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|with Ilene Graff and Barbara Van Orden
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Yesterday, I wrote about Amber Edwards and the work that she continues to keep the great American songbook at the forefront through her documentary on Jerry Herman, Words and Music by Jerry Herman and her PBS series following Michael Feinstein and his quest to preserve this music.
|with Alison Arngrim
The subject of today's blog, Barbara Van Orden, is also doing that and The Southern California Motion Picture Council will be honoring her as they present their 76th Annual Saint Valentine's Day Ball and Golden Halo Award Presentation on Monday night, February 13th at 7PM at The Waterfall Ballroom at the Sportsman's Lodge 12833 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA (Coldwater Canyon at Ventura Blvd.)
The SCMPC is a non-profit organization founded in 1936 to promote the best in entertainment. The Council encourages production of family oriented films and television programs; promotes civic-minded, educational and cultural programs of exceptional merit and presents awards for the best in movies, television, stage plays and the performing arts. Only the "Best of the Best" in movies and television, stars whose performances deserve special recognition or members of the industry whose outstanding contributions to the field of entertainment, are selected. The Golden Halo is the SCMPC's highest award. A partial list of past acting honorees includes Bette Davis, James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Robert Mitchum, Doris Day, and Charlton Heston.
TICKETS: $35 and can be reserved at 626-794-1968
The Southern California Motion Picture Council (SCMPC) proudly presents their annual St. Valentines Ball with Oscar winning actress, Miss Margaret O'Brien, as the evening's hostess. The highlight of the gala will be the presentation of the 2012 Golden Halo Award to actress, singer and humanitarian, Ms. Barbara Van Orden.
Carol Channing was so inspired by Ms. Van Orden's story that she referred to her as "...a true Dolly Levi story," having re-emerged, like Dolly Gallagher Levi, in Jerry Herman's hit "Hello Dolly!" to rejoined the human race after a devastating accident that resulted in 18 surgeries and years of rehabilitation to be welcomed back by audiences and critics alike in her touring cabaret show. On Feb 13th, the SCMPC will honor Ms. Van Orden at the Valentine's Day gala for her example and inspiration to others.
BARBARA VAN ORDEN began in the Catskill Mountains at Grossingers Singers Hotel, opening for many of the greats, such as Milton Berle, Don Rickles and Red Buttons, to name a few. She went on to do all of the Playboy Clubs working with talents such as Buddy Hackett, Morey Amsterdam and Soupy Sales. A move to the West Coast was inevitable, and she assumed a recurring role in television's Welcome Back Kotter, shortly adding many TV films and series episodes to her resume. In between films and series, Barbara opened for many Vegas headliners. While in Vegas opening for Shecky Green, Frank Sinatra came to the show. After the show, she was thrilled when he asked her if she would open for him in the Persian Room at the Plaza Hotel in New York. In fact, Ms. Van Orden is featured heavily in the new book, "The Persian Room Presents," about her performances at the famous NY hot spot and opening for Frank Sinatra. In addition, Ms. Van Orden has the distinction of having performed in every Playboy Club.
|(Alison Arngrim, Barbara Van Orden, Davis Gaines, Harry Kullijian, Jackie Speier, Carol Channing, Rex Smith, Jonelle Allen and Kamilah Marshall)
Barbara sat down with me today to give me an exclusive look back...although Barbara is a woman who is too busy living in the present to totally focus on the past. The above quote that began this blog is a quote that comes from a woman who is not a victim of circumstances, but rather a survivor Let's go back to the beginnings The first show that Barbara remember seeing as a young girl was the original production of my fair Lady. She was able to describe in vivid details that night, but she especially remembers the costumes.Not surprising! Barbara is all about the glamorous life.
I asked Barbara if she was exposed to the arts growing up. She said, very much so. Both her mother and father were in show business. Her father was in vaudeville, part of a dance team called Van Tyson and Van. They were an acrobatic tap dancing team very much in the vein of the Nicholas Brothers. They played the Palace in 1929 and were making $2000 at the time! However, because of an unfortunate accident when her father fell into the orchestra pit one night, he had to give up his career as a hoofer. Since he was already an accomplished sax player since seven years old, he took up the saxophone, becoming a sought after player. He played with Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman among others. Barbara's mother was a café society singer. They lived in New Jersey, not far from the hustle and bustle of Broadway and New York City. Her parents were very much connected in the theatrical world, and there were many nights were she would go to bed, hearing the jam sessions that were going on in the kitchen with some the greatest musicians known to the world playing in the next room! Her mother was also the first woman to have her own live radio program broadcasting out of the Essex House in Newark, New Jersey which was the broadcasting mecca of that time.
BVO on stage with Romi Dames, BVO and Kate Linder at Catalinas Jazz Club
I asked Barbara if she ever wondered if she was born in the wrong era, and if so, what other period of time that she related to and why. Barbara's response was "I love glamour, glamour, glamour!" She would've loved to have grown up in the 1940s, dressing up, going to clubs like El Morocco and The Copa and the music that was being played at that time. When the 60s came along with this "Love in, Love out" uni-sexual world, it was hard to decipher who were men and who were women. Barbara says," I've always enjoyed being a girl".
When I asked Barbara to give me her thoughts on Carol Channing, as I do with all my blogs, she said, it would take her 12 years to talk about what Carol means to her. "It can be summed up with the one question that I once asked Carol and that question is 'Do you realize how much pleasure you have given to the world throughout your magnificent career?'" And when it comes to the 2012 Kennedy Center Award, her response is: . Absolutely, positively, without a doubt!
Barbara's most recent appearance was at the Catalina Jazz club on Sunset in Hollywood. It was a star-studded event, Debbie Reynolds, George Chakiris, Romi Dames, Kate Linder were in attendance...Harry Kullijian and Carol Channing, Florence Henderson, and Gore Vidal were among the many to send congratulatory notes. There were production numbers, feathers, and once again, glamour!
We will be able to share in some of that glamour right here in New York next month. Barbara will be a New York to celebrate the release of Patty Farmer's The Persian Room Presents... There will be a red carpet event.
Also, Marge Champion, Barbara Van Orden and author, Patty Farmer will be together Wednesday, March 7th at 7:00pm at Barnes and Noble (82nd and Broadway). A portion of the proceeds from the book will be donated to Childhelp for the treatment and prevention of child abuse.Keep following my blog for updates!
When I asked Barbara, what her biggest success was in show business, she said that was a very hard question. She went from modeling and print work to nightclubs. Then nightclubs and old Vegas eventually died out. She then went on to do TV commercials and sitcoms. She started her own production company called Cinequest. Lew Wasserman was responsible for and getting her started in that field. She produced several AFIA events (American Film Institute). She was producing events with CBS .
|with Soupy Sales
When Barbara was a young mother, her husband was struck by a drunk driver and was killed. Barbara was all of a sudden a single mother. When her son was nine years old, the unthinkable happened! One afternoon, she left her office and was crossing the street at Beverly Boulevard when an epileptic blacked out and hit her head on. She was run over and pulled for several blocks. That resulted in 12 breaks in her right leg, five breaks in the left, internal bleeding, crushed back, broken ribs, a fractured disc in her neck and a three inch gash in her skull. She spent two years in a hospital bed and three years of physical therapy five times a week. She remembers her son coming in one day and very upset by what he was seeing. She told her son that was nothing to worry about, that she would pull through this. Her focus could not be on herself, it was on her son. She was determined that she would pull through this… and she did. She was given lots of support by her own parents, who came in from New Jersey to help take care of her son and Morey Amsterdam and his wife, Kay. Barbara says she didn't have time to feel sorry for herself. She had work to do.
Her son even helped her with her physical therapy. It was a long arduous process but she did it! What determination!
|BVO with Anne Jeffreys, Carol Channing and Ruta Lee at the Pantages Theatre.
I asked Barbara, what one change she would like to see in today's industry. She would like to see an end to the stigma on age. Talent is talent, regardless of age. A friend of hers started an agency called GFA! Grecian Formula Agency!
