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Ingredients for chicken filling:
2 tbsp Coriander leaves
wow, its so beautiful :)
Wow Shabs..This looks so good. Professionally done.
Do stop by my space when time permits.
Perfect looking bread...very delicious filling...
wow Shabs thts a beautifully bake bread and lovely photography as well:)
Well done bread, looks marvellous and delicious..
wow! the bread looks amazing! I'm kind of experimenting with yeast these days, I want to try this one also :)
Chicken bread has come out perfect.Awesome bake..
wooooow! it's early in the morning and those photos make me feel hungrier than I am! Lovely technique and nice bread. Bravo!
This looks really good....And I have some awards waiting for you,in my blog..Please check that and collect that dear...
hey...shabee...did u repost it.. or is it the same one??
btw...chicken bread luks awesome!!
Looks beautiful; and the filling could be tweaked in so many ways.
That looks really good...!!
Lovely bread..
Looks too good..
New to ur space and Happy to follow u
Do visit me as time permits
Dear Shabs
How are you? This is simply great , I can believe one can make this at home..looks so professional. But when you are at the kitchen it is possible for sure.I Dont bake any more so eating it virtually.
Have a nice week ahead
Thanks dear for trying :) Lovely MA looking super awesome !!! love u
very interesting bread! Thanks for sharing :)
You have a wonderful blog here. Tried this bread and it turned out awesome. I posted it on my blog.
Do drop in and check it out.
Happy Cooking!!
Thanks shab, it looked so yummy I it tried with paneer filling and It came out well.
hai..it lukz so beautiful!!!
This bread looks great.I want to skip egg and try it out. As I am vegeterian ,I want to add vegetable like gobhi or paneer. Can I do that ? what's the substitute for egg.
Made this today but used a different filling.. The bread was super soft and yummmmm! Thanks a lot for the post.


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In many states, government providers of basic services lack the capacity to deliver high quality, timely and cost-effective services to 'last mile' clients. A purposive DM competition in 2013 surfaced a range of development solutions with potential to adapt to local environments and scale-up in low -income states. In these areas, inclusive businesses and not-for profit non-state enterprises complement the state's capacity to reach the most vulnerable people, effectively and efficiently.
Crowdsourcing Innovations in Delivery
Early results are encouraging. What we're seeing in India are a range of models that show promise for adaptation in similar environments (i.e. Sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of South Asia). We're also finding competitions are a very efficient way to crowd-source innovations around intractable development challenges. Although several of the delivery innovations are small, many lend themselves to expansion either through organic growth, replication or adaptation and can benefit from the 'spotlight and megaphone' of the World Banks's finance, knowledge, and convening power to scale-up.
Understanding and Adapting What Works
In recent years, the DM has shifted from exclusively supporting individual social enterprises to focusing on enabling 'ecosystems' for non-state providers of basic services. This requires building an evidence base of what models work, under what conditions and what specific constraints inhibit the growth of successful innovations in a given geography and across sectors. This requires the Bank and IFC to be more deliberate in understanding the role of multiple actors in basic service delivery including government, the private sector, and civil society. Attention must also be paid to implementation challenges and building staff, client, and partner capacity to adapt innovations to a particular local context. This presents the opportunity for the Bank group to build coalitions with like-minded partners across 'problem areas' to identify approaches that work and scale.
Creating Pathways to Scale
India and the new DM model provide rich opportunities to identity, study, and adapt a variety of last mile delivery innovations addressing our biggest development challenges. Working with a variety of partners, public and private, and understanding the conditions that allow successful models to adapt and grow, there is an opportunity to scale-up and support innovations 'that work'. Social innovations like microfinance, mobile payments and conditional cash transfers have positively impacted the lives of millions of people globally. What would it take to identify innovations like these faster, more often and with the full might of public and private partners? That is the challenge before us.
This blog post was originally posted on The World Bank's Voices Blog. To read the complete post, click here.
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This is Erzulie, my part of a mural on the CGA's wall in Laventille, Trinidad. It's a collaborative work between Wendell McShine, myself, and some art students from Success Laventille Composite.
More to come on this!
And I had my first public "artist talk" at Alice Yard with Joanna Crichlow, a visiting Barbadian artist. (That's me in the red shoes)
I'm deconstructing me. Learning my layers. Mapping my self in contour and shape, pattern and colour - these have become the important things. I've dealt with what I look like; let's deal with what I am.


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Hustle Just as the gang is about to close a deal, one of the marks is revealed to be an undercover police officer - creating a spot of bother for the team. To complicate things, MI6 arrives to question Mickey with a proposition for him that involves a security box and the National Bank of Syria.G
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What we eat, why, where it comes from, and how it all matters, everyday
Why Food? Why the Focus on the City?
Louisa Kasdon, Founder, Let's Talk About Food
Ilene Bezahler, Publisher/Editor, Edible Boston
Where our Food Comes From
James E Tillotson, Professor of Food Policy and International Business, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Tufts University – The Food System
Rachel Greenberger, Director, Food Solutions Institute (Food Sol), Babson College
Local and Global
Timothy Griffin, Director of the Agriculture, Food and Environment Program, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Tufts University — "Regional Food Systems: A View from the Northeast US"
David Warner, Founder/Owner, City Feed & Supply
Jenn Abelson, Business Reporter, The Boston Globe
Feeding the City: Food as a Business
Adina Astor, Director of Strategy, Next Street Financial
Theresa Lynch, Sr VP and Director of Research, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
Trish Karter, CEO, LightEffect Farms; Founder, Dancing Deer Bakery
Providing Access to Healthy Foods
Edith Murnane, Director of Food Initiatives, City of Boston
Danielle Andrews, Community Food Coordinator, The Food Project
Karen Spiller, Director, Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness
Glynn Lloyd, CEO of City Fresh Foods, Inc.
Food, Ecology, Democracy, Justice:
Frances Moore Lappé, The Small Planet Institute
What we Eat: the Role of Culture
Sarah Dwyer, Program Manager, Oldways – Culture and Food
Lori Lefkovitz, Ruderman Professor and Director of Jewish Studies, Northeastern University
Robert Hall, Associate Professor of African American Studies, Northeastern University
Feeding Boston: The view from the front lines
Maureen Timmons, Director of Dining Services, Northeastern University
Jose Duarte, Chef/Owner, Taranta
Alison Fong, Owner, Bon Me food truck
Phil Bannatyne, Owner, Cambridge Brewing Company
Spring Break – No Class
How food is produced: Agriculture in America and in Massachusetts
Jennifer Hashley, Director, New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, Tufts University
Ethan Grundberg, Farm Manager, Allandale Farm
Greg Watson, Comissioner, MA Dept. of Agricultural Resources
Who Produces our Food: Farmers, Migrant Workers, and the Food Service Industry
Roger Berkowitz, CEO, Legal Seafoods
Phillip Granberry, Research Associate, Mauricio Gastón Institute, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Jennifer Fahy, Director of Communications, Farm Aid
Meghan Cohorst, Student/Farmworker Alliance
Challenges to our Food Safety
Susan Shaw, Founder and Director, Marine Environmental Research Institute
John Helferich, Food Safety Consultant and former Senior VP Research and Development, Mars, Inc
Food and Health: The Obesity Epidemic
Katherine Tucker, Professor of Health Sciences and Director, Boston Puerto Rican Health Study
Richard Daynard, Professor of Law and Director, Public Health Advocacy Institute, Northeastern University
Alan Meyers, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine
Food and Health: Solutions to the Obesity Crisis
Walter Willet, Professor of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health
Susan Roberts, Professor of Nutrition, Tufts University
Sara Baer-Sinnott, President, Oldways
Mary Jo Meisner, Vice President, and Allison Bauer, Program Director, The Boston Foundation
Reconnecting Us to Our Food Sources
Ashley Howard, Co-owner, Heaven's Harvest Farm
Tad Read, Senior Planner, Boston Redevelopment Authority
Joan Squeri, Program Manager, Cambridge Farmers Markets
Greg Watson, Comissioner, MA Dept. of Agricultural Resources
Future of Food, Educating the Next Generation
Didi Emmons, Founding Chef, Haley House Bakery Café and Founder, Take Back the Kitchen
Russ Eckel, Chair, Green Peabody
Joan Squeri, Program Manager, Cambridge Farmers Markets
Kim Szeto, Farm to School Coordinator, Boston Public Schools
Instructor's Note: We take as a given, perhaps without taking a moment to dwell on it, the abundance, variety, and low cost of food in America. The books below start with that recognition, and then ponder the costs of a food system that is both a marvel of efficiency and a generator of many unintended consequences.
