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During my recent trip to Rome, Kenny from Eating Italy Food Tours in Rome invited me to join him on his food tour of the Testaccio neighborhood. Testaccio, the working-class, residential neighborhood south of Trastevere, was once home to the Roman slaughterhouses and is still the culinary heart of Rome's offal cuisine. There's more to Testaccio than offal, and many eateries serve up classic Roman dishes and delicacies, and traditional Italian ones.
On our walk, which included frequent stops at both culinary and historical landmarks in the area, Kenny filled our bellies with a variety of delicious tastings, guiding us through the details of each. Like a leisurely Italian lunch, he perfectly paced his servings of information, slowly dishing out anecdotes about the neighborhood, Roman cuisine, and Testaccio's culinary history. He also gave glimpses into the life and personalities of the people who run the eateries we visited.
The Testaccio Market
Cesare the butcher chopping oxtail ~ Tomatoes from the Tomato Poet Carmello
Kenny, has been in Rome for 4 years and living in Testaccio for over a year. It's obvious that he's cracked the hard shell and found a soft center in many of the rough Roman vendors at the market. We were welcomed with smiles, ciao Kennys, and two tastings.
A tennis ball-sized round of soft & creamy mozzarella di bufala awaited each of us from the salami & cheese stand of Enzo & Lina, a couple married for over 40 years. Even more amazing, they've been working side-by-side at the market for 25 years. We also enjoyed a sampling of tomatoes from Carmelo, known as the tomato poet of the market. He knows all of his tomatoes inside and out and which is best for every kind of dish. He's also been known to give recipes for many, if not all, of his 45 different types of tomatoes.
The high-end gourmet shop is "ottimo," both is quality and price. The Volpetti family knows this, too. After sampling some of their salumi, prosciutto, cheese, pizza and oils, it's virtually impossible not to buy all of it. They're generous with the samples, too. Our formal tasting included percorino cheese with truffles and paper-thin slices of culatello (the much prized cured meat made from the hind of the pig). And, if someone gazed a little too longingly at anything else in the store, one of the men in white coats were quick to provide a sampling of it.
Tiramisu in a chocolate cup
For a little bit of sweet in between savory bites, we tasted a mini chocolate cup of tiramisu from the pastry shop that's been on via Marmorata for 50 years. Kenny also gave an impromptu course on ordering coffee in Italy.
Classic Roman Pasta Dishes at Flavio Velavevodetto
Rigatoni alla Carbonara & all' Amatriciana
Part of the Amphorae-Made Monte Testaccio from inside Flavio Velavevodetto
We tasted three classic Roman pasta dishes at the restaurant that's on every blogger in Rome's list of Top 10. The restaurant is built into Monte Testaccio, a 35-meter high hill built up by tossed away amphorae from Roman Empire times. You can see part of the hill and shards of the broken ceramics from the dining room.
Our pasta dishes, with wine, were enough to be lunch, so we took a bit of an eating break to visit the old Rome slaughterhouse and Monte Testaccio (in the first photo collage above). Kenny explained how the name quinto quarto came about and the Vatican's Canonical calendar which determined what foods were eaten when, and to some extent is still in effect today. Meatless Fridays and gnocchi Thursdays along with other day-of-the week meals were based on this calendar.
All that food and there were still two more tastings to go!
Suppli at Pizzeria 00100
Suppli Genovese & the Chalkboard Menu at Pizzeria 00100
Trapizzini with Coda alla Vaccinara
We stopped at another much-loved by Romans food shrine, Pizzeria 00100. Our tasting included suppli (fried rice balls) flavored with the Neapolitan Genovese sauce.
After the tour and since I was already in the area, I went back over to Pizzeria 00100 for one of their famous trapizzini. It's a blend of pizza and the little tramezzini sandwiches. They have several saucy filling options or you can order one vuoto (empty). Mine was filled with coda alla vaccinara (oxtail). The pizza had a thin crispy outer crust and was light and airy inside.
Gelato at Giolitti a Testaccio -
You gotta love a food tour that ends with gelato!
Along with the tour and tastings, Kenny provided all guests with a booklet listing his favorite restaurants, and pizza, gelato & food shops throughout Rome. Another added bonus to the tour was that I met a great bunch of fellow food lovers. A few of us met later that evening for another delicious Roman dining experience.
For Roman food lovers, culinary geeks, and offal afficianados like me, Testaccio is our first stop on any trip to Rome. For other visitors, who spend the bulk of their research and time on those other trivial aspects of Rome; you know, those things like historical sights, its ruins, churches, or its art, Testaccio and its culinary delights could easily be missed. With this tour, one doesn't have to miss out nor have to do any research to get a good overview of Testaccio, and visit many of its culinary treasures. Thanks Kenny for inviting me along!
A big thank you also to new friends, Larry and Jessica, whom I met on Kenny's tour, for allowing me to use their photos. All the photos from Flavio al Velavevodetto and the one of the suppli are courtesy of Larry and Jessica.
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Rome with a View - Five Spots for Photo Ops in Rome
Pasta all' Amatriciana - A Roman Treat
Cacio e Pepe in a Parmigiano Bowl Inspired by Roma Sparita
Potato Gnocchi for Gnocchi Giovedi
Coda alla Vaccinara - Roman Style Oxtail Stew
Pasta alla Genovese and Other Classic Neapolitan Sauces at Citta del Gusto
Tasting Venice - A Food Tour with Venetian Monica Cesarato


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Nine and Sixteen (I've mentioned it before - one of my favorite blogs. Good genuine lovely family life). I took out the cocoa and coffee and added fall spices - cinnamon, nutmeg and ground clove.
I baked it in my 8x3" Cake Pan, you can find here >
It is a moist and fabulous cake - good on its own, but better when topped with caramel sauce. Salted Sticky Toffee Caramel Sauce.
This sauce was borrowed from the Barefoot Contessa's "Sticky Toffee Date Cake" - it is crazy easy to make... no boiling (burning) sugar like most caramel sauces. I added sea salt to it to make it extra tempting. And Vanilla Bean Whipped Cream. Serve it warm, with extra warm sauce poured over... such a treat for these first cool Fall nights.
