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In the spring of 2014, the Lake Forest School District retained BATTA Environmental Associates, Inc. to investigate the recent occurrences of reported cancer cases within East Elementary School. The report concludes that in the absence of any abnormalities or any additional information, further investigation is unlikely to be beneficial. The follow links provide the details of the study and its conclusions.
Cancer Incident Investigation Report
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Food for fines is a new program at UTA that allows students to donate nonperishable food items in exchange for credit towards their library fines. I had a chance to sit and talk with the coordinator of UTA's Food Pantry and a staff member of the User Engagement Services to learn more about the program. Donation boxes were located in the three library's here on campus at UTA. The overall mission in starting this new program is to help students pay off their fines and also keep UTA's Food Pantry stocked to help other students in need.
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Van Christian, pastor of First Baptist Church of Comanche, Texas reviewed my book (For God's Sake, Shut Up!: Lessons for Christians on How to Speak Effectively and When to Remain Silent) in this week's issue of the Baptist Standard, the newspaper for Texas Baptists. Here is his report:
Brian Kaylor recounts seeing a sidewalk screamer/preacher who forced everyone to the other side of the street in order to avoid him. Kaylor remembers thinking, "For God's sake, shut up," not profanely, but because he honestly believed the speaker was driving people away from God as quickly as they were literally running away from him.I am glad Van found it worthwhile and I hope others do as well.
This stirred Kaylor into writing about how often Christians say something that in content or manner not only makes them look bad, but also hurts how people view God.
The book is divided into two sections. The first addresses seven common mistakes in communication to avoid, and the second covers steps toward becoming a more effective communicator.
Kaylor uses pertinent examples that almost everyone will recognize. His suggestions are thought-provoking and lead to self-examination. Anyone interested in shaping up their skills in communicating the good news of Jesus Christ will benefit from reading and applying the lessons of this easily readable book.


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$1 Camp Craft {Magnetic Chalkboard Message Center}
This is a really fun easy AND inexpensive craft! A Magnetic Chalkboard Message Center. We did these at girls camp last year and they turned out really cute. The supplies are inexpensive and you probably already have most of them on hand.
- craft paint
- Valspar (Lowes) chalkboard paint
- ribbon
- sponge brushes
- chalk
- magnets
- electric range covers (Dollar Store)
I searched all over for a good deal on chalkboard paint and I found it at Lowe's. I bought the quart size and chose black. It runs around $14 and could make at least 50 of these chalk boards.
I found these beautiful electric burner covers at the Dollar Tree. The great thing about these burner covers is that they are magnetic!
They come in a two pack. One is 8″ and the other is 10″. The demo for this post is the smaller 8″. The girls in our group really didn't care which size they got. I laid down a piece of wood and drilled two small holes at about 10 and 2 o'clock (it doesn't matter if they line up with the picture since it will be painted over, 10 and 2 are just for spacing purposes).
I searched for adorable fun ribbons and had the best luck at Hobby Lobby. Often they are on sale for 40% so watch for sales. I pre-cut one yard (3 feet) for each board.
At camp I had each girl start by painting the center black with the chalkboard paint. The hardest part is getting the black to be smooth, I just softly swirled the foam brush in large circles. To create a great border, we followed the lines from the design printed on the tins with the black chalk paint. It dried in a few minutes. Then we filled the border with a solid turquoise and added a few dots around. After the paint dried we fished the ribbon through the holes and tied a knot on the back side. I also tied a knot in the top so the ribbon would always show the decorative design.
Didn't these turn out adorable? And for soooo cheap! I think they cost about $1 each. Perfect for a big group of girls at camp.
We didn't have time to decorate magnets at camp, but this one just has a bright circle of scrapbook paper glued to it with a glue stick.
To make clean up a breeze, we used disposable bowls and plates for the paint and threw away the foam brushes. Each girl was given a few pieces of chalk and they hung them above their sleeping spots. Then they could write notes to each other and reminders about what was coming up the next day.


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Every March, in commemoration of International Women's Day, the Coalition of Muslim Women of KW pays tribute to outstanding women who have made Kitchener-Waterloo a wonderful place to live through their community activism and service, by honouring them at the CMW Women Who Inspire Awards Recognition Dinner.
The Awards Dinner is truly a much-anticipated gala event, attracting 250 guests, including many local dignitaries and special guests. The evening is a vibrant mixture of award presentations and speeches, enjoyable live entertainment and a tantalizing multicultural food feast!
In 2016, the distinguished women who received awards were Imam Arab, Aida Kamel, Helen Ala Rashi, Bibi Ali and Siba Al Khadouri. Respected former Waterloo mayor Brenda Halloran received the "Friend of CMW Award".
In 2017, the worthy award winners were Selda Sezen, Duaa Al-Aghar, Sarah Shafiq, Dr. Hind Al-Abadleh, Nada Numsi and Rahma Abukhousa. The "Friend of CMW Award" was presented to KW Counselling Services, in recognition of the tremendous support that KWCS has provided to CMW over the past five years.
CMW was honoured to have The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of Status of Women deliver the keynote address at the 2017 Awards Dinner. The Honourable Maryam Monsef is the first Canadian Muslim women to hold a cabinet position, and journeyed to this position from a challenging beginning as a new refugee in Canada.
Award winners were selected from nominations sent in by community members. In 2017, the award categories were: Inspiring Leadership, Community Service, Professional Excellence, Advocacy/Activism, Artistic Accomplishments and Outstanding Youth.
Please watch this website for news concerning our next CMW Women Who Inspire Awards Recognition Dinner! We hope that you will join us at this gala event!


