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Hillary Clinton shows a revealed a new push on the subject of gun control promising to allow any and all victims of gun violence to sue firearm manufacturers. She outlined in her plan that she would tighten the rules at gun shows and sales on the internet by using executive action "if Congress will not act".
This news was just released earlier this week by NBC following the Oregon shooting.
"When this happens, people are quick to say that they offer their thoughts and prayers, that's not enough," Clinton said. "How many people have to die before we actually act, before we come together as a nation?"
News flash, we are united in defending our rights and defending ourselves (much unlike yourself and your armed bodyguards). We are the most united in years about arming ourselves and you are willingly ignorant of this fact.
She is looking to repeal a law that has NRA backing which prevent victims of shootings from suing the company's that made the gun. She would also penalize any gun store that willingly sold guns to weapons traffickers and those doing straw purchases.
Take note that Hillary (and Obama for that matter) are pushing back against the NRA. Hillary mentioned in a speech at Broward College that:
"What is wrong with us that we can't stand up to the NRA and the gun lobby and the gun manufacturers they represent?" Clinton asked, vowing to "fight for new, effective gun control measures" as president.
"It just heartbreaking, it is sickening to me to see another massacre. People should not have to be afraid to go to a college like this one or go to the movie theater or go to Bible study," she said.
By the way, the NRA is backed by millions of pro-gun, 2nd Amendment defending, freedom loving Americans, not a single lobby with a few gun manufacturers. Hillary Clinton is also oblivious of the fact that every gun control measure in the world did not stop the Oregon shooter, nor does it stop the hundreds of deaths in Chicago which has the strictest gun laws in effect today.
Although we agree with Hillary in that the shooting in Oregon was heartbreaking and sickening, the two out of the three places she mentioned in the second phrase college, and theater… are places that are gun free zones. Yet the most recent shootings are in these places. Is she truly so daft that she can not see a trend here?
"Every time there's another massacre, Republicans and the NRA say 'now is not the time to talk about guns.' Yes, it is. But more than talk, it is time to act. But Republicans keep refusing to do anything to protect our communities. They put the NRA ahead of American families," Clinton said.
It appears that Clinton has quite literally gone mad. She refutes the Republicans about talking about guns after a shooting, when she is the one in the spotlight talking about guns. Odd. Republicans (for the most part) leave American communities alone because most Republican communities are armed. Simple Fact.
The NRA has a youth program, women's program, and has a few things for family education. I'm an American family, and Hillary is ignoring facts, people, and well… Americans.
On Friday, she urged: "We don't just need to pray for people. We need to act. We need to build a movement." I agree. A movement of gun rights for the people, of the people, by the people, without you Hillary.