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1 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
pinch of ground cloves
2 eggs
1 cup milk
6 tablespoons of melted butter
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 pound butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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1 tablespoon of sugar
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Line a 8-inch round baking pan with Parchment Paper, or spray it with non-stick spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
I baked it in my 8x3" Cake Pan, you can find here >
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Combine the butter, brown sugar, cream and vanilla in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring it to a simmer, then lower the heat, stirring until slightly thickened. Remove from heat.
When the cake comes out of the oven, let it cool for 10 minutes, then remove it and transfer the warm cake onto the cake plate. Poke holes in the top with a toothpick, then pour half of the sauce over the cake. Reserve the rest to serve with each slice.
Serve warm if possible - I like to reheat the sauce (microwave or stove) and pour the hot sauce over each slice, then top with vanilla whipped cream.
What a way to wake up from a nap... sticky toffee fingers : )
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– It's 1% cash back on everything, though they offer rotating categories each quarter where you can earn 5% (it's Restaurants and Lowe's for this quarter – you max out at $1500 spend, or $75 bonus cash back).
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There used to be 35,000 point bonus offers floating around for this card years ago, but 20,000 points is as good as it's been for the past couple of years. If you were waiting, I'd go for this (assuming it fits in your churn schedule).
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Steve Lombardi at the Baseball Reference Blog had an interesting post the other day listing all of the players who ended their team's post season by taking a called strike three. The post was inspired by the season-ending strike outs of Ryan Howard and Alex Rodriguez this weekend. The last occurrence prior to that was, of course, Carlos Beltran's season ending backwards K against Adam Wainwright. No surprise there.
What is surprising (at least to me, anyway) is that Beltran wasn't the first Met in that situation: Howard Johnson took a called strike three to end the 1988 NLCS. Hojo's K was slightly less dramatic than Beltran's: the Mets were trailing the Dodgers 6-0 at the time and Orel Hershiser was working on a complete game, five hit shutout. Those circumstances likely spared Hojo from the treatment Beltran has received in the past four years. In fact, I could only find two Hershiser-centric articles that briefly mentioned Hojo in passing (here and here). Given the pounding Beltran's taken, I wish Johnson had been a little more vocal about his experience (though part of me understands: it's never easy to talk about negative events).
Another ex-Met on the list also stands out, even if his post-season ending moment didn't happen in the orange and blue: Willie Randolph took the final strike against the Royals' Dan Quisenberry in 1980. Now, I could swear I remember Willie mentioning his strike out in defense of Beltran at some point, but I can't find it in a Google search. While I'll trust my spotty memory to give Willie the benefit of the doubt, I'm still frustrated with the media (and fans) who refuse to give Beltran a pass. It's past time to move on and let it go, but Beltran's career as a Met is doomed to be overshadowed by that one at bat.
In the interest of thoroughness, three other players with connections to the Mets appear on the list: former Met Randy Myers struck out Omar Vizquel to end the 1996 ALDS, future/former Roberto Alomar K'd looking against Jose Mesa to end the 1997 ALCS (in another twist, both series pitted the Indians against the Orioles), and Derek Lowe punched out former Met Terrance Long to end the 2003 ALDS. Throw in the fact that A-Rod and Alomar will both eventually be elected to the Hall of Fame and Vizquel has a decent shot, Beltran isn't exactly keeping poor company here. But I'm sure that fact will go unreported, too.


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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The Complexities of Google+ Circles
One person responded by saying that it's challenging when a person adds you to a circle because of a shared common interest and then you get bombarded with other topics that don't interest you. This complexity in Google+ is one of the things I am still figuring out.
Twitter simplifies this whole issue by having no circles or nuances. You either follow someone or don't. Either way you get to see everything the person puts out. The most common way around this in Twitter is to use a program like Tweetdeck where you can view streams based on hash tags. That way instead of focusing on individual people you can simply read tweets tagged with, for example, #genealogy.
I have seen some people address the issue on Google+ by posting their preferences on their profile page. Some people might mention what circles/topics of interest they would like to be put in. Maybe they will also mention what they predominantly post about.
I have seen at least one person ask the Google+ audience what circles would they like to be in and provided them with the choices.
I have copied the same method that I use on Twitter by listing keywords of things I'm interested in. This appears right under my name.
It looks like this - house historian, old houses, genealogy, gravestones, African American history, travel, wine, locally grown.
I wish it could be longer. Maybe I'll expand upon that in my profile. So if someone comes to my Google+ profile they will have a pretty good idea about what I like to post about.
The tricky thing about Google+ is that when you follow someone you are not subscribing to everything that they post in the way you would on Twitter. In fact all you can see of their posts are the public ones unless they circle you back and allow you to see something more than just public posts.
So you are saying "Hey, I'm here, I'm interested in following you. I've put you in a circle, and you have no clue what that circle is unless I tell you. But I'm hoping you will look at my page and figure it out or ask me and then circle me back."
For example, I have a genealogy circle. That's my primary circle because that's what I primarily post about. Most people that I have circled are in my genealogy circle. I also have a photography circle and a writer circle. I don't necessarily expect these folks to follow me back but I want to see what they have to say or display. People in my photography and writer circles don't get bombarded with all my genealogy posts.
I do however, post as "public" my blog posts and some more general topic history, genealogy, archaeology and social media stuff. I wonder if I am bothering some of my non-genealogy friends by doing that?
So the question is how do we best put people into circles, and more importantly, have them put us into the right circles so we don't get bombarded with stuff we're not interested in?
Is Google+ forcing us to over-think things?!!
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I'm working on my presentation for tonight's webinar on this topic, so I'm curious to see the responses.ReplyDelete
One of the things I like about G+ is that it's a little more focused. Most of my Facebook friends are genealogists, but relatively few of the posts in my Facebook stream are about genealogy. In contrast, most of my G+ friends are also genealogists, but a far greater percentage of the posts in my stream there are genealogy-related.
