A. All our adoption fees are paid using either Cash, Bank Transfer or Paypal as our online preferred payment provider.
Q. Can i reserve a particular dog?
A. Yes you can, however for dogs that are still in Romania we would require half of the adoption fee paid in advance. This is to make the dog ready for travel, I.E. rabies injection, micro-chip, passport, vaccinated and de-wormed. Once this has been received we place a reserved on the dog with our volunteers in Romania and arrange a date to transport the dog. This is usually within 28 days but can be longer depending on the individual dog. All dogs can not have a rabies injection until they are 12 weeks old and then have to wait a further 21 days before they can travel. Therefore the youngest a dog can be to travel to the UK is 15 weeks.
Q. What size are the dogs or puppies going to get to?
A. Because of their relatively unknown history we can not guarantee the size of any dog. We can only go by things like the size of the mother, if we have seen her with her pups, or by pups in similar fosterer's that have grown a little.
Q. What breed are the dogs?
A. All dogs coming from Romania are mixed breed dogs of one form or another. We can not determine which mix they are due to the fact that many have been born in the wild and the Sire of the dogs is virtually unknown. Sometimes when we see the mother with the puppies we can possibly determine which breed she originated from but this is not always the case.


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Jim Larkin and Michael Lacey started the Frontera Fund when they were given a judgement by the court. They wanted to turn this money back to the people in kindness, and this article explains how the charity serves people. There are many people who benefit from the Frontera Fund, and there are many who rely on the Frontera Fund because they have no other way to get the help they need. Migrant workers and immigrants in the southwest may ask the Frontera Fund for help with legal fees, or they may ask for an advocate who will help them.
#1: What Is The Frontera Fund?
The Frontera Fund was started by Jim Larkin and Michael shortly after they received their settlement in the court case over their false arrest. They were arrested by a conservative sheriff who was attacking them for exposing corruption.
There were many things happening to immigrants and migrants workers that were not fair, and they were arrested to stop their reporting. They now run one of the largest aid organizations in the western United State.
#2: They Want The Charity To Grow
The Frontera Fund started with over $3 million, and it has grown each year because the nonprofit is raising as much money as possible.
They have a number of people that they serve every year, and they want to grow their fund to ensure that they may reach out to more people every year. Learn more about Jim Larkin: http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/potmsearch/detail/submission/6427427/Jim_Larkin
The Frontera Fund holds events in the southwest, and they are raising awareness for their mission across the region.
They want to focus on those who travel through the region, and they want to know that they have reached out to every disadvantaged person who is in trouble.
#3: Why This Population?
The population of the southwest is an important one for the American agricultural industry, and they are not treated well even though they do so much work. Read more: Michael Larcey | Crunchbase
These people are in America hoping to earn a decent wage, and they may run into police brutality or oppression on a number of levels. Someone who wishes to help this population may serve the Frontera Fund, and they may reach out to people who appear to be in trouble.
The Frontera Fund is distributing information every year, and they believe that the people in this population must be better educated about the services that they may receive.
#4: Putting Their Money Where Their Mouths Are
Jim and Michael are concerned about immigrant populations in this region, and they have put money won in a lawsuit to good use. They did not keep the money for themselves, and they are not using this money for financial gain. They are giving it back to people who need it most, and they are serving a population that is in dire need of help.
There are many people who may approach the Frontera Fund, and they will find that the charity offers a number of advocacy and legal services. They ensure all migrants are treated well.


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For those that know me, you know my first and last name, although wonder … "is that really your last name?" My answer … yes, legally it is my last name.
Over 10 years ago, I had an "aha" moment – women in our society are defined by the men in their lives, whether it is their fathers or their husbands. We take their last names and become defined by them – instead of ourselves and our own families.
In the months that followed my divorce, I had to decide what I was going to do about a last name. My options were:
1- keep my married name
2- go back to my maiden name
3- create my own
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My "aha" moment awakened me to option 4: drop my last name all together. My middle name at birth was given to me in honor of my grandmother who passed away 3 years before I was born. What better way to honor her, than to write our names together all the time.
And so …
I legally dropped my last name. That left my first name as is and my middle name became my name that came last, or my "last name".
Now …
Everytime I write my name, I write hers too! and so yes, that is (legally) my name that comes last.


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Feeding the 5000 LA was a massive success. We served up over 5,000 portions of delicious food that would have otherwise been wasted.
Read coverage of the event in the Los Angeles Times, abc and LA Weekly.
12,800 lbs of produce rescued
5440 meals served in total
200+ food waste warriors
Read all about the event and check out our Facebook album.
