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Los Angeles – The United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) is excited to announce Gold Coast International Association Football Club as a league member for the 2018 Fall Season.
Based in West Palm Beach (Fla.), Gold Coast International AFC will begin UPSL play in the Southeast Conference Florida South Division. Founded by Christian Franek, the club is owned by its supporters and players.
United Premier Soccer League Commissioner Yan Skwara said, "The UPSL has been committed to Connecting American Soccer and its grass-roots, local and international clubs, and we're really pleased to welcome Gold Coast Inter AFC to the Florida South Division. Founder Christian Franek has a vision for a fan-owned club and the Palm Beach community has responded positively at every step, both on and off the field. It's inspiring to see, and we wish Gold Coast Inter AFC continued success."
Franek, 47, played varsity soccer at Rome (Ga.)'s Darlington High School and a season at Kentfield (Calif.)'s College of Marin. A long-time amateur player in South Florida, Franek formed the first Gold Coast Inter team from a group of free agents in Florida's popular Beaches Adult Soccer League (BASL).
With a little inspiration from international soccer legend Thomas Rongen, Franek created Inter Community Trust, Inc., a fan-owned non-profit organization, and the team came up with its iconic green and gold color scheme.
The club has quickly grown to two field teams, with Gold Coast Inter AFC 'Gold' claiming the BASL Spring 2018 championship.
Gold Coast Inter AFC General Manager Christian Franek said, "We've built upon some steady success and now here we are. We've got great sponsors in Icarus FC and Mellow Mushroom, and we're ready and excited to join the UPSL and get going this Fall. The UPSL took notice of our efforts in the community, and now we want put our best foot forward."
David Johnson is the Head Coach of Gold Coast Inter AFC. Johnson, 45, is a native of Jamaica and a former professional player and coach in Jamaica's Premier League.
"We were presented with the option of joining the UPSL and everyone was saying, 'Let's just figure out how to do it,' and that just made it an obvious choice," Franek said. "It's the right fit for us, and is the best choice amongst the leagues that exist currently."
The club is currently exploring its venue options in compliance with UPSL's Minimum Standards. The team soon will announce its upcoming tryout and game schedule.


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2402 Lake View Court
Park Meadows 09
Offered at
$4,999,000 Sale Pending
Property DetailsSingle Family
Park City, UT 84060
Park Meadows 09 Area
5 bedrooms, 10.00 bathrooms
11169 square feet
1.14 acres
Single Family Home in Park Meadows 09
Park City, UT 84060 MLS# 11805718
5 bedrooms, 10.00 bathrooms
11169 square feet
Approx. $448/sqft
1.14 acres
Offered at
$4,999,000 Sale Pending
About The Property
This artfully designed and beautifully executed home is centrally located, adjacent to open space and the iconic PC hill, with breathtaking views of the golf course, ski runs and the lake. Enjoy convenient main level living/dining/kitchen, expansive covered deck and private terraced areas, a variety of outdoor patios, wide plank wood floors, soaring ceilings, impressive stone fireplace & gourmet kitchen with a spacious yet open, chef prep area. The master suite, located on the main level, is a sanctuary, each of the additional 4 bedrooms are en suite and provide privacy for guests. In addition to the 5 beds/10 baths, a large lower family/game room, theatre room, art studio, impressive library, wine room, elevator, & over 2200 sq ft of garage/workshop space, all combine to make this one of the most inviting and compelling homes in all of Park City. Complete with 5 fireplaces, this home is ideal for entertaining from intimate dinner parties or alfresco evenings to the grandest of events.
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Ordinary merchants, who were shouldering
the carrying pole, because wealthy merchants.
Belief obtained through practice of long trade, is included in
family precepts and store rule,
which have been inherited by Ohmi merchants.
Good seller, good buyer,good society, these three together are
called as "Sanpouyoshi".
These words have a timeless universality and validity.
Ohmi merchant's high ethics and contribution to society, have
recently once again gained attention.
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one word;
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everyday life!s express are cut down as much as possible,
everyday preparedness and interests in working industriously and
increasing income are expressed.
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and technique,
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world, are inherited in the present age.


