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Páramo Pasco/Andina (2103)
The Pasco (men's)/Andina (women's) is a unique offering, being even more radical in design than most Páramo jackets. Like other Páramo garments it is built around the tried and trusted Nikwax Analogy fabric, which is extremely good at controlling condensation and keeping rain out when hillwalking. It is also quite warm, so in winter this is a benefit, while in summer it could feel overly hot. But like most Páramo jackets you get a huge degree of ventilation control and on this jacket that means two massive side zips that extend from the elbow to the hips. These also give access to a small handwarmer pocket on each side of the jacket, which can also be accessed above a rucksack hip- or waistbelt, but they are too small for anything bigger than your hands and you risk getting water inside the jacket when using them in the rain. There is also a large chest-mounted pocket that is ideal for maps. The body of the jacket is quite short, though, which is great for fast and light action or climbing, but not so good for walking without overtrousers. The hood has a wired peak, and it fits and moves reasonably well with the head. The Pasco/Andina is designed for demanding walks and backpacking trips (so says Páramo) and its unique design will undoubtedly have its enthusiastic fans; but I'm not convinced.
Weight 714g (size men's L)
Fabric Nikwax Analogy Light treated with Nikwax TX Direct
Lining Nikwax Pump Liner
Men's sizes S-XXL (Pasco)
Women's sizes XS-XL (Andina)
External pockets 3
Can hood be rolled down? yes
Side/pit vents yes
Website www.paramo.co.uk
The Pasco/Andina is like Marmite, with some people loving its quirky design and others choosing alternative Páramo staples such as the Alta or Cascada for demanding walks and backpacking trips.
Review by Graham Thompson
First published in Trail magazine November 2013


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Casio G'zOne Commando Fully Exposed
Casio's G'zOne Commando is set to continue the tradition of ruggedized smartphones with a Gorilla Glass display and water, shock, and dust resistance. We last saw the phone in a leaked Verizon lineup, where it was purported to be in line for an April 7 release. We're still waiting for the Android smartphone to arrive, but it's looking like the release is nearly upon us, as one of our tipsters has leaked some Commando Verizon marketing materials, readying retailers for the phone's debut.
Besides the tough (albeit chunky-looking) exterior, Verizon is playing up the phone's reliability when it comes to battery life. Compared to other ruggedized models, the Commando doesn't quite lead the pack for standby time, but it should deliver well over seven hours of talk time on a full charge.
The G'zOne Commando will feature an 800MHz processor with a solid 512MB of RAM, 3.6-inch 480 x 800 WVGA screen, and a five-megapixel rear camera. It will ship running Android Froyo (no word on if/when a Gingerbread update is planned to arrive). Included G'zGEAR software offers functionality befitting the phone's rugged construction, with tools for outdoor enthusiasts, like a thermometer, pedometer, and digital compass.
Among the smartphones Verizon compares the Commando against in these materials is the Samsung Gem. We've been wondering just when Verizon is going to get around to releasing the beleaguered Android, which has been on the precipice of release since last year. Its inclusion here could mean that the carrier is finally getting serious about starting Gem sales.
Thanks: anonymous

subset: commoncrawl


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Keep on Movin' in the Summer Heat/
Summer time is great with longer days and warm nights, but also heat. When you live in sunny California, sometimes the heat can be unbearable. And oh how nice it is to sit inside with air conditioning and perhaps a lemonade or a frozen treat. The idea of getting out and being active is tiring in itself.
Yet, there are ways to "beat the heat". There is the obvious ways such as the pool, beach or heck traveling to a cooler destination, but those are not always possible. With 4 kids, packing me up for any of those things may require a nap afterwards. It's a lot! Therefore, here are a couple of things that I do with the kids to help keep our bodies moving in the summer, avoid having to many "lazy" days and becoming a zombie in front of television screen.
"ROLL A POSE" YOGA: with a square cube, I printed, laminated and velcroed different kid friendly yoga poses to a cube. The children use their own homemade mats made from towels (that have seen better days) and left over fabric from a past birthday party. Each child was able to roll the cube to show which yoga pose we would do. The pose pictures are able to be interchanged, the children are allowed to add their own poses too. It's a great way to get them involved, motivated and moving!
WATER BALLOONS: ok this one is self-explanatory. We don't have a pool, but the children love getting wet in the summer. Next best thing that is extremely affordable is water balloons. We bought 2 bags of 100 water balloons each. Filled up buckets with the balloons and had fun chasing each other, catching balloons, throwing at targets. Moving but also keeping cool.
It's so easy to rest in the comfort of air conditioning during the hot days of summer. Yet there is so much fun to be had in the heat and ways to keep cool too! Happy Summer!


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If you've ever noticed people who have brown eye's tend to be some of the most interesting beings that you could ever meet. Not just anyone has say the same kind of talents that a brown eye'd person does and there are a lot of good reasons why that is.
This doesn't necessarily mean that people who don't have brown eye's aren't special but rather that there's just some certain things that people who have them tend to demonstrate more than the other eye colors do…Continue reading on the next page