Following on from the success of LA's first Disco Chop. The L.A. Kitchen is hosting more throughout summer 2017. Get all the info on their Facebook page.
There's no shortage of fabulous food in the Golden State. California's farms and stores are brim-full of delicious produce and Los Angeles boasts some of the greatest chefs and finest food on earth. None of it should go to waste unnecessarily. Yet, across the US, around 40% of food is wasted, with a huge cost to our planet and climate. Meanwhile, one in six Americans faces hunger.
But there are solutions to help take food waste off the menu, and Feeding the 5000 LA showcased how delicious the solutions are.
Feeding the 5000 LA was organized by Feedback with support from The Rockefeller Foundation. The delicious meal was prepared by LA Kitchen using recovered produce sourced by Food Forward, and the event was produced and promoted with the help and collaboration of organizations fighting food waste and hunger across the city including LA Food Policy Council, Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, Food Finders, Kiss the Ground, Waste Not Want Not Now, Hunger Action Los Angeles, So Cal 350, Fallen Fruit, Tree People, St. Francis Center, L.A. Compost, Downtown Women's Center, Don't Waste L.A., Alma Backyard Farms, Swipe Out Hunger LA, Council member Jose Huizar, Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority: LAHSA, and Food Oasis LA.
Feedback is a non-profit environmental organization that campaigns to end food waste at every level of the food system. Feedback catalyzes action on eliminating food waste globally, working with governments, international institutions, businesses, NGOs, grassroots organizations and the public to change society's attitude toward wasting food.


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Read today's chat with Tim Dierkes below the jump.
By Tim Dierkes | at
Read today's chat with Tim Dierkes below the jump.
Sheets questions fielded: Lost count at 4. Valverde questions fielded: 3. No White Sox questions fielded, which hurt…but I DID appreciate giving more areas besides the big markets the love. Plenty of Cardinals, Astros, Mariner questions fielded today. So all in all it wasn't bad.
Took a Jenks question, but very few were asked relatively.
Infield Fly
Sorry Tim…sent you an email BEFORE I saw the post you left about reporting crashes. Hope it helps.
Hey Tim, I'm still having problems with being logged out. I'm not sure why. I didn't even leave the site. I was reading an article then hit home. Then came here to post a comment and had to sign in again. I've tried finding a way to keep me logged in but can't find anything. I even clicked save password on my browser and it's not even saving for some reason.
Anyway if you have any advice or if anyone else is having this problem or has a solution, please let me know. Thanks
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Yes, I was also logged out spontaneously a few days ago also but it has not happened again since…yet.
Not a bad guess on the Holliday contract by the way.
should have left the site the way it was , if its not broken dont fix it.
Oops, didn't mean to like this.
Meant to like 661's post, haha, Typepad WAS indeed broken.
Typepad was beyond broken
Typepad was beyond broken
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Statewatch article: RefNo# 2295
UK: MI5 historical files being destroyed
Statewatch bulletin, vol 8 no 1 (January-February 1998)
The Home Secretary said in a Commons written answer in January that the Security Service (MI5) applied the following criteria in deciding whether a record is likely to be of "historical interest" and thus eventually placed in the Public Records Office:
"(a) major investigations; (b) important subversive figures, terrorists and spies; (c) individuals involved in important historical events; (d) cause celebres in a security context; (e) files which contain original papers of historical interest; (f) major changes of Service policy, organisation or procedure; (g) files which are in some way "period pieces", e.g. they illustrate clearly Security Service attitudes/techniques of the time; (h) milestones in the Service's history."
This information followed on the heels of an informal briefing to journalists by Stephen Lander, head of MI5, that "MI5 is speeding up the destruction of thousands of files on individuals it once considered subversive as part of an attempt to modernise, Whitehall sources confirmed yesterday" (Guardian, 12.1.98).
The value of keeping all the files
In October last year files placed in the Public Records Office revealed that Harry Pollitt, leader of the British Communist Party for 30 years, had a MI5 undercover agent - Olga Gray - as his secretary in the 1930s. She was one of a number of women recruited by Maxwell Knight of MI5 to infiltrate suspect groups (Times, 10.10.97). Another woman recruited by Knight was Joan Miller whose autobiographical book "One Girl's War", published in Ireland in 1986 by Brandon Press, was not available in UK bookshops.