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My grandmother, Nova Metzger Jacobs, routinely made these cookies at Christmas-time, and I, as a child, routinely ate too many of them. They are called Merveilles (French for "miracle"), and they are insanely-delicious. Watch me make these crisply-puffed, orange-zest-scented, confectioners'-sugar-dusted delights:
But first, let me bore you with this memory snapshot!
Nova, along with my grandfather, Frederick, lived in a rambling 1920s house in Washington State. One closed-off room in the house held an enormous upright piano. As a toddler, I would sneak into that room, and tickle the ivories to my heart's content. This music-making eventually lead to piano lessons with some of the most gifted teachers in the world, including Yvonne Kovacevich in Spokane, and German Diez in New York City.
Of course, the piano is indirectly responsible for my brief career as a punk-rocker. I performed not once, not twice, but seven times at CGBGs in New York. There were other dates at other hip venues as well. Like S.N.A.F.U. in the East Village, and The Other End in the West Village.
I don't think my grandmother would have appreciated my punk rock days, nor my punkish appearance. My hair was spiky. I wore a spider-earring.
But grandmama would be glad to know that my piano-passion continues even to this day, as evidenced by the three grands in my home. Two pianos — a Steinway and a Yamaha — are located before a window garden. The plants seem particularly fond of Bach, Mozart, and Chopin. I don't know how they'd feel about punk rock.
And that's all the memoir-writing (dull as it is) that I can manage right now. So let's hit the cookie-trail, okay?
Here's the photographic step-by-step recipe, followed by a printer-friendly, copy-and-paste version:
First, tip some flour, baking powder, and salt into a small bowl…
Next, pour some sugar into a medium-size bowl. More's the pity if your bowl isn't green.
I hope you have a micro-zester. If not, add it to your Christmas list. It is not an expensive gadget.
Add the orange zest to the sugar, and rub them together with your fingers. Inhale deeply! As you rub, the orange zest will emit an intoxicating perfume.
Add some softened butter to the bowl…
And stir it into the sugar mixture with the help of a yellow spatula.
Then open your purse, and retrieve…this stuff.
No brandy in your purse? Retrieve the rum.
No sooner had I mentioned brandy and rum than Mrs. Little People rushed into my kitchen. As I mentioned in a previous post, the woman is a lush.
My grandmother, however, was a teetotaler. She probably substituted orange juice for the booze in her Merveilles.
Tip: Don't be like my grandmother.
Add a healthy splash of brandy or rum…
And some pure vanilla extract.
Mix this soupy business as well as you can, and then stir in the dry ingredients.
Stir until a soft, sticky dough forms.
Then scoop the dough onto a sheet of plastic film, wrap it up, and chill it for 2 hours or overnight.
No pictures of the following 2 steps: Line a baking sheet with plastic wrap, and generously flour your work surface. My work surface is a piece of canvas.
Cut the dough in half, and return one half to the refrigerator.
Flour the top of the dough, and then roll it out, turning it over and adding more flour to keep it from sticking, until it's paper thin.
Note: I rolled my pastry into a free-form shape. If you'd prefer a neat, 4-inch wide rectangle, go for it.
Use a ravioli cutter, a pastry cutter, or a sharp knife to cut the dough into strips. The strips can be long or short, wide or narrow. I made both long and short ribbons, all of them 1 inch in width.
Place the pieces on the baking sheet, and cover with another piece of plastic wrap. Chill for 1 hour.
No picture here, because I forgot to take one: In a large, heavy pot (or a deep-fat fryer, if you have one), heat 4 inches of oil to 350°F. Don't guess here — use a candy or deep-frying thermometer to make sure the temperature is correct.
Oh. While the oil is heating, line a baking sheet with a few thicknesses of paper towels.
Lay the Merveilles, 4 or 5 at a time, in the hot fat, and let them cook on both sides until golden brown. You can use chopsticks or a slotted spatula to flip them.
Then transfer the cookies to the paper-towel-lined baking sheet, let them drain for a moment, and then smother both sides with confectioners' sugar.
Enjoy these miracles while they are still slightly warm, and preferably while you are not wearing a black cashmere sweater.
Delicious, delicious, delicious.
Need a copy-and-paste version of the above? Here we go-go:
Adapted from Baking Chez Moi by Dori Greenspan
1 cup (136 grams) all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
The grated zest of 1 orange
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 large egg, lightly beaten, at room temperature
2 tablespoons brandy or dark rum
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
Flavorless oil for deep-frying
1. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
Tip the sugar and orange zest into a medium bowl. Use your fingertips to rub the sugar and zest together until the sugar is moist and fragrant. Add the butter, and blend it into the sugar with a spatula. Add the egg, brandy or rum and vanilla, and stir to blend. Then add the dry ingredients and stir until you achieve a soft, sticky dough.
2. Scoop the dough on a sheet of plastic, wrap it, and chill for 2 hours or overnight.
Meanwhile, line a baking sheet with plastic wrap.
3. Cut the dough in half and return one half to the refrigerator. Sprinkle the top of the dough with flour, and then roll it out, flipping it over frequently and adding more flour to keep it from sticking, until it is paper thin. (You can roll the dough into a neat rectangle, or into a free-form shape.) Use a pastry cutter, a fluted ravioli wheel, or a sharp knife to cut the pastry into strips. I always aim for 1-inch wide strips, about 4 inches long. Roll out and cut the remaining dough into strips. Transfer the strips to the baking sheet, and cover with another piece of plastic wrap. Chill for 1 hour.
Meanwhile, line a baking sheet with several layers of paper towels.
4. In a heavy pot, heat 4 inches of oil to 350°F, as determined by a candy or deep-fry thermometer. Fry 4 or 5 strips at a time just until golden brown on one side. Then flip them over with chopsticks or a slotted spatula, and brown the other side. Transfer the Merveilles to the paper towel-lined baking sheet, let them drain for a minute, and then immediately coat both sides with confectioners' sugar.
Mervilles are best when served on the day you make them. Enjoy them for Christmas…or anytime!
Think you'll try these cookies of my youth? You can let me know by leaving a comment.
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I don't own many mascaras. They tend to dry out so I opt for trying a new one everytime this happens. Up until now I've been using the Rimmel Lash Accelerator – a firm favourite of mine which I have repurchased a few times before. The Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara is raved about a lot. After seeing it floating around for a while now, so I thought it was my turn to pick it up and give it a try!
I feel like whoever designed the packaging of this mascara had bloggers in mind – a rose gold dream. The mascara claims to layer and multiply, which after testing it out I think I can agree on. The brush is different to most I have seen – curved with one side with shorter bristles and the other with longer bristles. I've found the shorter bristles to really grip to my lashes and lengthen and seperate them, while the longer bristles add that volume. It's possible that it can get a bit clumpy, so if you're a hater of that then perhaps give it a miss. But for me, as long as it's not looking like spiders legs for lashes, it doesn't bother me.
I am really loving Lash Sensational and would definitely repurchase. What's your favourite drugstore mascara?
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I love liturgical chant, I love the gracious solemnity of it, the fact the music is so much part of the of the prayer. I am would like to have more of it in our liturgy, at the moment we have Missa di Angelus every Sunday except during Advent and Lent when we use a mixture of Mass XVI/XVII. We don't sing the Pater or the Credo partly because I am a little afraid of introducing more Latin because, mainly because older people complain they can't understand it and want to understand what they are praying. The counter argument to this is that very few Muslims understand Arabic. Jews understanding Hebrew is a comparatively new phenomena, until the coming of Zionism Hebrew was only a liturgical language, even Jesus spoke Aramaic not Hebrew. Having a special language for the liturgy or prayer seems to be part of religion. Who nowadays speaks Sanskrit or "Church" Slavonik, they are solely liturgical languages, and what about "toungues" that extra-ordinary muttering encountered among Charismatic groupings.
Anyhow, as a follow-up the piece on the Pope's comments on liturgical music read the whole of this article
Understanding God is hard work, the argument goes, and similarly, music in church should challenge us. A sermon that says only what people want to hear would lack moral authority. The same goes for music.
The chants sung at Regina Laudis are more than 1,000 years old. But Sister Elizabeth Evans says "old'' doesn't mean "irrelevant.''
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Pope's comments on Gregorian chants rekindle an age-old musical debate
4 comments:
I love the 10.30 am Mass, it would be good to have more chant, I am glad when I can get to weekday Mass we sing the Mass on feastdays, the Salve was so beautiful when everyone joined in.
- 26/8/06 11:45 pm
Do we teach children how to worship? We don't seem to teach adults. Most people come to be entertained rather than worship. Maybe me included.
- 27/8/06 4:24 pm
I think you will kmow I will agree. What we do is to try to preserve the gift that has been handed down to us that deserves maintaining. There is much I have to learn, there is also much I have to preserve from what I have ben taught... love ya dude.
- 31/8/06 4:32 pm
Last comment was pants.
- 31/8/06 4:33 pm
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Robbie Williams has joined the line-up for the concert to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee this summer.
Williams, who announced recently that he is expecting his first child with wife Ayda Field, joked that "if this doesn't get me a knighthood, nothing will" when it was confirmed he was joining the bill earlier today (April 30).
Williams joins a bill that already includes Paul McCartney, Tom Jones, JLS, Kylie Minogue, Annie Lennox, Alfie Boe, Jessie J, Shirley Bassey, Cliff Richard and Ed Sheeran for the event.
The event will take place on June 4 outside Buckingham Palace and will also be broadcast live across both BBC TV and radio.
The concert is being curated by Williams' Take That bandmate Gary Barlow, who will also perform at the event himself. There are rumoured to be a few acts left to announce for the concert, with One Direction reportedly in negotiations to join the bill.
Tickets for the event have all been allocated. For more information about the concert, visit Jubileeconcert2012.co.uk/.


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So the day after St. Patrick's day I was sick of the Irish, so I decided to make Scotch Eggs!
They turned out better than I could have possibly hoped.
Start by making four hard boiled eggs and grab a package of Jimmy Dean's Pork Sausage.
Split the meat into four equal parts and make a round, pancake like circle out of the meat.
Place the egg in the center of the round and roll it over. Make sure the egg is really dry and no longer hot. Lots of recipes coat the egg in flour at this point but its not strictly necessary and will save us some carbs. Wrap the sausage around the egg and press together so there are no gaps.
Here are the wrapped eggs. At this point, it is ideal if you refrigerate them for 30-60 minutes. If you don't have time, it should be fine, they will just be harder to work with. I chose to put them vertically, kind of making a flat bottom with the sausage so they stood up.
Next lay out two pieces of bacon in a cross pattern.
Wrap the bottom piece of bacon first, followed by the top piece, then skewer with a toothpick. This makes a really nice bacon wrap and it fits around the egg perfectly.
Here are all four eggs prepped for cooking.
I cooked them in my convection oven which really helped with crisping the bacon. Also it uses less energy than the full oven and I like using it when I'm just making a small meal.
Here they are fresh out of the oven! They crisped up really well and I was surprised they stayed together so nicely!
These were absolutely delicious! I would definitely recommend making them. Its a decent amount of effort, I would probably only do it on the weekend, but it was awesome. I imagine you could premake them the day before and then just cook them the day of, that would reduce the time significantly.
- Serves: 4
- Serving size: 1
- Calories: 405
- Fat: 33
- Carbohydrates: 2
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 25
- 4 Large Eggs
- 1 pkg Jimmy Dean's Pork Sausage (12 oz)
- 8 slices Thick Cut Bacon
- 4 Toothpicks
- Hard Boil the eggs
- Peel the eggs and let them cool, dry them off thoroughly
- Split the sausage into four equal parts, pat each part into a large circle
- Place an egg into each circle and wrap it with the sausage, take it in your hand and adjust the sausage so the egg is completely covered
- Refrigerate for 30-60 minutes
- Make a cross with two pieces of thick cut bacon
- Place a wrapped egg in the center, fold the bacon over top of the egg, secure with a skewer
- Cook in a convection oven at 450 degrees for 20 minutes. A regular oven can be used, possibly needing finishing with the broiler. It is done when the bacon is crisp


