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Casey Abraham set the fastest time on her first run as she led a small list of just five skiers to navigate the Giant Slalom at Cannon Mountain in less than a minute. The Lady Knight skier finished both runs in less than two minutes to capture the overall title (1:58.05) at the Eastern High School Championships in New Hampshire.
Abraham finished first in the girls race of the giant slalom. She was coming off a fourth place finish in the slalom, and her times helped push Team CT over the top in the team competition.
"It was really cool," said Blue Knight ski racing coach Sean Florian. "I think that's the first time that Connecticut girls have won the Eastern High School Championships. Usually it's Massachusetts, Vermont, or New Hampshire."
From Saturday, March 9 to Sunday, March 10, the best skiers in the region converged on the White Mountains for the final race of the high school season, and Southington was well-represented. Bobby Chambers shrugged off a fall in the slalom race to capture a top 10 finish in the giant slalom. Abraham finished with the best time across all competitors—boys and girls.
Team CT captured first place in the girls race and fifth in the boys race against top racers from across New England and as far away as Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Wisconsin.
Florian said that it showed the continued development of the Blue Knight program. A pair of Knights competed at the event. Two more qualified for the team but missed the competition because of other commitments. It was no surprise that, when all-state rosters were announced, Southington had six skiers considered in the list of 10 boys and 10 girls.
"It's quite an accomplishment even if they don't always get recognized in the school because they're not a varsity program," said Florian. "They take the top three results from all the kids, and they try to see who was in the top 10 in the state for their regular season results. They use some of the shootout results for tie breakers. All of our guys skied great, and they all deserved it."
Abraham and Erika Florian were named to the girls all-state roster. Bobby Chambers and Brian Chambers were named to the boys team, and Anna Schneider received honorable mention. Florian said that Sebastian Doughty also received consideration as one of the state's best skiers, but he finished just outside the final cut.
"Believe me, I looked at it closely," said the coach. "I thought he was close, and he was. He was only a little bit behind the people that made it."
That's why Florian lists this winter's teams as one of the best in program history. With six skiers among the list of the state's best and four on the Team CT roster, this winter has been one of the most successful for the up-and-coming program. Just a few years ago, Southington was struggling to post the six necessary scores as a co-ed team. Now, they are battling in the middle of the pack in both the boys and girls competition.
Had they continued to compete as a co-ed team, Southington might have even been the team to beat in 2013, but Florian said that winning wasn't the ultimate goal.
"Everybody put in a lot of effort, so I'm proud of the whole group, not just the ones that won," said the coach. "As a co-ed team, we probably would have won it all since we had some of the fastest girls, and they were actually competing with some of the fastest guys. But I wanted to have a full varsity girls team and a full varsity boys team. It allows everyone to race varsity, and I'm sure that the kids enjoy that a lot better."
Competing with some of the top teams continues to be a challenge, but Florian said he wasn't too concerned. His aim is to make every skier reach their potential, and that was the best measure for this winter's success.
"I'm proud of them all. We had hoped to get back to the state championship, but the format counts six racers and that makes it tough for a school that doesn't have a lot of experienced racers," he said. "Schools like Darien and Fairfield have all these skiers that ski up north. It's hard to compete with them, but I'm proud of our kids. They all skied great. We have one kid, Tanner Walsh, and he was our last or second to the last racer every time, but he was there every week and you could see him going faster and faster. I hope that they all learned how to score more and better. I think that they all had a lot of fun."
To comment on this story or to contact sports writer John Goralski, email him at jgoralski@ southingtonobserver.com.


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In this tutorial I'll be showing you how to draw one of these beautiful sea creatures. Blue whales can size up to an enormous one hundred and ten feet long. That's HUGE! They are part of the baleen whale family. This means that they filter food from water through baleen plates. Whales were cut down to numbers of two thousand. There used to be three hundred and ten thousand whales before the hunting began. These beasts are humongous. They can be spotted in the Pacific, Antarctic, and Indian Oceans. Whales can weigh to an enormous size of 160-180 tons. It is very hard for scientists to measure blue whales despite their size. Whalers (whale hunters) measure blue whales by cutting them in separate pieces. They can't get an exact measurement because of blood loss and other fluids. A whale tongue can weigh to 3 tons. When its mouth expands it can contain up to 100 tons. When I was sketching this drawing, I wanted to convey just how peaceful Blue whales are. I used a sketching pad, a soft lead pencil, and an extra eraser to clean up the art. I later scanned the image into my comp and did all the coloring on adobe Photoshop. I have been using Photoshop for 5 years now, so it is easy for me to get the effects that I want. If you do not have access to these types of tools, then some good colored pencils are just fine. I hope you enjoy this tutorial on how to draw a blue whale.
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Alyson Bell is one of four people chosen for this year's Manning Young Canadian Innovation Award. This high school student's ability to turn her curiosity into a creative solution at the Canada-wide science fair, has won her this award among others, including a $500 Manning Innovation Achievement Award – given to eight people each year – along with university entrance scholarships and $40,000 worth of prizes for her science fair project.
The project is a natural water filter that uses oregano to filter bacteria from water. Bell figured out the secret to clean water from her grandfather's oregano-dense spaghetti sauce recipe. Wondering how the sauce was able to last over three weeks in the refrigerator without spoiling, Bell tested her hypothesis, that oregano keeps bacteria from growing, in a petri dish. Finding her hypothesis to be correct, she turned these results into an innovative water filter made with fresh oregano layered between sandy gravel and charcoal. Contaminated water that passed through the filter was disease-free.
