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by Clement Clarke Moore
or Henry Livingston
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
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District 518 has had a ten year enrollment study completed by the past State Demographer. This study provides insight into future enrollments. In a school district, the school age population is closely related to the other population characteristics of the district. This report looks at trends within our community that affect our enrollment.
Worthington School District #518 Enrollment Projections

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There's no job security when your job is security
"There's no job security when your job is security". That's the kind of line that would be enough for any CSO, CIO or even CEO to start penning their resignation letter.
The reality is obviously somewhat different. However if the history of the last 12-18 months has taught us anything, it is that no-one is exempt from a high-profile data breach. Breaches so severe that jobs can be lost and reputations so badly damaged that businesses are put at risk.
Finally, it seems, the penny has dropped. Organisations including the likes of TalkTalk, Facebook, Gmail and Twitter now accept that no set of security measures is completely infallible to a breach.
As a result, they are starting to assess two things.
The cost of a data breach
Research carried out by IBM and the Ponemon Institute earlier this year found that on average, the global total cost of a data breach increased from $3.52m to $3.79m within the last year. The average cost paid for each lost or stolen record with sensitive data rose as well, to $154, from $145 in 2014. In the case of TalkTalk, it is estimated their breach could cost as much at £35m.
Of course, a monetary value also tells us nothing about the inconvenience and emotional cost of a breach to the real victims of PII loss – you and me. Consumers are now much more aware both of the risks of a breach and their rights if the worst happens. For example, research by Deloitte warns that three-quarters of customers would reconsider using a company in the event of a breach.
What to do when the inevitable happens
Probably as annoying, if not worse than an actual breach, is a company who appears to have no grip on exactly what happened or how bad the breach was. Again, take TalkTalk as an example. Their high-profile breach and the subsequent media circus that followed it was made worse by their own confusion about what had happened and the lack of communication to their already worried customers. In fact, it was more than 24 hours before customers were even notified there had been a breach. What then followed was confusion about what data had been stolen, the number of accounts affected and whether the stolen data had been encrypted in the first place. TalkTalk's CEO continues to cling onto her job and claims to currently have the support of the founder and the board. However, one has to question how long this will be the case, particularly once the true implications of the breach are felt through lost revenue and lack of customer support.
The risk to data extends further than just a cyber-attack
Organisations need to consider the complete lifecycle of the data they own and manage, therefore understanding where the vulnerabilities lie. This could, of course, be an external cyber-attack orchestrated by a third party intent on accessing and profiting from sensitive data. However, it could also be an inexperienced employee sending highly sensitive information in a clear text email to the wrong recipient, as highlighted by the recent email breach at the North Carolina DHHS.
As research shows, often the biggest risk to any business is human error.
So what does a CSO, CTO or CEO make of this? In time I think we will reflect on these high-profile breaches and realise that they signalled a gear change in data security. At an exec / board-level, suddenly focus and – more importantly – budget are being allocated to better understand all aspects of data security across a business. No longer will complacency rule, because everyone knows that in all likelihood at some point they will be forced the answer the question:
"You had one job: Secure the data. What happened?"
If this results in greater information assurance, more vigorously tested security measures and processes, then it has to be a positive for our data and our confidence as consumers in the market.


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now in my shop, custom embroidery! i loved doing the wedding pieces for my newly-married friends this year, and thought a birth announcement embroidery would be just as sweet! i can't remember where i happened upon this cute fabric -goodwill or estate sale, but the little boy and girl figures begged for it! plus, it gives one the very real excuse of needing all the details before finishing up that baby gift.
i made this one shortly after our friends, the fortneys, welcomed graham into their lives. finn's birthday was not that long after, so i thought making matching birthday boys would be appropriate.
the pictures were taken before i had secured the fabric around the edge with stitches. i am also so very pleased that all the materials are reclaimed, recycled, or, as they say, 'upcycled'. there are a limited supply of these available since the fabric is also rescued, but there are plenty of little boys and girls now.
always, if you have an idea for a special birth embroidery or otherwise, don't hesitate to contact me at byhandathome (at) gmail.com. i especially love making things with the recipient in mind, so custom orders are a real pleasure for me. hope you enjoy these!


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Extra news this week to make up for last Saturday's absence…
Starting this off on a serious note. Due to the double-punch of rising costs and rising food needs in the community, Bread for the City a DC food pantry, is over their food budget by over $10,000 for this month. They need help. Please donate.
Fans of the Arlington Rap know Remy loves Arlington. But did you know he also loves eggs?
The Real World DC cast has arrived. DCist gives us a rundown of where you might run into these exhibitionists and which DC favorites may be a safe haven.
Planning any visits to Argentina? Be sure to try a choripan, their version of a hot dog. Or if you're just hiking the Appalachian Trail and need some camp food, you can make it yourself. We Are Never Full shows you how.
Wonkabout gives us a rundown of small plate restaurants in DC.
How's this for hospitality? A Hamptons restaurant manager retracted an awning in the middle of a rainstorm in an effort to disperse diners who were queued up to get inside. Check out the video from Gawker. Classy.
Favorite fictional chefs from TV and movies.
Check out this recipe for sweet basil and mint iced tea. Plus the photos are glorious!
"200 places to eat before it's too late"authors are interviewed by the WSJ.
Research indicates Briton's are consuming more comfort food these days as a response to the recession. The most popular British comfort foods are bangers and mash, fish and chips, and baked beans on toast. Jesus Chrysler, if that was my comfort food I'd be depressed, too.
A deep dive into Pintango organic gelato process.
At eater's guide to BBQ in Kansas City.
Per Brightest Young Things, Adam Bernbach, the beloved former bartender at Bar Pilar, has returned to DC and joined the team at Proof.
Rooftop bees get to work on menu items at the Fairmont in DC.
What are the 10 cocktails everyone should know how to make?
PQ Living hails Central's banana split as the best deal in town.
Who wears short shorts and loves McDonald's? Britney.
Denny's plans its third Rockstar menu, this time featuring bands like Good Charlotte and Sum 41.
Tips on cooking with beer (as an ingredient… not just holding it in your hand at the stove).
Ever wanted to make injera – that spongy bread you get in Ethiopian restaurants – at home?
Endless Simmer takes issue with the new-hot-now New York food scene.
Recent E.Coli outbreak may have been caused by consuming yummy, yummy cookie dough. I bet it was worth it.
If you had to choose one, would you rather give up donuts or bagels for the rest of your life? SoGood wants to know.
The top 5 failed McDonald's menu items. Oh Arch Deluxe, you silly burger.
Arugula Files gives you the scoop on some summer salads.
We Are Out of Here eats their way through the Eden Center and climbs out of a food coma to share their reviews. (HT to DC Blogs from the link)
Kit Kat receives accolades at the Cannes advertising festival for their edible postcard in the Japanese market.
NPR muses on the recession-proof success of the Cheesecake Factory.


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Powhatan County Director of Elections
Karen Alexander was born and raised in Powhatan County and was a proud graduate of Powhatan High School's Class of 1996. Karen went on to achieve a dual degree in Psychology and Human Services from Virginia Tech. Immediately following, Karen received a Master of Social Work degree from VCU with a specialization in Business Administration for Nonprofits. She left the world of non-profit administration to do fundraising for local government. Karen is a graduate of the PLI Class of 2010.
Karen served as the Powhatan County's first Grants Coordinator for four years. She moved into the position of General Registrar in June 2012 when Inez Poe retired after 40 years of service as Registrar. Karen received her official VREO Certification in April 2015. Her title changed to Director of Elections in 2016 when her duties and responsibilities evolved due to statewide legislation. She has now been serving in this role for a total of four and a half years alongside one part-time Deputy Registrar, Jamie Swemba, who is an indispensable asset to their department.
Karen also serves as the Parent Representative on Powhatan's Comprehensive Service's Community Policy and Management Team (CPMT). She is also an active member of the Education Committee for the Voter Registrar's Association of Virginia.


