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Subject: Anarchy Takeover Results (03/03/2008)
Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:28 am
*The lights fade to black
Anarchy in the UK by the Sex Pistols blasts out of the speakers
Pyros explode and a laser flickers through the smoke billowing out around ringside
Hero appears at the top of the ramp*
RJ: What the hell is he doing here?? The 6WF Champion who recently stole, yes STOLE the company from our true Commisioner Acer who's lying in a grave state in hospital as we very speak!!
*Hero grabs a mic*
Ladies and Gentleman, children of all ages, Anarchy is in the building!
Welcome to a new era!
Welcome to the Anarchy Era!
Welcome to your new Commissioner, your new Chairman, your new Boss.
*Chorus of boos echo throughout the arena*
Whoah whoah whoah, hold your horses there, see Hero has a special treat for each and everyone of you tonight.
Hero has a special announcement.
Tonight we are going to witness the first ever 6WF gauntlet match.
It's contestant?
Why, my good old friend The Saint.
See Hero isn't the monster you all portray him to be.
Hero is fair and if the Saint beats all his opponents in the match then Hero will put the 6WF title on the line in a one on one bout next week on Shutdown.
*Crowd cheer*
But…and it's a big but, if the Saint fails to win the match then well, how does it go?....
RJ: Oh my God, What a match!
Will The Saint overcome these odds?
Who will he be facing in the Gauntlet match?
Will he get a title match or will he be seeking new employment?
The answers will be revealed after this commercial break!
*3 middle aged women in bright pink dresses start singing about car insurance followed by a Gorilla playing the drums to a Phil Collins track*
RJ: Welcome back and the shocking news is that The Saint is involved in a Gauntlet match tonight with the chance to face Hero for the 6WF title.
But if he fails then he's fired!
Next up is the 4 way dance for Hardcore title.
The entire 6WF roster have been vying for the Fight for the Right Tournament on Lockdown with it now down to the final four, we're getting tonight an early match up between those final four contenders.
*'Here Comes The Money' echoes around the arena. EZ struts down to the ring with his usual swagger, the crowd jeering frenetically*
RJ: The Hardcore Champion is first into the ring, is he ready to face off against three of his closest rivals?
*Next down the ramp comes GWC and immediately he runs into the ring and starts duking it out with EZ*
RJ: Well there's no love lost there, these two have been fighting it out over the past few weeks.
*Rock v2 appears at the top of the ramp, he storms into the ring and gets straight into GWC's face. EZ regroups himself in the corner*
RJ: Rock v2 seems annoyed with
*They both start pushing each other back and forth, while EZ looks on from the corner rope, suddenly they both turn and unleash a barrage on EZ*
RJ: They've allied against EZ! One half of Anarchy is in for a beat
Subject: Re: Anarchy Takeover Results (03/03/2008)
Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:31 am
*In the ring, Rock v2 whips EZ upside down and hits a scoop slam onto the mat, he signals to the crowd and climbs to the top turnbuckle. Nemesis sees the opportunity and Irish whips GWC into the ropes, thus knocking Rock v2's balance who falls down onto the turnbuckle and onto the floor outside.
RJ: Ooh that's gotta smart!
*EZ with the momentum now gestures to nemesis and they go to hit GWC with a double clothesline but GWC ducks and on the return for the ropes hits them both with a diving spear.
RJ: Great counter from GWC, can he capitalise now with both men down?
*GWC grabs Nemesis to his feet and Irish whips him to the ropes, then ducks as Nemesis returns and flips him over his head out of the ring and crashing onto the floor below.
Outside the ring Rock v2 has recovered and has grabbed a chair from under the ring. He connects cleanly with Nemesis's head and busts him open, a crimson trickle runs down his forehead. Again the chair crashes down upon him, but he remains standing. Rock then throws the chair to Nemesis and quickly dropkicks it sending the chair right into his face, finally the giant is toppled.
RJ: Quick thinking there by Rock has sent that monster down, he must capitalize now!
Rock reaches down and grabs Nemesis by his hair, he drags him up onto the Spanish announce table and goes to put Nemesis into a Rock Bottom but Nemesis recovers and flips Rock v2 over, his body crashes down through the table and they both lie amongst the remains, the camera zooms in to show Nemesis lying there with a disturbing smile across his face*
RJ: What a move! What a move! Now only GWC and EZ stand in the ring. Can one of these capitalize?
*GWC delivers a series of knife edge chops to EZ's chest that bring a chorus of woos from the crowd. GWC goes for a suplex but EZ hits with a low blow and then reaches down into his trunks to bring out a set of brass knuckles.
RJ: What the… Where was EZ hiding those? And he can use them, it's all legal in a hardcore match!
EZ connects with GWC's nose and busts it open, he then hits GWC with a fireman's carry takeover and rushes over to the corner and climbs up to the top turnbuckle, he goes to hit a diving head butt but GWC rolls out of the way, EZ lies flat out in the middle of the ring. GWC goes for the pin 1……..2…..kick out
GWC drags EZ to his feet and goes to hit his finisher when….
Anarchy in the UK blasts out of the speakers, Hero emerges at the top of the ramp and makes his way down to the ring.
GWC visibly frustrated goes to berate Hero from the ring, but EZ grabs a handful of GWC's shorts from behind and curls him up on the mat, his shoulders pinned.
RJ: Nooo! EZ retains the belt after GWC was distracted by Hero, revenge for Thursday night!
But wait Anarchy aren't finished there! Someone stop them!
*EZ and Hero have both grabbed a chair with GWC slowly getting to his feet.
They both connect at the same time and GWC slumps to the mat.
An advert comes up for Hero's new film 'Super Hero', it looks rather bad but has tags that someone from the Daily Star and Zoo Magazine liked it.
RJ: Welcome back wrestling fans and before the break we witnessed EZ Money retain his Hardcore title with assistance to his Anarchy team-mate Hero.
Next up we have the….
*Scream, Aim, Fire blasts out of the speakers, the crowd go wild thinking Acer is about to appear but it swiftly turns to a chorus of boos when Hero emerges with Miss Jessica*
Hero: CUT THE MUSIC!!
Tonight ladies and more ladies is a sombre occasion. Hero has some grave news for you all.
Hero has heard today that Commissioner Acer sadly passed away in his hospital bed this afternoon.
*Gasps from crowd*
As a tribute Hero has put together a compilation of Acer's most memorable moments
*The Titantron flickers to life, it runs through Acer being forced to count 1….2….3 for Hero getting the 6WF title.
Being left stranded in Skegness.
Being attacked by Revolution in hospital.
Miss Jessica pushing Acer off the side of the cage.
Hero getting Acer to sign over the programme*
Ah, it brings a tear to Hero's eye watching back through all those great moments. Now onto the n….
*Something Kinda Ooh hits the speakers and Trish Stratus makes her way out flanked by Peeper*
Trish – Hero, you make me sick! Saying a great man like Acer is dead! Where do you get off?
Hero- Hey it gave Hero a cheap laugh. Took ages to think up that!
Trish – We all know that Acer is recovering well in his hospital bed and I'm pleased to announce that he should be back fit and well ready for next weeks show. And ready to kick the living hell out of you!
Oh and don't try your bullying tactics on me. I've brought a little back up of my own in Randy Peeper, my very own TAW Champion.
Hero- Pervert Peeper? You serious? Jeez Trish, hope you keep an eye on your dirty laundry with him about. Any gone missing lately?
*Peeper squares up to Hero and they go nose to nose*
Peeper – Thursday night Hero, me and you.
Hero – No problemo peeps, Hero is looking forward already to becoming the first ever Undisputed 6WF Champion.
Trish- Oh and Jessica, Acer said he's chucked all your stuff out of the flat.
Miss Jessica- So what! Hero has treated me to a shopping trip to Milan this weekend anyway! Think you could do with it Trish, sure you've worn that outfit like at least 3 times now. My mum used to have that too.
*Trish steps forward and slaps Miss Jessica across the face, Peeper grabs Trish and drags her away, Hero does the same with Miss Jessica*
RJ: Well I don't think those two divas will be sharing make up tips any time soon! Next up we have the battle for the Internet Belt pitting the young cocky holder River Ace against the TAW Champion Randy Peeper.
