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THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT PHILIPPINE CULTURE part 1
You maybe are a tourist coming or thinking of coming to Palawan. So far, we have been trying to show you what to expect when you do come here to this wonderful island. I think it will probably be good if you are informed a little about the Philippine culture — it's pretty much the same around the country.
Palawan itself is being flocked by tourists from all over the world including Westerners. You get to meet and greet them every now and then. We also get to mingle with them sometimes because quite a lot of them are residents. Out of my experiences with foreigners I will be writing several articles about Philippine culture.These culture differences can be altogether shocking, funny, alarming or frustrating. We will start with a few….
I have heard many western ladies getting the shock of their lives when coming to Palawan. Why? Because they couldn't find anyone who sells Tampons! To be honest, I didn't know what they meant when they were looking for those! I thought, "Are they talking about some kind of a contraceptive?" That's how innocent we are when it comes to Tampons. So, yes, be sure to bring ENOUGH of your own when coming here. Most of the time Hope Fruit & Veggie Shop has them. As they import them from the USA. So in case you need them be sure to contact them.
As a Filipino, it is hard to realize the things that you do different from the Western world until it gets pointed out to you. Take for example Filipinos' love for music (for tourists it's not music really! 🙂 ). Many people especially the older ones get up at around 5-6am. It can be an amazing trait, I guess. But with their rising up in the morning they can turn the radio on in a blasting high volume.
Also, we love Karaoke! Oh, goodness how we do! This means you can stay in a place and hear the neighbor sing their lungs out the whole, I repeat, THE WHOLE NIGHT THROUGH! It doesn't seem to matter whether if it's a singing voice quality or even if it's like a tin-being-dragged-on-the-floor type of singing! To make it worse for you, it is going on everywhere you go. Just a little warning 😉
This little wonder is a NEED for us more than the toilet rolls. This is really funny for Westerners to see. Tabo is a small water scoop (tah-boh) and will be found normally in the CR (comfort room). Filipinos don't really like dry-wiping, so we use water to wash our behind when in the toilet. No worries! We wash our hands too so it should not be a problem 🙂 .
We also use this to tip water over us when we have a shower. Shower heads are seen as an expensive way of taking our shower. Hotels, Pension Houses, and Inns normally have shower heads and toilet rolls in their CR, so no need to worry.
Lips are not only for kissing but also for pointing and direction. Please be aware of this and be careful. Some Westerners think of this as a way of flirting, but you can get in big trouble if you respond to it in that way. This is known as a very bad Filipino Habit.
To many Western or even Asian tourists, this phrase is traumatic. In western countries you have to show up at 8am when your meeting is set at 8am! You probably would say, "well of course!"
Filipino time simply means that if Meeting is at 8am, a Filipino might show up at 8:30am or can even get as late as 10am! Most of the time when you say lets meet at 8am, that is the time the Filipino will start getting ready and prepare themselves to meet you. To be honest, It is simply Filipino tardiness. We know it is wrong and a bad habit. However, we have grown so accustomed to it, that it is very hard to change.
Some of you might find the above cultural practices funny and some maybe even annoying or frustrating. We just want to inform you to give you an honest picture of what you can expect when you visit the Philippines. That is why step-by-step we will be writing more about Philippine culture. We hope it helps a little bit. Let us know!


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Posted: May 18, 2017
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLCSports.com) - Eight members of the Wisconsin Lutheran College women's track & field team competed Wednesday and Thursday at the Gregory Invitational hosted by North Central inside Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium. Team scores were not recorded at the Warriors' final event of the season.
- Final Results: No Team Scores
- Location: Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium, Naperville, Ill.
- Kiana Granath (Lodi, Wis.) recorded personal-bests in both the javelin throw (28.90m) and 800 meters (2.48.69) on her way to a 10th-place finish in the heptathlon.
- Hannah Weide (New Berlin, Wis.) paced a trio of Warriors in the 1,500 meters with a time of 5:09.26. Cassie Balts (Barron, Wis.) posted a time of 5:19.99 and Hannah Moffenbier (Watertown, S.D.) recorded a season-best time of 5:26.02.
- Balts and Anna Curtis (Palmetto, Ga.) raced in the 5,000 meters and finished with times of 20:09.82 and 20:57.98, respectively.
- Jessica Stumpner (Crystal Lake, Ill.) and Siobhan Heiss (Beloit, Wis.) crossed the finish line of the 800 meters consecutively with times of 2:30.99 and 2:31.12. Heiss' time was good for a personal-best.
- Sami Huebner (Sun Prairie, Wis.) competed in both the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles and posted times of 16.39 and 1:08.58, respectively.


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The Rural Coalition is bringing together six national organisations including the Campaign to Protect Rural England, the Country Land and Business Association, the Local Government Association and the Royal Town Planning Institute.
The new group will be putting pressure on politicians to put the countryside first in the run up to the general election.
Their demands include maintaining post offices, reforming planning laws to better protect the countryside and supporting village life through providing jobs and better services such as fast enough broadband speeds.
Writing in The Daily Telegraph last week the Prince said that schools, doctors' surgeries and other essential services were being left in the internet "slow lane" and the British countryside was in danger of becoming a series of "ghost villages populated by little more than second home owners".
Mark Price, the Managing Director of Waitrose, warned in The Sunday Telegraph that Britain is in danger of losing "our green and pleasant land" because our taste for cheap imported food means small farmers can no longer survive.
The new coalition agrees that Government has "undervalued the countryside and failed to meet the needs of rural communities".
Matthew Taylor, the Lib Dem MP and Chairman of the Coalition, said policy needs to change in order to support a modern countryside that can thrive in the modern world.
"The coalition has come together in the belief that a more sustainable future for all rural communities is both essential and achievable. It demands a fundamental change of approach at both national and local level," he said.
"The Rural Coalition is seeking a debate setting this new agenda for the countryside to meet the challenges of the 21st century, in order to present a clear, workable policy framework to whoever is in Government after the election."
The Government has promised everyone will have speeds of 2 Megabits per second (Mbps) by 2012.
However, at the moment people in rural areas are missing out because it is not worth the while of Internet operators to put in super fast broadband in more remote places.
The Commission for Rural Communities estimate at least two million people in the countryside have slower speeds than 2Mbps, not to mention those 166,000 in "not spots" where there is no broadband at all.
Charles Trotman, Head of Rural Business Development at the Country Land and Business Association, said better rural broadband is a key part of helping businesses to thrive.
He pointed out that small businesses in the countryside are a key part of the national economy yet around 100,000 are struggling to get fast enough broadband connection.
"High-speed Internet access will be essential in years to come for all businesses – rural and urban – and those communities that do not have it will be at a severe economic and social disadvantage," he said.
Among those affected by slow internet speeds is Gareth Jones, a farmer from Builth Wells, Powys, who says he struggles to find prices for his stock, details of farms auctions and fill in government forms online because he has to rely on a dial-up service.
A report by the communications regulator Ofcom in July said rural broadband users were getting internet connections a third slower than those living in urban areas.
It found that the average speed delivered in urban areas was 4.6 megabits per second (Mbps) compared with an average of 3.3 Mbps for rural consumers.


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MilitaryVetsPX.com Joins The Veterans Business Directory.
New Military Medals, Patches, Badges and More Available Now
Need your U.S. Armed Forces stuff? No problem, MilitaryVetsPX.com is the new online store of Vets Supply Line. MilitaryVetsPX.com has a wide selection of Military Dog Tags, Plates, Tapes, Caps, Medals, Patches, Badges, Belts, Buckles, Coins, Stickers and Gift Items.
In celebration, MilitaryVetsPX.com has joined The Veterans Business Directory, an online register of veterans supported businesses.
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For example, Genuine Military Dog Tags are the same stainless steel tags that were in use for WWII, Korea and early Vietnam. They come the same way they were issued to you in the military. You get 2 stamped tags, a long chain and a short chain. Customized tag inscription uses up to 5 lines with 16 characters per line. Typical Regulation Dog Tags include: Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial, Service Number or Social Security Number, Blood Type and Religious Preference.
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Innovation is about providing a unique solution to situations where consumers have become used to accepting something less than optimal. We looked at the problem from a parent's perspective and asked, How do we provide the ultimate in safety but meet personal needs for mobility? The Navi team applied some unique expandable baby gate technology to solve the ongoing problems associated with standard gates.
These three technological advances allow safety gates for babies to provide industry-leading safety and the mobility needed by today's parents.


