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Claris joined Arisaig in 2008 and is based in the Singapore office. A commerce graduate of the University of Queensland, she leads the firm's regulatory and compliance initiatives. Prior to joining Arisaig, she was a Compliance and Risk Analyst at Schroder Investment Management and an auditor at Deloitte & Touche.
Lara joined Arisaig Partners in February 2017 and is based in Singapore. She was a Compliance Officer at a European bank and an Operations Officer at a local private bank prior to joining Arisaig. She graduated with a Bachelor of Banking and Finance from the Murdoch University.
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Sheila joined Arisaig in July 2018 and is based in our Singapore office. Prior to joining Arisaig, Sheila worked in Citco Bank Nederlands Dublin and Citco Fund Services, Sydney and most recently managed an Investor Relations team at Citco Fund Services in Singapore, servicing the Alternative Assets space. Sheila has developed and maintained strong long-standing relationships with both Investment Managers and Investors from AsiaPac and Europe to North America. Sheila graduated from the University of Limerick, Ireland with a Bachelor in Business Studies, Economics and Finance, with a minor in Marketing.
Peronel graduated from RMIT with a major in Marketing. She started her Market Research career at STMicroelectronics and then moved over for a stint in Business Development before joining Arisaig's Singapore office in Investor Relations in 2011.
Brennon joined Arisaig Partners in May 2018 as Head of Operations and is based in the Singapore office. His career includes over 12 years within the alternative and traditional fund industry where he held senior executive roles overseeing fund administration operations and client relationship management with Citco and SS&C Fund Services prior to joining Arisaig Partners. He is a graduate of University of London and holds a Bachelor degree majoring in Accounting and Finance (with First Class Honours).
Elizabeth is a Singapore CA, holding an Accountancy Degree from Nanyang Technological University. She cut her teeth at PricewaterhouseCoopers, followed by a couple of software companies in the Accounting and Financial Reporting teams. Since joining Arisaig in 2005, she has covered a spectrum of areas from Accounting to Payroll. She now looks after the payroll/HR and Finance/Accounting side of the business.
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This movie is a real downer
This clip makes it look like there is a gun battle about to happen. In fact, throughout the documentary I keep expecting a gunfight to break out. There is no shortage of people that fall into the "He needed killin'" category, but they keep praying and not slaying. The movie would have been a lot shorter with me as the protagonist. One man would probably not make it against the entire ZANU-PF militia, but I'd have been shooting after the first 10 minutes. Like this guy.
Long story short, they threaten the guy and order him off his land and he tries to take the Government of Zimbabwe to court. The court delays and delays and delays. They get beat to a pulp. The court rules in their favor, and then thugs overrun the farm and burn it to the ground.
Here's a tip. All power is force. Any "power" that lacks the force necessary to require compliance is not power at all. A bunch of guys in pretty robes may make any "ruling" they like, but since they lack an army to shoot anyone who violates that ruling, they are pretty much worthless.


text: Total War has been a powerhouse in the real time strategy genre, and the team up with Warhammer is putting two top tier titles together. This trailer shows us that Dwarves will hold a grudge for a long time, especially when the king has a name like Thorgrim Grudgebearer. This trailer is all in engine and shows us animations that are in-game. We see new units and are now waiting to see the the fourth and final playable race detailed. When the Vampire Counts are shown off, expect to see it here.


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I thought it would be more realistic to send files to the cloud with a 9Mbps upstream speed but a 200MB file sent to Skydrive still took 6m 50s (3.7Mbps). Maybe that's reasonable and to be expected. It still, surely, has to be much better than via a 0.6Mbps connection!
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Rep. Steve King recently said something so frightening that we might as well start calling him Steven King, the New Master of Horror. What did King do? He voiced his support for Dutch politician Geert Wilders.
King publicized this horrific statement on Twitter last week:
Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies. https://t.co/4nxLipafWO
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) March 12, 2017
As is now standard operating procedure, media sources and the commentariat are running wild. Journalists have flown free from the concrete world of context into a realm of fancy, in which words mean whatever they want them to mean.
The Mistake: Falsely Equating Race and Culture
The Young Turks, a merry band of Lefties who get into fights with Alex Jones, are carping that King wants to "Make American White Again." Cenk Ugyur accused King of overt racism: "You're not talking about Western civilization, you're talking about white civilization, in your mind."
ThinkProgress dutifully cudgels King, saying, "King's original tweet closely dovetails language used by white nationalists to suggest that America needs more white people of European descent, and fewer Muslim and Latino immigrants."
The Left would have us believe that somehow all individuals and groups in the world and in America are interchangeable. They argue that, at heart, we are all the same and all want the same things. And anyone who questions the orthodoxy of "diversity is good" is a racist bigot.
Simply put, that's not true. Let's take a quick look at just one example.
We know that Western and Asian cultures tend to emphasize education, while much of so-called Hispanic and black cultures do not emphasize education. Thomas Sowell, in a book on education, noted that when young black men tried to get a good education, they were accused of "acting white" and "betraying the race."
Is it a betrayal of black identity to become educated? Thomas Sowell's existence serves to disprove this idiotic notion. Unless, of course, you accuse Sowell of being an Uncle Tom–which people sometimes do.
The Young Turks, white nationalists, and other groups are all committing the same mistake. They are confusing race and culture. They equate Western culture with the "white race," as though whiteness and Western society are interchangeable terms. This is not so.
Why Western Culture Has Succeeded
Western culture does not come from any race, or from any alleged racial characteristics. America did not succeed because of a preponderance of whites. It succeeded because of a large group of people shared a similar culture, language, and history.
One of Western culture's great strengths has been to adopt and adapt aspects of other cultures. We do so better than other cultures historically. We learned gunpowder from the Chinese, Hindu numerals from the Arabs, and how to plant corn from the Wampanoag. These cultural and social developments were identified as being of real value.
By contrast, other parts of the world have not been so flexible. For example, when Jesuits went to China, they brought with them the most advanced clocks Europe had to offer. However, rather than embrace this change, Chinese emperors and mandarins disdained the mechanical clock even though their water clocks were inferior time-tellers. One pair of scholars have written that Chinese cultural triumphalism "made China a reluctant improver and a bad learner…In effect, what was their to learn?"
Similarly, the Muslim world contributed mightily to the development of philosophy and the sciences throughout the medieval period. But the majority of the Muslim world buried itself in the Koran 800 years ago and has since contributed nothing apart from its religion. Turning from the rationalism of the Mutazilite branch of thinking, by the 14th century their lone great intellect was Ibn Khaldun, the great social scholar. Islam's great era of thought ended with Al-Ghazali who taught that "intellect should only be used to destroy trust in itself," as noted in The Closing of the Muslim Mind.
Why This Difference Matters
It doesn't matter what race of people live in a certain place. What matters is their culture. It is culture which instructs us in our social role. It imparts a sense of morality to us and provides the paragons whom we are meant to emulate. If a culture is good, the people who make it up are likely good as well. If a culture is evil, the same follows for those that make it up.
Steve King and Geert Wilders have said nothing that is not readily observable to anyone who isn't blinded by a belief that cultures are interchangeable. Demographics alone are not destiny. This is why Wilders and King emphasize demographics and culture.
Why should King or Wilders want to see mass migration from the Islamic world? Wilders has called to "make the Netherlands ours again." And he is not wrong to want this. Islamic societies have become dysfunctional and unjust in their treatment of women and religious minorities. Calling a woman pretty gets you called sexist in the West, but Muslims still mutilate their daughters, keep them locked up like livestock, and murder them for the audacity of dating non-Muslims.
Cultures are not exchangeable, and neither are people. If Sweden or Holland become Muslim-majority nations, we can expect to see more social pathology, death, crime, and chaos. This isn't because the people are bad, but because the culture they are a part of has serious problems.
The same is true of the United States.


