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Venus was correct, but barely. Serena hit a Wimbledon-record 23 aces, held every service game and narrowly escaped an upset bid by Zheng Jie, winning 6-7 (5), 6-2, 9-7 in the third round yesterday.
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Williams has been stalled at 13 Grand Slam titles since winning Wimbledon for the fourth time in 2010, and dealt with a series of health issues in 2010-11.
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Defending champion Petra Kvitova, No. 2-ranked Victoria Azarenka and former French Open champions Ana Ivanovic and Francesca Schiavone also reached the fourth round.
Three-time runner-up Andy Roddick failed to convert two set points in the second set and lost to No. 7-seeded David Ferrer 2-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4, 6-3. Fellow American Mardy Fish, playing in his first tournament since undergoing a procedure on his heart in May, beat David Goffin 6-3, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6).
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By Bob Hulteen
Over the years, I've been to more than five dozen church conventions. I've probably been a voting member at a couple dozen; and an observer, first with my parents and then on my own, at more – in Western North Dakota, Eastern North Dakota, Northwestern Minnesota, Metro DC, and the Minneapolis Area.
As the associate director of the Minnesota Council of Churches, I also attended United Methodist (the best), United Church of Christ, Episcopal, and Presbyterian assemblies, as well as all the other Minnesota ELCA synods. And then, as editor of Metro Lutheran, I went to local and national conventions of the alphabet soup of the other Lutheran church bodies — LCMS, WELS, ELS, NALC, LCMC, AFLC, AALC, and CLC.
"In all my nerd-dom, I very much enjoy assemblies."
I promise I'm not trying to sound egotistical – I'm not bragging, we're in Lent and this is confession. I'm officially a church nerd.
In all my nerd-dom, I very much enjoy assemblies. All of them – my own and others'. Even if I show up sleepy-eyed and under-caffeinated, I leave feeling energized by good conversation with good people and by learning some new things from the folks who stood up in front and shared insights. I even appreciate the business that takes place – I'd rather be there for it than not, because I want to be a part of the process.
Now, I am inside the planning of assemblies. It's a huge responsibility. Huge! I want everyone to find a part of the assembly – or hopefully all of it – that connects them more deeply with the church universal.
THE THEME OF THE 2017 Minneapolis Area Synod Assembly is "Real Presence: In our neighborhoods, with our neighbors." We have some of the greatest preachers in the ELCA – Ruben Duran, Barbara Lundblad, and David Lose, pastors all – as keynoters. It's like having the Festival of Homiletics All-Stars at our synod assembly. We will be so full of inspiration that we won't need meals. (But, we will have meals; don't worry.)
In our increasing efforts to be ecologically aware, we will use the guidebook app this year. This means we will use much less paper and ink; all the information and resources you will need will be at your fingertips on your smart phone, iPad, or tablet. (Just remember, it's all about the electrons.)
"Since there are fewer resolutions than recent years, synod leaders are planning table discussions around a couple of issues that are before many of our congregations – racism and sanctuary congregations."
The business agenda will include budget adjustments and constitutional changes, as well as discussion of one resolution (engaging our Muslim neighbors). Since there are fewer resolutions than recent years, synod leaders are planning table discussions around a couple of issues that are before many of our congregations – racism and sanctuary congregations. Everyone has a voice in these conversations.
And, rumor has it that a Jeopardy-like game will be on the agenda again. I am going to suggest, if you are interested in playing, that you start looking at hymns right now. That's all I'm saying.
And we will do something to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran movement. Guaranteed, it will be mentioned, at least.
Are you a voting member for your congregation? Are you a rostered leader? Or, are you just someone who is now curious about what happens at synod assembly this year?
Let those who will be attending from your congregation know that you are interested in the workings of the broader church – from New Hope to Nigeria and from Longfellow to Leipzig, we are one body. And, one way we live that out is by coming together in assembly. We are church together … a real presence in our neighborhoods and with our neighbors.

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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Admittedly, carrot cake isn't something one normally associates with Paris. (Although if you want to see a Parisian go ecstatic, show them a block of Philadelphia cream cheese.) But when I had a slice of Barbra Austin's carrot cake, I found myself polishing off the whole slice and begging for seconds. I met Barbra a few years back when she was shuttling back and forth between Paris and New York City, where she was baking professionally. I think I might have nudged her in the direction of making Paris her full-time home and I'm happy she's here. Barbra blogs at BarbraAustin.com, updating readers about restaurants and bakeries, and is a terrific storyteller as well. So I asked her not only to share her recipe, but to provide this guest post. Merci, Barbra! -dl
If I had a FAQ page on my blog, "What brought you to Paris?" would surely be the first item. The problem is that I don't yet have a clear answer.
I came to visit a couple of times in my 20s, and as a pastry cook I was surely inspired by Paris. But I didn't start studying French until 2006, and my motivations for doing so, and for embarking on a two-month stay not long after that, remain shrouded in some mystery to me.
(Not the reasons themselves, but how I could have possibly thought they were sound – something best discussed with lots of wine at hand.)
That trip was a bit of a disaster, yet I decided to come back the following year. And with subsequent visits things started to get easier. I used to think it was because I had become familiar with the culture and customs, and because I had made strides with the language and come to understand the rules of etiquette.
While all of this was necessary (and highly recommended), it was not sufficient. There was a second part to all of these lessons that might be titled, "You aren't French. Deal with it."
Sure, there are people who move to Paris at the earliest opportunity because it is their own country that doesn't fit them, who step off the plane with a perfect accent and well-tied foulard. But I am not one of them.
The small-batch, full-fat yogurts that my local fromager carries are delicious, but I will never be able to pronounce "yaourt". While I appreciate Parisian style as much as the next girl, I still ride the métro in my gym clothes.
I have dated some French men but have had better luck, overall, with fellow Anglophones (keep it to yourselves, peanut gallery). I keep my windows open in the summer in spite of my neighbor's grave and baffled disapproval. Though I have long been comfortable holding my fork in my left hand, I am still not entirely sure what to do with a fish knife. I love a good bistro meal, but I eat a burrito at El Nopal at least once a week.
Because here's the thing: No matter where you go, there you are.
And so, when my birthday rolled around this year and I decided to have a party, it was not a moelleux or a biscuit or a dacquoise that sat in the center of the table, surrounded by a seriously good Ossau Iraty, delicate chèvre, crusty baguettes, saucisson, ham, figs, and no small amount of Champagne, but a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
This recipe is an adaptation of one in Gourmet's Best Desserts, tinkered with by my dear friend and pastry chef Heather Miller and me when we were working together at a now long-defunct NYC restaurant called Washington Park. We were on a brown butter kick, and decided to try using it to replace some of the oil in the recipe. It worked.
Serving and Storage: This cake is best served at room temperature but will keep for a few days stored in the refrigerator.
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Carrot cake is my favorite. I go for it for my birthdays and even had it for my wedding. Nice to read about your experiences in Paris.
omg – I may need to run down to my Carrefour market right now and buy out all their St. Moret ! American style carrot cake is my favorite…. good thing carrots are in season. : )
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I was just looking another carrot cake recipe – I love the Frog Commissary one (so much that it was the cake at my wedding!), but having another one up my sleeve also helps!