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The K8055 interface board has 5 digital input channels and 8 digital output channels. In addition, there are two analogue inputs and two analogue outputs with 8 bit resolution. The number of inputs/outputs can be further expanded by connecting more (up to a maximum of four) cards to the PC's USB connectors. All communication routines are contained in a Dynamic Link Library (DLL). You may write custom Windows (98SE, 2000, Me, XP) applications in Delphi, Visual Basic, C++ Builder or any other 32-bit Windows application development tool that supports calls to a DLL.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Cats and Home Depot
A two-part blog today
Dogs come when called. Cats take a message and get back to you:
Dear Casanova: You have lived in this house for several years now and I have tolerated your little idiosyncrasies. I admit I've been a little lax on rules enforcement, but now it is time to review the HOUSE RULES:
1. Nighttime is when big people sleep. It is most difficult to sleep when a cat is curled up on your head with his tail brushing across your nose.
2. The bed is a King size. That is the largest one they make. It should easily sleep two adults and a cat. You weigh about 15 pounds, a fraction of what either of your two human bedmates weigh, so there should not be a problem here. I could not buy a bigger bed even if I wanted to and I refuse to move to the couch again to accommodate you.
3. The bowl that says "Cat Man" is yours. The food in that bowl is cat food. The food on the counter is human food. Placing your paw in the middle of the human food or poking around it with your nose does not make it cat food. Dining on cat hair is not my idea of an epicurean delight. Stay away from my food.
4. The hallway from the living room to the bedroom was not designed by NASCAR. I know that some of your cat relatives can reach a top speed of 60 mph. Racing me to the bedroom, even with a head start, is not a fair game. Tripping me offers you no advantage because you can already beat me fair and square.
5. Let's revisit the bedroom for a moment. I have lived up to my end of the bargain by not taking you to a groomer to have you washed and trimmed, and you've kept your end by grooming yourself daily. But MUST you groom yourself just as I'm drifting off to sleep? And the occasional hairball… must you cough it where I step when I get up from bed? I think not.
6. You have an entire room with a fine potty box filled with kitty litter. I do not bother you when you go in to do your business. So why, when I enter my human bathroom, do you feel compelled to claw, cry, meow, and otherwise try to turn the door knob and even to crawl under the door? Just as you prefer privacy in your potty box, so do I in mine.
7. Then there is the kissing thing. Even though your tongue is a bit like steel wool, I appreciate your affectionateness and desire to kiss me. Given my preference, however, I would prefer you kiss me BEFORE you clean yourself.
8. I know you have several uncanny abilities. When we have visitors you have the ability to identify the one who likes cats least and rub against that person's leg, climb on their lap, and muss their hair. It would be better if you did not do that.
9. Many people do not understand that you are just a pet to them but to us, you are our kids. We adopted you and you're welcome here as long as you choose to stay.
10. Finally, don't get all uppity when you read this one, but having a cat is better than having a kid around the house for the following reasons: you eat less, you don't ask for money, you won't wreck my car, you don't smoke, I won't have to pay for your college, and you will not come home pregnant, and even if you do we can sell your offspring.
Ok, so I sneak off for a quickie lunch with Mrs. Dr. Forgot. It was at one of our usual Mexican Cantina lunches with food you can't pronounce and shouldn't trust. Pedro (real name Skippy) took our order and disappeared. The food was good - a little spicy, not AIEEEE CARRUMBA!!
On the way back my date said, "Let's stop at Home Depot. I have to pick up some plant food." How innocent is that? Ok, no problem
Once we got there she reminded me that the grates on the BBQ were getting awfully greasy and maybe it is time to replace them. In fact the entire BBQ is about 10 years old and getting pretty grungy. Hey! Guess what! Home Depot is having a sale. Half off on selected BBQ grilles! What a deal! The conversation was as follows:
HOME DEPOT ASSOCIATE: "Can I help you, sir?"
She: "Can we see the BBQs that are on sale?"
ME: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
HDA: "Right over here."
SHE: "Look, Honey, by the time we buy new grilles, for just a little more we can have a whole new BBQ."
ME: I am NOT putting another (Joe Biden word)ing BBQ together.
HDA: Sir, we can assemble one for you. In fact we have three already assembled on display outside.:
SHE: "Be still my heart!"
ME: "Right. How much extra for assembly?"
HDA: Nothing, Sir, they come either assembled or unassembled, same low price."
SHE: "Be still my heart."
ME: Ok, help me load the 5 bags of caca (she calls it plant food), and the 50 lb. bag of sand she bought (don't ask me why – we have lots of sand in the desert for free), and the three other items and the BBQ into the car.
(Pay for caca, sand, BBQ, and misc.)
HDA: "Car, sir? Is that your PT Cruiser?" (begins to snigger)
SHE: Oh, I'm sure it will all fit. We don't live far." (Not sure what not living far has to do with whether or not it will fit)
ME: "Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
HDA: (Sniggering as he measures the car then the assembled BBQ) "No way, sir, the BBQ is 60" and your rear door is 43" Yes, sir, that is WITH the seats down. We do have a truck you can rent."
ME: Let's get the (Joe Biden word)ing truck."
Fast forward to loading the BBQ onto the truck. The HDA is not permitted to help much lest HD be liable so I had to climb up into the truck bed. When was the last time you saw an overweight man who was never that well coordinated and now well on the other side of a half century in age, try to climb up into a truck bed? Not a pretty sight. HDA giggled but did not help. Neither did it help when I finally got into the truck bed and stood up, cracking my head on the corner of the BBQ.
For those of you who have never been Moms, or who flunked First Aid 101, a head or scalp wound bleeds "like a studded pig." Not only did I not get sympathy because by this time both SHE and the HDA were laughing raucously, but blood was streaming down my forehead and I was demonstrating language skills usually possessed only by the saltiest of sailors.
I finally got the BBQ secured and drove the 6 blocks or so to my house. We got the BBQ unloaded and applied a band aid to my wound. The HDA said he was putting me in for a Purple Heart.
Next to unload were the five 40lb. bags of sweet smelling stuff that is there after the cow has gone, along with the sand and other odds and ends. I went to my tool shed and pulled out my dolly (Hello, Dolly!) so I did not have to lug all that stuff around to the back yard. But the weight of the bags popped one of the tires on the dolly rendering her useless. That was my noon run.
So that is my story and I'm sticking to it. Next time she coos, "Honey, I'll buy lunch," I plan to make myself a sandwich and write Thoughts blogs
A little blogging music Maestro… Johnny Cash, "Home of the Blues."
Dr. Forgot
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Saturday, March 20, 2010
Clairton's Rich Heritage
Clairton History
Today's blog holds dual significance for me. It is the 400th post on this blog and the 66th post about Clairton. It is also significant because a dear, longtime friend and blog reader has agreed to share a bit of her family's heritage.
We have written dozens of blogs about our hometown, Clairton, PA. Part of the richness of Clairton came from the amalgamation of individuals from varied backgrounds into one community. There were Catholics, Protestants, Baptists, Mormons, and all manner of religions, as well as Anglos, Middle and Eastern Europeans, African Americans, Arabs, Jews, and all manner of ethnicities. They worked side by side in the mills and operated businesses that served the community. Sometimes they married into one another's culture. They established and built many of Clairton's landmarks and when their adopted country went to war they served with honor.
Today's blog is written by Donna Lancianese Lajcack whose family was so typical of so many World War II era Clairtonians. Read and enjoy.
When my Dad, Roman Lancianese, was nine years old, he immigrated from Abruzzo province in Italy with his mother, Inocenzza, and his brothers during the 1918 World Flu Epidemic. My grandfather, Pierino, had come to America and worked for two years to pay his family's passage. As they sailed into the New York City harbor, with his name pinned to his coat, my Dad stepped onto his new homeland at Ellis Island and began his new life of opportunity. In 1990, I had his name placed on a plaque. On a bus tour to Ellis Island that year, he found his name. ALL his friends and my Mother took a photo as they all pointed to his name. My Dad was so PROUD!
His family came to Clairton, PA; my dad loved his adopted country. Always curious and engaging, he worked as a "water boy" when the Glassport, PA bridge was being built in the Wilson area of Clairton. Like others, he helped to build the St. Paulinus Church, as he had lived nearby and worked in his dad's businesses. Eventually, he owned/worked in a bowling alley, bar/restaurant, flower shop, hair salon, barber, beautician and more. His smile was extraordinary and he had a passion for life and new adventures. He captured my Mother's attention (Rose Marie) when she happened to meet him at St. Paulinus Church when she was 17; he always called her, "his beautiful Rose." They married on Feb. 2, 1942 and had four children---Donna, Ramon, Gloria and Perry.
During World War II my Dad could not serve in our USA Armed Forces because of his eyesight. He stayed behind and helped others at home. One was his cousin who also emigrated from Italy. After becoming an American citizen his cousin was drafted into the US Army at age 37 and was shipped overseas to Italy, to fight in his former homeland! He became a POW within six months and remained there until the war had ended. During this period, my Dad had not only worked in his own business, but he also worked in his cousin's business. When his cousin returned, my Dad gave him ALL the money he had earned from his cousin's business during those war years....in order to help his cousin to begin his life anew. How many of us today would have made all those same sacrifices, even for a relative?!
My Dad was always aware of historical significance. He traveled to the "Chicago's World Fair," standing in front of Admiral Byrd's boat for a classic photo. He walked the ten miles from Clairton to the Allegheny County airport as a young man to see Lindbergh's stop on his way into history. Years later at that same airport, he carried my 18 month old brother, Ray, in his arms and held my hand when President Harry S. Truman came out and stood on the plane's top step and waved vigorously to the crowd. In my yellow dress and a large yellow ribbon in my long hair of curls, I remember looking up to my Dad as he told me to smile and wave to our President; I was almost three years old. I clearly remember how President Truman waved his hand back and forth over his hat to the small crowd. I then looked upwards to my Dad; his smile was always so extraordinary and captivating. It was "a moment in time" that was burned into my memory as a young child and never forgotten. My Dad always continued forever to show his respect and pride for HIS adopted and beloved country...the United States of America. He loved and lived life so large.
My Dad worked long business hours, but he continued to assist others in need throughout his life, by loaning them money in their need. He learned to play golf at 40, and he taught everyone he knew how to play golf, including his children and my husband, Denis. My brothers, Ray and Perry, became golf professionals. When my Dad celebrated his 90th birthday in 2000 on a Pittsburgh golf course with friends, he hit "his third life-time hole in one!" His golf-mates were celebrating ALL the way to the clubhouse! The Pittsburgh Press noted this special birthday event the next day in their newspaper. My Dad passed away in 2004
His vision in teaching others through kindness, a friend to all, a "hands up" to those in need, his wonderful sense of humor, a willingness to work hard to give his family the best that he could, his graciousness to everyone he met, and his extraordinary smile to bring loving joy to so many people, made my Italian immigrant Dad, Roman Lancianese, this wonderful, respectful and hard-working immigrant Citizen of his beloved...."America the Beautiful!"
Donna Lancianese Lajcak
A little blogging music Maestro… "That's Amore," by Dean Martin.
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
Baby You Can Drive My Car
Mostly Personal
A small departure: Today's blog will talk a little about the author, Dr. Forgot as I am called. That is a moniker I picked up from colleagues at a school where I worked. It is in reference to my being an absent-minded professor. I won't go through the specifics or the defining incident, but suffice it to say that one Sunday morning en route to catch a plane to go to a conference on Gifted Children, I stopped by the school first to pick up some notes and in the process locked myself in. But that's another story for another time.
Cars, cars, cars: I've always been a car guy. My first was a used 1949 Willys Station Wagon that my father bought for me so I could deliver The Daily News to local paperboys and stores. I was 14 at the time and drove the streets of Clairton, PA without incident for two years until I was legally old enough to get a driver's license. When the old used Willys petered out after a year or so we invested in a brand new 1957 Willys panel truck. It looked almost exactly like the old one.
In college my first car was a 1949 Packard. My roommate Geno, also a Clairton boy, and I bought the car from a Utah farmer for $80. Except that we didn't have $80 between us, we only had $20 each, so the farmer took our $40 and a verbal promise to send him the other $40 the following month – which we did. No contracts, no lawyers, just a handshake. During college I bought and sold several cars, making small profits by cleaning them up. After college I bought many – probably a total of 70 or 75 cars over the years. But my pride and joy came to me in 2000.
A new dealership: A Jaguar dealership opened near my house in 2000. I knew the family who owned it and had purchased cars from their other dealerships over the years. As I drove by the newly opened dealership I spied a gorgeous top of the line Jaguar Vanden Plas. Of course I knew I could not afford such a car so I stopped in to do a little window shopping. Turns out that the car was not new but had just been returned from a lease. A local casino executive leased a luxury car for his girlfriend regularly. It was pristine (the car, not the girlfriend). About 16,000 miles and looked brand new. The owner said he would sell it to me at a rock bottom price which was still a little rich for my blood, but this was, after all, my dream car. I went home to think about it and picked up the daily mail which included an advertisement from the new dealership with a $5,000 certificate that said, "Make your best deal and then take $5,000 off." I took it as a sign. This was providence. I raced back down to the dealership, certificate in hand, and purchased the car. From that moment onward it has been my pride and joy. I've kept it in pristine condition and receive compliments every time I drive it.
Fast forward 10 years: In two weeks it will be 10 years to the day that I purchased the Jaguar and that means the car is nearing its 14th birthday. Yes, it has been expensive to maintain over the years, more so than most, but this was my combination hobby and fun car. Still, things were wearing out. The power steering worked most of the time, and several other things were getting ready for replacement to the tune of several thousands of dollars. So I probably should not have driven it to San Diego last week but I did.
In the middle of the desert, about 100 miles from nowhere the engine sputtered then caught again. It happened a few more times as we limped into San Diego. The local Jaguar dealership was unable to provide an accurate estimate but was certain that repairs would likely cost more than the value of the car. So I drove around the area looking at possibilities while Mrs. Dr. Forgot roamed the shopping malls. I eventually arrived at a dealership that was very aggressive in providing a deal on a new car. The car was plain vanilla on the outside (well, the color was actually pearlized white) but the interior was loaded with all the bells and whistles. The price was a very good one and when we finally got to discussing the Jaguar the manager offered me an excellent price. Turns out he is a tinkerer and would but the car himself and do whatever repairs needed. So I drove home in a new car. It was not planned that way. The new car does not elicit gasps from onlookers the way the Jaguar did and people do not start conversation with me about the new car. But it is a highly rated car with excellent gas mileage, 50% better than the Jaguar, and it runs on regular. My cat is a little miffed about it. He used to love to go into the garage and stretch out on the roof of the Jag. I think he thought they were related, both being cats. But I'm sure he'll get used to the new car just as I will.
A little blogging music Maestro… An oldie from 1967 by The Who…"Jaguar"
Dr. Forgot
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
The End of a Journey
The Amazing Dr. Cutuly
Over my shoulder a backward glance: Part of today's blog has been excerpted from an earlier one I did just about two years ago. Every community has its heroes, its zeroes, its notorious, and its characters. I have written about many that hailed from Clairton, PA, hometown to many who have made their marks on the world. We have had spies and Mata Haris (alleged), Congressional Medal of Honor winners, statesmen (several of whom were women), college presidents, authors, Hollywood actors and stuntmen, sports heroes, legends, and giants in many other fields. To review some of the local kids who made good, simply click on the Clairton label on the alphabetical list of topics to the left of this post.
Some heroes stayed home: Although the imprint of Clairton legends can be found in nearly every field around the world, many served the community from within, Police and firefighters, teachers and business owners, ministers, doctors, and the wonderful people from Meals on Wheels who prepare and deliver food daily to seniors, shut-ins, and others in need. Today I will focus on one such local hero, Dr. Eugene Cutuly who passed away yesterday just months shy of his one-hundredth birthday.
Memories of Clairton: I've written before about Pittsburgh suburb Clairton, PA. I was born at home in Clairton because I wanted to be near my mother when it happened. My parents were in the iron and steel business. My mother would iron and my father would steal. I entered a contest once. The winner got to go to Vegas for a week and the loser had to go to Pittsburgh. Locals rode a Noble J. Dick bus to "dawntawn Picksburgh." The population didn't change much – every time a baby was born some guy left town.
Clairton in the 1940s: Wind the clock and your minds back several decades to when Clairton was a Norman Rockwell kind of town – at least in my memory. Set along the Monongehela River the mills made the coke that made the steel that made Pittsburgh Steel City. With a population of some 20,000 Clairton boasted at least three movie theaters, a dozen or so car dealerships, and a swimming pool in the high school. There were at least five doctors: Dr. Rascatti, Dr. Wright, Dr. Trunzo, Dr. DeEmidio, and Dr. Cutuly as well as Dr. Stollar from Elizabeth who often treated Clairton residents. I believe they are all gone now.
A Most Unusual Man: Dr. Eugene Cutuly got his medical license in 1948 and began to practice in Clairton. Office visits cost $ 3 and home visits cost $ 4. He was one of the old time physicians who took care of children and adults. His telephone number was listed and it was not unusual for him to see patients at his home, especially during the past several decades when his office was a room in the home. Dr. Cutuly counted among his patients my siblings, myself, and both my parents (who passed away at ages 87 and 90) and he was several years older than either of them!
A Career Ends: It was neither frailty of the mind nor body that made him decide to retire from practice. A slight case of vertigo and a tad less agility were the factors that made the 97-year old practicing physician decide to finally hang up his stethoscope in 2008. He was one in a million – a model of how America used to be and an example of what modern technology has cost.
Dr. Cutuly answered his own phone, made his own appointments, was his own nurse and medical assistant, and spent as much time with his patients as was required. He was an anachronism.
Prior to earning his medical degree Dr. Cutuly earned a Ph.D. in Anatomy and was a teacher and researcher at the University of Pittsburgh.
The intertwining of lives: Besides treating my entire family, Dr. and Mrs. Cutuly were kind enough to have a daughter my age. Joan and I went through junior high and high school together and she was my date for my first ever Sadie Hawkins Dance. On a more embarrassing note, when I was in about the third grade, classmate Richard Baxter decided it would be funny if he stuck a pencil point in my rear end while I was standing and reading aloud in class. The lead pencil point broke off and I had a painful visit to Dr. Cutuly who dug out the offending point and properly treated the wound. To this day, that scar reminds me when the weather is changing. Another visit at a younger age was to sew up my hand that had been ripped open by broken glass. He stitched the wound and sprinkled disinfectant powder on it and told me it was "Special soldier powder" that was used in the war. This powder would make it heal more quickly and make the wound not hurt." The power of suggestion worked and it did not hurt.
Rest in peace, Good Doctor: I am certain that Dr. Cutuly's soul is somewhere with his wife, Elizabeth, who predeceased him by 15 years as well as with the souls of many of the patients he treated over the years. Our sympathy goes out to his daughters, Joan, Laura Ingram, and Mary Kartheim and other loved ones who have not yet taken the journey.
A little blogging music Maestro… "Come Sail Away," by Styx.
(note: photo credit Lake Fong/Post Gazette)
Dr. Forgot
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When I think of pies, I don't exactly think savory. The pies of my dreams have a buttery crust filled with a sugary fruit filling and served a la mode. Clearly, I've been missing out on the other side of pies – the hearty savory side. The kind you'll find at Pie-Not – adjacent to another new favorite of mine – Sidecar Doughnuts. How fitting.
If you're new, the experience can be daunting like it was for me. Several pies are featured in the showcase, the space is small but warm smiles will greet you and walk you through it all. The menu consists of a variety of pies with generous descriptions – enough to leave you hungry and friendly on your wallet. I was already a fan and hadn't even taken my first bite yet.
If you're looking at the size of the pies and thinking "how's this going to fill me up?" Don't fret. I had that same question too until I "cut" into my pie and noticed the rich hearty filling. I'm sure management would frown upon me for doing that since piehards are encouraged to eat with their hands but this lady had a hard time doing that.
Our pie eating adventure was quite a feat. We delved into the beef pies, the complex, and the veggies – all had their magic and all left us in a dazed food coma.
We started our lunch with the hearty beef pies. Think of these like a beef stew in a puff pastry or at least we did. The Drunken Cow is a lovely mixture of red wine and roasted garlic braised premium chunky beef and pearl onions. Mmm. As we cut into this beauty, it was steamy and piping hot. The puff pastry topping was chewy and we were in love instantly thinking this would be a great Winter pie or comfort food for the broken hearted.
Other favorite beef savories were the Bloomin' Hot and the Dog's Eye. The Bloomin' hot is a mixture of ground tri-colored peppercorn braised premium chunky beef while the Dog's Eye is a standard Aussie meat with finely diced onions. We drifted away from the beef to try the Rockin' Chook. The description sounded interesting: chunky chicken breast with apricots, pine nuts, saffron, and fresh herbs. This pie is quite complex and goes great with the Bundaberg ginger beer that they serve here.
Aside from absolutely loving the meat pies, believe it or not, my favorites were the veggie pies. Crazy, eh? Not quite. I used to be a vegetarian for a long time and know a good veggie dish when I see one. The vege patch had me hooked with it's medley of garden fresh vegetables with herbes de provence. I wish it had some cheese in it but honestly I didn't miss it. I got my cheese fix from the Broc Top quiche – perhaps the creamiest quiche I've ever tasted with free range eggs, fresh broccoli, cauliflower tops, and a cheyenne goat cheese. Mmm.
No meal is complete without dessert – a rule I imply with all my meals and for that lovely Saturday afternoon, we savored delicate bites of The Lamington which is a traditional Aussie dessert consisting of a butter sponge cake cubed and rolled in chocolate icing and then dusted with desiccated coconut. The meal ended with what I like to call a "palate cleanser" and what Pie-Not calls "what a lemon" – a crushed tea biscuit slice with fresh lemon rind, desiccated coconut, and finished with squeezed lemon juice icing. Ahhh…
While we dined our little hearts out, chef Samantha Boxer was kind enough to invite us back into the kitchen for a little tour as she baked up a batch of free pies. Seeing her work behind the scenes made me hungry for another pie but I settled my craving with a delicious cup of their one of a kind Bun coffee – certified 100% organic and perhaps the smoothest coffee I've ever tasted with low acidity. The coffee gave me quite the kick I needed and has put Pie-Not as one of my top places to get coffee and of course, a delectable pie.
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Awesome Ocean Party
Musgrave Park Pool
Review By Maddie Nixon
Written by Giema Contini and produced by Matt Seery, Awesome Ocean Party is a delightful and heart-warming story about a half-octopus half-human celebrating her birthday. Contini is hilariously awkward and extremely likeable. The story itself is touching and will make you laugh, then cry, then laugh again.
Upon entering the space, you immediately feel welcomed as you are greeted with a sea themed bar and plenty of cushions and blankets to keep you warm it the night air. Seery and Contini have thought of everything and want you to have a great night at the theatre.
Set in an empty pool, the protagonist talks directly to the audience, making you feel included and invested. Contini's ability to charm the audience furthers your empathy for her, as she tells you about the tragic love story of her parents.
Without spoiling anything, the highlights of the performance, besides Contini's humour, were the less extravagant scenes that allowed her to explore more sombre themes and higher tension moments. This is when Contini's acting and storytelling abilities really get to shine. The first quarter of the show could potentially benefit from more moments like this, as at times the energy seems a tad unfocused. However, this is quickly forgiven and forgotten once the show gets going.
Awesome Ocean Party is fantastic. I hope that Contini and Seery continue to work together, and if so, I can't wait to see what they do next.
Awesome Ocean Party is showing from the 14th-23rd May.
Tickets are available here: http://anywherefest.com/buy-tickets/awesome-ocean-party/