I feel like G+ is sort of like going to a genealogy conference to hang out with friends (where we will talk mostly about genealogy, but also some other stuff). Facebook is more like going to a bar to hang out with the same friends; there might be some genealogy talk, but it's mostly just fun (and also some drunken hijinks).
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DALLAS, May 15, 2014 – Beginning May 23, AT&T[i] is introducing High Definition (HD) Voice[ii] on an all-IP, Voice Over LTE (VoLTE) network in select markets. At AT&T, you won't have to choose between faster data speeds and crystal clear conversations. HD Voice customers can simultaneously talk while surfing the Web at 4G LTE speeds, all on the nation's most reliable 4G LTE network[iii] – it's the best of both worlds.
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While it was reported that Calise was asked to resign in early 2010 after refuting multiple sexually charged advances by the 17-year Glendale principal, Lombardi said the former teacher was being let go for other "behavior" related reasons.
"Rather than pursuing a discontinuance, we worked out a resignation based on performance and other issues," Lombardi said of the teacher. "This case is a result of a dismissal."
Lombardi claims he has letters from previous principals who had issues with the former teacher, something he is confident will vindicate him.
While it seems some parents were suspicious after receiving a letter from the principal in mid-January that he was retiring from the school, Lombardi says it is unrelated to the charges. Instead, he wants to focus on what he has accomplished during his tenure and pass that on to a successor.
"I didn't want to get someone in here in June to recreate something," Lombardi said of his decision to leave. "I wanted them to see an existing structure that hopefully they would be able to carry on some kind of legacy or ask me for support."
There were just 440 students enrolled when Lombardi first took over at P.S. 49, located at 63-60 80th St., in 1997, and today the school has over 1,100 students, 99 employees including 84 educators on staff, a number of which say the school's growth is thanks to his vision for professionalism and work ethic. A new extension is also expected to make more room for their growth.
Part of the success, Lombardi says, was the ability for him to create his own staff following the action he helped initiate with former School's Chancellor Joel Klein.
Under the reform set in place back in 2007, principals were granted the freedom of routine supervision under contract with the Department of Education, holding them accountable for their actions and progress.
"There was no flexibility before," he said.
Today the Middle Village school has a comprehensive music program, a full-time music teacher, a choral room and a music lesson partnership with weekend help from the Long Island City Academy of Music.
"We have complete transparency with the parent body, and they can come in whenever they want," Lombardi explained of the way he runs his "bus," as he puts it. "We've made a good community school."
Art teacher Susan Bricker said Lombardi was a big part of the reason why she decided to become a teacher.
"One thing that makes this school unique is the level of professionalism of the staff," Bricker said. "We end up having a really great team atmosphere because we're on the same page."
Bricker said the school is unique in that, while they have two full-time art teachers and offer lessons in art history, the art department works with other departments in the school, and vice-versa.
"We work with the teachers and we have a lot more fluidity between subjects," she said. "For instance in social studies, they spend time analyzing artwork, and we provide examples for them."
While numerous staffers are sad to see their long-time principal retire, Kevin McGarry, an English teacher at the school, said he is confident that the groundwork Lombardi laid out will be strong for the future of the school.
McGarry explained that with his clear focus, teachers working under Lombardi often have a hard time keeping up with the amount of planning and hard work that he asks for, something that has made the school so strong.
"You can't get up there and wing it and that's why he talks about planning," McGarry said. "I know what the social studies teachers are doing and I even know what the math teachers are doing."
According to McGarry, the level of proficiency asked of teachers can be daunting, however the strongest ultimately remain on staff and are the ones that have made the school what it is today.
"I have worked with many wonderful teachers who are burnt out," he said. "I've sat with guys who are in their 30's, who are big and physically intimidating, but they are crying inside because they just hit the wall. They are dealing with kids who are really difficult."
Former PTA president and now P.S. 49 parent coordinator Donna Murphy has lived in close proximity to the school since her own children were young.
Now that she is a part of the team at the school, Murphy says that she too is confident their progress is because of the strict professional atmosphere laid forth by the principal.
"His vision has always been clear," Murphy said. "His vision has always been to have a transparent school. In other words that we educate the parents, so that we could mold them into being able to come into the school and ask all the right questions."
Only time will tell whether the legacy Lombardi leaves will be remembered for a culture of teacher harassment or the successes of P.S. 49 and its students.


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WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- One of three oversight mechanisms for the $700 billion Emergency Economic Stability Act kicks into action in Washington Tuesday.
The Government Accountability Office will give Congress the first of its bimonthly reports on the bailout's progress, CNNMoney reported.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke have said the liquidity measures have begun to free up credit, although some are expecting faster results and others have complained purchasing equity in financial firms hasn't done enough to help troubled homeowners.
The Treasury has spent $150 billion buying preferred shares in 52 institutions, CNNMoney reported.
"We expect banks to increase their lending as a result of these efforts," Paulson said Monday.
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A congressional panel charged with monitoring the bailout plan could issue its first report by the end of the year.
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Hillary Clinton supports gay marriage
In a move that could have implications for a 2016 White House campaign, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed gay marriage on Monday, saying she supports it "personally, and as a matter of policy and law."
"LGBT Americans are our colleagues, our teachers, our soldiers, our friends, our loved ones," Clinton says, speaking directly to the camera, in a nearly 6-minute video released by the Human Rights Campaign, a leading gay rights group. "And they are full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship. That includes marriage. … I support it personally, and as matter of policy and law."
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Clinton's endorsement was expected after her husband, Bill, and daughter, Chelsea, endorsed same-sex marriage while Hillary Clinton was serving in President Barack Obama's Cabinet. When she was campaigning for president in 2008, Clinton had opposed gay marriage and backed civil unions instead. Since then, support for gay marriage has become a cornerstone of the Democratic Party.
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By releasing her announcement in a video, Clinton also avoided questions about the Defense of Marriage Act, which her husband had backed but said recently should be struck down. Hillary Clinton didn't address DOMA in the video, even as the law is up for review by the Supreme Court.