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Global Gap Year: Stage 2 - South Africa Building & Choice of Programme
South Africa is a unique environment in which to spend time volunteering and is a thriving and lively destination. Projects Abroad is based in the bustling cosmopolitan city of Cape Town, close to the southern tip of the African continent. With eleven national languages and a variety of religions South Africa truly is the 'Rainbow Nation'.
From its beginnings as the first European outpost at the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town has grown into the second largest city in South Africa. By living and working in Cape Town's vibrant middle class and mixed-race communities, participants will start to understand the complexities of South Africa's past and present, and help to give the younger generation the tools they need for the future.
The first two weeks in South Africa will be spent on our Building project in the formerly segregated communities that surround Cape Town. The aim of the project is to provide a community centre in Village Heights, just on the outskirts of the city. This physical project creates long-lasting, tangible results for the local community and is a great team-building exercise for the group.
The remaining four weeks are spent on a programme of the volunteer's choice. Volunteers choose from a huge variety of projects:
Animal Care (excluding Bird Sanctuary)
If you're interested in working with children in local communities, our Care and Surfing projects would be the most suitable. Our Journalism and Human Rights projects are perfect for those who're looking for an internship style placement. No matter which project you choose, you will be contributing to long-term worthwhile work.
Participants will spend the first or second weekend visiting a local historic or cultural site with our local staff.


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Difference in Toys of the Past 10 Years to the Present
By Amy Nutt
It is no secret that toys have been changing in the last ten years. With all of the technological advances made by toy makers and manufacturers, the word "toy" means something completely different than it did to the past generations. Parents will remember when toys meant things like dolls, tea sets, non battery operated cars and trucks, train sets and Lego blocks. Their children however, will remember toys like Nintendo, X Box, Guitar Hero, Robot toys and remote controlled cars, trucks and planes.
Granted, there were some technological toys on the market ten years ago, but they were nowhere near the toys of today! If the toy making trends are to continue on as they have been, I am sure that the next ten years will find us buying robots for our children that have the ability to convert into a few different types of toys.
Ten years ago, the top few toys on the market that children were asking for were toys like the Furby, the Tickle Me Elmo, the Tamagotchi, Beanie Babies and the Teletubbies. There was nothing too technological about these types of toys, and all parents understood them, and how they worked. (Except for the Tamagotchi...some parents may have had some trouble understanding what the point of an electronic pet was!) After that year, the next fads in toys were toys such as, the Baby Furby and, believe it or not, the Yo Yo! The Yo Yo came back on the scene after being completely redone and presented as the new and improved ProYo. Baby Furby was just as big a hit as the Furby of the year before, and toy stores made a good profit off of this interactive toy.
After these toy trends were over, the TV show, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" hit the airwaves, and of course, the board game came out before Christmas and was asked for by many kids that year. Along with this popular game came some toys that were a lot more technologically advanced than the toys of Christmas past. One example of this type of toy is the robotic pet. This toy was very popular with both parents and kids, because it provided a type of surrogate for a real pet, without being smelly, dirty or noisy. The robotic pet did a lot of real, pet like things without the hassle of having to care for a real pet. It was also a great idea for families with pet allergies.
After the robotic pet, technology basically took over the toy industry, and now there are toys like, more advanced robotic toys, video games, X Box, Guitar Hero, Nintendo Wii and all of the plug and play games. There are actually toys that allow kids to exercise without even stepping outside! There are still toys in the stores that are like the ones we had years ago, such as doll, cars, Thomas the tank engine train sets, and the like, but kids these days are asking more for the technological toys. Toys have almost become a popularity contest - kids want what their friends have, and if they don't own certain toy, they are not "cool" to their classmates.
Thomas the Tank Engine trains will spark your children's imagination and sense of adventure. A place to find fun, educational toys, games, books, and so much more!
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Demos! Open Play! Huge Stalingrad Table!
When: Saturday, September 1st, All Day
Where: Game Universe – Franklin
Entry: Free!
What: Come join the fun and learn and play, there are plenty of maps to play on including a huge Stalingrad battle-board, either with your own supplies or ours. There will also be a Tank-shaped cake.


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CHANDIGARH: Punjab Revenue Department has issued transfer/posting orders of 1 District Revenue Officer (DRO), 13 Tehsildars and 26 Naib Tehsildars with immediate effects.
Disclosing this here today, an Official Spokesperson said that Amanpal Singh has been transferred as DRO Gurdaspur. Similarly, in Tehsildar's cadre Manjit Singh Bhandari has been transferred at Sri Mukatsar Sahib, Vipin Sharma at Guru Harsahai, Darshan Singh-2 at Maur, Shish Pal at Majitha, Saraj Ahmed at Sangrur & additional charge Dhuri, Gurjit Singh at Sri Anandpur Sahib, Harbans Singh at Barnala, Balkaran Singh at Malout, Tarsem Singh at Dashua, Lakhwinder Singh at Bulath, Seema Singh at Sultanpur Lodhi, Gurmeet Singh at Khadoor Sahib and Jait Kumar has been posted at Fazilka.
Similarly, 26 Naib Tehsildars have also been transferred with immediate effects.


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Worlds Apart? The Unity of Liberation
Critical Theory and Animal Liberation
, John Sanbonmatsu, Ed: Rowman & Littlefield.
Review by Polish theorist Kris Forkasiewicz
In the introduction, editor John Sanbonmatsu sets out to sketch the structure and contents of the book. "The question posed by the
chapters in this volume," he writes, "is how much closer we ourselves need to get to the reality of our own society's violence
against other animals to perceive that violence for what it is — atrocity" (2). That violence, as well as the cruelty humans
inflict on each other, is normalized and thus made entirely tolerable, largely an ordinary part of life, except in those relatively rare
instances where it stands out in plain view and shocks us into attention. Still, they "pale in significance beside the smoothly
functioning planetary system of routine extermination" (3). The public pays little or no attention to it, unless something goes wrong.
And it does; examples abound of when the system malfunctions and then becomes widely noticed, if in a form reduced to a spectacle for mass
consumption. Whenever public health is thought to be jeopardized, hundreds of millions of other animals are killed "just to be
safe." The point is precisely that there are no limits to the violence humans are capable of visiting upon victims in attempting to
demonstrate their own superiority. "Those wielding total power annihilate those with no power at all," and so "the idea of the worthlessness of the other, the other's lack of a right to exist" becomes a reality. Reduced to a ready-made
category of contemptible "animal," the other is up for extermination. But Karen Davis's essay, "Procrustean Solutions to
Animal identity and Welfare Problems," introduces a twist . . .
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"Blood and Soil": Lierre Keith, Michael Pollan, and the Trouble with Locavore Politics
The Vegetarian Myth
by Lierre Keith
Review by John Sanbonmatsu
The Vegetarian Myth
, by Lierre Keith, is a recent entry in this new genre of apologia for human empire. It is noteworthy for showing us that that majority now
includes a portion of the radical Left, which has received Keith's intellectually dishonest book with apparent enthusiasm (enthusiastic
blurbs from Alice Walker and Derrick Jensen accompany the book). With the wind of the locavore movement at her back and food writer Michael
Pollan as her lodestar, Keith, a radical feminist turned animal farmer, sets out to destroy vegetarianism and, en passant, animal
rights. The author's own vegetarianism almost killed her, she tells us, and unless vegans and animal rights activists are stopped, they
are going to destroy the earth. This frankly apocalyptic narrative sets The Vegetarian Myth apart from scholarly critiques of animal
rights by philosophers on the Right. The Vegetarian Myth may be many things – a paean to diet fads, a primer on the sins of
agriculture, a primitivist anti-vegetarian screed, a Bildungsroman of Keith's passage from infantile veganism to the "adult
knowledge" of the necessity of killing other beings. But as a literary form, its nearest cousin is the millenarian tract. With its
determination to divide the world into friends and enemies, its willingness to scant reason and traduce fact to compel the reader to its
fevered conclusions, and above all its steely determination to abolish a civilization it deems hopelessly corrupt and wholly evil,The Vegetarian Myth ultimately has more in common with John's Revelation than with Rachel Carson's Silent Spring . . .
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John Sanbonmatsu, PhD is an Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Humanities and Arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in
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A fab reissue from Vampi Soul:
A holy grail of funky music -- the one and only album ever cut by Marie Queenie Lyons, a heck of a hard soul single who's best known for her rare funky 45s! The album is stunning -- every bit as great as any of Marie's singles, and with an incredibly unified sound that should have made the album an instant soul classic as soon as it was released. Think Marva Whitney, Vicki Anderson, Lyn Collins, and other sock-soul divas -- and you've only got part of the picture! Plus, some of the tracks on the set were written by a young Don Pullen, who supposedly also played on the record -- in a rare funky appearance in his pre-avant jazz days. Includes a funky remake of "Fever", plus the cuts "I Don't Want Nobody To Have It But You", "Your Key Don't Fit Anymore", "You Used Me", "Daddy's House", "See & Don't See", "Your Thing Ain't No Good Without My Thing", "I Want My Freedom", and "Try Me". Dusty Groove
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I know I should have posted yesterday but I had a really long day and late night and just didn't get a chance. The prompt for yesterday was animal print. I thought about doing zebra print or leopard, at first. Then I decided to do an animal print that I've never done before.
The base is Julep Bea. I used a nail art brush and Julep Olivia to make the irregular spots. it was super quick and super easy!


