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Indiana Entry Health Requirements: EQUINE
The following is a summary of Indiana's animal health laws governing the transportation of equine into Indiana. The identification, movement and testing laws can be viewed in more detail in 345 IAC 1-2, 345 IAC 1-3, and 345 IAC 6. For additional information, contact the Indiana State Board of Animal Health Companion Animal and Equine Division at (317) 544-2393 or toll free at (877) 747-3038 or click here to submit an e-mail inquiry.
Certificate of Veterinary Inspection
Required with the following exceptions:
Animals used as the mode of transportation for travel into the state and returned directly to the original location
Animals traveling to a facility for veterinary treatment that will return to the state-of origin
Animals traveling through the state without being unloaded
Animals moved directly to an approved livestock facility
Animals consigned for immediate slaughter
The CVI must be issued by a licensed and accredited veterinarian within the thirty (30) days immediately prior to the animal entering Indiana.
Animal Identification
If a CVI is required, official identification is also required and must be included on the CVI. Official identification options for equine include the following:
A description sufficient to identify the individual animal including, but not limited to, the following: name, age, breed, color, gender, distinctive markings, unique and permanent forms of identification when present (e.g. brands, tattoos, scars, cowlicks, blemishes, or biometric measurements)
Electronic identification that complies with ISO 11784/11785
Non-ISO electronic identification if applied to the animal on or before March 11, 2014
Digital photographs sufficient to identify the individual animal
For additional information on ID requirements go to: www.in.gov/boah/2650.htm.
Pre-entry Permit
No permit is required for movement of equine into the state of Indiana from other states.
Permits are required for horses imported from a country where Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM) exists or a country that trades horses freely with a country in which CEM exits. The United States is free of CEM.
Indiana is approved to have private CEM quarantine facilities for testing and treatment of horses from CEM infected countries.
Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)
Equine must be tested for EIA (sometimes called a "Coggins test") within the 12 months immediately prior to an animal entering Indiana. Animals that test positive for EIA may not enter Indiana. The ELISA and AGID tests for EIA are accepted.
The following equine are exempt from the EIA test requirement:
Suckling foals that are accompanied by their dam, when the dam has tested negative for EIA within the last twelve months.
Animals moved directly to a licensed livestock market, if the market facility collects a sample and submits it for EIA testing immediately upon arrival at the market.
Animals consigned for immediate slaughter.
Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM)
The Indiana Board of Animal Health has specific permitting, quarantine, and testing requirements for equine imported from a region where CEM exists or a region that trades horses freely with a region in which CEM exists. If you would like to import equine to Indiana from such a region, contact Dr. Sandra Norman at (317-544-2389) for guidance on these requirements.
None required
If the animal is to be entered in a livestock exhibition in Indiana, see also the Indiana exhibition requirements.
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European Capital of Culture
The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union (EU) for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong pan-European dimension.
Preparing a European Capital of Culture can be an opportunity for the city to generate considerable cultural, social and economic benefits and it can help foster urban regeneration, change the city's image and raise its visibility and profile on an international scale.
In 1985, Melina Mercouri, Greece's minister of culture, and her French counterpart Jack Lang came up with the idea of designating an annual Capital of Culture to bring Europeans closer together by highlighting the richness and diversity of European cultures and raising awareness of their common history and values. It is strongly believed that the ECoC significantly maximises social and economic benefits, especially when the events are embedded as a part of a long–term culture-based development strategy of the city and the surrounding region.[1]
The Commission of the European Union manages the title and each year the Council of Ministers of the European Union formally designates European Capitals of Culture: more than 40 cities have been designated so far.
Selection processEdit
An international panel of cultural experts is in charge of assessing the proposals of cities for the title according to criteria specified by the European Union.
For two of the capitals each year, eligibility is open to cities in EU member states only. From 2021 and every three years thereafter, a third capital will been chosen from cities in countries that are candidates or potential candidates for membership, or in countries that are part of the European Economic Area (EEA)[2][3]– an example of the latter being Stavanger in Norway, which was a European Capital of Culture in 2008.
A 2004 study conducted for the Commission, known as the "Palmer report", demonstrated that the choice of European Capital of Culture served as a catalyst for the cultural development and the transformation of the city.[4] Consequently, the beneficial socio-economic development and impact for the chosen city are now also considered in determining the chosen cities.
Bids from five United Kingdom cities to be the 2023 Capital of Culture were disqualified in November 2017, because by 2023 it is expected that the UK will no longer be an EU member[5]
The European Capital of Culture programme was initially called the European City of Culture and was conceived in 1983, by Melina Mercouri, then serving as minister of culture in Greece. Mercouri believed that at the time, culture was not given the same attention as politics and economics and a project for promoting European cultures within the member states should be pursued. The European City of Culture programme was launched in the summer of 1985 with Athens being the first title-holder. During the German presidency of 1999, the European City of Culture programme was renamed to European Capital of Culture.[6]
List of European Capitals of CultureEdit
1 A new framework makes it possible for a city in a candidate country or potential candidate for EU membership to hold the title every third year as of 2021. This will be selected through an open competition, meaning that cities from various countries may compete with each other.[36]
2 The European Capital of Culture was due to be in the UK in 2023. However, due to its decision to leave the European Union in 2016, UK cities would no longer be eligible to hold the title after 2019. The European Commission's Scotland office confirmed that this would be the case on 23 November 2017, only one week before the UK was due to announce which city would be put forward.[37] The candidate cities were Dundee,[38] Leeds, Milton Keynes,[39] Nottingham[40] and a joint bid from Northern Irish cities Belfast, Derry and Strabane.[41] This caused anger amongst the UK candidate city's bidding teams due to the very short notice of the decision, and because of the amount of money they had already spent preparing their bids.
See alsoEdit
- ^ Burkšienė, V., Dvorak, J., Burbulytė-Tsiskarishvili, G. (2018). Sustainability and Sustainability Marketing in Competing for the Title of European Capital of Culture. Organizacija, Vol. 51 (1), p. 66-78 https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/orga/51/1/article-p66.xml
- ^ "Decision No 445/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014". 3 May 2014.
- ^ "European Capitals of Culture 2020 to 2033 — A guide for cities preparing to bid" (PDF). European Commission.
- ^ Palmer, Robert (2004) "European Cities and Capitals of Culture" Part I. Part II. Study prepared for the European Commission
- ^ "Brexit blow to UK 2023 culture crown bids". BBC News. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ Kiran Klaus Patel, ed., The Cultural Politics of Europe: European Capitals of Culture and European Union since the 1980s (London: Routledge, 2013)
- ^ Association of European Cities of Culture of the Year 2000
- ^ Selection of the European Capital of Culture in 2021 in Romania, The Selection Panel's report Pre-Selection Stage
- ^ Elefsina to be the European Capital of Culture in Greece in 2021
- ^ ERR, ERR News | (29 August 2019). "Tartu win not a 'unanimous' decision for European Capital of Culture 2024". ERR. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ a b "European Capitals of Culture". European Commission. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Call for submission of applications for the Union action "European Capitals of Culture" for the year 2024 for cities in EFTA/EEA countries, candidate countries and potential candidates for EU membership". European Commission. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ Banja Luka uputila aplikaciju za "Evropsku prijestolnicu kulture 2024. godine"
- ^ Bodø 2024: – Prosjektet skaper den interessen for oss og landsdelen som vi trenger
- ^ MOSTAR: Europska prijestolnica kulture 2024.
- ^ Srebrenica će biti kandidat za Evropski grad kulture 2024. godine
- ^ Tirana running for ''European Capital City of Culture 2024''
- ^ "Informativni dan Evropska prestolnica kulture za leto 2025" (in Slovenian). Center Ustvarjalna Evropa v Sloveniji. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Das Nationale Auswahlverfahren" (in German). Kulturstiftung der Länder. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Zum Auftakt" (in German). Kulturstiftung der Länder. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Kulturhauptstadt Europas 2025 - Festlegung der Grundzüge des nationalen Auswahlverfahrens" (PDF) (in German). Kultusministerkonferenz. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ Kulturhauptstadt 2025 – soll Bremen es nochmal versuchen? Archived 5 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Chemnitz will Europäische Kulturhauptstadt werden". Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016. Cite uses deprecated parameter
- ^ Dresden will Kulturhauptstadt 2025 werden Archived 19 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Frankfurt soll sich gemeinsam mit Offenbach bewerben
- ^ "Halle will "Kulturhauptstadt Europas" werden". Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016. Cite uses deprecated parameter
- ^ Kulturhauptstadt 2025: Hannover wird offiziell "Candidate City"
- ^ "Stadt Hildesheim – Tagung zum Thema "Kulturhauptstadt Europas 2025"". www.hildesheim.de. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "We want to become the European Capital of Culture - with the central idea of "RESPONSIBILITY!"". Magdeburg Sein 2025 Kulturhauptstadt Werden. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "Magdeburg als Europäische Kulturhauptstadt 2025". Deutsche Public Relations Gesellschaft (in German). 19 March 2015. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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- ^ Nürnberg bewirbt sich als Kulturhauptstadt Europas
- ^ Würzburger OB offen für Bewerbung Archived 4 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "RUM". Rum.pt. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "Brno Steps Up Preparations For 2028 European Capital of Culture Bid". brnodaily.cz. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Leuven stelt zich kandidaat als Europese Culturele Hoofdstad 2030". demorgen.be. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "European Capitals of Culture". European Union. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ Brady, Jon (23 November 2017). "Brexit destroys Dundee's hopes of being European Capital of Culture in 2023". Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ Lorimer, Scott. "The latest news and sport from Dundee, Tayside and Fife". Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "European Capital of Culture". www.milton-keynes.gov.uk. Milton Keynes Council. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2016. Cite uses deprecated parameter
- ^ "Nottingham 2023".
- ^ Meredith, Robbie (5 July 2017). "NI councils make bid for European Capital of Culture title". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
External linksEdit
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to European Capital of Culture.
- European Capitals of Culture
- Decision No 1622/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2007 to 2019
- Decision No 445/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing a Union action for the European Capitals of Culture for the years 2020 to 2033 and repealing Decision No 1622/2006/EC
- European Cultural Capital Report 3 (2011) A report by Robert Palmer, Greg Richards and Diane Dodd. Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS)

