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Excited. Anxious. Stressed. Thrilled. Flat. Pumped. Frustrated. Inspired.
Just a select few words that have described the past 10 days, the first 10 days in fact, of 2014 for me professionally.
I knew that going back in to a classroom this year would be a challenge. Not because I had simply forgotten how to teach and inspire and engage, but due to the workload that i knew would come my way and having that trepidation around not wanting to do either of my roles any injustice to what they deserve!
I think that i have learnt more in these past ten days about prioritising, being organised (which I am obsessive compulsive about anyway), and working against the clock than I ever have before. I have said all along from last year that the one thing that I wanted to ensure never happened was for my role as eLearning Coordinator to hinder in anyway the students that I teach, as they are, and always will be, the priority. In saying this I do not want to let the ball drop either in regards to my eLearning position. In a school of 215 staff, 1850 students, and with 10 out of 13 cohorts from P-12 running 1:1 programs, there is never a dull moment. Working across the college with teachers and students is great and makes what I do extremely worthwhile however it can be very tedious.
Thus far I have loved being back in a class. The 22 students I grade share my class with are an amazing bunch of young people, all of whom have their own wonderful personalities that enable our class to be truly diverse. They're attentive, respond very well already to feedback and certainly have shown a want and desire to learn.
My teaching partner, Tegan, has been outstanding, as has the entire year 7 team I am part of. Great and committed staff who, like the students, all bring something different to the table which is what I feel an effective team needs. People who are not completely alike and perhaps may not always agree on the same thing can make for a stronger and more effective teaching team to be formed. As referenced in a previous blog post, Dan Gregory's comment of "Diversity and collaboration is about making a group smarter collectively. Not about playing nicely.", truly rings home and although we all get along extremely well, we also have that ability to say what we feel for the benefit of the students!
I am sure that this year will bring many a challenge, it already has in saying that, however for every challenge and frustration I encounter I am sure that I will also see all of my students at some stage feel success towards their learning that they have strived to achieve. It will be this that pushes all those challenging moments and and frustrating scenarios that may have arisen well and truly out of my mind!
It's safe to say I am more than happy to be back in those trenches!


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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson looked forward to next month's Champions League quarter-finals and claimed he would be happy to land holders Real Madrid.
The Spanish giants have been crowned European champions a record nine times and Ferguson watched on television before last night's defeat by Deportivo La Coruna as Real squeezed into the last eight with a narrow win over Lokomotiv Moscow.
As runners-up in Group C, Real are one of three potential opponents for United in the opening knock-out stage.
And even though they boast the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Raul, Ronaldo, Luis Figo and Roberto Carlos, Ferguson claimed he would be happy to send his team into action against them.
"Real are a very good team and their history is all about the European Cup," he said.
"We respect the fact they have some fantastic individual players and it would be a great test for us. But I would be happy enough because it would be a test for them, too. We have grown a lot in Europe."
The last eight promises to be a who's who of European football. Along with United and Real, Juventus, AC Milan and Barcelona are confirmed qualifiers, with Inter Milan, Valencia and Arsenal favourites to join them.
And Ferguson was positively bubbling over with relish at the prospect of what is to follow.
"This is exactly what the Champions League is all about," he said. "To be involved in something like this is fantastic for the players, coaches and supporters."
With a position at the head of Group D assured with two games to spare, Ferguson took the opportunity of fielding a youthful side last night and took some positives from the performance despite losing the proud record of just one defeat in 23 Champions League outings. Alberto Luque outpaced Laurent Blanc in the area to set up Victor's 31st-minute opener and Deportivo doubled their lead three minutes after the re-start when Mark Lynch turned Victor's cross into his own goal.

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When I arrived in Ireland I began my Irish outdoor career in earnest at the Cappanalea Outdoor and Training Centre where I taught canoeing and mountaineering as a voluntary instructor. Also at that time I was a member of Kerry Mountain Rescue. I have a particular passion for Irish agriculture, and currently teach organic horticulture. I have extensive knowledge of walks from the Dingle to Mizen peninsulas of Kerry and Cork. For me, a walk on the Wild Atlantic Way is all about the experience, and the same walk can be totally different according to the time of year and the weather! I like to share my experience as a photographer with other walkers in order to document your walk, put you in the landscape, and create lasting memories
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Benfica – Manchester United: Preview & Prediction
The average number of goals in the first half between SL Benfica and Manchester United is 1.8.
The average number of goals between SL Benfica and Manchester United is 2.8.
SL Benfica scored 1.2 goals against Manchester United and Manchester United scored 1.6 goals against SL Benfica (on average).
In their last 5 meetings SL Benfica won 1, Manchester United won 2, for 2 draws.
Manchester United have lost 1 of their last 5 matches against SL Benfica (all competitions)
Manchester United's latest performances are better than those of SL Benfica
When Manchester United lose 1-0 away, he wins 16% of their matches.
When SL Benfica lose 0-1 at home, he wins 20% of their matches.
When Manchester United wins 0-1 away, he wins 85% of their matches.
When SL Benfica wins 1-0 at home, he wins 86% of their matches.
SL Benfica wins 53% of the half-time, Manchester United wins 54%.
SL Benfica wins the first half in 53% of their matches, Manchester United in 54% of their matches.
Manchester United have not lost any of their last 9 games away.
Manchester United have not lost in their last 11 matches.
Our Tips
In the last 6 games, SL Benfica has won 1 time, there have been 2 draws and Manchester United has won 3 times.
SL Benfica scores 2.59 goals when he plays home and Manchester United scores 1.61 goals when he plays outside (on average).
Benfica – Manchester United: Betting Tips
Manchester United – Win Odds: 1.95
Both teams to score / YES – Odds: 1.70
Over 2.5 Goals – Odds: 1.70


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Bellicum Announces Oral Presentation on Dual-Switch CAR-T Technology at the 21st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy
"The potential of our novel dual-switch CAR-T platform to provide in vivo control over adoptive immunotherapies is very exciting," said Bellicum's President & CEO Rick Fair. "These data suggest the potential to significantly reduce toxicities while prolonging efficacy using molecular switches activated by small molecule agents. We believe this technology may address some of the major challenges with CAR-T therapies, particularly when targeting solid tumors. We look forward to initiating clinical trials in 2019 with two CAR-T cell candidates engineered with dual switches."
Presentation Details:
Title: HER2-Targeted Dual-Switch CAR-T Cells Enable Post-Infusion Control of CAR-T Efficacy and Safety with Small Molecules
The presentation will be made available in the Events and Presentations section of the Bellicum website shortly after the presentation.
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CARLSBAD — Carlsbad officials broke ground in June on the city's Joint First Responders Training Facility, which will provide local access to necessary training for police, fire and other safety workers.
The city originally estimated the project's cost to be $24.5 million. That cost has decreased significantly for a few reasons. An administrative building for the fire department has been deferred to a future date. The cost of labor and materials has decreased in recent years due to the recession. The city also is able to save on labor costs because, as a charter city, it is not required to pay union wages on construction jobs. Carlsbad was not a charter city when the project was first approved by voters in 2002. The project cost is now estimated to be $16.5 million for this phase, not including the administrative building.
