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|A ceiling of gulls.
|More rain on its way.
It was slow` work as we zig-zagged our way round the shore, scanning each pool and slab. First a dunlin, next a couple of purple sandpipers and then a bigger flock of turnstones, we gradually added to our total. Past the wreck of the Mars, a small coaster that hit the island in the 1930's and never left. Gull chicks shuffled out of our way or edged themselves in cracks pretending they couldn't be seen while their parents yelled above. Progress made was dry until we had to cross a thigh deep gully which needed shoes and socks off. Next up was a wider but supposedly shallower strip of sea to cross. I made it fine but half way across Lucie decided to sit down on the job and so got soaked up to her waist. Valiantly she carried on and 2 hours later we finished. Luck was with us for the last crossing as the tide literally parted and retreated like the Red Sea and we zipped over slippery rocks before the next waves came through. After 2 hours of having several thousand gull screaming at us we were glad to leave Rona, it is a bit like New York City, exciting to visit with fantastic sights but the density of inhabitants, the smelliness and rubbish lying around make it uncomfortable after a while and a pleasure to leave. So we gladly headed back for well earned pizzas clutching bootie of a found oar that was washed up .
And the final total for the whole island ? As follows:-
turnstone 157, purple sandpiper 43, dunlin, 2, curlew 25, whimbrel 4, common sandpiper 2, oystercatcher 28, redshank 6. Not bad for a big lump of rock.
|The Mars wreck.
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Securing mobile access to enterprise applications: leverage existing policies & technology.Posted by jkuvlesk May 22, 2012
In this recent blog post post by Earl Perkins of Gartner, he describes some of the factors behind the increased challenge of supporting mobile workers for security and access to mobile applications. Some of those trends include:
- The improved capabilities (ease of use) of different multiple devices is causing pressure on IT shops to provide identity & access management (IAM) support for these devices.
- The evolution of how applications are delivered as mobile apps is causing demand for IAM for these mobile apps.
- The increased need for mobile device management to merge with existing IAM processes.
Providing access to enterprise applications through mobile devices should be as simple as deploying existing policies & procedures to this new domain. In many cases, however, the breadth of technology in place for management has not yet caught up with the demands of users. What many vendors offer today are point solutions. For example, they may provide application access to one type of device (a point product solution) or a vendor may offer a secure platform that works with many device types (MEAPs). SolarWinds Mobile Admin software blends the best of both worlds by providing a secure platform for multiple devices, and provides out of the box mobile access to over 40 IT management software products. Mobile Admin did not re-invent the wheel to provide secure mobile access but leverages existing security infrastructure.
Mobile Admin's client-server architecture features a fully-integrated security model that provides both data encryption and user authentication to insure a very high security level across the 40+ IT management features it supports.
Below are examples of how companies can leverage the existing security infrastructure to provide secure mobile access to enterprise applications.
Active Directory integration for Mobile Access
Mobile Admin integrates with Active directory which can be configured so only wanted users can access Mobile Admin and even only specific applications within Mobile Admin. This is a great security feature since the network rights are already determined and the accepted authority is still Active directory.
Encryption with BlackBerry and a BlackBerry Enterprise Server
- If you use a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, all your data is sent over the Mobile Data Service (MDS), and is, by default, automatically encrypted using Triple Data Encryption Standard (TDES or 3DES). While TDES provides the highest industry standard encryption, you can also choose additional layers of encryption.
- All versions of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server use TDES as the default encryption for all data. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1, however, allows you to choose between using TDES and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), or both.
- While TDES and AES are generally recognized as the most robust encryption methods available today, the US Government has also certified TDES and AES as compliant with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS).
Encryption options for Mobile Admin on Apple iOS and Android devices
- You can Encrypt Apple iOS and Android devices with a Virtual Private Network (VPN). If you use a VPN, all your data is sent over the VPN, and is, by default, automatically encrypted.
Encryption with Hypertext Transfer Protocol – Secured (HTTPS)
- Whether or not you are using the Encryption with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server on BlackBerry devices, or the Encryption with the VPN on iOS and Android devices, you can also add a layer of encryption with Hypertext Transfer Protocol – Secured (HTTPS).
- HTTPS is HTTP encrypted with Transport Layer Security (TLS). When you use HTTPS, all data transmitted between the application server and the wireless handheld is encrypted.
Locking down the firewall with a Proxy Service
- If you have a common server for mobile platform integration, a proxy service can be used and helps to lock down your firewall to have fewer openings for users' without permission to access servers.
- If a common proxy service is not used, then all SSH/Telnet and RDP/VNC servers must have the appropriate firewall configuration.
- The proxy service proxies SSH/Telnet and RDP/VNC traffic. The mobile app clients authenticate transparently to the proxy if the appropriate rights and permissions have been configured. The proxy service can enable access to SSH/Telnet and RDP/VNC servers through a central port, rather than having to configure access to each individual server.
Mobile Devices: Additional Levels of Authentication
- Primary login authentication (required), from a choice of: Windows user name & password, application-specific user name and password
- Device level password or RSA SecurID/RADIUS (optional)

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Search Engine Results - Why Websites Don't Rank Highly
Many websites have been built by individuals or companies that specialise solely in website design, and as such they may look good and work for the purposes of their use. However, in most cases very little, if any, thought has been given to improve website results or how to get better website ranking or positions in search engine results using SEO. Therefore you don't get found by new customers searching, only by people that already know your site address. These sites are desperate for website optimisation! Get in touch to optimise your site!.
Although we also build new websites from scratch, that is not what we are focusing on here. We are looking here at taking an existing website and improving its position in the search results.
Websites are built using a source code, generally written in html or xhtml, and what one actually sees when looking at a website on the internet is only a small part of this source code. Often the site has been made using an interface that writes the source code from inputting simplified text and graphics on a design, but this very often interferes with the best way of writing the source code. Hence, when the search engine robots tries to read your page, it may either hiccup a bit and carry on regardless, produce a lower result listing, or be forced to stop altogether.
This is a bit like choosing the middle page of a book, tearing out all the pages after it and removing their page numbers, then scattering them in a pile. After reading up to the last fixed page you have no idea which page of words to pick up next so you give up reading, much the same as the SE bots give up trying to 'parse' the webpage. (Don't forget - they're reading the source code, NOT what you see on your page.) If this happens you have no chance of getting a good result!
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Occasionally we are presented with a website that has been previously built using a 'quick-fix' online graphic program, and in these circumstances we would not normally be able to do anything to optimise the existing site as we would be unable to access a source code. These types of design website builders have no interest in whether your website appears in the SE results or not, it's merely a way of easily producing a site that looks OK for a monetary gain. We normally recommend that we build a new website in these situations, using the correct procedures and incorporating SEO, although we can of course reproduce the same look to the site as was originally put together in the graphics program.
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Websites must be hosted somewhere. It's like putting an advert in a newspaper or magazine - you have to buy the space from someone to house your information. If you have an existing site you will already have hosting provided somewhere - but is the host good, bad or indifferent? Do their servers constantly stay online or are they frequently having downtimes? We offer an affordable, reliable solution to include both hosting and optimisation for your website.
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If you are thinking about buying new vehicle then you must take the policy of insurance service. For choosing the correct insurance policy, you should go www.autoinsurancevegas.com website. This is the complete comparison website to provide the best results. By the deep study on this portal, you will be able to find best insurance service at the most competitive price. The mission of this site is to save precious money & valuable time of the customers. This website always keeps their customers up to date regarding new policies of insurance service.
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On the website of insurance provider, there are some terms & conditions. This also provides offers opportunity the content into the desktop of the screens. For promoting the website, company also implement the operation of adds, ranking, news bulletin & social networks.