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The title of this post is taken from the phrase the Clinton election team kept in front of its face in the election of 1992. The stupid was added to bring home the fact that the economy was the only thing that mattered in that election. So "it's the economy, stupid" was the theme.
One of the points I have been trying to make here from the start is that it is a mistake to generalize across cultures. That is a tendency on the part of Americans and it has gotten us in some trouble in Iraq and in other places (including in business, I might add.) But generalize we do.
The reason for this is that generalizing about human beings is a part of our culture. We will argue to the heavens, though, that it's not a cultural matter but a rational one. I get this all the time and have had a tough time with students when I raise that issue in the cross-cultural courses I teach. But it is a fact; Americans generalize about human beings because it is a part of our culture to do that. "All men are created equal" is an expression of this. The idea expressed by all pols no matter where they are found along the political spectrum that all people want liberty is another example of this.
But the fact is that people are different and the cultures that set the limits about what is acceptable from them, are all different too. And we need to understand that if we are going to be of any use in trying to solve the problems of the world. From my perspective, though, very few consultants, even the high powered types they fly in to staff these country programs, understand this. They figure if you tinker with the system and get it perfectly balanced, all fine tuned, then you can fly home with another successful country program under your belt and post your resume for the next challenge. But that is a typical American response. Why do they do that? Because it works in America. The problem is that it does not work in other cultures.
An example: They fly in consultants into this part of the world to help get the country humming along democratically. What they end up doing mostly, is writing laws and setting rules and procedures for it all. And what is the result? A nice, pretty new collection of laws of the country but no real change in the way the country does it's business.
The big problem here is corruption and it is a cultural problem, not a legal problem. Everyone points to that nasty little man Kuchma and talks about how bad he was while they go to the premiere school in the area and pay $300 to the principal to get their little dear enrolled. All understood by everyone, all accepted and acceptable, and all perfectly illegal under the law. But Kuchma is the bad guy.
What is going to change that kind of thing? Passing more laws?
Milton Friedman the acclaimed economist once said that he got it wrong in Russia. He had said, "Privatize, privatize, privatize." But he understood that was wrong now. Instead it should have been, "Rule of law, rule of law, rule of law." Well, he's still got it wrong. It is "Culture, culture, culture." And that is a beast of a different order of magnitude.
Here's a quote from Orwell that expresses the point: "Till recently it was thought proper to pretend that human beings are very much alike, but in fact anyone able to use his eyes knows that the average of human behaviour differs from country to country. Things that could happen in one country could not happen in another." It still is proper and in the US, rational to think this way.
And seeing what is before our eyes is an important thing to do if we are going to be useful at all. We in this little blog have tried to do that.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
It's the culture, stupid
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- DLW said...
Well, the other problem is that there are a half a million def'ns of culture.
I think the more proper basis concept is habits and institutions.
To make changes, you gotta change people's habits, but to make changes you got to consider their existing ways of thinking about things and acting.
Here's to hoping that more such changes come from the bottom-up as a result of the OR and that Yusch gets convicted personally to ensure both stability and change at the top....
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Controls whether the Cluster Manager is enabled (1) or disabled (0) on a
in a cluster.
This variable is updated during cluster addition or cluster deletion.
NOTE : This variable should not be modified manually; it is the AdminP
that modifies it when you move a server in or out of a cluster, since it
changes the Cluster Name field in the Server document in a Domino Directory.
Valid Values are :
1 = Enabled
0 = Disabled
This parameter indicates that the server is partitioned and/or clustered.
Refer to the Readme.txt for details on issues with installs to partitioned
Example : SERVER_CLUSTER_ON=0
None, although you can specify this setting in the NOTES.INI Settings tab of
the Configuration Settings document in the Domino Directory.
Server_Cluster_On=0 / 1
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Mrs. Sarah H. Lea
Posted By: Karen Bergquist Uhr
Date: 2/9/2009 at 22:14:05
Mrs. Sarah H. Lea died Friday June 20, after a lingering illness, aged 75 years. Mrs. Lea was the mother of R. Lea, Esq., and of Mrs. J. B. Bleakmore of this place.
She was a member of the Congregational church, and was highly respected and esteemed in this community where she has lived for many years. The funeral took place Saturday and was largely attended.
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Crizotinib, an inhibitor of anaplastic lymphoma kinase, or ALK, has demonstrated the ability to shrink tumors in about 90% of patients with advanced disease, according to Yung-Jue Bang, MD, PhD, of Seoul National University in South Korea.
In a small phase I/II study, the compound produced an objective response in 57% of patients and was well-tolerated, Bang told reporters at the annual meeting here of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
The drug targets a fusion protein -- dubbed EML4-ALK -- which drives tumor growth in up to 5% of all patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
While phase II and III trials are under way, the report by Bang and colleagues is getting big play for an early study: it will be part of the meeting's first plenary session Sunday and was featured in a press conference today.
It's a "very important story," said Mark Kris, MD, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, who was not part of the study but moderated the press conference at which some of the data were presented.
For one thing, he said, the study demonstrates the speed with which discoveries can be translated to clinical testing. The fusion protein was first reported in 2007, and that finding is now starting to show results in clinical trials.
"In just three short years we've gone from a description of an oncogene to a therapy," he said.
As well, he said, patients with the mutation that leads to the fusion protein "can expect a dramatic benefit."
Bang reported results of 82 patients with advanced disease -- many veterans of up to three previous treatments -- who had the fusion protein.
He and colleagues found that the patients had a 72% probability of being progression-free at six months after starting the therapy, given orally at 250 milligrams twice a day. As well, the majority saw their tumors shrink by more than 30%, he said, and some saw their cancers disappear.
The drug was well tolerated, he said, with about half of all patients reporting mild nausea, diarrhea and vomiting that resolved relatively quickly. As well, about 42% of patients reported visual disturbances -- such as shadows in the field of vision -- that also were reduced over time.
The results are relatively dramatic, Kris said, because the researchers selected patients to have cancer susceptible to the compound.
The drug was in development as an inhibitor of the MET receptor tyrosine kinase, according to co-investigator Alice Shaw, MD, PhD, of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, although the developers recognized that it also inhibited ALK.
But at the time, she told MedPage Today, the fusion protein EML4-ALK was not recognized as a factor in non-small cell lung cancer.
When the fusion protein was found, the investigators were quickly able to change gears and start the trial, she said.
Interestingly, she said, while most people with non-small cell lung cancer are smokers or former smokers, the fusion protein is most often found in people who have never smoked. Indeed, in the study, Bang reported, most patients were former or never smokers.
The study was supported by Pfizer. The researchers reported financial links with the company.
- Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston


