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Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon
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The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon is a museum of fine arts opened in 1787 in Dijon, France. It is housed in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in the historic center of Dijon.
|Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy
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Being one of the oldest museums in France, the Museum of Fine Arts in Dijon was founded in 1787 during the Age of Enlightenment. It is known for its collections in relation with the dukes of Burgundy, for the richness of its encyclopedic collections stretching from Egyptian art to the 20th century as well as the historical interest of the building that holds them, the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy.
The history of the Fine Arts Museum goes back to the creation of the art school by François Devosge in 1766.
His collections, which have been presented within the Museum since 1787, represent the beginnings of the museum's collections. It was initially made up of two rooms, the Statues Room – intended for sculpture, and the Salon Condé – for paintings, which celebrate the glory of the Condés, governors of Burgundy.
It is located in the former palace of the Dukes of Burgundy and in the eastern part of the Palace of the Estates.
The museum opened its doors to the public in 1799 and gradually spread out within the palace being enriched by imperial grants, deposits by the State, donations and legacies.
As one of the largest museums of France, le Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon is known for its rich collections of sculptures, paintings, art objects and various other items from the past.
Those interested in a specific historical age can admire various stunning items from Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance as well as masterpieces stretching from the 17th century to the 21st century.
Among the attractions of the museum, you can find the tombs of Philippe le Hardi and Jean sans Peur, a collection of German and Swiss primitives (the most important in France) and a collection of French paintings, rich in artists dating back to the time of Louis XIV, not forgetting the collection of contemporary art.
The museum also holds extra-European collections, such as ceramic and Islamic glasses, weapons and oriental caskets, ancient ivories of Africa, everyday objects and African ceremonial masks, Chinese and Japanese porcelains, Korean stoneware, Tibetan and Indian sculptures and pre-Columbian ceramics.
The museum holds a large and varied collection of art:
- Various remains of the lavish court of the Dukes of Burgundy, including the famous tombs of Philip the Bold, John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria with their mourners[1][2] from the Chartreuse of Champmol.
- A collection of Egyptian antiquities with a rare series of Fayum mummy portraits
- A collection of Roman art from Switzerland and Germany unique in France
- Some famous works from the Renaissance, 17th and 18th centuries, including works by Melchior Broederlam, Verrocchio, Robert Campin (known as the Master of Flémalle), Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Lorenzo Lotto, Titian, Jacopo Pontormo, Paolo Veronese, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Guido Reni, Georges de La Tour, Rubens, Philippe de Champaigne, Charles Le Brun, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Hubert Robert
- A balanced representation of different currents of 19th century and a significant body of work of the sculptor Pompon
- A section of modern art including Granville gift: Théodore Géricault, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet, Édouard Manet, Alfred Sisley, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Georges Rouault
- Representative works of the school of Paris from 1950 to 1970 with Charles Lapicque, Vieira da Silva, Nicolas de Staël
Selected collection highlightsEdit
Lorenzo Lotto, Portrait of a Woman, c.1505.
Jacopo Carucci Pontormo, Saint John the Baptist , c.1515.
Titian, The Virgin, the Child, Saint Agnes and Saint John the Baptist, mid-16th c.
Paolo Veronese, The finding of Moses, 1713
Jan Brueghel the Elder, The castle of Mariemont, 1612
Georges de La Tour, The Blower with a lamp, 1649
Giambattista Tiepolo, The Education of the Virgin, c.1720-1722
James Tissot, The Japanese at the bath, 1864
Claude Monet, Etretat the Aval door: fishing boats leaving the harbour, 1885
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A Certificate of Origin (CO) is a document attesting that goods in a particular export shipment are wholly obtained or produced or manufactured or processed in a particular country (country of origin). Virtually every country in the world considers the origin of imported goods when determining what duty will be assessed on the goods or, in some cases, whether the goods may be legally imported at all.
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce & Industry (PCCI) is authorized by the Philippine Government to issue Certificate of Origins (CO). The CO is a basic requirement in customs clearance or trade documentation for goods of origin exported by local registered companies. For the convenience of all the CO applicants, the PCCI provides options to process the CO for the convenient of the applicants.
For pending CPRS Application, you may submit a Certification that you have a pending application coming from the Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. (PhilExport).
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Monday to Friday – 8.30 am to 4.30 pm
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Tel: (632) 846-8196
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Remarks: Issue of one set of Certificate of Origin (5 copies inclusive of 1 original and 1 copy for our Chamber's record)


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Data Management Plan Development Service
Data Management Plan Development Service
The library, as a member of the collaborative University Data Management Planning Group, is pleased to offer consultation services to assist you in creating a data management plan that meets the requirements of your grant funders or to refer you to other appropriate university services that may help you help you assess your data management needs. Please contact us to discuss your project and we'll help you develop a solution that fits your requirements.
Want To Learn More
Start with our guides for data management and research funding:
- Data Management - the place to start for data management planning guidance and information on university resources & services.
- Research Funding Opportunities - The UMassD Sponsored Projects Adminstration (SPA) guide to finding resources & assistance in getting funding for research.
Request a Consultation:
- To request assistance with the development of your plan or to learn more about the services and resources available to you, request a data management plan consultation. This consultation service is available for all faculty, staff and students.
Classes & Information Sessions:
- Check our Information Session and Class Session schedule for the latest in upcoming events. We intend to offer information sessions and classes on data related topics.
Data Management Plan Development
A data management plan is a document outlining how a researcher plans to manage data during and after a research project including how it will be organized, maintained, shared and preserved. The university has joined other universities as a participating member in the use of DMPTool. The UMassD configuration of DMPTool will take you step-by-step through the requirements for each of the most common funder's planning requirements and once you finish will provide you an exportable data management plan. Find out more about DMPTool on on the Data Management Guide.
Because UMassD is a participating institution, after selecting the login button, please choose UMass Dartmouth from the DMPTool menu options, and create an account.* Take a look at DMPTool, but don't forget to log in as a UMass Dartmouth Researcher! DMPTool is reconfigured to accept your UMassD account information for logging in.
Data Storage Assessment Planning
To further aid in the development of your plan and help the university support your future data requirement please also complete the UMassD Computer & Information Technology Services (CITS) Data Storage Needs Assessment Form. Filling out this form is crucial to CITS helping you to determine the best solution to your needs.


