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Bay of Plenty District Health Board(MIS100 2009)
- 23 July, 2009 22:00
Size of IS shop: 20
PCs: 1450
Mobile PCs: 150
Terminals: 90
Hand-held devices: 50
Total screens: 1740
Industry: Health and community services
PC environment: Acer, HP, Windows XP
Server environment: HP, IBM, Linux, Windows 2003
DBMS: Informix, Oracle, SQL
Address: Corner Clark Street and 20th Avenue, Tauranga
Website: www.bopdhb.govt.nz
Key IS projects this year: PACS/RIS (multi-year, multi-DHB); regional chronic condition management system; clinical information system project — stage two; server consolidation/virtualisation; tiered storage and archiving.
Improving health service provision — including reducing acute and elective service wait times — and reducing barriers to achieving good health across the population, are key organisational goals for the Bay of Plenty DHB in 2009.
CIO Owen Wallace says key ICT focus areas are the improvement of clinical information systems to enable improved healthcare provision, working with colleague DHBs and other organisations on collaborative ICT initiatives — for example in the areas of telecommunications, common infrastructures and shared applications — and improved ICT infrastructure.
"The latter serves to enhance performance, provide certainty and provide value for money. A good example is server and storage consolidation and network robustness," says Wallace.
IT budgets and IT staff numbers for 2009 have been held at 2008 levels, but BoP DHB is pushing forward with several ICT initiatives. These include completion of PACS/RIS (a multi-year, multi-DHB project), commencing the second stage of a Clinical Information System Project; and a tiered storage and archiving project.
Other IT projects areas are unified communications, along with business continuity and disaster recovery upgrades. Software and server consolidation and virtualisation are ongoing.
BoP DHB financial systems are outsourced to the Canterbury District Health Board — all other ICT functions are managed in-house.

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We want to say thanks to everyone for stopping by to spend a little time on the Delmarva History space on Facebook as we hit a new milestone, 11,000 likes. Your visits to the page and your participation in the social conversations taking place here makes our effort worthwhile.
We also value the larger, open dialogue about yesteryear that takes place on a number of other valuable Facebook pages. Our region has a large, virtual community of formal and informal groups and individuals contributing narratives and images about the past. And while we enjoy contributing a little content to this daily conversation, the full array of social channels allows us to learn lots more from the work of others.
This daily hum of conversations involving the posting of an enormous amount of heritage-related content encourages collaboration and sharing. On these public spaces, we are all able to share and comment on each other's work, thus more broadly enhancing the study and appreciation of the past.
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Jude is my wholefood hero! I can't wait for her next cookbook. Great interview. Thanks for sharing. Nat x
An interview with Jude Blereau, Queen of Wholefoods!
I have the great pleasure today of sharing some insights from the fabulous Jude Blereau.Jude is a natural foods chef, author, cooking teacher, food coach and real food activist. She runs a fabulous whole and natural chef training course in Perth, and holds a number of wonderful cooking classes throughout the year in different states of Australia. She is just about to release her 4th book, and I can't wait to add it to my collection! Her first three books are absolute crackers, and the vegan fig and rhubarb layer cake with vanilla almond cream from last weeks post is based on a wonderful recipe of Jude's from her first book 'Wholefood'.
Jude is a huge inspiration to me. Her last book, Wholefood for Children is an absolute winner, and I am constantly recommending it for patients with small children. Chock full of amazing nutritional information for children, it takes you from first foods up to toddlers and beyond with thoughtful, nourishing recipes. There are also plenty of options if you are cooking for kids with allergies and intolerances. Check out Jude's website for more information.
But for now, make yourself a cuppa and settle in to read some insights from an icon in the world of whole foods.
Can you tell us a little bit about your journey to where you are now?
It's been a long journey. I have a bit of thing with beauty – and how nature /intelligence expresses itself. I think this may be how I've translated my Catholic upbringing. Whilst not a catholic, I am deeply spiritual and find life a mystery and awe- inspiring. Thus things that express this beauty drive me. I started in Kindergarten Teaching (hated it), and ended up in Fashion – I was at a major cross roads in my life and went back to fabric and colour (I had always sewed and designed – mostly for my Barbie Dolls) and entered the WA Designers Awards and won. Thus I started my own business which was hugely successful and I loved but it didn't feed my soul. My upbringing has been heavy coloured from my Mum who was a nurse, cooked delicious food and has a very heightened sense of design and colour. No surprise that all those things influenced me. I had started studying nutrition part time during the later years of Fashion, but I was incredibly disillusioned. I understand this now that I was unhappy with the fractionalized approach to food. At that time I went to the U.S – mid 80's and came across Anne Marie Colbins book Food and Healing. This book changed my life and course at that minute. THIS was talking the language I was interested in and I came back and got out of fashion, moved to the US so I could learn more – at that time it was Macrobiotics.
Now, I feel I have come a full circle as a grown up adult. I LOVE where I am with my understandings of food. I find my approach to food is now what I would say incredibly wholistic and I see the influences of a life time.
What is your food philosophy?
Our food should be good enough to eat (consider the soil in which it grows, pesticide etc free – this encompasses the concept that our food is only as good as our soil, and pesticides are not body compatible.
That it should be real (if it's strawberry flavoured, that flavor should come from a strawberry) and body compatible (closer to it's natural state and prepared appropriately). It should be closer to it's natural state (as little that is edible is removed and as little that is inedible is added back).
That it should be delicious. It should be in season (it has more nutrient value and deliciousness that way) and we can preserve to capture this seasonality.
That we consider the farmer and community from which it comes – the politics of food so to speak.
I know you need to do a bit of travelling, how do you eat well whilst on the road?
It's very hard. I primarily try to stay in a place with it's own kitchen, so I can get some simple foods and make a meal. Or stay with friends. But, there are many times I can get stuck between a rock and a hard place – I try and have a very good breakfast (eggs/vegetables) (which I can make at my place or at a café), and then another very good meal – lunch or dinner. That's often fish – either out or at 'my place'. With a salad. So the spare meal (lunch or dinner depending) I might have a sandwich, toasted Panini etc. I can also boil some eggs for emergency fuel. AND I TAKE SPIRULINA WITH ME. Nearly forgot that. I keep a look out for a good restaurant for 1 good main each day – eg fish for either a lunch or dinner.
PRIMARILY I work very hard on prevention: knowing where I am staying (either with friends or in a place with a kitchen) so I know what is around me.(so for example in Sydney I stay either with Holly Davis, or at a self contained in Rozelle, with a good wholefood store up the road within walking distance). I cannot get hungry – big disaster. And I pack food for the plane. What I find however is no matter how hard I try, I loose my energy as I am away from home without a good food routine. To be truthful, a lot of what is available (even 'healthy') stuff is appalling, all over Australia. I work hard to avoid being thrown upon it's mercies. All else fails, I'll go for an egg Panini – hard core protein.
If you wanted to convert someone to eating wholefoods, what would you cook for them / what advice would you give?
A lot would depend on season but basically:
Vegetarian option:
Mexican Beans (Wholefood), with salsa / guac
Stuffed Zucchini
Eggplant parmigiana
Vego lasagna
Pan Glazed Tempeh
Wholegrain and Roast Vegetables/Chickpeas with Morrocan Dressing
Wholegrain with Spanish Capsicum, Chickpea and Fennel
Quinoa and Vegetable Pilaff
Non – Vego:
Roast Chicken, roast and steam vegetables, proper gravy
Hunter Gatherer Lamb Shanks
Beef Brisket
Fish Fingers with proper mayonnaise turned into tartare
I would absolutely, positively serve dessert. Seasonal fruit crumble with cultured cream, or seasonal fruit pie with cultured cream, or just a big fat bowl of soup with a killer dessert – depends on the time of the year. Right now my neighbour has given me limes, so Lime Meringue Tart is on the menu this weekend, with a tray of mangos another option.
Advice I would give is TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME. IT'S A LONG JOURNEY – AT LEAST 2 years, if not 5. Get your head around the basics (my philosophy), and then after you've found out where to get things, take one area at a time – perhaps learn to make stock, then perhaps get your head around legumes, learn how to use silverbeet (prolific and cheap) etc, etc.
What foods make you happy?
Oh, man – I love lamb (but I mean hogget or mutton) – roast, bbq, stew etc. I love being met – a proper meal meats my nutritional needs and I work better. I LOVE it when someone else cooks for me. I'm not a big chocolate fan, prefer lime or lemon, adore vanilla. I like wet/ rich food (quite vata in that).
I've always thought if I were to cook for you Jude, I would love to cook you my breakfast bread served with buffalo ricotta. If you were to cook for anyone, who would it be and what would you cook?
Yummmmmmmmmm – I plan to hold you to this Meg when I'm there.
I am most often always cooking for someone else – primarily my daughter (she often comes over) or my mum so I take their likes into account. Always a winner is a cannelloni, lasagna. I don't dare cook soup for them. I might do a meat braise or stew (Cacciatore etc). When I was at Rottnest with extended family just a couple of weeks ago it was Cashew Mango Chicken, and French Beignets (a once a year tradition from our time in New Orleans), which we adore.
But, perhaps dessert is what I cook to take to places – often really a pie. I love pies in all their formats. Right now that would be plum, late season peaches, late season blueberries – a delicious pie with real ice cream.
I am in love with your book 'Wholefood for Children'. It is a masterpiece and I am constantly referring patients to it. Can you tell us a little about your basic philosophy when it comes to kids nutrition?
Thank you so much. I love the book and think a fair amount of it was channelled!!! I look at it and think ' did I write that? ' but I'm very proud of that book – I think I was able to frame what my thoughts are a lot better.
Basic Philosophy: We seriously need to remember that children are NOT ADULTS. They come into the world with an undeveloped digestive system. I am shocked at the foods we give that digestive system (child) before it's ready and then call it an allergy when they have a reaction. We need to give them real foods – young mothers would be wise to take into account that cooking food for their child is profoundly, in every way more nourishing to their child rather than buying. Even though the label says organic, packaged foods are not the same thing – especially in the aspect of life force. We need to feed children real food and real meals – proper breakfast (not a piece of white toast), proper morning tea/snack (not a gluten free crispbread or cracker) a proper lunch (not another piece of white bread), a proper afternoon tea (not packaged yoghurt) and a proper dinner (not pasta).
Something I come across a lot is children who are fussy eaters – do you have any hot tips?
I am fascinated by the aspect of fussy eating. This did not exist up until about 20 years ago. As a kindergarten teacher, I see a strong link with how people parent. There are some fundamentals of raising children:
- They need to feel secure (loved)
- They need a routine
- Day care is exhausting for many children
- After school care is exhausting for many children
- Early kindergarten is exhausting for many children
- After school activities are exhausting for many children.
I see a lot of tired children. They need lots of quiet time. Into this we feed children often at times that is not conducive, that is, when they are tired, or with foods that set up poor cascading chemical reactions in the body (white toast for breakfast). Children need smaller meals, more often and a dinner before 4.30/5pm. And I think we feed children the kind of food that children don't like – they just want simple food – without sounding too up myself, I get a lot of feedback that children love and eat the recipes in my book – that food is real, it's simple and in a format children understand.
Finally – you are the parent. Love them, but give them boundaries, with honour and love.
|My version of Jude's Christmas Deer scene: Spelt, Almond and Maple Cookies with Mushroom Meringue
I love how a lot of your recipes don't require you to get out the mix master, and you can make them simply in a mixing bowl, old school style! It's such a pleasure to cook this way. What can we expect from your new book on baking coming out this year?
I'm so excited about this book. It's incredibly in depth. Looking at flours, sweeteners, fats etc and all the components of baking – including instinct and technique. It looks at factors that effect crumb, gluten free and dairy free. It really is a lot about understanding how, so you can apply that to get the end results that you want and apply that in other recipes you do.
I do use more of the mix master, but many are just a bowl and spoon – yep, I'm not a fussy girl. Simple. Real. Everyday.
I think baking and sweetness in general has got a bad wrap – and I wanted to address that in this book. I think we've forgotten what a real cake is, and the smell of real flour, real butter and real sugar (or maple, or honey etc). It saddens me to see the world of wholesomeness and healthy food moving to a more fractionalized approach – eg raw, paleo etc. In this fractionalized approach, people are demonizing sugar, without asking what makes white sugar bad, and what we replace it with better – thus they use Agave (not mad about it) or Xylitol (shocking) and both, staggeringly refined. I wanted to give people more wholistic and in depth information so they can make better and more informed decisions.
So there you have it. Jude writes a great blog, and you can connect with her on facebook too.
14 thoughts on "An interview with Jude Blereau, Queen of Wholefoods!"
She's amazing isn't she! Thanks Nat.x
Sorry – I promise I'm not stalking you today but I just had to read this! How inspiring…it reminds me that I know about 1/100th of what I need to know about feeding my children but I just want to keep learning. Can't wait for the new book x
Ha ha! Yes, inspiring is the word. I can't wait for the new book either!! x
Jude is amazing, her cookbooks have been so thoroughly thumbed and splattered over in our household that the favourites are obvious. Thanks for this gorgeous interview, can't wait for Jude's new book.xxx jay
I think your books must look like mine Jay! Thanks for the lovely comment. x
Really really enjoyed this. Thank you so much Meg.
Me too….wonderful read. Lovely to find your blog via "Slow Heart Sing"
Thanks Vanessa and Natalie! Glad you love it, I think Jude's a superstar!
Jude has definitely got it going on. She knows her stuff and is incredibly passionate about what she does. I have all of her other books and seriously can't wait to get my hands on her new one.
Me neither! Not long to wait now. x
thanks so much for this. and she has a cooking course which sounds absolutely amazing! I'm very inspired
I know, I would LOVE to do her course! x
I have a bit of thing with beauty – and how nature expresses itself and I think baking and sweetness in general has got a bad wrap.


