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From an easy flight to the easy and cheap ($15.00) shuttle ride to the hotel, New Orleans has indeed been easy. When I remarked to the hotel staff on check-in how remarkably easy everything has been so far, her face lit up with a big smile and she said, "Welcome to the Big Easy." I had forgotten that the city is called that.
As soon as I hustled my bags to my room, I dashed out into the warm embrace of the afternoon to re-discover the city. From prior visits I had a general idea where the French Quarter was relative to the hotel. I strolled past the tawdry sex shops and the bars on Bourbon Street peeking into the side streets. I turned onto one where the balconies were invitingly loaded with flowers. Walking generally toward the levee, I poked into shops, watched street performers, read enticing dinner menus posted outside restaurants and got my bearings for the next 3 days. The city is beautiful just like I remembered it. I see no damage from the storm but let's remember it did not affect the French Quarter. The one thing I did perceive lacking were the tourists or at least the streets were remarkably un-crowded. I would even say people are few and far between, where I remember the streets being full of shoppers and drunks. It's a shame really. But it was mid-afternoon.
It is also easy to get around in New Orleans. I took the Canal line streetcar to the end of the line--City Park-- to do some birding. The streetcars are wooden open air gems. Everyone takes them from kids going to school, to tourists, to everyday folks. At only $1.25 it is a bargain. Although "Desire" has been retired since right after Tennessee Williams made it famous, I confess to thinking about it as we clattered along. After walking around the park for a couple hours and seeing lots of waterbirds: egrets, nightherons, ibises, terns, swans, ducks, and a few passarines; I got back on the streetcar and came back to the hotel. It was not all play time, I was in New Orleans to work.

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It has just recently come to my attention that my hair has grown A LOT in the last few weeks and it could almost be classified as mid-length at the moment… NOOOOO *screams and writhers like the Wicked Witch of the West doused in water*
Time to chop it back to my much beloved Lob (aka long bob) and add back in some gradual balayge ends. As it always goes… I jump on the internet for some hairspiration. What girl doesn't? Below are a few photos of the look I will be aiming for when I go sit in the hairdresser's chair.
I especially love Miroslava Duma's hair in photos 1 and 2. What do you think Hautees? Which photo should I be taking to the hairdresser as hairspiration?
If I could look like anyone it would be Miroslava, don't you agree? She's a total fox!
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This chapter describes known documentation problems.
The name of this product is Solaris 8 7/01 , but code and path or package path names may use Solaris 2.8 or SunOS 5.8. Always follow the code or path as it is written.
The following text from the "Valid and Default Card Types for Client Applications" section is incorrect and should be ignored:
For example, suppose you specify iButton, Cyberflex, and CardA as the validcards properties for Application B. Then you specify Cyberflex as the defaultcard property. If Application B accepts only its default card and the user tries to log in to Application B with CardA, then the system displays the message:
Waiting for Default Card
The "Example--Creating User Information on a Smart Card (Command Line) "section has a property named username. The property name is incorrect. The property should read user.
The following note is missing from the "OCF Client Properties Overview" and "Additional Client Configuration Tasks" section :
Do not set the Re-authentication timeout to zero.
The following note is missing from the "Setting Up a Smart Card (Overview)" chapter:
Payflex cards do not support multiple profiles. Do not use Payflex cards in cases where a user needs to login to the desktop and one or more secure applications.
The localized New Features List are not contained in the Installation Kiosk.
Workaround: For a localized list, see "What's New at a Glance" in Solaris 8 Desktop User Supplement, Solaris 8 System Administration Supplement, Solaris 8 Software Developer Supplement, Solaris 8 Installation Supplement.
Some graphics in the CDE Users's Guide in AnswerBook2 are unreadable in the Spanish, Italian and German locales.
Workaround: Refer to the CDE User's Guide on http://docs.sun.com for readable graphics.
The AnswerBook2 software has been upgraded to Version 1.4.3, but the documentation still refers to Version 1.4.2. Aside from the number issue, the documentation is correct.
The 4-bit Priority field description reflects RFC 1883, which has been obsoleted by RFC 2460 (Solaris 8 implements RFC 2460). Consequently, the Priority field has been replaced by an 8-bit Traffic Class field. The IPv6 Header Format figure should identify the Traffic Class field in place of the Priority field. The Priority bullet on this page should also be replaced by the following Traffic Class description:
This new value also reduces the number of bits allocated to the "Flow Label" field to 20 bits.
The 4-bit Priority field description reflects RFC 1883, which has been obsoleted by RFC 2460 (Solaris 8 implements RFC 2460). Consequently, the Priority field has been replaced by the 8-bit Traffic Class field. The Priority section should be replaced by the following Traffic Classes section.
Originating nodes and forwarding routers can use the 8-bit Traffic Class field in the IPv6 header to identify and distinguish between different classes or priorities of IPv6 packets.
The following general requirements apply to the Traffic Class field.
The service interface to the IPv6 service within a node must provide a means for an upper-layer protocol to supply the value of the Traffic Class bits in packets originated by that upper-layer protocol. The default value must be zero for all 8 bits.
Nodes that support a specific use of some or all of the Traffic Class bits can change the value of those bits in packets that they originate, forward, or receive, as required for that specific use. Nodes should ignore and leave unchanged any bits of the Traffic Class field for which they do not support a specific use.
Step 10c in this procedure incorrectly omits the addition of the up parameter required in the line added to the /etc/hostname.ip.tun0 file. Consequently, the up parameter must be added at the end of the line entry in this step.
Several corrections apply to this section:
For the nfs_32_time_ok symbol:
Change the symbol name to: nfs_allow_preepoch_time.
Change the description to: This symbol controls whether the NFS client or server allows file time stamps that precede 1970.
No change to the default description.
Delete the nfs_acl_cache symbol entry.
Add an nfs_disable_rddir_cache symbol entry.
Description: Some servers do not properly update the attributes of the directory when changes are made. To allow interoperability with these broken servers, set this variable to disable the readdir cache.
Default: Set to off(0).
For the nfs_lookup_neg_cache and nfs3_lookup_neg_cache symbols:
Change the default to 1. Ignore the comment about the directory name caching.
Change the default description to: set to ncsize. By setting the variable to 1 you are effectively disabling the cache, not because there is an explicit check to see whether or not it is 1 but because you are creating a very small cache.
For the nfs_write_error_interval symbol:
Change the description: This symbol controls how often NFS ENOSPC and EDQUOT write error messages are logged. Its units are in seconds.
No change to the default description.
Delete the nfsreadmap symbol entry.
For the authdes_cachesz symbol:
Change the default description: Defaults to 1024.
Delete the authkerb_cachesz symbol entry.
Delete the authkerb_win symbol entry.
Current statement:
Use the mipagentstat(1M) command's -b option to display the home agent's binding table.
Should read as follows:
Use the mipagentstat(1M) command's -h option to display the home agent's binding table.
The Address Section in the Mobile IP configuration file has a parameter named Default-Node. This parameter name is incorrect. Node-Default is the correct parameter name.


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Browse Kentucky B&B Inns by Packages & Specials
Home > Find a B&B > Browse by Packages & Specials
Our member Kentucky B&B inns frequently offer specials and packages that cater to a wide variety of occasions. Is it your anniversary? Surprise your spouse with an inn that provides a bottle of wine and flowers. Do you need to getaway with the girls for a little R & R? Some inns provide in-room spa services or a selection of chick-flicks and a late night snack. Is a vacation incomplete unless a golf club is involved? Look for an inn that offers golf-specials.
Many inns offer discounts during the off-season, or mid-week specials. Travel doesn't have to cost a lot in order to be relaxing, restorative, and fun. Be sure to check these pages when looking into a specific Kentucky B&B - you may just end up adding something special to your getaway, or reducing its cost.
Use the categories and cities below to help narrow your choice, if you have a specific event or location in mind.


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Mayor's Office
Mayor Chris Beutler today presented the Mayor's Award of Excellence for August to K-9 officer Jake and his partner, Police Officer Jeffrey Urkevich. The monthly award recognizes City employees who provide exemplary service and work that demonstrates personal commitment to the City. The award was presented at the beginning of today's City Council meeting.
Urkevich has been with the Lincoln Police Department since 1997, and he and Jake have been partners since 2006. Detective Jim Breen nominated the team in the category of productivity for their work in a recent string of robberies and sexual assaults. The evidence collected by the team has led to an arrest, and the cases are pending. Breen said Urkevich has developed a close working relationship with Jake and does an excellent job of controlling the dog as they search for evidence.
The other categories in which employees can be nominated are customer relations, loss prevention, safety and valor. Consideration also may be given to nominations that demonstrate self-initiated accomplishments or those completed outside of the nominee's job description.
All City employees are eligible for the Mayor's Award of Excellence except for elected and appointed officials. Individuals or teams can be nominated by supervisors, peers, subordinates and the general public. Nomination forms are available on the City Web site at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: personnel) or from department heads, employee bulletin boards or the Personnel Department, which oversees the awards program.
All nominations are reviewed by the Mayor's Award of Excellence Committee, which includes a representative with each union and a non-union representative appointed by the Mayor. Award winners receive a $100 U.S. savings bond, a day off with pay and a plaque. Monthly winners are eligible to receive the annual award, which comes with a $500 U.S. savings bond, two days off with pay and a plaque.