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In a genre saturated with terrible biker romance/erotica, there are a small handful of authors who stand apart. Ann Mayburn, with her Iron Horse MC series is definitely one of those stand-outs.
The first two novels, Exquisite Trouble and Exquisite Danger, are Mayburn's debut MC couple, Smoke (hero) and Swan (heroine). I'm going to review the books separately, but because they are about the same hero/heroine, I'll try to get up my review for the second book this week as well.
Before I met Smoke I'd never been kissed, really kissed, by a man, let alone a biker sex god bent on taking my virginity and my heart.
I got dragged into the deadly world of the Iron Horse MC by my crazy twin sister who is engaged to the club's President and even crazier mom who only cares about herself. Smoke has been assigned by the club to keep me safe even though he's everything that I should be afraid of. He's the kind of man who lives by his own rules and does whatever he wants whenever he wants, but he treats me like I'm something rare and precious, not a socially dysfunctional basket case who has no idea how to love, but needs him more than her next breath.
Not that my feelings matter, because if we don't find my mother soon, the only thing I'll have to be worried about is who is going to kill me first.
NOTE- This is Part One of a Two Part book with a 'Happy for Now' ending.
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I loved Exquisite Trouble but I did find it a little bit hard to get into the rhythm of Mayburn's writing. She wrote first person perspective and it might just be the first time I've read this style since highschool. Also, Swan is autistic, so her brain tends to jump around a lot, which means the writing does too. Once I got used to her idiosyncrasies though, I settled in and enjoyed the story.
One of the best things about Ann Mayburn, which I know I've mentioned in previous posts, is that she does a phenomenal job of building an entire world in her series. I love that her couples don't exist in a private bubble; they interact with other characters and it all fits. It flows. Feels natural. This is incredibly difficult to achieve (I'm guessing, considering the huge numbers of authors who fail) but in an MC type story where there are so many secondary characters who are integral to both plot and character development, it is even more important. And this author nails it on the head.
One thing I wish is that there were more scenes from Smoke's POV. The book finishes from his perspective but the rest of the time we can only see his thoughts from his conversations, or from Swan's interpretation of Smoke … which is problematic at times. Because of Swan's autism, she has a difficult time reading people and understanding certain social cues and situations. As a result, there are points in the book when you know she is misunderstanding him.
The second book has many more scenes from Smoke's POV which is awesome, and he reflects on the mistakes he made with Swan in the beginning. Smoke starts out as the typical egotistical, alpha-male, sexually dominant biker, but changes his way of relating to and understanding Swan as he gets to know her better and realizes the differences in which they communicate.
Swan is a kick-ass, take no names, completely comfortable with violence chica. Raised by a mob assassin mother-figure and mentally unstable Spec Ops superstar father, she curses like a sailor and stands beside her man. But at the same time, due to an isolated childhood and problems relating to other people, especially her peers, she is very vulnerable emotionally. She has limits that absolutely cannot be pushed without her shutting down. Swan is also a virgin, and once Smoke realizes these things about her, he discovers a sweet, gentle side of himself that only comes out for his girl. I wish the reader could have had those chapters from his POV to see these realizations occur, so it is great that the next book has more dual perspective sections.
Smoke and Swan are one of those couples where you can just see that they were made for each other, and their love makes you believe in a higher power.
I do wish that the book was a bit longer, to allow for more interaction between Swan and some of the other characters, particularly Beach, her twin's fiance and the President of the same MC Smoke belongs to. Other than that, their story is awesome and I highly recommend this series if you need a break from the biker junk littering the romance and erotica genres right now.
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Fluid Design Solutions Inc is oilfield equipment manufacturer based in Edmonton Alberta, Canada.
Our main focus is oilfield drilling equipment.
Fluid Design Solutions Inc produces wide range of: Top Drives, Coil Tubing Injectors, Iron Roughnecks or Makeup Breakout units, Pipe handlers.
We offer complete fully certified Coil Tubing Intervention Systems for Offshore and Land applications.
Fluid Design Solutions Inc products are Certified or in compliance with variety of standards DNV, API, CE, ATEX, NORSOK, BSI.
At Fluid Design Solutions Inc.
we are continuously working towards reaching higher standards through simplicity of the design, product reliability, ease of maintenance, and quick delivery.


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Idea by fmelizard · · workbench toolsfme desktopworkbench
Allow GIT or Subversion to be used as a revision controlled repository for workspaces, and Workbench interacts directly with that system when saving workspaces.
g_karssenberg commented ·
Any progress or news around this topic? It would be really helpful for support of FME workspace development to be able to easily track changes between workspace versions and make comments or do review. Right now it is very hard to see what has changed.
What if you would have a visual revision interface inside FME Workbench where you could choose a previous version from a repository (FME Server, Git, TFS, etc.) and directly see all changes between these documents (added transformers, changed parameters, etc.), like a pull request. Maybe then you could be able to click on these state difference points and got some highlighting on the canvas to show the differences. And choose a state difference point and make a comment for the developer. And at some point you could choose to accept the differences and commit to the main branch.
Just some ideas. I know it probably would not be easy to build this, but at Safe you are always in for a challenge right? :-)
rsmith commented ·
This would be a great idea. We are activity pushing all our workspaces into Git (via Team Foundation Server). We are also trying to establish some sort of code review process through Pull Requests. Having the ability to interface with Git via the Workbench would be much easier than using another tool such at CLI to push/pull code. Would also be nice if there was a way to easily compare commits, branches, etc. within Workbench. Currently, we can only compare the resulting XML workspace files. You loose some context in doing this compared to viewing a workspace within Workbench.
lars_de_vries commented ·
Hi @TiaAtSafe
I was thinking about a simpele option that would allow to store the history with the workspace. I might not be a fancy github integration, but just a simpele option. Perhaps with the possibility to empty the history and to have date/time visible with each change.
TiaAtSafe commented ·
Hi Everyone, thank you all for your comments on this Idea! After reading all of your comments, it has got me thinking… what functionality would you like to see as part of revision control? Is there anything that you wouldn't want compare? Are there features or items that a must for a successful revision control in your environment?
patrick_koning commented ·
I would choose teamfoundationserver just because of the fact that git doesn't seem to be able to merge workspaces verry well. But of course a sourcecontroll system would be verry usefull.
donatsafe commented ·
For FME 2017.0 it is looking more and more like a "Github/Git" backend for FME Server is going to happen. Had good meeting with FME Server team. Will keep you all posted as we will want feedback as this progresses. Idea is that all the workspaces etc. would be versioned in Git when published etc. Dale and I also discussed the possibility of "fme workgroup" model where there is a essentially and FME Server core/repository that is part of fme desktop deployment to promote and act as single place for all workspaces to be stored. Gives a natural way for organizations to also migrate to server.
marko commented ·
I posted something similar, although not as well worded!
We have a staging and live environment and keeping tabs on each version can be a headache. I was thinking the server could automatically create a new version number/date that isn't the service name but kept as metadata. A testing area within FME server and then deploy live would be great as well as auto back ups and versioning. Even better, drag and drop between in testing to live which auto backup and logs version info as well as which user made the changes.
nic_ran commented ·
In addition to being able to connect to revision control it would be fantastic if workspaces could be deployed, or somehow otherwise linked, directly from revision control to FME Server.
julien commented ·
Github integration with FME Desktop-Server will be awesome :)
samuelvaldez commented ·
I would add the following ideas to this productive discussion:
Share your great idea, or help out by voting for other people's ideas.
Workbench experience when things are missing.
Visually indicate which transformers block / hold features
Option to Save Favourite Workspaces
Add a Workspace Explorer to find old workspaces by name or format or transformer content
Example of each transformer in doc/fmepedia
Store a Snapshot of which Connectors, Transformers, Readers, and Writers are Enabled or Disabled
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Robotic fish
Dr. Huosheng Hu and his team of researchers at Essex University in the U.K. have developed a robotic fish, outfitted with sophisticated sensors that can be used to hunt for ocean pollutants. A shoal of these surprisingly lifelike robo-fish (watch one swimming here) will be launched off the coast of Spain later this year to collect and transmit water pollution data. The researchers also hope to use the fish, made to resemble carp, for toxin surveillance off the coast of Wales. On a similar front, a scientist at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University has developed a robotic fish that may one day shepherd schools of real fish from hazards, such as oil spills and underwater turbines.