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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was established in 1972 under Tribhuvan University with the mandate and the responsibility of training all the categories of health manpower needed in the country. Within the first decade of its establishment. it developed a total of 12 campuses scattered over the country out of which 3 campuses were in Kathmandu and 9 campuses were outside the Kathmandu Valley.
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Swimsuit season is rapidly approaching, and many of us are remembering those old New Years Resolutions we made a handful of weeks ago. We were going to lose weight, get in shape, and look great at the pool or lake or beach with our friends and family, right? Well, maybe we forgot. But it's never too late to begin losing weight, even if it's daunting.
Today we're sharing some well-researched tips and tricks for starting today with your weight loss – while removing the barrier of increased cost that is sometimes our excuse.
There's no doubt that it can be cheaper to eat unhealthy foods. Fast food can't be beaten for its price and convenience… or its calories. We can show you a few ways to begin eating healthier without giving up convenience or handing over your whole wallet.
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1. Always First: Water
The very first step in any weight loss journey is to begin drinking water like crazy. This can also be a totally free health upgrade on so many biological levels. Water is almost always provided free in your home or workplace, so pull out a water bottle or tumbler you love and carry it everywhere full of water. Not only is it free, but it will help you eat less and therefore save even more.
2. Small Fast Food Upgrades
You don't have to entirely ditch your fast food order at first, but start tinkering with it. Order the small version, which will save you dollars and calories. When possible substitute the more questionable food items with healthier ones. Can they substitute fries for something a little more healthy? If you can't or simply decide you NEED those fries, eat half of them instead of the whole thing.
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This landmark book presents powerful evidence for creation. The author, a well-known ex Cornell University professor of genetics, shows how mutations and natural selection do not account for the information in the human genome.
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Cigar bill (3 March 1972) refers to a bill submitted to J.R.R. Tolkien for tobacco from the Southern Cigar Co. (Canford Cliffs, Poole), on 3 March 1972.[1]
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Autograph rubric signed ("JRRTolkien"): "Quite Correct, & I apologize for neglect and many troubles", entered in red ballpoint on a bill submitted to him for a pound of Capstan tobacco in two-ounce tins, at 82p a tin totalling £6.50, submitted to "Mr J.R.R. Tolkien c/o: Miramar Hotel Bournemouth" on headed paper of the Southern Cigar Co. of 40 The Parade, Canford Cliffs, Poole, and signed by the proprietor, W.B. Crouch; with autograph brown manila envelope, one page, filing-holes, 8vo, 3 March 1972. [...] Tolkien himself, as the present bill confirms, favoured Capstan Medium Navy Cut.[1]
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- Letter to W.B. Crouch (letter)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lot No: 221, Sale 20135 - Books, Maps and Manuscripts, 27 Mar 2012 London, Knightsbridge", Bonhams.com (accessed 19 March 2012)


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'Venus and Anchises' was inspired by a verse from a poem called the 'Epipsychidion', by Shelley.
'Athwart that wintry wilderness of thornsFlashed from her motion splendour like the morn's,And from her presence life was radiatedThrough the grey earth and branches bare and dead;So that her way was paved and roofed aboveWith flowers as soft as thoughts of budding love;'
Richmond shows us the meeting at night, of Venus and her earthly lover, the Trojan shepherd Anchises, on Mount Ida. Venus, clothed in glowing pink and gold walks towards Anchises, who awaits her holding a lyre. Anchises, clad in a red shirt, appears to cower in the shadow of a tree. The usual penalty for mortals such as he for looking at a god or goddess was to be turned into stone.
The picture is not a simple illustration of a mythical event, but demonstrates the transforming power of love. Night has turned into day. In the bottom right of the picture there are the dead leaves of autumn, but wherever Venus walks she becomes surrounded by spring flowers and apple blossom. She is accompanied by lions and a flight of doves which disperse a group of sparrows. Although the event depicted is rooted in ancient Greek mythology, Richmond chooses to show the dramatic awakening of a northern landscape in an English spring. The offspring of the union between Venus and Anchises was Aeneas, the legendary ancestor of the Romans.
Richmond's classical subjects were noted for the degree of accuracy in both architecture and landscape. He travelled extensively in Greece and Italy. In 1912 and 1914 he exhibited his landscape paintings, mainly Italian, which were widely praised. In 1919 his book 'Assisi: Impressions of Half a Century' was published, illustrated with his landscape studies in colour. It was perhaps his knowledge and enthusiasm for Italian art and history that led him to undertake the commission to decorate St. Paul's Cathedral with mosaics. This work was controversial, as it is uncertain whether the architect Wren ever considered such a scheme for his great church.
This picture was exhibited in London and Birmingham in 1890 and in Berlin in 1891. When it was shown at the Walker in the Autumn Exhibition of 1892, the gallery bought the painting for £800.
William Blake Richmond was a most versatile artist. He was a painter of portraits, narrative pictures and occasionally landscapes. He also made sculpture and was responsible for the mosaic decoration in St. Paul's Cathedral. He was born 1842, the son of the artist George Richmond RA, who named him after his early friend the poet painter and mystic, William Blake.
Richmond attended the Royal Academy Schools, where he was awarded two silver medals. He was influenced by the newly successful Pre-Raphaelite painters Holman Hunt and Millais, but even more by their enthusiastic advocate, the writer and critic John Ruskin. Richmond began his career painting pictures inspired by poetry, classical legend or stories from the Bible. He continued with such subjects until the end of the 19th century. During the 1860s and 70s he became a most successful portrait painter. Amongst others, he painted Charles Darwin, William Morris, the poet Robert Browning and the Prime Minister WE Gladstone twice. Richmond was the Slade Professor of Fine Art between 1878 and 1883. He became a member of the Royal Academy in 1895 and was knighted in 1897. In 1899 he was President of the Society of Miniature Painters. His grandfather Thomas Richmond was a well-known miniature painter.
Richmond's reputation as an artist rests on his portraits and on the large paintings such as 'Venus and Anchises'. At his funeral in February 1921 there were wreathes from Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, The Royal Academy and the Coal Smoke Abatement Society, of which Richmond was the founder. His coffin was described in The Times as, 'perfectly plain...and the handles which were of wrought iron, were of William Morris design'.
