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It's the cirrrrrcle of life, TV fans. Networks pick up pilots for their fall schedules, and cancel a sampling of existing series to make room for 'em. Which is why fans of ABC's V and Off the Map are eagerly awaiting news of their shows' fates. Luckily for them, they don't have to sit idly by and do nothing to help the alien-invasion thriller or the docs-in-the-jungle drama; instead, they can vote for one or the other as part of the first annual "Renew Our Show!" Sweet 16 Bracket Tournament.
"Renew Our Show!" features 16 existing on-the-bubble series; we left out the sure-fire pickups (like The Good Wife, Supernatural, and Bones) and those to which the Grim Reaper has already paid a visit.
Every weekday at 1 p.m. ET for the next two weeks, you'll be able to vote in polls to help narrow down the field. Click here to see the entire bracket (then click again on the image for a zoomed-in view). Yesterday saw another series, One Tree Hill, fight its way to the second round over fellow CW combatant Hellcats.
Now you've got to decide between V and Off the Map. Polls will be open for 72 hours, so do your civic duty, then hit the comments to justify your vote, and head to Facebook and Twitter to whip your fellow fanboys and fangirls into a frenzy. What's more, if you're worried about the status of anything currently on your DVR "series-recording" lineup, don't miss our regularly updated Renewal Scorecard feature.)
And to get alerted to all future "Renew Our Show" showdowns, follow me on Twitter @MichaelSlezakTV. Now what are you waiting for? Get voting!


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Welcome to Mommy Moments! It's such a blessing to look back on the past several years with all of our co-hosts, guest hosts, and community of moms linking up to encourage and challenge one another. It is worth so much to know that moms have been blessed and maybe felt a little less alone in doing what God has called them to do. Thank you all for using your writing to be a blessing to me as well as to the hundreds of other mamas who are reading it. I'm thankful for each of you who have made this link up possible!
It's no secret that motherhood has its seriousness and frustration as well as its joys. That's why we are here. Life is much easier when traveled with companions! So mamas, let's join together in the spirit of motherhood and share our moments together. We want to hear the happy, sad, tough, terrible, hilarious moments that make being a mother the best job in the world!
The top viewed link this week belongs to Monica over at Arrows and Warriors and her post All at Once I was a Single Mom. Through her divorce, Monica reminds us of a powerful truth that even without a husband, we are not alone. God is so much bigger than our fears, our loneliness and the mountains we face. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your story with us, Monica!
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Post can include anything related to mommy-hood, children, homemaking, pregnancy etc. If you aren't a mom yet, feel free to link up your preparation for motherhood, your journey as you try to conceive, or even a post that would be encouraging to the other moms in the party!
Then, explore some of the other posts in the link-up and say hello to some new blog friends!
Please, pretty please, we'd love it if you would tweet or share the link up on Facebook so we can all make even more friends! Use the hashtag #mommymoments to help us all stay connected!
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And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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"The introduction of tablets has allowed us to perform an inspection as soon as scaffolding is returned and the data is reflected onto the system. This has enabled near real-time monitoring of our inventory, resulting in a reduction in lost opportunities"
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Nikken Lease Kogyo rents and leases items such as construction-related materials, nursing-care products, and office and event supplies. As a pioneer in renting construction-related equipment for temporary use, Nikken Lease Kogyo owns one third of all temporary materials marketed in Japan. The company possesses more than 2,000 items of rental assets in order to be able to respond to a wide range of rental demands from temporary housing to office supplies, office automation equipment, and home appliances.
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Quick Breads: Easy, Creative, and Delicious
Pastry chef Sherry Yard gives quick breads a flavorful makeover
Recipes in this Story
Coffee-Cardamom Quick Bread with Praline Crumble
Grapefruit-Oatmeal Quick Bread
Orange-Olive Quick Bread
Ratatouille Quick Bread
How to make Compound Butters
Sherry Yard sees stars. With 19 years under her toque as executive pastry chef at Spago, Wolfgang Puck's famed Los Angeles restaurant, she has created untold grand finales to dinner. She has baked the thousands of edible Oscar statuettes that grace the annual gathering of Hollywood glitterati. She has sneaked a burger to Hilary Swank and shared chocolate cake in the kitchen with Julia Roberts.
But all that banter and batter aside—Yard loves the basics of baking: cakes, cookies, pies, and easy quick breads.
"What isn't fantastic about a quick bread?" Yard enthuses. "It's the unsung hero of bread baking." Her joy over the simplicity of quick breads couldn't make me happier. Although I'm an enthusiastic cook, I'm a somewhat reluctant baker. Quick breads save my reputation: It's difficult to mess them up, and they don't involve yeast, punching, turning, rising, resting, or precision. Sweet versions are an ideal companion to coffee; savory varieties knock the socks off standard dinner breads.
"Quick breads are familiar, creative, different, and approachable," says Yard. "They inspire my imagination."
To prove her point, she offers up four quick bread recipes that surpass zucchini or banana bread. Each example is enhanced by a simple-to-make compound butter. "When you let your imagination take over, you can do anything," she says.
For flavorings, think beyond the ubiquitous vanilla extract, she advises. "Reach a little further into your cupboard, and go for a spice you wouldn't normally use."
For example, spiced Persian coffee inspired her Coffee-Cardamom Bread with Praline Crumble. The cardamom pairs with ginger and cinnamon for a heady kick to this coffee- and hazelnut-flavored bread. (The other surprising secret ingredient? Nutella.)
Earthy oatmeal is mixed with the fragrant, sweet acidity of pink grapefruit in a Grapefruit-Oatmeal Bread. This delightful breakfast bread has other treats folded into the batter: pecans, brown sugar, nutmeg, and homemade candied grapefruit peel. The candied peel has another use—the slightly bitter, slightly sweet peels can be served alongside cocktails later in the day.
Trips to a farmer's market—Yard often ponders what to do with all those vegetables—inspired her Ratatouille Bread. Red sweet pepper, zucchini, summer squash, onion, and eggplant are woven through the buttermilk, yogurt, and goat cheese-based batter. Thyme, basil, and marjoram add herbal flavor to the bread.
Two aromatic fruits of the Mediterranean perfume Yard's savory Orange-Olive Bread, which owes its moist texture to the addition of olive oil in the batter. "Olive oil and olives have separate, distinct fragrances," Yard says, "each quite complex. Orange wakes them all up." Hints of garlic and black pepper complement the fruity flavor of this dinner bread.
Now, after almost two decades at Spago, Yard is stepping out on her own. Later this year she'll reopen Helms Bakery in Culver City, a historic bakery that delivered Los Angeles its daily bread from 1931 to 1969.
The four quick breads listed here made their debuts at Spago as take-home gifts last New Year's Eve, but they won't be disappearing from Yard's repertoire when she starts her new venture.
"Helms was an L.A. institution," she says. "We're very respectful of what was there, but we're looking toward the future. This will be Americana baking with a Sherry Yard twist."
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Coffee-Cardamom Quick Bread with Praline Crumble
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon ground Vietnamese cinnamon or ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup cold butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
• 2 tablespoons chocolate-hazelnut spread (Nutella)
• 1 teaspoon finely shredded orange peel
Quick Bread:
• 1-1/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground Vietnamese cinnamon or ground cinnamon
• 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1-1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil or melted butter
• 2 tablespoons coffee extract
• 1 tablespoon instant espresso coffee powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2/3 cup sour cream
• 2/3 cup ricotta cheese
• 1 cup whipping cream
• Chocolate-Hazelnut Butter*
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and 1/2-inch up sides of two 8x4x2-inch loaf pans; set aside. For streusel, in medium bowl combine 1/2 cup flour, 1/4 cup sugar, 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
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Coffee-Cardamom Quick Bread with Praline Crumble
Using a pastry blender, cut in butter pieces and chocolate-hazelnut spread until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in orange peel; set aside.
