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Tea party games have been around as long as there have been children to enjoy them.
Dressing up and sitting at a small adorned table, along with favorite dolls or stuffed animals, and serving each one tea from a beautiful tiny little tea set has been among every little girl's favorite pastimes.
While these "pretend" tea parties certainly tap the imagination and fill pleasing hours in the day, children also enjoy festive, planned tea parties where they can socialize and play games with friends, family and neighbors, including boys as well as girls.
That's why these special tea-drinking events typically include special games and activities such as:
When planning a tea party, be sure to involve your child in the preparation and execution of the event. It will serve as an excellent learning experience, along with being an enjoyable activity to do together.
Have your child write and mail the invitations, help choose party favors, select tea games, decorate the party area, and decide what foods to serve.
Tip: Include this memorable nursery rhyme in your party, either in the invitation or just having a sing along. You'll be carrying on a tradition that has lasted for generations.
"I'm a little teapot, short and stout
Here is my handle, here is my spout
When I get all steamed up, hear me shout
Just tip me over and pour me out!"
Serve children delicious herbal tisanes that are free of caffeine and feature fruity flavors and tempting aromas. To buy kid-friendly, tasty teas , click here: Caffeine-free Teas. Recommendations include buying Kuaui Cocktail Fruity Blend, Apricot Escape, and/or Raspberry Nectar from Art of Tea (at the link provided). Sweeten with honey, molasses, stevia, or natural brown sugar.
For more party themes, tea party invitations, serving suggestions and other ideas, click on the helpful articles below.
Tea Party Invitations
Themes and Ideas for Tea Parties
Mad Hatter Tea Party
Delicious Tea Sandwiches
Teddy Bear Tea Party
Planning Your Invitations
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Deutsche Bank goes Silicon Valley
Germany's largest bank, Deutsche Bank, has already opened innovation labs in Berlin and London in 2015. Now, it goes abroad. Willing to invest €1 billion in digital initiatives, another lab will open in Silicon Valley. All this is going on with the help of its partner IBM, which will contribute resources, expertise and relationships to the bank-led efforts.
€1 million for deepstreamHub
Berlin-based startup deepstreamHub announces its first funding round. €1 million comes from BlueCard Ventures, which is the VC's first investment. The startup offers a cloud platform which works as a backend for developers, e.g. for smartphone apps, browser programs, or IoT applications.
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Series C for Finanzcheck
Hamburg-based fintech Finanzcheck announces its €33 million strong Series C. Finanzcheck is a consumer loan marketplace, which helps people to get an overview of loans, and also to apply for one. The lead investor, HabourVest, must think it's a great idea. Acton Capital Partners and existing investor Highland Europe also joined the round.
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€7 million for Scalable Capital
Munich-based digital investment manager startup Scalable Capital raised €7 million. The round was led by existing investor Holtzbrinck Ventures, the others (Monk's Hill Ventures, German Startups, MPGI) joined, as well as new investor Tengelmann. The investment will be used to expand with a focus on the UK.
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Monoqi gets €3.5 million loan
Berlin-based design startup Monoqi gets €3.5 million without handing out any equity. The loan comes from Davidson Technology Growth Debt Fund. The money will be used to expand worldwide. Monoqi was founded in 2012 by Simon Fabich and Felix Schlegel and has a 130 person strong team. The idea behind the startup is to sell products in so-called "Flash Sales".
[Gründerszene] (German)
Africa Internet Group receives another $85 million
Africa Internet Group, backed by Berlin-based startup and clone factory Rocket Internet, recently announced a $326 million investment. Now, mobile giant Orange joined the club. The company invested $85 million and will also join as a strategic partner to push and promote the business.
Online language school raises €3.7 million
Berlin-based language school Lingoda raises a €3.7 million round. It is led by Grazia Equity, existing investors Mountain Partners and German Startups Group also participated. The startup will now focus on growth and increase marketing activities.
[Gründerszene] (German)
Deutsche Post acquired startup and builds its own electrical cars
Deutsche Post wants to deliver its mail the electrical way – with electrical cars to be specific. While one would think it shouldn't be too hard to find such vehicles nowadays, Deutsche Post had to acquire the Aachen-based startupStreetscooter in 2014 in order to build the transporters it was looking for. The story of two professors, their students and a startup that now has a 70 person team and is still led by one of its founders is on Gründerszene today.
[Gründerszene] (German)
Joko & Gin
After investing in GoButler (former request-everything-service, now on-demand flight assistant) and Von Jungfeld (socks), German TV host Joko Winterscheidt invests in his friend's gin startup MUSCATEL. From what he says, he doesn't check numbers but trusts his feelings. Cheers!
[Gründerszene] (German)
Ströer acquires StayFriends
Outdoor media giant Ströer acquires StayFriends. Remember StayFriends? If not, you're not alone. StayFriends was a network similar to StudiVZ (the German Facebook), and also similarly successful. However, Karsten Giernalczyk, former VP of Business Development and Marketing at StayFriends, shares some interesting insights on why StayFriends is interesting for Ströer, which acquires the network for €16 million.
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Today was a day that was composed of learning about global aid and development, hence the title. More specifically, we met with the community that we will be working with to improve their community center, as well as two Peace Corps volunteers. We met with the community members to both propose and receive feedback about our Community Action Project, or CAP. Our delegation split into various committees such as wood, painting, and open spaces. Each committee created a proposal around their assigned area based on the discovery questions that we asked the community earlier. At the CAP Panel, each committee presented their ideas and got feedback from community members. Through this panel, we gained an understanding of their needs and wants in order to create the best possible project.
After lunch, Alice and Dan of the Peace Corps presented on the mission and the life of a Peace Corps volunteer. They recounted their personal challenges, the mission of the organization as a whole, and what motivated them to join the Peace Corps. The presentation inspired a number of students while simultaneously raising skepticisms amongst others about America's involvement in other countries and whether it produces positive results or negative. The differing opinions led to a vivacious discussion. Ultimately, the information we gained from Alice and Dan broadened our understanding of the complexity of aid and development. Despite this complexity, many members of our delegation expressed interest in joining the Peace Corps or similar organizations in the future.
At our nightly meeting, we reflected on the question of the day, which was: what are the principle factors that influence the development of a country? One factor that we all agreed upon was the significance of outside service. We agreed that rather than help, which suggests a dynamic of superiority, what is truly helpful is service. When assisting a country, we should serve their wants and needs rather than attempting to shape them in a way we see fit. We should be a resource and not an imperialistic power. This is what we are working towards with our CAP.
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It was quite the horse race this week as we ended up with effectively a five way tie at the top of our recommendations. Glass Animals, Banks & Steelz, Cassius w/ Cat Power, Gringo Starr, and Oro Mara were in tight contention for the number one spot based on how we score things behind the scenes. The Veils and The Parrots weren't far behind the lead pack to round out our Songs of the Day.