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Tree photographs taken with a pinhole camera through many seasons and over many years.
The tree which moves some to tears of joy
is in the eyes of others only a green thing
that stands in the way.
Some see nature all ridicule and deformity...
and some scarce see nature at all.
But to the eyes of the man of imagination,
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Politicizing pediatric research
A seemingly innocuous new bill, the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act (H.R. 2019) sponsored by Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Va., is up for a vote in the U.S. House today and it is causing quite a stir. The bill is named in honor of Gabriella Miller, a ten year old that recently passed away from brain cancer and advocated strongly for increased funding for pediatric cancer research, and it would allow $12.5 million to be authorized to the National Institutes of Health to fund pediatric-cancer-specific research grants. However, the name of the bill represents only half of the purpose. The other part of the bill outlines where the money will be generated, which is from amending the tax code to divert finances used to fund presidential election campaigns. This puts Congress members in a difficult spot on deciding whether to fund politics or to fund research.
While Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., the House Majority leader, is supportive of the bill, others, mainly Democrats, are not willing to vote yes. The inclusion of politics into a research bill diminishes the value of supporting medical research. Additionally, authorizing funds does not necessarily mean they will be appropriated for the intended purpose. Furthermore, the small amount of funds authorized in this bill does not make up for the large budget cuts that hurt all avenues of scientific research.
While the ASBMB is pleased that funding for scientific research is being highlighted by members of Congress, the society does not support the bill. The ASBMB would prefer to let scientists determine the best course of action with their research and to win grants based on exemplary, peer-reviewed applications, rather than have Congress dictate which research is important. A better approach supported by the society is to agree upon a budget that eliminates sequestration and ensures predictability and credibility in order for all scientists to continue to make groundbreaking discoveries that leads to cures for many diseases, not just pediatric cancers.
Follow the Policy Blotter to read about more of the latest science-related legislation.
UPDATE: The U.S. House passed the Gabriella Miller First Research Act with 295 Yeas and 103 Nays.


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The foliage then turns yellow in Autumn and then falls off. Winter dormant.
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I have my WiiThursday, November 30th, 2006
Played with it a bit last night. Fun! I can see that Wii Sports Tennis is going to be great. But I was too jet-lagged to play much. I set up my Mii and did the online update, played a bit of Tennis and Bowling. Now I just need a component video cable, and Zelda when it comes out.


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Best New Updates To Amazon's Echo Dot
Robots are now a actuality, you may get a humanoid at this time for leisure or enjoyable. Nevertheless, there's a new know-how now that requires little to no cooling tower chemical therapy to purity water. But for the second, pc know-how capabilities extra as a new mode of transportation than a as new means of substantive communication. He offered complicated interdependent technological methods as being formed by expertise itself quite than by society.
Know-how can dehumanize our society together with our school/ as a result of within the advancement and modernization of issues which to be manipulated by the individuals(devices and so on.), life has to be by some means be convenient and simpler however we should also look on the side that expertise can take away abilities and qualities of individuals in dealing with things around them and so they will not discover any options or options if technology is always current.
The whole lot is becoming outdated…Books, hopefully BY NO MEANS…but there may be Kindle…I do Love my Mac, don't miss the previous typewriter…But loads of Firms are being put out of Business because of the NEW Technology and Frankly that Scares me. On another be aware, a study at MIT has shown that the more devices we use, the less environment friendly we grow to be. Accessibility and comfort are key elements in determining the success of latest communication expertise and its adoption into on a regular basis life. CISOs should use this research when evaluating expertise trends and anticipating future wants.
Within the guide Wi-fi World, the authors define the key options of mobile phone know-how stating: 'cell phones, not like personal computer systems, are small, cellular, constantly on, and probably continuously related' (Brown, 2002: 5). The very fact that they are 'cell' and 'continually related' justify their position inside society.
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2015 Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend Recap/
It's been a week and we're just now coming down from the high that was the Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend. This will not be a full-on run of the mill race recap in the traditional sense since you can read about great ones HERE and HERE.
We met so many social media friends IRL (in real life) and we had a blast talking about Disney, running, kids, etc. which reminded us why we love this community so much.
Think of this as a photo recap of the fun times our family had this past weekend. Let's get to it!
Asher and Elias at the runDisney Kids Races.
If you've ever wanted to know what it's like running the Disneyland Half Marathon, check the video out. Warning, spoiler alert!