*A woman seductively eats a chocolate bar, some crazy looking man that looks like Bill Bailey tries to sell half price windows*
*'Let the bodies hit the floor' reverberates throughout the arena, the fans stand on their feet and cheer as the TAW Champion Randy Peeper makes his way out to the ring.
RJ- A standing ovation for the TAW Champion, can he claim further gold tonight?
*RiverAce's music hits and he emerges to a chorus to boos, the fans unhappy with his recent heel turn*
RJ – And here's the current champion RiverAce but wait who's that with him?
*Escorting him to the ring comes Hero who eyeballs Peeper throughout, Hero then goes to the commentary table and sits down next to RJ*
RJ- Er what are you doing out here?
Hero- Showing your monkeyass how to do your job, now someone fix me up a mic!
*The match gets underway with a quick flurry of exchanging holds from both wrestlers until Peeper finally gets the upperhand with a Body Avalanche in the corner. A visibly dazed River takes several steps forward and then drops to the floor.
Peeper gestures to the crowd and goes to hit a Spinebuster but River Ace gets a quick rake to the eyes and momentarily blinds Peeper*
RJ – Referee! That's an illegal move!
Hero – What you talking about, Hero saw nothing wrong with it! You need glasses RJ?
*River Ace now cranks it up and starts to attack Peeper's vertical base with a series of kicks to Peepers legs, bouncing off the ropes he hits a flying kick to just below Peeper's knees. Peeper buckles and drops to the mat*
Hero – See RJ, Hero knew he had faith in the kid, Peeper's in a world of pain now.
*River grabs Peeper on the mat and hits his submission move the Texan Hold'Em, Peeper is struggling in the middle of the ring*
Subject: Re: Anarchy Takeover Results (03/03/2008)
Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:31 am
Hero- Yes kid, you've got him! Peeper can't recover from this, c'mon ref ring the bell!
*Peeper in serious pain, drags himself inch by inch towards the ropes, finally he clasps his outstretched fingers around the bottom rope.
The ref waves for the move to be released.
Both men start to stand, Peeper struggling to get to his feet, River goes to strike but Peeper blocks, the crowd give out a cheer.
Peeper now back in control takes it to River, raining blow after blow and River teeters against the ropes. Peeper goes to hit a clothesline and it connects sending River sprawling over the top rope onto the mats below*
Hero – Jeez can't this kid do anything right? C'mon stand up!
*Peeper climbs out of the ring and grabs River and hurls him back in. In the ring Peeper goes for a pin 1….2…kick out (crowd gasp)
Both slowly rise to their feet, Peeper Irish whips River to the ropes but River quickly counters with a diving bulldog. River once again applies the Texan Hold'em submission move in the middle of the ring.
RJ – Can Peeper get out of this again, Yes, he's going to make it to the ropes!
Hero – Not if Hero can help it!
*Hero rushes to the side of the ring, gestures to the guy with the bell to ring it and tells the ref to stop the match. The ref looking bemused but waves that it's over. Hero stands grinning at Peeper lying in pain in the ring*
RJ – Peeper didn't tap! PEEPER DIDN'T TAP!
*Hero goes back over to the announce table*
Hero- Of course he was tapping! Hero was worried for Peeper's safety so called for the bell, River could have done serious damage!
RJ – You're a nasty piece of work Hero.
Hero – Hey life sucks RJ, get over it.
A puppy runs through a load of toilet roll, then a shouty bloke goes on about lots of football being a satellite channel.
RJ – Welcome back wrestling fans and now we're onto the main event and as revealed by my er… co presenter Hero earlier tonight it's Saint appearing in the first ever 6WF Gauntlet match.
But it has a twist.
If Saint wins, he gets a title shot.
But if he loses then Hero has promised to fire him, right here tonight!
Hero – Oh and what a loss to the industry that would be *laughs*
*St Anger by Metallica blasts out of the speakers and The Saint appears at the top of the ramp, the fans cheer his name. He makes his way down to the ring and turns to face the ramp to await his first opponent.
*Marvellous Mike Manning appears at the top of the ramp and runs down to the ring, straight away Saint stomps a hole into him and gains the advantage. He lifts MMM up immediately and hits the Divine Force into the middle of the ring before covering him for the pin 1….2…..3
Saint stands up, looks across to Hero and makes a gesture to his belt *
Saint – Is that the best you've got Hero?
Hero – Hero has just begun Captain Charisma, don't you worry, next up we have….
*Uryu appears at the top of the ramp but with RealDude at his side*
Hero- Oh did Hero forget to mention? Oh this round is 2 on 1!
*Uryu and Realdude rush the ring. Saint again starts to stomp on Uryu but Real attacks him from behind and stuns Saint. Uryu gets to his feet and they begin to double team Saint. They irish whip Saint to the ropes, but Saint dodges their attack and hits them both with a double clothesline!*
RJ – What a show of brute force!
Hell Hero is bringing them out but Saint is wiping the floor with them!
Hero- They're just lulling him into a false sense of security, Hero is sure they'll bounce back soon enough.
*Saint goes to pin Uryu 1….2…but Realdude hits him to break the count.
Saint looks up to see Realdude and smiles, Real immediately backs away but Saint grabs him by the throat and chokeslams him onto Uryu, then lies across the pair of them to hear the ref count 1…..2……3*
Hero – Okay okay, enough with the jobbers now, time to get a bit more serious. Next up we someone for you that likes to fight. Bring on ….Finlay!
*Finlay rushes down to the ring and immediately begins a duke out with Saint in the ring. Saint's power though gets him the advantage and he thrusts Finlay to the corner. Saint goes for a Spear but Finlay dodges and Saint's shoulder cracks into the cold hard metal.
Hero – Yes you go you little leprechaun beauty! Did you know RJ that Hero is half Irish?
RJ – Are you?
Hero – Well no, not really, but Hero once went to the Guinness Factory.
RJ – Give me strength
*In the ring Saint is clutching his shoulder and Finlay delivers a series of stomps down onto it. Finlay drags Saint to his feet but Saint hits a couple of quick blows to Finlay's midriff. Saint goes to bounce off the ropes but coming back he hits Finlay into the ref sending both of them through the ropes onto the floor below*
Hero – Intentional! That was intentional! Ref disqualify him now! Oh he can't, he's flat out.
*Saint climbs out of the ring onto the apron and sees Finlay stooped over looking under the ring. He goes for an elbow drop but Finlay brings out his shillelagh and hits Saint clean in the face with it, Saint slumps over the apron*
RJ – Saint is out cold, but so's the ref!
*Finlay rolls the unconscious Saint into the ring, throws his shillelagh back under the ring and tries to wake the referee. After a few seconds the ref regains consciousness and follows Finlay back into the ring. Finlay goes for the pin.
1……2…..2 ½…Saint throws Finlay clean off*
Hero – How the hell?
*Finlay continues to lay into Saint as he's getting up but Saint has a second wind and shrugs them off, he Irish whips Finlay to the ropes and delivers a big boot to Finlays face. Finlay crashes to the mat. Saint goes to immediately capitalise and pulls Finlay up to his feet.
RJ – Jacknife Powerbomb!! That's got to be the three count!!
RJ – That's four men! You've put four men up against him Hero and Saint is still standing, surely you musn't have anyone left to fight him.
Hero – Does Hero look like he doesn't have a plan? Does Hero look like he didn't see this coming? See Hero is always one step ahead, so let me introduce who's next….
RJ – Oh dear God no…The monster Nemesis is here folks…the most evil man in sports entertainment is here against a wounded, a physically exhausted Saint, this doesn't bode well!
Hero – See RJ, always count on Hero to have a Plan B, in fact count on Hero to have a Plan C and D too.
*Nemesis steps over the top rope and goes toe to toe, face to face with Saint. Saint goes to hit, but Nemesis fresher, blocks and delivers a punch to Saints face, Saint tries again and again but each time Nemesis blocks and strikes back. Nemesis then throws him to the corner*
RJ – Saint has given it all but I don't think even he can stop this onslaught!