The new safety center will provide city police, fire, street and utility crews the opportunity to train together on real-life scenarios. Currently, Carlsbad police and firefighter/paramedics must travel 40 miles to conduct basic training, and firefighters go to surrounding communities for other training. The safety training center will be built on a four-acre site next to the city Public Safety and Service Center on Orion Way, just east of El Camino Real and north of Faraday Avenue. Construction is expected to take about 18 months.
The project includes structures that can be used to simulate fires in residential and commercial buildings as well as help police conduct tactical training. The residential and commercial burn props have moveable walls to provide different training experiences. The structures can simulate smoke, heat and flames (through flashes of light) as well.
In addition to a traditional shooting range, the training center will include areas where different times of day and weather conditions can be simulated, providing a greater variety of real-life training situations. An open concrete area will be used for vehicle fire and rescue training. Space under the site will be outfitted for multiple uses, including underground rescues and confined space trainings.
When built, the training center will meet the highest benchmark in green building design. All the standard environmental measures will be taken into consideration: high efficiency lighting, low water-use fixtures, and state of the art heating and ventilation.
Water used during fire fighting trainings will be captured and used for landscape irrigation, and specially designed HEPA filters will remove lead and other particulates from the air caused by the discharge of weapons on the shooting range.
In addition to city staff training, the facility will also be available to other local public safety jurisdictions. The annual cost of operations and maintenance of the facility, estimated at $391,000, will be offset by $337,000 in savings from current training costs, resulting in a net annual cost of $54,000.
Ledcor Construction Inc. of San Diego was awarded the construction contract. The facility's design team is RMM Design Group, and Dudek & Associates is providing construction management services.
The Coast News has been delivering high-quality news, community voice and storytelling since its inception in 1987. Since then, the news organization has grown into a successful newsgroup covering a majority of San Diego's populous North County region.


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This week has seen a hasty attempt to get my studying back on track before the start of the new term tomorrow. It was pointed out to me this week that although I've now completed a whole term of my course, I do only have six months left of it and I just know it is going to fly by. The second half of the year is going to bring so many challenges which are beginning to scare me as up until now, they've been too far into the future for me to think about realistically. All will be revealed in due course!
Anyhow, in a similar fashion to a post I did a few weeks ago, here are some little internet nuggets I'd like to share with you this week...
- Rosie's post about peace, contentment and making little changes for a more fulfilling life really resonated with me. I really like her style of writing - so accessible yet very intelligent.
- 52 Things 52 Weeks is a blog I came across via the PostSecret Twitter account. It's the documentation of a year-long challenge to embrace one new thing a week. It has certainly inspired me to think more carefully about how I spend my time.
- Annie's One Good Thing a Day post reminded me of a calendar I used to have when I was 18 on which I would write a good memory of each day. I loved looking back in the years afterwards and seeing what I did on each day which made me happy. It's funny how there are so many things you will do in your life that you will actually forget you did. Even more reason to follow Annie's example, I think!
- Flora's new blog is utterly delightful. She has such a lovely way with words and I'm really enjoying each description posted.
- Whenever you feel down about not getting something quite right, or not feeling content with the result of your creative efforts, read this on Louise's blog "Beside the Danube". It might just make you feel better.
By the way, I am thinking of selling my Canon lenses. I have a Sigma (for Canon) 70-300mm and a Canon 18-55mm. Please send me an e-mail if you are at all interested in purchasing either or have any questions. I also have a temperamental Canon 350d body.


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Typically, the toughest factor about raising private capital is you need to find investors for the business. Initially, the easiest method to do this really is to enroll in the local chamber of commerce. You will find typically wealthy individuals and native business leaders that often spend into small companies that inside their geographical area. Most private investors enjoy having their small company investments within fifty miles of the homes. If your company is already functioning then you need to most certainly aim to find eco-friendly within where you live. If you can to do this effectively your capability to retain a considerably quantity of control of your company increases substantially.
Among the different ways that you could locate capital for your company is by beginning your make an online search. However, finding private investors on the web could be a tricky process because there are many sites available don't supply the results they promise. As a result, you will wish to focus your searches particularly on angel investor systems that hold themselves out as professional investment groups.
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Lamb neck chops with mushrooms, parsley and mustard mash
|1 Tbsp
|Olive oil
|1 kg
|Lamb neck chop
|1 to taste
|Salt and freshly ground black pepper
|Bay leaves
|250 ml
|Dry white wine
|250 ml
|Beef stock
|200 g
|Button mushrooms
|Bouquet garni
|1 tsp
|Dijon mustard
|1 handful
|Flat leaf (Italian) parsley
- Preheat the oven to 160C. Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan over a high heat, then carefully add the chops and cook until coloured on all sides, seasoning liberally with salt and black pepper. Cook the chops in small batches so as to not overcrowd the pan, adding a little extra oil each time if required. Slice the onions.
- Once all the chops are done, toss the onion and bay leaves into the pan and cook over a medium heat until the onion is soft and light golden. Transfer the onion and chops to a deep casserole dish that can be used on the stove top, then pour over the wine and stock and bring to a simmer on the stove.
- While waiting for the stock to simmer, wash the mushrooms and add to the hot liquid with the bouquet garni. Cover with a piece of buttered greaseproof paper, then a lid, and bake for 2 hours.
- Remove the lid and carefully transfer the chops to a warm dish. Pour off any fat from the cooking liquid and discard.
- Bring the remaining liquid to the boil on the stove, then stir in the mustard. Reduce to a sauce consistency - this should take 5-10 minutes - then taste for salt and pepper. Pour the sauce over the chops and sprinkle with the parsley.


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During the long break in May, the powerhouse schools travel to different parts of the country to compete in practice
games to prepare for the summer tournament. Fujimaki Komadai has traveled to Osaka to play Osaka Kiryu; Inashiro is playing Saiho in Aichi; Yoshinaga from Tokushima is in Kumamoto playing Shogakkan. Seido tides themselves over by playing Yamaga in Saitama, but then it's time for Sawamura to take the mound against Hakuryu, a team that finished in the semi finals of the Invitational.
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Stop Playing with Your Food by Anna Kohnen
The exhibition of Anna Kohnen's Stop Playing with Your Food. Kohnen's work is a playful gesture of reigniting ones delightful aspects of childhood using childhood foods in vibrant prints.
Kohnen states, "This is a print series that explores the relationship between childish wonder, growing up, and looking back on "better" days. The series is a callback to a state of being blissfully unaware, this is not meant to bring up a specific memory but instead a positive nostalgic feeling. Each piece is based off a childish association but put in a new context to point out the nonsensical humor of the reality within each piece. Through the use of taking common and iconic imagery, the viewer can easily connect with elements in the piece and the abnormal or simplified setting creates a commentary. These works have a sense of reality that when paired with the cartoonish style creates a contrast. The misaligned layers of color in the prints emphasizes the skewed reality within the works."
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Ventilation for a barn-style house
Q. How would you install ventilation on a barn-style house? Thank you.
A. You certainly have not given me much information. There are many styles of barns. If the barn is old and has been used for housing cows, it must already have some ventilation on the roof in one of several forms: cupolas, metal shafts, etc.
If it is a different style barn not having used for farm animals and it is used, or will be used, as a home, ventilation can be provided as for any houses.