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HOUSTON — Occidental Petroleum Corp. Friday announced its plans to move the company to Houston and spin off another business that will be based in California.
Occidental is currently based in Los Angeles, though it has a large presence in Houston.
CEO Steve Chazen said the company's corporate headquarters have less than 200 people, and the move would likely only result in a few dozen new jobs in Houston.
But strategically, it's a significant move for Occidental, allowing the new business and the existing one to have a more narrowly tailored focus.
The existing company, which will be based in Houston, will include exploration and production operations in the Permian Basin and elsewhere in Texas, as well as the Middle East and Colombia. It also will include the firm's midstream and marketing business, as well as its chemical subsidiary OxyChem.
The new company will have 8,000 employees in California and focus on its major operations in potential oil and gas basins in Los Angeles, San Joaquin, Ventura and Sacramento, the company announced.
The split, Chazen said, affects California much more than the existing company.
Founded in 1920, Occidental's earliest assets were in the state, but today, the company is global. The move will allow the California work to proceed under a different set of metrics than the rest of the existing business. Chazen said the new California company will likely be able to invest more in the state than Occidental would have invested had it remained one company.
"We spent a lot of money and a lot of effort to make it so it could stand on its own," Chazen said of the California business an interview with the Chronicle. "It's now capable of standing on its own a separate business."
Profit results: Occidental earnings rise as CEO pursues breakup
Company officials say the move will better position Occidental for growth and strong returns on its capital.
"Creating two separate energy companies will result in more focused businesses that will be competitive industry leaders," Chazen said in a statement announcing the move. The company also Chazen will stay on until 2016 as CEO of the existing company.
The deal is pending the final approval of Occidental's board of directors as well as federal regulators.
Occidental expects to announce management of the new California business in the third quarter and complete the separation by late this year or early 2015.
Gov. Rick Perry praised the move. "Occidental Petroleum is the largest oil producer in Texas and one of the largest in the nation, so it seems only fitting the company would locate its headquarters in Houston, the energy capital of the world," he said in a statement.
A spokesman for Perry said there were no state incentives involved in Occidental's move. Chazen said the company didn't receive any economic incentives locally as part of the move either, and the company does not get a tax benefit by being based in Houston instead of Los Angeles.
According to a Chronicle survey conducted mid-2013, the company had about 1,850 employees in the Houston area.
Officials with the Greater Houston Partnership declined to discuss the company's move but released a statement saying it advances the city's position as the country's energy capital. "Occidental, a major player in the energy industry, is solidifying its longstanding investment in Houston," said Bob Harvey, president and CEO of the Greater Houston Partnership, in a statement.
Bill Gilmer, director of the Institute for Regional Forecasting at the University of Houston, said the move makes strategic sense. "Their suppliers are here. All the service companies are here. There's a knowledge base in Houston that's very difficult to tap into if you're not inside Houston," Gilmer said.
The company's split is the latest in a series of high-profile spinoffs of major energy companies. In 2011, Marathon Oil Corp. split into two companies. ConocoPhillips split in 2012, and Valero Energy Corp. split in 2013.
Those cases were different from the Occidental move. Marathon and ConocoPhillips separated their exploration and production businesses from their refining operations. Valero separated its refining and retail divisions.
In the case of Occidental, the split is about geography — not business units.
Brian Youngberg, a senior energy analyst with Edward Jones & Co. in St. Louis, said Occidental's operations in California have big potential but have gotten lost in the shuffle of the larger company.
Spinning it off into a standalone business will allow those projects to receive greater focus.
"The new company will be a pure play in California," Youngberg said. "That's very unique. There's really no other company doing that."
The move would allow the new company to carve out a niche in a market that Youngberg said is largely untapped and could have a potential as a major source of natural gas. "It's kind of part of the country that's ignored by other producers," he said.
At the same time, the strategy allows the existing company to double down on its Permian focus in a move that's likely to be attractive to investors. "We'll focus more on the Permian than maybe we did historically," Chazen told the Chronicle.
In an earnings report issued last month, the company said that last year, it increased domestic oil production by 11,000 barrels of oil per day to 266,000. This year, that total could climb as high as 295,000 barrels per day. The growth is split evenly between California and Permian operations. The company also says it intends to make about $400 million in capital investments in each of those two regions this year.
As part of that same strategy to more narrowly tailor its focus, the company announced Thursday it had sold off more than 1.4 million acres of assets in the Hugoton Gas Field in the Oklahoma panhandle and eastern Colorado for $1.4 billion. The company is also pursuing the sale of a minority stake in some of its Middle East operations. "Our goal is to become a somewhat smaller company with more manageable exposure to political risk," Chazen said in a statement last year.
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With memories of our Mexican feast and great evening at Troy Trepanier's shop still fresh in our minds, we gathered at 7:30 AM for our morning driver's meeting. Tuesday's itinerary included lunch at the Indianapolis Speedway Museum and then on to Woody's Hot Rodz in Bright, Indiana near Cincinnati. The weather was getting better and we hardly remembered the snow of the previous day. Well, almost hardly.
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Wednesday mid morning we headed south to our evening stop in Kentucky at The Cumberland Falls State Park. As is the case with all of our Tours, we suggest a route or two to the day's destination, provide maps for the options and let each participant decide which direction they would like to travel. By this point in the week friendships had been forged and we broke into some smaller groups with some folks taking the winding route through the hills of Kentucky and others choosing the more direct Interstate route. We all ended up at the beautiful Cumberland Falls State Park and Resort by 5PM. We had booked rooms at the lodge for the evening and it was fantastic. The view from the lodge was beautiful and we enjoyed some time together to discuss the day's travels before dinner at the Lodge. After dinner we took the short drive to the Falls itself and everyone enjoyed the beauty and solitude and the area. I even got used to being out of cell phone service for an evening. The day and evening was a nice change of pace from our hectic schedule of earlier in the week.