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Kvetch, defined by the OED as:
to complain habitually, gripe; as a noun, a person who always complains,
describes our people from the start. After our liberation from slavery in Egypt we complain:
"Freedom is nice. Where's the water? Where's the meat? Slavery had better accommodations."
As we read Exodus this month and next, I am newly inspired to leave the kvetch behind and embrace instead our expressions of enthusiasm, our words of welcome, our voices of celebration.
This past summer Rabbi David Wolpe offered a giant complaint about a Bar Mitzvah celebration that went way over the top. Rabbi Wolpe called the celebration, in which young Sam Horowitz descended on stage amid Las Vegas style showgirls and danced in front of all the guests at his reception: "egregious, licentious, and thoroughly awful." He then ranted for multiple paragraphs about the great tragedy this was for contemporary Judaism.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson publicly disagreed with Rabbi Wolpe in an open conversation before Rabbi Wolpe's congregation. Rabbi Artson reminded us that it is a good thing that Judaism doesn't demonize materialism. And then he asked us to imagine ways to teach the Jewish message of an over the top celebration.
He concluded that as this kid's rabbi he would offer:
"Remember that when your parents chose to do this over the top celebration, they did it for your Bar Mitzvah, not your twelfth birthday, not your fourteenth birthday. They did it because however far people drift from piety and religion, saying 'Our kid is connected to Torah', is even for ostentatious Jews, still important.
"Now let's build on that. Why is it that specifically your 'Torah birthday' is the one when people go over the top? Then we could segue into: Are there other ways that we could celebrate that in ways that might be more compatible with standard and traditional Jewish values?"
Rabbi Wolpe's kvetch feels a lot like many Jewish reactions to the latest Pew survey.
Or like calls from Jews worried about the Jewish identity of kids and grandkids because the kids don't observe Judaism like their grandparents. They fell in love with and married Jews and non-Jews and almost all of them have vibrant Jewish homes where they raise their kids as Jews. They don't keep kosher the same way though.
In response to these concerns and others, I would like to follow Rabbi Artson's example – let us offer some reasons to celebrate.
In the wake of the last century, that Jews have become desirable spouses for non-Jews is a victory. That Judaism has become a desirable path for non-Jews, even those not married to Jews, is also a victory.
When we find creative and new ways to support each other with our Judaism – through our synagogues and communities – we succeed.
Our Judaism thrives and grows and evolves when we open doors.
Our ancestors took risks – they braved the desert, they entered into a contract with the universe to pursue life, and they built a Judaism that survived exile. In the last hundred years we have built a new nation and multiple enthusiastic reactions to a changing world.
In this season of celebration, let us liberate our voices of celebration.
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It's once again time for early-to-bed and early-to-rise schedules for families in the UAE. After the long summer holidays, parents are gearing up for the hectic schedules that would soon become routine as their wards return to school.
While some schools in the Emirates have already re-opened the rest will welcome students next week.
Emirates24|7 spoke to some parents and teachers to find out how they prepare themselves to guide their kids through another school term.
Rachana Sharmna, Owner, Chubby Cheeks Nursery, advises parents to "plan a shopping trip with kids exclusively for school supplies. And to let children pick things up".
That will not only help them identify their belongings but also make the whole back-to-school episode a fun experience.
Ruth Hulatt, mother, goes one step ahead and asks fellow parents to plan their first day early. Since most parents would converge at the school at about the same time, it's better to stagger your arrival time at the school so as to avoid traffic congestion and get parking space.
Intrestingly, unlike most parents who dread the alarm clock, Nathalie is a mom who is looking forward to the new school term. "It will set a routine now. My child will now sleep on time and get up on time," she says.
Apart from school supplies and revised timings, another major issue most parents face is a balanced and complete diet for their growing children.
Saira Abu Baker, Montessori Teacher, says, "The first few days, just pamper the kids. Pack their lunch boxes with the food they love. And slowly move towards a balanced and healthy diet."
Meanwhile, Sali, a mother-of-two, says, "It's very important for parents to be organised."
While, Rachna suggests parents stack on healthy and easy-to-prepare breakfast items to avoid rushing children to eat and spending long hours in the kitchen early morning, Vinitha says shopping over the weekend and planning for the entire week in advance is the only way ahead, especially with school projects that would consume most evenings.
Parents also need to talk to their little ones, get them mentally prepared to accept the change in schedules, say primary school teachers.


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Knowing the type of bankruptcy that's best for you
Feb 18
Filing for bankruptcy has never been quite appealing for most people. Some are hesitant to file for bankruptcy because of the stigma it may possibly bring. However, bankruptcy can be your best option in getting back on track. Furthermore, filing for bankruptcy can be your only way in securing your assets while trying to rebuild your finances.
Bankruptcy could be your way to re-establish your life and obtain financial freedom. Depending on your circumstances, there are different types of bankruptcy filings that would best suit your needs. We can group bankruptcy types into two: personal and business.
Personal bankruptcy
When you file for a personal type of bankruptcy, you are trying to deal with debts that affect you or your family. It can be student loans, credit card debts, car payments, home mortgages, and other personal debts. Personal bankruptcy offers two reliefs that you may choose from:
- Chapter 7 – The main objective of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing is to discharge or wipe-out unsecured debts, such credit card and personal loans. Chapter 7 is perfect for those with no stable source of income, or for those with a monthly income that's within or below the median
- Chapter 13 – Individuals with a stable source of income and with assets higher than the median may benefit more from Chapter 13 than from Chapter 7 filing. Chapter 13 offers wider range of protection than Chapter 7, and can protect the applicant from wage garnishment, foreclosure, and repossession.
Business bankruptcy
Businesses that are experiencing great financial hardships may benefit the most from business bankruptcy. There are three different business bankruptcy options: Chapter 7, Chapter 11, and Chapter 12.
- Chapter 7 – This type of filing is effective in discharging or eliminating small business debts.
- Chapter 11 – Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing may help large companies and businesses who are operating in the red to reconstruct their finances while doing business as usual.
- Chapter 12 – Chapter 12 bankruptcy is particularly designed for family fishermen and family farmers to re-establish their finances. This is pretty much like Chapter 13 bankruptcy, but with additional benefits that are tailor-fitted for those engaged in farming and fishing operations.