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No country has had so much bad press as Zimbabwe in recent years. No country's leadership deserves any less to be frank. In the last few days I had the opportunity to visit this country of destruction and beauty. In the process we had a few very positive and very negative surprises.
complex systems. economy. human dignity. ecology. well being. this time in Africa
Friday, December 25, 2009
Zimbabwe: Beauty, destruction and surprise
No country has had so much bad press as Zimbabwe in recent years. No country's leadership deserves any less to be frank. In the last few days I had the opportunity to visit this country of destruction and beauty. In the process we had a few very positive and very negative surprises.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Hunger and climate change in SADC - summarised
After a few months of data analyses and literature review, a cautious conclusion on hunger in SADC:
In summary, the main threat to undernourishment in SADC is a lack of food consumption. This is mainly influenced by a lack of own production, erratic local prices, a weak spatial integration of food markets, and very low penetration of average income growth to poorer household economies. The additional risks of climate change and competing land use for biofuels increase the vulnerability of the system, most directly on a household level. Direct response options to support farmers and households are important, but not sufficient. Broader reforms in regional and international trade, as well as a focus on socio-economic and political factors, are needed to improve the overall food system in SADC.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Water: Tough trade-offs and a call for economic management
After careful quantitative analysis of the problem, this report provides some answers on the
path to water resource security. It first quantifies the situation and shows that in many regions, current supply will be inadequate to meet the water requirements. However, as a central thesis, it also shows that meeting all competing demands for water is in fact possible at reasonable cost. This outcome will not emerge naturally from existing market dynamics, but will require a concerted effort by all stakeholders, the willingness to adopt a total resource view where water is seen as a key, cross-sectoral input for development and growth, a mix of technical approaches, and the courage to undertake and fund water sector reforms.
Friday, November 20, 2009
A winning conclusion
Development policies that ignore our reliance on ecological capital are seriously harmful - they
don't pass the mildest test for equity among contemporaries, nor among people separated by
time and uncertain contingencies.
Southern African Regional Climate Change Programme
Future life in Southern Africa will depend on the ability of both the environment and the population to adapt to warmer temperatures and greater unpredictability in weather patterns. This variability is already having a negative impact on progress toward the Millennium Development Goals of water, agriculture, health and energy."
Friday, November 13, 2009
Africa's Infrastructure Challenge
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
On access to electricity and higher education in SA
Friday, November 6, 2009
Increasing income, increasing waste
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Online Materialism
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
A day of number crunching on hunger in SADC
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Comeback of the Commons
Hunger in sub-Saharan Africa
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Rising prices and... rising demand!?
The sales forecast for the next 10 years has some downside risk (i.e., lower sales) based on the
depth and length of the economic slowdown especially for the first 2 years.
(GWh) % Growth
2010/11 220,260 1.0%
2011/12 224,737 2.0%
2012/13 232,388 3.4%
2013/14 239,536 3.1%
2014/15 248,621 3.8%
2015/16 258,921 4.1%
2016/17 265,399 2.5%
2017/18 271,946 2.5%
2018/19 279,163 2.7%
2019/20 286,388 2.6%
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Quote of the day
Types of growth and poverty reduction
Only economic growth in certain sectors reduced poverty (at least in China):
"The Pattern of Growth and Poverty Reduction in China"
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5069
JOSE G. MONTALVO, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
MARTIN RAVALLION, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
Email: email@example.com
China has seen a huge reduction in the incidence of extreme poverty since the economic reforms that started in the late 1970s. Yet, the growth process has been highly uneven across sectors and regions. The paper tests whether the pattern of China´s growth mattered to poverty reduction using a new provincial panel data set constructed for this purpose. The econometric tests support the view that the primary sector (mainly agriculture) has been the main driving force in poverty reduction over the period since 1980. It was the sectoral unevenness in the growth process, rather than its geographic unevenness, that handicapped poverty reduction. Yes, China has had great success in reducing poverty through economic growth, but this happened despite the unevenness in its sectoral pattern of growth. The idea of a trade-off between these sectors in terms of overall progress against poverty in China turns out to be a moot point, given how little evidence there is of any poverty impact of non-primary sector growth, controlling for primary-sector growth. While the non-primary sectors were key drivers of aggregate growth, it was the primary sector that did the heavy lifting against poverty.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Will rising electricity prices reduce demand?
Monday, October 5, 2009
(partial) Development Indicators
Friday, September 18, 2009
The Western Cape's flowers is always a stunning display. This year is no exception. See these beautiful galleries of Wild Coast flowers.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Water Shedding?
Is Water Shedding Next?
James Blignaut and Jan van Heerden
July 22, 2009
South Africa is in the grip of an electricity crisis marked by a euphemism known as ìload
sheddingî. The demand for electricity has grown to the point that the supply reserve margin is
often under threat, necessitating the electricity supplier to cut supply to some areas for various
periods of time, or to shed load. This is a condition previously unknown to South Africa since
the country has enjoyed electricity security from the mid-1950s. Are we, however, heading in
the same direction when considering water? Is water shedding inevitable?
We ask these questions since South Africa is a country classified has having chronic water
shortages, a condition exacerbated by climate change and the rapidly increasing demand for
water. Can we avert a water shedding crisis by being proactive? In this paper we address
this issue by applying a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model using an integrated
database comprising South Africaís Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) and sectoral water use
balances. We refer to AsgiSA, the governmentsíAccelerated and Shared Growth Initiative in
South Africa, and conclude that continuing business as usual will indeed lead to a situation
where water shedding will be inevitable.
Unlike electricity, however, water security is much more serious from livelihood, health and
socio-economic development perspectives since there are no substitutes for it, although its influ-
ence is not directly and immediately visible. This delayed effect can create a degree of comfort
and ill-founded complacency leading to non-action, whereas there is an urgent need for proactive measures.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Trade and Development Report on Africa and Environment
On Africa:
Falling GDP...
In Africa output growth is expected to slow down sharply in 2009, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where per capita GDP will actually fall.
Increasing food insecurity...
In 2009, food emergencies persist in 31 countries, and it is estimated that between 109 million and 126 million people, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, may have fallen below the poverty line since 2006 due to higher food prices
On the natural environment:
Climate change and development...
Increased efforts aimed at climate change mitigation can be combined with forward-looking development strategies and rapid growth in developing countries.
Market for 'environmental goods'...
At present, the global market for what is sometimes called "environmental goods" is clearly dominated by developed countries, but several developing economies already account for an increasing share of this market. For some countries, climate change mitigation offers new possibilities to exploit natural comparative advantages, particularly in the production of low-carbon energy, which so far have been of minor economic importance; for others it may offer opportunities to build new dynamic comparative advantages.
A proactive industrial policy with a special focus on using existing comparative advantages and creating new ones in the production of environmental goods is of particular relevance in the context of forward-looking development strategies, because the policy space for support measures in this area is less narrowly circumscribed by multilateral agreements than in other areas.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
According to the conventional wisdom of many environmental campaigners, we should first do everything we can to mitigate global warming, and only then focus on adaptation strategies. This seems wrong – even immoral – if we could do more for people and the planet through adaptation.
Read here for full article.
Read here for the background economic analysis supporting the article.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Fragile Growth
Office of the Chief Economist, Africa Region, The World Bank, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. 20433, USA
* Corresponding author: Jorge Saba Arbache. E-mail: email@example.com.
Has Africa finally reached the path to sustained growth? We find that much of the improvement in economic performance in Africa after 1995 is attributable to a substantial reduction in the frequency and severity of growth declines in all economies and an increase in growth accelerations in mineral-rich economies. We find, however, that growth accelerations have not been generally accompanied by improvements in variables often correlated withlong run growth, such as investment. We also fail to find evidence that substantial policy and governance improvements were associated with the post-1995 accelerations. We conclude that Africa's growth recovery remains fragile.
In an earlier post it was argued that sub-Saharan growth is largely achieved by a depletion of capital. It does not seem that the badly needed investments to maintain or expand the regions' productive base is realising. It was also pointed out earlier that economic growth does not lead to meaningful gains in social development.
The conclusion becomes stronger that the gains of growth in sub-Saharan Africa is dissipating. One of the reasons could be the high volatility of growth in Africa.
The obvious response is to question growth in itself, but to lift millions of people out of poverty growth is needed. Not less growth, but more (inclusive, transparent and environmentally friendly) growth is what Africa needs.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Low income countries benefit from open access
From Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE) website:
Online Access to Research in the Environment
Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE), an international public-private consortium coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Yale University, and leading science and technology publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of environmental science research.
Over 2,990 peer reviewed titles (as of 4/2009) owned and published by over 340 prestigious publishing houses and scholarly societies are now available in more than 100 low income countries. Research is provided in a wide range of disciplines, including Biology; Biotechnology, Genetics & Genetically Modified Species; Botany & Plant Biodiversity; Climatology, Climate Change & Meteorology; Ecology & Wildlife Conservation; Energy Conservation & Renewable Energy; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental & Natural Resource Economics; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Law, Policy & Planning; Fish & Fisheries; Forests & Forestry; Geography, Population Studies & Migration; Geology & Earth Sciences; Natural Environmental Disasters; Oceanography & Marine Biology; Pollution & Environmental Toxicology; Satellite & Remote Sensing Technologies; Soil Sciences and Desertification; Waste Management; Water, Hydrology & Wetlands; and Zoology & Animal Biodiversity.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Investing in Fynbos
Link to the presentation delivered at Fynbos Forum (see earlier post for abstract), exploring the tension between high economic value and low real world investments in fynbos ecosystems.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Biodiversity: From hotspots to human needs
Authors: Luck, Gary W.1; Chan, Kai M.A.2; Fay, John P.3
Source: Conservation Letters, Volume 2, Number 4, August 2009 , pp. 179-188(10)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Abstract:Despite unprecedented worldwide biodiversity loss, conservation is not at the forefront of national or international development programs. The concept of ecosystem services was intended to help conservationists demonstrate the benefits of ecosystems for human well-being, but services are not yet seen to truly address human need with current approaches focusing mostly on financial gain. To promote development strategies that integrate conservation and service protection, we developed the first prioritization scheme for protecting ecosystem services in the world's watersheds and compared our results with global conservation schemes. We found that by explicitly incorporating human need into prioritization strategies, service-protection priorities were squarely focused on the world's poorest, most densely populated regions. We identified watersheds in Southeast Asia and East Africa as the most crucial priorities for service protection and biodiversity conservation, including Irrawaddy—recently devastated by cyclone Nargis. Emphasizing human need is a substantial improvement over dollar-based, ecosystem-service valuations that undervalue the requirements of the world's poor, and our approach offers great hope for reconciling conservation and human development goals.
Keywords: Biodiversity; carbon storage; conservation investment; conservation policy; ecosystem services; flood mitigation; human well-being; water provision;watershed
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2009.00064.x
Affiliations: 1: Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW 2640, Australia 2: Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 3: Geospatial Analysis Program, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-9328, USA
A laudable effort!
Several research questions remain, for instance: is investment in biodiversity (and resulting ecosystems goods and services) an effective developmental strategy when compared to alternatives? Who pays for these investments? Will the benefits of investing in ecosystems in fact reach the poor? By which mechanisms?
Overlaying the supply of ecosystem goods and services to the demand from a human needs perspective is a vital first step. Placing this in context of alternative developmental programmes is next. Institutions that realise those remaining real values in a sustainable way are key to implementation.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Saving Energy
As discussed, the National Energy Efficiency Campaign's microsite, www.savingenergy.co.za, has been live for three months now. It isn't an SA green blog but rather an online portal that links up all of the information that already exists on the internet about saving energy in
Quick facts:
· The load shedding that took place in 2008 cost the South African economy somewhere in the region of R50-billion
· The SA government introduced the National Energy Efficiency Campaign to increase awareness about the need to save energy
· The SA community has a growing interest in doing their part to save energy
· In three months, nearly 350 people have signed on online pledge to save energy
In March 2009 the National Energy Efficiency Campaign launched a microsite www.savingenergy.co.za to provide
Over the past three months the site has attracted many visitors from across the country (and a few from beyond our borders) with nearly 350 people declaring that they will do their part to save energy by signing the pledge at http://www.savingenergy.co.za/pledge/index.php.
How it can work for you:
The microsite aims to include a comprehensive listing of energy-relevant websites at http://www.savingenergy.co.za/explore/index.php. If you would like us to add your website to our listing, you can send us a short blurb and we will be happy to list you.
The site also has an abundance of information that is available for you to use such as facts and figures, an energy addiction quiz, and downloadable audits for home and business all can be found at http://www.savingenergy.co.za/recovery/index.php
We are also early awaiting the launch of the saveit game that will be available on the site within the next few weeks. The game aims to help kids aged 10-14 to learn about saving energy in a fun way. Watch this space for the launch.
Finally (and most importantly) we would like to invite you to take the Energy Savers Pledge. We are trying to grow a list of people who will publicly commit themselves to conquering their "energy addictions". We hope that you will join this list.


