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Belgian Shepherd Dog Groenendael Dog Breed Profile
Other Names
Chien de Berger Belge, Belgian Shepherd, Belgian Sheepdog
Dog Group Kennel Club
Breed Classification
The Groenendael is a member of the pastoral group. They were originally used for herding livestock; today they are used as watchdogs and as companions.
Cost of Ownership
Average Food Cost
£4-7.50 per week
Feeding Requirements
The Groenendael is an undemanding dog to feed with no special dietary requirements; they generally have a good appetite.
Other Expenses
The average purchase price of a puppy is £500-£650.
9 - 15 years
The average lifespan is 13 to 14 years. However some Groenendaels have been known to live less or longer than this.
The average lifespan is 13 to 14 years. However some Groenendaels have been known to live less or longer than this.
Average Litter Size
The average litter size is 6-8 puppies.
General Physical Description
The Groenendael is a medium sized, longhaired dog that appears square in its outline. Although they are often confused with the �long-haired German Shepherd Dog� by the general public, they are squarer in profile; lighter in bone and more refined in head, with a light, brisk movement.
Size Category
Weight Height Range
Dogs should measure between 61-66cms at the withers and bitches should ideally measure between 56-61cms at the withers. Dogs should weigh between 27.5 - 28.5kgs, bitches between 20-23kgs.
Anyone looking for a puppy should make sure that both parents are hip-scored and eyes are tested. Hip status in the breed is generally excellent but that�s not to say that there haven�t been the odd high scores. Epilepsy has occurred (and still does occur) in the breed but breeders have worked hard to reduce the incidence to a minimum.
Common Ailments
React to immunisations and anaesthetics
Tendency to develop dermatitis during shedding
Susceptibility To Illness
The Belgian Shepherd dog the only breed in the world that comes in 4 varieties: the long-haired black �Groenendael�, the long-haired fawn, red or grey �Tervueren�, the short-coated red, fawn or grey �Malinois� and the rarer rough-coated reddish fawn �Laekenois�. Originating from Belgium, they are named after the areas in Belgium from which they came Groenendael, Tervuren, Malines and Laeken. Hard working sheepdogs from Belgium have been recognised since the Middle Ages. At this time the type varied greatly and breeding was based on working ability. As they were bred from locally certain common characteristics began to appear. In the 1890�s a Professor of the Belgian School of Veterinary Sciences recorded standards for the various types of Belgian sheepdogs. It was noted that they were all similar in type with the main difference being the coat. The Professor then divided them into varieties and advised breeding them as separate breeds. Once there were as many as eight varieties now there are only four. The Groenendael was developed from a black bitch of the Belgian sheepdog type being crossed with another black herding dog. The resulting litter became the precedent of the Groenendael. The breeding schedule of these dogs suffered during the war. During the war they were used to find wounded soldiers and to carry messages at the front. The first Belgian Sheepdog Club can be traced back to 1893, and the name Groenendael was officially chosen in 1910.
The Groenendael is an intelligent dog that learns very quickly. A gentle but consistent approach is the best way to train this dog. They should be socialised from a very early age<
Show Characteristics
The head should be long and finely chiselled, with the skull being roughly equal to the length of the tapering muzzle. The nose should be black. The jaw should have a complete scissor bite. The eyes should be dark brown, of medium size and almondish shaped. Their ears should be of small to medium size, triangular and set high. The neck should be well muscled and slightly arched. The body should consist of a deep chest, graceful curved underline with a slightly sloping rump. The front legs should be long and well muscled with accentuated withers, and the back legs should be powerful and well muscled. The front feet should be round and tight with well-arched toes and the back feet slightly oval in shape. Their movement should be light and brisk. The tail should be of medium length with the tip carried slightly above the level of the topline. They should have a long, straight and profuse outercoat with an extremely dense undercoat. The hair should be shorter on the head, ears and lower legs. It is longer and more abundant around the neck (forming a ruff), on the back end and the tail. The back of the legs should have a fringe of longer hair on them. The males are usually longer coated than the females. The preferred colour for the show ri
Country Of Origin
Famous Examples
Records Held
Overall Exercise
60 - 80 minutes per day.
They need plenty of exercise and mental stimulation and to this end they excel at agility and obedience. They are very active dogs and should not be considered as pets if they are to be left alone all day.
They need plenty of exercise and mental stimulation and to this end they excel at agility and obedience. They are very active dogs and should not be considered as pets if they are to be left alone all day.
Distress if Left Alone
Personal Protection
Guard Dog Suitability
Risk of Sheep Worrying
Tendency to Bark
Ease of Transportation
Level of Aggression
Compatibility With Other Animals
Suitable For Children
General Character And Temperament
The Groenendael is a devoted companion and does not make an ideal kennel dog, as they become bored and destructive. They are very affectionate and totally devoted to their families. Not a breed for those wanting �just a dog�. The Belgian wants to join in with everything including doing the washing up, digging the garden etc. They will protect their home and family but it is not advisable to encourage their guarding instincts when young, as they can get confused and start guarding you in inappropriate situations. Their natural guarding instincts will kick in, if and when necessary.
Coat Length
Grooming Requirement
> Once a week
Requires Professional Groomer
The Groenendael is a longhaired dog that needs a fair amount of grooming. They have a long, straight and profuse outercoat with an extremely dense undercoat.
The Groenendael is black in colour. They may have limited white on the chest and toes.
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John Perry Appointed as Replacement
On Tuesday, February 9, long-time City resident John Perry was selected by the council to replace Councilman Byrnes from a field of ten applicants. The vote was 3-1 to select Perry, with Sam Allevato opposed. Councilman Perry was sworn in on Tuesday, February 17. In his address to the community, Councilman Perry acknowledged that he was appointed, not elected, and pledged to represent all in the community.Councilman Perry graduated from USC with a Master's Degree in Education with additional certification in School Business Management. He worked in Education for 25 years as an Assistant Superintendent of Business Services, during which he worked with multi-million dollar operating budgets. After retiring, he was appointed to the City's Special Water Management and Operations Audit Committee in 2011 and served on the Board of the Capistrano Taxpayers Association from 2012 - 2014. He can be reached at: email@example.com .