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The Best Laid Plans... Part VII: A False Start
When we ordered wheels from Team III Wheels, we didn't pay that close of attention (must have been that crooked tape measure I got from that 99-cent store) to the bolt pattern. We got what we ordered, which was for a Chevy pattern (4.75 inches), but we needed the 4.5-inch Ford pattern. There's nothing like ordering up a great looking set of wheels, in our case a slick set of 18 x 8 and 18 x 9 ET Classic Five wheels, only to box them right back up and send 'em back for the right bolt pattern. Luckily, we are not doing rocket surgery here!
It happens to us all: we forge ahead with our beloved project for months and months, only to hit a brick wall for any number of reasons. For some reason it seems that every project, automotive or otherwise, is plagued with unplanned stoppage that seems to appear literally out of nowhere.
Just because the ECOCAT is a high-profile magazine build doesn't mean the approach on its build-up is any different then the project our readers may have in their garage right now. More than once we've stumbled on our plan, while other times we've changed a thought pattern mid-stream. Either way, progress comes to screeching halt while we sort out the project's problems.
KIT CAR's ECOCAT project had been cruising along in its step-by-step build without a hitch. Tracy Tichenor at T&R Auto Body faithfully executed in fiberglass with creativity every styling cue that Thom Taylor had produced in pencil on paper. The team at Keisler Engineering completed the overwhelming task of converting the front-drive Ecotec engine to a rear-drive platform, and Bill Hahn and his team mated up one of the slickest turbo systems around that is guaranteed to put some real grunt into our "Go Pedal."
So we're fixing our ECOCAT woes. Like most builders, when presented with similar challenges, it is a matter of taking a deep breath and jumping back into it. Most of the sins committed in the past month are well on their way toward being corrected, but when you see you're near the top of the mountain, it's just a shame when you sometimes slide back down the gravel a few yards! By the time this story gets printed, the ultra-slick rollbar will have been fab'd up and the frame will be powdercoated. The wheel deal will have been corrected, all the while making some trucking firm a little richer.
Then it hit! All of a sudden, as if a busload of gremlins dropped by in the middle of the night and swarmed over our ECOCAT, we ran into problem after problem. The plan to move the battery tray behind the radiator was ambushed due to a space constraint that is yet to be alleviated. We'll be looking into how that can be solved soon.
Fear not, patrons of the art, it happens to us all. "When the going gets tough, the tough get going" and all those other catchy phrases that apply ring true for us all. It is a part of every project, kit or otherwise. Watch for the next installment of the ECOCAT in KIT CAR, as we will have turned up the "juice" and looking to complete the project in the next few months.
While opening the hood during a shop visit, a runaway elbow hit the windshield and cracked the glass. Not an insurmountable problem, but the original ideas were to keep the "fix this" list to a minimum! Rick's Race Cars, in the process of bending up a trick rollbar setup, had an emergency need on a local sportsman drag racer's car and had to put the ECOCAT on their back burner.


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Guide to Lauderdale County, Tennessee ancestry, family history and genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, Revolutionary War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.
|Lauderdale County, Tennessee
Location in the state of Tennessee
Location of Tennessee in the U.S.
|November 24, 1835
|County Seat
Lauderdale County's civil records start the following years:[1]
Lauderdale County Courthouse
County Courthouse;
Ripley, TN 38063
Phone: 731.635.2561
County Clerk has marriage records from 1838 and probate records.
Clerk Chancery CourtCourt has divorce records.
General Sessions Court has court records.
Register of Deeds has land records. [2]
Lauderdale County Courthouse
100 Court Square
Ripley, TN 38063
Phone: 1-901-635-2561
Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
West Tennessee county. Established 1835.
The county was named after "James Lauderdale, who was killed in the War of 1812."[3]
1835--Lauderdale County was created 24 November 1835 from Tipton, Haywood, and Dyer Counties.
County seat: Ripley [4]
For animated maps illustrating Tennessee county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Tennessee County Boundary Maps" (1777-1985) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
1869 Fire damaged courthouse records.[7]
For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:
|Abernathy (hist.)
|Olive Branch
|Hurricane Hill
|Key Corner
|Fort Pillow
|Keyes Point
|Pleasant Hill
|Knob Creek
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Luke 1:26-38 Gabriel visits Mary and tells her God's plan for the birth of the Messiah. If she agrees, this will irreversibly change her life.
John 8:41
"You are doing the deeds of your father." They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God."
Luke 2:1-5 They had to travel approximately 90 miles from Nazareth to Bethlehem over unpaved roads and significant elevation changes.
Luke 2:6-7 After Mary gave birth to Jesus, she laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.
Luke 2:8-20 God announced the birth of His Son to some unnamed shepherds rather than the powerful rulers of the age.
Luke 2:21-24 From Leviticus 12:7-8 we know that the offering Joseph and Mary gave was a provision for those who could not afford a lamb and a pigeon. Simeon and Anna offered encouragement in the midst of it all.
Matthew 2:7-21 Now Herod orders a hit on the child to eliminate any threat to Herod's legacy that he may pose later once he's grown. The family becomes refugees in Egypt to escape the slaughter.
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Instead, I signed up for the Plain 100 trail run on September 10th. Christi Masi said that she wanted to run it, so I agreed to run with her. That way, I wouldn't feel the pressure to run too fast, and my pathetic lack of training after Zach was born would be less apparent. Also, the race director doesn't allow pacers, so it would be awfully lonely running 100 miles by myself; I'd much rather spend 32 hours visiting with a friend.
Christi had just started a new job and could not make it out to the pre-race meeting, so I took notes. Note: attending this meeting is very important, as the RD mentioned a couple key turns that were not well described in the course description, and he also provided a "water map" from which I copied onto my GreenTrails map all the locations where water was available. This information proved to be invaluable, as the temperature hit 96 degrees in Plain on Saturday.
Christi arrived dramatically: her husband flew her up from Seattle and they landed at the airstrip next to the Rec Center where we were having our meeting. Noone had seen a plane land here before, as the short grass runway allowed only certain types of small planes to land.
Note: the Rec Center has awful, sulfury water. Don't expect to use the water at the Rec Center. Also, don't plan on sleeping inside the Rec Center, as the volunteers who make breakfast arrive awfully early to set up.
We camped outside the Rec Center at the edge of the airstrip and woke up at 3:30am to grab a pancake breakfast (thanks, volunteers!) and drive several miles over to the start line at Deep Creek. The race started at 5am.
The race consists of two loops, with only one aid station back at Deep Creek after we have finished the first loop. Christi and I planned to carry 16-20 hours of food with us and fill up with water at creeks and streams along the way. We planned to run as slow as we could on the first loop so as to have the will and the means to finish the second loop.
We started the race by running down the road to Thousand Oaks Lodge and back up to Deep Creek, because the RD wanted to keep the race the same even though that start location had changed from previous years. However, the Plain 100 is already 107 miles, so I would seriously consider eliminate this 3 mile section. Running an out-and-back on a dusty road is not my idea of fun, but the Plain 100 is not supposed to be "fun". It is "just plain tough". And it was. All of it.
We started faster than we wanted to, but it was hard to moderate ourselves when other people were around. After the first couple hours or so, we fell into a comfortable rhythm. Even the speed-walking was strenuous on some of the steeper sections, and the day warmed up pretty quickly. By this time we were on our own, and it was nice to have company.
I'd like to say more about the trails, but I'm not sure how to really enliven them. There was a fair amount of dust, and a lot of mind-numbing switchbacks. Many of the trails were ORV trails, and we saw several motorcycles throughout the day on Saturday. For the most part, the trails were not too rocky, but the dust did seep into our shoes and collect in pockets in our socks, so we occasionally would stop to knock the dust out and relieve the hotspots that formed on our feet. We spent a lot of time trying to make sure that we did not get blisters, which I did anyways, but at least they never became disabling. Our goal was "don't do anything that prevents you from finishing".
We had nice views at Klone Peak, at mile 19 our so and the high point along the route (6820').
The race directors were there to wish us on, having run 9 miles or so up from a drive-in checkpoint where we would later see them in loop 2. We also had a really nice time down at Tommy Creek (mile 33) where we waded into the creek and relaxed by the pool before the terrible climb back up and over Tyee Ridge in the afternoon heat. We loaded up on water here but we still ran out. Luckily we found the seep near Signal Peak and could refill with water before we headed back down to Cougar and Mad Creek. Christi did not drink enough and got somewhat dehydrated (as evidenced by brown pee), but she caught up later in the day and bounced back without any adverse effects.
The trail down Billy Creek was overgrown and rocky. I'm glad we did not have to do that part at night. Night fell as we finished our hike back up Mad Creek. At a brief stop I started to shiver, more due to my poor control over my body temperature than to the weather. We finally made it back to Maverick Saddle and followed the logging roads back to Deep Creek, arriving at 9:45pm or so, 16 hours and 45 minutes after we started.
At Deep Creek aid station, we received the best treatment ever. We relaxed in camp chairs at Deep Creek while the volunteers knocked the dust out of our shoes and then gave us each a
foot bath while we were waiting for our soup and grilled cheese sandwiches to be ready. They even held my toes apart for me while I wrapped new layers of tape onto my dust-streaked toes in preparation for the second loop. That was the best aid station I've ever been at, even though we were promised "no aid".
After a sufficient break, we headed out for the second half of the race, a slightly shorter and less technical lollipop loop than the first half (47 miles vs. 60 miles on the first loop). My pack was full of extra food, clothes and gear, as my only concern was to have what it took to finish rather than to finish fast. Christi had recovered from her dehydration and was ready to "run a 50 miler". Off we went, up the winding singletrack, which we had traveled down at the end of the Plain Trioba Adventure Race the other year, so it was somewhat, eerily familiar. Exactly two hours later, we passed the Alder Creek turn-off that we would come back on hours later.
We took it easy through the night and made slow, steady progress. When I got sleepy, we took a five minute nap. An hour later, we passed a runner in front of us who was filling up her water. Betsy Kalmeyer was suffering from blisters and moving slowly. I feel for her, as my feet had been complaining off and on for most of the race, but extra layers of Leukotape seemed to have kept them at bay.
Just before dawn, we pulled into the Chickamin Tie check point and said our hellos to the race directors, who were here cheering us on. A note about check points: the several check points along the race course are for Search and Rescue to keep track of where we are, but have no aid. They will not even give us water unless we disqualify ourselves from the race. It's nice to see a smiling face every now and then, however. We readied ourselves to finish our last big climb before the heat of the new day.
Once we passed Mad Lake, we were ready to tackle the downhills. The motorcycles were starting to appear again, and we passed several groups on our way down Alder Creek trail.
Even the downhills are hard, with mind-numbing switchbacks bolstered by latticed concrete blocks around the curves to prevent erosion due to the ORV traffic. We ran an asphalt road for a mile or two, which turned out to be one of the harder sections on our tender feet for some reason. We arrived at the bottom at 11:08 am, just over 30 hours after we had started, having run 100 miles already. Seven more miles to go.
The last seven miles took us two hours on our way out in the middle of the night. I thought that we could return quicker, however, and finish in under 32 hours. I started to pick up the pace, running some of the shallow uphills. Christi kept up, but was only mildly interested in racing to the finish. A tendon in my ankle started to flare up and hurt with every step. We decided to take it easy, and the miles slipped by. We popped out at Deer Creek before we knew it, and finished in 31:55, comfortably under our goal. I was ready to be done.
Christi finished as the first woman, and won a chunk of granite with "Plain 100 - first woman" painted on it. I was glad to just finish and nurse my wounds.


