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Undeclared allergens were once again the top reason for food recalls for the second quarter of 2015 (ended June 30), according to a report from Food Safety Magazine. While undeclared peanut was the reason for the most undeclared allergen recalls in the first quarter of 2015, undeclared milk topped the charts and accounted for nearly 30% of all food recalls relating to undeclared food allergens for the second quarter of the year.
What's interesting about the bulk of the milk allergen recalls is the type of products that were affected. As stated in the article, approximately 20% of milk allergens were found in beef products—beef jerky, blintzes (ethnic pancakes) and meatballs. Candy, gum and coconut milk powder were also common foods containing undeclared milk this quarter.
In total, 163 separate recalls were tallied, which is a 17% decrease compared to the previous quarter, however. Undeclared allergens by the numbers for the period of April 1, 2015 through June 30, 2015 are as follows:
- Milk: 21
- Eggs: 13
- Soy: 11
- Wheat: 9
- Sulfites: 8
- Peanut: 6
- Mustard: 3
- Cashew: 2
- Fish: 2
- Walnut: 2
- Coconut: 1
- Hazelnut: 1
- Sunflower seeds: 1
- Gluten: 1
In addition, the report also tracked food recalls due to foodborne pathogens, and included the following:
- Listeria – 15% of recalls
The second most common culprit behind this quarter's recalls was Listeria, which experienced a slight uptick versus last quarter's 11%. The most common foods affected were chicken products, raw soybean and mung bean sprouts, ice cream and mushrooms.
- Salmonella – 12% of recalls
There was a dip in the number of food recalls caused by Salmonella, which accounted for 14% of last quarter's recalls. The bulk of these recalls were traced back to nuts. Although raw pine nuts, cashews and walnuts were all found to be sources of contamination, half of this quarter's Salmonella recalls were traced back specifically to macadamia nuts.
- E. coli – 4% of recalls
Out of six E.coli recalls, four of them were linked to beef. Last quarter, just two recalls were caused by E. coli contamination. The most publicized E. coli recall occurred recently when 14 generic bottled water brands were recalled due to the presence of the pathogen.
- Staphylococcus – 4% of recalls
Staphylococcus recalls also grew in number from two last quarter to seven this time around. Five of the recalls were caused by Staphylococcus aureus and were linked to cheese and hummus.
- Possible Foreign Matter Contamination – 4% of recalls
In the case of possible foreign matter contamination, these types of recalls—at least in Q2—always involved some variety of meat or poultry. Two beef recalls and one each for sausage, chicken and sweet potato baby food, and pork were all responsible for more than 152,000 pounds of recalls due to the presence of string, glass, plastic, and other "foreign materials," the article states.
To read the full report, click here.
Neogen offers screening and quantitative food allergen test kits to detect all major food allergens. For more information, click here.


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BUCHANAN — Indian Point is opposing a state Department of Environmental Conservation proposal that it shut down for up to 92 days between May and August each year to protect Hudson River fish.
BUCHANAN — Indian Point is opposing a state Department of Environmental Conservation proposal that it shut down for up to 92 days between May and August each year to protect Hudson River fish.
The debate comes as Indian Point is continuing to seek a 20-year extension of its license. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has opposed extension of the license.
In a fact sheet posted on its Web site on what it calls "seasonal protective outages," the DEC says the shutdowns are "an effective method" of minimizing the number of Hudson River fish killed by drawing water from the river to cool the nuclear power plants.
The DEC has estimated that 1.2 billion fish a year are pulled through the operating plant and killed and almost 670,000 fish are "impinged" on screens at the water intake where they are severely stressed and then suffocated.
The agency said shutting down the full 92 days could exceed the reduction in fish mortality that could be achieved by retrofitting both Indian Point units with closed-cycle cooling systems.
But in testimony at a hearing on Tuesday, Fred Dacimo, vice presienti of license renewal for Entergy Nuclear Operations, which runs Indian Point, called the shutdown proposal "a terrible idea for Indian Point, New Yorkers and our environment."
Indian Point produces about 25 percent of the power consumed by New York City and the lower Hudson Valley. Dacimo said replacing that power, at a time of year when it's in high demand, would require using power created by burning fossil fuels, and it would be more expensive. It also would create a higher likelihood of blackouts or brownouts.
But Riverkeeper, which supports the idea of the shutdowns, disputes that conclusion.
Phillip Musegaas, Riverkeeper's Hudson River program director, said the prospect of more blackouts or other power grid problems "is simply not the case."
He said Entergy's opposition is prompted by "the economic impact" the shutdown would have on them at a time when its product is in high demand.
Musegaas said Riverkeeper favors the shutdown only as "a backup alternative" to its preferred option, retrofitting the plants with cooling towers, which would "virtually eliminate the impact on the river" of drawing water from it to cool the plants.
Entergy spokeswoman Patricia Kakridas said it could take 15 years to get through the approval process for the cooling towers and then build them.
Entergy is instead proposing a more sophisticated screening system called Wedgewire be used on its intake valves to reduce the number of fish, fish eggs and larvae drawn into the cooling system.
The plant draws 2.5 billion gallons of water from the Hudson River each day. After using it to cool equipment, the water is discharged back into the Hudson, although at a slightly higher temperature.
Reporter James Nani contributed to this report.

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California Demands Halt To Foreclosures By Mortgage Giant
By Dale Kasler
California officials today demanded that Ally Financial Inc. stop foreclosing on homes in the state, citing reports indicating the big mortgage lender is violating the law.
The cease-and-desist letter, issued by Attorney General Jerry Brown, came as officials in several other states began investigating Ally's operations.
The controversy stems from a Florida court case in which an Ally official reportedly testified that he signed thousands of documents in foreclosure cases without even reviewing the homeowners' loan documents.
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I find it hilarious that the director of the Burbank Airport would complain about the fact that more people are dropping off passengers instead of using the parking structure.
As bureaucrats have a tendency to do, they raised the prices to make up for lost revenue, instead of lowering the prices to attract more business, like the private sector would.
At $31 per day for short-term parking, it's actually cheaper for me to hire a cab to drop me off and pick me up than to park there on a one-day trip (I live 5 miles from the airport). The same for long-term parking, if the trip is longer than a couple of days.
Lower the prices to something reasonable, then watch the parking structure and lots fill up.
Bobby Owsinski


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Little Mix star Jesy Nelson fears she's becoming more reclusive as she gets older.
The British pop star, 24, and bandmates Perrie Edwards, 22, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 24, and Jade Thirlwall, 23, are currently taking a well earned break from their world tour.
However, the pop star will not be using the downtime between the final date of the Asian leg on Monday (23May16) and The Get Weird Tour's resumption at London's Wembley Stadium on 11 June (16) to indulge in partying.
Instead Jesy tells Britain's Now magazine she worries her desire to avoid the spotlight means she's turning into a hermit.
"I feel that as I'm getting older I'm becoming a little recluse," Jesy explained. "I love the girls to pieces but because I'm the older one in the group I just feel like I'm turning into an old woman. I love peace and quiet."
The star reveals that during a previous break in the girls' touring schedule after the opening U.K. leg of their tour ended in April (16), she and her fiance, Rixton rocker Jake Roche decided to take a hiking holiday to get away from it all.
"I wanted was to go somewhere no one would find me, so me and Jake found a random little place and got a boat and did lots of hiking and stuff," the Black Magic singer added.
Another reason Jesy may be glad for some time away from the stage is her persistent bad luck with illness and injury throughout 2016.
On Saturday (21May16) she tore a ligament in her ankle while performing a dance routine on stage in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The latest injury comes after Little Mix were forced to postpone two gigs in Belfast, Northern Ireland in March (16) due to Jesy coming down with a mystery illness.
Earlier that month, she performed on stage in Liverpool, England while nursing a wrist injury.
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text: The weather here is really gloomy today, rainy and foggy. It would be nice to be somewhere else, say on the beach. I posted an image of Jasmin previously, this is another image from her photo shoot. We couldn't make it to the beach but I had an image from a trip to Coronado Island. With a little bit of work I was able to take her there visually if not physically.