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OSCE promotes best practices in trans-boundary water management in western Kazakhstan
An OSCE-supported workshop for the Kazakhstan-Russia experts' commission meeting on the joint use and protection of trans-boundary water resources in the Ural River basin concluded on 16 May 2017 in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.
Some 30 representatives of the central and local government authorities, international organizations and a joint team of experts from Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation discussed the co-management of transboundary rivers and explored ways to implement dredging activities in the Ural River basin. Participants stressed the importance of joint capacity-building events and noted enhanced co-operation between the neighbouring countries.
The event was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana in partnership with the Agriculture Ministry, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Water Initiatives Centre, a non-governmental organization.
The workshop is part of the Office's multiyear efforts to raise awareness and build capacity of state institutions in the area of water governance and to contribute to the trans-boundary dialogue. These are in line with the decision of the Maastricht Ministerial Council on the OSCE Strategy Document for the Economic and Environmental Dimension, which underlines the importance of water diplomacy.


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I am...
A blogger.
Everything started out with my passion to write. The topics are completely random: events, food, movies, cosmetics, celebrities, and even philosophy. What I liked about being a blogger is being able to share my views and opinions to the world. Plus, I get to know people who share the same interest in writing as me. I have a lot of blogger friends now and I look forward to more in the future.
|Angel Mariel is a blogger.
A cosplayer.
I like anime. As a blogger, I went to various cosplay events and I saw how beautiful cosplayers were. Colorful costumes and creative people influenced me to fulfill my dream of cosplaying, even just once. Well, we all know I have cosplayed a lot of times now. LOL! What I like about cosplay? It is being able to embody your favorite character. Cosplaying helped me improve my makeup, photography, and even writing skills! I'm still my blogger self when I'm in costume.
|Angel Mariel is a cosplayer. Me as Rei Ayanami.
And a Cloud of Rain.
To the person who changed my life, I am forever in gratitude! Rain's struggle in life and how he successfully overcomes them is inspiration to me! Life is hard, really hard. It's because of him that I was able to stand up, when I was at that point of almost giving up my dreams and aspirations. He is my role model, the person who enables me to live life to the fullest.
|"Only when you go through hardship, you will feel you have actually achieved." -Rain. Artwork by Rainthetreasure
I am Angel Mariel... a Blogger, Cosplayer, and a Cloud of Rain! Welcome to my blog, everyone! I'm so happy you are here. :)


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Dwayne Bravo lamented the sorry state of West Indies cricket, saying "too much politics" was killing the game in the Caribbean, and that the administrators needed to take a hard look at themselves.
Bravo, who was asked about the team's innings-and-212-run loss to Australia in the first Test in Hobart, said it was painful to see West Indies slip to one big loss after another despite having the personnel to compete.
He pointed the gradual decline to a host of factors, including external interference and lack of infrastructure.
Bravo also said it was time administrators stopped talking up a glorious past and started looking ahead.


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Friday, June 3, 2011
Ritter Sport Weisse Voll-Nuss
Friday, August 6, 2010
Werther's Eclair
Werther's Eclair is a great product.About as big as the tip of your finger, it first comes across as a little bit of a hard shell, but the sugar quickly dissolves and you've got the regular Werther's caramel.
Pleasant enough, but eventually a delicious squirt of chocolate cream comes out, giving you a fun burst of pleasure right at the end.
A nice change from regular Werther's.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Ritter Sport Karamell Nuss: Buy it now
Last year's Ritter Sport "Chocolate of the Year" was a combination chocolate and waffle cookie. I love that kind of cookie, but the Swiss do it better. See Kaegi-Fretli for an example.
This year, Ritter has brought out an absolute bar of heaven. Their wonderful milk chocolate is crowned by a caramel layer which is neither runny nor sticky. That in principle is good enough for me, but Ritter goes one more step. Actually two more steps.
They add their crispy rice and unbelievably crunchy hazelnuts into the mix, all thoroughly blended.
This is the first chocolate bar I bought from the television commercial, but when I saw the commercial last night, I turned to Dear Hubby and said, "Buy this tomorrow. Don't come home from the store without it."
He didn't let me down, angel that he is. We polished off half a bar in minutes. He'd bought two bars, so we put the rest away to enjoy them again very soon.
BTW, by "we polished off half a bar" I mean he got one square and I got the rest. Heehee.
Buy them. Enjoy them. They will be gone next year.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Cluizel Noir Cafe
Michel Cluizel
Au Café
After all of the chocolate I've sampled today for you, dear readers, it might be difficult to get a good review.
But this one is good. Beyond good. You've had chocolate before, right? Good chocolate? Good chocolate with coffee?
Have you ever had a fabulous chocolate with an espresso built in? That's this bar.
It's not just any espresso, either, it's the wonderful French espresso that you can't seem to find anywhere except in France.
Reviewed: Cluizel Noir au Cafe
Personality: One of my lifetime favorites
How to enjoy: With a nice glass of water, just like you are served in a café.
1: Better than sex
2: Little bites of heaven
3: Share with your best friend
4: Will do in a pinch
5: Halloween candy
Where to buy:
Safran chocolate in Tuebingen, Germany, and http://www.chocolatmichelcluizel-na.com/
Zotter Kuerbiskerne marzipan
Today's Zotter is a pumpkin seed and marzipan bar. Who could have thought to combine these two? Curious.
Curiously attractive, too. This handmade bar is also Bio and Fair trade. Zotter's web site is worth a read, where you'll learn more about his philosophy and practices.
This bar is wonderful, with chunks of pumpkin seeds blended into a superior tasting marzipan. The almond and pumpkin see flavors blend well, and the chocolate coating makes it perfect.
Reviewed: Zotter Kuerbiskerne mit marzipan
Personality: Upscale trophy chocolate
How to enjoy: Laid out nicely on a beautiful plate, these are to be savored by eye as well as the tongue.
1: Better than sex
2: Little bites of heaven
3: Share with your best friend
4: Will do in a pinch
5: Halloween candy
Where to buy:
Safran chocolate in Tuebingen, Germany, and http://www.zotter.at/4.html
UK: http://www.cybercandy.co.uk/
USA: Rumore has it, Zotter is sold at The Candy Store in San Francisco. http://www.thecandystoresf.com/
Leonidas Pralines
Last weekend we found a number of nice experiences as we window-shopped. The best café is the one overlooking the Neckar bridge, where you can see hundreds of people walk by. As we walked back to the market from the café, we indulged in ice cream. DH had a Fig-Grape mixture, and I had Lemon Basil. Not the lemon-basil herb, but lemon ice cream with regular basil as an accent flavor. It. Was. Amazing. The fig was good too, but the grape didn't come out so well.
We also visited Safran. If you've seen the "Mistress of Spices" movie, or "Chocolat," then you'll understand when I tell you that Safran is a perfect mixture of the stores featured in those films.
And Safran sells chocolate. Good chocolate. I scored a Cluizel bar, a Zotter bar and some Leonidas pralines.
We bought just enough Leonidas for the weekend, and I was going to look up the names of the pieces, but it seems the Leonidas website is under attack, and my virus checker kept me from using the site.
They are good, though. The white one is a Manon Café. With a good solid white shell, and a creamy center, it's praline perfection. The chestnut shaped one is a coffee nougat with krokant. More solid than the Manon, the krokant is crispy and fresh, like a good toffee should be. The aftertaste of this piece is excellent. We didn't specifically wish to purchase so many coffee-flavored pieces, but that was the bulk of Safran's stock.
These pralines are all different ones from my last purchase in Strasbourg. And they're all good. http://talkalotachocolate.blogspot.com/search/label/Leonidas
The square one is Tosca, a brandy ganache. The brandy taste comes out immediately, and enhances the deep dark ganache.
The rectangular is a nougat with puffed rice. A bit of a non-sequitor compared with the others. I keep thinking about the Nestle Crunch bar, but the chocolate is here much better, of course.
Reviewed: Leonidas pralines
Personality: Upscale trophy chocolate
How to enjoy: Laid out nicely on a beautiful plate, these are to be savored by eye as well as the tongue.
1: Better than sex
2: Little bites of heaven
3: Share with your best friend
4: Will do in a pinch
5: Halloween candy
Where to buy:
Safran chocolate in Tuebingen, Germany, and Leonidas everywhere. http://www.safran-tuebingen.de/shop.php?cat=safran&subcat=agb
Caffarel Cannella
Reviewed: Caffarel Cannella
Personality: nicely spicely
How to enjoy: One of the best. Even better when they're on sale
1: Better than sex
2: Little bites of heaven
3: Share with your best friend
4: Will do in a pinch
5: Halloween candy
Where to buy:
KaDeWe in Berlin, Germany http://www.kadewe-berlin.de/index2_engl.php