Barbara, I love your post and can't wait to check out your blog! Huge kudos to you for wearing your sweats on le metro… I lived in Belgium for many years, and found that not being able to run Saturday morning errands in my Penn State lounge gear was one of the hardest adjustments :) I, too, would choose carrot cake for any birthday party– it's my favorite! I just discovered the joy of baking with browned butter, too (http://food-hound.blogspot.com/2010/12/not-just-another-christmas-party.html). Merci!!
Thank you so much, I have been looking for carrot cake recipes. I tried one but it wasn't the best. This is what I needed – a great recipe with a great 'endorsement'. Can't wait to try it
I love that the cake includes brown butter – this recipe looks amazing.
Thank you! Yep, 'you're not French' pretty much sums it up. Also 'you're not French and they'll be able to tell the second you open your mouth, so why bother trying to look perfect?' And ditto on the French men.
David – you have probably noticed already, but Philly cream cheese is now findable at some Monoprix shops – 3.19 for 200 grams!
This is one carrot cake recipe I am dying to try. Brown butter?
Funny, I had to ask Barbra for her recipe, too! :) A French-American friend recently counseled me that Kiri worked pretty well as a cream cheese substitute, and I concur. Great photos, as always!
Looks like the perfect birthday cake to me! Brown butter brings everything to a new level!
Thank you David for introducing me to Barbra and her unique recipe for carrot cake using brown butter. I am curious how the brown butter tastes in the carrot cake so I will happily try the recipe to find out.
Barbra- Congratulations on your guest post,I will go check out your blog, follow you on twitter and I would also like you on facebook, the food blogger's trifecta ;-)
The frosting looks particular tasty :)
guess i'm all-american too, used to ask for carrot cake on my birthday every year. love it ! and if it weren't for that pièce montée, i may have had one at our wedding too. ;) just happened to bake one a couple of days ago; only, instead of cream cheese frosting, i decorated with mini marzipan carrots. oh gosh, i've been in switzerland too long.
fantastic guest post, david – love the pics of barbra in icing action. and love the brown butter idea, barbra. i am clearly going to ask you to say "yaourt" for me next week ! à bientôt…
if you want to see a Parisian go ecstatic, show them a block of Philadelphia cream cheese
I lived in Chile in the mid 90s. An Au Bon Pain opened in Santiago. I asked where their cream cheese was from, as the Chilean version of cream cheese was Not My Favorite, if you know what I mean.
"Es de Philadelphia!" the clerk told me proudly.
There really is nothing better than a well-baked carrot cake, and I know that without a doubt I would stand out in Paris more than the average American, but would still feel so blessed to be there!
Actually, most parisians start out saying "what? cake with CARROTS? Ew" and then have some and rave about how good it is.
My mother made carrot cake for a big family event and it was gone in minutes (this was after a long speech about how Americans cannot cook. But my mother somehow finds grace in their eyes because she has been in France for so long).
Admittedly, my mom makes the best carrot cake ever – it was always my favorite. But I might give this one a try too. And wonderful blog, by the way!
I searched for a caterer who would let me have carrot cake for my wedding. I guess they were all concerned that you can't tier cream cheese frosting. The one who made our cake put three layers on a tiered cake stand and it looked marvelous. Plus, twelve years later I still get comments about how good our wedding cake tasted!
I've been looking for good ways to use some of the 7,000 carrots that are currently residing in my fridge (winter csa share=1/2 ton of carrots). This cake looks to be a perfect answer to the carrot quandry. Looking forward to checking out Barbra's blog. Merci!
Oh, this sounds wonderful. Strangely, for years a frozen commercial carrot cake from Oregon Farms was my favorite. In spite of being frozen/thawed, the walnuts, which I don't see in this cake, were a big plus and stayed reasonably fresh tasting; and it had real cream cheese frosting. So, I'll try again to get that dense, spice filled cake. I've tried some really bad carrot cake recipies and Oregon Farms seems to have disappeared, so I can't cop out any longer. Thanks for the recipie David and Barbra. I'll consider it a fine Christmas gift.
So if I ever get to visit Paris, do you suggest I bring Philadelphia Cream Cheese for bribes :-).
Ah, brown butter! If you can't have the cream cheese frosting, try brown butter and icing sugar, it goes well that kind of cake.
Thanks, this is my absolute favorite !
Oh my, browned butter in carrot cake? That is stupendous! Who thought carrot cake with mounds of cream cheese could taste any better?
This is very similar to a carrot cake in an old recipe book called "Freezing & Canning Cookbook" edited by Nell B. Nichols Field Food Editor for Farm Journal. It was published in 1963. The only real difference is it has pecans instead of raisins. Wonderful carrot cake.
You dear wonderful David wondering what brought you to Paris – it might be
what made me leave my own country – that incomparable bliss of having Chrístmas every day. Rather what waking up in Paris is all about n´est-ce pas?
The carrot cake seems heavenly but do admit the millefeuille from La patisserie des rêves on 92 rue du Bac in the 7th arrondissement is a piece of art and a joy forever.
Growing up in the Bay Area in the '60's, I was never a fan of carrot cake–too ubiquitously everywhere. Too cliché. But this recipe and post had me almost salivating. I wonder if my 13-year-old son would accept this instead of his normal birthday cake next week. Our carrots are still too small, but as luck would have it our friend grows them organically as well, and another friend brought a couple cases of organic cream cheese when he came for Thanksgiving. Thanks again for this timely and "delicious" post.
I do like good carrot cake! My recipe includes two cups of carrots and also one and a half cups of crushed pineapple. Frosting is made by heating in a sauce pan margarine and cream cheese, allowing to cool then the vanilla and confectioners sugar stirred in. Thanks for great posts.
Oh, David. This is such a wonderful, beautifully written post! I absolutely love your succinct, obvious-yet-when-reading-it-one-thinks-oh-wait-yes-that's-true "No matter where you go, there you are" phrase. I think that's why I love travelling so much – because I just want to "be" in different places.
And, of course, another stellar dessert. I think I've only had tastes of other people's slices of carrot cakes in my life. Perhaps I should bite the bullet and make one myself, finally!
Your blog is as delicious as the cake promises to be. I was hoping tonight to find a blog up date from david Lebovitz . Imagine he was so kind to send you my way.
Truly Carrot cake with Ice cream!!!!!!!!!!!
David, you are so absolutely right about Parisians' love for Philadelphia Cheeze cakes…
Thanks, everyone, for your comments. The brown butter – which, again was my friend Heather's strike of genius – really does add a little something, and I've had fun experimenting with it in other recipes. It doesn't behave exactly like fresh butter but the flavor is so, so good.
Norine – If you'd like to bribe me (to what end I'm not sure), I suggest maple syrup or cold hard cash.
Jill – Kudos for insisting on a wedding cake that actually tastes good. Most of them don't, so I'm not surprised people remember yours.
Kerrin – You can try to make me say "yaourt", but I'm telling you right now that what comes out of my mouth will be unrecognizable in any language.
David – Thanks again for inviting me to do this post. You absolutely "nudged" me towards Paris, to put it mildly!
I like to add canned pineapple to my carrot cake. I suspect it's unique to Australia. I like the brown butter idea to improve our next birthday. Thank you
Barbra, Carrot Cake and Confucius! Clever! I just looked at your site and was delighted to learn about Creme de Marrons… sounds fabulous!