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What's been the best part about making the show?
I have to say one of the most gourmet things about it was being picked up by a van and brought to the set in Astoria each day. I'm used to taking the train and when I got the role, I had been calculating the timing and how early I'd wake up. When I found out I was getting picked up—well for me that's the height of luxury. My Metrocard would go unused for days!
And it must be nice to get to work in scrubs, with minimal hair and makeup?
It's perfect for me. When I realized I'd be in, like, pajamas, I was so happy. No heels, and no Spanxx!
Did you do anything to prepare to play a nurse?
I went to an ER for a couple of half-days, but I quickly realized that all my inexperience and not knowing would serve my character, who's brand new to nursing. I was able to go in pretty clueless and look around like a dazed bunny.
We read on IMDB that your mother raised you as "an active member of the leftist party." What exactly does this mean?
Ugh, IMDB is dangerous! I have a feeling I know who wrote that—that sentence is not really correct, grammatically or otherwise. Basically my mother is a leftist liberal and I grew up going to Jewish socialist summer camps, but that's all. That IMDB tidbit isn't the only thing on my page that's incorrect—I don't speak three languages. Well, unless you count Pig Latin. Also, it says I'm married, which I'm not, though I do live with my boyfriend (writer/director Noah Buschel).
Filming for the next season of Nurse Jackie starts in the fall. Anything else you're working on?
I have a few small parts in other things but I feel silly mentioning them because the thing about bit parts is that they can get cut and then I'd embarrass myself. I also have a small part in Noah's new movie, The Missing Person, starring Michael Shannon and Amy Ryan, which is coming out in September.
So you have some free time right now. What do you like to do between jobs?
Are you asking about hobbies? Hmmm, I can't really think of any. I usually spend my free time worrying about when I'm going to work next.
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El Clásico offers Mourinho a glimpse of glory
Plenty is at stake in Real Madrid's Liga meeting with Barcelona on Saturday, but the Portuguese coach has a reason to want to win this game more than anyone.
By Guy Hedgecoe
While Spain's La Liga contest has long been seen as a two-horse race, the Champions League is also starting to show signs of falling into the grasp of the Real Madrid-Barcelona duopoly. That impression is, admittedly, based heavily on this week's elimination of two English giants from the European competition, Manchesters United and City. But with the two Spanish sides strolling into the knock-out stages, their status as the best in Europe has been further burnished.
So when they meet on Saturday in Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu to contest the Clásico, the eyes of the world will be on them. Barcelona have eight players nominated for UEFA's 2011 team of the year; Real Madrid have six. Barcelona have won the last three Spanish league titles and two of the last three Champions Leagues. Madrid have earned less silverware in recent seasons, but are seen as one of the few teams able to put up a fight against the Catalans.
Three points separate them in the league standings, but Madrid's advantage also includes a game in hand – a huge factor in a league where few teams are equipped to avoid thrashings at the hands of the Big Two.
Such an historic and hyped encounter inevitably invites obsessive arithmetic. But one statistic that cannot be ignored is that in the last seven years, the team that has won the first league Clásico of the season has gone on to win the title. The three points won are crucial, but so too is the psychological blow to the opponent.
For either team, winning this match and the league title is of course a huge prize. But for José Mourinho, in the Madrid dugout, it would be an express train to sealing his reputation as one of the greatest coaches the world has seen.
Mourinho has occasionally mentioned his ambition of winning the "Grand Slam" of league titles in England, Italy and Spain – Europe's most dominant club football nations. Having already taken the honours in England with Chelsea and in Italy with Inter (as well as in Portugal with Porto), Spain is the big gap on his résumé and winning this game would take him much, much closer to filling it. Doing so at the expense of Barça, a club with which he has had a salty relationship, would be doubly sweet.
Something the Portuguese has also talked about is the importance of his second season at a club. That, he has said, is when his ideas really get through to players and his influence is felt enough for a team to hit its stride. That was certainly the case at Porto and Inter, where his second season in charge brought league, cup and Champions League "triples". At Chelsea, he proved his league success was no fluke and was narrowly denied a berth in the Champions League final.
Mourinho's Madrid may have conquered the Copa del Rey in his first season in Spain, but they often looked disjointed, cynical and less than the sum of their fabulous parts. Recent weeks show the Mou magic to be working more effectively, as their position above Barça in the standings shows. The Mourinho Slam looks tantalisingly close.
There'll be plenty of individuals under the spotlight on Saturday, on all parts of the field: Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta and Mesut Özil among them. But look out for the man in the Madrid coaches' area, with the fashionable overcoat and the burning pair of eyes. He wants this as much as anyone – perhaps just a little bit more.
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West Hartford, CT
Megan, Business Manager
Megan has been our Business Manager at Hartford Dental Associates since 2013. She handles all aspects of the business from the organization of patient care and treatment to all the financials and behind-the-scenes systems to make us function as a well-oiled machine. She has been involved in all aspects of dentistry since before 2007 and attends dental courses throughout the year to stay up to date with the most current technology and systems. Megan loves bridging the gap between patients and their oral health care along with overseeing the team, so that each patient has the very best experience here at Hartford Dental Associates. It is her goal to make sure all patients are well informed regarding their dental treatment and appointments; she leaves no questions unanswered.
When she is not working, Megan enjoys spending time with family and friends. She has a passion for anything outdoors in the summer, from boating to camping and she loves the beach. She enjoys cooking and loves making new recipes weekly! She also finds navigating the jungle of patient dental benefits a rewarding challenge...


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U.S. Ambassador to UN Speak Out on Iranian Justice Minister Speaking to UN Human Rights Council
Throughout the past two weeks, there have been continued calls for the cancelation of Iranian Minister of Justice Ali Reza Avaei's speech at the UN Human Rights Council, which is scheduled for February 27. The Iranian opposition has also called for Avaei to be arrested and charged for his participation in the 1988 massacre of political prisoners, which meets the definition of a war crime.
Now the United States is weighing in on Avaei's speech, as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley commented, "The Human Rights Council should be ashamed to allow Mr. Avaei to address its membership Yet again, the Council discredits itself by allowing serial human rights abusers to highjack its work and make a mockery of its mandate to promote universal human rights. This does nothing but reinforce the United States' call for much needed reforms at the Council for it to be viewed as a good investment of our time and money," said Haley.
Additionally, the Justice for the Victims of the 1988 Massacre in Iran (JVMI) has issued an appeal to ban Avaei from speaking and they outline his deplorable record of human rights abuses and violations.
"Avaei was Prosecutor-General and member of the 1988 Death Commission in Dezful, south-west Iran, that extra-legally sent large numbers of political prisoners to their death. At a civil society hearing in Geneva on February 1, 2018, survivors of the massacre and international human rights experts testified about the massacre, which under the Rome Statute constituted a crime against humanity. Avaei's name was repeatedly brought up over his role in the massacre," said the JVMI statement.
The Iranian Justice Minister has also been included on the European Union's sanctions list for human rights abuses as of 2011, although it has been indicated that he will be allowed to travel to Geneva to speak to the council. Avaei is also on the list of financial sanctions for the UK regarding his human rights violations.
France Libertés also strongly denounced Avaei's speech in a statement. "France Libertés is deeply concerned that the Iranian Minister of Justice…is on the list of speakers during the high-level personalities segment at the opening of the next session of the Human Right Council," said Gilbert Mitterrand, President of France Libertés.
These are just a few of the calls for his speech to be canceled, but if Avaei gives his scheduled speech, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) indicated that they would be holding a protest in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva during his presentation.


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WASHINGTON – It was an emotional pregame for the families of two Gallaudet University seniors as Coach Curtis Pride and the baseball program recognized Mitchell Bensman (Russia, Ohio) and Tom Pangia (Hammonton, N.J.) on Senior Day. Gallaudet lost its North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) doubleheader with Penn St.-Berks, 15-0 and 10-2, at a sun-filled Hoy Field.
Sophomore first baseman Justin Strong (Charlotte, N.C.) had a RBI double in the bottom of the first inning to score freshman Dylan Hayes (Endicott, N.Y.) from first base as the Bison (8-28, 3-11 NEAC) trailed by one, 2-1.
Penn St.-Berks (18-15-1, 9-5 NEAC) scored three runs in the third and fourth innings to take an 8-1 lead. Left-handed Kyle Hartman blasted a two-run home run deep to right field in the third inning.
Freshman Kyle Gumm (Dallas, Texas) singled home Pangia, who doubled, in the fourth to cut the Nittany Lion margin to six, 8-2. The visitors added an additional run in the fifth and seventh innings for insurance.
Hayes led the Bison with two hits, one double and one run scored. Pangia and Bensman ended the doubleheader with a hit each.
Penn St.-Berks broke open the first game with five runs in the sixth inning. Luke Erb (2-for-3, two runs) hit a three-run triple to right field to key the big inning for the visitors.
In the seventh, Berks put the game away with six runs on one hit. In a disastrous relief pitching appearance junior Albert Blake (Derby, Conn.) walked his first four batters, hit the next batter and walked a fifth batter before he was pulled. Blake threw 26 pitches, four strikes, as he gave up six runs. Cory Fox (2-for-4) had a three-run triple later in the seventh.
Nittany Lion starting pitcher Steve Koenig (5-1) allowed one hit in six innings as four pitchers combined for the shutout. Gallaudet had three hits and four errors in the loss.
Gallaudet will wrap-up its 2015 season tomorrow on the road at St. Mary's (Md.) College (8-21) in a nine-inning game at 1 p.m.