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Wednesday, December 11, 2019 -
Main Library
9:00am to 8:00pm
Main Library
In preparation for Main Library's renovation, we are upping our "book sale game" during summer 2019. Each week on Monday morning we'll stock the book sale with surplus and outdated items from our special collections. Items will include LPs (primarily Classical and Opera), vintage magazines (mostly bound by months or year), and withdrawn books from the North Carolina Room. Check out the selections each Monday morning, starting June 3rd, and follow the book sale event description on the Library event calendar to see what's highlighted each week.Book Sale List: https://bit.ly/32V1voN
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Week ? : ?*Coming Soon*Please note that volume numbers and dates are approximate. Several sets are missing volumes and are therefore not complete runs.
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Anybody knows if there is a way of change your character appearance after c reating it? some kind of harstylist or something like that?
Thanks in advance!
Originally posted by alakram
Anybody knows if there is a way of change your character appearance after c reating it? some kind of harstylist or something like that?
Thanks in advance!
No, not yet..
but i wouldnt be surprised if they add one...over time
Best MMO experiences : EQ(PvE), DAoC(PvP), WoW(total package) LOTRO (worldfeel) GW2 (Artstyle and animations and worlddesign) SWTOR (Story immersion) TSW (story) ESO (character advancement)
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The game of love, not the 50's of you know ?
The game of being, 70's I c
the game of connections. 5, 7, 9 div 10
sry cant do the "probability game of my birthday and the day you die coincide"
I live, you die, cause I got. (real sorry but I did not get the affro that annoyed people behind me in a cinema)
I am not posting, I re-read wings wings chicken wings, jerky wings, peri peir wings (call that a misspelling not a recipe) and now clearly Jefferson starship and JUMP, no know no disrespect to wings, just like the first time I heard the beatles.
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I like crafting, killing am torn between ruling and healing.
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Wait for it......................"Coming soon to the cash shop near you!"
Anyone here ever play fable?
I would love if they added barber / tattooist NPCs, but to gain new hair styles / tattoo choices, you had to actually find and collect them like in Fable. Could be as simple as finding info in a book about a tribe that cut their hair a certain way and had a certain tattoo style or symbol.
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Wait for it......................"Coming soon to the cash shop near you!"
I bought a car, it had everything I wanted when I got it. As time went on I decided to upgrade my stereo, wanted a car cover since it sits outside in the rain a lot, etc.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a cash shop with cosmetic options in it. I seriously doubt I will ever beat anyone in a duel because of my +5 vorpal hairdo of awesomeness.
Honestly I welcome a fully fleshed out cash shop with NOTHING but cosmetic options in it. I will never be jealous of someone because they have an armor skin or weapon enchantment or whatever makes them feel sexah or special or whatnot. Now if they start putting in items that add ability or damage or anything that gives one player an advantage simply because of money then that's a different story.
Just my 2 cents, your experience may differ.


