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Jesse Griggs, a fast food worker and leader with Working Washington, wrote an op-ed published 7/19/2015 in the Tacoma News-Tribune:
Last year, McDonald's made more than $5 billion in profit. Me, I make about $,00 a month after taxes. My rent is $750. Everything else goes to bills. There's not anything left for clothes. I can barely get food. And I definitely can't go out. I can't remember the last time I saw a movie.
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Students with a degree in applied business and technology are able to successfully enter the workforce in the field they are most passionate about with skills that will set them apart. Graduates of this program have gone on to take positions as:
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But some distinctly Korean specialties, featuring odd ingredients unfamiliar to most foreign visitors and even many Koreans -- from chicken feet and cow innards to cartilage and squirming fish -- remain staple dishes at the tarp-covered watering holes.
The food dishes, many of them doused in spicy sauces, are ordered with drinks, cutting through the bitter freshness of soju, Korea's signature liquor, and beer.
The following is a guide to some of the most unusual, and arguably tastiest, eats for the adventurous to enjoy when dining at Korea's pojangmacha.
|Each table is given a free steaming bowl of broth at most pojangmacha. (Rumy Doo/The Korea Herald)
Chicken gizzard (Dakddongjip)
Chicken gizzard -- the part of the chicken's digestive tract connected to the stomach -- is firm, chewy and round. The muscular gizzard has an earthy flavor that goes best with salt and garlic.
"The more you chew it, the better you can appreciate its unique scent and taste," Joo Seon-tae, professor of animal science at Gyeongsang National University, writes in a book on meat.
The dakddongjip dish was first offered as an affordable snack to accompany drinks and was favored by blue-collar laborers who gathered near Daegu's Pyeonghwa Market in the 1970s, according to the Korea Tourism Organization. The southeastern city still has a street dedicated to the gizzard dish inside the Pyeonghwa Market.
Dakddongjip is no longer the cheap platter it once was, selling at 15,000 won ($13.70) per plate at Yeouido's Dangoljip, a popular pojangmacha where many office workers in the financial district gather for after-hours fun.
"None of the dishes served at pojangmacha -- especially ones located in the heart of Seoul -- are cheap anymore," says Kim Sun-woo, who works in retail and frequents the tented eateries.
"But it's an easy place to pop into after midnight if I'm looking for comfort food and a drink. The feeling of being both inside and outside at the same time somehow makes the food taste better."
|A plate of spicy chicken feet is offered at Hangookkwan, located near exit 3 Yeouido Subway Station. (Rumy Doo/The Korea Herald)
Chicken feet (dakbal), stir-fried cartilage (odolppyeo)
With the talons wrenched out and cut off at the ankle, chicken feet have soft cartilage and collagen-filled skin, making for a chewy, slippery mouthful.
Chicken feet are normally pan-fried with a heavy coat of spicy, chili powder-based sauce to mitigate its strong odor.
Though the squeamish may find it hard to overcome the appearance of the claw-like feet, enthusiasts say the texture is unbeatable and the spicier, the better.
Dakbal pairs well with seasoned rice balls covered in salty laver and sprinkled with sesame seeds to help tame the heat.
Odolppyeo is made from the cartilage found at the tip of a pig's ribs that are connected to the belly. It can be an odd experience to gnaw on the bone-like cartilage and soft meat that surrounds it, which emit an increasingly sweet flavor the more you chew.
This part of the pork is also cooked in spicy sauce and stir-fried with vegetables.
|A plate of spicy sea snail salad is served at Hangookkwan, located near exit 3 of Yeouido Subway Station. (Rumy Doo/The Korea Herald)
Spicy hagfish (Ggomjangeo), spicy sea snail salad (golbaengi-muchim)
Unusual seafood dishes are also a pojangmacha favorite.
Ggomjangeo -- though there are many terms for it depending on the region -- is the inshore hagfish, a type of eel-shaped, slime-producing fish also called "slime eel." Korea and Japan are among the only countries where hagfish is commonly consumed.
Ggomjangeo has a firm, springy texture and is usually stir-fried with vegetables and spicy sauce.
"Ggom," which suggests "squirmy" in Korean, comes from the fact that the fish continue to writhe and twist after it's skinned, chopped and thrown on the grill.
Sea snails, or whelks, makes for a humble snack that goes well with light, reasonably priced beer.
Golbaengi is usually mixed with vegetables such as cucumber and onion and a sweet-and-spicy sauce containing a hint of vinegar, and served alongside boiled somyeon, or wheat noodles.
The dish is among the most popular, according to the owner of Hangookkwan, a Yeouido pojangmacha. "It's the type of food anyone can eat. Everyone loves it," she said.
Low in calories, high in protein and bland enough to absorb spicy sauces, sea snails serve as a healthy side dish to drinks.
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1. Agriculture
The agrarian nature and rich alluvial soil found in most parts of the state makes Taraba conductive and cultivate of all types of food and crops. Its agrarian economy can sustain the Nation in terms of food production. The following crops are grown in large scale in Taraba state.
I. Arable Crops: Cassava, Yams, Potatoes, (sweet/Irish) Cocoyam, rice, maize, cotton, cowpea, millet, sorghum, ground nut oil, sesame, and soya bean.
II. Plantation/fruit: Sugar cane, coffee, tea, cocoa, coconut, palm produce, citrus, mango, apple and tomato.
2. Livestock: The state has vast lushly grassland and supports cattle grazing. The Mambila Plateau along grazes well over one million herds of cattle. It is estimated that the state has three million herds of cattle, the largest in Nigeria. Other livestock reared in the state include sheep, goat, pigs and poultry. The state therefore has great potentials for milk/diary production as well as hides and skin.
3. Fishery: The various rivers/pounds and Taraba hold great potentials for the development of fisheries.
4. Forestry: The southern part of the state is densely forested. Kurmi LGA in particular contains primordial and exotic African timber hardly found now elsewhere in the world. It is the location of the Baissa Timber Company which has enough reserve to last about one hundred years.
Taraba has large quantities of mineral deposits that are yet to be explored and lapped.
These include the following;
i. Graphite Gashaka
ii. Calcite Ibi, Lau, Yorro
iii. Barites Ibi, Wukari, Karim-Lamido, lau
iv. Quarzite Ardo-Kola, Gashaka, Sardauna
v. Tin Ore Sardauna, Gashaka
vi. Gold Kurmi, Sardauna, Gashaka
- Bauxite Sardauna,
- Kaolin Sardauna
ix. Zirco Takum, Ussa
x. Topaz Takum, Ussa
xi. Various Gemstones Donga, Sardauna, Yorro, Gashaka,
Kurmi and Karim-Lamido
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- Muscovite Takum, Ussa, Gashaka
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A few glimpses of fall in our home.
The light has been sharp this season, as it cuts through the thick cloud cover. Sweaters are worn. Socks are a must. The candles are lit. And we can't keep our paws off the heater.
The tree across the way has quickly turned from green to red and just like that it's gone.
Happy FallyDays!