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For Volunteers
Volunteers are program ambassadors who identify and recruit women eligible for Women's Way. Volunteers can provide one-on-one assistance helping women schedule and receive the services offered by Women's Way.
Volunteers are also "natural helpers" as they share Women's Way information with people they "naturally" come in contact with during the day, week or month. Natural helping may occur in places such as churches, neighborhoods, workplaces or service clubs.
For more information, call 1.800.280.5512 or e-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Overview of the Ford Falcon
The Falcon is a full-size car that has enjoyed a 50-year reign as one of the market's favourite family vehicles. Its popularity has waned somewhat in recent years, but nonetheless, it remains one of the most solid and reliable cars around, selling over 3 million units worldwide. Models currently on the new-car market include the sedan and 4x4, while the large, solid base of the Falcon made it a past favourite for panel vans, estates, and coupes. Original models dating back to the 1960s can still be found in various states of care and repair, alongside a further six generations sporting a variety of styles. Some would say that the Falcon's styling has lost its spark somewhat in recent years, lacking the freshness and bold lines of its earlier 20th-century counterpart, and certainly sales of new models have waned, but this is more likely due to a preference for smaller cars in the face of the rising costs of fuel than because of the Falcon's specific inability to please.
- Perfect for long runs but equally nippy around town; there is a reason the Ford Falcon is a popular fleet car
- Ideal family car
- Low running costs, and fuel economy is better than average
- If you are looking for cool styling, the Ford Falcon is not the answer
- This is not a destination car, but then neither is its price
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Mayor's Office
The City's 11th annual Abraham Lincoln Birthday Celebration Sunday, February 13 will feature Chicago actor Richard Marlatt in "Abraham Lincoln Carved in Stone." The performance begins at 2 p.m. at the Jennifer L. Dorsey-Howley Performing Arts Center at Lincoln Southeast High School, 2930 S. 37th Street. Marlatt wrote the one-man play based on Lincoln's own words.
The school will open at 1 p.m. and the theatre will open at 1:30 p.m. The performance will be followed by a reception with the actor featuring free birthday cake, exhibits and music by Lincoln's Chris Sayre. Susan Dittman of Lincoln also will be selling her new book, "Abraham Lincoln's Shining Star – the Inspiring Story of Abraham Lincoln and Nebraska." The celebration is presented by the City of Lincoln with support from the Nebraska Humanities Council, Lincoln Benefit Life and the Lincoln Public Schools.
Marlatt, a member of Actor's Equity Association and Screen Actors Guild, also will present a free workshop for high school and college students from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, February 12 at UNL's Temple Building, 12th and "R" streets. Students can register for "Making a Life in the Professional Theatre" by sending an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Marlatt presented the first workshop production of the play in Lincoln in the summer of 2009 as part of Nebraska Repertory Theatre's "Destination" series. He also has appeared in Nebraska Rep mainstage productions — The Drawer Boy, Metamorphoses, Moonlight and Magnolias and Anatomy of Gray.
"Bringing Abraham Lincoln's remarkable life story to the stage has been an incredible inspiration," Marlatt said. "Lincoln struggled against all odds and great tragedy, achieving so very much in his lifetime that might have seemed impossible."
A working professional actor and director since 1980, Marlatt has a Fine Arts Degree in Theatre and Interpretation. He has trained at The Royal National Theatre of Great Britain's Acting Studio in London and was the first Philip Meister Scholarship recipient at the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York. He has taught independent Masters Workshops as a Guest Artist in schools, colleges and universities since 1981.
Sayre has performed at all ten of the City's previous Lincoln celebrations. He is self taught on more than a dozen instruments and has performed and promoted traditional and contemporary folk music for nearly 30 years. He has performed nationally at more than 1,000 schools and is a longtime participant in the Artists in Schools/Communities Program, co-sponsored by the Nebraska Arts Council.
More information on the celebration is available by calling 441-7831.


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Featured News - Current News - Archived News - News Categories
State Sen. George Maziarz has again joined with the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program in its October breast cancer awareness campaign to urge women to get mammograms.
"October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a significant time to remind women to get mammograms," Maziarz said "Often women will put their own health on hold as they take care of family members; we want to send out the message that when you take care of yourself, you're taking care of your family."
For more information or to locate an accredited mammography facility nearby, call the Adelphi New York Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program at 1-800-877-8077. Callers can also get emotional support from the hotline's specially trained volunteers, most of whom are breast cancer survivors.
The hotline has been in existence for more than three decades. It is a project of the Adelphi University School of Social Work on Long Island. All services are free. On the Web, visithttp://www.adelphi.edu/nysbreastcancer.


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That explanation process is especially difficult in light of the fact that obstacles continue to pop up that act to delay approval of the Senate's version of farm legislation.
As of Dec. 14 the Senate appeared to be looking at a farm bill vote no sooner than Tuesday, Dec. 18. Had Senate Democrats been successful in their effort to pass a cloture motion to limit further debate and restrict the filing of additional amendments the Dec. 18 vote would have been locked in. As it stands now, Tuesday is still a likely date, but by no means a date certain.
Plains Cotton Growers and cotton producers across the High Plains have been actively communicating with Senators Phil Gramm and Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas encouraging them to seek the quickest possible route to passage of the Bill without neglecting the need to fairly debate proposed amendments to S.1731.
We have also made additional contact restating the fact that U.S. agriculture needs the farm bill process to move forward, and it needs to have a bill laid before the president at the earliest possible date to guarantee the parameters and programs that producers will operate under in 2002.
Producers and others who understand the critical need that exists for a redirection of farm programs are watching the Senate closely. It is clear that they are differentiating between legislators that are listening to their concerns and acting to move the process forward and those who seem unconcerned with the serious financial situation of farmers and ranchers struggling to survive and turn a profit.
Some Republican Senators have argued that S.1731 has so much extra baggage that it will not be able to be easily conferenced with H.R. 2646, The Farm Security Act of 2001, which was passed in October by the House of Representatives through the concerted efforts of House Ag Committee Chairman Larry Combest and ranking member Charles Stenholm.
That argument rings slightly hollow as the primary Republican alternatives also have their own challenges to overcome in a conference committee setting.
The bottom-line for producers is that Congress must conclude its work on the farm bill and send it to the president as quickly as possible. Political gamesmanship is easy to spot and constituents, with the availability of live coverage of activities in Washington, will ultimately make the determination of who is serious and who is not.