Barbara's top five models and influences as an artist are in no particular order, Milton Berle, Morey Amsterdam, Frank Sinatra, Lew Wasserman and Martin Charnin.
I asked Barbara if she could not be in show business, what would she have liked to do. She said she's always been in love with jewelry and would be involved in that industry in some capacity. When asked if she is happy at this point in her career. She said she is thrilled to death. She never thought she would be doing this again, she has survived, she loves what she does in every aspect.
Do you feel you have achieved what you set out to do?
Do we ever? I'm a perfectionist. It can always be better
What do you do to remain positive when life's hiccups get you down?
After my accident, I knew there was nothing I couldn't do
How on earth do you reach theatergoers now in today's climate?
I know a lot of people. E-mail mailings. I'm out and about a lot.
A Genie pops out of the lamp. He grants you three wishes. What are those three wishes?
Peace on earth, good health and happiness for everyone and my family being and feeling wonderful
If you could travel anywhere in the world and spend some time there, where would you choose, and what would you do?
Italy! What do you do in Italy? You soak up the food the art. The wine!
What would you ask God if you could right now?
Why isn't there peace on earth?
What is the last show you saw local or professional?
Carol Channing: Larger than Life at the Paley Center in Hollywood.
If you could change places with anyone in the world for 24 hours, who would that be and why?
My grandson… Because I spoil them rotten!
When do you know it's time for a Barbara Van Orden show?
I'm always ready.
What you see for the future of Cabaret?
It seems to me that I'm seeing younger and younger audiences gravitating towards great songs. Just like during the depression and other difficult times in our world, people want to be entertained and to escape. I think that audiences will grow as long as they are aware that these shows exist.
I think Barbara for spending a little time with me this morning. We both have birthdays next week. She is the 10th, I am the 11th. Talking with her this morning was like talking with an old friend. I cannot wait to see her here in New York next month. I hope you'll join me!
The links to her shows at Catalina and Vitelos can be found on her website at http://www.barbaravanorden.com
Here is the link to the February issue….you can touch the lower right corner and turn the pages. Barbara begins on page 12.
Please do what YOU can to be more aware that words and actions DO HURT...but they can also heal and help!
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Tomorrow's's blog will be... THE THALIANS! (Thank you, Daniel Gettleman for this suggestion)
Here's to an INCREDIBLE tomorrow for ALL...with NO challenges!
Now, GO OUT AND see Carol Channing: Larger Than Life in theatres January 20th!
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Please contribute to the DR. CAROL CHANNING and HARRY KULLIJIAN FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
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Please do what YOU can to be more aware that words and actions DO HURT...but they can also heal and help!
Tomorrow's's blog will be... THE THALIANS! (Thank you, Daniel Gettleman for this suggestion)
Thank you, to all the mentioned in this blog!
Now, GO OUT AND see Carol Channing: Larger Than Life in theatres January 20th!
Become A Facebook friend of mine!
Please contribute to the DR. CAROL CHANNING and HARRY KULLIJIAN FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
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A staircase with spooks, a bathroom that goes Boo!, and sparkling finished hardwood floors – this Pennsylvania house has it all, almost.
In the listing for his 1901 Victorian house at 1217 Marion St., Dunmore, Pa., Greg Leeson is asking for $144,000, but he adds that the house is "slightly haunted, nothing serious, though."
Here is what the prospective buyer will get for his money besides the four walls and roof: The sounds of phantom footsteps, a strange knocking, a "hardly noticeable" scream at 3:13 a.m. (once a week), and "the occasional ghastly visage lurking behind you in the bathroom mirror." That little extra occurs rarely and only in an upstairs bathroom, according to the listing.
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Health trainers from Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust (HRCH) are running public health events to promote Dry January and Smart Swap – the campaigns that encourage people to give up alcohol for 30 days and reduce their sugar intake by swapping fatty or sugary food for a healthier option.
Specialists at the NHS events throughout January will help Hounslow people to improve their health and wellbeing by providing information on Smart Swaps and alcohol and encouraging people to give up alcohol for the 30 days in January. The NHS health trainers will also hand out information leaflets for alcohol related services in the borough along with Dry January sign up cards.
Jennifer Banks-Smith, health promotion manager at HRCH, said: "Many people after the Christmas festivities want to have a break from alcohol and unhealthy food and try new healthy alternatives to accommodate their lifestyle change."
She said, "These events are an excellent opportunity for people to speak to NHS specialists about cutting out alcohol and sugary food from their diet and will give them the best chance of going the full 30 days."
Taking part in Dry January will benefit you in a number of ways by helping your New Year waistline by reducing the number of calories you consume, helping your finances by not spending money on alcohol and improving your general health.
Dry January has proven that taking a month off booze can have a positive impact on people's long term drinking levels. Not only do participants who take a month off alcohol drink less frequently afterwards, they drink less when they do drink and also get drunk less often.
It's not too late to sign up and take part in Dry January, even if it's part way through the month - any time that you give your liver a break will result in great health benefits. Lots of support and encouragement is available at www.dryjanuary.org.uk.
Smart Swaps has already helped thousands of people to cut fat and sugar out of their diet, just by making one simple food or drink swap. Sign up to Smart Swaps today and Change4Life will send you healthy tips and tasty recipes every week for four weeks, to help keep you on the road to success.
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VOTE: Top 2019 Mixes on Raggajungle.bizWe published 57 jungle mixes in 2019 so far. Here is a selection of the top 20 most visited mixes posts in…
November 15, 2019
After three years and Original Soundclash II, Feyder is back with a brand new one hour jungle mix with tunes by Conrad Subs, Riffz, Sariuo, D.I.S,…
August 14, 2019
Listen to Junglecast 24 / 2018 - FeyDer byRaggajungle.biz on hearthis.at
The first episode of the Raggajungle.biz exclusive Junglecast series…
February 5, 2018
The voting is over! Thanx to over 470 voters! The winner is Mr. Kingston with his "Ragga Jungle Summer Mix" and 204 votes.
January 3, 2017
We published 73 jungle mixes in 2016 so far. Here is a selection of the top 20 most viewed mixes in 2016 on raggajungle.biz (without Junglecast…
November 21, 2016
FeyDer present the third full-length album consisting of 14 tracks, which goes on Mashed Youths Records.
November 7, 2016
Future Jungle 4-track EP with well known FeyDer, BR, Superkopter, RNBWS and D.I.S.
October 7, 2016
This is a special mix for the DJ mix contest timed to coincide with the arrival of The Prodigy in Nizhny Novgorod.
September 28, 2016
This is a digital release EP by russian and ukrainian producers.
July 18, 2016
17 actual tunes (remixes and releases) mixed by FeyDer from Russia.
July 5, 2016
This is part three of FeyDer's Rudebwoy Story series. Ragga-Jungle vs. Ragga-DnB!
February 12, 2016
This is a selection of the most viewed mixes in 2015 on raggajungle.biz. With this vote we wanna support all our jungle-friends and -dj's who are…
November 21, 2015
You want to listen to 20 jungle killa choones? Check out part two of FeyDer's mix-series!
November 2, 2015
Finest vinyl release with 4 tunes, 2 jungle and 2 breakcore tunes by FeyDer, Bman, Sensimo and Els In Wonderland.
September 19, 2015
A huuuuge mix by FeyDer with a great selection. Listen!
August 21, 2015
This ia a special mix by FeyDer for the Future Rave Party on 11/04/2015.
April 10, 2015
FeyDer ft. Slimjah - Unity EP by Mashed Youths Records
Mashed Youths present a new crazy ragga-jungle release. Experiments, bangs amen, hard…
September 9, 2014
Special raggajungle mix for the show "Junglist Movement".
April 15, 2014
FeyDer - Call Of The Jungle by Mashed Youths Records
This is a new album from FeyDer outta russia. Different styles of Jungle! ENJOY!