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Our future may be a bit more fragile than "Anti-fragile", if the latest warnings from Nassim Taleb and Stanley Druckenmiller prove correct.
The pair recently sat down with Bloomberg TV to voice their concerns over America's social and economic strains. Taleb believes we are still loaded down with the unsafe systemic risks and toxic leaders of our recent past. Druckemiller sees a crisis "worse than 2008" ahead.
We have their full interviews for you here, so let's jump right in.
Nassim Taleb feels we are at a point where we have not learned or benefited from the mistakes of our recent financial crisis. This has made our society more susceptible to fragility and will deepen the effects of future crises.
Moral hazard has increased as bankers have paid themselves larger bonuses with our (taxpayers') money. Quantitative easing has lifted asset prices. Median incomes, and the average person's standard of living, have been dropping while the top tier of society ("the 1 percent of the 1 percent") has been absorbing the lion's share of recent economic growth.
As Taleb puts it, we are now paying for the bad debts and disastrous trades made by irresponsible, bailed-out parties in the last cycle. We have transferred private problems and failures into public problems by transforming private debt into public debt.
In order to improve our situation and ensure future prosperity, we need to face our mistakes and make our regulations and tax codes less complex. Complex regulations are a boon to lawyers and big businesses who game the laws to their benefit. To quote Taleb, we need "sound, minimal regulations and more skin in the game (personal liability) for those who make mistakes.".
Recently retired from running public money, star hedge fund manager, Stanley Druckenmiller has stepped back into the spotlight to warn of a looming entitlement spending crisis in the USA.
"Every once in a while, the world of investing and what's going on in the country will intersect".
Druckenmiller recounts his conversations with US officials about previous storms on the financial horizon. Based on his past experiences, he figured it was better to keep quiet and manage his investors' money than get caught up in public debates over politically sensitive issues, like the fallout from the 2000s housing bubble.
He now feels he needs to speak out to warn citizens about a coming bust of America's demographic bubble. Druckenmiller notes that in 2030, the average population of the USA will be older than the average Floridian is now. "I don't know about the timing of when markets will respond to this, but I know it will happen based on the fundamentals.".
Stan also offers his thoughts on the valuation of the equity markets, bonds, risk assets and zero rates, and competitive currency devaluations. "Every single major country is now running stimulative monetary policies, basically modeled after the Fed.".
One great piece of investing advice from Stanley Druckenmiller (and a recurring theme in this interview): "You've got to think in an open minded fashion and look out into the future to judge companies [and stock prices]. Try and imagine the world 18-24 months from now and not the way it is today. Then think about where securities prices will be to reflect that view".
Related posts:
1. Victor Sperandeo exclusive interview: gold, inflation, and trading the QE wave.
2. Nassim Taleb on Antifragile at Google.
3. Jim Rogers on Street Smarts and outsized returns.
Saturday, March 02, 2013
Nassim Taleb, Stan Druckenmiller talk crisis on Bloomberg TV
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A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a man in Barmulloch at the weekend.
Mario Tony Capuano (28) was fatally injured after allegedly being stabbed when he answered his door in Quarrywood Road at 2.15pm on Sunday, October 8.
A 28 year-old man has been arrested and is presently detained in police custody.
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Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.
My music has to do with beauty, and it's intended to, if not lift the spirits, then be a kind of a balm to the spirits.
The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
A 'real pastor' is not preaching of their own; they are speaking what God put in their heart by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is using them at that very moment to speak to the congregations situations -past, present, and future.
With the right to vote, our choice should be for the Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us.
Peace is a gift that is embodied through the Holy Spirit through the acceptance of Christ.
Believe it or not, when you fast in the Spirit, God makes you more equipped to deal with hunger, irritability, and temptation.
Although, the flesh is weak, the Spirit of God is always willing, and He makes us able.
I have made myself what I am. And I would that I could make the red people as great as the conceptions of my own mind, when I think of the Great Spirit that rules over us all.
Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.
As a kid, there was a painting of 'Appeal to the Great Spirit' that I would see when I would get oatmeal bowls out of the cupboard. This painting, it was so real to me that it frightened me.
Somehow, I've been blessed to be able to have the young spirit inside - not feel like every year I get a year older. I feel like every year I get a year younger. I don't wake up in the morning with aches and pains.
I think that growth and spiritual awareness come in slow increments. Sometimes you don't know it's happening.
Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.
A Christian school should be a place where young men and young women go through a period of spiritual formation and development so that they come out incredibly more proficient at living out their calling than they would have been had they not gone to school.
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I'm frustrated with the presidential election, with Trump, with what he's passing and repealing in Congress. But I'm just as frustrated with the swath of educated liberals who hide their inaction toward politically-fired subjects, like equality, behind the curtain of "I'm on the light side."
The election unfortunately forced us into a binary decision, painted in media and memes of the "light side" vs the "dark side." It's a tribal effect, the need to identify with a social group to survive. In that social group, you find strength in numbers. You live in that group and think like that group. You're safe. And you become complacent.
The election was 8 months ago.
Our world, our news, our own commentary still revolves around what The Other Pack said and what they've done. We haven't moved beyond WE ARE PACK mentality. We're comfortable that we've self-identified with the light side (because our own side is always the light side) and throw up the shield "I'm not them, I'm better." We comment on how we can't believe what The Other Pack did, profess that we know a better solution, and then leave it at those words without examining whether we actually embody those ideals ourselves.
It's like two squabbling kids, "she stole my toy!" and "but he stole my toy back and called me names." One may have done more wrong, but it doesn't dissolve the other party from all blame.
A social media example
My point, which I thought was clear, was that no one in the room raised their voice to correct Trump. Yet every single response to my post except one (from a woman) was to criticize Trump.
Let's take politics out of our daily rhetoric so we can see issues from a new perspective, beyond the light vs. dark side.
Yes, Trump should've acknowledged Sandy Magnus. Sandy should've said something herself at the time, and she shouldn't have brushed it off afterward. But every single person in that room was silent. And I fault them for being "wrong" just as much as I fault Trump--they're Cabinet members, the first man to step on the moon--role models that our children look up to.
I've seen this common theme in social media posts, in conversation, and in the workplace. People are eager to join in and criticize The Other Pack, incredulous of such atrocities, without inspecting their own [in]actions and speaking up.
I pick on the "swath of educated liberals" because I live in the Silicon Valley hub of forward-thinking Democrats. Yes, the area's the leader for companies supporting womens rights, though it's still far from truly equal: sexual harassment cases are just coming to media light this year, companies like Google are being investigated by the Labor Department for unequal pay, and data's being published like female founders being underfunded compared to men ($0.77 to the dollar and dropping) yet code written by women is accepted more often than men's only when their gender is indeterminate from their screenname.
In the same vein, it's my friends, my coworkers, those in this liberal Silicon Valley hub, who exude an entitled air thinking they're more educated than half the country, who profess to know what's best for everyone, who are dumbfounded that others can have different views. I've witnessed:
- A mother telling her daughter "I wasn't good at math either." [Can I get a "but I tried hard..."?]
- A father telling his son not to cry like a girl
- Managers not speaking up when a woman in the room is constantly being talked over
- Coworkers not speaking up when they know there's a huge pay difference between an equivalent, entry-level man vs woman
- Groups of guys on climbing trips with their girlfriends capitalizing everyone's time on climbs they want to do, and their girls capitulating even though they're inwardly disappointed and want to climb in a different area more suited to their ability
- Women not standing up for themselves and brushing pay difference off
- Coworkers not being more empathetic when a woman needs time off for maternity leave--all the outward congratulations and time off are given, but it affects their written language and support 6 months later when they're writing her performance review
To be clear, I respect that people may have different opinions on womens rights, race, sexual orientation, healthcare, taxes, public lands, abortion and I can have an engaging conversation, even if I disagree. What I'm calling out is the arrogance of pointing fingers while exhibiting those same behaviors that you denounce. That's pretty much the definition of a hypocrite. But at least a well-intentioned one.
A bias-free future
If we take political charge out of daily issues, I bet we'll all be less stressed about the political atmosphere, see daily incidents in a new light, and feel good about our own action in response to those incidents.
After all, Silicon Valley is way too stressful before you add politics into it.