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Fall 2019 First-Year Class Schedule
Course Descriptions
Civil Procedure
This course covers the lifecycle of a lawsuit in federal court, including the scope and nature of the federal courts' constitutional and statutory authority to decide cases. Topics include statutory and constitutional constraints on judicial power to render an enforceable judgment against a defendant, subject-matter jurisdiction, venue, pleading, joinder, discovery, summary judgment, trial and post-trial motions, and the preclusive effect of final judgments. The course also touches on choice of law, separation of powers, federalism, forum shopping, and the interpretation of Rules, statutes, and constitutional text.
Contracts provides an introduction to the law of legally enforceable promises under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code and the common law. Among other topics, the course considers offers and their acceptance; consideration, formalities, and promissory estoppel; the parole evidence rule and the statute of frauds; third-party enforcement; material breach of contract; and damages. Students are expected to be able to explain in writing how these and additional legal issues under the UCC and the common law apply to various complex factual scenarios.
Covers intentional torts, which may include battery, assault, and possibly false imprisonment, trespass to land, and others. Certain defenses to intentional tort, such as consent and self defense, may also be covered. The bulk of the course is devoted to the tort of negligence, including the content of the duty of reasonable care, issues bearing on whether the defendant has breached that duty, the requirement that the plaintiff establish a causal connection between the breach and the plaintiff's harm, and proximate cause limits on liability.


text: The weddings of those in the social set certainly dazzle with a rarely seen kind of grandeur: nuptials in a palace, a Schiaparelli Haute Couture gown, a white-tie affair on a deserted beach in Patagonia. But a memorable social wedding is just as marked by luxury as it is by personality and detail: guests donning 18th-century costume for a prenuptial party, a ring-bearing dog, forgoing a dress in favor of YSL harem pants. Above, we take a look back at some of the most memorable society weddings of all time.


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China Celebrates Status As No. 1 Polluter, And Other Doublespeak
A day late, but this video from the Onion may shed some smog-filtered light on China's current attitude toward pollution.
Well, not quite. But given the lengths the Olympics-geared propaganda machine may sometimes go in order to dress up the truth, the tone of the "ambassador" here is spot-on. Consider this doublespeak-laden reply I heard at a recent Olympics press conference, after a reporter asked about Beijing's recent tweaking of pollution data:
The monitoring stations are being improved just like other cities. The stations have increased and also keep improving, so our monitoring stations are becoming larger, and now there are more stations. We've [placed stations] according to national regulations; indicated based on regulations and suggestions provided by the experts.
That's Du Shaozhong, deputy director of the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau, on how the city's monitoring stations are simply being "improved." But he wouldn't confirm or deny that they were moved. Here's the clincher:
And just now you said the monitoring stations have moved from high traffic to low traffic. This phenomenon does not exist, because this is a misunderstanding. Some reports have also provided some statistics. But the statistics are different from official announcements. Some reports also blamed us. This is not fair.
Coverage of Tibet by western media, who were prohibited from traveling to the region, has led to similar, even stronger, accusations of unfairness. Steve Andrews, who first questioned the city's "blue sky days" measurements and noted the movement of its pollution monitoring stations, told me in an email that fairness had nothing to do with it. Andrews' report drew its data directly from government records.
"It's good that official government documents and an analysis of data conclusively evidences the removal of the two monitoring stations in high-traffic areas that had been part of the city measurements from 1984-2005," he wrote. Interestingly, director Du also acknowledged where such "unfair" data might have come from: his bureau's website.
First I want to say that according to the requirement of the state; we monitor four pollutants. We don't only monitor them but release them on the website of the environmental protection bureau.
[We announce average pollution from all the stations], but we also publish the data of each station, so you can refer to the concrete data of each station."
Said Andrews, "It is good that he confirmed my methodology as well."
Of course, stretching or concealing the truth in public speeches is by no means the strict domain of the Chinese government. But as the heat turns up before the Olympics, and some in the government call for improved reporting on pollution at least, officials are having a harder time of putting lipstick on the environmental pig.
For more fact-twisting, see Beijing Newspeak, a blog devoted to the schizophrenia of officialese, written by a former copy editor for state-run news agency Xinhua. And see this Xinhua article about the monitoring station controversy, which simply quotes director Du. Note that he never actually denies that the stations were moved.
The Onion via Shanghaiist.


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Soul Khan Performing in Montreal on January 25th
When Soul Khan announced his retirement from battle rap in late 2010, many fans were dissappointed as only a handful of battle rappers successfully moved into the music business. Since then, he has proved may wrong with a large display of musical projects, one album and four EPs to be exact, and will be performing in Montreal on January 25th.
Former LA resident who moved to Brooklyn a few years ago, he joined Brown Bag All Stars while working with them at Fat Beats New York before it shut down. The group has been prolific, bringing clever punchlines over jazzy samples, which has caught the attention of heavyweights like DJ Premier.
Soul Like Khan was part of Soul Khan's debut album and has his signature soulful sound with an uplifting introspective message:
He's also got more playful tracks and doesn't hesitate to fool around on his videos and bring fresh concepts:
Also performing: Loe Pesci and Yo Yoshi. The show is part of the End of the Month series organized by David Hogdes in the West Island. You can confirm your presence here and check out Soul Khan's music on his official web site.


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Mom's 80th Birthday Celebration
I've just made it through a very busy weekend. My mom turned 80 this past Tuesday and to celebrate, we had family in town (my brother, his wife and two young adult sons) and took a family pic. Events culminated with a party for my mom Tuesday evening. It was sooo nice to see … Continue reading
Jumbo Twisted Bun
Well I got my color touched up last night, and I'm such a happy camper. Really, more than y'all will know. Not only did I have about three inches of growth that had not been touched up, the sun had bleached my hair a bunch of strange colors. Add to that the gray hair and … Continue reading
Bunning it With Loose Hair
With my mom's 80th birthday coming up in a couple of weeks, and family due in town to celebrate and to take a family picture, I decided it was time to come out of my box braids. Took down approximately 30 of those bad boys. Seems to be I started around 7:30 p.m. and got … Continue reading


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(BTW I have loved hearing your do's and don't's when it comes to convenience foods!)
It was one of those days. It started too early. It was filled with distractions. And a few schedule changes. And it left me in no mood to cook. Y'all have those days too, right?
There is but one option for dinner on a day like today. And no, it's not take-out!
A one-dish, one-skillet dinner…straight from the pantry/freezer!
Sesame Chicken Stir-fry
Yield – 4 servings
Preparation Time – 10 minutes
Cooking Time – 40 minutes
- 2 cups cooked, shredded chicken ($1.50)
- 1 package Thai Kitchen Sesame Rice Noodles ($3) * I regularly see coupons for this product line!
- 1 package frozen stir-fry vegetables ($1)
*Package included sesame oil, rice noodles and seasoning. If I were to make this without the package, I would have use 1 Tbsp sesame or peanut oil, 2 Tbsp sesames, 2 Tbsp chopped peanuts, 2 Tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp each of garlic powder, onion powder and salt and pepper to taste, in place of the seasonings that came with the package. Would be more economical if you used about 1/2 lb. of thin spaghetti noodles!
- Follow the directions on the box to cook the rice noodles in a large skillet or wok, set aside once cooked.
- In the same large skillet or wok, stirfry the frozen vegetables, the cooked chicken and the seasonings in some oil. Add in the cooked rice noodles and stirfry for 3-4 more minutes.
- Serve Sesame Chicken Stir-fry.
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November 25, 1999, Section B, Page 3Buy Reprints
Jerome M. Hauer, the director of the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management, will step down early next year to take a job in the private sector, government officials and others with knowledge of the job offer said yesterday.
When reached last night, Mr. Hauer would not comment on reports from Washington that he had met with Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani late last week to discuss his determination to resign and to inform the mayor of his prospective job.
Officials and consultants in Washington said this week that Mr. Hauer had recently agreed to become a co-director of the counterterrorism division of Science Applications International Corporation, a consulting company in Virginia that specializes in national security and counterterrorism issues and that has close ties to several federal agencies responsible for those areas.
The Mayor's office declined to comment yesterday about Mr. Hauer's reported departure.
Mr. Hauer's resignation will be a blow to the city, which is widely regarded as having one of the nation's best emergency preparedness systems, for which Mr. Hauer is widely credited.
A veteran of emergency preparedness and management who holds a master's degree in public health, Mr. Hauer, 48, is widely respected in Washington and New York as one of the nation's ablest and most imaginative emergency operations directors.
Asked to rate his performance in the job, Margaret A. Hamburg, assistant secretary for planning and evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services, said that Mr. Hauer had ''brought true understanding of emergency response systems along with a degree in public health to the post, a combination that is very important and not that common.''
Dr. Hamburg worked closely with Mr. Hauer in her previous job as New York City's health commissioner, a post she held from 1991 to 1997.
Because Mayor Giuliani placed Mr. Hauer in charge of emergency preparedness and built, partly at his urging, a new emergency command post that was not within the Police Department, Mr. Hauer is said to have repeatedly clashed with Police Commissioner Howard Safir over jurisdiction and the expanding Hauer empire.
The emergency command post, on the 23rd floor of a building adjacent to the World Trade Center, has been criticized in the press as an expensive folly and derided as the mayor's skyscraper bunker. Discounting such criticism, Mr. Hauer noted that many of the city's emergency operations had been conducted from the center, whose mapping and communications systems helped combat the West Nile virus outbreak.
In his four years in the post, Mr. Hauer has organized and led the city's response to everything from West Nile Fever to blackouts, building collapses and breaks in sewer lines.
Friends said that the steady series of crises and emergencies in New York was a primary factor in Mr. Hauer's decision to leave the post.
''Jerry was really getting burned out,'' said a close friend. ''This job will really do that to you.''
The friend recalled that one of the final straws came only a few weeks ago, when Mr. Hauer had to miss his 48th-birthday celebration with his family and friends after being informed that an EgyptAir flight that had taken off from Kennedy International Airport had just crashed off the coast of Nantucket, killing all 217 people aboard.
Dr. Hamburg gave Mr. Hauer particularly high marks for his leadership in combatting the spread of West Nile virus. Both the city's Health Department and Mr. Hauer, she said, had responded quickly and appropriately to the epidemic.
''The health officials quickly realized that something was wrong and promptly diagnosed it,'' she said, ''and Jerry made the right decision to start a massive spraying campaign immediately.''
The epidemic, in fact, tested many of the emergency management systems that Mr. Hauer had put in place. The mayor almost immediately received reports of the unusual deaths, a reporting system that Mr. Hauer had emphasized as a first line of defense against natural or terrorist-inspired epidemics.
Mr. Hauer was also part of a small team of experts who advised President Clinton and other senior federal officials about ways to combat chemical and biological terrorism aimed at the United States. In 1998, he was among a handful of physicians, scientists and officials who helped persuade Mr. Clinton to increase federal funds to deal with such a threat. The money would go toward training state and local officials to respond to terrorists wielding biological and other unconventional weapons; developing and stockpiling vaccines to deter such attacks; and work out agreements with drug companies to manufacture antibiotics in response to such an attack.
''New York has been and will always be an attractive target for terrorists,'' Mr. Hauer said in an interview soon after the White House meeting. ''And as a city and a nation at risk, we must do whatever we can sensibly do to be prepared to deal with such an event.''
Mr. Hauer has also taken pride in his relatively good relations with the press, which he considers an important part of emergency response.