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Joe Piggott brought Joey Barton back down to earth as his goal saw AFC Wimbledon beat Fleetwood Town 1-0.
The pre-match build-up was all about Barton, taking charge of his first game, but AFC Wimbledon turned up at Highbury determined to steal the headlines.
Kwesi Appiah and Pigott were both guilty of wasting clear cut chances in the first half for the Dons with Ched Evans nearly scoring a David Beckham-esque goal from inside his own half.
Evans' long range effort flew wide of the right stick though and it was all square at the break.
Fleetwood came out fighting with Tommy Spurr forcing Tom King into a fine save after Bobby Grant's corner fell to him at the back stick.
But that scare rallied the Dons and they took the lead moments later, Ben Purrington's cross from the left did the damage, flicked on by Andy Barcham and Pigott was on hand to gobble up the chance.
Appiah had several opportunities to put the game to bed but he had failed to pack his shooting boots.
Grant certainly had, his left-footed rocket crashing into the left stick but as the rebound rolled to safety so did Barton's hopes of a good start as his reign started with defeat.
Fleetwood: Cairns, Coyle (Hunter, 66) Bolger, Morgan, Spurr, Grant, Sowerby (Marney, 61) Dempsey, McAleny (Madden, 66) Burns, Evans. Subs not used: P Jones, G Jones, Nadesan, Sheron.
AFC Wimbledon: King, Watson, Purrington, Oshilaja, Nightingale, Appiah (Hanson, 76), Pinnock (Wagstaff, 77), Trotter, Barcham (Garratt, 88), Soares, Pigott. Subs not used: McDonnell, Hatigan,, Sibbick, Wordsworth


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Before proceed run the following command to connect Exchange Online powershell module.
$365Logon = Get-Credential $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $365Logon -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection Import-PSSession $SessionRun the following command to list all the distribution groups.
Get-DistributionGroup -ResultSize UnlimitedThe following command lists all the members for the given distribution list.
Get-DistributionGroupMember -Identity "<group name>" -ResultSize Unlimited
Export Members of a Single Distribution List to CSV:The following powershell script gets members of a given distribution group and export members list to CSV file. You can replace the parameter <group name> with your own group name in the below script.
$DGName = "<group name>" Get-DistributionGroupMember -Identity $DGName -ResultSize Unlimited | Select Name, PrimarySMTPAddress, RecipientType | Export-CSV "C:\\Distribution-Group-Members.csv" -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8
Export All Distribution Groups and Members List to CSV:First we can get all the distribution groups by using Get-DistributionGroup cmdlet and retrieve its members by iterating every group with Get-DistributionGroupMember cmdlet. The following script exports all the distribution lists and their memberships to CSV file.
$Result=@() $groups = Get-DistributionGroup -ResultSize Unlimited $totalmbx = $groups.Count $i = 1 $groups | ForEach-Object { Write-Progress -activity "Processing $_.DisplayName" -status "$i out of $totalmbx completed" $group = $_ Get-DistributionGroupMember -Identity $group.Name -ResultSize Unlimited | ForEach-Object { $member = $_ $Result += New-Object PSObject -property @{ GroupName = $group.DisplayName Member = $member.Name EmailAddress = $member.PrimarySMTPAddress RecipientType= $member.RecipientType }} $i++ } $Result | Export-CSV "C:\\All-Distribution-Group-Members.csv" -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8


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What is a webquest?
Crispin Andrews suggests an exciting webquest based on the new Doctor Who battling against his old foes, the Silurians. But what is a webquest, and is it a useful teaching tool? Linda Anderson provides an answer and offers guidelines for teachers to produce their own webquests.
Defining a webquest
A webquest is an enquiry-based learning tool which encourages students to become responsible for their own learning. Students are provided with a specific task and the activities to support that task. They are given links to information available on the web which they use to acquire knowledge. A webquest can ft well into a scheme of work – varying from a single lesson's duration to a series of lessons within a topic.
Bernie Dodge of San Diego State University was amongst the first to attempt to define and structure this kind of learning activity: 'an inquiry-based activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet' (Dodge ,1995).
Why use webquests?
There are a number of excellent reasons, including:
- They are an easy way to incorporate the Internet into the classroom. No specialist knowledge is needed to either produce or use them.
- They lend themselves well to group activities.
- They lend themselves well to cross-curriculum projects.
- They encourage critical thinking skills. Learners are not able to simply regurgitate information, but are guided towards a transformation of that information.
- They can be both motivating and authentic tasks, encouraging learners to feel they are doing something 'real' or 'useful'.
Producing a webquest
1. Introduction
Your pupils need to know exactly what their task is. They need to be interested and motivated - you could provide them with a role-play scenario to make the task more 'real' (for example, you are the school social organiser and have to organise a trip for your class to, say, France…).
It's important to set the scene for the quest, providing background information, linking the topic to previous lessons and making sure your pupils know what they will learn from the quest, and what skills they'll develop. There should be a focus around which to base the activities, with the final outcome of the quest being an overall task such as producing a presentation or newspaper or web page.
2. The task
Explain clearly and precisely what the learners have to do. They may need to work in groups and decide among themselves how to divide up the task. You may need to provide general ICT advice such as how to open up links in a new window.
3. The process
This stage guides the learners through a set of activities and research tasks, using a set of predefined resources.
Links should be embedded in the webquest to sites, pages, databases, search engines and so on. There is no reason why pupils shouldn't use printed resources and books as well, since this widens the skills they need to complete the task. Guidance should be given on how to present findings; for example, maps, graphs, essays, wall displays and diagrams.
4. Conclusion
To conclude the webquest, pupils must be aware of what they have learned from the activity. They should have a final piece of work to present to the class or display on the wall. Space should be allowed to expand the topic and encourage pupils to use webquests for future pieces of work.
Linda Anderson is production editor for Creative Teaching and Learning
February 2011
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- creative teaching and learning
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- digital learning
- leadership briefing
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Thanks to the dedication and hard work of a Henderson cousin, we have at long last found our ancestor's photos. This one is a portrait of him in 1909, the year that he died. By this point his health had become frail, and he was retired from full time duties as the minister of the Busby Free Church.
Words cannot describe the gratitude I feel towards my cousin for finding this, and taking the time to pass this on.


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The 'World's Largest Wine Bottle Tour' was created in the form of a 5 foot, 340 lb. glass wine bottle containing the equivalent of 1152 glasses of wine – a new Guinness Book record! A Morton's branded truck and brand ambassador team traveled throughout the country to showcase the bottle at exclusive patron events held at 54 Morton's steakhouses nationwide. Over 4,000 patrons attended 54 various Morton's locations to experience the record-setting wine bottle while partaking in the restaurant's extraordinary cuisine.


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Work continues undeterred in the dining area this week. We managed to totally forget to build the table this weekend, but I'm hoping we'll find the time one night this week. Now that the main furniture's sorted, it's time to give it a boost of color.
My love of Cath Kidston is well documented though I'm not too big a fan of what they have available right now. Greengate is another favorite, though they're difficult to track down here in the US. I recently purchased myself this very cute snack set from Gracie China, though sadly they don't have much more in the line beyond that and a tea set.
An image from the SS13 Greengate Catalogue
So, what's a girl to do? Why, go to Etsy of course! I entered in what I was looking for (in this case, "yellow rose china") and got back a ton of results!
Another very popular, and budget conscious, option is milk glass. While not as colorful as some of the other options, milk glass is a great base to build off of, as you can see here. Click here to see another beautiful table that uses milk glass, this time with pinks. There are loads of fantastic vases, dishes, serving pieces, etc on etsy… Heck, I even found this unicorn! So do a quick search and see what you find!
I know for me this will be a process as I'm intentionally not just buying the set as I mentioned last week. I'll be posting my progress on Instagram so follow me there!
P.S.: I love love love this tablescape on citrusandorange. Yes, it's her Christmas table, but it's so darn cute you could use it every day, am I right?