But are Bell's results really that innovative? It has long been known that oregano has numerous health benefits. Wild oil of oregano is often used as a holistic alternative to traditional medicine, to boost immunity and prevent disease. It has antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and anti-parasitic properties, so it's no surprise that it would work as a filter for contaminated water. According to a recent article announcing Bell's achievement, the oregano-filtered water "came out clean and potable." But, the question remains:
Did it taste like grandfather's spaghetti?.


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In the struggle for freedom and justice, organizers and activists have often turned to art, creativity, and humor. In this follow-up to the bestselling Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution, Beautiful Rising showcases some of the most innovative tactics used in struggles against autocracy and austerity across the Global South.
Here, Laura Newman sings the table of contents to Beautiful Rising at the book's New York City launch. Thanks to Beautiful Trouble, L.A. Kauffman, Laura Newman, and Bluestockings for their support.


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Boaties and jetskiers are reminded to follow the five knot rule when they are out enjoying the Waikato region's waterways.
Boaties and jetskiers are reminded to follow the five knot rule when they are out enjoying the Waikato region's waterways.
Environment Waikato and the local council are introducing a new holiday season Coromandel bus service connecting Hot Water Beach, Hahei Beach, Cooks Beach and Ferry Landing.
Environment Waikato is clarifying that proposed new rules covering the wearing of lifejackets in vessels less than six metres do not make wearing them compulsory in all circumstances.
Environment Waikato is reminding motorcyclists and drivers of four-wheel drive vehicles to keep out of sand dunes on the region's West Coast beaches for human safety and environmental reasons.
Environment Waikato has launched a new online forum as it continues to gather community views on what's important for the Waikato region for its 10-year plan.
A change to Environment Waikato's Navigation Safety Bylaw will make it compulsory for boat users to wear lifejackets at all times from July 1 2009.
Environment Waikato has announced new measures to help the council manage through the current difficult economic times.
The pest plant privet – which has been linked to respiratory problems – is set to be more targeted by Environment Waikato after an updated regional pest management strategy (RPMS) was formally signed off by council today.
A $39,000 grant from Environment Waikato has given 13 kiwi chicks their best possible shot at survival this year.
A new Christmas Day bus service is ready to roll for the first time in Hamilton this year.
After nearly two years of information gathering, Environment Waikato has decided to prepare an amendment to the Regional Coastal Plan that would allow new types of marine farming, including fish farming, within current aquaculture management areas.
Environment Waikato is urging people to be considerate when lighting outdoor fires this summer as smoke can quickly become a major nuisance, especially when people are outdoors enjoying the good weather.
Waikato motorists are being urged to be especially vigilant driving over the holiday period despite new figures showing a dip in road fatalities so far this year.
More than 40 people from Hamilton, Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Taupo and Thames-Coromandel took part in training sessions for landscapers, garden centre staff and council employees on November 27, ahead of the Smart Water Use campaign launch.
Last summer's drought was a strong reminder to the Waikato community that we can't take the region's freshwater resources for granted.


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I'd obviously read plenty of stories about level 80s solo-ing the Fel Reaver but I had never tried it myself before. Back at 70, a group of at least 2 people was needed, if not 3 or more. Since my 80 hunter was in the area and since I came across one, I decided to see how fast it would go down. Here are the results:
I have to say, it was a lot easier than I expected. Even though this elite mob has 104K health, it took me roughly 1 minute to bring it down. Here are the "resources" I used in killing it (as a hunter, of course):
- 2x Mend Pet whenever my pet's health dropped to 80-90%
- 1x Intimidation at the beginning
- 1x Misdirection at the beginning
- almost all my mana but I didn't have to switch to Aspect of the Viper after all
He dropped a few silver and a grey item so if you're planning to "farm" him, I can tell you it's pointless. Doing it for the lols however, is very recommended.
So if you're 80 and feel like kicking some weak mob's ass, the good ol' Fel Reaver is waiting for you.


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Canada Cup #1 Bromont QC
The 2008 Canada Cup opens today in Bromont, Quebec, one hour south east of Montreal. Bromont is a longtime centre for mountain biking - hosting the World Championships in 1992, and many World Cups and cCanada Cups since then. This year, in addition to this weekend's Canada Cup, organizer Richard Deslandes will be presenting a World Cup triple (XC/DH/4X) on August 2-3.
Besides the importance of this Canada Cup in its own right, the event will serve as a test run for the World Cup. The organizers have cut new courses for all three events, on an entirely new section of the mountain. The reason is primarily related to the Aqua Park that is located in the main part of the resort.
"Because of the Aqua Park, we can only run events [in the old location] before June or from September," explains Deslandes. "With this area, we can run events at any time of the season."
The course has been described by riders as fast and fun, but short, at 4.3 kilometres. This will mean multiple laps - 8 for the elite men and 6 for the Elite women and Junior Expert Men. The circuit begins with a steep and fairly long climb out in the open under the ski lifts, then and immediate drop back down to the start-finish area. From here the riders head out into the woods for an up and down technical section. At the far end of the course there is a short but steep climb, and then a run back into the finish.
The weather - so far - is superb, with temperatures in the high teens, and expected to reach the low 20s Celcius. However, the blackflies are out in force...
For the men, Derek Zandstra ( Rox Racing) is the top favourite, coming off his recent foray to Europe and the World Cups. He should get some competition from Mat Toulouse (Maxxis), Neal Kindree (Kona) and Raphaël Gagné (Rocky Mountain). On the women's side, the rumoured appearance of Marie-Helene Premont (Rocky Mountain) will not occur. In her absence, the top favourites will be Emily Batty (Trek Store) and Amanda Sin (3 Rox racing).