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Working with Gifted English Language Learners
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Working with Gifted English Language Learners
English Language Learners are increasingly underidentified for gifted programs, although many of them possess high academic abilities and have a high motivation to learn and succeed in school. This population is poorly represented in many gifted programs due to a myriad of reasons, including lower test scores on English-based tests, language barriers, and cultural differences. Educators must learn to recognize and provide enrichment for gifted English Language Learners, despite the language barriers that exist. Michael S. Matthews introduces educators to the complexities and challenges of providing appropriate educational experiences for gifted English Language Learners. This unique, comprehensive book guides educators toward identifying gifted students in this population, including a look at nonverbal and Spanish-language testing, and gives advice for integrating these students into any gifted program. This is one of the books in Prufrock Press' popular Practical Strategies Series in Gifted Education. This series offers a unique collection of tightly focused books that provide a concise, practical introduction to important topics concerning the education of gifted children. The guides offer a perfect beginner's introduction to key information about gifted and talented education.
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The following group types are not accepted by this hostel: Holiday with Friends, Junior / Primary School, High / Secondary School, College / University, Business Trip, Stag/Hen/Bachelor Party, Sports Group, Cultural Group If you have misrepresented the type of group you are booking for, your booking may be cancelled by the hostel."
Any cancellations resulting from agreement to these terms and conditions under false pretences will result in loss of deposit.
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Hostel Suomenlinna is a friendly, laid back hostel with a charming archipelago nature around it. We have welcomed travellers from all around the world as a hostel, a youth camp center and a meeting point for groups since 2002. Our Hostel is run by the non profitable Finnish Camp School Association.
Hostel Suomenlinna resides in a restored school building built for Russian children in 1908. After Finland became independent in 1917, the building housed Finnish defence forces. After this, the house was used as a school house for a second time, but in 1960 the students and teachers moved to a new building and the defence forces worked in the building once again. The building returned to serving educational purposes in 2002
Hostel has all together eight rooms and 39 beds on two floors. Rooms are for 2-10 people.
There are three dorm types available (downstairs, 3 rooms) - 7 beds(mixed), 8 beds(female dorm) and 10 beds(mixed).
Hostel has four private room types available (upstrairs and downstairs, total 5 rooms): double, twin, triple and quadruble. Extra beds available.
Dorm rooms come with comfortable solid bunk beds and a locker per bed. Rooms are spacious with high ceilings (4 m). douple, twin and triple rooms come with single beds and have charming attic style ambiance. Toilets and showers (24 h hot water) are in the corridor on both floors.
Bed linen and towel are provided in private rooms. Reading lights in all rooms. Heating system in all rooms for the winter time and double windows. No air-conditioning.
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Sean Deason is part of the "third wave" of Techno producers from Detroit. His music career began when he met the early Plus 8 Recording artists: Richie Hawtin, Kenny Larkin and Dan Bell. These world class techno artists introduced him to the recording studio and helped to develop, inspire and influence his musical experimentation.
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Summer is the time to enjoy the fruits of your spring labor and have fun in the garden. While you're at it, keep up on these ten basic tasks and your plants will reward you by growing and blooming strong all the way through fall.
As summer wanes into Fall it can be tempting to walk away from your garden and call it done until spring. However, soil moisture is still important for perennial and shrubs. Learn how to determine if your plants need supplemental water in Fall and if they do, how much and how often to water.
Goji is a sprawling shrub with long, flexible canes and clusters of small, grey-green leaves. The flowers are a brilliant royal purple and they appear in late spring/early summer along the length of the canes. They give way to juicy, bright red fruits that resemble small peppers. They grow sweeter as they mature on the plant. Goji plants continue to flower and produce fruit through the first heavy frost.
Everyone loves to have a gorgeous garden, but finding the time to create and maintain one might seem daunting. There are strategies to employ that will allow you to have a beautiful garden without having to spend hours and hours on gardening chores.
With the right sun, water, fertilizer and a bit of care you can grow truly super Superbells®.
See photos and commentary on Kerry's garden in 2012.
My plant was flowering and now it's stopped. Why did it stop and more importantly how do I make it start flowering again? This article will go over some of the top reasons why plants go out of bloom.
Learn more about what irrigation tools will work best for your landscape beds.
Watering garden beds appropriately can be a challenge. This article explains the basics of watering landscapes.
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Quicktate (iDictate)
Data entry, general transcription, medical transcription
Company Description:
Quicktate supports a variety of services and apps that convert short bits of recorded speech into the written word. These include Evernote apps (voicemail messages and audio notes), TweetCall (dictated tweets), CallTroops (phoned letters to military personnel), Voice on the Go (dictated texts). However, Quicktate and its partner iDictate also offer services for longer transcription projects, which include medical reports, conference calls, and legal files.
Types of Work-at-Home Opportunities at Quicktate or iDictate:
In these micro jobs, data entry operators listen to audio files and transcribe them. The voicemail message files average 1-2 minutes in length, while the other recordings are longer. Hours are flexible and operators can work as many or as few hours as they can handle and/or obtain. In this type of crowdsourcing platform, operators log on to the company's system and claim files to transcribe.
Data entry operators begin at Quicktate and may be promoted to iDictate, which pays more. Quicktate also does medical transcription, which also pays more. Most Quicktate transcription is done in English or Spanish. However, the company also seeks transcribers with skills in French, Italian, German, Chinese, Farsi, Portuguese and Japanese for iDictate projects. See more bilingual jobs from home.
Pay and Benefits:
All Quicktate and iDictate's data entry agents are hired as independent contractors. This means there are no benefits and no guarantee of minimum wage. Read more about how and what data entry companies pay.
Quicktate and iDictate pay its data entry operators on a per-word basis. The rate of pay for Quicktate general transcription is $.0025 per word or 4 words for 1 cent, while the rate for Quicktate medical transcription and iDictate work is $.0050 per word or 2 words for 1 cent. This might work out to $5-7/hour at Quicktate, but keep in mind there is not likely enough work to make this a full-time pursuit.
Payment, which is weekly, is through PayPal account only.
Qualifications and Requirements:
Quicktate seeks professional transcriptionists that follow directions well, have a strong grammar and typing skills, accurate spelling and punctuation, and can listen to voice files and accurately type what they hear.
Typists must supply their own equipment, supplies, work space, and Internet connection. Computers may be Windows-based or Macs and must have a Firefox, Safari, or Google Chrome browser. Additionally, typists must have a Yahoo IM account and download and install Quicktime. Express Scribe is a free software application that may be useful. A headset, and possibly a foot pedal, may be needed.
All contractors for Quicktate must fill out an electronic W-9 tax form even if they are not located in the United States.
Applying to Quicktate:
To apply, create a typist account by filling out an application on the Quicktate website. Two non-family references are required, and you must answer two short essay questions. (Be sure to use correct grammar and spelling.)
Next applicants should read through the Help Desk FAQ and other postings to become familiar with the procedures. Applicants must then take a quiz that will cover both Quicktate procedures and include an audio file to transcribe. If you wish to be considered for transcription in other languages than English or medical transcription jobs you must complete those audio files.
Expect to wait at least two weeks to hear back from Quicktate. If your application is approved, you will receive a letter. Until then, you will not be able to log in to your account and accept assignments. There is a $15 fee for a background check.
See more legitimate work-at-home data entry companies, but be sure to know the signs of a data entry scams.


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As you make out your holiday budget this year, set aside some extra money for a bunch of minor costs that could add up to be a major drain on your spending. Because if the holidays came with fine print, there are expenses that would be enumerated and might threaten to send you over the edge, financially and mentally.
Here's a short list of the things that you need to include in your holiday spending plan:
- Holiday cards
- Gifts for neighbors
- Gifts for teachers
- School fundraisers
- Charitable giving
- Church fundraisers
- New outfits for the kids
- Family photos
- Pictures with Santa
- Tips for hairdressers, lawn maintenance workers, etc.
You might be looking at several hundred dollars, depending on how many of those expenses apply to you and how generous you want to be. That's a tidy sum.
So, how do you prepare for all of those costs? Here are some ideas:
1. Be Honest
Have an open, frank discussion with your spouse about what you can afford and what you can't. If you set a limit for each of those expenses and stick to it, you'll be better off in the long run.
2. Stash Some Money Away
Time is short, with the holidays approaching, but if you have any money left over at the end of every week, set it aside for these expenses.
3. Make Tough Choices
You must look at each of the items on your particular holiday budget and determine what you can pay for and what you need to hold off on. The holidays are supposed to be a joyful time, and worrying about money and budgeting only adds to your stress. Make the choice of what you want to spend and be done with it.
4. Find Some Seasonal Work
Again, time is tight before the holidays but you might need to quickly look for a part-time seasonal job at night or on the weekends to make some extra money. If you feel like that's an option for you, go for it.
5. Determine What You Can Cut Back On
Personal spending always ebbs and flows and should always be under discussion in your home. Do you need to get carry out for dinner three times this week? Do you need to buy two pay-per-view movies each weekend? Maybe there are areas in your spending that you can cut back on this month to save a few hundred bucks.


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ISLAMABAD - The Christian community across the world including Pakistan will mark Palm Sunday - a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter on April 1.
The feast commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in all four canonical Gospels.
The last week of Lent (40-day fasting) will start with Palm Sunday, which celebrates the day Jesus entered Jerusalem and the people laid down palms at his feet.
In many churches, Palm Sunday will be marked by the distribution of palm leaves (often tied into crosses) to the assembled worshipers. According to the Gospels, Jesus came to Jerusalem, and the celebrating people there lay down their cloaks in front of him, and also lay down small branches of trees. Jesus' entry to Jerusalem symbolized his entry as the Prince of Peace.
For Christians, Palm Sunday, often referrs to "Passion Sunday," marks the beginning of Holy Week, which concludes on Easter Sunday.
The Bible reveals that when Jesus entered Jerusalem, the crowds greeted him by waving palm branches and covering his path with palm branches.
Palm Sunday is the sixth and last Sunday of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week before Easter, commemorating events in the last days of Jesus' life on Earth.
Traditionally, many churches will have a procession in or around the church while people sing songs of praise and wave palm leaves.


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Let's all admit it- we like to get a little freaky from time to time.
So this weekend's open thread is fun- and HAWT! What is your ideal porn scenario?
So cue the "wacka-chicka-waa-waa" cheesy music and let you imagination get down and dirty. Do you like delivery boys or lawn guys? Biker chicks in the garage or cheerleaders in a sorority house? Let your freak flag fly and have a little sexy time!