Frances Moore Lappé, Diet for a Small Planet (1971)
From Wikipedia: "The first major book to critique grain-fed meat production as wasteful and a contributor to global food scarcity. Eating a planet-centered diet, she argued, means choosing what is best for the earth and our bodies—a daily action that reminds us of our power to create a saner world. The book has sold over three million copies and was groundbreaking for arguing that world hunger is not caused by a lack of food but by ineffective food policy. In addition to information on meat production and its impact on hunger, the book features simple rules for a healthy diet and hundreds of meat-free recipes."
Marion Nestle, Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition, and Health, 2nd ed. (2007)
Publisher's summary: "We all witness, in advertising and on supermarket shelves, the fierce competition for our food dollars. In this engrossing exposé, Marion Nestle goes behind the scenes to reveal how the competition really works and how it affects our health. The abundance of food in the United States—enough calories to meet the needs of every man, woman, and child twice over—has a downside. Our over-efficient food industry must do everything possible to persuade people to eat more—more food, more often, and in larger portions—no matter what it does to waistlines or well-being."
Michael Pollan, An Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2007)
Publisher's summary: Asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain us–whether industrial or organic, alternative or processed–he develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result is a sweeping, surprising exploration of the hungers that have shaped our evolution, and of the profound implications our food choices have for the health of our species and the future of our planet.
Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (2002)
Amazon.com review: "On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its thriftiness a second thought. Fast food is so ubiquitous that it now seems as American, and harmless, as apple pie. But the industry's drive for consolidation, homogenization, and speed has radically transformed America's diet, landscape, economy, and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways. Eric Schlosser, an award-winning journalist, opens his ambitious and ultimately devastating exposé with an introduction to the iconoclasts and high school dropouts, such as Harlan Sanders and the McDonald brothers, who first applied the principles of a factory assembly line to a commercial kitchen. Quickly, however, he moves behind the counter with the overworked and underpaid teenage workers, onto the factory farms where the potatoes and beef are grown, and into the slaughterhouses run by giant meatpacking corporations. Schlosser wants you to know why those French fries taste so good (with a visit to the world's largest flavor company) and "what really lurks between those sesame-seed buns."
Jeff Benedict, Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat (2011)
Summary: "When six-year-old Lauren Rudolph was rushed to the hospital with severe abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, and fever, doctors were mystified as to the cause of her sudden and terrifying symptoms. Just five days later Lauren would become the first victim of a mysterious bacterial pathogen. Hundreds of sick children began to show up at hospitals across the Western states, three more children died. After frantic research, health officials managed to trace the deadly outbreak to a single source: undercooked hamburgers eaten at the popular fast-food chain Jack in the Box. Back in 1993, no one had ever heard of E. coli. Food poisoning might give you a stomach ache but it wasn't regarded as life-threatening, and no one dreamed that giving a child a hamburger could have deadly consequences. The alarming E. coli outbreak that began with Lauren Rudolph opened America's eyes to the dangers of undercooked meat, touching off a media and political frenzy that would revolutionize the way we eat."
NOTE: Copies of Poisoned, donated by NU Alumnus Jeff Benedict, will be made available to all class participants.
Marion Nestle, Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety, 2nd ed. (2010)
Publisher's summary: "Marion Nestle, author of the critically acclaimed Food Politics, argues that ensuring safe food involves more than washing hands or cooking food to higher temperatures. It involves politics. When it comes to food safety, billions of dollars are at stake, and industry, government, and consumers collide over issues of values, economics, and political power—and not always in the public interest. Although the debates may appear to be about science, Nestle maintains that they really are about control: Who decides when a food is safe? She demonstrates how powerful food industries oppose safety regulations, deny accountability, and blame consumers when something goes wrong, and how century-old laws for ensuring food safety no longer protect our food supply."
Frances Moore Lappé, EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want (2011)
From the publisher: "Solutions to global crises are within reach," says Frances Moore Lappé. "Our challenge is to free ourselves from self-defeating thought traps so we can bring these solutions to life." In EcoMind, Lappé helps facilitate a much needed shift. She argues that much of what is wrong with the world, from our eroding soil to our eroding democracies, results from ways of thinking that are out of sync with human nature and nature's rhythms. Humans are doers, she says. But our capacity for doing is undermined by seven "thought traps" that leave us mired in fear, guilt, and despair—none of which are motivators to action."
Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (2009)
Publisher's summary: In this follow up to Omnivore's Dilemma, Pollan shows us how to change the way we eat, one meal at a time. He proposes a new answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to seven simple but liberating words: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." First chapter available at: http://michaelpollan.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/omnivore_excerpt.
Walter Willett and P.J. Skerret, Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating (2001)
Amazon.com: Aimed at nothing less than totally restructuring the diets of Americans, Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy may well accomplish its goal. Dr. Walter C. Willett gets off to a roaring start by totally dismantling one of the largest icons in health today: the USDA Food Pyramid that we all learn in elementary school. He blames many of the pyramid's recommendations–6 to 11 servings of carbohydrates, all fats used sparingly–for much of the current wave of obesity. At first this may read differently than any diet book, but Willett also makes a crucial, rarely mentioned point about this icon: "The thing to keep in mind about the USDA Pyramid is that it comes from the Department of Agriculture, the agency responsible for promoting American agriculture, not from the agencies established to monitor and protect our health." It's no wonder that dairy products and American-grown grains such as wheat and corn figure so prominently in the USDA's recommendations.
Oldways: http://www.oldwayspt.org/
Non-profit organization focused on changing the way we eat.
Marion Nestle: http://www.foodpolitics.com/
Website of the New York University nutrition professor, with links and articles
Michael Pollan: http://michaelpollan.com
Website of the writer and University of California professor. See especially "articles" and "today's link" sections
Frances Moore Lappé, Small Planet Institute: http://smallplanet.org/
Website of the Small Planet Institute, which promotes the work and social activism on Frances and Anna Lappé.


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Techline - March 2014Posted in How To: Tech Qa on February 11, 2014
Hard Start
I am the proud new owner of a '99 Jeep Wrangler. The guy I purchased the Jeep from said that he thought the fuel pump was going out, because it was hard to start. Currently, I have to cycle the key two or three times before it will run. I called my local Jeep dealership and they wanted over $400 for the factory-replacement fuel pump assembly. I can hear the pump come on, so I don't think the pump is bad. Do you have any suggestions?
Justin W.
Via email
I encountered a similar problem on my '97 Wrangler. Typically, if it takes a few turns of the key before the engine will fire, the culprit is either a leaky injector, or more likely, the fuel pressure regulator has gone bad. The regulator is what prevents fuel from draining back into the tank from the feed line. On my Wrangler, the regulator was at the top of the tank. After dropping the tank, I pulled the entire pump assembly and replaced the pressure regulator, along with the filter and pump. I was equally shocked at how expensive the factory fuel pump assembly was from the dealer. I ended up purchasing the individual replacement parts I needed from my local parts house for about a quarter of the price.
Used 4x4
I am a 17-year-old senior in high school. I have been reading Four Wheeler online and in print ever since I got my license. I'm looking for a recommendation for a used American-made 4x4 that has a manual transmission and isn't overly expensive. It has to have air bags, be able to pass smog, and not need a ton of work since it will be my daily driver and wheeler.