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Nimble robot manipulates new objects with 99 per cent success rate
Image credit: UC Berkeley
Researchers at the University of California (UC) Berkeley, in the US, have used deep learning to teach a robot to pick up and move unfamiliar objects reliably and with no prior real-world practice.
While tying shoelaces, picking strawberries or cracking an egg comes naturally to humans, machines have struggled to achieve comparable levels of dexterity. Teaching robots to apply a grip has proved a headache to engineers for years.
However, UC Berkeley roboticists have developed a highly dexterous robot, DexNet 2.0, which can do just that.
DexNet 2.0 was taught to grasp new objects by practising with virtual, rather than real objects. This reduces the training time from months to just a day.
Deep learning is a computationally intense process, a complex, multi-layered version of machine learning in which a "neural network" detects patterns by processing human amounts of data in a rough approximation to the working of the human brain.
"We're producing better results, but without that kind of experimentation," said Professor Ken Goldberg of UC Berkeley's automation science and engineering laboratory (AUTOLAB). "We're very excited about this."
Professor Goldberg worked with Jeff Mahler, a PhD student, to build a huge database of 6.7 million virtual 3D shapes. These were used as a library from which the neural network learned to grasp and move objects with irregular shapes. The researchers plan to make the data set used to train the neural network public in order to help other roboticists.
Once taught, the neural network was connected to a moving robotic arm and 3D sensor. The robot uses the sensor to capture an image of the object placed in front of it. It then selects the appropriate grasp for lifting and moving the object.
When the DexNet 2.0 was confident of being able to grasp an object, it succeeded in lifting the object and moving it 98 per cent of the time. When the robot was less confident about whether an object was graspable, it would poke the object before deciding on the right grasp. After this, it proved successful in 99 per cent of attempts.
As well as being a better manipulator of new objects, DexNet 2.0 is three times faster than its predecessor, DexNet 1.0. Such reliable dexterity in machines could lead to robots finding new jobs requiring fine motor skills in manufacturing, agriculture, hospitality, service and other sectors.
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T exas ranks NO.1 in the entire country for dove hunting, including the overall numbers taken of mourning doves and white-winged doves.
In fact, Texas typically has boasted fall populations in excess of 40 million doves, with a long-term estimate of about 300,000 hunters taking part in the annual hunting pastime. All those hunters usually bag about a third of all the doves taken in the country annually.
Did you know that TPWD has estimated that dove hunting has at least a $300 million economic impact in Texas each year?
Shaun Oldenburger, dove program leader for TPWD, noted that dove hunting conditions often ebb and flow with weather and range conditions and some areas of the state simply have better hunting than others for a variety of reasons.
"Some folks said it was their worst year ever, while some said it was their best year ever last year," he said. "I do think we'll probably see a bump-up this year in mourning dove harvest and we'll see a whitewing harvest on par with what it has been the past few years—1.8 million or 1.9 million.
"At some point we're going to break the 2 million barrier on white-winged dove hunting, which we haven't done yet in the state of Texas. When you put that in context, they said there were only 150,000 whitewings in Texas 40 years ago, so that's pretty amazing."
All those birds have opened up many new hunting options for hunters, which means another big change in the regulations and zone maps, Oldenburger said.
"We're going to expand our Special White-Winged Dove Area to the whole South Zone," he said. "That means hunters won't see a whitewing area broken out from the other areas of the state in the Outdoor Annual and the online regulations. That's going to offer some additional opportunity for hunters in local areas where there has been abundant whitewing populations that are increasing. You think of places like El Campo, Columbus and Sealy, and other areas that have more whitewings flying in, which traditionally haven't been huntable based on how the seasons fell.
"We always seem to have those rains and storms in early to mid-September, which would blow those whitewings out, and hunters in those areas would miss out. Now those hunters will be able to take advantage of those increasing whitewing numbers the first two full weekends in September, with those white-winged dove hunting days expanding. We worked with U.S. Fish & Wildlife to set those whitewing frameworks, which really should simplify the regulations, and that should be a win-win for everyone in Texas when it comes to dove hunting."
Oldenburger noted that much like feral hogs, whitewings have greatly expanded their range across the state in the past couple of decades.
"With the overall population expanding, we're getting pretty close to having every county in Texas on the white-winged dove map. We're seeing whitewings in places in the Pineywoods where we traditionally never thought we'd see them," Oldenburger said. "You go back 30 and 40 years and they were almost solely found in the Rio Grande Valley, then you had them moving into San Antonio in the 1980s. Then about 20 years ago there was a boom and now you see them in the Rolling Plains and Panhandle and everywhere in between. Now, at least 90 percent of our breeding population occurs in urban areas."
Based on preliminary estimates in early summer, as well as man-in-the-field accounts, this should be another good dove season.
"Everyone I've talked to is seeing more mourning doves and whitewings than they traditionally have, and we should have plenty of good habitat," Oldenburger said. "We at TPWD are always trying to expand private lands access for hunting, too. For mourning doves it looks to be a very positive year, and as of June we've already seen a lot of young birds flighted around the state. We should have a very good crop of young mourning doves out there, which we traditionally harvest more proportionally than adult birds, especially earlier in the season."
One welcome addition to dove hunting in recent years has been the rise of Eurasian collared doves, which aren't regulated as a game bird by TPWD. They're also larger than the other dove species, too.
"We estimated that there were about 600,000 Eurasian collared doves taken by hunters last year," Oldenburger said. "Those doves represent another opportunity for hunters to get out and hunt what's near them. Obviously there's no bag limit and no established hunting season. We do recommend that folks leave a wing on so that they're identifiable. We're estimating a breeding population of about 3.5 million around the state now, most of them occurring in the Panhandle and South Texas."
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Ducks Unlimited recently finished construction on a massive water-control structure at Blind Lake in the Texas Chenier Plain. The project cost more than $1 million to build, and funding came from a North American Wetlands Conservation Act grant and partners, including Jefferson County Drainage District 6. The structure will enhance water level management on more than 4,000 acres of freshwater marsh on private property and the J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area.
This project represents a unique partnership involving DU, private landowners, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Jefferson County DD6. The structure was constructed on the J.D. Murphree WMA at the edge of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW). Prior to project construction, water levels were too deep in the marsh as the bank of the GIWW blocked natural drainage. The structures are set to maintain optimal water levels throughout the marsh while excess water will drain out into the GIWW. The structures will also prevent passage of high saline tidal water from the GIWW. It will be managed and maintained by Jefferson County DD6 and will provide for marsh enhancement on adjacent private lands.
Ultimately, the project will mimic natural wet-dry hydro periods, improve aquatic vegetation production and sustainability, enhance native uplands to improve nesting opportunities for resident mottled ducks and other birds and provide better management capability to an impounded wetland unit.
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Cheat Sheet
Organisational Behaviour For Dummies Cheat Sheet (UK Edition)
Anyone who's ever worked, or who'll work in the future, can benefit from finding out about organisational behaviour – in other words, pretty much everyone needs to know about organisational behaviour! Understanding and using organisational behaviour principles in the workplace can help you keep yourself and others happier at work, so check out the items on this Cheat Sheet for some helpful insights.
Addressing Fairness as an Employer
Employers have several options open to them for ensuring equality and fairness in the workplace. No quick-fix solutions exist, but the following are options to consider:
Develop mentoring schemes. Mentorship is a great way of helping people progress within an organisation. Mentors can be especially useful in introducing mentees to useful networks that they may not be privy to.
Ensure that promotion procedures are transparent. Have a clear promotion planning process so that you decide on promotions on clear terms and leave less room for discrimination to creep in.
Give the message from the top. The importance of equality and appreciating diversity at work should be a message that comes from the management of your organisation.
Make diversity a goal. A diverse workforce is likely to be one that employs men and women, people of different ages, and people with a variety of ethnic and racial backgrounds. Diversity must be a business target and not just something your organisation should or has to do.
Provide training on diversity issues. Make people aware of their own potential biases.
Avoiding Work Stress in Organisations
If people are unhappy or stressed at work, they're often less productive, so not only is their health likely to suffer, so is the organisation! Organisations need to try to minimise the following work stressors where possible to benefit both their employees and their business:
Career issues: These issues include things such as over- or under-promotions, job insecurity, and fear of job loss.
Job content: Dangerous or particularly dull work is clearly stressful.
Job role: Not being clear what role and responsibilities are or being asked to do conflicting things causes stress.
Personality: Certain people are more or less susceptible to stress, depending on the type of person they are.
Relationships at work: Not getting along with colleagues and lack of support from managers or colleagues contributes to work stress.
Work–life balance: Struggling to balance the demands of home and work is an increasing problem.
Workplace culture: If the general feel of the organisation is negative, it creates an unhappy work environment for employees.
Defining Organisational Behaviour
Organisational behaviour and work psychology have similar ideas and aims. Both involve looking at the ways in which people behave at work and what this behaviour means for organisations.
Organisational behaviour topics range from those that look at employee- and employer-based issues (such as employee attitudes and leadership styles) and more general areas that all organisations are involved in (such as selection and training).
Some basic themes that organisational behaviour covers include
Applying knowledge at work based on what you know about how people act at work
Appreciating how people affect each other at work
Studying how people, individuals, and groups act at work
Understanding how people are affected by work
Using organisational behaviour principles to improve an organisation's effectiveness and productivity
Looking at Employee Personality: The Big 5
The Big 5 is probably the most famous and most commonly used personality model in the workplace and employers commonly use it in the selection process. Unsurprisingly, this model has five personality traits. An easy way to remember the traits is to use the acronym OCEAN. The following table shows the relationship between these five traits and job performance.
|Personality Trait
|Brief Description
|Link to Job Performance
|Open to experience/closed to experience
|From being open to new experiences and imaginative to being
less open to new experiences, narrow-minded, and unimaginative
|Predicts training performance
|From being well-organised, focused on targets, goals, and
deadlines, dependable and good at paying attention to detail to
being impulsive, disorganised, and less detail-focused
|Predicts performance across most jobs and organisational
|From being outgoing and good at dealing with people (managers
tend to be more extroverted than the average person) to being less
outgoing and comfortable in own company or that of their close
|Predicts performance for some jobs – sales, for
|From being usually good-natured, keen to co-operate with
others, careful to avoid conflict, easy to get on with, and not
argumentative to being unfriendly, strong-willed, and not averse to
|Nice to have at work and can be useful in customer-facing roles
but studies report it being the weakest Big 5 predictor of good job
|From having a tendency to experience negative states such as
anger, anxiety, and guilt, to being stable, rarely upset, and
typically calm
|Predicts poor job performance
Applying Organisational Behaviour Principles to Make Organisations More Successful
By making the effort to apply organisational behaviour principles within the workplace, organisations can help themselves to be more successful. Organisations should pay attention to the following:
Actively manage change rather than just letting it happen.
Communicate well with the people in your organisation.
Manage your hiring, training, and assessment processes to get the best out of your employees.
Put as much emphasis on people issues as you do to other organisation issues. Your people are important to your business!
Treat people fairly; feeling unfairly treated worsens employee attitudes toward work, which can cause lots of problems for your organisation.