Hero –Aw pity!
*Nemesis goes to work on Saint's midriff and connects with punch after punch and its clear that Saint is reeling. He staggers to the middle of the ring and Nemesis follows and grabs Saint by the throat to hit a chokeslam. Saint kicks out with a mighty boot to the gut and runs to the ropes, he returns with venom and hits a running clothesline on Nemesis but the monster remains standing. Saint tries again to the ropes and connects again with the clothesline but Nemesis remains upright but now teetering on his feet. Saint tries one last time but this time hits with a Spear!*
RJ – He's down! Saint has felled Nemesis, now can he pin him?
*The ref goes to count 1…2..elbow up. Both men slowly rise to their feet and Nemesis grabs Saint again in a throat hold ready to hit a chokeslam but this time Saint too does the same to Nemesis*
RJ – Oh my god, they're trying to chokeslam each other!
*Nemesis hits Saint to the side of his head with an elbow to stun him and lifts Saint a good foot clean off the ground before slamming him to the mat. He goes down to get the pin …..
The lights go out.
The Titantron flickers to life….Blood trickles down the screen and an eerie voice echoes throughout the arena.
*The lights come back on. Nemesis is lay in the ring flat out in the middle of a pentagram. Saint stirs and crawls over and places an arm over.
The ref counts 1…..2……3
RJ – He's done it! He's done it! Saint has beat Nemesis, Saint is the number one contender, Saint is going to face Hero!
Hero – Not if Hero has anything to do with it…..
*Hero runs from the commentary box with a mic and slides into the ring. He stands above Saint who's struggling to get to his feet*
Hero – Congratulations Saint, you did it. You got to the last round. You get to face your last opponent now!
RJ- What?? Hero has another person left to face Saint! Who could it be??
Hero – Look up Saint when Hero's talking to you. Because Hero wants to see the look in your eyes when it dawns on you. See you thick s.o.a.b it's me!
*Hero hits with a Canadian Destroyer on Saint who drops to the mat. He grabs Saints leg up and gestures to the ref to call the pin. 1…..2……3
Hero- You've just been Hero'd! *He bends down and lifts Saints face off the mat*
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She's currently among the nation's unemployed, but Paula Abdul says that won't remain the case for long.
"I will definitely be returning to television," the ousted X Factor judge told reporters this week while promoting FemBody Nutrition, a line of nutritional supplements available at GNC. "I am in the middle of many network meetings, and I'm being pitched a whole bunch of different ideas."
Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul Confirm Judge's Departure from The X Factor
Yes, Paula Abdul really is out of The X Factor.
While no one doubted the veracity of this morning's report - which detailed the ousting of Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger and Steve Jones - the singer herself had not spoken out about the decision until now.
Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger: Also Out of The X Factor!
Simon Cowell was not kidding about major changes coming to The X Factor.
With Steve Jones officially out as host - the Brit Tweeted the news himself - new reports indicate that neither Paula Abdul nor Nicole Scherzinger will return for season two.
Jeff Bratton Confirms Split with Paula Abdul
Straight up, Jeff Bratton is telling us what went down with her and long-time boyfriend Paula Abdul.
Paula and I split in November," the record label owner tells People. "It was an amicable thing. But between the final months of X Factor and my responsibilities with [my label] Cascine, there was little time for us."
Simon Cowell on Paula Abdul: I Almost Tapped That
It wasn't all an act, Simon Cowell told Barbara Walters on her Most Fascinating People of 2011 special last night. He truly didn't like Paula Abdul when the two first worked together.
"The truth was on the first two seasons, we couldn't' travel on the same plane together," Cowell said during his ABC interview. "We really disliked each other that much."
Drew Ryniewicz Fans Threaten Lives of Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger
Drew Ryniewicz was eliminated from The X Factor on Thursday night, a result that left Simon Cowell clearly angry at his fellow panelists for voting off one of his charges.
But Simon's wrath is nothing compared to the words left for Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger by fans of Ryniewicz on Facebook.


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Unchained Melody: Imtiaz, Rahman & Irshad Relive Sounds of 'Tamasha'
When three creative minds get together to celebrate a collaborative journey of making music, magic happens. This aptly captures the mood of the baithak (music sitting) for 'Tamasha's music' that had director Imtiaz Ali, composer A R Rahman & lyricist Irshad Kamil recount their experiences of creating this album. Transiting from the regular music launches, 'Tamasha' music baithak was a beautiful celebration of Irshad's lyrics melting into Rahman's melody to create the magic of a song. Refreshingly, the baithak also had Ranbir Kapoor welcome it's participating guests over a surprise skype chat.
'Tamasha' features nine tracks, each one distinctly different from the other. At the baithak, the trio played out the audio of the songs one by one and spoke about them. They took questions and finally it became a casual and free-wheeling chat about the world of Tamasha and more. It worked very well because the focus was only on the audio and it is said that songs last longer than movies!
Rahman, Kamil & Imtiaz have delivered extraordinary music in 'Rockstar' & 'Highway', songs that lived much beyond the film's run. In 'Tamasha', this team has used colloquial words in traditional poetic forms to tell hummable stories with each song. Lyricist Irshad Kamil stated that never before has he had such freedom to write lyrics that present human emotions in such different flavours.
But the icing on the cake is Rahman's whimsical yet outstanding compositions. This album surprises with a Mika song for Rahman (Heer toh badi sad hai), makes you hum with a local vocal number (Wat wat wat) & elevates your mood with the operatic, grand Sukhwinder song (Chali Kahani) and "the soul of the film" in Rahman's own voice (Tu koi aur hai).
So far, 'Matargashti' by Mohit Chauhan, the first song released, has become quite popular. With eight more unique renditions coming up, this musical 'Tamasha' trip will soon be the flavor of the year.
Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala & Directed by Imtiaz Ali, Tamasha releases worldwide on 27th November, 2015. The film is presented by UTV Motion Pictures and Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. It's music album releases on 16th October. Music on T-Series.


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FLOE Aircraft Deployments
Beechcraft King Air
The King Air 200 is a twin-engine aircraft owned and operated by the California State Department of Fish and Game. They use the aircraft to stock mountain lakes with fish. This means that large cutouts have been put in the floor through which the fish can be dropped into the lakes without landing. One of these is an ideal window for the lidar. Other work has been done in several King Air 90 aircraft, which are smaller, and therefore more economical, than the 200. The center photo is the plane that was used in 2003. Different planes of the same type were used in other years. The photo on the right is the optics package and the back of the rack in the smaller version.
As part of the JUVESU program, we have flown on a Spanish Casa airplane of the Spanish space agency INTA. This is a twin-engine cargo plane that is used for aerial photography. It has two large camera ports in the bottom. One is used for the lidar and the other is used by INTA for simultaneous multispectral imagery. The center picture is our lidar mounted in one of the camera ports. This shows the black laser housing on the left of the main lidar plate and the white telescope tube on the right. The picture on the right is the operator station showing the rack of electronics. The laser cooling unit and power supply are at the bottom, the computer is next with the monitor and keyboard at the top, and at the top of the rack are the power supply for the photomultiplier tube and timing electronics.
Cessna Cardinal
The smallest aircraft that we have operated from is a 4-seat Cessna Cardinal. This plane is owned and operated by Dr. Jay Palmer, and is ideal for testing. It was also used in the herring survey done in Washington State. We modified the aircraft by installing a 8" by 10" window and by installing a 100-A alternator so that we could operate the lidar and still have enough electrical power for the airplane. Originally, the operator sat in the right-hand seat facing backwards. More recently, the system was equipped with a radio modem and was operated from the ground with an Ethernet-connected laptop.
DeHaviland Twin Otter
For several deployments, the lidar was operated on one of the Twin Otters operated by the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center in Tampa, Florida. The center photograph shows the equipment rack on the left. This contains the laser power supply, and computer, and some timing electronics. To the right is the optics package. The white cylinder is the receiver telescope with the detector module on the top. The laser is out of sight behind the telescope. Both the telescope and the laser are pointer through the large camera port in the bottom of the aircraft. The components of the optical package are labeled in the photograph on the right.