February 1, 2014
This is FeyDer's 15th mix Rudebwoy Story 2.
September 20, 2013
Exclusive livemix hosted by the moscow junglist community at karma bar featuring Slimjah, HoT, FeyDer, Kingston, Moz and badbwoy Steppa Style.
March 24, 2013
FeyDer - 8 Bit Happy (Intro)
FeyDer - Special Occasion
FeyDer & Ambrela - Fantasy
December 17, 2012
That ends in 2012, and we present you new fresh release "Amen Vibrations EP "on Mashed Youths Records.
November 22, 2012
01. Goldstar & Channel 2 - Ghetto Man Skank
02. Slynk - Bad Duppy Walk
03. Ed Solo & Deekline - Untold
04. Top Cat - Friend In Need…
July 4, 2012
Here is one more bloodclaat russian ragga jungle release. It consists of 2 pair of tracks
January 31, 2012
Mashed Youths present!
Back To Ya Roots EP
August 27, 2011
FeyDer - 20 Killa Choons Mix by Feyder on Mixcloud tracklist:
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July 12, 2011
10 wicked raggajungle tunes are ready to listen and download in 320kbps by FeyDer, boom!
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Every time a story about Boy Scouts of America allowing girls to join their organization pops up on one of my newsfeeds I scroll through the comments and am appalled with what I see. The amount of resistance to the idea is horrendous. A private organization has decided to change their policies to try and be more inclusive and the world responds with hate.
Who cares if they decided to allow girls to join? Why does it matter? As someone with both a son and daughter I don't see why my son should have the opportunity to go camping and learn survival skills while my daughter is told to go sell cookies. And honestly, I don't understand why my son can't sell cookies if he wants to.
But it's not until you understand the basics of masculinity and feminism that you can make sense of either the reason for the change or the opposition to it.
The right wing screams that masculinity is dying or dead, but what they fail to realize is that feminism is doing the same thing. Feminism is evolving into masculinity, and masculinity is evolving into feminism. But this only makes sense if you understand what both feminism and masculinity used to be, so you can understand what they are becoming.
Being masculine used to mean that you drank beer, watched football, and objectified women. It used to mean that you protected and provided for your family. It used to mean that you took care of your family by going to work every day.
Feminism used to mean that you stayed at home and were submissive to your husband. It used to mean that you were meek and quiet. It used to mean that you raised your kids and loved them unconditionally. It used to mean that you took care of your family by staying home every day.
But now that changes.
Masculinity still means that you protect and provide for your family, but now it also means that you raise your kids and love them unconditionally. It means that you take care of your family at both work AND home. It means that you can still drink beer and watch football, but that you respect women, even in the locker room.
Feminism still means that you raise your kids and love them unconditionally, but now it also means that you protect and provide for them as well. It means that you take care of your family at both work AND home. It means that you can drink beer and watch football, and that you respect men, even in the locker room.
You see they're becoming the same thing, as they should be. And in a world that defines masculinity the same way it describes feminism there is no longer a need for an organization that raises boys to become men in a different manner then it raises girls to become women.
Feel free to let me know what you think in a respectful manner in the comments below!


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Each year, there are at least 15,000 to 20,000 kidnappings across the globe – and this number doesn't even include unreported incidents. What's more, fewer than 20% of kidnappings are actually reported to authorities, according to some estimates.
Kidnapping-for-ransom incidents have spread like wildfire around the world because it's an incredibly lucrative business for the perpetrators of these crimes. Each year, kidnappers rake in an estimated $1.5 billion in ransom payments. In Mexico alone (now the number-one country for kidnappings), ransom earnings add up to a whopping $50 million a year.
Considering these disturbing statistics, it's no wonder kidnap and ransom (K&R) insurance is skyrocketing in popularity. Here's a guide to this unique insurance, what it covers and how it works.
Who Needs Coverage
The majority of kidnappings of Americans for ransom and extortion take place in Mexico, Colombia, other Central and South American countries, the Middle East and parts of Africa. The prime targets are wealthy businessmen and their families, professionals traveling abroad, tourists, journalists and aid workers.
Kidnap and ransom coverage is often provided as part of a corporate insurance portfolio, generally by companies with employees who frequently travel abroad to these kidnap-prone areas. K&R insurance can include coverage for spouses, relatives, guests, nannies and housekeepers, or just a single individual.
Individuals can also purchase K&R insurance as a stand-alone policy. However, because of the exorbitant cost of these policies, most individuals who buy it are affluent or high-profile people, such as celebrities, musicians, sports stars and politicians.
Additionally, these policies are often purchased by non-governmental organizations (NGOs), universities with international programs and other institutions that could face lawsuits if their workers, volunteers or students were harmed.
What Is Covered
K&R insurance protects corporations and individuals against financial losses that result from kidnapping, extortion and ransom demands. It's designed to insure those who travel frequently – it's not for single trips or brief periods of travel. A basic policy typically covers ransom payment, loss of income, interest on bank loans as well as medical and psychiatric care. Many also cover the costs of business interruption, consultants for crisis management, support services and even public relations expenses to help the company protect or repair its image. In addition, a policy purchased by an employer covers the costs of any subsequent lawsuit against the company by the employee who was kidnapped.
Some K&R policies also pick up the tab for loss due to injury, cosmetic or plastic surgery expenses, time away from work after release, travel expenses, reward money paid to informants and the cost of hiring and training new or temporary employees. Losses due to extortion, cyberextortion, terrorism and wrongful detention may also be covered, and, in the worst-case scenario, funeral expenses.
What Is Not Covered
If you travel to a country on which the United States has imposed sanctions, such as Iran or Syria, you will not be covered by K&R insurance. Many policies provide access to security experts who can advise you on where you can and cannot travel and how to stay safe when going to certain regions of the world.
Usually, you must stay mum about the existence of your insurance. You should never discuss it with anyone, not even other family members who might be covered by the policy, to avoid the policy being declared null and void. (For the same reason, employees who are covered by a K&R policy purchased by their employer may be in the dark about it.) The reasons: Insurance companies want to protect themselves against fraudulent kidnap and ransom claims, and announcing that you have a K&R policy is equivalent to wearing a shirt that says "Kidnap Me!"
How It Works
In most kidnapping scenarios, the perpetrators demand that the authorities – and other parties – not be notified. This can be quite challenging, leading to complications when the employer or family needs to contact the insurance company. For this reason, many K&R policies include a provision that says the policyholder, employer or family should notify the insurance company and law enforcement officials about a kidnapping only when it's safe and feasible to do so.
Once contacted, the insurer immediately swings into action, deploying specialists to assist in the release of the kidnapped individual. This includes negotiations with the kidnappers, delivery of a ransom, evacuation and medical/psychiatric care.
However, a ransom is not paid out up front by the insurer. Instead, the employer or family has to pay it out of pocket or take out a loan (most K&R policies cover interest on money borrowed for this purpose). Once the crisis is over, the insured has returned home and receipts for all payments made have been received, the insurer will reimburse the policyholder for the ransom and related expenses – up to the dollar amount specified in the policy. If a ransom or expenses go beyond this predetermined limit, the policyholder is responsible for covering the extra costs.
The Cost Of Coverage
While some policies cost as little as $500 a year, this price quickly rises depending on the type of coverage, benefit amounts, destination countries, number of employees or individuals covered and many other factors.
The cost might be roughly $2,000, for instance, for a $5 million policy that covers a year of non-hazardous travel and provides the services of a crisis management team. If the insured is traveling to hot spots like Colombia, Venezuela and other parts of South America, the price tag goes up. However, K&R insurance could be well worth the expense in the case of an actual kidnapping, when a kidnap-and-ransom claim can easily run into the hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars.
The Bottom Line
Kidnap and ransom (K&R) insurance protects corporations and individuals against financial losses that result from kidnapping, extortion and ransom demands. Although these policies are often complex and sometimes expensive, they are an absolute necessity for employees or high-worth individuals traveling to kidnap-prone areas, including Mexico, Colombia, other Central and South American countries, the Middle East and parts of Africa.