Want to discover what we missed? Listen to the full list of Fresh Cuts and tell us what we got wrong. Or, if one of us more closely aligns with your personal tastes, check out the ballots of Jesse, or Moksha to listen to only their favorites.The top seven in the combined scoring and also get included in our Songs of the Day playlist on Spotify. Honorable Mentions are songs that also get votes, but don't quite make the songs of the day.
If you would like to keep up to date on our weekly recommendations without having to look for each week's new playlists, we have a couple for you to subscribe to. The Curator Picks: ReFresh playlist will be reloaded with our selections as soon as we finish voting. If you're too impatient for that, or just like to explore on your own, the Fresh Cuts: ReFresh list is the one for you. The Fresh Cuts list is our selection of 60+ tracks from new EPs and LPs on Spotify that we review to pick our favorites. You can also keep track of the songs of the day for the whole year here, or revisit our picks from 2015 and 2014.


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"Are YOU interested in taking over FootballStickipedia.com?"
Since the World Cup in 2010 when the site was created, FootballStickipedia.com has been through a lot of changes, grown its loyal base of supporters and fans, and made friends in the football sticker community. Our checklists are relied upon by many sticker fans, our reviews enjoyed by football memorabilia hunters and I regularly receive comments and feedback on how much the site is appreicated and relied-upon by collectors and sticker fans around the world.
Unfortunately these days I'm not able to dedicate as much of my time to FootballStickipedia.com as I'd like. With a new young family around, time just hasn't been there to expand the album reviews, update the checklist sheets and develop the features on the site. I'm looking to step away from the maintenance of the website now, but given how much FootballStickipedia.com is used by the community I'm hoping to be able to pass it along to someone else to run. If you'd be interested in buying the site, leading it forward and developing it, please do get in touch. email@example.com
"Premier League Stickers 2016 - Merlin engine purring"
Merlin back doing what it does best. I say Merlin, it is of course just a Topps album with a Merlin logo in the title. Either way, Topps seem to be making more of an effort with them since adding the Merlin brand back into the mix. It seems they want to keep the Merlin engine running as well as it did back in the glory days. And why not, we say. Check out the album review and get your copy of the checklist PDF here. As usual, we'd love your feedback and comments to drop us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
"Champions League 2016 seems to have a different logo to usual...?"
Topps are quite the cheeky monkeys it would appear, having taken the rights to the 2016 Champions League album away from Panini this year. Perhaps they've done a straight swap for the England 2016 album that Topps would normally have done? Or perhaps Panini have made UEFA, and the FA very cross for some reason?! Either way, the album review and checklist are available here,and we would love to hear your theories on what's going on!
"The Italians Get England! The FA go for Panini in 2016"
In an unexpected change of approach, the English FA have awarded Panini the opportunity to run with the England team for Euro 2016. Licensing has been given to Panini over Topps/Merlin for the coming tournament in a 4-year deal. Take a look at our album page here, and let us know your feedback on the album
"Topps Go Back to Merlin for Premier League 2015"
The Merlin years really were the golden-years for our football sticker memories. Perhaps Topps are thinking the same as they brand this year's Premier League football sticker collection with the Merlin wizard once again. They've done more than revive the logo for posterity though, with the album having a completely different feel to previous iterations of this annual collection. Take a look here for our album review and checklist. And, as ever, let us know your feedback.
"World Cup 2014 Sticker album officially confirmed by Panini, plus FootballStickipedia.com guess the front cover!"
Panini announced on the 24th January 2014 that it has been given the official license by FIFA for the 2014 World Cup. Not a massive surprise as they've been producing them since 1970, but good to know, none-the-less. You can read the official Panini press release here Plus, CardzReview.com has been able to reveal the front cover image for the Brazilian edition. It's almost as though we're psychic! We took a stab at guessing the design of the front cover back in October 2013, low and behold, we're practically spot on! Take a look for yourselves here at our World Cup page.
"Fresh out today... Panini UEFA Champions League 2014 Sticker Album"
How's that for service?! In under 12 hours we've completed our album review and, for your delight and delectation, a checklist all for your very own!
Please take a look, as ever we're very keen to hear your feedback. This year's champions league football sticker album has a few extra suprises for you as well. So be sure to read all about them!
"All change! Next stop, domain change!"
In case you haven't noticed, www.StickerSwapping.co.uk is no more. Instead, you're now looking at www.FootballStickipedia.com! This change has been a long time coming and is largely why there's not been a lot of action on the site over the last few weeks, as far as our visitors can see at least.
The domain was changed because we had a lot of feedback from users looking for the "swapping section". I suppose the old domain name StickerSwapping.co.uk was a little mis-leading in that it implied that we actually swap stickers. So fair enough. Now however, there can be no confusuion! We are a wikipedia of football stickers! Plain and simple.
We think we've caught all the bugs, the gremlins, the Murphy's and their laws, but, if you spot an error please do let us know so that we can fix it. Otherwise, please enjoy the new site!
"Friends with Football Cards Forum"
|We've been making new friends! We've now got pals over atwww.FootballCardsForum.com. The chaps over there know their stuff,they see a lot of traffic coming through the discussion boards talking largely about football trading cards, but their stickers section is well populated too. FootballStickipedia.com are members as well and try often to lend our assistance and expertise to the open threads where we can. Look forward to chatting!
June 2013
"Checklists... as far as the eye can see!"
|Overhaul time again. This time our Checklists page has been tweaked. Instead of the old hap-hazard groupings, we've decided to make the page into a single table, with a checklist per line. The checklists are arranged in year order, grouped as 'Domestic', 'Champions League', 'Euro' and 'World Cup'. Hopefully our visitors will be able to find the checklist they're looking for now. Take a look at the Checklists page and tell us what you think.
May 2013
"New selection of FKS album pages"
Spring has been busy for us here at FootballStickipedia.com. A lot of new content arriving on the site, most notably a large pile of FKS Soccer Star albums have been across our desks. Check out their album pages and checklists in the Others album index. Drop us an email if you've got any feedback.
"Come and 'poke' Football Stickipedia on Facebook!"
|Check it out! We're now available to tag, like, poke and whatnot. Our new facebook page is here www.facebook.com/footballstickipedia and we're looking for new friends. Stop by and give us a like to keep up-to-date with new album pages and checklists as we release them on the site.
March 2013
"Football Stickipedia quoted and contribute to article in the Metro!"
|There's an amazing article on football stickers, appeared today in the Metro newspaper. Football Stickipedia Founder Oliver Solly is quoted in several places. You can read the article, "Swap you a Chris Waddle for an Arsenal 'shiny'… The magic of football stickers" in their digital edition here now!
January 2013
"Release date for the Topps Premier League 2013 Sticker Collection"
|Our inside sources have provided us with some very very interesting news... the new Premier League sticker collection from Topps is due for release on the 13th December 2012! Not long now until you can get your hands on Raheem Stirling and the other new Premier League football sticker stars. If you cant wait that long, we've already build a new page for the 2013 collection, so feel free to take a peak and get a flavour of what's to come!