Partenavia Observer
The menhaden work in Chesapeake Bay was done on a Partenavia Observer owned and operated by the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife (photo on left). We have also flown on a similar plane owned and operated by the California State Department of Fish and Game (center photo). These are 6-seat, twin-engine aircraft that are very economical to operate.
Piper Seminole
For sardine surveys off the southern California coast, we used a Piper Seminole. For this work, the LIDAR was configured to operate without an operator. The system came on automatically when the pilot switched on the payload power. At this point, the laser was operating, but shuttered. When at the survey area, the pilot remotely opened the shutter with a second switch and data collection started automatically. At the end of the survey, the pilot switched off payload power and returned to the airport.
Rockwell Aerocommander
For several experiments in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Norway, we have used one of several Rockwell Aerocommanders. The aircraft on the left is one of these. This is a nice airplane for this work. The size is just about right - we find the Partenavia to be a little cramped and the Twin Otter is larger than what we need. The high-wing configuration gives a good view of the ocean surface.


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Animal rights group linked to bombs / FBI probes e-mail taking responsibility for blasts at biotech firm
FBI agents are trying to find animal-rights extremists who took responsibility Friday for setting off two pipe bombs at Chiron Corp. and made new threats against the biotechnology firm's Emeryville employees.
A group called the Revolutionary Cells -- Animal Liberation Brigade said in a statement e-mailed to reporters that it had left "two pipe bombs filled with an ammonium nitrate slurry with redundant timers" at Chiron's 20-building office complex on Hollis Street. The bombs exploded before dawn Thursday near two buildings in the complex. No one was hurt, but windows were shattered.
The statement from Revolutionary Cells called Chiron "animal-killing scum." It implied that the homes of company employees would be targeted next.
"We have opened a domestic terrorist case on this incident," said FBI Agent LaRae Quy, a spokeswoman for the bureau's Northern California office. "And we're going to look closely at Revolutionary Cells -- Animal Liberation Brigade's claim."
FBI agents believe the group may be followers of the Animal Liberation Front, a well-known organization that advocates freeing animals from laboratories and farms and urges its members to destroy those companies' property. That organization also is believed to have been connected to the vandalism of a French chef's Mill Valley home and Sonoma business, an incident the FBI also is investigating.
Animal Liberation Front has no organized structure and consists of small, autonomous groups of people.
The communique from Revolutionary Cells, which also was posted on the Web site of a pro-animal-rights magazine, Bite Back, said "volunteers" with the group had planted bombs at Chiron because of the company's ties to Huntingdon Life Sciences, a research firm based in New Jersey.
Huntingdon does scientific experiments on animals and has been accused by activists of mistreating primates, dogs and other animals. Chiron officials said the firm had contracts in the past with Huntingdon to test the biotech firm's anti-cancer and infectious-disease-fighting drugs on animals. Such tests are required by the Food and Drug Administration, Chiron said.
"Chiron, you were asked to sever your ties with (Huntingdon), you were told,
and yet you continued your relations with them," the communique said. "Now it is time for you to face the consequences of your actions.
"If you choose to continue your relations with (Huntingdon), you will no longer be subject only to the actions of the aboveground animal-rights movement, you will face us," the statement said. "You might be able to protect your buildings, but can you protect the homes of every employee?"
Chiron workers interviewed Friday seemed nonchalant about the threat, saying they weren't concerned for their safety. But they did not want to give their names.
"Life goes on, man," said one male employee.
In recent weeks, activists have thrown rotten fruit at Chiron executives' homes in the East Bay and San Francisco and have caused disturbances in the executives' neighborhoods in the wee hours of the morning.
"We are aware of the group that's taking responsibility for yesterday's explosions," company spokesman John Gallagher said. "We are taking appropriate measures to inform employees about new threats this group is making."
The precautions cover not only Chiron buildings but also the homes of employees, he said. He said the company is withholding details about the security measures so the information can't be used by activists.
"We take the safety of our employees very seriously and are cooperating with law enforcement officials conducting this investigation," Gallagher said.
FBI Agent Quy said experts are trying to determine whether the ingredients of the Chiron explosives match those given in the communique from Revolutionary Cells and are trying to trace the bombs back to their source. In addition, she said, computer forensic scientists are trying to determine where the communique originated.
She said that even if it turns out that the group is not responsible for the bombs, its members could face federal charges for making threats to Chiron employees.
Kevin Jonas, the head of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, an organization dedicated to putting Huntingdon out of business, said in an interview that he has never heard of Revolutionary Cells.
"We don't know anything about them," he said. "We sympathize with their cause and applaud their passion. However, we only take nonviolent action."
He said the bombings mark the most severe action by an animal-rights group in 25 years. He said Animal Liberation Front followers have committed arson in the past, "but no one I know has used explosives."
The Chiron pipe bombs were only the latest instance of escalating tactics tied to the animal-rights movement in the Bay Area.
In July, activists spray-painted messages against foie gras on the home of French-born chef Laurent Manrique. He serves foie gras -- fattened duck liver - - at his Aqua restaurant in San Francisco and is opening a shop and restaurant in Sonoma that also will feature the delicacy. Foie gras is produced by force- feeding ducks or geese through tubes inserted down the birds' throats.
Vandals used acid to etch messages such as "foie gras is murder" on Manrique's car and windows and glued shut locks and garage doors. They painted over a sacred Buddha statue in the chef's Mill Valley backyard and left a videotape that showed him with his family relaxing inside their home. Later, threatening letters were sent that warned him to "stop or be stopped."
Earlier this month, vandals broke into the Sonoma store that Manrique and his partners had planned to open in September in a historic adobe building along the Sonoma Square. Plumbing was plugged with chunks of cement, and appliances and walls were spray-painted. Water was turned on, flooding two neighboring stores and forcing them to shut down for several days. Police and property manager Lori Bremner put the damage at about $50,000.


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First in the cinema halls, and later in Chitrahaar on the national television, generations of Indians have grown up watching Shammi Kapoor harassing Rajshri T and asking her to say Yes. While some of us were puzzled and irritated by the way romance was shown in Indian movies, many young Indians including some who won elections genuinely seem to believe that the way to a woman's heart is through sexual harassment (eve teasing), stalking (singing songs and following her from her home to college, school, tuition classes etc) and threats of suicide. A willingness to die (or kill?) for a Yes from someone was seen as the ultimate way of proving the 'love' was worthy of being reciprocated.
No one cared that if the girl does not admit to the obvious Yes, or if the 'love' doesn't work out, young Indians had (have) no idea how to deal with the disappointment. We still don't talk about it because we don't believe in 'love' before marriage.
Also, since these movies glorified pehla aur akhiri pyaar i.e 'first love is last love', many Indians grew up believing that real love happened only once – (specially for women) and break ups, disappointments or 'rejection' sometimes lead to stigma and suicide (mainly for women); and acid attacks, stalking, harassment and blackmail (generally by men).
Nobody talks about these things to young people because we fear 'Love Marriages spoil the family system of the nation'. So many young Indians never learn that there is life after a heart break, that disappointments in relationships are a part of growing up, that it's perfectly fine to have found a girl friend/boy friend incompatible after they got to know that person, and that moving on is a sensible thing is to do.
Many Indian men and women have no idea that having made place in their hearts for someone (or two or three or more) other than the person they eventually married, does not make women impure, corrupt, characterless, shameless etc.
Men and women who had interacted with each other (in coeducational institutions or in liberal homes) understood that women were not some weird species who needed codes to convey their love. Codes like 'No when they mean Yes' or 'Look angry/harassed/afraid/complain/run etc when they mean Yes' or 'Smile when they mean Yes'.
Since there was no interaction, many Indian men and women believed that women were supposed to say 'No', no matter what they felt. No, to offers of 'frandship'. No, for consensual sex. Infact women were not to admit to wanting consensual sex, ever. Many Indians believe that good women can have sex only as a duty, never for pleasure. Many still believe that if a woman did not say No then she was not a good woman, she deserved to be raped.