In small bowl stir together the 1-1/4 cups sugar, cardamom, ginger, and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon; set aside. In another medium bowl stir together the 2-3/4 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt; set aside.
In large bowl combine eggs and sugar mixture. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed 4 minutes or until mixture is light, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Add oil, coffee extract, coffee powder, and vanilla. Beat until combined. Add sour cream and ricotta cheese. Beat on medium speed just until combined.
Alternately add flour mixture and whipping cream to sugar mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until combined. Divide batter into prepared pans. Sprinkle streusel mixture over batter.
Bake about 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted near centers comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pans. Cool completely on wire rack. Serve with Chocolate-Hazelnut Butter (recipe on next slide), if desired. Makes 24 servings (2 loaves).
Chocolate-Hazelnut Butter
In small bowl combine 1/2 cup softened butter and 1/2 cup chocolate-hazelnut spread. Serve butter chilled or softened to room temperature.
Grapefruit-Oatmeal Quick Bread
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil or melted butter
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup grapefruit marmalade
• 1/4 cup chopped Candied Grapefruit Peel*
• 2 tablespoons finely shredded grapefruit peel (from 1 large grapefruit)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cup regular rolled oats
• 1/2 cup toasted chopped pecans (optional)
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 4 teaspoons pink grapefruit juice concentrate
• 1/4 teaspoon finely shredded grapefruit peel
• 1 to 2 teaspoons water or milk
• 1 tablespoon toasted chopped pecans (optional)
• Grapefruit Butter**
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and 1/2-inch up sides of two 8x4x2-inch loaf pans. Line bottoms of pans with waxed paper or parchment paper; set aside.
In medium bowl lightly beat eggs. Add buttermilk, milk, vegetable oil, granulated sugar, brown sugar, grapefruit marmalade, Candied Grapefruit Peel, shredded grapefruit peel, and vanilla. Whisk to combine.
In large bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg; make well in center. Add egg mixture to center of flour well. Stir just until moistened. Stir in oats and 1/2 cup pecans. Divide batter evenly between prepared pans.
Bake 25 minutes; turn to rotate pans. Continue to bake 15 to 20 minutes more or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pans. Cool completely on wire rack.
For Icing, in small bowl combine powdered sugar, juice concentrate, grapefruit peel, and enough water to make drizzling consistency. Pour glaze over cooled bread, then sprinkle with 1 tablespoon toasted pecans. Serve with Grapefruit Butter**. Makes 28 servings (2 loaves).
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Candied Grapefruit Peel
Using sharp knife, score peel of one grapefruit lengthwise in four pieces. Remove peel, keeping it intact. Reserve fruit for another use. Slice each piece of peel diagonally in 1/3-inch wide slices. Place peel in medium saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to boil; boil 1 minute. Drain; repeat 3 times to cook bitterness out of peel. Drain again. Combine 2 cups water and 2 cups sugar in saucepan. Bring to boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add peel. Reduce heat and simmer over low heat for 1-1/2 hours or until peel appears translucent. Drain again. In medium bowl toss peel with 1 cup sugar. Remove peel; let stand on wire rack to dry. Toss again in sugar if peel appears wet. Makes about 1 cup.
Grapefruit Butter
In small bowl combine 1/2 cup softened butter and 1/3 cup grapefruit marmalade. Serve butter chilled or softened to room temperature.
Orange-Olive Quick Bread
• 1-1/4 cups chopped onion
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup whole wheat flour
• 3-3/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2-1/4 cups milk
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2-1/2 teaspoons dried oregano, crushed
• 2 teaspoons coarsely shredded orange peel
• 1-1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 1-1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon Maldon salt or sea salt
• 3/4 cup pitted kalamata olives, coarsely chopped
• 3/4 cup pitted green olives, coarsely chopped
• Garlic Butter*
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and 1/2-inch up sides of two 8x4x2-inch loaf pans; set aside.
In large skillet cook onion in the 2 tablespoons hot oil 5 minutes or until tender; set aside. Cool completely. In large bowl stir together all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Make well in center; set aside.
In medium bowl whisk together milk, eggs, Parmesan cheese, mascarpone cheese, 1/4 cup olive oil, oregano, orange peel, black pepper, garlic powder, and Maldon salt. Add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture. Stir until just combined. Fold in olives and reserved onions. Spoon batter into prepared pans.
Bake 60 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted near centers comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove breads from pans. Cool completely on wire rack. Serve with Garlic Butter, if desired. Makes 24 servings (2 loaves).
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Garlic Butter
In small bowl combine 1/2 cup softened butter and 2 cloves garlic, minced. Serve butter chilled or softened to room temperature.
Ratatouille Quick Bread
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped red sweet pepper
• 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 5 ounces zucchini, sliced lengthwise 1/2-inch thick
• 3 ounces yellow summer squash, sliced lengthwise 1/2-inch thick
• 5 ounces eggplant, sliced lengthwise 1/2-inch thick
• 3 eggs
• 1-1/4 cups buttermilk
• 3/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 4 ounces goat cheese (chèvre), crumbled (3/4 cup)
• 1/2 cup oil-packed dried tomatoes, drained and roughly chopped
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1-3/4 teaspoons salt
• 1-1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
• 1-1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh basil
• 2 cloves roasted garlic*, mashed
• 3/4 teaspoon chopped fresh marjoram
• 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Honey-Mustard Butter**
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and 1/2-inch up sides of four 7-1/2x3-1/2x2-inch loaf pans or twelve 3-1/2-inch jumbo muffin cups. Line bottoms of pans with parchment (or line muffin cups with paper bake cups) Grease parchment; set pans aside. Line large baking sheet with paper towels; set aside.
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Ratatouille Quick Bread
In large skillet cook onion and red sweet pepper in 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat 5 to 6 minutes or until onion is tender. Transfer to prepared baking sheet. Add 1 tablespoon oil to the skillet. Cook zucchini and yellow squash slices 6 to 7 minutes or just until golden, turning once. Transfer to baking sheet. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil to skillet; cook eggplant slices 7 to 8 minutes or just until golden, turning once. Transfer to baking sheet. Once all vegetables are cooled, chop into 1/2-inch pieces (you should have 3/4 cup zucchini, 1/2 cup summer squash, and 2/3 cup eggplant). Reserve.
In large bowl whisk eggs. Add buttermilk, yogurt, goat cheese, dried tomatoes, 1/4 cup olive oil, salt, thyme, basil, roasted garlic, marjoram, and pepper. Stir in reserved vegetables.
In very large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Make well in center of flour mixture. Add wet ingredients all at once to flour mixture. Stir just until moistened.
Pour batter into prepared loaf pans. Bake in preheated oven 30 to 35 minutes for loaves or 25 minutes for muffins until toothpick inserted into crack*** in center comes out clean. (Tops may sink slightly.) Cool in pans on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pans. Cool completely on rack. Serve with Honey-Mustard Butter**. Makes 4 loaves or 12 muffins.
Roasted garlic:
Peel away dry outer layers of skin from 1 head garlic, leaving skins and cloves intact. Cut off pointed top portion (about 1/4-inch), leaving bulb intact but exposing individual cloves. Place garlic head, cut side up, in custard cup. Drizzle with olive oil. Cover with foil; bake in 425°F oven 25 to 35 minutes or until cloves feel soft when pressed. Set aside just until cool enough to handle. Squeeze out garlic paste from individual cloves.
When a quick bread has thicker crust, test for doneness through a crack on the top or make a small hole. Otherwise, crust can clean off the toothpick as it is pulled from loaf.
Honey-Mustard Butter
In small bowl combine 1/2 cup softened butter and 2 tablespoons honey mustard. Serve butter chilled or softened to room temperature.