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Monday, June 25, 2012
Gifts for the Dying {Love Notes}
{I still don't feel up to writing a regular recipe post ... but I'm going to share with you some of what's in my heart. And how we packaged up love for a last birthday.}
It's been nearly two weeks since we lost Grammy, and as our townhouse fills up with her treasures ... it's sinking in. But sadness still only hits me in little bit-sized doses, surprisingly easy to wash down with a glass of wine. Is it good not to feel miserable? Bad? I think the former. And I'll tell you why.
It's not the antidepressants, either. I know what you're thinking.
I think it's because my mother-in-law died knowing just how much we all loved her, how special she was to us. We left nothing unsaid. My heart is peaceful.
A month before she died, J turned 70. Her cancer was progressing by that time, and she was already becoming more dependent on her family for everyday things. There would be no big party, no box of wine, no special dinner ... but what could we give her to celebrate the day she was born? She was clearly fading, and needed more stuff (in her words) 'like a hole in the head.'
How do you wrap love?
And then it hit me. We would write her love notes - each scrap of paper containing a special memory, or a thing we loved about her, or how she's changed us. Nelle drew pictures. Robbie and I sat around the kitchen table and scribbled and laughed and cried. We tucked as many of these notes as we could fit into a little tin, and in the week after her birthday J laid in bed and read them one by one by one.
She later said to me that people didn't often hear these things before they died.
These are the sentiments of eulogies.
But shouldn't they be of life? Birthdays?
These things shouldn't be left unsaid, but too often they are.
I don't know about you ... but I'm going to be writing more love notes. Watch out.
Amanda xx
Monday, June 11, 2012
The Last Days {Raspberry & Rosemary Cornbread}
I worry that if we go home tomorrow, me and Nelle, this will be the last time we see her. It's like we're in a car speeding past things {beautiful things}, and I want to STOP and have a look, but they're already gone. Woosh. All that's left is a glimmer in my memory, and I wasn't even paying attention properly. Shit.
We've already passed the last carrot cake, the last American diner. The last sleepover in Nelle's room, giggling past bedtime. The last Christmas dinner {whatever time it happens}. The last search for hidden treasures at the op-shop. Gone, gone, gone. It's not supposed to go this fast. Can I reconstruct those memories, out of my peripheral vision?
And my daughter? I hope she's been watching carefully, taking snapshots of Grammy to carry into womanhood with her. To help her become the person she's becoming already. Strong, witty, compassionate.
Sometimes these last days, sadness creeps up into me like a damp cold. And so, I have to bake ... It warms me up, reminds me of happinesses {like butter, and family}.
Be warm.
Amanda xx
The time
10 min prep + 45 min baking + 10 min cooling
The ingredients
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup self-raising flour
2 Tbs raw sugar
1/2 Tbs minced fresh rosemary
1 cup milk
1 organic (~60g) egg
2 Tbs olive oil {or melted butter}
1 cup frozen raspberries {or substitute fresh if you're lucky!}
*Try to use organic when you can!
The process
1. Preheat the oven to 160C (325F) and line a small loaf pan with baking paper.
2. Mix together all the ingredients in a large bowl. There's probably some logical reason why you should do it in a particular order, but as often as not I just throw things in as I remember or retrieve them. This recipe's pretty resilient to that kind of slack behaviour.
3. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and pop into the preheated oven for ~45 minutes {but start checking at 30 min ... I don't know about you, but the setting for 160C on my oven is verrrrry close to the 180C}. It's done when golden and firm and when a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Remove from the oven, let it cool, and slice into thick, butter-worthy pieces.
The cost
Ah, cornmeal is one of our thrifty faves! And rosemary? Once you get a rosemary plant going in your garden, you're going to have more than you know what to do with. Frozen organic raspberries are expensive, but nice - and even made all-organic this loaf will still only cost $4.50 or so.
Raspberry and Rosemary Cornbread
makes 1 loaf
Rosemary and raspberry is one of my favourite new combinations - conceived in a salad dressing and only just finding its way into my baking repertoire. This is only slightly sweet, making it perfect for morning or afternoon teas, breakfast, or even {with some whipped cream or ice cream} dessert.
The time
10 min prep + 45 min baking + 10 min cooling
The ingredients
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup self-raising flour
2 Tbs raw sugar
1/2 Tbs minced fresh rosemary
1 cup milk
1 organic (~60g) egg
2 Tbs olive oil {or melted butter}
1 cup frozen raspberries {or substitute fresh if you're lucky!}
*Try to use organic when you can!
The process
1. Preheat the oven to 160C (325F) and line a small loaf pan with baking paper.
2. Mix together all the ingredients in a large bowl. There's probably some logical reason why you should do it in a particular order, but as often as not I just throw things in as I remember or retrieve them. This recipe's pretty resilient to that kind of slack behaviour.
3. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and pop into the preheated oven for ~45 minutes {but start checking at 30 min ... I don't know about you, but the setting for 160C on my oven is verrrrry close to the 180C}. It's done when golden and firm and when a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Remove from the oven, let it cool, and slice into thick, butter-worthy pieces.
The cost
Ah, cornmeal is one of our thrifty faves! And rosemary? Once you get a rosemary plant going in your garden, you're going to have more than you know what to do with. Frozen organic raspberries are expensive, but nice - and even made all-organic this loaf will still only cost $4.50 or so.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
10 Tips for Travel with Children
{This is a post - newly revamped - from the archives! But a few friends are doing some travelling with kids soon, so I thought I might update it and repost it ... Enjoy! A xx}
I was going to call this post: When Your Toddler Won't Fit in Your Checked Luggage ... but I would never advocate doing that.
Not before the trip anyway.
This post is a little different from most of mine ... but if you're a parent who likes the idea of travelling with your kids before they're teenagers, and you don't want to sacrifice your sanity or quality of life ... well you might just be interested.
Now before I go any further, I have a confession to make. We spend all our spare money on travelling. So lest you think I'm some kind of jet-setting millionaire ... nope. I'm just a parent, like you, who happens to make travel a priority. In part, it's because my family lives in the US (and I live in Australia). But mostly, I just love finding the little treasures hidden all around the world.
Robbie and Nelle do, too, lucky for me ...
As a result, Nelle's been overseas lots in her first
3 4.5 years ... the first when she was just 3 1/2 months old. Since then, I think we've done it all. Breastfeeding in an economy-class seat next to complete strangers. Getting seated separately from Robbie (lucky bast*rd). Car seat dilemmas, delays, Nelle rolling out of hotel bed, colds, flus, and so on.
But goodness, that's making it sound awful. Really, travelling with Nelle was much easier than I expected! And now she enhances travelling for us - she's become very outgoing, and starts up conversations with people. As a result, we meet people wherever we go. We're no longer this insular little travelling island - Nelle branches us out.
Here are just a few of the things I've learned by flying with Nelle ...
Always see if you can get one of the bassinet (cot) seats, or at least a seat with extra leg room. Even if you end up with bub on your lap the whole time, you won't get as many cramps in your legs. Plus you may end up near another child, and the two can entertain each other. (Some may not see this as an advantage.) Beg. Plead.
Consider taking the car seat on the plane. If you have a toddler you might actually find they behave themselves better if they're in their very own car seat. We discovered this by accident ... one airline (ahem BA) wouldn't let us check our car seat for free so we took it on board. It was great! Nelle slept better, didn't wiggle out of the ridiculous kid seatbelt, and was generally happier.
Plus, I've hired car seats in various places and ended up with some very costly, very sketchy seats. We'll be taking Nelle's with us overseas from now on.
NOTE: Be sure your car seat meets airline standards. Check ahead!
Have something for bub to suck on during take-off and landing. This can be a dummy (pacifier) or a bottle or even food. Their ears aren't very good at readjusting to the pressure as the plane gains and loses altitude ... so sucking on something helps out. If you've often heard babies screaming during take-off or landing, this is probably why. Unless they're hungry. Or need a nappy change.
If you're travelling in a pair, order one vegetarian meal. It comes out earlier, so you can share around the baby-holding duties and eating duties. Trust me when I say it's not easy to hold a baby and eat your dinner at the same time.
Give up any expectations of watching a movie and/or drinking free wine. It may happen, but it may also happen that you're entertaining bub the whole flight. After 2 years of flights where Nelle only wanted to sit on my lap, she's now in her own seat - and - I've actually watched an in-flight movie again! Woo hoo!
Lots of food. I cannot stress this enough. Food that's entertaining, nutritious, not sugar-laden, filling, favourite, time consuming to eat. Food in crackly packets. Crackers. Those great squeezy fruit or veggie purees. Those lunchbox-sized tetra-packs of milk. Be creative, but try to avoid food that'll have your little person bouncing off the (very cramped) walls. Best to check with your airline about their security restrictions, but I've found that most airlines let you take on fluids for babies and small children - my experience has just been that they'll swipe or test or make you taste one or two.
Muffins, breads, cookies and crackers are great kid-pleasers - here are some recipes for you to try out:
Easy Peasy Sweet Potato Muffins
Sweetheart Baking Powder Biscuits
Kids Can Make ... Zucchini Cake
Spelt Carrot Cake Muffins
The Best Cornbread
Whatever You've Got Muffins
Olive Oil Crackers
Cheesy Polenta Crackers
Ode to Puffed Corn
Cheesy Party Crackers
Activated Almonds
Sea Salt and Rosemary Toasted Almonds
Kale Chips
Brown Sugar Cookies with Chia Seeds and Orange Zest
My Fave Choc-Chip Cookies
Melting Ginger and Macadamia Shortbreads
Buckwheat and Butter Cookies
Cumin-Lime Cookies
Fresh-Ginger Cookies
Orange Poppyseed Cookies
Oat and Sunflower Biscuits
Peanut Butter, Chocolate and Quinoa Cookies
Vegan Sesame Cookies with Cacao Nibs
Lemon Millet Cookies
Chewy (Vegan) Anzac Biscuits
My Fave Choc-Chip Cookies
Melting Ginger and Macadamia Shortbreads
Buckwheat and Butter Cookies
Cumin-Lime Cookies
Fresh-Ginger Cookies
Orange Poppyseed Cookies
Oat and Sunflower Biscuits
Peanut Butter, Chocolate and Quinoa Cookies
Vegan Sesame Cookies with Cacao Nibs
Lemon Millet Cookies
Chewy (Vegan) Anzac Biscuits
NOTE: Always try out foods ahead of time - you definitely want food that your child likes, and doesn't react poorly to.
Even if your child seems perfectly healthy when you get on that plane, they might start dripping just after take-off. And heating up. And crying, lots of crying. I always take a children's pain reliever and children's antihistimine with me on the plane, just in case. Again, in a small, labelled jar that the flight security people check out.
Plus, then you won't have to trawl foreign pharmacies for whatever your child normally uses. (How do you say antihistamine in Polish?)
As with the food, check your child's response to the medicine before the trip, and also make sure it's not considered illegal wherever you're going. (Hey, mistakes can happen!)
AND ... I know this stuff isn't 'medicine', but you might consider making up a batch of hand sanitiser before you go, too!
Take new books and toys - my faves are a little magnetic/erasable drawing board and stickers. Avoid toys with repetitive, tinny music at all costs. Toys will occupy at least a little time, though probably less than you anticipate ... but if you're lucky enough to get a flight with in-seat entertainment - you're in the money! We relax all our TV restrictions on the plane - I figure 4 straight hours of Dora the Explorer won't be too bad for Nelle in the long run. And let me tell you, you can get a couple of those little bottles of wine into you in 4 hours.
Now I've got you excited, because you might have in-seat entertainment, right? Here's a very important tip: Never ever rely on the airline to get it right. You may be sitting away from your partner, the person in front of you might recline for the whole 14 hr flight, or the in-flight entertainment might consist of a classic movie shown on a screen half a plane away from you. You may not get your vegetarian meal or your wine. There may be enough turbulence that you can't use the bassinette anyway. Have contingency plans for these situations. But, most importantly, see #10.
This is I think the most important mantra a parent can have, for any situation. At home, the shops, on a plane, at the hotel, anywhere. I find it's the times when I've made specific plans, or have my heart set on some me-based activity that things go (as they say here in Australia) pear-shaped. Dreadfully, disappointingly wrong.
There are always options to recover your sanity and even your happiness! All your entertainment options have been a bust? Pull out your camera and go through photos together. Tell stories out of the magazine. Try peek-a-boo. Take photos of your child - see if you can do a series called Tantrums Across the World.
|yep. she'll love me for this one later ...
I'm not trying to be negative here, you'll probably have a great flight with your little one! I do though think it's important to be realistic - things can go wrong. But you know what? You're clever, and creative, and a great mum or dad, so you'll be able to adapt. You'll do this! I mean, you've already done way harder things! So, the bottom line is:
Be prepared
Be adaptable
Um, you say, where did that last one come from? My philosophy is that I make it through any situation if I can find the humour in it. I'm not necessarily suggesting you break into riots of laughter going through US customs ... but if things go poorly somewhere along the track, it'll make a great story, right? Just think of it like your favourite Seinfeld episode ...