November 2012
"We've been quiet over the summer, but now it's time to add some more content in the build up to the new Premier League sticker album!"
|We've got a stack of newly acquired content to add to the site over the next few weeks, so watch this space! We've got the elusive Panini Football 1992 album finally, a selection of Scottish albums (after a lot of requests) and a variety of other collections. As well as new albums, we're also still working on new checklists. So, if you've got any special requests drop us an email and we'll see about moving yours to the top of the to-do list. Plus, its not long now until the new Topps Premier League Sticker Album for the 2012-13 season - we expect to see the 2013 edition in the early new year.
October 2012
"Panini London 2012 Official Olympics Sticker Album Released!"
|A little over a month to go before the 30th Olympiad, and Panini have released their second big sticker album of the summer. The Olympics sticker album is unlike any of our football pages - although there are a few pages of footballers hidden in the there somewhere. Take a look at the page now and let us know what you think
June 2012
"The Trilogy is complete! We've finally tracked down the 2002 Panini Champions League Album"
|We hope you're as excited as we are! After trekking the Andes, exploring the darkest jungles, surveying deep oceans and spending quite literately some time looking on eBay, we finally got hold of the missing 2002 Champions League album. The page is live now and you can take a look at it here. Checklist for this album is added to the bottom of the list for us to get to as soon as we can.
May 2012
"Panini Euro 2012 Official Sticker Album Released! Download the checklist NOW!"
|Two weeks after Topps' England 2012 Sticker Album comes the Panini UEFA Euro 2012 Poland-Ukraine Official Sticker Album. We didn't have to wait long! The review page is already live here on StickerSwapping, as is the free checklist for you to download and print at your leisure. We hope it's all to your liking. We'll be sending out one of our email newsletter to our subscribers in the next few days to announce to our mailing database that now both the Euro 2012 album's are available for you all to collect. If you're not already on our list then sign-up!
March 2012
"New early Champions League Panini albums now live on the site"
|Earlier this week we here at StickerSwapping became the proud owners of a 1999-2000 and a 2000-2001 Panini Champions League Official Sticker Collections! We've wasted no time in turning these around for you and you can now view each of the pages for the albums here and here respectively. Let us know any feedback you may have, as always at firstname.lastname@example.com
March 2012
"Topps England 2012 Official Sticker Collection now released, our page is live and our checklist available for download!"
|Fiiiiinally, there's a Euro 2012 football sticker album out there to get started on! Topps have beaten Panini to the mark, with their England 2012 album hitting shops ahead of Panini's official UEFA offering. We've wasted no time here at StickerSwapping - the page is now live, and you can also download the checklist for the album, to keep track of your 'gots', your 'needs' and your 'swaps'!
March 2012
"Panini Announce Adrenalyn XL Euro 2012 Cards, no news on Stickers"
|Panini have finally put live the first of their Euro 2012 offerings, problem is, it's the wrong one as far as we're concerned - the Adrenalyn XL cards! We've been keeping our ear to the ground, but still no firm news on a release date for the sticker album.
February 2012
"We've added an 'Album Timeline' page"
|We're quite excited about this one, a page which puts all our football sticker collections into chronological order. Now as well as using the Merlin Index, Topps Index and Panini Index pages, you can also view all our albums in the order they were produced. As you'll see from the Album Timeline page, our oldest football sticker album is from 1970!
February 2012
"Capello Quits!"
|England Manager Fabio Capello has quit after a row with the FA over former England Captain John Terry's position in the team. I sure hope he's not already written the introduction to the Topps England 2012 Euro 2012 Sticker Collection, else they'll have to get someone else in sharpish before they go to print.... Redknapp anyone?!
February 2012
"Lots of new content"
|We have been working our behind's-off to upload plenty of new ablums and collecitons, you may have noticed all the extra pages that have been appearing in both the Merlin and Panini sections? Why not give us some feedback on the new albums? We're going to work on some of the older Panini World Cup albums in the next couple of weeks, so watch this space.
Febraury 2012
"Rumours are hotting up about the new Euro 2012 albums"
|We've started hearing about the Panini and the Topps Euro 2012 sticker albums. From what little we've found out so far it looks like they're due for a spring release, as usual Panini getting the usual UEFA licenses with their Panini Euro 2012 sticker album, whilst Topps will be offering Topps England 2012 with the English FA's backing.
January 2012
"Panini to Release 2012 Olympics Sticker Album"
|Yes, you have read that correctly! Panini will be doing a London 2012 collection. Cant wait to see it. We'll keep you updated with news as we hear it. Looking forward to getting a Ben Ainslie or Rebecca Adlington shiny.
December 2011
"Merlin Premier League 97 Checklist Added"
|Hold onto your hats checklists fans! You've now got the chance to get your hands on the 4th Merlin Premier League ablum checklist, the 1997 edition. That's the one with the aqua-green cover featuring Alan Shearer and friends. Head over to the checklist page or the album page now to download yours for free.
December 2011
"Topps Premier League 2011-2012 Sticker Collection OUT NOW!"
|It's here, it's finally here! We've got our copy, so watch this space for it to appear in the Topps Index, green with white trim.
December 2011
"A Raft of New Merlin World Cup Albums"
|A stack of Merlin World Cup albums have landed in our laps this month and we've been burning the midnight oil to get them online for you. Head over to the Merlin Index to take a look through the new ones.
November 2011
"StickerSwapping on New Server"
|After an appauling 'delete the entire site' incident, we've moved our site across to a new hosting and management company. Rest assured, we wont lose you again! We've migrated all the conent from our backups and are now looking to expand the selection of checklists and album pages.
November 2011
"FootballStickipedia.com in this months new edition of Four Four Two magazine!"
|We've been contacted by the journalists over at the UK's biggest football magazine. If you take a look in this week's new Four Four Two Magazine you can read about the history of football stickers, and our contribution to their article.
August 2011


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Staggering 1 in 3 parents DON'T know the early symptoms of meningitis – so here we reveal them all
Thirty-eight per cent of parents wrongly thought the telltale rash was an early sign of the killer bug, when in fact it appears at a later stage
MORE than a third of parents do not know the early symptoms of deadly meningitis.
Researchers found 38 per cent of mums and dads wrongly thought a rash is the first sign of the killer infection.
In most sick kids the red spots only appear once they are already very ill.
And some get no rash at all, experts warned.
Now parents are being urged to look out for other signs of illness – such as cold hands and feet, vomiting or muscle pain.
Around 3,200 people a year get bacterial meningitis. One in 10 die and many more are left with life-changing disabilities.
Young children are most at risk but teenagers and adults can be affected too.
Viral forms cause a lot fewer cases.
This terrible disease is difficult to spot. It's vital parents act quickly if a sick child gets rapidly worseRob Dawson
Infections peak during winter when bugs spread more easily in confined spaces.
But a poll of 2,000 parents by drug firm GSK – which makes meningitis vaccines – showed nearly four in 10 thought the distinctive 'mottled' skin rash is the first sign of illness.
In fact, it means bacteria have already started to poison the blood, slashing the chances of survival.
The poll also showed just one in six parents realised the rash indicates blood poisoning.