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Monday, January 29, 2018
Edamame Dumplings
Posted by Victoria at 7:00 AM
I've made a lot of dumplings over the years. They've ranged in styles and methods quite significantly. I've made them with homemade wrappers as well as store-bought. I've made meat fillings, seafood fillings, and veggie fillings. And I've loved them all.
I love the extra-chewy texture of a slightly thicker homemade dumpling wrapper, but I equally love the convenience and speed of using store-bought wrappers from my local Chinese market. I enjoy a juicy, unctuous meat filling just as much as I enjoy a lighter, more colorful veggie version.
It's really difficult to pick a favorite dumpling recipe, next to impossible actually, but in general I've enjoyed the vegetable filled versions just a bit more than the rest. Maybe it's because they're a bit unexpected, or maybe subconsciously I think I'm being "healthy."
These edamame dumplings are probably the easiest veggie dumpling I've ever made. In fact, they are probably the easiest dumpling recipe in general I've tried because all the ingredients just get dumped into a food processor. Simple as that!
They are also incredibly delicious, filled with creamy pureed edamame, with some larger chunks for texture, and infused with vibrant freshness from a whole lot of lemon zest and lemon juice.
I usually pleat my dumplings once I seal them, but this time I wanted to make simple half-moons, and instead of sitting them upright I laid them flat on their sides to have a bit more surface area for crisping in the pan. They did take up more room in the pan, so I had to cook smaller batches, but the overall effect was worth it.
I served these brightly-flavored edamame dumplings with a toasted sesame-soy dipping sauce, a nice compliment which balances the tartness of the lemon with a salty and nutty accent.
These dumplings are crazy easy to make, so there's no excuse not to try them! I've made them in the past for a family party, and they were a huge hit. This time around I made sure to freeze most of them so I can enjoy them whenever the mood strikes.
Edamame Dumplings
Makes about 45 dumplings
(Adapted from Hey There, Dumpling!)
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon crushed red chile flakes
1 pound (455 g) frozen shelled edamame, thawed
2 lemons
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 (1 pound/455 g) package round dumpling wrappers
Toasted Sesame-Soy Dip (recipe follows)
In a food processor, combine the oil, soy sauce, chile flakes, and two-thirds of the edamame and puree until smooth. Add the remaining edamame and pulse just until coarsely chopped.
Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and zest the lemons directly into the mixture, then squeeze in the juice of 1 lemon. Stir well with a rubber spatula until evenly mixed. Taste and season with salt, pepper, and more lemon juice.
Take out five wrappers and cover the rest with a damp dowel. Lay out the five wrappers like ducks in a row. Wet 1/2 inch of the rim of each wrapper. Scoop a level tablespoon of filling into the center of each wrapper, shaping it elongated like a football to make it easier to fold. Fold the wrapper in half like a taco and pinch the edges at the top center. Continue folding the dumpling using your preferred folding method.
At this point, the dumplings can either be cooked immediately, covered and refrigerated for up to a couple hours, or frozen.
To pan-fry the dumplings, use a medium or large nonstick skillet (or cook two batches at the same time using two pans). Heat the skillet over medium-high heat and add 1 1/2 tablespoons oil for a medium skillet and 2 tablespoons for a large one. Place the dumplings 1 at a time, sealed edges up, in a winding circle pattern. The dumplings can touch. Medium skillets will generally fit 12 to 14 dumplings, large skillets will fit 16 to 18 dumplings. Fry the dumplings for 1 to 2 minutes until they are golden or light brown on the bottom.
Holding the lid close to the skillet to lessen splatter, use a measuring cup to add water to a depth of roughly 1/4 inch (about 1/3 cup water). The water will immediately sputter and boil vigorously, Cover with a lid or aluminum foil, lower the heat to medium, and let the water bubble away for 8 to 10 minutes, until it is mostly gone. When you hear sizzling noises, remove the lid as most of the water is now gone. Let the dumplings fry for another 1 or 2 minutes, or until the bottoms are brown and crisp. Turn off the heat and wait until the sizzling stops before using a spatula to transfer dumplings to a serving plate. Display them with their bottoms facing up so they remain crisp.(Alternatively you may steam these dumplings in a bamboo steamer basket lined with parchment paper or cabbage leaves.)
Serve dumplings with the Toasted Sesame-Soy Dip.
Toasted Sesame-Soy Dip
Makes about 1/2 cup
(From Hey There, Dumpling!)
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1 garlic clove, smashed
1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds
Pinch freshly ground black pepper
In a small bowl, stir together all of the ingredients with 2 tablespoons water. If you have time, cover and refrigerate the mixture overnight. Pick out the garlic and throw it away before serving. The dip can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
Edamame Dumplings
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Large private office with two tall windows, brass chandelier in center, heavy molding, carpeted. Near restroom.Executive Conference Room/Event Room. Utils Included. Xerox copy machine. Shared Kitchen. Mail Services. Telephone/Voice Messaging. Ample Parking. On-site Property Management. Janitorial Service included in Rent; Suite and Exterior brass name plate available; 4 restrooms; 5 blks from King St, Walking dist to Metro, 7 minutes to Airport, 7.7 miles to DC, Under 5 miles to New Amazon Hdqtrs; Minutes to Courthouse, Woodrow Wilson Bridge, and nearby banks, shops, Starbucks, Harris Teeter, Fedex. 24/7 access.
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West Island Baptist Church currently meets at the Terra Nova Youth Center.
Address: 298 Brookhaven, Dorval Quebec, H9S 2N4
Telephone: 514.631.8644
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Public Transportation: If travelling by public transportation, bus route #202 leaves Du College metro and stops one block south east of the building (corner Ave. Dawson and Ave. Stream). From Fairview Point Claire the bus route is #203 which runs every 30 minutes on Sundays and stops at Carson & Stream, only 1 block away. Click here for more bus route information.


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Posted: Mar 21, 2014
FAIRFIELD, CONN. (March 21, 2014)--The Sacred Heart swim team was named a 2013 Fall CSCAA Scholar All-America Team by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. Their hard work in the classroom earned the Pioneers a cumulative grade point average of 3.10 in the fall semester.
Founded in 1922, the College Swimming Coaches Association of America is the oldest professional organization of college coaches in America. The CSCAA is dedicated to serving and providing leadership for the advancement of the sport of swimming and diving at the collegiate level.


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Posted: July 14th, 2015.
Classic, elegant, sophisticated, handcrafted and nostalgic – these are just some of the words that aptly describe the doily. In past posts we discussed how to make doily cones and DIY vases, so it's only fitting that we take the theme a step further – with a doily inspired wedding cake.
There are so many different ways in which the beautifully crafted doily can inspire your wedding cake design – here are a couple of sugary sweet ideas:
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Left June 23rd after a year of planning and get-readiness. Riding my 2009 BMW R100GS Adventure. Had bike service in Concord at what was "Diablo BMW". They have a nice facility over there now just behind Guitar Center, across from Sun Valley Mall. First night was in Salem, Oregon. Crossed the border the next day and did a little sightseeing around Chilliwack. I worked up there for a few years back in 09-10'. Next night was in Prince George. Next night in Bell II. Bell II is a heli-skiing destination for the rich and famous. $ 18,600/PP for one week of heli-skiing. Next day into and out of the Yukon and then back into the Yukon Territory. That night was spent in Haines Junction. A very nice remote location. Next day it was back into the USA at the Alcan border and then on to Fairbanks. I actually stayed at the North Pole, AK. Tourist trap for souvenirs. I decided to stay in the saddle for the 512 miles up the Dalton Highway. Stopped at the Dalton Highway sign for a photo and the Artic Circle sign for a photo. Got run away from there by the skeeters. Most of the maintenance on the Dalton happens this time of year. Those were the only treacherous stretches of highway. Sloppy, wet gravel and mud for 5 mile stretches. Never went down but had some close calls. Usually behind pilot cars that make you go slow. Atigun Pass is a sight to behold. I had seen so many pictures that once I was actually there, it brought tears to my eyes. Across the North Slope I saw caribou and musk-ox. Made it into Prudhoe in a 30 mph headwind, with 100' visibility due to fog and 30 degrees. Prudhoe is a giant oil field town. All the big boys are up there and lots of service companies too. I spent the night in he Aurora Hotel on the frozen shore of lake Colleen. A workers camp. Very nice. camp runs on it's stomach and the food was well stocked. All you could eat. On the way up, I heard that the road back South would be closed from 6AM to 6PM so I slept in a little.
Was back on the road around 11:00 and got hung up at the roadblock for 3 hours, just North of Coldfoot. The road was surprisingly good even after 24 hours. Windy and lots of daylight will dry out a road in no time. Sun never really sets this time of year up there. 512 miles back to North Pole. I spent $20 at the car wash when I arrived and even saw a rainbow at midnight. Never see that again. Showers all around. The mud on the bike was more like concrete slurry. Woke up in North Pole and spent another $5.00 at the car wash. Headed south. Met a fine Alaska State trooper that informed me I was doing 68 in a 55 just outside of Delta Junction. He said "Have a good day" after i told him where I had been the day before. Made it into Haines Junction that night after several encounters with bears, moose and various other creatures. Actually raced a bear on the south side of Destruction Bay. Could have kicked him in the head as he ran across the road. from Haines I thought about making it to Bell II again, but when i arrived all the rooms were taken, so I ended up in New Hazelton, BC. I rode the entire Cassair Highway that day. Ended the day at 865 miles. My longest day. Next night was in Cache Creek. following night in Eugene, Oregon and the next day ---- HOME. 7 up and 6 back. A little over 7,000 miles.
You learn what works really fast on a trip like this. The bike get between 330-350 miles on a tank, so fuel was never an issue. The best pieces of gear were my Low Forma boots (feel like slippers)and my Frogg Togg rain gear. Very under-rated stuff but very lightweight, windproof, breathable, and dry. I came thru some real turd floaters. I have some really expensive Klim gear and that stayed in the dry bag most of the time in favor of the $40 top and bottom Frogg Togg. I usually wore a tee shirt, fleece jacket and my frogg toggs. Amazing journey of a lifetime. More of a challenge than a vacation, but I got to see some beautiful country. One thing I recommend - Spend the $150 for a Kaoka cruise control. My hands are toast. Still tingly and sore. Miss the Cal 24 and the great folks that put it all together. Peace!
Ken Hudson (kudukenny)