Sean Jensen
Via email
It sounds like a well-kept pre-owned late-model Ford Ranger would fit what you are looking for nicely. In a perfect world, you could find a low-mileage '97 Ranger that's paired with the 4.0L, V-6 engine. Considering that a truck built in 1997 is now 15 years old, finding one in primo condition could prove to be challenging. If you are financing the pickup, a newer model will be easier to get a loan for. A Ranger built within the past seven years would probably be your best bet. I chose the Ranger over the S-10/Colorado simply because the enthusiast following and aftermarket support is greater for the Ford. Websites such as www.therangerstation.com and www.ranger-forums.com are both fine places to get additional Ranger info and possibly find a good buy in the classified sections.
Buy, Build, Wheel
I'm thinking about buying a Jeep Wrangler and have some questions. New or used? If used, what to look for? Is the Rubicon worth the extra cash? Is a Nissan Frontier even close to the off-road performance of a Wrangler?
Forrest Hilderbrand
Via email
If you intend for the Jeep to be your daily driver and have the funds to start with a fresh platform, new is a great way to go. These days, you can even purchase the Jeep already modified with aftermarket bumpers, suspension, tires, and wheels directly from the dealer. Purchasing the Jeep new with dealer-installed goodies is a newer trend, and especially desirable among guys who daily drive their Jeeps and want the assurance of a factory warranty. If you plan on wrenching on the Jeep yourself, and don't think a warranty claim would be worth the trouble, then used is a more affordable way to go for sure.
The 3.6L engine in the '12-current Wranglers offers a 83hp and 23 lb-ft of torque advantage over the '07-'11 3.8L engine, so they are more favored. The later-model Wranglers also received interior refinements which may be a plus or minus to you, depending on how fancy you want your Jeep to be. Full-doors with an automatic transmission are two items I would opt for, but those are more of a personal preference than a warning against half-doors and a manual transmission. A soft top will save weight and be easier to remove, but a hardtop will provide more security for your items and reduce in-cab noise. If you see yourself hitting the trail more than the pavement, do your best to keep the Jeep light.
As for the Rubicon, it goes back to whether or not you intend to heavily modify the Jeep. Having selectable lockers, Dana 44 axles, mud-terrains, a 4:1 T-case ratio, and an electronic-disconnect sway bar will make your Jeep outperform nearly any other stock 4x4 off-road. The Rubicon axles are excellent for up to 35-inch-tall tires, so if that's as far as you think you'll go with the Jeep, the investment and off-road performance advantages will be well worth opting for the 'Con. Something to keep in mind as well, the Rubicon is very much a rockcrawler package.
The 4:1 low range is great for low-speed wheeling, but the standard 2.72:1 ratio actually provides a more versatile low-range gear for running in places where wheel speed is important (mud, snow, sand). A base Wrangler Sport has a MSRP of $22,395, whereas the Rubicon has a base MSRP of $30,695. You can have a lot of nice aftermarket parts for $8,300.
In regards to the Nissan Frontier, it is a great truck. But, the Frontier isn't really comparable to the Wrangler in a traditional sense. The Nissan can out-haul and carry more gear than the Wrangler, but off-road, the Wrangler is in a class all its own. If you want something that is easily modifiable, works great off-road, and has an immense aftermarket support, it's hard to beat the Wrangler.
Raptor on Ice
To start, I thought the "4x4 Tire Guide," (April '12) was the best and most useful I've ever seen. The four-star format was great for comparisons. In my home state of Pennsylvania, my main issues are snow and ice. I have a camp with a long and steep access road. In 2010, I bought a Ford Raptor hoping to end any problems of getting up the lane to camp, but the road is too steep for the truck if the snow is 18 inches or higher. I know that the open front diff is an issue, but I think that the tires are, too.
It seems that everyone loves those wide and aggressive tires (myself included), but in Pennsylvania, where the snow doesn't get very deep and the freeze/thaw cycle creates lots of ice, I don't think wide is good. I don't need flotation, I need to dig down and bite. I think that Ken Brubaker hit the nail on the head in the tire article "Choosing Wisely," (April '13) under the heading "Snow," when he said that he likes a narrow all-terrain for daily driving. Although, he does mention the BFG All-Terrain T/As that I have on the Raptor, which were given only two stars in snow.
Once, when I was walking up the camp lane (because the truck didn't make it), I came to the spot where the truck stopped. There was a hard semicircle where the front tire stopped that was difficult to kick apart. Pushing the tire through the snow has to hurt forward progress. The problem I am having is where do I get a tall and narrow all-terrain that would fit the Raptor? It seems as though anything smaller than the 35s that came on the truck would look dumb. There are some tall and narrow mud tires, but as the guide shows, they aren't always the best in snow, and definitely not ice. In the meantime, I guess it's time to stuff that front diff.
Joe Rouzer
Via email
When Ford introduced the SuperCrew Raptor in 2011, the company actually hauled a handful of editors up to the Smither's Winter Test facility in Michigan's Upper Peninsula to see how well the Raptor would handle over various snow, ice, and winter-mix conditions. The all-terrains on your Raptor are actually engineered to increase grip over winter roads. This was a point that Ford was eager to point out when I was hammering the throttle through the snow-covered test track. I remember being impressed with how the truck performed overall, although unlike you and Brubaker, I don't live in a place that sees much, if any snowfall (yay for me!).
Traditionally, I simply air down (sometimes in the single-digit range with beadlocks) to provide a wider footprint, and give the truck more floatation over the white stuff. My snow-wheeling adventures have also always been with heavily modified rigs. Since Brubaker has more snowbound expertise, I asked him to chime in. Here is what he had to say:
"Joe, as you know, snow depth and consistency varies widely and one snowfall can differ greatly from another in regards to traction (influenced by factors such as whether the snow is "dry" or "wet," for example). I agree with you that a narrow tire is a good choice overall for your Raptor. I've had good luck with narrow all-terrain and even some mud-terrain tires. I look for a tire with lots of siping, which helps generate traction on ice. If the all-terrain isn't working for you and you don't want to run an aggressive mud-terrain, perhaps you should look at a hybrid all-terrain/mud-terrain tire like the Dick Cepek Fun Country (www.dickcepek.com) or the Cooper Discoverer S/T MAXX (www.coopertire.com). These tires have a more aggressive tread pattern than a standard all-terrain, but they're not as aggressive as a mud-terrain. A good resource for determining what sizes and options are available for your truck is Tire Rack (www.tirerack.com)."
Durango Builder
I have a '98 Dodge Durango 4x4 with 122,000 miles, and for the most part, it's all stock. I want to make some modifications to it in the way of a front bumper (with provisions for a winch), tires, wheels, and a lift kit (if anyone still makes one for these vehicles). Where would be a good place to start looking for these parts and any other parts I might need to make this happen? I plan on doing a complete rebuild for the engine and transmission, possibly the transfer case if needed. What are some other areas I need to look out for on this model?
Via email
I built a '99 Dodge Durango a few years ago and learned a lot about the platform. The sad reality is that the aftermarket isn't as strong for the Durango as it is for other makes. The good news is that there are companies that offer some of the key items that you are looking for. Winch Ready (www.winchready.com) offers a 3⁄16-inch steel front bumper that has provisions for aftermarket lights and up to a 9,000-pound winch. Tuff Country Suspension (www.tuffcountry.com) makes a 5.5-inch suspension lift, and Performance Accessories (www.performanceaccessories.com) offers a 3-inch body lift.
The biggest challenge to keeping your Durango surviving off-road will be to keep the IFS frontend in one piece. Your stock CV axles are known to fail when operating angles are too much, and shock-load can devour them easily as well. Keep your front differential open and go easy on the throttle—this will help your frontend live longer. I would also look into placing a locker in your rear axle. The added traction will take some of the stress off of the frontend and allow you to crawl more carefully off-road.
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J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. , a bellwether for the financial industry, held a conference call to discuss first-quarter results with analysts Friday.