That system would comprise:
- A continuous, externally baffled ridge vent set over a 2-inch open slot at the peak of the roof.
- A continuous, full length soffit vent at each eaves.
- An uninterrupted air space of a minimum 2-inch clear between the eaves and the ridge.
Why an externally baffled ridge vent, such as Shinglevent II? Because the baffle prevents the wind, and snow and rain, from entering the ridge vent, and stopping its exhaust function.
An externally baffled ridge vent redirects the wind over the ridge vent, increasing the exhaust of air from the attic – the Bernoulli Principle.
If the barn does not have overhangs providing soffits, they can either be built by extending the rafters, or soffit venting may be provided with one of the special eaves vents designed for use on the roof itself.
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The San Francisco 49ers offensive line may be a huge question mark, but the left side appears to be set. Two veteran players who will be anchoring the blind side, with OT Joe Staley and OG Zane Beadles holding that responsibility – the two were seen matched up against each other in individual work. Watch the two videos below as I tracked their progress during today's final practice.
#49ers OG @zanebeadles turn to return the favor as he works against OT Joe Staley. #SpotSakamoto #NinerFans pic.twitter.com/P50CtHegpW
— Ryan Sakamoto (@SakamotoRyan) June 9, 2016
#49ers OT Joe Staley working against OG Zane Beadles on their drive/reach blocks. #SpotSakamoto #NinerFans pic.twitter.com/BAAXzl7YyF
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I am a fanatic about long, full eyelashes.
I always had long, full lashes, even as a child. I managed to somehow not lose all my lashes or eyebrows from chemotherapy, even though my head was totally bald and all the tiny peach fuzz had fallen from my cheeks and face giving me the smoothest complexion I've ever had. (Silver lining to chemo treatments – until it grew back!)
When I do manage to get up early enough to put on make-up, I've jumped on the false eyelash wagon train lately. I love how they look. However, you have to take them off every night and wash them and put them back in the tray and oh my dog what a pain in the ass that is!
Or, you could do what I did.
Fall asleep without removing them and wake up in the morning with one stuck to your cheek. I'm not even afraid of spiders, but I flicked that thing all the way across the room. Then, I laughed when I figured out what it was.
I'm always experimenting with new mascaras and other lash products.
Well, any cosmetics for that matter! It's for science! Or this blog! Okay, I get it. "Hello, my name is Lisa and I'm a cosmetics-aholic."
On this edition of Sucks/Doesn't Suck, I am reviewing L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly Sculpt Mascara.
At the outset, I couldn't wait to get it open and check out the wand.
I wasn't initially disappointed. It is sleek. The wand also is not round like a regular mascara wand. It is V shaped with nice, long bristles on each side of the V, and a trough in the center that holds product (whether it was designed to do this, I don't know). In addition, the base of the V is designed to tight line both your upper and lower lash line. Lastly, the brush tapers up to help wing out your outer lashes.
The product is a great color (I tried Blackest Black 868). It is thick and moves well through the bristles. One issue I had, though, is the trough down the center holds a lot of product, which you end up swiping up your lashes causing clumps. Note, however, that the clumps can be smoothed out with the wand tip or a cotton swab.
The tight line feature is nice. I feel that was a nice benefit, although I ran into the same problem with more product in the trough going onto my lashes while tight lining.
The other problem I experienced was with my application method and not necessarily the product itself. I put my mascara on both eyes with my right hand, so when I'm applying it to my left eye, the taped wing bristles are now on the inner corner of my eye, rather than the outer corner, where it is designed to upsweep those outer lashes. I am practicing other application methods.
I actually do like the product.
It does what it says it will do — adds mega volume to your lashes. The clumps can be dealt with if you catch them while still damp. I feel like I could actually get a handle on the issues outlined above. I only used the product one time – for this blog post – and am eager to try again and attempt to resolve the trough/clump problem. I will report back!
Below are three pictures.
The first is of my face and lashes clean and plain. The second is a picture of my lashes with only one coat of L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly Sculpt mascara. The third is full face make-up and two coats of L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly Sculpt mascara.
No Mascara
One coat of L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly Sculpt Mascara
Two coats of L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly Sculpt Mascara and full face of cosmetics.
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Learning Minecraft #4
…The water had swept me back, but thankfully hadn't completely flooded the mine I'd created. I gathered my senses and decided to begin a new task: to mine down further, as far as possible. With each block smashed, I was one step closer to my goal. After ten minutes of mining and torch fixing – I fell out of the world and died. After a brief read, I found out it's extremely difficult to die in creative mode but I'd managed it with reckless bombast – excellent.
My next thought was clear and had been lurking in my subconscious for some time, this is no way to learn Minecraft, it'll take decades – I must concede and learn simultaneously through playing and reading. This thought was flanked by both seeing some of the feats players have achieved and by a piece of information someone had told me about the game. They said there's a material called obsidian, created when water collides with lava, and if you make a portal from it you can travel to another dimension and encounter a mysterious race of mutant pigmen. I really wanted to know whether they were being serious, or had just conceived an idea that can only be described as immaculate.
I looked up how to make the obsidian portal and constructed one post haste. It was weird, a strange obelisk doorway into the unknown – an ominous black and purple entrance to the realm of The Other. Quake's portals came to mind – they were gateways to the unknown and what lay on the other side was often fantastical and brutal. Yet again, Minecraft had exceeded my expectations. I stepped into the arcane portal and was engulfed by disarray; the soundtrack became majestic and my eyes were filled with swirling lilac patterns. Then I stepped through. The portal had worked. It was true.


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Gold ~~ A Tuesday Platform little Poem
All that glitters is not gold
This glittering little red truck
is more precious than gold to me
Should you get a little red truck
take you where e're you want to go
My glittering little red truck
will cost an arm and leg to you
'Cause my precious little red truck
worth to me more than all the gold
Keep your gold leave my truck alone
Poem Copyright © 2008 Jimmiehov. All Rights Reserved
I'm linked with Marian in the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Tuesday Platform.
Marian calls for a poem, old or new. This one is old, back from 2008
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Don't let the fancy French name scare you from this delicious appetizer; these gougères (I pronounce them "goo-yers" because that's as frenchy as I get) are a cheese-and-carb-lovers delight. I describe them often as "cheesy balls" (haha) but that really describes their moist cheese-flavored interior and the slightly crunchy outside. I've tried a similar recipe for pão de queijo, which is the Brazilian version of cheesy balls made with tapioca flour. The recipe from the Tartine cookbook asks for much more butter (see the grease stains on the baking sheet in the photo?) than the Brazilian version, which gives it a really amazing flavor of course. The dough for the cheese balls is called a choux paste, which is used throughout French pastry (think cream puffs) and is relatively simple to make and does not require any yeast or kneading like other breads (you actually add the flour to a mixture of boiling butter and milk to form the dough!) And the compliments that you'll get from making this will never end ;)
Experimental Procedure
Total time: ~45-60 mins
(Adapted from Tartine by Elizabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson)
Makes ~30 small appetizer-sized breads
1 ¼ cup of skim (non-fat) milk
10 Tbsp (1 stick + 2 Tbsp) of butter
1 tsp of salt
1 cup of flour
5 large eggs
¾ cup (4 oz) of gruyère cheese, grated
1 tsp of freshly ground black pepper
1 Tbsp of fresh thyme, minced
Topping (optional)
1 large egg
A pinch of salt
Grated gruyère cheese for sprinkling
1. Preheat oven to 350oF and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. To make the choux paste, combine milk, butter, and salt to a heavy saucepan and place over medium heat until the butter melts and the mixture reaches a full boil.