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Floating technology has enormous potential to transform liquefied natural gas markets in Australia and elsewhere, a new report has found.
The first four vessels are set to go into operation between now and the end of 2018, including Shell's 488-metre long Prelude LNG Facility, the largest floating structure ever launched, which will extract and process 5.3 million tonnes of liquids per annum from the Browse Basin off Western Australia.
International accounting and consulting firm KPMG predicted that if early projects go well, the technology would emerge as "a key pillar of a 2020s LNG business that looks quite different from that of today."
"There are two scenarios for the future development of floating LNG," KPMG says in its report. "It may become a niche technology that is applied by a few companies to solve specific problems, with land-based configurations remaining the default. This could happen if the first FLNG plants encounter cost or operational difficulties or if land-based costs fall as the current construction boom ebbs."
"However, in the second scenario, if the first few projects are successful, FLNG can emerge as a standard approach that eases the industry's problems with cost inflation and opens it up to a much wider range of fields and companies."
Initially thought of in the 1970s, FLNG has generated growing levels of interest in recent years amid massive cost blowouts on the construction of onshore facilities.
Though no FLNG facilities are yet in operation (the first one is set to enter service in Columbia next year), KPMG says as many as 44 could be in place by 2022 (22 firm and probable; a further 22 'possible').
Of these, 15 (7 firm or probable) are in Australia off the north-west coast of WA, including Prelude as well a 495 metre long, 75 metre wide facility which is expected to be the world's biggest at BHP Billiton and Exxon Mobil's Scarborough field.
KPMG says potential benefits of FLNG include not only the ability to unlock smaller and more remote fields but also reduced environmental impact through avoiding the need for seabed pipelines, dredging for jetties and onshore roads; faster, cheaper and simpler project construction and elimination of the need to maintain a skilled workforce on remote construction sites.
The cost cannot be understated: the price tag for Chevron's (onshore) Gorgon project on Barrow Island has blown out from $37 billion to $54 billion, and research firm Douglas Westawood reckons Australia could miss out on as many as $97 billion worth of LNG investments if the construction sector is unable to get costs under control.
From a technical perspective, offshore LNG requires specialised containment systems to prevent sloshing, topside modules including gas pre-treatment and liquefaction and safe systems for offloading cryogenic liquid in potentially difficult sea conditions including the possible development of flexible hoses. Weather conditions, too, impact installation, operation and maintenance schedules.
Moreover, experience with FSPO units used for the offshore production and processing of hydrocarbons and storage of oil suggests cost control could be an issue, though costs are lower in many cases compared with onshore facilities; one recent study quoted in Offshore Magazine which involved a study of nine examples showed that on average these facilities ran 38 per cent over budget and were delivered 16 months late.
Furthermore, FLNG entails political risk in its own right as well as the need for careful stakeholder management.
Woodside's Sunrise project in the Joint Development Area between Timor Leste using FLNG as a preferred option, for example, has stalled as the Timorese government pushes instead for an onshore facility which it believes would generate more local employment opportunities.
Elsewhere, Shell has been at pains to stress its percentage of annual operating costs with regard to its Prelude project to be spent in Australia (70 per cent) as well as local and indigenous friendly supplier policies amid complaints from the Western Australian government about the loss of tax revenues and construction jobs compared with a previous and now discarded onshore development option at James Price Point.
Over the long term, KPMG says much of FLNG's fortunes will depend on the success or otherwise of early projects.
"The nascent FLNG industry is entering a critical period," the report states. "With the world's first four FLNG project due to enter service between 2015 and 2018, the front-runners, as well as other likely proponents, will be watching closely."
"They will be keen to see whether these plants are delivered on-time and on-budget – and whether they perform well – with no serious design or operational flaws."


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The new Nintendo 3DS is able to produce a 3D image without the need for glasses. How can it do this? By using a "parallax barrier". Here's what one looks like up close.
A parallax barrier is basically a "screen" on top of a regular screen, which has tiny little blocks in it that allow only part of an image to be seen by each eye. By displaying two separate images for each eye, the barrier is able to trick your brain into thinking it's seeing an actual three-dimensional object.
Nikkei tore a 3DS to pieces over the weekend, and provided these up-close shots of the screen in action. In the first image, with the dark stripes running down the screen, you can clearly see the "barrier" in action. On the second image, though, you can see what the LCD screen looks like with the 3DS' "3D Slider" turned all the way down.
While the barrier is still visible if you stare real hard at the screen, for regular gameplay it would no longer be capable of displaying a 3D image.


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Just months after celebrating its five-year anniversary in June, Sweet Republic, Scottsdale's top-notch artisan ice cream shop from Jan Wichayanuparp and Helen Yung, is giving its fans another reason to celebrate: a second location in Phoenix.
See also: New Coffee and Beer House (with Food from Payton Curry) Coming to Old Town Scottsdale
Yung tells me Sweet Republic will be making a second home for itself at 6054 North 16th Street, on the west side of 16th just north of Bethany Home Road (in the strip mall next to Asahi Bakery).
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"Sweet Republic has been in Scottsdale for over five-and-a-half years, so we're excited to finally be closer to our Phoenix customers," says Yung. "We're currently expanding our Scottsdale location to increase production space and freezer storage so that we can supply the new Phoenix location and our growing list of wholesale customers as well as our outlet at Sky Harbor Terminal 4."
Yung says she's planning on opening the Phoenix location of Sweet Republic in spring of next year. The Sweet Republic at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport's Terminal 4 is expected to open by early 2014.
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|IEEE PHM 2012 Data Challenge was developed for the estimation of useful life of rotating deep groove ball bearings. Tests were carried out in 3 different loading conditions ranging from 1500-1800 rpm and 4-5kN bearing load in a experimental test setup which enabled accelerated degradation of the bearings. 6 sets of training data and 11 sets of test data with vibration and temperature signals provided. The aim of the challenge was to estimate the useful reaming life of the bearings in the 11 testing datasets.
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In May, I got a $2 note while in New Mexico. Technically, my friend John received it as change from something, but he was uninterested in the note as much as I so, so I got it. We do still have $2 notes in circulation, just like $1 notes. Personally, I think both should be eliminated, and maybe they will, but as long as they are out there, we still accept them as currency. The $2 note has the lowest circulation count of all notes.
Looking at the note, I thought the paper felt a little strange. I went to the Secret Service web site for info on what to do if you suspect a note is counterfeit. Surprisingly, the Secret Service web site was easy to find...haha...I crack myself up.
The paper was strange and the seal looked odd to me. It was rounded and not really sawtooth like the site described. What next? I called the Secret Service field office in Honolulu and they had me check a few other things over the phone and finally they asked me to mail in the note. Done.
About a week later, they called me and said they have verified the note is genuine and I can come by the field office to pick it up. The United States Secret Service field office in Honolulu is inside the United States Department of Homeland Security facility near Honolulu Harbor and none of that really sounds inviting to visit. I wasn't really interested in going through 9 layers of voluntary security scans to get my $2 note back. I made it a low priority. If I had a day to spare, I'd drop by and pick it up.
... skip to September ...
I receive a notice that I have a registered letter waiting for me at the post office. I get this notice before I leave for FUDCon in Brno, so I can't pick it up until I get back.
I went by today and they checked my ID and had me sign my name twice, write my name, and write my address on the credit card signature pad (have no idea what that will be valid for since it looks like I just played with an Etch-A-Sketch for a few minutes). Then I was handed the letter.
Normal sized US letter envelope. Says it's from the U.S. Secret Service office in Honolulu. And it has the big giant registered mail sticker on it. Once I see Secret Service on it, I have a feeling it's the $2 note.
I open it and sure enough, there it is, stapled to a letter that some field agent wrote explaining that three different field agents examined it and determined it to be genuine. They stapled the $2 note to the letter they wrote, so I'm going to take that as an OK to staple money from now on. They also included a copy of the original letter I sent them back in May.
The U.S. Secret Service gets an A for effort and an A for completeness and checking their work. However, I'm going to give them a C in the things that make sense column. If you read the postmark on the letter, you will see it cost them a grand total of $13.42 to mail this $2 note to me. That's right, the government paid thirteen and a half dollars to mail me a $2 note.
I figured they'd just return it to circulation some other way (you know, like buying lottery tickets or booze), because when it comes down to it, I really don't care that much. I do appreciate them returning it, but damn, $13.42 to send it across town? Come on.
The U.S. government does things like that, but won't provide universal healthcare.