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The Father of Rock Has Died
"I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint."
Chuck Berry
In a racist and segregated 1950s America the Media Machine pushed the "safe" boy band type Elvis as the King.
Sorry, the only King of Rock then and now is Chuck Berry.
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958).
Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive.
More . . . .
Johnny B. Goode (live)
Sweet Little Sixteen
Back in the USA
Reelin and Rockin (Live)
No Particular Place To Go
Chuck Berry duck walk


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Education has changed over the course of the past few decades. The advent of technology has altered many of the traditions, and has caused people to lose some sense of faith in the system. Credit card payments in schools are necessary for a variety of reasons, but they come with their own set of challenges.
1. The Attitudes
Parents may be (understandably) a little unnerved to pull out their credit card in their child's school. It may seem as though the school is trying to operate as a business rather than an institution.
2. Safety
Where there are credit card payments, there are criminals. Schools have a tendency to keep older equipment due to the budget or a lack of knowledge about the dangers of running updated software on old technology.
3. Complicated Payments
When a parent is trying to pay for a standard fee and the administrator can't quite seem to get the hang of the mechanisms needed to process the card, it creates a lasting and negative impression about the overall organization of the school.
4. Lack of Support
When the machines collapse or there's a duplicate charge caused by a faulty software glitch, it can be difficult to get the proper people on the phone for the problem to be fixed. Education merchant accounts need to be meticulously kept, maintained and reviewed, but not every processor understands the importance of these preventative and proactive steps.
5. Recurring Payment Problems
If you're one of the many schools that makes use of ACH payment processing for recurring payments, you may have noticed that you come up against your fair share of questions, comments and complaints about the processing time, charge amounts or the steps needed to fix a mistake.
Persolvent is highly aware of each of these challenges, and have steadfastly worked to address each of them with our software. We ensure every payment you take is streamlined to the highest degree. The more your software works with the school staff and parents alike, the more trust and goodwill will be generated on both sides. Our systems make it easy for quick transactions and timely processing. If you're looking for a new student credit card processing solution in a K – 12 school, give us a call to learn more about how we satisfy our clients' needs.


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Home for the Holidays Pet Adoption Fair!
This Saturday, December 3, 2011 from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm at The Irvine Animal Care Center ( 6443 Oak Canyon Rd) will be the Annual Holiday Adoption Pet Fair! There will be over 500 dogs, cats, & rabbits available for adoption! There are also a lot of purebreds, puppies & kittens as well. Plus pet vendors, food & a silent auction to benefit homeless animals. Please consider adding a homeless animal to your family this holiday season. Or maybe someone who is having a tough year could use some goodness in their life. Having a pet is happiness unlike any other. I promise you, you won't regret it! For more information on the event or to donate you can call 949-724-7740.
And thank you for making me Your Orange County Real Estate Connection.
Best regards,
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Deschampsia Meadow
The Deschampsia meadow is so named due to the predominance of the Deschampsia cespitosa cultivar "Bronzeschlier'. Here this native grass is used to create a naturalistic type planting of minimalist formality. This is sometimes called a matrix planting due to a minority of flowering plants interspersed within a matrix of grass. In this case this minority element is represented by the very structural and long-lasting form of the self-sowing biennial Digitalis ferrunginea.
The resultant dreamy, meadow-like atmosphere creates a sense of wholeness by fully encompassing the nursery sales area with its mass. The soft cloud-like infloresence are juxtaposed and accentuated by the hard, flat and linear brick paving, ranks of potted plants, and the Perennial Meadow, which is a much more diverse planting. Within the planting itself, the Digitalis provides a strong contrast with its upright emergent form. What is of particular interest here is the evolution of the grass itself, and the continuity of space it creates over a long period of time – from spring into winter. Were it not for this plant's long-season of interest, the whole of the aforementioned effect would be lost. Though subtle, there is a clear difference in the appearance of the planting from season to season. Just prior to winter, the grass is finally clipped into its most formal topiary like form. Here the individual plants are evident creating a different sense of formality with their orderliness. Deschampsia is not the only grass that can be used in this way, the most important criteria being that whatever plant is used, it must remain structurally intact for a long period of time, and thus aesthetically pleasing. One must have fun experimenting
From a cultural standpoint, this clipping is necessary to reduce the amount of damage wrought by invading critters who relish the abundance of nest building material, stockpiling it within the homes they have built by significantly burrowing within the root system of the grass itself. It should be noted that to leave a planting of any type intact and through the winter does increase the likelihood of it becoming a metropolis for rodents, though the final expression of the garden is lost. As the grass is clipped its leaves naturally fall around its base creating an excellent moisture retaining, weed suppressing, soil-building mulch. As the individual plants senesce they leave behind improved growing conditions for their replacements.


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Michael Wolff's recent book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," has revealed the disaster we have in the Trump presidency. White House aides described to Wolff that they saw the president to be a "child." We are talking about the president of the United States of America — the leader of the so-called free world — is being characterized by those closest to him as "a child."
In establishing criteria for America's chief executive, the framers of the Constitution were clear in Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution which reads "…no Person shall be eligible for the Office of the President…who shall not have attained the age of 35 years…." Having White House staffers describe the President as "a child," even an adult child, was not the level of maturity our Founding Fathers expected from America's head of state. Name-calling is "juvenile" and "childish." Yet, they are a fundamental character trait of President Donald J. Trump.
The Founding Fathers would certainly feel a "child" was not qualified or "unfit" for the presidency. They would also expect this person to be well-read and knowledgeable about America and world affairs. This president is described as one who does not read. Contrary to his self-reports about his high level of intelligence, it is reported that a professor of Donald Trump at University of Pennsylvania considered him to be "the dumbest student I ever taught."
The major problem is the president's lack of respect for America and its institutions. What is America, but its traditions and institutions? America's traditions are embodied in its presidencies. Yet, the highest priority of this president is destroying the legacy of his immediate predecessor, President Barack Obama.
Do not be deceived to think that the legacy destruction is just about Obama and race. President Donald Trump is out to overturn the legacy of every president since Republican Herbert Hoover and his "Great Depression." Trump, like a child, is very self-centered showing no regard for America's traditions and its institutions and he shows no regard for the legacies of his predecessors.
Given this president's disregard for the United Nations, one wonders what he knows about America and its history. Wolff's sources in the White House report that the president does not read and that he is not well informed. In fact, he has a hard time sitting through or comprehending his intelligence briefings. We do not how much he knows about World War II and its significance in reshaping the world and its alignments. By leading the defeat of the Nazis, the United States emerged as a world power. Franklin Roosevelt led the nation in waging and winning this war. His leadership and his legacy united post-colonial powers into a unified 'allied" block and a new world.
Roosevelt was followed by his vice president, Harry S. Truman. Truman became the inheritor of the Roosevelt legacy. It was Truman, in cooperation with world powers, including Russia and China, that led to the forming of the United Nations as an instrument to promote world peace. By denouncing the UN and giving a war mongering speech there, Trump is out to destroy that institution and the legacies of these critical presidents, likely the most important post World War II presidents.
Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson were pivotal when it came to Civil Rights. Kennedy dared to do what none of his predecessors had done as a president, speak out in favor of equal rights for African Americans. Following his assassination, as a tribute to his memory, President Lyndon B. Johnson was able to get passed "The Bill of the Century" — the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Johnson was able to follow up in 1965 with the Voting Rights Act. Trump has sought to overturn the Kennedy/Johnson legacy by undoing civil rights and embracing white supremacists.
The policies to protect the environment were established by Republican Richard M. Nixon. Donald Trump appoints as the head of the agency Scott Pruitt who has sued the agency about 20 times carrying water for polluters.
If what our presidents since Hoover have done to make America the great superpower, rest assured that Donald Trump is out to promote his racism and attacks on people of color, his attack on the United Nations, his attack on the environment, or his appointing a recognized racist as Attorney General, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, who wants to recriminalize what it means to be black in America, and threatening war rather than peace. Judging by his undoing of the work of previous presidents, one could argue that the Trump presidency is about him being "great" not the United States of America.
Robert Newby is professor emeritus in the department of sociology, anthropology and social work at Central Michigan University. He writes a bi-weekly column for the Morning Sun.