More than half had no idea vomiting and muscle pain are early warning signs and just 27 per cent knew to look for chilly hands and feet.
Ex-England rugby star Matt Dawson, whose two-year-old-son Sami almost died from meningitis earlier this year, said: "I fell into this category and was unaware of some of the key symptoms to look out for beyond the rash.
"I urge mums and dads alike, families, teachers and young people to make sure you can recognise the symptoms early, not wait for the rash - and act immediately."
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Meningitis Research Foundation's head of support Rob Dawson said: "This terrible disease is difficult to spot.
"It's vital parents act quickly if a sick child gets rapidly worse.
"Don't wait for a rash as it doesn't appear in all cases."
Liz Brown of charity Meningitis Now said: "Anyone showing symptoms such as severe headache, vomiting, muscle pain and fever with cold hands and feet should seek medical help immediately."
Britain was the first country to introduce a national vaccination scheme for the "B" strain of the disease.
The life-saving Men B jab has been being offered to all tots born after May last year.
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text: We visited the Volcano Masaya which was incredible special. No other groups have been able to visit, as it has been closed at times this summer due to lava activity. We planned our trip perfectly to be able to see and hear the lava. We are the ONLY Me to We trip that are able to visit the volcano…. A VERY SPECIAL TREAT!!!


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Art Underground: A Public Art Project by Nitza Tufiño. -- New York: El Museo del Barrio, 1990
The editorial categories are research topics that have guided researchers during the recovery phase and continue to be the impetus behind the Documents Project's digital archive and the Critical Documents book series. Developed by the project's Editorial Board, each of the teams analyzed this framework and adapted it to their local contexts in developing their research objectives and work plans during the Recovery Phase. Learn more on the Editorial Framework page.
The essay provides a biographical overview of the career of mural artist Nitza Tufiño, the daughter of Puerto Rican printmaker Rafael Tufiño. In it, curator Susana Torruella Leval describes Nitza Tufiño's process of creating a ceramic tile mural for a New York City subway station in East Harlem. The author discusses Nitza's incorporation of Taíno, Aztec, and Mayan iconography in her murals; moreover, her commitment to public art; the training of young people in the arts through the establishment of apprenticeship programs in public schools; and her longstanding involvement with El Museo del Barrio and Taller Boricua. Torruella Leval notes that Nitza Tufiño stands as one of the few Puerto Rican female artists to obtain recognition in a male-dominated field.
In 1971, Nitza Tufiño joined the artist collective, Taller Boricua; since then she has been its longest standing active female member. Although she has had several public art commissions, has been written scarcely about her work. This exhibition brochure was published to commemorate a ceramic tile mural she created for the 103rd Street subway stop in East Harlem.


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Listen carefully to me! If there is any recipe that you should try it is this one! I am altering it just a bit from its original post which you can find here to make it more gluten free friendly :)
Invite Me Back Muffins
Crumble Topping
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup gluten free flour
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 cup butter, melted
2 cups gluten free flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 stick unsalted butter (1/2 cup), softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2/3 cup milk
2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries (if using frozen, do not defrost them first, but toss them in a few tsps of flour before stirring them into the mix in step 3)
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Spray a 12 cup muffin tin with cooking spray or line the cups with paper or foil liners; you can also use eight 5-oz ramekins, spritzed with cook spray, instead.
Make the crumble topping: In a medium bowl, using your fingers, mix all of the crumble ingredients until small clumps form. Put the mixture in the freezer to chill and firm up while you work on the batter.
Make the muffins: In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl, with a mixer on high speed, beat the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time and beat on medium speed between additions until smooth. Add the flour mixture in 2 batch, alternating with the milk, beating on low speed between additions until just combined. Fold in the blueberries.
Spoon the batter into the prepared cups, filling all the way to the top. Sprinkle with the crumble topping (if using). Bake for 5 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 375 and bake for about 20 minutes longer (or more if in ramekins), until the muffins spring back when lightly touched with a finger. Set the pan on a rack and let cool for 15 minutes. Carefully remove the muffins from the pan, running the flat side of a knife gently around their sides to loosen them, if necessary.
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In March, one of the more interesting patent filings from Google was granted, Information retrieval based on historical data.
I had discussed it on forums when the original patent application came out in March of 2005, but didn't provide a write up of the document here. I realized a few weeks ago that I probably should.
The historical data patent is important because it discusses a large number of techniques that a search engine might use in fighting "spamming techniques" that might artifically "inflate" the rankings of web sites, and it works to identify "stale" sites that may be ranked higher than fresher sites that might contain more recently updated information.
I'll be writing a few posts over the next few weeks about the patent, and try to include some updates that have happened since it was first published. This first post looks at how the "freshness" of a page or document might influence its rankings in search results.
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Novell strengthens commitment to Mono
As part of the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Ca. today, Novell announced the availability of MonoDevelop 2.0 and Mono 2.4. MonoDevelop 2.0 is an open source integrated development environment for programming with C# and other languages. Mono 2.4 is the latest release of the open source, cross-platform .NET application framework that powers the SUSE Linux Enterprise Mono Extension.
"By making .NET application development and deployment accessible for Linux, the Mono project is committed to expanding ISV and corporate developers' options beyond the Windows platform," said Miguel de Icaza, vice president of Development Platforms at Novell and leader of the Mono project. "With the newest releases for Mono and MonoDevelop, we continue to improve and extend the development tools and framework to deliver on this goal. The features and functionality available in this release are allowing developers to increase the number of .NET applications that are built and run on Linux."
Mono 2.4 enables ISVs, independent developers, and corporate developers to run .NET client and server applications on Linux across a range of hardware architectures, including the mainframe. Additionally, with the recent introduction of SUSE Linux Enterprise Mono Extension, customers and ISVs can also receive full support, security and upgrades when using Mono in the enterprise. New features available in Mono 2.4 include:
- Performance improvements and runtime innovations – A new code generation engine greatly improves the performance of executing .NET applications on the Mono runtime, while managed Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD) extensions enable developers to take advantage of hardware acceleration without having to program in lower-level languages. Additional runtime innovations, such as full ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation, bring Mono-based applications to new platforms, including the Apple iPhone.
- Support for the latest features of ASP.NET – ASP.NET developers targeting Linux can now leverage the latest ASP.NET features, including ASP.NET 3.5 extensions, new web controls, ASP.NET routing APIs, and ASP.NET AJAX. Mono 2.4 can also host applications built using the Microsoft ASP.NET Model View Controller (MVC) framework.
- Hosting pre-compiled websites – Mono now hosts ASP.NET websites and applications which have been pre-compiled on .NET. This reduces startup times, enables ISVs to distribute web applications without distributing source code, and improves Mono's support of ASP.NET sites built with Visual Basic.
"A lot of the effort has been focused on performance, but a lot of that is under the covers," explained Joseph Hill, Novell product manager for Mono. "We upgraded our JIT engine which enables code to run a lot faster. In at least one real-world use case it meant a gain of 30 requests/sec to 120 requests/sec."