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Banana leaf hats are primitive hats that many third-world countries use to keep cool during hot weather. The large leaves provide enough shade and sun protection to prevent overexposure to the sun in hot regions. These hats should not be used to replace sunscreen. A banana leaf hat lasts until the leaves start to dry, at which point it needs replacing.
Soak banana leaves in water for one or two hours before starting to make the hat. This makes the leaves more flexible and makes it easier to form the hat without tearing the leaves.
Align the edge of two banana leaves with the stem side up. Overlap the edges by about 2 inches. Thread a sharp stick between the two leaves, holding them in place. Attach one more leaf to the edge of the second leaf, then attach the third leaf to the open edge of the first leaf to make a circular shape.
Place the circular shape on your head. Adjust the fit by adding new leaves or tightening the edges of the leaves to get the leaves to fit around your head.
Bend one banana leaf in half. Use sticks to pin the top of the leaf over the stems of the other three leaves. If necessary, pin additional leaves between the gaps in the top leaf.
Allow the hat to dry overnight. You can wear the hat for several days until the leaves dry. Once the banana leaves dry, they start to crumble.
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Recommended Restaurants & Nightlife
1 9Gems Lounge RestaurantLocation : Bophut Enjoy private dining on rooftop with 360º view of the verdant surroundings including Chaweng Beach and Chaweng Lake. Special menu consists of scintillating cocktails, accompanied by mouthwatering fusion food and tapas to tickle the taste buds. The poolside restaurant and alfresco lounge creates the perfect ambience.
|Asian Fusion, French, Italian, Tapas Bar
|Opening Hours
|Tue - Thu : 04:00 pm. - 12:00 pm.
Fri - Sun : 04:00 pm. - 02:00 am.
|Tel. 0 7725 6125
2 Bang Por Seafood (Takho)Location : Bang Po Beach Bang Por Seafood restaurant located close to Bang Po Beach and just before the hill ahead of Nathon. The restaurant has a great view and you can eat directly on the beach. The menu offers authentic and basic local Thai food. The food is always really fresh. Basic but very good. Ideal if you want to get that authentic Thai experience.
How to get there
From Nathon Pier, head towards Mae Naam Sub-district by driving on Route 4169 road. Once you arrive to Bang Po Beach area, you will notice Bang Po Seafood (Ta Ko) to your left.
|Thai, Seafood
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 08:30 am. - 11.00 pm.
|Tel. 0 7742 0010
3 Dining on the RocksLocation : Bophut Dining on the Rocks presents innovative food concepts, great service and of course that famous view and atmosphere. The brilliant architecture is ten terraced decks of weathered teak and bamboo.
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 06:00 pm. – when the last guest leaves
|Tel. 0 7724 5678
|Hotels in Bophut Beach area
4 Dr Frogs Bar & GrillLocation : Hilltop in Chaweng Noi, Koh Samui Dr Frogs' menu is a perfect balance - offering diners both authentic Italian and traditional Thai cuisine. Since its opening in 2007, Dr Frogs has continued to surpass diners' expectations, achieving the ultimate Samui dinging experience. A winning combinations of location and food excellence has contributed to Dr Frogs begin the Koh Samui dining destination of choice. Nestled between Samui's native tropical flora upon a hilltop in Chaweng Noi, the restaurant overlooks the expansive crystal blue waters of the island. These breathtaking uninterrupted views are just one small part that makes up the overall 5 star experience Dr Frogs offers.
|Thai, Italian
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 12:00 pm. - 12:00 am.
|Tel. 0 7744 8505
|Hotels in Chaweng Noi Beach area
5 H BistroLocation : Bophut Beach Strongly focused on providing cuisine at the highest level, the resort's signature dining experience, H-Bistro features a fresh French Mediterranean menu and exclusive wine list. Enjoy true Mediterranean spices merged together with ingredients ranging from imported fresh Maine lobster and oysters from Canada, Japan, and France. Welcoming guests from all over Koh Samui, H-Bistro's indoor and outdoor dining spaces are yours to experience from breakfast until late at night.
|French, Mediterranean
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 06:00 pm. - 11:00 pm.
|Tel. 0 7724 5511
6 Krua BophutLocation : Fisherman Village on Bophut Beach Krua Bophut is the authentic Thai restaurant located in the beautiful Fisherman Village on Bophut Beach. This royal Thai design is decorated by wood carving as a classically antique Thai house. The ambient, the serene indoor, the expanded outdoor, and on the beach, the twinkling star light, the whispering wave, and the drifting yachts along with the beautiful music. With their good service, here you will find a superb dining experience and great memories.
|Thai, Southern Thai, Seafood
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 01:00 pm. - 12:00 am.
|Tel. 0 7743 0030, 0 7724 5035
7 Ocean KissLocation : Chaweng Beach Experience Koh Samui dining at its finest with Ocean Kiss, all-day open-air restaurant right beside the ocean. Wake up to a fresh cup of coffee and a sumptuous buffet breakfast of Asian and Western favorites. Sit either indoors or out on the beachside deck for lunch and dinner, where an impressive a la carte menu and well stocked wine cellar have you well taken care of. Anantara Lawana Koh Samui recommends our Samui Bouillabaisse – simply perfect.
|Thai, Italian
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 11:30 am. - 11:00 pm.
|Tel. 0 7796 0333
8 Otaru SushiLocation : Next to Siam Commercial Bank, Chaweng Beach In a contemporary Japanese atmosphere, you will find best traditional sushi and sashimi, including some incredible melt-in-your-mouth Otoro. The food is great (with fresh ingredients) the service is great and the atmosphere lets you escape from the busy Chaweng walks.
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 11:30 am. - 10:30 pm.
|Tel. 0 7760 1222
9 Sabeinglae RestaurantLocation : Maret Rd., close to Grandfather & Grandmother Rocks (Hinta Hinyai) Sa Bieng Lae is "The place of Samui traditional foods & cuisine.They offer traditional fresh seafood and cuisine in Samui people's style. Let come out and enjoy your dining a unique taste on the beach with a nice atmosphere. It can be fulfill your holiday perfect.
How to get there
Sa Bieng Lae is located in the southeast of Koh Samui and close to tourist attractions "Hin Ta and Hin Yai (Grandmother and Grandfather stones)". It's far from Samui Airport 15 Kms. use Route 4169 and head to south. It take about 30 mins. When you go through the entrance of "Hin Ta Hin Yai", the restaurant will be on the left.
|Thai local, Seafood
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 10:00 am. - 10:00 pm.
|Tel. 0 7723 3082, 08 1538 7045
10 SaffronLocation : Banyan Tree Samui, Lamai Beach Enjoy the best of Thai cuisine and flavours at Banyan Tree's signature restaurant as you savour signature dishes from a menu that is a combination of traditional Thai dishes with a modern twist, and innovative new ones. Overlooking the glittering Lamai Bay, the ambience is one of understated, yet refined, elegance.
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 06:00 pm. - 11:00 pm.
|Tel. 0 7791 5333
11 Sala Thai RestaurantLocation : Main Street Lamai, Lamai Beach Sala Thai is a popular restaurant name on Samui, The Best Restaurant with Best Service in Lamai main street. With the classic decor creates for relaxing atmosphere. Sala Thai serves up delicious, well presented and reasonably price dishes from its extensive, varied menu includes the best in Thai and western cuisine. We also have an excellent selection of fresh seafood and a large choice of wines to suit all taste.
How to get there
Sala Thai Restaurant is just 18 kms from Samui Airport and 17 kms from downtown. There is a short walk from the restaurant into Lamai Town where there is a good selection of relaxing spas, bars, discos, Shopping area, night bazaar, Banks & money exchanges and various other activities.
|Thai and Western
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 02:00 pm. - 12:00 am.
|Tel. 0 7723 3180, 08 1894 7618
12 The Barge Fine DiningLocation : The Barge building 1st Floor, Chaweng Beach The Barge Restaurant feasts on Seafood Barbecue and Western Cuisine. Set menu are provided for those who would like to sample a well balanced and varied Seafood and Steak meal. If you prefer to create your own menu, the staff will be happy to help your with your choice. A la carte menu will be an initiative and innovative tool for attracting in-house as well as outside clients and get to enjoy the relaxing atmosphere by the beach.
|Seafood Barbecue, Western
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 11:00 am. - 11:00 pm.
|Tel. 0 7791 3555
13 The LarderLocation : Top of the Chaweng Beach Road (opposite Anantara Lawana) The Larder positions itself a restaurant-come-bar... verging on gastro pub...... and not quite a wine bar. Executive Chef Martin Selby together with Food and Beverage Aficionado Damian Ahern have combined their skills to reach perfection at The Larder, where they mesh modern British & European cuisine with international influences. A mix of comfort food and classics – the food has been revived, remixed and reinvigorated by merging modern cooking methods and techniques.
|British, International
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 11:00 am. - 11:00 pm.
|Tel. 0 7760 1259
14 The Oven at AKARYNLocation : Hanumarn Bay, near Choeng Mon Beach At AKARYN guests have the freedom to choose from over 80 gourmet pizzas cooked in the island's only hand-made, wood-fired, beachfront pizza oven and featuring the cream of genuine Italian cheeses and cold cuts. Pizzas are freshly made by hand with the verve and acrobatic skill by Venice native Chef Andrea Brunello, who built his oven by hand, brick by brick, on the beachfront at Hanuman Bay.
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 01:00 pm. - 10:30 pm.
|Tel. 0 2514 8112
|Hotels in Choeng Mon Beach Area
15 Zazen RestaurantLocation : Zazen Boutique Resort & Spa, Bophut Beach Zazen Restaurant is famous throughout the Samui island for its deep, romantic atmosphere and delectable East Meets West cuisine from master chef, Cyrille Keyser. At night, Zazen becomes a warm and rouge candle-lit palace, with guests enjoying the gentle presence of the beachfront, the enticing cuisine, and the company of each other.
|Thai, Mediterranean
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 06:00 pm. - 11:00 pm.
|Tel. 0 7742 5085, 08 7281 7276
1 Ark BarLocation : Chaweng Beach Ark Bar allows you to kick back and enjoy the setting sun. Completing this holiday postcard are colorful concoctions from the lively bar. Keeping the night young are local DJs spinning the latest tunes; you may not know the lyrics but dancing comes easy.
|Beach Bar
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 02:00 pm. - 02:00 am.
|Tel. 0 7796 1333
2 Bar IceLocation : Soi Green Mango, Chaweng Beach Bar Ice Samui is an amazing bar sculpted completely from ice! Dress up in winter ponchos and snugly warm hats and divulge in sumptuous cocktails served in glasses made from ice! Simply an amazing experience an absolute must in Koh Samui
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 04:00 pm. - 02:00 am.
|Tel. 0 7748 4933
3 Bar SoloLocation : Chaweng Beach, next to Starbucks Sleek, uber cool and playing great music, there isn't much not to like about Bar Solo. A good place to start your evening, make sure you take advantage of their half price cocktails from 02:00 pm. to 08:00 pm. As it starts to get later, Bar Solo gets much livelier with DJ's playing a range of funky house and ambient chill out tunes. A good place for people watching, Bar Solo is quickly becoming one of the most talked about bars on the whole island.
|Bar, Pub
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 02:00 pm. - 02:00 am.
|Tel. 0 7741 4012, 08 9724 6334
4 Green MangoLocation : Soi Green Mango, Chaweng Beach Green Mango is the heart and soul of upbeat, party all night entertainment on this dazzling tropical island. Cool tunes, beautiful people and a mega-party atmosphere make this the prime venue for your happiest times on Koh Samui.
Green Mango is famed for its iconic tree house design, a huge open air space featuring multiple bars and spacious dance floors, reached via wooden bridges passing over the Mango River. The rustic Green Mango design is inspired by the nature of the club's island setting, and is complimented by the latest sound systems, creative lighting and contemporary music to produce one of the world's most distinctive nightclubs.
|Dance Club, Bar
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 06:00 pm. - 01:00 am.
|Tel. 0 7760 1167-8
5 Q BarLocation : On the hillside, Bo Phut Q Bar in Koh Samui, overlooking the Chaweng Lake offers a spectacular view of the mountains, sea and coconut trees. Drinking cocktails in the terrace especially during sunset is an out of the world experience. The bar has some good live music, along with great food and drink. It is a great venue for parties and caters to business meetings as well.
|Lounge Bar
|Opening Hours
|05:00 pm. - 02:00 am.
|Tel. 0 7796 2420
6 Reggae PubLocation : Soi Reggae, Chaweng Beach An excellent option for those holidaying with friends, the Reggae Pub combines the essentials of great music, flowing drinks and entertainment from wide screen TVs and pool tables. Get in the local groove as the music scene combines reggae beats with local influences played out live or spun by the trusted DJs.
|Club, Bar
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 06:00 pm. - 02:00 am.
|Tel. 0 7742 2331
7 Sweet Soul CafeLocation : Soi Green Mango, Chaweng Beach Sweet Soul is the home of soulful dance on Koh Samui. Located opposite Green Mango, Sweet Soul is dark and sexy, an unmissable Koh Samui dance venue with an energetic and electric crowd. Clubbers head to the central Sweet Soul bar for Samui's infamous Sangsom whiskey buckets and some stronger than the strong Thai beer. The Sweet Soul side bar highlights the special nightly drinks offers, and the low level entrance wall is favourite place from where to people watch Koh Samui nightlife at its centre. The party spills out onto the street between Sweet Soul and Green Mango and continues into the night – a free flowing space of hedonism and fun.
|Bar, Club
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 06:00 pm. - 02:00 am.
8 Swing BarLocation : Central Lamai Beach Swing Bar Samui is the largest beach pub and restaurant on Lamai Beach. Fitted with comfy swings in its interior so you can swing while you drink! It is comprised of two different dining areas: Swing Bar and Swing Bar beach restaurant. You can enjoy the open air design of Swing Bar with its beautiful 180 degree ocean view or for a real treat dine directly on the beach at Swing Bar beach restaurant. The menu is the same for both dining areas however you must try out each one to enjoy the 2 different atmospheres!
Swing Bar is always abuzz with weekly events such as their popular Lamai Beach Parties every Monday and Friday and Nightly fireshows on the beach. There is something for everybody at Swing Bar Samui!
|Pub, Restaurant
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 08:00 am. - 02:00 am.
|Tel. 0 7742 4208
9 The Duke PubLocation : Chaweng Beach The Duke Pub situated close to many popular resorts and hotels many visitors enjoy the unique atmosphere created by The Dukes Management and Staff, major sports events are shown in separate sports area which features a giant screen TV.
The Duke Pub offer an extensive Beverage Menu with several draught beers and ciders, our bottled selection is sourced both locally and from well know international brands. If you prefer the top shelf you may select from several brands which include Scottish Malts and Highly rated French Brandy's.
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 08:00 pm. - 12:00 am.
10 The Rock BarLocation : Grandfather & Grandmother Rocks (Hinta Hinyai), Lamai Beach The Rock Bar serve delicious food, drinks and an amazing fire show, you will not miss something. The bar have several comfortable Thai Triangle Pillow lying corners for chill out end enjoy the cozy old samui style under the star night sky on the beach. Come with friends day and night you can find here the relaxation of old samui.
|Reggae Bar
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 02:00 pm. - 06.00 am.
11 Tropical Murphy'sLocation : Opposite McDonalds in Chaweng, next door to Baan Samui Hotel Tropical Murphy's is live music, traditional pub, all the live sports action, child friendly restaurant, world class Brunswick pool tables. Tropical Murphy's located across from McDonald in Chaweng next door to Baan Samui hotel.
|Traditional Pub
|Opening Hours
|Daily from 09:00 am. - 02:00 am.
|Tel. 0 7741 3614