Thursday morning we had our driver's meeting on the front steps of the Lodge. We were met by Chuck Losey owner of LeCarra Steering Wheels who had made the short trip up from their facilities in Oneida, Tennessee. Chuck led the pack as we made the one hour cruise to Oneida and the LeCarra facility. It was another beautiful drive. Chuck gave us a tour of the wheel manufacturing facility nestled in the rolling hills of Tennessee.
After our tour at LeCarra it was time to go. We were guests of honor at the Lokar 20th Anniversary party and the open house held every year at their facilities just west of Knoxville. We were greeted by owners Debbi and Skip Walls and Lokar President Rick Craze. Special parking had been set up for the Lokar Tour participants and we spent the day enjoying the food and hospitality of the Lokar Team. Over two thousand folks enjoyed the catered meal and the hundreds of door prizes that Debbi handed out during the afternoon. Cars lined the streets in all directions and by about 8 in the evening things wound down.
The weekend was spent at the NSRA Nationals South at the Chilhowie Fairgrounds in Knoxville. The PPG/ Street Rodder Road Tour tent was the center of activity for both the participants on the Lokar Tour and also everyone at the event who was anxious to get a look at the new Road Tour Speed33 Roadster and hear about our weeks travels on the road. The Lokar Tour was another great week of street rod fun on the highway. We saw some very cool shops, enjoyed some fantastic food and met many new friends. At the group photo shoot on Saturday I was surprised when I was presented with a big "Thank You" card signed by everyone on the Lokar Tour. I was also given the Indy Hi-Winders award for their club pick at the show. I truly appreciated both of these gestures.
The 2008 PPG/ Road Tour season is off to a great start. One tour is in the books and seven more are on tap. Be sure to see the details of all the Tours here at the website or in the pages of Street Rodder Magazine. Call the Road Tour hotline at 1-800-664-1362 with any question. Join us and come along for the drive. You will have the time of your life.
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Bacon Beer, You Say? Odin Brewing Gives It a Go
I've heard about it before, but I never got to try it. Looks like I'm getting another chance.
Bacon beer is coming. At a time when eating green is all the rage, bacon has somewhat survived. Bacon salt, bacon oil, bacon ice cream, bacon chocolate, bacon cupcakes and even bacon vodka! People have some unexplained passion for the scent of hog.
While you might have thought your Rauchbier was bacon-enough, the people at Odin Brewing are taking it a step further. They have released a new seasonal, called Smoky Bacon Beer. The new grog is 6% and is already being poured at places like Brouwers Cafe and the Pub at Piper's Creek.
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Odin Brewing Company Seasonal Release: Smoky Bacon Ale
Odin Brewing Company is proud to introduce its latest seasonal creation, Smoky Bacon Ale! Brewed with real bacon and peat smoked malt, this unfiltered brown ale is a well-balanced, drinkable brew that isn't any where near to being one-dimensional. At 6.0% ABV, Smoky Bacon Ale will send your palate to a Viking feast, while being gobbled down easy enough you'll be craving seconds.
Barbeques generate their excitement through the aromas wafting through the air, and our Smoky Bacon Ale is no different. An aroma of deep rich smoke with a hint of sweetness will get the party started. A balanced top note of smoke and sweet maltiness leads well into the caramel and coffee flavors that begin to arise as the beer goes down. A slightly nutty flavor accentuates the smoothness of the mouthfeel as a medium bitterness from the hops round out this beer.
Introduced at the Tacoma Craft Beer Festival, Smoky Bacon Ale received a warm welcome from the crowd and is being distributed around the Seattle area as you read this. So get out there, order a pint of Smoky Bacon Ale, and join the feast! Currently being poured at Brouwer's Café, Clever Dunnes Irish Pub and Pub at Piper's Creek, with several more locations like Quinn's Pub (10/8), The Iron Bull (10/8), and Naked City Brewery &Taphouse (10/14) yet to come.
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We took a week and drove north to Highgate Springs, in Vermont, by way of Boston. We were on our way to visit Colleen, who is working this summer at the Tyler Place resort. We stopped in Boston on the way to tour Boston University and Emerson College with Christina.
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Meat-Supplier's CEO Apologizes for China Unit
Local Management Accused of Intentionally Selling Expired Products; Five Detained
BEIJING—The chief executive of a U.S. meat supplier apologized Wednesday after managers of its Chinese subsidiary were accused of intentionally selling expired meat to restaurants. Chinese authorities detained five people.
OSI Group Inc., the Ilinois-based parent of the Shanghai operation under scrutiny, dispatched a team of its "global experts" to address the problems in China as its CEO vowed that the "completely unacceptable" missteps wouldn't happen again....


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Photo Coverage: MDQ, Psy, Jepsen at 2013 New Year's Eve in Times Square
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New York, January 1, 2013 -- The cast of the North American tour of "Million Dollar Quartet" (MDQ), led by Cody Slaughter as Elvis Presley and Lee Ferris as Carl Perkins; South Korean rapper Psy, whose viral hit song "Gangnam Style" recently earned more than one billion views on YouTube; and Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen, the artist behind the catchy pop hit song "Call Me Maybe"; among others pumped up more than one million revelers yesterday at the 2013 New Year's Eve Ball Drop in Times Square, a tradition dating back to 1907.
The nine-hour long program began at 3 p.m. -- revelers started converging between Broadway and 7th Avenue in early afternoon though. By 6 p.m., everyone was in place: no sneaking in and out of the NYPD barricades for snacks or pee breaks. The only people allowed in at any time were those checked in at the nearby hotels. Adjoining streets were sealed off to vehicles, but pedestrian traffic -- jammed by tourists and locals -- remained open.
This year, as in previous years, the "ball drop" has been an orderly celebration. Mayor Mike Bloomberg and the NYPD made sure that the event went off without a hitch; and that everybody had a great time. But Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD asked The Revelers to follow rules, including submitting to the random bag checks. About 4,000 NYPD officers were deployed.
"American Idol's" Ryan Seacrest, Anderson Cooper, Carson Daly, Mario Lopez, Taylor Swift, and The Rockettes also participated in the festivities.