Making Compound Butters
Compound butters are an easy way to add unexpected dash to breads, pancakes, toast—anything you would spread with butter. Use almost anything to flavor compound butter: jams, jellies, spices, herbs, condiments, even cooked, pureed vegetables.
To make compound butter, soften a stick of butter to room temperature. In a bowl, mash together softened butter and choice of flavor agent until well combined.
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Making Compound Butters
Place compound butter on a piece of waxed paper large enough to wrap a standard stick of butter. Shape butter into a log. Roll butter log in waxed paper; fold up ends. Place butter in freezer. Bring to room temperature to serve.


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A Monster Calls and Chime are vying for the Pyrite medal, but the point spread between them is so narrow that we are doing a second vote. If you've read both of titles, please vote in our second poll so that we can declare a clear-cut winner!
Voting ends tonight at 7:30 8:30 PM, Eastern: new deadline based on 7:30 closing resulting in no tiebreak! This is close, but only one book can win. Once we have any sort of conclusion (come on, vote! Get others to vote!) we'll let you know and post all the rest of the data as well.
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"Baskets," Zach Galifianakis comedy created with Louis C.K., ordered by FX
The dream of one Chip Baskets (to be played by Zach Galifianakis) is to be a professional clown. After bombing out of clown school in Paris, he's pursuing his goal in Bakersfield, CA. As a rodeo clown. That's the premise of "Baskets," a single camera comedy starring Galifianakis and co-created by Louis C.K. and Jonathan Krisel, today ordered as a series by FX.
FX has ordered 10 episodes of "Baskets," with production due to begin next year and the series scheduled to launch in 2016. "Baskets" is the first production under FX Productions' overall deal with Louis C.K. and his production company, Pig Newton.
The pilot was co-written by executive producers Galifianakis, Emmy Award-winner Louis C.K., and Emmy Award-nominated writer and director Jonathan Krisel ("Portlandia," "Saturday Night Live" "Man Seeking Woman"), who is the showrunner on Baskets and also directed the pilot.


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If being unemployed wasn't enough of a bummer, a new study says those without a job -- especially men -- are more likely to die early.
Using research from the past 40 years of 20 million people, researchers at McGill and Stonybrook Universities found that unemployment increases the risk of premature mortality by 63%. Men are at an even greater risk: male were 40% more likely to die over women, with the highest percentages at ages under 50.
"In our society, men are more expected to have a job and bring home a salary," researcher and McGill professor Eran Shor told told LiveScience. "When they can't do that, it is very stressful."
That sort of anxiety and depression can lead to a number unhealthy habits, like eating boxes of cookies just because it's in the kitchen, or watching hours of Law & Order reruns instead of going to the gym, despite the extra time to cook or exercise.
"They have to be mindful of the likelihood that they could fall into an unhealthy lifestyle," Cincinati psychologist Kenneth Manges told LiveScience about the jobless, explaining that habits like smoking and excess drinking are easy for the unemployed to pick up.
Additionally, unemployed people are less likely to have good healthcare, making it more difficult to be treated for sickness.
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F2000 Zetec powered cars and F1600 Honda Fit powered cars requiring 93 octane unleaded fuel—the required fuel is the 93 octane unleaded sold at the Valero located at 101 S. Franklin St, Watkins Glen, NY 14891; phone number: 607-535-252
F2000 Pinto powered cars and F1600 Kent powered cars, are required to run the VP 112 octane leaded fuel supplied by Watkins Glen International.
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"Meanwhile, the investigation is still not allowed to tell the public where S. (Sergei) and Y. (Yulia) Skripal were, and what they were doing after they drove from their home in the direction of Porton Down laboratory with phones supposedly turned off on the morning of March 4."MisleadingLaw enforcement did not report that Sergei and Yulia Skripal drove to Porton Down on the day they were poisoned.The road on which the Skripals were spotted leads to Porton Down, but it also leads to the cemetery where Sergei's wife and son are buried. It was established long ago that Sergei and his daughter drove to visit their graves.
"This not fraught with anything for Russia; rather, (it is) for NASA and the USA."Following the withdrawal of NASA's invitation to Dmitry Rogozon, Vinogradov's assessment is inaccurate: while it can be argued that the U.S. companies and NASA will have to change their plans, Russia, facing the loss of billions in U.S. funding, will be the biggest loser.
"The Avangard is invulnerable to interception by any existing and prospective missile-defense means of the potential adversary."After testing the Avangard hypersonic glider, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the rocket system is "invulnerable" to interception. And while the Avangard has stoked fears some corners, Putin's claim it is impervious to existing and prospective missile-defense systems is unverified.
"…unfounded claims... The Russian state and the Russian government have nothing to do with any meddling…"The reports fore the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee comprise nearly 150 pages of densely packed information, publicly available online. There are specific examples of Russian IRA posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
"Now about Wagner and what people are doing. Everyone must stay within the law, everyone. … We can ban private security activity in general, but one has only has to do this and, I think, they will come to you with a large number of petitions, demanding protection of this labor market. We have almost a million people working there. If this Wagner group is violating something, then the Prosecutor General's Office should give a legal assessment."Wagner -- which has enjoyed support from the Russian defense establishment and is most likely a creation of the Russian Defense Ministry -- is in violation of the Russian law banning mercenary activity.
"... We know the largest American base has existed on Okinawa for a long time, for a decade now … the Governor of Okinawa is against ... its expansion. He's against it ... And the people who live there are against it."Okinawa hosts 32 U.S. military facilities – the highest concentration of the American military bases in Japan. The local government and population oppose the presence of those bases, citing environmental pollution and economic losses.
"The Friday airstrikes of the US-led Coalition have completely destroyed a hospital in the Syrian city of Hajin in the eastern Deir ez-Zor province, Ikhbariya broadcaster reported."The original 'report' of destruction emerged from Islamic State media, was picked up by Syrian media and later the Russian state media outlet. The hospital in question was still standing as of December 9. An explosion was reported in the hospital that day, but what caused it is unclear.
"If someone looks at a map of the areas that he's put martial law in affect, these are all of the pro-Russian areas, the areas that either he did not vote in the 2014 election because they were part of their own new country, Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republic, or that Poroshenko lost."Donbas-based Video blogger Patrick Lancaster appeared on RT's Going Underground TV show to argue that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko rolled out martial law in "the pro-Russian" regions that he lost in the 2014 elections. The facts show otherwise.
Russian Reporter Blames George H.W. Bush and the Persian Gulf War for Fomenting 'Chaos' in the Middle East
"At the age of 94, George Bush Sr. died - the man who started the Gulf War, marking the beginning of the current chaos in the Middle East.
If we say nothing but good about the dead, about Bush Sr. say nothing."
While many have criticized President George H.W. Bush for an inconclusive outcome of the Persian Gulf War, it is simplistic and misleading to attribute Middle Eastern conflicts, or "current chaos" to Bush's actions in 1991.
"We drew attention to information about the growing number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan as a result of the actions of foreign troops. A recent example is the airstrike by international forces in Garmsir district, Helmand province, which killed 23 civilians and injured 3 others. According to preliminary data, eight women and 10 children were among the victims."With U.S. Air Force statistics showing the U.S. has dropped more bombs on Afghanistan than at any point since 2006, the civilian causalty count from airstrikes is growing. But it remains unclear if the total number of civilians killed and injured by actions of international forces is rising.
"Two little cutters that the United States gifted Ukraine didn't pass through the Kerch Straight, and you want a nuclear submarine visiting our base?! A bad film."Vladimir Putin mocked the idea of a U.S. submarine visiting a Russian base like in the Hollywood film "Hunter Killer," saying the recently seized Ukrainian ships "gifted by the U.S." couldn't even traverse the Kerch Strait. But like the film, the claim those boats are from America is fiction.