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Healing is a sub-skill of waterbending which involves healing wounds by redirecting energy paths, or chi, throughout the body, using water as a catalyst. It is effective on external, physical wounds, though knows its limits with internal injuries and illnesses. A waterbender can also employ this skill to heal their own wounds. On rare occasions, waterbenders may instinctively be able to perform this technique without any formal training.[1]
After Avatar Aang ignored Jeong Jeong's warnings of recklessly firebending, he accidentally burned Katara due to a lack of control over his flames. Seeking to soothe the pain, Katara submerged her hands in a creek, only to see the water around her hands glow silvery-blue and heal her. Having accidentally discovered this new ability, Katara used it again later that day to heal a burn on Aang's forearm, after a fight with Zhao.[1]
In the Northern Water Tribe, this ability was for a long time the only aspect of waterbending taught to female waterbenders, due to the traditionally patriarchal culture of the tribe.[2]
After the Hundred Year War, Katara continued to hone her skills and eventually became regarded as the greatest master healer in the world.[3] She passed on these skills to her only daughter, Kya, who became a renowned healer of her own accord during her travels around the world.[4] By 170 AG, male healers had become more common as well.[5]
As Korra's waterbending teacher, Katara also passed the art of healing onto Korra, and she used it to heal Bolin's shoulder after it was injured in the third round of the Fire Ferrets' semifinal match in the Pro-bending Tournament.[6] She used the technique once more when she healed General Iroh's injury he sustained during his fight against the Equalists' attack on Republic City.[7] When Korra had lost her bending due to Amon, she sought out Katara in order to be healed by her, but even she was unable to restore the Avatar's bending.[3]
Healers are quite prominent in Republic City, and the best of them were visited by Tahno after his bending was taken from him by Amon.[8] After Tarrlok fabricated evidence of a fight with the Equalists in City Hall, a healer was brought in to treat his arm, which he had used an electrified glove on to strengthen his alibi.[5]
Following the Anti-bending Revolution, Kya used her ability to heal Bumi's head injury without the water making contact with him.[9] When Jinora's soul later became trapped in the Spirit World, Kya tried to keep her physical body alive by keeping its energy flowing, though after a week of sessions, she felt Jinora slipping away and turned to Katara's greater expertise in the art to keep the young airbender alive,[10] until her spirit returned to the body. Meanwhile, Kya used the water found in the Spirit World to heal the unconscious Korra, Mako, and Bolin simultaneously.[11]
While Korra was still recuperating mentally and physically from her mercury poisoning during the final stage of the insurrection of the Red Lotus, she visited Katara, who used her superior healing prowess to sense the grave internal damage the Avatar had suffered. Despite being a healing master, Katara could not relieve the Avatar's suffering, only help guide Korra through the recovery process.[12]
In 174 AG, after sustaining injuries in an earthbending-cage fight, Korra healed her injured elbow herself by drawing normal water from the sink in a public bathroom.[12] Following Kuvira's invasion of the United Republic of Nations, a number of healers helped the numerous homeless evacuees by manning a medic tent.[13]
Physically, healing draws on the restorative properties of water in organisms that are primarily composed of it, such as human beings. Though unusually strong and powerful, waterbending-induced healing cannot heal every ailment, for example, Jet's internal wounds[14] or the complications associated with Princess Yue's birth.[15] It has been demonstrated that healing is ineffective on a person who has had their chi flow blocked or otherwise disrupted; Katara was unable to help a Terra Team member who had been a victim of Ty Lee's chi blocking skills,[16] and not even the best healers could restore bending lost through advanced bloodbending, as demonstrated by failed attempts by Republic City's best healers to restore Tahno's,[8] and Katara's to restore Korra's.[3]
Waterbending-induced healing is known to work on physical injuries, such as burns,[1][17] lacerations,[18] broken bones, diseases brought on by severe pollution,[19] and severe tissue damage caused by lightning bolts.[20][21] It is even able to cure mental distress and tampering.[14] The healing abilities of a waterbender appear to be influenced by the water they use: when using spirit water from the Spirit Oasis in the North Pole, Katara was able to save Aang's life after he was mortally wounded from being struck by lightning,[20] though he remained in a coma for a few weeks and required follow-up healing sessions to cope with the pain and be restored to full health.[22]
Unalaq developed a unique skill, known as spiritbending,[23] that utilizes knowledge in both healing and spirituality to alter and affect spiritual energy within spirits.
In one aspect, the technique involves changing a spirit's negative energy into positive energy, restoring its internal balance in the process.[24] It is performed by encircling a spirit in water and is completed when the spirit begins to glow bright yellow, at which point the spirit dissipates or assumes a pacified form. Although the technique has been used extensively to calm single spirits,[25] it can also be used to calm several spirits simultaneously, as both Unalaq and Korra have demonstrated.[26][27]
In another variation, the conversion process can be used to promote imbalance, by changing a spirit's positive energy into negative energy. The mechanics of the technique remain the same, although the spirit is covered by purple light instead of gold. Unalaq claims that this variation has the potential to destroy a human's soul.[28]
Known practitioners
- H indicates known ability to use regular healing.
- S indicates known ability to use spiritbending.
- By 100 AG, all known healers were female due to the dissipation of the Southern Water Tribe waterbenders and the tradition of the Northern Water Tribe to restrict female benders to hone the vitakinetic sub-skill of waterbending. Males began to practice the art after the end of the Hundred Year War, however, as male healers were present in both Republic City and the Northern Water Tribe.
- A technique similar to healing was used by an elderly shaman in 171 AG and involved the use of firebending to sense chi paths and detect spiritual energy within an individual. In contrast to the waterbending form of healing, this technique does not revitalize any cells to accelerate healing.[29]
- Korra is the only person known to have used both the regular and spiritual forms of healing. She is also the only known Avatar to have been trained in healing.
- Healing was inspired by Reiki,[30] a spiritual practice commonly known as palm- or hands-on-healing.


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Twitter Improves DMCA Policy: Alerts Public To 'Removed' Tweets
from the a-step-up deptFor years, we've criticized Twitter's DMCA policy, in which it completely disappears tweets that are subject to DMCA takedown notices it receives. The company, as part of its transparency campaign, has now changed its policy slightly, such that it will now replace the taken down tweet with one that indicates the tweet was removed due to a DMCA notice. While security researcher Mikko Hypponen has a tweet showing the text that Twitter is replacing tweets with, it quickly became clear that his tweet was a "joke" to show that it's easy to simply copy the general text that Twitter will be using:
This Tweet from @username has been withheld in response to a report from the copyright holder. Learn more.The "replaced" tweets now link to this page with an explanation of Twitter's new DMCA policy. While that policy notes, thankfully, that it also sends all DMCA notices to Chilling Effects, it would be even cooler if the tweets in question linked to the Chilling Effects entry with the DMCA notice in question, so people could understand who removed the tweet and why. There may be some issues with the timing on that, but right now it leaves open a lot of questions about why certain tweets were removed. And, given that it's somewhat easy to "fake" the new tweets (even though faked ones won't have the "learn more" phrase linked), I wonder if these will have the same impact.