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SIFA Fireside - a leading charity, enabling homeless and
vulnerable people to take control, paving the way for healthier, fulfilling
Our mission is to; provide inclusion, engagement and equal access to services for those individuals who are disadvantaged or experiencing homelessness, and to influence the strategic development of the homelessness agenda in local and national arenas.
Our aims are to:
Reduce Homelessness
Increase social inclusion
Increase life skills
Improve health
Improve employment potential
Reduce offending
SIFA Fireside works with partner agencies to address the needs of homeless and vulnerably housed people in Birmingham. The access point for all our services is the Drop In Centre where we provide a warm welcome and can direct people to appropriate services.
The Homeless Prevention and Welfare Service for adults in Birmingham is central to Birmingham City Council's provision for homeless people. Alongside the services offered by SIFA Fireside each day Shelter's emergency accommodation team is based at the Drop In five days a week. This team works to help homeless people find somewhere temporary to stay and to get off the streets.
Changing Lives funded by the Big Lottery provide a range of advice and activities to support people as they work towards making lasting changes to their lives. Examples of these changes include moving from a hostel to a tenancy or looking for work and all that entails.
The Changing Futures project employs a small, highly skilled team to work with people who have multiple and complex needs and who aren't accessing services.
Partnership agencies work alongside our staff to provide health and well-being services to our clients.


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Shouldn't take long to get a Port running.
However, I wanted to overhaul GT for 1.7, so the Port would be highly incompatible (especially savegame incompatible) with newer Versions of GT, meaning unless you need to test if things are somewhat running, you should never use that Port, which also won't be an official Release, and the Download Link for the Port gets removed after the finished release.
They did in early 1.4.7, before Greg introduced the Assembly Machine.
Electron Tubes and whatever Buildcraft has are not considered Circuits anymore, UE Circuits are still compatible.