"And, with reports that she will be granted American citizenship after months of torture in an American prison, I feel ashamed for my Fatherland."With a new court filing alluding to a possible plea deal, a Russian journalist has claimed without evidence that indicted Russian agent Maria Butina will be granted U.S. citizenship after being tortured in prison. But Butina's solitary confinement does raise troubling questions.


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SKF Operator Driven Reliability saves chemical manufacturer €111 000 in maintenance
The problem
The SKF solutionThe chemical manufacturer selected a comprehensive ODR solution from SKF combining monitoring tools and software, process implementation and extensive hands-on training. The project began with a detailed review process to establish programme goals – in this case, to double Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) and reduce maintenance costs by 50%. SKF worked with the company to review operator routes and enable plant operators to measure the right conditions at the right intervals. The effort established a clear process to manage data and define responsibilities.
The resultsBy the end of the pilot, the plant quadrupled equipment MTBF, exceeding the initial goal of doubling it. Maintenance costs fell by 73%, 23% above the target of 50%. Due to the pilot's overwhelming success, the company plans to promote the SKF solution for use in hundreds of locations globally.
Summary of savings
- MTBF on critical assets (before ODR): 3 months
- MTBF on critical assets (after ODR): 14 months
- Unit maintenance costs (before ODR): €151 150
- Unit maintenance costs (after ODR): €39 850
- Maintenance savings: €111 300
Note: All numbers are rounded off and based on customer estimates. Your particular cost savings may vary.


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In the interest of self preservation I have a strict no outfit photos rule on any day when the temperature doesn't rise above the freezing mark. It's 14 outside right now (that's -10 for you celcius folks) and I'm planted firmly on the couch in pajamas.
Staying indoors has left me with plenty of time to do some fantasy spring shopping. Most of these items are well out of my budget so I'll be scouring thrift stores for vintage alternatives. I'm really, really loving the new spring shoes from Swedish Hasbeens! Those perforated flats are seriously on my list.


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RE: flash it back then roll it forward(pitr)
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 17:16:52 -0000
Message-ID: <F1A191B056E5E04EA2134D842F9396F819B32FB2_at_sunmsx01.Corp.Acxiom.net>
I am thinking you shouldn't have issued your resetlogs, however my knowledge of flashback stuff is limited to say the least :-( ??
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Patrick O'Brien Sent: 03 March 2010 16:42
To: ORACLE-L
Subject: Re: flash it back then roll it forward(pitr)
Good to know about the flash forward until; thanks!
What commands/processes did you use?
This is what I did and I had problems. Any thoughts?
Shutdown immediate;
startup mount;
FLASHBACK DATABASE TO TIMESTAMP timestamp'2010-03-01 09:41:49'; alter database open resetlogs;
SQL> RECOVER database until time '2010-03-01:09:42:38'; ORA-00283: recovery session canceled due to errors ORA-19907: recovery time or SCN does not belong to recovered incarnation
- On Wed, 3/3/10, jason arneil <jason.arneil_at_gmail.com> wrote:
From: jason arneil <jason.arneil_at_gmail.com> Subject: Re: flash it back then roll it forward(pitr) To: pobrien_at_controller.state.nv.us Cc: "ORACLE-L" <oracle-l_at_freelists.org> Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 8:02 AM Hello Patrick, Been testing flashback a bit recently so when I saw your email thought I would test. Tested this with 10.2.0.4 on linux, and yep you definitely can flashback and then roll forward, I did a recover database until change to roll forwards again. As Freek pointed to open read-write a flashed back database you need a resetlogs, but of course you can open read-only without this. Once you have flashed back you can even use flashback database to "flash forward" and undo your flashback. jason. -- http://jarneil.wordpress.com <http://jarneil.wordpress.com/> On 3 March 2010 15:29, Patrick O'Brien
<http://us.mc356.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pobrien_at_controller.state.n v.us> > wrote:
> Hello Oracle users,
> is it possible to flashback a database then turn around and
roll it forward
> using a pitr process?
> thank you!
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Reading 3: The Vanderbilts as Philanthropists
Like many other Gilded Age "aristocrats," the Vanderbilts pursued their philanthropies as diligently as their pleasures. Beginning with Frederick Vanderbilt's grandfather, the family gave millions of dollars to charitable causes. In 1873, the Commodore donated a million dollars to establish Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Additional Vanderbilt gifts underwrote opera houses, art galleries, museums, hospitals, libraries, and educational institutions.
Frederick Vanderbilt, the first Vanderbilt to graduate from college, gave generously to Yale University, from which he graduated in 1878. He also contributed to the Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) and the New York Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor. Louise Vanderbilt never tired of helping the Hyde Park community, particularly its young people. She established a reading room at St. James Chapel in Hyde Park and provided for the higher education of qualified young women. She proved instrumental in bringing a chapter of the Red Cross to town and in funding the District Nurse Service. Her principal charities outside Hyde Park were St. Anthony's Home for Girls and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. The Poughkeepsie Sunday Courier; the local newspaper at the time, often publicized the Vanderbilt's generous gifts to the community, from treating school children to an ice cream festival to buying a second hand motion picture machine so the residents of Hyde Park could view movies in the Town Hall.
The Vanderbilts played an important role in the economy of the community by hiring local residents, when possible, to work in the mansion and on the grounds and farm. When Frederick Vanderbilt died at the Hyde Park estate in 1938, 33 of the 57 recipients named in his will were employees of the estate. The amount each employee received depended on length of service and position held. Those who had worked on the estate for at least 10 years received the smallest bequest of $1,000. In 1938, $1,000 would purchase a nice new home in the town of Hyde Park. Other bequests ranged from $3,000 to $5,000, and from $10,000 to $25,000. The superintendent of the estate received the largest inheritance of the employees--$250,000 and one of the guest houses on the estate--because he had the responsibility of running the whole estate and keeping it productive and efficiently managed.
Born into an elite and privileged family, Frederick Vanderbilt maintained a good work ethic throughout his life and managed to acquire even greater wealth in his adulthood. He and his wife lived a lifestyle of almost unimaginable opulence and extravagance on their country estate in Hyde Park and elsewhere. Still, they became valued members of the local community by using their wealth and influence to help others.
Questions for Reading 3
1. What kinds of institutions did the Vanderbilts support through their philanthropy?
2. Although the Vanderbilts had no children, many of their charities focused on children. Why do you think that might have been?
3. Would you have wanted to work for the Vanderbilt family in Hyde Park? Why or why not?
Reading 3 was adapted from the National Park Service visitor brochure for Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site and John Foreman and Robbe Pierce Stimson, The Vanderbilts and the Gilded Age: Architectural Aspirations, 1879-1901(New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991).


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Events for Week of December 13, 2010
Due to my inability to post events on Sunday, I have decided to post on Mondays and give you events from Tuesday through Monday. Hope that is okay. If not, let me know!
This weekend, I indulged in a Black Raven Trickster, Cantillon's Framboise, New Belgium' s La Folie, New Belgium's Bourbon Barrel Aged Sah'ti, Deschutes Hop Henge and 21st Amendment's Brew Free or Die IPA. A pretty good weekend in beer, if I say so myself.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Holiday Beer Dinner: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
6:00PM-9:00PM @ Victory Brewing Co.
Nothing like the holidays to have an excuse to splurge! Check out this menu- its simply irresistible, $50.00 per person and paired with Victory Brewing Co. beers.