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How to Make Chinese Chicken with Cashews
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I haven't tried doing my chicken like this yet, but am planning on it soon! Nice recipe Jan, I do love cashews.ReplyDelete
This looks and sounds amazing. I'll be trying this for sure. Hope I can find some of the ingredients here!ReplyDelete
This looks like restaurant food - wonderful Jan! Full of goodness too. Lucie xReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 November 2010 at 16:15
Looking forward to trying this. How long should you marinate the chicken for?ReplyDelete
Hi Anon - I'll update this post as I should have said how long. About 20 minutes will be fine.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 April 2012 at 20:20
Hi Jan - we had this tonight. Delish. We had to tweek it slightly as hubby is Gluten-Free. Tried the chicken a different way - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5140/chicken-stirfry-in-4-easy-stepsReplyDelete
Hi Jan - We had this tonight. Delish. I had to tweek it slightly as hubby is gluen-free. Cooked the chicken like this - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5140/chicken-stirfry-in-4-easy-steps.ReplyDelete


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Essential Advice On Working
As A Chef In London
If you have dreamed of working as a chef all of your life. One of the major cities of the world has likely always been on your radar. London is at the centre of the culinary world, making it a highly sought after destination for many of the world's top chefs who enjoy working as a chef in London. If you feel that you are out of your league, don't. With hard work, perseverance, and a lot of networking, you can find that dream job of yours in the city that you have grown to love. You may even have the dream of working in a top celebrity restaurant in London.
Chef In London
It all starts with a bit of knowledge, so keep reading to learn more about working as a chef in London.
A Special Kind of Work Ethic Is Needed In London
No matter where in the world you are coming from, there are some unique aspects to professional life in London that you should be aware of. One of the components of the British culture that is likely drawing you to London in the first place is that the capital is fast, fun, and enjoyable. This means that every day is unique, and this is what chef's love. At the same time, the fast-paced nature of London requires a professional character and focus on excellence at all times.
Types of Venues
One of the great aspects of seeking out work as a chef in London is the wide variety of opportunities that exist at any given moment. With the number of resort and convention centres, mainstream restaurants, and special venues dotting the landscape of the city. There is something that will appeal to any type of chef out there. The key is to get noticed, pound the pavement, and impress the right people with your talent.
It is important to consider the types of dishes that you feel competent in creating. If your leaning is towards traditional British menu items. You can consider one of the many pubs that are located throughout the city. If you have a more diverse portfolio, then it might be fitting for you to look into the catering and special events business.
To land a job at one of the many Michelin-rated restaurants in London will likely require you to have many years of experience, so do not despair if you do not get a call from them right away. Start at a local restaurant; impress your guests, and then work to move up from there. London is a great place for chefs to not only begin their career. But also to advance it by leaps and bounds as well.
Getting Around the City
Another valuable benefit to working as a chef in London is found in the extensive transportation network. The transport system is well established around the city. This enables a chef that is just starting out in the industry to reside in a central location. Knowing that he or she can easily to get to a restaurant when called upon. This is important because London affords many chefs the opportunity to be in a pool of sorts. One that permits them to travel from venue to venue in order to fill in on an as-needed basis.
This part of learning to become a chef in London is quite appealing to many. Because of the London Tube and extensive bus system, geographical barriers no longer limit a budding chef. This can afford you the opportunity to work for a variety of different restaurants. Build up your resume, and gain the type of on the job experience that is simply not available in smaller European cities.
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TEMPE, Ariz. -- After a disappointing 2018 season saw David Johnson misused by a now-departed coaching staff, the Arizona Cardinals running back has begun preparing for a resurgence in first-year head coach Kliff Kingsbury's Air Raid scheme.
The Cardinals are still installing their base plays -- the foundation -- of their offense, so it's not entirely clear how Johnson will be used.
But he has an idea. And it looks awfully familiar.
"It's going to be similar to 2016," said Johnson, 27. "Shotgun's our home, which is good, because I did that in college and we had a running quarterback. So, I think it'll be good for me.
"I'll be utilized as a running back and a receiver."
That won't just be good for Johnson. It'll be good for the Cardinals and fantasy football owners.
If Johnson feasts, everyone feasts.
He captured the imagination of football fans in 2016 when he had 2,118 all-purpose yards (1,239 rushing, 879 receiving). But then suffered a fractured wrist in the first game of 2017 and missed the rest of the season. Last season, under coach Steve Wilks, Johnson was grossly mishandled by former offensive coordinator Mike McCoy for half the season and finished with 1,386 all-purpose yards (940 rushing, 446 receiving).
Another year, another coaching staff, and the good news for Johnson is that for the Air Raid to work to its full potential, it needs a running back with his skill set.
"You want the best receivers and versatile running backs," said Washington State coach Mike Leach, who is considered to be one of the masterminds of the Air Raid. "It's really kind of the same as everything. You teach pass protection. You teach ball skills, and then the running back is the most important player in it -- him and the quarterback.
"You're asking a running back to do things that they've been asked a long time to do, which is, run, block and catch. You think of guys like Edgerrin James, Marshall Faulk, those are prime examples of guys who are great in this type of offense. James basically played in the Air Raid in Indianapolis."
At 6-foot-1 and 214 pounds, Johnson is bigger than both James and Faulk.
"A guy that big who moves like he does, that's pretty rare," Kingsbury said.
Johnson said the goal is to run 90 to 95 plays per game, primarily out of the shotgun and primarily no-huddle, which could provide more opportunities. During Kingsbury's six years at Texas Tech, running backs accounted for 43 percent of his team's touches, according to ESPN Stats & Information data.
Another component of the Air Raid that will benefit Johnson is its spread tendency. That means Johnson could get more touches in space.
"It's going to be really helpful because only having to worry about one guy tackling you, compared to three, four guys loading the box," Johnson said.
Johnson still has a goal of becoming the third player in NFL history to have 1,000 rushing and 1,000 receiving yards in the same season, and he thinks it is doable in this offense. But just having Johnson on the field being utilized like he is supposed to can give the Cardinals' offense an instant boost, Arizona guard Justin Pugh said.
"How do I see one of the best running backs in the NFL fit into our offense? I just see him doing his thing," Pugh said. "Obviously, we were down a lot of games last year, it was tough to get him in rhythm, so we're going to feed him. He's a monster.
"I think a lot of people are sleeping on him. That's good. I'd rather it be that way. And I'm looking forward to him proving a lot of people wrong, as with the rest of this offense."
Kingsbury hasn't watched Johnson's 2016 tape, opting to evaluate him with the naked eye this spring and summer. But Kingsbury said it's easy to see that Johnson has a natural route-running ability.
"You can tell he has that in him from college, that he's run routes before," Kingsbury said. "He looks like he'll be a tough matchup on some linebackers."
Lining up Johnson in the backfield alongside rookie quarterback Kyler Murray could be a matchup problem for everyone on defense -- and Murray already knows that.
Murray pointed out Johnson's versatility inside and outside the box, including Johnson's ability to line up as a receiver, as an example of how the two could complement each other.
"I think we'll be pretty versatile as far as me and him go," Murray said.
Even without a lot known about Kingsbury's scheme, Johnson already seems more comfortable this year than last year. And that's a dangerous thought.
"He's David Johnson for a reason," Murray said.


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Pan-Caribbean and Pacific mobile operator Digicel is once again studying the possibility of buying Telecom New Zealand's majority interest in Telecom Cook Islands (TCI), the New Zealand Herald reports. Telecom New Zealand announced shortly before Christmas that it was thinking about selling its 60% stake in TCI, which is currently operated as a joint venture with the Cook Islands government, and while a spokesman for the parent telco would not comment on potential buyers, Cook Islands finance minister Mark Brown told local media that Digicel Pacific was looking into buying the shares. The minister was quoted by Cook Islands News as saying, 'Digicel is back on the beach, they're kicking the tyres again. They'll probably make an offer to Telecom New Zealand.' Digicel has made a number of previous bids to buy TCI, including a NZD20 million (USD16.5 million) offer for the full-service telco in 2009. TeleGeography's GlobalComms Database notes that in February that year the government confirmed its intention to sell a stake in TCI to Digicel, but no further developments followed.
Telecom New Zealand has participated in TCI's ownership and management since 1991 when the joint venture succeeded Cable & Wireless as the islands' incumbent telco, and the New Zealand firm upped its stake in 1997 to 60%, paying NZD3 million for an additional 20% equity. Digicel, which is active in 31 countries, expanded into the Pacific in 2006, with a current presence in Vanuatu, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Fiji and Nauru.


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This year, about 43 million people will roll up their sleeves and attempt some DIY home improvement. There are a lot of benefits to doing home DIY. You can increase the value of your home, improve living spaces, feel proud of your work, and save money that would otherwise be spent in installations and building fees. Are you looking for DIY weekend projects? Here are three ideas you just might enjoy.
1. Make a Greenhouse
Blending urban with rural living is quite in vogue today, and not surprisingly, so are greenhouses of various sizes. Some creative builders have made small home greenhouses out of old storm windows, while others have built small frame greenhouses from softwood and plastic sheeting. For those who lack a backyard, tiny greenhouses can be build for the indoors in order to provide some healt Continue reading "Want to Make a Greenhouse? Three DIY Home Ideas"


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I really need to document this. Except every time I do, I sit down and figure it out a little bit more. Last week it was all the positions of major and minor chords, then major and minor 7ths, and last night I found where the sus2 and sus4 chords were.
One of the layouts with rotation has become my favorite. I'll probably make it the default layout, and adjust all the others to fit it. I believe from trying a lot of different layouts that this one is the definitive layout for musical notes on a grid. Using the circle of fifths as a color palette means it makes a night rainbow stripe across the grid.
There's also a detail about transposing that has turned out amazing. If I am running out of room on the grid, I can transpose a half step and then, due to the color palette, find that the new position for the notes pretty easily. Though I'll have to document that too because it's a little strange.
I'm recording a lot of little song ideas though. Must get this documented.