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Pacific Image Electronics PowerSlide 3600
Pacific Image Electronics PowerSlide 3600
ProsMagazine holds up to 50 slides for multiple-slide scanning. Slide holder for scanning individual slides. Single slide "light box" for viewing slides.
ConsLimited to 35-mm mounted slides. Mechanism doesn't always position slides properly for scanning. Lacks dust-removal and color-restore features. Less than ideal scan quality.
Bottom LineThe Pacific Image Electronics PowerSlide 3600, with a 50-slide magazine, can prescan or scan the entire magazine with a single command. The mechanism, however, doesn't always position the slides correctly, and although scan quality is generally acceptable, other scanners do better.
If you want to turn a large collection of slides into a digital image library, take a look at the Pacific Image Electronics PowerSlide 3600 ($799.99 direct), with its 50-slide magazine. The PowerSlide lets you prescan and scan the entire magazine with just two commands at up to a 3,600-pixel-per-inch (ppi) optical resolution. Alas, it doesn't position the slides as reliably as it might, and scan quality is less than ideal.
To scan multiple slides, you load them into the magazine and put the magazine into the scanner. If you've filled the first ten slots, you can prescan just those ten. This takes a while-we timed ten slides at 5 minutes 15 seconds-but you're free to do something else during that time. When you come back, you can adjust the settings for each image individually and then scan one slide, selected slides, or the entire batch. Scanning also takes a while: 7:43 for ten slides scanned at our tests' default 1,800 ppi.
The CyberView X driver is essentially identical to the versions that come with other Pacific Image Electronics scanners. One of the more immediately useful features is a Variations dialog box, which shows alternative versions of a preview image, with different color, brightness, and the like, so you can pick changes by eye. Notable for its absence is Digital ICE dust and scratch removal and related features to restore color or remove graininess. Unfortunately, the scanner does not offer hardware support for Digital ICE.
A potentially more important issue is that the scanner mechanism positioned the slides incorrectly more often than we'd expect with, for example, a carousel slide projector. This happened randomly with some slides and repeatedly with others, leaving us with only part of the image scanned. In those cases, we used the scanner's single-slide scan feature. Pacific Image Electronics says this is a known issue with slide mounts that are slightly warped.
Scan quality is another potential issue. Some of the scans had a soft-focus effect compared with the best we've seen, including scans from the
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Video: Carbon Dioxide Concentration
This chart shows monthly CO2 levels in recent years, corrected for average seasonal cycles, as measured at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii. (From NOAA)
Key points
- This chart shows the increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in recent years measured at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii.
- Carbon dioxide concentration in our atmosphere has increased by about 24 percent since 1958.
- Carbon dioxide is the primary driver of global climate change.
- The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been measured from this location continuously since 1958.
- Carbon dioxide is an important heat-trapping (greenhouse) gas, which is released through human activities such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels, as well as natural processes such as respiration and volcanic eruptions.