For more on unusual types of insurance, see Lesser Known Insurance Policies and 5 Bizarre Insurance Policies.


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It has been too long. I am happy to be online again and I plan to update this blog with recipes, mostly.
This delicious Cannellini and Tuna Salad recipe came from my parents who learned how to make it in Italy. I started calling it "Protein Salad" one summer when I was serving it to my friends' teenagers. I figured if an athlete hears 'protein' he will be more likely to eat it.
Protein Salad
2 cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
2 7oz cans white tuna, drained
1 cup finely chopped onion (I use vidalia/sweet)
6 TBSP salad oil (this is how the original recipe was written, and I usually use half extra virgin olive oil and half vegetable oil)
2 TBSP red wine vinegar
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1/2 tsp. dried basil
1/2 cup parsely, chopped (I usually just chop up a huge bunch and don't measure. I'm sure I use more than 1/2 cup!)
This is so simple, and absolutely delish!
The creamy beans are really satisfying and this is a healthy lunch choice.
(And the teenage boy actually ate it and liked it!)
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- zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 4 tsp. baking powder
- 5 eggs
Put lemon zest and sugar into Cuisinart and process fine. Add remaining ingredients, process smooth, and put into cake pan (greased and floured.) When making cupcakes, put the liners into the pans and then use a scoop to evenly measure the cake batter into the pans.
Bake at 350 degrees F until done. Use a cake tester when it comes out clean. For regular sized cupcakes it will take about 23 minutes. For jumbo cupcakes it takes around 25 min.
BUTTER CREAM CHEESE FROSTING (Buttercream cheese or Butter Creamcheese or Butter Cream Cheese? hmmm. . .)
- 1 1/2 sticks butter
[sidebar tip: 8 TBSP = 1/4 pound = 1/2 cup, so this recipe would take 12 TBSP or 3/4 cups]
- 1 1/2 bricks cream cheese (12 oz.)
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 1/2 pounds powdered sugar (24 oz. or 680 grams)
The butter and cream cheese should be at room temperature. Cream together and add vanilla. Gradually add the powdered sugar and beat well. Pipe onto cupcakes and refrigerate if not eating the same day.
This recipe is the vanilla cupcakes in the photos.
The chocolate cupcakes are "Black Mocha Cake" from page 146 of the Moosewood Restaurant Book of Desserts. The frosting on the chocolate cupcakes is "Buttercream" from page 84. "Holy Moly" it it good! With 15 egg yolks and four cups of butter it sure is rich. The Moosewood Buttercream is labor-intensive but so so worth it.
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- 1 box Club Crackers (not saltines)
- 2 sticks butter (1 cup or 1/2 pound)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 12 oz. pkg. milk chocolate or semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup diced pecans or sliced almonds
- coarse sea salt
- non-stick baking spray (such as Baker's Joy or PAM)
- aluminum foil or non-stick foil
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line 9″x12″ pan with non-stick foil, or foil sprayed with cooking spray.
Line pan with club crackers.
Mix butter and brown sugar and boil in a heavy saucepan for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
Put pan in oven for 3 to 5 minutes until crackers float. Remove pan from oven.
Sprinkle with 12 ounce package of milk chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips.
When melted, spread chocolate with spatula.
Cover with nuts or coarse sea salt.
Refrigerate, and when cold and hard, cut into bars with a sharp knife.
Add walnuts for a nice nut crunch. This is our attempt at making the Chocolate Pizza Company's classic Toffee Nut Crunch which is made with homemade English toffee.
For homemade holiday candy, add coarse sea salt for salted toffee bars. These are similar to Skor or Heath candy bars.
The salt complements the rich buttery toffee.
AMAZING and easy!
Microwave Cashew Brittle (the original salted caramel) quick and easy holiday gift!
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I originally got this recipe in the local newspaper about 10 years ago, and over the years I've tweaked it. This takes 15 minutes to make, and it's only six ingredients!
Package it in a nice tin or holiday GladWare container and give it to neighbors for a token homemade Christmas present. It's always appreciated and looked forward to by our friends.
You will have to play around with the recipe because every microwave oven is different. Even an extra 30 seconds can make this go from amazing to awful. If it's undercooked it will be chewy like caramel (still yummy) and if it's cooked too long the cashews will be brown and it will almost taste burned.
I've got it down to a science, and here is my version:
- 1 cup lightly salted roasted CASHEW halves & pieces – this is aprox. 1/2 can (Planter's can is 9.5oz, and Southern Grove by ALDI is an 8oz. can)
- 1 cup granulated white SUGAR
- 1/2 cup LIGHT CORN SYRUP
- 1 tsp. BUTTER (I just cut 1/3 of the TBSP. line on a stick of butter, but sometimes it's closer to 1/2 of the line so it's really more like 2 tsp.)
- 1 tsp. pure VANILLA extract
- 1 tsp. BAKING SODA
In a 2 qt. microwave-safe bowl with handle, stir together the nuts, sugar and corn syrup.
Microwave, uncovered, at high for 6 minutes, until the mixture is light brown, stirring well halfway through at 3 minutes. (The original recipe said around 6-8 minutes, but again, it depends on your microwave.)
Meanwhile, grease a Silpat Baking Mat (on a cookie sheet) with butter.
Prepare vanilla, butter, and baking soda measurements into small bowls, as you will need to work quickly with the hot candy.
Using oven mitts, remove the bowl from the microwave oven. It will be VERY HOT, so be sure you don't let it touch your skin.
Stir in the butter and vanilla. I use two rubber spatulas, one to stir, and one to clean off the spatula back into the bowl.
Continue to microwave the candy, at high, for 90 seconds (the original recipe said 1 1/2 – 2 minutes but 1 1/2 is perfect in our microwave.) The mixture should be caramel-colored. Get your cookie sheet ready in the meantime.
Remove with oven mitts and add baking soda. Stir quickly until light and foamy. IMMEDIATELY and carefully pour onto cookie sheet and spread thin with spatula as quickly as possible (sometimes I just tip the cookie sheet and let ooze, but it will be thicker.)
Cool for 30 minutes and then break into small pieces. I usually put a plastic sandwich baggie on my hands to break the candy.
Stores well in a covered container for up to two weeks (but it won't last that long.)
This is so delish! It's that mix of sweet and salty which is now so popular with the sea salt & caramel.
THIS LAST PHOTO IS WHAT IT SHOULD NOT LOOK LIKE. This batch was cooked 30 seconds too long and the cashews are too brown.
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Oh my heavens I've just found the most AMAZING treat:
GHIRARDELLI Sea Salt Escape
~ Milk Chocolate with Sea Salt and Roasted Almonds ~
only 58 calories each
These chocolates are .375 oz. (10.6 g) and are perfect for satisfying that gourmet sweet tooth. I love one in the evening with a glass of red wine. MMMM my new fave!
GHIRARDELLI Sea Salt Escape gourmet milk chocolate squares
So every day I get an email from zulily advertising their sales. Today I happened to take a look and was intrigued by the day planners and organizers from momAgenda.
If the mini day planner is originally $41 ($19.99 at zulily), then how much are the maxi day planners from the company website?! The momAgenda (or myAgenda) Desktop day planners are $43 and are now on sale for $34.40. And the Mini-Daily agendas are on sale for $28.70 (the myAgenda minis are $36 but on sale for $28.80.)
Well, after perusing the momAgenda website, I found free printables! http://www.momagenda.com/printable/index.html Thank you Nina Restieri!
AND. . . I also found a link to another website, Buttoned Up, with more printables to help get organized! http://getbuttonedup.com/tools/ Thank you Alicia and Sarah!


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Well, the 2017 Shepp Minis Gamers Dystopian Wars tournament has come and gone. 25 battles across two days have been waged. It was a fantastic experience again this year, and a big thank you to all of those who attended, it was great to see you all, meet new people and have the chance to play against a range of fleets and opponents.