Duo of Soups
Red pepper bisque and puree of spinach
Served with Prima Pils
Prosciutto wrapped beer blanched asparagus with gruyere mornay sauce
Served with Rauch Porter
Cranberry and chestnut filled turkey breast cutlets with Pursuit giblet gravy and roasted seasonal squash
Served with Pursuit Pale Ale
Cracked barley encrusted oysters with Anaheim chili risotto and saffron aioli
Served with ESB
Cinnamon nutmeg spice cake with Dark Intrigue frosting
Served with Dark Intrigue
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Bourbon County Bottle Signing: Homer Glen, Illinois
6:00PM-9:00PM @ Kenwood Liquors
Bourbon County is one of the best stouts EVER and in my opinion the best beer made by Goose Island. Tonight, stop by one of the two Kenwood Liquor locations and pick up a bottle specially signed by Goose Island Founder John Hall.
Time: 6pm-7pm
Kenwood Liquors
12037 W. 159th Street
Homer Glen, IL 60491
(708) 590-8210
Time: 8pm-9pm
Kenwood Liquors
10750 South Cicero Avenue
Oak Lawn, IL 60453-5402
(708) 424-3580
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Dogfish Head Bash: Montpelier, Vermont
7:00PM-2:00AM @ Three Penny Taproom
This epic tap list includes Dogfish Head's best beers:
– Chateau Jiahu
– Theobroma
– Pangaea
– Bitch's Brew
– My Antonia
– Red & White
– Black & Blue
– Olde School
– 90 Minute
– 60 Minute
– Indian Brown
Friday, December 17, 2010
Week of Wild Friday Tastival: Eugene, Oregon
5:00PM-10:00PM @ Sixteen Tons Beer & Wine
Hot Damn- Featured breweries will include Block 15, Upright, Hair of the Dog, De Dolle, Cantillon, Rodenbach, Russian River, The Bruery, Orval, Cascade, Deschutes, Victory, Lindemans, Oud Beersel, 3 Fonteinen, De Ranke, Haandbryggeriet, New Belgium, Avery, Mikkeller, Ommegang, and more.
Tasting tickets are $1. Beers are 1-4 tickets for 3oz tasters. No entry fee. GO TO THIS!!!
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Maui Brewing Launch Party: Denver, Colorado
1:00PM-5:00PM @ Freshcraft
Finally, Maui Brewing has reached Colorado. A state full of beer lovers, it's about time! The long-awaited time when CoCoNuT Porter, Big Swell IPA & Bikini Blonde Lager hit Colorado are now over.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Twelve Days of Barleywine: Anchorage, Alaska
11:00AM-11:00PM @ Glacier Brewhouse
Stop by Glacier Brewhouse for some barleywines. It's impressive that a brewery makes an array of this specific style. Today is the 10th day, so time is of the essence.
THE 10th DAY OF BARLEYWINE – DEC. 19, 2010
1. 2011 Big Woody Barleywine aged in Ukrainian Oak barrel for 10 months. (9.00% abv)
2. 2010 Eisbock aged 8 months in Makers Mark barrels. (9.00%abv)
3. Cask conditioned selection. 2008 Russian Imperial Stout aged 2.67 years in virgin Czech oak barrels. (9.00% abv)
Pay as you go
Monday, December 20, 2010
Library Alehouse Holiday Beer Fest Kickoff: Santa Monica, California
6:00PM-11:00PM @ Library Ale House
$10.00, just $10.00 gets you:
Library Logo Tasting Glass and Your First Beer
…$2.50 – $5 Refills on ALL Holiday Ale Fest Beers throughout the Fest
10% off food during the festival
Tonight is the kick-off event and this will continue for two weeks. But tonight's tap list includes:
– Nøgne Ø / Jolly Pumpkin / Stone Special Holiday Ale
– Jolly Pumpkin Noel de Calabaza
– N'ice Chouffe
– Dogfish Head Pangea
– Dogfish Head Chicory Stout
– Sierra Nevada Celebration
– Anchor Brewing's Merry Christmas Happy New Year Ale
– Anderson Valley's Winter Solstice
– Delirium Noel
– Gouden Carolus Noel
What is your favorite beer holiday event? Leave a comment or email me at email@example.com!
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The Only Choice(HKTDC Fashion - Leather Goods & Bags, Vol 04,2006)
Sourcing Solutions
The head of one of the UK's leading gift supply companies is a man who realises the value of prompt, efficient and cost-effective sourcing.
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Lane is just one of thousands of satisfied buyers who found exactly what they were searching for on the world-class sourcing website - http://sourcing.tdctrade.com - developed by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC) as a key element of the tdctrade.com portal.
The sourcing section of the tdctrade.com website currently hosts more than 100,000 reputable suppliers from Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and Taiwan and is continually updated to ensure that it features the very latest products and services available.
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This unique collection of online sourcing services is further augmented by the two million-plus copies of 14 trade magazine titles TDC publishes and distributes worldwide each year.
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In addition, the TDC organises more than 20 international trade fairs a year and participates in some 200 international trade fairs worldwide, giving buyers virtual non-stop access to the huge array of products and services available in the world's sourcing centre.
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Florida's unemployment rate keeps dropping.
The state on Friday announced that the jobless rate dropped to 7.2 percent in April.
The new figures were announced on a new twitter account - @ItsWorkingFL - set up by the administration of Gov. Rick Scott.
Scott says the new unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since September 2008.
Scott called the latest figures "great news for Florida families." He touted the numbers during a Friday stop at a Tampa manufacturing firm where the governor also signed into law a tax cut for manufacturing companies.
The state's jobless rate in March was 7.5 percent.
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Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (code 3-4013)
This new program was recommended by the Academic
Senate on February 4, 1999, approved by the President on March 23, 1999
and approved by the Chancellor on January 20, 2000.
The Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science offers programs leading to a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering or a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. The goal of both programs is to prepare graduates for a wide variety of computer- related careers by integrating the theoretical foundations of the discipline with practical applications. The degree in Computer Engineering focuses on computer hardware (design, construction, and operation of computer systems) while the Computer Science degree places more emphasis on computer software (programming). The high school student planning to enter either program is advised to pursue a strong program in science and mathematics.
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (code 3-4013) (130 units)
The Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering degree program has a two-part objective. The first is to provide students with a strong background in mathematics, physics, and engineering science. The curriculum includes a core of standard electrical engineering courses as well as courses in digital systems, computer organization, programming languages, and software, including operating systems, compiler theory and software engineering. The second objective is to provide students with the skills necessary to be effective contributors in a quality-oriented, customer-focused environment. Courses throughout the program, especially those in the junior and senior years, emphasize an open-ended, design-oriented approach to solving engineering problems. Teamwork, communication skills, and an interdisciplinary approach to problem solving are integrated into the senior, computer engineering design courses.
Lower Division: CECS 174, 201, 228, 261, 271 or 281, 274; EE 211, 211L; MATH 122, 123, 224; PHYS 151, 152.
Upper Division: CECS 301, 325, 326, 346, 347, 360, 440, 443 or 444, 460A, 460B; EE 310, 331, 380 (or MATH 380); MATH 370A; plus nine units of approved electives to be selected as follows: six (6) units from CECS 406, 426,
443 or 444 (if not taken as required course), 451, 472, 475, 497, EE 386, ENGL 317; and three (3) units from CECS 328, 405, 421, 428, 448, 449, 470, 471, 476, 481.
EFFECTIVE: Spring 2000
Code: 3-4013
College: 52
Career: UG
IPEDS (Major) ERSS: 09094
IPEDS (Degree) ERSD: 09094
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Thursday, November 7
7:30 - 9:00 pm
, Pease Auditorium, EMU
Author and humorist Roy Blount, Jr. is a frequent guest on NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" and "A Prairie Home Companion." His one-man show at the American Place Theatre was described by the New Yorker as "the most humorous and engaging 50 minutes in town."
Don't miss the man "known to the critics as the next Mark Twain" on stage with WEMU's Bob Eccles!