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Whether it be the sale of your home or the management of your investment property, the quality of service and the advice we provide, our ability to market property and leverage the best result is second to none. Going above and beyond the call of duty to make your real estate experience rewarding and memorable is what we strive to do every day. We are dedicated to achieving results and while we are undeniably proud of this, our greatest accomplishment is always making our clients happy.
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Afro Cuban Religions
You are Here
This language was created as a result of the blend of Roman Catholicism with African religions. Of the many religions rooted in Africa, those known in Cuba are: Regla de Ocha or Lucumí, Regla de Palo, Palo Monte or Mayombe, Ñáñigo or Abakuá and Regla de Arará.
SanteriaIs the most extensively practiced of the Cuban religions. Becoming a member is straightforward – one is initiated, and after a period of time he/she can consult with his/her Orisha in his/her house. Soon he/she gets a clientele composed of godsons and goddaughters who offer monetary donations to both the Santero and their Orishas for help in decision making in events in their lives. Many Cubans, even Santeros, also practice Palo Monte. Unlike the Santeros, people often use Palo Monte to harm others.


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My husband recently purchased an espresso maker, which prompted the need to clean out a kitchen cabinet so he could have his espresso cups easily available. This led to the discovery of many, many coffee mugs that sit in our cabinet and are never used, some of which I received as teacher gifts.
With the holidays approaching, many parents like to give teacher gifts, but I know as a parent, it gets tiresome each year trying to think of new ideas outside of the mug or candle. Here are 5 ideas that may spark your gift giving nature in a different direction this year.
Read To Grow
When I had my daughter ten years ago, this organization had volunteers come around to all the new moms with a book to keep to encourage literacy. Two years ago, one of my Kinder scholar's parents made a donation to Read To Grow in my name. It was such a thoughtful gift, and one that stood out from all the mugs of candy that I've received over the years.
Check in your area to see if your local hospital has an organization like Read to Grow. Or, follow the link below and make a donation anyway! It is sure to bring a smile to your child's teacher's face.
Donation to a Charity in the Teacher's Name
Along the lines of Read to Grow, we all know someone, whether it is an adult or child, fighting a health battle. Instead of purchasing a gift that may not be meaningful, use that money towards a donation to a particular charity. Again, it is a thoughtful gift that will have lasting benefits.
If donations aren't your thing, here are a few more tangible gift ideas that your child's teacher will love.
Monogrammed Note Paper and Fancy Pen
Teachers write A LOT of notes! I loved it when I received paper and note cards with my name on it one year. Vistaprint allows you to customize to include the school address and phone number as well.
Gift Cards to Bookstores, Craft Stores, or Office Supply Stores
Many teachers supplement their classroom supplies with books, glue sticks, and colored pencils that they purchase out-of-pocket. Even just a few $5.00 gift cards add up and teachers definitely appreciate not having to dig into their own wallets to restock classroom supplies after the holidays.
School Supply Basket
Teachers LOVE school supplies! Create a basket with pencils, erasers, colored pencils, markers, post it notes, seasonal stickers, glue sticks, and other items that you think your teacher could use in the classroom. Even hand soap and tissues in the basket are much-needed and appreciated items that your kids use daily in the classroom. Better yet: get in touch with the Room Parent to coordinate a basket like this with one donation from each student! Every one can afford one small item and your teacher will appreciate the thoughtfulness behind this bountiful, useful gift.
Happy Holidays!
Yours in Lyme Holiday Adventures,