Missing from the start line are other top Canadians such as Catharine Pendrel (Luna), Mical Dyck, Geoff Kabush (Maxxis), Seamus McGrath (Fuji) and Max Plaxton (Rocky Mountain), all of whom have opted to race the Norba in San Dimas, California.
Our live coverage starts at Noon EDT, so check back.
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Youth Futures: Mentoring for At-Risk Children
· 96% see their Mentor as someone who helps them succeed in life to a great or very great extent
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Before we jump into sad, serious things, Gollum dreamed a dream (of coming to your party?) Courtesy of my friend @spyscribe. You guys watch The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, right?
Now, some letters about living situations gone bad (#451) and very, very bad (#452).
Dearest Captain,
I need some help with relationship ambivalence.
It's been 3 years and we live together. This is going to sound awful, but I recently has the thought that I am better than him at almost everything. He is extremely unsure of himself and is very dependent on me. He needs help/frets about making even the tiniest decisions. His indecision about inconsequential things used to be something we joked about, but now I just feel very smothered. He often makes his problems/feelings my problem or responsibility. I have had the occasional moment of, "this is definitely right for me", but more often I have had doubts about whether I really want to be with him.
Here's the wrench: My whole life has been in a shake-up recently. In the past two weeks, I found out I am losing my job (a job I REALLY love), found out I didn't get accepted into grad school, then, last week I witnessed a stranger's death. I was one of the first people to stop and help him. I stood over him as he died, before medics even arrived. The experience has really had a profound effect on me. I was very disturbed by what happened. BF knew I had all this going on though that didn't stop him from wanting to have a big relationship talk about feeling that we've been in a "rut" for the past week. This was two days after the stranger's death.
On one hand, I feel like I should not make any major life decisions in such a period of upheaval. On the other, I get the feeling I am being tested and have a gut feeling towards making changes in my life.
I have a gut sense telling me to end it, but I can't *rationalize*why because everything seems fine between us. He is a very kind person, intelligent, insightful, sweet, cute, great sense of humor and he loves me very much. We live together very harmoniously. On the downside, he has depression that he has never attempted to do anything about. Recently, on my urging, he agreed to talk to a psychiatrist and then asked me to give him the number to a psychiatrist. Later, he blamed me that he hadn't called because I never gave him the number. This is the kind of responsibility-shifting that really upsets me and makes me sad.
In my society, there is a slavish devotion to "rational" thinking and I doubt many of my intuitions. Then here I am being the one who is indecisive and generally at-sea!
I have no idea what to do and could use a little wisdom!
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Dear Private Secretson:
Your vague gut feeling that you want to end it IS the reason.


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Twitter IPO: Breaking Down the Numbers
Just how high are Twitter's ad revenues expected to rise in just two years? EMarketer's Clark Fredricksen joins digits. Plus, what should the stock ticker be? Photo: Getty Images.
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I'm you know there are elements that are not surprised Twitter has seen dramatic growth of the last few years they have ... an expanded their mobile ad revenues tremendously as users have shifted from desktop to mobile ... and it's also a time when ... some of their biggest competitors ... in one hand but also peers on another are doing very very well in a number of ways Facebook has seen ... him faster than ever growth in mobile which is an important area for both companies and so ... you know it's a bit of a case of a rising tide lifting all boats in the nine cents ... on the timing makes sense and of course there's the ... issue of the STC filing and knowing ... and filing for Bayern ... in one billion dollars ... he said the timing makes sense I think ... a big thing here that people are looking at a slower than ... the mystery surrounding Twitter's numbers right now ... I'm we don't know the Cup is profitable ... we don't really know what the reviews are you guys have some estimates up for their bread ... and so you guys are forecasting a bout ... with what is exactly we forecast a summit of the numbers the raid on the screen so we have about five hundred eighty three million dollars this year and then that growth rate jump significantly Inspiron fourteen twenty Fifth that's right and and and this year you know there are about six hundred million ... maybe a little less in the next year though there's been very close to doing ... and I'm and that does that excludes actually some of the revenues they learn when their acquisition of new ... mobile ad network MoPub ... what goes through ... and so sensibly next year they'll go to tip over a billion so in that sense it's important for them to ... him get in under the gun this year ... as a loss of another that you're looking at how ... Twitter Compare some of the other tech giants that I think it's the mobile fifty billion from revenue ... Since went well Facebook I've been wondering on five billion ... so ... again not ... anywhere near some of these other tech giants that are out there ... but some issues that that Twitter has faced only were some issues that on the other to come visit is whether it's how we can improve their mobile advertising ... so there seems to have ... saw a ... bright day death only have few its import to remember that ... Twitter is still a much smaller platform today's than ... Facebook was planted IPO's ... and so in that sense you know it's very difficult for Twitter to compete on one for one basis with ... with the Facebook or with approval ... on the other hand ... and Twitter has answered some of the questions that dog Facebook when Facebook IPO ... you know the big questions you know your half ago when when Facebook announced where or how strong is Facebook's mobile business ... and to advertisers actually think that ads on Facebook work ... well Twitter although it's a smaller platform its earning less money has actually answer those questions they ... have a very strong mobile ad business in fact just about half their revenue is expected to come from mobile this year ... I'm they've also done a very good job of convincing advertisers that that's on Twitter not only work but they worked well in conjunction with ads on other media ... and that's been a very important area for them to tell especially as they are smaller they can go to an ever ties are and say ... instead of advertising on TV for instance you should ever ties with thoughts ... on its competitors to Facebook has the size and scale the queue that ... with Twitter and the other hand is going to media companies and said what's work together to convince advertisers ... to make their money go further by working with both of us ... and that Meredith has ultimately paid off can ... help them steal their platform pretty dramatically over the last ... unit ... during the two yet variant readings he said he sold ... the big question now known in his mind is ... what are the official IPO papers coming ... and when people ... just be able to start trading ... with ... well one week when we spoke last night to to Twitter is a PR folks ... but they told us is that ... you know at the moment they can announce when their Roadshow will start ... on what we do know is that ... as soon as the red chillies announced ... the house to tell ... they have to tell us twenty one days before how much money they're learning ... what their operating costs are ... and they have to provide other metrics about usage which would be ... scrutinized by ... by the ad industry's it a lot in the ... end and so ... twenty one days before the rose show starts this one will ... that curtain will will ... be revealed so that's the next big Neverland for the long one on one for you ... what do you think the sweater ... not ticker symbol ... 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I have always had a soft spot for other countries' national holidays and/or other important dates. I find that they tell an awful lot about any given society's values and attitudes. Today is Memorial Day here in the United States, and all I really knew about it beforehand was that it had something to do with war, and that you are not supposed to wear white shoes before it. It turns out that Memorial Day is the day when Americans remember those who have died while in military service since the Civil War.