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Transurethral Resection of the Prostate
What is
Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP) is a surgical procedure to deal with patients with an enlarged, benign (not cancerous) prostate, called Benign Prostate Hyperplasia or BPH. The correct term for the procedure is adenomectomy (removal of a portion of the prostate), but the more common term of prostatectomy is probably what you have heard or seen.
The prostate is a walnut-sized gland located in front of the rectum, at the outlet of the bladder. It contains gland cells that produce some the seminal fluid, which protects and nourishes sperm cells in semen.
are being
considered for this operation because your prostate has over time
accumulated a dense capsule around the urinary channel (called
urethra) at the bladder entrance and it is
restricting the normal flow of urine out of the bladder. Most men
over age 40 have an enlarging prostate that may eventually cause
Symptoms can include intermittant flow during urination; frequent urination due to bladder not fully emptying; lack of pressure or flow of urine out of the penis; leakage; and a feeling that you are never really finished urinating.
procedure is basically where the doctor inserts a device up the
urethra via the penis opening and scrapes-out the excess capsule
material that has been restricting the flow, and then the area is
cauterized with another special tool. The difference between the
density of the normal prostate and the restriciting capsule makes it
relatively easy for the surgeon to tell exactly how much to
remove. This is considered major surgery, so expect an extended
and challenging recovery period.
You can choose to be half awake or totally under via anesthetic during the operation. The surgery usually takes 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
As with all surgery, there are potential complications, and the surgery is not always totally successful. Your doctor can discuss the risks based upon your situation. One common benefit or detriment (based upon your point of view) is that normally after the operation, your ejaculations will not exit your penis, but instead enter your bladder, to be expelled later when you urinate. This is due to the normal occurance during the operation of the sphincter muscle (valve) at the bladder being destroyed alone with the excess prostate material, creating what is called retrograde ejaculation. However, this should not be considered a fool-proof method of birth control, as some sperm still finds the other path. Other than that, your sexual capabilites and experience should not be altered by the surgery. Other than that, your sexual capabilites and experience should not be altered by the surgery, at least for any physical reason. See the FAQ and Share Pages for more information on this important subject.
This is a very common operation and has been performed successfully on hundreds of thousands of patients since the early 1930's.
Many men "put up with" the symptoms of BPH for years thinking, "I will do it when I absolutely have to". Yet you may pay a price for that thinking: it has been shown that men that have a bladder that only partially voids, will over time lose its normal state, and instead becomes: enlarged (sometimes double in size), distended, flabby, like an old, over-extended, rubber band. So keep in mind you are risking this by waiting to have something done when you have all the symptoms of BPH.
information is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice or
treatment of prostate problems. If you suspect prostate problems,
contact your health care provider.
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text: John Piper shares his reasons why biographies should be a key part of every Christian's library. They are an efficient way of learning, they are enlivening to his faith and they inspire him to do things. In this breakout session John expounds on the life on Adoniram Judson to encourage students to participate in missions.


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Romantic Times 2008 Finalist for Best First Historical
Golden Heart Winner 2006 for Best Unpublished Long Historical
Emma Brimley, new teacher at Pettibone School for Young Ladies, believed no harm would result from her claim to be a widow. But when she arrives in Yorkshire, the innocent young lady is horrified to discover she's expected to prepare her students for the intimacies of marriage. She can't lose her post as a teacher. In desperation, she turns to the alluring—and annoying—neighboring artist. He might be a dandy and a reprobate, but "Lord Bedchambers" might also be the only one who can help her.
Lord Nicholas Chambers, black sheep of his family, needs a model for his entry into the Royal Academy's exhibition. He offers the new teacher a scandalous bargain: he'll answer her questions about anatomy and bedroom etiquette if she poses for him. For every question answered, she must remove an item of clothing as his model. But what started out as a game of wits quickly becomes a game of the heart. And Mrs. Brimley may not be the only one getting an education in the sweet rewards of seduction.
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Joseph Whelan has returned to The X Factor UK this year following his controversial exit last series.
Joseph was booted out of the show at the bootcamp stages, a decision which angered many viewers.
The performer had told the judges before his performance last year: "Watching the show through the years, everyone's been crying out for a good rock singer not just a middle of the road one and I really think I'm the man for that."
More than 200,000 fans ended up signing a Facebook campaign to get the 26-year-old back on the ITV1 singing competition.
Back for a second attempt this summer, Joseph went before the new look panel in London this week.
But unfortunately for him, it was axed judge Tulisa who had been backing him last year while Nicole wasn't too keen.
Nicole said: "He looks like he would be a friend of mine and we'd all be hanging around the camp fire and passing around the guitar and singing. Is he a star?"
Will Joseph be able to change Nicole's opinion?
Also returning again at this week's second round of auditions in the capital was Jade Richards, who was also previously controversially axed from the competition in 2011.
Meanwhile, some of the other wannabes to go before the judges at Wembley arena included a former prisoner and a boy group made up of three openly gay guys, which makes a change.
The X Factor 2013 airs next month on ITV.


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How long can we suppress this untamable Wildness?
how many cries can be smothered by these plasticine masks of faux placid civility?
And silenced Behind years of complacent vanity, smiling faces cast in cemented captured static
that fleeting charismatic quality we catch for a moment in youth before our fist releases reluctantly
our grasp always being tenuous as youthful blooming ceases and puckered petals fade and fall
as we feel our armor of perfected deception broken by time and taken by age
until fate leaves us naked and age takes our iron clad paralyzed chainmail charade
our petrified bulletproof armored masquerade of delusions' protection shattered to pieces,
we hide behind our imagined guise of seamless perfection, our stonecold posterior of unscarred creaseless complexions,
of seemingly effortless graceful suppression
whether by featureless absence, utter abolishment, absolute abortion or by turning the opposite cheek, as it were, by some necromancers' obscurantist erasure of sight by facing away like a pupil dilated turned magically pinprick-sized black for a sudden denialist of the sightseeing eyeless,
by always averting your liminal stare taking away the light of your gaze and choosing to know only darkening stars of the glazed over stares of unseeing boldfaced all-caps lies that overcompensate by appearing transparent, by lying louder and more boldly than its truth in a font that's eye-catching and overly stylized the lie says "well obviously i have nothing to hide,"
while slyly winking a beaty blind eye towards the truth so subtle and plain, for what simply is, has no reason to try or incentive to convince or prove itself with extra evidence,
all truth can offer is a shrug, followed by the irritating phrase "it is what it is…"
and that's it- what more could one ask of truth, besides what it inherently gives?
think of truth and all the luminous insights right before our eyes there for us to see if only we'd dare to open our eyes,
instead sometimes sight goes unseen in a vision evinced
by an instinctual visceral about-face that takes sight away from all deniable vision, from all facial motion by refusing emotion's surfacing
by repressing all the myriad human feelings invoked or revealed by our facial expression,
but these cracking crumbling masks of our broken faces once enshrined
kept up-high in a safe untouchable out-of-the-way sacred sortof place,
enshrined and encased in a "do not touch!" eternal state of a kindof strange living memorium of petrified perfection held in shining perfection inside an unbreakable glass case on the top-shelf in some historical museum,
now falling to pieces after years of subtly shifting inside unyielding casts that have entombed your immortal form in effigy, unbreakably eternal casts in-concrete to commemorate your final lasting form to be cemented in its eternal concrete immortal cast indefinitely, at the moment of your mortal being's last sigh and your soul's final acquiescence to be set perpetually in stone in a still state of still-life's hardened concrete memory,
to keep you breathless and still enshrined and buried beneath the weight of your warpainted masked-in metal-clad chainmail life of so-called "safety"
which left you metallic and heartheavy, guarded and empty and once-removed from all reality,
leaving you banging on a tinman's chest cavity, to echo back eternities of unheard pleas for a heart to place inside this vacancy.
But after all that, what about regret?
because how couldn't we regret?
regret all our wildness held,
all our swallowed howls and stifled shrieks
meant to be unleashed beneath the soft forgiveness of grieving cypress trees with needle fingertip branches both feathery silhouettes against the sky in black and electrically luminous through its outlined lace-like intertwining nerves
breaking through, shattering our flawless facade, our impenetrable smile of bulletproof protection, all in the stone-cold guise of petrified perfection,
all for the sake of one true wild soul cry…