"On the performance side we built a new technology for generating code on the fly – in some apps the performance only improved 10%, but in others 300%," de Icaza explained. Part of this improvement relates to allowing granular control over the logs to make sure they wouldn't log the entire process across the board.
Much of this performance enhancement was caused by receiving customer feedback from the gaming industry.
"We've been working with a couple of companies that work with high performance games and 3D apps and they were running into a bottleneck and neither .NET or Mono were able to keep up with the loads," said de Icaza.
Novell responded, and is looking for new information from other users to determine what other areas could be improved.
"It is interesting because we're adding new functionality to the .NET run-time that hadn't previously been exposed," said de Icaza. "We're open to getting new information."
There are a few companies with games on the Web based on Mono. According to de Icaza, the most hyped example is the Cartoon Network's multiplayer online kid's game FusionFall.


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Legendary investor Warren Buffett, who usually has a good eye for value, explained gold like this: "It gets dug out of the ground in Africa or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head."
But gold isn't just something that people dig out of the ground. It's one of the best ways to hedge your portfolio – that is, to protect it when stock markets everywhere fall, like after the two 7% declines in China's stock market this week.
As we've written before, cash is a great way of protecting your portfolio when markets fall. But one of the most effective hedges against market downturns has proven to be gold, because stock markets and gold are negatively correlated assets.
Correlation is the relationship between two or more assets. It measures what happens to the price of one asset when the price of a different asset changes. When they are negatively correlated, their prices move in opposite directions. This evens out your overall performance when things get bumpy.
The table above shows the correlation between gold and major Asian market indices. Over the past 5 years, returns on gold have had a negative correlation with stock returns. That means when markets go down, gold usually goes up – and when gold goes down, markets tend to go higher.
Most major Asian stock markets are positively correlated – that is, they all tend to move in the same direction at the same time. That means negative events usually affect all markets in the region. So if you're invested in Singapore and Malaysia, the chances are good the two markets will rise and fall together. That's not diversified.
But by diversifying part of your portfolio into gold, you can reduce portfolio risk and solve the egg truck problem. That way, not everything in your portfolio will move in the same direction at the same time.
Gold is also a good hedge against falling currencies. 2016 is looking to be another ugly year for ASEAN currencies in part due to a continued slowdown in China – Southeast Asia's largest trading partner.
Gold is often viewed as a global currency and as a tangible store of value. The global supply of gold is relatively stable, as newly mined gold only increases the gold supply by about 1.7% per year. In contrast, currency values can easily decline if the central bank increases the money supply, or if demand for the currency falls.
An example of how gold can act as a hedge against a declining currency is what happened during the 2008 financial crisis. The U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates and started buying bonds as part of its quantitative easing program (in which it created more money to help drive up inflation) in order to support the U.S. economy.
In just six years through 2014, the supply of U.S. dollars in global markets increased almost five times. This increase in supply helped cause the value of the U.S. dollar to fall compared to other currencies.
But the price of gold took off. In 2008, gold cost less than US$800 per ounce. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, as the U.S. central bank dramatically increased the supply of money, the price of gold rose to over US$1800 per ounce.
But as the U.S., and world, economy emerges from the crisis, and demand for the U.S. dollar has increased, the price of gold has gone down – a perfect example of negatively correlated assets. During a very volatile period, investors holding gold were protected from potentially larger losses.
One easy way to add gold to your portfolio is through the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD on the New York Stock Exchange). The SPDR Gold Shares is the largest physical gold exchange traded fund (ETF) in the world. You can also buy it on the Singapore Stock Exchange using symbol O87 and on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as 2840.
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multiple GPCR agonists utilize non-canonical TAB1-TAB2 and TAB1-TAB3-dependent p38 activation to promote endothelial inflammatory responses.
Data indicate an association between TAK1-binding protein 2 (TAB2) mutations and a connective tissue disorder with severe polyvalvular heart disease and subtle facial dysmorphism.
The combination of WES, genomic triangulation, and systems biology has uncovered perturbations in TGF-beta activated kinase 1 signaling as a novel pathogenic substrate for polyvalvular syndrome.
Data suggest that mRNA/protein levels of NLRP6 are down-regulated in synovial tissues and synoviocytes of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients compared to osteoarthritis patients; NLRP6 provides docking site to facilitate interaction between TAB2/3 and TRIM38 in RA synoviocytes in response to TNFalpha. (NLRP6 = ; TAB2/3 = transforming growth factor-b-activated kinase 1-binding protein 2/3; TRIM38 = tripartite motif 38)
A Novel Functional Domain of Tab2 Involved in the Interaction with Estrogen Receptor Alpha in Breast Cancer Cells
The expression of miR-155 target gene, TAB2, and the downstream gene, iNOS, were found to be inhibited in psoriatic dermal mesenchymal stem cells.
DK1 inhibits the formation of the TAK1-TAB2-TRAF6 complex and leads to the inhibition of TRAF6 ubiquitination.
Authors demonstrate that enterovirus 71 3C interacts with TAB2 and TAK1 and suppresses cytokine expression via cleavage of the TAK1 complex proteins.
SUMOylation may serve as a novel mechanism for the regulation of TAB2.
conclude that TRIM38 negatively regulates TNFalpha- and IL-1beta-induced signaling by mediating lysosome-dependent degradation of TAB2/3, two critical components in TNFalpha- and IL-1beta-induced signaling pathways
These data indicate that overexpression of TRIM22 may negatively regulate the TRAF6-stimulated NF-kappaB pathway by interacting with and degrading TAB2.
our data implicate Tab2 as a mediator of resistance to endocrine therapy and as a potential new target to reverse pharmacological resistance and potentiate antiestrogen action.
We found that endothelial TAK1 and TAB2, but not TAB1, were critically involved in vascular formation
MiR-23b suppresses IL-17-, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)- or IL-1beta-induced NF-kappaB activation and inflammatory cytokine expression by targeting TAB2, TAB3 and IKK-alpha.
TAK1 and its adapter protein, TAB2, reciprocally regulate both TAK1- and ASK1-mediated signaling pathways to direct the activations of NF-kappaB and AP-1.
human TAB2 and TAB3, ubiquitin-chain sensory proteins involved in NF-kappaB signalling, are directly inactivated by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli NleE, a conserved bacterial type-III-secreted effector responsible for blocking host NF-kappaB signalling
These results point to the existence of an autophagy-stimulatory 'switch' whereby TAB2 and TAB3 abandon inhibitory interactions with Beclin 1 to engage in a stimulatory liaison with TAK1.
these studies show that the TAK1-TAB2-TAB3 signaling axis is critical for carcinoma-induced bone lesions, mediating expression of proinvasive and osteolytic factors.
microRNA-155 negatively regulates the expression of TAB2 and downstream IFN-gamma-inducible protein of 10 kDa as a negative feedback system.
The ability of human Trim5alpha to regulate TAB2 levels, to activate NF-kappaB, and to recognize retroviral capsids are genetically separable.
Lipopolysaccharide-induced miR-155 promoted autophagy to increase osteoclast formation via decreased TAB2.