3. Add the flour to the boiling mixture, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon until the mixture has formed a smooth dough and most of the moisture has evaporated (~3 mins).
4. Transfer the dough to the mixing bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Begin to mix at medium speed and add eggs, one at a time, completely incorporating each before adding the next. The dough will be sticky and shiny.
5. Remove the bowl from the mixer and add the cheese, pepper, and thyme and combine with a wooden spoon.
6. Spoon out ~1" portions of the dough onto the parchment paper. For a more consistent shaped ball, you can use a piping bag to dispense the dough or use two spoons to help shape the ball into uniform sizes.
7. To prepare the topping, combine the last egg and salt and beat until well mixed. Using a pastry brush, brush the egg mixture onto the tops of the balls, then top with gruyere cheese.
8. Bake at 350oF for ~25 minutes or until the tops are a light golden brown.
Results and Discussion
I tried to follow this recipe to the "T" because this was my first attempt, but there are a lot of variations that you can do with this recipe. You can use dried thyme like I did (I wasn't about to spend $4 to add a teeny bit of fresh thyme) and the amount can be approximate, as can the amount of pepper (I'm heavy-handed with pepper). Try a different cheese or a mix of cheeses (a jalepeno cheese would make this a spicy appetizer!) or make the puffs bigger for a more substantial bread. Best served warm, but still tasty when cool, these cheesy balls can be stored in the fridge for a few days. To reheat, just pop them in the oven or toaster oven (350oF) for ~5 minutes.
If I am going to make this recipe again (and I probably will since it was a BIG hit at my party), I'll probably cut out 2-4 tablespoons of butter and see if that still tastes good! Most likely I will need to add the equivalent amount in milk to substitute for the loss of moisture from the butter, which acts to bind the flour into the dough. I'll try this "lightened" recipe, I'll let you know how it goes!


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Now I found this interesting because for the first time since I started driving I found myself in 3 accidents; note one wasn't my fault. I have recently found out what may have been the problem behind that. However, According to the National Highway Transportation, a car crash occurs every 10 seconds in the United States. They also report that drivers from Massachusetts to DC are at higher risk for getting in an accident.
Aggressive driving, drunk driving, and drivers who are distracted are some of the leading causes of accidents. Let me also add that congested roads and construction in Maryland make driving dangerous for drivers. Here in Maryland, the Maryland State Police SPIDRE team target drunk drivers especially during the holiday season. However, according to a study, being distracted while driving is the number one cause for all accidents.
Note that according the CDC, 2.5 million people went to the ER after being involved in a vehicle accident in 2012 and 200,000 were hospitalized. People please be careful when you're driving!


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I believe I have seen the future replacement for the E-8C Joint STARS fleet (shown pictured), and it's not going to be a US Air Force aircraft.
The US Navy is preparing to replace the EP-3E ARIES II, an electronic intelligence aircraft, with a new-start acquisition program called EPX.
But the navy's requirements for EPX call for an aircraft that would not only spy on enemy electronic signals, like the EP-3E, but also find and track moving targets, like the E-8C.
Interestingly, the EPX program of record will acquire 19 to 26 aircraft to replace only 11 EP-3Es flying today. At the high end of that range, 26 aircraft would nicely replace all 11 EP-3Es and all 17 E-8Cs in service. (One E-8C is a testbed, and doesn't count.)
If the air force can't pay for an E-8C replacement to appear after 2015, or even to modernize the radar on the current fleet, watch for the navy to steal this mission with the EPX. It's the roles and missions equivalent of a pick-pocketing.
And it's happened before. In 1998, the air force lost the EC-135 Looking Glass mission to the navy's E-6 take-charge-and-move-out (TACAMO) aircraft. Now, it's happening again, unless the air force acts very quickly.
This all became clear to me during my weeklong tour of Boeing's defense sites based in the Pacific Northwest. Paul Summers, Boeing's capture lead for EPX, briefed reporters about the navy's requirements, explaining that the size of the future EPX fleet had grown from 14-19 aircraft to 19-26 aircraft since last year.
The obvious question later occurred to me: Why does the navy need 26 EPX aircraft to replace 11 EP-3Es. Clearly, the navy has bigger ideas for this fleet.
Paul also discussed the new radar for the EPX. This in itself is noteworthy. The EP-3E does not have a radar. The aircraft intercepts and maps enemy communications and other electronic transmissions.
We've known for about a year that Boeing and Raytheon have installed the new littoral surveillance radar systems (LSRS) on a subset of the P-3C fleet, giving the navy its own mini-Joint STARS capability.
It is now clear that the LSRS is the proverbial trojan horse, injecting the navy into the Joint STARS business for the long-term.
Paul also explained that Boeing will consider the LSRS or another radar for EPX. The only possible alternative is a new variant of Northrop Grumman's wide area surveillance sensor developed under the multi-platform radar technology insertion program (MP-RTIP).
This will force Northrop to make a tough choice. Northrop, you see, is the prime contractor the E-8C, so it has everything to lose if the navy takes over the mission. However, if the company decides to join Boeing's EPX bid, that could be a signal that it believes the air force will never get around to replacing the E-8C.
The navy has money in the budget beginning next year to launch EPX. The air force has no funds to replace E-8Cs for the foreseeable future, and now faces a potentially disruptive leadership transition.
I'm not a betting man, but, if I was in Northrop's position, I know where I'd place my bet.
The air force has only itself to blame. The folly of the E-10 program, which spectacularly failed to combine an E-8C, and E-3A AWACS and an airborne operations center onto the same platform, has left the air force without a discernible plan to replace its aging fleets of 707-based aircraft.
The air force's only hope to stay in the E-8C business may be to observe the adage: if you can't beat them, join them.
Establishing a true "joint" partnership to acquire and operate a new fleet of narrowbody-class aircraft to serve all of the specialized missions performed today by 707s looks like the only way back in. (This idea also has the charm of making sense.)
Indeed, it has been proposed several times in the past. The only difference now is that the air force won't be calling the shots.
The navy, meanwhile, is not in this position merely through good fortune.
In 2004, the navy picked the Boeing P-8A -- based on the 737-800ERX -- to replace the P-3C, giving itself a versatile and capable platform to expand into new missions.
That's not to say that Boeing won't have to face challengers to win the EPX contract. The navy is inviting other companies to compete for EPX, but it will be difficult for the Airbus A320 and the Embraer E190 to overcome the incumbent advantages of the P-8A.
Paul Summers told us that Boeing had to make more than 50 modifications costing $1 billion to simply adapt the basic 737 airframe to meet the navy's more demanding certification requirements. The A320 and the E190 would face similar costs, possibly killing the chances for holding a fair airframe competition on EPX.
I expect that the navy will try to level the playing field in other ways. Perhaps, the navy will select the P-8A as the baseline platform and invite bidders -- including Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop -- to compete for the systems integrator role.