Saying No here includes a consistent No to boyfriends. What kind of men did such a mindset create? Were they confused? How were they to respect their girl friends then? They could if she did not consent to any sexual activity, or atleast not too readily. Sometimes just being any one boy's girl friend was an indication of being a bad girl. Often boys seem to know these twisted rules better. Girls, even if they are confused, generally sense the untruths and the contradictions. Like in Jolly LLB,
Arshad Warsi tells her (Not exact words),"Ye Meerut hai, mujhe bhi pata hai yahan ke lounde kaisi boyfriendee karte hain bus thonko, peeto aur chor do"
Translation: This is Meerut I know the kind of 'Boyfriend-ee' (boyfriend-ship) Meerut boys understand, just use, abuse and throw.
So she was fortunate that he was a decent man, because she could not love another man. Because women not just had to say No, but ensure that the one who read the obvious Yes in their No was the man they married. What if he turned out to be an abuser? That's what happens to bad girls who choose their own partners.
Mr. Sharad Yadav said, 'Who amongst us has not followed girls?': Sharad Yadav's shocker during anti-rape bill debate. [Link and videos shared by Sharmi]
His exact words:
"Kaun hai hum mein se jo peecha naheen kiya? Aur mahilayen jo hai, wo mahila ko jab… wo usko baat karna padti hai to pahle mahila naheen lift deti hai, use koshish karna padti hai, prem se batana padti hai. Ye pure desh ka kissa hai. Samaaj ko chaitanya karne ke liye lambi bahas chalwao. Lambi bahas chalao aur ye tatkalik kadam zaroori hota hai lekin door ka bhi kadam bhi iske saath saath chalna chahiye."
Roughly translated:
"Who amongst us has not followed women? And women… women don't agree to talk to us at first, we have to try, we have to convince them.This is the story of the entire nation. To make the society aware, start long debates. Immediate action is necessary, but at the same time steps should be taken for long term too."
Many cases of rape, acid attacks and murder begin with stalking, but perhaps those who see stalking as a normal and wholesome way for men to approach women see a ban on stalking as gender segregation. It's possible that they see this kind of defense of stalking as cool, liberal, modern and bold, because they believe they are talking about a taboo topic – because conservative Indians will not talk in support of anything that might lead to love or love marriage.
Many who boldly support men's right to stalk and harass women, would probably balk at the idea of sex education.
So what was Sharad Yadav trying to say when he seemed to justify stalking?
Here are two more occasions when his stance seemed sexist.
When the journalist asked him whether he prefers Madhya Pradesh or Bihar – he has represented both in Parliament. Yadav hemmed and hawed and finally said, "The whole country is good… even you are very beautiful." …. [You are very beautiful, says Sharad Yadav to woman reporter]
Many felt this wasn't offensive, after all it was just a compliment. What more could a woman want to hear from any random man, specially when she is asking him a serious question? In the complex misogynistic system we follow, 'giving a creep a chance to pass a comment' is something women regularly get blamed for. Putting a woman in her place by talking about her attractiveness is a common put down.
A long-standing critic of the women's reservation bill, he is on record saying if it were to be implemented, only "par-kati" or women who get their hair cut would benefit. [Link]
Here's another video shared by Sharmi.
Related Posts:
Indian movies Heroes and Heroines
Even you are very beautiful: Nikitha Suryadevara
My Tehelka blog post: The difference between wooing and stalking
Mera Tharki India : Can we have more such music please!
Losers and Stalkers: 'Tum kisi aur ko chahogee to mushkil hogi'
Love Marriages spoil the family system of the nation
An email: I am 18 year old male from a traditional (read:backward) Indian family.
Where is the opportunity for Indian men to learn the most natural thing in the world – finding a mate??
An email: An Old fashioned boy friend and a Liberal girl friend.
"Wonder how I survived for 4 years in this college!!"


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Visual Fractions Decimals and Percentages, by iDev books, is a simple, yet very powerful app tool for comprehending three often confusing number concepts. This clever visual tool provides students with instant access to the fraction, decimal, or percentage form of any number. Visual Fractions Decimals and Percentages is all about exploring the direct relationship between percentages and decimals and their relationship to fractions in a visual format. Students are exposed to illustrations that provide concrete representations that quickly help them see and manipulate base-ten grids and circles to gain a better understanding of these three interrelated principals. Using basic shapes to teach fraction, decimal, and percent equivalents really help kids gain mastery of these concepts and using the Visual Fractions Decimals and Percentages will surely do the trick.
This app provides background points for learning the relationships of fractions, decimals, and percentages. It directly shows how decimals are another way of writing fractions, and percentages are another way of writing hundredths, which all students need to develop an understanding of fraction-decimal-percent relationship as a benchmark.
There are no problems to complete or solve, this app is designed as a handy tool to help student's build conceptual understanding of these three related concepts. From the expressions on the faces of the students, we worked with this Visual Fractions Decimals and Percentages provides just that in a very user-friendly format, this app can make all the difference in establishing a better understanding for all future work in this realm of math.
By painting different grids and circles with one or more colors students can see how their coloring changes the fraction, decimal, and percentage amounts of those colors. Grids and Circles can be very simple and have only 1 square or sector, or very large with up to 10,000 squares or 360 sectors. There is definitely a creative play element to this app that can draw kids in and keep them working away.
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Today's post is part of a three-day post on camping at Bon Echo Provincial Park in Ontario. Come back tomorrow for the 'Do's and Don'ts of Camping'.
When P and I were hammering out our summer plans, we decided that going camping was a must on our lists. Having enjoyed our visit to Bon Echo last year we decided to go again. However, this year was to be significantly different than last year since we were bringing our 7 month old!
Camping with a baby wasn't that big of a deal for us. Max is a very well-behaved, 'cool as a cucumber' type baby who is adaptable to many different situations (I did drag him to track and field meets every week for the spring). However, there are some considerations we had to make in order to continue keeping Max a happy baby.
Sleeping Arrangements
We own a Graco Pack and Play which serves as our portable crib. We have dragged it everywhere and you bet we brought it camping. We removed all the spare parts from it (change table, mobile) and just brought the crib portion. When we set up camp, we put Max in his Pack and Play and he just watched us while playing with his toys. Then came the night:
It gets kind of cold at night when you are camping. Although Max had his pajamas and two sleep sacks (winter one and his summer one), he was still cold. In hindsight we should have brought a hat (other than his sun hats). The first night he ended up sleeping in the 'big boy bed' which was our air mattress. I think for next time we will just get a bigger air mattress and all sleep together.
If you are still just breast-feeding, you are good to go. If you are on solids/bottles, a little bit more planning needs to happen. We brought all jarred food for Max (we use PC Organics) as well as oatmeal cereal. For bottles (Max is only breast-feed in the morning now), I pre-boiled a large amount of water at home, utilizing every bottle we owned (including my medela ones). We we ran out of that water, we boiled the camp water for 5 minutes to make bottle water.
If you make your own baby food and freeze it – just remember that it will probably melt if you are just doing the tent-style of camping. If you make it fresh using a blender – well, you will have to find a plug to blend food. So my suggestion is: just get some organic jarred food.
Note on pumping: I do own a battery-powered Medela pump, but I didn't use it. Something about hearing the motor going at 11pm (when I typically pump) made me not want to use it. Since I am not pumping much anymore, I didn't pump. If you want to pump – go for it, just remember that you will need to charge your batteries.
Play Time
We brought some of those anti-fatigue play mats and set up the play area where ever the sun wasn't hitting (so yes, it moved). Keep in mind that the mats WILL get dirty. For toys we brought a selection, but the ones that were out in the camp area were all plastic/wooden toys – no cloth-based. The cloth-based toys will simply get dirty and disgusting. So don't bother dragging those outside.
Another thing to keep in mind – babies like to play with dirty and explore. The outside camp floor is filled with objects that babies can choke on – you must watch your baby at all times and be careful when they start digging around.