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For The Love Of MovementSeptember 30 10:00 AM
Join Love Child x MISFITSTUDIO for a morning movement class. The sessions will include one hour of fluidity and seamless full-body movementsTickets / RSVP
We're all about the love, and that includes loving yourself. Let us take you on a holistic journey of self-love through yoga, meditation, workshops, educational speaking engagements, and panels. We offer the tools to make you the best boss you can be.
Nourish your inner fire.
Join Love Child x MISFITSTUDIO for a morning movement class. The sessions will include one hour of fluidity and seamless full-body movementsTickets / RSVP
What would go on inside the mind of a runner who, instead of thinking about distance, speed, or burning calories and pushing through the pain—could let their mind run free? What would it look like if a runner was so at ease and so mindful that they forgot they were even running? Where would they go?
Join us on Global Run Day 2018 for a guided meditation and social 5k run to celebrate our amazing run community in the city.
The doors to Love Child Social House will open at 6:30 pm and allow a space for runners to check their bags before the run begins. Once everyone is settled Dhani Oks will be leading a guided meditation, followed by a mindful 5k run along the waterfront.
Following the run we will return to Love Child for snacks & refreshments!Tickets / RSVP
Get your sweat on at the Truly Studio! We're celebrating the arrival of Truly Spiked & Sparkling in Canada with a two-day fitness studio pop-up at Toronto's Love Child Social House.
After each class, stay for our #NoShowerHappyHour. Cool off, enjoy a bite to eat, mingle with your fit-mates and sample the perfect post-workout, let's-hang-out drink – Truly Colima Lime, a sparkling water spiked with 5% alcohol. Every can contains just 100 calories, 2 grams of carbs and 1 gram of sugar.
Check out the class schedule on the link below:Tickets / RSVP


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Plastics Engineering Company of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, is facing $82,000 in fines for seven serious safety violations, according to officials at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
OSHA investigators cited Plastic Engineering Company for one willful, five serious and one other-than-serious safety violation.
Machine Shop Faces Safety Fines
Door Maker Slammed by OSHA
Wire Maker Faces Safety Fines
Amputations Bring Safety Fines
OSHA opened an investigation at the plastics resin manufacturer under the national emphasis program for process safety management. OSHA's process safety management standards include a process hazard analysis, a careful review of what could go wrong and what safeguards must end up implemented to prevent releases of hazardous chemicals and exposure by employees.
The federal agency cited the company for:
• Not certifying process safety management procedures had been evaluated every three years.
• Failing to consider impact of equipment and operation changes on safety and health.
• Not ensuring process safety information was current and accurate.
• Inadequate emergency action plan.
"Companies that use hazardous chemicals in their manufacturing process must evaluate their procedures and safety plans to ensure safeguards are in place. Workers must also be trained on how to recognize and deal with any potential risks," said Robert Bonack, OSHA's area director in Appleton, WI. "Complying with OSHA's common sense safety standards protects workers from injury on the job."


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Day 21 of your "Journey into Self Love, Gratitude and Joy " ~ 31.Dec.17
I'm enjoying beautiful LA. It's a gorgeous city, with amazing organic food restaurants. Yaaayy!
Today, let's look at our relationship to our Mind. When we are connected to our mind in a very conscious way, this supports our thoughts to be focussed on that which serves our highest good, instead of focussing on negativity. Our conscious connection to our mind allows us to move through life with ease and grace. It supports us to flow through life with more joy. The more aware we are of our thoughts, the easier it is to shift our thoughts to a higher perspective. (And it's ok if right now if you don't feel like you are in charge of your thoughts and your mind, we are going to support you to move through the healing of this relationship to your emotions)
Here's an example of my relationship to my MIND right now:
- I am very conscious and aware of my thoughts, and I ensure that it's focussed on what I desire
- I do mindset work to ensure that I'm connected to high vibrational thoughts
The question for today is….
Are you allowing yourself to be consciously connected to your Mind right now? If so, why or why not? How has this supported you on your journey?
Write down 11 mantras and affirmations, that supports you to be consciously connected to your mind. e.g. I am powerful, I am FREE to be Me
I invite you to take some time to answer this question, feel what's coming up and allowing yourself to support YOURSELF and Love YOU as you go through this process.
I'd love to hear from you, COMMENT BELOW the POST. Share with me the answer to your question and allow yourself to open up to a deeper level of self love, gratitude and joy within you.


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Miles & More award miles (the loyalty scheme for Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian etc.) are some of the hardest points to earn here in the UK. There seem to be limited options, apart from their credit card, and this very rarely has a decent signup bonus. The easiest way to boost your Miles & More award miles balance seems to be by making a hotel booking when there is a promotion available.
Earn Miles & More Award Miles With Hotel Bookings
From now until 23rd May 2017 you can earn 3,000 Miles & More award miles when making your first hotel booking through the decided hotel promotion page. This bonus is in additional to the minimum 1,000 Miles & More award miles you will normally earn.
To earn the miles hotel stays need to be paid in full at time of booking. The hotel stay does not need to be before the end of the offer, and can be for anytime in the future.
All bookings need to be processed through the dedicated Miles & More hotel promotion page.
Offer ends 23rd May 2017.
500 Free Miles & More Award Miles
The Miles & More newsletter, which is delivered each month, includes "details of your current mileage balance, attractive offers for earning and redeeming award miles, and exclusive offers based on your status". Sign up to receive the Miles & More newsletter and you will also receive 500 free Miles & Miles award miles.
Miles & More award miles will only be credited to your account within one week. Miles are only issued the first time you register. If you currently have a temporary paper membership card you will receive your permanent member card two weeks after your award miles have been credited to your Miles & More account. If you are already a Miles & More member and a different email address is currently stored in your profile, this will be overwritten with the email you provide.


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Preventing Brown Spots (#1 of 3)
First, you have to understand them! What kind of brown spots do you have?
Are they lentigoes (flat and light to medium dark brown) and caused by sun damage? Are they seborrheic keratoses (bumpy and light tan to dark brown)? Are they true moles (can be raised or flat and any color)? Are they melasma (blotchy brown patches, flat and larger than lentigoes)? Or, a combination of several.
And skin cancers can mimic all of these. If you're not sure, or if a brown spot is changing, you must see a dermatologist to make sure, first, that you don't have a skin cancer!!!
Coming next – how to prevent and treat the sun damage brown spots (lentigoes) and improve melasma.
See some of the new sunscreens recommended by Dr. Irwin, specifically the Elta MD line (just scroll down to find the Elta MD sunscreens).