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News - update on all things Alpkit
Rovaniemi 150 - the finish
By Col
19, Feb, 2013
Finishing the 2013 Rovanemi 150 by bike and on foot
Shaggy, Toni and Lee finish, Ed seemed to duck the mug shot and find the bar.
conditions were more favourable this year which was reflected in the times. Alpkit was represented with some great performances (highlighted in bold). The organisers did a fantastic job of keeping everybody informed of progress on the Rovaniemi 150 facebook page, which seemed to keep friends and relatives glued to the computer for updates. Get over there to check out plenty of photos from the weekend.
1st Jan Kopka. 17 hours 17 minutes.
2nd. Shaggy. 18 hours and 37 minutes.
3rd. Ed Oxley. 22 hours 32 minutes.
4th. Jarmo Järvinen. 26 hours 08 minutes.
5th. Toni Lund. 26 hours 54 minutes.
1st. David Robisco. 31 hours 59 minutes
2nd. Dario Valsesia. 35 hours 29minutes.
3rd. Lee Peyton. 35hours 48minutes.
for further information on the race check out the Rovaniemi 150 website.
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stances, and at an advanced age, about the year 1740. He published 'Six Suittes de Clavessin, divisées en Ouvertures, Allemandes, Courantes, Sarabandes, Gavottes, Minuets, Rondeaux, et Gigues, composées et mises en Concert pour un Violin et Flute, avec une Basse de Viole et un Archilut.'
DI GIOVANNI, a very useful Italian second tenor engaged at the King's Theatre in 1818 and subsequent years. In 1821 he received a salary of £127 from Ebers, which was increased in 1822 and 23 to £180. In the latter year he played Serano in 'La Donna del Lago'; and continued to play similar parts as late as 1827.
DIGITORIUM. An apparatus fcr exercising and strengthening the fingers, intended especially for the use of pianists, but claimed by its inventor, Myer Marks, to be of great service to all who require flexible and well-trained fingers.
It consists of a small box about six inches square, provided with five keys[1], fitted with strongly resisting springs, upon which keys such exercises as the five-finger exercises to be found in every Pianoforte School are to be practised. In addition, there are attached to the sides of the box certain appliances for stretching the fingers, and a support for the wrist.
The idea of sparing the ears of pianoforte students, and those who may be in their neighbourhood, by the use of dumb keyboards is by no means new, either here or abroad. Great composers in boyhood, practising under difficulties, have been reduced to muffling the wires that they might practise unheard. It is difficult however to say when the first 'dumb-piano' was manufactured. In 1847 a long article appeared in the 'Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung' censuring the employment of the dumb piano, and Schumann in his 'Musikalische Haus- und Lebensregeln' says, 'There have been invented so-called dumb keyboards; try them for a while, that you may discover them to be of no value. One cannot learn to speak from the dumb.' Though this may be incontrovertible the question is worth consideration, whether the muscles of the fingers may not be increased in speed and endurance (two essential qualities in pianoforte playing), by a suitable course of properly regulated gymnastic exercises, just as the other muscles of the body are trained for running, rowing, etc.
That considerable muscular power is required in pianoforte playing at the present day, will be seen from the following table of resistances, the one set being taken from one of the most recent concert grand pianos, and the other from a grand made in 1817, both by Messrs. Broadwood and Sons[2].
|Lowest C.
|Middle C.
|Highest C.
|2⅝ oz.
|2⅜ oz.
|1¾ oz.
|4 oz.
|3⅛ oz.
|2⅜ oz.
The resistance offered by the Digitorium is far in excess of the above numbers; it is manufactured in three different degrees of strength, the resistance of the medium touch being no less than 12 ounces. On this account, and also because the resistance is obtained by metal springs, instead of by weights at the farther end of the lever (as in the old dumb pianos), the touch of the digitorium does not in the least resemble that of the pianoforte, but rather a heavily weighted organ-touch, and it should therefore be looked upon as a gymnastic apparatus, and by no means as a substitute for the pianoforte in the practice of exercises.
The question of finger gymnastics has received very full consideration from Mr. E. Ward Jackson, in a work entitled 'Gymnastics for the Fingers and Wrist' (London, Metzler and Co, 1874), in which he quotes opinions in favour of his system of exercises, not only from musicians, but from very eminent surgeons.
DIGNUM, Charles, son of a master tailor, was born at Rotherhithe in 1765. His father, being a Roman Catholic, placed him when a boy in the choir of the Sardinian ambassador's chapel in Duke Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, where his fine voice attracted the attention of Samuel Webbe, the glee composer, then organist there, who undertook to instruct him. On leaving the choir he had no idea of pursuing music as a profession, but was rather solicitous of being sent to Douay to be educated for the priesthood. His father's pecuniary embarrassments however and other circumstances prevented it. He decided on adopting the profession of music, and articled himself to Thomas Linley for seven years. Linley bestowed the utmost attention on his pupil, and would not allow him to sing in public until his powers were sufficiently matured. In 1784 Dignum made his first appearance at Drury Lane Theatre as Young Meadows in 'Love in a Village,' and, although his figure was somewhat unsuited to the part, the beauty of his voice and his judicious singing secured him a favourable reception. He next appeared as the hero in Michael Arne's 'Cymon,' and fully established himself in public favour. In 1787, on the removal of Charles Bannister to the Royalty Theatre, Dignum succeeded to a cast of characters better suited to his person and voice. In 96 [App. p.614 "90"] he gained much credit by his performance of Crop the miller, in Storace's 'No song no supper,' of which he was the original representative. After singing at the theatres, at Vauxhall Gardens, and at concerts for several years, he retired in easy circumstances. He died March 29, 1827. Dignum composed several ballads. He published a volume of songs, duets, and glees, composed and adapted by himself, to which an engraved portrait of him is prefixed.
DIMINISHED INTERVALS are such as are either less than perfect or less than minor by one semitone. Thus (a) being a perfect fifth, (b) is a diminished fifth; and (c) being a perfect fourth, (d) is a diminished fourth:—
- ↑ Digitoriums are occasionally made of greater compass, with black and white keys, the ordinary digitorium having only white keys.
- ↑ It will be seen that the amount of resistance is not equal throughout the key-board, and that the left hand, although the weaker, has the greatest resistance to overcome.


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Let me be clear first: I am not a Flash fan. I don't need it as long as I can watch YouTube and Facebook videos.
That doesn't mean I buy the Steve Jobs' version of Flash detest. Let me explain, why I think existence of Flash is good for consumers:
- Flash is a person's choice. It doesn't come bundled!
Hey Steve Jobs, nobody forced me to use Flash. I have installed the plug-in because I thought it is useful. I am free to uninstall and get rid of it whenever I feel it is not of much use. I love choices.
- Flash is more FREE than the App Store!
Some games that are freely available in web cost money when you want them in iDevices. For example, Flash version of a game called Canabalt is free but App Store version costs $3.
- Flash can run in multiple devices (except iPhone, of course)
The iPhone App can only run in iPhone and nowhere else. If it were Flash, I could have run in my Macbook or a PC. I don't like being locked in a device.
Well, I can't talk about the performance, reliability, security, and battery performance… But, it is always Apple who is complaining about these problems. I think, it is the other way around: Apple is intentionally making computers that don't perform well with flash (It is just my feelings, I don't have any evidences to support it).
Apple went through its near death experience, and Adobe was drawn to the corporate market with their Acrobat products.
It looks more like a leg-pulling-games between Adobe and Apple and poor consumers are caught in-between.


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Sealed with a Bacterial Kiss
Our bodies consist of an ecosystem of more than 100 trillion microorganisms know as the microbiome. They are essential for digesting food, synthesizing nutrients and preventing disease. Shaped by genetics, diet and age the microbiome is also shaped by the individuals with whom we interact. Our mouths play host to more than 700 varieties of bacteria and the oral microbiota are greatly influenced by those closets to us.
The open access journal, Microbiome, has found that as many as 80 million bacteria are transferred from person to person during a simple 10-second kiss. The study found that when partners who kiss each other at least nine times a day also share similar communities of oral bacteria.
Researchers of Micropia and TNO in the Netherlands studied 21 couples. These couples were asked to fill out questionnaires based on their kissing behavior, which included their average intimate kiss frequency. Swab samples were taken of the couples in order to investigate the composition of their oral microbiota and their tongues and in their saliva.
When couples kiss intimately at high frequencies the results show that their salivary microbiota become similar. An average of at least nine intimate kisses a day led to this significant shared salivary microbiota.
"Intimate kissing involving full tongue contact and saliva exchange appears to be a courtship behavior unique to humans and is common in over 90% of known cultures. Interestingly, the current explanations for the function of intimate kissing in humans include an important role for the microbiota present in the oral cavity, although to our knowledge, the exact effects of intimate kissing on the oral microbiota have never been studied. We wanted to find out the extent to which partners share their oral microbiota, and it turns out, the more a couple kiss, the more similar they are," says lead author on the study, Remco Kort.
Furthermore a controlled kissing experiment was conducted to quantify the results of the transfer of bacteria. This was achieved when a member of each of the couples consumed a probiotic drink that contained specific varieties of bacteria. After the intimate kiss the receivers saliva and the quantity of probiotic bacteria found had risen threefold. This led researchers to the calculation that in total 80 million bacteria would have been transferred in those 10 seconds.
From the study it also found that there were important roles for other mechanisms that select oral microbiota, which is the result of a shared lifestyle, dietary and personal care habits, especially on the tongue. Microbiota on the tongue were much more similar among partners that people who are unrelated. This similarity was found to not change with more frequent kissing however.
One last finding from the study and the questionnaires filled by couples found an interesting statistic. 74% of men from the study reported higher intimate kiss frequencies than their women partners. On average guys reported ten kisses per day where females only reported five.
Make that first kiss count. Here are 5 Tips For The Perfect First Kiss.