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The Effingham County Industrial Development Authority has spent $271,000 on Medient Studios, the company planning a movie and game production complex on its 1,500-acre property at Interstate 16 and Old River Road.
The future of the company has been clouded recently by a hostile takeover, litigation and the Securities and Exchange Commission suspending trading of Medient stock.
Medient's new CEO Jake Shapiro has pledged to move forward with a scaled-down version of the studioplex. He is scheduled to speak at the next IDA meeting, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, at IDA headquarters on Ga. 21 in Springfield.
Public records requested by Effingham Now indicate that the IDA has spent $271,000 to attract Medient to Effingham County.
The largest chunk of that -$115,000 - was a commission to Heidt Burns Real Estate for bringing Medient to the IDA.
Another $65,000 went for attorney's fees for drafting the memorandum of understanding and $37,500 went for employee bonuses for attracting Medient to the area.
The IDA spent $14,400 on rent for an office for Medient at the site and another $14,400 for repairs to that office building.
After a year, the IDA let the lease lapse on that building. Medient's only offices now are on Chatham Parkway.
The IDA spent $11,900 on a groundbreaking ceremony at the site in August.
The agency also spent $5,000 on meetings and meals and $3,700 on travel for the Medient project.
Not included in the total the IDA spent on Medient was $800,000 that the IDA spent for a well on the property. That well could be used for another project on the site.
Litigation surrounding Medient includes a suit filed by former CEO Manu Kumaran in Nevada, where the company was incorporated. In that case, Kumaran received a restraining order against Medient and a date was set for a hearing on his request for a preliminary injunction - 9:30 a.m. on July 23.
Kumaran is petitioning for a court-appointed receiver to dissolve the company, whose board of directors fired him on June 9.
The SEC temporarily suspended trading of Medient, ticker symbol MDNT, on June 25 because of questions surrounding the accuracy of the company's public disclosures.
And a local shareholder filed suit in Effingham County Superior Court against Medient, accusing the company of gross mismanagement, breaching its fiduciary duty and violating the Exchange Act through "false and misleading statements" to shareholders, among other charges.


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The book that changed Warren Buffett's life
"One of the luckiest days" of Warren Buffett's life was when 19-year-old Buffett stumbled upon Benjamin Graham's 'The Intelligent Investor' in 1949. In an interview a few years ago, the multi-billionaire expressed his admiration and respect for the book -- and the author behind it.
"This book not only changed my investment philosophy -- it really changed my whole life."
He shares in the interview: "I'd be a different person in a different place if I hadn't foreseen that book. I got a bedrock of investment philosophy that really hasn't changed ever since I read the book. It was Ben's ideas that sent me on the right path."
However, Buffett's connection to Benjamin Graham and his book didn't stop there. He continues that a year after reading 'The Intelligent Investor' he applied to Columbia University where Graham was his professor during his second semester. Buffett then worked for Ben in his first job after graduation, where a 25-year friendship developed until Graham passed away in 1976.
"I got inspired working for [Ben] just being around him every day."
Of the books power and knowledge of investing, he explains: "To invest successfully over a lifetime does not require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights, or inside information. What's needed is a sound intellectual framework for making decisions and the ability to keep emotions from corroding that framework. This book precisely and clearly prescribes the proper framework. You must provide the emotional discipline."
Watch the full interview below:
Feeling inspired yet? Pick up a copy on Amazon and get on the road to success like 19-year-old Mr. Buffett. You never know -- today may be one of the "luckiest days" of your life, too.
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The Island of Kefalonia offers a rich variety of stunning ceremony locations suitable for any style of wedding ceremony you may have in mind, from grand vineyards to amazing private villa terraces with breathtaking sunsets over the sea… Kefalonia has it all!
If you have a personal favourite location for your ceremony, we of course would be happy to arrange it for you.
|Town Hall
|Blue Jasmine Hotel
|Apostolata Hotel
|The Beach
|Greek Chapel
|Catholic Church
|Villa Brio, Skala
|Private Villa
|Boat Cruise
|Luxury Hotel
|Botanical Gardens
| Gentilini Olive Grove
|Fanari Lighthouse
Civil Weddings
The most popular ceremonies performed on the island are Civil Weddings, which, until now, can only be performed at the local town hall office of the vice mayor. The short, informal ceremony takes approximately 10 minutes and you can, if you wish, customize the ceremony by exchanging your own personal vows or perhaps persuade a close friend or a member of your family to do a reading.
Symbolic Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies
There is no documentation required for a symbolic or commitment ceremonies and it is the perfect choice for those who have already had a civil ceremony or who would like to make a commitment to one another. You also save time and money on the legal paperwork. Symbolic and commitment ceremonies can consist of personalised vows and exchange of rings in all of our ceremony locations. My Greek Wedding Planners can organise symbolic weddings and commitment ceremonies with the same attention to detail as any civil wedding.
Vow Renewals
A Vow Renewal is a ceremony where a couple re-commits to their relationship by renewing their wedding vows and expressing their enduring love and loyalty in front of friends, children, and extended family.
Vow renewal ceremonies can be held at all our wedding locations and
can be simple, personal, or formal ... what ever your preferences My Greek
Wedding Planners can create it for you.
E-mail us today for some great ideas, exciting venues and help with getting started.


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Plum cake is usually made during Christmas, also called as Fruit and Nut cake as fruits and nuts being the show stoppers. Dry fruits and nuts should be in equal proportion, a spoonful of spice mix(Garam Masala powder including powders of cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and nut meg etc) and little quantity of Rum.
Dry Fruits and Nuts are soaked in rum a month before christmas and are used while baking the cake. But in my recipe I omit Rum and spice mix part even :). Caramelised sugar syrup is also used.
Ingredients for Christmas Plum Cake Recipe
For Baking:
1. Cooker cake mix - 175gms (This time I used the cooker cake mix instead of preparing the cake batter myself)
2. Oil - 1 tbsp
3. Milk - 2/3 cup
4. Caramelised sugar syrup : Heat 2 cups of sugar in a pan and when it turns brown add 1/3 cup of water
5. Dry Fruits - Am adding Raisins, Dates, Tuti Fruti, Anjeer(Figs)
For Frying:
6. Nuts - Chopped Almonds, Cashews
7. Butter - 2 tsps
In Plum Cakes, Rum is used but I omit it in my recipe.
Procedure - How to make Christmas Plum Cake Recipe
1. Heat 2 spoons of butter in a pan and fry chopped nuts mean while boil chopped dry fruits in a cup of water till they become soft. (It just takes 2 to 3 minutes for the dry fruits to become soft and tender in the hot water).
2. Drain off fruits (Collect the drained water in a bowl and add this water during mixing the cake batter) and coat boiled fruits and fried nuts with cake mix. This helps them not to settle down the cake after baking.
Then to the cake mix add these fried nuts and boiled dry fruits, caramelised sugar syrup, drained water, milk and oil and bake the cake in normal pressure cooker.
3. Grease a pan or steel bowl using oil or butter.
4. Now sprinkle some flour(any usually all-purpose or maida flour) on the greased tin and pat along sides and bottom and remove the excess flour which oozes out after sticking to the greased pan.
5. Now pour water upto 1 inch high in a pressure cooker which is of 3 litre and above capacity.
6. Now place a stand in the water and then place our pan with cake batter on this stand.
7. Close the cooker with lid.
8. Do not put whistle.
9. Steam for 50 to 60 minutes on a medium flame. Bcoz this cake contains fruits and nuts it takes a bit longer time.
10. After 60 minutes, open lid and allow steam to escape.
11. Now heat without lid for another 5 minutes. Take out, cool for an hour, cut and serve.
12. Usually plum cakes are eaten directly without any icing.
Fruits and Nuts Cake Recipe is ready to serve.
Christmas Plum Cake Recipe