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When compared with composite bonding, a crown may provide longer-lasting restoration for a damaged tooth and better preserve the tooth for years to come. When compared with veneer treatment, a set of veneers may provide more aesthetic and longer-lasting results when enhancing your smile.
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Holiday Park is located 350 m from the sandy beach. The closest cities to the hotel are Balchik (22 km) and Varna (18 km). Located in Golden Sands, the hotel offers 145 rooms and was renovated in 2010, air conditioning and an elevator are available. To make your stay more comfortable a lobby, a reception and a mini market are available. The staff in this 5 storey hotel speaks English, German and Russian. A playground for children is available. The hotel features a fresh water swimming pool, seasonally open with an integrated children's pool. A poolside bar is on site at the hotel where guests can unwind with a drink. Sunshades and sunbeds are available for an additional fee at the beach and free of charge at the pool. Distance from the hotel to: Sveti Konstantin (10 km), disco (300 m), train station (18 km), Aladja Monastery (4 km), Albena (12 km) and airport VAR (28 km). The hotel is within easy reach of supermarkets, tourist information, city centre, taxi stands, bars and restaurants and bus stops. Vehicles may be parked in the parking lot. Amenities: For convenience the following services are offered: medical care, currency exchange, a safe, ironing service and laundry service. Internet access is provided at internet terminals and at wifi-hotspots. This family friendly hotel offers a children's pool to ensure a comfortable stay for parents as well as young guests. Reception hours: 24h Service. Meals: The breakfast type is Buffet and it is provided from 07:30 - 10:00. Guests are welcome to enjoy their meals at the restaurant. Evening drinks can be enjoyed at the lobby bar. Sport and Leisure: Activities such as table tennis are offered at the hotel. Guests who wish to be active on holiday can enjoy activities such as exercise in the fitness room. The nearest golf course is 25 km away. Wellness and health facilities are offered where guests can relax on a sun terrace, in a sauna, in a solarium and during massages. Additional Information: Payment facilities include Euro/Master Card, American Express, Visa Card and Diners Club. Additional fees may apply for certain facilities, amenities or activities.


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The Art of Filling an Empty Nest/
As spring nears, I embark on a season of birthdays for those new to my family. These are the birthdays of my new children. Both my grown children have married within the last few years. They both knew their spouses for over 5 years before marrying, so, although newly married, I have known them both now for quite some time.
However long I have known them they are both not only welcome additions to my grown children's lives but to my life as well. As I have alluded to in the past, each has the bountiful gift of intelligence and humor. My son in law can make fun of an obnoxious fool with the wit of a comedic savant. The only person who will not know they are the butt of his joke is the obnoxious fool (and anyone not paying attention). It is an art form at its highest level and good for a raucous laugh and endless storytelling. When decorum and niceties prevail, but that one obnoxious fool continues, my new son-in-law to the rescue is the perfect medicine. It is his profound intelligence that allows this sleuth like humor to avoid conflict and allows an otherwise antagonistic situation to turn to one of immense humor.
My new daughter-in-law, although quiet and reserved on the surface, also has a subtle yet biting sense of humor. She takes you by complete surprise and brings you to your knees in both astonishment and revere. On one occasion, as we prepared for a family gathering, my husband was rattling off complaints of some sort or another, either it was too hot, or too much work, or I had asked him to complete some "unnecessary" tasks, (probably that one) and she bluntly asked him, "would you like me to get you a tampon and some Pamprin.. maybe some cranberry juice?" My husband, also not too shabby in the dry humor department, at this remark, bowled over …he could not contain himself – "Check-mate! I bow to you", he said. We all laughed for days over that one, and continue to tell the story often.
These two are diamonds; which, of course, I believe my children deserve. They are well made matches all around. Although humor was a staple in my children's home, many of the things their partners have brought to the table were not. For example, my son-in-law is an aficionado in the sleeping late department, which, for my daughter, is the trait that sealed the deal! For a young woman who believes a Saturday nap till two in the afternoon is what weekends are designed for, she has met her match.
For my son, one, of the new additions his wife has brought to his life is the world of fine cooking and dining. My daughter-in-law, a writer by trade, can write a description of boiled water that would make you drool. She appreciates the subtleties of texture, color, and the intricacies of taste. For a boy raised on Hamburger Helper this can only heighten his senses in every way!
These are single examples in a litany of what each has brought to the table in terms of each of their lives. They have made good matches! They have chosen partners that not only are gifted genetically, as each is both bright and beautiful, but they are both well educated. Beyond their education they are each profoundly aware; they each have a personality uniquely suited to my children and for that I am eternally grateful.
The incorporation of new individuals into a family, infusing new and different ways of looking at the world, experiencing its nuances and sharing it with each other and with their father and I has been an unexpected addition and joy in my life. The empty nest syndrome is very real. It has its very real times of loneliness, sadness, and regret. But the infusion of new and vibrant personalities into my life has been one of the greatest joys of this period of time in my life. So for those going through this or soon to be, take heart, there is so much more to share and learn!
With this in mind, I would like to take this opportunity to thank both my "new children" for the joy they have brought to our family, but most importantly for loving my children in a way that makes me happy and secure in their future happiness. I would also like to take this opportunity to wish my new children both a very happy birthday and thank them from the bottom of my heart for taking my treasures and keeping them safe with their love, their respect, and their friendship.
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The Kansas City Chiefs head into Sunday's tilt versus the New York Jets attempting to stiff-arm questions about their struggling quarterback.
Andy Reid repeatedly stood behind Alex Smith this week, citing holistic problems with the offense beyond the quarterback. The Chiefs' offensive line has had its troubles, and the run game can't get on track.
If Sunday's game at MetLife Stadium brings more problems for Smith, could the Chiefs change course down the line?
NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport said on NFL GameDay Morning rookie Patrick Mahomes still has strides to make in his development.
"My understanding is that it is not off the table that we will see Patrick Mahomes later this season at some point," Rapoport said. "However, the Chiefs' plan as it stands right now is to have Patrick Mahomes take a redshirt season. They plan to have Alex Smith [be] their quarterback for the rest of the year. They obviously hit a little bit of a lull. They believe it's more physical mistakes than anything and they hope and think that the offense will respond.
"Also, it's important to remember that Patrick Mahomes is still learning. He is still running the scout team in practice. [He] hasn't run the Chiefs' plays full speed since Week 4 of the preseason. He still has a little ways to go before he's ready. But he is insanely talented. They love him. If the offense continues to falter, we could see him."
Smith struggling down the stretch of the season is nothing new, especially the deep-ball regression we've seen in 2017.
Smith on passes of 20-plus air yards since 2015:First 8 games of season: 3.5 attempts per game 42.1 completion percentage, 16.0 yards per attempt, 8-0 TD-INT, 124.3 passer rating Last 8 games of season: 2.8 attempts per game 37.3 completion percentage, 12.2 yards per attempt, 2-4 TD-INT, 64.3 passer rating
Sitting atop the AFC West at 6-5, Reid will stick with Smith as long as the playoffs are in sight. Barring injury or a complete meltdown from the veteran, don't expect to see Mahomes soon. In a weak AFC, the Chiefs will remain in the hunt down the stretch. It will take a lot more than a few missed seam routes from Smith for Reid to burn Mahomes' redshirt.