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DENVER (CBS4) – One of the teens accused of plotting a murderous attack on a high school in Highlands Ranch had a court hearing on Wednesday.
This comes just days after the Colorado Supreme Court has made an important ruling in the case of two teenage girls accused of threatening Mountain Vista High School.
Sienna Johnson and Brooke Higgins were both 16 years old when they were arrested for an alleged murder plot at their Highlands Ranch school.
Higgins was not in court on Wednesday but the judge set a date to determine when a new bond discussion will occur along with a reverse transfer hearing.
Prosecutors have charged those teenagers as adults and the defense attorneys have asked for a reverse transfer — they argue the teens should be tried as juveniles where the punishment is far less severe.
The dispute has prompted a battle over mental health records, and that was what the state's high court ruled on on Monday.
In the reverse transfer process that was requested in the case, a judge ordered the teens should produce mental health records after prosecutors asked for them.
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ruled Johnson does not have to produce mental health records or even do a mental health assessment to get her case transferred back to juvenile court.
The ruling is only effective in Johnson's case, and it states a court cannot order those privileged records, nor an assessment. It states the reverse transfer only requires the court consider mental health records be "made available."
The date for Higgins' reverse transfer hearing has not been set but is believed to happen at her Oct. 19 hearing. Her attorneys claim that her crime is a "thought crime" at best.


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Hi Vrabcak, you opted for power_output in the proposal - but "power output" is not really accurate for what is wanted here, because the power output is, especially for regenerative sources (biogas generators, wind turbines, photovoltaic plants but also for gas and coal power plants), most often not the nominal power. And it is ever-changing. A better alternative as tag name is "power_rating" which I use for wind turbines. Sorry for beeing late, I didn't see the proposal - what about a try to change the proposal to power_rating? I will write to all the voters for power_output, perhaps they all agree to the change ... -- Schusch 19:50, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
- voting is open: Proposed features/power rating -- Schusch 20:08, 27 July 2009 (UTC)


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Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honour to interview Sandy Stone, an American academic theorist, writer, and founder of the academic discipline of transgender studies. She is currently Associate Professor and Founding Director of the Advanced Communication Technologies Laboratory (ACTLab) and the New Media Initiative in the Department of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas at Austin. Hello Sandy!
Sandy: Hi Monika!
Monika: What are you doing these days?
Sandy: Teaching. Writing. Making a recording studio. Making robots. Making art. Doing things with my grandkid. Hanging out with my family. Performing, lecturing. Discoursing with Cynbe. Living life. Having a hell of a good time.
Monika: Your contract with Olivia Records in 1974-78, a collective founded in 1973 to record and market women's music, seems to have changed your life totally. Suddenly you got involved in the lesbian feminist culture…
Sandy: The Olivia Collective identified publicly as lesbian feminist and internally as lesbian separatist. I had no idea what lesbian separatism was until they told me. They already knew I was trans when they approached me, but I didn't know they knew, so I told them. They said they had no problem with that, and we got down to business. I didn't have a contract with them; I joined the collective, became part of it, which involved a long vetting period during which we looked each other over very carefully to be sure we were a good match (I did an album with them as part of that vetting period), and, after mutually agreeing that it was a good idea, I left my home and friends in Santa Cruz and moved in with the collective, which at that point was about seven women and which grew to, I think, thirteen.
Being involved with Olivia was absolutely right for me at the time. We were making music and politics at the same time -- in fact our music was our politics -- and it was important to me that I should be working for political change in a way that engaged my strengths and skills in the best possible manner. So Olivia felt like a good fit to me, and I to them.
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Sandy: I don't think my opinion has changed much over the years from what the collective said internally at the time. Publicly we made some reasoned responses. Internally the general reaction was that an ignorant bigot had sent us a hate letter, we should answer politely (because we answered every letter we received), and that would be the end of it.
We didn't see Raymond's letter as dangerous, just as somewhat deranged, from a kind of parallel universe that had no resonance with anything in our day-to-day reality. Remember the acronym TERF didn't exist yet.
What was so strange about Raymond's ideas was her implicit sense of disempowerment. In Raymond's universe, women were always victims. In her universe men disrupted women's groups and appropriated their work while women looked on helplessly. Raymond wrote as if strong women simply didn't exist. It made no sense to us. Certainly women could be outshouted or outgunned, but the women I knew were feisty and intelligent and assertive. They were strong! They stood up for what they thought was right. When necessary, they stood up to men. They drew strength from each other. They loved fiercely. I wanted to be like them.
Since I was five years old, I had thought of myself as a girl and later as a woman. But even at a young age, the peer group I imagined for myself was not what one might call feminine. I dreamed of climbing cliffs and shooting rapids and stalking wild animals, and in my dreams my companions in adventure were other women. At the same time, what the real world offered were the stereotypical feminine role models of the 1950s.
When eventually I met the women I'd dreamed were out there, I realized I'd come home. So when Janice Raymond unveiled her paranoid and extremely disempowering vision of men disrupting women's affairs, it was little more than risible to women I knew. Of course, we now understand that hatemongers frequently look like buffoons in their early years, before they build their political base.
Monika: At that time did it ever occur to you that you were becoming a transgender icon?
Sandy: I know I've been called things that are more or less suggestive of "icon" -- like, for example, "lightning rod" -- but I don't think of myself in that way.
Monika: The 80s and 90s witnessed your return to academia, you received your doctorate and established the New Media program called UT Austin ACTLab, which contributed to the establishment of New Media Art…
Sandy: And we went on for twenty years pushing the boundaries of a good many disciplines and having the time of our lives. My personal view was that I was put on this earth to use whatever abilities I have as a force for change, and that if I have anything at all to teach, it is that it's the same for everyone. We can be strong, and we can make a difference -- if not in the large, then certainly in our immediate vicinity. That's what the ACTLab was about.
Monika: What is the contemporary stance of feminism in relation to transgender phenomenon?
Monika: Is there anyone in the US transgender society whose actions could be compared to what Harvey Milk was doing in the 60s and 70s for the gay activism? Are there are any transgender ladies that you admire and respect now?
Main photo: courtesy of Sandy Stone.


text: Lawrence General plays a vital role in managing emergency services throughout the region by providing the home base for the area's Central Medical Emergency Direction (C-MED) office. C-MED manages ambulance and paramedic traffic from accident scenes to emergency departments, assuring an even distribution of patients based on severity of illness, geography and available resources. The C-MED office at Lawrence General covers traffic for Region III, covering hospitals across Northeastern Massachusetts and serving the dispatch needs for 80 cities and towns. During natural disasters or other large-scale incidents, C-MED is the central resource for coordinated emergency response.