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SOURCE: Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
May 31, 2012 15:07 ET
SOUDERTON, PA--(Marketwire - May 31, 2012) - Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (NASDAQ: UVSP) and its insurance subsidiary, Univest Insurance, Inc., today announced the acquisition of Javers Group, a full-service employee benefits agency that specializes in comprehensive human resource management, payroll and administrative services to businesses with 50 to 1,000 employees. The acquisition, completed on May 31, 2012, expands Univest's insurance and employee benefits business and further diversifies its solutions to include human resource consulting services and technology.
"Growth of the Univest Insurance business through acquisition is part of our long term strategy to diversify our business, giving consumers and businesses in the region convenient access to a complete range of financial solutions from one company," said William S. Aichele, chairman, president and CEO of Univest Corporation. "Javers' experienced team of professionals strengthens Univest's ability to serve the insurance, benefits, workers' compensation and human resources needs of businesses and individuals."
Javers Group, founded in 1999 by its president Chris Wichser, has consistently been honored for its expertise in human resource management and significant growth throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. In 2005 they became an Alliance Partner of ADP, one of the world's largest providers of human resource, payroll, tax and business administration outsourcing solutions. In 2011, Javers ranked number one in the country for the second consecutive year in ADP's Group Health Alliance program based on business growth. It also was one of four companies honored in Pennsylvania as a Gold Member by United Healthcare for being a top performing benefits provider.
"Javers Group's outsourcing services and technologies allow companies to reduce or eliminate time spent on human resource responsibilities and cut administrative costs," stated Ronald R. Flaherty, president of Univest Insurance, Inc. "While the company primarily serves businesses with more than 50 employees, they have a strong reputation for delivering a unique blend of high quality human resource programs and using innovative systems to design an affordable solution for any size business."
Javers is headquartered in Berwyn, Pa., and also operates offices in New York, New Jersey and Maryland. Univest will retain all company employees, relocating staff from the Berwyn office to its current insurance office in West Chester, Pa. Javers Group employees working from offices out of state will continue to operate in their current locations. Javers Group will immediately begin operating under the name Univest Insurance, Inc.
The acquisition of Javers Group is Univest's second acquisition of an employee benefits solutions company in the last five years. In December 2008, Univest acquired Liberty Benefits, Inc., a full service employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm specializing in comprehensive employee benefits packages for businesses with two to 500 employees.
About Univest Insurance, Inc.
Univest Insurance, Inc., headquartered in Lansdale, Pa. is an independent insurance agency, providing property and casualty insurance, employee benefits, and life, health and disability insurance for individuals, businesses and nonprofit clients. Univest Insurance also has offices in West Chester, Chester County and Upper Marlboro Township, MD.
About Univest Corporation
Headquartered in Souderton, Pa., Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (www.univest.net) and its subsidiaries serve the financial needs of residents, businesses, and nonprofit organizations in Bucks, Chester, Montgomery and Lehigh counties. For more information on Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania and its subsidiaries, please visit www.univest.net.
This press release of Univest Corporation and the reports Univest Corporation files with the Securities and Exchange Commission often contain "forward-looking statements" relating to present or future trends or factors affecting the banking industry and, specifically, the financial operations, markets and products of Univest Corporation. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties. There are a number of important factors that could cause Univest Corporation's future results to differ materially from historical performance or projected performance. These factors include, but are not limited to: (1) a significant increase in competitive pressures among financial institutions; (2) changes in the interest rate environment that may reduce net interest margins; (3) changes in prepayment speeds, loan sale volumes, charge-offs and loan loss provisions; (4) general economic conditions; (5) legislative or regulatory changes that may adversely affect the businesses in which Univest Corporation is engaged; (6) technological issues which may adversely affect Univest Corporation's financial operations or customers; (7) changes in the securities markets or (8) risk factors mentioned in the reports and registration statements Univest Corporation files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Univest Corporation undertakes no obligation to revise these forward-looking statements or to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.
Kim Detwiler
Senior Vice President, Director of Corporate Communications
Univest Corporation
Kim Detwiler
Senior Vice President, Director of Corporate Communications
Univest Corporation
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Blue and White Facade - Cuba
Sancti Spiritus , Cuba / March 15, 2017: Blue walls and white ironwork of exterior facade of Museo Provincial - Provincial Museum.
Blue and Yellow Cocktail
Frosty yellow and blue alcoholic beverage, with condensation on the glass, served at a Cuban resort, background with people blurred.
Bay of Pigs, Playa Giron, Cuba
This beautiful beach cove in Cuba was the site of the famous CIA-sponsored Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961 that ultimately failed.
Children Playing In Cuba
Havana, Cuba / March 22, 2016: Happy smiling little girls playing with jump rope in Old Havana Alley.
Bronze Beatles Statues
Varadero, Cuba / March 17, 2016: Bronze statues of rock legends, The Beatles.
Beatles Bar Restaurant
Varadero, Cuba / March 17, 2016: The Beatles" Bar-Restaurant is a popular place for live rock band performances in the beach town.
Benny Moré Statue Closeup
Cienfuegos, Cuba / March 15, 2016: Monument to Benny Moré, a Cuban singer, bandleader and songwriter known as El Bárbaro del Ritmo and El Sonero Mayor.
Benny Moré Statue
Bread Delivery Man
La Boca, Cuba - March 15, 2016: Cuban man delivers bread every morning in the rural town of La Boca using a bicycle equipped with a storage box.
Calixto Garcia Monument
Havana, Cuba - March 13. 2016: Monument to Calixto Garcia, a general in the Cuban War for Independence.
Cafeteria / Coffeeshop - Trinidad, Cuba
Trinidad, Cuba / March 15, 2016: Cuban man leans against colorful corner coffee shop with painted mural in UNESCO heritage city.
Cuban Soldiers at Che Guevara Mausoleum
Santa Clara, Cuba / March 16, 2016: Three Cuban soldiers in green fatigues crossing plaza at the Che Guevara Mausoleum.
Headstones at Che Guevara Mausoleum
The Che Guevara Mausoleum is a memorial in Santa Clara, Cuba, located in "Plaza Che Guevara". It houses the remains of the revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and twenty-nine of his fellow combatantsSanta Clara, Cuba / March 16, 2016:
Santa Clara, Cuba / March 16, 2016: Bronze statue of revolutionary military leader Che Guevara.
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Get into Summerfest for reduced prices or for free with the following admission promotions.
All admission promotions start at noon and run while ticket supplies last or through 3 p.m., whichever comes first. Visit Summerfest.com for complete details on all admission promotions.
Wednesday, June 27: Johnson Controls Stomp Out Hunger Day
All patrons arriving between noon and 3 p.m. who donate three non-perishable food items will receive one free admission ticket. Donations will be accepted at the Mid Gate Promotions Booth as well as the North Gate. All donations to benefit Hunger Task Force.
Thursday, June 28: Klement's Sausage Day
The first 1,500 patrons will receive one free admission ticket when they provide a Klement's product label (8 oz. or larger) and a non-perishable food item.
Friday, June 29: Miller High Life -- Give a Veteran a Piece of the High Life
The first 2,000 patrons, 21 and older, arriving between noon and 3 p.m. who bring six Miller High Life or Miller High Life Light bottle caps will receive one free admission ticket. Visit www.millerhighlife.com for details on the national "Give a Veteran a Piece of the High Life" program.
GATE GIVEAWAY -- Friday, June 29 -- Starting at 5 p.m. while supplies last
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The first 5,000 patrons will receive one co-branded bandana compliments of U.S. Cellular and Summerfest.
Saturday, June 30: Goodwill Industries Day
Make a donation at a Goodwill Store & Donation Center between June 1-June 30, 2012 and bring the donation receipt to receive one free admission ticket valid only on June 30 from noon-3 p.m. One receipt per person. Arrive early, this promotion is very popular and limited to the first 1,500 people.
Sunday, July 1: Kohl's Family Day
The first 2,500 patrons who donate three non-perishable food items for kids will receive one free admission ticket. Suggested items include peanut butter, canned fruit and macaroni and cheese. All donations to benefit Hunger Task Force. Arrive early, this is a popular promotion.
Tuesday, July 3: H.O.G. Day at Summerfest
Receive one free admission ticket when presenting a valid H.O.G. (Harley Owners Group) card. One admission per card. In addition, H.O.G. members will have exclusive access to the Harley-Davidson Hospitality Deck located at the Harley-Davidson Roadhouse Stage between the hours of 5 to 9 p.m. on July 3. Limited space; first come, first served. Once the deck reaches capacity, access will be on a "one out, one in" basis.
Wednesday, July 4: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Show Your Smile Day
All patrons who present the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel coupon between noon and 3 p.m. will receive one free admission when they purchase one weekday admission ($9). The coupon will be available in the Sunday, July 1 edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. No copies will be accepted.
Thursday, July 5: Sentry Foods and Dean's Milk & Ice Cream Children's Fest Day
All patrons arriving between noon and 3 p.m. will be admitted free. Spend a fun-filled day with the family enjoying free Children's Fest activities including the Map of Fun and Family Ticket Package giveaway contest. Select food vendors will offer discounts on food and beverage items.
Friday, July 6: Malt-O-Meal Day
The first 1,500 patrons will receive one free admission ticket when presenting an original receipt from any Wisconsin grocer that specifies the purchase of any two Malt-O-Meal Bag Cereals (10 oz. or larger). Receipt must be dated between June 27 - July 6, 2012. Copies or handwritten receipts will not be accepted. To find the store nearest you, visit www.maltomeal.com.
Saturday, July 7: Northwestern Mutual "Make a Child Smile Day"
The first 1,500 patrons who donate any new, indoor children's toy, art supplies or children's G or PG rated DVD movie with a $10 minimum value will receive one free admission ticket. All items collected will be used throughout the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin system. (All items must be new with original tags attached and/or original packaging.)
Sunday, July 8: Summerfest Fan Appreciation Day
All patrons arriving between 12:-3 p.m. will be admitted for free … compliments of Summerfest. Thank you for 45 years of fun and support.


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Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado Makes Carnegie Hall Debut with Orchestra of St. Luke Tonight
Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) will open its 2012/2013 orchestra series with Principal Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado leading the orchestra for the first time at Carnegie Hall. The performance also marks Heras-Casado's main stage Carnegie Hall debut.Heras-Casado will conduct a broad collection of works by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and Schumann-including the U.S. premiere of Debussy's Five Préludes as orchestrated by the German conductor and composer Hans Zender in 1991. The distinguished pianist Christian Zacharias will join the orchestra in the first half of the program to perform Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2."This is a very special concert for me-to have the chance to perform with my orchestra for the first time on the main stage at Carnegie Hall," Heras-Casado said. "I am also looking forward to collaborating with Christian Zacharias for the first time. He is a musician who has earned a reputation among orchestras for being a perfect partner." Heras-Casado was named OSL Principal Conductor in December 2011. Throughout his four-year appointment, he will perform with the orchestra regularly at Carnegie Hall and the Caramoor International Music Festival, and will take part in special projects. He is OSL's fourth titled conductor, along with Roger Norrington (1990-1994), Charles Mackerras (1998-2001) and Donald Runnicles (2001-2007).OSL will continue its 2012/2013 orchestra series on March 28, 2013 with maestro Iván Fischer performing J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion with the New York City-based chorus Musica Sacra, featuring soloists soprano Dominique Labelle, mezzo-soprano Barbara Kozelj, tenor John Tessier and bass-baritone Hanno Müller-Brachmann.
OSL will close its orchestra series on June 1, 2013 with a program of Haydn and Mozart led by the distinguished period music conductor Nicholas McGegan. Maestro McGegan's original Carnegie Hall date with OSL on November 1, 2012 was postponed due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy. The June 1 concert will include cellist Steven Isserlis performing Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 2. It will be McGegan's first performance with OSL at Carnegie Hall.
The performance will take place in the Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage tonight, February 7, 2013, at 8:00 PM. To purchase subscriptions for OSL's orchestra series ($75 - $240) or tickets to individual concerts ($14.50 - $84.00), call (212) 247-7800 or visit CarnegieHall.org.
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Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Five Préludes (orch. Hans Zender) (U.S. Premiere)
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (1841 version)
Now in its 38th season, Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) is one of America's foremost and most versatile ensembles. Dedicated to engaging audiences throughout New York City and beyond, OSL performs approximately 70 orchestral, chamber and educational concerts each year-including an annual orchestra series at Carnegie Hall, an annual chamber music series at The Morgan Library & Museum and Brooklyn Museum and summer concerts as Orchestra-in-Residence at Caramoor International Music Festival. OSL's Principal Conductor is Pablo Heras-Casado.
OSL collaborates regularly with the world's great artists, such as Renée Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma, Susan Graham, Anna Netrebko, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mark Morris Dance Group, Peter Gabriel, Sting, Elton John and many more. In March 2011, OSL opened The DiMenna Center for Classical Music-its first permanent home, and New York City's first rehearsal and recording facility dedicated to classical music. Committed to community-building, OSL produces free concerts in each of the five boroughs as part of its Subway Series, free concerts devoted to the artistic process as part of its OSL@DMC series at The DiMenna Center and has engaged more than one million people in its Community & Education programs.
OSL's stellar 70+ discography includes seven releases on its own label, St. Luke's Collection, and four Grammy Award-winning recordings. Throughout its history OSL has commissioned more than 50 new works and performed more than 150 world, U.S. and New York City premieres. For OSL's calendar of events, tickets and more information, visit OSLmusic.org.
Pablo Heras-Casado enjoys an unusually varied conducting career-encompassing the great symphonic and operatic repertoire, historically-informed performance and cutting-edge contemporary scores-and has already developed a special rapport with a number of soloists, orchestras and opera houses. In December 2011, he was announced Principal Conductor of Orchestra of St. Luke's in New York, beginning a four-year term including an annual season at Carnegie Hall.
The 2012/13 season sees Heras-Casado give return performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago and San Francisco symphony orchestras, the Tonhalle-Orchester, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, and the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra. He gives debut performances with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Münchner Philharmoniker, the Spanish National Orchestra and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Opera performances include Rigoletto at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Les Vêpres siciliennes at Oper Frankfurt, and Il Postino at Teatro Real, Madrid.
In 2013/14, Harmonia Mundi will release Heras-Casado's recording of Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 2, Lobgesang, with Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, in addition to a disc featuring Freiburger Barockorchester in Schubert's Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4. A DVD of his conducting Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden is due for release by Euroarts in Spring 2013.
Heras-Casado is the holder of the Medalla de Honor of the Rodriguez Acosta Foundation, of which previous recipients include Manuel De Falla and Andrés Segovia Torres. In February 2012, he was awarded with the Golden Medal of Merit by the Council of Granada, his hometown. His 2011 DVD recording of Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at Teatro Real received the Diapason d'Or.