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I'm sober now...
For those who are interesed I created some scripts to do graphical IP accounting on the ASUS. A description and some installation details are on the WikiPage:
Tarballs are attached!
Hope you like it
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I'm sober now...
Last edited by Styno; 18-10-2004 at 16:51.
Good Work, sodb!
Your scripts inspired me to start exploring the world of bash scripts/awk/iptables/etc. And the working model was of great help to start understanding how to deal with these progs.
I found it a nice exercise to adapt the scripts to extend their functionality.
v2 of tarballs are attached.
- all usage data is stored in relative usage counters instead of absolute iptables counters
- router: counts for in/outbound traffic of the router itself (ftp/http) to the WAN
- other: counts for those LAN ip addresses that are not monitored individually (in my case 192.168.1.17-192.168.1.254)
- introduced 2 new "ip addresses" in the usage logging:
- store all data in a data folder that is set in the init.sh script
- changed structure of data files:
- per ip address:
- hourly usage of today in the file <ip adress>.day.dat
- hourly usage of a earlier day in a file like <ip adress>.20041012.dat
- daily total usage of this and earlier month in a file like <ip adress>.200410.dat
- totals for all completes months up to now in the file <ip adress>.history.dat
- over all ip addresses:
- total usage of today up till now per ip address in the file all.day.dat
- total usage of completed days of this month per ip address in the file all.month.dat
- all history data is being kept and can be shown by web page
- all accounting scripts combined to 1: account_traffic.sh:
- script runs every hour
- script will detect and act to day changes (at midnight)
- script will detect and act to month changes (at midnight, 1st day of month)
- script can be run with parameter "init", "daychange", "mothchange" to force a init of iptable counters, day change or moth change resp.
- changed web pages:
- combined all web pages into 1 --> traffic.cgi
- all presentations done by graphs (no more select boxes etc)
- the bars in the graphs can be clicked to zoom in on details
my scripts depend on awk being found by the system, which you can arrange by the command:
ln -s <your path to busybox full version> /bin/awk
Hope you like it and I am waiting for some comments of you.
Last edited by Mark Koops; 24-10-2004 at 20:37.
found some small mistakes in the tar files so i updated them in my original posting
can i also use the howto from sodb for install?
is there something different if i want to use graphical ip accounting with fw 1.8.xx?
thx in advance...
Athlon XP 2200+ runnig on ECS K7S5A
160 GB Samsung
Ati Radeon 9500
System running under Yoper.v2
Router: WL500g
you certainly can use it with new firmware. Change the mount point in the init.sh script. The wiki page is not describing the scripts that Mark wrote. I installed Mark's scripts with some small changes (e.g. the root crond file is lacking in the tar ball). Using the post of Mark I will update the wiki page so that it describes the latest version,
I've a Asus WL-500g at home to distribute internet access for 4 computers, 3 Windows PC and 1 Macintosh. We are all students living in the same house.
So here's what I'm searching: I would like to have, at the end of the month, a graphic showing the percentage of every computer's downloads so that each one could pay the ammount according to the internet's use. I'm really new to all this and none of us here at home are familiar with coding.
Is "Graphical IP accounting" is suitable to do what I want? If so, there is any way to run a script automatically without having to type everything by hand?
Thank you in advance and forgive my ignorance
Best Regards
I can´t find the installation manual for Mark's ipaccounting. I think that quide which is described on http://wiki.wl500g.info/index.php/GraphicalIpAccounting is still showing installation process for old scripts, isn´t it? Where could I find new installation quide? I´m beginner in Linux.
- after router restarting is it working again or I will have to run it manualy?
Thanks a lot.
I can´t find installation guide for Mark's scripts. Do anybody have it? I think that the guide on wiki pages is still for older ipaccounting scripts.Originally Posted by sodb
What will happend after router restarting? Will I have to start scrips manualy again? And how to dissable scripting? I would like to print via USB port sometimes.
That is what post-boot/-firewall/-mount is for.What will happend after router restarting? Will I have to start scrips manualy again?
Once you unplug your usb stick, anything on /tmp/harddisk/ is unaccesible and scripts will fail, but no harm is done. If you like you can just stop the crond (killall crond) and then restart it when you plug your stick back in. But the easiest of course is to buy an usb-hub. Then you can have everything pluged in all the time! Not very expensive either.And how to dissable scripting? I would like to print via USB port sometimes.
Hello Mark,Originally Posted by Mark Koops
I need you help regarding to Graphical IP Accounting V2. I would like to use your vesrion. For installing I used the HOWTO from SODB, but in your tarball I couldnot find the root for crond. I used from V1.
In our wifi site we used Ips with step 10, as 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. In a case of INIT.SH setting I have to use LOWERIP=10 UPPERIP=50, but it takes very long time for ASUS to calculate and to prepare a dat files .. around 70minutes! And the generated HTML pages is very big ... a lot of unused IPs beetween 10-20-30-40-50. There is some possibilities or setting how to meka it little bit faster and how I can select just a used IP-s to HTML generating and accounting?
Thank you
Last edited by WiziPok; 29-05-2005 at 23:52.
Mea Culpa .... my fault .... WORKING FINE !!!!!
.............. just found some features, which doesnot works
... to get the traffic to the web I had to use eth0
... but still the field OTHERS and ROUTER doesnot calculate the traffic - but the router_in and router_out chains contains data !
... on the web are still missing the HISTORYCAL data, but in history folder the data are ....
can somebody help me?
Thanks a lot, WiZiPoK
Last edited by WiziPok; 02-06-2005 at 00:19.
Hi together,
I am using Marks script, but traffic is not counted. I think the cause are wrong values in the init.sh. Could someone tell me please what to type in? Here is some inormation about my config.
- My router has LAN adress 192.168.1.1
I do not have a fixed WAN adress
I have clients in the range from 192.168.1.50 to 192.168.1.61
Here is init.sh:
What should I use as WAN address?Code:#directory where accounting scripts reside accountdir=/tmp/harddisk/accounting datadir=/tmp/harddisk/accounting/data # pointer to AWK applet AWK="/bin/busybox awk" LAN="192.168.1.1" WAN="???.???.???.???" #ipprefix consists of the first 3 number of your #LAN side ip addres. Together with a 4th number in the #range lowerip to upperip, it makes the range of ip addresses #to be monitored in your LAN. # #warning: upperip relates to LANMask as: #ipprefix.upperip is the highest address that fits in ipprefix.0/LANMask ipprefix="192.168.1" let lowerip=50 let upperip=61 LANMask=???
What is a LANMask and which value should I use?
Thanks for your help
Use ifconfig (ifconfig eth1 | grep inet) to find WAN address, and LAN mask should be 255.255.255.0
I know my actuall Ipadress but is changes every day. So I think i were not very useful to change it every day manually.
255.255.255.0 is the subnet mask. But LANMask seems to be something different. And the example show a value of 28. But what should that be?
Code:#directory where accounting scripts reside accountdir=/mnt/usbfs/accounting datadir=/accountingdata # pointer to AWK applet AWK="awk" LAN="<LAN side ip address of your router>" WAN="<WAN side ip address of your router>" #ipprefix consists of the first 3 number of your #LAN side ip addres. Together with a 4th number in the #range lowerip to upperip, it makes the range of ip addresses #to be monitored in your LAN. # #warning: upperip relates to LANMask as: #ipprefix.upperip is the highest address that fits in ipprefix.0/LANMask ipprefix="192.168.1" let lowerip=2 let upperip=16 LANMask=28