The tombstone above is of a young man who fell (alongside 600 000 others) while fighting in the Civil War. As important as it might be to remember those who fought (as it is to remember any person who ever lived), I often find war-related national celebrations quite literally macabre. Independence Day in Finland, for example, celebrates not the actual peaceful process of gaining independence in 1917, but maintaining it with the help of war later on. It almost goes without saying that countries ought to celebrate their victories in war: no one confesses to liking war, but it is in our societal make-up to admire and remember them once they are successfully concluded. Hungarians even celebrate wars they lost, probably because they haven't done much winning in their 1000 years of existence as a nation. Win or lose, all nations dwell in their violent pasts. Wars and their interpretations can shape an entire nation's understanding of its history, or its very existence. (An interesting example is the commonly used Finnish term "torjuntavoitto", or "victory through repelling". With the help of the term Finns have grown to think of the Winter War of 1939-40 as a victorious one, even though Finland lost the war.)
War is destructive, and it makes people do horrible things. The values we attach to war range from the emotionally-jam-packed term 'independence' in Finland to the equally elusive 'freedom' in the United States. We rarely stop and question what these words have come to mean to us, and take them at face value instead. If we look closely, we might realise that these words don't really mean an awful lot, and that they are cultural constructs instead. They tend to exist as a backbone to our patriotic feelings of belonging. We feel comfortable remembering the lives we have lost in war because these words help us do so. They make us feel noble and proud while facing suffering and loss of the past.
I struggle with the idea that some wars are necessary, and that good things can come out of war. I fundamentally reject the Hobbesian characterisation of man as a creature of violence. As people in this country go about their family picnics and perhaps visiting a cemetary today, I hope that their thoughts are with peace, not war.


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What I do like, is people that keep it real. The ones who find balance. The ones who say, "Hells yeah, life is hard, but you know what? I keep walking, I keep putting something good out there and looking for small victories in the everyday." Those are the people I like. Are you going to have bad days? Ummm hello? Two special needs kids over here- I get bad days (a lot!). But after copious amounts of
I like to look at it as a "bloom where you are planted" philosophy. Can you get bogged down in the "why me's"? Absolutely. But if you do, you miss out of some pretty spectacular things and some pretty phenomenal people. One of my dearest friends started out as one of my boy's therapists. A huge chunk of my support system/group of friends are people that I met while muddling my way through attachment issues with our other son. And while I did wallow about the fact that I needed those people in my life in the first place, I had to just get over it and be ever so thankful that they were there.
Essentially what I'm saying is that I like big buts (and I can not lie- you otha brothas can't deny...) I like the story that says, I'm parenting xyz, married to xyz, or living with xzy and it is hard BUT I'm going to BLOOM today and figure out what my role is in making this life as good as it can be with the circumstances I've been dealt. All that to say- after all my purging I need new blogs to read. If you fit the "Big But" criteria, make sure you leave a comment with your blog address so we can all read your Big But blog. (Also- can you tell I've been watching too much Live Your Best Life TV on the new OWN? Sheesh!)
I feel like this is the part where I'm supposed to say, go... be your best, most authentic self... blah, blah, blah. However, if I was going to go be my most authentic self, I'd probably stop shaving, stop wearing undies, and live of off candy and caffeine. Oh wait... I already do that (except the undies part, cause, well... gross.)
Hope your weekend is spectacular. And don't forget to buy your RAFFLE tickets! (And whatever you do- do NOT google image search "I like big butts"- there are some HUGE juicy doubles that come up that will probably catch your eyes on fire if you look at them. Yowza!)
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The year is a bit past it's half-way mark and I'm about half-way through the alphabet! I'm at the 12th letter in the 27th week of the year - so just a LITTLE behind. I'll have to make up for it on the back-half but I'm confident I can whiz through M-Z without any problem.
For the letter L - I decided to cancel this week's vote. I feel like I know you guys pretty well and typically if there's a new place with some buzz - that's who you vote for. And well - Lime Taqueria opened in Mainstrasse recently and there's some buzz - so I took matters (and my Groupon) into my own hands and went for it!