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3 Simple Steps
for Painting a Room
A fresh coat of paint can bring a room back to life. It's amazing how simply changing the color can have a dramatic effect on the design and mood of the entire room. After choosing the colors you want to use, the process is fairly simple. Pottery Barn can help you get the project done in just three simple steps.
Step 1: Preparation
First, determine how much paint you need for the project. Measure the height and width of all of the walls you plan to paint a certain color. Next, measure the doors and windows. Use the Sherwin-Williams online paint calculator to figure out how many gallons of paint you require. When you purchase the paint, make sure that you also purchase all of the tools and materials necessary for the project.
The next step in the process is preparing the room. Remove furniture from the room along with paintings, drapes and anything else that might get in the way or get damaged by the paint. Use painter's tape to cover light fixtures on the ceiling and to create crisp edges around doors and windows. Lastly, remove the faceplates from electrical outlets and light switches. Be sure to put them in a safe place.
Step 2: Paint the Room
Start at the top of the room and work your way down. If you are painting the ceiling, then start there. If you spatter any paint on the walls, you will be able to cover it up easily. Use a paint brush to cut in a border around baseboards, door jambs, window sills and the corners of the room. Then apply paint to the rest of the walls using a roller and working in 2-square-foot sections at a time. Wait for the paint to dry completely before adding a second coat.
Paint the window frames next, starting at the top and working your way down to the sill. Make sure the door is the last thing you paint, so that you won't smudge the paint while entering and exiting the room. Remove all of the tape when the paint is dry.
Step 3: Clean Up
Once you are finished painting, the only step left is cleaning up. Use detergent and warm water to clean latex paint off of brushes and roller covers. Tightly seal the paint cans with the lids to prevent any accidental spills. Be sure to check with your community to learn the proper procedure for disposing of unused paint.
Now that your room is painted, you can move all of the furniture back in and start decorating. By following these three steps, you can completely transform the appearance of a room to keep the style fresh and invigorating.


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Now that night vision proactively warns of pedestrians and deer, it's a clearer safety aid, especially in West Virginia. If only it cost $500 not $2,000.
The Maryland Special Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that threw out data gathered via stingray on the grounds that the evidence was impermissible. It's one of a handful of wins for privacy advocates and those concerned about the proliferation of surveillance technology.
At CES 2014, if you see past the usual slew of new TVs and laptops, there is one big trend that's received hardly any coverage: Smartphone add-ons. While the last few years have seen no shortage of smartphone cases and plug-in gadgets that provide additional functionality, it appears that 2014 will take smartphone add-ons to the next level. At CES 2014, just to name a few, we have seen an add-on that turns your phone into a functional medical tricorder, a case that turns your phone into a 650,000-volt stun gun, and my personal favorite: a case that turns your iPhone 5 or 5S into a thermal imaging device.
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Wed, 7 November 2012
The season is upon us, but not without some early hiccups. Ben and myself talk the Warriors 2-2 start, the struggles of David Lee, our early Andrew Bogut observations and the injury to Brandon Rush.
In our second segment we have Warriors beat writer for the San Francisco Chronicle SFGate.com Rusty Simmons. We ask Rusty about the Rush situation, the offensive struggles, his early early on and more.
In our final segment we -- for better or worse -- predict this week's games against the Cavaliers, Lakers and Nuggets.
Direct download: Wws_podcast_110612.mp3
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text: If you often shop on Homebase's website for DIY materials and home accessories, you can now download an app for your smartphone or tablet, making buying online even easier. You can browse the entire product collection, check stock and reserve for collection at stores nationwide. You can also search for your nearest Homebase store using GPS. The app is available for multiple devices including iOS 7 and Android, and it's free to download.


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New York, NY (PRWEB) July 10, 2014
Eat! Drink! Italy! with Vic Rallo will premiere nationally on Tuesday, July 22 at 6:30 p.m. (check local listings). Season Two features 13, new half-hour episodes showcasing the host's unique knowledge of Italian regional cuisine and wine. In his second series, Emmy nominated Vic Rallo takes viewers on a culinary adventure throughout Italy to explore the concepts of "la materia prima" – the finest quality of ingredients – and the phenomenon known as "kilometer zero" – the concept of harmonizing ingredients-using locally connected ingredients and wines in one's cuisine.
Vic serves as tour guide as he energetically and enthusiastically moves from ground to table, whether working in the kitchen alongside local chefs or wandering among the grapes with vintners whose families have dedicated their lives to the art of winemaking. From cheese to fish, from homemade pastas and soups to vegetables and meats, each episode will satisfy foodies with unique takes on traditional recipes, and the bonus of some of the best scenery Italy has to offer. Each episode will tell the story of the men and women who are creating some of Italy's best cuisine and wines and the relationships Vic has formed through his extensive travels from North to south of Italy.
The second season of Eat! Drink! Italy! delves more deeply into the northern regions of Italy, cities whose very names make the mouth water: Verona, Undine, Turin, Lake Como, Parma, Modena and Alba, to name a few. The itinerary also includes quintessential vineyards in Sicily, the Veneto and San Felice. Wine connoisseur Anthony "Tony" Verdoni returns for season two. Noted for his historic knowledge of Italian wines and winemakers, Verdoni is known as Il Professore ("The Professor") for his mastery of the industry and the generations of families who have made Italian wines famous.
"Vic brings the viewer as close as he can to giving them a taste of what he is tasting, to experience the sensory excitement he is enjoying," explained executive producer and director Mark Ganguzza. "For centuries our ancestors used the food outside their doors," added Rallo. "In Italy, that practice continues – whether from the earth or the sea, the freshness of the food produces flavor like no other."
Vic Rallo is the owner of Basil T's Brewery and Italian Grill in Red Bank, New Jersey, and Undici Taverna Rustica in Rumson, New Jersey. A noted expert on Italian wine and cuisine, his reviews and recommendations are much sought after by the public and his colleagues in the culinary business. He has appeared regularly on national television on The Rachael Ray Show, Good Day Live, and CBS The Couch speaking about the culture, cuisine and wine of the country he is so passionate about. This fall, he will transform the legendary Basil T's brewery into BIRRAVINO, a new concept restaurant of meeting, eating and drinking.
CreateTV.com will feature several of the recipes presented in the series. Food and wine pairings, wine reviews, archives of recipes from season one and more are available at eatdrinkitaly.org.
Eat! Drink! Italy! with Vic Rallo Season Two episodes air as follows (check local listings):
201 - "Kilometer Zero" Taglioni with Clams in Sicily with chef Emanuele Scarello; Rice Pasta with Fresh Vegetables in the Veneto with chef Gabrielle Ferron; Mount Etna winemaker Giuseppe Tasca; Vic prepares his Calamari with Prosciutto and Peas.
202 - "Closer and Closer" Culatello sandwich with charcuterie master Mark Buzzio; the Pugnitello grape with winemaker Leonardo Bellacini in San Felice; Italian Cheese 411 in Sicily; Pasta with Swordfish and Eggplant with chef Massimo Bianco.
203 - "Simple and Fresh" Amarone Wine Risotto with Pumpkin with chef Maria Cartillone in the Veneto; all about corks with Alessandro Cellai in Sicily; a tour of the Spilimbergo Mosaic School and Museum in Friuli; Pomegranate and Porcini salad with chef Debbie Cesari in Mount Etna.
204 - "Try These At Home" Gnocchi Di Soave with chef Mara Marcazzan in Verona; Cheeses of Valpolicella with Corrado Benedetti; Sicilian winemaker Marc deGrazia discusses the Mount Etna region and its impact on wine; Zuppa di Mare with chef Salvatore Giordano in Sicily.
205 – "Less Is More… Lots More!" Shrimp and Green Apple Salad with Chef Massimo Bianco in Sicily; Pasta with Zucchini and Prosciutto with chef Elia Bulgarelli in Verona; Sicilian winemaker Vinzia Novara discusses ancient vineyards.
206 – "Think Local, Drink Local" Calmari with Porcini Mushrooms with chef Michele Zuchiatti in Sicily; Risotto with Smoked Trout with chef Gabriele Ferron in Verona; Countess Aleghieri, descendent of Dante Aleghieri, discusses wine and other passions in Siena; Vic prepares his Cacio e Pepe pasta.
207 – "Prime Examples" Copicollo Two Ways with charcuterie master Mark Buzzio; Tagliarini with Cuttlefish, Sea Urchin and Sardines with chef Massimo Belliteri in Sicily; Friuli winemaker Gianfranco Gallo discusses the Green Harvest and Batonage methods of winemaking; Bruscetta with Sausage and Mozzarella with fashion designer Antonio Moretti in Siena.
208 – "Local Knowledge" Agli Amici Bottarga with chef Emanuele Scarello in Udine; Rigatoni with Fresh Anchovies and Fennel with chef Salvatore Giordano in Sicily; winemaker Roberto Pighin discusses Pinot Grigio and the Collio region of Friuli.
209 – "Easy to Master" Making organic, handpicked olive oil in Sicily; Tortellini di Soave with chef Mara Marcazzan in Verona; winemakers Luca Sabatini and Giancarlo Piubelli discuss the Soave region; Cantucci cookies with Emanuela Stucchi Prinetti (daughter of cooking pioneer Lorenza de Medici) and chef Andrea Gagnesi in Chianti.
210 – "Two Pastas" Macaroni Bastardo with chef Massimo Belliteri in Mount Etna; coffee roasting with expert Alessandro Hausbrandt in Trieste; Vic prepares the classic Pasta alla Norma.
211 – "In the Details" Artichoke and Arugula Salad with Chef Massimo Bianco in Sicily; the art of the simple sandwich -- Sopressata and Mozzarella on Foccacia; all about wine closures; Pasta with Shrimp and Shaved Artichokes with Chef Massimo Bianco.
212 – "More Than the Sum of the Parts" Pairing Italian wines with sandwiches; the history of the Palmento, the Sicilian communal wine press; an old method makes a new wine in the Veneto; Vic makes Pasta alla Carbonara.
213 – "Italian Soul Food" Italian wine word association; Stuffed Sardines with Chef Salvatore Giordano in Sicily; more Italian wine 41
About Eat!Drink!Italy! with Vic Rallo
Eat! Drink! Italy! with Vic Rallo, (http://www.eatdrinkitaly.org) takes television viewers on a fast-paced informative tour of Italy's virtually world of limitless food and wine, from the Alps to the southern shores of Sicily, each week on PBS. Whether touring a cheese cave that was once one of Mussolini's bunkers, hunting for the elusive white truffle, exploring Napoleon's wine tunnels, visiting a Slow Food superstar in her humble kitchen or going 20 meters underground to the very roots of one of Italy's most celebrated wine varietals, Vic Rallo brings a unique perspective to the traditional format of television cooking series. Eat! Drink! Italy! with Vic Rallo is a production of Sunburst Creative Group, produced be Mark Ganguzza.
About CreateTV
Drawing from more than 60 public television series from the cooking, travel, home improvement, gardening and arts & crafts genres, Create is now in its ninth year and reaches more than 76% of USTVHHs. The channel has become the destination for fans of the DIY/how-to genre, airing longtime favorites and marathons of themed episodes. Eat! Drink! Italy! with Vic Rallo is a production of Sunburst Creative Group. The series is a presentation of WLIW21 in association with WNET and is distributed by American Public Television. Diane Masciale is executive in charge of production for WLIW21.