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National suggestions for improving school security following the horrific December 14th shootings at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. reached a downright ludicrous range during the holidays.
Among the more farfetched, knee-jerk reactions was a rush on bulletproof backpacks for young students and an idea proposed by the NRA and others of having at least one armed guard on every school campus in America along with the idea of arming teachers.
No one is opposed to the broad idea of keeping kids safe. Yes, all that rhetoric about the youth being our greatest treasure is true (even if that extends to some teenagers who might better be described as treasures in the rough).
But throwing budgets and common sense to the wind and creating a police state on every campus in America with metal detectors and armed guards doesn't guarantee the students safety and will almost certainly hamper any school activities that rely on community support.
The attack by a 20-year-old psychopath on an elementary school leaving 20 children and six adults dead has left a shocked public demanding answers and action.
And understandably so.
While we want our schools to be as safe as possible, the public has to recognize that only so much can be done.
Consider the armed guards that have been widely proposed: Campuses are big and sprawling. You'd need half-dozen people to keep constant surveillance on a campus like Pickens Middle and it's relatively self contained. You might need more than ten people to keep the entrances to all the buildings at Jasper Elementary covered. And based on what happened in Newtown, just one person at an entrance might not be enough. Quickly you end with more law enforcement officers on campus than on the road.
As a practical point, consider there was an armed school resource officer at Columbine High School when that shooting occurred in 1999. The SRO did exchange gunfire with the student killers but ultimately didn't stop the massacre.
The idea of armed teachers is similarly unfeasible. Let's face it, few teachers have the training nor should they be asked to take the responsibility of acting as the armed security force on a campus. The idea of securing the firearms while they try to instruct is laughable. Some people go into teaching and some into law enforcement but few do both.
At Newtown, the gunman shot the first person he encountered and if this person had been an armed teacher, chances are they would have never got their gun out as they would be expecting to offer lessons on math, not repel a homicidal madman.
The idea "good guys with guns can stop bad guys with guns" put forward by some is a noble idea and theoretically possible, but outside of westerns, very rarely happens.
In fact, it's unclear whether a citizen has ever pulled out their own gun to stop any mass shooting. In Arizona at a shooting during a congressional visit, the gunman was subdued by unarmed citizens when he had to reload.
In New York, police officers did shoot a shooter in August, but they also hit nine bystanders. So the idea that having more guns on a campus will make a safer school is not likely.
Similarly, the idea that bans on certain types of weapons will make us safer is shortsighted. There is no reason to believe that those intent on mass shootings won't find other firearms that will get the job done as well as the assault rifles -- albeit with more reloading and less speed.
In evaluating the risk, it's important to balance the horrible images of what happened in Newtown, with the fact that in Pickens County (and as far as we know across north Georgia), there's never been a school killing of students of any age or under any circumstances – and that's never - not once. While horrific, shocking and any other word you want to use, these are exceedingly rare occurrences.
What we want to see is a reasoned and feasible plan to secure our campuses without jumping on a bunch of poorly thought-out reactive measures or turning elementary schools into something resembling a middle eastern road checkpoint.
One reason we have concerns about drafting a bunch of new measures is the massive over-reaction to courthouse security all because of one incident in one courthouse in Atlanta.
It was tragic; innocent people lost their lives, but resulting security measures have gone too far compared to the risk that is out there in places like Pickens County. Is it really necessary that average people have to have every bag screened and remove their belts before going through a metal detector on a normal day at a courthouse in Jasper? Now try to imagine a similar scenario with entering a school campus for a PTO function?
Let's think about campus security, listen to those in law enforcement and come to a suitable and workable decision.


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The Ashtree Discography
So, assembling a discography is kind of like cooking. A little bit of this, a little bit of that, and maybe a dash of something special. It recently came to our attention that all of the Ashtree releases needed to be gathered and released under a unified front, so that's exactly what we're doing. For the time being we're calling it "Singles, EPs, and Songs From The Coast". Once we figure out an onion to garlic ratio that blends with cardamom and cumin well, we'll post a track listing. Until then, stay warm, and sit right up on the edge of your seat for a release date.


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The IRS is somehow in deep trouble since they have been targeting certain groups instead of doing random picks. Now I understand that they need to do random checks of non-profit statuses but this is not random. Of their total checks, 25% of them have been against tea baggers, right wing nuts, and freedom groups. I am all for checking things out but it just seems like they are picking on them for whatever reason. It might be the fact that a lot of the people who are in these groups are not well liked by good ol' uncle sam. They tend to not like the government. Cry whenever taxes are put into place. And also hate big brother with a passion. Well who else would you think is the biggest of big brothers outside DHS than the IRS. So go figure they are being targeted by them. If you speak out do not be surprised that you will get a knock at the door by the feds. Do i think this is a bad thing, yes! Mainly because the government is more and more going after people who speak out against them. I am okay with government to stop terrorist and real criminals but just going after people who are just voicing their right as a U.S citizen is just plain messed up you know. How do you feel, should they be doing this? Is it right? Tell me in the comments below.
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Last fall's terrorist attacks inspired a new respect for government institutions, not surprisingly in light of their crucial role in public safety. Police, firefighters and soldiers bask in this glow, but another, less publicized group had its moment of triumph on September 11. The unsung heroes were our air traffic controllers, the people who work for Nav Canada. The agency has achieved a stellar track record since it was commercialized in 1996, an achievement with important implications for public policy in general.
Our response to the 9/11 crisis, where we recovered some 239 international aircraft that were over the ocean and diverted roughly 1,500 aircraft that were in our airspace . . . safely and efficiently, with absolutely no operating irregularities, is just astounding," Andy Vasarin, NavCan's vice-president of operations recently told Wings magazine. This singular performance under extreme stress is just one part of the NavCan success story.
In 1994, Transport Minister Doug Young announced plans to sell a significant portion of his department's assets. The subsequent deregulation and privatization of airlines, airports, railways and ports in Canada – although not without hiccups – produced measurable benefits. Transport services became more affordable, millions more people flew and the CNR turned into a profitable, expansive North American rail giant.
The model for remaking NavCan was adapted from New Zealand, which commercialized its air traffic control function in 1987 and gained both lower prices and more efficient service. The Canadian agency was sucking $200 million a year from the federal budget and delays and cost overruns were plaguing a computer refit. In a sale that netted $1.4 billion, the control of the company moved to a consortium of airlines, business aircraft owners, pilots and air traffic employees on November 1, 1996.
Air traffic management functions as a natural monopoly, so the service can't be improved by means of competition. Governments initially owned and operated virtually every country's navigation service. "The rigidities of civil service control," notes Wings, tended to produce systems that were unresponsive to customer requirements and in which capital expenditures were tied to political rather than operational goals." How can you make such monopolies excel? One method is to separate the operation from direct political control and subject it to the rigor of profit and loss incentives.
In a new Frontier Centre paper, titled Nav Canada – A Model For Commercializing Public Enterprises, Robert W. Poole, Jr. and Viggo Butler discuss the principles and the legal structure that steered NavCan into a high performance mode (see www.fcpp.org). In its newly commercialized garb, the agency quickly proved the value of separating its operations from direct government ownership and control. By the fall of 1999, it had increased its efficiency by 32%, lowered its charges to airlines by 33%, increased its average salaries by 33% and trimmed 14% excess managerial and administrative staff.
About two dozen countries have shed direct state control of air navigation over the last 15 years. Poole and Butler attribute NavCan's radical performance improvement – it's now the best in the world – to its innovative corporate structure. Nav Canada's] most important feature . . is the concept of a stakeholder board. This approach ensures that the different interests of, say, major airlines, low-fare airlines, regional airlines, cargo carriers, corporate jets, air taxis, and light plane owners are all taken seriously in the corporation's decision-making, without any of these interests being able to dictate to the others."
A supporter of corporatizing these entities, which it calls "autonomous authorities," the International Civil Aviation Organization has published "how-to" guidelines for setting them up. They include:
·the flexibility to respond to market forces with regard to manpower and management policies; and
Based on the empirical evidence so far," Poole and Butler write, "the ICAO believes that such autonomous air navigation service providers are likely to be more efficient, more dynamic, and more business-like than their government-run counterparts, and more attractive to banks and other lenders."
NavCan took full advantage of its new autonomy. New technology increased landing efficiency by as much as 30%, saving airports the cost of new runways. Enhanced radars will save airlines $170 million in the next 15 years by letting them fly at more fuel-efficient altitudes with less rerouting. New software permits controllers to discover and resolve ground delays quickly. Long-delayed automated flight-data processors will enable the agency to expand its market reach. User fees are now fairer to commercial and recreational fliers.
Although NavCan offloaded about 1,000 employees, mostly middle managers, retirement packages and lateral transfers to other departments smoothed the transition. The operational workforce, better trained and their efficiency spurred by a gain-sharing program, actually increased in high traffic locations.
The changes in NavCan's structure have transformed it into a world-class operation that far outshines its technologically ramshackle government counterpart in the U.S. Its remarkable success should spur second thoughts about the way we operate other sleepy state monopolies, particularly healthcare and education.
The next time you happen by that strange-looking black building out in St. James, tip your hat to the 350 Winnipeggers who work there.
Thanks, folks, and keep up the good work.