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US Open To New Ideas on Air Traffic Control Privatization, DOT's Foxx Says. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said the government is open to ideas on privatizing the nation's ATC system, as long as aviation industry "stakeholders" agree on making that transformation. Foxx remarked on privatization after delivering the kZSeynote speech at an Aero Club of Washington luncheon on February 25, his first major address to an aviation audience. Aviation International News
FL: Toll road opponents want Pasco commissioners to halt project. Toll road opponents filled the Pasco Commission chambers Tuesday and two dozen spoke against the proposed elevated highway in what was the first real show of force by the grassroots "Pasco Fiasco" movement."We are just a small sampling of this community who oppose this road – and we would appreciate more opportunities to be heard," DeShon Hodge said. The group is hoping to persuade a majority of commissioners to put a halt to the $2 billion project. The Florida Department of Transportation is negotiating with a consortium headed by the Spanish firm OHL to build and operate the four-lane toll road. Tbo.com
NJ: Parkway, turnpike toll takers fight to keep jobs…. The controversial proposal was debated Tuesday, when toll collectors, union representatives and two New Jersey lawmakers urged the Turnpike Authority's board of commissioners to back away from the plan. The board may vote on the proposal at its April 29 meeting. Press of Atlantic City
NJ: Aging utility systems prompt privatization talks. The Borough Council has proposed borrowing $2.2 million to upgrade sewer and water infrastructure throughout town, prompting a debate among some members about selling the Red Bank water and sewer utility. Red Bank Hub
FL: Toll road opponents want Pasco commissioners to halt project. Toll road opponents filled the Pasco Commission chambers Tuesday and two dozen spoke against the proposed elevated highway in what was the first real show of force by the grassroots "Pasco Fiasco" movement. Tbo.com
WI: Idea of Wisconsin toll roads starting to gain support. Talk of toll roads in Wisconsin is resurfacing amid the high price of new construction and the bumper crop of potholes. WISN Milwaukee
IN: Pelath criticizes Ind. House GOP over passing up privatization review…By a party-line vote, the House majority rejected Pelath's proposal to conduct a cost-savings review of all state contracts that involved privatization of services over the past decade and make sure that a similar study is a part of all deals made in the future….The state's most notorious efforts at privatization have been the 75-year lease of the Indiana Toll Road to a foreign investor and the ill-fated decision to have IBM Corp. handle the lion's share of the state's welfare services."We all know how the IBM affair ended: with a system so broken that even a champion of privatization like former Gov. Mitch Daniels had to concede it didn't work," Pelath said. …"While the toll road lease has many more years to run, the chunk of cash the state received in the deal already has run out, and the list of state and local infrastructure improvements needing to be funded remains lengthy. Chesterton Tribune
NY: Mayor Bill De Blasio: Advertising Campaign Won't Impact Stand On Charter Schools…The mayor, who wants to charge rent to charter schools housed in public school buildings, held firm Tuesday, saying he needs to concentrate resources on the 95 percent of city students in public schools. He took issue with the Bloomberg administration's coddling of charter schools. CBS Local
TN: Outsourcing proposal upsets Oak Ridge parents, teaching assistants… "To ask them to be rehired with no job security, forced to be 'retrained' (what better training could they possibly have than to be working beside these amazing teachers — for some nearly 20 years), fingerprinted, have a background check and with a pay cut is too sad to think about. It is degrading and insulting, and, I'm sure, makes them feel that their many years of services is at best unappreciated, but even worse that their time was not considered to be valued. Oak Ridger
NC: Editorial – If we're going to outsource, let's get it right first. State Rep. Susi Hamilton supports the concept of enlisting private enterprise to help recruit businesses to North Carolina, but she objects to approving sending the taxpayers' money to a "public-private" organization without a better plan for raising the "private" dollars that are supposed to be part of the package. Her questions at a recent legislative committee meeting were on the money – state officials need to nail down more specifics before committing any more taxpayer dollars…. But the reality may be different, especially if the Honorables fail to establish adequate oversight of the new partnership's spending and operations. That's why it is important to slow down and get it right. North Carolina's current economic development process has room for improvement, but it is not so "broken," as McCrory is wont to characterize the state of state government, that it necessarily requires a total overhaul. StarNewsOnline.com
CA: City won't outsource parks work. Carlsbad has given up – at least for now – on its dream of saving millions by outsourcing all of the city's parks maintenance work. … It was an uncharacteristic retreat for a city that's been on the cutting edge of pension reform and other efforts to cut labor costs and save taxpayers money. But city officials said a potential $4 million in savings predicted two years ago by a consultant never materialized, partly because of a new state law requiring city contractors to pay workers union-negotiated rates known as prevailing wages. U-T San Diego
IL: Glen Ellyn opts to stay in ambulance business. After debating whether to get out of the ambulance business, Glen Ellyn officials have decided to continue owning and maintaining its own vehicles while outsourcing staffing and billing services….A staff analysis of Kurtz's proposal showed the village can save approximately $153,500 a year if it continues to own and maintain the emergency vehicles, as opposed to having the firm take over ownership along with the staffing and billing services. Chicago Tribune