These findings support a regulatory role for TGF-beta-activated kinase 1 in governing downstream MAPKs/NF-kappaB signaling cascades in the macrophage activation in response to hyperglycemic insult
RNF4 negatively regulates NF-kappaB signaling by down-regulating TAB2
TAB1 and TAB2 are required for activated macrophages, making TAB1 and TAB2 effective targets to control inflammation by modulating macrophage survival.
Loss of Tab2 is associated with liver injury.
miR-155 inhibits the immunosuppressive capacity of MSCs by reducing iNOS expression by targeting TAB2.
TAB2 and TAB3 are essential for B cell activation leading to antigen-specific antibody responses, as well as B-1 and marginal zone B cell development.
Epithelial TAK1 activity is regulated through two unique, TAB1-dependent basal & TAB2-mediated stimuli-dependent mechanisms.
Wnt3a stimulation led to an increase in the interaction of TAB2 with NLK and the formation of a TAK1.TAB2.NLK complex, suggesting that this TAK1-TAB2-NLK pathway may constitute a negative feedback mechanism for canonical Wnt signaling.
TAB2 not only activates TAK1 but also plays an essential role in the deactivation of TAK1 by recruiting PP6 through a polyubiquitin chain-dependent mechanism
analysis of a mechanism for the recognition of Lys 63-linked polyubiquitin chains by TAB2 and TAB3 NZF domains in which diubiquitin units are specifically recognized by a single NZF domain
the expression of mouse TAB2 in the E11 dorsal aorta endothelium suggests a role for mTAB2 in hematopoietic stem cell emergence and/or regulation
TAB2 is essential for embryonic development through prevention of liver apoptosis but not for the IL-1 receptor-mediated signaling pathway.
multifunctional signaling molecule, both IL-1-dependent TRAF6 ubiquitination and assembly of the IL-1 signaling complex
TAB2 expression pattern shows striking similarities with previously reported IL-1 receptor expression and NFkappaB activation patterns
a critical, dosage-sensitive role during development was demonstrated by the cardiac defects observed upon titrated knockdown of tab2 expression in zebrafish embryos
The protein encoded by this gene is an activator of MAP3K7/TAK1, which is required for for the IL-1 induced activation of nuclear factor kappaB and MAPK8/JNK. This protein forms a kinase complex with TRAF6, MAP3K7 and TAB1, thus serves as an adaptor linking MAP3K7 and TRAF6. This protein, TAB1, and MAP3K7 also participate in the signal transduction induced by TNFSF11/RANKl through the activation of the receptor activator of NF-kappB (TNFRSF11A/RANK), which may regulate the development and function of osteoclasts.
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I pick her up on time. She hops in the car in a low-cut floral shirt and tight jeans, highlighting her becoming a young woman. She wears a trace of make-up –not overly done: just enough to be age-appropriate.
It's her fifteenth birthday tomorrow, so I hand her a little bag from a make-up store with a card tucked inside. Aw you didn't have to do that! she replies. Of course I did, I smile back. She deserves to be spoiled after everything she's been through.
It was just a couple weeks ago Child Protection Services showed up at her school to pull her out of class. Her neglectful drug-addict mom moved away months ago and she lives with her drug-addict father who's gotten himself involved with the type of people who are powerful for all the wrong reasons and feared for all the right. Enough calls of concern were made and the final straw broken. Luckily at her age, the government worker asked if there was somewhere she could go. She immediately responded with my good friend's phone number. The three years my friend spent in a relationship with this on-and-off clean/addicted man built her a blessed relationship with this young girl. Of course she can live with me, she responded with no hesitation to save the girl the trauma of being passed around in the foster care system.
Early this morning I got the call from my friend saying the girl's father had been beaten very badly last night. He phoned from the hospital asking to see his daughter. It's pretty bad…I have a broken jaw, for one. I'll be here a few days. I agreed to pick up his little girl and take her to see him.
The car-ride is mostly dampened by awkward silence. So, I query, how do you feel about seeing your dad? She flips her hair nervously. Um, I dunno… It's hard to tell what she's thinking. I sense after years of this detrimental life she hides her feelings well. I say, Yeah, I understand you probably have mixed feelings…It sounds like he's in pretty bad shape so just be prepared for that.
I park in the free parking a block up from the hospital. I turn the engine off and she looks at me, raised eyebrows –you're not coming in are you? I can take care of myself. Of course she can, but she shouldn't have to at this age. She has been for far too long. Her line between adolescence and adulthood is blurred in dysfunction. Well, I respond, I have to use the bathroom anyway. I'll just come in to make sure you find him okay.
The main foyer of the hospital is bustling with patterned or hospital-green scrubs. I stand back as she approaches the front desk where the volunteers sit in red shirts. I'm looking for a patient. She gives his name and the volunteer searches the computer. I start to feel anxiety curl in my stomach as she asks for the spelling of the name again and takes longer to search through. He's gone, I know already. The girl's energy emits fuming anger which I know is undermined by severe sadness. Abandonment, again. Lies, again. Broken promises, again.
Come on, I say, let's check the emergency department. Maybe he's just still there and not in the computer system yet.
We trudge to the opposite end of the foyer and through the doors where another set of red-shirt volunteers sit. A twenty-something lady scans the paper dossier of names. Sorry he's not here…You can check with admitting department back in the foyer? My heart sinks to my stomach now. This poor girl. She is agitated and storms through the doors. How the hell am I supposed to talk to him if… She catches her emotions and stuffs them down –again, I reckon she's well-adjusted to this. She takes a paper number and slumps into a waiting chair. You don't have to stay, you know. My heart is torn. I want to hold her close. I can't just leave her here.
The ticket number is called and we stand at the desk anxiously. She spells the name out yet again and the clerk files through the computer. Finally she confirms what we already know: I see he was admitted but he is no longer in the system –so that means he's been discharged.
I sense her whole demeanor collapse on the inside. I'm sure she wants to collapse on the outside, to kick and scream on the floor. Despite her age, in my mind she reserves the right to –more so than a three-year-old not getting what they want.
We walk back to the car in silence. I don't know what to say.
We pull into her boyfriend's driveway and she forces a smile and thanks me again for the gift. Go spoil yourself, sweetie.
She departs through the side fence, barely able to reach over to unlock the gate. She disappears, along with another piece of her spirit.


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Buddha's Warriors-The Story of the CIA Backed Tibetan Freedom Fighters, the Chinese Invasion and the Ultimate Fall of Tibet
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By Mikel Dunham
Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher (December 29, 2004)
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is compulsive reading for anyone interested in the ancient conflict between the forces of light and dark. Much more than a re-telling of Tibetan resistance to Chinese invasion, above all its other credentials, and they are considerable indeed, it's a moving account of freedom challenging oppression through sacrifice, courage, determination and suffering. The valiant and tragic story of Tibetans taking up arms to defend their nation and culture may sit uneasily next the 'Shangri-la' image of popular western imagination yet the myth of Tibet as a non-violent and passive victim to communist China's brutal occupation demanded public exposure.