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Gil LeBreton
Ignore the projections: Rangers will be better, deeper this time
Clearly, there was a new beat, a different vibe on the practice fields of the Texas Rangers this spring.
And it wasn't just the music — Latin hip-hop? — coming from the new Bluetooth-linked speakers.
American League Manager of the Year Jeff Banister's attempt to build upon last season's division-winning finish appeared to have succeeded.
This is a confident ballclub. A happy ballclub. A team without drama, lingering issues, scores to settle or final strikes to redeem.
The resident drama king, Josh Hamilton, was quickly neutralized with crutches and a rehab schedule. His left field job vacancy was filled within days by free agent Ian Desmond, who soon became the most popular interview in camp.
Rangers fans are going to love Desmond, whose athleticism will give Banister's lineup a right-handed dimension that it lacked last season.
Desmond, who played seven years in Washington, seemed to blend into the Rangers clubhouse from the first day, and that was important because his early-camp addition produced a ripple effect on other roster decisions that were eventually made.
Ryan Rua, for example. His 2015 season nearly ended with a foot injury after only five games. Rua, who just turned 26, finished with 83 at-bats and was lumped into the pile of spring training left field candidates.
Desmond will get that role, but Rua has staked his claim for playing time by batting around the .400 mark all spring. He will make an ideal platoon partner at first base for left-handed hitting Mitch Moreland.
And that's the other new vibe. With the exception of a backup catcher, Banister seems blessed with positive options at every position this season, something that seems to get missed by all the preseason magazines and projection websites.
Second baseman Rougned Odor, who recently turned 22, showed that he can bat leadoff, second and even fifth or sixth, if need be. Desmond's power presence will likely push Elvis Andrus down a lineup spot or two, where he's better suited.
The Rangers scored only 751 runs last season and outscored opponents by a modest 18 runs. The projection prognosticators are enamored of the run differential statistic, hence their apparent infatuation with the Houston Astros.
This Texas team, however, seems deep enough and balanced enough to provide an offensive upgrade over last season.
The Rangers may need it, if Derek Holland and Martin Perez don't pitch to the club's high expectations. But how are Holland and Perez any more of a dice roll than Houston's Doug Fister and Scott Feldman?
If need be, general manager Jon Daniels and his lieutenants have assembled for Banister a deep bullpen.
The bullpen's one lingering question mark this spring was closer Shawn Tolleson, who had back problems early in camp and has yet to catch up.
There are enough good arms among the relievers, however, that Banister has toyed with the idea of beginning the season with an eight-man bullpen.
No area of the team has had a more dramatic upgrade. Tony Barnette was a standout in Japan and Tom Wilhelmsen's major league ledger is solid.
A year ago, consider that Banister had to choose from a reliever list that included Logan Verrett, Stolmy Pimentel, Jon Edwards and Tanner Scheppers.
Health among the starting rotation again will be important. Yu Darvish has to pitch like the staff ace when he returns in May. Daniels hasn't forgotten that the best of the Ron Washington teams, the 2011 AL champs, saw five pitchers make 157 of the 162 starts.
Doubters seem to abound, for some reason. USA Today predicted the Rangers will go 85-77. The Baseball Prospectus number crunchers pegged the Rangers at 80-82.
That's silly. Last year's Rangers, even after an 8-16 start, went 88-74.
After watching them for more than three weeks in the desert, the one thing that's undeniably apparent is that the 2016 Rangers are going to be better.
Put me down for 91-71 better, at the least.
Gil LeBreton: 817-390-7697, glebreton@star-telegram.
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Many people recognise that prevention is preferable to trying to solve a problem that has already become chronic.
How we use our minds and bodies in the activities of daily living is seldom something we give thought to, but without taking good care of ourselves, and knowing how to do so, unconscious habits affect our health and determine the ease or difficulty with which we accomplish everything that we do.
We learn behavioural and movement habits when we are young and unconsciously modify them in response to injury, working environment, and all the other stimuli that surround us. As adults we seldom pay much attention to them, although they impact on or affect our health and well-being in the present; and will continue to do so, unconsciously, until we learn what we are doing and how.
Life in the 21st century, with its fast pace and array of technology – such as cars, televisions, computers, and cellphones – makes it easy to develop poor patterns of stress and reactivity, lowering our effectiveness and leading to various forms of discomfort and stress; including anxiety, isolation, neck and eye strain, stiff shoulders, backache, and many forms of repetitive stress injury.
An Alexander Technique teacher can help you to become more aware of these habits, and help you understand the most effective way to be in daily life. The teacher can show you how to apply the Alexander Principles of ease, simplicity, balance, and self-control in practice. Through engaging your conscious awareness and innate physical intelligence, the Alexander Technique offers a means to using yourself in an optimal way, enhancing poise, coordination, overall fitness, and general well being.


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Corticosteroid creams or ointments of various
strengths may be used to treat
psoriasis. If a milder form doesn't work, a more
potent (stronger) cream will be prescribed.
Corticosteroid creams, lotions, ointments,
and solutions are classified in order of potency: class I (the most potent) to
class VIII (the least potent).
To treat psoriasis, creams are
applied once or twice a day.
As symptoms improve, the doctor may
recommend a milder cream or may recommend that you apply it less often (for
example, weekend use only).
The dosage is sometimes decreased to
prevent developing drug tolerance. Or the doctor may rotate a corticosteroid
with other medicines. For example, you may use a corticosteroid on the weekend
but another topical (applied to the skin) medicine during the week.
Corticosteroids applied to the skin
(topical) reduce inflammation, itching, and the growth of skin cells.
Corticosteroids applied to the skin
are the most commonly used medicines to treat psoriasis.
corticosteroid medicines are used for:
Milder corticosteroid creams may be used on the face,
groin, and armpits and on guttate patches. Stronger creams may be used on
chronic plaque-type psoriasis.
Corticosteroid pills are rarely
used because of potential serious side effects with long-term use.
Corticosteroid injections are often not practical if a large area of skin is
How well the product works depends
on how strong it is, what kind of cream or ointment is used, where it is
applied, and how much of it is absorbed into the skin. Medium-strength and
high-strength corticosteroids are not used where the skin is thin, such as on
the face or the genitals. The use of corticosteroids is limited by their side
effects and short-term effectiveness.
Corticosteroid creams are
effective for short-term relief of psoriasis.1 Use of corticosteroid creams turns thick, red skin plaque
into thin, flat areas that are more comfortable and less visible.
High-strength products are effective on areas of thick skin, such as
knees and elbows.
Side effects of corticosteroid creams
To limit serious side effects, your doctor may recommend
that you:
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug
Reference is not available in all systems.)
As symptoms improve, your doctor
may recommend a milder cream or may recommend that you apply it less often
(such as weekend use only).
High-strength corticosteroids are used
for short lengths of time to reduce the risk of side effects.
Corticosteroids taken by mouth (oral) often lead to severe rebound
psoriasis (psoriasis that returns and is worse than before treatment) when you
suddenly stop taking the drug. Oral corticosteroids are rarely used to treat
Occlusive dressings
(such as DuoDerm) moisturize the skin and reduce the
redness, thickness, and amount of scaling of the skin. They help remove scale
and increase the effectiveness of corticosteroid creams. But occlusive
dressings also increase the risk that the drug will be absorbed into the body
and disrupt the body's hormonal system. Regular follow-up with a doctor is
needed whenever these products are used with corticosteroid creams.
Exfoliative psoriasis, in which the rash covers the entire body, may
occur after long-term use of high-dose corticosteroid creams or pills.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
CitationsNaldi L, Rzany B (2009). Psoriasis (chronic plaque),
search date August 2007. Online version of BMJ Clinical Evidence: http://www.clinicalevidence.com.
Last Revised:
January 9, 2012
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Medical Review:
Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine & Amy McMichael, MD - Dermatology
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Good day to you. In this blog I would like to go back to the basics and explore what should be in a well-stocked Kitchen for you, celiac – tools!
Why do I mention tools? Everybody mentions food, recipes, nutrition, and how healthy celiacs and autoimmune disease survivors should be on Twitter and blogs. However, I don't hear much of a mention on what you should have on-hand, in regard to tools, to make all of the great recipes that are available to you, celiac.
I remember moving into my first apartment and the lack of kitchen tools I had. That was after I thought I had gotten all the "basic" stuff I felt I needed when I moved into that apartment! With that said, what should the newly independent-living chef have in their culinary toolbox? Here are some tips:
- A set of knives. If you are just starting out as a newly independent chef, purchase the best-quality of knives your budget will allow. I recommend a set which comes with steak knives in a wooden holder. You will not be able to dice, chop, slice or otherwise prep your healthy food without this tool-set.
- A dedicated "gluten-free" cutting board. Other than stating cross-contamination issues with gluten, I don't think any other explanation is needed in regard to the need for acquiring this tool.
- Pots and pans with lids. A complete necessity. When starting out, you will need at least a small and large sauce pan, a large frying pan or cast-iron skillet, and a dutch-oven or stewpan. Over time, you can add other items such as a double-boiler pan, medium sauce pans, other sized sauté pans, etc.
- Baking pans and dishes. For basic home cooking, you will at least need a few varying sizes of casserole and/or baking pans. In USA, 8 inch by 8 inch and 9 inch by 13 inch dishes (both square) are popular. Also popular here is the 9 inch, 2 quart circular casserole dish with lid. If you want to bake your own bread, guess what? You'll need to invest in a loaf pan or two. What about cookie sheets for those home-made cookies and dessert bars you crave? I would also suggest getting cooling racks for your bread and cookies. Another nice item offered in the USA is an 8 to 10 inch pie pan.
- Cooking spoons, spatulas, and tongs (metal, plastic, or silicone). Once you have your pots, pans, and baking pans and dishes you'll need to be able to stir, fold, and turn-over whatever you are cooking or baking.
- Measuring cups – liquid and dry. Yes, there is a difference if you are a beginning chef. I recommend the basic USA Measure Cup system, British Measure in Ounces, or otherwise Metric in millilitres for liquids. I also recommend you getting at least one larger measuring cup for quarts, pints, and litres for liquids. In addition, I recommend the basic US Measure Cup system, British Ounces, or Metric in grams for dry ingredients. This item is generally offered as a set of graduating larger measures.
- Measuring spoons. I recommend the basic USA Measure system, British Measure in Ounces, or Metric in grams for wet or dry ingredients. This item is generally offered as a set of graduating larger measures.
- Mixing containers. You will need varying sizes of mixing containers (plastic, metal, glass, or ceramic) depending on the size of your healthy recipes. At a minimum, I would recommend the universal "small, medium, and large" sizes. If you are a more intricate chef, then expand accordingly as your budget allows.
- Food container bowls for left-overs. In USA, these usually come as a set in gradually larger sizes with lids. You don't need to go to great expense for this item. If you are like most home chefs, you either lose the lid, the container, or both to the same place the one sock goes to from your laundry!
- Other helpful, needed tools: can opener, whisk, baster, cooking brush (to apply sauces or glazes), kitchen shears, meat and baking thermometers, oil/fat separator, colander, rolling-pin, oven mitts and pads (cloth or silicone), and serving spoons, forks, and ladles.
- Small appliances. You will need at least a hand mixer to help you beat or blend ingredients. If possible economically, a stand mixer would be a delightful addition, especially with making gluten-free bread. Another helpful appliance is the food processer; which will help you chop, dice, and purée your way to a healthful life. A blender or juicer may be a more luxurious item, and helpful for nutrition and health. The need for a microwave requires no additional explanation. As a superlative luxury, a small appliance wish should be a bread-maker. You should choose that item carefully based upon economic and dietary needs and desires.
While I've given you many tips on how your Kitchen should be stocked with tools to cook and work with, I know I don't live in your household. You may need other tools I haven't mentioned. Please research the Internet, and your Lifestyle, to know what is best for you in regard to stocking your Kitchen with the best tools for you. Live well and be Healthy.
Research, educate, and advocate all celiac and gluten-free – and autoimmune disease awareness for March.
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We were looking for a hotel near the FLL airport in Ft. Lauderdale. Looking in Hotwire and comparing it with Express Deals offered by Priceline.com, there seemed to be one that was really highly rated (90% recommendation rate, 8+ with Priceline). On Hotwire it was going for $89 before tax, but at Priceline it was only $74. Attributes of the mystery hotel included the following:
Indoor or Outdoor Pool
Airport Shuttle
Free Internet
Fitness Center
Business Center
Free Parking
And the hotel turned out to be (drum rolls please):
Cambria Suites Ft. Lauderdale Airport & Cruiseport
The hotel looks quite modern and the rooms are well accommodated. Airport shuttle was free which was great. The reviews at Tripadvisor was 4.5, so this turned out to be a really good deal.