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If being shy around girls were a serious disease, sixteen-year-old Jason Martyr would be on the terminal list. It turns out girls are the least of his worries when a secret government agency abducts him, claiming he has a rare genetic ability to travel through time. I like this opening! Fun spin on the "so and so was a normal teen until…" formula I see a lot. The agency threatens Jason's family and friends to ensure his cooperation. Something about this sentence seems a little abrupt. I think it may be the wording more than the concept. Important information, though, obviously.
His mission is to go back in time to stop a ruthless secret society called the Masters of Infinity from altering history and taking control of the future. Their next attack is a 1937 coup attempt aimed at deposing FDR and installing a fascist dictator in his place. If the Masters succeed, the U.S. may never take part in World War II, setting off a catastrophic domino effect through the rest of the timeline. Good job establishing conflict!
All Jason wants is to return to his normal life and the quest for the perfect girl. Before that can happen he must survive martial arts training from the most dangerous fighter in the world, and then prevent the Masters' henchmen from carrying out the coup. His enemies know he is coming, and have some lethal surprises in store for him. I don't know if this is necessary. It's a little to vague to have a real punch, and you've already established a lot of conflict in the letter. Jason will go home when he completes the mission – if he survives. It's good that you're establishing stakes. I think it could have a little bang though. This last sentence isn't terrible, but it feels a little weaker than the rest of the query. Overall, a very good summary though.
THE DESTINY MATRIX, a work of speculative fiction for the YA market, is complete at 82,000 words. I don't particularly mind "speculative fiction" as a genre label, but I know some agents prefer something more specific. It features action sequences similar to the television series Chuck, and light science fiction aspects similar to Roland Smith's Cryptid Huntersseries. It is a stand-alone novel with series potential.
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Volume 1, Issue 2Welcome to the second issue of Assuming Gender (1:2). Building on the success of our first publication (Spring 1:1), this issue ushers in exciting new changes to our online presence, which coincide with a new collection of interdisciplinary articles and reviews ranging across the field of gender and queer studies. Several new articles continue – and also directly engage with – conversations launched in our debut issue. Sasha Garwood's article on Elizabeth I's body at court (1:1) informs the arguments made by Johann Gregory and Alice Leonard in their exploration of the gendering of the Elizabethan stage and its audience(s) (1:2). A broader dialogue also emerges between Jonathan Perez's investigation of the queering of the urban spaces in New York (1:1) and Jake Buckley's discussion of the queer body in relation to the industrial and commercial landscapes of the Ford car industry (1:2).
Autumn 2010
Our new location at www.assuminggender.com brings with it a number of added features couched in a slightly adapted aesthetic: the website now features a contributors' page; links to the publishers of reviewed books; an index of keywords; and integrated Twitter announcements. As part of our remit to provide a timely analysis of contemporary issues, we are committed to incorporating new technologies and social media into our activities and the journal's online home. We hope that this more dynamic site will help profile much of the exciting work in the field of gender studies taking place across the globe. At Cardiff University, Assuming Gender has continued its own contribution to such debates. In December 2010, Professor Mandy Merck of Royal Holloway, University of London delivered the second Assuming Gender Annual Lecture on 'The Question of Caster Semenya: Gender and the Level Playing Field' to a large audience of staff and students from a number of universities and institutions. A three-day conference on the theme of 'Gender and Difference' at Gregynog Hall, Wales in June 2010 also saw much productive discussion on topics close to the journal's interests. A selection from these proceedings will constitute the next, special issue of Assuming Gender.
The range of methodologies put to work in the four articles of this issue continue to profile the interdisciplinary scope of the Assuming Gender project. Jake Buckley emphasises the need to take the body into account in post-industrial narratives of automobile production, and proposes the category of 'Queer Fordism' as a way of conceptualising links between the body, the car, and the industrial landscape. In the light of recent critical interest in Mary Wollstonecraft's engagement with Islam, Samara Anne Cahill offers a reassessment of Wollstonecraft's orientalism in the context of her attitudes towards historical progress expressed in the foundational feminist text, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) as well as her lesser-studied A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790). Johann Gregory and Alice Leonard jointly explore the historical compilation and complications of the assumptions surrounding the gender of the Elizabethan audience in their discussion of first performances of Shakespeare's Hamlet (c.1600) and Trolius and Cressida (c.1601-2). Katie Rose Guest Pryal offers a theorised memoir of her experience as a female academic in the university classroom. Drawing on the work of bell hooks and Jane Gallop, Pryal suggests that pedagogical rhetoric is intimately connected to ideas of embodiment and eros.
Finally, Assuming Gender is very pleased to publish its first recorded interview with an artist or academic whose practice is aimed towards finding new ways of conceptualising and expressing gender and identity. Cecilia Gordano interviews the Spanish visual and new-media artist Jaime del Val, whose work is indebted to Deleuze, Butler and Freud. Del Val's installations and photographs attempt to capture the indeterminacy of the posthuman body. We continue to honour our premise to review new and provocative books emerging from the field of gender studies. Both books featured here stake a personal interest in representing the voices of marginalised or disadvantaged groups. Michelle Iwen reviews Minae Inahara's Abject Love: Undoing the Boundaries of Physical Disability (VDM Verlag, 2009), and A. Nicole Pfannenstiel reviews Sassafras Lowrey's edited anthology, Kicked Out (Homofactus Press, 2009), a collection of short stories and essays concerning Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) homeless youth.
Between now and the next issue of Assuming Gender, the project will continue to promote important news on the subjects of gender and sexuality via its presence on Twitter and Facebook, as well as through the journal website and its integrated portals. We hope that www.assuminggender.com will operate not only as a location for journal issues, but as a centre for academic discussion. With this in mind, we invite you to submit any letters or commentary relating to the content published by Assuming Gender to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Aluminum Corp of China (Chinalco) said on Monday it was content with the $14 billion stake it bought last week in miner Rio Tinto, dousing talk it was planning a rival bid to BHP Billiton's offer for Rio.
Chinalco President Xiao Yaqing told reporters in Sydney the purchase was a strategic investment and the Chinese company had no plans to interfere in Rio's management.
Chinalco's purchase, with the help of Alcoa, came days ahead of a UK regulator's deadline on Wednesday for BHP to pitch a formal offer for Rio.
Rio has rejected BHP's initial offer of three of its shares for every Rio share, worth $123 billion at current prices, down from $139 billion when first pitched in November.
"We are satisfied with our 12 percent stake," Xiao said, speaking through an interpreter, adding that the timing of the share purchase was based on Rio's London share price.
Chinalco and Alcoa bought a 12 percent stake in Rio's London-listed shares, giving them a holding of over 9 percent in the whole firm, also listed in Australia.
Xiao insisted the deal was more about extending state-controlled Chinalco's reach into diversified markets, such as iron ore and copper, where Rio is strong.
Chinalco paid 60 pounds a share, a 21 percent premium to Rio's London share price on Thursday. It said in a statement at the time it had no immediate plans to make an offer for all of Rio, though it reserved the right to do so if another party tabled a firm bid.
Rio's shares in London dipped 1.3 percent as fund managers took profits in Rio and switched to Anglo American, which gained 1.2 percent, John Meyer at Fairfax in London said. BHP's stock added 1.7 percent on the FTSE-100.