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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Indoor tulip farming on a small scale
Well, here's a strange selection of forced tulips. I have to wonder what I was thinking when I chose this bunch.
These pink ones? Really? Or was the package mismarked? This year I ended up using most of my mail-ordered bulbs for outdoors ad big containers, so for indoor forcing I grabbed some at the big box. There are a bunch of pink Darwins (I think), some parrots, these orange streaked ones (top, maybe Brown Sugar triumphs), and Orange Princess doubles left over from the mail order bunch. (I should have saved the bags.)
And then there was the PlantCam attempt to record the tulips coming up. This did not turn out that well, largely because the camera was set a bit too low. But it's still fun.
I am using the cam again to catch the parrots coming into bloom.
Outside, we have some snowdrops, as always, hellebores in bud, and these lurid yellow eranthis. And that's all folks. I don't do crocus, though I am admiring all the tommies I am seeing in other blogs. Maybe next year!
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Rebuild A Legend
"No man steps in the same river twice; neither the river nor the man are the same."
Heraclitus of Ephesus
After 40 years and 270,000 nautical miles, we are restoring the legendary Heraclitus, from the original keel up, for another century.
The new Heraclitus will be a gift to the next generation, reinvigorating a legacy of scientific achievement, exploration, art and commitment to life on the seas.
In 1975, volunteers of Institute of Ecotechnics built a sturdy and unusual oceangoing ship, a 25 meter ferrocement Chinese junk, to sail the world oceans, creating a demonstration of contemporary sea people. Heraclitus has been an unforgettable presence in diverse and far-flung ports. It has served as a home for hundreds of crew members, its design enabling life-changing experiences, educational workshops, research and expeditions, and performances. Now the crew themselves are rebuilding the ship.
Most ships have a maximum lifespan of 30 years, Heraclitus has sailed for 40– ferrocement hulls are exceedingly strong and resilient. We have upgraded engineering, hydrodynamics and structural integrity.
Our restored vessel will enable the next generations to live this legend. In 2019 we will launch Heraclitus – Next Generation, to celebrate the diversity of sea people cultures. Our next voyages are planned for 2019-2023: West Africa, South America, and Caribbean Ethnospheric Expedition: undertaking cultural documentation, collaborations with local artists and communities, and ecological studies.


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Summer is the season of family road trips and at Safe Drive Systems, we want to keep you and your family safe as you travel. There are a lot of things to keep in mind when preparing for a long family drive, so here are a few tips to make your trip safe and fun for the entire family.
1. Sleep, don't caffeinate.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has found drowsy driving is a factor in nearly 100,000 crashes every year. It is important to get a good night's sleep before driving anywhere, but especially before a road trip. Road trips can be exhausting for drivers dealing with navigation in unfamiliar areas, noisy kids, and long driving hours. It is always best to be alert and well rested when taking a road trip. People who are well rested are more alert in the morning and often roads will have less traffic early in the day. This means that going to bed and heading out early will make for a safer, more enjoyable trip.
If you do find yourself getting drowsy along the way, caffeine is not always the best solution. A large coffee or energy drink may make you feel more alert immediately, but as the affect wears off, you may start to lose focus while retaining the illusion of being fully awake and alert.
2. Share the burden.
The ideal situation for lengthy road trips is having multiple available drivers. This allows you to take a break from driving and hand responsibility over to a fresh, alert driver. You should switch drivers every few hours, whether or not the driver thinks they are getting drowsy, to ensure that a well rested driver is behind the wheel.
Driving is not the only burden of road trips. Having a responsible companion, whether or not they are available to drive, is always a good safety measure. A driving companion will be able to keep an eye out and let you know if you seem drowsy or distracted and need to take a break from driving. A road trip companion will also be able to take care of things that could be potential distractions for a driver.
3. Prep the family car.
Before putting your car and your family through a long drive, you want to make sure your car is in good condition. This means going in for a tune-up – having the oil changed, the climate control system, tires, cooling system, steering and suspension, battery, and fluids all checked by a trusted mechanic. Experts suggest doing this at least a week before you plan to depart, to give yourself time to deal with any unforeseen issues. Make sure your car is equipped to deal with any potential weather or emergency situations. The NHTSA recommends packing a kit which includes jumper cables, a spare tire, first aid kit, warm blankets, a water supply, and other emergency supplies.
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For years, many have talked about the possibility of Marvel Cinematic Universe projects contending for major Oscar categories like Best Picture, but none have won anything yet. With Avengers: Infinity War set to debut this year and offer up a spectacle unlike anything that we have seen from the MCU before, that conversation has once again kicked into high-gear. In fact, Infinity War screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely addressed that topic while speaking to CinemaBlend and other outlets during a visit to the film's set last year, and they admitted that they think Marvel movies deserve more Oscar recognition due to the scope and scale of the MCU. The writing duo explained:
Christopher Markus: People mumble about it with various movies, for various reasons. There was an article about Wonder Woman [recently], and there's articles about Logan, none of which are us. I think someone has to come to Jesus, so to speak, and take a look at the amount of work that's been done.
Stephen McFeely: You can work very hard on a crappy movie. You're not just rewarding work.
Markus: No but, Return of the King is no better or worse than the other two. It got cumulative awards. And frankly, if you go back and look at it you're like, 'Really, you gave that Oscars?' Maybe they had extra Oscars that year.
McFeely: Two Towers is better, let's face it.
As good as Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is, and as much success as it saw (at the box office and at the Oscars), Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely arguably have a point. At this stage, the Oscars have sometimes been accused of rewarding films or actors based on a collective body of work, rather than the work done on a specific movie, as many have concluded that Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is actually the superior film. For Marvel movies to get the recognition that the writers think they deserve, it will take a collective changing of opinions for people to acknowledge the quality of these films and reward them appropriately.
There's already historical precedent for blockbusters of this nature to get prestige recognition at the Academy Awards. Films like Star Wars: A New Hope and Raiders of the Lost Ark received Best Picture and Best Director nominations (among many others) after their respective theatrical releases. These movies received acknowledgment for the skill of their execution, so technically speaking, there's no real reason for Marvel movies not to receive the same warm welcome if they can achieve the same level of quality — at least, that's how Markus and McFeely see it.
The explanation of the MCU's Oscar-worthiness did not stop there. Elsewhere in the conversation, Christopher Markus opened up and further explained how there's room for simple-yet-effective stories to win at the Oscars (think Moonlight or The Shape of Water) just as much as there is room for a behemoth (yet well-executed) franchise like Marvel to win big. Markus continued:
It's like diving. The degree of difficulty. I think sometimes people are like, 'That movie was really simple and pure and should get an award.' And that's great, but you should also go, 'Holy shit, that was a crazy complicated dive and they did it.' But the Oscars are not actually an accurate measure of anything.
It's far too early to know if Avengers: Infinity War will eventually go on to contend for an Oscar, but we will have a much better understanding of its chances when it debuts in theaters on April 27. For now, you can also make sure to catch Black Panther (yet another topic in the Oscar conversation), which is still in theaters and dominating the box office.