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The growing economic and employment disparities between members of different socioeconomic groups often paint a bleak future for people living in marginalized communities. These conditions are reflected in many low-performing urban schools where dropouts, behavioral problems, and poor academic performance prevail. In the United States, large numbers of adolescents have a sense of hopelessness, particularly among racial and ethnic minority groups. Despite these challenging circumstances, school leaders are well positioned to build these urban students' hope for a bright future. Using hope theory—goal development, agency, and pathways—as a foundation, the article describes ways school leaders can become agents of hope, which is reinforced by research from an international study of leadership in low-performing schools. The article concludes by examining how leadership preparation and development programs can influence aspiring and practicing school leaders' capacities to become agents of hope.
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Gazpacho Recipes in Shades of Red, Green and White
This chilled summer soup comes in so many different renditions—all of them zesty and refreshing. Here are recipes for a classic red gazpacho andaluz, a green gazpacho made with cilantro and romaine, and a white gazpacho of almonds and pine nuts
GAZPACHO IS SO much more than cold soup. It's a dish of deep provenance and broad possibilities. The name of Andalusia's most famous contribution to global gastronomy is said to derive from the Latin caspa, meaning "fragments," or the Hebrew gazaz, meaning "to break into pieces"—reflecting the tradition of blending in bread. In the Middle Ages, it was the star ingredient.
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Isn't this collection so much fun?! I have been holding onto these favorite photos of my daughter for nearly seven years now just waiting to come across a collection to compliment them and Cream and Sugar is just what I needed! If you look closely my daughter's dress has tiny cups of hot cocoa on it and these colors are a perfect match!
I started embellishing my page by die-cutting a number of circles from the 6x6 paper pad. I then set to work filling in my border with layers of embellishments from the collection. This is a great way to squeeze in many of my favorite adorable images and yet still maintain a somewhat clean look.
I completed my page with the "sweet" word from the odds & ends pack and a die-cut banner cut from patterned paper to ground the rest of my title spelled out with stickers.
I hope I've inspired you to take a closer look at this adorable collection! You'll want to stay tuned this week because the team has cooked up some super cute ideas for you!
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Craig Greenfield, EVP, Global Managing Director and the Performics Mexico team attended the IAB conference in Mexico from July 31st – August 1st. Craig spoke at the conference on Performics' current strategies in regards to marketing in the Participation Age. Latin America is a dynamic and exciting region in the digital marketing landscape. The region has one of the fastest growing internet populations having increased by 12% in the past year to reach 147 million users in March 2013. Mexico led the region with 13.9% of all web-based page views consumed on smartphones and tablets. Online Advertising is on the rise in Brazil, having grown by 97% in the past year. To help clients reach their needs in Latin America, Performics has expanded their global footprint in the region by opening offices in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Panama in the past year. Below are some of the images of the event and videos that were presented by Performics: Daina's IAB Mexico Video Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fUfHGVv0ew Kawasaki Case Study presented at the conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEc8iP101vY
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June 11, 2012
(11:15 a.m. EDT) -- On Saturday Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas picked up Cuban refugees floating on a raft in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship also stopped to check out a second raft that turned out to be empty.
The pick up, of five refugees, was initially reported by WSVN News 7 in Miami. According to the TV station, the group was given food and water and then transferred to a U.S. Coast Guard ship.
We learned of the second raft from Cruise Critic members who were posting on the forums yesterday and today.
"It actually happened twice on the same day," wrote Cruise Critic member Sadric.
Member Cruiserdrinker also said they "did get to see the action from our balcony on the second raft they found."
Members also watched the refugees depart from Allure of the Seas to board the Coast Guard ship.
At press time Royal Caribbean had not yet responded to Cruise Critic's request for more information.
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(A) Any hearing may be postponed or continued by the board on its own motion, or within the discretion of the board at the request of the license holder for such period of time and upon such terms as the board may prescribe.
(B) The license holder requesting continuances shall submit to the board, at least five days prior to the date set for the hearing, a written request, stating the reasons for the desired continuance. Verified statements setting out the grounds for the continuance shall be filed with the request.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
11/6/2017 and
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4517.32
Rule Amplifies: 4517.32 , 4517.33
Prior Effective Dates: 06/15/1962, 05/09/1998
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119.032 review dates:
01/23/2013 and
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: R.C. 4517.32
Rule Amplifies: R.C. 4517.32 , 4517.33
Prior Effective Dates: 6/15/62, 5/9/98)


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Heading south through Hinksey with (05.40) Garston to Southampton liner on 2/11/12 .
GE 70019 approaches Tackley on a Garston to Southampton liner.
A Southampton bound Freightliner services approaches Tackley.
The 05.29 Garston to Southampton Freightliner service approaches Oxford behind 66955.
The 05.29 Garston to Southampton freightliner passes Whitnash,just south of Leamington Spa,behind 66578.
A Garston to Southampton Freighliner diverted via Westbury due to PW work between Basingstoke and Winchester.
The 05:29 Garston to Southampton container train on diversion via Westbury due to engineering work between Winchester and Basingstoke. Such works plague UK rail travellers at weekends but do prov... (more)
66517 passes Cholsey with the 4O27 Trafford Park to Southampton container working. Thursday 1st Sept 2005
4O27 MX Trafford Park - Southampton Freightliner.


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The results for Ludum Dare 18 were posted last night and I'm excited to report that my latest Flash game AVOIDAL was in the top 20!
AVOIDAL placed 14th out of the 172 game entries submitted to the the competition.
Ludum Dare is a solo game making event where participants have 48 hours to create an entire game with all content from scratch after the theme is announced. This time the theme was "Enemies As Weapons."
I wrote up a detailed post mortem about my experience creating AVOIDAL and created a timelapse video of the entire process.
This was my most successful Ludum Dare yet and I am happy to continue to meet my goals when I participate as I try to raise my personal bar for success with each event I enter. I wanted to get a top 10% finish again and I was able to get top 8% so my goal was met.
I've been able to predict pretty well how my games will place each time which I think is a good exercise in trying to be self-aware about your game and the potential audience for it. This can matter when you are trying to make a Flash game that you want to stand a chance of being enjoyed by millions of players rather than thousands.