Bug Spray/Sunscreen
Reminder that babies cannot wear bug spray – so you can either buy a bug jacket or just watch baby if they bugs got bad. The mosquitos were not bad at all and Max only got one bite. We did attempt to go on a trail – but both P and I got bitten numerous times in less than two minutes, so we ran out of the trail.
Sunscreen is a must for the beach – but only if baby is older than 6 months. If baby is younger, use longer sleeved shirts and have an umbrella/keep baby in the shade. Personally if Max wasn't 7 months he wouldn't have been in the water on a sunny day.
Leave those crappy plastic wheeled strollers at home – they will get damaged and are pretty much useless at the camp site. The strollers that everyone had at the camp were rubberized, big-wheel strollers like the Chariot, Bob, and MEC strollers. Anything with a big rubber wheel is fine!
Carriers are also another great option. Max tolerated being in his Beco Gemini for once – so he was in that. He also went on an hour long 'hike' in his MEC Happy Trials Carrier. He enjoyed looking around in that!
Bath Time
We didn't have room for a big bath tub – so Max got 'hosed down' in the accessible showers (the one with a telephone shower holder thing). It was a bit of challenge, but he liked it. Basically, we hosed him down with water, then filled a bucket with soap/water. Washed him down with a soapy face cloth, and then another rinse of water. For changing, we quickly zipped over to the laundry room on the other side of the comfort station and changed him.
To sum up the information above, here are my Ten Tips for Camping with Baby
1. Bring a winter sleep sack and a skull-cap type hat
2. Bring mats/playard for playing outside
3. Leave the 'mall stroller' at home and bring a stroller with big rubber wheels
4. Use only plastic/wooden toys outside. Cloth-based only gets dirty!
5. Have a plan for pumping (location, power source) if that is what you are currently doing.
6. Bring a baby bath or at least a small bucket to bath baby – He/She will get dirty
7. If you are feeding solid foods – just use jarred foods
8. Never leave baby alone to play – there are tons of objects on the ground that baby can choke on. Always be within arms reach.
9. Remember that baby can't wear bug spray – avoid bug-infested trails and/or purchase a bug jacket
10. If you are using formula – make a large portion of your water beforehand OR use the cans. If you are using water at the site, make sure to boil it for at least 5 minutes.


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Chief White Crane Recreation Area
Chief White Crane Recreation Area is located 5 miles from Yankton. It is in close proximity to the Missouri River and Gavins Point Damn. The park was named after Chief White Crane who met with Lewis and Clark in the area in 1804.
Park Schedule & Rates
- Open year-round (vehicle traffic prohibited in winter months due to bald eagle nesting)
- Camping: 146 sites (144 electrical, 37 prime).
- Cabins: Ten cabins. Sleeps four.
- Showers. Water. Dump station.
- Contact park for current rates and availability.
Park Contact Information
- Located 5 miles W of Yankton off Hwy 52
- 605-668-2985 or 800-710-2267
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And no, you don't have to send me one. I really just like sending out snail mail. And as a disclaimer, it usually takes longer for me to send/receive cards because our postal system isn't A+ but I still receive them somehow and you all receive yours, too.
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God created lobsters for two things: 1) for humans to experience the eternal fine dining experience heaven has to offer in the form of a crustacean and 2) to make really cool motorcycle sculptures with its bright orange carcass.
Huang Mingbo, a Taiwanese chef and food carving expert, showed his students at a cooking seminar in China the true purpose of a crustacean's shell – to become the mean machines of the ocean. Using only five lobster shell, he was able to fashion out two incredibly detailed motorcycles. Now that's taking playing with your food to a whole new level.
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I noticed the number of page views was in the 90,000s not too long ago and, as of this morning, this blog, where I sometimes feel I share too much but know I need to, hit 100,110 views since its inception on January 17, 2010. It seems like something that should be celebrated, just knowing that something I've written was worth the time of others to read (and, even better, leave a comment).
As so many bloggers do, I've considered not writing here anymore. Even though I never set out for this to be any one kind of blog (infertility, adoption, being adopted, parenting, weight loss, family drama, etc), it is all those things and more. I don't feel like I have a niche, so to speak, unless I think of my life as one big niche. And, while I don't feel the urgency to write like I used to, I so appreciate knowing I have this space to come to and a handful of readers who might still be along for the ride. For that, I thank you. Your wisdom, insights, perceptions, and perspectives have helped me in ways great and small and I feel that, at 48, I am still learning and have so much to learn and know I learn best from others brave or interested enough to comment.
I have continued the EMDR therapy and believe it is helping in that I no longer feel as blocked or anxiety ridden in even contemplating getting on a flight as I once did. That, in itself, is HUGE for me. And, because it is therapeutic, I have had some break-throughs along the way, the biggest and most earth shattering of which came yesterday.
The crux of this therapy is in reprogramming a traumatic event so that it loses its power. The underlying tenet is that neurons that wire together, fire together. So, part of the work is to pair thoughts and feelings that bring me joy and happiness with thoughts of getting on a plane. Yesterday, the idea of feeling trapped on a plane, just prior to and during take-off came up as my first source of anxiety (this, by itself is huge, because it used to be that just thinking about booking a ticket or packing my bags or getting to the airport, etc, were when anxiety started). So, to 'clear' that, we went back to the first time I remember feeling trapped. And, it came up that that feeling was actually tied to my brother being trapped in the cab of the overturned truck during the accident. And, for my part, broken and injured as I was, I couldn't get to him, so, in a sense, I felt trapped, too, helpless to do anything.
That led to the revelation: the accident and feeling trapped and helpless to do anything, set in motion the construct of my entire life, that as I made decisions for myself, I would never allow myself to be trapped, that I ALWAYS had a plan B and/or an escape plan. And, so it has always been. There are so many examples of how this has manifested itself (from the college I went to, to even going to grad school when I really didn't want to, to not marrying the long term boyfriend I had prior to meeting my husband, to marrying my husband, to leaving my job the first time, to never getting off the ART train until we had the two children I knew I wanted to have, on and on).
Perhaps the best and easiest example to explain has to do with living in my prior home. That house was a family home, it was where I first came home as a newly adopted infant and lived for a couple of years before my mom bought a new house and we moved. She kept the home and it was a rental for 29 years until the opportunity for me to live in it presented itself. I won't go into all the dynamics at play with that decision, but as things continued to deteriorate in my relationship with my mother, whenever we had it 'out' (which usually meant she arrived, unannounced and uninvited to my front door and would berate me for whatever injustice she thought I'd heaped upon her (I describe it to my therapist as her yelling at me on my front porch, her head spinning around on its axis, Exorcist style, as that's always what it felt like to me), my very first thought, ALWAYS, was that I had to move out of that house immediately, and get out from underneath her. Now, for a variety of reasons, I couldn't actually execute that plan, but it was always my first inclination, to get out, get away, presumably to safety.
I took a job in sales, a decision that was completely unsupported by my parents, because I knew, if I was successful, it would give me an out, financially. And, it did. And, when my career was railroaded by our then male chauvinistic COO, I quit under the guise that it was time to focus fully on having a family, but it was ultimately because I no longer saw a path for me at the company. I felt trapped (as a woman, in my role, on my career path).
Every major (and many minor) life decision I've made has been, on some level, in an effort to never feel trapped or hopeless. It has served me well, but its inception was that accident. So many things in my life are tied to that accident. And, I knew it, then. I knew my life would never be the same (and not just in the ways one life is forever changed by losing a loved one in a horrific accident). At eleven, I couldn't fully conjure what that meant, but I knew it was big. And, now, at 48, I know just how big it was.


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This past Shabbat was especially lovely. Why? Because I was invited out! As much as I love hosting my friends and family for meals, I welcome the opportunity to take it easy and enjoy someone elses hospitality. I always like to offer to make something to make it easier on my host, and this time I was asked to help with salad. Perfect for me because I was just talking to a good friend from college about fun salads. I made a Butternut Squash salad to bring over for Shabbat. This salad can also be served for Tu b'Shevat this week. Some of the 7 species are included (olive oil, pomegranate seeds) and you can also substitute the dried cherries for chopped dates, figs, or raisins. If you are interested in making the salad for Tu b'Shevat, the 7 species traditionally eaten on this holiday are wheat, barley, grapes, pomegranate, dates, figs, and olives. These are the 7 species that are native to Israel and named in the Torah.