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Learn how Skylight works. Enable instrumentation for additional libraries and add custom instrumentation to your own code.
See the Rails setup instructions.
In Rails applications, we use ActiveSupport::Notifications to track the following.
See the Grape setup instructions.
See the Sinatra setup instructions.
See the Background jobs setup instructions
Enabled by default
active_model_serializers to probes list.
Enabled by default
couch_potato to probes list.
elasticsearch to probes list.
excon to probes list.
faraday to probes list.
Enabled by default for Graphiti 1.2+
httpclient to probes list.
Enabled by default
mongo to probes list.
moped to probes list.
mongoid to probes list.
Depending on the version, Mongoid either uses Moped or the official Mongo driver under the hood. This probe will just enable the correct probe for one of these two libraries.
Enabled by default
graphql to probes list
GraphQL::Schema#excecute and
The GraphQL probe conditionally adds the
GraphQL::Tracing::NotificationsTracing module to your schema
the first time a query is executed (You may see a note about this in STDOUT).
In order for Skylight's trace aggregation to work properly, we highly encourage the use of named queries.
Your query names will be used as endpoint names on your Skylight dashboard, so all similar queries should
be grouped together. Anonymous queries will also be tracked, but instrumentation is disabled below the
Schema#execute span (we don't believe aggregating divergent anonymous queries would provide you
with actionable insights).
redis to probes list.
Enabled automatically with Sinatra or Add
sequel to probes list.
Enabled automatically with Sinatra or Add
tilt to probes list.
The easiest way to add custom instrumentation to your application is by specifying methods to instrument, but it is also possible to instrument specific blocks of code. This way, you can see where particular methods or blocks of code are called in the Event Sequence. Check out an example of custom instrumentation in action. Be sure to follow our custom instrumentation best practices in order to avoid causing errors in your Skylight trace.
Instrumenting a specific method will cause an event to be created every time that method is called. The event will be inserted at the appropriate place in the Event Sequence. You can see an example of how this looks below.
To instrument a method, the first thing to do is include
Skylight::Helpers into the class that you will be instrumenting. Then, annotate each method that you wish to instrument with
class MyClass include Skylight::Helpers instrument_method def my_method do_expensive_stuff end end
You may also declare the methods to instrument at any time by passing the name of the method as the first argument to
class MyClass include Skylight::Helpers def my_method do_expensive_stuff end instrument_method :my_method end
By default, the event will be titled using the name of the class and the method. The event name in our previous example would be:
MyClass#my_method. Alternatively, you can customize the title by using the :title option.
class MyClass include Skylight::Helpers instrument_method title: 'Expensive work' def my_method do_expensive_stuff end end
Method instrumentation is preferred, but if more fine-grained instrumentation is required, you may use the block instrumenter.
class MyClass def my_method Skylight.instrument title: "Doin' stuff" do step_one step_two end step_three end end
Just like above, the title of the event can be configured with the :title option. If you don't add a title, the default for block instrumentation is
app.block. We recommend creating your own titles to differentiate the various instrumented code blocks from one another in the Skylight UI. If you don't, they will be aggregated together, which won't be helpful for you.
While block instrumentation can be very useful for zeroing in on problematic minutiae, it can lead to overly complex request traces. Prefer method instrumentation where possible.
Add custom instrumentation only where necessary to understand an issue in order to avoid overwhelming yourself with too much information. Additionally, avoid instrumenting a method or block that happens a ton of times in repetition (e.g. a method called within a loop). Doing so may cause your event to exceed the size limit for an event trace in the Skylight agent.
When we first implemented GitHub sign-in and sign-up, we noticed the act of signing in or signing up with GitHub was pretty slow. We wanted to see which methods in our GitHub integration were taking the longest, so we added a bit of method instrumentation. The Event Sequence for the endpoint that included those methods then looked more like this:
Clearly the
OctokitService#repo_summaries method was the culprit of the slowdown, so we knew where more refactoring was needed and that we might even consider creating a worker to take over much of this process (just look at how long those GitHub API requests are!). Custom instrumentation to the rescue!
If you're curious about how our instrumentation works, you're in the right place.
The Skylight agent is written primarily in Rust, a systems programming language on par with C. This means we have a very low overhead so it's safe to run Skylight in production, even in memory limited environments like Heroku. You can read more about this aspect of our agent in our Featherweight Agent blog post and more about the agent's 1.0 release in our announcment post.
Our preferred method of instrumentation is
ActiveSupport::Notifications events. When a library has added instrumentation, all we need to do is subscribe to the event and do a little bit of normalization of the data.
To standardize this process, we introduced
Normalizers. Each type of instrumentation has its own normalizer which handles the, well, normalization. You can take a look at some of them in the source.
While we think most libraries should include
ActiveSupport::Notifications (anyone can subscribe to these notifications, not just Skylight), unfortunately, many still don't. In these circumstances, we have to carefully monkey-patch the libraries at their key points.
To make sure we do this in a sane fashion, we developed
Probes. Probes are small classes that keep an eye out for specific modules and then hook into them when they're loaded. All probes can be disabled in the event of any conflicts and we only autoload probes that we have a high degree of confidence in. You can take a look at some probes in the source.
And, since we don't really like having to monkey-patch things either, when at all possible, we submit pull requests to relevant projects to add in
For more information about how to add an existing probe (such as Mongo, Moped, Excon, etc.) to your Skylight setup, see the Advanced Setup Probes page.


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The Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library has joined more than 1,000 libraries across the country to participate in the celestial event of the century, the August 21, 2017 Solar Eclipse. During this national event, the shadow of the moon will sweep across the United States in a narrow band from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean in a spectacle that hasn't occurred in decades. In fact, the last total solar eclipse for the United States was nearly 40 years ago. The rest of the U.S. and North America will see a partial eclipse, with the Moon covering up only part of the Sun. It is aptly named the Great American Eclipse.
This will be an exciting opportunity for our community to celebrate science, with fun, hands-on and multimedia activities, culminating in the eclipse event on August 21, 2017.
The Vermillion Public Library will offer two public programs to bring the excitement of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) to children, teens and adults. Our first event, tailored to school-aged children in our Summer Reading Program, will take place during our normally scheduled Workshop session on Thursday, July 20th at 10 am. This session will take place in the Kozak Community Room, and will provide a scientific background on solar eclipses, as well as the creation of a solar viewer for safe viewing of the coming eclipse.
The second event will be formatted for all ages, and any anyone in the community, on Saturday, August 12th at 1 pm. This event will also take place in the Kozak Community Room, explore the basic science of solar eclipses, and include the creation of a solar viewer. At both events, the Library will have free eclipse glasses to distribute. The Library has joined the STAR Library Education Network (STAR_Net) and its NASA@ My Library initiative, which are providing resources and STEM activities to libraries across the nation related to the eclipse. Partners include NASA, the American Library Association, and many other organizations. All eclipse programs are free and open to the public.
Additionally, between July 20th and the date of the eclipse – Monday, August 21st – the Library will distribute FREE eclipse glasses to anyone requesting them. The distribution of these glasses has been made possible through support from the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Google, the National Science Foundation, as well as through our own Friends of the Vermillion Public Library Foundation.
"We are so proud to be participating in this national program," said Susan Heggestad, Public Relations & Programming Specialist for the VPL. "We have partnered with our Friends of the Vermillion Public Library organizaiton to help our community prepare for this amazing astronomy event. We think people of all ages and backgrounds will find the solar eclipse to be an experience they will remember the rest of their lives."
The Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library is located at 18 Church Street, Vermillion. For further information, contact us by calling 677-7060, or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.


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My Chemical Romance was an alt/punk/hardcore rock band that produced four studio albums and a compilation album over their twelve year lifespan from 2001-2013. They have touched the hearts of millions through their honest, raw lyrics and inspirational stories.
The band started after front-man and founder Gerard Way witnessed the 9/11 terror attacks in New York City. He felt compelled to empower people and make a difference in the world. As a result, he wrote the band's first song, "Skylines And Turnstiles." He shared the lyrics with his friend Matt Pelissier, who agreed to be the then-unnamed band's drummer. Gerard then recruited Ray Toro, whom he used to be in a band with as the lead guitarist, and eventually invited his brother Mikey Way to be the bassist, and Frank Iero to be the rhythm guitarist.
Their first album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, was released in 2002 and was recorded in Matt Pelissier's attic. Because of this, some of the songs are lovingly referred to as the "attic demos." The album's copyright warning reads:
Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws and will result in Gerard coming to your house and sucking your blood.
The band shot to stardom with their second album, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, which was released with Eyeball Records. Songs like "I'm Not Okay," "Helena," and "The Ghost Of You" captivated listeners and expanded their fan-base. Following its release, the band played on the 2005 Vans Warped Tour, along with bands like Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold. Drummer Matt Pelissier decided to leave the band and was replaced by Bob Bryar.
The Black Parade, arguably the band's most popular effort, was released in 2006, and was a concept album detailing the death of a character called The Patient. It was their first album with Warner Brothers records, and the last with Bob Bryar as drummer. Years after the album dropped, Gerard Way revealed that the band planned on calling it a day and splitting up:
When the tour basically ended with us conquering the world, we were supposed to ride off into the sunset. I can't think of a better ending than that. [It didn't end there] because you get into careers, mortgages, families, crews, people, the machine itself – not to mention expectations of a record label that invested quite a bit in you, that would like more out of you, a fanbase that wants more out of you.
Luckily for fans, TBP wasn't the last of My Chem – they followed up the smash hit in 2010 with their final studio album, Danger Days. The album acted as a rebirth from the sad concepts of their previous releases, and involved more upbeat tracks and messages.
After Danger Days, Conventional Weapons, a compilation album featuring ten previously unreleased songs recorded in 2009 was gradually released. These tracks feature Bob Bryar prior to his departure from the band. The album was never released due to unsatisfaction from the band's previous producer.
However, the fun times and smiles didn't last very long. On March 22nd, 2013, the band announced that they were breaking up. A compilation album titled May Death Never Stop You was released, featuring a new song, Fake Your Death. Despite the upset fans' pleas, no definite answer has been given as to why they split. Some claim they had trouble with their record label, while others believe Gerard had relapsed into alcohol dependence. Whether the world will ever know what truly happened is a mystery, but one thing is for sure: My Chemical Romance has made a difference in the world, just as they aspired to do from day one.