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If there is one thing that we all have no shortage of in the months between Halloween and Christmas, it's probably a variety of leftover winter squashes. Got an extra cup or two of cooked pumpkin left over from that pie? Some acorn or butternut squash that didn't fit in the pan? Tired of cloying sweets and heavy, creamy soups? Feeling anxious about the upcoming months of rolling away from holiday tables, or trying to cook to accommodate a vegan or vegetarian at the table? Here is a warming, satisfying meat and dairy-free soup that tastes like the harvest season, in a bowl.
Feeling Saucy: Peanut Satay23 Oct
Peanut sauce is most commonly considered a feature of Southeast Asian cuisines, though it is also found in China and even the Middle East, in varying forms. It can be cooked with chicken or shrimp, incorporated in noodle dishes, or used as a dipping sauce for vegetables or crackers. Peanuts and peanut butter can serve as an excellent snack, due to their protein-rich, appetite-suppressing qualities, even in small amounts. My favorite variation is a rich, creamy sauce with hints of lime and cilantro. Though I've used standard peanut butter, there is no additional sugar or sweetener needed, and the coconut milk gives an excellent base to blend the flavors together. If you choose to go with an all-natural peanut butter or grind your own peanuts instead, you will likely need to add a dab of brown sugar or syrup in some form, to finish the job.
1/2 cup coconut milk
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
2 tbsp ginger, finely chopped
2 tbsp garlic, finely chopped
1 tbsp sesame seeds
1 tbsp red pepper flakes
1 cup peanut butter
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp sriracha hot sauce
4 tbsp lime juice
1/2 cup water
Heat the coconut milk to a low simmer in a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan (a Korean-style stone pot worked excellently, for me) over medium heat. Add cilantro, ginger, garlic, sesame seeds, and red pepper flakes. Mix well. Once the spice mixture has come back to a gentle simmer, turn the heat down to low and add peanut butter, soy sauce, sriracha, and lime. Stir until the peanut butter has 'melted' into the liquid, but be careful not to burn. You may need to turn the heat off for short periods, if your pan is too thin. When you add the water, the mixture in the pan will turn whitish and creamy, but thicken once again fairly quickly. Stir well to blend all ingredients together.
Refrigerate before serving as a dip, salad dressing, or sandwich spread. Note that the chili oils will separate easily and float to the top, so stir (or shake) before using. Satay sauce can also be used to stir fry with chicken or seafood, but ensure the meat is nearly cooked before adding it, because the peanut sauce may burn and stick if the heat is too high.
Makes about 2 and 1/2 cups of sauce.
Feeling Saucy: Spicy Remoulade16 Oct
For a busy October, I decided to feature a series of sauces, highlighting one each week. While French in name, remoulade comes to us in the US by way of Cajun cuisine, frequently in the company of seafood, fried food, or po'boys, and with an accompanying dose of spicy heat. This works great as a substitute for tartar sauce, a dressing for salad, or a dip for anything dippable. Personally, I thought it made a great pairing with falafel, for lunch.
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup garlic chives, chopped
2 tbsp cilantro, finely chopped
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp hot sauce (such as Tabasco, Ligo, or Frank's Red Hot)
2 tsp whole-grain Dijon mustard
2 tsp horseradish
2 tsp garlic, minced
2 tsp red pepper flakes
Mix all ingredients together. Let sit in the refrigerator for at least an hour before serving, to allow flavors to settle.
Feeling Saucy: Mole Poblano8 Oct
Growing up in the agricultural belt of the Pacific Northwest, the sheer scope and popularity of Mexican cuisine was so pervasive that it wasn't until I moved to New York for school that I realized there were places where people actually believed Taco Bell qualified as food, let alone 'Mexican' food. As a child, I didn't take advantage of this in the same way I might, now–I couldn't tolerate the taste of cilantro, picked at things I couldn't recognize, and generally stuck to beef burritos and enchiladas without fail. Nevertheless, my mother used to faithfully order chicken mole whenever it was available, while I turned up my nose and couldn't fathom eating any sauce so unconventional. Years later, I found myself craving it now and then, with only hazy memories of the dish to go on, and in Korea, I'm sure you can imagine it became even harder to procure.
Mole sauce (pronounced 'mol-LEH'), in its native Mexico, refers to a wide range of thick, richly-flavored sauces, all of which are based upon varying blends of chili peppers thrown together with nuts and other spices. Legend has it that mole was invented more or less by accident, when a group of poor nuns found that an important visitor would be arriving, and needed something to feed him. Chili peppers, day-old bread, nuts, spices, and a little chocolate were sacrificed to the cause, along with an old turkey, and a quintessential fusion dish was born. Ingredients indigenous to Mexico, such as chili pepper, tomatoes, squash seeds, and chocolate may be cooked alongside Mediterranean almonds and raisins, African sesame, and even Asian spices such as anise and cinnamon. Despite being based on dried pepper, the sauce is not hot-spicy, but features a rich, slow depth of taste that can be disconcerting to those used to milder flavors.
Herbed Spinach Pasta Salad2 Jun
Today, I bought a new 'spice rack'. There's been a big agricultural fair at City Hall plaza, near my new house, these past few days, and I keep prowling past all the herbs and plant pots for sale with wishful eyes. This one, though, was a winner. It doesn't take up much horizontal space, it's stable on its base (for a minimum of cat-related damages), and it's terribly easy to angle around each segment as needed. I grabbed the stand, then promptly bought basil, rosemary, and golden lemon thyme to occupy it in my sunny window. I figure the plants are a lot cheaper than buying the fresh herbs at the grocery store, only to have half of them spoil before I can use them due to getting too cold or too wet or too dry in the fridge or on the way home. My fridge, by the way, is a beast at freezing things. I haven't yet quite figured out how to turn the thermostat in there up a bit so it stops icing my water and destroying my green produce.
Anyway, with all these fresh herbs on hand, I decided it was time to make one of my old standby recipes again, a super easy pasta salad.
Strawberry Banana Cream Cheese Microwave Muffins21 Apr
My best purchase, recently, has been a set of silicone muffin-cups. They're safe for microwave use as well as oven use, and the Rum Double Chocolate Microwave Brownies come out like a dream, with them. Using them is much, much more convenient than using a mug, too. Anyway, I've been doing more experimentation with microwave 'baking', using them. In one round, I made the brownie recipe but added about half a cup of chopped kumquat I had left over from the salsa, and let me tell you, dark chocolate, coconut rum, and kumquats? Great pairing. In the next, I could no longer find kumquats in my neighborhood, so bought a carton of strawberries instead, and made a rum-less version to use up some milk chocolate chips I wanted to get rid of. That variation was a bit too sweet for my tastes, but they seemed to go over well at work.
Anyway, all of this left me with most of a carton of strawberries to use up before they went bad, and then someone gave me a couple of bananas, which I don't usually eat on their own. I decided to kill two birds with one stone and whip up something using both fruits. Google, as usual, led me to a helpful recipe, and I figured I might as well discover whether an oven-baking recipe would work in the microwave as well.
(Spoiler alert: It did.)
Kumquat Salsa3 Apr
So I've been playing more with photography, lately. The other day, I happened to pass a fruit stall on the street and saw these (okay, I'm going to be stereotypical and say adorable) little citrus fruits heaped in baskets for less than $3. I honestly wasn't what they were, at first. I came home and googled about my confusion, and it turned out they were in fact kumquats, which I had never seen before that I could recall. The obvious solution? Buy some the next morning. They were tiny and adorable, okay.


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I stumbled on an article written by Laura Brashier. I will spare you the details but it was a story about what she went through after being diagnosed with cervical cancer. However, after what was a successful treatment of chemotherapy, what she didn't realise was she was never going to have sex again. Doctors advised her not engage in sex which is a common side effect, apparently the extensive exposure during chemotherapy, as well as destroying the cancerous cells also narrows the vaginal wall and makes it almost impossible for any sexual activity to take place. Since that time, Laura has had 3 failed relationships. However, she refused to be defeated by this realisation and has spent her time researching how to support people with similar medical conditions that has ended their sex life.
Reading that article immediately made me to reflect and put things into perspective. Only last week I was providing encouragement to someone I know whose wife has a medical condition that is making childbirth proving difficult. In this case sex wasn't the issue but inability to conceive. I would like to imagine Laura would not mind being in this position. But then again only recently I lost a very close distant relative, who only married a year ago. I'm sure if she was giving a choice of either to live and be put in the other two situations I've just described or death, I'm sure she'll choose life.
In essence the message I'm trying to get across is that in as much as humans we do often despair and worry about our circumstances in life, things could have also been a lot worse. For every bad situation, there's always a potentially worse thing that can happen. It's about putting things into perspective, whilst not always accepting what life throws at us but at least to find the courage to put a positive spin in what can be very difficult and challenging times that will inevitably confront us.
PS: Apologies for the recent absence, as always work, family and other commitments means as much as I love blogging, it's not number one on the 'to do list' I'm afraid.
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Sebastian Metzner Rickards is an educated audio engineer from Berlin, Germany.
After graduating as an event technology specialist in 2007, Sebastian works for various event technology companies and mixes concerts and live shows in Germany.
In 2010 he completed his Audio Engineering Diploma at the SAE Institute Berlin. Since 2011 he has been working as a lecturer at SAE Institute and becomes head of the audio engineering department in 2013. The same year Sebastian starts working as a Certified Trainer for Steinberg.
In 2015 Sebastian opens the littlemediastudios in Berlin, Schöneberg.
Since mid-2018 his music has been published by Meisel Musikverlage and also works as a lecturer for Noisy Academy and Akademie-Media.
In recent years Sebastian has worked with many successful artists such as Klaus Hoffmann, Gunter Gabriel, Kool Savas, Sarah Riani, EstA and MC Basstard.