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Is there any preparation prior to applying Preserva Wood? Absolutely! Clean your wood!
Simply go to homedpot.com and order Preserva Products Wood Renewer & Cleaner, a safe and effective product designed to clean and, in most cases, brighten weathered and dirty wood.
Our Renewer & Cleaner is water based & eco-friendly. Our Cleaner does not contain strong acids, corrosives, or bleach, so you and your wood will both be safe. One gallon of diluted Cleaner will clean between 200 and 400
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- Prep the wood by sweeping or brushing excess debris from the surface.
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Postcard Series: Alana Peden
Alana Peden
Beauty Editor at Ok and Star Magazine
Travel- hate it, love it? This sounds trite, but travel is transformative for me. Going off the grid resets my spirit in a way that makes me more relaxed and joyful for months afterwards. It has healed so many negative emotions, from heartbreak to ennui to the need to control. At this juncture in my life, travel is my most essential ritual.
It's not a vacation unless...I'm feeding stray animals. No joke, regardless of where I go, animals flock to me and I love helping them in any way I can. I actually used social media to get a kitten adopted in the Dominican Republic!
Planes, trains or automobiles? Planes and boats. One of my favorite memories from my trip to Bali is the boat ride from mainland to the isle of Gili Trawangan. I had the aisle seat in the first row of the boat, it was ovenly hot and ocean water constantly sprayed me in the face. But thanks to the boat deejays, I discovered the Danish song "I Love Lady Gaga."
Checked bags or carry on? My backpack, Lebron James, is my only baggage on trips. I was too lazy to order an actual backpacker's pack, so I went to Modell's on 86th and bought this Adidas eyesore that expands to be much wider than I am.
Travel beauty- bare or elaborate? Traveling has a way of stripping you down. Before I left for Bali, I got a blowout and a spray tan. Being there was so liberating (think no shoes or toilet paper!) that by the last night, I went out braless in my pajamas with saltwater and sweat-soaked hair. About three quarters of my spray tan was gone, the remaining quarter appeared in random dots on my body. That night, I met a hilarious Aussie boy and our chemistry was so real and raw, my disheveled appearance was rendered irrelevant. He took a photo of my best friend and I that is now my favorite picture of us ever.
My advice: Trust your trip will make you feel beautiful in ways you never imagined.
In general my beauty routine is….non-negotiable on skincare, minimal on makeup. I alternate a retinol product with a brightening serum every other day. Everyday, I wear SPF 50 CC Cream and concealer for my undereye bags (which is why I'm rapt over the new dual ended Wander concealer!). I get highlights every few months, but recently my colorist Stephanie Brown took me to a pastel pink. I consider it a perma pink pussyhat. For my lashes, I either wear extensions or several coats of Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara.
With that said, I love experimenting at work with new launches, and anyone who has seen my desk will attest to this. Beauty is endlessly fascinating and fun.
I must pack __________ when traveling? Cutoff Levi's jorts, tie-dye dress and Melatonin.
Best travel tip? I've had amazing experiences when I've met up with people who are traveling the world. Finding a fun hostel on HostelWorld.com is a good start. There's this whole flashpack culture, people who are taking gap years or ghosting their lives or figuring out their next moves. They tend to know everything from the best 3-decker bar/buffet to which overnight bus plays Tomb Raider and provides blankets. I don't read travel books, I rely on the words of strangers who have been there.
Upon arrival at my destination…to maximize my vacay, I like to lose all sense of time/responsibility as soon as I arrive. I'm also that insufferable person who insists on going around and retrieving a personal "mantra" or "theme" for the trip from each attendee.
Favorite travel spot? Anywhere my best friend meanders. She left her job as a digital executive in NYC last June to travel. My only request is to meet up in non-landlocked locales. Also, I went on a Celebrity Cruise to the Amalfi Coast, and Sorrento was so idyllic my eyes hurt.
What are your 3 must see/do things in this city?
In Sorrento: Walk all around the centro, up stairs and down busy streets, until your limbs ache. Pay too many euros to swim in one of the private beaches. Buy Limoncello liquor in high heels, penises and other odd shapes for everyone back home .


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International Week
It is our great pleasure to invite you to the "Second Erasmus+ International Teaching and Training Week" which will take place between 18th and 21st of March 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria hosted by the International Business School.
A main goal of the International week is to provide opportunities for universities' staff members to share and discuss common problems and experience in the field of innovations and entrepreneurship in education and business.
A four-day program of workshops and meetings has been planned. In parallel teaching sessions for teaching staff members in the field of economics, tourism and management have been provided.
This International Teaching and Training Week is our unique approach for enhancing international cooperation and partnership. It is also a great opportunity to make new contacts and to learn about our university, city, country, and culture while conducting teaching or training activities.
Second International Erasmus+ Week Handbook
Hosting Higher Education Institution:
International Business School
Institution website:
Monday, 18 March 2019 to Thursday, 21 March, 2019
Maximum number of participants:
Deadline for applying:
31 January 2019
Accommodation upon request
For teachers the week offers the possibility to teach in the following fields:
- International business
- Business administration
- Accounting
- Economics
- Innovations
- Management
- Marketing
- Tourism
Staff members have the opportunity to benchmark and share their expertise in the following services:
- Administration services
- Distance learning
- Continuing education
- Student services and mobility
- International and business relations
- Research and development activities
All the sessions will be conducted in English.
Participation in the Sixteenth International Scientific Conference of the International Business School "Innovations and Entrepreneurship in Education and Business", which will take place on the 22-23 March 2019 in Sofia, is an additional opportunity after the international week officially ends. The Sixteenth International Science Conference of the International Business School intends to become the platform of introducing innovative theories, products and services; discussions on the problems of policies of intelligent specialization and development of science and education; popularization of good practices and innovative methods of transfer of knowledge. For more information about the conference, please follow the link: http://ibsedu.bg/en/page/20-international-conference.
The participation in the International week requires a registration fee of 50 euros per person, which includes coffee breaks and lunch snacks. A visit of Plovdiv city is optional and will cost respectively 22 euros per person, which includes transportation and beverages. You can find more information about Plovdiv here.
The International Business School will support the participants with accommodation arrangementsupon request.
The participants should cover their travel and accommodation costs through Erasmus+ mobility programme (TSM – Teaching Staff Mobility and Staff Mobility).
For enrolment please fill in the application form here.
The deadline for applying is 31 January 2019. Confirmation of selected applicants and detailed individual programmes will be sent by 08 February 2019. Because the number of participants is limited we can approve participation of only two staff members per institution. Thank you in advance for your understanding!
Don't miss the chance to meet new people, to enjoy the beautiful capital city of Sofia and to participate in the International Week.
Please feel free to forward this message to your colleagues that might be interested in.
We remind you that European Union participants have the possibility to apply for ERASMUS + Staff Training mobility grants from their home institutions.
For further details you may contact us at: firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com
We are looking forward to seeing you in Sofia, Bulgaria!
Yours faithfully,
Daniela Georgieva
Institutional Erasmus+ coordinator
Participants are kindly requested to contact their home institution for STT funding, where possible.