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Mary Kay is a great agent to work with and I so appreciate all that she did to make my move go smoothly. I highly recommend her to anyone who wants to buy or sell a home. Love her staging!
Janet Slezack
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In the past, I have had very bad experiences with real estate agents. I met Mary Kay at an Open House and liked her immediately! She sold my condo in Issaquah in 7 days, then helped me purchase my new condo in Kent. She was never pushy or tried to talk me into anything. She was such a big help, and I love my new condo. I especially like her work ethics and attention to detail. She went way beyond my expectations! If I ever decide to sell again, she will be the only Realtor I will use.
Lee Kalmbach
This is a testimony concerning Mary Kay's integrity, patience and knowledge of her real estate profession. I met Mary Kay during a difficult time in my life. It was a necessity for me to move in a timely manner. I was so fortunate and blessed to find Mary Kay. She researched all possibilities, spent a lot of time with me explaining the process. I was so close to signing papers on a condo property, but there were glitches. She not only got me out of that transaction, she found me an even better home to purchase. Due to Mary Kay's belief and persistent, I now have a home much better than the first. I am so grateful to Mary Kay for being professional, knowledgeable, efficient and honest. I highly recommend Mary Kay to be your Realtor. Best experience I have had dealing with a Realtor.
Evy Lewis
When Rick and I met Mary Kay Horton, we knew that we had come upon a true gem. Buying or selling a home can be highly stressful with certain risks involved. Mary Kay made both the purchase and the sale of our Normandy Park home a very satisfying experience. She met every detail with professionalism and a warm friendliness that is her nature. We have never worked with another realtor who was as well orga-nized, as keenly familiar with the market, or as well connected with excellent referrals to fit our needs. From the first meeting to well after closing, Mary Kay has always been available to help with any questions we had. She went out of her way to make sure we were well taken care of as her clients, which we will al-ways be very grateful for. We started out with a realtor and ended up with a good friend.
Rick and Erynn Dennler
We are very comfortable working with Mary Kay and will use her again and again. She is open, honest and does not waste our time. We love her!
Becky Michael
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I have known Mary Kay Horton for 25 years. Her son and mine went through elementary school together, as well as Cub Scouts. Over the many years, our lives separated, but we tried to stay in contact whenever possible. In early 2011, my husband was killed in a car crash. Mary Kay was one of the friends who was there to support me. A few years later, I decided to move.
This was a very difficult time for me, and I loved the fact that I could turn to my friend for help. I hired Mary Kay as my listing agent. She hired a professional photographer to showcase my home, created great marketing pieces, and even held a few open houses. It didn't take long before I had a couple of offers on my house. I was so thankful to have her help me negotiate the sale. She was also very timely in every aspect/step of the sales process as well as very supportive. Then there was the process of moving and packing. She recommended great movers and even hired a cleaning crew to get the house ready for the new owners.
If/when I sell my current home, I will definitely use Mary Kay as my listing agent. She is honest, sincere, gracious, clear, cooperative, and very easy to work with.
Not only is Mary Kay a good friend, she is an excellent realtor.
Nancy L. Adams
Mary Kay sold a property for me with total professionalism. She is always totally prepared and gracious with her ability to perform the difficult aspects of a project. I would recommend Mary Kay in a heartbeat. I didn't have to worry about anything. This sale was the most satisfying I have experienced.
Evy Lewis
I have used Mary Kay as a Realtor on multiple transactions. Throughout all of them I found her to be a responsive and effective communicator. She educates her clients on the buying and/or selling process and is persistent on their behalf. I highly recommend her as an agent!
Dan Adam
Mary Kay sold a property for me with total professionalism. She is always totally prepared and gracious with her ability to perform the difficult aspects of a project. I would recommend Mary Kay in a heartbeat. I didn't have to worry about anything. This sale was the most satisfying I have experienced.
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don't rush through your life
If you're anything like me and the vast majority of Americans, you're a fairly busy person.
When I moved back to Northern Virginia in April, I started a temp job to hold me over while I looked for a full-time position that would mesh well with this current season of my life. That temp job put me in a high-rise office building on the corner of a busy street in the middle of downtown Washington D.C. I took the metro to and from work every day, squeezing in tight and getting nice and cozy with my fellow commuters.
After a few days of what would become my daily commuter for over three months, I noticed something — everybody was rushing.
If you walk down any street in Washington D.C., you'll find people rushing — across the street, seconds before the light changes. Out the door and into the crowd. To the corner to hail a cab. Down the metro escalators and straight into the closing train doors.
Their heads are down, their feet move fast, and they barely acknowledge anyone or anything that passes them by. They're buried in cell phones, a constant stream of loud music blocking out the noise of the crowd. They miss smiles and greetings from other faces, laughter and conversations around them, and so many beautiful and wonderful things about life.
They rush right past them.
After about two weeks of getting caught up in the constant flow of quick moving feet and heads buried in cell phones on train rides, I made a decision — I refused to rush through life.
It might not seem like a big deal to rush down the stairs of the escalator or across the street at the last second. You might even say it's a more economical way to spend your time because you don't have to wait a whole 'nother light cycle before you can cross the street or another 15 minutes for the next train.
But here's what I've noticed — the little rushing turns into big rushing. When I rush through the little things in life, that mentality bleeds into all of my life and I end up rushing through everything that's important to me.
I rush through meals meant to be savored, coffee dates with friends, mornings filled with quiet, and books that should be lingered over. I skim and glance and talk faster and walk faster and drive faster and before I know it, days and weeks and months and years have passed and I feel like I missed it because I was always rushing.
Ann Voskamp say it this way, "Hurry always empties a soul."
The things that truly feed our soul are the things that take time. They can't be compartmentalized and schedule, fit into nice, tidy time blocks in a calendar. They can't be fit into 15 minutes at the end of a day or once a week. They're the things we must make time for, slow and intentional time.
This is my encouragement to you today: don't rush through your life.
Autumn is a time filled with dichotomy and tension. It's a time that begs to be savored, as we throw celebrate holidays and carve pumpkins and run through corn mazes and light bonfires in our backyards. And yet it often seems that in our attempts to savor autumn, we rush right through it.
We fill our days with too much activity and not enough being. We have school activities and autumn bucket lists and long car rides to see families and friends. We plan our days and our nights and our weekends months in advance, filling them with activity after activity. And we forget that often the best part about autumn, about any season really, is simply being with the ones we love.
Start with this weekend. Whatever you have planned, whatever's on the calendar, don't rush through it. Savor every moment. Delight in every smile and ray of sunshine and lock all those memories away tight in your heart. Begin by refusing to rush through one day. Then make it two. Then three.
Don't rush through your life, friend. It's too short and wonderful to be anything but savored.
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Chantelle and Josh were married at Grafton Manor on Sunday 29th October 2017. Set in rural Worcestershire, this charming Elizabethan manor house presented the perfect venue to celebrate their special occasion. The weather was gracious and the autumn sun shone down on this lovely couple as they tied the knot.
Here's a little sneak peek of the images from your wedding day Mr and Mrs Waldron, I hope you like them as much as I enjoyed capturing them for you! I wish you both all the very best for the future. xx