In November 1997 files released to the Public Records Office finally confirmed that Alice Wheeldon, a militant suffragette and socialist actively opposed to the introduction of conscription in the First World War, was set up by MI5. In 1917 Alice Wheeldon, her daughter Winnie Mason and her husband George Mason, were sentenced to 10 penal servitude, five years and seven years respectively for "plotting" to assassinate Lloyd George and other Cabinet Ministers. Alice Wheeldon went on hunger strike, was let out after two years and died in her early fifties shortly after her release in 1919. Mrs Wheeldon and her family were entrapped by Alex Gordon and Herbert Booth (known as "Comrade Bert") both agents of an MI5 branch called PMS2. They encouraged her to try and get four phials of curare, a deadly South American poison, from her son-in-law George Mason who was a chemist. The poison was intercepted in the post. In court the prosecution claimed she intended to assassinate the Prime Minister Lloyd George while he was playing golf by the use of a blow-pipe which would emit a small dart tipped with curare. The defence said the Wheeldons regularly helped conscientious objectors on the run. As guard dogs were used at the camps conscientious objectors were held in Gordon suggested that the poison be obtained to deal with them.
The case aroused great interest in 1917 and figures in many conventional histories of the police as the plot to assassinate Lloyd George. A pamphlet produced in 1933 by F W Chandler, "Political Spies and Provocative Agents", ensured that the Alice Wheeldon story did not disappear from the historical record. Socialist historian Raymond Challenor went back to the case in 1972 and 1977 as did Tony Bunyan in "The Political Police in Britain" in 1976. It was Sheila Rowbotham who delved deeper still and wrote a play "The Friends of Alice Wheeldon", first performed in Rotherham in 1980, and then included in her book of the same title in 1986. Eleven years later and fifty years after the event the release of MI5 files more than justify the interest of historians in questioning the perceived wisdom of mainstream contemporary accounts.
The idea that MI5 should be allowed to decide which of its files are of historical interest concerning "important subversive figures" or "cause celebres" is an affront to historical research an
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Find a job in Swansea Bay so that you can take advantage of the great quality of life on offer here. Check out the major employers in the area.
Like many parts of Wales, the public sector is a major player on the job scene. The Swansea Bay Region includes the local authorities of Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Carmarthenshire and there is strong integration between the three individual authorities making it easy to live in any part of the region and work in another, all within a short drive time.
Other key public sector employers in the region include the NHS, Land Registry, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and the Vehicle & Operator Services Agency (VOSA).There are many Further Education and Higher Education establishments to be found here, including Swansea University, University of Wales: Trinity St David, based in Carmarthenshire. Swansea Bay is also home to Grwp Gwalia, a housing association, Coastal Housing and avarto who are also big employers and worth checking out. Visit our Business pages for information on major business in Swansea Bay
In the private sector, you could consider Admiral – regularly voted by its staff as being among the top 100 best employers in the UK – or look for opportunities with other household names such as IBM, HP Enterprise Services and Amazon. Media opportunities can be found locally with South West Wales Media or The Wave & Swansea Sound.
A new website has been developed advertising new jobs and training opportunities for thousands across Swansea. www.informswansea.co.uk offers employment, training and advice for succeeding in the job application process. For more information, find out here.
There are many online sites and recruitment agencies in the region. Local newspaper, The South Wales Evening Post, publishes its jobs pages on a Wednesday, jobs pages can also be found online here. The weekly regional papers also include employment opportunities – the Llanelli Star and the Carmarthen Journal, published in Carmarthenshire on a Wednesday. There is a job search platform at www.carmarthenjournal.co.uk/jobs aims to support local people in finding new work using national and regional recruiters and agencies.
The Western Mail, Wales' national newspaper, publishes jobs vacancies on Thursdays. These vacancies can also be found online here.
Jobcentres throughout the region all carry local vacancies and offer assistance with all aspects of finding and getting a job. For more visit finding a job.
If you want to live in Swansea Bay, but can't quite find the right opportunity, then it's worth noting that Wales' capital city, Cardiff, is less than an hour away along the M4 and is well served by regular bus and train services from within the region.


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Clinton Senior Living
There are 2 Senior Living Options in Clinton, CT and 30 Senior Living Options nearby.
Average Cost: $4,500
The Shoreline of Clinton
91 East Main St.Clinton, CT 06143
Call (800) 991-9257 for details.
At Peregrine's Landing at the Shoreline, we believe life is precious and worth celebrating every day. That is why we fully embrace The Peregrine Way in our community.
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94 High St.Clinton, CT 06413
Call (800) 991-9257 for details.
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SILVIS, Illinois - Just hours after the John Deere Classic ends, the tough work begins. That's when volunteers step into action to clear the massive set-up.
At one assignment in the TPC at Deere Run parking lot, it takes quite a skill set to pull it off: moving a 3,000 pound scoreboard that's worth $500,000.
It's a task they'll repeat 11 times, with the help of a crane, during this sunny morning.
For Mark Kuster, 52, serving two decades in the Navy shows how military skills can make this tough job easier to accomplish.