As one of the organizers, the tournament was, we believe, a great success, and kudos to everyone involved for playing hard but most importantly, for being good sports and friendly competitors.
A huge thank you goes to Gus, of Zepnix Wargames, for again standing up and sponsoring the weekend with prizes. Everyone involved thoroughly appreciated it, and we heartily recommend people check them out, if you don't already. https://zepnix.com/
|The standings after day one...
This year we had 10 participants, with a good mix of fleets. The Kingdom of Britannia, Covenant of Antarctica (x2), Republic of France, Russian Federation, Empire of the Blazing Sun, Indian Raj, Black Wolf, Chinese Federation, and Australians all had representation. It was also nice to see some of the new Battleships hit the table...
The prizes this year went to:
1st Place = Quinton, with the Black Wolf2nd Place = Aaron, with the Covenant of Antarctica
3rd Place = Ryan, with the Covenant of Antarctica
Best Sport = Ryan, with the Covenant of Antarctica
Best Painted = Trent, with the Republic of France
Congratulations to all the participants! We had some memorable games, great conversations and many a Sturginium Flare and Magazine Explosion... Though tired, we're already looking forward to 2018!
|Standings at the end of the second day...


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Here are a few I have come across the last week or so.
Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.
General Comment
What an amazing week! We have the Secretary of DoH admitting National e-Health is changing, the legislation for data breaches released and an Audit showing DoH has no idea how to manage information.
And all this in December!
How the govt is using Medicare data to improve the health system
Health boss details "fascinating and disturbing insights".
By Paris Cowan
Dec 4 2015 11:41AM
Dec 4 2015 11:41AM
Federal health secretary Martin Bowles has unveiled some of the practical ways the government is using data to identify the areas of the health system that don't work and target resources to fixing them.
Addressing an e-health forum in New York yesterday, Bowles revealed his department has begun to analyse Medicare claims data to identify "unwarranted variation" in the types of treatments recommended to different patients with similar ailments.
"We have data on what doctors are actually doing – because their services are claimed on Medicare," Bowles said.
"For the first time, this data has been used in conjunction with data from our pharmaceutical benefits schedule and public hospitals and this has thrown up some fascinating and disturbing insights."
Martin Bowles: using health information to improve care
by Martin Bowles
Australia's chief health bureaucrat is excited by the opportunities for technology in healthcare. My Health Record "can improve treatment decisions, reduce adverse events, avoidable hospital admissions and reduce duplication of medical tests".
It is an exciting time to be a steward of the Australian health system. Our government has committed to reforms across the system: to improve co-ordination of care; efficiency of care; and sustainability of the system to improve health outcomes for all Australians.
I firmly believe data and information technology can provide breakthrough opportunities to enable and support this change. Adopting new treatment technology has never been a problem for health providers and professionals in Australia.
But changing their thinking about data and analytics and how this can help the patient and the system has proven to be more challenging.
Clinical IT solution at Midland hospital
The West Australian
December 2, 2015, 12:27 pm
Telstra Health says it has implemented an enterprise electronic medical record (EMR) at the new St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospital.
The company said the EMR would ensure the hospital's digital health solutions matched the state-of-the-art facilities and staff.
The EMR platform is the clinical digital backbone of the new $360 million facility which includes a 307-bed public hospital and a 60-bed private hospital on the same campus in the Perth suburb of Midland, replacing the Swan District Hospital.
Telstra Health's emerging systems managing director Russel Duncan said the solution was a fully integrated electronic medical record, meeting all the needs of both the public and private hospital environment.
Telstra Health implements e-records at hospitals; retail exec resigns
Two new Perth hospitals have implemented Telstra Health's e-records, with the system to improve efficiency and data sharing in healthcare.
Telstra Health has successfully implemented an enterprise electronic medical record (EMR) system at the two newest Australian hospitals, which will complement the government's My Health Record System and the hospitals' own administration system.
The e-health record system, announced on Wednesday, has been implemented at the new AU$360 million St John of God Midland Public Hospital as well as the private hospital on the same campus in Midland, Perth.
"We know the importance of integration and interoperability in the success of eHealth solutions," said Russel Duncan, managing director of Telstra Health's Emerging Systems.
"Patients' clinical data at the St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals will integrate seamlessly with the hospital's Patient Administration System, the national My Health Record system, and eventually the Western Australia Health Department, helping build a more connected health system and improve productivity and clinical care.
Telstra Health deploys medical records system for WA hospitals
- 02 December 2015
- By Peter Dinham
Telstra Health has implemented an enterprise electronic medical records (EMR) system in a $360 million facility in Western Australia housing two of Australia's newest hospitals.
The EMR platform has formed the clinical digital backbone of the new facility, in the Perth suburb of Midland, which includes the St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals.
The 307-bed public hospital and the 60-bed private hospital are on the same campus.
Telstra says successful implementation of the EMR ensure that the hospitals digital health solutions match the state of the art facilities and staff.
MPs split on 'opt out' eHealth records
Not all members of parliament's human rights committee sold on already-legislated eHealth changes
Members of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (PJCHR) have been unable to agree on whether some measures contained in legislation revamping Australia's national eHealth record were justified.
A report issued in October by committee queried a number of aspects of the Health Legislation Amendment (eHealth) Bill 2015.
In its latest report, tabled yesterday in parliament, the committee considered responses from the health minister, Sussan Ley.
The eHealth bill has already been passed unamended by both houses of parliament.
The bill was endorsed by a report from the Senate's Community Affairs Legislation Committee, although during that committee's inquiry some privacy advocates indicated their opposition to the legislation.
Records Management in Health
Tabled Date: Tuesday 1st December 2015
Report Number: 10
Portfolio: Health
Department: Department of Health
Contact: Fiona Knight, Executive Director – Phone (02) 6203 7511
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health's records management arrangements, including Health's progress in transitioning to digital records management.
Your health e-wallet
By Ros Page
The big tech companies are gearing up to be the virtual safe-deposit box for personal health records, activity tracking and general wellbeing data such as cholesterol and other blood test results. Apple, Google and Microsoft all have portals that link to fitness trackers and let you record, view and analyse your personal health data.
The government is also encouraging people to register for its eHealth service that stores health records including medical visits, list of medications, immunisation records and imaging in an online database. You and your local doctor have access to the records for reviewing test results, checking treatment history and important details such as allergies or vaccinations.
Planning a digital health kick? See our fitness tracker reviews comparing Fitbit, Jawbone and more.
WA health services provider to probe alteration of patient records
By David Weber
The 360 Health and Community Service has launched two investigations into the unauthorised alteration of records for Perth South Coastal Medicare Local patients.
Documents obtained by the ABC show that in 2013, dozens of birth dates for adult mental health patients were changed so as to classify them as children.
The documents are "de-identified data", which means only the date of birth, the gender and the post code are revealed on the sheet.
They were used for quarterly reporting to the Commonwealth.
In many cases birthdates were changed or noted to reduce the age in order to reclassify the patient.
Latest mental health reforms need to connect with patients
30 November, 2015 Dr Helen Schultz
Last week, Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley announced a new framework to tackle what has been described a crisis in Australia's mental health system.
Key opinion leaders in this field, from the AMA to top academics and researchers, have given mixed responses to the announcement. For what it's worth, this is mine.
When my patients recover they tell me they were grateful I didn't give up on them. As they became well, they could see at the time they were most unwell they truly believed things would never get better.
Australian health records fed into big data maw ... because insight
Privacy? They've heard of it
30 Nov 2015 at 22:10, Richard Chirgwin
While it continues to battle public indifference to personally-controlled electronic health records (PCEHRs), the Australian government is quietly looking for bright sparks to put forward ideas on how to use the records for analysis.
The Australian Privacy Foundation has pointed to this tender from the government. In it, Canberra requests a "Framework for secondary uses of My Health Record".