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How we know immigration enforcement is working–part II
Switching down from the macro scale of the previous immigration post, here's a micro look in the Ontario, CA Daily Bulletin at a healthy trend in ICE enforcement–doing an end run around sanctuary city policies.
Apparently some illegal alien criminals showed up for their work-release program, after being sentenced for committing misdemeanors in California, and found the federales waiting for them:
The 32 men arrested Saturday morning at the Glen Helen Rehabilitation Center were participating in a county work release program as an alternative to serving time in jail.
The illegal immigrants were previously convicted of misdemeanor offenses in the United States, including driving under the influence, driving without a license, reckless driving and possession of drugs for sale, federal officials said.
Their arrests come as a result of a sweeping program in which local and federal authorities work together to find, apprehend and deport illegal immigrant criminals.
As in the case below, we know this is working because it's getting a squawk out of the
"Immigrant-rights advocates" criminal illegal alien advocates, who claim these folks weren't violent.
It's the way these things go–when an effective policy crops up the open borders lobby huffs and snorts. After the Agriprocessors raid in Iowa, the WSJ asked rhetorically whether we felt any safer.
They won't dare ask that in: with illegal drunk drivers and drug dealers shipped out the door, of course we're safer. Here's ICE spokesman Virginia Kice, who sounds like she gets it:
"Someone may say that misdemeanor violations should not be a priority, but there is a very real possibility they could go out and commit a more serious offense that has heartbreaking consequences for the community," Kice said. "What if a person who has a DUI conviction gets behind the wheel several months from now and has an accident that claims the life of several innocent victims? Why would we allow that to happen?"
Why, indeed? Cheap lettuce? The criminal illegal alien advocacy lobby is going to need to come up with a better rejoinder than that. These are not sympathetic characters they're defending. It's one thing to post a tearjerking photo-op of a deportee who had been working quietly and staying out of trouble, but when illegal alien advocates defend drunk drivers and dope dealers their support may start to erode.
After all, that might have been the next Edwin Ramos they just deported.
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The truth about Obama's "temporary" Ebola amnesty
November 21, 2014 08:16 AM by Michelle Malkin
Jose Antonio Vargas: The face of the entitled illegal alien
July 15, 2014 10:47 PM by Michelle Malkin
Amnesty gang to law-abiders: You're chumps!
January 30, 2013 12:47 AM by Michelle Malkin
Another home invasion in Phoenix by…Cartel hitmen? Mexican military?
June 28, 2008 03:33 AM by See-Dubya
California's Assembly: Don't Deport Illegal Alien DUI's.
April 16, 2008 05:05 PM by See-Dubya
Categories: Adjudication, Catch-And-Release, Open Borders Lobby


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Last week we reported back on the memorable Nice Visits Creation dinner which took place in the Tasting Room on 17 November. It represented a unique collaboration between Kevin Grobler (Head Chef at Jan Restaurant in Nice) and the Creation Culinary Team and we focused on the magnificently styled and scrumptious canapés served at the event.
Click here to read last weeks blog.
This week we regale you with the culinary gems served for starters, the main course and dessert. For starters chef Jaco Grové of the Creation Culinary Team delighted the guests with his fresh and summery 'Story of Peas'. Chef Kevin did likewise with his magnificent trout with vanilla fennel, cumin and lemon verbena.
Click here to read the complete blog and here to order Creation's award-winning wines.
Elation MCC. Celebrate Life!
For those who missed last week's newsletter … Our maiden Méthode Cap Classique, aptly named 'Elation', has just been released and is the perfect way to celebrate with family and friends over the coming Festive Season.
Elation is an exquisitely crafted blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Classified 'Brut Nature', the wine contains only natural residual sugar and is delightfully crisp with a generous dash of exuberance and an elegant touch of finesse. Pour a glass and watch the tiny beads perform a lively cabaret. Then take a sniff … the gentlest aromas of lemon blossom and dried apple emerge, followed by wild strawberry and hints of fresh brioche. On the palate well-integrated flavours of grapefruit and dried apple are accompanied by fresh minerality – elusively savoury like wet pebbles on a beach. Click here to place an order.
Creation: Kiss and Tell
Join us for an intriguing tasting of a series of European Pinot Noirs alongside our own at the 4th International Hemel-en-Aarde Pinot Noir Celebration. The tasting will be conducted by guest sommelier Jörg Pfützner and Jean-Claude Martin and promises to surprise and delight the senses. This will be followed by a scrumptious brunch pairing, showcasing the talents of the Creation Culinary Team. The event will start at 10:00 on Saturday 28 January 2017. To secure your seat, please make an EFT direct into the Hemel-en-Aarde Winegrowers Association account and use the word "PINOT" and your cell no as reference. In addition, please email us a proof of payment to firstname.lastname@example.com and include either a contact email or cell number so we can get in touch to secure further details such as dietary requirements and your choice of wineries to visit on the Saturday. Availability limited to 40.
Sunset Menu Times
With the Festive Season around the corner we're pleased to announce that our Tapas Sunset Menu will be served from 16 December 2016 until 6 January 2017 and that we will be open until 19h00 during this period.
Please note that Creation reserves the right to change the tapas menu through the course of the season. When making a booking please stipulate dietary requirements in advance. Click here to make a reservation.
Please note: We will close at 16h00 (4 pm) on 24 December and will be closed on 25 December. We will also close at 16h00 (4 pm) on 31 December and will be closed on 1 January 2017.
Giving Back to The Community
A big thanks once again to those supporting the Hemel-en-Aarde Community Project. Regarding the purchase of a school bus for transporting the children, here is some feedback from Elizabeth Naude, Pebbles' project manager: "So far we have raised R207 000 towards the bus. With Ford's generous discount, we still need R363 000. There is a sms donation line, just sms the word PEBBLES to 42646 to donate R30 towards the bus fund. Thank you for your interest in the project!"
For further information please contact Elizabeth from the Pebbles Project at: email@example.com.
Welcome to Our Little Piece of Paradise
Situated some 18 km from the coastal resort of Hermanus, Creation is more than a wine farm; it is a glorious destination where a warm welcome awaits young and old. Click here to make a reservation. Here are some comments recently made by our visitors:
Creation is a unique experience – it was a Monday lunchtime, usually a quiet day in most restaurants – but it was buzzing with activity and animation. We took the tapas menu 8 courses with paired wines and very reasonably priced – interesting one off dishes probably not on your normal radar but delicate flavours and unusual combinations. The sommelier Stephanie was so insightful and passionate about the chosen pairings. This is more an experience than sitting down and having a nice meal and it is a very innovative concept.
– PeteSaund (TripAdvisor review)
We booked a wine tasting here and arrived on a Sunday afternoon to find a very busy restaurant in full swing. No problem, they had our booking, and we were shown to our table. And we got our wine tasting, which was fun and informative. But as Europeans we were expecting something a little more gentile and, er, European … Something along the lines of a small French "degustation". However, we enjoyed it a great deal, and would go back. But consider what you want from Creation and do your research before you book. It appears to be a very good restaurant, and we kicked ourselves for not booking a meal. We did order a small platter of cheese and cold meats to complement the wines. Excellent! It's a beautiful setting, and not far in a taxi from Hermanus. Hic!
– Mr Dub (TripAdvisor review)
Events Calendar
03 December 2016 9h00 – 13h00: Creation at the Hermanus Country Market, Hermanus Cricket Club A small market with a lot of soul where good friends meet hug and eat … You can look forward to an amazing array of fresh organic produce, homemade delicacies, artisan breads, probiotic yoghurts, handmade cheeses, home smoked fish, happy hen eggs, wheat-free bakes and local wines. For more information click here.