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Ontario and Québec announce new electricity trade agreement
Earlier this afternoon following a joint Cabinet meeting of Ontario and Québec, Premiers Wynne and Couillard announced a new Agreement to trade electricity, energy capacity and energy storage between the two provinces. The stated purpose of the Agreement is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while making electricity more affordable and reliable for Ontarians.
The Agreement between Hydro Québec and the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) contains the following key elements:
- Hydro-Québec will provide, for a duration of 7 years from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2023, up to 2 TWh of energy per year to Ontario.
- Hydro-Québec will supply IESO, throughout the duration of the Agreement, with 500 MW of energy to help Ontario meet its peak electricity needs for the summer.
- IESO will supply Hydro-Québec, throughout the duration of the Agreement, with 500 MW of energy to help Québec meet its peak electricity needs for the winter.
- IESO's surplus renewable energy will be stored in the Hydro-Québec reservoirs during under-loaded intervals.
- Hydro-Québec will return some of that energy to Ontario during the hours natural gas power plants in Ontario produce electricity, to reduce GHGs.
The provisions in the Agreement envision that the above attributes will be established in contracts, and that Ontario and Quebec may jointly agree by the end of March 2022 at the latest to continue seasonal power exchanges beyond the expiration of the Agreement (December 31, 2023).
Ontario has announced that as a result of this Agreement, costs for Ontario consumers will be reduced by approximately $70 million based on projects in the 2013 Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP). GHG emissions will corresponding be reduced by approximately 1 million tonnes per year.
The Agreement fulfills a Memorandum of Understanding between Québec and Ontario that was signed in September 2015, which stated that the provinces would explore the potential for increased electricity trade to help meet Ontario's needs through Québec's clean and renewable electricity supply.
Sussex will continue to following these developments very closely. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have.
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Eskom attains historic global certification
JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – ESKOM, the South African power utility that has become the first company in the continent to receive the prestigious Advanced Centre of Expertise (COE) certification, said partnering with a leading global enterprise software solution provider has enhanced its
operations over the past decade.
Systems, Applications and Products (SAP), the German-headquartered company, has awarded Eskom the certification.
Sean Maritz, Acting Chief Information Officer and Divisional Executive at Eskom, said SAP had a positive impact on the utility's operations over the last ten years.
He said with SAP's systems in place, they had seen a significant reduction in system outages due to the improvement in their internal processes.
"Our internal IT ratings have also improved by 15 percent and we have experienced 10 percent fewer outages due to the increased levels of accurate real-time data in our systems," said Maritz.
With this the new certification, the Eskom team now has integrated IT systems quality management in place, bringing complete transparency to the challenges and issues faced by the organisation as a whole.
The SAP certification conveyed a level of commitment to quality above all and highlighted Eskom's commitment to ensure sustainability in the long term, the executive said.
"Throughout this process, we have challenged the silo thinking prevalent in the market today, securing a deeper understanding of how every action impacts other areas of the business, the economy, and indeed the people that live and work within South Africa," commented Maritz.
Eskom will now focus on further improvement of the organisation's IT systems.
This includes adding more business processes and improving the quality of the existing processes.
"With SAP as a partner, we have demonstrated to the world that we have a mature ITC environment and that effectively harnessed technology can change the playing field.
"Furthermore, this certification offers immense skills development benefits for our people as learners and interns become far more employable due to their exposure to the highest possible levels of SAP-optimised processes"
SAP Africa Managing Director, Brett Parker, said Eskom and SAP jointly decided to pursue the achievement of the Advanced Centre of Expertise cerification over four years ago.
"We commend Eskom for their efforts and are proud to see the first Advanced Centre of Expertise on the African continent. We also look forward to taking our collaboration into the future to achieve even
greater success," said Parker.
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For the fourth straight year, JUF's Breakthrough Fund is funding leading-edge local programs and initiatives that meet local human needs, engage Chicagoans Jewishly, and strengthen Jewish communities in Israel.
This summer, a total of $1.12 million will be awarded to programs that focus on a range of themes, including erasing barriers to employment and economic achievement for historically under-employed Israelis; providing opportunities for the Jewish LGBTQ community, teens and young couples to connect with Israel; using technology to improve mental health; creating non-traditional communities of Jewish learning, and more.
Some $863,000 will fund 13 new initiatives, with awards ranging from one-year grants of $10,000 to multi-year grants totaling $100,000; an additional $256,000 will support five programs in their second year of multi-year grants awarded in 2016.
Encouraging smart growth and innovation in the Jewish nonprofit sector are the goals of the Breakthrough Fund, which launched in Fall 2013 and has awarded a total of more than $4.4 million in grants to more than 70 local and Israeli initiatives.
"This year's Breakthrough Fund grantees are truly on the cutting edge," said Steve Miller, chairman of the Breakthrough Fund review committee. "We are funding programs with groundbreaking technology, innovative approaches to mental health, opportunities for learning and engagement in our Jewish community and in Israel -- it's awe-inspiring and I can't wait to see what happens next."
New Grants
A Wider Bridge will pilot a campus leadership program,"A Wider Bridge University," adapting the organization's core strategy of building personal LGBTQ connections with Israel to Chicago-area campuses, cultivating LGBTQ student leaders (including Jews, non-Jews, and allies) to become pro-Israel LGBTQ influencers on campus.
Be-Atzmi will offer an innovative, holistic, family-oriented workforce integration and economic empowerment program to 60 underprivileged Haredi families in Migdal Haemek and Ashdod each year. The program improves both spouses' employment outcomes, provides household management skills and social support, and inculcates the value of employment as a means to alleviate poverty.
Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education will introduce the engineering-based Tech program in six Chicago Jewish day high schools. A Chicago-based Engineer/Educator will train and provide on-site supervision for teachers; mentor 120 participating students; network teachers with colleagues around the country; and organize a culminating Capstone event showcasing student projects.
Enosh: The Israeli Mental Health Association will launch an innovative Social Technological Initiative that prepares individuals with psychiatric disabilities for long-term, normative employment. The program offers a virtual environment to practice different situations similar to the real world, such as job interviews and coworker or customer interactions, which allows participants to acquire work experience and reinforce their sense of capability in a mediated reality.
Hillel -- The Right to Choose will receive bridge funding for its HaBayit shel Hillel Emergency Shelter until the Israeli Ministry of Social Services assumes full funding responsibility in 2018. A current Breakthrough Fund grantee, HaBayit shel Hillel employs a 24/7 Emergency Hotline; houses up to 12 clients for 4 months at a time; and provides a full range of around-the-clock intake, counseling, treatment, risk-management and referral services for ex-Haredi young adults in Israel. The Shelter also helps advance education, employment and housing opportunities.
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center will launch "Stories of Survival," a new, multi-faceted initiative examining the shared experiences of Survivors of the Holocaust and genocides in Armenia, Bosnia, Cambodia, Darfur, Iraq, South Sudan and Syria. The initiative includes a new museum exhibition and smaller travelling version, companion educational materials, school and public programming, and online resources to bring diverse Jewish and non-Jewish communities together.
Honeymoon Israel Foundation will hire its inaugural Chicago Director of Community Engagement. The Director will engage with Honeymoon Israel trip participants and interested interfaith couples who want to explore and deepen their relationship to Judaism in a supportive environment. HMI will build and strengthen relationships with local Jewish community partners who will provide resources and support (both spiritual and financial) to couples wishing to explore a range of topics in a Jewish framework, such as family planning, raising children, holidays, forming a Jewish community, and more.
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs will pilot a new social justice program for college students. The JCUA Organizing Fellowship gives local undergraduate students hands-on community organizing experience with local Chicago issues through a Jewish lens. Fellows will engage with social justice to express and strengthen their Jewish identities, while building the skills they need to combat the root causes of inequality in our city and create real systemic change.
JUF: Community Foundation for Jewish Education expands its Ta'am Yisrael program from one trip per year to two. The second trip, offered in March to coincide with local public school spring breaks, allows approximately 70 more eighth graders to participate in this fast-paced eight-day introduction to Israel through museums, historical sites, social action projects, cultural exploration, Shabbat and more.
Natal: Israel Trauma and Resiliency Center will develop a mobile application for Israeli smart-phone users impacted by trauma, who may not have been formally diagnosed with PTSD. This treatment tool, used during times of routine and emergency, will be an interactive platform for self-help, psychological support and referral to further treatment during crisis. The app will serve as a complimentary aspect to therapeutic interventions, not a replacement for therapy.
Orot: Center for New Jewish Learning will receive a two-year grant to develop and launch the Orot Compassion Project. The project supports 50 service providers at Chicago Jewish social service agencies to practice self-care and build their capacity to deliver more effective clinical interventions by training them in evidence-based mindfulness practices in a Jewish framework.
Sinai Health System's Non-Fatal Violent Injury Research Project will allow Sinai to understand healthcare experiences and outcomes of Sinai patients treated for non-fatal violent injuries, and challenges transitioning to home and community. It will fill a gap in existing research around violent trauma, and help eliminate barriers to creating successful violence prevention programs.
Svara will receive a two-year grant to develop and grow bet midrash learning communities in Chicago and its suburbs. This program is an outgrowth of the success of the S&M Bet Midrash, which has appealed to large numbers of the formerly unengaged and unaffiliated, across a wide range of religious practice, age, and geographies throughout the Chicago. This grant will expand SVARA batei midrash to create communities of Jewish learning in living rooms and in nontraditional spaces, in partnerships with diverse Jewish organizations.
Renewed Grants
Jewish Child & Family Services, together with CJE SeniorLife, the Chicago Board of Rabbis, and other partners, will pilot Tikvah: The Jewish Chaplaincy Community Initiative in the Chicago City North region, offering pastoral support to individuals and institutions across denominations (including the unaffiliated), across geographies, across the lifespan, and across language, culture and traditions.
JUF Metro Chicago Hillel: Base Hillel empowers a young and dynamic rabbinic couple to use their home as a convening point for pluralistic Jewish life. Launched last summer in Lincoln Park, the couple is building individual relationships with young adults through hospitality, service and learning.
Ma'ase Center Organization will launch a pilot of the Bedouin Leadership in the Galilee program, which will develop self-efficacy and leadership skills of young Bedouin men before, during and after their IDF service, and provide them with an opportunity to develop and fulfill their innate potential through long-term academic, employment and social support.
Moving Traditions, in tandem with local congregations, will pilot Coming of Age, a new program to deepen the meaning of b'nai mitzvah preparation and to halt post-b'nai mitzvah dropout for tweens and their parents. Coming of Age focuses not on the ritual of the b'nai mitzvah, but rather on Jewish character education and exploring what it means to grow into a Jewish adult
Poetry Pals uses creative expression and poetry to promote understanding, cooperation and peace in our multi-faith society. The program brings together elementary school children at faith-based schools and creates a safe and fun environment for them to learn about each other and become friends. This funding will allow the program to revise its curriculum for teens as well.
For more information about the Breakthrough Fund or to learn how you can apply to be a future recipient of a Breakthrough Fund grant, contact Sarah Follmer, Director of Grants, at (312) 357-4547, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.juf.org/grants/breakthrough.aspx.