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Here is the problem from the book:
"Write a class that uses a string array or arraylist object to hold 5 students names, an array of 5 chars to hold 5 students letter grades, and five array of 4 doubles each to hold each students set of test scores. The class should have methods that return a specific students name, average test score, and a letter grade based on the average.
Demonstrate the class in a program that allows the user to enter each student's name and his four test scores. It should display each students average test score and letter grade."
Here is the code I have so far. A buddy and I wrote this together but we cant seem to fix the syntax errors. Any help is appreciated.
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public class CST150KLHW8gradeBook {
* @param args the command line arguments
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO code application logic here
private final int NUM_STUDENTS = 5;// Holds number of students
private final int NUM_TESTS = 4;// Holds number of tests
private String[] names = new String[NUM_STUDENTS]; //Holds students names
private char[] grades = new char[NUM_STUDENTS]; // Holds grades
private double[] scores1 = new double[NUM_TESTS];// Holds score for first test
private double[] scores2 = new double[NUM_TESTS];//Holds score for second test
private double[] scores3 = new double[NUM_TESTS];//Holds score for third test
private double[] scores4 = new double[NUM_TESTS];//Holds score for fourth test
private double[] scores5 = new double[NUM_TESTS];// Holds score for fifth test
public String getName()// Gets students names
public String getTestavg()//Gets the test average
public String getGrade()//Gets the letter grade
public void setName(String n)
name = n;
public String getName()
return name;
public void setTest(double t,int i)
test[i] = t;
public double getTest(int i)
return test[i];
public double getTestAvg(){
double sum = 0;
double avg;
for(int i = 0; i < test.length; i++)
sum += test[i];
avg = sum / test.length;
return avg;
public char getGrade(){
double average = getTestAvg();
char grade=0;
if(average >= 90)
grade = 'A';
else if (average >= 80)
grade = 'B';
else if (average >= 70)
grade = 'C';
else if (average >=60)
grade = 'D';
else if (average < 60)
grade = 'F';
return grade;


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Thomas Pienkowski
In the last 10 years, I've worked in both conservation research and practice. I am interested in the public health implications of environmental conservation, particularly in relation to subjective and mental aspects of health. During the last 10 years I've worked between academia and conservation practice. I have a particular interest in the emerging field of planetary health, which will be the focus of my DPhil research at the ICCS.
My research focuses on the intersection between environmental change and public health, and how conservation mediates this relationship.
Humans and wildlife share many of the same spaces. This can bring people and wildlife into contact in many ways. The direct consequences of this contact – like crop raiding by elephants – are well recognised. However, much less attention has been paid to indirect impacts, such as the psychological consequences of living alongside wildlife. My research will explore how human-primate interactions influence peoples' mental health through several mechanisms, including zoonotic disease transmission. This will help illustrate unexplored impacts of environmental protection on people and guide efforts for more fair and successful conservation. Moreover, understanding how ecosystems interact with mental and subjective aspects of health may help support a more holistic approach towards planetary health.
Read more about my research here
2016–17 | Research Assistant at the BioEcon Lab - National University of Singapore | Leading projects including exploring relationships between conservation, forests and human health in Cambodia.
2015–16 | 'No Exploitation' Project Officer at The Forest Trust | Coordinating the implementation of Responsible Stone Programme work plans improving working conditions in China and India.
2012-15 | MSc. Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management at the Central European University, Lund University & University of Manchester.
2012–13 | Head Development Officer at Ya'axché Conservation Trust | Management of integrated landscape management project development and funding.
2008-12 | BSc. Environmental Conservation at Bangor University of Wales
2010–11 | Visiting Researcher at University of the West Indies | Investigating the economic importance of an invasive species within a Jamaican artisan fishery.
2010–11 | Research Assistant at Bangor University of Wales | Assisted developing of a bio-economic model exploring illegal harvest of xaté palm in Central America.
NERC Doctoral Training Partnership scholarship, supervised by Professor Milner-Gulland (University of Oxford) and Dr. Aidan Keane (University of Edinburgh).
2018 - Training and Travel Grant 2018 | British Ecological Society
2017 - NERC DTP award | 4 year DPhil scholarship at the University of Oxford.
2014 - CEU MA Research Grant & Lydia Press Memorial Fund | Thesis Research grant.
2013 - Erasmus Mundus Scholarship | scholarship for the Masters of Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management Program.
2013 - MESPOM Consortium Tuition Waiver | A tuition waiver to pursue a Masters of Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management Program.
2012 - SENRGy Prize for Highest Honors Project Mark | Award for the best BSc. final year Honors project.2014 - CEU MA Research Grant & Lydia Press Memorial Fund for masters thesis research.
2013 - Erasmus Mundus Scholarship – Category B and MESPOM Consortium Tuition Waiver scholarship to conduct a Masters in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management.
2012 - SENRGy Prize for Highest Honours Project Mark
Pienkowski, T., Dickens, B.L., Sun, H., & Carrasco, L.R. 2018. Linking forests, deforestation, and nutritional outcomes: An observational study in nine African countries. The Lancet Planetary Health, 2(meeting abstract S4).
Pienkowski T, Dickens BL, Sun H, Carrasco LR. 2017. Empirical evidence of the public health effects of tropical forest conservation. Lancet Planetary Health, 1(5): e180-e187.
Papworth S, Rao M, Oo MM, Latt KT, Tizard R, Pienkowski T, Carrasco LR. 2017. The impact of gold mining and agricultural concessions on the tree cover and local communities in northern Myanmar. Scientific Reports, 7: 46594.
Prospere K, McLaren K, Pienkowski T, & Wilson BS 2016. Assessing the status of an artisanal shrimp fishery in a Ramsar wetland in Jamaica: The effects of extreme La Niña episodes, elevated temperature and seasonality on landings. Limnologica, 59: 140–154.
Pienkowski T, Williams S, McLaren K, Wilson B, & Hockley N. 2015. Alien invasions and livelihoods: Economic benefits of invasive Australian Red Claw crayfish in Jamaica. Journal of Ecological Economics, 112: 68-77.
British Ecological Society