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Cast Announced for Jesus In India!
We are thrilled to announce the cast and design team for our upcoming East Coast premiere of
by Lloyd Suh
directed by Daniella Topol
Jesus In India will feature Justin Blanchard, Neimah Djourabchi, Vedant Gokhale, Meera Rohit Kumbhani, and Molly Ward.
The design team includes sets by Kris Stone, costumes by Theresa Squire, lights by Austin R. Smith, and original music and sound design by Shane Rettig.
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In a Cree Indian creation story of how cranes acquired their red crowns and long legs, a rabbit wished to go to the moon and asked many birds to help him get there, but no bird could help out. Crane eventually offered to take Rabbit to the moon, so Rabbit grasped Crane's legs and up they went.
Once the pair arrived at the moon, Rabbit wanted to give a gift of thanks to Crane, so he touched Crane's head, causing it to become red. And because of Rabbit's weight, the legs of Crane became stretched. And to this day, all cranes heads are red and their legs are long.
Indeed, everything about the sandhill crane is "stretched." Possessing very long legs, a long neck, and a very long wingspan, it's no wonder that people everywhere have revered cranes for their power, grace, and beauty.
Sandhill cranes belong to the avian order Gruiformes, the same order as rails and coots. And of cranes, no other crane is as abundant worldwide as the sandhill crane. Their total, worldwide population is estimated at more than 650,000. To compare, the entire population of the larger and related whooping crane of North America is around 600 individual birds, including between 100 to 200 captive whooping cranes. Furthermore, there are six recognized subspecies of sandhill crane. Here in Minnesota we enjoy the company of two populations of greater sandhill cranes (the mid-continent and eastern populations). The other five sandhill crane subspecies are the lesser, Canadian, Florida, Mississippi, and Cuban sandhill cranes.
On a recent cross-county trip from my rural Hubbard County home to southeastern Otter Tail County, I drove through some of the finest farmland and hilly wooded countryside that Minnesota offers. On a stretch of county highway between Menahga and Bluffton, I was surprised to encounter several fields full of sandhill cranes. In all, I'm certain I observed several hundreds of the birds. One field with perhaps a hundred birds alone was immediately adjacent to a farmstead and the highway. Their seeming comfort at feeding and staging so near to human dwellings and vehicles whizzing nearby was also unexpected for what normally is a very wary and somewhat reclusive bird.
Primarily a bird of freshwater wetlands and marshes, large flocks of sandhill cranes are also frequently seen feeding on agricultural fields, particularly during the fall migration. It is not uncommon to see grain stubble fields in the northern Red River Valley dotted with sandhill cranes.
As already alluded, sandhill cranes are large birds. With a wingspans of over 6 feet and body lengths exceeding 45 inches, it's easy to understand why people sometime mistake these birds for something else, especially from a distance when their great size and grayish plumage may resemble that of perhaps deer. Their long legs and long necks give them an almost dinosaurian appearance. They can reach weights of more than 10 pounds.
In reference to sandhill cranes' prehistoric appearance, one shouldn't be astonished that the birds show up in the fossil record a very long time ago—some 2.5 million years ago to perhaps as long as 10 million years ago. By comparison, most living species of birds are represented in the fossil record beginning some 1.8 million years ago. It's possible that prehistoric cranes were a different species of crane of course, yet the similarities of these ancient fossils to extant, modern-day sandhill cranes is indisputable.
Both sexes of sandhill cranes have red crowns, but first-year juveniles lack this trait. When they prepare to fly, sandhill cranes will generally run into the wind several steps before becoming airborne. Once in the air, cranes often fly in waterfowl-like "V" formations, with their long legs held straight out and trailing rigidly behind their bodies and calling as they fly. Cranes also hold their necks straight out in front of them while flying, too—also like waterfowl do and unlike how great blue herons fly (herons curve their necks in an "S" and rest the back of their heads on their shoulders when flying—a key feature when distinguishing between a flying heron and a flying crane!).
Like so many creatures that perform elaborate courtship displays during the mating season, sandhill cranes add yet another courtship oddity to the incredible variation of rituals that exists in the world of birds. A pair of sandhill cranes performs graceful motions that can, without much imagination, be likened to a dance.
The dances are performed most notably during the spring breeding season and are therefore believed to assist in establishing pair bonds. Pairs of cranes jump up and down facing each other, with wings extended, over and over again. The male will often grasp and toss vegetation like grasses and stems into the air while leaping upward as each bird occasionally vocalizes.
Field guidebooks often describe the vocalizations of sandhill cranes as "rattling" in character with rolling "bugle-like" qualities, often further qualifying the descriptions with much "variability" or "variation." However their extraordinary voices are portrayed, the calls of sandhill cranes are on equal terms as quintessential wildness as that of the howls of gray wolves, the bugles of rutting bull elk, and the wails and yodels of common loons.
Surprisingly large with a surprising voice, it should nonetheless come as no surprise that species of cranes the world over have always inspired legend, art, and adoration among we human observers. And right now is a good time to observe the annual fall migration of sandhill cranes here in northwestern Minnesota as we get out and enjoy the great outdoors.


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A problem in the 2009 Putnam asks about functions $f:\mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}$ such that whenever $A,B,C,D$ are corners of some square we have $f(A)+f(B)+f(C)+f(D)=0$. Without spoiling the problem too much, I'll just mention that my solution breaks down if we change the range of the function to be, say, a field of characteristic 2.
So, what if we take the range to be the field of two elements? Are there non-constant functions with this property taking values in $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$?
I'm guessing the answer is No, but I don't have proof. It seems to me that nothing analogous to the fairly simple approach I took in the original problem would work here. I've ruled out various simple constructions and various simple obstructions but haven't made much more progress.


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Ben Davis High School product Trevor Thompson was one of four guys with ties to the state to work out at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Monday. The other three: Bryce Alford (UCLA), Trevon Bluiett (Park Tudor and Xavier), and Vince Edwards (Purdue).
Whether it was smart planning, a way to stand out, or just his shoe of choice, Thompson wore Paul George's black signature shoe, the PG1, during the workout.
"Actually, I did [plan to wear it], he said after his workout was over. "Because I'm good friends with PG. Him and my dad play at a Celebrity Softball game at Victory Field together."
Thompson is a 7-foot, 255-pound center who's trying to earn a roster spot at the next level. After graduating from Ben Davis, he attended Virginia Tech for one season (2013-14) but decided to finish his career at Ohio State.
In his senior season, he averaged 10.6 points and 9.2 rebounds per game, but some feel he was not put in situations where he could thrive.
"I've worked my butt off since my Ben Davis days," he said. "I've had ups and downs but I've never let hit hold me down. And that's what I'm going to continue to do.
"Just learning to be a pro every single day."
Thompson signed with Thad Foucher of Wasserman Media Group, and so they've had him working out in Santa Monta with other pros, including Georges Niang and Orlando's Bismack Biyombo.
"He gave me some advice," Thompson said of Niang, who just completed his rookie season with Indiana. "He told me to keep working hard, keep pushing myself. He told me that I've had a really good month of training in getting prepared."
And some of that work includes expanding his range.
Watch what Thompson had to say following his workout below:


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Downtown Crossing Location:
52 Temple Place
Boston, MA
Mon - Fri: 11AM - 12AM (Fri until 1AM)
Sat - Sun: 4PM - 1AM (Sat until 1AM)
Valet parking is located across the Street for $25 starting at 5pm.
Self-Parking is available at the Lafayette Garage, 1 Avenue de Lafayette
Floor-to-ceiling marble walls, stunning vaulted ceilings, elegant tufted leather seating, eye-popping seafood towers, and award-winning steaks paired with innovative twists on traditional sides made the second location of Boston Chops one of the city's most exciting openings of 2018.
Now open, the newest Boston Chops brings its signature sizzle and service to Downtown Crossing. The latest venture from Brian Piccini and Chris Coombs of Boston Urban Hospitality delivers an exceptional steakhouse experience in a luxe, urban atmosphere.