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The western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) inhabits the Taiga forests below the polar region in Europe and parts of Asia. It is a truly ancient species and a relic of the last ice age thousands of years ago. These birds are highly specialized herbivores that eat a variety of buds, leaves, berries (mainly bilberry of the Vaccinium genus), insects and grasses on the forest floor in summer, and in the winter mostly con- ifer needles and buds in the trees. The hens are ground-breeders and the chicks are sensitive to the weather. Cold and prolonged rainy weather in summer leads to high mortality among chicks. Males can weigh between 3 and 6kg and are twice the size of females (average 1.8kg) which makes capercaillie one of the world's most gender-dimorphic bird species in terms of size.
Capercaillie mostly avoid young forests, their preferred habitat being old trees with horizontal branches for roosting. Adult males are territorial and may occupy ranges of 50 to 60 hectares, but during heavy snowfalls and storms, the ranges may expand to hundreds of hectares per bird. For many years, hunting a capercaillie was a dream for me; then my friend, Jorma Vainikainen, invited me to hunt it in his country, Finland. The hunting season for capercaillie runs from mid-September until the end of October – the start of the northern winter.
On 14 October I flew to Helsinki, then on to Rovaniemi on the Arctic Circle some 800km to the north. Jorma was at the airport to meet me and fellow hunter, Dave Evans of Canada. We drove northeast to our remote camp Sotajoki in the Savukoski municipal district some 174km to the northeast.
Savukoski is Finland's most sparsely settled district. Forestry is the region's main economy and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) farming is an important means of livelihood for the local Laps. The hunting area is 300 000ha in extent, comprising Taiga forest, marshlands and rivers. Taiga is the world's largest land biome and forms 29% of the world's forest cover, encircling the globe below the polar region. The temperature can vary between 10˚C during the brief summer and minus 50˚C in winter. Snow covers the area for about seven months of the year.
We began hunting about at 09h00 in an old forest along a slight outcrop. Antii Korhonen, one of our guides, took the lead and released his little Finnish Spitz. This dog's origins can be traced back 8 000 years; it is a true Finnish bark-pointer breed. The walking was tough – you sink into the soft ground with almost every step. Every now and then we encountered open marshy areas in the forest, making water-resistant boots and clothing essential. I was struck by the complete silence in the Taiga forest. Not a bird could be heard or seen – by October they have mostly migrated south.
Read the full article in the March 2018 issue of Magnum.


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The Hudson Beavers BUILD A LODGE
Enter the ancient world of mother nature, Join mom and dad beaver and their two kits, Bianca and Ben, as they prepare for the coming winter, The Hudson Beavers generously invite Madeleine Muskrat to join them. Together, they bring the awe of nature to your young reader!
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Give I Don't Live (Prod by Jahlil Beats) a listen - it's a new offering from Yung Berg, featuring Chad. It was dropped on Monday, May 30th, 2011. Yung Berg's musical situation is improving with every new release, and I Don't Live (Prod by Jahlil Beats) will most definitely help the cause. It's a fine addition to the growing body of work Yung Berg has been developing since stepping foot in the game. We're looking forward to what Yung Berg has in store.
Have you heard Yung Berg's Real Life? If you're down, make sure to visit Yung Berg's profile page for the newest info, news, songs, and mixtapes.
How do y'all feel about this collabo? Can you appreciate the bars here?


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Ornamental Sealer is a water based sealer which is fast drying with a clear glossy finish. Easy to apply from a spray pack. Great for pots, ornament and letterboxes. Sold at Canning Vale and Balcatta store.
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Hyperspace + Crewneck + Air Freshener
Regular price $49.99
* This is a PreOrder Item and is expected to ship around November 22nd, 2019. Any items ordered with Hyperspace will ship together in November. Hyperspace cassettes are not expected to ship until Mid-December 2019 - any items orders with the Hyperspace Cassette bundle will ship together in December *
Your choice of Hyperspace on
- Beck Exclusive Clear 180g Vinyl
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- Cassette * Expected ship date is Mid-December 2019 *
- Digital Download (WAV or MP3)
Plus a Unisex Maroon Pigment Dyed Crewneck Sweatshirt and an air freshener.
+ Instant Grat tracks of "Hyperlife", "Uneventful Days", and "Saw Lightning" Upon Purchase
- Hyperlife
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- Die Waiting
- Chemical
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- Hyperspace
- Stratosphere
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Release Date: November 22, 2019


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A strong woman doesn't let the hardships of life tear her apart. However, a woman of strength goes on to accomplish what she wants, even when she is torn apart.
Like a wild flower, she spent her days allowing herself to grow. Not many knew of her struggle, but eventually, all knew of her light.
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£15 - £16 yearly
3D Personnel Derby, UK
Feb 01, 2019
3D Personnel are recruiting for Intumescent Painters or Sprayers for busy site based on the Rolls Royce plant at Raynesway, Derby. Will need to have experience, a CSCS & IPAF card, own PPE and valid photo ID (Passport). Great rate of pay and hours available for the right people.