So have a great trip! And maybe we'll see you in economy sometime :)
PS. Do you have a great tip? If so, please share it in the comments section! That way we can all use it!
Amanda xx
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Leek and Pumpkin Risotto with Candied Macadamias
I don't know if it was desperation or what, but I finally figured out how to crack into those organic macadamias I bought at the farmers' market - oh - 4 months ago. Let me just say it involved 2 paving stones and was immensely gratifying.
Macadamias {a Queensland native} are just about the hardest nuts to crack, and there's not a chance your everyday standard nut cracker's going to work. But paving stones? Bricks? Yep. Simply place the maccas on top of a flat paver and crush with another paver. Watch your fingers, and occasional flying nuts. Great fun!
Once I got into the nuts, and had eaten a few too many raw ones, I candied them to put on a simple leek and pumpkin risotto.
Yes, CANDIED.
And yes, PUMPKIN RISOTTO. Making me the worst kind of hypocrite - but hey, have you ever seen a pumpkin risotto with candied macadamias? Me, neither. And I tell you what - it's amazing. Really, really yum.
And my way? Very, very easy. I must prefice this by saying that I'm a lazy risotto maker. I get the Zen of standing at the stove stirring {or as Jamie Oliver says - massaging} stock into rice ... but in everyday stovetop life I like to minimise commitment. So this is not a traditional risotto, but is probably one you're more likely to make if you have a 4 year old racing around the
I encourage you to accept your limitations {as I have} and make risotto the Lazy way.
Plus then we're kind of in a club together. Welcome!
Amanda xx
Candied Macadamias
adapted from Salt & Pepper by Sandra Cook
The time
5 min prep + 15 min baking
The ingredients
1 1/2 cups de-shelled raw macadamias
2 Tbs maple syrup
2 Tbs raw sugar
1 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
The process
1. Preheat the oven to 160C (325F) and line a baking sheet with baking paper.
2. Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl, spread them across the baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for ~15 minutes, stirring occassionally so they don't all stick together or burn. Cool and EAT. Or sprinkle on risotto (recipe below).
NOTE: Try not to eat too many at this stage or you might not be able to stomach them on the risotto ...
The cost
I got a huge bag of macadamias at the market for $10, but maybe you're lucky and have a tree! {If so, can we be friends?} Made with organic ingredients, this cost me $2-$3. And I didn't use all of them on the risotto.
Lazy Leek and Pumpkin Risotto
serves 3-4
The time
10 min prep + 15 min cooking
The ingredients
2 baby leeks*, the white parts only** washed and sliced
2 Tbs extra virgin olive oil
2 cups arborio rice
3 cups boiling water {or stock}
1 cup chopped, peeled, roasted butternut squash {aka pumpkin; about 1/4 of one}
4 Tbs butter
1 tsp sea salt, plus extra to taste
+ 1/2 - 1 cup candied macadamias, to taste
*or one regular adult leek
**save the green parts in the fridge for your next batch of veggie stock!
Try to use organic when you can.
The process
1. If you haven't already roasted the chopped pumpkin, do so now. Just toss in a dash of olive oil and roast at 200C (400F) till soft and even slightly charred.
2. In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, saute the leeks in the 2 Tbs olive oil until they're soft. Add the uncooked rice and saute a further 2 minutes or so, till the rice starts to become translucent looking. Add the boiling water, bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to a simmer. Cover and simmer ~12 minutes, until the water's absorbed and the rice is soft.
3. Remove from heat and add the pumpkin, butter and salt and stir though. I kind of squished my pumpkin a bit - it tends to get eaten better by my child when she can't pick it out. Serve in bowls or on a plate, sprinkled with sea salt and black pepper and candied macadamias and alongside a salad or lightly-steamed green veggie.
The cost
Organic arborio can be pricey, so if you find it on special then stock up. Otherwise, you can substitute regular white rice if you want. I estimate this cost me ~$2 a serve, done organically {and not including the macadamias}.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Creamy Chai Oatmeal with Zucchini and Sweet Potato
I woke up this morning starving. Rolled over in bed, pulled on my wooly sweater and realised I'd given away the loaf of bread I made yesterday.
Damn me and my perpetual kindness.
Ha ha.
Damn me and my perpetual kindness.
Ha ha.
Backup plan? Oatmeal.
I turned on this.
And then this.
I turned on this.
And then this.
With rolled oats and milk, leftover chai tea, shredded raw zucchini and sweet potato and lotsa maple syrup, I created oatmeal.
5 minutes later - its short life was over.
And now? I'm going to finish this recipe and curl up in my sleeping bag on the couch and read this - a seriously fantastic adventure novel that's incredibly readable. And free.
Happy Saturday!
Amanda xx
Creamy Chai Oatmeal with Zucchini
and Sweet Potato
serves 1-2
The veggies in here cook down into the oatmeal, leaving only hints of green and orange within your bowl. Zucchini and sweet potato are excellent companions of chai flavourings (think - cake, or scones) and are more than just added nutrition here - I think they actually enhance the flavour. Give it a go.
The time
5 minutes
The ingredients
2/3 cup rolled oats
2/3 cup milk (or substitute your favourite cookable non-dairy milk)
2/3 cup leftover (or freshly brewed) chai tea
1/4 cup finely shredded raw zucchini
2 Tbs finely shredded raw sweet potato
2 pinches ground cinnamon
1 pinch sea salt
maple syrup and milk, to serve
*Try to use organic if you can!
The process
the oats, milk, tea, zucchini everything into a pot and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat and (stirring pretty regularly) cook till the oats are soft and the liquid is mostly absorbed. Serve with cold milk and a hearty drizzle of maple syrup. Share if you like. (I didn't.)
The cost
I always save my extra brewed chai (and other) teas in jars in the fridge for occasions like this. Tea's a great flavour enhancer in baking, and who wants to waste the good stuff?
This organic oatmeal costs ~$1 a serve. With a free book? You've made money.
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Casually attired wearing one of his many trademark berets, Samuel L. Jackson is the first to admit that he often plays characters close to himself. In New York promoting the latest instalment in the XXX franchise, the 56-year old actor admits that "every character in some particular way has small elements of who you are, only because you have to use your experience, so you have to tap into something that is personal to make certain things work."
"There's no way that I actually can make my characters shorter than I am so that's always me and I can change my voice and I can change the temper of it but it's still my voice. The attitudes and the way that they treat other people tend to be very different from the way that I would normally treat people, or be the person that I am. I have a sort of quirky personality, in a way, and I'm kind of cynical as all my characters are. I'm kind of outspoken or there are moments when I need to emphasise something, but most times the way that a character approaches the particular life that's being displayed on screen has nothing to do with who I am," insists the actor.
But when it comes to his character in the latest Star Wars trilogy, the concluding episode of which finally unspools next month, this is a case where actor and character are far apart. "Mace Windu's a lot quieter than I am, a lot calmer and more analytical and thoughtful than Sam is, while Sam's reactionary," Jackson says, smilingly.
Jackson is one of the few Hollywood stars who can say they have been a part of movie folklore as part of George Lucas' final trilogy that he had begun over three decades earlier. As Episode III, the long awaited trilogy finale prepares for its launch, Jackson says that shooting the trilogy, has had its unique challenges, different to those presented to him in a film such as XXX, "because the world is very different. It's a fantastical world full of people who have special abilities that you have to be a lot more omnipotent and less vulnerable than, say, a human being because they are. They see further, they have specific powers that allow them to get into people's heads in different kinds of ways, they are involved with characters who are from different particular planets and worlds more so than in the same world you are from and everybody's experience is different, except for the Jedi which is a whole closed society."
The actor says that working on Star Wars, has not only been cool, but part of "a wishful film factor" that has been with him much of the last thirty years, "because when I sat there in the first one watching it, all I wanted to know was how I could get into a movie like that and when are they holding auditions for the next one. Granted, it took me 30 years to figure it out but it's something that I wanted to do and the kind of movie that you watch and you wish you could be in and a lot of times that never happens. You see things and you want to be in them, you wish you could be in a movie like that. It's kind of like me wanting to be in a western. I haven't found one yet that I could do or one hadn't come my way that's good enough but I saw that and I felt that way about it. I was passionate enough about it that when the opportunity presented itself and I was able to do it, I did it. I feel good about that particular thing, which I was able to make that happen for myself."
Jackson doesn't concern himself with the endless criticisms that plagued episodes I and II, and responds to perceptions that the current trilogy is inferior to the original. "The people that don't like episode 1 are adults who were not adults when they saw episode 4 and if you ask any 12 year old kid who was 7 or 6 when they saw the first one, who their favourite character was, they'd say Jar Jar Binks because the first movie is a kid's movie, about a kid and gives kids an opportunity to feel like their hero. The next movie's a bit more teenage, teenage love, kid's voice changes and he's in love with a girl and he's trying to figure it all out. People didn't like that one too much either but there was enough action in it to satisfy the people. Hopefully this one will be dark and bloody enough and will wrap up all those loose ends, so everybody will feel some sense of satisfaction thus when they sit down to watch all 6 of them by the time George puts all of them out, they can watch them in any order they want to."
Much has already been written about Jackson's climatic fight scene in Episode III, but laughs when asked if it's what fans will want to see. "I have no idea what these fans want to see, because Star Wars fans are kind of a different breed of people, so I really have no clue what they expect to see. I don't know, because from film to film, people have their favourite films and people have their favourite characters and their favourite moments. There are people who even write down Jedi on their job application as religion, so I don't know."
But in a career full of varied and treasured moments, Jackson concedes that Star Wars may ends up being one of his major legacies. "Years and years down the line, out of all the things that I've done, if they don't remember anything else I've done, that movie will be studied, or that particular series will be studied as a watershed moment in film making that kind of changed the way films got made, and got marketed, it changed the way a lot of people approach to making movies about outer space and it brought a lot of people into the cinematic world to make different kinds of movies that they started out there but ended up making a lot of different kinds of movies."
Jackson, to, has continued to be as diverse in his choices as possible, not to concerned about making commercial choices. A self-confessed fan of action movies, Jackson had no qualms about stepping back into the firing line as Agent Augustus Gibbons in the new XXX adventure, State of the Union, this time starring Ice Cube in the title role. Jackson had initial concerns that his character would have little to do in the sequel, but that was far from the case. The actor says that he sees Gibbons "as the M character who's kind of running the show and in control, who gets to choose the XXX characters and makes sure he knows what's going on. In this particular script, there was a bigger reveal of who he was, where he came from, the fact that he's not just a bureaucrat, but somewhat of a warrior himself. Often he's willing to step into the line of fire and do the things that he asks the other people to do." Jackson says that "It's fun for me to do action pictures and still get off on shooting guns and chasing people." Shooting a movie like XXX and Star Wars, naturally brings out the child in him. "It's part of stuff I did with my friends in the street. We had guns, we shot at each other, we chased each other but they always said 'you missed me'. In these kinds of pictures, you shoot somebody, the chest explodes, they fall down, and so it's kinda good."
As for whether we will sim turn up in another XXX film, the actor is keeping his cards to his chest. "I guess we have to wait and see how much money this movie makes. It's all about that and nothing to do with me, but with how many people go and see a movie, and how much money the movie makes. If it makes enough money, XXX 3 is on the drawing board."
But before that, we will be seeing quite a lot of Sam Jackson in the coming months, from the action comedy The Man, with Eugene Levy, through to Flight 121, also known as Snakes on a Plane, which he is about to begin. "I like scary movies and the scariest thing you could think of is a crate load of poisonous snakes getting released into the atmosphere on a plane. It says everything about it. I play an FBI Agent transporting a witness to a trial, so the bad guy puts this crate load of poisonous snakes on a plane." Jackson is currently in the middle of shooting Freedomland, opposite Julianne Moore. "It's the story of a young mother who gets carjacked in the projects. Her kid is in the car and her brother's a cop in the next town so they descend on the projects. The brother and his police cohorts are jacking everybody in the projects and creating a hot racial atmosphere, so it's a pretty dark and crazy movie."
Samuel L. Jackson continues to enjoy the flurry of success that he has enjoyed for over a decade. 80 films on, and Jackson remains a true Hollywood survivor. Asked, given his success, that greatest change that has taken place in his life, the cynical actor merely remarks, "I've got a lot more money than I had when I was using."