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Happy birthday! Have a great day!
there is a tale that the island people tell, i don't care if it is true cuz i love it so well. the jolly mon sing for their supper every night, the people fed them well cuz they treated him so right!!! hopefully you get the jolly mon treatment today, happy birthday!
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We just returned from South Africa (Johannesburg and Pretoria) where we went for our preparations for the second round of the league and the African Champions League.
We had friendly games against Kaizer Chiefs and Supersport united which we unfortunately lost.
We left for Johannesburg on Monday 28th in the evening and drove overnight. We arrived on Tuesday morning at 6:10 am.
We checked in straight into our hotel and had a little rest before we had our breakfast at 8 am.
After breakfast we headed straight to the Kaizer Chiefs village popularly known as Naturena which is a five minutes drive from our hotel in Southgate.
I must mention that it is such a beautiful for atmosphere within Naturena. Professionalism there is something you can touch and feel.
We were welcomed by Chiefs assistant coah Doctor Khumalo and after a few handshakes our coach got straight into team talk; we went out for our warm-up and the referees started the game.
I must truly say that we gave them a good run for their money despite losing the game at the end of the day.
Even their coach in the clubs website was qouted saying he didn't expect us to give them such a tough time and that he was really impressed by our approach to the match.
After the game we were invited for lunch at the club's restaurant where we had a chance to mingle with the players.
It was such a wonderful feeling; we made friends and later left for our hotel room for the much needed rest.
I must mention the most intriguing thing we saw was the parking lot. It was like being in a car showroom.
You name any car model and you will find it at Kaizer Chiefs. Be it Mercede Benz AMG, Bmw M3, BMW X5, A udi Rs3 etc.
It was so impressive to see and a very was a good experience for the boys.
Wednesday was another business in the office for us as we headed for Pretoria and locked horns with Supersport United.
Just as we did against Kaizer Chiefs we were on top of our game and gave them a torrid time but lost the game.
It was however a great experience and good preparation for us. The results are not much of a concern but how we prepare to sharpen ourselves for the main competitions.
I must take this opportunity and sincerely thank Tshepo Riba, the Managing Director of THR Bathathu Sports and Fifa agent, for organasing such a wonderful and important trip for us.
If it wasn't for him it couldn't have been possible. He took care of everything including booking the hotel for us, organising the two games and every little detail of the trip. Great man; siyabonga baba.


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Governor Scott and Florida Cabinet Approve Land Transfer for All Children's Hospital Research Facility
~Construction of 300,000 square foot facility for research, training will create 400 jobs~
Governor Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet today approved a 2-acre transfer of land from the state to the University of South Florida and All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg. This land transfer will enable the hospital to construct a 300,000 square-foot facility, generating 400 jobs and creating a research, training and educational center to better care for pediatric patients.
Governor Rick Scott said, "The transfer of the two acres of land to the University of South Florida and All Children's Hospital is great news for Florida families. As a father and grandfather, I know how important it is to meet the health care needs of our children. We are happy to support All Children's Hospital for the work they do to care for our youngest patients. This land transfer will enable the hospital to create jobs, conduct research and better serve their patients."
The Hospital reports that construction of the new facility will provide an economic boost to the local economy because the cost of construction will be between $65-$85 million and generate approximately 400 design and construction jobs. Once complete, the hospital plans to hire approximately 15 new research staff and six faculty positions with an average annual salary between $90,000 and $150,000. The facility is expected to house 40 research professionals including doctorate and post doctorate positions.
The new facility will be constructed on two vacant lots and used for a medical education and research center associated with the University of South Florida and the hospital. The facility will continue the public-private collaboration between the University of South Florida and the hospital to allow for joint research to combat childhood diseases and develop specific treatments with a focus on pediatric brain health, neuroscience, early brain development, memory and behavioral health.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Herschel T. Vinyard Jr. said, "This is a wonderful opportunity for DEP's Division of State Lands to transfer land that will do so much good for Florida families. I appreciate Governor Scott and the Florida Cabinet's willingness to use state-owned land in order to fulfill the scientific and medical research necessary to help our children."
USF President Judy Genshaft said, "We appreciate all the support that Governor Scott, the members of the Florida Cabinet, Speaker Will Weatherford and the Pinellas County Legislative Delegation have provided for this project. Thanks to their efforts, the strong partnership that exists today between USF and All Children's Hospital will continue to grow and together we will discover better and more effective treatments and cures for childhood illnesses in these state-of-the-art research facilities."
The Florida Cabinet voted unanimously to approve the transfer of three parcels of land, totaling 2.02 acres, to the University of South Florida with a deadline to transfer ownership to the hospital by June 30, 2014. Under the terms of the transfer, construction must commence within 10 years of the date of the deed between the university and hospital.


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Although the severe winter had an effect on Winnebago Industries Inc. during the second quarter of fiscal year 2014, the company was able to overcome it, Winnebago's Chairman, CEO and President Randy Potts said Thursday (March 27) in a conference call with investors.
The Mason City Globe Gazette reported that despite inefficiencies created by severe weather, the company posted revenues of $228.8 million, an operating income of $14 million and a net income of $9.6 million for the second quarter that ended on March 1. When compared to the same quarter of fiscal year 2013, revenues increased by 29.2%, operating income increased by 58.2% and net income increased by 52.6% in the second quarter of fiscal year 2014.
"I just can't imagine any other group pulling it off quite as well as this team did," Potts said of the company's more than 2,000 employees.
The winter caused the motorhome company to close several days, work shifts with people who couldn't get to work and adjust work days, Potts said. It also caused problems with deliveries, increased utilities and created general inefficiencies, said Sarah Nielsen, the company's CFO.
The ability to overcome challenges from severe weather contributed to the bottom line but so did increased sales of motor homes, Nielsen said when the company announced its fiscal quarter results Thursday morning.
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The American Values Club crossword is a reincarnation of the beloved, edgy, but now canceled Onion A.V. Club crossword. Generous funding from solvers who enjoy the feature, and want to see it continue independently, will enable us to produce a full year of the puzzle, and hopefully lay the groundwork to continue running it for hundreds more years after that.
The American Values Club weekly xword will be edited by Ben Tausig, and feature contributions from Byron Walden, Aimee Lucido, Tyler Hinman, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Zoe Wheeler, Francis Heaney, Anna Shechtman, Deb Amlen, Caleb Madison, Matt Jones, and Ben Tausig. In other words, the best! (Constructor participation is, of course, subject to change, but the level of quality isn't). As always, expect clues and themes about movies, music, sex, food, drugs ...
If you've enjoyed the puzzles these past six years, and want more of them, lend us a hand! Or if you haven't, but want to try one of the most exciting and hip independent crosswords in the world, give us a try. We promise lots of dreadful dirty puns in return, as well as some special puzzle contests. Most
importantly, we appreciate your generous support. None of this would
be possible without the brilliant, engaged solvers we're so lucky to
have. Thank you.
P.S. Check out some printable sample puzzles here and here!
P.P.S. We've added new stretch goals! Reaching $15,000 will grant every subscriber free access to the past 12 months of puzzles. At $20,000, we'll fast-track any of the following a) a smooth online solving applet; b) a dedicated iOS and PC-based app based on CRUX; or c) an app for Mac or Android. All of these will support online leaderboards and printing. More to come!
P.P.P.S Missed your chance to donate to the Kickstarter campaign? No problem! Subscriptions will be available throughout the year at avxwords.com
Risks and challenges
Reaching our Kickstarter goal will provide a year of support to produce, edit, and distribute crossword puzzles by some of the best constructors in the business.
We're qualified to overcome the challenges that come with an operation like this because we've been doing it successfully for six years, with exactly this amount of money available. From making to editing puzzles, from distribution to contact with solvers, we've got a lot of collective experience among us.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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The Zil Haj moon has been sighted in Pakistan and Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated on October 27.
The moon was sighted at 5:26 PM in several cities across Punjab.
The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee met for the sighting of the moon in Karachi and zonal committees met in cities across Pakistan.
Meteorological Department said in a statement that the crescent would be seen easily as the sky was clear in most part of the country. It said that Eid-ul-Azaha would be celeberated on October 27.However, final decision would be taken by the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee.


