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This Privacy Notice was updated on April 3, 2018 to include the following: (i) clarify how we collect and use information we obtain while users browse our websites; (ii) added a link to Your Online Choices, a behavioral advertising opt-out tool for users based in the European Union; and (iii) edits to improve readability and clarity.
Entertainment Partners and its affiliates ("EP", "we", "us" and "our") are committed to maintaining meaningful privacy protections for our clients and users under the Principles (as defined below). This Privacy Notice describes EP's practices with respect to your personal information.
This Privacy Notice also discusses our implementation of the Principles, the types of information we gather, how we use it and the notice and choice affected individuals have regarding our use of that information that we collect through:
- your browsing activity on our websites www.ep.com, www.centralcasting.com, www.scenechronize.com, www.productionincentives.com, and all other related websites where this Privacy Notice is referenced, but specifically excluding hosted applications, services and tools (our "Websites");
- our provision and your use of our hosted applications, services and tools (collectively, "Online Services"); and
- our provision of payroll and payroll-related services (collectively, "Payroll Services") to our clients, including personal information of any entertainment production workers ("Production Workers") that we receive in connection with the Payroll Services.
We provide access to our Privacy Notice by:
- linking it throughout our Websites;
- referencing it in our Terms of Use and End User License Agreements; and
- incorporating it into our contracts, agreements and other documents as necessary or appropriate.
EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
EP participates in and has certified its compliance with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. EP is committed to subjecting all personal data received from European Union (EU) member countries, in reliance on the Privacy Shield Framework, to the Framework's applicable Principles. To learn more about the Privacy Shield Framework, visit the U.S. Department of Commerce's Privacy Shield List.
EP is responsible for the processing of personal data it receives, under the Privacy Shield Framework, and subsequently transfers to a third party acting as an agent on its behalf. EP complies with the Privacy Shield Principles for all onward transfers of personal data from the EU, including the onward transfer liability provisions.
With respect to personal data received or transferred pursuant to the Privacy Shield Framework, EP is subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. In certain situations, EP may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact our U.S.-based third party dispute resolution provider (free of charge) at https://feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request.
Under certain conditions, more fully described on the Privacy Shield website https://www.privacyshield.gov, you may invoke binding arbitration when other dispute resolution procedures have been exhausted.
Personal Information Defined
As used within this Privacy Notice, "personal information" means any information recorded in any form that relates to an individual and identifies or can be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, email address, a home, postal or other physical address or other unique identifier.
Browsing EP Websites
We don't automatically collect your email address. We log your IP address (the Internet address of your computer) to give us an idea of which part of our Websites you visit and how long you spend there. If you have logged in to our website your IP address will be linked to your personal information. Like many other commercial websites, our Websites may use a standard technology called a "cookie" to collect information about how you use the site. Please go to "Tracking Technologies" below for more information.
While browsing our Websites, EP does collect personal information when you register with EP for an EP account, when you register to attend a seminar or participate in an online survey, when you ask to be included in an email or other mailing list, when you submit an entry for a sweepstakes or other promotions or when you submit your personal information to EP for any other reason. From time to time, EP receives personal information from business partners and vendors. EP only uses such information if it has been collected in accordance with acceptable privacy practices consistent with this Privacy Notice and applicable laws, including but not limited to the Principles.
Our Provision and Your Use of the Online Services
Access to our Online Services will require a login and a password. The use of our Online Services, and the information or applications accessible from those sites, may be governed by a written agreement between you and/or your employer and EP. Unless you request deletion of your personal information as specified below, your personal information may be retained by EP to verify compliance with any applicable agreement, log software licenses granted, track software downloaded from those pages or track usage of other applications available on those pages.
When you submit your personal information in connection with the provision or use of the Online Services, this Privacy Notice describes how we collect and use your personal information. Your use of the Online Services shall constitute your consent to the terms of this Privacy Notice and any changes to this Privacy Notice that may be made to it in the future in accordance with the terms set forth in this Privacy Notice.
Below are additional privacy considerations specific to our provision and your use of the Online Services:
Personal Information Collection Practices – EP hosts information and data under the direction of its clients through the Online Services, including personal information regarding individuals affiliated with EP's clients. Notwithstanding the foregoing, EP may also have a direct relationship with such individuals whose personal information it processes, i.e., through the Payroll Services.
Choice – Since EP hosts information and data on its Online Services under the direction of its clients, please contact the EP client that you interact with directly if you have any questions or concerns regarding any personal information that may be hosted on the Online Services. If you are an EP client and would like to update your account, please contact your EP Account Representative.
Access to Data Controlled by EP's Clients – EP acknowledges that you have the right to access your personal information. Since EP hosts information and data on its Online Services under the direction of its clients, an individual who seeks to correct, amend or delete inaccurate data should direct the inquiry to the specific EP client at issue. If the EP client cannot directly remove the data and specifically requests EP to remove the data, we will respond to their request within the timeframes prescribed in the applicable agreement between EP and the client.
Data Retention – EP will retain personal information we process on behalf of its clients for as long as needed to provide services to its clients. EP will retain and use this personal information as necessary to comply with its legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce its agreements.
In Connection with Payroll Services
EP is committed to protecting the privacy and security of all personal information that we process in order to provide Payroll Services to our clients. We receive personal information from our clients about their current, prospective and former Production Workers as well as information regarding their dependents and family members. This notice explains our practices with regard to all of the personal information we, as a provider of Payroll Services, receive from our clients.
EP collects and processes personal information of Production Workers only as instructed or permitted by our client or the specific Production Worker, or as otherwise required for EP to fulfill its legal obligations.
EP will disclose all of your personal information to the EP client receiving Payroll Services. We may disclose your personal information to our affiliates and data processors as needed to provide the Payroll Services, each of whom will be contractually bound to limit use of your personal information as needed to perform the Payroll Services.
Failure to provide accurate or complete information or failing to consent to this Privacy Notice may impact our ability to provide Payroll Services.
Notice Prior to Collection
When personal information is collected, we will inform you at the point of collection the purpose for the collection. EP will not transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent, except under the limited conditions described under the discussion entitled "Information Sharing and Disclosure" below. If you choose to provide us with your personal information, we may only transfer that information within EP, with our affiliates or our third party service providers in accordance with this Privacy Notice. Upon receiving your permission, we may transfer your information across borders and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world.
We will always give you the opportunity to "opt out" of receiving direct marketing or market research information. This means we assume you have given us your consent to collect and use your information for the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with this Privacy Notice unless you take affirmative action to indicate that you do not consent, for instance, by clicking or checking the appropriate option or box at the point of collection. In some cases, when applicable, we will provide you with the opportunity to "opt in." This means we will require your affirmative action to indicate your consent before we use your information for purposes other than the purpose for which it was submitted.
Tracking Technologies
As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include your IP addresses, browser type, internet service provider, referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. We may combine this automatically collected log information with other information we collect about you. We do this to improve the services we offer to you, and to improve marketing, analytics or site functionality.
EP, its affiliates and/or service providers (e.g., email distribution vendors, third party payment portals, hosting and managed services vendors), use technologies such as cookies, beacons, tags and scripts to analyze trends, administer the Websites, track users' movements around the Websites and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual and aggregated basis.
Some parts of EP's Websites use cookies to track user traffic patterns. We do this in order to determine the usefulness of our Websites' information to our users and to see how effective our navigational structure is in helping users reach that information. If you prefer not to receive cookies while browsing our Websites, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookie when your browser alerts you to its presence. You can also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser, although you may not be able to take full advantage of our Websites if you do so. In particular, you may be required to accept cookies in order to complete certain actions on our Websites. You do not need to have cookies turned on, however, to use/navigate through many parts of our Websites, except access to certain of EP's Websites may require a login and password.
We partner with a third party to either display advertising on our Websites or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third party partner may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on our Websites and other sites in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based ads, you may opt-out by clicking here or if located in the European Union click here. Please note this does not opt you out of being served ads. You will continue to receive generic ads. We and third parties with whom we partner with use Local Storage, such as HTML5, to store content information and preferences. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing HTML5.
EP's Websites include Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button and Widgets, such as the Share This button or interactive mini-programs that run on our Websites. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Websites, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Websites. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy notice and/or policy of the company providing it.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Because EP is a global company, your personal information may be shared with our affiliates around the world. All such entities are governed by this Privacy Notice or are bound by the appropriate confidentiality and data transfer agreements.
Your personal information is never shared outside EP without your permission, except under the conditions explained below. Inside EP, data is stored in controlled servers with limited access. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing with EP, your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country where EP, its subsidiaries, affiliates, service providers or agents are located.
EP may send your personal information to other companies or people under any of the following circumstances:
- you have provided your consent to share the information;
- we need to share your information to provide the product or service you have requested; or
- we need to send the information to companies who work on behalf of EP to provide a product or service to you (we will only provide those companies the information (i) they need to deliver the service, or (ii) for the purposes for which the information was initially collected, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose).