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Passionist Father Gilbert Otieno (left) and Deacon Michael Martini (right) led a Jan. 30-Feb. 7, 2016 contingent to Kenya, which also included Deacon Jim Tesoriero and his wife.
From Deacon Martini: "Deacon Jim, his wife Nicole and I arrived in Nairobi Kenya on Saturday evening. Our ultimate destination was Homa Bay Diocese in western Kenya on Lake Victoria. This is a 7 hour journey from Nairobi. Fr. Gilbert arranged travel and lodging with the Passionist fathers and truly we could not have done it with you without their assistance. We had lunch with Lane Bunkers on Sunday and he gave us an overview of the challenges in Kenya. We left for Homa bay Monday morning and arrived there Tuesday evening. The further we traveled the more challenging the trip became because the pavement eventually gave way to deeply rutted gravel roads. On Wednesday CRS representatives Karen and Robert picked us up and we visited Mercy Orphans, the primary CRS partner in administration of the Prosper project. The they took us to visit two families that are supported by CRS and Mercy Orphans."
CCST will be supporting CRS' Prosper Project, a multi-year, multi-donor project that will provide for family stability for hundreds of villagers in the Homa Bay Diocese in Kenya. This initial 2016 visit will introduce CCST members to key church partners and locations.
CRS uses a holistic approach to improving the lives of orphaned or otherwise vulnerable children in Kenya: From providing access to safe water, sanitation and better nutrition to improving their economic status through education, CRS programs are helping to create healthy and productive generations of Kenyans.
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The public is invited to the annual Arbor Day plant sale on Friday, November 4 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife O'ahu plant nursery at 2135 Makiki Heights Dr., in Honolulu.
Native plant fans can find 4 in. – 1 gallon standard pot sized white hibiscus, 'a'ali'i, red 'ohi'a, ukiuki, native grasses and sedges, as well as red ti.
Some of the plants available are larger (3 ft. – 5 ft.) yellow 'ohi'a, koa, koaia (dryland koa), and hibiscus clayi. Cash or checks are accepted, no credit cards.
People are advised to park along the lower roadway and parking area since parking at the forestry office and nursery is tight. For more information call 973-9778.
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For many fans, Netflix's TV show adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events was the adaptation of the books that they'd been waiting to see. Mixing comedy with the same sardonic tone the books were known for, the series is something unique for viewers. Featuring a transformative turn from Neil Patrick Harris as the villainous Count Olaf, and the series was luckily met with positive reviews from both fans and critics alike.
With some strong early reviews and a word-of-mouth going for it, the first, 8-episode season of the series premiered last Friday on the streaming service, and despite Netflix's notoriously secretive ratings, it looks like the viewership numbers for the series have already been revealed (kind of).
As reported by TheWrap, A Series of Unfortunate Events managed to beat fellow Netflix original Marvel's Luke Cage in its first weekend, according to Symphony Advanced Media. The show currently sits behind Fuller House season 1, Orange is the New Black season 4, and Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life in terms of its three-day viewership numbers, though, since Symphony has only been tracking Netflix's numbers for the past year and a half or so, it's possible the series could also be behind some of the streaming service's past original seasons of TV.
During the Live +3 Day period, the report states A Series of Unfortunate Events was viewed by 3.755 million adults 18-49 over the average minute, just slightly above Luke Cage's reported 3.388 million.
Now, make sure to take all of this with a grain of salt for the time being, since Netflix itself doesn't actually officially release its internal viewership numbers. On that same note, these preliminary ratings are unstable and subject to adjustment, so it's also extremely possible that A Series of Unfortunate Events could either show a drop or increase in its numbers by the time everything is said and done. Still, though, it seems fair to say that the streaming service's ambitious book-to-screen adaptation has emerged as yet another success.
As most fans are already likely aware, the show's first season covers the first four out of the total thirteen books in the Lemony Snicket series, ending with The Miserable Mill. While the season ends in a way that could cap off the entire series, it also gives the story an open-ended feel at the same time, as it briefly teases the events and characters of the next book in the series, The Austere Academy. It's not surprising, then, to know that work on a second season has apparently already begun, and it seems like with these opening weekend numbers, it's only a matter of time before fans can expect to return to the show's world once again.
A Series of Unfortunate Events season 1 is available in its entirety on Netflix.
Source: TheWrap


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"My Aching Back!"
Referring clinicians and radiologists come together to incorporate the low back pain guidelines into their patients' care.
When a patient comes into a clinic for lumbar spine pain, do referring physicians know exactly what to do? Should they order an imaging exam? Which imaging modality should be used to get the best result?
Many practices are using the Radiology Support, Communication, and Alignment Network (R-SCAN®) to address important patient care and health care cost issues regarding the use of imaging in the treatment of low back pain as well as for other topics.
R-SCAN is a free collaborative action plan that brings radiologists and referring clinicians together to improve imaging appropriateness based on a list of Choosing Wisely® topics. R-SCAN delivers immediate access to web-based tools and clinical decision support technology to help physicians optimize imaging care, reduce unnecessary imaging, and lower the cost of care. Referring clinicians and radiologists can fulfil their improvement activity requirements under the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System by completing a project (see bit.ly/RSCAN_IA).
In September 2015, the ACR received a CMS grant under the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI). One of the program's aims is to sustain efficient care delivery by reducing unnecessary testing and procedures. CMS hopes this will generate 1–4 billion dollars in savings to the government and consumers. By using R-SCAN to carry out a project to reduce imaging for low back pain (a key TCPI quality improvement measure), Baylor College of Medicine in Houston demonstrated the type of improvement envisioned by the CMS leadership overseeing the TCPI.
Brian C. Reed, MD, head of outpatient clinics and community medicine at the Harris Health System and vice chair of community health programs at Baylor, was instrumental in creating collaboration between physicians at three clinics and radiologists at Baylor. Critical to the project's success, Reed secured full cooperation from his clinics' referring physicians.
Project leads Christie M. Malayil Lincoln, MD, assistant professor of radiology and neuroradiology at Baylor, and Melissa Chen, MD, then neuroradiology fellow at Baylor and now assistant professor at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, set out to see if local clinics could improve the appropriateness of MR imaging for low back pain. Chen, Lincoln, and two radiology residents from Baylor participated in onsite provider education on the most appropriate time to image patients for low back pain. "They welcomed our expertise, especially in the era of rising health care costs," says Lincoln of the response from the clinicians she trained.
Chen agrees that the practitioners were extremely receptive to the training, and many came with additional questions about ordering studies and getting in touch with radiologists. Providers expressed an interest in using R-SCAN with other topics and on a widespread level, including in private practices, says Chen. From Lincoln's perspective, referring clinicians were "bridging a line of communication and understanding of each other's needs for providing the best care to our community."
"The combination of R-SCAN and ACR Appropriateness Criteria® led to a win-win situation for eliminating unnecessary MRI for low back pain," says Reed. Additionally, Reed reports that primary care physicians were unhappy about the lengthy wait for a patient to receive an MRI appointment. Reed says, "Our patients were concerned about the delays for services, and all parties were experiencing some degree of frustration." As a result of this initiative, those patients who needed an MRI had a shorter wait time.
Radiology practices throughout the country are engaging referring clinicians on the topic of low back pain, from a small private radiology practice in Delaware working with emergency physician colleagues at a regional medical center to an Asheville, N.C., radiology group working with several small primary care rural practices. The widespread use of R-SCAN is reducing patient waiting times for tests, reducing costs, and allowing radiologists and referring physicians to move into the era of value-driven care, even when it comes to your aching back.
By Dara L. Fox, editorial assistant, ACR Bulletin