In giving prominence to the testimony of those Tibetans engaged in the struggle for independence Dunham has produced a scholarly work of integrity, passion and eloquence that recounts the origins, victories, failures and ultimate demise of Tibet's bloody war of resistance waged between 1950 and 1974. The author has clearly done his research and apart from interviewing former participants of the Tibetan Resistance has drawn upon an extensive range of credible sources to ensure factual accuracy and a wealth of historical detail. The subject has of course been touched upon previously but what distinguishes 'Buddha's Warriors' is the combination of personal accounts and the accessible style and wonderfully descriptive narrative provided by Mikel Denham. Reading this book one is struck by its cinematic-like scope while the landscape, characters, events and political background are brought to life with an honesty and freshness that make it irresistible. This is no dry or dust-covered history but a vibrant and poignant testament from those fought for Tibet's freedom. In their recollections we glimpse a remarkable adaptability, selfless devotion and humour shining brightly through the cold war canvas that forms the backdrop to events. There is a wonderful story of Tibetans prostrating before a man they assumed was Gyalo Dhondup, the Dalai Lama's brother, only to be informed he was in fact his tailor!
There are of course many darker tales of betrayal, torture, and endurance. The treacherous actions of Ngabo Jigme, who surrendered the town of Chamdo and switched allegiances to communist China, the devastating aerial bombardment of Lithang Monastery, the strategic brilliance and courage of Gombo Tashi whose warriors achieved breathtaking victories against overwhelming Chinese forces, and the grievous last stand by Wangdu and resistance fighters, pursued by the Chinese and Nepalese and effectively abandoned by the Tibetan government in the arid desolation of Mustang.
Apart from documenting the exploits of the Tibetan Resistance this book also provides a fascinating insight into those international political currents that eventually sealed Tibet's fate and lead to the invasion. The geopolitics of the Korean War, the anti-imperialist stance of a newly founded India and post-empire Britain conspired to deny Tibet diplomatic/military assistance or United Nation's recognition. In a shameful and perfidious act of abandonment Tibet was forsaken as a very exposed hostage to fortune. Not, thankfully entirely unaided. As Dunham's book reveals the threat of communism spreading across South-East Asia raised genuine concerns in Washington and the CIA took the decision to organise a covert military project inside Tibet.
We are then introduced to a world of smoke-and-mirrors, perilous missions, secret codes, nighttime parachute drops and suicide pills. A select band of Tibetans are clandestinely transported from the Himalayas to secret camps on the remote Pacific island of Saipan, and later Colorado, to undergo training in guerrilla warfare. It makes for fantastic reading; the urbane, clean-shaven graduates of the CIA academy, most of them seemingly quite young, tutors to the exotic and fierce looking Khampa warriors. From 1955/56 Tibet's freedom fighters were assisted, with varying degrees of success by the CIA, until the eventual collapse of organised resistance inside Tibet in 1962. Many were killed and tortured, survivors escaped and regrouped into Western Nepal to carry on the struggle with renewed American support until 1969 when aiding the Tibetans fell hostage to President Nixon's rapprochement with China.
The last remnants of Tibetan resistance were eradicated during the winter of 1974/75 in Mustang, as the King of Nepal under pressure from Beijing demanded the Tibetans surrender. Most did others resisted and were gunned down by Nepalese soldiers under a turquoise Himalayan sky. It was a sad and lonely ending and one cannot help but wonder if the outcome would have been the same had greater assistance been furnished at an earlier time or perhaps more significantly if the Tibetan Government had accepted US offers of military and economic support in 1951/56. The dream however of an independent Tibet has not been extinguished nor has the courage and sacrifice of Tibetans inside Tibet been vanquished. Anyone who has an interest in the cause of freedom should not miss this remarkable book.
Review-Copyright-Jeffrey A. Bowe Editor for Independent Tibet Network 1st January 2005
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I'm preparing to rewrite a novel of mine in the next few months, and as I look at previous drafts that I've written over the past 15 years I'm very surprised to see that the writing hasn't change all that much. It's still my writing. It's just that certain things were "hidden or repressed somehow," just as Scott says above. I didn't know how to command my language as well, how to structure as well, how to control my descriptions, how to make certain character mannerisms work for the story, etc. I didn't even know what was missing! But, the basic building blocks were there. It makes me wonder how and what I'll discover in the next 15 years. It's an exciting journey, and I prefer to think that whatever I publish in my life now will not bring me shame in the future. It will still be my writing, my words, my talent. I will have just discovered new things to show in my writing later - like a beautiful package where I keep peeling back the layers of tissue paper. It won't be the gift inside but the experience of opening the package that will make all the difference. Practice and persistence are what get us to peel the layers. So keep at it.


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Consider some headlines from the past week. China announced
its gross domestic product had slowed to a three-year
low of 7.6 percent in the latest quarter. The International Monetary
Fund cut its global growth forecasts to 3.9 percent for
2013. And Citigroup Inc. announced its net income was down 12
The system that generates these 21st-century accounting figures
— the numbers that run our nations and corporations — was
first codified by a Renaissance friar named Fra Luca Bartolomeo
de Pacioli. He was at one time more famous, as a mathematician,
than his collaborator Leonardo da Vinci.
Pacioli is remembered today, if he's remembered at all, as
the father of accounting. He wrote the first mathematical encyclopedia
of Europe, which made two critical contributions to
modem science and commerce: It was the first printed book to
explain Hindu-Arabic arithmetic and its offshoot, algebra, and it
contained the first printed treatise on Italian accounting.
Algebra would underpin the Scientific Revolution; Italian
accounting, the Industrial Revolution.
As his encyclopedia was going to press in Venice in 1494,
Pacioli added a 27-page summary of a new form of accounting
that had first emerged in Italy around 1300 and been perfected
by the merchants of Venice. He called the addition a "special
treatise which is much needed" to help merchants keep their accounts
in an orderly way.
Known in the 15th century as accounting "alla Veneziana,"
the system is now called double-entry bookkeeping and is standard
practice throughout the world. In 1494, it was exceptional
— and in his treatise Pacioli recommended it above all others.
In their ledgers, Venetian merchants separated debits and
credits, dividing them into two columns. As Pacioli wrote: "All
the creditors must appear in the Ledger at the right-hand side,
and all the debtors at the left. All entries made in the Ledger
have to be double entries — that is, if you make one creditor, you
must make someone debtor."
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In many case involving the employment of a foreign national on a permanent basis, the employer will need to secure a labor certification through the Department of Labor prior to filing a petition or a permanent residence application with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. In 2005 the Department of Labor instituted what it calls the Program Electronic Review Management or PERM program. The PERM rules came into effect formally on March 28, 2005, and the promulgation of the rules for the filing of permanent labor certification applications replaces parts of the old 20 C.F.R. §655 and all of 20 C.F.R. §656.