Thursday November 7
Pease Auditorium
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This event is free and open to the public, courtesy of the Ypsilanti District Library.
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About Roy Blount, Jr.
Roy Blount Jr. is the author of twenty-three books, about everything from the first woman president of the United States to what barnyard animals are thinking. Latest is Alphabetter Juice: The Joy of Text, before that was Hail, Hail Euphoria: Presenting the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup.
He is a panelist on NPR's Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me, ex-president of the Authors Guild, a member of PEN and the Fellowship of Southern Authors, a New York Public Library Literary Lion, a Boston Public Library Literary Light, a usage consultant to the American Heritage Dictionary, and an original member of the Rock Bottom Remainders. He comes from Decatur, Georgia and lives in western Massachusetts.
He has jumped out of a plane, graduated (conditionally) from race-car driving school, scuba-dived with sharks, sung on stage (as a member of the authors' rock band Rock Bottom Remainders) with Bruce Springsteen and Stephen King, hit a game-winning Texas Leaguer (and had limes thrown at him) in Venezuela, caught catfish with his bare hands in Illinois; and ridden a camel in Kenya, a dolphin in the Florida Keys, an elephant in L.A.
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30 Years Ago: Slade Release 'Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply'
After years of futilely trying to break into the U.S., Slade entered 1984 poised to enjoy their greatest Stateside success — and it all started with Quiet Riot.
At the start of the decade, few bands seemed less likely to score a crossover hit than Slade, who had squandered their hard-fought U.K. fanbase after spending years focusing on American radio and entered the '80s at loose ends. But just when it looked like they were ready to fade into the sunset, the band received an offer to sub for a missing Ozzy Osbourne at the 1980 Reading Rock Festival, earning themselves a new generation of hard rock fans in the process.
Important as the Reading gig was, it wasn't exactly a cure-all for Slade; subsequent singles failed to build on the momentum established by the show, and by the time they entered the studio for their 10th album, 'The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome,' executives at their U.K. label mandated an additional round of songwriting sessions in search of a hit.
While the band hunkered down in pursuit of more radio-friendly material, they got a little unexpected help from the American record buyers that had eluded them for so long, thanks to Quiet Riot's cover of Slade's 1973 European smash 'Cum on Feel the Noize.' Issued as a single from Quiet Riot's 1983 'Metal Health' LP, it proved a No. 5 pop hit — and after 'Metal Health' topped the charts, the band's label, Epic Records, brought Slade into the family.
Slade's first Epic release, a reworked version of 'Kamikaze' titled 'Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply,' arrived in American stores in April 1984, and while it wasn't the cross-format smash that 'Metal Health' had been, it offered the band the opening into the American Top 40 it had been struggling to find for 15 years; the album peaked at No. 33 in the States, and a pair of singles ('Run Runaway' and 'My Oh My') hit No. 20 and No. 37, respectively.
Unfortunately, Slade's roller coaster ride wasn't over yet. The band booked a tour with Osbourne to try and capitalize on their success, but it was derailed when multi-instrumentalist Jim Lea fell ill with hepatitis C. It turned out to be the band's final tour, and their absence from the road made it difficult to drum up support for subsequent studio albums; starting with 1985's 'Rogues Gallery,' Slade's record sales entered a downward spiral that bottomed out with the release of the original lineup's final LP, 'You Boyz Make Big Noize,' in 1987.
But even if it didn't quite bring Slade the lasting worldwide success they'd worked so hard to earn, 'The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome' / 'Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply' was the right album at the right time — a well-written and smartly polished set of songs that topped off the band's rock sound with pop production perfectly in step with current trends. When singer Noddy Holder walked away in the early-'90s, effectively dissolving the group, he moved on with years of fond memories and only a few regrets. Slade reformed without Holder and Lea in 1992, but a full-fledged reunion doesn't seem to be in the cards.
"I can't get the four members of Slade to be mates again," sighed Holder in a 2011 interview. "I got us together three years ago but it was a disaster and all the old grievances came out, like money and things that were said years ago. We're in our 60s now and it's sad we can't laugh about our amazing 25 years together…I wish the band had been bigger in America. They weren't ready for us, but it doesn't actually haunt me — it's just rock 'n' roll."


text: In July poppy flowers transform the fields around Armschlag into an undulating carpet of white, lilac and red and you can enjoy this wonderful natural spectacle on foot or in a horse-drawn carriage. There is much to discover on the fascinating Poppy Trail or in the Poppy Garden and to savour on the Poppy Seed Strudel Path. The history of the poppy can be traced back to the Stone Age and Waldviertel grey poppy seed was once even traded on the London Stock exchange. These days it is cultivated on some 200 hectares of land and tastes especially good in dumplings, pasta pockets, strudel and noodles – all of which you can try if you visit a poppy seed restaurant. Specialities such as Waldviertel poppy seed oil, poppy seed chocolate and poppy cosmetics can be bought in the village.


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Sweet Potato Cranberry Relish
Sweet potatoes are a tasty surprise in this slightly tart relish. It's lovely served alongside turkey, ham or pork.
Total TimePrep: 25 min. + chilling
Makes2 cups
- 1 small sweet potato, peeled and diced
- 2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries, thawed
- 1 medium naval orange, peeled and sectioned
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded, optional
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted
- 3 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Place sweet potato in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 10-15 minutes or just until tender. Drain; set aside.
- In a food processor, combine the cranberries, orange, sugar and jalapeno if desired; cover and process until finely chopped. Transfer to a bowl; stir in the sweet potato, pecans, cilantro, salt and cinnamon. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.


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So as you may know, Im trying to get a process down for etching and what not. I am close and was just filling in some gaps here and there.
For toner transfer..err...transfering the toner to the pcb... I have now used uv but 2 uv boards came out poo and will wash the resist off.
Now for the question..can OHT sheets be iron'd on to a pcb, just like photobasic gloss or press n peel Should I expect to lose the transfer on the pht sheet and possible not be able to reprint on that side?


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Hitting the road in conference play for the third straight week, the North Central College football team continued to play the role of a rotten guest on Saturday, scoring the first 35 points in a 42-10 rout of Carthage College at Art Keller Field.
The win is the 20th straight in College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin play for the ninth-ranked Cardinals (6-1, 4-0 CCIW) and extends North Central's current record to 19 straight confrence wins by 20 points or more. The Cardinals have now scored at least 40 points in five of their last six contests, including all four CCIW victories.
The game was scoreless through the end of the first quarter, although North Central had begun its first scoring drive late in the opening period. Taking over following a punt at their own six-yard line, the Cardinals got a pair of clutch third-down passes from Spencer Stanek to keep the drive alive before Jordan Tassioconverted on two fourth-down conversion attempts, running for nine yards each time. Tassio's second fourth-down run left the Cardinals just four yards from the end zone, and he covered the remaining distance on the next play to wrap up a 16-play, 94-yard drive and get the visitors on the board.
North Central opened its next scoring drive after safety Shane Dierking intercepted a Carthage pass and set the Cardinals' offense up with possession near midfield.Nick Kukuc opened with a 23-yard run, and Stanek completed two consecutive passes, totaling 24 yards, to move North Central to the one-yard line, and Tassio ran in for his second score to double the lead with 6:19 before halftime.
Another interception by Dierking gave the Cardinals one more scoring opportunity before the break, again handing the offense the ball at the North Central 48. A 25-yard screen pass to Kukuc got the Cardinals into striking distance, and Stanek found Chad O'Kane for a 12-yard completion before firing an 11-yard touchdown completion to Peter Sorenson with just 26 seconds on the clock.
After forcing a punt on the opening possession of the third quarter, the Cardinals moved down the field quickly as Kukuc took an option pitch and raced 55 yards to the Carthage three-yard line. Tassio scored his third TD of the game from a yard out two plays later to boost North Central's lead to 28-0.