Chief Executive Jamie Dimon, considered one of the industry\'s main spokespeople and known for his blunt assessment of the financial landscape, parried questions on whether the European market recovery this year was a head fake; on a derivatives trader dubbed the \"London whale\"; and bargain-hunting for its own stock. Oh, and how making pizza is like lending in a low-rate environment.
Analyst question on Friday's conference call: "I think the fear around issues in Europe started to subside post LTRO and I think we discussed that last call. We got a little bit of a scare in the last week or two with Spain. Just curious on your thoughts right now where are we in that process and you still feel comfortable on the counterparty exposures?"
Dimon: Yeah, I constantly read about counterparties. Our numbers, we disclosed around $15 billion, a little bit higher than that now. They obviously move around. I would still say exactly the same thing. The LTRO was a massive thing that took a real catastrophe in the short run off the table, but obviously the world is going to evaluate over time whether the fiscal union is tightened and giving teeth and carrots and sticks and all that, and it\'s going to look at Spain and Italy\'s both austerity and growth plans and it\'s going to be like an accordion over the next 18 months. So I\'m personally not going to overreact to that, but I think they have to do some things to give it the real stability. The LTRO wasn\'t sufficient. It was a short-term fix, not a permanent fix.
The Wall Street Journal reported recently that trader Bruno Michel Iksil, who is part of the bank\'s chief investment office, has a very large position in credit-default swaps in corporate bonds and some hedge funds are betting against him. Iksil has been dubbed the London Whale. Dimon was asked about this issue on the call and here's what he had to say:
Dimon: It\'s a complete tempest in a teapot. Every bank has a major portfolio. In those portfolios you make investments that you think are wise, that offset your exposures. Obviously it\'s a big portfolio, we\'re a large company, and we try to run it – it\'s sophisticated, obviously complex things, but at the end of the day, that\'s our job is to invest that portfolio wisely and intelligently over a long period of time to earn income and to offset other exposures we have.
Dimon: We\'re going to buy back the stock when it\'s a bargain, not just when we feel like it. And so you guys go through numbers; we\'re just not going to tell you all what we\'re going to do.
Analyst question: "Why are you more comfortable doing buy backs than special dividends?"
Dimon: Buybacks at the right price are enormously valuable for shareholders and just paying out extra cash is not.
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DailyDirt: One Small Step For A Man...
from the urls-we-dig-up deptNeil Armstrong's recent passing has reminded lots of folks about the first manned mission to the moon. The whole idea that "we could put a man on the moon" seemed incredible in the 1960's, and the feat is still remarkably difficult -- even if kids today can't fully appreciate the accomplishment. Maybe someday, we'll go back to the moon (and this XKCD will have to be adjusted), but in the meantime, here are just a few links about that historic first moonwalk.
- Neil Armstrong's first words as he stepped on the moon were slightly misheard by everyone on Earth, and audio analysis of the recordings suggests that Armstrong didn't just mis-speak. "That's one small step for *A* man, one giant leap for mankind." [url]
- In 2006, NASA realized that it had lost its original Apollo 11 moon landing videos, but fortunately, archived footage of the moonwalk was found in Australia in 2010. The tapes were restored and digitized -- and hopefully we won't lose them again when nobody remembers what MP4 is. [url]
- President Nixon was prepared for an Apollo 11 disaster with a speech that he thankfully never read to the American public. The "moon disaster" speech is a creepy reminder that space exploration is an inherently risky venture... [url] [page2]
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Space Grunts
The year 2476, Earth's space-federation has been building moon-bases across the galaxy. One of those moon-bases has been sending a distress signal. Space Grunts are a group of intergalactic "problem" solvers, sent to investigate..
You play one, out of a team, of Space Grunts, and your mission is simple: find your way into the moon-base, and figure out what has happened. You'll have to fight your way through aliens, robots, security drones and base-systems. Find the lower levels of the moon-base, and get to the core of the problems.
A large collection of consumables can be found all over the moon base from weapon enhancers, to destructive toys, armor, explosives, system-hacks, and more. Use the items wisely to advance deeper into the moon-base.
Starting with three standard Grunt weapons, you will be able to enhance them for more fire-power and range. On your way you'll also find alternate weapons, and melee weapons.
There are various ways to complete the game, anomalies leading to weird places, underground routes, and mysterious items to transport you to other area's of the moon-base. On top of these there are secret rooms and area's located all over the base, so never a dull moment!
Can you find the core of the problems?
What's new in this version :
- fixed dpad support for various bluetooth controllers
- added landscape-rotation (now rotates correctly up/down landscape)
- added a "low graphics" option for the device with huge "lag" problems
- added "back" button to CPU access
- added "back" button to character select
- completing the game now levels-up your character permanently (stronger start weapons)
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New York City! (again)
Here's another new interview.
I just got to New York City and I'm sure as heck not gonna spend my time all up on this computer. Besides I have an interview to get to across town.
So here's one last plug for the two events I'm doing in New York next week. The first is a book signing at 7 pm on October 15th at the Iinterdependence Project in the East Village. Be there!
The following two days, October 16th and 17th, we're having a two-day non-residential retreat at the Interdependence Project in the East Village. This is a terrific opportunity for anyone who wants to get a real taste of what zazen is all about. The retreat is open to beginners, no experience necessary. It will be focused on shikantaza style zazen as taught by Dogen Zenji. It's non-residential, which means you get to go out and have a night on the town in Manhattan afterward instead of being cooped up with a bunch of Zen nerds all night.


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School's out for summer! You know what that means — the kids are home and looking for entertainment. This can be a stressful time for parents. I mean, who wouldn't get a little overwhelmed with their kids breathing down their neck demanding attention?
Fear not, we've got you covered with these 11 outdoor summer activities!
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2. Dripping Paint Art: Bring out the artist in your child with this fun craft. They'll love being allowed to get their hands dirty.
3. Homemade Playdough: There's nothing better than making your own version of a popular product. The kids can head outside for minimal mess.
4. DIY Jump Rope: After crafting their own jump ropes, the tykes will be ready to burn off all of that extra energy jumping around!
5. Giant Outdoor Kerplunk Game: Take family game night to the next level with this super-sized take on a classic game.
6. Lemonade Stand: What better way to recycle an old piece of furniture and teach the kids about the value of a dollar?
7. Rain Stick: Your kid will love pretending there's a big storm coming with their fabulous DIY rain stick.
8. Ice Block Scavenger Hunt: This is such a great way to cool down and have a blast on a hot summer day.
9. INSIDE OUTdoor Field Hockey: Get in the competitive spirit with a friendly game of outdoor field hockey in the backyard, inspired by Inside Out.
10. Construction Site: Does your little one love pushing around toy cars and trucks? Then they'll love this activity tray.
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I must say I'm disappointed that Randy Seaver refuses to update Ancestry.com's 1930 U.S. census index to include the birthplaces of all the wives and children. He seems to be willing to do it for his relatives, but not for the millions of people who don't show up in his GEDCOM files. And he calls himself a "Geneaholic"...
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- Anonymous
LOL - only you could get away with chiding Randy!
- Friday, October 09, 2009 8:07:00 PM
- Randy Seaver
LOL. This is payback for what, eh?
Here I blog eight hours a day, try to correct all of Ancestry.com's errors, give three presentations a week, and I get a ration for not correcting the errors in the census records of YOUR ancestors? And everybody elses!
Thanks - made my evening. I'm going to quote your post...fair use, I think - only one paragraph!
Then I have to put in the word verification "sneer" for some reason.
- Friday, October 09, 2009 11:05:00 PM
- Chris
C'mon, Randy, you need to spend less time commenting on blogs and more time indexing the rest of those 123,100,233 birthplaces.
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Mother's day is coming near, so what are your plans for mother's day?? In my country, we already celebrated mother's day and i am sure everyone of you made your mother feel special that particular day. Actually, anything and everything we do is little for our mother, non of it replaces the love, pain, sacrifices she made for us but when we have that one day when we can make her feel special, we totally should do that.