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Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Macarons for grown ups- Cosmopolitan and Mojito macarons
Posted by My Kitchen Antics at Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Labels: afternoon tea, Cocktails and Drinks, cosmopolitan macarons, Delectable Desserts, lime and mint macarons, macarons, macarons for grown ups, mojito macarons, raspberry
6 comments:
- Priya Suresh said...
Love that these macarons are just for grown ups, very attractive they are..
- 12 March 2014 at 11:50
- Anupa Joseph (Palaharam) said...
U have become a pro in macaroon making... Love the colours and different flavours u come up with... I gave up making macaroon after a very disastrous attempt... u r tempting me to gather up courage and try it again
- 12 March 2014 at 16:13
- Ananda Rajashekar said...
oh this is just wonderful Nisha, I tried Mojito macrons from Pierre Marcolini, was blow away with it, now i have your recipe to hold on to will try it soon. Gorgeous pictures!
- 12 March 2014 at 20:33
- Shema George said...
I love macarons but I have tried making them at home yet.. I will save this recipe. Looks very good Nisha
- 13 March 2014 at 12:37
- Vineetha Sush said...
Ithu thinnal fit akumo :P It might come handy for me if I go for an interview =D
- 18 March 2014 at 14:40
- Shabs.. said...
Hey girlie!
Just thought of blog hopping over some of my fave blogs, and so here I am. You know nish, when I opened your blog, what came into mind was our talks on prop shopping, blogging, macaron and of course gossips!I miss them all. It looks like I have gone far away from blogging and I would have to fight to reach where I used to be. I so miss blogging, just made me realize how busy my life has become, I have absolutely no time for anything, not even to think about blogging!!
Anyways, you have become an expert in macarons; they look fantastic! have been going thru other posts as well..Many new collection to your props eh? Whenever I go shopping,I see quite lot of new stuffs, it itches to buy, but I have to resist. I found multicoloured straws in home bargains btw..just for a quid.
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Bridal trends transform grandma's china from vintage to vogue
(BPT) - New brides are transforming something old into something new. That's according to the latest bridal tabletop trends.
While in recent years brides have been registering for casual dinnerware, lately industry ex- perts are seeing brides returning to fine china. Sales indicate they're opting for porcelain and bone china, which are more durable than stoneware because these mediums are less likely to chip.
White patterns continue to be strong bridal sellers, ranging in shades from pure white to ecru, with gold trim making a resurgence among millennial brides.
But in an emerging trend, observers are finding vintage is vogue.
"Brides are embracing heirloom patterns for a number of reasons," says Keith Winkler, product marketing manager at Replacements, Ltd. "First of all, there's a strong, emotional connection to those inherited pieces because it ties them to family and tradition. At the same time, vintage is huge throughout the fashion industry, and that's impacting dinnerware trends. Brides are hanging onto Grandma's china, but they're also looking to give family treasures a more contemporary spin."
John Griffith oversees the visual merchandising team at Replacements, known as the world's largest retailer of old and new china, crystal, silver and collectibles. He often hears from brides needing help transforming family treasures.
"It doesn't matter whether inherited dinnerware is decades old, patterns are timeless through the magic of mixing and matching," says Griffith. "I suggest using your heirloom pattern as a starting point, then mixing in various colors, shapes and even other mediums such as glass or acrylics. By creating a sort of 'retro remix,' you can dress up your sentimental favorite for formal entertaining, or just as easily dress down your tableware for a casual evening with friends."
For example, Griffith says mixing in square salad plates with round shaped dinnerware creates art deco flair. Mixing different colored plates or glass can open up an entire new color palette.
He's adamant; don't be afraid to be bold and try something new.
"I recently had a customer come in with an heirloom goblet she wanted to match," he says. "We didn't have any pieces in her pattern, so I instead zeroed in on a design element with the goblet, in this case the stem style on the glass. I added in four additional crystal patterns, all with a similar stem design. By matching that particular design element, we created a really elegant, contemporary look."
Griffith leads design seminars on creating trendy tables at the company's retail store. Many of his insights appear on Replacements' YouTube channel and Facebookpage at www.facebook.com/Replacements.
One challenge brides often encounter with heirloom pieces lies in the fact family members sometimes forget the name of the pattern. Griffith suggests taking advantage of Replacements' free pattern identification service. Additional information is available on the company's website, www.replacements.com.


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James Franco Opens Up About His Roast And, Yes, All Those Gay Jokes
There's been a lot of debate over Comedy Central's James Franco roast, specifically because the actor (who's shown a fascination, if you will, with gay-centric material) was on the receiving end of a large number of gay jokes.
We watched comedian Guy Branum roast the roasters over the weekend, but now we're finally hearing from the man himself.
Franco spoke with The Daily Beast and gave his take on what went down. Here's an excerpt from that conversation:
Daily Beast: How was the roast, for you?
That whole thing was a shock to me because I didn't know they were going to be roasting each other, and I do comedy mainly with Seth [Rogen] and that gang, but I'm not necessarily up on the comedy world, so it's interesting to see what's acceptable as far as gay jokes and Indian jokes. They had to cut about 40–60 minutes of it. But Jeff Ross was saying some crazy shit. They weren't even funny, these jokes, they just gave me nightmares. He was referencing the Ohio kidnapper dude [Ariel Castro], abortion, it was just like … "oh god."
Daily Beast: With the gay jokes, it seems like when an actor plays a gay character convincingly onscreen, whether it's you in Milk or whoever, gay rumors seem to sprout up about that actor. And, of course, there were a lot of gay jokes directed at you during the roast, as well as in This Is the End.
There's two sides to what happened in the roast. If that's what they were going to make fun of me for, I was like, "Great! Bring on the gay jokes!" because these aren't insults at all. I don't even care if people think I'm gay, so it was like, "Awesome!" I mean, I wish I was … I wish I was gay.
Daily Beast: Why?
I mean … we don't have to go into it. But as far as that larger phenomenon that you're talking about that happens to other actors, part of it is that movies are a place where people can project things and identify with characters, and it's the same thing with actors outside of their roles—and it's been that way since Hollywood was around. That's why there's a lot of conjecture. That's been one of my things, too. My relationship with my public image over the past four or five years has just become weirder and weirder, because I look at it and it's me, and it's not me, so if other people want to use that for their own purposes or needs, I'm fine with it.
Things that popped out for us: James Franco wishes he were gay and "we don't have to go into it."
Daily Beast, it is your journalistic duty to go into it!! We demand that you go into it!!
What did you think of Franco's take on his roast, Instincters?
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Ha! - to the idiot who tried to "teach" everyone a lesson on correct grammar & punctuation! Not only should you have said *focused (as in literature-focused), but you also forgot to include "be (as in "needs to be spent on").
See what happens when you're a know-it-all...without proofreading your sh*t? You then look like the nitpick-y b*tch you are.
I have to agree with the whole who is gay and who isn't argument. But please learn the correct wording when you are writing. Weather is rain, snow, sun, etc. You want the word "whether" instead. Unfortunately for our society, the school system doesn't teach English in English classes. They are more literature focus. Read this and get what I want you to get out of it. More time needs to spent on actual grammar as well as spelling.
Harassing people about being gay or not is just getting old and sick...if you fantasize about someone and wish they were gay talking about it does not make it so. I am really getting tired of the gay journalists (used loosely) thinking that it is OK to make a stink on weather someone is gay or not and weather or not they need to be public about it. This kind of need...borders on the absurd. Actually, a good journalist does not need to ask the question just plenty of questions around it...Shake a tree and see what's in it...Don't cut it down.