Inside - you basically check the SMALL menu and order - then the girls will bring your order to you. The menu only has maybe 5 things on it - so you can't be with really picky people.
Larry got the BBQ Pork Burrito ($6.50) which seemed silly to take a picture of - I mean - it's a wrapped object. It was much better than my tacos and we both liked the flavor although it could have used more bbq sauce - because it was really just a hint of sweetness - rather than true bbq flavor. I didn't taste any of the pineapple salsa really - but like I said - we both liked it.
Why Should You Go? Well I love the concept but I didn't love the food. So not sure I'll go back. They have a new special each day (it was a rather boring sounding "Ground Beef Tacos" this day) - but those usually sound unique and funky. Maybe if I'm with someone else - I'll give it another whirl. I think I'd have to do some heavy convincing to get Larry to go back. Hopefully some of you have tried it and liked it better.
Europa for some gelato - Larry loves that stuff. The staff there is SO friendly and the servings are huge - I got a small and it was plenty! Larry's eyes were much larger than his stomach and he got a large and couldn't even finish it. I also found out they serve a very fancy sounding dinner! We've already decided on that for a future date night.
Then we just strolled around Covington - you never know what you'll find!
Then we stumbled upon Willard St! (That's my maiden name.) A couple blocks away - there's a Johnson St. We decided someday we need to find a house at the corner of Willard and Johnson to live in.
I have to put in a little plug for our morning as well - we went to the NACC Convention which had been invading downtown for a few days. I got to see Francis Chan speak and he was amazing! He wrote the books Crazy Love, Forgotten God and the just released Erasing Hell. He's so engaging and just sucks you in from the moment he opens his mouth. Sincere and authentic are two words I would use to describe him. His books have made such an impact on me - it was great to hear him in person. Not to turn this into a religious blog - but if you're at all curious about God or church or any of that (or already a church-goer) - I highly recommend his books. Wow.
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Headlights on day and night reduces the crash risk
Motorists are being urged to drive with their headlights on at all times over the coming winter months to help reduce the risk of crashes.
Motorists are being urged to drive with their headlights on at all times over the coming winter months to help reduce the risk of crashes.
A joint council and community project has begun to restore an ecologically important Tairua River wetland at Hikuai on the Coromandel Peninsula.
Waikato Regional Council is planning to work closely with the Kawhia community on oil spill response arrangements following the recent incident which saw about 100 litres of diesel spilled into the harbour.
Waikato Regional Council today adopted the 2012-2022 Draft Long Term Plan featuring proposals for improving water quality, coastal area planning, civil defence capability and river catchment and drainage services.
The deaths of masses of little fish in a lagoon at Otama Beach on the Coromandel coast last month are thought to have been the rsult of overheating, Waikato Regional Council has concluded.
Waikato Regional Council is next week hosting a visit from a Californian local government specialist in sustainable development at a time when the council is working with others to boost regional development and innovation.
Further opportunities for Waikato boaties to learn about important safety skills are being offered over the next few weeks.
Waikato Regional Council staff are looking at whether lessons learned during the successful and highly popular Hamilton Halo project to protect tui can be applied to other parts of the region.
A major possum and goat control operation is next month set to get underway covering a high value native forest near the Waikato region's south-west coast just north of Awakino.
Possible ways of making multi-million dollar savings on possum control are outlined in a draft Regional Pest Management Strategy (RPMS) discussion document received yesterday by the regional pest management committee.
Water quality results from the first round of testing at the contaminated Tui Mine have just been received and look promising, says Waikato Regional Council.
Waikato local authority leaders have today formed a new group to strengthen opportunities for collaboration and drive regional initiatives.
Waikato Regional Council staff investigating the cause of yesterday's diesel spill around Kawhia wharf say the source remains a mystery and they want public help to track it down.
Issued at 1900hrs/Waikato Regional Council's oil spill response team is tonight hoping there will be minimal environmental impacts from a diesel spill at Kawhia wharf.
Waikato Regional Council's oil spill response team is reacting to reports of a diesel spill at Kawhia wharf.
Waikato Regional Council is writing to hundreds of forest owners in the region reminding them they need to register their forests by 31 March if they want to qualify for and claim Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) New Zealand units under the first five-year sequestration period of the Kyoto Protocol.
Statement from KiwiRail, Waikato Regional Council and South Waikato District Council (issued 5 March 2012)
Further investment is to be made in the busy East Coast Main Trunk (ECMT) rail line between Hamilton and Tauranga to ensure it can continue to meet increasing customer demand for additional rail freight services.
The regional public transport committee has asked Waikato Regional Council staff to review governance arrangements for public transport in the region.
Rotokauri School, Waikato Regional Council and Water Safety New Zealand are partnering up in a water safety awareness event for almost 200 pupils.


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DOE-Backed EV Battery Maker Opens New Plant
February 22, 2012
DOE recognized on February 14 EnerG2, which recently opened its new manufacturing facility for electric vehicle (EV) battery components. Supported in part by $21.3 million in DOE funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Albany, Oregon, facility will produce nano-engineered carbon materials for batteries and other energy storage devices that can be used in EVs. EnerG2's proprietary freeze-drying process to make its specialized carbon material was developed in laboratories at the University of Washington. At full capacity, the EnerG2 plant is expected to be able to produce enough advanced carbon material to support 60,000 electric drive vehicles each year.
EnerG2 is one of 30 advanced battery and electric drive manufacturing facilities supported by the Recovery Act. At full scale, these factories will be able to supply batteries and components for more than 500,000 electric drive vehicles. This support for both manufacturing and research and development is contributing to the revitalization of the U.S. auto industry and will help meet President Obama's goal of reducing oil imports by one-third by 2025. See the DOE press release and the Vehicle Technologies Program website.