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Nintendo Switch Racing Pack competition T&C's
Competition ends 15th December 2017.
Competition ends 15th December 2017. T&Cs apply.
Nintendo Switch Racing Pack competition
- This Promotion is open to all persons aged 18 or over and resident in the United Kingdom,excluding employees,and their immediate families,of Halfords Autocentres Limited,their associated companies,agents,agencies and anyone else professionally connected with this promotion.
- This promotion is in no way sponsored,endorsed or administered by,or associated with,Facebook and by entering this promotion you hereby release Facebook from any liability in respect of this promotion. You are providing your information to the Promoter and not to Facebook. The information you provide will only be used to enable us to contact you in relation to this Promotion,and so that we can tell you about new products or services that we think will be of interest to you. We may provide your information to external companies to allow them to assist us in our providing such marketing services to you.
- You must not create multiple Facebook accounts in order to enter the promotion more than once per person. Anyone found using multiple accounts to enter the promotion will be found in breach of these terms and excluded from the promotion.
- You represent and warrant that you either own,or have the necessary licenses in,all content that you provide to us,and that the Promoter is able to use and publish such content,including your Facebook user name on its social media platforms and in marketing campaigns.
- The Promoter reserves the right to verify the eligibility of entrants. The Promoter may require such information as it considers reasonably necessary for this purpose and a prize may be withheld unless and until the Promoter is satisfied with the verification.
- Entry into the Promotion is made through the Halfords Autocentres Facebook page by liking the competition post between Monday 11th December 2017 and Friday 15th December 2017, ending midnight Friday 15th December 2017.
- One entry per person. Entries not complying with these terms and conditions will be invalid.
- On Monday 18th December 2017, one winning entry will be picked at random for all eligible entries. The winning entry will be given one Nintendo Switch Racing Pack. This includes: one Nintendo Switch console, two Joy-Con controllers, two Joy-Con controller straps, one Nintendo Switch dock, one HDMI cable, one AC adapter, one Mario Kart 8 Deluxe game and two Joy-Con Wheel controllers.
- The prize winner will be contacted via Facebook within 5 working days of the closing date. If the prize winner does not respond to Halfords Autocentres within 48 hours of first contact,the prize will be forfeited and a new prize winner will be chosen at random.
- No cash alternative is available; prize is non-transferable and non-refundable. The Promoter will not be responsible for any inability of a prize winner to take up the specified prize.
- The Promoter reserves the right to substitute an alternative prize of at least equal value if circumstances make this necessary.
- If the prize is declined,or the winner cannot take up the prize or be contacted within a reasonable time,the prize will be forfeited and a supplementary winner may be drawn at the Promoter?s sole discretion.
- You may be asked to take part in promotional activities and to provide digital photographs of you for use on a promotional website or in the Promoter?s marketing material. It is a condition of entry that you agree to such use if you win,to sign any necessary promotional releases relating to your image rights,and to your name and county of residence being made publicly available if you win.
- To obtain the name and county of the winner,please send a stamped SAE to the Digital Marketing Team,Halfords Autocentres Limited,Icknield Street Drive,Washford West,Redditch,Worcestershire B98 0DE within three months of the closing date.
- The Promoter reserves the right to suspend,cancel or amend the Promotion and/or review and revise these terms and conditions at any time without giving prior notice and by continuing to take part in the promotion subsequent to any revision of these terms and conditions,entrants shall be deemed to have agreed to any such new or amended terms.
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Books on learning English available from Duke University Libraries.
Online ESL Resources offered by Duke University Libraries (Duke users only)
LearningExpressLibrary offers TOEFL iBT practice tests for listening, reading, speaking, and writing. Use TOEFL in the search box to find a number of tests.
You will need to create an account on the homepage. This allows you access to your tests.
Welcome to the Duke University Libraries English Language Learning guide! This guide offers a selection of resources for helping non-native speakers improve their English.
(Special thanks to Jacob Vaccaro for his contributions to this guide as part of his field experience work with the Duke Libraries, 2010-2011.)
Transparent Language Online is an online language instruction program offered by the Duke Libraries (Duke users only). It features audio flashcards for practicing a number of languages, including English.
VOA Classroom Interactive English lessons from the Voice of America broadcasting service.
Itunes U Language Courses Language instruction podcasts, including ESL courses (requires itunes).
Manythings.org: Interesting Things for ESL Students A collection of tools and activities for ESL learners, updated frequently.
English Club Lessons, quizzes, and other activities and resources for learners of English.
WordReference English Forum A very active forum where English speakers answer questions and offer language advice.
ExamFocus offers free TOEFL online practive exams.
Go Grad offers a guidebook for prospective graduate students to help plan and prepare for the TOEFL
Information on learning English from Duke's International House.
ESL/EFL information from Duke's Writing Studio.
The Language Labs at Duke's Center for Instructional Technology.
ESL classes at Durham Technical Community College.
Beginner to Intermediate ESL classes from the Durham Literacy Center.


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With the sun setting earlier each evening and the daylight hours dwindling, I have unconsciously begun nestling in for the cold months to come. The freezer is well stocked. The sweaters have made their way to the center of the closet, pushing aside the t-shirts and summer dresses. Once I could see my breath outdoors, I made a large pot of vegetable soup to keep warm. It now feels like a cliche to say Winter is Coming, but I can see it in those around me, as we try to get in the last few weeks of autumn before winter's sleep.
It is the ebb and flow of life in the Midwest.
Autumn has the best flavors—cinnamon, nutmeg, maple, molasses—and I will argue it fervidly with anyone who objects. To me, it doesn't truly feel like the season until I open a can of pumpkin. Mixed with sweet, rich molasses, the pumpkin finds a home. I like to add a little cinnamon brown sugar topping to my pumpkin loaves to add a sweet, extra crunch. It is something my grandmother has done with her own breads, and I choose to follow her path. The bread is dense and moist, hearty and made for snacking.
I ate the slices plain, and I drizzled the slices with caramel; both ways are fabulous. As an unexpected recommendation, this pumpkin bread goes beautifully with a can of cola. The flavors and sweetness mingle in an unforeseen, but truly noteworthy manner.
Pumpkin Molasses Bread is a spiced quick bread that encompasses the flavors of autumn. The bread is easy to throw together, but becomes difficult to wait for once it starts to fill the house with the scents of cinnamon and molasses. The bread is filling, which makes one slice a good choice for a morning snack (or breakfast).
One Year Ago: Apple Cinnamon Pancakes
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Pumpkin Molasses Bread
Yields 9 x 5-inch loaf
Pumpkin Molasses Bread
1/2 cup (100 grams) brown sugar, packed
15 ounces (425 grams) canned pumpkin puree
1/2 cup (120 ml) molasses
1/4 cup (59 ml) vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups (188 grams) all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, pumpkin, molasses, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla extract. Fold in the flour, baking soda, spices, and salt. Spread batter evenly into prepared pan.
Brown Sugar Cinnamon Topping
3 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
In a small bowl, whisk together the brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle evenly over the pumpkin batter.
Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow to cool before cutting and serving.
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Tad Cummins is the Tennessee teacher accused of kidnapping his 15-year-old former student, Elizabeth Thomas. Now, authorities say he was caught kissing the teen in his classroom before they both disappeared.
Officials also say Cummins had planned to abduct Thomas. The 50-year-old teacher lured the Culleoka Unit School freshman into his classroom on January 23. That's where he was caught kissing her by another student, who told Thomas' family later, according to Daily Herald.
A family member of the missing teen says the witness was so shocked, all she could do was walk out of the classroom. It was completely unexpected, and she was confused about the situation. She's always believed Cummins was a good teacher who cared for his students. The teen had a really hard time dealing with what she'd seen.
Despite the fact that she looked up to the teacher as a mentor, the witness went into the school the next morning and reported the inappropriate kiss. She also told the family of Elizabeth Thomas that she would see the teacher and the teen together often, reports Columbia Daily Herald.
Maury County Sheriff Bucky Rowland said the student's story was "very credible."
The school fired Cummins on March 14 – the same day authorities issued an Amber Alert for Thomas, after he allegedly kidnapped her, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
She was last seen at a Shoney's restaurant in Columbia, Tenn., around 8 a.m. on March 13, officials said.
Surveillance video released last week showed Cummins filling up his Nissan Rouge at a gas station before picking up Thomas at the restaurant.
He was added to the TBI's most wanted list on Friday. Cummins is wanted on charges of sexual contact with a minor and aggravated kidnapping, the TBI said.
"What scares us about Mr. Cummins is he's sort given up his life at this point," Rowland told ABC News. "The girl is just 15."
Cummins remains on the run and is considered to be armed with two handguns, authorities said.
The TBI has received about 250 tips from 24 states, none of which have led to Thomas' whereabouts. Authorities have put out a $1,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest.
Thomas' disappearance has left her family distraught.
"You just hope that you're going to find her alive," Elizabeth's father, Anthony Thomas, said a press conference Saturday. "We all love you very much and we miss you," as he urged the teen to come home.