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By Carine Seror, Corporate Responsibility Director, WWF Singapore
Following the huge success with Earth Hour, the WWF is calling on people and companies to continue with progressive environmental commitments that help reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint. A few suggestions could include:
1. Buy energy efficient appliances
If you're buying a washing machine, refrigerator, dish washer or oven, buy the most energy-efficient model you can afford. The same is true for office equipment like computers, copiers, printers.
2. LED lamps are cheaper in the long run
Replace your lights you use most with compact fluorescent lamps, they use only around one-quarter of the electricity to provide the same light. And they last four times as long as a normal light bulb! But they contain mercury, so light-emitting diode (LED) lamps are best.
3. Turn up your air conditioning
Setting your air conditioning on low temperatures not only wastes energy but also weakens your ability to adjust your body temperature. By setting your air conditioning 1 degree Celsius higher, you will already save on your energy bills while decreasing your likelihood of getting a cold.
4. Avoid stand-by and turn off lights
Turn off televisions, videos, stereos and computers when they are not in use - they can use between 10 and 60% of the power they use when on "stand by". Turn off lights when you don't need them - it saves energy already after a minute or two. Turn off computer screens when you take a break.
5. Wash economically and dry your clothes under the sun
Use the washing machine or dish washer only when you have a full load. Use washing powder suitable for low temperature washes and use economy programmes.
6. About your fridge
Don't leave fridge doors open for longer than necessary, let food cool down fully before putting it in the fridge or freezer, defrost regularly and keep at the right temperature.
7. Getting around and on your way to work and school
When you want to make short journeys, try walking! Use a bicycle for short trips and local shopping. It keeps you fit too and is fun too! Make more use of public transport, such as buses and trains, for longer journeys. Share care journeys with work colleagues or friends - up to a third of car mileage is accounted for by the drive to work.
8. About your car
If you have to buy a car, buy a fuel-efficient, environmentally friendly one. This will save you money and keep more CO2 from going into the atmosphere. Make sure that your tires are inflated correctly - this can save you 5% on the cost of your petrol. Turn off your engine when waiting in your car.
9. Reduce your air travel
When you travel to your holiday destination by plane you are contributing to significant emissions of climate change causing carbon dioxide. So take vacations nearer to home, or get there by other forms of transport such as train, bus or boat. If you have to fly, consider buying carbon offsets to compensate for the emissions caused by your flight.
10. Enjoy the sun
Fit solar panels on the roof of your home. Turn your own home into a clean power station!
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The Panzi foundation sent a tweet a few days ago about a letter written to the New York Times highlighting the growing troubles in Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The letter was signed by a list of human activists, including Thandie Newton who have been fighting injustice in the Congo. You can read the letter at NYTimes.com.
The Panzi foundation's mission is to "raise awareness about the challenges in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and partner with Panzi Hospital to heal women and restore lives." Thandie visited Panzi Hospital last year during her time in Congo with VDay.


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Christmas Light Show
Ultramodern, light - laser show on New Year's theme. It is specially for New year celebration and creation of a fantastic festive atmosphere!
Circus LED show
Perfect technology of LED requisite operation (poi, doubles, staffs) in combination with professional juggling performed by a heir of Gaetano Cineselli and a successor of the famous circus dynasty Maxim Kiss, make the show bright, extraordinary, suitable for any audience!
Freezelight Show
A great option on your holiday - Freezelight Show. Here you see the actors in LED costumes, although they are present and alive with light paint your story whether it's love or the company's history.
Cyber Drum Show
Currently no similar projects are available in Russia. Percussion in combination with LED luminescence is of a great demand at club and corporate events in Moscow and Russia.
Fine seasons of the year - summer, autumn, winter and spring. Summer is fascinating and hot, autumn is glittering with bright colours, winter sparkles with diamond stones, and spring attracts with tenderness and pristineness of novelty...
Electro Light Show
Ultramodern, really respectable light show for the most original and unforgettable holidays intended for a very sophisticated audience.
Cyber Light Show
The non-transferable energetics of the drum show, modern choreography, "poing" technique, unique requisite (Pixel Poi, laser gloves, mirror fans, etc.) and LED costumes (programmed for drums) - all this won't leave indifferent any viewer!