We will also disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, to enforce our Terms of Use, or in urgent circumstances, to protect personal safety, the public or our Websites. EP may also share your personal information when we have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (1) satisfy any applicable law (foreign, federal, state or local), regulation, legal process or enforceable government request, (2) detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (3) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of EP, its users or the public as required or permitted by law or (4) if EP is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.
Finally, EP may also share with third parties certain aggregate information regarding the use of EP's services or Websites, such as, for example, the number of people who visit certain web pages or use certain services offered by EP.
Data Security
Your EP account information is password-protected for your privacy and security. EP safeguards the security of the data you send us and takes reasonable and appropriate measures to protect it from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction with physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. In certain areas of our Websites, EP uses industry-standard SSL-encryption to enhance the security of data transmissions. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure the security of the information you transmit to us, and so we urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal information when you are on the Internet. Change your passwords often, use a combination of letters, numbers and special characters, and make sure you use a secure browser.
EP restricts access to personal information to EP employees, contractors and agents who need to know and have access to this information. Although EP takes reasonable steps to protect the data that it collects from its users, it is simply not possible to protect against every conceivable breach of security. Although we do our best to make our Websites and data secure, we cannot guarantee the total security of our Websites and data. Accordingly, you agree that you will not hold EP responsible, and hereby release EP, for any inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of user information that may occur, such as, for example, by a person hacking into our system and unlawfully gaining access to our data.
EP processes personal information for the purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with this Privacy Notice. EP reviews its data collection, storage and processing practices to ensure that it collects, stores and processes personal information needed to provide or improve its services, or as otherwise permitted under this Privacy Notice.
Data Retention
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you and/or the EP client services. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Notwithstanding your request, we reserve the right to retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Correcting and Updating Your Information
Upon request EP will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal information.
EP depends upon its users to record, update and correct their personal information whenever necessary. EP asks that individual users review and update their personal information from time to time as this information becomes outdated. For this purpose, EP will allow you access to your personal information in order to correct, amend or delete inaccurate information. However, EP may decline to process requests to update information that are unreasonably repetitive, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others or that would be impractical. We will respond to your request to access within a reasonable amount of time, but no later than 30 days after the date of receipt of your request.
Children and Privacy
Our Websites do not target and are not intended to attract children under the age of 13. EP does not knowingly solicit personal information from children under the age of 13 or send them requests for personal information.
California Residents
If you are a California resident, you may ask us to refrain from sharing your information (whether collected online or offline) with our affiliates for their marketing purposes, if the affiliates are separate legal entities. Please tell us your preference by contacting us as indicated in the "Changes to This Privacy Notice" section below.
Third Party Applications and Sites
EP may make available third party applications through its Online Services and Websites. The information collected by EP when you enable a third party application is processed under this Privacy Notice. Information collected by third party applications is governed by the privacy notice and/or policy of the third party application provider, so you should review and consider said privacy policies when using third party applications.
EP's Websites contains links to other sites. EP does not share your personal information with those websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of those companies.
Our Websites may contain links to websites operated by other companies. Some of these third party sites may be co-branded with an EP logo, even though they are not operated or maintained by EP. Although we choose our business partners carefully, EP is not responsible for the privacy practices of websites operated by third parties that are linked to our Websites or the content of those sites. In any event, once you leave our Websites, you should check the applicable privacy notice and/or policy of the third party website to determine how they will handle any information they collect from you. EP does not endorse or control any of the websites for which links are provided on EP's Websites, and users assume all risks of using these other websites and assume all responsibility for the policies and procedures of these other websites.
Accountability for Onward Transfers
Prior to disclosing your personal information to a third party, EP will notify you of such disclosure and allow the you the choice to opt-out of such disclosure unless the disclosure meets an employment requirement or other legal obligation under applicable law. EP will enter into contracts to ensure that any third party to whom personal information may be disclosed is aware of and adheres to the Principles or is subject to law providing the same level of privacy protection as is required by the Principles and agrees to provide an adequate level of privacy protection. EP will also, upon notice, take reasonable and appropriate steps to stop and remediate unauthorized processing by third party agents and agrees to provide a summary or a representative copy of the relevant privacy provisions of its contracts with agents to the U.S. Department of Commerce upon request.
Changes to This Privacy Notice
EP may amend this Privacy Notice from time to time consistent with the requirements of the EU – U.S. Privacy Shield framework. We will post any revised Privacy Notice on this Website. If we make any change in how we use your personal information we will notify you by email (sent to the email address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on this Website prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to raise any concerns regarding this Privacy Notice and our privacy practice using the contact information provided below and we will investigate and attempt to resolve any complaints and disputes regarding use and disclosure of personal information in accordance with applicable laws. If you have questions, concerns or complaints about this Privacy Notice, please feel free to contact us any time through this Website, by email at email@example.com or by mail at:
Entertainment Partners
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Here, analysts at Co-operative Asset Management look at how some broad industry groups in the FTSE 350 and the companies within them might be affected by sustainability issues. These are not intended as share tips: many other factors may influence returns. A number of the companies highlighted would be ruled out by some socially responsible investors on ethical grounds, for example arms manufacturers and tobacco groups.
As John Reizenstein, chair of CAM, says: "This study is different in setting aside the usual ethical question of 'who are the best corporate citizens?'. Instead, it looks at the long-term trends in the environment and society and offers a view on which companies will have a sustainable business model in a world tested by pollution, resource depletion and demographic change."
Raw materials, mining and oil
Companies in mineral and fossil fuel extraction clearly have poor dynamics from a sustainability perspective – they are running down their assets and often face severe pollution issues.
However, the big question in this sector, and for the broader economy, is what will happen to oil companies as the world moves through the peak in conventional production. The costs of oil extraction are rising sharply. This financing burden is likely to crowd out other sectors and the economy may reach a point where it simply cannot provide the capital that oil extraction requires. Shell already has to borrow to pay its dividend and BP's is on hold precisely because of sustainability factors – not good news for pension funds.
Elsewhere there are more hopeful stories. Some minerals, particularly platinum, have a significant use in solving environmental challenges, which favours Lonmin and Anglo Platinum.
Gas generates far more energy than coal or oil for a given amount of CO2 and it may therefore become a transition fuel – good news for BG Group.
Mineral resource companies will benefit from demand from emerging markets, but many operate in territories where there is unrest or where they cause pollution problems. Companies with a poor record stand to be punished: Vedanta, with its attempts to mine bauxite from a hill in Orissa that belongs to the Dongria Kondh tribe, has attracted international condemnation and successful legal challenges.
Apart from coal-fired power generators, utility companies tend to come out favourably in sustainability analyses. Water companies such as Severn Trent and Pennon also perform a critical social role: the requirement to maintain supply to those in relative poverty is built into regulated returns.
Engineering, industrial, electronics, oil services, support services
Grimly, defence contractors such as BAE Systems and Chemring may benefit as competition for scarce resources increases the potential for wars. However, there are a number of businesses in this sector with an explicit environmental focus, including wind turbine manufacturer Hansen Transmissions and Johnson Matthey, with a portfolio of technologies based around catalysts that reduce local pollutants for transport and industrial processes. Environmental consulting businesses RPS Group and WS Atkins are set to benefit. Aggreko's small generators alleviate power-shortage issues and are well suited to developing markets. The prospect of power outages is also a boon for Chloride, which provides uninterruptible supply services. Spectris, Spirax Sarco and Halma all sell products that improve efficiency or assist with eco monitoring.
Few companies specifically address poverty-related markets. However, Smiths Group and Victrex both have significant health businesses that target age-related issues.
Property, housebuilding, construction
Property developer St Modwen is notable for its remediation business, which helps clean up polluted land. The ageing population will drive up demand for homes for the elderly, but the failure of the industry to attract a new generation of workers is leading to a skills shortage that will force up costs. Eaga's business is making homes more resource-efficient and it offers a number of services that help the elderly and disadvantaged sections of society. SIG is similarly set to benefit as its insulation products both improve environmental efficiency and support those in fuel poverty.
Food, drinks, tobacco, travel, leisure and pharmaceuticals
Food companies are likely to do well, outside of meat and dairy, where price rises are likely to be stark. Unilever is well positioned because of its strong emerging-market exposure, its significant franchise in sanitation, and as a beneficiary of food-price inflation.
Companies that should benefit from ageing populations in developed markets and the health needs of the world's poor include Smith & Nephew, Synergy and GlaxoSmithKline.
Prospects for travel-related businesses are varied. Public transport companies are favoured, both environmentally and for providing mobility to poorer segments of society. Airlines rank badly, with the sector about to be included under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme – with knock-on effects on hotels and business travel. Cruise operator Carnival may fare better: while cruises have high fuel costs and significant environmental impacts, they appeal to older demographics. While the government is subsidising low-carbon vehicles, it still seems unlikely that a large-scale automotive distributor such as Inchcape will make enough per new vehicle to cover the shortfall in big-ticket sales, as demand for larger vehicles such as 4x4s recedes.