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Boss explains Millwall striker selection at Bolton
MILLWALL boss Neil Harris explained that Tom Elliott's form in training merited a starting spot – before the big striker scored at Bolton on Tuesday night to help propel the Lions into sixth in the Championship.
Elliott, 27, notched his sixth of the season by heading home a cross from Ben Marshall, who scored the clinching second after the break.
Elliott's last start was at Hull City, also in place of Steve Morison, and his goal at The Macron Stadium was his first since the epic 4-3 win over Leeds in January.
"That was only my second change in 11 games and it's been the same change, Moro out and Tom in," Harris said. "I've got a group at the moment with everyone wanting to play.
"Everyone is right at it. Tom has looked good in training, scored a lot of goals on the training pitch. He looked ready. A lot of them looked ready but I went for Tom for this one.
"I was pleased I did because he scored a great header. He's excellent in both boxes. When you play against a Phil Parkinson side you need to be aggressive and try to dominate both penalty areas because they are very good in those areas.
"Tom was really good in our six-yard box as well, he made some really good defensive headers."
It was the first time in six league games Harris had got the better of a Phil Parkinson side in a regular league game.
"Last year they beat us twice," Harris said. "They work hard, they play for their manager. We knew it was going to be a tough game. Playing against any team at this stage of the season is tough.
"As much as I thought we helped them in the first half hour with some strange decisions, they were very good. I thought we gave them a leg-up with a couple of our decisions on the ball in the middle of the pitch.
"We gave encouragement to their fans to get behind them. But once we got in front our management of the game was outstanding. The way we dealt with their threats was really pleasing.
"Second half I never felt that we were going to lose control, I thought we completely dominated."
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Eingelegt in Apfelessig, zusammen mit Honig und etwas Zucker, verfeinert mit einer Zimtstange, Kuemmel, Malabarpfeffer und anderem..
Pickled in apple cider vinegar, honey and some sugar, together with cinnamon, cumin, Malabar pepper and other ingredients...
Beef brisket and pulled pork is just what Brussels needed; a Texas BBQ place where no vegetarian would set foot in, where you can enjoy meat with that unique smoky taste along with a homemade barbecue sauce and enjoy along with a cold lager.
Soup. Soup can be quite a boring dish, but when prepared well and with the right spices it can be a unique experience. Especially Asian soups with lots of spices and interesting ingredients are something that many people, me included, are crazy about.
When we arrived in front of Nonbe Daigaku on a rainy Saturday evening (Hello Brussels!), I was a bit hesitant whether this was really the place that looked so nice on the pictures I had previously seen. There was a big phone number made from red tape, glued to the window, a not too inviting entrance door and a quite worn-down facade.
You can also read the article here on 'The Brussels Express'
Natural wine - what is that? Normally, this means that the wine is produced without any chemical additives, like sulphites. As soon as even a small quantity of these is added (at bottling for example) one speaks of organic wines and not natural anymore. But lines are blurred here and there is no strict regulation, which is why one natural can differ to some extent from another one.
I am always a bit scared to go back to restaurants twice. It happened too many time already that when coming back the food wasn't as good, because the cook had a bad day, or the service wasn't as nice as the first time I went, or the restaurant has decided to change its interior entirely, sometimes to a worse in my opinion. It's some kind of non-fulfillment of expectations anxiety. But on the other hand, like this I can be really certain to recommend a restaurant: when it was great many times.
Maastricht. A small, enchanting city in the South of the Netherlands that immediately catches you with its charm. It's the birthplace of the European Union and reachable from Brussels by train in less than two hours. On weekends you even get a 50% discount on train tickets. While it's quite evident where to walk around, because the city is quite small, I want to give you a few tips where to eat and where to linger for a cup of coffee.
Zubereitet in 5 Minuten und fertig gebacken in 25. Das perfekte Schnell-Rezept, wenn's mal schnell gehen muss. Der perfekte Notfall Plan!
A recipe that's prepared in 5 minutes and baked in 25. The perfect quickie, if you're in the unexpected and desperate need of a dessert.
Ein simples Gericht für warme Sommernächte.
A simple, light dish for warm summer nights.
Frühkartoffeln mit Räucherlachs in Joghurtsauce
Zutaten für 2 Personen:
600g Frühkartoffeln, in Salzwasser gekocht bis sie weich sind
150g Räucherlachs
150g Naturjoghurt
3EL Mayonnaise
2 Frühlingszwiebeln, feingehackt
4EL frischen, grob gehackten Dill
1/2 TL frisches Maldon Sea Salt, oder andere Meersalzflocken
1/2 TL frisch gemahlenen Pfeffer
1/2 Zitrone, in Scheiben geschnitten
1. Joghurt, Mayonnaise, Frühlingszwiebeln, Dill, Salz und Pfeffer vermischen. Räucherlachs auf zwei Teller aufteilen. Warme Kartoffeln ebenfalls auf den Teller geben, Joghurtsauce darübergeben, Zitronensaft über den Lachs träufeln und servieren.
New Potatoes with Smoked Salmon and Joghurtsauce
Ingredients for 2 persons:
600g new potatoes, cooked in salted water until soft
150g smoked salmon
150g natural yoghurt
3tbsp mayonnaise
2 scallions, finely chopped
4tbsp fresh, roughly chopped dill
1/2 tsp fresh Maldon sea salt, or other coarse sea salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
1/2 fresh lemon, cut in slices
1. Mix yoghurt, mayonnaise, scallions, dill, salt, pepper. Divide smoked salmon on two plates. Place warm potatoes on the plate and add yoghurtsauce. Drizzle with lemon juice, serve immediately.
Manchmal muss es ausser Kartoffel- und Nudelsalat als Grillbeilage auch mal etwas Leichteres geben. Deshalb also heute dieses fruchtig-frische Rezept, welches auch farblich sehr ansprechend ist. Es ist schnell zubereitet und passt auch perfekt auf eine frische Scheibe Brot.
A fresh and fruity salad is what you sometimes crave most for, on hot and sunny days in summer. That's why I share my recipe for this easy and quick salad with you. It's also delicious on a piece of fresh bread.
'La Buvette' has been far up on my to-do list since I moved to Brussels in November. The old butchery that was turned into a stylish restaurant, serving beautifully looking dishes, seemed like a place that I could like. It also reminded me of some places that I used to go to when I lived in Paris. The chef Nicolas Scheidt from Alsace and co-chef Damien Brunet from Bretagne, do a great job representing French inspired cuisine in Brussels.
Wo gehe ich essen? Was sind meine Lieblingsrestaurants? Bars? Cafes? Ihr seid in Barcelona, Stockholm, Paris, London, Bruessel, Warschau oder woanders und wisst nicht wo ihr essen gehen sollt?
Schaut euch alle Orte auf meinem Instagram Account an, die ihr nicht auf meinem Blog findet!!
Where do I eat? What are my favourite restaurants? Bars? Cafes? You're in Barcelona, Stockholm, Paris, London, Brussels, Warsaw or somewhere else and don't know where to go?
Check out all places on my Instagram account that you can't find here!!
Schaut euch alle Orte auf meinem Instagram Account an, die ihr nicht auf meinem Blog findet!!
Where do I eat? What are my favourite restaurants? Bars? Cafes? You're in Barcelona, Stockholm, Paris, London, Brussels, Warsaw or somewhere else and don't know where to go?
Check out all places on my Instagram account that you can't find here!!
Ich sehe was, was ihr nicht seht und das ist grün. Avocado Pasta it is! Cremige Avocado-Cashew Creme mit frischen Tagliatelle.
Fancy pasta? Avocado as well? Well, try this recipe where both are combined into a perfectly creamy and delicious sauce.
Heute mal wieder ein leichtes Fruehstucksrezept: Feine Haferflocken mit selbstgemachter Kokosmilch (oh, ja!), Himbeeren, Rosenwasser und Honig oder Ahornsirup.
Today I got an easy and quick breakfast recipe for you. Porridge with selfmade coconut water, raspberries, rose water and honey or maple syrup.
New year, new spot. La Figoule, located quite towards the end of Avenue Louise, not far from Bois de la Cambre, is a new restaurant that popped up about four months ago.
40 years old. That's quite something, isn't it?! To be precise, it's the age of a lovely Portuguese restaurant in St Gilles, Brussels, called Coimbra.
This post is certainly not for vegetarians. Or maybe it is, because if you see this delicious piece of steak it might make you want to eat meat again.
Ist es schon wieder soweit? Laut diverser Ratgeber und Kochbücher ist ab Anfang/Mitte April Beginn der Rhabarberzeit. Das lange grün-rote Gemüse (ja, es ist keine Frucht) darf ab jetzt wieder im Kompott landen, in Kuchen und wo ihr es sonst noch gerne hättet. Der Kuchen ist mit Dinkelmehl gebacken, also ein wenig gesünder, als wenn er aus Weizenmehl wäre.
It's that time of the year again - for Rhubarb! I've missed all those cakes and compotes already and am very happy to share this litte recipe with you today. Also, this cake is made from spelt flour, so a bit healthier than it would be if it was made from wheat flour.
Weil Kochen mit Freunden mehr Spass macht. Man kann sich die Arbeit teilen, alles geht schneller und es schmeckt auch direkt besser, wenn man sein Essen in der grossen Runde isst un teilt. Dazu ein oder zwei Glässchen Wein und dem Spass steht nichts mehr im Wege.
Because cooking with friends is more fun. You can share the work, it's faster and everything tastes better with good company. Add a glas of wine or two and the fun can begin.
I think whoever invented brunch is a genius. Mixing the best parts of breakfast with the best features of lunch and combining them into one delicious meal. Getting up late on a weekend (hangovered or not), putting on some lazy clothes and starting into the day with: coffee. Oh yes, before I had my coffee you shouldn't try to start any kind of conversation with me. Not because I'll be mean (ok, maybe sometimes), but simply because I can't stop thinking about that perfect drink in my hands. After coffee I am in for everything and anything. Pancakes with fried egg, maple syrup and bacon?! Oh, yes! Chicken & sweet waffles and some more sweet maple syrup on top?! Now we're talking! Truffled eggs toast with runny egg, melted cheese and truffle oil?! Get into my belly!
Hi, I'm Kaja, I'm German and I like bread. At least that's the cliché and I am definitely meeting it. Living a year in Paris didn't change this situation, it made it even worse. A dinner without a piece of baguette or nice piece of bread?! Impossible! Dipped in the remaining sauce of the main course (which is a do in some countries and a don´t in others, but if I like a dish I want to finish it to the bitter end!) or to accompany some cheese at the end of a meal, doesn't matter, it's an essential part.
Ofen gerösteter Knoblauch macht viele Gerichte zu etwas Besonderem, es verleiht diesen einzigartigen Geschmack, der unverwechselbar ist.
BEWARE! You´re about to enter a page that reveals a recipe to some very addictive cinnamon buns.
ACHTUNG! Ihr seid dabei zu einem Rezept zu gelangen, welches höchst abhängig macht.
I was a bit sceptic when I re-moved to Brussels. I lived here four years ago, for two months and to be honest, I wasn't a big fan. It was grey, rainy and not very exciting. To be fair, though, I wasn't in town for a single weekend, escaping to Berlin, Paris or Maastricht whenever I could.
This has now changed. I'm "stuck" here for a bit longer and I don't mind this at all. I have started looking for cafés, restaurants, bars and other nice places and I was quite surprised what Brussels has to offer.
Deutsch: Comfort food für die kalten Tage, oder, wenn es mal schnell gehen muss. Ob mit Freunden, oder alleine, dieses Gericht bereitet einem immer Freude!
English: Italian comfort food for the cold days. Doesn't matter if it's a dinner for one, or you're having friends over to cook for. This dish is quick, easy and always a pleasure!
- Scuza for the bad photo quality: my good camera isn't in Brussels with me!