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Purewhyte will be exhibiting the Limpet Wall Hook launched during the London Design festival 2009, which now also includes a new prototype including a wall mount made from the same off-cuts be means you need fewer holes and screws if preferred foe the less Handy of us.
The Warp Wall Clocks in gold and Silver finishes will also be exhibited.
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text: Depending on your cinematic tastes, the idea of a film from the director of Old School and Road Trip about four unlikely buddies on a stag bender in Vegas that goes predictably and spectacularly wrong sounds like it could go either way. But The Hangover has more than enough quotable lines and memorable scenes to mark it as a must-see of the frat boy comedy genre. Out this Friday.


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I've recently made a decision to USE some of my older, retired Designer Series Papers (DSP), rather than hording it endlessly for the proverbial rainy day. So, when I recently needed some purple-toned paper to make a box and card, I immediately thought of the pretty Enchanté DSP (from the Summer 2007|2008 Stampin' Up! Mini Catalogue).
The ingredients (all from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):
Cardstock: Basic Black and Whisper White
Stamps: On Your Birthday
Ink: Black Stazon
Accessories: Enchanté Designer Series Paper (retired), True Black Luxe Satin Ribbon (Papertrey Ink), Clear Rhinestones (Kaiser), Eyelet Border punch, SNAIL adhesive and mini glue dots.
The beautiful beads are handmade glass lampwork lentils by Terry of Silverfish Designs on Etsy. I really love the unusual shapes, patterns and colours that Terry works into her beads. They are truly unique!
While I am here...I wanted to show you how the cake that I was making yesterday turned out:
It is an Orange Poppyseed cake, and for a packet mix it tastes pretty good!
Better go bring in the washing before it gets damp again (and yes, by 2 in the afternoon, it is almost damp again...BRING ON SPRING!!!!!!!!! :-).
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- Debbie Pamment said...
WOW Sam - that bracelet is gorgeous - and so is the box! I've never seen that DP - before my time with SU.
When are you going to open your own Etsy store for your jewellery?!?!?
- 7 July 2009 at 4:24 pm
- Mandy Schiller said...
Gorgeous Bracelet Sam and box and card to match. I am sure the recipient will be extremely happy!
- 7 July 2009 at 5:01 pm
- Bec said...
WOW, love the bracelet.. The card is amazing and that cake looks sooooooooo yummy.. Bec xxx
- 7 July 2009 at 6:00 pm
- Leonie said...
You are a tricky one, beading, home made gift box and a cake...making the rest of us look bad. I did manage to burn a packet cake this week I will let you know! lol! Your card & box are just gorgeous (cake & braclett too I might add) great job using the old dsp, something I struggle to do because you just cant buy it again!!!
- 7 July 2009 at 7:31 pm
- Karen R said...
That's a funny looking lemon cake (though sounds divine) I have enchante left too - it was very yummy DSP.
- 7 July 2009 at 9:35 pm
- Chat Noir said...
Hi Sam, I see you've been busy. Lucky is the lady who's on the receiving end of this beautiful bracelet. Love those beads.... Isn't glass fascinating? The textures are remarkable and every one a wee bit different from the next.
I see Debbie suggested an etsy store...my son suggested it to me too. I'm not brave enough yet "cos I really haven't got the time, but its tempting.........
- 8 July 2009 at 12:26 am
- Reggae Littlemuscle said...
I made one in red, it was less metallic, but of the same model xD It's beautiful, really!
- 8 July 2009 at 1:34 am
- Donna Maria said...
Ahhhhhh Hello, can I be your new best friend?!!! LOVE the bracelet! You are just soooo talented Sam! And if that cake tasted as good as it looks...You can visit me anytime!!
- 8 July 2009 at 11:53 am
- Kristie said...
Whoever this gift is for is bound to be thrilled to bits to receive such a gorgeous bracelet in a beautiful box with a stunning matching card! Everything is just perfect! Oh, and your cake looks yummy too :)
- 8 July 2009 at 11:57 am
- SharonD said...
I'm not normally a big purple fan but I really like what you've done with the card and box Sam. And the bracelet is gorgeous...and the cake...you are too clever!
And I second the "Bring on Spring" remark!! Winter is yukky!
Take care
- 9 July 2009 at 7:34 am