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Corey Wakeling
4 poems
Where He Died
The Missing Citations
Where He Died
I have always thought a poem, but never this.
In the sand, a shadow of an impress where he died.
In the snow, a shadow of an impress
where he died. In the dirt, a shadow of an impress
where he died. In the cake batter,
a shadow of an impress where he died. In the tar,
a shadow of an impress where he died.
In the ball pit, a shadow of an impress
where he died. In the gorse, a shadow of an impress
where he died. In the moss, a shadow
of an impress where he died. In the mincemeat,
a shadow of an impress where he died.
In a parking lot's dust,
a shadow of an impress where he died. In the mangled
steel and concrete of the demolition zone,
a shadow of an impress where he died.
In the spray of monkeys sheltering their young,
a shadow of an impress where he died.
In the golf green's fairway, a shadow of an impress
where he died. In the lava, a shadow of an impress
where he died. In the flames,
a shadow of an impress where he died.
But never this, I have always thought a poem.
How much of the present is a bubble
And how much a portal. The goon
Likes the matter of pearls.
What about Broome, Western Australia.
Unmourned graves list in the mud.
I disclose, like a drone's near whirr.
Why no narrative — why no epitaphs.
You might as well ask why no heroes.
Then, the panthers dance,
and the tea leaves conspire to return
some strong imperial phone call.
Truth is: yachts and penthouses, pearls,
yachts and pearls and penthouses and
yachts. Yack-until-hoarse yack.
Out spills people's primogeniture
as yachts pop.
Fowl with virtual wings dreams of rockets. Fowl can't be owl.
Will by fossil assumes an updraft that my feathers belie as Dad cries.
A watery name spoken by a shepherd, a fisher,
and a tour guide. Can you believe that such a place resembles sun and moon
with a mine, as procrustean bus routes fumble with your fat?
Into the sea which bore his name, sucked.
Relent, lingering feathers, the particles stir.
Original inhabitants of the remains of a caldera,
big reverse plug of stay, retrieve their name
from the golden state.
Roast documents for the main meal,
as the dreaming fowl prepares for candied dessert.
The inventor struggles with positionality and a corrupted compass.
The struggle is simple: the golden state already adopted the sun's name.
Guardianship and control, with no relaxing alcohol.
It is hard being a sphere. Still, harvest comes again on time.
Those are not climate odds anyhow, icebreaker.
Listen to the whirring reeds during the worst of the typhoon.
Your hard armour of sense even laughs with bloating clouds.
So did the briefer accommodation funded unintentionally
by a far-right think tank looking for interstate ties.
You can't buy loyalty.
The traffic of currency itself is loyalty, silly,
just like that midnight binge on milk.
Flush stings the hot chest of shame.
High-speed rail distracts the question from lighting
on a Cadillac prince as the account outstands.
Be quiet before the plaque, says a distant mayor.
Prince Regent beats a closer mayor.
Drenching the clothes in all the sweats of the town,
so many palm trees hovering.
Fowl with virtual wings dreams of the rockets Icarus mocks in fire.
In water.
The profession even gets a different title there;
does that mean that the cosmic and the astronomic compete?
fly by constraint.
The Missing Citations
Sometimes I want a festival of proper nouns.
But often I retract. Reason being the larger procedure.
Every finger introduced to the mechanism breaks.
By comparison, the smartphone softens at his touch.
Cuba softens too. Venezuela, though, hard as glass.
In the course of this poem's turn, I want you to laugh.
Scanning the circumstances of address,
here I am wanting you to laugh in your reading.
Such suggests that the same chess game is never played.
Laughing not at a joke, really, but at the realisation
that you and I are much closer than we thought.
This could be Scarborough, you in wetsuit, me in jeans.
Forehead sting and the salt chap.
Bus pass buried by sand drift.
This could be as migrating clouds.
It isn't long before the millennial transition,
which so often has the connotation
of awakening, which it never was. Connotation.
I'm not so sure we learn much here. But we are.
Sure. That puts the ochlocracy at odds with
the individual, at least for the duration of
this poem's reading. That is my big problem.
Just think about that. My in the context of you,
the court longing for the romance it does not solicit.
Charles II, meanwhile, enjoys himself.
Instead of was it any different I say it could be different.
The fixed time that this poem takes to be read.
Initially, how many genres were thought experiments.
We drift further away from each other.
Chicken salt never the option. Tomato sauce
the demon. Some mother slaps some son
at the table for shaking the bottle, for frustration,
for spraying the contents instead of pouring them.
Droll clarity of that meandering bravado.
Things like this we share with Soviet Russia
before Krushchev. Dispensing with the centrifuge,
I lodge with Polish acquaintances.
Bed is hard, heater flickering.
Endless cheese butters anxiety.
Don't forget the smouldering theatre.
Winnowing banner ruffles the dead show.
Near incumbency sets up a division.
Of course, she rails.
Because Dad is so much like me, I resist him, I admit.
The rest of the time we languish in the panorama,
half-drowning in our drool.
The council dwindles like a village.
Stupidity will win. Conciliation, which could start
the stirring vertigo of a uniformed riot,
looks comparatively like a stoic.
The names to support stoicism similarly reside in pages,
pages themselves which resemble conciliation.
No help in the reaction void.
I'm not saying a deep consciousness of mathematics
won't help you, I'm just saying, instead,
at the moment,
that the urgency lies in the legs to flee.
Corey Wakeling's second full-length collection, The Alarming Conservatory, appears with Giramondo Publishing in 2017. Born in the UK, Corey grew up in Perth, Western Australia. From 2009 to early 2015, he lived in Melbourne, where he received a PhD in English and Theatre Studies at the University of Melbourne. He lives at present in the Kansai region of Japan where he teaches literature and drama at Kobe College.


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Netflix to release 'Crouching Tiger' sequel in 2015
The video streaming site Netflix will release its first feature-length film next year after striking a deal with the Weinstein Company.
The sequel to Ang Lee's Oscar-winning martial arts drama Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon will be shown on Netflix and in Imax cinemas in August.
Netflix has over 50 million subscribers, in more than 40 countries.
The firm already produces its own TV programmes, notably the politically-themed House of Cards.
"The movie-going experience is evolving quickly and profoundly, and Netflix is unquestionably at the forefront of that movement," said Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of the Weinstein Company.
"We are tremendously excited to be continuing our great relationship with Netflix and bringing to fans all over the world the latest chapter in this amazing and intriguing story."
The sequel, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend, will see former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh reprise her role as warrior Yu Shu-Lien, while Chinese action star Donnie Yen joins the cast as a character called Silent Wolf.
However, director Ang Lee will not be returning to film the sequel. Those duties have been taken over by Chinese director Yuen Wo-Ping, who has already started filming in New Zealand.
This is not the first time that Netflix has worked with the Weinstein Company. The two are set to release a drama series about Italian explorer Marco Polo in December.
Last week, Netflix bought the rights to historical drama Peaky Blinders, first aired on the BBC, in a separate deal with the Weinstein Company and production group Endemol.
Record nominations
The entertainment company, which started in 1997 as a postal DVD rental service, has seen its profits surge in recent months.
In July, it reported profits of $71m (£43.8m) for the second quarter of 2014.
Last year, Netflix's original programming was nominated for 14 Emmy TV awards, winning three, and this year its programmes received a record 31 nominations.
The alliance with the Weinstein Company may give Netflix a shot at winning an Academy Award, which requires feature films to be played in cinemas for at least a week to qualify for a nomination.
However, Netflix has suffered some setbacks in the US, and is engaged in a battle with internet service providers such as Verizon over who should pay for the increasing strain that streaming video puts on download speeds.


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For 2 of my recent posts it was for me necessary to learn or take a draft to employ my data into an HTML table. I searched along, some resources were too long and i didn't understand the concept,also there were many tutorials to learn that I didn't want to use now. I was just interested to find out how to write html tables to my specific needs which made searching for drafts even harder.
This website is my choice for a total newbie like me and towards the other HTML newbies in the world.
Of course the table was not the right draft to use, so I thought to change and play with the body layout as I learned the meaning of it and leave the general structure as it is.
An important factor for me was to copy the general HTML table structure, see link above into the text editor. I used gedit Text Editor cause I operate on Ubuntu which is based on Linux.
Until I saved it as an html it was all black text, then saving it as an html file made it all coloured as in the shown preview on the above link.
Previewing the changes in the webbrowser after saving the changed data, helped me alot.
Following changes to the reference table have been applied:
- colgroup span background white defined as 6 Fs
- 2 columns and 8 rows including header, footer and body table
- deleted parts: Table Header – Head 3, Table Footer – Foot 3, Table Body – C, F and corresponding endings (e.g. C	)
- increased row size instead of 2 to 6 rows. This way A(heart health) is defined as column 1, row 2 and D(Detoxification) as column 1, row 3 etc. We can say that every two letters define one row,these just needed to be updated to represent my own. This is an example how to add a row (

 G	 H	) and fill instead of G,H your own data.
In all it was a worthwhile tutorial session and a new learned experience where I believe that it has helped me a lot in establishing various table layouts and hope that others will benefit as much from it as I did today.