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They tell us Hollywood just wants to make money. To the extent that's true, they only make that kind of movie to underwrite financial losers like this. The anti-Christian Left has used Hollywood to wage their war of destruction on Christianity for the last 50 years or so. Thus far, the Nihilists have focused their efforts on safe and easy targets like evangelicals and the Pope. As a young Lib, I generally managed to find safe passage among the Left even though I was a Christian, but only after persuading them of the fact that I wasn't "that kind of Christian"— meaning the kind of Christian that actually stands up to the Left's culture-destroying agenda. The more passive brand of Christianity of which I was a member at the time generally had been spared the Leftist onslaught. But only temporarily it now turns out. With the character assassination of conservative Christianity thoroughly accomplished in the popular perception, it was only a matter of time before the Gramciist Left turned their sights on…Episcopalians? lol
Watch for 'Crazy Christian' Sucker Punches in 'Stone'
If there's one thing criminals generally do well, it's instinctively spot another's inner demons and then mess with their minds to exploit them. In "Stone" (in theaters now), that street psychologist is the incarcerated arsonist Gerald "Stone" Creeson (Edward Norton) and his prey is Jack Maybrey (Robert De Niro), the prison parole officer who will decide whether Stone gets out early or stays in the bar hotel for his full stretch. But while their mind game is going on between characters in front of the camera, there's another one playing the audience from behind the lens. For the words the actors are saying and the situations they are in have been intentionally scripted by director John Curran and writer Angus MacLachlan to sell their own apparent nihilism, according to Norton at a Q&A I attended.
"John told me we have to do this film now while things are bad," Norton said. "We have to show that traditional establishments like religion and marriage that people have relied on for truth have failed them." Curran does that by showing those institutions as hypocrisies that are the refuge of hypocrites like Maybrey, a deeply flawed, nasty man who, in his heart, may be little better than the convicts he judges for early release.
A flashback prologue shows young Maybrey sitting in a Lazy Boy and sipping whiskey while watching golf on TV. When his wife says she's leaving because "you imprison my soul" amid the buzz of a metaphorical angry bee swarm, Maybrey threatens to kill their baby daughter unless she promises to stay. She does. Thirty years later, Maybrey is still sipping whiskey in the same Lazy Boy and watching golf on the same TV — at least when he and his wife (Frances Conroy) aren't attending Episcopalian church services and reading Bible verses to each other. In his car, in one of the believability disconnects that betray the Curran/MacLachlan agenda, Maybrey augments those passages by listening to the kind of "Brother Al's Hellfire and Brimstone Belchin' Beat the Hades Outa Beelzebub's Sneaky Serpent Send Me Yo Money Church of the Almighty Me" radio that no High Whiskeypalian (whenever four are gathered in His name, there is a fifth) that I ever encountered during my years in that church would sit through.
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I AM Festival
Indianapolis, IN
The 10th Annual IAM Festival -Indiana's Suzuki Institute- gives students the opportunity to learn, play and perform in a fun and unique summer camp setting. We invite you and your students to join us in Indy in July.
What happens during the week?
Every day, students attend lessons and classes. Mornings (8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) are devoted to core music classes – semi-private lessons, repertoire study, orchestra (early reading and advanced), and music theory. Afternoon (1 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.), students have the opportunity to take electives including family chorus, jazz, fiddling, handbells, composition, music/movement, voice, gymnastics, Tae Kwon Do, and visual arts.
During the week, well-prepared students perform in our 4:30 p.m. recitals. We also offer a trip to a nearby park for a performance by local professional musicians.
On Thursday evening, students, faculty, and families participate in our Talent Show and Skit Night! Special performances by fiddling and martial arts classes!
Friday is performance day! Students of all ages and abilities may play on a recital, and all of our ensembles and some group classes perform in our final concert. The festival ends with a traditional Suzuki play-in featuring our string students.
July 2020
For Students
- Jul 13 – 17, 2020 IAM Festival Student Institute
For Teachers Instructor Audition
- Jul 11, 2020 Every Child Can!
- Jul 12, 2020 Body Mapping Jankowski
Hasten Hebrew Academy of Indianapolis
6602 Hoover Rd
Indianapolis IN 46260
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Ann Sloan, Co-Director
Phone: 317-299-3590
Fax: 317-479-3123
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- Application must be submitted in the prescribed form, together with a recent colour photograph (passport size).
- A resume summarizing the applicant's accomplishments, the impact of those accomplishments and supporting documents, should be submitted with the application.
- Interviews will be arranged at the discretion of the Selection Committee.
- CIMS reserves the right to withdraw or revoke any award that has been made or presented.
- Application fee of US $50 . (The application fee is non-refundable).