"It makes it more complicated for BHP, but it doesn't mean there's another bidder there. It really looks like these guys just want a seat at the table, maybe some assets," said Steve
Robinson, a portfolio manager with Alleron Asset Management.
Flex Muscle
The move by Chinalco, one of China's big state-owned companies, comes as Beijing shows signs it may be ready to flex more of its financial muscle overseas after being pumped up by
years of economic growth at home.
China's move to secure the Rio stake seems to be part of a wider plan to cool a merger frenzy in the mining sector and head off the creation of mega mining groups, another analyst said.
"China has a strong interest in preserving a diversified and competitive mining industry," Sempra analyst John Kemp said.
"Senior leaders are clearly worried about the industry's rapid consolidation, and the risk it will tilt the balance of market power even further in the direction of a handful of
mining majors."
The China Development Bank, which financed Chinalco's purchase of the Rio stake, has also held talks to buy a 35 percent stake in Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata, a newspaper
report said (see).
Xiao added that Chinalco planned more investments in Australia's resource sector, where it has already earmarked around $3 billion for bauxite mining and aluminium smelting in
the Aurukun aboriginal region.
China Investment Corp, a sovereign wealth fund holding around $200 billion and China Shenhua Group, a coal miner, were in talks to buy a 15.85 percent stake in Australia's Fortescue
Metals Group Ltd for about $2 billion, according to the South China Morning Post. See.
Rio's own acquisition of Canada's Alcan in November would mean a combined BHP-Rio would have a stranglehold on much of the world's supply of the aluminium-making ingredient alumina.
That could threaten other aluminium makers such as Chinalco and Alcoa, which may help explain the motive for buying up Rio stock, ABN AMRO said in a report.
"The reason Chinalco and Alcoa have teamed up to try and block the BHP offer for Rio is to prevent a structural change in the pricing of alumina," it said.
Rio Chief Executive Tom Albanese has repeatedly labelled BHP's offer as "two ballparks away" from true value. The deal is potentially the second-biggest takeover in history.
Marius Kloppers, BHP's chief executive, has argued the price is right and that the real value of a marriage would come via billions of dollars worth of savings from synergies in
everything from iron ore and diamond mining to copper smelting.


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Bangalore, also known as Bengaluru, is often referred to as the 'Garden City' because of the numerous parks and gardens that dot the localities of the city. It is also considered as a major information technology (IT) hub of the country and thus called the 'Silicon Valley of India'. Kempe Gowda, a feudal ruler affiliated to the Vijayanagara kingdom, first established a mud fort, which turned out to be the foundation of the present day city. The city passed through a myriad of rulers ranging from the Marathas, Mughals and Mysore rulers before becoming a part of independent India.
Budget Hotels in Bangalore
There are a couple of good budget hotels in the city. Some of the options which are worth a try are Suntrupthi Residency (Tariff – Rs. 950), Citizen Lodge (Tariff – Rs. 850), The Royal Nest (Tariff – Rs. 900), Vijaya Residency (Tariff – Rs. 900) and others.
The official language of Bangalore is Kannada. Hindi, English, Telugu and Tamil are also understood and widely spoken.
Events in Bangalore
The important festivals of the area are Pongal in January, Karaga in April, Ganesh Chathurthi in August-September, Diwali in October-November, the fasting month of Ramadan, the two Eid(s), Easter and Christmas.
Places to See in Bangalore
Some of the places worth trying out in Bangalore are Bangalore Palace, Lal Bagh, Cubbon Park, Bannerghatta National Park,Vidhana Soudha, Seshadari Iyer Memorial, Tipu Sultan's Palace, Bull Temple, ISKCON Hare Krishna Temple, Meenakshi Sundaram Temple, Holy Trinity Church and St. Mary's Basilica. Wonderla Amusement Park at a distance of 28 km is popular with youngsters and children looking for a break on weekends.
How to Get There
The nearest airport is the Kempegowda International Airport at a distance of 36 km.
Bangalore City Junction Railway Station is the major railway station in the city.
There is bus service running from almost everywhere in south India to Bangalore city. State transport buses as well as private operators ply their buses to and fro the city. SRS Travels, Kallada Travels and SRM, Travels are some of the major operators in the city as well as the region. Do away with standing in ticket counters and opt for online bus reservation facility instead.
The city of Chilakaluripet is situated in the Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh. It is located at a distance of 259 km from its capital city, Hyderabad, and Guntur, its district headquarters, is based at a distance of 41 km. It is a good base to explore its nearby places like Amravathi (64 km), Vijayawada (77 km) and Nagarjunakonda (85 km).
Budget Hotels in Chilakaluripet
It would be preferable to stay in Guntur and travel to Chilakaluripet. There are a wide range of hotels one can choose from ranging from a costly to a low budget hotel like Hotel Vijay, Sindoori Hotel, Hotel Nakshtra etc.
Telugu is the official language of this area.
Events in Chilakaluripet
Sri Ramanavami held in October is the major festival of this region. Some of the other festivals celebrated in this city are Ganesh Chaturthi (September), Ugadi (April), Maha Shivratri (February) and Diwali (November).
Places to See in Chilakaluripet
Uppalapadu Nature Conservation is located 20 miles from the town. Endangered bird species and other species of animals and birds are there in this forest. This place is a must visit for all the tourists visiting Guntur. Amaravathi, Bhattiprolu, Chebrolu located at Guntur Rural/District is famous for Ancient Relics and historical monuments. Downtown located at the heart of Guntur city has a number of parks, city-centers, Theme Parks in this area. This place is frequented by youngsters and also by people of all age groups.
How to Get There
The closest international airport is the Hyderabad international airport located just at a distance of 266 km from here. It is just at a 5 to 6 hours drive from this town.
It is well connected by trains to all the major places and also to all the metropolitan cities. Trains run on a regular basis from these places to all the major places.
Guntur is the headquarters of the State Road Transport Corporation and there are buses plying to and from Guntur to all the major places. Booking bus tickets online from several bus booking websites like Ticketgoose.com is very convenient.


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Majolika Lounge
Thomas, Peter
This new Peter Thomas CD has far more to offer than just a rediscovery of his best soundtrack works for international movie productions.The music assembled here truly enchants the listener. With an un... Read more
Majolika Lounge
Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra
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This new Peter Thomas CD has far more to offer than just a rediscovery of his best soundtrack works for international movie productions.The music assembled here truly enchants the listener. With an unbelievable sense of harmony, sensitivity and wealth of ideas Thomas leads uns into a jazzy, melodically swinging world of music. In an exceptionally gentle and loving way the artist here unveils his inner self. Peter Thomas never presented himself with more superior ease and more intimate - on this cd Peter Thomas' grand artistry impressively displays itself. The first impetus to this production had come from no less a person than George Clooney. His close friend Quentin Tarantino had recommended Peter Thomas album "Kriminalfilm Musik (Crime Movie Music") to the moviestar. Those soundtracks to old German Edgar Wallace-movies excited Clooney so much that he decided to use five of those tracks in the soundtrack to his first self-directed movie "Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind" (starring a.o. Julia Roberts and Drew Barrymore). The tracks which Clooney used, originally stem from the movies "Die seltsame Gräfin", "Der Zinker" und "Das Verrätertor" and are fine examples of the timeless quality of Peter Thomas' compositions. But not only the American market discovered Peter Thomas in 2003: In German cinemas the updated and compiled version of "Raumpatrouille Orion" was a surprise success. A rare feat for a 36 years old tv-series - and one more proof of the ideal combination of sight and sound in this early German sci-fi production. So this new cd features two rare tracks from the Orion series and other works for sci-fi movies (such as "Perry Rhodan"). ...and just like the good old spaceship Orion will forever travel on the wings of Peter Thomas' sounds through the depths of the galaxy, the extraordinary tracks of this new album will take us on a journey through time and space.