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Millions of ambitious nurses and students of English and other courses have benefited from the life-changing opportunities that IELTS offers. More than 6,000 education institutions, faculties, government agencies and professional organizations around the world recognize the IELTS test.
IELTS has become an official requirement for admission into most Universities/Colleges and Scholarship awarding organizations/ Institution worldwide. If you are planning to study, live or work abroad a nurse, you will need to take an IELTS Exam but you should also verify from the school and nursing board you want to study or work if they accept IELTS and/or other alternatives like TOEFL or Cambridge ESOL.
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In Lagos the IELTS Exams and workshops is run regularly to help you prepare for the exam. Read on to find out how to register, what it costs and when the exams and workshops take place.
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If you are planning and preparing to study or work abroad in UK, USA, Australia or any other native English speaking country, in most cases, you need to present an English Language qualification test as requirement for admission or even scholarship application. The British Council is responsible for the administration of the International English Language Test System IELTS Nigeria and several other African countries. The first to taking the International English Language test is identifying a date that is suitable for you and applying for the test. Then you should also consider taken classes to improve your chances of scoring high.
The UK education Agency now adopts a new way of sharing its test dates and venues with potential applicants on their website. The procedure comes in six steps which can be completed in 7minutes.
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BOULDER, CO - June 30, 2008
Webroot, a leading security provider for the consumer, enterprise and SMB markets, today announced it has been selected by Everything Channel as a CRN Emerging Tech vendor. Webroot was recognized by CRN for the Webroot® E-Mail Security Software as a Service (SaaS) and Webroot Web Security SaaS solutions, which deliver high margins for channel partners with innovative and easy-to-use technology.
"Webroot's goal is to provide security SaaS solutions that offer better protection against the rapidly evolving threats delivered through email and the Web. Recognition as a CRN Emerging Tech vendor further supports our approach to SaaS-based perimeter security, which delivers highly effective security without the cost and maintenance of appliances and software," said Mike Irwin, COO, Webroot.
In January 2008, Webroot introduced the E-Mail Security SaaS solution which includes dynamic virus and spam filters to protect against 98 percent of email spam and 100 percent of known viruses, as well as data archiving capabilities. Earlier this month, Webroot launched the Web Security SaaS solution to protect both on-site and mobile employees from viruses, spyware and other malware attacks, while ensuring appropriate employee Web usage. Both solutions are delivered through the Webroot Channel Edge™ Partner Program.
"Our partners are thrilled with their predictable recurring revenue streams as a result of a 99 percent customer renewal rate annually with our perimeter based email and web security SaaS solutions. We are happy to receive this recognition for providing both high margins and exemplary partner support and satisfaction that we worked so hard to incorporate within the Channel Edge™ partner program," said Irwin.
According to CRN's Emerging Tech Survey, the top reasons channel partners add emerging technologies include: the technology is superior to other products in the market segment; the technology complements a channel partner's existing practice areas; emerging vendors provide better services opportunities; emerging vendors pay better attention to partners; emerging vendors offer higher margins, customers want alternative product choices; and emerging vendors have better joint marketing programs. In addition, 61 percent of channel partners surveyed plan to increase the number of emerging technology vendors they partner with in the next 12 months.
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Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen from Kochi, India. Aparna shares a typical Christmas food enjoyed in Kerala, India: Achappam (Rose Cookies). "Achu" refers to the iron mold used to shape the cookies, and "appam" refers to the batter that is fried or steamed. Aparna's Achappam are a lovely cross between a rose and a snowflake and would be a beautiful addition to your Christmas table no matter where you live.
Deeba of Passionate About Baking from Gurgaon, North India. These festive Iced Sugar Cookies are fun to make and delicious to eat. Passionate Baker says they are her "all time popular cookies that kids love." I know plenty of adults who would love them too.
Deeba of Passionate About Baking from Gurgaon, North India. Deeba shares her recipe for Stained Glass Cookies that can also be used as Christmas tree decorations! Children would just love making these cookies then decorating their trees with them. Plus, they make a beautiful gift for adults too--hint, hint.
Deeba of Passionate About Baking from Gurgaon, North India. Deeba shares a classic holiday cookie with a twist: Lime Shortbread Cookies. Rich, buttery shortbread is enlivened with tangy lime zest and lemon sugar for sprinkling. For an even more kid-pleasing version, she made chocolate shortbread sandwiches by placing a layer of ganache between two cookies! Who wouldn't love that (at any age)?
Rachel of Tangerine's Kitchen from India. I got all excited when I read the name of Rachel's submission: Chunky Chocolate Cookies. My excitement was clearly warranted; they are made made with chocolate chips, brown sugar, and vanilla essence and look so plump and yummy that I'm resisting the temptation to run into my kitchen and bake them RIGHT NOW. I've got more free time on Saturday though....
Deeba of Passionate About Baking from Gurgaon, North India. Deeba shares her festively decorated Christmas Iced Cookies which would be a beautiful addition to any cookie tray. In true Christmas spirit, Deeba plans on baking another batch a little closer to Christmas so the children can use them to decorate a small Christmas tree. So sweet, just like Deeba.
Deeba of Passionate About Baking from Gurgaon, North India. Deeba infuses buttery shortbread with fragrant orange zest in her Orange Shortbread Cookies. These festive star shaped goodies would put a smile on anyone's face, especially when drizzled with rich, melted chocolate.