Photos by Elton Lugay, TheFilAm.net
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Additional information The course will cover the key port infrastructure requirements to deliver any major type of offshore wind project, and how these are assessed. These factors are viewed from the perspective of what effect they have on each of the major stakeholders.
These factors may include - the competitiveness of major supply chain manufacturers like foundation or turbine suppliers located in ports; the influence that correct port selection can have on the cost-effectiveness of construction delivery from the perspective of Installation Contractors and Developers; and the various commercial opportunities and threats that aspects of the offshore wind industry represents to port management, both in terms of current practice, but also "disruptive technologies" that could be deployed, and changes to the regulatory and economic drivers which currently exist in the industry, or may be relevant in the future.
The focus will be mainly upon the physical and technical practicalities, but the course will also look at pertinent commercial cost-drivers (cycle-time analyses and port-fees, for example) and what consideration is given to these during port selection and how these are factored into project cost-modelling.
Trainer Chris Garrett has been an Offshore Wind Farm Installation Engineer with DNV GL for 7 years, and specializes in Port requirements for Renewable Energy. He has conducted Ports appraisals for offshore wind farm developers, turbine manufacturers, and UK & German Government Economic Development departments. Geographically these projects have spanned the Southern North Sea, Irish Sea, and Baltic, as well as the US Great Lakes, China, Taiwan and India.
Course outline: 09:00 Introduction
09:10 Which vessels & equipment enter ports during "Offshore" activities?
09:55 What activities can be expected in a port in support of the "Offshore" work?
10:40 Coffee break
11:10 Key features of ports from a user perspective
11:55 Marshalling "Offshore" components in ports
12:40 Lunch
13:40 Port fees: a brief review
14:25 Port suitability assessment methodologies
15:10 Open discussion (and coffee)
16:00 Close
Who should attend? This course is primarily focused at offshore wind farm developers and supply chain manufacturers, and port authorities; however, other professionals who wish to benefit from DNV GL's knowledge of ports and offshore wind could also attend.


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NEW YORK, N.Y.—The UMBC completed action in the New Balance Collegiate Invitational at the famous Armory in New York City Saturday with multiple UMBC season-best times.
Senior Sara Parkinson (Chorley, England/Loughborough University) finished ninth in the women's 1-mile run in a UMBC season-best time of 4:59.81.
Freshman Kirsten Jones (Brentwood, Tenn./M.L.K. Magnet) continued her impressive freshman campaign, producing a UMBC season-best time of 57.14 in the 400-meter dash, placing 11th. Fellow freshman Deborah Adelola (Lanham, Md./Bladensburg) posted a school season-best time of 1:16.73 in the 500-meter dash, finishing ninth.
Sophomore Amanda Deller (Aberdeen, Md./Aberdeen) placed 10th in the shot put with a throw of 14.15m, while junior Kiki Malomo-Paris (Northern Ireland/Glenlola Collegiate School) leaped 5.46m in the long jump, a Retriever season-best mark.
On the men's side, freshman Jake Albino (Hampton, N.Y./Minisink Valley) took home second in the 800-meter run, finishing in a UMBC season-best and IC4A-qualifying time of 1:53.94, less than a second off the school record.
Senior Keith Brown (Columbia, Md./McDonough) placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles in a time of 8.36, while freshman Mo Drammeh (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) placed third in the high jump (Eastern division) with a leap of 1.98m.
Junior Joshua Hewitson (New Market, Md./Linganore) crossed the line ninth (championship division) in 1:04.22, while fellow junior Arjun Pradeep (Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron) placed ninth in the college division in 1:06.48. Sophomore Shioma Obemeata (New Rochelle, N.Y./Iona Preparatory/St. Francis College) placed 10th in the triple jump with a leap of 14.14m.
In the 3,000-meter run, sophomore TJ Cowing (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) ran a UMBC season-best time of 8:43.22. In the pole vault, senior Martin Nevarez (Casa Grande, Ariz./Central Arizona College) inched closer to the school record, completing a UMBC season-best height of 4.75m.
Freshman Brandan McGee (Hiram, Ohio/Crestwood) posted a UMBC-season best time of 14:55.99 in the 5,000-meter run, beating his previous high mark by 15 seconds.
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Job and Worker Attributes by Firm Employment Size, 1983-1993
United States Small Business Administration
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Job and Worker Attributes by
Firm Employment Size, 1983-1993
by Richard J. Boden, Jr.
1996. 19p. Richard J. Boden, 5974 Black Oak Drive, Toledo, Ohio 43615 under Purchase Order No. SBAHQ-95-M-1110
Although much has been said about the relative wages and tenure of workers in large firms compared with small firms, there have been few well-designed surveys to determine the size and incidence of the differences. It is important to understand how the employment needs and practices of small and large firms have changed in today's information-based economy as well as to examine the extent to which smaller firms are offering relatively higher wages and demanding increased levels of education and skills.
Scope and Methodology
The study tabulates average hourly wages, education, and occupational composition of workers by firm size for the years 1983, 1988, and 1993. These worker attributes are separately examined for newly hired workers with job tenure of less than one year. The study also compares the number of new small firm hires and their comparative wages with the number and comparative wages of new large firm hires.
The data used in the tabulations were drawn from the May 1983, May 1988, and April 1993 Current Population Surveys (CPS). The CPS is distributed monthly to between 50,000 and 70,000 households by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. CPS data are the source of the household-based statistics on the labor force that are published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Using these data, it is possible to analyze by firm size worker attributes such as level of education, age, gender, and race, as well as job attributes such as occupation, industry, and wages. More than 27,000 individuals participated in each of the three survey panels.
- Nearly two out of three newly hired workers in 1993 worked for small businesses (firms with fewer than 500 employees), indicating the importance of small businesses as providers of new jobs.
- The wage gap between large and small firm employees narrowed over the 10-year period studied and is smallest among newly hired workers. New hires in small firms received 93 percent of the wages of newly hired workers in large firms.
- The proportion of small firm workers with more than a year of job tenure rose between 1983 and 1993, while the opposite was true for large firms.