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(Bloomberg) — Millennial, n., sometimes adj., probably even v. occasionally: the generation roughly defined as those born between 1980 and 2000. Or between about 1980 and 1996. 1982 and 2000. 1982 and 2004. 1985 and 1998. 1985 and 2000. The late 1970s to the mid-1990s. Stop trying to define us!
Generation Y. Generation Why. Generation Vex. Generation Stress. Generation Frustration. The Lamest Generation. The Crash Generation. The Me Me Me Generation. Those lazy, spoiled brats plotting cataclysmic revenge from the depths of their baby-boomer parents' basements against the society, and economy — that relegated them to their baby-boomer parents' basements — where, I might add, the service is so weak they can barely send their daily fill of salacious Snapchats.
I made that last one up. Because, you know, I'm a millennial, so: creativity. YOLO.
By now, you probably know all about millennials. 2013 was a really big year for us, especially in the U.S. We took so many actions! We had so many thoughts! We experienced so many feelings! It's hard to know where to begin.
If you don't believe me — and you probably shouldn't, because millennials lie to get by — look at the charts from Google Trends. Because I'm a millennial, and millennials' most-loved brand is Google. Many of us apparently even admit to having Google Plus accounts. Right.
We also love Cormac McCarthy. And pizza. We're "obsessed with Marie Antoinette." You could maybe even call us "the Passion Generation."
It's not all gushy. We've fallen out of love with President Barack Obama. We officially hate him. A lot of us don't support Obamacare. Many of us say we're probably not going to enroll through the government exchanges, even if we're allowed.
We should probably talk about health insurance. But only while wearing plaid onesies and sipping hot chocolate. Did I say "insurance"? I meant "brosurance." You need us to buy brosurance because we're invincible. Unless you ask Tom Brokaw: He applauds our wariness. When you creep us out with that lifesize Uncle Sam puppet — yeah, then we're definitely wary.
Only 32 percent of us think the U.S. is the greatest country in the world. We're pessimistic about Washington (the government, not the state). But that may just be because the government is at war against us. How do we know? Because we're not as politically disengaged as you might think.
At any rate, our dislike of Washington doesn't prevent us from moving there. There we can find three millennials who are trying "to sell their peers on the District." This is all good for Washington because "millennials make cities a better place to live — for everyone."
What else? We love to hate the bad columns people write about us. Lena Dunham, our unofficial millennial spokesperson — no, no, actually, she's not the voice of my generation. "Girls" gets our lives "so totally wrong." Remember, we're not all white and privileged!
We're "cord nervers," but "Breaking Bad" made us watch live TV. Some of us live in communes. Others knit with arms instead of needles. A bunch are attempting to be … witches?
We're the most educated generation in U.S. history, and we don't want careers in the business world. At the same time, many of us do value job security. We can't find old-school mentors. We don't see eye to eye with our managers. We like them, but they're not so sure about us. We think we deserve promotions. We want to be the boss. Some of us should be making more phone calls at work. Some of us text or answer calls or carry pets to job interviews. Others bring parents to job interviews. No, like, into job interviews.
Did I say parents? I meant peer-ents. Their helicoptering has doomed us: We can't think for ourselves. We're still proud of Mom's baking recipe.
We like our sandwich bread "fresh and fancy, and preferably foreign." We don't seem to actually make our own sandwiches. Olive Garden offered us tapas (the better to eat and text). Mariott and Ikea are making us European hotels. Warren Buffett wants to sell us real estate.
A ton of us post photos and videos on the Internet. (Pretty cutting edge, we know.) We use social media to research potential dates and catch up on (read: stalk) exes. But we aren't oversharing on social media. We're not so cool with the government messing around in our data. We think technology makes us less human. We view reputation as "a fluid concept."
We give to charity. We innovate on trains across the country. We want to live "lives defined by meaning"; we want to go into careers "that make an enduring impact on others." That's all good, because we may not be wealthier than the generation that came before us. We're wary of borrowing but also have trouble managing our debt. You may have heard we have a lot of student-loan debt.
We're changing the rules of investing. More than other generations, we think "more people can be inventors." More than half of us would like to start a business. We're the least entrepreneurial generation. We "should stop complaining about unpaid internships and start demanding better opportunities." We're too broke to start our own farms.
We're cheap. We want cash for Christmas, or gift cards. We start our holiday shopping before our parents do. We're "turning away from materialistic Christmas."
But trophies. We've got trophies. Lots and lots of trophies. You might as well not write about us if you're not going to talk about our trophies. Maybe because we don't buy as many houses or cars as our parents did. But we may buy a house with our significant other before we get married. A lot of us aren't getting married.
We support gay rights, but we're "still split hard on abortion." We're not religious. (Will we become nuns?) We're "godless heathens." You can try to woo us by putting church in a pub. OK, but how cool is Pope Francis?
Neil Howe, who apparently helped name us, told the New York Times that we're risk-averse: "It's declining alcohol use, declining drug use. I mean, declining sex." Yay! But we're "the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. wine market." A lot of us want to legalize marijuana. And oh, do we love to hook up.
We're "lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow." We're "earnest and optimistic." We're "not so much a lost generation as a generation in flux." We're more forgetful than old people. Some of us are apparently unhappy GYPSYs. We "got a raw deal" and need to "get over it." "We suck and we're sorry!"
There are 50 things we "have never heard of." There are 50 things we know "that Gen-Xers don't." There are 12 ways we differ from boomers. There are 11 "dark trends" killing our dreams. There are 10 reasons why we're screwed. Ten things we won't tell you. Nine ways to "scare the socks off" of us. Nine "career lessons" we can offer. Eight ways to make us "care about your brand." Seven things to consider when writing your next diatribe against us. Six high-paying jobs for us (walk, don't run). Five reasons we're "going to save the world (we hope)." Five tips about marketing to us (from one of us!). Five things to show we're not just "slactivists." Five reasons some of us are quitting Facebook. Four charts to confirm we're "the Internet Generation." Three things people are tired of hearing about our sex habits. Two ways to boost our retirement savings. And one gigantic group of millennials.
We've replaced hipsters "as the mainstream's cultural punching bag of choice." But we're maybe "the last large birth grouping that will be easy to generalize about."
And, well, we push back at media stereotypes.
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my name is brett and ive been seeing a girl for around 10 months now but i knew her since elementary school i always took her as a good friend or we used to call each other cousins, Im 14 years old and shes 13 her name is jenn, we have our big ups and our big downs but in the end we will always make up. The first two months we were going out i knew she fell hard for me and i fell even harder for her she gave up her sister and her mom that moved away to alberta and we live in new brunswick im now in alberta wishing i was lying next to her where ever she is right now. Its only been 3 days apart 4 her and i cant stop thinking about her still got 2 more weeks for her to be back in my arms i forgot to mention after her sister moved away ahes been living with me :o how many couples around our age can get to do that..? my mom doesnt care, her dad doesnt care, well weve already did IT since the 2 month we were going out, anyways the whole point of this was to ask if im taking things too fast ???