Love your site, love this recipe!
I adore carrot cake, and I too made it for my first wedding. The marriage didn't last, but the memories of the cake did! I'm glad to see that Barbra's recipe does NOT include the hated ingredient, coconut, which is an abomination in carrot cake. And any excuse to eat cream cheese frosting is good, but the way it complements carrot cake is unparalleled.
Thank you so much for posting this. If I have ever made carrot cake before it is a dim memory and can't have been a good one or I would have carried on making them. My sons had been hankering for carrot cake (here in Paris! dream on) and when I saw this, I thought, why not.
I am a bit ashamed in that I could have gone to the effort of making the brown butter, but thought oh, it might not work and oh, the butter is more work and well, I am lazy and not overconfident in my baking abilities. Not a good combination. To get to the point, the cake I just made is fantastic, truly better than any other cake I have ever baked, no exaggeration. I am just sad that I didn't go the extra mile with the butter.
So anyone reading this (even rank amateur) go for it with the butter, the recipe is worth the effort. Mille mercis!
I've had the good fortune to show up at this chef's apartment for the birthday fete and got to taste this AMAZING cake. Now the recipe is public! Yay! It'll make the Paris to NYC move taste better:) Merci buckets…..
My french husband made this recipe tonight for dessert. Success! It was wonderful. We were able to find Philadelphia cream cheese at Monoprix. The icing was delicious but it was quite runny. We put it in the refrigerator to set but after 10 minutes we could wait no longer. Yum.
I love carrot cake. It has been so long since I had it.
I've got a question for Barbra … did you use genuine Philly for the frosting, or St-Moret? I love me a good US-style carrot cake, but whenever I've used St-Moret for the frosting (difficult to find Philly here), it's been a complete disaster. As soon as you beat it with the butter and sugar, it goes completely liquid and even an hour in the fridge doesn't cure it.
Love the idea of browned butter — inspired!
I have a daughter wo loves to bake and recently wondered about the whys and what you use and whens in baking. Is there a cookbook that explains flours and why cream of tartar or baking powder or baking soda is used instead of something else? She is agonizing about a less than success and can't figure out the answer. A fabulous "how to" book might provide it. Please help…Christmas is around the corner. I have a great resource in NYC for old out of print cookbooks [ Bonnie Slotnik] so that's not an issue. Thanks
Veronica, I use good ol' Philadelphia, which is getting easier to find in Paris. I've seen at at La Grande Epicerie, at some Italian traiteurs (not sure why) and someone said in the comments that Monoprix is starting to carry it.
Christina, I second David's rec., and had a pang of envy/nostalgia when you mentioned Bonnie Slotnik, which is in my old neighborhood.
Thanks for sharing this cake recipe. Just right for the season. I found your article in google and I felt like commenting because I was benefited.
Happy Holidays!
Thanks Barbra. Being nowhere near Paris or any branch of Monoprix,I think I'll have to buy some Philly next time I pop over the border to Spain, where it seems to be very popular :)
I have always loved carrot cake, kinda afraid to be left alone in a house with it, LOL.This looks like a recipe I would try that. Thanx for sharing.
Happy belated B'day! that is so funny because I had a carrot cake bakeoff for my B'day last jan. 3 of my friends & I each made a carrot cake. mine of course won even with the blind taste test.
Love the carrot cake recipe David although I'm currently working my way through Ripe for Desert since the recipes are just so appropriate for the Australian summer – I made the 'gingery lemonade' for a BBQ on the weekend – used it as a base for champagne cocktails
It's around this time of year that you signed Room for Dessert for me in Paris in about 2002 so I'm loving The Sweet Life in Paris – imagining I'm there again having lots of delicious adventures!
Hi, I'm trying this to night. Hope it's delicious.
Thank you David and Barbra for your recommendations. I will contact Bonnie and see what she can do. I would rather give her the business that the large chains. She is the greatest resource and has been finding off the wall and old cookbooks for me for years..
I made this tonight and it is wonderful. I live in Mérida México where you will rarely see an American style carrot cake. I read this recipe and knew I had to make it. The carrots here are fabulous, with lots of flavor, and I think that made it even better. I did use brown sugar instead of white, I like a dense, dark carrot cake. I can't tell you how fantastic it is!! I have to admit that I only have one round cake pan so half of the recipe went into cupcakes. That turned out well since we HAD to try it as soon as it cooled and now I still have a complete cake for guests. Philly cream cheese is no problem here, Mexicans are enamored of it. Too much really, they put it in sushi!
I'm a big fan of your blog David, a little of Paris in Mexico is a fine thing. Thank you for the link to Barbra's blog as well, fantastic!
Thank you so much for this recipe. I was just out at Fanelli's in Soho (NYC) with my son and he declared that he loved everything about that day but if only he could have some cheese cake. We found a piece at a nearby bakery but it wasn't that great. Now I am going to make him some with this recipe…yay! as the 13 year olds say.
This is my husband's favorite cake. Thanks for the recipe, I will have to try this. It looks delicious.
I love carrot cake, and ever since I left Wheat Ridge, also back in Colorado, 12 years ago for cold and frosty Holland, I've struggled to find a decent cake here. I saw your recipe and, since I had Christmas off, decided to make it. Wow! It was perfect, and the friends I gifted it to the next day were amazed. As someone else mentioned, the addition of browned butter was a brilliant trick – it really made the cake seem lusciously rich..scrumptious…
Thanks for the recipe!!! the brown butter makes this recipe !! It's the best carrot cake I've had. I made it for Christmas dessert…and I'm making it again to treat my coworkers for the holidays….
happy holidays!!!
could I make this recipe in a large rectangle pan…just easier to share at work. maybe 40-45 mins?
So true! I was just in Paris for a while at cooking school and one of my Parisian friends became ecstatic when she found out I could tell her how to make American carrot cake. I had no idea. Since France so clearly has the edge on the market with cuisine and patisserie, it makes me feel kindof nice that we at least have a little something to offer this side of the Atlantic.
This looks like a great recipe–thanks!
I gave this recipe to my partner and told him it was the birthday cake I wanted him to make for me. Yesterday was the big day, and the cake was a GIANT hit. OMG it's amazing. He said the batter was pretty stiff until the sugar and other ingredients got the carrots to give up some additional moisture. And he had the same problem some others have had with the icing not getting hard. (He stuck it in the freezer to harden the crumb coat before adding the rest of the frosting. But it was a wonderful masterpiece. Sadly, there were no leftovers!
In Denmark we only had the spreadable Philadelphia cream cheese which made miserable frosting. In desperation I used mascapone and it was divine, possibly better than American block Philadelphia. (Yes, I ducked when I typed that.)
I'd like you to know that I baked this cake as my last 2010 dessert for my family. I followed your recipe to the T and cannot tell you how happy I was with the outcome! My family loved it so, so much, that they have requested I bake it again this weekend!!! They were never (ever!) carrot cake fans and they simply were taken away with this recipe. THANK YOU Barbra for sharing this one. THANK YOU for being so clear with your recipe… It was a fun and truly one of the best recipes yet. I look so forward to following your blog now that I have met you through Lebovitz's blog!! Happy New Year to you all !!
This looks so yummy with a frosting on it. My mother used to bake carrot cake but this recipe looks way too yummy than what I used to eat. Thanks for posting this! Will let my mother know about your recipe.