Information technology
The information economy, including telecoms, software, hardware and media, has sustainability issues, but offsetting that is the potential to improve sustainability in other sectors – for instance, through providing smart grids and smart metering. The information economy supports more equal resource distribution as it democratises access to information. This dynamic is particularly strong for BT, Vodafone and Cable & Wireless.
In the main, financial services companies are likely to be negatively affected by resource depletion and climate change. But they may benefit from ageing populations presenting more opportunities to offer services, and some also serve emerging markets.
General insurers may face increased weather claims. Prudential, HSBC and Standard Life stand out for their emerging markets exposure. St James's Place may benefit from offering advisory services to those moving toward retirement. Experian has an interesting social dynamic: it helps improve financial literacy alongside its credit-checking services, though detractors point to big brother tendencies.
The need for greater environmental awareness may favour outsourcing companies. Serco, for example, works with local authorities to reduce their ecological footprints. Intertek may also do well as consumer concern over product safety, quality and ethical sourcing creates demand for testing, inspection, certification and traceability. Skills shortages arising as a result of the ageing population will present opportunities for recruitment companies including SThree, Michael Page and Hays.

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PARISH PROFILE: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Atlantic City, New Jersey
This profile was published in the July-August, 1998 Orthodox Observer, and can be read in full online - https://www.goarch.org/-/july-august-1998-orthodox-observer
PARISH PROFILE: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
LOCATION: Atlantic City, New Jersey
St. Nicholas Church is at the "center of the action" in this city of 40,000, on which the popular board game Monopoly is based. "We're in the middle of the casinos," remarked Fr. Nikas, who has served the parish eight years.
He said that about 80 percent of his parishioners come from Greece, and that "80 percent work in the casinos, but they don't like what they see, "The priest describes his community as "very conservative." Most of the immigrants hail from northwestern Macedonia and the island of Chios. . . . .
Although the church was established in 1924, only two years after the founding of the Archdiocese, the Greek Orthodox presence in Atlantic City originated before 1900, according to a historical article by Sophie Nestor.
Mrs. Nestor is the daughter of Prodromos Prodromou, a former parish president (1932-33) under whose administration the community built the existing church.
A key factor that accounts the original presence of the Greek community is the tourist industry.
Along the Boardwalk
A hundred years before the first casinos opened in 1978, the 5-mile-long Boardwalk and its amusement piers was a tourist attraction. The pioneer Greek settlers came in the late 19th century and worked as peddlers, and its restaurants as dishwashers, cooks and busboys. Many years later, by the early '20s, every small restaurant in the city was Greek-owned or managed, many along or near the Boardwalk.
More families arrived after 1900. According to Mrs. Nestor's article, by 1910 they established a coffee house on Kentucky Avenue that served as a meeting place for many years.
In the early 1920s, community leaders began efforts to form a permanent Greek Orthodox parish. a meeting with Archdiocese representatives at the Odd Fellows Hall on Nov. 19, 1924, resulted in the community receiving approval to establish a parish. The first priest was Fr. Georgiou Dougekos, who served from 1924-26.
Establishing the church's presence since then almost reads like a trip around a Monopoly game board. Services first took place on a monthly basis in rented space at the Roman Catholic Church of the Ascension on Kentucky and Pacific avenues. In 1932, the community purchased the house on nearby Mt. Vernon Avenue for $6,000 and build its first church.
Years later . . . .
READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE - https://www.goarch.org/-/july-august-1998-orthodox-observer


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Proportional Representation IS modern democracy. The PR Party is an organization founded in 2007 to promote the concepts of proportional representation in New York and the entire US. Most modern democracies in the world today use some form of PR to elect their local and national legislatures and we in this country ought to be doing the same. The time has come to replace the old fashioned two-party-winner-take-all politics that characterizes US politics, and PR provides a modern all-inclusive method of doing it. To contact the PRP, please click here.
The elections on May 6th in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland to fill 650 seats in the British parliament have left them with no clear winner. A major part of the reason for this is the disproportional nature of using single-member districts to elect a national legislature. The Liberal-Democratic Party fielded a candidate in nearly every contest and gained about 23% of the total vote nationwide, yet they won only 9% of the seats, about 58. The Labor Party by contrast gained about 29% of the total vote, yet won just about 40% of the seats, and the Conservatives similarly received 36% of the vote but 45% of the seats. The debate about whether to switch to a proportional election system has been ongoing there for the past several years, with a national commission recommending a referendum on the subject. Maybe now they'll get one, because the Liberal-Democrats are avid proponents of such a move and neither Labor nor the Conservatives can take power without them.
If the Brits do go over to a proportional election system, as seems likely now, the U.S. and India will be among the last holdouts of the "British" system of first-past-the-post, winner-take-all elections. When and how do we get the much needed national debate about our own switchover to a proportional elections system going over here, "across the pond", as they say? The time is now, and the place to begin is in New York State, where a discussion about whether to hold a constitutional convention has begun. This debate gives proponents of PR a place to argue our case for what is truly the method of modern democracy that is the election of councils and legislatures by their percentage of the popular vote, a change which requires a change in the constitution of New York State. We hope the British election result will spur on all those who see this as a way out of the morass of our current political culture.


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Public Adjuster Moratorium "Unconstitutional" per the Florida Supreme Court
In 2008, Florida law established a 48-hour moratorium on public adjusters. This month (July 2012), it was ruled unconstitutional by the Florida Supreme Court on grounds that it restricted commercial speech.
And what a logical decision it was. With insurance companies trying to people to sign quickly for low settlements while they are feeling desperate, what possible reason could there be to ban public insurance adjusters from soliciting policyholders during the first 48 hours after a damaging event? It simply violated peoples' rights.
1800Adjusters applaud the Supreme Court of Florida. The insurance industry is not clapping, however.
Public Adjusters serve are trained and licensed advocates for insurance policyholders regarding the negotiation insurance claims. The now overturned law had been prevented them from getting involved in insurance cases at the beginning of an insurance crisis.
The 2008 Florida law had been created in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The law was created with a great push from insurance companies alleging that unscrupulous Public Adjusters were causing them to pay unnecessary or inflated insurance claims.
Plaintiffs maintained that the first 48 hours after a damaging event are incredibly critical for a policyholder. This is the window when photos must be taken, paperwork initiated (and sometimes completed) as well as other important actions must be taken to protect evidence and meet the policyholder clauses which commonly allow insurance companies to deny payment if not done in the timeframe stated in the policy.
One of the roles of Public Adjusters is to serve as advocates for policyholders during this time, not just for the price negotiation itself, but also to help policyholders understand what responsibilities have been placed upon them via the policies; and, to help them meet those responsibilities to avoid a denied claim.
The Florida Supreme Court ruled that the commercial free speech rights of Public Adjusters' were being violated under the law. Prohibiting Public Adjusters from soliciting people until 48 hours after an insured event was a violation of their rights. And, of course, there are also the rights of policyholders to be well-informed of all the facts and laws as well as nuances of the policies they hold.
Currently, Public Adjusters are allowed in 44 states where legislation provides for the licensing, authorization of, and/or regulation of Public Adjusters. Public Adjusters are not licensed in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
This decision in Florida may add further support to have Public Adjusters be allowed in all 50 states.Share:


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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
How will they do it?:
- They will fly in a sniper from Israel (naturally) in a private jet.
- They will have obtained two identical rifles (to avoid TSD-style controversy about the type of rifle found), keeping the receipt from the second rifle (bought at a gun shop in the area).
- They will send a special invitation to the patsy, a white male from the South with three names, to attend a reception after the public rally.
- At the rally, the sniper will blow Obama's head clean off. He will then head back to his jet to be flown back to the Homeland.
- The patsy will find himself alone at the site of the 'reception', will be drugged, and eventually will be shot by authorities, 'resisting arrest' (they won't make the same mistake of allowing the patsy to leave the scene, and dead men can't defend themselves). The second rifle will be the 'throw down', placed by the authorities beside the patsy so the photos can show the assassin beside his gun. Later, the assassination rifle will be swapped for the throw down (so the ballistics will match), with the patsy's fingerprints applied to the sniper's rifle post mortem.
- Although the patsy was liberal (being thrilled to obtain an invitation to an Obama reception), he will be described as a white supremacist, neo-Nazi, gun nut. None of his friends will be able to recall hearing him say one racist thing, and nobody will ever recall seeing him with a gun or even talking about guns. Nevertheless, the authorities will raid his house (described as a 'compound'), and will discover a huge cache of guns (including the receipt for the assassination rifle, although a later check of the surveillance tape at the gun shop will show that the video system was malfunctioning at the time the rifle was purchased), neo-Nazi regalia on the walls (a special touch for the people behind the assassination), and a collection of white supremacist literature.