Although some cases such as those for college and university professors will differ in terms of the process followed, the basic labor certification process can be summarized as follows:
|Revocation and Invalidation of the Labor Certification
|The Employer's Required Attestations
|Retention of Records
|Notice Requirements
|Recruitment Report
|Job Duties and Requirement
1. Recruitment
Recruitment is more involved under the new process than under the old Reduction in Recruitment approved by General Administrative Letter (GAL) 97. The new process involves 2 newspaper print ads and placement of a job order with the State Job Service. In addition to these steps the employer is required to choose three additional recruitment sources from a Department of Labor list.
Employers are not permitted to reject a U.S. worker just because they do not have the required skills if that worker could attain the required skill level with on-the-job training within a reasonable time.
All recruitment efforts must take place 30 and 180 days prior to the filing of the PERM application and there is a 30 day
cooling off period after recruitment during which the application cannot be filed. This is designed to allow last minute applicants to send in a resume or otherwise seek to be considered for the position.
2. Revocation and Invalidation of the Labor Certification:
The Department of Labor certifying officer has the power to revoke a labor certification for reasons other than obvious DOL error, fraud or misrepresentation in its submission. At the same time United States Citizenship and Immigration Services is granted broad investigatory power to examine whether the labor certification was honestly secured. If USCIS determines there was fraud or willful misrepresentation in the labor certification process then it can invalidate the labor certification. Thus, it is very important to keep good records and also to document reasons for proceeding in the manner in which an employer secures a labor certification. Such records can be crucial in counteracting allegations of fraud or willful misrepresentation.
3. The Employer's Required Attestations:
In submitting a labor certification application to the Department of Labor the employer is required to make several attestations concerning the application. Those attestations are:
|That the employer will pay a wage that is greater than or equal to the prevailing wage.
|That the wage is not based on commissions, bonuses or other incentives unless guaranteed and paid monthly.
|The employer has enough funds to pay the wage offered.
|The employer can put the non citizen employee on the payroll at or before the time of entry into the United States.
|The job does not involve unlawful discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, handicap or citizenship.
|The job is not now vacant because a previous employee is locked out, on strike or in a labor dispute involving work stoppage.
|Terms, conditions and occupational environment are not contrary to federal, state or local law.
|The job is open to any U.S. worker.
|U.S. workers who were rejected were rejected for job related reasons.
|The job opportunity is for full-time and permanent and the alien is not the employer. By permanent the rules mean that the employment is intended to last for one year or longer. This is not binding in that the employee can leave and the employer can terminate without apparent revocation. The rule is not intended to create a system of indentured servants.
4. Retention of Records:
Employers must retain the application and all related documents for a period of five (5) years following the date of filing. This includes maintaining resumes.
Although the rule requires retention for five years there is a decision that must be made by employers for retention beyond that period. The DOL can begin the process of revoking labor certification beyond the five years. Thus, the employer may wish to consider retention beyond that period, as those documents may be needed to defend a revocation proceeding. It may be that the employer could scan and digitally store the documents at the five year mark in order to retain defense documents in the event they are required.
What should be retained? The safe conclusion is that everything must be retained—that is all documents that could become part of an audit and audits focus on compliance with the regulations and in particular compliance with the attestations. Thus, all documents related to the prevailing wage, resumes of applicants, interview sheets and notes detailing why an applicant was rejected, offer letters detailing the job offer, newspaper tear sheets showing the job was advertised, internal postings, documents evidencing notice as stated in the following section, all other recruitment documents, etc., should be retained. If in doubt please contact the firm to ask whether a particular document should be retained. However, the firm emphasizes that everything should be kept. In its final formulation of the PERM regulations the DOL has rejected the requirement that the lawyer maintain the documents and so the burden is on the employer to maintain the documents in their records. Of course it is also most safe to scan them in or retain a copy off site to address the possibility of a catastrophe such as fire, flooding, etc., at the employer's place of business.
5. Notice Requirements:
Notice of the filing of a labor certification application must be provided to various sources depending on the employer's situation. The notice is not considered a recruitment step, but is an informative one. If there is a collective bargaining representative then notice must be provided to the representative. In that case the notice is in the form of a letter and a copy of the ETA 9089 labor certification application. If there is no collective bargaining representative then notice must be posted internally for employees to see—posting in the area of the OSHA notices and the wage and hour notices is recommended. Notice must not be obscured by any other document or object.
The employer must also publish notice in any in-house media such as a web page visible only in-house or an employee newsletter. There are no exceptions to that rule.
If travel is required then the notice must state travel will be required. Additionally, the notice must state the geographic area in which the job will be located.
6. Recruitment Report:
A recruitment report must be prepared, but is not submitted with the application. The recruitment report is merely maintained in the employer's records unless an audit is sought by the Department of Labor. This is one of the documents you must retain for five years.
The recruitment report must describe the recruitment. The number of hires and U.S. workers rejected categorized with the reasons for rejection must be stated. DO NOT DISCARD APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY REJECTED WORKERS. Maintain all applications and resumes as part of the recruitment file in the event of an audit. If you keep notes of your interviews of U.S. workers then you are not required to keep those under the current law. However, if the DOL were to attempt to revoke the labor certification then it would be very useful to have notes detailing job related reasons the applicant was rejected so you can refresh your memory when responding to an audit. If they did not have required experience and cannot gain it during a reasonable period of on the job training (i.e. a non university grad attempting to get a job as a heart surgeon—extreme, but an example) and that is in your notes then that can assist in defense of a revocation. The safe thing to do is to keep everything.
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8. Job Duties and Requirements:
There are specific requirements with regard to drafting the job description to take into account duties and other requirements. Properly drafting the job description can have a tremendous effect on challenges to recruitment results by DOL, and can also affect the prevailing wage the employer must pay under the law. Your lawyer will work with you to craft the job description in a manner that truthfully reflects the actual job and avoids dangerous and costly pitfalls that can arise through improper drafting.


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There are two components to real estate property taxes: the assessed value and the assigned rate. Both are set by the County and change every year. So assessed value * tax rate = property tax bill. So even if your assessed values go down, your tax bill could go up if the tax rate changes enough! After all, the government still needs their money to keep things running.
You can see easily look up assessed values by property address:
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Alexandria City
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Tax rates vary by jurisdiction, of course. Rates for 2009:
Fairfax County $1.05 (per $1000 in assessed value)
Arlington $0.865
Alexandria City $0.903
DC $0.85 but beware of vacant properties — it jumps to $10!
You should note that a tax assessment is very different than an appraisal, and both of those values may be different than the price you paid for the home even this year! Assessments are generally adjusted every year (depending on the jurisdiction), and looks at all sales in a 12 month period. Most assessments do take into account the market value, but do not mirror it exactly. Fairfax County's website, for example, says "Given the size, complexity and diversity of properties within Fairfax County, fair market value is deemed to be reasonably estimated if assessments at the neighborhood level generally average in the low 90's percent range when compared to sales prices." So in other words, if the tax assessed value is approximately 90-95% of the estimated sales price, it's considered to be the fair market value for tax purposes.
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and here is one for Arlington County.
You always have the right to appeal your property tax assessed values, but the timing and process vary by jurisdiction.
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