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April 30th, 2015Uncategorized
Square Enix today unveiled its 'Witch Chapter 0 [cry]' DirectX 12 real-time tech demo.
The results of the research that led to the tech demo, which you can view in action below, will be utilised by Square Enix's Luminous Studio engine for future projects.
"Witch Chapter 0 [cry], has achieved some of the world's highest-level quality of real-time CG. It portrays the human emotion of crying-- one of the most difficult representations for existing real-time CG technology. The emotion is displayed in a level of quality which has never been seen before with a real-time CG animated character teemed with life.
Witch Chapter 0 [cry] was created mainly by the developers of Agni's Philosophy – Final Fantasy Realtime Tech Demo, a tech demo for Luminous Studio revealed in June 2012. Square Enix research enabled the real-time CG to feature even more refined graphics and improved processing capabilities in Witch Chapter 0 [cry]."
Full Article - http://www.vgchartz.com/article/258907/square-enix-unveils-witch-chapter-0-cry-directx-12-tech-demo/
April 30th, 2015Uncategorized
Slightly Mad Studios has now released the finalised car list for its upcoming sim racer Project CARS. In case you don't want to scroll through the page on the website we've pasted the full lists below:
- Alpine A450
- Ariel Atom 300 Supercharged
- Ariel Atom 500 V8
- Aston Martin Rapide S Hydrogen Hybrid
- Aston Martin Vantage GT3
- Aston Martin Vantage GT4
- Audi R18 TDI LMP1
- Audi R8 LMS Ultra
- Audi R8 V10 Plus
- BAC Mono
- BMW 1 M Coupé (E82)
- BMW 320 Turbo Gr.5 (E21)
- BMW M3 Gr.A (E30)
- Caper Monterey Stockcar
- Caterham Seven Classic
- Caterham Superlight R500
- Caterham SP/300R
- Ford Capri Zakspeed Gr.5
- Ford Escort RS1600
- Ford Focus RS
- Ford Mustang Boss 302R1
- Ford Mustang Cobra SCCA TransAm
- Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth Gr.A
- Formula Gulf 1000
- Ginetta G40 Junior
- Ginetta G55 GT3
- Ginetta G55 GT4
- Gumpert Apollo S
- Lotus 49 Cosworth
- Lotus 72D Cosworth
- Lotus 78 Cosworth
- Lotus 98T Renault
- Marek RP219D LMP2
- Marek RP339h (PM 06a) LMP1
- McLaren 12C
- McLaren 12C GT3
- McLaren P1
- Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo2 DTM
- Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 6.8 AMG
- Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG
- Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
- Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT
- Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X FQ400
- Oreca 03 Nissan
- Pagani Huayra
- Pagani Zonda R
- Palmer Jaguar JP-LM
- Radical SR3 RS
- Radical SR8 RX
- Renault Clio Cup
- Renault Mégane R.S. 265
- Ruf CTR3
- Ruf RGT-8
- Ruf RGT-8 GT3
- SMS Formula A
- SMS Formula B
- SMS Formula C
- SMS Formula Rookie
- SMS Kart 125cc (Kart01)
- SMS Superkart 250cc (Kart02)
- BMW M1 Procar (E26/1)
- Ford Mk. IV
- McLaren F1
- Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe DTM
- Sauber C9 Mercedes
- Ariel Atom Mugen
- Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster
- Ruf CTR3 SMS-R
FREE CARS (One free car will be added to the game as DLC each month, on top of this 6 additional cars are still be to announced for the game and are listed as 'coming soon')
- W Motors Lykan HyperSport
The full track list was also released a couple of weeks ago. You can read our story on that here.
Project CARS will release on PS4, Xbox One and Windows PC on 7th/8th May in Europe and 12th May in North America. Wii U and Steam OS versions are still in the works as far as we know, though no release date has been announced for either version.
Full Article - http://www.vgchartz.com/article/258906/complete-car-list-released-for-project-cars/
April 30th, 2015Uncategorized
If Batman: Arkham Knight's season pass pricing made you gulp then you might want to brace yourself for Call of Duty: Black Ops 3's.
The season pass for Black Ops 3 will cost £34.99 and will include 4 separate DLC packs. Precisely what those packs will contain is currently a mystery, although you can pre-purchase it if you feel confident that Treyarch and Activision will deliver on the promise to release exciting DLC for the game.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 will launch on PC, PS4, and Xbox One on 6th November.
Full Article - http://www.vgchartz.com/article/258904/call-of-duty-black-ops-3s-season-pass-will-set-you-back-3499/
April 30th, 2015Uncategorized
Playtonic Games today announced its first game: Yooka-Laylee. As a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie, in Yooka-Laylee you play as two characters - Yooka the chameleon and Laylee the bat - designed by Steve Mayles (who also created Banjo, Kazooie, and the modern Kong family).
In fashion similar to Banjo-Kazooie, Yooka uses his tongue like a grappling hook, while Laylee can pick up his partner and fly for a short period of time and can unleash a sonar blast.
A Kickstarter to fund the game will start tomorrow, May 1st. Backers will be able to pick up the finished copy for £10/$15. There are also plans for extra tiers, which will include bonuses like the soundtrack, art books, and a special '64-bit' special edition.
Yooka-Laylee is planned to release for Windows, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Wii U.
Source: [IGN]
Full Article - http://www.vgchartz.com/article/258905/yooka-laylee-officially-announced/
April 30th, 2015Uncategorized
When people think of E3, they usually think of the "Big 3" platform holders: Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. Ever wonder what an E3 show dedicated to PC Gaming would look like? Well, wonder no more because PC Gamer and AMD are teaming up to bring you the first ever E3 PC Gaming Show at this year's E3.
"PC gaming is in a golden age, with more powerful and affordable hardware than ever before, thousands of games available through Steam, Origin and other platforms, and millions of viewers regularly watching esports online. Now, for the first time, the PC platform will have its own event during E3, where the community will be able to celebrate this era with some of the biggest names in PC gaming and see the innovations that lie ahead."
The show is being presented by AMD, and sponsored by PC Gamer, Bohemia Interactive, Twitch, Tripwire, and Digital Storm. A list of participants has already been confirmed and includes:
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Bohemia Interactive
- Cliff Bleszinski
- Cloud Imperium Games
- Dean Hall
- Devolver
- Humble Bundle
- Heart Machine
- Paradox Entertainment
- Square Enix
- Tripwire Interactive
The show will take place at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 16, 2015.
Full Article - http://www.vgchartz.com/article/258899/pc-gamer-is-bringing-a-dedicated-pc-show-to-e3/
April 30th, 2015Uncategorized
Yager has announced that Dead Island 2 has been delayed to 2016.
The game was originally set to release on PS4, Xbox One and Windows PC this spring but this has now been pushed back to an unannounced date in 2016:
"We have always set ourselves a big goal for Dead Island 2: to create the sequel that takes Dead Island to the next level. A game that takes what our fans tell us they love about Dead Island – multiple different characters to play with, co-op, and turning a paradise setting into a zombie slaughter melee – and a game that adds a ton more content and combat options on top of that.
And we wanted to have all of that that done for release in Spring 2015.
We have been looking at the game long and hard, and we have decided we didn't reach that goal we set out to achieve quite yet. This is why we have decided to delay Dead Island 2 to 2016.
Right now we are focusing purely on development, and we will have more info to share at a later stage.
We know that our fans will be disappointed by this news, but by giving Dead Island 2 more time we are confident that everyone will get a better game to play as a result."
Full Article - http://www.vgchartz.com/article/258900/dead-island-2-delayed-to-2016/
April 30th, 2015Uncategorized
Watch Dogs 2 has been spotted listed on a Ubisoft employee's LinkedIn profile.
Senior Gameplay Programmer Julien Risse's profile lists Watch Dogs 2 amongst a number of titles he's worked on as a Senior Gameplay Programmer.
It comes as no surprise to learn that Ubisoft is probably already working on a sequel to Watch Dogs, which is closing in on sales of 10 million at retail.
Source: [All Games Beta]
Full Article - http://www.vgchartz.com/article/258898/watch-dogs-2-appears-on-ubisoft-staffers-linkedin-profile/
April 30th, 2015Uncategorized
Nintendo of Europe has announced via Twitter that there will be a Nintendo Direct specifically for Splatoon on 7th May:
Splatoon is due to release on 29th May, exclusively for the Wii U.
Full Article - http://www.vgchartz.com/article/258897/splatoon-nintendo-direct-set-for-7th-may/
April 30th, 2015Uncategorized
It looks like news of what we can expect from E3 2015 is slowly trickling out. Microsoft will be bringing its new augmented reality project, HoloLens, to the big show. HoloLens was unveiled back in January during CES. It promises to bring holographic images and characters into your living room, enabling you to interact with them in, hopefully, new and unique ways.
"Be inspired at E3. Holographic computing promises whole new ways for us to create, collaborate, work, and play. We look forward to showing and telling you more at E3, the world's premier trade show for computer and video games and related products."
Take a look at the video below, which is taken from the newly-created Microsoft HoloLens YouTube channel, for more information on HoloLens:
It seems as though Microsoft will try to counter Sony's Project Morpheus with HoloLens. It will be interesting to see what gaming capabilities these pieces of technology can bring to the table - we'll find out in a little less than two months!
Full Article - http://www.vgchartz.com/article/258896/microsoft-will-showcase-hololens-at-e3/
April 30th, 2015Uncategorized
There's little doubt that the gaming landscape has changed in a major way since the 32-bit era.
It was a change that happened gradually; one that took the form of a natural evolution, with the art of gaming spreading beyond those who were traditionally defined as "gamers". With that, we've seen games become more accessible, far more cinematic, and for the most part easier to master.
Resident Evil was a series that, upon its debut in 1996, featured game design that couldn't possibly have been more at odds with where gaming (and the series itself) would wind up heading years later. Playing Resident Evil was an exercise in exploring your surroundings, fighting off zombies with ridiculously small ammo reserves, and figuring out what to do and where to go on your own. Those first Resident Evil games didn't hold your hand whatsoever, dropping you into their settings with little direction or any sort of clue as to what to do first.
You'd explore the isolated settings and solve tricky puzzles, sometimes going for hours with no human interaction or narrative. You'd read journals in search of clues or information, seek out keys to unlock barred doors, and look for ways to arm yourself against the undead. Everything about the game was meant to be challenging.
One thing that's become standard in the industry over the years has been the ease with which your game is saved. In the early Resident Evil titles, not only could you only save at designated save points, but you had to possess ink ribbons to be allowed to do so, making an action as necessary as saving your progress something that had to be done sparingly and with careful thought. The inventory management system, similarly, was about as unforgiving as they got, with rules in place that made even dropping an item to make space for another an impossibility unless you happened to be at an Item Box to store it.
It's hard to believe, especially looking back from this point in time, but Resident Evil, despite its inaccessibility, was a majorly popular franchise during the 32-bit era. It was a series that sold millions upon millions of copies, was ported to nearly every platform under the sun, and was a key figure in gaming. But even then, the industry was going through major changes. From its heyday on the PS1, Resident Evil saw diminishing sales numbers as the years went on, with Capcom and creator Shinji Mikami eventually forced to re-imagine and modernize the series in order for it to fit in with the games of its era.
Resident Evil 4 was the result, a game that brought the series fully back into the spotlight and revolutionized both horror and action games in the process. It featured a more forgiving weapon and saving system, was more cinematic in its storytelling, and kicked the pacing up a major notch from anything the series had seen previously. The game was such an incredible success not only because at the time there was nothing else like it, but it for the most part thrilled both series fans and invited in newcomers, finding just the right balance between "action" and "survival horror."
But then things changed. Mikami departed Capcom, leaving Resident Evil in different hands, and the series' shift in focus was undeniable. Resident Evil 5, to many old school fans' dismay, stripped away many of the remaining horror elements left in the fourth installment, introducing frequent auto-saving, co-op play, and very linear gameplay that took on a level-to-level structure. With a huge marketing campaign and the hype engine running in full gear thanks to the popularity of its groundbreaking predecessor, Resident Evil 5 went on to become the best-selling entry in the series, though fans were polarized by its dramatic shift in direction.
Resident Evil 6 followed, demonstrating a Capcom unwilling to listen to the dissenting voices. It continued full-steam ahead into Action Game territory while ditching the core gameplay mechanics featured in Resident Evils 4 and 5, replacing them with something far less satisfying and original. Poor reviews and disappointing sales would follow, ending the series' winning streak and leaving Capcom at a crossroads. Spin-off games in-between (such as the Revelations series, most notably the first installment) have tepidly re-introduced some of the horror, and the recent HD re-release of the original Resident Evil seems to have done well, though I'd imagine that most of its audience consists of people who have played it in the past.
What's become incredibly clear in the wake of the misfire that was the sixth installment is that Resident Evil needs a major change in direction in order for it to remain relevant. There's little doubt that Capcom's attempts to emulate popular action series like Call of Duty haven't worked well, and it's my belief that the time has come to once again chart a new course.
Stay tuned for Part 2, where I discuss what that course should be.
Full Article - http://www.vgchartz.com/article/258885/where-resident-evil-went-wrong-amp-how-it-can-find-its-way-back-part-i/