"You've got to be paying attention," he said on Monday, July 17. "If one person is missing from the group, someone who's a little more familiar needs to slide up into place."
These volunteers are "recruits" from the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association. They've all served their country on dangerous deployments. For this assignment, stepping up for the community.
To learn more about their organization, check http://www.Combatvet.org . The Rock Island branch also has a Facebook page.
Longtime JDC "grunt" Roger Preslar, an Army veteran, came up with the idea to invite them to participate.
"They're all quality guys," Preslar said. "They were interested in coming out and donating the back-breaking labor, so here we are."
On a day when it's all about teamwork, experience from their military service really makes a difference.
Tom Root, who serves as police chief in Princeton, Illinois, knows all about it. His military career spanned 33 years, from Vietnam to Iraq.
"Like in the military, we call it a mission," he said. "You have a mission, and you need to accomplish it."
After dangerous duties all over the world, their brotherhood lives on at the John Deere Classic.
Brian Heritage, 33, has deployed three times over 16 years in the Army Reserves.
On Monday, he joined his military brothers as they loaded the huge scoreboards into semi-trailers.
"You come back to find other people that had the same experiences," he said. "They're willing to share that brotherhood again."
As they slide a massive scoreboard into place, it's clear this is more than a volunteer assignment.
"There's camaraderie, esprit de corps, something we found in the military," Kuster concluded. "That's why I enjoy coming here to do volunteer work."
Real-life heroes who continue to serve on another winning volunteer team at the John Deere Classic.


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We are aware we keep harping about how hot is outside, and finally someone is offering a fun solution — ice-cold margaritas.
On July 30, Creative Loafing's Margarita Wars wages battle with thirst as 17 mixologists from area restaurants, craft their unique take on the popular cocktail — and you get to vote for the best one.
The event is 7 to 10 p.m. at TPepin's Hospitality Center in Temple Terrace.
"Margarita Wars is an event that we put together with two things in mind," said Gina Moccio, marketing and events manager at Creative Loafing, "The first is to create an experience for locals where they can cool off indoors and enjoy several versions of this classic cocktail in the middle of Tampa Bay's notoriously hot summer.
"The second was to showcase Tampa Bay's best mixologists."
And don't worry about the margarita samples getting to your head too fast because there also will be Mexican-inspired bites to try as well. The food comes from popular eateries including Datz, Roux, Anise Global Gastrobar, Taqueria Dona Maria, Tijuana Flats and Acropolis Greek Tavern.
The winning bartender is honored for making "Tampa Bay's Best Margarita," and he or she will also represent their employers at the 25th anniversary of Best of the Bay awards party, said Moccio.
Last year, Datz mixologist Morgan Zuch won with her Rosy Pig, a strawberry, smoked rose concoction. She is competing this year as well.
"It was a lot of fun last year, and exciting," said Zuch, who this year will make a Crouching Pig, Hidden Dragon, described as fruity but light and summery. "It's great for the restaurant and shows what we can do as far as cocktails besides food."
Tickets to the event are $50 in advance and $60 at the door (if available). A VIP package ($75 and $85) includes an extra hour of tasting, line-free sampling, an exclusive margaritas tote bag, two drink tickets valid for Bud Light or Lime-A-Ritas, and voting in the Tampa Bay's Best Margarita competition.
A portion of the proceeds go to Current Initiatives, a nonprofit organization that does work in the bay area, including the Laundry Project, Hopes for Home Project and Affordable Christmas.
Mixologists come from: Anise Global Gastrobar, Datz, Hablo Taco, Noble Crust, The Mandarian Hide, Salty's Gulfport, Margaritas Mexican Restaurant, Roux, Sea Sea Riders, The Bourgeois Pig, The Bricks, EATS! American Grill, Acropolis Greek Tavern, The Birchwood, Del Frisco's Grille, The Hollander and Sea Salt.
"We would love if Tampa Bay was not only known for its great food, but also for its fantastic cocktails and the sheer number of great places that offer delicious and unique drinks." Moccio said.


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Pre wedding meeting or photo shoot
Giving me chance to get to know you a little better before the big day and for you to share your ideas on how you see the day being captured. This is a good opportunity to take a few pictures of you both before the wedding to get you used to the camera and me.
On the wedding day
I'll be around to cover the brides preparations before the service right up to capturing the first dance and the evening party.
This includes:
- The bride getting ready
- Family preparing for the day
- Guest and wedding party arrival
- The wedding service, vows, exchange of rings, first kiss, signing of register etc.