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'Fort Peck experience' offers classic definition of AmericaNothing less than volumes could even come close to fully describing the magnitude of what occurred in Fort Peck, Montana., between the years 1933 and 1940. Researching and writing such a work, assuming that it lived up to the worthiness of the subject, could easily consume the lifetime of the most gifted author. The reason for that is simple-there is just too much to tell. I am contend that no visitor of average curiosity in the areas of history, anthropology or human development can visit Fort Peck without sensing the rich history and soaking up the vivid color splashed in the memories of workers, observers and residents, past and present. Like the cumulative ghost of the thousands who worked there, something inside the visitor cries out hauntingly, urging that person to reach for and attain the absolute highest level of understanding and expression possible, simply so others might see....That is what I have felt on each trip to Fort Peck. And for a writer, that very feeling is challenging, intriguing and, simply put, scary as hell.
Just piecing together this publication in honor of Fort Peck's 50th Anniversary was terrifying and humbling. Filled with awe, I was compelled to do all that I could to help people understand the beauty, significance and ongoing impact that the Fort Peck experience--in and of itself and as a microcosm--has had on America. There are many people who sincerely believe that what took place at Fort Peck is what America is all about. I'm one of them. I have walked the battlefields at Gettysburg, studied each room in George Washington's home and cried at John Kennedy's grave. But that same surge of historical excitement and importance, challenge and love that I felt on my first visit to Fort Peck is equal to or greater than any that I have felt. My one hope is that those who dedicated, enriched, renewed and even gave their lives in the building of this landmark may simply reap the recognition they deserve, for they carved a piece of history that stands as a symbol of hope's ultimate victory over despair. This publication will not attempt to serve as an all-encompassing document of history. Hopefully it will re-create the flavor of a time gone by, while pounding home elements of significance which, when totaled, illustrate all that is truly represented.
Link in a chain
I also hope this publication lends a clear perspective to that mammoth challenge leveled at a despairing people, with hopes that it would ultimately forge a mighty link in a chain which could pull a troubled nation together. If it highlights the hard-fought battle won by the people who built Fort Peck Dam, while illustrating the ever-present character of this monumental kingdom, then all the better. For the sake of balance, it must be pointed out that the people who came from all over the continent to build the dam played as hard as they worked. One can just picture men and women with no hope for a brighter future being given a new lease on life. As one man said, "There were 10,000 people here to work on the dam and 10,000 more who lived off the first 10,000. Up sprang 24-hour beer parlors, pool halls, barbershops, brothels, bathhouses, grocery stores, hotels and hardware stores, the aggregate of which were called boomtowns and shantytowns, both merciful terms. Just to think that a sparsely populated, barren patch of earth that few had ever heard of could become such a bustling region of communities... well, few living at the time would have ever dreamed it. Some estimate that 35,000 people once lived within a few miles of the government town of Fort Peck.
And residents enjoying employment, decent wages and housing-albeit the common tarpaper firetrap-was much more than anyone expected in that day of Depression. Today Fort Peck, no longer a federally owned and managed townsite, belongs entirely to its 300 or so residents. The Fort Peck story is one of the intangible built from that which is tangible. It cannot be told with mere statistics, staggering though some may be, although surely they shed strong light on the ultimate achievement. For instance: The fact that 34 million pounds-or 17,000 tons-of steel went into the sheet pile cutoff wall almost defies perception or relativity. That cutoff wall, located in the center of the dam, runs from end to end. It was driven into the shale below, piece by piece, to an average depth of 100 feet, by deafening trip-hammers which ran day and night. Much easier to relate to are two pictures taken in 1935 of the same outdoor thermometer. In one photo, the thermometer reads 60 degrees below zero, while in the other photo it reads 120 degrees above zero. Those two examples-considered individually and in conjunction with the other-may help to illustrate the magnitude of the effort put forth, the severity of the obstacles faced and the enormity of the accomplishments.
Dual purpose
The Fort Peck Dam project was authorized in late 1933 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who hoped it would serve the dual purpose of providing jobs for a Depression-plagued workforce and providing flood protection that had been a concern since the 1860s. One of the most formidable obstacles faced by the rough-and-tumble workforce is subtly referred to by a man who spent a good number of years at Fort Peck. Major Clark Kittrell, who arrived at the project in 1934 and served as district engineer from 1937 to 1939, wrote that "no engineering job of this magnitude had ever been attempted with so short a time for planning."Indeed, the work on the dam began 10 days after its authorization in October 1933. By the time closure of the dam was made in June 1937 and water was being diverted through tunnels, so many hardships had been conquered that some who worked on the dam consider it first and foremost a monument to perseverance, hope and persistence. In short, a tribute to the American spirit. Later to become part of the famed Pick-Sloan Plan, which includes six dams on the upper Missouri River basin, Fort Peck was no thought of by its creators in the same way it is thought of today.
In those days, it was considered a project of salvation which breathed new life into a wilted populace desperate for work. They could not see, nor did they care, that one day it would be seen as a memorial to human skill, guile, savvy, stamina and the ability to overcome hopelessness. But that is what it is. If this commemorative edition sparks a memory or coaxes a tear from one who has worked at Fort Peck, or if it somehow intrigues, enlightens or answers a question of a first-time visitor, it may be deemed a functional publication. It has been a labor of love for this editor because, like so many who have experienced Fort Peck, I have been mesmerized by its enchanting past as well as the town's delightful residents of today. Painted in my mind's eye and etched in my memory is one big picture of Fort Peck; so prominent and lasting, so vivid and powerful, it is almost eerie. No one sees it, for it is mine alone, and it exists above and beyond all that clamors in the clutter surrounding it. Engraved in that large comprehensive image, on a simple, hand-cut wooden plaque,centered at the bottom, is one word. America.
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Recipe for Almond Brittle using Power Chai!
14th Feb 2014
This amazing chai candy is a treat on any occasion. It's a version of brittle made with Power Chai® (in our La Bodega store) and California grown almonds, instead of peanuts. The recipe makes 1-2 pounds of brittle.
Power Chai Almond Brittle
INGREDIENTS - Part 1
1/2 C Sugar
3 Tbsp Power Chai®
1/3 tsp Salt
2 Tbsp Corn Syrup
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3 Tbsp Butter
1/3 tsp Baking Soda
1 C Lightly salted almonds or Sliced almonds
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Dale Sveum, 1989 Topps
Name: Dale Sveum
Team: Milwaukee Brewers
Position: Infield
Value of card: Six 1-ounce cups of "sveum"
Key 1988 stat: At least three layers worn at all times
So, what does Dale Sveum stand for?
Dashing looks (for a paper towel company logo).
Alcoholism is a prerequisite when playing for the Brew Crew.
Layer after layer is OK for a bench player.
Eyebrows that match the 'stache.
Sveum? It nearly killed him.
Vacant look in his eye; vacant at-bat at the plate.
Eagerly awaiting a much-needed haircut.
Underwear? Commando, son.
Mustache was the focus of the card and the man.
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A one-day conference exploring contemporary image sharing on social media & online visual cultures, which aims to create productive dialogue
Monday, 20 June 2016
Grand Hall, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (attendance at the conference costs £20. Please register here)
10:00 – 17:00
9.30-10.00 Registration
10.00-10.15 Welcome and Introduction
Farida Vis (Visual Social Media Lab/University of Sheffield)
10.15-11.00 Talk 1: Language of the Eye: How Computer Vision is Remaking Social Media
Susan Etlinger (Altimeter Group, A Prophet Company)
Images have the power to capture emotion and call people to action in a way that words often cannot. They can frequently be interpreted and understood without need for translation. They can spark trends and movements overnight, as we have seen with everything Black Lives Matter to Star Wars memes. But there is another factor at play. Social and mobile media have fueled an explosion of images on the Internet, whether in the form of photos, emoji, GIFs or video. According to a recent report, people share and upload more than 3 billion photos daily. This is both exciting and terrifying for industry, because approximately 80 percent of images that include a brand logo do not refer to the brand directly, which means that organizations are flying blind when it comes to detecting the content and context of images, and acting on the opportunities or risks they may present.
Today, organizations from start-ups to industry goliaths such as Facebook and Google are working on technologies that analyze the content of a photo. Increasingly, they're also applying artificial intelligence to understand the context, manage brand reputation, detect opportunities and threats, better understand customer attitudes and behaviors, and identify product and service opportunities. Yet while the image recognition market is expected to increase at a 19.1% combined annual growth rate by 2020, it is still a nascent technology.
This talk will lay out the context of the growing image recognition market, outline use cases and challenges of image recognition technology for industry, discuss the social and ethical concerns presented by the increasing use of images for organizations that wish to better understand not only what people say about them, but what they see.
Chair: Farida Vis
11.00-11.15 Break
11.15-1.00 Panel 1: Qualitative approaches to social media images
This panel explores a range of qualitative approaches to and interpretations of the use of images on social media, via a number of different case studies, including: the sharing practices of the Alan Kurdi image in September 2015, the way in which different groups in Sheffield use Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to 'image' Sheffield, and a recent case study from France, to encourage women to wear the hijab for a day to combat the rise of Islamophobia.
Lin Prøitz (Visual Social Media Lab/University of Sheffield) "This was a simple image just presented bluntly and there weren't many ways to interpret it really": A study of on the reception of the photograph of Alan Kurdi by a group of young volunteers in Sheffield and Oslo
Fatima Aziz (EHESS, Paris) From #AllVeiled to Hijab Day: a visual campaign against islamophobia in France
Anne Burns (Visual Social Media Lab/University of Sheffield) Imaging Sheffield: Location Specific Narratives Enacted Through Online Photographic Sharing
Katharina Lobinger (University of Bremen) Picturing and constructing the social. A repertoire-oriented perspective on networked visual practices in romantic relationships
Chair: Ray Drainville (Visual Social Media Lab/MMU)
1.00-2.00 Lunch
2.00-3.45 Panel 2: Social media images, politics, and protest
This panel addresses relationships between images on social media and political practices and identities, focusing examples on the use of social media images for the purposes of policy-making, journalism, activism and protest. Two cases discussed will include the use of Facebook for political purposes by Palestinian photographers and journalists and the May 1st demonstrations in Milan in 2015.
Simon Faulkner (Visual Social Media Lab/MMU) Palestinian press photographers, Facebook, and the presentation of the political self
Matteo Azzi and Gabriele Colombo (DensityDesign/Politecnico di Milano) Fakes, flames and memes. Explorations on Twitter visual imagery during the no-expo demonstration in Milan
Rebecca Moody (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) The influence of the visual in public policy making
Paolo Gerbaudo (King's College London) From Data Analytics to Data Hermeneutics: a blueprint for the qualitative sampling and interpretation of large social media datasets in the study of online political phenomena
Chair: Jim Aulich (Visual Social Media Lab/MMU)
3.45-4.00 Break
4.00-4.45 Talk 2: 'Diversity on the Internet: A Goat Thing'
An Xiao Mina (Meedan)
"Kittens," said Tim Berners-Lee, when asked on Reddit what he never thought the internet would be used for. And yet cats themselves are culturally situated, reflective of those who have historically been the internet's primary users: middle class Westerners. As the internet's global population diversifies, cats' presumed dominance deserves a second look.
Over the past year, I led research on a world map of animal memes shown at "How Cats Took Over the Internet," an exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image. Reflecting the collective work of over a dozen internet scholars and researchers, the map looks at animal memes in different regions, with a special focus on the global south. What's revealed is a diverse meme-nagerie, including llamas in Mexico, donkeys in Tajikistan and—perhaps most revealingly—a global trend toward goats.
In this talk, I will take a brief look at cat media online vis a vis the history of internet users and global connectivity. Discussing the map, I will argue that new meme cultures reflect a profound shift in internet population, as connected users reflect a wider range of lifestyles.
Chair: Olga Goriunova (Visual Social Media Lab/Royal Holloway)
4.45-5.00 Closing Remarks – Farida Vis
5:30 – 6:30 Drinks Reception (Benzie Building, Manchester School of Art)