The outcome of the tender would be a set of standards: "The final Framework will enable the System Operator (currently the Secretary, Department of Health) to make informed decisions about the benefits, risks and costs of options presented for secondary uses of My Health Record system data. Respondents should note that the Department intends to assess expressions of interest and short list submissions to identify organisations who have the experience and expertise required."
Health Dept. wants advice on de-identifying My Health Record data
Prepares for unprecedented insight into Australia's wellbeing.
By Paris Cowan
Nov 30 2015 9:27AM
Nov 30 2015 9:27AM
The Department of Health has already started planning what it could do with an influx of information on Australians' medical histories, just a day after legislation for the switch to opt-out electronic health record was given formal assent.
The government last week successfully passed legislation that will allow it to create electronic health records for all Australians based on Medicare records, unless they choose to opt out of the process.
The My Health Record policy was driven by a slow uptake in the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) scheme under the previous government, which mandated that customers register to receive an electronic account.
E-health provider blames SA govt for tough times
Global Health says it hasn't been paid since April.
By Paris Cowan
Dec 1 2015 10:29AM
Dec 1 2015 10:29AM
Hospital solutions provider Global Health is blaming a difficult year on the South Australian government, as the pair continue to battle it out over the state's use of an old patient administration platform.
Global Health is locked in a Federal Court fight with the state over its refusal to upgrade the CHIRON software used in 12 of South Australia's 75 public hospitals.
The rural health facilities continue to use the 1980s version of the software, despite Global Health refusing to issue any more licences for the superseded product, which is no longer used by any other customers.
The state government's argument is that compulsory crown licensing provisions in the Copyright Act give it special powers to overrule normal licensing provisions.
Government unveils data breach notification bill
Gives industry until March next year to have input.
By Allie Coyne
Dec 3 2015 5:18PM
Dec 3 2015 5:18PM
The government has published an exposure draft of its long-awaited bill for mandatory data breach notifications, specifying what it considers to be a serious breach and how organisations will need to respond.
The exposure draft, which is open for consultation until March 4 next year, comes as the government failed to deliver on its promise to have a scheme up and running by the end of this year.
The bill runs along almost identical lines to the Privacy Alerts bill introduced by Labor in 2013, and again last year. It is understood to have bipartisan support.
It outlines what the government considers to be a serious breach and details the steps an organisation must take to address such an incident.
Government reveals proposed data breach notification scheme
Attorney-General's Department launches public consultation
The government has released the long-awaited exposure draft of legislation to create a mandatory data breach notification scheme.
The government had originally committed to legislating a scheme this year.
The introduction of a data breach notification regime formed part of the government's response to the report of the parliamentary inquiry into the data retention.
The report of that inquiry had recommended the creation of such a scheme.
The government has lived up to its commitment of a public consolation on the scheme. The Attorney-General's Department is accepting submissions on the exposure draft until 4 March next year.
Delayed Australian data breach notification bill lands
Date December 4, 2015 - 3:26PM
Ben Grubb
Technology editor
Australians will be informed of certain breaches of their personal information under new laws being proposed by the Turnbull government, but only if the company or organisation breached turns over $3 million in revenue a year.
The Attorney-General's Department released on Thursday an exposure draft of the Privacy Amendment (Notification of Serious Data Breaches) Bill 2015, which will require entities to disclose serious breaches of peoples' information.
The government was meant to introduce the bill into parliament before the end of the year but left it until the last sitting day of the year to release an exposure draft before its likely introduction into parliament next year.
If passed, the bill will require companies to disclose a breach within 30 days if it concerns personal information and "there is a real risk of serious harm to any of the individuals" to whom the information relates.
Why IT people can't build information systems
29/11/2015 by
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Every so often I remember how we were taught to build information systems and software. One of the steps is called 'requirements capture'. The IT people are supposed to go and interrogate domain experts, in a step called 'use case modelling', obtaining those diamonds of information that will allow them to build the system those experts want.
There's only one problem with that. In all real domains, the IT people and domain experts have no clue what each 0ther is saying. And yet the IT people still go and build a system. Any system. And that's why most information systems are a) semantically broken and b) can't keep up to date with new requirements.
We have known this doesn't work for 20 years in health (some savvy people knew it for a lot longer). In health, just like any other real domain, you can't afford to put any of the following in the software:
- domain content / information models
- workflows
- terminology
- ontology
- higher-level artefacts such as guidelines (health), business rules etc.
The solution is to find ways of enabling domain experts themselves to build models and descriptions of their domain. Our contribution in openEHR was to provide a way of doing the first, the so-called 'archetypes'.
Melbourne, 4 December 2015
Precedence Transforms Australian Patient Care with National Coordinated Care Platform
Precedence Health Care expands its contribution to healthcare reform in Australia with the launch of the cdmNet Coordinated Care Platform and Application Services.
The cdmNet Coordinated Care Platform is a full service cloud-based infrastructure for managing a patient's care across the entire care continuum. It connects everyone on the patient's care team and brings together a range of digital application services to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
The platform is designed as an "open" architecture to support "plug in" application services and products using desktop, laptop and mobile devices.
3D Medical expands image data business
Monday, November 30, 2015 by Proactive Investors
3D Medical (ASX:3DM) has entered into a reseller agreement with Client Outlook Inc. for the distribution of the eUnity medical image viewing and collaboration platform.
The deal represents an expansion of 3DM's capability to value-add medical image data on (following a recent merger with Mach7 Technologies), and is expected to precipitate the announcement of first revenues in the next quarter.
Earlier this month 3D Medical and distribution partner Telstra Health validated this business model by announcing the successful implementation of an enterprise-wide Mach7 Technologies Vendor Neutral Archive in Australia.
NEHTA eHealth Software Developer Community Webinar – Introduction to the national eHealth record system
Created on Friday, 04 December 2015
NEHTA is pleased to announce the first of a series of webinars designed to help software developers connect their health information systems to the national eHealth record system. The webinar is scheduled for Wednesday 16 December 2015 2:00pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time (1:00pm Australian Eastern Standard Time) and is expected to run for 90 minutes.
Webinar - Introduction to the national eHealth record system for software developers
This first webinar Introduction to the national eHealth record system for software developers is designed for software developers who have not yet connected their products to the national eHealth infrastructure. It will provide an introduction to the national eHealth infrastructure, including all the information that software developers need before they begin planning their implementation.
75% of Australian Survey Respondents Say Cost Savings and Efficiencies Are Driving Laboratory Changes; Only 29% of Public Laboratory Systems Able to Support the Changes
SYDNEY, Australia – 01 December, 2015 – InterSystems, a global leader in software for health information technology and developer of the InterSystems TrakCare® unified healthcare information system, today announced the results of the InterSystems Australian Laboratory Management Systems Market Survey 2015, which found that current information systems are not equipped to support the changes clinical laboratories are undergoing.
"The nature of the laboratory business is changing dramatically," said Martin Wilkinson, head of InterSystems' solutions for the laboratory market. "Industry consolidation, advances in automation, genomic testing, and the increased use of point-of-care testing are driving major shifts in where, when, and how testing takes place."
Conducted at the 53rd Annual Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists conference in Sydney, the survey of 60 clinical laboratory professionals found there is pressure to meet demand using fewer resources – to increase efficiency while driving down costs – and the use of automation is rising. When asked what was driving change in their laboratories, 75% of respondents cited cost savings and efficiencies, 63% said automation, and 33%, patient-centred care.
NBN facing massive copper remediation bill
Updated: leaked documents reveal tenfold increase in cost.
By Allie Coyne
Dec 3 2015 7:23AM
Dec 3 2015 7:23AM
The national broadband network builder is expecting to be hit with a massive bill of $641 million to repair sections of the copper network it bought from Telstra, leaked documents show.
The figure is as much as ten times what the NBN had expected repairing the copper network - which it acquired from Telstra for $11.2 billion - to cost.
The federal government's strategic review of the NBN put the cost of remediating the copper at $2685 per node, but the leaked documents, sighted by iTnews, reveal NBN expects this will in reality sit at $26,115 per node.