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The Trades as Practiced in the Homeland: Part III
By Alfred Opp, Vancouver, British Columbia
Edited by Connie Dahlke, Walla Walla, Washington
From the beginning, weavers were well-represented - imported yard-good fabric was non-existent. It was the weavers who provided cloth and blankets for the pioneer settlers. Fibers such as wool and flax were used by these early weavers. The weaving trade served the colonists until commercial yard goods became available. Teplitz had a commercial weaving plant called "Jesse & Co." that started operations in 1895. It produced fine woolen cloth for private and commercial use. After that, our town had very few weavers, but one did live next door to my parents. These weavers made floor runners, Plachta (blankets), spreads and horse blankets, among other things. Our neighbor kept busy, Mom said, and did well. These same types of items made by the Bulgarians were available at the market, but the colors were not to our taste. We have a Plachta in our possession, given to us by my aunt as a souvenir from back home.
To grind grain into flour is a very ancient practice. Our ancestors made do with a hand-operated mill device that later was upgraded to using horse power. But this was still slow and produced poor quality flour. Then someone thought of using wind power. My ancestor Erhard Müller has been named as one of the first to build and use a windmill. But using wind power to run a mill didn't work out either due to an unsteady supply of wind. In the mid- to late-1800's, things changed when steam-power became available. That was a big improvement that worked well for us until we left in 1940. Our grandmothers were always looking for high quality flour. My ancestor J. Zacher helped to set up the steam-powered mill in Teplitz. The steam generators were fired with straw. Wood and coal were expensive, but straw we had in abundance.
The masonry trade was in demand in Teplitz from day one. These masons did their work with limited resources and their work was not fancy in design. The first houses built in Teplitz were little more than one-room huts that had a hearth in the middle of the room with no flue – only a hole in the roof. The masons were kept busy building the hearths and bake ovens. In addition to these jobs, the masons also lined the wells. In later years, the Russians and Bulgarians took up the trade, and they were masters at their craft. Our local masons were kept busy building hearth ovens, retaining walls and cellars. The jobs of building stone houses and other large projects went to the outsiders.
To kill an animal is not a new idea, and we had butchers among us from the first settler in Teplitz. The books about Teplitz give names of butchers who at one time worked their trade under a license set up by the community. This means that these butchers either worked or sold meat from an outlet under supervision. This could indicate that these butchers needed guidance to be honest and fair to the settlers. A butcher named K. H. learned his craft in Germany and set the standard for meat cutting.
Smoking and salting of meat was not new either. What changed in meat preparation was the method of preparing sausage meat for casing. Today we have meat grinders – back then meat was chopped by hand. That had to be done just right, and not everybody had the talent. People who lacked this skill hired those who were good at it. Word of mouth has it that these "expert" choppers did their chopping to a rhythm.
In my time, we had many butchers who were available for hire. Unemployment forced men to seek more than one trade to feed their families. The good ones stood out from the rest. My parents chose Friedrich Keller, a big man, to do this chore. His wife, Justine, was the midwife who introduced me to this world. My Zacher grandparents used a man named A. Dreher, who had the reputation of being the best in the business. That came with a price. Friedrich Keller was so precise and fast that he was capable of butchering two pigs in one day.
When the day set for butchering work arrived, everything had to be ready down to the smallest details. Mom got help from Dad's mother and sister who showed up at daybreak to do the preparation work. Plenty of hot water was needed along with a clean place to work, clean towels, and containers on hand. The pigs we raised were heavy, and fattened up to produce meat and lard. When the pig was killed, it was not an easy thing to watch. Then work started, with everybody running according to their assigned orders. The intestines had to be cleaned, the meat was ground up, and then everything was ready for sausage making. Meat cuts for salting and smoking were set aside for preparation on a later day. For us kids, butchering day was a feast – for our parents it was a hard day's work. We children got the first taste of "pot meat" – usually the pig's tail, or a slice from the liver.
We learned to get by on what we had, and to make the best of it. With no time to spare in our struggle to survive, all creative ideas for improvements that came along got a try. One person helping another created a community bond. To survive, we all needed each other. From the time we were removed to Germany in 1940, and then on to Poland for settlement, the lives of the Bessarabians has been a school of new things to get used to. After 1948 our men and women adjusted to jobs in the modern industrial world. It was amazing how well our people were able to adapt to a modern system. This can be explained solely by the fact that our people had developed a great deal of common sense over the years. I'm proud of them and can speak on a personal note. Our people left nothing undone, and they did not quit a task without finishing it. They had many challenges to overcome and faced one obstacle after another. People have energy and strength, but it takes a will to put that to work. I'm battling a serious illness for which there is no cure. What I do have going for me is my will to live. According to the doctor I have already passed the dateline.
If you stand up for what you believe, you are already half-way to succeeding.
Alfred Opp is the author of "Pawns on the World Stage" - the memoirs of his childhood in Teplitz, Bessarabia and the experiences of his family in war-torn Europe (Poland during 1941-1945 before they fled to East Germany in 1945, then the reconstruction of West Germany 1945-1955) - available from the NDSU website.


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|A new report says wind turbines have the potential to supply all the world's energy needs. Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers describe using global estimates of local wind production to determine that a land-based network of 2.5 megawatt turbines installed in non-urban, non-forested, non-ice covered areas could supply all of the world's electricity needs. We'll talk with the authors of the report about their findings, and the barriers to putting such a plan into practice.


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It has long been muted that Carlos Tevez would eventually leave English shores to continue his career in Italy with both Milan clubs Internazionale and AC having courted the explosive Argentine for a number of years - however it was the Old Lady of Turin, Juventus, who finally ended Carlos Tevez's controversy filled spell in England.
Tevez was pictured in Turin yesterday evening with his new Number 10 shirt and said to Sky Italia: "I'm really happy to be here at Juve" before adding, "Juventus wanted me more than Milan."
With Juventus having already secured the signature of Athletic Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente on a Bosman - with the deal due to be completed on July 1 it looks very much as if Antonio Conte wants to improve his options going forward as the Italian Champions look to progress further than the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
However with Conte being known for his stringent preference of a 3-5-2 or a 3-1-4-2 there is great debate as to just how Tevez will fit into the Juventus system alongside Llorente.
It was plain for all to see last term that Juventus lacked in the forward department, Alessandro Matri had an acceptable albeit not prolific season with the Italian striker providing just eight goals, Nicklas Bendtner on loan from Arsenal pitched in with no League goals at all whilst Sebastian Giovinco on his return to Turin after a loan spell with Parma, did actually contribute seven goals from the attacking midfield position which did take a small amount of pressure off the shoulders of Mirko Vucinic who was entrusted with the task of leading the Juventus front line however the Montenegrin could only muster ten goals in thirty one appearances.
With Conte desperately looking for more goals from his side especially in the forward department it made great sense to spend a significant amount of money on a marquee signing in that area, many thought Llorente was this marquee signing and Conte would ease the Spaniard into his current system without too much pressure due to the lack of a transfer fee however the signing of Tevez whose wages are reported to be significantly higher than any other of Juventus' forwards is a real act of intent as Juventus look to improve yet further under Conte.
Juventus also suffered from a lack of depth in their forward line last season with Matri and Quagliarella suffering from injuries which left Conte without options and forced his hand in the signing of Nicolas Anelka on loan in January. With Conte lacking numbers going forward as a result of injuries to a number of his forwards the Italian coach had to turn to a 3-5-1-1 system which utilised just one recognised striker which worked as a result of the sizeable physical strength possessed by Juventus in their midfield in the shapes of Paul Pogba, Arturo Vidal and Claudio Marchisio. Such evasive action will not be necessary this coming campaign however with Conte having strengthened his forward line in number with additions of Llorente and Tevez.
However whilst from the outset these transfers look positive we still have to analyse whether or not Carlos Tevez and Llorente will fit into Conte's system at Juventus with the 3-5-2 or the 3-4-1-2 formations only allowing for two recognised centre forwards with Mirko Vucinic still having to be accommodated into the team. Antonio Conte in having a player like Tevez at his disposal is now to a degree blessed as a result of the Argentine's versatility and work rate, it would not be a huge surprise to me if next season we see Llorente and Vucinic as the forward pairing with Tevez playing just off them as the 'false nine' in the '1' slot in the 3-4-1-2 formation.
Tevez's energy and creativity would allow him to play this role perfectly in terms of drawing a defender out towards him and then sliding a clever reverse pass to either Llorente or Vucinic into the space the defender has just left vacated. We have seen Carlos Tevez play this way before during his time at Manchester City and earlier Manchester United, especially after the arrival of Dimitar Berbatov in the summer of 2008.
Tevez when he returned from his self imposed golfing 'exile' near the climax of the 2011/12 campaign, was thrust straight back into the Manchester City team to aid the Blues' hunt for the Premier League title and the Argentine was instrumental in City eventually claiming the crowd with the experienced attacker often dropping deeper than his centre forward role required to collect the ball and then feed Sergio Aguero in behind. The two formed a lethal partnership throughout the latter matches of that campaign but were unable to recreate it the following season.
At Manchester United following Dimitar Berbatov's arrival Tevez found first-team opportunities difficult to come by in comparison to his previous season at Old Trafford and was often forced to play just off Berbatov and look to feed the Bulgarian into good goalscoring positions, however the pairing's playing styles never really clicked and it was a partnership that was doomed to fail from the outset and ended with Tevez refusing to join the club on a permanent basis.
Alternatively we could see a direct pairing of Tevez and Llorente at Juventus next season with the playing styles and tendencies of the two having the potential to be significantly fruitful for Conte. Carlos Tevez is known to be a hard worker on the pitch, chasing after most lost balls that other players wouldn't as well as pressing the opposition's defensive line high up the pitch, this would suit Llorente's more relaxed, slower if you will, style of play right down to the ground.
Whilst at Bilbao, Llorente has often been seen as a technically gifted target man who the more creative talents of Iker Muniain, Ander Herrera and Oscar de Marcos are told to look for. Llorente will often get good service as a result of this and can use his high technical ability to fashion out an opening for himself before finishing the move. With Tevez being essentially the workhorse and pulling the strings alongside Llorente there is likely to be more space created by Tevez's movement for Llorente and therefore more chances for the Spaniard to convert.
This sort of partnership that Tevez and Llorente could well form is likely to give Juventus a new dynamic with the Turin side in the last two seasons relying on Andrea Pirlo and their midfield to kick start attacks and be the real force within their team, this has often given opposing teams, particularly in the European Cup, an idea of how to break Juventus down and stop them being effective.
However with their now being a totally different threat in the final third courtesy of Tevez and Llorente, opponents are going to have to do a lot more than press and man mark Andrea Pirlo to stop Juventus.
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Vet's Day Memorial Service to be held Nov. 2
The Long island National Cemetery Memorial Organization invites the public to attend the annual Veteran's Day Memorial Service on Sun., Nov. 2, 1:30 p.m. at the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, Wellwood Avenue entrance. Military and organizational color guards will present their colors as they pass in review.
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When Futures Magazine launched more than four decades ago the magazine was initially titled "Commodities Magazine." The reason was simple: all futures contracts were based on physical commodities. When the revolution of financial futures took hold expanding futures beyond the world of commodities we changed our name. Soon after another revolution of sorts occurred thanks to easy access to the personal computer.
For our industry this meant more democratic access to data and computing power, which allowed ordinary folks to access market data and create technical models to trade. In fact, some of the most popular technical indicators were introduced in the pages of Futures.
In the 1990s Futures produced a series of guides to technical indicators. And as the quote from Ecclesiastes goes, "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."
Though roughly 20 years old these indicators are still valid and can be mined by the technical trader to build or improve strategies. We have digitized the originals so that you can see these time tested technical tools.
Special thanks goes to Ira Epstein in helping prepare the attached PDF.