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Oh, I got hot sause all over my bazito!
You know what this is? It's a brain sucker. You know what it's doing? Filing its tax return
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent apple pie
The Adventures of Little Ed Brave
Tell airport security your name is McCannister because you can hide anything in a cannister.
You know what? Nobody notices when this changes anyway.
There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and STFU
What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole
The black hole draws you inexorably inward. Time slows. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
I'd diddle little umdidlie... if she weren't my half-sister.
Abortion prevents pedophilia. In more ways than one!
I wrote a haiku
which I was about to share,
but then I thought, "screw it."
Notice to all users of the Holodeck:
There are safety protocols in place that cannot be deactivated without the approval of two commanding officers or the captain to protect users of the Holodeck from potential harm. However, every time the Holodeck is ever used in a nontrivial manner, no matter what the safety protocols say, the Holodeck turns into a deathtrap.
Unless you believe yourself to be adept at constructing a forcefield from your communicator and 19th century Earth tools, or you're at the very least not wearing a red shirt, you are strongly advised not to attempt to use the Holodeck until a designer comes up with a safety protocol that doesn't kill you whenever somebody looks at it funny. Even when you're not on the holodeck. Or in the same quadrant. Or time period.
In fact, if you are wearing a red shirt, Starfleet may not be the job for you
Obamba = Kirk
05/05/11 at 06:37:23 am, by Ed, 101 words
Categories: General
You know what I realized? The mannerisms of President Obama when he speaks publicly are rather somewhat similar to those of Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise:
I'm the...uhhh...president... of the...uhh United States. It's...uhhh...my country. It's... my... uhh... country.
I'm captain.... Jamestkirkoftheussenterprise. It's... my ship--it's...my...ship.
The only difference I can see is the guttural uhh noises the president makes between random words. Which is actually bad public speaking etiquette. Frankly, I'm surprised that people think he's such a good public speaker when he says things like "uhh" more than any real words.
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Did he actually *say* that? Man, I never got to watch all his big things recently. I should probably do that. Then I will laugh and get back to you.
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That was just a speeding, but the punishment is hard and overpowering. This nasty cop is just abusing the situation and forcing Angela to get naked in the public and do nasty things…
All posts for the month October, 2013
Erotic Bastila set preview from CosplayErotica.com with model Marylin (who is in South-Korea now, but soon she will be available for shootings again).
New bondage set with Lana on HardRockGirl.com. Visit us and watch as our photos getting harder. Showing more, doing more and going beyond the limits!
I think this is one of our best cosplay sets in 2013. No surprises, Lara is maybe the sexiest game character on Earth.
The new Lara Croft (Tomb Raider 2013) character inspired Anne and us as well to make something similar. Here are a few preview pictures from the very erotic set with the beautiful Anne.
Did you already see and shared the latest CosplayErotica promo video? Watch it here and let us know with a comment how do you like our works. You can help us to improve our site with your comments and with sharing.
We had a great shooting yesterday evening with Mea Lee. Here is a picture from the dressing room.
Just take a look to Gogo. She is the most curvy catwomen you can ever see by cosplay erotica. I swear that my camera was sweating as she got undressed.
In November we will have a photo session with Gogo again. After a long break we managed to book her. This was not that simple as she is living in a foreign country.


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BRAINTREE - In designing his eternal resting place, Thomas R. Hudson Jr. wanted to spend his afterlife in much the same fashion he is spending this one: in luxury.
He didn't want to be covered in dirt, forgotten on a mantel, or stuck with the hoi polloi in a public mausoleum. Hudson, who has made a fortune running a Connecticut-based hedge fund called Pirate Capital, wanted to be with those closest to him, and like any patriarch, provide for generations to come. So he decided on the champagne of interment options: a private family columbarium.
Now perched on a grassy hillside at Blue Hill Cemetery, the 400-square-foot Roman Doric structure he ordered constructed of 450,000 pounds of Vermont granite features 17-foot high cathedral ceilings, brass doors, and a stained glass depiction of The Last Supper. Flanked by hand-carved stone lions and set amid shrubbery, it is the biggest, most ornate memorial in sight. Some say it may be the most elaborate to be built in a Boston-area cemetery since the industrial barons erected monuments to their wealth nearly a century ago. Family members jokingly call it "The Inn." (There's room for everybody.)
Private mausoleums and columbaria, for cremated remains, are enjoying a revival among the rich, local grave archivists and cemetery administrators say. They point to recent additions like one at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett built by Somerville lawyer Frank Privitera Sr. featuring a stone gazebo and a crypt, another mausoleum that was completed this year at Blue Hill Cemetery, and one built this year in Newton Cemetery. But the massive Hudson edifice is the one generating buzz in cemetery circles.
"This is really taking it to the limit in terms of memorializing," said Gerald Ridge, Jr., vice president of Blue Hill Cemetery.
Hudson, 41, declined to tell the Globe what his final home cost. But industry experts said cemetery plots big enough for a structure like Hudson's and the cost of materials and craftsmanship very quickly make such projects run over $1 million.
The gray-granite structure dominates the landscape of the cemetery, where much of the 100 acres are devoted to more modest grave markers. The approximately 20 other mausoleums scattered in the cemetery, most of which were constructed in the early part of the century, are dwarfed by the latest addition.
"People are always asking" about Hudson's columbarium, Ridge said. "The regulars, they comment on it."
Hudson said he decided to build the columbarium after the unexpected death last year of his father, Thomas Hudson Sr., whose remains are now kept there. A lifelong Braintree resident who owned a local cleaning business, the elder Hudson hadn't made plans for his passing and "wouldn't have spent a dollar on flowers" for his funeral, said Thomas Hudson, the eldest son.
"I wanted to do something substantial," he said in a phone interview. "At the same time, I started thinking about my own mortality."
And, he had money. His Norwalk, Conn.-based hedge fund has made fortunes for him and investors buying stocks then battling management to drive up prices. He is known for outsized gestures, such as the life-size wooden pirate - complete with peg leg, hook, and eye patch - that stands outside Hudson offices in Norwalk and a tank of carnivorous South American fish on his trading floor, according to Bloomberg News.
Hudson grew up in Braintree with three younger siblings, who have also left. Hudson said he was drawn to the idea of returning to his hometown after his death and spending eternity nestled in a nook 6 feet above ground and surrounded by his loved ones.
"I did it first out of respect for my dad," he said. "And second, out of fear of where I might go."
Hudson's columbarium features 44 niches for cremated remains, each of which can hold a double urn so that husbands and wives can be kept together. With additional space for expansion of the structure and 10 feet of land on all sides for burials, Hudson estimates that as many as 200 people could come to rest in the family plot, "if you really want to max it out," he said.
Though his siblings had not thought much about their own deaths, Hudson's 24-year-old sister, Alison, said she immediately liked the idea.
"I like the fact that we'll all be able to be together," she said.
Hudson and his brother Richard have also set up a limited liability corporation to ensure that the care of the structure is covered into perpetuity.
"My dad ran a cleaning business," Richard Hudson said. "It's got to be kept clean."
Like a number of hedge fund managers, Hudson has had some negative press this year over declining performance, perhaps a reminder of the ephemeral nature of life. An edifice of granite could be among the only things that really lasts, said Brian Koziar, cemetery sales manager for
"The BMW, the house can be sold," Koziar said. "But this is going to be a permanent part of the cemetery for eternity."


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This item is a custom made kitchen towel that reads Christmas Tree Farm. The towel is a natural off white color, and measures approximately 28 by 28 inches. Our towels are made from 100% premium ring spun cotton, and are laundered and pre-shrunk. A loop is sewn into one corner that makes it easy to hang on a cabinet knob or a hook to dry. Makes for a great gift idea!
Perfect Fall decor item for kitchens or bathrooms.
Corner loop for hanging from knobs or hooks.
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Looking for a new job in New York is not always a fun process. While people are out of work, they may become more worried about how they will pay their bills with each passing day. When employment discrimination issues are added to the process, a job search can become even more stressful.
It is common for older job seekers to face age discrimination at interviews. Employers may discriminate against older job applicants even if they have more training and experience than younger job applicants. Some of the false assumptions that employers make about older workers are that they have less energy, less excitement and less interest in developing new skills. Employers also wrongly assume that older workers won't stay as long as their younger counterparts because they are about to retire.
In reality, it can be just as difficult for employers to retain younger workers as older ones. One study found that 58 percent of millennials believe that they will leave their current jobs within the next three years. The CEO of AARP said that employers should remember that older workers are often more loyal and focused at work than younger workers. With more years of experience behind them, older workers may also have valuable mentoring and coaching skills that can benefit an organization.
If an employer makes it clear that it is choosing not to hire a job applicant because of the job applicant's age, the employer may be sued for employment discrimination. Employment discrimination laws protect job seekers and workers who are at or over the age of 40. An attorney may be able to help a job seeker who has been discriminated against because of their age to file an employment discrimination lawsuit.