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MD1248 Temple to South Bank Footbridge Development Proposals
Executive summary
It has been agreed by the Greater London Authority (GLA) and Transport for London (TfL) that TfL will undertake activities to develop and help enable a proposed footbridge (the Garden Bridge) connecting Temple and South Bank.
The approvals below are sought to enable TfL to do so.
1. Delegates to TfL the exercise of the Mayor's powers under sections 30 and 34 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 ("the GLA Act") to further the promotion of social development and the environment in Greater London and to do such things calculated to facilitate, or is conducive to, that purpose by undertaking activities to develop and help enable the footbridge project; and
2. Directs TfL to use the powers as noted above and to make budgetary provision in that regard.
Part 1: Non-confidential facts and advice
1.1 A new footbridge has been proposed in central London connecting Temple with the South Bank, including a new garden amenity space located on the bridge.
1.2 The Mayor is keen to support this proposal on the basis that TfL would take the role of "enabler", securing the necessary powers and consents, helping to secure the funding for construction and future maintenance from third parties, helping to establish an appropriate structure for its delivery and, potentially, providing project management expertise during construction. There is no intention that TfL takes ownership of the structure, or responsibility for its ongoing operation and maintenance.
1.3 It is proposed that TfL undertake activities, including but not limited to the following, to promote the project:
• Contributing to the cost of developing the project to the point where third party funding has been identified and secured, with a view to seeking recovery of these costs in due course.
• Establishing a clear policy statement of need for a crossing of the Thames in this area which defines specific objectives and outcomes for the project and receives buy in from the relevant local authorities.
• Developing strategies for the following matters: procurement of the design; land and consents; funding and sponsorship and procurement for delivery and construction.
• Offering technical assistance and advice.
• Advising on and assisting with the formation of a suitable entity which would secure and manage the necessary funds (for example, a new charity).
1.4 It is intended that these initial development costs will be accommodated from within TfL's existing budget, but that TfL will seek to recover these costs if possible in due course.
1.5 TfL has a range of statutory functions and powers, set out in the GLA Act, which relate to "transport facilities and services" and in relation to TfL's status as a highway authority. It is, however, not completely clear that developing this footbridge is entirely within those powers because the concept of creating a new garden on the bridge as a public amenity and visitor attraction goes beyond the transport functionality of a new bridge.
1.6 It is therefore appropriate for the Mayor to delegate his powers under sections 30 and 34 of the GLA Act to TfL and to direct TfL as to the exercise of its powers (including the powers delegated to it) which will allow TfL to make budgetary provision for, and carry on, the activities included in the delegation.
2.1 The strategic objective is:
"to provide an iconic new pedestrian garden bridge across the River Thames, linking Temple Underground station to the South Bank, with construction and maintenance funded by third parties." 2.2 A number of other objectives have been identified as follows:
• To improve the walking links between Temple station and the South Bank, and between Waterloo station and the Temple/Fleet Street area;
• To provide a new garden and amenity space over the River Thames, accessible to the general public;
• To encourage greater interaction between the visitor economy on either side of the Thames in this area;
• To encourage new visitor trips to this part of central London.
2.3 It is clear that the project objectives go much wider than transport benefits, however the Mayor has asked Transport for London to take a lead on the project on behalf of the GLA group, on the basis that TfL is best placed to provide the planning, engineering, environmental and legal skills necessary for this project.
2.4 This section outlines at a high level the outcomes and benefits against which the project's success will be assessed. They are divided according to the five overall TfL goals against which the project has benefits.
Support economic development and population growth
The bridge will improve links to and from the South Bank creative quarter (within two London Plan Opportunity Areas) and better connect it to other parts of central London. The creative industries are a major net contributor to the UK economy.
In addition the bridge is intended to become a tourist attraction for London, aiding the visitor economy which is a major source of income and employment for London.
Enhance the quality of life for all Londoners
The bridge will provide a new garden in the heart of London, and provide a new cross-Thames route offering greatly improved ambience to pedestrians re-routing form existing road bridges.
In encouraging walking, the bridge will improve the health of people switching from other forms of transport (buses, taxis) to walking for all or part of their journeys.
Improve the safety and security of all Londoners
The bridge will provide a new traffic-free route, and promote the use of existing traffic-free routes (such as the Thames Path) to access the new bridge, in preference to existing on-street routes.
Improve transport opportunities for all Londoners
The new bridge will improve links between the more deprived communities south of the Thames with the heart of central London.
In addition it will provide a new step-free river crossing from the South Bank (step-free routes to the road bridges in this area are circuitous).
Reduce transport's contribution to climate change and improve its resilience
The new bridge will encourage walking activity, by providing an attractive new walking route as an alternative to the existing road bridges on either side.
Links to strategies and Mayoral and corporate priorities
4.1 The proposed footbridge furthers Proposal 60 of the Mayor's Transport Strategy (MTS) by improving the walking experience, enhancing the urban realm and ensuring safe, comfortable and attractive walking conditions.
4.2 The proposed footbridge will contribute towards the Mayoral objectives and policies set out in the London Plan. Policy 2.10 of the London Plan states that the Mayor will improve infrastructure for walking within the Central Activities Zone. The proposed footbridge would provide additional capacity for pedestrians and encourage walking by ensuring an improved public realm, which is supported by Policy 6.1 of the London Plan. The cultural, environmental and urban realm benefits of the proposed bridge are supported by Policies 2.18 (Green Infrastructure), 4.6 (Support for Arts, Culture, Sport and Entertainment Provision), and 7.18 (Protecting Local Open Space).
Impact assessments and Consultation
4.3 Under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, as public authorities, the Mayor and TfL must have 'due regard' to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation as well as to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. In addition, the Mayor has a duty to have due regard to the principle that there should be equality of opportunity for all people (see paragraph 6.2(a) below).
4.4 The footbridge will be accessible to pedestrians with restricted mobility, including ramps and/or lifts to allow access at each end for pedestrians in wheelchairs, with pushchairs, and with difficulty using steps. Currently the adjacent bridges (Waterloo and Blackfriars) are not directly accessible from the South Bank without the use of steps or a lengthy diversion to the nearest step-free route. As well as providing a step-free route across the river for pedestrians, the bridge will provide a new garden in the centre of London, a new amenity space for both residents and visitors, and will better link the communities on the South Bank with the rest of central London. There will be no charge to access the bridge, allowing its enjoyment by all Londoners.
4.5 The GLA have consulted with TfL in accordance with the statutory requirement set out at section 6.2(c) below.
4.6 As TfL will be contracting (and financing the procurement of) the supplies and services required there is no risk to the GLA.
4.7 There is a risk that suitable third party funding for the construction, maintenance and operations of the bridge will not be secured. In the event of this happening, the project will not proceed.
4.8 In addition, there is a risk that TfL's initial development costs will not be recovered.
4.9 TfL will adopt sound project management techniques in carrying out the project and will develop a risk management strategy to mitigate against these known risks.
5.1 TfL will contribute to funding the initial development of the proposal, and, potentially, provide project management expertise during the construction phase, and will seek to recover the initial development costs of the proposal.
5.2 Any failure by TfL to recover its costs would impact upon savings required to be delivered through the Mayor's annual budgeting process and may have a knock-on effect on the GLA or other members of the group.
6.1 The proposed footbridge falls within the Mayor's power in section 30 of the GLA Act to act on behalf of the GLA to do anything which he considers will further the promotion of social development and the environment in Greater London. Section 34 of the GLA Act allows the Mayor to do anything which is calculated to facilitate or is conducive or incidental to the exercise of any of his functions including those in section 30 (and includes activities to develop the footbridge).
6.2 In formulating the proposals in respect of which this decision is sought officers have complied with the GLA's related statutory duties in sections 30 to 33 of the GLA Act to:
(a) pay due regard to the principle that there should be equality of opportunity for all people;
(b) consider how the proposals will effect the health of persons in Greater London, health inequalities betweens persons living in Greater London, the achievement of sustainable development in the United Kingdom and climate change and its consequences. Further, the Mayor must exercise the power in such a way as to promote improvement in these areas; and
(c) consult with bodies or persons the Authority considers appropriate.
6.3 The GLA is not incurring expenditure as a result of this decision and is therefore in compliance with section 31(1) of the GLA Act.
6.4 Section 38 of the GLA Act provides that the Mayor may delegate the exercise of his section 30 and 34 powers to TfL.
6.5 Section 155 of the GLA Act provides that the Mayor may direct TfL to exercise its functions (which include those delegated to it) in any manner specified in a direction and may issue specific directions to TfL as to the exercise of its functions.
6.6 Both the delegation and direction must be in writing and are attached at Appendix A. GLA has consulted TfL regarding the delegation and direction.
7.1 This matter relates to expenditure by TfL and there is not an available IPB meeting before contracts of these activities need to be placed. It has not, therefore, been considered by IPB.
8.1 It is intended that a new charitable entity will be established, which will be responsible for leading the delivery of the new bridge, should it raise sufficient funding to allow the project to proceed. TfL may be asked to provide assistance during those phases of work, but the delivery will ultimately be the responsibility of the charitable entity.
Appendix: Mayoral Delegation and Direction to TfL.