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Viral Hepatitis Testing
Effective Date: January 1, 2012
Recommendations and Topics
- Scope
- General considerations
- Risk factors
- Types of viral hepatitis
- Diagnosis
- Rationale
- References
- Resources
- Abbreviations
This guideline provides guidance for the use of laboratory tests to diagnose acute and chronic viral hepatitis in adults (≥ 19 years) in the primary care setting.
General Considerations for Ordering Laboratory Tests
Prior to ordering tests for hepatitis, consider the patient's history, age, risk factors (see below), hepatitis vaccination status, and any available previous hepatitis test results.
Risk Factors for Viral Hepatitis include:
- Substance use (includes sharing, drug snorting, smoking or injection equipment)
- High-risk sexual activity or sexual partner with viral hepatitis
- Travel to or from high-risk hepatitis endemic areas or exposure during a local outbreak
- Immigration from hepatitis B and/or C endemic countries
- Household contact with an infected person especially if personal items (e.g., razors, toothbrushes, nail clippers) are shared
- Recipient of unscreened blood products*
- Needle-stick injury or other occupational exposure (e.g., healthcare workers)
- Children born to mothers with chronic hepatitis B or C infection
- Attendance at daycare
- Contaminated food or water (hepatitis A only)
- Tattoos and body piercing
- History of incarceration
- HIV or other sexually transmitted infection
- Hemodialysis
*screening of donated blood products for hepatitis C (anti-HCV) began in 1990 in Canada.1
Types of Viral Hepatitis
Hepatitis A: causes acute but not chronic hepatitis
Hepatitis B: causes acute and chronic hepatitis
Hepatitis C: causes chronic hepatitis but rarely manifests as acute hepatitis
Hepatitis D: rare and only occurs in patients infected with hepatitis B
Hepatitis E: clinically similar to hepatitis A, mostly restricted to endemic areas and occasionally causes chronic infection in immunosuppressed people
Others: e.g., Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV, Mononucleosis) and Cytomegalovirus (CMV) are not addressed within this guideline
Table 1: Diagnostic Testing2
* Patients with a history of prior vaccine induced immunity (anti-HBs >10mIU/mL) will be protected from infection when exposed to HBV or display a booster (anamnestic) antibody response when revaccinated. If a resolved HBV infection is a consideration, order an anti-HBc total in addition to an anti-HBs. Occasionally some HBV carriers may be both HBsAg and anti-HBs reactive. These persons should be considered infectious.
Table 2: Interpretation of Results
Diagnosis of HBV infection is usually through serological and virological markers. The incubation period of HBV infection ranges from 1 to 4 months, and has a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations.3
The results of hepatitis B serologic testing and their corresponding interpretation are shown in Table 3.
Table 3: Hepatitis B Virology Results
+ = reactive; - = non-reactive
* patients with these test profiles can be vaccinated for hepatitis B.
There were 31 reported cases of hepatitis A in British Columbia in 2009 for an incidence of 0.7 per 100,000. A large proportion of hepatitis A cases continue to be identified in persons who have travelled to countries where hepatitis A is common, but were not immunized prior to travel.5 Hepatitis A is usually self-limited, but may be fatal. It does not lead to chronic disease.
In 2009, there were 27 laboratory confirmed cases of acute hepatitis B in British Columbia (0.6 per 100,000) 5. In contrast, there were 1311 reported cases of chronic or undetermined hepatitis B cases (29.5 per 100,000).4 The majority of infections are in persons who have emigrated from a country where hepatitis B is endemic.4 Universal hepatitis B vaccine became available in BC for grade 6 students in 1992, and the infant program was introduced province-wide in 2001.4
Long-term efficacy and booster policy for hepatitis B vaccines have often been a topic of discussion.6 Studies of long-term protective efficacy have yet to determine whether booster doses of vaccine are ever needed. However, routine boosters in immunocompetent persons are generally not necessary. Persons who have had a previously demonstrated protective antibody level will not contract the disease when exposed to HBV, whether or not the antibody is still detectable, because immune memory persists.7 Please see the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) for further information. For current vaccination guidelines, please refer to the BCCDC, www.bccdc.ca.
In 2009, a total of 2,444 cases of hepatitis C were reported for an rate of 54.9 per 100,000.5 Hepatitis C is usually a chronic slowly progressive disease which may progress to cirrhosis and liver cancer after a few decades. Hepatitis C antibodies are not protective and usually indicate active infection. There is no vaccination against hepatitis C.
With the increasing curability of hepatitis C with antiviral therapy and effective hepatitis B antiviral treatments chronically infected hepatitis B or C patients should be considered for referral and treatment. Specific treatments and monitoring are beyond the scope of this guideline.
Hepatitis D and E infections are uncommon in Canada and often in the realm of specialty care.
- Canadian Blood Services. www.bloodservices.ca c1998-2011 cited 2011 May 30. Available fromhttp://www.bloodservices.ca/CentreApps/Internet/UW_V502_MainEngine.nsf/page/E_Hepatitis?OpenDocument
- Hamilton Regional Microbiology Laboratory Protocol for Viral Hepatitis Testing. September 20, 2010.
- Kao, JH. Diagnosis of hepatitis B virus infection through serological and virological markers. Expert Rev. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 2(4), 553-562 (2008).
- BCCDC Public Health Microbiology & Reference Laboratory, PHSA Laboratories Guide to Programs and Services. September 2010. Available from: www.phsa.ca/AgenciesAndServices/Services/PHSA-Labs/About-PHSA-Labs/BCCDC-Public-Health-Microbiology-Lab.htm
- British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. BC 2009 Annual Summary of Reportable Diseases. [Annual Report] 2010; Aug 18 Available from: www.bccdc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/13B44CDB-740F-4417-90C2-495F6B2424C8/0/2009_CD_Annual_Report_r1.pdf (PDF, 15.6MB)
- Van Damme P, Van herck K. A review of the long-term protection after hepatitis A and B vaccination. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2007: 5; 79-84.
- Public Health Agency of Canada. Canadian Immunization Guide 2006. Available from: www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cig-gci/p04-hepb-eng.php#boost
- British Columbia Centre of Disease Control www.bccdc.ca
- BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS www.cfenet.ubc.ca
- Centers for Disease Control www.cdc.gov
- HealthLinkBC www.healthlinkbc.ca
- Public Health Agency of Canada www.phac-aspc.gc.ca
List of Abbreviations
|Alanine transaminase
|Centre for Disease Control
|Epstein-Barr Virus
|Public Health Agency of Canada
|World Health Organization
|Hepatitis A virus
|Hepatitis B virus
|Hepatitis C virus
This guideline is based on scientific evidence current as of the Effective Date.
This guideline was developed by the Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee, approved by the British Columbia Medical Association and adopted by the Medical Services Commission.
The principles of the Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee are to:
Disclaimer The Clinical Practice Guidelines (the "Guidelines") have been developed by the Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee on behalf of the Medical Services Commission. The Guidelines are intended to give an understanding of a clinical problem and outline one or more preferred approaches to the investigation and management of the problem. The Guidelines are not intended as a substitute for the advice or professional judgment of a health care professional, nor are they intended to be the only approach to the management of clinical problems. We cannot respond to patients or patient advocates requesting advice on issues related to medical conditions. If you need medical advice, please contact a health care professional.


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Salmonella 2014 Outbreaks (Food, Pets, Animals, Herbs, Labs)
Salmonella bacteria mainly cause food poisoning illnesses that more commonly occurs in summer. These bacteria may be acquired from a range of foods, contaminated water and by handling tainted products. It often leads to small outbreaks throughout the year. Organizations like the Center for Disease Control (CDC) keeps track of these outbreaks and regularly reports findings and issues warnings to the public. Salmonellosis (the disease caused by Salmonella bacteria) can lead to life-threatening complications which can be avoided with prompt treatment of the infection. However, the purpose of tracking and reporting outbreaks is to prevent Salmonella infection before it occurs.
About Salmonella Infection
Salmonella are a group of gram-negative bacteria. It includes several species which can be broadly categorized as typhoid Salmonella or non-typhoid Salmonella. The former causes typhoid fever while the latter is limited to gastrointestinal disturbances that is typically labeled as food poisoning or bacterial gastroenteritis.
Salmonellosis typically lasts for about 4 to 7 days. Recovery is often spontaneous without the need for medical treatment. It is more likely to be severe and lead to serious complications in children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems (immune compromised). Most cases of salmonellosis are never reported to a doctor. It is usually passed off as food poisoning and managed conservatively at home with bed rest and plenty of fluids.
Despite the fact that salmonellosis can resolve on its own without treatment, it is considered to be the deadliest of all foodborne infections. However, death from Salmonella infection is still considered to be rare in the United States, with the disease killing less than 1 out of 100 people who are infected every year. The highest incidence of death from salmonellosis in the United States is seen in nursing homes and hospitals.
Picture of Salmonella bacteria
Summer Is Salmonella Season
Salmonellosis, or salmonella poisoning as it is often referred to, can occur at any time in the year. However, it is most common in summer for several reasons. Summer means warmer environmental temperatures, both indoors and outdoors. Warmth promotes bacterial growth and thereby increases the chance of these bacteria contaminating food.
Picnics and other outdoor eating recreational activities tends to occur more frequently in summer where food may be sitting outside of the refrigerator for longer periods. Food is eaten at room temperature during these activities rather than being heated before eating. This means that the bacteria that may have multiplied and contaminated the food, are not destroyed.
Salmonella Outbreaks in 2014
Thus far there have been seven reported Salmonella outbreaks in the United States, according to the CDC. Salmonella is primarily spread through contaminated food, with eggs and poultry being the main culprits. However, it can be spread through many other foods including ground meat, processed foods and fruits and vegetables. Some of the outbreaks of 2014 were also associated with pets and herbs.
Raw Cashew Cheese Salmonella Outbreak
- Food: Raw cashew cheese is a non-dairy product made of crushed raw cashew nuts and other ingredients.
- Source: Raw cashew cheese (6 varieties) produced the The Culture Kitchen with an expiry date of 19 April 2014 or earlier.
- Strain: Salmonella Stanley
- CDC Link: www.cdc.gov/salmonella/stanley-01-14/index.html
The outbreak was traced back to certain batches of raw cashew cheese produced by the abovenamed manufacturer. There were 17 people reported to have been infected with this outbreak strain. Most infections were reported in California. It led to 3 hospitalizations but no deaths have been reported.
Mechanically Separated Chicken Salmonella Outbreak
- Food: Mechanically separated chicken product.
- Source: Approximately 34,000 pounds of Tyson brand mechanically separated chicken.
- Strain: Salmonella Heidelberg
- CDC Link: www.cdc.gov/salmonella/heidelberg-01-14/index.html
The outbreak was traced back to mechanically separated chicken products from the abovenamed manufacturer at a correctional facility in Tennessee. It led to 9 people falling ill and 2 requiring hospitalization but there were no deaths. Although the same strain was isolated in outbreaks in 15 other states, the source in these cases could not be identified.
Pet Bearded Dragons Salmonella Outbreak
- Animal: Pet bearded dragons.
- Strains: Salmonella Cotham and Salmonella Kisarawe
- CDC Link: www.cdc.gov/salmonella/cotham-04-14/index.html
The outbreak was traced back to contact with pet bearded dragons purchased from multiple pet stores across 35 states. By early June 2014, 150 reported cases were recorded and most patients were children of 5 years or age or younger. The hospitalization rate was 43% and no deaths were reported. The vast majority of cases were due to Salmonella Cotham.
Live Poultry Salmonella Outbreak
- Animal: Chicks, ducklings and other live poultry.
- Source: Mt. Health Hatcheries (Ohio)
- Strains: Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Newport, or Salmonella Hadar.
- CDC Link: www.cdc.gov/salmonella/live-poultry-05-14/index.html
The outbreak was traced back to contact with live poultry (chicks, ducklings and other) that were sourced from the abovenamed hatchery. By late June 2014 there were 251 people reported to have been infected. The hospitalization rate was 32% and not deaths were reported. Infections were reported across 37 U.S. states.
Frozen Feeder Rodents Salmonella Outbreak
- Animal: Feeder rodents (mice, rats and other rodents) used for feeding reptiles, amphibians and birds of prey.
- Source: Frozen feeder rodents packaged by Reptile Industries, Inc.
- Strains: Salmonella Typhimurium
- CDC Link: www.cdc.gov/salmonella/typhimurium-rodents-05-14/index.html
The outbreak was linked to contact with frozen feeder rodents packaged by the abovenamed company. It resulted in 41 people being infected with the strain of Salmonella bacteria. The cases were spread out over 21 states. The hospitalization rate was 16% and no deaths were reported.
Chia Seed Powder Salmonella Outbreak
- Product: Chia seed powder
- Sources: Many American and Canadian manufacturers of health products containing chia seed powder have recalled products.
- Strains: Salmonella Newport, Salmonella Hartford or Salmonella Oranienburg
- CDC Link: www.cdc.gov/salmonella/newport-05-14/index.html
The outbreak was traced back to organic sprouted chia seeds or powder within products sold by several American and Canadian manufacturers. The products that have been identified as being tainted include certain health products and food mixes. There were 21 reported cases of infection with 2 cases requiring hospitalization. No deaths have been reported.
Microbiology Laboratories Salmonella Outbreak
- Sources: Clinical and teaching microbiology laboratories.
- Strains: Salmonella Typhimurium
- CDC Link: www.cdc.gov/salmonella/typhimurium-labs-06-14/index.html
The outbreak was associated with exposure within clinical and university microbiology laboratories. Most of the infected people in this outbreak were students. It resulted in 41 cases being reported and most people infected were 21 years or younger. The hospitalization rate was 36% and no deaths were reported.