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Last week, Dame Dash got into a heated one-sided argument outside of a courthouse with a few reporters from the New York Daily News. The reason Dash appeared at court was to fight a $1 million lawsuit that was filed by his son's mother, Linda Williams, who alleges he falsely had her arrested in 2009 during a custody battle.
As Dash was leaving the courthouse, he confronted the reporters and questioned their motives regarding why they only cover his career whenever something negative is afoot. The reporters stood there and recorded Dame's rant, but never actually responded to his questions. Below is what Dame had to say:
"How come you never talk about the positive stuff? 'Cause I'm black? Because you're Republican? Why? When you come in the court case, you don't go just to court case. You talk about the history of which you've written about before. So how come don't speak about the good stuff. Why don't you guys ever write about the good stuff about a black man. Why? Cause you're a racist Republican paper, that's why. And I know you it's killing you that Obama is in office. I know it kills you that you went to college to write for a paper that's not credible.
"Why do I have to be going crazy because I'm asking you a question, instead of you guys asking me? Why am I crazy for that?
"Why don't you say 'he has art galleries around the world'? 'He has independently owned companies that do well over $50 million'? 'He employs 10 people at any given time.' How come you never say that? Why?"
And the headline for their news story following the verbal stand-off? "Damon Dash shows up late for trial, harasses reporters and shouts at judge." Sounds like the NY Daily News were able to meet their status quo.
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This year, I wanted to try something new and compile a list of my picks for the biggest winners and losers. Obviously, on the national level, there was a lot to choose from: Wall Street firms, the dollar, the Federal Reserve and investors (losers) and CEOs (who seem to win even when they lose). But locally, these 10 seemed to stand out.
Oscar Wyatt
The Losers:
- Oscar Wyatt. The scrappy Houston oil man fought the government, but finally gave up the fight in early October. He agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for violating the United Nations' oil-for-food program in Iraq. Wyatt, 83, was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison. The deal, though, wasn't a victory for prosecutors, either. They saw a key witness crumble and realized the case might be heading for a hung jury.
- BP. The company pleaded guilty to a felony and agreed to pay a $50 million fine, the largest levied under the Clean Air Act, for violations that led to the explosion of its Texas City refinery in 2005. BP continues to be dogged by civil lawsuits from victims of the blast. Meanwhile, Chief Executive John Browne was forced from office in early May after lying to a judge in London about how he met a former lover, Jeff Chevalier. There is some good news, though. BP seems to be fixing its problems and moving forward.
- Jim Crane. The founder of EGL launched a bid to take his company private in January. A competing offer, from private equity firm Apollo Capital Management, emerged a month later and the ensuing bidding war ran up the price by more than 30 percent on a per-share basis. In the end, Apollo won. Crane did OK, though. His EGL stock alone was worth about $337 million.
- Tilman Fertitta. The chief executive of Landry's Restaurants squared off with bondholders early in the year because the company hadn't filed financial statements with the SEC. By the summer, the bondholders accelerated the debt, threatening to force Landry's into bankruptcy if need be. The showdown came just as the credit markets tightened. Fertitta sued to forestall the effort, but he wound up renegotiating the bond deal at a cost of about $12.6 million.
- Aegis Mortgage. The subprime implosion hit home in August when Aegis, which once was among the country's biggest subprime lenders, stopped making loans and began cutting workers. Many employees found themselves on the street without severance or health benefits. By September, the company was in bankruptcy.
The winners
- John Wilder and the billionaire buyout boys. In a deal that shows who's really benefiting from Texas' deregulated electric market, former TXU chief Wilder left the Dallas-based company with about $280 million jangling around in his pockets thanks to a generous change-of-control provision in his contract. Meanwhile, the private equity firms leading the $32 billion buyout, TPG and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., got everything they wanted from shareholders and the legislature. They also snookered environmentalists into signing off on three coal-fired power plants. But the real win comes from those plants and the others like them that TXU already owns. They produce power well below the wholesale market rate, creating a guaranteed profit for the buyout boys
- John Arnold. The former Enron wunderkind joined the Forbes list of billionaires, weighing in at $1.5 billion. Arnold rode the private equity frenzy and built his Centaurus Energy into a global player. At 33, he was the youngest person on the Forbes list.
- Ethanol producers. Given the federal subsidies for corn-based ethanol, more companies are getting into the game. Look for the field to get even more crowded now that President Bush has signed the new energy bill, which calls for more than quadrupling our ethanol production. Not bad for a fuel that doesn't appear to have a viable market on its own. Bonus winner: light bulb makers and big-box retailers who will reap the profit from a congressional mandate on compact fluorescent bulbs.
- Continental Airlines. The Houston-based carrier continued its expansion of profitable international routes. More important, it made it through another year without getting dragged into a merger. For some reason, most airlines haven't learned from past mistakes, but Continental has. It started the year amid speculation it might be acquired by United. By November, when the speculation about a Delta-United deal surfaced, Continental was firmly ensconced on the sidelines. It may sound like a dubious win, but this is the airline industry. Continental, by the way, is poised to report an annual profit for the second straight year.
- Dubai. The Persian Gulf emirate garnered worldwide attention when Halliburton announced it would move its corporate headquarters there from Houston. It's the most visible in a growing wave of energy industry migration from the U.S. to the Middle East. As a bonus, Dubai and other emerging economies from the Persian Gulf to China are taking advantage of the weak dollar and buying major stakes in U.S. companies and real estate.
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The Empire of Black Lights
Like any other natural phenomenon, the night is subject to the barbarities of capitalism. Light pollution makes it so most humans, now living in cities, can hardly see the stars ; the arrangement of the working day coupled with the distribution of "leisure" means more and more time spent in front of electronic screens ; nocturnal hours which, when they are not given over to some brief recuperative sleep after the fatigues of the day and the stresses of a boring life, are devoted to various cults of merchandise, whether "shopping" late at night or blowing off steam in a nightclub waiting for a nauseating dawn … It is as if the night is a fundamental alteration to the day's reign of time assimilated to the economy, and therefore has no reason to exist any longer: the capitalist sun shines 24 hours a day, and it does not sleep anywhere – perhaps guessing that the sleep of the economy could very well engender the monsters of the revolutionary fairyland. In this respect, it is telling that Macron, the President of the French Republic, boasts of sleeping only three hours per night: this technocratic scoundrel has no time to waste or dream, or even to listen to the hooting of the owls from the depth of his bed. But how many people around you (excepting your friend the werewolf) would be able to answer if you asked them what phase the moon is currently in? Is it crescent, full or discarded with other definitively useless objects – because tax havens have many other forms of illumination?
As for the inner night! No, it is not, of course, about the gloomy darkness in which the subjectivity of each individual is bound to make an unfortunate experience – that is if, without revolt, it adapts itself to the ideological drunkenness of magazines devoted to philosophy-without-risks, to websites dedicated to some new-age spiritualism, or to the propaganda of political ideas as nauseating as nationalism, communitarianism, libertarian-liberalism or, just as moronic, transhumanism. No ! I want to speak about the luminous night that is made in the mind when it is dark night outside and mental operations finally take a different turn. Yes, that dark night like this coal that is only ever a diamond in power!
Before falling asleep, for example: observe what is happening in oneself.
For my part, I would first like to get a very physical idea of the phrase "slipping into sleep". To slide towards the abyss of unconsciousness, but also sometimes (and this is not insomnia), to slide upwards, towards an aspirating height, a certain psychic state that may yet await a definition of the word surconscious opposed to unconscious. My senses are still awake, yet I am abstracting myself from the parasitic noises of the city. I am alone in my bed, but nevertheless I sense presences around me. These are not ghosts, according to the common definition of the term. They are rather limbic manifestations of life, not only in this case my own but of the universe of which I am part, from which I receive and retransmit beneficial or at least beneficent waves. Images come to me, rarely words, and at first I discern only the movement of the apparitions ; while they specify their outlines, their colors at the moment when my desire to know them better (trying, by an effort of memory, to draw them the next day) immobilizes them in the waking dream state I have now arrived at. Then I enter one of these images: I see a tree grow in front of me and I become part of this tree. It is not a tree of any kind, it is the first tree, the essence of the tree and the fan of its branches, I touch the four corners of the sky that soon envelops me. And that's when I suddenly fall asleep…
While asleep, I do not have the good fortune to be a sleepwalker. But I do remember my questions about the mysteries of sleep when as a teenager I witnessed my little sister's sleepwalking. Standing on her bed, striking the walls of her room, she barely interrupted herself to answer our worried mother's inquiry about her conduct. In a tone of obviousness: "I'm pushing the walls!" The marvel would have been if they had indeed been pushed and if the small room was enlarged to the size of the realized dream. A series of recurring dreams during those years introduced me to fantastic architectures and sunken temples, as if the people of Angkor had reigned on Tsalal Island. So much so that a little later, when I saw for the first time reproductions of Max Ernst's paintings, especially the decalcomanias of the 1940s, it was a confirmation for me that the powers of the dream made use of a vast network of sensible exchanges, for which the surrealism that I was discovering could serve as the irreducible transmitter.
Then, Magritte's Empire of Light underscored for me, not only intellectually but almost sensually, an echo of Breton's assertion in the Second Manifesto concerning that "certain point of the mind" where "those antinomies which are the misfortune of the mind would cease" to be perceived contradictorily. The night, the day: are we doomed to live only in their duality? The day is contained in the night and the night in the day, this game of doublings, a possibility that only needs to be perceived at another level of consciousness. That's when the night shows its full range of colors rising from the ground like a twilight dew; beings and things can then impose summations of their mysterious meanings which would otherwise have been hidden.
I missed the last metro, it is two in the morning and I am crossing Montmartre. On the Rue des Saules, fortunately the last tourists are gone. I am alone on these cobblestones and in the distance the lights of the suburbs are multicolored fish slowly turning in the aquarium of my reverie. I stop, I watch the time slowly tear in front of me like a big silk cloth. The skin of the air slides, curving around me, falls and slowly rises to the sky in October. It's like a giant ray that envelops me in its ultra-sensible poem. I raise my head to the sky, the moon is behind me, crescent mother-of-pearl, and higher glitter some rare stars. I resume my walk; the night was an open moment on the other side of the night.