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20 July - The Bexley Deal. It's a DIY solution, the Council has no money
rival take-aways on the high street both poking flyers through letter boxes
extolling their virtues but one claims that you will get food poisoning if you
buy from the other. Not content with that they rake up the distant past by
reporting that back in 2006 the other outfit was closed down having breached
every hygiene regulation imaginable but the flyers fail to mention that it is now under new management.
The adverse publicity falsely claims to have the lowest prices and its rival goes out of business. There are immediate price rises and increased delivery charges.
Gloating over the success of their shady tactics the surviving business sets up a new Facebook page and gets family members to post some glowing reviews, the sort of unethical practice that honest business would disown.
Ok, so it's not much of an analogy but Bexley Conservatives have successfully pulled off a similar stunt.
Last Wednesday they got to the family members on Facebook stage. Councillor Adam Wildman moved a Motion for Council approval.
"This Council welcomes the trust Bexley residents placed in them in electing a Conservative administration for the fourth consecutive term in May 2018."
"This Council further welcomes the administration's investment in local services, welcomes the focus on improving outcomes; and welcomes the administration's plans to establish 'The Bexley Deal' to reinforce and enhance partnership working between the Council, residents, businesses, charities and local communities in the borough."
"All Members of the Council commit to working to deliver 'The Bexley Deal' and a borough we can continue to be proud of."
Do normal well adjusted people turn to their spouse, partner, friend etc. to ask if they are the best friend etc. they have ever had and insist they put it in a signed legal document?
What is the point of a Council wasting time and putting on the official record the fact that they believe themselves to be God's gift to democracy? And what is this Bexley Deal anyway? It has never been mentioned by Bexley Council before.
Councillor Stefano Borella (Labour, Slade Green & Northend) objected to "a policy he had never heard of being introduced on the hoof" but none of the Tories were in the slightest bit interested in offering an explanation. They all voted to shut Stefano up. How can sane people be expected to vote on something without knowing what it is or having time to think about it?
Presumably sane people are in short supply on Bexley Council and as if to prove the point one of their newest loons rose to his feet. Councillor Adam Wildman (Conservative, Blendon & Penhill) is very keen to the polish the Leader's inflated ego.
He said that the 2014 election gave the Conservatives 71% of seats and now they had 75% which he claimed was "a significant endorsement" and down to the borough having a successful Council
Foremost among the successes was housing, "perhaps the most important issue for Londoners". Bexley has put "£55 million into housing over the past four years. The worst period for housing in Bexley was in 2003/4 and 2005/6 [the Labour period] when on average 178 homes were started per year and in the last ten years it has averaged 200."
"Last year the figure was only 164 affordable homes which is more than built by Hammersmith & Fulham, Brent and Camden."
The Council has "completed a £4·2 million investment in Lesnes Abbey {with money that came from English Heritage] and won the London Borough Tree and Woodland Award".
"The Council has prioritised investment in our children and provided £1 million to improving children's playgrounds which includes Belvedere Beach [using Cory Environmental's money]".
A Council initiative at Queen Elizabeth Hospital succeeded in getting the elderly out of hospital as early as possible and the scheme has been rolled out to all the other hospitals serving Bexley. Because of such schemes "Bexley was ranked fourth in a quality of life survey of London boroughs".
"The Council has saved around £109 million since 2010" which was attributed to "efficiencies". (Like more efficiently fining motorists for minor traffic infringements and increasing every charge, fee and tax that exists.)
More efficiencies are needed and Councillor Wildman indicated where the money will come from.
The Growth Strategy, the Place and Making Institute, the extension of Crossrail to Ebbsfleet and a new Twitter hashtag. #doitforbexley. Simply genius!
#doitforbexley, otherwise known as 'The Bexley Deal' will encourage street parties, litter picking and volunteering.
Councillor Wildman was given a prolonged round of applause by the assembled Conservatives.
Councillor Richard Diment (Conservative, Sidcup) had his seconder's speech well prepared. it went like this
"The election result on May 3rd was decisive. The people made it clear they wanted the Conservative party to be leading this borough for the next four years and it was not by accident".
"People looked at what had been achieved and looked at what was planned and they like what they saw."
He praised Children's Services and "£680,000 has been saved by a reduction in care days". Bexley was said by a leading government adviser "to have the best care services in the whole country".
The borough has been similarly praised for its dementia care services.
Councillor Diment was also given a round of applause by the assembled sycophants.
Well at least we know what The Bexley Deal is now, it is getting taxpaying residents to do some of the work they have already paid the Council to do.
Councillor Eileen Pallen wished to add her two pennyworth.
She said that Bexley residents are "good people" and "The Bexley Deal is already happening because it [helping] is a natural thing to do. We have the most amazing volunteers."
Councillor Pallen then launched into a number of Football World Cup Gareth Southgate analogies which were every bit as bad as the one with which I began this piece. I shall spare her blushes and move on.
More applause.
Councillor Cafer Munir (Conservative, Blackfen & Lamorbey) also praised Bexley residents for electing him and supporting "our great track record. The Motion sets out to do so {create trust] between our residents businesses and partners through The Bexley Deal". He looked forward to "bringing the Big Society to Bexley". (© Steve Hilton/David Cameron.)
Right, so now we know that Bexley Council is launching a new policy called The Bexley Deal. It is aimed at getting residents to do more things for themselves using unpaid volunteers. Fair enough, maybe we should help more when times are tough. There has been a fiery debate on my local Face Group pages arguing both for and against traders clearing the absolutely filthy pavements outside their shops. Not just litter but drink stains allegedly augmented with pee.
But why does a new policy have to be revealed by and wrapped up in a Motion aimed at getting praise for Bexley Council on to the public record? Once again it is not the policy that is suspect but our Council's arrogance, self aggrandisement and dishonest ethics which lets it down.
Did Labour have anything to say about it? You bet they did. They may have had no forewarning of what The Bexley Deal was but they had prepared their amended Motion anyway. Their leader Daniel Francis (Belvedere) introduced it which is probably a big enough subject for another day. However it won't be any surprise to you that the Conservatives were having none of it. Nothing can be allowed to get in the way of a Tory back slapping frenzy.