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About the NRC
The National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association, Inc. (NRC) is the only trade association organized specifically to serve the needs of railroad contractors, suppliers, and the entire railroad and rail transit construction industry. NRC's primary objective is to advance the mutual interests of its members and the railroad and rail transit construction industry.
The NRC works hard to expand rail construction and maintenance business opportunities, protect rail contractors from intrusive government regulation, and improve railroad construction safety and operations.
The NRC is located in Washington, DC, where NRC staff and the Board of Directors work closely with government and business leaders to promote and protect rail contractors and suppliers.
NRC member companies experience many benefits including:
Continual support for legislation that provides funding for rail and transit infrastructure projects, as well as protection against harmful policies and regulations;
Updates on federal and state transportation infrastructure spending and regulatory changes;
Access to a complete network of railroad executives and key government officials;
Participation in and discounted registration fees for the annual NRC Conference and Exhibition;
Bid solicitation distribution;
Access to the NRC's Annual Railroad Construction and Maintenance Equipment Auction;
Title 49 CFR Part 214 Subpart C Roadway Worker Protection (RWP) Training;
Safety training DVDs. The first sixteen have already been released, and we expect to release two more in 2015;
Contractor Safety Award Competition;
Representation on the Federal Railroad Administration's Railroad Safety Advisory Committee;
Listing in the annual NRC Membership Directory (both print and online), a national publication and important resource for your customers, which is distributed to Class I, II and III railroads, industrial track owners, transit authorities, port facilities, and commuter rail agencies across the country…and much more.


text: Bride Tips From Dax Photography. Dance Circles. No...just no! These are the worst during a reception and yet they always seem to happen. We've all seen them...it's when all the guests awkwardly circle around someone on the dance floor who has some moves. But once the person in the center is done doing the worm then it get super awkward. It breaks up the flow of dancing and makes it super awkward for all the people on the dance floor who don't want to be the center of attention...those who just want to dance and have a good time. My advice...give instructions to your wedding party to do their best to break them up if they occur. www.daxphotography.com


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Jason S. Weissman
Founder & Senior Partner
Jason S. Weissman founded Boston Realty Advisors in 2001 on the principles of entrepreneurship, institutional excellence and local market expertise. Jason provides leadership and vision for the firm's growth and strategic direction.
Over the past sixteen years, he has grown the company into the leading boutique full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm in the Boston market. As Senior Partner and Director of Capital Markets, Jason has been the broker of record for an aggregate of $2 Billion in real estate transactions.
Jason is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), Commercial Real Estate Development Association (NAIOP) and the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB). He regularly lectures to industry and professional organizations on industry trends and has been a guest lecturer on real estate at Harvard Business School, Suffolk University and the MIT Center for Real Estate.
Mr. Weissman is also dedicated to serving the Boston community sitting on the Next Generation Developers Task Force Committee and Co-Chairing the Annual Boston Realty Advisors Charity Tennis Tournament benefiting Boston Children's Hospital.
Jason is on the National Alumni Board at Curry College and holds an MBA from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.


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We believe that the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive well-being of children is vital to healthy communities. Our vision is to provide comprehensive, bilingual therapeutic and behavioral health services that address the needs of children ages 0 to 18 years along with the needs of their families.
Child and Adolescent Counseling Services (CACS)
CACS is a longstanding program that provides bilingual counseling to children starting at three years of age. Our mental health therapists provide individual, family and group therapy, and case management. Services are delivered in the clinic, in schools, and in homes as determined by individual needs and concerns.
Counseling provides skills to help families cope with current life problems but also provides techniques to understand and address future issues. For example, therapists address the family challenges when children manifest signs of anxiety, depression, ADHD, and various degrees of disruptive behavior both at home and at school.
Martina Sancen, LPC is one of our child therapist. Each day she teaches stress management and self care techniques that kids can practice at home on their own or with their family members.
Her tips for teaching children how to calm themselves are fun, unique and age appropriate.
For instance, she helps small children practice breathing with bubbles: "blowing bubbles really helps to regulate breathing and it is a comfortable and fun way for kids to learn an important calming technique."
Another strategy she uses is being person centered. That means focusing on the individual and tailoring her practice to meet the needs of each client based on their interests.
Martina loves to share the story of a 4th grade girl whom she recently helped and who was so successful, her case was discharged early.
"Angie* was very intelligent and received straight A's in school but she worried a lot. She worried so much that her stress began to affect her ability to interact with peers, at home and in school.
Since she was such an intellectual child, our sessions often involved me presenting her with educational information about how stress affects her health, which she really took to.
Angie practiced the techniques we discussed at home and when I suggested we make a worry box for her to leave all of her troubles in, she loved the idea!
In fact, she was so excited by the idea that she did it on her own at home before the start of our next session.
What's more, she even educated her parents about her new stress management skills and how her worry box would be a huge help to her."
Martina's story is inspiring and rewarding!
Martina finished her story by adding: "That's what it's all about; connecting with clients and finding what's really going to work for her".
*Name changed for confidentiality.
Child Development Support Services (CDSS)
A Child Development Specialist is present in the Pediatric Clinic to see all newborns for developmental screening, to assist in problems with lactation, and educate parents on child safety including car seats. From ages 3-6, child development specialists assist families dealing with poor verbal communication, behavioral and sensory issues; conduct additional developmental screenings; parent education and support; nutrition education for children with feeding issues; behavioral and discipline interventions, social and emotional support, and language support. Parents are also given information about free or low-cost programs for their children through various resources.
Child Psychiatry diagnoses and treats disorders of thinking, feeling and/or behavior through medication affecting children, adolescents, and their families. The Child Psychiatry department works closely with the therapists in the CACS program, the child development specialists, and clinical providers.


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President's Club Sales Contest Winners
Here at Netpique, our most prestigious sales contest is the annual President's Club. And last month we invited our six 2013 winners for an all-expenses-paid weekend with a guest in sunny Palm Coast, Florida. Here are John Alimo, Minh Phan, Delaney Jones, Alexandria Roos, Josh Crouch, and Susan Cockburn, just after the awards ceremony:
Our winners and their guests arrived on Thursday, March 13 at the luxurious Hammock Beach resort in Palm Coast.
As well as general relaxation, good food, and lovely scenery, the winners and their guests enjoyed activities like romantic walks on the beach and spa massages.
Some of the more adventurous souls embarked on a sightseeing tour of St. Augustine, the oldest continuously inhabited city in the United States, and a notorious pirate lair.
The culmination of the event was a banquet held at the home of Chris Ginnane, CEO of Netpique, where the President's Club winners received their awards and met the staff from the home office in Palm Coast.
Danny Conard, Director of Operations, presented the awards, while Chris Ginanne, CEO, and Cindy Campbell, COO, looked on.
There was plenty of socialization, as well as some quieter moments.
We're so glad you could all come and wish you continuing success in 2014!
Event photography by Rob Futrell.


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Sound That Moves You, When You're On The Move
JBL E35 on-ear headphones are style and substance, all rolled in one, delivering signature JBL sound. An innovative, stylish fabric headband and ergonomic on-ear design means that your entertainment continues and your fun factor gets amped up no matter what you're doing – working, commuting, or just making your way around town. Its detachable, tangle free fabric cable, the sleek, fold-flat design and a one-button universal remote are added features that make the E35, the perfect choice. Available in 5 distinctive colors, the E35 accessorizes your life with color and fun.
JBL Signature Sound
Signature JBL sound delivered by powerful 40mm drivers, in a sleek, stylish design
One-Button Universal Remote With Microphone
Compatible with most smartphones, it allows easy music control and hands-free calls.
Comfort-Fit Fabric Headband
Comfort-fit and stylish fabric headband complements the sleek look of the headphones.
Tangle-Free Fabric Cable
An innovative tangle-free cord design with angled plug means untangling is a thing of the past.
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Form-fi tting, comfortable ear cushions ensure your headphones stay put while you enjoy your music – even when you're on the go.
Comfortable for continuous use over extended periods.
Supreme Computers India Pvt Ltd. is a proven market leader in the supply of excellent IT Products in India. Ever since its inception in the year 1994, we have steadily risen up the ladder in this industry and are today one of the Leading IT Resellers in South India. Today we are the authorized partner for world's best IT Brands, which includes HP, Samsung, LG, Lenovo, Microsoft, Seagate, Intel, and VIVO Etc. The success of a business is not only about achieving it, but also more about maintaining. We have a team that keeps evolving with the demands of the market, thereby keeping with the flow. Goodwill and reliability also play an important part. We have been associated with the world famous brands for so long that it reflects in the way we do business.