Case closed. Of course, as the assassination may have to be performed at a location decided at the last minute, they would probably have to have an assortment of patsies, rifles etc., a set for each probable city.
There will be riots, and the authorities will get a chance to use their new round-up capabilities. The Democratic Party will be permanently destroyed (blacks and progressive whites will blame Hillary and the party establishment, and will never vote for the party again), and President McCain will be able to continue the Era of The Wars For The Jews, at least until the United States is utterly bankrupt, unable to even borrow the money to slaughter more Muslims in aid of the Zionist project.


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Joanna Lumley is 64 next month and I adore her (in my fantasies I pretend I look like her!) I like her even more after reading her her comments in the current edition of the Radio Times.
I don't usually buy the Radio Times ; my son gave me a copy, correctly predicting that the front page heading of 'WOMEN POWER' would be of interest to me, and he was right! It's full of some interesting articles about being an older woman in our society. And as I am an older woman in our society, I was hooked.
BBC and Discrimination
It's a well documented fact that women are discriminated against on grounds of looks (i.e. stay young forever and you're OK) or just plain discrimination (Radio 4 producer saying women can't ask the tough questions) but this article provides some evidence that the tide is beginning slowly to turn.
Says Joanna:
" I can't talk generally about women, but no one patronises them like …journalists. Because a lot of magazines are sold on fear (I presume she means all the guff on stopping getting old and the cult of thin), and women have been made to be very afraid. I couldn't love men more but women have been second class citizens since time began,"
And later on in the interview:
"If you don't look good, you're out. But only women. Men can look like dogs' bottoms".
Your Thoughts
What do you think? I have referred to what I call 'femageism' before and it is well illustrated in the world of TV and magazines. Is this just an issue in the media? Have you ever worked anywhere where there was a different standard between men and women? Do you feel pressurised to look a certain way? I'd love to know what you think and hear about your experiences.
You can read more about that article by clicking this link.
Posted on April 7th, 2010 by Jane
5 Responses to "Stay Young & Beautiful?"
It's so true about the "need" for woomen to look good. I think we all are under it wether we like it or not.
I like your blog!
I would like 10% of all credit for this blog!
*hehe* Had to chuckle at Fearg's comments :o)
I adore Joanna Lumley – a true lady, full of grace and honesty and truly empowering.
I've seen women hired just because they "look good", yet with precious little in the intellectual capacity … I rarely read any magazines nowadays (except for Psychologies) as I am so far out of what is deemed "an acceptable size" by modern-day society that it just leaves me totally disinterested!
Thanks for highlighting Joanna's article, Jane – am off to check out that link now.


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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Although drier now..more sun..
Doesn't it look like an edible southern Christmas tree? Little dangling decorations..
It brought my raspberries to life again!!
I have little fingers that love to pick..and I love those little fingers and the picking:)
But what I did salvage I put to use!:)
I was perusing blogs last week and found this at Kevin's~
Yes I did have blueberries..but store bought..~
I did though....have FRESH home grown raspberries and I love raspberries and lemon..Do you too?
It worked!!
I love the condensed milk with the lemon rind and juice..it's perfection.. I love oats and brown sugar and butter..I love raspberries..
I sound like I love everything..I almost do quite truthfully.
GREAT recipe..a keeper.. voted so by Jacques and I~
La Recette~
Blueberry Crumb Bars with Lemon Cream Filling
(makes 9+ bars)
3/4 cup unsalted butter (melted)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 large egg (separated)
3/4 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
2 cups blueberries
1. Mix the butter, flours, rolled oats, sugar, salt and baking powder in a large bowl until it forms crumbs.
2. Set 1 cup of the mixture aside for the topping.
3. Mix the egg white into the mixture.
4. Press the mixture into the bottom of a greased 8 inch square baking pan.
5. Bake in a preheated 350F oven for 10 minutes.
6. Meanwhile mix the egg yolk into the sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice and zest and let it sit.
7. Spread the blueberries out over the bottom crust and top with the lemon mixture.
8. Bake until the lemon mixture forms a shiny skin, about 7-8 minutes.
9. Sprinkle on the reserved crumbs.
10. Bake until the top is golden brown and the sides are bubbling, about 20-25 minutes.
I really could just keep picking and picking:)~
Like Lulu did..
16 comments:
Oh, the raspberry bars look so good! How lucky you are to have the raspberry bushes and such charming little hands to pick them!ReplyDelete
Rasperry bars... I am sûre i'll like them a lot... Can you give me the receipe in french... it will be easier for me! Thanks a lot!ReplyDelete
Ces barres de framboises toutes moelleuses, j'en prendrais bien là tout de suite avec mon café !ReplyDelete
Bonne journée
Fresh raspberries from your own garden - sublime taste sensation!ReplyDelete
My mother had raspberries in her garden so they always remind me of her. I'm sure Lulu will have a similar memory of Nana :)ReplyDelete
I love the idea of using raspberries instead of blueberries...No fresh ones here, though. Lucky you!
Monique, dessert looks even better than it sounds!ReplyDelete
Btw, I think you'd have (sweetened condensed) milk coming out of your nose from laughter, if you were to see my raspberry bushes.
They've taken over my backyard, but just try to find a couple of nice looking berries in that jungle.
It could be due to the fact that I have a little raspberry fiend, who happens to look quite a bit like Lulu.
So, what is your secret for such a prolific berry patch? I want to know.
The dessert looks heavenly. I have blackberries growing. Raspberries usually have more thorns than blackberries. I didn't see them on yours. Are there thornless raspberries? They make an organic fertilizer specifically for berries.ReplyDelete
Avec plaisir Mamina~ReplyDelete
3/4 tasse de beurre non salé fondu
1 tasse de farine non blanchie
1 tasse de farine de blé
1 tasse d'avoine (gruau)
1/2 c à thé de sel
1/2 c à thé de poudre à pâte
1 oeuf(gros)séparé
3/4 d'une boîte de lait condensé(type Eagle Brand)
1/4 tasse jus de citron
1 c à thé de zeste de citron râpé
2 tasses de bleuets
Mélanger le beurre,l'avoine,les farines,le sel, la poudre â pâte dans un grand bol jusqu'à ce que des miettes grossières se forment.
2.Réserver 1 tasse de miettes..pour le dessus.
3.Mélanger le blanc d'oeuf dans les miettes.
4. Preseez le mélange dans un moule beurré de 8 poucesx8 pouces
5. Enfourner 10 minutes ..350 F
6.Pendant ce temps mélanger le lait condensé avec le zeste et le jus de citron ainsi que le jaune d'oeuf.
Laissez reposer.
7. Placer les bleuets sur la base et verser la préparation au citron par dessus.
8.Enfourner 7-8 minutes.Un petit miroîtement se fera:)
9.Parsemer du reste des miettes.
10.Enfourner de nouveau 20-25 minutes.Le tout sera agréablement doré~
Moi.. j'ai utilisé que de la farine non blanchie.. (2 tasses)..et des framboises..
Thank you!
Just lucky for the raspberries..I did nothing!
Donna..thanks for the tip!!
M...are you basking in the "After glow" of new little oliver!!! I love their photo together. I have been painting, painting, painting, taking a break just long enough to learn about your rasberries...xoxo~Kathy @ Sweet Up-North Mornings...ReplyDelete
Every time I stop by - I gain weight!ReplyDelete
Love it...Lylah
La maison et le jardin
Those bars are magnifique. I would love to taste them.ReplyDelete
Your raspberry bars look delicious!ReplyDelete
Un petit bonheur pour ce week-end et je te souhaite un très bon week-end Monique !!!!ReplyDelete
Mmm..fresh raspberries. It can't get any better. I love lemon cream so your blueberry crumb bars recipe is a keeper. Thanks..ReplyDelete
Raspberry picking with the little ones must be quite a joy. And to put them into something so moist and tender as this cake/bars makes it taste that much sweeter.ReplyDelete
Those bars look great! I like the sound of the raspberry version. It would probably also go well with a lime cream.ReplyDelete


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You know how sometimes you come across something that you want so badly that you literally ache for it? That's how I felt as soon as I saw this set of three(!) Breakfast at Tiffany's notebooks from Abrams & Chronicle. For a long term, this was my all-time favourite film. Then I realised (OK, Luke pointed out to me!) how awful it is that the romantic lead tells our heroine that people belong to each other and it sharply fell down my all-time favourite films list. But it still holds a special place in my heart and I love these notebooks so much! £9.99 is a bargain for the set too. You get two large notebooks (one plain, one lined) and a smaller graph paper notebook. They also do a fab journal and set of notecards. Holy crap, I just spotted this awesome feminist journal too. Can I just have all the things please?