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Room 6 – Double with Island & Sea-view
Relax and unwind with a good book
This double room on the second floor of our hotel is traditionally decorated with period features. With dramatic clifftop views it's the perfect place to let your creative juices flow at the writing desk or simply relax and unwind with a good book.
Treat yourself to something from the complimentary well-stocked tray of refreshments; if you have any special dietary requirements please let us know at the time of booking. You'll also find an iron and ironing board in the room, as well as a hairdryer and clock radio/alarm.
The en-suite shower-room has everything that you need for your stay, including a high quality Hansgrohe shower; the finest in German engineering, which is sure to relax and revitalise. There are also complimentary toiletries from Ebony London and soft white towels (bath sheet, bath towel, hand towel and face cloth) made from 100% rich luxury cotton.
We recommend giving yourself time away from your electronic devices while you're with us, to fully relax and appreciate Tintagel and the surrounding area. In reality however, we know how difficult that can be sometimes, so we've got free WiFi available throughout The Avalon and each room also has a television; DVD players are available on request. You'll also find an iron and ironing board in the room, as well as a hairdryer and clock radio/alarm.
If this room is unavailable, check availability for Room 7 as they are next door to one another; they both have dramatic clifftop views and writing desks.


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There is in fact a Middle Eastern nation that is in fact in control of a vast, undeclared stockpile of nuclear weapons. This nation does have the capability of deploying those weapons anywhere in the region.
It is not a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and its arsenal has never been inspected by any international agency. But this nation is not Iran. It's Israel. Read more.
Corbett Report
- Qatar warns against Iran escalation, calls for nuclear-free Middle East - New Arab
- Iran's foreign minister calls for world's nuclear weapons states to disarm - Guardian
- Iran Calls Nuclear Arms Production a 'Great Sin' - NY Times


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Friday 27 July 2018 / Saturday 28 July 2018
Böllerbauer ~ Stadt Haag ~ AUSTRIA
The GRIASDI Festival combines high-class handpan and world music with a varied, high-quality and also very family-friendly framework program. This event is not just about the music offered on stage. It is much more a space created that allows you to meet on a relaxed and cordial level. Workshops from various topics such as yoga, sound healing, music and much more invite you to join in and gain experience.
This festival is not only international because of the Artists, but also attracts visitors from all over the world – also becauseas the GRIASDI Festival is preceded by a multi-day international Gathering with people from 29 countries. The catering offered at the festival (mainly vegetarian) is international and also high-quality. There have already been some visitors who claim, that a visit to this festival would be worthwhile just because of the good food …
Let yourself be enchanted by a festival, far from the mainstream. Enjoy a harmonious and interesting time with friends and your children. Meet new friends from all over the world. Enjoy the sounds of handpans and rhythms as diverse as the continents and countries where the musicians come from.
In short: We invite you to spend a wonderful time together in this third edition of the GRIASDI FESTIVAL!
One Day Ticket for Friday 27 July 2018 – 30 Euro
One Day Ticket for Saturday 28 July 2018 – 35 Euro
Festival Ticket (Fr. und Sa.) – 60 Euro
Tickets for this festival are only available at the location
Admission from 9:30 clock
Camping site available (for tents and / or campers)
Free admission for children up to 12 years accompanied by adults
All further information about this FESTIVAL, as well as for the GRIASDI GATHERING (25 July to 28 July) can be found via the menus of this website.
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We've officially made a start on The Boy's bedroom overhaul!
This is a project we've been discussing for about a year now... It's almost ludicrous, I know. But it is my belief that sometimes these things have to percolate in the mind for a time before they can be poured out into the real world... Anyway, the work has finally, finally begun. I know, I have an actual goal. Amazing stuff.
Before sharing any progress, I thought I'd show some "before" pictures and our BIG list of plans. There's a lot to be done in this little room but our hope is to keep the changes simple, work with many of the existing elements, donate a lot of stuff, keep the waste to a minimum, and be done swiftly!
Here's what the room looked like before we started, and our wish list for its improvement:


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Le creole: structure, statut et origine
Editions Klincksieck, 1978. Softcover. In very good condition. Light shelf wear. More
Studies in the Reconstruction of Hispano-Latin Word Families
University of California, 1954. Soft Cover. More
New Zealand English
Herndon, V: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1999. Hard Cover. Light pencil markings throughout, otherwise very good. Clean. More
Diacronia de las lenguas iberorromanicas. Nuevas aportaciones desde la linguistica de corpus
Iberoamericana/Vervuert, 2009. Softcover. This is a clean copy. There are no markings to the text. There is some shelf/handling wear to the cover. More
The Artificial Language Movement
Basil Blackwell, 1987. Soft cover. Excellent, clean condition. More
Corpus Linguistics and 17th-Century Prostitution: Computational Linguistics and History (Corpus and Discourse)
Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. Hardcover. More
Novyy obyasnitelnyy slovar sinonimov russkogo yazyka. Vypusk 3
Moscow, 2003. Hard Cover. Corenrs bumped. In Ciyrillic. More
The Development of Future Constructions in English: The Pragmatics of Modal and Temporal Will and Shall in Middle English (Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics)
U.S.A. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, 1990. Hard Cover. Inscribed by the author. More
A Short Descriptive Grammar of Middle High German, withtext and Vocabulary
University of Aukland, 1968. Soft Cover. 1Remainder mark on bottom edge. More
The Syntax of Agreement and Concord
West Nyack: Cambridge Univ Pr, 2008. Soft Cover. No marking. More
La Formacion De Los Dominos Linguisticos En La Peninsula Iberica
Editorial Gredos, 1963. Soft Cover. 1In Spanish. Shelfworn. More
The English Language and the Construction of Cultural and Social Identity in Zimbabwean and Trinbagonian Literatures
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2000. Hardcover. Book. More
Basic Latin for Plant Taxonomists
New Delhi Press, 1968. Hardcover. Pages yellowed. Some shelf wear. One signature partially loose. More
Viewpoint in Language: A Multimodal Perspective (Cambridge Studies in Cognitive Linguistics)
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An Old German Reader
Blackwell, 1964. Cloth. Minor foxing on endpaper and fore edge.. Dust jacket has some wear, and spotting. More
Situation Theory and Its Applications
Stanford, Stanford University Center for the Study, 1992. Paperback. Paperback, very good, no jacket. More
Clause Structure and Language Change (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax)
U.S.A. Oxford University Press, 1995. Cloth. More
A Baudouin De Courtenay Anthology: The Beginnings of Structural Linguistics
Indiana University Press, 1972. Hard Cover. Jacket faded, clipped, with two small tears in base and crown of iits spine. No other defects. More
From Perception to Meaning: Image Schemas in Cognitive Linguistics
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Sis and I went to Holland Village for dinner last week. Instead of heading to our usual hangouts at Holland Village, we decided to have dinner and dessert at Chip Bee Gardens. As most of you would know, Creamier's sister cafe, Sunday Folks, has opened their doors and many people have been flocking over to try out their soft serves and waffles.
We made a pit stop at Chez Petit Salut just next door for diner first. It is a small French bistro, with a casual dress-code. What we did not know was behind its unpretentious exterior lies superbly prepared cuisine!
Other than the items on the ala carte menu, the bistro also offers chef's specials on a huge chalkboard across the back of the dining area.


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This video shows how to contour and highlight your face. First, sculpt your face using the MAC 184 brush, which is a dual fiber brush, and Sculpt Sculpting Powder. Brush the powder from the forehead down the side of the face and under the cheekbone, then underneath the jaw. For a more contoured look, use the 168 brush, which is a fluffy angled brush, concentrating on the hollow of the cheek, and using more powder.
For highlighting your face use a product such as Dior Amber Diamond Skin Shimmer, and the 165 brush. Brush the product on top of the cheekbone, down the front of the nose and the center of the chin, with a small amount in the middle of the forehead.


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Our Mission and Philanthropic Goals
To be a living centre for education and science, committed to providing compelling guest experiences and inspiring passion to protect wildlife and habitats.
- To advance to a zoo-based conservation centre of excellence
- To inspire conservation action by engaging our guests
The Toronto Zoo is Canada's premier zoo, known for its interactive education and conservation activities. As a unique animal and wildlife experience, we inspire people to live in ways that promote the well being of the natural world.


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Tropical Prints for Fall
Tropical prints for fall? Count me in! There has been a false stigma against wearing "summer-y" prints during colder months, such as florals, tropical, nautical, etc. , and I say ditch the fashion rules (because there really aren't any) and transition your favorite prints into the next season. Today's look is a casual weekend look, or something I would even…View Post


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Ultimate 3 Ski Lesson (Age 3)
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With a maximum of three students per class, the Ultimate 3 Ski Lesson is tailored to provide your three-year-old with personalized instruction. Your child will enjoy their time on the mountain and in the classroom. All abilities, beginner to advanced, are welcome.
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- Introduce the fundamentals of skiing, mountain etiquette, and teamwork
- Learn with personalized instruction with a maximum 3:1 class ratio
- Instill newfound confidence while learning to stop and turn in skis
- Build a relationship with our highly-qualified, well-trained instructors
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- Rental equipment and lift ticket are included
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Participants 17 and under must wear a winter sport protective helmet while participating in Ski & Snowboard School. Rental helmets are available at Canyon Mountain Rentals in Canyons Village, and Legacy Rentals in Park City Mountain Village, and our children's Ski & Snowboard School rental locations.
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Lesson Reservations must be cancelled at least 24 hours before the scheduled lesson start time or a cancellation fee will be imposed. If you cancel (within the 24 hour period) and we are able to re-book the instructor, a $100 processing fee will be charged. If you cancel and we are unable to re-book the instructor, the full price of the lesson will be charged to your credit card. The cancellation fee may be waived if the lesson is rebooked for an alternate date.
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William Blair downgraded Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARWR) to "market perform" from "outperform" and slashed its price target to $2 from $12. The stock closed at $4.39 on Tuesday.
After markets closed on Nov. 29, Arrowhead announced that it would discontinue all of its current clinical-stage programs, including ARC-520, ARC-521, and ARC-AAT, because the effort and time required to remove a clinical hold due to a preclinical toxicity issue would be too onerous and protracted.
The announcement comes three weeks after the FDA had placed lead asset, ARC-520 for hepatitis B virus (HBV), on clinical hold based on unexplained deaths of nonhuman primates in preclinical toxicology studies.
"We note that the deaths occurred after nine months of dosing at the highest dose tested, and that this dose was much higher than those dosed in humans," writes analyst Katherine Xu.
She said the company believes the toxicity was driven solely by the RNAi delivery vehicle, EX1, which is a component of Arrowhead's polyconjugate delivery technology, which is also used in Arrowhead's other clinical assets, ARC-521 for HBV and ARC-AAT for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency-associated liver disease.
Ms. Xu said that to date, EX-1 containing candidates have been dosed more than 800 times in more than 300 human subjects, without any observations of apparent toxicity other than infusion reactions or laboratory abnormalities.
"However, based on discussions with expert consultants and foreign regulators, the company concluded that the studies potentially required to lift the clinical hold on ARC-520, as well as to validate the safety of the EX1 delivery vehicle across other programs, would take at least 18 months to conduct, which would be too costly and time-consuming to pursue," she added. "As a result, the company ultimately decided to discontinue development of all three programs."
In addition, she said the company plans to retrench to the preclinical subcutaneous and extra-hepatic RNAi platforms, hoping to be clear of the toxicity issues in the future, and "we estimate these programs are at least one-to-two years away from entering the clinic."