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Edenco creates pages. Magazine pages, catalogue pages, web pages… whatever type of pages our clients require. Using our editorial and design expertise, we create an initial idea and take it all the way through to publication.
Edenco creates editorial content for print and web. We fulfil one-off commissions as well as serial publications and our portfolio includes materials for small businesses, large organisations and mass-market publications.
Our team of in-house editors and writers – along with specialist consultants – are co-ordinated by a dedicated project director who will work closely with you, giving an excellent result on-time and on-budget.
Our editorial team has expertise in the following areas:
- Food and drink, particularly wine, cookery and baking
- Children's magazines and books
- Step-by-step hobbies and crafts courses
- Build-up model collections
- Language courses
- Culture and showbusiness
- Music instruction – classical and popular
- Charity fundraising
- Licensor liaison
Our design philosophy means creating pages that are attractive, easy to navigate and well organised, so the information they include becomes at once valuable and accessible.
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Edenco specialises in drink and food photography, but we also shoot great images of people, products and
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We've been applying our expertise to digital development for more than ten years. Projects include working with a brand development agency in the revamp of the Center Parcs booking website and, more recently, design and content creation for the launch of a database-driven personalised ordering microsite and E-edition pages for Laithwaite's Wine.
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Our digital developers create intuitive asset management tools designed to transform the use of media content in enterprises of any size. We create simple, elegant systems to optimise business and creative processes.
Each bespoke site facilitates the central organisation, storage and retrieval of media including text, imagery, video, podcasts, animation, web content and other multimedia.
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|Beet and Orange Shrub at Noodle & Pie
365 Project Day 212: Shimmering Shrub
365 Project Day 211: Tempting Tempeh.
|Tempeh and roasted vegetables in a balsamic reduction at Criollo
365 Project Day 210: Simple Summer Sipping
|Apple Jazmine Tea (half tea, half apple juice) at Jazmine in the Riverbend
365 Project Day 209: Bountiful Bun
|Tofu and Shiitake Bun at Namese (remember to get dressing instead of peanut sauce)
365 Project Day 208: The Queen of Tarts
|Chocolate, Chocolate Peanut Butter, and Strawberry Plum tarts at Breads on Oak
365 Project Day 207: Blueberry Bloom
|Blueberry bubble tea from Rolls n' Bowls on Metairie Road
365 Project Day 206: Keep it Simple Smarty
365 Project Day 205: The Beet Goes On
|Beet and Radish Salad with Blueberry Vinaigrette at Criollo
365 Project Day 204: this glass is half full.
|Paht Woon Sen with tofu at La Thai on Prytania
365 Project Day 203: Marble My Heart
365 Project Day 202: Coco-nutty
|Ube, Jackfruit, and Coconut Milk soda at Milkfish Mid-City
365 Project Day 201: Linda-licious
365 Project Day 200: Get summer all rolled up.
|Jazmine Cafe's bun with Veggie Summer Rolls and peanut sauce
365 Project Day 198: Noodles Noodles Noodles Noodles Noodles
|Veggie Ramen at Noodle & Pie - make sure to specify vegan!
Wheely Good News: Nola is getting its first vegan hot dog cart!
In case you haven't heard already, I'm here to tell you some really excellent news: in just a few short weeks you could have a vegan hot dog cart peddling down your street! Stacey "Cakes" Duvic has a dream. It's called Wheely Good Hot Dogs, and we're all invited to be a part of it.
Stacey, a winner of NOiG's recent city-wide vegan scavenger hunt, went vegan in 2011 when weekly potlucks in Baton Rouge helped her realize that being vegan can be both easy and delicious. Now her aim is to bring her love of vegan cooking to the streets. "I have long wanted to have some kind of business of my own based on what I love to do most: cook!" says Stacey. "I feel like I have a decent knack for making delicious dishes, and I want something I'm passionate about to be how I make my money."
Noting the drawbacks of a brick-and-mortar storefront or food truck, Stacey realized that bike-based service was an ideal place to start. "I've been a fan of riding bikes since I knew they existed, and for some of the same reasons that I no longer eat meat, I wanted to rely more on environmentally-friendly transportation. This, coupled with the fact that a cargo bike can be outfitted to be a vending cart pretty easily, made me realize that a bicycle cart was the business for me to get my skin in the culinary game!"
But are hot dogs really exciting enough to draw a crowd? They are when Stacey is behind the wheel. She'll be offering store-bought "traditional" dogs with exciting dressings like Philly Cheese Steak and Muffaletta, alongside homemade gluten-free options including andouille, salami, and breakfast sausage-style dogs. There will even be a carrot hot dog!
Wheely Good is in its formative stages, with a Kickstarter campaign nearly at its goal and recipes being developed. Of course, the more rapidly full funding is reached, the quicker the business will come to fruition. Says Stacey, "If all goes according to plan, we will be open for business September 1st!"
As to the where, the cart will begin with routes uptown. "I have a couple of bar managers already interested in hosting my cart. Once business settles, I would like to have a second bike stationed in the Marigny / Bywater. We plan to be open Thursday and Friday evenings and all day on Saturdays." The cart will also be available for special events.
In her wildest dreams for the future, Stacey imagines "an army of vegan hot dog peddlers" in the streets of New Orleans. It's a beautiful dream to be sure! For now, I for one will be thrilled to see one more all-vegan business gracing the streets (and filling the bellies) of Nola this fall.
If you're interested in helping to get Wheely Good off the ground and Stacey on the road, check out her Kickstarter campaign. Minimum donation is just one dollar, and at the ten dollar level you start to get free hot dogs!
365 Project Day 197: How to Keep your Cool
|the Vegan Shake at Meals from the Heart in the French Market
365 Project Day 196: Green Onion Grace
|Green Onion Ciabata from Gracious Bakery, available also at Whole Foods Broad Street
365 Project Day 193: Fabulous Filippino Fare
365 Project Day 191: There's a Fungus Among Us
|Tofu Shiitake spring rolls from Magasin
365 Project Day 190: Santa Fe Lite
|Pabellon Criollo mini sampler at Santa Fe Tapas
365 Project Day 189: Tomatoriffic
Update: I'm slightly more famous now.
Hi y'all! We interrupt our regular programming to let you know that I had an interview published in Where Y'at Magazine! About this here blog! I hope you enjoy it. And many thanks to writer Marsa Carlos for making it happen!
365 Project Day 188: How sweet {the potato} is
|Sweet potato waffle fries with vegan garlic mayo dipping sauce from 3 Potato 4
365 Project Day 187: They couldn't get Bill Cosby
365 Project Day 185: Red beans, White rice, and Blue checks forever!
|"Satchmo" dogs at Dreamy Weenies - happy fourth!
365 Project Day 183: Peachy Cool
|Peach bubble tea with boba from Honeydeux
365 Project Day 182: Garlic Galore
|Vegan Pizza at Theo's - I hope everyone enjoyed Vegan Pizza Day on the 28th!
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It doesn't matter what form of entertainment you're auditioning for, be it writing for an entertainment website or starring in a television/film project - the process is designed to be grueling. After all, someone is paying a person to take part in bringing their vision to life, why would they settle for second best? American sweetheart/former superspy Jennifer Garner knows a thing or two about just how rough this can be, and she has a pretty great embarrassing story to show for it.
While hanging out at The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, Garner filmed an entry for Fallon's regular web series My Worst Audition. While the story is all about the same project (an unnamed Edward Burns picture), it spans across several callback auditions and involves a very old piece of advice that was spread around in the golden days of Hollywood. Apparently it was a custom to wear the same outfit you wore to your first audition if you ended up getting a callback. The rationale behind this was solid, as back then there are auditions where they'll pick you out of a lineup of people.
Unfortunately, this audition had Jennifer Garner all by herself in front of Edward Burns, and whomever else was in the room. Garner kept getting called back for the part, and, continuing to believe in the advice she was once given, she kept wearing the same outfit to each callback. It got to the point where her agent was outright asked if she actually had other clothes or not, seeing as she couldn't really wash her clothes for the frequency of callbacks they called her in for. Much to her chagrin, she didn't get the part.
Of course, we all know that Jennifer Garner's story has a happy ending, as she eventually landed plum roles on Felicity and Alias, which both eventually lead to a rather successful film career, and indirectly to her marriage to Ben Affleck. But what if that audition worked out for her? Though the film isn't named implicitly, it can be assumed that it was a project that Edward Burns directed in the early days of Garner's career. If that's the case, we're looking at either 1996's She's The One or 1998's No Looking Back, and judging by her early career pattern, it's safe to say she was being considered for the former project – more than likely for the role that similarly-fledging Cameron Diaz eventually won.
So say that Jennifer Garner took Diaz's role in No Looking Back. This could have put her on the track to scoop up the key roles that Diaz had in films like A Life Less Ordinary, There's Something About Mary, and even Charlie's Angels. Of course, this path would have eventually lead her to make Sex Tape, and seeing as how that film couldn't be saved by an all star supporting cast, it would appear she dodged the ultimate bullet.
Whatever the case, fate stepped in when it did and pushed Jennifer Garner onto a different path of stardom, and it's worked out rather well for her. Especially considering her next project up is Jason Reitman's prestige contender Men, Women, and Children, which opens in limited release this weekend. However, if you prefer your Jennifer Garner with a light and laughable air about her, you can catch her in Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day when it opens on October 10th.
Now, if you want to hear the story from the source herself, you can always click onto page 2 and watch the video!