- Celebrations after the service and general reportage coverage of guests and events
- Portraits of the newly weds
- Family Groups
- The speeches and toasts after the wedding breakfast
- The cutting of the cake
- The first dance
- General reportage shots of you and your guests celebrating in the evening
DVD/CD of the images
All photos from the day are supplied on DVD/CD with a letter providing you with joint Copyright to the images.
How to book?
Please see the pricing section of this website.
We can take all the hassle away and provide you with a professional service designed to make your life easy. Simply select the picture, size and material and that's it! Please see the Printing section for more information.
Wedding albums
All you do is choose which pictures and we will do the rest. We will then send you an electronic version of your wedding album using the pictures selected and as soon as you're happy with how it looks we will get it printed. Please see the pricing section of this website for further information.


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Definition of conciliate
- … urgently counseled conciliating the peasants …
- —William Taubman
- It is hard to conciliate the views of labor and management on this point.
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The company's attempts to conciliate the strikers have failed.
it will be hard to conciliate the views of labor and management regarding health benefits
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'conciliate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
A council is "an assembly or meeting for consultation, advice, or discussion," and it is often the task of a council to conciliate opposing views. It seems fitting, therefore, that the words "council" and "conciliate" both derive from the Latin word concilium, which means "assembly" or "council." "Conciliate" comes to us from the Latin conciliatus, the past participle of the verb "conciliare" (meaning "to assemble, unite, win over"), which in turn is from "concilium." ("Council," on the other hand, derives from the Anglo-French cunseil or "cuncile," from "concilium.") Other "concilium" descendants in English include "conciliar" ("of, relating to, or issued by a council") and the rare "conciliabule" ("a clandestine meeting especially of conspirators or rebels").
First Known Use: 1545
in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2See Words from the same year
aggravate, annoy, antagonize, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, cross, exasperate, gall, get, grate, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pique, put out, rankle, rile, roil, ruffle, vex;
harass, harry, persecute, pester;
agitate, discomfort, distress, disturb, fret, perturb, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry;
calm, comfort, console, content, hush, quiet, soothe, tranquilize (also tranquillize);
delight, gladden, gratify, please;
blandish, cajole, coax, sweet-talk, wheedle;
baby, coddle, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil;
: to make (someone) more friendly or less angry
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Asian Chicken Salad
Here's a most delicious main-dish salad recipe: Asian Chicken Salad
I am thrilled to be sharing this salad recipe with you today because it has the most amazing, addicting salad dressing recipe to go with it. This salad is all about the dressing! It's a peanut buttery dressing that goes perfectly with the chicken. I just wanted to keep sticking my finger in the dressing and tasting it. Yum!
This recipe comes from the fabulous new cookbook from my friend Andie Mitchell: Eating in the Middle: A Mostly Wholesome Cookbook. Andie's New York Times bestseller: It Was Me All Along chronicled her struggles with obesity, losing weight and finding balance. This is her first cookbook- sharing with readers the dishes that helped her reach her goals and maintain her new size. I love that Andie cooks like normal people do (or should!) She cooks mostly healthy meals… and includes some indulgences too. It's the only way to live!!
Here are some recipes I've tagged to make from the book: Baked Banana Bread Doughnuts, Sweet Potato Hash, Tuna- Orzo Salad with Parmesan and Basil, Petite Lasagnas, Smashed Roasted Garlic Potatoes, Cauliflower with Bacon, Jerk Shrimp Salad with Mango and Avocado, Creamy Farro with White Beans & Kale, Lemon Roasted Chicken with Moroccan Couscous, Lemon Cream Risotto, Gooey Chocolate Chip Pie and Coconut Oatmeal Cookies with Caramel Drizzle.
A salad packed with protein is my absolute favorite thing to eat for lunch. It's filling and healthy, and it gets me through the rest of the day without feeling like I need to munch on everything in sight.
And there is that peanut buttery salad dressing I crave so much. It coats the lettuce and other salad goodies perfectly and provides such a delicious flavor to the salad.
This is my kinda lunch recipe … and I'd actual love it for dinner any day of the week. You can bet that I'll be researching more ways to use that oh-so-good salad dressing too!
Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Asian Chicken Salad
- 1/4 cup creamy natural peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
- juice of 1/2 lime
- pinch of cayenne pepper
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 romaine lettuce hearts, chopped (about 6 cups)
- 2 cups finely shredded red cabbage (about 1/4 head)
- 2 large carrots, cut into matchsticks (about 1 cup)
- 3 scallions, white and light green parts, chopped (about 1 cup)
- 1/2 cup chopped unsalted peanuts
- 1 lime quartered, for serving
- For the dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the peanut butter, honey , soy sauce, lime juice and cayenne until smooth. It's okay to add a little bit of water to thin it out, if needed.