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So long, farewell
Right, that will do for today. Thank you for your company, it's been a truckload of laughs as ever. Let's sum up Tuesday.
- The senate exploded in a fit of outrage when the government and the Greens moved together to shut down the much telegraphed procedural fun times designed to delay consideration of Senate voting reforms.
- Because it was opposites day, the Greens chose during the atomic wedgie hour not to bring on their own same sex marriage bill for debate, and the government chose not to bring on the ABCC bill it wants to use as a potential trigger for a double dissolution election. Lest this seem strange, it's all part of a plan. This week the senate must vote to drive the micro-parties from its ranks in future elections – that's the plan.
- That's the plan, apart from the other plan that sprung up earlier today. The Greens would now like the marriage equality bill to be debated in private member's time on Thursday. They'd like a vote on Thursday. Hang on, Labor says. Private members time is only an hour. You wouldn't bring this on today, and now you want a vote in an hour?
- Over the course of the day, the Greens and Labor found one thing to agree on: both parties made it clear they weren't interested in cooperating if the government thought it might tack on another parliamentary sitting week before the budget in order to set up a double dissolution election. Senates really are annoying.
- Bill Shorten delivered a speech to the National Press Club which aimed to outline Labor's thoughts on inequality being a growth and productivity issue, not a social welfare issue.
- The prime minister for his part tried to interest reporters in his high powered new innovation advisory board, but given everyone was pre-occupied with the various firestorms of the day there wasn't much interest, and the prime minister terminated the soiree after three questions.
- The treasurer gave a big hint the government would look at super taxes in the budget, and didn't rule out hiking tobacco taxes either.
There was probably more, but that's sufficient for now. See you in the morning.
Speaking of flying below the radar. Xenophon, Nick Xenophon. Very quiet during the atomic wedgie hour in the Senate today.
Having now had a moment to review the Shorten speech at lunchtime I can report it was a broad ranging pitch in part setting up a new report on inequality that will be released by Labor's families spokeswoman, Jenny Macklin, tomorrow.
The speech was about establishing a principle: tackling inequality is a growth strategy and a productivity strategy. There's some interesting content in the speech on under-employment: people working part time who want to work full time, people allegedly employed full time who are only offered part time hours. I suspect this is a big, sleeper, political issue.
The Shorten analysis was part of building to commitment to full employment. We'll presumably get more detail in the Macklin report tomorrow. The Labor think tank, Chifley, has also been doing a lot of work behind the scenes over the past couple of years on inequality. All pretty interesting, this debate, and one that flies below the radar in Australia, largely because we missed the global financial crisis, and the middle class in Australia has not been thumped on the scale the middle class has been thumped in the US.
Now Mark, about your seat.
(Pure speculation on our part, this. Barnaby, seeking a new seat. Just a little joke.)
From today, radio silence will be restored.
While I'm reading Bill Shorten's speech at the press club to bring myself up to speed with what I missed during the senate's atomic wedgie hour – the Labor man Stephen Smith is reversing his own ferret in Perth. One of the strangest political stories in recent times – the former federal minister's bid to become leader of the state Labor party in WA when he wasn't even in the state parliament – is over. Stephen Smith is returning to life as a private citizen.
Greens leader Richard Di Natale has held a press conference. Given there's no ceiling on the time set aside to consider the Senate voting reform legislation, the Greens leader is asked when he expects the debate to conclude. He says that's up to the Senate. Meaning really that's up to Labor. The Greens leader says also the Senate can vote on marriage equality on Thursday if Labor plays ball.
Time for me to take stock. Give me a few minutes, and I'll be back with what we've missed and with the afternoon in Canberra.
Question time is over.
Clive Palmer seeks a personal explanation. He says the prime minister has misrepresented his role in Queensland Nickel. Palmer says he has not been in control of the company, and the administrator has decided not to pay workers entitlements, not him.
Bowen is back with a niggle. He notes the government has previously said it will release a tax policy before the budget, but today, the advice is wait until the budget.
Malcolm Turnbull:
I thank the honourable member for his question and appreciate his curiosity in the government's timing on tax but I can assure him all the government tax policy, all of it, will be set out in full in the budget.
(Well, you'd hope so. That is the convention.)
The prime minister is now deep in flying foxes, birds and light flashing drones.
Bowen is unkind enough to remind the prime minister that Tony Abbott recently observed changes to superannuation tax concessions were "a seniors tax in the shape of more taxes on super." Does Turnbull agree with Abbott is the question.
Malcolm Turnbull thinks now is the time to talk about Labor's negative gearing policy. What a botch up this is, he thinks.
The best minister in the world is summonsed to the dispatch box to speak about foreshore land release in Sydney. Greg Hunt is heckled about his recent accolade. A quick retort.
They never said that of you!
The backbench quite likes that one. Chortling ensues.
Shadow treasurer, Chris Bowen.
Q: Last year the treasurer said, and I quote: "The government has made it crystal clear that we have no interest in increasing taxes on superannuation now or in the future." Does the treasurer stand by this remark and will the treasurer rule out making changes to superannuation which reduced the retirement incomes of low and middle income Australians?
The treasurer isn't inclined to rule things out. Not at this point.
The immigration minister, Peter Dutton, has gone from kids in detention to Labor's negative gearing policy and back again. Just because.


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Reviewed by: Jennifer Chretien, Reference Staff
Rating: 4.75 stars
If love is a blessing for most people, it is a curse for the Owens family ever since Maria Owens was betrayed by her lover in the 1600's. Susanna Owens wants to spare her three children: Franny, Vincent, and Bridget from their heritage by keeping them away from the family home in Massachusetts. She also has strict rules for them: no walking in the moonlight, no books about magic, no candles, no crows, and never fall in love. You can't escape your destiny though, and one by one her children all fall victim in this prequel to Practical Magic.
This novel tells the story of these three siblings and how they discover their legacy with the help of family members they haven't been allowed to associate with before. It's an achingly beautiful story of family, love, overcoming fears, self-discovery, fate, and embracing your past. Readers of Practical Magic will be well aware of the pitfall of being an Owens but it is not necessary to have read it in order to enjoy The Rules of Magic. This is a quiet novel with Hoffman's signature elements of magical realism, as well as quirky sympathetic characters. A perfect book for October if you want something with a dash of magic and aren't into anything dark.