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Craig Finn, former frontman of undeground favorites Lifter Puller, has just released the second album of material from new band The Hold Steady. Separation Sunday is a ragged, ballsy collection of tunes that follow the oddball cast of young characters established on their first record Almost Killed Me. The new record revolves largely around the story of a young girl named Hallelujah, the good girl who got in a little over her head in the druggy underworld of Minneapolis. The tales of her rock-bottom desperation and eventual resurrection are alternately humorous and heartbreaking, and the darkness percolating beneath the surface is mesmerizing. Set to the bar band-meets-gospel choir stylings of the band and held together by Finn's keen ability to stop just short of taking the subject matter too seriously, Separation Sunday is an early candidate for album of the year. It can be purchased at iTunes here.
While it's impossible to get full enjoyment of this record without the context of the entire work, these two songs will give you an idea what you're in for.
Download "Stevie Nicks" by The Hold Steady
Download "How a Resurrection Really Feels" by The Hold Steady
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New MG for Android could be alternative to youngsters seeking cell phones (review)
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My son is turning 10 years-old next month. First thing on his birthday wish list? A cell phone.
Not. Going. To. Happen.
In order to be fair, though, I did ask why exactly he wanted one so badly.
The answer was not a surprise: "I like the games."
Just as I figured.
As it happens, I just came across a product which might appease him while avoiding the anxiety of my young son owning a cell phone.
The MG is a Wi-Fi Android app gaming system for a younger genre.
About the size of an average smartphone, the MG, by PlayMG Corp, offers an intriguing gateway into the expansive world of Android app gaming versus the more limited world of discs and/or cartridges which are linked to more conventional gaming systems.
The appeal, in my opinion, is spending significantly less on an app my child may or may not like, versus the alternative.
From the manufacturer:
The MG was specifically designed to fill a huge void currently experienced by young people who either are not old enough to have their own smartphones, or whose parents have found data plans costs prohibitive. With no monthly charges or expensive cartridge games to buy, and an all-new Family Collaboration System poised to make traditional parental controls seem a thing of the past, the MG enables young people to enter the world of portable "freemium" app play, while parents can safely and affordably give it to them. MG delivers a sophisticated, sleek look, and many new features to the portable gaming category — ensuring young people will finally, and gladly, stop asking to borrow Mom and Dad's smartphone or tablet.
Sounds good to me.
The MG does come with extras, including:
In addition to a $10 offer from SpendSmart™ prepaid MasterCard®, MG comes preloaded with EA Mobile™ hit titles 'Need for Speed Hot Pursuit™' and 'NBA JAM™' — a $10 value. PlayMG has also partnered with Com2uS to include pre-loads of the popular games Slice It, Swing Shot, Homerun Battle2, Tiny Farm, Tower Defense, 9 Innings Baseball, Super Action Hero and Derby Days. The 8GB SD card included with every MG is a $20 added value.
After firing up the MG, I took a spin on the preloaded NBA Jam app, and was fairly impressed with the quality of the gaming experience.
The game was easy to navigate and the controls were fairly responsive.
Speaking of controls, however, I did have issue with the maneuverability, or lack thereof, as I tried to navigate the MG with larger hands.
Obviously, this would be less of an issue in the hands of the younger crowd it was intended for.
Speaking of, the real test was putting it in said hands, so I handed it over to my son to gauge his response.
I reasoned if it could make a solid run through his short attention span, then MG might be on to something.
Three hours later, I surprisingly had to pry it out of his hands.
And I admittedly haven't decided if that is a good thing or not.
Personally, I'd be interested in trying the MG with some of the Android based toys which have hit the market like the Air Hogs R/C helicopter and the products from appfinitytoys.com. Both of which incorporate the use of Android devices in cooperation with toys in a manner I wouldn't have considered even existing without seeing recently.
The video below provides more information on a lot of the features offered.
Regardless, it seems MG has an intriguing product. It will be interesting to see how it does, and what similar products become available as app gaming continues to grow. The MG currently has an MSRP of $149.99 on the manufacturer's website.
GAME ON SCORE: 3 stars
4 stars = Get On It!
3 stars = Nice Job
2 stars = Meh
1 star = Avoid It
0 stars = Nooooo!!!