- For the salad: season the chicken breasts with the salt and pepper. In a 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook until golden brown and cooked through, about 8 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate and let cool before slicing into thin strips.
- In a large bowl, toss the romaine, cabbage, carrots and scallions. Add the sliced chicken, drizzle the dressing over the top, and toss gently to coat. If the dressing is too thick, it's okay to thin it out with a little bit of water... or you can heat it in the microwave to serve as a hot dressing.
- To serve, divide the salad among 4 plates or bowls, sprinkle with the chopped peanuts, and garnish with lime quarters.
- 9 Weight Watchers Freestyle SmartPoints per serving (4 servings)
- If you are preparing this recipe as GLUTEN-FREE, just be sure to use brands of peanut butter and soy sauce that are known to be GF.
Here are a few more of Andie's recipes you might enjoy:
- Panzanella Salad with Chickpeas and Feta
- Southwestern Slow Cooker Pulled Chicken
- Cheesy Mexican Quinoa Black Bean Casserole
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Lori! Thank you thank you thank you!! I'm so happy you made the salad and enjoyed it! The photos alone have me craving it 🙂 I'm so grateful you took the time to give love to Eating in the Middle like this <3
Cannot wait to see you today!! xo
That dressing does sound phenomenal!


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Every 15 seconds, a burglar breaks into a home in the United States, steals an average $1,725 worth of property and robs the people who live there of peace of mind for years [sources: McGoey, FBI].
It happened more than 2 million times in 2005, and most if not all of those victims thought their home was pretty secure [source: FBI]. They had locks, lights, neighbors and the occasional dog, alarm system, moat and/or window bars. So how'd it happen?
The depressing fact is, it's actually not that hard to get into most homes. The risk of being seen breaking in is more of a deterrent than a subpar lock, and since most residential robberies happen in broad daylight, that risk is apparently not an overwhelming one [source: FBI]. The problem is that most homes have weak points, and seasoned thieves are pretty good at finding them.
Some weak points are obvious: An open door, for instance, screams "I'm tired of my brand new awesome iPad." A tree house within stepping distance from an upstairs window is probably not a great idea. A ground-floor window left open on a hot summer night is criminal catnip. Most people are more careful than that, though, yet burglary is still relatively commonplace.
The weak points that lead to most burglaries are somewhat more hidden. They're easy enough to fix, though. Thoughtfully securing a home against break-in, while never a sure thing, can at least greatly reduce the risk of falling prey to this particular violation. And that doesn't mean a shark-filled moat. It means making a few changes, additions and behavior modifications that create a less appealing target. In this article, we'll check out five of those fixes and find out how to implement them effectively.
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Miss Gagnon, 21, who was wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol's Sandusky post.
Miss Gagnon, a recent graduate of Westfield State University, was en route from her home to San Francisco, raising money for the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America, the patrol said.
The victim was riding west on Route 163 near Nissen Road east of Genoa about 7:23 p.m. Monday when her bicycle was struck from behind by an SUV driven by Lynne Smith, 49, of Martin, Ohio, according to the patrol.
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Imaam al-Shatibee said in al-I'tisaam (1/43):
Bid'ah is the method of innovating in religion; it resembles a Sharee'ah-approved method, but actually contradicts the Sharee'ah and is intended to exaggerate religious observance. The Prophet (ṣalla Allaahu 'alaehi wa-sallam) said:
"Whoever innovates anything in this matter of ours (i.e., Islam), that is not part of it will have it rejected." (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, no. 2697; Muslim, no. 1718)
According to a version narrated by Muslim,
"Whoever does anything that is not in accordance with this matter of ours (i.e., Islam), will have it rejected."
This is why it is reported on the Imaam of Daar-ul-Hijrah (Madeenah), Imaam Maalik Ibn Anas, may Allaah have mercy on him, that he said: "Whosoever introduces into Islaam an innovation, which he deems is good, then he has claimed that Muhammad (ṣalla Allaahu 'alaehi wa-sallam) has betrayed (the trust of conveying) the Message. Read the saying of Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic:
'This day I have completed your Religion for you, and I have perfected My favor upon you, and I am pleased with Islaam as a Religion for you.'
[Surat-ul-Maa'idah: Q5V3]
So whatever was not (part of) the Religion on that day, is not (part of) the Religion on this day. And the last part of this ummah (nation) will not be rectified, except by that which rectified its first part."