Good news to all my readers that SHEINSIDE is having a sale on the occasion of mother's day. So, that you can buy anything you want for your mother and get discount. And if you have some different plans for your mother on that day than you can shop for yourself, who would want to miss the opportunity right? To get 15% off your total price, use the code:mother15 and if you shop over $100 than use the code mother20 and get 20% off your total price but don't forget to register yourself first by clicking HERE.
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What's the Latest in Power Quality Monitoring?
The shift from troubleshooting to predictive analysis and performance assessment has improved response times
As with many other aspects of the power delivery industry, deregulation and restructuring are changing how utilities and customers approach power quality monitoring. Traditionalists view PQ monitoring as a reactive process, in which PQ technicians or facility electrical maintenance personnel use instruments on a case-by-case basis to help identify and characterize existing problems. However, a new approach that incorporates continuous PQ monitoring into the normal assessment of system performance at utilities and customer facilities is fast becoming the standard (see Fig. 1).
Permanently installed power quality monitors come with software and communications capabilities for data collection, data processing, and results presentations. The software maintains a database of system performance information you can access for real-time data or long term summaries. The Table offers some options in this category.
The general procedure for implementing an intelligent monitoring system that can process raw measurement data and provide useful information is shown in Fig. 2). Most systems will log an overwhelming amount of data, so it's necessary to sift through it, pull out the important information, and look for patterns before making any decisions upon which to base your report.
Influential trends.
While manufacturers have improved the functionality of power quality monitoring equipment, other contributing factors and recent industry trends like deregulation of the electric utility industry have helped increase the value of permanently installed systems for continuous performance assessment.
Critical applications.
In today's technologically advanced climate, the need for high reliability is essential. Facility personnel define reliability as any problem that causes equipment or processes to misoperate. This includes a wide variety of power quality problems besides traditional power interruptions. Continuous PQ monitoring systems are critical for understanding events that cause power disruptions and for evaluating system performance.
Base level requirements.
The process of benchmarking expected PQ levels has been an important practice for a number of years. It started with the Electric Power Research Institute's (EPRI) distribution power quality (DPQ) project, which set PQ standards for power distribution in the United States. Many electric utilities followed up with their own projects to define expected power quality performance at the local level. Other countries have also conducted significant benchmarking projects that have become the basis of contracts and premium power services. Needless to say, setting base level requirements is an ongoing process that requires continuous assessment.
Focusing on customers.
Electric utility personnel traditionally determine capital expenditures for system maintenance based on solving problems, handling growth, and maintaining an acceptable level of reliability. A more customer-driven approach, however, considers the costs of system disturbances to end-users. In this period of deregulation, such an approach is particularly important. Understanding how power quality variations affect end-users requires PQ monitoring and communication with customers.
Power quality data interchange format (PQDIF).
Electric utility personnel and customers are now placing new monitoring instruments alongside legacy equipment, generating tremendous interest in data formats that enable different types of instruments to work together. Currently, most software programs for downloading and analyzing data are incompatible with other instruments, making comprehensive analysis difficult or impossible.
In response to this dilemma, EPRI developed the PQDIF, which allows engineers to incorporate a wider range of instruments into their overall systems. Later, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) established a task force to define a PQDIF standard, which several manufacturers have since adopted.
Establishment of power quality indices.
One of the important advantages of PQ indices, such as those used by electric utilities like System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI), System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI), Customer Average Interruption Frequency Index (CAIFI), and Customer Average Interruption Duration Index (CAIDI), is the ability to compare the performance of different systems and track a given system over time in a standardized manner. EPRI defined indices for power quality characteristics as an extension of the DPQ project. The IEEE is currently looking at indices for PQ reporting, especially for voltage sag performance.
New standards for equipment performance.
More and more industry groups are recognizing the importance of power quality on equipment operation. As a result, their members have begun to define standards for equipment performance. The Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC) developed a new curve defining the performance of data processing equipment. The semiconductor industry defined a specification for semiconductor manufacturing tools (SEMI F47), and the IEEE defined an overall approach for coordinating equipment performance with supply-system performance (IEEE Standard 1346). Permanently installed monitoring systems can assess system power quality with respect to these standards for convenient evaluation of performance expectations and results.
Facility personnel are interested in monitoring energy use to help identify savings opportunities and assess power-use charges toward different parts of an operation. Engineers can now enhance submetering systems with PQ monitoring capabilities to help identify causes of PQ problems and characterize the performance of individual loads and systems.
Service contracts.
Different facilities have different power quality needs. Demand has grown substantially for service contracts tailored to the individual needs of specific customers. PQ monitoring helps establish the necessary benchmarks to facilitate these contracts, and it has become an integral part of the implementation. Detroit Edison is one utility that has demonstrated the viability of including power quality considerations in these contracts.
Internet connectivity and Web interfaces.
PQ monitoring is moving toward integration with the Internet and company intranets. One manufacturer has built a completely Web-based system, which eliminates the need for software to download and control the monitors by relying on a standard Web browser. All manufacturers, in fact, are trying to incorporate Web-interface capabilities into individual instruments or at least central databases, which would make PQ monitoring systems easier to use and access.
Development of preventive maintenance systems.
Systems that measure real-time conditions rather than a maintenance log and identify problems before they occur are the ultimate in PQ monitoring. These systems save time and money and provide improved reliability for the overall system. Unlike earlier PQ monitoring equipment, preventive maintenance systems can detect such anomalies as:
Resonance conditions that may lead to localized harmonic distortion problems.
Breaker problems that cause restrikes during capacitor switching.
Arcing conditions caused by bad connections and cable insulation problems.
Fault-performance problems that result in high numbers of voltage sags and momentary interruptions.
Grounding problems that result in stray voltages and neutral problems.
Industrial PQ monitoring applications
Several applications exist for an intelligent PQ monitoring system, including the following:
Energy and demand profiling with identification for energy savings and demand reduction.
Harmonics evaluations to identify transformer loading concerns, sources of harmonics, problems indicating misoperation of equipment, and resonance concerns associated with power factor correction.
Evaluation of voltage sag effects to identify sensitive equipment and possible opportunities for process ride-through improvement.
Power factor correction evaluation to identify proper operation of capacitor banks, switching concerns, resonance concerns, and optimizing performance to minimize electric bills.
Motor starting evaluation to identify switching problems, inrush current concerns, and protection device operation.
Short-circuit protection evaluation to analyze proper operation of protective devices based on things like short-circuit current characteristics and time-current curves.
Power quality monitoring systems will play an increasingly important role in preventive maintenance systems because they provide diagnostic- and condition-based information. Several companies are organizing efforts to identify and test advanced substation monitoring applications. Many of these applications are already in the prototype stage and are finding a real home in monitoring systems.
McGranaghan is vice president of consulting services for EPRI-PEAC, Knoxville. Tenn. Smith manages marketing and business development for EnerNex Corp., Knoxville, Tenn.


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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Blair Underwood is returning to series television in a remake of "Ironside," which shares few similarities with the original series that starred Raymond Burr.
The character's name and job as a detective is the same, and he uses a wheelchair after being paralyzed from the waist down.
The original series, set in San Francisco, ran on NBC from 1967-75. The reboot is based in New York City and filmed in Los Angeles. NBC has ordered 13 episodes of the show that debuts Oct. 2.
Underwood said he got used to the wheelchair by using one at home while learning his lines. The role is especially meaningful to him because his mother, Marilyn, is in a wheelchair as the result of multiple sclerosis.
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IMAX & 35mm grosses separated where possible, but 35mm gross is included if breakdown is not available.Fantasia 2000 Gross excludes its 35mm run in which it made $8,394,966.Matrix Reloaded's IMAX cume is unavailable.A domestic-only figure for 1991's Rolling Stones: At
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I am a 27 year old male and my body doesn't feel as healthy as it used to.
I had a supermodelle removed last August at leasthat'sts what the Dr. said it was.
There was no scan or anything done both Doctors did the same test basically felt around and classified it as a benign tumor.
I had insurance at the time but ended up loosing my job after a outpatient surgery that was supposed to keep me from work for 3 days turned into over three weeks so I lost my job and insurance.