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Woodhaven Neighborhood Block Party at the Park
You are invited to a Block Party at Woodhaven Park on Saturday, June 18 starting at 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Grilled hamburgers and hot dogs
Bounce house for kids
There is no cost for the event.
We look forward to seeing you Saturday, June 18!
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Myers & Frayne Co., L.P.A.Dayton,
Expert Witness Testimony
In 2001 B&D was engaged by Myers & Frayne Co., L.P.A. to provide a valuation of the Dayton Dragons Class "A" Minor League Baseball franchise as expert witness testimony in support of litigation related to an ownership dispute. We completed a "fair market value" opinion of a professional baseball franchise operating in Dayton, Ohio under the conditions that the proposed ownership group known as Sports Spectrum, Inc. (or "Baseball at Trotwood, LLC") would have most likely operated. Those conditions were assumed to respond both to the intended operating strategies of Sports Spectrum and to the dynamics of the Dayton market. Our valuation was based on both a market-comparable sales approach and a discounted cash flow approach, the latter of which was based on detailed projections of the team's financial performance based on a review of all available development and lease documents. We discovered that, based on the attendance experienced during the 2000 baseball season by the Dragons, Dayton had proven to be stronger than Sports Spectrum's initial operating projections assumed. We provided a written valuation opinion and B&D's president, Chris Dunlavey, was deposed by the opposing attorneys relative to the report.