The third period closed with the Cardinals' biggest special-teams play of the evening, as Halaiano Fuentes fielded a punt and returned it 64 yards to the Carthage 15. It was Fuentes' second punt return of more than 60 yards in the last two weeks and set up a touchdown on the next play, as Stanek found Stolzenburg in the end zone on the first play of the fourth quarter.
Carthage defensive back Zac Pallissard broke up the shutout with a 42-yard interception return for a touchdown with 13:11 remaining in the game. The Cardinals' final score came with 5:53 on the clock, as Kukuc capped a six-play, 59-yard drive with a one-yard TD run.
Kukuc went over 100 yards rushing for the fifth time this season, gaining a season-high 129 yards on 14 carries. He now has 3,024 rushing yards in his career, making him the third in North Central history to top the 3,000-yard mark. Tassio ran 13 times for 56 yards, and his 13 rushing touchdowns this season leave hime one short of the Cardinals' single-season record.
Stanek completed 19 of 27 passes for 235 yards. Ryne Rezac caught six passes for 33 yards, while Chad O'Kane made four grabs for 70 yards. Bill Mitchell was the Cardinals' top tackler with five stops and Quinn Haas made a team-high three tackles for loss.
Derek Bellamy ran for 106 yards on 18 carries for Carthage (3-4, 1-3 CCIW) while T.J. Trepanier was the Red Men's top receiver with five catches for 48 yards. Backup quarterback Jonny Brewster completed 6 of 13 passes for 67 yards and starter A.J. Simoncelli was 5 of 12 for 30 yards. Mickey Johnson made nine tackles for Carthage and Mike Merucci compiled four tackles for loss and two quarterback sacks.
Now in sole possession of first place in the CCIW standings, the Cardinals return home to host their own Homecoming game next Saturday, taking on 12th-ranked Illinois Wesleyan University at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. The Titans (6-1, 3-1) suffered their first loss of the season, a 38-33 setback at Wheaton, on Saturday.
Ninth-Ranked North Central Hammers Carthage
|No. 14 North Central (Ill.) (6-1)
|Carthage (3-4)
Hitting the road in conference play for the third straight week, the North Central College football team continued to play the role of a rotten guest on Saturday, scoring the first 35 points in a 42-10 rout of Carthage College at Art Keller Field.


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by Sue Dougherty
President's Day weekend, Wissahickon Skating Club's Bantam A and PeeWee A hockey teams captured the Championship trophy from the teams from Merritton Athletic Association in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
The Bantams (ages 14,15) won 8-0 with goals from Tom Hamilton, Ethan Ashley, Dylan Bear, Jimmy Dougherty, Colin McCoy (2 goals), Max Nason and David Mustin. Nick Madson protected the net for a shut out.
The PeeWee (ages 12 & 13) played a nail biter game and won in a shoot out. Wissahickon scored first and extended the lead to 3-0. Merrittion battled back, tying the game in the 3rd period and sending the game into a 10-minute sudden death overtime period, which involved several chances for both teams to end the game.
At the end of overtime however, the score was still 3-3 and the game was to be decided by a 5-man shootout.
Wissahickon, the visitors, went first. The first four shooters were stopped by some fantastic goaltending. Wissahickon's 5th shooter Robbie Roak, skated down ice, pulled the puck to his backhand, and buried the puck just under the crossbar for a goal. Merrittion's last skater made a quick move onto his forehand, got goalie Will Affle moving, but couldn't get the shot over the goaltender's glove. The ref hesitated for a moment to make sure the puck did not cross the goaline and gave the "no-goal" signal. Wissahickon won, 4-3.
The competition between Wissahickon Skating Club and Merritton Athletic Association has been going on for 47 years making it the longest running international exchange in youth hockey.


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From The Question of Separatism: Quebec and the Struggle over Sovereignty (Jane Jacobs, Random House, New York, 1980)
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Chapter Two: Montreal and TorontoTo understand why sovereignty has emerged as a serious issue in Quebec at this time, we must look at two cities, Montreal and Toronto. They are responsible for what has been happening in Quebec. Between them, they have converted Quebec into something resembling a new nation, provincial political status notwithstanding. Nobody planned this outcome. Nobody even recognized what was happening at the time it happened. The events that worked this transformation do not go back very far. We can date them statistically as having begun in 1941, but that is because 1941 was a census year. I suspect they began in 1939 with the outbreak of World War II and the beginnings of the Canadian war economy.Let us begin with Montreal. Between 1941 and 1971, Montreal grew enormously. In those thirty years the city more than doubled its population, increasing to more than two million. Immigrants from other countries contributed to Montreal's growth; as did people from other parts of Canada. Of course, some of the growth was natural increase, accounted for by births in the population Montreal already had. But the major influx was from rural and small-town Quebec.Before, rural Quebecois had migrated to Montreal, just as they migrated to Quebec City and to New England, but this new migration dwarfed previous rural-to-city movements within the provinces. The rapidity with which the movement happened and the absolute numbers of people involved were unprecedented.The French-speaking migrants to Montreal spent the 1940s and 1950s finding one another. The "quiet revolution" arose from their networks of new interests and relationships: from new communities of interest and interaction in the city; in the arts, in politics, working life and education. French culture in Montreal was in a quiet ferment as people built these relationships and put together ambitions and ideas they could not have developed even in a smaller city like the capital, Quebec City.In the 1960s the evidence of this ferment burst forth in French theater, music, films and television. Talent and audiences had found one another. There was a new and rapidly growing readership for Quebecois books and periodicals; writers and readers had also found on e another. At about the same time, for a combinations of reasons, new kinds of opportunities finally began opening up to Quebecois in city professions and commerce. The most important of those reasons was the sheer economic growth of Montreal, stimulated first by war manufacturing and services, then by an influx of branch plants attracted by the pent-up demands after the war, and by growing trade with other parts of a generally prospering Canada and United States. Montreal maintained a rapid rate of economic growth well into the 1960s, and then kept the exuberant expansion -or a reasonable facsimile of it- going a little longer with special stimulants such as Expo, the Olympics and a variety of ambitious public construction programs.Until the late 1960s, Montreal still seemed to be what it had been for almost two centuries; and English city containing many French-speaking workers and inhabitants. But, in fact, by 1960 Montreal had become a French city with many English-speaking inhabitants. By the time people in Montreal, let alone the rest of Canada, recognized what was happening, it had already happened.Out in rural Quebec, the old stronghold of French culture and customs, another kind of quiet revolution had been taking place. From farming villages, market towns and mill towns, hundreds of thousands of people, especially young people, were trickling and then pouring into Montreal. As the stream swelled it had its effects on French educations and aspirations. If one's destinations was to be Montreal, there was much to be said for seeking an education and for nourishing ambitions that would have been pointless for one's parents and grand-parents.Life also changed for people who stayed put in rural parishes and villages. The Montreal market for rural goods expanded rapidly. A million extra city people est a lot and feeding all these former country folk meant increased rural-city trade; much more city money was being infused into the rural economy than before. Not all the food, building materials, country holiday accommodations and other rural goods and services that swelled to supply the expanding Montreal market were produced in Quebec, but a lot were. What with the growing market for rural goods, and so many young people leaving the villages too, it made sense for rural people to spend some to their increased cash on labor-saving devices. Equipment to improve rural productivity -tractors, trucks, piped water, electrical appliances- they began showing up in parishes where, in the past, there would have been neither income to buy them nor need them. Some of the new cash also went for city-made consumer goods that in the past had been out of the question. Some went into bank deposits.These changes has a profound effect on religious life in Quebec. Contrary to what most people believe, the Quebec religious revolution -the loss of authority of the Catholic Church- was not a cause of the city and rural changes I have mentioned, but as a result of them. The local priest's word about the world and its ways was no longer the last word in settlements where almost everyone was now at least distantly acquainted with somebody who had been off to a Montreal university for a