Breakfast at Tiffany's Notebooks (Set of 3), £9.99
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Shame on me! I am two days late wishing a great guy Happy Birthday. Pat Fedele was born on April 20, 1924. Pat is one of the six original crewmembers of the Boston that I had the good fortune to meet and interview for the Baked Beans books. Pat and I have kept in touch since then, and I consider myself very lucky to know him.
Pat is a tenor, and he shared his smooth-as-silk voice with his shipmates. I asked him about Happy Hours and "The Three B's" : Frank Carroll and Andy DiMarzo and me. I put the group together. One day we were just singing around together down below. So at one point I said 'do you know this song by Glen Miller or this song?' I'd break out a song and they would harmonize. We sounded really good, just like the Modernaires. From then on we were the Three B's. When I wasn't doing a solo, they were with me as a trio. We were so good they sent us from ship to ship sometimes.
From the Boston Cruisebook:
Keep smiling Pat. Keep singing. Happy Birthday.


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Each year the Festival raises money for charity, and in 2019 we are supporting the Greater Manchester Mayor's Homelessness Fund.
This fund was set up by Andy Burnham on his election to the post of Mayor of Greater Manchester with the objective of ending rough sleeping in Greater Manchester through initiatives such as:
- building specialised supported accommodation for young people, with access to education, volunteering and employment opportunities
- expanding mental health and rehabilitation programmes across Greater Manchester, including rebuilding community mental health support, recovery-led accommodation and arts programmes
- bringing empty properties back into use for people threatened with becoming homeless.
Andy Burnham donates 15% of his mayoral salary to the fund.
You can find out more about the fund at its webpage, and you can donate to it here.


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Animals are one of the beautiful creation of God and some animals are cutest beyond imagination. This post is for all animal lovers and you will be amazed to see that world is filled with these cutest and beautiful animals. You will surely think to adopt them after seeing this post. We all love cats and dogs but these cutest animals will steal your heart and except cats and dogs they will also be you favorite.
1. Fennec Fox
2. Harp Seal
3. Bee Hummingbird
4. Bottlenose Dolphin
5. Chinchilla
6. Clown Fish
7. Beluga Whale
8. Red Panda
9. Penguin
10. Meerkat
11. Slow loris
12. Giant panda


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All events
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Fall 2017 Architecture Sustainability Colloquium
Colloquium | August 25 – December 1, 2017 every day | 112 Wurster Hall
College of Environmental Design
FRIDAYS - AUG 25 through DEC 1. CHECK THE SCHEDULE FOR SPEAKERS. Bay Area Leaders discuss topics in sustainability.
Amos Gitai to Teach Seminar on Narrative and Form: Cinema and Architecture
Film - Series | August 29 – September 26, 2017 every day | 370 Wurster Hall
College of Environmental Design
The Israeli film director Amos Gitai (Ph.D Architecture 79) will teach a five week course on film that explores the concepts of narrative and space. CLASS SIZE IS VERY LIMITED SO YOU MUST SIGN UP SOON. OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS ACROSS CAMPUS.
Computer Workstation Evaluator Training (BEUHS403)
Workshop | September 13 | 8 a.m.-12 p.m. | Tang Center, University Health Services, Class of '42
Greg Ryan, Ergonomic Campus Ergonomist, Be well at Work - Ergonimics; Mallory Lynch, MA, Campus Ergonomist, Ergonomics@Work
Specifically for Departmental Computer Workstation Evaluators, learn the basics of how to evaluate and modify computer workstations according to campus ergonomic guidelines in this practical, hands-on workshop. Enroll online through the UC Learning Center
Client Centered Micro-Skills - 1st Year Students Only
Workshop | September 13 | 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. | Haviland Hall, Library
Apple Networking Day
Career Fair | September 13 | 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | Bechtel Engineering Center, Garbarini Lounge
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Apple is coming to UC Berkeley for a Networking Event on Wednesday, September 14 and well have about 40 engineers that are looking forward to meeting interested students. Please feel free to drop by the Garbarini Lounge anytime between 10:00am-3:00pm, as your schedule allows, we hope to see you there!
On the Move: Archaeologies of Human Mobility and Migration
Seminar | September 13 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
This one-day public symposium brings archaeologists from Munich and Berkeley together to explore new horizons in mobility and migration practices in past societies. Abstracts can be read at this link. The Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology and the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich-UC Berkeley Research in the Humanities Program are co-sponsors of this event.
Introduction to Mapping with ArcGIS Online
Workshop | September 13 | 10-11:30 a.m. | 356 Barrows Hall
Susan Powell, Library
This workshop will introduce the ArcGIS Online (AGOL) platform. AGOL is a web-based mapping software that allows you to build maps and explore data online. Topics to be covered include how to construct a simple web map from a spreadsheet of data, perform basic spatial analysis and queries, and publish the map to the web. We will also explore finding data sources through AGOL and using AGOL as a... More >
Wellness Wednesdays in the Garden: Flower Power Yoga| Grow and Go with Chai!
Workshop | September 6 – October 25, 2017 every Wednesday with exceptions | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Grow - stretch to feel longer, stronger & more balanced.
Go - get back to your day w/renewed vitality
Yoga is an effective strategy to release tension, relax the nervous system, improve focus, & increase balance.Each class offers a healthy dosage of crisp fresh air, all natural organic floral aromas, vitamin D sunlight, blooming visions, stable grounding platform, direct &loving... More >
Free with Garden Admission
Noon Concert: Love and Loss in Art Song
Performing Arts - Music | September 13 | 12 p.m. | Hertz Concert Hall
Jashvina Devadoss, Gabrielle Lochard, sopranos; Tara Scown, Signa Love mezzo-sopranos; Bethany Lee, violin; Leighton Fong, cello; Nate Ben-Horin, piano and celesta; Michael Orland, piano; Jennifer Huang, conductor
Nate BEN-HORIN For Aletha: Musée des Beaux Arts (GL; BL; LF; NB; JH)
PURCELL If Music be the Food of Love (JD; NB)
QUILTER Come Away Death (JD; NB)
BOLCOM Amor (TS; MO)
VAUGHAN... More >
Shadow Regulation of the Internet with Jeremy Malcolm: CITRIS Fall 2017 Research Exchange Series
Seminar | September 13 | 12-1 p.m. | 310 Sutardja Dai Hall
Jeremy Malcolm, Senior Global Policy Analyst, Electronic Frontier Foundation
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Jeremy Malcolm is Senior Global Policy Analyst at Electronic Frontier Foundation, where he works on the international dimensions of issues such as intellectual property, network neutrality, Internet governance, and trade.
Plant and Microbial Biology Plant Seminar: "Mimicry of plant ribosomes and translational control mechanisms by mammalian poxviruses"
Seminar | September 13 | 12-1 p.m. | 101 Barker Hall
Derek Walsh, Northwestern University
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
Research in our laboratory focuses on two aspects of DNA virus biology: 1) The role of the host translation system during infection by poxviruses. 2) Microtubule regulation and function during herpes simplex virus infection.
City as Nexus: Global Urban Humanities Fall 2017 Colloquium
Colloquium | August 30 – November 15, 2017 every Wednesday with exceptions | 12-1:30 p.m. | Wurster Hall, 494, South Tower
Various Guest Lecturers, Global Urban Humanities Initiative
Fall 2017 (1 Unit)
Rhetoric 198-3 (Class Nbr: 21377) and CYPLAN 198-2 (Class Nbr: 12006)
Rhetoric 244A (Class Nbr: 46989) and CYPLAN 298-2 (Class Nbr: 47047)
Instructor: Kevin Block
Instructor of record: Susan Moffat
Wednesdays, 12-1:30PM
Location: Cal Design Lab, Room 494 SE Wurster Hall
The city is a social nexus. It binds people, things, forces, ideas together as a crossroads, grid,... More >
No MVZ Lunch Seminar
Seminar | September 13 | 12-1 p.m. | Valley Life Sciences Building, 3101 Grinnell-Miller Library
MVZ Lunch is a graduate level seminar series (IB264) based on current and recent vertebrate research. Professors, graduate students, staff, and visiting researchers present on current and past research projects. The seminar meets every Wednesday from 12- 1pm in the Grinnell-Miller Library. Enter through the MVZ's Main Office, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, and please let the receptionist... More >
Landscapes of Heritage at the Blackfeet Boarding School, Montana
Lecture | September 13 | 12-1 p.m. | 101 2251 College (Archaeological Research Facility)
William A. White III, University of California, Berkeley Department of Anthropology
Archaeological Research Facility
For centuries, the Blackfeet people of northern Montana crafted a cultural landscape that served as the backdrop against which life was lived. By the nineteenth century, Blackfeet ways and landscapes had changed but fragments of their past remained. The boarding school system of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was designed by the United States government as a formal program to... More >
Engineering Longevity
Seminar | September 13 | 12-1 p.m. | Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center
Irina Conboy, Associate Professor of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley
Our research uncovers the behavior of organ stem cells in young versus aged tissues: muscle, brain, liver, skin, etc., with the goal to identify common age-imposed alterations that are responsible for pathological changes. The clinical value of this research is in treating a number of age-associated degenerative and metabolic diseases as a class... More >
EndNote: Basics to Advanced
Workshop | September 13 | 12-1 p.m. | Valley Life Sciences Building, Bioscience & Natural Resources Library / 2101
Susan Koskinen, Librarian, Life & Health Sciences
Hands-on introduction to EndNote, a document management program, use it to automatically create your group of citations, insert footnotes, generate bibliographies, review of pdf importing & customizing tools.