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Flavor chemists work in labs, studying and manipulating food's composition to make it taste better, replicate a specific taste, or develop a new one. These professionals should hold at least a bachelor's degree or higher, likely in chemistry or food science.
Essential Information
Flavor chemists enhance natural flavors and create new ones using various scientific applications and creative thinking. For chemists in general, the entry-level academic requirement is a bachelor's degree, though many advanced career tracks require a master's or doctoral degree.
|Required Education
|Bachelor's degree for entry level; many advanced research positions call for graduate degrees
|Other Requirements
|Prior lab experience is useful
|Projected Job Growth
|4% for all types of chemists
|Median Annual Wage (2019)**
|$58,000 for food chemists
Sources: * U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), **PayScale.com.
Flavor Chemist Salary
PayScale.com reported in April 2019 that food chemists, a group that includes flavor chemists, who earned gross annual salaries in the 10th-90th percentile range took home $43,000-$101,000. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median salary among all types of chemists was $76,890 as of 2018.
Flavor Chemist Job Description
Flavor chemists, also called flavorists, work primarily in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and pet industries. They use scientific and analytical tools, along with creativity, to boost natural flavors and create new ones.
Flavor Chemist Duties
Flavor chemists examine the characteristics of proteins, fats, starches, carbohydrates, natural flavors, and other components. They determine the role each component has in a particular flavor or food and explore how that role is affected by additives. Flavor chemists develop flavors that remain sharp even when put through various methods of food preparation such as processing, freezing, cooking, or boiling.
Essential oils, plant extracts, aroma chemicals, natural flavors, and artificial ingredients are all manipulated by flavor chemists to develop new flavors. Flavor chemists can create flavors that smell better, have a more distinct taste, and last longer than natural flavors. They can also reformulate flavors so they don't irritate consumers' allergies.
Before flavor chemists can enhance a natural flavor, they must first recreate the natural flavor in the lab. To do this, flavor chemists are reliant on previous research from flavor chemists who figured out the chemical makeup of a majority of naturally-occurring flavors. The research enables flavor chemists to use various mathematical formulas that indicate how much of certain substances must be blended together to achieve certain characteristics.
People want to eat food that's pleasing to their palate, and a flavor chemist's job is to fulfill that desire by experimenting with various foods and extracts. A bachelor's degree is the minimum requirement, and advanced positions call for graduate study. As last updated in 2019, food chemists earned a median annual pay of $58,000.


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RBI for removal of restrictions on gold import
"I would be much happier if we had the kind of CAD we have without significant curbs on anything, including gold. We should aim to have a CAD without any distortions, removing the incentives for smuggling, that is what we will be working for," he told a press conference here.
CAD, which is the difference between the inflow and outflow of foreign currency, had touched a record high of USD 88.2 billion or 4.8 percent of GDP last fiscal.
The government hiked import duty on gold to 10 percent and the RBI also imposed curbs on its imports by linking it with exports.
With this, the CAD was brought down to 1.2 percent in the July-September quarter, from 4.9 percent in Q1.
In the first half, the CAD stood at USD 26.9 billion (3.1 percent of GDP), down from USD 37.9 billion (4.5 percent of GDP) in H1 of 2012-13.
"At this point, I feel very comfortable with where we are on CAD," Rajan said. The government and the RBI expect to contain CAD at USD 56 billion. On an earlier occasion, the Governor had expressed concern that there was spurt in gold smuggling and was being paid for through the hawala channel.
Government expects gold imports to drop to 500 tonnes in the current fiscal as against 845 tonnes last year on account of measures taken by it along with the RBI.


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This week I finished my dossier pages and edited my audio log that I recorded last week.
To finish my pages I finalised the layouts and started to add the information to them. I also added buttons that members of my team had made to the pages so that they had a consistent element, and also the arrows they made fit more with the style of the time period.
I also created the content page for our dossier that will be used as the home page and will allow users to get to all of our sections.
When editing my audio log I was trying to make it sound like it was being played through a phonograph as that was the technology used at the time for recording audio. To do this I added Brownian noise to my audio log to create static and I also adjusted the equalisation of the audio make it have a slightly higher pitch as that is what audio played through a phonograph sounded like.
I'm happy with my dossier pages as I think they include relevant information and present it in a way that is simple for the audience. I also think I have made it look like its from the 1800's with the textures and fonts I have used, as well as the assets that my team mates and I have created, such as the back and forward buttons, the arrows, and the wax seal, as these things all look like items you would expect to see during the time period.
I think the audio log I recorded and edited sounds like its being played from a phonograph, which fits in with the audio of the time period, however I think I could improve its authenticity by having other sounds, such as a sound imitating the cranking of the handle for when audio is being recorded on a phonograph.