Deeba of Passionate About Baking from Gurgaon, North India. Deeba's Biscotti are so scrumptious that you won't even leave the crumbs behind. Made with olive oil, pistachios, currants, and chocolate chips, I would love to receive these biscotti as a Christmas present.
Nags of For the Cook in Me from Hyderabad, India. Nags loves the taste of rich, buttery sugar cookies, but she doesn't love the fat. So this year she tried a recipe for Low-Fat Christmas Sugar Cookies and was thrilled with how well they turned out. Low on fat and high on flavor--that would make anybody merrier.
Deeba of Passionate About Baking from Gurgaon, North India. Deeba wanted to spice things up a bit. So she took traditional shortbread cookies and transformed them into Spicy Cinnamon Shortbread Cookies. By topping them with extra cinnamon and brown sugar, Deeba really perked up her shortbread this year.
Deeba of Passionate About Baking from Gurgaon, North India. One of the merriest ways to bring holiday cheer into your home is to decorate your tree with Christmas Tree Ornament Cookies. Children will delight in making the cookies then seeing their creations on the Christmas tree. Oh, to be a kid again, and to be at Deeba's house.
Arundati from Escapades from Hyderabad, India. Arundati never would have believed that baking could be fun. That is, until she purchased The Cookie Book with over 300 recipes to choose from. Now she really does think baking is fun, which is good for us, since she is sharing a recipe for easy-to-make and delightfully festive Chocolate Pinwheels.
Who doesn't love milling around a bazaar full of unusual knick-knacks? After spending some time (and money) at the bazaar on St. James Street, Arundati came out with a treasure chest of baking tools. Of course she had to use them, so she made a heavenly cookie: Date and Fig Ravioli. No wonder why dates and figs were considered foods for the gods.
Sailu of Sailu's Food from India. Sailu has been baking and baking for several days straight so she can give her friends and family homemade gifts. They will be delighted when they receive their gorgeously wrapped packages and downright tickled when they taste the yummy cookies inside. Sailu's playfully named Eggless Tutti-Frutti Cookies are a festive, fruity twist on basic sugar cookies.
When you need an easy-to-make, pleasingly sweet cookie recipe, try Sailu's Eggless Corn Flakes Cookies. I figure since they're made with Corn Flakes, they can be considered breakfast food too. You might not want to tell the kids that though.
Sailu's Eggless Oats Cocoa Cookies are deeply chocolate-y and satisfyingly crumbly. Sailu says they taste even better with age. But you might have trouble finding out because these won't last very long.
Sunday, December 9
India: Christmas Cookies from Around the World 2007
Posted by Susan from Food Blogga at 12:21 PM
Labels: baking, Christmas, cookies, Eat Christmas Cookies, food blog event, recipes, world
2 comments:
Those Achappam are truly beautiful. My Italian grandmother used to make cookies called crespelle that were molded on an iron and fried. These remind me of them so much. Thank you for sharing them. -Geena
- December 21, 2007 at 4:08 PM
Wow this is excellent and very funny actually I was thinking to look for the recipe, christmas just pas but I don't care really I don't even believe in christmas, anyway thanks for sharing, I like your blog.
- January 17, 2011 at 8:52 AM


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I'm not sure why, but the office I've been working in for the past couple of months seems to have a high concentration of people who don't grasp the unwritten rules of office etiquette to which I am familiar. Rules that I like to believe are common place in the U.S. professional workplace. I'm not saying that there is an unusually large percentage of people from other nations working here. I'd say the mix is similar to most other places I've worked. And as a I.T. contractor, I can say that I get around.
The Restroom
I can understand that people can be a bit uneasy in the restroom. Let's face it, its not the the most pleasant place to spend time. Everybody's heard some story about somebody, somewhere catching something from a visit to a dirty restroom. But come on, unless you work in a gas station, you're not using a gas station bathroom. You're slapping your pampered backside down on the same, daily-sanitized porcelain as other people who spend their whole day doing nothing more irresponsible than eating an extra donut or drinking burnt coffee.
I see some crazy stuff people do to deal with the terror of the white collar restroom. Toilets embalmed in toilet paper. Unflushed urinals. Piles of paper towels laying in the corner between the wall and the hinge-end of the door. I'm all in favor of the touch-free bathroom experience, especially in bars and the airport. But in the office of a computer consulting firm? What the hell?
Let's review. Here are the restroom related things people must begin doing immediately. Immediately.
- Flush the damn toilet. It's so easy, even if it isn't done for you automagically. Most flush levers offer little resistance, so training is not required.
- Throw your paper towels in the trash where they belong. Yes, I read the same report you did. Door handles have cooties. If you must open the door with your partially used paper towel, take it with you until you find a trash can. Do not, repeat, do not throw it on the floor where you think there should be a trash can.
- Clean up your mess. See #1 and #2. Be creative, you can apply this rule to toilet seats and sink counters.
- Wash your hands. Every single time. This week I witnessed a guy walk out of a stall and directly out the door. Toward me. I ran screaming in terror. And this guy died of typhoid. Actually he probably didn't, but he might be really sick by now. I wouldn't advise shaking his hand. Or Sheryl Crow's, for that matter. (Yeah, I know, supposedly it was a joke, but if you use a paper towel to open the door, you probably want to use one when shaking her hand, just in case.)