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|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) under way, mid-1962, showing the original armament of four 3"/50 mounts. Also of note are the original circular helicopter landing spots on her flight deck
US Navy photo.
|Robert Hurst
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) drydocked at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in February 1963. Ships in the background may be
USS Long Beach (CGN-9) and and the decommissioned unmodified Essex class aircraft carrier
USS Tarawa (CV-40).
US National Archives Photo Identified # 18497387 A US Navy photo from the Public Affairs Office, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
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|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) under way off NOB Norfolk , VA., 20 July 1964
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|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) under way as a unit of Task Force 124 during Operation Power Pack enroute to the Dominican Republic in April 1965 with HMM-263 aboard. Okinawa was the hospital ship and HMM-263 was the Medevac Squadron during the U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic in 1965
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) under way in 1965, with her Marine Corps detachment and CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters on deck in 1965, location unknown.
US Navy photo.
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|USS Okinawa (LPH-3), 17 February 1966, after completing a trial following a refit at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
Okinawa is turning off the Delaware River into the shipyard.
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|Mike Green
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) under way, circa late 1960s, location unknown.
Courtesy Ray D. Bean Collection.
|Yu Chu
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) under way circa 1970, location unknown.
US Navy photo.
|Robert Hurst
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) under way during Apollo 15 recovery operations in 1971.
|Tom Sparkman, CDR, USNR-Ret.
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) under way on Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam, circa May/June 1972. The aircraft aboard Okinawa belonged to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron HMM-164. Photo taken from St. Louis (LKA-116)
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|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) receives a double probe rig from USNS Kawishiwi (T-AO-146) as they prepare for an underway fuel replenishment, date and place unknown.
|Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) in the Gulf of Siam during Operation Eagle Pull, 11 to 13 April 1975 conducting an underway replenishment with USS Vega (AF-59).
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|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) in the Gulf of Siam during Operation Eagle Pull, 11 to 13 April 1975 conducting the
evacuation of US nationals and at-risk Cambodians by helicopter.
Photo by CAPT. R. Scott Noble, USNR (Retired) from USS Edson (DD-946)
|Joan L. Cahill
|At the start of Operation Eagle Pull on 12 April 1975, a CH-53 Sea Stallion of
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH-462) lifts off from USS Okinawa (LPH-3) to withdraw U.S. security forces and American Civilians from
Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Seventeen days later, the squadron and ship evacuated Americans from Saigon, South Vietnam, in operation Frequent Wind.
US Marine Corps photo.
|Tommy Trampp
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) off the coast of South Vietnam, 18 April 1975. On deck are Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH-462).
US Marine Corps photo # A150855 from: "U.S. Marines in Vietnam. The War that Would not End 1973-1975 (part 7)", p. 144.
|Robert Hurst
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) under way off Okinawa in 1977.
US Navy photo.
|Robert M. Cieri
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) under way in the Pacific, August 1979.
US Navy photo.
|Robert M. Cieri
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) under way, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo from "Aircraft Carriers" by Norman Polmar.
|Robert Hurst
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) under way with embarked Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines and Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 262 during 31st Marine Amphibious Unit's Kangaroo 4 (1981) exercise.
DOD photo # DM-SN-82-03149 PACIFIC OCEAN (14 October 1981) a US Marine Corps photos by Sgt. Taylor, now in the collections of Defense Imagery.mil.
|Robert M. Cieri
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3), returning to San Diego in 1984 from a Mini-Westpac Cruise, her first cruise after a year in drydock when the Phalanx system was installed.
US Navy photo
|Jerry Hays
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) at anchor in Hong Kong Harbor, 1989
|William Chiu
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) at anchor in Hong Kong Harbor, 1989
|William Chiu
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) under way at San Diego as she heads out to sea, date unknown.
|Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
|USS Okinawa (LPH-3) underway in the Southern California Ops area, date unknown.
|Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
|Sailors and Marines man the rail aboard USS Okinawa (LPH-3) during the her arrival from deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm, 17 April 1991. Okinawa is steaming past downtown San Diego, enroute to her homeport at Naval Station San Diego.
DOD photo # DN-SN-92-01074 SAN DIEGO BAY (17 April 1991) a US Navy photos by JO1 Robert Wilson, now in the collections of Defense Imagery.mil.
|Robert M. Cieri
|Ex-USS Okinawa (LPH-3) inboard of ex-USS New Orleans (LPH-11) moored together at the end of a multi-ship row at Suisun Bay. Photo by Carolyn Bonner. Photo from "Warship Boneyards" by Kit and Carolyn Bonner.
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|Ex-Okinawa (LPH-3), sunk as target by USS Portsmouth (SSN-707), 6 June 2002. Location: 031� 27' 00.0" North, 119� 42' 00.6" West. Depth: 2020 fathoms. Tonnage: 13000.
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They got married on a beautiful August evening, in the yard of some dear friends. It wasn't a big fancy, tens of thousands kind of wedding, but I think that made it all the more special. They had a pretty small budget to work with, and it was a very lovely wedding. God has placed some very talented and creative folks around us...and it was a little redneck-y too, which added to the charm!
|Our last picture with Will as a single man. By my belly, you can tell what our other big change may have been last year. ;-)
|Pak, Daddy and the boys. From left to right...in front, Ezra and Josiah (Daddy is holding Jethro). Back: Logan, Levi, Pak, Will, Daddy, and Garth. Aren't they a good looking bunch of guys?
|The kiss!
This was Will and Andie's *first kiss* How special is that, and how often do you see that? It was a very special moment...and long awaited! :-)
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Top 10 Role playing games on Google Plus
Interested in role playing video games? Know about the best role playing games available on Google plus and read the reasons as to what makes these Google plus games to feature in our top role playing games list
Google plus game: Thirst of Night
One among the best role playing game offered to the members of Google Plus. This is a nice and amazing city building game where it set in the year 2051. Thirst of Night has an interesting storyline where a lunar flare destroyed our world and turned it in darkness. The main goal of this game is to rebuild the destroyed landscape into a fine place where everyone can live in peace. The game also features construction of buildings, training troops, resource producing structures etc. You must have a great patience to play each level of this game. Overall it is an entertaining game where you can spend most of your free hours.
Google plus game: Gangs of Boomtown
This is another role playing game that comes under top ten category list. Gangs of Boomtown is a product from Digital Chocolate which has been launched exclusively for Google Plus members. You can now enjoy the real action oriented game pack on Google Plus. This game features a superb and stunning story line. Gangs of Boomtown has a main goal to bring back the daughter of an important person in the village by fighting against the evils. You can also earn coins by winning duels that you bet on. The gameplay, visual effects and sound effects are just awesome for this pretty game. Anyone would fall in for at least few hours in this game.
Google plus game: Mafia Wars 2
Mafia Wars 2 is an interesting game and a game sequel of Mafia Wars which had become a legend few years back. Mafia Wars 2 has been launched in Google Plus social networking platform with some interesting features for its members. You can now feel the thrilling action on this game through your Google Plus account. This game is completely an action thriller game with a new experience to the users. Just hang in this game and try to accept each and every challenges.
Google plus game: Mall World
Mall World is a beautiful fashion designing game launched by Google Plus to entertain its users. However this game is exclusively for women who are craze of fashion. But there is no problem in playing if you are a boy or a man, the only problem is that you will not be able to create any male avatars. Mall world is a female oriented social game which is totally about girl`s fashion. This is a nice and easy game by Google Plus for its users, as many female members of Google Plus can take a large advantage of this game. This game also allows you to invite your friends to feel a great and amazing occasion.
Google plus game: Township
Township is another great role playing game offered by Google Plus for its users. Township has an attractive visuals along with good social concept and comes with a wonderful story line. This is another classic city building game which can be played along with your friends. The availability to build economic factors like farming, industry and trade makes Township different from other city building game. Like any other city building games in Township also you should make your city a great economic and social land. This game also features amazing visual effects and quality factors.
Google plus game: Kingdom Age
Kingdom Age is a nice and wonderful game that make its players to feel addictive in it. Kingdom Age is another game launched in Google Plus just after the successful game Gangs of Boomtown. Kingdom Age is a hybrid of two objectives- one to fight and the other to build your empire and civilization. There are more features in this game yet to be developed. So we can assume this game to be the best role playing game to stick with.
Google plus game: Bug Village
Bug Village is another interesting gameplay on Google Plus under top 10 list of role playing games. Bug Village was a successful game in iOS and Android platforms, now it has came to Google Plus to make the game socially active. This is another Cityville type game to build and decorate your home. But the main difference from CityVille is that here there are ants and bees rather than humans in CityVille. This makes this game pretty much increasing and unique. The concept of this game is similar to that in CityVille where you have to build resources like homes, gardens etc for attracting ants and bees and try to increase their population by making them as much happier as you can.
Google plus game: Happy Kingdom
This is another game that resembles CityVille, as the name itself clears that the main objective is to build a happy kingdom. This has an interesting gameplay as the theme is set in an imaginative world. In this game you have to finish each quests to proceed along with the storyline. The objective also includes building homes, starting business, cultivating crops etc. Other feature that this game provide is it has some magical systems where we could build the resources without much effort using magical power. This is an apt game for you to kill some time.
Google plus game: Edge World
Edge World is another pretty building game launched on Google Plus exclusively for its members. The main concept of this game is building your own territory and making it more resource rich by building more resources and securing them. This game features building defence weapon to protect your territory from invaders. You can always collect rent from any of your buildings as time passes. Complete each level with allotted goal and you will upgrade your health and attack power. This is so simple and very much interesting game for anyone to play on Google Plus.
Google plus game: CityVille
CityVille is the most famous and most played city building game on the social gaming platforms. CityVille is a 3D social game which is newly added on Google Plus to entertain you people who are members of Google Plus. This is one of the most addictive building game currently present on Google Plus. CityVille is a product from Zynga, where you are allowed to do what ever you can to make your city a better place to live. This game features very high graphics and an extra farming option compared to other building games. One of the most recommended game for city building game lovers is nothing other than CityVille.


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Dr. Edith Vane, scholar of English literature, is contentedly ensconced at the University of Inivea. Her dissertation on pioneer housewife memoirist Beulah Crump-Withers is about to be published, and her job's finally safe, if she only can fill out her AAO properly. She's a little anxious, but a new floral blouse and her therapist's repeated assurance that she is the architect of her own life should fix that. All should be well, really. Except for her broken washing machine, her fickle new girlfriend, her missing friend Coral, her backstabbing fellow professors, a cutthroat new dean – and the fact that the sentient and malevolent Crawley Hall has decided it wants them all out, and the hall and its hellish hares will stop at nothing to get rid of them.
Like an unholy collision of Stoner, The Haunting of Hill House, Charlie Brown, and Alice in Wonderland, this audacious new novel by the Giller Prize–longlisted Suzette Mayr is a satire that takes the hallowed halls of the campus novel in fantastical – and unsettling – directions.
Praise for Monoceros:
'Monoceros is one of the most imaginative, quirky and emotionally devastating novels I've read in a long while.'
– Globe and Mail
Suzette Mayr is the author of Venous Hum, The Widows, Moon Honey, and Monoceros, which won the W. O. Mitchell Book Prize, the ReLit Award for Best Novel, and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Mayr lives in Calgary, Alberta.