I went to a free health care clinic but nobody will test me for cancer because they all say that they are sure I dont have cancer or ulsers. I know that I am no physician but I know my body doesnt feel right.
My core section is weak and I am having sharp abdominal pains.
The free clinc said it was muscle spasams in my diaphragm which I dont believe. Where can I go to get some test ran without insurance and about how much would it cost? I would just like some kind of confirmation besides them telling me the chances of me having some kind of internal cancer is slim to none because of my age. All three say that I am healthy but seems to me as if they were rushing through the process. Someone please help me with a little advice it would be greatly appreciated.


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wickfut wrote:ThatFunnyLookinGuy wrote:I can't decide what to buy next, a 909 or 303. On one hand, I want to have the 303 to have that acid sound and have a bass line for when my synth is doing two leads, but I also don't want it because it's so cliche and I fear that I wouldn't be able to make anything cool sounding with it. Yet on the other hand, I want a 909 because I want to have a drum machine that has that dance/house feel and is MIDI/DIN capable. Can anyone provide some good advise on what to do?
I would get the 909 first , you will get more milage from a drum machine in other music than you will with a 303.
If you want to save a few quid get a vermona DRM1 MK3 - it has to be the MK3 version though as they have the new special kick synth part. I did some side by side tests and could make an exact 909 kick sound and also with a bit of work, got quite a few 808 sounds to about 90%.
I'll try and post an mp3 of some loops if you want to hear it do the 909/808 emulations.
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Rihanna and Chris Brown More Evidence ... They're Back Together
Rihanna and Chris Brown -- More Evidence They're Back Together
Rihanna and Chris Brown partied at the same club last night, fueling growing rumors they're back together.
The two singers left Greystone Manor -- a West Hollywood club -- separately, but they were both definitely there at the same time.
Several people who were at the club last night tweeted that as far as they could see Rihanna and Chris had no contact with each other.
The protective order -- requiring that they have no contact with each other after Brown beat Rihanna -- was lifted a year ago.


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One of the fun mechanics that power Fantasy Craft is action dice. Your character begins each session with a set number of these and you get to spend them on things that make your character look even more awesome than they already are, and then rewarded for good ideas, nice roleplaying, and some character options can grant you action dice in certain situations.
Here's the list of things you can spend your action dice on:
A character may spend 1 action die to boost each attack check, skill check, Knowledge check, or saving throw he makes. He may also spend 1 action die to boost each of his lethal, stress, or subdual damage results. The choice to boost may be made after the dice are rolled, so long as the outcome has not yet been described.
When boosting, an action die explodes when it rolls the highest natural number possible (e.g. a 6 on a d6). The player rolls the action die again, adding the new result to the previous one. An action die may explode multiple times, resulting in an extremely high boost.
An action die may only be spent to boost a check or result when dice are rolled. Thus, a character may not boost a skill check when he takes 10 or 20.
At the start of any combat round, a character may spend 1 action die to boost his Defense by 2 for a number of rounds equal to the dies result. This action die may explode as described in Option 1. A character may only benefit from one action die boost to Defense at any time and the result of a new die spent to boost Defense replaces the old one, even if its lower.
When a character scores a threat with an attack or skill check, he may spend 1 or more action dice to activate it as a critical hit or success (see pages 207 and 65, respectively). The choice to activate must be made before additional (e.g. damage) dice are rolled and/or the outcome is described.
When an opponent within a characters line of sight suffers an error with an attack or skill check, the character may spend 1 or more action dice to activate it as a critical miss or failure (see pages 208 and 65). The choice to activate must be made before additional dice are rolled and/or the outcome is described.
Outside combat, a special character may spend and roll any number of action dice to regain vitality or wounds. For each action die spent, the character regains an amount of vitality equal to the action dies result and 2 wounds.
During combat, a character must take a Refresh action before he can spend an action die to regain vitality or wounds.
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Every once in a while, I visit the website for Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Especially when I need a laugh.
Americans United claims to be an avuncular group of down-home folk interested in protecting religious rights by ensuring that lines of church-state separation are clearly marked. Actually, it is an extremist group interested in kicking faith out of the public arena entirely.
Among hot-button issues in which Americans United would deny people of faith a role in the public arena are the same-sex marriage debate, voucher or tuition-aid for students to attend faith-based schools, prayer at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., (or any public institution) and any religious expression on public property.
What I really get a kick out of is Americans United's cleansing of its history, as shown on its website:
"Americans United for Separation of Church and State was founded in 1947 by a broad coalition of religious, educational and civic leaders. At that time, proposals were pending in the U.S. Congress to extend government aid to private religious schools. Many Americans opposed this idea, insisting that government support for religious education would violate church-state separation. The decision was made to form a national organization to promote this point of view and defend the separation principle."
That's really precious, but it's pretty far from the truth. The organization was founded in 1947 by Methodist Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam. It was named "Protestants and Other Americans United for the Separation of Church and State." The name was as exclusive as it sounds, and its enemy clearly defined. It was definitely not for Catholics because it was aimed specifically at Catholics.
Everything the organization issued spoke of dark Catholic plots by scheming hierarchs to rob American freedoms by subverting the ballot box through the ignorant mobs they controlled. And some of their big issues had nothing to do with schools. They vehemently opposed the appointment of a U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. They also wanted to deny Catholic clergy the right to vote on general principles; and cardinals in particular since they voted in "foreign" papal elections.
Anyway, at some point they dropped the "Protestants and Other" nomenclature and settled on Americans United. And they have gone merrily on their way ever since.
I will give them credit. They were founded in 1947 as an exclusively anti-Catholic hate group. Now they hate just about everyone who harbors religious belief in their soul and would dare to make that belief public.
Perusing their website recently, I came across an editorial from the Church State magazine, their public rag. They were arguing that churches that fear they will be forced to conduct same-sex marriages are trying to "foment dissention by making Americans believe that church rights are threatened."
It's true. No court, no legislature, no president, no Americans United will ever be able to force the Catholic Church to celebrate a same-sex marriage. The Church can't because that is not a marriage.
But what Americans United ignores is how difficult the state can make it for those churches that refuse to knuckle-under on same-sex marriage. We have already seen how the Church has been kicked out of adoption ministry, shoved out of aid to victims of sex-trafficking, and its charitable works threatened for not accepting abortion or gay marriages.
There is a long list of pain that the state can and will inflict on churches as this cultural war settles in for the long haul. And Americans United will be first in line to support that pain.
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Saturday, 7 January 2012
I know we should probably be glad it's so mild, but on a walk this morning I ran into a neighbour and the first thing we both said was, 'weird weather'. then, being Canadian, we discussed it for ten minutes then parted. But we were of a mind. We'd rather have snow. We'd rather have minus 10.
I remember reading somewhere - actually, it was in a play, I believe it was called "A Walk in the Park" - in which history was described as 'geography spread over time'. I loved that. I understood it, and believe it to be true. Mountains, lakes, oceans, deserts protect us, or make us vulnerable....but I think they also help define our characters.
Canadians are used to cold in winter....if I wanted it otherwise I'd move south. Just like people in Florida want it warm. It's just what is natural. This feels unnatural. Now, having said all that, come April when it's snowy and blowy, we sure complain, like it's never happened before. I'll tell you, at least in this part of the world, April is always unpredictable and often snowy. And yet, every year it seems to come as a shock.
Had a bit of an active morning - but nicely spaced out (don't say it). Mike arrived to put up the mirror in the bathroom and fix some toe boards that weren't quite right. We made him a coffee and left. off to Knowlton. I needed to sign some Vive Gamache bookplates for Danny and Lucy, and some books, so we decided to have breakfast at Cafe Floral at the same time. Good decision! Started with decaf bowls of cafe au lait - then Michael had the waffle with fresh whipped cream, fruit and warm maple syrup and bacon. I had the eggs florentine. He won. My eggs were great, but really? No competition.