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I have to admit – this was a "Duh! Why didn't I think of this sooner" thing.
I love my generic "Swiffer" Dry Mop but spending money on throw away cloths, even generic, was getting to be a hard pill especially since my son likes to "Swiffer" every chance I'll let him.
He is to the age where he wants feel like he's helping and contributing. So when I clean I let him "swiffer the floor."
(Notice that we clean before we brush hair – I'm actually not sure why he's not still in his 'jammies.)
Then one day last week it hit me……make your own! I contemplated what type of cloth or fabric I should use but I didn't give it much more thought.
Then, Kate aka Modern Alternative Mama posted about her hand-made mop pads and I was inspired! (Thanks Kate!).
In 10 minutes I made 5 dry cloths with nothing more than a kitchen towel, a microfiber cloth, a maker, scissors and a coloring book (you'll see). It will take me longer to finish writing this post than it did to make get the project done.
First, I wanted to have a fabric that would hold dirt – a plain cotton t-shirt would not have done well. Kate's post reminded me that I have some micro-fiber cloths for dusting (wait, what's dusting again) that never get used. One cloth cut in half made 2 cleaning cloths that fit perfectly on the mop.
Next, I found a waffled kitchen towel. I lined it up with the last of my store-bought cloths. Tripled folding worked great and it made the last three cloths.
It was close to not being enough fabric so I had to be sure I cut straight lines. I grabbed a permanent marker and a coloring book so I could draw a straight line. (I told you you'd find out about the coloring book. It was merely my lack of energy to go up the stairs for a ruler).
This towel really was clean its just old and that's why it isn't used for dishes any more.
Next I trimmed off some of the length.
And there you have it, 10 minutes, 5 cloths.
The new, reusable, washable cloths work great. As you can see, I ran it though my unvacuumed kitchen and living room and picked up a considerable amount of hair and dirt.
I originally titled this "No Sew Homemade Dry Mop Cloths" however with the waffle type fabric some sewing is required. I washed this cloth that you see above and the cut edges frayed. Unlike a synthetic fabric you cannot melt the edges to keep it from fraying (it's cotton, so it just burns and well, burns).
I don't have a sewing machine so I'm going to do a quick hand stitch up the cut sides. It will be a perfect little "keep-me-from-eating-too-much-crackers-and-dip-while-watching-the-race" activity when we watch the Daytona 500 in a few weeks. 🙂
Of course, if you have a sewing machine (and know what you're doing) this will take you less than 10 minutes more I'm sure.
Happy "Swiffering" and Until Next Time,
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By John Richmeier
Leavenworth Times – April 16, 2014
Leavenworth firefighters wore protective suits Tuesday morning as they retrieved two barrels at a grain elevator near the Missouri River.
But, there was no cause for alarm. It was simply a training exercise.
About 20 members of the Leavenworth Fire Department participated in the hazardous materials training.
For the exercise, a team of two firefighters retrieved a metal barrel north of the old grain elevator in northeast Leavenworth. Another group retrieved a plastic barrel from inside a building on the east side of the grain elevator.
Firefighters also set up a decontamination tent as part of the exercise.
"We're doing a full decon," Leavenworth Fire Chief Gary Birch said.
Capt. John Marshall, the Fire Department's HAZMAT coordinator, said the barrels were partially filled with water, but they didn't contain hazardous materials.
Birch said firefighters handling the barrels were dressed in what is called level B HAZMAT gear. This includes Tyvek coveralls, rubber boots, gloves and self-contained breathing apparatuses.
Firefighters who staffed the decontamination tent also were dressed in level B gear.
Level A gear would include fully encapsulated suits.
Firefighters' vital signs were taken before they suited up in the HAZMAT gear Tuesday.
Birch said if a firefighters has, for example, elevated blood pressure, he won't be allowed to suit up.
Vital signs are taken again after firefighters return from handling potentially hazardous materials.
The grain elevator site used in Tuesday's training is owned by the city of Leavenworth.
Birch acknowledged the HAZMAT response initially may have appeared to be moving slowly Tuesday.
"Something like this never goes fast," he said.
He said firefighters have to set up their equipment and take necessary precautions.
Birch said most of the firefighters in Tuesday's exercise participated in similar training in the past.
But, Tuesday's training served as a refresher.
"We have a high number of what they call technician level HAZMAT guys," Birch said.


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dasein needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 31 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
Self employed
I am a resident doctor with a background in computer science. Needless to say I'm very busy and I lack the creative flair to pull off a nice and elegant wedding site for my brother and his fiance. If you can provide the design, I'm pretty sure I can code it up and make it functional! I'll try my best to provide as much feedback as possible so that we can work towards a design that wins!
This page will be central to all the attendants of my brothers wedding and may eventually turn into a blog for my brother and his future wife! Would love a lasting design that they can use for a while!
All I need is one really well designed page with a navigation bar, place for text and pictures! I think the emphasis should be on simple, modern elegance. Unique designs would be very appreciated. I think wedding sites are a dime a dozen so something new and different would be awesome!
I've attached my brother's Save the Date image that he created. I think he really liked the floral design so something similar would be ideal. Also attached is a color scheme that my brother and his finance requested.
Some source pics can be drawn from their engagement photos here:
Would like the final product to be a PSD file that I can slice and code.
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anderslunders needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 79 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
We'd like a stylish, innovative and well-designed logo with our brand name "Dirigendo", a funnel, and preferably also a piechart.
Optional bonus for the winner - get $100 extra for design of business card and letterhead (but let's fix this after you win, ok!)
We're management consultants from Sweden doing market analysis & strategies for investors and high growth companies. Our job is to connect market insights to shareholder value.
The concept for our new logo is the "marketing funnel" or "purchasing funnel". The funnel doesn't have to vertical and straight, it could be a swoosh, go down and then point upwards or whatever cool idea you have. Just keep the professional and exclusive feeling in mind, also when trying different fonts. It would be great if the funnel could be used as a symbol on its own. The open end of the funnel could contain a well-designed piechart. The small end of the funnel should not be too small - our customers are growing pretty fast!
If you read this brief and have a great idea we shouldn't miss out on, different from the marketing funnel, you're welcome to submit an entry as well!
If you've got any questions, just contact us!
The logo should include at least: - Dirigendo, a funnel and a possibly a pie chart- Optional tagline (just show it's working with and without a tagline)
The logo must be: - Unique- Smart- Business & Professional- Stylish & Elegant- Fresh & Scandinavian- Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator format
The logo must not be:
- Cartoonish- Web 2.0ish- Microsoftish
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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By Mary Slosson
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Aug 27 (Reuters) - A slaughterhouse in California's central agricultural heartland was allowed to reopen on Monday after agreeing to improve its handling of animals following a graphic video that showed cows being mistreated there, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
The USDA suspended operations at the Central Valley Meat Company earlier this month after animal rights activists gave it a video showing cows at the facility flailing wildly as they are dragged by one leg on a conveyor belt on their way to be slaughtered.
"The company has committed to a number of corrective actions including additional humane handling training for employees and safeguards to ensure that only ambulatory animals are processed," an agency spokesman said in an email.
The plant was allowed to resume operations as of Monday morning, although an investigation into possible food safety violations is continuing.
The company still is suspended from supplying meat to federal food programs, including the National School Lunch Program to which it contributed prior to the video's release, the USDA said.
The video, published online by activist group Compassion Over Killing, shows lame, sick former dairy cows being shot in the head multiple times and struggling before they die. In one portion of the video, a worker stands on a cow's nostrils to kill it after the cow is shot in the head.
An undercover activist shot the video at the farm in June and July, the animal rights group said.
Central Valley Meat Company said the closure of its facility caused economic hardship for the 450 people that work at the family-run plant.
"We have worked closely with both inspectors and industry experts while developing our USDA-approved action plan," the company said in an emailed statement. "As a result, Central Valley Meat will provide better training for our workers, better monitoring of our facilities, and more frequent third-party audits of our operations."
The company told Reuters at the time of its suspension that it had retained an outside animal welfare expert to conduct an internal investigation.
In 2008, the Humane Society of the United States captured employees of a California meatpacking plant in Chino torturing cattle and processing the unfit animals for human consumption in a gruesome undercover videotape.
That video's release led to the record recall of nearly 143 million pounds (65 million kg) of meat by the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company. (Reporting by Mary Slosson; Editing by Cynthia Johnston)