Bring your laptop or use the desktops. Drop-in, no sign ups.
Information Seeding and Knowledge Production in Online Communities: Evidence from OpenStreetMap
Colloquium | September 13 | 12:10-1:15 p.m. | 5101 Tolman Hall
Abhishek Nagaraj, Assistnat Professor, Haas School of Business
Institute of Personality and Social Research
Does seeding online communities with baseline information spur contributor activity and follow-on knowledge production? I shed light on this question by examining data from OpenStreetMap, a Wikipedia-style, digital map-making community that was seeded by the US Census TIGER map at its inception. I estimate the causal effects of information seeding on OpenStreetMap by leveraging a novel dataset of... More >
Social inequality and disease-vector mosquitoes: An inter-species feedback loop: John Palmer, Pompeu Fabra University
Colloquium | September 13 | 12:10-1:10 p.m. | 2232 Piedmont, Seminar Room
John Palmer, Professor, Pompeu Fabra University
Population Science, Department of Demography
A lunch time talk and discussion session, featuring visiting and local scholars presenting their research on a wide range of topics of interest to demography.
Launch Pad: Undergraduate Student Talks about the Research Process in Social Sciences
Presentation | September 13 | 12:10-1 p.m. | Moffitt Undergraduate Library, 4th Floor
Students discuss the initial process of starting a research project, introducing methodological approaches and resources while inviting other students to share their insight as well. This months featured students are: Shelby Mack, #BlackGirlsMatterToo: Understanding and Disrupting the School to Prison Pipeline Among Black Girls and Yena Lee, Hashtag Feminist Movement within K-pop Fandom
Must have a UCB ID for entrance.
BCNM Undergraduate Certificate Information Session
Tour/Open House | September 13 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Moffitt Undergraduate Library, BCNM Commons (Rm. 340)
Berkeley Center for New Media, Berkeley Center for New Media
Berkeley Center for New Media
Find out more about the certificate in new media for undergraduates at Cal!
BCNM invites interested undergraduates to join faculty, grads, and current students for a lunch where we'll discuss the exciting courses, fellowships, and mentoring opportunities the undergraduate certificate in new media offers. In the first three years of our program, we've been thrilled to present an... More >
BJCL General Meeting
Meeting | September 13 | 12:45-1:45 p.m. | Boalt Hall, School of Law
Topology Seminar (Introductory Talk): Dehn surgery, lattice theory, and Heegaard Floer homology
Seminar | September 13 | 2-3 p.m. | 740 Evans Hall
Faramarz Vafaee, Caltech
I will talk about the main idea used for the work that will be presented in the second hour. I will discuss how (essentially) the same idea has been used a) to solve the lens space realization problem (by Greene) and b) to prove the conjecture that if an alternating knot has unknotting number one, then there exists an unknotting crossing in any alternating diagram (by McCoy). The idea is built... More >
Matrix Concentration for Expander Walks
Seminar | September 13 | 3:10-4 p.m. | 1011 Evans Hall
Nikhil Srivastava, UC Berkeley
We prove a Chernoff-type bound for sums of matrix-valued random variables sampled via a random walk on a Markov chain with spectral gap, confirming a conjecture of Wigderson and Xiao up to logarithmic factors in the deviation parameter. Our proof is based on a recent multi-matrix extension of the Golden-Thompson inequality due to Sutter et al. discovered in the context of quantum information... More >
The Geography of Sacrifice (Episode 2): Alice Stewart, the Cold War Injuriat, and Thinking Like a State
Colloquium | September 13 | 3:30-5 p.m. | 575 McCone Hall
Iain Boal, Independent Scholar
In the mid 1950s the bohemian epidemiologist Alice Stewart discovered unexpectedly that single, low-level exposures to ionizing radiation were the cause of a spike in childhood leukemias across the British Isles, especially in the wealthier postcodes. This finding challenged the post-Hiroshima orthodoxy concerning safe dose thresholds, and Dr Stewart found herself the target of a patriarchal and... More >
Model organisms reveal insight into mechanisms of human neurodegenerative diseases
Seminar | September 13 | 3:30-4:30 p.m. | 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
Aaron Gitler, Stanford University
Ethnicity and Violence: General and Contextual Dynamics
Colloquium | September 13 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 2538 Channing (Inst. for the Study of Societal Issues), Wildavsky Conference Room
Martín Sánchez-Jankowski, Professor, Sociology, and Director, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, UC Berkeley
Institute for the Study of Societal Issues
Lecture by Martín Sánchez-Jankowski, Professor, Sociology, and Director, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, UC Berkeley
Books will be available for sale and signing.
Book: Burning Dislike: Ethnic Violence in High Schools
Phase transitions in random constraint satisfaction problems
Seminar | September 13 | 4-5 p.m. | 1011 Evans Hall
Nike Sun, University of California, Berkeley
We will discuss a class of random constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs), including the boolean k-satisfiability (k-SAT) problem. For numerous random CSP models, heuristic methods from statistical physics yield detailed predictions on phase transitions and other phenomena. We will survey some of these predictions and describe some progress in the development of mathematical theory for these... More >
EECS Colloquium: Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Engineering Efficient and Clean Powertrains
Colloquium | September 13 | 4-5 p.m. | Soda Hall, 306 (HP Auditorium)
Patrick Groeneveld, Synopsys
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Transportation accounts for over 1/3 of total energy consumption in the USA. At the same time the scientific facts about efficiency and emissions of our daily transportation options are surprisingly elusive. How much worse is it to fly rather than to drive down to LA? How clean and efficient are electrical vehicles given that electricity generation is polluting as well? And how could we engineers... More >
Topology Seminar (Main Talk): The prism manifold realization problem
Seminar | September 13 | 4-5 p.m. | 3 Evans Hall
Faramarz Vafaee, Caltech
The spherical manifold realization problem asks which spherical three-manifolds arise from surgeries on knots in the three-sphere. In recent years, the realization problem for C, T, O, and I-type spherical manifolds has been solved, leaving the D-type manifolds (also known as the prism manifolds) as the only remaining case. Every prism manifold can be parametrized as \(P(p, q)\), for a pair of... More >
Web Platforms for Digital Projects
Workshop | September 13 | 4:10-5 p.m. | Barrows Hall, D-Lab (Barrows 350)
Stacy Reardon, Library
How do you go about publishing a digital book, a multimedia project, a digital exhibit, or another kind of digital project? In this workshop, we'll take a look at use cases for common open-source web platforms WordPress, Drupal, Omeka, and Scalar, and we'll talk about hosting, storage, and asset management. There will be time for hands-on work in the platform most suited to your needs. No coding... More >
New Play Reading Series: The Carter Sisters by Lashon Daley
Reading - Literary | September 13 | 5-7 p.m. | B-4 Dwinelle Hall
Lashon Daley; Malika Saramaat Imhotep
Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, Townsend Center for the Humanities
Join us for a reading of the play The Carter Sisters by Lashon Daley, followed by a discussion with the playwright, Lashon Daley, and the director, Malika Saramaat Imhotep.
TE-29 California Traffic Engineering License Exam Review
Course | September 6 – October 11, 2017 every Wednesday | 5-7 p.m. | Online
Rafat Raie, PE, City Traffic Engineer, City of Walnut Creek; Joy Bhattacharya, PE, PTOE, Principal, Stantec; Crystal Killiam, PE, City of Los Angeles; Obaid Khan, PE, City Traffic Engineer, City of Dublin
Institute of Transportation Studies
This twelve-session live-online training course is intended to help transportation engineers prepare for the California Traffic Engineer exam to become a professional Traffic Engineer in California. The course includes a set of sample problems for each session with fully developed solutions to give examinees more opportunity to hone in their test-taking skills. The twelve sessions are designed to... More >
Is Sugar Making Us Sick?
Lecture | September 13 | 5-7 p.m. | David Brower Center, Goldman Theater
2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA
Janet King, Senior Scientist, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute; Dr. Ronald Krausse, Senior Scientist and Dolores Jordan Endowed Chair, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute; Dr. Kristine Madsen, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Gary Taubes, Cofounder and Senior Scientific Advisor, Nutrition Science Initiative
Dr. John Swartzberg, Clinical Professor, Emeritus, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Public Health, School of, Tang Center (University Health Services), Berkeley Wellness
Join a panel of experts in nutrition and public health to discuss the role of added sugar in the obesity and diabetes epidemics, including how its risks compare to those of saturated fat, formerly the leading dietary villain.