Then off to see Danny at Brome Lake Books. Then I drove Michael home, dropped him off and I headed to Vermont to do some mailing and get gas. We always gas up at the Pinnacle Peddler....partly because we just adore everyone there - partly because it's cheaper in the States, and partly as an ongoing protest against the gas station in Sutton for making their new building so tall it ruins the view on the main street of the mountains. The gas station, when we first arrived, was charming (if such things can be charming). A sort of throw-back. There was full service. Young men and women (teens with their first jobs) would fly out of the little enclosure and fill the tank and do the windshield. In the middle of winter it was a god-send. People would come from miles around for that....especially older people. but the new station fired all the kids, made it self-serve and despite huge protests by townspeople, built this huge convenience store. (we already had a small one in town just down rue Principale - so it was a shame to have a second - that competes and ruins the view).
Now, I have to say, when we have gone in the new gas station, the people have been very nice - but I think we'll continue to support the Pinnacle Peddler.
Off tonight to see friends - then home all tomorrow. Hoping, finally, to do nothing. but am beginning to feel like Charlie Brown and the football.
Hope you're having exactly the sort of weekend you were hoping for! Speak soon.
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Ridiculously warm (60F/15C) here in NY. The forsythia is so confused, it's blooming!
- 7 January 2012 at 13:11
- Brenda Buchanan said...
Too warm here in Maine, too. It is worrisome, but today, when we were driving to Massachusetts for a family gathering, we were grateful for the clear roads.
Glad to hear you and Michael are well and settling into an ahhhh phase.
Best wishes to you in this new year,
- 7 January 2012 at 17:38
It is weird here too; much too warm for North Dakota. The nice temp did make it easier to take down the Coca-Cola polar bear Christmas lights that I love to put on the outside stair railing.
I was savoring "The Brutal Telling" over the holidays, and came across something interesting. I'm sure it is an editorial error, because I am pretty certain that you'd know the difference between the nave of a church, and a knave in the church! On my ebook, on pages 119-120, the phrase "knave of the church" jumped out at me. gave me a chuckle!
- 7 January 2012 at 19:32
I saw that too! In every Gamache ebook I find a few things like that. They don't spoil the books for me - the stories are just too wonderful for that - but they make me wonder if ebooks are edited as carefully as paper ones.
- 8 January 2012 at 03:19
Darn, my brain confused the two books that start with "B". The one with the knave was "Bury Your Dead". I figure "anonymous" knew what I was talking about anyway!
- 8 January 2012 at 05:22
- ttop said...
No snow here either in Iowa. As I age, winter is becoming my favorite season - a good book, a warm fire, and the beauty of white fresh snow outside the picture window. Miss it.
- 8 January 2012 at 15:33
- Daryl Edelstein said...
NYC had a freeze mid last week and at week's end a spring warm up .. I hate to say it but I too would prefer snow and cold .. at least then we'd know it was winter and spring was just round the corner!
- 9 January 2012 at 11:45
- riverview said...
The description of your working with sellect people to flush out your ideas is wonderful. I'm sharing it with my coaching clients who I work
with in a similar manner. Thank you.
- 25 January 2012 at 15:59


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BuildCo needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
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I read a lot of articles about improving the school – family dynamic in public education. Some focus on parent involvement, others go toward parent engagement. I have been inspired by the work of Joyce Epstein and Debbie Pushor as they both encourage the development of true partnerships based on mutual respect and a desire to enhance student learning.
(For those interested my friend Lorna Costantini brings their research out of the journals and into our living rooms through conversations with both women that are rich with real examples. See here and here for archives).
Today I read an article on home – school relationships that contained a sentence that really popped for me … made me say out loud "exactly!".
(As I love the flickr group Great quotes about learning and change, I knew I had to make a poster using this line; I've wanted to use my orange mushroom photo for a long time and longed for a quotation about families and communities).
Wanting to know more about the author Marilyn Price-Mitchell I read her paper Boundary Dynamics: Implications for Building Parent – School Relationships. It really meshed with my own beliefs that connections, trust, networks, and knowledge creation are coming together to provide us with a real opportunity to build school – family partnerships that benefit all of us – students, parents, teachers, and community.
The knowledge society, the learning organization, and the information technology revolution represent trends that are bringing the family into the mainstream of education in ways never before experienced p. 22
I'd like to give credit to Chris Wejr who's "Things that make me go BOOM" linked to this article and had me reflecting on all kinds of great things today.


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NHP needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 73 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
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National Harbor Partners is a professional services firm intensely focused on the needs of expansion-stage companies. We provide assistance with the following:
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Growing Companies that are looking to penetrate new markets or need help raising expansion capital. We are also involved overseas so please keep this in mind as we will have many overseas visitors to our website and such.
Looking for a Professional Logo Design. Want to convey our ability to help company growth/expansion by being strategic.
We currently have the following catch phrase.
National Harbor Partners - Expertise. Strategy. Capital.
We are open to changing that "catch phrase" if you have something to suggest to go along with the design.
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Hello, Readers!!
We hope you haven't forgotten about us, even though it may seem like we've forgotten about you. As we mentioned several months ago, our real lives were keeping us increasingly busy. Just what was keeping us busy, you ask? Well, for starters, we both had babies! Michelle added a new little guy to her family in August, and I welcomed a little girl in October. As if that weren't enough, Michelle and her family recently moved several hundred miles. On top of that, we had our regular family responsibilities, jobs, church stuff, and everything else that goes along with living.
Celebrating Christmas with new family members has given us both a chance to reflect a little bit on family traditions, which are part of what make the holiday season so magical. We thought we'd take this chance to share with you some of our personal favorite traditions.
1 - Advent Calendar. Mr. W and I both had Advent calendars like this growing up, and we decided to make our own a few years ago (long before our daughter made her appearance). As children, we looked forward to adding a new piece to the nativity scene each day; as adults, we still enjoy it! It took us close to two years to make this calendar — not because it's particularly hard, but because we were inconsistent in spending the time to do it — and we are so glad to have it completed now. We have it hanging in a place of honor on the inside of our front door.
2 - Petal Roll for Christmas Breakfast. This is a tradition from Mr. W's family. A petal roll is a Danish pastry that is basically a gigantic cinnamon roll. We put it together on Christmas Eve and then bake it up Christmas morning after opening our stockings. It's simple, delicious, and a great way to spend time together on Christmas Eve — we have contests to see who can roll the longest "snake" of dough. Food is such an integral part of Christmas, and I have been happy to adopt this tradition from my husband's family!
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1. Christmas stories. I remember fondly unpacking the Christmas decorations and finding the "Christmas Books" at my Mom's house. These books were so special because they were only brought out during Christmas time. I've started my own Christmas Book library for our kids and I just recently found the box {it was one of the two out of five Christmas boxes that we actually have with us - the rest of the boxes are in storage at Ryan's parents} The Christmas book library favorites, so far, "The Polar Express", "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" & "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer".
2. Advent. I've done a few different Advents through my childhood and Mr. S & I are still trying different ones to see which one fits. One that my father has always done and keeps doing for the grandkids is the chocolate advent. You can't go wrong with a little bit of chocolate every night. One that Mr. S & I have been trying out this year is one that I found on Pinterest. Sadly the original pin is just the picture so I don't know where it originates from, but I LOVE it!!
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As you read each scripture {that has a matching picture to go with it in the Gospel Art Kit} you color in an ornament on the tree. What I love the most about this advent is it's not just the nativity story it's the story of Christ. His birth, life, miracles, death & resurrection. It's wonderful. It is LDS based and uses Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon & Doctrine & Covenants.3. Holiday Baking. I'm not a big winter-season lover. Everyone who knows me well knows that I'm not too thrilled with the first snow fall, but I do love that I can turn my oven on without a second thought. I love the smell of homemade bread, sugar cookies, gingerbread, etc. Every year we make our neighbors edible gifts. We make something very similar to this. It's buttery, sugary and you can eat the entire table full that it makes! Besides the sweet smells that fill your house while you bake I also enjoy the time you can take with your loved ones while you do it. It's something that both my oldest baby S and I enjoy doing together.