The Break Room
This important point of office interaction is one of the other major locations of ridiculous violations of etiquette and common sense. Unlike the restroom, the point of this area is enjoyment. You've got your water cooler. The coffee pot. The snack machine. And so forth. People loiter and talk here. (Well, probably not as much as they should. Nobody wants to be seen as that slacker who's taking a five minutes away from his or her desk.) But for some reason, this area of pleasure is often transformed into an irritation by people who don't clean up after themselves, or take the extra minute to replace supplies they've used. And you know not everybody is running late to a meeting. And if they are, maybe they should consider hitting the break room after the meeting. (There's a lot more time then!)
But enough talk. Let's get to the list of break room rules.
- If you kill it, you must fill it. This is the single most important rule of office life, and strangely the one most often broken. If you take the last bit of coffee, and it's earlier than 4:30 PM, you are a complete bastard if you don't start up another pot. If there's any any doubt lingering in you mind as to whether you should make one or not, do it. Or face possible retribution in the afterlife. From the holy book of Second Lumburgh: "Yea verily, quoth the Lord, he that drinketh the dark nectar of the bean and replaceth it not for his brethren shall be wretched in my sight. I shall smite him with pimples in uncomfortable areas, and cause his hair to wither and fall upon his resting cot. And also I shall smite his coffee, that it be as decaf all the days of his life. Thus it shalt be, totally." Hey don't shoot the messenger here, it's there.
- Clean up your mess. Yep, it works here too. Isn't it great how applicable this is? Keep thinking, you'll find some other great places to apply this rule! 😛 (Exceptions apply for people who bring in pastries.)
- Lab experiments in the office fridge. Though I don't use it myself, the office refrigerator is not a petri dish for the budding mad scientist. I wouldn't care about this one, but I get sick of seeing the all-office email about cleaning out the fridge. It's kind of implied by #2, but merits special mention.
- Separation of your drool and the water purifier/cooler is essential. You know I love working with you. That doesn't mean I want to make out with you. Really, your cold sore looks so much better on you than on me. Please, please, please leave a bit of space between the shared water tap and you 6-month old water bottle. (Give some thought to one of those new, wide-topped bottles. You might be able to pick one up when you get your next bonus.)
Janitorial Etiquette (Bonus!)
You didn't see this one coming, did you? Well, the truth of the matter is that not all violations of important office etiquette are self-centered A personality types. The folks doing the scrubbing and vacuuming need to also follow a few rules to keep the business running smoothly. There are a few essential rules of janitorial service that are so important that failure to follow them should lead to immediate dismissal. And deportation to country of citizenship. ( 😆 I just couldn't pass that up… You know you were thinking it.)
- The soap dispensers are the most important piece of machinery you service. They should be tested every time, and under no circumstances should they ever be allowed to be empty. If left empty for more than 24 hours, any janitorial staff found on the floor of the offending soap dispenser should be fair game for a swirly.
- Paper supplies are important too, leave extra. There should never be a scenario where paper products run short. Paper towels, toilet paper, and hand towels. There should extra of all of these be located wherever these products are used. The swirly rule applies here too, except that this time, the swirly recipient gets a quick toilet paper pre-wrap before the punishment is performed. (The point here is to stress the paper issue.)
- You have no say on office or break room layout. Just because you empty the trash or rinse out the coffee pots doesn't mean you have a say in where they should live. While your attempts to optimize the layout might be appreciated, generally speaking its less productive for us to have to walk across the office to throw away the sheet of paper with our doodles of the boss swinging from a yardarm and being eaten by sharks. Optimal clean time does not equal optimal office productivity. The punishment? Oh, I think you know by now.
While I have made every attempt to be comprehensive here, I may have left off an item or two. Be creative and apply whatever sense is common in your location. I know you can handle it. 🙂
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The recommended modernization improvements would be to expand the facility while maintaining the historic character of the existing building and minimizing the risk of structural damage and potential safety hazards associated with a major earthquake.
The existing building was designed by the architectural firm of Bliss and Faville who also designed the Southern Pacific and Matson Buildings, the Geary Theater, the St. Francis Hotel, the Bank of California and the State Building at the Civic Center. The main second floor is a reinforced concrete slab on girders/beams. The roof is constructed of wood sheathing supported by steel trusses spanning the entire 54-foot width of the building.
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The Library Department wishes to expand the facility. Additional public space is needed for collections, services and a community room. Staff will also receive adequate space for administration and processing work. Seismic repair, accessibility and code related life safety requirements will cause the library to lose floor area.
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- Individual steel roof trusses need to be braced and connected to perimeter wall.
- Non-reinforced masonry wall needs reinforcement to resist lateral forces.
- Wall-to-floor connections need to be strengthened.
- Foundation modifications will be needed to effectively transfer lateral loads.
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- The decorative ceiling and high glass windows may become potential falling hazards during a major seismic event.
- Provide lateral bracing to roof trusses.
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- The first floor is only ADA accessible from 10th Avenue.
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- Lighting is in need of replacement.
- Power outlets and communication lines will need to be added to work with the modernization plan.
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- Lead that is impacted by construction shall also be mitigated.
- Existing flooring and wall finishes need to be replaced.
- Existing ornate ceiling finishes need to be preserved.
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- An expansion should be built with modern needs in mind and should complement (not compete with) the historic structure.
- Replace non-ornate finishes as appropriate while preserving the historic character of the building.
- Preserve ornate ceiling at the main reading room.
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The cost of needed upgrades, security issues and the time it takes to fix problems were rated the top three IT challenges facing small firms. Cyber-attacks cost small businesses on average $8,699 per attack. Among those whose business banking accounts were hacked, the average losses were $6,927, accounts which are not protected the same way traditional consumer banking accounts are—a loophole in the law of which just one in four small businesses are aware.
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