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Partnering with Global Gates. Working in Brooklyn, New York, with a largely Muslim population. Ministry will include work in a Friendship Center (teaching English to immigrants), prayer-walking, literature distribution, building relationships with immigrants in the city. No one under 18 years of age. Open for men and ladies.
For more information, call (318) 801-5047 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The 2017 BIG IDEAS FUND: SUSTAINABILITY/ ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EDITION
Congratulations to the two (2) 2017 Big Ideas Fund winners! We received great ideas that addressed environmental justice and equity at OCAD U. Check out the winning projects below and follow their journeys on facebook at #ocaduBIF2017!
- Andre Baynes -
Lack of diversity is one of science fiction's biggest weaknesses and one of its most dangerous characteristics. The situation makes it difficult for people of colour to imagine their work ever having a home in the genre or even that they can exist in these fantastical futures at all.
Based on the core idea of inclusive storytelling, the Utopia Project aims to address representation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) perspectives to make sure these stories get told. This project combines an interactive art installation with social research.
- Kaylyn Hamlyn and Bree Rappaport in collaboration with Ivan Maycuk and Josiah Tsang -
By making food production visible on campus, we hope to not only reduce food costs to make it more accessible to students, but we also hope to create an ongoing conversation around sustainability, food security and community.
This project to grow food on campus for Hot Lunch and the Student Union Cafe will create not only an aesthetically pleasing environment within the school, but will also contribute to cleaner air, benefit mental health, provide multiple harvests throughout the year, and invite the student body to make positive environmental changes within their own lives and see first-hand how sustainability can impact their community.
Thanks to the student jury members in identifying how environmental justice and equity can be weaved into action, and thanks to OPSEU Local 576 for annually providing financial support.
Application period is now closed! click for the application form
You can send it by email to firstname.lastname@example.com or drop it off in person at the ODESI office (Level 6, 230 Richmond St. W.).
What is the Big Ideas Fund?
The OCAD U $1,500 Big Ideas Fund is a micro-grant initiative by the Office of Diversity, Equity & Sustainability Initiatives (ODESI) and its Student Advisory Committee. This initiative encourages OCAD U's creative thinkers, artists and designers to identify social justice, labour & economic rights, and equity issues that impact our community and to take action through innovative ideas.
What types of Ideas will be considered?
Your idea can be anything: organize an event, create an installation or public art piece, write and produce a zine or publication, curate an exhibition, create an awareness campaign or data visualization, execute a design solution… any idea that has an empowering, positive and unifying impact on campus is welcome!
If you're not sure about how something will be executed yet, that's OK. Just have a solid concept and initial thinking about how you would get it done.
What is the ODESI Student Advisory Committee?
The ODESI Student Advisory Committee is a group of OCAD U students who are committed to equity in art and design education. The committee brings a student perspective to OCAD U's equity initiatives by participating in strategic planning and governance on campus. The Student Advisory Committee also leads the OCAD U $1,500 Big Ideas Fund.
What if I'm selected and then am struck by this feeling that I have no idea what I'm even doing, which then causes me to spiral into existential doubt?!
Winners will be matched with a staff or faculty mentor who can support you in realizing your project. If there is a specific mentor you would like to work with, let us know. If not, we will work with you to find the right match. Additionally, ODESI's Student Advisory Committee will be available to help you problem solve if needed.
We will also pop by from time to time to film, photograph and meet with you to capture the successes and challenges of your project.
Who can apply?
Open to all OCAD U students. Students from all disciplines and levels of study are encouraged to submit ideas. Applications can be submitted individually, in a group or as a class. If you are applying as a class, please speak to your instructor first.
Is it easy to apply?
Just complete and submit the attached application form by the deadline of March 16, 2017. You can send it by email to email@example.com or drop it off in person at the ODESI office (Level 6, 230 Richmond St. W.).
The ODESI Student Advisory Committee will then review submissions and invite short-listed students for an informal meeting. This will be a chance to give more information about your idea and how you plan to spend the $1,500.
The number of grants varies each year. One (1) grant will be awarded in the 2017 cycle!
When do I have to complete my project by?
Your project must be completed by August. Of course, your project ideas might take way less time -- but August 18, 2017 is the very last deadline for finishing up. If you are in your final year or planning to be away over the summer, that's OK -- you are still eligible to apply! Just demonstrate how you will get your project done by the deadline. Special consideration may be given to projects taking place during the 17/18 academic year - on a case-by-case basis.
What do I get again?
- $1,500 paid up-front!
- Mentorship!
- Bragging rights!
What can I use the $1,500 towards?
Your $1,500 grant can be used towards almost any expense needed for your project – such as materials, rentals, travel costs and artist fees for yourself and individuals assisting you.
Maybe you want to use the $1,500 on buying a truckload of marbles. That's cool. Just make sure you can demonstrate that what you're going to do with them meets the selection criteria (listed in the application package) and through that -- the goals of the fund!
Any tips for creating a winning application?
Yes! Take a look at the "selection criteria" listed at the beginning of the application package and make sure your project meets each of the criteria, and that you have explained why or how in answering the application questions.
Where can I go for more information or assistance?
There are lots of ways to get the assistance you need to complete an application:
- Follow us: On Facebook and Twitter for the latest updates and announcements
- Contact us: Email firstname.lastname@example.com anytime with questions. We will try and get back to you within 1 business day. Or call 416-977-6000, Ext. 4862.
- Drop by a Big Ideas Fund Booth: Student Advisory Committee members will be available throughout the month of March in the lobby of 100 McCaul St. at various times of the week. (To be announced) Come by and get any assistance you need to complete an application. Also: free popcorn.
- Attend the Big Ideas Fund Drop-In Session: This is a 2-hour drop-in session where you can get one-on-one support from the selection committee -- no matter what stage you are at. Get assistance in refining or developing your project idea, help in completing your application form or answers to any questions you might have. The drop-in session will be announced shortly.
What were the projects by the previous winners?
Dana Prieto: "Critical Soups"
A monthly student-led get-together to share food and conduct dialogue about the sociocultural, environmental and geopolitical impacts of Canadian extractive companies on food and land sovereignty of Indigenous and international territories.
Emily Norry: "Whose Art Counts"
A series of lectures on the pedagogy of Art History, highlighting a variety of important figures who are often excluded or marginalized from mainstream history.
Meghana Ravi, Simran Dadlani, Krutika Galgalikar: "Footprints", now called "The Kaleidoscope Project"
Re-thinking multicultural understanding and an exposure of international student experience through a video compilation and a curated exhibition.
Pixelation - Exhibition and Panel Discussion, Zvikokomborero (Zviko) Mhakayakora
Pixelation - an exhibition and panel that interrogated the ways in which contemporary art and design perpetuate or challenge anti-blackness, took place as part of the Black History Month events at OCAD University. Zviko[mborero], a Graphic Design student, responded to a gap she identified in opportunities for Black students to showcase work, network and build community, and a way to forge spaces that foreground conversations of equity and anti-racism among artists and designers. Zviko[mborero] organized a call for submissions, curated an exhibition and planned a panel discussion to coincide with the exhibition. Project Mentors: Shamina Chherawala, Andrea Fatona & Sheila Sampath
Handbook for Faculty and Students on Supporting Queer and Transgender Students, Vicky Avramopoulos and group.
Vicky (Printmaking) and a group of students created a resource for faculty and students on how educational spaces (classroom dialogues, critiques, and curriculum) can be designed to meaningfully engage LGBTTQQI2SA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Intersex, Queer, Questioning, Two-Spirit, Allies) students, particularly when their art and design entry-points are closely immersed in their identities. The handbook was created based on a series of open consultation sessions that will be held inviting students to share their experiences, recommendations and best practices. Faculty mentor: Anthea Black
Revitalizing the Yellow Staircase Murals, Lisa Frost
This project sought to organize a student-led initiative to revitalize the yellow staircase featuring work by, and representing the voices of, OCAD U's diverse equity-seeking communities. Through a collaborative, participatory approach, this project aims to create a stronger sense of community and belonging. Due to unforeseen circumstances, this project was tabled.
Pop-Up Galleries, Stephanie Hier
Stephanie Hier (Drawing & Painting) curated a series of pop-up galleries, along with launching an arts collective which hosted a series of pop-up exhibits to raise questions about access to space for emerging artists and to foster opportunities for showcasing work by students who typically may be under-represented in traditional gallery spaces. Faculty mentor: Sarah Nind
Justin In and Carl Jo (both in Environmental Design) researched,designed and installed temporary pieces of way-finding signage at 100 McCaul Street. Their project responded to an access barrier they felt needed to be addressed and reflected a student perspective on way-finding signage on campus. Faculty mentor: Chris Moorehead
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Nontraded real estate investment trusts for the past year have been steadily listing on stock exchanges, merging with other REITs, or announcing such plans, providing investors with liquidity or hopes for liquidity.
Now, a nontraded business development company will take a turn at a liquidity event.
FS Investment Corp., with $4.6 billion in assets, said Wednesday that it would be the first nontraded BDC to have its shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
The company expects trading to commence in April under the ticker symbol FSIC, according to a statement.
FS Investment initially indicated last April that it planned to complete a liquidity event and return capital to investors.
"This listing will be an important event for FSIC shareholders and certainly represents a significant milestone for our industry," Michael Forman, chairman and chief executive of FS Investment, said in a statement.
Nontraded BDCs represent a small but fast-growing segment of the illiquid alternative asset class of investments sold primarily through independent broker-dealers.
Sales of such illiquid BDCs last year jumped to $4.8 billion from $2.8 billion in 2012, according to Robert A. Stanger & Co. Inc., an investment bank that focuses on nontraded REITs and BDCs.
That was a 70.8% year-over-year increase, according to Stanger.
FS Investment was launched in 2009 and was extremely popular with representatives at independent broker-dealers who were seeking alternative investments for clients in need of income in a zero-interest-rate environment.
FS Investment had an offering price of $10.80 a share, and its net asset value was $10.10 at the end of September, according to its most recent quarterly report.
In 2012, it stopped raising equity capital.
The BDC's annualized distribution rate is 8.6%, according to a company statement.
A half-dozen other nontraded BDCs have been launched in the wake of FS Investment's success.
BDCs typically are closed-end investment companies that invest primarily in debt and equity of private companies. Yields can be attractive due to the BDCs' exposure to high credit risks amplified by leverage.