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Once one of the most widely distributed mammals in North America, Beavers (Castor canadensis) have suffered a sharp decline in their numbers. Unregulated trapping for Beaver pelts has decimated populations. Landowners have also killed Beavers who build dams that flood agricultural or other private lands.
Beavers actually do far more good than harm. They are commonly known as environmental engineers because of their ability to manipulate the environment to fit their needs, in turn creating valuable wetlands and habitat for a number of plants and animals. These wetland habitats help to alleviate both droughts and regional floods and have been rated as the land's most beneficial ecosystem by ecologists.
The population decline in Beavers has damaged both the species and the environment. It is estimated that the North American Beaver population today is only 10 percent of what existed before the European settlement. However, with proper management they have become reestablished in much of their former range and are now common in many areas.
Did you know? The Beaver is the national animal of Canada.
Weighing an average of 40 pounds and measuring more than 3 feet long, Beavers are the largest rodent in North America. They are built to live in water with their thick fur, webbed feet, and paddle-shaped tails. Beavers also have strong, constantly growing incisor teeth that allow them to gnaw through wood.
Did you know? A Beaver's ears and nostrils close when they dive under water.
Beavers are found where their food supply is plentiful; along rivers and in small streams, lakes, marshes and even roadside ditches where there is year round water flow. In areas where there is not an adequate amount of calm, deep water, Beavers build dams to create ponds. They use brush and tree trunks to build their dams on a foundation of mud and stones. This not only keeps them safe from predators but also promotes growth of their favorite foods.
Successive generations of Beavers may repair and enlarge dams made by their parents and grandparents. Beavers can sense almost immediately when the water level drops and will busily work to repair any breaches in their dam, making it stronger each time.
Lodges are built in the water that is contained by their dam. They have a single chamber inside that is above water level and one or more entrances that are accessed under water. Beavers do not hibernate, but they may become less active during the winter, spending most of their time in the lodge.
Did you know? The largest Beaver dam in existence is located in Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta, Canada. It stretches for 2,800 feet and is visible from space.
Development and Family Structure
Beavers live in small, compatible colonies generally made up of a mated, monogamous adult pair and their young up to 2 years old. They have a short breeding season in late winter. From April to June, litters of two to four kits are born already furred and with open eyes. The young attain sexual maturity at about 2 years, at which point their parents usually force them to leave the colony.
Beavers are herbivores and prefer to eat leaves, bark, twigs, roots and aquatic plants.
Although occasionally active during the day, Beavers are mostly nocturnal. Beavers communicate with each other using vocalizations and tail slapping. Vocalizations are used to beg for food, and initiate grooming and play. The tail slap, when a Beaver forcibly strikes the water with his heavy tail, is the best-known Beaver sound. It may function to issue a warning signal to family members, drive away predators, and elicit a response from the source of disturbance.
Beavers also use scent marking as a way of communication. They have castor glands that produce a strong-smelling urine-based brown paste called castoreum. They dispense their scent on mounds of mud and debris to mark their territory.
Did you know? Beavers are prolific builders during the night, hence the saying "busy as a Beaver."
Living with Beavers
Homeowners and farmers can modify their property to prevent or discourage Beavers from dam building that damages trees or causes flooding.
It may be possible to keep Beavers out by enclosing a parcel of land inside a metal fence. When metal fencing is not practical, an electric fence may work. Suspend a single wire at about 1 foot off the ground. Beavers receive a mild shock when they touch the wire, but they are not injured and will learn to avoid the area.
Be sure to consult your local zoning or electrical inspection office and search any neighborhood covenants to determine whether electric fences are permitted in your area. You also need to know what kind of electric fencing is allowed.
Protecting trees
You can protect your trees from Beavers by wrapping the trunks in metal flashing, wire mesh, hardware cloth, or tree wrap. These materials are usually available at garden stores. Wrap the tree trunks at least 3 to 4 feet above ground, or at least 2 feet above the high water mark if the trees stand on land that occasionally floods.
Another option is to make tree trunks unpalatable to Beavers. Make a repellent by mixing 1 tablespoon of hot pepper sauce in 1 gallon of water, then paint or spray the mix on the tree trunks. You will need to reapply it regularly, especially after heavy rains and in spring and summer when Beavers are most active.
Modify the water flow
It is pointless to destroy Beaver dams because Beavers begin rebuilding immediately. But it is possible to use a flow device to keep the water level rise to a minimum.
You can find plans on how to do this in the Beaver fact sheet on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife website in the section called "Preventing Conflicts."
Beavers: Wetlands & Wildlife. December 9, 2015. Beavers & Wetlands
Burke Museum. December 9, 2015. Mammals of Washington: Beavers
Feldhamer G.A., Thompson B.C. & Chapman J.A. (Eds). (2003). Wild Mammals of North America, Biology, Management, and Conservation (2nd ed.). Baltimore MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. December 8, 2015. Living with Wildlife: Beavers


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Moving back in time, it's a time machine, woot woot, and this way nothing matters but the foo-oo-ood. It's a recipe I made in ancient times (5 years ago) and am finally providing the details for, because… thoroughness is satisfying me a lot these days. Here is the original post, and a window into a sillier time in my life when I had six-ish room-mates to feed, and their houseguests bunking in the rafters, and some cats, and my own retinue. Back when Dorie Greenspan's Baking: From My Home To Yours was mah true baking bible (it is still page-stuck & splatter-stained <3). The Kids' Thumbprints naturally called my name, because by any other description they are peanut butter & jelly thumbprints, which is totes my *ahem*, jam.
So, the cookies! Are awesome, and adaptable in that you can stuff those bellies full of whatever jelly or jam you have around. I used natural peanut butter because that's my favourite kind of PB and I've never noticed any adverse effects. I even tend to use the natural kind at work because the flavour is more peanutty and there's no extra sugar to account for. (If you wanted to be very exact you could add an extra tsp of sugar to the amount called for, but it's not necessary.) . The nuts I used are Soudani peanuts, which if you get a chance to try, are amazing. They are, I believe, boiled first and then roasted, which gives them a deep bronzed colour and a crisp texture that's very special. I don't know how widely available they are, but they're worth checking out if you get the chance.
Nut-Studded PB & J Thumbprints
Makes about 60 cookies.
Not-really adapted from Dorie Greenspan's Kids' Thumbprints in Baking: My Home To Yours
- 1 ½ sticks butter / 12 tbsp / 170 g
- 1/2 cup peanut butter (crunchy or smooth, natural or processed) / 133 g
- 1/2 cup (packed) light brown sugar / 100 g
- 1/4 cup white sugar / 50 g
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 large egg, separated
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted / 216 g
- 1 large egg white
- 1 ½ cups roasted peanuts (salted or unsalted), finely chopped / 225 g
- About 3/4 cup jam or jelly (I used blackberry; Dorie also recommends cherry, raspberry, strawberry and blueberry) / 245 g
Preheat oven to 375℉.
Line two cookie sheets with parchment or silicon mats.
With a stand mixer, or by hand, beat the butter, peanut butter and sugars together on medium speed until very light and fluffy, about 3 – 4 minutes (longer if by hand). Add the vanilla and egg yolk and continue to beat until well blended. On low speed, add the flour in two additions, mixing only until incorporated.
Beat the two egg whites in a small bowl until frothy. Put the chopped nuts in another bowl.
Measuring out 1 teaspoon-ful at a time, roll the dough into little balls until you have an army of tiny cookie orbs. Then dip each ball into the egg whites and then the peanuts to coat completely, and place them onto the cookie sheets about 2″ apart from each-other. With your pinkie (or the end of a wooden spoon), press a little indent in the top of each nut-studded cookie, being careful not to press all the way down to the baking sheet.
Baking for 15 – 18 minutes, rotating halfway through, until cookies are lightly golden. Transfer the cookie to racks to cool and repeat the baking process with the remaining dough.
Put the jam or jelly in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over low heat. With a tiny spoon, fill each little cookie belly with hot jam. Allow to cool completely before eating.