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Scallop, Cod and Shrimp Fritter
Lightly fried and served with tartar sauce
Thai Scallops In Green Curry
with coconut milk
Fillet of Sole Stuffed with Spinach & Feta
served with a lemon-butter almond sauce
(This fish can also be stuffed with crabmeat.)
Pan-Roasted Salmon with soy ginger glaze
Asian-inspired Yellowtail Burgers
served with a soy ginger mayonnaise
on a toasted bun with butter leaf lettuce
Miso Black Cod A sweet marinade and
sauce complement this flaky fish
Blackened Salmon
Crusted with Cajun-style spices
Scallops with Brussels Sprouts
thinly sliced sprouts sautéed with
pancetta, garlic, lemon and shallots
Salmon with Lemon Glaze topped with
crispy rosemary-scented breadcrumbs
Shrimp, Octopus & Scallop Ceviche
fresh citrus flavors with scallions and chives
Salmon with Roasted Shiitake mushrooms
with a sweet mushroom syrup
Pan-Fried Flounder with poblano corn relish
Seared Sushi-Grade Ahi Tuna
crusted with coriander, black pepper and lemongrass
Pan-seared Halibut
glazed with honey mustard
Grilled Salmon
with Shiitake mushrooms in a teriyaki sauce
Grilled Rare Ahi Tuna
with a smoky almond Romesco sauce
(tomato and bell pepper based)
Pan-Roasted Salmon
with a tomato vinaigrette
Cod, Shrimp and Cockles
in a white wine Basque sauce
Thai Grilled Halibut in a lime and jalapeño sauce
The Boston Lobster Roll
Fresh lobster salad and shredded
butter leaf lettuce on a butter-toasted bun
Beer-Battered Fried Fish with tartar sauce
Crab Cakes
Lump crabmeat with a cilantro butter sauce
South American Cod Cakes
Citrus-flavored fish cakes made with potato and spices
Steak & Blue Cheese Salad Grilled skirt steak
over a bed of butter leaf lettuce served with
blue cheese dressing and chunky bacon bits
*Sticky Barbecued Beef Ribs Sweet and tangy
ribs made with Chef Steve's homemade BBQ sauce
South American Spiced Skirt Steak
topped with a chimichurri sauce of garlic,
olive oil, lemon, parsley and cilantro
Beef Involtini Sautéed vegetables rolled in
beef scaloppini, pan-seared and smothered
in a tomato and green pea sauce
Lamb Stew
Cooked in red wine and loaded with veggies
Rolled Lamb Cutlets
stuffed with pancetta and pecorino
Moroccan Lamb made with zucchini,
peppers and carrots and flavored with
saffron and mint. Served over couscous.
Grilled Pork Tenderloin bathed in sage
and served with grilled potatoes and plums
Glazed Asian Baby Back Ribs
served with mango chutney
Indian-inspired Pork Tenderloin
with a sweet and spicy pineapple-raisin sauce
Glazed Pork Tenderloin
with cumin-spiked corn purée
Tender Pork Shoulder rubbed with cumin
and coriander and braised in champagne vinegarChicken Tikka Masala Braised chicken
in an Indian-spiced yogurt sauce
Spanish Rubbed Chicken Grilled chicken
cutlet flavored with mild New Mexican chili spices,
served with a sweet honey parsley sauce
Chicken Flautas Shredded chicken in
flour tortilla, pan-fried and served with salsa verde
Braised Garlic Chicken
Slow-cooked chicken in a garlic sauce
Roasted Turkey Breast
topped with mango chutney
Pot Pie with Buttermilk Biscuit Topping Braised chicken or turkey, carrots, celery and bacon
The Moistest Turkey Meatloaf Ever
topped with a red pepper sauce
Chicken Breast Stuffed with Goat Cheese
in a lemon walnut sauce
Chicken Picata Thin chicken cutlets
pan-fried in a lemon-butter caper sauce
Chicken Breast
braised in a red wine vinegar sauce
Coq Au Vin Bone-in chicken thighs
slowly braised with lemon, capers and wine
Chicken Marsala Pan-fried chicken cutlet
with wine-soaked mushrooms
Fried Chicken Breasts, thighs and wings
marinated in buttermilk, battered and fried
Sauteed Chicken Breasts with green
capers, spinach and roasted lemon
Roasted Whole Chicken
with lemon, rosemary and roasted potatoes
Spinach Gnudi Similar to Gnocchi,
but made with flour, spinach and ricotta
Low-Fat Roasted Veggie Lasagna made
with eggplant, red peppers, zucchini, onions and
mushrooms as well as low-fat ricotta and mozzarella
Shrimp Fettucini Alfredo
Al dente pasta topped with butter-roasted garlic,
your choice of poached or grilled shrimp
Meatballs & Pasta
Homemade meatballs in a homemade tomato
sauce, choose your favorite pasta
Cold Peanut Noodles Lo mein noodles and
tofu smothered in a sweet and tangy peanut
sauce, garnished with red bell pepper and cilantro
Sinful Meat Lasagna made with
shredded beef, pork, bacon, homemade tomato sauce
and a creamy crème fraiche sauce.
Angel Hair & Pesto Pasta served with a basil
pesto sauce, add grilled shrimp, scallops or octopus
Spaghetti alle Vongole Baby clams,
arugula and prosciutto in olive oil and garlic
Ragu Tagliatelle Pasta
with slow-cooked shredded lamb in a tomato sauce
Eggplant Parmesan Fried eggplant layered with
mozzarella cheese and homemade tomato sauce
Falafel Traditional Mediterranean fried
chickpea balls served with tahini sauce
Spring Pea Mediterranean Falafel
made with peas, instead of chickpeas,
fried and served with tahini sauce
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Roasted Potatoes
Hummus Chickpea and tahini spread
Spinach Sautéed in Yogurt
Spiced with cumin and coriander
Sautéed Spinach with garlic and olive oil
Sautéed Broccoli Rabe with garlic and olive oil
Asparagus and Pancetta with
Citronette Sauce olive oil-based sauce with
orange juice and Dijon mustard
Coconut Rice steamed with coconut milk
Fried Polenta with fresh corn
Mixed Mushroom Stir Fry Portobello,
shiitake and cremini mushrooms with garlic
Israeli Couscous with Mediterranean
spices, pine nuts and raisins
Crispy Potato Rosti
pancake made with Gruyere cheese
Grilled Broccoli with anchovy, rosemary
and lemon sauce
Grilled Zucchini with fresh dill vinaigrette
Spinach-Feta Pie Spinach baked with feta cheese
Roasted Turnips in balsamic vinegar
Corn & Shiitake Fritters Pan-fried cakes
made with fresh corn, shiitake mushrooms and onion
Cauliflower Purée with butter and cream
Caramelized Rice
Squares of pan-fried- fried sushi rice
Mac & Cheese A blend of Cream,
Monterey Jack, American and Mozzarella cheeses
Curry-Roasted Butternut Squash
with chickpeas, yogurt, cilantro and Indian spices
Fingerling Potatoes roasted and spiced with cumin
Mushroom Spring Rolls
Fried spring rolls filled with sautéed cremini
mushrooms, served with a creamy ginger sauce
Cold Thai Spring Rolls stuffed with shrimp,
pickled carrot, cucumber, sprouts, tofu and egg. Served with a spicy Thai peanut sauce
Cream of Broccoli
Vegetable Carrots, peas, celery, potatoes, onion
and tomatoes in a tomato-based vegetable broth
Manhattan Clam Chowder Potatoes, peas,
celery, carrots in a spicy tomato-based broth
New England Clam Chowder Potatoes,
clams and celery in a cream-based broth
Mama Carofano's Split Pea With Ham
Made with sweet peas, ham and carrots
Mussel & Spinach Bisque A cream-based
broth flavored with saffron, white wine and shallots
Clam & Saffron Butter Bean Soup
with prosciutto in a chicken-based broth
Mama Rosen's Matzo Ball Soup
Parsnip and carrot in a chicken-based broth
Thai Cucumber Salad
Sweet vinaigrette dressing with red onion and cilantro
Caprese Salad Mozzarella, tomato,
and basil with balsamic vinegar and olive oil
Cucumber & Tomato Salad Grape tomatoes, Persian cucumbers, parsley, oil and vinegar with Italian herbs
Thai Snap Pea Salad Snap pea and thinly
sliced red chili dressed with lime juice, lemongrass
and Asian spices. (When snap peas are not
available, snow peas are used.)
NY Deli-Style Cole Slaw
Cabbage and carrots marinated in
mayonnaise and vinegar
French Bean Salad Haricot vert beans,
garlic and capers with a mustard vinegarette
Roasted Golden Beet Salad with sautéed
fennel with a dollop of goat cheese (if golden
beets are out of season, red beets will be used).
Almost Classic Caesar Salad (without raw egg) Romaine lettuce and croutons. (Grilled or
poached shrimp or grilled chicken can be added.)
Crispy Fried Okra Salad
with tomatoes, red onion and Indian spices
Simple Arugula Salad with mandarin oranges,
oil-cured olives in a light rice wine vinegar dressing
Pecan Crusted Chicken over a salad
of cucumber, tomato and radicchio with
tangy honey-mustard dressing
Middle Eastern Potato Salad
New potatoes, grape tomatoes, parsley, onion and
Mediterranean spices in a light lemon juice dressing
Quinoa Salad with grape tomatoes, Persian
cucumbers, snow peas, carrots and pine nuts
dressed with olive oil and rice wine vinegar
Greek Tabouli Lemon-soaked bulgur salad
with cucumber, tomato, parsley, mint and
Mediterranean spices
Glazed Fingerling Potato Salad Roasted
potatoes with pancetta in warm mustard vinaigrette
Mama Rosen's Chocolate Mandel
Biscotti-inspired chocolate chip cookies
Blueberry Muffins
with a brown sugar crumb topping
Cobbler with your choice of fruit filling
Plum Kuchen Traditional piecrust filled with plums
Hors D'oeuvres:
Dates Wrapped in Maple Bacon
Poached Shrimp Cocktail
served with homemade red cocktail sauce
The Deviled Greek Hardboiled egg filled with
hummus and topped with toasted pine nuts
Cold Thai Spring Rolls Stuffed with shrimp,
pickled carrot, cucumber, sprouts, tofu and egg.
Served with a spicy Thai peanut sauce
Broiled Mussels Served in the Shell
topped with toasted breadcrumbs, lemon and garlic
Fried Oysters served with a citrus-flavored
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Isaiah Eugene
Senior Instructor
I like long walks on the beach and strawberry ice-cream. Kidding I am a 2nd Year law student with a crazy passion for the ocean. Head of Divemaster Training at Sunreef and an all round cool guy!
What drew you into the sport of Scuba Diving?
The stunning pictures of exotic tropical reefs and coconut trees.
What is your favourite dive site and why?
The EX- HMAS Brisbane. It is an all round amazing dive, easy 27m to the bottom, a plethora of pelagic fish and crazy interior like the control and engine rooms are awesome!
What is the most memorable dive you have done, and why?
Night Dive at Jetty in the Maldives. Saw about 50+ Grey nurse sharks. Amazing.
What do you love about being a Dive Instructor?
Seeing people conquer their fears and breaking down peoples negative perceptions of Scuba Diving.
Where can you see the sport of Scuba Diving heading in the future?
Scuba diving on Mars I guess… Hopefully the ability to stay longer and go deeper!
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Let's Make: Mixed Up Hexies
Sometimes when we're scrolling through Instagram (you follow us @fabricdepot, right?), we come across designs that we just love. When Elaine saw a half hexie quilt made by @nightowlquilts, she knew we needed to give it a try, too!
We used 24 different fabrics from the Mixologie collection from Moda, mimicking her ombre layout. We added a few more rows, making it a 42" x 50" size, perfect for baby or a small lap quilt.
To make the half hexagon shapes, we cut 3-1/2" strips of each fabric, then used Fons and Porter's Hexagon Ruler to rotary cut 7 of each fabric. (This is more than you need, but allows for flexibility in layout, plus a bonus pillow cover!) The ruler makes it simple to get a consistent size and neatly cuts off all the dog-ears before they can happen.
After cutting them out, we got to do the fun stuff and start laying them out. With a little input from at least a half dozen quilters and input from our Instagram followers, we managed to settle on a layout.
Then we stitched each row together, combining pairs until each vertical strip was complete. This is where it came in handy to have a picture of your layout to refer back to! Be extra careful to follow that layout or the half-hexagons won't match up right. (Ask us how we know!)
We pressed the 1/4" seams open, but if you press to the side, you can easily nest the seams making all those intersections come together neatly.
We backed it with the extra-wide navy floral print and had one of our in-house quilters do some long arm quilting on it. Then we bound it in the extra-wide grey floral print.
It turned out so well, we thought you might want to make one, too! Kits are available now and contain enough fabric to make the front of the quilt, as well as the grey binding fabric. You'll have some extra pieces, too, if you want to make up a pillow cover, as well!
Tags: Moda fabric , half hexagons , Fons and Porter , quilitng ruler