One of my favorite things to eat in the world as far as dessert goes. So I will certainly print this recipe out and make very soon. Although I would have made it today if I hadn't just baked a Dulce De Leche cheesecake. Ok time to finish off the cheesecake and make this next.
I have tried baking carrot cake last week and it was a disaster. I was my first time to bake a real cake and too bad it was a disaster. Well seeing you recipe makes me want to try again. Ha! Ha! Ha! I hope this time I make it right.
I adore carrot cake. I made it for my first wedding, and I would eat it for every meal if I could, but only if it didn't have coconut. I'm thrilled to see that this recipe is unadulterated by coconut.
My mom loves carrot cake. She also loves cream cheese. This looks like the perfect combination for her to try out! Thanks for posting the recipe and the pictures!


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During Prohibition, the government required that industrial alcohol be poisoned, typically with methanol, to keep it from being converted into cocktails. If bootleggers did not completely remove the adulterant, it could cause blindness, paralysis and death. Thus a measure aimed at discouraging alcohol consumption made it more hazardous for those who continued to drink.
A similar dynamic can be seen in today's war on drugs. The latest example is a law President Bush signed last month. The measure, attached to the Amber Alert bill by Senator Joseph Biden, Democrat of Delaware, holds club owners responsible for drug use on their property. The main target -- reflected in the rider's original name, the Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy (RAVE) bill -- is the all-night dance parties, or raves, where the drug MDMA, also called Ecstasy, is popular.
The act prohibits ''knowingly opening, maintaining, managing, controlling, renting, leasing, making available for use, or profiting from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing or using any controlled substance.'' Given this broad language, anyone who organizes or rents space for an event where drug use takes place could face criminal charges. Not only is the law unlikely to keep people from using Ecstasy, it could magnify the drug's dangers by pushing raves further underground and discouraging voluntary efforts to protect users from serious harm.
The most significant short-term risk associated with MDMA is its impairment of the body's ability to regulate temperature. Overheating is a special concern at raves, where people may dance vigorously in crowded, poorly ventilated spaces for hours at a time.
For years volunteer groups like DanceSafe have been passing out fliers at raves and night clubs with advice on how to avoid dangerous overheating -- drink water, take frequent breaks, abstain from alcohol (which compounds dehydration). Event sponsors have helped by providing bottles of water and ventilated ''chill out'' rooms, measures intended not to encourage drug use but to reduce drug-related harm. Under the new law, however, such sensible precautions could be seen as evidence that the host or owner knew guests would be using drugs, exposing him to $250,000 or more in civil penalties, a criminal fine of up to $500,000, and a prison sentence of up to 20 years.
It could also be incriminating to allow DanceSafe or other groups to set up tables to test drugs for purity. Such testing is an important safety step because tablets sold as MDMA sometimes contain the cough suppressant dextromethorphan, which can block perspiration, impede the metabolism of MDMA and have disturbing psychoactive effects in high doses. Another drug sometimes passed off as MDMA is paramethoxyamphetamine, which is potentially lethal in high doses. On-site testing can prevent bad reactions and deaths, but how many nightclub owners or landlords will risk a prison sentence or ruinous fines by allowing it?
In addition, the anti-rave legislation is likely to push events toward clandestine sites, where conditions will be less safe, supervision less responsible and emergency help less prompt. At remote locations, drug reactions that might otherwise have been quickly treated could turn deadly.
There is no question that MDMA can be dangerous, and legitimate questions remain about its long-term effects on memory. However, it is rarely linked with fatalities: the federal Drug Abuse Warning Network counted fewer than 10 MDMA-related deaths in 1999, the last year for which national totals were reported. The paradox is that the new law could lead to a rise in that number.
In response to criticism of the law, Senator Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Democrat who was one of its original sponsors, called for ''a more narrowly crafted bill'' aimed at promoters ''holding events in order to profit from the illegal distribution of Ecstasy.'' With the law on the books, the question now is how broadly it will be applied. The Drug Policy Alliance, a group that advocates more flexible drug laws, is asking the Justice Department to give the term ''knowingly'' a narrow reading. Such discretion may anger drug war hard-liners, but it could also save lives.


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This Video Of A Baby Being Born In Its Amniotic Sac Is Unbelievably Cool
A new video of a baby being born in its amniotic sac via cesarean section is making waves online. In the video, doctors slowly ease the baby out, encased in what looks like a semi-transparent balloon, and gently roll the baby onto the operating table. After a few moments—ostensibly spent marveling at what amounts to a water balloon filled with the miracle of life—one of the doctors uses a finger to pierce the amniotic sac, also commonly called "the bag," and pull out the baby.
This is known as an "en-caul" birth, and it can happen whether a baby is delivered vaginally or via a C-section. It's fascinating to watch—and more than 1.1 million people have done just that. There's no clear information regarding where the video, posted on the Facebook page Birth Without Fear, originally comes from, but it's clearly captivating plenty of people.
Some commenters are thrilled, leaving comments like, "beautiful birth" and "how cool is this." One even said they watched the video four times. Others aren't so sure about en-caul births, though. "OMG, he's crying in there!" one wrote. "This is honestly scary," another said. Check out the (beautiful, but graphic) video and its comments below:
Lauren Streicher, M.D., an associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, tells SELF that en-caul births are perfectly safe, although they're quite rare. While it's hard to pin down an exact number, they might happen in fewer than one out of every 80,000 births, according to BabyMed.
The infant appears to be crying in the amniotic sac at one point, but Streicher says the baby is just swallowing fluid, a completely normal occurrence. "When you do ultrasounds of babies, you see their mouths opening and swallowing fluid all the time—the baby is not crying," she says.
However, Anjali Kaimal, M.D., director of the maternal fetal medicine fellowship program at Massachusetts General Hospital, tells SELF that there is a time limit on how long a baby can stay in its amniotic sac once it's born. "If the placenta, which gives the baby oxygen and nutrients, separates, there's a short timeframe where the baby is fine because it has oxygen," she says. But the bag should be broken soon after to make sure the baby is still OK. (Kaimal said the amount of time the baby in the video was still in its sac post-birth—around 34 seconds—is often perfectly fine.)
For full-term births, Streicher says there's really no advantage to having an en-caul birth (other than the fact that it looks cool). From a doctor's standpoint, though, if a woman delivers an en-caul baby vaginally and the bag breaks when she's pushing, it's likely going to burst in the doctor's face. Doctors are used to dealing with various bodily fluids, though, so it's no big deal.
When it comes to preterm births, though, Michael Cackovic, M.D., a maternal-fetal medicine expert at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, tells SELF that it may help to purposefully deliver very preterm babies born via C-section this way. It's thought that there's some protective value for them to be in the amniotic sac as long as possible, he says.
Overall, experts say there's nothing bad about being born en caul—and it's even thought to be lucky in some cultures. "There's nothing dangerous about being born this way," Kaimal says. "Mostly it's just kind of a cool, neat thing."
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"The foundations for what could be the most successful Paralympic Games ever have been laid in London and the demand for tickets so far has been unprecedented," said Sir Phillip.
"Those who buy tickets for London 2012 will see sport like never before, featuring incredible athletes participating in incredible sport. These Games are an opportunity to drive societal change and create a legacy for this country that was first started in 1948 at Stoke Mandeville.'