This was from the understanding of Imaam Maalik, the Imaam of Daar-ul-Hijrah, such that he plainly stated in a clear Arabic language that whoever introduces into Islaam just one innovation and then claims that it is something good, he has in fact claimed that Muhammad (ṣalla Allaahu 'alaehi wa-sallam) betrayed the Message. And whoever makes this claim, he does not believe (truly) that "Muhammad is His slave and messenger." As it is very clear in the words of this noble Imaam, it (the innovation) is "not (part of) the Religion on this day."
So it is upon the Muslim to implement his Ittibaa' (following of the Prophet), such that he could be truthful in (his declaration that) Muhammad, Allaah's Messenger, is His slave and messenger. And that he (ṣalla Allaahu 'alaehi wa-sallam) brought the complete and pure message, without adding to it or subtracting from it. If this is the case, then every Muslim must acknowledge his extent and stop at the points where his Prophet (ṣalla Allaahu 'alaehi wa-sallam) has placed limits for him, such as the acts of worship and deeds of obedience (to Allaah). This is because the pen has dried with what was revealed previously; no more revelation after Muhammad (ṣalla Allaahu 'alaehi wa-sallam). And there was no room left open to approve of an act of worship that did not exist previously in the first days (i.e. of the Prophet). Consequently, our pious predecessors (Salaf As-Saalih) have come and gone all acknowledging the extent of the Prophet (ṣalla Allaahu 'alaehi wa-sallam) in that he first fulfilled his mission and conveyed the Message, as you know. And (secondly) that he was the best worshipper amongst Allaah's worshippers and the most fearing of Allaah. So there is no room to correct him:
- From the standpoint of legislating (revealed matters) into the Religion, as you have heard the ayah and Imaam Maailk's comments about it.
- Such that it can be claimed that there is someone who is a better worshipper and more worshipping (of Allaah) than Allaah's Messenger (ṣalla Allaahu 'alaehi wa-sallam). This is impossible!
So whoever understands these two facts, which are related to one's belief that Muhammad (ṣalla Allaahu 'alaehi wa-sallam) is Allaah's slave and messenger, he will limit the worship he performs for Allaah to only that which has been reported on the Prophet (in the ahaadeeth). And he will not put any example or role model before him other than the Prophet (ṣalla Allaahu 'alaehi wa-sallam). Nor will he ever claim this second point, meaning it is impossible that it can get into the mind of any believer that he is more dutiful to Allaah or more fearing of Allaah or more worshipping of Allaah than him (ṣalla Allaahu 'alaehi wa-sallam). This is something impossible!
So after realizing that the Prophet is the best worshipper amongst mankind and the most dutiful and fearing of Allaah amongst us, there should not be anything but following of Allaah's Messenger (ṣalla Allaahu 'alaehi wa-sallam). We are upon certainty that we will never be able to encompass the worship of Allaah's Messenger, except for occasionally or at brief periods of time. So we are completely incapable of following and tracing the footsteps of Allaah's Messenger in his worship. This is impossible – with respect to every individual amongst mankind after the Prophet.


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Scientists go tech to uncover mass graves
July 30 - Scientists want to aid in the search for hidden mass graves in Colombia. The researchers are conducting an experiment aimed at combining different geophysical technologies in the hopes of perfecting a new technique to locate bodies underground. Ben Gruber reports.
On a farm on the outskirts of Bogota, a team of researchers are digging a grave site. It's part of an experiment aimed at providing new techniques to locate tens of thousands of missing people in Colombia, most of whom are presumed dead due to a decades long internal conflict between the government and rebel forces. In these graves the scientists are burying human skeletons as well as pig cadavers, which they say decompose in much the same way as human bodies do. Researcher Miguel Saumett says that over the course of the next 18 months, the team will attempt to find which combination of detection technologies is best suited to accurately sense the remains. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MIGUEL SAUMETT, SYSTEMS ENGINEER WORKING ON THE EXPERIMENT, SAYING: "The novelty of this experiment is that we are using other equipment like susceptibility meters, magnetometers, equipment that measures geo-electricity in conjunction with the ground-penetrating radar. It's a technique that is being used for the search of buried remains." The scientists are using a host of sensing technologies, including ground penetrating radar which detects objects using electromagnetic waves...and a magnetometer which detects items like coins and phones...objects a victim might have been buried with. The scientists believe that by combining the data of these different technologies they will be able to pinpoint the locations of mass graves. Elsa Maria Moyano, the head of the attorney general's unit that is charged with searching for missing people, says grave hunting is difficult business. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ELSA MARIA MOYANO, HEAD OF THE UNIT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE CHARGED WITH SEARCHING FOR DISAPPEARED, SAYING: "Anything to support the search for missing people isn't only timely, but has very important repercussions regarding the issue of atonement for victims. I think that the most acute injury is the uncertainty that victims have surrounding what happened to their loved ones and where they are, and the peace that it gives them to identify them s crucial. So all these things, all these works or studies that they are doing for us are very important in the context of justice." Lead researcher Carlos Molina says the implications of the experiment could be huge in Colombia and other nations where victims of widespread violence have long remained missing. (SOUNDBITE) CARLOS MARTIN MOLINA, FORENSIC GEOLOGIST AND LEADER OF THE RESEARCH TEAM, SAYING: "We hope that with effective results, the Colombian judicial system will realise the need to implement this type of technique and as such they can apply it in all of the country in a way that speeds up the search for the people who are buried in our territory." In 2012, the Red Cross estimated that there were more than 51,000 missing persons in Colombia. Molina hopes to provide a powerful tool to start reducing that number in the years to come.