Butternut Squash Salad with home-made balsamic vinaigrette
Mixed Greens
Carrots, cut into bite sized pieces
Dried cherries
pomegranate seeds (optional)
slivered almonds
Butternut squash, cubed
Sprinkle of cinnamon and sugar
1 T olive oil
*if served with a dairy meal, goat cheese is a delicious combination with the squash
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. On a lined cookie sheet, spread out the cubed butternut squash, sprinkle with olive oil, sugar and cinnamon. Roast squash for about 15-20 minutes until tender. Allow to cool. Mix all salad ingredients together. Serve with balsamic vinaigrette (below).
Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette
4 T balsamic vinegar
2 T honey
2 T oil
2 T water
1 T dijon mustard
freshly cracked pepper to taste
Mix together well. The mustard serves as an emulsifier and the oil will not separate from the vinegar. Recipe might need to be doubled if you are making it for a large crowd.
Carrot Slaw
1 package of shredded carrots
1/2 bunch flat leaf parsley, chopped
1 large handful of dried cranberries (I used raisins this time because I ran out of cranberries. Both taste good, but I like the dried cranberries better)
Homemade honey mustard dressing:
*1 T honey
*1 T olive oil
*1 T mustard
*about 1/2 t of onion powder
*salt and pepper to taste
In a large serving bowl, whisk together the ingredients for the dressing. While whisking, disperse dressing around walls of the bowl to assist with tossing the salad. After whisked, fold in the carrots, parsley and dried cranberries. Carefully mix to coat. This will produced a very lightly dressed salad. If you prefer more dressing on your salad, make more dressing first, before tossing in the vegetables.


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How to Soft Boil Eggs
How to Prepare Soft Boiled Eggs
Crack! The shell breaks and the top comes off. Gooey, the yolk drips down the side. This is a soft-boiled egg.
I'm not sure if soft boiled eggs are as popular now as when I was a kid growing up in the 60's but I sure have great memories of slicing off the tops and dipping my sliced piece of toast into the oozing yellow yolk seasoned with salt and pepper. Just thinking about this routine breakfast delight takes me back to my childhood.
We lived in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City but my dad raised chickens in our back yard. I can't imagine that the town I grew up in still allows anyone to raise their own chickens today.
We would go out in the morning and with the risk of getting pecked by some roosting hen, reach under and grab any fresh eggs she may be sitting on. Then for breakfast we had our choice of how we liked our eggs but I'm sure I asked for soft boiled most of the time.
My mom would serve our soft boiled eggs in a ceramic egg cup sitting on a small side plate with a second egg and a couple pieces of Wonder Bread toast sliced into the perfect size to dip into the eggs. On the table would be salt and pepper for seasoning.
When we were really small and not that good with knives, she would cut the tops off for us but as we got older, she trusted us to slice those tops off ourselves. There was always a discussion on how much of the top to remove.
Ideally, you only wanted the white of the egg with no yolk but as much of the egg white as possible. It became competitive in our house as to who could get the most egg white with no yolk.
Soft boiled eggs were first seen in Ancient Rome, where the recipe consisted of poking a hole in the egg before boiling, waiting five minutes, then cutting the egg in half. Next add pepper, pine nuts, honey and vinegar mixed with garum (fermented fish sauce).
It disappeared from history for a while until it comes back in Medieval France as a delicacy because of digestibility. Today, in modern times, it is an easy breakfast that can be done quickly that is still good. With a little practice anyone can do it.
Perfectly Cooked Soft Boiled Eggs
I'm not sure if my mom used an egg timer, they were popular back in the day. I think ours was an hour glass version you would flip over and when all the sand was gone, the egg was done. When I asked my brother about his experiences, he said they were different all the time.
What's a perfectly cooked soft boiled egg?
Most people would say, including myself, when you cut off the top of a perfect soft boiled egg, the yolk is still runny so when you dip your "soldier" (sliced toast) into it, it drips down the side. The yolk is cooked but just barely. Sort of like a sunny side up fried egg. The egg white should be firm but not hard.
My brother reminded me that he hated runny eggs and preferred when the yolk was firm and hard. To this day he says he can't eat eggs "over easy" because of how my mom served him soft boiled eggs as a kid. So it's all a matter of personal tastes.
Holiday Nostalgia
Maybe it was the holidays but I've recently become nostalgic for soft boiled eggs so I've been preparing them once every couple weeks and realized I've never written about them on ReluctantGourmet.com. Like most things we cook, everyone has their own tried-and-true recipe for making the perfect soft boiled egg but there are a lot of variables that can affect the outcome, including:
- Altitude
- Size of the Egg
- How Many You Are Preparing
- How You Like Your Eggs
- It's All About Timing
There is nothing hard about cooking soft boiled eggs. It all comes down to timing and that depends on your personal preferences. Do you like them runny, firm or somewhere in between?
From my own experiences on my stove, five (5) minutes is the perfect amount of time for a soft boiled egg with a runny yolk. If you like them firmer, I would suggest starting with six (6) minutes and see how that works for you. You can make adjustments based on your experiences but once you have it down, you're good to go every time.
Egg Cups
As much fun as it was eating soft boiled eggs as a kid, it was just as much fun to see what egg cup my mom would serve them in. She had a lot of choices especially since egg cups made great Christmas presents for my mom. I started a Pinterest Board called Egg Cups you might be interested in checking out for some vintage as well as modern day egg cups.
Salt & Pepper
How To Prepare At Home
Bring a pot of water to a boil. The pot only has to be big enough to hold the eggs and deep enough to cover them. Once the water comes to a boil, lower the heat to a simmer.
Add the eggs carefully to the pot. I use a slotted spoon and place them in quickly but tenderly. You don't want to make poached eggs!
Cover the eggs and start your timer for five or six minutes depending how runny you like your eggs.
While the eggs are cooking, get the toast started. You can butter the toast or not and then cut it into 1-inch slices also known as "soldiers" and I have no idea why they call them that. You cut the toast into strips for dipping into the delicious runny eggs yolks.
When the timer goes off or your clock says it's time, remove the pot from the stove and immediately run cold water into the pot to cool off the eggs. When they are cool enough to handle, remove them from the pot and serve in your favorite egg cups along with the "soldiers".
When serving or "plating" the egg you can get creative. The way I usually do it is to put the egg in the middle, like the center of a flower, with the top cut off and strips of bread around it, like the petals.
Season with salt and pepper and you're ready to go. How you eat your eggs and in what order is a matter of choice but often becomes a lifetime routine. I prefer to start with the toast in the yolk, move onto the egg white and finish with the top that I perfectly season with salt and pepper. If I'm eating two soft boiled eggs, I eat one completely before moving on to the next.
I don't eat soft boiled eggs that often but when I do, I'm always transported back to my childhood home sitting at the kitchen table with my family. Great memories.
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I plan to make this for breakfast tomorrow. I see hundreds of pictures of food every day, but the this really stands out. Thanks for sharing it!
I love soft boiled eggs and make them all the time with buttered toast or English muffins, but I make them completely different and they always come out perfectly cooked with whites fully set and yolk runny. I will also make them for my dogs to add to their kibble.
Place eggs directly from fridge in saucepan, cover with water, and put on heat. As soon as water begins to boil, set timer for 3 minutes. When timer goes off, immediately remove from heat and flush with warm water to stop cooking and immediately crack into a bowl. While eggs are cooking I make my toast so everything is hot. I don't do fancy egg cups, but use rice bowls and crack both eggs (always two!)into the bowl, scooping out the egg with a teaspoon. This way I can cut the white and have each piece covered in that wonderful gooey yolk. Add freshly ground salt and pepper and let the feast begin!
I recently read an article that suggested boiling eggs in a saucepan with one-quarter inch of water, covered so the steam helps with the cooking. I find that six minutes with a cold egg works for me to get a soft-boiled one.