Sir Phillip, overseeing his third summer Games in office, told Telegraph Sport that organisers for London 2012 "had listened very carefully" as plans had come together in a fully integrated Olympic/Paralympic Games organising committee in London, for the fourteenth staging of a summer Paralympic Games.
Tim Hollingsworth, CEO of the British Paralympic Association added: "The start of ticket sales is a really exciting moment for us at the British Paralympic Association. This is the opportunity for the public to show their support for the British team, so that at the Games the stadiums are full of British supporters cheering on our athletes.
"The British team was very successful in Beijing but I know all the athletes want to build on that success and are looking forward to competing and winning medals, this time on home soil and in front of a home crowd."


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Two Bites At The Apple - DOL Poisons The Apple!
by Lori S. Melton
Recall that Brothers Grimm classic Snow White where the lovely princess accepts the poisoned apple from the disguised evil Queen? DOL has been dancing around, tempting immigration practitioners for months with a delicious PERM apple and we were all ready to take not one but two bites at it. Alas, the fairytale has taken a nasty turn and we have now discovered the apple is poisoned.
DOL issued a new FAQ on August 11, 2005, concerning multiple labor certification filings, that substantially revises prior and current practice in labor certifications. Historically, an employer could file more than one labor certification for an employee if the new filing involved a new job opportunity (i.e., if that employee's position changed or if the employee was relocated outside the metropolitan statistical area of the first filing). Today's FAQs no longer permits the "two bites at the apple" approach of filing multiple PERM labor certifications, even if the new case is for a different job opportunity.
Specifically, the FAQs address the issue of either two PERM cases filed for the same employee OR a PERM case and a regular/RIR case filed for the same employee. After August 31, 2005, if a PERM case is certified all other pending applications for the same employee filed under PERM will be denied. Similarly, if a case pending at a Backlog Elimination Center is certified, DOL will deny any pending PERM case for that same employee. Finally, if a PERM case is certified for an employee with a pending case at the Backlog Elimination Center, DOL will issue a Notice of Findings on the pending case. It is unclear though, exactly how DOL will be able to track multiple filings, particularly where cases are pending at the Backlog Elimination Centers and are not yet entered into the Backlog Elimination Center computer systems or whether those systems will be able to communicate with the PERM Centers' systems. It is also unclear how DOL will make a determination that more than one case exists for the same employer and same individual. For example, how can DOL be certain that Handsome Prince working at Fairytale, Inc. listed in the ETA 750A is the same Handsome Prince working at Fairytale, Inc. listed on the ETA 9089?
If, prior to August 31st, DOL inadvertently issues certification of more than one PERM case for the same employee, DOL will revoke all certified PERM cases for that employee except the first PERM case filed and certified. If DOL inadvertently certifies both the PERM case and a regular/RIR case for the same employee, DOL will revoke the PERM case.
For multiple PERM cases currently pending, employers can proactively withdraw the case they do not wish to pursue before August 31st. If not withdrawn, DOL will process only the last PERM case filed for the individual and will cease processing other pending cases.
If employers wish to file a new PERM case for an employee either with a pending PERM or traditional/RIR case, the employer must first make a formal withdrawal of the pending case OR have been issued a denial of the pending case in writing from DOL. To withdraw a pending PERM case, the employer can either utilize the online withdrawal option if the case was filed online or by mail if the case was filed by mail. Again, how DOL will know another case is pending is a mystery, given the lack of data on cases at the Backlog Elimination Centers. Still another mystery is how DOL will react if the employer files a new PERM case without first withdrawing a pending case. Will they simply reject the multiple filing through their electronic system? Or will the agency allow the new case to be filed so that consequences attached only after filing?
DOL admits that the new FAQs are a departure from prior practice, but states that prior practice was an "accommodation" because of the lengthy processing times for labor certifications. With the new streamlined PERM processing, such accommodations are no longer considered necessary by DOL.
The new DOL FAQs erroneously poisons the apple of labor certification filings. First, the "guidance" does not supplement the existing regulation, but rather contradicts and countermands it. Such new rulemaking must follow the notice and comment protections of the Administrative Procedure Act. Second, the FAQs are in clear contradiction with prior practice, the PERM regulation and the new ETA 9089 form. DOL has historically allowed multiple labor certification filings, so long as the filings represented distinct job opportunities. Such filings allowed employers the flexibility to relocate or promote employees during the lengthy adjudications and to ensure approval of the later filed I-140 and adjustment of status cases as they would reflect the employee's current role within the company. By eliminating this option, DOL is penalizing companies that need to relocate or promote employees who have been in the labor certification process for years. Harsh consequences, such as loss of priority date for 7th-year H extension purposes, will occur in multiple filing situations.
Further, the PERM regulation and ETA 9089 both require the employer to affirmatively opt to withdraw and refile a case under PERM. The new FAQs are contrary to this affirmative requirement, allowing DOL to unilaterally withdraw a pending case. Finally, it is uncertain how DOL plans to track multiple filings. With the Backlog Elimination Centers still unable to complete data entry on the over 340,000 pending cases in their offices and the PERM system's multiple programming glitches, it is unlikely that the two computer systems will have sufficient data to catch multiple filing issues in the near future. As detailed above, even assuming the two systems can interact, it is unclear how DOL can be certain that two cases are for the same individual and same company. Thus, even if the apple is poisoned, the poison appears to be somewhat benign at this time.
One thing is certain about the new DOL FAQs; we should not simply fall down and accept it as Sleeping Beauty was forced to do. Rather, this new guidance should and will be challenged, perhaps even in court, so that the fairytale of PERM can indeed have a happy ending for all.Endnote: It appears that Snow White may get a happy ending after all. The FAQs were revised on August 24, 2005 to eliminate the section concerning multiple filings. DOL has indicated that they are reviewing comments and information forwarded by various stakeholders and will provide clarification on their earlier statements soon. The fairy tale continues!
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Myanmar's minister for electric power hopes half of the country's households will get electricity by 2016, reports the Global New Light of Myanmar on February 12.
Ayeyar Hinthar Company will buy 100 megawatts of electrical power from Thailand in 2015, U Ye Min Aung, the managing director of the Ayeyar Hinthar Company told Mizzima on December 11.
The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw has approved an increase in the cost of electricity meter fees from April 1 in a decision which came after a government move to charge more for power was rejected by parliament last November.
Lower House MP Aye Mauk of Mahlaing Constituency recently expressed his disapproval with President U Thein Sein's reaction to the backlash over increased electricity tariffs and the contradictory reports of if and when the tariffs will actually be raised.
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Boeing's (NYSE:BA) recently released first-quarter earnings soothed investors' nerves after the company generated considerable cash and rewarded them with share buybacks and dividends. Solid deliveries boosted revenue during the quarter, but higher pension costs had a bearing on earnings. Let's take a look at the four key takeaways from the quarter.
Boeing's revenue went up 8% to $20.5 billion, as compared with $18.9 billion recorded in the year-ago quarter. This revenue also topped Wall Street estimates of $20.2 billion. The jet maker's commercial revenue increased 19% to $12.7 billion, primarily attributable to higher commercial deliveries.