The total cost to repair degraded copper connections will come in at $641 million for the 24,544 nodes NBN is scheduled to build before 2019.


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Established in 1963, The Hong Kong Institute of Bankers (HKIB) is the first non-profit institution that provides training and certification services to the banking community in Hong Kong. Playing an important role in talent development in the local banking industry for more than five decades now, the Institute is also proud to be the first professional body in the territory to offer banking qualifications equivalent to a Master's degree level.
Our mission is to enhance and sustain professionalism in banking. Over the years, the HKIB has helped hundreds of thousands of practitioners and young graduates who aspired to join the industry to equip themselves with essential banking skills and knowledge through a complete development pathway – from recognised professional qualifications to continuing development programmes. Select professional qualifications are recognised both in Hong Kong and overseas.
The HKIB also offers a comprehensive range of events, from networking activities, luncheons and seminars to conferences and forums. In this increasingly complex and challenging banking landscape, there is a strong need for current banking practitioners or potential joiners to keep abreast of the latest industry developments and build capacity.
To ensure the sustainable growth of banking talent, the HKIB has built relationships across borders by entering into memoranda of understanding or partnership agreements on the exchange of expertise and best practices with a number of professional bodies and regulators in Mainland China, Macau and overseas. We opened a representative office in Beijing, Mainland China in 2005 to encourage closer collaboration between the two markets. Our vision is not only to enhance the banking profession in Hong Kong; we also endeavour to develop a strong community of banking professionals across different territories and help set professional standards for the banking industry across the region.
Banking has been changing drastically in the past decade, driven by the evolving market environment, higher regulatory requirements, new customer behaviours and advancements in technology.
Despite these changes, the sustainable growth of the industry still lies in people. Talent development is undoubtedly one of the key priorities for the industry. And I strongly believe that the HKIB has a strategic role to play in contributing to the growth of the banking industry in Hong Kong.
In order to progress, everyone in the industry should take career-long professional learning and capacity building more seriously. Practitioners need to acquire new skills and expertise in order to perform their roles more effectively and deliver the highest standards of professionalism. Training and talent development is also a top priority for bank employers, who need people with the right skills to drive business growth.
Living up to its role as an industry benchmark-setter and training service provider, the HKIB works tirelessly with subject experts, training professionals, industry veterans and regulatory bodies from Hong Kong and overseas to ensure its training meets the needs of the diverse and fast-changing banking landscape. The Certified Banker (CB), our signature qualification programme unveiled in September 2016, aims to raise the professional competency of banking practitioners at all levels in Hong Kong.
We will continue to work with the support of banks, regulators, financial institutions, academic institutions and various professional bodies to provide local banking practitioners with top quality professional training and development opportunities. We strongly believe that only by nurturing top banking talent can Hong Kong be differentiated as a leading international financial centre.
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Form Builder Module v4.11.2 Release Information
Purpose of Release:
This release focused on fixing a bug causing aggregate results to view different values than individual results.
Release Date: Dec.2nd, 2014
- No new enhancements with this release.
Bug Fixes:
- When viewing aggregate results, the field values will now display the values from the correct form version. This fix will not correct previously submitted forms but will prevent this from happening on future submissions.
Known Issues:
- In prior versions of Form Builder, e-mail addresses could be identified that form results would be sent to. These e-mail addresses could exist outside of the organization and could process the results.
- Form Library Name is a required field with a specific masque allowing only verified characters. If this field doesn't validate, there is no notification of this, if the user is viewing other tabs of the properties of the library.
- Max Length in a Text Box field of a Form is not enforced when Multi-Line is enabled.
- When resubmitting a form with multiple required non text fields (specifically drop down lists and radio buttons), it will show that it is a required field even when all information is filled out correctly.
- Hyperlink field on form acts as a drop down, text box instead of hyperlinking to URL.
- Having the same item multiple times in a drop down list will result in an error when opening the form.
- Lengthy column widths can overlap the toolbox in Form Builder.


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Our heart sings the Creator's praises filling the Spirit embodied soul with the highest joy; sing on people of the earth, the God of love hears you. Blessed are the pure in heart for their love song is of God.
Make your actions melodious, your thoughts harmonious in God's presence, and become a pleasing songster to the glory of God; for the Creator is listening to the true music of your soul, the lyrical intentions springing from your heart.
Your prayers are the songs of communion with the Universal Creator, may they be of loving creative spontaneity. In the stilled silent grace of meditative open-heartedness, God responds with songs of truth, mercy, forgiveness, peace, beauty, love; bestowing progressive rites of passage upon the receptive listening soul.
Let your soul-filled song proclaim and exalt the beauty and love of God; create reverential sounds of thankfulness; make known to the indwelling Spirit your depths of feeling; partake triumphant in the choirs of light that enrapture the heavens with augmenting praise ever celebrating the love of the Creator.
Even the harps of the angels are sounded to the glory of God; co-create your life a tapestry of divine music expressing forth the universal rhythms, heavenly melodies, and all pervading harmonies of God's pulsating love within, now, and forevermore singing through us, as one love, our heart sings.


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The communications tsunami happened with no warning. When it was done, two people had lost their jobs, the tech world can't figure out why the catastrophe took place, and those of us in communications are groping for what is the new decorum in professional rhetoric and conduct.
As BUSINESS INSIDER reports, at the PyCon Conference, where developers for open source PyCon programming gathered, a sex-laced joke was made in a "private conversation" by two male attendees. The woman sitting in front of them turned around, smiled, took their photo, and ranted in a tweet. Of course, that kind of material is bound to go viral and it sure did.
The snitch Adria Richards lost her job at SendGrid (yeah, nothing changes in that the snitch still winds up in the ditch) and the joker lost his at PlayHaven. One thing is clear: There must be a consensus, just as there had been in 20th century professional life, about what are the rules in public discourse and what are the channels of approval.
In Corporate America, where I had started out, there was no ambiguity. "In the legal sector," observes Chief Executive Officer of Laws.com Boris Kreiman, "at one time what was acceptable as well as effective in marketing or 'commercial speech' was practically codified. Now, both as a result of social media and accelerated competition, lawyers have to differentiate themselves. Our recommendation at Laws.com to lawyers is to 'test market' approaches as calculated small bets."
Post-PyCon, the tech world recognizes that it is not exempt from the prevailing mores in professional communications. Those keep changing but for right now, here's what is:
- Be cautious about humor. These are not only politically sensitive times but any offense will be outed via digital networks in real time.
- No conversation is private, even if conducted in private. It's too easy and tempting to record it.
- Public conversations are just that: public. That means they're subject to the taboos of any society and profession.
- Employees cannot go public with an opinion without prior approval by the employer. Employees represent the organizational brand, not themselves.
- Snitching for the sake of attention or a good story will likely bite the tattle-tale in the rear.
Daily, we who are actually employed in communications struggle with both the appropriate and effective tone, organization, and word choice for client messaging. We can't assume anything and more tries are rejected than accepted. Even the brandnames in public relations find themselves hitting the wall.
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As your agave plants grow, they will start to produce new baby agave plants called "pups." These look exactly like miniature versions of the parent agave plants. Whether you want to share them with friends and family or simply transplant them to another area of your yard, you will likely want to divide them to keep all your agave plants healthy. It is not difficult to divide them, and you can plant them in the ground or in pots with equal rates of success.
Feel with the edge of your shovel or spade where the root system for the whole unit (parent plant and pups) is. Do not cut into it with your shovel or spade. Instead, dig around it to loosen the soil and loosen the plant.
Pry the pup out of its hole and gently pull it apart from the roots of its parent. Ideally, you want to disentangle the roots of the pup and the parent plant with as little damage as possible. If you are going to tear any of the roots, try to make it the parent plant's, as it can likely sustain more damage and still be healthy than a pup can. If you will be planting your agave pups in the ground, proceed to Step 3. If you will be planting them in pots, proceed to Step 4.