Critical Theory Working Group | Collaborations, Co-Operatives, Coalition-Building | Collaboration Thinking
Panel Discussion | September 13 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | 340 Moffitt Undergraduate Library
Angela Marino, Assistant Professor of Theater and Performance Studies and Latinx American Studies, UC Berkeley
The Program in Critical Theory
Just two days after the sixteen-year anniversary of September 11th, which will be remembered on the UC Berkeley campus at the Art + Design Initiatives Public (Re)Assembly panel discussion, the CTWGs first meeting opens with a discussion of what collaboration is, is not, and can be (theoretically, practically, and politically). How is the working group itself a form of collaboration thinking,... More >
ULAB student group hosts the "Quintessential (STEM) Research Workshop"
Workshop | September 13 | 6-8 p.m. | Unit 5 Residence Hall, CKC Conference Room
, Berkeley, CA 94720
RSSP is collaborating with ULAB to run our first ever Quintessential (STEM) Research Workshop.
We will bring organizations throughout campus to
- provide a detailed overview of research programs on campus
- run guided researcher discovery activity to identify research labs and programs that fit your academic goals
- a mock application panel with real past applications to help you... More >
Thriving in Science September Seminar: "My Journey from Physics to Neurobiology as an Imposter" with Dr. Marla Feller
Seminar | September 13 | 6-7 p.m. | 105 Stanley Hall
Dr. Marla Feller, UC Berkeley
QB3 - California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences
Talk will be followed by Artichoke Basille pizza and refreshments in Stanley Hall.
Marla Feller is a Professor at UC Berkeley in Molecular and Cell Biology Department where she is the Head of the Neurobiology Division and a member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute. Dr. Feller received an AB in Physics in 1985 and a Ph. D. in Physics in 1992, both from UC Berkeley. Dr. Feller... More >
Artist's Talk: Lawrence Weiner
Lecture | September 13 | 6 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Lawrence Weiner
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Renowned Conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner discusses his current project for BAMPFA's Art Wall, LAID OUT ON THE BANKS OF A RIVER LEANING TOWARDS THE OCEAN LAID OUT ON THE BANKS OF A RIVER LEANING TOWARDS THE LAND. In his talk, free with museum admission, the New York-based artist discusses his engagement with the natural lanscape, his connection to the Bay Area, and the significance of language... More >
Toastmasters on Campus Club: Learn public speaking
Meeting | January 14, 2015 – December 18, 2019 every Wednesday | 6:15-7:30 p.m. | 3111 Etcheverry Hall
Toastmasters has been the world leader in teaching public speaking since 1924. Meetings are an enjoyable self-paced course designed to get you up and running as a speaker in only a few months.
Apple Tech Talk
Information Session | September 13 | 6:30-7:45 p.m. | Bechtel Engineering Center, Sibley Auditorium
Sri Santhanam, VP of Silicon Engineering, Apple, Inc
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Join us for a Tech Talk with Sri Santhanam, Vice President of Silicon Engineering. Sri oversees the design and manufacturing of processor chips for Apples mobile product family. By using internal designs, Apple can deliver processors optimized to work with iOS and deliver the highest performance and power efficiency.
Amos Gitai - Screening of Film Kadosh
Film - Documentary | September 13 | 6:30-9 p.m. | 112 Wurster Hall
College of Environmental Design
WED, SEPT 13, 6:30pm. Amos Gitai (Ph.D Architecture 79) will be on hand for the film screening with Q&A to follow. The Public is welcome.
Zaytuna College Lecture Series with Dr. Hatem Bazian: Immigration Crisis: The Collapse of the Post-Colonial State
Lecture | September 13 | 7-9 p.m. | Zaytuna College, Sanctuary
2401 Le Conte Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709
Dr. Hatem Bazian, Zaytuna College
Graduate Theological Union
Zaytuna College invites you to their upcoming Lecture Series, occurring on Wednesday evenings from 7:00pm - 9:00pm at 2401 Le Conte Ave. Berkeley, CA 94709 throughout the Fall semester with renowned speakers such as UC Berkeley Anthropology Professor Laura Nader, Political Science Professor Steven Fish, CAIR Director Zahra Billoo, Stanford Comparative Literature and Classical Arabic Professor... More >
The Early Years
Film - Short | September 13 | 7 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
When the formation of Canyon Cinema was announced, it was described as a federation of willing devotees of the magic lantern muse; Lawrence Jordan topped the charts with nineteen films in the collection. At its incorporation a few months later, Jordan was the new corporations president, one of its four directors, and a cosigner of the bylaws. His films have been distributed by Canyon ever... More >
Exhibits and Ongoing Events
People Made These Things: Connecting with the Makers of Our World
Exhibit - Multimedia | April 12 – December 17, 2017 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions | Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 102 Kroeber Hall
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Why do we sometimes know a lot about who made things, and why do we sometimes not? Why does it sometimes matter to us, and why might it sometimes not? These are the questions that will be raised in the exhibit that will inaugurate the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropologys renovated Kroeber Hall Gallery. The Museum will display objects from the collection that urge visitors to think... More >
Free UC Berkeley Students, Faculty, Staff, Hearst Museum Members, and Youth under 18, $6 General Admisison, $3 Non-UC Berkeley Students and seniors over 65
Art Wall: Lawrence Weiner
Exhibit - Multimedia | March 1 – October 1, 2017 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
BAMPFAs current commission for the Art Wall showcases the work of Lawrence Weiner, a central figure of Conceptual art. Like many other artists working in the late 1960s and 70s, Weiner is deeply interested in methods of display that challenge the assumption that the work of art exists as a discrete object in the physical world.
Weiner decisively turned to language as the material object for... More >
Charles Howard: A Margin of Chaos
Exhibit - Painting | June 21 – October 1, 2017 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
The work of Bay Area artist Charles Houghton Howard (18991978) spans five decades, beginning in the mid-1920s and continuing into the 1960s. During his active and distinguished career, Howard became known for enigmatic, meticulous paintings, often intimate in scale, that bridged figurative, Surrealist, and abstract currents in modern art across the United States and Europe. Fluid lines,... More >
Buddhist Realms
Exhibit - Artifacts | May 24 – October 8, 2017 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
This exhibition explores the many celestial realms represented in Tibetan Buddhist painting and sculpture through exquisite examples from the twelfth to nineteenth centuries. The exhibition will be presided over by a monumental gilt bronze sculpture of the historical Buddha, a fully realized and enlightened being who occupies the highest level of existence. The Buddhas life story will be... More >
In-Between Places: Korean American Artists in the Bay Area
Exhibit - Painting | September 13 – December 10, 2017 every day | Mills College Art Museum
5000 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94613
In-Between Places (사이에 머물다) is the story of Korean American artists and their dreams, featuring new work by: Jung Ran Bae; Sohyung Choi; Kay Kang; Miran Lee; Young June Lew; Nicholas Oh; Younhee Paik; and Minji Sohn.
The Russian Revolution Centenary: 1917-2017: Politics, Propaganda and People's Art
Exhibit - Multimedia | September 11, 2017 – January 8, 2018 every day | Moffitt Undergraduate Library
This exhibition is dedicated to the centenary of the Russian Revolution that took place in October of 1917. The exhibition will take place in the Moffitt Library, and it will highlight several print-items from the revolutionary times.
Access to the Moffitt Undergraduate Library is restricted and you'll need the UC Berkeley/ Cal Card for entry.
The Summer of Love 50th Anniversary
Exhibit - Artifacts | July 21 – December 29, 2017 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Bancroft Library, Bancroft Corridor between The Bancroft Library and Doe Library
Marking a 50th anniversary, Bancrofts rare and unique collections documenting the 1967 Summer of Love are on exhibit in the corridor cases. Presented are images from the Bay Area alternative press, psychedelic rock posters and mailers, documentary photographs of the Haight-Ashbury scene and major rock concerts, and material from the personal papers of author Joan Didion and poet Michael... More >
The Invisible Museum: History and Memory of Morocco
Exhibit - Multimedia | August 29 – December 15, 2017 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Since its inception in 1962, the former Judah L. Magnes Museum distinguished itself by directing its collecting efforts outside the focus on European Jewish culture and history that was prevalent among American Jewish museums at the time. During the 1970s and 1980s, its founders, Seymour and Rebecca Fromer, actively corralled an informal team of activist collectors and supporters. Together, they... More >
Sketching "Fiddler": Set Designs by Mentor Huebner
Exhibit - Multimedia | August 29 – December 15, 2017 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)
The Power of Attention: Magic and Meditation in Hebrew "shiviti" Manuscript Art
Exhibit - Artifacts | August 29 – December 15, 2017 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Created from the early-modern period and into the present, shiviti manuscripts are found in Hebrew prayer books, ritual textiles, and on the walls of synagogues and homes throughout the Jewish diaspora. Wrestling with ways to externalize the presence of God in Jewish life, these documents center upon the graphic representation of God's ineffable four-letter Hebrew name, the Tetragrammaton, and... More >
The Worlds of Arthur Szyk: The Taube Family Arthur Szyk Collection
Exhibit - Multimedia | August 29 – December 15, 2017 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Auditorium installation of high-resolution images of select collection items.