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If you were to concoct a movie concept for Christopher Nolan to direct that would play to his strengths and mitigate his weaknesses, you could certainly do far worse than Dunkirk, a war movie that rigorously adheres to the perspective of British men involved in one of the most triumphantly remembered wartime losses of any national memory. The concept is: to intercut between three separate stories of different time spans, one following those on the beach being evacuated for a week, one following a small boat of civilians who cast off from home to offer whatever help they can in rescuing the troops for a day, and one following a fighter pilot's hour-long mission to interrupt the German air force's attempts to strafe and bomb the fleeing British navy into oblivion; to follow numerous characters and plot strands without especially emphasizing their personalities or any kind of "arc"; to stage the entire film as though it were one almost never-ending suspense set piece, closing the noose throughout. Its divergences from that concept and its principles are the primary source of its failings, but it also shows signs that Nolan may be too enmeshed in the commercial sensibilities that have made this, his longtime dream project, a reality. It is precisely because Dunkirk is his best film in over a decade (a compliment, in my estimation, if a slight one) that it also lays out the clearest case yet that he may never again make something as uncompromising and dangerously unsatisfying as Memento.
Nonetheless, hopefully the successes here portend new directions for Nolan, as they are the result of creative choices that would be risky for anyone, one of which is that the tight focus on the evacuation distances this from the excitement of a combat film. He never puts German figures or faces on screen, giving no greater representation to them than their airplanes. Besides mostly eliminating combat from the proceedings, the unseen enemy goes some way towards Dunkirk's resemblance of a disaster movie, abstracting the threat of death into something as random as it is inevitable: bomb after bomb, bullet after bullet, torpedo after torpedo shreds across the beaches and escape ships, the desolate sands and seas withstanding the explosions and absorbing the corpses, unmarred and impassive, while soldiers die by the thousands waiting in line for ships that may never come. Early on, the film's single most striking shot literalizes this systematic yet arbitrary procession of death, as one soldier cowers in the sand in the foreground while we watch an out-of-focus line of men in the same position blasted by bombs, eradicated one by one as the sand explodes from the ground closer and closer to the camera — until it stops short.
It's an atmosphere thick with dread, and the film's commitment to its concept produces and holds that atmosphere for most of its running time. But two of the three stories break from that schema in a fashion that suggests Nolan may have been more curious about the effect of splitting the standard duties of conventional storytelling among different strands than he was about removing them altogether. The civilian boat, for instance, has a hard-nosed but passionate older man, identified only as Mr. Dawson, (Mark Rylance) taking the aid of two teenage boys, one his son (Tom Glynn-Carney), the other a ship hand (Barry Keoghan), as he takes his vessel across the Channel to France himself rather than letting the Royal Navy commandeer it. Rather than that sense of encroaching death, of catastrophe avoided by the narrowest of margins, their story relies more on psychodrama. That kind of material has never been Nolan's strong suit, given that he tends to populate his films with characters who are too thinly drawn for interpersonal fireworks to register much beyond the surface, just one of many ways that broad strokes have been the auteur's bread and butter, and details his achilles heel. When that psychodrama goes haywire, the aftermath is maudlin and unrevealing, the sort of pitying ode to sacrifice that more suggests an effort to satisfy an audience's desire for heroes than an effort to say anything interesting about who they were, what they thought, and what their sacrifice may have signified beyond tearjerking sentiment. Was it right or responsible for Dawson to take his ship out himself, a prideful act that likely caused far more suffering than if he had let the Navy take it from him? It's a fascinating question, naturally suggested by the story, so much so that it's staggering that Dunkirk seems either unaware of it, or unwilling to address its moral complexity at the expense of its concluding nationalist strains.
In the pilot's story, much the opposite problem takes hold, as Nolan reaches for pathos in a feather-light story and a character who barely registers as anything more than a mask and muffled speech (played, in what must be a rare moment of witty self-awareness for Nolan, by the film's most famous actor Tom Hardy, who last worked with Nolan playing the infamously-masked and indecipherably-voiced Bane in The Dark Knight Rises). This story is at its best when it accepts that it is the most anonymous of the three, as a Spitfire pilot named Farrier hunts for Germans long after his fuel gauge is broken. The cracked glass over that gauge — a timer that demarcates how long Farrier has before he must land or die — is the most potent metaphor for the film's fragmented treatment of time. As all three stories work towards a common point at different rates, the sense that time is out of everyone's hands and that death could come at any time is omnipresent. Yet Farrier (and we) can't help but keep glancing at the broken gauge.
Unfortunately, in order to motivate Farrier, he must have a mission, and it just so happens that his mission is to engage Germans in combat, the only prominent violation of the film's otherwise well-guarded avoidance of definable antagonists. This might be an acceptable concession, except that Nolan is not particularly good at staging combat, be it fisticuffs, shootouts, or dogfights. Rather than any sense of logical decision-making or escalating spatial tension, his oppositional action scenes inevitably boil down to a series of events without a perceptible causal chain, i.e. this happens, then this happens, then this happens, without a "because" or "therefore" to give weight to the battle or meaning to the decisions. And so it goes when Farrier comes across a foe from the Luftwaffe: he swerves, fires, misses, swerves again, fires, misses, breaks chase, swings back, and finally gets a killshot, and there is little means to explain why one moment follows the next.
Corresponding to its dullness when taking the perspective of a hunter, Dunkirk's best scenes are most always when it plants us in the boots of the hunted. The beach story — titled "The Mole" in ominous contrast to the other, plainer titles, "The Sea" and "The Air" — is genuinely nightmarish and surrealistically frightening in a way his fairly mechanical depiction of dreams in Inception never approached. "The Mole" is a feedback loop of failure, as we follow the mostly silent trials of Tommy (Fionn Whitehead), the only survivor of a squad we see picked off in the film's prologue. Tommy, it seems, is among the very last men to arrive at the evacuation zone, which puts him last in line for rescue. Seeing this, and realizing that explosions will rock the beach constantly until he leaves or dies, he tries again and again to escape the shoreline, meeting bureaucratic failure at best, catastrophic near-death (by drowning, burning, bombing, or even friendly bullets) at worst. Meanwhile, the film gives a surprising (and admirable) amount of screentime to British officers who don't appear to have much more influence over their fate than anyone else stranded on the wrong side of the English Channel, primarily Commander Bolton (Kenneth Branagh). Instead of the strategizing or rousing speeches an officer would typically deliver in a film like this, their time is spent either confirming that yes, their only possible option is the worst-case-scenario, or mournfully reflecting on their helplessness. ("You can almost see it," Bolton says, looking over the water, "home." But the horizon line is mercilessly straight and clear.) That Branagh gives what seems to be a terrific performance is a shame, because as long as Nolan insists on burying dialogue in his sound mixes, the performances in his films can scarcely do more but "seem to be." Elsewhere, the sparseness of spoken word permits Nolan and regular sound designer Richard King to indulge on their thick, detailed sound designs without effectively muting important dialogue, but it's inexplicable that the dialogue issues persist, since they're the most universal and longstanding complaint about the technical elements of Nolan's films.
By default, then, Whitehead is best in show. I don't mean that as a backhanded compliment; his paucity of spoken lines allows his work to exist solely on his weathered, frightened face, unblighted by the overwhelming sound mix. The most impressive feat of Whitehead's work here is the growing sense that Tommy knows that he can't possibly survive this, and attempts escape only because there is no other choice but to swim into the water and die, as he grimly watches one man do. In a cast packed with unfamiliar faces but featuring a few bona fide stars, it's telling that his — at once wide-eyed and despairing, accepting that each new escape is, at best, a distraction from the inevitable — is the most memorable.
So "The Mole" is handily the best part of Dunkirk's three-pronged story, and yet I'm not sure that the film would be better with its other thirds excised (though I'm curious to see someone try with an inevitable fan edit). Perhaps the most obvious means in which Dunkirk appeals to Nolan's gifts as a filmmaker is his structural ambition and rhythmic grandiosity. That tends to manifest in puzzle-narratives that take the moment the last puzzle piece clicks in as their emotional climax, and in intercutting that takes on an operatic intensity. While both of these habits and their merits are often scuttled by the sloppiness that tends to mar his screenplays, here they're mercifully free of any gaping plot holes or laughable character turns. It's hard to overstate just how vertiginously magnetic Lee Smith's editing is, be it the tightening corkscrew of its nested timelines, which converge on the climax of the evacuation with breathless certitude, or the raw, moment-to-moment decisions, as in the late scene where a German plane comes in for a bombing run of men on the beach, and Smith gives the overwhelming majority of screen time to the men who are about to be bombed, both extending the moment to thunderously huge proportions and giving the plane an almost cosmic frightfulness by keeping it a mostly unseen presence. The one and only edit I take issue with is the one that leads into the final shot, a use of a fade to black and hard cut so bizarre and disjointed that I keep wondering if something's gone over my head. I even suspected that my theater's projector may have suffered some sort of malfunction; whatever the case, the effect was far more jarring than any intent suggested by the material.
That this movie is replete with fantastic cutting is a particular boon, since the shots that make up the montage are, in and of themselves, underwhelming. How, exactly, the film has received its reputation for superlative visuals isn't clear on the merits, though I'd wager an extensive marketing push for seeing it in an IMAX theater affected a lot of folks' impressions before they even reached their seats. Dunkirk makes use of a fairly extreme dichromatic palette, limiting its colours to fall within two hues. As the film begins, with its faded reds and cyans, one might assume that Nolan is replicating the look of an old, two-strip technicolor film. There are two major issues with this theory of Nolan's motivation, and the first is anachronism: by 1940, the old red-and-blue process had been obsoleted by a more polychromatic three-strip technicolor, famously used the year before in The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind.
The second issue is that Dunkirk's governing hues change from scene to scene, and sometimes even from shot to shot. While the film starts with a two-strip look, its median colours are run-of-the-mill teal and orange, and it's hard to think of any way that palette choice contributes to the sense of place or emotional impact, other than to make an ensemble war film look like any number of tentpole blockbusters made in the 2010s. Even more surprising, given the technical demands and pedigree involved, is how inconsistent it is: within a single scene, a character may step out of a boat's interior with his face as orange as a carrot, then, after a single cutaway, his skin will have calmed into a less-intensified apricot. For a movie that takes such pains and pride in recreating the conditions of the Dunkirk disaster (the credits make frequent mention of production details like the use of actual boats that were present at the evacuation), made by a filmmaker who has been as loud a critic of digital filmmaking as any in the mainstream sphere, Dunkirk's single most distinctive cinematographic stylization is often a distracting intrusion of a digital cliche into a bleak, meticulously drawn period setting.
Further evidencing Nolan's simultaneous skill as a technician and blindness to the shortcomings of his technique is his customary insistence on swapping aspect ratios. Depending on the format you watch in, every time a scene cuts between 35mm and IMAX cameras, the aspect ratio changes along with it. This is particularly damaging since the film is cut and structured as one continuous suspense sequence, making the changes especially distracting. It may help matters that the vast majority of the film was shot with IMAX cameras, lessening the number of switches. But there's one way in which the switches aren't a big deal, but should be: Dunkirk is not well-framed enough for it to be clear whether or not it would look best at 1:43:1 or 2.20:1. Those are enormously different ratios for a movie to coexist within, and its a mixed blessing that the camerawork here just isn't good enough to be particularly hurt by it. Whatever the case, Nolan's reliably pedestrian sense of composition does not scream out to be seen in a premium format.
On the other hand, while Hans Zimmer has tended to be one of Nolan's most stalwart liabilities, his score here makes a trend of his just-fine work in Interstellar. Played almost wall-to-wall and mostly free of significant dynamics, it recedes into a near-ambient effect as the film proceeds, more important for its tempo and general textual contributions to the sound design than as a distinctive musical voice. Among the worst traits of Zimmer's fairly woeful career trajectory over the last decade has been that his music insists upon itself at the expense of the film it's meant to complement, and this score mostly sidesteps that fault by focusing on his love of heavily digitized production and refraining from his annoyingly extreme dynamic shifts. That said, a brilliant or flawless score it most certainly is not, largely because, as usual, Zimmer seems incapable of any sort of effective musical development from the beginning of a movie until its end. The most common melodic motif, a nervous loop of methodically rising brass, repeats itself beyond what its simplistic bombast can sustain. Still, the score's offerings help preserve the unrelenting sense of doom and tension, and the repetition does share a sort of thematic kinship with the miserable trial and error in "The Mole".
It is, even with its short (for Nolan) running time of 106 minutes, a behemoth of a film, almost single-minded in intent and all the better for it. But while simplicity and even cliche don't preclude the profound or the cathartic, the flag-waving finale and its incantation of Churchill's iconic "never surrender" speech suggest that the film is uninterested in asking us to seriously grapple with its events in particular or war in general, instead evoking nothing more than a pat on the boys' back for going through hell. It's a shame that Dunkirk ultimately capitulates to such platitudes — succumbing to the mythic triumphalism long enshrined by Churchill's famous invigorations — instead of offering us ideas or conclusions we could not have come to without stepping into the cinema. In fact, the ending works against everything that came before it. It's as destructive to Dunkirk as the jingoistic shot of the American flag that ended Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan was to that film. The denouement is a bizarre outgrowth, a betrayal of the nightmare that came before, and given that its from the same auteur who has suggested so bitingly throughout his career that humans are too often willing to accept a palatable dream over hard truths — in the last shot of Inception, in the shifting public personas of his "Dark Knight" trilogy, in the fog and self-doubt of Insomnia, in the illusions of The Prestige, and, most comprehensively and affectingly, in the manipulated amnesia of his still-best work Memento — it's especially stinging that Dunkirk's worst missteps are when it turns away from itself.