Dig a hole in your garden for the pup that is at least 8 to 10 inches deep and 8 inches in circumference. This will give your agave pup plenty of room to grow and develop healthy roots. Place the pup in the hole and cover all the roots with the dirt you just dug out of the hole. Finish with a layer of topsoil around the base of the plant.
Or, place the pup's roots into the pot where you will be planting it. Pour potting soil around the roots, patting it into place gently. Do not compact the soil. Stop filling the pot with dirt after you have covered all the roots.
Water your newly divided and transplanted agave plants and repeat with the remaining pups as necessary.
Things You Will Need
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- The root systems of agave plants are tough and resilient, but that does not mean that you should handle them roughly when you are trying to divide and transplant them. Take a little extra time to untangle the roots when you are separating the pups from their parent plant. It will be worth the effort when your agave plants are healthy, happy and beautiful.


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Edgar Cayce predicted World War III and the destruction of Japan
I've just come back to the hotel, after a full day of trekking around Santorini and up the volcano in the center of the island, and sailing around its islands.
Apparently its eruption 70,000 years was 12 times larger than the eruption of
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The Santorini volcanic eruption caused a massive 1,000-metre high wave that
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"I sat next to a guy in business class yesterday…"
Talking about nuclear events in Japan, I just checked my emails and saw this
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I'm headed back to Thailand and I wanted to share with you a conversation I had
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He's a big institution bond trader headed to Tokyo to tell his clients to pull everything
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership has been finalised. Is the IP chapter all that it's cracked up to be?
US President Barack Obama has made the TPP a priority as his term in office winds downWe dive deeper into the issues in this
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So what exactly is libel in a political context? It's an attack on the reputation of a politician, or more generally a political actor. To be a little more technical, it's a written criticism that would tend to lower the reputation of a public figure in the eyes of a reasonable person. It implies that your attack is malicious. Although the attack is usually in writing, it can occur in other forms such as radio and television broadcasting, as well as social media.
The problem for those of us in the press is that we're stuck trying to strike a balance between the right of freedom of the press, which is an aspect of freedom of speech or expression, and the public figure's right to the property in his or her reputation.
However, if we were American journalists, our situation would be quite different. In 1964 the U.S. Supreme Court redefined libel in New York Times v. Sullivan, holding that malice would be found only where a member of the press attacked the reputation of public figure, knowing the statement was false, or while acting in reckless disregard of its truth or falsity. With such a low standard, the press can just about anything it wants about a public figure.
Canada is more restrictive. If you make a libelous statement, you have to defend yourself -- the onus is you. There are several defences.
The first is justification: The statement is true. You can say Prime Minister Mulroney took bribes from a European businessman, Mr. Schreiber, to award Air Canada contracts to Airbus; but you have to prove it's true.
The second is fair comment: The statement is a criticism on a matter of public interest. You can say Mr. Mulroney took bribers from Mr. Schreiber as long as you have sources, and the Airbus matter has become a matter of public interest. You don't have to prove the truth of the statement.
The third defence is qualified privilege. You can publish what is otherwise a libelous statement to a limited group based on the common interest of its members in knowing about the accusation. So you can accuse Mr. Mulroney and Mr. Schreiber of engaging in bribery, assuming, for example, that Ms. Schreiber has had dealings with your membership and you have reliable sources.
The fourth defence is a relatively new one, approved by the Supreme Court in 2009 in Grant v. Torstar Corp. -- it's referred to as responsible communication on a matter of public interest.
This is a very interesting defence because it's not the same thing as fair comment. The purpose of this category is to expand the definition of a public figure to give greater latitude to freedom of the press in the name of good government. This was done by expanding the notion of matters relating to the public interest. The Court stated:
"To insist on court-established certainty in reporting on matters of public interest may have the effect not only of preventing communication of facts which a reasonable person would accept as reliable and which are important and relevant to public debate, but also of inhibiting political discourse and debate on matters of public importance, and impeding the cut and thrust of discussion necessary to the discovery of the truth."
And further:
"A defence that would allow publishers to escape liability if they can establish that they acted responsibly in attempting to verify the information on a matter of public interest represents a reasonable and proportionate response to the need to protect reputation while sustaining the public exchange of information that is vital to modern Canadian society. The law of defamation should therefore be modified to recognize a defence of responsible communication on matters of public interest."
Ultimately, what this means is that you get the same right to raise questions about the reputation of someone who creates a new public event, such as an annual jazz concert, as you do when covering the actions of a politician. Nonetheless, the communication about the individual or the event must be "responsible."
And here things get murky. A judge or a jury is allowed to consider eight factors in determining whether your statement is "responsible." The Court held the defence will apply where:
A. The publication is on a matter of public interest; and
B. The publisher was diligent in trying to verify the allegation, having regard to:
(a) the seriousness of the allegation;
(b) the public importance of the matter;
(c) the urgency of the matter;
(d) the status and reliability of the source;
(e) whether the plaintiff's side of the story was sought and immediately reported;
(f) whether the inclusion of the defamatory statement was justifiable;
(g) whether the defamatory statement's public interest lay in the fact that it was made in public rather than its truth ("reportage"); and
(h) any other relevant circumstances.
The news about this case is that you have an expanded right to make critical statements about public events and their producers, but the Court is not clear on how many of these criteria must be met to defeat the claim of libel. At the same time, factor (h) makes the defence potentially unlimited, thereby titling the playing field in favour of the journalist. At the very least, you should make these factors a checklist by which to judge your story when writing on a matter of public interest.
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Dissolve 2 tbsp. table salt and 4 tbsp. borax in 1 1/2 c. warm water.
Soak a 1-foot length of regular cotton kite string or twine in the solution for 15 minutes.
Hang the string with a clothespin for five days to be sure it is completely dry.
Use a paper clip to dip the string in melted wax three or four times, coating it completely. Hang it up to dry as before.
Store wicks rolled up in a newspaper.
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- Add 1 tsp. of one of the following chemicals for colored flames: strontium chloride for a brilliant red flame, boric acid for a deep red flame, calcium for a red-orange flame, calcium chloride for a yellow-orange flame, table salt for a bright yellow flame, borax for a yellow-green flame, copper sulfate (blue vitriol/bluestone) for a green flame, calcium chloride for a blue flame, potassium sulfate or potassium nitrate (saltpeter) for a violet flame or Epsom salt for a white flame.
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Re: evolution
Michael G from Cincinatti sent me the following in response to my post on evolution:
Evolution of man, the question has been made
Evolution and Creationism, dualities of ignorance,
Visit a curry house and you may find another answer,
Enlightenment there for both scientist and fundamentalist,
The idea that man, the poor creature he had been,
was given the spirit, gods uplifting his soul,
no conflict here with either side's part the answer,
for both are right, but maybe not right enough,
consider the knowledge, the creatation who we are,
men who could always do with a little more work.
For Scientist only, have you considered
intelligence is out there? Or do you think
we are the only ones with a test tube?
For Fundamentalist only, do you think god(s)
do only their own work? Or do you think the work
is done with a plan through god's creations?
For both look at the moon,
two eyes, a nose a mouth,
the face with a slight smile.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Of course, it is my blog, so I'll comment on this. Firstly, the "dualities of ignorance" are not quite so simple.
There are creationists who believe that evolution is the vehicle that god chose (for whatever reason), or that god guides evolution. There are evolutionists who believe that god is the first cause. Okay, if that's what floats your boat, fine.
To assume that there are scientists who are "ignorant" of god, well, I'm not so sure that's always the case, either. Many may be, but many still have actively questioned and pursued the question of god without arriving at any kind of satisfactory answer. And thus, they've rejected god.
I can't say the same about creationists who have pursued the question of evolution. Most of them read surface-level analyses like those of Harun Yahya and other "intelligent design" advocates, which are full of lies, misinformation and whatnot. Being a bona fide scientist and rejecting evolution is not quite so easy.


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