During the quarter, Boeing delivered 161 airplanes, an increase of 18% from the previous year. Out of the total deliveries, 115 jets were of the 737 family -- the highest-selling aircraft of the aerospace behemoth. The second top seller at 24 units was the 777 model. Boeing 787 Dreamliners' deliveries also increased from one a year ago, to 18 jets; Boeing delivered four each in January and February, and 10 in March against a target of 30 for the quarter. The hairline crack in the 787 models didn't spare the company completely in the first two months of the year.
Boeing is presently manufacturing the 787 Dreamliner at the rate of 10 a month, which is in line with the company's plan. The aero major has also increased the production rate of the single-aisle 737 jets to 42 a month. This would help the company deliver jets faster, and support revenue growth over the coming quarters.
Boeing's net income fell 13% to $965 million over the previous year's comparable period, which translates to $1.28 a share. Profits were weighed down by a pension-related write-off charge of $334 million. However, if we exclude the effect of these charges, core earnings topped analyst estimates of $1.56 a share and stood at $1.76 compared with last year's $1.73. Boeing's core non-GAAP earnings from operations rose 12% to $2.1 billion on the back of better operating performance.
The Chicago-based company has lifted its guidance for core earnings for the year, up from $7.00-$7.20 to $7.15-$7.35 per share. The company improved its earnings outlook to reflect the impact of the tax credit, which would be accounted for in the second quarter. Other than this, Boeing plans to boost the deliveries of the more profitable 787-9 planes to Air New Zealand in the middle of this year. These factors should help lift the profit for the remaining year.
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Fluctuating cash flow has been a concern for Boeing. The company is boosting the production rate and building inventories of models like 737 Max and the 787, draining its cash flow. The biggest concern has been over 787 Dreamliner's technical snags -- fixing them might not leave enough cash for buybacks and curb dividend increases.
Because of this, free cash flow for the quarter was very much on the market's watchlist. Fortunately, investors' fears were brought to rest as Boeing generated free cash flow of $615 million, up from $3 million reported in the year-ago quarter.
This was "much better than many had feared," said RBC Capital Markets analyst Robert Stallard. The figure is also pretty decent considering that first-quarter cash flows are typically lower on account of receivable payments and interest charges. Credit for the good showing goes to higher production rate and commercial deliveries that more than doubled operating cash flows to $1.1 billion, up 112% from last year.
The company delighted its shareholders by returning $3 billion during the quarter, with $2.5 billion coming through share repurchase and $0.5 billion through dividends. Boeing expects free cash flow to strengthen over the next two to three years as it's boosting its production rate and deliveries.
Boeing's contractual backlog for the quarter stood at $422.69 billion, slightly up from $422.66 billion reported in the previous quarter as total orders received continued to outpace the deliveries. In the first quarter, the plane maker delivered 161 planes, while net orders booked stood at 235.
Commercial airplanes comprised majority of the backlog at $374 billion while defense accounted for $48.7 billion. Until April 29, Boeing's order book confirms orders for six high-margin wide-body jets, though the ANA Holdings order for 20 777X planes is still not showing in the company's website.
Higher backlog provides future stability and security to plane makers. Boeing's production units are already engaged to full capacity for the next eight to 10 years, clearing its current commercial backlog of more than 5,100 aircraft. However, it's good to keep in mind that Boeing has substantial exposure to the emerging markets, and the risk of cancellation persists.
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Boeing's got a decent start to the year. Higher deliveries have had a positive effect on revenue and cash flow. In addition, the dividend hike and repurchase plan suggest that the company is confident about its deliveries and cash generation going further. With a focus on increasing productivity to match orders, Boeing looks set to deliver the goods.


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Why Black Girls Rock [Photos]
On Sunday (November 3) the annual Black Girls Rock Awards show aired on BET. Each year the show honors Black females who have broken barriers and allowed the existence of the black women to still stand strong in media and everyday life. This year the show honored Queen Latifah, Patti LaBelle, Mara Brock Akil, Venus Williams, Marian Wright Edelman, Misty Copeland, and Ameena Matthews. If you missed it, I'm sure it will come on again, but each performance and honoring moment was successful and well deserved. However with every triumph there is always negativity not too far behind. Unfortunately while the show was on television and a trending topic on twitter, another topic sparked a trend, #whitegirlsrock. Throughout the night, some twitter users using the hashtag gave opinions and asked questions of why African American woman were worthy of our own show. Well Vixens, we've put together a few reasons why black girls rock. Check them out after the jump!
Aja Brown, Mayor of Compton
Like the many African American women in politics who came before her, Aja Brown is a force to be reckoned with. Don't let her young age of 31 fool you, the newly-elected mayor of Compton is making changes in her home city of Compton.
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Primetime's newest diva and the rumored mom-to-be has been winning us over for 3 seasons on ABC's Scandal. Not only is she beautiful but has the brains as well, as she is a women's cancer activist and political supporter of President Obama, just to name a few.
Ever wondered how they created the shot for polio or came up with gene mapping? We have Henrietta Lacks to thank. If that is not a Black Girl Rocking, I don't know what is! Lacks, an ordinary woman diagnosed with cervical cancer passed away in 1951, but her cells did not. Considered by doctors to be "immortal", Henrietta's cells were apart of some major medical breakthroughs!
Gabrielle Turnquest
As the youngest person to pass the bar exam in the UK, this Florida teen is one of the greatest reasons why Black Girls Rock, she's educated. Gabrielle Turnquest graduated from Virgina's Liberty University at 16 and is now a qualifying barrister in the UK and Bahamas. Let's just keep in mind that the average age of a lawyer is 27.
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Janelle Monae
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Basics of Workers' Compensation Business Insurance
Workers' compensation is a type of business insurance that covers the costs of medical care for workers who have been injured on the job, and compensates them for any lost wages that are incurred during their time of rehabilitation. Workers' compensation also provides for death benefits for a worker's dependent if the worker is killed while performing his or her job, either because of an accident or a terrorist attack.
Generally, employees give up the right to sue their employers for negligence and in return receive workers' compensation regardless of what the cause of the accident was, so long as it happened in the workplace and resulted from workplace activities.
How the System Works
In the United States, workers' compensation systems are overseen by the government of the individual states, usually by a workers' compensation board or commission. These bodies ensure compliance with any laws as well as investigating claims and deciding any compensation disputes. Employers keep records of accidents that occur and must submit them to the state board and their insurance company within a specified number of days.
When a claim is settled, the compensation provided covers the injured worker's medical care and also helps to offset any financial loss incurred as a result of the accident or injury. This financial compensation includes both the replacement of lost earnings and coverage for extra expenses that are associated with the damage.
Most of the claims filed for workers' compensation are for medical only. Lost time claims, which include both medical payments and payments for lost income, consume most of the workers' compensation resources. Medical claims are classified as partial disability or total disability and are further categorized as either permanent or temporary.
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While workers are protected by the state statutory benefits, another part of the policy is often overlooked. This section, which does have a set dollar limit, is called employers' liability coverage. Employers' liability covers the business's liability for any work-related injuries or illness that their employees may suffer as a result of work-related injury or exposure. Employers' liability also protects the employer in cases where a third-party files a suit, or when an injured employee files a suit against a third party and the third party tries to hold the employer responsible.
Employers' liability has a set limit, so it is important to purchase umbrella coverage to cover any underlying gap.