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Spring is the perfect time of year to visit to the Frederik Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, Michigan because during the months of March and April the atrium is full to the brim with fluttering butterflies! We decided to use this seasonal opportunity as our excuse to finally hit the road and take a drive over to check it out. Read more about our family adventure to the Frederik Meijer Gardens, with a pit stop in East Lansing, taken in the new 2016 Toyota Highlander.
Now that the weather has started to warm up and the sun is finally out of hiding (on most days at least) – the urge to jump in the car and head out on an adventure is tugging at me more than ever. After my recent upset in Maryland, I decided that the only thing for me to do is to jump back in the saddle and start planning trips again – pushing myself onward.
While as a family we have already explored most of the state of Michigan, we still love it and never seem to lack new places to discover. Grand Rapids is one of our favorites and a place that we have actually traveled to many times – although I still feel like we've only skimmed the surface on what it had to offer. For that reason, and because I was craving some time on the road, we decided to take a road trip over specifically to check out the Frederik Meijer Gardens – but since we were heading out that way we first planned to make a stop at the Le Bon Macaron in East Lansing for a quick macaron fix. After taking only a moment to type both destinations into the 8″ touch screen navigation in the Highlander – we were off!
2016 Toyota Highlander
For this road trip we were excited to be loaned a new 2016 Toyota Highlander! Our mission was to see how the vehicle handled on the road and find out if it worked well for road tripping families like us. We ended up loving it! The more time we spent driving around, the more little extra's we found that could make life of the road with kids more convenient. One such discovery was the second row captains seats and third row bench seating. Having captains seats in the second row instead of a bench seat meant more space between the kids. More space = happy kids.
Another other cool thing we found in the 2016 Toyota Highlander was a collapsible tray table/cup holder in between the second row seats that could pop up into place when needed or fold down and out of the way when we didn't (this is an upgrade option). My kids thought that little table was fantastic and ended up using it not only for beverages, but for playing card games on or drawing pictures on as well. Psst. From a mom with a headache, thank you Toyota for both of those little bit of sanity saver moments!
Le Bon Macaron – East Lansing
While it wasn't exactly on the way – we made a short dash over to East Lansing before heading into Grand Rapids. The reason? Because we heard there was an amazing little shop in East Lansing that makes and sells delicious macarons. Oh my goodness! Ever since my first macaron experience in Walt Disney World, I have been obsessed with them – but unfortunately finding a place that makes them to my liking has been difficult. Super difficult!! That is why the hour detour that it took us to get some was totally worth it. They were just as I'd hoped – crunchy on the outside, smooth and chilled on the inside. Perfection!! So if you wondered if I would drive (almost) 100 miles out of my way for a sugary dessert, the answer is yes – yes I would.
FYI – just for giggles. After making our drive out to East Lansing for some macarons, we found out they also have a location in Grand Rapids. Ha! Go figure. 🙂
Frederik Meijer Gardens – Grand Rapids, Michigan
After our "quick" detour, we headed over to the Frederik Meijer Gardens to find out exactly what this place was all about. I've heard people talk about the gardens for years, but never took the leap over to see for myself. As by luck, we planned our trip during peak butterfly season – a time when they fill the atrium with a multitude of butterflies and caterpillars just before releasing them out into the gardens for summer.
Butterflies Are Blooming is open March 1st – April 30th
Walking into that warm, summer-like room and having butterflies dance all around was like a dreamland. Imagine the immediate feeling of warm tropical temperatures touching your skin, imagine smelling the endorphin releasing fragrance of the dirt – hear with me the sound of crashing water coming from the interior waterfall, and smile in wonder as colors dance around the room – not only from the butterflies but from the large array of blooming flowers. Sigh.
Outside the atrium was magical just the same because all over the grounds were paths lined in grand displays of art – some reaching up so high as to appear to touch the sky. Each piece of art was nestled between natural beauty – even though it was spring and nothing was blooming yet, it was still rustic fab!
Wondering what's in it for the kids at Frederik Meijer Gardens? Pop on over to TravelingMom.com to see my article naming off several kid loving things to do at the Frederik Meijer Gardens.
After spending our entire day wandering the gardens and eating macarons, we all climbed back into the Highlander and found it to be super relaxing after the busy day we just had. To keep the magic going after our amazing adventure , we decided to open up the moon roof and watch the stars drift by as the two kids in the back seat (and maybe dad in the front passenger seat) drifted off to sleep. It was an awesome adventure.
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Is anyone else super excited about getting back into summer road tripping? Where are you planning to go? We want to know all about your upcoming or most desired road trip destination. Share with us in the comments.
Disclosure: We were loaned this vehicle for review purposes. No compensation was received for this post.