I believe the last word in para six of the instructions should read "petals". Pedals are for bicycles. 😉
Soft-boiled eggs with broken up buttered toast was what our Mom always served when we were sick. It has the best memories – snuggled in bed, missing school, a good book, and soft-boiled eggs and toast. (SMILE).
Sherry LaCroix; I am 76 now but one of my fondest memories is Saturday morning soft boiled eggs with broken up buttered toast!! It was a special treat and I treasure that memory.
Yum wonderful Vera. Always my favorite loving memories. I love fresh farm eggs. I am wondering, I thought the yolks always needed to be thoroughly cooked or we would get salmonella? Is that a myth? Yummy thoughts loved grape jelly on mine. Grandma always said OK. Miss her. Mom too! God Bless
Thanks for the article, I've recently had a hankering for soft boiled eggs after buying some beautiful egg cups in Norway this summer. Haven't totally perfected how to get the whites out yet, tips on that? Just use a spoon or peel it?
Also this is purely speculative, but as an architect I'm going to guess that the reason they call the toast "soldiers" is because when you lay brick in a tall thin orientation I believe it's called a soldier course. Who knows, just a thought.


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Open banking over API gets a fillip with CMA measures in the UK
- by Amol Kulkarni and Harshit Tripathi
"We need banking but we don't need banks anymore" -- Bill Gates, 1997
Almost 20 years on and Bill Gates' prediction regarding the biggest transformation in the banking sector seems ever so true. It is disruptive and radical to think of banking without banks, but who knew that one day technology could undermine the existence of banking institutions themselves. Though it is just the beginning, but CMA directives to implement open banking over application programming interfaces (APIs) is set to mark a milestone in this journey.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an investigation and analysis of current accounts and associated services to individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on November 6, 2014, costing five million pounds, to further the intention towards open banking over API that was being evangelized by the Open Data Institute (ODI) and Open Banking Working Group (OBWG).
While the CMA has set the course in the right direction, there are still a few areas where the CMA could have done better.
Key measures in the right direction:-
• Simpler charges and intimations on overdrafts
• Disclosure of service quality measures, which can be meaningful if key performance indicators (KPIs) are shaped with inputs from customers instead of banks
• Providing a common platform for price comparison and selection
• Encouraging credit agencies and banks to share the transaction history of customers, resulting in better credit deals especially for SMEs
There is a need to do more...
• Rather than attempting to refine and add value to 'what is being offered', the CMA directive is more focused on 'how it is being offered'
• It is an old ball game for banks to charge customers one way or the other. Restricting income from overdraft charges will push banks to increase charges elsewhere. There cannot be directives to avoid this fallout
• The CMA views the market in just two segments -- retail and business banking customers -- while in reality, the market is lot more segmented. Tech-savvy versus technologically-challenged are two such segments the CMA should have considered before mandating these directives
From its final set of directives, the CMA aims to promote greater market competition and enable customers to leverage open APIs and leverage the best deals for their banking needs.
The directives will not only allow customers to view all their bank accounts in just one application but will also enable them to easily compare products and services from different banks, as well as receive personalized financial advice and get the best deals. Moreover, for banks, it is not just going to be about giving the best offers and deals, but also to publish their service quality indicators, which will allow customers to evaluate between competitive price offers and quality of service.
The CMA has made it a top priority to empower tech-savvy customers in both the retail and business banking segments with more insights into pricing structure and enabled comparison. There seems to be marginal impact and empowerment for less tech-savvy customers. With this, the CMA has targeted the 'cost focused' section of Michael Porter's strategy and has ignored the 'differentiation' factor in order to gain a competitive advantage. The CMA directives seem to have ignored the fact that value addition to the existing range of products and services could also drive competition.
The directives have shifted the focus on how to make switching banks an easier task without losing your history and Nesta's challenge for price comparison will ensure customers get the best deal. We believe this will actually result in more of a comparative advantage, rather than a competitive advantage.
It is still early to assess the impact of the CMA's directives since a lot is dependent on how innovatively technology is used to build the new open banking ecosystem. While there are still many positives which should be encouraged; however, the timing is still in question since banks are looking to replace their legacy systems and a low interest rate environment is already marring their earnings. To top it all, open banking APIs are set to trigger aggressive price competition, which might push banks further towards lower margins of profit.
However, open banking will find its force as FinTechs and other market forces make it inevitable. Open banking over API will create immense possibilities in delivering banking services over ALEXA like AI-based assistants who can, in turn, call banking APIs that have been exposed. We can expect banking services to truly permeate our lives over unimagined touch points.


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Oct 19, 2017 | By WGSN Insider
Team Graphics spent some time in stationery heaven this week.
Paperworld flaunts over 2,000 exhibitors displaying a huge range of stationery supplies and inspiration to the 50,000+ visitors each year. Below are some of the highlights from this paper-lovers-paradise.
Papierpiraten is a lovely illustrative collection by Karolin Kornelsen. Her cards are graphically whimsical, featuring empty speech bubbles for adding that personal touch.
The Austrian Goods and Better duo set up an intimate little space displaying their very well curated assortment of cards and notebooks.
The delightful team at Happily Ever Paper showed a covetable collection of paper goods; their Punktum notebook was our favorite from a collection of many good things. All items are interactive and highly creative, like the above calendar, to help us with our 2013 daily countdown.
Keep an eye out for our comprehensive report on Paperworld 2013 this week on Stylesight.com.
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This is a painting that I am presently working on. It is in the grisaille method and is 20"x16".
Step 1 - roughing in the layout.
Step 1 - roughing in the layout.
Step 2 - painting in warm black and white.
Step 3 - starting to glaze in the color, soft brown for the eggs, pale peach for the silk drape, white table cloth, the ribbon is blue.


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Ace Ghanaian musician, Barima Sydney, has joined the campaign team of the National Organizer and Acting General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu who is contesting for the General Secretary position of the governing party.
The popular hitmaker, often described as Ghana's most controversial rap artist after releasing series of controversial songs including the famous Obia nye obia, Abuskeleke, Tinana panpanan, Scent no and African Money tracks, has always found expression in Ghana's political scene with his unbeatable lyrical dexterity.
Sydney, also known as Ghana's Rap Ninja, says, his decision to, not only endorse John Boadu's candidature but also join his campaign, is anchored on his belief that the acting general secretary has over the years proven to be a political gem, whose outstanding qualities cannot be matched with that of his contemporaries.
According to the hitmaker, the NPP is blessed to have a hardworking man like John Boadu, whose instrumentality as National Organizer, Acting General Secretary and Director of Operations for the 2016 campaign, ensured an unprecedented landslide victory for the then opposition party which had very little resources for campaign.
Inspired by John Boadu's enviable political exploits, the multiple international award winning artist, Barimah Sydney, recently composed a meritorious song entitled, "JB Ayeebida" for the NPP's Acting Chief Scribe in which song, he told the JB POLITICAL STORY recounting his inestimable experience and contributions to the fortunes of the NPP and Ghana at large particularly in the political milieu.
The popular artist, whose, "Scento no hit song" was officially adopted by the NPP for the triumphant 2004 elections, has since been with John Boadu's campaign team as they crisscross the length and breadth of this country visiting the various constituencies.
Undoubtedly, John Boadu, despite his stature in the party today, is putting up the most rigorous campaign in the lead-up to the party's National Conference as he is committed to visiting each of the 275 constituencies in the country.
He is also using the opportunity to assess the strength and current state of the party in all the constituencies with particular attention on party-government relationship and resolving the concerns of the party's grassroots while selling his message of empowerment and resourcing of party structures.
The John Boadu's campaign team which includes Barima Sydney, is currently touring the Brong Ahafo Region and has already visited 20 out of the 29 constituencies as at Thursday, May 10, on which day, they visited Nkoranza North and South, Kintampo North and South, Wenchi, Techiman North and South Constituencies.
The team has taken a break and left for Accra to complete the filing of JB's nominations and is expected to resume sometime next week to tour the remaining constituencies in the region.