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The Ravens were able to cap off their first ever undefeated regular season at M&T Bank Stadium with a 20-14 win over the Cleveland Browns on Christmas Eve, but it could have come at an extremely high price as the team continues to fight for playoff position. The team comes out of their final contest of calendar year 2011 with the longest list of injuries they've had following any game all season. Let's take a look at B'More's walking wounded:
Cary Williams: Williams ran into teammate Pernell McPhee on a Seneca Wallace scramble in the first half, and left the game with a concussion. His status for Sunday in Cincinnati is still very much up-in-the-air.
Danell Ellerbe: The Ravens' second concussion victim of the day, Ellerbe fell flat on his back while defending a short Cleveland pass. His head appeared to snap back and hit the turf; he wouldn't see the field again Saturday. Like Williams, he will have to show significant improvement and pass the concussion tests to play next week.
Marshal Yanda: Yanda suffered a rib bruise in the first half, and was replaced by Andre Gurode. The Ravens running game was much less effective with the former Dallas center in there than with Yanda. Coach John Harbaugh said on Monday that Yanda is also dealing with a significant thigh bruise. Yanda is perhaps the toughest guy on the team (once famously letting himself get shocked with a cattle prod for entertainment purposes), so I'd have to think that if he can play, he will. However, he'll probably be questionable at best.
David Reed: Reed, returning just his second kick since the debacle in Seattle, appeared about a step from breaking free for a touchdown after Josh Cribbs got the Browns on the board. Instead, his knee didn't cooperate when he tried to cut, blew out, and he was placed on injured reserve Monday.
Cory Redding: Redding didn't play Saturday, which came as a bit of a surprise. He was sorely missed, as Browns' running back Peyton Hillis gashed Baltimore for his first 100-yard performance of the season. Redding tried to suit up, but didn't feel up to it during warm-ups. He'll likely be a game-time decision again in Cincy.
Throw in Anquan Boldin, who is already certainly out this week, and the Ravens find themselves in quite a precarious position. On one hand, they are absolutely in control of their own destiny; a win will give them the AFC North title, a first round playoff bye, and at worst a #2 seed. On the other, they are banged up, and a loss (coupled with a Pittsburgh win at Cleveland) will relegate them to the #5 seed, and they'll be going on the road for the postseason starting the very next week.
Saturday's game looked like it was going to be a perfect Christmas present for Ravens' fans: a thorough beat-down of the inferior Browns from the opening whistle. They led 17-0 at the half, and 20-0 with 20 minutes left to play. However, the Browns would score 14 unanswered points, and the game ended up as much more of a nail-biter than it had any business being.
It was the Ravens' special teams that opened the door for Cleveland, allowing Cribbs an 84-yard punt return touchdown late in the third. It was the third touchdown allowed by Baltimore's special teams this year (2 punt, 1 kickoff), tying franchise highs set in 1998 and 2002. They had appeared to get their act together in recent weeks – the last score they allowed was way back in Week 8 against Arizona – so hopefully this isn't a key problem coming back to life to rear its head at the worst possible time. Cribbs tormented the Ravens early in his career, but they had done a good job of containing him over the past few seasons.
The special teams opened the door, after which the inconsistent offensive and defensive units were both more than happy to do their best doorstop impressions.
On the ensuing drive, Joe Flacco displayed the kind of up-and-down play that has driven B'More fans crazy all season.
On 2nd-and-10 from the Cleveland 31, he scrambled for a 33-yard gain to the Browns' 36-yard line. A field goal on that possession would have made it 23-7, a much more comfortable lead than 20-7. Instead, on 3rd-and-7 from the Cleveland 33, Joe woefully underthrew Lee Evans in the end zone, and was intercepted. Evans could have fought a little harder for the ball while it was in the air, but if Joe puts the ball in the back of the end zone, Evans is the only one with a chance at it.
It was at least Flacco's second underthrow of the day, perhaps even his third. And when he did manage to put the ball on his receivers' hands, they betrayed him. Tight end Ed Dickson, who caught a touchdown pass on the team's opening drive, had two key drops, one on a third down. Torrey Smith misjudged a throw on the sideline on the play preceding the Cribbs touchdown, which would have – if caught – extended the Ravens' drive.
And for all Flacco and the offense's troubles, they weren't the ones that allowed Cleveland to go 80 yards on the possession following the interception. That would be the defense, who also let the Browns to convert 3/3 third down tries on that drive.
Were it not for some woeful Cleveland clock mismanagement at the end of the first half, and a boneheaded play by rookie defensive tackle Phil Taylor following the two-minute warning, we could have very well had another Cincinnati situation on our hands, with the defense buckling in the second half and holding on for dear life in the waning moments.
It was far from a perfect performance on Saturday, but the end result is the same as if Baltimore had won the game 27-0 (like, say, Pittsburgh was able to do at home against the hapless rams, even without their quarterback): win in Cincy and get a week off and at least one home playoff game. They'll certainly have to play a much more disciplined and consistent brand of football, but let's also remember that the Bengals are but 1-6 against winning teams in 2011.
All eyes will be on the injury reports at Ravens' practice this week – though Harbs is infamously vague on the status of his players, let's all hope to see Yanda, Redding, Williams, and Ellerbe on the practice field.


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