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Why Educators Are Better Together
Micro schools, team taught classes, design thinking practices. In this episode, why it's so crucial for educators to learn from each other. Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart and author of Better Together, joins Steelcase WorkSpace Futures researchers Aileen Strickland-McGee and Gaby Scarritt for a discussion centered around the power of networking in education.
How Beth Comstock Survived the 'F' Word in Business
Beth Comstock, former GE Vice Chair and CMO, tells us how to thrive in the midst of failure, the "F" word in business. The self-described "changemaker in chief" shares stories from her book Imagine It Forward, how she gets her crazy ideas and what trends she's watching right now.
The Business Value of Joy
Who do you serve and what does delight look like for them? Menlo Innovations CEO and co-founder Richard Sheridan says these are the questions that have helped his team create an agile place to work filled with joy. Listen to discover the business value of joy. Interested in agile? Explore Transforming IT at Steelcase: An Agile Case Study.
Celebrating 10 Years of Coalesse
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Coalesse, General Manager Lew Epstein, explores the company's history creating furnishings for the modern workplace. Plus, glimpse the brand's future which includes the Coalesse Design Group's move to Munich and a deep-dive into concepts like wellbeing and customization. Discover more about the 10 Years of Coalesse.
Organizational psychologist Adam Grant shares why team building activities don't work, why the corner office sends a bad signal and why procrastination can be a key ingredient to creativity. 360 Magazine Editor Chris Congdon hosts this revealing conversation about how to build trust and the ongoing search for purpose at work.


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Now that the Los Angeles City Council is moving quickly toward increasing the city's minimum wage from $9 to $15 over the next five years, the labor unions that aggressively supported the measure seem to be having second thoughts.
Source: National Restaurant Association
Now that the Los Angeles City Council is moving quickly toward increasing the city's minimum wage from $9 to $15 over the next five years, the labor unions that aggressively supported the measure seem to be having second thoughts.
By: Robert Wagner, CPA
Atlanta Q1 2015 restaurant sales volume increased 5.5% over Q1 2014. For the quarter ended March 2015 positive sales gains were reported at 71% of the 103 independent Atlanta restaurants surveyed.
Source: National Restaurant Association
Should the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigate businesses on its own when no complaints have been filed?
That was the question at the center of a recent Senate committee hearing, when the EEOC's investigation of alleged age discrimination by Texas Roadhouse was held up as an example of possible overreach by the agency. The EEOC brought a case against the Louisville, Ken.-based national chain in 2011, claiming the company refused to hire individuals 40 and over for front-of-the-house positions. The case is based on the EEOC's assessment of Texas Roadhouse employees' demographics rather than employee complaints of discrimination. The case has yet to be resolved.
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Listing Price: $1,230,000
This is an opportunity to get a fully equipped, well-known and very popular Italian restaurant and bar in South Carolina. Cash flow $357,880. The restaurant, which is routinely rated by guests as one of the best in the area, is being sold with the real estate, a charming, well-kept and historic building in a great, well-trafficked location that attracts diners from across the region. Beautiful grounds are perfect for weddings and other catered events, and also expand seating capacity in clement weather. Very luxurious and comfortable living quarters for the new owners/chef on the second floor. Owners will train for 4 weeks at no charge.
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Atlanta (May 20, 2015) – The Georgia Restaurant Association (GRA) is now accepting nominations for the 9th Annual Georgia Restaurant Association Crystal of Excellence (GRACE) Awards®, which recognize hospitality and food-service professionals for excellence and achievement in their fields. All award finalists are peer-nominated and this year's gala will feature new award categories to honor the various individuals that contribute to the success of the restaurant industry.
Source: NeighborNewspapers.com
By Christine Fonville
A café in Stone Mountain is giving deaf students a place to gain experience and get creative in the culinary arts through an innovative work-study program.
Source: Georgia Chamber Center for Competitiveness
Senate Bill 88 creates a new option for employers who wish to use alternative and more convenient forms of payment to their employees. Employers will now be authorized to use a prepaid payroll debit card account as a legal method of payment of wages to employees. Georgia law previously allowed for checks, cash, and direct deposit, but was silent on using prepaid debit cards as an authorized method. This method of payment is already common in other states, but some employers were reluctant to use this method until the state law was amended and clarified.
Source: The Daily Meal
Georgia tourism reps stopped by The Daily Meal kitchen and proved there is much more to the Peach State than peaches
Chef Holly Chute left New York 34 years ago to work as the official chef at the Governor's Mansion in Atlanta, Georgia. At the time, she had no idea how to cook a biscuit, and she wasn't sure what collard greens were. On Wednesday, she stopped by The Daily Meal — bringing with her fresh produce from the Southern state — and wowed us all with her knowledge of, enthusiasm for, and finesse in the cuisine of the Peach State.
Calling all Chowder Chefs!
Can your recipe stand up with the best-of-the-best chowders from across the country and beyond? Then come put it to the test at the Great Chowder Cook-Off, Saturday, June 6, 2015, and see if our thousands of attendees will vote yours as "The Best Chowder In The World".
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The same great building we know and love in Augusta has received a new street number. While we have no concrete proof that the building or Earth have shifted to affect such change, the street number is now 111 Davis Road rather than 115. Please update your address book with the new address below.
Brenau University
Augusta Campus
111 Davis Road
Martinez, GA 30907


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Incense, when burned, brings with it relief and relaxation. It is also said that when burned and the smoke rises, it brings your thoughts, wishes and prayers up with it to the heavens; It is for the reasons above that we love using incense throughout our day.
Nippon Kodo has been making incense since 1575, no that's not a typo, so they pretty much have this incense game on lockdown. Each box contains 40 sticks and a mini ceramic holder. Each stick burns for roughly 25 minutes and smells out of this world good.
We're so glad you're here! To celebrate this occasion we'd like to give you 10% off your first purchase.
I mean, can't you feel the good vibes already.


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Words and Video by Shaliz Navab
Over the past three months, I surveyed and interviewed fifty women of color living in Germany, France, the Netherlands, the USA and the UK on the topic of allyship. The women participating in these interviews came from several different backgrounds, with roots in: South Africa, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Morocco, Tunisia, Sudan, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, India, Pakistan, Japan, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Bangladesh and the Caribbean. The focus of the project was to create a set of guidelines including practical every day things one can do, in order to support these women in their every day lives, in the form of an ally. This was inspired by the racism, islamophobia and xenophobia present in the countries in which these women reside, and also by the participation of those who perhaps do not go through the same struggle but are willing to show their solidarity, mostly doing this by rare verbal expression or sharing an article on social media. Detecting a genuine will in most of my friends to make a change to the situation, but also a confusion as to how to make this happen, I decided that although it is not the responsibility of women of color to educate anyone around this topic, it could be useful for everyone involved to discover what it is we truly look for in an ally, and how you can become a better one. Though each interview brought with it unique and often tragic points, certain key words and concepts came up repeatedly in almost all interviews. These are the points that are explained in the video, a short, concise, and certainly simplified demonstration of 'How To Be A Better Ally'.


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Electric Fence
I love electric fences. I love how portable and practical they are. I love how you can turn an acre of bare pasture into a veritable Gulag for bovines in about ten and a half minutes. And how many hours of the ABC have been listened to on shed radios with the reassuring tic-tic-tic of the electric fence in the background? More than all that, I love how cantankerous they can be.
I got my first serious kick from an electric fence when I was seven years old. We'd parked our bikes on the side of the road. The only thing between us and the dam that was seething with tadpoles was a flimsy-looking fence. Three measly strands of plain wire.
Fifteen thousand volts later, after I'd stopped screaming and my joints had begun to retract to their original position, my very knowledgeable companion pointed out the insulator and said that I'd been electrocuted. Instant hero status.
Later, after we had enough space to warrant a unit of our own, we started getting cocky. We matured from testing the fence with a blade of grass between us and the voltage to grabbing it with our hands like dad did, but only while we were wearing gumboots. The gumboots stop you from getting thrown on your back, but you still get a bit of a kick. The wetter you and the ground are, the better conductor you become.
I guess it's just a logical extension to take your charged finger and zap one of the friends that are standing near by. The lighter you touch, the bigger the zap. If they grab you and make good contact, the next person they touch gets an even bigger shock. I think our longest chain was seven friends and family members one Christmas day. Used every spare pair of gumboots in the road. Aunty Jess declined to be involved on account of her pacemaker. Sensible move.
And I guess it's just a logical extension for a thrill-seeking group of adolescent boys, full of dares, bravado and testosterone, to want to pee on the thing. Strangely enough, no one got a shock that way. It wasn't until my brother set up a strobe light in the outside toilet —in a fit of artistic genius at one of our shed parties—that I worked out why. I can tell you for a fact that you'd have to be homicidally close to get a shock. A stream very quickly becomes a train of disconnected droplets under the flashing strobe. The circuit and the myth were broken.