Workers' compensation has, in one form or another, been around for centuries. Today, what was once merely an option for employers has become a requirement, not only to protect the employees but also the employers themselves. Workers' compensation provides for the employees in the event of accident, injury and even death, but it also protects employers from frivolous lawsuits and claims. Having a sound workers' compensation policy is not only good for your business's reputation and image, but it is also a necessity when conducting business in the modern world.
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While building her startup, Rebekah has also been an Operations Manager in a tech SME in Devonport.
Rebekah became the founding President of the flagship JCI Auckland chapter in April 2015. Under her leadership, she grew the membership base of the Auckland chapter to 85 members within 9 months, and a database of 200 active subscribers. Rebekah is also the chairperson for the JCI NZ's Young Leaders in Business Forum to be hosted in on 11-13 March, 2017. The Forum aimed to develop empathy and agency in young professionals to lead more inclusive and sustainable businesses.
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Last but most certainly not least in the series - Jordana of Hazelnut Photography! Jordana and I started exchanging emails while we were both planning our weddings, before she was the amazing wedding photographer that she is today. We bonded over a love for damask (which you will see in a few of her pictures below) and its been so fun to watch her turn into such an incredible photographer! Jordana and Chris had such a glamorous wedding, captured by Rob Holley. And even though she worked hard on all the lovely details you see in this post, her advice for all of you so very true:
I'm so excited to be part of this series! I literally did a happy dance in my office when I got the email from Darci. I've always found it so interesting to read personal posts and see the everyday images from my favorite photographers. A little glimpse into their lives. I'm so excited to see the other photographers and giggly excited to be one of them!
I think my advice might be a bit counterintuitive to what you've always heard. Because I'd always heard it and it totally freaked me out. "Don't let it pass by too quickly." You've heard that, right? From brides or aunts or friends. "Take it all in." I wanted to do that. "Savor every single moment." I wanted to let the day roll by slowly, taking it all in, making every moment count. That's what I wanted.
But here's what happened, I got so freaked out that it was going to go by so quickly and that I wouldn't be able to take it all in that I gave myself a bit of a panic attack. I tried so hard to slow it all down that I don't think I felt the day as much as I wanted to. As much as I could have.
So, my advice, let the day happen. Relax. Have a cocktail. Let all the details go. Stop worrying. Trust the vendors that you've hired to take care of you. Know that there will be parts of the day that you'll miss, but you'll be smack dab in the center of the most important moments. Let the most amazing day of your life unfold as it should.
And when it's all over, you'll have amazing images, video and memories to help relive the day for the rest of your lives! Our photographer, Rob Holley, and videographer, Joe Rosenberger with Today's The Day Weddings, captured the day beautifully. We gave them plenty of time to try new things, to be creative and to truly capture us. They were there for things we missed and documented the things we experienced. We couldn't have been happier!
So very well said, Jordana! Thank you so much for sharing your advice and your wedding with us.
Photography Series: Jordana Hazel
Posted by Darci on Friday, September 25, 2009
Labels: Photography Series
5 comments:
- Mrs. Jetplane said...
Loves it! I started reading her blog shortly after she got married. She's is extremely talented and her wedding was beautiful.
Thanks for this series Darci, its been wonderful.
- September 25, 2009
- Becky @ Weddingistas said...
Ahh!!! I LOVE the red sox cufflinks! So cute.
What a pretty wedding ::)
- September 25, 2009
- Susan Terese said...
one of the most beautiful weddings!!! love the "darkness" of it all...adds a lot of romance :)
- September 25, 2009
- HazelnutPhotography said...
ohhh Darci it looks amazing! Thanks so much for thinking of me for such a fantastic series.
- September 25, 2009
- 5 Star Wedding Directory said...
Lovely blog post, lovely wedding with such wonderful details.
- September 28, 2009
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How to Sew Buttons onto Knitted Fabric
Cardigan instructions simply tell you to sew on your buttons opposite the buttonholes. But a couple of refinements can help your buttons stay snuggly in their holes and keep your bands lined up neatly:
For a vertical buttonhole: Center both the button and the buttonhole along the center lines of the front bands. Then plot your button/buttonhole pair so that the center of the button lines up with the top corner of the buttonhole. This placement will discourage the button from sneaking free.
For a horizontal buttonhole: Don't center both the buttons and buttonholes in the center of their respective bands. When you button your sweater, the button won't stay centered in the hole; instead, the bands will pull apart until the button catches in the corner of the buttonhole.
Avoid this sliding problem by positioning the button away from the center, toward the outer edge of the band. When you button up, your bands will remain aligned one on top of the other.
For a stable button: When you sew your buttons on to a knitted piece, don't be afraid to go into the yarn strands. If you try to secure a button by going around the strands and only in and out of the holes between stitches, your button will be unstable and will pull the stitch out of shape.
If you used a plied yarn for your sweater or project, you can unply a single strand and use it to sew on your buttons. You get a perfect color match. You also can use embroidery thread or simple sewing thread.
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A good Virtual Assistant Business Plan is a very important step to starting your own home business.
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v4 v5 1 = Overlapping Type Family Instances with Coincident Right-Hand Sides = 1 = es with Coincident Right-Hand Sides = 2 2 3 In the official release of GHC, it is permitted to write something like this: 3 In , it is permitted to write something like this: 4 4 5 5 {{{ … … 10 10 These instances surely overlap, but in the case when they do, the right-hand sides coincide. This page explores the design space around this feature with an eye toward adding instance groups, as discussed [wiki:NewAxioms here]. 11 11 12 * In the current (Aug 2012) implementation of family instance groups, no overlap (even coincident) overlap is allowed between a group and another instance. It may be possible to change the implementation to allow such overlap, but it adds another layer of complexity to the GHC code and may not be worth it. Add comments if you have a good use case for why we need coincident overlap involving an instance group. 13 14 * The current implementation retains the ability for coincident overlap among non-group instances, for backward compatibility (and because this case is not hard to implement). 15 16 * The current implementation considers coincident overlap among equations within an instance group when matching. See below for more info. 17 18 * Coincident overlap (both between single instances and within an instance group) requires syntactic equality after expansion of vanilla type synonyms. In particular, type families are not expanded. Chak defends this design decision in the comments of #4259; that bug report is a request to lift this restriction. I ([http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~eir Richard]) think we should work to lift this restriction, taking Chak's points into consideration. For example, the following is tantalizing: 19 {{{ 20 type instance Plus n m where 21 Plus Zero n = n 22 Plus (Succ m) n = Succ (Plus m n) 23 Plus m Zero = m 24 Plus m (Succ n) = Succ (Plus m n) 25 }}} 26 Figuring out that the right-hand sides are confluent requires expanding the {{{Plus}}} type family one time. What do you think? Would this be useful? 