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BiMate: Lisa
Our "short interviews with bi people" series returns after a bit of a gap, and we are starting with one of last year's Cake Award winners. The Cakes are BiCon's own bi awards, presented intermittently since 2002.
Take a seat and introduce yourself.
Hi, I'm Lisa. I'm from Australia originally but I've been a Londoner for the last 23 years. I've worked in clinical medicine, science publishing and music performance, and currently do public health data analysis. I researched bisexual women's mental health for my public health MSc dissertation, and my (and my co-authors') published findings have now been picked up all over world. I live in south-west London with my partner Wendy, and I'm turning 50 this year.
What's the best collective noun for bisexuals?
A flourish of bisexuals.
What's your favourite film?
'The Piano' (directed by Jane Campion).
When did you know you were bisexual?
At my first London Pride march (1992), when I saw the bisexual stall and realised, "but that's me!". (Turns out there was a name for it after all.)
What's your favourite thing about being bi?
Having an identity label that's actually true.
Who do you respect most in the world?
People who live out their principles and make the world a better place.
What/who has inspired you the most?
Patti Smith/Ani di Franco/Nelson Mandela/indigenous and environmental activists everywhere.
Which historical person would you most like to meet?
Mary Wollstonecraft.
What makes you smile?
My partner's ruthless teasing.
What should people try?
Silliness; going for a walk somewhere green; bitter chocolate sorbet at Gelupo's (Soho, London).
What are you most proud/ashamed of?
Most ashamed of: being disrespectful to kind people. Most proud of: not giving up on myself.
What about your life would most surprise your 16 year old self?
That I would occasionally prefer sleep to sex.


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31 August, 2009
Just a quick note to say that the planned post on function spaces and a few related bits and pieces has been postponed, owing to less interesting but sadly more pressing work-related duties. Probably nothing until Wednesday at the earliest.
By way of sheepish apology, here's an instance of how to Explain Maths Properly:
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Drug and alcohol addiction is an expanding and continually increasing problem in the United States. This issue just seems to expand ever outwards, now creating an issue that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have labeled as an official epidemic. In times like these and with as many as fifteen million Americans being addicted to alcohol alone, a crisis like this needs to be addressed and it needs to be addressed quickly.
Though drug addiction by itself is a serious and worrisome condition, the biggest problem in the United States when it comes to addiction is with alcohol. Alcohol is a major and impacting concern of the very worst kind. It is an ever present and constant worry in the hearts and minds of tens of millions of Americans, and it affects about a third of the U.S. population in some way. Alcohol is the most commonly abused substance, and it causes more deaths in the United States than all other drugs combined. This necessitates alcohol rehab covered by Alliance or other insurance policies.
Unfortunately, most insurance only covers approximately 30 days of treatment. Some individuals, due to the type and specifics of the addiction or just personal preference, desire to stay in rehab for a longer period. In those cases, they would need to pay for the extra time out-of-pocket.
It is always a good idea to check to see what portion, if any, your insurance will cover for substance abuse treatment. If your policy will not fully cover all the costs, you could ask the program if they allow payment installments; or there is the option of medical necessity loan options.
You want to find a program that your insurance will cover AND is effective. Unfortunately, it is complicated which insurance coverage is accepted at what recovery center for what specific treatment protocols. The easiest way to know if you have coverage is to speak with one of our counselors. Besides being able to tell you more about what type of programs to consider, they will be able to compare your insurance coverage against each center's acceptance.
Some might suggest, "Any treatment is better than no treatment." Even though this is well intended, it is not true. Long-term studies show that those who relapse after treatment are far less likely to return to rehab in the future. This only emphasizes the fact that it is important to find a program that has proven to be successful. Do it right the first time.


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Pocono: Peck overcomes car troubles to snag Top 20 finish
LONG POND, PA (July 29, 2017) – Todd Peck overcame early troubles to secure a Top 20 finish in the Overton's 150 at Pocono Raceway. While Peck ended up finishing 19th, he experienced issues before the race even began that made such a finish unlikely. Having qualified in the 20th position, the Peck Motorsports team […]more


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Is Meat Glue Safe?
Transglutaminase and beef fibrin, often called meat glue, is an ingredient used across the food industry to hold together smaller cuts of meat, poultry, and fish that's been used for decades. Meat glue itself isn't considered dangerous by most, but there is a larger fear of food borne illness when small pieces of meat, sourced from different places, are held together.
FDA OpinionThe FDA says the ingredient is "generally recognized as safe" but consumers have been grossed out by the idea that they could be eating beef tenderloin that's actually tiny little pieces of beef glued together and sold at a higher cost.Meat glue is actually a powder added to meat and rolled up in plastic wrap. The meat is refrigerated for 6 hours and the result is a solid piece of meat that's seemingly impossible to tell from the real thing.Like pink slime, the practice has endured harsh public scrutiny as much because of a lack of transparency as anything else. But meat glue, unlike pink slime, is labeled. The ammonia used in pink slime isn't listed on any ingredient labels because it's considered a "processing agent" even though it's completely misleading to think that it doesn't end up in the final product.
The Industry Responds
But even if it's listed very few people actually knew what it was until recently. In an effort to ensure that meat glue doesn't endure the same fate as pink slime, the meat industry is responding to recent criticism.
Food Safety News reports:
"We're definitely making an effort to engage," said Janet Riley, the head of public affairs for the American Meat Institute, which represents the major players in the meat industry. Riley has made a point of addressing transparency concerns head on, noting that the practice of using TG and beef fibrin is "absolutely not a secret."
And is it safe? Again, Food Safety News:
Dana Hanson, an extension meat scientist at North Carolina State University, said that it is possible that different cuts put together could be more susceptible to contamination by potentially introducing pathogens into the center of a pieced-together steak. But Hanson said that federal cooking recommendations would be sufficient to kill any bacteria.
But once again, public input is making the food industry shutter in fear of a negative reaction and without a doubt, transparency is a good thing.


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Digital Economy and Information and communication technologies (ICT) are transforming the way we work and driving change in many industries. Governments everywhere understand their decisions can assist or impede businesses and families adjust to an increasingly digital
economy and society.
Since 2007, Labor has presided over a sharp fall in Australia's ranking as a digital economy according to the World Economic Forum, the International Telecommunications Union, INSEAD and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), among others.