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- 1 cup uncooked farro
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 tbsp butter
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 4-5 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup assorted mushrooms, sliced
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup grated fresh Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1. Place the farro in a bowl and cover with cool water for about an hour before you begin cooking, then drain.
2. Lightly coat the bottom of a pot with 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Add 1 1/2 tablespoon of butter, chopped onion and garlic. Sauté on low heat.
3. Add 1 cup of soaked farro. Stir mixture for a few minutes until it is brown.
4. Heat up low-sodium chicken broth in medium saucepan. Add one cup of broth at a time to farro mixture and stir. Add remaining broth and stir until farro is cooked.
5. Sauté mushrooms, parsley and garlic separately in another pan lightly coated with butter.
6. Combine all ingredients in pot and stir until everything is mixed. Top with grated Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper.
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Situated on the south coast of England, Southampton is a city steeped in rich medieval history. With an international reputation as one of the biggest ports in the UK and the cruise capital of Europe, Southampton is a flourishing city that welcomes millions of visitors a year.
Historical sites to see in Southampton include the Tudor House Museum and the Maritime Museum. Music and theatre also play a huge part in the culture of this southern coastal city.
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HOME - a new feature by Daniella Albin
Actress producer Daniella Albin just completed her new script titled HOME and started collaborating with Dan Katzir and New Love Films on it's screen adaptation.
The film is an Israeli romantic comedy that will be shot in NYC and Israel. The script is scheduled to be shot late 2011 and the film will be released in 2012.
Currently New Love Films and Daniella Albin are in negotiations with several companies on it's production.


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Parking charges have been introduced in selected town centre car parks in East Dunbartonshire and initial feedback from some traders has been positive.
Charges apply to vehicles left longer than two hours in seven council car parks, with 21 car parks remaining free to park all day, every day.
There is no charging in the evenings or at weekends.
The first two hours are free, with a sliding scale thereafter, up to a maximum of £5: 0-2 hours - free; 2-3 hours - £1; 3-4 hours - £2; and over 4 hours - £5.
Feedback from traders in Milngavie and Bearsden indicates that charges have been received positively - helping to support town centre businesses by freeing up spaces for shoppers.
Every vehicle must display a ticket if it is parked between 9am and 5.30pm, Monday-Friday, in any of these car parks:
Milngavie - Douglas Street, Mugdock Road, Stewart Street (North) and Woodburn Way
Kirkintilloch - Barleybank and William Patrick Library
Bearsden - Roman Road.
Please note, you must obtain a ticket from one of the machines and display it - even if you plan to park for less than two hours - or you are liable to be issued a Penalty Charge Notice.
Blue badge holders are not exempt from charges - even if vehicles are parked in disabled bays within the car parks.
Councillor Alan Moir, Convener of Development and Regeneration, said: "Parking charges were introduced for selected car parks on 4 July and I'm pleased to hear that the initial feedback from traders in Bearsden and Milngavie, in particular, is positive.
"Please ensure you display a ticket if you are parking in one of the seven car parks affected - even if you are only popping to the shops or having a coffee and plan to stay for less than two hours."


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At a glanceThis Primary Travel Cot from Mothercare is suitable for babies from birth to 24 months. It is easy to assemble and fold and makes the perfect place for little ones to sleep or play while travelling or visiting friends or relatives.
Features and benefits for Mothercare Primary Colours Travel Cot
- Easy to assemble and fold
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- Includes a fold up mattress
- Travel Cot Weight: 9.9kg
- Dimensions: D100xW70xH78cm
…this great value travel cot that you can simply fold up and take with you whenever your little one needs it, giving you more flexibility when visiting friends or relatives.
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The Primary Travel Cot is quick and easy to assemble and fold away and comes complete with a handy bag for storage.
The travel cot also includes a fold up mattress and features 4 mesh sides so you can keep a close eye on baby and they can see out and feel reassured when they see you.
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This morning I sent out the first press release I've written for the Foundation Beyond Belief, to announce the results of the first year of fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. And those results were pretty incredible. Below the fold, that entire press release:
Humanists Raise Record Funds to Fight Leukemia and Lymphoma
$430,000 raised in 2012; $500,000 the 2013 goal
(Raleigh, NC) – Foundation Beyond Belief announced this morning that its Light The Night Walk Team raised $430,000 for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society last year, the largest amount ever raised by a first year non-corporate team and the 4th largest amount raised by any team in the nation in 2012, including corporate teams.
This record-breaking total was made possible by the tremendous commitment of 150 local teams, more than any other organization, made up of thousands of humanists all over the United States and Canada, and by a pledge from the Stiefel family to match the total raised by the FBB teams.
Todd Stiefel, International Team Captain for the Foundation Beyond Belief Light The Night Walk Team, was jubilant over the extraordinary achievement. "I am thrilled with the record breaking results the humanist community achieved in its first year partnering with The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society," he said. "I am even more excited about the prospect of beating that mark in 2013 as we turn this into an annual tradition of charitable investment in the curative powers of science."
"We have one goal: A world without blood cancers," said Liza Munson, senior vice president of campaign development for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). "LLS depends on donors and partners, such as FBB, who join us and generously support us with funding to advance research to discover breakthrough therapies for patients with blood cancers – ones that are saving lives today. Over 1300 walkers on the FBB team raised a remarkable $430,000. We are grateful for FBB's successful fund-raising campaign in 2012, their first year of supporting LLS, and we deeply appreciate their continued support as they kick off their 2013 campaign."
For the first year, this was all done to honor Christopher Hitchens. In year two, the honored hero is our own Greta Christina, who successfully battled cancer a few months ago. And guess what? You can help. We had 150 local teams raising money last year and we're going to have even more this year. For more information, click here. This is a big deal, I think. We're showing the world that atheists and humanists can come together to do something good and important to make the world just a little bit better place.