27 28 == Coincident overlap within a branched instance == 12 == Coincident overlap within a closed type family == 29 13 30 14 This section discusses a part of the "Concrete Proposal" on [wiki:NewAxioms/Nonlinearity this page] to patch a potential hole in Haskell's type system. … … 33 17 34 18 {{{ 35 type family And (a :: Bool) (b :: Bool) :: Bool 36 type instance And a b where 19 type family And (a :: Bool) (b :: Bool) :: Bool where 37 20 And False a = False 38 21 And True b = b … … 42 25 }}} 43 26 44 According to the [wiki:NewAxioms main page] about branched instances, "We only match a type against an equation in an instance group when no previous equation can unify against the type." Unfortunately, that kills us here. Consider reducing {{{And f True}}}. The first three branches clearly don't match. The fourth matches. But, the first two branches unify (i.e., they might apply later, depending on the instantiation for {{{f}}}), so we're stuck. Instead, we propose to scan through the branched instances at the declaration, and look to find only problematic orderings. In the declaration above, there are no problematic orderings -- if a previous branch might apply later, we'd get the same result anyway, so we're OK. Then, during matching, we only check problematic previous branches. 27 According to the [wiki:NewAxioms main page] about s. 45 28 46 29 Another example is in order: 47 30 48 31 {{{ 49 type instanceF a where 32 type F a where 50 33 F Int = Int 51 34 F Bool = Char … … 53 36 }}} 54 37 55 The only problematic ordering is {{{F Bool}}} before {{{F a}}}. Why? Let's consider this piece by piece. {{{F Int}}} can have no problematic previous branches, because it has no previous branches. A use site that matches {{{F Bool}}} will never later match {{{F Int}}}, {{{F Int}}} is not a problematic previous branch of {{{F Bool}}}. {{{F Int}}} might later match something that matches {{{F a}}}, but the right-hand sides coincide, so {{{F Int}}} is not problematic here either. On the other hand, {{{F Bool}}} might also later match something that matches {{{F a}}} and the right-hand sides ''don't'' coincide, so {{{F Bool}}} ''is'' problematic. The upshot is that, if {{{F a}}} matches a use site, we have to make sure that {{{F Bool}}} cannot later apply. Otherwise, we can skip that check. 38 The only . The upshot is that, if {{{F a}}} matches a use site, we have to make sure that {{{F Bool}}} cannot later apply. Otherwise, we can skip that check. 56 39 57 40 This is perhaps somewhat subtle, but it seems to be the right way to do it. … … 59 42 The ideas discussed here stem from posts by AntC, Andy Adams-Moran, and Richard on Richard's [http://typesandkinds.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/coincident-overlap-in-type-families/ blog post] on the subject. 60 43 61 == Cross-module coincident overlap (or lack thereof) == 62 63 [wiki:NewAxioms/Nonlinearity This proposal] has the net effect of forcing all uses of coincident overlap to appear in one module, instead of spread across modules. That's admittedly not great, but it's possible that no one will be negatively affected. The only alternative we've (Simon, Dimitrios, Richard) thought of is to disallow coincident overlap when the left-hand sides are non-linear, but that seems very ugly and ad-hoc.


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(Reuters) - Turkey signed a deal worth $3.5 billion on Friday to buy helicopters from United Technologies Corp's (>> United Technologies Corporation) Sikorsky Aircraft unit, finalizing an order originally agreed upon in 2011, the prime minister said.
The agreement includes options that analysts say could result in billions of dollars of additional orders over the next three decades.
The 109 helicopters, a version of Sikorsky's popular Black Hawk, will be assembled in Turkey. The main contractor is Turkish Aerospace Industries with components to be supplied by Sikorsky, Aselsan (>> Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS) and other Turkish companies.
Sikorsky said the deal marked the start of an important partnership with Turkish industry.
"Turkey is such an important market in terms of being a large customer, and it is also strategically important in terms of who they are in the world," Sikorsky President Mick Maurer said in a telephone interview.
He said the agreement would allow Turkish industry to develop the capability to produce nearly every part of the helicopter, including a newly designed Turkish cockpit.
Maurer declined to give many details about the new agreement but said it would give his company a second source for many of the helicopter's components.
He said Sikorsky would work with Turkey to market the international version of the Black Hawk in other countries, leveraging Turkey's existing relationships in those areas and generating additional orders for Turkish suppliers.
"We're going out arm in arm, as we bring in other sales outside of Turkey that will be supplied by the new supply chain," Maurer said.
Maurer said the company expected continued demand for the helicopter in Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
Even if the co-marketing efforts do not pan out, the deal still gives Sikorsky access to "one of the biggest export helicopter markets in the world," said aerospace analyst Richard Aboulafia. "Turkey has requirements that go way beyond these numbers," he said.
Virginia-based defense consultant Jim McAleese said the deal would help Sikorsky weather a downturn in U.S. helicopter orders and underscored the "franchise value" of the company just weeks after speculation that United Technologies could spin it off as a low-value asset.
"This could not have come at a better time," McAleese said.
Despite the deal, Sikorsky on Friday announced it would begin laying off 600 workers in coming weeks, citing continued "challenging and unstable economic conditions." [ID:nL2N0LQ2BO]
Sam Mehta, president of Sikorsky's Defense Systems and Services division, said the deal marked the start of a 30-year relationship, and included options for a wide range of Turkish government agencies to buy versions of the helicopter.
It also opened opportunities for servicing and repairing the helicopters, he said.
(Reporting by Seda Sezer in Turkey and Andrea Shalal in Huntsville, Alabama; Editing by Nick Tattersall, Lisa Shumaker and Ken Wills)
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In Turning International, psychologist and researcher Catherine Transler presents a comprehensive guide to understanding how to find a new balance after relocating in a new country. Using cutting-edge discoveries from the fields of psychology and neuroscience, she explores how a move abroad can drastically alter our emotions and social relationships and offers strategies and exercises that will enable readers to engage in constructive behaviours, adapt to the foreign culture, and take advantage of the new opportunities it offers. Turning International offers many potentially life-changing ways to find the resilience and outlook needed to feel truly fulfilled in an adopted culture.
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Sep 10, 2012"Being an international, an expat is not a science - but science can go a long way in understanding how to succeed at, enjoy and benefit from international living. Catherine takes her own personal experience, those of countless internationals as well as her profession (psychology) to explore the many dimensions of international living. The result: a book full of understanding and countless exercises designed to get internationals on the road to becoming happy and healthy." Deborah Valentine, executive director Access, life long international. *** " Transler has produced an essential guide to the realities we face when moving abroad, whether permanently or temporarily. Dealing clearly with the psychology of relocation, readers are taken step by step through the issues they may face... This book should be on the reading list of everyone planning their move to a new country." Emmy Coffey Mccarthy, Expat of the Year 2012, Director Amsterdam Mamas. *** "A must... More > read... Written by a psychologist it really provides an insight into the mental challenges people face without their family and friends around for support and the feelings that they may be going through. It provides in-depth knowledge as to how the feelings come about so they can be better understood and managed." Brian Friedman, Director The Forum for Expatriate Management, www.totallyexpat.com *** "The last decade has seen a slow but steady upsurge in books examining the challenges often faced by those living cross-culturally... Catherine Transler's Turning International contributes considerably to this conversation and takes us further with an important, in-depth look at the psychological underpinnings of many of the emotions and behaviors associated with the expatriate experience. Regardless of how you see yourself - expat, global nomad, serial wanderer, world citizen, cross-cultural, international – Turning International is one book that certainly belongs on your bookshelf. " Linda A. Janssen, writer, www.adventuresinexpatland.com *** "I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in equipping themselves with knowledge and actionable guidance to overcome obstacles, deal with ongoing change and build resilience to not only survive but thrive in their life abroad. Megan Fitzgerald, Expat and International Career Coach, Founder of www.careerbychoice.com< Less
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