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Bring some zing to your burgers
Vidalia Onion Pesto Burgers Recipe
1 pound lean ground sirloin beef
1 cup Sweet Vidalia Onion Pesto
1/2 teaspoon salt
Les Mouettes d'Arvor Sardine Fillets in EVOO are caught along the southern coast of Brittany using only sustainable fishing practices. Uniformly sized,...
Easy to make, a real crowd pleaser when served with Rosemary Parmesan crackers
Smoked Salmon Dip Recipe
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
Mulled Wine Jelly (Gelefine) by Chateau Virant is made from "vin cuit" a mulled wine typical of the Provence area of France. The 'vin cuit" is...
This refreshing cocktail will make an elegant and tasty addition to any brunch.
This recipe uses Stonewall Kitchen Bellini Mixer available here.
Agrumato Lemon EVOO
1 lb flank steak
8 tbsp Agrumato Lemon EVOO
1 cup mushrooms sliced
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Carnival Chaser (n): An individual that goes on mostly carnival-based vacations, and plans trip after trip based on when the next carnival is.
A newly coined term, carnival chasers have been hitting carnival after carnival for years but this trend is now becoming the norm. No longer are we looking forward to random dream destination trips in Mexico, but rather, trips are booked on the need to play mas. Promoters too have fed the craze by hosting their events at more than one carnival throught out the year. Carnival is addictive. And so I present to you, the "Carnival Chaser" Highlight series. The next carnival chaser we get to talk to is @Tr1n1d0n.
What is it about carnival that keeps you chasing ?
@Tr1n1d0n: The resounding energy from the crowd. The omnipresence of bliss shared amongst everyone is so overwhelming onlookers couldn't tell if you're in the company of long time friends or complete strangers. Definitely a vibe that you cannot find at your local club on "Caribbean night" .
Which carnival is a must attend for you?
What are the "must have" items for you when choosing your band?
@Tr1n1d0n: Johnnie Walker, Pelau and People gyal
Do you have any tips for people looking to attend carnival?
@Tr1n1d0n: Let go of all expectations of adequate sleep on a carnival vacation.
Do you consider yourself a carnival chaser? Contact us, we would love to feature you.
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Hurricane Harvey Response
Aug 29, 2017 | News
Many of you have inquired how you can help those in need along the Texas coast. As our friends and families in the Houston area respond to the massive flooding, here are some local agencies from our North Texas community that are already engaged:
Minuteman Disaster Response (McKinney, Texas)
Minuteman provides well-trained, well-equipped, self-contained task forces and strike teams to assist in search and rescue, emergency medical operations, disaster scene management and emergency communications. They are already on the ground in the disaster area. You can donate financially on their website and help fund their critical life-saving operations.
GraceBridge (Celina, Texas)
Grace Bridge is a volunteer based organization equipping neighbors to help neighbors. They seek to serve hope to those in our community who are in need of assistance. Their goal is not to simply distribute food and other material goods, but to develop lasting relationships that over time will encourage those who receive help to return and help others.
Mission Regan (McKinney, Texas)
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After spending an obscene amount on books over Christmas, both real life books and e-book format, I've kinda decided to try and not buy excessive books as the impulse grabs me this year. It's going to be BAD and possibly lead to withdrawal symptoms, crying and the occasional tantrum. For this I apologise profusely.
I had an amazing year of reading last year. And 2013 seems to be a great year for reading too – so many fantastic sounding titles are coming out to devour.
There are two that I am super keen about – and not just because they've been written by friends of mine either.
I know Mo through SCBWI and we are in the same crit group. We read MBFZG at inception and in instalments and it is genuinely laugh out funny and comedic. Mo is a great visual writer and I think she's going to do pretty damn good with this as it ticks all the boxes for younger fiction. Or rather, fiction for people who aren't scared to belly-laugh.
Mo's book is out in March from Macmillan Kids so be sure to pre-order it. Also: zombie goldfish FTW!
Read the full review on Liz de Jager's website here.


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The Long Shot started as a way for me to get some journalistic practice while pursuing a bachelor's degree in that field. Through the blog, i've gotten the opportunity to interview comic artists, game designers, filmmakers, radio personalities and comedians. When i attended Gen Con 2013 i got a press pass through The Long Shot and it's a terrific repository for the various articles i wrote for publications like The Cleveland Stater and The Cauldron. Great communities of people like the folks who blog about DDO and comic books have become friends and colleagues.
Most of what i write is about comic books, MMO games and science-fiction (and sometimes science/technology fact). If there is any overall theme to The Long Shot it's right there in the subhead "where i write about stuff," emphasis on about, with "that i like" implied.
So if you would like to write about stuff that you like and see it published, please fill out the form below and get writing! The Long Shot is near and dear to my heart, and i would love to see it grow into a cool place featuring all sorts of different topics that people are passionate about. Plus it's very easy to add photos, videos, polls and things like that using WordPress so you can really spice up your work.
If you would like help copy editing your piece, please feel free to ask and i'll be happy to do so. A large part of my education involved copy editing and i thoroughly enjoy doing so. In my own writing i try to adhere to AP Style except for personal conceits like my use of the lower case "i" pronoun when referring to myself and when embellishing for effect. When copy editing i strive diligently to preserve a writer's voice and intentions while cleaning up grammar, punctuation and the like.
One of the most important lessons i've learned is that, in any independent endeavor it's very important to always be hustling, and i love using social media to grow an audience and promote work. With any contributing writers, i will be happy to hustle your articles as well and i encourage you to do the same. You never know who you'll make connections with, or more importantly who will see your work. So always be hustling!
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As fellow Capitol Hill blog types Cap to the Hill point out, some of the neighborhood's anticipated projects have moved to the "sign" phase while others seem to be only pretenders. Bleu Grotto is definitely much more than rumor. As is Poquitos, slated for an opening later this week. See? Here's the sign:
Thanks to neighbor Kate for sharing even though she's not a fan, she says. We're told Poquitos — or is it Poquito's? — founders acquired the sign years ago while on travels in Mexico. So it's muy autentico. UPDATE: Wrong! It's muy autentico because it's from Greenwood! Details below.More details on what the arrival of the neon Poquito heralds, here.
While we're talking new signs, 12th Ave's Varro lounge is gearing up for an end-of-month debut and has the lights on to say hello.
(Image: Varro)
As for the pretender Cap to the Hill points out, yup, East Olive Way's Online Cafe never opened this weekend past as the hand-written signs indicated was the plan. We haven't heard back from anybody associated with the project, yet, so nothing to report on the situation other than to note the replacement for Online Coffee Company hasn't opened yet.
CHS community contributor umvue hooked us up with news of a sign and an imminent opening on north Broadway. Social Skins Tattoo is making final preparations for a Wednesday opening at the old home of Broadway News . Commenter Tony notes, rightly, that the new shop is a project of tattoo artist Bryan Griffith formerly of Apocalypse Tattoo. Tony also says he's getting work done in the new shop on Wednesday. We're certain he's adding a CHS Crow somewhere highly visible.
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Elegant Outdoor Showers
Elegant, well-designed outdoor showers add to the overall aesthetic of an outdoor space. From sleek, modern models to Tuscan-inspired classics, these outdoor showers will spruce up your landscape.
By: Karli Sanders
Regal Retreat
Christopher J. Grubb created an Old World retreat with this regal outdoor shower.
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Scott Cohen gives these homeowners a Grecian treat with Poseidon spilling down water as they shower.
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A previously unused alley now houses an outdoor shower and sink in this design by David Hertz Architects, Inc. Photography by Tim Street-Porter.
Simple Style
The simplicity of Calazzo's rod shower is what makes it so elegant.
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This East-meets-West shower and partition are the work of master hardscaper Scott Cohen.
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A stream of water flows from this standalone architectural piece by Jaclo.
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Although the ceiling is open to the midnight sky, this Asian-inspired outdoor shower provides plenty of privacy with double doors.
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Ford Seleccion Smells New
Ford Selección, a used car company in Spain, has introduced "Olor a Nuevo" (Smells New) a new fragrance creating the excitement associated with a new car. 2500 bottles were manufactured and sent out to Selección outlets, along with printed material, stickers and tags with the message, "Olor a nuevo incluido" (Including New Smell). The fragrance was used in print ads and posters distributed on public transport.
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The Used Cars Smell New campaign was developed at Bassat Ogilvy, Madrid, by creative director Alvar Suñol, art director Alberto Espeja, copywriter Gonzalo Urbez, and print producer Pedro Pozo.
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Colorful, seasonal fresh fruits are in season, and I've been buying them in huge batches. Adding them to our salads, raita, smoothie, and desserts. We are eating fruits, left, right and center. They add fruity goodness to any dish they come around. Like strawberries, we are stripping their green heads and freezing them for don't know what, but still freezing them. Mangoes are having an early season this year. And we are not complaining about this at all. After all, they are king of fruits and who doesn't love to have a bit of royalty. The banana, mango, and strawberry all blend together, tasting vaguely tropical and we have been drinking this combination every day.
During summers, the breakfast menu in our house is altogether altered. We stay away from heavy, greasy breakfasts as much as possible. Overnight Parfaits and smoothies are currently in-house favorites. And it is technically, more of a D-I-Y kind of breakfast, so that means I don't have to spend much time in the kitchen during the morning. Rather I devote that time to go out for a walk, swim or share with the world the stories of his office lunchbox via Instagram. For more fun, FOOD in your life, follow me on Instagram or subscribe to receive posts via email. Until then, try out this Breakfast Smoothie Recipe.
Breakfast Smoothie Recipe
- 1 cup chopped ripe mango
- 1 medium-size banana peeled and chopped
- 2 strawberries chopped
- 1 Cup low fat milk chilled or 1/2 Cup Coconut Milk+1/2 Cup regular milk
- 1/4 cup plain low-fat yogurt
- 1 tablespoon honey
- Chop all the fruits and keep them in the fridge in a ziplock bag for 30 minutes.
- You can keep the fruits in the freezer overnight for the better results.
- Frozen fruits make so much better smoothie specially during summers. But it is totally optional.
- Place the fruits, milk, yogurt and honey in the blender.
- Blend until smooth and frothy. Pour into the serving glasses.
- Enjoy Breakfast Smoothie chilled.