- Over the 10-year period, the proportion of workers in small firms in information-based occupations rose by 4 percent, while the comparative proportion in large firms was unchanged.
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2016 Outdoor: Did not compete
2015-16 Indoor: Did not compete
2015 Outdoor: Did not compete
2014-15 Indoor: Did not compete.
2014 Outdoor: Placed fourth in the 800m run at the 2014 America East Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Recorded a season-best time of 1:51.84 during the event finals at the championship meet at Vermont… Helped the Retriever 4x800m relay team capture the gold medal at the America East meet with a new school record time of 7:34.11… Named to the America East Honor Roll.
2013-14 Indoor: Competed in the one mile race twice during the winter season… Finished third in the event at the first meet of the year, the Bison Opener at Bucknell… Finished tenth at the Penn State Relays with a time of 4:32.79.
2013 Outdoor: Won the 800m run at the 2013 America East Outdoor Championships… Recorded his career-best time of 1:51.24 during his gold medal run to earn an invitation to the IC4A Championships… The time also ranks second in the UMBC record book… Had finished second in the event prelims… Also competed in the 1,500m run during the season at the Florida State Relays and the Big Dawg Invitational at UMBC Stadium.
2012-13 Indoor: Helped lead UMBC to a gold medal in the 4x800m relay at the 2013 America East Indoor Championships… Won a silver medal in the 1,000m run at the conference championships… Was also a part of the distance medley relay team which claimed a bronze at the America East meet… Qualified for the IC4A meet in the 1,000m run and placed eighth at the regional meet with a personal-best time of 2:26.77… His time ranks as the fourth-fastest in school history.
Background: Named to the All-County Team during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons... Listed on the All-League Team in each of his four seasons competing for the Royals... Led Port Jefferson to the Small School County Championship at the 2011-12 winter track and field championships... Memeber of the Nation Honor Society.
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04.08.2017 - Liechtenstein wins NexoFil Award in category most innovative stamp
(lp) Every year, in Spain the so-called NexoFil Award is awarded. It concerns a competition organized by the leading Spanish philatelic magazine "EL ECO". The magazine invites official philatelic organizations in nations from all over the world to nominate their favorite stamps. When all nominations have come in, an international jury with 40 experts from Europe and America judge the submitted stamps. There are ten different categories.
The Liechtenstein stamp "International Year of Light" (2015) has been voted as the winner in one of the most challenging categories: "Most Innovative Stamp of the Year". The stamp was designed by Leone Ming and contains three light phenomena: a fluorescent background that illuminates in the dark, a micro perforation for the diffraction of light waves, and a special color, which changes from pink to violet when exposed to ultraviolet light.
It is not the first time the stamp received an award; last year it also won the Red Dot Award.


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The Nordic Africa Institute is a research institute with a focus on contemporary Africa or Africa-related issues by scholars in mainly the Nordic and African countries.
The multi-disciplinary focus of its research agenda addresses topical issues within the social sciences. With its research activities pursuing close interaction between Nordic and African scholars, the Institute seeks to enhance international collaboration and aims to contribute towards and stimulate academic as well as informed public debate.
- Incusive growth, poverty and inequality in urban and rural Africa
- Climate change and sustainable development
- Gender equality
- Conflict, security and democratic transformation
- Mobility and migration
Principles and values
The following principles and values guide all the research and learning activities at the Institute:
a) High quality: conscious efforts are made to ensure that research process and outcomes meet high standards. The principle and practice of peer review is not compromised at any level or stage in research at the Institute.
b) Policy relevance: the design, process and outcomes of research endeavours at NAI should take into consideration policy relevance. In this case research activities at the Institute are conceived and implemented not only as "knowledge for knowledge's' sake" but primarily for the benefit of larger community of stakeholders in terms of added value to their well-being through appropriate development policies and programmes at national, regional and global levels.
c) Capacity-building: research activities at NAI have, among other elements, capacity-building objectives. Research agendas are designed and executed with the intention of improving competencies and skills of researchers individually and collectively.
Externally funded researchers
Researchers with external funding can apply for an employment at the Nordic Africa Institute. Your research must fit in one of our research themes. Read more about externally funded researchers.
Postdoc positions at NAI
Postdocs with funding can apply to be hosted at the Institute. The postdocs research must fit in one of the NAI themes. Researchers based at Nordic or African research institutions will be favoured. The time to be hosted will not be limited in minimum time of stay but a maximum of 2 years is set.


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Earrings are one of the most popular jewelry among the emperors of Egypt. The astonishing fact is that earrings were originally invented for men in ancient Asia about 7000 years ago. Today there are a huge number of different types of earrings. Pearl studs are one of the classic models of past centuries. The Canadian company Metsa offered an extraordinary idea.
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Republicans have sold their tax plan with the promise that it will speed economic growth and deliver more jobs, jobs, jobs. The pledge is right there in the title of the legislation, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
While most economists doubt the tax plan would add substantial long-term growth, the Conference Board's latest consumer confidence index, released Tuesday, shows just how much perceptions of the job market have already improved over the last couple of years as the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.1 percent. The share of consumers who now said jobs are "plentiful" rose from 36.7 percent to 37.1 percent, while those saying jobs are "hard to get" dipped from 17.1 percent to 16.9 percent. The net difference of 20.2 percentage points is the highest since 2001 — and up sharply from 2 percentage points on average last year and -3.8 percentage points in 2015, according to economist Jim O'Sullivan of High Frequency Economics.
Overall consumer confidence is doing pretty well, too. The Conference Board's index rose to a better-than-expected 129.5, the highest level since November 2000. A key reason for that rise was a jump in expectations regarding the short-term economic outlook and optimism about further growth in the labor market.


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People's blessings won't go waste: Modi on his birthday
Gandhinagar, Sep 17 : The Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Tuesday said blessings of common people will never go waste and will provide him strength and capability.
The Gujarat chief minister sought blessings from his mother on his 64th birthday.
"People have blessed me and I believe their blessings will never go waste. It will give me strength and capability," said Modi, who was Friday anointed the BJP's prime ministerial candidate.(IANS)