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Wealden District Council
The Council understands that Wealden's future is about encouraging business to invest in the district, to create new jobs and safeguard jobs, and to foster innovation and skills. Locate to Wealden - its a great place to do business and its a great place for the future.
With its breathtaking countryside, iconic coastline and popular market towns, the Wealden district is a first class place to live, work and play.
Wealden is the ideal location to start, grow and run your business. Located within East Sussex, and the South East - the powerhouse of the UK economy, it is close to London and within easy reach of continental Europe. Wealden based businesses have the best of both worlds - a great business location in a beautiful setting.
Wealden is the largest district in East Sussex, covering 323 square miles, and is home to some 143,700 people. Half the population live in the five market towns of Crowborough, Hailsham, Heathfield, Polegate and Uckfield.
Wealden shares its boundaries with six neighbouring local authorities stretching from just south of Tunbridge Wells (Kent) in the north to the boundary with Eastbourne in the south - a distance of some 30 miles.
Small and micro businesses form a fundamental part of the Wealden economy with 80% of businesses in Wealden employing fewer than four people. The distribution, hotel and restaurant sector is the largest, employing 26.5% of the workforce, followed by public administration, education and health sector with 25.3%.
The Core Strategy Local Plan sets out how and where the District will grow over the period to 2027. It allocates a number of key Strategic Development Areas for employment and housing growth providing for a total of some 38,000 sq metres of allocated employment land and 16,900 sq metres of retail growth.
Individual sites allocated for employment growth can be found in the principal market towns of Crowborough, Hailsham, Polegate and Uckfield.
Facts and figures relating to Wealden.
East Sussex in Figures (ESiF) is a Local Information System that provides the latest statistics on the social, economic and demographic character of East Sussex and its communities.
Wealden is served by over 20 industrial estates, offering workspace for both traditional and modern business sectors including:
Ashdown Business Park (external link) Maresfield, Uckfield TN22 2HX
Chaucer Business Park, Dittons Road, Polegate BN26 6JF
Swallow Business Park (external link) Lower Dicker, Hailsham BN27 4BF
The Council is currently reviewing its Core Strategy and is in the process of producing the Wealden Local Plan. The Wealden Local Plan, once adopted, will set out the strategy for growth, including employment provision, for the district.
Locate East Sussex works with us to attract new business to the area; provides help to businesses looking to expand; supports Start Up companies in seeking commercial premises and provides funding information for business growth.
Contact the Community and Regeneration Team
Telephone: 01892 602886 or 01892 602757
Address:Wealden District Council, Community and Regeneration Team, Council Offices,Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, BN27 2AX


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*Warning: the first couple of paragraphs are not about metal*
I've said it before but I'll say it again; metal has some fucking odd genres, usually made up by over- imaginative PRs and journalists. However, whilst engaging in conversation with some of my non-metal colleagues I was introduced to a couple of real beauties in their world; 'aquacrunk' and 'purple'. Purple? That's just silly. Being a fan of a broad spectrum of music though I dutifully scoured the International Webosphere for example of these genres and what I discovered was, well, uninspiring and a bit shit.
However, my time was rewarded whilst researching 'donk'. Donk is essentially an onomatopoeic word used to describe music made by teenagers in tracksuits in the North of England, who then rap over it in regional accents. This is without a doubt the funniest thing I've heard since a bloke in my office suggested Kings Of Leon were metal; take a look for yourselves (stick with it, it just gets better and better)
Moving away from donk, let's get back to proper music. I've got an interview with Singapore grinders Wormrot in a couple of weeks for Metal as Fuck courtesy of our friends at Earache so if there is anything you'd particularly like to know, post it on here and I'll see what I can do. Bearing in mind they're described as 'abusive grindcore', questions about their favourite way to spend a Sunday and which celebrities they have crushes on won't make the cut. I'm also planning to force myself upon Trigger The Bloodshed (in an interview sense, not a genitals-to-anus sense) later this month so any questions for those boys too, let a brother know.
On a serious note, I'm sure both of my regular readers will join me in wishing Bret Michaels a speedy recovery. The Poison front man has had a real run of it - after smashing his face in on the set at the Tony Awards, then needing emergency surgery on his appendix, he is now recovering in hospital after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage. All reports suggest his condition is improving. All the best, you formerly massive haired, devilishly handsome son of a gun.
So with the sun shining and the weekend merely a working day away, I bid you adieu.
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I have been missing in action for many months now. Busy with garden, building new accommodations for chickens, keeping up with teenagers, etc., etc., etc. I am now going to do my best to blog more regularly.
I just finished reading a fascinating book, Blessing the Hands that Feed Us by Vicki Robin. Vicki Robin is a writer and social innovator living on Whidbey Island, just to the south of us. To learn more about her, go to her website vickirobin.com. Vicki undertook an "hyper-local" diet of 10 miles. The book documents her journey as well as her thoughts about the food system. The book was very thought provoking. I really recommend it for anyone interested in the local food movement.
I have decided to emulate her for the month of September, but I am going to limit myself to the Saanich Peninsula which is actually smaller than would be included in a 10 mile diameter circle. A 10 mile circle from our property would include the south end of Salt Spring Island as well as over to Mill Bay, Shawnigan Lake and Cobble Hill, and south into Saanich and Langford.
I am not so much concerned about having enough to eat, as local food is very plentiful, especially in September (my husband thinks I should do this again in February), as discovering what it is actually like to live within the constraints of eating locally.
For me this will mean not picking up something pre-made at the grocery store on the way home, no packaged snacks in my purse, no Starbucks when I'm out, no bananas, no almond milk, limited teas and I'm sure much, much more.
I have a lot of food that I have raised already in the freezer. We raise lamb and rabbit, I just bought some local chicken and my chickens should start to lay in September. I sell eggs for a friend on our roadside stand anyway, so the protein side of things is pretty easy.
I have a large vegetable garden and am currently growing lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, gai lan, garlic, shallots, chives, kale, cabbage, edamame, assorted beans, both for storing dry and eating green, potatoes, a few chickpeas, herbs, and a variety of squash. I've got a couple of varieties of plums, raspberries and blackberries for fruit. So I'm fairly well off for providing our own fruit and vegetable.
Vicki Robin included a few exotics in her diet – oil, lemons and limes, salt, indian spices and caffeine.
I am going to try to go without all of those except salt. I have found sources of salt both on Salt Spring Island and out in Sooke. The source on Salt Spring Island is slightly outside the 10 mile circle, but I am going to consider it local. I purchased some at the Saturday market last weekend.
I am planning to use Island Farms butter as it is not possible to specifically purchase butter that has only been produced by Saanich Peninsula cows, but some percentage of the butter will have been produced by the dairy farms on the Saanich Peninsula. I'm sure I will miss my olive oil.
My plan at this point is to use the next month to check out as many roadside stands and markets as I can to see what other items that I don't grow are available. I will blog each week about what I have found. I'll be making good use of the Farm Fresh brochure which includes listings of local foods and where to find them. You can find a copy at many farm stands as well as more information at islandfarmfresh.com.
I plan to start my Saanich Peninsula Diet September 6th after the Saanich Fair is over. If I am away during the month, I will do my best to choose local foods where I am, or take as much as possible with me. It will be very interesting to see where this month takes me, the connections I make with local farms, what I actually miss and just how challenging it will be.


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White Vintage Fairy floss cart 2 hours from $350 please ask for quote for the cart. Location and package time will vary from event to event
copper & glass three tier drinks trolley such a gorgeous way to display your mini bar or dessert stand.
all shelves are glass with trolley on wheels for easy moving, two wheels have locking mechanism.
hire is for 24 hours for $100
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6ft long raw timber trestle with reclaimed white timber trestle legs $30 each
I salvaged the timber from a coastal property to create this beautiful trestle table, lots of love has gone into this table to create something special.
Vintage drinks/desserts cart $70
vintage drinks cart with two etched glass drinks dispensers $100
Restored this little beauty and it's always a popular choice, those wheels make this cart so unique
Salvaged from a coastal Antiques store this ladder is perfect for a floral display or props. Aprox height 5ft. Hire is $20 for ladder, extra items like 'LOVE' letters can be hired for additional $15
Glass top trestle table with gold trestle legs, ideal dessert/cake stand or for a cocktail bar for any event. Trestle table $150 for 24 hour hire, pick up price. Delivery quoted on location and date.
6ft high large timber trestle ladders $50 each
great as a flower arbour or for props for your event, all featured props are available for hire.
Children's Milk Bar $100 includes 2 x medium drinks dispensers, stand and chalk board included.