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Formulated in Switzerland and manufactured in Germany, TimeBlock is a range of anti-ageing daily supplement and topical skin care designed to slow down the biological ageing process.
Their ground-breaking supplement is made with a combination of plant-derived compounds that are naturally rich in vitamins, polyphenols and minerals. This impressive nutrient complex helps to reduce inflammation and oxidative stress within the body, to help preserve the vitality of the skin, hair and body. These plant-derived compounds have been specially cultivated and organically grown at an altitude of over 1,500 metres in the fertile, pH balanced soils of Tibet and Kathmandu. This growing environment, combined with a gentle lyophilisation process (also known as freeze-drying), ensures that the highest concentration of active ingredients is included in every capsule, which is up to ten times higher than many competitors. In fact, taking two TimeBlock capsules is the equivalent eating a portion of 5,650 grams of fruit and vegetables and drinking 3 litres of green tea.
Split into Day and Night formulations to ensure constant 24-hour rejuvenation, these supplements promise to treat everything from weak bones and painful joints to low energy levels and poor concentration, while helping to improve the overall quality and appearance of the skin, from head to toe. Suitable for both men and women, the minimum recommended course of these supplements is two months, but the results will continue to improve with extended use. Just take one Day capsule in the morning and one Night capsule in the evening every day with water, for best results.
After the success of their oral supplements, TimeBlock have created the very own collection of topical skin rejuvenators. Using specialist botanical complexes, each product works with the skin to improve the signs of ageing and fatigue, while encouraging better cell regeneration. Over time, their aim is to allow skin to look after itself better so concerns such as congestion and fine lines can be kept under control.
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As mentioned in my post, here, Haberstock-Mobility mailed me the Torx bolts, in a bullet-proof envelope, by LuftPost Priority Mail.
The package arrived around New Year's Eve.
If you look closely at the Customs Declaration, you can see the hypothesized values of the Torx Bolts. Of course, they are of very little monetary value. I still can't figure who would swipe such a thing.
And, this time, the Torx bolts were in the zip-loc bag. Phew!
Last, but not the least, thank you, Haberstock-Mobility.
Peace :)
PS. As I had already created this post, I did not give some of you a direct answer, regarding the whereabout of the new package from Haberstock-Mobility.


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4WD Half Day Tour You Drive
Follow 1860's stage coach trails
The Half day or One day 4x4 Outback Stage Coach Trails Adventure with: You-Drive Option
Here's a tour with the fun of an optional self drive!
Adrenalise in comfort! 4x4 Outback Adventure. A thrilling 4x4 adventure. Various trails to choose from. For example there is an option with a Glow-worm Cave, or the drive-thru tunnels option, do some gold & gemstone hunting & a short guided rainforest walk with a swing bridge. We'll discuss with you what your interests and focus for your trip are and take the trail that best suits you.
Drive yourself to the limit, (or we will drive for you), on one of the West Coast's stage coach trails, over Mountain Passes, rainforests, across rivers and through tunnels cut by 1860's goldminers.
If you would like to drive yourself, we supply you with a 4x4 vehicle, in which there can be up to 4 people, plus an instructor that goes with you. Your instructor has communications with our base in case you need any backup.
Choose one of 4 trails depending on how much excitement you want!! You're welcome to share the fun of driving or to put two ½ days together for a full day adventure. (10% discount for the second ½ day)
Check-in 8:30am, 1:30pm. Allow 4 hrs for ½ day trips & 8 hours for full day tours. We also do trips around the South Island up to 8 days and can rent you a 4x4 vehicle.
There's a trail where you'll meet one of the Wild West's local gold prospectors who will take you into the outback to visit some of his claims. He "claims" to have gold in your pan within one hour! You will head off up the Grey River Valley to the Nelson Creek Goldfields and then onto the goldminers back country trails. Enjoy a short rainforest walk and negotiate the early Chinese gold-diggers maze. Learn about the Native Beech Forest ecosystem thriving in the area. View incredible GLOWWORMS in the cave left at the Deviation. On the way, make your fortune at the 1860's WILD WEST GOLD MINE! This historic, underground mine was opened in 1866 and is worked from time to time by a local prospector who keeps the mine operating. Experience the Wild West's living heritage as you pan for the elusive gold flakes & red garnets. See how the old timers did it - you can operate the gold sluice boxes and the tea billy!


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Frijoles Refritos aka Refried Beans is made by mashing cooked kidney / black / pinto beans and fried in butter or oil with onions and other seasonings.
Frijoles means "Beans" and Refritos (Refried) definitely means not frying again. It just means "well fried". Mostly it is made of Pinto Beans but can be made with red or black beans too.
Though a store bought bottle of refried beans is readily available once you make at home you will love the fresh flavors and will not buy the bottled again.
- 3/4 cup kidney beans (or pinto beans / black beans)
- 2 Garlic Cloves
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme (optional)
- salt as needed
- 2 tbsp butter / olive oil
- 1 small onion
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp pepper powder
- 1 tbsp chopped pickled jalapenos (or fresh 1 jalapeno)
- fistful chopped cilantro
- Wash and Soak the dried beans overnight.
- Next day in a pressure cooker, cook the beans along with garlic, salt and thyme (optional).
- Leave for 8 to 10 whistles and do not bother about the consistency of the bean as we are gonna mash it up anyway.
- Reserve the liquid in which the beans are cooked, we may use some of it when mashing the beans, and remaining you can use it up elsewhere.
- In a pan, heat butter or olive oil ans saute the onions well.
- Meanwhile mash the beans with a masher or just give a run in mixie.
- Add these mashed beans to the onion and fry the beans well for 2 - 3 minutes.
- Add cumin and pepper powder and mix well. Add some of the cooking liquor in case the beans is getting too dry.
- Add jalapenos and cilantro, give a nice stir and turn off stove.
- Use any color kidney beans ,(light red, red, black) or pinto beans.
- Instead of pickle jalapeno, you can use fresh one or normal chilli too, In that case chop them and saute them along with onion.
- Serve as a dip or use as stuffing in quesadillas.
- you can also add the cumin powder to the beans wen pressure cooking it.
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Eve teasing is to sexual harassment what Delhi Belly is to projectile vomiting and diarrhea: both are really ugly things, hidden behind a cute name. At least Delhi Belly usually runs its course in a day or two. Eve teasing is a chronic and debilitating affliction, and a daily reality for women of all races and classes in India.
How do you deal with being harassed nearly every time you walk down a street, or get in a rickshaw, or do just about anything that involves leaving the house?
It doesn't bother me as much as it used to. Half the time I don't even notice. Sometimes I even get a perverse satisfaction, a sense of empowerment, when I can successfully pretend I don't even see the men who are crudely trying to get my attention. Just look right past them like they don't exist.
But then there are days like yesterday, when I was stranded and trying to flag a rickshaw for 2 hours, and an easy target for every jackass going by on a bicycle to make some stupid gesture or comment. (This is the only time my lack of Hindi comes in handy — I really don't even want to know what's being said, right?)
Or days like the one not too long ago when some (#@$*!!) guy passing by spit on me.
There are also the days when the guys going by in the Parade of Chauvinism decide that gawking and rude comments aren't enough, that they want—and have every right to—grab a feel, too. The last time this happened to me, it was a 9-year-old boy doing the groping. Just a harmless, childish prank? Maybe. But what do you think that kid's going to be like when he hits puberty in a few years? Scary thought.
Why the hell are these men on the streets of Delhi so disrespectful and crass? Where do they get this delusional and misplaced sense of superiority and entitlement when it comes to the opposite sex?
Read the papers on any given day and you'll realize that sadly, women can consider themselves lucky if being groped is the worst thing that's happened to them.
I wrote a blog that I never posted, not long after I arrived in Delhi, called "Why do Indian men stare?" Maybe it was the fear that the observations were shallow or trite, or the hope that there were some obvious answers that I was just failing to grasp because I was so new to the country. Part of the reason I didn't post is because I was afraid I would somehow come off as culturally insensitive.
But the fact is this: Any guy who gropes and harasses women is a sexist jerk, or worse. Doesn't matter what country you're in. Anyway I'm not saying that all the men in this city are jerks, just … uh … a lot of them? Or at least a lot of the ones I encounter during my daily commute to work. Why is that? And are we women powerless to do anything about it?
With this question in mind, I came across a great thing online a few months back. This public awareness group called Blank Noise is trying to confront eve teasing and empower all the women out there who are sick and tired of being harassed while they are trying to go about their daily lives. Among the project's other activities, they make these fabulous shirts which read (backwards, for rickshaw drivers to read in their rearview mirrors when they are trying to check out their passengers' chests): "Kya Dekh Rahe Ho?"
My thoughts exactly.
Critics will no doubt say that t-shirts aren't going to make a difference. But hey, you gotta start somewhere. And any effort to change the status quo when it comes to eve teasing ought to be welcome news for women in India.