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Live Infinity, or how to relive a moment infinitely. All that is beautiful and all that is lived deserves to have its photo. I love authenticity, the most discreet details. The little things that build happiness. Life is made of moments that follow each other, and time is beyond our control. That's why I became a photographer. The art of being able to stop time, freeze lights, reflections... to create memories and emotions.Read More
I am located near Paris, France. I am available worldwilde.
Where are you located? Do you charge a travel fee for weddings not in your location?
I am located near Paris, France. I am available worldwilde.
A travel fee is charged for shootings outside the parisian region (ile de France).
What's the typical wedding coverage package that you offer? What is the price?
1500€ - includind my presence from the preparation of the bride/groom until the last important moment of the day (usually, wedding cake). The package includes as well around 300 HD photos, a 50 pages album and a 1-hour Love session before of after the wedding.
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A Vegas casino makes liquor quicker.
Illustration Graham Roumieu
WHEN YOU VISIT the newly opened ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, order a drink and ask the person on the next bar stool to guess how far he thinks the libation will travel from the bottle to your glass. If he gets it right, you'll buy the next round.
The answer: between 1,000 and 10,000 feet, or up to two miles.
The ARIA, which is part of the stunning new CityCenter, has been constructed with a first-of-its-kind, computer-driven liquor transportation system. Deep in the bowels of the hotel reside six so-called "pump rooms" containing 32 brands of booze. In each room, 1,344 bottles stacked six deep are placed upside down in specialized holders controlled by a computer. Some 26 miles of tubing—or just under a marathon's worth—zip the liquor around the facility.
Say you're in the blackjack pit and you feel a little thirsty. You place your order with a server, and she sashays over to a bartender, who punches a code into one of his three liquor guns, sending a signal to the central computer. Precisely measured jiggers of hooch are dispatched through a network of quarter-inch-thick plastic arteries winding behind the casino's walls. Et voilà: Your Long Island iced tea, sir.
While this set-up helps the casino to monitor its liquor inventory and prevents bartenders from being egregiously generous, it also ensures that customers get their cocktails promptly. "Our liquor guns are pretty intelligent," explains Heidi Hinkle, beverage director at ARIA. In a casino, every second lost to a bartender fumbling with a bottle of Absolut is time a customer isn't gambling—and the house isn't profiting. To make sure nothing goes wrong, ARIA does what casinos usually do: It watches things, very closely. "We have employees monitoring the pump rooms twenty-four hours a day," Hinkle says. "Just in case."—MICHAEL KAPLAN
Layne Mosler, a 35-year-old Californian, has no idea where her next meal is coming from, and she likes it that way. Her cult blog, Taxi Gourmet, records the adventures that ensue from the order she gives every time she climbs into a cab in the evening: "Take me to your favorite restaurant."
Mosler began the practice in 2007, a year after moving to Buenos Aires. "I was dancing tango and taking cabs regularly," she says. "After a few months of chatting with drivers, I realized they were teaching me more about their city than anyone else. So I decided to combine my interest in them with my obsession for finding restaurants off the radar."
And find them she does. The resultant vignettes read like a tourist guidebook written by Anthony Bourdain under the influence of early Kerouac. Homemade pasta in gas station cafés, chitterlings in tumbledown steakhouses, homely empanada joints, melancholy pizza parlors… Buenos Aires' "underbelly" has rarely been evoked so well, and never so literally.
But it's the vivid literary portraits of her drivers that make Mosler's work remarkable. Meet, for example, sixtysomething Roque, an evangelical pastor whose love of a specific empanada verges on religious. Or Fernando, who croons a tango while spiriting her to the "best sausage-sandwich stall in town." Mosler has a degree in anthropology and a decade and a half of experience in the restaurant trade—and it's not always clear which skill set is more useful to her current endeavor.
Not everything goes according to recipe, as illustrated by some strange-tasting bits in an otherwise excellent feijoada. But Mosler's adventurous appetite is undimmed. After recently moving back to the states to develop a TV series and get a cab license of her own, she hopes to extend her serendipitous adventures to more cities, including Beirut, Naples, Istanbul and even Tehran.
She also plans to expand her website to accommodate the stories of fellow food pilgrims from around the globe. Her advice to wannabe taxi gourmets? "Let go of the map." —MATT CHESTERTON
A group of 40 booklovers gather around petite Pia Hallberg, the Stockholm City Museum tour guide. It's an unseasonably warm autumn day in this Scandinavian capital, so no one's in any hurry. Hallberg points to the top floor of a handsome building overlooking Riddarfjaerden Canal in the Södermalm district.
"This is Mikael Blomkvist's home," Hallberg says.
Of course, it's not really, because Blomkvist is a fictional character, an invention of the late Swedish mystery author Stieg Larsson. But no matter. Where New York has its Sex and the City tour, New Jersey its Sopranos tour and Paris its Da Vinci Code tour, the tour du jour in Stockholm is based on the runaway international hit novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. (Another tour covers the first sequel, The Girl Who Played with Fire.)
Dragon Tattoo tells the story of Blomkvist, a journalist who unravels a 40-year-old murder mystery while trying to clear his name. The book and its two sequels have sold 12 million copies worldwide. (In Sweden, a population of only nine million has devoured 3.5 million copies.) The tours are offered in eight languages and have long waiting lists on weekends.
In August, Jose Luis Zapatero, the prime minister of Spain and a Dragon Tattoo fanatic, took the tour with his wife and daughters.
Participants are invited to see with their own eyes the building where computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (who happens to have a large tattoo of a dragon on her back) bought her 21-room apartment with stolen money; the Mellqvist Coffee Bar, where Blomkvist bought his java; and the offices of his magazine, Millennium. (They won't, however, get a look at the prison where Blomkvist spends three months.)
At the Mellqvist, Hallberg points out that Larsson wrote much of the series here. The author died of a heart attack in 2004, a year before Dragon Tattoo was published, but, says Hallberg, "I bet he'd have enjoyed the tour."—MARKUS WILHELMSON
Hoots and whistles fill a packed stadium of 17,000, as a charismatic young Venezuelan rallies the crowd with his emotional proclamations. Soon they're chanting his name: "Gu-stavo! Gu-sta-vo!"
Much as it might feel like a political rally, the event is actually a concert, a four-and-a-half-hour lovefest in honor of Gustavo Dudamel, new director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. "Who knew there were this many classical music fans in L.A.?" marvels local rock musician Marc Monroe Johnson, sitting in the stands. "It's like a reception for Dear Leader."
At just 28, the fresh-faced It-boy of the symphony set is only the second youngest conductor in the L.A. orchestra's history to fill the director's position, and many hope he'll make classical music accessible to a new generation of fans.
He seems off to a good start: The curly-maned prodigy—dubbed "The Dude" by twentysomethings in the audience—makes his first stage appearance in true SoCal style, clad in a T-shirt. Jack Black and Andy Garcia are on hand to sing his praises, along with Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones. And bassist Flea, of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, performs with kids from the Silver Lake Conservatory of Music, a school the rocker founded. Later Dudamel himself conducts the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra.
Accordingly, the mood at the concert is playful, especially toward the end of the evening, when elaborate fireworks explode around the proscenium and the smoke lifts to reveal a brightly colored marquee that simply reads "¡Bienvenido Gustavo!" "Look out, Arnold," says one onlooker, noting that Governor Schwarzenegger will be wrapping up his final term next year.—SHANA TING LIPTON
Behind a pair of semicircular beige display counters, four workers unfold shirts from one pile and then, for no apparent reason, refold and deposit them in another. The work isn't particularly challenging, but that's precisely the point of this retail purgatory: They're laboring in the name of art.
A potent reminder that the economic downturn is global in scope, "Unemployed Employees—I Found You a New Job!" by Turkish artists Aydan Murtezaoglu and Bülent Sangar, is an odd yet topical performance piece on view at Antrepo No. 3, a waterfront warehouse in Istanbul's Tophane district.
For their humorous if pointed contribution to the Istanbul Biennial, the artists have hired local university graduates to perform needless tasks before a live audience and for an online video feed. It's like the myth of Sisyphus set in a Turkish outlet mall. "I focus on the irony of it," says one participant, Ozgen Kaybaki, who, despite a masters in marketing, has been unable to find work— except as part of an art installation, of course, folding clothes and talking with passersby about her adventures in the global economy. "Millions work like this doing the silliest jobs," she adds. "Go to any shop in Istanbul. The people are like machines!"
One of her colleagues, Mehtap Pamukci, a 32-year-old philosophy graduate, notes that the financial crisis began far from Turkey. "Why do we suffer here?" he wonders.
At least these ersatz retail workers could count on paid employment through the Biennial's conclusion. "I was lucky to find this job after only three months of looking," says Kaybaki, "not everyone is so lucky these days." —RICHARD CARRIERO


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Big Brother 19 Spoilers: Eviction Nominations – Week 6By: jerrica Tisdale on August 4, 2017
Josh Martinez's Big Brother 19 Head of Household week could go two ways. The first way is that Josh proves himself to be the loyal Paul Abrahamian follower that fans fear he is becoming. The second (more desirable and fun) option is that Josh goes rogue this Big Brother week. If Christmas Abbott has her say, that's just what we expect.
Christmas and Josh have had a strong bond since week 1. Their bond became even tighter when Josh became the-seemingly-deciding factor in her Big Brother 19 week 2 nomination. Christmas returned the favor by being a strong factor in helping Josh stay over Ramses Soto a few weeks ago.
Paul and Josh also have a strong bond. However, Paul has taken a more no nonsense approach by giving Josh orders, calling him an idiot (jokingly), and generally treating Josh like a friend but also a kid he can boss around. This week comes down to who has created a stronger bond with Josh.
Christmas and Paul have opposing agendas. They both want one member of a showmance out. They just want different showmances and people. So who got in Josh's ear the most?
Major Spoiler Ahead. Proceed with Caution.
Since Cody won the Temptation Comp, and Jessica became the third nominee. This forced Josh to nominate two different people. He chose to nominate Mark Jansen and Elena Davies. So Mark, Elena, and Jessica are the current nominees.
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Bluehost Tips – Learn how to create a MySQL Database with Bluehost. You can do this manually from your cPanel. This is helpful because when I was Installing Joomla 1.6 I had a database error message and I resolved it by creating a database manually. This is the exact error message I got:
Could not connect to the database. Connector returned number: Unable to connect to the Database: Could not connect to MySQL.
Below are steps to Create a MySQL Database in Bluehost. For example: I want to create:
- database name = demodb
- username = demou
- password = demopass
1. Create a New Database – demodb
- Login to your Bluehost cPanel
- Under Database, Click on MySQL Databases
- Under Create New Database, New Database: demodb
- Click on 'Create Database'
2. Create New User – demou:
- Under MySQL users, Add New User, Username = demou
- Set Password = demopass
- Click on ' Create User'
3. Assign User to the Database:
- Under 'Add User to Database
- Set User = demou
- Set Database = demodb
- Click on 'Add'
4. Assign User Permissions
- Under MySQL Account Maintenance
- Select 'All Privileges'
- Click on 'Make Changes'
After completing the above changes you will have a MySQL Database created. You can input this data into your CMS Installation or Joomla 1.6 Installation.