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Sprint was serious when they said they would still be shipping out pre-orders of the 16GB versions of the Galaxy S III on time. Even though there's some sort of delay in the chain, users in the Sprint GSIII forums are getting their shipping notifications, much like RawisTheGameHhH's who you see above.
The timing is perfect, you can read both our Sprint GSIII review as well as Alex's primer on the new Touchwiz while you're waiting and refreshing the UPS tracking number. Afterwards, be sure to dive in the forums feet first -- half the fun of having a new Android phone is finding ways to fiddle around with it, and there's some pros in there who think outside the box. Now hurry UPS trucks!
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CALIFORNIA, U.S. - In a global connection failure that affected social media users on Wednesday, Facebook and Instagram are said to have been affected by problems starting 4 pm.
According to website Down Detector, which monitors service disruptions, both the social media websites suffered a crash that affected computers, smartphones and apps.
Even though the connection problem took Facebook and Instagram offline across the world, Europe and North America were said to have been worst affected.
Still, there were some users who were able to access their accounts, even though others suggested that only certain parts of the websites were functioning.
However, the instant messaging service Messenger appeared to be unaffected.
Social media users tweeted about the problem using the hashtag #FacebookDown that began trending globally on Twitter.
Users that were unable to access the social media site saw the message, Facebook is down for required maintenance right now, but you should be able to get back on within a few minutes. In the meantime, read more about why youre seeing this message. Thanks for your patience as we improve the site.
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Why was his talk so effective? He taught pure doctrine and bore witness of the truths he was teaching.
While attending the Kinshasha stake conference in the D.R. Congo, I listened intently to a 15-year-old young man who had been asked to speak. He stood at the podium without notes, only his scriptures. He began by recounting the story of the Restoration of the Church in this, the "last dispensation of the fulness of times." He recounted how the Prophet Joseph read the verse in James, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God. . ." . He recited the verse from memory. He then explained how Joseph went into the grove to pray and ask God which church he should join. Next, he said, "Brothers and sisters, I know that the Prophet Joseph saw God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ in the grove that day. I know that Joseph was a true prophet of God."
This young Aaronic Priesthood holder then explained how the Book of Mormon came forth by the gift and power of God. He held up the Book of Mormon and bore a strong testimony of its truthfulness. He spoke freely from his heart. He spoke with clarity and conviction. He shared experiences from his own life showing how the truths in the Book of Mormon had blessed him. As he began to recognize that his assigned time was nearly complete, he said, "Brothers and sisters, I need to close, but before I close, I need to bear testimony one more time of the Prophet Joseph." And he bore a strong testimony again of Joseph's courage and faith. He continued, "I know my time is nearly done, but I can't end without bearing testimony again of the Book of Mormon. This book is the word of God. I know it." He then closed by bearing witness of today's prophet, President Thomas S. Monson.
I leaned over to the mission president seated next to me and said, "I don't know if I've ever heard a more powerful talk by a young man!" He agreed with me. Why was his talk so effective? He taught pure doctrine and bore witness of the truths he was teaching. He shared experiences from his own life that showed how the doctrines he was teaching had blessed him personally. He did not read his talk. He spoke from the heart. And the power of his own witness came through in every word he spoke.
When we are asked to speak in a Church meeting, we can all speak with the same power I felt from this young man in the D.R. Congo. We all have access to the same Spirit. We all have access to the same pure doctrine. We simply need to prepare in the right way and then rely on the Spirit as we speak. How can one prepare and give a talk with clarity and conviction? I offer the following suggestions:
- Pray to understand the needs of those to whom you will speak.
- Identify the key doctrine that will help meet those needs.
- Select scriptures and words from living prophets that teach this doctrine.
- Include your own experiences in living the doctrine.
- Outline your talk.
- Practice delivering your talk until you feel confident that you can speak from your heart without reading the talk.
The young man in Kinshasha knew his audience. Many were newly baptized members, and it was estimated that over 200 investigators were in attendance at the stake conference that day. What more appropriate topic for these new and soon-to-be converts than the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ?
His talk was centered on the doctrine of the Restoration, and because it was centered on pure doctrine, his talk was full of invitation to action and promised blessings. Invitations and blessings are inherent in every doctrine. The verse in James not only invited Joseph to pray for guidance, James' words invite all of us to "ask of God" for the wisdom we lack. And when we ask in faith, the Lord will bless us with an answer to our deepest concern, just as He did with the Prophet Joseph. Doctrine, invitation, blessings—these should always be present when we teach the gospel from the pulpit, in a classroom, or in our home.
When should one prepare to give a talk? Should we wait until a member of the bishopric calls us and assigns us to speak in sacrament meeting? Here's an alternative: We should always be preparing to teach the gospel. As a college student, Elder Bruce R. McConkie used to practice in his mind giving a talk as he walked from his home to the university campus. It was one of his methods of learning the gospel. Then he was always ready when called upon to speak.
While serving as an Area Seventy, I once accompanied Elder Jeffrey R. Holland to a stake conference. During the Saturday evening session, he spoke on the "loneliness" of the Savior. On that Saturday evening (Jan. 24), Elder Holland was preparing his talk for April general conference, "None Were with Him" (Liahona, May 2009).
While I was serving as a mission president, a missionary once asked me, "So when do you prepare for zone conference?" I had never thought much about it, but I explained that we began preparing for the next zone conference during the current one. I asked the missionary, "Where do you think we get our topics for zone conference?" He looked puzzled. I said, "You—the missionaries—tell us what you need, and then we go to the Lord for help in how to give it to you." So as a mission president I was always looking to see what missionaries needed and then praying for help in knowing how to teach it to them. I was always preparing to teach.
When we study the scriptures, each time we receive inspiration—each time we see something new or understand something in a new way—we should prepare to teach that insight to someone else. "And when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren" (Luke 22:32). We might share it with a member of our family, or we might prepare a talk or a part of a lesson based on that insight. This is what Elder McConkie was doing while he was walking to class as a university student. He was preparing to teach, preparing to bear witness. It's what Elder Holland was doing at that stake conference, months before he chose to use it in his general conference talk. And I'm convinced that the young man from Kinshasha had been preparing to give that talk long before he was assigned to do so.
The Lord will help us know what we should say to those we have been asked to teach. He helps missionaries. He helps His servants. And He will help each of us. The doctrine we teach will itself show us how to invite and promise blessings, as we focus on the scriptures and the words of living prophets. We will have no need to read our talk, because we will prepare in ways that help us rely on the Spirit rather than a written text. Our witness of the truthfulness of what we are teaching will be evident throughout the talk, just as it was with the young man in the D.R. Congo. The Lord will speak through us, because, as President Thomas S. Monson has taught, "when you are on the Lord's errand, you are entitled to the Lord's help."


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Slider Puzzle: Lesson 3
From OLPC
Slider Puzzle Lesson 3: "My Own Picture" (Conveying original ideas)
- From the Home screen of your XO, click on the "Paint" program.
- Explore how the Paint activity works. Play and experiment with all the fun features (brushes, bucket, spray, different colors, etc.)
- Create a picture that you would like to turn into a Slider puzzle. Save it as "sliderpuzzle1" and close Paint.
- Open the Slider Puzzle.
- Click on the "My Own Picture" button to find your "sliderpuzzle1" image. A file finder window will open -- look for "sliderpuzzle1" and click on it. Then click the "OK" button. The file finder will close and your image will appear in the Slider Puzzle.
- Play with your puzzle. Could you solve it? What made it hard or easy to solve? Switch laptops with a friend and try to solve one of their original puzzle images.
- Share your experiences as a group: What makes an image easy or difficult to solve as a puzzle? Which strategies were helpful? One student should record this conversation on their XO Laptop using the "Write" program.
- Now try creating a puzzle picture using the Camera. Take a photo and save it as "sliderpuzzle2" and close Camera. Go back to Slider Puzzle and open the new image from "My Own Picture" as before, then play with it.