Acquired by The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life in 2017 thanks to an unprecedented gift from Taube Philanthropies, the most significant collection of works by Arthur Szyk (Łódź, Poland, 1894 New Canaan, Connecticut, 1951) is now available to the world in a public institution for the first time as... More >
The 2017 Open Call Student Exhibition
Exhibit - Multimedia | September 13 – 21, 2017 every day | 4-7 p.m. | Kroeber Hall, Worth Ryder Art Gallery
All current UC Berkeley Students (Fall 2017 semester) are invited to propose an artwork, a small series, or any other creative project!
The annual open call exhibition is the premiere showcase for student art on campus, and the only open-call exhibition of the year at the gallery.
Taking cues from the successful exhibitions of years past including 2015s I Know What You Did Last Summer and... More >
Opening Reception for "Authority": The 2017 Open Call Student Exhibition at Worth Ryder Art Gallery
Exhibit - Multimedia | September 13 | 4-7 p.m. | K116 Kroeber Hall
Please join us for an Opening Reception on Wednesday, September 13th, from 4 - 7pm. The premiere showcase for student art on campus, "Authority - The 2017 Open-Call Student Exhibition" celebrates the challenging and diverse art practices of the UC Berkeley community.


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OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Wes Welker hauled down nine passes for 158 yards and a score Sunday, helping the New England Patriots defeat Oakland 31-19.
The Patriots (3-1) rebounded from a surprise loss to Buffalo last week with a solid effort against the Raiders despite a subdued performance from Tom Brady.
The signal-caller was held to just 16-of-30 passing efficiency, good for 226 yards and two touchdowns, but Stevan Ridley picked up the slack with 97 rushing yards and a score on 10 carries.
BenJarvus Green-Ellis contributed 75 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries for the Pats.
The Raiders (2-2) got 344 yards on 25-of-39 passing from Jason Campbell, but he was picked off twice.


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How to describe Time For Three? No sweat. All you do is take what is, ostensibly, a classical string trio, toss in some current pop hits, add a little jazz frontin', shake in some Charlie Daniels, a dash of Ray Brown, a pinch of Roy Acuff, and as little of the Philadelphia Phillies (ew!) as you can get away with. Nah, that's still not enough. You just have to see them for yourself.
You can do so tonight, tomorrow or Saturday as Nick Kendall, Zach DePue and Ranaan Meyer play a pops show with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. They're doing a mashup of Bach and Benny Goodman's "Sing Sing Sing." Well, actually it's Louis Prima's composition, but you knew that, right?
If Ranaan plays the Gene Krupa part, I will eat my hat.
In this interview, the boys and I talk about the show, their most recent show where they performed a piece commissioned from composer William Bolcom that knocked everyone's socks off (at least those who did walk out, their noses firmly pointed toward the ozone). We also touch on a topic of utmost importance in today's world – getting snockered.


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A step by step demonstration on how to draw the new Freedom Tower at World Trade Plaza in a comic book style. Includes steps on perspective.
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Artifact Details
TitleNX11 module
Catalog Number102730586
TypePhysical object
DateNov 27, 1967
ManufacturerScientific Data Systems (SDS)
Place ManufacturedSanta Monica, Calif. U.S.
Identifying Numbers
|Model number
|Printed on label on handle
|Other number
|Stamped on solder side
|Serial number
|Printed on label on handle
Dimensionsoverall: 6 in x 5/8 in x 5 5/8 in
DescriptionObject is a PCB with a handle for extraction. It bears a row of 8 discrete transistors and other components. Printed on the component side is "INTERFACE MODULE". There are 2 round and one square inspection stamps on the solder side.
CreditGift of Rudolf F. Wrobel
Lot NumberX3736.2007
Related Records
|NX11 module box


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Have you heard of Union Craft Brewing in Baltimore? Then you probably fall into one of two categories:
- You love their beer, and you already know how awesome Union head brewer Kevin Blodger is; or
- You love their beer, and now it's time to get to know Kevin Blodger.
(There's probably a third category of not liking their beer, and thus not caring about who Kevin Blodger is… but if that sounds like you, we may not be able to be friends, so let's just move on.)
Kevin Blodger, Union Craft Brewing head brewer, all-around badass
One sunny Friday morning not too long ago, I made my way to Baltimore to sit down with Kevin in Union's taproom. During our chat, we talked about:
- How he got his start in brewing and his background at Gordon Biersch and District Chophouse.
- Upcoming collaborations with Goonda Beersmiths, Oliver Brewing Co. and Stillwater Artisanal.
- Why the first day they ever brewed their Duckpin was the worst day ever.
- Moving to their new space — the Union Collective — and the community-focused vision behind their new space.
- Bars vs. brewery taprooms — what's the difference?
- How it felt to have Guinness' interests as a foreign company prioritized ahead of local Maryland brewers.
- "Shelfies" vs. limited releases…. and much more!
Okay, Here's the Episode
"We've got all of these great breweries here already — why not do everything you can to help them shine?"
"I wish that at some point [Del. Talmadge Branch] had reached out to us, so we can show him what we do here…"
"There isn't a single brewer in the state that I don't like, that I'm not happy to see every time I see them."
"I hate this saying that if you can buy a beer on the shelf, it's not as good as a limited release."
Related Articles and Content
- The Union Collective (and coverage by the Baltimore Sun)
- My interview with Del. Talmadge Branch (and his follow-up Senate testimony)
- Del. Charles Barkley Says House Kept in Dark About HB 1283, Wants Brewers to Prosper
- Virginia Is Ready to Welcome Maryland Brewers with Open Arms
- Naptown Pintcast: Tim and Rahul of Goonda Beersmiths
- Union Craft Brewing on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
- Kevin Blodger on Twitter and Instagram
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The washing machine on Waiouru has a cold wash cycle which Jan intends to use. She always did the washing with cold water back in Australia and New Zealand and modern laundry powder can be used for cold washing. Actually, germs breed better in hot water (unless it's boiling)!
The following is another example of cold water washing sent to me by my FMiL.
Can Cold Water Clean Dishes?
This is for all the germ conscious folks that worry about using cold water to clean.
John went to visit his 90 year old grandfather in a very secluded, rural area of Saskatchewan .
After spending a great evening chatting the night away, the next morning John's grandfather prepared breakfast of bacon, eggs and toast.
However, John noticed a film like substance on his plate, and questioned his grandfather asking,
'Are these plates clean?'
His grandfather replied,
'They're as clean as cold water can get em.
Just you go ahead and finish your meal, Sonny!'
For lunch the old man made hamburgers.
Again, John was concerned about the plates,
as his appeared to have tiny specks around
the edge that looked like dried egg and asked,
'Are you sure these plates are clean?'
Without looking up the old man said,
'I told you before, Sonny, those dishes are as clean as cold water can get them. Now don't you fret, I don't want to hear another word about it!'
Later that afternoon, John was on his way to a nearby town and as he was leaving, his grandfather's dog started to growl, and wouldn't let him pass.
John yelled and said, 'Grandfather, your dog won't let me get to my car'.
Without diverting his attention from the football game he was watching on TV, the old man shouted!
'Coldwater, go lay down now, yah hear me!'
On a more serious note. More sanding and cleaning down the paintwork today. Jan and I now have a routine so it's getting quicker….. But not any easier! (no photos as not much has changed). Darren is not working tomorrow but will be back on Sunday. The plan is for him to give the roof a second coat of gloss and a first coat of gloss onto the coachlines. The 12v sockets for the concealed wiring (freezer, satdome, and NMT) arrived today. The Engel freezer is now connected to the Empirbus 12v system which has removed another temporary 240v cable from within Waiouru. The remaining sockets will be fitted tomorrow. Richard and now made all the internal doors and fitted the hardware (hinges, handles, etc). I assume he will hang them on Monday.
During our weekly Friday meeting Andy informed me he plans to crane Waiouru into the water on 11 September. The fit-out will not be completed until later in the month but this now gives us a timeframe in which to arrange for the surveyor to complete the necessary work to obtain the RCD and get Waiouru licensed.
Saturday, 25 August 2012
Can cold water be used for washing
Posted by Tom and Jan at 00:54
2 comments :
Hi Tom, i put all my gems in hot water last night but they didnt grow like you said. i`m disappointed. Bill
- 25 August 2012 at 18:31
- Tom and Jan said...
Hi Bill,
Try adding some fresh homemade plum jam to your washing next time. You'll notice the difference!
- 25 August 2012 at 19:40
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