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December 2019 commencement video
Chancellor Dutta's welcome message to campus
History Department and Factory Two "forge" partnership
Be Bold. The Campaign for UM-Flint
Understanding GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
Desmond Sheppard – Music Performance Alumnus
Desmond Sheppard graduated from the University of Michigan-Flint on May 3rd, 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in Music Performance. He majored in Voice Performance and minored in Piano Performance and Musical Theatre. Desmond was among the few students honored with the Maize and Blue Distinguished Scholars Award, the highest academic award available at UM-Flint.
"It is Time" – Inauguration Week Recap
Watch this highlight reel of the week-long inauguration of UM-Flint's new chancellor, Susan E. Borego


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Using traditional glassblowing methods thousands of years old, David Goldhagen creates each piece individually, working with molten glass at temperatures in excess of 2000f. His pieces capture a palette that moves from subtle to bold by the incorporation of bits of colored glass made from various mixtures of metallic oxides and rare earth elements, such as silver, cobalt, gold, copper, dichroics and others.
Each piece begins as a gathering of molten clear glass on the end of a five foot blowpipe. Colors are then meticulously layered and manipulated on the surface, creating intricate patterns and movement within the sculpture. The design is then encased in another layers of crystal. Each piece is then either mouth blown or hand sculpted.
His asymmetrical pods require unusual strength and mastery of technique, harnessing the fiery momentum, climaxing as the piece opens and spins out in one continuous movement. Some of these extraordinary pieces are in excess of 40″ in diameter. Each sculpture up on completion is then annealed (a gradual cooling process), and hand polished. After a careful final inspection, the artist signs and dates his work.
His images are viewed as being organic, sensual, fluid and energetic. He draws his inspiration from his surroundings, and captures, on a platter, the glory of a sunrise over the placid lake, or the blooming of an iris, deep within a sculpture; the movement in each piece mirroring the graceful turn of a dancer… the luminous curves of a seashell… the exaltation of the human spirit.
David Goldhagen earned a bachelor's degree from Tulane University and enrolled in advanced glass studies at Penland School, and the Pilchuck School. He is a member of the Southern Highlands Craft Guild, the Carolina Designer Craftsmen, and the Glass Art Society.


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Hello friends. I have not posted in a long time because I have been working on a series of projects that has taken me away from my art practice. It's a good thing though. I am enjoying each step and each activity that I have encountered over the past few months and that will take me through the end of this year. My usual array of website designing continues, working with artists, shop owners and librarians. It is always a mixed bag of interesting subjects and gives me the opportunity to do design, photography, and research on these topics.
cover for sponsorship brochure depicting the General Post Office, Dublin, after the bombing Easter 1916.
Currently I am designing and curating an exhibition at the McClelland Library commemorating the Easter Rising of 1916. I am learning a lot about the history of Ireland during that time period, and am especially interested since both my father's parents lived in Ireland at that time. So it's close to my roots. This is a sample cover for the latest brochure I created for sponsorship.
This project is a collaboration with some of the best experts in the field of Irish history.
Chinese Immigrants in Cuba: Documents from the James and Ana Melikian Collection
I am also working on a documentary about the Chinese in Cuba, based on the collection of James and Ana Melikian.
Chinese Immigrants in Cuba: Documents from the James and Ana Melikian Collection
If you know me, you know how I love old papers and photographs, well, this is a treasure trove. I am so lucky to be working on this project which is allowing me to meet some wonderful people in the fields of Asian and Latin American studies. It will take me traveling to Miami and Jacksonville, Florida, to Manhattan, NYC and even close by, to Tucson, AZ. I can't wait to share some film clips with you.
John O'Connor pedigree board in the genealogy department
I just took down an exhibition that I coordinated at the McClelland Library, here in downtown Phoenix. I worked on the curation of the show, designing supplementary boards, as well as the physical aspects of hanging, take down, crating etc. It was brought in from the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, of Fort Worth, Texas and the focus was Sandra Day O'Connor. Because the library has a genealogy department, we worked on both the Day and O'Connor family genealogy and made illustrative boards of them.
An added bonus, I got to meet, photograph, and speak with Sandra Day O'Connor while she visited the exhibition.
Sandra Day O'Connor 2015, by Patricia Sahertian


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When the Necromancer wishes to contact or initiate tutelage under a Matriarch of Death, he/she must adhere to the following guidelines in order to make a success of this undertaking. If you fail in this endeavour – contact us.
Part One:
• Visit a cemetery on a Wednesday night, exactly 10 pm.
• Leave three coins at the entrance of the cemetery and evoke Centella Ndoki. Collect a handful of dirt at the entrance border. Store this SEPERATELY.
• Find the oldest female grave in the cemetery, marked or unmarked it makes no difference. If you have trouble discovering the grave (in cases of unmarked graves etc) make use of dowsing rods.
• Once discovered, you will collect three pinches of grave dust (the dust upon the upper layer of loose sand or upon the grave slab. Store this in a vial or a pouch. You may also collect any debris or flowers upon the grave and store this as well.
• For best results, the necromancer must dig down as close as possible to the remains and collect a handful of grave sand. There are other more powerful elements you may collect; however, we will not discuss it here.
• If there is a headstone, take a rubbing from it with paper and charcoal…keep this safe with the contents of the pouch.
• The items/materials you collected from the grave will be known as "Rivets". This is the same as it would be for a living person, which is known as a "simple" or an "object link".
• When you remove any item, no matter how big or small from the dead, you will give it something in return…so you will place three coins upon the grave or bury it within.
• Once done, you will leave the grave site, however you will halt at the entrance of the cemetery. Evoke Centella Ndoki once again and remind her of your visit. Thank her and leave without looking back. (To look back invites the dead to follow you home – avoid this at all costs as you may attract an unwelcome spirit.)
• Remember, Necromancy is unforgiving, and you will pay dearly for any negligence.
• Keep what you harvested hidden for a few days.
Part Two:
• Time of ritual: Monday night, 10pm. Waxing/Full Moon.
• You will place the objects of the Black Harvest (our term for this process) within an unused wooden box. Together with this you will add a black figure of a woman. This can be made from wax or clay; however, the material should be natural.
• Etch/burn the Grand Seal upon the outer lid of the box.
• Sprinkle the sand you collected from the entrance of the cemetery around the box.
• You will place a black or purple candle on each of the power points of the Seal (see image), so that you will have THREE candles in total.
• Light the candles as follows:
1. Say: "Atra Cruce" – Then light the top candle
2. Say: "Nigris Transversis Intineribus" – Then light the left candle
3. Say: "Nigrum Infernum" – Then light the right candle
• Knock on the box lid with your left-hand knuckles and speak the words: (Repeat process thrice)
"Centella Ndoki, vini anba, antre abite, Bo la-a, Alekile!"
• Once she arrives, assume the death posture. (Left arm over right arm, crossed at chest, head lowered and eyes closed.) Say the following:
"Allay, Fortission, Allynsen, Roah!"
• Greet her with an offering, such as water, Sangria or sweet fruit.
• State your business with her…then discharge her as follows:
"Centella Ndoki, Dismissa est tu in nomini: Berald, Beroald, Balbin, Gab, Gabor et Agaba."
…and extinguish the candles in the reverse order you lit them with the corresponding words of stronghold.
Note: This is a very base Necromantic Rite, however it is very potent and extremely dangerous. We strongly urge you to NEVER Evoke/Conjure a random spirit at any time! You will need to develop yourself spiritually in order to dominate another spirit or direct it under your will. Make no mistake that if you dabble in Necromancy, you WILL fall prey to any number of parasitical spirits. Consider yourself warned.
This rite is compiled by us – thus if you wish to share it, remember to give credit where it is due.