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This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details.
Rape is one of the primary reasons that Syrian refugees say they fled their country, "a significant and disturbing feature" of the war raging between rebels and Syrian government forces, the International Rescue Committee said Monday.
In a new report based on hundreds of interviews in Jordan and Lebanon, the assistance group said refugees recounted Syrian women and girls being gang-raped in front of their families or assaulted by armed men in public. Others were kidnapped, violated, tortured and killed, the refugee aid group was told.
The aid group did not assign blame to either side in the conflict for the reported rapes. "We deliberately do not ask about perpetrators," said Alina Potts, Women's Protection and Empowerment Emergency Coordinator for the group. "We're looking at what the needs are."


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SW still atop 4-3A after lopsided win
BIG SPRING — There are still eight games left to play before the District 4-3A baseball race is decided, but Sweetwater is certainly off to a promising start.After opening district with a 4-3 win over Greenwood in Sweetwater, the Mustangs made it two straight Friday at Big Spring as they won, 12-0, in just five innings.It was only the second run-rule victory of the year for Sweetwater (10-10 overall), which is tied with Wylie for the early District 4-3A lead. The Mustangs will be back home Tuesday to face Monahans (0-2) before a potentially huge road game two days later at Wylie.Nearly everything went Sweetwater's way against Big Spring (1-1) from start to finish.The Mustangs led 9-0 after three innings, equalling the total number of runs they had scored in their three previous games.Sweetwater scored four times in the first inning on just one hit, a two-RBI single by Shawn Campbell. The Mustangs also took advantage of three Big Spring errors, plus a hit batsman, walk and RBI sac bunt by Kaleb Hoover. Sweetwater made it 6-0 in the second on Stephen May's RBI single and Greg Aiken's sac fly, then scored three more times in the third and completed the rout with a three-run fifth.Pitcher J.P. Poe got his second complete-game win in a week as he gave up just three hits. Big Spring had singles in three separate innings and never got anyone past second base against the sophomore, who struck out four and allowed just two other base runners in the contest.Sweetwater had just four hits until the fifth inning, when Aiken doubled and Poe, May and Sean Morrow hit singles with May and Aiken's hits scoring runs. May, Aiken and Campbell all had two RBIs, and Cole Maxwell had a run-scoring single in the third inning that chased starting pitcher Max Pappajohn. Sweetwa-ter also scored on a fielder's choice grounder by Morrow in the first, on a fielding error and later a balk in the third, and on a passed ball in the fifth.Dylan Bennett scored three runs while May, Max-well and Quentin Wetsel — Poe's courtesy runner — all scored twice and Morrow, Aiken and James Clift once. Eight of the nine starters reached base safely.


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First of all, a deep apology for not posting lately. Between training for my new job, a heavy travel schedule, and trying to get enough sleep I just haven't had time. I've done hardly any formal karate training in almost two months either!
A couple of new things to keep your eyes (or ears) on:
If you follow kickboxing (and if you don't, you should) there are 2 podcasts coming out that you should be listening to. The first is Warman's Kickfighting Show, and despite the slightly World of Warcraft sounding title it's very sober, intelligent discussion of kick-sports (kickboxing and Muay Thai). The second is the podcast associated with the lovely LiverKick site. Search the site for podcasts and you'll see their own listed. It's very good coverage of the sport.
Another absolutely wonderful site if you're at all interested in fighting sports is Fights Gone By. It's supposed to be coverage of classic fights, and it has wonderful links to classic fights in boxing, kickboxing, and MMA, but what makes it really special is the in-depth analysis of the fighting techniques used. It's the kind of site where you'll see a Mirko Cro Cop head kick, but unlike other places, it comes with exhaustive analysis of all the things Cro Cop does to make that head kick land.
Now any coverage of fighting sports is going to have some, but not perfect, relevance to unregulated combat. If you're into self defense you can't use kickboxing or boxing techniques as they are used in the ring exactly - gloves and tape and rules change the game. But a lot of the ideas do cross over to some extent, and if you enjoy fight sports for their own sake you'll enjoy them much more if you better understand what's going on. As wonderful as a big knockout it, it's much more enjoyable when you can see how the fighter set it up, got his opponent's defenses down, etc.
If you're interested reading more about conditioning and strength training while I'm not posting anything new hit my blogroll - especially Brett Contreras' site - I consistently find his posts entertaining and educational. If you're willing to buy some products (there's stuff on the site worth checking out for free too) definitely consider 8 Weeks Out, he has a ton of really good material that's changing the way the strength world is looking at endurance training.
I've mentioned before that I have a weakness for martial arts related fiction. I love material ranging from books that center on martial arts using characters to movies with MA themes to American and Asian comics (manga and manhua) that center on MA sports or MA using characters. Loving martial arts and liking MA fiction go together like liking science and liking science fiction - lots of science lovers and scientists love sci fi, lots of them hate it. A lot depends on how critical you are - how good you are at suspending disbelief when you read/ watch the stuff. If a character dodging bullets really annoys you (because it is so unrealistic) you're not going to love Dragonball. You might like Hajime no Ippo, though - that's a fairly realistic series about a Japanese boxer - no bullet dodging, no energy beams, just opponents with strong jabs or who fight left handed (both of which, you know, actually happen).
I'm not going to recommend any movies here - well, I lied, watch both Black Belt and High Kick Girl, I loved both, and anything starring Tony Jaa. Other people do a much more comprehensive job of reviewing/ recommending MA movies online (try Kung Fu Cinema for reviews, news, etc.).
For books I'm a fan of Steve Perry (not the one you're thinking of) - he's a real life silat practitioner and his books have very strong MA themes. His blog has links on the side to e-book versions of all his stuff. Start with The Man Who Never Missed. It's sci fi, and maybe it's not great literature, but they're fun reads and feature lots of MA action. Another guy who used to write a LOT about MA is Eric Lustbader. I grew up on his books - he broke out with The Ninja - and wrote a ton of bestsellers about MA in modern times. It's pretty much all trash, but entertaining trash. He's moved away from the MA themes in the last 15 years or so, so if that's what you like, start with his older work.
On the American comic side I'm mostly a reader of Marvel comics (nothing against other companies). The best MA comics are from the past - if you can read (or torrent) a set of Master of Kung Fu comics from the late 70's that title was surprisingly good. I liked the Iron Fist comic that was published just a few years ago - very strong MA themes - but most of the time Iron Fist is just another superhero who happens to use MA, there aren't really much in the way of MA plotlines in his stories.
If you really want to hit the motherload of MA themes comics, you have to go to Asian sourced stuff. There's a lot of material, and it really runs the gamut in terms of realism (from bullied teenagers taking up MA as an after school hobby to planet destroying aliens kung fu fighting) and seriousness (from very serious, like Holyland, all the way to ridiculous).
The cool thing about reading manga or manhua (manga are Japanese, manhua are Korean, and the manhua are usually read left to right, the Japanese stuff right to left) is that you can read/ sample all the good titles for free. Many are unavailable in English (in any legal/ official form, no matter what you're willing to pay), so there's a dedicated online community of scanlators (scan + translate = scanlate) who scan the comics, put in English words, and release the results for free. You can bittorrent the results, or, more easily, there are online readers where each page is a web page. Click on the page and it takes you to the next page.
The legality of these sites is sort of questionable. If you're morally opposed to using them, I understand, but bear in mind that many of these series are otherwise unavailable to English speakers. If I read Holyland on Mangafox.com, I'm not taking money away from the author - I literally can't buy that title in any store in a format I can use.
I'd rather not link to these sites. Go to google and put in "read [titleX] online" and you'll find a half dozen sites that show it.
If you want something realistic (no superpowers) try Holyland, All Rounder Meguru, Shamo (Shamo is really, really, dark and not suitable for children), and Hajime no Ippo. There are also a bunch of manga based loosely on historical samurai/ ninja stuff, and some are very realistic (some not so much).
If you're okay with some level of "super" abilities there are more options. For historical/ fantasy stuff (not set in a world like ours) Naruto's the best, Hunter x Hunter, Gamaran, Basilisk, and Samurai Deeper Kyo. For stuff in a modern setting try The Breaker, Baki (3 different series, same character), Tough (2 series), Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru, Tower of God, the God of High School (much better than it sounds).
I'm sure I'm leaving out some good stuff. Feel free to post additional recommendations to comments. If I have time I'll try to post more thorough reviews of some of these titles in the future.


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