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Top Muslim Holiday Destinations
No matter how much you may love travelling my Muslim friend, not all places in the world offer halal meat. If you want to follow the Holy Norms even during your holidays, below are the top Muslim Holiday Destinations for you to consider before booking your flights.
A few years ago it was just Muslim countries that were seen as main halal holiday destinations, but we're slowly starting to see many European countries emerging as big players in the industry. In spite of the negative publicity that often Muslims receive in European countries, their tourism sector interestingly enough is becoming more and more Muslim friendly.
Some of the most Muslim-friendly countries in the world are:
Malaysia definitely tops the rankings of top halal friendly destinations in the world. Halal holidays in Malaysia can be experienced in a unique way by Muslim tourists. The country's incomparable historical and cultural heritage as well as their 'expertise' in halal hospitality, sets Malaysia in the first position among the top Muslim holidays destinations.
View all Halal Friendly Hotels in Malaysia
Turkey has two big unique selling points in the halal tourism industry; it is a Muslim country and at the same time a leader in the global hospitality industry. Who can possibly offer you a better service for your halal holidays, than the Turks? Definitely a must-visit country for Muslim holidays.
View all Halal Friendly Hotels in Turkey
As one of the strongest economies in the Middle East, United Arab Emirates have an outstanding halal tourism infrastructure. Not only is it a country that the holy norms are adopted by the Law, but also the luxury that the Emirati tourism offers is simply phenomenal.
View all Halal Friendly Hotels in UAE
A Muslim country yet with a lot of central European elements, Morocco is one of the most popular destinations not just for Muslims but for the whole world too. Where modernity and intellect meet traditional Islam, Muslim visitors can have an unforgettable experience in Morocco.
View all Halal Friendly Hotels in Morocco
Once conquered by the Arabs, Spain is still one of the top Muslim-friendly countries in Europe. The country chose to keep many Islamic elements in its art and culture, embedded in the contemporary Spanish tradition. Interestingly enough, a Mosque doesn't look at all foreign in Andalusia. The Spanish Government soon realised that Muslims can have a second home in Europe, thus they started developing the halal tourism sector.View all Halal Friendly Hotels in Spain
Could the land of the Knights, symbol of the Western European culture, be considered a halal holiday destination? And yet, because of the island's geographical proximity with the Northern African Muslim countries as well as the Gulf countries, it has lately attracted much interest from Muslim tourists. This created a basic level of infrastructure for halal tourism facilities, particularly when it comes to Villas, that they offer Muslim couples and families the privacy they need.View all Halal Friendly Hotels in Malta
Another North African country, other than Morocco, that is exceptionally popular among Muslim tourists, due to its immense historical and cultural heritage, but also its luxury. Egypt is a must-visit for Muslims who want to experience and explore this marriage between the Ancient Egyptian civilisation and traditional Islam. Apart from cultural holidays, Egypt as one of the top halal holiday destinations in the world, offers a wide range of halal hotels and resorts.View all Halal Friendly Hotels in Egypt


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The Library houses a collection of approximately 45,000 volumes, provides access to periodical titles, and has comparable units of microfilm. A videotape/DVD collection offers drama, poetry, and history. Circulating books and bound periodicals are available on the third floor. Current periodicals, reference, and microforms are housed on the second floor.
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We've teamed up with the Lake County Health Department and NorthShore University HealthSystem for Rx for Health, your field guide to forest preserve trails and your personal guide to good health.
Each walk brings together naturalists and health professionals for guided tours of some of Lake County's most breathtaking scenery. You'll stroll through woodlands and prairies while improving your health and your knowledge of nature. Learn about countless species of native animals, and flora and fauna, while experiencing the forest at its most tranquil. Walks range in length from 1 to 2 miles.
Walks are free and open to all ages; 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult. No registration required. Use the preserve's main entrance and follow signs to the walk. There are no rain dates, and walks will not be rescheduled if canceled. View schedule of upcoming walks »
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Jacqueline Emerson is featured in the latest issue of Glamoholic. The lovely 17-year-old actress and singer dishes on finding her music identity, The Hunger Games and future plans. Check out what she had to share with the magazine!
She is part of the new generation of talented young actors at
Hollywood. Jacqueline Emerson, as it's her we are talking about,
portrayed Foxface in The Hunger Games, a science fiction action
film directed by Gary Ross, based on the novel of the same name by
Suzanne Collins. Speaking to Glamoholic about having the chance to
star in such a phenomenon, Emerson confesses that it was indeed an
incredible experience.
"It's been amazing. I got to work with one of the most talented directors out there, Gary Ross, who really just helped me get into the mind set of the character. The cast and crew was so unbelievably supportive, I mean I was still kind of nervous with this being my first movie set but everyone just kind of put me at ease," the actress says.
Still, when she signed to do the movie, Jacqueline didn't know it will have such a great impact. "I had no idea. When they were doing the press releases of the cast everybody was talking about it but I had no idea it would be this big. I'm so humbled, I can't believe it's done as well as it has," Emerson admits.
Jacqueline stars alongside Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth in The Hunger Games. Asked whether it was any sense of competition on set, the beautiful actress says that, "Not at all, it was actually the opposite. We all became so close. It was really like tight knit family over the summer, and I'm still in close contact with everybody in the cast. It was the opposite of what the movie is."
As on preparing for the role, Emerson reveals that, "One of the
things I was really fortunate about is there's not a lot given
about her in the book. I kind of got to make up my own back story
for her, a whole life, and her name which isn't in the book. The
reason why she is the way she is, and a lot of times you don't get
that opportunity with roles. So I was really lucky to have that
Well, if you didn't know it, Jacqueline is also a singer. She has just released two singlse on iTunes, 'Peter Pan' and 'Catch Me If You Can'. On her plans to record an album, Emerson told Glamoholic that, "Hopefully. I'm going back to school right now, but hopefully an album will be on the way. I'll have to let you know."
The 17-year-old actress and singer told the magazine that she is now looking for her own music identity. "Right now I'm really just exploring, my first song 'Peter Pan' is much more me. It's much more singer/writer, and 'Catch Me If You Can' is a lot more electronic and I didn't use my voice a lot. It's not really the sound that I'm going for. I am at the stage right now where I want to try a bunch of different sounds and find the one that I think fits me best," Emerson confesses.
Jacqueline also revealed in her interview that she's going to be involved in The Hunger Games convention tour. "I am gonna be involved in it, I'm very excited! It is going to be in Chicago, possibly in England and maybe a couple other places. I'm going to Africa in the middle of the summer so I won't be going to some of the conventions but I definitely think it will be worth it," she says.
"I am going with my family because my sisters are in a choir that is touring there. My sisters are amazing," the actress says about her journey to Africa.
What about her future plans? "I've got a couple other projects coming up that I'm attaching myself to. I can't talk about them yet but hopefully I will be back in the studio soon and starting college in a year. I'm very excited about that as well," Jacqueline told Glamoholic.
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