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Ketogenic Diet Summary.
A Ketogenic Diet is a muscle-sparing fat-loss diet that works by forcing the body into ketosis through carbohydrate deprivation. Ketosis is a state where the body converts fat into ketones that the brain can use for fuel when glucose (carbohydrates) are in short supply. It's metabolic trickery that has some major advantages over a regular, carb-based diets.
It's a common misconception, even among doctors, that the brain can only use glucose for fuel. In actuality, it can burn either glucose or ketones, but under normal circumstances ketones aren't produced by the body. Most of the time, everyone in the world has their brain burning glucose. The only time the body would create and burn ketones in large quantities is when insufficient glucose is available as a fuel source. The way to make glucose (a basic sugar) unavailable, is to simply restrict carbohydrate consumption to 30g/day or less. For example, if you stop eating all carbs at, say, 6:00 PM on Sunday, and then do a heavy weightlifting workout Monday and Tuesday, this will deplete your liver and bloodstream of and glucose, and your muscles of glycogen. At that point, your liver will start producing ketones, so the brain has a fuel to work with, and if you consume no carbohydrates at all, the body will start converting protein into glucose as it will still need at least 30g glucose per day.
There are many benefits of ketodieting, among them are: Your body burns fat as it's primary fuel source 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Thus, if you restrict calories, you will burn off adipose bodyfat at a rate no carb-based diet can match. Next, people in ketosis very often eat much less than when they're on carbs. For most people, being in ketosis strongly blunts hunger feelings, which makes it much easier to restrict calories. Ketodiets also naturally spare lean muscle mass, far more than normal diets, when adequate protein is consumed (50-150g/day minimum, 1g/lb bodyweight recommended). Sparing lean muscle mass is incredibly important to dieters, as it helps to keep your metabolism from slowing down, which helps both in keeping the fat loss going, and with maintaining the fat loss once you're off the diet.
Ketodieting does have it's disadvantages though. Many people think that ketodieting is very unhealthy due to the high amount of fat and cholesterol that you can consume on the diet (relative to 'normal' diets). But, if you make wise food choices, you can stay on a ketodiet while eating very very healthy. (Click on the Health link to the left for more details). Another disadvantage is that it's very restrictive in the fact that carbohydrates are in most foods people eat on a day to day basis, and this can make ketodieting tough at first. Please be sure to review the foods list thoroughly so the diet is still healthy, and not boring to the palette! Next, when weightlifting, your lifts will go down very significantly (10% or more), because your muscles use glucose to produce the energy needed for lifting. This can be a bit depressing, but the strength is easily regained when carbs are refed. One last problem can be bad breathe, one of the ketones your body produces is Acetone, which can be exhaled noticably. This can produce 'fruity' and not-great smelling breath in some people.
There are three major ways to do a ketodiet, the first is a 'Standard Ketogenic Diet', or a SKD. This is where you just restrict carbs, go into ketosis, and stay there for long periods until you've reached your fat loss goals, sometimes going back on carbs for a couple days or a week at a time. Personally, I recommend against SKDs, or any ketodiet where weightlifting isn't being performed. Next is a 'Targeted Ketogenic Diet', or TKD. A TKD is the same as an SKD, but you take in 25-50 grams of carbs about 30-60 minutes before weightlifting workouts to supply energy for the muscles (Note: These carbs will be burned during the workout, and should not be counted towards the 30g/day limit). For some people this can help maintain strength while on the ketodiet. Last is a 'Cyclic Ketogenic Diet', a CKD, which is much more complex. On a CKD, you go into ketosis during the week, and do 'carb-ups' on the weekends. Proper CKD instruction is beyond the current scope of this website, we recommend reading Lyle McDonalds book, 'The Ketogenic Diet' completely before trying a CKD.
As for the details of the ketogenic diet, the rules are minimal carbs, 30 grams per day or less. Now, even though you'll eat very few carbs, you still need close to your normal amount of calories per day (depending on your personal maintenance level of calories, let's use a 175lb male at 2500 cals/day as an example). To get that many calories from protein, you would need to eat 625 grams of protein per day, and the body simply cannot handle that much every day, too much protein is very hard on the liver and kidneys. An excellent level of protein for weightlifters is about 1 gram per pound of bodyweight. For our example would be only 175 grams of protein per day, or 700 calories! If your calorie intake is that low, your metabolism WILL start slowing down, and fat loss will stop. We recommend going no lower than 1000 calories below maintenance level. So if we had this 175lb man at 2500 cals maint level, 1500 would be the lowest he could go, so the rest of his calories must come from fat, or a full 800 caloires. Restricting caloires further than 1000 cals/day might be possible with drugs, such as T3, but we strongly recommend against this.
This allows for some wild food choices, bacon, hamburgers, steak, ham, whole eggs, chicken, fish, olives, and full-fat cheese just to name a few. Now, most people usually have kittens when they hear this, because those are mostly 'EVIL' foods, high in cholesterol, and high in saturated fats. The thing is, during the ketogenic diet, and only during a ketogenic diet, your body's primary fuel source is always 100% FAT (or ketones made from fat). For most people, the cholesterol never gets a chance to do damage, as not only is all the fat you eat converted to energy or ketones if you're doing things right, but also stored bodyfat is being burned at the same time! Many people actually see a marked REDUCTION in overall cholesterol levels, and LDL/HDL ratios because of this. We do recommend having your cholesterol checked both before the diet, and after 4-8 weeks of dieting.
Side effects of the diet include: Possible intermittant bad breath due to acetone respiration. Feeling nauseous during the first couple times when you switch over from glucose to ketones. The solution to this is to add a few carbs back in each day, say an extra 10-15 grams or so. The first week is usually wierd, but after that your brain will get used to it. What happens is that the first time you ketodiet, your brain can still only use 100% glucose for fuel, so the liver creates glucose from protein using a process called gluconeogenesis. After three weeks in ketosis, the brain can get up to 70-75% of it's fuel from ketones, which is when you really start feeling 'normal' again.


text: The youngest of six children, advertising executive Joe Burton grew up in an inner city neighborhood of Pittsburgh. When he was 9, he discovered the Shadyside Boys Club, which provided his "second home" and bridged major gaps in his schooling. Through the Club, Joe traveled, played sports, learned right from wrong and gained the courage to succeed. The first in his family to attend college, he later completed graduate studies at Harvard Business School. Today, Joe is executive vice president and COO of McCann Worldgroup in San Francisco – and manages the agency's pro bono advertising for Boys & Girls Clubs of America.


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Our flagship digital presence at Wimbledon is wimbledon.com. For two weeks of the year, it is one of the busiest websites of the world with 19.7 million unique users and 433 million page views, and is updated 140,000 times each day. Whilst we have seen a phenomenal increase in mobile apps (and completely refreshed our apps for this year) 80% of users still access the website.
So we need a platform that can:
- Scale to deal with peaks and troughs compatible with a cloud infrastructure
- One platform to provide both desktop, mobile and tablet versions through adaptive design (40% of browser views are from a mobile device)
- Flexible to incorporate the beautiful designs of our Interactive Experience team
- Integrate with back end applications that manage the real time updates of the scoring systems
- Simple enough for the editorial team to make real-time updates, responding to trends detected on social media
- Support the 140,000 updates made each day
- Ultimately – it needs to be the next best thing to being there
The obvious choice was to use our IBM Customer Experience Suite software hosted in the IBM Cloud environment, which powers some of the best websites of the world including Webby winners, but is also simple enough for our team of tennis experts (it's easier to train a tennis expert to use our software than it is to make an expert in our software a tennis guru!) update the site at the speed of social.
Customer Experience Suite can also manage the content management and application integration of mobile apps as well as mobile sites, so is ideal for organisations who maintain a mobile web presence as well as a mobile app – you can manage the content from one system. IBM Worklight makes for the ideal mobile application development environment, fully integrated with your mobile Portal and web CMS.
There are some fantastic additions to the site this year, such as a revamped SlamTracker and Hill vs World which I'll blog about over the next few days. If you need to enhance your web presence, give editorial power back to business users, or engage with customers through mobile sites and apps alongside a traditional desktop site, you should definitely give Customer Experience Suite a serious look.