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I did a spotlight on Sunny's book A Snitch in Time on May 12 and I am thrilled to have her drop by for a visit today!
When you hear "the Sierra Nevadas," what do you conjure up? Yosemite with the incredible El Capitan and Bridal Veil Falls? Kings Canyon National Park with towering sequoias? Ansel Adams and his famous photo "Moon and Half Dome?"
The lure to set a story in nature's wonderland is enticing, but I'll leave the National Parks to Nevada Barr. That's her stomping ground and she covers it well.
Instead, I want to take readers to another sort of world located in the foothills. I set my latest Christy Bristol Astrology Mystery in a small town I dubbed Burlap.
Here's a little background: I worked with the Fresno County undercover narcotics team for eleven years. One of my duties as secretary was answering phones and listening to tips from the public about crimes in their area. A frequent caller was a woman in the foothills (we'll call her Helen) who imagined everyone in town was committing felonies. It was hard to take many of her allegations seriously, but over time we became friends. I took her up on an invitation to visit.
I was curious about the town and its people. My detectives always brought back colorful stories when they returned from deals. There was the woman who hung her panties on a bush to signal she had info for us. Locals hooked up wires to steal electricity. They broke into the tourist vacation homes. They grew marijuana in the National Forest. They called people who lived on the valley floor "Flatlanders." We had some choice names for them as well. My detectives dubbed a section of dilapidated cabins "Welfare Flats."
My trip through the winding roads was daunting and this was before GPS was popular. My new friend was eager to act as tour guide. She pointed out the Buzzard Tree, a dead tree smack in the middle of the school playground where vultures roosted and stared malevolently down at the children eating lunch. She took me to the prison facility where her husband worked and where trusted inmates were were trained to fight fires. There were no fences, barbed or otherwise, no guard towers. Escape was easy; surviving in the wild much more difficult.
Marijuana cultivation goes on deep in the National Forest. Often, people out horseback riding would see food drops just off the road. They would call my office and report it and one of the detectives would go up to confiscate the goods. We were so good at removing the food source that once I got a call from a teacher reporting a very underfed man had come out of the forest and was trying to steal lunches from the children. My detectives picked him up, gave him something to eat and carted him off to jail.
I noticed strange sculptures dotting the roads, geometric shapes made of tinted concrete. I asked what they symbolized and who put them there, but my friend had no answers. Like the stones of Easter Island, they seemed to be a baffling mystery. Everyone had a different theory. Some thought they were satanic. When a writer sets out to pen a mystery, it's details like these that plant the seeds for a story.
I cajoled my friend Kate to return with me for "research." What I really wanted was a guinea pig to act as a corpse. I convinced her to climb up and drape her body over a donut-like hole in one of the sculptures. I video taped the scene for future reference. While we were engaged in these antics, a woman from the local Native American tribe rode up on horseback. She silently watched for a few minutes before trotting off. A bag stamped "U.S. Mail" was slung over her saddle. We were crazy Flatlanders and she was the local mail delivery system.
Nobody can make this stuff up. The region was a treasure trove just waiting to be mined and I wanted to be the first to exploit it in pages of a book. "A Snitch In Time" is an homage to the quirks of the locals, the deputies who patrolled the area and the rustic beauty bypassed by tourists.
Although I was invited back to attend the annual Turkey Testicle Festival, I politely declined. Instead, I let my protagonist Christy have the pleasure. Some things are better left to the imagination!
As for the sculptures, with a lot of research I discovered who the artist was and why they wound up in the area. No, I won't tell you– you have to read the book!
A Snitch in Time: Christy Bristol Astrology Mysteries
by Sunny Frazier
(Volume 3)
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Black Opal Books (January 20, 2015)
When sheriff's department office assistant Christy Bristol takes a long weekend to visit her friend, Lennie, in the Sierra Nevada foothills, it's not the vacation she anticipated. A murder has just occurred and Christy is conscripted by the homicide team to handle the reports. To add to her frustration, she gets in a fight with Lennie over her friend's arrogant boyfriend and has no place to stay. The detectives put her up in a forest ranger's cabin while he is away fighting fires.
As the body count grows, it becomes apparent the killer is targeting undesirables in the town of Burlap. One victim's girlfriends calls Christy and accuses a deputy of the murders. Christy doesn't know whether to believe the snitch or not. Could a killer really be hiding behind his badge? Using astrology, she casts a reverse horoscope to profile him, but puts her own life at risk.
And time is running out.
About Sunny Frazier
Navy Veteran Sunny Frazier trained as a journalist and wrote for a city newspaper, military and law enforcement publications. After working 17 years with the Fresno Sheriff's Department, 11 spent as Girl Friday with an undercover narcotics team, it dawned on her that mystery writing was her real calling. Her Christy Bristol Astrology Mysteries are based on actual cases with a bit of astrology added, a habit Frazier has developed over the past 42 years.
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38 Responses to "Special Guest – Author Sunny Frazier – Giveaway too!"
Sounds like a really fun read with interesting characters! Thanks for sharing!
This series sounds great love the astrology angle. This series is new to me but will be checking them out. Thanks for the chance to win.
This is a new series to me, but it sounds good so another book to my growing TBR list.
New series for me, thanks for the chance 🙂
This sounds like an interesting series.
What a fascinating journey you traveled in life to create your mysteries!
Thanks for introducing a new author to me. I would love to have copy of her book so I could become more familiar with her writing. firstname.lastname@example.com
Another new series to me, I don't know much about astrology but I always found what little I do know interesting. I love the sound of this book now I have to go look for the first.
This book sounds unique and intriguing. Thanks for this feature and giveaway.
Your real life sounds very interesting! Thanks for using it to write mysteries.
Sounds like a great read.
Sounds like you had an interesting career before becoming an author and I look forward to getting into this series because I live in Riverside County, south of your book setting, and am always curious about what is happening in other parts of the state 🙂 thanks.
A Snitch in Time was released on an auspicious day….my birthday!
A turkey testicle festival sounds too good to miss!! What events could take place?
I wonder if turkey parts are included in those "VARIUS" foods advertised on that poster!
Oh, this sounds like a fun read!
This sounds like an interesting story that I would enjoy reading.
I'll have to add this one to my list.
Such a wonderful post and that cover has me hooked!
Fascinating post, Sunny! I already read the book (and loved it) and I enjoyed learning a bit about the setting and area. Thanks for sharing!
People are just such interesting creatures.
Yep! I'm going to get my hands on the debut book of this series. It sounds like a good one! Thank you Lori for having Sunny as your guest today & thanks go to you Sunny for sharing some of your interesting adventures.
This sounds like a great series. The highlighted title is book 3. Are books 1&2 only available in paperback? That's what amazon is showing. Thanks for the giveaway.
Love the background interview. Lovely intro to a new to me author. Intriguing concept.
Thank you for the opportunity!
The book sounds like a fun read, and I am looking forward to reading it. I enjoyed reading about the adventures!
What an interesting interview. Truth is truly stranger than fiction.
I am so glad I have these: super reads.
What an exciting experience! You inspired me to have a research adventure!
Well, we're told to "write about what you know" and you've certainly done that, Sunny. So many interesting people and situations to feed your imagination – in addition to the locale. Great post!
Fascinating article. The informer with the panties on the bush, though… You canNOT make that stuff up!
Sunny, Love hearing more about your exploits during this period of your life. Strange how alike sections of the country can be. Here in our Ozarks some of the same shenanigans occur and I covered a lot of them while with a rural newspaper. Both our experiences make for terrific stories, don't they?
I'm thinking real life is actually stranger than fiction in your part of the world. I look forward to reading a Snitch in Time.
I enjoyed your book, and now, knowing how you came up with that town and the people. A very interesting post, Sunny.
Nice article. Can't wait to find out more about the Turkey Testicle Festival! 😉
The Astrology Angle is really intriguing. How could I resist?
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You made me laugh! You're right. You can'take make that stuff up! And I love hearing about that kind of thing, so I am definitely going to have to read your book! Thanks for the chance to win a copy!
Congratulations on your new release! Thanks for sharing the interesting background about the mystery.
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