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The name "ThenBy" is ironic: the underlying code will execute the sorting in the reverse of the order the commands are issued (at least, that would be the most efficient way to do it). You sort from the least significant key to the most significant, using a stable sorting algorithm that will not affect the order of identical values. Each successive resorting makes itself the basis of how it's sorted while allowing the others to remain within items identical to the present key. So the first sort we named is the primary order and the others exist within items that are identical according to that key.
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Raspberry Pi Router + 4G Uplink
I wanted to setup my Raspberry Pi as a 4G router for my small home office. My internet connection is provided by a Telstra 4G Sierra Aircard 320U USB modem. I run Raspbian which is Debian wheezy, optimized for the Raspberry Pi. Once you Pi is up and running you will need install some packages.
sudo apt-get install isc-dhcp-server
My setup has eth0 connected to my internal network. The beauty of the Sierra card when plugged in should automatically be detected and will appear as wwlan0. The first step is to edit /etc/network/interfaces.
sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces
We want the internet facing NIC to get an address from our ISP via DHCP and our internal NIC to have a static address. I am using 10.0.10.0/24 as my internal subnet but you can use any subnet you like as long as it is RFC 1918 compliant. Keep in mind a /24 (255 addresses) is most always big enough for a home network. Here is what my /etc/network/interfaces file looks like. If you decide to change the internal subnet, you'll need to edit my addresses to suit your setup.
auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 10.0.10.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet static address 192.168.10.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 auto wwan0 iface wwan0 inet dhcp
Save the file and restart networking (or reboot)
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
Next I setup the DHCP server. Edit the DHCP server configuration file.
sudo vi /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf
Edit your DHCP configuration to suit your needs here is mine.
ddns-update-style none; default-lease-time 600; max-lease-time 7200; log-facility local7; subnet 10.0.10.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 10.0.10.90 10.0.10.100; option broadcast-address 10.0.10.255; option routers 10.0.10.1; default-lease-time 600; max-lease-time 7200; option domain-name "genisx"; option domain-name-servers 126.96.36.199; interface eth0; } subnet 192.168.10.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 192.168.10.90 192.168.10.100; option domain-name-servers 188.8.131.52; option routers 192.168.10.1; interface wlan0; }
I have 2 subnets setup, 1 to handle my internal network via eth0, and another for my wireless clients (I have my Raspberry Pi setup as a WiFi Access Point). Save the file and restart the DHCP service.
sudo /etc/init.d/isc-dhcp-server restart
You should recieve two ok messages.
[ ok ] Stopping ISC DHCP server: dhcpd. [ ok ] Starting ISC DHCP server: dhcpd.
At this point you should be able to access your pi and receive an IP address via dhcp for any devices on your internal network. However, you won't be able to get any further on the network than your Pi itself. To solve this, we need to enable IP forwarding.
sudo echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
Next edit /etc/sysctl.conf and uncomment out the line that says net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1.
sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf
# Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv4
Save the file. The final step is to insert an iptables rule to allow NAT.
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
The iptables rules for nat we inserted above are not persistent and if you reboot they will be overridden by the default configuration (nothing). We can fix this by saving the rules and creating a little script to restore them as the network interfaces come up during boot. First, save your iptables rules to a file.
sudo iptables-save > /etc/iptables.up.rules
Next create a script in /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ with the following contents:
sudo vi /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables
#!/bin/sh #This script restores iptables upon reboot iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.up.rules exit 0
Change ownership and permissions of the script so it will run at boot.
sudo chown root:root /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables \ && sudo chmod +x /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables \ && sudo chmod 755 /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables
Voila. You can now reboot and your iptables rules will stay persistent.
- Hi Adam, I just found this post and it seems awesome for what I'd like to do.
I was planning to connect multiple 4G cards into one Pie.
What are your thoughts on making this possible, how would you go about it?
Please note: I'm a linux amateur but keen to tinker..
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