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I would love to find several homes for your yarn! My DH and I are in the process of becoming medical foster parents, taking in medically ill children. Almost all of the children come into the program with absolutely nothing and literally nothing to call their own. We will only have each child for up to a few months each (usually) and my goal is to make sure each child leaves our home with their very own afghan. We will be primarily taking care of babies, however, the need is so great that I have started to collect and donate squares and yarn for larger afghans for older children and the teens who are in this program. I am in contact with our caseworker through this program and she is thrilled that we are trying to help because the need is so great for these kids.Congratulations! I'll be in touch!
If you send me the yarn, the love would literally be scattered to several deserving children who need nothing more than love!
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Give-Away Winner
I have drawn a winner for the yarn, and it is Donna Lynn! Here's what Donna said she was going to do with the yarn:
1 comment:
- Turtle said...
The pinafore is so adorable! (as is the model!!) Congrats to the yarn winner!
- August 11, 2008 at 12:37 AM
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Steve Levy now knows what it's like to wait for bus service.
Immediately following the New York Legislature's vote to spend $2.2 billion to bail out the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the Suffolk County executive called for New York lawmakers to use about $26 million of that money to help the MTA take over Suffolk Transit, the rickety and cash-strapped mass transit system.
Levy's reasoning: The state placed $127 million in new fees and taxes on Suffolk County residents, and the revenue generated by the county to operate the MTA has crossed the $500 million mark, nearly $350 per resident. By the way, that doesn't include fare costs, which rose last week.
The Suffolk County Legislature also is pushing for the takeover, pointing to the deal in Nassau, where that county contributes less than 10 percent of the operating costs for the MTA-run bus service. Even so, Nassau County contributes $10.5 million per year out of its operating budget to run Long Island Bus, which is enough for County Executive Tom Suozzi to call for an MTA Regional Bus System.
Suffolk, however, gets the worse deal. That county's bailout money goes toward only Long Island Rail Road improvements. The bus system is on its own.
And that's too bad.
The MTA bailout vote didn't do enough to help Long Island mass transit, and it certainly didn't spread the pain equally. No one has adequately explained why some bridges remain free, while businesses based more than 75 miles from New York City are paying more in taxes to bail out a terribly run system.
And any hope that the state would listen went down the drain when the state Senate spent two weeks bickering over who would be the majority leader, thus leaving pressing decisions, such as what to do with Suffolk Transit, for another day.
Levy's request needed champions, and the legislators from Long Island could have linked arms and insisted their colleagues to listen to reason. Such an effort may have failed – listening to reason is very low on Albany's priority list – but if Long Island's lawmakers are going to be so passive, they may as well stay home and at least save on travel expenses.


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May 8, 2009
News Release 09-037
Inv. Nos. 701-TA-456 and 731-TA-1151-1152 (Final)
Contact: Peg O'Laughlin, 202-205-1819
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC or Commission) today determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of citric acid and certain citrate salts from China that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are subsidized and by reason of imports from Canada and China that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value.
Commissioners Charlotte R. Lane, Irving A. Williamson, and Dean A. Pinkert voted in the affirmative. Chairman Shara L. Aranoff, Vice Chairman Daniel R. Pearson, and Commissioner Deanna Tanner Okun voted in the negative.
As a result of the Commission's affirmative determinations, the Department of Commerce will issue an antidumping duty order on imports of these products from Canada and countervailing duty and antidumping duty orders on imports of these products from China.
The Commission's public report Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada and China (Investigation Nos. 701-TA-456 and 731-TA-1151-1152 (Final), USITC Publication 4076, May 2009) will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the investigations.
Copies may be obtained after June 8, 2009, by emailing email@example.com, calling 202-205- 2000, or by writing the Office of the Secretary, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Requests may also be made by fax to 202-205-2104.
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada and China
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-456 and 731-TA-1151-1152 (Final)
Product Description: Citric acid, sodium citrate, and potassium citrate are all normally sold as odorless, translucent crystals available in three granulations: granular, fine granular, and powder. Citric acid is also available in solution. Crude calcium citrate ("CCC") is an intermediate form in the production of citric acid via the lime/sulfuric acid process. CCC can be shipped to another facility for further processing into refined citric acid. Citric acid, sodium citrate, and potassium citrate are chemical products used in the production and formulation of a wide variety of foods, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics as well as commercial and household products including detergents, metal cleaners, textile finishing treatments, and other industrial applications.
Status of Proceedings: 1. Type of investigations: Final antidumping and countervailing duty. 2. Petitioners: Archer Daniels Midland Co., Decatur, IL; Cargill, Inc., Wayzata, MN; and Tate & Lyle Americas, Inc., Decatur, IL. 3. Investigations instituted by the USITC: April 14, 2008. 4. Hearing: April 7, 2009. 5. USITC vote: May 8, 2009. 6. USITC notification of Department of Commerce: May 18, 2009. U.S. Industry: 1. Number of producers in 2008: Three. 2. Location of producers' plants: Illinois, Iowa, and North Carolina. 3. Employment of production and related workers in 2008: 292. 4. Apparent U.S. consumption in 2008: (1) 5. Ratio of the value of total U.S. imports to total U.S. consumption in 2008: (1) U.S. Imports: 1. Quantity of subject imports in 2008: (1) 2. Value of subject imports in 2008: (1)
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If you are planning to do a home renovation in Caloundra, you have to consider several factors before you get started. You should not only think about exterior upgrades but most importantly, on the interior. Starting a family with a home with poor insulation and infested with bugs is not a good idea. That is why most homeowners who purchased pre-owned homes would hire experts in home renovations Caloundra wide to ensure that problems in insulation, plumbing, electricity, and air conditioning are taken cared of.
Home renovation goes far beyond following the layout as much as scale. It is insufficient that you have a terrific house style in mind. You likewise have to think about not simply on the interior, however, most notably, on the outside of your house. Renovating a pre-owned home is not a walk in the park. That is why it is best to hire experts in home renovations Caloundra wide to complete the task for you.
Below are 4 things you must keep an eye out for before starting any home renovation projects:
1. Look out for Possible Issues in the Restroom — There are particular microorganisms that grow in the restroom, particularly if the floor covering is jeopardized. Check if the shower is still sealed or has water-resistant flooring. This will be an avenue for mould and mildew so better ensure that the bathroom floors are not compromised. If a water heater is installed, check if it is still in good condition. To be on the safe side, it is best that you purchase and install a new one.
2. Inspect Prospective Circuitry Issues — You likewise need to make sure that the electrical wiring is still running. Things like this may typically be neglected throughout home assessment nevertheless if you want to make sure that your wires stay in great condition, ensure to find a dependable electrical contractor. Inspect if the wires have actually been upgraded specifically if the trainee lodging you are going to is an old structure. Even if you can not discover any issue upon assessment, it will certainly assist if the expert in home renovations Caloundra wide can recommend a licensed electrician to do the groundwork.
3. Examine Existing Designs and Other Fundamentals — When residing in a university lodging, you wish to guarantee that you can still delight in fundamental conveniences. If carpets are in place, check if there is hardwood flooring underneath. You may want to include them in your home makeover plans. Discuss what you want to achieve with your chosen Caloundra home renovations expert so your ideas are clear from the start.
4. Examine the Neighbourhood — You need to think about the kind of location where the home is located, you wish to make sure that the area is relaxing but have to not be too far from important functions. You likewise have to make sure that the place is safe. You do not wish to continuously fret for you and your family's safety. Check if you can add security cameras and burglar alarm systems to ward off any intruders. A well-lit garage and yard is also a good idea so once you are done planning for an interior makeover, ask your contractor for the home renovations in Caloundra to plan for the exterior space as well.
The abovementioned are leading 4 things you need to think about when thinking about doing a home makeover. Proper research is still crucial. Get ideas from the best Caloundra home renovations found online and in print to keep you motivated. Make sure to pick renovations expert that will make you feel comfortable during your visit. Chances are, they are the ones who are worth your time and money. For more details, you can also try visiting http://foundationhomes.com.au/home-renovations-sunshine-coast/.