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ONE decade ago, we set off from our home in a village at the top of Vermont for our new home in San Francisco. We drove the Camry with the bike rack on the back through Niagara Falls, New York (Tourist Trap Heaven); the Dumblands of Indiana ("FIREWORKS CAPITAL OF THE USA"); the endless expanse of Nebraska; through dry Utah and parched Nevada, into the green mountains of Lake Tahoe and down, down, down to San Francisco.
This was my third cross-country drive, so I could clearly see the changes in this great and mighty land.
The biggest change by far? As a people, we are visibly, indisputably and astonishingly fatter.
In girth, we look more like the inhabitants of Polynesia than we do our comparatively lean parents and grandparents.
HERE is what I wrote then:
"As we drive west, starting in Vermont and never ending until we reach California, our fellow Americans are fat. Not stout, not plump — we're talkin' supersizers, megamounds, widebodies, LPOs (large party of one), I've-fallen-and-I-can't-get-up, f-a-t spells fat."
To that I added:
"Lunch in Park City, Utah helps explain why. I have a sudden taste for Mexican food, and at the restaurant I order chicken in tomato sauce. Though we're both pretty hungry, we share the plate. There's enough left over to feed two more hungry adults. We walk off our Luncho Massivo on the hilly streets of Park City. Most of our countrymen, with whom we share the sidewalk, look like they could use a lot more walking and a lot less lunch."
WHAT does this have to do with the future — and, indeed, the present — of skiing?
Since skiing and snowboarding are falling sports, there's an ever-growing slice of the population pie that simply cannot participate. They've fallen and they can't get up.
That's no metaphor. For more than a decade, ski instructors have been encountering school kids with such appalling strength-to-weight ratios that when they take a fall, they literally cannot rise by themselves.
Which means they can't ski.
Can't ski, can't sled, can't run, can't play ball, can't climb mountains or even hills. For excitement, they turn to screens — phones, tablets, games, TVs. They're becoming ever more passive. Inert. Bloblike. Spud-dish. And fat.
SO, what can we do? A fair amount, actually. Here's a starter list:
- See Super Size Me. It's on DVD. Invite other families. Don't serve sugar drinks.
- To understand the effect of advertising on childhood obesity, start here and here.
- To discover how little you know about what makes you overeat, read Brian Wansink's Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think.
- Take a close look at your local school's lunch program.
- Split restaurant dinners with your dining companion… and skip that second dessert.
- Walk more streets, climb more stairs, cycle to school, bike to work. Start now.
- Get your kids outside. Keep their screens inside.
LAST: http://blog.sfgate.com/ski/2014/04/03/the-three-disgraces-first-disgrace-global-warming/
NEXT: The Third [dis]Grace.
Jules Older's ebooks are SKIING THE EDGE and DEATH BY TARTAR SAUCE.


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You haven't started cutting teeth yet, but you're a huge fan of real food. You love fresh fruit, green beans, and chicken. You're pulling up everywhere now. Not quite cruising, but it won't be long now. You love to play with the rhythm instruments, and "pet" the dogs, though you have a love-hate relationship with the big one.
I admit, you're not the easiest baby. You still don't sleep through the night, and you have a lot of stranger anxiety and separation anxiety. Basically, mommy holds you quite frequently, but I'm okay with that. I'm having fun watching your feisty personality develop, and I love every snuggle and cuddle.
We have spent the last nine months watching you smile, learn to crawl and babble. Your brothers are already hard at work planning your first birthday bash. It's hard to believe that it is so close. In no time you will be walking and talking, and the fact that you are growing up so fast makes me happy and sad at the same time. I am blissfully happy with my family right now, and could stand still in time, but I look forward to seeing the girl you become. I want you to know that you are loved and cherished, sweet girl, and I am so thankful for you!
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Peter Halley Installation: Heterotopia I (2019 Venice Biennale)
If you happen to be in Venice from now until August, a must see:
Peter Halley, Heterotopia I (Curated by Gea Politi) May 8 – August 10, 2019
Academy of Fine Art's exhibition space: Magazzini del Sale, no. 3, at Dorsoduro 264, Zattere.
"Using the forty-meter-long exhibition space, Halley has assembled a sequence of eight interconnected rooms that employ digitally-printed wall murals, a varying palette of artificial lighting, and three-dimensional objects to create a hermetic, coded heterotopia – a term borrowed from Michel Foucault, who defined heterotopia as a differentiated, bordered space created for a special purpose that both mirrors and defines itself as separate from everyday spaces".
Hope to find out more for future blogs


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Credit cards offer both cardholders and merchants a secure and convenient method of payment. And just as most cardholders have found their credit card transaction denied at least once for one reason or another, there are some merchants who have been denied the ability to accept credit cards.
Some of the merchants who can not take credit cards are excluded for some very good reasons, such as those selling illegal goods and services. But a closer look reveals that payment networks face some very difficult business and ethical decisions when merchant activities are extremely controversial or not completely legal.
Let's look at some examples of merchants who may not make the cut.
Hate Groups
Organizations that explicitly practice racism and discrimination are illegal in many European countries, but Americans enjoy broad free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution. Just like other businesses and nonprofits, these controversial organizations seek to sell products and accept donations from supporters who use credit cards.
So just because it is legal to organize and conduct hate speech, should banks and credit card networks do business with groups that many Americans would find repulsive? This question is at the center of a debate recently published in the New York Times. Each of the four participants in the debate agreed that credit card networks were within their rights to deny merchant accounts to hate groups, but they differed on the wisdom of doing so. Mark Potok, a senior fellow of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, made the case for hate groups to receive merchant accounts, comparing this service to basic utilities such as electricity. On the other hand, academics Jamie Chandler and Palmer Gibbs argued that banks are hypocritical when they market themselves as supporting diversity while conducting business with hate groups.
In August, MasterCard executives met with New York City Assemblyman Dov Hikind and agreed not to conduct business with groups selling selling racist, anti-Semitic and Holocaust denial products.
Medical & Recreational Marijuana
In this case, a product has been legalized by several states, but remains illegal under federal law. Further confusing this matter is the fact that the Department of Justice has chosen not to challenge state marijuana laws. For their part, the credit card networks have not prohibited marijuana dispensaries from accepting credit cards, but banks still consider these businesses to be high risk, and many won't do business in this industry. In response, several smaller merchant processing banks have begun to specialize in enrolling merchants in the legalized marijuana industry.
Mug Shot Sites
There are websites that post arrest photographs of people, and then charge them a fee to remove the picture. In many cases, these arrests never resulted in trials or convictions, but the mere existence of the photographs can be damaging to people's reputation.Recently, the New York Times spoke with several of the major credit card issuers that work with these sites, and most of them moved to terminate their relationships with those sites.
WikiLeaks has been operating as a not-for-profit media organization since 2007. For its first three years, it hosted a relatively obscure website that served as a conduit between anonymous sources and investigative journalists. But in the fall of 2010, it burst into the headlines when it disclosed a large cache of classified data from the U.S. State Department. Within months ,Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and others ceased to accept payments on behalf of WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks' website now refers to this coordinated campaign as a "Banking Blockade." To highlight this perceived injustice, WikiLeaks' website claims that "There are no judgements [sic], or even charges, against WikiLeaks or its staff anywhere in the world." In the years since, WikiLeaks has apparently broken through this blockade and now accepts donations via Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and other services.
In the U.S., companies have the right not to do business with a particular organization, if doing so does not violate anti-discrimination laws. And while there are many clear-cut cases where group engaging in illegal conduct will not be able to accept credit cards, there are also many gray areas.
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text: Here are 10 things you should know about the delightful Judy Holliday, born 97 years ago today. Though she appeared in fewer than a dozen pictures (and starred or was featured in even fewer), her impact on Hollywood was indelible. We have a big movie-star crush on her, and so should you.