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This is our core course, taken by more than 200 people each year. You will learn the theory of the Technology of Participation methods and practice using them in a supportive learning environment. The course is interactive and fun, and 93% of Group Facilitation Methods participants rate the course 8/10 or higher.
This course offers:
More information about this course and the ToP methods is available on the Group Facilitation Methods course overview page.
|Course Fee
|Standard Rate - for participants from public and private organisations.
|£ 545.00
|Discounted Rate - for independant professionals and participants from voluntary sector organisations.
|£ 360.00
|ILM Development Award (not required for course)
|£ 70.00
|IAF Membership (not required for the course)
|£ 70.00
|Sticky Walls (not required for the course)
|3 Metre Purple Sticky Wall
|£ 30.00
|5 Metre Sticky Wall
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North Palisade via the U-Notch — Page 4
- Alpinism
- Big Pine Lakes
- Rope 101
- The Alpine Start
- The U-Notch
- Two Pitches
- The Summit Ridge
- Atop North Palisade
- On Rappel
- Downclimb
- Palisade Review
IV. Rope 101
After a bit of wandering, we find a suitable camping spot overlooking the lake. I pay close attention as Neil unloads his backpack, wanting to see how he has stuffed his gear so neatly into a 45-liter space.
One tip: Neil has wrapped his therm-a-rest around his sleeping bag and heavily compressed both, making for a tidy package. His strategy otherwise seems to consist in just generally squashing the heck out of everything. With our tent set up and water bottles filled, it's time for a crash-course (hopefully not literally) in the essentials of technical climbing and mountaineering.
Our inaugural lesson takes place, appropriately enough, at the foot of Temple Craig's magnificent North Buttress, said to be the longest stretch of technical climbing in the High Sierra (the 'Dark Star' route).
Thanks to my own travels in the Sierra, I am no stranger to crampons and axe, but my experience ends where roped climbing begins. We are therefore embarking into a new and unfamiliar world for me—and I feel more than a little anxious about it.
We start by reviewing and putting on our harnesses.
Neil not only corrects my harness (which I've buckled the wrong way), but also teaches me a clever mnemonic which enables me to know at a glance whether my harness or his or anyone else's is correctly secured.
This seems like a good start.
On we go to the rope and a few essential knots. Neil's goal here (he later reveals) is not to cram my head full of things I'll later forget, but rather to teach me just enough to get the job done.
In this he succeeds admirably: I learn how to tie the rope to my harness, how to belay a lead climber (Neil), and a few essentials of climbing communication.
Streamlining the education process today are renegade bands of mosquitoes, who ensure that no lesson drags on longer than necessary. Soon, the sun is dropping behind the sierra's crest, and in the lengthening shadows, we decide to retreat to our tent for dinner. It strikes me, on later reflection, that most of the essentials of rock climbing are really quite simple. There are basic techniques which are employed (with modifications) over and over again.
Despite that simplicity, however, the consequences of even a minor mistake or oversight (such as my improperly-buckled harness) can be catastrophic. For that reason, it seems to me that a key aspect of technical climbing lies in developing procedures or protocols (like a pilot's checklist) designed to ensure that everything happens the same way, every time.
Then again, Neil cautions that becoming overly-focused on repeating the same procedure each time can go awry in the wrong context. His motto might be described as 'find the right solution at the right time'. After dinner we settle into our sleeping bags. Neil is soon asleep. I keep my eyes open, watching the light fade on Temple Craig, thinking of ropes and rocks and high places. Perhaps technical climbing is not so simple after all...


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|Project by Ryan Shervill
|posted 07-19-2010 07:59 PM
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"Like grasses swaying in a summer breeze, the fluid motion is visible in the solid form of the wood."
When I read that description, this was the instant mental image. Anyone who has witnessed cattails play amongst themeselves with even the slightest hint of a breeze will be able to relate with this vision. This sculpture was all about catching that movement in static form.
Made entirely out of water recovered old-growth lumber, this project is as environmentally friendly as it is pretty. The cherry birchwood "leaves" are resawn and sanded to approx 1/32" thick, and the bottom surfaces of the leaves are left unfinished. Why unfinished? Well….As the humidity changes, the leaves change shape all on their own, allowing the sculpture to recreate itself over and over.
After all, what conveys movement better than an object that actually does move as if it were living?
Thanks for looking everyone.
Ryan Shervill
-- Want to see me completely transform a house? Look here: http://forum.canadianwoodworking.com/showthread.php?41055
19 comments so far
#1 posted 07-19-2010 08:19 PM
Beautiful sculpture, and a brilliant idea to allow it to change shape with changes in humidity!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
#2 posted 07-19-2010 08:20 PM
Very nicely done! I love how the tall grasses and bog plants sway and create a kinectic type sculpture of nature. These look quite real and I can even imagine seeing a red winged blackbird nesting near by.
-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe
#3 posted 07-19-2010 09:02 PM
This is really cool. You should take a video of it swaying and post it :)
-- Please visit my Etsy site, http://www.etsy.com/shop/cgurnham or http://www.christinagurnham.com You can also follow me on my artfire blog: http://www.artfire.com/users/cgurnham/blog
#4 posted 07-19-2010 09:52 PM
Is this the same piece that was sitting on your "Of Curvy Legs and Underwater Wood" table?
They are both beautifully artistic pieces, to say the least!
I also like the idea of allowing the leaves to change with the climatic conditions.
I too would like to see this in motion, "swaying in the breeze".
-- Jonathan, Denver, CO "Constructive criticism is welcome and valued as it gives me new perspectives and helps me to advance as a woodworker."
#5 posted 07-19-2010 10:20 PM
Very cool. I wish I had your imagination and artistry…not to mention your talent.
-- gbear, Carmichael, CA
#6 posted 07-19-2010 11:17 PM
Beautiful. I have seen this somewhere before though. Did you publish it in a magazine or somewhere else?
-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!
#7 posted 07-20-2010 12:31 AM
-- Wood and Glass they kick (well you know) Have a great day - Dug
#8 posted 07-20-2010 12:35 AM
BEAUTIFUL AND FLUID. Love the story behind it as well.
Oh.. and the humidity affects on the wood: brilliant!!
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (https://www.facebook.com/DebbiePribele, Young Living Wellness )
#9 posted 07-20-2010 02:18 AM
Beautiful piece Ryan. Well done.
#10 posted 07-20-2010 02:19 AM
Very nice. You dog….......just kidding, great sculpture and flow entry….............
-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
#11 posted 07-20-2010 03:57 AM
Beautiful piece. Very nicely done. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa
#12 posted 07-20-2010 03:58 AM
Wonderful love it.
#13 posted 07-20-2010 06:07 AM
#14 posted 07-20-2010 07:17 AM
Fantastic piece of art. The fact that you took Martins example and brought it to life is even better. Agree with the others about letting it breath and move with the climate change. Wonderful way to make a "static" sculpture not so static.
Keep up the imaginative work.
-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!
#15 posted 07-20-2010 02:47 PM
Great piece Ryan, will be hard to top it!
-- Dave, Southern IL.,
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- Preheat the oven to 160C (320F). Brush a large (25cm /10in) bundt tin with melted butter and dust with flour.
- Soak the dates in boiling water and leave to stand until softened – about 10 minutes.
- Either chop the pecans by hand or pulse them briefly in a food processor until coarsely ground.
- Put the butter and sugar in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade (I used the Magimix for this) and mix until smooth.
- Thoroughly drain the dates through a sieve then add them to the food processor and pulse until smooth.
- Add the eggs, milk, flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and salt and process until you have a smooth batter.
- Transfer the batter into a large bowl and fold in the pear and pecan pieces.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared tin and smooth the top. Bake for 50 minutes (I baked my cake for an hour) or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Cool slightly before carefully inverting onto a large plate.
- Make the toffee: put all the ingredients in a small pan and heat gently until sugar dissolves. Simmer briefly until you have a smooth sauce.
- Stir in the pecans (these are optional in my opinion) and then spoon the sauce over the cake.
Notes: if you don't have a bundt tin you can bake this in a large traybake tin instead and adjust the cooking time to 40-50 minutes.
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text: This set design project created for the Non Standard Architectures exhibition (2003-04), designed by Frédéric Migayrou at the Centre Pompidou, had to fulfill the requirements of a very precise program. It had to provide "a ribbon-like structure that served as a framework for demonstrating the historical genealogy underpinning the exhibition" and it had to "develop a mathematical pattern organizing the entire exhibition space with respect to a certain number of constraints." EZCT transformed the grid composition of the Centre Pompidou into a mathematical pattern, a matrix, which it then manipulated in collaboration with the mathematician Yvonne Teissier, utilizing the Mathematica software application. Unlike 3D modeling programs that induce a "desire for form," this application enables the user to describe the space in logico-mathematical terms by cross-referencing geometric, algebraic, symbolic and logical data. Their research led to a unitary pattern dividing the space into 12 zones of equal surface areas, optimizing the full range of spatial relations and circulation constraints. Several types of surfaces were tested over the course of the development process. In the end, a variation based on the Weierstrass function was selected.


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Quakes' Hernandez suspension doubled for hit on Bunbury
NEW YORK — San Jose Earthquakes defender Jason Hernandez has been given an additional one-game suspension and additional $250 fine for striking a Kansas City opponent during a match.
The MLS reviewed the off-the-ball hit and decided Wednesday to double the penalty because Hernandez endangered the safety of his opponent.
Hernandez hit rookie forward Teal Bunbury in the 88th minute of the 1-0 win against the Wizards on Saturday. Officials issued a red card to Hernandez. Here's the hit (courtesy of Hillcrest Road):
He will serve his suspension during games on Saturday against the LA Galaxy and August 28 against the New York Red Bulls.


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