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First & Business Class Meals
Northwest Airways prides itself on its fantastic catering and on-board meals. We have some of the highest food ratings. First and Business Class passengers are always welcomed aboard with a pre-flight drink. This drink can be wine, champagne, juice, coffee, or an energy drink. On flights that occur during breakfast, passengers have the choice of a free-of-charge breakfast, which can either be a continental, pancake, waffle, or biscuits and gravy breakfast. On flights that occur during lunch, passengers have the choice of a free-of-charge lunch, which can either be a chicken, burger, pasta, soup and salad, or fish based lunch. On flights that occur during dinner, passengers have the choice of a free-of charge dinner which can either be steak, fish, lamb, duck, or chicken based. Respectfully, on flights between meal-times passengers have snack-type meals, such as sushi, pizza, cheese & cracker platters, or fruit salads. Finally, all meals finish off with desert, such as ice cream, cake, or pie. On ALL Northwest flights we operate using EBOF (Even Back Odd Front). This means on ODD numbered flights we start in the front, and on EVEN numbered flights, we start in the back. Examples of in-flight meals are below.
Economy & EconomyExtra Meals
Northwest Airways also offers high-quality food for its Economy & EconomyExtra passengers. We have some of the best Economy food among the airline world. On ALL Northwest Airways flights less than 3 hours, Economy passengers receive a few small FREE-OF-CHARGE snacks, such as peanuts, pretzels, chips, crackers, trail mix, granola bars, dried fruit, fruit snacks, or cookies. On DOMESTIC flights longer than 3 hours, passengers will receive a small snack pack. This pack will consist of cheese and crackers, fruit, cold sandwich, chips, and a granola bar. On DOMESTIC flights longer than 3 hours that occur during breakfast, passengers will receive a snack pack but instead of the sandwich, chips, and granola bar; they will receive a muffin, small pastry, and chocolate. In Economy the charge for alcohol is $6, and each person is limited to 3 cans/bottles of alcohol. In EconomyExtra the charge is $4. Specialty drinks such as energy drinks, Shirley Temples, smoothies, iced coffee, and milkshakes can be purchased in economy for $5, and in EconomyExtra for $3.


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Also known as: App Logo, Launcher Icon, Product Icon, Apple App Store Icon, Play Store Icon
Before you can publish your app, it is required to provide a high-res icon. It is used in various locations on Google Play Store and Apple App Store. Product icons are essential elements in ASO as they communicate the core idea and intent of an app. The icon represents the app and is the first impression for the user. So first of all, an app icon should stand out, however, should fit the app's content. It is recommended a consistent and attractive design for the icon, once it is crucial for app branding.
Requirements & Guidelines for App Icons
To ensure the icon is legible in large as well as in small sizes, widely recognizable symbols should be used. Unnecessary visual details should be avoided. To reach the best results, you should enlist a professional graphic designer.
App Icon Requirements on Apple App Store
Due to varying screen resolutions and sizes of iPhones and iPad, Apple has some strict pixel recommendations for app icons:
- iPhone 6s Plus and iPhone 6 Plus: 180 x 180 px
- iPhone 6s, iPhone 6 and iPhone 5: 120 x 120 px
- iPhone 4s: 120 x 120 px
- iPad and iPad mini: 152 x 152 px
- iPad 2 and iPad mini: 76 x 76 px
- iPad Pro: 167 x 167 px
App Icon Requirements on Google Play Store
Google Play Store recommends the following attributes for permitted app icons:
- 32-Bit PNG (with alpha)
- 512 x 512 Pixels Dimension
- 1.024KB max. file size
Icons are the visual expression of your app brand. It represents what a user can do with it. An app icon should be simple, bold and friendly, yet stand out against others. In order to have an ingenious and unique app icon, that standis out among others in search results, you should consult a professional designer. If you design your app icon by your own, follow provided guidelines by Apple and Google and ensure your icon reflects your brand and identity.
See also
- App Store Product Page » How to Present Your Mobile App
- App Store Screenshots » How to Design Screenshots for ASO
- App Store Optimization » Get Started with ASO
Further Links
Icon Design Guide by Google
iOS Icon and Image Sizes


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5 Reasons To Learn Natural Childbirth Techniques (Even If You Plan To Use An Epidural)
By Jennifer Vanderlaan
If you know you are planning to use an epidural to help you manage pain during childbirth, you may not be thinking about natural childbirth techniques. In contrast with an epidural which almost always provides good pain relief with no effort from the mother, natural childbirth techniques take time to learn, time to practice and you don't know which ones will help you most until your labor begins. But as is so often true in life, there is great value in the things you have to work harder for.
- Your labor may move faster than you expect – the typical labor may start slow, and slowly build to active labor, but not all do. About 2% of women experience a precipitate labor, one in which the early stages pass so easily they are unnoticed and the mother suddenly finds herself dealing with a fast active labor. If your labor starts fast, the natural childbirth techniques you learn will not only keep you comfortable, but also help you stay calm and as relaxed as possible until you get to your birth place.
You could have pain relief in as fast as 20 minutes if everything was already set up and the staff ready, or you could be waiting for another woman to have an epidural administered first, or waiting for an anesthesiologist to finish assisting a cesarean surgery or come to the hospital. In some smaller hospitals, epidurals are not available "after hours," the staff relying instead on simpler methods of pain relief which are not as effective. Natural childbirth techniques will be your only choice for pain management until things are ready for an epidural to be administered, and can be helpful if you receive a less effective pain medication.
Ms. Goer also reports that first time mothers with an epidural are more likely to have a cesarean surgery for failure to progress. One study showed women with a slow labor who had an epidural were five times more likely to have a cesarean surgery than women with a slow labor who did not have an epidural. Delaying an epidural gives you the best chances of getting your baby into a good position and labor progressing normally.
Using natural childbirth techniques can give you the ability to manage pain and discomfort well into active labor. You may find you labor so well with them, you do not need to add the risks of medications. This can mean a faster recovery from the birth, since your body does not have to spend time removing the medication.
Many women find the coping mechanisms they develop using natural childbirth techniques in labor increase their self confidence which helps them manage other parts of their lives. Other women express that even though labor hurt, they were glad they did it because it challenged them in new ways and showed just how strong they were. There is no link to satisfaction with labor and the use of pain medication, which means you are no more likely to look back at labor favorably whether you use medications or not.
Natural childbirth techniques are useful in unexpected labor situations, when you can't get what you want and when things are not going quite the way you planned. Knowing the medications have risks, and there are benefits to using natural childbirth techniques beyond labor, it can make a lot of sense to try for a natural childbirth with the understanding an epidural is available if you decide you want it.
Jennifer Vanderlaan is a childbirth birth educator and doula living in upstate New York. She teaches women natural childbirth techniques at http://www.birthingnaturally.net
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jennifer_Vanderlaan


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Printing Press Operator
With the explosion of the Internet, some fear that the printed medium is slowly vanishing. Despite the boom of electronic publishing, the printed word will not disappear; at least not in our lifetime. Newspapers, magazines, books and pamphlets, amongst many other paper materials, are designed, prepared, printed and finished by printing press operators. As we comfortably lie sleeping in bed, printing press operators are hard at work, printing the latest news off the daily press. All other press operators are not on as tight a deadline.
Since there are so many different types of printing processes, the printing press operator's job varies depending on the type of text he or she operates. Each system requires different, specialized skills and an operator may work with letterpress or offset lithography, for example. More modern forms of printing are ink-jet used for specialty printing, illustrations and designs on plastic and other materials besides paper.
Web presses are the system used to print newspapers, magazines and books. They are the largest, fastest and most complex presses used today, requiring a crew of operators and assistants to work them. Webs feed the paper in big rolls to the presses. On the other hand, small shops usually have more traditional manual presses
The process of printing involves a number of tasks. Before operators start the presses, they need to adjust the pressure, fill the presses with ink, load the paper properly and make all final adjustments to fit the size paper to be used. Once they push the start button, large rolls of paper automatically feed between the cylinders, which print text and images from metal plates onto both sides of the paper. It is the printing press operator's job to monitor the machine, making sure everything runs smoothly. They may occasionally need to adjust the feed and tension controls, if something goes a bit off kilter. When the printing is complete, they fold, cut, and assemble the pages.
With new technological processes, many of the printing press operator's functions are being phased out and being replaced by computers and machines. On one hand, this means that there may be a decline in the demand for printing press operators, but on the other hand, the press operators' jobs will be quicker, and they will be able to perform many tasks electronically. Finally, those who work for newspapers and magazines, they often work under strict deadlines, therefore there is often a great deal of stress and pressure involved in the job. It is important to make sure that the printed material is ready for the morning delivery.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15 Edition, http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
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