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All of us here at GotSaga.com have been overwhelmed by the incredible response to our Best of 2010 travel awards. All told, voters from over 100 countries participated and we want to express our sincere appreciation for the impressive entries from around the world. It has been great fun. The votes have been tabulated and here are the top 100 travel blogs and web sites and their respective categories.
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8- @AsWeTravel
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HD DVD is deadposted by Eric C. in Uncategorized |
Well, Toshiba hasn't officially announced it but Reuters is saying a source is saying that Toshiba has "entered the final stage of planning to make our exit from the next generation DVD business," and that an official announcement may come next week. It's unfortunate that the better technology lost. Feature wise, HD DVD's current spec is the same as the yet to be released Blu-Ray 2.0 spec. HD DVDs are much cheaper to manufacturer than Blu-Ray discs, so their was a potential for cheaper retail prices on HD DVDs. From what I've seen, the quoted attach rate for movies bought by people buying HD DVD players was much higher compared to the attach rate with Blu-Ray. Still all of these things weren't enough to sway companies to HD DVD. According to Gizmodo Fox and Warner wanted to go with HD DVD but Fox received $120 million and Warner received between 400 and 500 million to go with Blu-Ray. It's unfortunate for consumers that Toshiba, Hitachi and Microsoft couldn't make HD DVD work.


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Impact Custom Apparel LLC is a full service promotional products company. Using a service oriented approach, we provide our customers with the highest quality products from leading manufacturers. We combine in-house creative capabilities with a sales team designed to make every project – whether it's one piece or a thousand – a great experience. Impact – a fresh approach with value, quality and service.
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The Plight of the Bumblebees
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Helen - Another issue that's been hitting the headlines lately, is that of the plight of our beloved bees. So we sent Meera Senthilingam down to London, to The Wellcome Trust to find out what all the buzz is about.
Meera - This week saw the unveiling of a taxi dressed up as a bee, driving around the streets of London. Now, why is a taxi dressed like a bee, you ask? Well, this bee cab has been custom made to celebrate Pestival. A festival that celebrates insect life which is taking place on London South Bank this coming September. And the theme for this year's festival is a collapse of bee colonies around the world. Bridget Nicholls is the festival director.
Bridget - The key theme of this year's Pestival is bees - We're creating the Queen Elizabeth Hall we'll be turning into the Queen Bee hall and is going to be called, 'The Bee Social' and it's all about people coming together from different disciplines to discuss colony collapse and creating a critical mass. I just think that it's very important to get urban people thinking about saving the bees because they've got balconies, they can plant flowers for urban bees. I think we are in danger of loosing our bees and obviously, we should do something about it while we can.
Meera - Festival Director and organizer Bridget Nicholls. This plight of bees is a theme well-chosen as bee populations have been decreasing at an alarming rate in recent years, with bumble bees in the U.K. estimated to have fallen by 60% since 1970 and in some parts of the country, honey bees by up to 80%. The repercussions of this disease are enormous with the bees pollination services, having a commercial and economic value of around 20 to 50 billion pounds worldwide, as bees don't just make honey, but they pollinate more than 90 of the flowering crops we rely on for our food sources.
Wellcome Trust Scientist, Pat Goodwin explained why these services are so valuable.
Pat - Fruits won't ripen, we won't get flower seeds without having pollination which actually fertilizes the seeds so that they can grow into fruits. Apples, pears and all the flowers that we love in our gardens, they depend on pollinators as well.
Meera - So no more apples, pears or pretty flowers? Pat told me more about why these decrease is thought to be happening.
Pat - Nobody really knows the answer. There are lots of theories. One thing is climate change which is the warmer winters are affecting bee hibernation for example and upsetting their whole, sort of, life cycle. There's new pathogens coming up, the Varroa mite, but it's not just the Varroa mite. It carries viruses, so it lives on the bees, but it also transmits viruses between bees, then there's lots of issues around modern agriculture. Whereby you have vast fields which are then harvested, so there's nothing left for bees to pollinate and because they use the nectar and then take it to their hives and make it into honey. Another thing I think, is probably in breeding, bees have been bred to be non-aggressive and to produce lots of honey, and that is probably meaning that they're loosing some genes which are important for their vitality.
Meera - Now a buzz word at the moment, thought to be causing some of the big falls in population numbers is colony collapse disorder, where entire colonies are dying and disappearing for no known reason. This has happened on a larger scale in the U.S. but is increasingly happening worldwide. Bee keeper Steve Benbow has over 350 commercial hives nationwide. So I ask how this plight in bee numbers has affected his trade and if his hives have experienced colony collapse.
Steve - We don't really see that directly at the moment, but we do see trouble from say, Varroa, a parasitic mite that latches on to the bees and this brings in lots of other diseases such as cloudy wing virus. It causes a deformity in the wings. The diseases we have to keep on top off and trying to sort of learn new techniques, things like icing sugar is a very good way of managing the Varroa which at the moment is being trialed where the bees do what we call a hygienic behavior, where they're cleaning themselves and hopefully, knocking off the mites and cleaning and grooming each other to help reduce this terrible infestation that can take place.
Meera - So bee keepers like Steve Benbow are finding new ways to get around these problems. But is getting around these diseases in honey bees, enough? What about the other species being affected? Well, April 2009 saw the launch of the Insect Pollinator's Initiative by 10 million pounds donated by many U.K. funders, including the Wellcome Trust and Natural Environment Research Council will be used to try and understand the decrease in bee populations. Pat Goodwin told me how the initiative plans on doing this.
Pat - What we hope to do is to bring together researchers in different fields to look at all these complex interactions and if we can understand what is underlying the issues facing bees, we might be able to do something about stopping it.
Meera - So whilst researchers are trying to find out the causes and the cure to this problem, why not find out a bit more about it or even learn how to keep bees as a hobby, at this year's Pestival, taking place from the fourth to the sixth of September at the South Bank Center in London.


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Club competitions serve 'high-level entertainment'
Friday 12 April 2013
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To herald the semi-final draws, UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino hailed the quality entertainment offered by the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
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UEFA's two major club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, continue to hit the headlines for many positive reasons – with new goalscoring heights being achieved in the UEFA Champions League.
UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino, speaking at the draws for the semi-finals of the two competitions at the House of European Football in Nyon on Friday, paid tribute to the many qualities being shown on the European club football stage this season, enthralling fans in the stadium and worldwide television audiences.
"We can seriously ask whether we will be witnessing a new UEFA Champions League goalscoring record," said Mr Infantino. "With 351 goals already scored this season, the question is whether the five remaining matches can produce at least five more goals to allow us to pass the figure of 355 – the highest total recorded since the competition adopted its current format.
"If we do," he added, "it will give us statistical evidence that we are continuing to offer high-level entertainment to the competition's global audience.
"In the UEFA Europa League," the UEFA General Secretary went on, "we have four teams representing four different countries, a testament to the truly European feel of the competition and the perfect opportunity the UEFA Europa League gives to players from all corners of our continent to display their skills and talent on an international level, much to the pleasure of their passionate supporters.
"The [UEFA Europa League] matches yesterday brought their lot of excitement, with extra time and even a penalty shoot-out to know the name of the last qualified team late in the night. None of the four teams involved in today's draw has won the UEFA Europa League or UEFA Cup beforehand, and thus the name of the team that will emerge as a winner in Amsterdam on 15 May will be engraved on the trophy for the first time, adding to the legend and history of the competition."
Mr Infantino passed on the congratulations of UEFA President Michel Platini to the sides qualified for the semi-finals, and described the draw ceremony as "something of a novelty".
"In recent seasons," he explained, "it hasn't been normal procedure to conduct a draw to decide the semi-final pairings in our two major club competitions. And it is a rarity to combine the draws for both the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League in one single ceremony.
"We feel that it is positive to stage separate draws for the semi-finals, because they add a bit of spice."