secular education; or in settlements where migrants came back from Montreal to attend weddings, funerals and family reunions; or in settlements where people now went to movies when they got into town and at home listened to the radio, even began watching television; or in settlements where changes in the everyday economy and everyday working methods had burst the bonds of traditional ways of doing things.One and the same force -the great growth surge of Montreal- was simultaneously undermining an old culture in the countryside and developing it into something new in the metropolis, and sending this new city-shaped culture back into the countryside.Now we need to bring Toronto into the story. Montreal used to be the chief metropolis, the national economic center of all of Canada. It is and older city than Toronto, and until only a few years ago, it was larger. At the beginning of this century Toronto was only two-thirds the size of Montreal, and Montreal was much the more important center of finance, publishing, wholesaling, retailing, manufacturing, entertainment -everything that goes into making a city economy.The first small and tentative shifts of finance from Montreal to Toronto began in the 1920s when Montreal banks, enamored of the blue-chop investments of the time, overlooked the financing of new mining opportunities which were then opening up in Ontario. That neglect created an opportunity for Toronto banks. The stock exchange which was set up in Toronto for trading mining shares merged with the old generalized Toronto stock exchange in 1934, and by the 1940s the volume of stocks traded in Toronto had come to exceed the volume traded in Montreal.During the great growth surge of Montreal, from 1941 to 1971, Toronto grew at a rate that was even faster. In the first of those decades, when Montreal was growing by about 20 per cent, Toronto was growing by a rate closer to 25 percent. In the next decade, when Montreal was adding a bit over 35 percent to its population, Toronto was adding about 45 percent . And from 1961 to 1971, while Montreal was growing by less than 20 percent, Toronto was growing by 30 percent. The result was that Toronto finally overtook Montreal in the late 1970s.But even these measurements do not fully suggest what was happening economically. As an economic unit or economic force, Toronto has really been larger than Montreal for many years. This is because Toronto forms the center of a collection of satellite cities and towns, in addition to its suburbs. Those satellites contain a great range of economic activities, from steel mills to art galleries. Like many of the world's large metropolises, Toronto had been spilling out enterprises into its nearby region, causing many old and formerly small towns and little cities to grow because of the increase in jobs. In addition to that, many branch plants and other enterprises that needed a metropolitan market and a reservoir of metropolitan skills and other producers to draw upon have established themselves in Toronto's orbit, but in places where costs are lower or space more easily available.The English call a constellation of cities and towns with this kind of integration a "conurbation," a term now widely adopted. Toronto's conurbation, curving around the western end of Lake Ontario, has been nicknamed the Golden Horseshoe. Hamilton, which is the horseshoe, is larger than Calgary, a major metropolis of western Canada. Georgetown, north of Toronto, qualifies as only a small southern Ontario town, one of many in the conurbation. In New Brunswick it would be a major economic settlement.Montreal's economic growth, on the other hand, was not enough to create a conurbation. It was contained withing the city and its suburbs. That is why it is deceptive to compare population sizes of the two cities and jump to the conclusion that not until the 1970s had they become more or less equal in economic terms. Toronto supplanted Montreal as Canada's chief economic center considerably before that, probably before 1960. Whenever it happened, it was another of those things that most of us never realized had happened until much later.Because Toronto was growing more rapidly than Montreal in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and because so many of its institutions and enterprises now served the entire country, Toronto drew people not only from many other countries but from across Canada as well. The first two weeks I lived in Toronto back in the late 1960s, it seemed to me that almost everyone I encountered was a migrant from Winnipeg or New Brunswick. Had Montreal remained Canada's pre-eminent metropolis and national center, many of these Canadians would have been migrating to Montreal instead. In that case, not only would Montreal be even larger than it is today, but -and this is important- it would have remained an English Canadian metropolis. Instead it had become more and more distinctively Quebecois.In sum, then, these two things were occurring at once: on the one hand, Montreal was growing rapidly enough and enormously enough in the decades 1941-1971 to shake up much of rural Quebec and to transform Quebec's culture too. On the other hand, Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe were growing even more rapidly. Montreal, in spite of its growth, was losing its character as the economic center of an English speaking Canada and was simultaneously taking on its character as a regional, French-speaking metropolis.These events, I think, are at the core of Quebec's charged and and changing relationship with the rest of Canada. Things can never go back to way they were when an English-speaking Montreal was the chief economic center of all of Canadian and when life elsewhere in the province of Quebec was isolated and traditional. These changes are not merely in people's heads. They cannot be reasoned away or even voted away.
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By Olivia Hanrahan-Soar | KF18 | Zambia and South Africa
Right now, I'm in the middle of a Zambian road trip. I'm working with one of Kiva's newest non-traditional partners, Mobile Transactions Zambia (MTZ): a business which provides funds to entrepreneurs who want to own mobile money kiosks all over Zambia. This is Kiva's first foray into mobile money, and it's proving to be extremely valuable for the borrowers as well as their communities. Msanide, for instance, wants to become an MTZ agent: instead of transporting cold, hard cash, people will be able to use Msanide's shop to send money quickly, safely and cheaply all over the country.
Check out Mundia and Muyoyeta for more : I've visited both of them this week, via a small odyssey involving a two-day drive through a nature reserve, home to the Zambian cheetah, and a mosquito-infested swamp crossing. These guys are great examples of how mobile money technology is connecting rural communities to the rest of the economy: like M-PESA in Kenya, MTZ has the potential to be a real catalyst for change in Zambia.
In countries like this, where as little as 8% of the population have access to traditional bank accounts, financial transactions via mobiles provide a much-needed solution to those who cannot afford banking fees, stomach the inefficient post office services or risk the loss or theft of large amounts of cash in transit.
It's fairly well-known that mobile money has taken off in Africa like nowhere else. It works like this: people deposit money in a cell phone account, which can be used to send remittances to relatives or money to business partners all over Zambia. Users are charged a small fee, of which a commission is paid to agents like Msanide.
Agents need a certain amount of capital to start their business; to buy and decorate their kiosk, for instance; to hire tellers; and to provide a float to transact on. This is where Kiva comes in, and is much appreciated (I learnt this week that MTZ mobile money agents are able to pay out almost twice as much money to clients as a leading competitor, essentially due to the addition of Kiva funds).
MTZ's mobile money agents may not be typical Kiva borrowers, and their line of work might seem unfamiliar for those of us based in the US or Europe: but this doesn't make them any less deserving of lenders' support. During this week's trip around the Western Province of Zambia, I've realised just how valuable it is to allow cash to electronically cross distances. Zambia has its fair share of distances: I've just returned from a seven-hour boat trip along the Zambezi (seated comfortably between two charming piles of fish), a journey which would take less than half that time were there a viable road between towns. Without mobile transfers, people would be forced to transport their Kwacha in fish-filled boats like mine, greatly reducing security as well as incentives to earn and save. MTZ's agents are helping to alleviate these problems.
MTZ are now looking at ways to expand into providing services for bill payments, so people can use their accounts to pay school fees, church donations, electricity bills, and the like. I'm excited to see this development, and if you are too, you can help by lending funds to MTZ's entrepreneurs here.
If you've made it down this far in my blog post, congratulations: I reward you with this awesome picture of two snuggling Zambian baby zebras, who I encountered while visiting a borrower on the Zimbabwe border last week.
Olivia Hanrahan-Soar is a Kiva Fellow, serving in Zambia and South Africa this summer. She's currently based in Lusaka, working with field partner MTZ (also known as Zoona); you can lend to an MTZ borrower here. So far, her zebra count is up to four.