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1. Is burning an American flag protected by the First Amendment? Why or why not? Should there be a constitutional amendment banning this practice?
2. Is there a difference between government establishment of a religion and the freedom to worship? How has this issue played out in public schools?
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Excellent questions!
1. Is burning an American flag protected by the First Amendment? Why or why not? Should there be a constitutional amendment banning this practice?
Congress tried to pass the Flag Protection Act of 1989 (see http://www.esquilax.com/flag/protection.shtml), but the act failed because it is seen as a form of public protection. There have been other attempts to pass legislation to protect the American flag but all of the attempts have failed so far.
The topic of flag burning is very controversial because people have different definitions of what "freedom of speech" means and what our flag stands for. For example, proponents argue for a law protecting the flag and the opponents view point argues against such a law. The most debated question being asked at this time is: is flag burning protected under the First Amendment guaranteeing the freedom of speech? It all depends on how a person defines the flag and interprets the First Amendment (http://www.123helpme.com/assets/10030.htmlys, attached wit both sides of the argument detailed).
(b) Should there be a constitutional amendment banning this practice?
It depends which side of the argument you are on. It seems reasonable that burning of the American flag is beyond one's freedom of speech rights, and an amendment should be in place of banning this practice. In the attached article on the flag debate, most Americans think it is unconstitutional, however e..g, the flag is only a piece of mateiral, nothing more, nothing less.
However, in the past, judges have called it unconstitutional. For example, in June 1990, "the Supreme Court in U.S. v. Haggerty and U.S. v. Eichman upheld the district court rulings that the Flag Protection Act is unconstitutional. This law is still part of the U.S. Code, although it is not likely to be enforced unless a Flag Protection Amendment passes. I have reproduced the Act verbatim from the U.S. Code (disclaimer: this is a copy, and not the official version. I'm pretty confident it's correct.)" (http://www.esquilax.com/flag/protection.shtml).
Surveys suggest that the vast majority of Americans disagree with an amendment. The proponents feel that it is a way to preserve the values that America stands for, but the opponents feel that this amendment will hinder their rights as citizens of America. Which side is right? I guess it is up to each citizen of America to decide what s//he feel is right and take a stand on this issue (http://www.esquilax.com/flag/protection.shtml).
See the attached article for other considerations.
2. Is there a difference between government establishment of a ...
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Laparoscopic Training Course For Surgeon, Gynecologist, Urologist and Pediatric Surgeon
By Endoscopic Institute on Jan. 12, 2016.
Laparoscopic Training Course For Surgeon, Gynecologist, Urologist and Pediatric Surgeon.
Laparoscopic Training Course For Surgeon, Gynecologist, Urologist and Pediatric Surgeon.
Laparoscopic or "minimal Access Surgery" is a highly specialized technique for performing surgery of abdomen. In the past, this surgical technique was commonly used only for gynaecologic surgery, for diagnostic laparoscopy in cases of infertility and for gall bladder surgery. Over the last 10 years the use of this specialized surgical technique has expanded into intestinal surgery. In traditional "open" surgery the surgeon uses a single incision to enter into the abdomen. Laparoscopic surgery uses several 0.5-1cm incisions. Each incision is called a "port." At each port a tubular instrument known as a trochar and cannulla is inserted. Specialized instruments and a special telescope known as a laparoscope are passed through the port during the procedure. At the beginning of the procedure, the patient's abdomen is inflated with carbon dioxide gas to provide a working and viewing space for the laparoscopic surgeon. The laparoscope transmits images from the abdominal cavity to high-resolution video monitors through a digitally advanced camera system in the operating room. During the operation the surgeon watches detailed images of the abdomen on the high resolution monitor. This system allows the surgeon to perform the same operations as traditional surgery but with smaller multiple incisions.However recently single incision laparoscopic surgery is also evolved.
In certain situations a minimal access surgeon may choose to use a special type of port that is large enough to insert a hand known as Hand Port. When a hand port is used the surgical technique is called "hand assisted laparoscopic surgery". The incision required for the hand port is generally 5.5 cm and hence larger than the other laparoscopic incisions, but is usually smaller than the incision required for traditional surgery.
Advantages of laparoscopic surgery?
Compared to traditional open surgery, patients often experience less pain, an earlier recovery, and less scarring with laparoscopic surgery.
Operations which can be performed using laparoscopic surgery?
Most of the abdominal advanced surgeries can be performed using the laparoscopic technique in experienced hand. These include surgery for gallbladder, dduodenal perforatio, appendicitis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis, cancer, rectal prolapse and severe constipation.
In the past there had been concern raised about the safety of laparoscopic surgery for radical cancer operations. But recently several studies involving hundreds of patients have shown that laparoscopic surgery is safe for certain colorectal cancers.
How safe is laparoscopic surgery?
Laparoscopic surgery is as very safe as traditional open surgery. At the beginning of a laparoscopic operation the laparoscope is inserted through a small incision near the umbilicus, Either superior crease or inferior crease of umbilicus. The laparoscopic surgeon initially inspects the abdomen by doing diagnostic laparoscopy to determine whether laparoscopic surgery may be safely performed. If there is a large amount of inflammation or if the surgeon encounters other factors that is risky and prevent a clear view of the structures the surgeon may need to make a larger incision in order to complete the operation safely by converting laparoscopic surgery into open surgery.
Any intestinal or abdominal laparoscopic surgery is associated with certain risks such as complications related anesthesia and bleeding or infectious complications. The risk of any operation is determined in part by the nature of the specific operation and hidden risk factor within the patient itself. An individual's general health and other medical conditions are also factors that affect the risk of any operation. Patient should discuss with your surgeon your individual risk for any operation. World Laparoscopy Hospital, Gurgaon is very reach in this concern because for poor and needy patient surgery is completely free at World Laparoscopy Hospital.
All over world there is lack of a structured endoscopy training program with clear goals for proper teaching and evaluation. It is necessary to alleviate apprehensions in the minds of trainees regarding this crucial area.
Guidelines for endoscopic training.
Log Book
Details of all cases attempted, including those not successfully completed, must be recorded prospectively in the log books. These details include indications complications, degrees of success and time taken. The time taken is recorded as a guide for the supervisor and is considered to be much less important than the successful completion of a procedure with minimal discomfort for the patient and no complications.
The fellow should work with the preceptor and other designated members of the training team in the procedure room. The fellow should participate in the pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative care of patients. The fellow may be assigned to other professionals to gain additional knowledge and experience in procedures and techniques.
World Laparoscopy Hospital, Gurgaon, India offer a structured training program which is fully dedicated for scientific laparoscopic training. The detail about this institute can be found at the website of World Laparoscopy Hospital


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Owning a vacation rental does not mean that you are straight away successful in the vacation rental business. It is the goal of every owner to be progressive and to gain satisfactory results, each with its performance standards, each with its objectives and evaluation of achievements. However, the road to success depends on many things present there for you to implement, monitor, and use effectively. But some things are basic, necessary, and simple—without them, great achievements would never be reached.
Maybe you're reading this and thinking, yeah, yeah. This is a boring, cliche subject; there is nothing new in this post, nothing special or interesting. But I feel the need to mention again one of the most important moments, one of the key factors that plays a crucial role in our lives. I will mention some standards that need to be met if you are willing to point yourself on the road that leads to a successful vacation rental business. Cleanliness!!!
This is a pretty popular subject to discuss, as each vacation rental owner is already sufficiently dedicated to it, but maybe it is time to finally realize the seriousness of this fundamental component in order to raise the cleanliness standards and to think a little deeper about it and its essential role in the vacation rental business.
Inspired but at the same time stunned by recent experiences of people with whom I am close, people who were willing to spend over 90 € / day for a rental in London, I would like to ask you just a few questions:
1) Do you really think that the dust and hairs clearly visible all over the toilet are part of one's high standards of cleanliness?
2) Is it normal to say that the toilet bowl is clean if there are rust and other stains in it?
3) Does it meet the standards for clean if the closet shelves in the bedroom are so dusty that it takes you plenty of time to clean them, make them ready for use?
4) Is it a high standard of cleanliness if the shelf has scattered remnants of cosmetic products? (Here is another question for you: Do you really think that someone would use half-emptied mouthwash or almost-wasted body lotion?)
5) Do you consider it nicely cleaned if the fridge contains rotten food leftovers, or do you maybe actually think that someone would eat them?
With an affirmative answer to the questions, it is not nice to welcome someone for free into a home with these things—not to mention someone who is actually paying for it...
"The purpose of a business is to create a customer who creates customers"Shiv Singh
Nobody likes disappointed, disgusted guests—especially not those with a revoked smile and who feel deeply inspired to write negative feedback about their stay.
Whether you will decide to clean by yourself, employ cleaning staff, or use a cleaning company, the choice is yours, and the cleanliness standards will be determined by your guests. You should never use the term "different cleanliness standards" as an excuse for your dirt (yes, yes, you read it well—there are some vacation rental owners with such responses).
They say that "cleanliness is half of health." But when it comes to your vacation rental, I would say that the cleanliness is the base for the full health of your vacation rental business.


text: I read a comment in another thread about older nurses who aren't going to quit their jobs so the younger nurses can have them . . . "No nest egg? What were they thinking?" And it made me so angry I just had to respond. What I was thinking was that if I made good money and socked away a decent percentage out of every paycheck I'd have a nice nest egg by the time I was in my fifties. And I would have . . . if I hadn't invested it in an indexed fund that tanked . . . . 2/3 of my retirement is gone, wiped out in just a short time. And my pension from the state . . . also tanked. The pension from one hospital that I worked in was eliminated by corrupt executives. So I'm still working and still saving, but I'll never have the nest egg that I worked for, saved for and planned on. And that's why I'm not quitting my job to make way for the twenty somethings. As far as why I don't get a nice, cushy desk job? Those are rather difficult to find these days, too. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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