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Here are the reviews of Times of Trouble that I have received so far, and is available on Amazon, B&N, Smashwords. Please feel free to share this with everyone.
Though I found the book easy to read, I thought it could have used some more fleshing out. It's a short book that can be easily read in a couple of hours. Cliff Ball has a writing style that works for him in writing first person point of view. That's not an easy way to write. But, I would have liked to have seen more detail, filling in of spaces.
Now the great thing about the story is how current events actually play a part in the plot. If you read any news articles or watch the news on TV, other than the tripe you hear on the major networks, then what you will read in Times of Trouble is disturbingly prophetic. This isn't just near in the future but some of it is already taking place!
I had just read an article on NewsWithViews.com before I had read Cliff Ball's book. All I can say is Cliff Ball is either working with those folks at NewsWithViews or they are on the same wave length with God. This book looks at America and her citizens in a way that will either have you saying, "No way, that can't happen," or "Oh wow, this is fiction turning into reality."
It is definitely not a book for the faint of heart, but for those who trust in Jesus Christ, it is a book that will encourage every reader to trust even more in Him.
Fast paced, short chapters, strong characters, Times of Trouble is worth reading.
This book was graciously provided freely for the purpose of review, by Cliff Ball.
Sherrie, reader review on Amazon
This is a very interesting & entertaining book. There are places where it drags a bit by going into to much detail on things not related to the story line. Since it's a self published book I'm assuming the author didn't have it edited and that shows. If you can overlook that you will really enjoy it. I certainly recommend it!
I consider myself a born again Christian and I enjoyed certain parts of the book very much. Brian praying and carefully making choices and choosing to let his child live against the laws of the country was admirable.
I don't agree with stockpiling weapons to fight people who are desperate for money and supplies. I believe as Christians we are to share our resources that God has so bountifully supplied to us with others who need them to show our reliance on God's giving. This in turn may bless others.
Even though I had some difficulty with some of the actions I overall enjoyed the book. Thank you for such a thought provoking read!


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Lanced and stamped core metal inserts is our business. This Hühoco Group company's superb production technologies help to ensure top results and satisfied clients that include major Tier 1 automotive suppliers day in and day out.
With more than 165 employees, we are located in Germany, France, Canada, USA, Brazil, Mexico and China, and have a licence partner company in Russia. The ACP Group has a worldwide annual capacity of approx. 600 million metres. Our technology and customer-focused service are world class.
Our plants and tools are produced centrally and developed decentrally, and as a result, the production sites are ideally linked to each other and comparable. A major advantage in the learning and development process in the ACP Group network. The development time from start to market maturity is consequently very short.
As part of HÜHOCO Group, ACP's clients not only benefit from our many years of experience but also the entire product portfolio from all our companies.
This makes ACP a strong global partner for a range of different system solutions for refined metal products at its various sites. Our clients appreciate the perfect combination of economy, quality, flexibility and service at all sites.
For more than 10 years now, ACP (Advanced Carrier Products) based in Bad Salzungen, Germany, has been the market leader in the production and supply of core metal inserts for the automotive weatherstripping marketplace. We are a Tier II supplier to the global automotive market.
ACP Deutschland operates 5 automated stamping machines and 4 state-of-the-art lancing lines which feature processing speeds in excess of > 400 metres/minute. Our total capacity is more than 170 million metres/year.
For over 10 years ACP (Advanced Carrier Products) France, based in Rethel, France, has been the industry leader for stamped and lanced core metal inserts used in the global automotive weatherstripping market.
Three state-of-the-art high speed precision lancing machines are in operation in Rethel. Our lines are capable of speeds in excess of 400 meters/minute. Even at these high speeds, each dimension is monitored to ensure the parts tolerances are withing the given specifications. Our highly advanced processing lines are all developed in-house and our global experience ensures that our customers receive the highest quality core metal parts at a globally competitive price. ACP France has an annual capacity of approx. 85 million meters.
All the lancing tools for the entire ACP Group worldwide are developed by our in-house tool shop located in Rethel since 2015.
ACP Canada is based in Sherbrooke, Quebec. We supply core metal inserts to the local automotive market since 2003. ACP Canada produces both lanced and stamped metal carriers using both coated and uncoated metals. Most designs are available using Cold Rolled Steel, Aluminum and Stainless Steel.
ACP Canada operates 3 state-of-the-art lancing machines and 1 high speed fully automated stamping line. With our advanced technology, processing speeds can eclipse speeds of >400 meters per minute. The complete annual capacity of ACP Canada is 75 million meters of lanced carriers and 12 million meters of stamped carrier. ACP Canada also has a spooling line, which means that solid core metal strips can be supplied in spooled form.
ACP do Brazil is based in Nova Odessa, Brazil and has supplied the South American market with core metal inserts since 2008. The company produces both lanced and stamped metal carriers using both coated and uncoated metals. Most profiles are available using cold rolled steel, aluminum and stainless steel.
ACP do Brazil has 6 automated stamping lines and 2 state-of-the-art lancing lines. The total capacity in Nova Odessa is approxiately 50 million metres/year for lanced carrier and 70 tons for stamped carriers.
Wuxi ACP Steel Core Co. Ltd is a dynamic and innovative company, which was established as a joint venture between WuXi QianQiao Strip Steel CO. LTD. and the ACP Group in April 2008. Building on the experience of the Strip Steel Co. Ltd. founded in 1986 and the ACP Group's global experience in developing, manufacturing and selling core metal inserts for automotive weathersealing systems used within the automotive marketplace. ACP China is the first choice for your local clients in the Asian extrusion industry.
ACP China has cutting-edge technology developed in Germany in the form of a CNC-controlled cutting and laser-welding system and state-of-the-art lancing systems with processing speeds of over 400 m/min for all kinds of metals.
ACP Mexico is based in Aguascalientes, Mexico. We supply the local automotive sector with core metal inserts since 2009. ACP Mexico produces both lanced and stamped core metal inserts using both coated and uncoated metals. Designs are available using cold rolled steel, aluminum and stainless steel.
Two state-of-the-art lancing lines and one fully automated stamping press are operated in Aguascalientes. This plant's total capacity is 50 million meters of lanced carrier and 10 million meters of stamped carrier. The site also features a spooling line, which means that solid core metal strips can be supplied in spooled form.
ACP USA is based in Enterprise, Alabama. We supply the local automotive sector with core metal inserts since 2010. ACP produces both lanced and stamped core metal inserts featuring cold rolled steel, aluminum and stainless. Our designs are available in both uncoated and coated metals. Coated metals feature bonding agents for all rubber and plastic compounds used within the automotive weather-stripping industry today.
ACP USA has 2 state-of-the-art lancing lines with an annual capacity of 60 million meters, as well as 2 fully automated stamping lines with a capacity of 15 million meters. ACP USA also features a spooling line, which means that solid core metal strips can be supplied in spooled form.
Like the HÜHOCO Group companies, all the ACP Group sites fulfill the quality standards necessary to produce high quality products and to be able to operate competitively in the global market.
In order to secure this high level in a sustained manner, our metal products are constantly being developed further and adapted to continually changing needs and applications.
ACP's focuses on quality parts and quality of service. Our goal is to exceed our customers expectations and we will adapt to suit our client's requirements on a regular basis.
All sites are ISO 9001 / ISO TS 16949-certified, and some sites are also certified to DIN EN 14001 (e.g. ACP France and ACP China).


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Data is current as of 09/16/2019
The following is a listing of registered program sponsors in the construction industry, it does not signify they will dispatch apprentices. Program sponsors determine individually when they will dispatch apprentices.
If you are unable to locate an occupation/craft it may be a sub-craft of a main occupation.
Should you still have questions or unable to locate your occupation/craft please contact the respective DAS office of the county of the Public Works project for assistance.


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Weekly POP Comics® Showcase: Naor: Murder of an Island
This week on POP Showcase we're highlighting Naor: Murder of an Island by AhkwardKat.
Naor is a fantasy-based murder mystery placed in Indonesia in 1891. A local Shaman is murdered and her student, a small kiwi-like bird named "Koko" sets out to get revenge. He also has to deal with spirits and outsiders causing trouble all over the island.
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