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General News of Friday, 20 July 2012
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The flagbearer of the People's National Convention (PNC), Hassan Ayariga, has dismissed criticism of his performance at the IEA-organised Presidential forum on Tuesday, daring his accusers to meet him on the same platform to test their mettle against him.
Political analysts and stakeholders such as think tank Imani Ghana and the Ghana Trades Union Congress have variously described Mr Ayariga's performance and presentation as embarrassing, disappointing, shallow, and below par, especially when compared to the performance put up by Dr Abu Sakara of the CPP at an earlier session.
In their opinion, Mr Ayariga failed to articulate any meaningful policies or programmes a PNC government would implement if voted into office.
But Mr Ayariga has hit back at his critics, daring them to meet him on the same platform so the public can judge. In his opinion, he "really delivered and scored 90%."
Speaking on Adom FM's Dwaso Nsem Morning Show on Thursday July 19, he singled out Imani Ghana for special criticism, declaring, "Even God, if he comes to Ghana today, Imani and other people will find fault with Him, so who am I?"
Mr Ayariga called on Ghanaians, especially the Executive Director of Imani Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe, and the other leaders of the organisation, to be "honest" and publicly confirm their membership of the NPP. This alleged political affiliation, Mr Ayariga told show host Adakabre Frimpong Manso, would always colour any analysis by the think tank against the PNC and other parties.
Adakabre: Why do you say Imani is NPP? Hassan Ayariga: Their director, what party does he belong to? He is an NPP man, or you dont know? Adakabre: Franklin Cudjoe? Hassan Ayariga: Yes, he is an NPP Adakabre: So he would always attack you? Hassan: He will always attack the PNC, he will attack the NDC, he will attack the CPP
In any case, "People will always say what they want; they have their own perceptions," he continued. "They should face me on a platform to see if I was an embarrassment. They should have a look at my presentation, it's out there and everybody can see. They didn't even listen to me, they came out with their own questions irrespective of what message I was going to deliver.
"If they say I didn't perform they should tell us what they want me to say" Mr Ayariga argued that he "have out answered" and "provided solutions, not rhetoric" at the IEA debate. Such solutions to alleviate Ghana's problem included paying greater attention to agriculture modeled on the days of Operation Feed Yourself of the Acheampong era; and devoting a considerable amount of the national kitty to education.
But Imani has not taken the criticism lying down. While declining to respond on air, Kofi Bentil, Vice President of Imani, sent a text into the programme: "Imani doesn't waste time responding to issues of whether they are NDC or NPP. We have always been tagged.
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Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics (with Avi Acharya and Matt Blackwell, 2018, Princeton University Press)
Despite dramatic social transformations in the United States during the last 150 years, the South has remained staunchly conservative. Southerners are more likely to support Republican candidates, gun rights, and the death penalty, and southern whites harbor higher levels of racial resentment than whites in other parts of the country. Why haven't these sentiments evolved or changed? Deep Roots shows that the entrenched political and racial views of contemporary white southerners are a direct consequence of the region's slaveholding history, which continues to shape economic, political, and social spheres. Today, southern whites who live in areas once reliant on slavery—compared to areas that were not—are more racially hostile and less amenable to policies that could promote black progress.
Highlighting the connection between historical institutions and contemporary political attitudes, the authors explore the period following the Civil War when elite whites in former bastions of slavery had political and economic incentives to encourage the development of anti-black laws and practices. Deep Roots shows that these forces created a local political culture steeped in racial prejudice, and that these viewpoints have been passed down over generations, from parents to children and via communities, through a process called behavioral path dependence. While legislation such as the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act made huge strides in increasing economic opportunity and reducing educational disparities, southern slavery has had a profound, lasting, and self-reinforcing influence on regional and national politics that can still be felt today.
Deep Roots demonstrates how social beliefs persist long after the formal policies that created those beliefs have been eradicated.
This book is co-authored with Avidit Acharya and Matthew Blackwell. Reviews of the book have appeared in Science.
The Judicial Tug of War: How Lawyers, Politicians, and Ideological Incentives Shape the American Judiciary (with Adam Bonica, Under Review)
How, why, and when do courts become politicized? This book addresses controversies that have exploded in importance over the last few years---why have conservatives blasted ``activist judges'' and why do they support attempts at reforming or stacking the judiciary---even as it risks criticisms of politicization? Why have liberals opposed these attempts and why have they instead insisted on focusing on prestigious qualifications? These questions not only speak to how political elites approach judicial appointments but also to the importance of norms and institutions surrounding ostensibly "nonpartisan" institutions.
Our argument in the book highlights a key, overlooked player in the fights over the judiciary: the legal establishment. Not only are lawyers heavily politically overrepresented, but they have enjoyed a long-standing symbiotic relationship with the judiciary. First, courts have been a highly effective tool for nullifying or blocking legislation that would subject lawyers to regulations not of their own making, fending off unwanted reforms to the legal system. Second, and as a result, lawyers have developed a strong interest in the composition, organization, and authority of the judiciary, serving not just as its core constituency but also as its primary font of candidates. We refer to this control over the judiciary as the captured judiciary.
However, the interests of lawyers often conflict with the interests of the second key player: political actors. This tension between politicians and the legal establishment establishes the theoretical framework of the book---the judicial tug of war. As long as the interests of lawyers and political actors are in harmony, then political actors will welcome the involvement of the bar in the process of selecting and vetting judges. But when the interests of the two are in tension, partisan conflicts over the judiciary will arise. From a policy perspective, this framework predicts where and when attempts at judicial "reform" will emerge. Widening ideological gulfs between the bar and elected politicians will exacerbate tensions, thereby leading political actors to adopt measures to limit the bar's influence. These attempts will also deemphasize traditional qualifications while at the same time emphasizing ideology and political connections (and hence, be "politicizing"). On the other hand, ideological congruence between the bar and political officials will result in selection systems that allow the bar a significant amount of influence and input into the selection of judges. Our framework therefore provides a blueprint for potential paths toward judicial selection policies, depending on the parties' ideological goals.


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The Roaring Twenties are coming back around in the fashion world. Besides the fringed flapper dress and short haircuts, t-strap heels, wedges and flats are also coming back into fashion.
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Celebrities such as Emma Stone, Alexa Chung and Olivia Palermo are bringing out their inner 20s vintage woman with t-strap shoes.