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Ever accidentally deleted an important file, experienced a drive failure or discovered computers don't drink coffee? Reliable backups protect you from losing your irreplaceable data. Today's blog post is an unbiased overview of all the popular backup options available to Mac users.
Syncing Services & "The Cloud"
It is important to point out that many syncing services (e.g. Dropbox, Resilio Sync, etc.) can also be configured to act as somewhat of a backup. Since that is not their intended use I have not included them in this overview.
Several of the backup solutions below store data with the vendor (cloud backup). As security breaches have become common place, trusting vendors and their ability to protect user data has never been more challenging. For this reason many vendors allow advanced users to take ownership of the encryption key, preventing anyone but the user from accessing the data.
Time Machine is built into macOS making it very easy to back up your Mac.
Key Points
- Unlike most alternatives, Time Machine includes both system files and user data.
- Supports multiple backup destinations, allowing for geographically separated backup drives (e.g. one at work and one at home).
- Compatible with Migration Assistant making the process of restoring data to a new Mac easy.
- Theoretically supports backing up to network shares (e.g. AirPort Time Capsule, server or NAS), in practice I have found it unreliable.
- Support for Power Nap, allowing backups to occur while the Mac is asleep.
Data Retention
- Hourly backups for the past 24 hours.
- Daily backups for the past month.
- Weekly backups for all previous months.
- The oldest backups are deleted when the backup disk becomes full.
User Experience
To start using Time Machine simply purchase an external hard drive (any brand), plug it into your Mac and click Use as Backup Disk. It is also advisable to select the Encrypt Backup Disk checkbox, preventing anyone from accessing your backup data without a password.
After that backing up is as simple as plugging in a USB.
Restoring Data
Enter Time Machine (Recommended)
Open Launchpad > Other > Time Machine > On the right select the date you wish to go back to > Select the files you wish to recover and click Restore.
In Finder select the name of the backup disk in the sidebar > Backups.backupdb > COMPUTERNAME > Select the date you wish to go back to > Copy and paste the files you wish to restore.
Unfortunately, Code42 the creators of CrashPlan now only offer backup solutions for small business and enterprise markets. Although this is not for individuals, business owners would benefit from considering CrashPlan for their backup needs.
Key Points
- Support for all the major platforms (macOS, Windows and Linux).
- By default only the user's home directory is backed up.
- Australians back up to CrashPlan's Sydney data centre.
- CrashPlan can also be configured to back up to a local disk.
- CrashPlan for Small Business targets businesses with less than 200 employees.
Data Retention
Data retention is user configurable, backup storage with CrashPlan is unlimited and by default all user files are retained!
User Experience
- Sign up for the free trial here.
- Download and install the CrashPlan app.
- Sign into the app and select a backup destination (e.g. CrashPlan PRO Australia).
Restoring Data
CrashPlan App (Recommend)
Open CrashPlan app from the Launchpad > Click Get Files, select the date you wish to restore from and select files you wish to restore. By default, files are restored to the Downloads folder, but this can be set to the files original location or another directory.
CrashPlan Web Restore
Sign into the CrashPlan website > Select Devices > Active > Click the restore icon next to the relevant computer > Choose the date and the files you wish to restore.
Backblaze is a cost effective cloud backup solution.
Key Points
- Supports both macOS and Windows.
- Includes a Locate My Computer feature similar to Find My Mac.
Data Retention
- Unlimited storage.
- Backblaze only keeps copies of files for 30 days after deletion.
- External drives being backed up to Backblaze must be connected at least once every 30 days to avoid backup deletion.
- If the computer running Backblaze does not connect to Backblaze's servers within 6 months all backup data is deleted.
User Experience
- Sign up for the free trial here.
- Download and install Backblaze.
Restoring Data
Restoring data is done through the Backblaze website. Customers have the option of downloading required files for free or ordering a USB drive to be mailed to them, at additional cost.
Carbonite is a popular Windows cloud backup vendor, with support for macOS.
Key Points
- Supports both macOS and Windows.
- The Mac application user interface layout feels somewhat unpolished compared to its competitors.
Data Retention
Just like Backblaze, Carbonite Safe Basic Backup files are only kept for 30 days after deletion.
User Experience
- Sign up for a free trial here.
- Download and install Carbonite.
Restoring Data
Carbonite App (Recommended)
Click the Carbonite icon the menu bar and select Open Carbonite. Select the relevant location in the sidebar > select the deleted file or folder > click Get this back.
Carbonite Website
To restore files Carbonite recommend using their Mac app, however backed up files can be downloaded via their website. Simply sign in > click View files and select the files you wish to download.
Acronis have been creating backup software for over 15 years and specialise in bare metal backups (similar to Time Machine & Carbon Copy Cloner).
Data Retention
Users are able to configure the number of versions archived.
Key Points
- Ability to backup to Acronis Cloud and/or a local disk.
- All data including applications and system files are backed up by default.
- An Acronis Cloud data centre is located in Sydney.
- Acronis Cloud storage is not unlimited with storage options going all the way up to 5TB.
User Experience
- Download and install Acronis True Image 2018 from here.
- Open the application, create an account and set backup locations.
Restoring Data
Mac App
Select the backup destination and then the Recovery tab > Select the backup version and browse for the files you wish to restore.
Rescue Media
Alternatively clicking the Recover Mac button in the app will create a bootable rescue USB. Once booted an entire system backup can be restored from a local disk, Acronis Cloud or network share.
Acronis Online Dashboard
Sign into the dashboard > Click RECOVER next to the relevant computer > Select the files you wish to download and click DOWNLOAD.
At its core Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) is a graphical user interface (GUI) for the handy command line tool rsync.
Key Points
- Makes the process of cloning all or part of a disk simple.
- By default clones are bootable, include all system and user files and can be restored by Migration Assistant.
- Is able to perform scheduled backups to external encrypted disks.
- Support for backing up to network shares.
Data Retention
Although there is a SafetyNet feature that can be leveraged to recover modified/deleted files, CCC's primary purpose is to maintain a replica of an internal disk.
User Experience
- Download and install Carbon Copy Cloner from here.
- Set source (e.g. Macintosh HD), set a destination (e.g. an external hard drive) and set a schedule (e.g. hourly).
Restoring Data
- If the files are still present on the back up drive they can be copied directly in Finder.
- In the event your computer's disk has been replaced or erased, Migration Assistant will happily restore data from a CCC backup.
- In the event where files have been overwritten on the backup drive (APFS formatted) the SafetyNet feature may be able to restore modified/deleted files.


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Komisarz adjusting to life on top
Two national swimming championships, four World Championships medals and two Olympic medals.
Rachel Komisarz must be feeling like one "Fat Cat."
Well, yes and no.
Gold and silver relay medals at the 2004 Olympics have changed the former Kentucky Wildcat's lifestyle.
"Before the Olympics, I basically was on a tuna-fish-and-macaroni-and-cheese diet, just trying to survive," said Komisarz, who trains out of Lakeside Swim Club in Louisville. "I had a lot of people ... help support my living so that I could train.
"But now, the endorsements that I have, I'm basically a full-time professional athlete, and I make a pretty good living off of that. It's definitely helped because I can focus just on my training now, and I don't have to worry about anything else."
Sponsors include Speedo (she has "about seven" of Speedo's new LZR suits) and CytoSport (Muscle Milk, a fat-burning supplement).
Even with medals and cash in hand, Komisarz is a bundle of nerves as the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials are set to open Sunday at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb., where hundreds of swimmers resumed practice Saturday while repairs were made after a severe storm a day earlier.
Wind tore siding off the front side of the building, and heavy rain overloaded the arena's main drains.
Komisarz is seeded No. 1 in the 100-meter butterfly, intent on securing one of the two berths on the American team that will compete at Beijing this summer. She won the 2004 U.S. Trials, then placed 11th at the Athens Olympics.
Komisarz also is qualified to swim three freestyle events at the Trials, which wind up July 6. She is seeded 22nd in the 50, 16th in the 100 and 24th in the 200.
Feeling confident? Nervous? Focused?
"Probably a little bit of all of the above," Komisarz said. "I'm definitely nervous, a lot more nervous than I was going into '04. I don't think I was really a favorite to win in '04 so I didn't really feel any pressure on me. This year, I'm definitely feeling the pressure. ... But also, being seeded first has given me the confidence to know that nobody else has actually been faster than me before. Hopefully, I'll just have to keep it that way."
Komisarz, 31, didn't start swimming until 17. She had been a gymnast at the Junior Olympics level until a back injury intervened.
A graduate of Warren Mott High School in Michigan, Komisarz became Southeastern Conference Swimmer of the Year for UK. She graduated in 1999 with a degree in exercise science.
Her national titles came in the butterfly, in 2005 and 2007. So did one of her Worlds medals, a gold on last year's medley relay.
Her other three Worlds medals and both Olympic medals came from freestyle relays. At the Athens Olympics, she swam prelims to help Team USA to gold (800 meters) and silver (400).
Butterfly might have to do this time around.
"I think the rest of my events will definitely be Hail Mary passes," she said. "If I don't make it in the 100 fly, I'm going to have to really just pull something out that I have not been able to do before — which is possible at the Olympic Trials."
Komisarz is one of nine swimmers representing Lakeside. Caroline Burckle, out of Sacred Heart Academy, heads the rest of the group with a No. 5 seed in the 800 freestyle.
"I think she has a great chance," said Mike DeBoor, the Lakeside coach. "I know some will look at her as probably an underdog. But she ... just broke Janet Evans' 500 (-yard) freestyle record at NCAAs."
The Florida senior also won the 200 free, earned seven All-America honors and was tabbed NCAA Woman of the Year.
Lexington's Elaine Breeden could be a spoiler for Komisarz in the butterfly. The Trinity Christian graduate is seeded fifth in the 100 and sixth in the 200 fly, an event she won in the NCAA meet as a Stanford freshman last year. She took second this year.
Several local entrants are still in high school, including Tates Creek's Kelsey Floyd, Model's Kaylin Burchill and Paul Dunbar's Eric Bruck.
Floyd is among nine entrants from UK-based Wildcat Aquatics. Of those, UK's Jenny Bradford has the highest seed, 15th in the 50 freestyle.
"You would like this to be a meet where they kind of step up, go up against some of the fastest swimmers probably in the world and come up with their best swims," said Gary Conelly, the Wildcat and UK head coach, as well as a 1972 Olympian.
UK's Will Vietti has top 20 seeds in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes. Florida State's Nick Graves, out of Sayre, ranks 16th in the 1,500 free.


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Warning: There are a couple of pictures of official reproductions of the world–famous statue by Michelangelo; David.
He's naked. But he's also a statue.
If you're up–tight or super religious or something; You've Been Warned.
You can see his little carved…Erhgh–hurm. If that bothers you please go do something else.
Also: There's a statue of Perseus and Medusa's head. It's copper or something, but still kind of gross.
Detail: San Lorenzo windows.
Detail: Piazza della Repubblica.
This thing is actually really cool, I was wandering around the Piazza della Repubblica and I noticed this big clump of people, all staring at a thing. So, like a human I had to know what this thing that was so interesting was.